Chapter 1: Enter the Two Alchemists and the 'Midnight Thunder Boy'
The desert wind blew through the sand dunes of the Ishbalian desert, causing vision to be obscured. From the south region of the desert; two distinct shapes of two men walk towards a deserted excavation site of demon origin. One of the men was taller than the other. The taller of the two was in fact a walking suit of armor with a purplish-blue loincloth and white orbed eyes.
The second was shorter than the suit of armor. Garbed with black, leather pants and same colored red soled boots, a bright red hooded coat with a symbol of a cross with a serpent traveling up it with a winged crown on top on the back. He also wore cloud colored gloves. His blonde, braided hair shone under the desert's sunlight, and same with his golden, shined eyes. The two were the Elric Brothers: Edward and Alphonse, or for short; Ed and Al.
The two alchemists walked through the desert in the Ishbala territory, hoping to find a way to make and claim the Philosopher's Stone; a stone so powerful in alchemical properties, that the Elric Brothers are going to use it to restore their bodies back to before they attempted the most forbidden act of alchemy: Human Transmutation. The reason the two did this forbidden act of alchemy is to bring their mother back.
Both Al and Ed when they were young loved their mother so much; they depended on her. One that day she died; Ed, the oldest of the two, came up with a dangerous, but worth trying solution: Human Transmutation. They studied alchemy til they perfected how they were to perform the transmutation. They researched on how other alchemists performed it and perfected it from their mistakes.
Confident about what they have found out in their research; they went to the next step. At first the transmutation was going according to how the Elrics had perfected it, but then the nightmare began. Ed lost half of his right leg; while his young brother, Al, lost his entire body. Ed was devastated; in return to bring Al's soul back, Ed sacrificed his entire left arm. Al's soul was then bound inside a suit of armor that was close to human shape.
After that fateful night, Ed and Al decided to search for the Philosopher's Stone to restore themselves back to normal, anyway possible. The two brothers approach the excavation site, curious of what is inside.
"Hey, Ed...." said Al, his voice hollow and echoey from the hollowed armor, "What do you think is in this ruin?"
"Dunno, Al..." answered Ed, scratching his head in confusion, "Maybe it might have a clue about the Philosopher's Stone."
"Good point..I never thought about that; come on, big brother, let's check it out!" Al said with excitement in his voice of this possibility.
"Now your talking!..." said Ed, filled with the same excitement as Al. They jog towards the ruin site with anticipation, but as soon as they arrive nearer to the entrance; they spot a gruesome site. Many diggers and villagers from either the desert or of Ishbalian were slain around the site. Bullet wounds of minor and fatal nature laid in the sands to waste, some were even ran over by a type of vehicle. Upon closer examination of the tire tracks by Ed, he determined they were ran over by a two-wheeled vehicle and the only one with two wheels he could think of was a motorcycle.
"What happened?" asked Al, filled with fright, "Brother...We just got here and now I'm getting the heeby-jeebies"
"I don't know...Some of them got shot....While the others got ran over from a two wheeled vehicle; the only one I can come up with that might match is a motorcycle..." answered Ed.
"Ed....I have a bad feeling..." whined Al. "You worry too much...We'll be alright," Ed assured Al.
They enter the ruins via entrance with caution. Al looks to the left; then the right, next he turns to his brother, "All clear...For now."
"Don't be a baby...We've been through bad situations before," said Ed. They searched the ruins head to toe; looking for any clues about the Philosopher's Stone, but all they saw was ancient texts inscribed in the stone walls about devils and demons; including beings that are hybrids of human and demon.
"Whoa....What does all this mean?" wondered Al, "I don't think there's anything about the stone here...Maybe this is a dead end--" "Al!" Ed called out, breaking Alphonse's train of thought. "Ed! Brother, what happened!?" screamed Al as he ran towards a ruined chamber where his older brother occupied.
"Al! Check this demon picture out!" said Ed, causing Al to drop down to the ground, in disbelief. "Ed! Don't do that!" screamed Al, "I thought something happened to you!"
"You worry too much...Look at this picture of this particular demon...It looks like some kind of a goat-based or ram-based demon..." said Ed, pointing out some of the features of the picture. The picture showed a curled ram horned demon with bright red eyes. It had a purplish-pink gem of sort in the middle of it's head where the center of the horns meet. It's scaled reptilian-like body was in mixture of dark purple and black, and had hoofed feet. Al was alittle creeped out, then asked, "What kind of demon is that?"
