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NU: Legend Reborn…
Chapter 9: Home…
By: 26 Lord Pain
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"Human Speech…"
'Human Thoughts…'
[Radio In Use…]
"Jutsu In Use…"
"Demon Speech…"
'Demon Thoughts…'
"Inner Spirit Talking…"
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(??)
Sephiroth's body was suddenly dumped in front of the Scion; the devil smirked seeing the Half-Angel in such a state before looking to his assistant. "Excellent work Inferno…" Scion offered and Inferno shrugged his shoulders before looking to the hanging blond on the wall with a twitch.
"How's she holding up?" He questioned of the cloaked devil and her heard a light laugh in response.
"As well as can be expected my friend. She's become a conduit for her "father's" power after all… Soon I'll even be able to absorb that power and once more the world will fear and respect my families might…" Scion said with a laugh while Inferno frowned then turned his head slightly.
"And my Hell-Knights… are they okay now?" Inferno questioned and the Scion actually smirked while looking down at the youth, then leaned back in his seat and nodded his head.
"Each is eager to see you again Inferno, especially Kali. I'm actually quite surprised that you even care…" Scion said then admitted, after all, he thought once they were able to control Inferno his mind would be completely there's…
"I'll never forget or turn my back on them…" Inferno said coldly, turning his back to Scion instead while also crossing his arms and looking at the blond woman on the wall more closely. The woman had long blond hair, which was a bit frazzled and hung in her face, her skin was deathly pale and she was moving sporadically, jerking as the energy flowed through her. She wore a black leather top with gray stitching and a lightning bolt shape cut into the front which left her shoulders and some of her back and stomach exposed, a black choker collar, a black wrist band on her right arm. A black leather band around her left forearm which covered some of her hand, tight black leather pants that also had gray stitching in it, with a thick black leather belt, and finally she wore black leather boots which ended just below her knee's…
"You really mustn't worry so much Inferno. Your Hell-Knights wish to see you, and I'm certain they shall all make a recovery. In the meantime, I need you to go and watch the Sparda descendants for me…" Scion ordered and Inferno gave the Devil a quick curt nod before vanishing in green flames, leaving Sephiroth on the floor while Inferno rose from his throne and down to the Half-Angel… "Yes… soon my power will be complete…" He said to himself while looking down at Sephiroth then snapped his fingers, both the Scion and Sephiroth vanishing in a flash of light…
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(Akumagakure no Sato…)
Naruto walked beside of Dirge, an old NELO (Akumagakure ANBU) issue outfit issued to Naruto until he got some clothes of his own. Strapped to the boys back was Gilver, with Yamato at his side, Luce and Umbra at his waist, Kyuubi on his arms and legs, and a gun he'd found with them was holstered on his right thigh.
The gun was, according to Dirge, an old style black steel revolver with nine chambers and three barrels, the three hammers on the gun were gold while odd designs ran the length of the weapons barrels, an old wood style grip, while a keychain hung from the bottom of the handle bearing a strange cross like symbol of a three headed dog.
"Where do you think this came from?" Naruto questioned while looking over the weapon, Death Penalty, as a voice at the back of his mind explained.
"Don't know, might have something to do with your Devil Heart if you ask me." Dirge offered with a shrug as they walked through the streets of Akuma, Naruto's face plainly in view and gaining a few stares.
"Then why are they all staring at us like that?" Naruto asked, somehow, he knew they weren't dangerous, like he could tell they were just staring out of curiosity, not spite for the first time…
"Huh? Oh that. It's cause we look like Pops and Uncle." Dirge said before pointing to a statue before them and Naruto stopped and felt his eyes go wide seeing it. The statue, no, monument seemed more appropriate, stood at least at fifteen feet tall, it depicted a man in a long trailing coat with a broadsword raised over his head in one hand, a gun in the other hand and a cocky grin on his face, behind him and back-to-back was a different man, he was crouched down, ready to draw a Katana sheathed at his side. Naruto slowly walked forward, looking up at the man in a crouch he saw a stern frown, his hair swept back and dressed in a combination of regal clothes and body armor.
"Grandfather…" Naruto whispered before looking at an inscription below his grandfather's likeness. "My blade shall cut a path to the future, my life shall be lived to atone for past sins…" Naruto read and Dirge chuckled lightly.
