Dante slashes and slashes, but it's not enough. Vergil keeps on dodging and dodging. Dante's red coat is tearing, his black jeans ripped, and his feet burning in his black sneakers. He slashes one final time, and Vergil blocks with the Yamato. "You're uncoordinated." He says before kicking Dante's stomach. "You never watch your enemy." He hits Dante's face with the bottom of his sword. Dante falls, and Vergil stomps on his chest. "And that, is only one of the things that make you weak." He kicks Dante before continuing. "I could go on and on about how superior I am to you. But I won't. Because I think you already get the message. You just don't wanna believe it." Dante chuckles weakly. "Big talk for a small fry." "That doesn't even make sense." "Didn't need to." Dante sweep's Vergil's legs and he jumps in an attempt to dodge. This is exactly what Dante planned. He kicks Vergil in midair, and flips to his feet. He reaches down and claims his Rebellion sword before parrying a slash from Vergil. "There's always room for improvement. I think we can start now." They dance around each other in the rain, their swords clashing loudly as lightning strikes and thunder rolls over them. The fight was going poorly at first, but they quickly began to gain ground. Dante blocks and parries, and Vergil does the same. Evenly matched in every way. Dante and Vergil grunt before slashing at eachother again. One's hit, of course, is blocked by the other's respective sword. "I won't ask you again Dante. Give me the amulet. Now." "Seems more like a demand." "Ask, demand, all the same as long as you get the MESSAGE!!!" Vergil kicks Dante to the ground, and brings his foot down on Dante's wrist. Dante drops his sword from the pain, and Vergil notices. "It ends now brother. Though it pains me that it has to end like this." He picks Rebellion up off the ground and holds it to Dante's chest. "But it's fine. I guess it goes to show that you can only really rely on yourself." He says before finally Stabbing Dante with his own sword. Dante screams in agony as the sword slowly enters his chest. The scream dies down, and he closes his eyes. Vergil fidgets through Dante's pocket before smirking. The idiot actually brought it. He takes out Dante's half of the Perfect Amulet, and takes out his own. The two halves float in the air before fusing together, and opening a gateway to a world of black ruin. Vergil sheathes the Yamato and looks back to his brother's body. "It's been fun Dante. See ya." He walks through the portal, and takes the amulets with him. The portal closes, leaving Dante, on the ground, with a sword in his chest. Suddenly, the sword starts to glow red. A crimson glowing crack appears through it's blade, and the screaming Rabbid on the crossguard slowly shifts into a screaming demon. Dante's body starts to glow red as well. A fire starts on his chest, stemming from where the sword went in. The fire burns 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 ears turned to stone horns 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 his body rose and rose. Finally, he screams as wings sprout from his back.


Dante's eyes shoot open, revealing nothing but fire orange, he screams as his body rises and rises. He transforms into his Devil Trigger form, but doesn't stop there.

Time Judged All

The maroon muscle turns pitch black, his horns grow even longer, his spiked stone hair turns black and glowing orange at the tips, he sprouts a second set of wings while the first set grows to massive size, the spikes on his shoulders grow and grow, and turn orange at the tips, His red arms turn black, and the lava inside glows even brighter than before. His sword flies to its master, and transforms as well. An orange crack runs through the blade as it's covered in a tar like substance. The substance hardens, and more orange cracks open throughout. The Rabbid head crossguard transforms into a much more demonic form with lava flowing from the eyes and mouth. The bone hilt transforms into a hilt of black steel as the pommel grows into a spike that opens into multiple spikes. Dante looks toward Cursa, and roars animalistically as Edge looks on, shocked at the turn of events. The rest of the group starts to awaken, and they witness the birth, of the Sin Devil Trigger. Dante flies toward Cursa and slashes at her, and then the two go at it again. He stabs at her body, causing her to stagger backward. She grunts, and transforms into her arachnid form again. She roars, and Dante scoffs before shooting a blast of fire from his mouth!!! Cursa staggers back, using her front legs to block the fire, but it's not enough this time. Dante flies toward her and thrusts his sword right between her eyes. He pushes forward, and slices Cursa in half!!!! The halves are sent flying, and Dante lands, transforming back into a Rabbid. The group walks up to him, and He turns slowly.

