It was once said "It grew both night and day, till it bore an apple bright." But this time it was not so, it grew all at once and bore bright it's fruit; it rose from the very heart of Kinioto and he saw it. He from where he floated, high above the world, in that fascinating void in which worlds innumerable dwells. He saw it, regardless of how taken he was by the blond devil, he saw it before feeling it. And it was when he was feeling the fruit about to be consumed a second after it's emergence, that he reacted in sending down a shadow clone, whom with raging luminous blue eyes conjured and hurled a huge sphere of lava surrounded by a spinning wind shuriken at that evil leafless vegetation.
He and the devil whom had felt it before seeing it, knew that though the duplication severed and obliterated the tree into ash, that it already was too late. The Qliphoth demon fruit had been consumed, yet to their bedazzlement the world's nightmare was just beginning... Nato's eyes now luminous in there utmost frightening intensity, watched as seven hundred Qliphoth trees all over the planet grew and bore bright in an instant a demon fruit, (which gives it's consumer nigh godlike abilities, stats, sovereignty, and capacity) it truly was a nightmare in the making.
Dante and Vergil having felt it as well, whooshed out unto the balcony of Sienna's apartment, leaving Sienna confused and perturbed. For one moment, Vergil being soaped in the bath was out still naked, and Dante whom with her was commenting on the fight had his expression turn sour and he had rushed off the couch as well, causing the popcorn to fly and scatter in the air: Both sons of Sparda stared in perplexity at the almost sun bright horizon; for the demon world far off in the night sky, was now in full reveal as if it were kingdom come. And from it a great flood of demons were ushered out by a Titan, a demonic being of enormous size and height, appearing to be of cosmic proportions. The Titan had seven hundred slitted luminous blood red eyes, beaming in almost divine autocracy at the human world beyond it.
The demons poured out, invading the earth like cockroaches on a war path: Dante and Vergil were for the first time in their lives petrified by the enormity of this threat that stands beyond them. For what seemed like the first time, mankind was lost. But then as if kami himself had seen and realized, the terror the human race was about to plunge into. Materiakized; a colossal violet bodhisattva entity, with ethereal wings and armored corporeal prevented the first wave from consuming all of Kinioto. Moving his arms as if he were a choir coordinator, conjured a great wall of violet electrified energy to guide and prevent approaching demons.
The kami conjured another wall, and another, and another, till all of Kinioto was boxed in. But the open threat in the sunlit horizon remained, except in that moment what sounded like a single clap of hands rang throughout the world, then the opening warped close, leaving concentric circular sunlit cracks in the night sky. Permanently: after the first wave, and hoards of demons were now invading and ravaging the world at large, and various towns and cities in fire country, which were beyond the electrified energy walls. The kami disappeared, leaving his protection behind.
Before the sons of Sparda could on their own recover, from all the horror and monstrosity their eyes had seen, a scream invaded their tympanic membrane forcing them into full recovery. Dante and Vergil turned around, and looking back in was Sienna being dragged towards a fiery portal generated by demon magic scrawls that's appeared on the ceiling and walls of the sitting room; by two shield baring, sword wielding silver plated caped demon foot soldiers. There were ten of them gathered in the room, filling up the space and ready to duel the hybrids.
Vergil with the icy death chill having masterfully returned to his eyes, summoned mirage edge, his blue ethereal sword, and in his soundless frenetic rage, unleashed consecutive demonic slashes of energy: which severed head, arms, legs, and tore open the torsos of the demons whom had the audacity to have their hands on Sienna in his presence, as if he hadn't commanded them months ago. Sienna dropped to her knees in the red pool of demon blood, and as she lifted her hands her heart began to in extreme anxiety pound in her chest till she began to feel dizzy and nauseous.
"Why?" she thought. "Am never faint at the sight of blood, so..." Sienna's train of thought crashed as she heard the clattering of blood, and demon parts on her sitting room's carpeted floor.
