A/N: Thanks for all the pretty-pretty reviews guys :) I'm having kind of a tough time in college (Chemistry sucks) so I'll probably only update in the weekends. I actually have a much more epic and serious fic planned after this one but I don't think I'm ready to do it yet. I am kinda lazy in updating so we'll just wait and see. Anyways here's part three!
"I freakin' hate Nobodies. Just when you think they got nothing left, they give you a nice gut-juice bath." ,grumbled the white-haired devil hunter. He was having a really crabby kind of day. It was like everything and everyone around him was goofy.
"Yeah, that's what happens when you shoot them with a shotgun at point-blank range." , stated his blonde partner who had less slime on her. She carried around Sparda on her back.
"It's best to slit their jugulars or pierce them through the head. It's much less messier that way.", said their third companion.
Lucia didn't even have so much as a drop of slime on her. She did have several cuts on her arms and legs.
Trish glared at the red-head who in turn glared back. Their little bet about Dante's equipment, as they had agreed to call it (Lucia began to hyperventilate again when she heard the other names that Trish had for IT.) had began to take place. Both of them had tried various methods on finding out the true nature of the beast. Some methods were subtle (Lucia tried to check Dante's shoe size, claiming that it would be related to the other part) while other were decidedly....less than subtle (after their hunt, Trish "checked" Dante for injuries and grabbed his crotch, causing the white-haired man to raise an eyebrow at her). So far, nothing confirmed or denied their suspicions.
"Okay ladies, how much did the client pay?", Dante asked his two hunting partners. Their silence was quite disturbing. Usually whenever these two got together, snipes at clothing or hairstyle were frequent. The hunts that the three of them went on were also.....different.
Flashback 4 hours ago
"So I see you've been getting along."
Dante just stepped out of the shower and looked at Trish and....hey, it was Lucia! It was nice to know she was doing fine on her island. He smiled pleasantly at both of them only to have them stare back at him slack-jawed.
"What do I have something on my face? Sword stuck in my chest?", he lightly joked. Still no response.
"Oookay. Well, we just got a call so you two better gear up. I gonna go get dressed. See you in two.", with a slight wave of his hand, walked out to get some clothing.
Lucia and Trish were still silent. They knew that this was going to be tough. For Christ's sake, they couldn't even take him when he was in a towel! To confirm their suspicions, he was almost required to wear....less.
Trish looked at Lucia again who was blushing fiercely. Again, she couldn't blame the girl. Dante was in very good shape. All the fighting and hunting had done wonder for his body and she knew that a lot of women (even herself and her normally calm companion) would probably act they same way that they did.
After a few minutes, Dante came back out fully dressed and carrying all his weapons. He looked at the two women seriously.
"Huge Nobody infestation. Kamiya manor down south. Pack plenty of ammo and knives.", said the devil hunter. He took Ebony and Ivory and placed them in his holsters. He checked the clips and smirked.
"Hey babe, care to grab my sword?", he asked Trish, noticing that his favorite weapon was still on the shelf.
"E-excuse me?!", spluttered Trish, misunderstanding his question. She wanted to win the bet, but this was a bit too...fast for her liking. "Even that didn't sound right." , she mentally added.
"Much as I like to just stand back and watch the fireworks, some sword work would kill the suckers faster.", he said, confused at his partners reaction. He also noticed that Lucia's face had turned red and she seemed to find his floorboards very interesting. What the hell was going on with these two?!
"Oh! Ah, yeah. I knew that.", Trish said with a nervous laugh. Her normally pale skin had gone bright red and her ears looked like two curls of raw beef.
Lucia couldn't help but laugh at Trish's slip up. It was nice to see someone else blushing and looking like a tomato other than her.
They had arrived at the Kamiya manor; a decidedly Japanese setting with traditional houses as well as koi ponds. It might have been pretty if it weren't for the freakish looking creatures having some kind of fiesta at the owner's expense.
Dante, Trish and Lucia looked around for their client until someone pulled them from the bushes surrounding the property. Acting on instinct, all three people pulled out their respective weapons and pointed it at their "assailant"; it was a small Asian man dressed in a royal blue kimono. He looked quite young and scared out his wits at what had presumably happened that night.
