Kaos: (sitting on the ground, somewhat embarrassed. Glares at Arson) How dare you call me gay!
Beryl: (pouts) Kaos, why didn't you tell me, all these years! ;;
Kaos: Oo I'M NOT GAY!!! (glares evilly now at Arson) Reiko's my friend. . .
Dyne: (sitting back, enjoying the scene) Yeah, BOY friend! LOL! If you really want a guy, go for Remy!! (Falls on the ground, laughing his ass off)
Beryl: Don't make fun of Remi! He's a nice young man!
Dyne: Yeah, 'nice'! (Cackles)
Kaos: Why you! (Jumps at Dyne, attacking wildly)
Dyne: YAH!! (Runs for his life)
Chapter 26 The Light Retreived
The third and second floors were crawling with the devils, mostly Giant spiders. The spiders were easily disposed of, thanks to Merin, who could somewhat command the arachnids into confusing themselves. Demi was extremely weary while fighting, as to not be bitten again.
It took quite some time, but the small group finally made it to the chapel. Demi cringed as they entered, still seeming to be disturbed by the place.
"Okay, let's find this key." Dante said, rubbing his hands together. "Everyone split up and look around."
Everyone did so, searching the place. Dante looked around the front altar, while Demi searched to the west side of the room. Merin searched the west, and Kaos searched near the front door. Schala and Skail were looking everywhere else together.
After an hour of searching, Dante growled in aggravation. "Where's the damn thing!!" They still couldn't find the key, and it was beginning to agitate everyone.
"How can a little key be so hard to find?" Demi sighed.
"They probably hid it." Kaos explained.
Dante grumbled something and leaned on the altar, staring up at the cross with Jesus. He just stood there thinking for some time. After a few minutes, Demi came up to Dante.
"Maybe the guy who told you about the key lied." Demi supposed.
"Maybe. . ." Dante sighed, continuing to look as Jesus. Demi stood with him, letting his eyes follow Dante's. Demi shivered as he stared up at Jesus, feeling quite uneasy. He examined the statue closely.
The cross was on a pedestal that held an engraving and a small seal of some sort. The seal was gold in color, and held a small ruby in it's center. It seemed to only be placed into a groove. . .
Demi walked close to the pedestal and began to fidget with the seal. Dante cocked an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"
Demi removed the small seal and held it up. "Check it out. It came out."
Dante quickly snatched seal and examined it. He turned to everyone else, who were all beginning to gather around the altar. "What do you guys think? Could this be a key?"
Kaos shrugged. "Could be. . .should we check?"
"Well, if it isn't, we can always come back, right?" Schala said.
"Right, let's go!" Skail said proudly, taking off toward the door.
"Wait you." Dante called to the child. Obediently, the boy halted and turned around. Dante walked over to him.
"What? We're going, right?" Skail said hopefully.
"Sure, but you aren't." Dante explained.
Skail sighed. "I can't come?"
Dante tried to explain as kindly as possible. "Look, I don't want you getting hurt or killed or anything. I think it would be best if you got yourself back home, okay?"
Skail was silent for some time before he nodded. Slowly he headed for the door of the cathedral. As he reached it, he turned back and looked at Dante. "Take care of my sister for me, okay?"
Dante smirked. "She'll be fine. I'll take care of her, I promise." He meant that. He had said it about their father, and had failed to keep his promise. However, this time he wouldn't let anything happen to the one he swore to protect. Not just because he'd promised, but also because he was beginning to feel close to Schala. . .very close. "You go on now."
Skail listened, opening the door noisily and leaving. As the door closed, Dante turned to everyone else. "Let's go."
Dante explained his plans as they went along. It was simple. He and Demi would go into the holy water, since they were the only ones immune to it. Once they figured out how to get to the Arul Light, Dante would get it and destroy it, if he could. But he knew it would take a great strength of purity or courage to break it. It would be hard. For one, Dante wasn't exactly pure of heart. Second, it would be lying to say that Dante was completely and absolutely valorous in being able to break the thing. He didn't want to die, that was for sure, but Belthis had said that there was a possibility that he could perish trying to destroy the Arul Light. What if his fear made it to where the relic couldn't break?
