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Oh yeah, I forgot to put this in the earlier chapters, so here it goes. I do not own Devil May Cry. I also don't own Dante, although it would kick ass if I did, 'cause I'd make some new attachments to the game. (When I get older though, I plan to make games, so I'll try to make one just as cool! That is, if my hopes come true. . .) Trish isn't mine either. I do own Demi and most of the other characters mentioned. If I don't own some, I'll let you know. I only wrote this disclaimer 'cause I can't afford to be sued. (I don't see why anyone would sue a 16-year-old for something so stupid. Isn't it enough that it's on a fanfic website? That kinda tells you I don't own it, huh?) Instead of sueing me, just slap me upside the head or something. Okay, enough of my rambling, here's the fourth chapter.
Chapter 4 The Demon Village
"What is that?" Dante thought. He was still half-asleep. He felt the heat of the sun on his face. Along with that, there was something poking his cheek. He woke up all the way and snapped his eyes open. It took his vision a moment to clear and he saw the fuzzy image of three young children standing around him. One of them was knelled down, poking Dante's face with a stick. The other two looked at him in horror.
"AAHHH!! HE'S ALIVE!!" One of them yelled. Two of the children ran away, screaming. The other, who had been jabbing Dante, stayed.
Dante stared at the child. He had black hair pulled back in a short ponytail. He just crouched there, staring at Dante.
"Are you okay mister?" He asked in a tiny voice. He got away from Dante to let him get up. As Dante began getting up, the boy took his arm and helped him up.
Dante got all the way up and began brushing himself off. Sand and salt fell from his coat. He combed his hair from his face. It was tough and brittle from the sundried salt. He looked down at the boy.
"Who are you?" Dante asked as he stretched his tight limbs. The boy was down at Dante's legs, brushing off his pants and boots.
"My name's Skailoros Lupal. But it's Skail for short. What's your name, mister?" The boy answered as he stood up straight.
"Dante." Dante answered back. He looked down at Skail, who had his arm extended up to shake. Dante took his hand and gave it a quick handshake.
Skail walked past Dante and down the beach a bit. He turned around and motioned Dante to follow.
"Come on. I'll take you to my village right after I check my trotlines."
Dante followed Skail. He gazed around at his surroundings. There was a short cliff to his side and the vast blue ocean to his other. The ocean breeze blew in his face.
There was a sudden turn in the beach and cliff. Skail went around it and Dante saw him stop.
"What's up?" Dante asked curiously.
"Sir, were you with anyone?" Skail asked. Dante came around the bend and saw someone lying face down in the sand. The waves washed over his blue jean covered legs. Dante knew immediately that it was Demi.
He ran over to Demi's body. He bent down and flipped the body over. Just as Dante thought, it was Demitri. Dante shook Demis body. There was no response.
"Damn, guess he didn't make it after all." Dante mumbled. He layed Demitri down and stood up. He stared down at the body for a moment. Skail came over with Dante.
"I take it he was a friend of yours?" Skail asked quietly.
"Not really. I barely knew him."
After the two stood there for a few more moments, Dante saw Demi's eyes twitch and open a little. After noticing where he was, Demi jumped to his feet.
Dante stared at him, wide eyed. "Hey! What a ya know? He lives!" He laughed.
Demi gained his balance and looked over to Dante, who had a rather friendly smirk across his face. He actually looked happy to see him.
"Hey, no way I'm gonna die that easily. I kicked that shark things ass!" Demi laughed. Sand and salt flew from his clothes and hair as he pounded his chest triumphantly. Dante just sighed.
"Damn, you're a mess, boy."
Skail walked up to Demi and began dusting him off. "Just let me check my lines and I'll take you back to my village. You can get cleaned up there."
"Thanks, kid." Demi said as he helped Skail with the dusting.
After Demi was sufficiently dusted, the three headed down the beach more. They came to a small area where Dante could see about three rows of trotlines posted in the water. There was some thrashing going on out in the water.
"Alright! Got some!" Skail yelled happily as he jumped into the water. He waded out with a short rope in his hand. As he began taking the fish from their hooks, he would stick a small, straight hook through the fishes mouth and gills. After he returned from the water, he had about ten good sized fish attached to his rope.
"Hey, that's pretty neat." Demi said. He had apparently never seen a trotline. "How old are you?"
