Devil May Cry, The Traitor's Bloodline, Nephilim Arc
Chapter one: The Gun Slinging Fugitive.
At the center of the Silversacks Towers, in a room with several monitors, Mundus was sealing an important financial deal with one of his contacts; beside him was his mistress, Lilith, a blonde woman wearing a tight pink dress.
"Yes. By close of trading on Friday…no you can't have more time. You know the terms, you know the consequences…" Mundus chuckled as his contact replied to his ultimatum, finding his attempt at bargaining quite amusing. "No this is not a veiled threat, this is a direct one. Should you fail to comply, the collapse of the economy will be on your head. I will make sure that you are stripped of power, shamed and hated. Is that clear enough for you?" He reveled in the despair of his contact as he heard the words he had wanted. "Well. Friday it is then… You have a good night, Mr. President." He ended the call and set his cellphone down on the table, wearing a triumphant smile on his face.
"Did you get it, my darling?" Lilith smiled at Mundus, she was eager to know if he was successful in his bargain.
"Over a trillion." Mundus smiled, he was feeling very successful and proud of his extortion of the President. "Soon I will own everything worth owning. I will control the world through debt. I have absolute power."
"The world is at last your bitch." Lilith was happy for Mundus, because his rise in power also meant that her status in the human world would rise as well. "As am I." She spoke in a seductive tone as she tugged on his tie. "Nothing left you to grab it by the hair, bend it over and…"
Mundus cut her off, as he looked away, his mind seemed to have drifted to a rather sensitive topic.
"What's the matter?" Lilith noticed Mundus's change in mood; she wore a concerned look on her face, seeing him like this was quite rare. "What? What's the matter?"
"A loose end." Mundus said with a slight sense of fear in his tone, he felt that this factor could throw all of his plans into chaos if not dealt with immediately.
"A loose end? What?" Lilith's concern started to grow, seeing Mundus show even the slightest sign of fear was alarming to her.
"The son of the traitor Sparda…Dante." Mundus spoke those two names with a mix of both fear and disgust; the traitor's union with the Angel Eva bred the one being that could possibly end his reign.
"Him…" Lilith said with a similar tone of disgust in her voice, the product of the unholy union between angel and demon was something she despised.
"He's still out there." Mundus spoke in a concerned tone; he didn't like the idea of such a dangerous being out on the loose.
"The hunters will find him." Lilith clung onto Mundus's arm, reassuring him that Dante wouldn't be a threat to his power. "They found Sparda and his whore. And when they do…" She wore a wicked smile on her face, knowing all too well what the cruel Mundus would do to him.
"I will rip open his chest with my bare hands and feast on his beating heart." Mundus looked at his hand, he looked forward to killing Dante himself and devouring his heart.
The next morning, Dante woke up in his trailer, hung over from his previous night at the club and his recent one night stand, there was a bottle of strong alcohol labeled "666" on his nightstand and a box of half-eaten pizzas on the floor, the TV was on the Raptor News Network where the Masked Man's speech was being broadcasted. "The demons have been increasing their power for millennia. They are on the verge of controlling mankind. Citizens, we have been kept sleeping in a manufactured illusion for too long, we must wake up!" The scene changed to an overweight man with a bad comb over in a red blazer who commented on the Masked Man's speech. "The masked lunatic you saw there claims to represent an organization called The Order. This group has claimed responsibility for several recent attacks in recent weeks. He is undoubtedly a traitor and a terrorist. And I for one am not for the death penalty, so…there's only one-way to do it; illegally shoot the son of a bitch. This is Bob Barbas of the Rapton News Network, just doing God's work."
"Son of Sparda!" A gorilla-like Hunter Demon with a huge scar running down between its eyes armed with a large knife and a grappling hook called out to Dante from the sea as it dragged him into Limbo.
"Ugh, what time is it?" Dante woke up with a huge headache and a few scratches on his back, a symbol on his back started glowing as it healed the scratches. He then took a swig from the bottle that was on his nightstand; he could barely open his eyes as the light that shone through the windows blinded him, just as he got up, he saw his surroundings writhe and twist as he entered Limbo. "Shit! Back in Limbo. Bad day for a hangover!" He said as he spotted the Hunter Demon from outside of his trailer. "Demon scum!"
The Hunter Demon launched its grappling hook at Dante's trailer and pulled on it while he was still inside.
"Get your filthy fucking claw off my trailer!" Dante yelled out at the Hunter Demon, he was angry that all of his personal belonging were either going to be damaged or destroyed.
The Hunter demon growled and yanked the cord of its grappling hook, pulling Dante's trailer on it.
