Devil May Cry: A Snow Woman's Kiss
Chapter 8: Shadows Of The Past And A Snow Woman
It was morning and the sun was high in the clear blue sky. Without having to worry about Kokoa's meddling anymore things were easier. There were no more choices. it was like a huge weight lifted off his shoulders and everything was lighter now. Sitting up in bed, Vergil stretched then stood on his feet after stepping off the bed and stretched again, It was a nice Sunday morning. As usual Vergil walked over to his personal bathroom and washed his face, brushed his teeth then spiked his hair, After that was done, he threw on his sleeveless under-vest he always wore under his jacket. Finally after throwing on his pants he put his blue jacket he always wore when there was no school.
Just before leaving he grabbed his Yamato blade which was still tightly fit into its scabbard, he exited his dorm then closed the door and locked it once his boots were on. With the door locked firmly. He went on with his day like always. There was no one that needed help with things so he was off to the library to get a new book. Normally since this school was based on schools in Japan there would be school on Saturdays. Except this weekend was given off because of a holiday, Vergil wasn't sure which holiday it was since he had not been to Japan in a while.
Once at the library, the demon looked around for any books that would peak his interest. Several minutes passed of searching in different book genre's, then he heard a familiar voice call to him, looking over his shoulder he saw Yukari sitting at a table waving him over. Letting out a sigh he walked towards her.
"Hey Vergil, I had a feeling I'd see you here."
"You don't say.." He replied in a casual and bored tone of voice.
"Yeah, so did Kokoa stop bugging you finally?" The young witch asked.
"Indeed, but I'm sure she'll be back soon.." He replied, he knew it was a for sure thing. Kokoa looked like a trouble maker, even someone that was blind could tell just by how loud she was.
"Yeah you're probably right, but even so she'll be easy to deal with, she's not very bright." She stated with a nod.
"She's obsessed with getting Moka's true form out and tries to prevent her from returning to her shy form.
"Yeah but regardless Moka still cares for her. Personally I hate her." The witch added.
"Kokoa is just arrogant..."
"Pfft, tell me about it. She's just an overly obsessed brat. She really needs to learn." Said the young Witch looking up from her book.
"So it seems.." He paused for a moment and realized Yukari was reading a book about Urban Legends Known By Monsters, the book was entitled:
Urban Legends&Myths Among Monsters
Yukari took note of Vergil's interest in the book she was reading, she giggled.
"See something you like?" Vergil didn't really react much. His expression still remained as blank as a stone statue, he noticed he was talking more which is something he rarely did before. Originally he had thought common communication with others was a waste of time, but he wasn't in a rush as far as he knew he was stuck inside this monster world without any idea how to exit. In any case he would have to get used to using his voice more, eventually the longer he'd stick around he would have a chance to find a way out.
"That book..." Before he could finish Yukari cut him off with a smile.
"Let me guess, you wanna know if it has the story of your father in it right?" She asked closing her left eye with a smile that formed across her lips.
"Correct.." He answered confirming her guess as right.
A smug but proud grin formed across her small lips. She was pleased with her correct guess, this didn't surprise him though since he was well aware that Yukari was quite the smart girl so it was no surprise, but even through all her her smarts he could see how much of a child she was, there was no way she could deny it either. Yukari had her moments so her age still caught up to her so she was a genius but at the same time quite childish.
The happy witch handed him the book and put his hands behind her back. It was like she was hiding something but of course she wasn't it just seemed like it.
"Well I'm gonna head to my room and study so I'll see ya around Vergil-kun." With a bow she headed out of the library. Vergil was pretty surprised with how she addressed him it caught him off guard but it was nothing to be upset with. Glancing down at the book he stared at the cover, he wondered if this book could help him out at all but so far books he found had been useless all it did was talk of the many different urban legends about his father as well as himself. Some of the things in books about him or his legacy were pretty stupid it was cringe worthy so hopes of this book providing use was something he hated thinking about.
