Luc de'Lireon: Alright...it's been awhile since I updated this story...or any story for that matter...but I strill haven't given up on this fic. I said I would continue it...and I mean it. I told you that wouldn't stop even if I didn't get any new reviews...and I mean it. The only thing that stopped me so far was both Writers block, and procrastination. Well I'm back baby, and here's a new chapter for ya! So get ready. Luc is back in town!

Disclaimer: Don't Own DMC...nuff said.

Chapter 5

Back in the fallen beasts lair the duo took notice of a fountain in the middle of the floor, and as they approached, they heard the annoying voice of Jester, "My sincerest thanks to you lovely cute couple for destroying the lock for me!" To say this got Yvette furious...would be like saying Hurricane Katrina was just a summer breeze, in other words she was shaking in her anger all while trying to hide the blush from her face from the one man who was probably enjoying that comment. "Welcome to Hell! Please accept my gift. Don't be humble!" at this point the fountain started to fill itself with a blood red liquid. "Just take it! Afterall, we are all buddies aren't we? Ahhhhhahahahahahahahahahahhhhhh!" The fountain started overflowing, and as soon as the liquid touched the intricate statues holding the bowl in place...they came to life, rising into the sky covered in the stuff.

Seeing this, Yvette rose a surprised eyebrow, her head tilted as if to say "You can't be serious." They started to rush them, Yvette ducking out of the way covering her head, while Dante stood his ground. Soon as the creatures came close enough, he kicked his sword from his back making it zip into the air, cleaving a pathway upward into two of them, holding his hand up he catches the sword, slicing into another that dared enter his range driving it into a wall. "Well, isn't that special." came Dante's amused voice. "To be honest...I was expecting something a little better than this." He then calmly started stalking towards the ones that survived, which somehow turned out to be all of them.

Yvette couldn't help but shake her head at the idiot. "Why does he have to have arrogance so large it's proud of itself?" she thought as she took hold of her own sword. Dante already in battle with a few of the little shits, wen Yvette took notice of something quite alarming about them...swords do nothing but make them multiply their numbers. Thinking quickly she released her sword, and took hold of her revolvers instead, she took aim and fired at one right in ont of Dante.

The next thing that caught both by surprise, was that the creatures liquid covering was extinguished after being hit. Dante got the message, and was the first to come out of his surprise and begin firing on all that he could before breaking the statues with his sword. Seeing this Yvette soon joined him in the fray. Soon all creatures were silenced, "You know...I'm starting to enjoy having you around." came his approving comment. It wouldn't have bothered her if the fact that, after he said it...he threw a wink at her before he started heading for the door.

Staying just out of his sight following behind him "I swear I'm going to die from blood loss if I keep blushing everytime he makes a comment like that..." she thought "Gah...part of me wants to go back home...yet...another part keeps telling me that I want to stay with him." This thought made her go wide eyed. "No! No...you're a guy trapped in a girls body...do not...become a slave...to your emotions!" Shaking her head from the thoughts that kept plaguing her mind....she noticed that they arrived at the top of the clock tower replica that was the room they entered after defeating the three headed hellhound. "When did...you know what...nevermind, why are we up here now?"

Dante turned to acknowledge her with another smirk. "You know that item we got back there?"

"Yes...and?" being through so much so far it wouldn't surprise her if he told her that part was to masturbate with. Though apparently fate seems to hate her, cause as soon as she saw him place said item into a panel near them, she heard and felt the tower give way to something. Looking over the side she took notice two walls slide away on the stairwell, revealing an item propped against the wall. "Okay...what now mister knowledgable?" She was still irritated after Jester's couple comment that she seemed to be taking it out on anything she could.

Taking the hint, Dante said nothing and just started heading for the item in question, with Yvette reluctantly following close behind. "I swear if I ever see that Jester guy again I'll slice his dick off and replace his tongue with it, then carve my name into his cold dead corpse!" This comment stopped Dante right in his tracks his head whipping right in Yvette's direction, his expression so comical, Yvette took one look at it and started into a fit of giggles. "D-did I say that out loud?"

