Unbound Love
Chapter Nine
A/N: The beginning of this chapter is going to be set during Dante's mission in the last chapter, then the other half will be the group's own plan of action for the final battle.
Enjoy!
"His Holiness?" A knight said, hands at his sides, standing at attention.
"Yes?" The old man said in a raspy voice.
"We have information that states that the demon hunter Nero is injured. Shall we send someone to retrieve him?" The knight said in an emotionally void tone.
"Yes, send Credo." Sanctus said.
The knight gave a curt nod and left.
"Soon Nero…" Sanctus said raising his hand and making a fist. "…your power will be mine." He said in a grave voice. He remembered the outburst of Agnus like it was yesterday.
"That arrogant kid possesses d-d-d-demonic power!"
Of course now it was a known fact that Nero had demonic power. The way he defeated Sanctus the first time showcased that. "Your power will be mine to control!" He said in a delirious tone followed by an even crazier laugh.
Meanwhile…
Nero groaned in pain. "Kyrie, that hurts." He said through gritted teeth. The worst part of getting injured, at least to him, was the healing part because nine times out of ten it required painful treatments, hot washrags, and sticky bandages.
"Don't worry, Nero. You'll get better this is only part of it." Lady said.
"Yeah, listen to what Lady said." Kyrie said, finding Lady had a very good point.
"But it burns!" Nero said hissing.
"Quit whining!" Vergil said from the desk. Nero had been whining ever since Kyrie started and it was getting on his nerves.
"What are you, my godfather?" Nero said annoyed. "What are you still doing here anyways? You said you wouldn't play babysitter and yet here you are." Nero said.
"I assume my brother wouldn't want anything to happen to his pupil, would he?" Vergil said. "Or is he just as ruthless as me?"
"You? Nope. You take the cake for that one." Nero said. "I mean, him and I couldn't possibly let humans die. It's not in our nature."
"You and my brother are just too soft." Vergil spat.
"Well, you know it does take a lot to become something void of emotion." Nero said. He'd heard the way Vergil fought, with a stoic, cold demeanor. Never once had he shown any real emotion.
"I am not emotionless!" Vergil said.
"Oh, my bad. You do show emotions just negative ones. Like let's see, hate, loathing, envy, and oh I forgot one, heartlessness." Nero said.
"Nero!" Kyrie hissed under her breath. She didn't want the two getting in a fight. Especially since one of them was injured and was her boyfriend.''
"Listen to the woman, otherwise you may regret it." Vergil said.
Whew, I'm glad Kyrie stepped in on that one. Lady thought. She didn't want these two getting into a fight. She already knew who would win, Vergil of course. Nero didn't stand a chance when he was in top shape and he damn well didn't stand a chance when he was injured.
Nero snorted at the comment and let Kyrie continue to heal him.
Later on that night Lady began to wonder.
"I wonder why Dante's not back yet?" Lady said. Everyone had went to bed, even Vergil, but as night gave into early morning there was still no sign of Dante. Worries still as relentless as ever, Lady when to bed too.
Nero eyes flew open, when he heard a window break. That's weird. He got up with a groan and went over to investigate. He looked at Vergil, his hair had fallen down while he had been sleeping. He was Dante's spitting image. What a resemblance.
"Nero!" Credo's voice suddenly said.
Nero tried to move but his whole body had become stiff. Move! Move damn it! He was done for.
Suddenly his body was pulled out of the way, he expected his savior to be Lady, but to his surprise it was Vergil. "Who are you, and what business have you here?" Vergil said as their swords spit out sparks.
"Get Nero out of here now!" Credo said.
"Still resistant to the process?" Vergil said.
"What? What process?" Nero said. He was confused, he thought Credo died but why then would he be standing here?
"Ugh, has Dante not taught you anything about demonology?" Vergil groaned. "It's a process where you take a deceased person's soul, transfer it to a stronger body and mold it to the shape he or she desires." Vergil said slightly annoyed.
"So why is this Credo telling you to get me away from him?" Nero asked.
"Some aren't entirely willing to the process. And those that are lose everything, memories, sense of reason, and any relationships. All they know is to abide by an order." Vergil said.
"Are you saying the real Credo is in there?" Nero said. If there was a possibility of saving his friend and Kyrie's brother he would do anything.
"You can't save him. It's already too late." Vergil said coldly.
"Bullshit! I can save him!" Nero said. He wouldn't let Vergil's negative way of thinking prevent him from saving a friend.
"Look, you imbecile!" Vergil said coldly.
He was about to comment on how Vergil talked, but just then Credo started to struggle with himself. He started to move spasmodically, holding his head and groaning.
"Fight it Credo!" Nero said.
"I won't…" Credo started. The struggle of the fight was shone in his voice. "…follow"
"Credo, fight for your sister!" Nero said. After getting to now Credo for a while he learned that the most important thing to him was his sister.
This proved to be true because after Nero mentioned his sister Credo's body stopped struggling and calmed down.
"Credo are you, well" Nero didn't really know how to put this without it sounding weird. "you?" he asked.
"If you're wanting to know if I'm crazy, no. Not yet anyways." Credo said.
"I never said that. Asshole." Nero said.
"Who is this? Another acquaintance of yours?" Vergil asked.
"Kind of." Nero said,
"And who might this be, your twin?" Credo said.
"To tell you the truth, I don't even know." Nero said.
"Twin? Not even close." Vergil said.
"Okay, enough of the chit-chat." Nero said annoyed. "Credo who's behind this?"
"Your absolutely clueless. His Holiness is behind this." Credo said.
"Wait a minute, Sanctus is a total croc and you still refer to him as His Holiness?" Nero asked.
"It's a habit I've grown into!" Credo snapped.
