Dive into the Heart

Here it is. Standing tall, and high anove the pitiful mortals who came to worship there god

within its walls. A mighty, yet sinful cathedral of bronze, gold, and silver placed itself atop a dead hill, on an island of black forest. A mockery of all that is righteous. And tonight. This team was gonna bring down the house.

They walked up to the door, and Dante kicked it down. Inside were rows upon rows of stained glass windows. Each depicting a member of the team dying a gruesome death. Edge was stabbed with her own sword, Mario was quartered, Luigi was impaled on a stalactite, Rabbid Luigi and Rabbid Rosalina were impaled on a single javelin, Rabbid Peach had her eyes gouged out, Princess Peach was melted, Rabbid Mario had bloody stumps where his hands should be, and Dante... was crucified. Dante was angry. He didn't like what they did to him. What they took from him. What they tried to take... There was a chorus of screams as Dante stepped inside. The cathedral itself screamed as the heroes entered its ironically unholy grounds. As if screaming at them, trying to warn them not to come closer. To tell them that the evil will overwhelm them. But they keep going. No fear, only determination. They walked until they reached a large statue. They looked up toward the statue, anger in their eyes. Then, the statue started to laugh. "Well, well. Dante, Vergil. Sons of the Black Knight, and pains in my ass." "We're gonna be pains in a lot more places than that... Mundus." Dante threatens, emphasizing it by pointing his sword at the statue. Vergil points his sword too. "You're gonna pay for what you took." The statue smirks and laughs again. "I don't think so. But if you so desire, you can try." Dante gave a signature smirk. "Gladly." Vergil and Dante charge at the statue, And everyone else gets ready to fire their weapons, but suddenly, the whole room fades into a black void.

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The statue disappears, and Vergil and Dante hit the ground. They stand up, and Vergil is first to speak. "Mundus!!!! Show yourself!!! Coward!!!!!" Sadistic laughter cuts through, and three glowing orbs appear in the "sky".

"You really think you're strong enough to face me? I beat you once sons of Sparda. And now, I won't even have to lift a finger to do it again." Vergil looks down at the floor, he clenches his jaw and glares at the ground, refusing to show any weakness to this demon before him. This demon that took everything. Vergil fired his Devil Trigger and flew toward Mundus' eyes, only for them to disappear. They then reappear and fire a blast of red and blue toward Dante and Vergil, knocking them unconscious. "See? Not even a finger." Mundus finished before laughing and fading from the world. "What now?" Rabbid Peach inquired. "We might be out of luck here." Beep-O laments. Suddenly, a blast of indigo energy shot toward Edge!! She deflected it just in time, and looked to see Midnite fade into existence once again. "Hello again fools!!! This time, we finish this once and for all!! All of us want a piece of you!" Midnite yells as he flies toward them. Everyone with a ranged weapon starts shooting at her, but She simply dodges them all. "I'd suggest you start running!" Midnite warned. Before anyone could reply Bedrock jumped in and smashed the ground, sending everyone, including the unconscious bodies of the Sparda brothers, flying around the void.

Vim and Vigor

Daphne appeared and grabbed them all with her vines, slamming them to the floor. She lifts them all again, and starts to squeeze them. Luckily, Edge is able to cut herself out. She lands and tries to shoot Daphne, but is pushed away by Bedrock before she can even take proper aim. Bedrock grabs her and throws her across the void. Edge lands with a skid, stopping herself woth her sword, and taking aim at Bedrock as she barrels towards her. But she can't bring herself to shoot. Bedrock uppercutts her, sending her flying even further from Daphne and her captured friends. Edge grunts as she stands and runs toward Bedrock, slamming the blunt end of her blade against her face. Bedrock takes a moment to regain balance, when suddenly, Edge swings her sword at Bedrock's face, missing by an inch. Bedrock looks over at the others as she walks over to them, and smirks. She runs and reaches for Dante. Daphne chucks Dante's unconscious body into Bedrock's arms, and she holds him by the neck, causing Edge to stop were she stands. Bedrock smiles wickedly at her, and starts to squeeze.

