Devil May Cry: Blood For Peace
Chapter 4: The Lion, The Devil, The Target.
The morning had come quicker considering he went to bed late last night after finishing the special mission given to him and Akame. Despite the ungodly work hour, he very much enjoyed it as it had drawn him and Akame a bit closer. Letting out a yawn, Vergil got himself out of bed and got dressed, leaving his arm gauntlet off since he was just getting up. Once dressed, Vergil slicked his hair back then made his way to the dining room.
There Akame was waiting for him.
"Good morning Vergil." She greeted.
"Morning Akame." He replied, taking note that no one was up yet besides them.
"You know, considering how late we slept last night, I'm actually surprised we're the first ones awake." He mused crossing his arms.
"That's what I was thinking, Sheele and Mine always sleep in, but usually the others are up by now. But since we're up, we should start breakfast." Suggested Akame.
"You're right, alright then let's get to it. What are we making today?" He asked.
"It's croquettes and rice." She answered.
Vergil blinked. "Croquettes and Rice for the first meal of the day? That's a new one…" He shrugged, Despite the strange selection, he took his leather glove off and washed his hands like always, then went to help out Akame with the food. In about twenty minutes they were almost finished and some of the others were finally starting to wake up.
The first to join them in the dining room was Leone who walked in with a yawn.
"Morning guys." She greeted.
"Good morning Leone." Said Akame over her shoulder before returning her attention to the food.
"Morning Leone." Greeted the half-devil.
Leone smirked.
"Oooo look at you, you've been on kitchen duty for a while now huh? A tough guy who's also a culinary expert, you keep gettin' more sexy dont'cha?" She teased, stealing a quick peck on the cheek from him, the kiss on his cheek made him flinch a bit since he was mostly focused on the food so she had caught him off guard yet again.
Leone giggled.
"Even your reactions are cute~" she continued to playfully pick at him.
Vergil turned around crossing his arms.
"Well, you stole a kiss from me, why else wouldn't I be surprised?" He replied.
"Well, I didn't steal an actual kiss, not yet anyway. But, I'm Glad you liked it~" She replied with a chuckle.
"Tch, Hmph!" He turned his back to her and began to prep the bowls.
Leone just giggled again as she relaxed back into her seat, satisfied with the reaction she had gotten out of Vergil. She really did enjoy teasing someone who was always cool and collected most of the time, so she took pride in her playful antics, especially whenever she got him good.
About ten minutes after that, breakfast was finished. Everyone had a bowl ready for them on the table, it was still fresh so they were just cooling off while everyone woke up.
"Delicious as always you two! Alright I'm diggin' in!" With that, Leone took her chopsticks and began to eat, Akame and Vergil took a seat and joined her. The two were proud of their cooking. Considering how much Akame love food, it wasn't a surprise why she was good at cooking. Vergil, on the other hand, had to rely on himself after the tragedy that was his eighth birthday, so he had to learn how to take care of himself to survive.
Leone sat back and let out a relieved sigh.
"Ahhh~ now that hit the spot! Thanks again you two."
"No problem. I'm pretty much used to cooking here." Vergil replied.
Leone and Vergil blinked and looked at their friend Akame who had finished her food before they finished theirs. The two noticed the gleam in her eye as she looked at the other two bowls next to her.
"Akame, I know you like food a lot, and that's completely fine, but that isn't your share." Said Vergil doing his best to try and suede her from eating the other two's helping.
Leone crossed her arms and chuckled a bit.
"Trust me Verge, you're wasting your time."
By the time he looked back at Akame, the two bowls were already consumed leaving Vergil with a very unamused look.
Akame stood up.
"Vergil, for supper tonight we are making Curry."
Vergil looked on, still unamused.
"Uh...yeah very well then.."
Then just like last time, in walked Sheele who looked at her empty bowl.
"Aww, not again.." She uttered.
Vergil stood up.
"I had a feeling this would happen, don't worry Sheele I got it covered."
Sheele tilted her head to the side.
"Huh?"
