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Chapter 9: Shifting the blame...
"Yeah...that hit the spot"
Serah and Snow let out a laugh as they watched the demon hunter finish eating his strawberry sundae. To Dante, he didn't care about anything else when eating except for his beloved pizza without olives and his strawberry sundae. Now that he thought about it, this was the first time he received a pizza without olives in it. And for that he silently thanked God for the meal, unbecoming of the devil hunter but it was little thing's like this that made him think otherwise about the deity. Once done with his cup of ice cream, he narrowed his eyes on the television while seemingly putting back his arm over the seat that he was sitting on. Putting up his boots' on the table, he let out a yawn indicating his drowsiness. Serah puffed her cheeks' at him.
"Dante! have some manners!" called the distraught Serah.
"Please don't talk to me like your my mom, even though you are the maternal type; it cramps my style" replied a lazy Dante.
Serah just looked at him in mock anger while Snow chuckled. Their little conversation was interrupted as the television near the bar table sounded out in a booming voice.
"This just in, PSICOM have confirmed the presence of a pulse Fal'Cie in the Bodhum Vestige, the entire district has been quaratined and residents are asked not to venture into it. This message is brought to you by the Sanctum"
Snow and Serah looked worried as Dante glanced as them, they couldn't see it but he narrowed his eyes on them as they looked to the television. Seemingly wanting to know what this 'Fal'Cie' was. he decided to question them in the most subtle way possible...
"Hey...dude, the hell is this "Alcee?", she a chick or something?" asked a now confused Dante. Snow blinked at him "Alcee?"
"Snow, I think he means the Fal'Cie" answered Serah as she looked to Dante. That struck Snow as odd, everyone from Cocoon knew what a Fal'cie was and yet there was someone in front of him that didn't know.
"You don't know what a Fal'Cie is?" asked a now surprised Snow.
"I wouldn't be asking if I did now would I?"answered Dante. Serah looked to him as well in confusion.
"But Dante, mom did teach you about it a long time ago remember about how the Sanctum Fal'cie are the ones taking care of Cocoon?" asked Serah. Dante looked to her in boredom "Sanctum?"
"Jog my memory would ya? I'm kinda hazy about all this stuff" stated the devil hunter.
Serah looked to Snow as the latter let out an audible sigh, finally giving in; he started to explain to Dante about the different kind of Fal'Cie and the difference between Pulse and Cocoon. Serah watched as the devil hunter listened with boredom but looks' can be deceiving as they say, and Dante took in everything that Snow explained. Once done, Dante began to speak.
"So one's good and the other bad? you could have just said that from the beginning" deadpanned Dante. Snow just let out an audible sigh "There's no winning with this guy..."
"So lemme get this straight, there are good Alcee's and bad ones and the bad ones make lacey's to kill the good Alcee's?" asked Dante seeming dumbing down the explaination to his own version. Snow was left speechless, Serah giggled.
"Eh...it's l'Cie" answered Snow.
"Don't sweat the details" began Dante, he got up and took his guitar cover in hand and looked to Snow and Serah.
"I'm leavin, got places to go and babes to meet" said the devil hunter seemingly flashing a small smile Serah's way. She looked downtrodden as Snow looked to her in and Snow got up as well and Serah moved closer to the devil hunter as Snow looked on in sadness.
"Your leaving already?" came her quivering let out an audible sigh as he looked to the younger Farron.
"Hey...chin up, I'll see ya sooner or later and...don't mind pinky, she'll come around" consoled Dante. Serah nodded her head and as Dante moved, she latched onto him envelopping him into a hug. Dante looked momentarily startled as he looked to the younger girl but composed himself as he patiently awaited her to finish her hug. Once done, her saddened face looked to his grinning face.
"You'll keep in touch right? promise me you will!" stated a defiant Serah. Dante closed his eyes as he let out an audible sigh. And when he opened his eyes, the sight startled him; Serah was holding up her right arm and her little finger pointed out while the rest of his fingers were closed.
"Heh...We're not kids anymore y'know?" asked the devil hunter but Serah didn't let up and Dante was forced to be embarassed when he let out an audible sigh and brought up his left arm and his little finger as well and wrapped it around her's.
"Promise"
Serah let out a smile and Snow chuckled, Dante glared at him "You tell anyone about this and I'll send your ass flying, you get me?"
