DVYL May Cry
Dante was still trying to come to terms with what he just witnessed. Emerald Sustrai was possessed by a Succubus, an extremely powerful demon. That should have never been able to happen but the proof was right in front of him. "How is this possible?" Dante asked out loud. "A demon as powerful as you should've destroyed anyone you tried to use as a host. So, how?"
She just giggled, "Looks like the great Demon Hunter doesn't know as much as he thought. Normally it would be impossible but Emerald wanted this as much as me. So, with no fighting for dominance, the process went from impossible to very possible."
That shocked Dante along with Yang and Blake. "What? There's no way anyone would willingly become a puppet for a demon." His hand involuntarily gripped Rebellion even harder.
"Oh, she isn't a puppet. We are a tool to be used by our masters. I will do anything for my King. Emerald will do anything for Cinder. When our goals became the same, we had no reason to fight for control. Our combined life has only one purpose: to serve our masters." She placed her left hand over her bare chest and slowly ran it down her body. "And when we succeeded, maybe they will give us what we want most." She bit her lip and shivered with the thought.
Blake and Yang were unnerved by that and took a half-step back. Meanwhile, Dante growled and took a step forward and pointed his blade at her. "Sorry to disappoint you but your sick delusion ends. Now." His words dripping with venom, his shock long gone now.
Emerald chuckled again, "Let's see what you can really do…" Her wings expanded to reach their full length and her fingernails extended into claws. She leant forward onto the balls of her feet as her smirk took on a sadistic edge, "Demon Hunter."
She pushed off the ground and with one flap of her wings, covered the distance between them. She swung her claws forward and Dante met it with his own sword swing. The two attacks forced the two apart, Emerald into the air and Dante sliding back a couple feet. Emerald dived down with a series of slashes. Dante easily deflected the attacks and would counter with just as many of his own. Emerald however would maneuver so they would miss by a hair. This exchange lasted for a few second before it ended when they got into a power struggle. The Succubus' claws crossed while the Nephilim had his blade vertical and his other hand on the back of the blade, trying to push it forward. Sadistic blood red stared into emotionless smoky blue, both glowing with power.
That's when gunshots were heard and Emerald moved her right wing to cover her side, protecting her from Yang and Blake's ammunitions. When they were done firing, she moved her wing enough to see them in her peripheral vision. Her eyes panned over to them and they had an evil glint to them.
Dante's eyes widened in realization before she planted her foot into his stomach. This sent him flying back and sent her towards the two girls. She increased her speed with a flap of her wings. She dived to impale Blake but she left a Shadow and appeared to her left as her claws struck the concrete of the warehouse floor. Without looking, the Succubus expanded her wing and knocked Blake away and to tumble across the ground.
Yang shouted and went for a right hook but Emerald rose up and caught her fist effortlessly. The brawler tried to counter with a left cross but that was dealt with exactly like the first. Yang tried to overpower the demon possessed woman but she just smirked and pushed back. Slowly forcing Yang to her knees as she groaned in pain.
Before she could do any significant damage to Yang, she let go and blocked the stab from Dante with her claws. He didn't let up and released a series of lightning fast thrusts. Emerald was able to block them but she was being pushed back. That's when a flash of white was released and Rebellion had transformed into Osiris. Dante quickly lunged forward and continued into a sweeping strike. It was too quick for Emerald to react to but was weaker, only leaving a shallow cut across her stomach. With her demonic energy and aura, it would heal quickly. Not as quick as him but still. The strike had her sliding backwards until she used her wings to catch a drag of wind. She quickly flew up into the rafters to avoid the storm of demonic bullets coming at her.
Dante didn't let up on firing everything he had from Ebony and Ivory. Osiris was lying across his back as his eyes never strayed from the she-demon. "Yang, you need to get to Blake and get out of here."
She slowly got to her feet and looked at him in disbelief, "No way. I said I was going to see this through with you, I am not about to walk away just because this got serious."
"This isn't up for debate!" he shouted and she flinched at his tone. "She is one of the most powerful demons I've come across and I can't afford to hold back. I can't do that with you here or you two will get caught in the crossfire."
Before Yang could argue, Emerald performed a divebomb from the shadows, directly for her. Before she could react, Dante had jumped between them and caught her claws on the snaith of his scythe. Emerald just smirked as she held tightly onto his angelic weapon. Her toenails extended into similar claws and, with an impressive feat of flexibility, kicked upwards to cut vertically up Dante's chest with both legs.
