"Talk"

'Thought'


"I'm fine!"

After such a depressing end to a good fight, and leaving behind a broken kitten with her dead ex, which is honestly the safest place she could be at, Team DRW(B)Y continues to move forward, and heads to the next location, so that they can finish their mission, get the reward, and call it a day. Though while they were doing so, the Devil Hunter took a moment to lean against the wall, pinching the bridge of his nose, refusing to release any tears and cry. The Corrupted Gals immediately rushed to his aid, comforting him and making sure he was ok. Dante refused the help and pity, clearly not wanting to be seen as weak.

"Don't push yourself, you just... Lost someone important."

Ruby couldn't help but swallow hard when she said that, knowing how devastating it all was.

"Yes, you need to rest, you need time to think clearly, this is something you can't ignore, nor can you lose to those emotions you are feeling."

Weiss, while trying to sound stern, spoke in a gentle voice. She knew this was something she needed to be careful of. One wrong word could ruin everything.

"I understand how you feel, I know what you're going through, and whatever you plan to do, we would've done the same, but that's why you have us, to stop you from pushing too hard and making any mistakes, please Dante..."

Yang and the other two knew what he was going through, even if they didn't. The thought of losing their own sibling was something they wouldn't handle well, which is why they were here to comfort and protect one another, including their leader.

"... I'm fine..."

Dante, while the words of his teammate, no, his friend's did calm him down a little, but he still refused the help. He still had the desire to move forward, the desire to fight, the desire to finish this, and the desire to kill Mundus. He would not stop any of it, no matter what. He was ready for it, ready for all of it, ready to complete his mission. And the RWBY Girls knew this. Despite their many protests, they knew they couldn't stop him. Well, at least he wouldn't do it alone. A fact that the Man in Red very much appreciated. And with nothing more to say, the Devil Hunting Group moved on, to fight more demons, solve more puzzles, discover new weapons, and find a new room. Big, covered in mysterious amounts of red glowing writing, and with a certain "Injured" Devil Blonde in the far end of the room.

"Dante! Help Me!"

This Weakened Trish quickly made Ruby, Weiss, and Yang suspicious because to them, she looked fine, and she was about to point it out

"Trish!"

Unfortunately, the three didn't have a say in it. Dante wasted no time rushing in and tried to help the Devil Blonde. This made them sigh, but they quickly followed their Leader. They immediately regretted it when a demonic sludge with armor appeared in the cage. It roared and gurgled in bloodlust.

"Trish! Stay Back!"

Dante quickly pulls out his Rebellion, ready to fight off the enemy and protect the 'Fallen' Biker Lady

"Ugh, I always have to clean up someone else's mess."

Weiss was beyond annoyed with this, as were the other two Corrupted Gals, all three pulling out their weapons and ready to fight off the Demonic Sludge while also having to save another damsel in distress, it was going to be a long day for them, and to make it worse, when Team DRW(B)Y wasn't looking and were focused on the Devil Slime, Dante, Ruby, and Yang were hit with an electrical attack, causing them to fall on their knees in extreme pain, which shocked Weiss and was about to help them, but her momentary distraction was enough for the Nightmare to shoot a thin laser that pierced her knees, shoulders, and elbows, forcing her to fall and now wait until her injuries are healed

"You fool, you're so easy~."

The Devil Hunters looked up and saw a smirking Trish standing up and looking completely fine, as if she had never been hurt in the first place.

"Trish... You?"

Dante spoke in disbelief, as if he had never expected such betrayal, for RW(B)Y Girls, although they had their doubts about her being on their side, it still made them very angry to see her so easily betray them in such a cruel way

"Mortals... What sweets, you should know better than to trust a stranger, your presence has become a hindrance to my master's bloody scheme~."

Trish continues to taunt the fallen Demonic Squad, as the Girl's growls echo through the Man In Red's disbelief.

"Now DIE!"

Both Trish and Nightmare charge up their electrical/laser attacks, before shooting both at them at full power, which forced the Corrupted Gals to flinch and brace for the attack, though before they could hit them, the Devil Hunter let's a rage filled yell and activates his Devil Trigger, doing so let out a outbursts of power which made a shockwave that destroys the attack, broke the cage, and knock back the Blonde Devil, hitting against the wall and fell unconscious, with one threat out of the way, the Red Devil glares the Demonic Sludge, who summons a bunch of metal floating balls and they all start to shoot Laser Blasts at him, who quickly pulls out his Ebony and Ivory and shoots each laser shot aimed at him, each bullet pierce the blast attack and start to hit/explode all the metal balls, once the lasers were dealt with, the Son Of Sparda holster his pistols and pulls out his Rebellion, once doing so, he dashed towards the Devil Slime and start to rabidly slash his large sword at the armour, each swing was getting faster, each attack was getting stronger and each strike forces the Nightmare to be pushed back, though the display of strength is not what caught the attention of the recovering RW(B)Y, it was their Leader's raw emotions and seeing him taking it on the Demonic Sludge in front of him, all the sadness from the lost of his brother, all the rage from the betrayal he just faced, and just being overall stressed from the type of day he was having, such untapped feeling that he released all at once was enough for the three lady's to back away and slightly coward in fear, as all they could do at the moment was watch the Devil In Red continue to wildly watch slash and strike down the Devil Slime with his Rebellion, which broke and tore away it's armour, leaving it more exposed and more defenseless, and soon he ends it with a Stinger attack, which pierce it's body and let the sword stab into the core of the enemy, once doing so, the Nightmare let's out a loud scream of pain, as burst of energy starts shooting out everywhere and start hitting everything, forcing Dante to jump back and make the Corrupted Gals move out the away, once they were safe, the Demonic Sludge finally exploded and died, leaving nothing but bits and pieces, when that was over, the Devil Hunter deactivate his Devil Trigger and was back in his human like form, once doing so, he falls on his knees and used his sword to keep him up straight, he took deep breaths as he took a moment to collect his thoughts.

