Nero x Reader (One Shots)

Dying for You

Just Nero and Y/n being overly dramatic and in love... ya know, the usual.

"No! No, please! I'll do anything! Just please stop!" Her voice rings throughout the large area, pain lacing every word as her hands find their way into her hair and pull at the strands in a frenzy of panic. Her teary eyes are wide and full of fear as her chest rises and falls heavily, along with her heart feeling like its about to cave in on itself.

Though she sounds to be in pain, she is not the one being hurt. Not physically at least. Her heart aches as she watches the one she loves be stabbed and choked by long, black, inky tentacles. Urizen sits in his throne while he slowly kills the devil hunter, not an inch of emotion hidden anywhere on his demonic face.

There's something about this situation that makes her feel guilty. Her love wouldn't be here if she hadn't gotten taken by a pack of demons, it's her own fault for not learning close combat, and now she's paying the ultimate price for it. At first, she had no idea why the demons would bring her here, but now, seeing him bleeding and crying out in pain made her realise she was just bait, used to lure him here to his death.

As she watches him slowly lose consciousness, she offers the only thing that might be of any worth to the demon king. She can't keep watching, pathetically crying out with no other way to help Nero. His face was turning blue from lack of oxygen, the tentacles wrapping around his neck tighter and tighter every second.

"Kill me! Kill me... Not him" She yells at the demon, swallowing dryly as a tear slips down her cheek. She hears Nero protesting but she can't make out exactly what he's saying due to his throat being crushed. She doesn't take her eyes off of the large monster sitting before her, even her eyes begging for it to be her instead of the one she loves. The demon slowly turns his head to face her.

"You would die in the place of one man?" Urizen's deep voice mocks her, his tentacles already lessening their grip on Nero, the ones stabbing into his shoulder and lower abdomen pulls out of his flesh with a sickening sound. Nero cries out as blood drips from his wounds, pooling at his feet.

She nods confidently, watching as tentacles slowly swim their way towards her. Nero falls to his knees, too weak to even stand. He tries to crawl to her, or his sword or gun, he isn't quite sure what but whatever he gets to first that will save you, he will use. His throat is bruised red and purple, eyes watering from either the stinging pain left in his side or because of the sight before him.

"He can watch you die before I end his life..." Urizen states lowly before the tentacles quickly latch around her throat, squeezing tightly as Nero struggles to crawl towards her, calling her name and whimpering at the sight of her. She didn't have time to panic or run away, simply allowing the demon to take her life.

She gasps for air, choking and closing her eyes as she prays that Nero gets out alive. She can feel her throat being squeezed shut from the force of the demonic arms around her neck, tears spilling from her eyes as she feels her face turning purple.

His tentacles aren't around her neck for long. A sharp sword swings down and cuts the ends of the black worms around her, severing them and releasing the tight grip they had on her. She coughs and staggers on her feet, feeling light headed as Dante smirks at Urizen, standing in between him and the girl who almost lost her life for the one she loves.

"Hey Juliet, get Romeo out of here, will you?" Dante asks her, getting ready to fight the large demon. She waists no time, sprinting over to Nero who looks at her with soft eyes and a furrowed brow. His neck is slowly turning back to its fleshy pink colour but the gaping holes in his shoulder and stomach ate healing a little slower.