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Crossoverstoryfanatic: It's all one big happy family reunion!
Guest: Thank you! hope you continue reading!
the lone soul: I hope so too.
DarkMessiah: Yes DMC3 only. Yes Arkham and Lady are in here as well, you'll know their servants and if they're in the war soon enough
RedRat8: Saber's mental health RIP
Guest: Deadpool's pretty um...straightforward ^.^"
flamelegendvargas: Thank you very much!
Suzula4moe: ...someone should write a fanfic like that, it'd be hillarious.
allan: I'll try my best to update fast but life sucks, I really dislike DmC's Donte for the fact that they made him replace OG Dante. I'm glad DmC's story is over and done with, there are rumours going on for a potential DMC5.
Meech Macko: She probably thinks of Dante to how she thinks of Mordred, brash, arrogant, rude, hardly traits she would find appealing. I will try my best to deviate from the game in terms of dialogue. Vergil's stake in the story will be explained cause it ties into another fanfic I'm thinking of writing. Thank you for the reviews, Meech, always a pleasure reading them.
Chapter 2: Red and black
Dante and Saber had begun their trek towards the tower that illuminated the city, she followed behind him silently, he did not say anything to her and she didn't say anything to him rather she simply regarded his actions while walking, one of his guns was placed over his shoulder and he nonchalantly carried himself without a care in the world. Her emerald eyes stayed on his back, she didn't know what to make of his attire either, a red coat that barely covered the front of his body. She felt as if he was more of a ruffian than anything and her musings at one point did prove to be true to a degree
Dante on the other hand could feel her gaze on his back, he thought of commenting, using her as a medium for his jokes but he decided against it, she'd probably lecture him or even start shouting at him...again and so he silently walked forward until they found themselves along a narrow path that connected itself to the tower and much to his irritation, the path was blocked by rubble, a mountain load of such.
"Tch..."
He made his irritation clear and he stopped, Saber stopped behind him and her gaze began to trek through her surroundings, the night sky had darkened the buildings around them and eerie noises greeted her ears, she didn't like how dark the place seemed and slowly from the darkness, footsteps, a multitude of so began.
"We're surrounded.." she stated, Dante heard her, he didn't disregard her observation, he just chuckled
"Heh.."
And slowly he brought out the second gun from his holster and rotated it on his finger and grabbed it, grasping both of them tightly. Saber narrowed her eyes as the footsteps drew closer and closer, from the dreary corners of the side alleys, more of the hell prides' appeared, she readied her weapon, grasping at the handles of the invisible weapon, Dante glanced back at her, focusing rather on her hands.
"You scared of showing off what you're holding?" he asked her.
"To a degree, yes" Saber answered, Dante blinked and turned to look at her, she knew his attention was on her so she continued "Do you not remember about how it is imperative that my identity is kept a secret?"
"Yeah...the thing about you being a servant" Dante murmured, recalling how she had lectured him on the matter.
"It's possible that an enemy master or a servant could be watching us, as such, it is better to keep my weapon hidden" she explained, her eyes never leaving the demons that approached them, Dante removed his gaze from her and smirked
"Whatever you say..."
She glanced at him and then back to the hell prides before her "Should the need ever arise to use it, I will need your permission"
Dante raised his eyebrows in surprise and it slowly evolved into a mischievous smirk once more "Permission huh? alright then, how about I just give you permission to use it right now?"
Saber rapidly blinked ins surprise at the absurdity of the statement and looked to him annoyed, her gaze was unnerving as Dante simply chuckled and shrugged his shoulders "What? you did ask.."
"I will ask you when it is necessarry..." Saber answered, putting complete emphasis on the last word of her statement. Truth be told, Dante was curious as to what Saber wielded, an invisible weapon...that was a first for him and it'd be a pain for anyone who fought her, the weapon's length and reach wasn't known and before Dante could retort with a witty remark.
"Watch out!" Saber called out to him, pushing him aside, she deflected a blue arrow that had aimed itself at Dante, her emerald eyes narrowed on the assailant and found it to be huddled on the rooftops. "Another demon..." more of the same type appeared over the rooftops as her gaze lingered on them
Her eyes were so fixed on the demons above her that she reacted a bit too late to the ones that closed in on her on the ground, she moved to avoid the slash from a hell pride from behind her when a gunshot tore through the air, she blinked and watched as the demon in front of her disintegrated into nothingness, she looked to see where the gun shot came from and saw Dante lying down in a corner with a couple of trashcans huddled next to him and a banana peal on his head.