"I think there isn't anything at all about how to make the stone here....This is a dead end...Wah!" screamed Ed, falling through the trap door that all of a sudden opened as he moved backwards.
"ED!!!" screamed Al. A thud was then heard, accompanied with the state alchemist groaning in pain. Al was now in panic mode, "Ed! Say something!? Big brother!!"
Down in the hidden room, Ed gets up and brushes off the sand all over himself. As he walked towards the end of the dead ended chamber, his foot uncovers something hidden underneath the desert sand.
"What the....??" thought the state alchemist as he returned to the spot. He removes his right handed glove and sweeps it across the area til he sees a designed compartment lid made of stone. "Ed! Are you alive down there!? Speak to me!" Alphonse screamed in panic.
Ed dropped what he was doing and went towards the opening of the trap door, looking up to meet a worry sick Al, "I'm okay.." he answered.
"Damn it, Ed! Don't do that!" screamed Al enraged. Ed was shocked, he had never heard Al say that except 'Darn', but then thought, 'such a role model I am...' and knew that Al heard him say that word when angry, alot. "Sorry about that...I think I found something...Get a ladder and get down here, quickly," said Ed.
"Okay," answered Al. The suit of armor searched for a ladder near, but couldn't find any except wood stakes used to make fences or to use as a stability measure in ruins to hold things up. Then an idea lit up, if Al couldn't find any ladders, he could use the wooden materials to make one through alchemy. Alphonse then draws a big transmutation circle in the stone flooring with white chalk nearby; then places the materials acquired. All is left is a simple touch on the transmutation circle and the materials needed are covered with electrical energy, instantly forming a strong, sturdy ladder.
"Al!" Ed cried out, "What are you doing up there!?....Hmmmm...He better not ditched me or I'll--" Then the ladder goes down to the hidden room, but in the process of whacking the back of the poor alchemist's head, instantly knocking him down to the ground, "Gwwwaahhh!...Son of a....Ow!!!" he groaned, "Al...."
"Doh!! Sorry big brother! I'm coming down!" said Al, feeling terrible for hitting Ed with the ladder. "Let me move away first!" Ed called out, "I don't want you to end up killing me as you land...."
Al leaps down to the hidden chamber, heading towards his head hurting brother, "I couldn't find a ladder, but I found the materials needed to use alchemy to make one."
"Really? No wonder it was so sturdy...Ow...I found something over here," Ed then leads Al towards the site of where the designed stone lid was found.
"I think there's something in there...This lid is loose, but well camouflaged," said Ed.
"Let's see and find out," said Al. The two alchemists then reach towards the end edges of the lid carefully; lifting it off of the compartment with ease. As Ed looks down into the container-based compartment; he instantly becomes disgusted.
"A book? A Book?!" Ed was fustrated, "All this trouble for one damn book!?"
"No wonder I said that earlier, such a role model you are..." said Al. "Let's see here...'Book of Devils'? Nice title," said Ed. He then opens to a page in the book that showed a very dark navy blue horse with a bright blue fiery mane and bright blue highlighted eyes and nasal openings.
It also had a black chariot with skull ornaments on the handle ends. Al was shocked, then asked, "Big brother...Is that horse on fire?"
"It's probably a demon that looks like a horse...'Geryon the Time Steed'? I don't get it.." said Ed. Al then scourers the pages til he came across a picture of something monstrous. "Ed! There's a picture of a chimera in here!" he said.
"Really?! I didn't know chimeras were demons, too...." Edward looks at the picture of a chimeric demon with bird of prey talon feet.
It's main body was a shade of very dark gray. The paws of this demon was highlighted with lines of light to it's hands. It had a forward curled horn on the top of its head and a scarred scratched out right; while the left eye was red with a tint of a light shade of peachish white. It's tail was alittle segmented with fire colors of orange and yellow.
"It really does look like a chimera....'Beowulf the Light Beast'?" wondered Ed.
"Isn't 'Beowulf' the name of a warrior that killed a monster named 'Grendal'?" asked Al. "I believe so...But this thing isn't no warrior," answered Ed.
In a busy city, a movie theater was occupied within the southwest corner of the busy town. Inside this theater; a man is working on the projector in repairs. The man had a shade of dark red hair, wearing a dark black vest with a white buttoned shirt underneath; including a black tie. His pants were also the same color, including his shoes.
