"Talk"
'Thought'
"You know, I will never understand the need for big mansions or castles, I mean, who realistically needs all this space? And for what exactly?"
Nero Sparda and Bianca Eva Xiao Long could be seen standing before a very large castle-like building, larger than what they usually see back at home or anywhere really.
"I recollect Aunty Weiss verbalizing about how solitary it was to live in such a place, and that her only friends were her Sister, Klein Sieben, and a cake butler."
Bianca couldn't help but agree with her Cousin, even remembering how a certain family member disliked such a place due to how big and lonely it was.
"You know, I think I remember her mentioning that, wasn't her Sister some kind of soldier?"
Though when that was mentioned, Nero also started to recall such a memory from Weiss as well, specifically when talking about her past life.
"A Atlesian Military's Special Operatives unit, and a Professional Huntress."
Bianca helped and reminded the Grandson of Sparda on who or what Weiss Sister was.
"Right, and this Klein guy had like, 5 personalities?"
"7."
Now both Nero and Bianca were just having a conversation about all the stories and people that their family used to know, almost forgetting the mission they were on.
"Right, right, hey, do you remember Ruby or Yang talking about their Dad and Uncle?"
Nero just leaned against the stone wall and just continued to enjoy the conversation the two family members were having.
"Taiyang Xiao Long and Qrow Branwen?"
Bianca, who just relaxed and sat on her pet Sammy, tilted her head and wanted to make sure they were talking about the same people.
"Yeah."
Nero nods his head in confirmation.
"What about them?"
Bianca raised her eyebrow, wanting to know why he brought it up.
"I don't know, we were just talking about people our family knew, so they came to mind, plus I heard they were pretty cool dudes."
Though Nero just shrugged in response, having no particular reason except that he just wanted to.
"...I cerebrate Qrow being cooler."
Bianca couldn't help but admit after a moment of silence.
"I don't know, Tai sounds more charming and fun."
Nero hums as he thinks about who was cooler.
"Oh! Oh! How about their friends? Do you know about them?~"
Bianca then suddenly remembered something and looked excited about it.
"Remind me who they were again?"
But when Nero asked to know who they were, Eva Xiao Long decided to take this chance to stand up on her own feet and get ready to pose appropriately for who she will talk about next.
"The Green Flower Warrior!~"
When Bianca mentioned the Warrior, she gave a pose that looked to calm martial artists.
"The Lightning Queen Viking!~"
For the Lightning Queen, Bianca posed as someone who expressed confidence yet insanity.
"The Bronze Spartan Maiden!~"
For the Spartan Maiden, Bianca posed as someone who was kind but ready to be dangerous.
"And lastly, Vomit Boy!~"
And as for the last person, Vomit Boy, Bianca posed as a silly knight with honor, which made her cousin laugh at.
"I think we're thinking about different people?"
But when Nero thought about it for a moment, he couldn't help but think that the Masked Imp was mistaken for someone else.
"How so?"
Bianca tilted her head in confusion.
"Cause they sound like the group that hangs around with that british Witch lady?"
"Ah, my mistake then."
After that brief conversation, Nero decides that he didn't have much else to say next and thought they might as well continue the mission they were on, but before he could walk in the castle and wreck some shit, he suddenly stopped when Bianca suddenly asked her next question.
"Has Aunty Blake verbalized about her family afore?"
As soon as Bianca mentioned Blake, the Son of Belladonna couldn't help but tense up in response, which she did notice.
"Is something the matter, Cousins?"
Bianca was now concerned that she said something wrong and was thinking about apologizing.
"She always mentions how she made so many mistakes back in her old world, which includes leaving her family."
Though Nero cut her off by explaining how Blake didn't have any fond memories back at home, especially when she couldn't go back to fix her mistake.
"But being conveyed here wasn't her fault?"
Which confused Bianca since she didn't blame Blake from being transported unwillingly away from her home world.
"I mean before that."
"Oh…"
However when Nero specified what he meant, Bianca went silent again, now understanding what he was talking about.
"I think she regrets not at least saying a proper goodbye to them."
Nero looks up at the full moon and frowns, feeling sympathy and pity for Blake and her situation.
"... I might verbalize I optate independence, how I can do everything without my parents' avail."
The Grandson of Sparda looked back down at Bianca, who pulled out her "MaPa Terminator" and looked and held it tightly in her hands, as if caring for the weapon very much.
"But I can't imagine never visually perceiving my Mommy or Daddy again…"
The older cousin couldn't see, but could already tell that Bianca was trying her best to hold back her tears, no doubt the thoughts of never seeing her family again just simply broke her young demonic human heart.
