"demon tongue"
"Angelic tongue"
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She was sore...really REALLY sore. She was actually glad it meant she wasn't dead which that in itself confused her. She got up and stepped on something or more like someone. They groaned in obvious agony. She looked where she had stepped and found the demon from last night shivering from the poison she had inflicted upon him he should have been dead by now but he was still alive that in itself amazed her. She stepped around him and lifted him on to the couch.
-Why am I not dead?- She thought in confusion. It was obvious he brought her here. She decided to remove the poison to find out why.
As she laid her hands on his wounds her hands glowed a soft purple as she was neutralizing the poison a shout came from behind her.
"What the hell are you doing and who the hell are you?" asked a dark-haired woman what stuck out the most was her eyes were two different colors.
"I help him" Said the winged woman in broken English and a strange accent.
"Yeah right step away from him before I put lots of holes in you."
"No he die I not help him" the woman turned back to whatever she was doing.
The other woman came up with her guns pointed at the winged woman's head as she watched what she did. She lowered her guns when she saw Dante's wounds closing up. Dante let out a muffled groan.
"Did anyone get the license of the semi that hit me?" asked Dante in a groggy voice.
"That would have been me. I want to know... Why did you let me live?" asked the winged woman.
"I was lied to." Dante replied tiredly.
"So it was on a whim then..." She said.
"Not exactly but close enough," said Dante.
"Dante what the hell is this about?" Piped in the other woman.
"Oh hi Lady as to what is going on, I have yet to figure that out myself, but this is...Raven right? "
"Yeah...Last I checked I was." Replied Raven sarcastically.
"Oh ha ha ohhhh man..." Dante had tried to sit up but groaned, everywhere hurt. "Whatever you hit me with I felt like I was dying babe."
"You were, you moron...As for what I used it was the combination of holy and death magic in my feathers. I can channel it through them to make them harder and razor sharp it only works on demons" Raven replied.
"My hair hurts that shit was pretty potent." complained Dante.
"Aww poor baby boohoo" Raven replied with a taunting tone.
"For an angel of any sort you really are a smart-ass you know that? I never knew, then again you are the first one I have ever met." said Dante.
"Well I wouldn't know because I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL IS BEING SAID." Yelled Lady irritated.
"Can't you speak English?" asked Dante."For the sake of present company."
"A little not much yet," replied Raven annoyed.
"Now why would someone want you dead?"
"Not you business," replied Raven.
"Actually someone made it my business when they hired me sorry babe."
Raven glared and growled at Dante in irritation."I don't trust you. You might lying."
"Why? I really have no reason to." said Dante.
"You demon they lie no reason else." said Raven.
"I am... so? I am also human."
"You lie."
"No actually he's not." said Lady.
Raven only looked at her with clear disbelief on her features.
"He's actually a half human and he is the son of Sparda." said Lady.
"...YOU! YOU THAT DANTE!"
"WHAT! What the hell did I do to you?" asked Dante confused and annoyed.
"Do you have any idea how hard my job has been since you started hunting demons, you asshole!"
"I am so confused... I do people a service even saved the world a few times. I don't even get what the hell you are talking about. I have been doing this for a while and NOW you complain wtf?"
"What the hell is she on about? I don't speak demon." huffed Lady annoyed.
"I don't have any fucking clue..." sighed Dante irritated.
"Are you some kind of idiot? Don't you know that when you kill a demon it tries to possess a human?" Raven asked.
"What does that have to do with you?" Dante asked with an eyebrow raised in interest.
"Let me spell it out for you moron. I'm an angel of death and my job was to deal with demonic souls that don't become Devil Arms by sending them to hell so they can't possess humans. Thanks to you though, it's almost impossible to keep up."
"Well you obviously do a fantastic job since there has not been any possessions that I know of in all the years that I have hunted demons...so why'd you quit don't tell me you were fired?" asked Dante with a worried look.
"No you dumb ass I was ... I just needed to take a break for a while. Now shut up about it already." She mumbled.
"Well as charming as this conversation is I came here to show you something you aren't going to like Dante." Lady said.
"Somehow I am not surprised," Dante managed to get to a sitting position. He was already starting to feel a little better.