As the trailer was pulled, Dante quickly got dressed midair, putting on his shirt, underwear, pants, gloves and finally, his red crystal amulet on right away before jumping out of the trailer and landing on his feet.
The Hunter Demon then charged at Dante and broke his trailer in two with its bare hands before diving into the water.
"Missed." Dante said as he saw the Hunter Demon break his trailer, he was relieved that he wasn't there for the damage.
Just as Dante entered a fighting stance, several Lesser Stygians, white metallic demons with inky black blood, and spiked clubs in place of their right arms, surrounded him and went in for the kill.
"Time for a little Rebellion." A silver claymore appeared from the symbol on his back. "You wanna fight? Let's go!" He took the Rebellion out and he performed "Stinger" gliding his feet across the ground and lunging at one of the Lesser Stygians, impaling it with great force, he then performed "Death Coil" spinning around and delivering several slashes at the remaining demons that attacked him, after finishing them off, he saw his two handguns, one black and one silver, both with an ornate design, hanging from a lamp post tied to a purple bra. "My guns?"
The Hunter Demon shot his grappling hook at Dante and manipulated the surroundings of Limbo, trying to disorient him by lifting another trailer.
"Shit!" Dante then ran up the trailer and retrieved his handguns and looked at the both with a smile on his face. "Ebony. Ivory. I missed you girls." He then pointed Ebony and Ivory at the Hunter Demon and shot at him but to no avail as the bullets simply bounced off his face.
The Hunter Demon hurled his knife at Dante like a boomerang and attempted to cleave him in half.
"Dante!" The Masked Man from the news, armed with a sheathed katana jumped in front of him and unsheathed the katana he was holding and parried the Hunter Demon's knife. "He's bulletproof, you can't beat him that way!"
"The Masked Freak?" Dante was shocked to see the Masked Man, and even more shocked that he was helping him. "What the fuck are you doing here?"
"I'll explain later, right now, I have to get you out of here!" The Masked Man spoke in a distorted voice with a sense of urgency in his voice, he then pointed his katana at the Hunter Demon. "Keep him distracted, I'll look for the pressure point in his body to weaken his armor!"
"Like I have a choice!" Dante picked up a broken bottle and hurled it at the Hunter Demon, hoping to get its attention. "Over here, you ugly motherfucker, let's dance!"
"I'll kill you!" The Hunter Demon caught its knife and it charged at Dante with killer intent, he then slashed at him with his knife.
"Hey, Mask, can you hurry this up!" Dante yelled out to the Masked Man as he parried the Hunter Demon's knife with Rebellion. "This shit sucker means business!"
"There!" The Masked Man located the pressure point on the Hunter Demon's back and he summoned a white phantom claymore and prepared to shoot it at him, but just as he materialized the sword, he was confronted with several Lesser Stygians. "Dammit! Just hold on a little longer!" He prepared to fight off the demons.
"I won't let you kill him!" A few meters away, a pink haired woman with small white feathered wings wearing a white dress with a pink and blue ribbon, wielding a white and gold pistol was watching the fight, she then shot a magic bullet at the Hunter Demon, breaking his defenses. "I promised Lady Eva that I'd protect you, Dante."
The Hunter Demon roared in pain as a golden glow surrounded its bullet wound and he entered a weakened state.
"What the hell!?" Dante saw the weakened state the Hunter Demon was in, he was surprised at what he saw and he wondered what happened to weaken it, before he could process the image, he felt an object fall over his shoulders, it was a black leather trench coat with red accents. "My coat?" He smiled before putting it on. "Sweet!"
"Angelic power!" After making quick work of the Lesser Stygians, the Masked Man was shocked at what he had seen; he did not expect to see holy power used in Limbo. "How!?"
The Hunter Demon roared as it ran to an open space and twisted Limbo, attempting to crush both Dante and the Masked Man.
"No you don't!" Dante rushed at the Hunter Demon and slashed at him with Rebellion.
The Hunter Demon roared in pain as he pushed Dante away and jumped on the roof of a nearby building he then roared once more breathing a black smoke from his mouth that enveloped the area, he then created hands from the ground below Dante and attempted to crush him once more.
"You feel it now, don't you!" Dante smirked; he enjoyed hurting the Hunter Demon and wanted to kill him as soon as possible.
"Kill him now!" The Masked Man appeared behind Dante, urging him to finish off the Hunter Demon. "If we take our time, he may call for backup!"
"You don't have to tell me twice." Dante performed "Drive" and reverse gripped Rebellion and charged it with energy, he then sent the energy at the Hunter Demon in the form of three slash waves. "Does it hurt!?" He yelled out as the slash waves made contact with the demon. "Do you fucking demons even feel pain!?"
The Hunter Demon, unable to bear the pain anymore, fell to the ground, in a bleeding and injured state.
