Disclaimer, I don't own Devil may Cry of Final Fantasy 7 sorry…
Vergil fell back several steps; he was shocked that a mere human being could have gotten past his guard that fast. But he had been distracted with Dante that was how he passed it off. Soon his throat had healed back up and he was able to get a good look at the new person. Dante had gotten back up and stood defensively in front of the black haired man, the man seemed to be stunned that Dante was still alive and kicking. "Screw this, I've got people to kill and places to burn!" Vergil muttered and jumped; he got to a roof top and took off due to the fact that he did have a job to do now after all.
Dante leaned against a wall and studied Zack's face. "Surprised to see me still alive?" He asked, but Zack shook his head.
"I'm a first class SOLIDER, we to are given the ability to heal quickly." Zack stated.
"But you where killed before?" Dante asked.
"I was shot twice. Once in the heart, the other right in the forehead." Zack explained.
"Like this?" Trish asked and shot Dante once in the heart once in the head. Dante stumbled back. Zack stared in horror as blood crept from the wounds.
"DAMN IT TRISH ISN'T MY OUTFIT WRECKED ENOUGH?" Roared Dante, as he pulled off his jacket and stood there in just his pants, then he then slung the jacket over his shoulder.
"Well, I don't know, is it?" Trish asked rolling her eyes.
Dante growled and pointed at her. "You have a death wish my friend, and remember, you can't kill me but I sure as hell can kill you!"
Trish rolled her eyes again and then pointed to Zack who was staring at them. "I told you he wasn't human." Trish stated.
"Shut it Trish, I think he guessed me being a cross between human and devil when I Devil triggered on that bastard that just ran off." He said in a bored voice. "Anyone else hungry?" He then asked.
"I am, I haven't eaten for a long time." Zack said with a grin. Dante might not be pure human but he acted like one.
"Wow, you are nicer than Lady." Dante said as he looked around, "She shot me more than twice before she got the point and then said Demons don't have feelings or understand family." Dante was out of luck and glanced at Zack. "You got any pizza places over here?"
Zack nodded and pulled out a wallet. "Man, this money must be out of date, but yah, there is one right down the street and since I never managed to get you that drink I promised I'm buying dinner." For it was getting dark and Zack knew one thing, they wanted to get out of the streets soon. "Maybe we can rent a room at that one bar."
"And maybe I'll feed you to the sharks." Dante replied. "Remember you nearly got shot in that bar."
"It was early and Cloud wasn't fully awake." Zack believed what he said. "He'll remember me soon enough."
"Coming Trish?" Dante asked over his shoulder.
Trish shook her head. "I'll find you guys tomorrow; I want to find out what this world is like." With that Trish disappeared.
Dante shook his head. "That woman confuses me." He stated bluntly.
"Don't all women?" Zack asked with an evil smile.
"I have bad luck with them so what?" Dante replied.
Zack stopped outside of what should have been the pizza place and swore as he found that now it was the same bar that they had been in earlier.
Two people detatched themselves from the shadows and moved behind them.
Dante heard only one of them so he quietly pulled out his gun and waited. A knife gleamed against Zack's throat and Dante saw the danger at medially. He was unable to act though when a gun barrel touched the back of his neck.
One of the two people opened the door and a gruff voice growled into Dante's ear. "Inside!"
Dante shrugged and walked in first. He glanced around at the interior of the bar and snorted softly. Two women sat at a booth playing a game of cards. They looked up at the four people as they crowded inside. Three more men where playing poker at another booth and right by another door leading into the back there sat a large red dog like creature and a robotic cat. One of the men, one with a beard and a blue outfit stood up and took Dante's gun from his hand.
"That's not for you!" Dante snapped as the gun was taken away.
The second man, he had goggles and blonde short hair just glanced at them and rolled his eyes. The third man he must have been Cloud stood up and glared at the two prisoners.
"Why are you impersonating a SOLDIER?" Cloud asked in a growling voice. One of the woman, the one with brown hair stood up and walked over to Cloud's side putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Why are you an ass?" Dante asked and winced as he felt Zack's boot collide with the back of his leg.
"I'm not." Zack answered Cloud's question while glaring at Dante. "And you need to zip it for a bit." Dante scowled but shut his mouth.
"There is no way you can be who you are pretending to be!" Cloud snapped, "What's your real name?"
Zack seemed to get hotheaded very quickly. "Zack my firkin name is Zack and if you got a problem with it take it up with…"
Zack stopped there as the knife cut into his neck. Drops of red streamed down his neck and this pissed Dante off. He grabbed the gun that was aiming for his neck, threw it at a man with black hair and crimson eyes and then ripped the knife out of the black man's hand. He aimed it at the tall man and waggled his finger.
Zack was rubbing his neck as the skin slowly knitted its self together.
"You weren't joking when you said you healed fast." Muttered Dante.
"Dante, want to go?" Zack asked his friend. "I'm getting tired frustrated."
Suddenly the door was flung open and Vergil walked in.
"Nah, I want to finish this party." Dante said snatching his gun from the bearded man and aiming at Vergil. "He is beginning to be a pain in the ass."
Vergil drew his sword and looked at his brother. "Shall we dance?" He asked Dante who drew his own larger sword and lunged at his brother. There in the center of the floor they traded blow after blow. Finally Vergil pulled a dirty trick, one that Dante should have used and kicked his brother where it counts. Then with ease he disarmed his brother and stabbed him through the chest with his own sword. Vergil forced rebellion through the wood on the floor pinning Dante there.
