Chapter 15: Fist and Love

"Really, there's a need to kill on that moron." Dante shrugged it about fighting Echidna. He rises up and tells good news. "The forest is off from magic screw-up thingy. It's at least safe enough to travel through the magic circle." He replied with ease. He proceeds to the altar where another orb is located just like to the previous Hell Gate they manage to destroy.

"Ease with peace, nothing to do much more but destroying this big black wall." Dante gives out an exhausted 'humph' at this time, he touches another orb. At the orb flashes, this time, Dante has now something different from what is he wielding now.

A pair of gauntlets that could follow the movement and the dexterity of one's pair of hand are on Dante's fist. At those two gauntlets, both mini-katar like blades partially extended around Dante's hand. On his pair of foot, shows like a cowboy-like spikes. The spikes actually are inside (not actually when you see one of those, they are usually are outside right?) and embedded onto the greaves. At his back is an unusual object that is attach on his back. At his face, he was now wearing an orange-glowing mask with violet, white and red colorings at his mouth mask. Dante didn't know that he wears an unusual mask. Which you may at least, made everyone have a big stare on Dante when they see his face. (Haha, we'll see that one.)

"Hey Dante, what is that on your face?" Ein was asking. Dante tries to stare down in his face. He sees his mouth is covered by a steel mask. He didn't freak out by that stuff though. Still, he doesn't what it is. He calmly answers.

"Sorry, I don't know about this." Dante stares at both of his fist are covered from his hands to upper-lower arm. Both of those hands have sheathed blades. Without a moment of hesitation, Dante stances into a focused fighter, then, he instantly throws a punch onto the wall. The wall was destroyed into big debris. He follows them with a high jump, catching up with the flying debris; he launched out several combinations of fast fleet of kicks and flurry of punches around him. He landed down safely. The debris was on his back. He sends out a back arm push, then, he jumps once more and did slow-mo karate chop on a cluster of group of debris. He finally assails another Hell Gate thanks with his friends.

"Well, another Hell Gate has been destroyed. Now, we can go home now." Dante felt quite better at this time. Cierra and Fia casted the spell and everyone huddled in and in a flash, they left the Hell Gate destroyed.

Well, it seems Dante and Ein are my opponents. I guess I need more observations of their weakness. A demonical voice shrouded the entire quiet forest. It was observing Dante Sparda and Ein.

I should get moving then. The demonic voice left the forest in a chilly behavior.

+X+

"Finally, here we are again!" Dante stretches out as they went to the house again feeling exhausted from their trip. Though, Dante still have some of his energy even he is beat. So, he'll decide to keep the reserves at his own pace. Then, Ein comes in and asks Dante about something.

"Hey Dante," Ein asks Dante who was lying at the couch. The silver-haired was looking at Ein.

"Yeah, what is it?" Dante asks back at Ein with his ordinary glance to his eyes.

"What about those weird weapons you have got? Don't you at least name them?" Ein was fidgeting the question to Dante. Dante heaves a sigh to him.

"I have no idea on how can I name those weapons." Dante shrugged the reality though.

"Beats me, I still don't have the points on it." Ein was perplexed about it but, Dante break it.

"Forget it Ein. It's not that noteworthy." Dante turns over at the couch. Then, Ein left Dante at the couch, napping.

Guess that mean, we still have a long way to do then. Ein thought deeply in his mind. As the sunset view is about to land downwards to the land, Ein decided to watch the sunset by the balcony. He rushes upstairs, not wanting to break Dante's nap; he crept upstairs quietly as to head for the balcony. At the balcony, he sees a glimmering ball at the bird's view. He was that fortunate to watch this. Then, he sees Fia walking downstairs, she was humming though, she saws Ein.

"Hi Ein," Fia was in a good state though. Ein sees her; he decided to greet her too.

"Hi there too Fia," Ein replied Fia's greeting. He turns back to watch the sunset view. Fia was curious about Ein watching. She decided to ask Ein.

"Hey Ein," Fia asks.

"Yeah, what is it Fia?" Ein is puzzled by Fia, he was uneasy for a second but, he feels calm at the moment.

