Unbound Love

Chapter 7

Rather than strategizing like Dante and Lady had planned they were doing the one thing they did better than all else. That's right boys and girls; arguing.

"Why didn't you let me help?" Lady said angrily. Honestly, she knew why she couldn't help him, but she refused to let the fact that she was human get in the way.

"Lady did you forget that you're human?" Dante said, from his desk. "Sorry, but you're not that hard to kill."

"Not that hard to kill? Are you kidding me?" Lady said outraged "I'm the toughest person in the world as far as humans go." Dante knew that she was a more than exceptional human being, but it seemed he refused to acknowledge that fact.

"You're still human though, Lady!" Dante said standing up with his hands on his desk. "You're not invincible."

"Neither are you, but I see you charging into battle all the time." She was sick and tired of being treated like she couldn't handle her self, and this argument was showing it.

"Lady, remember when I told you about the first time I met the kid?" Dante said lowering his voice as he tried to talk some sense into her.

"Yeah, what about it?" She said still angry as ever.

"He put my own sword through my heart and I took it like it was nothing. That's what I mean about hard to kill." He said making gestures with his hands. "You're just not like that. One fatal wound somewhere and you're done for."

"Well, Dante sorry that I'm not able to take a bullet to the head!" She said as she picked up Ivory and shot Dante in the head.

Dante spat the bullet out. He had to try to calm her down. Her temper was out of control and he didn't want her going out and do something stupid. "Lady calm down."

"No Dante! I won't calm down!" She said yelling at him. She grabbed him by the lapels of his crimson trench coat and made him stare into her eyes.

Dante looked straight into her beautiful mismatched orbs and noticed something. They were wet with unshed tears. "Lady, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Oh, nothing I'm just tired of feeling useless!" Lady said as a tear slid down her face. "I'm sick and tired of watching you and Nero do all the fighting."

Upstairs…

Kyrie had been sort of eavesdropping on the conversation and she gave a sort of sad smile. "So she feels the same as I do, sometimes." She shut her eyes and continued to listen to the two downstairs.

Downstairs…

"Lady you were never useless to us." Dante said as he raised her chin. "I mean sure you could never take out the big demons, but that's me and the kid's job. Not yours." He said comfortingly.

Lady remained silent as the tears slid down her face. "Dante, I'm sorry. I know how much trouble I am."

"Lady you're no trouble to me at all." He said wiping the tears from her face. "I enjoy having you around."

"Are you sure?" She said skeptically. She knew that he must get tired of her heckling him because of his debt.

"I'm positive." Dante said sealing his response with a hug.

His body surrounded her in a barrier of warmth. She almost felt herself melt into his body. After her emotional catharsis was over she looked up at him. "Thank you."

He had no idea what made him do it, maybe it was his demon hormones, or maybe it just seemed like the right moment, he lifted her chin to his lips and kissed her very softly. His lips lingered for a moment, enjoying the way she tasted, the way her lips seemed to fit onto his perfectly, her breath against his lips. He pulled back very softly.

Lady looked at him bewildered. She never knew he was capable of this kind of compassion. She had always pictured an arrogant, smart-ass, jerk of a demon hunter. She was completely wrong, and for once she welcomed the feeling.

Dante seemed to think she was taking this experience negatively. "Lady, I'm sorry. It was my hormones. I—"

Lady shut him up with another kiss. She cradled the back of his head. "Dante it's ok. That kiss felt so right." She said tenderly.

"Lady, about what I said earlier, I meant that if anything happened to you I don't know what I would do." Dante said.

Lady was happy that she somehow discovered this other part of Dante and get this, by arguing. "Dante can I ask you a question?"

"Hmm?" He said calmly, enjoying the way Lady's delicate fingers slid over his skin, caressing him.

"H-How long have you felt this way about me?" She asked.

"Are you asking how long I've been attracted to you, or how long I've wanted a relationship?" He asked.

"Both." Lady said. At first she was only interested about the second one, but she was kind of curious about both.

"Lady I've been attracted to you ever since we first met at my brother's tower. And, I guess deep inside I've kinda wanted a relationship with you, but I figured you didn't feel the same." Dante said.

Lady was flattered that he was attracted to her and her blush made her cheeks turn bright red. "Are you really attracted to me?"

Dante was astounded that she would dare even ask such a question. "What guy wouldn't be, come on. Not only do you have a killer body, but you can take care of yourself. I hate girls that I have to step up for them constantly." Dante said.

Lady smiled, and kissed him. "So does this mean you want to be with me?"

"That's an easy question. Hell yeah!" Dante said.

"So now you and I are on the same page want to start thinking of how we're gonna take Mundus down?" Lady asked.

"That's easy. We just kick his ass, and this time I'll make sure he's dead." Dante said.

"What about the other gates?" Lady asked.

"Well, Vergil and the kid can take care of that." Dante said.

"We can't just pin this all on Nero and your brother." Lady said.

"The hell we can't." Dante said. Nero knew he couldn't just sit on his ass watching Dante do all the work. "And besides, what do you think you and me will be doing? Fighting Mundus of course!"

