Dante fought several offsprings of Cerberus as he continued walking. Anima is still asleep on his back, so he tried his best to kill the demons, in any quiet way possible so that Anima will not wake up because of a bad dream. After battling with the offsprings, Dante felt that the girl is rubbing her eyes and groaning.
"Sorry for waking you up, kid." Dante apologized. He putted Anima down. The soul placed the Rebellion on his back and held his hand like a little girl taking a walk with her father.
"It's not you who woke me up. A bad dream did." Anima answered.
"What's the dream all about?" Dante asked, wondering if the girl heard any noise that made her dream bad thing.
"Well…" Anima started thinking about the dream. "Someone dropped a pole in my head and threw me into a cliff."
Dante chuckled softly. Anima can dream the craziest and weirdest things. Who on earth will drop a pole on your head and throw you in a cliff? Well, she's forever fourteen and that stages are where teens have the wildest imaginations. Anima started tugging his red jacket. Dante turned around.
"What's that, kid?" Dante asked. Anima pointed a door. Dante eyed it with full of doubt. He looked at Anima who looks scared.
"Dante, something's wrong inside that door…" Anima whispered. Her voice is shaking with fear. Dante kneeled, petting Anima's head to calm the girl down.
"It's alright, Anima. Dante's here. We're going to have fun, okay?" Dante assured, doubting that Anima will find killing demons a fun thing. Of course, it was a risk-taking fun and Anima's not into those things. Aside from that, she's a pretty meal for the demons, making her a fragile soul that needs to be protected.
Dante slowly opened the door while Anima is clinging on his arm. Dante already had his Ivory on one hand; he can slowly feel Anima's arms and hands trembling.
"Dante… are you sure about this?" Anima whispered to him. Dante grinned.
"Never been, kid." He answered with slight confidence. He has to give the soul a little bit of trust to him right now. As they're walking inside, Dante have his guard up, having a little guess that demons might jumped onto him unexpectedly. They are both surprised as the door closed suddenly and the whole room lit up, like a sunrise in a lakeside view. Anima was amazed and so is Dante. There are mosses along the big boulders and the lake seems clean enough. Anima stayed on Dante's side while the older man is looking around. Dante saw someone sitting on a boulder. From that moment, it felt like he was hypnotized at the mermaid-like woman. Dante let go of Anima who became alarmed.
"Dante?" Anima called out the elder's name softly. However, Dante continued walking slowly towards the mermaid. Anima looked at the direction Dante was walking to. She can see the mermaid going into the looks of a siren. She ran towards the elder, trying to stop him.
"Dante, no!" Anima tried to pull Dante back, however, the elder's stronger than her. She can see the fangs of the Siren getting larger, ready to kill Dante. As if Anima had no choice, she took Dante's Ivory from his hands and shoot the demon, making it let out a screech. Anima's breathing became heavy and fast, not believing on what she had done. The spell that the Siren putted onto Dante broke. The Siren growled on Anima who's standing frozen. It lunged onto Anima but just in time Dante saw it.
"Look out!" Dante jumped his way towards Anima and rolled to the safe side just in time the Siren hit her head on the hard wall.
"Thanks, kid." Dante stood up. "Keep my baby Ebony for a while, something for your protection."
"B-But, Dante-"
"You shoot her, right?" Dante interrupted. "You saved me using that gun. I'm proud of you, kid."
Anima hid just what Dante told her. She took a good look at the Siren. The façade is far away from the real one. The real one has lavender colored skin and the head has a big, crown-shaped red fins. Every corner of the fins in the head contains an eye and her face is just a nose and a fanged mouth and there are shiny, purple marks in her face up to her abdomen. The mermaid tail is covered in a thick scales surrounded with red fins. The large fin at the bottom looks like it can kill you when you get hit. And the Siren is a giant, making it ten times scarier to Anima's eyes. Dante is standing proudly in front of the creature as it landed back on the water.
"Hey!" Dante yelled at the demon Siren. "That's not a right way to seduce me, you know?" He taunted. The demon growled as its teeth gritted.
"I know Anima once told me that I'm a sex god. Now I believe her because even demons are hitting on me!" Dante continued. Anima rested her face on the boulder she's hiding.
"Don't remind me I said that." She softly said to Dante as if they're having a conversation. Dante activate the Swordmaster style and fought the demon. He managed to make couple of wounds to the Siren, however, the claws managed to scratch his face. Dante backed, grinning to the demon.
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Lucy can almost track the elder. He can feel that he's close to them. Nero followed him, warning Lucy if the demons are near. Nero knows now that Lucy can be so focused on tracking that he can let his guard down for a bit. They walked onto a door, Lucy's leading the way. Nero's Devil Bringer is glowing slightly through the flowing water in the room.
