Um, well I lied. This actually IS the conclusion (like I said, my planning was sketchy for this fic). I'm am planning on adding an epilogue and some Take Outs scenes after this though.
Random thought: Sin Scissors look like female, like hags. Are there male Sin Scissors? ¬_¬* ?
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Chapter 7: Fight or Flight Part 2
Mr. Brenz, orphanage director, was sitting behind his desk reading fund raising papers when the door to his office flew open with a slam. He looked up in surprise to see their newest addition, a girl named Kuri, panting in the doorway. He frowned and stood up quickly. "Kuri, what's wrong? Are you alright?" The girl ran forward and clutched onto his sleeves, crying.
"There's a monster in the forest," she sobbed. "It's going to kill them, I know it is!" Brenz blinked in confusion as the girl cried against his chest, then his eyes widened as realization swept over him. He grabbed Kuri's shoulders.
"Kuri," he asked quickly, "Are Dante and Rob there?"
Kuri just nodded through her tears. Brenz let out a deep breath through his nose and clasped her hands together in his. If the boys were expecting to meet Kuri then they would have gone unarmed. "Alright Kuri, now I want you to listen to me very carefully. I need you to be strong for me alright? Stay in my office until I come back. Everything will be okay." He handed her a tissue box and ran out of his office. That was as comforting as time would allow him to be at the moment. Brenz dashed across the orphanage grounds to the boys dorm, while the children watched with interest (it's not everyday your headmaster runs like crazy around campus). He burst into Dante's room, ignored the mess, and went into the area of his closet where Force Edge was kept. He wrapped the sword up in a blanket in hopes of making it less conspicuous, then dashed out of the building and into the woods. He hoped he wasn't too late.
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Meanwhile, deeper in the forest, the fight had begun. The Sin Scissor luckily didn't move very fast, but the boys had run into the fight's problem early on. Rob had taken a punch at it from behind…only to pass completely through it. Repeated attempts had had the same result.
"Damn it!" Rob said dodging the scissors's jab. "What is this thing, a ghost?" Dante barely managed to flip around the devil and felt the scissors cut into his jacket.
"Well those scissors aren't ghostly!" Dante called to him. "Maybe we can use them to our advantage. We need some kind of weapon!" Having said that, Dante waited until the Sin Scissor was just about to slice him in half and then jumped back at the last second. In the moment where the devil was had not yet reopened its scissors, Dante tried to grab and wrestle away the enormous pair of scissors. The Devil seemed surprised, then cackled in evil amusement. The scissors themselves suddenly became as insubstantial as the devil and Dante lost his balance, stumbling. Rob leapt up and distracted it from Dante. The devil backed up and swung the scissors at the irritating boy. Rob backed into a tree suddenly and the scissors that attempted to snip him slide together but were stopped by the tree. Each point of a blade dug inches into the bark on either side of his waist. Rob tried to twist out of the deadly quandary as the Sin Scissor pressed in harder, but the struggle was no avail. Dante had gotten to his feet and was about to rush over when Rob stopped him.
"Get out of here!" Rob yelled. "You've got to go get help and your sword! Staying here will get us both in trouble!"
Dante's first reaction was one of angry disbelief. No way he was leaving a friend in a situation like that! "GO! I can hold on!" Rob yelled at him, still pinned and squirming. Dante hesitated. He couldn't just leave Rob, but at the same time if the battle continued as it had been then they would both be in trouble before too long.
Rob squeezed his eyes shut and fought to escape the scissors. If I can't get out then at least Dante should, he thought desperately. His eyes popped open as he heard a yell and saw Dante jump forward and sock the devil right in the face. "Stay the hell away from my friends!" To both boy's surprise, the devil actually recoiled with a shriek and seemed to be in pain. Rob rolled away from the tree to where Dante was. "Thanks buddy. You should have gotten away when you could though, idiot. Now we might both be screwed."
Dante gave him a cocky grin. "Like hell I'm leaving you here to have all the fun." He looked at the angry and circling Sin Scissor. "Did you see that though? We've never hit that mask it wears before. Maybe that's it vulnerable spot." Both boys spirits soared at this information and revitalized them a bit. "Let's take it down!" Rob said and punched a fist into his palm.
