Apologies for the long wait but here's the next chapter, reasons for the delay is due to me trying to plan out other chapters for my other stories for this year and hopefully I can get one of them done so that I can focus on the others.
Disclaimer: I don't own either...
5 years ago...
" Come on kid, faster." Dante says while watching the other devil hybrid.
Shin is currently trying to master his devil sword as it's aura started to burst which made it more difficult for him to control. Facing two wooden dummies a few meters away, Shin charges forward with great speed as slices one in half in flash as well as stab the other in the center. Forcing himself back, he releases the power built up in his sword into two energy slashes as they decimated the rest of the wooden dummies into a pile of ashes.
The young hybrid was sweating a little as he's been put into training after he received a new demonic sword that Dante gave him. It's secrets were unknown as it was founded by Dante on one of his missions and decided to keep it. Suddenly his instincts kicked in as he tries to spun around and use the broad side of his demonic sword to block Dante's rebellion as the two metals clash.
Dante wants the kid to become better since he doesn't want him to get kill if he let's him out alone. Shin was an interesting fellow as his memories are scattered, his personality is that of an innocent child but somehow fights for fun since he finds fighting clash was broken as Dante went for a round house kick and sent Shin into the dirt as the young hybrid yelped in pain.
A few meters away from them is Trish who's sitting on a pile of rubble and watching Shin's training. For her she wouldn't expect Dante to be a lot hard on the kid since he's never had experience with kids and needed assistance from her and Lady. Lady was the babysitter whenever the two are gone on jobs, for her part she treated Shin fairly as she was never hard on him and would only punish him if he were to misbehave or cause some trouble.
Two years has passed and the young hybrid has shown progress in his combat skills as his fighting style started to become more vicious. His behavior started to alter where he'll have Dante's chill persona, having the contempt of learning to fight more, and can sometimes have a lazy ass attitude to which sometimes can annoy her.
" Harder." Dante demanded as Shin got up on his feet with many scratch marks on his clothing and sweat pouring down his face. Lifting the sword forward, Shin charges forward with demonic energy channeled into the blade for an increase in it's power as both blades clash once again creating little shockwaves.
The young hybrid gritted his teeth as he backed out of the clash and started bombarding Dante with a bunch of swift attacks with his sword hoping to overwhelm him but Dante was blocking the attacks in every direction while giving out a yawn as if he was toying with him. With one swing, Dante's sword was pushed back mid-air as his chest was exposed and Shin went for the finishing blow as he darted his blade forward.
However, in a flash the blade was stopped as Shin's eyes were wide open at his mentor's defense which is his other hand stopping his blade in place but with the tip of it impaled into the flesh as he see's no pain on Dante's face. Then Dante headbutts him as he was sent once again sprawling into the ground with dust spreading in the air.
Slinging rebellion on his back, Dante swiftly removes the demonic sword from his hand as blooded starts to trickle from the small wound that he received. Having enough of todays training, Trish made her way to Shin who was already sore, tired, and weak from the blows that he's endured. Carefully she lifts the boy up and places him on his back as Shin slowly opens his eyes to see what's happening.
" Thanks... Trish..." he said tiredly with a small smile before closing his eyes and fainting on her back. She smiles back as she watches him sleep peacefully while Dante made his way to the both of them.
" Soooo, did he do better?" he asks while yawning.
" Yep but he's still slow on his swings though. I'll have him slicing up a bunch junk just so that he can get better." Trish answers as both devil hunters started walking and making their way back to Red Grave City.
" Even though he whines but I do like him when he gets serious huh." Dante comments while placing both his arms behind his back while walking.
" He's interesting and very different from his father." Trish says.
" Father huh, and does little Shin know who his daddy is?" Dante asks while trying to sound like a kid.
" He has no memories of his parents but I know little about his father. He's a demon lord who defected from Mundus to start an empire in the human world." Trish explains while Dante rolls his eyes.
" Oh boy, he's no different from the others."
" Right." Trish murmurs to herself while looking back at Shin.
In the present...
The trio were now at an amusement park as it was pretty crowded with many people in line for rides, game exhibits, and food. This was the first time that Shin has ever been to somewhere crowded except for the dance clubs that he and Dante crash many times in search of demons. He stuck his hands in his trench coat pockets as he watches Hibari and Asuka discuss on what they'll be doing.