"... Yeah…"
And while Nero didn't want to admit to anything, he couldn't help but feel the same way, clenching his demonic fist and letting out a deep sigh.
"God damn it, now I'm in a bad mood, let's talk about something else already."
Nero just shakes his head, trying to forget and ignore his sad thoughts, desperately wanting to change the subject and think about something, which made his young cousin hum and think in response.
"... Do you relish pineapple pizza?"
"Oh my Sparda…"
After having such a conversation, Bianca and Nero had decided to continue on with their mission, entering the castle mansion building and starting their exploration. So far, there wasn't much, besides the few grunt demons like Scarecrow and Frost, which they were all taken down with ease and with style by the two. All they were met with were large empty hallways, rooms, and other areas of the entire place.
"Ah yes, my one weakness."
It didn't take long for Nero and his Masked Imp partner to find a place that might be somewhat useful, or at the very least get them closer to where they needed to be.
"Reading."
And that place was none other than some kind of library, which was obviously filled with nothing but books. However, Nero was able to notice that most of the books were not only scattered everywhere on the table and floor, but most of the books that he could see so far were about "Science", "Biology", "Demonic Rituals", and other things you wouldn't find in any other normal library.
"I cerebrated you would relish reading, being the Son of Aunty Blake?"
Bianca, who got off of Sammy to sit on the table, picked up one of the books, flipping through the pages out of curiosity and seeing if she could find anything useful in her mission.
"Those books are meant to be fun to read."
Nero picks up one of the books, something about mixing advanced science and magic, though in his eyes, it looked like nothing more than gibberish.
"But this makes it feel like I'm gonna take a 100 question quiz with a 60 minute time limit."
Nero sighs and just tosses it back on the table, clearly not in the mood to start looking through all the books, especially if it's not necessary to do so.
"I relish taking quizzes, it makes me feel keenly intellective, additionally I like the way Aunty Weiss exalts me when I get a 100% score on my answers~"
Bianca lets out a happy hum, as she has memories of Weiss giving her tests and pop quizzes to test her intelligence, and how she loves it when she would get praised and spoiled whenever she got them all correct.
"You're a weird kid, I can't imagine anyone who enjoys taking tests unironically."
"I shall give you a "Blep" in replication."
As Bianca sticks her tongue out at Nero for what he said, Sammy suddenly let out a threatening growl, which was also followed by a loud heavy landing that could be heard behind them, instantly making the two Demon Hunters turn around and pull out their guns in response, they were met with a White Knight, aka a Bianco Angelo, who just stood there with their lance and shield in hand.
"Yeah, something tells me you're not here to just politely ask us to leave."
Nero's doubts were confirmed when the Bianco Angelo aimed their lance at the two, most likely preparing to kill them, which did make the Grandson of Sparda ready his Blue Rose and was about to shoot the White Knight dead, though was quickly stopped by his cousin.
"I'll handle our Knight in Shining armor~"
Again, even while wearing the mask, the Son of Belladonna was able to tell the type of expression Bianca was showing off, which was a mix of eagerness to prove herself, and the excitement of a potential fun fight, which did make him sigh and shake his head at this.
"Go ahead."
But instead of stopping the Sparda Princess, Nero just simply put away his gun and walked off, which surprised her.
"Wait, really?!~"
Bianca clearly didn't expect her older cousin to actually allow her to fight Bianco Angelo by herself.
"This guy is probably another grunt demon or a lowly goon, you don't need my help with those kinds of enemies."
Nero kicked a chair right-side up and sat down on the seat backwards, just relaxing where he sit and watched the Cambion Hunter like he was waiting for his favorite show to start.
"Just be sure to pay attention to your surroundings when fighting this guy."
When Nero actually gave the "OK" for Eva Xiao Long to fight a enemy on her own, she couldn't help but feel, well, she didn't exactly know how to put it into words, but just feel, "Nervously Happy", for being given a chance to both fight on her own, and to prove herself that she could do more than what her parents think.
"I am gonna show you why you should fear the Daughter of the Legendary Devil Hunter and the Infamous Hellish Dragon~"
And with this newfound motivation to prove herself, Bianca was able to look at the Bianco Angelo with even more eagerness than she had before, though the White Knight didn't seem to care about such feelings or declaration as they then suddenly charged forward and thrust their lance at her, but given her tiny and nimble frame, not only was she able to avoid the attack, but land on top of the weapon with perfect balance, as she then aims her own weapon, Lollipop, at the head of the armored enemy, she wore a large smug smile under her mask as she then pulls the trigger, blasting the face of the Bianco Angelo with the gatling gun part of her chainsaw weapon, which did make them stumble backwards and caused a lot of dents and cracks on its helmet.