Dante screamed in pain as his tank top was shredded and he had ten deep cuts going up from his waist and up his chest. Emerald released his weapon to flip backwards and flew back into the air as soon as her feet touched the ground. Dante fell to one knee as blood dripped onto the ground. "Dante!" Yang shouted and was kneeling by him in an instant. "Are you alright?!"
Dante nodded, "I'm fine." And true to his word, his wounds were already healing as the mark on his back was glowing. "You and Blake need to go. She'll keep targeting you because she knows I'll jump in to protect you."
Yang was helping him back to his feet, "How does she know that?"
"Succubus are the masters of seduction. They can read someone easily to find out what they desire. When she looked at us, she saw the love the two of us have and she's going to keep exploiting it." With another flash of light, Rebellion was back in his hand. "Yang, please. I know you're strong but not even a full Huntsman would be able to fight her as just a demon. But with her possessing a person." He just shook his head. "I need you away from here or this will end with you two dead. Or worse, in Mundus' grasp."
Yang looked him in the eyes and slowly nodded, "You better make it out of this. You hear me?" she gripped his left arm tightly when saying those words.
Dante just nodded to her with complete conviction in his eyes, "I swear to you." She nodded and quickly kissed him before running to where Blake was starting to get up from. Dante looked up again to see Emerald crouched on the rafters and take off towards them. He quickly summoned Ophion: Demon Pull and whipped it towards her. The claw head dug into her right shoulder painfully, causing her to bleed, before forcefully pulling her towards him.
Dante quickly spun and brought this heel down onto her head. She bounced off the concrete and transformed his weapon back into Rebellion. He kicked her as hard as he could in the stomach to send her backwards and flipped his sword into a reverse grip. He quickly channeled his demonic energy into his blade and swung upwards, sending a blade of energy towards her.
To his shock, she just crossed her arms in front of her chest with her claws glowing with demonic energy. She slashed outwards, dispersing his attack. Her claws were still surrounded with demonic energy and she perform an x-slash, sending ten smaller blades of energy out. But they weren't aimed at him but at the two women making their way to the exit just behind his right shoulder. Without hesitating, Dante jumped to the side to intercept the attack. With a flash of red, he was wielding Arbiter. He angled the head downwards so it was diagonal and braced himself as the ten blades slammed into his weapon and pushed him back a couple of feet.
Dante grit his teeth as he pushed against the blades. He was trying to hold them back as long as he could. He finally heard the door slam behind Yang and Blake. That was when he swung his battleaxe, dispersing the attacks. As he was recovering from the swing, he saw that Emerald was already flying toward him. Dante pulled his axe to the side and started channel more of his demonic energy into the axe head. When she was too close to possibly dodge, Dante raised Arbiter above his head and swung down. To Emerald's shock, the head detached from the rest of it and spun at her like ripsaw.
Emerald couldn't dodge so she pulled back and tried to use her claws to protect herself. For a few seconds, Arbiter's head was spinning against her claws, discharging energy from the exchange. That was until her claws shattered and the head kept spinning until it met her chest. It started to tear into her and forcing her backwards. She screamed in pain and didn't stop until she slammed completely through one of the many support beams.
The warehouse was quiet beside Dante's somewhat heavy breathing. He just kept staring at the body in front of him. It didn't move and he relaxed, just as Arbiter's axe head manifested again on his weapon. He laid his weapon across his back and turned to the exit.
That's when ten claws pierce through his shoulders from behind, five through each. He screamed in pain and that just grew louder as he was lifted off the ground. He was quickly up near the rafters when he heard the voice whispering into his ears, "Have you gotten rusty? You should really check to make sure your prey is really dead." She then started to chuckle and he looked over his shoulder to see it was in fact Emerald, who was now smirking at him again.
Before he could say or do anything, she quickly pulled them into a nose dive towards the warehouse floor. At the last second, she removed her claws and slammed him into it as she quickly pulled back up and back into the air.
Dante was lying on the heavily cracked floor. He was in pain but alive. He tried to push himself into a sitting position with the help of his arms but he couldn't move them due to the massive holes in them from the Succubus. With a groan he forced himself into a kneeling position. Blood was running heavily down his arms and was dripping onto the ground. He looked back up to see Emerald still hovering a few feet above him. His blood was dripping from her claws as she looked down at his wounded form. She moved one of his hands up and gently wipe the blood on one of her claws across her lips like a twisted lipstick. "Such a lovely color. Don't you think?"
He just growled up at her, "How did you get out of that unscathed?"