"Yeah. Before his resurrection, Vergil was said to have tried to destroy humanity, but something happened to him, and he began to protect them as fiercely as my dad. And of course, as you should know, he even sired a child with a human…" Dirge explained while Naruto reached back and touched Gilver's hilt once… He felt a pulse from it and then rolled his shoulders to relax his tired muscles.
"Let's go… I'd like some new clothes before we go to our home…" Naruto commented, looking at Vergil's statue one last time before turning and walking away with Dirge, towards the shop he had mentioned. Their walk seemed to gather more and more stares, Naruto merely frowned at this before crossing his arms over his chest while Dirge chuckled before placing arms his behind his head.
"Is it really another Sparda?" Naruto heard someone ask and looked to the sky.
"Yeah, they say he just appeared out of no where!" Someone answered while Naruto looked out of the side of his eye towards the people.
"I hear he's from Vergil's side of the family." Another voice said with some amount of trepidation, which Naruto tried to ignore.
"Hey, he's cute…" With that Naruto began to twitch, something told him that he should start running soon and to find a Mask as soon as possible…
"Here we are Cuz, c'mon." Dirge said and Naruto looked to see a rather plain building, but decided that staying outside in plain view would be bad. Walking inside he found a rather simply looking workshop, a woman sat at the register, reading a book while all around them were numerous types of clothing, ranging from ninja field gear, royal looking robes, to civilian clothing, and all else in-between!
"Impressive selection…" Naruto said with slight awe while looking around, noting they also had armor and other gear for Ninja! "They must be some shop to have all of this in stock." Naruto said simply and Dirge snorted.
"No, they are THE shop." Dirge said before walking over to the woman behind the counter with an eye smile. Looking at the girl, Naruto was slightly surprised he hadn't noticed her earlier on. She had long straight Raven-Black hair, a strange red gem centered at her forehead, with a pair of bright Amethyst eyes and pale skin, some silver reading glasses hanging off her nose till she pushed them up with a single finger. She was dressed in a simple mesh shirt with a black tank top over it, a pair of black pants that clung to her rounded hips especially well, her feet clad in blue boots while black fingerless gloves covered her hands, a golden jewel incrusted chain belt looped around her waist.
"Hey babe, long time no see! My cousin here needs some decent "Sparda-Clan" type threads, and I knew you were the only person in town I could trust with the job." Dirge said and the girl stopped reading her book only to glare at the silver haired boy, and then looked at Naruto with a pair of gorgeous Violet eyes.
"Fine…" She mumbled and then walked into the back.
"Who was that?" Naruto asked and Dirge sighed.
"Rachel Angela Roth, the villages own personal Ice-Queen. It would take either a miracle or an act of Kami herself to ever get near her without her throwing you through a window… I know, I have tried…" Dirge said then added with a shake of his head and an amused Naruto looked to his cousin before he found some clothes shoved into his arms.
"Don't you need to measure me or something?" Naruto questioned while the girl walked back to her counter.
"No… I could tell you're just slightly shorter than Dipshit over there, and most of the Sparda Bloodline are the same size… Unless you count brain capacity…" She said while pointing a single slender finger towards Naruto's cousin, and Dirge placed a hand over his heart in mock hurt.
"Oh you wound me so deeply with your hurtful word's, Rae." Dirge commented with a smirk under his mask then paled seeing the girl push her glasses down to look at him with an annoyed frown marring her features. "Uh… right, let's get you changed cuz!" Dirge said quickly while pushing his younger cousin back and into a set of dressing rooms, making the silver haired young man blink in surprise.
'Why do I have this strange feeling she was about to send him into a Nightmare world from whence there is no escape?' Naruto wondered to himself before shaking his head and allowing Dirge to led him off to the side of the room.
"Leave your Devil-Arms out here, put them back on when your changed." Dirge stated and Naruto frowned before removing the numerous weapons he had obtained and leaned them against the wall.
He then sighed and entered into the dressing room, before laying out the clothes Rachel had given him, only to look at them in some amount of shock. "How did she?" Naruto wondered seeing a set of armored/comfortable clothes similar to the one's he'd seen himself wearing in his visions.
