Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the game/anime franchise of Devil May Cry, or from the anime/manga adaptation, K-ON. All characters that appear in this fiction rightfully belong to their respective owners and copyrights.


ShardclawK: Well, based off the number of reviews and favorites so far, it seems there are still people out there who has not only missed the old Dante, but also enjoyed the first chapter to this story, so I'll keep pressing on the story as much as time allows me. First off, I must say thanks to those who reviewed so far, and to take this time to send a shout out to my longtime online buddy and fellow writer, DarkFusion, for being the first to send his output as well. Now, I know I made some mistakes the previous chapter, which I noticed and took the time to correct, so most of the mistakes people pointed out had been properly fixed. I am still working out the kinks in my system after so long, so cut me some slack. I'll be sure to improve in eventually now I'm given more time to focus back on writing.

Anyway, enough of my ranting, I'll save it for the end of the chapter, so time to get things rolling. I do hope you'll enjoy this one as I said before I want to give the K-ON! cast some more spotlight while throwing in some of that classic Dante fan service we all know and love. As for action, you're just going to have to wait it out a bit since K-ON! is more of a slice of life comedy anime, overflowing with cute and innocent things and I don't want to introduce it to the bloody, hyper violent and mature DMC themes so soon. I can promise you one thing though: Considering my past expertise in writing out action scenes and combining it with my long time experience in the DMC series, along with Dante's recent inclusion into the two recent next gen console Capcom vs games, things are very sure to get crazy later, so stay tuned to this story.


Rebellion's Song

Chapter 2: Teach Me, Mister Dante!


"Greetings, I'm your substitute English teacher, Antonio Redgrave. But if you want, you can just call me sensei Tony." Dante said, using his human alias name to introduce himself in Japanese. "Please be kind to me."

The teenage girl only filled classroom started to murmur loudly, as some of them were speechless, now hearing the man in front of them spoke, the tone of his voice sounded very smooth, savvy, easy going and in fluent Japanese as well. Knowing that he was amongst school children, Dante knew he had to be careful to keep his casual vocabulary clean as possible or else he'd be in trouble that he may induce some naughty things to happen if he did, so he didn't want to leave such an impression to his young and innocent, future female classmates.

"Settle down, everyone. I know this may come as a surprise to most of you…including myself…but the principal and the school board had reviewed Tony-san's teaching history and had approved of his qualifications for teaching English, his experience is more than enough to meet the requirements." Sawako said. "In fact, he insisted in coming to this particular school since he's had a hand in music in the past and wants to know more about the light music club, which he claims, has made our school famous."

"Not to mention, to also meet all the lovely ladies attending this school as well." Dante inputted coolly, causing some of the girls who were looking at him to blush heavily as he winked at them. Sawako cleared her throat loudly to remind her new teaching colleague not to get in over his head, although she seemed to be enjoying his personality a bit herself. "Ah, just pretend you didn't hear that. Just do your best to learn from me and I'm sure we'll be cooperating just fine."

"Well, why not tell them a bit about yourself, Tony-san?" Sawako asked as Dante nodded in response. Fortunately for him, he was very new to the neighborhood, a complete stranger to the school except to Yui Hirasawa, whom he just met the day before. He might as well go for it and tell them the more relevant things they need to know while leaving out the most important detail-who he really is.

"So, do any of you ladies have any questions I can answer that we can start to break the ice between us?" Dante asked as suddenly one of them stood up.

"Yes, sensei, I have one. Where do you come from?" She asked. "Your Japanese is really good."

"I come all the way from the western side of America, of course. As for how I can speak Japanese, I've travelled over the world as long as I can remember and I had family who had deep Japanese ties who taught me a few starters." Dante replied. "Anything else you'd like to ask?"

"What is your favorite food?" Another girl quickly asked as Dante smiled simply at her.

"There's only one food in this world I eat the most out of everything else, and that's pizza, anything without olives will do. As for sweets, can't go wrong with strawberry sundae." Dante replied, causing some of the girls in the room to murmur once more. Hearing this piece of information suddenly gave Mugi some ideas on what future desserts to serve later during tea time for the music club, while Yui thought she may have found a new friend who has a sweet tooth just like her.

"Are you dating anyone?" Another one of them asked as Sawako was a bit eager to learn about her new teaching colleague's love life herself.

"Whoa, that was daring, kid. Though, I don't want to get anyone's hopes up while you all get to know me better." Dante said. "I'll say for the moment, I'm a bit of a loner, but I'm the type everyone loves and let's leave it at that, okay?"

"What about relatives?" Another one of the girls asked as Dante clicked his teeth.

"A kind of sensitive subject, but I'll be level with you. Both of my parents died around my teens and I did have an older twin brother once, the only close family I had until we had a falling out years ago, haven't heard from him since." Dante said, causing more gasps from the girls to occur. They found it hard to believe there new teacher was someone who could actually be as handsome and friendly as he was, although they found it sad to know he had no family and had this mentioned fall out with the only remaining family he had left, especially Yui, who herself has a close relationship with her younger sister, Ui. As much as she remembered, there was never a subject the two would argue heavily over of, so she found it hard to believe even siblings would fight the way Tony mentioned. (Or had she fully known the fights the two Sparda twins had in the past, it would be even more unbelievable for her to understand. Oh, if she only knew…)

"Ah, I'm so sorry, sensei. I didn't know just how much…" The girl quickly apologized seeing she touched a chord of Dante's past, but the white haired, half human, half demon hybrid/demon slayer now assigned English teacher, simply waved at her with a smile.

"Hey, it's all cool, don't worry if you thought you're asking too much." Dante said. "I pretty much gotten over it, and I made some pretty good friends in return over time. One of them is about your age, she may be a spoiled brat, but she's become more of a surrogate daughter to me over the time I knew her. I'll introduce her to you sometime, alright?"

The girl sighed in relaxation to Dante's friendly response as she nodded and sat back down in her seat as Ritsu now took the initiative this time.

"Why is your hair white?" Ritsu suddenly interjected as Dante chuckled a bit. He was noted of Ritsu by her appearance before coming to Japan and her relation to Yui, but half expected her to be the one of the people most curious about his hair color before anyone else.

"It's a little something I got from my old man since I was born. And to answer your other question, no, I'm not that old." Dante replied. "I'm in my mid thirties, if you must know."

