(untitled) [Cat & Dante, Devil May Cry, PG-13] Author:jlsigman Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language Word count: 363 Prompt: Cat and Dante, first impressions A/N: Catch-up time! ;-)
Dante's first impression of Cat was of a shapely ass, tilted at a slight angle as she leaned against a wall. Her back was to him, watching the same boy he was half-listening to spout of his nonsense about killing demons and cleaning up their little part of the city. He recognized her from the description Lady had given him once, of orange hair and a deceptively casual stance, and idly wondered why they hadn't crossed paths yet. He knew he should be paying attention to the kid up front, since he was all but being called out, but he found the female figure much more interesting. When she pushed away from the wall with her hip and started walking towards an alley, he followed.
Her name seemed too appropriate to be the one she was born with, because she moved with a predator's grace: fluid and aware, relaxed yet ready to spring. He hung back as she came out under the streetlight, because he wanted to hear what she'd say to the two who seemed to be waiting for her there. She paused, putting a finger to her face to adjust dark glasses Dante had not noticed before, then settled back into her casual wall lean. “You two get stuck with Cat-watching duty?” she asked in a sarcastic tone.
The smaller of the two men looked embarrassed and didn't speak. The other one stood his ground and shrugged. “Mike wants to be sure he has your support, that's all.”
She snorted. “Give me a fucking break,” she sighed. “He kills a blind, starving Cerberus pup whining next to it's dead mother's body and he thinks he's fucking bad-ass now?” She walked past them. “If someone needs me, I gotta go catch up with Momma.”
The three men watched her disappear into the gloom, Dante silently walking out of the alley to do so. When she was gone he draped an arm around the shoulder of each skinny young man. “Shhh,” he whispered when they jumped. “I just want to ask you about that Cerberus pup. And while you're at it, tell me about her, too.”