VI. Some People Just Really Suck.

I honestly am starting to think that I’m really outta my juice box. That’s Quinn’s way of saying… “You’re crazy!”. It’s still only the second day of this so called crisis, but I’m about to pull out my hair and run down the hallways screaming bloody murder. I’m actually having a conversation with Nero. Funny thing is I’m not cursing him out either. It’s not like he replaced my English teacher, he’s just a temporary sub… right? He’ll be gone tomorrow, probably teaching in Quinn’s school. Speaking of Quinn…

“Hey, do you know a kid in the middle school named Quinn Emmerich?” I asked.

Nero’s eyes narrowed. “Yeah, I know him…” He looked like he was almost in pain. “What about him?”

Telling by his immediate reaction to his name I’m gonna assume that Quinn’s been giving him a hard time. I can actually imagine Quinn and Nero going at each other. Quinn doesn’t curse yet… at least not that I know of at least.

“He’s my little brother,” I smiled.

Nero sat back in his chair. He looked pissed off and kinda of happy all at the same time. That’s the best way I could explain the expression on his face.

“Uh… judging by your reaction, I’m gonna say that you probably think he’s… annoying… for a lesser word,” I rolled my eyes.

“Annoying is definitely a lesser word. If this was my world, your little brother would be dead. I say that with the utmost amount of hate I could every possibly have,” He groaned.

“It’s not that bad,” I lied to myself.

“Not that bad! Are you fucking kidding me?!” He shouted standing up. “Imagine having him clinging to you! All the while saying, ‘Where’s Mr. Appleyard? Where’s Mr. Appleyard? Why does everyone think I’m lying? You’re from that game my brother’s always playing…’. You’re probably just like the damn kid!”

“Oh now you’re making false presumptions!” I snapped at him. I wish I could control my horrible temper, oh well. “You’re just like your stupid buddies that you hitchhiked here with!”

“I’m not like them!” He yelled.

“I’m not like my brother!” I yelled.

“You’re sure acting like it!”

“Real mature, Mr. White!”

“Liam, what the hell’s wrong with you!?” I heard Razor shout.

I turned around and pointed at Razor furiously. “Shut the hell up, Charlie! You don’t know what’s going on!”

Razor stood up, and began screaming. “Don’t call me Charlie, William!”

“Hah! That’d be a good one except for the fact that Liam’s not short for William, douche bag!” What a fucking noob! I’ve known him for about three years and counting and he still doesn’t know that Liam isn’t short for anything! Tells what the fuck he’s thinking about!

I heard stifled laughter coming from the kids in my class. Razor’s face turned a bright red. Embarrassment at it’s finest! This is just grand! I managed to piss off my favorite Devil May Cry character and the only chance that I had at figuring out why Dante and Vergil had replaced my favorite teacher as well as my best friend! I’m just freaking wonderful.

“By the time you figure out what’s going on, it’ll all be too late!” Nero’s face twisted with anger, “I’ll make sure that they never let even the simplest detail slip from their mouths!”

“You keep acting all high and mighty and shit. No one’s perfect, and I’m sure one of you fuckers is going to slip up and then I’ll get the information I need to piece all of this together. I’m a lot smarter than you guys believe I am. I said this to Dante, so I’ll say it to you. If it’s a game you want, then it’s a game you’ve got, but don’t expect me to play fair.” I sneered.

“I don’t know what you just said, but fuck you too Liam,” Razor said.

“Well,” I slowly inched my way towards the door, “I think I’ve over stayed my visit… so I’m just gonna book outta here before my best friend and my favorite character from Devil May Cry murder me…”

Okay… Now I’ve got to piece this together. I’m gonna have to become a spy. I’m gonna need to find a posse of people to help me piece this together. So far Quinn’s the only one besides me that can “see” the change. Why on earth would a bunch of video game characters come to one of the worst places in the galaxy? Oh hah! Wait!

List 6: The reasons why Dante and Co. could be here…

1. To kill all the fan boys/girls. This kinda makes sense. I bet Trish was playing around on the internet and stuff, and she found . Then she happened to see Devil May Cry and thinking that it was Dante’s shop page she clicked on it and she found… Yaoi and Yuri alike about the renowned Devil Hunter and herself. She shared this info with Dante, and they pledged to kill all of us.

2. To kill all us gamers. Seriously! I bet they were watching me all those times when I let Dante die on purpose. I haven’t played as Vergil yet, but I bet the conversation went something like, “Look at this fucking kid! He’s not even fucking trying! Let’s go fuck this bitch up!”. Okay maybe he didn’t say the last part, just over exaggerated a bit. But I bet it was something similar to that.

3. They found… Stargate. They were all walking around in that forest where they fought that one She-viper-bitch when they stumbled across Stargate. I think the gate in Stargate SG-1 is called Stargate. Haven’t really watched the series enough to say what it’s called. But whatever. Kyrie warned them not to go through it, but they didn’t listen, so as a result their here. But that doesn’t account for the fact that they replaced my teachers. This is some dilemma.

4. Two night ago. I guess this can kinda go along with the whole kill all us gamers, but I feel like this deserves it’s own category since it’s pretty important. Like number two, the Devil Hunter and his twin brother were watching me play through some mystical television. Dante was getting pissed cause I kept losing and Vergil was getting pissed off because he should’ve kicked the shit out of Dante faster. I mean faster? Thirty seconds isn’t enough? Oh that’s right! Vergil has standards. He has to beat Dante in 10 seconds or else.

