Deku meets Dante. Is this a good thing or a bad one? Part 2: The premonition comes true!!!
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Dante watched Deku sleep, from the doorway. It had been days since he had the vision. She still didn't believe him. He knew that she wouldn't believe him, if he told her why she should believe him. It had been happening since he was a child. He knew that Deku and Neko were in danger. He didn't know when they would be, but they were.
"Dante, can I go outside?" Neko asked, looking out the front of the shop.
"Go ahead. I'll watch your back." Dante crossed his arms, and walked away from the doorframe. He smirked as Neko went outside. This had become like his duty. If they wanted to go outside, they had to let him know, so that he could protect them. Deku still tried to fight them on her own. She hated being protected, and he found it entertaining to watch her try to fight off the monsters. He always came to her aid, as she got tired.
"Dante! Here they come!" called Neko, as she began to back up.
"Alright." He pulled his shot gun. He came outside and took aim. There were at least twenty of them. "Neko go inside and get Deku. Tell her to grab my big sword and get out here."
"Hai." Neko dashed for the shop, but she crashed into something large and black. It was a panther-like monster. Like the ones that had attacked Deku. "D, Dante!"
"I don't have my sword. Neko, you need to get past that thing, and get inside."
"I can't! I'm not as strong as Deku is!" Neko backed up. She could also understand the roars of the monster. It was saying, Blood of a mortal woman, just like the others. "Dante, what does this thing, want with a mortal woman's blood?"
"I don't know. . .how do you know that they want?"
"Half feline. . .wait a second. . .it can't want me! I'm immortal!" Neko smirked, but realized that the panther like demon, wasn't paying her any attention. It was slowly moving towards Dante's shop. Where Deku was sleeping. "Dante, that thing is going into the shop. I think it's looking for Deku."
"Wait a minute, the weakling is immortal, and the powerful one is mortal?" Dante looked at Neko, between shots of his gun. "You can't be serious!"
A black figure appeared from the shadows. It raised it's right hand, and held up two fingers, the tall monsters, Marionettes, halted their attack. "Dante Sparda, you have what I want. Give her to me. Give the foreigner to me."
"What the hell, do you want with Deku?"
"I want her to come out, and play." The figure crossed his arms.
"Well," Dante smirked. "She's sleeping right now, so can you come back later?"
"Dante!" cried a voice. "Dante, help!"
Dante spun around, and saw Deku being backed into the street by a few panther-like demons. "Damn."
The man in black approached Deku. "Now, it's time for you to come with me." He neared her and looked into her eyes.
Deku looked mean. She growled loudly. "What do you want with me?"
"You're able to understand the beasts. You heard them. They want the blood of a mortal woman, namely you."
Deku gave a nonchalant shrug. "Do you have any idea how many other mortal women there are in this city?"
"True, there are many others, but how many of them have what I want? I want you to come with me."
"Let me give this some thought. . .mmm. . .no way in hell." Deku crossed her arms. "Who are you anyway?" She had a proud smirk on her face. She wasn't afraid of this man. He couldn't take her on, so what was there to worry about? "Well, what do you want?"
"Your blood." He smiled, revealing fangs. "If you want, I'll beat you, until you bleed."
"Oh, you want to fight me?" Deku also smiled, showing off her fangs. "I'd love to." Her favorite pastime besides sleeping. "Now, this is the kind of fun, I've been looking for." Deku cracked her knuckles. "Alright, you go first!" He attacked with a punch. Deku giggled as she dodged and punched at him. Her fist met his face. "Oh no, you're too slow to catch me, whoever you are."
"The name's Damian, and I'm just teasing you." He took off his coat and hat. He had black hair and large muscles. His eyes were black. He growled and kicked. His long, powerful leg hit her in the ribs.
