Ebony and Ivory Queens CHAPTER 11
Theme: Only Human
Kendecia: XD Totally sexy for teacher! Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
SirenaLoreley: Nero in school uniform + Dante in professor uniform = sexiness XD I'm glad you liked it, I think it worked out pretty well! Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
Pushka: I liked doing the role play, it seemed a little too silly for Nero but for Dante it definitely fits XD It doesn't take much to get dirty thoughts starting to roll in Dante's head. Oh, and the ties. I have no idea why...but I love tying characters up with ties XD Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
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Flowing Tears: Nero is pretty sexy no matter what he's wearing XD I'm glad you enjoy the one-shots, I've been having loads of fun creating them :3 The community was a bit of a pain to start, but since I read most DantexNero stories out there it's pretty easy to maintain :3 Thanks for reviewing! *gives cookies*
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I do not own Dante, Nero, Trish or Lady. Enjoy the chapter!
Poker night was every-other Wednesday night at Devil May Cry where all four hunters got together, pulled some chairs up around the messy desk, drank a little and Dante tried to convince the girls to play strip, and he was always met with a resounding 'NO.' However, the mixture of booze and competitive chit-chat often brought up an interesting subject or two.
Lady took a swig of her beer. "So," she began conversationally. "Who do you guys think is the toughest out of us?"
"Me." Dante replied without missing a beat.
Nero paused a few moments to think it over, remembering the time he impaled the older man with his own sword..."Dante." he reluctantly agreed.
"Dante." Trish answered with a slight smile.
"Who do you think Lady?" Nero asked.
"Me, of course. All three of you have extra power to deal with demons, I don't. None of you could fight like I do." she said confidently.
Dante scoffed. "You mean using guns and acrobatics? Child's play."
"I'm going to get another beer." Nero muttered, sensing a fight coming on as he put his cards down.
"Right behind you." Trish stated as the two walked out of the room.
"Then why don't you put your money where your big mouth is?" Lady asked, slamming an ornately decorated box onto the desk between them, making the poker chips rattle. It was gold with one clear gem on the front under the latch. "I bet you couldn't last one day in my shoes."
"What is that?"
"A box I found. Says that it's made to trap demons."
"What a load Lady, you're just fucking with me because you know I'm going to beat you this round."
"Oh yeah? What do you got?"
He laid his cards down. "Three queens."
Lady slammed her hand on the desk. "Three kings."
"Damn Lady." he groaned tilting his head back-why couldn't he win this damn game! ?
"So?" she gestured to the box.
"Fine. I'll open it, it's probably just a fuck ugly jewelery box you picked up somewhere anyway." he said, reaching out to flick open the latch and flip the top up.
Nero gasped and dropped the bottle he was holding as a bright white flash came from the office, followed by a loud 'thump.' He stepped over the broken glass and spilled alcohol to run out into the main room where he saw Dante's chair flipped backwards-with him in it-which would normally be comical if said hunter wasn't unconscious.
"Dante?" his eyebrows furrowed as he got closer and knelt next to the man, realizing the older man's hair was now the same golden hue as Trish's. Lady was already at the older hunter's side checking his vitals, Trish behind the ex-order member trying to figure out what was going on.
"What happened?" Nero demanded.
"It was just suppose to be a joke! I didn't know that box actually trapped demons! A friend gave it to me. I've opened it a few times and nothing happened!"
"So that thing actually sucked out his demon side! ?" he asked, looking over apprehensively and seeing that the gem on the front of the box had gone from clear to red.
"I guess so."
"How are we going to put it back! ?"
"Just be quiet and stop screaming Nero. Help me move his ass to the couch, he's heavy." she muttered pulling one of Dante's arms over her shoulder, the young male sighed and took his other side as Trish moved the chair back into it's upright position.
They set Dante down on the couch with another sigh. "Why did his hair turn blond?"
"Devil blood or any kind of supernatural blood usually turns a person's hair white. Mine is blond because Mundus created me this way, but Dante's has always been white because of his lineage, if it's blond now like his mother that leads me to believe..." Trish trailed off as Lady walked over and picked up the box.
