Here it is! I do not own Darksiders or No Matter What by Papa Roach! Oh, or Soul Caliber. See if you can spot what I'm talking about… ;) If you can't, I don't blame you… I only blame the lack of pie in your diet.

War

The "date" Briar spoke of consisted of her dragging War around to multiple realms doing whatever she thought was fun and could convince War to do. The current challenge she talked him into was letting her race Ruin. A race which she lost horribly.

"Alright, alright, you win. Stop gloating already." Briar said as she lay in the grass, trying to catch her breath.

Ruin continued to prance around her in a sort of victory dance, trapping her in a ring of fire.

War smiled at the two from where he stood under the shade of a tree at the edge of a forest. He watched as Briar ran after Ruin with a stick, shaking it at him in mock anger. Suddenly, he wanted to be out there with her instead of his horse. Though, not with her angry at him.

"Alina." He said, interrupting their playing.

Both demon and horse looked at him, the former literally hanging from the latter's neck. "What's up?" Briar asked.

"We should go."

She dropped to the ground, hand automatically reaching for one of her twin short swords, "Why? Are there angels coming?"

"No-"

"Demons?"

"No-"

"Something else equally, if not more, dangerous?"

"No, bu-"

"Then what is it?"

War cleared his throat while trying to come up with an excuse.

Briar and Ruin shared a look, as if reading each other's mind. "Oh, I think I know what it is..."

"What?"

"Me thinks War is jealous, Ruin. What say you on this matter?"

The warhorse bobbed his head as if in agreement.

"Hm, that's not good though… What do you think we should do about this?"

Ruin tossed his head.

"Yeah, that seems like a good idea, but are you sure? He might get angry if we do that."

"What is it?"

"Well you see, Ruin here thinks that we should leave you here and go on somewhere else since neither of us are good with jealous people. Though, you're welcome to follow but it might get awkward if you do."

War couldn't believe it. He was competing against his horse for the attention of a demon. And, to make matters worse, he was… losing.

"C'mon Ruin, I think it's best that we leave now."

They turned to go and War stared after them, dumbstruck. "Wait."

They looked back at him as he caught up. "Yes War?" Briar asked, her expression almost sorry.

"Am I mistaken that this was meant to be our… date?"

"No, you are not mistaken."

"Then why are you leaving with my horse?"

Briar placed a hand on Ruin's neck as if offended that War had called him a horse, "I'm sorry, but I can't date someone who gets jealous so easily. Especially over a… good friend."

He finally noticed the she demon's shoulders trembling slightly with barely contained laughter and smiled inwardly, "I see… I hope you enjoy yourselves." This time, he turned to leave, not even bothering to repress the grin on his face.

Their prank falling to pieces, Briar and Ruin shared a worried look, if horses can look worried that is, before she ran after the retreating Horseman, "War! Hold up a sec!"

Once she got close enough, War turned, wrapped an arm around her waist, and pulled her close. He tilted her chin up and pressed his lips against hers in a gentle kiss.

"You cannot do that with a horse." He said, looking down at the red faced demon.

"No, no you cannot."

Just then, Ruin butted in and put his huge head between the two.

Briar laughed, "Do you want a kiss too Ruin?"

The horse bobbed his head in answer, causing the demon to laugh again. "I'm sorry but those are reserved." She said, glancing at War.

Before the rider could grab her again to get one of these "reserved kisses", she spun away and jumped onto Ruin's back and rode him sidesaddle, "So, where should we go next?"

"Next?" asked the Horseman.

"Yes next. Oooh, I've got an idea! Let's go to an amusement park!"

"Amusement park?"

"Don't you know anything? An amusement park is a place where humans go to have fun and stuff. There's a whole bunch of rides, and foods, and people, and snacks, and games, and candy!"

It seemed to War that the only notable thing about this amusement park were the foods.

"Oh, then again, we'd better not. I don't think that humans would react very well to a mountain of a man and a demon strolling around. Plus, I don't think that you would fit on any of the rides… Oh well, any other ideas?"

The Horseman pulled Briar off the saddle and into his arms, banishing Ruin, "Do we have to go somewhere else for there to be a next?"

"What're you… oh. Oh!" She squirmed trying to get out of his hold, "Dammit War, let me go!"

"Why?" he asked, refusing to release her.

"Because it's embarrassing!" She stopped wiggling and glared up at him, a fierce blush on her face.

"No one is here to see."

"Besides you…" she mumbled.

"Should I close my eyes?"

"…no…"

"Then what would you have me do?"

"Put me down!"

War chuckled as he carried the she demon to under a tree and sat with her in his lap, "That I cannot do."

Briar faked a gasp, "You mean that there is something that the Great and Powerful War can't do? The very thought is appalling!"

The Horseman growled softly, "You talk too much."

"So I've been told on multiple occasions. Whatcha gonna do bout it?" War was about to show her exactly what he was going to do about it when she suddenly jumped up, "I know! Let's play hide-n-seek!"

"What?"

