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"ALL MIGHT"

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Chapter 8

Into the nightmare

The month had gone by and Izuku was fully healed and ready to take on Urizen again after his loss. When Izuku was training he noticed he absorbed Urizen demonic energy given him some of his powers, so he focused on getting stronger and increased his control of OFA to 55% because he focused more on his demonic powers.

REDGRAVE CITY

The city had been evacuated and demons roamed the streets. The pro heroes had put up a blockade to keep the demons from leaving the city after the incident had become serious, All Might was also there keeping some demons away from the blockade. He managed to get Izuku and Nico through and wished them luck as they drove into the city, he also told Izuku to call if he need any help.

On their way they encountered some lesser demons that Nico just ran over with the van, as they got to the bridge they saw some solders still shooting at the demons as they killed them one by one until Izuku intervened and destroyed all of them.

They made their way further into the city as they hit a roadblock where Izuku told Nico to find another way as he went on foot to find V who stayed to gather information. Izuku had gotten to the local church when a van came flying at him. Izuku jumped into the the door of the flying van as it hit the ground and crashed against a wall, but Izuku kicked the door opened and came out without any injuries.

"Somebody call a doctor" Izuku said as he got out of the van and saw a tree behind the church building.

"Human... I wasn't expecting any survivors" said a colossal demons on the roof of the building as it jumped do and crushed the van and looked around for Izuku.

"Well sorry to disappoint ya. Hey you wouldn't happen to see a guy around here, he uses a cane I was suppose to meet him, did you eat him?" Izuku asked as the demon as it turned around and saw him on a destroyed building.

"You... your blood will be a very precious sacrifice... eating you will do me no good. I will have every last drop of your blood so I can rule the underworld as king... descendant of Sparda" the demon said as it swung its fist at Izuku who jumped out the way and landed on another building with his legs crossed.

"King? You?. I don't know, I mean you are a big guy and all but you seem more like a knuckle- scrapping fart in the wind than anything else... no offense" Izuku said to the demon.

"Puny human... do you know who I am? I shall show you the wrath of the mighty GOLIATH" Goliath said as it sent his foot at Izuku and continued swinging its arm destroying the building he was on.

It turned around and saw Izuku standing there, it started to pick up the debris around him as its stomach opened up revealing a red liquid substance as it started putting the debris in it. When it had finished it's stomach started getting bigger as it fired a massive fireball at Izuku who dodged it.

"Hey cool trick, do you do parties" Izuku said.

"You'll be sorry for this" Goliath said.

"Yeah maybe I will be sorry... sorry I'm about to kill you" Izuku said as Goliath roared and charged at him.

Izuku ran at Goliath and sent an electrified fist at it that pushed it back. Goliath got up and swung at Izuku who then jumped in the air and landed on its shoulder and punched it in the face. Izuku got of its shoulder as it tried to grab him, Goliath then charged at Izuku in blind rage as it then punched the ground sending them crashing below. Izuku landed on his feet and saw Goliath had landed face, he then charged at Goliath and punched it four times and did a spinning roundhouse kick that sent Goliaths face into the column destroying it.

Goliath struggled to get up as Izuku jumped and gave it a massive axe kick that dazed it as it raised its head and glared at Izuku. Goliath roared in frustration as it then fired a massive beam of fire hoping to bury Izuku under the building but Izuku got out of the place as it collapsed, Goliath noticed this and jumped out after Izuku. As Goliath was in the air Izuku jumped and gave it an uppercut that sent it back as it crashed into the ground, Izuku then grabbed Goliaths tail and spinned as he threw it into the remains of the church building as the debris fell on Goliath.

"I must not be defeated in a place like... by you of all things" Goliath said as it got up. "The fruit... will be mine... not his... I will rule the underworld" Goliath said as it looked at Izuku who brought out his gun to finish off the demon. Izuku then noticed Griffon flying and distracting the demon as it tried to chase it off.

"I curse my stars in bitter grief and woe. That made my love so high and me, so low" said V as he walked out behind Izuku who turned around to see him.

V then pointed his cane as a black mist surrounded the handle, from the most came a black panther the charged at Goliath turning its body into a blade cutting it on the stomach causing Goliath to fall on the ground.

