Devil May Cry: Scarlet Bullets

Chapter five: A date with the Butei Killer

"What do you do when your clingy childhood friend and your stalker barge into your place and start duking it out? Normally you'd try to break it up, right? Well let's just say trying this will break something else up…most of your bones."

A jealous Shirayuki was ready to attack Dante and Aria.

"All cheaters must be punished!" Shirayuki charged in Dante and Aria's direction.

"Oh crap!" Dante was about to take out Rebellion when he saw that Shirayuki was chasing Aria around the room.

"Dante didn't do anything wrong!" Shirayuki waved her katana around. "You seduced him, Aria!" She slashed at her.

"D-do something Tony!" Aria caught Shirayuki's sword between her hands.

"Calm down." Dante sighed. "She didn't seduce me." He smirked. "Not with that kind of body anyway."

"You jerk!" Aria struggled to maintain her hold on Shirayuki's katana.

"Alright, break it up." Dante said. "I love a good catfight, but…not when the cats are armed to the teeth."

"You defiled my Dante!" Shirayuki glared at Aria.

"You stay away from my slave!" Aria was getting angry.

"Whatever…" Dante shrugged and he walked over to the window. "If anyone needs me, I'll be at Enzo's"

"You're not getting away!" Shirayuki shot chains out of her sleeves and ensnared Dante by the ankles.

"You jerk!" Aria took her handguns out of their holsters and she pointed them at Dante. "Y-y-you're my slave, yet you're so close to this girl!"

"You have me all chained up…" Dante smirked at Shirayuki. "And you're calling me a slave!" He looked at Aria as he struggled. "I don't want a bondage three way!"

"I'm supposed to be your wife!" Shirayuki yanked on the chains, pulling Dante to her. "You're my childhood friend!"

"You're my slave!" Aria blushed; she was very jealous and angry. "You can't see other girls!"

"Alright, cool it!" Dante broke the chains. "Look, Aria and I aren't dating, ok?" He sighed. "I don't like relationships."

"I-I see…" Shirayuki smiled at Dante. "As long as you're not cheating." Her eyes grew dull and a killer aura appeared.

"Relationships are pointless…" Aria looked down sadly as she saw Shirayuki smiling at Dante she then walked over to the door and locked herself in the bedroom.

The next day after classes had ended, Dante was walking back to his dorm when he saw Aria, he felt sorry for her after seeing her mood the previous night.

"Hey, princess!" Dante called out to Aria.

"T-Tony?" Aria looked at Dante, she was surprised that he was talking to her.

"Let's go somewhere." Dante smiled. "I've been a real douche to ya lately and I wanna make it up."

"Th-then spend the whole day with me!" Aria blushed and crossed her arms, she was happy that Dante had asked her out, but she didn't want to show it.

"You got it, princess!" Dante smiled and winked at Aria.

Dante and Aria were in an expensive café that Aria had chosen; they were sitting across each other having a conversation.

"This is gonna cost me…" Dante thought to himself as he read the prices on the menu.

"Your real name is Dante, right?" Aria asked curiously.

"How the hell did you figure that out?" Dante was surprised.

"That woman called you Dante." Aria gave him a jealous glare. "What's your relationship with her?!" She was getting angry.

"Yeah, that's my name." Dante sighed. "Shirayuki and I go way back, her family raised me after my mother and twin brother got killed."

"Wh-what happened?" Aria asked, she saddened by Dante's story.

"I ditched them of course." Dante shrugged. "I can't avenge Mom and Vergil if I'm stuck in some shrine, right?" His expression darkened.

"I see…" Aria looked at Dante with a sad expression.

"So, what's your deal?" Dante smirked. "I know you're not stalking me just for my good looks and charm."

"I really need your help…" Aria looked at Dante. "My mother was framed for the Butei Killer's crimes and I have to clear her name!" Tears started to roll down her cheeks. "The members of the Holmes family have always had good partners…and I wanted you to be my partner!"

"What makes you think I qualify?" Dante asked. "I may be a badass, but I'm not exactly the most reliable guy."

"When you fought the Butei Killer's drones, I knew you were the one." Aria blushed. "Even more so when you k-k-kissed me."

"We're looking for the same guy, right?" Dante smirked. "I guess we could make an awesome team!"

"Y-you mean it!?" Aria blushed and she smiled up at Dante.

"If you can keep up that is." Dante gave Aria a cocky smile. "Princess."

"Thank you so much!" Aria smiled at Dante.

