Cutey and the Beast (DMC Man x Boy)

Chapter 3: Red Hide, Blue Eyes

Next chapter, I have a 5 day weekend.. Hell yeah! So, I plan on publishing this next chapter and maybe another within that time.

Anywho~

Enjoy

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Nero ran like he never had before. He pushed his legs to bring him farther and faster. He hoped against reason that Kyrie would be home.

He couldn't let her get hurt, she meant everything to him.

~ Flashback To: Two months earlier ~

Nero had just received a mission at the wee hours of the morning and was sent off right away. He had left and forgotten to stop by Kyrie's house.

Just as he finished slashing a single stupid mephisto in two, he heard a scream. A scream that made his demonic blood curdle. It sounded through the whole hallway of the torn-down farmhouse.

Nero nearly held his breath as he made a mad dash down the hall. He continued to hear the scream, as if it was an echo. Only, Nero knew better than to hope it was.

The hallways all blurred together as adrenaline pumped through his veins in the rush to find the source of the scream.

Turning down a last hallway towards a living room of sorts, he spotted it.

His childhood best friend.

Huddled in terror on the ground.

Before a demon..

Before Nero could think to do it, his devil side kicked into overdrive and triggered. A wave of demonic electric blue energy passed through the room.

The demon looked surprised and turned in Nero's direction before getting decapitated in a fit of demonic rage.

Finally detriggering, Nero knelt near his friend and held her all the while checking for injuries.

" N-Nero! " Kyrie screamed in fear. She held tightly to him as if letting go would turn him into a sick illusion created by the ghastly demon.

~ End Flashback ~

He finally made it to Kyrie's house, but screamed in horror as he could not sense her at all.

Deadly determination fueled Nero as he blasted off to Fortuna castle, but not for his mission. No, no. He just needed to save Kyrie. Again.

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At the top of the hill, in front of the wide doors, Nero shivered in the false snow. Gathering his spirits, he held his prized vertical, double barrel, revolver, Blue Rose up at the ready and kicked the door open.

Inside the castle was not as he last remembered. It was warm, full of light, and had an apparent party going on.

Nero might've even mistaken this for a normal party if the guests weren't all demons.

In the front of the party was kyrie in a large cage, chained up. And before her was something that sent an unnerved chill up Nero's spine.

It was a red devil. A powerful one; Nero could feel it radiating power. It was male and had orange spots on his thick deep red hide.

It's eyes ,however, were what unnerved Nero the most. It's eyes were the coldest arctic blue with the slightest bit of silver, while still being warm and , dare he say it, fun.

He saw all of this, before he was the new center of attention with his soft fair skin, snow white hair and baby blue eyes. The red devil in the front's eyes shifted to him and his impossibly wide grin got wider.

" Oohh, a new one! A cute one at that! " He howled from the front.

Nero sneered and face palmed. He no longer had the element of surprise. Along with the fact that the red devil could kick his ass up and down Fortuna which was a huge island.

All Nero could think was Damn.