Devil May Cry: Blood For Peace
Chapter 2: First Blood
It was morning and it was time for the day to begin. Today would be the start of his first day as an assassin on Night Raid. After he got out of bed, he was greeted with the knock of his door, It was Leone.
"Mornin' Vergil! Breakfast will be ready soon." She called out from behind the door.
Vergil had already been awake, but when he heard her voice, he figured he might as well get up.
"Okay, …thanks." He replied back from is room.
Getting out of bed, Vergil stretched his body when he got to his feet then stretched out his arms before making his way to his clothes. He changed into black slacks, put on his brown boots then threw on his black sleeveless zip-up vest. Finally, he slicked back his hair then exited his room, today was the day where he'd get his first target as a member of Night Raid.
Despite knowing the extent of his power, Vergil still needed to prove his worth since it was a mandatory thing for all members at the start, but no one doubted him since a handful of the group had seen his power for their own eyes.
Entering the dining room, Vergil was greeted by Akame, Leone, and Mine.
"There ya are Verg! There's a spot right here for ya!" Said Leone patting the seat next to her.
"Yes, good morning." He shrugged then took the seat beside her.
"So, Sheele isn't up yet?" Asked Vergil.
Akame shook her head. "Sheele is someone that usually sleeps a bit longer than most of us." With that said, Akame casually reached over to Sheele's bowl of food and consumed her breakfast in the blink of an eye leaving Vergil and Leone in awe.
"She devoured that entire bowl…in not even a second?" He muttered to himself as Akame wiped her mouth with a napkin.
"Yeah, she does that a lot." Said Leone.
"In any case.." Leone changed the subject.
"Today's your first mission, not nervous are ya?" She teased, knowing all too well that Vergil wasn't even a shred nervous, based on how he handled himself last night, she among the others knew that Vergil would be able to do the mission with relative ease considering his skill level.
"Nervous?, I've spilled lots of blood in the past, so spilling more isn't really an issue with me, especially since it will be the blood of scum this time." He answered.
Leone smiled and Akame nodded.
"Hehehe, good answer," Leone added, Vergil's mind was perfectly capable for this so this just made her even gladder she had successfully recruited him into Night Raid, everyone was expecting big things from him, but that only motivated him even more.
Mine put down her cup of tea.
"So you've killed someone before then, great."She sarcastically replied.
"I've killed several people, I've always been walking in a trail of blood, The fact that I'm viewing things differently still won't change that." Vergil sternly replied.
Mine just blinked, she wasn't expecting an answer like that.
"O-Oh…" {"I thought The 'Darkslayer Son Of Sparda was just some name. Guess I was wrong."}
A few moments later Sheele walked in rubbing her eyes behind her glasses.
"Mmnh…Morning everyone." She quietly greeted.
Vergil made eye contact with Akame, he gave her a look that said { Might wanna look behind you…}
Sheele put her glasses back on and looked down at her empty bowl.
There was a small moment of silence before it was broken by Sheele.
"Umm…where did my breakfast go..?"
Everyone looked at Akame who just stared back.
"It was getting cold.."
"So…you're saying you ate her share to keep it from getting cold?" Vergil asked.
Akame nodded and gave a thumbs up.
"Exactly!"
Vergil facepalmed along with Mine while Leone just started laughing.
Sheele was made something else for breakfast, once everyone else ate, it was time for the first round of training. Despite his reputation, Vergil would still need to demonstrate some of his skill as a swordsman. Najenda called everyone to the backyard sparring area so they all could watch.
Everyone on Night Raid was extremely skilled at combat in their own respective way, but Najenda knew that only Akame and Bulat would stand a fair chance against Vergil – at least enough for a close fight.
"Alright Vergil, to show us your skill, you will face Akame for this sparring round. First to three points wins, but in order for it to count the tip or blade will have to touch area's that are vital spots. This will only be a battle of swordsmanship as well as some martial arts, Is that clear?" Asked Najenda as she instructed to two.
"Sound good to me." Replied Akame
"Same for me." Vergil added.
"Excellent, and….begin!"
Vergil took stance as well as Akame, the two were obviously using Kendo Stick Swords since this was a sparring match.
