Disclaimer: Evangelion is not mine, I believe that belongs to a guy named
Hideaki Anno, a studio named GAINAX and Production I.G, as well as being
owned by ADV Films, and Manga Entertainment. Devil May Cry isn't mine
either, as that game belongs to Capcom, the creator of so many great games
that I'm a fan of. I owned any of them, I would have made End Of Evangelion
something like this...
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Once again, the people demanded Dante action...they will get it! I was surprised that a lot of you wanted to see Nerv have an advantage against SEELE so this damned thing called Third Impact doesn't happen and a lot of innocents won't die. I can assure you that won't happen in neither this or especially 'COE'. I'm one of those good hearted authors with a good conscience and only want to satisfy the readers. So that means that one thing will be certain...IT WILL BE THE BAD GUYS WILL PAY FOR SURE! (Bwwaa- haaa-haaa!)
However, to anyone who has never played or understood the game or the battle aspects of Devil May Cry, I'm going to be nice to you and explain some more of Dante and what moves you can expect. The battle system, which incorporates the element of some of my favorite fighting games like Capcom vs. SNK, King of Fighters, (owned by the almighty SNK. Prepare for their return!) and the Street Fighter series and elements of another game from Capcom, namely Resident Evil. Mix this all up, add a bit of heavily laced flavor of bad-ass, and you got some of Dante's special moves list, which I'll take the time to show to you. (Actually, there are what may be used in this fic. I'm just going to list the strongest moves for Dante and may even throw in some moves from part two as well. Anyone who notices anything missing, can tell me.)
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Alastor: The lightning element sword. Fast and gives the user flying capabilities when in DT (Devil Trigger) mode. It has moderate power. The skills in order of usefulness are-
Air Raid: This enables our bad ass hero to transform, so that Dante blasts electric ribbons at his foes. It also enables Dante to hover in the air for the time that Devil Trigger is still active.
Stinger Level 2: An enhanced version of Level 1, obviously, except Dante responds to it with more distance and stabs the enemy with stronger, death- defying power.
Roundtrip: The Round Trip proves to be Dante's best Alastor skill. It enables Dante to hurl his sword at an enemy like a boomerang and slice the enemy for multiple hits before returning to Dante. How long it stays out of his possession depends on how long he has taken to charge it. To amplify damage, Dante can use his guns while the Round Trip attack slices gleefully through an enemy's body.
Vortex Level 2: In Dante's Devil Trigger state, he'll jump into the air while facing his foes. By doing this, Dante throws himself toward his foes like a cannonball for mega damage. At times, when he is outnumbered by enemies, he can use this skill to scatter them like roaches.
Air Hike: Air Hike enables Dante to reach even greater heights his regular kick jump could not. Dante creates a red, rimmed platform and hoists himself from there to a greater height.
Ifrit: The Ifrit gauntlets display strength greater than that of the Alastor in some ways. It replaces Dante's swordsmanship with some crazy martial art skills. Its shortcomings are that its attacks are slow and does not have the wide range the Alastor had. Some enemies may be susceptible to Ifrit, but some are impervious to it.
Magma Drive: The Magma Drive works like High Time with the swords. Dante connects with the enemy with a high uppercut, sending them into the air. At this time, Dante can pull out his guns and juggle his victim in the air, followed by some other twisted combos Ifrit is capable of.
Kick 13-Level 1: Kick 13 is a derivation of the Stinger. It works the same way, except Dante charges forward with a low kick. It sends enemies flying if used at the right time. The first level of this skill isn't too effective since Dante skids a VERY short range (like two feet) in front of him. Level 2 is a big improvement and is more destructive.
Kick 13-Level 2: Level 1 with a finishing touch. This enhanced version allows Dante to pierce through an enemy from a much farther distance. Simply said--it's a fire kick version of the Stinger.
Meteor Level 1: A nifty long-range attack. Fire energy is gathered in the palm of Dante's hands and are released to form a highly concentrated fire attack. While he's in Devil Trigger mode, Dante immediately can pitch huge fire balls at his foes.
Meteor Level 2: Like all Level 2 attacks, Meteor-Level 2 is obviously an enhanced version of the first level. This time, Dante is able to fire multiple masses at the same time with double the strength.
Inferno: The most expensive, yet the most destructive of all the available Ifrit moves Dante can perfect. Inferno is capable of inflicting explosive damage. In Devil Trigger mode and while in the air, Dante speeds toward the ground and plants his fist firmly into the solid earth. The ground will then instantly swell up in a conflagration that surrounds Dante and sets all enemies trapped in it ablaze. Enemies can receive damage continually as long as they are still caught in the raging fire.