"This thing always breaks down....I better get a new one when it's available..." he groaned, "Oh well, before the new one is available..This one will have to do..."
As he tinkered away, an electrical energy crackles through the movie screen of bright purple. The lights then go on and off, spooking the projector repairman in the process.
"What the...Oh, no...He's coming through again.." he groaned. The electrical sparks began to increase in speed, til a demonic figure leaps out of the movie screen; into the real world. This demon wore a purple bodysuit with a golden winged skull as a belt buckle.
He also had a upper chest and shoulder body armor on in a darker shade of purple. He also had demonic traits that were already noticeable: a black devil tail and a pair of demonic bat wings. His helmet was the same purple color as his body suit with a diamond ornament in the rim center in between the two demonic curled horns of a lighter shade of tinted purple. The visor was a purplish-pink color and tinted light shade of purple skin.
"Not again..." the repair man grumbled as he turned around, armed with a wrench, "Why don't you stay in Movieland where you belong...Blade Master Alastor."
"It's no fun anymore!" answered Alastor, "Everything there is the same thing, I want something different to do; to find where I rightfully belong.."
"Is my son causing you trouble, again?" the man said, teasing the demon. Alastor then flapped his wings, rising into the air, "How would you feel if you don't know where you truly belong?! I will find where I really belong! And I'll even get a chance to explore my new environment---" "No you don't!" the man interrupted Alastor's speech, "Your going back where you should be!" He then reaches for something hidden behind a chair: a kantana in a pitch-black sheath.
Alastor also brings out his weapon: a sword whose blade appears to be coming out of a dragonicmouth of the hilt. The very top of the hilt of the sword was a ring of skulls. "You don't scare me, 'Emperor' Jet Black...I know your the Black Emperor," said Alastor with valor.
"Your nothing but a spoiled prince..." said Jet, unsheathing the kantana, "All you think about is you, you, you..." As two samurais would, the two rush at one another armed with blades, but only Alastor won this round.
"Your but a weak human...And I am a demon...I will find my true place, and there is nothing you can do to stop me," said Alastor. With only a cut on his left leg, Jet looks at the demon prince with anger. Alastor then takes on final look at the movie screen, then said, "Farewell, Movieland...." then flies away on his demon wings.
"Curse you...Dark Royal Prince....Grrrr..." growled Jet. Just as Jet was about to get up to patch his wound, a child's voice called to him.
"You okay?" the voice asked. Jet turned around and say the child near the movie screen. The child too wore a type of bodysuit mimicking Alastor's, but it was a bright blue color with white gloves and boots. A yo-yo was in one each of his hands with a swish designed 'V' on the sides. His helmet was the same blue color with a small dark blonde ponytail in a paintbrush fashion sticking out from the top.
The visor was a light tinted lime green in color. "Junior? What are you doing here?" asked Jet.
"Joe saw Alastor fly through here and got worried about you, so he told me to check on you....I guess 'he' got to you," answered Junior.
"Something is not right...I have a bad feeling something bad is about to happen, but what is the question..." said Jet.
"Blue has that same gut feeling too....He might know what's going on---" "Dad!" another voice called out.
"Hmm?!" the two tensed up, then turned around to see another person near the movie screen as well. He too wore the same bodysuit as Junior, but it was a bright red with the same white gloves and boots. What was different about this man was that he had a bright pink colored cape. Unlike the up-spike based ornament in the center of Junior's helmet, his was in a shape of a 'V' on his bright red helmet. There was no visor, only the black shadow prevented the Revelation of his face and bright yellow glowing eyes were shown.
What appeared through the confines of his helmet to prevent his identity was a shade of red colored goatee, the same shade of red as Jet's hair. "Oh geez, did Alastor get to you, pops?" he asked Jet.
"He did..." answered Jet. "I have a bad feeling about all this....First Alastor leaves Movieland...Then attacks you, what does that crazy demon want?" the man in bright red said to himself, "Junior, go get the first aid kit....I'll stay here."
"Got it, Joe!" answered Junior.
"Junior said Captain Blue might know what's going on...Is this true?" Jet asked Joe. "Yes it is...And we better find out, but first lets take care of that wound," answered Joe. Both Jet and Joe know Alastor too well, and also both know that he has critically crossed the line once more.
