Fighting Through the Air of Darkness

Mission 21- Aftermath!

WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!! LEMON IN THIS CHAPTER, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ IT, THEN SKIP IT!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Lady stood in the empty streets waiting for Dante, Akira, and Annabelle to return from the Demon World. Hearing something move in the rubble behind her, she turned to see the three, but something was off about them as Dante let out an exhausting sigh and said, "What an ordeal" He turned to see Lady standing in front of the three as she said, "I need that back" He took the rocket launcher from his shoulder and said before handing it back, "No late charges I hope" "Hmm", Lady hummed, "I'll think about it" 'Damn', Dante thought, 'She will now that I mentioned it' He handed her the launcher and as she put it back on her back as he looked to Akira and Annabelle. He could see Annabelle had feelings for his brother and Akira was trying to comfort her friend. He sighed and said as he then looked to the sky, "We should be fine for now, but I'm sure they'll be back soon, very soon" Akira looked at Dante and soon walked over to him. She placed a hand on his face, causing him to look at her, then pull her into a hug while tears began to fall. "You're crying", Akira said, making Dante smirk and say to her, "It's only the rain" Lady held out her hand and said, "The rain already stopped" Dante let Akira go and said, "Devils never cry" Annabelle wiped her tears away and said, "Maybe even a devil may cry when they lose a loved one"

        Dante looked to Annabelle and said, "Maybe" Lady stretched her arm over her as she said, "By the way…" She pulled a pistol out and shot at three demons and she readied another as she continued, "Looks like, the four of us are gonna be busy for awhile" Akira looked to see they were surrounded by demons and said to Annabelle, "I'm sure Lady wants to see our skills personally, so let's show her what we're made of" Annabelle smiled and said, "I think we should show these guys not to mess with us" "Well, bring it on", Dante said, "I love it. This is what I live for!" He took a few steps forward and pulled out Ebony and Ivory, twirling them a few times before yelling with a devilish smirk, "I'm absolutely crazy about it!"

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    After the last demon was killed, Lady offered Dante, Akira, and Annabelle a place to stay considering her house was far away from where the tower erupted. Akira noticed a sudden change in Dante, and figured it was because of Vergil falling further into the Demon World, and the same was for Annabelle. After everyone cleaned themselves up, they all decided to get some sleep, except for Akira. Granted, it was nice to sleep in a bed after everything that went on, she just couldn't sleep. She looked across the room she was sleeping in and saw Annabelle asleep, but she was a heavy sleeper most of the time. She decided to check in on Dante in the room down the hallway as she quietly opened and closed the door and tip-toed her way to Dante. She quietly opened his door and saw he wasn't there, causing her to think, 'Where is he?' She looked and saw he was standing on a balcony with his back to her, shirtless, and obviously in pain. "Dante", Akira softly said, causing him to turn to her and he couldn't help but stare at her. She had such a beautiful body, not too curvy, not too little curvy, beautiful eyes that made him think he was looking at a emerald gem. Akira looked at him and asked, "Dante, are you alright?" Snapped out of his thoughts, Dante turned and placed his arms on the rail and said, "Couldn't sleep, babe. You?" "Same", Akira said, standing beside him.

        Dante sighed heavily and said nothing for awhile then asked, "How's your friend?" "She's fine, I think", Akira said, "But, watching your brother fall hurt her real bad" She then embraced the half-devil and said, "To be honest, I don't know if she'll recover from it, she cared deeply for him, and so did you" Dante knew she was right, he cared for his brother and knew Annabelle did as well. "So", Akira said, "what's gonna happen now?" Dante just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Dunno, maybe you and Annabelle may start a new life here" Akira sighed and hugged Dante more as he wrapped his arms around the young Phoenix and he said, "Ya know, that offer still stands" She smiled softly and said, "I may not have a choice. I wanna stay with you" "Why do you?", he asked, "You know I'm a half-devil"