Of Devil's and Witches, a Devil May Cry + Bayonetta Crossover fanfic

Chapter One: Resurgence

New York, St. John's University

On the ruined university campus, a young girl with a katana lies down on the ground, amidst the remains of several creatures.

"Man, this was supposed to be a normal day; when the hell did it turn into a bloodbath?" The girl asks herself, exhausted by the days events, before one of the walls surrounding the courtyard busts open and a humanoid figure with a massive sword walks out and towards her. "Fuck's sake, can't you give me a break?!" The girl shouts in frustration before getting back to her feet, retrieving her katana and moving to face the mysterious figure.

Ten hours earlier

An alarm from a smartphone begins playing as a guitar riff before being turned off by a young girl in her room, loaded with every kind of paraphernalia from all over the world.

"Alright, alright; up and at em'…" The girl, wearing a white shirt and pink pajama bottoms, drowsily gets up off of her bed and makes for her bathroom to shower and get dressed for the day. Moments later, she emerges from her room; wearing a black leather jacket adorned with spikes and buckles and the shoulders and wrists with a white graphic shirt depicting a cartoon cat in flames with the word "stake" beneath it. A belt that has numerous tartan pouches along with red and black plaid pants and black knee-length leather boots. She also has a pixie-cut hairstyle, consisting of blond bangs with violet streaks and a pink undercut, grey eyes with vibrant purple and blue eyeshadow with magenta lightning bolts on the corners of her eyes as well as blue lipstick and two piercings on her left ear. Stretching her arms upwards, she begins to exit before being interrupted by some strange clattering from inside her room. "Ok, ok; I almost forgot about you. Hang on." Retreating back inside, she retrieves the object in question; a long katana with a red and black handle with a red scabbard that has white flowers across it, black straps on the end where the golden guard meets it and a small cat like ornament hanging off the edge of the handle. "There, happy?" The girl asks and the katana of all things begins shaking in her hand. "Good. Then let's get back to it, Cheshire." Making her way to the kitchen, she sets the katana down next to the table, pours herself a bowl of cereal and takes a seat. "So, maybe today it'll work?" She asks her katana before bringing over an object covered in a black cloth, which she then opens to reveal a watch with a red stone in the center and dainty hands that ticked around and around, all concealed by a darkened gold crescent moon that clung to the side. "Shall we?"

Four hours later

She had been working on the watch diligently, making sure that all parts had been put in their place using small instruments to set it all, even instilling her own magic to get it back to being powered.

"Working hard, Viola?"

Turning around for a moment, the girl now known as Viola spots a woman leaning on the door frame of the kitchen in a red and pink high-neck mod shift dress with horizontal zigzag patterns of different shades of pink red and gold, pink tights with floral designs to match, a neck piece with a lily flower, pink bracelets, short red gloves and red shoes resembling lace-up pumps. A pair of round red glasses on top of her long wavy silvery-white hair and finally a silver watch with a crescent moon design on the upper left side of her chest.

"Oh, good morning Jeanne." Viola greets her "roommate" before returning to work on the watch.

"Good morning?" Jeanne asks before checking the time on her own watch. "It's almost a quarter past noon; have you been there since you woke up?"

"Come on, it's my day off from class; it's not like we've got more Laguna to fight."

"Don't remind me. Ugh, what's going on with them though? You'd think a pair of Umbra Witches would have them hounding us, yet their appearances have been so far and few in between. What's going on?" Jeanne comments, crossing her arms while pondering the Laguna's, basically angels, peculiar absence.

"Yeah, it's weird. But at least we've got free time now. Or am I mistaken and you've been out and about at night…Cutie J?" Viola states with a smirk.

"Well, it's either that or I die of boredom here." Jeanne answers before sitting down at the table with Viola. "Well, any progress?"

"I don't know. I found all the parts after Singularity attacked and I bought the parts that couldn't be fixed from Rodin. Damn…two years already."

"You still miss her? I can't say I don't either…" Jeanne adds, a tinge of sadness present in her voice.

"Yeah, but don't worry; once I fix mom's Umbran Watch, I can send it to Inferno with my magic and it should home in on dad. They are there together, right?"

"Well, yes. But, how are you so sure it will work and how do you know you can even fix Cereza's watch? Like you said, it's been two years now."

"I know. But I'm not giving up; I lost them both once, I won't lose them again." Viola states in determination, using one hand to calibrate the watch and the other to instill it with her magic.

"Hmm, I do think you got your determination from me. You've learned well." Jeanne states, leaning on her chair with a slight smile.

"Love you too, auntie." Viola answers in slight sarcasm, jokingly referring to Jeanne as her aunt. The silence is then broken as one of the gems lining the crescent moon design on the watch starts glowing red. Gasping slightly, Viola doesn't break concentration and keeps doing her work while Jeanne looks on in surprise. "No way… Come on, come on…" Getting more and more anxious, Viola keeps it up as the gems continue to glow red…culminating in the main gem glowing brightly at long last and remaining stable. Both ladies sit there in total silence, observing the now active Umbran Watch, until Viola breaks out into a very wide smile. "Mmm…YES! TWO YEARS LATER AND IT WORKS!" Overwhelmingly elated, Viola stands up and holds the Umbran Watch high, hollering at the top of her lungs. "JEANNE! I DID IT!" Viola then bear hugs a startled Jeanne, even kissing her on the cheek due to her excitement.

"G-get off of me!" Jeanne exclaims, trying to pry Viola off of her. Eventually, Viola lets her go and Jeanne rubs her cheek in discomfort while the former stares at Cereza's restored Umbran Watch with an affectionate look. "Anyway, now what are you going to do?"

"Well, first I need to-" Before Viola can explain, her phone starts ringing; the caller ID says Enzo. "Hang on. Hi Enzo, guess what? I fixed the-"

"Never mind that, kid! You gotta get to St. John's University, pronto!" Enzo, with a deep and coarse Brooklyn accent, frantically states.

"Why? What's going on?"

"Don't you and Red watch the news or nothin'?! It's a fuckin' bloodbath!"