"Mr. Kamiya I presume?", Dante asked. He lowered his gun. Trish and Lucia followed his lead and put away their weapons.
"Y-yes! Please, just get rid of them! Onegaishimas1!", Mr. Kamiya cried and kneeled in front of the hunters.
"Don't worry. We'll get the job done faster than you can say sashimi.", Trish said with a smile.
She took Sparda from her back and took some practice swings. She looked at Lucia who took out her cutlasseers and twirled them in a vicious but graceful pattern.
The two females looked at each other and shook hands. Trish spoke first.
"One who kills the most freaks wins. Loser gets to investigate our little theory first." She whispered this in a low and dangerous voice. Lucia's green eyes burned with fire. She would not lose!
"Hey, you two done yet? The night is young and I'm getting older by the minute. Let's rock, baby!", said Dante, readying his guns.
The three hunters ran out of the clearing and began to fight. Trish began to slash and cut the Nobodies, making arms, legs and eyes fly at every direction. She counted her victims and smiled at her handiwork.
"Three! Beat that!", she yelled.
Lucia disappeared as she accelerated. She re-appeared behind an enemy and stuck her sword through its neck. The Nobody fell to the ground in a dead heap. Lucia vanished once again and repeated the same to three other enemies. She twirled her swords and caught Trish's eyes.
"Four.", Lucia said with a smirk. Trish smiled wickedly and put on a burst of speed. She vanished for a few seconds and re-appeared on her spot. The Nobodies stopped moving until their limbs fell off, spraying slime everywhere.
"Five", Trish said. Lucia gave the blonde a death stare and continued killing as much Nobodies as she could see. Trish, not wanting to lose did the same.
SLASH! SWIPE!
"Six!"
CUT !THRUST!
"Seven!Eight!"
SMASH!
"Nine!"
The women were both at a tie. They had killed nine Nobodies each. A guttural sound emanated from Dante's direction. He had already killed his fair share of monsters and was about to put the Nobody in front of him out of its misery....and his misery and Kamiya's misery as well. The girls would have none of that though. They both ran as fast as they could to the creature before Dante killed it.
The Nobody roared at the hunter in front of it. Raising a large limb it smacked the Dante high into a nearby post. The hunter hit the stone pillar with such force that it cracked. If the creature had lips, it would have smiled a satisfied grin. It had just given the Legendary Son Of Sparda a (mutated) knuckle sandwich! Few other creatures could brag of such a feat. It turned around and found a red blur and yellow blur heading towards it.
Trish ran as fast as she could towards the abomination. She'd be damned if she let Red kill this one first! She raised her sword high and prepared to strike.
"HRAAAA!"
CLANG!
Trish was surprised to see what she had just hit. A pair of swords glinted mockingly at her. Their owner was looking fiercely at her with a pair of green eyes.
"Lucia....get...out..of my.....WAY!" , Trish growled and pushed with all her might sending the other female flying through the air.
Lucia tucked and flipped. She landed gracefully back on the ground. She bared her teeth. Losing was not an option! Her dignity was stake here!
"Yeah, like you didn't already lose it when you answered Blondie's question.", mocked a voice in her head. She quickly told it to shut the hell up. She got up and vanished when she accelerated. She took her throwing knives from her pouch and threw them at the creature. She smiled as she felt her victory arriving.
PLANK! CLANG!
Lucia watched in disbelief as her knives were deflected by a huge sword with a yellow-haired woman holding it.
Trish had had enough. Completely ignoring the Nobody, the two women leapt at each other and clashed weapons.
"Will you stay out of my way and let me kill it?!", said Trish pushing with her sword against Lucia's dual blades.
"You....started this....you little...!", Lucia's retort was cut short by a loud bang.
The two forgot their duel and stared at the now dead Nobody. Above it stood Dante holding a shotgun. He wore a confused expression. He re-holstered the shotgun (he had an extra holster strapped at his back) and walked over to his two companions. He wore an expression somewhere between confusion and....anger?
"So.", said Dante with his arms crossed. He looked at his two partners through silver bangs.
"So....er....nice hunt?", Trish said nervously. If Dante began to suspect anything now, this could royally screw with their whole mission! Besides their current one, of course.
