And here we are, chapter 9 of Godly Demon. Picking up shortly after the fight between Nero and Ares, that being said, I do intend to make an appearance of a demon later on in this chapter, so don't worry. Also, I will be bringing in another demon which I'm certain some of you might recognize from the DMC4 game. Won't tell you what it is right now, I'll leave it up to you to figure it out.

Anyway, Nero won, to no one's surprise. In all honesty, I'm fairly certain he could even take on Artemis, Apollo, and Athena, all at the same time. I don't know, maybe, I feel like he could.

Moving on.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, Capcom owns DMC, Rick Riordan owns Percy Jackson.

Onto the story.

Devil May Cry: The Godly Demon

Chapter 9: Calm Before The Storm

Camp Half-Blood, Arena, Long Island, New York

Hestia let out a sigh of relief when she saw Nero emerge victoriously.

She was standing at the edge of the arena in Camp Half-Blood, in her disguise as a young camper. Watching with worry as her son fought her nephew, and to everyone's surprise, even hers, he won over his cousin in combat. Seeing him safe and unharmed made Hestia want to go right over to him and embrace him, hold her son in her arms.

It was times like these, that she would remember what Vergil would say about this law. Quite often, he would state that the law was incredibly stupid and nearsighted, and at times, she would find herself agreeing. Being forbidden from being with him was an awful law that separated lovers. It kept them from each other and the children of one of the parents. Oh, how she wished she could burn that law into ash and scatter it across the entire world.

Hestia smiled a little when she saw Nero offer and hand to Ares to help him up. Despite everything he's said and done previously, there is some good in him.

However, this small moment of tenderness was shattered when lightning cracked in the clear sky. Practically everyone glanced up, at the clearness and they knew what was going on. Zeus was calling for a meeting, and for reasons pretty obvious. Hestia sighed and took one good look at Nero before she decided to leave the arena, squeezing past a few campers until she was out of the area. When she was certain no one would see her, she teleported in a flash of fire.

Nero glanced up briefly at the sky, partially wondering what the reason was, however, he only did so for half a second. He figured out that Zeus was calling for a meeting. And that reason, well, his son did just lose miserably to him.

Ares huffed in annoyance at the sky. So much for his fun.

"You got lucky, kid," stated the god of war as he turned to the silver-haired hunter, who folded his arms, "This fight was just a fluke."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, Ares," retorted Nero with narrowed eyes, "Now beat it. Daddy's calling."

Ares growled at the hunter before he vanished in a flash of fire. The young man only snorted as he unfolded his arms and proceeded to the exit of the arena. He had his fight, now it was time to hit the hay.

However, as Nero was leaving, he paused for a second when he felt Devil Bringer pulse slightly. Glancing down at his right arm, he felt it pulse softly, he could barely see the faint glow through his coat sleeve, bandages, and his glove. Narrowing his eyes into careful slits, he glanced back the sky. Something else was coming, and it wasn't the entitled parents that were Hera and Zeus wanting payback because their little baby lost.

No, this was different.

It was darker.

Evil.

Demonic...

'Better make sure tonight,' he thought while exiting the arena. It was time for everyone to turn in for the night anyway. Which gave him ample opportunity to head out. It might be just his nerves after a fight with the god of war, but he learned early on to trust his gut. Especially after last time...

The hunter clenched his right hand tightly into a fist.

No.

He wouldn't go down that memory.

Hudson Highlands, New York

80 miles away from Long Island, in an area of New York State known as the Hudson Highlands (this is a real place, I'm not making it up), a storm was brewing. However, this wasn't you typical thunderstorm, no, no, this was a storm that, while condensed in size, was as vicious as a hurricane.

The highlands, on a good day, was a tranquil forested area, with a major river flowing through it. It was even the home to a nature reserve: the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve. On good days, it would attract many families and people looking to explore the forests of New York state.

This was not a good day.

The entire sky was overcast, clouds rolled in rapidly while thunder cracked with powerful echoes. On the ground, things were looking very bad, the storm was getting worse and worse. So much so that the park was slowly becoming flooded. The wind was picking while lightning flashed.

