BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds OST-Main Menu (Dynamic)
Spider-Man: Watch out! Here comes the Spider-Man! Hydra nearly destroyed the kingdoms with missiles, with help from their goblinfied assassin, the Winter Solider. Luckily, Captain America saved the day and stopped Hydra, while also curing his old war buddy and have him join our alliance. But it was all just a big distraction for the Cabal to steal the Winter Maiden's power and kill her. Only two Maidens remain. What happened to that masked lady? She was the Spring Maiden, right?
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Vol 3 Issue 18: Sibling Rivalry
Remnant, Brunswick Farms
BGM-Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 OST-Theme of Vergil
At a snowy abandoned farm located in the mountains of northern Anima, an outrageous battle of power had commenced and is tearing the place apart by the second. Two immensely powerful combatants are dueling to the death all across the farm at speeds so fast it's difficult to follow with the naked eye. With every attack thrown at the other, explosions decimate different sections of the land as the warriors continue fighting. For a split second, one could spot a red blur blitzing to clash with the blue blur. Both blurs continue blitzing around the ground before bringing their battle high into the air. It's here where one could see what the combatants look like. The red blur belonged to a maskless Raven Branwen while her eyes and body are enveloped in a fiery dark red aura thanks to the power of the Spring Maiden. She's seen struggling intensely, locking her blade with her demonic opponent's. He's a blue humanoid creature with fangs wearing a blue trench coat and has a fin-shape crest for hair, as his body is enveloped in a bright blue aura.
Numerous sparks fly from their locked blades, as Raven lets out a furious roar while the demon remains calm and composed. Their struggle resulted in a stalemate, as they both were knocked away from the other. Just as they safely land on the ground, they immediately blitz towards the other to clash fiercely at inhuman speeds. Quickly, Raven found herself on the defensives from his attacks and flies backwards high into the air. The demon scoffs at her attempt to retreat as he swings his sword so fast it didn't look like he was moving. In actuality, he created a distortion in space in the sky that immediately engulfs Raven, which is immediately sliced multiple times by his blade in very rapid succession.
The demon instantly teleports above Raven and kicks her to the ground with incredible force. He flies down towards Raven, who tries to counter with an electric blast from her hand. The demon simply disappears out of sight, avoiding her blast, as he dashes in several directions unleashing a flurry of his dimensional slashing technique, severely wounding Raven.
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Just as the demon dashes at her to deliver the final blow, Raven was suddenly blasted away by a dark fireball technique that depletes her remaining aura. "Who told you to interfere?" The demon asks his partner.
His partner seems to be another demon that greatly resembles the wandering warrior from another world, Ryu. He wears a torn dark gi that fits his menacing and powerful appearance. His hair is spiked upwards with a reddish tint while constantly emitting a dark red aura. Most notably, there is a gaping hole into his chest. "I do not take orders from you! I only care about fighting the strongest! That other girl didn't prove to be a challenge at all!" This Evil Ryu stated.
A battered Raven sitting on her knees weakly turns her head to her loyal subordinate, Vernal, who lies down in a bloody puddle after being mercilessly killed by Evil Ryu. "Vernal…" Raven closes her eyes in sadness, showing that she cared for Vernal greatly.
The blue demon scoffs to Evil Ryu's complaints, "Whatever. I'm finishing this." He sends out a blue horizontal energy wave from his sword at Raven, intending to decapitate her.
Luckily, Raven still has enough strength to duck under the attack in time. "You missed." She mocks him with a smirk.
"Did I?" The demonic swordsman remarked.
Curious, Raven turns around to face what he did. To her utter shock, she finds herself looking at an open rift in space that was created by his blade. 'A portal? His power is similar to my Semblance. Yet this feels more…demonic.' She commented.
BGM-Mega Man X7 OST-Sigma's Theme
Suddenly, the Goblin King leaps out of the portal and brutally lifts Raven to the air by the throat as he chokes the life outta her. Goblin laughs, "Excellent job, Vergil. Did she give you any trouble?"
"Hmph. Please." Vergil turns off his demon form, returning to his human form with white hair swept back while wearing a long, silver buttoned blue coat with three separated coattails. "I am a Son of Sparda, the Legendary Dark Knight. She never stood a chance against me." He claims calmly.
Goblin cackles while looking at the dying Raven in his hands with a sadistic grin, "What a disappointment you've been, Raven. The Spring Maiden was wasted on you. I promise to put it into better use." Taking out the Universal Seed, Goblin thrust it onto her chest as he siphons out her Maiden power, much to Raven's pain as she yells in terrible agony. Once he was done absorbing her power, he tosses her aside like trash as she lies on the snow helplessly in a near-death state. She weakly tries to lift her head, only for Goblin to brutally stomp it down with his large heel and continuously pins her to the ground to torture her. "What's wrong, birdie? Have you finally realized how powerless you are against me?" He taunts her with a widely sadistic smile. "You will REGRET ever betraying me. Once I'm done with you, I'll go after your worthless daughter. Yang and I are gonna have one HELL of a time!" He cackles madly directly at the pinned bandit.
Hearing him threatening her daughter like that reignited a spark in Raven's heart as she scowls with rage. Suddenly, she disappeared from beneath his heel, causing Gobby to stomp the snow in confusion, "What? She disappeared?"
"Master, up there!" Evil Ryu points everyone to a black bird flying away from the mountains.
"She transformed." Vergil deduced Raven's magical ability to turn into a bird.
Goblin scoffs with a stoic expression, "Let her fly away like the coward she is. Dead or alive, I have no use for her anymore. She has served her purpose." He turns to his demonic allies, "You two. Return to Earth and oversee the production of the Iso-Weapons. The final battle draws near. And I want to be ready to utterly decimate our enemies." He ordered before using the Universal Seed to teleport themselves out of the area.
