Devil May Cry 4 'Video Game' – The Ying and Yang

By Tayla Drago

Mission # 4: Winter Castle from Hell

It looks like it Nero and Kate alone and face to face for the first time just looking at each other at first, for only Kate to smile after restraining Nero from attacking her, but thanks to one touch in reading Kyrie's past goes to him sensing she came all this way to tell him that and try working together. So it was there, Kate needed to lay down the ground rules and explain what's been going on word by word that it has to work for what Kate tells on what went down next once again.

(Kate: I finally got down to the real business with Nero once I lower my weapon down for him, already sensing me being a half human and an Angel like he never seen before until now, as well as him a half human and demon into one. I begin telling him what Dante and I know about that he, my dad, Alpha, Lady, Trish, and I were demon hunters the bad kind to save lives, like he was; knowing that Sanctus was acting strange with another man name Agnus taking a rare item once belonging within Trevor/Aeon that they took making more demons to appear as well as the gates to open to Demon World, all over Fortuna putting lives in danger. I needed to find the others and Dante and I to split up to soon see each other telling Nero we're not the enemy but on his side, so says Kyrie having strange dreams lately. He knew something was wrong with his girlfriend so he believe in me so far for it was all good. Soon telling Dante about him being the son of Sparda for the stories to be true, who I was making the long story short, not a nut freak of worshipping but dressing up to get in, why we did it, and finding out more about what Sanctus was hiding and if he's really dead. Well, is he? As for Nero and his past, I only got from him was him being a childhood friend to Kyrie and her older brother Credo over the years and fighting for good secretly not knowing about his powers or who his real parents were back then, strange huh? Of course he was telling the truth to me, leaving one thing left in what to do once Dante and I are back to Nero while fighting demons and continue on with the journey ahead for that demon he just face name Berial was only the beginning, just not dead so he'll be back for more. That won't be anytime soon, but we'll be ready for him.)

Kate started asking Nero man questions about his past the best he could know to answer.

"So you were born a human a demon with powers to fight?"

Kate looks at Nero's arm, to hide it a little for she didn't mind looking at it.

"Looks that way, I wish I knew how this ended up on me."

"You remember your parents?"

"Afraid I never had any growing up. Lived in an orphanage home and got to Kyrie and Credo so much."

Kate felt bad for Nero asking him about that.

"Sorry to ask."

"Don't be."

"Since when did you know about demons and fighting so well?"

"I learn since I was a little, train a lot to own a gun and a sword, my arm hurt me at first until I was able to handle it. I can sense things out easily from danger but I had to hide it from everyone because they fear over demons."

Kate stood up for Nero, feeling the same outcast of loneliness that she went through growing up too.

"That's not true! I grew up after my Mom left me and died leaving my Dad to be over protected without friends for me to be ignored and treated like a freak show but I stood up for myself and you should too, Nero! You are you and nothing else, you hear me!?"

Nero freaks out a little seeing that he shouldn't mess with Kate when she gets angry.

"Oh… Okay?"

After that, Kate stopped for she didn't mean to shout.

"My bad."

"I see, you went through so much like I did but here I am hiding it and fighting demons."

"Well, people will like you and don't care what you are someday."

"Yeah, someday."

Soon Nero and Kate ask another question to one another about their love interests.

"So you and Kyrie, huh? Cute."

That made Nero turn red all over for she knew it was the same for Kyrie for she and Nero loved each other, though for he afraid to admit it to her.

"What? No! No, no! Shut up! What makes you say that!? We're friends since childhood, nothing more!"

Kate knew the truth about their love.

"Sure you do…"

Nero gets back at Kate after that.

"Well, I bet you and that demon hunter of yours is more in love than ever!"

"Yes we are. For three years now."

"Really?"

"We're lovers and partners in demon hunting."

"It just so weird…"

"Hey! When he comes back to me, don't you even think about killing him! Okay!? Kyrie said she'll talk to Credo in letting us go after our job is done!"

"What…?"

"You heard me-!"

Before Kate could finish talking to Nero, she felt weird all over again to run over to eh cliff of the hill side to vomit like crazy for she doesn't know what was wrong with her either nor did Dante and now Nero was seeing it. She comes back to finish talking to him.

"Are you okay?"

Kate tried to suck it up.

"I'm good."

"You sure?"

"I wish I knew why I was asking this way too, Nero."

Now down to some serious business between the two. But still, why has Kate been acting so strangely lately…?

