DVYL May Cry
The seven Beacon students were staring in terror at the Grimm abomination. They still couldn't comprehend how two high level Grimm turned into that. Or how it stopped Dante in just three moves. Could they fight this thing? Could they even run away from it? That's when its head turned to where Dante was sent flying, under a pile of lumber. It started to move towards it, with each step on its bladed legs, the ground shook. They all watched as it slowly moved away from them. "What's it doing?" Ruby asked.
They all slowly shook away their shock, "It's most likely going after the person it just hit away." The green clad young man said. They all turned to him. "It probably considered him the greater threat and wants to make sure…" he trailed off.
They all felt a chill run down their back with his unspoken words. After a short silence, "This may be our only chance." Weiss stated. "While it's distracted, we can grab our relics and get away from it. It could be our best course to take."
They were all quiet again. She made a lot of sense. Dante took down two Grimm that would've been difficult for the rest of them to deal with before being two-shot by that thing. That thing was just too strong for them. But the thought of leaving behind an injured student didn't sit right with them. They heard the sound of a weapon mecha-shifting and they all turned to see that Yang had Ember Celica deployed and was still staring at the Grimm unblinking. "Yang?" Ruby asked, trying to get her sister's attention.
"That thing just hurt or killed my partner, Ruby. I'm not about to walk away from this." She said with barely restrained anger.
The rest just stared at her in shock. "Are you crazy?" Weiss asked. "We aren't ready for something like this!"
"Then feel free to get out of here, Princess!" Yang bit back. "I'm not just about to abandon my partner and let that thing do, who knows what to him!" With that said she charged at the Grimm with a shout of anger.
"Yang!" Ruby shouted in fear. She started to think though. Dante was not the cheeriest person around, but he treated her and Yang well. It may not have been for too long, but she considered him a friend. She was not about to let her sister fight this battle alone, especially to help a friend. "You're not doing this alone!" she shouted before drawing Crescent Rose and used her Semblance to catch up to her.
"Ruby! You've got to be kidding me?" Weiss said exasperated. "I can't very well just walk away now." She huffed before she drew Myrtenaster as well.
Ren was just staring at the three women charging into the fray, until he felt someone tug on his sleeve. He turned to his partner. "Ren, we're not just going to leave them like that, are we?" she asked.
Ren just stared at her before he sighed, "Of course not, Nora." That made Nora smile widely before deploying Magnhild. Ren pulled Stormflower from his sleeves and the two ran in to give them support. Pyrrha and Blake looked at each other before they nodded at each other. Not like they could be the only ones to run away. Pyrrha grabbed Milo and Akouo while Blake reached for Gambol Shroud before both ran to back up their fellow students.
The seven students started to fire upon the Grimm and it quickly turned to the new enemy. It screamed with both its heads before it fired another volley of feathers at them. They dodged before Ruby and Pyrrha started to fire at it. The bullets did very little, but it quickly had to defend itself with its pincers when Yang and Nora tried to hit it in the chest. It threw them back before it tried to attack them with its stinger. Luckily, a Glyph appeared to protect them. The Grimm screamed before it was pelted with a salvo of bullets from Ren. It tried to impale him with its legs, but he was able to dodge it easily. When it was distracted with Ren, Blake jumped into its blind spot to attack it with Gambol Shroud in its sickle mode, but it was deflected by its carapace. The stinger shot out to impale Blake, but she used her Shadow to avoid it. Ruby started to issue orders that none of them were arguing with, but they were doing very little. They needed a miracle.
Everything was still after the trees had fallen. That was until the sounds of battle were heard and the lumber started to shake. A few seconds later, a log from the pile was kicked out and it split in two when it hit another tree. Dante pulled himself from the lumber as the pile collapsed. He popped his neck in both directions, "That one hurt. Thing's quicker than I expected." He said out loud. He looked towards the clearing before running at full speed. He reached the edge of the forest and saw that the Grimm/Demon Hybrid was fighting against the others. They were having a hard time but none of them looked injured, yet. As much as he wanted to run in, he forced himself to stay where he was and analyze the threat and the others. He was trying to get a grasp on their abilities and find any weaknesses of the Hybrid. 'Can't use my other abilities with them so close. Damn, no choice but to work them into my game plan.' He sighed, "Perfect for a lone wolf like me." He added sarcastically to himself.
His hand was forced however. Ruby went to attack the Hybrid with Crescent Rose, but it batted her into the ground with its pincer. As she was standing, it shot its tail towards her. Just before impact, Weiss stood beside her partner and a wall of ice formed, freezing it before it could reach her. That lasted for a second, before it ripped it free and went for a second time.
Dante moved on auto pilot. He gripped his scythe tightly as he ran forward. He started to activate another of his abilities, Angel Evade. It usually only allowed him to dodge attacks by slipping into the world of Limbo temporarily. It was practically teleportation. But he was using it to cover the distance much quicker. The time in Limbo could be altered depending on how much energy was used. Dante slipped into Limbo and quickly used his energy to make the time flow quicker, making several seconds be only one in Remnant. He cleared the distance between himself and the girls before slipping back into Remnant, in a flash of white light. He diverted the tail away using the snaith of his weapon, shocking everyone. "Dante!?" Ruby and Yang shouted in shock.
