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Chapter one: Strawberry Sundae Aren't Meant To Be Wasted!
Updated: 6/29/18
"It's cold and snowing, I'm beginning to think misfortune comes wherever I go."
A pair of Icy blue eyes can be seen looking up at the sky, snow falling all over the graveyard as he leaned his back behind one of the tombstones.
He heard his stomach growl loudly "Heh, so this is how my crazy adventure ends? No final stand against some Grimm or even a Stylish death just a lame one from total starvation." the boy said with a dry chuckle.
Holding his stomach the boy couldn't help but smile at his own demise. You see the boy didn't have the greatest time growing up; he lost his home the first time to a home invasion by a bunch of Grimm and lost the second one to a fire led by an organization which he had a hard time remembering for reasons unknown to him.
Wherever he went not a single place would take him in; all of them saying the same thing, he gave off the look of a Demon along with the smell of a Grimm. He had no place left to go expect wander the street of Vale by himself, and pick fights with any punks to cure his boredom.
This all leads to where he is right now, hiding from the authorities chasing him after brutally beating a bunch of thugs into unconsciousness.
Letting out another dry chuckle, he thought back to all the hell he went through and was now hoping his end would come already to alleviate this pain he felt. Soon his eyes began to grow heavy as he felt the darkness start to take over as he closed his eyes for second, before hearing the sounds of footsteps against the snowy ground. He quickly open them to hear the footsteps had stop in front of him while placing an object down that sounded like a vase.
He turned and saw an old woman with black graying hair placing flowers in front of the grave he was behind and began praying in silence.
"Hey Granny, got any food on you? I'm starving to death here." The boy asked with dry humor as his voice underlined pleading.
Catching the woman off guard as she saw behind the grave a boy no older than fourteen was sitting behind her husband's grave.
The older woman stared at him for a moment "You look like shit." The old woman commented bluntly.
"Oh yeah? Then you should see me on the weekend." The boy quipped back.
"Why are you hiding at a graveyard?" The woman asked.
"Isn't it obvious." The boy answered as the sounds of sirens began to grow closer
The woman let out a hum of acknowledgement as she pieced together the situation "You must be the boy who's been cleaning up the streets of Vale." The old woman noted
"Heh, you looking for an autograph?" The boy smirked playfully
"No, it just reminds me of what my husband use to do." The woman lamented as old memories came to her.
"...Was he a cop?" Dante guessed after a moment.
The woman's eyes widened as she turned to stare at him "How'd you know that?" She inquired of how he knew.
"I've been here long enough to hear his life story." The boy said with a shrug.
"So what did my Husband tell you?" The woman asked
"Beats me. The dead don't speak." The boy answered with shrug
The old woman let out a snort "Well aren't you a charming little shit."
Letting out a chuckle of his own, it was short-lived as his hunger got the best of him. The boy clenched his stomach in pain, worried about young man. The woman ran over to his side, and noticed the bruised marks on his face along with his knuckles being bloodied.
"Why were you fighting this time?" The woman asked in a soft tone
Taking a deep breath, the boy avoided eye contact with person in front of him while clenching his fist.
"If you want some food, answer the question." The woman demanded lightly.
Sighing he answered. "They were talking shit about the dead, so I kicked their ass cause it pissed me off." The boy admitted begrudgingly.
The woman sent him a look of understanding "I'm sorry about your loss, I know what it's like to lose someone. To always be angry at everything, push those close to you away." The woman stated softly.
The boy chose to stay silent.
"How would you like to stay with me? I could always use the extra help?" The woman asked suddenly after a moment.
The boy looked at her in shock at the offer she was giving him before nodding.
"What's your name? If you're going to be staying with me, I'm going to need to know your name." The woman asked as the boy looked at her with his eyes shining with mischievousness.
"The names Dante the most Handsome and Stylish Hunter you'll ever meet Granny." A cocky grin forming around his lips as the woman scoffed at his introduction.
"The names Rei, not Granny" she said annoyed and turned around walking away from the graveyard while giving Dante the motion to come along.