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That's about it for now, until I can accurately give out more details of Dante's abilities. I'm starting to sound like a GameFaq, am I? Anyway, here's Chapter 3 of End of Evangelion May Cry. Don't forget to review the chapter, please. But I can already sense you guys wanting to praise me for the following action scenes....
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
End of Evangelion May Cry
Chapter 3: An Angel in Red
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Back in the Central Dogma Command Centre, the emergency alarms had went off, as the enemy forces had been spotted entering Nerv headquarters.
"Daigatake tunnel has been cut off!" a Nerv personnel shouted in the Command centre.
"Invading forces have entered Level 1!" Hyugga said.
"The forces attacking the west side are a decoy!" Misato shouted, then turned to Hyugga. "If their real target is the Evas, they'll be going after the pilots! Have Shinji stand by at EVA-01, quickly!"
"Affirmative!"
"Where's Asuka?" Misato asked.
"In sickroom 303." Shigeru replied.
"Put her into EVA-02 anyway." Misato said seriously only to get a response by Maya.
"But her synchronization with Eva hasn't recovered yet. She's barely conscious." Maya said.
"Yes, but she'll surely be killed if she stays there. The best place to hide her is inside EVA-02. At least she'll be safe there." Misato said, without turning to Maya.
"Understood, ma'am." Maya said, then grabbing a headset, she spoke her order to the other end. "Stop medication to pilot. Prepare her for launch!"
"As soon as Asuka is inside EVA-02, hide it in the underground lake. It'll be found almost immediately, but it's better than leaving it in the cage. Where's Rei?" Misato ordered.
Shigeru spoke. "Unable to locate. Whereabouts unknown."
"They will kill her! Find her now!" Misato said.
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Somewhere else in Nerv, in the deepest, and most restricted area of the base known as Terminal Dogma, a lone, nude female figure in her teens, with pale white skin was emerged in one of the LCL tanks. She seemed to be oblivious to the happenings on the surface, as she had been questioning her own reason for her presence in the first place.
Rei Ayanami is known to Nerv as the First Child, but now only Shinji and Misato have known some truth about her origin, of her being a clone. But of whom (and what) remains a hidden mystery to them, as she had been just another mystery created by Gendou Ikari himself.
Now, Rei had known today was the assigned time when she would perform her tasks for Gendou to initiate Third Impact. She had been in the tanks for an extended period of time now, all that's left is to await Gendou's arrival.
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"Okay, somehow I get the feeling that you boys aren't in the mood to play today." Dante bravely spoke, as he held out his handguns, Ivory and Ebony. The JSSDF troops started to open fire, but Dante simply performed his Flip Escape, evading bullets that only destroyed the wall he leaned back on, then leaping back into the air, he started to fire at his enemies.
The power from Dante's pistons were able to make him defy gravity for as long as he kept firing. And he wasn't even using Alastor or Ifrit...not yet anyway. To the shock and surprise of the JSSDF troops, the bullets from Dante's gun took down five of them, and wounding several others.
After landing, he continued to fire as he walked towards them, because by now the troops were stunned as crap to how a man can take down a number of foes with such ease.
After Dante stopped firing, the remaining troops thought now was their chance to eliminate Dante. Thinking that their new enemy had ran out of ammo, (And everyone of you should know, Dante uses on infinite ammo on his weapons for some strange reason) they set their weapons on the ready once more. Yeah, right, like if they didn't see Dante whipping out a big-ass sword from behind his back that crackled with lightning, they thought they can stand a chance.
"What the...?!" one of the troops shouted in exclamation.
"Say hello to my little friend, Alastor." Dante said, as he attacked with his sword at the troop from his right side with a vertical, left-right, three hit slash combo. The end result was the unfortunate troop had been swiped clean by Dante's sword, then Dante faced his front, counting three troops. He executed his left-right slash move again, but on the third slash this time, he slashed upwards, sending two troops airborne, while the third one was still reloading his gun.
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Author's note: Yeah, all of you must know how this looks. It's everybody's favorite anyway!
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This was a chance to let Dante pull out his pistols once more, then he started firing at the middle troop, whose now lifeless corpse was being kept afloat in the air by Dante's constant gunfire for a few seconds. Then before either the body fell to the ground, or any of the other troops reacted, Dante performed his Stinger L-2 move, thus bursting the almost outnumbering group close to him, and mowing any other row of troops like a high speed freight train.
After he had performed the move, Dante was standing at the other end of the hallway, when he then turned his back only to see more troops coming towards him. From behind, he can see one of them was loading up a missile launcher.
"Geez, you guys never give up, don't you?" Dante smirked, as he heard the sound of a missile being launched. He took out Alastor once more, and just as the missile came at him in unpredictable speeds, he waved the sword in perfect timing, SENDING back the missile back at the troops, which were at the receiving end of the missile.
