Thread: Damned If Ya Don't! [Devil May Cry] [Vik x Tasinga Nightwolf]

Dante didn't really know how to respond to the obviously emotionally unstable boy. Few would make note of how compassionate Dante really was inside. Especially because of his crude style of confrontation that he loved to use so much, it could be easy to confuse Dante for a man who just loved to kill and fight. This wasn't true at all. Of course, any opportunity to test himself physically, and try out his array of toys he'd pick up along his various adventures was always exciting. But, at the end of the day, Dante did it tl rid the world of demon scum. To make the world a safer place for humans, the race of people that his mother belonged too, that his father sacrificed everything for. Dante's heart was, after all, the true source of his indomitable might. So many demons failed to see that. And Nero's little fit was precisely the opposite of the very notion that unlocked the power of the demon Sparda in his offspring. Rage for rage-sake, Nero was experiencing a very superficial power boost. Dante didn't really have to say anything. Surely his words weren't going to convince Nero of the folly of his thought process. There was nothing about beating the boy to a pulp that would safe him from his anger. Which is why, as Nero followed Dante back through the door, got over him, and proceeded to whale on him-Dante laid beneath him. Punch after punch, blind rage fueling him, Nero was far too weak like this to present any amount of threat to Dante. Sure, he was slipping over to his demon side. Before, with their adventures all those years ago, it was his drive to save the girl that made him stronger. When he was protecting something he held dear. This rage was blind. The same superficial powerup that 'order of the sword' cult experienced when they became demons. Dante could even remember his fight with that particular man with tanned skin and brown hair and glasses. How he described to him after the fight that it was Dante's humanity that made him strong, and in becoming a demon, his opponent gave up the ability to achieve that strength. Nero might not know it, he might never even conceive it, but his rage was no different. Even with the comment about Dante's brother, he just lay beneath Nero. Looking up to him, a somber look that was unusal for Dante. Sure, Nero felt unyieldingly more powerful than he was before. But, Dante didn't need to tap into any of his Devil Trigger durability to survive his assault. Just a slight line of blood running down Dante's left cheek as he continued looking into Nero's eyes. Of course this wasn't very respectful of Dante. Not giving it his all against the unruly boy, this would certainly be an insult in the eyes of a Demon. But, Nero wasn't a Demon. Nero was more human than Dante was, and the look of concern Dante gave to him was an act Dante would never give to the evil majority of demonkind. Not a word left Dante as he made no move to slow Nero down, to pay him back for the shit comment about Vergil. If Dante knew anything about Nero-The boy was ultimately a caring soul when he had his wits about him. Whenever the boy regathered his humanity once again, Dante was certain his guilt for this would sting more than any Rebellion being jammed right through his chest.