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Suddenly, she feels a hand grab the collar of her outfit. Dante looks up to her with red eyes, and flips her over!! Dante sets himself on the ground after his physics defying move, and transforms into his Devil Trigger.

Supernova

He transforms rebellion, and uses it to cut all of Daphne's vines, freeing his allies. He blasts Midnite with a wave of fire, but she attempts to counter with a beam of her own, but is overpowered. She thankfully (for herself) teleports before she can be hit. She reappers behind Dante, attempting to hit him with a point-blank blast to the back, but he disappears as well, surprising Midnite when Edge slams the barrel of her shotgun into her face. Dante reappears beside her, detransforms, and pulls out Ebony, taking aim. Midnite finally sees that she's quite outmatched. She grunts before Edge speaks.

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"Go." Midnite, with an angry expression, flies over to her fallen allies, teleporting away, and taking them with her. Dante holsters Ebony and speaks. "Think that was it?" Edge rests her shotgun on her shoulder and sighs. "Can't be too sure. But for now... yeah." They regroup with the others as Vergil awakens, and they watch in shock as a large purple portal opens above the void.


"Your Hunters have failed, Cursa." The statue admonishes. "Yes master Mundus, I know." "And you know what must be done?" "Yes master." "Good. Now do it."


Out from the portal emerges Cursa. Edge glares and grits her teeth at her malevolent creator. Cursa's one visible eye narrows at her creation, and her allies, old and new. "Alright Cursa, release whoever you have trapped in your disgusting husk of a body!!" Edge demands. Cursa chuckles. The previously emotionless being chuckles. "There is no one inside my body." The group was shocked. Cursa just... spoke? They'd never heard her speak before. And moreover, she said that there was no one inside her body! "So how are you alive?!" Mario said, pointing his gun at the being before him. Cursa bursts into laughter. "As if I'd tell you insignificant mortals!!!" "Mortals? Last time I checked, you've died twice now!!!" Rabbid Peach retorted. "And we're about to bring the count up to death number 3!!!" Rabbid Luigi adds. Vergil's and Dante's eyes widen. "Dante, you felt it?" "Yeah... and It's pissing me off!!" "This foolish husk dares to take what's ours!!"

Dance to the Death

Dante takes out his guns, and Vergil summons the Icalius Devil Arm. Rabbid Mario (with his Shroom Smasher in ranged mode, because of course), Rabbid Luigi, Mario, Rabbid Peach, Princess Peach, Luigi, Edge, Rabbid Rosalina, and the Sparda Brothers combine their projectile shots and fire at Cursa all at once. "As if I'd allow your puny attacks to hit!!" Cursa says as she puts up a red force field. Dante, Edge, and Vergil run toward Cursa, saords at the ready. They all attack simultaneously with huge gusts of wind blowing through the void from the sheer force. Cursa dodges each of the strikes as they miss.

"My turn now" Cursa growls. She throws a powerful punch towards Edge, but the former Spark Hunter dodges and fires at the hand. Cursa is too late to avoid the attack, and groans in pain. Dante takes the chance to fire a few shots at her, and Vergil slashes her face. Mario and Luigi relentlessly fire shot after shot while the Rabbid Mario Bros. formulate a plan. They nod to eachother, and Rabbid Luigi runs in front of everyone else, firing at Cursa's face with a casacade of soundwaves before turning and crouching. Rabbid Mario jumps onto his's brother's hand before pushing off and jumping into the air. Beep-O figures out their plan and hovers toward Rabbid Mario, allowing him to grab hold of the handle projected from Beep-O's bottom side, and airlifting him toward Cursa's face. Rabbid Mario swings a little before jumping off with all of his force, and wacking Cursa in the face!! However, Cursa smacks him away in return, and he goes flying into Princess Peach!! Rabbid Peach and Vergil toss their shurikens, and Dante and Edge shoot them both, granting more momentum. The shurikens cut into Cursa like saw blades before returning to their senders. Rabbid Rosalina fires a massive shot toward Cursa, and Mario follows suit, combining the powers of the two energy projectiles. They hit Cursa right in the eye, causing her to clutch her face in agony, and crouch. Dante and Edge take the chance to wail on her with their respective blades, before Cursa sends out a massive shockwave sending the heroes flying backwards!!!

