Chapter 4 here. Thanks to everyone who's been reading so far! you guys are awesome. So I realise the last chapter was a liiiiittle dry because of the lack of action. I'm trying my best to keep Dante's humour and smartass-ness in this fiction and I really hope that he is in character.
Soki and Dante are fairly similar characters. They both slay demons, although the demons in this fiction are called Genma which comes from the Onimusha game. Soki is just a little more mature than Dante so you can understand why I'm into these two guys working together.
Alright so this chapter I'm hoping isn't too dry like last chapter was and I really hope everyone is enjoying the story so far!

The night air was soothing and calm while gently washing through Tokyo's streets. It was now midnight and all had gone to rest for the day to come. All, it seemed, but one as a figure wandered calmly through the streets set on finding his destination, eyes hard and focused.

Vergil walked past house after house, trailed along fences and stepped over sleeping dogs in the streets. He didn't care about the houses, the people or the animals. He was going to find his prey and settle this matter once and for all.

Mitsunari thought he had Vergil wrapped around his finger. Dead wrong. He had no clue what or who he was really dealing with. The demon he had summoned was more dangerous and deadly than he had anticipated. Humans feared him as did lower ranked demons. He could annihilate an army of demons with just his blade alone.

Who was this demon? Not a full demon at all but a half breed. His all powerful father, Sparda, protected the human world from the demons miking him a legend to humans and demons. Sparda fell in love with a human woman... and thus was how Vergil came to be.

Vergil sneered as he walked further down the streets looking at house after house feeling the presence growing stronger and stronger. His eyes sharpened, his hands clenched into tight fists and the lines on his forehead grew deeper as he brought his eyebrows together in concentration. He stopped.

He looked to his left with a tired expression and saw four Genma hobbling over to him with their swords drawn and red glows in their hollow eye sockets. One stepped forward, hissing; "Our masssster iss mossst dissspleassed." They all circled him with their swords ready. They all hissed and ran forward.

Vergil closed his eyes and clicked Yamato but a fraction from its sheath. You only had to blink and all four Genma had fallen to the ground writhing with red foam oozing from a single, clean, slash to their chests. All slashes identical as they vaporised. Vergil sheathed Yamato and continued on. "Worthless."

He continued on to the next street looking up when an orange cat sat in front of a house and cleaned itself. He studied the cat and narrowed his eyes, picking up a strange feeling he was getting closer to his target. He walked to the cat and stopped; towering over it as it ignored him and cleaned its paws from its recent meal.

Vergil smirked. "He's close." He turned from the cat and continued on stopping, finally, at a fence. It appeared warn and tattered as though someone had been using it for sword practise. "Found you."

Inside was quiet as Dante snapped his eyes open and sat up looking around. He had sensed a faint presence and let it slip thinking it might have been an animal or something small. Now the presence felt much greater. So much power was feeding off from the presence.

He stood up and picked up his firearms and looked over to Soki. He was on his side slightly curled up with his hair neatly sprawled over his pillow. His fists were half clenched and he appeared to be sleeping soundly. Perfect. Dante quickly pulled off the night garments and changed into his clothes. He looked down at his feet remembering his boots were at the door. 'Damn.' He thought as he quietly crept to the door and kept his guns ready to fire if need be. And most of the time; he needed to shoot something.

"This bastard had better fuck off before I blow him a new asshole." He opened the door a slither and peered over hearing nothing but the humming of grasshoppers and the distant shriek of a bat or two. Everything appeared peaceful. Or it would appear peaceful to a regular human. But Dante wasn't a human now, was he?

He opened the door enough to get out and prepared to slip into his boots when he suddenly felt the wind grow stale. He jumped just as a blade came from nowhere and slashed the rice paper like material on the sliding door.

"That was bad aiming wasn't it?" Dante taunted as he stood up and twirled Ivory on his right trigger finger. "And it looks like you owe Soki a new door." He smirked. "Good thing he's a heavy sleeper."

Vergil frowned. "I'm not here to listen to your pathetic jokes. Give me the demon and I will spare your miserable life." He readied Yamato. "Fail to do so and I will rip your body to shreds. What's it to be?" His eyes hardened.

