I in no shape or form own the settings or characters of Devil May Cry and Fate/Stay Night
Zeronex: Yeah I agree, probably the only weakness the two of them could have is each other or being out powered by an opponent stronger than them, they can't die by any normal means, the DMC's ones I mean, the historical ones, I have no idea what their weakness' could be.
flamelegendvargas: My bad, I'm still a bit rusty cause I haven't written anything in a long while, I'll try to watch for them now, thank you for pointing it out.
Black 13: I have actually! i might or might not do something similar, if I do, I don't wanna tell you cause it'd probably would spoil the story for you. oh yeah, Dante vs giga is incoming~ no worries but it's only after Dante gets all his abilities.
Gundam Knight Chris: I was thinking of making Lady one of the masters but I wasted that chance on Shinji, pretty stupid move by me to be honest.
Lord-Krun: Saber is aware of Sparda's contributions, you'll find out a bit about it in this chapter about how he influenced her.
Ben56: yeah, Dante was OP in DMC3, he's OP in this fic as well, i just made him a little less more inexperienced in regards to the story so that he could learn from Saber.
DannyPhantom619: he's not a nephilim actually, a nephilim is a spawn born from an angel and a human, like the commenter above you said, he's a cambion, thanks for leaving a review!
OverlordofDeath: I thought of changing the interaction mostly the dialogues between them cause it probably would be annoying for the readers to read the same thing again, I'm changing the dialogue but making sure it stays true to their characters. Lady is coming and yeah, Bazzet is alive, she's much more interesting to keep alive than to kill off.
Mission 4: Relationship
As Dante walked towards Saber, preparing his mind for the headache that would follow, he silently mused about what he should say, of how he was the son of a demon and a human, of how most of his life was spent wandering, of how his mother died protecting him, of how his father...atleast in his mind had suddenly abandoned them, so what would he say to her...he wondered. Maybe he'd just answer the reason as to why he had survived in the first place, that the blood of a demon was running through, a short but effective answer, she'd probably be disgusted by the revelation, demons were creatures born of evil, attributed to death and destruction and he stopped as he came face to face with her and nonchalantly asked her
"So what do you wanna know?"
Saber's emerald eyes searched his eyes as her mind jumbled with questions, there was one clear thought that ran through her, that she knew who Dante could be, the giveaways were the white hair and the demonic sword, her eyes examined him and then to the weapons he carried, his brash arrogance, she prepared to make a guess, at first she didn't want to pry into his life but after his near death, she became curious, she knew only one man who could have survived such a wound, even now, the image of his purple regal attire had burned itself into her memory and also the words he had spoken to her when she had quivered at the prospect of being what she was called to be, of how she was unworthy to hold the calling that was given her, he had simply smiled and told her.
"You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind or why it was that this responsibility was given to you, what you can change however is yourself and how you can respond to this responsibility, you were chosen, you are worthy, none can deny it and this is your responsibility because you were a king long before the sword christened you as one"
She silently closed her eyes recalling the memory and then with a determined gaze met Dante's gaze, she didn't want to blindly guess but she wanted to know so she asked him.
"Do you know of the name 'Sparda'?"
At this, Dante just chuckled "Know it huh? yeah you could say I know it"
Saber's gaze lay still like a still river as she looked on to the young man drawing his eyes away from her. She could feel a sense of animosity growing from him but as quickly as it grew, it subsided and she pressed into him for another question.
"Then you have heard his legend? the tale of the demon who turned his back on his own kind to save humanity?
"Yeah..." Dante answered, "more times than I can count, it makes me sick to hear iit over and over again"
"Why?" Saber questioned, surprise etched into her voice "is it not a pleasure at times to hear of the accomplishments and deeds of the heroes of the past?"
At this, Dante scoffed "Hero huh? if you say so"
Saber's eyes furrowed but before she could continue, an irritated Dante looked to her "Look, you wanted to know how I survived that shot right? what's with all this talk about Sparda? it's annoying"
She blinked at the sudden change of subject and the sudden irritated outburst "Y-yes, but-"
"And you suddenly started talking about him which means there's no point in me even answering your question, you already know why I survived that shot..." he burst out with irritation, glaring at Saber, who in return stood calm, yet gazed at him with confusion and sadness and with a small sigh, she looked to him.
"Then there's no need for me to go about this in a roundabout way" Saber answered, her determination unwavering "Are you his son?"
"Take a wild guess" he scoffed at her, thoroughly annoyed at her for bringing up the name of his father in the first place, he looked away from her and placed his hands in his pockets.