"You know..." he began, slowly standing up and dusting his coat "It's nice you care enough to save me and all but maybe next time, you shouldn't throw me into a garbage can.." finally standing to his full height, he threw the banana peel onto a demon blinding it for a moment.
"And I just had a bath too...great" Dante murmured, shooting a small glare at Saber.
"M-my apologies" she stuttered, immediately regaining her composure, she continued "but such a thing would not have happened if you had paid attention to your surroundings"
Dante drew back in surprise "Did she just put the blame on me for what she did?" he narrowed his gaze on her and questioned all the while pointing to himself "So it's my fault?"
Saber didn't answer this time, rather she looked away from him and nodded her head, unable to meet his gaze. Rolling his eyes in annoyance, he looked to the demons that lay in wait for them, above and on the ground and then he looked back to Saber who refused to meet his gaze, he smirked.
"Alright goldylocks, two can play at that"
"W-what?" Saber questioned, surprised and before she could receive an answer from her current master, he had disappeared from her view completely, Saber looked around frantically "Where did he go!?"
"Wooo!"
She blinked and saw him on a nearby rooftop, slashing away at the arrow shooting demons, she blanched in surprise to see him jump from one rooftop to another, what had caught Saber off guard was not his nonchalant attitude but his speed, he had moved from one point to another in a fraction of a second, his laughter echoed from the distance like a madman, Saber snapped out of her musings and before she could call out to him, it struck her, he had left her to fend for herself, a whole group of hell prides' had surrounded her, she gritted her teeth, she was annoyed, irritated, she looked to the demons that surrounded her and her glare magnified, this would indeed be a good opportunity for her to blow off stress.
Dante, now finished on his end simply stood on an empty rooftop and watched her maul the demons entirely "Well...looks like she doesn't need any help" he clapped his hands, the dust jumping off of his gloves and then looked around for an entrance to the tower and he had found it, he jumped down from the rooftop, but on doing so, he bent to the side almost immediately, a hell pride had been blown towards him which he had narrowly avoided, the hell pride on the other hand wasn't nearly as lucky, embedded into the wall from the force of the impact, it fell to the ground and disintegrated into dust.
"Tough luck, pal..." Dante told it, shrugging his shoulders, he looked back to Saber
The woman in question had now seen him and shot him a glare, "Heh! looks like you had fun" Dante answered her glare with a witty remark, her eyes narrowed in annoyance.
"This is not a game and you should stop treating it as such!" she snapped at him, enraged
"Man, you're a big party pooper, you know that?" he answered her, annoyed. "Why don't you lighten up a bit?"
"Dante...let me make this clear to you" she began, slowly composing herself from her wrath that threatened to spill over "you are in a war for an object that can grant anyone's desire.."
Dante simply paced around listening to her "People will kill both you and me in order to acquire it, it isn't a game.."
"I don't see the problem..." Dante answered, looking at her "you gotta try pretty hard to kill me, you wanna give it a shot?"
"W-what?!" Saber stuttered, surprise evident in her whole being.
"You wanna give it a shot? killing me I mean" he smirked at her and she knew he was playing with her, reveling in her annoyance.
"Don't be a fool! why would I aim to kill my master? I would disappear as well and we would both lose the war" she explained, thoroughly bewildered at his absurd proposal, his gaze never left her and all he could do was smirk at her.
To Saber, it was unnerving, this brashness, arrogance had reminded her of someone she knew and she didn't like it, she did not like the memories it brought her, she did not like his mannerisms, she did not like how he pranced around danger like a child and yet there was a certain longing in her to do what she couldn't do before and as she moved to question as to what he actually meant and to demand him to stop playing games with her, a small ray of red lighted itself in the \night sky, the reflection bounced off Saber's emerald eyes and she screamed, while ever moving forward.
"Dante!"
A searing shot of red tore through the air and Saber's eyes widened as a red arrow of light tore through Dante's chest, his blood spilled onto the ground and onto her armor, her breath hitched as the arrow passed her, missing her entirely but on hitting a wall a few meters behind her, an explosion rocked the vicinity, she didn't glance back, her vision lay on her dead master's body, her chance was lost and now she had to return back. She stood speechless as Dante's body collapsed onto the floor beneath them, lifeless, her gaze lingered on his body for a few moments as she recalled his words
"I don't see the problem..." Dante answered, looking at her "you gotta try pretty hard to kill me, you wanna give it a shot?"