"Rae's a master of reading people, I joke that she has telepathy or something with how good she is." Dirge said from outside the room and Naruto nodded his head shakily, agreeing with the other boy and inwardly reminding himself to never piss her off if she could really read minds. Ignoring that thought Naruto then began to change into the clothes she had gotten for him, quickly he mentally added to himself. Upon finishing with the entire ensemble Naruto noted the purple coat that she had added was folded on the stand in the room and picked it up then slung it over his shoulder…
Walking out of the room, he saw Dirge's eyes widen and possibly gape as this new version of his cousin stepped forward. "No way…" He whispered while Rachel looked from her spot, nodded her head with the slightest of smirks, and then returned to reading her book with a job well done.
"How do I look?" Naruto questioned and Dirge walked around him once before standing before him and looking him up and down.
"Like a real Sparda…" He said with some awe and Naruto raised a brow, till he was moved to look in a mirror and saw his reflection.
His clothes consisted of a black leather armored vest like Vergil's own from the past with a NELO issue shirt under it, with a pair of black Shinobi pants. A black belt was looped around his waist with a pair of pouches, one on either hip, with black leather bands attaching them to the belt tightly, another leather band reaching down from the belt attached to a holster on his right thigh. Over his legs were a pair of brown leather knee-high boots with two bands around each leg to hold them on tightly, Golden armor placed over the toe of each boot with Gold looped around his ankles into a band. On his right arm, was a NELO issue forearm protector, bandages wrapped around his forearm with a long black glove over his hand that reached up to his bicep. Then was the same Golden gauntlet on his left arm that had been there since he woke up, shimmering brightly in the dim light, as it's sharp claws practically begged to be used.
Last was the coat, but though he wasn't wearing it, Dirge still looked at it with some amount of surprise. It was long, like his own but was without the numerous belts and straps his own had, it was purple in color with a high collar colored red, and red cuffs, thick purple leather had been placed at the elbows of the coat, with a little more of this over the shoulders, not much to be visible, but it was still there. Naruto looked at his reflection with some surprise before slowly pulling on the purple coat and saw he was a young version of his older self now…
"I look… different…" Naruto whispered while looking his armor/regal gear over and saw Dirge nod his head in agreement.
"You could pass as Uncle Vergil… maybe even Grandpa…" Dirge said then mused with some amount of shock while Rachel smirked from her place before hiding her face in her book once more.
"Be sure to tell her I love the clothes…" Naruto murmured as Dirge did just that, while he walked over to his Devil-Arms and slipped them back on. Luce and Umbra's chains wrapped around the arms of his coat, Gilver was slipped onto his back with the strap around his chest, Death-Penalty placed at his right thigh, and Kyuubi placed over his hands and feet. Looking in his coat, Naruto was slightly surprised to find a loop for Yamato's sheath and placed the sword into it, allowing him to walk without holding it for the first time…
Turning around, he found Rachel was glaring at Dirge so he decided to thank the girl by walking over, grabbing the boy by the back of his coat and dragged him away from her. He barely noticed the amused smirk on her face as he exited the shop then dragged Dirge off. "Where is our new home?" Naruto questioned simply and Dirge slipped out of his coat and then stood at his side, glaring at him.
"Edge of town." He then said with a sigh and Naruto nodded his head, though felt annoyed as everyone was now staring at him. "Get used to it cuz, you look like a dead ringer for Uncle V in that get up." Dirge commented and while part of him was flattered, the other parts of him still didn't like being stared at. But, the staring continued even as the two Sparda's made their way deeper into the village, and soon, they made it home.
Their new "Home" was a grand castle, made from what looked like marble with spiked towers all around it, a pair of large double doors at the front and many stained glass windows all over it. The castle also had an inner building with the towers apart of a wall around it, the inner building having passages from the wall into it, with roads inside of the main castle. Around the entire thing was a long stretching garden with flowers of all shapes and sizes present and obviously well cared for…
Looking up, Naruto resisted the urge to gawk seeing the massive castle before him. Instead, he simply turned his head to look at Dirge with a twitch to his eyes. "THIS is our home?" He asked with no small amount of surprise and Dirge nodded his head with a hidden smirk on his lips.
