Unbound Love

Chapter 10

"Are we gonna get going soon? God it feels like I'm starting to rust." Nero said. He was used to being on his feet all the time, sitting around gave him a bad case of cabin fever.

Dante sighed. "Kid—"

Suddenly the front door of the shop burst open. A knight in golden armor stepped inside.

"Actually, hold that thought." Dante said.

"It looks like we have company." Lady said.

"I'll handle this." Nero said. This was Nero's business and he was going to take care of it.

"Be careful." Lady said, placing her hands by her pistols just in case things got out of hand.

"A knight from the croc himself. What the fuck do you want?" Nero said, walking up to him with his hands on his hips waiting for a response.

The knight did not respond. It just stood there like a statue.

"State your business or we shall beat it out of you." Vergil said. He always had a cold way of putting things.

The knight still had not uttered a single word.

"The Extra Ice Cold Vergil not doin' it for ya?" Dante asked. "How about this? You answer us or I put a bullet in your head."

"Do not threaten me demon." The knight finally said.

"Ah. Not a fan of threats eh?" Dante said.

"Start talking." Nero said.

"Those who aren't His Holiness cannot tell me what to do." The knight said.

"Well, I guess we're going to have to try something else to make you talk." Nero said.

"I got an idea." Dante said. "Everyone, guns out." Everyone that possessed a gun had it pointing to the knight.

"You're unholy weapons will not penetrate this armor." The knight said.

"Still no dice huh?" Nero said. "Well, I gotta say I'm all out of ideas."

Vergil disappeared for a split second. He reappeared behind the knight. He put the knight in a headlock with Yamato under his helmet and to his throat. "Unless you want your blood on this blade, talk!"

I've gotta say that was a bit unexpected. Especially for Vergil. Dante said.

"Never!" The knight said defiantly.

Vergil pressed Yamato harder to the knight's throat.

"Talk, jackass!" Nero said.

"I refuse!" The knight said refusing to spill it.

Vergil pressed even harder until a trickle of blood slid down the knight's throat.

"Your less than a nanosecond from getting your head cut off. It'd be in your best interests to talk." Lady said sternly.

Vergil pressed down even harder until a pretty noticeable stream of blood was pouring down the knight's throat.

"Very well!" The knight said quickly.

Vergil's hold slackened a little.

"What did that old fart tell you to do?" Dante asked.

"He told me to come here, find a former knight named Nero, and kill him." The knight said.

"Wait a minute." Nero said tapping his chin. "I know that voice anywhere." Nero walked up to the knight and pulled off his helmet. Under the helmet revealed a man in his thirties with spikey, brown, unkempt hair, with brown eyes and a five o'clock shadow. "Hi, Hector how's the rank of Order peon working for you?"

"I was best in the Order until you came along!" Hector yelled.

"The Order can kiss my ass." Nero said holding the Red Queen to Hector's throat. "What I wanna know is where His Holiness is."

"After all the time in the Order I figured you would know." Hector said.

"Oh, yeah. Headquarters, how could I forget?" Nero said face palming.

"Now let me go." Hector said.

"Whoa. Hold on, you attempted to kill me." Nero said.

"If I remember correctly he has rights to kill you." Dante said.

"But I never succeeded!" Hector said fearing for his life.

"And this time I will." Nero said. He pulled out the Blue Rose and aimed it at Hector's head.

"Please spare me!" Hector pleaded. "I'll never say an insulting word to you again!"

"Sorry, I don't like you." Nero said. He pulled the trigger. The sharp sound of the gunshot ricocheted around the room.

"Damn, kid I might have to stop giving you so much shit." Dante said smirking. "Getting a mean streak"

"Nah, I just never liked that guy." Nero said.

"Why's that?" Lady asked.

"He always bitched and moaned about me being part demon." Nero said.

"I thought most of the Order didn't know you were part demon?" Lady asked.

"They didn't but he and the higher ups did." Nero said.

