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 an alternate reality)
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 4 - The Guardians and Impersonators.
Character : Dante
Dante walked into a room which had a small pond in the center of it and a cement flooring around the pond. Quickly several puppets who had blades for arms, some had sawed off shotguns similar to Dante's own second-favorite firearm (He considered Ebony & Ivory one firearm with two bodies). He had faced these demons before when he met Trish and sealed Mundus, they were easy to defeat with gunplay though sometimes could parry a blade's attack.
From the water rose a blue skinned woman dressed in a demonic armor. She took a glance at Dante who fired back a look that was both a threat and a flirt, taunting the "Guardian"
The woman spoke, saying "I am the guardian of water and you are the Son of Sparda. Unlike the others I don't necessarily believe the sins of the father carry on to the son but even as we guardians remain here, the worl-" Dante yawns loudly, interrupting her and then says "Boring! How about I introduce myself and lay terms here instead. My name is Dante, If you're gonna help me slice your master to pieces then go ahead but if you're just going to sit there and talk all day I'll just go on ahead with my original plan."
The Guardian replied "An expected response, you side with your human half and disregard the fact that you are also a demon. But it is not I that you will be fighting Son of Sparda, I have drafted a suitable opponent for you."
With those words she conjures up a spell, the puppet demons go into the back as a familiar sight makes itself known to Dante. His doppleganger that attacked him just after the Fortuna Incident right in front of his shop but this was different slightly, his doppleganger was confused.
Dante decided to refer to him as Dino for some reason and then said "Is this the best you got? Because I've already killed this guy before." Dino ignored the man who looked liked a silver-haired twin of himself though obviously he wasn't Vergil, sporting a blade which made him slightly jealous as it was larger and more well designed than his own Rebellion. Turning around he noticed several blue strings puppet about him, taking over his body, he attempted to unleash a Devil Trigger to no avail.
He spoke, saying "What the hell? Why the f**k am I here?" The woman spoke, saying "I have pulled you from your dimension to this one. Here you shall fight this world's version of yourself. Dante will have his hands full indeed as his opponent has both the blood of demons and angels within him. I wonder how the two shall fare?"
Dante replied "Didn't I just tell you I killed this guy before?" Dino replied as his body forcibly drew his version of Rebellion and faced Dante, saying "Never seen you in my life. Looks like this demon bitch is going to make us fight." Dante replied "Fine, but I'm calling you Dino." Dino felt agitated at this and replied "Know what, f**k you, just stop puppeting me so I can fight him at full." The Guardian replied "As you wish Nephilim." and released her control, Dino then destroyed the puppets around him with charged shots from his versions of Ebony & Ivory which ricocheted off each hit and took them down, leaving only the Guardian who sank into the water and resumed her puppeting of him, saying "An interesting trick, one that I shall not fall for again"
Dante drew and pointed Rebellion at Dino and said "Well this is getting to be an interesting party so how about some music." with those words Dante drew Ebony & Ivory and unleashed a hailstorm of bullets as Dino dashed out of the way in a move looking like some kind of angelic version of trickster's three-dash and sent a stinger only for Dante to quickly switch to Royal Guard and execute a Royal Block and whilst grinning sent his still fully charged release (From when he got hit by the Spear of Destiny). The energy had charged so high from the SoD (Spear of Destiny) that a red instead of a white pulse emitted from Dante's hand, sending Dino across and into the wall behind him though the move also burned off the skin of Dante's hand which began to regenerate as he was a half-devil as well as human.
Dino recovered and smiled as he said "Well at least I'll enjoy this show a bit, let's get this on!" and with those words said his hair turned white and his black coat shifted red and Dante felt a jump upwards forcing him into the air and slowing him down only for him to snap his fingers and use the Quicksilver ability to counter the time dilation caused by his doppleganger's devil trigger as the two charged at eachother with a stinger each, both attacks cancelling eachother out as Dante smiled and said "Well if you're half angel like that demoness claimed them I'll show you my devil side!"
Dante entered a devil trigger state and his demonic form resembled his father, Sparda's form as he moved to headbutt Dino and unleashed a multi-combo assault whilst in Swordsmaster, Dante having become skilled enough to use Quicksilver as an ability instead of a style which let him combine it with any style such as Swordsmaster or Quicksilver.
