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The next day dawn came, and with it the world awakened. Or, most of it. The lazier of the three devil hunters, mysterious strangers, whatever you may call them, was still fast asleep, drool hanging out the corner of his mouth. In one hand was a slice of pizza and in the other was a heavily modified Colt Government with white finish, Ivory. The night after the 'interrogation' was a rather dull one. The group had been provided rooms by Ozpin near the port. Ruby Rose had left to her own room back at Signal Academy, escorted back by the strict female, who revealed herself to be Ozpin's assistant, Glynda Goodwitch. Glynda had decided to escort the girl back personally, to 'ensure she did not get into any more trouble.'
Dante had found the entire affair funny, until Ozpin had left and Lady pistolwhipped him across the head for laughing at the younger girl. Vergil had said nothing and left the two of them alone, much to Lady's dismay. She may not have liked the older son of Sparda, especially considering he was the one who had essentially employed her bastard of a father and caused the entire Tower Incident, but at least he was capable of keeping his mouth shut and keeping to himself.
Vergil however had never returned that evening, choosing instead to go to the nearest source of information he could, which ended up being a classic library. He had walked the rows, subtly reaching into the inner breast pocket of his longcoat, withdrawing a small golden rimmed, scarlet glassed monocle, a tool of his fathers. The monocle itself allowed one to read in different languages, rendering them translated. The more read in a different language, the more was internally understood until the monocle was not needed. Much to his surprise, the monocle was not needed as he swept through several rows of books. The language spoken and written here was the same as English back home. With this newfound discovery, he ended up seated in a chair until the library's closing time, reading past histories of the wars and the Grimm- the shadow monsters, the beasts, the demons.
Once the library had closed, Vergil found himself walking to the outskirts of the city, heading into the wilderness. Once there, he summoned the Yamato with a click of his fingers, and began the motions he had learned from his father at his brother's side, long ago. He stayed out the entire night, savoring the fresh, crisp air, untainted by civilization.
When morning arrived, Vergil had headed back to the room Ozpin had provided near the boarding station for Beacon Academy. What better way to learn who to watch out for, how to survive, and the best information you could obtain than in a school for hunting monsters? He walked in on the scene of his younger twin being whipped upside the head awake by the little human girl. His younger brother's pain would have been amusing if it wasn't so irritating that he had not woken himself to prepare to head off. Lady had already taken care of her hygiene for the day, judging by the faint smell of soap coming off of her, and Dante continued to smell like pizza grease and the faint smell of demon's blood, courtesy of that scarlet soaked coat he wore. Vergil may not have been any better in the regard for the demon's blood, but at least he cleaned himself; which he headed into the shower room for himself now.
When Vergil emerged from the room, cleaned and refreshed, Dante was still looking as if he was about to fall back to sleep. A quick frown, a click, and the sound of wood impacting something was heard, as Dante was sent sprawling headfirst into the bathroom, courtesy of a sheathed strike from the Yamato. The door was closed after that, paired along with some swearing at the older brother and the shower being turned on. Vergil eyed Lady with a once over and then left the room, the huntress looking bewildered at the blunt treatment of his younger sibling. Then of course, Dante began to sing in the shower, and Lady quickly exited the room as well.
The boarding station was busy on the group's arrival. Groups of hunters and huntresses in training were assembled with their luggage, each struggling to either find friends to stick with, or places to relieve themselves of their belongings. One girl in particular, white snowy white hair and a short combat dress of the matching color, seemed to have an entourage of assistants wheeling several briefcases around. The group of devil hunters was glanced at and given different reactions. Several females became enamored of the two silvery-white haired males, especially the one in the red coat, who did nothing to hide the chiseled body beneath his coat. Several young males looked over Lady as well- either with catcalls, wolf whistles, or obvious winking. Vergil had his own small group of females staring at him, only to look away at the cold expression that turned to face them whenever he felt their eyes stripping him.
At long last, the airship began its boarding. Groups of friends were gathered, luggage was stowed away, and the teens all began to mingle. The devil hunters headed into the ship themselves, among the last few. Dante and Lady each headed to the rear of the ship, near the doors, staring out the windows. Vergil leaned against the wall near them, also looking out over the views, only to reach into his coat and withdraw an old book, a withered tome that he had been flipping through before the entire tower incident began. He glanced off to the other side of the airship, Dante's head following his line of sight as they both heard the commotion.
