DVYL May Cry

Dante was awoken by a punch to his face. His head whipped to the left from the impact. Before he could turn his head back, he was punched again, his head snapping to the other direction. Several more punches came after that, but he could do nothing to stop them. He was chained to the stone wall behind him, he couldn't fight back or even move. Whatever these chains were, they were cutting off his energies. All he could do was take the beating. This is how it had been for a while now. He had lost track of time a while ago.

After one last punch, Dante's head just hung before he slowly looked at his attacker with unrestrained anger. The man was wearing a suit with red sunglasses. One of Juniors lackeys or more precisely, a weaker demon using him as a puppet. Dante raised his head and spit the blood from his mouth onto his cheek. He then gave a sadistic grin, "The second I get free, I'm gonna kill you."

The puppet pulled his fist back, intent on continue his beating, but a deep voice spoke up from behind him. "Stop. He's had enough, for now." The puppet stopped and bowed before stepping away. Dante then saw a pair of grey eyes glowing in the darkness, the one on Dante's left was missing a pupil. Out from the shadows came a tall, built, bald man wearing a suit with gold pins on his shoulders. He had a tattoo of a third eye on his forehead and a scar on his lower lip and chin. He just gave Dante a menacing smile.

Dante's anger was quickly replaced with pure hatred. This was the demon he wished to kill above all others. He growled, "Mundus!" His words were nothing but venom.

The Demon King was unimpressed. He just looked at Dante with an analytical stare. "So, you're still as rebellious as when you were brought here. You're stubborn and persistent, I'll give you that. Just like your father."

Dante chuckled, but it was devoid of anything positive. "Well, I'd suggest doing to me, what you did to him. Because the second I get out of here, I'm cutting your fucking head off."

Mundus just chuckled, "I have no doubt you'd try. But I need to punish you." He started to slowly pace in front of the restrained Demon Hunter. "You've become quite the nuisance to my plans and you need to learn there are repercussions to that."

Dante just rolled his eyes, "You mean you torturing me? Been there before. It's just going to make killing you all the sweeter."

Mundus shook his head, "You forget that physical pain isn't all I'm capable of." Mundus snapped his fingers and Dante heard movement from all sides of him. He then saw more of Junior's lackeys turned puppets bringing out seven people. Three on either side of him and one in front of him across the room. They had bags over their head and their hands behind their backs. They were forced to their knees and the six on his sides had their bags removed from their heads. Dante's eyes widened when he saw that they were Nora, Ren and RNBW. They were all beaten badly and barely conscious.

"These people mean a lot to you, don't they?" Dante's eyes snapped back to Mundus as he spoke. He had a cruel smile on his face. "You're going to watch as I kill them all. Then I'll give you the blessing of death. But, first…" He turned and started to walk towards the last person, the one across from him.

Dante's eyes widened further, "No…"

Mundus grabbed the bag and ripped it off their head, "This one means a lot more to you. Doesn't she?" His cruel smile widened as he said that.

Yang's head slowly rose as she blinked and looked around. She was beaten just as bad as the rest. Her eyes landed on Dante and she was confused. "Dante? What's going on? Where are we?"

He swallowed before he spoke up, "Don't worry about that, Spitfire. I'm going to get us all out of this."

He heard a blood chilling laugh. His eyes went back to Mundus, "Is that really what's going to happen? I don't think so." He started to pace in front of Yang now as he watched Dante. "You're going to watch as I rip out her heart and devour it."

"She has nothing to do with this!" he shouted. "Leave her alone and take me, you bastard!"

"The moment she came into your life, she became a part of this." He stopped in front of her now. "You should've known the folly of that decision. Time for those repercussions, Dante." Mundus motioned with his head and with that, each of his puppets pulled out pistols. They then placed the barrels at the back of the head of each member of RNBW along with Ren and Nora. "If you look away, for even a second, their brains will be splattered onto the ground. Starting with the little girl in the cloak."

Yang was trembling, he could see it from where he was restrained. He started to fight against the chains that bound him. "Stay away from her!" He saw Mundus start to reach for her and he started to fight more frantically against his binds. He saw Mundus fingers start to sink into her chest as blood slowly ran down her breasts from them. She started to scream in agony. "Yang!" He looked away for a second to see if the chains were even close to breaking.