Continuing his Dance Macabre move he did a real number on Dino before using a baseball-bat like swing with Rebellion as it was charged with red demonic lightning, sending Dino into the ceiling. Dino shifted Rebellion into a large demonic battleaxe weapon and used his powers to accelerate a downward motion as Dante rolled back and switched to Royal Guard as he then withstood the following tremor that accompanied Dino's move.
Dino drew a single-barreled shotgun called Revenant and fired a blast only for Dante to draw his own double-barreled saw-off and intercept the attack with it. Dino shifted his weapon to an angelic looking scythe known as Osiris and unleashed a flurry of attacks which Dante either blocked in Royal Guard stance or rolled to evade, toying with his opponent and at the same time feeling his blood boiling in excitement as perhaps he was fighting someone with Angel blood in him. Dante assumed Demons and Angels fight eachother because they are bound naturally to hate eachother. Both Dantes were some distance from eachother, their Devil Triggers having ran out of magic to fuel them and they both unleashed an Overdrive, each of the energy waves cancelled eachother out though Dante quickly Air-Tricked above Dino and used a straight-down slice with Rebellion called Helm Breaker which Dino rolled back to avoid, barely escaping being sliced in half.
Dante decided he was done toying with this joke and said "Well time to send your wannabe-punk ass back where it came from!" Dino smirked and replied "Cute." and both charged at eachother, slashing with their blades in a flurry as each parried the other's attacks until Dante grinned as Dino was impaled from behind by an exact duplicate of Dante. Doppleganger smirked as he kicked Dino off his sword and both Dante and his shadow demon friend unleashed their respective Ebony & Ivories at Dino, charged with magical energy which broke the bond, albeit also severely injuring Dino before as the bond shattered, he faded out of existence, presumably back to wherever the Guardian fished him from.
The Guardian summoned more puppet demons and rose from the water, also summoning several demons of unknown nature, presumably from Dino's world as they radiated the same aura he did, minus the angelic aura that also accompanied him. Dante decided to call these Demons Styx.
Dante recalled Doppleganger and shifted into gunslinger and began to skirmish the Puppets whilst using Rebellion to strike at the Styxes attacking him. Dante quickly used Twosome time, a tactic involving him using Ebony & Ivory in an Akimbo tactic, using one gun to hit a demon and the other to hit a different one, keeping two demons at bay with his trademark pistols until only three styxes remained to kill. Dante switched to swordmaster and executed a stinger at one of the styxes and a second near him was torn to shreds by a Dance Macabre involving Dante deciding to go old school this time as instead of finishing with a powerful upper slash he jammed rebellion into the ground and spun himself around whilst holding the handle, sending his feet into the Demon repetitively at 35 miles per hour.
With the Styx killed old-school Dante switched to Trickster and dashed to evade the third styx's attack and then air tricked above and sliced it in half with a helm breaker and then returned to gunslinger as the final Styx who recovered from the Stinger now charged at him only for Dante to roll back and then unleash Ebony & Ivory to their full potential, charging them with pure demonic energy and literally turning the Styx to ashes from the highly charged .45 ACP magically generated rounds.
Dante turned to look at the Guardian who screeched in a deafening tone which caused Dante to rub his ears as if clearing out ear wax. The Guardian formed a blue defensive sphere around her and formed a red demonic blade which begun to spin as if preparing to be launched at Dante like a missile.
Dante simply stood there tapping his foot as the sword was launched and just before it hit he suddenly executed a Royal Block, having shifted into Royal Guard at the last second. His tactic ricocheted the sword back at the armored witch guardian which destroyed both her shield and the summoned sword. Dante then switched to trickster and closed the distance with two dashes followed by a three-way slash combo with Rebellion though he held back on the third slash so as to not send her flying back, instead using a High Time upper-slash attack to send her airborne and Dante used the momentum along with his demonic energies to follow her into the sky to abuse her with an Aerial Rave and finished her with a Helm Breaker, sending her to the ground in two pieces.
Dead, the Guardian's energies flowed into Dante as her body turned into energy and Dante was given a new Devil Arm, a scythe much like the one Dino used only it had a demonic nature and was a bit heavy though Dante quickly got accustomed to it as he tested it out, slashing the air around him rapidly and realized that it left a trail of demonic energy which would likely poison any victims caught in the wake except for the wielder, meaning Dante would not have to worry about injuring himself with this weapon. Grinning he rested it on his back and then got close to the sealed door and then unleashed his new weapon on the door, slicing it to pieces easily as he proceeded down towards a larger main room.
