Disclaimer: I do not own any character but Rizua. The plotline is also not mine, only where I edit Rizua into the mix or go off original storyline which will happen many times. Enjoy. (Also a note the outfit Rizua finds is the one Dante wore in the third game)
Rizua woke up that morning, bound in duck tape as always. Seriously, she was beginning to think he was into some sort of bondage. Slice that, after finding Patty's little book she shuddered at the very word.
She sat up and stretched, easily breaking the binding tape, and they said duck tape was indestructible. It was a wonder she didn't break them at night, she guessed she didn't struggle much in it.
The day before yesterday's mission played again in her mind. She never cared for humans, but she didn't hate or desire to kill them. They just existed, like her.
Dante was half-human, but she found she could cared less even if he were a human. She couldn't lie and say she didn't have a small crush on him.
Dante cared for humans.
That part threw Rizua off, how could a devil hunter ever bother to feel romantic feelings when he so boldy chooses humans. She was a demon, no ands, ifs, or buts about that fact.
She was jolsted from her thoughts when she smelled something peculiar coming from outside the room.
Rizua searched her dresser for something to wear, but she found nothing she would be comfortable in. She hopped over to Dante's dresser, and found nothing good until she found a heavy pair of dark brown pants.
They seemed lost and forgotten so she pulled them out.
The material was tough, which is why she wasn't surprised that it was in good condition. Curiosity getting the better of her she put them on. They looked like they were supposed to be slightly baggy, but this was just funny.
She hobbled over to her dresser and found a black tank top as well as a belt. After securing the belt and changing into that tank top she found some matching boots near the door. She put them on, and they felt very spacey, but she could walk normally in them.
Now walking without the hobble she looked into a full sized mirror opposite his bed. The pants would have looked bad on her, but the tightness of her top and largeness of the boots actually made it look rather cute.
Feeling satisfied she walked out of the room and into the kitchen, where the smell seemed to originate from.
What she saw was a sight she could go mute over. Dante was cooking breakfast. He was shirtless, wearing his red pants without boots. His back was faced to her, but she was positive he knew she was there.
"You went grocery shopping?" She managed to find her voice
"No, Patty brought over a bunch of this stuff along with a cookbook complaining that I needed something other than pizza. My usual pizza place isn't open today so I thought I'd try my hand at fixing something." He shrugged.
After a few minutes he turned off the stove and turned towards me. He carried a bunch of plates to the table and set them down before inspecting me. "You went through my dresser." He stated, but he smirked. "Have to say, you look pretty hot in my pants." Rizua found herself laughing, she set herself up for that one.
"Well now that i'm in your pants, think I could eat as much as you?" I said sitting down in one of the four chairs around the table.
"Not a chance." His smirk grew as he sat down opposite of her and began to fill his plate. When they were done the table was clean of food.
"Holy cow I had no idea you could cook." Rizua said relaxing against the chair. "I can't, but I can follow directions without any problem." He said hinting toward the cookbook on the counter behind him.
"Hey follow me I want to show you something." Dante suddenly had a weird look on his face, almost like he was curious. She followed him back into his room.
He turned and picked her up by her side, which threw her off, but she didn't struggle. He set her standing up on the bed. "Stay." He said, before opening a closet she hadn't known was next to his dresser. He only had to search for a moment before he pulled out something big and red.
It looked like some sort of coat, and she let him slide it over her head. It took a minute, but she found the place for her arms and slipped it on fully. Come to find, her arms weren't long enough and the sleeves hung nearly to her knees.
The train of the coat itself blanketed the bed below her. She could see why he had her on the bed.
A strap of brown leather in the front kept the coat on her. The band came just below her breast, but the coat was so big parts of it barely touched her.
"It goes with the pants and boots, but I'm afraid you probably want to go without it." He said studying her from a bit of a distance, as if calculating something.
"I've never seen you wear this." She said, but granted she had been there a good bit of time now.
"I haven't worn it in a long time. This is what I wore before I even named this place. Although I never wore a shirt under the coat." He laughed to himself and Rizua crossed her arms, as much as she could.
"Hey! I can't help it, female remember?" She huffed.