Skail looked up at him. "I'm ten, sir. What's so neat?"
"Cool. You're so young, yet you know how to make things like that."
Skail gave him a funny look. "Well, it isn't that hard." He didn't bother to explain. He walked past the two. "Come on. I'll get you guys to my house."
Dante and Demi followed Skail in the opposite direction they had been going. After a breif walk, Dante could see a large village. It was one of those island type villages. The houses were small and either made of dried mud bricks or thatched. There were numerous gardens around, with people tending them.
As they came into the village, Dante noticed that many of the surrounding villagers were looking in their direction. Many of them just stared at Dante. He gave them no mind and continued following Skail. Demi waved at some of the villagers as they passed.
Skail brought the two to a larger house. It was made from mud brick with a wood roof. Skail opened the door and motioned them inside. After they were in, he closed the door.
"Mom, dad! I got some fish! I found some people. I want you to meet them!" Skail yelled.
"Just a minute!" A mans voice yelled. Dante began to let his eyes wander. He looked around the small house. There were some chairs in what could only be the living room and a large couch made from wood. There were some lamps lighting the room. He could see two skulls on the wall as well. They were obviously demon skulls.
After a moment, a middle aged man and woman came into the room. Demi ran over and began shaking the man's hand.
"Ah, you must be this boys father. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." He said kindly.
"It's nice to meet you too. Yes, Skail is my son. I'm Yui, and this is my wife Lily." The man said, motioning his hand to the woman. Demi knodded to the woman and gave her a 'how do ya do.' Yui smiled. "And who might you be, if you don't mind my asking?"
"My name is Demitri Valus, sir."
Yui looked over to Dante, who was turned around, admiring the rooms decore. "And you, sir?"
Dante turned around slowly and looked at Yui. "I'm Dante Sparda."
Yui's eyes widened and a look of horror crossed his face. He stepped back a few feet. "D-D-DANTE S-SPARDA?!?!" He studdered.
Dante watched Yui paniclly run out of the room. He came running back in with a long, thin sword in his hands.
"Look, we don't want any trouble, Dante. We didn't do anything wrong, so just leave!"
Dante stared at him. He now noticed that Yui had the scent of a demon. "You the guys causing all the trouble here?"
"What?! No! We're not in league with the demon army. We abandoned them years ago." Yui growled, holding the sword steady.
"Well, if that's the case, I don't have any reason to kill you, do I?" Dante said cooly. "I just came to look for something."
"So. . .you don't want to kill us?"
"Nope. Just the demons who try to kill me."
Yui lowered his sword. He let out a sigh of relief. Skail walked over to his father and looked up at him.
"Daddy, what's wrong with Mr. Dante? Why are you scared of him?"
"Skail, you remember that story I told you about the demon man who saved the world from Mundus, right?"
"Yes. Why?"
Yui pointed at Dante. "He's the one that did it. He sealed Mundus away and saved us all."
Skail looked over at Dante. "Wow! Really?!"
Dante knodded. Yui walked over and put out his hand.
"I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding, sir. I should really be thanking you." Yui appologized. Dante shook Yui's hand. "If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have been able to free ourselves from the underworld.
Demi looked at Yui and cocked his head. "What do you mean?"
Yui turned to Demi. "You see, our clan was under control by Mundus. We were forced to serve him or die. When Dante killed Mundus, we were able to be free. We didn't want to live the life of demons, so we decided to move to different parts of the world and start a new life like humans." Yui explained. "We're an honorable clan. The Wolf clan."
Demi didn't really understand very well. Dante figured the boy had not learned much about the underworld or demons. Demi knodded like he understood.
"Please, make yourselves at home. Wash up and come eat lunch with us." Yui said calmly now. Dante took his offer.
"Where's the shower?"
After Dante and Demi had finished bathing, they sat down at the kitchen table with Yui and his family to eat. Some of the fish that had been caught earlier were on the menu.
Dante, famished, dug into his fish fillet. Demi ate his as well, but much more slowly. Curious of the clan's ways, Demi began questioning Yui.
"So, could I hear a little bit about your clan, sir?" He asked, wiping his mouth of some fish.
"Sure. As I told you, we seperated from the other demons. We just want to live a peaceful life, really. All of the villagers here are demons. You can't really tell, because we took on a human form. Really, we're demon wolfs."
