Thanks ^_^ lol though I already knew your opinion XD It's ok. After all it's been a whole while since I posted a chapter. And yeah, the last chapters are gonna be fun if they end up like I intended XD You already know some stuff but I'm keeping the best for last, hehe. Even you wouldn't expect what I will come up with XD But once again thankies for your comment ^____^

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

its awesome ^^ XD....and thats all i can think of O_O.....X3 (mind went blank)

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muahahahahahaha

wonderfull XP

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"There's a whole in the world like a great black pit. And its filled with people who are filled with Sh*t! and the vermin that inhabit it." - Sweeney Todd

Ok, I'm ready, yay. Hope you guys like it cuz I still don't XD That's always the case, if you might wonder why. Enjoy though.

 

 Second Life

Chapter Seven: Returning Nightmare

Jill woke up to the sound of falling rain and as she sat up she noticed Rahan lying beside her on the bed, whispering while he was still asleep. She couldn't help but smile as he was falling out of the bed and still sleeping. Silently she wlaked over to the closet, took out one of the blankets and wrapped it around him carefully so that he didn't wake up. Then she walked over into the livingroom, cleaned the mess he left behind and watched the news on TV. It was almost nothing unusual. Just the typical stuff like car accidents, political issues and the weather report. But one thing was different this time. There seemed to have been an earthquake but apparently the only building damaged by it was the church. Never has something like this been said on the local news before. Jill immediately switched off the TV, dressed as Jack and went to The Hole.

"Jack, where's your friend Steve?" Ray seemed to be in a rather good mood this night but Jack was too busy and stressed. "No time for small-talk, Ray. What do you know about the church-incident?" "Whoa. Slow down, young friend. I don't deal with informations, ya know. And even if I would, I couldn't tell you what was going on there. Ask the agent. He should've got all the details you may need." Depressed Jack sat down on a stool and ordered a Gin Tonic. As the agent arrived around midnight he was directly bombed by Jack's questions. "What do you know about the church-incident? What happened there? What caused it?" Completely perplexed the agent frowned "What about saying Hello first?" After a few seconds of silence he continued. "The only info I can give you is that two Devil Hunters, who have been investigating around this area, haven't returned. It's been said that they have been apparently eaten by something. The only thing found of them was one arm. I cannot recommend going there. Your life would end the same tragic way." It got silent as the other Devil Hunters realized what he was talking about. Jack took a short around and after a few moments he replied "Regardless. I must go and finish this *** off, whatever it may be. After all I am the only one here who is able to do that. If I can't do it, no one can." "Let's just hope you know what you are doing. Take care then", the agent returned and put a hand on Jack's shoulder. Jack left the bar just moments after, knowing only a wee bit more than earlier this evening.

On his way to the church Jack felt many little earthquakes that obviously seemed to follow him wherever he went. Plain curiosity drove him to go down into the sewerage and search for the monster that killed his comrades. Normally he wouldn't even have thought about going down there but both his job and his willingness to save mankind, whatever it may take, left him no other choice. Standing knee-deep in the dirty, stinking water Jack almost felt himself forced to say something stupid about his situation. "Crap. Everywhere just crap. That describes it perfectly", he frowned, pulled his shirt over his nose and tried to force his way through water, sh*t and garbage. After a few minutes he noticed something coming closer. He immediately turned, drew his daggers and lowered his stance as he realized it was only a fat rat. Jack just laughed, lifted it up and decided to keep it as his pet since he thought it was somehow cute. Then he walked on, straight into the darkness. He could hardly see where he went and he really wished he would have taken a flashlight with him.