Ritsu was surprised at this, thinking the man in front of her could be psychic to answer her next question. Despite that, it made him a bit more awesome in her eyes. Not to mention, that she found him rather good looking for his mentioned age. He may be the best looking male teacher she's known to ever come to her school yet compared to all the other male teachers she and her classmates knew.

"Ehhh…you look rather cool for a guy that age." Ritsu said, causing Dante to bow at her slightly.

"Well, I do what I can to keep my appearance sharp as ever, thanks for the compliment." Dante said as he saw Yui looking like she wanted to say something too, so he gestured towards her, simply waving at her, acknowledging that he knew her from before. "Hmm…Yui Hirasawa, right? I hope you've been practicing those strokes like I told you to."

Not wanting to waste time, she quickly put up her hand to reply to 'Tony'.

"Ah, yes, sensei Tony!" Yui called out loudly and happily, calling the attention of her fellow HTT members and classmates. "It's good to see you again, and in our school too!"

"Same here, kid, didn't I tell you you'd be seeing more of me?" Dante asked with a grin. "Sorry I didn't tell you before I was going to work here as a teacher, but I wanted to see the look on your face when you found out about me, I'm known mostly for my entertaining surprises."

"Heh heh, that's okay, Tony-san, I love surprises." Yui said as she looked at her HTT fellow members, "Everyone, this is the ojisan who I met yesterday that I was just telling you about, doesn't he look cool?"

"So you really did meet this guy before today, huh?" Ritsu said. "It looks like we just have to take your word for it, sorry for doubting you."

"Talk about coincidence." Mio said, wanting to be certain of his much heard of skills about his guitar playing from Yui earlier. Now that she knows what he looks like, she was starting to believe Yui was telling the truth, but was still doubtful. "But he certainly doesn't look like the type to be involved in music…"

"But, Mio-chan, he was super incredible! You guys should really hear him play!" Yui said as an idea came to her head. "Tony sensei, you should come see us at club practice later, I'm sure the band will like to see you use the guitar you used and how you play."

"So, I'm being invited to a tea party, huh?" Dante asked. "How quaint, and I'm not one to refuse a request of a nice little lady like yourself, so why not?"

"Yay, Azu-nyan will be in for a surprise later when she comes over!" Yui said as Sawako fixed her glasses.

"Now, now, Yui, there's no need to get excited. I'm sure Tony will certainly present himself for practice later, but he has to start his teaching today." Sawako said. "As for us, we need to start our class and sensei Tony has to go back to touring the school, so everyone, please kindly send him off."

As disappointed 2-B was seeing him leave, as well as Yui, who can't wait to see him again soon, the girls settled down to start their studies as Dante studied the classroom from outside, remembering the faces of the girls he just met and more specifically, the ones he was assigned to protect.

(So, that's the Hokago Tea Time. Lively little bunch, aren't they?) Dante thought. (Well, I wouldn't know until I get to hang out with them later, that's when I'll also get to meet their junior member too. I just hope that the atmosphere stays nice and quiet like this for awhile so I can properly investigate and get rid of the demons around here before they put any of those girls and their friends in danger.)

"It was nice meeting you girls, but it's just as your teacher said. We'll be seeing each other again often, so it's not a complete loss." Dante said as he walked off to the door before stopping. "Yeah, there's one more thing. As handsome as I am, try not to have any major crushes for me or anything, because I don't go easy with the girls I get involved with, and with me being your teacher, the same can apply to you as well. Get ready for some harsh English lessons in the future."

Yui, Ritsu and a number of girl students in the room could only reply with a set of 'awws' to Dante's comment. Chuckling a bit to their responses, Dante exited the room and walked off to the opposite direction in thought, little did he know the mission he undertook was going to be even more serious than he can predict later…


For the first half of the morning period, Dante was busy greeting himself to the remainder of the student body and the teacher's staff before he settled down in the lounge room where he would have to wait until his time to teach came. Earning the quick, envious glances from both the other male teachers who were older than him, and the ones from the female teaching staff, he knew he was starting to get popular very quickly. He couldn't care less what people thought of him due to his appearance and attitude, it was not the first time. However, it appeared the female students didn't seem to mind. At least this way, he can take note of those who are attending the school and try to look into each one of them while investigating the demons in the country.

(Now that I've gotten acquainted with the school, time for me to act my role while looking out for any of those troubling demon scum.) Dante said as he lay back on the chair in his relaxed state. Next to him were the guitar case he always carry and a set of papers another teacher had given him to fill out for testing the students. He had just finished grading them, so he was killing time just chilling, despite the slight scolding he would get from one of the older stern teachers.

"I could do with a pizza slice right now…" Dante muttered as a hand holding a cup of coffee appeared in front of him. He looked up to see a smiling Sawako who just came into the staffroom to join him in grading papers.

"It may not be pizza, but it will keep you up and active." Sawako said. "I can't understand after all these years, you're still obsessed with that junk, Tony-san…or should I call you by your real namesake, Dante?"

"Hey, it beats the hell outta coffee any day, for me at least." Dante replied, taking the cup from her hand. "But I'll take what I'll get while I'm here."

"That's right, though I didn't think you would want to use your old name." Sawako said. "You're just full of surprises, Dante, even when you visited my place last night wanting to work here out of the blue."

"Well, since I got here yesterday, I figured I needed some way to earn the cash while I'm staying to take care of some business." Dante said. "I may not look it, but I'm capable of teaching one or two things if you can tolerate my techniques."

"I'm just glad you're here all the same, the girls seem to have taken interest in you rather quickly." Sawako said.

"Yeah, I've noticed that I'm becoming quite the fan favorite around here." Dante said. "Should make the teaching progress a little more easier."

"Still, considering your mannerisms, I do hope you keep them down if you don't want the deans to discipline you. These girls are just turning into their teenage years, you know." Sawako said to him as Dante opened his arms.

"Don't worry, I'll do my best to behave. They're more like angels compared to the women I hang around with, who tends to give me constant hell." Dante said as he sipped his coffee. "I wouldn't do anything to soil their innocent images."

"That's good to hear." Sawako said as she seated herself across from his position while Dante went back to his papers. "And the same goes for Yui and her band when you meet them later, don't do anything to induce anything they may not be emotionally or psychically ready for."