-DeViL-
Ruby Rose had been excited to head to Beacon Academy. She would be able to go with her sister, become a Huntress, and help others how she desired to. The look on her face as her sister wrapped her in a backbreaking hug however, was one that wished to fade into the background and never come out as her older sister squealed out loud, "Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!"
Ruby attempted to speak as her lungs were slowly being crushed, her voice compressed as it squeaked out, "Please stop..."
The older sister, Yang Xiao Long bounced backwards on her feet, releasing her little sister from the hug with a wide smile, "But I'm so proud of you!"
Ruby looked down at the ground, abashed, not willing to meet her sister's eyes as she glanced around, desperate to not attract any attention, "Really, Sis, it was nothing..."
Yang, however was too exuberant to be helped, "What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone is going think you're the bee's knees."
Ruby shook her head, taking a slight step back as she raised her arms in defense of the proclamation arguing back, "But I don't want to be the bee's knees! I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl, with normal knees." She started looking down to the floor once again rather embarrassed.
Yang looked over her in confusion for a moment, her hands on her hips as she leaned towards her sister. "What's with you? Aren't you excited?"
Ruby glanced back up at her sister with a tired expression, slightly exasperated. "Of course I'm excited, I just... I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." She looked back down to the floor once again in her attempt to make herself seem unimportant.
Yang walked next to her sister, wrapping an arm over her shoulder in a reassuring hug, a sibling gesture. "But you are special."
One of the many screens on the airship swapped over to a news feed, showing the image of the leader of the gang Ruby had foiled the robbery of the previous night. "The robbery was led by the nefarious criminal, Roman Torchwick, who continues to elude authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you Lisa."
The image on the screen then changed to a young, grey haired woman with yellow eyes before it faded, showing several protest images of people with animal traits, the Faunus. "Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now-"
The news feed ended, the holographic image of Glynda Goodwitch stood standing, addressing the new arrivals. The devil hunters glanced up from their view of the city, looking over at the nearest graphic as she began to speak. "Hello and welcome to Beacon!"
Yang glanced over at her sister, then back at the hologram. "Who's that?"
The hologram continued on with its speech, as if answering her. "I am Glynda Goodwitch."
"Oh."
The hologram continued on, oblivious to the question, "You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." The hologram faded away after that, the airship's speed picking up as it headed out of the station's clearway.
Ruby blinked towards the window, walking towards it transfixed as her palms pressed flat on the glass, "Wow! Look, you can see Signal Academy from up here!" After a few moments of looking, her face held a small smile as she glanced at her sister. "I guess home isn't too far after all."
Yang, for her part, just placed her hand on her little sister's shoulder, smiling lightly to her as she corrected her. "Beacon is our home now." A short distance away, a young man with short blond hair held his stomach with one hand, and the other was pressed over his mouth as he backed away from the windows, headed towards the back, near the restrooms near the devil hunters. Yang gave the young man a glance and slightly shrugged her shoulders. "I guess... the view isn't for everyone."
Ruby still held a small smile, even as the boy staggered off to the rooms. "Well, it was a nice moment while it lasted. I wonder who we're gonna meet." Then, the sound of a door slamming shut was heard, and some wet splatters were heard after that.
Yang glanced at the door, one hand brushing back her long, bright blonde hair. "I just hope their better than vomit boy."
Said boy was on his way out of the room when a hand pressed into his chest, closed. The boy looked over the blue sleeved coat of the arm at the pale, silver haired teen who stopped him, only to blink as a small green star was dropped into one of his hands before the arm fell. The boy looked over the green star for a moment, squinting at it, poking it, and even licking it. The teen who gave him the star gave a sigh, and took it back, crushing it in his palm as a shower of green dust fell over his head. Vomit boy immediately felt better, offering a wide grin and a bow to the teen in blue. "Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you!"
The teen looked over him, shaking his head slowly as the airship finally arrived, Ruby, Yang, and man of the other occupants having already left. A rather bored, cold tone responded to him as he moved from the wall, Dante and Lady having already left. "Do not mention it."
