#but crystal hunters just target you like a dart board!

[hollownest-whore]

1-10, how terrible are crystal hunters?

100

[etlunainmorte]

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Day 14 - Party ( P3 of 3 )

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It was simply the most memorable evening, yet. One that V would always remember.

Well,... memorable,... in so many different ways.

For one, Dante actually arrived wearing something decent for a change. No dirty leather coat, or muddy pair of boots, or even sooty undershirt. His white shirt was clean and crisp, his pair of black shoes shone, he even wore cologne! In fact, he also combed his hair back and shaved the beard he grew over the holidays! Vergil, who looked and dressed basically the same that evening, was suspected of being the one behind Dante's drastic makeover, and they were not wrong.

Deciding not to ask any further questions about Dante's looks, they began munching on the appetizers while Nico prepared her so - called fun activities.

And boy, did they have the wildest time of their lives.

Their eyes widened the moment the Artisan brought out a huge board with a silly drawing on it. And when someone asked who was in it, Nico smugly answered, "Nero!" Ignoring the young Devil Hunter when he choked on his sausages, Nico went on. "We'll now play a simple game of Pin The Devil Breaker On Nero!" Waiting for their laughter to subside, she began offering them some darts with different drawings of Devil Breakers attached to them. "Oh, but there's a catch! You'll have to do it blindfolded! The one who pins the Devil Breaker on the correct limb gets a prize! Now, who wants to go first?"

"Oh, me!" Raising her hand high up in the air, Kyrie excitedly volunteered.

"Ohoho! The girlfriend wants to try her luck, eh? Step right in and choose your Devil Breaker!"

"OH, COME ON, NICO! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" Nero yelled as he helplessly watched his girlfriend choose a dart for herself.

"SHUT UP, PSYCHO! IT'S JUST FOR FUN! OH! KYRIE HAS FINALLY CHOSEN! AND SHE HAS CHOSEN,... SWEET SURRENDER! SUPER SEXY! GREAT CHOICE OF DEVIL BREAKER, YOU GUYS!"

V watched in amusement as the others laughed while Kyrie and Nero furiously blushed. His eyes also caught sight of the black piece of fabric on Nico's hands, which she used to blindfold Kyrie.

V was right, Nico was perfect for the job. And he actually felt really excited of what would happen next.

"Alright, whenever you're ready, girl!" Nico said, leading Kyrie towards the center of the room and helping her aim at her target. "Just relax and focus on your target. And throw the dart at three, two,... ONE!"

Kyrie threw her dart, and everyone, except Nero, who visibly howled in pain, hollered with laughter. Kyrie's dart landed,... on the crotch. And the moment she removed her blindfold and saw the hilarious position of her Sweet Surrender, her face has become as red as a tomato.

"SMOKIN' SEXY STYLE!" Nico announced like a real host. "Oh, but, too bad! That's the wrong target! Better luck next time, Kyrie! So, who's gonna pin next! What about,... you, V?! Don't be shy, step right in and try your luck!"

"Pardon me, Nero." V apologized with a devilish smirk as Nero pouted at him, clearly looking annoyed that V was taking part in Nico's shenanigans.

Who could blame V and the others, though? Not when they're absolutely having fun.

In the end, Dante, who has the best aim among all of them, won the game as expected, with Trish and Lady coming to a close second. Vergil refused to play, Patty's Gerbera went straight to Nero's forehead, Morrison's Punchline didn't even reach the board, and V's Ragtime reached the wrong arm. Nero, who took a lot of convincing from the others, also played and his Banana Buster also reached his crotch, next to Kyrie's Sweet Surrender.

Other than Pin The Devil Breaker On Nero, they also played Pin The Tail On Vergil, much to Vergil's horror and disgust. They also played charades, with V's team ( Trish, Kyrie, and Patty ) winning against Dante's ( Lady, Nero, and Vergil ) ( Morrison sat this one out ). The truth and dare had Dante confessing to almost all of his most embarrassing moments ( because Nico rigged it to always point at Dante ), and the little relay, which was harder than it sounds, where they had to carry an egg using only a teaspoon, had them all laughing at themselves for looking so silly.

The food that Kyrie and Nico prepared, plus the pizza which just arrived, were absolute big hits that not even a little morsel of them were left. They also loved the little, expensive - looking souvenirs that V handed to all of them, although some of them were curious as to why those little black crystals that he gave glowed red or purple sometimes. And after all of that, Morrison told them to stand in the middle of the room to have their very first picture as one big family of Devil Hunters taken.

V received a framed photo of this about a week later, courtesy of Morrison, and he hanged it in his living room for all of his visitors to see.

Indeed, it was a really memorable event that V would always remember for a very long time.

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