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Neros sleep was interrupted by loud shouts and yells that echoed around the room from outside, blearily rubbing his eyes he made his way to the window, looking out he saw members of the order stood outside his house shouting while another guard was busy hammering his fist against the front door.
He heard a noise from behind him and tilted his head to get a better look; Dante was leaning close to him only inches away from touching as he looked over Neros shoulder for a better view out the window. Dantes frown only deepened as he saw the captain of guards looking directly at them through the window, despite this Nero instantly felt better to have Dante on his side.
"I wonder what they want" Dante chuckled nudging Nero.
"Maybe they have come to make you there new savior" Nero chuckled sarcastically.
"Well then we should go greet my loyal subjects" Dante winked and sauntered out of Neros room to grab his weapons, pull on his leather trousers and step into a pair of boots. Nero also quickly dressed himself and grabbed his weapons, leaving his room he sped down the stairs; as he reached the bottom he saw that Dante had flung the door wide open, having scared a guard in the process who had fallen on his ass before retreating back into line. Dante was leaning against the door frame nonchalantly with a hand on his hip and a grin on his face, the guards drew their swords as they finally saw Nero behind Dante.
"Hey Tom, how are you doing?" Nero edged out from behind Dante and into the captains line of sight.
"Don't be so disrespectful!" The Captain shouted glaring at Nero also taking a quick glance in Dantes direction "So it's true … you're a demon magnet, they are drawn to you. We have seen some large flying demon around here and now… HIM!" The captain shook his head "The order has decided that you are no longer to be tolerated, you have a choice to make. Pack up your things before nightfall or we can escort you ourselves." The captain's eyes twinkled at the prospect of a fight.
Nero frowned; he thought he had been so careful, there was no way they could know it was him…
Dante frowned trying to piece together the information; maybe it was just a coincidence.
"What about my house!" Nero huffed gesturing to the building.
"Consider it payment for all the trouble you have caused" The captain smirked.
"The kid has done nothing but help you, you stupid religious nutcase" Dante stepped towards them crossing his arms .
"HOW DARE YOU!" The captain growled standing up straight and putting his hands on his hips.
"HOW DARE YOU, YOU LITTLE SHIT" Dante copied him taunting the Captain with a grin.
"You will pay for that" The captain moved forwards and so did the guards.
Nero weighed up his options and couldn't see a way out that he could collect his belongings and that also left the guards, Dante moved forwards to engage the guards, his hand lowering rebellion and his other itching to pull out ebony.
Nero moved quickly; throwing his weapons through the door and into the house as they landed with a clunk he winced with regret. Dante turned to him with a deep set frown obviously questioning his actions and in return the guards smirked.
Nero's transformation came easy like water cascading over his skin and leaving scales in their wake. His large scaled body gleamed in the morning light and he bellowed a roar at the guards who froze in fright. Nero moved quickly pelting his large wings to lift himself into the air, the force of the wind knocking thee order back and forcing them out of their stupor, they ran with faces of fright and disbelief. Once out of ear shot, Nero landed gracefully only to see Dante poised to attack if Nero made the wrong move.
"Cool it old man" Neros voice came out like silk despite his appearance.
"Nero?" looked at him in disbelief.
"Who did you expect, Barney?" Nero chuckled and it came out as more of a guttural rumble.
Dante sighed and relaxed a little as if Nero's chuckle had soothed him, putting away his guns and resting rebellion on his shoulder he sauntered a tad closer. Nero bent his head down so he was eye to eye with the older devil hunter
Dante stared into those sapphire blue eyes "Damn it is you" Dante stepped closer and placed a hand on the end of Neros scaled nose, he was surprised at how silky smooth and warm they were.
"We need to leave; it won't take long before they come back with reinforcements" Nero straightened up to see how faraway the order had gotten.
"It was going to end up this way either way" Dante smirked; Nero huffed surprised at how well Dante was dealing with it all.
"I'm assuming you have a plan" Dante rested rebellion on his shoulder.
Nero rolled his eyes looking at the sword on Dantes shoulder "Put rebellion in the house and then climb on"
"You what?" Dantes confusion almost made Nero laugh.
Nero settled down onto the floor to make it easier for Dante to climb up and onto his back, Dante eyed him for a second as if it were a joke, before sighing. Walking back into the house Dante placed rebellion down on the mantel piece, closing the door firmly behind him as he left 'might as well trust the kid'. Dante looked at Nero and took a firm hold of Neros 'arm' pulling himself up he carefully climbed further onto Neros back mindful of his wings, holding on tightly to Neros pearlesant neck.