Deku got up and elbowed him in the jaw. She dodged a fist and delivered a kick to his arm. He punched her in the stomach, and while she was hunched over, his foot came into contact with her back. Deku got up and matched him blow for blow. She hissed as she got up from a elbow to her side. This guy was nothing to fool around with. Even a Saiyjin couldn't land this many punches on her!
Dante and Neko watched as the two fighters took to the air. Every blow they matched made a booming sound in the air. Like a sonic boom. "Come on, Deku!" Neko cheered.
Damian drew a weapon. It was a short scythe on a chain.
"What are you two doing down there? Go away! You're distracting me!" Deku dodged a swing of Damian's weapon.
"It doesn't improve your chances of beating me." His weapon began to glow and he sliced the air. A red arc, shot at Deku. She wasn't prepared for it, and it hit her as she tried to dodge. It caused her shirt to tear and a cut to appear on her right arm. "See what I mean?" Damian smirked.
"What the hell did you just do?"
"Magical Destruction. Now, dance Deku." Damian's scythe began to glow brightly. He rapidly cut the air, with his weapon. "I want you to bleed."
Deku dodged some of the arcs, but not all. They tore at her skin. She found herself crying out in pain. It was in her eyes, rage and humiliation. "Neko, you and Dante go somewhere that won't blow up."
"Alright, let's go, Dante. Deku's pissed off. It's dangerous here." Neko grabbed Dante's arm and started running.
Dante didn't budge, he stayed fixed on Deku. She had a yellow aura around her body. She exploded into a scream, and he was hit by a wall of scorching heat. A tree caught fire. "What in the hell is she?"
"I hope you don't have a problem with being burned alive!" Deku glared and released another wave of heat. The tree that was on fire was reduced to ashes.
"Pyromaniac. . .you think this hurts me? Go ahead, burn yourself out. It doesn't hurt me, but it does hurt Dante." Damian laughed as he pointed to Dante.
Deku looked at the ground. Dante was stumbling away. He had already shed most of his outer clothing. He was only wearing his pants and a leather muscle shirt. "I don't care about that guy! I told him to leave, if he didn't, then that's his problem!" Deku turned up the heat. "I want you to die!"
"Man, look at him roast. I'm surprised he isn't dead. You're beginning to boil the asphalt." Damian created more arcs and hit Deku with them. "Look at Dante. If he falls, it's all over for him."
"Neko! I told you to get him out of here!" Deku found herself unable to speak normally. Why the hell did Dante hafta be down there? He was going to see her do it. She was going to cry and he was going to witness it. "I'm going to kill you!" Deku lost her aura and disappeared. She reappeared in front of Damian, and thrust her fist directly into his stomach. This time it didn't even phase him. "What in the blue hell, are you?" Deku looked at him full of fear. Something she had never done, not even once in her life. That had been one of the hardest punches that she had ever given.
Damian punched her in the stomach, then leaned down so that he could whisper into her ear. "I'm a demon." He sent her through the air, and she landed on a car, as a blood covered heap.
Deku looked up at him. A demon. She silently vowed to kill him, then started losing consciousness. A scream forced her eyes open. Damian wasn't in the sky anymore.
Damian had taken Neko, by the collar of her shirt, and was flying off. Dante couldn't do anything, he was still trying to escape the inferno, that Deku had created. . . .
Dante waited for everything to cool down, before he went back for Deku. When he finally did go back for her, it still felt like an oven. The asphalt was still soft and he could barely breathe. He found her, still out cold, on the top of a red sports car. She had hit it so hard, that the roof had collapsed and the windshields had broken. She was still bleeding from where the arcs had hit her. He picked her up quickly and continued to walk, his feet were beginning to feel how hot the asphalt really was. He looked at her as he entered the shop. Her body was torn up. "Deku, you and your arrogance. If you had waited to see what he could do, you might have had a better chance." He laid her on a table in the back room and walked off to get some bandages and medicines.
