Fan Fiction ❯ DEVIL MAY CRY: Call of True Destinies ❯ The Demon Bait ( Chapter 5 )

DEVIL MAY CRY: Call of True Destinies

By: HappyBerry117

 

Disclaimer- Okay, I'm pretty sure you know how this goes. None of the characters from the game belong to me, but the original characters are mine!!!

 

Warnings- This story is rated M because there will be a lot of swearing and gory scene! Please take note that I JUST STARTED TO PLAY DEVIL MAY CRY 3!!! Therefore, I don't know much of the original plot except for what I have read on websites, fan fictions, and played on the third game. Sorry if I end up screwing up the story for you guys.

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Chapter 5: The Demon Bait

 

DING, DING, DING!!!

 

“AND OUR WINNER FOR THIS ROUND…” the judge spoke enthusiastically into the microphone. “CELENE NOELS!!!”

 

Celene stared down at her opponent, he lay on the padded floor of the cage unconscious. All around the cage, the crowds for this underground fight tournament were going wild cheering for Celene, who already had eight straight wins against the toughest opponents. She walked back to her corner to speak with her coach, Jin.

 

“Alright Cece, you're doing great.” His proud smile turned into a very concerned look. “But for the next guy, you have to be a little more careful. He's not any normal person.”

 

“Like I'm gonna be afraid of him.” Celene said smugly. “So, who my next victim?” She grabbed the towel and water that Jin was handing to her.

 

“He's a demon hunter.”

 

SPIT!!!!

 

Celene spat out all the water she was drinking and started choking. When she was okay again, she looked at Jin in disbelieve, “You're kidding.” She started to turn around to see the next opponent.

 

“AND THE NEXT CHALLENGER, HE'S A REAL TOUGH GUY TOO, HE'S DEMON HUNTER…” The judge started to announce.

 

Celene looked up at the face of her opponent in horror as the judge finishes his sentence, “DANTE SPARDA!!!”

 

Dante smirked at Celene's shocked expression as he entered the cage, “Hey babe, miss me?”

 

DING, DING, DING!!!

 

Dante and Celene both got into their fighting position, “I'm gonna kick your ass, punk!” Celene growled readied herself as Dante charged towards her.

 

Suddenly, while charging towards her, Dante opened his mouth to speak, “Miss Noels!”

 

“What the hell?” Celene blinked in shocked as a woman's voice came out of Dante's mouth. But it wasn't just any woman's voice, it was her History teacher, Ms. Carnile's.

 

Dante continued charging towards her while speaking in her teacher's voice, “Miss Noels!” When he neared her, Celene brought her right fist up to hit him.

 

Dante dodged her attack and screamed out abruptly, “MISS CELENE NOELS!!!” With that, he suddenly brought his hand up and jabbed Celene right in the middle of her forehead with his index finger.

 

“OW! WHAT THE FUCK?” Celene stood up suddenly while holding her forehead and accidentally flipped over her desk and chair as she did so.

 

Opening her eyes, she found Ms. Carnile staring at her, cross-armed, with angry eyes, “Miss Noels, I will not allow that kind of language in my classroom!”

 

“Classroom?” As she scanned her surroundings, Celene realized that she was indeed in a classroom. Everyone was snickering at her getting caught sleeping in class. She looked at Ms. Carnile, who was holding a long wooden pointer. “So it was just a dream.” Celene rubbed the sore spot on her head once more before she started to pick up her chair and desk. “Sorry, Ms. Carnile.”

 

“Miss Noels, if you are just going to come to class to take a nap, may I suggest that you don't come to class at all.” With that, Ms. Carnile turned around and walked back to the front of the class to continue her instructions.

 

Celene sat down and rubbed her face in her hands, “What a nightmare.” She mumbled and ran a hand through her hair. Unfortunately for her, her seat happened to be by the window, so it was easy for the comfortable breeze to reach her and put her back to sleep. She rested her chin on her palm while looking out the window. Her eyes started to droop…

 

RING!!!!

 

“Shit.” Celene jumped in her seat as the bell rang loudly, signaling that class was over. “That scared the shit out of me.” She packed up everything as quick as possible. She was hoping to get out of class before Ms. Carnile stops her and say something like…

 

“May I speak with you for a moment, Miss Noels?”

