Chapter 11: An incomplete devil form? A desperate race against time!
Hi there guys, sorry for the delay, but without further ado…..
Here is the next chapter. After completing devil may cry 5, I revised the plot to include a major event that involves Nero within the series. So if you have not been made aware of Nero's past, then please be warned, the next two chapters will contain spoilers from the latest devil may cry game. Please enjoy and thank you for your patience.
Nero gazed upon the mighty demon god Mundus, in his devil trigger form, Yamato grasped tight within his wrist.
"Oh? That sword. I recall seeing it somewhere…." Mundus said, his stature remaining still, as he examined Nero's devil arms.
Nero remained where he stood.
After Mundus received little to no damage against Nero's colossal punch, the silver haired swordsman decided not to rush in so carelessly.
"Wait…. I remember now! It's the demon sword Yamato! If I recall, it was Dante's broth…." Mundus said suddenly erupting into a rage.
"Don't tell me! You're related to the sons of the dark knight Sparda?! Dante?!" Mundus roared summoning a lightning bolt from the ceiling.
Nero evaded the surprise strike with a grin implanted on his face.
"I see that Dante's reputation is as dangerous as ever." Nero said after brandishing his devil arms.
"Silence Mortal! You dare to point your weapon at the king of the underworld?!" Mundus bellowed firing a ginormous laser blast at Nero.
Nero's blade began to glow an amethyst shade unleashing its demonic power.
Mundus' attack was effortlessly deflected by Nero's clear demonic strength.
"Geez, what is it with you high and mighty demon's? You always act like you're gods, when really you're just huge statues." Nero said remembering his previous battle with the pope.
"You dare belittle my power?!" Mundus roared as he unfurled his huge wings.
The room began to shake in response to the prince of darkness' tremendous power.
"Be gone!" Mundus sprayed Nero with hundreds of miniature blasts.
Nero sprang into action, drawing his blue rose from its holster.
As the various deadly attacks rained down from the skies above, Nero opened fire.
Dashing around Mundus in a circular fashion whilst he shot down the laser barrage.
"You'll have to do better than that if you want to kill me, prince of darkness." Nero said pocketing his revolver and equipping his red queen sword.
Mundus threw his colossal fist directly towards the silver haired swordsman.
Nero managed to throw his own colossal fist to counter Mundus' punch.
But unfortunately for Nero, Mundus had two giant fists to punch with.
However, this wasn't Nero's first fight with a statue like opponent.
The devil hunter quickly anticipated Mundus' second punch using red queen to push back against it.
"You're mine now!" Nero yelled managing to stop Mundus' assault.
Nero did a front flip on top of Mundus' fist and took off down his rocky arm.
The silver haired swordsman with red queen in hand, slice horizontally and vertically at his opponents face.
Regardless though, not a scratch nor a crack could be seen on his opponent, even after such a brutal attack.
"Pathetic! Your power is an insult!" Mundus bellowed as Nero returned to the ground beneath him.
"I guess this isn't going to quite cut it. Looks like, it's time….. To pull my devil trigger!"
"I see that you too have a devil form…. But I'm afraid that all that awaits you and your miniscule power…. Is death!" Mundus replied.
"We'll see about that!" Nero countered his voice taking on its demonic tone.
As it had done before, Nero's devil arms had grown by colossal proportions.
His devil bringer pattern, now decorated his entire body, and as his silver hair disappeared under his samurai like helmet, so did Nero's remaining human self.
"I'll split you and your ego in two!" Nero yelled slicing down on top of Mundus.
Mundus manoeuvred his heavy stone wings to his previously unguarded head.
And as Nero's deadly and vicious attack came down upon him….
Mundus successfully blocked Nero's misshaped Yamato.
"Not yet! I'm not through with you yet!" Nero declared channelling his demonic power into Yamato.
"When will you learn?! Your power is imperfect and fragile!" Mundus bellowed as he effortlessly blew Nero away with a simple movement of his wings.
Nero though startled, managed to stick the landing, avoiding any critical damage as he met with the ground.
The young devil hunter looked over to his right, almost forgetting that it wasn't only himself and Mundus in the room.
Ichigo was still unconscious, his blade still broken and reverted to its shikai state.
"Not yet, I won't fall yet." Nero said, seeing his ally out of commission giving him another reason to keep fighting.
"It's useless mortal. You lack the understanding on how to use that power. You're just wasting your energy and delaying the inevitable!" Mundus explained firing crimson spears directly at him.
Nero began to notice the difference in weight with Yamato as he swung the blade to deflect Mundus' piercing attack.
Suddenly, Nero felt faint and collapsed to one knee.
All this time, Nero thought that he was successfully wielding Yamato and awakening its true power…
When in reality, it seemed more like Yamato was wielding him. Using his body as a vessel to its own power.
"I will not let the devil take over!" Nero yelled as he sliced with Yamato's huge form.
Hundreds of purple sword slashes appeared instantaneously directly in front of Mundus, hitting him dead on.
"That's not all! Take this!" Nero bellowed as he launched a ginormous amethyst sword slash from Yamato.
Unfortunately, right after Nero put so much devil power into those two attacks, his so called devil trigger deactivated.
"That's not possible…." Was all Nero could say when the prince of darkness was still standing. Completely unscathed and unharmed.
"When will you understand? You cannot defeat me. I fought against the original wielder of that sword you are using. And you don't even begin to compare." Mundus exclaimed making Nero feel even worse.
"Damn it all." Nero said as Yamato fell from his grasp.
"I crushed him! Enslaved his mind and made him my subordinate! Now be gone! I have a real nuisance to deal with." Mundus said preparing to take flight.
"Where do you think you're going, bastard." Ichigo said as he managed to not only regain consciousness, but rise to his feet once again.
