Dante vs. Bayonetta Chapter 4

The angels quickly converge on the woman in black who leaps out the way to avoid their strikes. After landing, she whips out a fast kick to the head of the angel closest to her. She fires a shot from the gun attached to her heel as she followed through with her kick, striking an angel in the back. She then stretches both out to her sides and fires a shot both guns, taking out another pair of angels. More of heaven’s hosts drop down from above. Several more appear on the ground in flashes of light. The woman in black narrowly avoids a strike aimed for her head. Then she throws herself into a barrel roll, avoiding a fast low strike. As she twists her body, she squeezes off a few rounds disposing a few angels as she stood up. Two angels rush the woman head-on while two more flank her from either side. She leaps into a split over the angels attacking her from the front. With her hand guns aimed down, she fires a shot at the angels passing below her while at the same time she uses the guns at her feet to take out the flanking angels. The woman in black lands and strikes a sexy pose. “Aw, what’s the matter? Am I too much to handle?” she says with playful coy. A couple angels show anxiety. “Come on,” the woman beckons with one gun. Twirling their staffs, the angels resume their assault.

Dante has been keeping track of the invisible battle around him. Though he can’t see them, he can feel their energies moving about. A couple times he could’ve sworn he saw something. Dante assumed that it might’ve been the energy of whom or whatever’s around him. He’s no stranger to this feeling. He’s felt this when he entered the Underworld. There were all kinds of energies flowing around him and, with a bit of concentration, he can hone in on them. Of course that’s what he’s been doing all this time.

An angel attempts to cleave the woman’s exposed back. Its efforts are stopped with a bullet to its head. With its halo shattered, the angel disappears in a bright flash of light. The woman continues to effortlessly evade and attack her divine assailants. She spins. She twirls. She flips. She dances her way around the angels and their weapons with acrobatic grace and stylish flare, all the while firing both her hand guns and foot guns. While its brethren kept the woman in black occupied, one angel decides to finish what they started and kill Dante. The angel slowly creeps toward him. During her furious fighting, the woman in black spots the lone angel. She quickly dispatches a couple more of heaven’s helpers with stylistic flare before going after her next target. The angel is close to Dante. It raises its staff. The others angels prevent the woman from stopping their comrade. She mows them down as she continues toward Dante. The angel draws its staff back and swings.

A loud clang rings out. The angel looks on in shock. Somehow Dante was able use his sword to stop the staff from carving into him even though he can’t see his attacker. The man in red cracks a smile. “Nice try. You’re gonna have to wake up early to get me that easily. Thing is,” he twirls the black gun and aims it over his right shoulder, “I don’t sleep much.” Dante squeezes the trigger, aiming for what he believes the head would be. The angel’s halo is destroyed along with its owner in a flash of light. “Now let’s see who’s playing hide and seek,” Dante says nonchalantly. He begins tapping into his demonic powers. The same trick worked for him in the Underworld when he challenged and defeated the King of the Underworld. Using just enough power, he can make out about a dozen or so figures. Focusing his powers lets him see them a bit more clearly, to where he can make out the halos above their heads. The images were blurry but a lot better than nothing. “Angels, huh? And who else do we have?” asks Dante. Though he can’t see her clearly, he can tell that the last shape is unmistakably female. He thought it might’ve been his partner but she’s off on another mission. So who is the new girl?

The woman stares at Dante. If she was as surprised as the angels, she hid it well. “He can see them?” she says.

“I don’t what you angels are doing down here, but I never asked you finish my job. So if you think about taking me on I strongly wouldn’t recommend it. You’re better off keeping watch over some kid and keeping them outta trouble,” Dante said.

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