"The day has come to an end. The sun is over my head. My polyamorous friend, got me in a mess of trouble again!" -Breaking Benjamin. Polyamorous

Chapter 10

Six Point Battle

The Titans tower was rather relaxed when Raven and Dante got home. Each of the other Titans had gathered on the couch for a rather old horror movie that even Raven was disinterested in, but Starfire's curiosity demanded that they watched it and once the two half demons entered through the elevator they looked around the dark room which was only lit by the movie monitor.

Raven glanced up at Dante with a raised eyebrow, the devil hunter simply gave a shrug as they looked up at the movie which was playing rather loud. "Ugh. That movie sucks." Raven mumbled to the white haired man.

He bobbed his head, noticing that the movie was in fact a movie from the early seventies, and it certainly looked that way as if color television had just been invented by the time the movie had been made. The only one who seemed actually interested in the movie was Star who curled up against Robin in anticipation for the scary parts. The boy wonder seemed quite pleased with the occurrence, even if Starfire was gullible in the terrible quality of the movie.

Dante immediately glanced at Raven with a small wink and a wide, devious grin. "Watch this." He spun around and slowly approached the titans who were enveloped in the movie. At least almost all of them. Beastboy and Cyborg were both noticeably asleep and even snoring. The Devil hunter looked up at the screen which was filled with old versions of zombies which were rather embarrassing with how bad they were. A small smile formed on Raven's face as Dante lowered his head right behind Starfire's ear. She knew exactly what he was about to do, and she kind of wished she would have thought of it too. "Boo!"

Dante's voice filled Starfire's ear against the relative silence, causing the alien girl to tense up and shriek at an ear piercing volume. "Aaaaaaah!" Beastboy and Cybrog jolted awake as Star's eyes suddenly glowed bright green and a bolt of energy shot out and crashed through the window with a loud boom.

"Dude!" Beastboy jolted awake and hopped into Cyborg's arms in fear.

"What the heck was that?!" Cyborg replied with his eyelids feeling a bit heavy.

Dante smirked and circled the couch. "Hah!" He laughed at Starfire's reaction as he rested his boot up on the arm of the couch with a smirk. "I'd hate to see what you'd do with a better movie." He smirked.

Star clenched her fists, her eyes glowing green again. "You... You... Clorbag Valblernek!" She shouted out loud, levitating upward into the air.

"Relax, Star. He didn't mean it." Robin waved her off while the other two males tried their best to fight fits of laughter.

"Hmm, scaring Starfire." Raven floated around toward the kitchen with her usual composure regained. "Now why didn't I think of that?"

Dante gave a simple shrug, backing away from the Tameranian girl. "Sorry, girlie. Sometimes I can't help but predict the future." He smirked with a taunting tone while Robin turned back to him.

"So did everything go well?" He asked in a business like tone. "You look like you have something to say."

"Oh boy do I?" Dante glanced back at Raven who gave him a peer and shook her head. The two other males couldn't handle the information about what happened between her and the devil hunter. So he simply looked around and kicked the ground, making the titans control panel rise from the floor. "The guy who called me thought he was all that and tried to trap us."

Raven floated back into the room, levitating a cup of tea in front of her face as Dante pulled up the map and the six locations. Robin stroked his chin. "So was this person in with that Jester?"

"Of course he was, they always are." Dante shook his head; rolling his eyes. "Apparently someone's having a hard time in their love life, because they were looking for a particular person in that grave yard."

"Do you know who?" The boy wonder flashed a worried look, while Dante simply shrugged.

"Hell if I know, he said the person they were looking for wasn't there." he stepped around the table and threw out his arms as he spun around. "Alright, kids!" He said in an announcing voice. "We have our locations and a possible motivation! Either something to do with my father, or hers." He gestured to himself then to Raven. "So if you wanna make yourselves useful, then each of you should go to one of each of these here places and look for this Jester bastard, but." He threw up a finger as he hopped up onto the panel. "You kid's aren't too used to fighting demons yet. So you should go in pairs, otherwise they'll have a field day tearing you all apart. I think the only ones who can go along are Cyborg and Starfire here."

"What about you and Raven?" Robin replied folding his arms.

"We'll go together too. They're looking for us, so if we get lucky, we'll both be there to kick his ass." He replied resting his hands on his hips. "What do you think, bird boy? Sound like a plan?"

Robin touched a finger to his chin and circled the table to the monitor, looking at all the orange dots on the map, then hummed to himself with a nod. "Yeah. That is a good plan. Cyborg and Starfire can take these first two places so they'll be closer to each other if one needs help. Then Beastboy and I will take these middle two."

"Which leaves the ones furthest from the city." Raven nodded then glanced to Dante as he hopped down and held out his arms. "They could all be traps." She glanced to Dante with a blank stare.

