Lady Deadly Nightshade: Dante and Trish belong to Capcom and I am making no profit off this here little fic of mine. As for all original characters (who will be addressed with their names as they show up that is. Well you know Gabriel already. ^_^), concepts, etc, etc. They belong solely to me, so please don't take them without my consent. Cause no Ms. Nice Guy, this time. This time I will unleash my wrath. I doubt anything will happen though! ^_^ I'll be optimistic!!!
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Wow such a warm welcome from everyone. So warm that I had to upload a new chapter, as soon as possible. I hope you guys like it. *smiles* Thank you everyone for your reviews, it was more then I was expecting. Even though I had no concrete plot. *laughs* I mean look at my summary! There was nothing there to catch the eye. Well I have thought about the plot. Of course the character Gabriel has never left from my thoughts so I had to do this sequel. Although I might be a bit rusty on writing about DMC, so please excuse me if I am. By now I think I'll have an actual summary. *smiles* I hope you guys like the fic.
Author Comments:
M. Masters: Thanks for being my first reviewer. I'm glad you liked my style of writing. I hope you got my last e-mail. By the way whenever you want to talk, send me an e-mail. You will always have an open ear policy with me. *smiles*
Kikoken: *smiles* someone is enthused. Yes I am finally back at the DMC section. I'm sorry you had to wait a year for the sequel, my bad. I won't make any promises, but I'll check out your new fic whenever I get the chance.
Charlie: LOL, when I first saw your review I think my heart stopped. I was like oh great a flame, but I was glad to see you were messing with me. *smiles* Evil. Thanks for your kind words, Charlie.
Dante: Wow!! Even Dante reviewed! And he was nice too! If anyone would flame me I thought it would be Dante. *smiles* Glad that wasn't so though. Thanks for the praise! Got to love the Dante!
(*Dante walks in* Dante: You called? LDN: Nope, I'm writing to my reviewers.
Dante: Weird, this reviewer has my name. What does that mean?
LDN: It means that you're not the original. I cloned you from the original.
Dante: Oh I see. Well I'm going back to watching TV.
LDN: Ok, knock yourself out.)
Alastar: Aw thanks Alastar. Feels good to know I won't be forgotten. Thanks for the review!
Vergil: *faints and gets back up* I was overwhelmed by that Sparda charm. I mean I had both of you review, too much hotness. LOL. Thanks for the praise Verg! I can call you Verg, right? I'm Glad to know you liked the first chapter.
Ms. Cornell: Hi Ms Cornell! *blushes* Gee whiz, I'm glad to hear I'm one of your fav writers. It's great to know someone out there enjoys my work. Thanks so much Ms. Cornell. LOL, you have to love that Dante smirk. I really don't know what role Trish will play, but I will give her some action too. She will kick butt. *smiles*
Athar-Luna: I'm so glad you love my humor and my stories. You don't know how much your comments mean to me. You have always supported me and I have to thank you for that. You hear my rants and thoughts on writing and I'm glad you listen very patiently and attentively to me. Especially about my DMC plight. Remember how I kept saying I was retiring from FF.net, but I never did. I love writing fan fic and I don't think I'd be able to live without writing it. Yes, that was touchy feely and you know that isn't me, but well it must be because I'm so damn happy right now. Yes, I drooled, I'll admit it. *smiles* Feels great to be back!
Poisonous Flower: LOL, someone's happy. On another sugar high? LOL jk. Yup, I finally got the guts to continue with my DMC writing and write this here sequel. You know it's a blast to write about Dante. Yeah I'll find something for Trish too do. Maybe she'll bake a cake, LOL. Kidding. Kidding. I hope the story goes well. Still a bit nervous and lets not forgot that whole year of rust that's on my DMC writing skills.
LDN: Whew, done with the author notes. Long old things. I don't think I'll do this every chapter, but I like to interact with you guys. So I'll maybe do it from time to time, unless it bugs you guys. I mean who wants to read all this and then scroll like half a page to get too the chapter. LOL ^_^ Ok well the chapter is next, I promise.
Chapter 2- Meeting under a Dawning Sky
Dante drove most of the night on his motorcycle going at break neck speed through the paved streets. His silver hair and coat billowed out at the wind he caused from his momentum. He arrived at his destination as the dawn broke over the sky. The apparent site for meeting the contractor was a small town, but there was no one in sight. The town appeared to be deserted.
He parked his motorcycle in front of a small grocery store. He approached the glass window of the store and peered inside, he couldn't really see anything. The inside of the window was covered with dust.
