Guardian Devil
Disclaimer: I do not own either Devil May Cry or the percy Jackson series. They are the sole property of their creators. Any character likenesses are purely coincidental. This is a FANFICTION. I do not stand to gain any money whatsoever.
Dante had slept well into the night before awakening to the sounds of nearby shouting as well as the sound of metal piercing flesh, the telltale signs that a battle is taking place. In that very same area, the demon hunter sensed multiple entities that felt very similar to demons. The young hybrid swiftly rose from the makeshift bed before grabbing the guitar case he set next to the bench earlier that evening. He knew it would be safe seeing as it could only be touched by either him or someone he deems trustworthy, courtesy of special wards powered by demonic energy. After rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he sprinted towards the commotion while reinforcing his clothes with devil-based energy; Something he came up with after getting tired of ruining all his good clothes "on the job."
After a good five minutes of all-out running he successfully made it to the impromptu battlefield. The scene before him was puzzling to say the least. He watched as a group of young girls who looked to barely be in their teens valiantly held their own against a horde of…Demons? No, these were unlike any demon he's crossed paths with. He picked out a ten foot tall humanoid monster with only one eye. Not only that, he saw: snake women, flaming dogs the size of a minivan, with a bipedal bull at the front of their forces. Excited at the prospect of some action, Dante slammed the butt of the narrow end of the guitar case into the ground, subsequently launching his sword, Rebellion, into the air through a hidden compartment in the bottom. (I'm using the DMC 5 model.) Dante leapt into the air, grabbing Rebellion before shifting the blade into the form of a whip/grapple and pulling one of the snake women to his position.
Now in the form of a sword once more, Dante takes a single swing and lops off the creature's head. The monster disintegrated almost immediately after. Letting gravity do its job, the young angel-devil hybrid shifts the sword once more, this time to the form of the flaming axe: Azazel. Upon landing Dante slams the axe, blade first into the ground sending out a shockwave of red energy and thereby vaporizing a group of the flaming canines instantly.
Switching to long range combat, Dante tosses Rebellion high up in the air before pulling out his custom handguns Ebony and Ivory, proceeding to shoot every which way with each shot hitting its mark and resulting in an instant kill without fail; taking out over twenty monsters before Rebellion even hit the ground. Surveying the carnage, Dante spots a young, Auburn-haired girl being knocked off balance by the man/bull hybrid. As the creature made to finish off the girl, it froze up due to the blade now protruding from his back. Briefly turning his gaze to the downed warrior, the half-devil flashes a reassuring smile before returning his attention to the beast on the business end of Rebellion. Frowning, at the creature, his free, left hand darts to the back of his waistband and brings Ebony up to its face with the barrel being aimed directly between its eyes. With a squeeze of the trigger, a bullet is put though its skull and causes the monster to disintegrate.
Returning Ebony to its position in his waistband, Dante scans the battlefield with the intent of checking on the girls. He breathes a sigh of relief after noting that there were no monsters remaining. Under other circumstances he's be disappointed that things ended so quickly and over being unable to find a true challenge to his abilities. But things were different this time. While he may be a smartass, he would be damned if he allowed kids to get hurt when he could have done something to prevent it. After assessing the condition of the brave warriors, Dante was pleased to see they were okay for the most part. While not completely unharmed, they were all in one piece only sporting some minor cuts and bruises. Torn from his thoughts by the distinctive sound of metal on wood Dante noticed they were in better physical condition thanhe initially believed. They certainly seemed to be in good enough condition that every one of them had a bow leveled at him with arrows notched and at the ready.
Realizing the auburn-haired girl was not among them he turned around to see where she had gone. Without warning Dante heard a loud "twang!" meaning that the bow strings had been released sending the arrows flying at him. In an inhuman display of marksmanship, Dante whipped around, Ebony and Ivory drawn and shot over thirty arrows out of the air, pulling off the impossible feat within the span of two seconds.
Dante proceeds to smirk at their flabbergasted expressions before speaking up to prevent a potentially awkward silence. "So… anyone want to tell me what the hell that was all about?