Character Change: Nero
Nero entered his Guardian's chamber and was shocked to see a simple room. Immediately his opponent appeared a man whose face looked like Dante's but he was wearing different attire. Nero then said "So are you gonna suddenly help me out or am I going to have to kick your ass?"
The Guardian replied "Flippant and Open, just like my brother. I know not how I was trapped here but I am sadly forced to obey the commands of this place. I am Vergil, a Son of Sparda and oddly the powers radiating within you are similar to my own, only they lack an angel's touch as well as the demon's touch."
Nero rubbed his chin with his demonic arm and said "Well you don't look like Dante's brother, he gave me a detailed description-" Nero felt his arm burn as it began to change his form to the shock of the self-proclaimed Vergil in front of him. Now facing the Nephilim Vergil was the true Vergil.
Character Change : Vergil
Vergil fixed his hair into his grilled back style and accessed Yamato and said "It seems I am bound to Nero but regardless in your presence I am able to manifest my true form. Defeating you and taking your energies will allow him to summon my power to it's fullest. I cannot yet act of my own accord entirely though right now, I can deal with you." Vergil's Nephilim doppleganger replied "Interesting, but I've already defeated an alternate version of myself beforehand to reclaim my amulet. I will have no trouble dealing with you as well." Vergil replied "Do not assume victory so quickly, I am also now empowered with the boy's own unique abilities as well as my own. I can fare against a Nephilim such as yourself. Draw your blade, only one of us will survive this encounter."
His doppleganger had no disagreements as he silently drew his version of Yamato whilst Vergil kept his Yamato sheathed but in hand.
The Nephilim charged at Vergil with a single forward dash mirroring Dante's trickster and attempted to use a three-way slash with his Yamato only for Vergil to parry the attack and air trick above his doppleganger and summoned Red Queen for a downward thrust attack which sent the Nephilim back a bit. Red Queen faded from sight and form and Vergil formed several summoned swords which began to speed at his doppleganger who either dashed to evade them or used his own summoned swords to intercept Vergil's.
Vergil sheathed his blade and his doppleganger as well. As his doppleganger was about to draw his blade to use his version of a Judgement cut he suddenly was enveloped in one, the true Vergil able to execute the move so rapidly that it seemed he never drew his blade to begin with, instantly unsheathing and sheathing Yamato at hypersonic speeds. The two dashed across the field, striking eachother and parrying eachothers attacks as the two seemed equally matched until Vergil activated his Devil Trigger and began to move much faster than the Nephilim who responded by creating a shadow doppleganger of his own to try and overwhelm Vergil to no avail as he was too fast for the Nephilim while in his devil trigger form. Using a summoned sword as a melee weapon Vergil executed a massive combo against the Nephilim as if he were armed with Force Edge once more and then flickered out of sight only to slam from above with a Helm Breaker and rapidly repeated the move three times, overwhelming the Nephilim who was barely able to survive the onslaught as Vergil then disappeared and spheres of slashes appeared all over the area, an onslaught of judgement cuts that the Nephilim could not avoid or survive as he was hit by several and left in a stunned state as Vergil appeared behind him outside his devil trigger form and quickly impaled his doppleganger who no longer had his demon shadow clone active due to the exhaustion of his magical energy followed by the reverse impale move Vergil pulled off, facing away from his opponent whilst driving Yamato through his heart from behind.
The Nephilim fell dead and his energies began to flow through Vergil/Nero.
Character Change : Nero
Vergil's energies had been exhausted in the fight as his form returned to Nero who grabbed his head with his human hand and said "Ugh, that was new, Dante's not gonna believe this."
Nero walked up to the sealed door and with Yamato which seemed to radiate a powerful energy that both was it's usual demonic aura but now had seemingly been infused with the Nephilim's Angelic powers as well, Nero though not in control had been aware of his senses during the fight and knew fully what had happened, he also knew that he could, once in his devil trigger state, focus the energies to call upon Vergil who would as long as the DT Energy remained available, would fight Nero's battles for him.
With Yamato Nero used a Judgement Cut to destroy the sealed door and proceeded into a large and open room, having defeated his opponent seemingly at the same time as Dante and Ray had as the three walked from the doors at the same time.
