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"Demonic tongue"

"Angelic tongue"

-Thought-

Pain...It was all she could feel, like something superimposing her existence. When she tried to sit up pain lanced across her chest. Raven let out a muffled cry startling Dante who was drowsing in a chair.

"Hey take it easy you were roasted pretty bad I am surprised you are awake already."

"W-water..." she ground out hoarsely.

"What? I don't understand..." replied Dante

"W-water..." she repeated.

"Oh um right hang on..." Dante said. He left the room quickly to retrieve what she had requested. Raven wondered why he was so determined to help her despite the cold things she'd said before Karasu had shown-

"Karasu!" she growled out like it tasted foul in her mouth.

"Here," Dante helped her drink "Whoa slow down! You will choke, as for hothead I doubt he will be around for awhile after what Nero did to him."

"Who's Nero? And how long have I been out?" Raven asked.

"He's a friend also the one that saved you from being skewered. As for how long about a day and a half." Dante replied.

"I see..." Raven grew quiet.

"Look...I don't like not knowing who wants to kill me all I am asking is who all is after us you can leave once you are better..." said Dante.

"Obviously Karasu, as for the other, that would be my twin brother Kuroishi."

"Ok that doesn't sound difficult. But why do I think there is more to it than that?" Dante asked.

"Well...he pretty much killed my best friend, framed me for it, stole her power and I was exiled because of him." Raven replied.

"Isn't there something you could do to prove it was him?" asked Dante.

"With the way things are right now, not really."

"What do you mean?" Dante asked.

"I would have to talk to either the Grim or Lady Death, but no one knows where they are right now. I think my brother has something to do with it." Raven said with a frown. "As to how, I have yet to figure that out."

"Ok how do you know that they would listen to you? Even if you found them." Dante inquired.

"Because...they would be able to tell who really killed Azrael." She replied.

"Well maybe we should look for the Grim and Lady Death then when you are able."

"You know, that is a brilliant idea. I wonder why no one else thought of it." Raven said with a mock thoughtful look.

"You know between you and Lady I don't know who is more sarcastic," said Dante grinning.

"How long have you been sitting there, anyway? I can't be that interesting, can I?" Raven asked.

Dante's face tinged pink he just rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Hey Dante how is-Oh? hi you are awake," Nero came into the room. "Hey old man whats with that face? I didn't walk in on something did I?"

"Shut up kid and no you didn't." grumbled Dante.

"Who are you? Are you his little brother or something?" Raven asked.

"Whoa I don't know how I understand you but that is weird. I am Nero and no I am not his brother." replied Nero.

"Well, we should let you recover." Dante said.

"Your gonna sneak back in and watch me again, aren't you?" Raven said smirking.

"I'm just going to go get some pizza, and YOU not one word." He ground out at Nero "Try to do something nice..." he grumbled as he walked out

of the room.

Two weeks passed and Raven had recovered. The whole time she had been learning English from Dante. There had been no sign of Karasu but demon activity had increased. Lady and Trish had been worn a little ragged with the activity. Then one day things got weird.

Dante was sitting at his desk browsing a magazine. Raven was looking extremely bored. The recently repaired shop door slammed open and Trish staggered in worn out, hysterical and totally freaked out.

"They won't die I don't know how but they just keep reviving,"

"What the hell are you on about? Calm down," said Dante.

"Calm down? They won't die as in the demons will NOT DIE!" Shouted Trish in a panic.

"No...That's not right. It means..." Raven trailed off with worry etched on her features.

"What does it mean?" asked Dante worried.

"It means that if I were to take Ebony and shoot Lady in a vital spot, after a few seconds, she would just get back up again." Raven replied with dead seriousness.

"Wait...WHAT!"

"It's because Lady Death is missing." said Raven.

"You mentioned that before why has it not happened before then?" Dante asked.

"Well they might have found a way to block her power but they would need something or someone incredibly powerful." Raven replied.

"We need to find out quickly before chaos sets in and the humans discover their temporary immortality," Trish said.

In a darkened place an old man with short black hair and scruffy beard in a black suit stood with a wicked smirk.

"Everything is going as you have instructed." A man with pitch black wings that light could not penetrate, and crimson eyes with a gold ring around his pupil. His hair was also pitch black and shoulder length.

"You will not get away with upsetting the balance my daughter will undo you and so will the son of Sparda. Do you really think Time's Champion will not notice either?"

"Oh but my dear Death I am counting on her champion noticing, as for your daughter most of her powers have been taken away because of exile."

"And you Kuroishi how could you?"

"Once they realize that death is no more then war will cease because it will be pointless and peace will fall."

"Oh so young and naive Kuroishi." Death said with sadness. She turned to the old man with something like contempt. "You will not win."

The old man only laughed in her face.