"I don't know.....", said Dante, while lighting a cigarette and putting it between his lips.
"..........you two getting bored with the usual hunting that you tried to see if you'd be able to do it with some arms or legs missing?", he added between puffs.
Lucia bowed her head in shame. He was right, they were both acting like....like......idiots! She was about to apologize to Trish when the blonde suddenly leapt forward with her sword out.
SLASH!
A demonic roar pierced the silence as Trish held her perfect pose. They had missed one! She grinned wickedly at Lucia.
"Ten.", she said quietly. Victory was good! Just to give Lucia a little preview of what the red-head was now obliged to go through, she slinked over to Dante.
"You okay?", she said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Any bruises(she touched his cheek)? Cuts(she touched his chest)? Scratches?"
As she said the last word, she "checked" for injuries below Dante's belt line. This action caused Dante to raise a silver eyebrow at her and Lucia to utter a small gasp. Although it looked like she was flirting, she was actually performing her own investigation. She had a feeling that if Lucia did manage to find out about Dante's armaments, it would be tough to pry information from her, especially if it turned out that he wasn't compensating. She couldn't tell though. Damned leather pants!
Lucia stood feeling her stomach sink. She had just lost......which meant that she was going to be the first one to investigate his.....Dante's......she would be the first one to investigate Dante.
She also felt a surge of anger and another emotion (Possessiveness? Jealousy?) as she saw Trish actually touch his......his.....him. Touch him. Right.
Dante called out to Mr. Kamiya who was still cowering in the bushes.
"Yo, dude! You can come out know. We're done here."
The small man came out still looking scared and stooped low, his eyes darting around to see if anymore danger was present. When he made sure he was safe, he straightened up and shook all three hunters' hands profusely.
"A-arigatou gozaimas!2", said Mr. Kamiya." I cannot thank you enough! Here, here take this as payment for your services.", he added shoving a white letter envelope into Trish's hands. With that they bid him goodbye and he went back to his house, thanking the gods.
Lucia and Trish looked at each other. The battle was over. But the war had just begun.
Flashback end
"Hey, how much did we get?", Dante said, repeating his previous question.
Trish eyed the envelope and opened it.
"Hmmm.....we've got about a five-hundred grand here.", she said astounded.
Dante whistled at that. Looks like it was worth the trouble. Speaking of trouble.....
"Okay ladies, care to tell me why you were trying to...I dunno, kill each other?", he asked nonchalantly.
Trish looked at Lucia who looked back. They both looked at their interrogator.
"Girl stuff."
"Oh."
Trish looked again at the envelope. Well, at least they got something for their trouble. Five-hundred thousand dollars and....what's this?
"Hmm....its a brochure. It's a hot springs resort in Okinawa. He's included three plane tickets here!", Trish said, taking out three colored strips of paper.
Dante took the brochure from her and read it. He smiled.
"Well, I guess we could all use some rest and relaxation. You two with me?", he said with a smile.
"Okay."
"That would be nice."
"Ok, girls. Pack your bags. We're goin' to Okinawa!", said Dante as he made his way to his bedroom, most likely to pack his belongings.
Lucia smiled and let out a sigh. At least she had a chance to relax before she made her move. After all, it was just a hot spring resort. What could possibly happen? Although she remembered reading something about how people bathed in those resorts......
The red-head's eyes widened. People in hot springs bathed.....wearing nothing. Absolutely nothing! Shit! Crap!
Dante came back out dragging a suitcase. He smiled at the two women.
"This is great, aint' it? Just a chance to relax and hang out.", he said with a grin.
Lucia visibly flinched at his choice of words.
"Hang.....out?", she thought in complete horror.
To be continued
1- Please in Japanese
2- Thank you very much in Japanese
A/N: Was that enough innuendo for you or what? As you can see this is one long chapter. Hope this keeps you satisfied till the next update! Sorry about the action scenes though. They were quite obviously anime-inspired and lazily written. I promise to improve on this in the near future. By the way, I put in a DMC1 reference here. If anybody can find it, put it in your review!Also, suggestions? Comments? Criticisms? Review, pretty please?