Sai's Current Styles:

Ninja Warrior: Sai's answer to Swordmaster, focusing more on melee attacks and surprise weapon attacks

The Ki Maker: Sai's answer to Gunslinger, Sai relies more on ki in this form and goes Super Sai-yan rather than activating his Devil Trigger. This doesn't drain his Devil guage, but also doesn't gradually heal him

Sly Demon: Sai's answer to Trickster, using clever dodges and disappearing techniques to surprise and take down foes

Wall of Defense: Sai's answer to Royalguard, Sai can block any attack while recieving no damage, or tank attacks, suffering little damage and gaining attack power, but must stay still when blocking or tanking the attack

Watashi No Stando: Sai's answer to Doppelganger, Sai transforms Minotaur from axe form to its spirit form, allowing the Minotaur to fight alongside him, but obviously, he cannot use the Minotaur axe in this style and, while it prevents Sai from using his Devil Trigger, does not drain the gauge as Doppelganger does for Dante

The girl from before with the bazooka was making her way through he demonic tower, ready for any demons that might come her way. Little did she know, a demon was stalking her at this very instant, hiding behind the pillars as she walked past. But eventually, it jumped out at her and swung her scythe, but she expertly dodged it and the next scythe of another demon that came from behind her, taking a lower stance and shooting them with twin 9 millimeter pistols, killing them. A few more came and swung their scythes at her, but she jumped and landed on the sycthes as they were stuck in the pillar behind her, dodging a slice from the third demon and matrixing the next sycthe, causing it to get stuck in the wall as well, allowing her to maneuver around the blades and kick the demons away, disarming them of their blades. She sat casually on the top scythe, waiting for the demons to approach. When she felt they had closed enough distance, she then pulled out two lemon grenades, otherwise known as M26's (I know my shit), before stuffing them into the mouths of the closest two demons, before kicking them back into their buddy behind them, sending all 3 of them to the ground. The grenades began releasing heat and light, indicating they were about to explode, at which point the girl launched herself into the air just before the explosion. A couple of demons jumped up into the air after her, but she was ready with her pistols once again, firing at the demons and reducing them to piles of sand. A scythe flew into the wall again and she landed on it once more.

A demon lunged at her, swinging its scythe, but she leaned backwards, dodging the blade and firing several rounds into the beast, killing it almost instantly. She then launched herself off it, doing several backflips while firing her guns and killing more demons, before perching on another scythe even higher in the air... WITH ONE HAND! She held herself upside down in the air with her left hand while firing an SMG with her right. She started to let herself fall, catching herself by splitting her legs and hanging upside down by her feet, each held by one of the discarded scythes. The demons all closed in, thinking the fight was over, that she was trapped and they could finish her off, but they seemed to have forgotten about the giant MANPADS (Man-portable air-defense-systems. In other words, A BAZOOKA) which she pulled off her back, aiming at the ground and firing, destroying the demons while launching herself into the air once more. doing a few more backflips, before landing in a badass technical 3 point landing on the ground. She looked around and sighed, before readjusting her shoulder sling for the massive rocket launcher, before continuing on.

Back to now...

Ruby again squealed at this and tried to make a grab for Kalina Ann, but Lady held it protectively away from the speedster, holding her back with a foot. "Don't even think about it, brat." She said, holding the weapon close.

I looked to the 4th wall at this. "Yeah, Lady's pretty protective of it, but for good reason. We know her family roots, so it's believed that Kalina Ann is actually a Devil Arm, the soul of someone very close to her." I explained.

"Nice spoiler dodging." Draco said.

"Thank you." I said with a nod.

Back to then...