"I get you, though I'm not sure how not to prevent that from happening considering they never met anyone like me before in their life." Dante replied simply, causing Sawako to chuckle slightly.

"I guess you're right about that, you're on a league of your own, from as much as I've known you." Sawako replied. "Well, you have my permission to do your worst, but just this once."

"This is a surprise, coming from the most upstanding and popular teacher in this school." Dante said. "You sure that's alright?"

"I just want to see the look on their faces and their reactions when they see you in action. It will be good entertainment for me." Sawako replied with a smile as Dante shrugged his shoulders.

"Heh, whatever you say. I'll do my best to go easy on them." Dante smirked as he knew he was going to have some fun meeting the Hokago Tea Time personally later on.

Until the period came for him to teach his own set of classes in the afternoon, the remainder of the morning at school for Dante consisted of walking along the halls of Sakura High, passing along the high school girls who stole glances at him and whispered what they heard about him to their friends.

"Hey, did you see the new foreign English teacher?" one of them asked her friend.

"Of course, everyone's talking about him! He's so dreamy!" her friend replied.

"He's the definition of tall, dark and handsome. I wonder when our chance will come to learn from him?" she asked as Dante smirked when they finally noticed him.

"Just keep holding on to your skirts, ladies. Eventually you'll be hearing from me soon enough." Dante replied, walking in the other direction as the girls giggled. It was his chance to mingle and get friendly with the students as much as he could before he got busy later dealing with the demons. He couldn't understand still why they would target such an innocent and friendly environment, but then again, the demons would always go after the most weakest and defenseless of their human prey.

(If worse comes to worst, looks like I'm going to need backup on this on one.) Dante thought to himself. (Let's see how things play out first while I'm here before I call in the big guns.)


Later that afternoon, when the time for club activities finally came…

"I want to play, I want to play..." Yui happily sang with her arms waving about, accompanied by the HTT band as they made their way to the music club room after the busy school day. "I wonder what we're having for tea today, Mugi-chan."

"Well, today I brought a special brew I just got from my home, it has quite both a sweet and wondrous taste to go along with the cake I brought." Mugi said. "I expect it to meet everyone's tastes, including our new English teacher who we should be expecting to drop by our club room."

"Hmm, I wonder if he even drinks tea for that matter?" Ritsu asked, rubbing her forehead. "He did say before all he likes to eat were pizza and strawberry sundaes…I can't imagine anyone just living off of those."

"Maybe he's on a special diet?" Yui asked. "It's no wonder he's able to play the guitar and be a teacher at the same time! I wonder if I can do the same if I want to get better at playing Gita?"

"Don't even think of it, Yui-senpai." A younger girl's sternly warned her. "You could end up being even more lax than you are."

Azusa Nakano, the long pony tailed, junior member of the band was also with them today and had heard about the new English teacher from all the gossip going on about him through the school and was a bit curious on finding out what made him the talk of the school. Anyone who is able to impress Yui with guitar skills of their own other than their club's advisor has just struck her own curiosity as well.

(If there's a guy who is just as good as Sawa-sensei, maybe I could pick up some tips from him as well.) Azusa thought to herself. When she heard that this new male teacher offered to give Yui some guitar improving tips before upon meeting her, she wondered if he would do the same for her as well. It's a likely possibility since he seemed like a kind person based off what Yui told her friends so far.

"Not to mention, getting more weight around the tummy than you are now." Mio joked as Yui pouted.

"Hey! There's no way that could happen, I'm still fit enough no matter how much I eat." Yui replied.

"Well, I'd be more worried about where all the snacks you've been eating had been going recently." Ritsu said with a smile.

"Do you think we should play a specific song today for our guest or stick to what we're working on?" Mio asked, wanting to focus on business at hand. "We're not sure what kind of music he's into, but from the looks he has, he must be into American rock, I guess."

"Then we should do a classic for him." Mugi said. "I do have a selection of good American classic and modern rock music we can practice from."

"Yosh, we'll just ask Tony-sensei what he likes and we'll do what we can to welcome him to our school." Ritsu said, raising a fist. "Hokago Tea Time style!"

The accompanying HTT members nodded in agreement to Ritsu's idea as they finally reached the music room, where they heard voices from inside, one of them was clearly recognizable by the savvy sounding, male voice of their new English teacher involved in a conversation.

"I see...nothing on your end?" His voice asked. "Well, if anything comes up, I'll ask that kid if he knows anything later. That organization he's trying to put back together after that whole Sanctus mess has more info on the old man than we do, so they can dig up some archives about him if we asked them. They owe us big after everything that's happened."

The girls, not wanting to interrupt the conversation, stopped just before the door as Yui put her head close to the door.

"Yui-senpai, it's not good to ease-drop like that!" Azusa sternly warned, as Ritsu and Mugi followed suit and did the same. "Even you too, Ritsu-senpai and Mugi-senpai!"

"Shhh! This may be a good chance to learn something juicy about him!" Ritsu winked evilly. "You're just as curious about him too, admit it."

"T-that's not true!" Asuza replied. "I'm just saying that we should respect a teacher's privacy…"

"Hey, he's saying something again." Mugi put a finger on her lips as Dante's voice spoke some more.

"I know, I'm doing my night patrolling, but still nothing. Not sure if they knew I was in Japan or…" Dante's voice stopped for a moment as he sighed loudly. "Look, we got to finish this some other time, I got guests to attend to. You just behave the way like you used to until then, got it?"

After the sound of a cell phone being closed was heard, the door suddenly flew open, revealing Dante without his jacket on, but the upper vest are of his coatless outfit on with the red amulet around his neck for display. But he wasn't the only one there, inside the club room was a teenage American girl wearing a casual t-shirt and fitting blue jeans. She had long, curly blonde hair that was tied into a single ponytail, sitting on the couch in the room.

"Well, look who decided to drop in unexpectedly." Dante said, seeing the nervous faces of the HTT club before him. "I was wondering when you guys were going to show up."

"Uh-oh, busted." Yui sheepishly said as she bowed to him. "Why are you here in the music room ahead of us, Tony-sensei?"