Snow let out another chuckle as Dante looked to the two of them once more, he looked to Snow "Take care of her al'ight? I'm leavin' her in your hands"
"Yeah, I definetly will" answered a smiling Snow as he placed an arm around Serah's neck, they watched as he walked out of the NORA bar and into the vast expanse of the night. Serah let out an audible sigh as he watched them go. "I'm glad you came back, even if it was for a short time" thought a happy Serah. Snow looked on as Dante walked away from them nonchalantly.
Lightning vented her anger by surprisingly washing the dinner plates, seemingly angry at herself but even more at her younger sister and her fiancee and even more so at Dante. The very thought of him drove her nuts. Enraged thought's ran through their her head of how Dante had come out of the blue and questioned her of what she did. Who was he to question her? Serah was her sister not his. Just the very mention of his name drew her anger. He disappeared without a goodbye and then he showed up like nothing had happened, that drove her insane. And in her anger, a plate shattered on the floor.
"Tch..."
She knelt down and began to collect the shards when the news on the television screen played out to her. As she collected the shattered pieces of the plate, she heard the news play out on her screen.
"This just in, PSICOM have confirmed the presence of a pulse Fal'Cie in the Bodhum Vestige, the entire district has been quaratined and residents are asked not to venture into it. This message is brought to you by the Sanctum"
The very word of "Fal'Cie" drew her attention as she flashbacked to when Serah showed her the l'Cie mark. Her eyes widened as the report played out again and again in her head and then she bowed her head in regret and in anger. She rubbed her forehead in frustration as to why she never believed Serah when she had come out and told her the truth and then the memory of her arguing with Dante came up.
"Like hell I do, I come back here and the first thing I see is your sister crying; what kind of crap did you put her through?" asked a now angered Dante. Lightning paid it no mind but anger crawled out in her features.
"I don't need your say in this!" shouted Lightning and once more, she banged the table with both of her arms.
"I made her cry...didn't I?" asked Lightning. She then moved her head upwards as she watched the television screen. Her gaze softened "Serah...". Her face scrunched up in confusion as she looked to the news anchor who in turn also adopted a confused adopted on her face.
"This is an emergency brodcasted from the Sanctum, it would seem that...reports are coming in that the Primearch has been killed! the primearch Sanctus has been killed! and the sub primearch Galenth Dysley has taken his place and will address the matter in an hour, we inform the citizens not to panic and the new primeacrh Galenth Dysley will address the matter, stay tuned in to the matter at hand"
Lightning eyes narrowed, this couldn't be a coincidence, the primearch had been killed and a pulse Fal'Cie had shown up on the Bodhum vestige. She stayed silent as she observed the news, most likely she would be called in by the GC for this very matter. But she couldn't shake the fact that Dante's sudden appearance and this matter were conected somehow. She would talk with Serah on the matter later, and hence she decided to watch the news for now.
Galenth Dysley looked on as the members of the PSICOM forces cleared out the scene, blood and pieces of flesh were scattered throughout the room but silently he smirked no all was lost, he walked away from the scene to prepare to speak to the people of Cocoon. He walked past certain officials and then went into a room. As he shut the door, he made sure that no one was following him and then he turned on the light. A loud wail caught his ears as he moved forward. On a small white blanket layed a small figure. Dysley had to laugh at the irony of it all. Sanctus was dead and even though half his plan fell apart, he knew what he needed to do now. The plan now was full proof except for the minor incursion of another son of Sparda. He looked to the small figure who layed peacefully on the cover.
"To think the dark angel came this close to retrieveing his child and failed so miserably scoffed Dysely as he looked to the young two year old Nero.
"Still I have to commend your father, child. If he hadn't abruptly dissapeared at the time then I too would have been killed. Still I suppose I could dispose of you now but it would prove helpful in case Dante decided to come here and intervene in my plan" explained Dysley. "You will live to see another day child, perhaps if fortune favors you, you will have a chance to see your uncle"
And then the child, Nero began to wail out loudly as Dysley chuckled, he then shut off the light's leaving the child to darkness but as he was exiting the room, he caught a blue glimpse as if the child's right arm were glowing, he paid it no mind and then exited the room all the while chuckling to himself after all he had a speech to make in another half an hour or so.
"May your soul find peace, Sanctus" muttered Dysely as he walked to the main hall of the Sactum palace.
Half an hour after Dante had left the two of them, Snow and Serah looked to each other to see what they could do with Serah's predaciment. An idea popped in Snow's head as he looked to Serah.