" Asuka lets try the bumper boats!" Hibari's voice was in excitement as Asuka tries to calm her down.
" Don't worry Hibari we will do that but will have to ask Shin if he's interested in any rides." Asuka explains while the young pink haired shinobi nods and turns to Shin.
" Hey Shin, what rides do you want to try?"
" Hm well it doesn't matter as long as were having fun." giving both girls a cheerily smile as Asuka blushes a little while Hibari's excitement was about to explode.
" Great! Let's go!" as Hibari grabs both Asuka and Shin's hands and drags them with her to the bumper boats.
Having made their way to the line, the trio were able to get in just in time as they made their way inside. There were seven boats in total but five were already boarded as two remained, Asuka decided that she and Hibari would take one while Shin would take the other boat. The young devil hunter was fine with the idea since he's going to be ruthless in this boat battle royale.
As both girls climbed into the boat, it took awhile for them to fit in due to the tight space but were able to fit in quite well. Asuka would be driving the boat while Hibari would provide lookout on their rear while having fun with water being splashed on to them both. Meanwhile for Shin, it's different story as he was ramming into many boats with a lot force while receiving many complaints of his bullying but Shin just shrugged it off as he smirked wickedly at his next victims.
So far he only rammed two boats, one was approaching his from behind as Shin sped up and was now on a chase with him having to not get bumped. While the devil hunter is still trying to get away from the opposing boat behind him, another was coming up in front of him as he was caught in between. He wasn't going to be rammed from the front and behind as he made a sharp turn by jerking the steering wheel and forcing the boat to skid to the left side, leaving the two other boats to crash into each other with hard force and four people fall into the water.
Asuka sweated a little at what she witnessed and hopes that Shin doesn't come for them but Hibari was rooting for him as Shin gave both girls a cheerful smile. Suddenly out of nowhere a boat bumped into the girls, sending Hibari into the water and Asuka still within but struggling to get back up on her seat. Two young boys were laughing at their action as they high five each other and turn to face Hibari who's currently trying to swim for something floatable.
" It's over now ya busty bitch!" one shouted with venom in his tone while his friend cheered him on.
The boat sped forward as it was attempting to run over Hibari who's helpless as Asuka tries to stop the boys from hurting her friend. " Leave her alone!" she shouted with anger as she continues to chase after the boat.
Hibari's eyes were shaking as she was in fear of getting run over, she could never imagine that boys would do such things and was wondering if Yagyu was right about not trusting the opposite gender. She closes her eyes as she braces herself for what was yet to come until the sound of another boat was heard not far from where she is. Opening her eyes, Hibari looks to see Shin coming to the rescue as his boat was coming to her. It was only a matter of time as two boats were on a collision course as Asuka watches in shock of what Shin is about to do. Carefully getting off the seat and standing on the front of the boat as it continues speeding, Shin's body was crouched as he has one arm out to Hibari as she motions to grab it.
With Hibari grabbing onto his arm at the last moment, Shin pulls her up swiftly as Hibari held onto his waist. The two boys were terrified that they're going to crash into another boat at high speeds as they bail into the water. Transferring some of his demonic energy into his legs, Shin propels himself into the air while holding onto Hibari as the young girl held on for dear life. Having landed safely onto dry ground, Hibari opens her eyes and notices that she's no longer holding onto Shin but is in his arms in a bridal position as she blushes.
" You ok?" he asks with concern until suddenly he was met with a hug from the pink haired girl.
" Thank you Thank you Shin! You saved my life!" she cried out while hugging him hard. Knowing that she isn't going to let go of him for awhile, Shin softly pets her head as she notices Asuka running over to them with concern.
" Are you two ok?" she asks while receiving a nod from the young devil hunter as she became relieved.
" Yep but it was close, right Hibari?" the pink haired girl nodded while lifting her head to give him a bright smile.
" Right but you were amazing when you save me." she complemented him with amazement in her eyes.
" Yeah, how did you manage to pull off such stunt?" Asuka was also curious of Shin's ability that is beyond that of a human.
" It's a secret." he teases her which made the pony tail haired girl pout at him.
" Really, I want to know." Asuka still trying to get him to spill the beans. The young devil hunter sighed as he put Hibari back on her feet and took a few steps to Asuka and softly flicked her forehead to which she gave a cute yelp in response.
