DVYL May Cry
Dante yawned as he was making his way through the halls of Beacon's dorms. It was close to three in the morning and he just got back from his hunting. After Vergil identified and located the six demons, Dante went from zero to a hundred. He didn't stop until he found each demon then interrogated them. None had any information they need, which was a shame, but Dante killed them anyways. A live demon was a dangerous demon. Period. The demons were stronger than the Lesser Demons that he fought during Initiation but by ambushing them and fighting in areas that they couldn't use their abilities, it was child's play.
One that was still kind of funny was when he grabbed a particular demon by the leg with Ophion and dragged him into an alley. He hung him upside down from the top of the alley as Dante interrogated him from the fire escape. When the demon had nothing to offer, he just dropped him. He landed in a heap after he screamed the entire way down. As he was getting up, Dante jumped from the building and landed on his back, Rebellion first. The demon turned to ash as he walked away.
Another was when he found another of the demons driving a motorcycle on the highway. To stop him, Dante just threw Rebellion into the wheel, which caused him to flip the entire bike and throw the demon completely off the highway. Dante whistled at that, mostly because he wasn't expecting that to happen. He then recalled Rebellion before he made his way off the highway himself. He found the creature in a small crater and stepped onto his chest to stop him from moving as he interrogated him.
A more annoying hunt was when the demon was disguised as a woman and was on a date with some poor guy. He tried to wait for the best moment to interfere but when the guy went in to try to kiss 'her', he had to stop him. Although, he wasn't too happy about it and was acting like a schmuck. So, Dante threw him in a dumpster, for his own good, before he interrogated the she-demon. That went as well as the first two interrogations.
Although the worst was when two of the demons were disguised as a human and a Faunus. They were instigating a fight between a few racists and a group of Faunus. Jaune had to separate the two groups so he did it the only way he could. By blowing up one of the cars to scare them away. He felt bad, until he found out it belonged to one of the racists. Racists were up there with demons in his book, but that was from growing up with such an open minded family. Thinking about them, again, did sour his mood severely. So, he did fight the demons a bit more ruthlessly than he should've in public. Good thing he had his hood up.
The easiest one of the night was when one of the demons was trying to hunt him. He waited for it to attack him before he showed it just how wrong it was. Lucky for it, they were in a deserted area in the city so it could fight him with its actual abilities. The fight went on a bit longer then it should've but Dante had to hold back enough not to cause too much collateral damage. Twenty minutes later, the demon was dismembered and only a single street and abandoned store were destroyed.
He was eventually in front of his team's dorm room and he opened the door silently. He looked in to see his teammates were all asleep. He silently walked in and closed the door. He made it to his bed and quietly removed his bag from it before he got undressed and called it a night. He'd only get a few hours of sleep, but it would have to do. Hell, he worked with less before. It didn't take long for sleep to overwhelm his exhausted body and for his mind to be filled with glimpses from his past.
Dante was sleeping peacefully, at least for him, when he felt someone grab his shoulder. He awoke instantly and grabbed the wrist connected to the hand in a flash. The person yelped in surprise before speaking, "Easy, Lady Killer, I'm not going to hurt you."
He turned his head to the side to see who it was. To a mild surprise it was Yang, who was looking at him in shock. He also saw that Nora and Ren were looking over, also shocked by what he did. He then let go of Yang's wrist after he calmed, "Sorry, Spitfire. Reflex." He explained as he was still laying on his back under his covers.
She just started to massage her wrist as she calmed down as well. "Its okay. Just didn't expect you to react like that."
Dante noticed that her and his other two teammates were in their uniforms. "Why'd you wake me?"
"Well we have class soon but we all wanted to go grab breakfast beforehand." She answered.
Dante nodded and was about to get up before he rolled onto his side with his back to them. "Okay. You guys go on ahead. I'll meet you there in a few."
"No way!" Nora added to their conversation. "Team DVYL should go all together! All for one and one for all!"
He sighed, "I appreciate that, but I insist."
"What's stopping you from just blowing us off and going back to sleep? You got back late last night. Right?" Yang continued.
"You have my word. I just need some time to wake up completely." He lied.
He felt Yang grab a hold of his blanket, but he didn't move, "Last chance, Dante, or I pull it." She threatened.
