Special Delivery

Chapter 14: Fatherhood

A/N: I decided to make little flash back chapters since I do believe I made October grow incredibly fast without hardly any detail on how Dante coped with his growing daughter. So here I go. Sorry for the confusion if it confused any of you. I'm gonna be working in between the time lapses and vague descriptions, trying to describe things that I didn't get to describe therefore, describing the indescribable so that it may have a description. You know the deal. Review and PLEASE tell me if this was necessary or not. I SWEAR I WON'T DO ANYMORE NIGHTMARES AFTER THIS XD.

Dante slept in his room for a few hours, tossing and turning. This nightmare wasn't the one he was used to. He was standing in darkness with a spotlight on him that burned his eyes. The silence was interrupted with the cries of children. Tons of children, falling from the dark sky and plummeting to the ground, exploding like bombs into bloody messes, splattering all over Dante. A child fell in his arms, still crying and focusing its eyes on him, melting gruesomely into a skeleton then dissolves into nothing. Dante ran as fast as he could to find a way out but was kept in a dark box with the spot light following him wherever he went.

Dante panted heavily, trying to find a door or window but couldn't find anything. He turned around and saw that disfigured infants were crawling toward him, crying and reaching for him. He tried to scream, but nothing came out. Nothing but air. His eyes, full of fear, shifted through the tiny crowd of miscreants. He backed up, tripping over one that was behind him and falling to the bloody ground. He felt them crawling up his legs and pinning his arms down, causing bodily harm to him and themselves.

"FUCK!" Dante screamed, shooting up from his slumber and panting profusely. He placed his face in his palms and looked around the room.

Trish and Nero looked up, "He's awake now…" She said, cradling the baby. October cooed some more, looking up in Trish's face.

"Must've had a really bad dream or a really good one." Nero chuckled, looking at October.

Dante's bedroom door opened and his footsteps were heard coming toward the steps. He came down shortly with an annoyed look on his face.

"Morning sunshine." Trish laughed, handing him his child.

Dante grumbled some words that didn't seem like they were in the English language and took the baby, sitting on the couch. They were mostly obscenities that he mumbled.

"So… about that job…?"

"I can't do it…" Dante replied, closing his eyes and keeping October in his arms.

"Why not?" Trish crossed her arms.

"Because I have a baby to look after… and I'm tired." Dante sighed.

"There are babysitters you know?"

"I know… If you want me to take this job so bad, why don't you watch October for me?"

Trish sighed and rolled her eyes, "I guess… but just this once."

Dante nodded and looked down in his daughter's eyes as she was looking up in his. The baby smiled a gummy grin and kicked slightly, getting the hiccups afterwards. She made a confused face as if she wondered what was going on with her body. Trish and Nero began to laugh.

"That's cute." Dante smirked.

He stood up and was about to give October back to Trish, then she threw up on his bare chest.

"AHH! OH GOD!" Dante exclaimed, jerking back slightly. "SHIT!"

Nero cracked up laughing, "Holy shit! It came out like a fuckin projectile!"

"GET IT! UGH IT'S SLIDING DOWN IN MY PANTS! AHHH GET IT!"

Trish laughed and stood up, handing him a clean up towel and taking October from him, wiping her mouth. Dante took the towel and wiped his chest and stomach before it could get any lower. Nero turned beet red, laughing at Dante, hyperventilating. "You should've seen the look on your face." Nero laughed, falling to the floor and clenching his stomach. Dante growled and kicked Nero in his stomach, playfully.

"Ow! What did I do?" He laughed, catching his breath and sitting up.

Dante groaned and went upstairs to change. He came back downstairs shortly.

"You're comin, right kid?"

"Yeah… Why?"

"So we can get this job out of the way. Cuz I wanna come back and go to sleep."

Nero shrugged and stood up, following Dante out the door.

"We'll be back in a couple of hours." Dante sighed, closing the doors back.

Trish waved and sat at the desk, holding October. The infant stared up into her eyes, still having her hiccups. The infant began to kick and coo, curious and interested in her surroundings.

"You're so adorable, little lady." Trish smiled, standing up and walking around for the baby to look around the office.

October's icy eyes scanned the office again, looking at all the 'decorations' on the walls. The demonic faces intrigued her and the weapons, both rusted and shining made her think in her developing brain. All her surroundings made her fall asleep on Trish's chest.

The job was really nothing to the boys it seemed. Infiltrate a tower, kill demons, infiltrate the other part of the tower, kill more demons and repeat. The job was finished before they knew it and they walked back to the office after seven hours. Dante hesitantly walked toward the office doors, stopping in front of the door and sobbing.

"Right about now, I'd have a nice girl here with me… and… well, you know how it goes from there." He sighed.

"Oh shut up." Said Nero, shaking his head.

Dante groaned, refraining from taking another step.

"Don't make me have to do this again." Nero sighed, going into the office to place his sword on the side then coming back out seeing Dante still standing there.

"You'll have to take me kickin and screamin." Dante grunted, crossing his arms.

"Fine with me." Nero shrugged, throwing the elder hunter across his right shoulder.

"GOD DAMMIT!" Dante exclaimed, kicking his legs for a moment, then relaxing, just giving up. "I don't wanna be a dad yet…"

"Should've thought of that when you were makin her." Nero said, holding him down with this devil arm and walking into the office.

"THE CONDOM BROKE~!" He whined, being thrown on the couch.

Trish came in from the kitchen, feeding October. "Still complaining?"

Dante didn't answer and just leaned on the arm of the couch, sighing. "I have no idea how I'm gonna do this though."

"Speaking defeat will only bring you defeat."

"I'm already defeated, thank you very much."

Trish sighed and handed the baby to Nero for now and stomped over to Dante.

"Don't hit me…"

Trish sighed and sat on the arm of the couch, "Dante… you're at the point in your life where you have more responsibilities than you would think. You have a daughter now."

"Don't remind me."

Trish grunted and slapped him in the back of the head, "You said so yourself that you were gonna be the man your dad wasn't~! GET IT STRAIGHT!"

"OKAY~!" Dante winced.

"And… we said we'd be there if you needed us." Nero told, admiring the small child. "So… we're not completely abandoning you."

Dante stood silent and looked at the small bundle Nero was holding. "… I can do this…"

…

"So… you think you can… help me?" An older man asked, speaking to Dante as he was holding his whining daughter.

"Uh… yeah… just… wait… what did you want me to do again?"

"You know what? I think I got you at a wrong time. I'll… catch you at another time."

October squirmed some more, her whimpering turning into small cries. She was a few months old and in her teething stage. This stage was hell…

She would cry and cry and cry because she was so uncomfortable. Dante felt like he couldn't take it anymore. He held her on his chest and continued to pat her back, hushing her. Lady stepped into the office while Dante was putting her to sleep.

"She's teething isn't she?" She asked.

Dante nodded, "And now she's quiet. I swear when she's not crying, it's better than sex."

Lady laughed a little, "Only you, Dante. Only you. So… did you accept that job offer?"

"The guy left. I tried to listen but October wouldn't stop crying. I told him I'd do it though." Dante sighed.

"Good. That's all that matters." Lady said, fixing Kalina Ann on her back.

"Yeah… I guess…"