With nothing better to do he headed back to his room deciding to read this book he got. But just as he was about to sit down he suddenly changed his mind, he read too often and he wanted to do something different for a change but if it didn't satisfy him he would go back to reading since that kept him occupied if the book was good. Leaving the book on his nightstand he headed out walking around campus for a bit, as he wandered he heard students talking about teams that were accepting members. Nothing caught his interest until he heard a student mentioned a Kendo club Vergil had an idea and it caught his interest. So they had a Kendo team here perfect, finally something that he liked.
Immediately after that he made his way inside to the gym and low and behold that was where the Kendo team resided. It seemed there was currently two members in the room. One was a junior and had short black hair with brown eyes the other had green hair and blue eyes he glanced over to him and smiled.
"Hey there, are you looking to join?" He asked as he approached the spiky-haired cambion. So this person could tell just by looking at him that he wanted to join, he wasn't sure if there were more members or not but he assumed there was. A Kendo team was a club that needed a lot of members to survive and Kendo was really popular so Vergil was positive there was more members besides these two.
"That's right..." he replied casually with a blank expression.
"Well alright we are accepting new members so sure. My names Takaya Katawa and I'm Vice Captain. Over there is Orochi Minami he's the team Captain."
Hearing himself being mentioned Orochi stopped his training session to approach Vergil. Just by the expression this so called captain had Vergil could tell he was cocky and that they would not get along at all.
"So you wanna join the club huh? We need new members so good timing...but just don't get in my way be-" Ororchi suddenly paused, after about two more minutes he spoke again.
"Wait...you're Vergil The Son of the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda..." Orochi wren silent.
"Welcome to the team but don't think that cause your daddy is famous that I'll be nice to you.."
"Don't get in my way..or you will regret it..." He replied then walked past him.
"Club meetings every Monday, Thursday and Friday." Said Takaya.
"Right.." And with that Vergil exited the room. Well he was a club member now and he was eager to participate despite being more skilled in swordsmanship than they were. He didn't know if the captain was rival-worthy or not, so far it didn't seem like it. As he made his way down the hallway his attention was caught by a familiar quiet voice. Looking over his shoulder he spotted Mizore right behind him.
"Heyyy we have a club meeting today!" Said the Snow Woman waving him over. Vergil had no idea there would be a club meeting today but it sounded like a last minute decision to hold a meeting but he didn't say anything and just walked with Mizore to the club room.
"I didn't think we'd have a club meeting either...but I guess we'll find out." She added walking with Vergil.
"I assume this was an urgent choice...regardless let's continue." He replied.
Upon their arrival they entered to find everyone sitting at the table waiting for the two.
"Glad you guys could make it." Said Tskune greeting them.
"Sorry for the sudden club meeting call but I just felt that since Vergil was new to Yokai still he never got to experience any fun. So instead of going straight into work we're to have fun, it's my treat so tomorrow the newspaper club is going on a trip to the human world." The teacher stated. Everyone else was surprised but at the same time excited but no one was more surprised than Vergil, for so long he had been trying to find a way out but the way Nekoname was putting it, it sounded like the human world was easily accessible through this place.
Right away Mizore looked at Vergil's face, it was still blank as usual but she knew that he was thinking about something but she didn't know what it was but she only hoped it wasn't what she thought it was.
"The human world? didn't we go there already last time?" Kurumu pointed out.
"Oh yeah I'm pretty sure we did." Agreed Yukari with a nod.
"Hey everyone try to relax, I mean I'm sure where we are is going is some place we haven't been before right?" Moka said trying to assure everyone.
"And that's correct! We're going to an island resort, its a place called Tanazaki Island." Said Ms. Nekoname with a smile.
"Tanazaki island huh? That sounds nice." Tskune agreed.
{ "Tanazaki island..."} Vergil thought to himself, for some reason the name of that island sounded oddly familiar to him but he wasn't exactly sure why.
"We'll be leaving in the morning close to noon so meet by the bus stop outside Yokai Academy grounds, don't be late." Nekoname announced.
Shortly after that the meeting ended and everyone took their leave, it was getting late and Mizore was walking with Vergil back to the dorms.
"So tomorrow we have that trip. I'm gonna go pack then ready myself for bed, make sure your up on time Vergil."