"Come with me brat, might as well have you help me out with something" Rei stated as Dante began following her to basically his new home
Three Years Later
Knock!
Knock!
Knock!
Rei can be seen knocking heavily against a door, an irritated look on her face as she glared harshly at the door.
"Wake up you lazy bum!" Rei shouted as she continued to bash against the door
On the other side of the door, a white haired seventeen year old was currently still sleeping with his favorite guns magazine covering his face as he let out a snore.
Knock!
Knock!
Knock!
Lazily waking up to the sound of someone banging on his door, Dante lifted his head only for his favorite magazine to fall to ground as he got up stretching, hearing a few pops from the kinks in his neck and shoulders. Shortly making his way towards the door and opening it to only see an irritated Rei glaring right at him.
"What can I do for you Granny? I'm kinda busy at the moment." Dante said lazily, using one hand to suppress his yawn while scratching his ass with the other.
"I came to see if you were prepared for Beacon tomorrow slacker?" Rei asked irritated and slapped Dante's shoulder for scratching himself in front of her
"Tell me again, why do I need to attend a school to slay monsters?" Dante asked confused, walking away from Rei and towards his desk while picking up the magazine he dropped earlier. Dante plopped down on his chair while placing both his legs cross legged on the desk and began reading.
"Besides I skipped Signal because my skills were too advance for everyone. Same thing probably gonna happen at Beacon, so it'll be just a big waste of my time." Dante claimed nonchalantly while flipping a page.
"What are you talking about? you almost failed the entrance exam for Signal." Rei chided while Dante shrugged.
"I saved one of the instructors lives from a Grimm remember? They were so impressed, I passed with flying colors." Dante countered her statement.
Letting out a irritated huff, Rei stalked up to him and plucked the magazine out of his hands and threw it in the trash bin next to his desk.
"Hey I was just getting to the good part" Dante complained, quickly grabbing the magazine out of the bin. Rei shook her head as Dante began wiping the cover from any crumbs and gunk that got on it.
"You're going no matter what, besides your odd jobs business currently has no customers and brings in zero revenue. So all you basically do at the moment is sleep, eat pizzas as well as sundaes and read magazines along with that crud manga you kids buy." Rei scolded the young man of his life style while Dante rolled his eyes at her.
"Well what do you expect, everyone now-a-days is stealing the spotlight on being a hunter and besides you do with what you can get?" Dante responded lazily as Rei let out a tired huff
"Listen to me seriously Dante, as your guardian I'm worried about your social life" Rei started as Dante raised a brow at her "I mean you don't have any friends and going to Beacon is a great place to meet new people." Rei continued with desperation for Dante to do better for himself.
"I have you remember? I can't just leave you I'm sorry, I know you really want me to go to this stupid school." Said Dante as he leaned his head back looking tiredly towards the window. "But if it means that I have to leave the only person who actually gives a damn about me to fend for herself again the White Fang and all the lowlifes running around like they own the district. I'm sorry I just can't" Dante scoffed as he thought about the two constant annoyances in the district.
Rei smiled in a motherly way at Dante's concern over her and walked over to him and placed her hand on Dante's head as she pet him in a soft reassuring way. This action shocked Dante as he pulled his view away from the window to stare at his caretaker.
"It's okay… you've did your best and did a fantastic job, but it's time for you to walk your own path." Rei told him in a soft voice that pleaded him to do it
Dante wanted to argue but the look she was giving him made him stop "... Okay, fine I'll go" Dante relented as he looked down at the ground "But I still feel like I'm still in debt to you." Dante muttered to himself.
Rei let out a sigh as she smiled at him "Let's make another promise; you'll stop by every now and again to help out around the bar or to check up on me if you're in the area. Promise" Extending her pinky out, Dante was hesitant at first but a smirk formed around his lip as he locked his pinky with hers and shook on it.
"I promise." Dante said softly as Rei patted his shoulder before walking towards the door
"Good, now go take a shower, pack up, and help around the bar. I can't have you sit around all day" Rei instructed sternly with a glare that said there was no other option but to obey.