Vergil opened the stove and took out an extra bowl of breakfast that was covered with a lid. There was another one in there too which was most likely Mine's.
"Mmnha!"
Akame gasped, with a sparkle in her eyes at the site.
Sheele smiled.
"You made extra? Wow, thanks Vergil, I really appreciate it."
"No problem at all."
Just before he could hand it to Sheele, Akame dashed at Vergil and went for a swipe at the bowl, but Vergil teleported away and reappeared beside Sheele handing it to her causing Akame to face plant hard into the floor.
"There you go, careful though, it's still hot."
Sheele smiled and took it.
"Thank you Vergil~" She replied as she sat down
Akame gave Vergil pathetic look of shock and betrayal.
"B-But Vergil, I thought we were comrades…I thought we were friends…" She uttered in defeat.
Vergil's face became apathetically unamused.
"Obviously we still are! But I can't just let you eat everyone's breakfast like a garburator…" Replied Vergil crossing his arms. Leone just burst out laughing.
After breakfast came to a close and everyone ate, Najenda gathered Night Raid around in the command room.
"Thank you for coming, especially this early in the morning. I know it's unusual for a meeting this early but Night Raid has received a job, not to worry though, we aren't jumping to it just yet, but I wanted to let you all know ahead so you are all prepared." She continued.
"A group of merchants who are expert smugglers have been smuggling in things for the people, this time, they've gathered a huge variety of items and weapons for the Revolutionary Army to use. But the problem is, they are in a village far west from the Capital, since it's gear for our cause, they suspect that they will be prime targets of not only the Imperial Army but bandits as well. These people are not fighters so, they've requested we escort them to the Revolutionary army headquarters."
Najenda stood up from her seat.
"I will let you all know who I've picked for the job once they tell me that they are ready for transport. With that being said, you are all dismissed for now." With her rundown finished, Najenda walked to her room.
"Escort mission huh? Sounds like its gonna be a long one, which means the pay will be well worth it! I hope I'm selected." Leone excitedly mused.
"An escort mission…I should go prepare and pack ahead of time.." Akame muses.
"We don't know who's going to be picked yet, isn't it too early?" Asked Vergil.
"It's never too early to pack a snack bag!" Replied Akame giving a thumbs up.
"Oh that's what you meant.."
After breakfast, the morning went by rather quick. Come afternoon, Vergil and Akame went hunting to get meat for tonight's supper, it didn't take them long and when they returned, Vergil meditated for the rest of the afternoon and stopped at nightfall.
Akame approached Vergil after he got up from his meditation.
"Vergil, it's time to help me prepare supper." She quietly reminded him.
He stood up.
"I know, I just finished. I'll be right there." He replied.
She nodded and returned to the kitchen to wait for him. Vergil dusted himself off then went to wash his hands. Once that was done, as he made his way to the kitchen, Najenda crossed her arms and leaned on the wall next to Vergil.
"Vergil can I ask you something?" She asked.
"Sure, what do you need Najenda?" He asked.
"When you were sparring with Akame, you were holding back weren't you?" She asked, he could tell she knew, she just stared with a smile on her face as she waited for an answer.
"Was it that obvious?" He replied.
Her expression lit up.
"So you were! No it wasn't obvious at all, I thought Akame was giving you a challenge for a while until I remembered who I was watching, I was thinking to myself 'The Son Of Sparda is stronger than this, if his father took out entire armies, his son must be even better'."
Vergil just chuckled and shrugged.
"Well, if I would have used my full power, Akame would have been killed, sparring or not. So I used about thirty percent. But Akame is still really skilled. I admire her movements, Very graceful yet very deadly." He adds.
Najenda nodded satisfied with his answer.
"That's exactly what I think! Well, Vergil, as the leader, I leave you in charge of your own power control, but if I need someone taken down quick I'll request your full power if the situation calls for it." States the Night Raid leader.
Vergil gave a nod.
"Sounds good to me, I'll see you later Najenda."