"Why are you so angry when I speak about him? is he not your-"
"Cause it's none of your business" he answered coldly, cutting her off immediately.
And before she could question him, the glass at the end of the arena shattered into innumerable number of pieces, in it's place was a red motorcycle that flew through the air, Dante simply looked on as the bike threathened to crash into him and in a swift motion, flipped himself into the air, dodging the bike while simultaneously glancing at the rider on top of the bike, it was a woman with black hair much to his surprise, as they both hit the ground simultaneously.
Saber readied herself, tension lit the air as she looked to the motorcycle, she wondered to if it was another master, if so, their servant would be nearby, Dante on the other hand looked on nonchalantly as the woman stared him down, now that he had taken a closer look, she had the clothing of an overgrown schoolgirl, what set her apart however was the bike and the wide array of ammunition she carried, for her pettite frame, she seemed to be strong.
"Pretty nice bike you got there" Dante commented, the woman stared at him and then rotated the handle on her bike, revving up the engine, she then burst forward as Saber looked on in surprise, Dante stood still and in the next moment; the bike's headlight changed into a grappling hook, shooting upwards, the bike along with the girl rocketed into the glass door above him. Now that the threat had been banished, Saber relaxed her stance and walked towards her current master once more.
Dante's gaze lay on where the girl had disappeared to and then he glanced back to Saber "Things got a bit interesting huh?"
"Indeed" Saber answered, simply staring at the broken shards of the glass that remained but before they could move forward, Saber looked to him.
"Dante"
"Yeah?"
"What was that machination she was riding? could it possibly have been her servant?" Saber questioned, completely curious, Dante blinked rapidly at her question, his animosity towards her completely all but gone and asked her.
"You've never seen a bike before?"
"A bike? is it what that object was called?"
"Yeah but...you're really telling me you haven't heard of a bike before?"
"Not until this day I have not." she answered calmly and with a straight, Dante couldn't believe the absurdity of what she had said, he looked to her and went back to his musings, how old was the woman in front of him anyway? she was petite and looked not much older than him, perhaps even younger.
"You're kidding me" he answered, at this Saber's curiosity hijacked her even further as she pressed him with more questions.
"It also roared, is it some sort of animal?"
Dante walked ahead of her, smirking and wishing nothing to do with the headache that would be formed for his sake in the current situation so he simply agreed "Yep, it's an anim-"
"How curious!" Saber exclaimed, cutting him off entirely at that moment, Dante knew he had dug his hole deeper, he sweat dropped at her curiosity "How did she manage to tame it? is it like a horse?"
Dante let out a defeated sigh, his annoyance slowly grew and then he looked back at her and finally snapped "Look, I'll tell you about it later! no more questions!"
At this sudden outburst, Saber simply stood silent, her mouth completely closed on itself and she nodded her head, Dante smirked back at her "Good" and then proceeded her ahead of her into the confines of the inner tower, Saber followed silently, sulking behind him, her curiosity however never died and she swore that she would find out all she could about the "bike" from Dante when the time came and before they entered the inner sanctums of the tower, Saber stopped once more
"Dante..."
"What is it this time?" he questioned, looking back at her; annoyed once more.
"I apologize for speaking about Sparda, I will not choose to pry into your circumstances unless you wish to tell me" she told him and Dante simply looked back to her for a whole second before letting out a sigh and simply smirked at her
"You called him a hero huh, well let me tell you something about heroes like him" he replied and then began walking forward once more all the while speaking to her, his hands placed in his pockets "They can save everyone except for the ones they love."
The words hit her and her eyes widened in surprise, to a degree what he said was true, memories came rushing back at her of her own past, she shook them aside and gazed upon his back as he moved forward and she too followed behind him painfully aware of how true his statement was.
Upon entering the confines of the tower, Saber and Dante were met with a feeling of dread, the very air of the inner sanctums bled with fear, Saber's eyes narrowed upon a large statue that was present infront of them, a plethora of angels or what resembled them graced their view, she stared at the sight for a little while.
Dante however moved on ahead and stopped infront of a plethora of stairs, he narrowed his eyes on the tower, there were floors that seemed to go on forever, this would be a great deal of irritation, he glanced back at Saber who simply stood unmoving observing the unholy place that she had been brought too.
"Hey.." Dante called back to her, Saber looked to him in response.
"Why don't you hang back here while I find out where we need to go?" he requested her, he already knew what her answer would be.
"It would be unwise for us to be separated" she answered and Dante let out a sigh as she continued onwards "You could be ambushed alone and I could d-" she stopped and Dante blinked.
