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Sometime After The Events in Skyward Sword
Umber walked around with a piece of paper in his hands, which was actually a map. There was also a note attached to it.
"Meet at this location deep within Toad Town."
With a nod, Umber kept walking until he saw the location in question the moment he read the address.
"Devil… May Cry…" He mumbled as he knocked on the door, and immediately, Dante opened the door with a slice of half eaten pizza in his hand.
"Heeeey, Umber! Nice of you to get my invitation!"
"Hey Dante." Umber greeted, as he walked in with Dante patting him on the back.
"So, judging by how you accepted the invitation-" Dante chuckled as he looked over at the rest of the crew, where Vergil was chatting with Nero, Trish was also munching on pizza, Lady was polishing her weapons and Nico was tinkering with a few gadgets.
"Hey, everyone!" Dante said as they all looked up at him. "I know you probably already know him, but this is Umber! He'll be joining the crew sometimes to help us with any demon hunting as training from yours truly."
"Huh, so champion of Alola, Bowser's Minion, a member of Dedede's crew and this? You got a lot on your plate." Lady said.
Umber shrugged. "Eh, it is what it is." He said. "And honestly, the whole thing with Dedede is that I've figured out that he just wants another friend to talk to. Dude's pretty much a hug shaped friend."
Trish raised an eyebrow. "What exactly is "hug shaped"?"
"Simple. Anyone you can hug is "hug shaped"." Nico said.
"...Can't argue with that." Trish chuckled.
"I will say…" Vergil spoke up. "Helping you train Umber has… made me feel like he's a son I've never asked for… we can say that, right?"
"Nope." Dante said.
"Well…"
Nero groaned, facepalming. "I'm literally right here."
Nico faked a cough. 'Father of the year." She fake coughed again.
Umber sweatdropped. Another Tuesday for me, it looks like…
"Sup." Nero walked over to him. "We haven't really interacted during the Phazon War." He put his hand out. "Nero."
"Umber." Umber smiled, both of them shaking hands.
"Really? You haven't talked to each other in space? That's surprising!" Agni said.
"Indeed. There was probably a whole lot of people he could've talked to." Rudra agreed.
Umber sweatdropped. "There was so much I could do at once… that and I was worried about Marnie when she came to the Observatory… and, well, I was being chased by a literal demon in one of the galaxies."
"Eh, it happens to the best of us." Dante waved it off.
"Speaking of demons…" Umber turned to Trish. "Is it true you have electrical powers?"
Trish chuckled, her hand crackling with electricity. "Yup. I'm what you call a reformed demon and I help this doofus out every now and again."
"Honestly, it took a lot of convincing the Slayer that you're not a bad one." Dante said.
Earlier…
"Whooooa, easy big guy!" Dante said, attempting to hold Doom Guy steady as he effortlessly pushed Dante back with just his chest, the latter digging his heels in the ground while Trish casually backed away while eating pizza. "She's a good demon! Gooooood demon! Heel! Heeeeeeeeeel!"
"I could fry the circuitry in your armor if I wanted to." Trish said.
"TRISH, YOU ARE NOT HELPING! I SAID HEEL, DAMMIT!" He yelled as Doom Guy continued to push. "Good demon! She's a good demon! A friendly good demon! Are you even listening? You're wearing out my good shoes by doing this! HEEEEL!"
Back in the present…
"Calmed him down by having Isabelle come over and offered him tea. He's a lot more negotiable when he's drinking tea with Isabelle, can you believe it?"
"Well, I have to say, your lightning powers are actually incredible!" Umber complimented.
Trish chuckled. "I like him already."
"And Lady-... that's your name, right?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it."
Umber smiled. "I have to say, you're pretty great with any firearm that you can get a hold of."
"Personally, I want to see what makes Crescent Rose tick. There ain't no way a gun scythe should work."
"And Nico… well, I'm surprised you're not with Mister Pollendina and his crew."