"Well, the thing is, Sawako was here waiting for you guys too, but she just got called to the principal's office to take care of a few minor matters." Dante replied. "I was here, just taking a much needed nap until this kid visited me to bring me my cell phone and my lunch, which I apparently forgot to take today due to being admired by over 90 percent of the female student body. A good thing too, not only I'd missed out on an important call, but I may have starved to death today."

"Hello." The girl stepped up and offered her hand. "I'm Patty Lowell, I'm staying with this guy while we're here."

"Could you be the surrogate daughter Tony-sensei was talking about before?" Mio asked as Patty nodded as she followed suit to the other HTT members and shook her hand after greeting her.

"Pretty much, my mother is okay with him since he more or less, saved my life more than once." Patty replied as Dante simply placed a hand on her head, rubbing it.

"And vice versa, there was a time she even saved ME too. That's just how it works." Dante said, causing Yui and Ritsu to gape at him. "And she's not such a bad babysitter and housekeeper to add."

"Only because you need it, you're such a slob." Patty quipped, folding her arms as Asuza nervously laughed. "What's so funny?"

"Gomen, I never would have thought Tony-sensei is that kind of person, guess my thinking of him as a model teacher was pretty off." Azusa replied as Patty smiled. "Kinds of reminds me of how Yui-senpai usually acts."

"Trust me, looks can be pretty deceiving," Patty said. "But I know what you mean very well."

"Ohh, that was a low blow, Patty. I'm not going to take it easy on you when I get home later." Dante said, rubbing his head as the younger girls surrounding him started to laugh.

"Look, it was nice meeting you and all, but I got to go home and start making this guy's dinner." Patty said, as she pointed at her guardian. "And YOU…better honor Sawako-sensei's words and behave around these girls. Remember why we're really here."

"I know, I know, don't sweat the small stuff, kid." Dante said, as Patty waved to the HTT Club.

"Well, I'd like to stay, but I don't want to keep you from your practice session, so I'll be on my way." Patty said as Yui shook her head.

"Aw, you don't have go so soon, you can stay and watch us play, Pat-chan." Yui said, already wanting to already acknowledge her newfound friend by giving her a nickname, which puzzled Patty.

"Pat…chan?" The rich and pampered raised American blonde girl replied simply before she shook her head. "Anyway, don't worry about it, I'm sure we'll see each other again soon enough, I know just from what Tony said about you guys that you're great musicians. Just be sure to give him hell for me, okay? He may look smooth, but he really can't handle cute teenagers like us."

"Hey! That's not true!" Dante said as Patty giggled as she waved at him while she left. "What am I going to do with that kid…?"

"She's really a nice person, Tony-sensei." Yui said as Dante shrugged his shoulders. "You must be glad to have someone like her in your company, huh?"

"Well, she does tend to brighten up the place a lot at home, and things are never quiet with her around, so yeah, you can say that." Dante said, smiling as the HTT club entered the room to rest their bags and properly stand in front of Dante to be introduced to him. "Now then, this is the famous Hokago Tea Time, huh?"

"Hai, you met some of us before when you introduced yourself earlier." Yui said as she walked over to Mio's position. "First up, we have our bass guitarist, Mio-chan!"

"Um….it's nice…to meet you…sensei." Mio nervously said, averting her gaze from Dante's appearance as she bowed lightly to him.

Yui noted how Mio was trying not to easily faint from meeting someone who could play guitar as good as their homeroom teacher. "It's okay, he won't bite."

"That is unless you ask me to." Dante simply said as Mio's face turned bright red.

"Ask…?! Tony-sensei, how can you…?" Mio said as she simply keeled on her knees. Ritsu was quick to catch her friend before she hit the floor who seemed to be having problems standing close to men, especially someone like Dante.

"Whoa, I knew this might have happened. Looks like she couldn't handle being near you." Ritsu said sheepishly.

"Is she always like this?" Dante asked as Ritsu nodded to him.

"Yep, ever since kindergarten, despite her cool looks, she really has an easy to scare personality." Ritsu said while holding unto her friend as Dante stepped forward to take Mio's body up bridal style and easily carried her to the sofa in the room, much to everyone surprise. Mio, who was still half conscious, began to protest a bit to this.

"Sensei…you didn't have to…" Mio said as Dante easily rested her down gently before looking at her with a grin.

"What happened just now was partly my fault, think of that as my apology." Dante said, placing his hand on her head. "Just relax yourself, kid. But, I'm surprised, it's the first time anyone's ever FAINTED just by standing next to me. A human person that is…"

"A…human person…?" Mio asked as Dante shook his head.

"Slip of the tongue, forget what I just said." Dante quickly remembered he's supposed to keep his true identity a secret.

"Well…arigatou, sensei. I know you're just trying to be nice to everyone because you're Yui's friend…" Mio said as Dante cut in.

"That and it's just how I am in general with the ladies, the nicer and normal ones like you guys anyway." Dante said, recalling his run-ins with the various women in the past ranging from a demon hunting, gun slinging human accomplice who always landed him in debt due to poor paying jobs, a demon who is able to produce lightning at will and bears an uncanny resemblance to his deceased mother, a green haired, voluptuous succubus, a blue and white haired, scantily clad, showgirl catwoman, a Chinese woman who is able to turn herself into a traditional zombie with the help of her sister when she turns into a charm, a Chinese policewoman investigator, a secret agent, a wolf whose the host of an ancient Japanese Sun goddess, a treasure robbing android, a teenage clawed mutant clone, a mutated, green skinned lawyer, a weather controlling mutant, and a mutant psychic whose host of a destructive entity, capable of destroying a single universe.

(Wouldn't want to run into those women again unless they're on their good side, why is it I have such rotten luck with women…?) Dante thought to himself as he looked at the young group of Japanese girls looking at him curiously. He then noticed Ritsu staring the hardest look at him before he spoke.

"Ah, this is our drummer, Ricchan!" Yui said as Dante nodded.

"Well, just by looking, you certainly look like the loud and out of control type, kind of how I was like back in my youth." Dante said asked as Ritsu rubbed her chin. "What's the matter, do I have something on my face other than my good looks?"

"You…there's something a bit off about you." Ritsu said. "You're not just some kind of teacher, are you?"

