Noted: Neither the Familiar of Zero nor Devil May Cry belong to me.
If you're wondering why this Dante is a lot nicer to Louise than necessary,
Allow me to explain in a few words:
After Dante's experience in Hell's brutality and horrors, I believe it just reinforces his heart to be a lot nicer, more so to the poor downtrodden people such as Louise and the commoners.
Hopefully I might be able to show how the relationship web evolves properly. Wish me luck.
Spoilers: If you have read earlier chapters, you might have seen this one coming.
Screw this, I'm breakin' free, somewhat : )
Roaring it out, all for the future
Lets begin…
O.O
Mission 5 : Discovery and Tempting a Devil
(-.O)
Chapter page Fantasy pic : Louise aims the Kalina Ann at you! (O.o)
It's the Day of the void, and no classes were held
Louise is currently sitting at her study table as she writes a letter to her family…
The only trouble is, where will she start to explain?
Yes she did manage to summon a familiar. But it was so unlike the norms to the point that Louise would continue to wonder whether she did something wrong with the ritual.
She considered the situation somewhat wrong in many ways.
First of all, the being summoned, Dante is a human, which is which is unheard of in the history of Halkeginia,
Secondly, she couldn't control the man; hence he does whatever he wants to. He's way too scary to be ordered around. And that gave Louise a sense of impotence. Who ever heard of a magician who couldn't control their familiar? And was actually scared of them? At least, he's quite a reasonable man, though his quirks are rather strange at best, or is it because he is playing around with her?
Thirdly, Dante proved himself to be powerful beyond her expectation, this somewhat proved that Louise has potential. According to her professor, M'sieu Colbert, the ceremony is said to summon the best suited familiar to the summoned for the magician, hence it seems that Dante is the beast…er…best choice as much as whatever powers that controls the summons is concerned. Colbert also adds that the ritual is also used to gauge the magical abilities of the magician to be, so that if Louise had summoned someone as strong as Dante, which could also mean Louise might be strong as well.
Though the way Colbert acted after explaining that part seems to convey that th middle-aged man seems to be hiding something, or just ran out of explanations and said the last part just to comfort the somewhat depressed young Valliere.
If she only knew.
* * *(o.o)****
Louise has just finished her letter, stating most of the events that occurred, of course, omitting the fact that she's still unable to;
- to have a semblance of real control to Dante.
- find her true affinity among the four known elements.
-(o.O)-
While Louise placed the letter into her envelope, the door opens, revealing Dante, who enters the room.
As if by reflex, Louise quickly wax seals the letter and hid it in her desk.
She will be sending it later.
(O.O)
Earlier…
Dante hasn't been lazy, well most of his time anyway. Upon seeing the way Louise casts the spells, he suspected that Louise's element could be something more other than the four elements mentioned.
And so, Dante, in detective mode; spent most of the time trying to read in the school's Fenrir library.
Sitting lazily with his feet propped on the table, he tried dozens and dozens of books. But finds no information regarding what element could be Louise's attuned to.
Early in his life, Dante never had a love for reading and research, and just preferred to learn stuff on the go. But through experience, it seemed a rather practical to at least get some prior knowledge before going to missions.
Hence nothing much surprised him when facing the most of the different devils in the underworld.
"Well what do you know? A breakthrough." Dante said as he read a certain old tome.
The tome, entitled the Book of Elements, stating the four different elements, their features and the spells usually associated with them.
It also includes the fifth element, The Void.
As the devil hunter read on, with the use of his father's spare monocle, a magical reader which enables the devil hunter to read foreign texts.
It seemed that this element is actually the element used by Halkeginia's founder, Brimir. It is the element of impossibility, in which the caster could very well be ably to control, manipulate higher forms of magic that will never be achieved by others bearing the other four elements. Mostly it involved blowing something up in one way or another.
It even stated that there are some of the spells cast with the element that are so strong that Brimir himself refused to use them unless it is absolutely necessary.
Unfortunately, the incantations to the spells under void are not stated in the book, but there are clues where they might be hidden.
Dante seeing no further information regarding said element, he closed the book to return it to the shelf. That particular shelf turned out to be the section which is forbidden to the general public to be read.