-DeViL-
As the first group of students, Ruby and Yang included, stepped out across the landing platform, their mouths were held agape as they looked over the majestic towers of Beacon Academy. It looked like a massive castle. "Wow..."
Yang crossed her arms with a smirk, glancing back over her shoulder at the city they had left behind. "View from Vale's got nothing on this!"
Ruby however, was already lost in her own world, her eyes alight at the sight of the other students, or rather, their weapons. "Oooh, Oh sis! That kid has a collapsible staff! That girl has a fire sword!" Ruby began to wander off, trailing after people with different weapons, changing direction constantly until Yang lightly yanked her back next to her by her red hood.
"Easy there, little sister. They're just weapons."
Ruby looked shocked at her sister, her arms held out in disbelief. "Just weapons? They are extensions of ourselves! They're a part of us! They're so cool!"
Yang looked over her sister in confusion, her head cocking slightly, "Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it?"
The sounds of rapid unfolding was heard as Yang glanced away from her sister, who was suddenly hugging her large crimson scythe. "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new ones. Its like meeting new people, but better."
Yang rolled her eyes, then tugged Ruby's hood overtop her head. "Ruby, come on. Why don't you try to make some new friends of your own while you're here?"
Ruby looked up at her sister in confusion, her head now tilting off to the side, "Why would I need friends when I have you?"
Yang backed away slightly, only to be consumed by a group of her own friends from Signal. "Well, actually my friends are already here gotta go catch up Bye!" She and her friends left in a rush, leaving Ruby spinning out of control at the speed her sister had abandoned her with. She had nearly fallen, only to be held up by two different sets of hands on each shoulder. She took a dizzied glance at their owners, only to see a smirking Dante and a plain faced Lady.
"Hey kid, you doing alright?"
Ruby gave a wide grin and nodded, springing back into balance on her feet as the white haired girl from earlier walked by, her entourage moving a small stand of suitcases marked with the same symbol on the girl's back. "Yup! How are you guys, are you excited to be here to? What kind of weapons did you bring? Could i see them?"
Lady blinked and backed away for a moment, raising her hands slightly in her defense."We are fine, once the idiot here decided to wake up. We nearly missed the transport. It could be an interesting opportunity to be here, so lets find out. I have several weapons, mostly firearms and the ammunition needed for them. You'll get to see them if we ever spar or go hunting together."
Dante gave a slight frown being referred to as the idiot, and was about to defend himself until Lady put a hand to one of her pistols. Those things really stung when they hit you upside the head. Or, you know, when you get shot in the head by one, once or twice. "We got here fine, kid. Why would I be excited to come to school? Then again, its a school about killing monsters, so it can't be all bad. What kind of weapons did I bring? I have a few actually. A pair of handguns, a shotgun, an energy bow, an anti-tank rifle, my sword, some tri-segmented ice nunchaku, fire and wind scimitars, and an electric scythe/guitar combo."
Both Ruby and Lady blinked at him and then stared oddly at him for a few moments. "Where is all this stuff, on the ship?"
Dante just gave a smirk and shook his head, slowly turning around and walking off after the groups of kids, the large onyx blade- Rebellion, was on his back even though it hand't been there before. "You'll find out soon enough, kid." Lady gave a groan and shook her head, following after him. Ruby glanced at the two, then blinked as she was left alone near the walkways.
An older girl with long black hair and a bow tied on top of her head walked past, reading a book, following the path later on. Ruby glanced down after offering her a wave, which went unseen and ignored. A hand placed itself on her shoulder, belonging to the Vomit boy from earlier, smiling slightly, "You alright? I'm Jaune"
Ruby smiled slightly at the guy, nodding before she blanched, "Ruby. Oh, aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship?"
Jaune gave a slight nod as they began to walk, followed by Vergil, who was taking his own time to scout the area. Eventually, they ended up in a smaller courtyard, with Vergil tagging along at the rear of the group. Jaune ended up giving him a small, grateful smile, which Vergil did not bother responding or reacting to. Ruby glanced back at him and squealed slightly at the blade that was sheathed and held in his left hand, looking over it with her usual excitement. "What is it's name? What can it do? Do you have anything else? I know you can do that cool thing with the blue swords, but can you do anything else? I have a speed semblance if you would want to know."
Vergil just blinked over her for a moment, then sighed. "Tell me about yourselves, then I will answer you."
