Sorry, Kim (), I forgot to respon to your review last time. And yes, I do come up with the metaphors and similes off the top of my head... what's the second mean again? ha
"Now then, we can get down to business." Dante told his cheeky enemies as he kicked the door closed behind Nero.
Saya got closer to him.
"So, should we fight anyone or choose a person?" She inquired quietly, despite the fact their enemies could probably hear them.
The queen's weapon, a sort of elegant gauntlet with a long, double-edged blade sticking out of it, looked kind of nasty but her powers so far didn't seem very intimidating.
Meanwhile, the king's fairly moderately-sized claymore didn't really stand out, unless you were talking about fancy-ass guards and expensive materials and the like.
In any case, Dante was pretty sure they were pushovers who just had a bunch of crappy people below them to make themselves feel better.
"Eh, you take the king guy and I'll take queenie. He's got splash attacks and so do you so it'll be… you know… more even."
She sighed, seeming to notice how he had no real logic in his plan, but nodded.
"Okay. Good luck."
Dante smirked.
"Hey, when you're this good, you don't need luck."
She shook her head at him as their enemies seemed to lose their patience.
"Well, well. It looks like two of the rats ran off and left the other ones behind. How predictable." The queen remarked airily.
He snorted.
"If that's the case, why didn't you stop us when we did it your stinky majesty?"
She seemed taken aback by his response, but the king seemed slightly more in control.
"We don't have the time to deal with the likes of you. But at the very least you deserve to know the names of the ones who killed you. I am Nanba-juugo; Kingu."
"And I am Nanba-juuroku; Kisaki." The queen spoke as if she hadn't just gotten totally owned.
Dante blinked, feigning confusion.
"If the people who're gonna die are supposed to know who killed them… then why are you introducing yourselves to us?"
The two remained silent.
"I'm Dante. And this is Saya. And we're going to take those weapons and shove 'em up yer-"
"I think they get your point, Dante." Saya spoke.
It only took a moment for the queen to give a short laugh at him and throw a strand of hair over her shoulder with flair.
"Think whatever you want you dirty worm. We'll see who's going to die at the end of this fight."
"Precisely." Kingu concurred.
Then he swung the claymore, once again creating a wave of green energy that flowed up from the ground and then crashed down towards Dante and Saya.
They both rolled out of the way of the attack, but as Saya's shoulder rolled onto the ground he spotted Kisaki heading towards her.
"Hey! Watch out!" He yelled.
Saya seemed to catch his warning and brought her sword up just in time to block the sharp tip of Kisaki's weapon with the flat side of her own.
"Commendable!" The woman spoke, the first non-insulting thing she'd said since they entered the room.
"But what can you do about this? Ouritsukugi(Royal nail)." Kisaki said before Saya's sword seemed to be "shot" away by thin air.
The woman chased after her, but before Dante could head over to help his black-haired friend a sword came swinging down at him, forcing the man to block with Gemonia to stop the attack.
Their swords clashed and he scowled as the two fought for control.
"Don't get sidetracked, now. Those two are fighting their battle, so let's fight ours."
His scowl vanished, replaced by a grin as energy momentarily charged at the end of Gemonia's barrel.
"Sure thing."
Then the Lamigarda fired, giving his sword an extra punch while sending a very unpleasant present over to the queen who was still attacking Saya, forcing her to back off long enough to give the girl a break.
She shouted her thanks as the older woman scoffed while he was now pushing forward towards the king's throat, the man now bent back slightly.
"Looks to me like our battle is pretty much over!" Dante spoke with a lot of energy, despite the fact he was out of breath from pushing so hard.
Though Kingu's brow was covered in sweat, he managed a look of anger.
"You simpleton. Don't think you're the only one with some tricks! Roiyarusougishiki (Royal strike command)!"
A moment later the same green energy flowed through the air and splashed down towards Dante, making him break the clash and back off.
"Damnit." He spoke under his breath, pissed off that he'd had to give up the struggle for a moment.
Then he stopped caring.
"Doesn't matter. I'll just kick his ass now-"
"Don't be so conceited! Do you think that just because all of our underlings were weaklings that we are too?! You foolish boy!"
His brow furrowed as Kingu swung his sword down, another energy wave splashing its way towards him and making the silver-haired half-demon back off once again, this time with his back to the wall.
"I'm the king! And kings are never weak! Rule! Oujayaiba(Monarch sword)!"
As he declared the sword's name, the same green energy exploded out from beneath the man's feet, dissolving the ebony around him and staining the ground green.
"If you'd like to see the strength of a king… then I'd be happy to oblige you."