"Why... why are you...?" Goliath asked as it looked as V and saw him walking towards it.

"Little wanderer hie the home" V said as he stabbed the demon with the bottom of his cane killing it as its body disintegrated.

"I was thinking I had to pick you out of his tummy teeth" Izuku said.

"Pardon my delay, I was catching up on some reading" V said holding his book.

"Yeah looks like a real page turner" Izuku said as he noticed the small tree dry up and fall apart as he saw the massive one in the distance. "Do you think Dante is still in there?" Izuku asked looking at the tree.

"If Urizen defeated him, then I expect he's not more than Qliphoth pollen by now" V said as Izuku looked at him confused.

"A what...?" Izuku asked.

"Qliphoth, it's a tree that grows in the underworld. It thrives on human blood and those whose blood it sucks, well..." V said as he pointed at the people whose remains were frozen in stone " let's just say they don't turn out too well".

"We need to find out. If he's alive he probably injured right now so we need to save him" Izuku said as he started walking away until V stopped him.

"Wait, first we need to exterminate some Qliphoth roots" V said as his panther walked towards him which made is move back a little and saw Griffon landing on V's shoulder.

"V... what the hell are you?" Izuku asked as V smiled at the question.

They turned around and saw Nico who just arrived in the van. "I know I'm late, so shut it" Nico said from the window before looking at V.

"So you must be V huh, you don't look like much" Nico said as she looked at the ground and saw Goliath horn near V. "Hey can you toss me that right there" she said pointing at the horn on the ground before V used his cane to hit it towards her.

"I'm going to make something amazing out of this, so how's it going Nero, find anything on Dante" she said.

"Nope I'm going to head towards the tree maybe he there" Izuku said.

"We are going to spilt into two groups so we can cover more ground. Nero and Nico head towards tree and deal with any roots you come across, I'll do head west and take care of any roots I find" V said.

"Sounds like an excellent plan, lets do it" Izuku said as he got into the van.

Izuku and Nico drove further into the city as V went his own way. They arrived at a ruined library as Izuku sensed a root inside and got out and walked into the library to destroy it. Izuku arrived after fighting a few demons that he destroyed and found the root, he walked towards it when he felt he was alone.

Izuku turned back and saw an angelic looking demon with six wings and scaly skin, it had a mermaid tail with a humanoid upper body.

The demon fired lazers from it wings causing Izuku to jump back and bring out his gun as he fired at the demon who veered to the left and flew fast to avoid more bullets Izuku fired. It then fired more lazers at Izuku who jumped to the columns as it fired some explosive things at him as they hit the column exploding as Izuku jumped towards the ground and kick the last one away from him.

"So no chitchat or monologue, just getting right to the point huh?" Izuku said as he pointed his gun at the demon.

The demon opened the appendages around its head and screech at Izuku.

"Artemis" The demon said as it fired more lazers at Izuku.

Izuku jumped in the air and fired more bullets from his gun as Artemis avoided them, he then activated his devil bringer and sent an ethereal arm at the demon but it avoided it and fired more lazers at him. Izuku then teleported behind the demon and cut off part of its wings as it screeched in pain before hitting him sending him backwards, Izuku landed and charged at the demon at full speed and used his sword to deflect the lazers it fired at him and used his arm to punch it to the ground.

Izuku landed and went for the head as he stabbed his sword and revved it up burning the demon slowly before he decided to stop and used his sword to slam it into the ground hard. The demon got up to fly away but Izuku cut the lower half of the demon and saw something inside it, the demon the shot more lazers and explosive at Izuku who was jumped on the columns and avoided the lazers as he jumped towards the demon and delivered the final slash as it screeched and stopped moving.

Izuku noticed someone fall out of the demon as he jumped in the air and caught the person revealed to be Lady who was covered in slime and was naked.

"What happened to you lady" Izuku said to himself seeing she was unconscious.

"Nero are you all right" Nico said as she came in and saw Izuku holding Lady in his arms.

"Seriously dude we have a mission and here you are copping a feel on Lady, I'm so telling Ochako, your mom and Kyrie" said Nico as she walked over to the demon corpse and picked up a orb before looking back at who had a surprised look on his face.