"Cool. So everyone here is a demon?"
"Yes, but like I said, we don't want any trouble."
Skail finished his fish and looked over to his father. "Can I have some more?"
Yui knodded. "Yes, but save some for your sister. She'll be home soon and I'm sure she'll want some."
Skail grabbed him some more fish and began eating again.
"You have a daughter?" Demi asked.
"Yes," Yui began. "She's off trying to find some crystals of some sort for some jewlery she wants to make."
After Demi ate some more food, he began talking again. "So, you guys got a leader, or are you just independent?"
"Oh, we have a leader. It's me." Yui said with a faint smile.
"Oh, I didn't know, sir. I'm sorry."
"No need to appologize. I didn't think it would matter if you knew or not."
The rest of the meal was eaten in silence, which Dante was thankful for. He wasn't in the mood for any chitchat. He stood up after he was finished.
"I'm going to go sit down in your living room, if that's okay."
"Sure," Yui knodded. "go right on ahead."
Dante walked into the living room and sat in one of the chairs. He slouched and sighed. He looked around for a moment and then closed his eyes. Something was bothering him, but he wasn't sure what.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion. Dante snapped his eyes open and looked around. Yui and everyone else ran into the living room. Yui swung the door open. Dante hopped up and everyone piled outside.
One of the houses was destroyed. Smoke and flame billowed from what remained. Many of the villagers were yelling and looking in the air above the house.
Dante saw what they were looking at. There was a figure, a man floating in the air above the demolished house. He was wearing a dark cape with a button up, long sleeved shirt and pants tucked into a pair of brown, homemade boots. His hair was salt and peper colored and pulled back in a messy ponytail. There was a small fireball in his hand.
"Where's Dante?!?!?!?!"
I guess I'll end that chapter there. I need to get a good night sleep. (For once.) I'll have the next chapter up very soon, because I need to get as much of this story done as possible before school lets out. We get out on the 30th, so when we do, I'll let you know. I'll have to put the chapters on at a friend's house or something, I guess. (I'm so, so sorry! But even if I can't put any chapters on over the summer, I'll put them on when I get back. I'm sure I can get my friends to help me get them up.)
Oh yeah, I forgot to put this in the earlier chapters, so here it goes. I do not own Devil May Cry. I also don't own Dante, although it would kick ass if I did, 'cause I'd make some new attachments to the game. (When I get older though, I plan to make games, so I'll try to make one just as cool! That is, if my hopes come true. . .) Trish isn't mine either. I do own Demi and most of the other characters mentioned. If I don't own some, I'll let you know. I only wrote this disclaimer 'cause I can't afford to be sued. (I don't see why anyone would sue a 16-year-old for something so stupid. Isn't it enough that it's on a fanfic website? That kinda tells you I don't own it, huh?) Instead of sueing me, just slap me upside the head or something. Okay, enough of my rambling, here's the fourth chapter.
Chapter 4 The Demon Village
"What is that?" Dante thought. He was still half-asleep. He felt the heat of the sun on his face. Along with that, there was something poking his cheek. He woke up all the way and snapped his eyes open. It took his vision a moment to clear and he saw the fuzzy image of three young children standing around him. One of them was knelled down, poking Dante's face with a stick. The other two looked at him in horror.
"AAHHH!! HE'S ALIVE!!" One of them yelled. Two of the children ran away, screaming. The other, who had been jabbing Dante, stayed.
Dante stared at the child. He had black hair pulled back in a short ponytail. He just crouched there, staring at Dante.
"Are you okay mister?" He asked in a tiny voice. He got away from Dante to let him get up. As Dante began getting up, the boy took his arm and helped him up.
Dante got all the way up and began brushing himself off. Sand and salt fell from his coat. He combed his hair from his face. It was tough and brittle from the sundried salt. He looked down at the boy.
"Who are you?" Dante asked as he stretched his tight limbs. The boy was down at Dante's legs, brushing off his pants and boots.
"My name's Skailoros Lupal. But it's Skail for short. What's your name, mister?" The boy answered as he stood up straight.
"Dante." Dante answered back. He looked down at Skail, who had his arm extended up to shake. Dante took his hand and gave it a quick handshake.
Skail walked past Dante and down the beach a bit. He turned around and motioned Dante to follow.
"Come on. I'll take you to my village right after I check my trotlines."
