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Chapter 7: - Learning to Work Together

I felt the wind whip through my hair as the truck that I was currently sat upon, cruised along the high way towards my destination or as close as possible seeing as how I would need to take to the skies to reach it. I could already see the metropolis on the horizon despite still being a flight away from the scene. I had made myself invisible to everyone just in case my enemies would try to stop me from reaching the city.

I could only hope that once I reached that city I'd be able to find Mirage and smack some sense into her before stopping the Horsemen, along with that Incubus and his pet human. My hand turned into a fist when I thought about those two monsters and what they did to my clan sister.

Suddenly sirens began to blare out, curious I stood up on top of the truck and looked ahead to see that a blockade was been made rather quickly and that soldiers were rushing about pointing guns out into the traffic that I was a part of. I could hear warnings about an unauthorized vehicle coming towards the blockade, I frowned already having an idea about who was in that vehicle and turned back to look, already seeing the vehicle – a white van – rushing up towards the blockade.

The van pulled up alongside the truck I was sat on and through the windows I could see that the boy from Fortuna and the brunette girl, along with Dante and the human woman and more than likely the blonde demoness who was probably on the other side of the woman. I looked back ahead to see that the blockade was almost compete with a metallic wall beginning to pull out of the pillars, the wall would cut me off from the metropolis unless I did something… and fast.

I looked at the ground, before taking a few steps back and jumped onto the van, I then rushed along the top and leapt off and onto the ground. I landed on my hands before pushing off and used my magic to turn myself into a cheetah and once I landed I began to race across the tarmac heading towards the closing blockade at full speed.

I jumped through the blockade just as it closed, I shifted back into my human form and spun around before whipping my sword out and using the wind to slice through the thick metal wall, just as the van hit the wall and managed to drive through unimpeded. I landed on the tarmac, turning myself visible just as the van rushed passed before squealing to a halt behind me, I didn't turn to them as the soldiers looked at me before their images began to flicker and fade revealing that they were actually demons.

These demons had the appearance of large puppets that wore many feathers with a bird-like head, they carried a pair of flaming wind-and-fire wheels. Their chests glowed with an eerie blue light, I recognised the demons as Fetish and its was a dangerous demon, given that along with slashing out with its weapons, it could emit an evil cry that will hang enemies up on demonic strings while it gouges them. It could wrap itself around them, pecking at their skulls with its beak and being able to suddenly burst forth a great gout of flame, that particular attack would make it extremely difficult to get close to the Fetish.

The demons charged at me and attempted to slash at me with their wheels, I jumped backwards and threw one of my daggers at one of the demons impaling its' head and killing it instantly. I heard the tires squeal again as the van took off, the demons then emitted the cry, I covered my ears and attempted to use my magic to protect myself from the strings but a few managed to seize a hold of me and kept me in place, the Fetish charged over to me but before the attack hit, gunshots went off.

I managed to twist my head around to see Dante standing only a short distance behind me, I telekinetically used my daggers to slice the strings apart freeing myself. I then threw my daggers at some of the demons, most of them blocked the blades but three were impaled killing them off as well.

Dante had unleashed a hail of bullets at some of the demons before he engaged them with his sword. I wondered why he had stayed behind whilst his allies had gone on ahead, especially since I had threatened his life the last time we met.

I withdrew my sword and charged at one of the remaining demons, as I got close it unleashed the flame attack. I ducked underneath the attack whilst also making the flames slightly curve away from me with my magic, once the attack dissipated, I reassumed my assault and jumped up before cutting its' head clean off.

I landed on the ground and immediately rolled out of the way of another demon's attack, its' weapon became stuck in the concrete making it a prime target for Dante's bullets to rip it to shreds. I used the wind to rip through about five of the remaining demons before Dante finished off the rest of them with his weapons.

"Nice to see you again babe," Dante stated. I rolled my eyes before looking around and I saw that my suspicions were true, Dante's allies had indeed left him behind. "I told them to go on ahead," Dante explained having seen my questioning gaze.