A while passed and nothing happened, but the closer he came to the church, the worse were the tremors that occurred now and then. As Jack moved around the next corner he almost lost consciousness. The air was hot and stuffy and he started to feel dizzy. Toxic gas filled his lungs and made him cough the closer he moved towards his destination. After a few hundred feet he saw a gigantic hole where there was supposed to be the church above him. Only a few of its walls still existed. Suddenly Jack noticed a sound that reminded him a bit of a rattlesnake but as he turned to look what exactly it was he saw a giant centipede that seemed to make such strange noises. As he took another look at it he realized this was Chaemare, he could tell by its face. "Dude, you again? I thought you had enough. Go back whence you came or I'm gonna have to spank your ugly butt once again. Talking of your ugly butt. Did you take a step back in evolution? Cuz you look even worse than last time." He smirked as Chaemare crawled towards him, spitting acid and breathing out toxic gas. As Chaemare lifted up the front part of his body to attack, Jack drew his shotgun and pulled the trigger. The bullets ripped open Chaemare's whole stomach so that his acidic blood and shreds of his intestines splashed against all walls. Then Jack drew his daggers and stormed towards his opponent, slicing open Chaemare's side and the upper half of his body. Thousands of maggots came crawling out of his wounds as Chaemare prepared for the next attack. Jack couldn't help but transform into his female-looking devil-form and create a sword out of his own blood. "I just hope this works as I want it to. Otherwise I'm completely f**ked up", she whispered, trying not to arouse suspicion. If Chaemare would find out Jack, now being Jill, had no plan of what to do he would abuse this for his own advantage. And that he did. Even before Jill could realize what happened, Chaemare dug a hole into the floor and disappeared. The ground was shaking heavily as he moved through the earth and Jill had problems keeping her balance. For a few minutes he wasn't showing up and Jill had problems finding out where he would appear again. Chaemare stopped moving all of a sudden and she finally realized where he was and what he was about to do. Even before she could react he broke through the ground below her and swallowed her in one piece.

"Hey. You gotta chew before you swallow it, otherwise your food will cause you some serious trouble." A young, silver-haired man stood on the edge of the hole above Chaemare and grinned as he pointed at his throat. "It looks like you got some heartburn", he said and watched the scene for a few moments. Then he jumped down into the sewerage, drew his sword and continued laughing "I guess I gotta help you out of your misery, dude." He stormed forth and sliced Chaemare in two pieces and at the same time a blade of blood cut open his throat. As his upper half crashed to the floor Jill came crawling out of his dead body and kicked against his head a few times. While she turned the remainings of Chaemare's corpse faded and the millions of maggots formerly living within his body were now searching for another host. Then Jill's body started to corrode of Chaemare's acidic blood and she cursed herself for being so incautious while she was jumping up to the edge of the hole and left.

Early in the morning Jack kicked open the door of The Hole and walked over to the counter. As he sat down on a stool Ray asked "You back already? Alive? I'm impressed. What happened?" Jack, being in a bad mood, answered "I was swallowed by a giant centipede a.k.a. the devil king. You don't wanna know the details, do ya?" Even before Ray could say something a young man took a seat next to Jack and said "Don't tell me you've been the the demon who failed killing this big piece of sh*t down in the sewer system. Who flushed this thing, by the way?" Jack looked at him and frowned "Hey, I didn't fail. I would've killed him sooner or later if you wouldn't have shown up to interfere. By the way, how about introducing yourself before you start a conversation with a stranger?" The young man stayed silent for a moment, ordered a Gin Tonic and replied in a low voice "My name is Dante. And who are you?" Jack himself needed a few minutes to reflect upon his answer. Then he returned "I shall give you my name, but on one condition. You are never gonna interfere with my missions again, got that?" Dante just nodded his head while crossing his fingers behind his back. He wasn't able to ignore someone who needed help and therefore he could never promise such a thing. Staring at the dirty mirror on the wall Jack slowly continued "I'm Jack Davis. I'm the guy who will take any dirty job. If you should ever be stuck in a bunch of crap, just call me." Then he started laughing and Dante, still searching for the joke in Jack's statement, joined him. "This could become damn interesting."

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

hey that wuz really great you should make a sequal were that guy that killed her parents comes back...but anyway ur doin a great job!...Keep it up!

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Father?
I dont have a father.
I just dont like you,thats all.

DanteSparda123:

hey that wuz really great you should make a sequal were that guy that killed her parents comes back...but anyway ur doin a great job!...Keep it up!

Wow, thanks ^_^ but he will appear in one of the next chapters and this is gonna be the most weird stuff ever happened XD You'll see soon enough why, haha. Just wait for chapter nine ^_^

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

DH I'm here and reading I know we couldnt talk lately but just know that I'm reading okay! lol I hope I'll see you soon! good job on the chapter!

I love the writing, dude! It's casual, yet brutal and gritty, and that's the way I like it.

O_< !!!

