The Prince of Darkness
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Also I apologize for any grammar mistakes in advanced.
Beta: VitaSen, once again thanks for helping me out.
"Normal speech"
'Normal thought'
"Mundus Speaking"
'Mundus thought'
Chapter 3
With Mundus/ True Underworld:
It had been more than a hundred years since Mundus had begun to make his move to ensure that all three sides would eventually go to war for his entertainment.
Many things had happened in those hundred years, for one he had turned a large portion of the Dimensional Gap into an exact replica of Mallet Island.
He had also resurrected his tower, the Temen-ni-gru between the Underworld and Kyoto which is the home of the Youkai. The tower itself is connected to the castle in the Dimensional Gap. There were two reasons he did this. The first being the power that was held deep within the tower, the power that once belonged to one of his greatest generals. That power had then been infused with the human once known as Cao Cao turning him into the very devil that once served him,
The second reason for resurrecting the tower was simple. The tower itself is a gateway to hell, where all his servants resided. Should he ever want to conquer the human world all he needed to do is sacrifice his seven gatekeepers to open the gates of hell and his legions would swarm the human world like a plague and bring it to it's knees.
How ironic. The tower was originally built in his honor by humans who worshipped him and now it was an instrument of their destruction. What better place for his offspring to rule than the very tower that can destroy their world.
However such a thing is not possible seeing as the foolish devil currently has possession of his gatekeepers in their weapon forms.
As expected there were many who decided to investigate the mysterious tower, mainly devil servants that noble devil families would send hoping to make it their own only to be killed by the denizens that protected the tower. While the demons that resided in the tower were powerful, they were far from being able to defeat the stronger devils that resided in the underworld which is why he was planning on retrieving his seven gatekeepers.
While the gatekeepers were needed to open the gates of hell, their other purpose is to turn the souls of the dead that entered their domain depending of their sin and either turn them into a demon to serve him for all eternity or to sacrifice the soul to increase his own power.
However the real reason he needed his seven gatekeepers is so that he could resurrect one of his most powerful servants, the one known as the God beast.
The Leviathan.
For now he would need to be patient.
Though the most important event that happened in those hundred years was the Jesters success.
As expected the Jester had been successful in turning quite a few devils on Lucifer, mainly the top clans like the Gremory, the Sitri, and the Phenix.
Mundus had yet to order his minions to attack Heaven and the Fallen Angels, since he still needed to retrieve his seven gatekeepers to bring the one he had in mind back to ignite the war, not to mention that four certain individuals had yet to be born.
At this moment, Mundus was once again observing the new world he found many years ago, where he had planted a seed that would eventually grow. In time, it would eventually reveal a certain creation of his that would be known as the Shinju.
The reason he was looking at said world now was because he had sensed the seed had finally began to grow, meaning there was now life in that world... and it was filled with bloodshed.
As he was looking at the world, he could see various humans fighting one another in an endless struggle to dominate the other, not caring for the amount of bloodshed they were unleashing on the world which was a pleasing spectacle for Mundus.
Humans will always be weak, with their only redeeming quality being in providing some amusement to Mundus.
Even though seeing others die was pleasing, the real reason he was even bothering to look at said world was because of the little infant that was just born.
The infant was named Kaguya Otsutsuki.
This particular human was the one he had been waiting for to get things in motion in that particular world.
He had foreseen that the little girl would one day eat a fruit from the tree that held his creation, giving her "godlike" power that would set off a chain reaction for the rest of humanity, giving them the ability to use "a very small" portion of the same power she had received.
He knew many more wars would be fought because of that, which was to be expected, but also in the process he knew that certain individuals would eventually rise above others. In turn, he would have them join him willingly or not, turning them into something more than mere humans. For now, he just had to ensure that the girl was kept alive which is why he had sent his servant, Nightmare to keep guard of the girl. (DMC1 Nightmare).
It would be interesting to see how the human-turned-goddess will react to their reunion once he restores her memory from her alternate past.