How the heck did he manages to enter and leave the locked chamber of the school is only for him to know.
He then spied something behind the book he had just read.
And how he smirked….
For what he saw is the symbol that he would recognize anywhere.
It was the symbol of Sparda.
"Even in this world huh?" Dante shook his head,
"You sure know how to always get around don't you, Dad."
(-.-)
Let us change locations for a moment and return a few days ago to the Headmaster's Office.
Colbert was fervently explaining everything to Master Osmond about the so called-commoner that was summoned by Louise at the Springtime Familiar Summoning... About how he was concerned about the runes that had appeared on the man's hand as proof of the contract between him and Louise... And that when he had gone to find out more...
"So, Dante has the runes of the Founder Brimir's familiar Windálfr?"
Osmond intently examined Colbert's sketch of the runes on Dante's right hand, then compared it with the book's illustration.
"Yes! The runes that appeared on M'sieu Dante's right hand are exactly the same as the runes that were inscribed on the legendary familiar Windálfr!"
"So, your conclusion?"
"That the man is the Windálfr! And there's another thing you should know…"
"And what else could it be?" Osmond asked,
"I think he's related to the legendary Dark Knight Sparda."
The statement caught the old man off guard.
Palpable silence covered the room.
Then the old man smirks.
"So you noticed it as well." Osmond narrowed his eyes at the long time employee.
Only a few people actually knew this particular piece of information, as most people merely regarded the figure of the Legendary Dark Knight as a fairytale. But the truth of the matter is he is ultimately the key factor why Brimir and his familiars, along with the rest of the Halkegenia's magical inhabitants, for the reclamation of Halkegenia's freedom, won the battles against the enemy. The stories of the different battles, the events and the final demise of their quest have so many versions that it seems that the truth of the matter is lost forever.
But not to the select few, battle mages and some civilians who accompanied the original group. Which in turn the true stories of their exploits are told to their descendants, making them swear on their lives to keep, protect and honor the names of that fellowship of men, who freed the world from the darkness.
They called themselves The Swords of Halkeginia. Both Colbert and Osmond are members of this organization.
Then something happened on how the original tale was told, such who or what the actual enemy is, until in the end, the antagonists that are presented in the recent Founder Brimir's tales, in their quest to save the Halkeginia and the holy land, are the elves.
It didn't escape the eyes of Old Osmond that the man Dante, whom Louise summoned by chance, exudes the similar air of the Dark Knight, albeit a bit more loose, but still. Osmond is so very sure of that.
Why?
Because he was there, when it all happened.
Then Osmond felt really old.
"If this isn't big news, then what is, Old Osmond?" Colbert excitedly said
Colbert stood up as he wiped his balding head with a handkerchief.
"Hrm... Certainly, the runes are the same. But for someone that seemed so similar the Sparda to become Windálfr... I wonder how that could've happened."
"What shall we do?"
"However, it is probably too early to be making definite claims."
"That's true."
Master Osmond drummed his fingers on the desk.
"Hmm, maybe…"
Old Osmond waved his staff and a big mirror set in the wall began scrying the situation which happened at Vestri Courts a few days earlier.
(please see chapter 4 for the duel)
(-.-)
Master Osmond and Colbert finished watching the entire event via the Mirror of Far-Seeing. They exchanged another look.
"Old Osmond."
"Hrm."
"I believe we are seeing legends in the making..."
"Hrm."
"Guiche is only a first level Dot mage, but even so, he shouldn't have been beaten by an average commoner. What amazing skill in dominating a fight! I've never seen a commoner fight like him before!"
"Hrmm..." Osmond stifled a knowing grin.
M'sieu Colbert urged Osmond.
"Old Osmond. We should report this to the palace immediately and ask for instructions..."
"There will be no need for that."
Old Osmond nodded sternly, ruffling his white beard.
"But sir! This is the biggest discovery of the century! The legendary Dark Knight reborn in the modern world!"
Some modern world this is.
"M'sieu Colbert. Windálfr was no ordinary familiar as well."
"Exactly! The familiar used by the Founder Brimir, Windálfr! There was never any description of its appearance, but it's said to have been created specifically for the purpose of attacking the enemies and support allies while Founder Brimir makes his spell incantations."