"I'll do a little detective work of my own" Dante smiled. "We'll crack this case in no time! Little Sherlock!" He wiped Aria's tears away.

"Never leave my side!" Aria blushed and she walked over to Dante and hugged him. "My slave!" She smiled.

Sometime later, Dante contacted Enzo.

"Hey, Enzo!" Dante asked. "Have any leads?"

"Yeah." Enzo answered. "All the evidence you've given me points to one student at the academy, Riko Mine." He said. "See what she knows."

"Ah, the sexy one." Dante smirked. "This is gonna be fun!"

At the IU headquarters, Vlad and Gilver were discussing their plans.

"Lupine the 4th's trying desperately to pass the test I gave her." Vlad laughed. "The fool."

"That doesn't concern me…" Gilver replied coldly.

"She seems to have taken a liking to your brother." Vlad chuckled.

"That's because they're both playful and annoying." Gilver sighed as he remembered his last encounter with Dante.

"I want you to assist her." Vlad said. "Since she's after Holmes, there's no doubt your brother will be there as well."

"Very well." Gilver nodded.

"Jeanne will be sent on a recruitment mission." Vlad said. "So you'll be facing Dante alone."

"I won't lose this time." Gilver replied in a determined tone as he gripped Belveul's handle.

The next day, Dante was walking on the sidewalk when Riko spotted him.

"Tony!" Riko waved excitedly.

"Yo!" Dante grinned. "Fancy meeting you here."

"Riko is so happy to see you!" She smiled happily.

"That talking in a first person thing you're doing there is still adorable!" Dante grinned.

"You're making me blush!" Riko smiled and blushed.

"So, what's up?" Dante asked. "Here to confess?" He teased.

"You already know Riko loves you!" She giggled. "Tony Redgrave!"

"Saying you love me before our first date?" Dante smirked. "That's a red flag."

"Riko can't help how she feels about you!" She walked closer to Dante wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Sorry, but I don't get off on PDA." Dante smirked. "The real magic happens in private." He placed his finger on Riko's lips.

"Then don't just tease Riko." She gave Dante a seductive smirk.

Riko led Dante to a hotel within the city and she purchased a room, when they got there, she locked the door.

"We're all alone now." Riko blushed. "You're all mine." She licked her lips.

"Blonde, busty and naughty." Dante smirked. "Just my type!"

"I know you just want me to help you with your case." Riko walked closer to Dante. "Using Riko's feelings like that, you're such a bad boy!"

"But that's what you like about me." Dante smirked and he pulled Riko closer. "Right, cutie?"

"Riko will give you what you want." She whispered into Dante's ear. "If you become Riko's lover."

"I don't think you can you can handle me." Dante grinned and he kissed Riko's neck.

"Be mine, Tony!" Riko blushed and she let out a soft moan.

"Sorry." Dante stopped. "All you get is a trailer." He smirked. "The info you have will be your ticket to this naughty movie."

"Fine!" Riko pouted and she handed Dante an envelope. "Everything's here."

"Thanks babe!" Dante grinned as he took the envelope. "Now close your eyes." He said. "I have a surprise for you."

"Riko's first time." She blushed and she closed her eyes and puckered her lips.

"Have your first time." Dante grinned and opened the window. "Next time!"

"Tony!" Riko saw him climb out the window. "Riko's really upset with you!" She blushed angrily.

"I'm a bad boy, remember?" Dante gave Riko a cocky smile. "And you love me for it!" he jumped down and landed on his feet.

Dante headed to Enzo's hotel room with the information he had just taken from Riko.

"Thanks for the heads up." Dante smiled. "I got the info right here!"

"That was quick!" Enzo was surprised. "How did you do that?"

"Let's just say I charmed the cutie." Dante smirked.

"Dante!" Aria busted open the door, she was enraged and jealous.

"Hello there, princess!" Dante smirked.

"Y-y-you did dirty things with Riko!" Aria blushed angrily. "You perverted cheater!"

"How the hell did you know that?!" Dante was shocked.

"I snuck a recording device in your coat!" Aria took out her two handguns. "I can't believe you!" She blushed and she started to cry. "You jerk!" She shot at Dante. "When you said I wasn't your type, it broke my heart! And now you do things with Riko!"

"Relax." Dante took out Rebellion and cut the bullets out of the air. "I only did it to get the info." He smirked. "And we have it!"

"The Butei Killer will strike at the abandoned opera house!" Enzo said.

"Sounds like a trap." Dante said. "Why attack in a place where there's no Butei?"