"Look, let's make a deal if we have to. Kyrie told me to come to yo and help you out and to find Dante to stop this weirdness going on in Fortuna. Nero, let's you and I team up to find the others and so on just do it for your girlfriend."

Nero got embarrassed again.

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"Whatever! The only thing I ask you in return is to not kill Dante when he shows up, okay?"

For a second, Nero think really hard meaning Kyrie does care for his safety and for Kate to aid him being his backup in fighting so he agrees with her on a few more conditions in mind.

"I'll do them, but in return…"

"In return what?"

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but… I don't care about Sanctus being alive and all or escape with a scratch if by luck or the worshipping is crap. So whatever he is hiding and recovering for we will find it, good thing Kyrie told you to find me. We'll fight the demons in our way into big ones, the others you're with, and I promise…"

Kate makes Nero say the last one whatever he likes it or not.

"Say it."

After letting out a big sign, like Nero had any other choice but kind of glad for Dante being on his side also Kyrie believes in him 'a bit' and Kate as well.

"And I promise not to kill your boyfriend; however I do want to fight him again."

That part made Kate confused once Nero said it.

"Fight Dante since you won't kill him? What?"

"When I like someone to fight who's equal to my skills, I enjoy it. Besides him pissing me off and we're almost the same on what we do I just want to one more time. Enough to get my anger out and I promise you, Kate, I won't kill him whether he beats me or I beat him so cross my heart and hope to die. Whatever…"

Kate felt Nero telling the truth, for he loved to fight for equals and trust worthy so it was fine for her knowing she'll be watching the two go at it again but in honor-ish.

"I guess that fine knows Dante will do it."

"Also…"

"What else?"

Nero comes up to Kate to remove the symbol of the Order of the Sword worshipping members since she wasn't one but being under cover so she knows that he never did like it either, so off of her top side it was gone for only Kate's top of the shirt to show underneath.

"Huh?"

Nero soon throws it into the air to slice it into many pieces making him feel better for the both of them.

"You hate people like them, I do too. Can't stand to look at it."

That soon made Kate laugh for Nero to laugh with her too finding that silly Christian thing to be a joke 'which it was' for the two in getting along this time.

"I don't blame you there."

"With that all said and done, um… Hey, what's your name anyways?"

"I'm Kate Jones, the Last Angel Warrior of Susan Star my Mother. Please to meet you, Nero."

"Heh, me teaming up with a girl here. A beginning of a beautiful friendship for us, I got we got a deal all set for the two of us?"

"It sure is. Welcome to the team."

Once the two new teammates shook hands with each other, both Nero and Kate were now partners on this mysterious case of Sanctus' plans of demons in Fortuna. Now they must find more about his plans along with the remain piece belonging to Trevor once could become deadly if not stopped, so they both headed forward on following the path to whatever it'll lead to next and that's somewhere in a hidden door leading to somewhere from the old village for the two needing to go to next sensing other strange things further up. Kate had only one thing was to keep on going to catch up to Dante and finding the others like Jason, Alpha Line, Lady, and Trish real soon. For her being strong is what Dante wanted her to do, and Nero will get some answers for his homeland to remain unharmed and protect Kyrie from danger. So up they go while being prepared for anything or demons coming at them for they will protect the lives of others as much as they can. For that's their job to do.

They got upstairs to another side of the abandon village to find an entrance to a cave right next to them. From within was a hidden mine use to get gold and diamonds they dug so much to make money, now looking empty to be nothing more than a ghost town just lots of demons the Scarecrows the Leg and the Arm to be wondering around for Nero and Kate to make their way through from skills to power beating them in seconds. There was nothing much of the track roads but one being the opening, a dead end, and further up had a lovely looking waterfall leading to the top of another room to go to.

"This looks nice if it wasn't so quiet."

Nero pokes on Kate's shoulders to get her attention.

"Yo, Kate, check it. Above us."

Kate sees where Nero was pointing up to see there next place to go to.

"A way up from the waterfalls, liking this. Care if I lend you a hand?"

No problem for Kate to fly, knowing that Nero can get up on his own thanks to his Devil Bringer glowing to climb his way up.

"No thanks, I got my own ride."

"Oh right, your arm."

"It's my arm and within the powers is called the Devil Bringer. Watch this."

Nero goes up on one end to say something while holding on to the blue light.

"See?"

Kate likes it.

"Awesome!"

"Care to race me?"

"Oh, you're so on!"

The two began climbing up from flight and climbing skills from one edge at a time, for Nero was fast to be climbing without stopping and Kate to use her wings to fly anywhere and anytime until they finally got up top. It looks like they both made it up top meaning they were both equal like Dante.