"Congrats on figuring that part out, you get a cookie as a prize." Dante simply said. "Out of everyone I've met so far, you've been the most curious about me more than the other students here, I don't mind stalkers. But, if I told you who I really was, the big surprise I have for you all would be ruined."

"Oh-hooo!" Yui exclaimed as Ritsu pouted."More surprises from Tony-san!"

"I'm not stalking you!" the tomboy drummer frowned as Dante simply nodded at her. "You're just giving off an aura that just screams 'awesome' and its really getting to me. And besides, I'm worried about Mio's well being, although I do enjoy seeing her panic just by her being next to you…"

"In the good way, I assume?" Dante said. "In any case, you don't have to worry about me stealing her from you, I know how tight the two of you are just by the way you caught her earlier. I'm just having my bit of fun, so don't mind me."

"Ah, then we're good. I have a feeling you and I are just going to have a lot of fun together." Ritsu said as Mio nervously looked at her childhood friend.

"Oi, Ritsu, just what are you and Tony-san implying?" Mio asked. "Don't try to turn him into your partner in crime."

"Heh-heh, it's a little too late for that." Ritsu said as Mio sighed tiredly.

"Oh, boy…what did I get myself into?" Mio asked herself as Dante turned to see Tsumugi approaching Yui's side.

"And this is our pianist, Mugi-chan!" Yui said as the blond Japanese girl bowed to Dante before greeting him in English.

"It is very nice to meet you, I do hope you're enjoying your time here." Mugi said to Dante, who replied using his native language as well.

"Oh, I'm very much doing so, thanks for asking." Dante said. "Your English is quite good, aside from hearing it come from a very cute voice such as yours."

"Oh, my, Tony-sensei, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were flirting with your students." Mugi said as Dante shrugged his shoulders.

"Just my way of being friendly, and I know how to respond whenever I see a respectable, high class lady like you for instance." Dante said simply. "Being with Patty gave me lot of practice for such a situation."

"I can see the results showing." Mugi replied. "I'm not sure about your suit of tastes, but I brought a special brew of tea today, so I was wondering if you'd join us for tea and cake afterwards?"

"It may not be pizza and strawberry sundaes, but I'm sure you'll like it all the same." Ritsu said as Dante nodded.

"Well, I always wanted to try out new foods and desserts, so why not?" Dante asked as Mugi clasped her hands.

"Excellent! I'll prepare a cup for you right away." Mugi said as she walked off to another side of the room where they're pet turtle, Ton-chan, was swimming about in the aquarium. Yui went over to the last of the HTT club's member's position to introduce her.

"And last, but not least, this is Azusa. But I love to call her Azu-nyan." Yui said as Azusa tried to pry herself from Yui's hug.

"Yui-senpai, not in front of our sensei, please!" the youngest member of the band pleaded. Dante could only shake his head while he folded his arms.

"Heh, that's real cute. But next time, I suggest getting a room to yourselves if you two are trying to be intimate, okay?" Dante quipped as Azusa's face turned red at Dante's comment, as Mugi's did as well, knowing how close Yui and Azusa are.

"Wha…what are you saying, Tony-sensei?" Azusa said as she understood partially what he meant. Could he have known she has some feelings for Yui?

"Now why would I want to ruin a good thing by telling?" Dante replied. "You'll understand in due time, kid."

Azusa can only stare at Tony in silence as Dante went over to the table, where a medium sized pizza box was laying on it which he opened up with a grin.

"Phew, meeting you everyone plus dealing with Patty worked up my appetite even more. I'll just clear this up for you since you guys will be using this anyway." Dante simply said as to everyone's surprise, he simply took up three of the slices at the same time, opened his mouth and downed them right away, just before taking up the remaining four and eating them up the same fashion and speed.

"What a glutton!" Ritsu said out loud. "How can you eat so much and so fast at the same time?"

"I just got a very, VERY huge appetite. I'm used to eating large sized pizzas in ten seconds anyway, my personal best." Dante gloated. "Don't try this at home, kids."

"No wonder you say pizza is your favorite food, it's easier to just scarf down." Mio said as Dante shook his head.

"Now that you put it that way, that's probably why." Dante said. "Anyway, don't mind my manners, the table is all yours now."

"Oh, right, excuse me then while I set up the table." Mugi said as she started to prepare cups on the table and even took out an extra couple for Dante and Sawako whenever she returns to check up on them.

"Anyway, we really should get down to practicing already, we've dallied enough for the evening." Azusa said. "And part of that was because of Tony-sensei's antics."

"Whoa, you say that like it's a bad thing, kid." Dante said. "And I haven't even shown you guys yet what I can do, the party's just getting started. I bet you're having fun and just don't want to admit it."

"Are you sure you weren't acquainted to Sawa-sensei in any other way?" Azusa asked as Dante looked at the youngest HTT club member.

"What gives you that idea?" Dante asked back. "Look, I just sorta ran into her while she was part of Death Devil in my younger days. I saw her playing guitar, I challenged her to a play off, she accepted, we duked it out, turned the concert upside down, had a blast, went our different ways, end of story."

"Not much of a story teller, are you, sensei?" Ritsu asked.

"Well, maybe if you asked her nicely, maybe your teacher will describe everything much better than I just did." Dante replied. "I was just passing by at the time, so I can't say I was there with intentions worth recalling."

"You say weird things, Tony-sensei." Yui said, smiling a bit. "But, I do agree with you, the club room has just gotten even a little more active today."

"Although you guys haven't started yet, I can guess this is kind of a norm whenever you get together." Dante said as he leaned low enough to be at Yui's standing height. "It's alright if you were looking forward to me as today's main attraction, but I hope you've been focusing on your studies too."

"Well…I did my best." Yui fidgeted a bit knowing she isn't too keen in keeping her grades on an acceptable level, she's horrible at studying.

"Hmm, that can't be good. You got to keep your academic skill up along with your guitar skill too." Dante said. "Unless your brains have what it takes to pick up music as good as I do, you won't reach your full potential that I told you about."

"See, Yui-senpai? You don't take things seriously. At least for once, I can agree with Tony-sensei." Azusa said in a stern tone as Yui moaned.

"Azu-nyan, you're mean! I'm really trying my best!" Yui said, as Dante chuckled.