Akame's was a wooden sword shaped like her Murasama while Vergil's was shaped like the Yamato, it even had a wooden sheath for maximum realism.
"Sparring or not, I have no intentions to go easy on you Akame.." Vergil warned preparing for battle.
Akame smiled.
"Good, because I won't either!" She replies with a swing of her sword before charging at Vergil who didn't hesitate to charge back at her. The two raise their wooden swords and go for a strike, Vergil unsheathes and swings his sword in several directional swings but Akame manages to block all of them, the two jump around forward and back still matching strike for strike equally. Both of them go for a downward slash clashing wood, they two hold against each other's grip for a moment.
"Your speed is incredible Akame, very well versatile with lightning fast strikes." Vergil compliments drawing a smile on Akame's face.
"Thank you, but your speed is just as impressive, I've never matched blow to blow with anyone on the first spar so this is quite something." She replies.
They break contact pushing each other back before quickly following with a finishing strike clashing wood again with a loud wooden clank.
Both swing their swords meeting strikes each time, both have their speed on par with another, this even contest continued on for several more minutes.
Najenda looked on very much impressed with what she was seeing, but the others were just as surprised.
{"No one has ever kept up with Akame for this long before, let alone matching her evenly, Vergil, you really are as impressive as they say you were."} Najenda thought to herself as she looked on.
The spar continued until both combatants came to a quick stop. But only for a moment before the two charged at each other again, they once again met each strike accordingly, until finally, after one strike, Vergil put more power into his strike throwing Akame off by just a second, quickly as Akame shuffled her feet back to regain balance, Vergil kicked off his heel and went up close for a direct hit, him and Akame made eye contact, Akame being surprised to be thrown off guard so quickly.
{"What!? How did Vergil breakthrough so quickly?"} She thought to herself, surprised. As Vergil swung his sword, Akame, in a quick move dropped her arms down as quick as she could just manage to block his attack but just barely, feeling the force of the strike, Akame silently groaned a bit.
{"So she managed to block it at the last minute…pretty impressive, but no quick thinking will help her here."} Vergil thought to himself, using this desperate guard to his advantage, Vergil twisted his body and got low effectively tripping Akame hard on the ground, she let out a small groan from the impact than before she could get a chance to rebound, Vergil drove his wooden blade tip down on Akame touching her chest where her heart was leaving Akame surprised.
"Looks like I got you.." Said Vergil before pulling back his wooden sword and sheathing it.
Everyone was shocked, Akame had been defeated in a serious sparring match. It was a simulated battle to the death and Vergil had won.
Vergil lowered himself a bit then lowered his hand to Akame who took his hand right away letting him pull her up.
Akame smiled.
"Wow, you're a very skilled swordsman. I've never been beaten in a full-on sparring match before. Very impressive." She complimented.
"Thank you Akame, but you're no slouch either, I had to think fast the entire fight, usually I require no constant planning while in combat." Vergil was definitely highly skilled, but Akame was still a pretty even match for him. He had just acted more quickly.
"However, there are still two rounds, so shall we continue?" Asked Vergil once again getting ready.
Akame smirked then got into fighting stance herself.
"You bet, Let's do this!" She replied.
"Round 2, Fight!" Announced Najenda.
With that, both combatants dashed forward, Vergil drew his blade mid-run while Akame continued to drive Vergil with her wooden sword pointed at him, the two once again swing their weapons clashing evenly just like the previous battle, from tricky angles to elite quickness, the two didn't stop meeting evenly with their blades, it was almost like they knew each other's moves inside and out when really they were just clashing wood evenly matched, after a flurry of clashing wood, two of them tried combo attacks back to back, Akame went for a horizontal zig-zag-up down corner angle strike slash, and Vergil blocked quickly following up with his own Yamato combo that was two horizontal slashes followed up by a frenzy of rapid sword slashing, still Akame somehow managed to keep up swing for swing before both dropped back and tried for a double kick front forward slash combo, but the two connected kicks which would cancel both combo's causing them to jump back a bit for a breather. Both, Akame and Vergil were panting, after a brief stare-down, the two went at it again. After a small series of clashes, the two ended up drawing back again but quickly charged forward again.
