Welcome to the official chapter 2 of the DMC-DXD crossover, before we start I will say a few things. As many of you knows, the pairing in the series is Dante x Gabriel. The beautiful seraph is rarely use as a main girl in any fanfictions that I already read so I'm going with this till the end, not sure if Dante would have a harem or a single pair but I'm leaning to the latter. Well, typical Dante despite being a badass and handsome devil; he has worst luck on women and if someone wants to marry him, she is a lot younger than him instead you know ahem… Patty Lowell. Some of you might be hesitant on my choice of pairing because of the age gap between Dante and Gabriel, well you do not have to worry because the lifestyle and ethics of the supernatural is completely different to what we humans knew so one can take a woman whose age would be pass up as your mother to become a lover, so you do not have to worry about the mother complex thing. In DXD canon, it is already confirmed that Yasaka is one of Issei's many lovers, the other will be Roygun Belphegor but not confirmed. Okay, I ranted long enough so let's start the chapter.
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Mission 2 start
As the Hell Vanguard's severe body parts fell from the tower, somewhere in the streets of Kyoto a woman on an idling motorcycle is gazing up at the Temen-ni-gru through a pair of binoculars. She is a beautiful woman that has dark, chin-length hair on both sides of her face and she has a fringe that reaches her eyebrows. Fair skin complexion and has a curvaceous body, has the genetic condition called heterochromia, which render each of her eyes a different color: her left eye is red while her right eye is bluish-green. Her outfit is combination of both military and casual style; an off-black leather short jacket with a white long sleeved blouse which shows off her midriff and was accessorized with gray and black rider goggles and a black buckled belt which is connected to her jacket, black shorts with matching leg warmers which is connected to her shorts that resembles leggings. She also wears black fingerless gloves and black/gray nail polish.
"I found it!" The woman said as she removes the binoculars in front of her eyes showing her mismatched eyes. Several demons come up slowly behind her, hoping to sneak-attack her, but she revs the engine and flames jet out of the tailpipes. She takes off toward the tower, leaving behind the demons as they flail around, on fire.
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Cue Opening theme: Rungran – Devil May Cry the animated series Theme
Urakyoto, Realm of the Youkais
Within Kyoto, there is a secret dimension where different kinds of youkais live. The realm is composed of an ancient Japanese city which is lighted by lanterns from each building, and at the center of the city stands an ancient Japanese castle. This dimension is called Urakyoto, the main base of the Youkai faction and where youkais can freely wander around away from the eyes of humans, but hiding the supernatural stuff has thrown out of the window thanks to the demons wandering around the city.
Within the castle, a meeting is being held by different factions: The Angel faction which represented by Michael and Gabriel, The Grigori which represented by Azazel and Penemue, the Youkai faction represented by Yasaka and Nurarhyon and finally the Shinto trinity of gods, Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi and Susanoo. The topic of the meeting is about the ongoing demon invasion and the Temen-ni-gru, currently they are discussing on what they will do to the said tower.
"As the leader of the angels, we would like to offer our aid to defend this city against the demon horde. Our holy powers are the most effective weapon against them." Michael, a handsome man with long blonde hair and green eyes donned with gold armor and white vestment, proposed to the occupants in the room.
"You have our thanks, Michael-dono. The youkai forces and our servants are already deployed and currently engaged with the enemy to stop the spreading of the invasion but we are receiving reports that our forces can barely defend the land since the demons appear in waves. We already ordered the five great families to mobilize and exorcise the threats." An Asian woman with long silky back hair tied by gold hair ornaments and golden eyes donned with a red empress clothing replied to the angel leader. She is the goddess of the sun, Amaterasu.
"We of the Grigori will also help in this matter, even if our light is tainted it is still as effective as the holy light against these demons. Damn! For someone to unlock the seals on that demon tower, he must have plenty of knowledge about Sparda." A man with black hair, golden bangs and magenta eyes including a goatee on his chin added. He is wearing a casual clothes with a maroon long sleeve which is open on his chest and black slacks. He has a very laid back character and disposition. He is Azazel, the governor of the fallen angels.
"It's not just any person, Azazel. I saw him at the top of the tower, he has the same aura and face like that boy of yours, strongest woman of heaven." A bearded Asian with long black hair and golden eyes man wearing a samurai armor, said as he gave Gabriel a stern look. He is the Shinto god of storm and seas, Susanoo.
Gabriel looks at the Shinto god in confusion and then widens her eyes as she realized the identity of the culprit. She becomes deep in thought already piecing together the reason Dante wanted to go to the demon tower himself, unaware of her surroundings, all of the occupants noticed the female seraphs reaction and wanted to know what Gabriel thinks.
"Did you realized something, dear sister?" Michael asked.
"That must be Vergil, Dante's twin brother. Dante told me back then that he got separated from him after his older twin brother went to save their mother. So he was alive all this time." Gabriel replied to her brother's question. All of the occupants were shocked on the information.
"Ara ara… so Sparda has two sons, if his skills in combat is anything like his brother or his father then this may become troublesome." Another beautiful woman said, she has long gold hair tied by hair ornaments and golden eyes wearing a black empress clothing. Her most prominent appearance is her fluffy nine tails the same shade as her hair sprouting on her lower back. She is the Kyuubi and the Youkai faction leader, Yasaka.
"Yeah, this may become troublesome. But how did Dante know that his brother is here in Kyoto, wreaking havoc?" Azazel said as he put a hand on his chin thinking.
"I do not know myself but a year ago when he came back home, he was in a bad mood. I also noticed a change in his aura. His demonic power is much stronger and denser, to the point that he can take on any ultimate class beings. It seems that the two brothers have met one year ago and whatever happened on that day surely made Dante a lot stronger now." Gabriel said in a worried expression. She took care of Dante when he was a little boy and the two became family afterwards, so it's natural that her maternal instinct kicks in full or that is what she would like to think.
"We better deal with the tower now that someone dangerous is responsible for this, perhaps this Vergil wants to retrieve what Sparda left there." Michael said in a grim tone.
"No brother, I think we should let Dante settle things relating to that tower. Its family matter after all." Gabriel said to his brother.
"But many lives are at stake here, Gabriel. Do you really think that boy could do it?" Michael argued to his sister, not sure about she had suggested.
