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Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

Devil May Cry belongs to Capcom

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XX Unknown Location, Demon Country XX

It had taken almost two weeks of research and data tracking for Obito, the self-proclaimed 'Madara Uchiha', to find out to location of the demonic portal. Nestled deep in the forests of the rather aptly named Demon Country the ruins lay buried. Pausing for a moment to check the Uzumaki scroll and the notes he'd taken from a dozen scholars scattered across the entire continent Obito checked to ensure he was at the exact location, phasing down through the rock and earth to the ruins would be risky enough without him doing it in the wrong place.

"Yes, this is it… Soon I will be stronger than even Madara imagined, I won't need the Bijuu to create my perfect world." Obito laughed as his Mangekyo Sharingan flared and he descended through the ground beneath his feet. Sinking deeper and deeper, Obito counted the seconds. If he dropped for too long then he'd be unable to flee back to the surface before his intangibility ended… Something he did not want to happen while passing through several tons of rock and earth.

After almost two minutes, just as he was preparing to turn back, Obito felt himself enter some kind of cavern. No light, of any kind, to see by but he could feel himself leave the rock and free-fall towards the cavern's floor. Phasing through the ground and then returning up Obito debated what to do. He needed light but how? The air was thick and stale, meaning there was no way to replace it were he to use a Fire Release technique to generate light.

"And let there be light." Obito muttered as he used a variation of Kumo's Flash Pillar genjutsu to generate enough light to see by.

The great tower wasn't much to look at having mostly crumbled over the eons so that only the ground level seemed to remain, although according to the scroll the tower existed somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world so once he activated the gateway the entire structure should return to its proper form.

Quickening his pace Obito made for the entrance, he had an appointment with the powers of a god.

XX Naka Shrine: Konoha, Fire Country XX

Sasuke stood deep beneath the shrine, in one of the hidden chambers his clan had carved into the hill over several centuries to serve as meeting halls and as a vault to their history. He was here because of Itachi, that man, and his cryptic words. It was hard for Sasuke to imagine, his entire clan gone, his entire world had been destroyed in a single night.

"Why did you send me here…. What am I meant to find?" Sasuke hissed as he stared at the large stone tablet that occupied the far wall. He was in the main chamber where, if the mats indicated anything, his clan held their meetings in secret but he couldn't make sense of it. The entire tablet was covered in scratches and strange markings he didn't recognise.

Snarling in rage, since it was clear Itachi's words had merely been lies meant to distract and anger him, Sasuke turned and prepared to leave the shrine. As he made his way back to the ladder that would take him to the surface Sasuke paused, one of the side doors stood ajar. Pushing it fully open Sasuke found himself standing at the threshold of a large storeroom, one which clearly hadn't been used for some time. Dust and cobwebs attested to that fact, although the heavy footprints tracked through the dust said someone had been here before him… Someone like Itachi?

"Is this where I'm meant to find my answers?" Sasuke muttered as he stepped in and triggered a seal array that caused the torches to ignite and illuminate the storeroom. What Sasuke found shock, and disgusted, him. Stored away were numerous statues, tablets and tapestries depicting twisted monsters. Some seemed to be demonic animals, often with flames or shards of ice scattered about them, while some seemed like hideous parodies of people. Grotesque proportions and warped animalistic limbs marred all of them. "I-Is this… Is this what I'm meant to see? What do these things have to do with the sharingan!?"

Moving deeper into the room, past the carvings and statues, Sasuke found over a dozen pedestals. Engraved into each was a complex pattern of seals and wards and atop each pedestal sat an ornate weapon or some exotic looking armour. Leaning against the wall was a large cabinet and, lying scattered on the floor around it, dozens of ancient looking scrolls. Making his way to the cabinet, stopping on occasion to inspect the weapons, Sasuke picked up the first scroll he came across. Opening the scroll Sasuke found he was unable to make heads or tails of what was written, the entire scroll had been encoded in some unknown language.

Cursing bitterly Sasuke tossed the scroll aside only to have it bounce off the only statue of a human. Like the others it was ancient and weathered, so much that the features of the man's face had all but been worn away. All that clearly remained was his spiky hair and the strange pattern in one of his eyes, a series of ripple like rings.

"Who the hell where you? And why'd your statue end up in here with this lot?" Sasuke asked of the statue before turning to leave, having come to the realisation he'd find nothing of use here. As he made his way back past the statues and the weapons something caught Sasuke's eye. A sword, part of a pair, looked to be faintly glowing.

Walking closer and inspecting the sword Sasuke wondered where his ancestors had found it. The blade, and its twin, were long and overly curved with a series of serrated spikes lining the inside curve. They lacked guards of any kind and sported oversized pommels at the end, stylised to resemble shrivelled and shrunken heads. Leaning in closer Sasuke reached out to pick up the reddish one, since it was the one giving off light, but stopped when he heard a whisper behind him.

'...The weak shall give their heart...'

Whipping around as fast as he could Sasuke searched for the cause but found no one, just statues and weaponry. Axes, scythes and swords... Although one sword caught his attention. Jet black and straight bladed, looking more like an oversized and elongated kunai, with the guard fashioned like the head of a malevolent dragon was spitting the blade out from its maw this sword struck an unnerving sight. That it was right behind him and where Sasuke thought he'd heard the voice from just made it creepier. Brushing it off as his imagination Sasuke turned back to the glowing sword to find the pommel's eyes had opened.

