Roszen tried to rip off the armored hand over her face as The Courtesan hastily dragged her through the corridor. "Let me go you top heavy bimbo!" The grip tightened after that comment. The Courtesan busted through a wall, tossing Roszen to the floor.
Roszen looked up and saw she was in a large bedroom of sort, but before she could have a good look around, she rolled to the side from an attack by the Courtesan. "Weak... can't... escape now..." The Courtesan forced out, fresh bloody tears dripping from the slits of her helmet. She launched herself to Roszen, only to be blocked by a shield from Krex.
"I sincerely apologize for the delay, my lady. Took me longer than expected to reform to your location." Krex pushed off The Courtesan, and went to help his master up. "What is the plain?"
"We fight till either we beat her or till Dante and Lady show up." Roszen dusted herself off after she got up. Pulling out her knifes, she got into a stance. "We know how to beat her. We can do it."
The Courtesan pulled out her sword, fire lighting across it. "Don't... runaway..."
Roszen and Krex lunged forward both going to the flanks. Roszen got one knife though her guard, but sparks came off. Her second knife was blocked by The Courtesan's sword. Krex tired to attack her back but her tail parried his sword. The Courtesan kicked Roszen away and hit Krex with her blade knocking him to the wall. She lunged her sword forward, it extended with a chain between each blade segment. Krex managed to dodged out of the way. "That's new!"
"She was toying with us the first, probably still is." Roszen sheathed her knifes and summoned The Hell Tiger Queen, flames danced across her body as she got on all fours. "Krex stay at rang; find an opening. I'll keep her occupied."
Before Krex could say anything, Roszen bolted towards her target, her sudden movement broke the ground beneath her. The Courtesan blocked the first attempt with her sword, grabbed the kick with her free hand, but failed to stop the bladed tail to her stomach. Before Roszen could capitalize on that, The Courtesan tightened her grip on Roszen's leg and threw her over her shoulder, hard into the ground.
The Courtesan lifted her foot to stomp on her, but Roszen rolled away in time. Not wasting a moment she pounced to The Courtesan, getting to hits in this time, but was again going to be thrown. Krex shot at the Courtesan's back, making her stumble. She retaliated by throwing Roszen at him, but the Familiar was quick, he caught Roszen and send her right back at her.
Roszen used the extra momentum to overwhelm the Courtesan's defenses, all but the first attack landed. Before she could continue, a column of fire erupted from the Courtesan, knocking Roszen off of her.
Roszen was caught by Krex before she could hit the ground. "What's happening?" Krex asked.
The fires died down and the Courtesan stood there. Her pale skin, turned to a hellish red, starting from where her heart should be a molten orange colored core glowed brightly, as lines flow all over her body, grooves in her armor glowed just as brightly, her tail and wings become white in color as well as increasing in size, and finally the helmet, it glowing eyes of pure fire and the lowers jaw had busted open, sowing a fairly mangled lower face. "My... Devil Trigger..." She lifted her hand looking at it closely. "Its been so long..." She looked at Krex and Roszen "Congratulations... You'll die here..."
Before either of them could move, The Courtesan grabbed both of their heads, she crushed Krex head enough to make him turn into an orb. "Krex!!" Roszen shouted before she was tossed to the other side of the room. She rolled to her knees and summoned the WMD in cannon mode and fired. The Courtesan cut the shot in half destroying part of the wall behind her. The Courtesan was on top of her again, punching her head into the ground. "Damnit..." Roszen saw the first down coming again.
"Why can't I beat her...!" Her vision became filled with stars.
"Dmanit...!" Another hit.
"Damnit!!" Her vision was becoming bleary and was going out.
"HOW CAN I SAVE HER IF I'M THIS WEAK!!!" Notching.
The beat down suddenly stopped. The Courtesan fist was caught by Roszen hand. Demonic energy flowed out of her, eyes changing to gold and red. The Courtesan was swiftly thrown off her, she managed to right herself because she landed. Roszen slowly got up. "A Devil... Trigger?" The Courtesan questioned. "No... just a flare up..."