"I'll be up..well see you tomorrow..."
"Goodnight.." With a small smile and a wave Mizore went to the girls dorm. Vergil walked to the boys dorm and entered his room, as usual he read a book for an hour and a half before deciding to stop. Unfortunately he didn't fall asleep right away he was thinking about what to do tomorrow, freedom was in his grasp he just needed to time it right. Finally his thoughts collected themselves and he was able to go to sleep. When morning came he was already packed and set to go. He packed all the necessary things needed for a resort trip then grabbed his blade and headed to the pathway leading off campus. About five minutes later he was at the bus stop. He recalled this place being where he awoke when he first arrive here.
So far he was the only one at the bus stop until in the distance he saw purple hair in the distance. Once in plain view he noticed it was Mizore with a bag on her back, she waved to him and made her approach.
"Vergil? How long have you been here for?" She asked.
"About twenty minutes now.." He calmly replied.
"Well at least you're awake early, I'm not much of a morning person.." She yawned stretching her arms.
"I'm up early normally so its relatively easy for me to wake up."He stated simply. Mizore was wearing her usual clothes while Vergil did as well the only difference was he had his blue jacket off and packed in his back where it was folded neatly inside the bag on his back so he was just in his black under-vest.
"Wow...I wish I could be like that...I'm so tired~" Suddenly Mizore closed her eyes and acted as if she was about to faint in which Vergil ended up catching her in his arms, a small smile formed along the snow woman's frosty lips as she opened her icy crystal blue eyes. "Well hey there~.." She said while softly parting her lips.
"Are you okay..?" He asked in a quiet but casual tone.
"I am now since you're here.." Said the Snow Woman in a soft voice.
Now this was strange, was she really this tired? She would of had to experience quite the sleepless night if she was this tired. Or so he thought until he heard the snow woman's response.
"Mizore...are you sure all with you is well?" He asked slightly confused.
The purple-haired female giggled lightly and pressed her back against his body, his arms were still around her but due to her quick movement the demon's arms were now around her waist.
"Vergil..just hold me for a second..." Her words so quiet it almost came out as a whisper. Feeling how warm his arms were around her waist her cheeks became a little rosy. Crystal blue eyes looked into his sky blue orbs, slowly she moved one of her hands on her waist and placed her hand over his. Now this moment was much more intimate, there was a warm feeling that overcame the snow woman. Warm was something she didn't like but this was different, it was a nice feeling one that made her heart beat a bit faster and there were butterflies in her stomach.
Leaning up she moved in parting her lips faintly as she moved closer to him. Vergil took note of her leaning in he knew what was coming next so he slowly closed his eyes but just before his lips could feel her cold breath a voice from afar called out to them.
"Wow how long have you guys been waiting!?" It was Kurumu.
Immediately as they heard the voice of the succubus the two separated, Vergil not so much but Mizore quickly moved away from him and put her hands in her sweater pocket. While Vergil stood there back to his usual blank expression crossing his arms.
{"Dammit... those idiots had to interfere..."} He angrily thought to himself. Right after that came the others, Kurumu, Moka, Tskune and Yukari.
"Hey you two, how's it going?" Asked Tskune
"Could be better I suppose.." Said Mizore calmly.
"What's your problem?" Asked Kurumu in a demanding and stuck up tone of voice"
"Oh nothing, just your voice giving me a headache.." Replied Mizore crossing her arms.
Kurumu's eyes twitched and she put her hands on her hips.
"Oh yeah how about I scream in your ear then you stupid snow-skank!" The succubus fired back with her own insult.
"Like I said your a headache, guess I'll have to freeze you solid to rid pain." Right away Mizore and Kurumu were preparing to fight.
"Hey you two, please calm down." Said a worried Moka.
"Yeah, we're going on a trip and not to mention we are going to the human world." Tskuned pointed out.
But just before the fight could start the sound of a bus horn caught their attention.
"Heyyyy everyone I hope you're all waiting nicely~" The voice of Ms. Nekoname was heard until the school bus came revealing their teacher waving while poking her head out the window.