"Wouldn't do that if I was you." He advised.
Yang pulled the blankets off of him with that and that started the fun. Ren's eyes widened slightly before he turned away. Nora's eyes widened to comical proportions before she flushed a deep red and covered her eyes. Yang's face went from her trademark smirk before she saw him, and her eyes nearly popped out of her head as her jaw hit the floor. There was Dante, naked besides the necklace around his neck. He sighed in frustration before he sat up and cracked his neck. "I warned you." He said annoyed. Yang was unresponsive and was still staring, especially at a specific area. "You done staring or what?"
She came back to reality with that. Her face gained an enormous blush before she turned her back on him. "W-why are you naked!?"
He shrugged before throwing his legs over the side of his bed, turning his back to his team. "You were all sleeping when I got back, and I didn't wanna disturb you guys by changing. My plan was to change when you left but you didn't wanna listen." He grabbed his uniform before making his way to the bathroom. Yang was glancing over her shoulder as he was doing so. "Give me five minutes."
They all turned back when he was in the bathroom. "Well, that was unusual." Ren said since the two women were still recovering.
Yang was still frozen, but her mind was saying one thing, 'Impressive…'
Five minutes later, Dante walked out in his uniform. Although, he had his blazer open and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone. His tie was nowhere to be found. His necklace was still around his neck and over his clothing. If he was going to wear a uniform, he's going to wear it his way. "Ready to go?" he asked. His team nodded and they all made their way to the cafeteria. They all grabbed their breakfast and sat down to eat.
A few minutes later, Team RNBW showed up and sat down across from them. They were all having some light conversation besides Dante, he had his head resting against his fist with his eyes closed. Ruby was looking at her sister's team and realized that something was wrong with her. Yang was being a lot quieter than normal and she kept taking glances at Dante before she would look away. Also, her cheeks were pink. "Yang, are you okay?"
Yang snapped her eyes to her sister and put on a smile, "Of course, sis. Why do you ask?"
"You're being quiet, and your face is pink." Ruby stated. "Are you getting sick?"
Yang scratched the back of her head nervously, "I'm fine. Just something…unexpected happened this morning."
"Unexpected?" Ruby asked as she tilted her head.
Before Yang could continue, Dante beat her to it. "Your sister decided to show off my package to our entire team." He said in a deadpanned voice.
That got a reaction from everyone. Ren facepalmed with a sigh, Nora blushed and covered her face again, and Yang's blush deepened before she slammed her head against the table to hide it. The other side of the table had a myriad of reactions as well. Blake looked away from her book with a surprised look, Pyrrha's face turned a bright red and she looked faint, Weiss did a spit take and was coughing on the remains of her drink and Ruby just looked confused. "Package?" she asked. She looked at her team then DVYL but when her eyes landed on Yang and Dante, it clicked. Her eyes widened, and her face flushed the same color of her cloak before looking down.
Dante opened his eyes and looked at the team across from him as they were looking back at him, "What?" Before anyone could respond, the bell for their first class went off. They all made their way to Grimm Studies and took their seats. Soon their teacher, Professor Port, walked in and started to teach them. Which was just him reliving his glory days to the students with over exaggerations. Dante sighed and hung his head, 'I don't need to be taught how to deal with Grimm, they're small fry. And this guy's method of teaching is not helping.' He turned to Yang and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped slightly and turned to him. "I'm gonna try and sleep for a bit, mind waking me if something happens?"
She looked at him, "When did you get back last night?" she asked.
"Around three." He answered honestly, and her eyes widened, "So, is that a yes?"
She looked back at Port before she sighed and turned back to him, "Yeah. But you owe me." She said with a small smile.
Dante smiled back, "Thanks, partner." He said genuinely as he placed his head on his desk and closed his eyes. Yang smiled at him and gently stroked his hair as he drifted off.
If Dante was expecting peaceful sleep, he was wrong. The nightmares started to surface as soon as he fell asleep. His head was filled of the sound of women screaming in pain and the breaking of bones. The flashes of blades and claws with the smell of blood in the air along with the intense heat of fire. An unusual sound broke through his dreams. A loud bang, possibly something hitting a desk. Dante woke up and jumped to his feet. He started to reach back to grab his sword but stopped. He noticed he was in the middle of class and everyone was staring at him in shock. Port laughed, "Looks like we have a volunteer. Come down here Mr. Arc and face your opponent."