The storm was growing worse and worse by the second. However, due to the late hours, the park was already closed. But that was beside the point.

This storm was not normal.

High in the sky, lightning flashed behind the clouds. Lightning has the unique ability to appear in many different colors, ranging from white, blue, purple, yellow, and red. And in this case, the lightning would occasionally flash red. But as it did, the flash would illuminate an object flying high in the clouds above the state park.

The object appeared long, almost serpent-like. Not manmade, but definitely not natural.

Through the howling winds and cracks of thunder, a powerful roar broke through. A sort of howl that could cause many a man to tremble in fear. And it wasn't alone. Another roar, closer to the ground bellowed out, closer to a bull that was about to charge.

Lightning flashed as the owner of the second roar was illuminated for a brief second.

It had been a long time since they were in the human world.

Council Chamber, Mount Olympus, Empire State Building, New York City

Hestia arrived within the Olympian chamber just as Zeus brought the meeting to order, however, she did notice Ares had lagged behind her as her nephew shuffled into the council room and took his seat in his throne. She also picked up on how he kept his face down, hiding the right side of his face. Hestia shifted uncomfortably, knowing that Ares wasn't too happy about his loss.

"I have called you all here today because of the recent rumor that has spread through Camp Half-Blood," announced Zeus, grimly as he turned to look at his son, Ares, "Earlier this day, my son challenged the camper that was brought to Camp Half-Blood four days prior to a duel."

Hestia winced ever so slightly, she knew where this was going. The fact that Ares lost, let alone the fact that Nero was still very unknown to everyone and possessed incredible combat prowess, was enough to cause her brother to worry.

"It should also be mentioned that a creature was seen stalking the outskirts of the camp as well before it was slain by the very same camper," continued Zeus, "It is for this reason that I have called you here. No camper has shown this much combat prowess, speed, strength, and agility before, which is why the godly parent of this demigod will reveal themselves here and now."

"But father," Apollo said his voice wavy, "It was voted that his godly parent would not be revealed until he was claimed."

"I am forced to agree with Apollo," spoke Hephaestus, coming to the aid of his brother, "the boy's godly parent will reveal his or herself in time. Besides, there is still the matter of identifying the creature the boy slew."

Zeus narrowed his eyes, not liking being defied like this but their words were true. He did say they would address the issue in the next meeting.

"I stand corrected," huffed the Olympian King as he leaned back in his throne. The god then turned to Artemis, "Artemis, you still have the body of the creature in your possession. Bring it here, so that we may examine it and uncover its nature."

"Very well, father," answered the goddess of the hunt, although begrudgingly. Raising her hand, an orb of light formed in her palm. At the same time, a flash appeared in the council room. A massive thud followed as the body of the monster Nero slew landed on the ground.

"Woah," commented Apollo as he scooted back in his throne as the bladed tail slid close to him. Even Hestia had to scoot away slightly as the razor-sharp teeth of the beasts' maw drew far too close for her comfort.

"It's one thing to see it from afar, but looking at it now...," trailed off Demeter as she felt her skin crawl at the sight of the creature.

The demon was so large, Artemis actually had to curve it slightly due to its massive size. Sure enough, even Zeus felt truly unnerved by it, despite it being dead. Steeling his resolve, the King of Olympus spoke up.

"Artemis, have you found any similarities to any creature you've previously hunted?" asked her father.

Artemis remained silent as she stared at the creature.

After Nero had been captured and brought to Camp Half-Blood, she and her hunters returned to the site where the carcass of the beast he slew lay. Truth be told, she was extremely jealous, that a boy managed to fell this creature alone. Not only that, it was completely new to her, so she lost her chance to hunt it herself. If it had been alive, it would've made for an excellent hunt.

However, the creature was just wrong.

It felt wrong.

Even being dead after several days, she felt on guard around, as if expecting for it to suddenly get back up.

"Artemis," spoke up Zeus once more, jarring the goddess of the hunt out of her memories. She turned to her father, "Do you recognize this beast?"