Ruby gave a shy smile and slowly reached behind her back, flourish and spinning Crescent Rose until the tip of its blade impaled itself into the ground. "Well, I've got this thing." Jaune backed away slightly as it unfolded, his arms raised. Vergil simply cocked an eyebrow as he looked it over.
Jaune slowly approached it, slightly poking one of the edges, "Is that a scythe?"
Ruby gave him a cheerful nod, then began to speak shyly again, "It is also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle."
"A what?" Was Jaune's only response, blinking in confusion.
"Its also a gun." Was Vergil's flat response.
"That's cool."
Ruby leaned towards Jaune, grinning slightly, "So what do you have?"
Jaune fumbled around a bit, drawing out a plain straightblade longsword. "I've uh... got this sword! And its sheathe is also a shield, too." He expanded the sheathe into its shield mode, only to fumble around with it, then drop it to the ground.
Ruby nodded, her eyes alight at 'meeting' the new weapon. "So what do they do?"
Jaune looked over her and gave her a small smile. "The shield collapses into a sheathe when I get tired of carrying it."
"Doesn't that mean it would still weigh the same?"
"Yeah, it does..."
Ruby gave a slight embarrassed laugh as she began to slowly stroke her the Crescent Rose before collapsing it, returning it behind her back. "Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I guess I did go a little overboard in designing it."
Jaune looked over at her in surprise, and Vergil turned his head slightly to look at her as Jaune spoke, "Wait, you made that?"
"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons. Didn't you?"
"It's a hand-me-down. My great-great grandfather used it to fight in the war." Jaune glanced down at the ground, slightly embarrassed as he sheathed the longsword.
"It kinda sounds more like a family heirloom to me. I like it though. Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days." Ruby then glanced over at Vergil, her eyes sparkling with delight as she looked over the sheathed blade in his hands. "What about yours Vergil? You promised!"
Vergil did nothing but give her a flat stare, then slowly brought a hand up to his face, giving his hand a quick, violent motion back over his head, his hair slicking back into its usual spikes. "I never made a promise.. but my sword is named Yamato. It is an O-katana that was handed down to me by my father, just as my brother's sword was." Vergil gave a slow draw of the blade, the light gleaming off of the pristine edge.
Ruby and Jaune looked over it with a slight sense of awe, and Ruby tilted her head slowly towards him. "Does it do anything special?"
Vergil gave her a slight tilt of his head before he slowly sheathed the blade once again, only to slightly push the guard up with his thumb, exposing an inch of the blade. Ruby blinked for a moment, and then gasped as a nearby stone in the garden they had been walking in collapsed into tiny, jagged rocks and dust. "It can cut through anything." He then began to move past them, his head lowering slightly before he glanced back up to the sky. "We should get going, considering you two were headed in the wrong direction. Come." He then walked off, with Ruby and Jaune glancing at each other, then quickly jogging after him.
-DeViL-
Upon entering the grand hall, the majority of the new students were gathered. Vergil glanced off to the corners, already spotting his brother and Lady. He remained near the other two for a moment, only for Ruby to be called off by her sister Yang. "I gotta go, I'll see you guys after the ceremony!" She gave them a slight wave before begin dragged off by her sister.
Jaune held up his hands in exasperation, then sighed. "Great, now where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" Vergil simply cocked an eyebrow to him, slowly shaking his head before he walked off to his brother. Jaune spotted him, then began to trail after him in a slight panic. "Hey, wait up!"
Yang looked over her younger sister with a wide smile, one hand rested on her hips as her friends began to part ways in the crowd. "So how is your first day going little sister?"
Ruby glanced over her with a face of mock anger, crossing her arms over her chest."You mean since you ditched me and nearly knocked me over?"
"Sorry little sis. Had to catch up, you know? Did you make any new friends, whether people or weapons?"