"It's more than likely that whoever wants to keep us out of Daemon Capitala will form another blockade, one at the airport and another closer to the city. We'll never be able to catch up in time to your allies to help them get through," I commented as I placed my sword back on my back. Dante huffed and looked about before rushing over to something, I looked over only to see that he was looking over an intact motorbike.

"This could work. Hop on babe," Dante called out as he climbed on. I walked over looking at him and the machine suspiciously and I didn't get on the bike. "Come on babe," Dante called.

"There's no key, so how do you propose you start it?" I questioned. Dante looked like he was trying to explain it but he didn't give me an answer, I sighed before climbing on and reached around to place my hand on the console as I charged the machine with magic energy causing it to rumble to life. "It should work now," I stated as I pulled back.

Dante grinned before revving the engine and it shot off like a bullet, due to the force I had to wrap my arms around Dante so as to prevent myself from falling off and more than likely suffer serious damage. I hear shrieks echo from around us, I turned my head and saw demons coming after us, I couldn't identify them due to the speed we were going at.

I stretched out my hand and launched mana bolts at them, they impacted into the creatures killing them instantly, I felt the bike twist and weave through the cars that were still moving. I managed to glance over Dante's shoulder and saw that we were catching up to the van his allies were in, however I also saw that the bridge in front was beginning to crack and I saw that a light was seeping through the crack but this light was strange it was almost as if it was dark and corrupted.

Fear shot through me as I realised what that light truly was, the bike coasted up alongside the van and I threw myself up onto the roof and punch through the glass that was on the top, causing splinters to break the skin on my knuckles allowing blood to run down my fingers, I stuck my head in and saw the boy from Fortuna with his gun pointed at me and the other girl behind him, the blonde demon also had her guns pointed at me, whilst the black haired woman was concentrating on driving.

"Take my advice and get off the road, unless you want to end up as a pile of ash," I snapped at them. I then pulled my head out and jumped back onto the bike, the black haired woman looked at Dante through the window and he nodded at her before the woman swiftly pulled the wheel allowing them to speed off and away from danger.

"What's up ahead that's got you so jumpy babe?" Dante asked as we continued to approach the cracking bridge. The light was glowing stronger now and I could see that it was Corrupted Light, something that could only be produced by one demon.

"That light is Corrupted Light and it can turn anything organic that it touches into ash, only demons and witches have immunity but even that is limited. We have to destroy that thing in 10 minutes or we'll be turned into ash," I explained. Dante nodded and revved the engine sending us hurtling towards the dark energy.

We went over the edge and the vehicle plummeted down before harshly crashing against the concrete floor, causing my body to vibrate slightly from the shock. I quickly climbed off the motorbike and faced the creature, it was a mass of twisting and writhing, pointed tentacles and behind the limbs I could see the source of the Corrupted Light, the eye of the demon called Banal.

"10 minutes or we're dead. Now this is a party," Dante cheered. I looked at the man disbelieving that he was excited about this but then again Sparda was unique it would only make sense for his son to be strange as well. Dante fired his guns but the tentacles whipped about easily blocking the tiny metallic projectiles.

The tentacles them turned their attention towards us and dove down to our position, I whipped sword out and managed to slice the tentacle that had been aiming for my heart before it could reach me. More light began to spill out and I could already feel its' evil eating away at my body and soul, I glanced over to see that Dante was feeling the same effects as I was and he was flickering between his normal form and his Devil Trigger form, clearly his demonic blood's effort to protect him.

"We're going to have to get in close if we want to stop it," I called out to Dante. He looked over and nodded, when suddenly a splitting pain arced through my skull, making it feel as if someone was attempting to pry it apart.

'Far too long it has been girl. Since you last destroy me but you do not have that luxury this time around.' Banal's voice echoed inside of my head as I gritted my teeth together both in pain and annoyance. Suddenly gun fire broken the link Banal had established and I saw Dante stood up, pain still etched into his body but he could still stand.

"Come on babe let's finish this guy," Dante said. I nodded and stood up, the tentacles rushed at us again but Dante cut through them with his sword which froze them for a short time. I used this opportunity to rush forward as I dodged the tentacles that attacked me, Dante managed to pin one of the tentacles to the ground using his sword.