His response was a stammering "Remind me...never to get on your bad side." That did it for her...she broke down into howls of laughter, holding her sides, struggling to breathe. Dante just shook his head as they continued on, grabbing the item as they passed by. It looked like a trident, probably used as a decoration of some kind. Handing it to Yvette they kept their pace, searching for the puzzle that needed this key to move forward. Countless times walking into the wrong door, they finally managed to find the right room. "...Don't give me that look...I swear if you tell me that I should have asked for directions I will...ugh!" Yes folks, Yvette was giving him the stare with such intensity he could feel it boring into his back. The puzzle turned out to be in the room he did solo battle in while Yvette was thawing out. This did not go unnoticed by Yvette, and she was hellbent on letting him know it. Taking the trident, he inspected the mechanism a bit before plunging it into the three slots in which it was used for. Both of them stood there for about four seconds, when nothing seemed to be happening, Dante in his frustration decided to give it a good swift kick. This did the trick as it released itself, the cogs turning, the cage behind them beginning to raise, giving them access to another item to be used. "Oh...so that's what it does." came the mock surprise of Dante.

Rolling her eyes, Yvette took the first steps in reaching the item, with Dante following close behind. With Yvette in the lead, they both reached the next puzzle without problem, much to Dante's annoyance. "How...did you know where to go?"

"Well...unlike you, I actually stopped to read that thing over there." Came her reply as she pointed to the very inscription posted on the wall near the chasm. "Now this poses the question of...how do we both get across when one is holding this...Soul of Steel thing?" Without warning, Dante picked her up and started walking toward the edge. "Uh...uh...Dante...what the hell are you doing?!" her voice showed every bit of fear as she witnessed him, seemingly walk on air. After reaching the other side, he set her down. Collapsing to the floor clutching her heart, eyes as wide as dinner plates, all she could think to say was "Psycho!"

Flashing her his trademark smirk again, he took out the item placing it into the hole in the wall, which seemed to look like a mechanical coffin, each latch opening in rythemic succesion, before sliding into the floor revealing the hidden door behind it. "You know...out of all the stuff I've seen tonight...that was actually kind of cool." Yvette said, finally over the recent fear inducing tread across the chasm.

In the next room lay an elevator much like earlier, yet different. Wasting no time in setting it off, they rose to the top to find themselves on the outside of the tower, miles into the sky. "That...is a reeeeeeeeeally big drop." Thought Yvette as she cautiously gazed over the edge. "And knowing my luck so far...the tower is just going to be higher and higher."

"Come on. Let's not keep the host waiting!" called Dante as he made his way into the next set of doors. Sighing, she followed him into whatever hell awaited her. The room looked like countless battles were fought here, rubble and skeletons were tossed into piles in the corners, past warriors swords stuck through their remains like makeshift headstones. All those seemed to be signs telling her that another epic battle was about to ensue.

As they neared the larger door within this room, two voices rang out, "Look brother, it's been ages but we finally have company!"

"I see that."

"We must entertain our guests."

"You're right, we have to be gracious hosts." Both Dante and Yvette waited for something to happen, Dante looking annoyed, Yvette just as annoyed but not showing it.

"Brother...what should we do?" This caused Dante to start pacing back and forth, while Yvette sat down indian style holding her head up with her hand, index finger tapping away at her cheek.

"How do I know? We need to come up with something!" Sighing in frustration both took on agitated expressions

"Brother, our guests are...sighing."

"Sigh? What is...Sigh?

"Well...a sigh is when-" That was it, Dante had enough of this mindless banter and decided to put a stop to it as he interupted them with "Enough already! How long are you two going to keep carrying on like this?!"

Yvette rose to her feet, obviously sharing the same thought pattern. "I agree...I'll admit...the first five seconds of seeing my friend here find someone just as annoying as himself and having to listen to them was indeed amusing...but now it's just become too much to bear!"

"In case you didn't get the hint...I'll spell it out for you. Your guests...want to go through...got it?" Dante's last words were finished with him motioning towards the door.

Rumbling started to commence as two entities rose from their perch on top of the two statues beside said door. "Our job here is to guard this door!"

"That's right! We can not let you pass!" Both launched themselves off their statues, ready for battle. Bodies without heads, an arm with bone plating, both of them carrying a sword. To say Yvette was unprepared was an understatement. She jumped back dodging the first wave of attack. Dante Holding his own against Mr. Blue, leaving the red one for Yvette to tangle with. "Guess I'll just pretend this fucker's Dante...need to take my frustration out on something anyway!"