"I believe in him, brother! He trained himself in order to fight demons that took away his mother, he might not be determined to save humanity or even selfishly act to do whatever he wants but one thing is for sure is that Dante will never let innocent lives to be in danger." Gabriel shot back giving the angel leader a determined glare.
All of the occupants in the room looks at the pair of angels watching their heated argument, they could feel the tension and rise in aura within the two. Azazel watches the drama unfold in amusement, he really thinks that Michael loosen up and not carry all the burden and he really thinks that someone should oppose him sometime, but on the other hand, he finds Gabriel very beautiful even when she's angry or determined. The fallen angel leader was the only one who had an amused expression while everyone in the room were preparing themselves to stop the angel siblings.
Minutes have passed and the two angels are still glaring at each other, Michael looks at Gabriel's clear blue eyes filled with determination. He wondered on what is it that would change his little sister this much, back then, she was just an obedient and kind person and she never opposed the decisions that what him or their Father make, but now, she is now voicing what she really thinks and courageously glaring at him. Is it because of Dante? Is it because of her motherly love towards him? It might be so, but he can't help but feel that there is more to that than familial love.
"Alright then, for the time being we will keep watch on the tower from afar, if worse comes to worst, we will intervene and deal with the tower. Is that alright with you, Gabriel?" Michael closed his eyes and relented when he saw that nothing would change her sister's mind. Gabriel nodded and sighed in relief.
"Any objections?" Michael asked the others and only met by silence and some nods in approval.
"Alright, we will now dismiss this meeting and prepare." The angel leader said as they dismissed the meeting.
They all stood up and the Shinto gods teleported away going back to Takamagahara to watch things from there and prepare themselves to intervene in any moment. Azazel walks to Gabriel and both of them casually greets each other.
"To think that you of all people would stand up to Michael, is it love for your precious Dante?" Azazel teased which earns a reaction to Gabriel by the slight blush on her face.
"D-Don't get the wrong idea, Azazel! I am doing this as his mother and not as a lover, that would never happen he is too young for me." Gabriel bashfully said.
"Heh! Then let's leave it at that. Honestly, you became more beautiful when you show your brave expression. Damn! Now, I really wanted you to fall and join us." Azazel said as he winks at the beautiful seraph attempting to charm her. Gabriel elegantly giggles at the fallen angel leader's antics.
"Geez, Azazel. You are really persistent on making me fall and join you but sorry, I am a dedicated leader to my faction and a dedicated mother to my son. Anyway, is doing this alright in front of your wife over there?" Gabriel said to Azazel and later on gestures to the woman behind the fallen angel leader. Her beauty is second to Gabriel and has a fair complexion like her; long dark blue hair and magenta eyes, has well-proportioned and slender body not losing to Gabriel, she is wearing a black business attire that accentuated her curves with her slender thighs and legs exposed and wearing black high-heels. She has five pairs of midnight black wings sprouting on her back, this is the secretary of the Grigori and Azazel's wife, Penemue, and right now she has a deadpanned expression staring intently at Azazel to the point that it could bore holes on him.
"Ahahaha! Well, my wife here won't lose to you when it comes to beauty and sex appeal though you might be the most beautiful in heaven but you are still a virgin. At least my wife here was able to have a man and got married which increases her charm." Azazel laughed and boasted her wife's qualities.
Gabriel's smile went stiff and chuckles but behind those beautiful expression is a cold aura emitting from her very being ready to maim the insensitive bastard. Penemue looks at her husband's idiotic look with a deadpanned look wondering how much of a dense idiot he is being right now, she elbows Azazel on the gut and walk off while calling him idiot. Penemue gave her sister Gabriel a nod, which reciprocated by the female seraph, before leaving her husband to whatever his fate will be.
"Geez, why did she do that? I just praised and complimented her right?" Azazel grumbled oblivious on what he has done wrong.
"~Fufufu… say Azazel, what is it about me being a virgin despite being the most beautiful in heaven? Are you saying that I am not capable of having a partner? ~" Gabriel said in a sickly sweet tone her expression unchanging though the menacing aura would beg to differ. Azazel shivers and went stiff as he looks at the seraph who is smiling beautifully at him.
"What the- this overwhelming pressure. Why do I feel the disturbance in the force around Gabriel?" Azazel thought still oblivious of the reason. He has thought of a way to escape his predicament and that is to excuse himself.
"Ah! Look at the time. Well, I better get going-" Azazel was about to leave but a hand was placed on his shoulder and squeeze it hard while the menacing aura intensifies.
"Where do you think you're going? We're not finish talking." Gabriel said.
"Shiiiiiiiiiiitttt!" Azazel cursed within his mind. He must find a way to abort mission.
"I-I'm going to meet Dante at the Temen-ni-gru entrance… I am going to deliver a special package he requested." Azazel said and immediately the strong pressure disappeared like nothing happened.
"Oh if it is for his aid then you should hurry and deliver it to him right away!" Gabriel said with urgency, she is willing to dismiss Azazel's insolence for her adoptive son's sake.
"Sssaaaaffffffeeee! I owe you this one kid!" Azazel internally thank Dante for averting his doom. Suddenly, something crosses his mind that he has to ask Gabriel herself.
"Oh before I go, answer this one question of mine. Did you take a bath together with Dante when he was little?" Azazel asked in a serious tone and expression.
"Yes, I did. Why do you ask?" The female seraph innocently tilted her head in confusion, wondering why would he ask out of the blue.
"Nothing." He replied as he teleported out making Gabriel more confused.
"Damn! Dante you lucky BASTARD!"
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Somewhere in the city, Dante suddenly sneeze and he wonders why because it is impossible for him to get sick due to his constitution. Suddenly, the image of Azazel crosses his mind as he scrunched up his nose and shrugged.
"I guess that perverted old man, Azazel is talking behind my back again." Dante said as he continues to walk towards the demon tower, his sword Rebellion on his shoulder.
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Kyoto, City proper
Issei is currently exploring the whole city around the tower looking for any demon stragglers, he avoids making his way to the tower due to his aniki's personal reason and just focused on helping Kyoto's forces to fight off the demon horde. So far, he is yet to encounter any demons in the area and just leisurely walking the streets with both hands behind his head and whistling.
"Man… so boring. Are they really gonna appear? I will die of boredom here." Issei said in a bored tone, he has been walking around this part of the city but no demons are appearing.