"What's the matter?"
Saber remained silent as she looked to his right hand "Should I tell him? if I do, he'll seperate from me the moment I do and I can't keep an eye on him but if I don't, there could be another situation just like the one with Lancer" making up her mind, she looked to him.
"The command seals" she simply stated, Dante blinked in confusion before coming to the realization that he had some seals on his arm, he looked back at her in a questioning glance
"What about it?"
"If we seperate, you could use the command seals to call me to your side at a moment's notice" she explained, she watched as Dante's lips twirled into an instant smile and she foresaw a headache coming.
"Heh, then there shouldn't be an-"
"There is a problem, the command seals can be used only three times and I would rather you'd not use them for something so trivial" she stated, seriously, at this, Dante just looked to the seals once more before letting out a sigh
"Stop acting like my mom please, it's embarrassing" he joked at her, at this Saber's oblivious nature came into play.
"Your mother? no, I am simply asking you to be cautious; you were reckless before and you would've been corne-"
"Agh! enough already, I get it! I won't use the command seals until I need to, alright? stop nagging me already" Dante complained, thoroughly fed up by Saber's overbearing nature, he jumped and Saber watched in surprise as he moved to disappear.
"Dante! wait!"
He peeked out from the floor above her with a grin "I'll go check things out, you stay there!"
Saber felt her irritation growing as she watched him disappear onto the floors above her, "Why doesn't he ever listen!?" her strain of thoughts were cut off as the sound of gunshots tore through the air, followed by a madman laughing, a sweat dropped appeared on the back of her head, Dante was enjoying himself much to her dismay.
"To think this is Sparda's son" Saber thought, thoroughly annoyed and drained of all stamina, as she continued her line of thought, she recalled what Dante had said to her that the reason he even entered this war was to meet his brother "So he had two sons?"
She silently hoped that the other scion of Sparda she would meet wasn't like Dante, dealing with him was taxing and she wondered if her mind could survive another onslaught of Dante's tirades, letting out another sigh, she too soon walked forward to the steps before her intent on following her master.
"Ahhhh!"
A scream of pain resounded from the top of the tower, Vergil slowly sheathed his blade as he looked to the source of the scream with a small glare.
"Don't disappoint me, is this all the power you have?" he questioned, his aqua eyes steeling it's gaaze onto the defeated form before him.
"Y-you..." Mordred coughed, she lay sprawled out before one of the stone gargoyles, struggling to stand, debris had surrounded her, appeared from the wall she had been crash into, slowly she stood to her full height, glaring at Vergil who stood unfazed, she gritted her teeth and then burst forward towards him once more with blinding speed, the sudden surprise attack had managed to graze his coat, his eyes widened for a second before he unsheathed yamato, with blade in hand, he knocked out Mordred's own sword, she looked on in surprise at the sudden disarmament and before she could respond, she was kicked straight into the rubble from where she had first emerged from, she collapsed from the wall straight onto the floor, panting hard and once more, she watched as Vergil sheathed his blade in the pale crescenet moonlight, she was slowly losing consciousness
"Not bad..." Vergil commented as he looked to her.
"D-damn you..." she muttered and she faded, Vergil gazed at she fazed into unconsciousness and slowly his gaze softened "The Knight of Treachery..."
"Don't you believe you're a bit hard on her?"
Vergil's gaze narrowed upon the voice that came from his left, he stood stilently as he watched Kotomine walk towards him, his hands behind him simply smirking at the elder son of Sparda, "That is none of your concern" Vergil replied, looking straight at him.
Feeling the sudden wave of hostility, Kotomine stepped back "My apologies" he replied "I overstepped my bounds."
Vergil paid him no mind as he looked on to the unconscious form of his servant.
"Your brother has entered the tower" Kotomine replied, Vergil once again spared him a glance and closed his eyes "and his servant?"
"His servant is with him as well" he continued, amusement dancing in his voice "it would seem that they dislike each other to a certain degree yet have reached a mutual unders-"
"I did not ask for what relationship they share" Vergil answered, Kotomine bowed his head politely "Of course" and then proceeded to exit from whence he had came but before he could go, a silent voice called out to him.
"Kotomine"
"Yes, Vergil?"
"Do not think I'm ignorant to what you have done regarding our servants" Vergil told him, his eyes narrowing. At this accusation, Kotomine simply smirked looking back to him.
"I merely did it to make the war more interesting, can you honestly say that you dislike the servant that you were bestowed upon and would liked to have the one your brother possessed? would you I have rather given the catalyst that summoned Mordred to your brother?"