"His demon side really did get sucked into that thing, didn't it?" the male mumbled in question.
"Maybe if I open it near him it'll go back to Dante." Lady mumbled as she approached the couch again. Nero backpedaled so fast he almost fell over as the brunette started to open the clasp. She flipped back the lid holding it out towards the cocky devil hunter. She gasped loudly however when the red light inside the box flew out and surrounded her.
Nero and Trish shielded their eyes, until they heard a loud metal clank and another 'thump' from Lady's body hitting the floor. Nero uncovered his eyes first and saw Lady on her side on the floor, the box laying open in front of her, her hair now a bright platinum.
"Oh...this is bad isn't it?" Nero mumbled.
"Um...I'd be heavily inclined to say yes." the demonically powered female answered.
"D…te…Dant…Dante!" the hunter's blue eyes blinked open to come face to face with the kid hovering over him.
"What?" he grouched.
"Geeze, I thought you were dead," he said. "Get up." he ordered as he got off his knees next to the couch and held his hand out to help the older man off the cushions.
Dante took the offered limb and sat up, looking around. "What happened?"
"Weeell. I think you better go look in a mirror…" Nero answered.
"The mirror. Oh no, did something happen to my beautiful face! ?"
The younger man rolled her eyes. "You can't take anything seriously can you? Look!" he tugged a few strands of blond hair in front of Dante's eyes, making him cross them to try to figure out what had gotten Nero's pants in a twist. Unfortunately it wasn't easy to focus on something so close and Dante shrugged before looking up again.
"What?"
"Your hair is blond."
"Oh geeze, you guys dyed my hair? That's not cool man."
"Wha-no! Dante, I think that box really did suck out your demon side! How do you feel?"
"Tired." he replied stretching his arms above his head with a yawn. "Where are the leeches anyway?"
"They're upstairs. Lady opened the box after you did and uh…I think…well, maybe Trish should explain this." he sighed not even sure how to begin explaining Dante was probably human now.
"Not as good a liar as she is kid?" he chuckled.
"Dante! I'm not fucking lying! You want proof?" Nero thought for a moment before grabbing Dante's arm and scratching his skin with one talon, drawing a river of blood…that wasn't stopping.
The older man blinked dumbfounded, wiping the crimson liquid away only for more to pool in its place. He continued to stare with disbelief as the typically minuscule wound refused to close itself and burned when the demon hunter swiped his dirty palm over it.
"Well…this is certainly new," he looked up at Nero a look of complete bafflement over his features, he wasn't even really sure how to take this. Admittedly it freaked him out a little bit but he had to keep his cool-they could fix this-they could. "So…where's the box?"
"Uh," Nero looked down at the box still laying partially open next to the couch as neither he nor Trish dared touch it.
"Kid, what happened?" he demanded.
"Well-Lady didn't think this would actually work-she didn't think anything would happen so when it did…she thought maybe if she opened the box next to you that the demon would just…jump out back to you…"
"It jumped into her didn't it?" he deadpanned.
"…yeah. It did. I'm gonna go get you a Band-Aid for your arm. Stay there." Nero replied walking into the back where the bathroom was.
Dante, being Dante, of course didn't listen and picked up the box and looked it over. It didn't appear to be anything special, no runes or any indicator of it's demon capturing value. He sighed, well, besides being human for a little bit, this didn't seem too complicated, just suck his demon-side back out of Lady and put it back into him. Simple. No big deal.
He nodded, convincing himself as he started up the stairs.
And I think this is where I'm gonna end this one. I might come back to it, because I do have some ideas about what could happen to make its own story, but I just finished Teenager and I want to work on this challenge before diving into another stand alone story. :3 Hope you guys aren't too angry.
Anyway, give me some feedback if you would like me to come back to this and give it its own story later on :3 Until next time!
Ja ne!
~Bitbyboth February 13, 2011