"Correct. Founder Brimir's incantations were especially long... However, that made his spells very powerful. And as you know, mages are most vulnerable while spell casting. Winndálfr was the familiar that he used to attack enemies in those times of vulnerability. Its strength..."
Colbert eagerly cut in at this point, looking extremely excited.
"And Sparda is said to be able to annihilate an army of hundred thousand all by himself! Ordinary mages were said to be no match for him!"
"So, M'sieu Colbert."
"Yes?"
"That man, he really is just an average commoner, right?" Osmond eyed the long time employee.
"Yes. No matter how I looked, he was just an average commoner. But when I tried a Detect Magic spell after M'selle Vallière initially summoned him something made it malfunction, but over all, by looks alone he could pass as a genuine average commoner."
"And who was it that turned him into a modern Windálfr?"
"That would be M'selle Vallière, but..."
"She must be a very talented mage, I take it?"
"Not at all. Rather, one might say she's un-talented..."
"A puzzling duo to be sure."
"Yes."
"So how did someone like M'sieu Dante contracted by an untalented mage to become Windálfr? What an utter paradox. I just can't see where the ends meet."
"Indeed..."
"In any case, there is no need for us to hand over M'sieu Dante and M'selle Valliere to those fools at the palace. Give them a toy like this and they'll just cause another unnecessary war. Court advisors have too much free time on their hands and like fighting far too much."
"O-oh, I see. I apologize for overlooking such important matters."
"I will take responsibility of this case myself. You will not speak of this to anyone else, Mister Colbert."
"Y-yes! I understand!"
Old Osmond took hold of his staff and turned to look out the window. He immersed his thoughts in the far reaches of history.
"For someone like the legendary dark knight turned Windálfr by a girl... Just what kind of form had he taken before, I cannot help but wonder."
Colbert murmured as if dreaming.
"Windálfr was said to be able to tame and use magical creatures to take down its enemies..."
"Hrm."
"So it must have at least be something human-like, I think."
(o.O)
We return to the present as we find Dante and Louise discussing something over a cup of beer and tea.
"So you're saying that I don't have an affinity to any of the four elements?" Louise asked, looking crestfallen at the report her magical partner said.
"Nope,"
Well there has been a couple of rare cases in which a Noble was born with no affinity to magic at all. Those family members are either cast off from the family to live ordinary plebeian lives or kept the condition secret to protect the family honor.
If ever her condition be similar, at least the family manages to stifle the damage, making an arranged marriage with the ever growing popular Viscount Wardes, a family acquaintance, and her mother's one time student.
But she in regards to being untalented in magic, did summon a familiar…of sorts so, there is still some hope… right?
"If you're currently thinking that there's no hope in you," Dante states, causing Louise to look up from her teacup and to the devil hunter.
"I have news for you, I found out what your element is."
"What?"
"It's the Void."
Louise eyes went blank.
"What?"
"That's the reason why everything explodes whenever you try to cast spells. The element you're trying to channel doesn't match with you're true natural affinity. And the only possible element would be the Void." Dante explained to the pinkette, taking a swig of beer from his mug, he will have to explain the finer details later, if his gambit would prove successful.
Ah, Beer never tasted so good before, since he hasn't had one in years or more.
He was certainly glad to have managed to befriend the rest of the non-noble staff, especially after that infamous duel with Guiche. With them calling him as "Heart Breaker" after seeing that spectacular fireworks resulting from Dante's move. With Dante being considered as a commoner and such, he was hailed as a hero among the lower class.
Thus, he had his dramatic reunion with one of his favourite beverage.
"Since now you know, how about giving it a try?" Dante suggested, seeing Louise so excited in a while.
Louise was definitely excited, but has apprehensions as well, seeing that the this could be very well her last shot at becoming a magician
"Alright, here goes." She finally stated, taking out her wand.
Concentrating her will, recognizing what her element, Void as her true power, she begins to speak a certain spell,
"Float!" She finally end the spell, pointing the wand towards the teacup, half expecting an explosion.
Then, a miracle happened,
The cup actually floated by itself,
and goes to her waiting hand.
Silence which you could cut with a knife covered the room, before a yell broke it.
