Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the game/anime franchise, Devil May Cry, or the ones from the anime/manga adaptation, K-ON! , both properties are owned by Hideki Kamiya, Capcom, Kakifly and Kyoto Animation.
Author's note: Well, to those who know me, it's been a while since I've been on the writing front, although really, it was seriously longer than that, but unofficially, I'm back. Aside from the mid life crisis in my life, I had to get a new computer since the old one I had didn't sustain much longer when it's power supply died out on me, and I was on a hiatus for certain reasons in my life which was to why I hadn't focused on writing fanfics much. The time I took make it happen also contributed to that with many things happening that prevented me from going back into the writing scene.
But in any case, I've returned briefly to test the waters of my skills once more with the creation of another crossover combining two of the things I love as a gamer and an otaku, this was something I've been always wanting to do for a longtime and as a way to see if I'm ready to take on the world again with my creativity. So, here ends my rant, I do hope you enjoy this little comeback story introduction of mine.
Information: The time frame of when this story takes place happens during season 2 of the K-ON! animated series, and sometime shortly after DMC 4, its own anime and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
ShardclawKusanagi presents:
Rebellion's Song
A Devil May Cry/K-ON! Crossover fanfiction
Chapter 1: The New Mission
Current day, on a rural street in Japan, a cool evening where the sun had just started to set…
"Daaannnnnteeee, wait up!" A young American girl, no older than thirteen, with long flowing, bright and curly, yellow blonde hair and dressed in a fancy dress that was coupled with a straw hat, called out to her much older travelling male companion who was a couple feet from her. Both of them were carrying suitcases as they were walking on the sidewalk of a Japanese suburban neighborhood on a sunny afternoon.
"Hmm, what's up, Patty?" The older man called by his name, Dante looked back at his younger accomplice. He was wearing casual slacks of a black jacket and blue jeans. His chin was still partially covered in near bearded stubble. "Is the luggage getting too heavy for you? Or you just want a piggyback the rest of the way?"
"It's neither, I'm just curious on why we're suddenly here in Japan just when things have settled down." Patty said. "I thought that mess in Fortuna City was taken care of."
"Well, yeah, but this is a totally different case, Lady stuck this one on me just when I thought I could have gotten a break from all that mess." Dante said. "Well, things were dull soon after that anyway, that any new job I can get has to be a saving grace from my boredom."
"Did something happen to make you take this job so quickly?" Patty asked as Dante shrugged his arms, denying Patty's comment as if it had actually happened.
"What makes you say that, kid?" Dante asked suddenly. "Whatever goes on between me and Lady, it's strictly professional."
"You must have lost another bet, huh?" Patty asked as Dante sighed.
"You found me out, huh? Guess that shows how much you know me." Dante said in an admitting tone.
"Well, I wouldn't have known better since you had to bring me along for the ride." Patty said. "Guess the situation's that rough."
"Not really, we only got here today, so it's kind of soon to say how my targets are going to respond since Lady claimed to know about their appearance awhile back now." Dante said, thinking back to how he and Patty ended up in Japan in the first place…
A week ago, in western America, in the office of Devil May Cry…
"That's right, a single large pizza, meat special, and no olives." Dante said while leaning back on his chair, wearing a coatless version of his red and black outfit, on his phone. "Don't worry about the tab, I'll be sure to pay it soon enough this week."
Hanging up the phone, he placed his hands behind his head while kicking up his feet to rest on the table. The past month had been slow business wise, aside from the slight increase of demon activity he dealt with back in Fortuna City alongside the young knight, Nero. Knowing the youngster was capable enough to protect the city own his own for the time being, Dante went back to his solo demon slaying adventures in America to keep the world safe from demons.
But it won't be long before his name will be summoned once more for a new mission unlike any other's he's taken before…
A loud knock on the front door was heard as Dante quickly got up from his abrupt rest. His recently ordered meal couldn't have been made and arrived in that short amount of time, so it could be a new customer. At least he was courteous to go to the door THIS time today, he was anxious to get a new job to kill some time.
"Welcome to Devil May Cry…oh, Lady, it's only you." Dante said nonchalantly, seeing the attractively dressed female in white dress shirt and matching shorts. She wore dark tinted sunglasses to cover her pair of differently colored eyes. "What misery have you brought me today?"
"Good to see you too, Dante." Lady smiled, walking in simply into his establishment. "Nice to see you're still managing a standard around here."
"Did you come here to criticize the current state of this place?" Dante asked, closing the door. "Part of that is your fault, not giving me the adequate jobs to pay off the debts."