[Just be patient, partner. They are going to appear… and speaking of the devil and they shall appear.] Ddraig said to his host but after saying those advice, a group of demons appeared which are composed of Hell Prides and Hell Lusts.
"Well, you really jinx us there, partner but this situation is very welcome." Issei said as he made some hand movements until he makes a martial arts stance and pairs of red gauntlets appear on both of his hands; it is dragon-esque in design which are the spiky dragon scales and the hands itself were claw-like in appearance. There are also two emerald orbs embedded to each gauntlet. This is Issei's own manifestation of boosted gear, a subspecies sacred gear.
"Come on, bitches! Show me what you got!" The red dragon emperor declared as he made a come hither gesture which provokes the demons.
(Cue Battle OST: Garo Vanishing Line OST- M.T.W.)
A Hell Lust charges at Issei with its dash attack, it was already swinging its scythe to decapitate the boy but the red dragon emperor grabs the haft of the scythe stopping the swing as the result then Issei hits the Hell Lust with a palm attack to the face sending it flying back to its comrades and also stunning the enemy. Issei gives the stolen weapon a few twirls before parrying the attack of the Hell Pride resulting to the demon's stagger, then he decapitates the demon in a swift manner. Issei throws the towards the Hell Lust that is still recovering from his previous attack hitting it with the very sickle embedded to the demon's skull. The Sekiryuutei turns to other direction only to see a Hell Pride making an upward swipe on him, but Issei counters it by kicking the haft to stop the swing then he delivers two punches; one to the demon's gut and one straight to the face crushing its head to a pulp.
[BOOST!] His sacred gear started its ability to boost his power every ten seconds.
Issei blocks a swing from a Hell Pride then grabs the haft of its weapon and performs a judo throw hitting a charging Hell Lust. The Sekiryuutei steals the weapon and parried all the attacks from different angles by spinning and twirling the scythe and then he dashes through the horde with streak, performing a spinning slash cutting the demons along the way like grass. Like an expert, he proceeds to slash the crowd of demons with skill like a master scythe wielder, he did a prop and shredder move as he whips the scythe around into a high-rev spin launching the unfortunate Hell Lust into the air and then thrusting the spinning scythe forward shredding the launched enemy.
[BOOST!]
Another ten seconds have passed and Issei's overall power has doubled by his sacred gear, he turns to the incoming horde of Hell Prides and then hurls the scythe that he's been using towards the enemies hacking away the crowd of demons. Issei charges towards the group of demons punching and kicking all that comes his way, in a faraway perspective, on can see demons being sent flying or being hurled to the air within the large crows. Like a freaking one-man army, the Sekiryuutei continues to pummel all the demons who charges at him and every punch and kick gets stronger in every ten seconds of the battle due to Issei can almost one shot any demons now and he is still not drawing his sword on his back.
On his peripheral vision, Issei noticed two Hell Prides swinging their scythes at him, only for him to evade the attack by running on the wall behind him and then flip over the two Hell Prides landing behind them. Upon landing, he felt another attack from behind and with his fast reflex, Issei turns around while rearing his right arm preparing to punch the demon behind him which is a Hell Lust charging at him. As if time is being slowed down, the oppositions have decided to attack each other gambling themselves on whose attack will land first; Issei is already in mid punch while the Hell Lust is on mid swing. Unfortunately for the demon, Issei's punch is faster and it hits home square to the face of the Hell Lust sending it flying with a loud boom and the demon laid flat on the wall cracking it and killing the demon turning it to dust.
After relishing a satisfying punch, he senses the two Hell Prides flank him on both sides as they swing their scythe on him; one meant to behead him and one meant to severe his upper body to his lower body. Issei simply did a side flip narrowly slip throught in-between the attacks and now, all of the enemies are finally in front of him as he intends to finish the fight.
"Alright! Time to end this!" He announced.
[EXPLOSION!] Said by Ddraig within the sacred gear, announcing for it to be ready for discharge or release. Issei made a stance that he is preparing to punch.
[DRAGON SHOT!]
The Sekiryuutei did a punching motion and a large beam of crimson energy envelops the whole horde eliminating all demons in front of him. Unfortunately, he did a mistake because his attack explodes within the city damaging the roads, vehicles and even destroying buildings. Issei paled on the sudden realization on what is the consequences of his stunt.
(Battle OST end)
"Oh shiiiitttt! Aunt Gabriel is going to kill me!"
[Or worse, she will take this from your cut.] Ddraig deadpanned. His partner is really dumbass sometimes, acting first before he thinks. Him and his brother-in-arms Dante are the same, they are famous for leaving destruction on their path.
"NNNOOOOOOO!" Issei wailed like a child having a sissy fit.
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Kyoto's border
Gabriel stared at the area with smoke rising with her eyes half-close, she sighed already knowing who is the culprit of the destruction over on that particular area. She had already felt Issei's aura rising indicating that he is currently fighting, she only just hopes that Issei would mind his surroundings before he acts but that was just a wishful thinking because Issei did it… again. Both Issei and Dante sometimes are getting carried away in a fight resulting in the destruction of properties, and they have no choice but to pay it using their cut from the job. And right now, she can already imagine Issei wailing having a sissy fit somewhere, and true to her words, the said boy is doing exactly what she thinks.
The seraph is currently hovering in the skies of Kyoto with her six pairs of pure white wings out and a golden halo over her head; her attire is just a simple pure white Greek style dress that reaches her ankles, it is sleeveless and has a V-neck collar that shows her ample cleavage and the dress hugs her perfect curves and a pair of white sandals on her perfect feet. She looks down at the evacuating civilians who are running from the horde and some forces from Kyoto composed of youkais and omyoujis holding the demons back, there are already casualties on both sides and they need to aid Kyoto's forces.
"We have arrived, Lady Gabriel." She heard a feminine voice behind her. Gabriel turns to the owner of the voice, it belongs to a beautiful woman with long dark blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes, she has a fair complexion wearing a black nun outfit though the skirt area has a slit on one side exposing one of her thigh and leg to allow mobility. She is also wearing silver armguards and black fingerless gloves while her legwear and footwear are composed of black thigh-high stockings and dark gray combat boots and like Gabriel, she has three pairs of white wings and halo on top of her head. She is also accompanied with a battalion of angels wearing white vestments over their silver armor and their heads are covered with a white cowl and white face mask.