While this was happening, Dante had reached a blocked path, with a strange weapon held by a statue in the middle of the room, aimed at the blocked path. "That Goddess statue's staring at that door like it just hit on her man." Dante said with a chuckle, before looking down at a number of holes on the pedestal in front of the statue. "Something tells me I need to fill those holes with something." He said, hurrying ahead through the large double doors ahead of the statue. He headed through the doors, seeing three paths and 4 pedestals in the color or purple (left), orange (center), green (right) and white (front). Moving to this first pedestal, Dante read it. "'Passing one trial still shows lacking. Passing two trials expands horizons. Passing all trials unlocks one's true potential.'" He read, before scoffing. "Sounds like something you'd get from a fortune cookie. A long one, but still." He said, before looking at the paths again. "Three paths, three holes in the shrine. What are the odds there will be three round things to put in those holes." He said, jumping over it and landing in front of the orange pedestal, reading that. "'Your techniques will be put to the test in the chamber ahead. Overcome the onslaught of obstacles to guarantee your future.'" He read again, before shaking his head. "Man, what's up with all these riddles and cryptic messages. People back then must've LOVED trolling everyone else." He said, walking up the stairs and entering the Trial of Skill. He took a few steps in, before seeing the trial in front of him. He was at first shocked, but then grew a smirk as he witnessed row after row of spikes coming from the ground, walls and ceilings. "Woohoo! Now we're talking! Sai's missing all the fun! What's taking him so long, anyway?" He asked, rushing ahead.

Meanwhile...

"Ugh, I hate this place. I hate this place..." I said weakly as I continued to climb the massive spire of stairs. I had even tried jumping up a few flights, but eventually, I lost the strength to do so, nearly falling down to the beginning, but I managed to grab a lower flight, so I missed a few steps, but nothing too devastating. I continued to and finally made it back up to the top of the stair, which indeed did take me back up to the room in which Dante and I had began the fight against the red and blue demons, but the fight was now apparently over. "Dante must've already finished them." I said, as I saw the bodies of the demons slowly fading away. "He couldn't have gotten too much farther ahead than I am." I said, moving ahead. I came through a set of doors, seeing a statue of a goddess glaring at a doorway which was covered by rocks. "Oh, come on! Can't a guy catch a break?! A good kamehameha should clear those out." I said, pulling my arms back, calling the blue energy to my hands and firing it forward into the rocks, obliterating them. "Alright! That was pretty easy! I can't think of any better way of doing it... or at least any easier way." I said, moving on ahead.

Back with Dante...

He emerged from the Trial of Wisdom for the 3rd time, growling in anger and kicking a rock at his feet. "Oh, come on! This better be worth it for that statue to clear the rocks!" He said, running back in.

Meanwhile...

Much further up the tower, the girl from before was taking a quick break to rest, refuel and reload before taking on any more demons. She loaded her final pistol before getting up, fixing her bazooka's strap once again and starting to walk off.

Back to now...

"You know, babe, that thing's pretty heavy, it'd be a bad idea to sling it over one shoulder. That gonna cause some serious shoulder/back pain eventually and probably effect your posture in the long run." I told her.

She rolled her eyes at this. "I can carry my weapons however I want, thank you." She said, turning away as if she was offended, but secretly blushed and smiled, happy I was concerned for her.

Back to then...

"Well, well." A voice rang out. She quickly turned around and aimed her gun at Arkham, the demonic priest simply standing a few feet in front of her, unfazed by the gun aimed at his face at point blank range. "You've gotten stronger." He said.

"Go to hell!" She said.

"You point a gun at me? Your own kin? Your dear Pa-pa?" He asked (Maybe it's just me, but the way he says it sounds more like 'pa-pa', whereas the subtitles say 'papa').

"The only family I ever had was my mother. And she's dead!" She snapped, firing four shots at her father, who was suddenly no longer there.

"You break my heart. After all, it was I who gave you your name... My darling daughter!" He said from nowhere, the girl looking around to find and shoot him, before suddenly looking up as he said his last sentence. But she hesitated to shoot him long enough for him to drop his book on his face and disorient her, allowing him to drop down, grab her and throw her over the edge of the tower, still firing defiantly to shoot and kill him, managing to graze his cheek with her final bullet before plummeting to what seemed like her doom.