At this, Vergil remained silent and glanced to the unconscious Mordred infront of him, Kotomine was met with silence, smirking "I shall take my leave then"
Vergil looked upon his retreating back once more and then walked towards the unconscious Mordred, he knelt down to her level, taking off her helmet, his gaze rest on her for a moment, before he placed a hand on her forehead, slowly he passed his energy onto her, healing her from any wounds she had acquired, he looked on as as she slowly opened her eyes slowly, still dazed from the beating he had given her.
Her emerald eyes widened as she moved to get up "Y-you!"
"Stay still" he commanded her
"W-why should I?!" she shouted at him much to his annoyance. "D-dont p-pity m-urg!" the wounds from her battle had hurt her but it had quieted her which was a welcome relief, "D-damn it...tch.." she complained as she collapsed into the rubble once more.
"I'd have healed even w-without you giving me your mana..." Mordred answered, slightly irritated, Vergil however at that moment withdrew his hand, he had transferred enough mana for her healing to quicken, he wore his right glove once more and slowly stood up without saying a word, Mordred however, was feeling much better as she looked at him in surprise, her wounds had been instantly healed compared to the normal time it took for her to heal, this was instant.
Vergil walked away from her but as he did, she called out to her much to his surprise "Master!", he stopped and turned to look at her.
"I'm not going to thank you for this! you're the one who did this to me in the first place" she told him, Vergil simply turned around and walked away from her and just when she had thought she had been ignored again, his voice reached her.
"For someone who just lost her duel, you have quite a mouth on you"
"I did not lose!" Mordred replied, thoroughly annoyed at the man infront of her, she immediately stood to her full height, glaring at him and gritting her teeth, she grabbed her sword once more, at this Vergil looked back to her and in a mocking tone began to speak.
"You wish to go another round? for a woman, you're quite tenacious..." Vergil replied, the air suddenly dropped to a chill as Vergil blinked.
"What did you call me?" Mordred whispered in annoyance, Vergil however wasn't fazed by it yet his hand lay on Yamato's sheath on sensing Mordred's anger.
"Don't you dare call me that again!" with a battle cry, she lunged forward, grabbing her sword and then clashed with Vergil once more who calmly looked at her.
"Did I say something wrong?" he asked her, curious.
"Tch!" she gritted her teeth and with a swing of her sword threw Vergil off his footing much to his surprise, she drew her sword back and aimed to stab him, Vergil's eyes however narrowed onto her form.
"Her strength is based off of her emotions, the angrier she is, the stronger she becomes...I can't fight her head on"
He flipped into the air, dodging the stab, he gripped yamato tightly and landed a few meters away from Mordred who glanced back at him in anger, his eyes laid on her for a moment estimating her next movement.
"You refuse to be called a woman, is that right?" Vergil questioned her, at this Mordred's eyes lit up in rage once more.
"I won't think twice about cutting you down, master, stop calling me that" she shouted at him, pointing her blade at him, at this Vergil stood calmly and sheathed Yamato "Very well, I'll keep that in mind"
"You better" she warned him and Vergil simply smirked at her, surprised at how powerful she really was, in his mind, he probably couldn't have asked for a better partner, once again, readying his blade, this time he was the one who lunged forward, intent on continuing his dance with Mordred, she replied in same as she too burst forward with a battle cry, to her, the battle was exhilarating, her blood was boiling on fighting someone as strong as her so she relished the challenge.
Saber had become quite fed up with Dante's antics, a few minutes after she had followed after him, he had appeared from another doorway away from the floor she stood at with a spear, before she could follow him, he had disappeared into another door and had reappeared above her much to her dismay, before she could even ask him to stop, he had once again disappeared through another door and had reappeared on the ground floor, this time without a spear, she had quite enough.
"Dante!"
He blinked, totally taken aback by the sudden shout, he looked up to see Saber panting at him "What's the matter?"
"Please stop! I cannot follow you" she called out to him, at this sudden proclamation, Dante grinned, the fun was just about to begin as a devious plan hatched into his mind.
"Oh, you need me to slow down huh?" Dante asked her and Saber simply nodded her head, "Alright then, I'll wait" he began, Saber looked to him grateful that he was listening to her, he smirked however
"For three seconds" he finished and Saber blinked in surprise.
"What?"
"Oh hey, time's up, I'll catch you later" Dante told her and then proceeded to walk to another door, Saber didn't know what to say, one thing she knew for certain was that she was reaching her boiling point, her eyes darkened as she watched him open the door "You..you!"
Dante just looked back at her and grinned "Later!"