A loud explosion and cries of troops being burned and incinerated by the fires of the explosion have begun to fill the hallways of Nerv. Dante couldn't care less, he can see that these guys want to kill innocent civilians and destroy everything that can get in their way. The demon hunter simply turned his back to the chaos he has caused, letting the sword drop, but his right foot kicked the hilt back up, letting it spin, then he catches it, returning it back to its holding straps behind his back.
Just then, he heard another set of approaching gunfire. He simply shook his head and turned back to his attackers.
"What? You guys came for more?" Dante said, as he swung his sword playfully.
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"Major, there's someone fighting off the enemy forces!" Maya looked through at the screen on her console. "I don't believe it...he's actually making them pull back!"
"What did you just say?" Misato was confused. (One person...taking on the famous JSSDF? How is this possible?)
"We still have intact video feed of the area. Transferring it to the main monitor." Shigeru said.
At that time, the bridge crew at Central Dogma got a glance of an American male in his late twenties, with white hair and dressed in blood red clothing. (To those who are wondering, I'm using Dante's outfit from the first Devil May Cry. I thinks he looks old in the sequel.) But that wasn't the thing that surprised Misato and everyone else who was watching, the fact that 1) this man was taking on the JSSDF, 2) he is ACTUALLY winning against them using his pair of handguns, a giant sword, and amazing acrobatics and 3) the more troops approaching, the more cooler he looks taking them out.
"Who...or what is that?" Misato exclaimed. (He's not one of our own...Good God, how is he able to swing a sword that big so fast?)
The three famous bridge bunnies were wide-mouthed and couldn't help but kept saying their 'ooohhhs', 'aahhhs' and 'whoas' as Dante continued to watch their savior in red pummel his foes with Alastor. Dante performed his two slash combo, before he performed his High Time move, catching one of the troops, then finishing him off with an aerial barrage of shots while both were still airborne.
As Dante landed, he performed his Flip Escape once more, and when his body had touched the wall, his feet touched the surface as he walked on the wall using his Wall Press move. He ran towards his foes WHILE on the wall before leaping off it, and when he was close enough that he was over their heads, he double jumped using Air Hike, then while the troops fired at him, Dante used his Rain Storm, where pointed his guns downwards at the troops and fired at their heads, while all the while he stayed aloft.
From the Commander's seat, Fuyutsuki spoke to Gendou in a low tone. "Commander, that must be..."
"...Sparda. The son of the Legendary Dark Knight is here trying to upset my plans for Third Impact." Gendou said cooly. (This can complicate things...)
After Dante had landed smack dab in the middle of the cluster of troops, Dante fired his guns at his front, then with an arm behind him, he performed his Twosome Time move, a move which enables him to target simultaneous targets. So, when the JSSDF troop behind Dante's left was getting ready to fire his shotgun at Dante, the demon hunter, who was already focused dealing with the troops in front of him, twisted his right arm under his extended left one, pointing the gun at the troop before he pulled the trigger repeatedly.
He continuously Twosome Timed the troops, left and right, front and back, on one bended knee with a pistol behind him, Dante was clearing the hallways clean of the enemy, while Misato and the others had just started to pick up their jaws from the floor from all the uncanny action and gunplay Dante had shown them.
(Is he here to help us?) Misato thought, then returning her focus to Hyugga, she spoke once more. "Whoever that guy is, he's doing a hell of a job keeping the enemy from even setting foot in the base, but even he can't hold out that long. Get Shinji suited up and station Unit-01 outside the GeoFront."
"We can't! Shinji isn't there!" Shigeru shouted.
"What?!" Misato exclaimed. A smaller screen appeared on the monitor, as a surveillance camera spotted a woman dressed in black with long, blonde hair and armed with two handguns, was fighting troops, while Shinji was hiding closely, hiding his face.
(Now what?) Misato spoke quietly. (Are there two of them fighting against the enemy?)
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Trish had taken down over twenty troops, and she hadn't worn herself out as yet. She had been watching over and protecting Shinji since the invasion began, and she knew that somewhere else, Dante was having a field day taking care of the troops himself.
After firing a few shots that killed three of the troops, she walked over to Shinji, who was still clinging his legs to his face. "Phew, these guys are a bit tougher than I thought. At least we managed to get the other Nerv staff out of the way before any innocent people were killed, right, Shinji?"
Shinji didn't reply, as Trish simply took the young boy's hand. "Come on, we have to get to your Evangelion. These people will probably take this base apart if you don't get out there and fight back. Come on!"
"Please...leave me..." Shinji replied in a quiet tone. "Let me die..."