But it was not the girl's fate to die this night. A few stories below, I was walking through a hole in the wall of the tower with some sort of balcony or outside platform, when I suddenly looked up to see the girl falling. "Hang on!" I said, jumping out after her and catching her, bridal style, which was slightly awkward because she was somewhat taller than me, probably older than me by a year or two. (Insieme and I have determined that in DMC3, Lady was around 15)

Back to now...

"So, two of your girlfriends are older than you? I never knew you liked cougars, my boy!" Draco said with a laugh that earned him a punch to the face.

"It's a coincidence. Stop interrupting my story." I snapped.

Back to then...

"Are you alright?" I asked, flying back over onto the tower and landing.

She was shocked at all these events, that I'd saved her, but even more that I could fly. "You can fly... without wings? Then you're a demon, aren't you?!" She demanded. (Then again, if he did have wings, that'd just prove he's a demon.) She thought.

I thought about that for a moment. "Well, yes and no... I am a demon... And I DO have wings." I said, sprouting and flapping my raven-like wings once, before retracting them again. "But I can fly without them. Lots of humans I know can, actually. I could teach you to fly, too, if you wanted." I offered.

"Really? I could fly? And you'd teach me?" She asked in disbelief. I was a demon and a complete stranger who she'd shot at once and I was still willing to save and help her FLY. "That WOULD save me a lot of money of gas for my bike..." She thought, before blushing as she realized... "Hey, how long are you gonna keep holding me?!" She demanded, pulling out her gun and shooting me in the head, causing me to drop her and stagger back a bit.

"Ow! That was a little unnecessary!" I said with a small glare.

"Well, next time, learn when to let go!" She said, taking a few steps back towards the edge and pulling out her bazooka, before looking back at me and giving a small smile. "Thank you for saving me. And maybe I'll take you up on that offer sometime." She said, firing the weapons giant, serrated bayonet and firing it, zip-lining higher up the tower.

"Ouch. Crash and burn, huh? I've struck out with A LOT of women before, but I've never gotten shot in the head. Way to walk it off, though." Dante said as he walked up.

"I-I wasn't trying to get with her, I was just trying to help her. And if she's going to fight demons and climb giant structures like this, being able to fly would probably help." I explained.

"Yeah, I heard that. Sounded like you were trying to set yourself up a date. Didn't end to well, did it." He asked, to which I glared at him. "Don't worry, kid. Plenty more fish in the sea. There's a girl out there for everyone." He said.

"I have a girlfriend already. so does my twin brother. And my two older brothers have 4. My dad have 6, plus my mom." I said.

He was shocked at this, before remembering. "Oh, yeah, I remember my mom saying she didn't approve that you guys did the whole polygamy thing and she'd kill my dad if he ever tried. I approve, though. But damn, a kid like you has a girl and your old man has 7? I'm beginning to think I've got rotten luck with women." He said.

"So, where were you, anyway?" I asked.

"I had to clear some trials to get the statue to clear the rocks. Looks like you did it first, though. But, I got this out of the deal, so not a total loss." He said, holding up a strange demonic gun.

"Oh, nice." I said as we proceeded through the next doors. We entered a room that was basically a giant drop, with a few levels above us and demonic spring glyphs to launch us up or help get back from the lower levels. "So... One of us goes up, the other goes down?" I asked.

"Seems like it." He said.

"Let's put it to a coin toss." I said, pulling out a quarter and flicking it into the air, but I accidentally flicked it away from me, causing it to fall to the bottom. "Well, I'm going down then, because I'm getting that quarter back." I said, jumping down, sprouting my demon wings at the last 2 floors to bring my descent to an almost immediate stop and landing softly on the ground at the bottom, collecting the quarter. "Okay, then, here we go." I said, walking through the doors. I entered a library, looking around for anything important or out of the ordinary. "Hm... What's so important about the library to make a giant hallway that's a straight drop to it?" I wondered, walking past a statue that looked like a pawn chess piece, which suddenly, came alive and swung at me. "Whoa!" I said, dodging the strikes, before quickly shattering the statue with a downward swing from my new axe. Then, several more similar statues came to life and started moving towards me. "Oh, you want some to?! Come on then!" I said, swinging the axe horizontally, laying the pole down on my next and holding both ends to keep it there, spinning and readying it for another swing that demolished the last two, watching as the last statue dropped a strange red crystal. "Hey, what's this?" I asked, picking it up and looking at it. There was usually one thing I always did when I didn't know what something is. "~Like a good butler, Clayton is there~" I sang similar to the Statefarm jingle. Much like in the commercial, my family's werewolf butler appeared before me, a towel over his right arm held in front of him and a tray with a pot of coffee and a couple mugs in his left hand.