Character Change : Ray Zenji
Ray noticed the other two demon hunters had completed their trials at the same time he did despite lacking any plan when they rushed in. He could feel a change in each of them as Dante likely acquired a new Devil Arm and Nero displayed an aura which felt as if he was now both Demon and Angel in addition to also being human. Dante took notice of Nero's change as well and said "I take it you got a present from your Guardian as well?" Nero nodded and said "Yeah, looks like your brother somehow sealed half of his soul within my arm and now I can call on him for help when I'm in a devil trigger state." Dante seemed both unnerved and slightly relieved at this revelation and said "Well just be careful, my brother wasn't exactly a good role model." Nero chuckled and replied "I'll be fine, after all it's his powers that run through me so I should be able to be his equal." Ray scoffed and said "No offense Nero but you're anything but Vergil's equal. At best you're an ant compared to him." Nero was about to reply but the trio was interrupted by a sudden presence making itself known.
Three fights, one for each devil hunter appeared. For Dante several Abyssal Demons made themselves known, these demons were capable as they wielded fire charged scythes in battle and were not to be underestimated. Whilst not exactly a major demon they were still able to give him a good workout and the fact that 300 were facing him was going to make things fun.
For Nero there was a variety of puppet like demons facing him which to Dante were the Marionettes he had faced before including several Bloody Maries as well as several Assaults supporting them, three blue scaled tiger like demons with spiked tails appeared and he decided to call them Assault Tigers, a name Ray coincidentally had also coined for them.
Ray did not like who stood in front of him. He was going to have to fight his childhood friend Laura Kylani as she appeared no longer in her black denim jacket but now in a pitch black armor that had some red trims. Her black feathered wings were known and her eyes were a demonic red, in her hand was Octavius and resting on her lower back was the spear of destiny, retracted slightly to conserve space.
Dante and Nero charged at the demon hordes facing them whilst Laura began to walk towards Ray who remained in place until Laura stopped just 10 feet from him.
Ray said "I don't want to fight you Laura, please stop this madness so we can just go home and live in peace." Laura shook her head and said "I can't, I'm sorry. You do deserve the answer so I'll tell you. I am doing this of my own will. I'm not huma-" Ray interrupted with a loud voice, shouting "Bullshit! You're the most human person I've ever known in my life! Don't ever think of yourself differently!" Laura sighed and replied "I'm sorry. I would thank you though for bringing the other keys but honestly it was a stupid decision on your part. You've never been one to act so brash." Ray replied "I brought those two here because Nero possesses enough potential, he just needs to break it out and seeing him fight, it seems he has done just that. Dante has surpassed his father Sparda, the one who sealed Kylanos here to begin with which means this time we might be able to kill him instead of simply sealing him." Laura then says "How exactly am I supposed to just stand by while you attempt to kill my father?" Ray replied "I did some research after you left. He's only using you Laura, once he's done with you there will be no more value than just another subject to be sent to war. If you succeed here Laura, you'll become nothing more than just another expendable soldier to him. He doesn't see you as a daughter. He's the demon, not you."
Laura takes a fighting stance and says "He's too powerful Ray, sooner or later he will escape because the seal was weakening to begin with. It's better that I release him sooner so that he has a debt to me. Raymond, all I want is for you to be safe, you've spent 12 years saving my life, it's my turn to save your life now, just let me do this." Ray grabs and draws Hunter whilst saying "Laura you should know better that the first rule of dealing with the devil is, don't."
Laura dashes at Ray with Octavius and sends a single slash which Ray easily parries and then executes a roundhouse kick which sends Laura back slightly, the two both holding back in their fight.
Ray closes the distance and sends a three-slash combo at Laura aiming to injure instead of kill though Laura evades the attacks and sheaths Octavius and brings out the Spear of Destiny which extends into it's combat form and fires a weak pulse of energy which only knocks Ray back slightly. Laura says "Don't make me fight seriously Raymond, I don't want to hurt you!" Ray replies "That's my line Laura, if you're so sure the seal will undo itself in time then join me and Dante, together we can take down Kylanos."
As Ray finishes those words a marionette demon (or rather pieces of it) fly past him as both he and Laura look in Nero's direction, instead there is Vergil and Dante, fighting side by side against the demon hordes, Nero having activated his new power to allow Vergil's soul to take over temporarily.
Laura takes advantage of Ray's distraction and retracts and holsters the SoD and grabs Hunter which also takes Ray's attention back to her only for it to be too late as she uses her strength to tear Ray's Devil Arm from his hand and hold it to his throat, saying "Give up Ray, without your Devil Arm you can't fight." Ray responds by ducking and attempting to leg sweep Laura who takes flight to evade the strike. Ray then draws his crossbow and loads a tranquilizer bolt and this time charges it with energy so it will be able to fly through a simple pressure wave and not accidentally incapacitate an ally or himself.