"Aw, and here I thought I can solve that problem with a new job I have for you." Lady said. "This one is a special kind of job, though."
"As long as the pay is good and I can get these bones some good exercise, I'm all ears." Dante replied. "Let's hear it."
"Recently, there had been a case of mysterious attacks and disappearances in a region in Japan." Lady said simply as Dante folded his arms.
"Wait, did you just say, Japan?" Dante said half surprised. "Keep going."
"So far, the local authorities haven't been able to get any leads except for the fact that the related victims happen to be small time entertainers, singers and musicians if you will." Lady said. "A number of them also happen to still be in their teens in fact."
"That's certainly bound to raise some questions." Dante said. "Anything you want to divulge about what I'm dealing with here?"
"According to my sources, looks like the incidents are drawing closer to a local girl's school." Lady said, taking out a photograph. "Chances are high these individuals could be the next victims on their list."
Dante took the photo from Lady and looked at it, which was a group of five high school girls, clad in dark black blouses and grey skirts. Dante noticed the name, 'Hokago Tea Time' on the bottom right side of the photo and the names of each girl listed to the back.
"And these are…?" Dante asked simply.
"Apparently, they make up the girl's school light music band." Lady replied. "From what I've heard, they're really popular at their school because they can play just as well as any normal musician out there."
"Heh, cute bunch of girls, too bad they're a little too young for me." Dante chuckled a bit after getting a good look at each of the Hokago Tea Time's group's faces and imprinting it into his memory. "So, what's your hunch about this connection between these incidents and these lovely girls here?"
"Well, if your guess is good as mine, whoever is targeting the entertainers will eventually be putting these girls in harms' way, I'm sure it's something you're very familiar with, not a surprise that considering the country they live in houses the most traditional of them, not to mention, some of the strongest originated from." Lady said as Dante placed the picture down on his table and looked at his female, human accomplice with a straight face.
"Let me guess…demons, huh?" Dante asked simply. "I guess they decided to come out and play since the last time I was in Japan for some R and R years ago."
"Some of them must have slipped under the radar, even gathering power and numbers as we speak." Lady replied. "And given the new turf they've established, they must be in need of fresh meat."
"Sneaky little bastards, aren't they?" Dante said, getting up from his chair as he walked over to the pool table in the room, holding a cue stick. "Not only running away from a fight is part of their rep, but now they've started to go after innocent schoolgirls too. If that's not considered low and dirty, I don't know what is."
(So says the guy who plays around when he's fighting demons.) Lady thought as she returned her focus to pressing Dante with this job. "So, does this mean you'll take it?" Lady asked sternly as Dante clicked his teeth.
"Any job you lend me these days doesn't do jack for my bills, Lady. And I don't want to go through another time wasting just babysitting, Patty was one load of trouble enough for me." Dante replied. "Sorry, I got to refuse this time, there could be other people who has more time to watch those girls, not me."
"But, aren't you supposed to be a jack of all trades?" Lady asked with an eyebrow raised. "Whatever happened to your sense of adventure, don't tell me you've gotten too old for that?"
"I'm never too old for some action, Lady, but there was a time I found out that I can't get the type of pizza I want." Dante replied. "You know I don't like raw fish that much, especially AFTER I had to fight my way out of a giant one years ago."
"Okay, your loss then." Lady turned around as she started to walk. "Hmm, I wonder… I can always go to him instead…he wanted to visit Japan more than you did, since his fighting style originated from…"
"Nope, I wouldn't recommend it, he's still the unsocial, grumpy type." Dante replied quickly as he hit an eight ball and tried to get it into a corner pocket.
"Well, at least I tried." Lady said, before she thought of an idea. "Hey, want to make a wager?"
"Oh, boy, I'm guessing this involves the loser stripping, then I'm game." Dante said as Lady grabbed a cue stick of her own.
"Hardly. The loser does do what the winner requests, but it won't be like that. What I have in mind is totally different." Lady said, as she got all the pool balls out on the table. "If I win, you're going to Japan to investigate the ongoings of that high school band and take out the nasty demons while you're at it, like it or not."
"Heh, I knew you were going to do that." Dante raised his arms. "And if I win?"
"Then, I'll be sure to start repaying you the proper costs for those past few missions you took." Lady offered, as Dante made a pose on the table after Lady was finished preparing.
"Doesn't sound like a decent offer, but whatever. At least I can get some extra spare cash for myself to help myself to the pizza I want." Dante replied. "Ladies first."
"You should at least think of fixing this dump first." Lady said. "Don't cry to me when you lose."