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Shortly after Goblin's crew left, a mystical portal opens as Doctor Strange, Blaze, Qrow, and the Spirit of Vengeance himself, Ghost Rider walk onto the decimated farm. "We're too late. Goblin has stolen the Spring Maiden's power." Strange stated.
Blaze spots Vernal's dead body and approaches, kneeling down to investigate her wounds, "This girl. Was she the Spring Maiden?"
"Not the one I remember." Qrow approaches the princess. "The previous Spring Maiden abandoned her training over a decade ago. Found out she was picked up by the Branwen tribe, a group of bandits led by my sister."
"But our investigations led us to the ruins of their main camp. Most of her tribe were either killed or assimilated into Goblin's forces." Strange remarked.
"I sensed demons were with Goblin when he stole the Spring Maiden's power. Their presence felt familiar." Ghost Rider states, having sensed Vergil and Ryu's presence in the area.
"Great. He's hanging out with demons now." Qrow sighs while shaking his head in disappointment. "How the hell did my sister get involved in this?" He wondered.
That early evening on Earth, at New York City…
A silent Peter visits a cemetery in Harlem where his beloved Uncle Ben was buried after his death. He stands before the tombstone, staring down at it with a somber expression plastered on his face. He's joined by Ruby, Yang, and Sonic standing behind him as they equally pay their respects to the man who inspired the creation of one of Earth's greatest heroes.
"This is it?" Ruby asks her co-leader about his uncle's grave.
"Yeah…" Peter answered somberly as he continues staring down at the tombstone. "Figured, since you girls showed me what happened to Summer, thought I show you where I buried Uncle Ben after the incident."
"You didn't have to." Yang remarks sincerely with a worried expression, as she has come to understand that talking about Uncle Ben's death is a touchy subject to her boyfriend.
"I know. It's just…I need comfort." Peter replies, depressingly staring at his uncle's grave, "Universes are dying with every passing day because of the Incursions. Innocent people are being scattered across time and space to unknown worlds, far away from their homes. The fate of our worlds rest in my hands. Heck, we wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for me. If I was just a little more careful back then, Goblin and I wouldn't have been stranded on Remnant and he wouldn't have been able to enact his plans for universal domination. Your world was the first to suffer because of me. I promised Uncle Ben that I would do everything I could, but now…It feels like every time I do something, I just mess it up." He depressingly confessed to his friends, feeling extremely guilty for Goblin's insane actions against their universes.
Ruby wraps an arm around her friend's shoulders, "Peter. No matter what you tell yourself, you are not a failure. You've become a brother to me. An inspiration to us. If it wasn't for you, Remnant would've been destroyed a long time ago. We've become stronger because of you."
"Your uncle would be proud of the man you've become." Yang places a hand on his shoulder. "He would never hold something like this, something way out of your control, on you." She states with a smile.
"It's like I told you before." Sonic speaks up. "You're not alone anymore. You've made friends that are willing to back you up. You wouldn't have inspired the idea of an alliance between our worlds if you didn't believe we could make a difference."
Peter scoffs with a smile, "Right. We're facing the apocalypse and here I am moping. Thanks." He said with new motivation.
"I know what would really cheer you up. How 'bout we have fun at Coney Island? We're not busy with anything else at the moment." Yang smiles at her boyfriend.
"Oh yes! Always wanted to go there since we first came to this world!" Ruby smiles cheerily.
"Sure. We can head there." Peter grinned.
"Race ya!" Sonic speeds off to the island, with his three slow friends running to catch up with the hedgehog.
Coney Island
BGM-Sonic Adventure OST-Pleasure Castle
Soon enough, the four friends arrived at Coney Island, an amusement park located in Brooklyn where anyone can join and have fun all day long. Ruby and Yang glance around in excited amazement to be visiting an amusement park in another dimension, while Peter and Sonic are a little more amazed to be seeing some Mobians displaced here thanks to the Incursions.
"They're a lot more Mobians here last I check." Peter quipped.
"At least they're all having fun." Sonic noted with a smile.
"Something that we should share! C'mon, Petey!" Yang grabs his arm, playfully dragging him across the park for their date. Ruby and Sonic exchange looks and chuckles before happily running off to have fun on their own.
For the next few hours, the young heroes have the time of their lives enjoying the various attractions at Coney Island. Peter and Yang scream in pleasure while riding down the extremely fast Cyclone ride. Ruby puts the pedal to the metal on her go-kart while enjoying a high-speed race against Sonic at the Raceway. Over at a water gun minigame, Peter competes with Yang who could fill up their balloon with water first. Peter manages to pop his balloon first, winning him a stuffed dragon. But then he gets playfully blasted in the face by Yang, who put down her water gun while trying to look innocent. Peter blast her in the face with water before accidently cleaning her up with his mask, which Yang quickly pointed out and caused him to put it away and hand her the stuffed dragon in embarrassment.
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BGM-Spider-Man 3 (Game) OST-MJ Thrill Ride
It's getting dark, but the heroes decided to stick around the amusement park for a little longer. Sonic is walking alongside Ruby eating a delicious chili dog while his scarlet friend enjoys a bite from her cotton candy. Nearby, Peter and Yang are sitting together while riding a ferris wheel that gives them a wonderful view of Brooklyn.
"New York is so beautiful during this time at night…" Yang remarks, pleasantly in awe of this gorgeous city.
"Yeah. There's no place like this city on any world." Peter agreed. "It's my home. My playground. And my responsibility."
"Oobleck never asked you why you wanted to become a Huntsman, though I think the answer has become amazingly clear. But I have to ask, what dream do you plan on achieving after you finish school?" Yang asks her boyfriend.
