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Noelle should have been angry at Dante for kissing her. The place where his lips had met her forehead burned with an intensity which matched her hatred. The blood made her feel strange though, really tired and dizzy, almost like she was drunk. She would have plenty of time to be angry at him later, for now she half-listened to what he was saying with a dazed expression.

"I have a gateway to the spirit world Noelle... if you wish you can call on your mother and talk to her whenever you like. The gateway is just downstairs in my basement and its like a very large door." Dante sighed and then yawned looking at Noelle. "Do you want to speak with her now? I could carry you downstairs if that is alright with you?"

"Is.. is.. it dangerous..?" Noelle questioned, her voice slower than usual. She wanted so badly to speak with her mom. But she had this strange feeling in her stomach, it was shouting at her that trying to communicate with the deceased was wrong. Sighing Noelle spoke in a voice which even frightened her with it's matureness. "It is better to leave what is my past in the past. I can't live everyday wishing my mom was back.. and by visiting her I'll just be living in the past even more.. It's not right to mess with fate. It's not right to try and bring back what I've already accepted is gone. When the time is right I will speak to her again.. but I won't need to use your basement to do so.." Noelle pursed her lips and closed her eyes when she finished speaking. She lay there in silence, not wishing to speak to Dante again for some time.

"Very well Noelle..." Dante trailed off and left the room. He walked to the balcony and look out at the moon. Dante sighed and closed his eyes as the wind hit his face and he smiled. "I love to feel the wind against me so comforting." Dante said and looked at the city. Something caught Dante's eyes and he watched a car run straight into of one of the buildings. Then an explosion went off in the car. The building just collapsing and into another structure. "What is going on down there?" He continued to watch and he saw a black figure jump quickly place to place. Dante sighed and slowly went back into the house. "Damn those demons causing trouble in this city." Dante said and locked all the windows and doors.

Noelle coughed quietly to herself but was already feeling acceptionally better. She managed to sit herself up with only a little soreness. Curiously, she began to sing, wondering if the change was or has effected her voice. "How can I decide what's right, when you're clouding up my mind? I can't win your losing fight all the time. How can I ever own what's mine, when you're always taking sides? But you won't take away my pride.. no not this time.. not this time..." Noelle blinked in suprise. She could only somewhat recognize her own voice. It was strong, that's for sure.. and less delicate.. deeper almost. "How did we get here? When I used to know you so well... But how did we get here.. I think.. I think.. The truth is hiding in your eyes, and it's hanging on your tongue, just boiling in my blood... but you think I can't see, what kind of man you are? If you're a man at all.. Well I will figure this one out on my own. I'm screaming I love you so, my thoughts you can't decode..."

[ Here's the song, once again. Decode by Paramore.. it's going to be in the Twilight Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrk5sFo ... re=related ]

When Dante was about to close one of the doors a demon smashed right through the window. Struggling to keep the demon off of him he bit into its neck and drained the demons blood. Dante's eyes turned pure black and a black aura around him. "I knew I shouldnt of done that.." Dante trailed off and screamed in pain as demon blood ran through him. He continued to scream in pain and he faded through floors into the basement. His veins turned black and he screamed more. Dante's fangs grew longer and he stopped screaming and laid in the basement in silence.

Noelle's eyes widened at the sound of Dante's screams. He might be a murderer, but Noelle wasn't one to believe in the death penalty. What's going on..? she wondered in shock. Thinking it was an emergency, Noelle slowly rose from the bed, much pain coming along with her movements, and sat at the edge of the bed. She looked around the room for something to use as a crutch. She heard Dante scream again and in a panic, grabbed at the end table beside her bed and broke off one of the legs with suprising ease. Leaning against the leg of the table, Noelle dragged herself out of the bedroom and towards the source of the screaming. She near the top of the steps of the basement, staring at Dante in horror. "What's wrong?!" She shouted to him, noticing he had stopped screaming and was just lying there.

Dante saw Noelle at the top of the stairs but she looked more pale than usual. "Noelle run.. I.. I drained a demon and its inside of me... Run!" Dante yelled at her and begin to grow claws and horns from his forehead. His skin turning black and red as he began to get up and looked at Noelle. This time when he yelled at Noelle it was a growl. "Noelle! Run or Hide!" Dante began to run up the stairs at her and put her up against the wall and growled at her. His eyes widened and his teeth were showing.

