Here is the prequel to the Sons of Sparda series. First off, disclaimer to Devil May Cry, Capcom and so forth, including this battle of Mundus against Sparda, which is taken from the DMC comic book, Evil Woman. I don't own these words. But anyhow, here it is. Enjoy

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2000 years ago

"MUNDUS!! Face me DEVIL!" Sparda roared as he killed several demons at once

"Hmm, the Legendary Dark Knight, Sparda," Mundus said, seemingly bored as he watched from his throne, "If the sole intent of this melodramatic little tirade was to aggravate me, then let me assure you, boy, that you have succeeded beyond measure!"

He began to rise up from his throne, as Sparda finished killing the demons and strode towards him, bloodstained sword in his hand

"Now come. Let us finish this!" Mundus said as he flew through the air

"Curse you Mundus!" Sparda growled, spreading his wings and flying up, "Today your dark reign comes to an end!"

"Enough!! You sicken me!"

Mundus suddenly drew his large sword and spun around quickly, slashing Sparda across the stomach and dropping him towards the ground

"Ungrateful worm! I have given you your every desire – only to have you disgrace me by pledging your undying allegiance to them?!"

He flew down, sword raised to deliver the killing blow

"Why? Why do you love them so?"

Mundus brought his sword down, but Sparda grabbed his and blocked the blow, as Mundus leaned down close to get in his face

"They are nothing more than animals, miserable playthings of a bored creator," Mundus tried to reason, "We are the chosen and it is we who are destined to rule! Can it be that they have tainted your blood? Have you so quickly spurned your noble heritage?"

He leaned down closer, only an inch away from Sparda's face

"Or have you succumbed to their primitive nature? Tell me, boy, is that it? Have you become one of them?"

Sparda's expression softened and Mundus drew back, disgusted

"HA! Is it true then? Has the once great demon knight Sparda been reduced to nothing more than a lustful monkey?"Mundus demanded, "Nonetheless, your pathetic crusade is doomed! All that you cherish – your kingdom, your world, those beloved little monkeys of yours – soon it shall all be destroyed – crushed within my merciless grip!"

Mundus began to ease his sword off, preparing himself to deliver the fatal blow to his former prodigy

"Now, worm, prepare for the mistress of death's cold embrace"

"NEVER!!" Sparda roared, cracking Mundus across the jaw

Mundus growled, as Sparda spread his wings and moved quickly, swinging his sword and severing one of Mundus' wings, bringing him crashing back down

"I shall purge this world of your cursed existence once and for all! Even if I must sacrifice my own life, I will rid our world of your evil – of your tyranny!" Sparda said as he landed before his former master, "It ends, Mundus. Now and forever"

He raised his sword over Mundus, who was too helpless to stop him

"It ENDS!"

"NOOOOOO!!"

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Sparda walked away from the throne room, Mundus' blood drenched all over his sword, which hung limply from his hand. It was all over. The battle had been won

"No, it's not over," Sparda thought, "The human and demon worlds are still connected"

He had a new mission now: to separate the two worlds and banish Mundus' evil from the human world forever. Just like he had promised to Mundus before he killed him. Gripping his sword tighter, Sparda headed off to carry out his mission

"Is it done?"

Sparda turned around to see his father, Graxtius, leaning against the wall, his sword Linkin resting in his hands

"It is done," Sparda answered, "Now I must separate the worlds"

"That's not going to be easy," Graxtius said, "It needs a large amount of power to separate the realms. That and the blood of a virgin priestess"

"I can do that," Sparda said, "I will sacrifice my power to close the gateway"

"You could die in that attempt. Plus, the blood of a virgin. A human sacrifice. After what you have done, think you can do it?" Graxtius asked

"The sacrifice of one human to save the human race. It can be done. And my power will be sacrificed to close the gateway"

Graxtius slowly nodded

"I understand. After all, I am proud of what you have done. You sought out and conquered the Demon King to save the human race. Maybe not the best move you've ever done, but we can only wait and see how things work out"

"I have assigned guardians to Temen-ni-gru," Sparda said, "Nevan, Beowulf, Cerberus, Agni and Rudra. They will protect it and prevent anyone from attempting to connect the two worlds"

"Then I guess this is farewell," said Graxtius, "Who knows if we shall meet again"

"Best of luck, Father"

"You too, son"

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Twelve years ago

Sparda was walking through the streets, his white hair blowing in the light wind. He surveyed the markets that were busy in the main streets, shopkeepers selling the best of his produce. It had been two thousand years since his battle against Mundus. Soon afterwards, Sparda had sacrificed his demonic power and a virgin priestess to shut down the gateway between the human and demon realms, before assuming a human form and living the life of a human. Though every now and again he would head out and hunt demons. He had just returned from a mission on Vie da Marli, helping a woman named Matier to fight off a demonic invasion

Sparda was bored with life. All he ever did was either sit at home at his mansion and read books that he's read countless times or go out and kill demons. He had fought to save the human race and ended up living a solitary life to continue saving them. His eyes gazed over the humans shopping at the markets, before stopping on a young woman with long, golden hair at the cloth stall

"Wow," he said somewhat breathless, "She's beautiful"

The woman thanked the shopkeeper, taking her purchases and walking off, her white dress billowing in the wind. Sparda's mouth was hanging out and he forced himself to close his jaw, before heading off after the woman, watching her as she shopped around the markets

"Okay, think Sparda, what would a human male do?"

The woman was walking away. Sparda swallowed and headed after her, trying to think of ways on how to court her. He didn't have that much experience at courtship, nor had he seen much forms of it, preferring his solitary. Until now. He believed this woman could be the light to his darkness

"Hi," he tried when he reached her, "Nice day isn't it?"

The woman turned around and gave him a smile

"It sure is. Uh, can I help you with anything?"

"Uh, I was kinda wondering…if you're doing anything…uh later today?"

The woman raised an eyebrow and Sparda felt himself blushing slightly. She did look cute like that. And he was feeling like an idiot

"I'd love to, but I'm really busy today and I don't even know your name"

"It's Sparda," he said quickly, "Uh, Christophe Sparda"

"Well then, Christophe, my name is Evelyn if you were wanting to know, but you can call me Eva"

Sparda smiled

"Eva. That sounds lovely"

Then he noticed that she was wearing a golden ring on her forefinger. And there was an emblem on the ring that he was familiar with

"So, you're a maiden priestess?" he asked

"Yes, have been ever since I was a child," Eva answered, "What do you do for a living, Mr. Sparda?"

"Hunt demons," he thought, "I am the lord of my estate," he replied, "I do all that boring business stuff and the like. Really boring, but it makes my living"

"I see," Eva said, "Well, it was nice meeting you today, Lord Sparda"

Sparda smiled again, as Eva turned away

"So, are you free later today?"

Eva gave him a smile. He was somewhat persistent. But he looked handsome. Maybe this could be the man who she could the rest of her life with. She would never know if she didn't take him up on the offer

"I'm free at seven if you're interested"

She walked away, as Sparda grinned, not caring if he looked like an idiot to the passerbys, before heading off towards his mansion

"I feel very happy," he thought"

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