Dante
The hunter in red fell further, descending into Hell after entering the gateway.
The further he went, the darker, reder, and bloody everything around him began to seem.
On the way, he opened fire on every flying demon cloaked in black he could hit, slaughtering many.
He shot behind his back, to the sides, directly above, below, and then finally just began a spin all the way down that sent a flurry of bullets in all directions.
After the hole seemed to end, he still fell a ways down. The demons were entering the gate from higher up, and so Dante now had none to open fire on due to him nearing the bloody ground of Hell itself.
The devil hunter landed on his knee and hands, his head low at first.
He swiftly pulled the Force Edge off his back, using it to slice a demon about to bring a scythe down on him in two before turning to stab a reptile like demon through the chest after it jumped to him, forcing it to let out a pained screech before dying.
He was swift to lift Ebony, firing a bullet into the skull of a demon appearing as a large, man like goat.
With a twirl, Ebony was holstered and the Force Edge placed onto Dante's back.
The Son of Sparda gazed around, seeing nothing but a color of dark red out int the distance that was both the sky and the ground.
After looking near his location and passed the dead demons, he laid eyes on Sanctus' body that had been split in two and filled with gunshot wounds.
Giving a glare "Pretty strong for an old fart like you, but not strong enough. Guess you really did piss Vergil off." he spoke to himself before looking ahead.
"Now to find Vergil..." he said, hoping his brother hadn't been doing something that would turn out badly for everyone.
Vergil
He had wasted little time on his way to way to the coming demon known as Argosax.
Every lesser demon in his path met a swift demise at his hands with the use of Yamato.
It was as if a blue blur was racing through Hell, every demon it went by falling into countless pieces.
Vergil was enraged, and how swiftly, brutally the demons fell made this clear. Now the Son of Sparda was determined.
Nothing would stand in his way. He didn't care what would die, what would happen to everything around him, or even what happened to the human world above. He only desired one thing right now... The death of Argosax.
Slicing through demon after demon, he finally sheathed the Yamato as he got down on one knee, becoming still as he did before standing, moving a hand through his hair to sweep it backwards.
His face showed a hint of rage as he did this, his blue eyes shooting like daggers to look ahead.
He rushed forth, trying to reach Argosax as soon as possible.
Vergil could feel it. It's power was incredible, and clearly demonic. The closer he got, the stronger he felt the presence. He knew he was close.
Sweeping his hair back, he looked forward to the mist of orange, red, and black that remained before him, shrouding the way.
The second he put one foot in front of the next, he heard a voice that cause his head to turn back.
"Sure you can take 'em all by yourself?" the twin in red spoke as he approached, Ebony pointed to the sky as Dante held it, resting the pistol on his shoulder.
"Dante." the oldest twin spoke before turning fully. "Why are you here?"
His smile slowly faded before he stopped moving forward. "I might not have known her like you did, but she was still a friend. Plus, I can't just let king of Hell 2.0 strut out of here, can I?"
Vergil looked back forward. "It's one of Mundus' generals, Dante. Not some sort of being beyond even him. I can handle this on my own."
Dante gave a half smile. "You're gonna need someone to back you up... and someone to keep an eye on you." the Force Edge was pulled from his back.
Vergil couldn't help but give a very small smile, but it faded fast considering the recent events and him being who he is.
The Yamato was swiftly unsheathed before it's wielder rushed into the dark mist with a yell.
Dante followed after, letting out his own yell.
Nero
He walked back into Fortuna with a rocket launcher on his back and a black demonic arm that glows blue in certain areas, including the palm.
Nero was determined to help his uncle and father fight in this. He refused to stand by and wait for it all to blow over, not after his mother.
The city was now being overrun by this flying, black robed demons that's faces were pure white, eyes glowing a haunting blue. They wielded large scissors and scythes, twisted laughs escaping them as they slaughtered the innocents that ran for their lives.
It didn't matter how fast they ran or how loud they screamed. Most met the same fate, killed at the hands of these entities.
Seeing a man and woman cowering against a building, Nero decided to pull the giant launcher off his back.
The more he looked at the weapon Lady gave him, the more he realized it was capable of more than firing rockets. He even noticed a rather large bayonet on the tip of it.
Holding it tightly, he pulled the trigger. This sent a rocket flying at the demon nearing the couple in red and white, causing it to die in an explosion and leaving nothing left of it.
The woman looked to Nero slowly as the man simply rose up.
The son of Vergil quickly said "Go! Get out of here!" before pulling the Blue Rose from his coat. He aimed it at another incoming demon, firing it to blast it right in one of the blue eyes.
Nero kept an eye on the couple, making sure than ran and got inside a house before he himself had rushed into an alleyway, trying to get to the Order's Headquarters as soon as he could.
The soldiers of the Order of the Sword fought against the demons, thought they were being slaughtered despite the blades and guns they wield due to being simple humans.
It was only a matter of time before they would be destroyed at this rate, and so their commander ordered them to fall back.
One soldier was not very lucky.
She was against the wall, a revolver with a silver barrel and golden handle that bore the symbol of the Order pointed at two incoming demons.
