Yamato, the True Master
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters (except for Lexis, she's an OC) the rest are owned by Capcom. This is my first Fanfic, I hope this turns out as well as I plan. Rate n review Notice: I am currently rewriting this, the original was too short
Chapter 1: A new Hellgate
Nero woke up to a painfully sharp headache. It wasn't uncommon for the young devil hunter, but he was getting rather sick of it. It started occurring more and more after the Fortuna incident and his devil powers had awoken within the blade Yamato. He had saved Kyrie and crushed the false "savior", but every morning it felt as if something was splitting his head apart. Nero got out of bed, his vision no longer blurred. His demonic arm seemed to be pulsating, a sharp pain starting at the wrist and consuming the entire arm.
"Why is this happening?" He thought aloud, attempting to ignore the pain as he donned his blue trench coat and heard the sound of the phone ringing downstairs. The young devil hopped over the stair railing and grabbed the phone, hearing an all too familiar voice on the other end. "Hey kid, I know you objected to devil hunting at first, but since there's still some remnants from the Fortuna incident…" His voice trailed off. A different ringing noise was flooding his ears, almost as if something was calling to him.
Nero shrugged it off, replying as if he heard everything Dante had said. "Sure, I'll be right there" He replied and grabbed his trademark blade, the Red Queen. He also picked up the double barrel revolver he favored; Blue rose, and holstered it. He wasn't quite up for devil hunting this early in the morning, especially with illness he seemed to be plagued with, but he headed out the door nonetheless.
It seemed there was something Dante hadn't told him, since there were a few scarecrows milling about right outside his house. "I thought I cleaned this area up" He sighed and pulled out the Red Queen, charging into the small crowd. The blade impaled one demon and quickly gained the attention of the rest. The few scarecrows dived and pounced at the devil hunter, but stood little chance against his might. He cleared the area rather effortlessly and continued on towards Dante's shop.
Along the way, Nero found a different type of demon he'd never seen before, yet, they looked oddly familiar. Several demons stood in his way, all donning black cloaks and brandishing scythes. Without any hesitation they charged at Nero who narrowly avoided their blades. "Something's not right, there's no way these are just remnants" he thought aloud as he decapitated the first one.
Sand covered his blade, slowing his slash down at first. "What the-" he stopped and looked at the demon's remains. It was as if they were formed only by a medium. Nero ignored it for now and exceeded, taking out multiple demons in a single dash.
They were of little challenge to him, but he just couldn't shake the feeling something else was going on. Why were these new demons appearing all of a sudden? Was something else headed for Fortuna? Many questions filled Nero's head as he hacked and slashed through the crowd.
His headache started to become agitated as he finished the crowd, more and more coming after him as he advanced towards Devil May Cry. The young devil was going quite the workout for just getting up, but he already wanted this day to be done with. He grabbed the last one by the skull with his devil bringer and crushed it to shards, letting the remains fall to the ground.
Nero finally arrived at the shop, ready to get some answers from the older devil."All right, what's going on here, old man?" he demanded as he kicked the door open. Dante hadn't fully explained the situation other than clean-up duty, but it was fairly obvious that wasn't all. The older devil simply smirked, not saying a word. "You'd better fill me in if you expect my help" Nero demanded.
"All right, a new hellgate opened. It's rumored there are devil arms involved, but that's about all I know" He looked rather nonchalant, almost as if it wasn't his concern. For Dante, it was business as usual, and since Lady gave him the job to begin with, he could care less as long as he got paid and a box of pizza by the end of the day.
Nero hoped he'd take this a bit more seriously, especially after the last incident, but he knew he wouldn't see Dante act that way. "It's south of here, on the edge of the city. Good luck, kid" he grinned once more. Nero flipped him off and barged out of his office. He had to take care of this before it escalated into another catastrophe.
The last thing he wanted was for a similar incident to occur. The young devil had been plagued with nightmares of something like that happening again, and this time he'd use everything in his power to prevent it. Nero barged back out the door and headed off in the direction Dante had mentioned, finding more demons along the way.
He sighed as he was met with so much resistance. It was strange so many demons were being spawned from a single hellgate, especially with it being new. Something big was going to happen, and he was determined to stop it at the source. More demons kept coming, but some of them looked and moved different. They wore red tattered rags compared to the hooded robes from before. They still wielded scythes, yet they could move much faster.
The first one pounced at Nero, who was barely able to counter it as another one snuck in from behind with lightning speed, sticking his scythe into the devil's back. Nero gasped as blood dripped from his back, cursing under his breath as he spun around and cleaved the demon in two. Nero filled his revolver with his own demonic energy and fired over his shoulder at the first demon, blowing him to bits.
He was starting to lose his patience, and his headache was only aggravated the closer he got to the portal. Upon his arrival, there was another robed demon that impeded his advance, but this one appeared to be larger, and brandished a darker scythe. The young devil pulled the blade from his back once more, letting the tip rest on the ground. "You must be the demon causing this mess" He said, but got no response.
He was a bit surprised, usually the demons he fought before were fairly talkative, but this one had a blank expression. The demon dissolved into the ground, then emerged from a shadow behind Nero, it's scythe narrowly scathing him. Nero responded with an exceeded slash, but the demon quickly dissolved into the shadows once more.
The reaper continued to barrage Nero by creeping out of the shadows to make it's attack, then just as quickly fade away. He simply couldn't keep up, and he didn't have the patience to continue this battle for much longer. Nero stood his ground, charging blue rose with his powers once more. He remained silent and waited, until it emerged from the shadows once more to strike. He evaded the strike and fired, hitting it head on.
The shot exploded from the power it had been charged with, extensively damaging the reaper. It howled in pain and it was Nero's chance to strike. "It's time to finish this" Nero growled as a blue aura surrounded him. Yamato materialized in his right hand and he charged at the reaper, breaking it's scythe in two with a single slash. Before he could deal the final blow, the reaper froze in it's tracks, then shattered to pieces like glass.
"Wh-what?" Nero's eyes darted back and forth, confused as to how his target was just slain. A different blue aura caught the young devil's eyes, his head now pulsating and putting him in even greater pain. It feels like my head's going to be split apart! He thought. Nero fell to his knees, both hands clutching his head as he roared with pain. Whoever this newcomer was, he seemed to be the source of the devil's agony. He barely managed to get back to his feet and catch a glimpse of the mysterious being. A man stood there with shaggy white hair and wore a long blue trench coat. He had a dark, yet disappointed look on his face. "D-dante?"