But suddenly, a wooden spear-staff came down at Vergil just as he was in the middle of a dash, thinking fast, Vergil shuffled his feet mid-run which shifted his speed to the left evading the strike, he was quick to counter by jumping up after the evade, using his inhuman Strength, Vergil used his sheath and sword as an anchor which let him kick the staff away and grab the hand that held it and flinging it over his shoulder into the ground, the blindside attack was by Bulat so he was quickly thrown hard into the ground, while mid-air, Vergil clashed swords with Akame leaving everyone watching in awe.
When his feet hit the ground, Vergil twisted his body and used his speed to duck under past Akame's sword which left her open for a strike, but she quickly noticed and rolled to the side which would have Vergil's left wide open by the time she would get back on her feet, but Vergil quickly backflipped out of reach and drop kicked Akame as his body straightened out after the flip, but she was quick to move and guarded with her blade, but the block didn't stop her from flying back a few feet from the inhuman strength of his. Landing back on his feet, Vergil would have no time to regain his breath as more Night Raid Members jumped in for an attack, Leone, Sheele and Bulat went for a coordinated killing strike, But Vergil saw this coming, thinking fast as always, he teleported above them throwing them off but was quick to go on the offensive.
Leone used her beastly speed and agility to launch herself up at Vergil bringing her clawed palm right to his throat, but Vergil shifted to the side at the last moment and grabbed Leone's arm, brought her forward for a kick in the stomach then threw her at Bulat which knocked him back. Touching the ground, Sheele came from the shadows swiftly and came for a finishing midstrike with her Shears, but just before the two blades could close on him, Vergil's lower body had moved up out of the way of the blades, effectively avoiding a killing blow and quickly countered by stepping on the closed shears and kicking Sheele hard in the chest sending her back.
Vergil landed once more on his feet an out came Akame from behind in blinding speed going for a fatal strike, but Vergil spun around and blocked hard, she went for a kick to the face but was met with Vergil's wooden sheath blocking, quickly gripping her leg he pulled her in for a tap of her neck with his blade but was pushed back a bit by Akame's other foot kicking him in the face, Vergil staggered back a bit, and as Akame went for the final strike, Vergil grinned as he was quick to parry her to the side with his sheath throwing off her guard, Vergil took advantage and touched Akame's neck with the wooden tip, only to be shocked himself by feeling Akame's wooden tip near his jugular. Last round, Vergil was victorious, but this time, it looked like a draw which would mean mutual death if it were a real fight to the death.(But Vergil would have the upper chance of surviving considering what he was)
"I got to hand it to you, despite me throwing you off, you were able to kill me. Even you can be unpredictable sometimes." Vergil adorned. Akame was very skilled in combat, even when the tides were in his favor, she still managed to get him.
She smiled giggling a bit.
"You're pretty impressive yourself. You killed me too. Unpredictability comes in many forms. I think you'll fit right in this line of work." Akame replied.
Najenda stood up and clapped.
"You passed the test Vergil! Congratulations."
Vergil helped Akame up then looked over at the boss.
"Sorry for the unexpected group assault, but I thought this was a good chance to see how you dealt with unexpected multiple enemies considering your skill level, and you handled it amazingly! Therefore, it is of my utmost honor to officially welcome you to Night Raid."
"I see, so that's what it was about. Thank you Najenda." He replied with a proud smile.
"Ouch!" Leone exclaimed as she slowly stood back up.
"Did'ja have to throw me at Bulat? It was like getting thrown into a titanium wall." She said rubbing her back. Bulat laughed a bit.
"Why thank you, Leone, looks my hard training finally paid off, I'm not as solid as a rock, I'm as hard as titanium. Guess I have some good manly guns" He laughed some more.
"Sorry, I suppose I got a little carried away." Vergil replied sheathing his wooden sword.
Leone smiled and clung to Vergil throwing him off guard.
"Oh you devilishly dangerous badboy!~ No need to apologize, I'm sure I could think of a few things you could do to make it up to me~ Anything goes hot-stuff~" Exclaimed Leone who smothered Vergil burying his face into her cleavage.
"Uffff! How many times do I need to tell you, warn me before you smother me dead!" Exclaimed Vergil.