He was confused until he saw the cage near the professor and the sounds coming from it. He just shrugged. It would be good to work out some of his frustration from his nightmare. His team looked at him concerned but he just smiled at them before he made his way down the rows of desks. He saw RNBW giving him similar looks, except Weiss. She was glaring at him and had her hand on her desk. He stood across from the cage and placed his hands in his pockets. "Uh, Mr. Arc, don't you want to change and grab your weapons?"
Dante just shook his head, "These aren't too restricting, so I'll be able to move fine. Plus, my weapons are always on me."
"Right! I forgot about your peculiar Semblance." Port boomed. "Well, let the match begin!" He slammed his axe onto the lock and the cage was thrown open by the Boarbatusk inside it. It squealed before it charged at him. Dante didn't move at all. He could hear Ruby and Yang shouting for him to move. He then jumped over the Grimm before he kicked off the back of its head. That allowed him to flip to his feet and the Grimm tumbled and slammed into the wall behind where Dante was originally standing.
Dante turned to it and popped his neck. The Grimm got back to its feet before it turned to Dante and squealed before charging again. He pulled his hands from his pockets and met its charge. When they were close enough, he shot his right hand out and grabbed its left tusk at the base. He pivoted his body and punched it into the side with enough force to snap the tusk off and sent it into the front row of desks. It bounced off the desks and into the air. Dante back flipped, and bicycle kicked it into Port's desk before landing on his feet.
The Grimm slowly got back to its feet and when it did, it stared down Dante with pure anger. It jumped into the air before rolling towards him. Dante flipped the tusk he was still holding into a reverse grip before he met it yet again. He used the tusk to block the Grimm and put his weight behind it to slow it down. Once it was slowed down enough, he swung up with the tusk. That sent the Grimm into the air and Dante followed it. He impaled the tusk into the monster's throat before spinning his body and slamming it into the ground with the tusk still impaled in it. Dante wasn't finished, he came down with a curb stomp onto its neck; shattering the tusk and the beast's neck.
He stood tall and saw all the students staring at him. Shocked by the brutality of it all. "Well done, Mr. Arc!" Port boomed. He just nodded before he made his way back to his desk and class was dismissed with that.
The rest of the day went relatively well for Dante. Although, his classes were just as annoying as the first. He didn't care about the Dust Studies because he just didn't care about dust. And History wasn't much better because the professor was going through the biggest caffeine high he had ever seen. If this was how this was going to be, it was going to be a very long and annoying experience for him.
Dante was in the cafeteria again with his team and RNBW for lunch. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood. Well, besides Ruby and Weiss. It looked like something happened between the two girls. He wasn't about to get involved though. Ruby was already uncomfortable with him, although that seemed to change slightly after initiation. And the less interaction he had with Weiss, the better. He turned to Yang and saw that she had picked up on the atmosphere around those two. She looked annoyed and was sending repressed glares at Weiss. Eventually, she turned to Yang and gave Yang her own glare, "What?" she asked with an attitude.
Yang slammed her hand on the table and stood up. As she was about to scream at the Ice Queen, Dante stood up and grabbed Yang by her shoulders as he pushed her out of the cafeteria. She dug her heels into the floor to try and stop them but that had little effect. "We'll see you guys later." He told them as they looked on, both worried and confused. Although Weiss was just uncaring.
When the two were outside the cafeteria and a good distance away, he let her go. She instantly spun around and glared at him. "Why did you do that?" she growled at him.
He shrugged, "Well, if I threw you over my shoulder, someone may have seen what's under your skirt. Didn't think you wanted that." He said with a smirk.
She was still glaring at him, "You know what I mean."
He sighed, "As much as I would love to see you tear Weiss a new one, Ruby needs to deal with this on her own." Yang was about to yell but he cut her off. "This is a problem with her team and her partner, Yang. She needs to learn how to deal with these kind of things if she is going to lead. You coming in and solving her issues for her, isn't going to help her."
She was quiet for a while before her shoulders slumped and she sighed, "You're right. I just don't like to see her hurt." She said sadly.
