A/N: Same old, same old Monday, sitting in the break room for lunch, typing while eating, y'know, the usual ;p Anywho, I'll just get on with this and then hopefully, have less work to do when I get home. That's the hope anyway...
Disclaimer: Idk what to put for these anymore...
After You
They reached the library after much wandering, both of them tired and more than a little bit grouchy. Dante huffed when they walked into the room, eyeing over some of the titles. More of them were in foreign languages than he anticipated, he looked to his partner.
"Can you read some of these? I mean, I know a lot of them but some of these are even beyond me." He gestured to the rows and rows of books. Nero looked over at them and heaved a sigh
"No, not all of them, some of them are encoded on top of being in some dead or demonic language." He looked at his lover again "Y'know, looking at you, I'd never think that you spoke more than one language." Dante made a face
"What's that supposed to mean?" He huffed, putting back one of the tomes he'd snagged to leaf through. Most of it had been crazy stuff about his old man, stuff that the half devil was sure wasn't true.
"It means that you look like a goof." The partial devil winked. Dante pouted slightly
"And here I thought that you were going to tell me that I looked too badass." Nero rolled his eyes and then paused, taking in the suit of armor that had joined the room.
"Can I help you?" He asked, fairly certain that this would lead to a fight, he and Dante were wanted but the question was, was this guy going to gun right for them or... His thought was cut off as he blocked a charge from the armor with his demonic arm.
"I take that as a no." He said, leaping back as Dante slammed Rebellion into the man's armor, it dented around the sword and Nero took out Ifrit, the flames leaping up around his wrists. He pounded punch after punch into the man but he seemed to give no reaction to the beating, not even an 'oof'.
"Nero, duck!" He heard Dante shout and he did, reacting without even thinking about it. The crack of Ebony resounding above his head and the armor fell over, the helmet clattering to the floor, revealing the empty inside of the suit. The duo just started at it, Nero nudged it with a toe
"What the hell?" He muttered, half expecting the damn thing to get up again like some of the demons they'd faced in the past.
"It's like it was possessed..." Dante said, looking at his gun, Nero looked back at him
"Please tell me that was a charge shot."
"Of course, why?"
"Becuase I want to be sure this thing isn't going to be getting up again."
"I don't think so, you saw the lights float off when we downed it?"
"Yeah?"
"I think that's what was powering it." The half devil said, looking again at the clutter of papers and books scattered on the tables. A good many of them mentioned possession and summoning. The red hunter did not have a good feeling about this... When he looked up again, Nero had wandered over to what looked like a lantern but held a singular blue flame in it instead of a wick or lightbulb. He was just about to say something when Nero picked it up, his hand glowing brighter and the object swiftly disappearing. He looked at his arm surprised for a moment before looking back to Dante. The half devil sighed and shook his head
"You have got to stop grabbing things with your demon arm." He said, Nero just flexed his fingers
"It just keeps hold of demonic items for me, I can pull them out whenever I want." He said, looking over to the strange statue that sat in the corner of the room and then to the blocked doorway.
"You sound like a drug addict when you put it that way." The half devil laughed, the sound cutting off halfway when Nero swiped at the statue and the thing moved. He nearly choked on his own spit and just managed to sputter
"What did you just do?!"
"I brought it to life. Well sorta anyway." He charged up Ifrit, gears turning in his head as he studied the pointed spikes that stuck out from the statue. He struck with the gauntlets and the spikes started turning rapidly, he walked around, looked at the barrier again and then lashed out with his demonic arm, the whole statue flying forward and obliterating the barrier. He turned back to a flabbergasted Dante who just shook his head
"Never mind, it's cool, just keep picking up random things." Nero grinned and walked through the now cleared doorway, his partner following behind.
They quickly discovered that the statues made clearing long halls of demons very, very easy and quickly cleaned out most of the rest of the castle. They had just gotten access to a door that had been previously blocked and the pair looked between one another.
"How much do want to bet that there's a big ugly ass demon on the other side of this door?" Dante smirked, Nero laughed
"That's not even a fair bet! There's definitely a big ugly ass demon on the other side." The two laughed and Dante held the door
"After you."
A/N: I'm sooooo tired right now, but it's my own damn fault cause I decided to watch Teen Titans: Judas Contract last night... instead of going right to bed... why am I so dumb guys? Please, I miss sleep... :p
Till next time,
-Winged Element