"The Rabbit Goddess... let's see if you live up to that title..."
Underworld/ Lucifer's castle:
Inside one of the dark corridors of Lucifer's castle was a woman with long, wavy black hair wearing a transparent black dress that left nothing to the imagination.
This was Lilith.
She was walking to the garden with a smile on her face, remembering what had transpired years ago when Venelana was summoned to Lucifer's castle.
She couldn't help but smile remembering Lucifer's humiliation against Venelana and his hidden fear of her.
It was baffling to her when she saw how easily Venelana had stopped Lucifer's sudden attack on her, followed by countering with her own attack and successfully wounding Lucifer in the process.
This all happened days after Venelana had returned from wherever she had been for the past three years.
It was no surprise that Lucifer had wanted to know where Venelana had been for the past three years when he heard she had returned to the Underworld, since there was a big chance she knew what had happened to the Bael clan.
Lucifer was counting on the Bael clan to fully back him up when the time came to attack Heaven, but since they had just mysteriously disappeared his plans had been set back.
Lucifer had always had a belief that he was superior to others and would expect everyone to meet his demands, otherwise he would kill them which is exactly what he tried to do with Venelana.
Though she along with the others were surprised when she threatened Lucifer for demanding anything from her.
Of course it was no surprise he didn't take it well at being refused, so with impressive speeds, he had had appeared in front of Venelana with one of his black spears to strike her down for her insolence, only for Venelana to somehow block said attack with a red type of sword that appeared out of nowhere and destroying the black sphere shocking him. When she looked closely at the weapon that broke Lucifer's black sphere she noticed it seemed to be made from that infamous power of destruction the Bael clan was known for. It was then she saw Venelana counter with her own attack, forever leaving a scar on Lucifer.
It was on that day that she knew that everything the Jester had told her was true and that the devil faction along with the others would change forever. She couldn't wait to see the bastard fall.
Shaking those thoughts away, Lilith continued making her way towards the garden where she had first met the Jester so she could meet the demon his master ordered to aid her in defeating Lucifer's followers in the coming war.
With Venelana and Ophis/ Outside Mundus Castle in Dimensional Gap:
Walking outside the outer grounds of the castle towards the old colosseum were two women and a little girl.
(Note: the colosseum is the one from DMC1)
These women are Ophis and Venelana, along with the little girl named Lilith.
"It will be interesting to see what has become of the human." Spoke Ophis with disdain in her voice. She was still angry at the fact that someone was planning to steal her power, and if it weren't for Naruto the human might have succeeded.
"There's a reason Naruto chose to spare him instead of killing him and we're about to find out why." Venelana replied.
She knew the human had a unique power, so she was rather curious to see how her husband had used that to his advantage.
Then there's was the demon that her husband's new servant was going to fight, the one called Berial who was once known as her husband's clones successor. Apparently, said demon had lost against some new inexperienced half-devil from another world named Nero. Her husband hated failure and the fact this was the second time his "successor" had lost, especially against an inexperienced opponent, she knew Berial was going to pay the price in terms of having the demon face off against his newest servant.
Normally, her husband Naruto would kill all those who failed him and yet for this particular demon, instead of being killed, he was going to fight the human's newest form instead which meant the new servant was truly powerful.
Looking down in front of her was Ophis' daughter Lilith, wearing the same black gothic dress as her mother, though unlike her mother's whose top part of the dress was non-existent, exposing her huge breasts for all the world to see with the only thing covering were her nipples which were black pieces of tape in the shape of an "x", Lilith's dress was fully covered.
She still couldn't believe the woman next to her was the infinite dragon.
"Have you no shame walking around like that?" Venelana asks Ophis, referring to her exposed breasts.
"No."
Lilith, hearing her mother say that couldn't help but giggle making Venelana pout. She soon blushes seeing Ophis looking at her with an accusing glance and knew she was saying she really had no right to talk, since she liked walking around the castle naked and sleeping in the nude.
