A/N: Alrighty, going at it again from my iPad in the middle of the cafe at Parkview... Jeez Monday's are busy for me... So I'll just relax a little bit and type up some fanfiction, looking forward to this chapter, though I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with it... Oh well!

Disclaimer: How bout the fact that I have an exam this week? Does that provide proof enough?

Let's Find Out

Nero's head shot up when he heard the glass shatter and he had to smirk to himself at the sight of Dante, coat flaring about him, glass reflecting the morning sun, so much for their cover... But he did have to say, the man knew how to make an entrance. He slammed into the alter with a bang and met eyes with Sanctus for all of a half a second before pulling out Ivory and blasting the man straight in the face. Nero winced as the spatter of blood hit his face, the taste confirming his previous suspicions of the man having changed himself into a demon. He sighed and looked at his partner just as all hell broke loose. Civilians screamed, guards shouted, people scattered everywhere.

"'morning." Dante greeted his partner, as though this were just another lazy Sunday afternoon and not the sudden murder of a religious figure. Nero rolled his eyes

"Morning, you mind getting me out of these?" He lifted the cuffs on his wrists and the half devil gave him a look

"I don't know, maybe I like them right were they are." He wiggled his eyebrows and easily dispatched a guard that had begun the charge past the quickly fleeing civilians. Nero growled at him and he laughed "All right, all right..." The partial devil held out his arms and there was a massive crack sound as Rebellion cleaved straight through the warded metal. Nero rolled his shoulders, nimbly dodging out of the way of some almost buffoonish guards and ending up back to back with his partner.

"You let them take your weapon too?" Dante practically whined, Nero scoffed

"Better mine than yours, mine's got demonic energy sure, but it's no devil arm. Besides, I'm never completely unarmed..." He smirked and his demonic arm flared, Ifrit materializing around his fists. Dante grinned

"Yeah baby, let's do this!" The pair whirled into action, though the guards proved to be of little difficulty as they mowed through their ranks. By the time they finished, both were panting from the sheer number that come for them, it was like there was no end to the poor saps.

"Well that was disappointing..." Nero managed, his demonic arm reabsorbing Ifrit and his breath returning to normal.

"You're telling me." Dante said, kneeling and poking the helmet off of one of the guards, a demonic visage greeted him, just as he expected, so they had turned themselves into the most basic of cannon fodder. For a moment he pitied them and wondered if they had known what they were getting themselves into.

"So... There goes our low profile." Nero laughed, flopping back into one of the now empty pews and beginning to pick some of the gore from under his nails. Dante joined in, nudging the partial devil to the side and sitting next to him.

"What now...?" He asked and Nero turned to look at him and then to the last place they had seen the corpse of Sanctus. It was empty. He gestured lazily to Dante and the half devil swore.

"I think we should go after him, or his body, whichever is left, I think we should start with the other places that could have been demonic hotspots, did you check them out last night?" Dante nodded

"Definitely active, they all were, so I guess we go to whichever one's closer." Nero nodded,

"That'd be Fortuna Castle, but we have to go through the abandoned part of town to get there."

"So? You afraid of a few ghosts?" Dante teased, Nero flushed

"No, the place just used to give me the heeby-jeebies..." The partial devil shivered and looked off to the door "We should probably get out of here before more of the cannon fodder shows up." He said with a sigh, the half devil agreed, rising to his feet and helping the other man up.

"Fortuna Castle?" Nero nodded

"Fortuna Castle."

-Time Slip-

The pair weren't expecting to have to fight their way through the streets but that much became obvious when they took one step outside the door. Demons clogged the streets, screeching and calling to one another. Much to the pairs' surprise, most of them were not even recognizable creatures.

"You seen any of these things before?" Nero asked, hoping that he just hadn't been around enough

"You kidding me, this is your hometown, if anything, you should recognize these schmucks." The partial devil shook his head, his Devil Bringer flaring bright again and materializing into the fiery gauntlets.

"Well let's find out how easy they go down." He took a fighting stance and darted forward, Dante followed him, laughing as he swung his sword, they met eyes for a minute in between strikes and Dante threw him a wink, Nero rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out. Everything felt as it should for that brief moment in time, little did the pair know, they were about to run headlong into something that neither of them could have ever imagined.

Brown eyes watched the exchange and narrowed. For a brief moment they remembered the time when the fighting and gore would have made them squeamish, but those times were long over. Now, now was the time for revenge...

A/N: Ohhhhhhhhh! Cliffhangers are back! Woot woot! I love these things XD Please don't shoot me... I love you guys.

Till next time,

-Winged Element