"Alright, back to business. How long are you going to remain sane?" Nero said.
"That part I'm not sure." Credo said. Credo didn't know much about demon occult and the like. That was more of Agnus's cup of tea.
"Well that doesn't help much." Nero complained. "One moment I'm talking to you and the next I've got a sword sticking out of my chest. That's fucking great." Nero said.
"He should be able to remain in control for a period of time and when he does start to lose it there should be signs." Lady said from out of nowhere.
"When did you get up?" Nero asked.
"I've been up, been worried about Dante." Lady said.
"Oh, Dante's fine." Nero said. "That old man's too stubborn to die."
"I know." Lady said.
"Credo, I have a question." Nero said.
"What is it?" Credo said.
"What about these black demon gates we've been going after?" Nero said.
"Nero you're probably going to hate me when I say this, but they were just a distraction to keep you're attention off of His Holiness." Credo said.
"What! So Mundus isn't coming?" Nero asked.
"No, just another distraction." Credo said.
"Wow." Nero said, incredulously. "He even had you fooled." He said gesturing to Vergil.
"Nero, I don't think he's supposed to know everything." Lady said.
"Really? Well, could've fooled me!" Nero said. Nine times out of ten Vergil always acted like he knew everything.
"Watch your tongue, boy." Vergil said sharply.
"I can see how all three of you white-haired idiots are related, you all absolutely love to threaten and argue with each other." Lady said.
"I know, maybe our family is cursed." Nero said.
"Credo!" Kyrie's voice suddenly rang out. She jumped from the bottom of the stairs into Credo's arms.
"It's nice to see you too, Kyrie. Nero hasn't gotten you into any trouble has he?" Credo said.
"A little, but it's kinda hard to avoid trouble when he always wants to fight." Kyrie jested.
Everybody laughed. Except for Vergil of course. He was like the loner of their little group now. As Nero was about to so obviously point out.
"Man, you and Dante are polar opposites." Nero said. "Dante gives me shit all the time and you just stand there like your on a separate plain than us or something." Nero said.
"I don't bother socializing with weaklings." Vergil said.
"Well, for weaklings we sure survive longer than you prideful people, huh?" Nero said.
Vergil gritted his teeth, but remained silent. The frustration was written all over his face though.
"Man, I really get under that ice-cold skin of yours, don't I?" Nero asked.
"Can you guys not go an hour without arguing?" Lady asked. Ever since Vergil showed his face Nero had been arguing with him about his behavior.
"Heh. The woman brings up a good point. I take it by your reaction to my remark that I get under your skin as well?" Vergil said with a hint of humor in his voice.
"Nope." Nero said. This was a lie and a half. If there was any person other than Dante that could get under his skin it was his brother.
"Nero you haven't changed at all." Credo said. "Your still as immature as a child." Credo always found Nero's childish antics annoying. Most of the time the Order came first so he overlooked Nero.
"Neither have you. Your still as arrogant and dignified as ever." Nero said. Credo had always been arrogant, blunt, and always wanted to make sure a mission was done to the letter.
"Okay guys, enough arguing please." Kyrie said. These two would always shoot back and forth between each other in arguments and if there wasn't anyone to break it up they would go on for hours.
"Yeah, we don't need another clash of egos right now." Lady said.
The door suddenly burst open. Dante came through with a gigantic smirk on his face. He stopped when he saw the gathering of people.
"Whoa. What did I miss?" Dante said surprised. "Did Nero finally hit puberty or something?"
"Actually we have something we need to discuss." Credo said stepping forward.
"Kid, who's this guy." Dante said puzzled. "He's gonna have to pay rent to you know."
"He's not staying here old man." Nero said. There were already too many people staying at Dante's place anyways. "Take a seat, he's right."
Dante took a seat and looked at Nero expectantly.
"Well, first off those black demon gates we've been chasing are just distractions." Nero said.
"And what about Mundus?" Dante asked.
"He's gonna be a no-show." Nero said.
"So what your telling me is that all those distractions were laid to make us take our eyes off of the spotlight?" Dante said.
"Looks like my idiot brother isn't such an idiot after all." Vergil said.
"So what do you think we should do about the spotlight?" Lady said. She wanted to hear one of Dante's brilliant ideas.
"Well the way I see it is to take him out head on." Dante said. Dante's thinking was always straightforward and that's the way he liked it. The more complicated things got the more work it was for him. He preferred to just keep it simple and minimize the workload.
"Well Dante that's great but it's just a tad bit reckless don't you think?" Lady said. That was the downside about Dante's plans. They were very one-sided and too simple for her taste.
"A tad bit reckless?" Vergil said. "That's an understatement."
"Look, do you guys see any other option at the moment?" Dante said frustrated. "If you do please tell me."
"I agree with Dante. If we let His Holiness get much further we might not be able to stop him." Credo said.
"Whatever, all I know is I'm going." Nero said.
"You still haven't recovered." Kyrie said.
"I don't care." Nero said. "This psychotic wannabe preacher wants me dead so what better way is to bring the fight to him?" Nero said.
"It's not like he would be alone. We're all going aren't we?" Lady said.
"I guess." Dante said.
"I won't be able to go." Credo said as his body began to convulse again.
"I know." Dante said shooting Credo. Twice in the head and three times in the heart. All before he hit the ground.
Kyrie started to cry but Nero held her in a hug and shook her softly.
Dante leaned back in his chair. "I can already tell, this is gonna be one hell of a party!"
End.
Definitely not my best work. The next chapter will be the last, with an ending you guys won't expect.
Lots of OOC-ness in the chapter I know.
Have to get this fic out of the way because I have stuff to do, so sorry for another lame excuse guys. I have plans for another DMC fic that will be pretty accurate because I have the game now.
Later, drop a review please.
-A