"Geez, I can see why you're such a wuss all the time. You have no faith in yourself and in what you can do to at least save the people in this place." Trish said. "Listen to me, Shinji...Dante and myself may be saving you guys some time from the enemy, but even he has limits. He can't stop an entire army, or save innocent people, or save the world at the same time. If you just sit there, and more of these troops show up to kill you, or you let Third Impact happen, NO ONE will ever forgive you if you don't pick yourself up and do something about all of this."
"No one cares about how I feel anyway...why should I care what happens to them?" Shinji replied.
"So...you can care less about what happens to your friends, the people who you're suppose to be protecting, even your own life, is that it?" Trish grabbed Shinji at his collar. "What about Asuka? Don't you care what happens to her if you don't so something?"
Shinji looked into Trish's blue eyes. Although they look gentle, he can plainly see that Trish was dead serious. When he considered what Trish told him, he didn't know how to react, the words pierced his mind like a stab to his heart.
"Shinji...if you let Third Impact happen, everyone you ever cared about, the people who you thought that still cared about you, will be gone forever, even me...and Dante" Trish said, with some sadness in her voice. "I, and I'm sure everyone else who agrees, don't want that to happen, and neither does Dante...or Kaji."
Shinji looked up suddenly. "You...know Kaji?"
"He's the reason why we are here today." Trish said. "He told us personally that you of all people need the most help. Shinji...he said to tell you, that Third Impact will mean the end of humanity and basically, you'll lose the one thing that he said he actually cares about...Asuka. Don't you see? If you let Asuka and everyone else he cares die in Third Impact, he'll never forgive you and he only wants what's is the best for her and Misato, as well as the rest of humanity."
(If I don't do anything...I can lose Asuka.) Shinji thought, clenching his fists. (But...what I can do? I can't fight anymore because whenever I fight, I always hurt someone I care about the most. What if I hurt her? Or what if she doesn't want to be even near me?)
Trish looked around, then she let go of Shinji's collar. "Look, you can make up your mind when we get to the cage. Thanks to the intel that Kaji gave me and Dante, we shouldn't be far from it. Come on."
Shinji reliantly got up and followed Trish down the hallway. Again, the young boy returned to his train of thought. (Does everyone think I'm worthless? They think I can save them from Third Impact? What can I do to prove that?)
"You can fight...one last time." Trish said. "If not for yourself, or for others, please at least...for Asuka. You can't keep running away from what you're chosen to do, Shinji. But just this once, make an exception, and fight for what gives you the reason to. If you want to see Asuka once more, then you'd better not pass this up. "
Shinji stopped and thought hard about Trish's words. (She's right...I'm only fooling myself if I continue behaving like this. Everyone's counting on me to protect them, even Asuka. But even if she doesn't need my help, that's alright. I have to protect her, Misato, Ayanami and everyone else who has helped me for so long.)
"If I'm going to fight one last time, I'm going to put out a fight the world will never forget." Shinji said. "I'll do it. I'll fight one last time..."
"Good boy..." Trish smiled, patting Shinji. "You're mother would have been so proud of you to hear that from you."
"Thanks." Shinji said, then stopped for a moment. "You know...you remind me a bit like her."
"Please don't try it, kid. I'm not really into the mother type thing." Trish said, as they entered the elevator.
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"Commander! We're unable to advance! I repeat, unable to advance!" one of the JSSDF troops shouted over the radio to the Division Commander of the JSSDF, who was awaiting with the rest of the division outside Tokyo-3.
"What do you mean?" the Sub-Commander asked.
"There's a man who's taking out our squadrons using a giant sword and only a pair of pistons. So far, the loss on our side is plus two hundred. And we've managed to hit him with some bullets, but he keeps on attacking like nothing ever happened!"
"ONE MAN?!" the Commander replied. "Just who is that?"
"Details unknown, sir....what the...?" the troop had managed to mutter those words just before the sound of a sword being thrown at numerous troops, mowing them and cutting them down as it came close to him, while more gunfire from Dante's handguns killed those both were and weren't in the way of the Round Trip move.
"ARRRRGGHH!" the troop screamed as he was being taken out but another one of Dante's mad skills.
"Dammit, just what kind of person did Nerv pick up that could take on an entire army?" the Sub-Commander asked.
"This means we may have to speed things up. Get the forces ready in their positions, we're going to drop that N2 mine on the base." the Commander said.
"Understood, sir."
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Okay, that seems to be the right place to end this Chapter. I know you guys wanted more Dante and Eva action, but I'm trying to keep enough substance to keep this story going. But I do hope you enjoyed this Chapter, as I had fun writing it. Yeah, I know, I rock. Thanks to whoever who said that in his review for the last Chapter.
