The Dark God, The Immature Man-Child, and The Demon Slayer

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Author's note: I wanted to split up the finale of this sub arc to better flesh out this final battle for Ivalice. This chapter includes: Answers to some questions (I won't say what questions are answered here however) and things that may make you hate me. A lot. Go read the Unknowing Herald now. Please. He is a good writer. Onto the chapter.

"Why do you still live? All you do is cause pain and misery to others. Just kill yourself and leave us alone Inako!" the memory echoed in Inako's head as he walked around the empty streets of Rabanastre.

"I live because my death would just give you too much pleasure," Inako said to himself.

"How many have died because of your own sins? Billions, trillions, quadrillions? You lost count a long time ago didn't you?" the voice of his past said to Inako with venom tipped words.

"So many died yet their deaths won't be for nothing," Inako said trying to reassure himself.

"They died because you thought only of yourself when you revived those monsters. You have no idea on what you have unleashed and you don't care. You are just as selfish as you have always been you bastard," the voice stated as if it was fact.

"I needed them. I had no choice," Inako cried out.

"You had a choice and instead of doing the sensible thing you brought back from the dead some of the worst scum to ever exist. You cause nothing but death and destruction. You are no different from them," the voice said in a malice filled tone.

"I keep the balance of the worlds. They do nothing but destroy balance," Inako said as he held his head in pain.

"You know nothing of balance. You say you create and maintain balance yet all you do is cause chaos. Stop lying to yourself. Your brother was always the one who upheld balance while you tried at every step to destroy it. Now everyone is going to die because of you and you alone," the voice said in a calm tone of voice.

"Shut up and leave me alone! My brother is dead and gone. I have to maintain balance alone now so stop telling me that I just destroy balance! I'm the one that everyone will count on when the time is right," Inako screamed as a tear fell down his face and hit the hot stone street.

"You act like that yet you have seen the other worlds and other dimensions. You saw the fates of so many other versions of you and realized that you are alone in the multiverse. You know the fact that you are the only one with this much power and that other than your brother you were the only of your kind. Then you tried everything in your power to no longer be alone in the multiverse. Now look at you. No friends, no family, no body would care if you lived or died. You are nothing," the voice said as the malice in its voice seemed to drip off at every word it said.

Inako created a knife made out of shadows and said in a cold tone "I am not worthless. I have made mistakes in my life yet I won't let you try and break me. Now get out of my head."

"We both know that I will never leave Inako because I am you. Have fun with your battle. We both know how this war will end," the voice said simply before Inako felt a weight get off of his head.

"It doesn't matter if we stop The Void or not. What matters is that so many people are laying down their lives trying to save the ones they love. That sort of strength is all that we need to make our stand," Inako said to himself as he continued walking.

(Royal Palace)

(DmC Dante P.O.V.) (Sorry)

(Start DmC battle theme: Never Surrender)

I don't need them. I don't need to prove myself. Dante doesn't know what I have been through. I have lost so much yet what has he lost. As far as I know he has lost nothing and he should just shut the fuck up. I am a man. He is just the punk ass bitch who thinks that he is so much better than I am. Fuck him.

"Where are you youngling? We need to stay together or else we might get picked off one by one," I hear Dante yell in what seems to be an actually caring tone.

I know he is just faking it. Ever since I lost my world he acts like he cares for me yet I know he despises me. I am the younger one, the stronger one, the more skilled one, and I am not wearing such gay ass clothes. I wish he would just leave me alone and let me be by myself. Fuck him and everything he stands for. I touch my sword rebellion and think about gutting him and running away. It may be my only chance for freedom. I draw it and am about to go into a battle stance when I think again.

"Why am I wanting to kill him? Sure he is an asshole and should die for all the pain and suffering he has caused yet I can't bring myself to try and kill him. I need time alone," I said to myself as I put my sword away and started running as fast as I could out of the palace.

As I ran thoughts of killing Dante kept appearing in my head along with images of my own brother Vergil. He had gone crazy and had thought that humanity needed to be ruled by me and him. We fought a long and hard battle and in the end I was victorious. I remember every moment when I was stabbing him in the chest and was wanting more of his blood. I wanted to see my brother die horribly at my feet. Then my friend Kat made me stop and let him live. Her voice was the only thing that reached into my rage filled mind and convinced me to stop. So much rage and power filled my mind during that battle that I lost who I was. Devil Trigger: unleashing the demon inside of yourself. It fits with how I felt.

Inako walked by me and asked in a cold and ancient voice "Young demon slayer why are you out here without the others? You have 5 seconds to explain yourself before I have to teach you another lesson in fear."