Dante sighed inwardly. "I'll just figure it out when we get a hold of it. . ."
The five made it up to the roof, where the wreckage from Dante's and Kaos's fight was still visible. They hadn't noticed the damage that they had done the night before. Stone and metal were upheavaled all over the place, littering the once smooth roof with stones and jagged, twisted steel.
Dante and Kaos were the first to go to the large hole in the roof, where the grating over the holy water had been. Dante looked down, seeing the large piece of metal that Kaos had been holding onto.
"Damn, how'd you get back up anyways?" Dante asked curiously.
Kaos reached into his pocket and removed a small vial with some kind of crimson stone inside. "Blood gem."
"What?"
"My fiancée makes them for me. They're just like real blood, only in a small, compact form. Great little things."
Dante was a bit curious about this. "Let me see one."
Kaos obliged, withdrawing the small crystal. He handed it to the hunter, who began inspecting it thouroughly. It was an odd crystal; it looked like a shiny glass gem, but as Dante rubbed it and messed with it, he found it to be quite malleable, like putty. He sniffed it, and it had a rusty, blood scent to it. Satisfied with his inspection, he handed it back to Kaos. "How does she make them?"
"Some pendent she's got. Remarkable little thing, really."
"This girlfriend of yours, is she a demon?" Dante asked. It made no sense for a human to be able to do something or have something like that.
"Nope, a human. Don't know how she's lived all these years, and still looks just as beautiful as when I first met her."
Now Merin joined the two. "Yeah, beautiful if you like cross dressers." Merin joked.
"Watch yourself Merin." Kaos warned. "Don't make me push you into the water down there."
Merin knew he'd never do such a thing. "Bite me."
Kaos smirked. "Is that an invitation, dear friend?"
Dante sighed nudging the two. "Would you two cut it out."
Kaos nodded and moved back from the edge of the water a bit, Merin doing the same. Demi and Schala moved in toward Dante now, Demi looking somewhat excited.
"I'm ready to go." Demi said, a confident smile playing on his face.
Schala sighed, looking down at the water. "Sure is beautiful. . ."
"Yeah, but it's touch is acid to us, little lady." Kaos warned. "You best keep your distance."
Schala took Kaos's advice and stepped back. Dante smirked at her and patted her on the shoulder.
"Okay, we're ready." He said, looking mostly at Schala, but meaning to direct his statement to everyone. "We'll be back up soon."
"Right then." Merin said with a nod. "Take care."
Dante looked over to Demi. "Ready?"
"Born ready!"
With that, Dante gave the boy a shove, knocking him into the center of the hole. He seemed surprised, and Kaos and Merin laughed as a small yelp escaped Demi's throat.
"Yeah, ready alright." Kaos snickered.
Dante sighed and with a wave, hopped down through the hole. He fell for a moment, then with a splash, felt the cold liquid envelope his body. He could see his surroundings relatively clearly, but in a blue tint. His body sunk slowly, due to the weight of his weapons. He began to look around for Demi, seeing him near what looked like a door of some kind, attached to the ground. Demi saw Dante and, as the hunter gently floated onto the ground, Demi motioned him to come over to him. Dante did so, looking down at the small door on the ground.
Demi bent down and began examining the door closely. Near the handle was a small, circular indent, where something should obviously be placed. Demi looked to Dante, waiting for him to pull out the seal.
Dante did so, placing it into the indention. There was a loud thunk sound, indicating that it was unlocked. Dante grabbed the handle, pulling hard. Demi joined to help. With a great effort from both men, the door pulled free from the ground and the two went through. Dante was surprised that the opening of the door seemed sealed, letting no water inside of the tunnel below. Dante landed onto the ground, followed closely by Demi. Both looked up at the hole above them, where the water seemed to only hover around the hole.
Dante, drenching wet, turned, looking down the hallway they now stood in. He motioned silently for Demi to follow him as he began down the hall. Small, blue flamed candles were mounted on the walls of the corridors, illuminating the hall quite dauntingly. The corridor was somewhat damp with moss growing along the stony floor.
