Deku meets Dante. Is this a good thing or a bad one? Part 4: Search & Rescue. . .
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Note: For those who don't know what a courtesan, it's basically a concubine. . . a personal whore, in my mind. . . If you don't know what a whore is, then my advice to you, is to get out more. . .
Dante growled and threw Alastor into the wall. One mistake and she was gone! He made a miscalculation of Damian, and he lost Deku. Now nothing was stopping Damian's master from coming back to life. He needed help. . .as much as he hated to admit it, there was only one person that he could call. He grabbed the phone and dialed. Help would be there in the morning. . .
Deku cursed and growled as Damian chained her to the wall, and took Ifrit away from her. She felt the wall pulsing against her back."Disgusting! You think this is going to hold me?" She jerked the chain out of the wall with ease, and was sprayed with blood. "Gross!"
"Of course this won't hold you. This cell can't hold you, but," He snapped his fingers once. "Nightmare can, and Nightmare will hold you. The chains were to make sure that it didn't suck you into another dimension. Since you've broken them. . .I guess you'll be going on a little trip. I guess, I'll get you out, when the time comes." He turned and began leaving.
"Damian! Damian, what's Nightmare? Come back here you filthy demon! What the hell is Nightmare? Hey, I'm talking to you! Get back here!" Deku started running after him.
Damian turned around, and his eyes flashed red for a second. "Get back."
"Ah? Ugh!" She was slammed, by an invisible force, back into the wall. "That's no way to treat a lady!"
"Act like a lady, and I'll treat you like one."
"How's this for acting like a lady?" She flipped him the bird.
"You don't want to make me mad, do you? Anymore rude gestures like that, and I'll beat you within an inch of your life." He clenched his hand into a fist.
Deku felt her wrist being crushed, as if by something powerful. "The hell are you doing?"
"You're in my domain, now. Welcome to Hell. I'm at my best in here." He made his fist tighter. She cried for him to stop. "I don't need to touch you, if I want to hurt you." He unclenched his fist, and continued to walk away.
"If I don't kill you, Dante sure as hell will! He'll be looking for me."
"How are you so sure?"
"One, I have Ifrit, and two, I stole an issue of his favorite hentai magna, that he hasn't read yet!" She smiled victoriously. "I left a note for him, just in case something like this happened! So, ha!" She began laughing.
"When he comes, I'll be waiting. As for now, Nightmare, will deal with you." Damian walked away, closing the door behind him.
Deku heard something slushing around, and instantly she grew afraid, because she felt her energy leaving her. . .
Dante awoke and went up front. There she was, sitting in his chair. Trish. She was holding a piece of paper, and reading it with an amused look on her face. "Here you go, Devil-boy." She gave him the paper with a smirk on her face.
Dante snatched it from her and read it. He growled and threw it down. "I don't believe her! She's dead when I find her!"
The letter read:
Hey Devil-boy:
Dante. . .in the event that you don't find me, or that I'm dead
when you get there, or you don't even bother to look, I want to say,
thanks. . .for everything. I also wanted to say. . .I'll miss you. . .for the
most part. I wish, I could've been around longer. . .not that I like
you or anything. . .
If you hadn't noticed by now, I have Ifrit. I also have
your manga, Sex Kitten Neko-girl. Yes, I have the latest issue.
The one you got in the mail yesterday, and left on your desk!
Though, I still can't see why you read that stuff, when you had
two actual Neko-girls living with you. Don't lie to me. I saw the way
you were looking at us.
Sayonara,
-Deku (Yeah, that's how my name's spelt!)
"So, was she your girlfriend, or what?" Trish asked, as she rose to her feet. She noticed that Dante looked a little irritated by the question. "Who was she? I'm not going with you if you don't tell me something about this girl!"
Dante straightened up. "She and another girl were being attacked by Marionettes, and I helped them out, Deku and Neko. Neither of them were complete humans. A demon, named Damian, came and kidnaped them both to reawaken his master. Neko then Deku. I didn't know Neko very long, but I took care of Deku for a while. She was violent, defiant, rude-"
"Sounds like someone I know." Trish snickered. "So, where's she being held prisoner?" She added, before Dante pulled her into an argument.
"Damian took her to Hell." Dante pulled Sparda out of the closet, and Alastor out of the wall. "Come on, I'm going now. Damian's trying to use Deku to revive his master. Trust me, if a demon got her powers. . .it'd be the end of the world."