"Greetings, Master Sai. Would you care for a cup of coffee, already made to your preferred cup, cream and 3 sugars." He said.

"You know me so well, my friend." I said, taking one of the cups and drinking it, before holding out the red crystal. "Oh, by the way, do you maybe know what this is?" I asked.

He took it and examined it closely under his monocle, but appeared to have an "aha!" moment and hand it back. "Ah, yes, this is a fragment of Orihalcon, A very powerful demonic crystal used as an energy source. This one fragment could power an elevator indefinitely, for instance." He explained.

"I see. Thank you, Clayton. I'll see you later." I said, taking the tray and putting it and everything on it into one my left outside hip pocket, before turning around and heading back the way I came.

"Of course, Master Sai. Good luck and be careful on your journey." He said, vanishing.

Meanwhile...

Dante had taken the upper path, jumping up two stories and exiting the next door, reaching an open ledge similar to the one he had been on a few floors down, continuing on into a hall, where he too encountered the pawn statues, which also came to life and attacked him, but with some quick, flashy moves from Agni and Rudra, they were reduced to a pile of small rocks in less than a minute. He headed to the end of the hall to find a strange gate, blocked by spikes and chains. "Huh. Looks like we're missing the key again." He said, looking to the left to see a crystal skull in the pillar to the left end of the gate, but nothing in the right end. "Ooh, looking for skulls now, huh? Must be a big Halloween party Vergil's planning. Few months early, though. That guy has no patience." Dante said, backtracking and moving to the side path in the middle of the hall, entering the door there.

He entered what appeared to be some strange form of mausoleum with a shrine in the middle of it. He approached said shrine, but suddenly a pair of demons, each wielding a large weapon that looked like some form coffin, swinging them around, before planting them in the ground, a piece of the coffins rising and each releasing a pair of spirits, that became a demon when they hit the ground. "Oh, so we're allowed to call friends, are we? Fine by me. Somebody will come by soon and help me out." He said, rushing in and taking out two of the smaller demons, before attacking the one that resurrected them. He managed to defeat them, before backflipping away to avoid the next couple of swings from the other resurrecting demon. He whipped out his pistols and quickly put down the two smaller demons once again, before rushing to attacking the one summoning them, but before he could reach it, a Special Beam Cannon went through its chest, causing it to drop its weapon and collapse to the ground, turning into a pile of sand. "Great. Now they have demons that keep calling in back-up. That's gonna be fun." I said, annoyed.

Dante shrugged at this. "It can't be too easy, kid. Where's the fun in that?" He asked. Suddenly, a strange item fell onto the shrine, gaining our attention. "Huh." Dante said, walking over and picking up a small vial, showing it to me.

"Ahh... Sirens. My worst enemy." I said, glaring at the bottle angrily.

"Why's that?" He asked.

"Their screams can put out even the strongest, hottest and most powerful fires. That's a Siren's shriek you're holding there." I explained.

"Oh. Then maybe we can use it to put out that door surrounded by hellfire." He said.

"That's the only good way I can think to use one of those right now." I said as we went through the next doors. Going up the stairs to the strange pedestal in the middle of the room, we looked at it strangely.

"This must be where you put in some kinda battery to charge this place up." Dante guessed.

"Oh. I have one of those." I said, pulling out the Orihalcon fragment.

"Let the good times roll." Dante said as I placed the jewel, a small beam of energy coming from it and the area lighting up a bit, illuminating a nearby elevator.

