Unbound Love
Chapter 6
"Are you sure?" Dante asked, skeptically. He thought he put Mundus down a long time ago. The idea of a second coming was completely foreign to him.
"If I wasn't why in the world would I be talking to you and not trying to kill you?" Vergil said.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because you know if you fought with me you'd get your ass kicked. Again."
"Brother let me remind you 'lest you forget; It was not I that lost, but you the first time around." Vergil said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"You know what why don't we fight it out and see who wins this time." Dante said through gritted teeth.
"Let's don't and say we did." Nero said getting between the two men.
"Why not just let us go kid? I can pay the damages to the shop with my pizza money." Dante said.
"And what about Vergil?" Nero asked.
"Well…" Dante said shrugging his arms. "He can just go back to Hell."
"Not happening." Nero said.
"Kid can I ask you something?" Dante asked.
"What?"
"When did you start telling me what to do?" Dante asked.
"Oh gee, I dunno 'bout ten minutes ago." Nero said.
"You seem to have raised him to be quite sardonic." Vergil said, chuckling.
"What the hell does that mean?" Dante asked dimwitted.
"And furthermore he didn't raise me." Nero said. "I'm one-hundred percent smartass on my own."
"Nah, more like thirty-percent smartass and seventy-percent dumbass." Dante said.
"What happened to you guys wanting to fight?" Nero asked.
"Not worth my time."
"Not worth my time." They both said, simultaneously.
"Well, at least you guys share the same opinion on some things." Nero said under his breath. "Now back to Mundus."
"So where is he gonna make a grand entrance?" Dante asked.
"I do not know, but I do know this; have you paid attention to the special demon gates appearing?" Vergil said.
"You mean the black ones?" Lady asked.
"They are not just normal demon gates. Instead of resembling granite in material like usual, these gates are made of obsidian.
"So anything other than Hell went racist?" Nero asked. (Bad pun. Lol.)
"Yes, the demons that come out of these gates are more powerful." Vergil said.
"So not only are they black, but the demons that come out of them are more powerful." Dante said, rubbing the stubble on his chin.
"Great, instead of getting ponies and dogs—" Nero said.
"You get horses and wolves." Lady continued.
"And last but not least, where are these gates popping up?" Dante asked.
"'I've seen a couple around Fortuna, and some on the outskirts of Capulet." Lady asked.
"So all together how many are we dealing with.?" Nero asked.
"There may be more, but I counted around six." Lady said.
"It's settled. Nero and Vergil will scout out for any more of the gates, and Lady and I will stay back here and strategize." Dante said.
"Dante if that's your excuse to go to Love Planet for a couple of hours it ain't gonna work." Nero said crossing his arms.
"Damn." Dante said. "I thought I'd fool you."
"I know your ways asshole." Nero said.
"Hey no need for name-calling." Dante said, holding his hands up in mock defense.
"I'll make sure he doesn't go to Love Planet, Nero." Lady said, reassuring him.
"Alright, we leave here in a bit. I gotta go do something first." Nero said.
"Don't take too long or I'll leave you behind." Vergil said, in his usual voice.
Nero silently confirmed this and went up to his and Kyrie's room. When he opened the door Kyrie latched her arms around him in an embrace. "Nero, I thought you'd never come back."
"Whoa, Kyrie talk about a death grip. I'm right here." Nero said softly.
"What about the guy downstairs?" Kyrie asked.
"Well, apparently he's here to help us." Nero said.
Kyrie was not easily so convinced. "Are you sure?"
"Kyrie this guy is strong. So strong in fact I wouldn't have a chance of beating him. So why would I be standing here?" Nero said.
"Fine." She said, sighing in resignation. "I'll take your word for it."
"In the next second, I shall leave you behind if you don't move with haste." Vergil said indifferently.
"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Nero said slightly irritated.
Vergil's brow twitched at his comment but he ignored it.
"Wait, Nero where are you going?" Kyrie asked.
Nero mentally sighed. She wasn't going to like this. "I got another mission."
Kyrie's face looked crushed, but then it morphed into an optimistic smile.
"Alright, just come back alive. Okay?" She told him.
"Of course." Nero said. He gave her a peck on the cheek.
Disgusting Vergil thought.
"Alright let's go." Nero said.
Outside the sun had just begun to set as the two white-haired men walked along the streets.
"So any idea where we should start looking?" Nero asked.
" No. Isn't disgrace of an arm any good?" Vergil asked.
"I dunno. Why don't you bring yours out and see?" Nero said. "I know you guys have got them because I saw Dante's when I was beating the shit out of him."
"Heh, you beating Dante? I would like to see my smart-aleck brother get defeated by someone like you." Vergil said.
"Man, I hate people like you. All you guy's think your shit don't stink, and you're better than everybody else." Nero said.
"Nero, you're more like me than you realize." Vergil said.
"No I'm not. Don't ever compare me to you. I don't get a thrill off of killing innocent people, just for the sake of power." Nero said.
"I did not go against my brother or end countless lives just for the sake of power." Vergil said.
"Then what was it for, huh?" Nero asked. Under his sarcasm and smartass mask he was surprised Vergil didn't snap at him yet.
"You among others have misinterpreted my reason. " Vergil said. "My quest for power was not without a reason. My parents as Dante might have told you were murdered in a raid when we were young."
Nero remembered the story.
"After this, I wanted to take revenge out on the ones who caused brother and I this grief. I could not do this if I had no power." Vergil said, coming out of his shell.
Nero was persistent, still believing that killing innocence was wrong. "Then what was you're reason for killing all those people?"