"The Laguna?" Jeanne asks in confusion. "But, they don't do this kind of thing…"

"It ain't those Paradiso bums, them survivors said it was some kinds of monsters! No real description because they were running away, but the cops are getting' their asses kicked!"

"Ok, I'm on my way now!" Viola declares as she hangs up. "Jeanne, I'm gonna go and see what's up. You?"

"I think I'd better see it too, what if it's the demons from Inferno?" Jeanne adds. "You go on ahead, I'll catch up."

"Got it. Let's go, Cheshire!" Viola slings her katana, Mab Dachi, onto her back. Remembering something, Viola retreats into her room briefly and emerges soon after; sporting a long blue scarf with diagonal white and orange stripes and a pair of black glasses with rounded lenses. "Ok, now I'm ready!" Viola then opens the window in the living room and jumps out of the apartment, only to sprout a pair of wings that resemble yellow, pink, white, orange and blue shards of stained glass which she uses to fly off towards the university.

"Yep, reckless just like you, Cereza." Jeanne comments to herself before invoking her gun set; All 4 One (four modified Parabellum pistols of a pale purple-grey color with yellow designs, white handles and turquoise handkerchiefs hanging off of them). Slinging a white dotted fur jacket like a cape, Jeanne jumps out of the window as well and lands on the street, raking her right leg around the floor and forming a purple summoning circle. From it, a black and grey motorbike with the words "Angel Slayer" printed on the sides and a license plate that reads "U1 QTJ" emerges from beneath her and she drives off at reckless speeds, using several cars as jumping stones to avoid traffic.

St. John's University

Viola reaches the sky above the university, also as a means of avoiding the cops, paramedics, news vans and fleeing survivors outside and touches down in the courtyard when the choppers pass by.

"Holy shit…" Viola looks around to see so many corpses; students, faculty and police strewn about. Before she can investigate, Viola's attention is brought to several creatures moving under ground before three of them emerge; large, lizard-like creatures with clawed hands and feet; the left hand being particularly oversized, a round shield on their right forearm and a helmet that resembles that of a knight. The three creatures glare at Viola before roaring and extending their talons outward.

Footsoldiers of the Underworld: Blade

"What the hell are you?" Viola asks just as the Blades rush her at the same time, forcing her to dodge them by jumping up into the air, throwing several multicolored darts charged with magic (Bull Kiss), which then detonate on the Blades as Viola lands back on the ground. One of the Blades recovers and lunges at her with its talons and Viola parries it with Mab Dachi, leaving it open to attack as time seems to slow down; Viola had activated Witch Time and takes advantage of the slowed time to lay down a flurry of slashes on the Blade before finishing it off with a heavy downward slash as Witch Time ends. As the first Blade screeches before it dies, the remaining Blades launch their talons like darts at Viola, who uses her katana to deflect them all just as they regrow said talons to continue their assault. While Viola grapples with one of the Blades, the other one jumps towards a wall, vaults off of it and slashes her on the arm, leaving Viola open to a headbutt from the second one, flooring her. Frustrated, Viola holds her katana out as the Blade rushes her, allowing said katana to enter its mouth and exit out the back of its head, killing the monster instantly. The remaining Blade moves to attack, so Viola throws her katana at its shoulder and, taking advantage of the incapacitated monster, lays down a flurry of rapid punches at its torso before removing her katana and decapitating it. "Fuck, these bastards are tough…" Viola comments to herself, swinging the blood off of Mab Dachi before sheathing it. Her attention is brought to screams coming from one of the broken windows; a group of students and SWAT officers running from more Blades. "Ok, you're up Cheshire!" Viola declares as she throws Mab Dachi towards the hallway in question.

Hallway

The students and SWAT run for their lives as the Blades chase them down until one of the students, a young girl, trips and falls. Before the Blades can attack her, Mab Dachi flies in through the window and hits the wall, separating both the girl and the Blades. The confused Blades stare at the sword until eventually a large, cat-like demon with a purple fur coat, a striped yellow and orange-red belly, a strip of yellow hair on the top of his head, stout limbs ending in long red claws, a small and stumpy tail, a notched left ear, a left cyan-colored eye, a black right eye with multiple red rings on it, several smaller red eyes that surround the pair, a large mouth of sharp teeth and vibrant colors within in the shape of a grin and a scarf with flower designs and a silver bell emerges from it.

The Lost Outcast: Cheshire

After a tense moment, one of the Blades roars and Cheshire responds by dicing it with his sharp claws as the rest move to attack him. Despite the Blades sharp talons, they are unable to cut through Cheshire's hide-like fur and he starts laughing at their attempt before extending his stumpy tail into a long, opposable limb with red claws, which he uses to grab one Blade and swing it around at the others, bludgeoning them to death. With the monsters vanquished, Cheshire pulls up the dead Blade on his tail and swallows it whole. Looking down, Cheshire spots the girl (white skin, blue eyes, back length blonde hair, a red shirt with black and white rose designs, a navy blue skirt and black dress shoes) looking up at him with a nervous expression so Cheshire decides to give her a very toothy smile…resulting in a terrified scream from her.

"Whoa, whoa! Let's all calm down a smidgen!" Viola runs up and gets in between the girl and Cheshire. "And you, wipe off that grin before you put someone's eye out." Cheshire starts grumbling at Viola's words, in a way that Viola seems to understand. "Come on, I don't think they're accustomed to seeing a demon cat the size of a van!" Viola retorts and Cheshire, fed up with the talk, returns back into the charm on Mab Dachi, which she retrieves and sheathes on her back. "Thanks Cheshire."

"Who are you?" The girl asks and Viola remembers to acknowledge her.

"Ah, right." Viola helps her back onto her feet. "Sorry about all of that, my name's Viola. You?"

Straightening herself out, the girl finally introduces herself. "Patty. Patty Lowell."

"Ok, Patty; what exactly happened here?"