"That's IF I lose, gambling's my forte." Dante said as the two started their game.
Present day, currently at their new and temporary staying apartment…
(I still can't believe that woman played me like that. I got to stop falling for her charms so easily.) Dante thought to himself, as he concluded remembering why he and Patty are in Japan now. He didn't have much to complain about since he took the job on a whim, and besides the fact he's in Japan for sightseeing when he's not too busy demon hunting, he always wanted to check out the famous novelty items the country is famous for. He always wanted to make a stop in the Red Light District where he can have some real fun, minding that Patty was out of the way, of course.
But, first things first, he has to get ready for the night where the targets he was after would most likely show up. After spending most of the time in the afternoon sorting out their luggage just after arriving earlier, Patty was ready to prepare dinner for Dante and herself, while Dante began to take out the various equipment he gotten from his previous adventures as he decides which ones he should take for the night patrol later.
From the first set of Devil Arms in his storage, he took his signature twin pistols, Ebony and Ivory, the shotgun Coyote B, and the Artemis out and equipped them. For his other set, he took out the Beowulf greaves and gauntlets, the electric bat producing Nevan guitar and equipped them with the Rebellion sword. His other weapons consisting of the twin elemental swords, Agni and Rudra, the ice nunchucks, Cerebus, the speed and powered type mechanical greaves and gauntlets Gilgamesh, the exploding, projectile piercing Lucifer, and the multi storage and mysterious weapon, Pandora 666.
"Going out so soon?" Patty asked, seeing her surrogate guardian store everything he took out and then putting his Rebellion into his guitar case.
"I'm going to take a walk for a bit." Dante replied to her. "Get familiar with the area so neither of us could get lost later. I might even pick the demons trail while I'm at it. You want anything?"
Patty shook her head as she handed him his trademark red coat. "I'll be fine, just be careful out there, this country's got a lot of weirdos around from what I heard."
"Not much weirder than the demons I'm looking for. Just keep the door locked while I'm gone, okay?" Dante quipped as he shut the door of their temporary apartment and start to make his way through the somewhat quiet neighborhood in his classic blood red coat and black gloves and boots. "Catch you later."
(For this chapter, I'm using his original, classic, DMC 1/anime version outfit.)
As the apartment door shut behind Dante, he left the apartment complex and started to walk down the street in a calm fashion while holding unto his guitar case. The neighborhood seemed quiet and more peaceful compared to the rowdy streets in his hometown in America.
"Hmm, this place isn't so bad after all." Dante said to himself. (No wonder that guy feels a certain peace here like he said he would…of course, it wouldn't be like him if he said he wouldn't…)
Before Dante can finish his thoughts, his hearing picked up some guitar notes being played close by. Using his judgment based on music preferences, he can tell whoever was playing seemed very talented, even though the person was only just practicing. Curious about this, he followed the sounds to a nearby park just a few feet away, where much to his surprise, encountered a young Japanese girl in a school uniform with short brown hair, the right side of it being held together by two yellow clippings. She was seated on a park bench, her legs adorned by black stockings and school shoes. She seemed heavily concentrated on her guitar that she was holding with dear life, making loud thinking noises that even Dante can hear.
Then it hit Dante that the girl in front of him was one of the persons he saw in the photo that Lady showed him. He smirked to himself with a quick shake of his head, was it coincidence he met her on his first night out on the patrol? Well, he was never one to believe in such things, he's a man who can make things happen in order to get what he wants because he never lets anything in life bring him down. Meeting one of the Hokago Tea Time's members this early just made things a little easier for him.
"Hmm, I know there's something off with those last few pieces." She said to herself. "If I don't get this part of the song right, it's not going to synch well with Mio-chan for tomorrow's session…what did I do wrong?"
"Having some trouble, kid?" Dante suddenly said, causing her to look up at him in surprise.
"Whoa…" The girl replied, not only taken by his sudden appearance, but somebody was listening on her playing. "Ah, gomen, I didn't see you, oji-san, I may have been a little too absorbed with my practice."
"That's okay, I admire that kind of dedication." Dante said as he stepped close enough to sit down next to her. Seeing she wasn't too afraid of him based on how she greeted him, he pressed on to find out what was troubling her. "This seat isn't taken, right?"
She shook her head with a light smile and replied. "Uhn, it's okay. Ano… I've never seen you before, oji-san. Are you visiting here?"
"Well, I just got here today, for business reasons, kid." Dante said as he looked as her guitar. "I was just passing through, taking a leisurely walk, when I heard you playing and thought I'd steal a listen. Not bad for a kid your age, how long you've been playing the guitar?"