"Who won?"

"Looks like I did."

"No, I did."

"In other words it's a tie?"

"Crap… Guess so, Nero. It was still fun."

"Yeah it was."

After Nero and Kate had some fun in testing their skills, they enter in another mining room with tracks, more waters flowing, and somehow a machine still running well to look around seeing the whole view. From carts running through and a big wheel moving, the two kept on going while fighting with more Scarecrows; Kate grabs two of them from the arm and leg to send the flying for her and Nero to shot them many times until they turn into aches, to slashing them from their swords, to Kate's light powers blasting away, and Nero grabbing hold of them to slam and smack down hard for they make a very good team.

"Nicely done."

Kate forgot one was still left alive from behind, but Nero shoves his sword by kicking it into the Scarecrow's chest to be killed in seconds.

"Same here, we make a great team you and I."

"I guess we do. You know in an old mine like this, it's amazing this place is still running normally without anyone working. Freaky…"

"I bet a lot of the demons we just fought had something to do with it."

Nero had a point there for Kate to soon know about next.

"Really? Why would they work in a dump like this? It's sad it was burned down by a giant bull-like demon you faced."

"Tell me about it, but what can we do? We can only keep on going and end this."

Both Nero and Kate load up their guns at the same time for another battle for later.

"You got that right. So let's do what needs to be done."

After going up to another path leading one to another dead end, to an exit with what seemed to be snow all over coming from outside meaning it was going to be different on what they were about to enter in next all cold they were still in Fortuna and it wasn't another South Pole from afar. To Kate could tell there was another Gate to Demon World being opening to be aware of, for Nero things were about to get crazier.

"Well then, let us do our job instead of feeling sorry for the lost ones. Our ticket it just ahead once we get out."

"Then let's go."

From outside of the caves was a land filled with strong winds, snow blowing hard, and it was very cold. For Nero didn't mind the icy feelings just not Kate so it was hard for her to move and trying to stay warm, leaving Nero to do something from grabbing out of his jacket was a very long winter coat just in case he needed to aid something when working in the cold areas so he hands it to Kate to be covered up.

"Here, you can have it."

"A very hooded coat?'

"You're cold, Kate, we need to stick together if we're going to keep on moving."

For that, Kate accepts the black and red hooded-like coat to put around her body to keep herself warm with power now feeling better to move and see like there was no cold feeling or wind blowing in her face at all.

"Thanks, fits like a glove."

"Glad you like it. Come on let's go."

No strong winds or snow will keep Nero or Kate to keep going walking through the paths of the rocky sides, there was no signs of a gate anywhere but seeing a full moon in the skies with a full moon out meaning it was night time. Or always night time in this area. Soon it stopped snowing and being so windy for the two can move easily to walk around the snowy grounds; they soon see many pillars and broken down solid items covered up to a big castle they could see from the far right with a broken down bridge for there was another feeling somewhere to get in as they look around to find the opening in any way they could look for. Kate stumbles a switch near the edge to make it appear making a bridge to walk across allowing for her and Nero to keep on going for it was safe to walk on.

"Ha! Talk about your open sesame break through."

"By the strange demon powers you and I are sensing, something's in that castle."

"That's another Castle of the Holy Knights? Give me a break."

"Oh, no there's a lot more than this and the other one back in town. But we have to go to find more answers we're looking forward."

Kate walks on the bridge first followed by Nero after her.

"Whatever works for you, smarty pants."

The place was quiet, way too quiet being all covered in snow and no wind blowing meaning more and more demons will be popping up for Kate and Nero once again being on there guard. Somehow instead of demons, they get a falling part of an old building top to fall on the left over bridge to destroying it and for the two to jump down safety on the snow in time for a close call. Getting back up is easy, how will they get into the castle this time without a path? That is the only problem to be solved.

"Oh, come on!"

Nero comes up to Kate sensing the demons nearby.

"Once again, we got ourselves some company."

From up to the old broke down pillars appeared two, three, or a few more demons looking light fighters made of ice also known as Frosts. Looking almost like aliens they were far from it and half lizards too – with no eyes, nor mouth, wearing a stick out white type of helmet with a nose-like head, having a body of a bird with long legs, long arms with claws all gray and white colored, with some being cleared blue on the chest, with the tail coming from the back, with one arm being an arm with ice claws sticking out, and the other with many ice for the shields all sharpen up. For they freeze their bodies up for power to attacking position to come flying down at Nero and Kate to fight them off.

