Chapter 5: Castlevania
Disclaimer: The author known as Shenlong7 owns nothing of Devil May Cry.
The scraping against the castle walls was like a nail on a chalk board amplified by a big ass stereo, the kind of sound that drove Nicholas up the fucking walls. He was all ready to blow whatever it was apart, but he when he ran to where it was the sound faded away along with the presence of the creature. With a shrug, Nicholas walked back to where the group was, not noticing the creature that was slowly forming from the solid concrete with its scythe pointed out at him, and he never noticed it up until Dante fired two shots that whizzed right past his head into the creature behind him. The young devil spun around to see the withering creature falling back into the wall and then turned back to Dante, as more creatures spawned themselves from the stone. Each one never stood a chance as the son of Sparda jumped up in the air and used one of the Nicholas's puppets as a platform to make another jump while firing at them with Ebony and Ivory. Knives was running around while flinging a few of his knives at the devils and jumped onto the head of one, kicking it down at the same time. Lady was more stationary with her approach, choosing to stand and shoot at anything that came near her with her submachine gun and pistol.
"There doesn't seem to be an end to these things," cursed Knives as he started to stand by his brother who was using his puppet to move around from devil to devil while firing an assault rifle.
"They are merely just here to make us waste our time or they would have created something more," said Nicholas as he walked forward through the hallway, shooting anything that looked devil. "These are very low level devils and are more of something a cult would summon to set up defenses, not a massive operation of demons."
"That explains why I'm barely keeping my eyes open," said Dante as he walked on, not bothering any more since there was really nothing that could do him harm. "Is there a way to skip this and get to something better?"
"If I'm correct then these demons are being summoned by some object that creates a portal to the demon world," said Nicholas as he looked around the room while moving his hand around to move his puppet around to create a killing barrier. "We just need to find where it is and destroy it before we proceed on or else will be having these pests here for the whole time."
"Would that be it," asked Dante as he shot a small red diamond thing that was floating in the air. "That just gives off the whole 'this thing opens up a portal to the devil world' vibe."
There was a cry that rang out through the castle walls and the devils all vanished into thin air with a mist being left on the floors of the castle. Dante continued his matador walk through the castle as if he was asking the devils to come out and charge him all at the same time, which he probably was since he was very egotistic sometimes. He just had that walk, that walk that says "my shit doesn't stink." It was annoying to someone like Lady, who hated the fact that he had to be so cocky and have so much power and skill. Most of the time when she was with a hunter who acted like that, she wound up having to save his ass from the devil, but with Dante it was different, he wound up taking the situation on himself.
"There might be something bigger a bit more than what we last fought so continuing such a task would be very hazardous," commented Nicholas as he looked at Dante with the usual emotionless expression.
"It would be a waste of your energy to try and talk sense to him," said Lady as she hoisted her large gun on her back and followed the half-devil. "He's not one to listen to such things or to care about the defending himself unless it is necessary for him to do."
"How has he stayed alive for so long," asked Nicholas as he was picking the scythe out of his puppet.
"He has the luck and the blood to live," replied Lady as she walked down.
A gunshot sounded without the sight of the son of Sparda dressed in red and standing right in front of the group with his smoking guns out. He was a mirage, an afterthought, a shadow that disappeared in the sun light creeping through the cracks of the woodwork, and now they had another mystery on their hands. Something of a gun fight sounded throughout the castle halls as if Dante had been able to get farther away, but the sound also sounded out very close to them. They quickly rushed out towards where they believed the sound was coming from and they immediately found themselves in a new surrounding that seemed to grow along the walls as the white stone became a darker rock that stood out like a jagged edge. The flour began to accumulate moisture and was close to becoming mud as a water seemed to form around them. The sound of the gun fighting got closure with each shot being able to be distinguished instead of sounding like a long single shot that blurred together.
"That diamond must have caused a warp portal when it was destroyed," said Nicholas as he started to drag his puppet along with him and picked up a blade that was lodged in the stone. "He's been here, but this thing seems to be vast moving despite being a very large demon with nothing else."