Dante whistled. "You drive a hard bargain now, don't you?" He looked to Vergil with a hint of amusement and curiosity in his features. "What do you want with the likes of a boring human?" He started walking around Vergil. "Of what use would you have with him? He's not a demon so you might as well just pack it in and piss off."

Vergil began to circle Dante, eyeing him off. "It does not concern you. Hand me the demon and you may leave."

Dante stopped and looked up in thought, his toes flexing and moulding through the dirt. "Sorry bro." He readied his guns. "No deal."

Vergil didn't wait to reply as he dashed forward with Yamato gleaming and reflecting from the light of the moon. He charged forward and danced around Dante; slashing and jabbing his blade in hopes of hitting him and having him beg for mercy.

Dante blocked most of the slashes and jabs with his guns, the blade instantly bouncing off of the metal of Ebony and Ivory. He watched as Vergil doubled back and dashed forward. He then shot round after round of bullets at Vergil as he pivoted and danced from the bullets and ran around him.

"If you're trying to weaken me you should forget about it! Since we came here I feel like I can beat the absolute crap out of you!" He laughed and then ran to the nearest house. He jumped swiftly to the roof feeling the ceramic tiles underneath his feet. They were cold and strangely smooth as he held his place and fired down at Vergil.

His vibrant blue eyes locked onto him even as he darted and parried each bullet. Zipping back and forth, Vergil finally stopped. They suddenly had a stare down.

Dante clicked the hammers back. Vergil readied himself and raised Yamato's blade into the air. The wind suddenly picked up around the two; their jackets flying and whipping wildly in the wind. Dante gritted his teeth and readied himself to attack.

"I'm not impressed!"

Vergil sneered. "You will be when you've had your limbs torn from your torso." He then leaped into the air creating a swirling whirlwind with his blade, replicas of his sword shooting out and surrounding him. "Game over, Dante." He brought Yamato; slicing through the air.

Dante growled and ran across the roof tops trying his best to avoid serious damage from the blades Vergil had created from his sword. He jumped into the air narrowly missing a blade as it managed to skim the bottom rim of his jacket. He landed and pivoted left as another blade shot out; catching him on the cheek.

"Ah!" He hissed as the blade not only tore into his skin but burned and felt like acid. He wiped the blood away and shot two rounds, squatting down as another blade caught a few ends of his hair. "Bastard." He growled and somersaulted down the roof and landed on the ground his legs shaking from the small impact.

"Not as tough as you think you are." Vergil taunted and released another blade at Dante. "You should have given up your pathetic ambition and joined me."

"I'm not like you." Another blade came at him. It caught him on his left thigh. He growled and clamped his teeth together; narrowing his eyebrows in frustration. "Your blades don't intimidate me!" He shouted and bolted forward shooting and manoeuvring past the houses as candles began to light with confused cries screaming in the darkness.

Vergil released two blades this time making sure to take Dante out quickly He needed to get his target and move on.

Dante rolled; avoiding the first blade. He yelled when the second caught him dead in his right shoulder forcing him to drop Ivory to the ground. He held his shoulder and yelped when Vergil appeared.

He gave Dante a swift kick to his face and slashed him on his forehead with Yamato. He watched him skid across the ground and finally stop. He walked forward and drove Yamato's blade into Dante's wound on his shoulder and began to twist the blade causing him to scream and clench the blade.

"Enough of this. Where is the demon?" He frowned when Dante refused to answer. He twisted the blade and tilted it causing blood to shoot up from the wound and splatter onto the blade. "Tell me, Dante." He pushed harder; pushing into Dante's collarbone.

"Go to hell!" He growled and raised Ebony shooting Vergil in the shoulder causing him to loosen his grip on Yamato's hilt. Dante shot up and shot again and again, Vergil's sword impaled in his shoulder.

Soki groaned and opened his eyes looking into the darkness. He sat up tiredly and frowned at the noises from outside. Gunshots and yelling. He threw the covers off and jumped up running to the door and pulling it open. He stuck his head outside and looked down the street, His eyes widened when he recognised that maroon jacket. 'Dante?'