 

“Damn, too late.” Celene picked up her side bag and walked over to Ms. Carnile, who had a concerned look in her face.

 

“It seems to me that you are not doing too well these days. You come to class late and you're always sleeping. What's going on?” Ms. Carnile asked as she picked up her coffee and started to take a sip.

 

Celene brushed her bangs out of her eyes, “I've been a little busy the past few nights. Don't worry though, I'll get the homework done.”

 

Ms. Carnile frowned, “I know you will, but don't push it. Take a break, you look like you need it.”

 

Celene waved her hand for goodbye, “I'll try. I have to go now, I'm on a tight schedule.” With that, Celene left the room and started downstairs. When she arrived at the exit of the building, Celene found Jennifer waiting for her with her back turned. Jennifer didn't seem to notice her, she was too busy looking at herself in the mirror. Celene decided to make her escape.

 

“CECE!” Celene turned around and found Jennifer calling out her name and walking towards her. “Did you think you could escape from me?” She snapped close her mirror right in Celene's face.

 

“Why would I do that, Jen?” Celene lied. “I just didn't see you.”

 

“Yeah right. I saw you look at me in my mirror and then you started walking away.” Jennifer tossed the mirror back in her head and started walking with Celene. “Why do you look so tired? I tried calling you the last few nights but you didn't pick up! What were you doing?”

 

“Out tracking down demons.” But she wasn't about to tell Jennifer that. “Just out.”

 

Jennifer pouted, “Out where? To clubs? With who? How come I wasn't invited?”

 

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down with the question, my brain can't process all that.” She could feel a headache coming on. Celene didn't want to hide things from Jennifer but it's not like she could tell her that she had been chasing around demons every night to get information about the tattoo. More importantly, she can't tell her that she had been with Dante when hunting these demons because Jennifer would misunderstand the situation. Celene sighed and answered, “I wasn't going to clubs. I just had something important to do.”

 

Her answer was not satisfying, but being her best friend, Jennifer knew that there is no way she can win against Celene's stubborn personality, “Fine, where do you want to eat lunch at?”

 

Celene smiled and shook her head, “Sorry, I got a date.”

 

“WHAT?” Jennifer screamed out so loud that everyone on the campus was staring at her. “WITH WHO?”

 

Celene held up her hands in defense, “Calm down! It's not `who', it's `what'.”

 

“Huh?” Jennifer cocked her head in confusion.

 

Celene laughed, “I have a date with the books at the library. I need to look up something.”

 

Jennifer sighed and put a hand on Celene's shoulder as if she felt bad for her, “Cece,” she looked Celene straight in the eye. “we really need to get you a boyfriend.”

 

“Che, yeah right.” Celene brushed Jennifer's hand off and headed towards the library. Without turning around, she waved goodbye, “See ya.”

 

She yawned and stretched before going into the library. It was huge, old, and musty. One would never imagine a girl such as Celene going into a library, the internet was more convenient. But there are way too much trash on the internet to find anything specific. As for hunting for clues from demons at night? That didn't work out too well either. The ones that they find never know anything about the tattoo, they're always just random demons trying to get a meal. Just thinking about it pisses Celene off.

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(Last night…)

 

Boom!

 

The demon flew against the wire fence in the alley. Celene stood at the other end of the alley, trying to catch her breath after fighting with the demon for the past half an hour. The demon was way quicker and stronger than her. It had scaly skin and a face of a lizard.“This guy just won't go down!” She advanced slowly towards the demon, it had been so persistent that she's not sure if it is really down or just acting.

 

“Gotcha!” The demon snickered and swung around suddenly. Celene gasped as its tail appeared and swept under her feet, causing her to fall over.

 

“Shit.” Celene grasped her bleeding right elbow, which she had landed on. Looking up, she found the demon standing in front of her, right leg rose to kick her in the stomach. The demon was too close for her to dodge the attack, so she brought her arms across her body to block it from breaking her rib cage or damaging her organs. “AH!” She let out a scream as she crashed into the wall. Celene lie on the ground coughing in pain, she could feel the left side of her body bleeding. There was no strength left in her to struggle when the demon came, grasped her neck in his hands, held her up three feet above the ground, and slammed her body against the brick wall.

