Chapter Four

Lady was beginning to get overwhelmed, and running out of ammo, when a gunshot rang through the air. Whirling around, knowing it wasn't her gun that had gone off, she saw two young women standing on the carcass of the giant fish. The smaller one flashed her a grin.

As the taller stepped out in front of the smallest, she pulled out two twin blades. Lady's eyes widened, just slightly, at this. The girl had the two twin blades of old, long thought to be lost or just legend. In her hands were the swords of Earth and Water; Adara and Madra.

As the last demons were quickly taken care of, Lady turned and looked at the two.

"I could have handled that by myself." Her voice was cool and calm.

"But I was itching to abuse," Rayne drawled, sheathing her blades.

"I won't owe you any."

""Well what would make you think we wanted anything?" Rose spoke up smiling.

Lady's eyes narrowed, but she said nothing, not bale to really think of an answer. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Rose spoke again.

"Did a white haired man go by recently?"

Instantly Lady's face darkened. "That demon? Why should you be looking for him…you're a demon too!" Whipping out her guns, she leveled them at the two girls.

"Hey!" Rayne exclaimed, "I'm tired of people trying to kill us today! I'm no devil, demon, or the sort, so point those things at yourself!" Grabbing Rose's arm, Rayne marched away, silently fuming.

"Ne! Slow down, you're hurting me," came Rose's voice, floating back to Lady.

Scowling, Lady put up her guns and began to walk into the tower, leaving behind the rotten carcasses of demons.

"Rock one!" Rayne said clapping; smirking at Dante's embarrassed-like look.

The two girls had walked in on him playing a fancy guitar, jamming away and jumping around like a maniac. Opting to remain silent, the two girls waited till he finished.

"I must say I'm impressed," Rose began, "but the wardrobe is totally a drab."

Rayne began to circle Dante, clucking her tongue in disappointment. "Bare chest? Mm…not good, doesn't go well with the rocker look you're attempting. And this long, red cape? A must go! Don't worry darlin' we'll hook you up with some great clothing and you'll be just great!"

"Cut it out," Dante growled, glaring at the two girls.

"Fine…if you want to be a fashion loser, fine by me," Rayne said holding up her hands, "but anytime you want some fixing up darlin' just run by us."

As the two held onto each other, laughing their hearts out at him, saying random things like "We'll die his hair!" and such, he just grumbled at them. Sore that he was the one being made fun of for once. But as a large rumble, like an explosion, went off, the two stopped and looked surprised.

"What was that?" Rayne exclaimed.

"We're all gonna die!" Rose exclaimed dramatically.

"Idiots, probably just a bunch of rocks falling," Dante said, clearly not affected.

"Well, I'll go check, you two wait here!"

As Rose ran out of the room, looking to see what that large boom was, Dante walked closer to Rayne. "You know, you're very persistent in following me."

"Ah…but what if that's just what you think. I'm just trying to save my city." Rayne's face shadowed slightly.

Cupping her face, Dante lifted it up and looked into her eyes. They had a slight glimmer of tears, covering up her beautiful purple eyes. He could see the passion in there for her city, and felt a pang. He didn't know why he did, but certainly would go with whatever plan that she used to save this city.

Rayne was lost in the deep pools of his eyes, searching them for something, but she wasn't sure. Unknown to them, their faces were getting closer, they could feel each other's soft breath on their cheeks and Dante lifted his free hand to wipe back a stray hair that had fallen out of the ponytail. Letting his hand rest on her face, he was startled on how soft it was just as Rayne marveled in the smooth, but roughness, of his hand.

Their faces were millimeters apart now; both feeling tingles that they never thought existed. Just as their lips touched, Rose bounced back into the room.

"Hey guys! Oh…eh…sorry for interrupting."

The two sprang apart, Rayne madly blushing, Dante just coughing. As they just stood there, Rose tried again. "Should we keep going?"

Seeing as Ne was flustered enough, Rose didn't mention the other White rose and note she had found.

The trio stopped in front of a fork in the passage. The left and right side were both dark, and neither one looked all that promising. Rose began to examine them, without really going into it, as the two behind her began to discuss the plan. After about 5 minutes, Rose's mind began to wander.

"Hey! We should call ourselves the DRR…like you know, the game DDR!"

Rayne turned and started at her with a blank face. "That is the stupidest idea I have every heard. Never say it again."

Going back to Dante, she left Rose standing there slightly dejected. Rose sighed and began to look at the right fork again, seeing a faint light at the end of the tunnel, she turned around to tell them. But right as she opened her mouth, three Vanguards appeared.

"Oh crap," Rose said, stepping backwards quietly.

When she was in the darkness of the passage way, she turned around and ran as hard as she could down the hallway.

Rose ran down the hall, hoping that the Vanguards wouldn't follow her. Taking a glance behind her, she ran straight into a thick wall.

"Ouch!" Rose said her eyes closed as she rubbed her forehead. "Man, I ran into a wall again!"

She opened her eyes and saw a blue like blob in front her. "A blue wall?" Rose blinked, "Wait…it's moving?"