"I'm joking... so loosen up your jock strap and don't do anything I wouldn't do" Nico said as she went back to the van.

"Man if they saw this I'll be in for a world of hurt" Izuku said as he picked her up and walked to the van.

WITH V

The mysterious one and his familiar were currently walking through a small passage.

"So V. You think this kid can kill Urizen?" asked Griffon.

"One can only hope" said V as the entrance he came in with collapsed. "But for now, we have more... pressing engagement" V said as he continued to walk on.

He and Griffon continued on their way as they encountered some lesser demons that he destroyed until he arrived under a structure housing a demon that sent a plant like tentacle at him causing him to jump back.

"You dodged me! Did you dodge me?" said the demon as it came out of the roots under the structure.

"Uh NIDHOGG. Never like this guy" said Griffon as he landed on V's shoulder.

"You pest. Do I know you?" said Nidhogg.

"This guy is as dumb as a box of rocks. Let's not even mess with this guy V, he can't even leave the Qliphoth anyway, he's just a parasite" said Griffon.

"Did you insult me? You insulted me" said an angry Nidhogg.

"Uh-oh, I think he heard me and now he's angry" said Griffon as Nidhogg sent a root at V which he dodged.

"I'm going to kill you" said Nidhogg as V turned to face him.

"Not in this lifetime. As the air to bird or the sea to a fish. So is contempt to the contemptible" said V as he got ready to fight as he summoned the panther Shadow.

"You use de-de-demons...? But... you... human" said Nidhogg as he sent some roots at V that was blasted by lightning from Griffon as Shadow cut through the other ones.

"If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise" V said as Griffon continued to shoot lightning at Nidhogg and his roots.

"Meaning don't try to think too much shithead" said Griffon as he dodged a root sent at him.

Nidhogg then charged at V with the intention of cutting him but he jumped out of the way and hit him with his cane as Shadow turned into a long spear and stabbed Nidhogg who screamed out in pain.

"See even the big bad kitty knows you have shit for brains" Griffon said insulting Nidhogg as he got angry and started lashing out.

Nidhogg tried to hit Griffon but he summoned lightning from his wings and hit Nidhogg resulting in him losing an arm.

"This dimwit wants to be all high and mighty. Strike him down V" Griffon said as Shadow then pinned Nidhogg to the root he came out from as V jumped and stabbed Nidhogg in the head killing him.

The root began to crumble as Nidhogg disintegrated and died, when the roots finally disappeared V and Griffon saw a giant demon that turned to face them as the roots disappeared.

"Okay, um, alright that's not good at all" Griffon said as V turned around and started to leave. "Hey whe- where are you going? Are you running away?" Griffon said to V who turned and looked at him pointing at the demon.

"I'm afraid that...that's a little bit more that I can take on right now" V said as he kept on walking away.

The demon then started shooting at V who started running as fast as he could dodging the blasts. As he kept on running the blast hit the ground in front of him as he fell through the hole it caused, as he got up saw some roots underground as well as he began to destroy them and find his way out.

V made his way out and arrived at a destroyed area where he saw a giant chicken like demon with a figure on its back talking to another demon on a demonic horse.

"Malphas... of course more trouble" Griffon said as he saw Malphas and looked at the other one it was talking to. "Not sure about that one though. Never seen him before not in the underworld anyway-" Griffon said as V used his cane to pin him to the wall silencing him as he was listening to what they were talking about.

"Search for the devil sword Sparda. You know where it is... he told me to leave it be but it still concerns me. As long as there is a blood descendant of Sparda... I cannot take any chances, do you understand?" Malphas said to the demon who was silent. "Find it and destroy it, only then will his reign be truly realized" Malphas said as she opened a portal and walked into it.

After Malphas left V made his presence know to the demon on the horse as it turned to face him as it got its weapon ready.

"I see. I know what you are. Don't worry, I'll be gentle" V said as he summoned Shadow and Griffon came out behind him.

The demon charges at V who jumped out of the way as Griffon started shooting lightning at it but it was deflected as it now focused on Griffon. Shadow turned into a buzz saw and straight for the demon but it knocked it back with its electrified sword.

