YAHOO!! I have my muse back!! Hurrah for renewed inspiration!! If you
haven't guessed what I'm ranting about, I've gotten a hold of a PS2! Good
old Dante is back! But, there is one problem. . .hard mode. I managed to
get past Nelo for the last time. (I died over 20 times before beating
him!) Now, I'm trying to kill the last Nightmare, which shouldn't be TOO
hard.
But, maybe now with my inspiration back, my chapters will be better and
longer. (Maybe. . .hopefully. . .If I write more than half a page, maybe
I'll get some reviews. *Thanks for the ones who did, though!*)
Chapter 11 Guess What Demitri's Afraid Of?
Dante pushed the heavy cathedral door open. Its hinges squealed, most likely destroying any surprise to the demons that they had come. Not worrying about stealth any longer, Dante pushed hard on the door, slamming it into the wall with a loud bang.
"Damn it, Dante!" Demi hissed.
Dante shrugged. "What? I'd imagine they already know we're here."
"Yeah. . .but still. . ." Demi trailed off as they came into the building.
The air within the church was stale and musty, not appearing to have been used for years. The stained glass windows by the door let in the only light other than the skylight. Through the dim lighting, the three could see numerous rows of dust-covered benches. In front of the benches was a large podium. Behind that was a giant cross with Jesus staked to it.
Demi shuddered a little at the sight. He had never been to church. He tried to once when he was six, but he was so scared, he'd never even tried to go back. He remembered the priest yelling something as he ran out. It had something to do with 'spawn of Satin' and 'antichrist'. All he remembered was it scared the hell out of him.
Felling a little uncomfortable, Demi shuffled closer to Dante. He looked up at Dante, who had his gaze fixed on the wall in front of them. Demi turned around and rubbed his arm, not wanting to have to look at the crucifix again.
Dante noticed this and scoffed. "What's wrong? Christ scare you, or something?"
Demi turned back to Dante. "N-No. It's nothing like that. I. . .just don't like this place. Gives me the creeps."
"It's church. . ." Dante grumbled as he continues examining the wall. Demi finally noticed what Dante was looking at. All of the windows on that wall were sealed up. There wasn't a single crack in the windows or wall. Dante turned to Schala. "Hey, what's beyond that wall?"
Schala thought for a moment. "Well, this cathedral is circular shaped and I think four stories. In the middle of the cathedral is a large courtyard."
Demi coughed from the musty air and looked over to Dante again. "So, why would they seal the windows to the courtyard?"
"Beats me." Dante said with a shrug. "Maybe they were trying to keep demons out?"
Demi and Schala both shrugged as well. It didn't make sense to seal the inside windows, but leave the outside windows unsealed.
Dante looked around until he spotted a small door to back left side of the room. He remembered the man on the roof. "Alright, listen up. We need to find some stairs and get to the roof." He turned his attention to Schala. "Do you know your way around this place?"
Schala blinked. "No, I've never been here. I just know that the relic-"
"Right. . ." Dante interrupted. He hadn't expected her to know her way around. There were two objectives: 1, Get to the roof and find out who that guy was, and 2, find the damn relic. Dante wondered if the demons had found it yet. He decided to question Schala about the subject. "This place IS taken over by demons, right?"
Schala cocked her head. "Well, I believe so."
"In that case, they probably already have the Arul Light, right?"
"Not definitely. They may not be able to find it. If they did have it, I'd think we'd all know by now."
"She's got a point." Demi said as he went toward the back door that Dante had seen. "If Mundus was resurrected, I think we'd know."
Dante merely nodded and walked over to Demi, who was now standing at the door. "You going, or what?"
Demi sighed and nodded, slowly putting his hand on the knob. He pushed the door open to reveal a darkened hallway. Dante gave the boy a nudge to get him through the door. Demi now took the lead; his sword gripped tightly and put to his side.
After a few steps down the curved hall, Demi relaxed a little, not sensing any immediate danger. His eyes still searched the corridor, just in case. Just like in the first room, the windows had been sealed to the courtyard.
Demi smiled as a staircase came to view at the end of the hall. He picked up the pace and quickly came up to them, only to stop. Wafting down from the staircase was a sickening, putrid smell of decay. Demi just knew something was waiting for them upstairs. He turned back and looked at Dante and Schala, who had lagged behind. They were now coming close, and Demi could tell that they too smelt the stench. Dante stopped and with a soft wave of his hand, motioned for Demi to head up.
Demi turned back to the stairs and, with deep breath through his mouth, started up. At first he went up slowly, but after a few steps, he decided the hell with it and jogged on up. He swore he heard Dante behind him give a scoff of approval to his courageousness.