"Eh, I pitch in every once in a while. That Miu girl is… shall we say… unique, to put it lightly."
I don't know who Miu is, but… that doesn't bode well… Umber said.
"Yeah, so this is the crew. And you've already met Vergil." Dante chuckled. "That reminds me… how about you and Nero have a friendly little spar?"
"Really?" Umber asked.
"Well, that's a nice change of pace given how you and Vergil fight all the time." Trish said.
"Seriously, you don't want to know how many times we lost that arcade cabinet." Lady pointed to a Pac-Man arcade machine.
"How many times was that cut in half?" Umber asked.
"Too many to count. It got to the point where we-"
Sometime ago…
"They're at it again." Nico said.
"Lovely…" Lady mumbled, polishing a rocket launcher.
"Awawawawawawa!"
"Ooooh, not Pac-Man again!" Lady complained as Trish let out an annoyed sigh, pulling out an eraser and walked over to a sign.
Days Since Pac-Man's been killed - 5
Trish erased the number and pulled out a marker.
Days Since Pac-Man's Been Killed - 0
"We're never making it to double digits…"
In the present…
"Eh, it builds character for the guy." Dante shrugged it off.
"We just repaired him this morning. Again." Nico shook her head.
"Poor arcade machine…" Rudra said.
"How many funerals have you had?" Igni wondered.
"Well, alright… we'll try not to harm him." Umber said. This honestly would explain how Xena mentions Pac-Man tends to get chills at the Smash Mansion…
The two of them got on opposite ends of the room as Dante pulled up a sports commentator table as he and Nico got into position.
"You ready?" Nero asked, pulling out his sword.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" Umber summoned his Keyblade.
"Ladies and gentleman, let's get ready for a RUUUUMBLLLLEEEE!" Dante yelled in a plastic cup pretending it was a microphone.
BGM: Devil Trigger (Devil May Cry 5)
Both of them lunged, clashing with their blades almost immediately as they swung their blades repeatedly until both of them jumped back as Umber quickly threw his Keyblade in a Thunder Raid.
Nero leaned back to avoid it as he then charged ahead, quickly jumping over as his Keyblade returned, only to have Nero switch it up as he pulled out a gun and fired a fiery burst.
"Oooh! Right in the kisser. That'll smart!" Nico said.
"Now that's a hell of an opening act!"
Umber retaliated by slashing him a few times and slashing Nero up in the air as he jumped and somersaulted in the air, hodling his Keyblade as he wrapped himself in lightning as Nero did the same, only with fire as they both clashed before they pulled away as Nero quickly got behind Umber and slashed him, but he disappeared in glass.
The real Umber quickly came from the side and slashed him to the side, quickly jumping back and used Waterga to counteract with his fire that Nero threw, then Umber got into position and Airstepped toward Nero, and unlike Sora who launches himself, he called upon a mirrored Mantine and Mantine Surfed into Nero before he jumped off and threw a Blizzaga in his face.
"Right back at ya!" Dante laughed.
Nero chuckled, his hand crackling with electricity as he jumped up and punched Umber but he quickly split himself up into mirror clones as he quickly fired plasma bolts at him. Nero smirked and punched the ground to create an electrical field, destroying the clones and shocking Umber.
"Oooh, nice play by Nero!" Nico said as Nero jumped in and electrically punched Umber away as Umber quickly recovered, swiftly throwing mirror shards around to trap Nero in a glass dome as Umber swiftly shot him with Plasma Blasts that bounced around in the mirror dome and struck Nero, while Umber got into position and AirStepped into him.
However, Nero was prepared and counter attacked, slashing him away and peppering him with fire bullets to keep him away from him.
"What will these two do next? I'm at the edge of my seat!" Dante exclaimed.
Nero smirked. "You know what I'm gonna do next?"
"Enlighten me!" Umber said.
Nero raised his arm up. "I'm gonna take this hand and shove it up your ass!"