He noticed a long and slender sword impaled through Dante's shoulder as he shot round after round of bullets as a man wearing a three tailed blue jacket. The man appeared foreign so Soki couldn't make anything of the man. Though, peering closer, Soki noticed the man had the same white hair as Dante; just pushed back so it stood up.

He watched as Dante gripped the sword with both hands and pulled it from his shoulder and threw it back at the man. He appeared as though it was a mere cut as he raised Ebony and gathered up energy.

"What... is he?" Soki wondered to himself as strong beams of energy shot from Ebony penetrating through the other's barriers.

Vergil appeared unimpressed as he stood tall as though the attack had not affected him in any way. He swung Yamato shrilly through the air and prepared to dash forward. He focused his eyes on Dante and leaped forward.

Dante smirked. "Easy." He then growled when Vergil suddenly vanished. "Another trick? Come on, Vergil! I thought this would be entertaining!"

Vergil appeared behind him. "Do forgive me." He then slashed Dante clean across the back and kicked right in the back of his ribs. He swung around and slashed Dante across the chest and kicked him right where he had just slashed causing him to drop to the ground. "Time to die." He brought Yamato back.

Soki growled and ran inside grabbing Lamentation and running outside to where Dante had fallen and was about to be slain by this man in the blue jacket. "ENOUGH!" Soki yelled as he dashed forward and managed to knock the sword away as it was about to be driven into Dante's chest. He kicked the man sending him stumbling back.

He readied Lamentation and stared at the man. He had almost the same features as Dante. The same pale skin, the same blue eyes... although his nose seemed to be smaller than Dante's. Soki swung Lamentation as the man swung his blade. Their blades caught each other as they both held their ground and tried to overpower the other.

"Get lost!" Soki growled and swung Lamentation again taking note at how the man's movements seemed to have slowed down. He was tired from the fight with Dante. Soki swung again and made a lucky shot when he slashed the man on the shoulder.

Vergil staggered back and sheathed Yamato. "I will be back." He sneered and turned sharply, his jacket following his movements as he walked off into the night.

Soki watched after him and knelt down next to Dante when he was gone. "Hey! Dante!" He looked him over and analysed the wounds. A couple seemed serious as Dante did not move. "Dammit." He said under his breath and picked Dante up and slung him over his left shoulder. He noticed Ebony laying on the ground with the moon reflecting on its violet surface. If Ebony was there Ivory couldn't be too far away. He picked up the black gun and moved on to find the silver one. He found the gun moments later and managed to carry Dante, his guns and Lamentation back to the hideout.

"You're really heavy." Soki said to the unconscious Dante and carried him inside and shut the sliding door with his foot, noting that he would need to replace it.

Vergil reported back to Mitsunari and kept his distance from the lot of them. He eyed each of them as they stood behind Mitsunari. "I asked you to observe the area and report back to me." He tapped the tip of his fan against his chin. "Instead you run off into the night and challenge them. Have you forgotten who you serve?"

Vergil narrowed his eyebrows. "I take orders from no one. If this demon means so much to you then take care of him yourself." He turned to leave.

Mitsunari stared. "Come now, Vergil. This is no way to behave to the one who will bestow you with great power." He looked to Muninori. "And you, Muninori, are worse. You left him on his own." He clicked his tongue is disappointment as though Muninori was a small child about to be punished. "Fail to stay with him again and you will sorely regret it." He turned and opened his fan. "I expect better results next time." He walked away leaving them to look after him.

And there was chapter 4! I wanted to make it a fight chapter since Dante and Vergil fight so much in DMC. It's just brotherly battles and boasting; mainly on Dante's side haha! So now Dante is starting to catch up to what Vergil wants but he's still unsure of why he wants it... more to come!
With Vergil's sword technique also I took it from the DMC3 game and tried to make it like the attack in the game. It might have come out a little differently since Dante and Vergil were trash talking each other and I wanted the focus to be on both of them. I hope I did okay!
Much more to come later on in the story. It's just beginning! Thanks guys!

~SD