The Hunters And The Devil

by KiroTheZeru

What would happen if an amnesiac half breed joins Beacon academy to do some demon hunting, will history continue the right course? will this addition change history? Will our Favorite Demon Hunter lose everything again like he has done all the time? will the balance of power change? Will the World be ready for the Son of Sparda? (bad with summary i know, will update it later)

18. Chapter 16: Hard decisions

I don't own any of the characters here with the exception of original characters, Characters from Rwby and Devil May cry Belongs to Rooster Teeth and Capcom.

Also, if you are underage, don't drink alcohol. speaking from experience

Chapter 16: Hard decisions.

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Somewhere in the City of Vale during the night.

The streets were empty

A student was walking at a fast pace to reach the last bullhead to Beacon. He went to a party with some of his friends but forgot that he had to repeat an exam tomorrow morning. He cursed in his mind, It was Friday and tomorrow was the weekend, no one should do an exam on the weekends, he hated those rules.

He was pale as the snow with short black hair, brown eyes, his face had a diamond shape but his expression was sour, not really the approachable type of person.

While distracted with his inner thoughts, he didn't realize he was being stalked by a creature, a Blade. The demon crawled through the building walls, stalking the student, but this Blade was different as the skin of the demon was purple instead of being green and had a harlequin drawn on its back.

The blade jumps from the wall, landing in front of the student and growls at it.

"What the hell is that thing?!" The student step back surprised, but he unwisely decided to get his claw weapons out "Hell, i don't care, i need to blow some steam"

The student dashed against the creature who blocked the attack from the claws using it's shield then with its own claws attacked the student who flinched in pain. The Blade claws were surrounded by a purple glow, pure demonic energy.

The student grabbed his stomach to find he was injured, the thing just bypassed his aura completely and slashed him directly.

"Wha…god damn it…" He cursed in pain, but he wasn't planning on going down like this.

The student started fighting the blade with all he could, but it was a losing fight. The demon was stronger, faster and far more resistant than any Grimm he ever fought.

"I'm not dying here!" the student growled but then, he heard a voice.

"So weak, you can barely fight now" A dark voice chuckled.

"Shut up, I'm strong enough to beat this lizard" Said the student frustrated.

"Then why haven't you beaten it already" The dark voice mocked the student "Team RWBY have killed this kind before, Tony Redgrave kills this kind without sweating. Even the weak Jaune Arc has beaten them…does this mean you are weaker than Jaune Arc?"

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Him? being weaker than Jaune Arc?! Nonsense! That wimp couldn't beat this lizard without the help of his team and Team RWBY. There was the other person that could have helped the wimp, Tony Redgrave, the mysterious student that was on par with Pyrrha's strength and skills.

How he hated Tony, always so relaxed, he could go out in the middle of classes and never get any backlash. Tony was always followed by girls, especially the pretty girls of Team RWBY and it was no secret that Yang Xiao Long had a crush on the idiot along with half of Beacon. The student longed for Yang like many did.

Attention! He wanted the attention everyone gave to a weakling named Jaune, he wanted Yang, the prettiest and hottest girl on Beacon to lay eyes on him. He wanted to have the power to do so.

"You want to beat this thing?" The dark voice said "The next attack should be easy, step forward and impale the beast when it leaps forward"

The student did as was told. He stood forward, raising his hands as the beast leaped to attack him, it was rather easy as the beast just fell into his claws being stabbed. The student didn't stop there, he was frustrated enough that he needed help to kill this beast so he started hacking away.

The demon was finally dead and from the darkness appeared a tall man, wearing a priest-like suit, he was bald, his eyes mismatched as one was blue and the other red and needless to say, his left side with a scar that seemed from a fire incident.

"Very good child" Arkham said "But you are still weak"

"Shut up…old man" The student said, clutching his stomach wound.

"You might want to hear this…I can make you stronger, i can give you power" Arkham smiled faintly, a smile that could give anyone nightmares of how creepy it was "Power for you to get noticed by everyone, noticed by the ones you desire and power to crush everyone who steps on your way"

Maybe it was the blood loss or the way the man talked with so much gusto about power, but he wanted to listen to more of those alluring words about power.

"If you want to gain power then discard your humanity, eat the flesh of that beast and drink his blood, draw the symbol of that beast in your heart" Arkham laughed, his burnt mark moving around excitedly, his eyes shining "Become a demon!"

Arkham power flowed through the air, the exciting and alluring demonic power that the student felt was like nothing he felt before. He wanted this, the student needed this power, with this…he could have everything he wanted and so…he turned to face the dead demon on the ground.

"What is your name child?" Arkham asked.

"Donn" The student answered.

"Good, now do exactly as I say" Arkham grinned from ear to ear.

The next day, in the shopping district of the City of Vale.

Weekends! They are supposed to be relaxing, not having to worry about work or classes. Weekends are supposed to be for staying in your room lazing around, eating pizza and reading magazines or anything.

This weekend didn't go as planned for Dante as he found himself sitting on a bench, with his arms crossed and annoyed. Dante was inside a shopping mall in the city and by his side was Jaune with the same expression that Dante had.

"So…care to explain why we are here?" Dante asked his friend.

"The girls wanted to go shopping" Jaune deadpanned.

It was true, Jaune and Dante were dragged by the girls of Team RWBY and JNPR. If they were honest, it was Yang and Weiss' idea to bring them along. The girls already visited a couple stores of clothing and make-up while the two male members sat and waited.

"And why are we the only two guys here?" Dante asked once again.

"Ren had something to do with some test" Jaune sighed, he was annoyed "If I'm honest i'm sure he heard the girl's plan and ditched before he got roped into this"

Both Danta and Jaune looked at their scrolls to see a message from Ren "Stay strong my brothers". Both guys rolled their eyes, they were betrayed by Ren who ditched them to this suffering.

"I swear to god, imma kick Ren's ass next time I see him" Dante groaned "And where is the monkey king?"

"Had to do something related to his team and the Vytal Festival with the headmaster" Jaune's tone was with a sliver of annoyance, at least Sun had a good excuse.

"Lucky bastard" Dante cursed his friend's luck "So we are the ones who ended as pack mules?"

"Yep" Jaune deadpanned "You would expect that having seven sisters would prepare you for this but nope"

Both guys sighed in defeat, there was nothing the two could do in this situation but accept it. It was so cliche that it hurted them but alas.

"Hey, less complaining and more bag carrying" Said Yang who arrived with the girls. she had a playful smirk on her face.

The girls arrived with at least two bags each with the exception of Ruby who had only a small one. Dante and Jaune groaned, they already had six bags to carry and they got more.

"Seriously, do you girls really need this?" Dante whined "You are going to be the end of me"

"Is the dashing and powerful Dante complaining about carrying bags from these beautiful ladies when he isn't hunting hellish creatures?" Weiss teases Dante with a grin.

"Come on guys, it isn't that bad, actually it's a good workout for the both of you" Nora said with the same grin that Weiss had "We need you two to be stronger"

"And we still have some stores to visit…sorry" Pyrrha apologize for the two guys

"Your fates are sealed guys, no use in complaining" Blake also had that grin on her face.

"Fine! just stop it" Dante shouted in defeat.

"I honestly would prefer to fight demons…" Jaune muttered to himself, well, himself and Dante who probably picked it up.

Dante agreed with his friend, he would take another hundred demons by himself rather than being a pack mule and he had everything planned. First thing was staying in his room, eating lots of pizza and reading a magazine. Maybe if he felt brave he would have invited Ruby to watch a movie but no, he had to be a pack mule.

"So, that clothing store looks good" Yang said with a smile "That is our next stop"

"It looks decent enough" Weiss nodded.

"Do we really need to go to another store? my feet are hurting me" Ruby complained.

"Yes, you need to upgrade your wardrobe and wear something more…ladylike Ruby" Weiss pointed her index finger to her partner with a matter of fact tone.

"Hell yeah, with new threads you'll be turning heads around little sis" Yang said as she gave Dante a wink.

There was a nervous laugh in the group as everybody knew that if someone tried to get close to Ruby they had to go through Yang and if they survive that ordeal they'll have to face Dante. If Dante didn't like Ruby she would probably die single. Ruby just stared confused wondering why they were laughing.

Dante sighed, at least someone on the girls side isn't having fun like Jaune and himself with the shopping thing. The both guys followed the girls with bags in hand and found another bench to sit down, thank god for benches.

Actually, now that Dante thought about it, this is perfect, the girls are busy with shopping and he is alone with Jaune, they'll spend some time in that store. Dante stood up grabbing the bags.

"Something wrong?" Jaune asked his friend.

"No, well, kinda" Dante scratched the back of his head "Just follow me"

Dante and Jaune got inside the clothing store that the girls were in, they were looking at dresses and clothing in general while Ruby was kinda forced to look into them too.

"I'm surprised that you guys got inside" Yang said with a playful "Wanting to get a sneaky peak?"

"Don't get your hopes up blondie" Dante jokes "Just dropping the bags here"

"You better don't ditch us, mister" Weiss pointed out with a stern look.

"I'm not, just gotta look into something with Jaune and grab something to drink" Dante shrugged "Give us a ring when you are done here"

Dante left the bags with the girls and turned around, to face his friend, his bro.

"We need to talk Jaune, it is important as it's about me" is all that Dante said, his tone was serious too.

"Got it" Jaune nodded, noticing the urgency on the matter "No one goes to the balcony on the second floor".

The two guys left the clothing store, unfortunately for them, one of the girls catched Dante's intention, Blake heard the little exchange between the two and she wanted to be the third wheel. She observed as the two went first to the supermarket, probably to get something to drink so she had time to think about an excuse to leave.

Blake kept an eye on the supermarket, she wasn't going to lose this chance to confront Dante about his heritage but she can look into clothes in the meanwhile.

"So, now that Dante is far from here" Yang started "What do you guys think about him?"

"That is oddly specific" Blake deadpanned, knowing what Yang was doing "But think he is alright"

"He is a dolt" Weiss said immediately "and way to reckless"

"I think he is really cool" Ruby said with a faint smile.

Of course Ruby would think that Dante was cool, they read the same type of magazines about weapons and had crazy ideas. If only that, but the guy also had a caring side that many didn't, he was ready to go above and beyond for others like Ruby did for her friends. Blake and the rest were honestly surprised that the two haven't gotten together yet…if only a certain rose was less dense about Dante's crush on her.