"We're close. I can feel it." Lucy informed, feeling Dante's aura. Nero ran and blocked him using his left arm.
"Wait." Nero eyed the room, sensing where the demon could possibly appear. The demons started appearing on the pond. They look like gothic girl puppets and there's a string coming on the ceiling. Lucy walked back and so does Nero.
"Remind me to teach them how to dress properly. I hate the torn clothes." Lucy told Nero while looking at the puppets who's walking onto them slowly.
"Sure. I hate to see them in that state." Nero agreed.
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"Heh. Not bad, girl." Dante said. "I might consider inviting you to my house, but you're trying to kill me, so I guess not."
They had few encounters to the Siren. Dante was making this fight last longer for some reasons. He can kill the Siren any time; he's just not in the mood to finish it quickly. Besides, it looks like he wants to torment the creature for putting him under a spell.
"Hey!" Anima couldn't help but butt into the conversation. "You're actually inviting that to your bed?!"
Dante looked at Anima with disbelief.
"You actually believed in that?" Dante couldn't help but laughed. "God, Anima. I guess you're too naïve!"
"Meanie!" Anima fired the Ivory at the demon, noticing it's snaking its way towards the elder and ducked at the border. Dante gave a 'not-bad,-kid' look to Anima and looked back on the Siren.
"Well, since the kid shoots you," Dante was beginning to get serious. "I'm going to have a serious business here."
As if on cue, the door opened violently and it revealed Lucy and Nero smirking, attacking the Siren. They flew back and landed perfectly, making Dante in the middle.
"Kept my soul safe?" Lucy asked while smiling at the Siren.
"I did." Dante looked at Nero. "Hey, kid."
"What?"
"Sorry for whatever I did."
"No time for chit-chat." Lucy walked near the lake, holding the Piercer ready to shoot. "We have to kill this pretty slut in front of us."
They wasted no time. They started attacking the Siren. Lucy changed his weapons to Silver Slayers and did a somersault, he threw his swords to the tail of the Siren, making it release a loud cry and kept it pinned down. Nero grabbed the crown and sliced it using the Red Queen, while Dante shoots it with Ebony before she threw it in Lucy's direction.
"Kid!" Dante threw his Ebony to Lucy and shot the Siren direct to the mouth, killing it. Anima left the boulder and ran to the lake, picking up the shiny gem on the ground. She ran towards the three hunters and showed them the gem.
"Look." She said. "Identical stones, don't you think?"
"Hold up." Nero took out from his pocket the fragment gem. Anima took it and placed them on the ground, solving on where the pieces fits. As she found it, the cracks were fixed and all three were connected. But, it was still not complete. Anima and Lucy gave Dante his guns and Lucy picked up his sword.
"So, I guess we still have another business going on?" Dante asked. Lucy nodded.
"The Order's invited to the Montre city and I have to get there before they do." He answered. Nero accompanied Anima, letting the two have a conversation.
"Hey, Nero." Dante whispered huskily in Nero's ears. Accidentally, Nero punched him.
"Holy shit, old man!" Nero cried. "Stop scaring me, will 'ya?!"
Nero is really surprised on what the older man did. Especially that voice is enough to call it seductive in his vocabulary. If he let Dante whisper in his ear in that tone, he'll definitely get a hard-on in front of the poor fourteen-year-old soul.
Dante laughed as he stood up, touching the jaw on where Nero punched him. It wasn't a really strong punch but enough to put in the hurting category.
"Come on, kid. We're in here, an alley. I want to get out and taste pizza." Dante walked out of the room, surprised at the sight of the bikes.
"Yeah, thank us later, pal." Nero said from behind. He started pulling Lucy's bike. Lucy and Anima followed, letting Dante pull his own bike. Anima rode on Dante's bike, still looking at the gem.
"Don't you think this is a key for something?" She thought out loud. Dante didn't mind at all, since she's weightless at some sort.
"I guess. So you better keep it, kid." Dante answered, still looking at Nero. Anima grinned. She stood up and ran towards Dante.
"You like him, don't you?" She teased. Dante shook his head while smiling.
"Who knows?" Dante walked towards Nero while pulling the bike. Dante slapped Nero's back.
"Nice work, kid." He grinned. "I guess you did miss me for finding me like that." Dante said to Nero in a playful tone. However, Nero gave him a cold stare, meaning he still had not forgiven him.
"Cut it out, old man. I have no time for your jokes." Nero coldly replied. They stopped at an empty hallway, as all the doors demonically sealed. Suddenly, there was a piano and a couple of 'zombie-fied demons' or so that's what Anima's going to call them. Their bodies are cut in half and their head looks like a zombie.