"Serah...you said the Fal'Cie was in the vestige didn't you?" asked Snow. Serah nodded her head as Snow looked on.
"I'd say it's best we go talk to it to get our answers, maybe it can reverse the mark?" questioned Snow. Serah looked unsure and then looked to Snow.
"I..."
"Serah, it's the only way; it's worth a shot right?" asked Snow. Serah th en reluctantly nodded her head "I guess..."
"Alright, best if we were to leave right now" stated Snow. Serah nodded her head as well but was stopped when all too familiar voice rang out to them.
"Snow! Serah!"
They both turned around to see Gaddot and Lebreau approaching the two of them, Snow smiled at them as did Serah. Lebreau grinned at them and then came up to Snow. "Did you hear? the primearch's been killed"
Snow and Serah's eyes widened at the proclamation as Lebreau then took the remote from the bar table, she turned on the television as the others looked on in curiosity. "The sub primearch's supposed to give a speech about it right now"
"What? how did this happen?"
"We don't know the details but people are saying that he was stabbed and then sliced to bits by a sword, the sub primearch barely escaped himself." explained Gaddot. Snow cringed as he imagined the bloodied face of the Primearch.
"Be quiet, it's starting..."
They all watched as the sub primearch Dysley took to the stage and started speaking.
"Citizens of Cocoon, it is of great sadness that I address you here today; our once kind and gentle Primearch has been murdered by a demon and it is with anger and rage today that I beseech to you to report this demon's whereabouts. We advise all of you to keep vigilant and stay safe for this man is more demon than human. And it grievens me so to reveal such information to you but this man carries the blood of the dark knight Sparda! it is truly saddening that one of his descendants would cause such wreckage to the land he once saved during the great war of transgressions! this is the picture of the man who has murdered our beloved Primearch"
Lightning's eyes widened as she looked at the screen in shock and horror "That's..."
"The name of the person in this picture is Dante, a direct descendant of the blood of Sparda, he is the one who murdered your beloved Primearch but he did not work alone, he had an accomplice and it was his twin brother named Vergil! and now people of Cocoon, I implore you to take note of this demon known as Dante and inform your local GC or any PSICOM forces in the area, we beseech you to avenge the death of Sanctus, that is all..."
Snow and Serah looked to the report in shocked as Serah whispered "But...that's im...possible.."
"Yeah! Dante was with us the whole time!" added Snow and then he turned to Lebreau and Gaddot "When did the guy get killed?"
"Hmm, about four hours ago" answered Gaddot. Snow looked on in curiosity "The only way to reach Eden and get back within a day is to take an airship but Dante couldn't have done that, he fought that monster and then went to Lebreau for some clothes"
"And he went to pickup the gift..." added a downtrodden Serah. Gaddot, Lebreau and Snow looked on in worry and then Snow began to speak "Whatever the case, he left half an hour ago; best we let the guardian corps and PSICOM handle him guys.."
"What? why!" asked a now confused Gaddot.
"That guy is on another whole other level and besides' I don't believe he killed the primearch when he was with us the whole time" answered Snow, Serah looked to Snow and smiled. "But what proof do you have that he didn't go to Eden and murder the guy?"
"Think Gaddot! he was with me and Serah when the primearch was killed just four hours ago!" answered Snow who did all that he could to cover Dante.
"Fine, but that guy did say he had an accomplice...whatever the case maybe, that guy is a descendant of that knight, Sparda" added Gaddot. "Yeah so even if we wanted too, we couldn't take him on.." added Lebreau.
"Heh, I always thought that his legend was a myth" stated Snow as he looked to Serah who bowed her head.
"Yeah me too..." whispered Serah and then she looked out the window to the vast sky of Cocoon. "Stay safe, Dante..."
"The name of the person in this picture is Dante, a direct descendant of the blood of Sparda, he is the one who murdered your beloved Primearch but he did not work alone, he had an accomplice and it was his twin named Vergil! and now people of Cocoon, I implore you to take note of this demon known as Dante and inform your local GC or any PSICOM forces in the area, we beseech you to avenge the death of Sanctus, that is all..."
Dante however chuckled and started clapping at the television screen, luckily for him no one was near the area to see him there in front of a store looking at the television screen. But the mention of Vergil was the only thing that caught his attention. Once he finished clapping, he looked to the television screen once more.