 

“Hehe. Look how pretty your face is. It's almost a pity to see your pained expression. I'll make it quick.” The demon started to lean forward to Celene, who was struggling for air. It smirked, “First, I'll snap your neck, and then I'll eat that pretty face of yours!” It opened its mouth wide, showing its sharp fangs, and tighten its grasp on her neck.

 

COCK!

 

“And what makes you think I'm gonna let that happen?” Dante appeared behind the demon with ivory pointing against the back of the demon's head.

 

The demon turned his head to confirm his attacker, “SPAR…”

 

BANG!

 

Before the demon finished its sentence, Dante pulled the trigger. The demon released its grip and fell to the ground. Dante caught Celene with his free hand just before she fell to the ground and set her down gently, “You okay?”

 

Celene took a few seconds to catch her breath before answering, “What the fuck too you so long?” She asked in almost a quiet whisper as she leaned her back against the wall for support. Her body was sore all over. She glanced over at the demon's motionless body, “Well, that was a wasted effort. What are we gonna get out of him if he's dead?”

 

“Don't be so sure.” Dante smirked as the demon's bullet wound in its head began to heal. Dante got up just as the demon did and shot it in its knees to stop it from moving towards them. He then picked it up by the neck just as the demon had done to Celene and slammed it against the wall. “Who sent you?”

 

The demon smirked, “Wouldn't you like to know?” Its expression quickly changed when Dante shot it twice in the stomach and pointed the gun to its heart. “I'm nobody's bitch! I work for no one!” The demon hissed out its words in pain.

 

Dante wasn't about to let it go that easily, “Then why are you after Celene?” Dante cocked his gun. “Careful about what you say. I'm on a very short fuse and in a hurry right now.” Dante said as he nodded his head towards Celene, whose arm and side was bleeding bad.

 

“What kind of demon is going to refuse a free meal that's walking around in the middle of the night? Besides, that girl was asking for it, sending off a weird vibe like that.” The demon looked at Celene as if she was some kind of treasure and it was the treasure hunter. Its mouth watered. “Her blood smells delicious.”

 

Dante was disgusted at the way this demon reacted towards Celene. The thought of this monster even being close to Celene at all made his blood boil, “Then I'm assuming that you don't know anything about this?” Using one hand, Dante reached over and brushed Celene's hair away from the left side of her neck and kept the gun over the demon's heart with the other.

 

At the sight of the tattoo, the demon went wild, pushed Dante off to the side, and charged towards Celene with its fangs ready to puncture her skin. Without wasting anytime at all, Dante fired rapidly as the demon's heart to prevent it from reaching her. The demon screamed and turned into dust.

 

“Damn.” He didn't mean to kill it, but he had panicked. Yes, Dante Sparda, the great demon hunter, had panicked just because a demon was close to killing a human girl. He sighed and kneeled in front of Celene, who was gasping in pain with her bloody hand over her side. “Let's get you fixed up first.” With that, he piggybacked her to his bike and drove her back to his office to get bandaged up by Trish.

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“At least it's all healed up now.” Celene mumbled to herself as she touched to wound on her left side, which is nothing but a tiny pink mark. One of the weird effects of the tattoo that Celene liked best is that her body heals with incredible speed. If not, she would probably be lying in the hospital at this very moment. She sighed and grabbed a random book off of the shelf. “Ancient Markings and Symbols.” Although she doubted that she would be able to find what she needs in this book, Celene started flipping through it anyways.

 

Speaking of symbols, Celene remembered what the demon had said about her giving off a `weird vibe' and it going wild after just a glance of her tattoo. “What did he mean by that?” She touched the tattoo unconsciously as she read a line taking about tattoos being used to enhance powers. “Does that mean that all along, we haven't been tracking them? Am I being hunted down by…”

 

Plop!

 

“Demons.” Celene flinched at the sound of a book falling against the carpeted floor but she didn't turn around. She didn't want whoever it was to know that she had noticed the distant sound. She glanced around her surroundings, but couldn't find anyone or, in her case, anything. But she couldn't be sure since the lights in this section of the library were dimmed purposely.

 

According to the librarian, rarely anyone comes into this section of the library. One reason is because it is at the very end of the hall, the other is because nobody ever really needed to read about demons or magic or anything like that. So in order to save the electricity bills, they dimmed the lights here. They might as well just not install any lights because in order to read the words on the book, Celene had to look so closely that her nose almost touched it.