"He wants to lure his pursuers!" Aria exclaimed.

"Nice one, Little Sherlock!" Dante grinned. "Well, time to spring the trap!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" Aria smiled. "Let's blow holes through him!"

Riko was waiting at the abandoned opera house when Gilver, who wore a dark blue tailcoat over his suit, approached her from behind.

"Luring Tony into a trap." Gilver said in the refined tone of a gentleman. "Quite cunning of you."

"If I defeat Tony Redgrave and Olmes." Riko smirked. "I can by myself."

"You're quite taken with Tony, aren't you?" Gilver asked.

"If I defeat Olmes." Riko blushed. "Then no one can stand between us!"

Dante and Aria walked into the abandoned opera house and saw Riko and Gilver.

"Mr. Mummy and the cutie." Dante smirked. "I suspected Gilver, but you're just full of surprises, Riko."

"I really like you, Tony." Riko smirked. "But you're such a heartbreaker."

"S-stay away from my slave!" Aria pointed her handguns at Riko. "I'll blow holes through you!"

"Some disgusting contest won't save you now…" Gilver unsheathed Belveul and pointed its blade at Dante.

"Looks like I can go all out!" Dante smirked and he took out Rebellion.

Aria and Riko were having a standoff.

"I did all this so I can fight you." Riko smirked and took out her two handguns.

"Why would you go this far?!" Aria was getting angry. "You framed my mother!"

"My full name is Riko Mine Lupine the 4th " Riko's expression darkened. "Nobody calls me by the cute name my mother gave me." She yelled out. "Everyone calls me 4th!"

"Lupine?" Aria was shocked. "You're descended from Arsene Lupine?

"If I surpass him by defeating Olmes" Riko laughed. "I can be recognized!" She started shooting at Aria.

Dante and Gilver were getting ready to start their duel.

"Tony Redgrave…" Gilver charged at Dante with Belveul in hand and he slashed at him.

"I'll beat you for real this time!" Dante parried Belveul's blade with Rebellion.

"I know your real name!" Gilver pushed Dante forward.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Dante was getting annoyed.

"Dante, Son of Sparda…" Gilver sheathed Belveul and charged its blade with demonic energy.

"How the hell do you know that?!" Dante was shocked and he charged Rebellion's blade with demonic energy.

"Because…" Gilver unsheathed Belveul and performed "Hell Burner" releasing a torrent of demonic energy that burned its surroundings in a red flame; it also burned the bandages off his face, revealing one that looked identical to Dante's.

"You!" Dante was shocked. "Y-your supposed to be dead!" he raised Rebellion. "Vergil!"

"I survived the attack, brother" Vergil replied coldly. "I've lived so I can claim our father's power…" He morphed Belveul into its twin Wakizashi form and he reverse gripped the white one.

"And not even a postcard." Dante deadpanned. "You suck at family reunions!" He glided his feet across the ground at a high speed and performed "Stinger" lunging Rebellion's blade straight at Vergil.

Aria and Riko were fighting a duel of their own.

"Then I'll blow holes through you!" Aria shot at Riko.

Riko jumped out of the way and she landed in front of Aria and she fired her handguns at point blank.

Aria fired at Riko, shooting her bulletproof uniform, the impact from the bullets was still enough to cause her pain.

"That hurt! You bitch!" Riko kept shooting at Aria, her quick movements resembling that of modern martial arts.

"Riko!" Aria kept shooting at her and she placed her white handgun back in its holster and she took out one of her Kodachis.

"I'll kill you! Olmes!" Riko's hair glowed orange and she used them as extra limbs and she pulled out two knives and held them in her hair.

Dante and Vergil crossed swords as their fight intensified.

"Useless!" Vergil crossed Belveul's twin blades and generated a demonic barrier, pushing Dante back.

"Don't count me out yet!" Dante jumped several feet into the air and performed "Helm Breaker" bringing down Rebellion's blade on Vergil with the force of a comet.

Vergil warped into a blue blur and appeared behind Dante, kicking him to the ground before landing.

Dante recovered quickly and he performed "Dance Macabre." assaulting Vergil with a barrage of charged slashes from Rebellion.

Vergil countered Dante's slashes with lighting fast movements from Belveul's twin blades.

"Gotcha!" The force from Rebellion knocked Belveul out of Vergil's hands.

"Fool!" Vergil materialized Yamato into his right hand.

"I was hoping you'd fight me with our old man's sword." Dante smirked. "Now the real fun begins!"