"Dream? I plan on becoming a scientist." Peter answered. "Find work at Stark Industries or Horizon Labs. I really want to push science forward to its utter limit. Use that knowledge to help change the world for the better, both as Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Give everyone a happy life. What about you?" He asks about her dream.
"I dream to travel around the world and get caught in many crazy adventures as I can. And hopefully…" Yang shyly turns away from his face, "One of those adventures would lead me to my mother."
"Raven." Peter remarks quietly.
"I saw her." She revealed, much to Peter's shock. "When we were stopping that train, I took a pretty hard hit. But when I came to, the person attacking me was gone. And I thought I saw…her. Her sword, like the one in Qrow's old picture."
"If that's true, then we know she's still alive and looking out for you." Peter responded.
"I just wish she stuck around a little longer, so I can ask her why she left me." Yang said depressingly.
"You'll find her again." Peter assures her.
"You sure?" She responded dryly. "With these Incursions, our world could be destroyed any day now."
"That WON'T happen. I'll make sure of it." Peter promised with a serious face.
"But, if we do save our worlds, you'll have to stay on Earth forever." She said depressingly, which came as a shocking realization to Peter as he hasn't thought about that yet. "It's your responsibility after all. You can't watch over two worlds. We can't be together anymore." She claims, fearing abandonment by Peter they're done saving their worlds and have to go their separate ways.
"Just because we're from two different worlds, doesn't mean we can't see each other again. I reunited with Sonic and the gang after all. I'm a genius. I'll find a way." A smiling Peter promises her with hope they'll see each other again after the war.
Yang looks at him for a bit before smiling warmly with a heart full of hope, no longer feeling depressed, "Thanks, Pete." The cute couple share a long passionate kiss, before they were interrupted by Peter's phone ringing.
Peter reaches for his phone and answers it, putting it near his ear to hear Maria Hill's voice, 'Spider-Man. This is deputy director Maria Hill. I have an assignment for you. Form a team and meet me at Avengers Tower. Hill out.'
The call hangs up as Peter turns to his girlfriend, "We got a new adventure awaiting for us. Excited?"
"You bet." Yang nods with a grin.
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Later at Avengers Tower…
BGM-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 OST-Earth's Mightiest Tower
Spider-Man enters the briefing room alongside Sonic, Ruby, and Yang where they are greeted by Maria Hill and Qrow. "Took you long enough." Hill criticizes them for being late.
"Not like we were able to tell the ferris wheel to hurry up." Spidey quipped.
"Hi Uncle Qrow! Did you find the Spring Maiden yet?" Ruby happily greets her uncle.
"Yeah, but Goblin found her first." Qrow informs the kids they lost the Spring Maiden.
"Shoot! That means there's one more left." Sonic scowled, flaunting his right arm out in anger.
"Does this assignment involve protecting the Summer Maiden?" Spidey asks the deputy director.
"Leave that to Doctor Strange. I have a mission that's more important. But first, meet your new teammates for this mission." Hill gestures her arm to a door next to them.
The heroes that are present turn to the doorway to see a man and a woman walking from it. The man has white hair and an outfit which consists of a red trenchcoat, black fingerless gloves, brown pants and brown boots while also shirtless. The woman appears to be Chinese judging from her traditional blue dress with white shoes. She wears "ox horn" decorations in her brown hair, along with spiked bracelets on each arm.
"Sup, heroes. We ready to have some fun?" The cocky white-haired man greets the heroes with a grin.
"If it isn't the daredevilish Dante and the beautiful Chun-Li. Happy to see you two survived the destruction of your world." Spidey recognizes his old allies from Redfield's universe.
"Happy we'll be working together again, Spider-Man." Chun-Li smiled.
"What's the story on you two?" Yang asks her new allies.
"I work as an agent of Interpol, an intergovernmental organization that focuses primarily on public safety and battling crimes that take place around the world." Chun-Li briefs her new friends on her job description.
"And I'm an awesome devil hunter that's dedicated to exterminating evil demons and having a good time." Dante smiles cockily while briefing them on his work ethic.
"Hunting demons? Sounds like a blast!" Sonic grinned.
"And your sword looks so AWESOME!" Ruby fangirls over his trademark demon sword, Rebellion, that's attached to his back.
"Hell yeah it is!" Dante swings out his sword to show it off a bit. He then whips out her favorite handguns as he spins them on his hands, "Ebony & Ivory are also pretty stylish!" He states while the young huntress admires the guns in awe.
"Now that you're all acquainted with each other, it's time for the mission briefing." Hill gathers the heroes' attention for tonight's mission. "SHIELD has gained intel that the Cabal have a secret weapons factory developing Iso-Infused weaponary, enough to stockpile an army. We need that facility destroyed right away." She briefs them.
"Where do we start?" Chun-Li asked.
"Oscorp." Hill simply replied.
"And we should be shocked why?" Spidey quipped.
"The factory is Oscorp property. Go to Oscorp Tower and investigate a possible secret entrance to the facility." Hill explained.
"And since I'm the Osborn expert, you called me to lead this mission. Am I right?" Spidey wisecracked.
"Just don't mess this up." Hill glares at him.
"I dunno. That's up to Qrow's terrible luck." Spidey jokes, pointing a thumb at the huntsman.
"Yours is just as bad." Qrow quipped.
"See? This is gonna be a disaster." Spidey joked.
"Go!" Hill scowls, pointing the team to the exit after being tired of their jokes.
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Oscorp Tower, Norman Osborn's Office
BGM-Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4) OST-Oscorp Research Station Mission Music Theme 5
"Dante, found anything?" Qrow asks the devil hunter, as he enters Osborn's fancy and large main office where everyone else is investigating for clues on the weapons factory.