"No," answered Artemis, "No, I do not. This is the first time I've ever encountered such a creature."

"A monster even you don't know," said Apollo, clearly surprised, "Didn't think that was a thing that could happen."

"Maybe the kid knows," suggested Dionysus, bringing attention to himself, "He did say he was on Long Island to do a job. And I seem to remember, after killing this thing, he said that his job was done."

"This is true," agreed Athena, "It seems likely that the boy would know what this creature is."

"Go get him from Camp Half-Blood and bring him here," ordered Zeus harshly.

Dionysius disappeared from his throne back to the camp, clearly in a hurry, not wanting to be the target of his father's annoyance either.

Hestia was too busy thinking about what had just transpired to object to Zeus' order. Was it possible that Nero hunted creatures like these as a career? If so, what were these things, and why did they warrant such attention?

Dionysius then came back sweat beading down from his head, "He's-he's gone," panted the camp director, "Kid and his van are gone."

Hestia looked up in surprise. Did she mishear what Dionysus say? Nero left Camp Half-Blood?

Thunder cracked outside the Council room as Zeus then turned to Artemis, "Hunt him down and bring him here," seethed the god, "I don't care how you go about it, just bring him here, alive."

Artemis could only nod before disappearing in a flash of silver. Zeus let out a tired sigh as pinch the bridge of his nose. This was not how he imagined this meeting would go.

Meanwhile, Hestia could only pray silently, that nothing foul may befall her son.

One hour and thirty minutes later...

"Guess Zeus must be throwing a tantrum," muttered Nero from behind the driver seat of his van.

He had ditched Camp Half-Blood not too long ago and was now driving down a relatively empty road. He didn't exactly know where he was going specifically, but he had a gut feeling he'd find out soon.

Switching on the radio, he began listening to weather broadcasts. Sure enough, he found what he was looking for.

"-I'll tell you, Josh, I don't think I've seen a storm this intense in New York, outside of hurricanes," commented one of the radio anchors.

"I'm with you on that one, Cotton," replied the other anchor, "In fact, a state of emergency has been issued, as well as a warning to all motorists entering the Hudson Highland area to be extremely careful of winds reaching well over a hundred and fifty miles an hour, fallen trees, lightning, and flash flooding."

"Don't quote me, but that sounds like an apocalypse," stated Cotton.

"With how things are, it might as well be," concluded Josh.

Nero shut the radio off as he pressed down a little harder on the gas. Based on what he's hearing, it seemed like a high-class demon reared its ugly head. It's a known fact among demon hunters that, depending on how powerful a demon is, it can actually alter the surrounding area to an extent. Ranging from storms, freezing weather, overgrowth of plant life, basically anything. So based on what he's hearing, it seemed that this demon could manipulate the weather to an extent.

"Great, heading into a storm," muttered Nero as he now had an idea where to go, "Not even getting paid for this. Lady, I'm charging you double for this when I'm done."

Making a turn onto a smaller road that was off to the side, the hunter drove through the woods, noting that rain had started coming down, a light sprinkle at first. The hunter sighed as he continued to drive. However, his instincts flared as he slammed on the breaks.

Directly in front of him on the road, a white beam collided with the small street. The beam blew apart the ground as the van came to a screeching halt. Nero slammed a hand down on the steering wheel as he should've figured they would show up.

Unstrapping his seatbelt, he moved to the back of the van and grabbed Red Queen which had been stored on his workbench. He sheathed it across his back and opened the back doors and step out just as Artemis and her hunters emerged from the woods around him.

Nero then spotted Zoë, staring at him with anger in her eyes.

"Kinda wish we didn't have to meet like this," sighed the hunter in a tired tone, "If this is about me ditching daycare, tell Zeus he doesn't have to worry, I'll be heading back after I'm done."

"You are not returning to Camp Half-Blood," stated Artemis in a harsh tone, "He has demanded your presence."

"Well tell Zeus he has to wait," replied Nero as he folded his arms, "I've got a problem that needs my attention more than Zeus needs me."