Using his evasive dashes to avoid Pressure Cuts (The ranged slash attack from Ray's Devil Arm Predator) as Laura had shifted his Hunter form into Predator form, the weapon was after-all born from the energies Laura infused into Ray which means the two resonated, which also gave Ray an idea. If this means Laura can use his devil arm and it's forms then he might be able to use Octavius. Some Devil Arms aren't picky about who can use them, the ones that are forcibly taken but others are linked to the demonic energies of the intended wielder meaning only they can use it. As Dante and Vergil are twins this is how both can use Yamato and furthermore Nero who is infused with Vergil's energies is what lets him use Yamato beyond just a simple sword. Force Edge was usable in general because Sparda has been dead for some time, allowing anyone to use Force Edge though only a Son of Sparda can use it to it's full potential.
Whilst evading his own weapon Ray fired several crossbow bolts, reloading it with his demonic powers and charging the bolts so they can break through an air current though Laura is aware of their charged nature and evades instead of attempting to deflect them, her high sense of smell also picks up the tranquilizer which is extremely potent. If a bolt so much as nicks her she'll lose consciousness quickly, to an ordinary human this dose of anesthetic would be fatal but Ray knew full from that ritual and this entire situation practically that Laura wouldn't die from this dosage. The fact that Nero who was only infused with demonic power like Ray, not actually being a demon-human hybrid by birth is why the tranquilizer didn't kill him back in Fortuna.
Laura flickered behind Ray and as Ray turned around with his crossbow Laura impaled him in the chest with his sword, now in Hunter form.
Tears ran down Laura's face as she said "I'm sorry, this won't kill you but it will at least incapacitate you long enough for me to do what I have to do." Ray fell as Laura released the grip of Hunter.
Vergil had returned to Nero's form as the Devil Trigger energy became too weak to sustain him and Nero took notice of what happened to Ray and drew Blue Rose and fired a pair of rounds which imbedded themselves in Laura's shoulder though this wasn't enough to stop her as she drew the Spear of Destiny and fired a full force burst between Nero and Dante, temporarily dazing the two which gave her just enough time to fly rapidly enough to steal Rebellion from Dante's back, her powers given to her by Kylanos enabling her to deny Dante's ability to recall the sword to his hand.
Laura escaped through a tunnel as Nero moved to assist Dante who suddenly dashed to his side to avoid a Marionette's shotgun blast which injured Nero in his left shoulder. Dante replied "Don't worry, I got a spare." Dante used his powers to summon Alastor, a sword much like rebellion but it's appearance was that of a bat like demon spitting out the blade. Lightning charged through the sword naturally and Dante quickly activated his Devil Trigger, his form being that of a blue demon charged with electricity and he then unleashed a torrent of attacks which cleared the surrounding demons, leaving only the three demon hunters in the room.
Nero then said "If you coulda done that before then why didn't you?" Dante replied "I guess I underestimated my enemy, this time." the thought unnerved Dante as he usually doesn't misjudge the skills of another. He had assumed Laura would be inexperienced based on Ray's explanation of what happened but she had either access to suppressed memories or perhaps was more accustomed to fighting as a demon than Ray had known himself. This underestimation had cost them Rebellion, which means all Laura needed now was Yamato. Ray was impaled by his own Sword and Dante summoned a green devil star and proceeded over to Ray only to see an explosion of purple demonic energy flowing from both Ray and Hunter which was impaled in his chest.
Ray shouted as his entire body took a demonic form temporarily before returning to normal, Hunter had undergone a physical change, it now looked more similar to Alastor with bat like wings from the sides of the hilt but it did not look like a demonic bat was spitting out the blade as the core design of the blade was unchanged, a skull design and a blade thinner than Alastor or Rebellion slightly. Ray pulled the sword out and now that he seemed to have new energy pondered as to why Laura would impale him with the sword, she knew well that when a demon, born or infused is impaled with their native devil arm it awakens their true powers. Ray decided to believe that Laura indeed wants him to have a chance of stopping her and defeating Kylanos.
