I'M BACK! SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG! I bit a block and now I'm sick. Enjoy this! It's only good because my friend is a good at what he does TAT I really do suck at writing


CHAPTER 6: A New Job


Kuru awoke with a gasp and almost jumped out of bed. An empty room... Something about being alone always gave her the same nightmares.

The room she was in was rather old, and falling apart. Wallpaper was peeling off the walls. The rugs had tears and holes.

The bed wasn't very nice either. But it was better than being on the ground. Kuru threw the blanket off and put her feet on the cold, wooden, floor.

Her shoulder still hurt from the bite she had gotten yesterday. Sore from the fight, she stood from the bed and sighed. Her headache seemed to get worse with each step.

After putting her coat back on she left the room and went to the front room of the house. After what had happened yesterday, Mr. Greenwood let them stay in his house.

For a man with a fancy outfit he really doesn't have that fancy of a house. But then again, It did look rather beat up by the demons.
In the room Trish, Lady, and Dante were talking with Mr. Greenwood.

"They started coming about a week and a half ago. No warning. Just came. I tried getting help. But nobody could seem to beat them."
Greenwood explained. "Till you came along."

"Well. Glad we could help, Sir." Dante said as he leaned on the wall with his arms crossed. He noticed Kuru enter the room and pushed off the wall.

"Well if it isn't Sleeping Beauty." Dante joked. He then found himself laying on the ground after a quick kick to the legs. "That's Miss Sleeping Beauty to you Sir!" Kuru said as she walked past him. Dante got back up and dusted off. "Women..." Dante whined.

Kuru took stand beside Lady and started. "So, what's the plan? You said you would help me get Mari back."

Dante put his hands on his hips. "Well... They most likely took her to hell. SO! First we have to find a way to get there."
"And how do we do that Dante?" Trish asked. "No clue. Any ideas?" Dante asked. Trish and Lady just looked at Dante like he was the biggest idiot they'd ever met.

Kuru was pretty sure he was. But she kept that to herself. "What about a hell gate? There was that guy who could make false gates, remember?" Trish suggested. Dante scratched his chin. "Oh yeah.. But I kinda killed that guy." Dante sighed.

"But didn't he have some kinda research facility? He may have like... I don't know. Papers or something?" Lady added in. Dante nodded his head. "You... You may be onto something."
"So we start there. And if that fails... We'll have to find another way." Trish said as she walked over to Dante.

"I still think this is a bad idea." Lady crossed her arms. "I mean.. Wasn't our goal getting RID of gates to hell?" Lady leaned her weight on her left leg and looked at Dante.

Lady knew this was a very bad idea. Didn't like it at all! The goal was to rid the world of demons, along with the openings to said demons. Trish also felt a sense of uncertainty. But her trust in Dante was greater. "I don't care what your goal is... My goal is to get Mari back." Kuru spoke up. She didn't care what it would take. Even if she lost an arm and a leg.

"So. Easiest way first." Kuru said as she grabbed Dante by the neck like a dog, and started to push him out the door. "I can walk myself you know..." Dante grumbled.

Trish and Lady just looked to one another. "This is going to be a mess, isn't it?" Lady whined to Trish. Trish shrugged. "I'm more worried about Dante. This 'Kuru' chick may give him a run for his money." Both girls laughed.

"I guess you're right. I feel we'll get along more then I thought." Lady crossed her arms and looked to the door. "Another woman who's goal is to make Dante's life a living hell? We'll be the best of friends." Trish grinned and walked beside Lady.
Both knew this wasn't going to be easy. But if Dante was all game, so were they.


Kuru walked outside of the house and sighed. "I lose my best friend and then get stuck with a group of freaks" she thought. She let go of Dante and walked over to the motorcycles. Leaning on Dante's, she crossed her arms and ankles. "So what needs to happen?" Kuru asked. Dante rubbed his neck and started laying out a plan.