"Aliens?"

"I think that's a different story for them being ice demons."

"Looks like we break their ice bodies, we can break them."

Nero grabs one with his arm to go flying all over and thrown to the ground hard allowing Kate to join in with him.

"Well, you don't have to ask me twice!"

The two Frost were fast in flying and approaching to strike with their ice claws for Kate to shield herself to break one off allowing her to punch it many times into stabbing the demon in the gusts with her light-like sword powers to break into pieces after that. Allowing Nero to use the same moves on the last one, for once they were dead 'with more to come', the hunter high five each other on another fine job they did. Soon they look around the area to find a way out besides the top leaving to a dead end, Kate sense the energy coming from another way to the church this time with a bridge that will not fall or break.

"Nero! I found another route! It'll lead us inside!"

Nero catches up to Kate to see it to the door.

"Time for us to move out."

"Right!"

Both Nero and Kate ran to the pathway of the bridge from many backgrounds of other pillars sticking out to more landscape showing, from down below leads to more cold water, and the further they were going the better timing they were getting to the door. With some snow falling from the skies, a noise of what sounds like a demon cries out for the two to hear out being really close. What appear to be a Scarecrow about to attack them from above, Nero sticks his gun out for Kate tells him to lower it down seeing another person trying to stop him for another member of the Holy Knights and helper of Sanctus 'who talk to him from earlier at the memorial. It was a woman in white looking like she had the demon hold down with her legs around its waist. Once they fell for the demon head first, the woman appeared with the Scarecrow's legs crossed t o show her face in front of the two.

"Ah."

Nero was confused on what or who he was seeing in front of him about to fight with many more demons coming at him.

"Another Hoy Knight member? Great, what's worse it's a weird girl."

But for Kate, she could already tell on who that was out of the blue but she had to say something not to blow the plan just yet.

"Oh, my God… Just look at this chick! She looks like another version of Christian Lady Gaga!"

Nero laughs finding that to be very funny.

"Give me a break!"

That gave Kate a big relief for she remembers another plan that Jason talked about with her, Dante, Trish, Lady, and Alpha Line from earlier for another flashback to be told.

"While we're split up, we need you Trish to go undercover of the group to follow every step Sanctus' doing."

Kate got confused.

"But, Dad, we just kill this old fart and we're good to find the orb, right?"

"Yes, it just this old man like Sanctus won't be so easy to go down from us or Dante."

Dante was being silly.

"Oh, really? And you think Trish here can seduce the mean old geezer with her charms? Get real."

Trish hits Dante on the head.

"Ha, ha, laugh it up now, Dante. I got an ace up my sleeves I been saving to use."

Kate remembers hearing that the other day that Trish promises to use now.

"Trish, is it time to tell us what it is?"

"Okay, feast your eyes on this."

Trish moves aside to show the five her special trick to changing appearances into anything she wishes to be. Goes from all black and long blonde all over into all white with short hair and a whole new woman in seconds for they were all amazed to see. Trish goes by Gloria in her special look as a Holy Knight seeing that she was a member for some time now keeping taps for Jason and Lady to get some information so far to getting in being one of the Holy Knights; looking like a brown pale skin woman, with white hair being short, clear blue eyes, light purple lips, wearing a orange necklace, dress in what looks like a short white dress, with some orange all over, white gloves, covering her chest with tight strings, having her bottom of her skirt to be covered up, with long white boots in high heels, and holding two gray daggers as her weapons and the Sword of Sparda.

Now everything's in place on what the other plans are for Trish and Jason to say to the others on what to do with Trish as Gloria next.

"The name's Gloria, nice to meet you all."

Lady, Alpha Line, and Jason liked it 'same with Kate without keeping her eyes away' and Dante just laughed for Kate to stop him.

"Dante!"

"What? She looks like pre-teen Madonna."

"Ignore him, Trish… I mean Gloria. It's a good look. So, Dad, she's been with Sanctus' member since when?"

Jason smiles for he knew that his daughter will ask him that next.

"About that… About a year now and for me to tell Lady to do some researching somewhere else, thanks to her they got their attention to trust Trish looking like a whole different person. Anyways, Trish here will follow them before Dante does the shooting as Sanctus to getting some more info. So she'll be going to Fortuna ahead of us almost close to shore to get into character, however she needs them to give her Sword of Sparda to go in deeper allowing you guys and our newest member to go in, just play the role like you never seen her before."

"What!?"

Kate didn't like that idea nor did Dante, looking at Lady just now knowing about it wish she was told sooner too.