"I wouldn't say reckless" Pyrrha stated "Unpredictable would fit him better"

"Yup" all the girls agreed.

Nora on her side was oddly silent, like really silent, something uncharacteristic of her as she usually beamed with words, smiles and craziness until she finally opened her mouth.

"But what about Dante and Tony?" Her tone was somber.

"Oh…" Ruby whispered "He seems like the same, not a lot of changes"

"He also seems more eager to face those things than before" Weiss sighs "Kinda worries me"

"No kiddin' there Weissy" Yang scratched her right cheek "He really didn't change a lot but he is more cocky or well, confident about himself in certain aspects"

"And he gotten even stronger than he was before" Pyrrha said with her smile fading away "He also seems more focused on the matters at hand"

"But doesn't change that he is still the lazy ass he always is" Blake chuckled "But he is hiding something, he said it himself"

The girls nodded, Dante is still a mystery to them. If the girls were honest they never expected to meet someone who could go toe to toe with Pyrrha and then learn that demons are real and he fights them.

If Grimm wasn't bad enough there is another war on the horizon and Dante was the first in line to fight it, even if he had to be alone.

"He is also hiding his pain in fake smiles and attitude" Nora said, still on that somber tone "I should know, I do the same"

"You think so?" Ruby asked, a bit agitated by hearing that Dante was in pain.

"Yeah, Renny and I spoke about it the other day" Nora sighed "Since we had that meeting with them about him regaining his memories and everything he acts like nothing ever happened. You wouldn't think he is hiding his pain after he agreed with me to make a prank to Weiss in Oobleck's class"

"Ugh, don't remind me of that, why did you think it was a good idea to change my notebook with one of those magazines?!" Weiss groaned "Still…he acts like nothing happened"

"He seemed pretty down the day that…" Yang made a small pause as she lowered her head "...the day that Nell died"

"Exactly, have you heard him mention that day?" Nora asked, everybody denied with their heads "See what I mean? Dante is someone that has been alone, completely alone since he lost his family and decided to lose his memories…unlike Ren and me who had each other…he was completely alone to deal with the pain"

Everybody stood in place, in silence. How could they not see that? Everyone has their share of painful things that they have to deal with but have someone to confide in, Ruby and Yang have each other to confort, Weiss has her sister despite the distance, Blake found solace in her teammates and if she wanted, she was sure her parents would hear her out.

Pyrrha had Jaune and her teams and Nora and Ren always head each other but Dante? He had only himself and his own thoughts to deal with. Not to mention that everybody around him seemed to find a similar fate, getting killed by the one who destroyed his life but the girls didn't have to worry about that since he already took care of that.

Even so, Dante is still alone and hiding behind a fake smile, everybody should have realized already since the writing was in the walls all along. Dante goes twice a week to Glynda's office for counseling, at the beginning it was four times a week.

Team RWBY didn't want to say this outloud but they found empty bottles and cans in his room, Whiskey and beer. Ruby and Yang know better than anyone that the sight of those two things is a coping mechanism that isn't healthy with their uncle doing the same and it's even worse because Dante is still underage.

They had to admit that Dante was good at hiding it though, They never saw him drunk or anything nor his breath had that noticeable scent of alcohol in it, he was considerate of everyone. He tried to push everyone away when he said he was planning to give the demons a fight they'll never forget, opting for never interacting with them again just to keep them safe.

"What Dante needs right now is time" Pyrrha stated "He isn't used to have people around, I believe we should give him some time before we confront him about this"

"The sooner the better" Nora sighs.

"Yeah, true" Yang shakes her head "Changing the topic about the same subject. I heard that some girls on first and second year are gunning for him"

"Gunning for him? wanting to fight him?" Ruby asks a bit confused, this made Yang grin evilly.

"Ya know, aiming for his heart, to get together as a couple" Yang answered as she grinned, Ruby took the bait.

"Are they now?" Nora quickly picked up what Yang was doing and her crazy smile returned "Let me guess! Is one of them the blonde with a nice butt in second year?"

"Yeah she is one, I mean, who wouldn't go after the man" Yang chuckled "he is a hunk after all"

"Didn't he turn you down?" Weiss smirked.

"Ouch! low blow there sister" Yang rolled her eyes "There is also the red headed one in second year, I've seen Dante stealing a glance once or twice"

Blake noticed that Ruby was shaking slightly, she seemed unhappy about hearing this. She guessed she was finally realizing something or so she hoped.

"Oh no, he did?!" Pyrrha decided to join the fun since she doesn't want Ruby to end like herself with her crush with Jaune.

"Can we…I dunno, change the topic?" Ruby said gritting her teeth, not understanding what she was feeling, that tight knot in her chest and the annoyance.

"They aren't his type, we should know this already" Weiss smiled in victory knowing what she was about to say "I stole a kiss from him and he rejected me, I mean, who rejects me?"

Everybody grinned at this, Yang gave a pained one knowing that she is the one that pushed Weiss into that but still, she did a good job saying it. Ruby on the other hand stared at Weiss with her eyes wide open, she was feeling…betrayed by her bestie for life.

"Weiss…" Ruby said darkly "We need to have a talk later on as leader and teammate"

"O-okay" Weiss stuttered as she heard the darkness in Ruby's voice.

"Yang" Blake whispered to her partner "I think we awakened a beast in Ruby"

"It will do her good" Yang smirked "I just hope Weiss survive this"

With the current situation of Ruby being actually jealous, meaning that she is on a good path on realizing her feelings and not being dense, Blake noticed Jaune and Dante get out of the supermarket and started going up the stairs, this was her chance.

"While this is fun and everything I gotta go to the bathroom" Blake said to the girls with this great excuse.

"Didn't you go like ten minutes ago?" Yang said with a bit of suspicion.

"But I gotta go again" Blake hid her nervousness pretty well "It must has been that tea that I drank earlier"

"I guess so" Yang shrugged.

With that said, Blake left the clothing store and the shenanigans that was happening inside and started following the duo of Jaune and Dante.

Dante was steeling himself for the talk, he was really going to tell everything to Jaune and he was prepared, he got a can of beer hidden in his jacket, he grabbed it from the supermarket without anyone looking but he did pay for it. Dante also got sodas from everyone so they didn't ask a lot of questions.

Dante and Jaune got themselves into the balcony on the second floor and to give Jaune some credit, it was empty as Cardin's head. The two guys leaned against the railing, Dante handed Jaune a grape soda just like he wanted while rehearsing what he was going to tell his friend, about himself and his family.

"So…how's things going with Rubes?" Jaune said, thinking this is the reason why Dante brought him along.

"Fine I guess, how's things with Weiss?" Dante shot back.

"Fine I guess" Jaune sighed "I think that isn't the subject you wanted to talk about"

"Nope, it's more personal" Dante shook his head "I trust you more than anyone so I gotta tell you something, about me and my family"

"I see" Jaune's tone changed, he was serious now.

"I want to know too" a third female voice said, it was Blake "tho i already have an idea of what it is"

Dante stared at Blake, how did he not feel her sneak on them? He must have really focused on the task at hand that he didn't, he was careless but it seems that Blake knows more than she lets on.

"So, you figure it out?" Dante asked, to which Blake nodes "Guess i gotta crack this earlier than expected"

Dante gets the can of beer out of his coat, surprising Jaune and Blake. The demon hunters open the can with his right hand and takes a sip, it was bitter, just like he wanted.

"Are you sure you should be drinking that?" Jaune asks, a bit worried.

"Can't say what I need to say without this" Dante shrugged and laughed "And only one won't have an effect on me, gimme twenty and i'll feel something"

Dante stayed silent for a second, it shouldn't be this hard to admit everything, to confess what is his real nature but it is, he was nervous, he was scared of being rejected. Dante sighed, to hell with that, he was just going to let it roll.

"I half-lied about the origin of my powers and me becoming a demon" Dante started speaking "The truth is…i'm already one"

Jaune spilled the soda from his mouth after hearing the words coming from Dante's mouth, he quickly grabbed the can from Dante and took a swing himself, he is going to need it too.

"Wow, easy there buddy, you are definitely going to feel that" Dante said with a faint smile.

"Just speak Dante" Jaune said with a stern voice.

"Yeah, I wanna hear this coming from you" Blake said with the same stern voice.

"Fine, fine" Dante took the can from Jaune's hand and took another sip "Truth is that my father was a demon that fell in love with a human woman, i'm a half-breed, a Cambion to be exact"

"Knew it…" Blake said out loud.

"So…you are half human half demon?" Jaune asked, now his tone a bit softer, starting to connect dots, his strategic mind working.

"Yeah but actually, scratch that, my father wasn't a demon" Dante sighed "He was a devil but not any devil…"

"Wait, hold on…" Jaune started to get what Dante was going to say "You don't mean that he was…"

"Yeah" Dante chuckled "The bastard of my Father was Sparda, the Dark Knight himself"

And with that, the bomb was dropped to Jaune and confirmed Blake's theory, Dante was the son of Sparda, the demon that sealed the demon world, the one that defended Remnant alone against his own race.

Everything made sense now to Jaune, Dante's strength and powers! The reason why all the demon world wanted him gone! Why the king of the demons wanted Dante dead so badly, he was the son of the one who sealed them and Dante was following the footsteps of his father in a manner of speaking.

"Wow…" Jaune started speaking, his eyes shined with admiration "That is really cool"

"Hold up" Dante almost spilled his beer "You think it's cool?!"

"I mean, sure, your father is the reason why every single demon wants you dead but come on!" Jaune exclaimed "You are the son of a legend, it's like one of the stories you read in books or a comic"

"I agree with Jaune there, i think it's cool, i mean, i met the son of the main character of one of my favorite books who can actually tell me what happened after the book finished" Blake smirked "But joking aside, it doesn't change anything really"

"Why doesn't it change anything?" Dante scoffed, not believing her words.

"Dude, if Blake was human and not a faunus would it change how you talk with her?" Jaune asked.

"Nah, Blake is Blake, doesn't matter if she has cat ears, tail or anything" Dante said without giving a second thought.

"See what we mean? it's the same with you Dante" Blake smiled as she put her hand over Dante's right shoulder "You accepted us without caring if one of us was a Schnee, a faunus, a champion or a simple guy"

"Dante, you are still you, it's what matters to us" Jaune continued what Blake meant to say.