"Dante!" a voice called suddenly. Dante turned to see a rather worn out looking Brenz leaning on a nearby tree and clutching a long cloth bundle. "Here!" he called and threw the bundle to him. Dante caught it awkwardly and pulled the blanket aside to reveal Force Edge.
"Sweet!" Dante said, whipping it around and throwing the blanket back to Brenz. He twirled the sword then pointed it towards the Sin Scissors. "Let's do this thing." The devil shrieked and spun towards him head on. Dante blocked the open scissors with Force Edge and gave a shove forward it them that caused the devil to lose one of its hand's grips on the scissors. He jumped forward and swung upwards but it pulled its head back just out of reach. From the opposite side of the devil, Rob slid underneath it's ghostly form and then pushed off the ground with his hand to kick the devil's mask hard. His foot met it with a Crack! and the devil howled in pain as it sliced through the space he had previously occupied. The creature was beginning to realize that staying close to the ground was not a good idea with these two, and it circled higher like a bird.
"Damn!" Rob said, "It's going to get away!" Brenz gave him a 'watch your language' look which Rob rolled his eyes to in return.
"Not if I can help it!" Dante said and brazenly gave a demon powered jump up with it. Dante was a great fighter. He had the strength, speed, and attitude to take on just about anything. He could not, however much he wanted to, fly. Which, he discovered, is not a good thing considering the Sin Scissor could. In midair about twenty-five feet off the ground he swung at the devil only to have his sword blocked by the gigantic scissors. Dante suddenly found himself very vulnerable as he hung awkwardly in the air while gravity began to grab control. The Sin smiled wickedly, then it whipped the scissors around to slam Dante into the ground and plunge Force Edge deep into the earth beside him. "Dante!" exclaimed Rob in distress.
Dante blinked away his momentary dual vision (for a sec there were two Brenz's looked concerned at him) and shook the dirt out of his hair. He rolled on his back to see the Sin coming down on him at full speed with the scissor point aimed at his heart. Dante had only a moment to register that Force Edge was out of reach and that he had no time to dodge. Time seemed to slow as he watched that deadly point come closer and closer as his hand edged out towards Force Edge. He wasn't go to make it…he was too slow…this was the end…Dante's eyes went wide with shock as, still feeling as if he were in slow mo, he saw Rob hurdle between him and the devil. Some distant part of mind was screaming but all he felt was his mouth drop open and his eyes fill with horror as the scissors pierced his friends chest. Time caught up with itself and Rob fell with a heavy lifeless thud. Dante sat in shock for a second while the Sin spread its blood stained scissors wide. Then a tremor passed through him and he clenched his hands and eyes as a tear ran his face.
"How many more…will have to die at the hands of evil shit like you?" he said hoarsely. "Everyone I'd call family…HOW MANY?!" he yelled furiously and yanked Force Edge out of the ground. Brenz, who had watched the last scenes with shock and horror, now felt his blood run cold as Dante's eyes had taken a dark red glaze over them. Dante jumped forward with speed borne of an enraged demon and plunged his sword into and through the Sin Scissor's mask. The devil looked surprised as it disintegrated and the mammoth scissors fell to earth before they too shatter into nothingness.
Dante shuddered uncontrollably a moment while clenching his father's sword. He let out a broken breath and then stumbled over to kneel where Rob lay. Rob, blood trickling from his mouth, grinned up at him weakly. "You…got the bastard."
Dante's eyes burned. "Yeah…but…why? Why you stupid son of a bitch? Now…now…"
Rob smiled slightly again. "Don't go crying on me buddy. It doesn't suit you. 'Sides…I owed you for earlier." Rob squeezed his hand a bit. "Go give em hell for me. I know you will."
Dante smiled thinly, if only for Rob's sake. "Yeah…yeah I will." Rob pulled a deep ragged breath and then suddenly seemed to go limp. Dante bowed his head. Mr. Brenz walked up and put a hand on Dante's shoulder, not sure what to say. For him and Dante both, this day would take awhile to recover from.