About twenty feet in front of Dante was a large door. As he neared it, he could see a large, gold colored design of some sort on it. He came close and took hold of the handle, pushing the door open.
From inside, stale damp air pushed itself out, blowing past Dante with a creepy feel. Dante pushed the door open fully and peeked inside.
It was a small room, with solid brick walls. A small pool of water surrounded an altar of some sort. Atop the altar seemed to be what they were searching for.
The trinket was a beautiful plum colored orb. Around the orb was a silver decorative casing that held the ball securely. The orb seemed to glow with a light and tranquil aura.
"This must be it." Demi whispered, a look of awe across his face, the light from the orb shimmering in his pale eyes. "It's beautiful. . ."
"Yeah, but it's evil." Dante cautioned. "It's time to destroy it."
Dante neared the relic, putting one hand out to touch it. As he touched the spheres smooth surface, it felt cool to the touch. He picked it up with both hands and examined it, careful not to drop it.
Demi seemed both anxious and excited about the find. He knew that the Arul Light had to be destroyed, but he yearned so badly to have his parents' lives back.
Dante shook the artifact, seeing how stable it was. He was surprised; for such a fragile looking thing, it seemed to be as hard and firm as a rock.
"I don't know if we can break this thing here." Dante noted. The room they were in was too small to swing a sword. It would be difficult to try and smash the relic in such small confines.
"Do you want to take it out of here and try somewhere else?" Demi asked.
Dante nodded. "I suppose so." At these words he turned, Demi doing the same and letting Dante pass him.
Above the holy water, on the roof, Schala, Kaos, and Merin sat around, patiently waiting. Dante and Demi had only been gone for roughly five minutes, but Kaos was beginning to bore. He stood up and began pacing.
"Sit down Kaos." Merin suggested. Kaos only grunted. "You know, patience is a virtue. It wouldn't hurt to try being so. . .for once."
There was a loud splash from below, and Schala, who was sitting at the edge of the busted grating, stood up and smiled. "Here they come!"
Just then, Dante flew from the opening in his devil form, carrying Demi. Dante landed gently, releasing the boy and reverting back to normal. Both men were sopping wet.
"Look what we've got!" Demi exclaimed proudly, holding up the small Arul Light. His bangs were hanging in his face, hiding it somewhat, but the smirk of triumph was quite obvious.
No one was really very happy to see the relic, now that they knew what it did. Dante and Demi had wanted it to revive people. Dante knew Kaos was after it, but for what reason, he didn't have the slightest clue. Merin was probably after it with Kaos. Now the only thing that could be done was destroy it.
"So, how do we get rid of it?" Kaos asked curiously as Dante moved and plucked the relic from Demi's hands.
Dante stood examining it closely for a moment. He brushed back a wet piece of hair and sighed. "I think we should. . ."
"I think you should hand it to me." A cool, calm voice said from behind the group.
Everyone turned to see a tall, black haired figure. Demi recognized the purplish tint in his hair almost immediately, but not as quickly as Kaos or Merin did.
"GAUL!" Kaos and Merin yelled together, closely followed by the same reaction from Demitri. Dante stood, moving himself close to Schala, but making sure not to touch her, for if he did, the water on him would burn her and he knew it.
"Now," Gaul began, directing his vision to the possessor of the Arul Light, Dante. "I will be taking that from you, if you don't mind."
Dante smirked. "Sure," He put the light into one hand and held it over the hole to the lake. "If you think you can swim, that is."
Just as Dante let his grasp slip from the light, Gaul was in action. He put one hand out and sent a large, dark energy wave toward the hunter. Caught by surprise, Dante was sent flying, along with the light. Dante was sent a good forty feet and flipped to land, however, as he fell toward the ground, Dante could see that he was no longer on the roof.
He was falling to the ground far below.
Demi, Schala, Kaos, and Merin all ran to the edge of the roof, to watch Dante fall.
"Now," Gaul began, earning the attention of all four atop the roof. "Let's dispose of you, as to make retrieving the Light easier."
Okay guys, I'm leaving off there. This chapter sucked, but I hope the next one's are better. I like the new thing FFnet let us do by editting our stuff in preview mode! Very helpful. Anyways, bye, for now, and see everyone soon!