He froze when the sound of a gunshot filled the room. He quickly turned back and Ruby fell forward, a pool of blood growing under her body. He just stared in disbelief as Yang shouted her sister's name in anguish. Weiss had tears running down her face as she was covered in the blood of her leader and best friend. Pyrrha looked like something inside of her had broken at seeing someone younger than her ended so abruptly. Blake was biting her lips painfully to not openly cry for someone she cared for so much. Ren couldn't hide his shock and anger behind his usual mask, it had shattered and he wanted to kill the ones responsible for it. Nora looked completely out of it, her eyes held no light or emotions. She looked as if she gave up all hope. Yang's own pain was forgotten for that one, horrible second. She screamed again in further pain as the Demon King's fingers neared closer to her heart. His anger and hatred boiled over as his eyes started to glow a demonic red. The chains broke free and he charged towards Mundus with a demonic shout. Before everything went white.

Dante shot up into a sitting position and fired a bullet from each of his guns. They buried into the wall across from him. He took a few deep breaths before he realized he was sitting in a rundown apartment in Vale. He sighed before he holstered his guns and sat properly on the couch he had been sleeping on. He started to massage his temples, "Fucking nightmares." He groaned. He slowly took his hands away and looked around the apartment. It had definitely seen better days, but it really didn't matter.

This was the safe house Vergil had set up for him. It was set in the seedier part of the Kingdom, which let him come and go easily. Plus, people wouldn't freak out as much from the occasional gunshot, like before. The living room he was in was filthy with empty bottles all over the floor and the coffee table in front of him. The tv across from him was smashed, but he couldn't remember if he did that or not. There was a small kitchenette on his left, but it was empty. On his right were two doors. One lead to the bathroom and the other to the only bedroom. He preferred to sleep on the couch though. Being in that bed made him remember Yang.

He shook his head before he grabbed the half empty bottle of whiskey on the table. He slammed it back and let the liquid travel down his throat. This is how it had been over the last two weeks, after he left his friends and Yang. He would wake up around sunset and go to Vergil to find out about his latest targets. He would spend the night hunting before heading to a club or bar to drink until last call. Then he'd come back here and pass out until sunset to start it all over again. After all that time at Beacon, he was back to where he had started. No, he was much worse now.

He sighed as he pulled the empty bottle away from his lips before he threw it against the wall. It shattered, and he popped his neck as he stood. He wobbled slightly on his feet, still feeling the effects of all the alcohol he had over the weeks. He wasn't drunk, that was nearly impossible for him, but he certainly wasn't anything close to being sober. At least, by human or Faunus standards. "Better grab a shower before I head out." He said out loud before heading to the bathroom.

After his shower, Dante made his way to Vergil's hideout. He went to the same alley and used his energy to open the passage. Once he was inside, he made his way to Vergil's study. It was a peaceful looking place. An ornate desk sat in the middle with his computer on it. The room also had few screens on the walls and a few book cases as well. When Dante walked in, Vergil was at his desk looking over information on his computer.

He looked up to see his brother and smiled. "Dante, good to see you."

"Good to see you too, Vergil. So, what do you have for me today?" he asked as he walked further into the room.

Vergil just looked him over before speaking, "Are you sure you're up for this? We may not be mortal, but we have our limits all the same."

"I'm fine." Dante said slightly annoyed. "Sooner we take care of this problem, the sooner we can confront Mundus. So, what do you have for me?"

Vergil just sighed as he stood up, "Very well. There is a SDC shipment of Dust coming in tonight and the White Fang is planning on trying to steal it."

Dante raised an eyebrow, "That sounds like cop or Huntsmen business."

"It would, if it wasn't for the fact, that we've been picking up demonic energy where the White Fang have attacked over the last few weeks." Vergil explained.

"You think Mundus has followers in the Fang now?" he asked.

"It's possible. What better way to take over a Kingdom when they are already dealing with a threat? As both sides weaken, he'll slowly gain more control. Plus, the Fang wants to bring humanity to its knees. And Mundus can give them the power to do so." Both of them were looking at one of the screens, it was showing the docks. "I want you to check it out. If there is a demon involved, you know what to do. If we are mistaken…" He shrugged. "Either call the cops or just let it be, doesn't really matter to us in the long run."

Dante just nodded and turned to the exit. "I'll let you know how it goes."

