Nero

The son of Vergil walked forward, slowly approaching the outskirts of the city. He was greatly troubled by his mother's death, his thought barely focusing on the demonic power that awakened in his arm.

The woman that tagged along was not so care free of it. Her eyes often remained fixated on Nero's arm, hypnotized by the blue glow from within.

He suddenly stopped, lifting the Red Queen and placing it onto his shoulder as his grasp tightened on the handle.
Nero's blue eyes focus on the castle in the distance, though it grew hard to see as the snow fell harder. "All this snow's making it hard to see." he finally commented.

Raillyn finally looked up, her green eyes widening as she realized it had began to snow just as he said.
Taking a step forward, she squinted her eyes as she looked forward, though was unable to gaze on the castle now.

The young man took two steps forward, but he stopped in his tracks due to a sudden event before him.

The ground trembled and sky thundered as a massive, orange light shot into the sky all the way from the Order's headquarters.
It would blind any who gazed upon it, and it was clear that it came from the portal to the demon world.

Raillyn shielded her eyes with her left arm, her green eyes shutting instantly. "What... is that?" she questioned, giving a pause mid sentence.

Nero himself had gazed away, his own eyes closing as his arm was lifted. "What the hell?"

At last, the light began to fade. In it's previous location was now a massive, demonic entity.

It was so massive that it made any man look like a fly in comparison, and it seemed to float there.
It's skin was orange, red, and white and seemed to fluctuate between the three in various places.
There were no features distinguishable in a strange way. It took on a female figure, and had massive wings coming from it's back. It also had the outline of horns on it's head like any form of classic demon.
It's size alone left Nero and Raillyn in a surprised state.

Was this really the savior Sanctus spoke of? The savior that the Order fought hard to bring into this world?

This was it indeed. Argosax, Mundus' general.

More demon's began to rise from the gateway, and the sheer amount of them made it visible from far away, though it looked more like a massive, black cloud than anything, one that thousands of horrific screeches were heard from.
From the swarm a voice could be heard.
"The savior has risen at last! Fear not. He will rid the world of sin, and set humanity on it's proper course, much like Sparda did all those years ago! Do not fear!" the voice of Sanctus himself shouted, echoing across the entire island.

Nero grits his teeth, his rage boiling every second. "That son of a bitch!" he exclaimed before running to Fortuna castle, determined to get their as fast as he could.

Raillyn widened her eyes at this before quickly racing after him.
"Wait!" she shouts, trying to catch up.


The young man had made his way through the abandoned castle, eventually reaching the bridge leading to a forest on the way towards the HQ.
He was determined to reach Sanctus, to aid Dante in his battle against Argosax.

"Slow down!" Raillyn's voice called out as she did her best to catch up.

Giving a glance back, Nero stopped at last with a sigh. "My uncle's fighting a massive demon while an army invades the human world. Being slow isn't an option."

"You'll just ware yourself out before we even get there at this rate."

He didn't give a reply at first, his blue eyes going back forward.
"You're the one that wanted to tag along." he groaned before walking forward at a slower rate.

The black haired woman followed, catching up easily.


Dante

The Devil Hunter came from the gateway to hell, landing onto the ground in the human world after having jumped up the way he came.
Setting a hand on the ground after a roll, he stood. "Where did you go off to..." he said to himself in reference of Argosax.
His blue eyes gaze around the base that once stood tall yet now laid as rubble. Finally, he gazed up, seeing the enormous figure above him. All he could do was chuckle."Check it out! It's got wings!"

After taking the time to look over his surroundings, he had little time to think. Demons began to flood from the hell gate, screeching horrifically as they did.

Dante quickly turned, pointing Ebony and Ivory at the waves of black robed demons when he first heard the horrific sound.
He gained an idea, a smile appearing as he did. "Well, looks like I already have a ride." he comments before racing at the demons, jumping at them swiftly.
The moment his boot touched a demon, he leaped off of it to launch him even further.
The son of Sparda made his way up to Argosax this way, filling any attacking demon full of bullets with the twin semi automatics.
"Woo hoo!" he shouted, enjoying every second of the demon slaying and jumping.


Dante landed right onto Argosax's massive arm. He used his speed and demonic power to race up the side without falling.
Once he reached the massive beast's shoulder, he leaped off, preparing the Force Edge.
"Hey ugly! Remember me?" he spoke before jamming the sword into the side of the demon's head.

The enormous Argosax let out a roar, swiftly raising it's right hand to it's face in an attempt to crush the demon hunter.

The son of Sparda jumped back, pulling the Force Edge from the demon's head.
He transformed into his demon state in a flash of red light, allowing his wings to extend as he unsheathed a scimitar of fire and and another of wind, one being held in each hand.
As he flew by the arm, he let out a demonic growl as both scimitars dug into Argosax's flesh, slicing right through.
Finally, he exited the demon form which forced him to fall after dealing damage.
Pushing his boots against a demons face, he launched himself upwards to stab Agni and Rudra into Argosax's chest with a yell.