"I guess you guys are right…but keep this secret for now, I'll tell the others when I'm ready" Dante smiled slightly "I'm still coming to terms with some stuff, specially surrounding my father"

It was true what Dante said, they remember well how he lashed out when he was talking about his father, the cracks on the wall being a great reminder of his feeling about the situation. Did Sparda really leave them? there is more to the story that Dante lets on but right now is not the place or time for them to ask.

"Anyway, I should go back before Yang starts getting ideas" Blake sighs "I should have come with a better excuse"

"Which one did you use?" Dante asked with curiosity.

"That i had to go to the bathroom" Blake admits

"Ahh, a classic" Jaune chuckles "But if i'm honest, i have something to confess too"

"You too? don't tell me you are a demon too" Dante jokes.

"Not even close but" Jaune swallowed "I-i shouldn't be at Beacon"

Blake stared at the leader of Team JNPR, while it was true that the guy wasn't the best at combat, it was seeing a child trying to swing a sword in vain at first; he has a good head screwed to his shoulder as he easily took decisions and was a good leader with a good team backing him up.

"Give it some time dude, you'll get to everyone's level" Dante said trying to give Jaune some confidence "You've come a long way with P's training"

"No, I mean, yes I have but that's not what I mean" Jaune shook his head.

"Then explain" Blake stated, wanting to know what worried the blond leader.

"Long story short, I faked my transcripts" Jaune confessed, lowering his head in shame.

"Wait, for real?! Never took you for one taking those risks Jaune" Blake said surprised, she never expected that.

"Yeah, I really wanted to get into Beacon so I did what I did…sadly Cardin heard it when i confessed it to Pyrrha, you were busy with a mission so you didn't know Dante" Jaune said with a bit of pain in his voice.

"Yeah, that time in forever falls" Blake was remembering the incident, she never expected it to be related to that.

"Damn, I should have guessed that Cardin wasn't going to take it lying down" Dante snarled "Should have beaten him even harder that time"

"H-hey, don't worry, everything is cool now dude, he hasn't pestered me since" Jaune said with the idea of calming his dude down.

They both knew that Dante was ready to go right into Cardin's room and beat him into a pulp with his own hands, that's how much Dante cares about his friends. Dante calmed down after a bit, although he was ready to give Cardin a piece of his own mind but decided to stand down, if Jaune says it's cool then it must be.

"Well, whatever" Dante puts his hands behind his head "I can respect what you did Jaune. Yeah you faked your transcripts and all that crap"

"I see a but coming" Jaune sighed.

"But you have more guts than others" Dante pointed his finger to Jaune's chest "Took a big risk and you got the Jackpot, got in Beacon, you were made the leader of a Team but most importantly, you got heart dude. My father would have liked you"

"For real?" Jaune asked Dante who just nodded

"Wow, Big compliment you got there Jaune" Blake teased the blond knight "The legendary Dark Knight would approve you, he might have taken you as a squire"

"Har Har. Cut it out Blake…" Jaune chuckled a bit embarrassed

Out of nowhere Dante started laughing wholeheartedly. The laughter of the half demon surprised the faunus and the blonde, was Dante going crazy now? more than he already is?

"Oh man! this is really funny!" Dante said, shaking his head while still laughing.

"What is funny?" Blake asked with genuine curiosity.

"This" Dante motioned his hand make point of themselves "We have an ex-white fang member, a guy who faked his way into an academy and a half demon who is hunted by demons, this is hilarious"

"Oh" Jaune, thinks about it, what an strange group of misfits and he snorts "Yeah, i see your point"

"You two are weird" Blake shakes her head "We should get back"

"Yeah, let's go back" Dante says and pops a mint candy in his mouth, throws one to Jaune as he took a sip of the beer "Not a word of what we spoke"

The trio went back, Blake going ahead of them to avoid questions. Meanwhile, Dante and Jaune felt kinda relieved. Getting those things out of their chest relaxed the half breed and the knight. Also hearing the things they said to each other, the support they needed about their situation helped lessen the weight on their shoulders.

Dante felt like maybe he'll be able to tell the others about his ancestry, being the son of Sparda. He is less scared than before. Why should he be scared? He hated to admit it but he was scared of being rejected by his friends, he never had real friends to start with.

Dante laughed internally, he can face demons, bringers of death but he is more scared of being rejected…Maybe it's for a good reason, he doesn't really know. What he really knows is that there are a couple people who accept him for being what he is and it feels good.

Jaune is on the same boat but Pyrrha accepted him for faking his scripts, hell, actually decided to take part of her time to help him get to everyone's level. On the other side Blake didn't have any problem with him and Dante didn't care what he did but pointed out his strengths and what made him unique in his eyes.

Maybe they are worrying about nothing, only time will tell. Their train of thought is broken by a certain blonde bombshell when they reach the store..

"Took your sweet time" Yang said, putting her hands on her hip.

"Yeah, well, deal with it" Jaune said with confidence.

"Did Vomit boy just tell me to deal with it?" Yang was shocked by Jaune's response.

"He just did" Dante chuckled "You girls done here?"

"We are pretty much done, yes" Weiss raised the two new bags she acquired.

"And I'm starving here" Nora interrupted "Renny says he'll swing by in a bit"

"Oh, he will?" Jaune asked with a dark tone "He'll help with the bags then"

"Anyway" Pyrrha interjects "Maybe we should wait for him and see if we can eat something"

Jaune sighed and nodded, he was feeling hungry too. Dante and team RWBY on the other side, weren't, they decided to split, Team JNPR will wait for their missing member then get something to eat while Dante and Team RWBY would go back to Beacon.

After saying their goodbyes, the group went to Beacon while the other stayed, trying to find a place to eat. Dante had to carry all the bags from Team RWBY alone; sadly. The half breed could only thank his demonic strength.

Somewhere in Beacon.

Donn was sitting on a bench, feeling this new…power he acquired, he feels stronger than before. The wanna be priest didn't lie about this power, he feels like he could beat the world strongest fighters alone…this power…it felt good.

"How does it feel?" Arkham asked the boy mentally.

"It feels great" He answered out loud.

"Now imagine if this power wasn't temporally" Arkham chuckled darkly "Imagine if you could get this power and more permanently"

"I would like that" Donn grinned at the thought of acquiring more power.

"Good, you are eager" Arkham approved of this boy eagerness "Now, keep using that charm so you can hide your new powers. When you are ready…do the ritual i taught you in the academy"

"Sure" Donn answered with the same smile Arkham gave him last night.

He is going to get more power, this bald bastard was giving him power. Soon he will deal with Arc and Redgrave, soon he will get the attention he wants; no, the attention he deserves.

Inside the Dorms at Beacon.

Dante finished dropping the girls' stuff in their room being finally done, he will never, ever go shopping again with those six. The girls started unpacking what they bought from the mall while Dante just sat down in a chair.

While everyone was unpacking, Glynda arrived at their room unannounced, surprising everyone.

"I thought you might be in Team RWBY's room Dante" Glynda said.

"I would be in mine but i had to carry lots of bags" Dante complained "What can I help you teach?"

"I just needed to give you this" Glynda handed Dante a card and a paper wrapped rectangle item.

Dante stared at the card. It said Dante Redgrave, with a picture of him, it was an official identification card, unlike the Tony Redgrave he had who he just got by a shady seller in Atlas who also hacked his way to make it "official". The ID had everything he needed, birth date, place of birth, everything.

"The headmaster pulled some strings to get this done" Glynda explained to the son of Sparda "We decided it was better to keep your fake family name instead of having just Dante, paperwork was easier that way"

"Sweet, this will save me some trouble" Dante chuckled but then he took a look at the other item "And what's this?"

"Nyx got it for you…she was…beautiful" Glynda said in a somber tone "I shall get going, remember that tomorrow the test results will be posted"

Glynda left the room after reminding everyone that tomorrow is an important day, as everyone will see the test results posted and their ranking. The nerves started to get into everyone, they hoped they did alright…with the exception of Dante who just didn't care.

"Crap, I don't want tomorrow to come" Yang complained.

"Now I'm nervous" Ruby laughed nervously.

"Have faith, you studied for the tests" Blake tried to give some confidence to her team leader and partner.

"Unlike someone we know" Weiss said, staring at Dante.

"Give it a rest will ya?" Dante rolled his eyes.

It isn't entirely true that he didn't study, he did read the notes he made, the books and the papers they were given in class slightly. Pushing those annoying thoughts aside, Dante kept staring at the gift from Nyx.

"So…you gonna keep staring at it or you gonna open it? Blake asked with curiosity.

"It would be rude to receive a gift and never open it" Weiss added.

"Just open it, i wanna see what's inside" Yang pressured the youngest of the twins.

Ruby stayed silent, she just stared. Dante just sighed and unwrapped the gift. Slowly Dante's eyes widened after seeing what the gift was. The girls got closer to Dante to see a framed picture of a woman.

The woman had blonde, fairly long hair that became wavy close to the end, a very fair complexion, hazel eyes and a sweet smile. She was wearing a black turtleneck dress with intricate gold patterns that decorated it and over it a red shawl over her arms.

"Wow, Goodwitch didn't lie, she is pretty hot" Yang said with a whistle.

"She has a beautiful smile, she seems…homey" Ruby added.

"Yeah, you could feel it just by looking at her" Blake added too, feeling the same Ruby felt.

"Dante…" Weiss said softly, she already had an idea of who she was by his reaction and the conversation they had before "...is that your mother?"

The rest of the team stayed silent, Yang felt like she stepped in a mine, a pretty big, explosive, demonic slayer mine.

"Yeah, that's my mom" Dante confirmed Weiss theory "Her name was Eva"

"Crap, I'm sorry Dante, I didn't mean…" Yang started apologizing.

"Save it Yang, it's cool" Dante laughed "If i were angry, Rebellion would have come through the wall"

"Please don't destroy the wall, it's enough with Ruby and Yang games" Blake deadpans.

It would have been obvious if Dante got angry, he can hide most of his emotions but he is a hothead. The other day a student threw a paper ball at Dante while he was eating, a jealous student who was angry that Ruby payed more attention to the red cladded hunter; the jealousy didn't make his aim better as he missed and hit Dante's strawberry sundae…Dante threw back the paper ball at the student.

