Mission 10 – The new plan

"I think that it's no clue at all." Nero sat on the couch when they finally arrived home. They didn't speak to each other through the whole ride and Nero was kind of sick of this silence. "It's not like we can just meet Sparda and ask him where the crystal is."

Dante didn't say a thing. He opened the fridge, sighed, closed it and then sat on the desk. But feeling this cold look on himself was hard to handle so the hunter finally opened his mouth. "What can I say? Even if it's my pops, I can't arrange a meeting for you, sorry."

"But you seemed to know more about this whole thing then me, that's for sure."

The look seemed even colder now.

This whole hide-and-seek was pissing Nero off. His partner was hiding something, for quite some time already, but why? It concerned the boy for sure, so why? "Why can't you tell me?"

"I can."

…what?

"I met with our witch when you weren't in the office. She explained some things to me, but it didn't really make sense then, so I thought that I'll wait until it's more clear. Now it is. And we both know the whole story already, so there's nothing for me to add."

"But what did she want from you? Why tell you, if I'm the one being used?" Damn this girl, what the hell is she thinking?!

"Not only you. I'm supposed to kill Yuki."

...WHAT?

"After you destroy the crystal, of course." The hunter smiled, but only for a second. "So the most important part is this crystal."

"Why would you have to kill her?" Nero was shocked, but he tried to find out as much as possible "Why you of all people?"

"Don't ask me. And I don't see why are you so upset, while I'm the one who doesn't know anything." Dante looked at the other guy surprisingly serious.

"Don't joke around, she told you everything, while…"

"About you."

Huh?

He stood up from the desk and took off his red coat. Nero was looking at him and realized how Dante never asked about anything; about the future, about the way he met Yuu, about Nero himself. He just… was.

I only told him about Kyrie and that I know him, but that's all. And he never actually complained. Nero smiled. "I'm sorry."

But Dante only burst with laughter as a response. "I just wanted to shut you up, you know?" He came closer and kissed the boy. Nero suddenly felt really mad, but he decided to ignore that. He wanted Dante, here and now, he wanted to forget about everything else again.

I love it.

The one second after he found himself on the couch, his lover above him. He didn't really care if he was bottom now, but somehow he knew that he should at least try, to do not show Dante that he has given up already. He pulled down his partner's pants and then his own which lead to the other guy's very tight hug and in a blink of an eye he felt Dante inside him.

I… he's fast…

"I've seen you had been talking with… Oh gosh, I have a really bad timing."

That voice…? Nero couldn't really turn his face in that direction.

"Would you mind leaving?" He suddenly heard Dante.

"I don't mind, I don't!" And the door closed.

His partner started to laugh.

"Finish, or get out." Nero stated. He couldn't stand the thought that someone has seen him like that. Even if it was the witch. Though it's good that it wasn't Lady, 'cause she wasn't quite that understanding."Did you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, my dear." He laughed as a response and kissed the half devil again.

After the incident, they finished pretty quick. It was hard to say if Dante felt awkward about this, or if he was just amused, but he certainly looked like he was about to burst with laughter at any time. "At least we managed to do it this time." He said, while trying to hold it.

Nero only sighed and dressed himself properly. "She wanted to talk right? Maybe you should hide your thing before she comes again." He stated, totally serious, and then sat up on the couch.

"She probably won't come for a while…" The devil hunter smiled and put his trousers on. But he wasn't quite right about his statement, because soon after, they heard the familiar voice again, from outside this time.

"Let's… just forget about that." Yuu slowly opened the front door and after confirming that she could really come in, she stepped into the devil hunters' office. "But you really should get a lock on the door."

"We can't afford that." Dante smiled at the girl who just ignored the stare and sat on the billiard table.

"Or anything for that matter." The other boy clarified. "What are you here for anyway? You never tell us what's important, so why bother? Or you've got some more requests maybe?" He started sarcastically, trying to forget the previous embarrassment. And the witch was really annoying him lately, even when he knew her current situation. He wanted to finally stop being dependant on her, help her, but on his own accord.

"If I told you everything at once, you probably wouldn't believe me. And no matter how weird you find it, I don't know everything either." Yuu sat crossed legged on the table "And I don't really like talking about this."
"Why, because you made a mistake?" Dante smirked while standing up, and located himself beside his desk.

"More or less. So, I believe that the puppet described the situation to you?"

"Yes, she believes that Sparda can know where the crystal is. The only problem is that meeting him under current situation is kind of impossible." Nero decided to swallow his pride for now and cooperate. He may find another way to turn the table, later.

The girl suddenly focused "Sparda… yeah, it might be true. I think sis values him very much. Yes, he should know." she jumped back on the floor. "The crystal must be in the same place in all times, so all we need to do is make Sparda tell us that place and then anyone can destroy it. He won't tell me though…"

"Seriously? You want to meet pops? How the hell do you want to do that?" Dante looked at her with disbelief.

"She manipulates time, idiot." His partner sighed "Surely, it won't be a problem to meet Sparda with her help."

The witch smiled and approached Nero. "It's nice to hear that you take me in such high regard."

"I still don't like you though. But I would be blind if I didn't realize what you're capable of."

"Whatever." The girl replied fast. "So, what do you say about meeting a demon, who saved the humankind?" After that he only looked at her, angry. "Please?" she added, suddenly becoming the sweetest creature in the world. "Dante can't do that, because he would recognize him, but Sparda doesn't know you at all. And I know you would like to see what kind of demon is that guy everyone around you was worshipping for so long."

He turned around "I don't really care. And I'm sick of being treated like a servant."

Yuu sighed deeply and looked down. She had to convince him somehow or there won't be any point in sending him to the past now.

"Let's start over then. I need your help. And this is Devil May Cry. Will you do your job?"

"What about a payment?" the other guy jumped into the conversation.

"Shut up Dante, I'm talking to your boyfriend here." The witch hissed with a changed tone.

"Don't call me like that." Nero got even more frustrated now so Yuu turned to him and smiled gently.

"Sorry, I thought it's official. And I do have quite a good idea for this payment you talk about." the girl tried to look as convincing as she could.

"So, what is it? Why can't you just pay with money, you know we need it."

"I don't use money and I have none. But…" Yuu smiled viciously at the guy behind the desk "Didn't you ever want to see this pain-in-the-ass while he was still sweet and innocent?"

At first both of the hunters were a little bit confused, but it lasted a moment. Then Nero suddenly looked away and Dante sighed and changed his position a bit.

"I was ever hardly innocent actually. And wouldn't it interfere with that time-space of yours? I mean, I don't remember meeting Nero anytime before…" the guy suddenly looked in the space and seemed to realize something "oh damn." he summed it up in two words.

"Huh? You've seen me already?" Nero seemed surprised.

"… I believe you called yourself Nick then… if I remember correctly. It was when I was still living with mum and Verg."

"It's settled then." Yuu clapped her hands. "If you don't go, you will mess up the time, so you're obliged to do so. You've got a day for a payment and then I'll get you to your work. Is that okay with you?"

Nero sighed "I don't have a choice anyway, do I…?"

The witch grabbed his hand and smirked, devilishly. "Of course you do. But maybe later." The guy suddenly had the urge to break free and kick the girl, but it was too late. The whole world around him blackened. Again.

Zinkul: Well, that was a long break :/ I'm sorry for that, but I'm kind of in a moment where I'm publishing right after finishing the chapter and I'm not really too fast of a writer. Thank you all for still reading it, really :)