Roszen summoned a red energy great sword and swung. A blast of demonic energy came forth towards the Courtesan. But the high raked demon was not bothered, sending her own wave out
The two collided resulting in an explosion knocking both back. Roszen slid across the ground before stopping. Her mother's necklace somehow came out from under her shirt. It was glowing, but the subtle beating for it meant her mother was close.
Before Roszen could question where her mother was, the Courtesan got up, her Devil Trigger no longer active. She clamped her hands around the lower half of her helmet, trying to rip it off. "So... close..." She got up and looked to Roszen. "Soon..." She took a step forward before a gun shot hit the ground before her.
At the hole they came through stood Dante and Lady. "Looks like we almost missed the party!" Dante put a pistol on his shoulder. "But just in time for the after party."
Lady saw Roszen was hurt and began making her way there. The Courtesan unless a huge way of fire, blinding everyone. When everything settled the Courtesan was gone. Lady ignored Dante complaining on missing out on another fight with the Courtesan. "You're alright Roszen?"
"I'll be healed up in a few minutes or so..." Roszen said panting. "fuck!" She hit the ground. "I thought I... never mind." She got up with a grunt. "doesn't matter now."
"Man, you really had a fight in here." Dante said while looking around. "it looks to be some sort of bedroom, well... use to be anyway."
Now that there wasn't a threat in front of her, Roszen took a good look around the room. "wired..." She looked around and a feeling of déjà vu came over her. The bed was at the farthest wall, what was once a dresser collapsed because of the hole, blown up shelves where the WMD hit, and the main door opposite of the bed. It didn't dawn on her where she see this till she saw a white violin sat perfectly on it stand, untouched by the resent fight. "This is an exact copy of my mother's bedroom before the demons took her..." She went up to the instrument it started shaking as she neared it. "Is this... a devil arm?" She touch the neck, then suddenly was pulled forward, unable to let go.
Before she could call for help, she stopped as she heard a song she hasn't heard in nearly two years. It was the song her mother played when ever she felt down or sad, tears threatened to burst though as she could perfectly hear the song in her head. "Its been a long time since I've seen you little rosy." The song stopped, the violin was gone, but Roszen felt something in her out stretched hand. Tuning it over she was a tiny demon, sitting inside of her palm. The Demon was female, around four inches tall, had pure white skin, clear red insect wings, silver hair, and black eyes. She wore a simple light blue flower dress.
"only my mother called me that..." She told the pixie demon. "You were the violin?"
"Yep! I'm Luna Rosa, I was your mother's devil arm!" Excitement followed off her easily, and was almost infectious, but her mood quickly turned to sorrow. "Or at least I was, I haven't see her in almost two years now..."
"Why were you in that form for so long?" Roszen took a seat on the bed, while Dante and Lady waited patiently, each given each other a look.
"When Vurnomon took the last time I saw Briallan, he put a curse on me, that only with Briallan's blood could free me."
"and since I'm her daughter, I was able to free you." She rubbed her thumb again Luna's head.
"Yep!" Luna hugs Roszen's thumb, earning a chuckle out for her.
"Well me and my friend are trying to save her, and I could always use more help." She extended a finger to her. "Want to join and help?"
Luna too the finger and shook it. "Its a deal partner!"
A bright light appeared around the two, when it died down, Roszen held a white violin, that looked to be made out of a rose that was bathed in the moon light, with its matching bow. She grabbed the near by pillow, before throwing it up into the air then play a few cords from the villain. Lever action rifles, with a similar design of the Devil Arm, appeared around her and opened fire on the pillow. "Luna Rosa, a very fitting name for you my dear."
"why thank you, little rosy!" Luna's voice came from the instrument. "Now let's go save your mom!"
"that was oddly... cute." Lady commented. "But something doesn't add up." She looked to Dante.
"Yeah something stinks here, and it's not me for once." He leaned closer to Lady. "What are you thinking?"
"I think..." Before she could continue demonic yells come running down the hole in the wall. "Damnit tell you later!" Lady said as everyone ready their weapons.