Ruby's faced lighted up happily as she nodded, her hands out as she began to count on her fingers, her speech already going into slight overdrive. "Well, there is Lady and Dante, who were nice enough to keep me from falling down after someone left me in a spin drive." She gave her sister a small glare, which Yang whistled nonchalantly to in mock innocence. "Then Vomit boy- who's name is Jaune, he is really nice by the way, once you get past the motion sickness, and Vergil, Dante's older twin. All the weapons were fantastic! Lady has this rocket launcher with a bayonet called Kalina Ann, Dante says he had a whole mess of fun weapons, but I could only see his sword, so I dunno how that works. Jaune has his family's sword and shield and Vergil has one of the coolest weapons ever, an heirloom from his father, a katana called Yamato." Ruby glanced at her sister, her eyes alight with excitement. "It can cut through anything! All he did was flick his thumb out, and the sword came out of the sheathe like an inch, and this huge rock in the garden just fell apart into pebbles and dust! It was awesome sis!"
Yang blinked slowly, then shook her head at the sudden slew of information, then grinned slightly at her younger sister, wrapping an arm around her neck, then rubbing her knuckles lightly on top of Ruby's head. "I'm so proud of you. Already making new friends."
"Ahem... I will keep this brief." Ozpin was standing at the stage of the grand hall, all of the new students looking up at the man, either in awe, or respect of his position. Glynda Goodwitch was standing nearby, watching over each of the students with her usual stern expression. "You have travelled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft, and acquire new skills. When you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." With that said, Ozpin walked off the stage, headed out and back to his office.
Glynda then took up the mic on stage, giving the orders for the next day. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed!"
Yang put her hands on her hips, glancing over her sister. "He seemed kinda... off. Like he wasn't all there, you know?"
"Probably because he didn't have that mug of coffee in his hands." Dante gave a slight grin at the response, ruffling the top of Ruby's head a bit. "How are we doing kid?"
Ruby grinned up at him, only to pout and quickly fix her hair back to how it was before he 'attacked'. "I'm good now. Thanks for helping me earlier. This is my sister, Yang."
Dante looked over Yang and gave a light wolf whistle and a grin, which she responded to in kind, considering his lack of a shirt underneath his open longcoat. "Nice to meet you, babe. Name's Dante."
Yang looked over him for a moment, her lilac eyes probably stripping him further as she grinned, then lightly punched him in the arm. "Same here. Yang Xiao Long, Ruby's older sister, and best fighter in my year at Signal Academy. Sis said you mentioned a lot of weapons. I only see that huge butterknife. Were you lying to get into my sister's combat skirt?"
Dante blanched at the response, only to reach his hand back behind his coat, only to withdraw the tri-segmented nunchaku, giving them a light whirl in a circle. The air around them dropped in temperature, and small flecks of snow seemed to fall off of the prongs. "Does it look like I was lying?"
Yang simply grinned and glanced at Ruby, who was wide-eyed and focused entirely on the weapon, pouting when it was put back behind Dante's back. "Alright, alright. Sorry."
With that, the group headed out towards the ballroom, preparing for the evening.
-DeViL-
Yang dropped to the floor next to Ruby, who was writing a letter with a small puff of air from the sleeping bags that had been provided. "It's like a big slumber party!"
Ruby continued to write her letter, not even bothering to look away. "I don't think dad would approve all of the boys, though."
Yang looked over several of the males, who were shirtless around their bags, talking. "I know that I do." She gave a slight grin, only for it to fade when Jaune walked by in a full body, one piece pair of pajamas. "What's that?"
"Its a letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things were going."
"Aww, that's so cute!" Yang teased, only to be impacted in the face by a pillow, falling back.
"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. Its weird not knowing anyone else here, save for Lady, Dante, Vergil, and Jaune. Even then, I just met them."
"Well, Jaune is nice. Plus one friend! Plus, Dante is funny, and pretty hot. Lady seems kinda serious though. I haven't seen Vergil yet. Wonder where he's been?" Yang questioned. "Look its only been one day. You've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet."
Ruby sat up slowly, only to see a small set of candles across the room, the black haired girl from earlier was sitting, still reading her book, only with what looked like slight irritation. "That girl... I saw her before, after Dante and Lady checked up on me."
"You know her?"
"Not really, she was reading the entire time and headed to the grand hall. I don't think she saw me after you left."
"Well then let's go talk to her!" Yang quickly lifted up Ruby by the arm, marching her over to the girl. "I believe you may know each other."
The girl looked up and slowly shook her head, her eyebrows cocking slightly. "Aren't you the girl that ditched her younger sister and nearly knocked her to the ground?"
