Mai-Otome X Capcom - Dante's scenario #3: Open for Business


"Looks like Dante has begun another leaf of hunting more demons as he recruits soldiers from Artai to be taught how to deal with bad guys from Hell. As he would later cross paths with a child who aims to be an Otome."


The chapter begins as Dante welcomes soldiers from Artai to his shop. They come into Dante for registration.

Dante: Hey! Hey! No hogging up the lines, men!

Soldier A: Hey, Mr. Dante. When do I start? [another soldier cuts the line]

Soldier B: When do I sign?

Dante: Alright, alright! Just fall in line, list down your names, and we will have a Guildmaster's orientation tomorrow!

All soldiers: Yeah!

While the soldiers are gathering around Dante's office, Nagi and Sergay show up.

Dante: How's the first day could go anything?

Sergay: Apparently they're enjoying your business, Dante. Our soldiers are well-trained, but our proficiency is with firearms and less melee.

Dante: Well, that's fine by me. If in case I've been packing up a lot of heat. [turns his attention to Nagi] And there is no problem sending your men here to train them to Devil Hunting, your highness.

Nagi: You are most welcome to bring our soldiers here to your hunting business, Dante.

Dante: No sweat, if things can go bad, we'll cover it up.


Few days later, Arika Yumemiya arrives to the Kingdom of Windbloom.

Arika: Is this the kingdom of Windbloom? [as she looks on to the castle]

Arika roams around the city, as she asks for directions upon heading for Garderobe. Only to run herself into a young little girl with a black cat bumping her

Arika: Oww... [writhing in pain] Hey! Watch were you're running you-! [looks at Mashiro] Hey, you don't look like a resident here...

Mashiro: Hey! Learn how to put your money where your mouth is!

Arika: [annoyed] Who do you think you are?!

Sergay and Nina appear before on an arguing Mashiro and Arika

Sergay: That's princess of Windbloom.

Nina: Mashiro Blan de Windbloom.

Arika: Who are you two?

Sergay: I'm Sergay Wang, I'm a commander of the Artai military, and this is Nina, my daughter.

Nina: It's nice meeting you. You're going to Garderobe to become an Otome, I presume.

Arika: Yes. Not only that, I really want to find out something about my mother.

When Sergay hears about Arika's mother, something's familiar to him.

Arika: Oh, yeah. My name is Arika Yumemiya.

After acquainting at each other, a battalion of Hell Prides and Hell Lusts come in to crash the party!

Mashiro: W-W-What are those?!

Nina: They're demons! [at Sergay] Father, let's get the princess to safety!

Two of the Seven Hells chase after them, not long before Dante makes the save when they hear a gunshot from a distance, that hurt one of the Hells.

Sergay: Dante?!

Dante: Sorry I was late for the party...

The Hell Prides attempt to come close to Dante

Nina: Look out!

Dante draws out Ebony and Ivory, stylishly spins it through his fingers.

Dante: This party's gettin' crazy! Let's rock!

Arika, Mashiro, Sergay, and Nina look on as Dante slays many demons.

Arika: Who is that guy?!

Nina: That man is a mercenary, or a demon hunter rather... Dante is the one my father is talking about.

Arika: WHAT?! Do you mean this guy kill lots of demons for money?! [a Hell Lust is sent flying towards Arika] Waah...!

Dante: [performs three Stingers on the Hell Lusts and Prides] ...Here's the finale! [hits the final Stinger, piercing a Hell Lust and sending it into devastating red ring of demonic magical energy, knocking it back to the Hell Prides.] And that's how you do it.

After Dante slays all the demons who attacked Arika and company, a Hell Vanguard emerges from the ground.

Nina: No, not a bigger one?!

Sergay: That's a Hell Vanguard!

Dante goes into RoyalGuard Style. When the Vanguard strikes its scythe on Dante, he parries it. Dante continues parrying the Hell Vanguard's attacks until he has tightened his focus and rage.

Arika: W-What's he doing?! [frightened as she sees Dante metamorphing into his Dreadnaught form]

Nina: He's transforming into his true form...

Sergay: No, that's his Dreadnaught form. Whenever he is in Royalguard, his demonic form is encompassed with some kind of armor.

Dante unleashes out the energy stored within him that damages the Hell Vanguard, weakening it. Dante then draws out Ebony & Ivory.

Dante: Keepin' it stylish! [aims E&I on the Vanguard] YAHOO! [unleashes mulitple rounds from Ebony & Ivory, in DMC's Twosome Time fashion while posing stylishly, and proceeds to end with the final charged shot.] ...Jackpot!


After the Hell Vanguard is slain; Arika, Mashiro, Nina, and Sergay looked on with their jaws dropping and their eyes open wide in horror after what Dante just did earlier. Dante holsters Ebony and Ivory back into the back of his coat.

Mashiro: That guy's... insane!

Sergay then approaches Dante.

Sergay: Thank you, again Dante. I've never seen how you kill all these demons by yourself.

Dante: Don't sweat it. [looks at Arika and Mashiro] Who are these two twerps?

Sergay: Arika and Nina are going to Garderobe to become Otomes. And the other one is Princess Mashiro Blan de Windbloom

Dante: Otomes, huh? [picks on his ears] That's the first time I heard about them. [looks on Mashiro] Hey, your 'highness' I better have a word with you when I'm done taking these guys for a ride.

Mashiro: Hey!

Sergay: Now, now. Princess Mashiro, this man wants to recruit soldiers from Windbloom Kingdom in order to hunt more demons. And again, thank you so much, Dante. Can I ask you one more favor?

Dante: So?

Sergay: I would like you also to come to Garderobe, maybe the headmistress of the academy would like to have a word with you as well.

Dante: That would be great! But first, I have some propositions first...


Back in Windbloom Castle. Dante knocks the palace doors, which Sakomizu Cardinal answers.

Sakomizu: Princess! [and looks at Dante] Hey, you must be Dante!

Dante: I just found myself with a runaway baby, so I came to bring her back home.

Mashiro: [tantrums] Hey! Let me go you crazy guy! You don't even know I'm the princess of Windbloom! [then flails violently] Hey! Do you hear me? I said, let me go, LET ME GO!


Author's Note:

-This chapter is a retconned to the first episode of Mai-Otome and the second mission of Devil May Cry 3.