Akame just chuckled softly as she looked on.
A couple hours later, with his test complete and officially a member of Night Raid, Vergil decided to make a wardrobe change, he would still keep his usual clothes and jacket especially, but since Night Raid was a brand new part of his life, since he would be with them for while, Vergil decided on blueprints for a new attire to be made for him, Najenda had told him she could get a Night Raid-like look for him from their main HQ, he just needed to make the designs and that sounded like a nice switch so here he was.
In the end, his new attire would consist of; A Blue sleeveless leather vest with black at the bottom, the ends below would have a double split for style and would have the Night Raid Owl on his back. On the front left and right areas would be his usual snake-like designs that started from the bottom left and end on his top right just like how it was on his infamous jacket. Under it would be black flat leather armor replacing his zip-up undervest. Down his left arm ending at his hand would be leather straps and on his hand would be a blue leather glove.
Instead of his usual slacks, Vergil now wore a lower body garment, inside of it would be black battle pants but his legs would be wrapped in the blue leather wraps of the garment which ended with a final wrap over the base of his new black boots. And Finally, on his right arm, he wore a black titanium arm gauntlet wrapped around his arm, and hand had a blue glove under the armor plate on the back of his hand and fingers.
Vergil felt confident in his new outfit, this would now be what he wore on missions.
With his new attire made, it was finally night time, which meant it was time for Vergil's first mission as a member of Night Raid.
Leone was the first to see his new look.
"Damn! Diggin' the new look Verg! Ya look intimidating and sexy at the same time~" Leone bluntly complimented.
"Glad you approve of it, I figured a change would be perfect." He replied, this would be a good way to get redemption for all the things he'd done. Of course, he would still be killing, only this time it was all people who truly deserved it.
"C'mon hot stuff, the boss is waiting." Leone playfully teased as she lead him to Najenda.
"Got it." He replied.
Vergil and Leone walked in Najenda's command room which was the same place they had been when he first joined the other night.
"Ah Vergil, Love the new uniform by the way, but are you sure you want to wear the Night Raid logo on your back out in the open?" Najenda asked.
"Positive, I'm determined to make ourselves known to everyone. Besides, they won't be able to keep up to even try catching me."Vergil proudly smiled, he was very much confident in his abilities so donning the logo of Night Raid was fine with him.
Najenda smiled.
"Wonderful then, in that case, let's get to your mission."
Vergil nodded.
Najenda took out a scroll with a photograph of a tough, shady looking soldier. He had blue eyes, long blonde hair with one bang curved over covering his left eye. The rest of his outfit consisted of Imperial Empire Armor with two sword sheathes crossed on his back.
"This is General Keichi, he is one of the Imperial Army's toughest generals, he has his own platoon called Razor's Edge. Him and his squad have been causing trouble for the people for a while now, whenever a new village is discovered, the Capital sends him and his team to annihilate every single person in the village, and since they are free to kill as they choose, he tends to let his soldiers freely do as they wish while he looks for children, particularly little girls who he often sells off as slaves. So as you can see, your first target it the lowest scum of the low, but do keep in mind that as twisted as he may be, he is a very skilled fighter and is not to be taken lightly." Najenda explained.
Vergil's expression darkened before returning, he gave a nod.
"Understood, I'll make sure he's executed immediately, scum like that shouldn't be allowed to live any longer." Vergil replied.
"Indeed. And I forgot to mention, you won't be departing alone."
"Your damn right! I'm comin' with ya since my target won't be far, isn't that right boss?" Said Leone.
"That's exactly right Leone, your target is the second in command of Razor's Edge, Lieutenant Kawata."
Najenda opened a scroll with a picture of Kawata, same imperial army armor Keichi had only black steel instead of silver. He was a tough and shady looking man with dark purple hair that was medium in length and had a curved bang extend from his forehead to just over his right eye.
"He's never far behind Keichi when it comes to village invading, I'd even say he's a bit worse since he likes to capture beautiful woman from those villages after its in ruin. I have no doubts in you alone Leone, but I'm sending Sheele with you just in case Kawata has others with him."
Najenda explained.
Leone gave a nod.
"Understood!"
Sheele walked in the room after hearing her name be mentioned, Najenda went over the mission again for her.