"Great, fused together are my scariest dreams: zombies and demons." Anima commented. They finished it quickly after a couple of waves and it showed the real deal: their mother.
Their mother is a big one, to be honest. There are hundreds of heads in it and there are no hands, just feet. Dante stared at awe.
"You've got to be shitting me." Nero mumbled. Lucy changed his weapons to the Sora and Luna and tried to shoot the demon, but it seems like there's no effect on it. Anima started to think deeply.
"Piano, huh?" She muttered. Anima ran her way towards the piano.
"Anima!" Lucy shouted. Anima turned to him.
"I'll try something! Keep attacking that… thing!" She yelled. Anima breathed in and out, preparing to play the piano. She had learned how to play one. She remembers she used to own one back then.
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Author's notes: The one she'll play is Christina Grimmie's version of 'Titanium'. /watch?v=HCE3YB26v7w
Anima's voice is a bit lighter than Christina Grimmie's (Sorry, I got that song stuck in my head for few weeks)
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The piano keys started playing. Anima gets on her courage to sing. It seems that it's working since the demon is flinching for a bit. Lucy shoots it again, and the demon seems to feel the pain.
You shout it loud,
But I can't hear a word you say.
I'm talking loud, not saying much.
I'm criticized,
But all your bullets ricochet.
You shoot me down, but I get up
"Anima! Just keep singing, okay?" Lucy ordered. Dante and Nero exchanged looks to each other, silently asking for a challenge. Nero used his Devil Bringer and pulled the foot. As he's about to stab one of the head using the Red Queen, one of the head stuck its long tongue and used it to whip Nero away.
I'm bulletproof
Nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, Fire away
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
"Great, so singing with the collaboration of a piano makes this thing vulnerable to attacks? Lovely." Dante muttered. Lucy smacked Dante in the head.
"'Titanium' is a high-note song, Dante. Appreciate what Anima's doing right now and use it!" He lectured before he continued attacking the demon, helping Nero exterminate it. Dante looked at the demon for a couple of seconds before he helped the two teens kill the demon.
Cut me down,
But it's you who'll have further to fall
Ghost town, haunted love
Raise your voice,
Sticks and stones may break my bones
I'm talking loud, not saying much
I'm bulletproof
Nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, Fire away
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
"I must say…. she has a …pretty voice." Nero said in between blocking the attacks. Nero got pissed off.
"Just die, you little prick!" Nero yelled as he used his exceed.
"We have to finish this quickly. Anima seems to be having difficulty breathing after this song." Lucy warned. "Who knows? That bastard can regain its life."
"Well, that will be trouble, kid." Dante commented. "I guess it's time to take things seriously."
Stone-hard,
Machine gun
Fired at the once who run
Stone-hard,
As bulletproof glass
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down,
But I won't fall
I am titanium
I am titanium
The moment the song was finished, the demon died and turned into sand. Anima panted, regaining the lost oxygen while she's singing. Nero patted her back and smiled on her.
"Nice work, buddy." Nero praised. Anima smiled back because of happiness, feeling contented on what she did. She stood up, noticing another fragment. Anima ran towards it and took it, connecting it to the other stones. Anima started wondering.
"It looks like a key…" She thought out loud. Her statement made Dante think.
"I think it's a key to release someone…" Dante thought out loud. "I mean, I heard someone talking to me few hours ago."
"Well, we have to find that, don't you think, old man?" Nero suggested. Dante smiled at him sheepishly.
"Aw, what a nice boy." He teased. Nero blushed and his nose crinkled.
"Shut up." Nero fired back. Anima pulled Nero's foot on purpose, causing the white-haired teen to fall and land on Dante's strong chest. Nero looked up.
"Whoa, better be careful next time, don't you think?" Dante whispered softly with a hint of teasing in his voice. Nero blushed more and pushed Dante away and scratched his nose, avoiding the elder's look. However, his actions seem to affect Dante as he finds the teen adorable.
"Uncle Dante and Brother Nero sitting on a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Anima giggled after she sang the song in an almost whispering tone so that the two will not hear it. Lucy walked towards Anima and whispered something, making Anima giggle loudly. Nero shook his head and continued walking.
"We have to get out of here." He said. "This place is giving me the creeps."
"Whatever you say, kid."
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Author's notes: I think I should apologize about that Titanium. Really, sorry about that! *Bows apologetically* But, hey, they all got together, right?
Again, I'm so sorry if the characters are OoC. To be honest, I haven't played the game. Only my brother. I'm watching irregularly. But, I've done some research and I'm quite thinking it's enough to write this. So, cookies?