"Dad, Mom, Uncle V, and the original Villagers all built it together cuz, it was made in honor of our ancestor, the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda who lived in a Castle just like it long ago. The gardens were made to remember their mother, a woman who loved flowers and was as gentle as the morning breeze… yet as beautiful as a rose…" Dirge said and Naruto looked around the castle and saw vast fields of flowers and other such plants…
"I like to garden…" Naruto mentioned and Dirge blinked.
"That's a first, I don't think even uncle V liked to garden too much… then again he did die before I was even born…" Dirge said to himself then admitted with a shrug of his shoulders. "Anyways cuz, lets give you the grand tour!" Dirge then exclaimed only for someone to smack him upside the head. Looking behind his Cousin Naruto saw a strange looking girl who had a hand on one hip and an annoyed frown.
This girl had long black hair with blue streaks that covered her left eye while a pair of pointed ears stuck out of it, bright golden eyes with dark rings under and around them, her lips colored a dark gray while her skin was slightly more pale, a tiny blue crescent moon tattoo on her forehead with two black stripes on her cheeks. The girl was dressed in a pair of black shorts with the legs cuffed over her knees, with a red tank top with a mesh shirt under it, a pair of Mesh wrist-warmers with NELO type forearm guards over them, similar mesh over her shins and calves with NELO Shin guards on. A pair of black Shinobi sandals with black fingerless gloves that had metal plates at the back, and her Akumagakure Hittai-Ate wrapped around her throat…
"What have I said about saying stupid things Dirge?" The girl questioned with a frown and Naruto raised a brow.
"Who exactly is this then?" Naruto asked and the girl gave him a sidelong glance.
"Janet Negrado… But everyone just calls me Shadow." She said simply then frowned towards Dirge who was looking at her with an annoyed frown as well. "Well… Introduce me!" She stated and Dirge mocked her voice for a moment before waving from Naruto and to the girl.
"Naruto Uzumaki Sparda, meet Janet Negrado, the most annoying bitch in the Village if you ask me…" Dirge said and Shadow stepped on the silver haired boys toes. "I KNEW I should have gone with boots!" Dirge exclaimed while jumping up and down trying to rub his toes so they'd feel better and Naruto chuckled lightly.
"Anyways, I heard there was a new Sparda in the village and came to make sure Dumb-ass over there hadn't split himself in two somehow. As he said, my name's Shadow, not Janet, only family calls me that." Shadow said while pointing a finger at Dirge who flipped her the bird and Naruto felt his lips curl once more, somehow he knew these two were going to be very amusing to be around…
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(Konoha…(Third Person Omniscient View…)
It was not all good in Konoha. In the first month since Naruto had been banished, the civilians partied until they were arrested for public drunkenness in some cases. After that first month, the Shit literally hit the fan. Wave had been first to hear of what happened concerning Naruto, Konoha had been trying for a trade treaty with them… well… without Naruto it seemed they were going to trade with Kiri and Suna instead… Then, Snow stopped supplying their technology after they got wind of what happened to the hero of their land. Then came the Hidden Waterfall, they broke off all ties with Konoha, no one was even sure if they were going to ally with anyone else.
Of course Political problems weren't all that was going wrong since the former blond had left. First off, Sasuke had escaped the Village no less than a week after being brought back, but that wasn't the worst of it. No, not at all, the Hokage was depressed the first two months, and then she unleashed pure HELL onto the Council. She went behind their backs and looked over some old records, which had been sealed by the elders. Now, there was no council… She had found out that the Council was ONLY for wartimes, not for day-to-day use and that one of the old council members had used the Nidaime's death as a way of keeping the council regardless of war due to the Sandaime not knowing this.