Finally, the steps ended and Demi placed both feet on the hardwood flooring. On this floor was yet another corridor, just as dark as the last. The smell was repulsive, but there didn't seem to be any demons around.
Dante and Schala came up soon after Demi and Dante gave him yet another nudge. Getting tired of Dante's impatience, Demi tromped on forward, not really paying much attention to his surroundings this time.
As Demi's clomped on down the hall, he suddenly ran into something. He struggled for a moment, until he realized what it was he'd run into. Tangled around him was a large, sticky spiders web.
"GYAH!!" Demi yelped, trying franticly to remove the web. "Dante, get this off me!"
Dante laughed a bit at Demi's panic, and then smirked. He came over to him and began removing the webbing as well as possible, but Demi was moving around wildly. "Would you stop your wiggling?" Dante laughed.
Just as Dante removed the last of the webbing, there was a loud hiss. At first, Dante acknowledged it as a Shadow. He pulled out Ivory and Ebony and began searching the corridor. As he looked up, he knew their enemy was no shadow.
On the darkened ceiling, eight large, glowing, empty blue eyes peered down at the two men.
Dante stayed silent, hoping that their adversary wouldn't bother them if they didn't speak. He slowly motioned for Demi to get away. Demi scampered from under the enemy's shadow and got his sword ready. Dante slowly began to move toward Schala, who was standing a few meters down the hall. Just as Dante came from under the eyes, they rushed down from the ceiling, making Dante have to make a quick roll toward Schala. As he came out of his roll, he heard the loud, hollow thump of the enemy's body hitting the ground, quickly followed by a yelp from Demi.
Dante came up and spun around to face the enemy. On the ground between him and Demi was a giant spider like demon. Dante was relieved that it wasn't half as big as some of the other demon spiders he'd fought. Even though it was dark in the hall, Dante could make out some of the demons characteristics. It had a long, slender, furry abdomen that was light gray with a black streak running down it. Its legs were long and the first four of them had clawlike spikes running up them. As it turned more do Dante, he could see its eyes and fangs. Its fangs were almost as long as Alastor, only missing a foot or so in length. Venom dripped from them and to the ground, causing the floor to sizzle and smoke.
Dante looked beyond the spider to Demi, who's face was a few shades paler than usual. Dante now assumed that Demi was petrified of spiders. That was the only explanation for his reaction to the demon.
Just as Dante brought his guns up to shoot the spider in the eyes, it opened its mouth. A small tube came out and shot a stream of web at Dante. Before he could react, the webbing splattered onto his guns, covering them. As Dante tried to pull it off, he realized that the web was more of a sticky paste, keeping itself glued to his guns. There was no way he could even pull back the trigger like this.
The demon kept its mind on Dante, advancing toward him. Dante sighed and threw his guns at the wall. They hit the wall, sticking. He'd get them when he was done. Alastor was pulled from its sheath and brought down at the spider. Dante was surprised when the bastard agilely jumped back. He was even more surprised at Demi's reaction when the thing rammed into him, knocking him to his butt. If it had been a different situation, Dante would have burst out with laughter as the boy yelped like a girl.
Dante knew the spider's weakness: Its abdomen was soft and could probably be punctured easily. From what Dante had read in books, a spider's heart was in its abdomen too. From the front, however, Dante wouldn't be able to get to it's back.
He had a plan, however. "Demi!" He yelled, dodging another stream of web.
"W-what?!" Demi yelped, keeping his distance from the spider.
"Demi, listen. I want you to attack this things abdomen." Dante explained.
"It's WHAT?!" Demi obviously had no idea what he was talking about.
Dante sighed. "Whack it in the ass!"
A disgusted look crossed Demitri's face. He hesitantly shuffled toward the spider, sword to his side, ready for a horizontal slash. He inched closer, until he was only a few feet away.
"Now Demi, now!!" Dante pushed as he swiftly jumped back to avoid getting slapped with one of the spider's clawed arms.
Demi took in a deep breath, coughing a bit at the putrid stench of the corridor. He felt like he was going to hurl. He concentrated and swung with a diagonal upper cut into the spider's soft body. There was a sickening squishy noise as the blade went through its body. Demi's stomach lurched as some of the spiders internal fluid splattered onto him.
The spider reared up into the air, screeching. Dante jumped out of the way as it fell back to the ground. After a few more deafening screeches, it's legs slowly curled toward its body and it ceased all movement. Its body slowly disintegrated.
Dante sighed as he went to the wall where his guns were still stuck. As he pulled them down, the webbing quickly turned brown and fell from the guns, leaving them just as they had been before they'd been glued. He checked them thoroughly before holstering them.