Team RNBW minus Ruby, Nora and Ren were sitting in the cafeteria trying to enjoy their lunch. Trying, being the keyword. The normal cheer that usually followed them seemed to dull over the last two weeks, since the day Dante left. No one really realized how much he held their group together, until now.

Since that day, Yang has been in her dorm, in her bed, if she didn't have class. She was heartbroken in the realest way and she just shut the rest of the world out. She didn't say anything, just looked out the window at nothing. Because of that, her teammates were worried about her and trying to support her, to make her feel better. But with no luck. That stress mixed with the pain of missing their team leader was exhausting. Even now, Nora had nowhere close to her usual energy.

RNBW was just in as bad shape. With her sister like this, Ruby was worried about her all the time. It was like their positions had switched. Weiss felt guilty. It was because of her narrowed perspective and judgmental nature that caused Dante to be pushed too far. He revealed something he never wanted them to know and because of that, he had run to get away from them. She had broken apart her sister team and did the same to the members. They should've blamed her for this, but they didn't. That didn't help at all. Pyrrha was also distraught. He was a big part of how she gained so many close friends. But with him gone, it felt like the world she became accustomed to was falling apart. She did what she could to help both teams, but it seemed like nothing worked. Blake was similar. She trusted Dante and he had helped her in many ways. Now, he was gone, and she could do nothing about it.

She stood up from the table and everyone looked to her. "I need some air." She said lamely as she made her way to the exit.

They watched her for a while before they went back to their meals in silence. Strangely, it was Ren that broke it. "Where's Ruby?" he asked Weiss and Pyrrha.

Weiss sighed before speaking, "She wanted to check on Yang."

Ren nodded, and Nora spoke up, "Maybe she'll have some luck." They all had a feeling she wouldn't.

Yang was sitting on her bed with her back against the headboard. She was looking out the window. She was thinking about Dante, again. Before he used to be a source of joy and love. But now, the thought of him just brought up pain, sorrow and anger. She was abandoned, again. Every time she loved someone, they left and never came back. That's what happened with her mother, with Summer. Now Dante. She thought it'd be different this time, but it just ended up the exact same way. Her alone and in pain.

She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard a knock on her door. She looked at the door for a second before she turned back to the window. That's when the door opened, and Ruby stepped inside, "Yang?" She waited for a moment, but when Yang didn't respond, she started to leave.

"Ruby." Yang spoke up. Ruby turned back around, and Yang turned her head to look at her. Tears were running down her face, not for the first time over the weeks but the first in front of someone.

Ruby quickly ran over to her big sister and hugged her tightly. "It's going to be okay."

Yang didn't hold her back, just took a deep breath. "But it's not." Ruby frowned before breaking the hug. "He's gone, Ruby. Dante ran. We all saw him go. He just…ran." She said, her voice filled with every negative emotion she had been feeling.

Ruby was looking at her sister, desperately thinking of something to say. "But…. maybe he'll come back."

"We don't know if he will…" she said brokenly. She turned away to look back out the window before angrily saying, "And I don't care."

"But there has to be a reason he- "

Yang quickly cut her off, "No, there doesn't! Sometimes bad things just happen." She says stubbornly.

Ruby just looked down sadly, "So, what are we going to do now?"

Yang huffed. "You can do whatever you want. I'm gonna stay here."

"Yang…" Ruby tried one last time.

"Just leave me alone." Yang replied without looking at her.

Ruby just looked down sadly before she started making her way to the door. She stopped at the threshold before she turned back to her sister. "I love you." That's all she said as she closed the door behind her.

Yang angrily wiped the tears from her eyes as she looked down at her bed. She sat like that for a while before she heard the door open again. She sighed angrily, "Ruby, I told you to- Blake?"

Standing in the doorway wasn't her sister but it was her bow wearing teammate. "Hey, Yang."

"What are you doing here?" she asked her. Out of everyone, she wasn't too close to Blake.

"I overheard your and Ruby's conversation." She said hesitantly.

Yang just glared at her slightly before turning back to the window, "Then you know I don't wanna talk."

She expected to hear her close the door and she did. What she didn't expect was to hear her walk into the room and sit on the bed across from her's, Dante's bed. She looked back to see Blake looking back at her. "I know you're hurting, Yang, but we both know that Dante wouldn't just leave without good reason. He loves you too much to do that."