So, what to expect in the next Chapter? Well, Asuka awakens only to fight the enemy forces, then the Eva series appear. Then more Dante action as he unleashes the power of Ifrit and Alastor, and Misato meet Trish for the first time. Until the next one.
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Once again, the people demanded Dante action...they will get it! I was surprised that a lot of you wanted to see Nerv have an advantage against SEELE so this damned thing called Third Impact doesn't happen and a lot of innocents won't die. I can assure you that won't happen in neither this or especially 'COE'. I'm one of those good hearted authors with a good conscience and only want to satisfy the readers. So that means that one thing will be certain...IT WILL BE THE BAD GUYS WILL PAY FOR SURE! (Bwwaa- haaa-haaa!)
However, to anyone who has never played or understood the game or the battle aspects of Devil May Cry, I'm going to be nice to you and explain some more of Dante and what moves you can expect. The battle system, which incorporates the element of some of my favorite fighting games like Capcom vs. SNK, King of Fighters, (owned by the almighty SNK. Prepare for their return!) and the Street Fighter series and elements of another game from Capcom, namely Resident Evil. Mix this all up, add a bit of heavily laced flavor of bad-ass, and you got some of Dante's special moves list, which I'll take the time to show to you. (Actually, there are what may be used in this fic. I'm just going to list the strongest moves for Dante and may even throw in some moves from part two as well. Anyone who notices anything missing, can tell me.)
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Alastor: The lightning element sword. Fast and gives the user flying capabilities when in DT (Devil Trigger) mode. It has moderate power. The skills in order of usefulness are-
Air Raid: This enables our bad ass hero to transform, so that Dante blasts electric ribbons at his foes. It also enables Dante to hover in the air for the time that Devil Trigger is still active.
Stinger Level 2: An enhanced version of Level 1, obviously, except Dante responds to it with more distance and stabs the enemy with stronger, death- defying power.
Roundtrip: The Round Trip proves to be Dante's best Alastor skill. It enables Dante to hurl his sword at an enemy like a boomerang and slice the enemy for multiple hits before returning to Dante. How long it stays out of his possession depends on how long he has taken to charge it. To amplify damage, Dante can use his guns while the Round Trip attack slices gleefully through an enemy's body.
Vortex Level 2: In Dante's Devil Trigger state, he'll jump into the air while facing his foes. By doing this, Dante throws himself toward his foes like a cannonball for mega damage. At times, when he is outnumbered by enemies, he can use this skill to scatter them like roaches.
Air Hike: Air Hike enables Dante to reach even greater heights his regular kick jump could not. Dante creates a red, rimmed platform and hoists himself from there to a greater height.
Ifrit: The Ifrit gauntlets display strength greater than that of the Alastor in some ways. It replaces Dante's swordsmanship with some crazy martial art skills. Its shortcomings are that its attacks are slow and does not have the wide range the Alastor had. Some enemies may be susceptible to Ifrit, but some are impervious to it.
Magma Drive: The Magma Drive works like High Time with the swords. Dante connects with the enemy with a high uppercut, sending them into the air. At this time, Dante can pull out his guns and juggle his victim in the air, followed by some other twisted combos Ifrit is capable of.
Kick 13-Level 1: Kick 13 is a derivation of the Stinger. It works the same way, except Dante charges forward with a low kick. It sends enemies flying if used at the right time. The first level of this skill isn't too effective since Dante skids a VERY short range (like two feet) in front of him. Level 2 is a big improvement and is more destructive.
Kick 13-Level 2: Level 1 with a finishing touch. This enhanced version allows Dante to pierce through an enemy from a much farther distance. Simply said--it's a fire kick version of the Stinger.
Meteor Level 1: A nifty long-range attack. Fire energy is gathered in the palm of Dante's hands and are released to form a highly concentrated fire attack. While he's in Devil Trigger mode, Dante immediately can pitch huge fire balls at his foes.
Meteor Level 2: Like all Level 2 attacks, Meteor-Level 2 is obviously an enhanced version of the first level. This time, Dante is able to fire multiple masses at the same time with double the strength.
Inferno: The most expensive, yet the most destructive of all the available Ifrit moves Dante can perfect. Inferno is capable of inflicting explosive damage. In Devil Trigger mode and while in the air, Dante speeds toward the ground and plants his fist firmly into the solid earth. The ground will then instantly swell up in a conflagration that surrounds Dante and sets all enemies trapped in it ablaze. Enemies can receive damage continually as long as they are still caught in the raging fire.
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That's about it for now, until I can accurately give out more details of Dante's abilities. I'm starting to sound like a GameFaq, am I? Anyway, here's Chapter 3 of End of Evangelion May Cry. Don't forget to review the chapter, please. But I can already sense you guys wanting to praise me for the following action scenes....