"Yes Griselda, you're just in time. Command our forces to aid the forces of Kyoto, split into two groups; one must assist the civilians and wipe them the memory of this event while the other will engage the demons into battle." Gabriel said to the woman called Griselda. She is formerly human and a powerful exorcist of the church, she was chosen to be reincarnated into an angel as one of Gabriel's brave saints.
"It will be done, Milady. Will you be returning with us to heaven after this operation?" Griselda affirmed the command and then asks her superior, she and the other angels are hopeful that Gabriel will finally return and attend to her duty to heaven. It was already eleven years that Gabriel left heaven to raise Dante which some angels called the devil spawn, she was actually returns to heaven from time to time though she doesn't stay for too long and took all her work to the human realm.
"No, I will just bring my work down here at Kuoh." Gabriel replied which shocks Griselda and the other angels.
"But Lady Gabriel-" Griselda was about to voice her opinion but the seraph cuts her off.
"My decision is final. My brothers; Michael, Raphael and Uriel supports me on my decision so it's alright." The seraph said with a sincere smile.
Griselda frowns on her leader's decision, the other angels also share her feelings, they wonder the reason why Gabriel does not want to separate herself with the devil spawn. He is already at the right age to take care of himself so why Gabriel still wants to stay by that demon's side? What is so special about the boy that their Lady Gabriel cherished him like a family? Was it because he is the son of Sparda? If it were for them to decide, they have hunted Dante down by now whether by the angels or exorcists alike, but Michael strictly commanded that Dante must not be touched. This issue causes an uproar in heaven among the angels due to their leaders giving a special treatment to a demon half-breed.
"As you wish, Lady Gabriel." Griselda said in defeat as she leads the battalion of angels to the battlefield and provide cover and support to both civilians and Kyoto's forces.
The battle was so intense; Kyoto's forces puts up a fight but their numbers are slowly dwindling. They have no problem dealing with the Hell prides and Hell Caina due to their slow and predictable movements but they sighted different class of demons that are much harder to deal with; some sighted a group of Hell Lust which excels on their agile and unpredictable movements, as a result, their forces are slowly being cut down but before they got overwhelm by enemies, a hail of light spears descended on the demons culling their numbers down but some Hell Lusts are nimble enough to evade the barrage.
"Mirana, you and your group will assist all the evacuating humans and we'll take care of the demon horde." Griselda said to a silver haired angel called Mirana, her full name is Mirana Sharatova and she is a fellow brave saint to Griselda under Gabriel's leadership. She also wears the same gear as Griselda and she is a beautiful girl with shoulder length silver hair and blue eyes with milky white complexion. Said girl nodded at the command and leads her group of angels towards the humans.
"NOW CHARGE!"
(Cue Battle OST: Code Vein- Blade Bearer and Cannoneer Battle theme)
Griselda's group started their assault and some of her angels took a range support to provide cover fire for their comrades and allies. They effectively push the horde of demons back as they hack their enemies with their swords and spears of light, Griselda charge through the demon horde with graceful movements cutting down the demons left and right dancing around the battlefield with a light sword conjured in her hand while holding a silvery white pistol on the other. As she cuts away the evil beings, she points her pistol towards the Hell Pride that is about to cleave one of Kyoto's omyouji in half. She fires the gun two times launching projectiles of light hitting the demon on the head killing it then turns to dust.
They are just about to rout out their enemies, but unknown to them somethings are lurking in the shadows. It was too late for them to realize when demonic portals appear on their flanks then they were attacked by the demons coming from it slashing them with a scythe-like limb, both forces of heaven and Kyoto are wounded by the surprise attack but some of them unfortunately got dismembered by the newly arrived demons. The demon resembles the Hell Caina but much taller in height, they do not have clothing on the upper body but they have a black tattered skirt and within their body are purple roots or tentacles which also serves as arms attached on the large scythe blades and also tentacles protruding from their eye sockets. These demons are Hell Judecca, they have a ranking of commanders of the demon army.
The Hell Judeccas cleave the ground beneath them summoning each of their own group of Hell Cainas bolstering their numbers. The allied forces switch their strategy and focus on long range bombardment, Griselda and the angels conjure multiple light spear and fires them continuously towards the horde. Some Hell Cainas are skewered by the bombardment but the others manage to survive and charge towards the allied forces dragging their scythes on the ground and producing sparks, some angels and omyoujis were overcame by panic unable to aim properly at the enemy resulting them being cleaved in two by the Hell Cainas. The Hell Judeccas have started to move themselves swinging their root-like arms like a whip cutting multiple numbers of alliance forces with their huge scythe blade, some of them used their long range attacks blasting their enemies to kingdom come with the souls of the damned.
From the sky, Gabriel watches how the situation unfolds and decided to help by conjuring large numbers of light spear and launch them into a rapid fire like a machine gun and all the light spears hit their intended target, skewering both Hell Cainas and Hell Judeccas killing them in the process. The seraph is about to charge herself to the battlefield only to be blinded by a bright light, her instinct suddenly kicks in and she brandishes her sword of light intercepting an attack from the sword made of purple light. Gabriel narrows her eyes when she finally sees the demon that got in her way; it is a lesser demon that has its body covered by beautiful white wings and its face has a humanoid appearance though it is grayish black in color and eyes red as blood. This the lesser demon called, The Fallen, one of the creations of the prince of darkness, Mundus. He creates demons base on the characteristics of the holy angels much to the irritation of the original angels themselves. The reason behind his taste of creation is still unknown up to this day.
"A group of Fallen huh. Whenever I see your appearances, I can't help but feel insulted. As if Mundus is really mocking us angels." Gabriel commented, despite her calm expression her voice has an irritated tone in it.
The beautiful seraph flicks her light sword to the side then points it to the fallen, beckoning and challenging them to come at her. The provocation was well received by the group of Fallen as they charge towards Gabriel starting an aerial battle. One fallen attempts for a stab only for Gabriel to easily deflect the attack of the lesser demon and make a mighty swing to the demon's torso destroying the wings that covering it. The seraph was about to deal the finishing blow but another Fallen slash at her, she dodges the attack missing her opportunity to destroy the first attacker. This is what annoys her when dealing with these types of demons, in order to destroy them, one must destroy their wing cover then quickly followed by a second attack to defeat them. Seeing that they are attacking her in groups, the fight will take longer than expected.