"Get back!" he shouted. Ruby and Weiss instantly obeyed. He waited a second or two before he did the same. "Everyone, open fire!" he shouted as he fired upon the Hybrid with the Twins. The others didn't bother to argue. After the salvo, the Hybrid was hidden by smoke and dust from the ranged attacks. He then holstered his guns. "That will buy us a few seconds. Listen, I have a plan in mind to deal with this thing, but you'll have to do exactly what I say, when I say it!"
"Who left you in charge?" Weiss asked.
"Would you rather do it? Because that'll involve you fighting that thing directly and waiting for the most opportune moments." She didn't say a word. "Thought so. You two." He pointed at Ren and Blake. "Names, now."
"Ren."
"Blake."
Dante nodded, "Good to know. Listen for your name and do what I say." Before anyone could ask further questions, the smoke and dust cleared, and the Hybrid screamed. Dante instantly charged forward, switching out his scythe for Rebellion. The beast recognized Dante and fired a salvo of feathers at him. He started to slice through them with his sword as he closed the distance between them. When he was close enough, he lunged forward and stabbed it in the chest. Before it could react, he unleashed a flurry of lightning fast stabs. While it was distracted, he gave the first order, "Ren, Blake, clip its wings!"
The two quickly ran in, Ren from the left and Blake from the right. Once the two were in its blind spot, they started to shred both pairs of wings with their bladed weapons. They jumped back and fired a few shots into the back where the joints were for good measure. It turned its head to see what attacked it but that gave Dante the chance to drive Rebellion into its knee. It shouted in pain as he jumped back, "Weiss, immobilize it!"
Weiss quickly got past him and stabbed her rapier into the ground, forming a giant Glyph that froze the four legs of the beast. She jumped back but as she did, it shot its tail at her. With a flash of red, Dante was holding the claw-like grappler. He launched it forward and it grabbed the stinger before he pulled it towards him. It saved Weiss and impaled the stinger into the ground next to him. "Pyrrha, the stinger!"
Pyrrha threw her shield at the point where the stinger met the tail and it ripped through it. The Hybrid pulled its tail back and screamed in pain as its tail thrashed around. Dante pulled the stinger from the ground as a flash of blue occurred. He was now holding the snake-like grappler right-handed and the stinger left-handed. He whipped it forward and it grabbed the Hybrid by the shoulder before pulling Dante towards it. Before it could register that, it felt something bury into its chest and screamed more. Dante had just impaled a third of its own stinger into its chest. He used the momentum to flip over the shoulder his weapon was hooked onto as he shouted, "Nora, nail it!"
Nora didn't need to hear more before she used an explosion to slam her hammer into it, driving another whole third into its chest. That should've killed any Grimm, but the Lesser Demons were keeping their new form alive. Dante summoned his battleaxe with a flash of red. He brought it down onto the base of its tail and severed it from the beast. It spun its body with a shout of pain, trying to grab him with its larger pincer. He met it with a power swing from his axe, knocking it away while severely cracking it. "Yang, the Death Stalker head!"
Yang slammed her fists together, activating her Semblance. She ran as fast as she could before she got close enough to jump at it. She hit the head dead center with all her strength and a shot from her gauntlet for an extra measure. That caved the head in along with cracking the armor around the pelvis of the beast and halfway up its torso. Yang was doubled over and breathing raggedly. The beast looked at the blonde with nothing but hate. It then tried to crush her between its two pincers. "Yang!" Dante shouted as he pushed her out of the way. The next thing she saw was him being crushed between them and dust being kicked up.
Yang landed on the ground and stared in horror. She just witnessed her partner, someone she barely knew, sacrifice himself for her. Tears stung her eyes, "Dante!" she shouted in a mix of grief and pain.
"What?" she heard a voice that shocked her. The dust was then blown away and she saw Dante holding back the two pincers before they could crush him. She just stared at him wide eyed as he smirked at her, "Takes more than that to kill me, Spitfire." His face turned serious after that, "Ruby, finish it!"
Ruby didn't need to be told twice. She shot forward with the help of her Semblance and a shot from her gravity dust clip. Her blade met the Hybrid's neck and got stuck. She pulled the trigger again and tore through the rest of the neck. The head fell as she landed on the ground. They all saw the body go still before it slumped over. They were all in shock that they actually did it, when the body started to release a black and red smoke. They were all confused, besides Dante. 'The remaining demons are trying to use the body as a catalyst. Either to explode or form a new body.' He drew Rebellion again and dropped into a new stance. He held the blade in a reverse grip and channeled energy into the blade. When it was ready, "Go back to Hell." He slashed upwards and a blade of energy was released. The energy blade cut through the remains of the Hybrid and the two halves faded away, the demons were not able to withstand that last attack.
He sighed before he placed his sword against his back. He was then punched in the arm, "Ow!" he turned to see his partner glaring at him, "What the hell did I do?"