"Now is everyone clear on their mission?" Asked Najenda.
"Crystal Clear" Said all three assassin's.
"Very good then, go and show them the true price of their evil."
With that said, Vergil, Leone and Sheele took off.
It didn't take the trio long to arrive at the capital. Stopping just before the entrance of main street, the three assassins went through the final briefing.
"So Verg, you remember the location I told you Keichi likes to go after a night of drinking?" Asked Leone, she knew Vergil caught on to things easily, but he was still new to the capital and she wanted to make sure.
Vergil nodded.
"I do, do you two remember the plan?" He asked.
"While you handle Keichi, Sheele and I spy on Kawata and wait till he sees his men off." Said Leone.
"Then when he's all alone, we move in for the kill!" Added Sheele.
"Perfect, we got this." Said Vergil.
"You're damn right, anyway, Sheele and I are off."
"Don't you die now~" Sheele playfully joked.
Vergil chuckled.
"You two as well." He replied, knowing all too well that Sheele and Leone would succeed, just as he would.
"Right then, see you two later~" After that, Vergil teleported away.
"Of course he's gotta take the dramatic and fancy exit." Leone chuckled.
"Ya ready Sheele?" She asked.
Sheele's frames darkened, one eye peering through the right.
"You bet I am, let's go!" She confidently replied.
After that, the two remaining Night Raid took off to their targets location.
At the docks, Leone and Sheele watched their target Kawata talk to a small group of soldiers who seemed to be heading somewhere on a boat soon.
"Damn, looks like we have to wait until those guys take off." Whispered Sheele to Leone.
"Honestly, I'd rather just kill those bastards along with him, but the boss sounds like she wants a smooth operation so, guess I'll make an exception this once." She whispered back to Sheele.
A few minutes later, the target shook hands with each soldier then the boat finally sailed off down the water, the two waited until they were out of sight. The two ladies nodded at each other before moving in.
Leone front flipped in front of Kawata catching him by surprise.
"Lt. Kawata of the Imperial army, you're my target and boy am I gonna enjoy this." Said Leone getting ready to fight.
"So, you're one of those Night Raid Assassins huh? I had a feeling we'd meet sooner or later." Said Kawata readying his spear.
Leone ran at him and gave him a flurry of punches, he blocked some but missed the rest resulting in seven good hits on his chest and lower abdomen causing him to cough up blood and fall down to one knee.
"Ughh dammit! I need back up!"
Just before he could reach for his whistle, Sheele came out of the shadows.
"Sorry, can't let you do that." Exactly as she spoke, she had driven her shears deep into the lower back of Kawata making him cough out a lot of blood.
"I-I let my guard down…" After that Leone crushed his head in the palm of her hand while Sheele cut his lower body off from the mid-section.
"Take that you slimy piece of shit!" Said Leone as she watched the pieces of the targets body fall to the ground in a pool of blood.
"I wonder how Vergil is doing?" Wondered Sheele.
Leone grinned. "Oh yeah, he's got it covered, so let's head back to base."
Meanwhile, back near main street, ten o' clock pm.
Vergil was hiding in the shadow's viewing a usually empty sidestreet that had a small bridge that was a shortcut to the noble's district. With it, a small lake.
A few moments later, there walked his target who had just lit a cigarette.
"Pfft, that woman in the village was so annoying screaming for her little girl, she's just gonna be a whore when she grows up, just like her mother. Maybe I'll check that kid out myself, just to see how much of a woman she is hehe." He grinned taking a puff of his cigarette.
With his target all alone, now was his time to strike. Vergil teleported above him.
"Actually, you won't dare to even try touching the girl." Said Vergil falling from above, but before the target could even say anything, Vergil front flipped driving his heel into the back of his skull making Keichi hit his head hard smack on the ground, the impact made his head bounce of the ground, unfortunately, Keichi wasn't dead yet.
He landed back on his feet but staggered a bit regaining his balance.
"Night Raid! I knew one of you would come for me eventually. Unfortunately, your vigilante justice ends here, with me cutting you open!" Keichi drew his longsword and went for a swing, Vergil stepped back, dodging with ease. He just kept dodging every heavy swing since the longsword his target was using was rather heavy. Vergil was cornered between a wall and Keichi.