Gabriel felt an attack on both of her flank as two Fallen rushing at her with their light spear but before the attacks landed, the seraph uses her wings and blocks the attacks on both sides with a resounding clang like steel meets steel. The angels' wings do not only function for flying, if an angel is skilled enough, they can use their wings as a shield which is much harder than any metals known on earth and can also turn their feathers into a razor sharp blades that can cut enemies with ease. The seraph flicks her wings outward staggering the two fallen and in a very swift motion, Gabriel landed two consecutive attacks on one Fallen killing it then she points her index finger to the other compressing her power in a single point and she fires a light bullet piercing through the other fallen adding another kill for her.
"I may look defenseless but I am one of the great seraphs of heaven, I know my way when it comes to fight." Gabriel said with intensity, she condensed the power of her light sword and her body is wrapped in a golden aura with her sky blue eyes glowing. Her halo also started to transform, it now has protrusions going upward which makes her halo looks like a crown.
"Now prepare yourselves."
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Near the base of the demon tower
"Now this is quite a drag."
Dante was now near the base of the tower but standing on his way are a group of five very tall humanoid demons who appear to have burned skin, with a very noticeable dark, brownish tone. They wear long white cloaks and white bandages both on their head and limbs. The bandage on their heads covers their eyes completely. carry enormous scythes with a characteristic squared blade. Their sickles are slightly shorter than those of other Hells and also seem to be more decorated. These demons are the Hell Sloths.
The Hell Sloths roared at Dante before they disappear leaving a sand cloud, meanwhile the devil hunter waited calmly on the demons' next move. After a short moment of waiting, one Hell Sloth manifested in front of Dante swinging down it's sickle diagonally only for Dante to lean his body to the side narrowly evading the attack, before he could do anything to the demon, it already teleported away from him to a safe distance to try again. This time, another Hell Sloth attempted to bisect Dante attacking from the back but the devil hunter did a back flip once again evading the sneak attack. The third Hell Sloth manifested and immediately attacks Dante from his right thinking that the devil hunter will take time to regain his bearing, unfortunately, Dante draws his sword Rebellion from his back parrying the attack. After another failed attempt, the fourth Hell Sloth tries to decapitate the devil hunter but Dante simply leans back. Then the fifth manifested on his left, but before the Hell Sloth could do anything, in one swift motion Dante draws Ebony and fires the gun right to the Hell Sloth's face killing it in the process then turns into a sand cloud. The first four Hell Sloths manifested from a distance looking at their kin that was easily killed.
"Hehe! Is that all?" Dante mocked waving Ebony that has smoke emitting from the barrel, showing the demons the weapon he used to kill their kin.
The Hell Sloths roared in response to Dante's provocation as they teleport leaving a sound cloud once more. The devil hunter smirks and like an expert gunslinger, he fires both Ebony and Ivory in a different direction and angle hitting all the four Hell Sloths on their predicted locations killing them in one fell swoop. Satisfied with his stunt, he puts his guns away and started walking towards the tower's entrance but unknown to him, a Hell Judecca silently emerges from the portal. The demon thrusts both of its sickle arms forward letting it fly to the unsuspecting devil hunter, Dante has felt the attack already as he turns around and about to draw Rebellion only for the demon's attack stops inches away from his face. When he looks what happened to the demon, he sees the aforementioned demon impaled with a spear of light then turns into dust.
(Battle OST end)
"Yo! Dante. Close call huh?" Dante looks to the source of the voice to see Azazel walking towards him in a relax manner.
"Oh! It's you, old man. I could have handled that it in a badass way without your interference but thanks anyway. Though that is not going to earn you some points to Gabriel if that is what you're thinking." Dante replied to the fallen angel which made Azazel's grin faltered a little.
"Oh come on Dante… I'm happily married with Penemue, whose beauty would not lose to Gabriel." Azazel said still grinning at the devil hunter but one of his eyebrow is twitching from the remark.
"Well you might be, but we are all members of the supernatural world and we have a different set of rules and lifestyle than humans so what's stopping you for having a harem, attempting to add Gabriel as your woman. Though too bad, Gabriel keeps deflecting your advances and attempts to flirt with her." Dante said to the fallen angel with a blank stare while Azazel being struck by an imaginary arrow that has guilty written over it followed by another arrow which has rejected over it.
"Plus you kept bragging to me that you have a harem of women back then after your fall and Gabriel heard you telling a child me perverted stories and got your ass kick by her because you are corrupting me. Yeah, that would leave a bad impression on her." Dante added.
"Alright alright, you win but that does not mean I am giving up on her." Azazel said with a cocky grin in his face. Dante blankly stared at the fallen angel governor with a frown, the young devil hunter does not know the reason but he felt threatened on Azazel's declaration.
"Now this is strange, why did I suddenly got on guard in what the old man said? Me and Gabriel has a relationship that siblings have and seriously, Gabriel can leave my side already since I am an adult now." Dante thought within his mind.
"Well, I am not here to banter with you but to give you the item that you requested on me. Here, take it." After the stare off, Azazel tossed something towards Dante and the devil hunter catches it with one hand. He looks at the item revealing that it was a double barrel shotgun.
"That weapon is the same with your guns. Just by channeling your demonic power, it can produce bullets without running out." Azazel explained.
"Nice! From now on, I will call this baby as Coyote- A. I'm excited to test this to the demons inside this ugly tower. Thanks, old man." Dante said happily like a child receiving a Christmas gift and then he points the shotgun to the direction of the tower's entrance.
"Yep yep. I will be going then, it seems our forces are having a hard time pushing the demon horde so I will join them and impress Gabriel." Azazel said as he teleported away.
"…"
"Heh! Good luck with that old man." Dante said to no one as he walks towards the door of the tower.
…
With Gabriel and the battle on Kyoto's border
(Cue Battle OST: Garo Vanishing Line OST- End of the battle)
Gabriel is currently fighting the group of Fallen in order to divert their attention from the allied troops, she singlehandedly defeating any Fallen that dare approach her with ease. The seraph made sure to condense her power in order to pierce through the lesser demons' defenses, her expression is calm and tranquil like a flowing river and every move are like a graceful dance, no wasteful movements. Gabriel slices the demon's torso easily breaking its defense then making a strong swing in a wide arc killing it, the Fallen that attempted to support its comrade was also hit by the wide swing breaking its defense and at the same time cutting the demon like a knife cutting through butter.