"Fear The Princess Of Sparda!!!~"
Bianca lets out joyful childish laughter as she continues to rain bullets at the Bianco Angelo, who was now using its shield to defend themselves. Though once they had their footing and balance back, they were able to counter-attack, doing so by swinging their lance and hitting a nearby table bear them, resulting in it launching the large object at the Sparda Princess. Which did force her to stop shooting and jump over it. However, it seems that the White Knight had predicted that, as they turned their shields into wings and used them to fly upwards and towards the Cambion Hunter, once again thrusting their lance at her, who was barely able to dodge in response. Though once she did avoid such an attack, she then quickly used her tail to wrap around the armored enemy, to prevent herself from falling. Unfortunately, the Bianco Angelo wasn't too pleased about this and tried to remove her from their body, either by kicking them away, swinging their lance at her, or just trying to fly around crazily in the hopes that she would fall off on her own.
"You're doing great, cousin!"
Nero was just watching this happen, as were Sammy and Boon. Either one of them was ready to help when needed, though they didn't interfere just yet and just continued to support from the sidelines and give encouragement to the Masked Imp.
"THANK YOU!!!"
Bianca, after getting a boost of confidence from her family members, not only was she able to avoid most of the attempts of being knocked off by the Bianco Angelo, but was able to start climbing up and onto the metal body, still avoiding the attempts of being thrown off the White Knight.
"Let's visually perceive how well you'll do without your flying appendages, hm?~"
Soon Bianca had managed to climb onto the wings of the Bianco Angelo. Once there, she pulled out and revved up her chainsaw weapon, which she then used to cut off the wings of the White Knight. This caused it to start falling and crash harshly into the ground.
"Maybe I should bring this back home with me, Aunty Ruby would surely profoundly relish this shield to integrate to her amassment~"
The Bianco Angelo slowly got up to its feet and saw Bianca, who had also landed on the ground, though more elegantly in comparison. She was currently admiring her new shield, which she had just stolen from the White Knight. While it had no face and supposedly no emotions, if one paid closer attention, one might notice the subtle hint of annoyance and irritation. This did result in the armored enemy gripping their weapon tightly before dashing and thrusting it at Eva Xiao Long, who was able to block it with the same shield that she had just stolen from the Bianco Angelo.
"Oh the irony, Mommy and Daddy would surely be proud of me for this~"
If the Bianco Angelo could growl in anger, it would have, as well as bringing up the lance and planning to swing it down upon the Sparda Princess with all of its strength it could muster, but before it could even do that, it was met with the "MaPa Terminator" being placed under their chin, which was sneakily being held by the tail of it's enemy.
"Hehe, Jackpot~"
Bianca then pulled the trigger of her gun and blew off the head of the Bianco Angelo, which the body then promptly fell to the ground and broke into multiple pieces, revealing that it was nothing more than an empty suit of armor.
"I DID IT! I AUTHENTICALLY DID IT ALL ON MY OWN! MY VERIDICAL AND ONLY TRIUMPH I ACHIEVED ALL ON MY OWN!!!~"
Though Bianca didn't seem to care about such revelation, she seemed more concerned and focused on celebrating her own victory of defeating a strong opponent with no help at all.
"Nero, did you witness my astounding performance and how I-"
But just as Bianca was about to brag and seek praise for her win, she was immediately cut off and startled when three Bianco Angelo suddenly appeared all around her, thrusting their lances and about to pierce them through her body without hesitation and mercy. They would've been successful if they hadn't been stopped by Sammy, who used his tendril tongue to pull the 1st Knight away from his master, Boon grabbed the 2nd Knight's shadow and ripped it apart, and Nero casually gripped the last one by the head with his demonic arm and crushed it with little to no effort.
"I saw, though maybe come up with your own catchphrase? Or actually, maybe it's more fitting for you to continue the tradition of saying that? Hm, what do you think, Bianca?"
As Nero tried to have a casual conversation with Bianca, thinking the fight was over and they could probably have a moment of peace together before moving on with the mission, unfortunately, instead of his young cousin replying back to his feedback, he was instead met with someone who was shaking and struggling to calm down after what just happened, which made him frown and sigh softly at this.
"... God damn it..."
Do you think Bianca should have her own catchphrase? Or should she continue the "Jackpot" tradition? I can't help but like both ideas, so what do you think?
(BTW I decided to not add my own "Bosses" or "Side Storys", no reason for my to drag a story longer than it needs to be, of course I'm not gonna copy paste everything, I will add in more to the DMC 4 plot, but nothing to convoluted or whatever)