Right away Kurumu and Mizore stopped their bickering and did their own thing. Mizore putting another lollipop in her mouth while Kurumu just looked away from Mizore.
"Jeez can't you two get along normally at least once for a change?" Tskune said scratching the back of his head.
"Anyway, we should enjoy this trip while it lasts." Said Moka attempting to brighten the mood.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. This trip was a last minute decision and Ms. Nekoname did plan it during the start of a term so I guess we should." Said Kurumu nodding in agreement.
The bus stopped and out stepped Ms. Nekoname along with Gin the newspaper club president.
"Hey guys, I know this is pretty unexpected but let's be glad Ms. Nekoname made an exception for this trip." Said the club president acting proud with a sparkling smile.
"Since Vergil missed our last school trip we figured we'd take him out for another official club trip. Not to mention that Vergil here easily caught up with us in school work so think of it as reward not for his efforts but for your efforts as well." Said Nekoname with a smile.
A short pause. "So let's all have fun everyone!" The neko teacher said in an attempt raise their spirits which actually seemed to work.
"Yeah!" replied everyone in the group except Vergil who remained silent with his usual blank expression.
And after that the group boarded the school bus leaving their bags on some empty seats in the front since pretty much everyone sat in the back except for Gin and Ms Nekoname.
Moka sat by Tskune and Yukari sat by Kurumu and Mizore sat one seat up from Moka and Tskune while Vergil sat by himself reading a book. The trip was a mix of noise from all the talking and a mix of peace when the conversations ended. There was a brief few moments of silence before the talking started up again.
Once the bus began to pass through the tunnel Vergil paid close attention, he was astonished so there was a portal that separated Yokai Academy from the human world. Vergil had no idea about this and was pretty upset he didn't figure it out from the start but what mattered now was he at least knew about it after passing through.
About twenty minutes later the bus came to a stop and they arrived at their destination. "Alright everyone please grab your bags and let's start unpacking." Said holding her bag as she exited the bus.
Vergil bent the page corner then slipped the book back in one of his bags. He brought two bags with him, one containing a tent, some extra clothes and sleeping stuff while the other bag had an assortment of books and it had his sword in its sheath in the back tucked away neatly. With both his bags over his shoulders he left the bus and the others followed. Once off the bus Vergil recognized this place. He glanced back left and right looking around cautiously."
"Alright everyone welcome to-" Before Nekoname could finish Vergil interrupted.
"Tanazaki Island...far out west off the coast of Mallet Island..." He spoke in a low tone.
"Why yes that's correct Vergil, But of course I'm not surprised you know.." The teacher said with a smile.
"Huh? You know about Mallet island?" Asked Kururmu.
"I do...Mallet island is the place where Mundus The Prince Of Darkness took refuge in after suffering defeat at the hands of my father...it's said that Mundus lead an army of demonic puppets and other demons there as he secretly plotted world domination.." He explained setting down his bags. Mizore looked over at Vergil with eyes of sympathy as she recalled Vergil's horrible past. She thought back to that one night where she finally got Vergil to open up a little, it was hard but she had finally made progress in understanding him at least a little better.
"Wow..but he was stopped right?" Asked Yukari.
A moment of silence before the cambion finally nodded.
"Yes he was stopped already..."
"Okay! That's good..I was worried." Yukari took a sigh of relief then returned her attention to unpacking her bag as did everyone else.
"Well, since there's a beach I suggest we have a little fun." Said Kurumu, digging in her bag she pulled out a volleyball.
A few of the resorts assistants came down to take the bags they all had brought. Each bag was put in both genders respected rooms. Even though they had rooms to stay in everyone brought tents in case they wanted to sleep outside.
"Alright I guess we should get changed" Setting down the ball she grabbed her swimsuit and headed off into an area behind some nearby trees to change and the other girls followed. It was just Vergil, Tskune and Ginei now.
"So...you guys can go ahead and get ready...I'm gonna go take a few pictures of this wonderful place." He shot a shiny grin before heading off slowly.
"Hm.. Well are you gonna get changed Vergil?" Asked Tskune in which Vergil shook his head.
"Huh why not?" The brunette male asked.