 

Celene shifted her weight to her other leg and glanced around again. She was sure that there wasn't anyone in here when she came in because all the lights were off and it was pitch black in here. After flipping through the last page, Celene closed the book and started to go to the shelf behind her. Just as she did so, she saw a shadow move behind the shelf she was facing. With the position confirmed, Celene darted off to where the figure was.

 

The figure turned and ran before Celene got to the other side, but she kept on chasing. “Why do they always run so fast?” She muttered as the figure turned around the corner and out of Celene's sight.

 

Click!

 

“What?” Celene stopped as the sound of the exit opened. She was sure that the figure head towards the opposite direction of the door. Nevertheless, Celene pivoted around and dashed towards the door. She turned the corner quickly, expecting to catch the figure.

 

BAM!

 

“OH CRAP!” Celene exclaimed as she ran into something and started to topple over backwards to the shelves behind her. Luckily, well, not really, she slipped on a book and fell on her butt before she crashed into the shelves.

 

“If you want to jog, we have a track field on campus you know?”

 

“Huh?” Celene opened her eyes to find Jennifer on the ground rubbing her backside painfully. “Jen?”

 

Jennifer started to get up, “Who else can it be?” She helped Celene off of the floor.

 

“What are you doing here?” Celene asked as she brushed off her pants although there was nothing on it.

 

Jennifer gave her an irritating look, “What am I doing here? Do you know what time it is? It's already 5p.m.!” She exclaimed and started to drag Celene out the door. “You don't expect Jin to start the bar by himself, do you?”

 

“Crap! I forgot!” Celene slapped her forehead. How could she have forgotten? She promised Jin she would be on time tonight to start the bar because it is Friday. They're always full on Fridays.

 

“Yeah, I noticed.” Jennifer said sarcastically and flicked off the lights before walking out the door. “Now hurry up!”

 

Celene nodded and follow Jennifer out the door. Before she closed the door, she glanced around one more time, she was sure that wasn't Jennifer back there that she was chasing. “I'm probably just tired.” She mumbled and closed the door.

 

Shuffle.

 

A figure peeked out from behind the shelf and watched as Celene closed the door. It walked up to the door and looked through the slit under the door. It sighed in relieve as Celene turned the corner and left the hallway. Moving slowly, it approached the book that Celene was reading. “Hehe.” Its sinister chuckle echoed softly off the walls as it flipped through her book.

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“Hey! Look who it is, girls.”

 

Celene rolled her eyes at the voice she knew too well. She and Jennifer quickened their walking pace, hoping to get out of there sooner. But the person walked right in front of them, forcing Celene to stop, “What do you want? I'm in a hurry, Diana.”

 

“Nothing really. Just wanted to know how you and Jin are doing.” She said smugly as her friends surrounded Celene and Jennifer.

 

Celene sighed, “Not now.” She and Diana had hated each other since the day they met. Actually, Diana had hated her since the first day they met. Everyone knows that Diana is the biggest snob in this school and she will never accept a 'no' from anyone. She had asked Jin out a year ago but Jin had refused. And since Celene happened to be the one always around Jin, Diana decided that she was the competition. “Is that all? Cause I'm really in a hurry. Stop wasting my time.” Celene tried to push her way out but the tightened the circle.

 

“Oh, come on. I'm just trying to look out for you. After all, girls like you would have a hard time finding anyone.” Diana flipped her hair, crossed her arms, and squeezed together her flat chest so it looked bigger.

 

“Yeah, you're right! Unlike you, I don't have creamy white skin…” Celene said sadly while Diana smirked. “...and a incredibly flat chest to show off!” This time, it was Celene's turn to smirked while Diana blushed and steamed.

 

Whistle!

 

Diana smiled as some guy gave a catcall towards their direction, “At least I can still get hot guys.” Diana and her friends waved back at the guy and completely forgot about Celene and Jennifer.

 

Without looking back, Celene started to head off to Jennifer's car. She didn't really care if there were cute guys or not, the only thing she knows is that she needs to get back to the café as soon as possible, “Come on, Jen.” Celene looked up when she received no reply. She found Jennifer still standing with Diana and her crowd staring at something. Following their gaze, she found what they were staring at and groaned “Oh no.”