Dante followed Skail. He gazed around at his surroundings. There was a short cliff to his side and the vast blue ocean to his other. The ocean breeze blew in his face.
There was a sudden turn in the beach and cliff. Skail went around it and Dante saw him stop.
"What's up?" Dante asked curiously.
"Sir, were you with anyone?" Skail asked. Dante came around the bend and saw someone lying face down in the sand. The waves washed over his blue jean covered legs. Dante knew immediately that it was Demi.
He ran over to Demi's body. He bent down and flipped the body over. Just as Dante thought, it was Demitri. Dante shook Demis body. There was no response.
"Damn, guess he didn't make it after all." Dante mumbled. He layed Demitri down and stood up. He stared down at the body for a moment. Skail came over with Dante.
"I take it he was a friend of yours?" Skail asked quietly.
"Not really. I barely knew him."
After the two stood there for a few more moments, Dante saw Demi's eyes twitch and open a little. After noticing where he was, Demi jumped to his feet.
Dante stared at him, wide eyed. "Hey! What a ya know? He lives!" He laughed.
Demi gained his balance and looked over to Dante, who had a rather friendly smirk across his face. He actually looked happy to see him.
"Hey, no way I'm gonna die that easily. I kicked that shark things ass!" Demi laughed. Sand and salt flew from his clothes and hair as he pounded his chest triumphantly. Dante just sighed.
"Damn, you're a mess, boy."
Skail walked up to Demi and began dusting him off. "Just let me check my lines and I'll take you back to my village. You can get cleaned up there."
"Thanks, kid." Demi said as he helped Skail with the dusting.
After Demi was sufficiently dusted, the three headed down the beach more. They came to a small area where Dante could see about three rows of trotlines posted in the water. There was some thrashing going on out in the water.
"Alright! Got some!" Skail yelled happily as he jumped into the water. He waded out with a short rope in his hand. As he began taking the fish from their hooks, he would stick a small, straight hook through the fishes mouth and gills. After he returned from the water, he had about ten good sized fish attached to his rope.
"Hey, that's pretty neat." Demi said. He had apparently never seen a trotline. "How old are you?"
Skail looked up at him. "I'm ten, sir. What's so neat?"
"Cool. You're so young, yet you know how to make things like that."
Skail gave him a funny look. "Well, it isn't that hard." He didn't bother to explain. He walked past the two. "Come on. I'll get you guys to my house."
Dante and Demi followed Skail in the opposite direction they had been going. After a breif walk, Dante could see a large village. It was one of those island type villages. The houses were small and either made of dried mud bricks or thatched. There were numerous gardens around, with people tending them.
As they came into the village, Dante noticed that many of the surrounding villagers were looking in their direction. Many of them just stared at Dante. He gave them no mind and continued following Skail. Demi waved at some of the villagers as they passed.
Skail brought the two to a larger house. It was made from mud brick with a wood roof. Skail opened the door and motioned them inside. After they were in, he closed the door.
"Mom, dad! I got some fish! I found some people. I want you to meet them!" Skail yelled.
"Just a minute!" A mans voice yelled. Dante began to let his eyes wander. He looked around the small house. There were some chairs in what could only be the living room and a large couch made from wood. There were some lamps lighting the room. He could see two skulls on the wall as well. They were obviously demon skulls.
After a moment, a middle aged man and woman came into the room. Demi ran over and began shaking the man's hand.
"Ah, you must be this boys father. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." He said kindly.
"It's nice to meet you too. Yes, Skail is my son. I'm Yui, and this is my wife Lily." The man said, motioning his hand to the woman. Demi knodded to the woman and gave her a 'how do ya do.' Yui smiled. "And who might you be, if you don't mind my asking?"
"My name is Demitri Valus, sir."
Yui looked over to Dante, who was turned around, admiring the rooms decore. "And you, sir?"
Dante turned around slowly and looked at Yui. "I'm Dante Sparda."
Yui's eyes widened and a look of horror crossed his face. He stepped back a few feet. "D-D-DANTE S-SPARDA?!?!" He studdered.
Dante watched Yui paniclly run out of the room. He came running back in with a long, thin sword in his hands.
"Look, we don't want any trouble, Dante. We didn't do anything wrong, so just leave!"
