Devil May Cry: Revolution

Chapter 18

"Remove your foul mouth beast!" Jesileth roared as he finally managed to pry Memphis' fangs from his neck and throw him back. "Cah... You impudent cur... You think by ripping my throat out you can silence me?!"

"Yeah actually..." Memphis sat up on his hands and knees and wiped the blood from his face with his hand. "I do..."

"He's human again..." Summit stated.

"Took him long enough..." Dante muttered.

"Well isn't this all fine and dandy. I don't care WHAT form you're in, the only one to survive this onslaught will be me! Do you understand, ME! I will rip you down to your very core and shatter your being Memphis!" Jesileth roared demonically with rage and stormed towards his son as fire danced in his cold eyes.

"Hey Lucien, you feel like getting a circle ready for me?" Memphis called just as Jesileth grabbed him by the throat and sunk his fist into his gut.

"A circle?" Fin seemed confused by the kings' words.

"What the hell does he need a circle for?" Dante questioned the bat demon.

"I don't know what he's thinking as of now..." Fin replied looking rather lost.

"Oh oh! I get it!" Summit snickered as he hopped and skipped over to Dante and his brother. "He wants a circle."

"Yeah we got that part already Summit thanks..." Dante replied sarcastically.

"No no, you don't seem to get it. He wants a CIRCLE..." Summit gave them all an odd look like he assumed they should know this already.

"Oh... Now I get it..." Fin sighed. "Dante, give me your hand."

"What for?" Dante seemed overly sceptical as he held out his hand and watched Fin curiously.

"You'll see..." Fin reached into his pocket and pulled out a small silver dagger. "Just bare with me for a moment." Quickly the bat demon ran the small blade across Dante's hand deeply gouging into his skin making his crimson blood pool out of the wound.

"OW! What the hell are you doing?! What was that for?"

"In order to make this work, we need the blood of someone who's balanced."

"And you think I'M balanced?"

"Do you love your brother?" Fin asked fiercely as he grabbed Dante's hand tightly.

"Well... Yeah of course I do."

"Even after all he's done to you?"

"Yes now what does this have to do with you slicing my hand like that?"

"Do you care about what could happen to Memphis if this continues?"

"What?"

"Can you love your enemy, even after everything they've done?" Fin's gaze became steely as he awaited Dante's answer. The hunter paused and looked the bat in the eyes long and hard trying to figure everything out before he said anymore.

"... Yeah, I care about what's gonna happen to him but only because I don't believe anybody deserves to be treated like this especially by someone you expect to care about and protect you..."

"Then you're balanced." Fin pulled Dante over to the pool of Jesileth's blood coating the ground and motioned to his brother to follow. "Besides that, you're a perfect balance of human and demon. Now, here's what I want you to do Dante. Summit is going to draw this circle in the dirt and I need YOU to follow behind him and trace it with your blood."