Luc de'Lireon:WOO! finally got out of my writers block, well as you could see last chapter was a real doozy with Yvette taking a hit to the leg and getting knocked out. Let's see what happends next shall we?
Disclaimer: Don't own Devil May Cry...we get it.
Chapter 4
Upon entering the room, Dante took notice how much the inside resembled a clock tower of demonic proportions. There were statues adorning the place, figures of skeletal angels carved into the stone. Stairs rose up the tower with leveled floors at the top of the upward slant. A fire blocking a door to the left, giving Dante the idea of leaving Yvette near the ever-burning flame, to thaw out her leg as she slept. He smirked "That was some nice shootin' back there." He then headed towards the opposite door, letting her rest.
Minutes passed before she came to, shaking her head trying to quell the headache brought upon her by the beast. Her eyes went wide; she scooted back against the pillar looking frantically around before relaxing, realizing she was in a different room. Glancing at her leg she saw it was nearly thawed out. "Damn demon…can't believe I let my guard down." She mused, "Where's Dante?" Came her question as she looked around in search of the bane of her existence. Seeing that he was nowhere in sight, she became a little disappointed, yet didn't know why. "What's wrong with me lately? There's times I can't stand that bastard, yet I can't get him out of my head!"
As if on cue a voice called from above "You know…if your leg is completely thawed, I'll wait for you to join me." Effectively making her jump out of her skin. The blush on her face could make a tomato jealous. "H-how much have you heard?" Came the stutter of her voice, dreading the answer all the more.
"Oh…I came in about around the time you said, Damn demon." The smirk just dripping off his voice. "So, you coming or what?"
Standing up from her spot, she tested her leg to see if she was fine. Finding that she could walk without problems, she ran to the door to escape his smug face, if only to compose herself from the embarrassment that just happened. As she made her way through each room, should took notice of all the dust, and destroyed remains of past demons, probably Dante's work. The last room was sort of a puzzle, it led nowhere yet there was another of those strange pirate-like wheels on the wall, she went through the motion of striking it with her sword. Behind her she heard a noise resembling machinery suddenly coming to life. The floor in the middle began to rise, prompting her to jump for it. "Man…glad I caught that in time." She thought, relief ever present on her face.
As the platform rose to the next level, she found the room resembled the inner workings of a clock, like Big Ben, only much larger, piles of dust from the reapers lay strewn across the floor, a result of Dante she guessed. Upon walking through the door, she saw Dante impatiently waiting. "You know…you could have just walked up along the stairs."
Blinking a couple times, she scanned the area, and realized he was right. "Uh…oh…yeah, but then I wouldn't have been able to admire your work of those fowl beasts." Came her response, hoping he'd buy it.
"Heh…Well, I do have skills I'll admit." That irritating smirk still planted on his face, but she was relieved that he wasn't commenting on the earlier conversation. Wasting no more time they headed off upward to another door. The room, was dark, across from the entrance was a slab, in a language she couldn't understand. A much bigger door to their right was locked due to a spell of some sort. To their left, a suspended staircase could be seen, leading to what looked like a coffin-like mechanism. Noticing Dante was heading that way, she ran to catch up only to feel the stairs start to give way. "Dante!" came her scream as they fell downward into the abyss.
Dante being the ever-agile one, took hold of Yvette bridal style before the sudden stop, effectively halting her from smashing against the floor. She was still hanging on for dear life when Dante's voice caught her attention. "We've got to stop meeting like this hehe."
Taking in the fact she was still being held bridal style with her arms around his neck, she had the decency to have eyes as wide as dinner plates, and a blush much deeper than before. Jumping from her position instantly, she fought hard to get rid of the blush, as she glared menacingly at his cocky face. Before she could come up with a couple choice words, she noticed movement behind him. Reaching for her sword she was about to lunge when a bullet ran past her head by mere inches freezing her on the spot. The sound of a demons screech and demise could be heard behind her. Glancing backwards, she took note that the demon in question was close enough to get a hit off her if it was given the chance. "What…no thank you?" She didn't care as her anger grew, she lunged toward Dante sword drawn, effectively catching him off guard, he actually flinched closing his eyes waiting for the blow to come, but only heard a similar demons demise behind him. Opening his eyes he noticed her sword mere centimeters from his right cheek. As he looked at her face, he noticed she had a smirk akin to his on her face, which was growing into a full-blown smile. All he could think to say was, "Shut…up." More scythe wielding demons were surrounding them at this point, not wasting anymore time, they both set to work cleaning house. As the last demon fell, a glow of some kind came into view in the middle of the room. Yvette being as curious as she was when she wasn't in this strange world, got closer to it, putting her hand through it to see if it was safe. She felt someone push her into it, stumbling out back where they started when they entered the door, she wondered what just happened before Dante materialized in front of her face, making her jump backwards in surprise. "You…are such an asshole." She said trying to slow her heart to a normal beat.
As Dante took on a serious look, she began to feel a little intimidated, as he walked towards her, grasping her by the shoulders, and looking into her eyes. She was transfixed looking into his icy blue orbs, but what he said next ruined the moment completely. "Nice work back there…you're the only one to ever make me flinch like that." His face taking on that smirk, oh how she hated that smirk sometimes.