"Okay can we get this show on the road?" Dante asked, cutting off the two before the conversation got too deep.

"Alright, I'm starting to get bored standing around here anyways." Nero said putting his gun away.

"Everyone ready to go?" Dante asked.

"Just let me tell Kyrie what's up." Nero said going upstairs.

"I'll call Trish and have her come over to keep her company." Dante said walking over to the phone.

Nero walked into the room and crawled on the bed on his hands and knees over Kyrie's body. "Kyrie." He said lightly shaking her "Kyrie."

"Mmm?" She mumbled.

"I got a mission that pays a lot. I'll be back later today." Nero said. That was only partially true, but he didn't want her stressing out over his safety.

"Alright. Be careful." She said.

"I will." Nero said. He turned her face slightly and kissed her softly. He walked downstairs to find everybody waiting on him.

"Damn, kid. What did ya do get a quickie while you were up there?" Dante said with a cheeky smirk.

"Fuck you." Nero said flashing him the middle finger.

"Alright whatever, let's get goin'." Dante said.

"Shotgun." Nero said.

"Already called." Lady said with a smartass grin.

After everyone had packed into Dante's other much more low profile car, they got going. The drive wasn't very amusing. Nero and Vergil both stared blankly out the window while Dante and Lady talked about trivial things. When they drove through the streets of Fortuna they were shocked. Buildings were in ruins; debris littered the streets along with death bodies. Men, women and children alike.

"Oh my god." Lady said with her hand over her mouth.

"Well it looks like the old fart has added genocide to his ever-expanding repertoire." Dante said.

"Oh my god old man, that sounded really smart coming from you." Nero said dryly.

"Should we check for survivors?" Lady asked.

"I guess so." Dante said.

The group got out of the car and checked the surrounding area for survivors. Most were already dead or half-dead. And the other half of the people didn't want to be helped by the likes of demons.

"You all are too stubborn for your own damn good." Nero said crossing his arms.

"If they wish to die, let them. It's not our fault they deny their salvation." Vergil said.

"Alright well lets get goin'." Dante said.

"It doesn't look like there's much we can do here." Lady said.

"Oh, there's plenty of help we can give them." Nero said. "Like a swift kick in the ass for believing such a crack head of a preacher"

Dante sighed. "Kid, there only human. They don't possess the knowledge from a higher power like you."

"Well whatever, let's get goin'." Nero said.

"Agreed." Dante said.

The group drove to the edge of the town all the way to Port Caerula, and then they continued the rest of the way on foot. Before long after going through the Ferrum Hills they made it to the gates of Fortuna Castle.

"Man this place is even creepier than in the text books." Lady said.

"Just wait until you get inside, it gets even more creepier." Nero said. "Like spiders and bugs and walking sets of armor." Nero said in a mischievous voice. The last part of it was exaggeration, but to Nero it was fun.

"Ew… Really?" Lady said in a high-pitched voice. "Dante, you guys can go it alone."

Nero busted out laughing. He laughed so hard he was on his hands and knees holding his gut.

"Nice job scaring the tits off of her, kid." Dante said with a light-hearted chuckle.

"How is that funny, brother?" Vergil asked blankly.

"Cuz, it is." Dante said.

"Alright, let's get a move on I don't want the local frost wraiths to catch us." Nero said in the same tone of voice as earlier.

"Nero's right. Let's get going." Lady said with an edgy voice.

The group walked into Fortuna Castle with bored expressions.

"This is Fortuna Castle. How drab." Vergil said.

"That's new." Nero said pointing to a gate set in the wall to the left of the room. It had a huge chain on it. It also had a symbol of the Order on it with an X above it.

"Isn't that the old fart's symbol?" Dante asked.

"Yeah." Nero said.

"Do you know what's behind the door?" Lady asked.

"Nope. Never seen it before." Nero said.

"Well, let's not stand here and open it." Vergil hissed.

"Okay, okay don't get all bitchy on me." Nero said. He walked up to the door. He tried to cut the chain normally; it just sat there untouched.