"I was wondering something, don't you angels have always have a break to watch some scenery or something?" Fia asks.

"No, but, it's my first chance to watch the scene anyway." Ein replied as he watches the sunset view. Fia was uneasy with him.

"Were you always getting in motion always? No middle-breaks or something?" she nervously asks to Ein. Ein replied back quietly.

"Yeah, it's like in a military point there. Even some of them couldn't get well with our god's mercy though." He sheepishly replied. Unwillingly, he was holding Fia's palm. Fia didn't notice that Ein holds her hand unwillingly. Fia resumes to her dialogue.

"Wow Ein I never thought about that until that I…" she was completely paused when Ein aimlessly hold her palm. She blushed furiously that she turn beet red when Ein holds her palm. Ein responded back at her.

"But, I am quite lucky that I promised myself in this time. I had a freedom to live outside the heavens though, no offense Fia but, being too as a Grim Angel isn't a cakewalk either too." Ein grimly answered Fia's question. But still, he doesn't know that he was holding Fia's soft palm in that matter-of-fact-way or something like that. But, he was still staring at the view of the sunset.

"It's beautiful isn't?" Ein was complementing the view of the sunset. Fia decided to complement it too.

"Yeah, it isn't?" Fia is gazing too at the sunset view with Ein. Unexpectedly, she was pulled by Ein's unexpected intention to yank at that time. She was pulled close at Ein's side of his body. She felt much warm from a wingless angel. She felt relieved and her worries are washing away thanks to that angel. She felt warmly comforted by him. She close her eyes to make the rare occasion never end. Ein stares at her. She was sleeping at his side. Seemingly, he was surprised but, relaxed of that moment. He muse her green hair with his hand. And, something was breaking this event.

It was Dante; he was awake from his cat-nap (or nap to make it male-like.).

"Yawwwn," Dante groggily wakes up from the couch. He ignored Ein and Fia on the balcony. Seeing them could be a nuisance, he let it be bygones be bygones. He walks towards upstairs just to fix himself up.

"Yo, good late afternoon, Ein." He lazily replied as he passes by Ein and Fia.

"It's a day; I bet he's just need a good rest." Ein murmured.

Good thing he didn't see us. He breathes a sign of relief that Dante wasn't a threat to their day.

Dante went up and puts down the Gilgamesh and the Lucifer down. He was planning to test both of his weapons out-drive. He was busy making plans forward to their task.

"It's insurmountable that the fact that just getting pummeled by demons is a quite an everyday factor." Dante talks to himself as he organizes his stuff. Serene was outside. Knocking the door, Dante replied. "Come in, door's open." Serene opens the door and sees Dante fixing up his weapons in his bag. She was having an eye for Dante's weapons. And, you can target another bet, Cierra came in too wondering about Dante's unusual weapons. Both of them began their dialogue.

"Hey, Dante, how you manage your weapons and how did you use them even you didn't know about it?" Serene asks, Dante winks to the question and gives out an answer.

"Well, when I at least check a weapon, it doesn't hurt to crash an object when you plan to play that stuff, 'nuff said." Dante chuckled.

"So, you just remember by memories?" Cierra aks more questions.

"Nope, if I tried to swing it, maybe I can get use to that weapon. Take this weird weapon," Dante lifts up and shows them the Lucifer Devil Arm. He had a hunch of time that it would work unless someone who is smart enough to kill with pure carnage.

"Some people say it's an artist's sadistic brush tool. For me, it's a salsa dance to me." He laughs.

"Well, if you can't remember it mentally, you'd." Cierra replied.

"Rather remember it the physical way! Wow, that's something." Serene gives thumbs-up to Dante. He replied with a small smile.

"Hell yeah, it is to be. The most probably sword that I swing betters and best than my sword is the sword of my ol' daddy." Dante chuckled.

"What was the name of Sparda's sword anyway? I almost forgot about it." Cierra rubbed her head in confusion. Dante idly respond while he grabs a chair and seats on it.