"Weak, powerless creatures" the demon said as it continued to block more lightning blasts from Griffon.

"Well what do you know it can talk. V you got a comeback for that" Griffon said as he dodged a slash from the demon.

"One thought fills immensity..." V said as he interrupted by Griffon. "This is not the time for poetry, do something now asshole" Griffon screamed at V.

"Where there's a will, there's a way... now let's take care of this" V said as it demon shot lightning at him as Griffon lifted him into the air to avoid the hit.

When he landed the horse slowed down time as it moved faster to kill V but he saw through it as dodged the attack. "The power to slow down time, now that's quite a horse" V said as he was breathing heavily.

"But that means it's a Greyon. I thought Dante killed the last one already" Griffon said surprised.

"A rare species, not quite extinct. Until today that is" V said as he ran towards the Greyon as Shadow came from behind the demons and cut it on its shoulder and Griffon who hit the horse with a more powerful blast as the horse fell on it knees.

V then jumped right at the horse and stabbed it in its throat as it tried to shake him off but couldn't as he drove his cane deeper into it killing it as the demon riding it was knocked off.

V got up and saw the other one getting up as well as it ran away from him. As V was chasing it he fell on his knees as he was exhausted after the fight.

"V, you okay?" Griffon asked as he flew near him.

"I'm fine... I must chase him. If the devil sword Sparda is still out there, it may very well be our only hope" V said as he got up.

"Uh V think about this for a moment, What will you do if you find it. You have to be strong in mind and body to wield the Sparda and you sir are neither, the sword will be too much for you to handle" Griffon said.

"For me yes, but not for Nero" V said as he noticed a horn from the demon horse as he walked over to pick it up and gave it a small inspection. "Let's go, once we are near the Sparda, even I should be able to sense it's presence" V said as he left to find Izuku.

WITH IZUKU

Izuku and Nico were currently in the van as they were waiting for Lady to wake up as they laid her down.

"Well, she ain't dead. Got a pretty smoking body though" Nico said as Izuku looked at her with his eyebrows raised. "Look just go do your thing I got this". Nico said as Izuku got up when the van began to shake as they both went to the window to see what was causing it.

"What the hell is that" Izuku said as he saw the giant demon that attacked V earlier as it spotted the van. "Whoa... he's too big to leave alone. I better take care of it, stay alert" Izuku said as he walked out of the van to fight the demon.

The demon began firing at Izuku who was running and dodging the blasts, he then jump to the side of a building and jumped over the demon as he lured it away from the van. Izuku analyzed the armored demon looking for any weak spots as it jumped into the shipyard to meet Izuku, as it landed Izuku noticed one weak spot that was heavily covered in armored .

As the demon saw Izuku it began firing blasts at him, he quickly ran towards it and used his ethereal arm to grab the leg and trip it causing the weak spot to be exposed. He ran towards it to kill it but the demon quickly covered its body with spikes as Izuku was about to hit it causing him to jump back. The demon got up and kept on firing at Izuku who was deflecting the blast with his sword and firing his gun at the head of the demon, Izuku jumped on one of the ships there and fired a charged shot at it causing an explosion that Izuku used to go for the weak spot again but was unsuccessful as the demon began firing again as he landed on its back activating its spikes once more.

Izuku then used his ethereal arm to hold onto the demon as it tried to shake it off, as it was distracted both Izuku and it demon fail to notice the ground giving out. As the ground broke the demon lost its footing as it was sent crashing into one of the ships as Izuku jumped off it and landed near the destroyed ground and saw V and Griffon in the hole.

"What are you guys doing down there" Izuku asked.

"What no thank you. You think you brought it down all by yourself pretty boy" Griffon said mocking Izuku.

"You know maybe I should let Nico cook you up, I bet you taste like chicken" Izuku said to Griffon.

"Wha... why you ungrateful son of a-" Griffon said as he was interrupted by V. "We'll leave the rest to you, we must be going now" V said as he left with Griffon.

Izuku turned his attention back to the demon that was struggling to get up, he walked over to the soft spot and started punching it before he stabbed it with his blade kill it. As he was leaving Izuku picked up a piece of the demon to give to Nico seeing as she was working on a special project for herself, he arrived at the van and found Lady who was awake.

