Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Part 2: Adventure

Devil Hunter Final Chapter: Battle of Bloods

This is the final Devil Hunter chapter. After this, Dante and Florina will be done with their quest and can exit through a portal to the next stage of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Quick reminder on who is carrying what:

Dante has Rebellion, Nevan, Ebony and Ivory, and Agni&Rudra

Florina has Dante's sword Relentless. It's the long slim blade from Devil May Cry 2

Mynameisriku, you solved the reviewers riddle, so now you'll be allowed to suggest who the third newcomer should be. PM me to tell me who you would like to see.

I will be posting this at the same time as the second Legendary Mercenary chapter. For some spoilers on who the newcomers will be, turn to LM Chap 2.

Now it's time to read.

Alter of the Demon King

Dante and Florina were thrown out of the portal. Dante felt something strange while they were passing through it. Someone changed the path of the portal while they were passing through it. Dante dusted himself off and stood up. Florina got up using Relentless as a cane. They looked around. In they were in an alter, to Dante it looked like an alter for resurrection for a demon. A big one. In the middle of the alter lie a corpse. A strange man. Judging by his clothes, he was some kind prince, but Dante could tell by his aura that he was a necromancer. Dante pulled out his sword Rebellion. Something wasn't right. Florina could sense it too. Soon a voice thundered though the room. "So, Eirika and Ephraim haven't come yet. Too bad. But I see that a half demon has come to me. And he brought me a sacrifice. Perfect." The voice cried.

Dante looked at the body in the alter again. It was fading. He then saw darkness fill the room. He didn't recognize the aura, but he could tell that it was a demon. A vengeful one. Its body began to take form. In the middle of the alter, a huge body began to form. Its huge fangs and goat horns formed on its head, its three eyes shone with magic. Its wings were huge as well. The demon himself began talking. "I am Fomortiis, the Demon King! Now half demon, you shall offer yourself before me! You and the virgin girl will be a great feast of power for my return!"

"Don't talk." Dante said. He assumed his stance. "Just die!" Dante dashed up to the body, Florina followed. They leapt up and hacked at the demons body, but it didn't appear to do much. Dante didn't have any holy water, and the demon was too huge for him to fight with his normal body's power alone. He would have to use the Devil Trigger. But for some reason he couldn't focus on his amulet. Dark energy began to swirl around the third eye of the demon, he launched an attack using his dark magic, it was extremely powerful, but Dante managed to dodge. This demon was stronger than Nergal easily. Dante pulled out Ebony and Ivory and began shooting. Florina stood by him, following his lead because she was inexperienced in fighting true demons. The bullets weren't making much of an impact on Fomortiis, and the demon was focusing again. Dante then felt a surge of energy through him. Dante didn't know what was going on. He tried to get rid of the energy by channeling it to Rebellion. As he did, he felt his own demons blood begin to burn. Florina watched, she didn't know what was happening. Dante's body began to radiate a strange aura. She never saw him use his Devil Trigger before, and this time something was strange about it. Too strange. Dante reached for Nevan but couldn't move anymore. His aura then let out a burst as he transformed. Florina was blown back by the shock of his aura. She hit the wall of the alter and was winded. She watched as Dante transformed. His head became white as a skull and took the shape of some kind of monster head. His body swelled in size with muscle and turned red, he let out a howl, but his voice was slightly muffled by the power. Soon a set of wings emerged off of Dante's back. Ebony and Ivory also disappeared in the aura, all that Dante had was Nevan and Rebellion.

Dante turned towards Fomortiis, the demon was making him lose control of his demons blood. He felt it flow through his body, and felt himself losing his human emotions and powers. It slowly overtook him. He started losing control of his mind. Dante pulled Rebellion off of his back. The sword let out a strange glow, but it wasn't able to do anything to suppress the power. Fomortiis laughed, Dante turned to Florina, his eyes glowing red, devoid of his human self. The demon king began shouting again. "Now my slave, torture the girl! Make her despair flood the room, let me see her blood!" Dante began slowly walking towards Florina, his sword dragging on the ground. She didn't grab Relentless, but instead tried to plead with Dante. He didn't hear her though. His human self was lost. He raised Rebellion over his head, even his stance was lost in the mad demons power. He started to swing it down, but as he cut into her shoulder he stopped, her scream, the scent of her blood, all of it made her stop. The demonic Dante froze. He lifted Rebellion and then dropped it. Florina grabbed onto him, crying out his name. Dante grabbed his head, his wings wrapped around him and Florina. The demon king shouted out in rage, and started to swing his claw down towards the two, but then it was cut by some unseen force. He stopped and looked. In the entryway, two people stood. Florina saw Lyn, and with her a man wearing blue clothes. He was carrying a large katana, while Lyn had her sword, the Mani Katti drawn. The man began talking. "Who are you? The foolish demon who dares to tamper with the Devil's son? My brother?"

Fomortiis looked at the man. It was another half demon, his aura perfectly matching Dante's. He began talking. "I am the Demon King! No half-breed shall wound me and live!" Fomortiis fired a blast of energy at the man, but he and Lyn seemed to effortlessly dodge it. They were both fast, too fast for Fomortiis. Lyn charged, the man charged, their swords flashing. They both swung together, slicing into Fomortiis, creating a horrible wound that Dante and Florina weren't able to inflict. He bellowed out. "My slave! Kill the interlopers! Kill them!"

Florina strengthened her grip on Dante, ignoring the blood from her shoulder. "No Dante! Don't! You're not his slave!" The man walked over, he tapped on Dante's shoulder using his sword.