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
End of Evangelion May Cry
Chapter 3: An Angel in Red
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Back in the Central Dogma Command Centre, the emergency alarms had went off, as the enemy forces had been spotted entering Nerv headquarters.
"Daigatake tunnel has been cut off!" a Nerv personnel shouted in the Command centre.
"Invading forces have entered Level 1!" Hyugga said.
"The forces attacking the west side are a decoy!" Misato shouted, then turned to Hyugga. "If their real target is the Evas, they'll be going after the pilots! Have Shinji stand by at EVA-01, quickly!"
"Affirmative!"
"Where's Asuka?" Misato asked.
"In sickroom 303." Shigeru replied.
"Put her into EVA-02 anyway." Misato said seriously only to get a response by Maya.
"But her synchronization with Eva hasn't recovered yet. She's barely conscious." Maya said.
"Yes, but she'll surely be killed if she stays there. The best place to hide her is inside EVA-02. At least she'll be safe there." Misato said, without turning to Maya.
"Understood, ma'am." Maya said, then grabbing a headset, she spoke her order to the other end. "Stop medication to pilot. Prepare her for launch!"
"As soon as Asuka is inside EVA-02, hide it in the underground lake. It'll be found almost immediately, but it's better than leaving it in the cage. Where's Rei?" Misato ordered.
Shigeru spoke. "Unable to locate. Whereabouts unknown."
"They will kill her! Find her now!" Misato said.
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Somewhere else in Nerv, in the deepest, and most restricted area of the base known as Terminal Dogma, a lone, nude female figure in her teens, with pale white skin was emerged in one of the LCL tanks. She seemed to be oblivious to the happenings on the surface, as she had been questioning her own reason for her presence in the first place.
Rei Ayanami is known to Nerv as the First Child, but now only Shinji and Misato have known some truth about her origin, of her being a clone. But of whom (and what) remains a hidden mystery to them, as she had been just another mystery created by Gendou Ikari himself.
Now, Rei had known today was the assigned time when she would perform her tasks for Gendou to initiate Third Impact. She had been in the tanks for an extended period of time now, all that's left is to await Gendou's arrival.
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"Okay, somehow I get the feeling that you boys aren't in the mood to play today." Dante bravely spoke, as he held out his handguns, Ivory and Ebony. The JSSDF troops started to open fire, but Dante simply performed his Flip Escape, evading bullets that only destroyed the wall he leaned back on, then leaping back into the air, he started to fire at his enemies.
The power from Dante's pistons were able to make him defy gravity for as long as he kept firing. And he wasn't even using Alastor or Ifrit...not yet anyway. To the shock and surprise of the JSSDF troops, the bullets from Dante's gun took down five of them, and wounding several others.
After landing, he continued to fire as he walked towards them, because by now the troops were stunned as crap to how a man can take down a number of foes with such ease.
After Dante stopped firing, the remaining troops thought now was their chance to eliminate Dante. Thinking that their new enemy had ran out of ammo, (And everyone of you should know, Dante uses on infinite ammo on his weapons for some strange reason) they set their weapons on the ready once more. Yeah, right, like if they didn't see Dante whipping out a big-ass sword from behind his back that crackled with lightning, they thought they can stand a chance.
"What the...?!" one of the troops shouted in exclamation.
"Say hello to my little friend, Alastor." Dante said, as he attacked with his sword at the troop from his right side with a vertical, left-right, three hit slash combo. The end result was the unfortunate troop had been swiped clean by Dante's sword, then Dante faced his front, counting three troops. He executed his left-right slash move again, but on the third slash this time, he slashed upwards, sending two troops airborne, while the third one was still reloading his gun.
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Author's note: Yeah, all of you must know how this looks. It's everybody's favorite anyway!
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This was a chance to let Dante pull out his pistols once more, then he started firing at the middle troop, whose now lifeless corpse was being kept afloat in the air by Dante's constant gunfire for a few seconds. Then before either the body fell to the ground, or any of the other troops reacted, Dante performed his Stinger L-2 move, thus bursting the almost outnumbering group close to him, and mowing any other row of troops like a high speed freight train.
After he had performed the move, Dante was standing at the other end of the hallway, when he then turned his back only to see more troops coming towards him. From behind, he can see one of them was loading up a missile launcher.
"Geez, you guys never give up, don't you?" Dante smirked, as he heard the sound of a missile being launched. He took out Alastor once more, and just as the missile came at him in unpredictable speeds, he waved the sword in perfect timing, SENDING back the missile back at the troops, which were at the receiving end of the missile.