Yang just snorted, "Apparently not, since he left so suddenly."

Blake sighed, "Maybe you never noticed this, but the rest of us did. He was always guarded, even around us. The only person those walls came down around, was you. And you helped him open up to the rest of us. Maybe not as much as compared to you, but he did."

"So why did he leave then?!" She shouted as her eyes turned red. "If I meant so much to him, why the hell did he leave?!"

Blake was shocked by her outburst but quickly got over it. "No one wants to be a Hunter to just kill Grimm or to help people. There's always another reason. And I'm pretty sure he told us why he is fighting that day." Yang calmed down slightly, and her eyes went back to lilac. "Someone took his family away from him, Yang, and I guarantee they are the reason why he fights. And if they are as bad as he made them sound, what would stop them from going after you to get to him."

Her eyes widened slightly with that. She remembered when he told her he was searching for the people that killed his family, although he didn't say those exact words then. He only had short flings before her, to not feel alone, but now she realized it was also because he didn't want anyone else involved. "He loves you, Yang. He already knows what its like to lose the people he loves. Do you really think he would risk losing you? To feel that pain all over again?"

Yang looked down and started to cry silently. "Why wouldn't he just tell me? He's not the only person to lose people. I could help him. I would stand beside him."

Blake just looked at the crying blonde. "Some secrets you don't want to share. You're afraid that people will see you differently or maybe even hate you. Dante might've been afraid that you would see him differently if you found out about his past."

"I wouldn't do that." She said through her sobs. "He means so much to me. I love him too much."

Blake stood up, "Well, I guess there's two things you can do now." Yang looked at her with tears still in her eyes. "You can sit here and cry. Or, you can let us help you find him and drag him back to Beacon. Your choice."

Yang just looked at her for a while before she wiped her tears away. She gave Blake a determined look before she got off her bed, "Let's go find my boyfriend. I need to kick his ass."

Blake smiled at Yang and nodded her head. That's when Yang pulled her into a hug, shocking the hidden Faunus. "Thank you, Blake."

Blake gently returned the hug, "No problem. I owe him, and this is a good way to repay him." The two separated and smiled at each other before they left the room. They had to talk with their teams on what to do next.

Dante was hating this. He hated stakeouts with a passion. He wasn't one for waiting, he preferred to run in and ask questions later. But here he was, laying on one of the roofs close to the docks, waiting for the White Fang to show up. He saw the shipment come in and get unloaded a few hours ago. All the workers were gone by now and he was bored out of his goddamn mind.

He was currently going through his scroll aimlessly to pass the time. That was until he landed on a picture that made him freeze. It was a picture of him and Yang. They were sitting on a bench at Beacon. He had his left arm around her shoulders to pull her close. Meanwhile, she had her right arm around his lower back and her left hand on his chest. He had his left cheek resting on the top of her head as both had the happiest smiles on their faces. He remembered that they had Ruby take it for them after they had been dating a couple of weeks.

He just stared at the picture for a while before he shook his head and pocketed it. He should've deleted that. To make it easier to move on. But he couldn't bring himself to do it. He sighed in annoyance. "Come on, Dante. Suck it up. You have a job to do."

As he said that, the wind started to pick up and he saw a bullhead land in the docks. Dante moved from his spot into a crouching position as he pulled his hood up. He watched as White Fang members started to walk out and collect the Dust.

With that, he closed his eyes and let his senses take over. The colors bled out of the world and his eyes started to glow faintly. He could see the Faunus down there all had a grey glow to them, they were all mortal. He saw red wisps coming off them as well, but that only meant they were near a demon recently but not for long. He was about to stop sensing their presence when someone else stepped out of the bullhead. He was human, and he recognized him as Roman Torchwick. 'Why is he working with the Fang?' he asked himself. That's when he saw so much more demonic energy coming off him. He had definitely been around some demons, frequently.

Jaune stopped sensing energies and was just thinking. He pulled out his scroll and called Vergil without taking his eyes off the docks. He picked up shortly after. "What's going on, Dante?"

"The White Fang showed up and they've definitely been in contact with a demon." He started. "But, Roman Torchwick is also here and he is radiating demonic energy."

"Think he's being possessed?" his brother asked. It was uncommon but lesser demons could possess people. But unlike Grimm, they wouldn't have full control over their host. They would just make them act on their more negative thoughts. Also, they would increase the abilities of said person. The longer that went on, the more the person's mind deteriorated until they were just a puppet to be used by the demon. But that took weeks or even months to do.