"Fool..." Saber thought in bitter regret "Why did you choose to tempt fate?"
She had failed herself and her master, snapping out of her stupor, her vision snapped to a rooftop well away from her, she had caught the assailant, white hair, a red and black robe and a smirk greeted her vision and all she could do was glare as the assailant slowly disappeared from her view, she would disappear as well now, forced to repeat a cycle she didn't need.
"That was almost too easy..."
"Heh, seems I got the first blood"
"Excuse me? 'I'?"
The voice called out, infuriated, irritated and all it got in return was a chuckle that undermined it "I was the one who killed him, you just sat there, Rin."
Rin glared at the source of the voice and with an irritated sigh, the young lady in question wore a full sleeve red shirt with a small white cross embroiled onto the upper part of the shirt, a black skirt, black stockings and black shoes, all covered up majorly by a black sweater like cloak, her wavy black hair was her defining feature as they swayed once she looked away in annoyance and then back to the source of the voice
"Pompous idiot, why did I have to end up with someone like him as a servant?"
"Still mad that you ended up with me?"
Rin glared back, shook out of her thoughts "What do you think, Archer?"
The man known as Archer simply smirked, closing his eyes "Since when did you start caring about what I think?
"Tch! enough of this, let's leave before another one shows up..." she answered, disregarding his question entirely, rising from her seat, she moved to exit the roof of the building, her thoughts going back to a singular line from someone she knew all too well.
xxFlashbackxx
"You will meet at least two masters' who defy any sense of logic and reason in this war even to a magical sense, you best be on your guard, Rin..."
"What did he mean by that?! that damn priest..." She thought in ire as she recalled the memory, the whole war seemed suspicious to her, for one, it was outside Fuyuki city, the second, the massive tower that had appeared and finally the third, demons, demons were so scarce in Fuyuki that one would think of them as but a myth, a foil to a fairy tale, she didn't know what to make of the situation.
"Why is it taking part away from Fuyuki? this makes no sense!"
"This is what has been decided by the church.." Kotomine answered, calmly.
"And what of the others!? the Einzberg's and the Matou?! did they agree to it?"
"They have, you're the last one who has yet to decide and even if you decide against what the church has ordained, the majority still lies in their favor"
Rin blanched in surprised on hearing that the two families had agreed, making her voice mute on the matter, she couldn't understand how they could have let this pass or even agreed to the terms resigning herself, she let out a sigh.
"Fine, I get it and where is it going to be held?"
"A nameless city, you will be transported there at a designated time, once you enter, only three or two participants will be sent back to Fuyuki once the number has been trimmed down, this is to avoid needless destruction and to make clean up easier, basic necessities will be provided along with a safe house, I will be present there as well"
"I didn't ask about you" Rin snapped in annoyance
"Yes, well...if you do end up losing, you can always run like a pathetic coward and ask me to protect you" Kirei answered, chuckling in sarcasm.
"That won't happen so you should stop thinking it will" Rin answered, determination etched in her voice, Kotomine simply smirked and then began his trek to the exit of her mansion leaving an annoyed Rin in his wake, she closed her fist tightly, not allowing her anger to get the better of her.
"I'll win"
Grabbing the knob of the door before her, her gaze lay on it for a moment as she recollected her thought's, letting out an audible sigh, she moved to open the door but not before the clash of steel greeted her ears, she looked back immediately and saw Archer stuck in a duel and his enemy?
"No...how?!" she blanched in surprise "The master was killed then why is the servant?!"
"Hey there..."
A voice called out to her from above, Rin blinked as a sense of dread covered her, slowly she looked up to the roof of the small exit and above her, a white haired teenager sat on the roof, looking down at her with a smirk, a red coat and dirty brown pants greeted her vision as she stepped back and glared, a bead of sweat rolled down the side of her head.
"Rin!...ugh! don't just stand there!"
Archer called out to her, struggling to fight, he was at a disadvantage, a big one. Rin heard him but there was almost nothing she could do, it was checkmate, she was caught off guard and she had payed dearly, she was going to lose, in a last act of defiance, she brought up her right hand, her opponent simply looked on nonchalantly
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, babe..."
She watched as he pointed to the fight, Archer had been all but defeated, down on one knee with an invisible weapon to his throat, "A-Archer..." she whispered in surprise, looking back to her opponent, she glared.
"You, how did you survive?"
"Heh, now that would be telling" Dante answered her, seated nonchalantly above her on the roof. Rin grew agitated, this was an amateur mistake she had exhibited and she was about to pay the price.