Yang gave a guilty grin, and rested her hands behind her head. "Maybe. I'm Yang, and this is my sister Ruby."
"Blake."
"So what do you think of Beacon so far?" Yang began to pry.
"I don't know. I'm trying to read about it. From this book. Right now." Blake said in an even tone, as if trying to politely say 'leave me alone.'
Ruby leaned in slightly, a curious expression on her face, "What's it about?"
"What?"
"The book, what is it about?"
"Its about a demon who betrayed his kind to save innocents."
"Yang used to read to me every night before bed... stories about heroes and monsters.. It is kinda what made me want to become a Huntress." Ruby gave a small, absent minded smile.
Blake smiled back up at her, her head tilting a tad. "Why is that? Hoping you'll live happily ever after?"
Ruby gave a small smile, glancing out the window at the large moon in the sky. "I'm hoping we all will. As a girl, I wanted to be just like the heroes in books. Someone who fought for what was right, and defended the people who couldn't protect themselves."
Blake looked up to her, slowly bookmarking her page. "That is very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't like a fairy tale. Not everybody gets happy endings."
Ruby gave a rather sad smile, the sky began to rain lightly, not enough for cloud cover, but still enough to be noticed. "Well, that's why we're here. To give everyone that chance."
Blake gave her a small smile, slowly lifting an umbrella out of her pack, headed out towards one of the windows. The white haired girl from earlier stomped by, a light scar trailed down her left eye as she grumbled around. "Those two idiots won't stop their stupid banging. How is anyone supposed to sleep if they keep up that racket?" Blake's bow was twitching ever so slightly, faint clangs were being heard in the distance, outside the ballroom. Yang, Ruby, Blake, and the girl who identified herself (rather self importantly) as Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust company, huddled underneath the expanded umbrella, searching out through the rain for the source of the noise. When they found it, they were rather shocked at what they saw.
-DeViL-
Dante and Vergil were sparring in the rain. Dante had removed his longcoat, and Vergil has removed his own, leaving him in his dark, sleeveless tunic. With a low growl, Dante began to drag Rebellion across the ground, leaving a jagged edge along the ground as he brought it up. Vergil was awaiting him, however, with Yamato unsheathed in his right hand, batting the strike upwards, off-balancing his younger twin. With a small roll of his fingers, he let his blade shift in his hands, shoving his brother backwards with the butt of his grip. Dante skidded back, hitting a small pillar in the courtyard. With a growl, he drew a black handgun, Ivory's twin sister, Ebony, and began to open fire in a rapid count. Before the girls could cry out, Vergil was already spinning Yamato, a small distortion was seen from how quickly he was moving the blade. Slowly, the blade stopped, and each bullet was laid out along the ground.
Ruby blinked slowly, then had her eyes wide with awe. Vergil then took things a step further, swiping the bullets back to their sender, who responded with a downwards cleave, slicing them in two, causing the half shells to erupt as they passed by him. Dante then rushed back at Vergil again, Rebellion held easily in one hand, as if to stab his brother. Vergil brought up the sheathe to the Yamato, defending against the stab with a deflection of its momentum. Dante then began to rapidly jab the Rebellion at his brother, the sword becoming a blur, only to continue to be deflected by the sheathe of the Yamato alone. Vergil and Dante then began to swing their blades, each of them crashing and sliding against each other in the rain, passing by with near misses, or soft clinks as they deflected eachother. Eventually, the motions became so fast that the rain around the two stopped in a small dome of silver flashes and grey steel. They two met in a final clash, the blades locked between the two as the rain fell around them in a splash.
The girls stood there in the rain in silence, watching as the edges of the blades grew white hot from the friction and force pressed onto them, only for Dante's Rebellion to be tossed up from a shift in the lock, the edge of the Yamato held to his brother's throat as he recovered. Dante gave a tired grin, then shrugged. With a snap of his fingers, the Rebellion spun from its spot on the ground, swirling into his open hand. Slowly, he turned around, a silver amulet with a bloody red gem dangled against his chest as he gave the viewers a small wave. Vergil slowly sheathed the Yamato with a click, turning to retrieve his longcoat. A matching amulet rested against his chest, but in gold rather than silver.