She took a couple steps back and looked straight up. Icy blue eyes looked down into hers, "Oh my gosh! It's a human!"

The eyes just looked down on her and she began to babble. As she did, he began to smile slightly. Suddenly he stepped forward and smiled down on her. "So the beautiful rose has arrived." His voice spoke softly.

He smiled down on Rose, looking deep into her amber eyes smiling as a small blush took over her cheeks. "Why are you blushing my dear?"

She just colored more and tried to avert her eyes, but they seemed stuck and trapped in his icy blue eyes. His hand brushed back a stray hair from her face, before cupping itself around her cheek. He stepped closer, breathing in her sweet scent as the gap between them closed.

"Don't be shy now," he said his voice now a husky whisper.

"Sorry," Rose spoke meekly, still gazing into his eyes, hands by her side.

He gave a low chuckle, one that she could almost feel the vibrations from his chest they were so close, "Don't apologize, you have done nothing wrong."

She gave him a small smile, and that completely undid his frayed bonds. He leaned down, still locking eyes, and kissed her. She gave a small gasp, her eyes widening before they closed, and his eyes soon followed suite. He wrapped his arms around her, bringing her petite frame close to him, and her arms wrapped around his neck.

As the kiss ended, and they watched each other, wondering if they had been dreaming, Rose slowly lifted up her hand to his hair, fingering a white spike making his stomach squirm.

"Not again," he muttered before he brought her back to him, holding her tight like there was no tomorrow.

As Rose's world revolved around him, drinking in the sweet sensation of the kiss, she felt as if she was melting. But this feeling soon stopped as she heard a startled noise behind her.

"Rose!" Rayne's voice came.

"Virgil," Dante said with distaste at the same time.

They let go of each other and Virgil sketched a small bow towards the others before disappearing. The wind left a small, kiss like feeling on the back of Rose's neck while she looked at the ground, a bright blush across her face, as Rayne smirked slyly at her from where she was standing.

"So, ah…where to now?" Rose said, still looking at the ground.

Dante scowled and marched down the hallway, muttering something about stupid Virgil and killing him. Rayne walked up to Rose and grinned down on the blushing girl.

"I know what you've been doing lately." Rayne said, gloating. With a fake cough as a cover-up she went. "CoughVIRGILcough."

"Oh yay, I love bridges that are over endless pits, because then when they disappear, I can fall and die!" Rayne said sarcasticly, looking at the bridge ahead of them. "Aw," Dante said, smirking at her, "is the ity, bity baby scared of the ity, bity bridge?"

"Okay, you can shut up now Pretty Boy." Rayne said, stalking out onto the bridge.

Dante followed after her and Rose followed after him. As they all reached about the center of the bridge, a large grinding noise was heard. As the trio looked around, trying to determine the source of the sound, the bridge jerked into movement.

"OH MY GOD WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Rayne screamed, losing her balance.

As she fell backwards, expecting to hit the floor hard, she heard an "oof" behind her as she hit something softer. She fell over, landing on this soft thing, thanking God that the bridge had stopped moving and she hadn't fallen off.

Rayne felt something moving under her, so she rolled over quickly and was faced with two ice-blue eyes staring into hers. They were awfully close and she quickly backed away blushing, realizing the compromising situation they were in.

"Um…yeah, thanks…" she stammered, blushing.

"No problem," Dante replied, trying to remain cool.

"Okay love birds," Rose sang out, a wicked grin on her face. "Save that stuff for after midnight, it's time to get moving."

"ROSE!" Rayne bellowed, glaring at it.

Rose just grinned back at her, enjoying her moment of power…that is until Rayne grabbed her neck causing her to scream.
"Now what was that?" Rayne said knowing she had Rose's weakness.

"Ah…nothing, continue on shall we?"

The three walked into the adjacent room and stopped in shock. In front of them, all bloodied up, was Arkham's body. Blood was pooled around him from obvious stab wounds, but no other signs of fight were left.

"God, I think I'm going to be sick," Rose said, grabbing her stomach and covering her mouth.

Lady ran into the room, saw Arkham and stopped in her tracks; she turned to Dante and pointed a finger at him. "You! You did this!"

Dante said nothing, but continued to stare at the body. Rayne and Rose were too disgusted to speak so they stood there in shock, not bothering to answer her.

"I knew all demons were evil, but I had started to trust you! And then you had to kill…him! I should have been the one too! HE KILLED MY MOTHER!"

Her outburst was gaining no attention from the others; it was like she didn't exist to them. Finally she just sank to her knees and didn't look at them. "Go…just go…I'm tired of this and you."

Like puppets, they left, leaving her to herself and the gruesome body.

Arkham smirked, knowing he had done his job well. He had convinced Mary that he had been attacked by Virgil, which was partly true, and possessed. But she knew nothing, he hadn't been possessed. Everything was going along to plan it seemed, and now there were two new players in this game. With a bone chilling chuckle, he was "revived" for the second time and set off to finish this game of his.

Authors Note: Annyong hashim nikka -bows- So this is chapter four, yes indeed, and I'm working on five, hope you enjoyed. Tto mannapshida

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