Dante shrugs while shaking his head, "Nothin' in the other rooms. Gee. Where would a crazy supervillain leave clues to his crazy weapons factory?" He jokes while searching the office for clues.
"Maybe there's another secret door like in Lionheart's office." Spidey quipped.
Meanwhile, Chun-Li sitting behind Osborn's desk hacking his computer for information, "Give me another minute to hack his files. Maybe I can learn something."
"Me and Rubes found old blueprints for goblin weapons and goblin armor." Sonic shows the team the blueprints in his hand.
"I think we're close." Ruby believed.
Yang walks around the desk and notices a picture frame depicting Norman with his deceased son, Harry, as they both seem pretty happy with each other. She picks it up with a somber expression on her face, "To think these two were a happy family for some time. Feel sorry for both of them."
Meanwhile, Chun-Li has just finished hacking Osborn's computer and learned some valuable information that got her to smile, "Ah ha! Found something!" She clicks on an icon, which opens a secret elevator hidden behind a wall.
"Nice work, Li." Qrow compliments her.
"I aim to please." She remarks.
The heroes take a long ominous ride on the elevator, taking them from the top of Oscorp all the way down to an underground area deep beneath the building. The heroes exit the elevator, finding themselves in a secret access tunnel with a futuristic hovercar that's big enough to fit all of them. "Whoa. I've visited Oscorp plenty of times. Didn't know there was something like this beneath the building." Spidey commented.
"I found the blueprint of this access tunnel that'll lead us to an underwater complex." Chun-Li explains, as the team take a seat in the hovercar and allows it to drive them to the secret weapons factory. "Apparently, Osborn built it as a secret weapons testing site. Sounds like the perfect place to develop doomsday weapons using ISO-8." She explained.
"Sounds to me like the perfect place to throw a party." Dante quips while relaxing on his seat.
"And to crash one." Sonic snarks.
"By the way Chun-Li, was Ryu one of the survivors of your world that was brought here? Wanted to thank him again for the training lessons." Spidey asks the agent.
"That's part of the reason why I accepted this mission. I think Ryu is in trouble." Chun-Li replied.
"Why's that?" Spidey remarked.
"After we were swallowed by a rift that brought us to this world, we were attacked by the Cabal. They captured Ryu and took him away. Me and Dante tried to save him, but we were forced to retreat." Chun-Li explained.
"Why did they capture him?" Yang asked.
"I assume the same reason why every other villain is interested in him. There's a dark power within Ryu that has repeatedly tried to consume him called the Satsui no Hado. Dark forces have tried to harness this power from him in the past. Hopefully, history hasn't repeated itself." Chun-Li answered.
"Oh yeah. Ryu did mention that during our training together." Spidey remarked.
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Dante feels the hovercar slowing down and looks ahead at their stop. "This looks to be our stop." He remarked. The hovercar stops at a station where they depart from it. As they approach the entrance to the facility, suddenly the alarms went off alerting them to their presence. "Guess we're in time for the party." The demon hunter jokes.
"Gobby is referring to this war as the Goblin Festival." Spidey quipped.
"A festival. Even better." Dante grinned.
BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite OST-Battle Theme #1
The heroes got into fighting position as they are confronted by the Cabal's forces pointing their weapons at them. "Surrender for unauthorized usage of the hover transport!" A War Goblin orders the heroes.
"I'm thinkin'…nah!" Dante mockingly shakes his head before lunging forward with a sword stab from Rebellion, knocking back a crowd of grunts with stylish force.
"Time to party!" Sonic spins onto a Hunter Killer, destroying it in the process.
"Showtime!" Spidey lunges forward with a spinning kick on a Hydra solider.
Ruby bounces off an AIM soldier's face into the air, dropping down with a spinning scythe slash that clears the enemies in front of her before quickly striking down her foes with single attacks. Nearby, Dante and Qrow fight back-to-back, with Qrow taking down War Goblins and White Fang soliders while Dante is effortlessly killing a squadron of Oz Grimm by himself. "Man. These are some of the cleanest demons I've fought in a while." He jokes, stabbing a Oz Arma Gigas multiple times in succession, then finishes with a knockdown stab killing the creature.
"They're called Grimm. Or in this case, Goblin-enhanced Grimm that are more annoying to kill." Qrow remarks, leaping away from the pincer of an Oz Death Stalker, allowing Dante to jump above and kill it with a single stab through its skull.
"Demons, Grimm. Meh. Same crap, different day." Dante quips, whipping out his iconic handguns to unleash a rapid fire of bullets at more goons while Qrow joins him with powerful shotgun blasts.
Meanwhile, Chun-Li prepares herself as Ultron Drones from around her fly towards her. With a loud battle cry, she spins her legs upside down whilst in midair to easily destroy them with her Spinning Bird Kick. A few more fly towards her as she shouts, "Kikoken!" to fire an energy projectile that destroys all but one, as it lands on the ground.
"Stay down!" Yang decapitates its head with a strong left hook.
The warrior females work together, effortlessly knocking down more troops impeding their path. "You guys don't know when to quit, do you?" Yang remarks while confronting more troops.
"Here they come…" Chun-Li states, as the duo confront two Goblin Brutes.
One brute tries smashing his brutal fists on the girls, but they were too fast for him to land a single hit. Yang decided to catch one of the punches, keeping him still while Chun-Li launches a flying kick to the face then deliver a series of rapid kicks with a single leg forward while stationary. With one last kick, she sends the brute flying next to the other brute. This one wields a hammer and nearly crushes the girls with it if they didn't dodge in time. Chun-Li quickly disarms him of his weapon with a kick, allowing Yang to quickly stun him with an explosive punch to the face.