"Hey glad to see you're awake, how are you feeling" Izuku asked as he sat down.

"Fine, a little woozy but I'm fine" Lady said to Izuku as she knew what he was going to ask.

"What happened to him and Trish? Did they end up like you?" Izuku asked.

"Trish was captured I remember that, but I don't know what happened to Dante" Lady said sadly.

"Dammit I can believe this, I know he's out there somewhere" Izuku said as V opened the door and walked into the van.

"You can't travel through here with the van" V said to Izuku.

"Yeah we know we were just waiting for you. We'll head to the tree, Nico find another way to meet up with us okay, for now get some rest you need it" Izuku said as he picked up his sword and left the van.

"Here this if for you if you have any need for it" V said as he gave Nico the horn from the Greyon as he left with Izuku.

Izuku and V went underground as they made their way to the tree, they encountered a few demons but were stopped by an armored demon that bared resemblance to Nelo Angelo that was followed by four other demons. As they were fighting their surroundings began to shake as it broke off and was heading towards a cliff, they defeated them and jumped off in time as the platform reached the cliff.

"Took us long enough to get here hope you ain't tired already" Izuku said as he saw the giant tree but V was looking at the house on the other side.

"I just remember something, this town was attacked once before. I was here... I can still see it, that was the house I used to play in" V said as he pointed at the house that was surrounded with roots.

"This is where we must part ways. You go ahead" V said.

"Well you're going to miss all the fun" Izuku said as he noticed a horn sound coming from behind him. He turned around and saw Nico coming down with the van as she immediately stopped right in front of him.

"How the hell did you get down here" Izuku asked as he was surprised she got the van down her with them.

"You do know that my quirk allows me to make things quickly as long as I have all the components for it right, so I just built a drill and well you know the rest" Nico said as she got out of the van.

"Oh yeah completely forgot about that" Izuku said as he then turned to V. "So what's your plan for this V" Izuku asked.

"I'm going to seek out the devil sword Sparda" V said as Izuku looked at him with surprise.

"What, I don't think that's a good idea trust me" Izuku said slightly worried.

"You're not the only one who thinks so but to win this fight we need all the help we can get" V said as he started walking away.

"Wait, if you're going to look for it then you need to move fast" Izuku said as he walked to the back of the van and unhooked his bike as he rolled it towards V. "You know how to ride one of these" Izuku asked.

"Yes I do, it'll be much better that walking all the way to find it" V said as he mounted the bike.

"Good, if anything happens to it you are going to pay big time" Izuku said as V smiled and drove off.

"Well Nico let's got its time for some payback" Izuku said as he got in the van and made his way to Urizen for another showdown.

URIZENS THRONE ROOM

Izuku had arrived as he defeated all the demons in the tree and finally stood face to face with Urizen who was sitting on his throne.

"Hey douchebag, you miss me" Izuku said as he walked up to Urizen looking around.

"You've come here to die" Urizen said to Izuku.

"Look at that he talks. Urizen huh, I guess your parents didn't like you much cause your name sucks" Izuku said to him.

"That is not my name. I see no reason to tell it to one who is about to perish, I am power absolute." Urizen said as he narrowed his eyes at Izuku.

"Well then... I'll be sure to put that on your tombstone" Izuku said as he held his sword revving it.

"You will suffer... and die" Urizen said as he raised his hand and shot a fireball at Izuku.

Izuku quickly cut the fireball and ran at Urizen who pushed him back with an invisible force, Izuku quickly recovered from that and teleported in front of him as he raised his sword to cut him but was blocked by that crystal. Izuku jumped back as it turned into spikes and saw Urizen preparing to fire a light beam at him, he quickly jumped in the air and fired multiple small beams from his arm that he activated quickly at Urizen who deactivated his own to block. Izuku quickly teleported to his chest and gave him a deep slash that Urizen was too late to block as he screamed in pain causing Izuku to jump away from him.

"This is the second time I've wounded you, it seems you didn't learn from our first encounter" Izuku said as Urizen glared at him.

"You weak mortal, you may have demon powers coursing through your veins but you are weak compared to me. How dare you strike me and draw my blood" Urizen said as he got up from his throne as the pool of blood around him began to rise as the room began to shake.