Beryl: (pouts) Kaos, why didn't you tell me, all these years! ;;
Kaos: Oo I'M NOT GAY!!! (glares evilly now at Arson) Reiko's my friend. . .
Dyne: (sitting back, enjoying the scene) Yeah, BOY friend! LOL! If you really want a guy, go for Remy!! (Falls on the ground, laughing his ass off)
Beryl: Don't make fun of Remi! He's a nice young man!
Dyne: Yeah, 'nice'! (Cackles)
Kaos: Why you! (Jumps at Dyne, attacking wildly)
Dyne: YAH!! (Runs for his life)
Chapter 26 The Light Retreived
The third and second floors were crawling with the devils, mostly Giant spiders. The spiders were easily disposed of, thanks to Merin, who could somewhat command the arachnids into confusing themselves. Demi was extremely weary while fighting, as to not be bitten again.
It took quite some time, but the small group finally made it to the chapel. Demi cringed as they entered, still seeming to be disturbed by the place.
"Okay, let's find this key." Dante said, rubbing his hands together. "Everyone split up and look around."
Everyone did so, searching the place. Dante looked around the front altar, while Demi searched to the west side of the room. Merin searched the west, and Kaos searched near the front door. Schala and Skail were looking everywhere else together.
After an hour of searching, Dante growled in aggravation. "Where's the damn thing!!" They still couldn't find the key, and it was beginning to agitate everyone.
"How can a little key be so hard to find?" Demi sighed.
"They probably hid it." Kaos explained.
Dante grumbled something and leaned on the altar, staring up at the cross with Jesus. He just stood there thinking for some time. After a few minutes, Demi came up to Dante.
"Maybe the guy who told you about the key lied." Demi supposed.
"Maybe. . ." Dante sighed, continuing to look as Jesus. Demi stood with him, letting his eyes follow Dante's. Demi shivered as he stared up at Jesus, feeling quite uneasy. He examined the statue closely.
The cross was on a pedestal that held an engraving and a small seal of some sort. The seal was gold in color, and held a small ruby in it's center. It seemed to only be placed into a groove. . .
Demi walked close to the pedestal and began to fidget with the seal. Dante cocked an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"
Demi removed the small seal and held it up. "Check it out. It came out."
Dante quickly snatched seal and examined it. He turned to everyone else, who were all beginning to gather around the altar. "What do you guys think? Could this be a key?"
Kaos shrugged. "Could be. . .should we check?"
"Well, if it isn't, we can always come back, right?" Schala said.
"Right, let's go!" Skail said proudly, taking off toward the door.
"Wait you." Dante called to the child. Obediently, the boy halted and turned around. Dante walked over to him.
"What? We're going, right?" Skail said hopefully.
"Sure, but you aren't." Dante explained.
Skail sighed. "I can't come?"
Dante tried to explain as kindly as possible. "Look, I don't want you getting hurt or killed or anything. I think it would be best if you got yourself back home, okay?"
Skail was silent for some time before he nodded. Slowly he headed for the door of the cathedral. As he reached it, he turned back and looked at Dante. "Take care of my sister for me, okay?"
Dante smirked. "She'll be fine. I'll take care of her, I promise." He meant that. He had said it about their father, and had failed to keep his promise. However, this time he wouldn't let anything happen to the one he swore to protect. Not just because he'd promised, but also because he was beginning to feel close to Schala. . .very close. "You go on now."
Skail listened, opening the door noisily and leaving. As the door closed, Dante turned to everyone else. "Let's go."
Dante explained his plans as they went along. It was simple. He and Demi would go into the holy water, since they were the only ones immune to it. Once they figured out how to get to the Arul Light, Dante would get it and destroy it, if he could. But he knew it would take a great strength of purity or courage to break it. It would be hard. For one, Dante wasn't exactly pure of heart. Second, it would be lying to say that Dante was completely and absolutely valorous in being able to break the thing. He didn't want to die, that was for sure, but Belthis had said that there was a possibility that he could perish trying to destroy the Arul Light. What if his fear made it to where the relic couldn't break?