"They came out of nowhere and started killing people. The police came and tried to stop them, but they just gave us time to escape." Patty explains before looking out into the ruined courtyard. "Some of the students said they were aliens or some government experiments. But I know already; they are all demons." Patty ends by whispering a name that was barely audible to Viola "Dante…"

"Hold on, you know that these guys are demons?" Viola asks before being interrupted by what can only be described as hollow laughter echoing in the hallway. "What the hell is that?"

"Oh no, more of those…" Patty whispers in fear while Viola draws Mab Dachi as the laughter continues. Eventually, a creature that looks like it is made out of a black cloak with skeletal hands and a white mask for a head emerges from the wall. Another two emerge from the floor and ceiling and once exposed, they each conjure a large pair of curved and rusted scissors.

Breaker of Life's Thread: Sin Scissors

"Stay back Patty; I've got this." Viola arms several darts and throws them at the Sin Scissors, only for them to phase through the demons. "…Actually, you might want to run."

"Hit their masks!"

"What- oh shit!" Viola ducks down just before one of the Sin Scissors can chop her in half. Taking into account what Patty said, she throws darts at its mask and it reacts in pain. "Alright, got you now!" The other Sin Scissors holler as they swoop in on Viola with their weapons ready to chop her. As one attempts to slice her, Viola deflects and activates Witch Time, using the slowed momentum to rush the previous demon and shatter its already brittle mask, screaming as its cloak-like body disintegrates. "These aren't so tough- whoa!" Viola exclaims as Witch Time ends, allowing tine to flow normally once more and the dead demons scissors to nearly hit her as it jabs onto the ground, shattering soon after.

"Watch out; their scissors don't disappear right away!" Patty instructs from her hiding spot.

"Good to know!" Viola sarcastically remarks, jumping over the two demons attempting to skewer her with their respective scissors from both sides. Jumping onto the locked scissors, Viola smirks and throws several of her darts at the demons masks, damaging them. Taking advantage of the stunned demons, Viola slashes at one of them before using her katana to bat away its scissors towards the last demon, ending the immediate threat. "No one taught you never to play with scissors?" Viola comments before sheathing her katana.

"You've…done this before?" Patty asks, emerging from behind a broken pillar.

"Not with these guys; I've never seen them before. Hang on, how exactly did you know that they were demons?"

"I…know a friend that hunts them."

"You mean a Lumen Sage?" Viola asks in surprise, under the impression that they all went extinct.

"A what? No, he's a Devil Hunter. With all these demons around, I thought that he would appear, but…"

"Devil Hunter, huh? That's a new one." Just then, a whole slew of Blades and Sin Scissors arrive to investigate the commotion and spot Viola and Patty. "You wouldn't happen to have that guy on speed dial, would you?"

"No…" Patty responds in a shaky voice.

"Huh, ain't that a bitch?" Viola flatly responds before hoisting Patty on her left shoulder. "Let's go!"

Viola rushes down the busted halls with Patty on her shoulder and the demons chasing them down.

"Wait, the gym is that way!" Patty points out.

"So?"

"Back door!"

"Ah, right!" Viola immediately doubles back and bypasses the demons by running over the wall to their right and kicking the gym door open, finding the interior mostly intact. Before she can escape, Viola sets Patty down and starts barricading the door with rubble and broken bleachers in an effort to keep the demons out. "Ok, we've got some breathing room, and those floating demons I can handle easily if they get in."

"If they get in?" Patty asks. "You mean we aren't leaving?"

"Nope; I mean that you are leaving; I'm staying to get rid of these bastards and see where they're coming from." Viola responds, tapping her knuckles together in anticipation. "Hang on; where's Jeanne?"

"Jeanne?"

"Yeah, she was supposed to meet me here a while back." Viola pulls out her smartphone and dials up Jeanne, only to go straight to voice-mail. "Hey Jeanne, it's your good buddy Viola and guess what? I'm here at the university fighting the demons and you are not fucking here! Where are you; anywhere but here! What happened to us Umbra Witches gotta stick together? Move your ass!" Viola hangs up and hastily puts her phone away. "Sorry about that…"

"Uh, what is an Umbra Witch?"

"Later kiddo, you need to go-" As Viola directs Patty to the exit, it is immediately surrounded by blue currents. Before they question it, more hollow laughter resounds from the gym as several Sin Scissors phase in through the walls. Eventually, their hollow laughter is eclipsed by lower and more sinister laughter; from the ceiling, another ghost like demon with a black cloak-like shroud, red skeletal hands, a ram skull with red horns and green eyes for a head and a pair of long and curved bloody scissors emerges.

Avatar of Madness: Death Scissors

"Ok Patty, I have one very important question…you got any music?"

"Wait, what?" Patty responds, cocking her head to the side.

"I fight better when I have a good tune playing in my ears; do you have anything good on you?"

"Uh…" Though reluctant by such a weird request, Patty pulls out her phone and looks through her library. "Oh, how about this?" Picking the song, Patty cranks up the volume to the max; a wild guitar solo which is soon followed by a bass guitar and a drum set. At this, Viola starts moving to the rhythm.

"OH FUCK YEAH!" Drawing her katana, the Sin Scissors float down while the Death Scissors stays above and the Blades bust in at last. "Patty, go hide while I do my thing!"

Standing where I should be. Believing as I'm told to believe. Being who I should be. Doing what I should do.

"Ok, let's dance boys!" Viola beckons the demons and they launch their talons at her. She swings her arms out and several darts fly out and intercept the talons before rushing the Blades and deflecting their claws with Mab Dachi. Able to deflect and then slice the demons, Viola effortlessly fights them off than previously. As the demons surround her, Viola drives her katana onto the ground and starts air flaring on its handle; catching several demons on her madly swinging legs and sending several flying. "That all ya' got?!"

Did you hear what I said? Did you get what I meant? What you saw is an illusion. You're living in delusion. Going on and on I have the future in my hands. Getting loose from days I never could get over. Going on and on until I'm finally myself. Getting out of this dishonest world I never wanted. Now is the time. Now is the time.

