Notice: This takes place after Devil May Cry 4 and before Devil May Cry 2
For those who don't know and to give a better understanding to the readers, The Devil May Cry timeline is DMC3, DMC1, DMC(The Anime), DMC4, DMC2 (With DmC being a separate, non-canon timeline regardless of what anyone else says, unless they make it up with a true DMC5 that ends up with the real Dante kicking the "New" Dante's ass)
The story will at certain points cycle between an OC's point of view and Dante's point of view (Or sometimes another canon-character's POV)
Chapter 3 - Arrival
Fortuna, - Character Change - Ray Zenji
Ray waited just outside the door to avoid the conversation, having explained the mission to Dante whilst Nero was asleep so he could explain the situation to Nero's Fiancé.
After about an hour Dante and Nero walked out the door and quickly got in Dante's vehicle as Ray sighed and got in the back, saying "How did it go?".
Nero replied "She understood, this isn't the first time something powerful enough to destroy the world started causing trouble." Dante gave off a slight grin as Ray replied "I'm well aware of the Castle Fortuna incident. We're not going to be able to drive to Tibet from Fortuna."
Dante sighed and said "I'm well aware of that and believe it or not I actually have a plane that can get us there, I just need the location."
Order of Kylanos Monastery, Tibet. 4:38 PM
After a bit of a flight in a old and worn down yet flyable seaplane and a rather long climb up a mountain, the three stood near the entrance of a moderately sized Monastery which lacked the usual demonic architecture Dante was familiar with.
To Ray, this was the same place the cult had changed his friend and the same place he himself was changed by his friend. Dante broke the silence, saying "You sure this is the place kid?" Ray nodded and said "Inside the place is a massive underground complex, according to the legends this cult built itself on, a Hellgate lies at the bottom of the place and is primarily protected by three guardians who won't take too kindly to relations of Sparda or human trespassers who don't worship Kylanos."
The three quickly made their way in as a blizzard began to make itself known. That the interior was seemingly still well maintained being the first thing Ray noticed as well as several bullet holes that should be there, were not there. Ray then said "Keep on guard, this place is in better shape than I left it, someone has been maintaining it." Nero replied "More like something, take a look at this."
Ray and Dante turned their heads in Nero's direction where there were three tunnels, in each one, stone soldiers giving off a demonic aura stood in formation and drew their blades. Ray then said "Each one of these tunnels is new, Laura must have already opened two of the four locks, with Octavius and the Spear of Destiny respectively. According to legend each one leads to a specific Guardian's chamber, all three must be defeated or convinced of loyalty or the lower floors won't be accessible." Dante nodded, immediately drawing rebellion and charging through the center tunnel as Nero sighed and took the right tunnel, drawing and firing blue rose with his demon hand and holding tight onto Red Queen with his human hand.
Ray sighed as he was expecting them to charge into the fight without a plan. Drawing Hunter from his back he made a mental command play out "Predator Form" and his longsword devil arm reshaped into a Katana.
Charging energy into the blade he held the blade in a reverse hold and once the blade glowed with a demonic purple color he slashed once in the direction of the stone army ahead of him, slicing all of them in half from a distance. Though not as widespread as Yamato, it was more precise.
Proceeding further into the tunnel Ray entered a chamber which appeared to be some kind of demonic school classroom and he instinctively parried several crystal arrows from two Enigmas, multi-legged stone demon statues with deadly crystal longbows in which to snipe targets at a distance.
Ray flickered just above one of the Enigmas and caused a pulse of energy to send himself and his blade fast into the ground, slicing the statue in half with one blow before turning to face the other statue and sent a five part slash combo which quickly reduced the other to pieces just as more stone soldiers appeared along with another pair of Enigmas. Ray grinned and gave a mental command "Reaper Form" and his Katana shapeshifted into a demonic scythe as he locked a chain into a slot on the lower end of the staff, the chain protruding straight from Ray's left arm which was now similar to Nero's arm, demonic in appearance and form, the chain made of a black metal infused with demonic energy as Ray quickly unleashed a torrent of slashes from the scythe, overwhelming several stone soldiers and impaling an Enigma in the eye before flickering 10 feet back and pulling the chain which in the process sliced the enigma in half as Ray shapeshifted the weapon back into Hunter form and drew his sidearm, White Eagle and sent a charged barrage into the other enigma, destroying it quickly and then sending a move mirroring Dante's stinger attack, a move which magically accelerates the user and his sword into an opponent, literally becoming a human missile.
Shattering a Stone Soldier with a stinger Ray quickly holstered his sidearm and sent a three way attack against three Stone Soldiers, hitting one, shifting position to hit another and finally sending a third hit against the third soldier. With each Stone Soldier stunted back and stunned slightly Ray drew White Eagle again and quickly destroyed the victims with one shot to the head each.
Character Change - Nero
Nero had entered an organic looking room which reminded him of the inside of the Savior, the very memory made him cringe as several lizard demons appeared before him, Assaults, a lesser-demon form he enjoyed slaying since the Fortuna Incident. Nero quickly jumped over one and drove Red Queen into it's head and revved up a mechanism on the blade's grip which sounded similar to a motor cycle revving up, Red Queen's infamous Exceed Fuel Injector System, and he had enough fuel to party all week.
Quickly sending a now burning blade out of his recent victim and into two others in a charged streak he quickly maintained the rotation, slicing through the remaining assaults except for one which brought up it's shield in time only for it to shatter as Nero's Ex-Streak finished, Nero simply sent his Devil Bringer at the lizard and grabbed it, slamming it across the area before sending it straight into the ground at high speed, killing the fiend rather easily.
