Ch. 1 The beginnings of the world.

Warning, this story contains over the top action, cheesiness, and blatant fan service to Capcon fans. You've been warned.

Also, I do not own Devil My Cry, Bayonetta, Shin Megami Tensei, or any other guest characters. They are owned by Capcon, Platinum Games, Atlus, Arc system works, Bandai Namco, and Nintendo respectively. Now that disclaimers are out of the way, on with the story.

Countless millennia ago, before written history, there was a great struggle: a battle between good and evil, light and darkness. This battle was known as the First Armageddon, a vast war between Heaven and Hell that extended across the many worlds of the universe. On one world particular, this battle raged even more violently. On this world, the gods and their army of angels battled against the Demon King and his endless hordes of demons. This war resulted in the demons being imprisoned in their own separate realm, where they could cause no further to harm to the rest of creation, and the angels ascending into heaven.

As a way to prevent demon kind from once again wrecking havoc, three powerful deities each took up a respective role as a means of keeping balance of this world. The goddess, Jubelius would rule over the angels and serve as the prime defense of heaven's gates. Queen Sheba would lock herself away in the underworld, becoming its new ruler, and insure that demons would not enter the human world. Finally, Aesir, the god who ruled over humanity, would bestow his eyes upon his creations, bestowing them free will, and then vanish from the world.

Two groups of humans were to be placed in charge of guarding the eyes of Aesir. The first was the Lumen Sages, servants of light, who made pacts with the angels that protected all of creation. The second group was the Umbra Witches, a clan of witches and warlocks who made pacts with demons, and whose purpose was to keep balance between the light and darkness.

Among the Umbra Witches was a powerful warlock by the name of Aeron Lowell, who was able to use the power of Aesir's eyes to control various demons that he summoned. However, when Aeron ended up summoning a demon that not even he could control, he was forced to pray to the heavens for help 'unless the earth be plundered into darkness.' The head Archangel at that time descended to Aeron and gifted him with a powerful amulet that sealed away the formidable demon known as Abigail. The Archangel left the amulet in Aeron's care, where it became known as Aeron's Tear. Seeing the error of his ways, Aeron renounced himself from the Umbra witches, and joined the Lumen Sages.

For countless years now, balance was kept. However, 2000 years before present day, the Demon King Mundus was able to rise to power, bringing with him an army of mighty minions. These demons escaped their underworld prison and ravaged the human world in yet another devastating war between Heaven and Hell. During this war, the Demon King Mundus managed to defeat Jubelius, destroying her physical form, and turning the tables in favor of the demons.

However, when it seemed like all hope would be lost, a sole demon rose up against the demon king and decided to fight for humanity. This demon was Sparta, Mundus's greatest general. With the help of the Umbra Witches, Sparta made a contract, and acquired a powerful demonic blade from another world. Sparta managed to push Mundus's forces back to the underworld, defeating his former Master.

With Mundus gone, the world would soon be restored to a natural balance. However, 500 years before present day, a war between the Lumen Sages and Umbra Witches broke out. Despite the Lumen Sages more powerful contracts, the Umbra Witches superior numbers, and stealth strategies allowed them to win the war, but with their clan was greatly devastated.

Feeling that the Umbra Witch's would eventually destroy the balance of the world, and desiring to use the power of Aesir's eyes to give Jubelius rebirth, an army of angels ascended from the heavens, wiping out the witches. Only three Umbra Witches, a single Lumen sage, and Aeron's descendents survived.

In modern day, this world is now in a state of instability. While many people live their daily lives and treat these stories as nothing but legends, there are those who realize their validity. It is these people who often find themselves in the middle of the battle against the underworld, and rise against them to prevent the destruction of their world. The devil huntress, who went by no other name that just simply Lady, was one of these many people.

Currently Lady was doing what few did better, hunting demons. The young woman sped down the streets on her motorcycle, knowing full well that her pursuers were in full chase.

Lady was a young woman with short black hair and light colored skin. Her eyes were different colored, the left being red while her right being blue. The young woman's fit body was outfitted in a matching long sleeved white tank-top and shorts, along with leather gloves and boots, leaving much of her attractive figure exposed.

The young demon huntress turned down an alley as she drew a submachine gun with a knife attached to the end of it. She then spun her cycle around as she aimed her weapon at the creatures chasing her. Following her were creatures known as Reapettes, black hooded creatures with skulled faces and hands that carried large scythes.