Dante shook his head, "It's not nearly enough energy to be the case. Plus, he's not showing any of the signs. How do you want me to handle this?"

Vergil was quiet for a while, "He's probably aligned himself with Mundus, that would explain the residual energies. Try to capture him. Bring him back here and we can interrogate him."

Dante sighed, "Alright. I'll get it done but I need you to call the cops." He hung up and pocketed his scroll again. "This just got a bit more annoying." He then jumped off the roof towards Torchwick. He landed a few feet away from Torchwick and he turned around in shock. "I don't think you're allowed to be here."

Torchwick just calmly puffed his cigar, "I don't think you are either, kid. So, tell me, what brings you here? Wanna be a big hero and stop me and my associates." As he said that, the nearby White Fang surrounded them with their rifles trained on him.

Dante looked around, unimpressed. He then chuckled, "Not really. The cops will be here soon, so they can have that honor. What I want is to know why you've got so much demonic energy clinging to you?"

The White Fang gave off confused body language with that. 'So, they are in the dark.' The Demon Hunter thought to himself. Torchwick, on the other hand, froze and nearly dropped his cigar. That was until his eyes had recognition flash by them. "So, you're Dante, the Demon Hunter." He said calmly.

Dante just smirked under his hood and bowed his head slightly, "The one and only." He raised his head back to its original position. "Since you know who I am, why don't you send your friends away? They really can't do much here."

The crime lord and Demon Hunter just stared at each other until Torchwick waved his hand in a dismissing fashion. "You all, get back to work. I'll handle this." The Faunus just looked at each other before they went off to collect the dust.

"So, how'd you get roped into working with demons?" Dante asked casually.

Roman just shrugged, "They made me an offer I couldn't refuse." He chuckled slightly, "I'd be stupid if I did."

"Was that before or after they told you that a ruthless Demon Hunter would be involved?" he asked sarcastically.

"Details. But that really doesn't matter." He dropped his cigar and stepped on it. "You still have no idea what our plan is. So, you being here, isn't that big of a nuisance.

"Well, you can tell me all about it. Once you follow me." Rebellion manifested on his back before he drew it and pointed it at Roman. "You can come quietly or you can fight me. But, I wouldn't recommend the latter. You can handle Huntsmen but I'm in a whole other league."

Torchwick nodded, "That's true but I'm going to go with Option 3." He smirked and snapped his fingers.

Dante was confused until he saw red energy blasts coming at him from a container to his right. He quickly turned and deflected the blasts of demonic energy with his sword. He looked but saw no one there. He couldn't think on that for long, a shadow had surrounded him and was growing bigger. Dante looked up and used his left hand to support Rebellion's blade as a giant chainsaw collided with it. Dante felt his knees shake and the ground crack around him. 'Fuck, this guy is strong.'

While he was distracted, a metal whip surrounded with demonic energy was lashing at him from his right. Dante used all his strength to push the chainsaw away and to deflect the whip. But as he did that, a fist collided with the left side of his head. The impact sent him flying and into a container, severely denting it.

Dante pulled himself from the container and shook his head to clear the cobwebs. His hood fell off in the process. He looked back across the docks to see a massive Faunus with a chainsaw and full-face Grimm mask. As he looked, a smaller form started to shift into view. This one was smaller in a stealth suit of sorts. They were wearing a chameleon Grimm mask and had a rapier looking weapon at her side. But what grabbed his attention was the amount of demonic energy they were radiating.

Dante sighed, "Great. Looks like I'm dealing with two high ranking White Fang members that are possessed by demons." He gained a sadistic grin and his eyes grew cold. The nonchalant Dante was gone, replaced by the most dangerous Demon Hunter in all of Remnant. "And I thought this was going to be dull." Was all he said a she dropped into his sword stance.

A/N- Holy crap, it has been too long since I updated this. I apologize profusely for that. Distortion and Void Swordsman took my focus for a while, along with my newest one shot, A Knight's Heart. I hope this chapter make sup for that but if not, I just hope you all will bare with me. Next chapter will NOT take that long to post. Again, Jauneforever was the legendary Beta, so if you haven't checked out his work, do it. He deserves it. Hope I'll see you all in the next update.