Despite every bit of damage taken, the demon seemed unfazed.
Spikes of an orange and white color shoot out of it's chest in hopes of striking Dante.

He was struck and blown backwards, but this wouldn't stop Dante.
Performing a back flip, he landed on yet another demon's head.

"Clearly not enough." the head on the blue scimitar spoke.

"We'll need a more powerful strike." the red said.

Dante then banged the heads on both blades together. "How many times do I have to tell you? No talking!"

With that, the two remained silent.

The massive general of hell was not amused, and the massive laser shot from his chest at the devil hunter made this clear.

"Uh oh." Dante commented, jumping from the robed demon in an instant before turning, watching the laser obliterate it as he fell. "Guess we made him mad."
In this moment, Dante found himself falling backwards as he sheathed Agni and Rudra, a smile growing on his face as he made a swift flip in the air to grab onto a demonic hand rising up, and throw the man high into the sky.

Nero was the one Dante threw up. He was slightly surprised his uncle saw him coming, but he brushed it off.
Letting out a yell, he threw his demonic blue arm forth, causing it to extend and become larger in order to punch Argosax across the face.

The enormous demon took this blow, seeming to stagger a bit before quickly looking Nero's way before firing another laser from it's chest.

"What took you so long, kid?" Dante shouted from the ground before looking to the black haired woman standing a good ways away. "And who's the chick?"

"Long story!" he shouted back, grabbing onto a demon with his blue arm and using it to jump out of the laser's path. "We've got bigger things to worry about!"
Pulling out the Blue Rose with his human hand, he unloaded several bullets into the being, each seeming to do nothing at all.

Launching himself up and using the robed demons to launch higher, the Devil Hunter pulled the Force Edge from his back.
"Kid, with me!" he yells before launching himself towards Argosax's face.

"Right behind ya!" Nero replied, jumping into the same direction.

Each letting out their own yells, their own blades were stabbed into the demon's face, each one being where an eye should be.

Nero was struggling a bit, but managed to do this nonetheless.

Dante showed no sign of issues, a devilish grin forming.

The two then jumped off the beast, pulling their individual guns from their coats and unloading each into Argosax.

Once Blue Rose was out of bullets, the teenager reloaded it while falling through the air.
He threw his demonic hand out once more, extending it to grab the massive demon's chest and pull him towards it.

Dante reloaded Ebony and Ivory before performing a flip through the air, landing on his feet perfectly.

Nero stabbed the Red Queen into Argosax's chest repeatedly, tearing a whole into it that showed signs of regeneration at a fast rate.
Despite this, he continued attack after attack to tear into it more and more as he yelled.

Tendril's of the demon's color shot out of the hole created, each wrapping around a part of Nero.

His arms, legs, and chest were grabbed before he was snatched into Argosax.
Letting out a yell, he stabbed Red Queen into it in an attempt to hold on and pull himself out.

Dante was swift to rush towards the opening in the demon.
The moment his hand got close to Nero was the moment the young man's sword was pulled out of the demon's flesh.

Nero was pulled into Argosax, it's wound sealing not long after to leave Nero with nothing but a sight of black as he screamed.

Stabbing the Force Edge into the demon's chest, Dante grits his teeth. "That's just nasty. Eating people now?" he comments before many slashes from the blade, determined to tear his nephew out.
In a flash of red light, Dante entered his demon state to boost his power and speed, but he was forced to leap off when a light began to shine from it's chest.

It fired another laser from it's chest to get the Devil Hunter off. It was attempting to keep the young man due to the blood of Sparda he held, hoping it would grant him greater power.

Dante's feet hit the ground as his demonic wings extended. He let out a growl at this before gripping Force Edge with both hands.

Before any other move was made, two slashes of a blue light went across Argosax's face in the blink of an eye.
While this may have healed, it made it clear who had just arrived...

Hitting the ground, the back of his blue coat became visible, revealing the tears it had across it after his last fight against the beast.
Sweeping his hair back, he turned his head to his brother. "Sorry I'm late for the party."


(Another chapter.

Alright, I'm not sure I'm happy with this one, which is why it got delayed a bit. I know where this is going. I love what I have coming, but what I'm doing to get there... like this chapter... I'm unsure about.

I dunno if this chapter was too good. I hope you guys like it though. Sorry it's taken me a bit of time, and sorry if it isn't well received.

Thank you all for reading this up to this point. I'd also like to respond to a comment I saw.

Argosax... in DMC2 was disappointing in my opinion. His second form was fine, but his first? I didn't really like it. So I went with a different route. I thought it would be better to make him a powerful demon, and one of Mundus' generals... and maybe eventually it'll lead up to Mundus himself.)