"Well. First, we need to find out how to make a hell gate. Which could be found in Fortuna." Dante sat down by Kuru's feet and started working stuff out in his mind. Kuru knew Fortuna. That's where she was born. Bad and good memories of her homeland flooded back to her.
"Why are you so willing to help me?" Kuru peeked down at Dante though her silver hair.

He stood up from his spot and looked her deep in the eyes. "Because. The pain you feel is not far from what I once had."

It was then that Kuru punched him in the arm. "Hey! What was that for?" Dante hugged his arm. Kuru said nothing as he grumbled something about "Women." Something about Dante acting cool made her pissed off to no end.
"What? You lose someone?" Kuru played it cool.

Dante sighed and looked to the wispy clouds above. "Family." Was all he said. Kuru looked at his solemn face from the side. "Same. But I'm over it." Kuru said bluntly.
"Do we ever REALLY get over it?" Dante asked. Rather calmly he did.

Kuru once again punched his arm. Hardly moving him. Kuru rubbed her bruised hand and sighed.
"You made of steel or something?" Kuru joked. Dante laughed and then patted her hand. "Maybe you'll stop hitting me now." Kuru denied his notion and hit him right in the nose. He backed away from her and held his face. "Yeah. Should have seen that coming." He whimpered.

Kuru smirked even though both her hands were sore. "Well then, Mister Steel. Devil May Cry open for any jobs? Because I've got one for ya." Kuru only half joked. She crossed her arms and turned her body to him. "A job huh? Sounds like a party." He grinned.

The gang rode their way back to Devil May Cry to pick out some stuff before they made their way to Fortuna.

Kuru sat at Dante's desk waiting for his return from his room of devil arms. She leaned back and put her feet up on the desk. Eating the last slice of pizza, she looked over the framed picture that sat on his desk.
"His mom... Still looks a lot like Trish." She said to herself.

Her soft eyes reminded her of her own mother many years ago. Dante and Kuru's past were very alike in some ways. Maybe even more then she knew. After all, It could be the reason for being a demon hunter. Much like what she wanted at a time. Lost in her past Kuru stared off into space. Only coming out when a hand waved in her view. "Huh? What?" She asked a smirking Dante.

He sat on the edge of the desk and crossed his arms. "You look lost in thought. Something bugging ya?"
"No... Just thinking. Something wrong with that?" She said with a huff.

"Hey. I was just making sure you were ok... Boy are you a crank." Dante whined. "I'm fine! You don't have to play babysitter anymore." Kuru said as she blew some hair out of her face. The look Dante gave her made her a little unconformable, which is hard to do.

His whole face just said "You are lying and I can tell." Not often does she feel like someone is staring into her soul. "What?" She asked with a crankier tone than before. Dante shook his head and put his hand on her head.
"You just lost your friend. You're not fine... I've been there before." Dante said in a calm voice.
Something about the way he said it made her pissed. She stood up and screamed "Do I look 5 years old to you!? I was alone before she came along! I.. I've..."

And like that her brain just stopped. She forgot every word she knew. Her mouth went dry, hands were clammy, and she felt alone. "I'm alone again..." She whispered.

And then she was plucked in the head. "Am I a ghost or something?" Dante said with a laugh. "I may not be Mari. But I am here." Dante held onto her arms and and looked her in the eyes. "It'll be okay." He then pulled her into a hug. A minute passed before she got out of her shock.

Twisting her foot around his leg, she tripped him to the ground, putting her arm to his throat.
"What part of you didn't see this coming?" She asked a grinning Dante. "Just got a death wish, darling." He said very slyly.


Mari opened her heavy eyes to a purple sky, with clouds of wispy pink, which twisted and swirled unlike any other cloud she had seen before.

As she sat up she looked around her. Every plant was a bright neon green that glowed. The Trees were black with faded purple swirls, but had little in the way of leaves, but here and there they had little purple, glowing bulbs that hung from the tree. For a place full of glowing stuff, it looked very gloomy and dark.

As if from a fairy tale book, each glow set off little lights that danced around before fading.
Mari rubbed her eyes awake and pinched her arm. "OW! Guess it's not a dream."