He looked over to Demi, who was wiping some spider blood on his pants. Dante couldn't help but laugh as he came up to Demi. The look he got from the boy told him to shut up.
Dante ignored this. "Scared of spiders, huh?"
"Shut up. . ." Demi grumbled.
I'm leaving it at this! It's much longer than the last few, huh? Give me some reviews, and I'll put up more as soon as possible!
Chapter 11 Guess What Demitri's Afraid Of?
Dante pushed the heavy cathedral door open. Its hinges squealed, most likely destroying any surprise to the demons that they had come. Not worrying about stealth any longer, Dante pushed hard on the door, slamming it into the wall with a loud bang.
"Damn it, Dante!" Demi hissed.
Dante shrugged. "What? I'd imagine they already know we're here."
"Yeah. . .but still. . ." Demi trailed off as they came into the building.
The air within the church was stale and musty, not appearing to have been used for years. The stained glass windows by the door let in the only light other than the skylight. Through the dim lighting, the three could see numerous rows of dust-covered benches. In front of the benches was a large podium. Behind that was a giant cross with Jesus staked to it.
Demi shuddered a little at the sight. He had never been to church. He tried to once when he was six, but he was so scared, he'd never even tried to go back. He remembered the priest yelling something as he ran out. It had something to do with 'spawn of Satin' and 'antichrist'. All he remembered was it scared the hell out of him.
Felling a little uncomfortable, Demi shuffled closer to Dante. He looked up at Dante, who had his gaze fixed on the wall in front of them. Demi turned around and rubbed his arm, not wanting to have to look at the crucifix again.
Dante noticed this and scoffed. "What's wrong? Christ scare you, or something?"
Demi turned back to Dante. "N-No. It's nothing like that. I. . .just don't like this place. Gives me the creeps."
"It's church. . ." Dante grumbled as he continues examining the wall. Demi finally noticed what Dante was looking at. All of the windows on that wall were sealed up. There wasn't a single crack in the windows or wall. Dante turned to Schala. "Hey, what's beyond that wall?"
Schala thought for a moment. "Well, this cathedral is circular shaped and I think four stories. In the middle of the cathedral is a large courtyard."
Demi coughed from the musty air and looked over to Dante again. "So, why would they seal the windows to the courtyard?"
"Beats me." Dante said with a shrug. "Maybe they were trying to keep demons out?"
Demi and Schala both shrugged as well. It didn't make sense to seal the inside windows, but leave the outside windows unsealed.
Dante looked around until he spotted a small door to back left side of the room. He remembered the man on the roof. "Alright, listen up. We need to find some stairs and get to the roof." He turned his attention to Schala. "Do you know your way around this place?"
Schala blinked. "No, I've never been here. I just know that the relic-"
"Right. . ." Dante interrupted. He hadn't expected her to know her way around. There were two objectives: 1, Get to the roof and find out who that guy was, and 2, find the damn relic. Dante wondered if the demons had found it yet. He decided to question Schala about the subject. "This place IS taken over by demons, right?"
Schala cocked her head. "Well, I believe so."
"In that case, they probably already have the Arul Light, right?"
"Not definitely. They may not be able to find it. If they did have it, I'd think we'd all know by now."
"She's got a point." Demi said as he went toward the back door that Dante had seen. "If Mundus was resurrected, I think we'd know."
Dante merely nodded and walked over to Demi, who was now standing at the door. "You going, or what?"
Demi sighed and nodded, slowly putting his hand on the knob. He pushed the door open to reveal a darkened hallway. Dante gave the boy a nudge to get him through the door. Demi now took the lead; his sword gripped tightly and put to his side.
After a few steps down the curved hall, Demi relaxed a little, not sensing any immediate danger. His eyes still searched the corridor, just in case. Just like in the first room, the windows had been sealed to the courtyard.
Demi smiled as a staircase came to view at the end of the hall. He picked up the pace and quickly came up to them, only to stop. Wafting down from the staircase was a sickening, putrid smell of decay. Demi just knew something was waiting for them upstairs. He turned back and looked at Dante and Schala, who had lagged behind. They were now coming close, and Demi could tell that they too smelt the stench. Dante stopped and with a soft wave of his hand, motioned for Demi to head up.
Demi turned back to the stairs and, with deep breath through his mouth, started up. At first he went up slowly, but after a few steps, he decided the hell with it and jogged on up. He swore he heard Dante behind him give a scoff of approval to his courageousness.
Finally, the steps ended and Demi placed both feet on the hardwood flooring. On this floor was yet another corridor, just as dark as the last. The smell was repulsive, but there didn't seem to be any demons around.
Dante and Schala came up soon after Demi and Dante gave him yet another nudge. Getting tired of Dante's impatience, Demi tromped on forward, not really paying much attention to his surroundings this time.
