Deku meets Dante. Is this a good thing or a bad one? Part 3: Round 2.
Don't flame me, I beg of you!!! I'm just an innocent writer!
Disclaimer: I also do not own any of the characters used, with the exceptions of Deku, Damian, and 'The Master'. Neko belongs to my friend, and I have her permission to use her, so there!
Note: Deku's name is pronounced Day-kuu. (I forgot to put that in the first and second parts.)
Deku had been asleep ever since Dante had finished bandaging her wounds. He had never known anyone that could sleep for forty-eight hours and keep going. He kept hearing her mutter Damian's name in her sleep, and every time she did say it, a light or something electrical would turn on or off. He also had to turn on the air-conditioner because she was making the temperature rise.
How she does it, I'll never know. Dante thought as he watched lightning spark from the sleeping girl. Something occurred to him. As much as she got injured, he was going to need more bandages and medicines. Dante went up front and wrote up a letter for her, and left it on the front door of his office, then left.
Daikou:
I'm going to get some more supplies.
Don't let anyone in, and don't go outside.
If I catch you out there, you can kiss your
precious tail goodbye.
Demon's honor,
Dante
Around an hour after he left, Deku awakened and looked around, yet again forgetting where she was. After wandering up front, she finally figured out where she was, and began looking for Dante. After finding his letter on the way outside, she growled and pouted. She could see the smirk on his face, as she read his words. "God, I hate this man. . . demon. . .whatever he is!" She went back into his bedroom, and laid down again. Dante wasn't going to outsmart her. There was no way that she was going to let him win.
Deku got an evil grin and got up to go outside. "Dante really needs to learn how to spell. I don't know who Daikou is, I'm Deku." Deku started to snicker. Daikou was supposed to stay inside, Deku wasn't.
Inhaling the cool wind, she looked up to the sky. It was grey and just about everything was colorless. It gave her an evil feeling. Lightning cut the sky and it began to rain. "My kind of a day."
"I thought Dante was keeping you under lock and key." said a voice.
Deku turned around and looked for the source of the voice. Where her eyes failed, her senses took over. She sensed a familiar aura above her, only it was tainted.
"Hey, Deku." Neko said, looking down at her.
Deku almost jumped out of her skin. "N, Neko?" Deku could only gape. Neko didn't look at all the same. Her hair and ears were black as night, and her eyes were red, like Dante's eyes. She had purple streaks on her cheek that resembled scratches from a large cat's claws. Neko smiled showing off fangs. One thing stuck in Deku's mind. Neko doesn't have fangs.
Neko jumped off the roof of the building and stood before Deku.
"N, Neko, I thought that Damian had you." Deku took a step back. "If he kicked my ass, I know you couldn't get away. What's the deal with your hair and ears? Your eyes are creepy, too. They remind me of Dante's eyes."
"What's wrong with my eyes? You don't like what Damian did with them?" Neko traced a finger along Deku's jaw, creating a small scratch as she went along, drawing a thin line of blood. "He could do the same for you."
"Neko. . .how did you get away from Damian?" Deku took another few steps away from Neko. "Dante. . .he told me that . . .Damian . . ." Deku trailed off.
"That Damian what?" Damian asked appearing out of nowhere, and putting his arm around Neko's shoulders. "What did Dante tell you Damian did, hmm?" He smiled and approached Deku slowly. "I believe we got off on the wrong foot, the other day. Ask Neko, I'm not that bad a guy." He stopped in front of her.
"Get away from me." Deku stepped back. "I mean it, I can do more than boil asphalt!"
"Yes, Neko told me about that. You can try to freeze me or electrocute me. Neither would work against me, though." He put his finger under her chin to allow her to look into his black eyes. "She also told me everything about you. What you like, and what you don't. What you're strengths and weaknesses are. I'll make this easy, come with me now and you won't get hurt. Resist, and well. . .I think you know what I'll do to you."
Deku felt her heart speed up, and she could feel the chill, all the way down to the tip of her tail. He was doing it again. He was scaring her, and it was making her angry. "No, I am not going to go with you. Now, get the hell away from me!"
"Tut, tut." Damian waved a finger. "You're a little hasty. I'll give you a little time to think if you want to be a bad girl and get hurt, or if you want to be a good girl and do as you're told." He stepped back to Neko's side. "For starters, go inside before you catch your death."
Deku growled fiercely, and was about to fight Damian, but she stopped seeing a familiar pair of hellfire red eyes. He was watching her. She didn't know when he got back, but he was going to get her this time for sure. His stare made her shiver. "Dante. . ." Deku breathed out his name, so that Damian wouldn't hear.
"Deku, you're trembling." Damian smiled. "Go inside, I'll get your answer tonight." He came toward her again. "Tell Dante that he is out of his league and had better not interfere."
Deku took a step away from him, her fear was rising again.
Damian closed the gap between them and slipped his arm around her waist, ignoring the sparks of electricity that she was emitting. Her fear was so high he could feel it. "You'll be in my possession no matter what your answer is. The master would want nothing less than you."
Deku made a fist and punched him in the jaw, as best she could. She hurt her hand, and Damian was unfazed. His face showed that he was amused by her attempt at harming him. His eyes showed annoyance.