"Damn, spot on, Clayton." I said as we got on the elevator and descended back to where we first entered. "And in just the right place." I said.

Dante extinguished the fire with the shriek and we moved forward, killing a number of demons in the hallway we'd just entered and going through the next door. In it, we found a mostly empty room with a switch at the opposite end from us. "I've got this, you wait here." He said, running up and striking it, activating it and causing a strange cage attached to a chain to drop down... right towards me.

"Aah!" I said, rolling out of the way. "I hope we're supposed to break this!" I said, glaring at it and attacking, Dante joining in and the two of us easily shattering it. A shining item fell from the remains of the cage, but Dante quickly caught it: a crystal skull.

"Well, that's lovely." I said, slightly unnerved. "That's supposed to unlock something?" I asked.

"Yep. The way to the top where my brother should be waiting. He's up there, waiting just for me. He's gonna be surprised when you show up too and we kick his ass together." Dante smirked.

"Yeah. He clearly knows what he's doing with this tower, but it can't be allowed to stay standing like this. We have to bring it down and him too if he tries to stop us." I said.

"I'm with ya. I'm just in it to hit him in the head with a bullet or two, but knocking this tower down is probably in everyone's best interests." He agreed.

We moved towards the door, but it was suddenly sealed by a red barrier and more demons appeared, including the ones who create others. But again, with our combined might and skills, it was a simple task to eliminate them and break the barrier. We backtracked once again, taking the elevator back up to the power room and re-entering the mausoleum, only to be greeted by more demons. "Uh! They just keep coming back! They're as bad as Frieza's soldiers!" I said as we rushed in and attacked.

"Who?" Dante asked.

"Later!" I said.

Back to now...

"Yeah, much later. I only found out like, what, yesterday?" He asked, slightly annoyed.

"Despite the story taking over a year to write, telling them the story of Sainoverse only took a day." I explained to the 4th wall.

Back to then...

We eliminated the demons with no real issue, but then a larger one appeared with a much larger, more dangerous scythe. "Well, that one's just a bit bigger." I said, taking its size into account

"Eh, it's no harder to deal with than the rest of these chumps. Let's do this!" He said, rushing in and attacking. I did as well, the two of us striking and dealing massive damage to the demon, before it swung its scythe at us. I managed to counter it attacks, the two of us clashing our blades and pushing each other back twice, before it swung one last time. This time however, instead pf simply striking the scythe back, I caught it in between the rings of Blazeguard, trapping the weapon and pulling it away, allowing us to land a few more attacks before it vanished into the shadows. First, it grabbed its scythe, then appeared behind me and charged forward while spinning its scythe, forcing me to dodge. It came up again at our feet, forcing us to jump out of the way once again. "That's it. This'll finish it." Dante said, charging up Artemis, the demon gun he recently acquired. Its cloud of darkness appeared once more in front of me, but I jumped and twisted out of the way, allowing Dante to shoot it in the face, obliterating it.

"Nice job." I said.

"Yeah. I wonder how that will work on Vergil." Dante wondered, continuing towards the door.

"You really don't like him, huh?" I asked.

"We had a bit of a falling out. He thinks he needs to embrace his demonic heritage and become stronger, I think the demons need to get shot in the face, we kinda drifted apart." He explained as we reached the sealed gate and placed in the crystal skull, the chains breaking away and the spikes retracting, allowing us access through the door.

"Like I said, I'm just here to make sure the tower goes down." I said. Dante went through the door, but as I was about to follow, Jester appeared from nowhere and grabbed me from behind, pulling me back. "What the hell!?" I demanded.

"Sai!" Dante called back.

"Oh, don't worry about him, devil boy! You've got a previous arrangement with your dear big brother up on the tippy top of this tower. Don't worry, I'll babysit him for you!" Jester said as the two of us disappeared.

Dante considered going after us, but then shrugged. "For once, the clown's right. Sai can handle himself against a dude wearing too much make-up, Vergil's probably getting impatient." He said, heading up to the tower.