As Demi's clomped on down the hall, he suddenly ran into something. He struggled for a moment, until he realized what it was he'd run into. Tangled around him was a large, sticky spiders web.
"GYAH!!" Demi yelped, trying franticly to remove the web. "Dante, get this off me!"
Dante laughed a bit at Demi's panic, and then smirked. He came over to him and began removing the webbing as well as possible, but Demi was moving around wildly. "Would you stop your wiggling?" Dante laughed.
Just as Dante removed the last of the webbing, there was a loud hiss. At first, Dante acknowledged it as a Shadow. He pulled out Ivory and Ebony and began searching the corridor. As he looked up, he knew their enemy was no shadow.
On the darkened ceiling, eight large, glowing, empty blue eyes peered down at the two men.
Dante stayed silent, hoping that their adversary wouldn't bother them if they didn't speak. He slowly motioned for Demi to get away. Demi scampered from under the enemy's shadow and got his sword ready. Dante slowly began to move toward Schala, who was standing a few meters down the hall. Just as Dante came from under the eyes, they rushed down from the ceiling, making Dante have to make a quick roll toward Schala. As he came out of his roll, he heard the loud, hollow thump of the enemy's body hitting the ground, quickly followed by a yelp from Demi.
Dante came up and spun around to face the enemy. On the ground between him and Demi was a giant spider like demon. Dante was relieved that it wasn't half as big as some of the other demon spiders he'd fought. Even though it was dark in the hall, Dante could make out some of the demons characteristics. It had a long, slender, furry abdomen that was light gray with a black streak running down it. Its legs were long and the first four of them had clawlike spikes running up them. As it turned more do Dante, he could see its eyes and fangs. Its fangs were almost as long as Alastor, only missing a foot or so in length. Venom dripped from them and to the ground, causing the floor to sizzle and smoke.
Dante looked beyond the spider to Demi, who's face was a few shades paler than usual. Dante now assumed that Demi was petrified of spiders. That was the only explanation for his reaction to the demon.
Just as Dante brought his guns up to shoot the spider in the eyes, it opened its mouth. A small tube came out and shot a stream of web at Dante. Before he could react, the webbing splattered onto his guns, covering them. As Dante tried to pull it off, he realized that the web was more of a sticky paste, keeping itself glued to his guns. There was no way he could even pull back the trigger like this.
The demon kept its mind on Dante, advancing toward him. Dante sighed and threw his guns at the wall. They hit the wall, sticking. He'd get them when he was done. Alastor was pulled from its sheath and brought down at the spider. Dante was surprised when the bastard agilely jumped back. He was even more surprised at Demi's reaction when the thing rammed into him, knocking him to his butt. If it had been a different situation, Dante would have burst out with laughter as the boy yelped like a girl.
Dante knew the spider's weakness: Its abdomen was soft and could probably be punctured easily. From what Dante had read in books, a spider's heart was in its abdomen too. From the front, however, Dante wouldn't be able to get to it's back.
He had a plan, however. "Demi!" He yelled, dodging another stream of web.
"W-what?!" Demi yelped, keeping his distance from the spider.
"Demi, listen. I want you to attack this things abdomen." Dante explained.
"It's WHAT?!" Demi obviously had no idea what he was talking about.
Dante sighed. "Whack it in the ass!"
A disgusted look crossed Demitri's face. He hesitantly shuffled toward the spider, sword to his side, ready for a horizontal slash. He inched closer, until he was only a few feet away.
"Now Demi, now!!" Dante pushed as he swiftly jumped back to avoid getting slapped with one of the spider's clawed arms.
Demi took in a deep breath, coughing a bit at the putrid stench of the corridor. He felt like he was going to hurl. He concentrated and swung with a diagonal upper cut into the spider's soft body. There was a sickening squishy noise as the blade went through its body. Demi's stomach lurched as some of the spiders internal fluid splattered onto him.
The spider reared up into the air, screeching. Dante jumped out of the way as it fell back to the ground. After a few more deafening screeches, it's legs slowly curled toward its body and it ceased all movement. Its body slowly disintegrated.
Dante sighed as he went to the wall where his guns were still stuck. As he pulled them down, the webbing quickly turned brown and fell from the guns, leaving them just as they had been before they'd been glued. He checked them thoroughly before holstering them.
He looked over to Demi, who was wiping some spider blood on his pants. Dante couldn't help but laugh as he came up to Demi. The look he got from the boy told him to shut up.
Dante ignored this. "Scared of spiders, huh?"
"Shut up. . ." Demi grumbled.
I'm leaving it at this! It's much longer than the last few, huh? Give me some reviews, and I'll put up more as soon as possible!