Fighting Through the Air of Darkness

Mission 7- Dante vs Vergil!

        Akira and Dante continued to make it to the top of tower, but Akira realized her fire powers were making her tired and rest more then she wanted. "I'm sorry, Dante", she said to him, "my powers are making me rest more and I'm slowing us down. You might as well leave me to rest and-" "Hell no", Dante said, "I can carry you if I have to, sweetheart. I am not leaving you" She sighed and leaned against a wall letting her body slide down until she lied down on the floor. She could feel the muscles in her legs twitch for the tenth time as she felt her eyes get heavy and she fell asleep.

        Akira walked home from school when she saw three boys in her path. "Hey", a spiked brown haired boy yelled out, "Where do you think you're going, girl?" Akira panicked and ran the other way as the boys hurried after her. She ran into a local park while the boys split to catch her faster. She ran to a playground until an arm stopped her and she fell in the ground as she cried out for help. Sadly, no one came to help while the two boys held her down and the leader dumped out all of her things and kicked them as if they were garbage. "She's got nothing-", the boy halfway said but a girl's voice snapped, "Knock it off!" All four of them turned to see a girl the same age as Akira with short light brown hair and in a very expensive dress with knee socks and dress shoes as she pointed to the boys continuing, "Why don't you jerks pick on someone your own size, in fact why don't you pick on boys, not girls"

        The lead boy dropped the backpack and approached the girl; Akira thought she was insane, she would be beat as the boy said, "And what are you going to do? Run to Mommy and tell her" "Nope", the girl said before she threw a punch. Now the boys attacked her and as if she had done a thousand times, beat them; the boys stood up and their leader said, "You're going to regret it" With that, they left as the girl shouted, "Yeah, that's right! Run home to Mommy and cry like the babies you are!" She tuned to Akira and asked, "Hey are you ok? Huh?" Akira sat up and cried, "Some-someone's always coming to my rescue and I'm too weak!" "Hey it's ok", the girl said, "I was like you at first, but I eventually got stronger. But Everyone says I'm as cold as ice" Akira was silent when the girl said, "I see you have a fiery personality" Akira looked at her as she noticed, "Oh your dress! It's ruined!" The girl looked to see her dress was torn and covered in dirt and she said, "It's ok. I can get it stitched up" She held out her hand and said, "My name's Annabelle Remedy. I know, weird last name. What's your name?" Akira looked at her and said with a gentle smile, "Akira. Akira Bloodgrave"

        Akira opened her eyes to see Dante standing near an edge when he caught something. Akira ran over to see it was Lady as she demanded, "Let me go!" "Let you go?", Dante asked with a chuckle, "But it would be a waste if ended up as just a pretty stain" As if she had enough, she shot Dante in the head and it made Akira yelp in fright while Lady used her rocket-launcher to stop her from falling further. She looked up in shock as Dante yelled, "What the hell was that for? Here I am, trying to help you. And you show your thanks by shooting me?" Lady shot Dante again but this time he caught the bullet with his teeth and spit it out. He walked away saying, "Whatever, do as you please" Akira followed him while he pulled the bullet out of his head and muttered, "I'm beginning to think I've got rotten luck with women" Akira heard it and let out a giggle as she thought, 'No, you just need to learn when to back off of a woman' "Something you say, sweetheart?", Dante asked, stopping Akira in her tracks while she said, "Nothing, Dante. Nothing" Rrrriiiiggghhhttt", he said, "Come on, babe, let's go"

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        Akira and Dante made it outside when it began to rain as she said, "We must be near the top" "Yeah we are" Akira walked a little faster in front of Dante and once they neared the stairs, Akira ran up and saw Annabelle with Vergil, but she kept her composure as she said, "Annabelle, you're alright!" Annabelle turned around to see Akira and ran to hug her friend saying, "You too! You made it in one piece!" "Yeah-" "You sure know how to throw a party", Dante's voice said, "No food, no drinks. And so far one babe as left" Annabelle looked to see Dante standing behind Akira saying in a whisper, "Is that-?" "In the flesh", Akira said when she noticed Vergil looking at her, then to Dante. "My sincerest apology, brother", he said in a cold tone as Annabelle and Akira moved away to the side, knowing what was about to happen, "I was so eager to see you I couldn't concentrate on preparations for the bash" "Whatever", Dante said in a scoff, "At any rate, it's been a whole year since we last met. How 'bout a kiss from your little brother?" He paused, giving Akira a wink, then twirling Ivory saying as he pointed it to his twin, "Or better yet, how 'bout a kiss from THIS" The lightening gave off loud bangs of thunder that both girls flinched while Akira muttered, "I hate that" "So, this is what they call a heartwarming family reunion, eh", Dante said while Akira watched the tension in the air get more tense when Vergil said, "You got that right"