" A SECRET Asuka, but maybe one day I'll tell you." he says while giving her some hope of understanding him a little more. The young brown haired shinobi blushed as she has a secret smile on her face to which she doesn't want the him to see.
5 hours later...
The trio went on to enjoy more rides which some resulted in Shin having to throw up since his stomach isn't used to being rocked around so hard as Asuka and Hibari were having fun with him. Ranging from giant swings to roller coasters, they've seemed to have rode almost all the rides in the park as they sat down on some tables near the row of food stands. Hibari went off to get some sweets while Asuka went to use the bathroom, leaving Shin alone at the table as he laid his head down after the exhaustion of riding many rides.
He was about to dose off into a little slumber until he sensed a trace of demonic presence nearby as his body tensed up. Getting up from his chair, Shin looked around for the presence as he expanded his instincts more until he sensed a large spike of a demon's presence in a glass maze game. Walking into the maze game, the young devil hunter explores the insides as the mirrors to the side were shifting the layouts of the paths. This was strange since something like this would be a little more suspicious for someone like him as he came across a reflection in a mirror of a wolf looking creature with its head down.
Lightly tapping on the glass, there was no response as Shin kept watching it for something to happen. The head rose up a little as it showed a little glimpse of its eyes of that of a tiger as it lunged out of the mirror and tackled the devil hunter to the ground. The two were rolling over like a cart wheel until Shin pushes the wolf demon off of him and now faces it a few meters away as he smiles.
" Man took you awhile to do something." he remarked as the wolf demon got on all fours and snarls at the hybrid.
" I'm not the only one that you should be concerned about, half blood." it spoke with venom in its tone which made Shin curious of what it meant by it.
Suddenly two large silver blades came behind and stabbed him from behind as Shin's eyes were wide open and gasping out blood as his body was lifted from the ground by the out-stretching blades. His body was not hanging up with the blades impaling into his body even more to where the tips are on the other side. A very slim demon with more of an appearance of a Riot demon but with green veins and spikes protruding from it's body emerges from the shadows laughing. " Ha Ha ha Ha. This was so easy, he's nothing like the son of Sparda, just a weak hybrid who's only existence is death!" Naberius proclaiming.
" We've finished the task at hand but only one of us can comeback to the deity with the body." the wolf demon reminded his fellow demon who looks at him with competition in his eyes.
" Oh right, only one. But I wonder who's it going to be huh Spirax?" he slim demon asks while watching the wolf demon's next move.
" It won't be you but me. I shall have the power." Spirax stated with authority in his tone which doesn't seem to affect Naberius in anyway.
" Let's fight to the death then, the one who lives can walk away with the body." Naberius says to which both demons now having the contempt of killing one another for their self desire of attaining higher power beyond their knowledge.
A slight tap on the extended blades was felt as Naberius looked and his face was in shock and in anger that the hybrid is still alive and is staring at him with bored stare. " Uhm, I'm sorry to budge in on both of y'all's argument but can I go now?" Shin asks sarcastically as he held onto both blades that have impaled his stomach.
With grunting noises, the hybrid ripped himself off of the blades, doing some miniature front flips in the air and landing a few feet away from both demons. He dusted off some dust on his trench coat but notices blood leaking from his large wound as he ground. " Ah great, my shirt is torn because of your jackass blades. I believe slicing you have will satisfy me for the damage." he whined for a bit before smirking as Naberius was trembling with rage.
" You were supposed to be dead! No mortal can survive that!" the demon roared as his demonic hybrid shook its head.
" Your forgetting that he's a hybrid. He's not easy to kill so don't be blinded that he posses abilities far than we can understand." Spirax explains while Naberius was tuning him out.
" I am Naberius, the Fear Ripper!" the demon roared its name as it charges forward with it's blades ready. With quick reaction, Shin whips out Mustang from his trench coat and fires rapidly at the approaching demon.
The Fear Ripper snarled as it dodges each single bullet with some hitting it in the side as it grunts. It keeps charge until it was a few centimeters away from the Devil hunter, bringing it's left arm into a swinging position, Shin reloaded his Desert Eagle as he was met with a glistening blades close to his face to which he reacted by ducking under.
