Chapter 45: Coming to an Understanding and The Priest's True Nature
Y/N POV
"What do you think you're both doing?!" The priest yelled at us angrily. "You let that dangerous Devil get away! If things continue like this, the damage could spread to other towns as well! She's terrible!"
Image of the Priest:
Me and Lady remained sat calmly in front of him as she responded "That's what you say, but I didn't think she was all that terrible." The Priest turned to us and snapped "What are you saying?! Do you know how many of our brethren she's killed?! What will she do next?!"
I remained seated with my eyes shut as Lady stood up and replied "I will admit, she is pretty strong, even brought this thing." She gestured to Kalina Ann as I added "And I even went as far as to bring this bad boy." I held up the grenade launcher.
The Priest snapped "Take care of that Demon as quickly as you can, use whatever means you have to-." Lady cut him off saying "Gotcha. Besides, looks like the bitch is here anyway." She picked Kalina Ann up as we all looked towards the ceiling.
All the candles on the chandeliers blew out before a hole was blown in the ceiling. Sure enough, Trish appeared from the smoke and landed right in front of us. I didn't even bother standing up as the two woman locked eyes.
Lady stated "We just keep running into each other today. I may have let you get away at the boutique but this time I'm gonna kill you for sure. I don't care if this church falls to the ground, not to mention, I'm a little pissed off at how much these clothes cost that I had to buy because of you."
Trish stepped towards the priest however Lady cut off her path with a slash from Kalina Ann's bayonet. She then added "I don't like being ignored." I then addressed the Priest saying "You're in the way, get out of here and say your preys."
He ran off as Lady said "Now that he's out of the way. We can do as we like. A two gun toting demon bitch. Not often I run into enemies that I'm so inversed to LOSING TO!" She then went in for an attack and the battle began between the two.
I remained silent, ignoring the fight. I had no interest in getting involved just yet. I simply kept my eyes closed and listened to the sound of both women battling each other, Lady occasionally made a comment yet Trish remained silent.
Lady tried calling over to me, saying "Feel free to jump in Y/N." I just looked at her sending Trish a subtle grin before saying "Oh but you're doing so well on your own." With that she let out an angry sigh before continuing to combat the blonde demon.
Eventually, their battle had got to a point where both women had lost their weapons and had now resorted to punching one another, it was at this point where I was growing bored of the catfight and decided to intervene.
I stood up, approached the pair and grabbed both of their arms mid-punch. I then said "Okay, it was funny at first, now I'm just getting annoyed." Trish closed her eyes and grinned to herself while Lady looked at me confused and asked "What are you going on about?"
Before I could answer, the door to the church opened and we all looked in that direction to see Dante standing there saying "If you're gonna continue like that. You should find some underground club or something. Your little show could probably bring in some money."
Trish withdrew from my grip as I let go of Lady, Trish then sighed and approached Dante. Lady tried warning him "Dante, that's the bitch that I-." Trish cut her off by bluntly telling Dante "You're late."
Dante commented "Am I? What time is it? Too bad, it doesn't seem that there's a clock around here." Trish scolded him saying "I told you not to be late, you never did listen." To this he retorted "I'm here aren't I?"
Trish shrugged saying "I mean everything's fine since we're both okay. Luckily Y/N intervened. But what you have done if one of us was killed? What about then?" Dante simply replied "Relax, neither of you seem like you're gonna die easily."
Lady looked at me asking "What's going on?" I simply raised my hand so I could listen to the exchange however Lady yelled "Hello! What's going on here?!" Dante looked at her asking "What do you mean what's going on here?"
Lady asked "Are you two playing some sort of joke on me? Is Y/N in on it as well? You better not tell me there are cameras rolling all along. I don't watch reality TV shows and I'm not gonna be on one." I chuckled at her comment earning a faint glare.
She then pointed one of her handguns at Trish before saying "And who are you? You can speak huh? Are you telling me you were playing mute? Seems that you're quite the actress." Trish just looked at Dante and spoke "Don't just stand there say something will ya?"
Dante shrugged saying "Hey, don't look at me. You're the one who opened your big mouth. But it looks like you and Y/N were having some fun with that little misunderstanding." Trish retorted "Yeah well maybe."
Lady asked "Misunderstanding? Would you explain this from the beginning so I understand?" Trish lowered her hands saying "Yeah, sorry I had to put you on. You can call me Trish and I'm Dante's partner."
Dante corrected "Ex-partner. Nowadays we work independently." She jokingly said "That's not a nice way to put it." Dante continued "It was your idea wasn't it? That we'd work officially apart. In fact I'm convinced your little act gave Y/N the inspiration to leave as well."
I rolled my eyes interjecting "With your rate, I'd have left anyway. Pay off your debts and I'll come right back." Trish asked him "Are you pouting? Maybe you're lonely on your own." Dante calmly said "Don't talk down to me like I'm a kid. I totally dig being on my own plus, eat all the pizza I want." I added "Yeah, eat pizza instead of paying me back. Solid game plan."
