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?1: "Wake up."

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?1: "Wake up."

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?1: "He's still unconscious."

?2: "Not surprised. I never thought he could be transferred inside one of the bodies."

?1: "That's 'his' work. What can we do when he wakes up?"

?2: "Considering what 'he' is planning to do, I suggest to let him get used of the new body, and then warn him what is coming to him."

?1: "Guess so. But... do you think it's a good idea?"

?2: "Hey, after this prologue, we're not going to help him. He's lucky enough to get to us. Who the hell knows where he could get into after fusing with...him?"

?1: "Hell, maybe? I mean, that's where he wants to be?"

?2: "His... original, to be exact. I'm leaving him to you."

?1: "Leaving the hard work to me, huh? But about..."

?2: "Well, just like when he fought those bosses, but less extreme this time."

?1: "And what about..."

?2: "Hey, stop talking. No spoilers to the readers."

?1: "Yeah, yeah."

"Urgh, my head..." He touches his forehead with his left hand and feels the migraine inside of it. He opens his eyes to see a menacing purple sky, while he feels himself lying on a floor of sort. He sits up and looks around to see the floating objects spreading around the space, then he sees a collection of gold crystals floating in the middle of... wherever he is. "What happened? I remembered..."

"Dying, right?" He turns to his left, to see a person already sitting next to him and facing him in mediation position. The man's around his... associate's age, but with glasses and the black fedora in the way, he can't determine how his face looks like, combining with the black scarf covering the lower face as well. He's wearing a black outfit, which reminds him of a 'mystery man' in Britain in 20th century, and he has a black cane resting on his lap. "Quite a move from you, getting more power by cutting yourself into two forms, then reuniting for greater power."

On instinct, he tries to call them from his mind, but... he can't feel them there at all. Slowly pushing himself back, his right hand touches the familiar cane, as he raises it up in defense position. However, when his left hand touches a small rock and flings it away, he hears a falling sound, and he turns back to see he's already near the edge of the floor he's on.

"Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you." The man says again, getting his attention back.

"And why can I trust you?" Trying to keep his voice calm, he retorts back.

"Well... the fact you're having a new body, that's from our facility, can add up some trust."

'New body?' He looks lower at his body, to see his pale skin with familiar black tattoos and the outfit he wore from the moment he was... born. He then touches his face to feel that there's no crackings at all. 'What... what's going on?'

"I know you're confusing." The man suddenly stands in front of him, with no signs of him moving at all, and raises his right hand towards him. "Stand up and walk with me. I will tell you what you want to know."

The moment he sees the man closing to him, he knows that the man is dangerous on his own, but he's showing some hospitality. And, he knows when to fight and when to not. He grabs the man's hand, and he is pulled off the floor. The man releases his hand and he stands up on his own, but... he feels more powerful, as he doesn't need the cane to lean on. The man then says: "I think I should introduce myself. Call me The Observer, or T.O for short. You are... in my friend's place, for a lack of better words to keep her privacy."

He's currently not on the active side, so he has to pick his words carefully. "It's a pleasure. My name is..."

"V, right?" The interruption nearly catches him off guard, but he still keeps his face straight. "Or should I call you Vergil?" His grip on the cane tightens, and he swings it to the man, only for him to catch it easily due to how weak the attack is. "Don't worry. I have no intentions to harm you." And to prove it, the man releases his hand off the cane for V to retreat it back. "Though, calling you Vergil now is completely wrong, so I will stick with V... or if you want to change it."

"... I will stick with V." He has no chance to fight this man. His instincts tell him that he could be even more powerful than Mundus, despite his appearance. "So, where are we? I mean, which country."

"Sorry, but you're not even on Earth anymore."

"... Demon World?"

"Not there either. Different universe."

V looks at his surrounding again. Based on the floating debris, he could safely say that he's in a place where gravity doesn't work, very well at least. And there's no place on Earth that has that kind of conditions, in his knowledge. Picking the words he needs, he answers: "Since there's a Demon World, a different universe wouldn't be to far-fetched."

T.O shrugs. "At least you're taking it well. Now, about your body. Remember that you were... dying before you fused yourself with your demon self, right?" Gaining a small nod from V, T.O continues: "The body of yours right now is a clone from our facility. Mind you, there are an infinity number of clones of all people, so don't think of us as some mad scientists or something..."

"That would be a complete fail to try and convince me." V dryly jokes.

With that, T.O coughs into his hand. "Anyway, you just happened to enter one of them. That doesn't happen frequently, but we know it would happen eventually. We're not forcing you to get out, so don't worry." Silence. "About you not being able to call your... friends. We have to stop your power, so that you could get used to the body first."

V crosses his hands before his chest. "So that's why. But if it's only me..."

"Dealing with wandered souls is in our job description. We found them as well." Then the debris starts forming a road behind V. "Let's get to a bigger space. We will try to help you being comfortable with your new body."

After a few tests, V finds out that his body is still a bit fragile, but not to the point of falling apart. At least he could now run normally. And luckily he has enough strength to protect himself if neither of his friends is able to help him. And he learns that... he is now his own self, no longer bound to his past, his sins. He has been reborn anew. And he's appreciated of that.