"What did Alastor say to you when he got out?" Joe asked his father, Jet.
"He said that his fun in Movieland isn't fun anymore, " said Jet, "Its always the same and he wanted change."
"Same old Alastor...Always thinks of himself and himself alone..." thought Joe. "Before he left, he said he wanted to find where he rightfully belong, I don't know what that means, but where else does he want to go?" said Jet.
"I don't know...But I have a bad feeling--" "I'm back! Sorry I interrupted your conversation," Junior said in apology.
"We have got to find Alastor...But first we need to figure out what's going on here...." Joe then patches Jet's wound from Blade Master Alastor; after a few minutes, all three of them get on their feet, then Joe turns to the movie screen and said, "We need to know what Blue knows about this situation so far...."
"Some strange demons in this book..." Al said, looking through the other pages as the two headed towards the entrance, "Including this one that resembles a locust of somekind..."
"Maybe when we head back to Central, we can head to the library to look this stuff up," said Ed. As they exited the ruins; Al immediately closes the big book and sees a cloud of sand further ahead of their location.
"Edward...I think a sandstorm is approaching here, we better head back---" "Al...Its not a sandstorm...Look closely!" Ed then pointed out to Al that what was heading towards them was no sandstorm. A large group of motorcycling armed hunters were heading towards the Elrics' location on their motorbikes. Their leader was a female dressed in cream white colored type of jacket\shirt with a strap buckle on the top of her chest near her neck and same colored shorts.
Her heel-based long, light brown boots were securely tied onto her feet with red shoe-laces. A dagger in it's holister was also securely fastened, but around on her right thigh with buckles. She carries with her is a special kind of rocket launcher with a blade attached to the front of it. Half of the group were men, the other half were women; making her not the only woman in the group.
Her black hair shone under the desert sun, including her red-orange shades worn to cover her eyes from the bright sun light. "What do they want?..Do you think..?" wondered Al.
"For some reason, I think those people did this...We better hit the road before they get to us," answered Ed. The Elrics then made a dash away from the ruins to avoid the incoming group on motorcycles. Just as they were a yard away from the stone structure; the motorcyclists ambush them, circling around them like cowboys rounding up cattle; making sure the two alchemists didn't escape.
"Ed! We're surrounded!" screamed Al as he held onto the book with both metal arms. Their leader then joins the circle; then parks a few feet away from the alchemist brothers.
"What were you two doing here in the ruins?" she questioned them like she was a cop interrogating a suspect, "What is your business here?!"
"Any of your business, woman! Tell your friends to back off or we'll go 'crouching tiger, hidden dragon' on all of you!" screamed Ed. "Brother...You know that's a movie, right?" said Al with a tear drop on the left of his metal helmet head.
"I know that..." said Ed. "Lady! One of them has a book!" cried a female biker. Lady, the group leader, then turns towards Alphonse; who was holding the newly discovered book from the ruins. She immediately recognizes the book and then turns to the others, "It's the book! Kill them before they get away with it!"
"Huh? They know this book?" wondered Al.
"I warned you guys...But your gonna get it now," Ed said as he clapped both gloved hands together; next an alchemical electric current surges up Ed's left arm, causing his left glove to shred off in ribbons.
What was hidden underneath his left sleeve was a metallic arm that has already formed a blade through alchemy on top, covering his metal hand.
"Whoa...This shrimp knows alchemy..." Lady thought through speech. This caused a pulsing anger mark to appear on Edward's forehead; meaning he heard her," What did you call me!? I'm NOT a shrimp!!! I'll pulverize you for that!!!!" screamed an enraged state alchemist.
He rushes at Lady filled with rage; but blinded for what was going to happen. She pulls out a handgun and aims at Ed, catching him in her cross-fire.
"Watch out! She's armed!" shouted Al. "Wha!!! Ahhhhhh!!!" Ed screamed as he dodged the bullets from running to the right. He also used his metallic 'Automail' arm as a possible shield.
Alphonse hides the book behind a stone pillar in ruins from the ages; burying it in the sand. He then returns to the battlefield to aid his older brother in combat. "Keep running, Brother!!" screamed Al, "Don't get shot!"
"I'm doing that!! Ahhhhhh!!" Ed responded as he continued to shield and avoid the gunfires made at him. Al then moves in front of Ed as a much bigger shield, ricocheting the bullets back at Lady, but she was smart enough to cease fire.