"You'll belong to the master, wether you like it or not." Damian leaned closer to her as if he was about to kiss her, when he heard metal strike the ground and electricity snapping in the air. He looked beyond the frightened girl, and saw a tall black monster with standing before them, white lightning was surging around its body. It's skin glistened as the rain pelted off it in sheets. "Well, if I had known that you were around, I wouldn't have left my scythe at home. Oh well, I can do just as well without it." Damian smiled and got into a fighting stance, then felt something in the back of his mind.
Damian and Neko, return. Now is not the time to fight them. It was the master. Leave Deku for now. Return for her later.
"Perhaps another time, the master calls us." Damian shoved Deku away into Dante's arms. "Deku, until we meet again. I await you answer. Neko, come along. Master has summoned us." Damian and Neko both disappeared into thin air, leaving no traces of their presence, except a trembling girl, in a black demon's scaled arms.
Dante returned to normal, took off his red trench coat and put it around her. Not saying anything, he lead her back inside. Once inside he sat her on the bed in his bedroom again. He made some tea, and brought it to her. He needed to calm her nerves, before he blew her ears out. When he went to sit beside her, he could sense that she was scared of him as well as Damian. She needed an explanation for what she saw outside. "Deku, what you saw was me in Demon trigger state. I am still me, only I look a little different. I apologize if I scared you."
"A little? D, Dante, you're a monster." Deku took the cup from him, and sipped it slowly. "Don't ever do that in front of me again."
"I might have to. Damian is capable of this transformation as well. I'm going to fight him, like this." He looked into her eyes. "Neko is possessed, if you hadn't noticed. She is a minion of "The master," whoever that may be."
"I know. . .Dante, he scares me. You scare me." She looked down again, this time into her teacup. "I've never been scared of anyone, before in my life." She snickered slightly. "It feels funny."
"It might be a good idea for you to take a long, hot bath, Deku. The hot water will help you relax." He rose to his feet, and helped Deku up. Her eyes stayed downcast. "You don't need to be scared of me, at least not unless you've royally pissed me off. You have yet to do that." Dante walked away from her and came back with some clothes. "Neko told me you usually wear something like this. She pulled it out of who knows where, and told me to put it up for you."
"Thanks, Dante." Deku took her outfit-one of Trunks' stolen, black tank tops, a pair of faded blue jeans, and a long black sash-from him and left for the bathroom.
When she was finished she went into Dante's bedroom, which had basically become hers, since she stayed there most of the time. She had left her clothes on the bed in his room. One of Dante's red towels was wrapped around her body. Dante was nowhere to be found, which she was thankful for. If he saw her like this it'd be all over.
"Why the hell did you go outside? I told you to stay in here." Dante growled from the door way.
Deku spun around to see him. She almost had a heart attack. "Where the hell did you come from?" He was leaning against the door frame. He was nothing but a big, black shadow, with glowing red eyes. This was exactly what she didn't need to see. She had just gotten her nerves calmed down again.
"You should've listened to me. Damian's going to hurt you, you know that, right?"
"Why do you care? Other than the fact that you bandage me, why do you care if Damian hurts me? You don't give a crap about me, right?"
He looked away from her. He hated when she wasn't mad at him! He liked it better when she made him want to hate her. It gave him a reason to keep his distance.
"Hello? Earth to Demon boy. . .this is Houston, Dante, do you read me?" She waved a hand in front of his face. "I'd like to get dressed, if you don't mind."
"Go ahead, don't mind me."
"You perv." She closed the door on him and sighed. If she didn't watch out, Dante was going to regret ever letting her stay with him. She liked him, when he wasn't mad at her. He was cool in just about any situation. Unlike her-she'd lose her temper and go berserk.
She got dressed and leapt onto his gigantic bed. She grabbed a pillow and instantly fell asleep.
Late into the night, Deku awoke and looked at Dante's alarm clock,11:45 p.m. Slipping out of bed and into her shoes, she floated towards the door and cracked it. Dante was up front looking out the front door. She set herself on the ground and walked out to him.
"Are you going out there to meet him?" He asked, not looking away from the rainy streets.
"Are there any other options?"
Silence was her reply.
"I didn't think so. . .I'll go out there. Do me a favor and be ready with the band-aids for me." She smiled. "Or, a body bag, for Damian."
"I won't interfere this time, if you don't want me to, but do me this one favor. . ." Dante looked away from the street and looked down at her. "Don't die."
"I won't. . .I'll see you later, Dante." She walked out of the front and into the rain. She could sense that Dante was still watching over her. It got on her nerves, but she knew that he meant well.
"Right on time, little dove." Damian said, as he emerged from the shadows. "Isn't your guardian going to accompany you, or have you decided to give in and accompany me to revive the Master."
"I'm not going with you. I'm staying right here with Dante, until I can go back home." She smiled at him. "It's time for round two, Damian."
What is she doing? Dante asked himself mentally, as he watched Deku. She put something. . .flaming gauntlets, over her hands. She didn't! He went into the back and found a small open chest. Deku had stolen Ifrit. She could hurt herself more than usual with those things! She didn't have a trace of devil in her blood! He started to run out the front and take them from her, but then, Ifrit might be her only chance to beat Damian.