"Actually, it's only been a year since I had Gita." She said, stroking the strings as Dante raised an eyebrow. "I never really had any lessons before that either, I'm just able to play the guitar without any instructions."
"Wait, you NAMED your guitar?" Dante asked. "And you never had any experience before? That's pretty amazing, kid."
"The name's not kid, it's Yui!" she pouted at Dante. "Yui Hirasawa, and you better remember it."
"Heh, quite the spunk you have, don't you?" Dante said with a grin. "Okay, whatever you say, Yui. You can just call me Tony."
"So, Tony-san, you sound like you know music too." Yui said, as Dante shrugged. "Do you think you can help me with something?"
"I may have picked up a thing here and there over the years." Dante said. "What is it that you need?"
"Ano-nee, my friends are preparing for a small concert at our school, and we're working on a special song." Yui said. "But, I can't get the right melody we want for the song with my Gita. I've been trying for days to get it right, but…"
"Say no more, kid, I'll see what I can do." Dante said. "But before, I can help, let me hear you play something before I give my opinion, see if you're in need of advice or maybe there's something you haven't seen that's wrong that you can fix by yourself."
"Hmm, are you sure, Tony-san?" Yui asked as she seated herself properly to hold Gita.
"Any piece is fine with me, doesn't have to be a real song." Dante said as he thought to himself. (Maybe this will give me a chance to properly judge her playing ability and help her improve if there's anything to contribute, but let's see how she fares first.)
Yui nodded and started to pick her guitar strings as she began to play the melody for the band's famous Fuwa Fuwa Time song. Dante began to tap his feet lightly in rhythm to it, despite its cute sounding tone, it was done really good by Yui as a solo quitarist. He can only imagine if the rest of the band were with her, the song would have sounded much better for Dante, but he was only doing this to sample how Yui can play. After she was done playing the song, Dante was simply clapping at her performance.
"You're better than I thought." Dante said, simply impressed by the young girl's talent, causing her to blush a little and smile at him.
"Ehehe, arigataou." Yui bowed at her new fan as Dante rubbed his near bearded chin.
"Although, I did hear some rough spots in between, you're still a bit ways from what you're expecting to play with your buddies. So I'm just going to show you some pointers, if you don't mind." Dante said as he turned around to reach for his guitar case…to take out Nevan, much to Yui's amazement.
"SugoiiiI! I've never seen a guitar like that before!" Yui's brown eyes widened at Dante's own guitar. "Where did you get it?"
"It's a rare kind of guitar only I can use, got it from a special trip years ago." Dante said, causing Yui to pout at him.
"No fair! Not even Sawa-chan has a guitar like that!" Yui exclaimed, causing Dante to raise an eyebrow.
"Sawa-chan?" Dante asked, as the name rang a bell. "Wait, you don't mean Sawako Yamanaka, right?"
"Hai, she's my homeroom teacher! How did you know her, Tony-san?" Yui asked, as Dante smirked to this.
(So, the Death Devil is this kid's teacher, huh? What a small world we live in.) Dante thought as he replied to her. "Well, she and I kind of go way back, if you must say. But that's a story for another time, how about I show you some tips that can help you out, hmm?"
"Okay." Yui said, taking her seat as Dante braced Nevan, ready for play.
"I should warn you though, most people who hear and watch me play won't be able to keep their excitement together and I don't want to play anything to make you fall head over heels over me, so I'll do something simple." Dante said, as he began to play the instrumental melody for Divine Hate on Nevan.
Yui's eyes widened, her mouth agape as she gazed at Dante strumming on Nevan's strings, a bright aura emanating from him as he belted out the lyrics of the song. Almost everything he did seemed to change everything she know about playing guitar as he showed a certain freedom that a performer would have on stage. He had a certain energy that she didn't recognize, but obviously felt that rang through her body. Strong enough she almost felt mesmerized by him playing, but gentle enough that it sent a musical message towards her, the listener. Surely she thought this was what she had been doing in her previous HTT sessions, but seeing somebody like Dante play reminded her of how Sawa-chan played. Had the two played together, the universe would have most likely collided.
When he was done playing, Yui swallowed as she can see she was among breathing space of a pro. After having been to live performances in the past, seeing what just occurred in front of her almost topped everything she's seen, heard and known about music thus far.
"Sugoi, sugoiiii!" Yui stood up and clapped as Dante wiped his brow. "That was incredible, Tony-san!"
"It's been while I let myself go like that." Dante said. "I do aim to please the ladies, after all."