Dante sighed inwardly. "I'll just figure it out when we get a hold of it. . ."
The five made it up to the roof, where the wreckage from Dante's and Kaos's fight was still visible. They hadn't noticed the damage that they had done the night before. Stone and metal were upheavaled all over the place, littering the once smooth roof with stones and jagged, twisted steel.
Dante and Kaos were the first to go to the large hole in the roof, where the grating over the holy water had been. Dante looked down, seeing the large piece of metal that Kaos had been holding onto.
"Damn, how'd you get back up anyways?" Dante asked curiously.
Kaos reached into his pocket and removed a small vial with some kind of crimson stone inside. "Blood gem."
"What?"
"My fiancée makes them for me. They're just like real blood, only in a small, compact form. Great little things."
Dante was a bit curious about this. "Let me see one."
Kaos obliged, withdrawing the small crystal. He handed it to the hunter, who began inspecting it thouroughly. It was an odd crystal; it looked like a shiny glass gem, but as Dante rubbed it and messed with it, he found it to be quite malleable, like putty. He sniffed it, and it had a rusty, blood scent to it. Satisfied with his inspection, he handed it back to Kaos. "How does she make them?"
"Some pendent she's got. Remarkable little thing, really."
"This girlfriend of yours, is she a demon?" Dante asked. It made no sense for a human to be able to do something or have something like that.
"Nope, a human. Don't know how she's lived all these years, and still looks just as beautiful as when I first met her."
Now Merin joined the two. "Yeah, beautiful if you like cross dressers." Merin joked.
"Watch yourself Merin." Kaos warned. "Don't make me push you into the water down there."
Merin knew he'd never do such a thing. "Bite me."
Kaos smirked. "Is that an invitation, dear friend?"
Dante sighed nudging the two. "Would you two cut it out."
Kaos nodded and moved back from the edge of the water a bit, Merin doing the same. Demi and Schala moved in toward Dante now, Demi looking somewhat excited.
"I'm ready to go." Demi said, a confident smile playing on his face.
Schala sighed, looking down at the water. "Sure is beautiful. . ."
"Yeah, but it's touch is acid to us, little lady." Kaos warned. "You best keep your distance."
Schala took Kaos's advice and stepped back. Dante smirked at her and patted her on the shoulder.
"Okay, we're ready." He said, looking mostly at Schala, but meaning to direct his statement to everyone. "We'll be back up soon."
"Right then." Merin said with a nod. "Take care."
Dante looked over to Demi. "Ready?"
"Born ready!"
With that, Dante gave the boy a shove, knocking him into the center of the hole. He seemed surprised, and Kaos and Merin laughed as a small yelp escaped Demi's throat.
"Yeah, ready alright." Kaos snickered.
Dante sighed and with a wave, hopped down through the hole. He fell for a moment, then with a splash, felt the cold liquid envelope his body. He could see his surroundings relatively clearly, but in a blue tint. His body sunk slowly, due to the weight of his weapons. He began to look around for Demi, seeing him near what looked like a door of some kind, attached to the ground. Demi saw Dante and, as the hunter gently floated onto the ground, Demi motioned him to come over to him. Dante did so, looking down at the small door on the ground.
Demi bent down and began examining the door closely. Near the handle was a small, circular indent, where something should obviously be placed. Demi looked to Dante, waiting for him to pull out the seal.
Dante did so, placing it into the indention. There was a loud thunk sound, indicating that it was unlocked. Dante grabbed the handle, pulling hard. Demi joined to help. With a great effort from both men, the door pulled free from the ground and the two went through. Dante was surprised that the opening of the door seemed sealed, letting no water inside of the tunnel below. Dante landed onto the ground, followed closely by Demi. Both looked up at the hole above them, where the water seemed to only hover around the hole.
Dante, drenching wet, turned, looking down the hallway they now stood in. He motioned silently for Demi to follow him as he began down the hall. Small, blue flamed candles were mounted on the walls of the corridors, illuminating the hall quite dauntingly. The corridor was somewhat damp with moss growing along the stony floor.
About twenty feet in front of Dante was a large door. As he neared it, he could see a large, gold colored design of some sort on it. He came close and took hold of the handle, pushing the door open.