It was pitiful when they tried to reason with her and she LITERALLY beat the shit out of the Elders and Civilian members, before she then tossed them all into a wall and told them to get the hell out. Once that was done she had stomped her way through Konoha, reached the AnBu HQ and then told them that if they so much as looked at one of the "Former" Council members and obeyed that she'd see to it they were dropped back into the academy… as Teachers. The AnBu were so afraid of her now that they didn't DARE bring her paperwork, they let Shizune do it for them while they cowered in fear of her now legendary wrath… possibly why Jiraiya had seemingly disappeared was because he didn't want to meet up with her in this state…
Once the biggest pain in Tsunade's ass had been properly dealt with, the woman had stormed down to the Academy. She then raised the standards for Genin so high that the teachers complained about time restraints and how no civilian could ever reach them… To which she plainly told them, "So? Who the fuck cares what they need!! If they can't even take time out of their little schedules to learn and train then they don't have the dedication to be real Shinobi!" After whish she then went on to the hospital and got it back into shape as well.
All in all, the Civilians were the one's REALLY paying the price, without the council they had NO power whatsoever, Sakura's mom, a former council member, was one of the many Council members who found living harder when they couldn't have Genin do all their chores for them… The Shinobi Clans however were pleased with the way things were going, they no longer had to deal with the civilians bitching and moaning about whatever, and generally got to focus exclusively on helping their children become better Shinobi.
After that, Tsunade decided to explain to the few who deserved to know what was going on with her… namely that Naruto was her grandson… Those who found out at first were limited to Shizune, Sakura, Kakashi, the Fire-Lord, and all of Naruto's friends. They were, to put it mildly, SHOCKED that the woman was his grandmother, meaning that she really WAS his "Baachan"… Kakashi DID get a snicker out of it however. It was when she revealed that her Son was one, Minato Namikaze that she knew that all hell would plainly broke loose in the village…
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(Hokage Tower…)
"HE'S THE SON OF MY SENSEI AND NO ONE EVER TOLD ME!?!" Kakashi demanded loudly with his eyes burning with fiery rage his hands on Tsunade's desk. Behind the man stood Shizune, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuuhi, Might Gai, and Sakura who all looked at both her and Kakashi in shock. Tsunade herself was smirking at the looks of shock as they all put two and two together…
"He's related to all but one of our Hokages!?" Sakura shouted with wide eyes and Tsunade nodded her head while Kakashi twitched.
"Why the hell wasn't I told Sensei's son was alive?!" Kakashi demanded and Tsunade picked up one of the Sandaime's books and gave it to him. He read it over for a few moments before shaking and then backing up and sitting down. "Oh Kami what did he do…" Kakashi murmured and then handed the book to anyone willing to read it next.
"Dad always was more of a tactician than a father… seems like he was a little too good though…" Asuma grumbled after reading it and shaking his head, half shamed and half disgusted by what his father had done. Once they had all read it, they all had to take a seat with looks of shock on their faces.
"How could he DO that?! To have his mother killed…" Sakura muttered as tears started to come to her eyes.
"He wanted to make sure Naruto was loyal to the village, and the best way to do that was to take away any chance that Naruto would LEAVE the village…" Tsunade said flatly with her eyes cold as ice and Kakashi was continuing to shake.
"So he took away Naruto's choices, turned him into a living representation of the "Will of Fire" all for the sake of protecting the village…" Kakashi murmured and then clenched his fists. "He took away the one person, the ONE person who loved Naruto with all her heart and soul just to have a loyal, powerful Shinobi?" Kakashi questioned with pure rage in his eyes and Tsunade gave a curt nod. "If he wasn't already dead and in the Shinigami's guts, I'd kill him myself…" Kakashi said angrily and Sakura looked at her sensei in shock.
"To kill Kushina-Sama, she was the "Beni-tenshi" of Hebungakure… who did he get that was powerful enough to kill her?" Kurenai questioned with a frown and looked to Tsunade who smirked.
"How did you think he lost an arm and an eye…" She quipped and Kakashi clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes.
"Danzo!" He growled out and Asuma frowned, turning his Cigarette in his mouth from side to side.
"That figures. The man had too much power in the council, I don't think he got that much through dirty deals either. He's a soldier, he doesn't believe in ratting out Konoha for nothing, only "Necessary Sacrifices" to ensure it lives on…" Asuma said mostly to himself while Kakashi was trying to keep himself from going on a rampage and ripping that bastard of a man in half…
"Alright, so what we now know is that the Sandaime wanted Naruto as a weapon in some way, not like Danzo wanted, emotionless, but as something that would give life and limb for the village?" Kurenai questioned and Tsunade nodded her head, cracking he knuckles as she did so.