"Tony-san, please, be my sempai! Teach me everything so I can be good as you!" Yui said as Dante put up his hands.
"Now, now, I don't take on apprentices, sorry." Dante said, causing Yui to pout at him.
"Ohh, you're terrible." Yui said, causing Dante to laugh a bit.
"You don't know the half of it, kid." Dante replied as he sat down. "Now, listen here, the reason you think you're not getting the right notes for your song, is probably you're feeling restricted about something, right? Judging from your personality so far, you don't have any kind of stage fright, so it couldn't be that…you're a rather fearless and gutsy kind of person from the looks you give off."
Yui nodded silently to his question as Dante leaned back on the bench.
"Well, what's to stop you from expressing how you feel in your notes? Is it some sort of opposition from your fellow musicians that can cause problems?" Dante asked while Yui responded.
"It's nothing like that, we always were able to make good music together without too much problems." Yui replied. "It's just that we're nearing our final exams soon, then its graduation for the four of us. You see, we'll be leaving someone behind when we graduate."
"Trying to meet expectations of that special someone, huh?" Dante asked. "I was like that once, until a certain time in my life…"
"What did you do then, Tony-san?" Yui asked as Dante sighed.
"Well, I just decided to get better at whatever I was good at and didn't stop there, despite how hard the challenge could get." Dante said. "You see, there are certain people who were dear to me, and I ended up losing them because I wasn't strong enough, despite my experience. I didn't want others to be in the same boat I was in, so I turned my misery around to focus my energy on just the positive stuff, the things that kept me going. Knowing there could be others who need some sort of guidance, I made sure to prepare myself for whatever this world could throw at me."
Yui stayed quiet to hearing Dante's words as he suddenly stood up.
"Although the case for you may be different, I can tell you hold high regards for your buddies. I suggest doing what you feel is best for them, there's no need to hold anything back." Dante said to her. "You shouldn't limit yourself with your ability, you're bound to go places once you know you're trying your best for what you enjoy doing the most."
"Un, I will, Tony-san." Yui said, taking his serious, yet kind sounding tone to heart.
"Anyway, that concludes today's lesson." Dante said, seeing the park they were in was getting dark due to the sun setting.
"Already? But there's still much I want to learn from you." Yui said as Dante waved his gloved index finger at the young girl.
"Hmm, maybe some other time. I would be more careful around here if I were you, kiddo, heard there's plenty of creepy elements around." Dante said, patting the top of Yui's head gently. "Make sure to get home before it gets too dark, wouldn't want anything bad happen to an aspiring guitarist like you, now would we?"
"Ojisan…H…Hai!" Yui exclaimed, feeling some warmth through Dante's palm. It was kind of strange to her, but after seeing how good this stranger she just met was very talented in playing the guitar and how openly kind to her to even give her a few tips, he looked like he endured many hardships through his life, especially from what he just told her. Looking at his clear, blue eyes told her so and made her gain a certain respect for him as he looked like he was doing his best to enjoy how he was living his life. It reminded her in many ways of herself and the freedom of her band and their unity as friends. She wondered if he has bonds like that too and was curious enough to be part of them.
"Hey, I'm not that old, am I?" Dante quipped as he pointed to his hair. "FYI, this has always been like this, no two ways around it, there's still some fight left in this body."
"Then, what I should be calling you then?" Yui asked as Dante removed his gloved hand and turned around to walk in the opposite direction.
"Hmm, I always wanted to be a sempai." Dante placed a finger under his chin. "And besides, you wouldn't miss me much, I can guarantee we'll be seeing each other again soon enough."
"Ehhh? But it will be tough, especially after the way you just played." She pouted at him, which made him admit which made her look extremely cute.
"You just keep practicing those strokes as I told you before, I'll be sure to check up on you." Dante said. "That way, you'll be sure we'll play together again and I see if you've made progress."
"Okay, I'll do just that." Yui nodded as she started running in the opposite direction, but not before she waved back at him. "I do hope we'll see each other again soon, sempai! Take care!"
Simply smiling back at the young guitarist as she ran off in silence, he waved back to her as she crossed the street and ran opposite where Dante originally came from. Making sure she departed safely, he sighed a little.
"So, that was Yui Hirasawa, huh…I can see why the demons would want to go after her and her buddies soon, they must have some exceptional music skills, that's for sure." Dante said to himself. "Well, looks like I got to come up with an excuse to be around those girls for their safety, but how…?"
Before the demon hunter can finish his thoughts, he sensed something foul in the area. He simply smirked as he folded his arms while he began to spoke.