 

VOOM, VOOM…

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“WHAT?” Diana exclaimed as the hot guy drove passed them on his motorcycle, stopped by Celene and started talking to her. “He picked her over me?!”

 

Jennifer found the chance to pick on Diana, she smirked and commented, “Well, of course! That is Celene's boyfriend after all.” After she finished her sentence, the guy suddenly pulled Celene into a hug.

 

Diana glared at Celene and head towards their direction.

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“Get on.” Dante said as he stopped in front of Celene.

 

Celene furrowed her brow, “I don't take commands! Especially not from you!” She clung on to Jennifer's car door. “Anyways, I've done my share of gathering info for today and I have to work tonight.”

 

“Oh really?” Dante smirked. “What did you find out?”

 

“Um…” Celene realized that even though she went to the library, she didn't find anything she needed. But she did figure out something, “Well, I… I mean, the tattoo happens to attract demons.”

 

Dante laughed, “No duh! I've figured that out since I got here.” Dante nodded his head towards the roof of the building behind him.

 

“Huh?” Celene started to look up but Dante pulled her into a hug suddenly. Celene struggled to get away. “What the hell, you fucking perv?!”

 

“Don't make it so obvious that you're looking for them!” Dante said into her ear. “He's on top of the roof behind me.”

 

Celene stopped struggling as she looked up and found a bat on top of the roof. She immediately recognized it as a demon. After all, she's never seen a bat around New York, let alone in broad daylight. She could feel the tattoo stinging slightly when the bat turned and stared at her. “What are we gonna do?”

 

Still holding on to Celene, Dante replied quietly, “Just play it cool. It probably won't attack until you're alone.”

 

“HEY!” Both Celene and Dante turned to find Diana standing with her hands to her hip. She looked really angry, but she forced a smile on to her face. “Hi, I'm Diana.”

 

With one hand still on Celene's hip, Dante reached out with the other to shake Diana's, “I'm Dante!” He then flashed the same cute grin that he had given to Jennifer last time, which caused Diana and her friends to all blush and look away.

 

“I heard from Jennifer that he's your boyfriend, right Celene?” Diana said with a hint of anger in her voice yet, her face showed an innocent smile while keeping her gaze on Dante. “Why didn't you tell me?”

 

“WHAT?” Celene yelled out suddenly which caused Dante to flinch since his ear was right next to her mouth. Celene looked over at Jennifer who was signaling for her to just play along.

 

Dante had caught Jennifer's movements, but he would've played along even if Jennifer didn't tell him to, “Yeah! We just got together last week.” Dante grinned at Celene. “We're crazy about each other, right CECE?”

 

Celene gave Dante the `I'll fucking kill you for this later' glare and pinched his hand, which was still on her hip. Dante bit his lip to hide the sudden pain and quickly removed his hand. She then turned to the girls and said casually, “Sorry, but we're in a hurry.” With that, she got on to the bike with Dante. “Jen, I'm gonna ride with him. I'll meet you back at the café.” Jennifer nodded and got into her car.

 

Diana and her friends glared at Celene as Dante started the bike's engine, “I guess I'll see you tomorrow then, Celene.” She then flipped her hair again and strutted away.

 

When the girls were out of hearing range, Dante said to Celene without looking back, “That hurted, you know? You really need to start controlling your anger!”

 

Celene smiled innocently, “And it'll hurt a whole lot more if you don't start driving and stop talking.” She positioned her fingers on Dante's upper arm for another pinch. Without further delay, Dante roared the engine and started driving.

 

The dark figure watched through the library window with Celene's book still in its hand as She and Dante drove off further and further out of sight. It grinned and went back to the darkest corner in the room.

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HappyBerry117- THAT, WAS PROBABLY THE CRAPPIEST CHAPTER I'VE EVER WRITTEN! I have no idea what happened. I had everything planned out in my head but every time I wrote something, I realized that it was crap and deleted it. So sorry guys! I promise the next chapter will be better okay? By the way, I didn't get much reply for the help I needed from last chapter. If you have any idea, don't hesitate to leave it in the review or email me! I also want to thank you guys for all the reviews I've gotten!!! I love you guys! Hehe! Please keep up the reviews! I'm hoping to get at least 5 for each chapter! If not, I'll be very sad. Thank you again!