He skidded away as the Fear Ripper used it's claws to stop it's momentum and skidded also. Both demons preparing their next move as Naberius lunges with all it's might at the Devil hunter. Cocking back the pistol's chamber, Shin slide ducked under the slim demon and aims precisely at the chest. " It's High Noon!" he yelled as he shot one bullet into the chest which resulted in the screaming pain of the demon.
Naberius fell to the ground as it's body tumbled around until it reached to the feet of the demonic wolf who stares at him with annoyance. " I apologize for my comrade, he isn't very coordinative his attacks." Spirax says with a sigh.
" Whatever, whats both yall doing here." Shin's tone now becoming serious with Mustang still in his hand.
" We've come because of a proposition that we were given from a strange deity who possesses power far from our knowledge that could rival any demon in the underworld. Five of us accepted it and to earn it only one of us will have to kill you and bring your body back to the dirty in order to obtain the power that she will bestow upon us." Spirax explains with a cool tone.
This was interesting to Shin since he's never heard of demons who would accept some kind of deal from something that is strong. What makes this day now difficult is him now having to fend off an onslaught while trying to keep Hibari and Asuka from raising suspicion on what he truly is since he believes that time hasn't come yet.
Whoever this 'Deity' that the wolf demon speaks of, Shin will have a small talk with whoever it is after killing the demons. " If your thinking about your two female friends then I believe that one of my own has kidnapped them." Spirax says which made Shin tense up a little bit. Now the situation is a little more worse that now Hibari and Asuka are dragged into this.
" They have nothing to do with this." Shin speaks with a threatening tone in his voice.
" We know but it'll be something that will get you to fight harder for." Spirax replies with a grimace look as disappears in a flash.
Shin's mouth guards appear as the metal close up in front of his mouth and the devil hunter prepares for the wolf's attack. A swift blur passes by as Shin's instincts were kicking in on when to strike. A cross slash stricken him in the back as he grunts a little and turns around. There was nothing behind him as he felt another slash but in his right thigh as went down on one leg and held his thigh in pain.
" You cannot see me due to my superior speed. Your reflexes are slow, why is that?" Spirax taunting him as Shin got back on his feet and closed his eyes.
He breathed slowly as he tuned out sounds around him and only focused on footsteps. The demon was blitzing around him without making any running noises but only if it were to attack. Shin suddenly hears paws pressing against the earth as it signals him that the demon was going to attack at any second. Putting Mustang back in his trench coat, Shin faces the direction where the sound was made as he was in a fighting stance.
Spirax was already inches away at the devil slayer until it felt an iron impact into it's jaw as it was sent flying to the side and kicking over mirrors as they break. Shin had his Devil Arm Sirius ready just when Spirax attacked as the devil hunter opens his eyes to see what happened.
Spirax shook as it groaned from the hard dent in it's jaw as it tries to get back up. It's eyes were shocked at the Devil Arm in Shin's possession as it trembled in fear. " Y-Y-You... defeated... L-L-Lord Sirius..."
" I see you recognize something about this Devil Arm. Yeah I killed him and he was one tough son of a bitch." Shin remarked as he punched his gauntlets together for another round. Suddenly a slim shadow appeared behind him as a large blade was aimed at the head with the sinister smile of Naberius.
" Your wide open!" It announces as it swings down the blade.
Shin jumped forward as the demon from behind slammed it's blade into the ground. It grunted as it tries to pry the blade out but was met with an uppercut into it's head as the loud sounds of cracking bone was made. Naberius howled in pain until the gauntlet that struck him got a strong grip on it's face, Shin having his other gauntlet on one of the Fear Ripper's arm and starts pulling forcefully onto the face as the demon struggles to escape.
Spirax watches in horror as his comrade's face is being torn off as Shin shows no sign of mercy. Finally with one large tug, Shin rips the demon's head off as blood was pouring, intestines and thin red muscles were stretching out from the inside, and the Fear Ripper's movement no longer showing any sign of struggle as it slowly stops moving.
" Adios Hothead." Shin says smoothly as the demon's head and body starts disappearing into ashes and vanishes.
The young Devil hunter took a deep breath as he turns around to face the wolf demon who's still suffering from it's jaw break. " I'll let you off with a warning, you shouldn't be in these situations where your risking your life for more power." he says with some sense in his words as the wolf was taken back by what he said.
Spirax was one of the rarest demons born from the underworld to witness the side of humanity as has Sparda. He wanted to get away from all the chaos happening back home as that he would be sent to the human world along with other demons either to conquer or kill the son of Sparda.