Deku screamed as she fell, landing hard on her behind, in a gigantic white room, on a linoleum floor. Marionettes were everywhere and so where bullwhips, tipped with razors, and pink fuzzy animals. "I can take the tall things, the bullwhips, but not the pink!" She backed away as the cuddly animals began to approach her. She saw something familiar begin pouring out of one of the walls. The smell and the look, struck fear into her. It reminded her of her childhood. It was molten steel. She flew up high into the air. "I don't want to do an ice-test! Damian, let me out! Damian, Dante, somebody, get me out of here! Please, someone let me out of here!" She began panting. "Somebody!"
Deku managed to stay in the air for around an hour, before a light began to glow on part of the floor that was still untouched by the steel.
Damian appeared and beckoned her. "Deku, if you want to leave, come with me. You have five seconds, before I leave you down here another hour." Damian began to cross his arms, but before he was finished, she was against him, clinging to him, as if her life depended on it. Damian smiled, looking up into the air. There was a likeness of himself up where she had been. "I see, I finally broke you down to size. Now, listen to me. If you don't want to come back here, you will obey me. Do you agree?"
"Yes, just get me out of here! Please, I'm begging you!" Deku cried, into his shirt. She didn't care right now. If she was clinging to The Devil himself, as long as he got her out of that place, she wouldn't care. "Just let me out." She felt his fingers curl around her neck, and it sent a shiver down her back. "Damian, please get me out of here!"
"As you wish." Damian closed his eyes and tilted his head upwards, and they were transported out. Deku backed away from Damian the second they were out. "Away with you." He glared at Nightmare, and it sank through the floor, then his stare turned to Deku. He held out his arm. "If you do not come, I will summon him back."
"I know. . ." She came near him, and his arm curled around the small of her back, and she winced.
"You're injured. Well, I'll take care of it, for you." He grabbed her chin. "Call it a gift."
He led her out of the dungeon and through many halls, and led her into a chamber. It was almost all black. There was a large bed that had a black blanket, that was trimmed in silver. Underneath the blanket the sheets were of red silk. The pillows were covered in silver pillowcases, and trimmed in black. Deku looked at it in wonder. It reminded her of Dante's bedroom.
"Here. . ." Damian tossed her something.
She caught it, and examined it. It was a black leather dress. "You don't expect me to wear this do you?"
"No, I want you to eat it." He tossed her a pair of black knee boots. "Hurry up and put it on."
"No! I don't wear dresses! I don't care if you are a demon or not, there's no way I'm putting this on!"
"With a word, I can send you to where Nightmare is held, then you can go back to that place you like so much."
With a heavy sigh, she performed a deck change and got into the dress. It was styled like a halter and extremely low cut in the back area, stopping at the small of her back. The dress only came down an inch before her knees. "Damian, this is disgusting. . .why are you making me do this?"
Damian came over to her and turned her around. He could see the scratches and cuts on her back. She had been fighting, while in that other dimension. "I told you, you're my new courtesan, that is. . .if Master Kojin won't keep you for himself. Now, get on the bed. If you don't, you can pay Nightmare another visit."
She crossed the room and sat down on the bed. I don't believe this! What did I do to deserve this? She asked, as Damian chained her to the bed.
"You've got enough chain to walk around the bed, that's all you'll need. Break these, and I'll kill you and let lesser demons feast on your remains."
She shuddered at his threat. "When Dante get's here, I'm going to tear you apart. Once he's here, I'll have no need to worry about your playthings distracting me. Dante will take care of them, and I'll take care of you and your master."
"If you say so." He brought her near and kissed her.
She tried to squirm and break the kiss, as he parted her lips and forced his tongue into her mouth.
"Damn you!" Damian cried, as he broke away from her. She had bitten him. He slapped Deku, hard across the face, knocking her to the side.
"When Dante gets here, I'm gonna put my foot so far up your ass, you'll still be sucking my big toe next week!"
"Suppose he doesn't come for you? What will you do then?"
"I'll still break my foot off in your ass!"
He was about to grab her chain, when an explosion was heard off in the distance.
Deku smirked. "Guess what, Dante's here."
"If you think I was dumb enough to put you in regular chains, you're wrong. You're going to be chained up until I unchain you." Damian got up to leave. "I'll be back for you."
"Oh joy. . ." Deku rolled her eyes and grumbled to herself, as Damian disappeared, leaving her alone in the dark room. . .
Dante sliced through countless Marionettes, as Trish used her powers to dispose of the evil puppets. "Dante, she could be anywhere, I say we split up." Trish said, as she blasted a marionette into a wall.
"You don't have a clue to what she looks like. If you run into Neko, there could be trouble."
"As if I didn't already know you're here, Dante." said Neko, appearing in a before them. "Master Kojin will awaken soon, Son of Soda."
"That's Sparda, and where's Deku?" Dante grabbed her by the collar of her shirt. "Tell me where she is, now!"