"Hold on tight" Nero grinned as he flapped his wings hard knocking the wind and retort out of Dante, shooting up into the sky Nero looked down at his house; now this was the part of the plan he wasn't so sure of… could the house withstand it? Well it was better than abandoning everything, Nero hovered over the house carefully anchoring his claws into the sides of the house and slowly pulling upwards and away from its foundations. He heard the pipes groan and split fee from the ground, rushing water pooled around where the house had been and in the distance they could see the order gathering and marching towards them.
"Kid what are you doing?"
"Just hold on" Nero moved quickly beating his wings hard against the air he soared over the small forest and over the lake following it over the side of the cliff, careful not to damage the house. Nero let the currents of air lift him and carry him over the ocean occasionally flapping his wings to keep his height, steering himself towards the largest island.
Dante knew Nero wasn't evil, not even slightly but this new development had rattled him, now all of the pieces fit together; the roaring thunder was Neros wings beating against the air around him, the light was the sun reflecting of Neros scales, the secondary trigger Nero had questioned about. The rush of cold air woke him from his thoughts, his hands gripped at the beautiful pearlesant scales under his fingers and he heard Nero almost purr at the sensation. Listening to the beat of Neros wings that were needed to keep them in flight, there was no denying it; Nero was still just as beautiful in this form.
Dantes smile faltered and he frowned for a second, if Nero was able to push his trigger so far that it caused a second trigger and wasn't just a curse then that the kid had picked up then … he himself should be able to do the same, he had never heard of his father being able to have another form but he hadn't known him for long, there was a lot he still wasn't sure of.
Dante pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind and focused on the wind rushing through his hair and the feel of Nero beneath him, he grinned at his own dirty joke. It didn't take long for Nero to reach his destination, his wings had strengthened from so many journeys but they were beginning to ache at the weight of the house and carrying Dantes fat ass. Scouting for a suitable area he settled downwards and carefully placed the house down cringing as it bore its own weight and groaned at the process. He settled down next the house and allowing Dante to jump down from his back before he transformed back into himself, rubbing his aching shoulders.
Dante turned to look back at Nero who was sat on the floor, arms resting on his knees, his head tilted up to look at Dante, while his lungs pulled in air sharply.
"Well I've never seen that before" Dante ruffled Neros hair with a chuckle only to have his hand slapped away watching nero frown despite the amused smile.
Dante sat down next to him "So when did this all happen?" Nero sighed as Dante brought it up.
"A little while ago, I kind of fucked up" Nero rubbed his nose, embarrassed to say it in front of Dante "when those demons attacked me I almost died, I lost all control and my demon took over but triggering wasn't enough to save me … so it triggered again" Nero took a breath looking at his one devil bringer arm to distract himself from Dante "when I came to I was in that form … de-triggering wasn't so bad and when I transformed back I no longer had my devil bringer"
"And you decided to leave that out last night?" Dante leaned back resting his weight on one arm and raising an eyebrow.
Nero sighed "when I asked about a second trigger you didn't know anything about it and I felt…"
"Like you were different" Dante realized.
"Well yeah" Nero tried not to look ashamed.
"You know you can tell me anything kid" Dante shoulder bumped Nero and smiled "I know I'm amazing but I don't know everything" He chuckled at Neros glare, having noticed the kid was leaning in towards him "That's why I have Trish "
Dante laughed it off but it hurt that someone he cared for didn't trust him enough to ask for help…. But on the other hand the kid was shy and stubborn, little hellion 'our little hellion' Dante ignored the ramblings of his devil.
"Should we check out the damage?" Dante easily changed the subject towards the poor crippled house. Nero looked at his house; there wasn't too much exterior damage other than the deep gouges of his claws in the woodwork. Nero sighed and nodded standing shakily after using so much energy, he wobbled slightly and dante placed an arm around him to support him "whoa there kid, are you alright?"
"I'm fine old man" Nero mumbled but didn't shake off the arm, it honestly felt nice to have the old man so close "Just tired after lugging your heavy ass around" Nero smirked and Dante laughed.
"Been checking out my ass have you!" Dante winked.
"Perverted old man" Nero shook his head.