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And yes, The End. So to say. Poor Robby…
Next Chapter: Epilogue
Random thought: Sin Scissors look like female, like hags. Are there male Sin Scissors? ¬_¬* ?
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Chapter 7: Fight or Flight Part 2
Mr. Brenz, orphanage director, was sitting behind his desk reading fund raising papers when the door to his office flew open with a slam. He looked up in surprise to see their newest addition, a girl named Kuri, panting in the doorway. He frowned and stood up quickly. "Kuri, what's wrong? Are you alright?" The girl ran forward and clutched onto his sleeves, crying.
"There's a monster in the forest," she sobbed. "It's going to kill them, I know it is!" Brenz blinked in confusion as the girl cried against his chest, then his eyes widened as realization swept over him. He grabbed Kuri's shoulders.
"Kuri," he asked quickly, "Are Dante and Rob there?"
Kuri just nodded through her tears. Brenz let out a deep breath through his nose and clasped her hands together in his. If the boys were expecting to meet Kuri then they would have gone unarmed. "Alright Kuri, now I want you to listen to me very carefully. I need you to be strong for me alright? Stay in my office until I come back. Everything will be okay." He handed her a tissue box and ran out of his office. That was as comforting as time would allow him to be at the moment. Brenz dashed across the orphanage grounds to the boys dorm, while the children watched with interest (it's not everyday your headmaster runs like crazy around campus). He burst into Dante's room, ignored the mess, and went into the area of his closet where Force Edge was kept. He wrapped the sword up in a blanket in hopes of making it less conspicuous, then dashed out of the building and into the woods. He hoped he wasn't too late.
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Meanwhile, deeper in the forest, the fight had begun. The Sin Scissor luckily didn't move very fast, but the boys had run into the fight's problem early on. Rob had taken a punch at it from behind…only to pass completely through it. Repeated attempts had had the same result.
"Damn it!" Rob said dodging the scissors's jab. "What is this thing, a ghost?" Dante barely managed to flip around the devil and felt the scissors cut into his jacket.
"Well those scissors aren't ghostly!" Dante called to him. "Maybe we can use them to our advantage. We need some kind of weapon!" Having said that, Dante waited until the Sin Scissor was just about to slice him in half and then jumped back at the last second. In the moment where the devil was had not yet reopened its scissors, Dante tried to grab and wrestle away the enormous pair of scissors. The Devil seemed surprised, then cackled in evil amusement. The scissors themselves suddenly became as insubstantial as the devil and Dante lost his balance, stumbling. Rob leapt up and distracted it from Dante. The devil backed up and swung the scissors at the irritating boy. Rob backed into a tree suddenly and the scissors that attempted to snip him slide together but were stopped by the tree. Each point of a blade dug inches into the bark on either side of his waist. Rob tried to twist out of the deadly quandary as the Sin Scissor pressed in harder, but the struggle was no avail. Dante had gotten to his feet and was about to rush over when Rob stopped him.
"Get out of here!" Rob yelled. "You've got to go get help and your sword! Staying here will get us both in trouble!"
Dante's first reaction was one of angry disbelief. No way he was leaving a friend in a situation like that! "GO! I can hold on!" Rob yelled at him, still pinned and squirming. Dante hesitated. He couldn't just leave Rob, but at the same time if the battle continued as it had been then they would both be in trouble before too long.
Rob squeezed his eyes shut and fought to escape the scissors. If I can't get out then at least Dante should, he thought desperately. His eyes popped open as he heard a yell and saw Dante jump forward and sock the devil right in the face. "Stay the hell away from my friends!" To both boy's surprise, the devil actually recoiled with a shriek and seemed to be in pain. Rob rolled away from the tree to where Dante was. "Thanks buddy. You should have gotten away when you could though, idiot. Now we might both be screwed."
Dante gave him a cocky grin. "Like hell I'm leaving you here to have all the fun." He looked at the angry and circling Sin Scissor. "Did you see that though? We've never hit that mask it wears before. Maybe that's it vulnerable spot." Both boys spirits soared at this information and revitalized them a bit. "Let's take it down!" Rob said and punched a fist into his palm.