Dante stared at him. He now noticed that Yui had the scent of a demon. "You the guys causing all the trouble here?"
"What?! No! We're not in league with the demon army. We abandoned them years ago." Yui growled, holding the sword steady.
"Well, if that's the case, I don't have any reason to kill you, do I?" Dante said cooly. "I just came to look for something."
"So. . .you don't want to kill us?"
"Nope. Just the demons who try to kill me."
Yui lowered his sword. He let out a sigh of relief. Skail walked over to his father and looked up at him.
"Daddy, what's wrong with Mr. Dante? Why are you scared of him?"
"Skail, you remember that story I told you about the demon man who saved the world from Mundus, right?"
"Yes. Why?"
Yui pointed at Dante. "He's the one that did it. He sealed Mundus away and saved us all."
Skail looked over at Dante. "Wow! Really?!"
Dante knodded. Yui walked over and put out his hand.
"I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding, sir. I should really be thanking you." Yui appologized. Dante shook Yui's hand. "If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have been able to free ourselves from the underworld.
Demi looked at Yui and cocked his head. "What do you mean?"
Yui turned to Demi. "You see, our clan was under control by Mundus. We were forced to serve him or die. When Dante killed Mundus, we were able to be free. We didn't want to live the life of demons, so we decided to move to different parts of the world and start a new life like humans." Yui explained. "We're an honorable clan. The Wolf clan."
Demi didn't really understand very well. Dante figured the boy had not learned much about the underworld or demons. Demi knodded like he understood.
"Please, make yourselves at home. Wash up and come eat lunch with us." Yui said calmly now. Dante took his offer.
"Where's the shower?"
After Dante and Demi had finished bathing, they sat down at the kitchen table with Yui and his family to eat. Some of the fish that had been caught earlier were on the menu.
Dante, famished, dug into his fish fillet. Demi ate his as well, but much more slowly. Curious of the clan's ways, Demi began questioning Yui.
"So, could I hear a little bit about your clan, sir?" He asked, wiping his mouth of some fish.
"Sure. As I told you, we seperated from the other demons. We just want to live a peaceful life, really. All of the villagers here are demons. You can't really tell, because we took on a human form. Really, we're demon wolfs."
"Cool. So everyone here is a demon?"
"Yes, but like I said, we don't want any trouble."
Skail finished his fish and looked over to his father. "Can I have some more?"
Yui knodded. "Yes, but save some for your sister. She'll be home soon and I'm sure she'll want some."
Skail grabbed him some more fish and began eating again.
"You have a daughter?" Demi asked.
"Yes," Yui began. "She's off trying to find some crystals of some sort for some jewlery she wants to make."
After Demi ate some more food, he began talking again. "So, you guys got a leader, or are you just independent?"
"Oh, we have a leader. It's me." Yui said with a faint smile.
"Oh, I didn't know, sir. I'm sorry."
"No need to appologize. I didn't think it would matter if you knew or not."
The rest of the meal was eaten in silence, which Dante was thankful for. He wasn't in the mood for any chitchat. He stood up after he was finished.
"I'm going to go sit down in your living room, if that's okay."
"Sure," Yui knodded. "go right on ahead."
Dante walked into the living room and sat in one of the chairs. He slouched and sighed. He looked around for a moment and then closed his eyes. Something was bothering him, but he wasn't sure what.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion. Dante snapped his eyes open and looked around. Yui and everyone else ran into the living room. Yui swung the door open. Dante hopped up and everyone piled outside.
One of the houses was destroyed. Smoke and flame billowed from what remained. Many of the villagers were yelling and looking in the air above the house.
Dante saw what they were looking at. There was a figure, a man floating in the air above the demolished house. He was wearing a dark cape with a button up, long sleeved shirt and pants tucked into a pair of brown, homemade boots. His hair was salt and peper colored and pulled back in a messy ponytail. There was a small fireball in his hand.
"Where's Dante?!?!?!?!"
I guess I'll end that chapter there. I need to get a good night sleep. (For once.) I'll have the next chapter up very soon, because I need to get as much of this story done as possible before school lets out. We get out on the 30th, so when we do, I'll let you know. I'll have to put the chapters on at a friend's house or something, I guess. (I'm so, so sorry! But even if I can't put any chapters on over the summer, I'll put them on when I get back. I'm sure I can get my friends to help me get them up.)