A/N: Still trying to play catchup… not with this one, now I'm just typing the single chapter for the week but the others… well I'm seriously behind… Anyway, onward to typing…
Disclaimer: ….
You Will Eat Your Words!
Nero woke later, how much later he couldn't say, but looking at the light coming in from under the doors, it had to be getting close to late evening. He looked over at Dante who was still lightly snoring. He smiled at his partner and rubbed his shoulder gently, watching as ashen lashes fluttered and blue eyes opened.
"Hey there." Dante said as he woke up "Didn't realize that I fell asleep…" Nero laughed
"I'm surprised your own snoring didn't wake you up, but I think it's only been a couple hours. I don't think the world would be doomed if we waited that long. And if it was… well then I'd expect a bigger paycheck for cleaning up the mess." Dante laughed
"I think you've spent too much time around Lady is what I think." he got to his feet with a sigh and then turned to help his partner, who gratefully accepted the hand.
"I think it's only fair." the partial devil said "But sadly I don't think that's the case, the islands' probably still in tact."
"Sadly."
"Yeah, you're telling me." Nero shook his head "Well let's quit stalling and get out there and take care of business." Dante nodded, stretching his arms over his head and then cracking his neck.
"Let's go." he said with a grin, striding forward and kicking the doors open, entirely expecting the small horde of demons that awaited them on the other side, most of them surprised by the entrance of the two slayers, but most didn't have the time to process that surprise before they received a bullet to the face.
"Alright, work work work…" Nero sighed as he revved Red Queen and charged forward, the blade sparking on the ground and glowing red hot as he slashed into the first wave.
-Time Slip-
Slowly the pair made their way forward, pushing through round after round of demons until finally they stood, slightly worn down, face to face with a huge statue. Nero looked at his partner.
"Does it look anything like him?" he asked and the half devil scoffed
"Not in the slightest, picture more of a stuck up snob and you're a lot closer." Nero laughed but it was interrupted by the cruel sounding sneer of an older sounding gentleman. The two slayers looked up to see who they had in their company. The partial devil wasn't surprised in the slightest to see Sanctus standing upon the statue, looking for all the world like the cat who'd gotten the cream.
"Santus!" the partial devil said "What a big surprise!" the words were heavy with sarcasm. The priest looked down to see the hunters, pretending to look surprised himself.
"Well well… what do we have here…? The blood of Sparda and his consort…"
"Hey! This consort has a name!" Nero shouted up, his Devil Bringer flaring in annoyance. He was just ready for this mission to be over… Sanctus merely sneered again and waved his hand.
"It matters not, you two are far too late, the Savior is nearly complete, would you like to see a sample of it's power?" Dante sighed
"Does it matter how we answer?" he asked, sounding more than a little bored. These evil leader types were all so the same… monologue, talk about how great they are, threaten and then pull up some evil they either couldn't control or wasn't all that big of a deal… Dante shook his head. Sanctus just looked surprised
"Look dude, this isn't my first rodeo, so why don't you fire it up and we'll see what it can do while we kick its ass?" Nero wanted to snicker at the angry look that crossed Sanctus' face.
"How dare you mock the power of the Savior?!"
"It's supposed to be modeled after Sparda, right? 'Cause I'd mock him to his face if he had the audacity to show up here after all the shit I've had to go through to clean up his messes…" Sanctus snarled and his body disappeared into the statue. Moments later it rose up, eyes glinting with an internal light.
"Finally!" Nero said, Ifrit flaring and revving the sword on his back. "I thought he'd never shut up!"
"No kidding!" Dante laughed, performing a leaping roll out of the way of the fist that came slamming down toward them. The talking faded away after that as the pair fell into the dance of battle that they both knew so well. It didn't take long for both of them to notice that the many crystals that dotted the statue were the easiest weak point to take out and both began gunning for them. Nero at one point hoisted Dante with his Devil Bringer and launched the man at one to finish shattering it. They both looked at one another when it crackled into dark blue shards along the concrete and the statue fell still. Sanctus appeared above the statue's head once more, looking significantly more worn down.
"No! How can it be?" He looked down at the immobile statue.
"Oh no! It's almost like we warned you!" Nero called, smirk heavy on his face. The priest snarled and then dove toward them, eyes aglow with demonic energy.
"You will eat your words!"
A/N: Okay I know this is short but… I have a ton more chapters to write for my other stuff… so yeah… that's just how it's gonna be this week.
Till next time,
-Winged Element