The lesser demons change their strategy as two of them hurled their spear of light towards Gabriel only for the seraph to simply block the attacks with a magic circle and the spears explode upon contact, but the attack never ends there as one Fallen sneaks to the seraph's back and charge at her spear at the ready. Unfortunately, Gabriel is already aware of the impending backstab and her six pairs of wings suddenly hardened and feathers as sharp as blade, her wings move wildly like a cyclone cutting the demon in every angle making it stagger and its defense breaking. Gabriel did not waste her chance and cuts the Fallen with her light sword then she creates a concentrated light spear on her free hand and hurled it to one of the Fallen in the distance.
Getting desperate, the remaining Fallens charge at the seraph at the same time, Gabriel has no choice but be on the defensive as she dodges and parry the consecutive attacks that her enemies are throwing at her. She came into a deadlock with one Fallen attempting to push her back but before she could take action another Fallen appears and attacks her flank. She creates another light sword and blocks the attack now in a deadlock with two demons, but it did not finish there, two Fallen attempted to stab her back which Gabriel uses her wings to block both attacks. The seraph realizes that she is currently stuck and the demons have her pinned in position, her eyes slightly widens when she saw other Fallens surrounding her from a distance and currently going to hurl their spears at her. Her clairvoyance suddenly activated showing her a vision that she is going to be impaled like a pincushion dying brutally as a result, when she came into reality she starts to gather her power to unleash a burst of aura in order to push back everything but before she could do that, the group of Fallen that was going to hurl their light spear got impaled at the same time with gold colored light spear eliminating the threats.
(Battle OST end)
The demons that are pinning Gabriel were confused on what happened until they also got impaled by the unknown attacker which sets the seraph free. Gabriel looks up to her savior to see Azazel making a dashing entrance, flying down like a descending god and his six pairs of wings as dark as night spread wide open. He descended close to Gabriel, which is too close for comfort and when you look at it in an outsider's perspective they look like lovers meeting each other.
"Yo! Gabriel, you alright?" Azazel said in a cool manner.
"I'm fine. Thank you for saving me Azazel." Gabriel replied with a sincere smile.
"Say, Gabriel. Would like to eat somewhere after this crisis is over? Just the two of us." Azazel said attempting to flirt with the beautiful seraph as his arm hovers around Gabriel's shoulder attempting to hold her close, but Gabriel suddenly moves away in a graceful manner making her way towards the battlefield but before that she faced Azazel and said.
"Sorry Azazel, but I'm planning to invite my son Dante out on a date after this. And also, you shall not commit adultery and stay faithful with your wife, okay?"
She left after saying those words with a beautiful smile which made Azazel dumbfounded then he sighed in defeat. Unknown to him, his wife Penemue is hovering behind him without the fallen angel governor's notice.
"I see, still trying to make her fall. My dear, Azazel." Penemue said in amused tone making Azazel jumps in fright on his wife sneaking on him.
"Can't help a guy for trying you know; she is my first love during my time in heaven. And among the angels that I wanted to fall from grace, Gabriel pops out on my mind imagining how hot she is going to be as a fallen angel." Azazel explained in a lax manner then his expression turns perverted imagining a nude Gabriel as a fallen angel, making a lewd pose and looking seductively at him.
PINCH!
"Ow ow! Hey, what was that for?" Azazel complained as he nurses his cheek that was pinched by his wife.
"I'm well aware of that, you and that narcissistic Enlil are head over heels for her. Though, I won't stop you from pursuing other women or even mind of having a harem sister, but you should mind Gabriel's budding feelings. She might confuse her feelings as motherly love but anyone perceptive can see that she has her eyes for the demon boy, I want her to be my harem sister but this is Gabriel's first experience for romantic love and I want her to experience how great to love a significant other." Penemue said smiling wistfully.
"You're right on that, honey. But as I observed them, they are just going around each other and their relationship is not progressing. They limit themselves to familial love, I started to wonder on how they can realize that their feelings are mutual." Azazel replied.
"Well we should just watch from the sidelines then on how their relationship will go." Penemue concluded.
"Nah! That would be boring. I've been with Dante earlier to deliver him an item, and I declared to him that I will not give up on Gabriel. Do you know what his reaction is?" Azazel said with a mischievous tone which made Penemue quirk an eyebrow getting her curiosity pique.
"Even though that he stared blankly at me, I can see it in his eyes the disturbance and annoyance, no matter how much he hides it on either indifference or cool dismissal, he is starting to feel something." Azazel continued with a cocky smirk.
"I see. A love between an angel and a demon, huh? This is more of a forbidden love than a relationship between angels and fallen angels." Penemue said with a hint of worry on his tone.
"Yeah I know, it seems that Dante is not well received by the other angels and the church due to his demonic heritage. Only Michael, Raphael and Uriel supported Gabriel's decision on raising the cambion, if Dante and Gabriel become lovers then her position in heaven will be jeopardize and worst case scenario is being banished from heaven." Azazel replied and explained the possible future.
"Even Michael will have no choice because it will only shake the beliefs of the humans. Well knowing you, you are going to welcome them in Grigori if they decided to." His wife said with a smile.
"Well of course! They are family after all." Azazel said as both fallen angel couple rejoins the battle.
…
Temen-ni-gru, Tower entrance
Dante approaches the entryway of the tower; there he was met with a large frozen room and there up ahead, a giant, three-headed dog demon encased in ice blocks his path, and breaks free of the ice with a roar, sending a chunk of ice flying at Dante. He slices it in half with Rebellion.
"Leave now mortal! The likes of you are forbidden in this land! You who are powerless are not worthy to set foot here!" The three-headed dog demon said while his other heads are growling at Dante.
"Wow, I've never seen a talking mutt before. You know, in a dog show, you'd definitely take first place." Dante commented which made the dog demon, Cerberus, angry and feel insulted.
"You, a mere human, make a mockery of me?!" Cerberus growled and spits a beam of ice at Dante, who jumps over it. The beam strikes the entrance to the chamber, sealing it with ice.
"Easy, Fido. How about I take you out for a walk? Come on, puppy, let's go!" Dante taunted the Cerberus by clapping his hands and made a beckoning gesture that treating the dog demon like a pet.