"Just hold on a minute.." Vergil knew very well what Ginei meant so he followed after him.
"H-Hey Vergil wait up!" Shouted Tskune who hurried after the demon.
It took only about two minutes to get to the club president, Vergil looked around for anything suspicious. Finally Tskune caught up to him and began to pant. "Vergil..? What are..you doing?" He asked speaking between breaths. And Vergil replied with the hand motion to be quiet.
After a few brief moments of silence the sound of rustling in the bushes were heard with the chatter of the girls heard not far from there. Taking note of the rustling bushes he walked up to it and reached in and much to what he had expected he ended up pulling Ginei out of the bushes holding him by the neck.
"H-Hey what are you d-doing?" Asked the club president trying to breath, but the grip Vergil had was far too strong, the wolf was holding a camera which was aimed at the girls who could be spotted in clear view from this point. The girls looked over and gasped upon realizing that Vergil had caught Ginei trying to peep. Immediately the girls were all dressed in their swimwear and right away noticed what Vergil had caught Gin doing so they waited patiently with both of their arms crossed.
"B-But Vergil you're a guy too, don't you like seeing the many joys of life?" Said the werewolf hoping Vergil would be the same which of course he wasn't.
"Lets make one thing clear, I am not anything close to the same as you are Morioka...there's a fine line between the many differences that separate a lowly dog from a devil such as myself...remember that next time..." And before Ginei could even utter a single word the half-demon tossed Ginei over to the girls.
"Uh...girls we can talk about this right?...right?" He gave them the best puppy look he could give but to no avail and the girls began to kick him around and pummel him. After that they buried him in the sand with the exception of keeping his head above sand.
"Okay...I'll just lay here.." Said the club president weakly as he accepted his punishment.
With Gin buried and unable to peep the others were ready to have fun. All changed into their swimming clothes. Mizore was wearing a swim top with vertical strips with a dark purple and light purple design just like her stockings were designed and to follow up she had a pair of purple swim shorts.
Moka was wearing her usual white swim suit, Kurumu had a black bikini on with white flower designs on them and Yukari had a orange swimsuit on with a little swim skirt on it. As for Vergil he wore a pair of black swimming trunks with his infamous white snake like pattern on the sides. And since he was wearing only swimming trunks the scars on his chest were openly visible at this point but if they were to say anything he wouldn't really care.
The others looked, their eyes widened on the sight of his scars and he knew they were looking but he carried on with own business. He dug in his bag and pulled out a book and settled himself down on one of the comfortable beach chairs and began to read minding his own business.
The others began to hit the ball back and forth starting up a volleyball game. Kurumu started it off and served it with her forearm and up it went traveling back to each of the girls before the process would repeat.
"Hey, what do you think happened to Vergil?" Asked Kurumu as she hit the ball to Moka. They were a good distance away from Vergil so he couldn't hear the girls talking.
"I don't know but it must have been horrible if it left those marks.." The pinkette Vampire replied hitting the ball to Yukari but the pass was intercepted by Kurumu hitting the ball towards Mizore.
"Hey! Urrrrrgh not this again, stop taking my hits!" The young witch complained.
"Oh darn, maybe if you found a spell to make yourself taller you'd be able to stop me" The Succubus teased.
"Shut up. At least I can move around easily without having those huge zonkers, stupid boobzilla." The witch retaliated with an insult of her own.
Kurumu frowned and put her hands on her hips.
"Oh you little twerp!"
The bickering continued on for a few more minutes.
"Uh guys can't we all have fun here?" Tskune said with an awkward chuckle.
"He's right, just chill out." Said the Snow Woman as she served the ball with her forearm.
The volleyball game went on and in the end Moka and Mizore won.
"Nice playing you two, now how about we switch teammates?" Said Kurumu holding the ball.
Mizore was staring off into the distance, she was staring at Vergil from afar. A few more minutes later Mizore finally snapped out of her daze at the sound of Kurumu's voice.
"Uh helloooooo? Mizore? Earth to Mizore?!" Mizore blinked and shook her head.