"The sword called 'Force Edge' is the dormant sword of my dad. His sword is almost, well, a complete mystery. Nobody knows even me how can the sword of Sparda can be unleashed. Many theories are proven lying. So, I don't read so many books though if it us about my daddy, I'll have to see who's Mr. I-Know-All-About-Legendary-Dark-Knight-Sparda-And-His-Works on their face." Dante sarcastically replied as many information of the Sword of the Legendary Dark Knight were proven false. He read countless books about his fathers. Many of the books said true things of Dante's father. Others were not.

"Speaking of lying books, don't you even know about your amulet does Dante?" Cierra asks Dante regarding the seals of Sparda.

"Literally, it works as a dimension key to Hell, but, you must need my bro's amulet to make it as a fully complete key to Hell. The other functions of my amulet are still unknown." Dante replied as he shakes his hands about the information.

"Yeah, I might use a time in the Guild, I did like to read some books about gateways though." Cierra's voice trailed off as she leaves off them. Dante puts the Lucifer at the table and finds a good pebble which he could toss outside the windows.

"Hah!" Dante tosses the pebble and it hits on the branch which wiggles slightly and the pebble fell without a sound. The pebble was then dropped at the corner of Elendia. Dante figured out that none would collect that simple pebble.

"Heh, at least nobody wanted that pebble." Serene replied.

"Yeah, you're right about." Dante smiled about Serene's answer.

"Yup, as long no one is going to bother that small peb- whoa!" Serene slipped pn as the waxed floor she forgot to know that it was waxed for a cleaning purpose (which is why, Ein or Fia would do the waxing of course.) and Dante turning around, with wide-eyes (I refer he has plated green eyes hehe) he was catching Serene from a slide. He manages to catch her freely without using his hands. She was on Dante's chest. Dante stares at her that she was even answering any single word.

"Hey Serene, wakey, wakey, you're on me you know." Dante tried to call Serene's attention. Her arms were outstretched until it unexpectedly wraps around his back to waist. Her head was on the middle of his chest.

"Hullo, are you good in there or what?" Dante tried to answer once more. He decided to check for himself. The demon hunter uses his left to pull Serene and find things out.

Slowly as he pulls her head out, he was freaked out that she turns into an almost-exploded-bomb.

"Hey, what's with you?" Dante asks.

"I...I slipped and you, you saved me. Thanks Dante." She replied weakly. Dante was blatant on it.

"Wait, you slipped and I saved you?" Dante was actually confused.

"No! I really mean it you dope! Stop playing like an idiot there!" she was flustered by Dante's blank view of present.

"I'm sorry Serene! Look, I was just blank there and I didn't expect that event to happen like that, I'm just sorry." Dante wasn't managing to escape from this. But Serene replied back but she was loss for answers.

"Umm, you see when I slipped on you, my face landed to your chest but, I can't tell much more!" Serene was about to burst to tears. She pounded her head against Dante's chest. Tears began to trickle down her eyes. Dante cupped her chin and wiped her tears gently (the least thing that you should know that Dante was using his red jacket. That's how he wiped her tears.) And Dante replied back more; "I know it's probably not allowed to force you to say the truth. I know the truth hurts the worst and it can deem to losing yourself at all. So Serene, don't push yourself too hard about what happened today. I learn that you really need privacy but I was there a complete jerk myself. Losing at that time of reality, I couldn't handle it. So, it's probably hard. But, what I say to you that, you shouldn't really at least, talk about this; because, I know how would you feel about it. So, don't say more, those will be enough to me." Dante replied sternly. Serene hiccupped that talk. She was quiet and she replied something; "I guess I was blind, Dante, I'm sorry about it. Is there anything I can make it up for you?" Serene innocently asks Dante for forgiveness.

"Well, there's one simple thing you can do well, forget this event." Dante chuckled as he made this plan.

"Really?! Are you sure of it?" Serene was surprised that Dante was cool at that moment.

"Yeah, I had no doubts about it." Dante smirks once more.

"Thanks Dante!" Serene hugged Dante once more and Dante was flattered by that.

"And, forget that one too because, it's pretty embarrassing." Dante booze down.

Ein and Fia Scene

Ein carried her as a bridal style to the living room. He places her gently at the couch. Seeing to it, he places a soft pillow on Fia's hands. He left her quietly and strokes her palm before leaving.

"Well, that wraps things up do they?"