The demonic wolf has only killed others of his kind only for his survival but never a human for any reason. He defected from Mundus only for his freedom to observe humans and their nature. He has a belief that demons and humans can coexist as what Sparda has done in which he was inspired by the legendary dark knight.
" Listen hybrid, the only reason I wanted to silence you is so that I can obtain the power and protect humanity from my kind. I believe that there's still a reason for us to still make peace. You and the son of Sparda have shown that you don't desire to kill humans for enjoyment but to live among them peacefully. I wish for the same thing but only to protect." Spirax spoke with as much passion as it can while Shin was curious.
From all the demons that he's slain, this one is special since it has empathy for humanity just like Sparda. This makes him question about his mysterious parents in which he's inherent demonic power from whoever it is but why. His mouth guards unlocked as he gave a sigh and looks back at the wolf.
Knowing that Asuka and Hibari are now captives, he'll at least need some understanding of who he's going to fight. " That's something special to you. I'll let you go and maybe will see each other again in the future." he says with a kind smile as he reaches out to the wolf and pets it.
The demonic wolf allowed him to do it since he now sees that theirs no hostility to the hybrid. " Thank you." were it's last words before it instantly disappears.
With his Devil Arms deactivated, Shin made his way outside to face the three remaining demons and this strange 'deity' that sent them as well as save his two friends.
Meanwhile...
The amusement park was dead empty with the rides no longer operating, food stands desolate, and no sign of a was now dark with the full moon in the sky and a few clouds out in the night. On top of a building that's used for surveillance of the park are four people, two mysterious strangers and Asuka and Hibari.
On the floor, Asuka was in pain as she was weakened from fighting against the girl with light green hair and magenta colored eyes, her Shinobi Tenshin torn up and revealing mostly her cleavage which happens to be a rainbow bra. The girl seemed disappointed that the Shinobi she fought wasn't on her level as she sucks on a lollipop while keeping an eye on Hibari who was at Asuka's side. The pink haired girl was scared as her friend was defeated brutally and that the opponent is way stronger than she thinks.
" Why are you doing this?" Hibari asks while looking at both mysterious girls.
" Your only temporary captives, I'm only wanting to see the true capabilities of someone that is familiar to you." says the other with short black hair in a white dress who is standing on the edge.
" Huh, someone familiar to me?" Hibari with a confused look as she tries to recount of people who she knows.
" Yes girl and I believe it's a he."
When the mysterious girl brought up the hint of the gender, Hibari picked up on who the person that she knows that is the only guy.
" You mean Shin? What does he have to do with this?" she asks with a defensive tone as she tries to understand the plot behind all this.
" Ah that's the name. Shin. I now remember as if it were 17 years ago." the black haired girl spoke as she starts to blush a little.
" You know this guy?" her light green haired companion asks with curiosity.
" Indeed, both of us had quite a past. A shame that we were split apart from each other due to circumstances but now fate has found us a way to reconnect." the black haired girl spoke as if she sounded happy about the devil hunter.
" Uhh is Shin special to you?" Hibari asks while confused on the girl's behavior that she was displaying.
" Of course! He's what makes my insides throb with emotion of love!" she announces with her arms wide open at the moon.
As the black haired girl was about to continue on, her eyes caught on the glimpse of a shadowy figure many meters far from the building their on as the figure was walking their way. The figure was none other than Shin with his crimson red eyes staring at the path ahead, his school uniform beneath his trench coat has a large hole the some blood stains on it. The black haired was blushing hard as her mind was mostly focused on him to which she starts to have thoughts about him.
Hibari looks over to see Shin as she waves her hands to the Devil hunter. " Shin, Asuka and I are over here! Save us!" she cried out to her only male friend as she notices Shin now running to them.
The black haired girl licked her lips as she knows that a large fight is about to come and couldn't wait to witness Shin's power as a hybrid of a supernatural force. " Oh Shin, it's been so long but I have returned for you. I Kagura am here for you..." she mutters to herself.
The demons have made their first move on our young hero but with two done, only three remain as Shin presses on to rescue his friends. For some reason Kagura the deity that slays Yoma has an obsession with the devil hunter. Why is that and will Shin be able to defeat the remaining demons and save his friends? Find out next chapter!