"B-but why? Naruto was never that strong…" Sakura questioned and Tsunade looked over to Shizune who was twitching and idly spinning a Senbon in hand.
"Naruto is of the Sparda Clan, a powerful clan of warriors who could kill demons one on one and toe to toe." Tsunade said flatly and all present plainly gawked. "The transformation he had recently was his "Devils Blood" finally waking up, also the only way I knew he was my grandson…" Tsunade said while rubbing her temples.
"What! How could you NOT know he was your grandson!?" Kakashi demanded and Tsunade looked at him with a single amber eye.
"When Minato was born I gave him up for adoption, his father a Sparda named Vergil had disappeared and I didn't want to risk anyone trying to kill my son… I stayed in the village for that time before I met Vergil again; he was obviously being controlled by something, as he demanded I tell him where "Vergil's Seed" was… When I didn't he ran away, I followed him out of the city and to the Valley of the End where he attacked me…" Tsunade explained with a pained look on her face as the memories flashed before her eyes. "Before he could do any real damage however, Vergil's twin brother Dante came and stopped him. He killed Vergil while Yamato, Vergil's sword, fell into the waters of the Valley of the End…" Tsunade explained with tears forming in her eyes before quickly wiping those away as she KNEW that Vergil would prefer death to living his life as a slave once more… he was just that stubborn…
"Naruto fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End, where he found Yamato…" Kakashi said mostly to himself while Asuma was plainly frightened by whomever this Vergil guy was if Tsunade needed to be rescued from him…
"What about Dante, weren't you mad or sad or something when he killed the father of your child?" Kurenai questioned and Tsunade shook her head, then closed her eyes as she remembered the lovable goofball she called her brother in law…
"He freed Vergil, he didn't kill him. Vergil was a Demon's slave for many years, forced to fight and kill whomever that Demon wanted even if it was his family. To live a life of Servitude like that once more, to Vergil, it was a fate worse than death… I think I even heard him thank Dante for saving me from him…" Tsunade said as the tears came full force remembered a waterlogged Vergil being held in his twin brother's arms before passing on quietly into the next life.
"So then, why didn't you know the Yondaime was your son?" Asuma questioned and Tsunade leaned back in her seat, reveling in the memories that this little explanation was bringing, both good and bad…
"I didn't give a name to the orphanage, seeing as I didn't want debt collectors or anyone who wanted the Slug Sannin dead to find him, so they gave him a random one instead. Even if I had ever wanted to find him, it would have been impossible. The only reason I know now is because Naruto is the spitting image of his grandfather…" Tsunade said before giving a faint smile and closing her eyes. "Those blue eyes, the regal features, and that new rapier sharp wit are all from his grandfather that's for sure…" Tsunade whispered softly before looking towards the group who were either solemn or distraught in Sakura's case.
"All those years being put down… when his mother was… oh Kami… poor Naruto…" Sakura to herself softly and Tsunade looked to Kakashi who was breathing through his nose and trying to calm himself down.
"Lady Tsunade, where IS Naruto at the moment?" Kurenai questioned with a frown and Sakura turned to the woman who sighed.
"I don't know, I really don't know WHERE Naruto went. But wherever he is, I only hope that he's happier there than he was in this village… a place that stole all his family away from him…" Tsunade said then whispered while looking out of the window behind her desk and into the distant horizon…
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TBC…
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AN: Naruto took four months to Reach Akumagakure on foot. Thus that's how long has passed since he left and the shit has really hit the fan for Konoha. Also, after this the Time skip will happen, so Naruto will be older next chapter… until then, Merry Christmas to all! And to all, a Good Night!
Naruto's current Devil Arms:
Devil Arm: Weapon Type: Demons Original Name: Element(s)…
Yamato: O-Katana: Yama of the Mountains: Steel/Wind…
Kyuubi: Gauntlets and Greaves: Kyuubi no Youko: Earth/Fire…
Gilver: Katana: Vergil Sparda: Steel/Spectral (Ghost)…
Luce & Umbra: Chain Blades: Aubrey: Light / Dark…
Death Penalty: Tri-barreled Handgun: Chaos: Darkness