She stood up and pulled her hoodie closed. The air was so cold she could see her own breath. She looked around the trees and took a step. "Where is this place?" She asked out loud.

She walked around for what felt like hours; but she kept passing by the same tree over and over. She was walking around in a circle with no idea on how to get out of it. After a good bit, she just gave up and sat by the tree. "Where am I!?" She cried out to no one but herself.

The rustle of leaves made her jump to her feet. Slowly, out came a wolf the size of a car. It was black all over, with swirls of purple though its fur. Its eyes were purely red, and its fangs were HUGE. She put her hands out and slowly backed away. "Umm... Nice puppy? Doggy? Wolfy? Help me?" She fumbled.

It stomped its paw on the ground and howled into the air. Mari took it as her cue to run.

She didn't really care where, so long as it wasn't there. The wolf was super fast, so it was always on her tail. She turned to the right and ducked under a low hanging tree. The sound of its footsteps stopped for a moment, and then came from farther away. She peeked back at the wolf and saw it wasn't right next to her like before. Just then, she fell. "AH!" She cried out as her face hit the ground.

One of the roots of the trees and tripped her. "Now is not the time to be a fairy tail princess!" She screamed at the root and looked back to the wolf. She knew that was the worst idea ever because now she could see JUST how screwed she was. The wolf was just about to bite off her head!

But then its head rolled off its shoulders. Mari just stared in shock and just hoped that she hadn't peed herself.

A hand pulled her up from the ground and drug her along with it,
Away from the pack of wolves that rushed at them. In her daze she looked over to the hand. It belonged to a blue coat! No... A man, with white hair. "Who are you?" She asked softly.

A scream came out before an answer could be heard, as a wolf had gotten ahold of her foot.
But just like the other, Its head was cut clean off by the man. He used a katana, just like Kuru. But it was very pretty. And she could see how his hair was slicked back out of his face. And the eyes. They were just like Dante's, and now that she thought about it... So did his face.

He pulled her back to her feet and ran with her in tow. "Wait! Who are you?" She asked. "I could ask you the same. But I have a feeling they don't want to ask you that question." He said in a cold voice.
"Yeaaaah..." She said as she looked back to the wolves.

After a little running they came to the spot she had started. He threw her up in a tree and jumped up himself. The wolves came into view, and he leaped from the tree and sheathed his sword. But she hadn't seen him unsheathe, and the area around the wolves looked distorted. The wolves had been cut to ribbons.

Mari's jaw dropped and she watched as his feet hit the ground. He ran his fingers though his hair to fix it and let out a breath.
Mari was 100% sure she was in a dream right now. A fairy tail dream. Which turned into a nightmare REALLY fast. Before she could say anything the branch she sat on was cut and she fell to the ground.
When she got orientated, a sword was at her face. Her prince just turned into the bad guy.

"Where am I? And who are you?" He said in a cold and demanding voice. "I have no clue... I only just got here! And who are you!?" Mari tried to back away from the sword, but he took a step closer.

He stared into her eyes with a look that made a chill creep up on her back. But then he put his sword away and turned away from her. "So you're telling the truth... damn.." He said under his breath.
"Did you just get here too?" Mari asked. Clearly they were in the same boat.

"No. Days, Weeks, months, for all I know. Years maybe. But the days never change. No sun nor moon. I have no clue what this place is or how long I've been trapped in this endless forest of nightmares. But you are the first non-animal I've seen." He said.

"WHAT!? YEARS!? I can't be stuck here for YEARS! Kuru will have a melt-... Nevermind. But... we have to get out!" Mari panicked.
She got to her feet and looked around. "Oh yeah. I'm Mari by the way." She waved to him. He just turned his back to her. She couldn't help but think of Kuru, who does the same thing.

The man turned to face her. "My name...is Vergil."

-End-


I'll get started as soon as I can with the 7th. I hope you enjoyed and I hope you didn't want to throw this trash in a fire! Bye bye!