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Thanks again, to all of you ^_^ *feels sooo loved XD* Just preparing chapter eight and I hope to get it ready 'till sunday. Hope you guys and gals like this one as well =D

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

Ok, here it comes, like I promised. Enjoy ^_^

 
Second Life

Chapter Eight: The sons of Sparda

Early in the morning Jack and Dante still sat in the bar talking about their experiences in devil hunting and other stuff. Both ordered another Gin Tonic and they almost died of laughter as they realized how much they had in common. They liked the same food, drinks and music and sometimes they even thought about the same things at the same time. Slightly drunk as he was, Dante said laughing "Dude, we could be twins in mind. Care to switch roles with my real bro?" Jack just nodded his head while laughing. It's been a whole lot of time since he last had that much fun and it's been even longer that he had someone who was similar to him. From the time his mother died and his father disappeared he had no one who was like him and he already lost hope to ever see his father again. He was all alone on this cold and hard world and only once in his life a person cared for him and that was the idiot Billy who betrayed his female half. "Bitter irony", he thought and got silent again. As if he knew what was wrong with him, Dante put a hand on Jack's shoulder and said "Hey, you're not alone. There's always someone who will watch out for you." Jack was completely perplexed now and returned "How'd ya...", but Dante interrupted him and gave him the answer promptly. "Calm down. You have been looking like someone who was left alone by everyone. I know how you feel. I've been to that situation as well, but even worse, I guess. I don't know about you but my parents died when I was still a child and short after my mom was killed, my twin disappeared. I see him every now and then but I never got much time to talk to him. I don't even know where he is  and what he's doing at the moment." As Dante finished his sentence they both stared at the empty glasses in front of them and sighed. After a few minutes of silence Ray joined and brought the drinks. He still couldn't stand it if even one of his guests was depressed and so he said "Guys, you are drowning in self-pity. This won't help you make things undone. What happened, that happened. You should be glad that you both are still alive and kickin'." And as if Ray's words would have given them new hope they both drank their Gin Tonic in one draft, ordered another one and continued talking about better topics until closing time.

Short before seven AM Jack and Dante arrived laughing at Jill's house. Both have been drinking way too much this night and just wanted to eat and rest. As Jack opened the door he found Rahan lying in the hall, still wrapped into the blanket. A wide smirk appeared on Dante's face as he tried not to start laughing out loud. "Didn't he make it into bed or why is he lying here on the floor?" Then they slowly went into the kitchen and Jack prepared a pizza and opened two bottles of beer he bought at a gas station just a few minutes ago while Dante took a seat and put his feet on the table. Later, during the twenty minutes of waiting or the pizza to be ready, Dante examined the rest of the house. He found himself surprised as he realized the cellar actually being an arsenal. Combat knifes, daggers, modified guns and a few short swords and battle axes were stored in here. He couldn't help but whistle while thinking where Jack got all these weapons from. The only thing missing, in his opinion, were broadswords. Carefully he took one of the axes and examined it closely. The huge blade was razor sharp and obviously forged for one simple purpose; to make it's victims experience a quick and painful death. Another whistle went over his lips. "Impressive. If he's even able to wield this one hell of an ax then... Wow, I don't wanna think about what he might be able to do with it", Dante whispered, put it back into its previous position and went back upstairs into the kitchen. As he returned the pizza was already done. Lazily he let himself fall on the chair, took on piece and ate it while putting his feet on the table again. It took them both not even three minutes to finish eating the whole pizza and just seconds after they both fell asleep on their chairs.

As Jill woke up it was already evening again and she was alone. She silently stood up, walked into the living room and watched the news on TV while drinking a cup of cold coffee. There was a short report about the incident in the church but Jill switched away. She has been there and she has seen what really caused it and she sure didn't want to see that scenario once again. She sat there for another few moments, thinking of what would life has been like if everything went different. She wondered if she would have had to face the devil king if her parents would still be alive. And exactly at that moment she felt something strange but at the same time familiar. Jill immediately jumped off the couch and hurried to the window but she couldn't see a thing. Sighing she turned, went into the bedroom and dressed for work. She just hoped Dante didn't notice that he actually was female.