Dropping from Mab Dachi, Viola kicks it up and catches a Sin Scissors on its mask, destroying it and Viola catches its scissors as it falls, snapping them in half and turning them into a pair of swords; putting one on her foot and catching Mab Dachi in her free hand. "Whoo!" Viola begins kicking furiously with the scissor on her foot at the now hapless Blades and alternating by swinging both weapons in an almost ballet like dance; not allowing any of the demons to counterattack. As the scissor on her left hand finally shatters, Viola kicks off the remaining one and pins a Blade onto the wall.

"What are you?" Patty asks from her hiding spot behind the bleachers.

"You want to know?" Viola asks before jumping over another pair of scissors and stomping her feet on the demons mask, shattering it and kicking the scissors onto another Blade, impaling it. "I'm an Umbra Witch!"

Ask me if you're anxious. I'll give you all the answers. Truth or dare - it's your choice. Your truth is what you wish for. Who am I to tell you that the future's in your hands?. Set me free from lies and cold deceptions, I'm so scared. Going on and on across this land, across the time. Going on to see, to feel, to breathe. I've always wanted.

Another of the Sin Scissors swoops down and manages to disarm Viola of her katana, sending it flying towards one of the walls. "Ah, ok; maybe now you fuckers can have a fair shot!" Viola derisively states before jumping and kicking off of one of the scissors and grappling onto the mask of the other. The Sin Scissors in question begins thrashing about in an attempt to get Viola off of its mask, even slashing behind it and giving Viola the chance to grab its scissors and destroy the demon quickly. The remaining Sin Scissors rushes over with its weapon ready and Viola sprouts her wings to remain in the air and keep its scissors open with her feet. "Just gonna take a little off the top." Viola comments before snipping its mask in half, destroying the demon as she lands back on the ground and pulls Mab Dachi out of the wall. "Ok, big boy; when are you gonna come down and play?" Viola looks up to address the Death Scissors, who holds its bloody scissors in one hand and starts growling at her. "Come on!"

Sleepless nights I'm spending. Counting all the words that broke my heart. I'm leaving all my past here. Then I'll see the world for sure.

The Death Scissors holds on with both hands and starts drilling with its weapon as it lunges at Viola at quick speeds, forcing her to dodge. After a total of three misses, the Death Scissors stops and starts floating around Viola. "Ok, finally a challenge!' Both combatants start slashing at each other, canceling out each others attacks until Viola invokes Witch Time, allowing her to slash at its head. Despite the successful strike, the Death Scissors skull was too strong and Viola only managed to crack it. The demon starts slashing wildly with its scissors as Viola effortlessly dodges the attacks. "What's wrong; can't you hit me?!" Viola shouts and her words anger the demon, thrusting its scissors and Viola rakes Mab Dachi on it, catching its mask in the impact and damaging it further.

Going on and on I have the future in my hands. Getting lost from days I never could get over. Going on and on until I'm finally myself. Getting out of this dishonest world I never wanted. Now is the time. Now is the time. Chase after time. Chase after time.

"Once more, with feeling!" Viola shouts, beckoning the demon with her left palm and it charges at her; using its scissors like a drill. Once again invoking Witch Time by deflecting the attack with Mab Dachi, Viola wags her finger at the slowed demon before slashing its skull five times, at last destroying it. As Witch Time ends, the Death Scissors howls its last as its weapon slams onto the ground and its essence fades away into nothingness just before the song drops its last chords and Viola sheathes Mab Dachi.

"Open sesame!" Viola playfully quips as the blue currents surrounding the back door disappear; the Death Scissors being the one responsible for conjuring it. "Ok Patty; demons are kaput!"

From behind the bleachers, Patty cautiously walks out of her hiding spot; observing all of the dead demons in partial disgust. "Whoa…"

"Yep, bet your Devil Hunter friend couldn't do that, huh?" Viola smugly remarks.

"Actually, he told me once that these were small fries; there were many others who could give him a run for his money…whenever he had it, of course."

"Ok, I want to meet this guy. Sounds like he's a tough son of a bitch." Viola comments as they both head towards the exit.

"Of course; he's a half demon." Patty casually remarks.

"Ah, right." Viola acknowledges, until the fact strikes her and she stops Patty in her tracks. "…Say that again."

"He's a half demon? You know; his mom was a human and his dad was a demon." Patty explains as if this weren't anything bizarre.

"…I guess daddy was quite the hunk?" Viola hesitantly asks, still juggling with the idea that a human and demon mated.

"I don't know; Dante never talked about either of them."

"Hmm." After the brief chat, Patty walks outside as Viola confirms that there are no demons. "Ok, out you go."

"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?"

"Nope. Still some more of those demons around; though they're not my usual shtick, someone's gotta do it. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"Ok. Well, thank you Viola. I couldn't have gotten out of this mess without you." Patty responds with a genuine smile.

"Well, obviously." Viola smirks with her hands on her hips. "Oh well, it was a fun little romp-" Viola stops herself as she feels a very strong presence. "Patty, you need to go. NOW."

"Why? What's going on?" Before any more can be said, the door inexplicably closes; separating the two and Patty fruitlessly bangs on it. "Viola, What's happening?! Viola!" As Patty continues hitting the door in a vain attempt to open it, blinding headlights from a van that just arrived shine on her and as her eyes just barely focus, a shadowy figure with what appears to be a sword on his back stands in front of them. "…Dante?"

As Viola refocuses after the door shuts on her, she turns around and the rubble clears away from the opposite door; what emerges is a humanoid demon wearing olive green/jade green armor with blue lines pulsating through it, a purple cape, a helmet engraved with a humanoid face with two red/blue horns framing it, glowing orange eyes, round shoulder pauldrons, a pointed chest plate, grieves with spiked knee pads and a massive broadsword on his left hip. "Huh, aren't you a fine, fit fellow. I guess you're the big cheese leading these shit heads, right?" Viola asks in her usual manner and the demon stands motionless at her inquiries. "Strong, silent type, huh? Well, do you respond to this?" Viola draws Mab Dachi and points it at the demon. In response, the demon draws his own sword and beckons Viola to follow him as he runs off. In response, Cheshire starts wiggling in Viola's hand. "Yeah, maybe. But we need to go after him; he's probably the one that did all this. Come on." Viola runs out and follows the demon back into the ruined courtyard, where several news helicopters are circling the university. "Great, I hate the news." Viola grumbles as the helicopters shine their searchlights on her, before they shine on the demon standing on a high ledge. "Ah, I get it; you want an audience. Oh fine, beats that stuffy gym. I'm game!" Viola points Mab Dachi at the demon once again and he holds his sword up before spreading his arms out as if to announce to everyone watching "the show is about to start".