More tentacles swarmed at us but I summoned forth ice daggers and attacked some of the tentacles whilst Dante used his guns to hold off the rest of the limbs, a wave of Corrupted Light flooded towards us but I managed to erect a barrier in time to protect us although I could still feel my skin burning. Once the light stopped I dropped my barrier and Dante made sure that his sword still held the tentacle.

Thanks to this action it managed to allow me to jump on to the pinned tentacle and I used it as a bridge to reach the centre where Banal's eye rested. I remembered back to when I had first defeat Banal, it had been an accidental victory but it taught me a valuable lesson. The Coven Head, our leader, had taken me aside and warned me that Banal would come back for revenge and gave me something to use against him and only him.

I pulled out a necklace that held a small crystal vial from under my shirt and opened it, I poured the contents on to the blade of my sword allowing it to be swallowed by Sacred Darkness, this was Corrupted Light's direct opposite element, I put the vial away and threw myself off of the tentacle just as I reached the end.

I fell towards the accursed demon my sword glinting in the poisonous light, I struck out once I reach the demon, my sword penetrating into its' eye as light burst forth sending me catapulting backwards, I tumbled across the ground my body smoking from the overexposure to the Corrupted Light, I felt a strong arm wrap around me as it lifted me up.

"Nice work Wiccan," I vaguely heard Dante said. His words were accompanied by the dying shrieks of Banal. However the relief was short-lived as the ground beneath us began to crack and before either myself or Dante could do anything we fell into the dark oblivion.

*Devil May Cry*

Pain arched through my body as my mind drifted back into consciousness, twisted my head trying to see where I was but I couldn't see a thing in the darkness that surrounded me, I moved one of my hands so that I could summon a light orb, allowing me a better look at my surroundings. I was surrounded by crumbled rocks, which prevented any natural light from reaching in, I could see one of the limp tentacles of Banal that had been crushed by the falling rock, but no sign of Dante.

I looked down and saw that during the fall I had landed on top of Dante, in surprise I quickly climbed off of him, before kneeling down to check his pulse. Relief washed over me when I realised he was still alive and I proceeded to shake him a wake, he groaned and shook his head as he returned to the land of the waking.

"What the – Where are we?" Dante asked as he sat up. I leaned back and began to use my magic to scan him for any injuries that his demonic blood hadn't already healed, I detected a gash on his arm that was infected with Corrupted Light, so I looked at it and saw the poisonous light glowing dimply within the wound so I picked up my sword, which was still coated Sacred Dark, and held it above the wound.

A drop of the dark essence dropped from the blade and landed in the wound, I heard Dante grit his teeth from the burst of pain he will have felt from the two opposites impacting each other, I watched as the Sacred Darkness purified the Corrupted Light and the wound was immediately healed.

"Well that's one less thing to worry about," I stated as I stood up. The darkness left my blade and re-joined the shadows around us, I place my weapon on my back and looked around as Dante remained in his place unmoving for some strange reason, I located Dante's weapons and threw them at the half-demon but found no way out.

"Why'd you help me babe? Thought you wanted me dead?" Dante sarcastically asked as he walked over to me. I remained silent as I was trying to sense a way out but it seemed that Dante didn't like that and so he grabbed a hold of my shoulder and spun me around before effectively pinning me to the boulder behind me by making a cage with his arms.

"You know something babe, you're starting to tick me off and that doesn't happen a lot-," Dante began to rant but I swiftly covered his mouth to stop him from saying any more.

"There is limited air and I'm trying to find a way out. Let me do that and then we'll talk," I informed the white-haired man. His eyes widened and he backed off allowing me to find a way out of the cavern we were in by clearing the rocks aside to reveal a hidden tunnel which allowed more air to flow, I started into the tunnel, using the orb of light to show the way, with Dante quickly following after me.

"I don't want you dead. I take my job of protecting those ignorant humans seriously, the masses don't realise how much danger they're constantly in and it is my people's job to keep it that way. As for helping you, I did it because, and I loathe admit this, but I might actually need your help," I answered his questions and had to refrain myself from mumbling the last bit because I really didn't want to say it.