As he finally reached the top floor, it began pouring. Ignoring this, he reached the very top of the tower, with the perfect flat top to provide the demonic brothers with a nice, big arena, which Vergil stood on the other side of. "You showed up." The older twin said, turning around to face his brother, who now twirled Ivory around in his right hand.

"You sure no how to throw a party." He said, pointing his gun at his blue-clad twin. "No food, no drinks. And the only babe just left." He complained.

"My sincerest apology, brother. I was so excited to see you, I couldn't concentrate on preparations for the bash." Vergil said.

"Whatever. At any rate, it's been a whole year since we last met. How about a kiss from your baby brother? Or better yet... how about a kiss from THIS?!" He said, aiming Ivory gangster style at his brother, who remained unfazed. Dante then chuckled at this. "So, this is what they call a heartwarming family reunion." He said sarcastically.

It was Vergil's turn to chuckle at this. "You got that right." He said, un-clicking Yamato from its sheath with his thumb...

Elsewhere...

Background Music: "Madhouse" by Anthrax

I was thrown to the ground, rolling twice before bringing myself to a stop and glaring at the laughing clown in front of me. "I seemed to recall mentioning what happened to the last clown that screwed with me. The one that threw a pie in my face, earning him a free vasectomy." I warned him as I got up.

"Now, now, Devil boy. It's a family reunion! Let the brother's have their fun! I'll keep you entertained for now." He said.

"Then let's get right to it." I said, wanting to finish the fight quickly. I threw a number of sais at him, causing him to fearfully dance to avoid the weapons, appearing off to the side to the side, catching his breath, at which point I ran in and spun around with Blazeguard extended to the sides, cutting him several times with the blades, before bending over backwards, stabbing them into the ground and slamming both feet on fire into his face, knocking him back into the center of the ring.

"Wow-a! Now, that was HOT! Nice moves, fire face!" He said, fanning himself with his "scepter" as he put up his barrier.

"Then you're gonna love this!" I said, rushing in and activating my Devil Trigger (it doesn't change with my weapons like Dante and Vergil, btw), slashing him again with additional strikes and beams from my tail (if you're unfamiliar with the description of my DT, check Dragon Ball Sainoverse). I could tell he was taking some serious damage even inside the barrier and the magic balls he summoned to rain down around him barely fazed me as I kept attacking.

"Uh-oh, this ain't good! Time for the big guns!" He said. Suddenly, some smoke appeared at my feet and I was knocked back, reverting to my base form as a giant ball with a face, half white and half purple, appeared underneath the clown. "Here I go!" He said as he jumped high into the air, appearing at the far end of the arena.

"That's your secret weapon? A giant ball?" I asked skeptically.

"Oh, come now, my boy! He might not look like much, but this old boy here is a blast!" He said as the ball reared its head back, before a strange red ball appeared in its mouth, before it spat said ball at me.

Ridiculous or not, I felt like it'd be bad to get hit by that, so I rolled out of the way, looking back in time to see the red ball collide with some of the clear orbs, making a big explosion. "Oh.. A blast... I get it now." I said in shock, before shaking it off and rushing in. "Well, then it's time to burst your bubble!" I said, rushing in, striking at both him and the strange ball.

"Well, I'm not feeling safe here, anymore. Alley-oop!" He said, jumping high into the air. Suddenly, the ball began laughing madly, before exploding, sending me flying to the other end of the arena.

"I'm not feeling safe with that ball around, period." I said as he dropped down to the left on another..

"Well, that's too bad, my boy! The fun's just getting started!" He said as the ball readied another cannonball in its mouth.

"Well, I'm ending it!" I said, powering up and firing a Special Beam Cannon, destroying the cannonball in between us and piercing through the balloon, which exploded, sending Jester into the air and landing hard on his ass.

End Music

"Ooh, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa!" He said, shaking off the impact and dizziness, looking down in horror as he saw Blazeguard pressed up against his throat, before looking back up at me.

