Dante stared down at Ari with cold, impatient eyes.
"I'm not lying." Ari replied coldly, annoyed at the fact that Dante considered him a liar; but, with the current event that had happened because of him, he did not argue much. "I don't know how he knows you."
Dante studied Ari for a moment, standing motionless except for the rapid movement of his eyes. Suddenly, he took Alastor in his hands. Coming up to the boy, he put his gigantic, powerful sword to Ari's neck. Ari sat still, closing his eyes for a minute, as if in deep thought.
"I'm giving you to the count of five to tell me the truth. If you don't give me an answer in my counting of five seconds," Dante paused, trying to see if Ari was listening to him. "I will kill you myself and not leave you for death by your father or some other hound he has." No movement or response did Ari show.
"One. Two. Three." Dante showed no sign of slowing his counting to the last number. He did not intend to.
"Four." At the count of four, he tightened his grip on Alastor, moving it away a little from Ari's neck to give him some swinging room.
"Is this guy serious? I went through embarrassment of crying in front of him and he still is going to do this because I won't tell him such a little thing!" Ari thought to himself, beads of sweat starting to run down his dark face. Then, something caught Ari's eye: Dante's beloved guns, Ebony and Ivory, in his reach.
He knew shooting Dante with his own guns would not kill him; he did not want to kill him. Ari just wanted to get away from him.
"You now have proven to me....." Ari said, interrupting Dante, trying to buy some time for his plan. ".....that no devil had a soul." With those last words, Ari swiftly grabbed a hold of Ebony and Ivory, ripping them from Dante's holsters. Tumbling quickly, Ari regained his footing, his aim on Dante. And with no emotion showing, Dante stood with Alastor in his hands, ready to strike at any moment.
"What? What's the matter Dante?" Ari asked, a little mocking in his voice. "Answer ME! Did you think I was stupid? An ignorant kid who doesn't know anything about protecting himself? Doesn't know anything about battling? Well, guess what." Ari paused, meeting Dante's eyes. "You were wrong, my friend."
"Friend?" Dante mocked. "Is that what you consider me after you tried to kill me? Kid, you picked the wrong guy to mess with." Dante replied coldly.
Ari chuckled slightly and began to mock Dante again.
"Yeah, I consider you a friend. After all, you did save me, didn't you. Dante, now answer me a question: Why did you stay around? What was in you that kept you from leaving me? Pity? Shock? What was it?" A sly smile slid across Ari's face, as if an insane madness overtook him again. But this time, death was not his goal.
"Answer me, Ari!" Dante yelled, but slowing his words now. "How did your father know who I am? What does he want with me?"
"Are you that stupid?' Ari asked, the smile now off his face, replaced by a pity expression. "You haven't guessed it. If I didn't you know you had blue blood, I would have thought you nothing more than a weak, ignorant, pathetic human!!!"
"And if I didn't know you, I still would think you're an insane, damn demon. But I know this isn't how you really are. What's happened to you?" Dante yelled, much frustrated by Ari's ways.
Following Dante's last sentence, Ari froze. The very blood in him iced and froze immediately. He broke the gaze from Dante and his grip on Ebony and Ivory, but not letting them fall from his target.
"I.....I-I don't...." Ari fumbled over his words, not knowing how to reply. Suddenly, he looked to Dante. "Don't do this, Dante! Get out of my head! Leave me alone!" Ari screamed furiously.
"Ari! Don't listen to him! Get Khoval out of your mind! He's making you do this! This isn't you! Ari! Damn it, Ari! Listen to me!" Dante screamed back, watching Ari struggle.
"No.....It's you that's in my mind! Not my father! Not.......Khoval. Oh my god....it is him. No........I'm so confused!" Ari screamed, dropping Ebony and Ivory to the ground. Falling to his knees, Ari grabbed his head in his hands, trying to sort everything that was in his mind.
"Ari! Don't listen to him! Listen to my voice!" Dante yelled, dropping Alastor to the ground, running to Ari's aid. But that did not last. The minute he was within close range to the boy, Ari grabbed Ebony and Ivory again, aiming to Dante.
Suddenly, the day darkened quickly, clouds overhead coming together. Moments later, rain began to fall. First, just slight drops hitting them. However, that did not last. It began to pour rain from the dark sky. Lightening lit the sky, also lighting the faces of Ari and Dante.
In the rain and lightening, Ari knelt on his knees, holding Ebony and Ivory in his shaking hands. His breathing was heavy and that was the only movement seen, very much, in the darkness.
"I was forced to run when I should have crawled." Ari finally said, breaking the silence.
"What?" Dante asked sharply.
"Time's running out Dante! What will you do?" Ari yelled, rain running off his soaked clothes and body.
Dante stood limp, confused at what Ari was spitting out to him.
"Yes, Dante. What will you do?" a voice rang out from behind Ari.
Ari froze once again, closing his eyes tight.