"Hide-n-seek, it's a game human children play. One person who's "it" counts to a number while the other players hide. When they finish counting, they have to try and find the other players. Sounds fun right?"

"What if I say no?"

"Then you're no fun and I'll make it interesting. If you can find me within thirty minutes, I'll do whatever you want. The same applies to you if I win. Deal?"

Whatever I want? Interesting… War stood, "You have a deal."

Briar smiled, "Great! Now here are the rules: no leaving this realm, no summoning horses or family, no magic, and, most importantly, no peeking!"

"No flying." The Horseman added.

"Why not?"

"If I cannot ride then you cannot fly."

"…Fine. Alright, turn around, close your eyes, and count to twenty."

War did as he was told and heard the she demon run past him and into the forest.

I'ma skip to about halfway into their little game. Why? 'Cause I'm lazy. Besides, do any of you really want to read fifteen minutes worth of War finding nothing?

War continued through the forest, stepping silently. So far, Briar had eluded him but that was about to change. He'd found her trail.

Earlier, the Horseman had heard the sound of an angel's halberd being fired and shouting. He raced to the scene to find only the angel's corpse crumpled on the ground, his throat cut. A few feet away, he spotted drops of blood on some fallen leaves and even more further off, leading away from the fight scene. Briar had been hurt and either didn't know or didn't care.

War smiled to himself, she was leaving him a trail whether she knew it or not.

Now he found himself standing in front of a waterfall, at the base of a cliff, and at the end of the blood trail. He had already searched the surrounding area and seen neither Briar nor more blood.

She would not break the rules and fly up the cliff, he thought, and there is no reason to go into the water. Unless…

War looked behind the waterfall. He could barely see it, but it was there. A hidden cavern behind the cascade.

Diving under the falls, he came up on the other side to see Briar sitting in the middle of the cave with her back to him, singing.

"I need you right here, by my side, You're everything I'm not in my life. We're indestructible, we are untouchable, Nothing can take us down tonight, You are so beautiful, it should be criminal, That you could be mine."

Her voice echoed back from the rock walls, mostly covering the sound of War getting out of the water.

"And we will make it out alive, I'll promise you this love will never die! No matter what, I got your back, I'll take a bullet for you if it comes to that, I swear to God that in the bitter end, We're gonna be the last ones standing."

War snuck up behind her, moving slowly so that his armor didn't make any noise.

"So believe me when I say, you're the one, They'll never forgive us for the things we've done. And we will make it out ali- IIIEEEEE!"

The Horseman scooped the she demon up, causing her to scream in surprise.

Briar was struggling to grab her short swords when she noticed that it was War who was holding her, "Holy Nightmare War! Don't do that! You nearly gave me a fucking heart attack!"

War was shocked at her sudden anger at first but realized that she was just pouting at being found when she started grumbling.

"You weren't supposed to find me or this place. How'd you do it?"

He chuckled at the demon, for once, sitting peacefully in his arms, "You left a trail of blood."

"A trail of… That damn angel must have clipped me! That bastard made me lose! Put me down so I can go kill him again!"

"What did you do to make him attack you?"

"Nothing! He just came out of nowhere and started shooting! Can you believe it? I mean, who does that? What did I ever do to them? How'd he even get here anyway?"

"You are a demon and the angel's natural enemy."

"Really? Geez, I had absolutely no idea. Thank you sooo much for telling me that. Whatever would I do without you?"

Her sarcasm could rival my brothers'. War thought but was smart enough to keep the comment to himself.

Briar let out a long breath, "Alright, I'm calm now. I'm over it…" She smiled up at him, "Congratulations! You win! Oh hey, your armor's wet."

She was stalling, he knew, but decided to indulge her, "So are your clothes."

"True, that's the thing about this place. It's a great hiding place but you get soaked trying to get to it. So won't your armor rust or something?"

"No."

"Really? Is it made out of some sacred metal with anti-rust enchantments on it?"

"Not quite."

"You aren't going to tell me are you?"

"No, I'm not."

"You're no fun. Soooo, I guess we, uh, better get down to business huh?"

"Business?"

"Um, yeah, I told you that if you won that I'd do whatever you told me to right? And you won… Which I wasn't expecting…"

"Which is why you made that deal."

"You can't prove anything. So, War, what do you want?"

War didn't even need to think, "I-"

"Horseman!"

Rider and demon both turned to the noise.

"Oh wow, they've gotta be pretty loud to be heard over those falls." Briar pointed out. "I think they want you."

War set the she demon on the cave floor, "Stay here."

"You're not coming back, not today anyway."

He looked at her in surprise. She was looking straight ahead but her eyes were distant as if staring at something beyond the cave wall. "What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said. You're about to have to go on a mission for the Council that will take you a while so you won't be able to come back here today. So you'll have to tell me your order another time. You know where to find me."

War left without saying anything and dived back under the waterfall.

"Horseman! You better come when I call!"

He came up on the other side only to see one of the Charred Council's watchers.

"There you are! Stop playing in the water, there is work to be done!"

Getting out at the edge of the small pool, he followed the annoying sprite to the Council's domain.