All the demons that had been about, were now reduced to blood, entrails, and severed limbs and heads. Sienna raised her head, and made eye contact with Vergil, whom had been glaring about like a death god: There hadn't been a single drop of blood that touched him from that open balcony he stood, and immediately the captain of Kinioto city's police department, knew she could not take anymore, blacking out. And as she was about to slump forward, and hit the bloody floor, Vergil raced to her, soaking himself with the blood of his demonic victims and bracing her.
He held her to himself, as he discards mirage edge. Vergil gathered Sienna into his arms, and got off his knees with her like a bride, he then thought in that moment that she should have been. "My bride"
' Well hero, look what you've gone and done making a mess of the- ' Dante paused at the cackle coming from beyond the closing fiery portal, ' place. ' He finished as the portal disappears, and the demon scrawls lose their fiery luminosity.
' We have to change locations, this place is definitely not safe for her or anyone. ' said Vergil turning to Dante with his expression back to normal.
' Then how about my place, plus it's about time we met sons of Sparda. '
Dante turned in great surprise not having felt the newcomer's presence, he and Vergil with Trish whom was in the stranger's arms looked in surprise at the stranger. The brothers aghast at the aura and scent of superiority, plus majesty, as well as a great sense of familiarity. Like they've seen this stranger before...
' Who are you? ' asked Vergil and Dante simultaneously, but before they could get a response from the ebullient prime minister, another voice interrupted.
' That is a complicated question to a even more complicated answer. '
Eyes went up to the sitting room's ceiling, for hanging upside down from it by the soles of the feet was the director general, his dark-red eyes staring down at the bloody mess Vergil had made of the place: for a moment bother brothers being mildly surprised, were tempted to ask this equally surreal but unfamiliar stranger who he was. But immediately held their question, and reeled back in their curiosity. Nato landed and took a few steps forward to have a better view, of his oldest friend and brother bound by everything but blood.
' Thought you would still busy, but seeing you're not enough to show your face, how abou- '
Nato was interrupted as the door into the apartment swung open, and a brown skinned white haired middle aged man bursted in shouting 'SIENNA...' all eyes went to the man as he was stumbling into the sitting room not looking down tripped over a limb and fell face first into the bloody floor. The brothers had in bewilderment and amusement thought the man would have difficulty getting back up and regaining his shattered composure: the man however without difficulty, and full of energy got back up unto his feet with brown eyes frantically searching, til they fell on Sienna then to Vergil after a few seconds.
' You, what are you doing with my wife in this bloody place? ' asked the man accusingly. "Wife?" thought Vergil stunned by the word though his impassive expression did not betray him.
' Mr Hatake, what an unpleasant surprise. ' said Uti, causing the now blood faced man to in surprise look up and there with folded arms was the DG looking down at him.
Mr Darui Hatake or famously known as the secretary of state, at 53, a descendant of Darui of hidden cloud village the legendary Raikage whom reigned as kage for thirty years before becoming daimyo through a bet he had won against the then daimyo, and thus thereby following in Konohagakure's expansion steps grew Kumogakure into a city within a nation governed by his descendants to this day: the present Lord being Dario V, Darui's younger brother of one year. Darui almost sixteen years prior on a cold day had gotten married to Captain Sienna, in a field of Daffodils, took her last name and now had two kids, one being fifteen and the other thirteen, both girls...
Darui's surprise ended almost instantly after he'd felt it, for he was not stranger to such forms of chakra control. Though he himself could not perform such things, which had been why his younger brother had easily superceded him in taking their father's seat.
' Bloody bad evening director general, but if you are here does that mean this strange men are here under your authority? ' He asked.
' They are not Darui, but you could from your wife inquire as to why they are here when she regains consciousness. ' replied Uti.
' Bloody thing to say to a concerned husband, what now is he to think of his wife hearing that, but not to worry: Darui the man you see carrying Sienna is Nero's father, and his name is Vergil, over here is Dante his twin brother. ' said Nato earning a disapproving glare from Uti, to which he grinned internally.