"Nah, I'm gonna take a break, I'll join for the next game." Mizore walked away from the girls and headed for Vergil's lounging area. Once she made her approach she took a deep breath and went under the umbrella.
"You know, reading at the beach doesn't really count as quality time.." Said Mizore in a soft tone of voice.
"Perhaps not...but I enjoy a book under the sun.." He replied with his eyes still fixed on the contents of the story.
"Well I guess that's fine but at least play one game with us or at least swim...hmmmm? What do you say?" Asked the snow woman tilting her head to the side slightly.
"...I don't know...maybe." he stated still focused on the book.
"Vergil...please..." She asked once more in a softer tone of voice.
The demon closed his eyes then nodded and bent the page corner before stuffing it back in his bag. Immediately after the book was put away Mizore looked at the scars on his chest. the scars along his muscular abdomen there were several, the most noticeable ones were two vertical scars on his upper chest, two a few inches away from the other two, a bunch of little ones on his sides and a huge one that trailed from his midsection down to his waistline where the scars stopped. She was right in front of him and was witnessing them at first hand, they looked terrible.
Vergil noticed the Snow Woman eyeing his scars, he didn't say nothing and remained silent, then he felt a soft sensation on his body. Looking he seen Mizore who was running her hand along each scar and rubbing as her fingers followed the scar lining to the end.
"..."
"Oh Vergil...you must have went through so much...no wonder why you're so strong.." She spoke softly as she continued to run her fingers on his scars.
"...Mizore...?"
Without a single word Mizore gave Vergil a hug. it caught him off guard so his reaction time was late but after a couple minutes he put one arm around her resting his palm on her lower back.
{"What's with her? Why does she care so much..?"} He thought to himself during the entire duration of her hug. It lasted about seven more minutes before she slowly pulled away so he returned his hand to his side.
Suddenly Kurumu's voice called out to them. "Hey you two, we're jumping in the water come on in and don't be a killjoy!" The Succubus shouted to them. Mizore looked over at Vergil and smiled.
"So, are we joining them..?"
A brief silence before the demon gave a nod.
"Very well..." And with that decision Mizore stood up and waited for Vergil.
"Come on Vergil..they're waiting for us." She spoke trying to encourage him to stick to his word.
"Alright.." Vergil stood up and followed behind Mizore but at his own pace. Once the two got to the others they headed for the water while Moka and Tskune sat on the sidelines since Moka couldn't go into normal water. Moka was a Vampire and water was something pure which would result in Moka's own power killing her.
Once the couple got to the water with the others they dived right in and began to splash. Vergil Pretty much just stood there looking around until he was suddenly splashed, it was that moment he realized Mizore had been the one that splashed him.
"...?" Vergil remained silent
"I just splashed you...and I'll keep on doing it...are you just gonna stand there and let me win this splash war?" Mizore teased hoping this would make him become more interactive in the game.
"...If you put it that way.." He was silent for about three brief seconds until he suddenly began to splash Mizore back. Now he was finally taking part and this lasted until Vergil suddenly stopped, the feeling of being watched, he looked over his shoulder up at a hill in the distance.
"Hm? What's wrong?" Mizore asked. Vergil shook his head.
"It's nothing...don't worry about it." He replied assuring her that everything was fine.
"Well..okay then."Mizore then dove under water while Vergil looked at that hill again before continuing to participate.
Hours passed as they swam around in the water, Vergil wasn't really getting into it much but he still stuck around. By this time it was getting pretty late so Vergil
They had a fire going and were getting food ready to cook. Moka was spreading out ingredients for curry while Kurumu grabbed more cooking supplies inside the resort. There was food being served for dinner at the resort but everyone felt like having curry which wasn't on the menu until tomorrow so they decided to make their own.
With everything being taken care of Vergil decided he would go for a walk to the other side of the beach just to kill some time and maybe even train a little, this time of night was perfect for a little training session, but just before he could leave for his little stroll Vergil felt an ominous form of monster energy come from beyond that hill. Vergil was aware about the existence of the hill, it was called Twilight Plains a famous open area that had the best view of the stars so feeling an energy that was coming from the hill was out of the question since it was usually vacant and is best known as a tourist attraction.