Deku's eyes opened and she sat up, not acknowledging her wounds. Only one thing came into her mind. His voice. I'm a demon. The whole scene came flooding back into her mind. Her eyes flooded with tears. She had been beaten down and humiliated.
Dante walked back into the room, and found her weeping. He got near cautiously. "Deku, I need to clean you off. Some of your wounds are pretty bad."
"No! Get away from me!" Deku got on into an animal-like position. She looked like a cornered panther ready to attack. She was again ignoring the pain of her wounds. Blood was dripping from her open wounds and forming small pools on the table.
Dante paid her no attention, and began to clean her injuries. Deku tried to get away, but he grabbed her wrists and captured her gaze with his. "You are going to hold still, while I work." His icy green stare held her in place. He had that effect on people, and apparently it worked on her.
Deku growled and tried to get away again. "You better let go of me!"
"Deku, what is your problem? You're acting like a total animal!"
"You caused me to lose to that thing!" She tried to strike him, but he held her wrists down.
"No, I didn't. He overpowered you. It wasn't me."
She didn't want to hear that. She didn't want to hear that! Nothing was supposed to be capable of overpowering her, except for her brother. "That wasn't supposed to happen! I was made for fighting! I'm not supposed to get my ass kicked!" Deku looked into his eyes, as hers began to fill with tears again. "That's not supposed to happen!" She got near and cried into his chest. "It's not supposed to happen!"
"Deku. . ." He looked down at her, and let his arms encircle her.
She buried her face in his chest deeper, as she wept, just like in his vision.
"Deku. . ." He rubbed her back, as she cried. "Deku, listen to me, for a second."
"Huh?" She looked up at him.
"You're getting blood on my clothes." He held her away from him. He knew it was cold, but he was growing attached to her.
Deku growled and gave him a backhand to his right cheek. "You insensitive dick! How could you say something like that? I was going through a serious moment, and all you could worry about, was your clothes?" Deku slapped him again. "I. . .I hate you. . ." She fell to the floor.
He picked her up and laid her back on the table. "You got too excited." He began his work as Deku went back to sleep. It took him over two hours to bandage and medicate her. When he was finished, he took her to his bedroom, and allowed her to sleep. . . .
When Dante awoke the next morning, before he did anything else, he went to check on Deku. She was gone. Then, he heard it. She was outside. He hurried outside, and there she was. Fighting. Her bandages were coming undone, and she was bleeding again. He came up behind and grabbed her. "What are you doing out here?" He asked fiercely as Deku kicked, screamed, and cussed at him. "Deku, what are you doing outside? You should be inside in bed! You're too injured to be trying to workout!"
"What do you know? Let go of me!" She jerked as he pulled her back in the direction of the shop. "Dante, let me go!"
"No, now shut up." Dante opened the door.
Deku pouted as she was laid back on the table. "This is my third time here! Leave me alone, Dante." Deku growled. She didn't like the idea of him always coming to her rescue. He treated her, as if she was defenseless. "I can take care of myself, you jerk!"
"I'm a jerk, now? Have I been upgraded from that other name you called me?"
"No! You're still a dick! Now, let me go outside!"
"Why are you so hellbent on going out there, just so you can attack monsters, that you know are impossible to defeat. You and I, both know that I'm the only one who can defeat those things, so why do you want to fight them?"
"In case you hadn't heard, I'm supposed to fight! What's the matter, don't like the fact, that I'm not a weakling, like Neko? I can look out for myself!"
"Really? Then what was that last night? Seemed like you lost."
"That thing, got lucky! I'd take him on right here and now, and I'm willing to bet, that I'd-"
"Lose." Dante interrupted. "You would lose against Damian. You're too arrogant. You take your opponent as a joke. Your short temper, doesn't help either. I saw it last night. Losing your temper, makes you careless and stupid. You think your power is all you need. What about strategy?"
Deku let loose a deep growl. She sounded like a panther. "Dante, you sound like an old geezer. I am not arrogant."