As they moved, the girls simply watched as the two walked back towards the ballroom, with Dante giving the girls a wink, and Vergil giving Dante a quick whack upside the head with the butt of Yamato's sheathe. Weiss was rather pale looking at the two she had been ready to reprimand, only to get a very faint dusting of pink around her cheeks as she looked to the spiky haired twin. The man screamed noble in her eyes. Ruby just gave a wide eyed look to the two as the umbrella began to move with them back to the ballroom. Yang couldn't help but grin at the view she had gotten. Two very fit men, fighting wet in the rain. It was like an action movie for women to enjoy. Blake remained quiet, only nodding her head in respect to each of them. Once they had made it inside, Ruby could not help but walk in front of them, her silver eyes as wide as dinner plates. "That. Was. AWESOME! Can you teach me to do that? How did you block the bullets? How did you stop the rain? Where did you get those necklaces?"
Vergil and Dante glanced at each other. Dante ended up giving her a small grin. "Sure thing, kid. You may want to ask Vergil on blocking bullets, considering he loathes guns. Stopping the rain? Just lost track of time, I guess.." The rain had sent both Dante and Vergil's hair down over their faces, showing that they could in fact, pass for identical twins, save for the facial expressions. Vergil's was rather flat, serious, and Dante's was grinning, either savagely or mischievously.
Slowly, Vergil brought up the gold embedded amulet to his forehead, pressing it against his head as he closed his eyes. "These amulets... were given to us on our birthday by our mother, the night she was murdered. They were a gift to her from our father, before he vanished." He quickly drew the his hand back up, over his head, his hair slicking back into its usual spikes, and he walked off, fading into the dark of the hallways.
Ruby looked stricken at what she had said, and Dante actually looked to where his brother had gone his face confused for a moment. "I am so sorry. I shouldn't have said anything. I am a terrible, terrible person..."
Dante did nothing but ruffle the top of her head, a sad expression on his face. "Don't blame yourself kid. Vergil was always serious when we were little, doing whatever he could to become stronger. The night that our mother died.. she told us to hide in our room, in the closet." Dante closed his eyes for a moment, glancing back over his shoulder. Lady was leaned against the wall, her own mismatched eyes wide from the information. "I was scared. What seven year old wouldn't be? I stayed and hid in the closet."
Ruby blinked for a moment, glancing up at him. "What do you mean... Vergil didn't..?"
"No. Vergil made sure I was safe and hidden with Rebellion, and he took Yamato and tried to save our mother. It was the first time he killed something." The girls each looked horrorstruck at the revelation. Several other students, Jaune included were seated around them, listening silently, their faces pale as they pretended to sleep. "What killed our mother were getting revenge for something our old man did. I never forgave him for not coming back. But the monsters that killed her... they were something much stronger, much smarter, and much more evil than the Grimm you have now. They were real demons, the first few. Vergil managed to kill one, but it was too late. They had had their fun with our mom, and she was dead... Then they had my brother to play with."
"What happened?" Was Weiss's quiet, shaky reply.
"They blew up the house. I was alone in the wreckage, buried. Vergil had been beaten, and he never lost when we grew up. I had no idea where he was. I was alone for who knows how many years. But I had people, friends of our parents, who took care of me. They actually helped me make Ebony and Ivory... They were eventually killed by demons too. When I found out what happened to Vergil.. turns out he was still alive. The demons took him as a plaything back to where they came from. They took a seven year old kid to hell." Dante gave a slow look up at the moonlit sky, his eyes blank and unfocused. "And apparently, my big bro kicked some major ass. He survived in hell for years, and escaped. Kid, my brother actually told you about what his sword could do, right?"
Ruby gave him a rather timid nod at this point, frowning.
"Well, when he said anything, he meant anything. He cut himself a hole out of hell, just like our father did. That sword can cut through dimensions. You may get to see one of his bigger tricks if you end up working with him. That little flick he does that destroys things? Is nothin' compared to when he really cuts loose."
Dante gave Ruby another ruffle on top of the head, and began to walk off. "Sorry to dump that on you girls, but Vergil opened the door with his answer. I just made sure to close it before you asked something that he wouldn't want to answer. He is still readjusting to people. You guys sleep tight."
With that, each of them went to sleep, either with a better idea of what their training could be put to use for, or for a reason to fight and win.