"Haaaaaahh..." Chun-Li charges the full force of her ki in her palms, then shouts, "KIKOSHO!" releasing it as an omni-directional sphere of energy that keeps the brute at bay for a finishing blow from Yang, who briefly uses her Semblance for a fiery explosive punch that knocks him out cold.
"Not bad." Yang smirks at Chun-Li, finding her pleasantly powerful.
"They don't call me the strongest woman in the world for nothing!" Chun-Li smirks back, until they were interrupted by more goons.
"Ready for round three?" Yang gets into a fighting stance.
"Different streets…same fight." Chun-Li remarks while into a fighting stance of her own.
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The army of goons are nearly beaten with Sonic and Ruby using Homing Attacks to knock them down, as Spidey spins from the air slamming web hammer down to the floor, ensuing a shockwave before knocking down the remaining goons with a single swing from his makeshift weapon.
"Why were these guys so mad? We were just crashing their party." Spidey joked.
"This much of resistance could only mean this factory is valuable to them. Let's hurry and destroy it before more reinforcements arrive." Chun-Li figured.
"Gotcha." Spidey nodded, before the heroes run deeper into the depths of the factory.
Soon, the heroes found themselves in the central room of the complex. In here is the metallic factory constantly developing a seemingly endless supply of hi-tech weapons for the Cabal's forces. Each weapon is infused with the energies of ISO-8, in which the Cabal also has a hefty supply in storage.
"This looks to be the factory." Qrow remarks while glancing his head around.
"Look at all the weapons they're developing with ISO-8. It's enough to conquer an entire dimension." Spidey claimed. Suddenly, he's alerted to a dangerous presence about to confront them with his Spider-Sense, "Spider-Sense is going nuts. On your guard! Something's coming!"
BGM-Super Street Fighter 4 OST-Theme of Evil Ryu
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The laugh of a demon startles the heroes into battle formation, as they see someone menacing and powerful dropping down from the air with enough force to surround themselves in a dust cloud. "Finally! I was dying of boredom! Show me your strength, or you'll be the ones that'll perish!" The demon walks out of the dust cloud, revealing themselves to be Evil Ryu enveloped in his dark red aura.
Chun-Li gasps in shock as she recognizes, "Ryu!"
"You were right! He has been consumed by the Satsui no Hado." Spidey remarked. "What's worse is that I'm also picking up traces of the ISO-Oz Formula in his systems. That must be how Goblin is controlling him so he wouldn't go on a rampage." He stated.
"It's similar to how the formula nearly allowed The Other to control you." Ruby reminds him, which he acknowledges with a nod.
"We'll save him. It's seven of us against one of him. Ryu's powerful, but strength isn't everything." Dante remains cool and confident they could save Ryu.
"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness. Haven't I told you before?" Much to Dante's shock and surprise, he sees his older brother, Vergil calmly approaching the scene while standing next to Evil Ryu. "Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot save anyone."
"Who is that? He almost looks like Dante." Yang remarks on the similarities between Vergil and Dante.
Dante scoffs, "What a touching reunion. Right, brother?" He reveals his relations to his new friends.
"Brother?" Qrow remarks with a shocked expression.
"My name is Vergil." He introduces himself. "I'm Dante's older brother. He and I are the twin sons of the legendary demon, Sparda. Though we are twins, my strength is unmatched." He claimed.
"And yet there must be a stupid reason why you joined the Cabal who got our universe destroyed." Dante interrogates him for his reasoning of joining the Cabal.
"Power. It has always been about power. When the Incursions brought me to this Earth, the Goblin King offered me an endless supply of ISO-8 that'll grant me limitless power if I help him build his new universe." Without moving, Vergil telekinetically summons several ISO-8 crystals that circle around his body.
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"And what do you plan on doing with all that power?" Dante asked.
BGM-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 OST-Bring on the Bad Guys
"You already know the answer." Vergil absorbs the crystals into his body while slightly unsheathing his demon sword, Yamato.
Dante scoffs with a serious face before blitzing at incredible speeds towards his brother, briefly locking his sword against his before the two brothers clash fiercely. Chun-Li quickly turns to her friends, "Qrow, Ruby, help Dante! The rest of us will save Ryu!"
"On it!" Qrow responds, as uncle and niece rush to Dante's aid.
Meanwhile, Chun-Li stands together with Spider-Man, Sonic, and Yang as they confronted the corrupted Evil Ryu. "And how are we gonna save him?" Sonic asks the officer.
"As Ryu would always say, 'The answer lies in the heart of battle'." Chun-Li answered.
"That Ryu is gone! No one can stop me! Violence is who I am!" Evil Ryu savagely gathers a concentration of dark ki in each hand then forcing them together while assuming the Hadoken stance. "TIME TO DIE!" He unleashes the Metsu Hadoken as a dark energy beam at Spidey's squad, which they quickly avoid and allow it to blow a large hole in the complex.
"Careful Ryu! We're in an underwater complex. And one of us can't swim." Spidey joked.
Sonic rushes forward at blitzing speeds, attacking and taunting Ryu from all angles while he's too helpless to do anything against him, "Let's see how the Satsui No Hado can keep up with my speed!"
"Your speed is NOTHING against true power!" Ryu seemingly teleports away from his attacks, stunning the hedgehog for a moment until he was knocked down by a brutal axe kick.
"Then how 'bout teamwork? Always worked for us." Yang quips, as Spidey webs up the warrior for her to swing her fist on his face, then allowing Chun-Li lunge at him with a powerful flying kick that knocks him away.
"Come on, Ryu! Fight off that dark power and return to the side of justice!" Chun-Li tries reasoning with him to break free from the Hado's control.
