This is the last chapter I'll have up for awhile. After I return from Spring Break, I'll make up for it with three chapters in one day! Oh, and here are some responses to your reviews.
To Kerrianne Herrington: glad you like it.
To Crystie: you must have gotten confused. Rayne was blowing bubbles to get on Virgil's nerves. Dante came in after that.
BladeMaster16: yeah, I thought it was good when I wrote it.
Hotaru the Demon Goddess: sorry if you don't like it…I'll have to check out that art.
Devilman66: thank you! I'm going to review you soon!
BloodyDemonEmpress: LOL. I love you, too.
Devil Hunter: thank you.
Phew! That should do it! Enjoy!
Rayne huddled against a brick wall outside. Dante shook off a few drops of rain from his coat. Rayne stood staring at him for a while. Neither said a word. Finally, it was Dante who broke the silence.
"Are you hurt?" he asked with almost no tone.
Rayne just sort of stood with a bewildered look on her face.
"Nope. Just dandy." she said.
"Good. If he'd have hurt you, I would have killed him right there." This time, Rayne noticed a tinge of anger in his voice.
"Sorry to trouble you. I really hate having to play damsel in distress. It's just not my style." She said.
For a few minutes, the scene remained as it was, the two standing barely six inches apart under the over crop of a building, waiting for the storm to subside. Rayne drew one of her blades and began to run her finger over the edge of it thoughtfully, almost affectionately. Dante watched her with indifference.
"So, what's the deal with you and psycho back there?" Rayne asked, not even peeling her eyes away from the blade.
Dante looked at her with a look that asked "psycho?" seeing his inquisitiveness, Rayne clarified.
"Your brother."
Dante went into his explanatory state, putting on an emotionless tone.
"When we were younger, after our parents died, Mundus showed up. He threatened us, and said that if Virgil didn't go with him, he would slaughter me then and there. I gave up on Virgil after that, thinking he'd already been killed. I guess in time, he came to resent me for that."
"So that's why he wanted me. To get to you, and take out his anger." Rayne finished.
"A bit of helpful advice," she added. " Get over your stupid childhood feud and take the guy out already."
Dante glared, semi-astonished.
"He's my brother. What makes you think I can take him out just like that?"
"That's the thing. You think of him as family. He's just another enemy, no matter how it was in the past. Just do what I do and don't think. Just…"
"Kill?" he finished.
With a slight nod, Rayne strode out into the street, not even caring about the burning droplets of water falling gently from the sky. As she walked away, Dante considered her words. Maybe it was time to let her know…
How the hell she got caught up in the middle of this, Rayne had no idea. Wait! It wasn't her fault! It was his fault for getting attracted to her. Yes, that was it! Sure, Rayne wanted to believe that, as she lay on her back on the bare mattress. But the truth was, she was letting her own humanity get in the way, too. After all she'd been through, after all the options, she had still come to him for help. Damn. I'm getting like one of those giggly schoolgirls who has a crush. She thought, rolling over. Finally, after two sleepless hours of thought, she'd reached a decision. Whatever Dante wanted to do, she'd support him one hundred percent. Human, vampire, or whatever. This was a decision she reached as a woman.
I'm so sorry for the shortness of the chapter! I swear, I'll give you guys a nice long 6 pages in Microsoft word as soon as I return on April 5th!