"You need my help? Are you joking, because you have been aggressive towards since day one babe," Dante taunted. I grinded my teeth against each other, this was exactly why I didn't want to tell him because I knew he would taunt me about it so I whipped around to face him and pinned him with a glare which effectively froze him in his tracks.

"The most dangerous demon known to exist may very well be resurrected because a human desires power, enough to sell his soul to a demon. Apocalypse isn't something I want to mess around with, he could and probably will end this entire world the minute he wakes up so yes I need your help because I can't stop him on my own!" I ranted. My chest was heaving as I took air into my lungs at a heavy pace, I turned around and began to continue on when I felt a hand touch my shoulder.

"Look I'm sorry babe but you made it seem like you didn't need or want any help," Dante calm stated. I allowed myself to relax, letting the days' tension flow out of my body, I didn't know what it was but something about this man made me feel safe and at peace not matter where we were or what was happening. "By the way if you aren't human and you aren't a demon, what are you?" Dante asked as curiosity covered his features, I allowed myself a small smile at this.

"I'm a witch," I answered.

"Aren't witches meant to be hideous old hags?" Dante questioned. I sighed annoyed at that old lie deciding to rear its' head I had honestly though that Dante would be one of the few who didn't believe something like that.

"That's a lie told by the humans that almost destroyed us in an attempt to convince other humans that we were servants of the demons," I responded. Silence fell over the two of us as we continued our trek to get out of the cavernous system, I could feel that we had moved away from the highway and were currently heading towards a location with nature and human life radiating from it.

"If we're gonna work together we should share our information," Dante suggested, breaking the silence. He was right it would benefit the two of us in the long run so I nodded to show him that I agreed with the idea.

"You go first seeing as I already shared my information with you against Famine," I told the half-demon. I heard him chuckle from behind me and then he widened his walking gait so that he was right alongside of me.

"Well according to what the others told me, someone has been going around killing humans and collecting their blood seeing as despite the vicious wounds there wasn't any blood at the death sites. Trish found out that on the day we fought four monuments at different points across the world had been cracked right down the middle," Dante explained. I thinned my lips at this knowledge it was defiantly worrying but it also explained somethings to me.

"It is possible that the dead humans all had one of four things in common. They were either sick, starving, involving in some form of conflict or about to die, these four aspects are a connection to one of the Four Horsemen, Pestilence, Famine, War and Death. The collected human blood just have been used to free them," I theorised using the knowledge that Seamus had collected about the victims.

"What I can tell you for sure is that an Incubus by the name of Nile and a human Contract by the name of Malcolm are working together to free the Horsemen so that they can awaken Apocalypse from his eternal slumber," I informed Dante. However he looked confused about something so I decided to wait for him to speak before continuing.

"What's a Contract and who was the silver-haired chick you were fighting?" Dante asked. It only made sense for him to be confused considering that I was using witch terminology along with the fact he had seen me and Mirage fight.

"A Contract is what witches call a human who decide to sell their soul to a demon for power. That woman saw me fighting is my clan sister, her name is Mirage and she's being manipulated by that damned Incubus," I hissed out the last part and the light in my hand began to shine brighter than before. I brought the orb under control as I clamed myself down, knowing that letting my emotions get the best of me wouldn't help.

"How is she being manipulated, because if what you're saying is true I'll help you save her," Dante spoke up. I snapped my head to look at the man and I saw that he was completely serious, neither his voice or face held any signs of joking about what he had said, I allowed another smile to rest on my face.

"A broken heart. Witches only fall in love with one person no matter what life they live, Mirage found hers and he betrayed her it also didn't help that another tragedy soon followed that one. Nile is manipulating her emotions but if she can be reminded of what real love is, she might break out of his control," I answered a sad tone became deeply engraved into my voice.

"So we've got a damsel in distress," Dante joked. That only ruined the moment that we had just shared as I immediately punched him and since he wasn't expecting it, he staggered back and looked at me in surprise after regaining his balance. I didn't say anything and only quickened my pace as we had reached the location I had sensed and could clearly feel the mana of Dante's allies.

I extended my magic into the roof of the tunnel we were in and began to push open an exit, once enough sunlight began to spill inside I then raised the ground we were stood on out of the tunnel and into fresh air, however we were greeted with quite the sight.