"No.....get away." he said quietly to himself.
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"I'm not lying." Ari replied coldly, annoyed at the fact that Dante considered him a liar; but, with the current event that had happened because of him, he did not argue much. "I don't know how he knows you."
Dante studied Ari for a moment, standing motionless except for the rapid movement of his eyes. Suddenly, he took Alastor in his hands. Coming up to the boy, he put his gigantic, powerful sword to Ari's neck. Ari sat still, closing his eyes for a minute, as if in deep thought.
"I'm giving you to the count of five to tell me the truth. If you don't give me an answer in my counting of five seconds," Dante paused, trying to see if Ari was listening to him. "I will kill you myself and not leave you for death by your father or some other hound he has." No movement or response did Ari show.
"One. Two. Three." Dante showed no sign of slowing his counting to the last number. He did not intend to.
"Four." At the count of four, he tightened his grip on Alastor, moving it away a little from Ari's neck to give him some swinging room.
"Is this guy serious? I went through embarrassment of crying in front of him and he still is going to do this because I won't tell him such a little thing!" Ari thought to himself, beads of sweat starting to run down his dark face. Then, something caught Ari's eye: Dante's beloved guns, Ebony and Ivory, in his reach.
He knew shooting Dante with his own guns would not kill him; he did not want to kill him. Ari just wanted to get away from him.
"You now have proven to me....." Ari said, interrupting Dante, trying to buy some time for his plan. ".....that no devil had a soul." With those last words, Ari swiftly grabbed a hold of Ebony and Ivory, ripping them from Dante's holsters. Tumbling quickly, Ari regained his footing, his aim on Dante. And with no emotion showing, Dante stood with Alastor in his hands, ready to strike at any moment.
"What? What's the matter Dante?" Ari asked, a little mocking in his voice. "Answer ME! Did you think I was stupid? An ignorant kid who doesn't know anything about protecting himself? Doesn't know anything about battling? Well, guess what." Ari paused, meeting Dante's eyes. "You were wrong, my friend."
"Friend?" Dante mocked. "Is that what you consider me after you tried to kill me? Kid, you picked the wrong guy to mess with." Dante replied coldly.
Ari chuckled slightly and began to mock Dante again.
"Yeah, I consider you a friend. After all, you did save me, didn't you. Dante, now answer me a question: Why did you stay around? What was in you that kept you from leaving me? Pity? Shock? What was it?" A sly smile slid across Ari's face, as if an insane madness overtook him again. But this time, death was not his goal.
"Answer me, Ari!" Dante yelled, but slowing his words now. "How did your father know who I am? What does he want with me?"
"Are you that stupid?' Ari asked, the smile now off his face, replaced by a pity expression. "You haven't guessed it. If I didn't you know you had blue blood, I would have thought you nothing more than a weak, ignorant, pathetic human!!!"
"And if I didn't know you, I still would think you're an insane, damn demon. But I know this isn't how you really are. What's happened to you?" Dante yelled, much frustrated by Ari's ways.
Following Dante's last sentence, Ari froze. The very blood in him iced and froze immediately. He broke the gaze from Dante and his grip on Ebony and Ivory, but not letting them fall from his target.
"I.....I-I don't...." Ari fumbled over his words, not knowing how to reply. Suddenly, he looked to Dante. "Don't do this, Dante! Get out of my head! Leave me alone!" Ari screamed furiously.
"Ari! Don't listen to him! Get Khoval out of your mind! He's making you do this! This isn't you! Ari! Damn it, Ari! Listen to me!" Dante screamed back, watching Ari struggle.
"No.....It's you that's in my mind! Not my father! Not.......Khoval. Oh my god....it is him. No........I'm so confused!" Ari screamed, dropping Ebony and Ivory to the ground. Falling to his knees, Ari grabbed his head in his hands, trying to sort everything that was in his mind.
"Ari! Don't listen to him! Listen to my voice!" Dante yelled, dropping Alastor to the ground, running to Ari's aid. But that did not last. The minute he was within close range to the boy, Ari grabbed Ebony and Ivory again, aiming to Dante.
Suddenly, the day darkened quickly, clouds overhead coming together. Moments later, rain began to fall. First, just slight drops hitting them. However, that did not last. It began to pour rain from the dark sky. Lightening lit the sky, also lighting the faces of Ari and Dante.
In the rain and lightening, Ari knelt on his knees, holding Ebony and Ivory in his shaking hands. His breathing was heavy and that was the only movement seen, very much, in the darkness.
"I was forced to run when I should have crawled." Ari finally said, breaking the silence.
"What?" Dante asked sharply.
"Time's running out Dante! What will you do?" Ari yelled, rain running off his soaked clothes and body.
Dante stood limp, confused at what Ari was spitting out to him.
"Yes, Dante. What will you do?" a voice rang out from behind Ari.
Ari froze once again, closing his eyes tight.
"No.....get away." he said quietly to himself.
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