From inside, stale damp air pushed itself out, blowing past Dante with a creepy feel. Dante pushed the door open fully and peeked inside.
It was a small room, with solid brick walls. A small pool of water surrounded an altar of some sort. Atop the altar seemed to be what they were searching for.
The trinket was a beautiful plum colored orb. Around the orb was a silver decorative casing that held the ball securely. The orb seemed to glow with a light and tranquil aura.
"This must be it." Demi whispered, a look of awe across his face, the light from the orb shimmering in his pale eyes. "It's beautiful. . ."
"Yeah, but it's evil." Dante cautioned. "It's time to destroy it."
Dante neared the relic, putting one hand out to touch it. As he touched the spheres smooth surface, it felt cool to the touch. He picked it up with both hands and examined it, careful not to drop it.
Demi seemed both anxious and excited about the find. He knew that the Arul Light had to be destroyed, but he yearned so badly to have his parents' lives back.
Dante shook the artifact, seeing how stable it was. He was surprised; for such a fragile looking thing, it seemed to be as hard and firm as a rock.
"I don't know if we can break this thing here." Dante noted. The room they were in was too small to swing a sword. It would be difficult to try and smash the relic in such small confines.
"Do you want to take it out of here and try somewhere else?" Demi asked.
Dante nodded. "I suppose so." At these words he turned, Demi doing the same and letting Dante pass him.
Above the holy water, on the roof, Schala, Kaos, and Merin sat around, patiently waiting. Dante and Demi had only been gone for roughly five minutes, but Kaos was beginning to bore. He stood up and began pacing.
"Sit down Kaos." Merin suggested. Kaos only grunted. "You know, patience is a virtue. It wouldn't hurt to try being so. . .for once."
There was a loud splash from below, and Schala, who was sitting at the edge of the busted grating, stood up and smiled. "Here they come!"
Just then, Dante flew from the opening in his devil form, carrying Demi. Dante landed gently, releasing the boy and reverting back to normal. Both men were sopping wet.
"Look what we've got!" Demi exclaimed proudly, holding up the small Arul Light. His bangs were hanging in his face, hiding it somewhat, but the smirk of triumph was quite obvious.
No one was really very happy to see the relic, now that they knew what it did. Dante and Demi had wanted it to revive people. Dante knew Kaos was after it, but for what reason, he didn't have the slightest clue. Merin was probably after it with Kaos. Now the only thing that could be done was destroy it.
"So, how do we get rid of it?" Kaos asked curiously as Dante moved and plucked the relic from Demi's hands.
Dante stood examining it closely for a moment. He brushed back a wet piece of hair and sighed. "I think we should. . ."
"I think you should hand it to me." A cool, calm voice said from behind the group.
Everyone turned to see a tall, black haired figure. Demi recognized the purplish tint in his hair almost immediately, but not as quickly as Kaos or Merin did.
"GAUL!" Kaos and Merin yelled together, closely followed by the same reaction from Demitri. Dante stood, moving himself close to Schala, but making sure not to touch her, for if he did, the water on him would burn her and he knew it.
"Now," Gaul began, directing his vision to the possessor of the Arul Light, Dante. "I will be taking that from you, if you don't mind."
Dante smirked. "Sure," He put the light into one hand and held it over the hole to the lake. "If you think you can swim, that is."
Just as Dante let his grasp slip from the light, Gaul was in action. He put one hand out and sent a large, dark energy wave toward the hunter. Caught by surprise, Dante was sent flying, along with the light. Dante was sent a good forty feet and flipped to land, however, as he fell toward the ground, Dante could see that he was no longer on the roof.
He was falling to the ground far below.
Demi, Schala, Kaos, and Merin all ran to the edge of the roof, to watch Dante fall.
"Now," Gaul began, earning the attention of all four atop the roof. "Let's dispose of you, as to make retrieving the Light easier."
Okay guys, I'm leaving off there. This chapter sucked, but I hope the next one's are better. I like the new thing FFnet let us do by editting our stuff in preview mode! Very helpful. Anyways, bye, for now, and see everyone soon!