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Dante rushed at Beelzebub and swung Rebellion, but the demon simply dodged it and with one simple backhand strike, sent Dante flying through the air. Vergil, Nero and Celeste then attacked at the same time, but Beelzebub simply dodged or blocked their moves, throwing them around the room with one hit. Dante got to his feet and grabbed his discarded handguns, before firing away. Beelzebub started doing a small dance as he avoided the bullets easily, as his right hand began to glow, before throwing a blue ball of energy, catching Dante in the chest and slamming him against the wall

Vergil got to his feet and slashed at Beelzebub's exposed back, but the demon whirled around and caught Yamato between his palms, lowering the katana down and backhanded Vergil, spinning him through the air, as Nero came in with a Stinger attack. Beelzebub parried the blow and brought Linkin around, slashing Nero across the stomach, before kicking him in the chest and slamming him against the wall

Celeste and Dante attacked at the same time, as Beelzebub dodged their blades easily, before striking Dante with a Stinger and swinging Linkin around to slam against Celeste's Dragon Blades and throw her up into the air. The blade extended out, as Beelzebub brought the sword back towards her. Vergil appeared in the air and grabbed Celeste, blocking the blow with the Force Edge and landing

"You are all so weak," Beelzebub commented, "Do you really think four half-breed demons can fighting against a god-king?"

"Not sure, but hey, at least we're giving it a shot," Nero said, "Gotta give us credit for that"

Beelzebub batted Rebellion aside with his bare hand, before punching Dante in the face, then kicking him in the chest, throwing him against the wall, as Nero lunged, swinging the Red Queen. Beelzebub blocked with Linkin, before swinging his sword to block Vergil and send Nero flying with a Stinger. Vergil whirled around and slashed at Beelzebub's throat, before drawing the Force Edge and stabbing. Beelzebub parried the move and struck Vergil in the chest with Linkin, as a magical blast struck Beelzebub. He looked up, as Kyrie began charging up another blast

"You"

"Kyrie!" Nero cried

He leapt for her, but Beelzebub struck him with a roundhouse kick, before continuing for Kyrie. Dante appeared in front of her and did the Aerial Rave move on Beelzebub, cutting into his body as he landed. Beelzebub just gave Dante a look and punched him in the head, throwing him aside, before grabbing Kyrie by the throat and lifting her up effortlessly

"See the fear in her eyes as I slowly cut off her oxygen supply?" Beelzebub smirked

"Scum!"

Yamato cut through Beelzebub's skin, forcing him to drop Kyrie and turn around, as a light endowed gauntlet slammed into his face. Beelzebub stumbled back, as Nero reached Kyrie and pulled her away. Dante got to his feet, Ifrit on his body, as Vergil cracked his knuckles

"So, you want to do this the old way?" Beelzebub asked, "Fine!"

He sheathed Linkin on his back, before lashing out at Vergil. The eldest half-demon blocked the punch and did the Rising Sun move, as Dante came in with a Meteor kick. Beelzebub bounced off the ground and landed on his feet, before grabbing Vergil by the wrist when he punched. Vergil gasped in surprise, as Dante kicked Beelzebub in the face, flames leaping off the greaves. Beelzebub let go, allowing Vergil to move in with a kick to the stomach, then punching him in the face. Dante appeared behind Beelzebub and punched him. Beelzebub turned side-on to the twins and grabbed their arms as they both punched, before throwing them into opposite walls

Beelzebub looked over and saw Nero tending to Kyrie. He headed towards them, as Celeste grabbed her handguns and began shooting. Beelzebub didn't make any noise as bullets pierced his body. He simply shrugged them off and grabbed Celeste by the throat, before throwing her aside like she was a rag doll. Nero stood up and drew the Blue Rose, shooting two bullets at Beelzebub's face at close range. The bullets simply bounced off Beelzebub's facemask harmlessly. Beelzebub knocked the revolver from Nero's hand, before grabbing him by his jacket and lifting him up

"You love this human, don't you?"