A loud explosion and cries of troops being burned and incinerated by the fires of the explosion have begun to fill the hallways of Nerv. Dante couldn't care less, he can see that these guys want to kill innocent civilians and destroy everything that can get in their way. The demon hunter simply turned his back to the chaos he has caused, letting the sword drop, but his right foot kicked the hilt back up, letting it spin, then he catches it, returning it back to its holding straps behind his back.
Just then, he heard another set of approaching gunfire. He simply shook his head and turned back to his attackers.
"What? You guys came for more?" Dante said, as he swung his sword playfully.
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"Major, there's someone fighting off the enemy forces!" Maya looked through at the screen on her console. "I don't believe it...he's actually making them pull back!"
"What did you just say?" Misato was confused. (One person...taking on the famous JSSDF? How is this possible?)
"We still have intact video feed of the area. Transferring it to the main monitor." Shigeru said.
At that time, the bridge crew at Central Dogma got a glance of an American male in his late twenties, with white hair and dressed in blood red clothing. (To those who are wondering, I'm using Dante's outfit from the first Devil May Cry. I thinks he looks old in the sequel.) But that wasn't the thing that surprised Misato and everyone else who was watching, the fact that 1) this man was taking on the JSSDF, 2) he is ACTUALLY winning against them using his pair of handguns, a giant sword, and amazing acrobatics and 3) the more troops approaching, the more cooler he looks taking them out.
"Who...or what is that?" Misato exclaimed. (He's not one of our own...Good God, how is he able to swing a sword that big so fast?)
The three famous bridge bunnies were wide-mouthed and couldn't help but kept saying their 'ooohhhs', 'aahhhs' and 'whoas' as Dante continued to watch their savior in red pummel his foes with Alastor. Dante performed his two slash combo, before he performed his High Time move, catching one of the troops, then finishing him off with an aerial barrage of shots while both were still airborne.
As Dante landed, he performed his Flip Escape once more, and when his body had touched the wall, his feet touched the surface as he walked on the wall using his Wall Press move. He ran towards his foes WHILE on the wall before leaping off it, and when he was close enough that he was over their heads, he double jumped using Air Hike, then while the troops fired at him, Dante used his Rain Storm, where pointed his guns downwards at the troops and fired at their heads, while all the while he stayed aloft.
From the Commander's seat, Fuyutsuki spoke to Gendou in a low tone. "Commander, that must be..."
"...Sparda. The son of the Legendary Dark Knight is here trying to upset my plans for Third Impact." Gendou said cooly. (This can complicate things...)
After Dante had landed smack dab in the middle of the cluster of troops, Dante fired his guns at his front, then with an arm behind him, he performed his Twosome Time move, a move which enables him to target simultaneous targets. So, when the JSSDF troop behind Dante's left was getting ready to fire his shotgun at Dante, the demon hunter, who was already focused dealing with the troops in front of him, twisted his right arm under his extended left one, pointing the gun at the troop before he pulled the trigger repeatedly.
He continuously Twosome Timed the troops, left and right, front and back, on one bended knee with a pistol behind him, Dante was clearing the hallways clean of the enemy, while Misato and the others had just started to pick up their jaws from the floor from all the uncanny action and gunplay Dante had shown them.
(Is he here to help us?) Misato thought, then returning her focus to Hyugga, she spoke once more. "Whoever that guy is, he's doing a hell of a job keeping the enemy from even setting foot in the base, but even he can't hold out that long. Get Shinji suited up and station Unit-01 outside the GeoFront."
"We can't! Shinji isn't there!" Shigeru shouted.
"What?!" Misato exclaimed. A smaller screen appeared on the monitor, as a surveillance camera spotted a woman dressed in black with long, blonde hair and armed with two handguns, was fighting troops, while Shinji was hiding closely, hiding his face.
(Now what?) Misato spoke quietly. (Are there two of them fighting against the enemy?)
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Trish had taken down over twenty troops, and she hadn't worn herself out as yet. She had been watching over and protecting Shinji since the invasion began, and she knew that somewhere else, Dante was having a field day taking care of the troops himself.
After firing a few shots that killed three of the troops, she walked over to Shinji, who was still clinging his legs to his face. "Phew, these guys are a bit tougher than I thought. At least we managed to get the other Nerv staff out of the way before any innocent people were killed, right, Shinji?"
Shinji didn't reply, as Trish simply took the young boy's hand. "Come on, we have to get to your Evangelion. These people will probably take this base apart if you don't get out there and fight back. Come on!"
"Please...leave me..." Shinji replied in a quiet tone. "Let me die..."
"Geez, I can see why you're such a wuss all the time. You have no faith in yourself and in what you can do to at least save the people in this place." Trish said. "Listen to me, Shinji...Dante and myself may be saving you guys some time from the enemy, but even he has limits. He can't stop an entire army, or save innocent people, or save the world at the same time. If you just sit there, and more of these troops show up to kill you, or you let Third Impact happen, NO ONE will ever forgive you if you don't pick yourself up and do something about all of this."