The Mysterious Demon

The demon jumps down with a low grunt and clashes blades with Viola. Now that they're close, Viola thinks about how this demon actually towers over her and how strong he actually is; having Mab Dachi brought even closer to her while trying to keep his broadsword at bay. Unexpectedly, the demon teleports in a flurry of blue-purple wisps, appears behind Viola and moves to strike her from behind, forcing the latter to quickly turn around and parry the attack. Successful in parrying, Viola invokes Witch Time and lands a horizontal slash on the demon just as it ends. "That all ya got?" As if to answer, the demon teleports away again and launches a blue fireball from his left hand at Viola. Viola easily swats it away, though this proved to be a distraction; the demon immediately teleports to Viola's left side and lands a powerful roundhouse kick, sending her flying three feet away. Groaning in discomfort, Viola quickly regains composure after she spots Cereza's Umbran Watch dropped on the ground and before she can reach out to it, the demon instead takes it. "Hey! That's mine!" Viola shouts as the demon chuckles, teleporting to the university rooftops; beckoning Viola to join him with his left hand after placing the watch on his right hip. Seething, Viola throws Mab Dachi towards one of the walls leading to the rooftops, using it as a stepping stone and landing on the roof before recalling her katana. "I'm only gonna say this once; give me that watch!" At Viola's order, the demon simply enters a fighting pose and she gets the message. "Ok; my turn, bitch!" Viola quickly closes the distance between the two and they clash blades several times. After another successful invoking of Witch Time, Viola manages to leave several lacerations all over the demon, making it kneel. As Viola moves to finish it off, the demon uses his broadsword to swat Mab Dachi behind him, leaving a stunned Viola to resort to fighting him with her fists and kicks. Eventually, the demon grabs Viola by the neck and slams them both down onto the ground, holding her aloft as he stands back up, laughing smugly at his opponent.

"Ch-cheshire!" Viola shouts through her strained breathing and Cheshire immediately emerges from Mab Dachi, catching the demon off guard and lands a massive swing on him; sending the demon flying towards the rubble. Before she drops to the ground, Cheshire catches and sets Viola down gently and she rubs her throat in discomfort. "Thanks, Cheshire. Oh shit! The watch-" Before Viola can worry, Cheshire shows Viola the Umbran Watch dangling from one of his claws. "You got it back!" As Viola takes the watch back and stashes it in her jacket, Cheshire unexpectedly opens his mouth wide. "Hey, what the-" Before Viola can make sense of Cheshire's actions, the latter swallows her whole and brings his arms across his chest; just in time for the recovered demon to land a massive horizontal swing on Cheshire, sending him flying towards the second story. As the demon stands tall, he observes where Cheshire flew before walking away in annoyance.

Library, second story

Cheshire busts through the wall, smashing several shelves and tables before landing on his back. Groaning, Cheshire's cheeks puff up before he regurgitates Viola.

"Ugh, what the fuck, Cheshire?!" Viola shouts in annoyance, attempting to shake off the saliva covering her. "I did NOT need to see what the inside of your GI tract looked like! Hang on, that knight prick did that to you?" Viola settles down and sees Cheshire's beaten appearance and the latter smiles before returning to Mab Dachi to rest. "Next time, just try not to eat me." Viola picks up Mab Dachi and looks around to get her bearings, until something moving among the rubble catches her attention. "Hey, who's there?" Viola arms her katana and moves to that location…only to find a small group of students trying to hide from the slaughter and back away from her in their cubicle. "It's ok, I'm not here to hurt you. Just follow me outside-" Before Viola can convince them of her actions, several low growls cut through the silence; four larger Blades arrive and start jumping from wall to wall. "Never mind, get back inside." Viola stands in front of the cubicle and waits for the demons to approach her while the students begin to cower. Soon after, the Blades stalk closer to Viola, snarling and baring their fangs. "Well, I don't have all damn day!" Before they can make their move, the ceiling unexpectedly busts open and a figure jumps down…extending a grappling cable to grab a Blade and swing it at the others to bat them away from Viola and the students. The cable returns and the dust clears, revealing a young man with short white hair, partially pale complexion, blue eyes, a small necklace made of two folded feather wings surrounding a red stone, dark blue hooded jacket, tattered dark crimson shirt and black pants with military style boots. What catches Viola's attention is the cybernetic right arm that he has, consisting of silver, gold and blue colors.

"Move!" The man orders the students to escape through an open door while he engages the attacking demons. The first Blade to attack him is immediately blown through the head by his double barreled revolver on his left hand. The other three Blades move to strike, only for the man to air flip over the first two before using his cybernetic arm to strike the third one with a large, electric palm from it that repels the demon. Turning around, the two Blades stop to glare and snarl at the man and he draws a massive sword from his back; an ornate sword with a curved tip, six large exhaust pipes running along the back of the blade and a red handle with a clutch lever on it. "Come on then!" The man drives the sword into the ground and revs it like a motorcycle handle. The Blades lunge forward and the man locks his sword with their talons, using the fuel injection of it to bash them away in a fiery slash. The third Blade recovers from the shock and the man uses the grappling cable from his arm to hit the bookcase behind it. The Blade roars in response before attempting to lunge at him, only for the cable to pull the bookcase down and pin it to the ground. Turning his arm into a four pronged, red and white tipped apparatus, he grabs an attacking Blade and brings it down with such force that it cracks the floor. "Slam dunk!" Afterwards, the only other unaffected Blade jumps up in an attempt to slash at him, only for the man to vertically bifurcate it using his revved sword with a swift upward slash. Now back on the ground and ignoring a stunned Viola, the man walks over to the Blade pinned down by the book case; pulling out his revolver and charging a strange power within it and the demon roars in anger at the man before its head is busted open with a charged shot from the man's revolver. With the room now cleared of demons, the man twirls his revolver twice before hiding it in his coat and walking past a still stunned Viola, stopping to address her.