"It is not an option, boy," snapped Zoë, "Surrender to us. Now."

"Speaking out of turn and interrupting a conversation," quipped Nero as he smirked, "Thought you were supposed to be better than guys, Zoe."

The aforementioned hunter adopted an enraged expression and was about to retort when Artemis placed a hand on her shoulder, "Enough. You will return with us, boy," ordered the huntress.

"Not gonna happen, besides, I think Zeus'll appreciate what it is I'm doing," snorted the hunter.

"I grow tired of this," stated Artemis, "surrender, you have nowhere to run."

Nero just let out a tired sigh shaking his head, he didn't have time for this.

"I don't surrender, Ares knows that quite well," snapped Nero as he turned away from them, "Besides, I've got more important things to do."

Knowing that he couldn't take the van, he decided to walk the rest of the way. It was a little over two miles away. So it shouldn't take too long. However, he didn't make it a foot before his instincts flared and he leaned to the side. An arrow flew past his body as he spun around, drawing Blue Rose.

He didn't have time for this.

He directed energy from Devil Bringer into Blue Rose. The barrel of the handgun started glowing for a second before the hunter fired at the ground in front of Artemis and her hunters. The bullet struck the asphalt and exploded on impact. The goddess and several hunters were thrown back by the explosion.

"You dare?!" snapped the goddess as she regained herself.

"Thought you and others would've figured out by now," sneered Nero as he holstered Blue Rose and unsheathed Red Queen, "I don't care who you are."

With that, he lunged at the hunters and goddess, sword raised.

Little did the hunter realize that by using his demonic power, he drew a little more attention to himself.

Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve, New York State

A creature suddenly paused as it looked up. Rain poured down across its body, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled around it. The beast let out a low growl as it sensed the power of the one who betrayed them. Or at least, the spawn of their betrayer.

The beast let out a deafening roar as it leaped through the forest. Its brethren remained high above the mountain range.

Back with the hunters and Nero, the latter was proving to be as dangerous as his fight with Ares led Artemis to believe.

The goddess stumbled back as she took a punch right to the jaw from the demon hunter. Her cheek throbbed in pain as she held the area where she was punched and glared at Nero. Unfortunately, he was too busy or just didn't care to notice the look as he was blocking a slash from Zoë, her second in command viciously attacking the boy, however, like last time, she proved to be not as skilled as him.

Wielding dual knives, the hunter attacked Nero with everything she had, but nothing could break his defense or even land when he evaded her attacks.

"You can't beat me, Zoë," stated Nero as he blocked the two-handed downward stab from Zoë and retaliated by slamming his boot into her stomach. The girl stumbled back as she nursed the point where he kicked her, "Just leave me alone so I can finish what I need to do."

"I won't take orders from a boy!" snapped Zoë as she attacked again. The hunter let out an annoyed sigh as he blocked her slashes before deciding enough was enough. Blocking her knives again, he shoved the weapons aside and lunged forward. His right hand lashing out to grab the back of Zoë's head.

Leaning his own head back he slammed his forehead into the hunters' own. Zoë's head snapped back but was stopped as Nero had his hand behind her head. He slammed his forehead into her's once more before throwing Zoë to the side where she was assisted by two hunters.

Letting out a tired sigh, he turned to face Artemis who was standing where she was, glaring at him. The goddess tried attacking him, swinging both her knives at him, but the demon hunter blocked the attack with Red Queen. Pulling his right hand back, he slugged Artemis hard in the stomach. The goddess let out a gasp as she felt her feet lift off the ground before she fell on her stomach.

Nero stepped back and sheathed Red Queen, he wasted enough time, turning his back to the goddess and started to leave. The other hunters that joined Artemis were about to move in and stop the hunter when the goddess held out her hand, halting them.

"Why don't you do the smart thing and just leave me to my work," demanded Nero, not even bothering to turn around.