Finally arriving at one of the entrances of the old colosseum that was being guarded by two Kyklops, (DMC1 spider enemies) the trio made their way inside the old structure while taking note of the brownish demonic lizards positioned around the colosseum, and made their way to the many rows inside to take a seat so they can witness the fight between the new servant of Mundus and the demon, Berial.
As they were sitting down and waiting for the battle to begin, they took note of the sky becoming dark and cloudy. Seconds later, three familiar red eyes made their appearance.
"It seems Naruto-kun wants to see how his newest servant does against this Berial." Venelana said seeing Ophis nod.
"When will it start?" Lilith asked in a whining tone wanting to see the two fight.
They didn't have to wait long for seconds later as a fiery hell gate appeared from one side of the colosseum revealing the fire demon, Berial.
Berial was massive leonid centaur demon with the lower body of a large bull with legs and feet of a dragon. His upper body was that of a human, with a feline-like face topped with vicious horns.
Its body was black like cooled lava with large, wing-like jets of flame sprouting from its humanoid shoulders and more flames cascading from its tail.
In his left hand was a large sword made of fire.
"Where is this pest Lord Mundus wishes me to fight?"
No sooner that he said that, a black hell gate appeared across from Berial revealing a man with black eyes and slicked-back black hair with white tips.
He wore a black Victorian coat with a dark red cravat.
Strapped to his back was a normal sword with a purple jewel in the middle of the hilt.
For some reason, the "human's" appearance looked familiar to Berial.
With Lilith at the same time:
Arriving at the gardens and seeing she wasn't followed, Lilith didn't have to wait long, since in front of her, a circle with the image of a Jester had appeared.
Getting inside the circle she is then covered in a bright light and disappears.
Dimensional Gap, Mundus castle/outer grounds:
In the outer grounds of the castle a bright circle with the image of a Jester appears revealing Lilith.
Having the light disappear Lilith then glances around and sees she is in the middle of nowhere.
"Where am I?"
"The outer grounds of the castle." Jester answered startling her making him laugh.
He then calls his portal, seeing the darkened skies were now releasing lightning and instantly knew who was coming.
"Word of advice girl, don't anger him." He says to her, before disappearing, leaving Lilith alone once more.
Looking around a bit she then spots what looks to be a massive colosseum with sounds of fighting coming from it. However, she is unable to investigate when she heard the lightning getting louder, followed by the sound of something landing nearby.
Looking at the nearby cliff she sees a large brown demonic looking bird with its skull being exposed, revealing that it was made from the skulls of multiple birds. It also had a hole in the center of its chest that was filled with energy.
The creature then spoke.
"So you're the devil my master Mundus wishes me to aid in the coming war."
With the Unknown and Berial:
The battle between Mundus's new servant and Berial was nearly over.
Both have been fighting for quite some time with the newcomer countering all of Berial's attacks while landing quite a few hits, wounding the demon to the point where Berial was slowing down.
It was obvious who the victor would be.
"H-How is this possible, I am Berial the successor of Mundus, I will not be defeated!" Berial said out loud in rage.
The "human" said nothing and just grabbed his sword once more with his right hand and then without warning disappeared from sight.
Seconds later, he appears behind Berial and begins to walk away while strapping his sword on his back.
Berial seeing this assumes the "human" had given up.
"Where are you going? Are you giving up? Could it be that you finally realized that you are no match for Berial?" The fire demon asks in a mocking tone.
Instead of answering the "human" summons his hell gate and looking up at Mundus he bows and then disappears.
Berial was about to boost over his "victory" when all of a sudden he is covered in multiple cuts, spraying blood everywhere and then falls to the ground revealing his arms and legs had been cut off having him fall to the ground.
"I-Impossible…!"
'To be defeated again...' Berial thought in shame.
Despite being in an intense amount of pain, Berial was furious. He was defeated twice now. One at the hands of a half devil and now by this unknown.