"I was already wondering where you are. Did you sleep 'till now?" Dante seemed to be rather amused about Jack looking like he would fall asleep every minute now, but that was always the case if he slept too long. Slowly he walked over to the counter and ordered an Irish Coffee to keep himself awake. Plus, he always liked the taste of whiskey mixed with coffee. While drinking it he thought "Dammit, did I become an alcoholic already?........ Who cares anyways? Not me, at least", and ordered another one. Dante, who still didn't get an answer, took a seat right next to Jack and asked once again "Hey, you listening? Have you been sleeping all day long 'till now or what has happened to you?" Jack just nodded his head and returned "Why do ya ask? You been worried or did you just simply miss me?" Both bursted of laughter again but their mood should change very soon. Not even ten minutes have passed as a young, silver-haired man wearing a blue coat entered The Hole. As Dante turned to see who is was, a familiar voice reached his ears even before he could locate the person whom it belonged to. "You arranged no welcome-party for me? Instead you are sitting here getting yourself drunk, as usual. Shame on you, Dante. Shame on you." The insensible tone of his voice made everyone freeze and feel uncomfortable but Dante wasn't even a bit impressed by that. Instead he frowned "Look who's back. Vergil, the glorious first-born. I thought you don't like partys. They're so... What did you call them again? Oh, yeah. Sentimental, that's the word you always used to describe them." Then Dante stood up and walked towards his twin while he drew his guns, Ebony and Ivory. Jack and Rahan, who just joined, watched this scenario with increasing interest but Ray, who feared what could happen, got nervous. He was running around behind the counter like a chicken that is about to be slaughtered. Then he completely lost his nerves and yelled "Get out! Immediately! If you wanna fight then do it somewhere else. I've got enough of paying bills for new furniture and stuff." Once again it got silent as they all realized Ray was being seriously angry and it should remain like that for the rest of the night.

As Jack left the bar, being a bit drunk, it was already three AM. The streets were just as empty as usual but something was different this night. It reminded him of the incident with this weird little demon a few nights ago. But this time there was no noise reaching his ears and everything seemed to be dead to him. Not even the crows and cats showed up. Silently he walked back home to take some rest, but what he didn't know is that he shouldn't find rest anymore. As he arrived Jack directly went into the kitchen and grabbed for a piece of the birthday cake he bought a few days ago. Depressed he said to himself "Happy Birthday, Jill. And once again you have to celebrate it on your own. Hope you're glad anyways, even if no one has thought of you." Just the moment as Jack wanted to eat it, a low voice coming from behind returned "I have though of you. Now guess who's back from hell? Happy Birthday, my dear darling daughter. I hope you like your present."

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

Cooool! Vergil's in it too yay! ^ ^ that was nice! cant wait for who was saying happy b-day tho!!! o.0

Thanks ^_^ lol, actually you should know already XD I told you someone would be coming back whom you wouldn't have expected to XDDD But thanks again =DDD

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

uuuh, yeah I knew that but...I just tried to be so excited about it like it was the first time ya know >.> lol

Second Life

Chapter Nine: Family Issues

A look of surprise went over Jack's face as he heard this voice that sounded exactly like his father's. But even before he could turn to see his dad again reality caught him. Random thoughts were running through his mind but they all revolved around this one question: How was this possible? Not knowing what he should think of it Jack soon came to the conclusion that this man behind him could never be his father. Then he frowned "Welcome home, dad", drew his daggers and tried to cut off his head but even before the blades could reach their target his father's favorite sword blocked the attack. "No, you can't be... Where did you get this sword?" Jack's eyes were glowing red of anger and hate. He never wanted to see someone else wielding this sword. A few moments of silence passed before Jack took some quick steps back and prepared to attack his ankles. As the man moved towards Jack, he got down to the floor, slid and literally wiped his feet off the ground. As his body hit the floor Jack grasped for the sword and pressed it against his throat. With a low voice he said "Now tell me who you really are and where you got this sword. Playing dumb is useless." "You don't even recognize your own kin anymore. Believe it or not, I am your father." The disappointment in his voice was more than obvious as he continued "You have changed in these two years that I was gone. What has happened to my cute little angel Jill?" Being completely perplexed Jack stumbled backwards against the stove and leaned on it for a while, still keeping an eye on his opponent. Then, after a few minutes, Jack lowered his stance and laid the sword on the kitchen counter, since he realized that no one except his family and friends could know his name. Slowly he walked towards the stranger, switched on the light to see him and immediately broke down. "You should be dead. How come you're not?" Jack had to force back his tears while looking at his father but he couldn't. Not after so much tome of lost hope and despair. His sight was blurry of all the tears in his eyes but he still could see his father coming closer, then kneeling next to him. Then he said "I will never leave you alone again. Now come, give me a hug. After all it's been two year since we last have seen each other" and smiled while Jack leaned his head against his shoulder and cried.