"I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!" She yells out of joy, now definitely sure that she isn't a zero,
Louise happily jumps around, as the devil hunter smirked at the turn of events.
'Now that that problem is solved, I think I'll be able to concentrate investigating on what the heck dad was doing in this world before. But I suppose I could wait a little more.' Dante thought, grinned as Louise jumps up and down her huge bed, making her look like a 2 year old.
Later….
As the two wandered along the Castle corridors, Dante saw some students, along with their familiars try to do some tricks.
"Okay, just what are they trying to do?" Dante asked, as he saw Montmorency apparently practicing, singing a song.
With her frog as a back up.
'Well, that makes one weird musical duo if you ask me.' Dante thought,
'At least she's doing better than Guiche, who just plans to pose around with his overly large and cute mole.'
"It's the annual presentation of familiars to the royals. And the Princess was announced to be attending as well." Louise finally answered, feeling much more confident.
"Oho?" Dante gravely thought. "So its like a show where familiars show tricks and such to impress, is that right?"
"Y-yeah, that's correct."
Louise knew of the coming event but haven't got the guts to tell the snow-haired man that. Besides the fact that he hates to be regarded as someone's property, even moreso as an animal. And finally, she knew how much Dante hated to be ordered to do something against his will, not to mention she doesn't come across as a guy who can do a proper show in the least, not unless it's a demonstration on how deadly her guardian is and that is not the kind of impression Louise wants for her guardian to have..
Well, he is skilled with that purple musical instrument of sorts, which he used to wake her up during mornings. Though she wonders if that racket he makes could be considered as music.
Looking towards Dante, who is now in a thinking pose.
Then he turns to Louise, looks at her with his icy blue eyes and grinned.
"So, where do we sign in?"
"EEEEEHHHHHHH!" Louise gapes in shock.
"I believe we could spice up the show with better stuff other than singing frogs and posing moles right?"
"Uh, right." Was all the diminutive mage could say, knowing Dante in such a short while, is capable of doing almost anything. She couldn't wait for it as well.
Not escaping Dante's observing eyes; a red shadow could be seen slinking amongst the bushes.
(O.O)
After learning of her magical affinity, she tried dozens upon dozens of spells, and finds them working just fine, unlike before.
She can't wait to see the looks on Kirche's faces, as well as the rest of the students that mocked her before.
Dante, just stood by and watched, apparently observing how the spells work and finally got the gist of how to use the same magic system to incorporate with his already huge repertoire of skills. That could be of some use later.
(o.O)
At the Headmaster's Office, M'selle Longueville the secretary was busily writing away at something.
She stopped writing for a moment and glanced over at the sequoia desk at which Master Osmond was busy taking a nap.
The corner of M'selle Longueville's lips rose in a faint smirk, an expression she had never shown anyone before.
She stood up from her desk.
In a low voice, she murmured the incantation for a Spell of Tranquility. Dampening her footsteps so as not to wake Osmond, she crept out of the office.
Her destination was the treasury, located on the floor directly below the Headmaster's Office.
Stepping off the stairs, she confronted enormous iron doors. They were kept shut with a thick bolt mechanism, which in turn was secured with an equally large padlock.
This place was where artifacts dating from even before the Academy's establishment were contained. After cautiously surveying her surroundings, Miss Longueville withdrew her wand from a pocket. It was about the length of a pencil, but with a flick of the wrist, it extended to the length of an conductor's baton, which she whirled expertly.
M'selle Longueville cast another spell.
Once the invocation was complete, she pointed the baton at the padlock.
However... nothing happened.
"Well, it's not like I really expected a Spell of Unbinding to work anyway."
Smiling deviously, she began reciting the words to one of her specialty spells.
It was a Transmutation spell. Chanting loud and clear, she waved her baton at the heavy lock. The magic cascaded over it... but even after a considerable wait, there was no visible change.
"Looks like it's been magically reinforced by a Square-class mage," she muttered.
A Spell of Reinforcement was one that prevented the oxidation and decomposition of matter. Any substance that had this spell cast on it was protected from any chemical reactions, and allowed it to be preserved forever in that state. Even transmutation magic would have no effect against something protected like this. Only if one's magical skill surpassed that of the mage who cast the spell could it be overcome.