"Nail her!" cried Ed. Al rushes towards her as fast as his hollow armor body can go, then lands one fist at her face; unfortunately, it wasn't meant to kill. Lady's shades fly off her face covering her eyes, instantly landing farther away from the scene of the battle.
"Bulls-eye!" cheered Ed, "We just wanna scare them and knock some sense in these guys....I don't think we shouldn't cause any casualties."
Ed then saw Lady move her face towards him; looking directly at Ed face to face, but right there Ed knew there was something wrong with her: Lady's eyes were two different colors. One of her eyes was red, while the other is blue, or hazel. There was one medical condition that matched up perfectly to her condition Ed could think of was.....
"Oh my god..." gasped Al.
"Heterochromia.....She has Heterochromia..." thought Edward.
Heterochromia is a genetic condition that causes the inflicted one to have two different eye colors. If one person with this abnormality has a son, or daughter; this will be inherited to them as well.
"Stop looking at me like that..." Lady growled, "Is it my eyes?" Ed didn't answer, but then raced at the hunters and their leader with everything he had.
Al and Ed defended each other and the hidden book under the sand. As the battle escalated, little more than one third of the bikers were knocked out cold.
"Those punks are tough....They won't understand the text of that book! Let's get out of here!" Lady then gets on her motorbike and rides away towards the others. The remaining hunters retrieved the unconscious ones and rode away from the scene; leaving the Elrics confused.
"Text? What text? Get back here!! I'm not done with you guys yet!" Ed screamed at the retreating bikers, kicking in the sand.
"Ed....Were they after the book, too?" asked Alphonse.
"I don't know....They must know what it is...Al! Where's the book?!" Ed asked, worried that maybe one of the bikers might of taken it.
"I hid it behind this pillar, underneath the sand...." Al then swept the sand away, revealing the book from it's hiding place.
"Good going, Al! What do they want with this book? Why is it so special to the---" Ed then noticed engravings on the back of the hardcover, written and carved in a language not even Edward knew. "Al....I found something in this book," said Ed.
"What?" asked Al, then his brother showed the engraved writing on the back of the hard covering. "Whoa....Is this the 'text' that she said about?" Al asked with shock.
"Beats me...But what does it say? We better head to Central; I want to know what this means," said Ed, closing the book, "For now....Keep that book hidden in that armor body of yours, it'll be better that way."
"Okay," said Al, removing the breastplate. There was nothing in the armor body, but a star-based design with a swirl in the center in red. This was the blood seal. This seal was the only thing that bounded Alphonse's soul into the armor; if it was broken, Al will die and his soul will fade away in death. The Elrics always defend that seal at all costs, til they regain the normal appearance they once had.
Ed carefully places the book inside Alphonse's armor body, then puts the heavy breastplate back in place, "We better find a way back to Central--" "Fullmetal!" a voice cried out. Ed immediately recognized that voice, then thought, "Oh, no....That better not be..." Ed turned around, and saw a military-based car heading towards them with the car top down. A black haired man was standing up; waving towards the two alchemists.
"Ed! Isn't that Roy?" asked Al. Ed slapped his right hand over his face, then muttered, "It is...Just pretend we didn't see him..." Ed started to move away from the scene. The black-haired man wore a blue military outfit with the same colored pants. Black boots were worn on his feet. He, too wore the same colored gloves as Ed, but they had a transmutation-based design on the back of the hand with a symbol of a lizard.
"Where is that Fullmetal going?" he wondered, "Let's see if I can shake things up."
He then raised one of his gloved hands, aiming behind Ed and snapped his fingers, causing a fast shot of spark to fly near Ed's location. His gloves were made of pyro-tex; giving him the capability to create alchemy controlled sparks. Just as Ed took one more step; a big explosion erupted behind him; scaring the daylights out of the poor alchemist.
"Waaaahhhhh!!!! Damn it, Roy!!" Ed screamed.
"Did I get your attention, Fullmetal?" The man called out as he approached the location of Ed's younger brother, Al. The man was also a state alchemist. He was Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist.
"You almost got me killed!!" screamed Ed.
"Sorry about that, Ed....I thought you didn't see me so I had to get your attention," Roy explained to Ed.
"....I saw ya...." muttered Ed. Then Al notices two more people inside the car, one of them was a woman with blonde hair pulled back in a short pony-tail. She too wore the same identical outfit as Roy.
