DEVIL MAY CRY
THE
BATTLEGROUND
CHAPTER VII
I have realized now that I was wrong about the whole Eva/Priestess situation. A bunch of people have brought it to my attention, so thanks for that. I do plan on going back and making the proper corrections and changes to the Chapter, but I won't do that just yet. I wanted to get this next chapter out first. Read on!
The closest Abyss Knight to Kade growled and swung its massive staff at him. Before the blow connected, Kade was able to lift his arm up, blocking the attempted hit. The force sent him staggering toward the right wall of the Sanctuary.
Dante had only a moment to roll out of the way as the other Demon's sharp blade attached to the end of his staff tore through the rough ground. The Demon struggled to pry the staff out of the soil.
Dante laughed.
He placed his hand on his hip and leaned over closer to the Abyss Knight. "What's the matter? Can't get the stupid staff out of the ground? Here," he said as he held up his foot. "I'll help you!"
With a quick kick, the Demon's powerful staff broke in two. It staggered back with a puzzled look on its face. The other end of the staff was still stuck in the ground.
Dante laughed once again at his opponent. His cocky grin soon changed once the angry Demon threw down the broken staff and charged at him. It attempted to wrap its fiery arms around Dante's waste, but the Demon Hunter was far too quick.
Dante again rolled out of the way with about a second to spare. The Abyss Knight turned around, infuriated. Dante leaned up against a small stone table near the back of the Sanctuary and sighed.
"I'm beginning to think you're not even trying. Come on, I can't be this hard to catch." With every word that escaped Dante's mouth, the demon took a deeper breath.
It clenched its fists together and pointed them at Dante. A large fireball quickly shot out of its hands and headed straight for Dante. His shoulders dropped.
"Oh Shit."
Kade was having problems of his own. The Abyss Demon he was battling with still had its staff. It was using it to try to choke Kade. Kade, however, maintained his defense by using his powerful arms to push the force away from his throat.
Once he figured he had created enough distance between he and his enemy, he kicked it away and snapped into his Demon fighting stance.
The Abyss Knight raised its hands over its head and brought its staff down. With his two hands, Kade caught the blade and shoved it away. The Demon dropped his weapon. He used the momentum from pushing the blade away to punch the Demon in the face.
Kade blocked several harsh blows from his enemy before one managed to get through. The Abyss Knight landed a perfect knee to Kade's chin. Kade was momentarily shaken up by the blow, but got right back into the fight by charging at the Demon and leaping into the air.
He used his right foot to kick the Abyss Knight in the chest, and used the left to plant a kick on its jaw.
The large Demon dropped to one knee.
Kade walked up to it, grabbed it by the top of its head, and using all of his strength, uppercutted the massive demon. The force from the blow caused the Demon to slowly teeter back and forth. This gave Kade time to clutch the fiery staff from the ground.
He stood before the Demon with its own staff in his hands. The Abyss Knight let out a loud squeal, which was soon cut short when its head was separated from its body. It fell to the ground and rolled in Kade's direction. He stepped on the head and crushed it into the Sanctuary floor.
His foot was soon surrounded by a small pile of charcoal ash as the head from the Demon deteriorated, along with its staff, along with the rest of its body.
Kade looked over at Dante, who was standing awfully close to the back of the Sanctuary.
The remaining Abyss Demon slowly stalked Dante as Dante continued to take small steps back with his hands out in case he should accidentally bump into anything.
The giant Demon held up its staff and prepared to end Dante with one final blow. But before it could, Dante slashed down on the Abyss Knight with his sword. The end of the blade dug diagonally into its chest, causing small spurts of fire to shoot out.
Dante gripped his sword with both hands and grunted.
Kade held up his hand and motioned for Dante to stop, but it was too late.
With all of his strength, Dante lifted the Abyss Knight up with his sword and threw it over his head, into the Mirror Portal at the back of the Sanctuary.
Instantly, the mirror shattered into a million pieces of small glass shards.
The demon was reduced to a small pile of ashes like its accomplice at Dante's feet.
Kade sighed. "That was our only sure way out of this Realm, Dante."
Dante looked nervously around at the broken pieces of the once magnificent mirror.
"Sorry."
Sparda managed to keep up with Nevan's pace now since she slowed down a little.
"How is it possible that you are here, Nevan?" Sparda questioned, looking at Nevan's face.
Nevan returned the look. "Like I mentioned before, Sugar, after Mundus re-entered the Human World, everything shifted. He assigned me to guard the portal you came from and do away with any trespassers."
She stopped and caressed Sparda's cheek. "I just couldn't resist helping such a handsome Devil."
After a moment, Sparda frowned. "Nevan, why have we stopped?"
Nevan held up her hands and uncurled her fingers. "Because, darling, we're here."
Sparda paused. "Where is here?"
"Nevan?"
As soon as her name escaped Sparda's mouth, Nevan took off down the trail at a very fast pace. Confused, Sparda sprinted after her.
He could see her image getting farther and farther away. "Nevan, slow down!" he called out, but nothing was stopping Nevan.
Sparda came to an abrupt halt.
Just like that, Nevan had vanished. She was no where to be seen. Sparda looked around.
"Nevan, where did you go?" he asked, but there was no response. Suddenly, a swarm of large black bats surrounded Sparda and began to circle in on him.
Sparda heard a voice through the screeching bats.
"You really should learn to keep up, Darling. It can be quite hard to get out of these forests if you should somehow…lose your way."
Sparda gritted his teeth. "Nevan, you swore!"
Nevan let out a joyful cackle.
As she did, two massive silver chains came out of nowhere and clamped onto Sparda's hands. He glanced down at them. Two large stone poles seemed to fall from the sky and impaled the two chains into the soft soil of the trail.
This caused Sparda's arms to stretch out. He flexed his wrists and attempted to break free of the chains. It was no use.
Nevan materialized before his eyes with her hands once again at her sides. She leaned over and spoke into his ear.
"Ooh, sorry dear. It's just that Mundus offered me a special gift if I could capture the Legendary Dark Knight. You understand, don't you?'
Sparda frowned and looked into Nevan's eyes.
"You promised me, Nevan."
"You promised me."
Nevan put her hand to his drooping head and gently lifted it up. "I truly am sorry Sparda. I swear if Mundus hadn't gained enough power to enter the Human World again, I might've helped you. You believe me, don't you?"
Sparda closed his icy blue eyes.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you."
"Nevan sighed. "You're right, Sparda. I thought a Demon as smart and wise as you would have figured out that lesson years ago."
Nevan stood to her full height and dropped her arms to her sides.
"Well Darling, I'd love to stay and talk but he'll be coming soon."
She lowered her voice. "And I wouldn't want to be around when he makes his entrance."
As Nevan turned around and began to saunter away, Sparda struggled once again to break free of his restricting chains.
"Nevan!" he yelled, but it was no use. She had betrayed him. She had left him to die.
Sparda wasn't thinking of how he would take revenge on her. He wasn't even thinking about how he would go about defeating the Mighty Mundus. He could only think about who… or what…was coming for him in the dark, silent forest.
Author's Note: Well, another chapter in the bag. I don't have much to say this time, except for please keep reviewing this story. I really appreciate it.
-Chris