Curiosity set in and Vergil went to the resort building to the room where his bag was and grabbed his sheathed Yamato blade and made his way up the hill path.
Once she was done organizing the bowls Mizore headed out and handed the bowls to Moka. Once that was done Mizore was about to make her way to the resort building until she saw Vergil heading up the hill.
"Huh? Where is he going?" She asked herself knowing that she wouldn't get an answer. The only way to find out was to see for herself. So in the end she decided to do what she did best...stalk him.
In a stealthy manner Mizore silently crept behind him and followed slowly at her own pace. Once Vergil was up the path he seen the grass sway with the wind, it was truly an amazing sight to see. But as peaceful as this place seemed he knew that there was something here. Mizore was hiding behind a tree with bushes covering the opposite of her. Mizore watched him in silence, she had a good view of him too where she was.
Observing his surroundings closely he felt the energy grow stronger. It took him about three more minutes and then he finally found the source. At the far end there was a large assortment of varies tree's and bushes. that covered the area.
"Come out..I know you're hiding over there!" The cambion called out.
An immediate response happened and the bushes began to rustle, after two more seconds the bushes stopped and the source had shown itself, it was a woman with pale skin and long black hair that when down to her buttocks, she had glowing red eyes and was partially naked.
"Soooooo you found me out? It's a shame I was hoping it would enhance this little game of cat and mouse" The inhuman female replied with a slight purr in her voice.
"Just who are you? exactly..." Vergil asked right away.
"Me? hahaha I'm glad you asked. I am Arzaxia, Sister of Nevan The Lightning Succubus...and because of your brother I lost my sister.." A brief pause.
"So now Dante will lose his sibling... once I tear your head from your body you wretched Son Of Sparda!" And without another word the Succubus shot a huge beam of dark lightning at Vergil who immediately evaded the attack by jumping to the side.
"It's obvious that you still insist on fighting..so I have no choice but to eliminate you.."
"Really? Then come at me devil child I'll crush you like the insect you are" Arzaxia continued to send many waves of black lightning and Vergil kept evading all of them by either jumping out of the way or teleporting out of the way. This continued frequently but each time he would evade he made sure to jumped closer each time he dodged but so she wouldn't catch on to his plan he would mix it up by evading to the right or left sometimes before continuing to get closer to her.
After several minutes of this he was able to strike after this next evade. He stood on the ground waiting for her next move. Once the black lightning struck he jumped to the left the immediately teleported directly in front of her and unleashed a few slashes with his new and improved aerial rave Yamato combo, the succubus shrieked in pain then moved back while charging her energy but even though Vergil had landed a bunch of good slashes he knew she wouldn't go down as easy. Standing on a branch he realized his opponent was no where to be seen, he was positive she wouldn't retreat since she was here bent on revenge. Casually looking around he still saw nothing, then almost in an instant Arzaxia reappeared in front of him and pressed both her palms on his chest and unleashed a powerfully charged surge of black electricity which sent the volts through his body shocking him violently, the attack was so intense it cause a minor explosion of electricity which caused him to fly back after letting out a painstaking groan.
The force of the shock sent him into a tree, the impact snapped the tree in half causing the many of the tree trunk parts to fall on him, or so the Succubus had thought. Then before she could assume victory more chunks of the tree were cut in half and were sent directly at her with force, this caught Arzaxia off guard and caused her to get smacked hard in the face by several of the tree chunks, the force of a big piece sent her directly into a rock.
His feet touching the ground he stood there on Twilight Plains, the wind was pretty strong tonight causing the many tall grass patches to sway. While staring at the rock he watched Arzaxia emerge after breaking the rock in two.
"Damn you child of Sparda! I swear I'll have your head" She hissed making her approach.
"You really think you stand a chance? Just give up Succubus..you are as foolish as your older sister.." Said the Darkslayer in a calm tone.
Arzaxia charged at Vergil and the two clashed many times, her claws against his Yamato and sparks were flying each time his blade collided with her claws. Hidden behind a tree and some bushes was Mizore watching the entire battle in awe. She was amazed at this, two mortal enemies bound in what seemed like a death match.