"Okay, that sounds too stupid to do, Jason."

"Yeah, Dad!"

Jason tries calming the girls down.

"Now, now, I can explain…"

Then Dante jumps in to answer for Jason.

"You give them the gift of power for the first one; we'll be able to sense the dangerous weapon with the orb nearby on the island. A risk but all worth in saving the world and then giving it back."

Trish goes back to normal for a bit.

"Bingo, Dante."

"Don't forget that I gave my Father's weapon to you as a gift so if you lose it…"

"I won't, I promise to get it back or you guys. Problem solved."

"And there you go, ladies and gentlemen."

Kate gets the issue now and so did Alpha Line.

[It does make perfect sense.]

"So Trish goes as Gloria to aid us but work for Sanctus' men for a bit by giving the sword to them to get more data to lead us in stopping them, once we get to the island she goes ahead of us to do the rest for us to find. It is crazy, but you're right, Dad. What other choice do we have?"

Trish winks next to Kate's side.

"You got it, honey. Once all is good, I'll lose the looks for us to end it all. It's all good."

"Well, if you say so, Trish. Just try to be careful, will you?"

"Ah, come on. It'll be fun."

Kate believes in her where it shows another flashback where Jason drives the boat to Fortuna allowing Trish to go as Gloria to run on the water really fast holding her Sword of Sparda for once she has arrive to the church, she gives it to Agnus, talks to Sanctus about the plan, and soon moving back to the hide out until she awaits for Nero and Kate to arrive and they did going back to her as Gloria to fight the many Scarecrows coming at her. As Kate described the battle going on seeing how good she was by hand with her daggers to fight without using her lighting powers, guns, or her sword.

(Kate: Talk about Cosplay going on, Trish. Gloria, huh? I know you're playing your character well as a slut-like fighter, but she was over doing it too much. How she was fighting you ask? After slam dunking the demon down and showing off, there was more to come… She just sits there waiting for one demon to cut Trish, but she uses the dead one to be cut instead, to flipping backwards away from the other, to avoiding more of them to soon spreading her legs straight out again to grab one demon from the head, and throws it down for those were very powerful legs she can use. Soon grabbing out her two daggers in between her legs to cut one into many more one swipe at a time. Flipping back up to cut down the rest soon to kicking one in the face, and please tell me Trish being as Gloria is wearing panties under there? Kicking many more to hold her stand with her legs very still sounding all sexy for more demons to jumps she does a spin kick to knock them down hard. Steps on one to stomp the other one down hard, to dodging one of the Scarecrow's blade in time, and soon throwing one of her daggers up in the air to grab back when it came down to destroy the other; and another to blown up leaving one left to come charging right at her with no problems for this girl leaving Nero to do the saving. Again, part of the plan of ours so we got to play along, but I'm sure we'll informed Nero way later on once we're done. And now for the pep talk so play it cool, Kate, just a little longer please.)

Trish/Gloria sees Nero 'after shooting the last Scarecrow for her' and Kate ready to make her speech in welcoming them meaning Kate was getting closer so far the way she was winking at her partner to know.

"I owe you thanks."

Kate tries acting cool around Trish as Gloria though she has the slutty side of her character.

"Oh! It's no trouble at all, miss! Nero, we got lucky to find another member on our side, sort of."

Nero just looked at Gloria not caring for her to walk up to him being all hot and all making Kate feel weird just watching it.

"You're from the order…? I've never seen you before."

Kate tried to think of something.

"Well, she's new!"

"I'm afraid she's right. I'm new. Gloria. I take it that you're Kate Jones the half breed Angel and the last kind from your mother being Susan Star? Nice to finally meet you, rumors are turn."

Gloria shakes hands with Kate.

"Same here, Gloria, nice to meet you too."

Soon she checks out Nero, for Kate was telling Trish/Gloria secretly that he's another mysterious member she got him to join.

'You're Nero, right? I heard rumors."

"Hasn't everyone?"

"Quite a few in fact and none too flattering."

Kate rolls her eyes knowing about Nero and Kyrie.

(Kate: Please, Trish, flattering from Kyrie and Nero together will get you somewhere.)

Nero ask Gloria some questions about the demons 'for Kate wanted to know too' while she was trilling around with her daggers in her hands.

"So what's the deal? Where're they coming from?"

Kate nodded to Nero for she didn't know either, but wanted to like him.

"You got me there."

"It's strange… No matter the number you kill, more will come."