"I was frustrated. Years of fruitless searching had not left me any answers. I know this is not a good enough reason either, but what else was I supposed to do?" Vergil asked.
"Well, you could have started by not killing those people." Nero said.
"Yes, that was not one of my better decisions." Vergil said.
"You can say it wasn't one of your best decisions all you want, that doesn't change the fact that you did it. Sorry, but that's still fucked up." Nero said.
Silence invaded the space between the two men for several minutes.
"Was that woman back there you're mate?" Vergil asked out of nowhere.
Nero raised his brow. This was completely unexpected. "Wouldn't you like to know."
"Maybe I would." Vergil said coldly.
"Well, what are you gonna do, lecture me?" Nero asked. "No thanks Dante's already beat you to it." Nero said.
"Dante has no grounds to lecture you. His taste in women is simply appalling." Vergil said.
"Tell me about it." Nero said.
The men kept on until Nero saw something big and rectangular shaped. "Is that one of them?" He asked, pointing to a grey-ish black object in the distance.
"Obviously." Vergil said.
"Well fuck you too." Nero said under his breath.
The men walked up to the gate.
Vergil crossed his arms and looked at Nero.
"What?" Nero said, confused.
"My sword." Vergil said.
"What makes you think I'm going to give it to you? I'm not a fan of getting stabbed in the back." Nero said. "Besides I can handle this on my own."
"Like you said earlier if I was going to kill you I'd have already done it." Vergil said coldly. "Now give me my sword, or do I have to kill you to obtain it?"
"Fine." Nero said dawning Yamato in his Bringer. You couldn't blame Nero for hesitating after the tale Dante told him.
"Alright, let's do this." Nero said popping his knuckles.
"I think I'll watch you die from on high." Vergil said suddenly, then he disappeared.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Nero yelled out into the air. "So I give you you're sword back and this is how you thank me? "
The gate started to rumble. Teal-ish grey spots appeared in the middle of the gate. A demon jumped out. It turned out to be a wolf, grey of fur, black around the eyes and mouth, and white along the spikes of it's coat. "Who the hell are you?"
"Aw, man. I gotta fight a mangy mutt? I'd better end this quick or I might catch rabies or something," Nero said.
"Yeah, just keep on talking. I'LL RIP YOU TO SHREDS!" It growled snapping it's jaws at him, making globules of saliva fly everywhere.
"Say it, don't spray it. I just got this cleaned and Kyrie will be mad at me if I get it dirty again." Nero said, wiping saliva off of his hoody.
"Shut up!" The wolf said.
"Finally!" Nero said gesturing with his hands, "A demon that doesn't speak in Ye Olde English!"
"My name is Anubis. I've been sent here on behalf of Lord Mundus to exterminate any threats." Anubis said.
"Ooh, does that mean I'm a threat?" Nero asked.
"Duh! Now let's get this show on the road!" Anubis said.
"I couldn't agree more." Nero said popping his neck. Nero was in his element, this was where he felt alive. He felt the adrenaline rush through his veins. It felt fucking great.
Anubis rushed forward at Nero, jaws wide open, intent on clamping down on his warm flesh. To his surprise, he clamped down on one of Nero's arms. The problem was it was his Bringer.
"Is that supposed to hurt, because I don't feel a thing." Nero said. He drew the Red Queen and brought it down on the side of the wolf's face. The cut oozed with blood but Anubis seemed un-affected.
"Is that all you got? Come on!" Anubis said excitedly.
Nero brought his foot up and kicked Anubis off of his Bringer. "Bloodthirsty, huh? Well, how about a taste of your own blood?" He rushed forward and punched Anubis in the chest.
Anubis spat out mouthfuls of blood and still grew more excited. "Your right! It tastes great. I wonder what yours will taste like?"
What kind of masochistic fucker is this guy? Nero thought. He rushed forward again but Anubis disappeared. He looked around. Anubis was nowhere to be found. He felt an extremely sharp pain in his shoulder. He turned to find Anubis clamped on his shoulder. His eyes had a nasty gleam in them. Anubis jumped back but not before Nero could cut off part of his tale.
"Your blood tastes the best!" He said with a low, murderous tone. "I want more."
Alright, I gotta get rid of him. Nero thought. He ran forward, dodging Anubis's claw swipes and picked him up by a tuft of fur. He beat down on his chest repeatedly, until finally sticking the Red Queen in his chest.
The wolf made a sick choking sound and finally collapsed on the ground dead.
"Damn, that fucker was hard." Nero said as he looked at his shoulder wound. The teeth marks were turning black and it looked as if it was getting infected.
Anubis slowly rose, his muscles creaking at the effort.
Nero heard the sound and turned around. Anubis clawed him across the chest. He fell to the ground, unconscious, with four deep gashes in his chest.
"In the end I win." Anubis said. At that moment he felt a quick pain and then it subsided. "I am going to rule this world!"
"You've been dead for about ten seconds now." A voice said.
"Huh." Anubis said. He felt an agonizing pain throughout his body. He began to fade away. His last glimpse of anything living was a warrior in blue. As he disappeared, he uttered one word; "Vergil."
Ten minutes later Vergil stood over Nero. "Killed by a demon as petty as this. You've a lot to learn." Vergil said. He destroyed the gate. He slung Nero over his shoulder and headed back to Devil May Cry to have his wounds treated.
End.
What you guys think of this chapter? I focused on details this time, and I think it turned out pretty well.
As for my demon; Anubis, what did you think of him? I made him really bloodthirsty and reckless.
Yeah, lazy on this chapter too, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop updating. As I said I don't have a hiatus planned for a while. So rest assured.
Tell me what you guys think.
Later!
-A