"Hey kid, are your legs not working or something? I told all of you to get out."

"Kitty?!" Viola snaps back to reality, upset (erroneously) that the man called her that. "Listen up, the name's Viola; not kitty!"

"I said kid. Anyway, you shouldn't be here; there's still more of those demons around. So, do me the favor and get out of here." The man states before continuing on his way, earning more ire from Viola.

"Hold up, we're not done talking yet-" Viola reaches out and grabs the man's cybernetic arm, pulling it off completely and much to her horror. "Oh shit! I am so fucking sorry! I didn't mean to- what?" Viola looks at where the stump should be only to see that the man had his regular arm there.

"Give me that…" Annoyed, the man takes the cybernetic arm back, placing it on his actual arm; which phases into it.

"Ok, what the actual fuck is that all about?"

"Ugh, fine. My name is Nero; I'm a Devil Hunter." The man, now known as Nero, explains.

"Nero? Huh, when you said Devil Hunter, I thought you might have been this Dante guy." Viola comments.

"What? How do you know Dante?"

"This girl he knows told me. How do you know him?"

"Eh, that dumbass is…my uncle. God, it's so weird to say that out loud." Nero states to himself. "Hang on, why am I even telling you this; you're not involved in this fight!"

"The hell I'm not! I've been cutting down these shitheads for the past few hours!" Viola retorts and as if to confirm her claim, the mysterious demon drops down from the hole in the roof and before either one can retaliate, he makes a wide horizontal slash that sends both of them flying in different directions.

Courtyard

After busting through several walls, Viola lands at the center of the courtyard, where several demons have been slaughtered. Getting onto her back, Viola breathes deeply. "Man, this was supposed to be a normal day; when the hell did it turn into a bloodbath?" As she says this, the demon walks out of the hole in the wall and approaches her. "Fuck's sake, can't you give me a break?!" Viola stands up and immediately draws Mab Dachi. "I'm not a fan of this, but fuck it; I'm sick of you!" In an unexpected turn, Viola pierces her own heart with Mab Dachi. In a swift flash of light, Viola has undergone a drastic change; now resembling a cat like humanoid with pink fur covering most of her body, an operatic mask resembling stained glass along with a cloak that functions like a pair of wings made of the same material. At this change, the demon remains unflinching and simply brings his sword up as his eyes glow. "Let's go, asshole!" Viola shouts in an almost distorted voice before charging at him with her claws and the demon staggers from the sheer impact of her swipes. Eventually, the demon's defense breaks and Viola starts clawing away at his armor; leaving many lacerations on it. The demon breaks away and charges at Viola with a thrust, only for the latter to balance on the blade with her hands before delivering a powerful kick to his face that sends him back several feet. Getting back on his feet, the demon shakes his head in discomfort, before looking at Viola once more. Exhaling as the day's exhaustion begins to take effect, Viola charges once more at the demon and leaves more lacerations on. Eventually, her slashes get slow enough for the demon to counter and seize Viola by the throat with his left hand and stop one of her slashes with his right hand. Held aloft, Viola struggles to get loose as the demon tightens his grip around her neck and he starts laughing in derision as her consciousness starts to fade. Suddenly, a large, spectral, blue clawed fist sucker punches the demon on the left side of his face, sending him flying towards another wall. As Viola opens her eyes, she finds herself in the arms of another demon; a grey-skinned reptilian humanoid creature with long white hair, demonic yellow eyes, white curving horns, blue veins covering its arms and abdomen and blue, spectral arms on its back that double as a pair of wings.

"Oh, what? Are you demons taking turns for me?" Viola asks in annoyance before preparing to claw at it.

"Looks like I'm not the only one with an ace up my sleeve." The demon suddenly remarks in a hollow, echoing voice and Viola instantly recognizes it before her eyes widen in shock.

"Nero?!"

"Questions later, jagoff now." Nero sets Viola down and uses one of his spectral arms to point at the broken wall; the demon emerged with his helmet cracked from the punch and glares at them both.

"Damn, this guy just doesn't quit…" Viola comments in an exasperated tone.

"Who cares? This is the last one." Nero adds, "cracking" the spectral arms knuckles in anticipation. "Think you've still got some fight left in you?"

"I think I've still got a bit. What do you say? A little two on one?" Viola smugly asks.

"Sure, I could use a sidekick." Nero acknowledges before drawing his sword.

"Heh, yeah right; you're the sidekick."

The demon immediately teleports and prepares to land a downward strike on them, only for Nero's spectral arms to catch the blade and Viola follows up with using her wings like an extra pair of blades to leave a large gash on his chest. Before the demon can retaliate, Nero lands a devastating blow with his sword and a blue spectral katana from his right hand, severely injuring the demon. Angered, the demon teleports to a high ledge, sheathes his sword and starts firing a barrage of blue fireballs from both hands at the two. Using his wings, Nero ascends to the sky and charges his revolver with energy once more and fires a shot at the demon, with the added energy blades emerging from his wings that home in on him. With the demon battered and weakened from the attack, Viola rapidly climbs towards the ledge and drives her hand into the demon's chest after clawing and kicking him several times. Struggling with Viola's arm in his chest, the demon is immediately struck by Nero's sword, sending him back a few feet, allowing he and Viola to strike him on the head with a straight punch and roundhouse kick respectively. With devastating injuries, the demon is thrown back once more and now lies on the ground as Nero and Viola deactivate their Devil Trigger and Faerie forms respectively. The demon struggles to get to his feet, before finally succumbing to his injuries and falls unconscious as a rift opens up beneath him and he sinks into it.

"Had enough?" Nero insultingly remarks.