Nero sees Gloria putting her daggers away back underneath for boots that was close to her but making Kate to tease him.

"What?"

"Kyrie wouldn't like you being a pig to Gloria…"

Kate laughs making Nero upset and his face all red again.

"Oh, shut up! I was not!"

Soon the two were about to make their leave inside, for Trish to wish Kate and her new partner Nero good luck from this point on.

"Let's go, Kate, and I'll leave the chore to you. We've got some personal slaying to take care of."

Kate follows Nero while saying her good-byes to Gloria 'until later on'.

"Thanks for the hand there, you be careful yourself, Gloria!"

"I'll join with the others. We'll take care of them."

One Scarecrow demon Leg wasn't dead quite yet for Trish/Gloria to put her foot down on its back to kill it for good. As she watches the two heroes moving on forward.

"May the savior be with you on your journey."

Soon Gloria walks off 'for Trish has got her hands full to clean up the mess to going back in being undercover with the other members of the Holy Knights later on', for Nero not a fan of praying at all while playing around with his gun, same with Kate but she's going along with it either way.

"Savior…"

Kate pats Nero on the back to cheer him up.

"Ah, just ignore it."

"Yeah I know, let just go in already."

"Right."

The two heroes finally reached to the door of the big castle of the Grand Hall, for once they got inside it were still cold and it was huge. Looking with many chairs out, a stand, a chandelier up top just hanging back and forth, from top to bottom floors, a lion statue, a weird stand in the middle, fires all lid up, what looks like on what Nero and Kate were sensing out to be a blue-like power shield u top blocking some of the things, and a huge picture frame of Sanctus in the middle. From the doors next to them could lead them to one of the rooms to get upstairs to open the other side in getting rid of the shield for good as they started looking around the place ready for anything.

"Looks like no one else is in this place. Too cold and all so quiet."

"Good for us to go while the others are further away from here. I say we climb up on the second floor-!"

Before Nero could jump up high to take a short cut, Kate stopped him in time for something wasn't right in a weird place of another church in a very cold area.

"Wait!"

"There a problem?"

Kate proves Nero the problem by grabbing hold of a small rock on the ground to throw up top seeing it was bounce off from the invisible wall was there for side and another one too. Nero sees the point for himself, being there must be a puzzle they must solve together.

"Over protected of this mess hall much?"

"You and me both, Nero, for us to go through further we have to solve this somewhere inside. One of these doors on each side will lead us to the second floor one of the two doors to unlocking the barrier. Care to lend me a hand?"

"Let just get this over with."

"You got it."

Nero and Kate headed to the door on their left. While stopping more Scarecrow Leg and arm demons in their way 'like they do as a team', they make their way through the door near the far corner of a room filled with water coming out; soon making their way from the room, more demons to be destroyed, and up the stairs they see a path they must go through carefully to reaching the other side from the spikes from above, cages hanging down, and the blue lights glowing for Nero to grab on to one by one for Kate to fly on her own without any trouble to keep on moving. Once they made it through they enter the second floor on the left side of the room, and still walking up to the barrier they couldn't move on the right side unless going to the one back down like the other one. Nero hits his face walking right into the barrier hurting his nose.

"Ah! Damn it!"

"Like I said before, strong blue-like barrier here."

Kate taps on the barrier proving once again to Nero as he tried to suck up the pain in his face.

"I get it, okay!?"

Kate goes to the door next once they made a turn.

"You done? We're moving out."

Kate goes on ahead first before Nero could catch up to her after.

"Kate! Wait up!"

Once he did, the two were outside of the castle to find another way through with something they might need. From snowing outside to fighting with groups of Frost demons for Nero and Kate to take them out and trying to stay warm, they go into back side of a waterfall 'a nice view too', still walking along for the t two enjoying the view see the all the other waters even the fountains are frozen up but the very big waterfall, Kate and Nero didn't take them very long to sense that something was on the other side besides where they were in right now.

"Another one…?"

"Yep, guess will find out on what real soon. Let's keep moving. I would be freezing still if it wasn't for this coated hood you gave me to wear."

"You're quite welcome."

Surprising all the lights to still is working all over the place; they go through another path and stopping more and more Frost demons no matter where they appear at. To there, they finally made it on the other side of the right 'without going back down below' to find that something to break the barrier for good seeing a blue wheel was the key in doing so for Nero to do.

"I got this."

Nero swings his sword many times at the wheel to have blue flames appearing, to spinning, and finally the barrier to go down this time with the door on their ride side to go in for sure.