"You'll regret this, you worm!" Angered by Dante's taunt, the Cerberus raises its aura as the room mildly shakes. It has decided to fight and squash the insolent human to paste.
"It's showtime!" He punches the air several times, doing a warm up exercise before the battle. "Come on!" He said as he made a come hither gesture.
(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 3- Cerberus battle theme)
The battle starts with a stare-off between the two, they are waiting for the other to make a first move. The Cerberus was the first to get impatient and charges to Dante with a head-butt, the devil hunter responds by doing a martial arts stance and takes the blow head on.
BANG!
A resounding noise can be heard as Dante did not receive any damage from the attack, the devil hunter did a stinger move launching a high-speed lunge attack towards the Cerberus' head but the attack was ineffective and did not pierce the ice armor of the dog demon. Cerberus swipes its claw only for Dante to assume another guard stance blocking the attack once again.
BANG!
But the dog demon is not done on its attack as it raises its other claw and swings it down to squash Dante into paste, but Dante vanishes on the spot and reappears in front of the Cerberus' head, a trick up move, then he draws Rebellion from his back and did an aerial rave unleashing a blitz of sword strikes followed by million stab executing thrust attacks in blinding speed then ending the combo with a devastating overhead attack, a helm breaker on its snout staggering the dog demon but still no significant damage on the ice armor.
"Man, that ice casing is really tough." Dante said calmly but grimacing inwardly. The Cerberus has quickly recovered from its staggered state and growled at the demon hunter.
The three-headed dog demon charges once again, its mouth open ready to bite Dante off. Dante jumps evading the bite then strikes the Cerberus' snout again with Rebellion. The second head of the Cerberus starts moving and lunge at the airborne Dante for another bite only for the demon hunter to kick off the air, a magic circle appearing as a platform for Dante, and did a side flip dodging the attack once more then land a sword strike which staggers the second head. Suddenly, the third head rushes at him with a head-butt while on the other hand Dante blocks it with the flat side of his sword, the impact sends him flying but the Cerberus immediately chase after the devil hunter and all of its three heads consecutively attempts to bite him. In his airborne state, Dante keeps fending off all the heads by swatting them with Rebellion. The cycle keeps repeating until he got into a deadlock with the middle head then suddenly another head rushes in for a bite only for Dante to dodge it completely and uses the middle head as foothold, he sprints along the nape while the two heads on both sides attempt to bite the demon hunter off from the middle head which is failing due to Dante's nimbleness and him smacking both heads away from him.
In a very cunning way, the Cerberus leaps in place making Dante move off the demon dog's back making him open to attacks while in mid-air and not for long as Dante is caught by another head-butt which he blocks. Dante noticed that the attack is not strong like before, only enough to push him back in front of Cerberus and suddenly, pain jolted on his body and his vision temporarily turns white as a strong force slam on him which made him careening towards the frosty ground. After hitting the ground, he right himself up into crouching position while skidding back using one of his hand as break to the momentum (A/N: recovering stance on dmc 4 and 5 after getting knocked back by an enemy). While recovering his footing, he assessed what happened and based on what he observed, he got swatted like a fly if a slightly raised paw is any indication.
"Ow! You really hit like a truck you know that, pup." Dante jested on the Cerberus who only scoffed and said.
"This is just only the beginning, HUMAN!"
And with that the battle resumes, Cerberus makes a resounding roar which shakes the room. As the roar subsides, Dante senses the danger as he looks up seeing spikes of ice falling over him. He runs out of the falling shards' way but it seems the spikes seems to fall wherever he goes, another roar is heard once again by the demon hunter and another batch of ice spikes falls over him and this time he is now dashing away from the falling debris of ice.
"It seems it's time to test this baby on that tough armor of yours." Dante said as he picks Coyote- A out.
Dante sprints towards the Cerberus' direction then the devil hunter uses the gun stinger move launching a high-speed lunge attack similar to the stinger but using his shotgun as a weapon firing point blank range on one of the demon dog's ice encased paw which partially shreds some of the ice armor away. The Cerberus retaliates with a swipe attack only for Dante to jump back followed by another shot of Coyote- A shredding the ice armored paw completely. The devil hunter did not waste any time and attack the exposed paw using his sword showing only a shallow cut which is a testament on how tough is the Cerberus' hide but despite the minimal damage, the demon dog howls in pain and its body falling to the ground making it vulnerable to attacks.
Using the anti-demon shotgun, Dante shots one of the Cerberus' three heads destroying the ice that encases it but the Cerberus won't take it lying down so it retaliates by trying bite Dante down only for the demon hunter to dodge and unleashes a blitz of sword strikes which followed by a stab on the eye. The demon dog roared in pain as the middle head lashes out to Dante, only for him to kick on the magic circle in the air and propels him forward using his sky star move to avoiding the attack completely. He made an air hike, kicking off the air and twist his body mid-air to maneuver himself to the side then fires Coyote- A on the middle head before landing back on the ground.
The Cerberus raises its left paw and slams it on the ground conjuring a wave of ice spikes towards the devil hunter, Dante dodges the attack by doing a side roll but the demon dog immediately follows another attack by throwing a boulder of ice on him. Dante draws Rebellion again and slices the ice block into four, the middle head of Cerberus fires a beam on ice from its mouth freezing the ground in the process. The devil hunter avoids the attack and run towards the wall while the Cerberus continuously fire its ice beam while aiming it to Dante, as he reaches the wall, he leaps on and started running along the wall then jumps toward the direction of the other side head. He draws Coyote- A and fires a demonic bullet enhanced with his own demonic power destroying the ice encasing the head.
The Cerberus swats the devil hunter but this time, Dante manages to block the attack with his sword though he is still ended up on the ground once more unaware that the demon dog has already prepared its attack. The Cerberus fires its ice beam at Dante and landed a direct hit, when the mist subsides, the devil hunter is there frozen solid. The demon dog scoffs and approaches Dante's frozen form.
"This is the end, human!" The Cerberus said as it raises its right paw.