"Game over." Dante stood over the defeated Hunter Demon with Rebellion in hand, preparing to finish him off.
"Son of Sparda." The Hunter Demon, now dying and bleeding, used the last of his strength to speak.
"Son of who?" Dante gave the Hunter Demon a puzzled look, not knowing what the dying demon was talking about.
"You have been found. You are dead, just like your whore mother!" The Hunter Demon spoke with clear hatred and contempt.
"Damn demons!" The Masked Man said in a disgusted tone as soon as he heard the Hunter Demon utter the words. "Whore mother."
"Whore mother? I don't know my mother but if you're calling me a son of a bitch it wouldn't be the first!" Dante said with clear anger in his voice as he brought Rebellion down on the Hunter Demon's face with full force, finishing him off. "My mother…I barely remember her." He held his amulet and the image of his childhood self being held by a red haired woman flashed in his mind.
"Dante, we have to go." The Masked Man approached him and spoke in a very worried and concerned tone. "We are still in Limbo, so more demons may be coming."
"Back up, who the hell are you, and why are you helping me?" Dante glared at the Masked Man, unsure of his intentions or whether to trust him or not.
"We'll discuss this somewhere safe, I'll use Yamato to take us there." The Masked Man cut a rift open with Yamato and stepped through it.
"Guess I don't have a choice." Dante sighed I defeat, and he stepped in after the Masked Man, he didn't trust him but he was out of options.
As Dante and the Masked Man made it to the other side of the rift and into Hades, there they saw Valvatorez and Fenrich.
"I've found him, now we can strike against Mundus." The Masked Man said with a sense of accomplishment in his voice, he was glad that he had located Dante.
"Impressive, looks like your plan will succeed sooner that you expected, well done." Valvatorez smiled as he looked at Dante, he knew how much trouble the Masked Man had gone through to find him.
"If my Lord values your existence, I will treat you with respect." Fenrich smiled, he was glad that Valvatorez was pleased with the Masked Man's progress.
"So you brought me to more fucking demons!" Dante was angered at his situation; he then pulled out Ebony and Ivory and squeezed the triggers. "What's the big idea?"
"Watch your language around my lord!" Fenrich bared his claws in anger; the fact that Dante was being so vulgar in the presence of Valvatorez was infuriating.
"Easy, Fenrich." Valvatorez tried to calm down his comrade, so as to avoid any unnecessary conflict.
"Dante, calm down." The Masked Man removed his mask in front of him, revealing an identical face with a head of white hair. "They may be demons, but they're against Mundus as well."
"Demons are demons!" Dante glared at the white haired man, still suspicious of his actions and his uncanny resemblance to himself. "And how the hell do you know my name?!"
"You don't remember me?" The white haired man asked, expecting a familiar answer from Dante.
"No." Dante shrugged, being dragged into a place with more demons was one thing, but being asked weird questions was really getting on his nerves.
"How much of your childhood do you remember?" The white haired man asked, hoping that Dante would give him a clear answer.
"Not much." Dante was getting very annoyed; he didn't like being interrogated one bit. "I had meningitis when I was seven, wiped my memory, why?"
"Hah!" The white haired man let out a small chuckle; Dante's reasoning was quite amusing to him. "They told me I had a car accident that resulted in total amnesia. Age: seven."
"Your point?" Dante asked, the strange parallels between him and the white haired man were really confusing him.
"Meningitis is a human affliction. You are not human, Dante." The white haired man approached him, trying to get him to see the logic behind his words. "All war is fought with deception and you have been deceived. Your past has been hidden from you for a reason."
"Rewind a bit, who are you again?" Dante was getting fed up with the white haired man's lecture.
"My name is Vergil." The white haired man answered Dante's question and began to explain his motives. "I established The Order to help find a way to fight the Demon King's forces."
"Besides swords and bullets you mean?" Dante thought Vergil was insane; his words were really starting to sound strange to him.
"Such weapons can win battles but not the war. We use force, yes, but we also use intelligence, politics and propaganda." Vergil explained his methods to Dante, hoping that he would understand his fight.
"You really think you can make a dent?" Dante asked in a doubtful tone, he thought Vergil's plan to fight the demons was a futile attempt.
"Make a dent?" Vergil couldn't believe how hopeless Dante had sounded. "With the two of us working together, I believe we could defeat them!" He raised his voice, trying to motivate him into helping his cause.
"And why should I believe you? You're working with demons right now." Dante turned his attention to Fenrich and Valvatorez. "Lemme guess they're exceptions?"
"Why you!" Fenrich was enraged at how disrespectful Dante was being. "Hold your tongue!"