No, he would not stand for this!
Looking at up at his master as best as he could he decides to ask for more power.
"Master, grant me one more chance to prove myself. Grant me one more surge of power and I promise you I will defeat those of Sparda's lineage along with your new servant!"
On the stadium row all three females look up at Mundus to see what he will do.
They then see the three eyes surrounded by lightning.
"Master?"
"Berial, you have failed me once more, you are no longer worthy."
Suddenly the lightning around the eyes starts to get even louder and then shoots out from the eyes striking the crippled demon.
"NO . . . AAAAAAAAAA!"
The demon then explodes in a shower of blood.
"Worthless scum."
The three red eyes then disappear leaving three stunned females. Though it didn't last long as Lilith began to cheer at the amazing display.
She was definitely Naruto/Mundus daughter.
With Lilith/Outside the colosseum:
After she had spoken with the demon known as Griffin who gave her a mark on her arm to be able to summon him when the time came she had then decided to speak to the two Queens the bird demon had mentioned who were right now at the colosseum.
As she made her way towards the colosseum she took note of all the various demons watching her every move until finally, she sees the entrance of the colosseum being guarded by two massive spiders with three individuals walking out.
One of them she easily recognized as Venelana while the other two eluded her though even she can't help but blush seeing the attire of the other woman.
'And here I thought I had no shame...'
Lilith then hears a growl and sees the two spiders were about to attack her but a risen hand from the brunette stopped them.
"Hello Lilith." greeted Venelana easily recognizing the woman
"Venelana." She curtly replied.
Looking towards the other woman awaiting for her to introduce herself all she gets is an impassive face.
Normally she would of taken offense to this but decided to leave it be remembering the Griffons warning about both Queens.
'To think Venelana is a Queen… though having witnessed her power firsthand it's really no surprise.'
Looking down she sees a small girl who has the same looks as the woman with the impassive face and instantly sees she is the woman's daughter.
"Are you sure you want to turn on Lucifer?"
Being caught off guard by Venelana's question, she then has a serious look on her face and nods.
"I hate him, everything he has done to me was for his pleasure. I hate him."
"You keep your word and I can assure you Lord Mundus will end him in the most painful way." Venelana tells her.
"However if you decide to betray Mundus, he will end you." Ophis finished.
A few days later/ True Underworld:
"It is time I resurrect my other servants."
The time had come to reclaim his seven gatekeepers who were right now in their weapon forms and in the possession of the half-devil Dante.
To do this, he needed to go to the world where the sons of Sparda were located, yes the sons of Sparda. Somehow Vergil had come back to the dead and was now hunting demons like his little brother. Even though they were no threat to him, he didn't want them interfering when he not only retrieved his servants but the traitor as well.
Normally he would send someone else to do the task, however he personally wanted to deal with the traitor, Trish.
It was then that then he had begun to manipulate the foolish humans who were turning themselves into demons who went by the name "The Order of Swords" to get the attention of both brothers leaving the traitor all by herself.
Looking down at his newest servant who was bowing to him, he couldn't help but inwardly smirk. As much as he wanted to kill Sparda's offspring, he thought it would be more ironic if they fell at the hands of the devil before him who now possessed a very familiar power similar to theirs. He wouldn't kill them, not yet. First he wanted to retrieve a certain weapon that belonged to Vergil seeing as he no longer possessed it, the Yamato.
The reason he wanted the sword was because it was one of two keys to unseal a certain self-proclaimed Demon king, a demon that was sealed away by Sparda and another long ago. This demon had once tried to usurp his rule of the Underworld, back when his clone still existed.
He will unseal this "Demon king" and show him what happens when someone challenges the Prince of Darkness.
Using his power to sense the high demonic signature of the blade, he then locates it deep inside one of the buildings of the Order of swords floating on a device of sorts while broken in half.
He wanted that blade and he would have it.
"You know what needs to be done." Mundus spoke, seeing his newest servant disappear to retrieve the sword.