Dante watched as she left the room as a sigh left his mouth as he quickly got up and went to take a shower.
Working at Rei's Pub had its ups and downs; it's a two floor building with the first one being solely for the Pub and the second being Dante's home which was the base of operations for his business. He basically worked at home, only downside is no babes ever came to the bar, only businessmen who drink their problems away while trying to flirt with some of the waitresses.
Thankfully the day has come to an end as Dante didn't have to hear another story about their life issues about having some crappy job. Filling as a busboy today came easy to Dante as all he had to do is pick up dirty cups, plates, and clean them along with tables. Serving drinks was a no-no considering he was underage, didn't stop him though from sneaking a few drinks into his room from time to time.
Dante felt at peace when it was only him and Rei left in the Pub. Currently he was dressed in his normal attire which consist of a long red trench coat with its sleeves rolled up to his elbow, under it was a black vest along with black pants, some black fingerless gloves and black combat boots. he sat there at the end of the bar enjoying a well deserved strawberry sundae he got for helping out today.
His time of peace soon came to an end though as a small group of men dressed in matching black suits, hats, shoes, and red ties along with red sunglasses to match, came inside the shop. They were all wielding weapons, some with handguns while others carried a red bladed katana, a few had both. All of which were pointing at Dante.
Rei who was washing the dishes failed to notice them until they grabbed her attention by shooting one round in a random direction which coincidentally destroyed Dante's sundae. This caught Rei's attention and turned to see the thugs pointing their weapons at her surrogate son.
"Junior has heard of you're departure and has requested you payback the debt you owe; if you cannot comply we will be forced to be physical." The leader sneered at her while she just stared
Rei soon let out a laugh that confused the thugs "Building tabs everywhere now Dante?" The recipient didn't respond, instead looked at his now destroyed sundae in disbelief.
This didn't seem to please them as they all prep their weapons onto Rei "We're not leaving until you pay up." The leader stated strongly
An apologetic smile appeared on Rei's lips as she chuckled "You shouldn't have done that. Destroying his sundae is like a death wish." Rei stated as she already heard the heavy footsteps coming up to them
"What do-"
The thug didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as a roundhouse kick made contact with the side of his head. The thug was sent crashing into a few of his colleagues, the rest turned to see Dante with his hair shadowing his eyes. Before any of them could attack Dante grabbed two of them by their face and spun around like a human cyclone hitting the remaining thugs.
He waited until they all got back on their feet before throwing the two he was holding at them like a missile and sending them out the door with a loud crash. Dusting his hand off Dante walked towards Rei and stared at his now destroyed strawberry sundae.
"What a waste of a perfectly good sundae" Dante groaned, letting out a tired sigh before turning towards door to see them rushing back into the shop
"What the hell!?"
"Do you know who we are?"
"We work for Junior an-"
"Blaah Blaah Blaah, shut up already" Dante droned, interrupting the last thug "Do you know what you done" Dante asked seriously as they looked at him confused as he picked up the remains of the glass that was his destroyed sundae. "Thanks to you assholes, look what happen to my strawberry sundae." Dante scolded them as Rei face palmed. She knew it was expected for his love of the confection but it was still ridiculous to witness.
Dante threw the glass at one of the thugs causing it to break against the man's temple knocking him out. The thugs were distracted at that, that they didn't notice Dante charging right at them. Before any of them could pull out their weapons Dante dropkicked the thug in the front right in his face "I hope you all have enough to buy me another one!" Dante shouted as he and the thug he kicked both flew out of the building
Dante jumped off the thug as he hit the wall on the other side of the street with a loud crash. The other thugs soon came out all of them having their weapons ready.