"You think me defeated, Boy?" Artemis said forcing herself to her feet, her eyes lighting up followed by her entire body. The glow actually caused Nero to stop and glance back. Turning around fully, he faced the goddess as her body grew brighter, not even fazed by the brightness. Meanwhile, all the hunters that joined Artemis kneeled before her. After a few moments, the light faded and revealed the goddess.

Artemis had transformed into a beautiful fully grown lady with flowing white hair and a white dress that seemed to flow like it was in a soft wind. Her eyes were returned to normal but now the silver in them glowed like the moon. On her forehead was a shining symbol, a crescent moon with two arrows going through it.

She held out her hand and a silver aura appeared in her hand before it turned into a silver bow. She pulled back the string and an arrow formed, knocked, and ready to go. She then released the arrow, the bolt flying right towards Nero. However, to her shock, the young man caught the arrow with one hand. The tip of the projectile just an inch from his face.

"I'm not playing around, Artemis," stated the hunter as he moved the weapon out of his face then snapped it in two with just his hand, "And if you knew why I was even here, you'd know not to get in my way."

"I will not stand for this, boy!" shouted Artemis, truly angry.

"Well then why don't you go back to daddy and tell him: I don't give a flying fuck what he wants!" shouted Nero in return, opening his mouth to say something else, however, his expression changed. Artemis noticed that expression before, it was the same expression he had before that beast appeared.

Suddenly, thunder cracked and lightning flashed as the rain poured down a bit harder.

"Come on, again?" moaned Nero as he turned to his right. From the sky, a massive bolt of yellow lightning came down. Striking a nearby tree. The sudden flash caused the hunters to flinch and get draw their weapons while Artemis, herself tensed as she drew her own bow.

The flash faded and revealed a creature that only one of them had seen before.

Hanging from the tree with one claw was a beast not like anything Artemis had ever seen. It was large, much larger than any wolf or forest animal. It was even larger than the Minotaur. It had black and red scales that covered its entire body, rising into large spikes on its shoulders, forming into a sort of organic plate armor. On its knees and claws were white spikes, similar to bone, while the claws were more like three clawed pincers. Its head was very intriguing: one large white horn rose from the forehead while a maw of razor-sharp teeth added to the beasts intensity. To add to the intimidation, the creature's entire body crackled with yellow electricity, however, the electricity crackled most intensely at its back.

Even through the noise of the rain, you could hear the beast's breathing as soft growls came from it.

"Figured one of you guys would be skulking around here," taunted Nero as he turned his attention to the demon.

"Boy, what is that?" demanded Artemis as she glanced between the hunter and the demon.

Before Nero could answer, the beast let out a different noise as it looked up before locking its focus onto Artemis. The goddess tensed as she drew her bowstring back further. Suddenly, the sound of electric buzzing filled her hearing and the creature vanished in a burst of electricity.

The beast suddenly appeared again, between Nero and Artemis. It let out a growl as it suddenly vanished again, a bolt of electricity leaping between the trees before the beast suddenly appeared and lunged right at Artemis. The goddess didn't have any time to react or defend herself when she was suddenly uppercut by the demon, sending her flying back. The beast roared as it leaped after her.

"My lady!" Zoë as she regained herself in time to see her goddess get punched away.

"Dammit," swore Nero as he was about to run after the demon when he was suddenly stopped by the hunters and Zoë.

"What is that beast, boy?!" demanded Zoë.

"How about I explain after we kill it, okay?" suggested the hunter sarcastically and was about to push by when he was stopped again by the hunters and Zoë.

"You will tell us what that creature is now," she ordered.

"We can play this game as much as you want, Zoë, the only thing you have to lose, is Artemis, so what'll it be?" demanded Nero, his tone completely serious.

Both Zoë and Nero glared at each other, neither willing to give in, until a powerful crack of lightning shattered the silence between them followed by the sound of a woman screaming in pain. Zoë immediately spun around, hearing the cry.

It was here, that Nero ran through the group and towards the source of the scream. He didn't care for Artemis, far from it, but he figured it would save him trouble if he saved the goddess now just so he wouldn't have to deal with either Zeus or Apollo looking for revenge if she died.