The issue being that Dante infused the paper ball with a little demonic energy, the student started seeing stars when it hit him on the face, like if a soccer ball hitted him. It was kinda funny that Dante could be petty sometimes.

"Come on, when was the last time I destroyed something?" Dante asked with his trademark smirk.

"Should I start with the crack you left in our wall?" Weiss pointed to the crack in the wall when Dante punched it.

"Or when you broke the floor in the training arena when testing your defensive power?" Yang smirked knowing Dante couldn't refute her claim.

"Or when you broke that window playing soccer with Jaune in the courtyard? I was there when you ran away" Ruby giggled as she remembers the face he made when the soccer ball broke Goodwitch's window

"Do we need to continue?" Blake raised an eyebrow waiting for Dante's answer.

"Fine, you made your point" Dante scoffed in defeat, Dante's scroll starter ringing, it was Jaune. Dante picked up the call "Devil hunter extraordinaire, Dante speaking"

"Hey dude" Jaune greeted Dante when he heard his voice "I have something to ask you"

"Does it need to be private?" Dante asked.

"For now yeah" Jaune said "I take this is a bad time…?"

"Not really but wouldn't it be better if we talk about it in person?" Dante was sure it had something to do with that.

"Yeah, no problem" Jaune laughed "Anyway, i'll let you know when…maybe i'm jumping into conclusions so i'll ponder into it for a bit"

"Got it, don't fry your brain thinking about it dude" Dante chuckled and hung up, maybe Jaune was overthinking things.

Dante said his goodbye to the girls, he wanted to take a nap but was reminded that tonight they had movie night. It was perfect for the youngest son of Sparda, watching a movie with the girls was a way to get close to Ruby. First step was to sit besides Ruby, something that is pretty easy to do.

The second step is a bit more complicated and depends on luck, something he lacks. Depending on the movie he could make a move as Ruby tended to speak to him about scenes and stuff lately, the golden goose was if it was a horror movie as she definitely would cling to him.

Ah yes, he loved horror movies because of that, Hell he even did that on his date with…Jessica…Yeah, he just had to remember that but it isn't like he is going to forget. Jessica is a painful memory he is going to hold on until the day he dies and the only thing he can do is try to cope with the pain.

Dante sat down in his bed, he shook his head. Somehow he got the feeling he is replacing Jessica's memory with Ruby, was he? No, he needed to face it now or never for the sake of his mind. Ruby isn't replacing Jessica, no one could, no one will.

What happened with Jessica…it was something that couldn't be avoided and Nell was right, he made sure she died human and not a demon, he freed her. If only he could stop beating himself about.

It was funny though. He was Tony at that point but the memory hurts just as much. Doesn't matter who you were, who you are but losing someone will always hurt.

Dante wanted to grab a bottle he hid inside the jukebox, but he had the movie night so he relented against his coping mechanism. Oh yeah, Dante knew that it was a coping mechanism he developed, he was fully aware but he needed it. Dante decided to take a nap, he still had some time before the movie night started.

Dante woke up, not really feeling rested nor tired and he didn't dream at all. A good sign as he lately has been…remembering the night of the attack in the mansion. Dante looked at his scroll, well would you look at the time, it was past nine.

Dante definitely didn't feel the pass of time as he slept and he was almost late for the movie night. Dante got up and decided to take a shower. After he got out he had to get ready for the movie night.

Ruby set some rules.

First Rule: Bring snacks! He got that covered, he just had to order pizza.

Second Rule: Be in your Pajamas! He doesn't have Pajamas so sweatpants and no t-shirt this time, Summer is already upon them and he doesn't want to sweat.

Third Rule: No complaining about the genre of the movie! He wasn't going to complain, Dante will give any movie a chance…but if it sucks he will make his thoughts known!

Fourth Rule: Movie night must be in Dante's room! It made sense, he recently got a couch and a TV.

Fifth Rule: Have fun! And that's why he likes Ruby. Fun all the way!

He still has an hour so he didn't waste time, he ordered a pizza, actually he ordered four pizzas. Seafood pizza for Blake with extra tuna, personal size and she still asks why Dante calls her kitten. Meat lovers for Yang, girl sure loves her meat, also personal size. Pepperoni pizza for Ruby, she liked the classic and it was a medium size, Ruby really eats a lot and stays in shape.

For Weiss it was rather simple, a personal size vegetarian pizza, it was the least greasy and she actually quite enjoyed it for the movie nights and for himself he got an extra large pepperoni pizza with no olives. Dante got into some gray sweatpants, got a t-shirt on and some black sneakers.

Okay, hear him out, He might love combat boots and the usefulness of boots in his line of work but he is not at work, he is going to have a movie night with four of his best friends in the whole world. He also found sneakers quite comfortable when he is not at work, he gotta thank Jaune and Sun for that.

After thirty minutes he got a call, pizza was here! He quickly got outside and grabbed the pizza, best thing of all? He didn't have to ask someone to put him on his tab as the deal with Ozpin still stands! although he had toned it down quite a bit since Ruby started complaining about it.

After he got back into his room, He took his sneakers off and his t-shirt off. Now he waited and waited until he heard the door being knocked, it was the girls, that's for sure. Dante opened his door to see his ladies in their pajamas and ready for some movies.

"Fancy seeing you girls here?" Dante joked as he leaned against the door frame.

"Hey handsome, wanna watch a movie?" Yang followed the joke.

"Yang…" Ruby rolled her eyes..

"Sure, I got everything ready and got the pizza" Dante chuckled

"Good but seriously, do you really need to be shirtless?" Weiss complained about Dante's lack of shirt. didn't stop her from admiring his body though.

"Come on Weiss, can't hide this masterpiece from the world can i?" Dante said with a smug smirk.

"You are so full of yourself Dante" Said Blake as she let herself in and sat down on the couch.

Everybody got inside Dante's room, grabbed their respective pizza and sat down on the couch. The order they sat down was from left to right, Yang, Blake, Dante, Ruby and Weiss. They started searching on the TV for some movies to watch. Honestly, they started watching any movie that caught their attention then they moved to another after finishing one.

And so the marathon started and they watched a couple movies, some good, some bad and some real tear jerkers. Dante had fun, he honestly had fun. This thing was Ruby's idea to get close with their team, a team activity to strengthen the bonds they share and soon Dante was added.

If he was honest, he was glad he was added to the movie night thing. Dante always spent the nights looking for demons or watching the roof in his old room…or in the case of those bad nights drinking in some shady bar then looking for some demons. This made Dante see how his life before he met these girls, he wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

After the third movie he felt how Ruby's head fell on his shoulder, she was tired from the shopping trip and it was quite late now but she looked cute as she was trying not to fall asleep but unfortunately for her or maybe fortunate for Dante, she fell asleep.

Dante got a bit surprised when she started getting more comfortable at his side and getting closer, looking for his body heat. The other three girls notice the scene, Dante just puts his index finger over his lips, letting them know that maybe they should let Ruby sleep for a bit.

Dante kinda hugged the red reaper with his left arm, he was still nervous about it. A funny sight to see, the fearless demon hunter nervous because of a girl, what has the world come down to?. Yang just smirked at the sight, maybe her sister and Dante won't need help.

Ruby didn't notice when she fell asleep, of course she didn't but come on! she was dragged along with everyone to do shopping and she had to try clothes and the worst thing…those walking death traps that Weiss likes so much, Heels!

But to her surprise when she woke up, she was being hugged lightly by Dante who was focused watching the movie. She didn't move as she felt safe, warm and comfortable, that word again, safe. Ruby still asked herself why Dante made her feel so safe and warm inside.

She started staring at the demon hunter's face, his expression was alright, his blue eyes didn't have that lonely look they used to show at the beginning. Ton…no, Dante has changed since when they met, since that night when he held the gun against Weiss' head after the nightmare…Dante seems more stable than ever.

The red reaper also started thinking that Dante was quite handsome…wait, since when did she start thinking Dante was handsome?! She found herself staring at the blue eyes with a new question on the list that only seemed to grow with more time as the knot in her chest.

Maybe she…it couldn't be…could it? Has she developed a crush on the guy?! Ruby felt how her face started heating up just at the thought, she needed to do a full research about it.

That being said, the movie night continued without any problems.

The next day.

Team RWBY, JNPR and Dante found themselves with the rest of the first year students in front of the classroom for combat class, there was a board with the grades of everyone. Many haven't seen it yet so the air around it was tense. No one of our heroes wanted to see the results but alas, they needed to see them.

"Well…here goes nothing" Yang said as she stepped forward and watched the board.

The board was pretty simple, you look for your name and besides it has the grades and your overall rank. Yang looked for her with nervousness until she found it. Taking a deep breath she read it…she was ranked twenty eight and she didn't fail any class, Victory!

"Aw yeah!" Yang raised her hands in victory "Didn't fail anything and I'm top fifty!"

"Good job sis!" Ruby high fived her sister, then started looking for her grades "Hey, look! I'm thirty two!"

"Quite surprising since you are always distracted in class" Weiss commented, she wasn't wrong but Ruby did put in the effort every day "Drat! Number two for me"

"Sixteen for me" Blake said with her monotone voice "Who got number one?"

"That would be me" Pyrrha said, of course she would, she was the ace of first year "What about you Ren?"

"Ten" Ren said, almost disappointed "I knew I had to pay more attention in port's class"

"Like it would be possible, he always puts me to sleep" Nora chipped in "Oh! I'm number thirty!"

"Good Job Nora" Dante said, giving her thumbs up before turning to face a nervous wreck known as Jaune "So dude, ready to face this dreaded battle?"

Jaune was sweating, he knew that he wouldn't do as well as the others as he lacked a lot of the knowledge and skills they had. He wasn't ready to see the disappointment in their faces but he had to face it as a man.

"Ready as I could ever be" Jaune started looking for his name and his eyes widened as he saw his grades and rank "I'm fifty! I made it to the top fifty!"

"Hey, good job Vomit boy!" Yang patted Jaune in the back.

"That's our fearless leader!" Nora did the same as Yang.

"I can't believe it…" Jaune was speechless.

"C'me on dude!" Dante raised his voice a bit "Have a little faith to yourself, everyone knows here even if they won't say it outloud, looking at you Ice queen-"

"Hey!" Weiss exclaimed.

"-That you put in a lot of effort, you deserve it" Dante smiled at his friend.

"Thanks" Jaune laughed sheepishly.

