This picks up pretty much from where Sons of Sparda left off. Dante, Vergil and Nero are now in an unknown demon realm, trying to stop Balthazar, while Trish, Lady, Lucia and Kyrie are on Earth trying to lower the demonic populated. Enjoy

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Dante slowly opened his eyes, then quickly shut them again when blinding light struck him

"Am I dead?"

The last thing he remembered was flying through the air towards a portal to an unknown demonic dimension. He pinched himself and felt pain

"Nope, not dead"

He slowly opened his eyes again, letting them adjust to the light. He was lying in the middle of a forest. The trees were huge and bowed over him, filtering the sunlight down upon him. Dante groaned and got to his feet, before looking around at his surroundings

"Where the hell am I?"

It was then he realized he was alone. Vergil and Nero weren't anywhere in sight

"Damn"

The trees began to shake, as something materialized out of them. Dante peered closer and watched as the something turned into a tree-like demon. It had roots for feet and handed, a stubby nose, a wide mouth, fiery red eyes and a mass of leaves atop its head

"Right, now I've seen it all," Dante said as he drew Rebellion

The tree demon screamed and ran at him. Dante readied himself, as the demon leapt through the air. Its root-like claws suddenly extended out and wrapped themselves around Dante's throat, as the demon struck him like a cannonball and took him down, before starting to throttle him

Dante had lost hold of Rebellion and was struggling to break the demon's grip, but it was very strong, as it began bashing his head against the ground, trying hard to strangle him. Dante grimaced as the lack of oxygen was starting to affect him. He felt around and grabbed his shotgun, pressing it against the demon's head and pulling the trigger twice. Its grip lessened greatly, as leaves fell on his chest. Dante coughed, sucking in air, before looking at the twisted remains of the demon

"Strong little bugger," Dante coughed, as he grabbed Rebellion and got up

"Okay, strange place for a demon realm," he said, looking around

He was definitely in a forest

"What in the hell is this kind of demon world? I mean, a forest? The only thing missing is the cute little squirrels"

As if on cue, a small little squirrel appeared at the base of one of the trees. It grabbed an acorn lying nearby and began eating, watching Dante closely

"Well, aren't you a cute little fella?" Dante said, moving closer

The squirrel didn't run away. Instead, it continued eating, watching him closely as he got nearer. Dante smiled and knelt before the fearless squirrel and reached out. The squirrel snarled and latched its teeth onto Dante's hand. He let out a cry of pain and jumped up, trying desperately to shake the squirrel off, but it held on, snarling and growling. Dante bashed it against a tree trunk, but the squirrel still held on fast, as Dante began shouting curses and obscenities at the creature. He grabbed Ivory and pointed it at the squirrel's head, but it let go and jumped onto a tree, snarling at him. Dante grimaced in pain and saw that the squirrel's eyes were red and its teeth had grown into large fangs

"Why you little!"

The squirrel lunged at Dante. He raised Ivory and pulled the trigger, shooting a bullet into the squirrel's head and plastering it all over the tree trunk

"Damn evil little thing," Dante growled as he nursed his sore hand

He turned to leave, but saw a small family of full-grown squirrels sitting in front of him

"Oh no"

The squirrels all snarled, brandishing their large fangs, as they lunged at Dante. He drew his handguns and leapt around the forest, trying to avoid their teeth, while shooting them one by one and yelling curses at them. Soon, the forest floor was covered in blood, used cartridges and small squirrel bodies. Dante sighed heavily and holstered his guns, before walking away from the area

"I hate demon realms"

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Vergil groggily opened his eyes and looked around. The first thing he realized was that Dante and Nero weren't nearby. The second thing he realized was that a fireball was hurtling towards him. Vergil snapped wide-awake and scrambled out of the way, just narrowly avoiding the fireball by a few split seconds. Cursing, he got to his feet and looked around at his surroundings

"Oh damn, you have got to be kidding me!"

He was in a hell-like place, with fireballs flying through the air, tortured souls screaming and lava pouring out of rock-faces

"Am I finally in hell?"

Vergil picked up Yamato and turned around, seeing a demon standing behind him. The demon was large and humanoid, with slime dripping off his skin and holding a thick black whip in his head

"Damn, you look ugly," Vergil smirked

The demon snarled and uncrossed its arm, letting the whip fall out. Vergil continued smirking, as the demon raised the whip and snapped it towards Vergil. He raised his right arm and caught the whip around his forearm

"Sorry, I'm not into the whole bondage and leather thing"

Vergil yanked hard on the whip, pulling the demon towards him, before drawing Yamato and slicing the demon in half. He sheathed Yamato and removed the whip from his arm, before walking on. He went around a corner and saw a group of Jealously demons moving slowly towards him. Vergil ran towards them, whipping Yamato around and slicing through them all. The demons collapsed into liquid puddles, as Vergil smirked and sheathed his sword

"Now to get the hell out of here"

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Snow began falling around the unconscious body. A large, decorated sword with a brake-like leverage near the handle rested next to the young man, as the glow on his demonic right arm was fading. Slowly, Nero opened his eyes and saw the snowflakes floating around him

"What the?"

He sat up and held a hand to his head, trying to remember what had happened. He remembered seeing Kyrie's worried face. He remembered stepping into a beam of energy and being hurtled towards a portal. A portal to an unknown demon world

"Am I in hell?"

He got to his feet and grabbed the Red Queen, before holstering it and checking out his surroundings. He was in some sort of village, as he could see small houses nearby, as well as a large clock tower covered completely in ice. And he was about ankle-deep in snow. Nero groaned and looked around for a way out of the village

"This is so not cool"

The snow in front of him began to shake, as demons formed out of the snow, which hardened into ice. They looked like Blades, only bigger and covered in ice. Nero drew the Red Queen, as the Frost Blades walked towards him

"On the other hand, this could be fun"

A Frost Blade lunged at him and swung its icy claws, but Nero batted it aside, before knocking the other Frost into the air. Nero leapt up after it and began slashing its body, before grabbing it with his demon arm and swinging it around like a lasso. The first Frost lunged at him, but Nero turned and threw the second Frost into it, before landing and sending them flying with a Stinger. The Frost Blades got up and charged at Nero, as he slashed a couple of time. The Frosts' body shattered like glass, as Nero sheathed his sword, before looking at his right arm. The glow was almost completely gone and Nero could already feel the power draining away. He needed to find a way to return the power back to his Devil Bringer and so, Nero headed off, trying to find that power and his brothers

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