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"Fine!!!! You wanna be serious!?! Be that way... But refuse to waste my time with pathetic Mortals!!! I didn't think I'd need to, but you've forced my hand!!!!" Cursa says before crouching. She then arches backward, wailing in agony!!! This sends another, even larger shockwave!!! The heroes are blindied by a massive light!!!

Roar of the Jungle Dragon

When it dies down, Cursa reveals her new form. A humongous spider-like figure made of purple cosmic matter with a body littered with stars, the eyes of which are nothing but antimatter. The beast roars, and the team endures yet another shockwave!!! Cursa fires a beam of energy from her mouth, aiming for Rabbid Peach!!! But Mario jumps in the way just in time, taking the hit himself!!! He falls to the ground, clutching his bleeding arm, but the impact doesn't kill him, thankfully. But that fact isn't enough to sate the rest of the team's newfound bloodlust. They rush toward Cursa, hackinh, slashing, and shooting at her arachnid form, but it's useless. One by one, they're either blasted away, or swatted away like flies. Only Dante, Vergil, and Edge are left standing by the end. But alas, Vergil, despite his best efforts, and added bloodlust from this fool taking what's his, is blasted away as well. Cursa turns to Edge, who readies herself. "Foul traitor... You were a mistake..." "Sticks and stones..." "Sticks and stones and words may not hurt you, but this will!!!!" Cursa readies a blast, and fires at Edge!!! But Dante jumps in the way in the nick of time!!!! The blast sends both him, and Edge flying back, but it's clear that he took the brunt of it.

He gets up, and yells in rage, transforming into his Devil Trigger form, and flying toward Cursa, slashing at her like a feral lion!!! Cursa barely has time to dodge before he lands a blow to her face that sends her flying back. Cursa scrambles back up, and shoots Dante again. He deflects it with his sword, and continues the fight, with Edge watching in horror as she realizes something. He's losing. Slowly, but surely, Cursa is starting to overpower the Devil Slayer, and soon, he won't be able to take it. She tries to stand, but finds that she can't. She looks down to see ger battered and beaten legs. She must've taken more of that blast than she initially thought. She stood herself up with her sword, and limped toward the battle. Dante notices and speaks. "Stay Back!!!" He then continues his fruitless onslaught. But is once again, swatted away by Cursa. He ends up flying into Edge again, this time adjusting himself so that he's holding her and protecting her as they roll into the ground. He attempts to stand, but falls to his knees and reverts from his Devil Trigger back to his Rabbid form.

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Edge watches as Cursa reverts herself, and grabs Dante's fallen sword. She then picks him up, and drops him onto his back.

Devils Never Cry (Music Box)

Edge then watches helplessly as Cursa stabs Dante with his own sword, and listens to his screams of agony. She then rips the sword out, and tosses it to the side. Dante's screams die down, and his eyes close. Edge can only crawl to the fallen Devil Slayer, and lay her head on his chest. No heartbeat. She squeezes her own eyes shut, fighting back tears. She hugs Dante's body close, feeling her heart shatter, but her grief is quickly replaced with rage. Her eyes open, and she stares straight into Cursa's eyes. She lets out a cry, and runs toward her enemy in a frenzy. Cursa flinches as she feels the fury coming from her. Edge slashes and slashes at Cursa, fighting with the rage of 1 million exploding stars, but it's not enough. Eventually, her anger turns into despair, and she crumples to the ground stabbing her sword into the void. Tears stream down her face and soak his chest, but she keeps going. She raises her sword, and prepares to unleash a last devastating blow... Her last chance... And it fails. Edge misses, and is swatted away by Cursa.