With Artemis, the goddess of the hunt was slammed down onto the ground, deep in the forest. A pained gasp escaping her as she struggled to get up. Getting into a sitting position, she saw the creature had landed several feet away. It was crouched low, using one of its pincers to balance itself. The beast then let out a snarl before standing upright and let out a howl into the sky. Lightning came down behind it, striking three trees, blowing them to splinters before it lunged at Artemis.

The goddess rolled to the side as it impaled its right pincer into the ground where she previously lay. Snarling at Artemis, it lunged at after, forcing her to retreat.

Getting her bearings, she drew her bow once more, an arrow forming in place before she fired it right at the creature. Surprisingly, the beast caught the arrow in its mouth before snapping it in two. Artemis was caught off guard, which allowed the monster to dash right towards her. The Demon swiped its massive claws at the goddess, slicing right through her clothing and dug deep into her skin. Golden blood splattered out of her wound and stained the ground. Artemis let out a painful cry as she was sent tumbling back across the ground.

Rolling to her stomach, the daughter of Zeus strained to push herself to her hands. Looking up, she didn't see the monster that attacked her. However, she did see that her bow had been knocked from her hand and was lying just a few feet from where she was.

Crawling across the ground to her weapon, Artemis reached out to grab her symbol of power when her hand was suddenly stomped upon. The goddess let out a cry of pain as her hand was partially crushed. A powerful roar echoed in the forest as the monster then launched a punch at Artemis.

Fighting through the pain, she managed to get her hand out from underneath the beasts large foot and just barely dodged the giant claw that slammed into the ground beside her. However, her aggressor was absolutely relentless as it then swung at her again, forcing Artemis back, though it was clear she was still unsteady on her feet, barely evading the blow. However, in a surprise move, the creature raised its right foot and kicked Artemis right in the chest.

The goddess was knocked onto her back where she just managed to get back to her feet when the beast jumped at her and landed right in front of her. Jumping up, it slammed its knee right into her stomach with enough force to actually lift her in the air. While in the air, it grabbed the virgin goddess and slammed her down mercilessly. Lightning and thunder cracked behind it as the rain came down.

Releasing its hold on Artemis, it switched its grip and grabbed her by the head swinging the goddess into the air before slamming her back down like a rag doll. Without a lick of mercy, it lifted her in the air right in front of it where it balled its left claw into a fist. Letting a low growl, electricity gathered around the appendage before it slammed its fist right into Artemis's stomach.

The goddess' eyes shot open as she let out a gasp, golden blood flew from her mouth.

The beast seemed to grunt as it changed grip, switching Artemis to its left hand while it flexed the claws of its right hand. Brandishing the sharp points it rammed them right into the woman, slicing open her skin, letting more blood flow out before ripping its claws out only to stab her again. Tearing her flesh, Artemis felt pain flowing across her entire body, barely conscious. However, she did register when she was thrown right into the air.

The monster then crossed its arms across its chest while electricity danced across its entire body. Soon Artemis was falling back to the Earth when the creature let out a howling roar and a massive beam of electricity erupted from its chest. The beam flew right towards Artemis when she fell right in front of the beast.

The goddess screamed in agony as her body was bombarded with lightning as she was sent flying where she smashed through several trees before coming to a halt in a small clearing. There was a small stump in the clearing, which was odd for there to be a single stump in the middle of a clearing but did manage to withstand the impact of the goddess, causing her to bounce off. Artemis then fell to her knees as smoke came off her body. She was barely conscious, her head hung low as her once divine clothing was ripped to shreds. Breathing shakily, Artemis looked up to see the creature stalking towards her. Electricity danced across its body as it rumbled lowly spreading its arms before slamming its right fist into its left palm, electricity flashing at the point of contact.

"What… are… you…?" gasped Artemis as she was too exhausted to fight back. The beast didn't answer her when it came to a stop before the beaten and injured goddess. Instead, it raised its right claw, letting out a blood-curdling roar as it swung at her.