"I know, Yang." He told her genuinely. "I know how it feels to see your siblings in pain. And how much worse it is when you can do nothing to help them." He closed his eyes as the memories resurfaced, and he bit into the inside of his cheek.
She heard the broken tone in his voice and started to play with her hair. "Do you wanna…"
"No." he said instantly. He saw her flinch at his tone. He sighed, "Sorry. I appreciate the gesture but, it's just too painful, Yang." He looked away.
Yang placed her hand on his shoulder and he turned to face her. "I'm here if you need me, Lover Boy." She said with an understanding smile and a wink.
That had Dante smirking, "Thanks, Spitfire. This isn't your way of apologizing for seeing all of me, is it?"
She blushed faintly and punched his shoulder, "Jerk."
He chuckled, "I've been called worse." He then smiled at her. "But I do appreciate it, Yang." She returned his smile.
The two made their way to their last class of the day, Combat Class. They dressed in their combat attire and sat next to their teammates. They started to watch as the fights were going on. That was until Goodwitch called, "Dante Arc versus Cardin Winchester."
"Can I forfeit?" Dante asked, to the shock of everyone.
She just gave him a look, "No, you cannot, Mr. Arc."
Dante just sighed. He walked down and jumped the wall to land in the arena, forgoing the stairs completely. He then saw his opponent walk in with an air of overconfidence. He stood opposite of Dante, "You must really be worried to fight me, if you're forfeiting from the get-go." He smirked.
Dante rolled his eyes, "Yeah, no. I just don't wanna waste my time with a fight I know the results of."
Carding sent him a glare, "You saying I'm going to lose."
"Badly." He replied plainly.
That earned a growl from Cardin. "Both fighters ready?" Goodwitch asked, both nodded, "Let this fight begin!" Cardin charged at Jaune with his mace. Dante just took a step back and watched as it missed. This carried on for a few minutes, Cardin attacking and Dante dodging, either by taking a step back or pivoting his body minimally. The rest of Cardin's team was cheering him on and saying he was too afraid to attack back. DVYL and RNBW knew better. They saw what Dante could do and knew Cardin had no chance.
Dante finally had enough. He stood still as Cardin swung for his head. His left hand shot out and grabbed the mace by the shaft. He quickly spun counterclockwise and used his strength to send both Cardin and his mace out of the ring. This shock most of the students besides the two teams that knew what he could do. "The winner is Mr. Arc. Although, this class is focused on improving the fighting styles of the students. You didn't even bother to fight, Mr. Arc." Goodwitch told him.
Dante shrugged, "I don't fight seriously unless I have to. I observed Cardin's fighting style and he had little for me to worry about. Even if I fought him, I wouldn't have been serious, and I would've still won." Dante rolled his shoulders a bit with that. "As far as I can tell, the only fighters I could fight against for real would be the members on my team or RNBW. If you want, I'll gladly fight one of them, Professor."
Goodwitch thought for a bit before she looked at her scroll, "We do have some time left. I'll agree if they do."
Dante nodded and turned to Team RNBW. 'I'd rather not fight someone from my team just yet. Let's see.' He thought 'Ruby is a prodigy, but I'd feel bad about beating on Yang's younger sister. I would love to fight Weiss but that would probably cause me more problems than its worth. Blake would be an interesting fight but her Semblance and fighting style would force me to reveal more of my skills than I'm comfortable with. And Pyrrha is easily the most skilled fighter here. Not smart to fight her if I want to keep a low profile.'
He was about to make a decision when someone jumped up in their seat with their hand in the air, "I'll fight him!" Everyone turned to Nora. "I wanna fight my Fearless Leader, so badly. Please, Dante, please!" she pleaded at him.
He looked at her for a bit before he sighed. She had an innocence to her, similar to Ruby, but she had way more energy. That made it so hard to say no to that, even if it was against his better judgement to say yes. He looked at her with a smirk, "Alright, Nora." She cheered and ran down into the arena before she deployed Magnhild in its hammer mode. He smirked, and Rebellion manifested on his back, to the shock of the students, again. He drew his sword and waited for Goodwitch's word. "This is gonna be fun." He said out loud and Nora smiled back.
"Let the match begin!" Goodwitch shouted.
A/N- Not much to say about this one. Big thanks to Jauneforever for being an awesome Beta. See you all later!