Notice: This takes place after Devil May Cry 4 and before Devil May Cry 2
For those who don't know and to give a better understanding to the readers, The Devil May Cry timeline is DMC3, DMC1, DMC(The Anime), DMC4, DMC2 (With DmC being a separate, non-canon timeline regardless of what anyone else says, unless they make it up with a true DMC5 that ends up with the real Dante kicking the "New" Dante's ass)
The story will at certain points cycle between an OC's point of view and Dante's point of view
Chapter 1 - Regrets
Unknown Location - 8:15 pm
Several men were in a circle, with red hooded robes, chanting some ancient language as in the center of their circle was a woman no older than 22, clothed casually with moderately long hair, stark green eyes and a depressed expression on her face which seemed of French and Italian ancestry, her hands tied behind her back.
Suddenly gunfire erupted inside a monastery like structure and one of the men in the circle shouted "Get in there and stop him! We must not be interrupted again!" and with those words several men not part of the circle gathered rifles and pistols and charged into the building and less than six seconds later a hailstorm of gunfire ensued.
POV Change
His name, Raymond Zenji, his profession, none. He was hidden to the world, hiding always ever since he was 13. Roughly the same height as the girl he was trying to save which made him moderately short for his age which was also the same as the girl. Short Black Hair and Dark Brown Eyes, his ancestry mostly latin though with a brighter skin tone despite his facial features.
Ducking behind a wall to avoid constant gunfire from reinforcements he quickly drew his sidearm, holstered on his right hip and fired a few shots blind and when the gunfire receded he holstered the pistol and with his now free hand grabbed the lower grip of his M4 and waited no more than 2 seconds before firing at anyone who poked their head out, hitting them each with one shot to the head, dropping them immediately. One blindfired, Ray quickly ducks in cover and fires a burst blind hoping to keep his enemy in cover which succeeds and as he takes better aim and ceases fire, the cultist takes a peek himself only to see a flash and then darkness as Ray pulls the trigger on his rifle once.
Quickly dashing past the dead men Ray's eyes are met with a horrible sight. The lead cultist impales the girl through the stomach with a type of longsword and mutters words in latin just as a bullet makes it's way to the lead cultist's head from Ray's rifle. Immediately charging and firing at several cultists gathered around the girl suddenly an explosion of red energy moving like furious winds erupts from the girl or more specifically, the sword in her stomach. The shockwave kills the nearby cultists through concussive force and sends Ray flying into another who drew a sword hoping to catch Ray with it, and succeeded. Ray ignored the pirecing pain in his chest as well as the sight of a metal blade protruding out the front of his chest, just shy of his heart and draws a combat knife strapped around his left arm and with his right hand thrusts it into the cultist's heart and with a quick forward jolt of his hand, ends the cultist's life.
Dropping from a combination of pain and blood loss he rolls to his side and notices the gravity is injury as he coughs blood. The blade missed his heart, but pierced his left lung. Looking in the girl's direction he is met with a surprising sight equally disturbing as it is satisfying. The girl is holding the same sword that should have killed her in her right hand, her wound healed as if it were never there, in it's place merely a small tear in her black denim jacket. But the real disturbing sight are the black feathered wings making themselves known from her upper back and when she turns to face Ray, her eyes, once green are now a glowing red shade with a demonic aura about them which also gives itself off of the girl completely.
She rests the sword in a sheath that formed on her left hipside and helps Ray up who, not wanting to cough blood on her, decides to swallow it instead, barely accomplishing the feat. "Laura, are you alright?" are the words coming from his mouth. She nods and carefully pulls the rapier sword from Ray's back and immediately wraps her arms around him, sending a jolt of red electricity through him, the pain nearly unbearable as not only does Ray's mortal wound heal, but a surge of energy fills him, burning like hell itself as his eyes temporarily shift from Dark Brown to the same demonic color and appearance as Laura's before returning to it's natural color.
Ray recovers after a minute and turns to face his childhood friend, saying "What do you know, the insane bastards were right, partially at least. We should leave while we can." Laura shook her head with a look both slightly confused, and determined before saying "I'm sorry but we have to part ways here. They were right completely but they misinterupted the legend. They thought the key would appear as an item, but the truth is that I was the key to begin with, they just needed to activate the powers that were dormant within me. Both myself and the sword they used for the ritual are what will bring the demon Kylanos back to the world."
Ray shook off the confusion he felt after a moment and replied "What the hell are you saying? That after twelve years of constant fighting and hiding you suddenly decide to forsake our friendship over some twisted legend? Did all of the times between their attacks mean nothing? We're supposed to be friends Laura."