"Wow...Vergil locked in one on one combat with an enemy he's familiar with.." She silently spoke to herself before slipping another lollipop in her mouth.
Back to the battle Vergil unleashed several Judgment cuts which was basically a series of several demonically powered slashes that would cut any opponent in many locations at once including vital spots. But as quick as he was Arzaxia evaded his cuts and kicked the ground. Vergil raised his guard but wasn't really sure why she kicked the ground so he would have to find out the hard way. Several cracks formed in the ground and finally once below him black electricity shot up from the ground exploding on impact which sent Vergil back through a rock. The quick move caught him off guard, he didn't like the fact that he dropped his guard even if was for a brief moment but what did was taking care of this new enemy. She was obviously strong but this only motivated the Cambion even more. Rising to his feet he prepped himself for more attacks and that's exactly what happened.
Many more layers of black lightning zoomed towards him at a high speed but Vergil had seen that coming from a mile away and easily evaded them.
There was standoff now and Vergil needed time to plan another form of attack. Usually he could take care of an enemy easily but since this was a Succubus from the demon world he was familiar with he knew it would take a bit more than his usual tactics.
"What exactly drives you to fight? Is it truly for the sake of your sister? Nevan was a foolish waste. She lure's in men by seduction in hopes to steal their life force. So just like Nevan you will face the same fate.." Said the demon speaking his mind.
"Shut up! You don't know the meaning of family..I know all about you Vergil. Yes, The eldest child of Sparda himself. You differ from your younger brother Dante in many ways. You had healthy relationship with him in the past but after your mother died you turned your back on everything.." Arzaxia replied in attempt to intimidate him.
Vergil remained silent and began to plan his attack, so far he had seen a fair amount of abilities which seemed similar to Nevan's but stronger. This was for revenge that was very clear but just thinking about it Vergil had a bad feeling come over him. Taking note of his expression the Succubus knew he was pondering on the subject of her being here.
"Just come clean Arzaxia. This may be your attempt at vengeance..but there has to be a reason you found out where I was..." Said the demon testing his detective-like instincts.
Arzaxia grinned. "You catch on quick..just as I expected from you child of Sparda..I heard that someone had escaped the demon world..but to answer your question yes I did find out from an outside source. But that doesn't matter anymore your mine devil boy!" Without another word Arzaxia charged at Vergil all the while sending lines of black lightning towards him which he dodged by jumping to the side left and right. The two were heading right for each other ready to strike. Once both were in front of each other the attacked. Arzaxia lashed at him with her claws while Vergil blocked her strikes, after a few more minutes of defending the devil in blue moved to the left and in a swift move he did a spinning back kick hitting the Succubus right in the chest, the force of his inhuman strength she was once again sent flying back smacking hard against another rock but instead of delaying this time she disappeared in a flash and reappeared behind Vergil in a zap of lightning.
["What?! She can teleport using her lightning strikes...she's far more different from Nevan.."} he thought to himself.
"Time to die Sparda's kin!" Channeling her black electricity to her claws she prepared to go for a criticle hit. Looking over his shoulder he was about to go for a risky block. But just as her claws were about to impact him a cool arctic breeze overcame them.
"I think you need to cool down a little.." Said a familiar quiet voice, but before he could look Arzaxia was met by a strong kick to the face which sent her flying back, the succubus landed in the tall grass making her slide up into a tree.
Landing on her feet right beside him was Mizore in a fighting stance with her ice claws out.
"Mizore..?!"
-End Of Chapter-
Authors Note: Hey guys I know its been a while but I've been quite busy with things but here you are at long last. The next chapter shouldn't take too long since I have the plot written down in my Storyboard for this I made. Hope you enjoy this next chapter. But I figured I'd make a quick note. A few of you have been complaining about Vergil being slightly Out of character which is fine but I know about it already. He's just rediscovering how to love something he hasn't felt for a while which is obviously going to make him act a little weird but don't worry. I won't say when but eventually you'll all see the Vergil me and all of you guys love so please bare with me. Take care and keep reading.
~Darkslayer740
