The Descent

by VaneDeception

Dante and Kat survived. But with Kat injured and the world out looking for them they are forced to turn to someone Dante had hoped was in his past for good. There's a new threat looming in the city though they don't know it yet, and Dante is forced to face worse Virgil. He has to face himself.

10. Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Kat

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I watched Vergil and Dante turn as one towards the demon. I couldn't think of it as their brother in any capacity. It didn't seem nearly as terrifying as Mundus, but I was more worried about how Dante was acting than about his physical well being. I had only seen him use the power once before; to stop Vergil. He would have killed his brother in his rage. I had stopped him because I cared about Vergil, even after what he tried to do. But I stopped Dante from killing Vergil more because I was afraid of what it would do to Dante.

Dante was swaggering, cocky and profane but killing his twin would have destroyed him.

Because if he kills his brother, he will become the monster he's afraid of being.

I gripped Princess with such a force that my knuckles turned white and my hands began to shake. The sound of clashing blades was easier to follow than the blurs of motion that were the three sons of Sparda.

Both Vergil and the demon created portal after portal, trying to surprise the other. Even without the instantaneous travel Dante kept up with them. Anticipating the blows before they even started.

After a while of watching them fight I started to see a pattern emerge. Slowly I rose and edged a little closer to the battle. I wasn't sure if Dante even cared about my well being at the moment, but I couldn't afford to distract him. Another cracking sound of a portal being open reverberated oddly in Limbo. There, I thought, the pattern of the fight finally clicking into place. I stepped forward and thrust my blade into empty air.