"Hey, didn't mean to discourage you, kid. Your teacher told me you've been improving in your grades, even if they're by a small margin." Dante said. "You just have to keep at it until you improve your techniques and it will naturally come to you. I know you can do it, Yui, I got faith in ya."

"Tony-sensei…" Yui said, feeling a little better to what he said, but it didn't seem to satisfy Dante enough.

"Hey, come on. Let's see the trademark smile that livens up that cute face of yours." Dante said as he gently pinched Yui's cheeks and rubbed them. "Coochy, coochy, cooo…"

"Heh heh, that tickles!" Yui laughed as the rest of the HTT club couldn't help but smile a bit to their new teacher's antics, he seemed like the type of teacher who likes to mingle along with his students, just like Sawako is doing. Now, they got more curious than ever to know more of this man and more of his personality who was able to win over Yui's friendship and theirs.

Just then, Sawako entered the classroom and had a surprised look on her face when she saw Dante getting along with the HTT club. Closing the door behind her, she approached the group.

"I take it everyone's doing well, and Tony-sensei is behaving his best." Sawako said as Ritsu cut in.

"Why you never told us about this guy before today, Sawa-chan?" The drummer asked as she then gasped. "Could it be…you two are old flames and you're covering for him?"

"What the hell, kid?" Dante asked as Sawako's faced reddened. "You have quite a habit of jumping the gun, don't you?"

"But it's probably the only possible way!" Ritsu replied. "You're an older, attractive guy, she's just about the same age range, you both have similar tastes in music and are able to play guitar real good, do I even need to go further?"

"Ohh, Ricchan! I think I get what you mean!" Yui inputted, causing Sawako to sigh heavily along with Dante.

"See what I have to put up with these two?" Sawako asked as Dante nodded his head.

"Well, they are quite entertaining, but I think a little payback is in order. Yui already just got hers, so that leaves…" Dante quipped as he eyed Ritsu with a mischievous grin. "Hey, you."

"What are you planning, huh?" Ritsu asked as Dante raised his right hand.

"Just…stand still." He said, as with a snap of his finger, suddenly activated his old QuickSliver ability which enables him to slow down the time for a due period, allowing him to move faster than the other people in the room. During that instance, he reached for Ritsu's yellow headband and removed it, then roughed her hair slightly to cause the front hairline to fall over her exposed forehead, showing her more feminine and cuter side.

Satisfied with the look, he then snapped his finger again, returning time to normal. Much to her surprise, Ritsu gasped to see her hair out of place and Dante twirling her headband around. Even Mio, who rarely sees Ritsu's appearance like this, found she looked uber cute like this.

"I knew you're the type to get embarrassed easily, despite the bravado you put on." Dante said, causing the drummer to get flustered as she took back her headband. "Also, I think that look suits you much better."

"Ah, mouuuu!" Ritsu pouted at him while she blushed. "How did you do that, I didn't even see you move."

"Trade secret, kid, I don't want to spill the beans on my skills." Dante said. "Besides, you haven't seen me play yet, but since your advisor is now here, ladies first."

"You don't have to tell us twice, let's get to playing everyone." Yui said as her friends nodded to gather by their music instruments to start practicing while Dante cooled off by taking a seat and having tea with Sawako. Taking his tea filled cup, he smelt the strong and smoothing aroma of the specially blended tea that he never had tried before, but was willing to experiment since the smell was quite alluring.

(Bottoms up.) Dante thought as he sipped the tea, which had a slight lemon taste coupled with mint. He suddenly felt as if his body was more relax and relieved than before, something he doesn't often get when he's having his favorite foods. "Whoa, this tea is quite something, good stuff."

"I take it that you like it?" Sawako asked as Dante grinned and didn't hesitate for another helping as he sipped more of the tea from his cup.

"Yeah, it's got quite a kick, but more of the peaceful, kick back and take it easy kind." Dante said. "If I have any more of this, my body will get even more relaxed than usual."

"I'll be sure to let Mugi-chan know you're enjoying it, all of her teas and desserts are just incredible." Sawako said as Dante raised his tea cup to Mugi's direction, who waved back at him.

"Yeah, compliments to the chef." Dante said as he can see the group getting ready to start. Ritsu got her drumsticks ready and signal to start.

"1…2…3…go!" The drummer tapped her sticks as the group began to play one of their trademark songs, 'Don't say 'lazy'. Dante can sense the serious and heartfelt musical vibes coming from these five girls as he found himself tapping his feet to their rhythm, enjoying the well timed and synced tones, the energy in their sung lyrics and the union that the music they are playing is forming.

"Hmm, not bad, you guys. Not bad at all." Dante said to himself as he listened more to their practice sessions along with Sawako for the remainder of the evening.


About an hour and a half has passed since club activities started, the group had performed about five songs, but not without the expected hiccups and crazy antics from Ritsu and Yui, which seemed to entertain Dante to the point he thought he was watching a sitcom because of the two, overly energetic girls.

The time came for the girls to have their tea time break, and almost time for the day's club activities to wrap up. Before doing so, the members took their time to listen up (much to Ritsu's and Yui's constant pleading) to Sawako's story of how she encountered their new teacher in her old Death Devil days.

"Noromi, Della, Jane and I were doing a small concert for some visiting foreigners in the early days of our band." Sawako explained, sipping on her second cup of tea. "It was a gig for a friend from school, so we opted to perform for a chance to be known. It was there that we just happened to see a young American who was impressed by my playing and wanted to show us what he got."

"And the young guy she's talking about happens to be yours truly." Dante said. "I must admit, she had crazy talent, I couldn't pass up the chance to play with her."

"Not to mention, he was a lot more handsome back then to boot, so it will add to the publicity." Sawako said. "So, the girls decided to test him out, and we didn't regret it. He showed us his potential with that amazing guitar he was carrying around at the time."

"You mean Nevan?" Dante asked, causing Yui, Mio and Asuza looked at the man with curious looks. "Yeah, that's its name. Pretty handy thing, if you ask me."

"You brought it with you, right?" Yui asked as Dante nodded as he reached for his guitar case and took it out to display for the girls in the room. "Ohhhhhh!"

"That must be the coolest axe I've ever seen!" Ritsu exclaimed. "How did you ever get your hands on something like that?"

"Not sure if I should do that, most of my stories are a bit heavy on the R rated content." Dante said, causing the drummer to pout.