"If you're not arrogant, then my grandmother dances the Macerana."
"And, if you're not a prick, my grandmother wears a thong and lives in a volcano!" She crossed her arms, then yelped. She had gashes on her chest and arms. "Dante, are you going to do something about these, or not?"
Dante gave her some gauze, bottles of iodine, peroxide and alcohol, medical tape, and one handgun bullet.
"What's all of this for?"
"I thought you could take care of yourself. The bullet is for you to bite down on."
"I take it back! You're not a prick! You're an ass!"
"And you, are an incredibly loud young lady. If you apologize, promise not to go outside again, and stop calling me names, I might fix you up again."
"You!" Deku looked down at her wounds. She mumbled everything that she was supposed to, then stuck her tongue out at Dante.
"I can't hear you. Say it a little louder." Dante crossed his arms, with his infamous I'm better than you are smirk. "And, uncross those fingers, while you're at it."
Deku uncrossed her fingers and scowled. She felt degraded. "I said, I'm sorry, and I won't go outside anymore or call you a dick, prick, or anything else I can think of! Are you happy now?"
"Very. . .can't you tell?" Dante looked exactly the same as always.
She hated that nonchalant attitude. He was always calm, unless it came to when she got hurt. He was always stern and mean, when she got hurt. He always scolded her, when she put her life in danger. He was forever ruining her fun. She knew he wasn't something to fool around with, though. Something about Dante scared her. She knew something wasn't normal about him.
Dante looked up from dressing her leg. "What has you so deep in thought?"
"Something. . .I still can't figure out what it is. You're not normal."
"You already know that." He went back to his work. "I even admitted to not being a complete human."
"Dante, I caused asphalt to boil last night."
Dante could sense that she was starting to get scared of him. She had questions. He might as well tell her. "I'm half demon. You can run away screaming now, if you want."
"A demon? You're a demon?" She felt a chill strike her. "Dante, you're a demon?"
"That's right. My father was the Legendary Dark Knight. His name was Sparda. He was a demon."
"Damian. . .he's a demon too. You're not after my mortal blood, are you?"
"Deku, your blood is all over me and the table you're laying on, and you're still bleeding. There's enough blood here, to fill a blood bank. I don't want it." Dante looked up from his work, yet again. "I don't know what Damian might want with it, but we should make sure that he doesn't get how ever much of it he needs."
"Who is he?"
"I don't know, but he's incredibly dangerous."
"Thank you, Mr. Obvious." Deku gave a smirk.
Dante glared and dabbed a little alcohol on a wound. He smirked when Deku yelped with pain. "Will you hold still, now?" He heard Deku growl and caught her hand, as she tried to hit him. "Hold still, dammit."
Elsewhere, Neko was being thrown against a wall. "You would think she would have more powerful friends." Damian laughed as he approached Neko. She glared. "What's the matter, did I hurt your feelings?"
"Why did you bring me here? I am not a mortal. I'm immortal." She looked away from Damian. "You jerk, you hurt Deku. She never did anything to you."
"I am not punishing her, I only want her blood, so that I can revive the master. Deku's the only mortal, that has the type we are looking for. Now, if you tell me the easiest way to catch her, I might let you go free." Damian glared at her with his black eyes, when he realized that she wasn't going to tell him. He slapped her and his eyes flashed red. "Tell me how to capture her!"
"I would, if I could, but I can't. There is no easy way to catch her." Neko crossed her arms. "Besides, even if I told you that her tail is her weak point, she'd never give you the chance to grab it."
"You are incredibly stupid, my friend. Deku is as good as mine, now." Damian smiled and chained Neko to the wall. He walked away from her, and went up into the main part of the building.
"You're still going to catch hell, trying to grab it!" Neko called to her captor. One thing stuck in her mind, though. The previous night, he had Deku where he wanted her. Why did he leave Deku, and carry me, instead?
End part two. . . should there be a Part Three. . .Tell Me!!!