"You will be defeated. Justice means nothing to a demon!" Ryu jumps high into the air, unleashing a wad of energy balls that spread around the battlefield.
"We have sundaes! Demons love sundaes!" Spidey jokes while his team are dodging the energy ball barrage with their lives.
Ryu blitzes down on Chun-Li with a diving kick, knocking her away. He quickly turns to throw a fierce punch at Yang, who blocks the attack with her gauntlets. Spidey zips in from the side with a punch of his own, only for Ryu to effortlessly block it with his free hand. But this left him defenseless to a powerful Spin Dash from Sonic, which briefly sent him flying until he flips in midair and lands safely.
"Witness the power of Satsui!" Ryu charges at the kids at frightening speeds, delivering a brutal Shoryuken to each teen that launches them into the air. Ryu jumps higher above them as he gathers dark energy into his right fist before diving at the heroes.
"Oh boy!" Spidey notices the attack coming and quickly surrounds himself and his two friends in a large web sphere for protection.
"Death's embrace awaits!" Ryu hits the web sphere with his energy fist, driving it into the ground as the impact causes a large explosion that obliterates the webbing and craters the ground.
Thankfully, the three teens weren't too badly hurt while they lie on the ground. Before Ryu could kill them, Chun-Li comes to their rescue with her Spinning Bird Kick that launches him into the air, then delivers a series of spinning kicks before brutally slamming him down with one powerful kick.
Thanks to Chun-Li, her friends recovered standing as they see her performing her best against Evil Ryu. "Had a feeling beating this guy wouldn't be easy." Sonic commented.
"Then it's time to get serious, and put my training and our teamwork to good use." Spidey remarks with a plan in mind.
Meanwhile, Chun-Li tries rapidly kicking Ryu with a flurry of kicks but he keeps parrying them as his rage grows stronger. With a loud roar, he sends her flying with a hurricane kick as she nearly hits the wall, only to be saved by Sonic at the last second. "You!" Ryu snarled.
"You betcha!" Sonic quips before revving up a Spin Dash.
Ryu prepares a Hadoken to stop his attack, only to be interrupted by an explosive punch to the face by Yang. The two combatants clash furiously, with Yang appearing on the losing end. But this gave Sonic enough time to unleash a powerful Spin Dash that severely hurts Ryu, but was left strong enough to grab Yang's arm and swing her like a bat to smack away the hedgehog.
"Webdoken!" Spidey fires a web ball at Ryu to annoy him immensely. "You remember the Way of the Spider you helped teach me? You don't? That makes you a terrible teacher. Here, lemme remind you!" The webhead overwhelms Ryu with his kung-fu skills, attacking him up close and personal with his spider-speed while striking his pressure points using his spider-strength.
Spidey ends his Spider-Fu combo with a kick to the stomach, sliding him backwards until he stopped. Enraged, Ryu growls and lunges at the webhead shouting, "Messatsu!" as he intends to kill him with the Raging Demon.
"Uh oh! Spider-Sense don't fail me now!" Spidey stands in defensive position as Ryu initiates the Raging Demon, which will deliver a blinding series of relentless attacks that could surely kill him. Luckily, Spider-Man has a Spider-Sense and Spider-Fu, allowing him to clash evenly with the Raging Demon and deflect nearly all of his ruthless blows.
The clash ended in a stalemate, with Ryu expressing his utter shock of his survival, "Impossible! No mere bug could survive the Raging Demon!"
"Gotta love Spider-Fu!" Spidey knees his trainer in the face, knocking him backwards as he shouts, "Yang!" to get her attention for their team combo. Spidey dashes forward and unleashes his Crawler Assault on Ryu while shouting, "Spider…!"
He kicks him towards Yang, who pummels him with a few explosive punches while shouting, "Dragon…!" before uppercutting her opponent into the air.
Spidey and Yang jump higher above Ryu, while the webhead activates his silky blue X-Aura and forms a webbed fist, and the huntress activates her fiery yellow Semblance and charges up a flaming punch. "SMASH!" The power couple shouted, smashing their fists simultaneously onto Ryu's face, fiercely launching him into the ground, forming a massive crater upon impact and left the dark warrior completely unconscious as it seems the Satsui No Hado is evaporating out of his body and returning him to normal.
"I must admit…beating the living darkness out of you…was a great honor." Spidey mocks while standing next to his powerful girlfriend.
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BGM-Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 OST-Theme of Vergil
Evil Ryu has been defeated, but the fight against Vergil is showing no signs of cooling down. Empowered by several ISO-8 crystals, Vergil is calmly holding his own against the likes of Ruby, Qrow, and Dante at the same time. Dante goes in alone for a bit to clash blades with his brother. "I won't lose to the likes of you…little brother!" Vergil mercilessly impales his brother through the chest before kicking him back to his allies.
"Dante! Are you okay?!" Ruby expresses extreme worry for him after she saw him get stabbed straight through.
Dante simply groans while standing from the flesh wound, "It's okay, kid…Wouldn't be the first time big bro stabbed me with a sword." He quipped.
"We'll help you get an opening, then you let him have it." Qrow tells him with a plan in mind.
"Knock yourself out." Dante quipped.
Both uncle and niece dash towards the calm Vergil with their sword and scythe respectively. The demon swordsman summons several spectral swords that encircle his body before easily deflecting the relentless strikes from both huntsmen. "Scum." Vergil has his swords cease spinning and appear behind him, firing all of them at Ruby and send her flying through factory equipment.
"Ruby!" Qrow shouts in concern, which left him briefly distracted to a kick that knocks him away.
"You remind me of that woman I defeated earlier. You two are also twins." Vergil can easily tell that Qrow and Raven are twin siblings.