Dante comes within earshot and says "So, need any help kid?" Ray replied "I'm fine. And don't call me kid." Ray rests hunter on his back and as Nero approaches he says "I thought you were more attentive than that Dante, you let her get Rebellion. All she needs now is Yamato and we'll have to clean up Sparda's mess without preparation." Nero replied "Not to sound pessimistic or anything but I'm not so sure the whole non-lethal approach is going to work with this girl. If we hold back she'll gain the advantage." Dante nods and says "I agree. As much as I want to help you with this Ray, Laura is too far gone. You have to accept the fact-"
Ray interrupts him, saying "I will never accept that as an option! Nero should understand how I feel about Laura. Suffice it to say I care about her more than as a friend. My crossbow is fitted with a heavy tranquilizer as Nero already knows. If I can get a good shot Laura will be incapacitated and there won't be a need to take lethal action." Nero replied "Oh because that thing worked so good last time! She sent the bolt at me and knocked me out when you interrupted my shot and she's made it obvious that she can dodge the damn bolts even if you charge them with energy."
Dante then says "Sorry kid but you're on your own with this non-lethal approach. It's pretty obvious she's not going down without a serious fight." Ray grinds his teeth and decides to flicker to the doorway Laura entered and says "Fine, if you're going to take that approach then we're no longer on the same side. I don't care how powerful you are Dante but I'm not letting you or the rookie kill Laura. The next time we meet, it will be with our swords and guns." After saying that he uses hunter to send a driver into the ceiling and runs forward, closing the main entrance and forcing Nero and Dante likely to use the other two tunnels away from the direction of the chambers of the guardians. It seems the place is designed to have three entrance chambers for each primary room and Ray had just sealed his chamber meaning Nero and Dante won't be able to follow him directly.
Dante then says "Well I guess we don't have a choice. I'll take the left, you take the right." Nero nodded and said "Be careful Dante, if he truly meant what he said then he wont give up. We may have to kill him." Dante has a slight frown on his face as he says "Hopefully it won't come to that. Still if we can take Laura down without killing her then we'll do that but at the same time if we have no other choice." Nero nods and the two part ways, heading for the opposite ended tunnels as there is no way they could cut through all that rubble in time to catch up to Ray in his tunnel.
Darting down the unprotected tunnel Ray stops momentarily and sits down by the wall to rest, it seems the momentary surge of energy was accompanied by what could be described as something close to a caffeine crash. Reaching into his jacket pocket he pulled out a photo of him and Laura when they were 15 and he stares at it. He not only has to deal with being forced to fight Laura but also now will have to face Dante and Nero and possibly Vergil as well as Nero has acquired the power to summon him for aid. Fighting both sons of sparda would be suicidal, if he has to fight them he may need to find a way to divide and conquer. As much as he mouths off He isn't an equal for Dante. For a brief moment he considers giving up and helping Laura with her insane quest to unleash Kylanos but quickly shoves away this thought, getting back up and putting the photo away as he rediscovers his resolve to save Laura from her manipulative demon father.
No matter what the cost he won't let her fall into darkness, even if it means he dies, at least the woman he loves will live. Continuing forward Ray keeps in mind that although his own death is a last resort, he will if necessary give his life to save hers.
To be continued...
Afterword:
I've described several moves in this chapter such as Helm Breaker and even gave unique names to Ray's actions. Furthermore Dante will have access to unique Devil Arms and now currently has lost Rebellion and is relying on Alastor (His Primary Weapon aside from Force Edge in DMC1) as his primary weapon. Nero now has the ability to change into Vergil temporarily and Vergil not only has access to his own abilities but also can utilize his arms as Devil Bringers and can summon Red Queen as a secondary sword. He has also displayed the newfound ability to use summoned swords as melee weapons to take the place of his lack of having Force Edge. Both Vergil and Nero have stolen the DmC Vergil's Nephilim powers and thus are more powerful than ever. I had Dante face off against his doppleganger and tied this story in with the one-shot Devil May Cry:Justice that I made a while ago. Having now seen the Nephilim in battle on youtube followed by out of sheer boredom getting the game I found out that the gameplay and soundtrack is good but still the story and reboot versions are still blasphemy against the devil may cry series. Vergil only used a gun ONCE and that was when he and Dante banished Arkham back to the human world whilst Vergil in DmC has no problem with using and acquiring firearms (The True Vergil dislikes firearms because he doesn't see them as a true warrior's weapon which is why instead he uses summoned swords for ranged combat.) Dante's new Devil Arm is not a copy of Osiris, it will have different abilities and attributes though basic moves might be similar.