"I find it quite enjoyable that our group got first, second and third place in the ranking" Ren said with a faint smile.

Everyone stopped, no one got the third spot, they just said their rank numbers but no one said third unless…

"Dante…" Blake spoke slowly "What's your rank?"

"Em…about that…" Dante looked away as he scratched the back of his head.

Everyone started looking for Dante's name in the board, he didn't appear as Tony so they should have made the change to his real name so they started looking for Dante's name and lo and behold…He was ranked third and his combat class grade was actually the best of them all even if he barely fought.

"No way!" Yang's jaw dropped.

"This shouldn't be possible!" Weiss said in denial.

"That is so awesome Dante!" Ruby said, jumping happily.

"Could it be that Dante is secretly a genius under all that pizza and craziness?!" Nora gasped.

"I'm quite impressed Dante" Pyrrha said, almost sad that he got a better score in combat class.

"You guys shouldn't, Dante is quite smart" Ren started interrupted everyone "He actually studied with me sometimes and his information retention is quite amazing"

"You studied with Ren?!" Jaune exclaimed, almost feeling betrayed.

"It was with tough subjects dude!" Dante said in his defense "And Ren is quite good at explaining stuff without making him repeat"

Dante knew this would happen, that's why he stayed silent. Dante might seem as an idiot but he is actually quite smart, he had to be smart. Hunting demons required a quick mind. Attention to details, retaining information about their abilities and weaknesses. Dante also had to do a lot of research for his job so he knew what information was necessary or just a waste of time.

It wasn't his fault that all translated really well into his grades, he had a good memory so he really didn't need to make lots of notes, just needed to do a small recap of some subjects he didn't understand as he really didn't have any formal education. Now that he thinks about it…he might actually be a genius but who cares? life's a party so he prefers to enjoy it.

"The end is nigh I tell you! Dante, the guy who barely studied and spent his time eating pizza and skipping class got third place!" Yang yelled dramatically.

"This isn't right…if he wasn't a lazy dolt he would have gotten second place" Weiss gasped in horror "Maybe first place! no no no no no no…"

"Aw, Yang and Weiss broke" Nora chuckled.

Dante just laughed nervously at the sight, it wasn't that big of a deal really. If he was being honest he was just doing his job as a student, something he is actually really enjoying if he was also honest right there. Dante felt normal for once.

Only problem is the attention that Yang and Weiss brought to him as other students gathered around them, some surprised by the development, others joking and others congratulating them. Hell, even Jaune got some praise as he had really improved, to everyone's surprise, Cardin nodded with approval to Jaune's achievements. Dante was happy to see his friend getting some recognition, it actually would be good for his lack of self worth.

But something left a bad taste in Dante's mouth, he felt a glare from somewhere, it was…angry, full of hatred and with a glint of killing intent. He wasn't going to let that slide, not in Beacon so he'll investigate later.

"Okay, enough of that!" Dante clapped his hand strongly and started shooing away the crowd around them "We still have the special combat class for the Vytal festival"

"That is right" Ren nodded "Did Professor Goodwitch say what was the subject we are going to see?"

"I have no clue" Blake admitted.

"Probably team fights, strategies and duels for the tournament" Pyrrha said, she was probably right.

"Well, sounds fun to me" Dante grinned "Lets go"

"You guys go on ahead" Jaune said "Gotta go to the bathroom first"

Dante and his fellow group left the board and went to class while Jaune went in the opposite direction.

Donn watched all that happened, he was beyond anger at this point. How dare Dante and Jaune gather the attention of every single student! No! it was the attention he wanted and those two are always surrounded by those girls.

Actually, to hell with those girls, they are just stupid who don't know what he is able to do. The demonic power he was granted was already taking over him, his mind already getting twisted, he probably knew but his anger made him look elsewhere. And talking about looking elsewhere…Jaune separated from the group. Perfect.

Later in the combat facilities of Beacon.

Dante and the group were waiting for Goodwitch, she was taking her time and that was odd, normally she was already there before the class even started. Thankfully for them, they didn't have to wait long as Goodwitch arrived at the classroom but to their surprise, she wasn't alone. She was with four students.

The first one was a girl, fair skinned with brown hair with a lock dyed with a gradient from dark brown to caramel. She was wearing a light brown sweater with a puffy collar, a black scarf and what appeared to be a corset. She was also wearing black trousers with some golden trimming for the pockets and black high heeled calf high boots.

This girl also was wearing a lot of accessories as she had a couple beaded necklaces, a bracelet, gloves, a dark brown beret and aviator sunglasses. Dante knew style and this girl was stylish and didn't let him get started on the purse she had, the damn thing had bullets in the strap, awesome!

The second student was a big, muscular, tanned guy . This guy was wearing a long short sleeved light green robe that is worn only on his right shoulder. under the robe he had a black muscle shirt, brown pants and black boots with armor plates in the front. The guy also had in his left an armor piece that covered his arm to the elbow. The guy also had a big greatsword, almost big as himself, dual edge and curved.

The third student was a dark skinned guy with messy copper hair. He was wearing a sleeveless dark orange zipper vest, black jeans and laced shoes. This guy's arms were covered in scars and he also had a vertical one over his lips. He also had some long black gloves. What caught Dante's attention was that his eyes were pure white, this guy was blind but he seemed to have sharp senses..

The fourth student actually caught Dante's attention, it was the girl he helped at the start. The bunny girl with long brown hair he saved from Cardin! She actually noticed Dante, smiled and waved her hand, Dante just returned the smile.

The students and Goodwitch stood in front of everyone, she gave them a good look and she took a deep breath.

"Students, this is team CFVY" Goodwitch stated "They are one of the best second year teams here in Beacon and today they will test your skills in team fights and one on one combat"

Some of the students started chattering between themselves, some excited others afraid. Dante? He wanted to see what the second years are made of, hell, the stylish girl looks strong.

"Go ahead and get in your combat gear" Goodwitch said to everyone then she focused on Dante "You too, you'll be participating too"

Sweet! Dante is in on the fun! He actually raised his fist slightly in victory. He loves fighting demons but hell, fighting a human can be refreshing as it's not a deathmatch. Everyone goes and gets changed in their lockers, Dante always keeps a copy of his usual outfit in the lockers just in case.

He didn't need to take his weapons out as he was given special permission by Ozpin, demon hunting and stuff but he kept The Rebellion inside the locker just to keep appearances but always had his handguns with him.

Talking about handguns, when Dante opened his locker, he saw the two mousers that Nell usually fixed for him, he grabbed one of them and then grabbed Ebony. He felt nostalgic and sorrowful as Nell would never be able to see her masterpieces at work…Dante missed Nell dearly.

Leaving the mousers in his locker after taking his saw off and the Rebellion, he went back to the arena, he didn't really change, he wasn't going to get hit so why bother?

As Dante waited for the rest to get back, he leaned against a wall and crossed his arms. He started thinking about the glare he felt earlier, such anger and hatred is normally found in demons but he didn't feel any demonic energy…it was odd.

Dante's train of thought was broken when a bright light appeared in front of him out of nowhere, He closed his eyes in response to the sudden flash of light. When he regained his vision he saw the bunny girl with her team, in front of him, she had a camera.

"It's two thousand lien per photo" Dante joked making the girl giggle "Sup bunny"

"Hello Tony" She greeted Dante using his old name "It's good to see you again"

"Same, has that idiot tried any funny business again?" Dante asked, a bit concerned about her and what Jaune told him about Cardin.

"Nope, he really has behaved around me actually" the bunny girl giggled "I never got to thank you for helping me there"

"Save it" Dante chuckled "You could thank me by telling me your name"

It was funny, he never asked her name and she realized she never gave him her name. the bunny girl felt a bit embarrassed, she knew his name, time to correct that mistake

"Oh, I actually never did, My name is Velvet Scarlatina" Velvet smiled "Oh, and this is my team!"

"Yo, Name's Fox Alistair" The darked skinned guy now known as Fox greeted "It's good to meet you, Velvet didn't shut up about you that day"

"Shush" Velvet gave Fox a glare.

"It's good to meet you Tony, I am Yatshuhashi Dachi" Tatsuhashi does a small bow and Dante nods.

"Gotta say, Velvet knows how to pick them up" Said the stylish girl "Even in uniform i can feel the style meter going higher for you"

"Never go into battle without being stylish" Dante shrugged.

"I hear ya, Name's Coco Adel, leader of Team CFVY" She said smiling "Thanks for helping our bun-bun when we weren't around Tony"

"Don't sweat it" Dante waved it off.

They chatted for a moment but they heard Goodwitch calling someone by the Name Dante, to their surprise he turned his head.

"Dante" Goodwitch said as she came close "Have you seen Arc?"

Uh-oh, Jaune was going to the bathroom and hasn't arrived yet. Quick, remember the Bro code and create an excuse!

"Uh, he had to check something that I asked him about in my room about a special subject" Dante lied hoping for Goodwitch to take the bait.

"Uh, he is dead set on helping you isn't he?" Goodwitch smiled faintly "Very well Dante, hopefully he doesn't take long, he could use the experience"

"Hey, hold on a sec" Velvet interrupted "Wasn't your name Tony Redgrave?"

Oh crap, he forgot that people still call him Tony instead of Dante, sure in the records he is called now Dante but people still know him as Tony.

"It's a delicate situation" Goodwitch said, her voice betraying the nervousness she felt.

"It's okay" Dante sighed, might as well correct this now "I had amnesia, Tony is the name i was given when my mind was in holiday but my real name is Dante, Can't remember my family name so I kept the Redgrave"

"Damn dude, sorry to hear that" Fox said a bit apologetic.

"But you are okay?" Velvet asked.

Is Dante okay? Okay as he ever could be he guessed. It wasn't a lie, yeah he wasn't completely okay, he was still feeling down from everything that happened and regaining his memories still brings some unwanted feelings he would rather forget but hey! things are getting better.

"Yeah I'm good" Dante answered after pondering on his emotional situation, he lied.

"I see" Goodwitch didn't believe Dante, of course she didn't, she is having Dante go to her office twice a week for therapy. Yes, Therapy! because is what he needs, he never had a proper way to work with his inner problems and woes. And she did learn when he told one of his almost perfect lies.

"So, I heard you don't fight a lot but got the highest score in combat class" Coco started speaking with a playful smile "Hey Teach, do you mind if I call dibs on him?"

