Prisonic Fairytale

The team stepped out of the WM ARC, and onto the darkened grounds of Bwahsylvania castle. They'd heard rumors from local Rabbids that a large beast was feasting on the citizens, and decided to check here to make sure that this beasty was their next target. They knew that these "Devil Arm" Demons were connected to Mundus, and their top priority was making sure that he doesn't get his hands on them. The group entered the castle, and were slightly startled as the door closed behind them. Dante walked out first, and looked up to see a large statue of angelic beings being killed by other angels. The victimized angels screamed in agony, as the killers seemed... emotionless. Terrifying. Rabbid Rosalina walked toward the statue and read the plaque on the platform holding it up. "The darkest of desires are fufilled in the places rotting with sin, for this is were these desires feel most welcome among the mortal plane. The demon resting inside these walls wrought with evil fufills his desires like second instinct. Leave now, for if not, you shall become a victim of his wicked needs." "Creepy..." Rabbid Luigi whispered. "Well, where do we start?" Dante asked the group. "I think the first place we should look is upstairs, since that's where the people say he's been seen." Edge responded. They all agreed swiftly. Everyone nodded and began climbing the stairs. They got as far as the top step, when suddenly, there were screams and sounds of struggle coming from down below. A Rabbid in a tuxedo appeared at the top of the staircase, covered in red blood. His eyes burned red, as he held a dagger with a wing for a blade in hand. As they watched him descend the staircase toward them, they readied their weapons, and Dante narrowed a glare toward him. The Rabbid simply walked past the group, paying no mind to them, or the weapons trailed on him. He disappeared down the staircase and left the group confused. No one spoke. After several tense minutes passed, they finally moved upstairs again, and went looking for the source of the commotion. Once the reached the top of the stairs, they found a horrific sight. A Rabbid with his arm torn off running from something!! Edge caught the Rabbid and tried to calm him down. "Chill! Chill! What're you running from?!!!?" "Get out of my way!!!" "What's after you?!" "It's gonna kill me!!!" Eventually, Edge's grip loosens, and the Rabbid runs away. However, the group hear a scream from the direction he ran. "What the hell was that?!" Rabbid Luigi shouted. "Whatever was after him must've caught up." Dante answers. "We need to keep moving. Or we might be next on the menu." The team nodded and continued to go through the building, finding no trace of the beast. As they approached a set of large doors, Dante noticed that there was an indentation in the floor, made by a very sharp looking claw. This meant one thing; whatever attacked the Rabbid was still here. He slowly pulled put Ebony, and pushed opening the door. On the other side, was a large, dark room. But, on the floor, was distinct trail of red. "How much you wanna bet that's not paint." Dante joked to himself. The group followed him inside, and they followed the red trail to a large set of red doors. Dante stopped before them, and opened the large door, revealing a large throne. "Well well... looks like we found our culprit already." Dante said, pointing at the throne. On it was a large suit of armor. The armor itself was sitting silently, holding a large sword and shield. It was a dark indigo-ish color, and its weapons the same. It didn't seem to he alive. It seemed... inanimate. Like it should. But Dante could tell something was off. Edge must've noticed too, as she started to walk forward, Flying Blade in hand, and began to approach the armor. She walked until she was just a foot away from it, and then stopped. She looked at the Armor's helmet, and saw nothing. No life, human or demonic. She scoffed and decided to walk back toward the group, but was caught by surprise when she a felt a vine slam against her face!!!

EV-11 Nelo Angelo Appears

She turned around with a glare, and the rest of the group readied their weapons. "Daphne..." Edge growled out. The aforementioned Spark Hunter lowered herself from the vine on the ceiling, and laughed. "Not just me!!" Bedrock and Nero Angelo walked out of the shadows, and Midnite faded into existence. "Pulling out all the stops this time, aren't ya!!?" Dante smirked. Nero Angelo stepped forward silently. He readied his sword and watched Dante closely. "Well, well, someone's eager for Round 3... Thing is, I have something you don't. Mundus may have accounted for my strength and speed, and combat skill, but there's something he forgot." Dante said before turning to Team Mario. "Close your eyes if you value your mental stability." The group did as told, and he turned back to Nero Angelo. "As for your mental stability, well, I don't really have a reason to care now, do I??!!" He said as he flung his coat, and gloves to the side.