Artemis closed her eyes, not having the energy to teleport herself to safety, let alone defend herself. Thousands of thoughts raced through her mind. However, one stood out among the others, and it was the boy she was sent to retrieve. He was different, much more so than any other male she's encountered. For thousands of years, she's been lusted after by many a male, predominantly her siblings, but there was one she did respect, and even considered her friend. But that was many, many years ago. However, remembering a long lost friend would do her no good right now, her end was coming.

BANG

*RRRROOOAAAAR!*

Artemis's eyes opened when she heard a gunshot followed by the sound of a beast roaring in pain. Looking at her would be killer, she saw the monster actually reeling back, looking at its right claw before whipping its head around.

"Hey, asshole!" shouted a familiar voice.

The monster was then suddenly blasted back by another shot, being sent back several feet, where it had to dig its claws into the ground to slow itself. Crouching low, it growled angrily as it raised its head at the perpetrator. Following the beast's gaze, she saw the boy standing off to the side, his firearm drawn and the barrel smoking.

"Hands off the goddess," ordered Nero as he fired again at the monster.

The beast leaped back, avoiding the bullet as it struck the ground where it previously was. Firing after it, the young hunter drove it away from the downed goddess and placed himself in front of her.

"N-Nero?" gasped Artemis as she saw her savior.

"Don't act so surprised," quipped Nero, glancing over his shoulder, "I did this because if I didn't, either your brother or Zeus would blame me and try to kill me. Being dead is bad for business."

Artemis wanted to retort but couldn't as she let out a cough, golden blood splattering the ground.

"My lady!" shouted another voice, causing her to look and see Zoë and the other hunter's approaching. Her second came to her side.

"Glad you could join the party," snorted Nero as he glanced at Zoë for a second, "Now get her out of here and stay back. This'll get messy."

Zoë glared at Nero for a second, looking about to retort before Artemis raised her hand to silence her second before she could say anything.

"Do as he says for the now," ordered the goddess. Zoë was about to object, but a roar cut her off before she could do so. Looking up, she saw the beast standing several yards away. Its claws dripped with Ichor, the blood of the gods. It let out a thunderous roar before swinging its head into the air and letting out a howl. Lightning came down and struck the beast, causing lightning to rush across its body.

"Move!" shouted Nero as he fired at the monster, the bullet slamming into the electric field, causing the beast to flinch before roaring in outrage.

Zoë gritted her teeth before swallowing her pride.

"Just this once, boy," snapped the second in command of hunters as she and one other helped their lady to her feet and quickly rushed to away from the clearing. The other hunters kept to the edge of the clearing

"Pretty out of character," muttered Nero as he spun Blue Rose on his finger as he looked right at the beast he was quite familiar with, "But not surprised a Blitz is here."

The demon growled lowly before roaring at the demon hunter.

"That's how you want to play it?" challenged Nero as he took aim, "Fine."

A savage smirk formed on his face as he zeroed in on the demon.

"Let's dance!"

BANG

To Be Continued…

Okay, I know I have some explaining to do about Artemis, but just hear me out. Okay, I did my research on Artemis and nowhere does it suggest that she has super speed. Granted, as a goddess, she should be well faster than any demigod or goddess or even her hunters. However, that being said, I doubt that she'd be able to identify and react to a lightning bolt. And A Blitz is basically a lightning bolt personified or twisted, whatever you want to call it. Also, as I have stated previously, the gods' interactions with demons are extremely limited so it is reasonable for her not to recognize the Blitz, or know its abilities or feats.

That being said, I think it is logical to say that Artemis can be taken off guard. And before you say anything about fighting back, it is said that the Blitz is completely ruthless, attacking mercilessly (as most demons do, but more so than usual demons, being described as an 'elite demon') without giving any opening. And for this story and the sake of plot, demon power is lethal gods, but it takes a ton of it.

Okay, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Don't hate the chapter, or do so long as it is constructive criticism. Anything to make this story better, not break my confidence and this story never gets finished.

Next Time on "Devil May Cry: The Godly Demon."

Chapter 10: Eye of the Storm