"Yes, see you around Vergil." She waved, Najenda walked towards her room with a confident smile on her face.
"So he was holding back and was still able to easily hold Night Raid back…" a pause as she let her thoughts continue.
"If that much is only thirty percent, I wonder how he would be at full strength…Sparda was a legend for a reason…with Vergil on our team, I have nothing but soaring confidence in our fight, with him on our side combined with all the others, Night Raid will be able to rip the empire and its corruption bit by bit with ease." She let out a relieved sigh as she sat into her chair by her fireplace.
"If we keep at it, this battle will surely be ours.."
Back in the kitchen, Vergil and Akame were putting together curry for everyone. Supper would be a treat, especially with the extra spices added to the mix. The curry was simmering in the pot on the element, it had already boiled, but was now in a very light and slow simmer and would continue to lightly simmer until everyone was here for supper.
Akame did the finishing touches on the side dishes while Vergil made sure all the teacups and plates were set for everyone.
"So we're the shadow slashers of Night Raid...sounds a bit dramatic for my taste, but admittedly, does have some kind of cool ring to it." Vergil mused about the name given to their Specialized-Two-Person Unit.
"Yeah, it does sound pretty cool, I'm just honored the boss would choose us for it. I've been wondering why I've seen her up so late the past few weeks. Before you joined us she would often almost always be up after two am."
Akame explained,
"So it must have been those late night targets then, well, at least she doesn't have to stress over it any longer, we're handling it." Replied Vergil.
Akame nodded.
"I'm sure she'll let us know about the next one when she gets the chance." She added.
"Yes, I think so as well. Anyway, should we get the others?"
Akame gave a nod.
"Let's call everyone for supper."
After that, supper was called and everyone joined them at the dining table. Supper went on like it always did, everyone enjoyed the food and the company of the entire squad at the table. It had only been just a few days, and Vergil was already getting used to everyone and even starting to warm up to them. But with the line of work they were in, Vergil knew one day, any day, could be the very last for the either of them, being assassin's meant a permanent target on your back. But come whatever may, Vergil and Night Raid would be ready, but there was no doubt, it would be difficult to face loss again, but for now, he'd do what he could to help further their strong resolve.
Supper finished and everyone let their stomachs settle.
"ahhh~ Once again that hit the spot, feel like I'm royalty with all this awesome food!" Leone joked, praising their supper.
Najenda stood up.
"With our stomach's full, I'd like you all to meet me in the command room in about ten minutes, we've been given word from our clients that they are to start leaving in exactly two hours, it will take roughly an hour to get there from here which will give you all another hour to prepare, I've made my selections." She went on.
"It will be five of you. Akame, Bulat, Mine, Sheele, and Lubbock. I'll leave this one to you. Vergil and Leone, I have another job for both of you." Najenda explained.
"Understood." Replied Akame.
"Alright everyone, let's get going." Says Akame, she stops to look a Vergil and Leone.
"Good luck with the mission."
"Same to you." Replied Vergil.
"Hey Akame, make sure ya slice em' up a bit extra for me kay?" Requested Leone with a wink which brings a smile to Akame's face.
"I will."
"Later guys!" Waved Bulat being the last one to exit behind the others.
"See you later." Vergil called out in response to which, Bulat gave a thumbs up and smile before exiting.
"Ya know, even if I wasn't picked for the other, I'm sure as hell stoked to be on a job with you Vergil~" Leone openly admitted giving a small toothy smile to the half-devil.
"It's our first job together, should be fun." He replied.
"It's gonna be hella fun!" Leone excitedly exclaimed.
"I'm sure it will." He replied.
The remaining two looked over at Najenda so she could start the briefing of the job. With their full attention, she cleared her throat and began. She took out a picture of the next target. It was of a shady looking knight, he had a scruffy looking face with a five o' clock shadow and wore high ranking Imperial Army Armor.
