Akira stood before the woman as she felt fear slowly give rise as the impersonator said, "Hello, Akira" "H-how do you know my name?", she asked while she began to shake and Nina let out a hissed growl as the figure began to laugh evilly, "What do you mean? I'm you, you stupid girl" Akira let out a silent gasp as she said, "No…no, you're not. It's impossible" The other Akira just smiled as Nina said, "Akira, this is just a demon who has taken the form of you so you could give in to your fears" The shadow smirks and began to transform into Annabelle, even speaking like her, "I can even do this too, dragon" Akira was now freaked out, she knew if it could turn into Dante, it would get her confused and this demon would kill her. "Akira!", Nina shouted, gaining her attention, "I'll hold the demon off as long as I can, find Dante and get to him" She quickly nodded and ran off as Nina began to fight.

Akira ran as fast as she could down a hall, but it was too much for her body to handle as she felt her chest get heavy. She felt her legs give out when a pair of muscular arms wrapped themselves around her as a voice said, "There you are" She quickly looked up and saw Dante standing over her, holding her waist while she turned to hug him crying, "Dante! *huff* Oh my God, you're a sight for sore eyes" "It's alright", he said pulling her towards him, "Everything's alright, Akira" Akira felt something off about Dante as he soon reached for Rebellion. Akira quickly moved away from "Dante" as the claymore struck the ground and she drew Sasuke saying, "You're not Dante. He's never said my real name" She knew it was the demon as it transformed back to look like her as it said, "So Dante is your weakness. It must be saddening he will never love you like you do for him" "Sh-shut up!", she cried out, "You don't know that" "And you think you do?", the demon said, "Just face it, you're a naïve girl; your mother had given you that name when she was in Japan. You've hated it for a long time and you've wanted to change it" Tears began to fall from Akira's face as she screamed, "Y-you're lying! M-my name is one of the only things my mother left me when she died!" The demon with quick speed grabbed Akira's throat and shoved her to a wall as Akira felt the need for air. She prayed for Dante to find her and to hurry; as if her prayers had been answered, multiple gunshots rang out, injuring the demon and making it let Akira go as she fell to the ground, catching her breath.

"So", Dante's voice said, "You must be the one that caused the cave-in awhile back. Quite frankly, I don't like it if someone gets in between a girl like Akira here and me" The shadow growled at him as he stood between Akira and the demon looking like her while Akira looked up and saw Dante pointing Ebony at the demon when it said, "I never planned this by myself, Son of Sparda. The girl behind you isn't from this world, she and her friend are from another world. I was sent to test her" Akira stood up and as if she had regained her strength, she took her sword and stabbed the demon and it turned to ash before saying, "Don't be deceived by her, Son of Sparda. The phoenix has risen once she entered this world" '"The phoenix"?' they both thought as Akira thought over what the demon said when they heard Nina shout, "Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy! Akirrrrraaaaa! You're alright" Nina flew and stopped as she noticed Dante and continued, "Oh, Dante, it's you-" Akira punched Dante dead square in the jaw by Akira, who had tears streaming down her face saying, "It's true…what that demon said. Ann and I aren't from around here. We're from another world where we don't have to worry about demons killing us. We're just ordinary collage students that were playing a game when we appeared" Dante stood as he listened to her, "I believe the only way to get out is to defeat whatever has dragged us into your world, Dante"

She felt her tears continue to fall as she began to walk away, only to have some force turn her around and to see Dante standing over her and with quick movement, pressed his lips against Akira's. Nina watched with Akira looking at the half devil with shocked eyes, but they eventually closed. Once he broke the kiss, he looked at her and said, "I don't care about that" Akira let out a shocked gasp as he continued, "I don't give a damn on where you're from or who you were before you came here, but I know that you're a headstrong woman that is willing to give her life to a friend and to me" she pushed herself away from his grasp as she said, "But, Dante, I'm not from this world. What would happen if I were to return to my world if you fell for me? For as long as I can remember, my mother always said for me to follow my heart and now…" Her voice began to choke up from sobbing and she continued, "I'm torn between my love for you and my home!" She gasped and placed her hands over her mouth, realizing she just confessed her love to the younger son of Sparda.

Akira just wanted to run from there now but her body just stood there as she closed her eyes. Soon, Dante's arms wrapped around her, embracing her as she looked at him; she didn't push herself away but just stood there when Dante said, "You faced you demons time and time again, and it's made you stronger" She looked away as she wrapped her arms around him and he continued, "You are like a phoenix, a part of you dies, but it's reborn from the ashes of the tragedy. You've proven to me that you think your human and even though you have powers, you've been strong enough to hold your own. You say that if whatever the hell dragged you and your friend to my world would be defeated by you and you and her would return to your world, but what if you couldn't go back?" Akira's eyes widened, she had never thought of if she stays here forever. As Dante lets her go he says, "Let's go. I've already had to fight a demon that went blind 'cause of me, that damn Jester told me where Vergil and your friend are heading, and I want to get this done here soon" He walked off with Akira and Nina behind him as she thought, 'Maybe it won't be so bad being with him. Wait…he said a demon he had to fight went blind and he knows where Vergil and Ann are going. Oh brother'

Author's note:

Ok so some people have asked me if Akira is Japanese in any way and I wanted to use this chapter to clear it up, so no she is not Japanese. I actually like some of the Japanese names. The next chapter will be out soon