"Stop right this instant!" she screamed and rose to her feet, this time intent on follow after him, Dante however had long since disappeared into the door, Saber jumped from the floor she was on and to the floor where Dante had gone to, she reached it with ease, the sound of gunshots once again tore through the air and she hurried to follow after him, she entered through the door to find a narrow passage awaiting her, a sick screech graced her ears from the right, she turned to find another door and she opened it almost immediately and found Dante at the center of the room, simply placing his guns back into his holster and the dead body of a humongous insect like demon right next to him.
He blinked in surprise to see Saber standing above him "What do you know? you caught up" he smirked at her.
A twitch appeared on her forehead, she jumped down to meet him and then walked towards him in irritation "You!" she began, much to Dante's dismay "From this point forward, we will not separate! do you understand? I have had quite enough of your childish antics!"
"Alright, geez, calm down will you?" Dante answered, trying to soothe her anger, to him, she might've been overbearing but she cared and this was the first time in a long while that someone cared enough to get angry at him even if it was annoying, it was a welcome change but before he could continue his strain of thought, a sick laughter echoed through the arena and he blinked.
"Well well well, look at these two lovebirds, getting cozey are we? hmmm?"
Both of them tensed on hearing the voice and then looked around, without warning a giant ball dropped on the two of them, the duo jumped out of it's way, dodging the ball, they skidded to a halt away from each other and looked to the ball, it had a face on it much to their disguest and on top of it stood a thin, stick like man wearing a purple fur bodysuit, his nose was large, his skin was white and his eyes gleamed with maliciousness.
"Who the hell are you?" Dante questioned, annoyed at the uninvited guest.
"My my my, how about" he dissappeared and reappeared right infront of Dante, the latter in turn who steeped back in surprise "you show me some respect, devil boy?"
"Zip it, clown" Dante answered back, ebony now pointed to the strange man's nose, Saber stood silent looking on at the sight, the man's attire had reminded her of the jester's that had graced the courts of her kingdom once upon a time.
"Are you a servant?" Saber questioned as Dante held him at gunpoint.
"Oh no no no, my dear, I am but a humble guide of this magnificent tower, I am but here to give you a few small tips" he replied.
"Tips?" Saber questioned him.
"Oh yes, now if you would kindly ask the devil boy over here to remove the gun he's pointed at my face, I'd be happy to tell you about them" he continued on his tirade much to Dante's annoyance, Saber looked to him and Dante simply let out a sigh as he let go off the clown.
"Start talking"
"Talk about rude.." he answered and then looked on as Saber walked to Dante's side, his gaze stay still for a moment before he continued "Well then, in the next room, you will find a power source to help you but on taking the power source, you will be locked into the room with no way out but if you don't take the power source, you cannot continue to the tower any further.."
"You're starting to piss me off, get to the point" Dante began, his boiling point reaching a new high.
"It's simple! my dear dumb devil boy" he answered, mocking Dante's intelligence "You need another power source! you already have it too but you're probably not sharp enough to use it!"
"Why you-" Dante began, Saber spoke up immediately trying to calm her master "Wait Dante" and then looked to the jester before her "You're telling us that one of his weapons can help us get through the tower after we gain the other source of power"
"Bingo! give the lovely lady a little prize" jester commented and then looked to Dante "such a shame you ended up with such a lovely servant but anyway! here's a prize for our intelligent lady!" and in an instant, Jester jumped away from them and from behind, the laughing ball lunged at the two of them.
Dante moved quickly ahead before Saber could react and sliced the ball in to, but as he did so; it exploded, sending him spiraling away from Saber who called out to him in concern, he crashed into an adjacent wall and groaned in pain. Jester's laugh echoed through the arena as Saber rushed to Dante's side.
"I'll see you two lovebirds again, sometime, toodles! oh and devil boy, try not to be so obvious!" and with another laugh, he dissappeared onto the ceiling above him, no trace of him ever
"Damn" Dante murmured as he stood to his full height "just wait till I find you, you jackass"
Saber looked at him in concern as he stood up "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it, told you before...you can't get rid of me that easily"
"That does not mean you should take every attack head on" Saber replied to him in concern, Dante didn't reply, rather just looked to the door that awaited them. "You think what he said was true?"
"I have my doubts, it could be a trap." Saber answered, caution dancing in her voice.
"Guess there's only one way to find out, huh?" he asked her and then proceeded to open the large red door that awaited them.
AN: And done~ hope you enjoyed the chapter! any questions, please leave it in the review and I'll get back to you! thanks~