"This man is Kuwase Tomoto, he's an imperial knight who has recently been promoted to acting commander of the riot squad. But behind his duties, he takes bribes from a criminal named Masamune Gojima to give him access to an old underground abandoned warehouse to freely use for his human trafficking ring, he also gets paid extra if he captures innocent woman for the ring. So it's easy to see that this target is just another piece of trash that needs to be dealt with." She went on.
"Our client also made a special request, his daughter Nina was recently kidnapped by some of Tomoto's men an is a new addition to the auction happening tonight. He wants us to save her as we tear apart this sick operation. So do what you must to crush these bastards" Explained Najenda giving her final order.
"You got it.." Replied Vergil taking the map from Najenda.
"Yeah, we'll shred em up extra for you." Added Leone.
"Very well then, off you two go."
And with that being said, Vergil and Leone left the hideout and made their way to the capital following the map that was given to them by the client. The two come to a temporary stop at the hill that overlooked the capital the same one they had met the group at for the mission a few nights ago.
"Hmmm so the map says the entrance is in the west end nobles district, we just have to find a way in
Without being detected. My guess, it's heavily guarded. There are several different noble districts in this big shitty capital. A fair amount is privately guarded by their own guards while some are guarded by the Imperial Army." Said Leone.
"Let's go see how guarded it is, then we'll determine a way in." Replied Vergil.
"Sounds good to me, let's go." Leone lead the way, she figured since they weren't in battle or close to the location of the target yet, this was a nice opportunity to talk with Vergil more.
"So, the boss says you don't have an Imperial Arms, but something way better than one. And these things are pretty damn powerful, So what do you use?" She asked.
"You are correct, I have no need for a manmade weapon such as an Imperial Arms. I have a Devil Arms." Vergil stops on a rooftop prompting Leone to stop too, luckily, the rooftop they were on was relatively high so they'd be well out of the night patrols sight.
Vergil held up his sheathed sword and drew it to show her.
"This Devil Arms is special to me, it's a Devil Arms called the Yamato, it's a dark forged blade that my very own father created with his own hands. Because it's a Dark Forged blade, it can cut through anything with ease, and I do mean anything. Not only that, but it also contains demonic magic which allows me to do several things." He explained.
Leone's eyes lit up as she listened.
"Wow! Anything eh? That's pretty badass."
"That's not all, it's pretty much indestructible, not even an all-powerful Imperial Arms can stop my Devil Arm, the only weapon that can match it is another Devil Arms. The only possible disadvantage is that the power of the blade all depends on the wielder, if I was to become mortally wounded, my blade's speed and power would decrease, it would still be good for use, but my speed would greatly decrease, which is just another reason I must never drop my guard. I cannot afford to let myself weaken." Explained the half-devil.
"Damn huh? But from what I've seen, it's not easy to even get a hit on ya, so that pretty much means yer all set then." She praised crossing her arms wearing a toothy small smile.
"Exactly, so I'm never worried about that, my speed is unlike any other." He replies.
"Welp, since we're stopped, now's a good time." Leone took a few steps forward.
"Lionelle transform!" Shouted Leone with an echo. Vergil began to feel her power level rise, and with the growl of a Lion, her transformation began. Lion ears appeared on top of her head following up with her golden blonde hair growing down to her mid-back. She swung her arms to the side, her hands now becoming five-fingered lion paws, a lion tail appeared on her tail bone finally finishing off with a sharp yellow gleam in her eyes.
"Hell yeah! I always feel like I can take on a whole army when I go into beast mode!" She glances over at Vergil and gave a smile.
"So Vergil, fall in love yet?" She playfully teased giving a wink.
"Oh yes, completely head over heels for you." He sarcastically replied.
"Now that you're all ready, we should get back to the job." He added.
"Awww, all work and no play makes Leone a dull-girl." She jokes as they press on towards the west end noble district, both kicking off their heel, the two took off in a blur of yellow and blue speed lines. Leone's speed was admittedly impressive in beast mode, but he was far faster and kept up easily with her.
Moments later, the two of them arrived at the entrance gate. Just as Leone had surmised, it was very well guarded, there was a whole group of guards who were standing by what looked like some old supply shed
"So Verg, what should we do?" She asks.