"Wait a minute…" Viola steps forward and looks at the rift in uncertainty. "Daddy…?"

"That thing is your dad?" Nero asks in bewilderment.

"What? Hell no, but I can sense him inside of that portal." Viola states before pulling out Cereza's Umbran Watch from her jacket and decides her next move as the portal starts to close. "Ok, don't fail me now!" With a swift motion, Viola throws the watch into the portal as it closes.

"What did you do?"

"I took a leap of faith, I just hope it works out.." Viola vaguely comments and they're both interrupted by Nero's phone ringing.

"Hang on a bit." Nero pulls out his phone and answers it. "Yeah, Nico?"

"Hey, are you finished yet?" Nico, with a feminine voice and southern accent, asks from the phone.

"Why, what's up?"

"The cops have already called in the army boys, I don't think we should mingle with those guys. Get your shit and come on back to the van, pronto."

"Yeah, alright. Make some room; I'm bringing a guest."

"Better not be another lady; I'd hate to be the one to crush Kyrie's heart. Heheh."

"Shut up." Nero hangs up the phone. "Look, uh, clearly you're not an enemy. How about you and I meet up with my friend and we can figure out what's going on these past few months?"

"Months? This has been happening before?" Viola asks in disbelief.

"Yeah, all over the globe. How did you not know that?"

"We, uh…nevermind. Sure, maybe then I can find out where these demons come from; I've never seen these before."

"Fine. Let's go before the military decides to question us for everything." With that settled, Nero runs off with Viola following behind until she stops; sensing something as she looks up towards the evening sky… "Hey, Viola?"

"Huh? Y-yeah, I'm coming!" Shaking off that feeling, Viola follows Nero outside once again. As they leave, a holy light shines from the sky and creatures with an avian appearance, beaked faces, white wings, golden talons, another humanoid face located at the upper part of their napes that almost looks like a hood, white robes with blue patterns and red masks with gold details over their one eyed faces descend from the sky in a bright light. Holding aloft decorated golden lanterns, several small lights emerge from the human corpses and into said lanterns. At its end, the lead creature gives a low echoing caw and they all ascend towards the sky before disappearing completely.

Inferno

After the portal closes, the Umbran Watch falls on a hellscape that resembles a rocky terrain with a red sky and giant swirling vortexes in the distance. Eventually, a hulking wolf-like humanoid with blue fur, a golden flowing mane, blue and light green accents, a lupine head with four red eyes on each side of its face, ornate golden horns, structures resembling stained-glass butterfly wings protrude from its jaw and shoulders, a maroon cape that has a plaid pattern and an extra stained-glass pattern on the tail ends, ornate golden adornments on its wrists and knuckles, lace-diamond bands around its thighs, large bright blue curved claws on its hands and feet and a constellation-like marking on its abdomen and eyes, finds the watch and takes it into its hands, sniffing it.

"...Violita?" The beast comments in a gruff, deep voice, clutching the Umbran Watch tightly in its claw before running off into the distance. Unbeknownst to it, the beast was being observed by an unknown, white haired individual…

Outside the university, Nero and Viola stand behind it as the military storms in to assess the situation. A moment later, an off-white van with a red middle and a dark blue lower half and a neon blue sign that reads Devil May Cry on both sides speeds over to them and a startled Viola moves away only for Nero to grab her by the arm. Before she can protest, the van stops a foot away from them both and a young woman with light-tan skin, black wavy shoulder length hair pushed back with a plaited hairband, red framed glasses, several tattoos all over her body, a white tank top showing her midriff covered with a dark-yellow sleeveless jacket that resembles welding cap sleeves, blue denim shorts with a brown worker belt with a pair of heavy red heatproof gloves tucked on one side and a pocketed toolbelt on the other side and a pair of brown leather cowgirl boots steps out to meet them.

"You call for an Uber, little man?" The girl asks in a jovial tone.

"Took your sweet time, didn't you Nico?" Nero answers flatly.

"What can I say? The little lady inside doesn't do well with the speed bumps all over the fuckin' road." Nico retorts in her usual crass tone before looking at Viola. "And you brought another philly? What did I tell you about breaking Kyrie's heart?"

"Aw, shut up and make yourself useful!" Nero shouts in annoyance before tossing his Devil Breaker arm at Nico, who catches it.

"Hey, watch the merchandise, asshole! You never had am eye for works of art, didya?"

"Again, if your quality control didn't suck ass, things would be very different!"

"Yeah yeah, don't get your panties in a bunch; I'll tune up the Devil Breaker." Nico retorts before looking at Viola once more and holding her hand out to her. "Nicoletta Goldstein, but everyone calls me Nico. Nice to meet ya."

"Uh, yeah. I'm Viola." Viola responds before shaking Nico's hand.

"Well, Viola, you'll have to forgive my partner; his babe ain't here to reign him in." Nico comments, earning a scoff from Nero as he walks inside the van. "Anyway, what brings you here? I bet that katana on your back ain't for show."

"Ah. Well, first; I'm an Umbra Witch. I came here because-"

"Hold up, an Umbra Witch? Like that Bayonetta chick?!" Nico excitedly interrupts.

"You know my mu- about her?" Viola asks in surprise.

"After that bullshit that happened in New York two years ago, who doesn't? Come on inside." Viola and Nico walk inside the van, which looks like a mix between a living room, workshop and makeshift kitchen. "Make yourself at home."

"Viola!" Patty gets up from the passenger seat and runs over to Viola, hugging her.

"Oh, hey Patty." Viola, though surprised by the hug, places a hand on Patty's head in appreciation. "What are you doing here?"

"That guy, Nero, found me outside the gym and Nico took me away from the demons. I actually thought he was Dante at first."

"Yep, I get that a lot." Nero dismissively comments from the small couch on one end of the van.

"Ah, Nero. You're not gonna believe this." Nico comments as she sets the Devil Breaker down on the workshop.

"And what is that?"

"Our new buddy is an Umbra Witch!"

"Oh…am I supposed to know what that is?"