Pulling out two handguns and spun them around his fingers as he jumped up high in the air and began spinning upside, shooting rounds down at them with amazing accuracy as he hit all of their weapons out of their hands and destroyed them. Dante landed in a posed crouch on the other side of the thugs "Ebony, Ivory, good work girls." Dante said playfully to his guns
The thugs soon regrouped around Dante, placing his handguns away and doing his best Bruce Lee impression; Dante flicked the tip of his nose with his thumb and raised his hand out while giving them a beckoning gesture his finger
"Come on wimps." Dante taunted
One by one they charged Dante, just a full frontal attack. Dante jabbed one of them in the face, stunning him, then going into a swift boxing like combo and ending it with a devastating uppercut that sent the thug flying.
Another thug came charging in and dodged one of his attack but only for him to get hit in the gut by swift kick. Dante repeatedly sent a barrage of jabs to the thug's body and ended it with a spinning hook kick, sending him flying to the side.
Suddenly the remaining thugs backed off and regrouped. Dante smirked while doing some stretches. "Come on guy that was barely even a work out." Dante taunted as he bounced on the heels of his feet and shot out punches in front of him while the thugs stared at him warily
The thugs resorted to all out charging Dante together. Dante was ready to counter against their all-out attack until a voice caught his attention.
"Dante!"
Looking towards the source of the voice, he saw Rei right by the front door and holding a wooden katana.
"Catch!"
Dante caught with one hand, and grinned as he held the sword back in a winding pose. Dante released a single clean strike that hit all the thugs in a second, sending them all flying unconscious.
Walking towards Rei with an everlasting grin plastered on his face with the katana resting on his shoulder.
"You know if this wasn't a bokuto type of sword, I would be in big trouble?" Dante commented playfully to which Rei let out a huff as she put her hands akimbo
"I figured you'd need a weapon besides your guns, and I know you dislike killing people so it was my only option" Rei explained as Dante nodded knowing he never wanted to take a life if he doesn't need to and only in severe cases "Plus it was on sale and it was cheap." Rei revealed the real reason with a grin as Dante gave her a deadpanned look.
"Well nice to know you thought of me when buying this, but couldn't you at least buy me something cooler?" Dante stated dryly as Rei glared at him
"Tch, you still owe me all that money you borrowed from me." Rei retorted as she crossed her arms as Dante glared back at the old woman
"I work for you! You old hag, all of my money goes to you!" Dante ranted loudly at the old woman who rolled her eyes
"Then you should be grateful that all that money went into that bokuto!" Rei exclaimed proudly with head up high as if her decision was the greatest
"How can I be grateful when this thing breaks like a twig against a Beowolf?" Dante asked in exasperation as Rei's eyes twitched
"Just shut your yap and be grateful you white hair oaf!" Rei barked as she hit the side of Dante's head.
"I'm not interrupting anything am I?" A Mysterious voice said catching Dante and Rei attention and saw a middle-aged man with gray hair wearing shaded glass spectacles and a dark-green scarf with a small purple cross-shaped emblem on it, along with unzipped black suit over a black-buttoned vest, with a green undershirt underneath, carrying a mug with the Beacon Academy emblem on it.
"You must be Dante. Greetings, I'm headmaster Ozpin of Beacon Academy and the show you put on was quite admirable." Ozpin said gesturing to the carnage around them as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Heh, glad you enjoyed it, but flattery won't get you anywhere" Dante stated with a smirk as Ozpin just stared at him.
"So I've heard. Allow me to make this brief, I came to ask you myself if you would like to still attend my school and Rei has also told me of your concern over her, fear not we'll provide protection over her on a daily basis." Ozpin announced while giving Rei a quick glance to which she responded with a nod.
"Rei also spoke of your skill level and from what I've seen today, she was spot on." Dante grinned at the praise he was getting. "However she also told me we should fix this" Ozpin stated gesturing to his head "And less of this" Ozpin finished as he pointed to his mouth.
"Huh? Sorry I stopped listening after you praised me." Dante said while picking his ear to make sure his hearing didn't go bad which made Rei hit his shoulder.
"The offer remains open for you, what will you do?" Ozpin asked, his mouth twitching upward at the two's interaction.
"Alright I'll go, beats being home all day and plus I don't have to listen to this hag's consent nagging and abuse" Dante grumbled, jerking his thumb at Rei who hit his shoulder again.