Dante loved the idea, fighting a second year and the leader of the team? He is down but on the other hand, Goodwitch wasn't happy about the idea. She knows Dante is capable, he has to be in his line of work and would make sure any of his sparring partners doesn't get hurt or get them hurt.

She was worried about the boy himself, he doesn't have an aura to protect him. Dante might be half demon but he still bleeds and feels pain. What if he gets injured in the sparring match? blood will be drawn from his body and would create some panic and the most important thing that she hated to admit, She didn't want to see him getting hurt.

"I'm afraid it is not possible" Goodwitch said "I had him planned to spar with team JNPR and RWBY"

"What?" Dante turned his head to see Goodwitch "Come on, it will be fine!"

"Dante" She said with an authority tone "Do I need to remind you of your special situation?"

Right, he forgot about that, the special situation they created for him to avoid fighting others thanks to his lack of Aura but still!

"I won't get hit" Dante said with a serious tone "And it would do me good spar with different people than the usual"

"Fighting words there cute boy" Coco taunted Dante's claim of not getting hit.

Goodwitch pondered in what he said, it was true that it would do him good and broaden his horizons by sparring with other people. There was also the matter of his tone, he was serious instead of being laid back, he meant when he said it.

"Fine" Goodwitch sighs in defeat "Just don't go overboard Dante"

"Thanks Glynda" Dante said, calling her by her name instead of Goodwitch.

"Let's wait for the rest of the students to arrive and we will start with your fight" Goodwitch turns around, hoping she doesn't come to regret this.

After five minutes, everyone came back in their combat gear but were surprised to see Dante and Coco in the arena already.

"Good, everyone is here" Goodwitch stated "Everyone, we will start with the first match, it will be between Dante Redgrave and Coco Adel"

Everyone started chattering, this was going to be a good fight in their books. Dante was known to fight like a beast when he was allowed, it was always against Team RWBY or JNPR and he never used his sword or guns but he was fully equipped.

More than that, he was going to fight against the Fashionista Coco Adel! one of the best in Beacon, the style in that ring was over the roof!

"You can win Dante!" Ruby cheered for his friend.

"Kick her ass!" Nora also cheered.

"Do your best Coco!" Velvet cheered for her teammate.

"Show him what Team CFVY is made of!" Fox added.

Dante chuckled when everyone started cheering, this was fun.

"Ready to bite the dust?" Coco taunted Dante.

"Let's get this party started!" Dante exclaimed as he drawed Rebellion from his back.

"Start!" Goodwitch gave the signal.

Without delay, Coco dashed towards Dante, attacking him with her purse. That caught Dante off guard for a moment, he expected a gun or a dagger but not a purse. Didn't matter for him though as he blocked the attack with his sword and proceeded to do a side kick that Coco avoided stepping back.

Dante didn't stop there, using the momentum of his kick, he spinned his body doing a three sixty and using the reach his sword gives him to attack Coco who was forced to block the slash from his sword. Coco found that Dante was pretty good at making a spinning attack in combat and made it work but it would take more than that to beat her.

Coco started attacking Dante relentlessly with gianduja and a small combination of kicks forcing Dante to defend. She was good, Dante had to admit that but her kicks were her weakness as the recovery from the kicks leaves her open.

Dante had an idea, he quickly blocks one of the kicks with his sword and stabs the ground with it. the son of Sparda quickly uses his sword to launch a kick of his own hitting Coco in the gut and sending her away from him.

He wasn't done there, Dante steps back as he quickly throws the Rebellion towards Coco who just steps aside, dodging the sword. Coco found this odd, he just unarmed himself, well, easy prey then. Dante saw the intentions of the fashionista and quickly dashed against her, using her telekinesis to call Rebellion back to him. He had a plan that needed perfect timing.

Dante launched an obvious flying kick that Coco dodged by ducking, perfect! As Dante passed above her, Rebellion finally reached his hand at the perfect moment and with a quick spin as he was in the air he threw a slashing attack against Coco catching her really off guard.

Coco, after being hit by Dante's sword, decided to create some distance between the two. That attack was something she didn't expect at all, was Telekinesis his semblance? who cares, she still had a trick under her sleeve.

"Well, aren't you an interesting one" Coco joked "Quite unpredictable"

"I have my moments" Dante said smugly as he leaned against his sword.

"If you were a girl I would have you in my sights, pretty boy" Coco teased the demon hunter "Instead, I have to have you in the sights of this!"

Coco transformed Gianduja into a damn minigun, Dante loved it! It was big, mean looking and stylish! She started firing against the son of Sparda who started dodging around the bullets and sometimes deflecting them with the Rebellion. Dante loved this, he was feeling excited!

"This is what i'm talking about" Dante said as he dodged, putting Rebellion on his back "Time to work boys!"

Dante got Ebony and Ivory out, spinning the two custom made handguns and aimed at the fashionista. It was time to show the world the masterpiece of .45 Caliber Artwarks, time to show the world Nell's greatest guns.

Dante started doing something that no one ever expected to happen. The demon hunter in front of them started firing his twin guns as Coco fired her minigun and blocked the bullets from the minigun with his own.

How was he able to do it? It was just two handguns but the fire rate he was doing was on par with Coco's weapon and he was just smiling. Everyone was in awe of his handguns, they were powerful and fast enough to stop fire from a bigger weapon. Dante just smiled, smiled full heatedly

Team RWBY and JNPR knew why he was smiling, he was honoring the maker of the twin handguns, showing everyone the masterpiece she created just for him. They could feel the love he had for the late Nell on the smile he had on his face.

Dante started running towards Coco as he continued firing, when he was close enough to her he jumped above her. He was too fast to keep him in the line of fire, just what he wanted as he quickly stored the twin guns and grabbed Rebellion, doing a falling slash.

Coco was forced to block the attack of Dante with her minigun but she did not expect the force of the attack as she could barely hold her ground until she was sent sliding back by the sheer force. Dante was too good and unpredictable for Coco but she still had a fight on her to win this fight.

Dante was having the fun of his life, Coco was strong and Nell's guns were amazing, nothing could ruin this! but something was about to ruin it.

From the public, Ren felt something and his head started hurting slightly…he felt something inside Beacon, something powerful but didn't know what he felt and was surprised by this feeling.

Dante did feel it too but felt it clearly, it was demonic energy…and beside that demonic energy was…Oh no, no no no, It was Jaune! Dante turned to see where the demonic energy was coming from and saw Ren holding his head and turning around to look at the same direction the demonic energy was coming from.

"Sorry everyone" Dante said slowly as he slowly raised his head "I don't have more time to keep playing so I'll end this"

Everybody heard what he said and noticed as Dante raised his head, he had the red shine in his blue eyes. Goodwitch, team RWBY and JNPR knew something was up and to see Dante having that red shine…it was something bad as they haven't seen that shine in a while.

Coco didn't have time to answer as Dante immediately dashed towards her at a great speed and he simply just punched her in the solar plexus. Her aura flashed as she felt the pain of that punch. Coco was sent flying out of the ring.

"The Winner is Dante!" Goodwitch said but noticed the mixed expression he had of anger and worry "Go Dante!"

Dante immediately jumped out of the ring, not bothering to sheathe his sword and as he landed he started running towards the demonic energy he felt. Team RWBY and JNPR followed him. Ren slowly connects the dots from what he felt. A demon!

As Dante ran through the halls he felt Sun besides Jaune and the demonic energy, but their presence was slowly fading away.

Earlier.

Jaune finally got out of the bathroom, he was sure the food he ate from that van was too spicy for him but he did anyway because Nora challenged him, never again. Jaune looked at his scroll and panicked, he was ten minutes late! Goodwitch is going to kill him.

Jaune started running, maybe Dante thought of a good excuse for him or if he didn't, might as well think one…he has stomach problems? nah, he already used it once. oh, maybe that Dante asked him to get something for him, that could work.

Jaune was so focused on thinking of a way to avoid his punishment that he didn't notice that he was completely alone in the halls as he ran, that is until he saw Crecea mors laying on the ground ahead of him. That was odd, he was sure he had it on his locker, maybe Dante or his team left it for him.

The leader of Team JNPR walked closer to his weapon, kneeling down and grabbing it. Oh! Maybe he can use the excuse that he had Crecea mors in Dante's room as they were trying to figure away to enhance it. Jaune's idea was quickly and literally kicked out of his head as someone kicked him from behind.

"Hey! what's the big-" Jaune started complaining as he turned around to see who kicked him but his words were cut short as a clawed weapon was coming his way.

Jaune rolled backwards avoiding the attack and quickly drew his sword and got his shield ready. His eyes widened when he saw his attacker. It was a student of Beacon! the blonde knight couldn't recognize him as he had a good over his head and cloth covering his face.

Jaune had a bad feeling about this, if someone wanted to bully him they wouldn't cover their faces. Bullies wanted to see the expression on his face when he saw them, no, this was someone actually trying to gravely injure him.

The blonde knight didn't have time to think of a plan as the assailant launched himself with his right claw trying to bisect Jaune, he raised his shield on time blocking the attack. The assailant kept attacking and Jaune kept defending himself, not bothering trying to attack as he didn't have time to do so.

Jaune was caught off guard when his attacker grabbed his shield, pulling it away and kicking Jaune in the face, sending him flying. Jaune fell to the ground disoriented, he needed to find a way to flee, find a teacher or someone to help him or so he thought as a growl caught his attention.

The assailant leaped towards Jaune, trying to impale him with his metallic claws, Jaune put his shield in front of him to save himself. The attacker got frustrated that this weakling hasn't given up yet that he started a flurry of slashes against his shield, trying to cut it.

Our knight in peril kept his shield up in hopes to survive. Was this how his life was about to end? in the middle of his academy, not being able to realize his dream of being a hunter, not being able to help Dante. He felt pathetic, he was just deadweight for his team and Dante, only dragging them down.

They just wasted his time with him…maybe if he just…no! Jaune remembered what Dante has told him more than a few times, not to sell himself short. Hell, he has won a couple times in combat class against other students. It was maybe luck but he has improved thanks to Pyrrha's training and he has defeated demons before.

He can do this, this guy is nothing compared to the demons he had faced. With a surge of confidence and determination Jaune pushed the assailant away from him, standing up immediately and attacking him with his sword, hitting him directly making him back off, surprised.