"You're really going to let me help you this time?" Lady asked. She couldn't believe Dante would let her help with Mundus, but not with a couple of sleazy men in ties with guns.

"Well, yeah." Dante said. Like he had said earlier, she was a big girl and didn't need Dante babysitting her. "When we get back we'll just have some great victory sex that is, if you're up for that?"

"It sounds like a plan." Lady said happily. She felt like a bird out of it's cage now that she knew Dante felt the same about her. Now she didn't have to keep her feelings on the inside anymore.

Suddenly the door burst open revealing Vergil and an injured Nero.

"Sorry to interrupt brother, but his wounds need to be treated rather quickly." Vergil said with a hiss.

"Alright, put him down on the couch. Lady do me a favor and get the first aid kit from the bathroom." Dante said.

Lady rushed upstairs, as she walked down the small hallway Kyrie stopped her. "What happened?"

"I don't know much, but Nero is injured." Lady said. She got the first aid kit and her and Kyrie headed downstairs.

"Nero!" Kyrie said as she got on her knees and scooted beside him.

Nero was sore as hell. And somewhere he kept hearing Dante's nickname for him. Kid, kiddo, dude. Okay, that last part was out of the ordinary for Dante, so Nero opened his eyes. "The fuck do you want? I was taking a good nap."

"Yeah, a dirt nap." Dante said as he poured peroxide into the open wound.

"Fuck that stings!" Nero said as his body tensed from the ice-cold peroxide coming in contact with his cuts.

"What's it supposed to feel? Good?" Dante asked. Even in times when Nero was injured Dante couldn't help but fuck with him. It was fun watching him get fired up.

"Nero, are you alright?" Kyrie asked. She was like this all the time when Nero was injured. Kyrie hated it when he came home hurt.

"Yeah, just a day or two of bed rest will do." Nero said.

"This may take a while to heal up, kid." Dante said. These cuts were pretty deep. In fact, some of them were infected. "You might be on the bench for a while."

"I don't care if they're half healed, I'm not gonna sit around while a psycho of a demon is trying to take over the world." Nero said defiantly.

"Kid you're not gonna do shit for the next couple of days. Even if I have to tape you to this couch." Dante said in a semi-serious tone. He liked the kids attitude most of the time, but when it came to his own health it wasn't needed.

"Yeah, tape adhesive really helps cuts heal didn't you know?" Nero said in resignation.

"So what did you come across that did this to you?" Dante asked. If a demon from out of a normal demon gate, Nero was starting to slack off.

"We found one of those black gates you guys were talking about." Nero said.

"Well, that explains the wounds. I thought you were beginning to slack off. So what was this demon like?" Dante said. Demons were like humans in a way, they all had different personalities.

"He was a masochistic fucker. He liked the taste of his own blood. When he tasted mine he went nuts. When I though I killed him he got back up and did this to me." Nero said.

"Kid! You took you're eyes off of a demon. You never do that." Dante said, as he hit Nero upside the head.

"Well, my freakin' bad. Most demons don't get up after you put a sword through they're chest." Nero said.

"Nah, I think you just got lazy." Dante said as he crossed his arms.

"You know what Dante? Suck my right nut and make my left one jealous." Nero said.

"Last time I checked, you got a girlfriend to do that for you." Dante said.

Kyrie smiled and blushed madly.

"Fuck you." Nero said.

"No thanks, I got a girlfriend to do that for me." Dante said.

"What's that? Another slut from Love Planet?" Nero asked. He didn't even consider nor did he notice Lady's blush.

"Not by a long shot." Dante said.

"So brother, what do we do now that he's injured. Since you are the leader after all." Vergil put a cold emphasis on the word 'leader'.

"Well, I figure since the kid is down me and Lady will go on taking care of the rest of the gates, while you stay here with the kid.

"Do I look like some underpaid nanny that babysits small children?" Vergil asked coldly. Vergil was not the ideal person for babysitting and he knew it,

"Well, it's not like you can help. The kid's got you're sword." Dante said. He was totally unaware of the fact that Nero had given Vergil his sword back.

"Actually I gave it back to him." Nero said from the couch. He braced himself for Dante's reply.

"What!" Dante said outraged.

Nero was getting really tired of repeating himself. He wanted to make sure this was the last time. "I told you if he wanted to kill us he'd have done it already!"

"But kid—!"

"Look, if you don't like it you can go and do it on your own. Otherwise sit down and shut the fuck up!" Nero said.

Lady's jaw hit the floor. Never had she heard Nero talk to Dante like that. She did know one thing though. He was very very pissed.

Dante was angry, and that was an understatement. His face was red as a beet, his body tightened up. Instead of taking out his anger on everybody else Dante decided to step outside for a bit. He walked over to the door and kicked it down with his boot. All was silent as he disappeared into the night.

End.

What do you think? This is my second update in two days! What a record.

How did you like Dante and Lady's romance? I bet they're OC, though.

The argument at the end was more to take up document space, but I think it turned out well. Nero may be OC as well.

Tell me what you think!

See you later!

-A