As it was, the mage who had enchanted this door was apparently an extremely powerful mage, considering that not even M'selle Longueville, an expert in Earth magic and transmutation in particular, was able to affect the door.
Taking off her glasses, she stared at the door once more. At this point, she heard footsteps coming up the staircase.
She shrunk down her baton and slipped it back into her pocket.
The person who appeared was Colbert.
"Greetings, M'selle Longueville. What are you doing here?"
"M'sieu Colbert, I was going to catalog the contents of the treasury, but..."
"Oh, that's quite some work. It'd probably take you all day to go over each and every item. There's a lot of junk mixed together with them, and it's a rather cramped space they've been arranged in too."
"Indeed."
"Why don't you just borrow the key from Old Osmond?"
The woman smiled.
"Well... I didn't want to disturb his sleep. In any case, I'm in no immediate hurry to complete the catalog..."
"I see. Sleep, you say. That old man, I mean, Old Osmond, is quite a deep sleeper. It seems I shall have to visit him another time."
M'sieu Colbert began to walk off, but paused in his tracks, and turned around.
"Err... M'selle Longueville?"
"Is something the matter?"
Colbert looked slightly embarrassed as he opened his mouth to speak.
"If it would be all right, how would you like to, say... join me for lunch?"
She took a moment to consider, then smiled brightly as she accepted the offer.
"Sure, it would be my pleasure."
The two of them headed down the stairs.
"Hey, M'sieu Colbert."
In slightly informal tones, M'selle Longueville struck up conversation again.
"Y-yes? What is it?"
Emboldened by how easily his invitation had been taken up, Colbert responded quite eagerly to her.
"Is anything important actually inside the treasury?"
"There is."
"Then, do you know of the 'Staff of Destruction'?"
"Ah, that is quite a curiously shaped item, indeed."
Her eyes glinted.
"What... kind of shape?"
"It's extremely difficult to describe, except as simply strange, yes. But never mind that, what would you like to eat? Today's menu is flounder baked in herbs... but I'm quite well-acquainted with Marteau the head chef, and I can have him make any of the world's finest delica-"
"Ahem."
M'selle Longueville interrupted Colbert's babbling.
"Y-yes?"
"I must say, the treasury is quite amazingly built. No matter what kind of magic is tried, it would be impossible to open, I assume?"
"That's quite right. It's impossible for just any one mage. After all, it was devised by a group of Square-class mages to resist all spells."
"I'm very impressed that you're so knowledgeable about this, M'sieu Colbert."
She regarded him with a comfortable expression.
"Eh? Well... Haha, I just happened to come across a lot of documents pertaining to this floor, that's all... I like to consider it a part of my research, haha. Thanks to that, I'm still single at this age... yes."
"I'm sure the woman that you find will be very happy to be with you. After all, you can teach her so much about things that nobody else knows..."
Longueville fixed him with a fascinated look.
"Oh, no! Please don't tease me like that!"
Colbert flustered nervously as he wiped sweat from his balding forehead. Then, regaining composure, he faced her seriously.
"M'selle Longueville. Have you heard of the Ball of Frigg that is being held on the day of Yule?"
"No, I haven't."
"Haha, I guess it's because you've only been in Tristain for two months. Well, it's nothing spectacular, just a party of sorts. However, it's said that a couple who dances at this ball will be destined to be together or something like that. It's just a petty legend of course! Yes!"
"So?"
Smiling, she pressed him to continue.
"So... if it would be all right, I was wondering if you would dance with me, yes."
"I would love to. While ball parties are fabulous, I'd like to know more about the treasury right now. I'm quite fascinated by magical items, you see."
Wanting to further impress M'selle Longueville, Colbert racked his brains. Treasury, treasury, she says...
Remembering something she might find interesting, he put on an important air and started to talk.
"Ah yes, there's one thing I can tell you. Although it's not particularly important..."
"By all means, do tell."
"Certainly, the treasury is invincible against magical attacks, but I believe it has one fatal weakness."
"Oh, that's intriguing."
"That weakness is... physical force."
"Physical force?"
"Yes! For example, well, not that this is ever likely, but a giant golem could-"
"A giant golem?"
Colbert stated his opinion quite proudly to M'selle Longueville. And once he was done talking, she couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.