Human world/ near Dante's shop, in the rooftops:
On the rooftops in the city near a large crater where the dreaded tower, the Temen-ni-gru once stood was a battle between a blond female and a few pride demons.
"This is all too easy." the female said out loud angering the demons.
Jumping in the air she is then covered in yellow lightning and shoots it at the demons in front of her killing them.
Sensing the last one behind her the blond then turns around and fires yet another lightning attack killing the last one.
Landing on her feet she then can't help but sigh seeing how boring things had gotten.
Ever since her former master Mundus had been killed the demons were now in disarray with the strongest going back to the Underworld, leaving just the weak ones who seemed to always target humans. But of course, she along with Dante would deal with them, though eventually, he, like her were beginning to get bored with the lack of challenge.
'I almost wish Mundus was back...' Trish thought, while seeing yet more Hell Prides appearing and jumping towards her.
Summoning more of her power, she was about to finish of the rest until the demons suddenly stop in midair. They then land on the ground and bow.
"Rise!" She hears a somewhat familiar voice.
Suddenly an explosion was heard coming from the direction of Dante's shop revealing different colored beams of light with each landing across from her encircling her revealing some very familiar demons who like the hell prides, had bowed.
'Those demons, how are they back to their normal forms?' looking around she began to get a feeling of dread seeing all the unmoving demons bowing. Though the real question is…
Who were they bowing to?
Before she can try and make sense of their odd behavior, she then notices she is no longer on the rooftops but outside some sort of demonic realm with ruined buildings everywhere and blood flowing on the ground.. Though something about this place looked very familiar.
(Basically DMC3 where Mundus appeared before Vergil)
"This place, this lo…"
"Did you really think you could betray me and not pay the consequences…?" Spoke a very familiar voice getting wide eyes from Trish.
'N-NO' she thought
Slowly turning around with fear gripping her heart she then sees three very familiar eyes in the sky.
"Mundus."
Unknown Hidden Lab/ Yamato's location:
In a dark room filled with various machines was a "man" with black hair with one long end hanging on the front of his face wearing a white suite who was being guarded by what appeared to be five suits of armor.
"Why can't I restore you!"
Agnus had been trying for years to restore Yamato to its former glory and use it for the Order's cause. However, no matter what he tried nothing seemed to work.
Now however, he was desperate to restore the blade having heard that Sparda's eldest son Vergil had somehow returned from the dead and was spotted near a small abandoned village that was near Fortuna city no doubt looking to reclaim his sword.
He then hears a sound and turning around he sees a man in a black Victorian coat with a dark red cravat.
"Who are you?"
Instead of answering, the man just grabs his sword from his back and swings it killing all of his armored guards.
'He killed them with just one move!'
He then sees the stranger walking towards the broken sword and lifting his hand in front of the sword, to his immense shock the two halves connect together and become one once more fully restoring Yamato. The intruder then grabs the sword.
"H-How? Not even I could succeed in restoring it"
The man says nothing, angering Agnus having him transform into his "demon" form.
This form was that of a locust with bright gold wings, an insectoid tail, long horns, and a halo like appendage over his head.
"Give me that sword!"
Rushing towards the intruder so he could kill him and retrieve Yamato, just as he was about to make contact with his attack he sees the "human" covered in a dark power transforming along with a white diagonal blur.
"It can't b-be"
The last thing he sees from his divided vision having been cut in half was a devil who was thought to be long dead.
With Mundus:
"How are you back? Dante sent you back to the Underworld" Trish asked taking a few steps back.
"Foolish girl, did you really think that worthless devil was a match for me let alone that that was me he was fighting?"
'What does he mean by that? Is he saying that was someone else?'
"That foolish devil along with his father fought a mere clone of mine, a clone that was created by a mere fraction of my power"
'A mere fraction!'
If that was true then they wouldn't stand a chance against the real one. Dante barely stood a chance against the other one and that was thanks to not only his father's power but her own as well, so what chance did they have to stand up to the real one?