Lady fired her machine gun towards her pursuers, aiming for their faces, as she knew that was their weak spot. After firing off several bullets, Lady managed to strike several of their faces. However, it wasn't over yet, there would be more on their way within moments. Just before Lady had a chance to fall back again, one of the creatures rose up from the ground, cutting through her motorcycle and towards her chest. Lady leapt off her motorcycle, narrowly avoiding the creature's scythe.

Another demon phased through the wall, causing Lady to jump back. This demon though was the grand daddy of them all, a reaper. While it looked nearly identical to the Reapettes, Reapettes were only midgets, spawned from Reapers. A Reaper was just as tall, if not taller, than a human being, and with just a single touch they could whisk a person's soul away from their body. Of all the demons to hunt they were considered to be one of the most dangerous.

Lady let out several more bullets from her gun, as she retreated from the Reaper by foot and ducked behind a corner to reload and catch her breath.

"Damn." The female huntress swore. "These guys are tougher than I thought they'd be. Guess I shouldn't have taken this one on my own."

The demon huntress attached an explosion devise to the wall she was standing against, as she once again began to run down the alley. As the Reaper turned the corner towards the young woman, Lady pushed the button on her detonator, and a mass of boiling water and metal erupted from the explosion.

"All right, that should have done it." Lady panted.

However, this was one of the few times the huntress was incorrect, as the Reaper appeared from the explosion gliding towards her. The huntress stood against a wall, her weapon raised. She was low on ammo now, her bike damaged, and she hadn't even had a chance to catch her breath.

"Fine, if I'm going to go down, then I'm at least taking you with me." Lady declared.

However, before the demon could attack, both its and Lady's attention were suddenly turned to the lone figure that had suddenly appeared in the ally.

Standing behind the demon was a lone man looked like a Caucasian but with slightly tanned skin. He had a shaved head and gold sunglasses covering his eyes. He was dressed in white, comprising of a long sleeved white trench coat, shirt, and baggy pants.

"I recommend you flee while you have the chance, demon. I have business with that young woman." The white dressed man warned.

The demon then turned to the man and flew towards him at top speed.

"What are you doing, get out of here, now!" Lady shouted.

Two beams of silver light suddenly appeared in the man's hands. These beams of light took on the form of curved silver blades with blue centers. With lightning speed, the man blocked the demon's scythe as he began to battle against the reaper.

The man's blades were nothing but a blur to even the trained human eye as he fended of the reaper's attacks. The two opponent's weapons collided with blazing speed as small sparks of energy erupted from the collisions of the magical weapons. The warrior the jumped back and looked at his white coat, where he could view a cut on his skin.

"I think I've had enough of this." The man scowled.

With blinding speed the man charged towards the demon, stabbing it the stomach with his blade. He then grabbed the demon by its face with his free hand and slammed it into the ground.

"Copehanu." The man chanted.

Cracks suddenly began to appear across the demons body as it exploded in sparks of gold energy.

With the demon disposed of, the man's vanished in the same flashes of light that they had appeared.

"You are Lady, correct?" The man greeted.

"That's right, and who wants to know?" Lady questioned with suspicion.

This man, he had just defeated a high level demon single handedly. Not only that, but he was even able to take a blow from a Reaper's scythe and act as if it was nothing but an annoyance. That could only mean this man was something not human.

"I'm afraid that information is classified. Please tell me, where is the whereabouts of Miss Patty Lowell." The man responded.

"Patty?" Lady gasped, recognized the name of the girl that frequently hung out with a certain colleague of hers.

"Sorry, but I'm not about to tell you anything." Lady informed the man suspiciously. "Now why don't you run off before I put a bullet through your head?"

Lady held up her gun, pointing it at the man now.

"I will not take no as an answer. I will ask nicely one more time. Where is the girl?" The question more forcefully asked this time.

"And I'll tell you again, that you're not getting anything from me. Now back off!" Lady barked.

The man began to approach Lady, only to receive two bullet holes in the chest. However, the bullets didn't even seem to slow him down.

"What!" Lady gasped.

Those bullets weren't ordinary bullets. They were anti-demon bullets that she purchased from a very reliable arms dealer. Even the strongest of demons should have at least been slowed down.

With a wave of the man's hand, Lady suddenly found herself lifted off her feet and pinned against the wall. The demon huntress struggled to break out of this psychic grip that she was in, but whatever force was restraining her was too overwhelming for even an experienced warrior like herself to break free.

"I have no desire to hurt you. However, if you don't tell me what I need, than I will be forced to take the information by force." The man spoke as he reached up to place his hand on Lady's forehead.