"Oh Dante, she's beyond your reach. Damian has made her a slave." Neko smiled, as the ground began to quake. "Sounds like Master's about to wake up."
Damian poured the vile of blood into the mouth of a stone statue, and knelt as he began to chant. "Hear me thou which is redder than blood. The ancients have sealed you, and now I release you. Hear me my master, arise and awaken." He repeated the chant over and over, for the entire minute, until the grandfather clock in the corner struck twelve. "Master Kojin?" Damian backed away from the statue. He bumped into something large.
"Where is she?" a deep demonic voice asked.
"Who are you looking for?" Damian looked at his master. A tall man, with long black hair that reached the floor, and glowing yellow eyes. There was a navy blue aura about his body. This wasn't his true form. In his true form, he was much larger, more fierce looking. "If it is Deku, you're looking for, she is in the chamber you had me prepare for you. The Son of Sparda is here, and he is looking for the girl."
"I see. . . the man who defeated Mundus is here. Hmm. . .Damian, take me to the woman. I need to have a word with her."
"Yes, master. A word of warning, though sire. . .she is very fowl mouthed and violent."
"Do not warn me, just take me to that woman!" Kojin threw a fireball at Damian, who just barely dodged it.
"Yes, master. . ." Damian stood and began to lead his master towards the halls. . .
Trish slammed Neko against the wall with one hand and held her there. With the other hand, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue and silver object that had some water inside. She held it over the hissing girl's head, and broke it with her grip, allowing the water to fall on Neko. The water fell into Neko's hair, beginning to change it and her cat-like ears back to pale orange. Neko screeched as the water burned her eyes, changing them back to their normal sky blue color. Some of the water got into her mouth and a black cloud emerged from within her. Neko stopped struggling and gained an empty look on her face, as her body fell limp, and she fell to the ground. Trish smirked. "Holy water, works wonders on the possessed."
After a few seconds, Neko began to regain her senses. "Wha? What happened?"
"You were possessed, by some demon. You're safe now. Damian isn't here, now."
"Damian? Where is he? He's got a serious poking, coming his way!" Neko began to get up, her head hurt. "Who are you?"
"My name is Trish. We're supposed to meet up with Dante and that other girl we're here to rescue in the main hall of this place."
"Where are we?"
"Hell."
"Oh, that's nice. . .wait. . .Deku and Dante are around here? Together?"
"Yeah, he went off to rescue her."
"Oh, lovely, Hell's gonna be raised. Those two are like electricity and water! They just don't mix!" Neko said, beginning to walk down the hall. . .
Deku sat in complete darkness humming to herself, she sat up, as she heard footsteps coming towards the room. At first she wondered who was coming, then she heard a sword cutting through something, and she knew. "Dante, I'm in here! Get me out!"
The door burst open and Dante came in. He was in his Demon Trigger state, and wielding Sparda. He looked at her as he returned to normal, and replaced Sparda on his back. "Deku, are you alright?" He asked, as he came near the bed. She had scratches, bruises, and cuts all over her.
"Yeah. . .Dante, I was scared!" Deku let a few tears fall, as his arms encircled her.
"Shh. . . it's alright. I've got you, and I'm going to kill whoever did this."
"Oh Dante, Damian chained me up, and. . .just get me out of here! He's really powerful now!" She cried into his chest. "He's stronger than I am!"
Dante raised an eyebrow, and pushed her away. "Nice try, but you're not Deku."
"Wh, what are you talking about, Dante?" Deku asked, as she got up, from off the floor.
"If you were Deku. . .when I first came in here, you probably would've screamed. Next, Deku doesn't cry that easily. Third, she has never admitted that she was weaker than Damian. Fourth, when I pushed you down, Deku would've gotten back up and cussed me out, and finally, Deku doesn't sound that innocent. Tell me where she is, and I'll let you live." He pointed Ebony and Ivory in the girl's face.
The Deku impersonator closed her eyes and released a wicked laugh. Her voice gradually lowered to a man's tone, then lower. "Son of Sparda, you are very sharp." Her eyes opened, they were glowing and yellow. She continued to laugh, as a navy blue aura surrounded her. "Go find her. She is in a Nightmare, somewhere beneath us. If you make it back, we'll finish this. Oh, and you had better hurry, Damian has reported that her version of the place reflected makes Hell seem like paradise."
Dante was taken aback. They had put her with a Nightmare? She was afraid of plain demons! They were trying to kill her! "You're right. We'll finish this. You and me." Dante bolted out of the room and down the hallway as fast as he could manage, slicing through anything that was unlucky enough to get in his way. . .