"Dante!" a voice called suddenly. Dante turned to see a rather worn out looking Brenz leaning on a nearby tree and clutching a long cloth bundle. "Here!" he called and threw the bundle to him. Dante caught it awkwardly and pulled the blanket aside to reveal Force Edge.
"Sweet!" Dante said, whipping it around and throwing the blanket back to Brenz. He twirled the sword then pointed it towards the Sin Scissors. "Let's do this thing." The devil shrieked and spun towards him head on. Dante blocked the open scissors with Force Edge and gave a shove forward it them that caused the devil to lose one of its hand's grips on the scissors. He jumped forward and swung upwards but it pulled its head back just out of reach. From the opposite side of the devil, Rob slid underneath it's ghostly form and then pushed off the ground with his hand to kick the devil's mask hard. His foot met it with a Crack! and the devil howled in pain as it sliced through the space he had previously occupied. The creature was beginning to realize that staying close to the ground was not a good idea with these two, and it circled higher like a bird.
"Damn!" Rob said, "It's going to get away!" Brenz gave him a 'watch your language' look which Rob rolled his eyes to in return.
"Not if I can help it!" Dante said and brazenly gave a demon powered jump up with it. Dante was a great fighter. He had the strength, speed, and attitude to take on just about anything. He could not, however much he wanted to, fly. Which, he discovered, is not a good thing considering the Sin Scissor could. In midair about twenty-five feet off the ground he swung at the devil only to have his sword blocked by the gigantic scissors. Dante suddenly found himself very vulnerable as he hung awkwardly in the air while gravity began to grab control. The Sin smiled wickedly, then it whipped the scissors around to slam Dante into the ground and plunge Force Edge deep into the earth beside him. "Dante!" exclaimed Rob in distress.
Dante blinked away his momentary dual vision (for a sec there were two Brenz's looked concerned at him) and shook the dirt out of his hair. He rolled on his back to see the Sin coming down on him at full speed with the scissor point aimed at his heart. Dante had only a moment to register that Force Edge was out of reach and that he had no time to dodge. Time seemed to slow as he watched that deadly point come closer and closer as his hand edged out towards Force Edge. He wasn't go to make it…he was too slow…this was the end…Dante's eyes went wide with shock as, still feeling as if he were in slow mo, he saw Rob hurdle between him and the devil. Some distant part of mind was screaming but all he felt was his mouth drop open and his eyes fill with horror as the scissors pierced his friends chest. Time caught up with itself and Rob fell with a heavy lifeless thud. Dante sat in shock for a second while the Sin spread its blood stained scissors wide. Then a tremor passed through him and he clenched his hands and eyes as a tear ran his face.
"How many more…will have to die at the hands of evil shit like you?" he said hoarsely. "Everyone I'd call family…HOW MANY?!" he yelled furiously and yanked Force Edge out of the ground. Brenz, who had watched the last scenes with shock and horror, now felt his blood run cold as Dante's eyes had taken a dark red glaze over them. Dante jumped forward with speed borne of an enraged demon and plunged his sword into and through the Sin Scissor's mask. The devil looked surprised as it disintegrated and the mammoth scissors fell to earth before they too shatter into nothingness.
Dante shuddered uncontrollably a moment while clenching his father's sword. He let out a broken breath and then stumbled over to kneel where Rob lay. Rob, blood trickling from his mouth, grinned up at him weakly. "You…got the bastard."
Dante's eyes burned. "Yeah…but…why? Why you stupid son of a bitch? Now…now…"
Rob smiled slightly again. "Don't go crying on me buddy. It doesn't suit you. 'Sides…I owed you for earlier." Rob squeezed his hand a bit. "Go give em hell for me. I know you will."
Dante smiled thinly, if only for Rob's sake. "Yeah…yeah I will." Rob pulled a deep ragged breath and then suddenly seemed to go limp. Dante bowed his head. Mr. Brenz walked up and put a hand on Dante's shoulder, not sure what to say. For him and Dante both, this day would take awhile to recover from.
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And yes, The End. So to say. Poor Robby…
Next Chapter: Epilogue