She just tilted her head slightly and suddenly, there was a second one of her in front of him. His eyes widened as she explained, "With demonic power and my ability to read people's hearts and minds, Emerald's Semblance has become several times more powerful. Even you can't differentiate between my real self and the illusions." To prove her point, the one in front of him sank her claws into his stomach. He groaned in pain as the same one spoke to her, "See? You didn't even know I replaced my illusion."
She pulled her claws free and stood up. When she was at her full height, he saw he was now surrounded by eight of her. They started to speak and with each sentence, another one spoke. "To think the great Demon Hunter has fallen to this. And for what? Some mortals? You truly are like your treacherous father. Falling in love with those you shouldn't. I'm sure our King will teach you the same lesson he taught him." They all started laughing.
He gave her a death glare, "Don't you dare lay a hand on her!"
"Or what, you'll do something? You don't even know which is really me. There is nothing you can do. And soon she will die." That's when they all spoke as one, "Just like your whore of a mother!"
With that said, Dante's rage reached new height. With a shout, red energy erupted from his body and his Devil Trigger activated. The world around them turned white, grey and black as the oppressing feeling flooded the area. Dante's wounds healed instantly as his body gained the red glowing cracks. His coat started to glow red as his hair turned white and his eyes turned red and white, glowing with energy. He started down the Emeralds with nothing but anger as she shrank in fear but couldn't run. Even a demon of her power couldn't break free from this.
He slowly pulled Arbiter from his back and with his increased speed, tore through each of them. The last one being the real one. She was pushed back from the hit but Dante closed the distance and sent her into the air and nearly into the ceiling with an upward swing.
As she was starting to falling, Dante had already jumped up to her with Rebellion once again in his hand. He delivered a series of heavy and fast slashes. He cut into her arms, legs and stomach , her claws were shattered and her wing were severed from her. She was screaming the entire time but it did nothing to stop him. He finished the assault by punching her into the ground.
She hit the ground and lied there. She was in pain but still alive. Dante landed in front of her and she started to shake in fear. He reached down with his left hand and picked her up by her throat. She struggled against his grip but he just stared at he, his anger had not lessened in the slightest.
He flipped his sword into a reverse grip and channeled his demonic energy into it. When it was ready, he tossed her into the air. She stared at him in complete dread as she started to fall. When she was at the right height, he swung up and released his energy blade once again. The blade caught her in the chest and it dragged her across the warehouse. She couldn't even scream. The shock and terror was too much for her. She collided with the remaining crates of Dust and the demonic energy set it off, increasing the size of the explosion many times over. The warehouse was engulfed in flames as Dante stood there unflinching.
Yang and Blake stood in shock as explosions ripped their way through the warehouse. The windows exploded outwards and flames erupted from them. They could feel the heat rolling off of it even from their spot thirty feet or so from the building. They blocked their faces with their arms to protect themselves. They heard some cracking and the building started to collapse in on itself as the fire started to reach up into the sky. The two just stared at the burning building in shock. Blake had her hand over her mouth as she stared on wide eyed. Yang just stared at the inferno, hoping beyond hope that he was okay. She was trembling as she shouted, "Dante!"
That was when they saw something moving in the flames. They watched in anticipation. Was this Dante or Emerald? After what felt like an eternity, Dante walked out of the flames. He seemed undamaged and still in his Devil Trigger form. Blake stared in shock, this being the first time seeing him like that. Meanwhile, Yang took off in a full sprint towards him.
Once he was completely clear of the fire, his dismissed his Devil Trigger but more locks of hair on the back of his head were white now. He felt the whiplash feeling again but it was lesser this time around. He shook his head to clear the minor headache and was soon embraced by his girlfriend as she buried her face into his shoulder. He just smiled and held her close, "Were you worried?"
"Of course I was." She muttered into him. "You were in a massive explosion."
He nodded, "True." He gently pushed her away slightly. She had tears in the corner of her eyes. He gently wiped them away and kissed he softly. She returned it and when they pulled away, he looked back into her eyes, "I told you before: I'll always come back if you are waiting for me."
She gave him and smiled and hugged him again. He returned it as Blake walked over to them. "You feeling alright?" he asked her.
She just nodded, "Sore but I'll be fine. Good to see that you're okay." She said with a small grin.
He scratched the back of his head before speaking, "Gotta admit, that was my toughest fight so far. But I'm no worse for wear. So, I'll consider this a win."
The two stopped hugging and turned back to the burning warehouse. The looked on for a minute or so before Yang spoke up, "Is this really a win?"
Dante just tilted his head from side to side, "I would say so. I mean, we didn't figure out where they are moving the Dust but we at least got whatever was in their out of the hands and took out a potential hiding place. Plus, I took out one of Roman's three accomplices and we have a better idea on what kind of advisories we'll be up against."