"That was for scaring me like that." She said as she crossed her arms with an annoyed and angry look.
He just looked at her before shrugging, "You should have more faith in how badass I am." He said with a smirk.
Yang was trying to stop herself from grinning when a red blur slammed into his back. He looked to see Ruby staring at him. "That was awesome! How'd you do that? Where did those other weapons come from?"
He just raised an eyebrow, "I just channeled my energy into the blade, that's all. And I told you before my Semblance allows me to store my weapons. I never said that Rebellion was my only one." He said adding on the lie about his 'Semblance'. "Before you ask, Arbiter is the axe. Osiris is the scythe. The grapplers are Ophion." Ruby nodded with that. The others started to walk over to them, "Well, why don't you guys grab your relics and we can all get out of here. You know, before more Grimm show up." They all agreed unanimously.
An hour or so later, they all found themselves in the Amphitheater again as Ozpin was announcing the teams. Dante was with Yang, Ren and Nora at this point. Ozpin then called them on stage. "Dante Arc," He growled with that. Ozpin was really pushing his buttons now. "Nora Valkyrie, Yang Xiao Long, and Lie Ren. You four retrieved the white rook pieces and from this day on, shall be Team DVYL (Devil)." That earned a deadpan look from Dante. "Led by Dante Arc."
"What?" he asked in shock.
He was then punched by Yang, "Congrats, Lover Boy." She said with a smile and a wink.
They then stepped off the stage as he called the last of their impromptu group, "Finally, Ruby Rose, Pyrrha Nikos, Blake Belladonna and Weiss Schnee. You four retrieved the white knight pieces and will be Team RNBW (Rainbow). Led by Ruby Rose." Ruby looked shocked but Pyrrha rested a hand on her shoulder with a supportive smile.
Dante clapped and leant over to Yang, "Looks like she's growing up." She just nodded with a sad smile. Deciding to cheer her up, he added, "Look at the look on Weiss' face. Priceless." She did, and she started to giggle and Jaune chuckled.
They all left for their rooms and had some light conversation. That was until they found out their rooms were across the hall from each other. They wished each other good night before they entered the rooms. With that, Nora and Yang started to call dibs on beds and desks while Ren started to unpack his bag. Dante just threw his bag onto the only unclaimed bed before he turned to the door. "Where you headed, Dante?"
He turned to see Yang right beside him, while Ren and Nora looked on. "Vale." He said simply.
They looked confused, "Dante, curfew is in an hour." Ren told him.
He nodded, "I know but I'm an exception to that rule." They looked confused. "I have a few obligations to keep. Ozpin is allowing me to keep them while I'm here." He explained. "I'll be back late so don't wait up for me. We have class tomorrow, after all." They all nodded, and he left.
Dante eventually found himself in one of the shadier parts of Vale. He turned down a familiar alley and walked over to the dead end at the end of it. He scanned the wall until he saw the same symbol that was on his back carved into the wall. He placed his hand over it before sending energy into it. He pulled his hand back and the wall split up the middle, revealing a short hallway that led to a metal door. Dante walked over to it as the wall closed behind him. He opened the door to reveal a small foyer that was connected to three hallways. He heard footstep from the one on his left and waited.
Soon he saw who he was waiting for, walking towards him. He looked a lot like Dante and had the same smoky blue eyes. His hair was white and was combed backwards so it was out of his face. He was wearing a dark coat with a long tail on the right side. The coat also had a blue Brassard on his left bicep, ornate scrollwork was sewn into the left side of the upper back and had a blue lining. He also wore white gloves, blue dress slacks and black leather shoes. Two things stuck out the most: the necklace around his neck, it looked exactly like Dante's, but the crystal was blue, and the sword he was using like a cane, Yamato. It was a silver katana with a black grip and scabbard, but it held great power like Rebellion. He smiled, "Good to see you, Dante."
Dante grinned, "Same to you, Vergil." The two hugged before they started to walk down the hallway Vergil came from. "Anything happen while I was gone?"
Vergil just shook his head, "Nothing beyond the usual. What about you? How was Initiation?"
He sighed, "Hell. Had to fight a Death Stalker and Nevermore that were possessed with an audience watching. Then they fused into a Hybrid and I had to fight that with the help of the same audience."
Vergil looked at him with worry, "Do you think they were sent by Him?"
He shook his head, "Doubt it. They didn't have a clue on who I was and if they were sent by the Demon King, they would've. They probably just sensed my energy and attacked me."
Vergil nodded, "Good to know. Anything else happen?"
"Yeah. Ozpin is twisted." Vergil looked at him confused, "He made me the leader of Team DVYL." Vergil started to laugh at that, "Glad you find it funny, bro." he glared at him. "Only good thing so far is that Yang is my partner." He said with a grin.
Vergil wiped his eyes, "The blonde from the bar?" Dante nodded, and he sighed, knowing his brother's track record, "Lovely." They were quiet for a while before Vergil moved onto business, "We've tracked down another half dozen demons that need to be dealt with. You ready for tonight?" he gave him a challenging smirk.
Dane returned it with his own as he cracked his knuckles, "Always up for killing demons."