"AAARRGH!" The sword screamed as the faint light intensified and ignited into an inferno. The scream caused the second, greenish blue, sword to awaken and generate a small whirlwind... A whirlwind that soon caught fire and became a flaming twister.

Screaming in shock Sasuke leapt back and straight into the pedestal that held the black blade. As the sword clattered to the ground arcs of lightning began to dance across its surface. The jolts started small but quickly grew until the sword was the focus of a massive electrical storm. As Sasuke sat there, from with fear, an image flickered between the lightning bolts. It looked like a man in armour, a monstrous set of heavy armour with short, stumpy spikes running up the lengths of the arms. The spikes grew longer, thinner and more ornate as the rose up and crowned the helm which was a more humanoid copy of the sword's guard.

"We Live Brother! The Tower Stands Tall Once Again!" The red sword laughed joyfully.

"Oh Yes Brother, You Are Correct!" The blue sword agreed. "We Must Escape These Bindings, We Must See How The World Has Changed!"

"Yes! Yes, See the World! Experience The Sights, the Wonders And The Challenges That now Exist!" The red sword bellowed, although their words fell deaf on Sasuke's ears as the boy was focused completely on the apparition before him.

Somehow the apparition had become clearer and this new clarity brought with it the horrifying realisation that the thing before him wasn't wearing a helmet, that it had the head of a malevolent looking dragon. A malevolent looking dragon that was looking straight at him.

'..The weak shall give their heart...' The voice whispered again. It was cold, cruel and uncaring in ways Itachi could never be and worst of all, Sasuke realised he wasn't hearing it... The thing was talking in his mind. As the voice sounded the lightning and the figure within if faded. Still ignoring the stalking swords behind him, Sasuke slowly edged away as the black blade began to twitch. '... The weak shall give their heart... And swear eternal loyalty to me!'

As the voice finished its decree the blade rose into the air and launched itself towards Sasuke, intending to impale him upon itself. Half diving, half tripping to avoid the sword Sasuke lunged to the side as the blade passed him by and embedded itself into the pedestal the red and blue talking swords rested on, breaking the sealing pattern that bound the swords.

"Freedom!" Both swords yelled at the top of their voices before they dissolved into masses of light and began soaring around the storeroom, colliding with and knocking other weapons or armour pieces from their pedestals. As the black blade struggled to free itself from the pedestal it had embedded itself in Sasuke watched as the weapons and armour pieces began to radiate light and energy before their all shot upward and smashed through the storeroom ceiling, the layer of rock between the hidden chambers and the Naka Shrine and the shrine's roof. As the rubble landed the sounds of battle and panic flooded in warning Sasuke that something was happening out in the village.

..The weak shall give their heart...' The voice hissed, causing Sasuke to instinctively dodge just before the blade freed itself and attempted to skewer him from behind.

"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap oh crap!" Sasuke panted as he ran for the door, ducking and diving behind the statues and stone tablets in an effort to protect himself from the black blade. Making a break for the door, Sasuke sprinted as hard and as fast as he could. Making it out into the hall Sasuke paused for less than a second and paid for it. "GGGAAAAGGH!"

The black blade had caught him, driving itself through his forearm and pinning him to the wall. Whimpering from the eye watering pain Sasuke weakly pawed and pulled at the sword with his right hand.

'I am Alastor.' The voice spoke as lightning began racing across the blade and the electrical storm began again. '... The weak shall give their heart... And swear eternal loyalty to me!'

Frantically trying to pull the blade out Sasuke watched as the apparition appeared again. The creature, this 'Alastor', seemed to study him for a moment before reaching out a translucent, clawed hand and driving it into his chest to grip his heart. As the creature squeezed his heart everything grew cold and dull, Sasuke felt his will and life draining away. As the world turned to black, and his limbs became like lead, Sasuke gave one last pull. Strained with all his spent might to try and free himself, and it worked.

Sasuke felt himself hit the ground, he didn't see or hear the impact but he felt himself lying down. As his sight slowly returned, colours blurring in and out of his near non-existent vision, everything in front of him seemed distorted and discoloured. A large streak of his vision was being filtered through something that was twisting and flowing, a mass of greyish blue something was hovering between him and the sword. The sword made a few attempts to break through whatever it was but was deflected. Eventually the sword became a burst of lightning and shot off to who-knew-where.

Looking to his forearm Sasuke took in the deep, bloody hole and twisting electrical burns. As the greyish blue thing faded, along with Sasuke's consciousness, Sasuke thought he saw his skin begin to flicker and glow.

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Okay, either a counterpart to the Devil's Blade scene or another storyline set in the same world… Not sure yet. Will most likely come back at a later date and do another scene in each [maybe Naruto getting his Devil Arm/Devil Trigger and Sasuke fully activating the Devil Bringer or something] but for now that's my DMC kick finished, I hope.

I'm dyslexic, so please point out any mistakes in spelling or grammar [I spell things the way they do in England and Ireland, so some things may look off to Americans]. Please leave your opinion via review or send them via PM, I'd like to know what you think. Well, I think that's everything I've gotta say so, hope you enjoyed the chapter.

This is Highvalour saying bye and thanks for reading