"I'll defeat you, Dante!" Vergil slashed Yamato in the air several times, generating razor winds to cut Dante from afar.

"Let's get this party started!" Dante gave Vergil a battle crazed grin as he performed "Round Tip" throwing Rebellion at the winds to dispel them.

Vergil summoned several ghostly swords and commanded them to impaled Dante.

Dante took out Ebony and Ivory and he fired at the swords, shattering them, he then returned them to their holsters and he caught Rebellion.

Aria and Riko's fight dragged on.

"I'll win no matter what!" Riko slashed madly at Aria as she laughed. "Because I want Tony all to myself!"

"What the?!" As Aria parried Riko's knives, she saw Dante and Vergil's fight. "There are two Dantes?" She was shocked and confused.

"What?!" A shocked Riko looked at the fight as well.

"Now I'm motivated!" Vergil smirked and he sheathed Yamato, charging it's blade with violet demonic energy, performing "Judgment Cut" unsheathing it in high speeds sending three dark orbs that contained several dimensional slashes.

"Bring it on, Bro!" Dante smirked as well and he reverse gripped Rebellion, charging it with red demonic energy, he performed "Drive" sending three explosive slash waves at Vergil's dark orbs.

The resulting impact knocked Rebellion and Yamato out of both Dante and Vergil's hands, both twins were exhausted from their fight.

"Don't you value demonic power?" Vergil asked, trying to catch his breath.

"I don't give a damn..." Dante tried to stand up.

"Don't you love that girl?" Vergil asked. "Aria H. Kanzaki."

"Relationships are crap." Dante deadpanned. "But I do think the princess over there is special." Dante looked at Aria. "I've been acting like a douche to drive her away…" He remembered the day his mother was killed. "Anyone who gets close to us…Sparda's sons, are hurt by those demon bastards!"

"So you're trying to protect her?" Vergil materialized Yamato in his hand. "I'll leave this be…for now." He thought his own situation with Jeanne.

"Running away?" Dante got up and smirked. "I'm not done!" He summoned Rebellion.

"Don't push it…" Vergil approached Riko and Aria.

"You framed my mother!" Aria was enraged; she noticed that Belveul's twin swords were on the ground. "You'll pay for that!" She picked them up and she charged at Riko.

"I'll beat you to free myself!" Riko slashed at Aria with her knives.

Aria shattered Riko's knives with Belveul's blades and went for the finishing blow.

"That's enough!" Vergil blocked Aria's attack before it could reach Riko. "We're leaving!"

"I can still beat her!" Riko pointed her handguns at Aria.

"She possesses a Devil Arm now!" Vergil glared at Riko. "If you value your life, you will retreat!"

"Fine." Riko calmed down. "I'll listen to Tony…I mean Dante's twin." She smirked.

"We'll meet again!" Vergil pointed Yamato at Dante before carrying Riko and warping away in a blue blur.

"Get back here!" Aria tried to run after Vergil and Riko.

"They've already hit the road. " Dante grabbed Aria's arm. "We'll get them next time.

"B-but!" Aria objected.

"Come on, princess." Dante carried Aria. "Let's take you home." He smirked.

"Dante…" Aria looked up at him and blushed. "I'm glad you're with me." She smiled and she hugged him.

"Aria in an opera house, eh?" Dante smirked. "Let's sing a stylin' duet!"

After Vergil took Riko to her room, he went to meet with Vlad.

"Dante is as powerful as ever." Vergil said.

"So he's finally showing his worth as Sparda's son." Vlad smirked. "Excellent!"

"Next time we meet…I'll take his amulet." Vergil replied coldly.

"Good luck, Vergil." Vlad smiled.

Vergil headed back to his room when Jeanne approached him from behind.

"Gilver..." Jeanne said. "You fought Tony Redgrave without telling me!"

"You were on a mission... I didn't want to interrupt you." Vergil replied coldly.

"But still!" Jeanne objected.

"I'll be going now." Vergil covered his face with his hand and he warped away from the area.

Author's note: Dante opens up to Aria and Vergil reveals himself! Aria and Riko fight for their things they treasure and Aria receives the Devil Arm Belveul! Next Chapter, Dante meets Reki. Don't worry about the speed of the plot. It will all make sense soon!

Now to answer my reviewers,

Tonyredgrave1999

It played a big part in this chapter's cliffhanger! And I'll consider what you said about Reki, and some time in the future, Dante will meet Akari Mamiya!

Anon

Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the fights in this chapter!