"And so falls the fool." I said.

"Wait, wait, wait! Let's not be to hasty now, my boy! You can't get out of here if you kill me!" He said, scooting back. "I suppose I bought Vergil enough time." He mumbled, before looking up at me. "Congratulations! You've earned the right to move on! Maybe your buddy Dante's even still standing!" He laughed, before disappearing, the portal back appearing in the middle of the room.

"I just hope I'm not too late." I said, hurrying through the portal and returning to the gate where Dante and I were separated, hurrying ahead. I quickly reached the top of the tower just in time to see Dante get impaled with Yamato, breathing heavily before Vergil ripped it out, letting him fall and taking his necklace, slashing his hand away when he attempted to grab for it. "No!" I said, reaching out, gaining Vergil's attention. "Uh... Hi. You probably don't remember me, but-" I started.

"Sai Blade." He said bluntly. "I remember meeting you when I was 5 and you were just a baby. I must admit, I was far more interested in your brother." He said.

"Story of my life." I said under my breath, looking away.

"I hadn't begun my quest for power yet, but I sensed he had power far beyond anything I'd felt before. I'd wager by now he's stronger than any demon in this tower." He said.

"Does that include us?" I asked.

He seemed to ignore this question, however. "So tell me, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"This tower is the gateway to the demon realm. I don't know if you've broken the seal yet or not, but even if not, demons are already pouring into the human world and endangering thousands of innocent lives. And that's just here in the city. I have to stop it before it gets any worse." I said.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I must break through the seal to the demon realm. Beyond that seal lies my father's beloved sword that shares his name... And all the power he locked away inside it. And once I have that power, I will be complete." He said.

"And what will you do with all that power? And is it truly worth all the chaos and destruction that will follow?! Your father and mine put their lives on the line, doing everything in their power to seal this place. You would single-handedly destroy EVERYTHING they worked for just for a sword?! And what about your mother? She died protecting you and Dante from the demons so you could live long, happy, peaceful lives! What would she say if she saw you doing this!?" I demanded

"Enough!" He snapped, to which I went silent. "My father told me about his exploits and that of your father. He said your father was one of the greatest fighters he'd ever known. I'm curious how well that passed to the next generation." He said, before rushing in.

Background Music: "Not one of us" From The Lion King 2 (I think it fits...)

"Then I'll be happy to show you!" I said, rushing in as well, the two of us locking blades. I pulled back and narrowly avoided getting slashed across the face by his sword. I flung one of Blazeguard's rings at him, but he easily deflected it. I caught it and jumped towards him while spinning, forcing him to block the series of strikes, before I pushed Yamato down with one of the rings and slashed him across the eye with the other, causing him to reel back and hold his face from the attack. I used this opening to spin once more and swing both blades, slashing him across the back and knocking him forward, causing him to roll and recover in a crouched position.

He looked up at me in anger at first, but then smirked, moving his hand away, the wound already healed. "Now, I'm motivated!" He said, rushing in faster than I could see, slashing my side and opening me up to a slash from the chest that knocked me back a few feet. "I'm impressed. My brother barely landed a single blow against me and not one to my face." He said.

"There's more where that came from." I said, getting up and readying a Destructo-disc, flinging it at the older demon, who readied his sword in its sheath, drawing and sheathing it almost too fast to see, a strange cut appearing in the air in front of the disc, dissipating it. "That... wasn't supposed to happen." I said in shock, before shaking it off. "Then try this!" I said, flinging several more, only for him to easily destroy them in the same way, swinging once more. I tried to block with my coat, but to my horror, the blade was capable of cutting through even the coat I had up to now thought to be indestructible. Luckily, the cuts in it sealed along with my wounds, but that still meant that Vergil had a way through my previously absolute defense. "I didn't think anything could get past this thing." I said fearfully, looking up at him.