Jaune eyes showed his determination, this wasn't going to be the day he fell. The blonde knight rushed against his foe, doing a shield bash that stunned his opponent slightly to follow up with a front kick sending his opponent backwards.

"Damn you!" The assailant growled "Why don't you die, you damn failure?"

Jaune remained silent, he was on guard, ready for round two. The two started clashing weapons, not giving a chance to get the advantage against the other. Jaune was better than the assailant expected, he underestimated the leader of Team JNPR and this made him even more angry.

This weakling was actually going toe to toe against him, how dare him try to be good at fighting! He had to use it, he was wasting time and needed to kill him. The claws started shining in a dark brown as the demonic energy flowed in the blades of the claws. His senses got sharper and he felt stronger.

Jaune noticed what was happening, he grew scared but wasn't giving up. Jaune tried to press on the attack so he couldn't give his assailant a chance but the demonic assailant just stepped aside from the slow attack, what he didn't notice was that Jaune's sword managed to cut the charm that hides his demonic presence.

He attacked Jaune who barely had time to block with his shield. Jaune felt the power of that attack as his guard was immediately broken and saw an incoming attack from the other claw, with a quick reaction he rolled to the side avoiding most of the attack as it gazed at him on his right arm and first blood was drawn.

Jaune felt a lot of pain, it was the first time he had bled after his aura was unlocked. He didn't want to believe that focused demonic energy could bypass aura but there it was, the proof that he didn't want to see or feel. This was bad, this psycho grew stronger and can now actually hurt him, he needed help and as soon as possible.

Heavens heard him as the assailant was kicked from behind, sending him away from Jaune to find his dude Sun with his weapon out.

"Need some help?" Sun smirked at Jaune who just returned the smile.

"Yeah, Dante must already be on his way" Jaune stood up, trying to shake the pain away "This guy can use demonic energy"

"So that's why his weapon is glowing!" Sun exclaimed, now finding the answer to his question. Sun also got that this fight wasn't one to win but one of survival until the pro arrives.

"Damn you Arc" The assailant said in a growl that seemed more demonic the more he did it "You are so useless that you need a dirty monkey to help you?"

"Hey, I take offense to that" Sun scoffed "But it seems you needed to hellish energy to win against Jaune, pretty lame dude"

"Yeah, I was kicking his ass" Jaune taunted, mimicking Dante's style of verbal fighting as he likes to call it.

"Fine, I'll kill both of you!" The assailant growled like a beast.

The assailant leaped towards the two blondes who started defending against the demonic attacker. Jaune stood in front of Sun, blocking the attack while Sun stepped around Jaune, hitting the assailant with the lower side of his staff on the ribs.

Jaune takes advantage of the opening that Sun created to attack the demonic attacker, Hitting him with a powerful shield bash that sends him backwards. Sun dashes towards the enemy, spinning his weapon and hitting him multiple times. The blonde faunus jumps back as Jaune runs bellow him doing a running slash at the assailant

The demonic powered up assailant steps back, his frustration was at critical level, he was losing against Jaune Arc and a dirty monkey! He needs more power, they don't have the power he has. His mind slowly gets lost by the demonic power, the negative emotions and the darkness that is slowly consuming it.

The assailant ripped his mask and hood, revealing his face. Jaune remembers the guy as his eyes widened, it was Donn, a first year. This guy always talked him down and now is trying to kill him?!

Donn's skin slowly starts becoming scaly, his eyes turn purple as he starts snarling, letting the two blondes see the fangs that grew. Behind him an spectral light purple tail appeared that trifurcate at the end into three blades

"This is bad!" Jaune exclaims.

"Don't point out the obvious!" Sun groaned getting ready for round two.

"Die by the power that was granted to me!" Donn growled, almost like a beast.

"Granted? this guy is like oran!" Jaune thought as he calculated the risk, his answer was high.

Donn rushed against the two blondes, his physical strength and reflexes pushed to the limits thanks to his new found demonic powers. He quickly started attacking them, using his claws and spectral tail pushing the two to defend.

Sun and Jaune now wished that Dante moved faster as they started losing ground quickly, is this the power of a human using demonic powers? No wonder Dante was so strong.

And Talking about Dante, he was running as fast as he could with the others. He didn't have time to explain as his mind was focused on the demonic power, it felt odd, not complete, like it was missing something…permanency would be the right word he thought.

Dante and the others turned in a corner to see Jaune and Sun fighting a student! Dante twirled his sword as he prepared a thrust strike, a stinger.

To the surprise of everyone, Donn broke both blonde's guard and quickly stabbed Jaune in the right shoulder with his right claw while stabbing Sun in the left leg. Dante's blood boiled at the sight.

"Weiss!" he yelled as he launched the attack.

"Got it!" Weiss said as she understood what he ment.

As Dante launched the stinger, Weiss used her semblance to create glyphs to accelerate Dante. if the demon hunter was fast while doing that attack, with Weiss semblance he was like a bullet.

"Hey asshole!" Dante yelled as he rapidly approached Donn.

Donn turned around to see Dante hitting him with that thrust attack; he was sent backwards thanks to the power of Dante's attack, using his claws on the ground to avoid falling. Pyrrha immediately went to tend Jaune while Blake went to Sun. Dante noticed the demonic features that Donn gained, realizing that he did a ritual to gain power

"Boy! That's a face that only a mother could love if I ever saw one" Dante quipped as he twirled Rebellion, the others started backing him up for the fight "Why don't you dance with me?"

"Redgrave…" Donn's voice was filled with venom as he regained his balance.

Dante smirked as he dashed towards Donn, doing a rising slash with the intention of breaking his guard, something he achieved as Donn blocked the attack. Yang and Nora followed right behind doing a right hook and bashing him away with Nora's hammer. Ren started firing stormflower, deciding to give range support.

The son of Sparda dashed and grabbed the tail with his free hand as Weiss did a similar yet graceful trusting attack, hitting Donn multiple times but that didn't end there as Weiss stepped away as Ruby did a running slash while he was wide open. Dante finished it off as he threw Donn against a wall, his aura flashing for a moment.

"Ready to give up?" Dante said as he put rebellion on his shoulder with a smug.

"Damn you!" Donn growled again.

The demonic Donn stabbed the ground with his tail. Dante felt that this was bad as the demonic tail ran below them. He followed the demonic energy that it emanated. The tail erupted from the ground trying to hit Dante but he already knew where was going to appear, blocking the attack but the tail hid again.

As Dante played the cat and mouse game with Donn's demonic tail, Nora wasn't one to wait as she got directly to Donn's face to hammer him down, this was the moment he needed. The tail broke the floor as it appeared in front of Nora blocking her attack.

Donn took advantage of the opening and tried to cut Nora open with his demonic infused claws.

"Nora!" Dante and Ren yelled in unison.

The son of Sparda didn't have time to hesitate, he quickly dashed towards Nora, tackling her away, taking the hit for her. Donn's claws cut Dante's chest, spilling blood on the ground but what he didn't expect was Dante answering almost immediately with a Rising slash that mirrored the wound he just dealt as his sword drew blood too.

How did Redgrave bypass his aura? The answer hit him like a truck, Redgrave was like him. Now Donn needed to run. Using his semblance of speed and demonic power he started running away. Dante wasn't going to let him escape, quickly getting Ivory out he started shooting at his enemy.

The tail had a mind of its own as it started blocking the bullets with the blades as Donn got away as everyone was shocked by the blood.

"Dante!" Ruby used her semblance to get by his side.

"I'm fine" Dante groaned in pain as his wounds started closing slowly "You would think that after being cut and stabbed you would get used to this but nope, still hurts"

"Are you sure you are alright?" Weiss asks concerned.

"Yeah" Dante turned around "How's those two?"

"In pain" Jaune complained as he was helped by Pyrrah.

"But we'll survive" Sun smirked as he limped.

"How did a demon get inside Beacon?" Yang asked the question that was in everybody's mind.

"He must have used a student disguise" Blake pointed out the logical answer in her mind.

"Nope" Dante answered as he sighed "That guy is a human"

A human?! was everybody's reaction with the exception of Jaune who already knew the answer, this meant that this guy was like Oran, a human empowered with demonic energy.

"Dante!" Glynda yelled behind them as she ran, her heart sank as she saw Dante's wound "Are you okay?"

"Will everyone keep asking the same question?" Dante rolled his eyes "It's already healing, look"

It was true, Dante's wounds were already closing at a rapid pace, the bleeding already stopped long ago and they saw the wound already closing to the point that there wasn't a trace of the wound and blood being the only proof.

"I imagine that this is normal" Said a new voice, it was Ozpin that arrived "Are you two alright Mr Arc, Mr Wukong"

The two nodded as they groaned in pain.

"Good, care to explain what happened"

"It was Donn" Jaune spoke up "Apparently he is like Oran, he has demonic powers"

"That is worrisome" Ozpin pondered "Any idea if he was already like that Dante?"

"I would have noticed immediately" Dante crossed his arms "This was recent, meaning he did a ritual not long ago to gain them…Hard to think what ritual he must have done"

"I'll be glad to answer that question" Nyx said as she appeared from the shadows making Dante chuckle. How many more would appear out of nowhere? "But first, Jaune Arc, Sun Wukong, let me treat your wounds"

Nyx walked towards the two blondes as she holded in each hand small crystals-like green stars. The demoness held each star in front of them and quickly snapped them, a green aura-like appeared in front of the two as the wounds they suffered started healing.

"What was that?" Nora asked filled with curiosity.

"A Vital star" Nyx stated "A product of Alchemy"

"Alchemy?" Ozpin asked with curiosity as he took a sip of his cup.

"Yes, an art that was lost after the great war that Sparda himself shared with humans and faunus" Nyx smiled softly as she started looking at Dante "One that your father didn't let die, he had many books in the manor"

"So that's where you have been, looking for those books" Dante sighed "But what about this guy?"

Nyx bit her lip as she felt the demonic energy, yes, the answer was clear.

"An old ritual meant to give temporary demonic powers" Nyx smile fell "One that consumes the mind of the user, empowering their negative thoughts and emotions…gained by consuming demonic flesh and blood from a lesser demon. Sparda hated this method of power gain as it clouded the mind of many brave warriors that led them to their downfall as it vanished after sometime"

"Meaning that this gained power will run out" Glynda pointed out.