Qrow lets out a small gasp of surprise before scowling while standing, "So you're the demon Ghost Rider was talking about. How do you know her?" He asks about his sister.
"I don't answer to weaklings." Vergil mocks, tripping up Qrow with a Judgement Cut as he dashes towards him.
Just before Vergil could swing his sword at the huntsman, Dante quickly came to his rescue and blocks the attack with his own sword. "Then maybe you'll answer to me!" He slashes his brother into the air. "And her!" He shouts, surprising Vergil with Ruby's sudden return as she leaped through the air and slashes him away.
Ruby lands near her two allies and hands each of them an ISO-8 crystal, "Here! Found us some ISO-8 that should even the odds!"
"Good thinking, kid. And I know just what to do with it. Urraaagghh!" Dante lets out a powerful shout, absorbing the ISO-8 before unleashing a burst of demonic power. A moment later, Ruby and Qrow look at Dante's demon form and are left stun with shock at his transformed demonic appearance with the red foggy aura.
"Whoa…" Ruby remarked.
"He transformed…into a demon." Qrow remarks with widen eyes.
"You motivated, V?" Dante asks his brother with his new demonic-like voice.
Vergil scoffs with a smirk before releasing his full power, activating his own Devil Trigger as he enters his demon form. "Now I am." He responded.
In an instant, both transformed demons blitz at each other and clash intensely at devilish speeds that are too fast for either Ruby or Qrow to keep track of. The demon brothers seem evenly matched now, with Vergil easily deflecting his little brother's endless rounds from his guns, and Dante effortlessly flying away from his big brother's dimensional slashes that fills the arena. Dante lands a severe blow on his brother before he was slash onto the ground, quickly standing back up to instantly block a charging Vergil's attack.
"Your power fails you, Dante. You don't have the will to combat my own." Vergil mocks his brother, breaking through his guard and slashing him various times, while summoning his spectral swords to hover over him. He then turns his back, sheathing his sword while his Summoned Swords skewers his brother and leaves him consumed in the ensuing explosion, leaving Vergil with the thought that he has won.
"Real power doesn't come from space rocks." Suddenly, Dante's voice surprises his brother as he jumps out of the smoke cloud, "It comes from the will to protect others!" The demon hunter then slashes his elder brother numerous times while pushing him backwards. Dante jumps back briefly, allowing Ruby and Qrow a piece of the action while charged up with ISO-8 and wielding their respective scythes. The two scythe-wielders blitz Vergil several times, and before he had the chance to counterattack, Dante suddenly charges on him with his dashing Stinger technique using his sword. "You're finished! JACKPOT!" Dante nails the final Stinger, piercing his brother and sending him into a devastating red ring of demonic magical energy that leaves his brother defeated.
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Sitting on his knees, Vergil pants in exhaustion from his defeat, even after he lost the strength to maintain his Devil Trigger. While standing between Qrow and Ruby, Dante turns off his Devil Trigger as he taunts his defeated brother, "C'mon, get up! You can do better than that."
Vergil scowls, grunting as he gains the strength to stand on his feet, "I won't lose next time, Dante. I will gain more power. Before the final Incursion, I will end you." He declares before opening a rift with his sword and escapes through it.
"It terrifies me how much your brother and my sister have in common." Qrow quips to the devil hunter.
"And they're the reason why we can't have nice things." Dante jokes, which got a little chuckle from the smiling Qrow as he couldn't agree more.
Behind them, Chun-Li approaches them saying, "Looks like he got away. Thankfully, we managed to shut down this facility and freed Ryu from the Dark Hado. SHIELD will be here to confiscate the weapons and ISO-8."
"Awesome!" Ruby smiled.
"Ryu?" Spidey says in concern for his awakening trainer, as he, Yang, and Sonic help him on his feet.
"I-I'm alright…My thoughts are clear…I feel…at peace." Ryu states, having subdued the Satsui no Hado for now and returned to the side of justice.
"Why does that give me a bad feeling?" Qrow quipped.
In that moment, Sonic looks up after spotting something odd. He looks on top of a large tank to see a black bird staring down at them. "What's a bird doing in here?" He questions, which got everyone's attention to the bird.
Qrow gasps in shock as he instantly recognizes that bird as her sister, "You?!"
The bird flies down behind the tank, transforming into the maskless Raven Branwen, greatly shocking Peter and Yang as they recognize her as well. Peter remarks, "What the?! You're…!"
"Mom?!" Yang shouts in surprise.
"HUH?!" Peter turns at her with an utterly shocked tone in his voice, as only now he has found out Raven was his mysterious partner that helped him briefly back on Remnant.
"Your mother?" Sonic remarked calmly.
"Raven…" Ruby said with a stunned stare.
"In the flesh. Noticing the family resemblance?" Raven quipped while approaching the heroes.
"What is this? Twin Siblings Reunion Day?" Dante joked.
"Wait. I remember you…From that farm." Ryu vaguely remembers her from his time as Evil Ryu.
"I remember her from Remnant! You mean to tell me the woman that had been helping me fight the Goblin Nation for some time was Yang's MOM?!" Spidey reacted in surprise.
"You've been teaming up with my mother and never TOLD me?!" Yang shouts at him with a furious glare, thinking he's been hiding the fact of his meetings with her mother.
"I didn't know it was her! She was wearing a MASK and was too stubborn to not tell me anything!" Spidey argues with his girlfriend.
"I only told you what was relevant." Raven remarked.
"And hiding the fact Yang was your daughter wasn't relevant?!" Spidey retorts at her.
"What are you doing here?!" Qrow asks his sister.
"Yeah, 'cause last I heard you're supposed to be dead. I don't sense the Spring Maiden power within you anymore." Spidey remarked.