        Before anyone knew it, the battle had begun, and Annabelle felt Sedna land on her shoulder looking at Akira saying, "Well, it's the Fire Princess" Akira jumped when she heard Sedna and asked, "A dragon?" "Yeah I was surprised too", Annabelle explained, "His name is Sedna and he's my personal dragon" "Where might your dragon be, Fire Princess?" Akira looked at the battlefield and said, "I don't know, maybe my powers haven't fully awakened yet" Akira watched as Dante was knocked back into a statue and fired a few shots from Ebony. Vergil swung his sword in a circle stopping the bullets and flinging them back to Dante, who split them in half, making them go in different places. "Dante", Akira shouted, running towards him. "Why do you refuse to gain power?", Vergil asked, "The power of our father Sparda" "Father?", Dante teased, "I don't have a father. I just don't like you that's all" He turned to Akira and said, "Babe, stay out of this. He'll kill you if you don't" "But Dante-", Akira started but Dante already swung his sword as Vergil did the same. They both were held their ground until Vergil swung his sword upward, making Dante let go of Rebellion and before anyone knew it, Dante was stabbed. "DANTE!", Akira cried in horror; Annabelle had to look away while Vergil said, "Foolishness, Dante, foolishness. Might controls everything, and without strength, you cannot protect anything. Not your little girlfriend. Let alone yourself"

        He pulled Yamato out and as his twin fell backwards, he grabbed Dante's amulet. Dante tried to reach for it only to have Vergil swipe his hand away with Yamato and he fell to the ground. "D-Dante", Akira cried with tears falling from her face and immense heat began to emanate from her body when she charged at Vergil, who noticed her circlet glowing as if a flame inside her has gotten stronger. She used her fists first only to have him knock her down and say, "If you want to fight, then use your sword" "If you want a taste of Sasuke", Akira growled, gripping her sword's handle, "then here you go!" Flames came from the blade as she swung it, but they missed its target while she stood up; she reached for a flaming arrow and aimed it with a bow that appeared in her hand suddenly, something hit her, knocking her to the ground, making Vergil look at Annabelle but he showed no emotion, even though he was surprised she would hit her friend. He turned to Rebellion and picked it up with Annabelle following behind him closely when Dante's hand twitched and he lifted himself up. Without warning, Vergil turned around and impaled Dante with Rebellion when Arkham came out of nowhere asking, "Do you finally have it?" "Yes", Vergil said as he turned to leave and grabbed Annabelle's wrist, not too loose and not too tight, making her follow him as he continued, "Now the spell Sparda cast will be broken"

        Akira lifted her upper body up to see what had happened, but when she tried to get up it was as if her body didn't want to which made her think, 'I must've used up too much of my fire in that attack. I'll have to keep myself in check if I use any fire' She let out a weakened cry of Dante's name as she used the remaining bits of her strength to crawl to him when suddenly, water shot upward and out of the vortex came a newly revived Dante. He charged straight at Vergil, who stopped him barely drawing Yamato in the nick of time where the younger twin's hand stopped when the blade hit his palm. Akira and Annabelle looked in shock while Vergil said, "I see, a devil inside you has awakened as well" Dante unclenched his now bleeding fist and pulled his hand out of the blade, gripping it, and throwing Vergil towards Annabelle and Arkham, who quickly said before Vergil had time to draw Yamato, "Wait! We should leave! For the moment we have all that we need" Dante slowly walked toward them as he let out a heavy breathing while Akira slowly stood up with her body slowly being taken over by gravity saying weakly, "Ann, why? Why are you siding with them?" Annabelle never gave her an answer as she was being dragged to the edge of the tower by Vergil and they jumped off followed by Arkham and Sedna close behind.

        Dante stopped once Arkham jumped off as he felt a surge of power swell up, making him change into his demonic form as he let out a roar. Akira fell to her knees as she watched Dante change back into his human form and collapsed onto the ground with Akira slowly losing her consciousness, but she was bound and determined to get to him as she crawled to him again. Her hand touched his hand and she said his name in a soft voice, "Dante", and closed her eyes.