Vergil put his hand up.
"Hold on." Down below a hooded figure was approaching the guards, the guard turned to look at him.
"Can I help you buddy?" He asks.
"Bliss Is This And This Will Be Bliss." Replied the hooded man, to which the guard nodded.
"Ah yes, come right in." The guard next to him opens the shed door and light shines out from it before its closed by the guard.
"So they have a password to get in, shady bastards." Leone commented.
"I have an idea." Vergil replies.
"Hm? Go for it then."
Vergil unsheathed his blade and channeled some demonic energy into his blade causing it to emit a dark purple electric glow, he continued to channel it up before giving his sword a big long swing.
The swing let out a huge shockwave of power and suddenly, half of an entire building that was several miles away fell apart in two before collapsing completely.
Leone was in awe at the power she just witnessed from Vergil
{"Holy shit! If he's able to do something like that, I wonder what else he can do. He had to be holding back that one day with the surprise attack test."} Leone thought to herself she wasn't scared of him, just shocked at his power. As frightening as it may be, it was just another excuse for her to like him even more.
"W-What the hell was that?" The guard asked in a panic.
More guards came running.
"Minister Honest thinks we're being attacked, me and the others are going to investigate, are you going to be fine to hold down the fort for now?" asked the rushed guard.
"Yeah, me and the boys will be fine here." Replied the guard at the shed.
With that, all the other guards nearby rushed to the destroyed building leaving the last four guards on their own.
Leone smiled and made eye contact with the half-devil.
"Looks like you're full of surprises Vergil. Can't wait to see what other little tricks ya have up your sleeve." Complimented Leone.
Vergil returned her smile with a small smile of his own.
"Well, this will be a long-lasting battle, so there's plenty of time for you to see." He replied.
She giggled. "Looking forward to it, in any case, Let's waste these tools."
"Sounds good to me, let's spill some blood." He replied, to which Leone grins. On cue, the two of them silently jump down at the guards from above. Vergil unsheathed mid-air and decapitated them both in a single swing spilling their blood on the cobblestone ground. Leone just landed on the ground and grabbed the two guards and smashed their heads into each other repeatedly until their heads slumped down low and lifeless. She dropped the bodies on the ground then returned her attention to the shed.
Vergil took a key from one of the corpse's and walked over to the door.
"I found a key." He told his partner as he walked past her.
"Cool, let's do this thing." She eagerly replied.
Vergil entered the key and gave it a twist, it let out a small click and the door opened which revealed a staircase that descended down.
"This probably leads to the main floor, according to our client's report, there should be an unused upper floor that overlooks the main floor." Vergil informed Leone.
"then that's our vantage point." Replied Leone.
"Exactly, let's look around for it." Said Vergil, Leone let him take charge since she wanted to see how well his assassin's instincts were. She didn't doubt his skills one bit, she was mostly just curious to see how he did it since this wasn't his first time killing recalling what he said at the dinner table that one day about walking a 'Trail Of Blood'.
"Lead the way Verge~"
And he did just that, the two of them continued down the staircase until they finally reached the main floor.
"Man, how many stairs do ya need to put here?" Leone commented.
"Well the client did say it was underground, I just didn't think it would be this far down under." Replied the half-devil still leading the charge.
Passing several wooden doors, Vergil finally spotted an ascending staircase,
"Ugh, climbing these stairs are gonna take way too long, I'm itching to take out the target already." Leone complained.
"You're right, and we can't just charge up there with our speed, we'll make too much noise, but I know a way." Replied Vergil.
"Yeah? Well, let's do it then!" Replied and excited Leone.
Vergil nodded and took her hand leaving her dumbfounded for a moment before he teleported himself with her reappearing on top of the staircase. It lead to rafters that overlooked the entire auction.
Leone grinned.
"Damn! That's one helluva way to travel huh?"
"Quite, I've used it lots in my years, it's always handy."