As Jack entered The Hole together with a male in his middle forties everyone was pretty surprised. Both were dressed in black leather and it seemed as if they were somehow related to each other. Talking they sat down at a table in a dark corner of the bar and after a few minutes Jack ordered a Gin Tonic as usual. The look in Ray's eyes seemed to tell what he thought as he brought the drink. A wide smirk on his face Jack said "That's my father Riff. Say nothing. I know what you are thinking now and to be honest I was more than surprised myself as he showed up yesterday without warning." Ray took a look at both of them and returned laughing "I see. Hmm, now I know whom you got your face from. God, you look exactly the same as your father." Then Ray left them alone again. He felt like they both had to clear up some things and problems and he wouldn't want to go on their nerves by simply lurking around. As he returned behind the counter a familiar voice yelled "Hey, where you been? I wanted to order a Gin Tonic and I was almost about to leave cuz no one was serving me." Ray sighed but as he wanted to return something another voice frowned "How can you order a drink here? the glasses are dirty and you will probably get sick. Otherwise... Drink as much as you want." As soon as the elder son of Sparda finished his sentence he grinned, but it was a cold, insensible grin. Ray got a little bit annoyed and said "If you don' like my bar then leave, but don't ever dare to say something bad about it." Dante nodded his head to support Ray and Vergil just sighed and left without saying a word.

Hours passed until the agent arrived early in the morning. Jack leaned on the wall, sitting on his chair, while his father sharpened his sword. After a few minutes of smalltalk the agent came walking over to Jack and poked his shoulder to wake him up. Still being half asleep Jack mourned and punched the agent directly into his stomach. Annoyed he screamed "Wake the f**k up, dude. I got a job for you and it has to be dealt with immediately. You hear me?" Still sleepy Jack opened his eyes a bit to prove he was listening and frowned with a low voice "Infos, please!" This comment seemed to ruin the agent's mood completely. Angrily he threw some documents on the table, turned and left while cursing around heavily. An evil grin on his face Jack grasped for one of the sheets, read it and put it aside a few seconds after, being more than just bored. Even before his father could ask what was wrong Jack said "I gotta take care of a killer. See you later", stood up and went over to the counter to pay for his drinks. Meanwhile Riff was taking a look at the documents and as he noticed the high amount Jack would earn by accomplishing this mission he just whistled. He immediately jumped off the chair and rushed to the exit while yelling "I'll meet you later. Got some business to take care of." As Jack heard those words he turned to make Riff wait but he was already gone. Once again his father left him alone. "Oh, god dammit" were the only words that came out of his mouth before he left the bar, being badly disappointed.

Silent as ever around that time Jack was strolling through the streets on his way to the industrial district. He was quite sure the killer would show up somewhere around that area since many corpses have been found there. He obviously used one of the warehouses to store up his dead victims. While thinking up why he could have done this a cold shiver ran down his spine. If Jack ever has learned something then that cruelty and hate know no limits, but mercy does. This principle was the main reason why he was still on this mission and it kept him going further than he would normally do. As he arrived around ten minutes he found everything quiet as it should be. Jack moved slowly around some of the buildings, searching for the warehouse where the corpses have been found since he was convinced that the killer would come back sooner or later. And he was right. Just around the next corner he noticed a shadow of a male who seemed to carry a dead woman on his shoulders. All of Jack's senses were fixed to his task now and he silently followed his target. Some time passed and nothing really happened but then the male suddenly stopped and threw the body to the floor. What happened next made Jack's blood freeze. He wasn't able to think clearly anymore, not to mention he couldn't even move. Fear filled his heart as he saw the male transforming. His skin was white and one of the wings growing on his back consisted of blood as well as his legs, one of his arms and part of his chest. "What the f**k is going on? He looks like me in my devil form." Jack wanted to flee but he couldn't. Something made him stay and watch this scene. The demon ripped off the woman's head and drank her blood and Jack could clearly see it growing with every draft. As it finished eating it crushed the head with one hand and threw the body hard against a wall near it. The sound of bones that were breaking woke Jack up again and the shock made him stumble backwards. Just then the demon turned and moved towards him at a speed that made it impossible to follow his movements. Within a few seconds it stood right in front of Jack and grinned evilly. He could feel its breath on his skin and the stench of blood made him retch. Then this thing growled "You definitely have changed. Two years ago you would have run from me but you sure have become a brave young woman in those years. Now come with me, my little angel. You shall visit your beloved mother soon." Tears were running down Jack's cheeks as he realized this demon being his father. Despair in his voice he moaned "Then everything you ever taught me about honor and honesty meant nothing at all? You have never been telling the truth? You ***."

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I'd prefer to be hated for what I am instead of being loved for what I'm not!
Sadness is just another word for not enough pizza!
Thankies DD, for this great sig ^_^ You're the best!!!

good job DH! well I'm glad that at the end Jill's dad turned out to be bad lol at leasts that's what I saw >.> otherwise there'd be no conflicts left in the chapter as if everything's perfect o.0 but yeah anyways, good twist at the end! lol