"Yes"

"Good. Then you can watch helplessly as I kill her"

Beelzebub threw Nero against the wall, as two swords rested at the back of his neck

"I don't think so," Dante said, "Nobody tries to harm my brother's girl"

"Very well then"

Beelzebub whirled around and drew Linkin with such speed, it threw the twins off guard as Beelzebub slashed them open, before throwing them aside. The god-king turned back to Kyrie, as bullets ripped into his back. Beelzebub rolled his eyes and turned around, as Celeste walked towards him, firing off her guns. Beelzebub used telekinesis to pull Celeste to him and grabbed her by the throat

"You're playing with a very big fire, little girl"

He let her go and kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying to the other side of the room, as Nero slashed with the Red Queen. Beelzebub disarmed him with one hand, before impaling him with Linkin and kicking him off the sword

"You are disappointing. I thought I was fighting the children of Sparda. As it turns out, I'm fighting adult wannabes. I'll see you all on Earth"

A portal opened up behind Beelzebub and he stepped back into it, as the portal closed up around him. Dante groaned in pain as he got to his feet

"What do we do now?"

"We get back to Earth," Vergil answered, also groaning in pain

"And how do we do that?" Nero asked, holding his hand over his wound

"I can create a portal to head back to Grandfather's realm and then we can use the portal there to get back to Earth," Celeste explained, "And I want to go to Earth all good and proper"

"Okay, let's get going," Vergil said

Nero got to his help, as Kyrie joined his side, concern all over her face

"Are you okay?" she asked

"I'll be fine"

Celeste began chanting, as a portal opened up before them

"Here we go again," Vergil muttered as he and Celeste entered the portal

"You two gonna be okay?" Dante asked Nero

"Yeah, we'll be fine"

Dante gave him the thumbs up and went into the portal, as Nero wrapped an arm around Kyrie's waist and followed after his brothers and twin, coming out into a hellish dimension, where tortured screams rang throughout the place constantly

"What the hell is this place?" Dante asked, "No pun intended"

"This is Grandfather's realm," Celeste answered

"Grandfather? Cool, can we see him?"

"Dante, we have more pressing matters at hand," Vergil said

"Okay, another time then"

"There's the portal," Celeste said

The group leapt off the platform, Nero holding Kyrie, before Devil Triggering to slow their descent as they landed before the group of Guardian demons and Forgers. Dante instantly began shooting away with his demonic guns, which had become like mini machine guns, as the bullets ripped into the demons. Vergil lunged and slashed wide, killing three demons in one hit, as Nero grabbed one with his Devil Bringer and threw it off the edge. Once the demons had been taken care of, the four turned back to their human forms and entered the portal, coming out onto Earth

"Ah, it's good to be home," Dante said, stretching his arms and wincing in pain

"Dante?!"

Dante whirled around, as someone slammed into him, holding him in a bone-crushing hug and making him groan in pain once again

"Trish, can you let me go? You're hurting me"

"Oh, right, sorry"

Trish let him go and stepped back, before turning to the others

"Oh, so they found you, Kyrie?" she asked

"Actually, I kinda found them," Kyrie said

"How'd it go with Balthazar?" Lady asked

"Balthazar's dead, but none of us killed him," Vergil answered, "I'm afraid we've got a bigger problem than him"

"And what's that?"

"Oh wouldn't you like to know?" Dante said

"Who's this?" Trish asked, motioning to Celeste

"I'm Celeste, their younger sister," she answered

"Sister? I'd thought…well I heard…oh never mind. I'm Trish"

"Uh-huh. Why do you look like my mother?"

"Long story," Dante said, "Got something else to deal with"

Suddenly, the whole place began rumbling, as the ground began to crack and expel geysers. Temen-ni-gru seemed to shrink in the distance, as something else rose up to take its place. And it was ten times bigger than Temen-ni-gru

"Oh, that is not good," said Nero

"You'd think?" said Dante

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