"So, Rin's your name, huh?"
Rin was surprised at the question, she was about to be killed and her would be murderer was asking for her name of all things. "W-Why should I tell you!?"
"Well you don't need to but seeing as you tried to kill me and all, guess you must be one of those masters taking part in this war" Dante summarized, drawing to a conclusion.
Saber stood triumphantly, looking down at the her defeated opponent, the resemblance was uncanny, the man before her reminded her of Dante, her emerald eyes glared on and then glanced back to her master who sat on the roof unharmed, his wound all but gone and she recalled how it had happened.
xxFlashbackxx
"Fool..." Saber thought in bitter regret "Why did you choose to tempt fate?"
She had failed herself and her master, snapping out of her stupor, her vision snapped to a rooftop well away from her, she had caught the assailant, white hair, a red and black robe and a smirk greeted her vision and all she could do was glare as the assailant slowly disappeared from her view, she would disappear as well now, forced to repeat a cycle she didn't need.
But something was wrong, she had to have disappeared the moment Dante was killed, she stood still for a moment as the thought flashed through her mind, the notion of him still being alive crossed her mind, but it couldn't be, the arrow had torn through his chest but there she was, still existent on this plane, she rushed to his side immediately and moved to turn him over and when she did, she saw him smirking at her, her eyes widened and she let out a sudden yelp of surprise and jumped away from him.
"What?!"
"Owww...damn, that's going to leave a mark" Dante muttered, slowly rising to his feet, Saber sat on the ground, her legs had given way and all strength had vanished from them on seeing the dead Dante now back to life "H-How?!" she whispered, watching the young man before her dust his attire, once done, he looked to her and smirked.
"Hah! told you it wouldn't be that easy! man! the look on your face!" he chuckled, amused.
Saber's emerald eyes widened, the wound on his chest was all but gone and slowly it turned to anger "You fool!" she screamed and Dante stopped his merry laughter surprised, she raised herself to her feet and shot him a death glare marching up to him.
"How did you survive?! That arrow tore thr-"
"Who knows?" Dante answered, cutting her off, shrugging his shoulders, he continued "maybe you should try asking God or someone..." and then smirking once more, he brought his face close to hers "What? don't tell me you were worried or something?"
Saber drew back in surprise "W-worried!? I was doing nothing of the sort!"
"Aww, so you do care" Dante chuckled, teasing her once more and then glancing to the rooftops, "So...he shot me from there, huh?"
"I know their location..." Saber answered, calming herself "after we have dealt with them, you will explain to me how you are still alive"
"If I feel like it..." he answered nonchalantly. "And lighten up, would you? I told you it ain't that easy to get rid of me..."
Coming to her thoughts once more, Saber's gaze lay on Dante, her attention however never leaving the defeated opponent in front of her.
Rin didn't know what to make of the young man before her, he was dressed like a stripper! and he looked as if he was a mirror of a younger Archer, she glanced back to Archer who knelt down defeated and then to her assailant, barring their skin color and their facial features, they looked almost the same, she looked back to him and gave him an ultimatum.
"Make it quick" she stated.
"Excuse me?"
"I said make it quick! you're going to kill me anyway so make it quick."
Dante simply chuckled "Alright then..." bringing Ebony up from his holster, Rin remained silent, was this it? is this how she would meet her end? before she could even think about anything else, he shot it and Rin closed her eyes in an instant, the gunshot tore through the air, a moment passed, she opened her eyes, she was alive and Dante was still pointing the gun but not at her.
She looked to where he was pointing, behind her, glancing back, her eyes widened as she watched a demon disintegrate, he had not killed her but saved her. An army of hell prides swarmed at the building they were currently on and before Rin could react, he jumped down and grabbed her, hoisting her on his shoulder.
"H-Hey! wait! what are y-you?!"
"Just stay there like a good little girl and be quiet..." Dante commanded her all the while shooting at the demons that appeared from the exit behind him, he glanced to Saber "Get moving" Saber complied almost immediately, there was a golden opportunityy to finish off Archer but the circumstances had prevented her from carrying it out, glaring down at Archer, she spoke
"Carve this defeat into your heart, next time...you will not be let off so easily, Archer"
Saber then moved towards Dante while Archer slowly rose to his feet, glancing at him, Dante smirked "What a cheap knock off..." and then locking gazes with him for a moment, he threw Rin from the rooftop, she screamed and Archer dived after her.
"We better get going too" Dante told her and Saber simply nodded.
AN: Till next time!