"How could I miss the signs." It was his turn to cross his arms.
"Sometimes, I really think you forget." Rizua's mood turned somber. Sure she was a demon, but it must be every female who at one point wants to be somewhat desirable. Sure he joked around, but he hadn't otherwise shown any interest in her at all.
They slept in the same bed and it didn't even effect him. She seemed to be the only one effected. She wouldn't tell him she woke up every time he accidentally brushed up against her.
Dante moved forward with envious speed and held her chin up.
"Hey hey hey, what brought this on? How could I forget when the proof is so clear to see? I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable, but don't think for one second that I turn to stone every time you walk around wearing those little outfits that you do. If I knew any better I would think you were trying to get my attention, seduce me even." His words drifted off a little. It took him a moment to realize his hand was still under her chin and his other arm had moved around her waist. She was only an inch taller than him standing on the bed.
"And what if I am... trying to seduce you?" She really hadn't tried to, she wore what she felt comfortable in, but now she kind of wanted to.
"Then I would have to say I'm in a bit of trouble." He laughed, again she could feel his chest vibrate even though his body barely touched hers.
"Dante!" Rizua and Dante broke apart at the child's voice from somewhere downstairs. Patty had come over.
Dante laughed again, this time because of how fast they had broken apart, as if they had done something wrong. After a minute Rizua joined him. He helped her out of the coat, then they went downstairs, but not after he picked her up and put her back on the floor.
She didn't miss the difference in the way he held her now. Before he held her away from him, but when he picked her up this time she was pressed against him.
Patty wasn't alone downstairs, Lady was with her. Rizua twitched slightly, she liked Lady somewhat, just bad timing.
"Just a question Dante, do you know any lightening powered she-devils?" She said standing near a wall that held a couple guns.
"Nope, why?" He said, sitting down on his chair. Rizua sat near Patty on the couch.
"Nothing, it's just that she fought me with two guns, just like you." She shrugged leaving.
"Hey should you catch you you should introduce us, and I could show her how to really use them." He smirked, but stopped when he felt Rizua's glare.
For a moment Patty thought she heard an faint, but inhuman growl from her best friend.
"No chance, next time I see her shes mince meat." Lady grinned walking out the door.
"On to more important things..." Patty said running over to Dante. "Did you look through the magazine I gave you with a groceries this morning?"
Dante winced, "I can't believe you want any of those expensive clothes, besides there's nothing in there for children." He tried to brush her off, but failed.
"You promised me you'd buy me some cute clothes if I won in a game of cards!" She whined.
"I don't remember anything of the sort." He crossed his arms.
"Actually I witnessed it, you do owe her Dante." Rizua grinned.
"Hey! Whose side are you on here punk?" He turned to glare at her.
"You just don't understand a woman's fashion Dante!" Patty yelled, stomping away from Dante.
"Well, actually Rizua lives with me and I kinda dig her fashion." He said making Rizua blush a little. Of course she had to be wearing his clothes when this came up.
The phone rang just then, "Devil May Cry." Dante said suddenly monotone, "So it is you, I knew it." He hung up on whoever it was, but his mood seemed better.
Patty 'hmphed' and left, leaving Rizua and Dante alone once more.
"Who was that?" Rizua said, curious.
"Just an old friend is all." He said walking over to her place on the couch. "Question that's been bothering me since the Brad/Angelina incident." He tapped my shoulder where the stab wound had been. "You could have easily defended yourself, so why not?" He folded his hinds into his pants pockets and stared down at her.
"Well, to explain that I kind of have to explain my life's history..." She said suddenly a little uncomfortable.
"We've got time." This time he sat next to her, leaning against the couch fully. It was a wonder he fit on the thing.
"What do I get out of tell you about me?" She said raising a brow at Dante. He moved his arms behind his head for support, but kept his focus on her. "How about a kiss?" He said mimicking her brow raise with one of his silver ones.
"So I have to bribe you for something like that, your a jerk." She huffed, but thought about it for a second. "If you add into that a story about when you wore this." She gestured to what she was wearing just then, "Then fine." Dante blinked at her, "A kiss and a story, should we wait for bedtime too?" Dante chuckled, but before she could react with a snide remark he nodded, "Alright deal."