"I think you can skip that bit of tracking information," said Lady as she pointed her large gun at a larger demon that was white with scales and a black circle surrounding its eyes. It was holding onto the walls of the castle with its giant claws. "Is that the thing?"
"Not the one I was fighting but a bit close to it," said Dant as he walked up behind the group with his sword being held over his shoulder with his right hand and Ebony in his left hand, aimed and pointing at the devil. "There must be some other devils around him of the same type."
"Great, why get one devil when you could get two or a thousand," said Lady with a hint of annoyance in her voice and she turned to the other two men. "This castle is probably bigger so I guess we should split up into two groups."
"Okay, my brother and I will be going in whichever direction you aren't going," said Knives as he started to kick one of the devils off of the wall. "I guess Dante chose for you."
"What," asked Lady as she looked back and saw Dante charging in one direction with his sword pointed out and his gun in front firing with Ebony. She growled as she started to chase after him and found herself jumping over one of the diving devils. "God damn idiot has to do everything, doesn't he?"
"You planning to follow me, my Lady," asked Dante as he looked over his shoulder back at her.
"I will blow your head off if you talk again!"
"Are you angry," asked Dante in his mocking tone and he moved his head back to dodge the bullet that came from Lady's gun. "My, it must be that time of the month for you, but don't worry. There are plenty of punching bags for you."
He wasn't just blowing smoke out of his ass either because as soon as he said that three devils popped out of the ground to attack Dante. He had sensed them before they had even made a move and was able to now where they were coming from so that when they did attack, he just jumped right through his attacks and shot two of them in the gut while spinning in the air to plant his feet into the chest of the other demon, knocking it back. Lady fired into the head of demon right next to her and jerked her gun to the side to cut at the other one that tried to catch her at close quarters, cutting its leg off before bringing it down on its head to split it in half. As she brought herself to ease she felt something moving right through her hair and she turned to see Dante pointing a gun at her and she turned to her right to see a devil she hadn't noticed before.
"You really have to be more careful about that or else you're going to get hurt," said Dante as he stepped on the head of a twitching devil, crushing its skull under his boot with a sickening sound that was between a crack and a squish. "I wouldn't want you to be a pretty corpse."
"You're kindness is as much accepted as that comment," said Lady as she reloaded her weapon and started to walk towards an entrance leading up. "Maybe next time you'll know not to show off unless you want me to have a pretty hole in the side of my head."
"It would make us even for once," said Dante as he walked on with Lady and noticed that she had some look in her eye that was a bit pissed and hurt. "The first time we ever met you gave me a hole right between the eyes."
"That was before you left me to face all of those demons while you ran on to be even more of an asshole," retorted Lady as she placed her large gun onto her shoulder strap and shot her other gun at one of the crawling spiders. "Spiders, I hate spiders."
"Could be worse, it could be a giant spider with the tale of a scorpion," said Dante as he looked at the spider. "I once went up against something like that."
"Thank you for sharing your life stories, but I'm not the type who's interested in those stories."
"Well sorry, I guess you must have child scarring from the stories that your father told," said Dante before he realized what he said and turned back towards her. "Look I didn't mean to say that, I'm sorry."
"Why did I even include you into this," asked Lady as she sighed with her hand to her head and she then felt a rush of sin through her body that originated from the end of the hallway. "Oh yes that's why, I needed you to clear the way."
"You know, this is why you need a man in your life," said Dante as he picked up his sword and started walking down the hall in his arrogant stride. "To help you do things that you aren't strong enough to do yourself."
"Yes, but unfortunately for you I need a human," said Lady whitely. "Just get this done so we can go on instead of taking all day."
"Why rush, it's coming towards us anyway," said Dante as he stood waiting for something to appear and Lady could feel a rush of something coming towards her and Dante, but when it got close enough for it to be seen, the feeling faded and whatever caused it remained to be invisible. "Looks like you were wrong for once."
"You'd think that," said Dante as a large devil with a head that looked like a horned skill popped out of the window. "But I'm always right."