"You where always the weaker of us." Vergil said softly before leaving Dante on the ground.
Dante's eyes had filmed slightly and it looked like his brother had killed him. Zack rushed over to Dante and checked for a heart beat. "Dante, come on and I though you said you where impossible to kill." Zack then began to plead with the still form. "Dante you can't leave me, not now. What in hell will I do without you, I have no friends and the only one I have hates me," he glanced at Cloud. "Come on Dante."
Dante coughed and blinked making everyone but Zack step back.
Dante's eyes became the light blue orbs they usually where and he blinked. The blood that had started to run from the side of his mouth stopped and he coughed again. "You mind getting that poker of a sword out of my chest?" He asked Zack who laughed and stood up. He withdrew Rebellion with ease laughed again when Dante stood up and inspected himself. "Great, now I really need to get a new outfit." Dante muttered as he brushed some blood from his mouth. "God, you must be strong if you can lift Rebellion that easy, even Lady, who always carries a missile launcher on her back can't do that without a lot if help." Dante's pant where stained in blood as was his blood red jacket. "To bad Trish ain't here, she might have been some help with Vergil." This he directed at Cloud and his group. "And why in hell did you think I was going to die, that was only let me see the second time I got run through, not mentioning the two times Trish shot me and countless else I got today. And if you add in all the times Vergil or some other basterd/bitch ran me through these 20 some years you would lose track. Oh did I mention that major injuries come with the job?" Dante had to stop for breath there.
Zack started to crack up and fell on the floor helpless to the laughter. "Dante, you really need to stop talking." Zack managed to choke out before going back into fits of laughter.
"Gods, if only I was able, sorry Vergil's the quiet one, I've got twice his wits, not that he ever uses them anyway." Dante said making Zack begin laughing anew.
"How in hell?" Barret asked.
"He's a quick healer." Zack finally had stopped laughing and got to his feet. "Thanks for that Dante; it has been what…five six, maybe seven years since I had a good laugh. And it's usually me doing the smart assign even to a comatose Cloud, sure he might not have been able to laugh or even roll his eyes but that never stopped me from being a smart ass." Zack had stretched the truth slightly, usually he was polite and kind, he was a smart ass when he could get away with it and when it was desperately needed. "Its not like Sephiroth liked my smart alik jokes anyway. Maybe that's why he tried to kill me; he got fed up with my mouth. What do you think Dante?" Zack asked not noticing that his friend had moved behind him and suddenly drenched him with cold water which he had poured down Zack's shirt. "DAMN IT!" Zack shouted. "That's my job!"
Dante shrugged, "Next time shut up." He said.
"Wait one moment!" Cloud shouted making every one look at him.
"I have to admit, you are rather well briefed on how Zack acted and his history but you can't be Zack, he died!"
"You think I don't know that Cloud, if I knew how to change who I was I might, maybe you should stop putting your foot where
your mouth is and think for once. You where always hot headed. And always late…" Zack stopped as suddenly the door banged open again and a silver haired woman stepped in.
"God Zack, can you get any louder." Trish growled, "You and Dante make so much noise that I'm very tempted to find Vergil and make him shut you two up." Trish looked at Dante then and around the room. "I take that back, looks like he was already here and wiped the floor with Dante."
Dante raised his gun and pointed it at Trish. "Like I said before, you got one serious death wish. Even Lady watches the things she says, you might think your words can kill me since it is physically impossible to kill me, but I know sure as hell that I can kill you. And trust me; it's not at all warm in hell."
"How would you know that?" Trish asked laughing.
"You know I've been there and re sealed it since Vergil and that ass what's his face opened the gate to the demon world." Dante rolled his eyes and decided that he would get Trish later. "Come on Zack, let's go. And next time watch what building you try to go into, I really don't need." Dante stopped there as a dagger was imbedded into his back. He spun around and glared at the young teen that had committed the crime. He pulled out the weapon wincing slightly, that thing had a curved blade. "Watch where you put your toys, or I just might give them back to you the same way you gave them to me." He snapped. "Damn it, what the hell is it pick on Dante day?" Dante complained to Zack who only shrugged.
'Maybe they really like you." Zack stated getting a slap in the back of the head for that smart ass comment.
"And maybe they like you so much that they want to put another two bullets in you again?" Dante asked Zack making Zack shudder.
"Dante never ever remind me of dying again. Dying is one thing but remembering yourself dying is not cool." Zack replied.
Dante shrugged and then gave Cloud the middle finger salute before grabbing Zack around the waist and tossing him over his shoulder. Zack gave Cloud the two fingered salute he had always used and then kicked Dante in the stomach with his foot as the headed out the door.
"You just had to be real asses didn't you?" Trish growled to Cloud's gang before following them at a brisk trot.
Cloud collapsed onto the nearest chair and rubbed his temple. "This is beginning to really confuse me." He said to Tifa, "that man mentioned things only Zack could know, but how could Zack still be alive?"
"How did Sephiroth come back to life? For that matter how did you come back?" Tifa asked him. "Maybe he truly is Zack. Go to the cliff; see if Zack's sword is still there, if it is, then that's an imposter. But we both know Zack would never leave without his sword. If it isn't there, then it truly must be Zack." Tifa stroked Cloud's spiky hair and stared at him with her soft eyes.
"Cloud, why would he try to make you remember him if it wasn't the true him?" She asked.
Laiastar here. This Chapter was a pain and it was really hard to write, that's why it took so long to write. Hope you readers liked it, please review and be brutal if you must. But try to pull your blows slightly?