"Your suffering will be legendary for betraying me."
She then notices everything turning to a dark red along with the world shaking.
"Let this be a reminder to you about what happens to those who betray me"
Then last thing Trish sees are those three red glowing eyes now having four rings and nine tomoes while being strapped to some sort of black cross.
Tsukuyomi:
"Trish"
Hearing her name Trish opens her eyes having them adjust to the red light only to see she is in some place where the sky is red and she was tied in a cross.
"Did you know this was the exact place were I broke Vergil to the point he swore his loyalty to me, turning him into Nelo Angelo?"
Looking up she sees Mundus in his true form with his arms crossed in the sky.
"Why don't you just get it over with and kill me?" Trish spoke.
"My foolish creation, you have no say in the matter."
Mundus is then surrounded by hundreds of red spears
"Let us see how long you last before you are completely broken"
Before her eyes, all the red spears come crashing down towards her impaling her body having her feel so much pain that she passes out.
Moments later Trish opens her eyes seeing she is no longer wounded and then looks up only to see yet another Mundus who was also surrounded by red spears.
The increased number of spears fall upon her once more making her scream in pain.
Opening her eyes yet again she then sees there are four Mundus' surrounded by even more of those infernal spears.
All she could do is close her and cry out in pain as the red spears continue to stab themselves each one inflicting more damage than the other until she passes out.
Waking up for the fourth time she sees to her horror what seem to be thousands of Mundus along with an infinite amount of red spears.
She couldn't take it anymore, how much time has passed since she was brought here.
"Only a single second has passed." Mundus spoke, having read her thoughts.
Hearing this she can't help but have her eyes widen even more.
"In this world time is under my control and unfortunately for you-"
As he was speaking the red spears descended striking Trish in her body making her scream.
"-I intend to keep you here for all eternity" he finishes having her scream to the skies in madness from all the pain she was in.
"STOP!"
Unfortunately, the opposite happens for even more red spears appear and descend upon her even faster than before striking her while the blond female trashes around going completely insane from all the pain.
"FORGIVE ME MASTER FOR BETRAYING YOU! I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY PLACE, I WILL ALWAYS SERVE YOU, I WILL SERVE ONLY YOU!"
"PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!"
This was what Mundus wanted, Trish was finally broken.
Trish for her part was a whimpering shaking mess who had blood dripping from her mouth.
She then hears footsteps approaching her and looking up she sees a man with three eyes.
Mundus then grabs her by the neck and squeezes it making her gasp for air.
"My clone was a fool to give you free reign." He says while burning a mark with the symbol of his eye on the back of Trish's neck, forever marking her as his to ensure she will never EVER betray him.
'The foolish half-devil and the others are but a distant memory to you, they are your enemies.' The voice of Mundus says in her head.
"They are my enemies." She repeated.
'You only serve Mundus, you will kill all who oppose him.'
"I will kill all who oppose him."
Hearing that last part, he lets her go while cancelling the Tsukuyomi, revealing Trish on the ground covered in sweat while Mundus is still in the sky.
Trish then begins to get up while struggling and looks up at Mundus with a look of devotion, wanting to do nothing but ensure her master was pleased.
"Ensure the three foolish devil's make it to the end and bring me the female devil hunter along with the songstress." Mundus commanded.
"As you wish master."
Soon after Trish disappears in a bright gold symbol the surrounding area then becomes a large darkened marble room with the statue of an angel sitting down on his throne having both hands resting on both pillars made of marble with the head of the statue being hidden in darkness with the only thing visible being those three glowing red eyes.
Soon he would be rid of the Sparda lineage.
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That's it. Sorry I took so long but I have been working on my other stories and just when I thought I had a new chapter I would scrap it and start over.
As you can see I have changed the chapter a bit since I felt I could do better. So here it is and now I can finally work on the fourth chapter. Hopefully all of you like this one better.