"Aw, come on! Don't be such a stingy teacher!" Ritsu said. "We played for you just now, and you thought we were all good, you should at least do something in return for praising us!"

"Yeah! If you can't tell us how you got Nevan just yet, at least show everyone how you play, just like you did when you were with me yesterday." Yui said as Dante looked at her when she pulled her ultra cute, uber moe powered puppy eyed, begging look and felt his defenses weaken. "Onegai?"

(Dammit, why do these girls have to be so damned cute?) Dante thought as he sighed. (Can't say if this is going to make my job any easier in the future or harder to focus…)

"Look here, kid. If you think that look's going to work on me, you got another thing…" Before Dante can finish, Ritsu, Mio, Mugi and Asuza followed Yui's action and made faces themselves, as if they were really curious to see him play, even if it looked like they were begging him. "Hey, that's no fair for all of you to team up against me!"

"Come on, Tony-sensei. Just this once and we won't bother you again." Ritsu said.

Dante looked at Sawako seeing he was getting crowded by the girls. "Hey, help me out here. Aren't these girls supposed to be your students, show them some refrain."

"Hmm, I don't know. I've been curious on knowing if your skills are still on par with mine's." Sawako said. "I can't argue against them on this one, just play a piece for them."

"Hmph. What a sellout." Dante said as he stood up with Nevan in arm. "Oh, I'll play something for you guys alright, just try not to go nuts by the time I'm done."

Yui and the others seated themselves on the couch and relaxed themselves before Dante was done making adjustments on Nevan (by adjustments, in the terms of mentally adjusting Nevan's tones so they won't produce live electricity and electric bats whenever he plays her).

"Okay, girls, I hope you're ready for what's to come." Dante said as he raised an arm. "Let's rock."

He then started to play the guitar melody theme from the time he smashed his jukebox when demons attacked it during his early demon hunting days. Being very vivid in shredding the guitar through the song, it was not just a catchy beat, but very rhythmic. Yui, as well as the other girls can sense the raw energy their new English teacher was putting into performing. Just like their friend who experienced it before, the remainder of the HTT club felt as if they were part of a special concert, or probably even more, but very similar. It was hard to put into words for them, but for the time being, they let their minds and bodies experienced this new sensation they never had before when engaged in music.

As Dante was done with giving the club members a taste of his talents, there was a silence in the room except for probably the loud thumping of Mio's and Azusa's hearts and Ritsu's gasping at Dante's performance.

"Well, then, I take it by the reactions you're giving, that was something you weren't expecting, I bet." Dante said as Mio stood up first.

"How can anyone…be able to play like that?" Mio stuttered, to the fact she was really bewildered by Dante's performance. "It's just…perfect!"

"Yeah, it's just as good as Sawa-chan's." Ritsu said, who was very thankful she was seated the entire time during Dante's performance. She swore her legs have grown weak just watching him play and the same could be said for the remaining girls in the room. "Or dare I say it, probably better."

"Hmph, don't think I didn't hear that, Ritsu." Sawako said, her glasses seemed to have gleamed while eyeing the drummer. "Although I do admit that Tony-san here is rather excellent in playing just as well as I do."

"Flattery won't get you anywhere, Sawako. " Dante said. "I'm just that good, that's all there is to it."

"And you never played in any bands before?" Azusa asked. "You have incredible talent, Tony-sensei, you shouldn't let it go to waste."

"You don't have to worry about my skills getting rusty, I always have a way to keep them up to date and even more." Dante said to the youngest HTT member.

"But, wouldn't you want people to know just how well you play?" Tsumugi asked as Dante shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe, but that's not where my calling lies. Probably if things in my life were different, yeah, I wouldn't have any trouble being popular in the music world." Dante said. "However, I have things that are much more important than that. Getting to know, educate and watch over you guys is one of them and I wouldn't trade it for all the fame and fortune in the world."

The girls stayed silent as they tried to grasp the meaning behind his words, since he sounded really deep in what he just told them. Aside from his playful personality, he really looked like he meant it that he was backing his teacher role for them. Or could it be he was referring to something about him he have yet to reveal…?

"Anyway, that's food for thought. Maybe one day, when I feel like it, I'll tell you all everything you need to know." Dante said. "And not just about the music, I mean."

"Well, we'll appreciate any advice you got for us, Tony-sensei." Yui said. "You're welcome to just drop by during club activities anytime."

"I'll take you up on your offer, kid, I won't be going anywhere for the time being." Dante said. "Now, before we wrap things up here, I think I should stick you with some guitar homework for today, how about it?"

"Uhn! I would really appreciate it, Tony-sensei." Yui said as Dante started to write on some music sheets while the others looked on.


Some time afterwards, the club room activities for the day were just finished, Sawako and 'Tony-sensei' as now referred to the girls, said their goodbyes and left the school to go to their respective homes, while the Hokago Tea Time group all walked together to each of theirs.

"I still can't believe Sawa-chan knows that Tony guy from long ago." Ritsu said with her hands behind her head as she recalled the story she shared with her students during their walk home. "You don't think she learnt how to play that well from him, do you?"

"I don't think so, but it scares me to think that they could get along." Mio said. "Not to mention that he has someone our age living with him…"

"Pat-chan was nice, wasn't she?" Yui said. "I do hope we'll see her again, I want to play for her too."

"Well, she was more…average, compared to Tony-sensei." Azusa said. "He certainly did come off as a bit of an eccentric kind of guy."

"Still, he is kind of weird in some senses. The white hair, the model looks, the way he talks…something's mysterious about him we don't know could be under that face of a mask of his." Ritsu said. "Although, he was rather funny too, so I guess that's okay too?"

"Not to mention, he really has an easy way of talking to girls." Asuza said. "I'm not sure if we should feel safe or worried about whenever he's around us…"

"Aw, come on, Azu-nyan! Tony-sensei may be a bit like that, but he's super nice!" Yui said. "He did say he would give us tips if we asked him nicely."

"I'm not saying that's he's bad, Yui-senpai. We just need to be careful around guys like him, especially you." Asuza said.

"Yeah, in case you haven't noticed, you seem to take quite a liking to him already." Mio said as Yui pouted. "It's as if he was like a big brother to you or something."