"What the hell is going on" Izuku said to himself as he saw the area opening up as Urizen got up.

"You will regret being born human... I will show you your worst nightmare. I will give you... despair and death" Urizen said as the wound on him closed as he walked towards Izuku.

Izuku quickly channeled OFA as roots burst from the ground to grab him, he quickly charges at Urizen who used his tentacles to knock him back as one wrapped around him leg as he began slamming Izuku into the ground. Izuku cut the tentacle and fired charged shots at Urizen who fired light beams to counter the bullets, Izuku quickly increased OFA to 30% as he moved faster and cut Urizen in the shoulder who then punched Izuku as he brought up his sword to block but it didn't lessen the impact as he was sent flying back.

Urizen then fired a little beam at Izuku who was still in the air that hit him and made him crash into the ground hard, a tentacle wrapped around Izuku and pulled him towards Urizen who then punched him and shot a fireball that exploded as it hit Izuku. Izuku got up and was bleeding as his trench coat and shirt had be burnt by the explosion, he also noticed his sword had been knocked out of hand as he looked at Urizen who was grinning like a madman.

Izuku brought his OFA power to his maximum output 55% as he green lightning danced around his body. He ran at Urizen who was not expecting this type of speed as he decked him it face twice and gave him an uppercut that took him of the ground as he fell on his back, Izuku still in the air used his demonic energy to lunch himself at Urizen and he landed a very powerful punch in his stomach. As he punched him a tentacle slapped Izuku away as Urizen got back on his feet as he spat blood from his mouth which Izuku smiled at, Izuku then started charging his devil bringer with his demonic energy and OFA at 100% as he prepared to flick his finger.

"Try this on for size Delaware Bringer Smash" Izuku said as he flicked his finger releasing a more powerful shot of energy from his hand as it moved fast towards Urizen.

Urizen put all his tentacles and used all his Might to stop the blasts but was unsuccessful as it exploded as it came in contact with him sending him crashing in his throne. Izuku ignored his broken finger and ran towards the Urizen as he jumped in the air and crooked his arm as he focused OFA 100% and his demonic energy into his devil bringer as it began to glow blue as green lightning surrounded it.

"I'm not finished with you yet One for All 100% Destruction Fist" Izuku yelled as he punched Urizen with all his might causing the entire room to shake as the ground beneath Urizen was destroyed from the force of the punch as it hit him causing him to cough up a lot of blood.

Izuku who was on top Urizen suffered a heavy backlash from the punch as his arm was broken and his skin was purple as blood covered part of him arm. He looked at the defeated Urizen and jumped off him holding his broken arm as he went to pick up his sword to finish him once and for all. Izuku failed to noticed that Urizen's tentacle had crawled into the pool of blood and started absorbing it as his wounds began to heal, he opened his eyes and glared at Izuku with rage and hatred as he stood up.

Izuku turned around and was shocked that Urizen injuries had healed and he was on his feet again. Urizen then fired multiple light beams at Izuku who couldn't react in time as they came from all directions, as the beams hit Izuku he was sent flying back as he crashed into the ground as Urizen's tentacles grabbed him and lifted him off the ground.

"I told you that you are merely human, that you are weak" Urizen said as the tentacles began to squeeze Izuku causing him to scream.

Suddenly a blur flew down and cut the tentacles in an explosion of red energy causing Urizen to shield his eyes.

"Who dares interferes?" Urizen asked as a figure rose from the dust from the explosion

The figure was a demon with two pairs of wings and had a long horn on its head. The body was a combination of metal and black demonic stone, the chest and head glowed with incandescent orange as its entire body was wreathed with demonic flames.

"Dante" Urizen said as it looked at Dante with narrowed eyes as he was hovering in front of Urizen.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHORS NOTES: ok sorry it took a while to update I've been busy with school work. This is the first half for DMC 5 I couldn't put everything in one chapter it's just too freaking long so enjoy and tell me what you think I'll be working on the next chapter real soon and also I'll try and come up with a name for Nicos quirk. I found it strange that she was able to build stuff very fast in the game so I made that her powers here so please enjoy and tell me that you think peace out suckers.