04 AWAKENING
A DMC fanfiction.
"Lady Drayn!"
"……What?" The twin swords shouted in unison as Dante looked back at Drayn, then back at the swords, then clashed the hilt like faces together. "This is Vadyr."
"He's right, it isn't Drayn." A slurred accented voice came behind Dante as he turned around and saw a half naked woman, with red flowing long hair and cat-like eyes smiling. She walked past him and stood in front of the girl, cupping her cheek in one of her hands, stroking Vadyr's cheek with her other hand, tracing the pale golden skin with her long nails. "But…you look just like her honey, and." Nevan stopped as she shook her head, then turned back to Dante.
"If you're looking for Drayn, she's in the Under World. Along with the Dark Prince. Although Tempaé has been said to be dead from a long time ago. It's said that after she prophesized, she disappeared."
"The Under World…" Dante recalled when he had lost his brother to Hell, when Vergil had jumped in. Has he met Mundus yet…has he met Drayn? He came to, when he felt someone tapping his shoulder. It was Vadyr. "Vadyr…when exactly did you learn the name Drayn and Tempaé anyway in the first place?"
"I…" Vadyr stood frowning as she answered back looking at him, quiet for a while, then sighed, looking at Dante and shrugging her shoulders about to speak when there was a bang at the doorway followed by an Italian accent.
"Dante! Dante, bad news buddy!" Dante's lip twitched at the voice and he clashed the swords together muttering to them to shut up once more before throwing them on the bed and heading out the doorway. Before he went out he turned to Nevan and Vadyr sending a direct look at the taller female.
"Don't. Come out."
"Don't tempt me darling." After Dante went out to the room Vadyr placed an ear on the door to eavesdrop on the two. Nevan stood next to her, arms crossed nestled under her large exposed breasts as she stared at the doorway with a smug look. Outside, Dante leaned back on his chair as Enzo was sitting on the couch, scratching his hair furiously.
"If you're going to tell me bad news Enzo, have it in a full course, with pizza...which you brought today." Leaning for the warm cardboard like box, Dante opened it, checking inside.
"Dante, this is no time for joking around!...Ever heard of Red the Mercenary?" Dante cocked his head to one side as Enzo continued.
"He's said to have just come into town last month and already the higher ups won't take on anyone else. Fairly short but well built they say, with long pale hair and golden skin. Has white clothes just like a damned exorcist."
"I'm not interested in any newbie, ya tubby bastard." Enzo looked at Dante like he was crazy and ran over to his desk slamming his fists onto it.
"Dante, I'm Serious! If he doesn't leave, all the mercenary's around here will be broke within the next month…Dante."
"Alright, don't wear out my name." Dante grabbed a slice as he opened his mouth. "Put what does that got to do with me?"
"He's even taking in those jobs Dante. And completing them without any trouble at all." The pizza stopped moving as Dante lowered it, looking at the Italian.
"He what?"
"I've been trying to tell you! Red the Mercenary's taking all your-related Jobs and normal jobs, every single job since he came last month! He doesn't go to bars, hell, only the clients have seen him mysteriously appear in their doorway a day before they decided to go to hire a mercenary! Anyways, I just came to inform you since you seem to have been doing nothing but rotting away in this crap smelling office. You better thank me later; I'm busy trying to find jobs for others who're telling me that if I don't find jobs for them soon, they'll ring my neck!" With that, the Italian clambered out the door in a rush leaving the office deadly quiet. Standing up from his chair, Dante ate the pizza he was holding and turned around to the door licking his fingers.
"Red the Mercenary…long pale hair white clothes, got anything to do with that too, babe?" Vadyr stepped out followed by Nevan as she looked at him, and then shook her head. Dante raised an eyebrow. "You mean it?"
"I'm not a Mercenary. Nor am I a Devil Hunter."
"That would explain the sword on your back there." Vadyr traced Dante's gaze to the metal hilt appearing from her shoulder as she smiled grimly. Grabbing it, Vadyr swung the sword forward, free from its sheath. Nevan smiled as Dante whistled at the long black blade, with golden embroidering and bold lettering engraved on the tip. It was over half of her height, as she held it out to Dante. He chuckled as he took the sword, then examined it finding out to his surprise that it was longer then Rebellion, yet somehow lighter. Looking up at Vadyr he swung it around, testing it. Vadyr shrugged her shoulders, and answered back smiling modestly.
"…Self defense?"
"Ah." Nevan chuckled as she wrapped her arms around the girl and purred.
"Cute girl."
--Nelo Side.
"NEEEEEELOOOOOOOOOOO."
"Lady Drayn?"
"Mund-face is calling for you."
"Lord Mundus?" Drayn nodded as I followed her to the Dark Prince's, what Drayn liked to call, play ground. As we walked through the dulled gray corridors with red glowing fires on the walls giving off barely but visible light, the demoness looked up at my face and opened her mouth.
"I think you knew, my status and who I am, along with the fact that you were given to me solely for the reason that Mundus is using you to keep a lookout for me…in case history repeats itself over once again." Drayn smiled as she looked at me. I watched her in silence as she continued. "I also believe you've heard of the Goddess of Time, Tempaé." I said nothing as she walked past me and opened the door.
Walking in silence I watched the smaller demon. Somehow she did not belong here. She did not belong here at all. Her very presence, her human-ness made her different and yet, she was the very definition for evillry. Nelo had watched her a few days before as she played a game called Hide and Seek she had learned when she visited the Human World a while ago.
"Peeka-boo! I found you!" Drayn spoke cheerfully as she dragged out a demon from the darkness with a scythe, it's neck fully penetrated by the curved weapon. "Really, you need to hide better or you're gonna lose your life people!!" She called out as she looked around, then flew to a section of the air and slicing it, revealing a bloody torso as it fell to the ground and turned into dust.
"You guys suck at hide and seek! The kids back in the human world were better then you were!"
"Nelo?" Looking at Drayn I realized that we had reached the large gates, beyond that, the Dark Prince's Sanctuary. Drayn paused as she looked at me once more, the smile never leaving her lips. "Story time's over for later on. He said that he was going to talk with you alone so yell out my name if he starts looking at you funny, okay? I'll come to Goat boy's rescue any day okay?" She mocked a curtsy as she turned around waving her hand. That was when I noticed.
She was smiling the whole time, but her eyes were not.
...Author's Notes...
yay! one hundred hits!
i've been wondering, how far do you like my stories? are there any grammatical errors? if so, please tell me along with how far you think my story is going.
comments are welcome, flames are welcome, hating notes are well...critiqued.
WARNING: Just in case you're wondering about whether or not Drayn and Vadyr are Mary-Sue I assure you.
1. They are not fruu fruu
2. They are not stronger then Dante and Vergil
3. They are not going to fall in love for some time. No love at first sights. I'm sure there will be LOTS OF SEXUAL TENSION but it'd be lust. And Dante's too manly for that. Nelo and Drayn...they're just demons. Demons are pure. They lust. not Love.
With that saying, Thanks for understanding and Thanks for reading. I part with a nostalgic note.
Devil may Cry is not for your keeping. Something was Missing is something for reading.