"Nothing is truly indestructible. There's always something that can destroy even the most powerful objects. Everything has its weakness." He said, before rushing in at me and stabbing at me with the katana. However, I was ready for this, dodging and maneuvering Blazeguard in the way, trapping the sword in between the rings, before twisting and wrenching the sword from Vergil's grasp, flinging it into one of the statues around the arena, stabbing him in the chest several times before one more slash from both rings knocked him back once more. Again, he rolled back into a crouching position, but I was already in front of him with one of the rings at his neck, one of the flame-shaped blades pressing directly into his windpipe. "That's enough. Please. I don't want to kill you." I said.

"Then you don't have what it takes to beat me." He said, suddenly vanishing.

"What?!" I demanded, before looking up as he appeared just above my head, throwing an axe kick that knocked me to the ground, headfirst.

He then quickly appeared where Yamato was stabbed into, grabbing it and pulling it from the statue. "You're unworthy to be my opponent." He said, walking towards me slowly. Suddenly, dozens of swords made of energy appeared around him and began flying at me, which I countered with ki blasts. However, I quickly noticed that while I had to shoot my ki blasts from my hands, he was completely hands free as he summoned the swords and launched them at my, slightly slower, but still fast enough to the point he could keep up with my ki blasts. He then rushed forward and slashed me, creating 4 more of the summoned swords that spiraled around him as he landed several more hits on me, eventually knocking me back, readying his sword again. Just as I got up and prepared to re-engage, he drew and re-sheathed his sword twice more, two of those strange Dimension cuts appearing and tearing through my arms, forcing me to drop Blazeguard, before he reappeared in front of me once more, landing several more slashes, finishing with a final powerful slash that launched me into the air, before slamming the back of the blade into me as I started to come down, sending me flying and causing me to get impaled in the middle of my chest on one of the statues. He had planned it perfectly, a cut in the center of the back of my coat, before launching me dead center onto the statue. I quickly tried to pull myself off, but Vergil was in front of me again, with Blazeguard in each hand, stabbing one of the wheels into each of my shoulders and turning them slightly, dislocating my arms and blocking them from popping back into their natural place with the blades, leaving me arms useless and keeping me tacked to the statue, defeated.

End Music

"So... what now? You're just gonna kill me in cold blood? Destroy one of the sons of your father's best friend?!" I demanded.

"No. It is for that reason, you shall live. Because our father's were once dear friends, I shall spare you. But get in my way again and next time, I will not be so merciful." He said, before slicking his hair back and ridding it of the water that had poured on it. He then looked at me for a moment, before grabbing my hood and pulling it over my head.

"S-sai..." Dante said, struggling to get back up, but Vergil quickly walked over to him, grabbing Rebellion off the ground and impaling him with it.

"Dante!" I said in shock, glaring at Vergil, but knowing there was nothing I could do. Everything began fading to black.

"Do you finally have it?" Arkham asked, appearing beside Vergil.

"Yes, now the spell Sparda case will be broken." He confirmed, walking past the demonic priest, who looked at Dante and I before walking off. Suddenly, Rebellion changed, the bone-like studs that acted as guards for the hilt extended more and the eyes of the skull flashed red, before it shot up out of Dante's chest and into the air in a burst of water, the red-clad demon hunter jumping to his feet and throwing a punch at his brother, who stabbed it. "I see a devil inside you has awakened, as well." Vergil admired, before Dante, ignoring the pain, wrenched his hand free from the demonic blade into a position where he could grab it and fling Vergil over his head.

Vergil landed on his feet and prepared to finish his brother, before Arkham stopped him. "Wait! We should leave. For the moment, we have all that we need." He said, the two of them looking at Dante, who slowly and unsteadily approached them, a white aura appearing around him, then fading just as suddenly. Vergil huffed at this and retreated, jumping off the tower, while Arkham stayed and watched for a moment, before following suit.

Dante took a few more steps forward, before dropping to his knees and, in a flash, a red and black demon took his place as he shouted towards the sky, before collapsing and passing out as the left of his strength left him, his blooding pooling around him. I gave one more futile attempt get free and help him, before finally, my strength left me as well and I surrendered myself into the abyss of darkness, falling unconscious...