"Yes but the mind is heavily damaged" Nyx admitted "It might take years for the child to fully recover"

"So this guy ate the flesh of a demon and had a soda using his blood?" Dante quipped to which Nyx nodded.

"Ew!" Team RWBY, JNPR and Sun grimaced…Jaune barfed a bit.

"Can you restrain him?" Asked Ozpin, worried about his student.

Can Donn be restrained? Yes, Dante and Nyx would be more than enough for this as his powers were still weak and not complete. Dante was half demon, yet complete as his biology was a perfect combination of both.

Nyx on the other hand was a high demoness who has lived for over two thousand years, this was going to be a piece of cake.

"Yeah, we'll rough him up and make sure he is locked as his power fades away" Dante sighed "The rest is up to him"

"Very-" Ozpin words were cut short.

Everything started shaking making everyone stumble with the exception of Nyx and Dante but their eyes widened at what they felt. If things couldn't get any worse what they felt was the energy of another ritual, one that was powerful enough to make everything shake and surprise the two demons.

Dante and Nyx started running without saying anything. That worried everyone, even Ozpin who wasn't sure what was happening, was it his student or was it her who decided to make a move in their old game of chess. Everyone followed the duo

Everyone arrived at an empty classroom, Dante kicked the door from the hinges as Glynda groaned; more work for her. The sight wasn't pretty as they saw Donn in the middle of the classroom surrounded by a purple barrier.

He was standing while clutching his chest, he seemed in pain, alot of pain. The floor he was standing had some strange runes and symbols, Dante and Nyx knew that this was a summoning sign.

"Finally arrived" Donn said in a pained tone "And i see the headmaster is here with Goodwitch"

"What are you doing, child?!" Nyx asked, agitated by the sight.

"Gaining more power. What else?!" Donn laughed "WIth this power i will finally be recognized! Everyone will be in awe at the sight of my power after I finish summoning this powerful demon and use him to gain more power!"

This wasn't good, he was doing a summoning ritual and a bad one. Nyx recognized this summoning ritual, she has done it before as the ritual linked the life of a living being to summoning. There were only two ways to stop the ritual and neither wasn't easy.

"Crap, we gotta stop him" Yang punched her fist together.

"We can't…" Nyx said with a somber tone.

"What do you mean we can't?!" Weiss interjected, surprised by Nyx's response.

"Oh, she is right" Donn spoke up "I either stop it myself or you kill me"

This shocks everyone, killing him?! He must be bluffing. Semblances could be stopped with enough force or knocking someone, it must work the same but sadly, it didn't as his life was the fuel for the summoning.

Dante had a chance to end this well, he didn't like the turn of events but there was a chance to save his life and he might as well take it.

"What do you want all this power for?" Dante asks, concerned by his fellow classmate.

"I want everyone to recognize me!" Donn yelled "I'm tired of everyone talking about you! Talking and praising that weakling of Arc! I worked damn hard to get here for you two just to take all the spotlight!"

"Dude, chill out" Dante tried to defuse the situation "You are Donn right? I've never heard anyone talk a bad thing about you, this isn't worth destroying the whole academy for. Look, you'll get what you want with your own effort but this isn't the way"

"Why should I believe you? You are the same as I am, you did the same to gain your power" Donn lowered the barrier "If you want me to stop you better kill me…I can feel my power getting closer…My power!"

Dante closed his fist…wasn't any other way to solve this? More blood needs to be spilled? Dante hated this.

"Is there…no other way?" Pyrrha asked.

"No child…he made the choice but…" Nyx swallowed "I…I cannot do it…I promised Sparda that I wouldn't kill a human or faunus…"

"You did?" Dante asked, Nyx lowered her head "A promise that cannot be broken between demons"

The dice was cast, someone had to do it or a demon would be summoned and from what they felt in their bodies…it was a powerful one, stronger than what they felt from Volcano.

"Come on! Kill me!" Donn taunted "I know none of you have The guts"

He knew very well that no one would be able to take his life. The rest got in front of Dante, they might as well try and talk him out of it like he tried.

"Come on, i know you don't want to do this" Yang spoke up "Stop this and we can laugh about this later while we watch a movie"

"Yes, we have movie nights, You would love it!" Ruby said nervously.

"And your form was good, you are a good fighter" Weiss praised Donn.

"You might be one of the best in Beacon" Blake continued praising.

"I know, after this we can have some pancakes made by Ren!" Nora joined but Ren didn't say anything, he was silent since she was attacked.

"Don't waste my time!" Donn yelled "He says you are lying, all of you!"

This was a thing they didn't expect, someone was talking to him or just lost his mind? Dante thought of the worst scenario first, then he realized that if he ate the demon flesh, his new demonic powers made him literally crazy as he also has a voice inside of him; one that wanted to get out.

"Then you are alone in this?" Jaune asked the important question no one did.

"Yes, this is all me because this is what I'm capable of!" Donn lied but he believed his own words as his mind was already gone to the deep end. He forgot about Arkham already.

Reality seemed to start shattering as the walls of the classroom started to crack in a purple shine, the summoning was close to being done. Time was up.

Yang thought of doing the deed, making the sacrifice but she couldn't. Blake thought the same, she had blood on her hands thanks to her time in the White fang but she never killed anyone directly. Ruby started backing away, no, she couldn't do it either.

No one could do it, they signed up to be huntsmen, to destroy the Grimm but another human? That's a whole different story. It crossed Glynda's mind to take the fall but she was a teacher. She might be a strict instructor yet she cared for his students like no other. No, she couldn't teach anymore if she killed one of her students. How could she face them?

"Is there no other way…?" Ozpin asked Dante and Nyx.

"I'm so sorry…" Nyx muttered loud enough to be heard.

"As I am…" Ozpin said, regret in his voice.

Jaune saw the whole situation and no one was doing anything, he didn't like the idea but someone had to do it, might as well take the fall. Grabbed the handle of his sword with fear.

Jaune was shaking, he didn't want to do it but no one would. Was this it? What he had to pay for faking his way into Beacon?

"Mr Arc?" Glynd asked in horror as her worst student was thinking of committing the sin, to bear the burden.

"Jaune, no…Do not make this mistake" Ozpin cut Jaune's path with his cane.

Jaune looked at Ozpin, his sight showed that he was scared. Ozpin couldn't allow Jaune to bear this burden. Ozpin will do it himself as it wouldn't be the first time he has done this. It doesn't mean it was any easier but he wasn't going to let a child make the decision that an adult should make.

"No one can kill me!" Donn mocked everyone "This power will be min-"

Donn words were cut short as the sound of a gun invaded everyone's ears. Donn lowered his sight and saw a bullet wound in his chest, a direct hit to his heart. Everyone turned to see Dante who had Ebony in his hand, the handgun was smoking, his eyes seemed different.

Ruby saw in them disappointment, she wasn't sure if he was disappointed in them as they stood there and did nothing or disappointment at Donn's actions or at himself. Donn fell to the ground as his life started to fade away from his grasp and the ritual was broken and gave Dante one last look.

"Mur…derer…" was the last words from Donn with a creepy smile on his face.

Dante didn't say anything, he just turned around as he holstered Ebony and left. He was angry, at Donn who sacrificed his life for more power and at himself who had to pull the trigger but the dice was cast long ago.

The son of Sparda knew his hands were stained by blood, not his first rodeo and surely it wasn't his last. Dante signed up for this the day he decided to hunt demons but he made sure to deal with humans as a human and today it didn't work as he wanted, you win some you lose some he guessed.

Dante's actions of leaving without a word worried everyone, did he break again? they hoped he didn't but no one blamed him for him pulling the trigger despite the shock they initially had.

As Dante walked alone in the halls he sighed.

"More power? what a joke" He scoffed "But i need to get better with Rebellion"

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So, chapter done, honestly, not too happy with this one, the fights i like, specially the Coco vs Dane. But there are things that i've been re-reading and re-writing and at the end, this is what i ended up with, thing is that i won't start the chapter over again, would be a serious pain but i think it delivers what i want for the story.

1 Beacon won't be always safe

2. Nyx needs to be around more

3. Humans can still be dangerous as they can be tempted by demonic power

4. Dante's aberration of the idea of gaining power unlike his brother

5. Some progress with Ruby/Dante

6. Dante trusting others about his demonic half and realizing that they accepted him from who he is.

7. Introduce team CFVY

8. Dante doing the dirty job that no one else could and still keeping their innocence still intact.

9. the introduction of Alchemy, something that will help The human characters to hang with demons. I've worked something with some people so keep an eye on it.

Anyway, this is kinda like a filler chapter until we get to volume 2 that will be soon, 2 more chapters then we get into Volume 2. Next chapter is going to be fun as we will get a Devil Arm, Yes, a Devil arm that a reviewer helped me came up with and it will be the first new Devil arm that the story will have along another 2-3.

Also next chapter will be a little more lighthearted, god knows that i need something more chill and less "end of the world" for now. lets do some reviews.

Erick: Yeah, sorry about the name but imma keep this short as we talked a lot about this in PMs. I do plan to add the Divine statues, still working in the details and they will appear in Volume 2 (need some time okay? hahahaha) aaaaaanyway, they will be there, i'm just thinking on how to make it work as i added alchemy for the stars and you normally get them there and the idea of using red orbs to purchase skills i don't see it fitting but it will sell holy water.

Anyway, hit me in my PMs if you need me, been reading your new story, actually we talked about it, last chapter is cool, liked the idea of the glass shards, loved it.

Glad you enjoyed the Vergil chapter, hardest chapter i wrote, for real.

Stay safe man.

Kansho: What a twist! (in Shyamalan's voice)

Eli Villa: Vergil is Vergil, what can we say? Strongest character at the moment with Dante following behind. Glad you liked the chapter and Azura.

Side Note: Honestly i'm happy that people are liking the character of Azura and actually giving Nero's mother a name and face.

Codeninja676: About the amulet thing…honestly was a slip of the mind, like quite literally, might do something about it…And about the Dante not Having aura. well Dante doesn't have two souls, has one soul that is mixed, in a way, corrupting his human soul but working in perfect harmony, what Dante hears is, the voice i added is his Demonic instincts. The thing is that Dante's and Vergil's Case is…special as they are halfbreed, it will be explained later, waaaay later how it works. Long story short, they have it but doesn't work as you would expect.

Anyway, till next chapter that should be published before we finish this year…i hope.

Stay safe everyone and Happy Holidays!