He untransformed and she could see Vergil again.
The real Vergil.
"You beat him now. Can we go back to the human world?" She asked him at a volume that was all but drowned out by the sound of the continuously rushing water.
Still, he heard her and looked directly at Diva.
His eyes caused her to take a step back.
They held no happiness or sadness or anything else.
It was just a cold, emotionless stare.
"Please?"
"I have no reason to go back with you." He stated while walking to a specific part of the stream and pulling something, Enzeru's sword, out of it.
He shivered for a second before his eyes widened, gaining just a hint of joy in them.
Then the look disappeared and he put the weapon on his back, the thing somehow staying in place despite there not being a holster.
"It's not demon-king power, but I suppose it will do."
Then he began walking towards the opposite end of the stream, away from the edge of the cliff.
Though Diva wanted to cry now she managed to keep herself thinking straight.
"What are you going to do?" She asked him as he made it to the other side.
He put a hand on his sword's hilt.
"Isn't it obvious?"
Then he slashed at the wall and the thing cut like flesh, revealing some kind of portal.
Vergil sheathed his sword and waited a moment.
"I'm going to find Dante."
After that he walked through the portal and disappeared.
She was going to run after him when she felt something grab her ankle.
Diva looked down and saw that it was Enzeru's hand; sticking out of the water.
Deciding that he could help her, she pulled him out of the stream and over onto one of the "banks", getting him to sit up so he could breathe easier.
The man looked all-but dead; his skin now pale as a corpse's and his once smooth black hair lying matted to his body from the effects of the water. The wound in his stomach had been washed clean by the water but already the blood was starting to pool around him.
Enzeru was dying.
But his eyes, which no longer held that strange werewolf-like golden color; replaced by brown orbs, looked up at her with some kind of look of peace.
Though he seemed to strain simply to keep them open that sadness she had saw in them before was receding by the second.
"You… have to stop….Vergil." He gasped out while taking deep breaths.
Diva looked at the now-open portal, and then back at Enzeru.
"With the power he has now…. the two brothers will kill each other the next time they meet."
An image of her and Saya stabbing each other briefly flashed through Diva's mind.
"But I can't do anything to him." She said while looking down at the ground hopelessly; honestly not knowing if she didn't think she could stop him, or if she wouldn't be willing to do so if the time ever came.
Enzeru nodded.
"I know. He's too far gone right now. In order to get back the man you know… you'll have to defeat what he is now."
She looked at him again, not understanding what he meant.
His eyes looked directly into hers, resoluteness in his gaze which overcame his fading energy.
"Remember… your opponent is Nero Angelo. Not Vergil himself."
Then Enzeru's eyes lost their intensity and his breaths lightened, becoming shaky.
"Do you still have the dagger?" He asked her in a dry voice.
She brought it up so he could see its sheathed form.
He nodded a bit and then looked back at her.
"The power that lies within that blade belongs to Sparda and his heirs. As Vergil is now, there is no way he could handle it." His voice faded to a whisper.
"You have to give it to Dante. He's the only hope of overcoming the demon that Vergil has become… and saving them both from their fates."
Enzeru's eyes started to narrow.
"You know… you kind of remind me of-"
His lips stopped moving, and his eyes stopped seeing.
Diva closed his eyes and then let him lie down on the bank.
She took a deep breath, and then walked towards the portal.
I know it took a very long time for me to update compared to the others but my motivation went to the wind for some reason. I will continue this story. That's not going to change. But as to how long it will take for it to be continued, I'm not sure. This is a lot like a precursor to the next part of the story and I know it could have been better but this is the best I can do for now.