"Excellent, then I shall be off toward other matters at hand. But first, would you be so kind and give me a refill?" Ozpin asked, holding his now empty mug towards the pub owner
Letting out a snort, Rei walked back into her shop and came out with a fresh pot of coffee. "Be honest, the real reason you came here was to drink some of my coffee."
"Well an old friend did say you're drinks were divined." Ozpin laughed, soon left with a satisfied smile. Leaving Dante and Rei alone as Rei took out a cigarette and lit it.
"Honestly he never changes always being serious and carrying that stupid mug of coffee with him." Rei inhaled some smoke and puffed it out while looking around the now messy area "Dante clean this up while I call the cops. My old body can't handle cleaning all this up." Rei told him dryly as she walked back to the shop
"Like every elderly in existence you let the younglings do all the work." Dante taunted Rei's age as she turned and blew smoke at him.
"If I remember correctly a certain someone owns me money from all the pizza's and sundaes he eats as well as the damage he recently caused." Rei chided back as Dante shook his head and let out a quick chuckle
"Heh, damn old hag" Dante began cleaning the area as well as tying up Junior's thugs. Rei was inside finishing where she left off with cleaning the dishes and cups as cops soon filled the area, investigating the scene and questioning both Dante and Rei about what happened.
The Next Day
"Mom we have to go to see Dad! He said he would be back three days ago. Beacon isn't that far away" a little boy yelled throughout the Pub as Rei set down a strawberry sundae in front of Dante who eagerly ate it.
"I told you, your Father is a huntsman, he'll be okay." The mother pets her son head in a reassuring way. Dante watched from afar while enjoying his last strawberry sundae, he'll get from Rei for a while.
The little boy was on the verge of tears, he hugged his mother tightly until Dante got up and walked up to the kid as he tapped him on the shoulder.
"Here kid, this is my card." Dante handed him a white card with red ink that said: Devil May Cry!: Odd Jobs Emporium, "I do anything you ask me to do for a fee, and since I'm closing business soon I'll give you half off."
"What are you trying to imply? You sound like some kind of prostitute desperate for money, let go home Seita before he ruins your innocence." The mother said hotly as she stood up grabbing her son's arm and turned to Rei who was laughing at what she said about Dante "I'm taking the rest of the day off Rei." The woman stated as Rei calmed down
"That fine. I'm closing the Pub early today for this idiot." Rei pointed to Dante
"That's so thoughtful that I might cry you old hag" Dante said sarcastically which earned him a plate thrown against his face
Seita broke free from his mother's grasp and ran up to Dante, handing him a toy. "This is my favorite toy; my dad got me before he left. Please bring him home mister." Seita asked desperately "He said, he had to do some work at Beacon in the Emerald Forest." The boy finished before his mother dragged him out of the shop.
Dante looked at the toy before going back to finish his strawberry sundae until everyone in the shop left, leaving Dante and Rei to themselves again.
"Honestly what an innocent kid, just wanting his Dad to come home." Rei took out a cigarette and Dante continued to eat his sundae in silence.
"The mother probably knows something happened as the man didn't come home on the day he said he would." Rei continued as she turned to stare at him
"Are you going there?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Dante asked looking up at her
"You know the significance for the Emerald Forest, right?" Rei asked cryptically
"It's the place where the initiation test will take place, right?" Dante asked as he heard it from some hunters that came to the pub time to time
"Not that. There's a dark side to the forest. Its inhabitants are full of Grimms and I heard that Ozpin sent a group of hunters for a test run only one was missing. Those who go too deep into the forest I heard never come back, that's what people say." Rei explained gravely as Dante smirked
Finishing his sundae and looking over the toy one more time before putting it in his duffle bag, Dante stood up "Deep into the forest, Huh?" Dante walked out of the shop.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to risk my life for a stupid toy. So try not to feel too lonely without me here." Dante shouted back to Rei as he waved back nonchalantly as he walked away from the shop and toward the destination where a ship takes him to Beacon as he whispered to himself "Oh Boy Emerald Forest sounds like one hell of a party."
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