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He then proceeded to hunch over and place his fists by his side. He started to growl in pain, and his eyes started to glow a bright, blood red. Suddenly, two lumps started to grow on his back, as if something were trying to tear theough his flesh!! The lumps grew larger, and larger, and the flesh started to rip and tear, revealing massive wings, like that of a bat, with reddish-orange veins, glowing like lava. Dante screamed in agony as a fire started on his chest, but was not deterred. The fire burned away the white fur, then the skin, revealing dark maroon muscle fibers, with glowing orange running through every crevice. The muscle on his hands and forearms seperated further and further apart, growing sharper and sharper, and becoming a slightly lighter shade of red, revealing more lava underneath the flesh. Claws of bone white grew from his hands, His eyes turned from red, to a lava orange, his ears turned to long horns made of stone that transition led to orange crystal at the tips, and his hair spiked up, turning to a stone grey. From his shoulders grew stone spikes with lava running through them, and finally, Dante's transformation was complete as a red aura flared around him. He took hold of his Rebellion sword, and watched as the Rabbid faced crossguard shifted to a much more demonic skull shape, and wings sprouted at its sides. A long, glowing red crack ran through the blade, and just like that, his sword was as demonic as him. "You didn't account for my Devil Trigger." The demonic Dante said in a deep, dark voice.

Supernova

The Spark Hunters stood their, shocked and terrified at the sight of the demon, causing him to erupt in an evil laugh. "What? Demon got your tongue?" Nero Angelo's resolve didn't falter however, and he lept toward Dante; sword at the ready. Dante simply grabbed his opponent's sword, and stabbed him with his own. He tossed Nero Angelo to the side, and faced the terrified Spark Hunters. But suddenly, he heard a roar. The armor had woken up, gleaming with blue flame. "Later." He said, before flying toward the armor and slashing at it with such ferocity and strength that his weapon pierced right through it. He kicked the armor aside, leaving it lying broken in a pile on the floor. The armor began to stand upright, shaking violently. It began to swing its sword toward Dante. But he was fast; he avoided the blow easily, and struck back even faster. "Demon, who feasts on the innocent to satisfy his gluttonous desire. You shall know agony, and you shall know retribution." He said before the glowing crack in his sword glew bright, and seemed to send fire into the face of the armor, burning it as it screamed in pure agony. But that wasn't enough, as Dante grabbed the armor by the neck, and stabbed it in the face, increasing its pain exponentially!!! It grabbed onto the sword, trying to wrench the weapon from his executioner, but was unable to do so before its body fell limp. Dante pulled his blade from the helmet of the now dead armor, and didn't even flinch as a large sword went through his body. "Relentless. How cute." He said before simply walking forward and seperating himself from the sword. He looked behind him to see Nero Angelo. "You just don't give up, do you? Well, fine then. Come and meet your maker hellspawn." Swords clashed ferociously, and the 2 demons fought like feral animals, and Dante felt a sense of... familiarity. And suddenly realized who exactly he was fighting. He hacked and slashed at Angelo's armor, intending to reveal the truth. He kicked Angelo's helmet and continued to slash at the demon knight's covering, ready to free the prisoner inside. Midnite mustered up some courage and fired a blast of blue energy toward's Dante's face, but was then tackled by Edge!!! Dante looked toward Edge, who was being piled on by the Spark Hunters in a losing battle, and hesitated long enough for Angelo to land a clean blow to his face, knocking him out of his Devil Trigger form.

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Dante went flying into a wall, and Team Mario ran to help their friend. Dante watched as his Rebellion sword changed back to its original form, and got an idea. Nero Angelo limped closer and closer to the group, and they readied their weapons, ready to protect their friend. But Dante simply walked in front of his allies, and held his arms out. "Dante, what are-a you doin'!!??" Mario shouted. "Starting the Reunion." Nero Angelo thrust his sword toward Dante, only for him to catch the edge of the blade perfectly. Angelo tried to push his sword further in an attempt to stab Dante's heart, but looked in surprise as the indigo glow flowing through his sword started to fade!! Suddenly, the blade began to crack!! Dante kept holding onto the blade, and watched in relief as it shattered, revealing the blade of a katana underneath!! He sighed and spoke. "Hope your ready for a rude awakening..." Edge and the Spark Hunters stopped their fight, and everyone watched as Dante Dropped the katana, and Nero Angelo grasped his helmet in agony. The armor slowly cracked, and with one final scream of pain, the armor shattered into a mass of debris. Dante walked over to the pile, and dug through it intently. He finally smiled as he found what he was looking for. "Welcome back dumbass..."