"That was most intriguing indeed, Mister Colbert."
(-.-)*******
That Afternoon...
As Dante, only wearing his long leather pants and a towel, having just taken a much needed bath for the day, heads back to Louise's room. He passed by the usual corridor of numerous rooms.
And passed by a particular room…
The door to Kirche's room opened.
Her salamander Flame crawled out, with its burning tail emitting a warm glow. The two stared at each other. The salamander shuffled closer to Dante, who greeted the flaming reptile.
"Yo, how are you doing?"
"Kyurukyuru," it growled comfortingly. It looked harmless before it clamped its jaws on Dante's pants leg, shaking its head as if asking him to follow it.
"Hey, let go! You'll light my pants on fire!" said Dante to an insistent Flame, which only pulled harder.
Kirche's room remained open.
' Is it trying to drag me in there? Indeed it was. I don't think Flame is dragging me for the fun of it. What could Kirche possibly want from me?'
Dante brainstormed the reasons. Maybe she just wants to ask me something. Or maybe…
Dante stepped into Kirche's room.
The room was pitch dark, save for Flame's mild glow. Kirche's voice commanded from the darkness, "Close the door." Dante obliged.
"Welcome to my room."
"It's pretty dark in here."
He heard Kirche snap her fingers. Starting from the one nearest him, lamps lit up one by one towards Kirche like lights floating above a street.
Doused in the mild glow, Kirche sat on her bed, with a look of worry on her face. She was wearing attractive underwear, or rather, just plain underwear. One thing was for sure: supported only by her sexy bra, her full breasts were the size of cantaloupes.
'Yup, I was kinda expecting that.' Dante cocked an eyebrow. As he crossed his arms.
"Don't just stand there. Come to me." Kirche cooed with her most captivating voice.
Dante did just that.
Dante sat by her side as he was told. His eyes were appreciating Kirche's nearly nude body.
'Not bad.' Dante commented to himself.
"Anything you wish me to do?" Dante then asked, the man that he is.
Kirche merely stared at him while slowly waving her fiery red hair. Under the faint lamp light, Kirche's brown skin looked wildly erotic, as if trying to capture Dante to do her bidding.
As if that would would work,
Much.
Kirche made a long sigh, and worriedly shook her head.
"You must think me a lowly, despicable woman."
"Kirche?"
"To be thought so is inevitable. Do you understand? My runic name is 'Ardent'."
"So I heard."
That cleavage in her bra's gaps is so sexy...
Dante just had enough willpower to keep himself from directly ravaging this supple woman's body.
"My lust is as flammable as hay... that's why I suddenly called you here. Don't you get it? Isn't this really bad of me?"
"That is indeed very bad." Dante seemed unsure and just played along, as he gestured at her which means along the lines of 'Naughty, naughty'.
"But... I'm sure you'll forgive me."
Kirche looked at Dante with moist, watery eyes. Any man would show his most primitive instincts after looking at these eyes.
"Forgive what?" He asked continuing to play along, seeing that this also gave the rush of excitement to the Germanian girl.
Kirche suddenly clasped the devil hunters hand hand, enveloping them with her warm palms before slowly caressing through every finger, sending sparks through his spine. After all, a man is a man, half-breed or not.
"Loving you, my dear. To you, my love is that sudden."
'Yeah, that's sudden all right!' Dante sarcastically thought.
But then again she must be playing Dante. But then again, he'll just have to play too.
Sexy beast-mode engaged.
Despite that thought, Kirche's face looked serious.
"Your flair and grandeur in defeating Guiche is... just... so cool...and fiery at the same time. Like a hero of the legends." As she said this she was already expending her hand, running her fingers through the then naked, finely sculpted upper body of the devil hunter.
" I... when I saw you right that moment I was in love. Can you believe it? I was attracted to you just like that! Passion! Oh, this is a passionate love!"
'I think many girls came that day as well' he thought.
"Passion, huh? " Dante just looked deeply into her eyes, he could almost see the lust burning within.
Not that he minded the Lust part.
Oh no, no, no, not at all.
