As the two fell deeper into Hell, they grab their own amulets on the way down through this darkness.

The Force Edge landed, stabbing into the ground that water was swiftly passing over.

Vergil landed, gripping his amulet tightly. He looks up to the Force Edge with his blue eyes, rolling forward towards it with determination.

Dante ran to it after getting to his feet, though he was not fast enough. He watched his brother pull the blade from the ground.

The blue coated devil stared to the blade holding his father's power. He had finally claimed it, the blade he felt he needed. His goal was obtained, but he then looked to Dante, seeing him hold his amulet. "Give that to me." he demanded, holding his hand out.

The devil hunter looks to his brother before placing the amulet into his coat pocket. "No way. You've got your own."

"Well I want yours too." the oldest spoke, lowering his hand. His eyes noticed the water was falling from a cliff, a waterfall.

Dante looked, seeing the water go off a cliff behind Vergil, into darkness, forming another waterfall. "And what are you gonna do with all that power?"

Vergil's eyes look down the second his brother asked him that. He realized that he planned to destroy Mundus with it, but he realized that he had no plans after that. He asked himself the same question he was just asked. What will I do with this power?

"No matter how hard you try, you're never gonna be as strong as father." the red hunter finished.

This struck a nerve. The blue devil's eyes look up, a slight bit of anger clear on his face. "You're wasting time!" he yelled, charging at his younger brother, swinging Force Edge.

Dante grabbed the Force Edge by it's blade, causing blood to leak from his hand, down the blade. He swung Rebellion at the same time, seeing Vergil had caught Rebellion the same way he had caught Force Edge.
"We are the sons of Sparda. Within each of us flows his blood, his soul!" Both were pushed back by each other.

Vergil slid backwards, gripping the Force Edge tightly.

"And now... my soul says that it wants to stop you!" Dante yelled, pointing Rebellion to Vergil after getting his footing. He knew he had to keep Vergil from this. Keep him from leaving Hell open, and keep him from losing himself in his lust for power.

Vergil began to laugh at Dante's words. He wasn't going to let anyone, not even Dante stand in his way. "Unfortunately our souls are at odds, brother." he raised his fist, clinching it slowly. "I need more power!"
It was almost as if Abigale's words were forgotten, or he didn't care anymore. Perhaps it was too late. Maybe Vergil is already lost.

"And we're supposed to be twins..." he lowered his blade, nearly losing all hope of saving his twin.

"Twins... right."

Dante rushed towards his twin with a yell, swinging Rebellion vertically once he had gotten close.

Vergil swung the Force Edge horizontally, causing the two claymores to clash together.

The two clashed their blades a second time then, though they looked to each other afterwards instead of continuing the attacks.

Blue, transparent blades began to manifest at Vergil's sides before launching themselves at his twin at an extreme speed.

The devil hunter rolled to avoid the first two, his blade swinging to destroy the second pair, and the third pair was jumped over.
With a spin, Dante came down with Rebellion at Vergil, clashing it with Force Edge once more.

The blue coated devil showed no signs of ceasing. In fact, the look in his eyes showed that he would unleash all of his might in this battle.
With a push, he sent his twin back before pushing his sword forward as he charged forth, becoming a blue blur.

Dante did the same with Rebellion, turning him into a red blur. He let out a yell of his own.

They went by each other, piercing each other across the side.
As they ended up on opposite side, they turned to each other, one reaching for Yamato, the other only placing both hands on Rebellion.

Vergil was behind Dante in a flash, Yamato unsheathed but then sheathed after appearing. "Stand aside!" Vergil yelled as slashes appeared everywhere in the path he took, this includes where his brother stood.

A slice appeared on Dante's leg and chest, but he dodged the rest by performing a backflip. He ended up in front of his blue brother, swinging Rebellion, clashing it with Yamato.

Vergil hadn't even unsheathed it, but it clashed with his brother.

The two began a rapid succession of swings, one so much faster and intense than ever before.
Swings were clashing with Rebellion before Vergil even made the move.
Rebellion somehow managed to block for the most part, though some got through. Most blows that got through allowed Dante to get a strike in as well.
There were so many clashes that it was impossible to count how many had happened, but more were happening and the speed was increasing.

The clash broke when Yamato was sheathed, the holy magic of Beowulf flying as the gauntlet Vergil wore clashed with something that gave off a cold temperature.

Dante held Nunchucks in his hands, though in the icy set were three instead of two. Cerberus had been unveiled.
He did a spin, keeping the icy weapon in his hand as he came away from Vergil, though he came right back after launching off the ground, spinning sideways in the air, preparing to bring the three ends of Cerberus down on his brother.

Vergil raised his right arm, allowing the three to clash against the gauntlet of holy power, forcing the three chains of the icy weapon to wrap around his arm. The devil used his might and this event to bring his arm down after he turned around and let out a yell, making his brother hit the floor, sending water flying everywhere.

The hunter in red was quick to get back on his feet as the chains came loose.

Vergil threw a punch at his twin with his holy weapon, but he missed as he expected to.

Dante sent Cerberus forward as he jumped out of the way, causing one chain to go around Vergil's arm, the other striking him hard across the side.

The devil in blue also had a plan however. He willingly took Dante's strike before doing a flip, making his twin fall to the water again.
Vergil attempts to bring a heavy punch down with all his strength on Dante.

He grabbed Vergil's arm with his fists after losing hold of Cerberus. His face looked determined as he held the blow back with all his strength. After a moment, he sent a kick to Vergil's stomach, making him stumble.
Dante then pulled Agni and Rudra from his arsenal.

Vergil quickly got his footing. He pulled the Force Edge off his back as well as Yamato from it's sheath, wielding each blade much like Dante was at this moment.

