A/N: I know it's been a while, I'm just gonna say hi and get right on going
Disclaimer: The Grand Poo-bah doesn't have to make these… I think
How Dare You
"Y'know, when we get home, I just want to sleep for a week." Dante sighed as they trudged up into a brightly lit forest. Well jungle was probably the better description.
"You literally just took a nap." Nero said as he squinted into the sun. They'd just spent the last several hours inside and the bright sun surprised him as he stepped out into it.
"Yeah but that was just to get some energy back, now… now I just want to do nothing for several days. Have no engagements, no responsibilities…"
"I can think of a couple things that I'd like to do." Nero glanced over at his partner who looked back and winked.
"Well that would be a beautiful exception to the rules." he laughed and then leapt off the cliff.
"Hey!" Nero shouted, running after his friend, taking a leap after him and leaning into the fall, swiftly catching up with his lover and flipping them both over to catch Dante in his arms as they landed on the ground.
"Oh, Nero, you sweep me off my feet." Dante teased, earning a look from his partner who promptly dropped him on his ass.
"Let's go kill the demon at this hellgate." he said, stomping off farther, claws flaring with fire. Dante just laughed and followed his partner casually.
"You get angry too easily." he said as he easily caught up. Nero just looked over and grinned.
"You know I'm not actually angry, 'sides I think you're the one with the short temper." Dante rolled his eyes, casually pulling out Ivory as he felt the pulse of another demon in the area.
"Yeah right, you're the one always leaping to fight." the demon leapt out of the brush as he said this and Dante fired, Nero scooping the monster from the air as its ability to levitate abandoned it and slammed it on the ground in a sight of fire and fury. He didn't even look over to his partner as he tossed up another demon.
"Well, maybe you have a point." he could hear the swish of Rebellion in the air and he just grinned. Their banter quickly dissolved as they both began to focus on the monsters in front of them, both very ready for the end of this battle, of this hellgate. Hell, Nero just wanted to be able to go home, Dante was right, he was ready for several days of peace, maybe a low key mission or two but nothing beyond that and a shitty movie and time spent in his lover's arms. Yeah that sounded pretty great… He swung again, his arm burning bright with the power of the fire demon that he kept anchored to him now.
-Time Slip-
Both boys were getting tired of the seed-like demons that kept upping the abilities of the lower level monsters that they were fighting. They'd seen a couple glimpses of the monster that was waiting for them before the hellgate and neither of them was too pleased with what they'd seen. But then again neither of them could say that getting chased by a dragon-like demon would be classified by anyone as fun and a good first impression.
"What is it with demons and needing to fight everything whenever something moves?" Nero huffed after a particularly heavy wave of demons, he wiped the sweat from his brow and stood, slinging Red Queen over his shoulder.
"I don't know but trust me, I'd love to talk my way out of some of these situations too." Dante laughed, checking the bullets in his guns and then cocking them preemptively. Nero blinked at him
"I mean you did the same thing to me when we first met- wait, how old are those bullets?" he'd never seen the other hunter reload his guns, he knew for a fact that the half devil generated his bullets out of his own demonic energy and didn't need to.
"Uh… almost as old as the guns themselves." he said, thinking back to when he'd picked them up and gave them their fiery first shots. That'd been a long time ago, he'd been a different man back then, full of anger and need for the fight.
"They're gonna rust in there." Nero huffed, he'd long since taken the bullets out of his own gun to make it easier not to forget that there was something in there. Plus then if someone took it away from him, it couldn't be used against him. Unless it was Dante, then he'd be screwed.
"Also, I'm pretty sure you attacked me first when I washed up on this god-forsaken shore all those years ago." Nero laughed
"Maybe I did, doesn't change the fact that you fought right back and then invited yourself to my house."
"You didn't invite me? Maybe I was just too distracted by that pretty face." the half devil teased. Nero rolled his eyes.
"Gods, why do I date you? You're so cheesy." Dante laughed and the partial devil couldn't help but join in. Nero looked over at his lover and couldn't help but step up and give him a kiss.
"For luck." he said as he stepped forward into the clearing where the eerie green glow of the hellgate floated over their heads. Dante smiled and followed him, looking to the sky where they'd both last seen the dragon-like monster floating lazily, shooting off seeds wherever she could. There was a hissing sound and Nero was tackled off his feet just as teeth snapped in the space he had just occupied. He let out a large breath and then laughed a little, that wouldn't have been fun… There was the screech of a female voice as the dragon mouth peeled back to reveal a woman's torso.
"How dare you?!" she hissed
A/N: Alright, I've got a lot more of this to go to catch up this week so.
Till next time,
-Winged Element