"I'll say, anyway let's go get a look at these sorry bastards and find the target." Suggested Leone as the two walked across the Rafters, the two were high up but had a perfect view of the entire auction. Down below was a large group of people, most were hooded, while some were nobles and rich royalty while some were just rich bandits. Past the sea of people, there was a long table with a large assortment of refreshments.
"Well well well, look what we have here. I think we're in a sewer because I see nothing but pieces of shit down there." Leone commented.
"You said it, let's wait until we find our target and clients daughter before we kill them." Suggested the Half-Devil Assassin.
Leone sighed. "Guess we have no choice huh?"
The two looked on as the auction slowly started to begin. A shady looking man stepped onto the podium.
Behind him was a large long blanket that was covering a row of things. Leone's ears twitched at the sound, her enhanced hearing picked up small whimpers and sobbing from behind the blankets.
"Behind that blanket there, it's gotta be the girls, I can hear them.."
"Then it's safe to say, our client's daughter is no doubt behind one of those blankets, now we just need to find the target then we can move in." Vergil replied.
Back down below the man at the podium started to speak.
"Thank you everyone for coming, welcome to the Vipers den, today we're giving away some quality girls, women you can keep for as long as you want if the price is right." Said the man, after he finished, everyone in attendance applauded.
Once the applause stopped, the man pulled off all the blankets revealing women in cages, all of them were confused and had no idea what was going on. One out of all of them looked the youngest, so at that point, it wasn't hard to tell which was the lost daughter. The sickening part was, she looked to be between fourteen to sixteen so still pretty well young.
"Leone, look!" He said in a hushed tone.
"That has to be the daughter of our client, It's so obvious," He pointed out.
She nodded looking on.
"I think so too, now we need our target, once we see him, it'll finally be go time." She replied.
After some looking around, the two were able to spot their target, he was standing in the far end near the refreshment table.
Back down below, one of the girl's mind was completely lost in fear, her spirit already appeared broken, but it was easy to see that she wasn't well in her right mind. That one woman was just laying on her back in her cage silent and shaking.
"What do we do about that one boss?" Asked a henchman who pointed out the one girl in the cage.
"She's pretty well useless, I don't need her anymore, she's too far gone. Bitch has been to several buyers but they always sent her back after a week each time.
The henchman took a dagger and stabbed her in the neck killing her, she let out one final gasp before passing away immediately.
Leone and Vergil looked on, shadows hiding their eyes
"Wow, these fools are just asking to die." Vergil commented, very much unamused at the ruthless recycling of that one woman.
Once she was dead, her cage was picked up and taken off stage leaving the other three cages.
"Hey Verge…these pukes make me sick, I say we should include every low life piece of shit here as our target, what do you say?" Asked Leone. Vergil could tell she was serious, she had a strong hate for these scumbags, as did he, but Leone just hated them more.
"Fine with me, the more blood spilled here the better, the world will do much better without vile imbecile's such as these continuing to live." Replied the Half-Devil.
"Alright." The two of them straightened their posture, a shadow covering both individual's eyes.
"Let's do this…" Vergil added.
"Right behind ya.." Replied Leone. Without further ado, the two jumped down and landed on the ground below drawing everyone's attention towards them.
"We're here, to decimate every single one of you." Announced the duo in sync with each other. And they wasted no time after that, immediately after, the two assassins moved in preparing for the slaughter that was coming their way.
Vergil ran at large groups of men, they all had handguns and opened fire, but Vergil was quick to deflect it with his Yamato blade and sheath. He kept doing that as he made a dash at the ground, once near, he charged directly at them waving his blade wildly, he ran right through the large group, his blade cutting through multiple layers of flesh with elite quickness, their body chunks falling to the ground each sword sheath.
Leone just stood in the middle of them as they surrounded her. She looked around, suddenly they make a move one by one, sometimes two at a time, but Leone just evaded and countered with a strong punch or kick which would knock them around the underground warehouse like ragdolls, with her beastly strength, she jumped up, crushed three heads but slamming a single guy into two others killing the three of them before she crushed the head of another and kicked other henchmen to the walls, the impact of some kicks killed them immediately.