"Ichigo?" Nero said after seconds away from giving up.
"I don't care if you are supposed to be some kind of god… All that matters to me, is you took Orihime! You hurt her! And you tried to take away her heart! And for that, I won't forgive you! I'm going to kill you!" Ichigo said as he wielded his broken shikai.
"It's the same with me, you took Kyrie from me. And threatened to kill her. I wouldn't be able to live with myself, let alone look her in the eye. If I gave up now!" Nero said Ichigo's courage and determination giving him a reason to fight.
"It's useless! You cannot beat me!"
"Let's go Nero!" Ichigo yelled as he charged the prince of darkness with his broken weapon.
"Right behind you Ichigo!" Nero yelled as he threw a gigantic punch with his devil bringer.
"Enough of this! Now die!" Mundus replied feeling his patience run its course.
Ichigo throws his Zangetsu with all of his remaining strength, infusing the blade with Getsuga Tensho.
Ichigo didn't have enough time to react when Mundus used the power of his wings to deflect Ichigo's blade, right back at him.
"Ichigo! Damn you Mundus!" Nero said after Ichigo fell on his back with his own weapon impaled into his chest.
Mundus fired a powerful laser, but Nero managed to evade it.
"You won't win! Not this time! Now die!" Nero yelled as he leaped into the air with red queen and Yamato in each hand.
Nero lunged for Mundus with both swords….
However, all that awaited Nero was despair.
Just as Nero blindly charged in to attack Mundus with an aerial assault, Mundus' huge hand came from the side encasing Nero within its solid and devastating grip.
"Ahhh!" Nero yelled as he felt his bones begin to crack.
A wave of panic rushed through Nero as he recalled a distant memory which went just like this.
The devil hunter began to desperately wriggle, aiming to escape from Mundus' deadly grip.
This only made matters worse.
In response to Nero's useless struggle, the prince of darkness increased his grip strength. Causing not only Nero more pain, but to also drop both of his weapons.
With Yamato released from Nero's grip, Mundus retrieved the blade and threw Nero back onto the ground.
Bloodied and beaten, Nero put all of his leftover power into his devil bringer.
"YOU BASTARD!" Nero yelled as he tried to grab Mundus with his own gigantic hand.
"You bore me." Mundus said as he grabbed a hold of Nero's devil bringer.
Nero looked on in despair, with one swift movement, Mundus cleaved Nero's arm clean off!
It was all over in an instant.
Both of the swordsmen were struck down.
Nero collapsed to his knees his arm now spurting with blood like an erupting volcano.
His devil bringer and Yamato both taken away from him.
Whereas the substitute soul reaper lay on his back, his trusted soul infused sword stabbed into his chest. His eyes vacant and dead.
Seconds later due to the blood loss, Nero also joined Ichigo on the ground.
Meanwhile, Mundus continued to stand tall, feeling revitalised and powerful after absorbing the leaking power of Yamato and Nero's devil arm.
"Ichigo….."
"Ichigo…"
"Wake up Ichigo….."
The substitute soul reaper opened his eyes, only to realise he was not in that huge cathedral like room, but inside the realm of his Zanpakto.
"Zangetsu? But I thought you were destroyed?" Ichigo said recalling the previous events.
"Your Zanpakto has not been destroyed, it still remains inside you, deep within your soul." Zangetsu said confusing Ichigo further.
"What are you saying Zangetsu?" Ichigo said feeling everything he believed to be true crumble around him.
"My name is not Zangetsu…. I am the manifestation of your innate Quincy powers.
I am not your true sword." The so called stranger said making Ichigo question everything.
(Nero's consciousness.)
"You fool! When are you going to master Yamato?! It makes me sick to see you use my blade in such an amateurish manner!" Vergil said making Nero angry.
"What are you talking about?! I unlocked my devil trigger! And it wasn't enough!" Nero yelled, the anger surging within him as this stranger he had never even seen until today, criticised all of his hard work.
"You call that half assed form a devil trigger? Ridiculous! It's not even close! You're still allowing Yamato to take control. You don't borrow Yamato's power. You have to steal its power before it eats you alive. Quit fooling around and unleash your devil power. It runs deep within your blood." Virgil said making Nero recall when Yamato began to drain him of his energy.
(Ichigo's consciousness)
"What do you mean you're not my true sword?! After all of this time… You've been lying to me?" Ichigo said filled with rage and shock.
"I will one day tell you the truth. But time is of the essence right now. If you do not hurry, your precious woman will be killed by that all powerful being." He said causing Ichigo to calm down.
"With your sword directly pierced within you, this will be much simpler to achieve. Look deep within your soul and embrace all of your power. Your Quincy, hollow, soul reaper and your full bring. If you accept all of them, your true sword shall appear." He said making Ichigo go into a sort of meditative state.
"Unlock your true power!" Both Vergil and the so called good natured stranger said causing Ichigo and Nero to undergo a tremendous metamorphosis.
(Back to the real world.)
"Hey Mundus! It's time for round 2!" Nero and Ichigo said as they stood to face him once again.
Mundus looked on in disbelief. Both Nero and Ichigo looked completely different.
Ichigo underwent his hybrid hollow transformation again, his horn protruding from his head and his golden eye. However, his sword or it would be more accurate to say swords were completely different.
Ichigo now wielded one big sword and one smaller blade in each of his hands.
But Nero on the other hand, was unrecognisable!
His severed devil bringer had been healed!
Nero's eyes had shifted to demonic yellow with sharp irises.
His hair now grew past shoulder length with short horn growing out of his head.
Blue devil arm like wings sprouted from his back.
His devil trigger had a human look as opposed to Dante and Vergil, but it still like there's, was a complete transformation.
"Let's end this Mundus!" Vergil and Ichigo said as they prepared to battle.