"I'm not sure what you guys mean, but as far as I know it, Tony-sensei seemed like the dependable type. I trust him." Yui said with a smile. "I'm sure whatever happens to our club, he's just going to make it more fun than before."

"But he's not a member, Yui-chan." Mugi said. "Wait, you're not thinking of…?"

"Heh-heh, why not, Mugi-chan?" Yui asked. "If he helps us learn to play better, it will be the best thing ever! What do you guys think?"

"Do you think he'll want that?" Ritsu asked. "He's already got his hands full with the English teaching part. How about asking him if he wants to officially help us if he can manage it?"

"There's one way to find out." Yui said. "Tomorrow, we'll ask him to be part of the Hokago Tea Time's music advisory team along with Sawa-chan!"


Meanwhile, in their temporary staying apartment…

"Achoo!" Dante sneezed out loud as if on cue. He had just gotten out of his teacher's clothes and was kicking back on the chair, reading a magazine when all of a sudden he felt he just had to sneeze.

"What the hell was that about?" Dante asked himself as he simply shrugged his shoulders and went back to reading. Just then, Patty walked in with a bowl of Dante's favorite dessert, strawberry sundae.

"So, did you get the girls to trust you enough yet?" Patty asked.

"It's going to take more than just a little showboating to get them to trust me. I have to work in a little incentive before any of those demons show up." Dante replied. "So far, everything is just too damn quiet for me to start up any unnecessary fights to show them my real talents."

"Well, don't take your time doing so, the demons won't wait on you, you know?" Patty asked.

"Relax, kid, I got this under control." Dante said as he reached out to take the bowl from his younger companion, who waved it away before he touched it. "Now what is it?"

"One more thing I want to know. Those Hokago Tea Time girls were cute. Between me and Yui, which do you like to hang out with more?" Patty asked as Dante looked at her.

"Well, they are all cute in their own special kind of ways, I admit that much, especially Yui. Now what is this is about?" Dante asked as an idea came to his head. "Don't tell me you're actually…jealous?"

Patty's face turned slightly red as she turned her head. "S…stupid! Why would I be, clearly I got more class than her! She may be a cutesy Japanese schoolgirl who can play guitar really good, but what does she have that I don't?"

"Well, comparing between you and Yui, it's easy." Dante said in a casual tone. "Yui's more like an innocent and curious kitten, and a white and fluffy bunny rabbit. Both are easy to admire to an extent. You on the other hand, are like a ferocious lioness who gets mad at the slightest thing gone bad, and much like the other women in my life, a bit of a pain to handle at times."

"Ugggghhh!" Patty screamed as she flung the strawberry sundae bowl at his face, making a big mess. "You can be so insensitive, Dante!"

A stomping of her feet leading out of the room heralded her exit, as Dante simply chuckled, licking the ice cream around his lips.

(Maybe I should have thrown in the, 'But that's the charming part about you I like the most' part.) Dante said as he used his finger to clean off the sundae off his face. (What the hell, I'll just apologize to her tomorrow when she cools off. But man, you'd think she knows not to waste food by now, now my dessert is ruined.)


Shardclaw: A bit of a comedic way to end this chapter, no? I hope everyone enjoyed it since it's more of a Dante meeting the K-ON! cast chapter than anything else. I may have took a bit longer than I did on this chapter, but I hope it was able to please some of you out there because I wanted to take my time and flesh as much things out as possible since as hinted from a couple reviews things seemed rushed the last chapter.

I must admit the new DmC was fairly good, but it was just subpar at best, that's it. Both the new Dante and the new female entry into the series, Kat, grew unto me the more I played the game, though the new NT Dante has ways to go to being a more favorable character compared to the original, the level designs was nice eye candy, and some of the boss fights were alright (the Bob Barbas fight was probably one of the best boss fights I played in a hack and slash game for a good while, I loved the news footage fight sequences in between). My only gripe for the game, aside having to listen to some of the poorest dialogue in DMC history, (at least not as bad as DMC 2's…) was how my eternal, gaming idol, Vergil, was portrayed both mid-game and end game…don't get me started on that. At first, I was glad we got a DMC game where we can see Dante and Vergil working together, but pretty much later on in it, he changes quite a bit to the unpleasantness of the majority of his fans, myself included, when he shows no honor to his character compared to the original. Yeah, that's a creative way of making that call and sullying his image, Ninja Theory, thanks for nothing.

Anyway, I'm sure the Vergil's Downfall DLC for the game will make me change my mind about him when I play it soon…if not, well…looks like I'll be sticking to the original DMC lore until a decent sequel for the series comes out, especially considering how kind of poorly the sales figure of the game were compared to DMC 4 and the HD Collection despite the good reviews it got.

And yeah, I heard of Project X Zone and know about being shipped over Westside, so I just might get a 3DS just to play it since we're dealing with a 3 way crossover with Capcom, Namco-Bandai AND Sega with some of my other favorite game characters other than DMC 1 Dante and Lady thrown into the madness, so it's bound to be good.

My mind has been occupied with stuff lately aside from cleaning up the trophies on various PS3 games including DmC (I may not like the game that much anymore, but I have a rep as a trophy hunter and DMC veteran to defend, so why not?) not to mention, trying to get the even more harder trophies on the recently released Metal Gear Rising: Revengance. Just throwing it here because it surprisingly made a much better hack and slash game DmC tried to be in terms of action, challenges and story, Kojima Productions and Platinum Games did a bang up job on turning a new Metal Gear game and Raiden into something that brought back hype to the action genre and a new breath of variety of gameplay to the MGS series as well brought back a feeling similar to when you play the original DMC series and Bayonetta with a mix of MGS in between. Anyone who hasn't played it yet, I recommend that you do try out Rising, aside from its short story mode, you will not be disappointed by the replay values which some of them actually demand the best skills you have for the game, as well getting to fight battles to its adrenaline fueled and hyped soundtrack, all leading up to some unique bosses and probably one of the best, Metal Gear final bosses in gaming history. I won't ruin who it is, I'll leave it for you to see for yourself.

In any case, leave your reviews by the door when you leave. I'll be sure to get the next chapter up soon, packed with some decent surprises including the return of a much loved original DMC favorite character in a new light.

ShardclawKusanagi.