"Heh, piece of cake. Let's go, Kate."

"Oh, please. You're making me hungry."

Once they under through the door, passing by the many art works of fine paintings to statues all over 'and some fine chairs and such', while fighting more and more Scarecrows and Frosts for Kate to shoot her light beams at and Nero to fire many rounds with his gun to go out in seconds. They move back outside to the not so snowing out path entering in a very nice library room having something hidden for them to find this time, also trying to get out somehow on what looks like a gate locking them inside for the two to sense that something hiding somewhere and a spinning drill like item, that's also a weapon. So how can they get out? Not even from their powers or fighting skills couldn't break down the gate for they tried.

"No luck destroying this door here!"

Nero tries moving the item-like spinning thing, but it was too heavy even for him.

"I have a funny feeling about this gizmo thingy, just can't move a muscle! It's like glue!"

Now Kate finds that hard to believe in.

"I doubt it! We'll find something so keep on looking!"

The two kept on looking and searching without giving up all over the room. With Kate looking around on her end, Nero did the same seeing all the books lying around for him already know it all belongs to Sanctus owing so much of them.

"Didn't figure this guy for a bookworm…"

Kate senses another demon in the room for her to join in to help him out.

"Nero!"

Nero and Kate draw out there guns pointing at the mysterious armor from earlier just standing around looking at the two, but how did it get inside? No doubt to Kate seeing it was a demon name Bianco Angelo 'made by Agnus'; all covered in silver of the armor body, golden horns sticking out from the helmet, for the front to glow in different colors, didn't speak, having many gray and black on some parts of the armor, funny boots, a pearl-like on the chest, wings on one arm being a shield, with the other arm holding a long sharp sword to pierce through, who can fight hard, and move really fast. For only destroying the shield, can slash this demon away.

"That's one way to get yourself shot."

The armor looked at Nero's arm glowing and he tries to hide it from the demon. Nero draws his gun away to turn his back around, but not for Kate.

"So you after this guy too or just here to catch some demons?"

"Nero!"

Nero tries calming Kate down while looking at the books with Angelo walking up to Nero ready to strike at him.

"Relax, I just ask a question. I'll tell him the truth what you told me so far."

Nero knew what was about to happen and keeps on reading.

"Silent type, huh? Well, that's… annoying."

Kate corrects Nero quickly.

"No it's not that! Behind you!"

Angelo strike Nero with his sword, before Kate could shoot Nero was fast to block his weapon with just one book in time.

"So much for friendly banter."

Angelo removes the book out of Nero's hands with it's' sword to swing again for Nero to doge it to destroy the globe, a table filled with books all over, and for Nero to finally draw out his sword to fight with Kate ready too.

"Too slow, pal! Nero!"

"If you want to fight, then come on!"

Nero charges up his Red Queen with Angelo sounded like it screamed a bit to be ready to fight the two. Throwing the many papers all over the place, it was ready with it's' sword out to attack for the two to jump on opposites sides to confuse the demon on a strategy plan in mind. With Nero using his Devil Bringer to climb, Kate tells him 'while jumping from wall to wall' on what to do.

"I'll go with the shield and you knock the crap out of it!"

"Let's do this then!"

"Okay!"

Kate upper kicks Angelo's helmet into swiping her leg to make it trip and allowing her to make her light beam into a shape or a light saver-like sword 'color all blue' to cut her way at the demon many times with all over her powers 'all thanks to her training' until the shield broke leaving the demon defenseless and weak. Allowing Nero to finish the job, using his arm to punch the demon until he grab hold of its' sword right into the chest to ramming it many times more until it blew up within seconds. After that Kate fires the rest in time with her gun and the same with Nero's before more of the Bianco Angelos came out of nowhere 'would explain how they did in the first place'.

The last one goes down leaving the helmet to roll near the two heroes. Nero looks at the helmet for him and Kate to discover that there was no one inside, it was a demon alright. Soon it bright up for a huge light flying all over the room with the armor disappearing too like it was nothing for things to get weirder and weirder. As well as the helmet did too.

"That explains everything."

"Empty… A demon; it possessed the Order's armor. That's not a good sign."

Soon a hidden door opens up out of the blue meaning whatever Nero and Kate are sensing in the other room must be a key in getting out. Looking all glowing up of a stand of some power with something in it, for there was no trap this time to walking in from within it appear to be a green fire inside a weird looking lamp just floating; for once Nero picked it up it turned from green into a blue fire sensing much power from him and Kate to see it all.

"What?"

"It looks like the lamp's reacting to you. So much power flowing through."