Vergil kicked off his heel and charged forward as enemies moved in attacking him all at once, but they would quickly be slaughtered by his blade. Four guys charged Vergil and he used his speed, teleporting above them and kicking him square in the face, due to his inhuman strength, the thug flew back several feet plowing hard into a group of five far across the warehouse, the impact eliminating all of them. More went in for a strike once Vergil's feet touched the ground, but with a shift to the left, Vergil swung his blade cutting off his upper half letting it flip overhead of Vergil and hitting the ground in a pool of blood. Several of the henchmen panicked and took out guns and began to open fire, this would fail to help them as Vergil began to spin his blade around, the twisting motion swooping up all the many bullets adding them to the spin cycle, once the shooting stopped before any of the goons could reload, Vergil laid out all the bullets he had caught in the spin and shoved them all forward with the tip of his blade sending the bullets directly at their shooters killing them.
Leone had seen Vergil's trick from where she was, she was impressed with Vergil's tactic.
{"So, he managed to catch the bullets and kill them with em. Damn, not even Akame can do that. His swordsmanship is way better than I thought. You're something else Vergil."} She thought to herself. With a grin, she returned her full focus to her last remaining enemies.
She had about seven left, but before she could make her move, her enhanced hearing picked up someone trying to escape, and it was their target, luckily she was able to pinpoint exactly where he was.
"Vergil! Tomoto is makin' a break for it! Right exit!" She informed
Vergil nodded. "Very well, thanks." With that said, he teleported right in front of the door stopping Tomoto from escaping making him jump.
"W-What the hell!?" He uttered.
"You're not going anywhere." Vergil drew his blade and gave it a horizontal swing cutting Kuwase Tomoto in the jugular vein, immediately after the blade cut his vital spot, blood spewed out from the wound and Tomoto fell to the ground.
"Y-You're gonna pay for that!" Shouted one of the remaining goons catching Vergil's attention, he just looked on unamused.
They were shaken up but still tried to charge him, Vergil just swung the blood off his blade and simply looked over at the group of six. Vergil smirked, right before the hostile six could even look away from Vergil, a swarm of blue glowing Phantom Blades began to rain down on them, the glowing blades impaling the six in many locations. When the dust cleared, there just nothing but a pile of six corpses with the blue blades lodged in them, but they quickly broke.
"Good riddance."
Leone stood in the center of her remaining seven hostiles, the surrounded her, but she wasn't worried knowing these thugs were all the same. One made the first move and went for a stab with a dagger, but Leone was already one step ahead and easily stepped to the side and grabbed hold of the thugs arm, she gripped down hard on it effectively breaking it with a loud crunch sound, with the broken-armed thug, she swung it around hitting every thug with the one she was holding, in a matter of seconds, her group was killed. With the area now clear, Leone just tossed the now lifeless corpse behind her landing on the ground with the others.
Vergil sheathed his Yamato and joined up with Leone in the middle of the warehouse.
"You found him too right?" he asked.
Leone just smiled.
"Oh yeah, dude smells pretty bad so it's not that hard." She chuckled.
Vergil and Leone walked towards the refreshments table and pulled off the table cloth revealing a frightened Masamune Gojima, the criminal who ran this now destroyed auction.
"You can't hide from us y'know? Even if you were smart and left, we still would have found ya." Leone mused.
"Stay the hell away from me!" Shouted Gojima as he pulled out a gun.
Vergil quickly unsheathed his Yamato and cut the firearm in half causing the pieces to fall to the ground.
Vergil sheathed.
"You can kill him."
"Aw, aren't you sweet." She teased, but quickly got back to it and grabbed Gojima by the neck and held him up.
"P-Please I'll give you anything you want, money, drugs, everything I own. Just please!" He pleaded, but his pathetic cries fell on deaf ears.