(Battle OST end)
Before the demon dog could smash Dante's frozen body to smithereens, his frozen body is bathe with intense crimson light followed by a strong shockwave strong enough to push the Cerberus back in a few meters. As the light subsides, in place of the devil hunter is a demon clad in red and black with Rebellion in its hand; his snowy hair turns into a spiked cranial crest giving him a serrated look, and his body physique is much barer. His coat tails either function like his trench coat or open up to spread out and give him flight. He also has his coat's "Lapel" changed into white-colored ones, his forearms are spiked and black in coloring, hands are claw-like, his feet have clawed toe-nails and his body gains a red, foggy aura emanating his power. Dante has now entered in his demonic form, his devil trigger, and the demon dog can tell from the intense wave of aura the devil hunter is emitting.
"That form!... This familiar power… You're-" Cerberus said in shock and awe.
(Cue Battle OST: Rungran – Devil May Cry the animated series Theme)
The demon form Dante silently stared at Cerberus until his coat tails unfolds and spreads wide showing a semi-chiropteran wings followed by a strong shockwave blowing away the shards of ice on the surroundings. He takes flight with incredible speed and swings Rebellion down, the Cerberus countered with his head-butt resulting on their attacks clashing which also produce a shockwave. Still not relenting, Dante reared his left fist and punches the demon dog hard with a resounding bash which knocks the Cerberus back. The demon dog retaliates with a swipe which Dante blocks which made him land to the ground, the demon dog immediately hurls a block of ice towards the devil hunter but was only cut in half with ease.
The Cerberus lunges at the devil hunter with renewed vigor but Dante immediately fell into a guard stance fully negating the attack, one of the side heads attempts to bite Dante only for the devil hunter to counter with his just release move, releasing all the accumulated power resulting in one of the heads to be destroyed in blood and gore. Although a little staggered, the demon dog swipes his claw only for Dante to counter with his devil trigger enhanced stinger which pushes back the Cerberus' attack. While the Cerberus is still disoriented, Dante did a ground trick move teleporting forward then slashing one of its foot with his sword knocking the demon dog down. His next move came by holding Rebellion into a reverse grip stance as he crouches down, demonic power gathering on the blade making it glow in a dark crimson light. He releases the energy from the blade by producing a shockwave as he swings the sword three times, his drive and overdrive attacks took another head of the Cerberus leaving the head at the middle still encased with ice armor. Before the demon dog could stand, the devil hunter uses the gun stinger move firing point blank at the target which destroys the ice on its head plus getting knock back from the impact.
"Two down and one to go!" Demon Dante said in a deep and distorted tone.
"YOU! DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ME!" The Cerberus growled as it raises its aura to full power turning its skin to red and a black miasma leaking in its form. The demon dog has entered its devil trigger state.
The Cerberus attacks Dante with more vigor, its attack is much more powerful and faster than earlier. The demon dog attacks more aggressively which puts Dante into a defensive maneuvers, despite managing to block any attacks he was still being pushed back and he feels both of his arms going numb and strained from how heavy the attacks he is taking. The demon dog hurls boulders of ice consecutively, blocks after blocks, Dante cuts them all. After cutting the last boulder, the devil hunter found himself on the surprise attack from the Cerberus as it lunges at him with its mouth open ready to devour him. Dante responds by doing the trick up maneuver avoiding the attack and reappearing in front of the demon dog's head then bashes Rebellion on its snout knocking it back in the process.
Dante did not relent and uses sky star to propel him forward and swings his sword down but this time, the Cerberus counters by biting onto the Rebellion's blade stopping the sword's momentum. The Cerberus hurls the devil hunter towards the wall putting a crack on the structure, then the demon dog thrusts its claw towards Dante to deal with the fatal blow. Due to the cloud of dust, the Cerberus could not see if it manages to kill the devil hunter but in a short moment Dante emerges from the dust running along the demon dog's arm then made a high-speed lunge to close the distance followed by a million stab to the head. With one strong thrust, the Cerberus is knock down and the power of its devil trigger is gone. Dante glides to the ground then disengages his devil trigger and stares at the weakened Cerberus with cautious eyes.
(Battle OST end)
"You are not human, are you? And the power you possessed resembles to my master, Sparda." The Cerberus said as it stands up weakly.
"Well, I'm a half breed though not just an ordinary one. So you are my father's pet, huh. Why are you here in this tower then?" Dante replied on the Cerberus' realization and asked the said demon on its purpose in the tower.
"I was tasked to guard the entrance of the tower to prevent any intruders, so that no one would attempt to steal the relic that lies within." The demon dog replied.
"Regardless of your heritage, half breed or not, you have proved your strength. I acknowledge your ability. Take my soul and go forth! You have my blessing, young master." Cerberus shatters and his soul flies into Dante's hand, turning into an ice nunchaku. Dante practices his moves with the new weapon, even though it was his first time wielding the weapon, he shows off his skill like a master.
"Too easy!" Dante said as he finished his warm-up on the newly acquired weapon.
A second later, the woman on the motorcycle crashes through the sealed ice door, nearly landing on Dante. He backflips out of the way and lands behind her. The two glared at each other for a while, the devil hunter notices the familiar heterochromia with the same color in the woman's eyes and thought on what is her connection to the bald scholar that attacked him, but he pushes it to the back of his mind and breaks the silence.
"Are you going to the party? What's the hurry, Didn't you get an invitation?" Dante asked casually.
She replies by launching a rocket at Dante, which he surfs on briefly before it flies upwards and blows a hole in the ceiling. She revs her bike and charges at Dante, doing a wheelie at the last second and launching herself up through the ceiling.
"Now that's rude. Whatever, this just keeps getting better and better!" The devil hunter said as he proceeds to explore the tower.
MISSION 2 END
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
That is a wrap for our official chapter 2, did you all predicted that Dante already unlocked his devil trigger? Well, that event happened much earlier, one year prior to be exact. I tweak the appearance of Dante's devil trigger form; the complete description goes like this: his cranial crest is based on his Agni and Rudra DT form, his torso is the same with his Agni and Rudra DT form, both of his forearms are black instead of mismatched and base on the DMC 4 DT design same with the lower body from waist to feet and finally his coat tails or wings are the same with his DMC 3 normal DT. I also tweak on Vergil's DT too but I'll describe it later on.
In the chapter, some of the characters already knew about Dante and Gabriel's budding feelings to each other. The two in question would simply not think of it as romantic love in this point in time but I will try to make a plot in the future to develop their romantic status that's all. Please leave a review.