Blow after blow they fought, neither of them seeming to get any gain on the other. All was going well till she noticed Dante effortlessly putting Mr. Blue in his place, that's when she started to use her frustration, swinging wildly she couldn't have him show her up. She was so into her battle, she didn't notice the other two staring at her in mild shock, or the fact her opponenet was screaming for mercy, she just kept slcing and slicing until nothing was left of the guy but the sword it carried. When she finally calmed down enough to stop, she turned to see Dante staring at her in shocked fascination, which then turned into another one his smirks. Neither of them noticed when Mr. Blue took up the fallen ones sword till it roared in anger at losing his comrade. Seeing that the battle wasn't over yet, both Yvette and Dante took position beside each other. Mr. Blue decided to make the first move, which was to charge at them head on swords at the ready. Dante went one way, Yvette went the other, hoping he would blaze right on past them, sadly for Yvette that was not the case, for he gave chase in her direction. Not prepared for such an attack she backed up into the wall. She was so frightened of this hulking beast she started trying to call on anything within her to get her out of there. Much to hers and Dante's surprise, that as she was still pushing backwards to get away, she started climbing the wall itself...making the creature slam into the wall. "Whoa...whoa...whoa...what the hell did I just do...did I just become spidergirl?!" Something along those lines were running through Dante's mind as well, but now was not the time to dwell on that, they needed to kill this thing and fast. Seeing as he was the only one actually willing to come out of his shock...he leapt into action, dispatching the final foe of the battle with expert ease.

"Are you going to come down or do I have to come up there?" Once again the amused voice of Dante rang out in her ears...making her jump off the wall, landing in a roll.

Just they were both about to go through the door, the same voices rang through the room. "Wait!" This slowed them down to consider listening to them.

"Yes...wait! We have been waiting for a long time."

"Yes, a very long time!"

"For someone stronger than us."

"Someone...who can control us."

"My name is Agni."

"And my name is Rudra,, you shall take us with you!"

Both spoke up this time, "We could be a great help to you!"

Dante shared a look with Yvette before giving his judgement on the matter. "Okay...but on one condition."

Both the swords replies sounded desperate. "What is it?"

"Name it!"

It was Yvette's turn to pass judgement. "No...talking!"

Both paused before they came to their own decision. "Fair enough!"

"As you wish."

Nodding in agreement, Dente took hold of the Wind based sword, while Yvette grasped the flame embued one. They both began to practice, switching with each other to get a feel for the other, then granting both to Yvette, providing a dance of blades deal, then tossing them to Dante he decided to go for a double bladed flurry, and to end it all he tossed Yvette the falme one as she ran up the wall, pushing off to come right over head both swinging their swords powers into each other to create a mini tornado combination. As Yvette came down right beside Dante, Rudra made the mistake of uttering "Impressive." Prompting both halflings to bash both swords heads together.

"!" Came their voices in unison, causing them to glance at each other for a couple seconds before, Yvette started giggling, while Dante just smirked. Taking up their new weapons, they headed through the door, feeling quite good, yet at the same time exhausted. Sleep could only be on one of their minds at this point, when that will be, is a mystery.

Luc de'Lireon: Alright, some of you may be wondering why Yvette seems to have grown a backbone...trust me...meeting Jester will frustrate you so much, you won't care about being a demon punching bag anymore. In fact...you'll be so frustrated...you'll pretty much expect anything to happen now, if only a little.

Yvette: Yeah...bastard couldn't shut up, oh god and don't get me started on Agni and Rudra...jeez, they make Dante's comments tolerable.

Luc de'Lireon: Oh you tolerate Dante's comments even before those two showed up. ^.^

Yvette: Th-th-that's a lie! I don't like that jackass!

Luc de'Lireon: Ohhhh I don't know...it kind of looks like uhhh hehe ^.-

Yvette: LIES! LIES AND SLANDER!!!

Luc de'Lireon: Anyway...this is Luc de'Lireon saying "Good write...good night." Now how about the time he held you in his arms miss blushy pants? hehe.

Yvette: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!