Deku hissed with pain as another razor-tipped whip, lashed her against her back. She was blasting Marionettes left and right, as she tried focusing on lowering the temperature, to cool the molten steel. At this rate, she was going to die trying. Where was Dante when he was needed? She was doing too many things at once. The whips, the puppets, the steel. . .it was all beginning to take a toll on her. One final resort, would give her a chance to rest. . .
Deku stopped blasting the marionettes and shot high into the air, where she began to concentrate hard, even as the whips lashed her back, repeatedly.
Tolerance was one thing that she had learned from her creator. He had whipped her just like this, until she had learned tolerance of pain. Using razor-tipped bullwhips against her back, he made her slowly drink a glass of water without letting a drop spill. He had done that at least four times a day.
She concentrated all of her energy onto one thing. The temperature began to lower at an alarming rate. She was reaching sub-zero temperatures within seconds. The marionettes, began creaking to a stop, and the molten steel began to cool, the whips lashed her one final time, and shattered. Just as the final bit of steel frosted over, her energy gave out, and she began to plummet towards the ground. Deku landed with a sickening thud, in a mess of leather, blood and flesh. "Dante. . .where the hell are you?" Deku asked, as she fought to keep her eyes from rolling back into her head. "At least, I won't have to go very far. . .since, I'm already in Hell." Deku's eyes slowly began to close. . .
Dante sliced through the door made of flesh and came into the room. They were everywhere, panther-like creatures (shadows) and nightmares. Nightmares. . .there were at least ten of them. Dammit, which one? He scanned them all, then noticed one that looked to be slightly frostbitten. She had to have been in that one. He darted past the shadows and the other nightmares, and allowed the frostbitten nightmare to swallow him whole.
He fell hundreds of feet, until he landed on a metal surface. It was cold. If he were a complete human, he would've frozen to death within seconds. She was here, he could feel it. "Deku? Where are you? Answer me!"
Nothing.
Dante walked around slowly passing frozen marionettes, and crushing small bits of razors, under his boots. "Deku!" He called again. Still nothing. He got ready to call for her again, but a discovery caught the breath in him, and made it impossible to let a sound escape. He found her. She wasn't moving, and was barely breathing. He rushed to her, and cradled her in his arms. He was almost too late. Was he too late?
"Dante. . .?" She tried to open her eyes. A tear blurred her vision, as she saw his icy green eyes staring back at her. "Oh, great. . .a dark knight. . .in skin tight armor. . ."
"Yeah. . .I've found a leather clad princess. Where you waiting for me, or for someone else, dressed like that?"
"Screw you. . .Devil-boy. . ." She tried to cuddle up to his warmth, and winced as he moved her long, black and silver hair to the side, off of her back. It was soaked in her blood. With his other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small green stone, shaped like a star, that just fit into his palm. "What are you doing?"
"Just trust me." He made a fist and crushed the star in his palm, then leaned near her. "You'll be fine." He kissed her softly, as he applied the dust that the crushed stone made, to the lacerations on her back. She tensed up against him, and he drew back from her lips. "Shh. . . I know it hurts. It'll all be over in a minute." He closed his eyes as he resumed the kiss. . .
Within a few more minutes, Deku was healed. She rose to her feet and followed behind Dante without a word. She didn't even look up at him, as he lead her out and through the halls.
He looked down at her, and guessed that was the first time she had ever been kissed by someone out of affection. She was still blushing brightly. He couldn't stand it anymore. "Embarrassed?" He finally asked.
She just looked at him.
"Sorry, it's just you act like you've been caught walking around naked."
Deku looked up at him as she walked. "It felt like it." She had been so vulnerable at that moment, the moment he leaned near and pressed his lips to hers. It felt like she had been caught with her guard down, or as they say: She had been caught with her pants down.
"It was only a kiss. You're taking it pretty seriously." He stopped her in the middle of the hall and backed her up against a pulsing wall. "Try to get used to it." He kissed her again, then broke away. "I'm really gonna miss you." He punched her, hard, in the mid-section.
"Cheap-shot. . ." Deku groaned as she passed out, and fell forward into his arms.
"Dante!" Trish and Neko called, as they ran up to him.
"Dante, what happened to her?" Neko asked, noticing that Deku was across his shoulder. "Is she alright?"
"Take her back up to the surface, and you stay there too. Don't let her back down here if she wakes up." He handed Deku over to Trish and went off down the hallway. "Use this to get out of here." He handed Trish the amulet his mother had given him.
"Come on. There's got to be a reason that he wants us to clear out of here." Trish said, as she and Neko began to run off in another direction. . .
Ahh. . .the next chapter, she is on the way, but only if you review! (^_^)