"I think it's enough with the tests." Leaning on his cane due to being tired after that, V listens to T.O speaking. "Now, let's return your friends back." T.O waves his hands, and then V's tattoos all shine up in dark light, and then all of the demons return.

"WOW! That's a good feeling. Hey V! How are we still alive?" Griffon immediately asks his summoner after landing on his raised left arm.

"Well, looks like fate is giving us a second chance." V is focusing on T.O to see if he would do anything, but see nothing. Shadow is already between V and T.O and hissing against T.O.

Griffon now notices T.O, and he asks V: "Hey, who's that old man? I don't remember you have met him before."

"Old...old..." T.O pinches his nose bridge with his left hand, while his right one is resting on his cane. "Oh man, how long have I been called that? From her?" He then changes the attitude. "Nice to meet you, Griffon. The name's T.O, and I believe V will answer your questions soon. But now..." He changes his focus to V. "There's one more feature in your new body that I want you to know. Can you order Griffon to attack me?"

Griffon asks immediately: "Are you okay in your head? Asking someone to attack you in your first meet? And what does he mean by 'new body', V?"

V: "I will answer later. Griffon, just do what he says."

Griffon is a bit skeptical about this conversation, but he's in no place to question it. "Well, if you say so." He then flies up and spears towards T.O... only for him to phase pass the man. "Wah! What just happened?"

"So it works." T.O starts explaining. "This universe works like a game. Even if your allies are in the range of your attacks, they won't get hurt, and vice versa. You're not from this place, but your new body is, so it applies to you now."

Shadow, understanding what the man said, relaxes a bit, as Griffon flies back to V. "Okay, that sounds way too convenient. What's the catch?"

V already knows that there's a catch, but he doesn't want to ask, but since Griffon already voices it out, he pushes the matter: "You are helping me during the time, and I appreciate it. But, tell me, what do you want from me? From us?"

T.O then taps his cane with his hand, making Griffon and Nightmare to be on guard. "Well... I will be frank. We're in a story now."

Silence... then Griffon laughs: "Really? So where is the camera? I would like to see the face of..."

V interrupts: "What do you mean by that?"

T.O explains: "Okay, think like this: You have heard of the story of 'The Red Riding Hood', right?"

V nods. "I doubt there are people who's intelligent enough that don't know about it."

T.O: "However, there are a few versions of it. Each version... is a universe of themselves."

V lets the information sink in his mind and starts working with it... and then he understands: "That's why you knew what happened to me. Our world has been revealed to you as a media of sort."

T.O nods. "A game series, to be exact. The fifth one of it recorded the time you separated yourself into two forms, and then to the point... Vergil and Dante got stuck in Hell to cut down Qliphoth's roots. After that, we only knew that they're still fighting against demons and against themselves but we're not too sure if they're trying to kill each other or not."

V sighs. "Back to that place again? That aside, you said we're in a story now?"

T.O: "Yeah. But, it's not about you interacting with this world."

V: "If not, then..."

T.O diverts the path of conversation a bit: "Can you call back your friends? Because I don't think people will like seeing them."

V quirks an eyebrow: "Reasons?"

T.O: "Well, the world you will interact with... doesn't take kindly of anything that's... heretic. Including interacting with demons."

V: "That sounds like Earth."

T.O: "Including. That place is worse. You will find out."

V nods and starts calling back the demons into his tattoos. Then he asks: "Alright then. When will I go?"

T.O: "Don't know, but could be soon. Once you hear a voice calling for you."

V: "A summoning spell?"

T.O: "Yes, but not like the demon things... oh right, the new body can resist nearly every harmful mind spell to you."

V: "Nearly?"

T.O: "Well, fate is a troll sometimes. We learn it the hard way."

The voice of Griffon comes from a tattoo: "Well, we also learnt that we can't win against Dante, so we know that feeling."

T.O then remembers: "Ah right. Griffon, you can change back to your original size."

Griffon: "SWEET! Can't wait to scare people there!"

V: "Any reasons for that?'

T.O: "Let's just say... we like you, as a fan."

V chuckles: "Me, having a fan? Sounds surreal."

T.O: "Hey, the number of fans for Vergil and you is equal as Dante's. Don't doubt yourself like that."

V: "Even after what I have done?"

T.O: "That's why we like you. You're not exactly bad, you have your reasons to fight for. Just that your methods are a bit... questionable that's all."

V: "Well glad that someone understands..." Then he hears a voice in his mind. A girly voice, a chanting... Then a portal appears behind him. "Guess it's my time now."

T.O gives his last farewell: "Wish you have a better life there. Take care of yourself. And please, give humanity a chance to prove that there are still good people out there."

V nods. "Thanks. I won't waste it. And the later... I know that after my adventure, but thanks for the reminder."

And with that, V disappears into the portal, and his new adventure begins...

Prologue end!

This is an inspiration to myself and people who's interested in this idea. Hope this could get someone's attention, and that someone might be able to create great stories from this prologue.

Of course, I do plan to update it, but only if I see that it interests enough people. If there are people who's better than me, well then, they're better than me. I won't complain.

Also, after this prologue, my OCs won't appear again, so don't be afraid about that.

For now, let's make a break here. Hope you guys like it.