The twins charge to each other at extreme speeds, swinging the blades when they got close.
The four swords continuously slash, sending darkness, fire, wind, and slashes faster than the eye can see, yet some slashes get through on both sides.
Eventually the speed had become so high that neither brother were clashing blades, they were only slicing each other at extreme speeds. This made the water beneath them fill with blood.
Finally both of them stumbled backwards once the four blades struck each other.

Vergil had cuts all across him, though they began to regenerate at a quick rate.
Slowly, he places Force Edge onto his back.
"You will not stop me, Dante..." his voice began to turn into a much higher pitched, demonic, eerie one that would send chills down a person's spine. "All who stand in my way will fall." and with that, he entered his demon form.
In an instant Vergil disappeared after looking as though he dashed in three directions at one time.

Dante gained a surprised look, though that quickly changed when he saw countless slashes begin to appear everywhere, quickly.
He tried his best to dodge, but it was impossible to escape them all. He was given deep slashes across the leg, both arms, chest, and even back. If he had not made the dodging attempt he did, this would've been much more fatal.

Vergil reappeared after the slashes did their job and faded, but he was far from finished.
It was as if he had warped, appearing in front of Dante. He swung Yamato, vanished, appeared to Dante's side, swinging again. He continuously appeared and slash his brother from all sides, not showing any mercy.

The youngest twin was forced to take all of the torture. He grits his teeth, powering through every single blow. Finally, he transformed into his demon state, grabbing the blade of Yamato with his fist. He holds it tightly as he slings Vergil over his head, slamming him against the ground.
He let go of the blade, pulling Rebellion off his back now.

The dark slayer rose up quickly. His pale eyes stared directly into Dante's red ones.

Once again, the two went at it once again. Their blades flew everywhere, clashing, and slicing. Their demonic forms made this flurry faster and each blow stronger than ever before.
It swiftly became the sight of just red and blue rapidly clashing due to the speed of the two twins.
It took time, but at long last the flurry ended, the brothers each getting one last strike in on the other as they went on opposite sides.

Vergil nearly fell to the floor after exiting his demon form. He looked to see his regeneration had slowed significantly. He had pushed himself to the limit.

Dante was in no better condition. He did stumble, but caught himself. He went into his human self, seeing blood fall from his wounds. "Just... just like old times..." he turned to see his brother.

The oldest twin had no response to that statement. He turned to face Dante as he sheathed Yamato, though the shaking of the ground broke his silence. "The gateway is closing Dante..."

He raised Rebellion once again. "Then let's finish this, Vergil." he said in a weak tone.

The oldest brother looked to the water, getting conflicting thoughts as of now. He thought about speaking once more, but instead he pulled the Force Edge off his back weakly.

The two run at each other, preparing to swing their blades when close enough. Yells were let out, and finally swings were made.
Only one swing landed, the other was a miss on purpose.

Dante had sent Rebellion through Vergil with a swing that would cleave a normal person in half. He nearly fell once more, but managed to keep his footing.

Vergil purposefully swung over Dante. He couldn't bring himself to kill his own brother. Deep down, he truly did care. The Force Edge fell from his hand, landing into the ground behind him.
After the fatal wound slowly healed, he reached his hand down into the water after falling to his knees. He pulled his amulet from it after it had fallen from his neck in this final attack.

The red hunter turned back to his brother, seeing he had let the Force Edge go, and that he had healed from the strike.

The oldest son of Sparda rose up, turning to his brother. He held the amulet close and tightly as he stepped backwards towards the cliff. "No one can have this, Dante. It's mine. It belongs to a son of Sparda."

Quickly, the youngest ran to his brother, putting his sword on his back.

Vergil pointed Yamato right at Dante's chest after unsheathing it in an instant, putting a stop to his advance. "Leave me and go if you don't want to be trapped in the demon world." he continued to stumble back, getting right at the edge of the cliff.

"What about you?" he asked, a look of sadness forming.

"I'm staying. This place was our father's home." he took one final step, sending himself to fall backwards off the cliff, towards the darkness below.

Dante's mouth went wide, he reached his hand forward, though he quickly thought of something.
Cerberus came off his back and into his hand, this he through forward, two of the chains wrapping around the blade of Yamato, stopping his brother's fall.

Vergil looked surprised. He looks down to the darkness of the demon world below, then up to Dante. "Let me go, Dante!"

With all his strength he tried to pull Vergil up. "What do ya think this is going to accomplish? Trying to make a dramatic exit just like your entrance, huh?"

The blue devil thought about letting go of Yamato, but this was something he could not bring himself to do. He closed his blue eyes. "You joke now of all times? Why are you doing this?"

It took him a moment to reply, but finally "What kind of question is that? You can't be that blind. After all, you did the same thing." Tapping into his demon form,he brought Vergil up, getting his hand onto his brother to get him back on the ground.

Vergil opened his eyes, he slowly sheathed Yamato as he witnessed Dante change into his human form. He didn't have much to say, his emotion to this was hard to tell. "Let's go." was the only thing he did say before walking towards the exit.

Dante followed his brother. He did not speak another word either. As he passed by it, he gazed to the Force Edge. Deciding it best not to simply leave it in the middle of Hell, he pulled it from the ground to take with him.


(I tried my hardest to make this chapter. I started working on it the day I posted the previous chapter. I spent days making sure things were how I wanted them to be in the story.

I hope this will be enjoyed. I have one last thing to do, and I hope you'll enjoy where this will go, how it finishes, and what I do next. I do plan on going all the way to DMC4, but I'm still debating a thing or two.

Either way... Enjoy.)