I looked at him for a moment and seeing that he had a look of cold indifference towards me I answered. As I told him everything that I was feeling I could swear he was thinking about how he would kill me. I just couldn't stop though. I felt like I was unable to resist telling him these feelings of mine and my life story to this ,for a lack of a better term, god.

Once I was done saying all that I was feeling Inako walked up to me and looked me dead in the eyes. I prepared for my demise when he patted my shoulder and walked away. I thought I was going to get away scott free when he turned around and spoke.

"Get back to the others before your spine and eyes become best friends," he said before skipping away like a small school girl.

I sat there with an expression of fear for a good 5 minutes before I heard what sounded like Inako singing to himself heading towards me from where he ran off to. I quickly ran back to the palace. I don't care what happens there. I don't care if Dante is an asshole to me. I don't want that freak getting nearby me without others being nearby to save me.

(End song) (Sorry that it hurt so bad)

(Begin Seymour Battle theme)

(Devil May Cry Dante: the older one and the ,in my opinion better one, P.O.V.)

Damnit. I went looking for that younger more goth version of me and now I am in a trap set up by the group Inako was talking about. This is just going to slow me down. It was a group of living skeletons carrying large greatswords, giant green octopus/plant creatures with eyes and mouths, and a few well armed special forces.

"Hey guys can we make this quick? I have a young pupil of mine to find and drag back against his will," I said while thinking of the fastest way to defeat all of these foes without killing the humans.

"So you are the "Dante" that was supposibly with my younger brother. How pathetic. You could always join the side that can pay more and will in the end be victorious in this war for existence. Now fall for being a disgrace to my father's name," a man wearing a black jacket with blue highlights, white hair, pale skin, and blue pants said charging at me with a katana.

I jumped out of the way and kicked him in the face. He stumbled back and then looked at me with a look of pure hate.

"Kill him now!" he yelled at his minions.

The octopus plant creatures blew purple breath at me. I remembered these things from a brief mention by Inako. Malbaros: carniverous plants that use their bad breath to incapacitate their target before devouring them. I held my breath and took out my two .45 pistols "Ebony and Ivory." I opened fire on the malbaros first while dodging the skeleton warriors attacks and trying to keep moving so the soldiers couldn't hit me with their high caliber assault rifles. After a few moments the malbaros died so i turned my attention to the skeletal warriors.

I pulled out my sword Rebellion and started dueling with the warriors. After a few strikes they broke apart. I turned to disarm the soldiers when I felt cold steel pierce my skin. I looked at my stomach and saw that the leader of the group of enemies had stabbed me while I was distracted. I felt pure rage as I heard his next words.

"Dante Sparda. You are a pathetic waste of good blood. When you reach hell tell Mundus that Vergil sent you," the younger looking Vergil said in a smug voice.

"You are using my brother's name, you claim to use my brother's sword, you even claim to not be a disgrace to the name. You are wrong Vergil, you are the most pathetic piece of trash and disrespect to that name in the history of the universe!" I yelled as I turned around and smacked him in the head with my fist as hard as I could.

He went flying into a nearby building as he left the katana in me. I forced it out and picked it up as the soldiers fired on me. I ran at the soldiers and started beating them all senseless. After all of them were unconscious I turned towards the disgrace to the name Vergil. I threw him one of the skeleton's greatswords and said the first thing that came to my head.

"You claim to have my brother's name yet you carry none of the honor he had. I was told about you by my pupil. You are a psychopath who only wants to rule. Well if you want to rule something then prove you are not a failure. Fight me you sorry excuse for a version of my brother!" I yelled as I held Rebellion and the sorry excuse of Vergil's Yamato.

He looked at me for a moment before teleporting away. I looked at the Yamato he was wielding before sighing. It would be best to give this to my pupil when I see him. Otherwise the pitiful failure of a Vergil might cause problems.

(End Seymour's theme)

"Help me!" I heard my pupil say as he ran towards me with a look of fear on his face.

I ran towards him and noticed Inako was staring at us from down the street. I felt a feeling of icy cold fill my blood as I looked at Inako. I shook it off since he seemed to give everybody that feeling whenever he wished to. I looked at my pupil and smacked him on the head.

"Never run off like that without permission again or else I will smack you harder," I said as I felt somewhat bad for hitting him as hard as I did. If I didn't hit him though he might not listen to me considering how he acts.

(Chapter end)

Author's note: I am really dragging this out but this is the best place I can think of doing these moments to set up the rest of the story. Also go read The Unknowing Herald's stories. They are really good. But before you do please review and if you go to my profile I have a poll set up so if you have a few moments of free time could you please give your opinion on this story in reviews and the poll please. Thank you and have a good day Ladies and Gentlemen and Anything in between.