Umber immediately stiffened, looking at Nero with an unnerved expression as he dropped his Keyblade and backed away slowly. "Aheheheheh… I'm good!"
"Ooooh, takes the taunt literally! That unnerved him to the core!" Nico said. "By default, Nero wins!"
"Score one for Nero! And the crowd goes wiiiiiild!"
End BGM
Nero laughed, and then approached Umber. "Don't worry, I wouldn't actually do it. I just wanted to see how you'd react. Didn't think you'd forfeit!"
"Well, you made it sound very convincing…" Umber sheepishly chuckled, Nero took Umber's arm and both of them shared a bro hug.
"So… now what?" Lady asked, grabbing a slice of pizza.
"I say… we throw a little welcoming party!" Dante said. "I'll order more pizza!"
"Hmmm…" Umber looked at Dante's desk as he walked over to it and then looked at the amount of bills that he had. "Holy shit, what the hell is this?!"
"Hmm? Oh that? Ah, don't worry about it." He said as the lights went out. "Don't mind that either, the electric company here is awful."
Umber looked through the bills and other financial stuff that made his eyes widen in horror. "Oh… Oh my Arceus… how can you afford all of this… you're THIS much in debt?!"
"Hey, it's me. Yeah, throwing a pizza party. Yeah, the usual. Oh yeah, throw in some sodas… yeah, put in on the-"
"Dante, how many pizzas are you ordering?"
"Eh… about five. Why?"
Umber immediately grabbed the phone. "We'll just do one pizza with whatever "usual" it is. Okay, bye!" He hung up.
"What the hell, dude?"
"Your bills are astronomical, you're so much in debt, it's insane! I'm putting my foot down and things are gonna be changing around here. We're gonna sell a lot of this junk to get you out of this and maybe the lights will come back on… because the electric bill is a month overdue!"
"What, are you gonna be my financial advisor?" Dante joked.
"Yes!"
"...I WAS JOKING!"
"Throw out… a lot of junk and can't afford?" Lady blinked.
"He's gonna make Dante look like he's financially stable?" Trish asked as she pinched herself. "OH HALLELUJAH, I AM NOT DREAMING!"
"I say it's about time we get rid of the junk." Vergil said.
"I wouldn't mind sellin' a few things." Nico nodded.
"Indeed." Nero nodded.
"I… but.. Wha-... how… what the hell just happened?" Dante asked, completely befuddled as to what he just heard right as the electricity flickered back on.
"It seems you're financially cornered." Agni said.
"Too much pizza and ice cream?" Rudra asked.
"That's enough out of you two!"
Umber looked through the fridge. "...Yeah no, this ain't healthy. We're getting rid of the junk in here too. Some of this is expired!"
"What? It adds a little bit of seasoning!" Dante said.
Umber pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm glad I noticed this when I did…"
Ding dong!
Dante sighed. "I'll get it…" He said as he opened up the door, letting out a whimper when he saw only one pizza box as he took it and closing the door, he then put it down on his desk. "You're a party pooper, ya know that?"
"What? What did I do?" Umber shrugged.
"Oh, relax, Dante. He's just doing what we've been trying to tell ya." Trish said as she opened up the box, happily grabbing a slice.
Dante sighed. "Well, welcome to the team…" He said before smiling. "Let's turn on some music!"
He proceeded to turn on the radio.
"What kind of song do you-"
"Breaking news! Atlas has fallen! I repeat, Atlas has fallen!"
"What?" Umber wondered as they turned to the radio.
"Atlas has crashed into Mantle! An egg shaped moon also lasered the moon and pieces of the moon are raining down all over Remnant! This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill!"
"What do you mean "Atlas has fallen"?" Lady wondered.
"Guys?" Trish spoke up, looking out the window. "Y'all might want to see this." He said as they looked outside to see the Death Egg hovering in the sky above.
Deadpool: Talk about a surprise party!
Ibuki: No kidding...
Shout out to Yoshi for this Gaiden idea!