"So, you guys finally decided to show yourselves, huh?" Dante said, as if on cue, the dark shadows around the park enveloped the area into darkness, and into the darkness, several red eyes were revealing themselves. "My guess is that you were waiting to make your move on that cute and innocent girl until I came and crashed your soon to be party, am I right?"
"How were you able to sense us, much less, know of our plan!?" One of the pair of red eyes howled, stepping out to a group of scythe carrying Scarecrows. Dante shook his head as he reached for his guitar case.
"It's just a hunch, but I figured that you'd show your ugly mugs because she holds something special, even I can see that from spending a few moments with her just now, she's a very special kind of human." Dante said, taking out his Rebellion. "Now, how we go about this? You're going to kindly tell me about the recent incidents and who is responsible, or do I need to get rough with you?"
"Don't think you're above us, human! You'll suffer for interfering…WITH YOUR LIFE!" The demon screamed, as it and two of the fellow Scarecrows with him charged at Dante, while he smirked to himself once more.
(It's a good thing that Yui kid isn't here, things are going to get pretty R rated soon.) Dante thought as he readied himself for the fight, licking his lips. (Let's rock, baby.)
Meanwhile, at the Hirasawa residence, Yui has just finished changed from her school clothes to her casual home t-shirt and pants. Without wasting any time, she got on her bed and started to practice on her guitar, clearly remembering the few tips Dante offered her before. She felt more exuberant than before to try her best to meet the HTT's expectations, as well as new friend should they ever meet again.
Soon after she started playing some notes, her younger sister, Ui, entered their room. The two siblings were always close at home, especially whenever they were by themselves, but today, she can sense a new energy was brimming from her sister, who was quick to tell her about the 'amazing person' she met before coming home moments before. Ui was a bit worried that Yui was being friendly to a stranger, a foreign male one at that, but some of her worries were put aside as not only she trusted her sister, but from the looks of it, she seemed more happier about practicing than a couple days before.
"Onee-chan, dinner's ready." Ui called out gently.
"Hai, I'll be right down." Yui replied as she nodded before playing some notes on the guitar strings. "Yosh! Just a little bit more, just like he said…I almost got it…"
"You're really into this, aren't you, onee-chan?" Ui asked as Yui smiled.
"It was really awesome, Ui-chan! I've never seen a performance like that, it was truly kakui!" Yui exclaimed. "If only Azu-nyan and the others saw him play…he can definitely teach us how to play better too!"
"Well, since you told me you saw him around the neighborhood, I'm sure we might be seeing more of him soon enough." Ui said.
"Yeah, that's what I'm hoping too, Ui-chan. You will think he is cool too when you meet him." Yui said as Ui nervously laughed to her sister's comment.
"In any case, your meal's going to get cold, hurry up and come eat with me downstairs." Ui said as Yui pouted.
"Just give me a few more minutes, please? I'm just trying to get this note down pat before I move onto something else." Yui pleaded as her sister sighed to her sister's demand. "I'll be down really soon, I promise."
"Okay, I'll wait for you. If anything, I'll just re-heat the food for you when you come down, okay?" Ui said as she shut the door as Yui got back to her practice for a bit longer.
(I do hope we really meet again soon. He was a bit strange, but he was really kind to me.) Yui thought to herself, as she continued to practice some more on her Gita with pride.
Back at the park, Dante had just finished up a minor battle of dealing with a group of Scarecrows, the scene told a tale of chaos had ensued as blood, bullets and sand strewn about by the demons corpses and Dante's handiwork was all over the place.
One of the defeated demons, who managed to barely survived Dante's assault, slowly began to recognize Dante's appearance and the rumor of a half human, half demon who hunts demons for the protection of mankind. Could it be coincidence that he encountered the man his kind heard and feared of?
"That strength…it's not…possible…" The dying demon sputtered red blood as Dante rested the Rebellion on his shoulder, one of his twin pistols in another hand as he walked to the demon. "I once heard…only the Dark Knight had that kind of…power…but…yours…it's greater…"
"That's right. I'm his son, Dante." Dante said. "As for how I'm this strong, I've been working out over the years…"
"It doesn't matter…" The demon said as if it was mocking Dante and no longer fearing him. "We at least know now that…we'll pursue that girl and…her closest and loved ones even more…"
"While we're on that subject, I wouldn't mind you explain to me why you assholes decide to want to go after such a cute angel and her buddies with whatever life you got left?" Dante said, pointing his gun at the demon's temple. "At least it's the best you can do before I send you to oblivion, so if I were you, I'd use this chance to confess. You see, playing guitar with that Yui kid put me in a real festive mood tonight and I will take it easy on you as long as you do as I ask."