Stop

"Is it... you?" Edge asks hesitant to believe that Dante had returned from the dead. Dante waites for a moment before chuckling. "Who else?" he replies as before Edge wraps him in a hug. "Woah!! This is new!!" He says chuckling as Edge jokingly punches his shoulder. "Don't do that again." Edge states shifting her tone. "...Do what again?" Rabbid Luigi asks. "He make it look like he died." "Look like? I felt dead!!" Dante says laughing. Edge simply smiles. The group suddenly hears a groan of pain. Cursa's severed left half groans in agony before speaking weakly. "You think you've won? I am not so easily defeated." Everyone aims their respective ranged weapon at Cursa. "Wanna bet on it?" Dante asks. Cursa's left half laughs before coughing. "My master will not stand for this." And on cue, 3 red glowing orbs apoeared in the sky. "Oh look. There he is now." But Mundus' eyes did not pay any mind to Cursa's body. They only looked to her head. "Fine then..." Mundus stated before the inside of Cursa's head started to glow. "Wait, master, wait!!!" But Cursa's pleas fell on deaf ears as Mundus slowly, and agonizingly ripped a sword from her head as she screamed in pain. "I knew it..." Vergil started. "Knew what?" Princess Peach inquired. "That's the sword of our father, The Black Knight Sparda. The Force Edge. And Mundus used it to power a dying shell. The ultimate insult to its great power." The world reappeared around them. Cursa's corpse disappeared, and the group was legt standing in the cathedral in front of a floating sword, and a statue. "I don't need her anymore. I finally have you. And now, I make my return!!!" The statue shouted before blasting Dante and Vergil with red and blue energy again. But this time, all of the Devil Arms flowed from their bodies, into the statue. And the brothers fell unconscious once again. The remaining group covered their eyes as a blinding light shone from the Force Edge.


Dive into the Heart

Dante's eyes opened, and he saw that he was still in the cathedral. He jumped onto his feet and looked around. He sees Mundus' statue and growls. "Where are they Mundus!!!??" He shouts angrily. "Look above you." Mundus says chuckling. Dante turns around, and looks up to see all of his allies on the ceiling, manacled by their wrists. "No!!! Let them down Mundus!!!" Dante commands. "You are in no position to be giving orders, Devil Slayer. I am in control. You blink, they all die." Dante grunts. "You-" Mundus' 3 eyes glow red, and beams of light shoot from them, piercing Dante. The captured group gasps, and Vergil grunts. Dante groans and staggers from the attack. "Fool! So sad that mortals will always be mortals, no more. Has the Sparda blood been spoiled over the ages? Now die!" Mundus said chuckling as his eyes glow orange. He fires a beam from his eyes, but at the last moment, Edge releases herself from the manacles, and takes the hit!!! She's sent sliding across the Cathedral as Dante runs after her. He kneels beside her, grabs her hand, and squeezes it tightly. Nothing. He can't feel anything. No pulse, nothing. Dante slowly turns to Mundus with rage in his eyes and walks toward him, consumed in rage. He stops and glares at the statue of the demon king. "What is this? Love? Pitiful. How about I do you a favor and end your miserable existence?" Mundus fires another beam, but before it can hit Dante, it bounces off his head!!! "WHAT?!!?!" "How long are you gonna keep zapping?!" Dante says before his expression contorts to one of pure bloodlust. "SHOW YOURSELF MUNDUS!!!!!!" "...As you wish." The cathedral starts to shake, and the statue begins to crack. Mundus roars as his true form is revealed. Angelic, perfect, snd without flaw. Dusgusting. With a single gesture, his wings unfold, and the world fades again. Dante must face Mundus in his playing field. Hell. Dante looks around. No one is here. No one can help him now. He must finish this fight alone. But that's fine.

"You're scared Devil Slayer." Mundus speaks up. "You're afraid that all taht you've worked for would be for nothing." "Why Cursa?" "Her?" Mundus laughs. "She was only a pawn. When I found her, floating in space, dead, she was nothing. And she still is. She was simply used as a vessel to protect the Force Edge sword while it gathered its power. I gave her the gift of revenge simply because I had her in my possession. Nothing more. You and your allies were brought here because I knew that you were the only ones who could claim the Devil Arms. Nero Angelo was used because I wanted to show you what will happen to you after this very confrontation. You and your allies will be enslaved, nothing but mindless puppets suffering as I wish."

"SILENCE!!!!!"

Dante fires up his Sin Devil Trigger, and prepares for the final battle.