"My runic name, 'Ardent', is quite passionate too. I've been writing love songs since that day! Love songs! Just for you... Oh, Dante. You appear in my dreams every night, so I told Flame to see how you're doing... oh, I'm so embarrassed. You must think that too, am I right? But it's all because of you!"
Dante just cocked his eyebrow at the statement.
Kirche took his silence as acceptance, and slowly, with closed eyes, approached Dante with her lips.
'He's so sexy.' Kirche lustily thought
Dante on the other hand, might be...
Comparing her to Louise, who is attractive in her own way.
But when it comes to sexiness, she is no match for Kirche.
Kirche took his silence as acceptance, and slowly, with closed eyes, approached the half-devil with her lips.
Then the inevitable encounter happened, and as their lips touched Kirche, felt an unbelievable feeling of absolute bliss, causing her to sigh in ecstasy. With it she felt her flames of passion ignite all the more.
The kiss went from a light one, to the point that Kirche wants to devour and claim his lips, as well as the passionate swordplay with their tongues. This act caused Kirche to pull the devil hunter's body closer to her, to feel his warmth, his passion and maybe something more. She felt another release as the Dante gently caresses her body, and at the same time played with her extended tongue by slowly sucking it.
She heaves another long and lusty sigh as the waves of passion opened up within her.
He's good. No, he's beyond good. No man before has ever managed to make her reach this level of rapture. No one.
But she's not letting him know that, yet, and thus….
She runs her eager hands through out the devil hunter's upper body, from his fine, snow-white hair, to the nicely toned abs.
Dante just smirked inwardly as he felt how Kirche's body wriggle with the pleasure he was giving her.
"Wait till we get to the next stage."
If this feeling was obtained with just a kiss, what ever would happen if they went all the way?
Dante pushed Kirche's down on the bed, eliciting a sigh from the girl, probably ready to be ravished by the handsome devil.
Unknowingly, she is half-right.
But then Dante stops.
Kirche looked at Dante with surprise, as if asking "Why?". He looked away from her body.
"From what you said earlier..."
"Hmm?"
"You... fall in love rather too easily." Dante states, hitting Kirche's weak point. Her face turned red in an instant.
"Yeah... I guess I have more... passion than others. That can't be helped. Love is sudden, and it burns my body so quickly..."
'I think I get the idea.' Dante thought keeping a straight face.
At that moment, a voice from outside the window interrupted her.
A beautiful playboy looked inside indignantly.
"Kirche... I came to check because you weren't there on time..."
"Berisson! We'll meet two hours later then!" she said
"That wasn't what we agreed on!" They were on the third floor. It looks like this Berisson guy is floating on air with some magic spell.
Kirche nonchalantly took out her wand from between her breasts, and waved it without even looking at him. Flame shot out from a nearby lamp and flew into the gentleman at the window like a snake.
"What an annoying owl."
Dante was right on not finishing. But at least the girl got off, twice and that's all that matters, for the moment.
"Uh... you didn't hear all that, did you?"
"Who was that?" Dante blankly asked
"Just a friend. Whatever... right now, my deepest, most passionate love is you, Dante..."
Kirche approached him with her lips again. Dante did not move a muscle, as he knows that this was not meant to be… as of today.
At that moment, they were interrupted again.
A sharp-looking man peered into the room with a sad face.
"Kirche! Who is that guy? Aren't you going to heat up the night with me?"
"Styx! Just go away, I'm busy at the moment."
"Who is that guy, Kirche?" he indicated the half naked Dante, obviously envious at his body's condition.
This Styx guy was getting mad, and as he was about to enter the room, Kirche waved her wand again. The fire flew from the lamp again, hit the man, and sent him to the ground.
"...I take that he's your friend too?" Dante deadpanned.
"Instead of 'friend', lets just say that I've only heard of him. Oh well, I don't want to waste our time. Whoever said 'the night is long' didn't know how quickly the sun rises."
Kirche drew near Dante again.
And again, a groan came from the window. Dante impatiently turned around with an exasperated sigh.
'Not another one.'
Three men looked inside, and said the same thing at the same time.
"Kirche! Who the hell is this? You said you don't have any lovers!"
"Manican! Ajax! Gimli!"
Oh wow... five completely different people showed up. Dante was impressed.
"Well... six hours later then," Kirche waved irritably.