"Ha! Did you…think I tell you…the Master's ambitions?" The demon screamed.
"Master, huh?" Dante asked simply. "I guess that's something to start with. But you still haven't answered my question, why target the Hokago Tea Time?"
"They…are…the key…their sacrifices…" The demon said, as before it can finish, Dante can see a sudden flash of light cut across the demon's chest, splitting it open and clean in half.
Turning around with his gun pointed, he saw a group of five silhouettes, all dressed in traditional Japanese attire, standing on the rooftop across from his position. Although he couldn't see their faces, he sensed a very familiar energy emitting from all of them.
"That was a close one, that one was a real talker." A tall, two horned demon holding a sword of Japanese origin spoke, sheathing it back. "The Master would be upset to know if his plans were revealed to the son of Sparda upon his death."
"Well, leave it to you guys to silence one of your own, not that I give a damn how you operate." Dante said. "And what do I owe the honor of seeing a pack of strong demons like you guys seeing me here in Japan, are you supposed to be the welcoming committee here in Japan?"
"We've heard of your past exploits, Dante Sparda." The tallest of the demons said." Temen-Ni-Gru, Mallet Island and most recently, Fortuna City. You've also grown quite strong indeed while travelling the alternate Earth where the superhumans reside. "
"Hey, I get around." Dante said. "Why don't you guys come down here and test it for yourselves, I can go another round, the night is still young."
"As much as we want to battle your strength, we follow our Master's orders to the word. We're only here as observers and messengers."
"Spoil sports…" Dante said. "And what would your message be?"
"'You'd do well not to forfeit the lives of the Hokago Tea Time and those around them by getting in the way of our plan.' That is all." The tall demon said as Dante cocked his head back.
"Well, you can tell your Master I got a little message for him: 'Not in a million years'." Dante said. "And that I'll be coming for your heads eventually before you can lay your grubby mitts on anyone here while on my watch. I hope that has gotten through your thick skull."
"We'll take your words into consideration, son of Sparda." The tall demon stepped back. "We'll take our leave since we're done for the night, but we'll be back again, be sure of that."
And as the darkness surrounding the park began to dissipate, the corpses of the fallen demons around Dante sifted into sand and everything had returned to normal as the now disappearing sunlight was introducing nightfall. Dante sighed to himself as he put back Rebellion onto his back and started to think to himself.
(Looks like I'm going to have to be around those girls more often now…) Dante thought to himself. (At least the cover Lady provided me is going to be a convenient way of doing just that. Still, I got to make some preparations for tomorrow, when I get back to the apartment and fill Patty in on what happened. But first…a slight detour before I call it a night. I wonder if her address is still the same after all these years?)
The next morning, at Sakurago Girls High School, at the class of 2-B…
Yui couldn't keep the fact of meeting a talented guitarist to herself as she spent half the time since she came to class, explaining to her close friends and the three other band members of the HTT about how well he played.
"From the way you sound, Yui, he must be from a band of sorts." Mio Akiyama, the black long haired, the second bass guitar player of the band spoke. "And you said he just moved into the neighborhood?"
"That's right, so I'm sure I'll be seeing him again. He even said we'd run into each other given the chance." Yui said, causing the short haired, yellow hairband wearing drummer, Ritsu Tainaka, to feel some doubt to Yui's words.
"I don't know, Yui…even though this Tony guy may sound like a pro, it's not going to change the fact you're still playing the way you've been playing recently."
"But, I've been practicing, Ricchan! More than before even after yesterday." Yui said. "Nodoka-chan, you believe me, don't you?"
The glasses wearing student council president, Nodoka Manabe, had no other choice but to believe her childhood friend's words, especially by how she couldn't stop ranting about how well this stranger she met was able to play guitar.
"Well, if even Yui did say something like that, anything is possible at this point." Nodoka said calmly.
"Maybe if Yui were to prove to us such a person exist, we'd believe her." Tsumugi Kotobuki, the long haired, honey blonde keyboardist spoke, clasping her hands together.
"Mou, fine. After club activities, we're going to look for Tony-san and I'll introduce you to him. You guys will be sooooo sorry you thought otherwise." Yui exclaimed.
"But, Yui, do you even know where he lives?" Mio asked causing Yui to widen her eyes.
