Chapter 6: Twins

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Vergil looked at his surrounding area after establishing that he was definitely not in hell or anywhere else for that matter that was a cesspit for demons. He was purely in his own time and that meant that he was doing relatively better than he had before, suddenly a silver lining was over the horizon, or as much of one a he wanted. In about two minutes he was looking at a strange chapel that had statues to his father Sparda and something called to him as he walked on. He saw that somehow he had gained back all of the clothes he had been wearing before he was defeated by Mundus and found that the only thing that was missing was his sword. Yamato had broken during his fight with Mundus when the demon known as Trish distracted him by posing as his mother long enough for Mundus to gain the upper hand on Vergil. From the presence that he was sensing inside, he knew that his favorite sword was inside there, having found another wielder of the same blood as him. Probably a half demon that was created by ambitious humans, but he knew that there were some signs of a change in power, the sword marks and metal were in the stone of the courtyard of the chapel.

"Father, what has happened," asked Vergil as he walked on and found that the members of the chapel wore swords and white outfits while looking at Vergil with a bit of astonishment and reverence, bowing to him as if he was his father himself walking into the chapel. "So I take it that my brother has been here before has he not?"

"You must be the brother of Lord Dante, the son of Sparda," said a woman with long chestnut hair and in a long white dress that was similar to the white uniforms that the other members of the chapel were wearing. "We have heard from your brother before when he came here to reveal the corruption in the Order of the Sword, a foundation of knights that continue the work of Sparda to protect this realm from the demon realm."

"I see, but there is a presence here that is seemingly strange," replied Vergil as he walked off in a direction, not caring that the members of the Order were all bowing down to him as he walked by them. He knew it was because of his father and not because they knew anything of him, Dante had probably omitted those little bits. "Tell me, is there any person who has some strange power or ability, much similar to a demon or something of that nature?"

"That would be me, Vergil," said a voice from atop one of the statues and Vergil looked up to see a young man, probably as old as he was when he and Dante fought, with short hair that was worn in the same manner as Dante. The one thing that Vergil took note of was that the youth had a very curious right arm that looked like some form of gauntlet that he was wearing, but on further inspection he could see that it was his arm. "If you're looking for Dante, he's not here?"

"Actually I came here because I sensed that Yamato was here," replied Vergil as he set his eyes on his old sword that was tied to the young man's belt. "What is your name?"

"Nero and this is my girl Kyrie," said the young man as he moved slightly closer to the chestnut haired woman in a possessive manner. "Dante did say that this was your sword so I guess you'll want it back."

"If it isn't too much of an inconvenience, yes," replied Vergil, the strength in his tone telling Nero that it wasn't as much of a request as a demand.

"Okay then, I've got the Red Queen," said Nero as he took Yamato off his belt and handed the sword to Vergil who accepted it. "So what are you here for? I mean on this plane of existence."

"I'm not quite sure myself, but I am certain I can find answers to that question," replied Vergil as he started walking for the door, once again ignoring the bows from the members of the order as he made his way down to where the door was.

"Didn't you wish to help your brother spoil the latest plan of Mundus to return to this plane," said a jesting voice from atop the large statue of Dante, made in thanks of his help. "Even after being sent back to hell by your second defeat at the hands of Dante, you still wished to find some way of stopping Mundus from getting what he wanted, even sinking so low as to accept the help of another."

"Your words are poorly chosen if you wish to amuse me," warned Vergil as he turned around slowly and threateningly. The one who had spoken was a man with a Guy Faux mask dressed in clothing from the nineteenth century with a feathered hat to top it all off.

"Well I see your not want for gratitude, but it doesn't matter I didn't help you escape from Hell for your gratitude," said the odd stranger as he jumped down from the statue and vanished before he hit the ground, appearing behind Vergil. "You want to know where Mundus is going to start his assault against the human world, don't you?"

"Dante should be taking care of it already," replied Vergil as he removed the hand that the stranger had placed on his shoulder.

"Well he is already in the situation, but he is way too trusting for his own good," replied the stranger as he moved around with over dramatized gestures. "Besides, you were the one who wanted to see your brother again and stop Mundus if I don't recall so I helped you out, but if Mundus succeeds then you will be unable to surpass your father or gain your inheritance."

"And why do you wish to help," asked Vergil as he eyed the stranger suspiciously.

"I'll let it be known when the time comes to pay me back, but for the mean time I would go out to the west until you see a castle if you want to accomplish what you escaped from Hell to do."

The headless suit of armor was armed only with a lance that it would swing in a vertical arc at Dante, who simply jumped out of the way of the attack and fired Ebony and ivory right into its stomach before kicking at the head that was in its arms. The head, instead of hitting the wall, levitated and then started to shoot around the wall to try and hit Dante, who just continued to jump around and fire at the suit of armor. When the head stopped chasing the half-demon, it resumed its place on the neck of the armor, reconnecting to its body while it shot out at Dante in a stab. Dante brought out Alastor to block the attack and then sweep kicked the armor, knocking its feet out from under it and then drove his blade into its armor plating. Surprisingly, the suit of armor got up, but the head had changed from the standard knight's armor to a more demonic looking. With the change in the head piece came a new change, the suit of armor now had wings which attack Dante simultaneously with the lance. Thanking the fact that he also brought his Force Edge with him, he took out the sword and used both blades to block the attacks before delivering a kick square in the abdomen of the armor.

"Come on, you're a knight right, shouldn't you have some better moves than that," asked Dante as he twirled his sword above his head and then brought it down to parry the lance attack from the suit of armor. "I guess they must be having fewer volunteers because it seems like Hell is taking anyone they can get for their knights."

The suit moved back a bit before once again attacking, but it couldn't hold up for long as Dante grabbed a shotgun that was mounted on a plaque and fired. The shells tore through the helmet and Dante hit the demonic armor in the face with a back flip kick and then drove his blade into the same cut in the armor that was caused by his earlier stab and pushed up on the blade. At first, the sword had trouble with cutting through the metal, but as soon as Dante had given the sword another push into the armor he was able to cut the armor in half. Fire spewed out of the armor like blood, burning the hairs on Dante's arm as he pushed the sword upwards and cut open the armor.

"Guess this means I win," said Dante with a smirk as he walked off with his sword on his back straps. "Someone has a plan here and I think it may just involve me."

"Bingo, you win the prize," exclaimed a voice from above him and he looked up to see Ducard looking down at him. "You see Mundus has a little plan to unleash his armies on this world, but that would only increase his influence into this realm and gain him further favor in the demon world. There are others in the demon world that would like to take his job and want to be put in power instead of him. To do this, they have to stop him from getting power here, which is a very difficult thing to do unless we have someone to help us, namely you. Luckily, Mundus had taken one of the twins prompting the other sister to hire you and I just had to point the way to you so as you can see this has all been working well for me."

"You know it's things like that that just piss me off to no end," said Dante as he pointed his gun, but as soon as he pulled the trigger, Ducard disappeared.

"Now there is no need to get angry, my friend, you have other things to worry about, like that pretty lady friend of yours," said Ducard from far ahead in the distance. "She's walking into a trap and if she isn't helped then she'll be sacrificed to open the gates of Hell."

"For your sake you better hope she's not," shouted Dante as he walked towards another door, hoping it wasn't a step backwards.