Some things incase you didn't know.
The Reason (Reinforced by DMC4 when Sanctus explains that to activate the savior Nero's Blood must be merged with Yamato just before impaling his Devil Bringer with the weapon) Dante awakened his devil trigger was because in DMC3 he was impaled by his own sword. Furthermore in DMC1 you gain access to Devil Trigger when Alastor impales him. He starts with DT in DMC2 and 4 because he already has awakened his abilities. This means that the same logic applies to Ray being impaled by his own Devil Arm (And also in the first chapter Laura being impaled by Octavius.)
Alastor is the primary Devil Arm you use throughout most of DMC1 (Excluding Force Edge which is used prior to Alastor and Sparda which is used after you defeat Nelo Angelo for the last time and normally you cannot enter Devil Trigger with either form of Force Edge, only using DT with Sparda during specific missions, I know, I've tested it as after you complete the game you restart from the beginning with all your devil arms and guns instead of having a mission select screen like in the sequels/prequels/reboot) and is imbued with lightning which allows Dante to act with lightning based abilities and having a lightning styled devil trigger form (With Rebellion he has a red DT form, with Sparda/Force Edge he has a black DT form though as I've explained here Dante has now progressed to the point where he can access his full potential without Sparda now.
The whole theory of Vergil being Nero's father isn't true canon-wise. Even though that one official from Capcom said it was, the rest of Capcom stated that wasn't the case (or rather didn't back him up) In my opinion it's more likely Nero was somehow infused with half of Vergil's Soul with the other half having been used by mundus to create Nelo Angelo and following DMC1 Vergil's soul was released by Dante and merged with the shattered Yamato which was then later in DMC4 repaired and fused with Nero, thus making Nero having both his own soul and Vergil's soul which is the basis of why he is now able to transform fully into Vergil.
DINO is an acronym for Dante-In-Name-Only. DINO's abilities here are from the reboot as now I have a better grasp on what they are. The DINO Dante encountered in Devil May Cry:Justice was a shadowed copy form and was not the true DINO but in this fight the Guardian of Water actually summoned DINO from an alternate reality to fight Dante. The reboot Vergil's aftermath of Vergil's Downfall I depicted here as instead of finding himself in his native universe he somehow was sent to the primary DMC verse and was trapped and forced to act as the third Guardian for Kylanos' seal. As Phineas explained "They wielded the power of both angels and demons but unlike them they could easily cross worlds. They were formidable!" I interpreted this as meaning the Nephilim could easily open gates to other universes along with other dimensions such as Limbo and the Demon World and thus when Vergil escaped he entered his 'verse's form of the demon world (and not technically limbo, but rather hell) and when he escaped he found himself trapped in the original DMC verse along with a cadre of demons from his universe. So according to this story, The Reboot Vergil is now dead, killed by the Original Vergil and thus also had his powers ripped from him to increase the Original Vergil's already incredible power. I admit the Reboot Vergil was powerful (I've played the Vergils Downfall DLC) but True Vergil shines when he's in his devil trigger form, able to execute a powerful barrage of judgement cuts across a large radius whereas Reboot Vergil cannot do it to that degree, furthermore true Vergil draws and sheaths his blade almost instantly to do a judgement cut whilst reboot Vergil must fully draw his blade and sheath it at a human pace in order to activate the judgement cut. If the two were western cowboys with revolvers, True Vergil has the faster draw. (Technically the way a Katana is designed is for a quick draw attack which means in either case True Vergil draws his sword faster and when in Devil Trigger can move so rapidly that he becomes truly invisible when using a Judgement Cut Barrage or the repeating air-trick & helm breaker)
From the previous chapter, Assault Tigers are an original demon that I've thought up. They have blue scales and a dragon like appearance though their body profile is more closer to a tiger. Their primary weapon is their tail which has a blue color with an orange bladed tip which they use to stab, impale or sweep. The Guardian of Fire was effectively a more powerful Assault Tiger form and incase those of you who saw or played DmC, yes the Guardian of Water was effectively an armored Witch Demoness. I gave her a bit of character as she unlike most other demons Dante has encountered was not holding a grudge against him for being the son of Sparda though at the same time had unwavering loyalty to Kylanos and the Demon World (Unlike Beowulf [DMC3] who had such a hate for Sparda that he saw his sons with just as much hate as Sparda himself.)
Till next time. -Kylandor