"Calm down, Fernich." Valvatorez held him back; he didn't like how confrontational he was being. "Let Vergil continue his explanation."
"The human and Netherworlds are very closely connected, if their world collapses our world will be next, without both worlds kept in check, many lives will be lost and human souls will be trapped in Limbo." Vergil tried to explain the situation to a now angered Dante.
"Look, for a masked weirdo and a bunch of demons, you seem really nice, but I'm more of a loner type, trust issues, work alone, that kind of thing." Dante said with clear sarcasm in his voice, he didn't want to be stuck with them for longer than he had to. "And what makes you think I give a shit about those problems?"
"If that's the case, then who helped you fight the Hunter Demon?" Vergil asked, remembering the angelic power that weakened the demon they had fought earlier.
"Look, I'm as confused as you are, how the hell am I supposed to know where that bullet came from?" Dante shrugged, the memory of the assistance he had received still baffled him.
"If you want to leave, turn your back on me, I'm powerless to stop you, but you'll be making a grave mistake. Not just for yourself but for the world!" Vergil tried to convince Dante of the error of his ways, he knew that he needed his help to save both worlds.
"Again, how the fuck is that my problem?" Dante wanted to leave, but Vergil's words struck a cord in him and he felt that there was a purpose for him there.
"At least give me a chance to show you." Vergil resigned to Dante's apathetic responses, but he still believed that he could convince him.
"Show me what?" Dante was seeing that there was more to Vergil than he had initially believed, and that his past was indeed hidden from him.
"Who you really are, come with me, I'll guide you to your past." Vergil assured Dante that he would help him through his journey to recover his lost memories.
As Dante and Vergil left the room, Valvatorez and Fenrich started to converse about their encounter.
"I don't trust them." Fenrich glared as he thought of Vergil's words and Dante's disrespectful nature. "Vergil is a very suspicious person and that Dante is more disrespectful and vulgar then the one you hired."
"We have to trust them, Fenrich, they are the legendary Nephilim." Valvatorez remembered the ancient legend that was enough to place his faith in both Dante and Vergil. "They are the key to Mundus's destruction!"
"Where is the older Dante anyway?" Fenrich asked, he was curious about his whereabouts and the activities he was engaged in.
"He's dealing with some rogue Overlords and several other jobs." Valvatorez sighed, he knew all about the enthusiasm Dante took in his jobs. "He's always been very restless."
At an unknown location in the Netherworld, the pink haired woman that Dante and Vergil had encountered earlier was speaking to a blonde woman wearing a white and red dress with large feathered wings.
"Lady Flonne, I've found him!" The pink haired girl smiled, she remembered her encounter with Dante. "Lady Eva's son!"
"Good work, Artina!" Flonne smiled, she was happy for Artina and her success in finding Dante. "Have you found the other Dante yet? You know… my Dante?"
"Lady Archangel…" Artina smiled nervously, she knew how eccentric Flonne was but she didn't think that she would request something like that. "I'll tell you if I see him, ok?"
"Thank you, Artina! I'm so happy!" Flonne smiled, the thought of meeting her Dante again after years apart filled her with joy. "See you later!" She waved as she flew away.
"I'll protect him…Lady Eva." Artina held her hand to her heart, remembering the promise she made to her, the promise to watch over her son. "I'll protect Dante…as his Guardian Angel."
Author's note: The first chapter is finally done! Sorry for the wait guys and girls! I changed some details to the story so please bear with me! Fuka will fill Kat's role when she appears in the story and the new Dante will learn to come to terms with both his angelic and demonic side with the help of the Disgaea cast! Classic Dante will be getting more screen time really soon! Next Chapter will be a chapter all about Vergil and Fuka's past and the chapter after that, Dante gets his memories back and the party meets Axel! Vergil's connection with Fuka and Desco will play a big role in the upcoming chapters! Hades will be the hub and the dimension guide will take Dante and the party to the in game locations, just likes Disgaea. Be sure to vote in my new poll regarding New Dante!
Now to answer my reviewers
Zero-Nightmare
Glad you liked it!
Like all well-intentioned extremists.
That will play a big part later on! Desco is very adorable.
O-Dante will act like somewhat of a mentor to N-Dante.
Valvatorez is set for an appearance in the Sparda Arc!
I hope you liked this new chapter!
Demonic Parade
I hear ya! Both versions of the characters are awesome in their own right! I hope you enjoy this crazy journey!
Guest
O-Dante is in his DMC2 outfit but with his DMC4 sense of humor.
We'll see those in later chapters!
Absolute Chaos
So much crossover potential between the two, it would be a crime not to write a story about it! He'll have a big role in this party and I put Raspberyl in the poll!
Thanks for the motivating death threat! Now I can post this new chapter!