Nero stood up straighter and gripped the handle of the door slowly pulling it open and then releasing his held breath as the door opened and the house didn't cave in. With relief Nero made his way in, ignoring the upturned furniture and started searching for his weapons, finding red queen under the couch he grinned at finding her and placed her on the mantel piece; next he looked for blue rose which seemed harder to find. Nero finally gave in and started righting the furniture in the room to find it, Dante watched for a second having already found rebellion hiding by the stairs; he walked over to the fireplace and placed rebellion next to red queen and began helping Nero tidy and look for blue rose .
"If I knew this is what it took to keep you quiet and get you clean I would have done it a long time ago old man" Nero mumbled
"What can I say, kids need to do there chores" Dante just winked; spotting blue rose he lent down and picked up the gun passing it over to Nero.
"I'm not a kid"
"I could use some food" Dante wondered into the kitchen, luckily nothing was overturned as most of it was fixed down; Dante checked the fridge and found pasta. "How are we going to cook without an oven?"
"The good old fashioned way" Nero took the pasta, a spare pan and left over water from the kettle and walked back into the front room. Placing large logs into the fire Nero took red queen and revved her bringing the sword down do the logs to set them alight "We will have to wait a little while but I'll have it cooked in no time"
Dante smiled down at Nero "Gotta hand it to you kid your ingenious"
"I learnt a few things growing up, I'm surprised you didn't" Nero smiled.
Dante chuckled "I learnt about killing demons rather than taking care of myself"
"Well maybe we can teach each other a few things" Nero rubbed his nose trying not to blush at what he had said and Dante grinned inwardly at the kids comment, sitting down next to him he began to talk about hunting demons when he was younger and the curses he had come across while Nero sat next to him tending the fire and occasionally talking about the process of how to cook past over an open flame.
An hour later both were well rested, stuffed with food and were laughing over each others stories.
Dante brought up a he had been dying to ask since flying over the ocean on Nero "so"
"So...?"
"I was wondering since you have a second trigger if I would also have one, so how did you do it?"
Nero tried to remember it, it came so easily to him now "It's hard to explain" Nero fidgeted looking past his devil bringer "It's not like triggering where you force the transformation, you just kind of …let go...it pulls you instead, you just need to relax" Nero looked up at Dante "I'm surprised you haven't already done it"
Dante shrugged "My trigger accidentally happened one day and no matter how hard I have pushed it nothing has ever come of it" Dante thought "I have never considered a second stage"
"It's not … I mean… it's like a half way point between human and devil. When I trigger my demon is fully in charge but when I'm in that dragon form, we seem to work together without argument" Nero looked thoughtfully at Dante "So…want to give it a try?"
Dante grinned "I thought you'd never ask" Dante threw an arm around Neros shoulders who shrugged it off with a blush, rubbing his nose.
Nero followed Dante outside and far enough away from the house that they wouldn't cause the house any more damage than the poor thing had already suffered, Dante stood in the large open space facing Nero.
"Okay the first thing is you have to start triggering but instead of forcing it you need to relax and let it pull you in" Nero scratched the back of his head trying as hard as possible to describe the transition while Dantes baby blue eyes bored into him. Dante genuinely smiled, he loved Nero's fiery personality but he had to admit how adorable the kid was when he was embarrassed.
Looking away from Nero and out to the sea he tried to relax, closing his eyes he tried to feel the pull of his trigger feeling the power wash over him and then tried to relax, he waited and then frowned when he felt nothing cracking his eye open he saw nothing had happened. Dante closed his eye again focusing on relaxing and tried to trigger again while relaxing, he almost gave up when he felt a pull in his gut like the feeling when you fall suddenly. His skin tingled and his muscles ached slightly but he felt no pain, it was an unusual feeling, he opened his eyes to see Nero staring intently up at him, and that's what had changed Dante was staring down at Nero, he turned his head to look at his body that was now a fully grown dragon.
Nero grinned as he watched Dante transform, he wasn't the only one… it was normal, well relatively normal for what they were, Dante always made him feel accepted and it wasn't something he was used to so it was a big deal for him.
Dantes dragon form was larger than his own it height and width, you could see his muscles beneath his raven black scales, Nero moved closer noticing how his scales changed colour in the light they looked almost blood red, he watched as Dante examined himself, swirling his tail to test its strength, almost bowling Nero over, Nero dodged and looked up at Dante who had the decency to look sheepish.