A tear fell from Laura's right eye as she said with a slightly shaken voice "And that's why I saved your life Ray, but perhaps, considering what is to come I shouldn't have. But with what I've done to you there might be a chance you could be accepted in the world to come. I don't have a choice, I'm sorry." Before Ray could reply she took flight with her wings at an astonishing pace, being out of visual sight only two seconds after leaving.
Gripping his hand so tightly the veins and arteries looked as it they would tear from his skin as he let out a scream, but the scream seemed involuntary further down as the red electricity crackled through Ray on it's own, a longsword formed on his back as if magnetically attached despite the lack of any such device.
Two Weeks Later, Devil May Cry, Character Change - Dante
Reading a magazine, with his feet on the desk with his customized twin M1911A1 Colt .45 Automatics laying side by side on the desk, one black rimmed and the other white rimmed, Ebony and Ivory respectively. Hanging to the left of his head (From his point of view) is a blade with an organic look, the sword known for the name of it's maker, Sparda.
Dante himself was too busy reading the magazine, he was oddly in the mood to catch up on new firearm designs both because he wouldn't mind a new toy to try out on the legions of hell and because he was, quite obviously, bored out of his mind.
The door opened and in walked a woman about his age, a dark brown that barely shows the brown, with a pair of differently colored eyes, one blue and one red, a white jacket and a pair of sunglasses that were currently rested on her hair and not covering her eyes.
A sigh came from her mouth as Dante said "Unless you're moonlighting as Pizza Delivery, I'm not really in the mood to chat right now Lady." Lady replied "I'm here because there's a job, assuming you care about money." Dante replied without even lowering the magazine "Isn't it Morrison's job to push the offers not on the phone to me? Besides, I'm reading."
Lady walks up and snatches the magazine from Dante's hand who replies "Hey, I was reading that!" Lady simply placed a newspaper in Dante's hand and tapped the main page, the front page news titled "Demon raids the Vatican" the title caught Dante's attention slightly and he said "Those two are never going to get along are they?" Lady replies "Since you seemingly don't intend to read it, this demon appeared more human save for black wings and a talent for deflecting bullets with a sword and specifically took an ancient spear which matches the description as the Spear of Destiny, a powerful Devil Arm that I've been trying to track down for a year."
Dante shrugs and replies "What's so important about this spear that it'll keep your attention for so long?" Lady replies "Because, like Yamato it was used to seal a Hellgate like the one you destroyed, only the location is different. As the legend goes, since you never bother with this kind of stuff, Sparda used it and one of the demon emperor's most loyal general's own weapon to seal that said demon along with his army in a monastery in Tibet."
Dante scratches his head and says "And you want me to go all the way over there and stop this guy from undoing the seal." Lady replied "Actually the demon is female and there seems to be two more items she needs to open the gate." With those words said she points at Rebellion.
Dante laughs out loud for a moment and then says "You're kidding me? My sword was also used to seal a gate to hell? That means this crazy gal is going to storm this place sooner or later. What's next on her shopping list?" Lady replied "Yamato, which means she'll likely head to Fortuna either before or after, most likely before as that was the direction she was seen taking flight towards. Do you still think that kid can bear the burden?" Dante replied "The kid's good but still, a little help now and then isn't too bad, especially when it pays, and this better be paying Lady, not like last time."
Lady replied "As I recall you didn't seem to have too much of a problem with it." Dante got up and threw on his red trenchcoat, holstered Ebony & Ivory and rested Rebellion on his back before saying "So are you going to hold the fort or am I going to have to call Trish?"
Lady sighed and said "No promises, unless you're paying."
Dante gave a slight smirk and walked out the door without replying, heading towards his car which he noticed Morrison was standing by it. Dante replied "If it's a job I already got one." Morrison replies "Actually I came to tell you that an acquaintance of mine is also looking for this demon you're going after." Dante shrugged and replied "Let me guess, you originally brought the job to Lady and now that she's passed the buck to me you're going to tell me what you told her."
Morrison sighed, tipped his hat slightly down and said "Don't underestimate this guy, I'm sure he could give you a good fight and he intends to take the demon alive."
Dante rubbed his chin slightly and said "Alive, huh? Well you said I couldn't survive the Devil's Prison a while back and I proved you wrong didn't I? Besides, this might be interesting." Morrison replied "One more thing, This guy has good intentions I believe, and he's not a rookie, he's seen as much combat as you, in a shorter period of time but more constant and on a regular basis which as I remember was every 3 years of his life since he was ten." Dante replies while getting in his car "So he's got issues then, I'll just humble him a bit if he interferes and then get this over with."
Morrison nods and walks out of the way as Dante starts the engine and drives off towards the highway, heading towards Fortuna.
To be continued...