"No one cares about how I feel anyway...why should I care what happens to them?" Shinji replied.
"So...you can care less about what happens to your friends, the people who you're suppose to be protecting, even your own life, is that it?" Trish grabbed Shinji at his collar. "What about Asuka? Don't you care what happens to her if you don't so something?"
Shinji looked into Trish's blue eyes. Although they look gentle, he can plainly see that Trish was dead serious. When he considered what Trish told him, he didn't know how to react, the words pierced his mind like a stab to his heart.
"Shinji...if you let Third Impact happen, everyone you ever cared about, the people who you thought that still cared about you, will be gone forever, even me...and Dante" Trish said, with some sadness in her voice. "I, and I'm sure everyone else who agrees, don't want that to happen, and neither does Dante...or Kaji."
Shinji looked up suddenly. "You...know Kaji?"
"He's the reason why we are here today." Trish said. "He told us personally that you of all people need the most help. Shinji...he said to tell you, that Third Impact will mean the end of humanity and basically, you'll lose the one thing that he said he actually cares about...Asuka. Don't you see? If you let Asuka and everyone else he cares die in Third Impact, he'll never forgive you and he only wants what's is the best for her and Misato, as well as the rest of humanity."
(If I don't do anything...I can lose Asuka.) Shinji thought, clenching his fists. (But...what I can do? I can't fight anymore because whenever I fight, I always hurt someone I care about the most. What if I hurt her? Or what if she doesn't want to be even near me?)
Trish looked around, then she let go of Shinji's collar. "Look, you can make up your mind when we get to the cage. Thanks to the intel that Kaji gave me and Dante, we shouldn't be far from it. Come on."
Shinji reliantly got up and followed Trish down the hallway. Again, the young boy returned to his train of thought. (Does everyone think I'm worthless? They think I can save them from Third Impact? What can I do to prove that?)
"You can fight...one last time." Trish said. "If not for yourself, or for others, please at least...for Asuka. You can't keep running away from what you're chosen to do, Shinji. But just this once, make an exception, and fight for what gives you the reason to. If you want to see Asuka once more, then you'd better not pass this up. "
Shinji stopped and thought hard about Trish's words. (She's right...I'm only fooling myself if I continue behaving like this. Everyone's counting on me to protect them, even Asuka. But even if she doesn't need my help, that's alright. I have to protect her, Misato, Ayanami and everyone else who has helped me for so long.)
"If I'm going to fight one last time, I'm going to put out a fight the world will never forget." Shinji said. "I'll do it. I'll fight one last time..."
"Good boy..." Trish smiled, patting Shinji. "You're mother would have been so proud of you to hear that from you."
"Thanks." Shinji said, then stopped for a moment. "You know...you remind me a bit like her."
"Please don't try it, kid. I'm not really into the mother type thing." Trish said, as they entered the elevator.
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"Commander! We're unable to advance! I repeat, unable to advance!" one of the JSSDF troops shouted over the radio to the Division Commander of the JSSDF, who was awaiting with the rest of the division outside Tokyo-3.
"What do you mean?" the Sub-Commander asked.
"There's a man who's taking out our squadrons using a giant sword and only a pair of pistons. So far, the loss on our side is plus two hundred. And we've managed to hit him with some bullets, but he keeps on attacking like nothing ever happened!"
"ONE MAN?!" the Commander replied. "Just who is that?"
"Details unknown, sir....what the...?" the troop had managed to mutter those words just before the sound of a sword being thrown at numerous troops, mowing them and cutting them down as it came close to him, while more gunfire from Dante's handguns killed those both were and weren't in the way of the Round Trip move.
"ARRRRGGHH!" the troop screamed as he was being taken out but another one of Dante's mad skills.
"Dammit, just what kind of person did Nerv pick up that could take on an entire army?" the Sub-Commander asked.
"This means we may have to speed things up. Get the forces ready in their positions, we're going to drop that N2 mine on the base." the Commander said.
"Understood, sir."
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Okay, that seems to be the right place to end this Chapter. I know you guys wanted more Dante and Eva action, but I'm trying to keep enough substance to keep this story going. But I do hope you enjoyed this Chapter, as I had fun writing it. Yeah, I know, I rock. Thanks to whoever who said that in his review for the last Chapter.
So, what to expect in the next Chapter? Well, Asuka awakens only to fight the enemy forces, then the Eva series appear. Then more Dante action as he unleashes the power of Ifrit and Alastor, and Misato meet Trish for the first time. Until the next one.