"Heh...that's a solid performance for an old fart like you" chuckled Dante. He then adopted a normal stance and placed his arms on his waist. "So that's what that lil surge of power I felt earlier was...my dear brother came back from the demon world eh? well might as well go say hello"
"Guess the only way to find out what's going in this place is to get to this place called Eden, now how the hell do I get there?" thought the confused devil hunter. And then he recalled what Lightning had said to him when they had tango'ed, so to speak.
Lightning stopped and glanced at him. "It's the capital of Cocoon. The Sanctum's seat of power, head over to Palumpolum and take a train or get an airship, the sooner you leave the better" added Lightning.
"Palumpolum huh? hmm..." mused Dante as he looked around. His eyes sparkled with glee as he looked to a hovering bike and he saw that there was a couple standing next to it. he saw that the key was still in the bike and his eyes sparkled with magic "Hehe..."
And when the couple wasn't looking, he sat on the bike and revved it up. The roar of it's engine caught them off guard as they looked in shock to the devil hunter. He gave them a one handed salute and then rode off with the bike with a shout of glee.
"My bike!"
"Wooohooooo!" called Dante as he rode off into the distance. The man was left sulking as his lover comforted him. "There...there"
"And to add to Vergil's lil fun, pops did something here too huh? might as well head to Eden and then go sightseeing in this pulse place, I can already tell..."
"This is going to be one hell of a party!"
Lightning looked to the television screen and then switched it off, she brought up her right hand and rubbed her forehead in frustration. First she had driven Serah away and now this revelation about Dante was too much for her. She went to the sink and twisted the tap, letting the water flow, she threw some on her face and wiped it with a towel, she looked to the towel as her gaze softened.
"So what if you and her made all this? you want it so bad then! here!" came Lightning's angered voice.
Snow ducked and that's when Dante entered the kitchen. A loud splat sound was heard. Dante stood motionless and Lightning stood in shock. Snow as well was kneeling down in shock as well. He moved to the back of Dante as the dish slid of his face and onto the floor. He caught the plate effectively stopping it from shattering on the floor.
"Damn...I hate olives" muttered Dante as he looked to the scene. He then looked to Lightning who stood in shock.
"You just going to stand there looking pretty? throw me that towel" stated Dante.
"Tch..." grunted Lightning. "So he's a descendant of that knight?...Both the GC and PSICOM will be after him, I don't need these sentimental feelings about him right now"
She then switched the light off in the kitchen and began to walk towards the hallway. She stopped as she examined a picture on a table. There in the picture stood a younger Dante with Serah and Lightning standing next to her mother. She looked at it fondly and then to the picture of Dante and Serah. "I remember when this was taken...it was a month before he left."
"Dante...I.." whispered Lightning and just then her phone began to ring and she picked it up.
"Lightning speaking...Lieutenant Amodar?"
"Farron get here this instant! all the GC are to assemle right now! and don't be late!"
"Yes sir..." and then she hung up the phone and moved to take her blazefire sabre which was leaning on the wall to her right. Equipping that, she began to walk out of her home and to go listen to her briefing.
Snow and Serah watched as Lebreau and Gaddot walked away from the bar and then Snow looked to Serah. "Serah, forget about Dante for the moment.."
"What? but S-Snow!" protested Serah.
"No, listen; I'm sure Dante can take care of himself for the moment, we need to get you to that vestige, the sooner the better." answered Snow. "But...Dante..."
"Serah listen, how can you help Dante if you can't take care of yourself huh? he told me to take care of you and I'm not going to break that promise, heroes never break promises!" answered a defiant Snow and finally Serah conceded and nodded her head.
"Right, let's head to the vestige then..." answered Serah. Snow smiled at her.
"Alright..."
AN: And done, whew; sorry about no Vergil in the chapter but anyway hope you liked the chapter.
spencerlonewolf: Actually, I guess I should have explained; the ascension ceremony for Sanctus has already taken place and hence that's why he was in his diabolica form when he fought Vergil.
Symbolic joker: A ff13-2 sequel? hmm, I don't know man; there is one way though but it revolves around another character in the fic, and if I tell you now then I'll spoil the ending and the surprise so haha keep reading and as for the MVC3 thing, DAMN! stupid deadpool! and gah! your right! he know's Trish! this is so so evil and bad :p hmm so Trish is obsolete for the moment haha! yes! :P don't kill me.