"Well it wouldn't be a demon plan if they weren't." Dante shrugged. "Low and behold! The greatest plan ever! Rest up, kids! We split tomorrow." He smirked as he trotted out of the room.

"So we're really gonna kick butt aren't we?" Cyborg replied with a confident smirk.

Beastboy pumped his fist with determination. "Dude, you know it!"

Star touched a finger to her lip as she stared over at Raven who gave Dante a small smile as he walked away. The alien's eyebrows raised at Raven's strange behavior and immediately she floated around and hung upside down in front of the dark titan. "Raven, your behavior is most peculiar. Is this the emotion with which is most forbidden to you. The smile?"

"What?" Raven shot her a blank gaze. "No. And it's not that rare."

"Actually Rae, it kinda is." Beastboy grinned at her as she gave him a piercing glare.

Dante looked back at the scene and smiled at her much different personality. There weren't as many mood shifts, or moments where she squirmed around acting all bashful around him. He turned back around and continued on his way. "Heh, getting better."

"Alright." Robin looked around at the other Titans as they gathered on the ground level of Titans tower. Each of them had awakened rather early to prepare for what was sure to be an all day trip. "Is everybody all set?"

"Heck yeah. We're gonna kick some serious monster butt." Beastboy replied changing his form into a kangaroo and giving several swift punches, before changing back into his boy form.

"Aw yeah!" Cyborg shouted changing his hand into a cannon. "My batteries are fully loaded and ready for a rematch!"

Dante and Raven shared amused glances as they stood on the side lines. Each of the Titans had only one occurrence where they had to fight actual demons which was when they tried to investigate the tower and got blocked by a legion of demons. "You should know something, guys..." She finally broke her silence. "Demons aren't to be taken lightly, so don't hold back."

She glanced over at Dante with a proud smile which he returned before clapping his hands together. "Alright, can we go now? Cause I'm kinda itching to find that Jester and give him something to laugh about!"

"Yeah." Robin nodded to him then stuck out his hand. "This could get dangerous. How about that handshake, Dante?"

The devil hunter blew his white hair from his eyes then flashed a wide grin at the boy wonder. "Eh, you're a Robin. If things get tough, you can just fly away." He smirked slapped their gloves hands together. "If you get to Jester first, make sure to give him a good whoopin, tell him it's from me."

"Will do." Robin grinned then Beastboy suddenly changed forms into a green pterodactyl as Robin grabbed onto his foot. The two took flight followed by Star and Cyborg who drove the Titan mobile. Dante simply smirked as everyone quickly disappeared then he turned to Raven.

"Alright!" He clapped his hands together excitedly and made to step past her. "Lets get going."

Raven grabbed his hand and pulled him back to her, causing Dante to give her a flirty grin. "Wait... I have a faster way." She pulled him closer to her. "Don't move."

The devil hunter smirked and wrapped his arms around the small of her back. "Don't worry, babe."

Raven lifted her lips into a smile and pressed her cheek against his chest, listening to his calm heart as it beat away. Then she took a deep breath and closed her eyes, somehow much more capable of concentrating in this state. Showing affection wasn't normally her cup of tea, and she was normally disgusted by it, but now her opinions was a little different. Dante was different from the normal guys, even if he did act like Beastboy some times.

Things were different between them after the kiss and it showed, though it wasn't awkward at all. Probably because Dante didn't want it to be so he kept things going as normal as ever. The only difference was that Raven's happiness was taking over and Passion was satisfied.

For now...

Raven lifted her head from Dante's chest and took a deep breath with a nod. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Her eyes glowed white and in an instant her cloak flowed upward and wrapped them both up as it turned pitch black. Dante looked around as they were covered in black then before he knew it they were completely cloaked and they disappeared from the Titans front yard.

When they could see light again, Raven's cloak opened up and they suddenly appeared in an unfamiliar yard. The place was rather dark, with trees towering over head. A cool breeze of fresh air blew past Raven's nose which smelled great in contrast to the polluted city smell. They looked ahead and saw a big property that was extremely open. A big spooky looking mansion towered over them, nearly touching the tree tops.

A big metal gate lay on the ground, detached from the wall surrounding the property. Everything appeared to have some sort of destruction to it. A portion of the brick wall was blown out at multiple sections around the property. All of the windows were blown out and the door was tattered beyond all recognition. Raven could only wonder what the other places looked like.

Meanwhile Cyborg had arrived at his destination, stepping out of the car and looking up at the old house. It was no mansion, but it was still pretty huge. Almost as if it had been build centuries ago. The wood was rotting and unpainted. The windows were only holes with shutters hanging off by a thread. He could see a lake behind the building with a dock house visible from the property enterance. The place was creepy for sure, but Cyborg had his cannons so he was unafraid.