They couldn't argue with that. They stood there a bit longer before Dante spoke up again, "Come on. It's late and I don't want to deal with the police."
"Yeah, I agree." Yang said. "I need some sleep or I'll be explosive tomorrow."
Blake raised an eyebrow, "How is that different from any other day?"
Yang just gave her a heatless glare and Blake just looked at her with that single raised eyebrow. Dante just snorted started to lead them away from the scene of the fire. They only made it a few feet before another voice spoke up, "Where are you going?"
Their eyes widened and they turned around and were shocked to see Emerald standing there. Her wings were still gone and her claws were still broken. She had many severe burns across most of her bare body, it appeared her thong had burned off but none of them were actually looking to confirm that. The left side of her body, arm and leg were almost completely charred and the horn on that side of her head was broken off. It was a shock to just see her standing after all that.
She started to slowly shambling towards them. "You aren't going anywhere. I will not go back to my masters empty handed. I will not fail them. Even if I can't kill you…" Here right claw extended again forming more jagged looking claws. "But I'll make sure you learn that no one messes with King Mundus!"
With a sudden burst of speed, Emerald charged forward with her claws ready to tear into Blake or Yang. She didn't care which, too lost in her desperation to not fail. She came to a sudden stop and her eyes widened as pain coursed through her. She blinked and realized she was now staring into Dante's eyes once again. She slowly looked down to see that Rebellion had run her completely through her stomach. She looked back up at him and he spoke up, "Why are you surprised? I said I was going to eviscerate you."
Her eyes lost all light and any remaining demonic features disappeared as the Succubus died and Emerald along with her. Dante removed his sword and her body crumpled to the ground. He laid his sword across his back as he looked down at her. It wasn't the first time he killed someone possessed but unlike every other time, his eyes didn't hold pity for the victim. Just disappointment.
He turned back to Blake and Yang but before he could speak, something unusual happened. Rebellion disappeared back into his mark without this command. Once that happened, demonic energy surged out of the mark and down his arms as red electricity. As that was happening, black root-like spikes erupted from his arms. With one last flash of red light, the process was done and on his arm were two massive gauntlets. They looked like disproportional metal fist. The forearms resembled Rebellions grip with a similar spiral engraving.
Dante just looked down at them, just baffled. This was something brand new but very familiar. Similar to when he used any form of Rebellion. "Dante?" he looked up to see Yang and Blake both shocked. Yang kept talking, "What are those?"
He looked back down at them and before he could respond with, 'I don't know', it somehow just came to him. "Eryx." He looked back up at them. "A new demonic form of Rebellion."
"How?" Blake asked, so utterly confused by this.
He shrugged, "No idea. Maybe Rebellion absorbed more demonic energy from Emerald and that created this new form. Or maybe I've grown strong enough that this form is now accessible by me. Either way, I'm not gonna question it." Eryx disappeared with a flash of red light. "Let's talk about this after we get some sleep. What do you say?" The two just nodded tiredly at him. Now that he mentioned it, it was late and they were exhausted. The three then made their way back to Beacon and more importantly, their beds.
In another part of Vale, in one of the many penthouses, a very different scene was going on. Roman/Mundus and Cinder were in the luxury king sized bed. Grunts and moans were heard throughout the room as they were deep in the thrills of their passion.
That was when Roman's eyes glowed and he stopped. He took a few breaths before he pulled away from Cinder and walked away from the bed. He walked over to the window to look out over Vale, unashamed by his lack of clothes.
Cinder was trying to regain her own breath and slowly sat up, holding the sheet to her chest to have some modesty. "Why did you stop?" she asked breathlessly.
Roman just stared out over Vale, "My Succubus."
"Emerald?" Cinder asked as she stood up from the bed with sheet still hiding her form. She walked over to him and gently held his forearm with her hand. "What happened?"
"She is dead." Roman told her, stunned by the reality of it.
"What?" Cinder asked in the same shock.
His eyes started to glow and he punched the window, shattering it. "Dante." He hissed in anger. He took a deep breath and lowered his fist. "Neo." He commanded.
As he said that, a portal from Limbo opened and Neo herself dropped from it. She knelt in front of him, ready for his command. Roman turned to her, "Go to Mercury, his mission had changed." She nodded to him and waited for the next part. He turned back to watch Vale, "He is to find Dante. And either kill him. Or bring him to me." Neo nodded and jumped through another portal to deliver his message. The Demon King just stared out over Vale as Cinder held him from behind. His eyes were glowing ominously, they promised nothing but endless pain for the Son of Sparda.