"That's the morning!" the three said in unison.
"Flame." Kirche casually ordered her salamander, who was sleeping in the corner. Flame sent a blaze towards the three men at the window, and they fell to the ground together.
"And those are...?"
"Them? I don't even know them. But, most of all, I love you!"
Kirche held Dante's face with her hands and went straight for his lips.
"N...nhhhh..."
Dante relented. Kirche's kisses were full of passion. Dante did not resist her from pinning him to the bed.
At that moment...
This time it was the door. Somebody kicked it open.
Dante thought it was just another guy. He was dead wrong. Wearing her thin pajamas, Louise stood and stared at the two from the doorway.
Kirche mildly eyed Louise, and kept her lips locked with Dante's.
Louise murderously moved towards Dante and Kirche, knocking down a few lamps in the process. Louise's hands moved faster than her mouth. More impressively is that her legs moved faster than her hands.
Dante then remembers about the age old Valliere and Zerbst rivalry. Louise is very determined to protect the family honor, even if she had to face Dante's wrath later.
Looks like she's growing up fine…
"KIRCHE!" Louise howled towards Kirche's general direction. Kirche acted like she just noticed her presence, and slowly removed herself from Dante, while waving her hand indignantly.
"Can't you see that we're kind of busy here, Vallière?"
"Zerbst! Who do you think you're touching?"
Dante grinned. Looks like she's becoming more forward this time. Louise's brown eyes glimmered with fiery anger.
Kirche raised her hands above her head. Stuck between the two, Dante only shrugged.
It seemed that letting the whole situation develop into Kirche kissing him had made Louise extraordinarily angry, that she isn't scared of Dante anymore.
"Love and fire are the Zerbst family's destiny. It's a fate that burns in our bodies. It is our lifelong goal to embrace this passionate flame. You should know that." Kirche shrugged, while Louise shook in anger.
"Dante, lets leave that hussy." Louise stared at Dante.
"Oh? Louise... he is indeed your familiar, but he has his own will too, don't you think? Please respect his choice." Kirche said at the side.
"She's right! Who I hang out with is my business!" Dante added looking forward to see how Louise would react.
Louise raised her voice. "You... by tomorrow you'll be run through by magic from at least ten nobles! Is that all right with you?" she pointed at Dante.
In her anger, she failed to remember just how powerful Dante really is….
"Oh, no problem with that. Didn't you see how good he was in the Vestri Court ?"
Louise flapped her right hand. "Hmph... so his swordfighting skills are good, but that doesn't matter when he's attacked by fireballs from the back and whirlwinds from the front."
'Yup, It definitely slipped her mind' Dante thought.
"No problem! I'll protect him!" Kirche gave Dante a passionate look.
However, because of Louise's words, Dante analysed the situation.
'If those guys that just visited us at the window find out about me, maybe they would attack me. Kirche won't be able to cover me all the time, even if she said she would. That and Kirche changes her mind pretty often. She'll be bored of protecting me in no time.'
After some calm reasoning, Dante stood up.
"Aww...are you leaving so soon?" Kirche sadly peered at Dante, with her hair spread to her back, and her twinkling eyes seemed to painfully tear.
'Kirche is one addicting beauty... if a girl like her sticks to me, who cares if I get hit with magic left and right?' Dante thought
'Plus I get more exercise that way.' He grinned at the thought of duelling a group of young wizards and schooling them. Hard.
Jerk-ass style.
"That's her usual tactic! Don't be fooled by her." Louise tugged Dante's hand, and walked out.
That left the blushing Kirche alone, hugging to a pillow, and to the memory of that wild moment, when Dante the snow-haired Heartbreaker, sent her to unparalleled bliss, just by kisses no less.
She's now even more determined to steal the devil hunter from that girl, to lavish all for herself.
So henceforth she swore off other men other than Dante, will be allowed to have the exclusive right to her body and her heart.
Yeah, she will have sweeter dreams from now on.
(-.-)
A toned down chapter to say the least wouldn't you say?
Early revelation much?
Hope its good enough for a while… : )
Lime scene came from experience. : )
Yeah right. : )
As I say once again, I don't like taking credits, BUT ALWAYS PREFER CASH. : )