"Looks like it's got a barrier." Lady said.

"Not necessarily." Dante said rubbing the fuzz on his chin.

"I got a theory." Nero said.

"Well go for it, kid." Dante said impatiently.

Nero grabbed the chain with his human hand. His whole arm filled with a burning sensation as if he had just run it under scalding hot water. Nero pulled away quickly. "Heh." He said smirking.

"So have you figured out what's up yet?" Dante said.

Nero did not reply. Instead he grabbed the chain with his Bringer and pulled as hard as he could. The chain came off the door as if it was covered in a thousand years of rust. "Human-proof."

"Why didn't you try that out first?" Vergil said equally impatient.

"Oh, god." Nero complained. "It's open now so shut the hell up!"

Dante ran up and kicked the door. It slid open easily. "Now it's open."

The group walked in the room and immediately stopped in they're tracks. The room clearly was not part of the castle. The walls were alabaster and seemed to radiate a divine glow. Statues of angels were all over the room. The one thing that caught the group's attention was the painting in the far corner of the room. It depicted blue force on one side and a red one on the other with many of men in between.

"Dad…?" Dante said slowly. "And the war between the demons?"

"Precisely." An old voice said.

Nero already knew whom the voice belonged to. He turned around and none other than Sanctus stood there. This time his robes gleamed with the same glow as the room and he sported a halo. "Where the hell are we!" Nero demanded.

"You… are in Purgatory." Sanctus said. "The likes of which none of you, even the human, should even be here!" He said in a hostile voice.

"A gate directly to Heaven itself?" Nero said. "Yeah right!"

"If one can make a Hell Gate, then why not a Heaven gate." Sanctus said.

"I don't believe it." Dante said. "Standing in God's realm itself." Dante said in disbelief.

"No way…" Lady said.

Vergil like he was with most things was not impressed.

"In the realm I shall be your judge, your jury, and your executioner!" Sanctus said with malice.

"Might we end this fairly quickly?" Vergil asked. "I have thing I must get back to." Vergil said.

"Yeah, yeah." Dante said drawing Rebellion

"This shouldn't take long." Lady said with a confident smirk while withdrawing Kalina Ann.

The three dashed together in an attack. Dante at the left, Vergil at the right, and Nero in the center. The trio's attack was unsuccessful.

"Lady!" Dante yelled.

"On it!" She said as she fired Kalina Ann directly at the foursome. Smoke and flames engulfed the area. When the smoke cleared Sanctus remained.

"Damn, what is it with this guy?" Dante said surprised.

"Get as close as you can and attack the air around him!" Nero said. "He's got that barrier up."

Dante and Vergil disappeared from sight. They reappeared right behind Sanctus. Cutting the air at light speed and creating a vacuum, the group heard a high-pitched crack.

Sanctus fell from the air and onto the ground disoriented.

"He's vulnerable. Now Lady!" Dante said.

Lady ran up to Sanctus. She stopped right in front of him and unsheathed a dagger. With the dagger she stabbed him in the heart.

Sanctus started shaking violently. "What! Impossible!"

"That dagger is drenched with Holy Water." Dante said. "No matter how much of a demon you are, the water will erase you from existence." Dante said.

"I hate you, I hate you all!" Sanctus said as he faded away.

"Whew, glad that's over." Lady said.

"That was a pretty good job, babe." Dante said. He walked up to Lady and kissed her in a congratulatory kiss.

Vergil looked away. The group didn't notice the slightest blush on his face.

"Can we go back now?" Nero said.

"Let's go." Dante said.

The group walked back the way they came. After the whole incident was over, life resumed to normal. Vergil had gotten softer, but refused to admit it. Dante and Lady stayed together and so did Nero and Kyrie. Life was good again. At least for now…

End.

So what did you guys think? A lot better than the first update of this chapter in my opinion.

Sorry for the time lapses and the rushed boss fight at the end!

Hope this is the ending you guys wanted! Review please!

Later!

-A