Incredulous, Nico stares at Nero with her mouth agape. "Hey, uh, maybe you forgot about that, ya know…BIG FUCKIN' EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK TWO YEARS AGO?"

"Oh right; the Singularity Disaster. No, I didn't forget about, at the moment, our biggest pay day; weird fog that started erasing things all over the damn place, weird monsters that all talked with the same weird voice and how they said it's not your fight, so live in what little solace you can find, half breed vermin. Hey shithead, you killing people is my fight."

"Ah, so you do remember it."

"I remember you bitching about how you couldn't get any parts from the monsters I beat since they kept dissolving."

"Man, don't remind me; you know how kickass I would've made the Devil Breaker, Blue Rose and Red Queen with the weird shit?! Wasted opportunity!" Nico retorts in sadness while adjusting the Devil Breaker. "Anyway, while you were playing with those freaks, I did some diggin' here and there; the one that Singularity dickhead wanted was an Umbra Witch named Bayonetta. I'll tell you about what the Umbra Witches are, or were, later; but know that she was the reason for him causing that bloodbath."

"Hold on; maybe she was the whole point of it, but that bastard did it because he wanted to be the ruler of everything!" Viola angrily comments.

"Slow your roll, sugar; I wasn't blaming her for anything."

"Just be glad that guy is gone." Nero comments while leaning back on the couch.

"Yeah, but so is that Bayonetta chick. But, I do remember she shacked up with the only other Umbra Witch; her name was, uh…"

"Jeanne!"

"I think that was it, so you knew her too?"

"No, there she is; right there!" Viola points to the front of the van, garnering everyone's attention; Jeanne had finally arrived at the university on her motorcycle. Elated, Viola exits the van. "Jeanne!"

"Viola!" Jeanne responds and drives over to her, stopping a few inches away before dismounting it.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Viola asks before looking at Jeanne's unkempt appearance. "Damn, who kicked your ass?"

"Now is NOT the time…" Jeanne answers, clearly exhausted by what ever it was that she experienced. "Did you find out where those demons came from? I have no idea what they are."

"No, I haven't found out and neither did the others."

"What others?" Jeanne asks and spots Nero, Nico and Patty standing behind her. "Well, you've made some new friends."

"I guess I did; the guy over there has some serious power. But, he's not a threat." Viola comments positively on her new friends.

"He's even got white hair too…" Jeanne quietly adds, looking at Nero from top to bottom before walking past Viola and up to him.

"Uh, hi. I'm Nero." Nero awkwardly introduces himself, clearly uncomfortable by Jeanne staring at him.

"Charmed…" Jeanne absently acknowledges Nero as she continues to stare at him.

"She's kind of…intense, isn't she?" Patty whispers to Nico.

"I guess she's into guys that dress like edge lords, heheh." Nico adds in amusement.

"Alright, did you lose something over here, lady?" Nero asks, now annoyed by Jeanne's staring.

"No, you look like someone I ran into on the way here; gave me the biggest run for my money I've had in a while."

"Uh huh, I see. Do I know this guy probably?"

"Maybe, now that you mention it, that power you've got kind of reminds me of him…"

"Wait, what?"

"I think that's a chat for out of the public ear." A deep voice interrupts the conversation and a portal made of black and red energy opens up near them. From it, a dark skinned, muscular man wearing dark sunglasses, a blue sweater adorned with intricate patterns and sleeves in a striped configuration, a hat made of similar material and adornment, loose purple pants with padding around the knees and the belts of a set of suspenders hang on his side, standard sneakers, bracelets with four rings on each arm (silver on right wrist and gold on left wrist), numerous ear piercings and a necklace with a corded hoop emerges to address them with his arms crossed.

"Rodin!" Viola and Jeanne exclaim at the same time.

"Man, we're seeing all kinds of freaks today." Nico comments at Rodin's sudden appearance.

"Hey, isn't that the guy who sells pizza's by the university? Patty adds in slight surprise.

"That I am, little lady; mostly a side venture when I need to make my actual deliveries. Now, y'all are probably wondering just what the hell is going on around here and everywhere else; why don't you tell them, Mr. Devil Hunter?"

"It's no mystery where they came from, even Patty knew; they're from Hell or rather the Underworld." Nero states as if it were common knowledge.

"Wha- you said you didn't know!" Viola exclaims.

"No, you said that I didn't know; I just wanted to see if and when you realized that." Nero corrects and Viola flips him off when his back was turned. "By your tone, this isn't news to you, right big man?"

"Heh, I like you kid; seeing past the bullshit. You are right though; I know about this and where they came from. It didn't matter since they've never hit this close to home and there was this guy cleaning up their mess, as well as this other group."

"Other group? Now that is news to me." Nero comments.

"All in good time, first let's get out of this dive and into a more comfortable setting." Rodin expands the portal to take in everyone present just as the military begins making their rounds.

"Wait! What about my van-" Nico shouts as she lowers into the portal, much to Rodin's amusement as he lowers as well. Before the military accompanied by NYPD arrives, Nico's van is lowered as well; leaving no evidence of their presence.

Unspecified location

Dragging himself up a mountainous area with a dark sky, the mysterious demon drops down at the summit in exhaustion. He opens his eyes as he hears footsteps approaching him before he looks up; a figure dressed in a white robe with a black interior looks down on him with an obscured face. The demon watches him in fear as the figure levitates him off the ground and, surprisingly, heals all the damage done to him.

"Excellent work, my friend; very well done. Now we continue the harvest…" The figure, with the low voice of an elderly man, comments while bringing his hands together in satisfaction.

To be continued

Author's Note; Hey everyone, it's your pal again with another crossover of another two of my favorite series. I've actually had this on my mind for years and only now have decided to bring it to fruition. I hope you all enjoy what I have planned for the future and for everyone who played Bayonetta 3 are wondering why Jeanne is here, let me explain; after Singularity was defeated, Jeanne's soul drifted away, but since the fight was done in Singularity's own universe then it's possible that she returned to her own universe (i.e. this one). I want to do that because Jeanne deserves better, heheh. Alright guys/girls, take care. :)