"Dante?..."

The Demon Hunter looked up to see his teammates carefully walking up to him, a bit worried that he might lash out again, which made him sigh and push himself to stand up.

"Sorry ladies, I just, well, you saw what I did..."

Dante reassured them that he was fine now, he was able to let out all the pent-up emotions he had inside, which made his friends and DGF let out a breath of relief before quickly hugging their leader, who smiled and hugged back tightly

"Nexts time you feel the way you do, just let it out, we can take it."

Yang looks at him and places her hand on his cheek, wearing a soft expression

"Yeah, it's better than bottling it all inside yourself."

Ruby looks up to him with so much concern and worry

"Not to mention, I don't think we can handle or stop an uncontrollable Dante, heh."

Weiss still felt a little bit of fear toward him, which made him chuckle as he nodded in understanding and let them go.

"Yeah, I'll do that, thank you."

Though before their little moment could continue, the four heard a small groan and some movements, which made them look and notice the Devil Blonde slowly waking and standing up. Seeing her made a certain few angry and wanting nothing more than to send her back to hell. However, while they wanted to kill her, a certain Son Of Sparda wanted to save her, because once he noticed a huge rock about to fall and crush her, he immediately rushed forward and pushed her out of the way. A act that not only shocked the RW(B)Y Girl's, but also the Demonic Lady. And once the Devil Hunter got off of the person he rescued and stood back up, he was immediately met with some backlash.

"Dante, How Could You?!"

Ruby was completely confused about the actions of her leader

"Why Would You Dare Rescue Such A Monster, Such A Devil?!"

Weiss was in such disbelief that her teammate would do something so unbelievable

"Wasn't Her Betraying You Enough To Convince You That She's Nothing More Than A Evil Demon That Needs To Be Put Down?!"

Yang was beyond enraged to see her Demonstrative Boyfriend save someone who had tried to kill them, the Red Lotus Devil just tried to ignore it all and walk past them, which infuriated them and they were about to yell/question him more

"Dante... Why did you save my life?"

Trish cut everyone off and decided to ask herself. She didn't understand what was happening and why she was being spared. This made the Man in Red stop.

"Because you look like my mother..."

Dante said simply, which was enough to make the Corrupted Gals and the Blonde Devil go wide-eyed in shock.

"Now get out of my sight, the next time when we meet, it won't be like this."

Dante spoke coldly as he tried to walk away, which made the Demoness stand up and try to stop him

"Dant-"

Before Trish could say anything, she was quickly stopped by the Devil Hunter, who pulled out Ebony and aimed it at her

"Don't Come Any Closer You Devil! You May Look Like Her, But You're Nowhere Close To Her!"

Dante spoke with so much hate and rage that it scared his teammates. Never had he spoken in such a way before.

"You have no soul, you have her face but you'll never have her fire!"

Dante said with so much venom, and once he finished speaking he looked away and started walking off, the RW(B)Y couldn't help but look at their friend with so much pity and sympathy, as they finally understood why he acted the way he did and trusted Trish so easily, which made them hate her even more as they glared at her, to which the blonde devil looked down in shame and extreme guilt

"Come on girl's, we're one more location to go, then we'll be finally done..."

Dante calls out to them, no doubt wanting this to be over and done with, the Corrupted Gals did not protest and quickly followed him, not saying another word to the Demonic Lady as they left, since there was no need to, and once the Devil Hunting Group was gone, she was all alone with her thoughts and heavy emotions

"You have failed me, Trish, you know the rules."

The voice of Mundus could be heard in the head of Trish, letting her know that she had failed, and he was ready to punish her, though she couldn't care less about that, as she then grit her teeth and clenched her fists, and once her mind was made up, she knew what to do and teleported away in a flash of yellow lightning


Next chapter, will be the final showdown, hehe~

(Technically, now everyone in Team RWBY has suffered lost, Ruby lost her mom to Grimm, Yang lost both mother's and almost her sister to, Weiss lost family or friends from the White Fangs, and for Blake, well, now she lost the same lover's twice, and the 2nd one ended in her hands, heh, such a tragedy~)