"I see, Dante allowed you to borrow a weapon. Maybe now you'll be something of a challenge for me." Damian watched her warm up with the gauntlets, by punching the air.
Alright, Ifrit. Keep your promise and I'll keep mine. Deku closed her eyes and began to change. Her hair switched from black with silver streaks to blood red with silver streaks. Her eyes stayed the same, but her fangs lengthened slightly. Dante is so going to kill me for this one!
"Are you ready, little dove?" Damian took out his scythe on a chain, and prepared for a fight.
"Sure, but I'm warning you. I was half asleep, when you last fought me. I won't lose again."
"I do sense a difference in your strength, but I'm sure that it's nothing for me to worry about!" Damian came at her with a fist, and Deku shot into the sky. "An airborne battle? Now you're talking." He followed and passed her, meeting Deku about two-hundred feet up. "I will give you a free shot."
Deku smiled. "Fine with me." She punched Damian as hard as her body would permit. As her fist cut through the air, the gauntlets' flame flared up, and when it hit Damian's jaw, there was an explosion. Both were blown back. Damian was sent to the ground, as Deku was hit with recoil and was knocked back, through the air. If this happens every time I land a punch, I'm gonna be hurting after this fight. But, if I kick his ass, it'll be worth it. A smirk crawled onto her face. "Damian. . ." She sang his name in a playful tone. "Come on out. . .It's getting lonely out here without you. . ."
"You rang?" Damian asked, as he appeared, wiping the blood from his mouth. "You certainly know how to pack a punch. Maybe you could be my courtesan, after Master is finished with you."
"I don't think so." Deku glared, disgusted at the thought of being his courtesan. They resumed the fight, and Deku landed a powerful kick to Damian's ribs, resulting in another explosion. Damian again hit the ground and Deku was knocked higher into the air. "Damian . . . where are you?" She sang again, in the same playful tone as before. "Come out, come out where ever you are. . ."
"Here I am!" He again materialized from the shadows, this time with his scythe in hand. He fired the glowing red arcs in her direction.
Deku-just like before-dodged some of the arcs, while others tore at her skin. She cried out, as one large, brightly glowing arc sliced into her right arm, leaving a deep gash.
Damian laughed as he watched the blood stream down her arm. He disappeared then reappeared behind her, grabbing her around the waist, holding her arms to her side with one arm, and holding a flask to her wound, with the other. She couldn't do anything but hold still, because, her tail was being held between his legs. "Deku, I'm greatly pleased. You gave all that I needed and more. All I need for you to do is tighten those muscles in you arms for me. A few more drops and I'll be finished with you, little dove."
Deku growled and tried to get loose, unknowingly tensing the muscles in her arms. She felt lips on the back of her neck, and heard him whisper something in another language, before he threw her to the ground. She winced as the water from off the street seeped into her wound. She opened one eye and looked up, to see Dante, in his Demon Trigger state, standing before her. Her eye looked toward another figure. It was another man in Demon Trigger state. They looked alike, the only way to tell them apart was that Dante was holding Alastor, and Damian was holding his scythe.
"You're out of your league, Dante, but if you want a fight, let's go." Damian put his scythe away and a sword materialized in his hand. He sword fought for a while with Dante, then grew bored. He took to the air and Dante followed on large black wings. "Dante, you annoy me. Always standing in my way of her. No matter, I will put an end to your being a thorn in my side. Once and for all." A swift kick to an unprepared Dante, sent the demi-demon out of Devil Trigger, and hurtling to the ground.
Damian caught Alastor as it slowly aimed for the ground. Dante hit the ground spread out, blood coming from a wound at the back of his head. Deku wasn't too far away from him. "Goodbye, Dante." Damian said as he took Alastor by the hilt and threw it to the ground with such strength and accuracy that it plunged through the center of Dante's chest and lodged itself in the asphalt beneath him.
Damian disappeared with the vile full of Deku's blood.
"Get back here!" screamed Deku, as she began trying to get up. What he had done was undescribably low. Her tail. . .no one touched her tail. "Get back here, you bastard!" She got up and shot high into the air, looking for Damian. Her injured, right, arm was bleeding profusely as she made a fist with it. "Where are you?"
"Determined little thing, aren't you?" Damian asked, as he reappeared before her. "What is it, little minx? Did you miss me?"
"I'm going to kill you. I promise you, I'll kill you."
"Well, not tonight. Come here, we're going on a trip." He disappeared.
Deku looked around. Where did he go? She couldn't sense him. Then, she found him. The pain shot up her spine. She was paralyzed. Damian had her tail again, so she did the only thing that she could do, despite how degrading it was. "Dante! Dante, help me! Dante, help!"
Dante's eyes shot open, and he sat up. He pulled Alastor from his chest and looked up. He saw Damian with Deku in the sky.
"Hey, Dante, if you want her, come get her! We'll be waiting. See you in Hell!" Damian laughed as he disappeared with Deku. . .
End part three. . .should there be a Part Four? If you want more review! It's just that simple! ^_^