"YOU were the Spring Maiden?! How?!" Qrow faces his sister with a furious expression.
"Long story." Raven replies calmly to his face.
"Then start talking! You killed her, didn't her?!" Qrow argued.
"It was mercy!" Raven retorted.
"I bet it was." Qrow doesn't believe her lies for a second. "Why are you here?!"
"To get revenge on Vergil, but you beat me to the punch." Raven replied.
"Apologizes if my brother was a jerk, which I hear you also share." Dante quips casually.
"Then I have no reason being here." Raven remarks as she turns around, preparing to make her leave.
"WAIT!" Yang shouts while approaching her mother to have a face-to-face conversation with her at last. "You know that I searched for you. I spent years looking for you." She says, glaring at her estranged mother.
"And you've found me. You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality. Well done, Yang." Raven replied, nearly sounding like she's mocking her own daughter.
"Is that how you greet the daughter you haven't seen since birth?" Spidey retorts, getting a little angry at Raven's attitude. "She nearly got herself killed multiple times searching for her, and only now you decided to visit when our universes are on the brink of destruction? You're almost as heartless as Osborn!" He compares, which shocks her to an irritated scowl.
"If that's how you think about me, I'll take my leave." Raven turns her back to the heroes.
"OR you can stay! Join our alliance! Only together we can beat Goblin and save our worlds! I KNOW there's good in you!" Spidey desperately offers her the choice to join their alliance.
"You don't know me! I only helped you before because Madame Web forced me to! I never wanted to get involved in your war! There is no saving our worlds! There is no beating Goblin!" Raven argued while facing them.
"You're wrong." Ruby argues calmly. "We've done things that most people would call impossible, and I know the only reason we were able to do it is because we didn't do it alone! We had people to teach us, people to help us, we had each other. Work with us. At least I know we'll have a better chance if we try together. Please." Ruby holds her hand out, which seems to piss off the bandit as she glares at it.
"You sound just like your mother." Raven states, shocking the young huntress.
"And it was because of my mother's death is the reason why Vergil is so obsessed with power." Dante speaks up, which gets everyone's attention as he's acting serious for once. "I'll admit. I'm starting to see the similarities between him and you. But, I'm also seeing some differences." He approaches the rogue huntress. "You have problems. I get that. But you shouldn't be afraid of family. You didn't come here for Vergil. You came here to protect the one thing you can't afford to lose." He stated, cleverly deducing that Raven is afraid and only showed up to make sure her daughter was safe.
Raven scoffs in annoyance, but subtly in shock that a flippant guy like Dante can easily see through her actions and personality. Knowing that she has lost this argument, Raven turns her back to the heroes as she draws her sword and creates a portal with her Semblance that she walks through to make her leave. "WAIT!" Yang shouts while rushing to stop her. But she was too late. Raven left through the portal, abandoning her daughter again.
"She's gone." Chun-Li remarked.
"Ah geez." Sonic comments with an annoyed expression while crossing his arms.
Spider-Man somberly looks at Yang as tears stream from her eyes, before she falls to her knees as she breaks down crying. He was going to comfort her loss, but surprisingly, Dante beat him to the punch. The demon hunter kneels down next to the crying huntress, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder to get her attention. "Chin up. She'll come around. Until then, stay strong." He said optimistically with a smile, seemingly cheering her up as SHIELD agents finally arrive to take control of the weapons factory.
The Next Day at Avengers Academy…
BGM-Street Fighter 5 OST-Ryu's Theme
Inside a training room, Ryu ties up his headband before turning to his training partner for today. "Are you ready?" He asks them.
He faces his opponent, who happens to be Yang as she finishes tying up her hair with her own red headband. "Ready!" She smiles with a determined look, as she can't wait to train with one of the best fighters of their worlds.
"That look! You might have the potential to wield the Hado!" Ryu stated.
"As long as it doesn't turn me into a power-hungry demon! C'mon, let's get started!" She said enthusiastically as she takes a fighting stance.
Ryu smirks as he takes his fighting stance before they start their training session. Ryu begins training Yang to become a better fighter, while they are being watched by Spider-Man, Sonic, and Ruby near the entrance. "Never seen Yang so determined before." Ruby smiles proudly for her sister.
"Which is good. She's learning to become a better fighter not just for herself, but to protect her loved ones. Something her mother should take notes." Sonic grinned.
"It'll be a lot harder when she's a bird. She's probably just enjoying the show." Spidey quipped.
Yang is having fun learning new skills and can tell she is growing stronger with every second she's training with Ryu. Unaware to her, she is being watched by her mother in bird form from outside the window. It's hard to tell while she's a bird, but she seems to be proud of her daughter's growth in strength and character.
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BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds OST-I Wanna Take You for a Ride
KFX Here: Dante, Chun-Li, and Ryu officially join the alliance, while Vergil has joined the Cabal. Raven is doing her own thing. We'll see her again. Hopefully before the end of everything, which is rapidly approaching. Next chapter will introduce the last of the Capcom heroes guest-starring in this story. Look forward to it. Also, Dante and Vergil's outfits are based on their Marvel vs. Capcom looks, which in turn in based on their Devil May Cry 3 appearance. Don't even begin to ask me where this story takes place in the Devil May Cry continuity because I don't care and neither should you. Same could be said for those who are strangely bothered by the Capcom characters living in the same universe.
Guest (Chapter 67): How about no?
Danny: You haven't been paying attention to the story, have you?
barrera2009: I'll continue writing fanfic until I run out of ideas, have more important things in life to take care, or I become a billionaire.
Jufesocar: Sometimes people say Battle for Remnant is their favorite, even though I personally thought the original didn't age very well. And no, I don't read Spanish and have no interest in the web comic.
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