5. The Poltergeist (or Persona 4). Dante was watching some… I don’t know… But he was watching something and there was this fly on the television that was pissing him off. He went to smack it with his hand when suddenly his hand went through the screen. Freaked out he called his nemesis and his buddy. After that they all went into the TV world which is here. Would that make me the main character of this TV show or what?

6. The lost a bet. Being the cocky bitches they are, they made a bet with someone. Don’t know who, but they lost and now they’re here. And I bet that whoever they bet with won by default or something absolutely stupid.

7. They’re in the process of a bet! Someone was probably all like “Yeah, you’re Devil Hunters but I bet you couldn’t handle a bunch of teenagers from Earth!”. And they responded something like, “I bet we can.” They made all the necessary preparations and stuff… but they under estimated one thing. ME!

8. They lost Yamato… again. Not the first time it’s happened. I bet Trish took that and Sparda’s sword and took here. I mean that’s what she did in Devil May Cry 4. She knew the only was she could get Dante off his fat ass was to persuade him through… well… stealing the two famed swords. As an attempt to not arise suspicion, they took over the lives of my teachers.

9. There’s something that’s threatening Earth. There’s probably some huge ass demon hiding in Lake Ronkonkoma. So they’ve disguised themselves as my teachers in order to stop the oncoming threat without being noticed. Well, the noticed part obliviously failed. It kind of ties into “by the time you realize what’s going on, it’ll be too late” thing that Nero had spouted off about. How badly would it suck if one of those asexual dragon thingies were hiding underneath my school?

By the time I was finished with my mental list I was by the cafeteria. I wasn’t even paying attention to where I was going. I hate it when that happens. I get so caught up in something I don’t realize anything else around me. That’s a non-multitasker example for you. Heh. Just made up my own word…

I snuck my way passed the two teachers on lunch duty. More like I walked passed them without them even realizing it, and if they did, well they didn’t give me a second glance.

I took a seat in the center of the cafeteria. For some reason no one liked to sit in the center, except for those cocky jocks who think they’re better than everyone else. I laid my head on the table. I needed to think. What could Nero have meant by ‘by the time you realize what’s going on, it’ll be too late’? Is that some type of code?

Maybe I should pretend that the twins never even existed. It would make my life a whole lot easier. Instead of sitting here pondering like a scientist I could be laughing my ass off in Nero’s class like an idiot.

“Liam…?” I heard this girl Nora say. Nora was my friend Cloud’s girlfriend. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t see what he saw in that girl. She just nudges me in all the wrong ways. It’s like she knows exactly what pisses me off and she takes advantage of it.

I opened my eyes to see Nora taking a seat in front of me. Something was a bit off about her today, but I couldn’t tell what it was. “Hey…” I said meekly.

“What are you doing here?” She asked.

“Skipping class…” I replied sitting up straight.

“…You really shouldn’t do that…” Her eyes flashed down to the table, “You know they’re looking for a reason to suspend you…”

“Trust me getting suspended for four days is little compared to what I’ve endured the last two days…” I groaned.

Nora shifted nervously in her seat. “Liam… I…” She shook her head. Oh shit! Was she going to confess her undying love for me? If so that’d be flipping gruesome! I think that I’d get some nasty looks from Joker, Razor, and especially Cloud. “I think there’s something strange going on…” Thank goodness. I would never hear the last of ‘You stole my f’ing girlfriend you man whore!’.

“You know?” I asked leaning forward.

“I feel like… something is happening here… and we can’t do anything but sit around and wait till it happens…” She whispered.

At least Quinn and I aren’t the only ones who realize there’s something fishy going on around here. “You know about them?”

“Yeah…” She nodded her head firmly.

“This is great!” I laughed, relieved. “Then you can help me figure out what’s going on!” Honestly, I would rather have someone else help me in my so called expedition. I guess I have to settle for what I can get.

Nora looked about the cafeteria as if someone were listening in conversation. “Liam… I think we should let things be the way they are now. We can pretend that the Delacour’s never existed. This is something new. Why would you want to ruin it? Isn’t this our chance to ask them things? Why would you want to kick them out?” She asked looking straight into my eyes.

And here we are again. Pissed off. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about. I wanna know why them and not someone else? Why Ronkonkoma and not Colorado Springs? Why the fuck am I asking so many questions?

“It’s just so much easier to forget about them, right? Don’t want to put too much effort in figuring out why they’re here and not there, is that it?” I asked. “I wanna know why.”

“Why do you have to question everything? Why can’t you just go along with it? Do you have be different then everyone else?” She hissed. “They may not be able to see it now, but when they can, they’ll be happy!”

“Right now, I could give a shit!” I said, voice slowly raising, “I’m being called a psychotic whore because no one else can tell that our teachers have been replaced. Why is it that Quinn, you, and I are the only ones that can tell there’s something wrong? Doesn’t it seem a bit fishy? Just a teeny bit fishy?”

“I’m not going to let you ruin this, Liam!” She yelled. I could see people turning their heads at us. Their eyes were burning into my skin.

In an effort to make Nora look stupid in front of the whole cafeteria I yelled, “No I don’t want to have sex with you, Nora!”

The expression on her face was priceless. “…What?”

I simply got up from the table without saying a single word and left the cafeteria. Hmm! Let’s count how many people I’ve pissed off today… One… Two… Three… Four… I think I know who’s going to be number five.

Bring Your Own Kites: Hello, hello! This right here is like record breaking updating speed! Thanks to one of this story’s faithful reviewers I finally figured out where I’m going with this story. She, however, is completely unaware of it herself (or his). What is it? Well you’ll just have to wait until the story progresses to find out. Well see you later.