"Nah I'm good, but I'll tell what, I'll just take your life. Because pukes like you deserve it." The man screamed but was quickly cut off the crushing of his head in Leone's Lion palm leaving blood to spill on the floor.
"Alright, now for the women." Said Vergil making his way to the cages, Leone joined him as they freed the remaining girls including the daughter who quickly gave Leone a hug upon her freedom.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" the girl started crying and Leone returned her embrace.
"You're gonna be fine sweetie don't worry." Leone looked over at Vergil.
"Let's go find the client."
He nodded and off they went, the freed women came with them. Once at the clients home, the girl ran up into her father's arms who welcomed her warmly.
"Daddy! I thought I'd never see you again!"
"I told you I would keep you safe honey, I found a way." He looked back up at the two assassins.
"God bless you Night Raid! Leave the girls with me, I know someone who can help them.
The two nodded then took off into the night.
Once they were a far distance away, Leone depowered, her hands becoming normal and her ears and tail disappearing as well as her hair becoming short again.
"Phew! Now that was a job!" Said Leone as her and Vergil made their way up the hill that overlooked the capital.
"It was wasn't it? It felt great making a mess of that place." Replied Vergil.
"You said it! Nothin' feels better than crushing a bunch of low lives like them." Replied a cheerful Leone.
"To think, a girl as young as her was going to be auctioned, this place really is disgusting."
"That just goes to show ya, no one cares in this hellhole. But honestly, I'm not too surprised. Nothing does anymore, especially if you've been here as long as I have." Leone added.
"Well, it's easy to see that I'll most likely be seeing far worse things down the line since I'm here now." Vergil replied, he knew the capital was revolting enough, but if things like that were happening, there would no doubt be a lot more horrible things he would see in this degrading Imperial Capital.
"All the more reason to continue to work at cutting this place down bit by bit." Added the Half-Devil.
"You got that right." Replied Leone giving a smile.
Leone recalled the client getting help for the other women.
"I am glad that the client knew someone who could help, the doctor I know is out of the capital for a bit and I wasn't too sure what to do." Leone added in a more quiet tone.
Vergil looked over at her.
"Relieved now that those women are cared for? I suppose even long-time assassins can have a soft spot." Said the half-devil.
"It's only because that young girl was dragged into that, that's the only reason I care." Replied Leone, a thin layer of pink on her cheeks, looking away to try and hide her blush.
Vergil smiled.
"The reason isn't important, all that matters is those women are safe, especially the child. For the record though.."
Leone stopped and looked back at Vergil as he paused.
"I see nothing wrong with having a soft spot, especially for a child. It doesn't make you look any lesser than you are for showing concern for others…I learned that just recently."
Leone was surprised at the response given from him, but it made her smile and the thin blush returned.
She soon smirked and then grabbed him throwing herself around him smothering him into her cleavage.
"D'aaaaw you're just trying to butter me up huh? Even you can be cute mister cold-blooded assassin you-So sweet I could just eat you up~ Ooo I'd take my sweet time too~" She teased him like she often did.
"Ugghha Why must you always insist on crushing me with your ample bosom!?" Exclaimed Vergil struggling to free himself from her clinging.
Several moments after the two were up the hill and looked back at the view.
"Another job well done, we should head back if I'm helping with supper again, I need to get back first before Akame throws away the vegetables.."
Leone chuckled.
"She does that lots huh?"
"Too often." He replies.
At the moment, out of all the irony, Akame and the others had just happened to arrive at the top of the hill almost exactly after Leone and Vergil had.
Right away, Akame and Vergil looked at each other. There was a brief moment of silence before Akame broke it.
"I guess that means you guys finished.."
"Indeed we have…I take it is the same for you.."
"Mmhm.."
The two continue to stare at each other for an extended few minutes before Akame took off, with Vergil right behind her and catching up with ease.
"All Meat!" Shouted Akame.
"A Balanced Meal!" He argued back as the two stormed towards the base.
"No more veggies!"
"More veggies!" He shouted back as they both charged in HQ and ran to the kitchen still with their mission gear on.
-End Of Chapter-