A/N: Alrighty, we're gonna see if I can remember how I usually do this whole typing on my iPad thing... By which I mean remembering to hit the save button before I exit the webpage so I don't lose all of my information again... It's only Monday and I'm already super duper tired... That could be that I went into work at 5:45 instead of 6 but I had a quiz so... It was also super busy at work...
Disclaimer: work work work work
You're Under Arrest!
Both of the hunters were more than a little surprised when the ferry driver didn't blink twice at them, clearly the man didn't get paid enough to bother caring who was getting on the boat as long as they had a ticket. Nero had also thought a bit ahead and brought hoods that looked enough like the ones in Fortuna that they actually blended in for once in the area. The ferry ride was long and had few passengers, all of whom spoke in hushed whispers, it made Dante's skin crawl, made it seem like it would've been easier to swim to the island.
"Clever idea." He whispered to Nero, the other hunter looked at him, slightly confused "The disguises." The half devil elaborated, Nero smiled, his teeth barely visible from beneath the hood.
"I knew we'd stick out like sore thumbs otherwise, the only people who don't wear hoods are kids and people of importance, it's easier to find out what we need to fix if we can go unnoticed for a longer period of time." Dante nodded, it made sense but it wasn't something that he wouldn't have thought of. Nero seemed to know this and nudged him gently
"I got you, don't worry, I'm here." Dante squeezed the partial devil's fingers
"And I'm here for you, no matter what."
-Time Slip-
It was late when they arrived in the city proper and the two checked out a room in the single hotel that stood proudly in the center of the city. Once in the room the pair both yanked their respective hoods off. Nero sarted giggling almost immediately, Dante turned to him with a scowl
"What?" He demanded, hands on his hips, halfway changed out of his civilian clothes
"You have such a hat head!" Nero pointed, Dante frowned and ruffled his hair.
"So do you." He grumbled, and Nero continued laughing as he fixed his own hair
"I know, why do you think I quit wearing a hood?"
"Because it interferes with your vision and you can't fight with one, I didn't think it was because you're so vain." Nero promptly threw his shirt at his partner, who just laughed as he dodged it and threw clothes back. The two quickly degraded into a little quarrel, clothes flying back and forth across the room. They both laughed heartily when they finally settled down, changing into their full hunting gear and preparing to sneak around the town. Dante paused when Nero opened a window
"What're you doing?" The half devil asked as Nero stepped one foot out.
"There's a curfew, weren't you even listening when the manager handed you the key? We can't exactly just walk out the front door, there'll be guards wandering around outside." Dante shrugged and followed the partial devil out the window and dropped smoothly from the second story down to the ground.
"Where to?" The half devil said when he stood to his full height. Nero looked down at his arm and flexed his glowing fingers.
"My best bet would be to start at the main cathedral, and then head to the headquarters of the Order. If something truly is going on then it's pretty likely that it'll be centralized in one of those two places." Dante nodded and gestured for the other hunter to take the lead. Nero smirked and leapt up onto a rooftop, starting off into the distance.
It didn't take too long for the pair to reach the cathedral, Nero's arm was going ballistic by the time they got there as well, which was a good sign that they were on the right track, both of them sat on the roof, looking in, watching the guards pace back and forth for what seemed like ages. Nero slipped down to a lower part of the roof and pushed on the window, thanking his luck when it slid inward smoothly.
"Nero?" Dante turned when he realized that his partner wasn't next to him only to see him slip downward into the room. "Nero!" He hissed, afraid to make too much noise. It was too late though, he turned back to the larger window and watched the partial devil land almost silently on the cathedral floor.
Nero let out a quiet sigh when nobody turned to the soft paff sound of him landing on the carpet. He just had to get to... Every muscle in his body went stiff when the light hit his vision and he heard a voice call
"Who goes there?" Nero turned to face the light, he hadn't seen the third guard... He put up a hand to block the flashlight from directly blinding him. The guard lowered it with a gasp
"Nero?" The partial devil blinked a couple times and realized that he vaguely recognized the man holding the light, he'd trained with the man but couldn't remember his name for the life of him. The man seemed to get over his shock and raised his sword
"You're under arrest for the murder of a commanding officer!" A secondary plan forming as the man shouted, Nero put his hands up in the air. Looking up to the roof and meeting Dante's eyes as the half devil was leaning into the window, he shook his head subtly and smirked as the flashlights followed his gaze only to see an empty ledge.
A/N: Things are getting exciting :)
Till next time,
-Winged Element