Next Dante tested his wings and grinned showing off his large pearly fangs as he healed them up and the rays of sun illuminated them, the insides of his wings were bright red. Nero grinned back at him and quickly found himself staring even as a dragon Dante was handsome, Nero blushed bright red at his thoughts, Nero looked away shaking his head, let's not go there.
Dante turned back to Nero finally speaking "This is fantastic!" he breathed warm air over Nero, who gulped hard "Is it easy to fly?" Dante raised a scaled brow.
"It comes second nature, but the first flight is tiring … don't go far"
Dante edged towards the edge of the island before turning back to Nero "join me" Dante grinned before launching himself off the edge, beating his wings against the air as he would in his trigger form, he caught an updraft that carried him up and through the clouds until he was so high that all he could see was an ocean clouds and the sky that was starting to turn orange and red, he twisted in the air testing his maneuvering capability the clouds around him where carried on his wings and made swirls in the sky, he was so lost in the feeling that he almost missed the roar from bellow the clouds, Nero burst through the clouds bellow Neros pearly white scales reflecting the rays of sun and reflecting it back onto the clouds like diamonds, he was mesmerizing "beautiful" and his demon purred in agreement.
"Finally caught up kid" He grinned
Nero growled "okay then old man let's see if you can keep up" Nero waited for a moment before taking off like a shot, beating his wings he soared fast through the air like thunder and the clouds moved around him; smiling as he heard a second crack of thunder behind him, obviously Dante giving chase. Nero knew Dante was larger than him he would quickly catch up, but he was more agile and Nero was willing to bet they were the same in this form, Nero dived hard letting his weight plummet him through the clouds and down until he was over the water where he fanned out his wings beating hard. The impact of air hitting the water caused it to splash up and the sun's rays caused a rainbow for a split second, Dante was close behind and the sudden shot of light focused Dantes attention on the spot Nero had been. Dante dived but pulled up fast as he approached the water, he wasn't sure how fast he could stop, soaring over the water he followed Nero, there was no way he was going to let the kid win. He watched as Nero turned onto his side so he could circle the island quickly and watched as he disappeared out of sigh, Dantes wings beat hard as he tried to catch him copying his moves as he reached the other side of the island. He saw Nero disappear behind a second island "Gotcha kid" Dante changed course heading for the other side of the island, Dante kept close to the island wall to avoid being seen and when he heard Nero he twisted out so that her was circling over the kid forcing them to roll around each other. Dante leveled out his wing over the back of Nero to help him stabilize Nero hugged as Dante gloated and let out a stream of red and black fire.
"Well that's new" Dante laughed throatily Nero couldn't help but smile, he had never felt this happy and free. They circled the island together watching as the sun set and the stars began to burst through. Finally coming to land on the side of the island, he could tell Dante was going to be exhausted when he transformed back, Nero walked closer to the house followed by Dante who kept brushing his wing up against Nero's side, and it was a pleasant feeling. Nero relaxed and de-triggered easily, now standing in his human form in front of Dante
"De-trigger like you usually would but relax"
Dante did as he was asked and found the process far easier than the first transformation, Dante felt exhausted and his muscles ached, all that from one flight, he tried to remember his first trigger and how exhausted it had left him.
Dante was tired but he was also proud he had beaten Nero, Dante ruffled the kids hair as he walked towards the house "I think we need some shut eye" moving into the house he walked up the stairs waiting for Nero to follow him, hearing the door close behind him Dante made it to the spare bedroom, finding his room generally intact, he flopped back onto the bed. Nero came up the stairs to his room and sighed at the state his room was in, the bed was broken in pieces on the floor, his clothes where everywhere and the dressing table seemed to have split in two "For fucks sake" he sighed heading back out into the hall way.
"Problem kid?" Dante lent up on his elbows.
"My bed is broken" Nero mumbled.
"What was that?"
"My bed is broken" Nero huffed walking into the spare room
"Want to share mine? Dante winked
"Yeah" Dante looked up almost confused "Not in that way pervert, I'd choose the couch but it is as soft as a rock"
Dante held his hands up in surrender and Nero watched Dante stand and begin to strip down to his boxers, Nero did the same but chose to leave his top on, they both climbed into bed. Nero shuffled comfortably to the edge, arm under his pillow and head on top, Dante smiled from his position looking at Nero "Night Nero"
"Goodnight Dante"
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