Soon they looked at the spinning item that had something to do with the lamp for Kate to find out on her own their way out for she knew what it was from reading about it, Nero had the power to use it.

"I see… Nero, you absorbed that power to move heavy objects from that lamp. It's also known as Anima Mercury."

Nero got confuse for Kate to explain to him again on another important thing, while thinking about her old friend Anima back in Demon World

"Anima what now?"

(Kate: Anima, I hope he's doing well as a free demon with Genma too… Sure brings back good memories…)

"Well, the Anima Mercury has the power to make any human, demon, or a half breed mix into a stronger heavy lifter not to mention better at fighting too. It was hidden away long ago fearing that it'll curse someone falling into the wrong hands in becoming a monster with no control. With that could kill a person, but when you touch it your Devil Bringer arm fought back meaning you've master it and now you can use it within you by upper cutting the item there to destroying the gates so we can go forward. Maybe with this we can find the next place we needed to go. It was made by real people of alchemy skills like my Dad too, just different people back then hiding this for a long time until today. You get it now?"

Nero checks out his arm sensing so much powering coursing through him.

"I see… You're pretty smart knowing all of this, Kate."

"Well, I love to learn about demons and magical items you know me. With that done, let's put your new found powers to the test."

"You got it, here goes nothing."

Once Nero punches the strange top, it began to burn up with the blue fire showing to turn into a real drill-like top spinner like magic. Another punch sends the thing flying all over the room for more power and how many times he punches it will go faster and all over the place that can destroy things or kill any demons in the way, depending how many times you swing your sword to spin until you punch it everywhere. Nero kept hitting it until it finally reaches to the gates to be crushed and allowing Nero and Kate to continue their search, knowing how Kate was worried about Dante, Alpha Line, Jason, Lady, and Trish 'knowing she's fine as Gloria', Nero tried cheering her up knowing they will find them and stop Sanctus' madness on what's really going on.

"Come on, Kate, you keep making that face there it'll get stuck."

That made Kate freak out a bit to make sure her face was fine.

"What!?"

Nero laughs.

"Nah, it's all good. Looks you're worried about your friends and that boyfriend, I get it. I worry about Kyrie and the others… And I guess Credo too knowing I got to keep on going. So relax, we can do this as long as we stay close as a team you and me."

That made Kate better a little.

"Don't forget my Dad too and my talking weapon."

"Sorry, I forget. Wait… You have a weapon that talks?"

"Yes, it once belong to my Mom being the last Angel Warrior who fell in love with my Dad as a human alchemist. So that's why I'm part human and Angel."

Nero now knows a little bit more about Kate and her family 'with Alpha Line being her powerful weapon that was alive'.

"That's cool. You know, Kate? It's funny how we ended up as a team. We're like becoming faster friends than ever."

"More like brother and sister. I never had a brother and it is nice to have one like you."

Nero like the sound of that.

"Oh, really? Yeah, I get myself a sister here too name Kate Jones, no relation. With two lovers on our minds and powers in fighting demons. As well…"

"Having too much Christian people that get mess up in the heads?"

The two smiled making Kate feels a lot better now for Nero to be happy about.

"You got that right. So come on, let's head back inside the castle. Whatever the new powers I got can do will lead us somewhere to get to the next world."

"And that's within the waterfalls."

"Then let's go, sis."

Both Kate and Nero put their hands together meaning they were not only partners and friends, but also sibling likes if they were related or not. Kate will soon find her friends, her father, and her weapon later on along with her Dante again, for the time being they must continue their job for once inside the room where they were with another spinning thing to use will be the key to get them somewhere and a lot more back in the other rooms to get to since the barrier was gone, this job was getting really serious. For anything like it, Kate was ready to aid Nero whatever she could.

"Alright, let's go!"

(Kate: Okay, Kate, Nero's right you know! You will see Dante again! If you know that Trish is fine being under cover, then I'm sure the others even Kyrie and her older brother are too so I can do this. I know I can! Sanctus, ready or not here we come and your demons!)

What lies somewhere else of these castle, for only Nero and Kate to do together fighting more demons and solving other puzzles is by finding the next Gate to Demon World to stop an ice-like demon to destroy and hoping in time. What Trish/ Gloria was doing by gaining Sanctus' and the other Holy Knights/Order of the Swords their trust by giving her Sword of Sparda for them to use, could only mean trouble. What kind of trouble? Let's hope on whatever was on Jason Jones' mind will work somehow for later on by finding the weapon as planned.