He didn't like this. Could he have walked into a trap? He headed toward the doors of the store and stepped inside. Everything was in disarray. There was food all over the floor; broken containers with its contents spilled everywhere. Most of the food appeared to be rotten. The state of the store gave the appearance that there had been a battle in it. As Dante walked in the store his boots made crunching noises as he stepped on the spilled sustenance that littered the floor. He glanced around alert for any sign of movement, but there wasn't any.
As he glanced toward the counter of the store he noticed a piece of paper pinned to the wall with a red handled dagger through it. Written on the paper in bold black letters was one word, 'Cemetery'. Dante reached over and pulled out the dagger from the wall letting the paper fall to the floor. Someone likes to play games, he thought with a smirk as he took the dagger and headed outside.
He walked on the paved empty streets. It looked very strange to be in an apparent deserted town. It made him feel like he was the only person on the planet. Ever vigilant he made his way down the street until he came upon a tall black wrought iron gate. He had arrived at the cemetery. He stepped through it and instantly his eyes landed on a figure standing on a grassy knoll.
As he walked toward her he looked her over. She was dressed in red leather pants and a red leather tank top. Over her tank top she had on a long red leather coat that went down past her red boots. If she had the trench coat closed all you could see of her outfit would be the tips of her boots. She had long dark red hair and hazel eyes. "Finally we meet Dante Sparda." She greeted him. "My name is Flame." She told him.
"Let me guess, because of the outfit?" He asked sarcastically looking at her all red outfit.
She didn't say a word to him, just gave him a mischievous smile.
"Did you leave me the little love note?" He asked her raising the dagger so she could see it.
"Yes, that was me." She replied. "May I have that back?" She extended her hand out for the dagger.
"I don't think so babe." He told her. "How do I know you won't stick me with your little toy after I hand it back to you?"
"I wouldn't do that because I need your help." She told him. "I'm the one that contacted you."
"Why do you need my help?" He asked her. He handed the dagger back to her. She took it and sheathed it into her coat. "And of all places why are we meeting in this ghost town?"
"This wasn't always a ghost town." She told him. "I grew up here."
Dante looked at her attentively. "Then what happened here? Where is everyone?"
"Everyone was killed." She told him plainly.
"By whom or should I say by what?" He asked.
"By a powerful man." She replied.
"An ordinary human? Come on!" Dante scoffed. "I don't kill humans."
"I know you only hunt demons and devils, but this man is not an ordinary human." She retorted. "He has great powers."
"Power?" Dante said confounded. "What type of power?"
"He has a magical po-"
Dante cut her off. "Are you telling me I'm dealing with someone that thinks he's Harry Potter or something?"
Flame glared at him because of his sarcastic comment. "He has a power over the de-"She didn't get to finish her sentence again but this time Dante hadn't interrupted her. Suddenly the ground began to shake. Rumbling loudly underneath their feet.
"Earthquake?" Dante contemplated.
"No!" She yelled over the noise. "It's him."
"What?" Dante yelled. "I don't see anyone." He pulled out his twin handguns, called Ebony and Ivory and had them ready for action.
"He's not here!" She yelled back. She was trying to stay steady on her feet while she unsheathed the daggers from her wrist sheathes, that were concealed under her coat. She pulled them out and with a small twist of her hands they were right in front of her, poised for her to release them.
There was a loud crack, like the sound of striking whip. A couple of feet in front of Dante and Flame, the earth split open. Bodies began to pour out of the opened earth or on a closer inspection, what appeared to be reanimated dead human bodies. They were dressed in tattered clothing; their flesh had the appearance of a clammy grayish color. Their eyes were dull and sunken in their sockets. They walked on unsteady legs toward them.
"Zombies?" Dante yelled out over the rumbling of the earth, pointing his guns at them.
"Yeah, I was trying to tell you that one of his powers is that he has control over the dead." Flame told him.
Dante smirked. "No problem." He said and he pulled the triggers on his twin guns, sending a shower of bullets at the dead bodies. For every zombie that Dante dropped however four more would rise up.
"We can't win this battle here." Flame told him.
"Babe, I hate running." He told her still shooting off his guns.
"Well we have no choice! Look where we are!" She countered. "Let's get out of here." She grabbed onto his arm, dragging him and then proceeded to run with him.
"Where are we going?" He asked her as they ran out of the cemetery.
"To my old house." She replied. They were running side by side now.
"What about the 'gimme brain' bunch behind us?" Dante asked.
"Don't worry, they can't get us there." She replied vaguely.
"Why is that?" He asked intrigued.
She turned and gave him a secretive smile.
LDN: Ah chapter 2 complete. I have introduced a new player. Questions, comments, please leave a review. I'd love to hear from ya! Come on push the button you know you want too. LOL. No. Yes. Maybe. Ah surprise me then. See ya later guys! ^_^