LordOfDarkness
The Dark Avenger © †
"Wake up Nero" came Dante's voice. Nero woke up from his sleep. "Damn you Dante. I was having a nice dream" he replied, annoyed at being disrupted. "Dreams can wait. We have some work to do" Dante said, throwing on his trench-coat. "Ah...Lady finally came through for us, huh?" he wondered. "Grab your stuff, bro" Dante said, before leaving the room. Nero got up from the bed, slowly. Slamming on his clothes quickly before leaving the room. "Another day, another dollar".
The two devil hunters walked into the shop of Devil May Cry. Lady was stood at the desk that Dante usually slumped his feet lazily upon. "I've got some work for you to do. You boys ready?" she teased. She threw down a document onto the desk. Dante walked over rather casually and picked it up. As he browsed, Nero could see that Dante's attention had become rather aroused. "Seems, interesting" he finally mustered to say, before throwing the binded together pieces of paper in Nero's direction. Nero caught them successfully, and started to flick through the pages for himself. "Whoa...Some job after all this time" he responded, seeming quite pleased with Lady's neat find.
"When do we start?" Nero questioned, eagerly. He needn't of bothered asking. Dante spun Ebony and Ivory around in his hands. "Right now" he replied, before tucking the guns away.
The two went to leave the building after saying their goodbyes to Lady. As they did so, Trish was walking towards the entrance. She acknowledged the two with a nod, which gained her a nod back in response. She brushed past Nero and Dante and went inside the shop. The two headed off down the street. Nero following Dante like he mostly always did. Almost idolizing him to some degree.
"They look pleased. What's the job this time?" Trish asked Lady, curiously.
"Who is to say there is one?" Lady continued to tease.
"Come on, we both know they never look that interested in anything unless it's a job" Trish summarised.
"Ohhh, something came up" Lady replied, playing it rather secretively.
"Hm. Something?" Trish carried on, being pushy.
"I got a tip off from a close source. Something big has come up" she continued.
"Where to?" Trish asked, digging deeper for the answers.
"Some old Island miles from here. If I can remember without looking, I think he said Mallet Island" came Lady's unexpected answer.
Trish's face dropped. Sudden memories came flooding into her head all at once. She ran for the door. Lady was confused, she had not truly known about Trish's past. As she pushed the door open forcefully, she screamed out for him, "DANTE!! DANTE!!!". But Dante and Nero were already out of sight.
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"I hope this adventure is as good as the last one" Nero hoped. Dante gave a slight laugh, "Huh. You've got a lot of expectations. I think things will be a little different" he imagined.
The two continued to walk and make small talk as they made their way up towards a jetty. They both stopped. Dante was taking lead in all of this. "After you" he said, gestering for Nero to get in to the boat that was submerged in shallow enough waters. Nero brushed past Dante and stepped in. Dante followed closely behind him. "You any good steering these things?" Nero questioned. "Of course. I'm good at most things" Dante cockily replied. Nero slapped his forehand at Dante's comment.
"Hm, can I ask you something Dante?" Nero wondered. "Er, sure" Dante replied, curious himself. "Can you swim?" he asked, pushing Dante into the water. Nero laughed himself to death watching Dante fall back into the water with a large splash until he finally emerged onto the boat, dripping wet and with a blank and serious facial expression.
After a few seconds, Dante couldn't contain himself any longer. He too gave a smirk, showing he took it as a joke. "Thanks. I needed the swim" he laughed in unison with Nero. "That...Was...Hilarious" Nero continued. Eventually after all the messing around, the two set sail.
"Don't worry man. I will get you back" Dante warned him.
"Oh yeah?...I can't wait!" .
