A/N: This takes place after DMC 4 so yes, Nero will be in this. Evil laughter Fear the authoress Nero!!
Disclaimer: Sadly enough I don't own Devil May Cry or else Vergil wouldn't have met such an untimely death.
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Dante cursed as he dodged the speedy blades of a pack of Lusts. The damned things had popped up in his office and completely wrecked his dinner… that was an hour ago.
"Lady and Trish pick now to be out of town?!" his eye twitched slightly as one of the Lusts rushed past him leaving a deep gash in his side.
"This is fucking ridiculous" he muttered before letting off a Drive with Rebellion, effectively killing about eight or nine of the annoying bastards while simultaneously destroying his jukebox for the umpteenth time. On instinct, he ducked down just in time to avoid being beheaded by the flaming scythe an Abyss.
"Where the hell are these things coming from?!"
Lusts were one thing, but Abysses had earned themselves a permanent spot on his shit list and if he didn't know any better, he'd say his hair had gotten singed.
The longer he fought the more demons appeared and the less space he had to move around in. As much as it bruised his ego, a temporary retreat seemed to be in order. Well… it was either that or risk getting slashed beyond recognition by a room full of demons…
'And I'm just too handsome for that'
He smirked deciding that he would retreat not because he couldn't win like this- no, he could always pull out Pandora, but because it was the 'smart' thing to do.
Besides, if he used Devil Arms, he'd probably end up destroying what was left of Devil May Cry and he'd had the building redone twice in the last six months.
'Heh, using my head…the bastard would be proud'
Dante took a step back but all thoughts of a strategic retreat left him as a Beelzebub flew over him, dropping a nice fat load on his head.
"…"
The air around Dante became saturated with malice and unmistakable hatred towards the evil little bastard that dared take a crap on him. His eyes were hidden in his bangs as his body began to flicker back and forth between his normal form and that of his devil trigger.
He violently shook his head and glowered as a triggered Hell Vanguard appeared, flanked by a gang of Prides, Wraths and a Greed that wasted no time in summoning up some more of its friends.
Dante silently weighed his options. He could barely see the light from outside anymore, his door had long since disappeared behind demons. Even if he tried to escape now, he wouldn't make it out unscathed and a group of demons this size and strength level would destroy the city in minutes.
To make matters worse, Greeds were popping up in every little hole they could find, summoning random demons 3 and 4 at a time and if he wasn't mistaken the ripples in the floor indicated not 1 but 3 Abysses…
He moved to the right as the Beelzebub took aim at him again.
But first you die"
He whipped out Ivory and shot the insect in the head, watching with sadistic glee as it crashed into the group of demons, spraying them with its insides.
Without a moment's hesitation, the horde of demons moved to attack and Dante prepared for what would probably be the last party of his life. And then…. Nothing.
He blinked. "…What the fuck?"
Not two seconds ago Devil May Cry had been full up with demons but now every single one of them was gone. Hell, even the rotting carcass of that Beelzebub had made an exit.
Holding Rebellion at ready, Dante stepped cautiously outside and what he saw astounded him. The demons that had been ready to rip him limb from limb were now attacking what appeared to be a 5 year old child, and an unconscious one at that.
"Well, I'll be damned" Dante whistled as the kid drove a fist through the head of one of the Hell Vanguards before setting it's body ablaze and chucking it at the group of Greeds. The attack was so fast that human eyes would have missed it and even Dante had had a bit of difficulty following it.
The blonde haired child glowed an ominous red as he dashed through the crowd of demons, picking them apart one by one until all that was left were the Abysses.
Dante would have thought he was sizing them up if not for the fact that his eyes were closed.
Letting out a blood curdling shrieks, the Abysses disappeared into the ground, the area around them rippling as they traveled between dimensions.(1)
Dante scanned the street for signs of an attack but the Abysses were nowhere to be found… Until he happened to look up that is.
"Hey ki-" before he could get off a warning the child had already jumped into the air kicking one Abyss in the stomach while elbowing another in the face. Unfortunately this left him open for attack from the third Abyss and it hit him. Hard.
The crater the kid left in the pavement rivaled the one he'd made when Beowulf had decided to squash him into the ground in Temen-Ni-Gru.
In an instant Dante was off running towards the kid who was now on the wrong end of a scythe only to be blown back by a massive wave of red energy.
It was almost comical how the kid pulled a scythe more than 2 times his size out of his stomach before using it to cut the abyss in half.
The other two made running slashes at him but the kid jumped into the air slicing one apart through its middle and kicking the other in the back. By the time the remaining Abyss bounced back from the blow, the kid was ready with a fist glowing with the weird red energy. There was a sickening squelch as the small fist went through the Abyss's body and the demon disintegrated from the inside out.
Dante put Rebellion on his back and sighed.
"Things were just looking up too" he turned to take a look at his office which was as usual, completely destroyed.
"Well… at least the outside loo-" the archway of the shop chose that moment to collapse forcing Dante to jump away or be crushed.
"Dammit!"
He turned to glare at the child "I hope you…"
"…"
Dante could only stare as the kid that had single-handedly decimated an insanely large group of demons not 5 minutes ago, collapsed to the ground fast asleep, and sucking his thumb.
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(1) It makes my head hurt less when I assume that when Abysses disappear into the ground they go into another dimension rather than violate the laws of physics. And if they don't… hey it's fiction. --