Expecting more assaults instead a Blitz appeared, a demon charged with lightning which made swordsplay useless unless it overshot it's powers and left itself vulnerable, assuming you could survive it's constant attacks. Nero's only advantage here was Blue Rose and the fact that these demons were blind, literally.
Evading the lightning attacks, sometimes barely, Nero continued to barrage it with Blue Rose until the demon overexerted itself, leaving it's body vulnerable and no longer charged with electricity. Nero charged up the Exceed once more and got close, sending Red Queen up in a three revolution spin strike which sent the Blitz into the air with him, followed by a three slash mid-air combo and finally a downward thrust to send both Devil Hunter and Devil into the ground.
The Creature became angry and Nero rolled back away as it erupted in Red Lightning and became even more furious in it's attacks and movements, being difficult to keep aim on even with Blue Rose. After evading several attacks and attempts to grab him, the creature self destructed in a futile attempt to take Nero to hell with it.
Nero brushed off his blue trenchcoat and holstered Blue Rose, sighing and proceeding towards an opening nearby.
Character Change - Dante
Dante had made short work of the Stone Soldiers in the tunnel and entered a room which seemed to be some kind of well designed bedroom with three beds, one with yellow covers, one with purple and a queen size bed with red covers. Dante then noticed a somewhat nostalgic sight, Hell Prides.
Surrounded by several Hell prides in all directions Dante chuckled as he sent a five way combo which involved revolving swings with Rebellion which acted as crowd control, sending back the surrounding prides and turning three in front of him into sand, a sign that the scythe wielding demons were slain.
Dante relied on his trickster style here, dashing whenever a scythe was about to be swung at him and sending a three way combo or a stinger into the lesser demon. Before long the room was clear and a Hell Vanguard appeared to challenge the seasoned Devil Hunter who sent a stinger at the same time the Vanguard sent it's scythe, causing the blades to interact and bounce back slightly. The Vanguard wasted no time in sending another attack only for the same result and it's third was met with Dante dashing to the side and quickly switching to his swordmaster style mid-fight, jumped mid-air and performed a four way mid-air combo with rebellion he appropriately called Aerial Rave.
As Dante landed the Vanguard vanished and the ground beneath Dante's feet began to ripple like water to which he rolled to the side to avoid the Vanguard leaping out of the ground only for it to disappear again. Dante then suddenly sent a stinger at empty air, only for the Vanguard to appear, about to slash forward at Dante only to be met by Rebellion's thrust and the Hell Vanguard was knocked back as Dante drew Ebony and Ivory and unleashed a hailstorm of bullets on the Vanguard's had, causing white mist to leak out like blood before the Vanguard itself dissipated in a dying scream.
Dante holstered his pistols as a door opened to show the way ahead, saying as he walks forward "I hope this Guardian gives me more fun than these guys."
Character Change - Ray Zenji
As Ray walked into the next room he noticed a sight new to him, several tiger like demons with a bladed tail and a much larger tiger which has white armoring and three bladed tails. The creature speaks in English to Ray, saying "I sense in you a power similar to the chosen one, yet you slay Kylanos' loyal subjects, explain yourself!"
Ray sighs and says "I don't have time for this." and with that he quickly draws White Eagle and guns down one of the Assault Tigers as he now calls them, causing the larger demon to roar in anger and shout "Fool, I am the Guardian of Flame, you will meet an early grave here for your betrayal." Ray ignores the words and dashes at one of the tigers, sending a four way combo with Hunter as two more tigers approach from behind, causing Ray to roll out of the strikes of their tails which thrust as fast as bullets. Ray backflips for distance and skirmishes the tigers with White Eagle, sending round after round as if his gun has no limit to it's ammo and in rapid fire. Ray holsters his pistol and shifts his blade into Predator form and dashes forward with a piercing thrust which causes torrents of energy to slice the target Assault Tiger in half, he then quickly ducks to avoid another's claw strikes and sends a strong, firm slash which cuts it in half from the waist. Ray then flickers in front view of the Guardian of Flame and sends a two part mid-air slash combo before landing on the ground and shifting his blade back to Hunter and sending his sword back in a move mirroring Dante's High Time attack, using the momentum to launch himself into the air as well to avoid a slash from the Guardian's claws and whilst in mid air, parries an attack from it's three tails.
Ray lands and dashes back three times and shifts his blade into Predator form and sends three slashes forward, generating ranged energy arcs which slash at the guardian, one slash cuts off a spear-tail and thus leaves the Guardian with two long ranged weapons which it sends forward to impale Ray only for him to evade one and parry the other whilst also grabbing it as the tail receeds back, pulling Ray close in for a three way aerial combo which cuts off the remaining tails, causing the Guardian to roar in pain.
The smaller Assault Tigers dash at Ray, one tackles him into the other side of the room only to be blasted back by a barrage from White Eagle. Ray recovers his stance and shifts Predator into Hunter and either evades or parries the oncoming attacks from the Assault Tigers as he notices the guardian is regenerating it's tails, having replaced one already. Ray charges energy into Hunter and sends an attack mirroring Dante's driver move, sending a shockwave which slices off the regenerated tail of the guardian as Ray flickers on top of the Guardian's head, sending his sword into it's skull and charging substantial demonic energy into his blade which shifts both of his arms into a red/black demonic form similar to Dante's devil trigger which causes a shockwave inside the Guardian's head, making it explode.
With the Guardian dead the other tigers also explode, seemingly linked to the Guardian to the point of dying if it died.
The energies of the Guardian suddenly erupt and slam into Ray's arms, transferring the demon's power into him, increasing his strength tremendously.
Ray recovers from the ordeal and walks slowly up to a nearby gate and, charging energy into his right arm, causing it to partially devil-trigger, he punches the gate with enough force to shatter it like glass, revealing a path further down.
To be continued...