"Ah!" Yui said as she rubbed her head sheepishly. "Guess we're going have to go by guess and hope he shows up somewhere, imagine someone like him giving me tips to get better at playing guitar…"
"One can dream, Yui." Ritsu slightly tapped her friend's shoulder. At that moment, the attractive Sawako Yamanaka entered the classroom.
"May I have your attention, everyone?" Sawako called out to the class. "I have a brief announcement to make. For some time, the school has been enlisting for a foreign exchange teacher to aid the staff in the English language and I'm happy to announce that today, the school had just accepted the qualifications of an experienced man from the United States to make your learning much easier and enjoyable."
"A man?" One of the students asked suddenly as Yui sighed to hearing this while Ritsu complained a bit.
"Oh, boy, I bet this guy must be like way past his forties and not so model material." she said, as Mio simply clobbered her head, causing a bump to rise.
"Be quiet, you! We have to deal with it until we graduate." Mio said, getting a bit tired of disciplining her childhood friend who loves to cause some sort of noise and trouble between them and the band. "So, Sawa-sensei, how soon we can meet this new transfer teacher you're telling us about?"
"Sooner than you think, he's right here eager to introduce himself to you all before he goes off to teach his class." Sawako said, stepping aside to let the person outside in. "Come on in, Tony-san."
"T…Tony-san?!" Yui looked up as she heard the very familiar name. The rest of the HTT band looked on at her and each other in surprise as well before looking to the front of their classroom.
The class of 2-B got the biggest shock of their teenage lives when an American male stepped into the classroom, dressed sharply in a red suit and pants, black tie, while his medium long, white hair was combed down neatly as strands of it partially covered his blue eyes. His clean facial features matched his tall and fit healthy appearance.
But it was the four original members of the Hokago Tea Time who couldn't keep their gaze off him, especially Yui, who seemed really happy on seeing her 'sempai' from the evening before again. Ritsu swallowed a bit at the sight of his appearance as he seemed a bit imposing to her, Mio's face was almost a bright red as she knew it's going to be hard to talk to a new male teacher who looked that DAMN good and not faint while she was in the same breathing space with the new arrival. All the while, Mugi clasped her hands in delight at Sawako's news, a new teacher, especially an experienced English speaker can contribute to helping her class and friends learn the language more.
"Greetings, I'm your substitute English teacher, Antonio Redgrave. But if you want, you can just call me sensei Tony." Dante said, using his human alias name to introduce himself in Japanese. "Please be kind to me."
ShardclawK: Well, there you have it, my first chapter for this story, I hope I did the K-ON! girls justice with their personalities, and interactions with Dante so far, well, this one we know of more other than DmC's Ninja Theory version. I promise to give them more focus on as the story progresses.
Time to rant again for a bit.
The reason why I went with the original, Japanese design version of our fave gaming demon hunter was because he has more flair, personality and experience in combat in general without having to resort to using foul language or trying to be cool. Now, don't get me wrong, the NT version of Dante and Vergil have grown on me over the time they were revealed through trailers and actual game (though the original, MORE HONORABLE DMC 3 Vergil will always be the best in my heart over the NT version), and they're starting to act as possible worthy characters to the alternate telling of the game, but that's it. NT's Dante is quite young and immature to rebel against the society he lives in, but what kind of influence would he have around the K-ON! universe?
Can't say for sure if it would be a positive one, but a much older and wiser version of the guy we all could wish to be friends with due to the personality he acquired through losing his family over the years, not to mention the past he lived through, would serve a much better purpose for this story. Derail if you want, but I grew up over the years with the true Dante, from the 2004 PS2 days back in DMC 1 and 2, again in the life changing game for me in Devil May Cry 3/Special Edition, and in 2009 when I started my DMC 4 run when I first got my PS3. Hell, I even relived the whole experience and even platinumed the recent HD Collection of the series last year in the space of one and a half months, that goes to show how much I really love the old Dante, Vergil and premise more than the NT's version. The older Dante is much more suited to star along with the HTT girls for this story.
If NT does well with its iteration of the series, well, good for them for making a decent new DMC, but not the one we really want. Capcom, I really hope you got a real DMC 5 where the actual story continues from 4 and our true, old Dante back in high demand
As for my other story progressions, I've not certainly forgotten about them, as I said before, I'm using this story to get back on my feet fanfiction wise, so once the input for this one is good, I may pretty much bounce back into the writing scene given the certain time I have now these days to get it done.
Now be expecting more funny interactions coming up in the next chapter has our favorite demon slayer chill out with the HTT club later, while Patty drops by to meet the girls herself.
Feedback and ideas if you have any would be appreciated. See you in the next chapter soon.
ShardclawKusanagi.