VI. Truth and a promise to be kept

Patty looked at the demon in confusion as it howled from both anger and pain his left claw clutching the blood cowered flesh which was once his right arm. Blood fell to the ground and the creature's massive tail swished in anger. Patty suddenly felt someone swapping her from the ground and jumping aside only a few seconds before the tail hit the spot where she stood creating a gigantic crater. She opened her eyes after they landed a strange feeling of familiarity washing over her like warm water, opening her blue eyes she found herself staring at a face she knew so well and filled her with happiness.

"Dante!" she cried happily.

"And here I thought that you could keep an eye on yourself." Dante replied with mock disappointment as he put her back on the ground.

"Don't tease." She said while turning away pouting she then noticed that they have landed right beside Tom and Clarisse who were both staring wide eyed at her, Dante and the demon. Suddenly she felt someone nuzzle her neck.

"Ok sorry…" she heard Dante say softly on to her ear before he pulled away and took Rebellion again in to his hands the sun gleaming on the blood covered sword.

Patty walked closer to her friends to protect them if it was needed, but she couldn't miss to notice the way Tom's hands clenched in to fists when he saw Dante touching her, but she hoped that he would notice that against Dante he wouldn't stand a chance. Turning around her gaze fell again on Dante she was surprised and also a bit flattered when she saw the anger burning in his eyes as he looked at the demon.

"So you have come Dante son of Sparda…" the demon said as his dark eyes fixated themselves on the white haired man.

"Why do you idiotic worms always come with this gezz… I know who my father is." He snapped in an annoyed tone, if the situation wouldn't have been so serious Patty would have laughed.

"You are really full of yourself pathetic Half-Blood, but your mate is fitting to you…"

"And if we are already by the theme "mate" I can't stand it if someone is so foolish to think that they can try hurting her and getting away alive…"Dante's voice turned suddenly demonic as his body started to take the shape hidden inside the demonic blood he inherited from his father before attacking.

Patty heard her friends gasp in horror she also felt Tom's hand grabbing here's and trying to pull her away, but she didn't move she knew that she was safe. Suddenly the sound of a bike hit her ears turning to her side she spotted Trish and Lady with they weapons drawn and pointing at the demon, but neither o them shoot because they didn't want to hit Dante. Suddenly two more demons appeared in whose case there was no such problem as "accidentally shooting a friend". As the fight went on Patty pulled her arm out of Tom's hands before turning to her friends who were staring at her with a mix of confusion and fier.

"Clarisse, Tom you can go even if there are more of them they will come here and not go after you." she said.

"Patty wha…what are these creatures…." Clarisse asked in a shaking tone while gesturing o both fighting groups.

"I told you that there re things in hi world only a few people know about and one of these things is that demons truly exist and are not legends. Lady, Trish and Dante are demon hunters and Dante also leads "Devil May Cry" a hunting business. Trish is also a demon while Dante 8is that we call a Half-Blood his father was the legendary demon Sparda whose statue stands in the park you know it the one about which you said Tom that they should make less statues about fable creatures and more about real heroes, but Sparda existed and was a real hero. He become our savior because of his love to a woman named Eva, Trish looks rather similar to her." Patty said.

"Ok we can hear the story fully later, but now come Patty." Tom said in a desperate tone trying again to grab her so that they could flea, but she moved aside.

"No you need to understand that I will never leave them, they were my family while I searched for my mother and still are and…I become Dante's mate a few years ago I told him tat I was not ready back then so I only allowed him to mark my neck and I promised to not love anyone other beside him which I you truly listen to my heart wasn't so hard to promise because I loved him since years." she said.

"Patty…" Clarisse tried to say something as suddenly loud screams filled they ears, turning around they saw the three attacking demon fall death to the ground and turn to dust and Dante taking his human form again.

Turning fully away from her two friends Patty run over to Dante and threw hers3elf in his arms hugging him tightly which he returned. Trish and Lady only smiled at the pair warmly while an other duo still stared at then in shock and confusion as everything what has happened in the past days cleared fully in front of them and they understood that Patty was never truly theirs she lived in a world so much different from heirs then in her world myths were not only tales on the yellow pages of old books, but the reality…

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