Learn my Lesson - Devil May Cry

Chapter 12: Let's end this

Nero felt the pain, a burning pain, when his father’s blade went through his shoulder. He screamed in pain as he collapsed to the ground. He could feel that Dante was right, he felt that the demonic healing would not heal this wound. Despite the pain he had an idea, the only way to give his uncle an advantage.

With his demonic arm, Nero grabbed his father’s sword that was still in his shoulder, and kept hold of it in order to prevent Vergil to take it out again. He groaned in pain and his whole body wanted nothing more than getting rid of the blade. “Dante, now!” Nero groaned.

Dante got out of the shock and attacked his brother. He threw him to the other side of the ballroom, where he hit the wall hard. Then he saw something on the ground. He did not waste any other thought to Vergil, instead he rose his sword and hit the ground with it. But not just at any place, he used it as a key to another portal to the demon world. He planned to send his evil twin back to where he belonged. He turned around to face Vergil again, but was too late: Vergil had gotten to Nero and ripped his sword out of the kid’s shoulder, commented by a pained gasp of Nero. Then Vergil hit Dante with the blade and this time it was him to fly against the wall.

Nero watched in shock as Vergil hit his uncle with the sword, he flew against the wall and fell to the ground. Nero’s vision was blurry due to the loss of blood: the wound in his shoulder was deep and blood poured out heavily. It was hard to continue breathing and Kyrie’s terrified screams did not help at all. He just wanted to close his eyes and drift into the darkness.

Then he realized what Dante had done: He had opened some kind of a portal. And Nero just knew that it was in order to send Vergil through it.

‘Let’s end this’ he thought to himself and grabbed Vergil with his devil bringer. He pulled himself to his father, regardless of what had happened when he did the last time. His plan worked: He crashed against Vergil and the both landed hard on the floor.

Vergil was the first to get up again. “You still haven’t got enough? Are you so keen on being in pain? Well, if that’s the case, then I can help you.” With these words, Vergil – still in his devil trigger – grabbed his son by his throat and lifted him high up in the air. Nero struggled to stay conscious as his father slowly choked him. He just wanted to die fast, he could not stand the pain anymore. He wanted to stop fighting. “Oh, Nero, I think somebody should have told you one thing because obviously you believe in that fairytale happy ever after thing. You are a demon, a worthless one, but still a demon. And demons don’t get happy endings. You should have listened to me in the first place and just come to my side. But I won’t do you the favor to just kill you! I will make you beg me for your death and then I might be merciful and let you die.”

“NO! NERO!” Kyrie screamed under tears.

Vergil only laughed at her desperate screams, it made everything even more fun for him. Vergil took the green sword and made a deep cut right over Nero’s chest. Nero could not keep himself from using his last breath for screaming in pain. Then Vergil dropped Nero to the floor, were he collapsed immediately.

“Get the hell on your feet! I want you standing and looking me in the eyes when you plead me to kill you!” Vergil shouted at Nero.

Scared to suffer under even more pain, he tried to get up. After he failed two times, he finally managed to stand in front of his father, shaking in pain and barely conscious. He knew that he would collapse again any second.

Vergil grinned at him as the placed the green blade at Nero’s throat.

“SAY IT!!! SAY THAT YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT WANT TO DIE!!!” He shouted.

Nero could not stand upright anymore, he doubled over in pain and fell to his knees, the blade leaving a cut on his cheek. Nero looked into his father’s eyes and said with a trembling voice:

“Never.”

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Second update within one day! I am nearly proud...

Poor Nero... He has to suffer a lot in this story...

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