Starfire had arrived on an old farm with a huge field and an extremely large family house. The dark, broken windows with the drapes flowing out of them in the wind reminded the alien girl too much of the movie they had watched the night before. As she floated toward it she tensed up, clenching her fists, ready to blast the first thing that moved.

Robin and Beastboy landed in the middle of a homey looking place, despite the creepy dark windows and eerie chilled atmosphere it didn't appear abandoned at first glance. "This appears to be the place." Robin looked around with a raised eyebrow.

Dante looked to Raven with a smirk then cocked his head as he turned toward the mansion. The dark titan followed him, floating beside him as he stepped past the stone wall. To no surprise as soon as they set foot on the property a red flash filled the air. Dante stopped; bobbing his head as red demonic portals swarmed the front yard of the mansion. Out of them jumped a great number of reaper like demons clutching their scythes as they were joined by red glowing bats that screeched as they looped through the air.

Raven floated higher up, her cloak flowing open like a pair of wings as Dante smirked at her. "Looks like we got the right place." Raven looked down at him with a nod, and the devil hunter smirked and spun around, pulling out his pistols. "Let's rock!"

Even though it appeared to be the right place, the other titans were having the same problem. As Starfire floated down the drive way of the farm house her area filled with red portals too, and Cyborg's as well. Robin and Beastboy immediately jumped at the sight of the portals and prepared for the battle.

"Looks like I got this." Cyborg replied on his communicator.

"I too have the battle upon me." Star replied.

"Yeah, us too." Robin said quickly before raising his staff.

Dante glanced up at Raven as he heard the calls and rolled his eyes. "That figures."

Raven held up her communicator with a deep sigh. "It's all a trap." She replied. "He summoned them at all six places."

"Oh great." Beastboy replied. "How are we gonna know which one's the right one?"

"We'll just have to check them all." Robin replied, hanging up completely.

Dante smirked to the demons as he shrugged with his pistols. "Sounds good to me." He then twirled the weapons and crossed his arms with a grin. "Looks like it's your lucky day, guys. Cause I'm here to stay."

The beast flared their teeth at him before lifting their weapons and taking a sudden leap at him without warning. As the scythes came around, all they hit was air in his spot as he jumped over the demon horde and fired a single shot through one of their heads as an acceptation of the challenge. Raven floated back and threw up her arms, lifting both of the metal gates above her head, before hurling them at the swarm of beast. The crowd was drastically decreased as the projectiles hit them and Dante immediately took a flip through the air, pressing his weight down on the fallen demons and he crossed his arms across his body.

The space around him was quickly filled with the foes as he changed his aim and fired all around himself. As the crowd thickened around him, he immediately put away his pistols and grabbed the hilt of the Force Edge, slashing in a circle to knock them back. Then without pause, Dante came dashing forward with an even more powerful Stinger stab. Raven reached out with her powers and pulled a bar from the fallen gate, and hurled them both at the foes, stabbing through multiple at once, before she pulled the projectiles back to herself.

Dante flung his sword in an upward circle, hurling multiple demons into the air before jumping with them and landing multiple slashes on the close group. As he fell to the ground he looked down to see one of the beasts readying to lung up at him. As the demon came close to his body in midair, all it hit was a transparent red circle as Dante appeared on the other side with a downward slash.

He then crouched back, with his sword tucked behind him as he waited for the group to tighten once more. Raven faced an even larger group on the other side of him, which she simply crushed them all with the gates one more and turned around to face the devil hunter. He flashed a wide grin as he stayed put while they all formed in front of him. "That's right, line em up!" The beast roared and the bats screeched as they lunged forward at Dante, then just before they reached him the devil hunter dashed forward, spinning in a circle and slashing through them all, throwing Force Edge around his body and letting it orbit his body in a flurry of sharp slashes. Then as he came to a halt, he grabbed the hilt as it passed in front of his face and spun around with a high crescent kick, deflecting one last scythe, before front flipping over the demon's shoulders and driving his sword through the top of its torso.

Dante landed behind it, jerking Force Edge in front of his body as he heard one last snarl from the final foe. He glanced over his shoulder as the beast slowly fell to its knees before crumpling into a pile of dust. Raven landed in front of him with a small smile. "We do make a good team."

"Told you." He smirked as he twirled his sword onto his back. "But the fun's only just begun. Come on, cutie."

It certainly has, Dante.

This chapter may be over, but I'll tell you all right now. I'm gonna enjoy writing the next one.

Ah the trickster jump dash. AKA how I survived my first DMC3 play through. Seriously, on normal mode you can pretty much you're gonna die a good three times before finally figuring out how to kill a boss. Especially Nevan. Oh my god, Nevan! I still hate you, very much. No matter how awesome it is to fight with a guitar. Other than Vergil, she's probably the boss I died the most when fighting.

I'm very glad this story's getting such high praise. I honestly didn't know if a romantic story with Dante would be liked, but it seems I'm not alone. That makes me happy.

;)