Her green eyes narrow as she was ready to accept death, but to her surprise, she was saved.
Multiple missiles came flying forth, blowing the two demons in black to bits.
Nero looked at the launcher he had stuck in the ground, giving a small scoff. "This thing sure comes in handy." he mumbled before then stepping forward, placing the weapon onto his back.
The black haired woman wore a white coat that had a gold symbol on the back of it, the clothes underneath it were white as well.
She stood slowly, her green eyes widening as she saw Nero. "You must be Dante."
The young man stopped, rolling his blue eyes before looking at her. "I'm not Dante. I don't look that old!" he replied, offended slightly.
She stepped closer then. "Not Dante? You can't be Vergil... You're the kid? I thought hs holiness ordered for your capture." she lifted her revolver, pointing it at him.
"His holiness?" and it was right then that Nero became furious, using his demonic hand to shoot a ghostly version of it forward and snatch her to him.
He lifted her with his demon arm by the shirt. "You're out here fighting for your life against all these demons, yet you still call him that!?"
She struggled to break free, a hand going to Nero's demonic arm, but it was all pointless. "What else would I call him? He plans to awaken the savior! He gave us proof the savior exists when your uncle shot him in the head, yet he lived! You kin of Sparda had to get in his way. Why can't you let him do this? Why did your father have to unleash these demons on us all?"
Nero's blue eyes widen then. "That's what they're telling you? That my dad is behind these demons!?" he then dropped her, realizing that Sanctus and the higher up members of the Order were keeping things from the rest.
Turning his back to her, he finally punched a whole through a wall while letting out a yell. After taking a few seconds to calm down, he spoke once more. "You've got everything wrong. Sanctus, 'his holiness', unleashed these demons. This 'savior'? Nothing but a demon. Sanctus is a madman, and he killed my mom to open the gateway to Hell, and start this madness!" he near screamed the last part.
The woman's eyes widen further, clear shock covering her face. "I..." she paused a moment, thinking on everything she was told. "I can't trust you. You're lying." she denied. "Even if the savior is a demon, Sparda was a demon too!" she raised the gun once more.
Nero shook his head. "Sparda may have been a demon, but he was one of a kind. He had something most demons lack. A heart. This thing that you've all been trying to bring out? It caused this mess, and I got no reason to lie. If there really was a savior, I wouldn't be here right now. I wouldn't be saying any of this, because I wish there was some kind of savior. But here I am."
Her green eyes gaze down to the ground, the gun lowering as well.
The son of Vergil then turned to the direction of Fortuna Castle. "Now, I got a mess to clean up."
She looked up at Nero, rushing towards him. "Wait! Out here, alone, I'll die. Let me come with you."
He sighed again, turning back to her. "I'm heading to your Order's HQ, and I doubt it's a very nice place now. Probably a lot worse than this city. You're better off here."
"If you're going there, I have more reason to come with you. I can see if what you said is true for myself." she responded, looking at him with determination.
Nero looked at her a moment as he thought on all this. Eventually, he sighed once again. "Alright, fine." he said before turning back again, taking steps forward.
"So, what's your name?"
The woman in white followed behind him, her gun being placed into her coat. "Raillyn."
"Raillyn, huh? Nero."
Dante
Now in devil trigger, Dante held his sword tightly, pushing it against the demon's blade of red and orange energy in hopes of overpowering it.
He let out a demonic growl as his red eyes stared at this beast.
Vergil was in the same situation as his brother, using the unsheathed Yamato to try and bust through the same blade his brother was while in demon form.
Their attempts were futile.
Argosax overpowered both, managing to break through their offense and send each flying backwards.
The oldest twin in blue was forced out of his devil trigger, his human form appearing with closed eyes Yamato and it's sheath fell from his hands and to the ground.
He let out a groan of pain as he was sent flying over the edge, and down to the dark abyss below.
Dante flew back into the mist he and his brother went through earlier.
Now in human form, the devil hunter struggled to rise. He let out a groan of pain before finally falling, shutting his eyes and letting go of the Force Edge.
He had been knocked out by Argosax, but his wounds were regenerating slowly.
Once he awakened, his wounds had fully healed.
The twin in red rose up, rubbing the back of his head before proceeding to walk out of the mist and back to where the powerful demon was.
Instead of Argosax being there, it was empty. Even Yamato was now gone.
Dante gazed to where the sword once was, then to the edge Vergil had fallen off.
As much as he wanted to help his twin, he knew Vergil could handle himself and would no doubt find his way if he hadn't already, and Dante couldn't just leave Argosax to run rampant...
(Another chapter is here.
So, I wanted to discuss the previous two chapters. I know it was probably a surprise and a heavy blow with Abigale. I myself was unsure about the move for awhile, but... well...
I don't wanna spoil. It might be awhile too, I'm unsure... but I think where I go with that will be neat. I've got a lot of ideas on where the story is going, and I think it'll be really good. I hope you'll all enjoy it. I promise I'll do my best not to disappoint.
Now, this chapter I just posted I was a little uncertain about. I don't feel like it's one of my best, but here it is. I hope you enjoy, and thank you to everyone who reads this story.)