"You're dead now ya fucker!" Keichi swung his blade but Vergil's speed was too quick and Vergil rolled out of the way causing the longsword to get stuck in the wall.
Keichi struggled to try and desperately pull it out but no avail.
"O-Ohh shit!"
Vergil saw him wide open then moved in and in a series of superfast frenzied sword swings, Vergil ran by him slashing him rapidly, his blade cutting deep into every vital spot of the target striking all his nerve endings causing unrelenting pain, Keichi cried out in agony, and after a few moments of pain and bleeding, Vergil went for the finish.
"That was only a taste of all the pain you caused others to feel, but hell will be a nightmare, a nightmare you'll face for an eternity!" With that, Vergil sheathed his blade with a steel click, causing all the wounds to open up gushing out blood leaving the target in a pool of thick blood.
Vergil looked back at the corpse.
"Target eliminated, but my mission isn't complete yet." Vergil took his keys and stuffed them in his pocket. He wouldn't be able to do it yet, but he knew Night Raid would probably assist him with it so he decided to show them the key.
"Time to head back, just try and survive one more night. You'll be freed tomorrow I promise."
Back at base, Vergil was greeted by Sheele and Leone.
"Heya Verg! Nice work taking care of Keichi, I knew you'd totally dice him!" Leone cheered.
"Yeah, nice work Vergil. And I really like that you gave him a slow painful one, he deserved it." Commented Sheele adding to the discussion.
"Thanks you two, but you both did just as excellent." He replied.
Sheele smiled.
"Thank you." She replied.
Leone, as usual, glomped Vergil pressing him into her chest.
"OOOOOoooh, such a smooth talking killer! I love it~You sly devil you~ I gotta have you!" She teased as she continued to smother him.
"Stop talking about me like I'm property!" He exclaimed, muffled but clear enough.
Moments later, Vergil, Leone and Sheele stood in front of their boss.
"Excellent work you three, Vergil I knew you could do it, you'll fit in just fine here in Night Raid, well done."
Najenda praised, she was confident in his skills, with him combined with the others, Night Raid was even more dangerous then it already was.
Akame joined them with a smile.
"Good job Vergil, I think the boss is right, Night Raid is a perfect fit for you. Good job on your mission." She praised.
"I'm just glad I was able to send a worthless disgrace of a person to hell." He replied.
Akame smiled at his response and nodded.
Vergil turned to face Najenda.
"Oh, Najenda, I have a request."
Najenda smiled.
"Sure, what is it?" she asked.
Vergil handed her the keys he'd obtained from his target.
"I have strong reason to believe that these keys lead to the cell where he put all his captured girls from villages he's raided. I'd like to free them all tomorrow night if we can do that?" He explained.
Najenda crossed her arms, smiled then nodded.
"Why of course we will, tomorrow evening we make our move. I will put together a plan before I go to bed. Again, very good work Vergil."
He nodded. Now that his request was fulfilled, Akame was quick to change the subject.
"In any case, it's you're turn to help me with dinner." She adds.
"Hm? Oh sure, let me guess, all meat again?" He asks.
Akame gives a stern thumbs up with a hungry gleam in her eye.
"All meat."
Vergil looks on unamused.
"Thought so, I'm gonna add at least a few veggies to even it out."
Akame has a mischievous gleam in her eyes and takes off to the kitchen.
Vergil kicks off his heel after her.
"Dammit Akame you better leave the veggies alone!" He shouted as he speed up after her, Akame was heading directly for the bag of vegetables to wreck them but Vergil got there right behind her.
"No Veggies!" She playfully shouted back to him
"A balanced dinner is better!" Vergil replied as he lunged at her to stop her veggie assault. After that, the two managed to make a balanced dinner. Dinner was served and everyone went to bed.
-End Of Chapter—
Hey guys! Darkslayer here, I hope you all had a great Christmas. Mine was pretty decent enough. Anyway here's the second chapter of my new fanfiction. I'm super glad people are enjoying it so much. I have lots of awesome stuff planned for the story and I hope you all continue to enjoy it. As always Happy reading and take it easy.
~Darkslayer740