Trish said "Didn't I tell you to take it easy on the pizza? Don't tell me that's all you're eating all day. God, you're pathetic you know that?" Dante was about to retort but we were interrupted by Lady firing a gunshot.
She sternly instructed "You'd better explain things. I don't give a damn about your personal lives, start talking." Trish just mocked "Aww, if you're feeling a little bit jealous you should just let yourself express that." I glared at her and said "Trish, shut up please." She grinned at me.
Lady dashed over the chairs saying "Jealous?" She started waving her gun at Dante saying "This bastard's a strawberry sundae freak. He eats pizza everyday and he never pays back the money he borrows from me, Y/N or anybody else. How am I supposed to fall for him. Besides if you supposedly know Y/N, I'm certain you'd know why you shouldn't make that comment." I nodded saying "It's true. She should do."
Trish kept her grin saying "Oh, so I'm wrong?" She aimed her gun back at Dante saying "Say something you!" Dante simply answered "Like I said. Don't look at me." At this point Trish was laughing. This made Lady's gaze soften a little.
She calmly asked "Why didn't you explain things right away? Then we wouldn't have had to ruin our clothes and hair." She turned to me and asked "And how long did you know?" I answered first saying "I only had suspicions until I saw her outside the boutique, she was the one who told me we should come here."
Dante then answered as well "I think you understand, that in this business sometimes people want to test themselves against a powerful enemy. Can't blame her since recently, you and I haven't been getting much of a work-out from our opponents."
Trish added "And at any rate, once I saw you running around, you seemed like you'd give me more fun than my quarry." Lady asked "Your quarry?" We all turned to look in one area as Trish yelled "Why don't you come on out. You've been watching us all along haven't you?"
Just as I was beginning to suspect, the priest from earlier emerged from the shadows. He was still shrouded in darkness and his eyes gave off a bright glint. Trish explained "I'm here at the request of another person. Since this strange priest showed up, this town has become a den for demons."
Lady added "And he felt that he was in danger so he hired me and Y/N. What a clever little father." The Priest responded in a sinister tone "Don't misunderstand me. Putting an end to you four do-gooders will be easy. Just thought I'd like to avoid the hassle of doing so."
Lady twirled her gun saying "I always thought this guy was a little weird. But I wouldn't have guessed he was a demon." I added "Neither did I." I turned to the priest saying "You did a good job with the whole crazy priest act. I'm impressed. But your game is up."
The priest stepped towards us. He turned to me first saying "Thank you." He then looked at us all and added "Now that you know me for what I am. I have no choice. It's a hassle but you're going to have to die here!"
He began mutating, revealing a glowing demonic figure that you could say looked holy in appearance. Fitting for a demon who impersonated a priest when disguised as a human. Though I will admit, I was disappointed. This demon looked very underwhelming.
Image of the Priest's True Form:
Trish spoke up "Tell me Dante. What do you think?" Dante replied "Unfortunate for him. Since this horny little devil is new in town. He probably doesn't know what we do for a living." Lady added "I could almost cry knowing this dork had me fooled." I commented "Indeed. I've fought more intimidating demons on days off."
The demon yelled "ENOUGH WITH YOUR JOKES!" As he rushed us head-on. We all pulled out our respective firearms. It didn't even require blades, luckily I'd brought Cinder. All of us yelled in unison "JOKE'S ON YOU PAL!" Before opening fire. The demon didn't last long after that as his body was filled with holes...
Timeskip...
Me and Lady were outside the Devil May Cry office. Why? Because Trish was inside and we figured we'd at least make up for the trouble we had caused. Or really, what Lady had caused because I didn't tell her the truth until later. But to be fair, Trish and Dante didn't say anything either.
As Trish exited, wearing her usual black attire, carrying a black duffel bag. She seemed surprised to see us though Lady explained "Let me drive you part way." I added with a joking grin "Consider it a freebie, for the trouble we caused. Don't expect charity from me again."
Trish nodded and jokingly replied "I'll keep it in mind." She got on the back of Lady's bike, complimenting her attire "Nice suit, looks good on you. Don't suppose you did a little shopping recently?"
Lady grinned and replied "Of course I did, and I sent him the bill." Trish replied "Oh really. What a coincidence." Lady asked "What do you mean by that?" Trish answered "I got a dress." Both me and Lady knew what she meant. As Lady replied "Good for you."
I just muttered "You girls know how to bleed a guy dry don't you?" They both grinned as Lady said "Oh be lucky I wasn't charging you this time." I retorted "Be glad you didn't because I wouldn't be paying."
With that we drove away, unaware of the dangers that were soon to come...
Author's Note: And that's it for this chapter, this one was another long chapter so I'm sorry if it got boring after a while. I'll likely get the next chapter up tomorrow though nothing is certain yet. I really hope you enjoyed the chapter and as always, thank you for reading.
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