"Dante, you would never be the one of us to lose control of your blood. Why did you so easily submit to this fool? The so called Demon King?!" The man shouted. Dante let go of Florina, and then picked up Rebellion. The sword let out its glow again in Dante's hands, the aura Dante was emitting seemed to be drawn into Rebellion, and Dante reverted to his human form.

"Sorry bro." Dante said. "Made a mistake. I tried to use the Devil Trigger and left myself open for it."

Fomortiis began shouting. "WHAT?! HOW!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SLAVE?!"

The man let his sword drop to his side, he began advancing. Dante did as well.

"I am the Demon King! You two half breeds are no match for me!!"

Dante's brother began talking. "Don't be a fool. You're not facing demons. We are the sons of Sparda, the true Demon King."

Dante laughed and pointed Rebellion at Fomortiis. "You're wasting your time buddy. Any demon stupid enough to call himself "King" who can be wounded that easily by a human wielding a regular weapon needs to learn the hard way about why we are called Devil Hunters." Dante's brother knocked Dante's sword with his own, Dante assumed a stance, so did his brother, they both charged. Florina watched in amazement, they seemed to be in synch with each other. Lyn walked over to Florina. In the confusion of the battle, Florina didn't notice the shadows of optical camouflage, she only noticed when it's user began to wrap a strange bandage around her wound.

Dante and his brother shouted as they leapt up and began slicing, creating two more grievous wounds. They then thrust their swords into Fomortiis. The swords stuck out of his sides, one on each side. Dante did a jump kick onto his sword, kicking it through. His brother did a hand strike on his sword. The two swords went completely through Fomortiis. Dante caught his brother's sword and swung it expertly. Dante's brother did the same with Rebellion. They assumed a stance, leapt up, and cut into Fomortiis's eyes. They landed and swapped swords. Dante then produced his handguns, his brother grabbed one from his hand. "I thought you were only going to do it my way once." Dante said.

"This demon should learn what happens to anyone who opposes us. He will witness the same power we used to destroy Arkham." His brother replied. They pointed the guns high at Fomortiis head, he couldn't move though. The scent of his blood filled the room, overpowering the smell of even Florina's blood. Dante and his brother did a step towards each other, their backs touching. They aimed the guns, one over the other in the shape of a lucky 7. "JACKPOT" they shouted together and pulled the triggers. Two bullets, bathed in magic, sped towards the third eye of the fake demon king. They exploded on his skull.

"NOO!!! THIS CANNOT BE!! I AM THE KING OF DEMONS!! NOOOOOO!!!" His body reduced to dust. Dante's brother returned the handgun.

"He couldn't even think up some half decent last words. Even Mundus had some interesting things to say before I killed him." The brother muttered. He then looked. In the middle of the room stood a black orb of magic, the demons soul. It began to transform, and it took the shape of a sword. Dante walked over and grabbed it. He then scoffed.

"After all that shit he sends us through, he cant even produce a decent Devil Arm. This thing is weaker then all of my other weapons." Dante slammed the sword onto the ground. Instead of cutting through, it shattered. "The edge wasn't even sharp. Guess that's our proof that he was an idiot."

"Indeed." The man muttered. He then put his sword into it's scabbard. It was too big to fit onto his sash like a regular sword, so he carried it in his hand. Dante turned to Florina. He saw the strange bandage on her, and could smell that someone else was around, but he didn't bother to ask about it. He leaned down to talk to Florina.

"Sorry about your shoulder. Vergil's right, I should've given in that easily. You okay?" Dante asked.

Florina looked up at him. She smiled and a small tear of joy ran down her cheek. She grabbed Dante with her good arm. "I'll be fine. Thanks for not turning into a devil."

Lyn looked at Dante. She had a stern look on her face. Dante could tell what was coming. "If you're going to cut me, make it the side. Shoulder wounds heal up slowly."

Lyn smiled a little. Dante relaxed a bit. She then slapped Dante. The sound echoed through the entire chamber. Vergil let out a little laugh. "Seems as though that she would be more then a match for you, Dante."

Dante rubbed his cheek. "Well, I'll remember this next time I lose control of my Devil Trigger. That should sober me up very quickly."

"Boy I know that feeling…" A voice muttered. Dante looked into empty space.

"Show yourself Otacon. Unless you're hiding something."

Soon enough the light flickered in the space Dante was looking into, and Otacon's stealth camo turned off. "Sorry, I'm not much of a fighter and I didn't want that big demon guy to see me."

"When did you get slapped by Lyn?"

"I think it's better that the human not describe his story. I was there when it happened." Vergil said. He pulled his amulet off of his neck and focused into it, soon a portal opened. Dante watched in amazement.

"So that's what you learned to do after a year in hell?"

"It's power grew as it was splashed with the blood of Abyss demons. I kept myself busy while I was away." Vergil replied.

"So, do I need to prepare a welcome back party, or is this just a short visit?"

"That depends on the outcome of the tournament. I will tell you this, I will be staying for the finals. I wish to see how far Lyn will reach."

"You love fast women just as much as I do, don't you?"

"In a manner of speaking."

"I guess I'll see you around then. Unless Lyn is also finished."

"She is. The portal is for all five of us."

"Okay. Let's get moving." Dante walked over and picked up Florina. He carried her gently, although the bleeding stopped, he still cut deep enough so that there was a lot of blood. Lyn followed Dante, as well as Otacon. The five of them walked through the portal into the next stage.

That's right folks, Vergil! Dante's twin! The two of them make InuYasha and Sesshomaru look like puppies in comparison. This is the end of the Devil Hunter chapters. You'll find out how Vergil came to travel with Lyn, and how hard Otacon was slapped in the Blade Lord chapters. R&R!