The second was another man who too wore the same outfit as both the woman and Roy, but in a bigger size. He was a strong looking character who appears to have no hair on his head; except for a set of golden blonde strands ending in a curl. He also had a moustache. The driver was Riza Hawkeye; Roy's aide and lieutenant of the military force in Central, and the man in back was too a state alchemist. His name was Alex Louise Armstrong; a major of the Central military force with the alias: 'The Strong-Armed Alchemist'.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Hawkeye with concern, "With those bikers roaming the desert, the desert isn't safe anymore."
"They seem connected with these ruins," said Armstrong, "Some soldiers were sent to investigate here; before we lost contact with them, one of them said they found a book titled, 'Book of Devils'...." Ed then stood straight up, then remembered the book hidden in Al's armor body.
"What a sec...Do you know about that book, Fullmetal?" asked Roy in curiosity.
"As a matter of fact....I found it," answered Ed, "Those bikers showed up and we had to fend for ourselves." Ed then motions to Al; in response, Alphonse removes the breastplate once more and retrieves the book hidden inside, "Here it is....What is the connection between them and this book?"
"Don't know...But we need to find out before there is more casualties," said Roy with worry.
"As far as we know, their leader is a woman that is named 'Lady', tough as nails, and has a genetic condition," said Ed. "Uh, huh..." Al responded with a nod.
"What's the genetic condition she has?" asked Hawkeye. "Heterochromia.....Her eyes are two different colors; bi-colored," answered Ed.
"There's a picture of a demon that appears as a horse on fire," said Al. Roy stands there in disbelief, a teardrop is shown on the right side of his head, "A horse...On fire?...." asked Roy.
"When we get back to Central, we'll show that picture to you," said Ed, believing his younger brother; for he, too saw that picture of that demon steed.
Ed, Al, and Roy gets into the vehicle; driving away from the ruins to Central, unknown that they had just started a chain of events that will not be avoidable. Deep in a darkened realm, a blue eyed creature of demon origin turns to the golden eyed demonic creature next to him, "Brother..." it said, "Those two have found the book..."
"Well that's good, Verg," the golden eyed demon said to it's brother, "When they find out what the text says...We will be released once again.."
"Fresh air, blue sky, and power to obtain from our folly thousands of years ago....Brother, let's tell father," the blue eyed demon said.
"Yeah...He would like this," answered the golden eyed demon. They glide through the demonic hallway towards the center of the chamber, catching sight of a ram-horned demon kneeling beside a blonde haired woman in black who was resting on the floor.
"Your almost fully recovered, Trish..." the demon said in sadness, but the two demon brothers arrive to his side.
"Father!" the blue eyed demon called out.
"Dad!" the golden eyed demon then called out. The ram-horned demon then turns towards the two.
"Dante...Vergil....I'm washed with sadness right now....Now's not the time--" "Father, we're sorry we disturbed you, but two alchemists have found our book to freedom!" Vergil said to his father.
"Those that found that book are killed by those modern day devil hunters....What's new.." The demon sighed.
"They survived....They're taking it away from that ruins with it, dad....When they translate the text on the hard cover; we're free as a flock of....Ravens," answered Dante.
"I thought you was gonna say 'Doves'?" asked Vergil. "We're demons and demon hybrids.....Doves would not sound right," Dante explained to his brother.
This caused a smirk of wickedness to form on the ram-horned demon's face, "They're leaving the ruins....Our time has finally come, as soon as this seal is broken; I will have my revenge..." The brothers jump in joy, rejoicing for this day to come.
"Those humans....They're gonna wish they hadn't done this, When we all get out; I will activated those Hell Gates to maximize our forces, then I will personally kill all those descendants of the people that did this to us...." Then the demon knelt down to Trish.
"Our time has finally come, we will have our revenge" he said to her.
"About time...Sparda," Trish groaned, "By then, I'll be up and ready...."
"I know you will....We will have our Revenge!!!" roared Sparda in fury. "Vergil....I know you want to get stronger...Let us train till it is time," Sparda said, drawing out his sword.
"Yes...I will get stronger..Dante, keep a psychic link with that book; we want progress reports of their efforts," Vergil said to his brother, unsheathing his sword, Yamato.
"No problem..." said Dante as he flew off. "Our time has finally come..." Thought Vergil.