Rizua took a deep breathe, wondering where to begin. "In the demon world, there a war continuing that started two thousand years ago. There was a demon named Sparda, he also chose humans over devils. He sealed demons off from this world, although not permanently as we see today, but he did a good job. There was a support group of sorts that took Sparda's side. They were sealed as well, but continue to this day to fight those who would desire to harm the human race. Sparda inspired a great many as well as angered vast others." Rizua turned to see Dante's reaction so far.
His face didn't show anything, so she continued. "Some years ago when I was a very young child a spy had infiltrated their ranks. They liberated him of course, it hadn't been the first time a spy had been among them. This time it had to stop. I was found on my own, destroying anything that came near me. They captured me for testing purposes. That test was using the blood contract." She watched Dante for any indication that he knew what that was, he showed none.
"A blood contract isn't exactly a contract of sorts, but instead like something has been writting inside of you, like DNA coding. When it reacts your blood burns, like you might cook from the inside out. Thats probably why it's called a blood contract. Well it's somewhat unstable, it might not work at all, but thats what I was for. A test subject, but they weren't cruel to me. Their only concern is that if it went wrong it took an extremely powerful demon to undo it." She sighed at this.
"Anyway, the only way a blood contract has any chance to take effect is if the said contracted devil accepts it with both their mind and body. I didn't care for humans, but I disagreed with the way devils mistreated each other. Not really a reason to be a part of that operation, but it worked. I accepted the contract which included using my power in any way that would cause harm to a human, and the inability to directly or indirectly harm a human in any form or fashion. That means I can't even hire someone to kill a human, nor draw a weapon and threaten them. It worked, but when I found myself in the human world I discovered my unstable contract extended itself vastly. Besides my born traits as a demon, the speed, healing, strength, hearing, all that, my learned powers are painful to use. The thought of harming a human also makes me very uncomfortable, it doesn't hurt or otherwise effect me, but I feel... wrong." I finished.
"That's about it, my human form passed me as a child for some time so I stayed at an orphanage where I met Patty, now here I am." Dante's face never changed.
"Interesting story..." He didn't feel like there was anything else to say to that. It made sense though, "So when you reached for your weapon not know he was a human, you were stuck." Dante said, to which Rizua nodded.
"Well, we have to be somewhere, you coming?" He said getting up and fetching his weapons.
"What are we doing this time?" She said running over him and grabbing her weapon that lay next to his.
"Ha, I've never told you the mission's objective before we get there, why spoil it now?" He grinned at her.
"True that, lets go then!"
~At a chapel on the outskirts of the city~
Lady was fighting a blond demon, Rizua recognized her from a picture on Dante's desk. They stopped destroying the poor church when Dante threw Rebellion into the pews between them.
"Hey, if you two are going to go at it like that why not earn a little money and fight underground?" He said crossing his arms.
The blond shrugged, "I was only having a little fun, but your late." Her voice was soft, Rizua kind of liked it.
"What the hell is going on here Dante? I was hired to kill that bitch!" Lady seemed confused, as was Rizua.
"I'm his partner, Trish" The blonde stated, Rizua bristled.
"Actually your my ex-partner, Rizua's my partner now." Dante beat her to the explaining, she liked being acknowledged.
"You didn't have to be mean about it." Trish pouted.
"Alright wait, so whats really going on here?" Lady asked, lowering her rocket launcher, Kalina Ann.
"Ever since this priest showed up this place has been a den for devils." Trish explained.
"So that's why he hired me to kill you, I was his protection, to think I was fooled by such a lowly demon." Lady faked crying.
A preist looking guy appeared from behind the alter, changing from human to some sort of God-looking devil. "Silence! I can kill you all! I was just hoping to save myself the trouble."
"Looks like he's never heard of us." Dante 'tsked'
"We should throw him a welcome party." Rizua added.
"Enough with your joking!" The devil yelled, running at them.
The four of them pulled out their weapons, and said in unison, "Jokes on you!"
The devil was no less than obliterated.