"Silence male! No one said you could speak!" one of the girls snapped back in a bratty tone.
Rather than be annoyed the girl's bratty attitude, the half-devil found himself feeling amused more than anything else. "I can speak! Ha! Someone said I could speak! I win!" he retorted.
Some of the girls looked irritated at his childish behavior while others began to snicker. Before anything else could be said a voice giving off a sense of authority made itself known.
Dante turned around to the source of the voice and sees that in place of the young girl he had saved, there stood a young woman who appeared to be around eighteen or so that happened to have the exact same hair as the young girl. In his usual blunt manner Dante asks: "Who are you?"
"You will speak to milady with respect male!" blurted a voice from the small crowd. Flat out ignoring that little outburst, the demon hunter keeps his gaze facing forward, focusing his attention on the woman in front of him. As he analyzes her he notices that she is surrounded by a highly powerful energy. It didn't come anywhere close to equaling the power possessed by the twin sons of Sparda but it was still pretty damn powerful.
He's torn from his thoughts upon noticing that someone was snapping their fingers in front of his face. "As I was saying, my name is Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt and Moon. Now who are you and why are you here?
"Hold your horses lady! Do you expect me to just take your word for it? Then why don't you prove it? Prove that you're a goddess."
"Now why should I?"
Based on the limited knowledge I possess concerning gods and goddesses, you supposedly have a "True form" that puts said god or goddess at full power. Show me and I'll believe you."
Artemis looks at him like he's crazy before replying: "You'll turn into dust. You do realize that don't you?"
Dante flashes a crooked grin before saying: "If I don't turn into dust I'll answer any questions you have as well as go along with whatever you decide to do to me. And if I do disintegrate…Well, if you're anything like these girls then you'll see the benefit in there being one less male on this earth."
Finally convinced, Artemis relents and proceeds to command girls, or as she calls them: the "Hunters" to turn around and close their eyes. While not pleased by the order they do as they are told. For a brief moment she just stood stock still when her form is engulfed by a brilliant silver glow. Brighter and brighter the light became, the brilliant light almost overwhelming the vision of even those not watching the spectacle. The only person not affected by the phenomenon was a certain half-devil.
It was a solid two minutes before the glow had finally started to weaken. When the light had been reduced to a bearable level, Dante refocused his gaze upon the woman who did indeed seem to be a goddess. What he saw was astounding to be honest. Where a seemingly normal young woman stood only moments before was a mind-blowingly incredible sight. Standing before him was Artemis but with a few major differences.
First of all, her skin had gone from a slight tan to a glowing silver hue. On her forehead there now rested a magnificent pair of deer antlers. Her ears, previously in the normal position befitting a human, now took the form of black wolf ears that had now migrated to the top of her skull. She now wore a cloak of animal skins over a silver Greek chiton.The most important change of all , as far as he could tell, is that her power was now nearly equal to his own.
As he stared at the now transformed Artemis a tingling sensation began to course through his body.
"Most impressive. You haven't taken the slightest bit of damage from witnessing my transformation," Artemis commented with a hint of incredulity.
"Uh…Thanks?" Dante replied with a tone of uncertainty. The tingling now started to become a highly painful sensation.
"You're clearly not human. What are you?" questioned the goddess.
Dante opened his mouth to formulate a response but found himself unable to string together a coherent sentence due to the now unbearable pain. Beginning to grow hotter and hotter as if he had been set ablaze, the half-devil searched desperately for a way to cool himself. Spotting a nearby pond, he drags his legs towards it though his legs felt more akin to blocks of lead at this point.
His grueling efforts were rewarded when he had made it to the edge of the pond. Having spent all of his energy just to do so, Dante fell to his knees, his arms the only thing stopping him from collapsing completely. He lifts his head to face the surface of the small body of water before the world around him began to blur. The last thing that he sees before giving into unconsciousness was his reflection. He faintly noted that it had undergone a change meaning he had changed as well. His typically jet black hair had lost all color and turned as white as snow.