"Last night I was approached by a man with the reddest hair. It couldn't have been natural. He tried to hire me to kill you and this woman,"
"What! Double crossing bastard!" growled Dante.
"That would be Karasu, the Fiery Deceiver." Raven told him.
"What he didn't count on was that we are partners and friends," laughed Lady.
"Damn straight," smirked Dante.
"Do you know if there are any other demon hunters in this city? If there are, then he'd probably hire them too in an attempt to take me out along with anyone that might be a threat to him and my...." Raven abruptly stopped what she was saying.
"Your what? And why would we be a threat?... Unless there was something sinister going on." Dante stated with suspicion.
"What did she say? I'd like to know..."
Dante translated what Raven had said word for word.
"Then he'd go to Trish and Nero." Said Lady.
"It would be better if I just went somewhere else. I was about to do that anyway." Raven said.
"Oh no you don't. You know more about what is going on than you are saying." Said Dante in protest.
" The only way your gonna stop me is by knocking me out. Besides if I leave they would follow and leave you all alone." Raven told him.
"What if I just want some action? Business has been slow I want something to do, and besides from where I'm standing they don't seem like the type to leave things alone with double-crossing tactics like that." Replied Dante.
"So what? It's my problem and what could you possibly gain from helping me?" She asked.
"Probably some answers, some action and like I said the moment I was hired it became my problem too." Dante replied.
"As well as mine I don't like when someone tries to kill off people who are my friends or try to double-cross." Lady said.
"I don't care what you think. I'm still leaving because it's MY problem not yours." Raven said as she headed for the door.
"Lady stop her!" Dante tried to get to his feet but stumbled a bit. Lady stood in front of the shop door.
"Look you, we are only trying to help and from what I gather you are refusing which I could probably understand, but you know who we are dealing with, we don't. Tell us and you can go."
"If you don't tell her to get out of my way your both gonna regret it." Raven told Dante.
"Let her go Lady, but if any one of my friends die because of your stubbornness to cooperate, I WILL hunt you down and kill you. The only reason you caught me off guard was cause I was lied to." Dante said stone-faced.
"Is that so?" Raven snarled at Dante. She was mentally kicking herself but he was right. Karasu was already starting his little games. But he didn't know that the hunters were a tight knit group. In all honesty neither had she. In a business like this humans were greedy and that is what Karasu had been counting on. Even if this failed Karasu would have had a backup plan he was a strategist. Lady had moved aside and had gone to help Dante off the floor.
"God Dante you eat too much pizza and ice cream," grumbled Lady.
Raven didn't understand how a demon much less a high ranked devil like Dante could care. It was unusual even for someone who was only half-devil.
"I can't help that I love pizza or ice cream and besides this is all muscle," he grinned and winked.
"I hate you sometimes you can live off of pizza and stay thin and not gain weight." she growled mock annoyed as she helped him back to the couch.
"Hey you're still here I thought you would have been gone by now." said Dante in an inquiring tone. Raven stood against the front door frame.
"It's not just Karasu you would have to deal with." Raven said to Dante.
"Oh I kinda knew that. It's never simple," Dante replied.
"Then why do you care?" Raven asked.
"Because if someone hires me to kill someone or something innocent I get pissed." Dante replied.
"How could you even know if I was innocent." Asked Raven.
"Your eyes are of someone who has been betrayed." He said.
"What do you even know about betrayal? My own twin brother framed me for killing my best friend and stole her power. How dare you sit there and speak to me of betrayal." Raven snarled at him.
Lady backed away startled when Dante's eyes flashed yellow and red sparks flashed around him.
"You assume I don't understand betrayal! I KILLED MY OWN BROTHER BECAUSE OF HIS LUSTING AFTER OUR FATHERS POWER! YOU STAND THERE ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY...presuming I don't fucking understand." Dante said enraged.
"I know it too..." said Lady with a quiet tone.
"...I'm sorry. I should leave before I get you involved more than you already are." Raven said quietly, turning to walk out.
Lady tried to stop Raven.
"Let her go," anger was prevalent in Dante's tone.
As soon as Raven tried to leave, the front door exploded inward.
There in the now fragmented mess was Karasu smirking.
A/N And that's one more chapter please review. constructive criticism people nothing like "YOU EFFING SUCK, YOU SHOULD DIE IN A FIRE!"