Dante and Vergil looked back at Nato openly perplexed, as to how the man knew their names and their relationship (if any) with Sienna. Trish had been even more stunned- which secretly had been Nato's objective- Trish had not at any point in the past two weeks, mentioned Sparda or Nero: when Nato had answered the call from Morrison a couple days ago, the man once informing her had exited the suite for the rooftop. However then Nato had managed to connect and know all this things, were mind boggling to Trish whom was now becoming more apprehensive of Nato's true identity which she had been skeptical of.
Like a child beholding the face of a father whom had returned from a long travel, Darui Hatake's face lit up and hurries over through the mess to greet Nato with a short but very deferential bow.
' Two things I have to say first my Lord, first I am immeasurably glad to see you, and second eternally grateful that you saved my life. '
Darui did not know whom his main captor was, (the one that had knocked him out) but waking up inside a open van with all his bindings gone and a smiley faces emoji on a note signed by Nato's signature, then out of the van on highway two bridge discovered his four severely bruised captors: now the word Lord in fire country was only reserved for Beshito, and all past democratically elected rulers. Not even the PM's have that honor, except Nato.
The reason a man physically appearing older than Nato, (though the younger looking man is officially his superior) was doing him this honor, had simply been because growing up in iron country Darui having access to his family's history had learned about Uzumaki Naruto and his relationships with their now mythical tailed beasts Gyuki and Jinchuriki Master B or infamously known as Killer B: when Nato had visited iron a few decades earlier, (without all the beards) Darui had recognized the man through his paintings and preserved photographs, much to the then older man's dismay. Darui vowed to keep Nato's immortality a secret, on the condition that the latter grow a beard unless there wouldn't be much he could do seeing how widely known he was across the five elemental nations. Nato agreed liking the then young man's iron nerves, to behold myth and legend and still remain sane and civil. Darui of course never found out about Susti Uti, though the latter was almost just as famous as his blond brother.
' Am also glad to see you, and of course honored by your incessant gratitude. Also the girls are still with their grandfather? ' said Nato becoming serious.
' Fortunately and unfortunately, I had just gotten a call through to them, they remain on a flight two hours and thirty minutes from Kono airways. ' replied Darui concerned as well for his daughters.
' With those flying insects about, they will never make it. Nor will a certain old boy's wrongly reasonably genius walls, I have to go... Susti, is the DOD protected? ' said Nato whilst setting Trish back down on her feet, his eyes on Uti.
' And why would I leave the planet's greatest department of defense defenseless? ' ' Good, I'll have them soon in the yard. And brother, it's over, now they need to be somewhere safe. ' said Nato.
Nato looked over to a bemused Dante, whom noticed and came out of his silent musing, he also looked at Vergil as well whom did not react, then Nato turned his attention back to Trish holding her gently by the shoulders and he felt her slightly tremble. He smiled.
' You're incredible you know that? ' He said softly to her. ' Do you have to go? ' asked Trish tears welling up in her eyes.
' You, devil hunter Trish took my breath away, made me feel like I was in an euphoria, every second spent with you. Pure ecstasy. '
Nato leaned in and before every impassive eyes open kissed Trish softly on the forehead, then he turns his back ready to leave.
As he was about to, Trish held him by the hand and whispered, ' I love you. ' hoping he would and wouldn't hear. But Nato did and softly replied: ' I know and I won't forget it. '
And Nato was gone, in a Sonic boom which shook and caused the whole building to rattle.
"Such force, you truly are no normal man." Trish though allowing one drop of tear to slide down her fair cheek. Once the sudden melancholy seemed to have passed, Uti decided to act; his dark-red faded into a luminous violet with several black concentric circles and six tomoes, which appeared as a sort of quotation marks on each eye. Then all six of them without warning in an instant vanished.