Letting go of her, he headed for the bigger doors behind them. "Look I tried those doors and they are-" she never completed that sentence as he pushed the door open as if it were never locked, "…oh…ok never mind then." Upon entering the room, they noticed it was huge, you'd think the tower wouldn't be this big; it's just illogical, yet here they were in a bigger room than the three-headed dogs. Yvette looked over the chasm and found they weren't that far up, just a big drop that would normally cripple a human. The next sound that was heard froze her blood and chilled her to the core. The most loudest and creepiest screech she's heard all day, came from around the curved corner, and by the sound of it, it was huge. What came around the corner was a centipede-like creature that was hovering towards them, the mouth was like a flytrap with 6 eyes, and yes…it was huge. As she backed up against the wall next to the door, she noticed Dante stalking toward it. "You've got to be kidding me! Does he get some sort of chub out of this kind of danger?!" she thought, as she stared at his retreating form. "No no no, I told myself I would be strong! I've got to help him." With that thought in mind, she steeled herself, and joined Dante in the fight, hoping she wouldn't be eaten. As she launched herself over the ledge, landing on the beast's back, she drew her sword, and began to slice at the flesh, the screeches almost deafening. Dante on the floor below the beast was doing a similar attack on its stomach. The creature then started to twist its body, knocking Yvette from her perch; soon electrical pulses could be seen growing from the segments of the beast. "Oh this isn't good." She muttered, as the pulses shot forth toward her and Dante. Raising her sword above her head, she then brought it downward striking the electrical charge sent in her direction but soon after she was hit by another one, shocking her a bit before sending her flying backward into the wall. Dante on the other hand was having no trouble with the attack, dodging effortlessly as he went for the killing blow.
Yvette was slumped down on her knee trying to shake off the effects of the blast. She regained her vision in time to see Dante plunge his sword through the creature's skull, dropping it like it was nothing. She relaxed as the battle was over. Putting away their swords, they headed to the end of the room, entering the door that seemed to open like what you see in star trek episodes. The door slammed shut behind them, startling Yvette for a second. This room was darker than the abyss they fell into; the only visible object was this weird looking circular contraption. Dante being the all-knowing entity so far, took said object and proceeded back the way they came. Yvette was following close behind, and stood next to him as he pushed on the door, yet it wouldn't budge.
He pushed harder, yet still no luck, when he turned around as if to give up, Yvette jumped away as he started to dash towards the offending obstacle to do a quick spin then kick the door. He waited for a split second before he turned around annoyance written all over his face, he backed way drawing both Ebony and Ivory, and pointed them at the door. Before he could fire, a nasally, yet mischievous voice resonated around the room. "Yoo-hoo! There's no need to use violence, devil boy."
What looked like a jester of some sort just zipped right next to Dante, who in turn just twirled his pistols and took aim at the door once more, eliciting this newcomer to respond with, "Oh wait wait wait wait wait. Better listen to what others have to say, lad." The jester, then walked toward the door, "This tower here is very sturdy." Tapping the door with his scepter, "You see?" He then took on a thinking pose, "Your tricks will do no good, NO GOOD!" his face now in front of Dante's before Dante shoved Ebony into the guys face, bending his nose downward, "Zip it! Or I'll pierce that big nose."
In the situation Yvette was snickering at how this guys face looked. "That could be a problem." He then zipped past his gun and got in his face again, "Just hear me out. You got nothing to lose, right?" He kept changing his position each sentence he had, yet he introduced himself with a bow, "My name is Jester, -" he didn't get to finish as Yvette burst out laughing, causing this Jester fellow to look at her questioningly. As she calmed down to a small fit of giggles, she managed to say, "You got to be kidding me…that's the most basic name ever oh my god…that's just not very creative at all." Even Dante started to laugh at the situation, realizing she was absolutely right. Jester was getting annoyed big time, yet the way he was staring at Yvette; he seemed to be slightly afraid of what she holds within. He hoped that whatever was asleep within her was never awakened. "Look, I'm trying to tell you something here, could you two, oh I don't know…FOCUS!?" This made them both stop but only to a little snicker here and there. "Now as I was saying…before I was so rudely interrupted…I know a thing or two about this place. That thing there, is a power generator for this entire sector. In order to open the door, you need to apply a little something to it first." He turned to Dante "Do you know what that is, kid? Or is that too difficult for you? Ahahahahahaha –" Dante getting really annoyed by the laugher started shooting at Jester's feet, making him dance up a storm.
"Get to the point, or do you want to keep on dancing?"
As he paused in his shooting, Jester acted as if his scepter was a fan, before addressing Dante with another bow. "Actually, I prefer a sword to my partner. May I have this dance, my lady?"
This got Dante irritated as he swung his sword downward missing Jester yet striking the pedestal beside the door, which somehow opened it. To say they were both surprised was just the icing of the cake. Jester behind them on the ceiling no less, shouted towards them, "BINGO! That is what the SOMETHING is. Remember that kid. Write it down on your hand if you don't trust your head. Ahahahahaha –" Now it was Yvette's turn to shoot at Jester, just as annoyed with his laughter as Dante was. As Dante watched her shoot, he couldn't help but think, "Damnit, I wanted to do that." As she put away her revolver, she exited muttering, "I see, thanks. You still piss us off though." Making Dante see her in a whole new light as he followed her out the door. "Heh…there may be hope for you yet." Came his final thoughts of what transpired.
Luc de'Lireon: Weeeeeeeeeell let's look see, Yvette is coming along quite nicely when it comes to fighting, though ever slowly it is. Could there also be a little attraction going on? Let's hope so :P
Yvette: Please tell me i'm not gonna fall for that jackass...
Luc de'Lireon: Oh...you'll find out later on...wouldn't want to give away anything before they have a chance to read it, now would we? hehe...
Yvette: You're very cruel ;;
Luc de'Lireon: Aren't i though? Muahahahahahahaha cough cough ahahahahahh...ANYWAY this is Luc de'Lireon saying "Good write...good night!"