A/N: Damn... I was really hoping to make this chapter spicy... But I don't think I'm going to be able to lead into that this chapter... Poo. Well here we go.
Disclaimer: Own this just as much as I own the song I'm listening to.
I Just Might Have To
The mines still creeped Nero out, there was just nothing that he could do about that. He didn't think that that childish fear would ever wear off, it was something about the musty smell and the demons that kind of popped out of no where that just unnerved him. Dante of course gave him shit and the partial devil sighed, shaking his head.
"I'm sure that there's stuff that still creeps you out too, so you can shut your mouth about how I get bothered by some old mines." Nero grumbled, Dante just laughed
"Oh there most certainly is and I fully expect you to give me shit back when you find out what it is, but until then..." He grinned and then Ivory snapped up and took out a demon that was farther up the wall. Nero turned and shivered before taking a deep breath and reaching out with his demonic arm to grab the ladder that had broken off farther up the wall
"Hey, a little help?" Dante called from the floor, Nero turned and smirked at him before taking the next leap. "Hey!" The partial devil flung his arm forward, the projection wrapping around the hunter in red, who let out a rather unmanly squeak of surprise and was yanked back up to where his partner stood, grinning like a cat who'd gotten the canary. "Ass." The half devil muttered, Nero just snickered to himself.
-Time Slip-
The last thing the two expected to see when they walked into the old abandoned town was a massive centaur-like demon with enough fire for the world's largest cookout. Nero looked to his partner
"Don't suppose you brought Cerberus?" Dante grinned at him
"I might've left most of my stuff at home since missions like these tend to generate enough loot on their own?"
"Dude, you have an interdimensional pocket around you that you stuff all your weapons into and you're worried about carrying too many?" Dante just grinned again and Nero groaned
"Hey, you don't have most of your weapons either." Dante ribbed and the partial devil just sighed, trying to contain his irritation
"That's because I was held captive and had them taken away from me."
"And who's fault is that?" Dante's question trailed off as they both looked up to see the massive demon staring at them. It seemed confused that they weren't even remotely impressed with it.
"Who dares impede Berial? King of the fire hell!" He roared
"Actually, first names are just fine." Smirked Nero, rolling forward and feeling the heat roll off of the massive sword behind him. He turned to see Dante holding the sword up, acting casual despite the fact that the partial devil could see his partner's hand burning.
"I mean, you interrupted us dude, you could've at least let us finish our conversation before getting your ass kicked." The beast roared in anger, waves of fire rolling off of him.
"Nero!" Dante shouted, realizing that his partner was under the monster, putting him right in the way. The flames subsided and the partial devil stood, patting out some of the small fires on his coat.
"Alright, I get it, you like fire." Ifrit leapt to life around his fists "But guess what? So do I." He leapt right into a stiff uppercut, the strength of it impressing the half devil as the monster stumbled back from the strike. Dante grinned and dove into the fray after his lover.
-Time Slip-
The fight didn't take long after that, the fire was hot but typically brief and the boys healed far too quickly for it to do much permanent damage. When the monster tried to flee back through the Hellgate he was quickly snatched by Nero and dispatched by Dante. The two looked at the cooling Hellgate and then to the weapon floating unformed next to it. Dante raised a brow and and lifted a hand and the weapon floated into his hand, forming around his body. The mask lifted up and he grinned, leaping into the air and launching a barrage of attacks against the stone. Nero could hear his lewd innuendoes the entire time he did and groaned, they were just bad... the half devil landed, the heart outlined by the spikes from the weapon.
"In the end, we are all satisfied." Said Dante from an unexplained rose in his mouth, clapping his hands as the spikes exploded "And you are set free." He tossed the rose at the last spike, splitting the heart perfectly down the middle. Nero rolled his eyes
"You are so weird." He muttered, shaking his head at his partner's antics
"And yet you still sleep with me, what does that say about you?" Dante smirked Nero sighed
"Gods only know." Then he smiled at the half devil who smirked back and pulled out another rose, handing it the other hunter. Nero blinked
"Where are you getting these from?" He asked, taking it and inspecting it, he looked up to find Dante looking into his eyes
"You're welcome to search me for them." The half devil said with a burning look, Nero laughed, closing the gap between them and looping an arm around his lover's waist.
"I just might have to do that."
A/N: Okay so next chapter's going to be awfully interesting ;) I'm looking forward to writing it, also, my hands are ice cubes and I'm having difficulty typing...
Till next time,
-Winged Element