Noelle was going to run but didn't react quick enough, she stared at Dante wide-eyed as he held her against the wall. The end table leg she had used as a crutch got knocked aside and fell down the stairs. Now she couldn't run. Noelle kicked and screamed, struggling to get free of his grip. "Let me go!" She growled at him. "You've done enough harm as it is! Let me go!" But her body was still sore and it tired easily as she fought against him, after about a minute of struggling she slumped back and was breathing heavily.

Dante growled at Noelle and he began to feel weak again. Slowly his body transformed back into what he was falling onto the floor. Dante hit his head hard against the floor and knocked himself out. Dante began to dream about the explosions and him attacking Noelle. Why did he do that to her? Did that demon's blood have that much anger in him? Dante thought through all of it and couldnt believe it. He didnt want to hurt Noelle anymore than she already has. He remained motionless on the floor but still breathing.

As Dante's grip loosened on Noelle, she fell to the floor and then down the steps, landing next to him. But she remained concious, her leg pulsing in pain from the fall. "O-ow..." She whispered. What had just happened? She wasn't completely sure, but she knew she couldn't move.. every part of her body was hurting and her heart was still racing.

Dante woke up slowly to see Noelle beside him. "I'm so sorry... I'll show you why I was like that in several minutes but now I have no energy. If you can look out the window upstairs toward the city and I'll explain later." Dante said this and fell back to sleep and breathed slowly. The black aura disappearing and his body returned back to normal.

Noelle sighed, she couldn't move, her leg was limp and completely useless until it was healed. She would have to remember to ask Dante for some crutches at some point. For now, she lay there with her eyes closed and eventually fell asleep as a way of escaping the pain radiating throughout her body.

Dante got up slowly with more energy and looked over at Noelle. He sighed and picked her up and carried her up the stairs. Dante laid her down on his bed upstairs and looked out at the city. Smoke was rising from the city and Dante closed his eyes. "Why are demon attacking New York? They know they are off limits from majors cities only villages." Dante walked over to Noelle and tucked her in. He kissed her forehead and smiled. "You are going to be safe inside this house until the demons pass over to another city." Dante sat in the chair and looked out of the torn out door.

Noelle stirred in her sleep which hurt her leg badly, causing her to wake up. She opened her eyes slowly, staring straight ahead of her. Her head was pulsing in pain but she couldn't remember why. She blinked her eyes a couple times and memories of what happened in the basement flashed before her eyes. She saw Dante holding her against the wall, his eyes a deep black color and his face vicious. Noelle let out a scream and sat up in bed, breathing quickly. She expected to find herself on the hard basement floor, but she was in a bed, safe and sound.

"Noelle if you can... go look outside at the city.. I'll explain whats going on when you have looked outside." Dante looked at her and then outside at the smoke filled city. A demon jumped across the roofs and attacked one of people on the ground. Another demon ran a car straight into a gas station and watched it explode and take out half a black. "Why are they attacking like this..." Dante trailed off and sighed. "They should only attack small villages nothing more..."

Noelle crawled to the end of the bed and peered out the window from there. Her eyes widened at the sight of the destruction. "Father..." was all she could whisper. Sure, he was a drunk, and he was abusive.. but something told her that she couldn't let him die.. not like this. "What.. what are they?" She whispered, her eyes getting even wider.

"Those are demons.. you rarely see them because they attack smaller villages." Dante said and looked over at Noelle. "They never had this large scale of an attack before. You know why I attacked you last night? I drained a demon who broke into this house. I took in his energy and calmed it to the best of my abilities. He could of easily killed you so be thankful that I just only put you up against the wall." Dante said and shook his head. "I suggest you dont go wandering the city until the demons leave. I know your father is out there but you cant do anything. I'm sorry Noelle." He said and looked down at the floor.

Noelle looked down at her own pale hands and nodded. "I can't go anywhere anyways.." she mumbled sadly. It pained her to think of those demons killing her father, but not as much as it would pain her if it were her mother in that situation. She would have to hide her mental pain, or it may just result in more physical pain in the near future. She lay back down and faced the other direction, away from Dante, and allowed a few tears.

"Noelle... I'm sorry but I'm only protecting you from them. I'm sure you father is alright if he stays inside." Dante got up but then a demon ran him into the wall. Dante growled at the demon and faded behind him. Then he began to drain the demon and watched the demon disappear. Dante ran to where there was a hole in the wall and threw up the demons blood onto the ground below. "For the love of the Gods..." Dante threw up more blood from the demon and breathed heavily. He wiped his mouth and fell against the wall. "I need to fix this wall..." Dante fell into the chair and relaxed.