Welcome to the official chapter 3 of the DMC-DXD crossover, this chapter covers both missions 4 & 5 in the game. The only thing that I can say here is that never expect me to narrate every detail in Temen-ni-gru tower, I am going to have a headache if I did. Just expect that I would be skipping some stages and do a fast battle on it. Anyway, let's start.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Devil May Cry and Highschool DXD, it belongs to their creative authors. This is a work of fiction and it does not relate to any existing individuals, organizations and literatures.

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Devil arm talking

[Ddraig talking]

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MISSION 3 START

Several hours before the raising of the demonic tower, Temen-ni-gru

Somewhere in the country of Italy, there is an ancient library that houses the archives or records ranging from the history of the world to legends and myths. In one of the sections of the library, Vergil stands alone browsing a book about ancient rituals and seals. While he is searching the contents of the book, a man is approaching the eldest son of Sparda with ease in his every steps and while he is making his way towards Vergil, the man spoke to start a conversation.

"So, you're looking for the book of ancient legends, the tale of the demon warrior Sparda?" The man that is now revealed to be the dark scholar, Arkham asked.

"That's not what I'm looking for, leave me!" Vergil said in a firm stone as he flips another page on the book that he is reading.

"Then what are you looking for? A demon that impregnates a woman, who then bears twin sons… that's the story, isn't it?" Annoyed by Arkham's insistence, Vergil draws Yamato from its sheath and points the demon blade at the scholar's face.

"Leave me, I won't tell you a third time." Vergil threatened the scholar for crossing the line. The scholar is putting his nose to where it doesn't belong and testing Vergil's patience. It took the darkslayer's willpower to not just stab the meddlesome human to his gut or even through his skull.

Arkham seems to be unfazed on the threat and raises his left hand and let his thumb touch the sharp edge of the odachi, he slowly walks forward with his thumb not leaving the blade as if caressing it which results to cutting himself and drawing blood. The scholar did not show any pain in his features but instead he said to Vergil.

"People inherently fear evil, however… occasionally, a person may become seduced by evil."

"What are you getting at?" Vergil pulls Yamato back and sheathes it in its scabbard while asking the scholar to get to the point.

"Share with me. The story of Sparda…" Upon saying those words, Vergil narrows his eyes in suspicion. The scholar's interest on his father is alarming to say the least, he can sense a hidden ulterior motive on Arkham the moment he approached him.

…

Kyoto, at the center of the former capital

Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, the center of Japan's history and the supernatural due to the strong leylines concentrated within. Despite the modernization, they still retained the ancient temples and palace to remind the people of their culture and origin. In the center of Kyoto, there is an unholy structure that has a different architecture than any buildings in the former imperial capital, the structure was cylindrical and the architecture was based on gothic style. This location is off-limits and is strictly forbidden to any people without them knowing the reason why, rumors are that the place is haunted by very strong evil spirits, some says it is a den of evil where the most malevolent demons were sealed. This unholy structure is called Temen-ni-gru but the tower is sealed and parts of the structure were buried underground. At the space at the underground where the entrance of the tower which is also called as the forbidden land, a rift in space has opened and there emerges Vergil and Arkham.

"The activation method is as I described before. It should be a simple matter to you." Arkham said as he backs away seeing demons emerging on the surface. The demons were a tall red humanoid with horns and a long, spade-tipped tail. Their bodies are red just in part, since they appear to be white but covered in large blood capillaries. They possess three spike-like protuberances growing out of their backs, and wield magical, fiery scythes. They truly resemble what in pop culture is understood as a demon and they are called as Abyss.

(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 4 Vergil battle theme- Let's see)

The Abyss demons are slowly approaching the darkslayer, who calmly stood and stare at his enemies with a calculative look. Two Abyss made the first as they charge together, one coming at his front and one coming from above. Vergil parried the attack from above with the sheathed Yamato then made a quick draw slicing the second Abyss then he immediately kills the first Abyss before the demon could get its second wind and ended it by elegantly sheathing Yamato in its scabbard.

Seeing their brethren killed, the remaining Abyss attack the darkslayer in their rage but Vergil calmly assessed the situation and quickly formulate tactics in his mind. He gracefully executes his moves as he dodges the attack of the demon with little movement then pokes the Abyss at the back with his sheathed odachi knocking the demon away, the second Abyss comes but before it could attack the darkslayer hit its gut with the pommel of the Yamato sending it flying back and hitting one of its brethren as a result, then he quickly draws Yamato from its sheathe and turns around and slash at the Abyss behind him who attempts to block the sword with the shaft of its scythe, only for the shaft to be sliced clean and before the demon could comprehend what happened, Vergil follows up with the diagonal slash cutting the demon in two then sheathing his sword once again.

The rest of the demons became wary of Vergil and they just keeping their distance and others are circling around him. One Abyss hid itself among its brethren hiding from Vergil's view and when it saw its chance, the Abyss sinks to the ground tempting a sneak attack on the darkslayer. A ripple appears on the ground and the Abyss emerges jumping up to the air then hurl its fire clad scythe blade to Vergil, before the attack could hit, Vergil swats the attack with only a flick of his left arm which holds the Yamato. The attack redirected to the other unfortunate Abyss and got killed in the process, Vergil scoffs on their foolishness then rushes to the crowd of demons leaving an afterimage then slashes one Abyss then the other and another. Without even looking back, Vergil throws his scabbard backwards and another unfortunate demon got impaled and pinned to the wall. Like a wind, the darkslayer moves from demon to demon slicing and cutting them apart while the demons were only seeing his illusory afterimages until Vergil stops near where his scabbard is then sheathing the Yamato with more force and the shockwave ended up killing the pinned Abyss.

Due to desperation, the remaining Abyss demons charge with reckless abandon while Vergil casually walks to the charging horde. The darkslayer parries the first attack then smack the demon to the gut with the sheathed Yamato, then draws the sword parrying another attack. Another Abyss attempted to land an attack only for it to be deflected by a scabbard followed by a horizontal slash bisecting the demon, then he goes to another demon smacking its feet with the Yamato's sheath which made the demon loose its balance and footing, then Vergil follows with a vicious overhead attack cutting the demon in two. One of the Abyss attempted to charge at Vergil's back only for him to sweep the demon's feet with a low kick and with a swift motion while the Abyss is still in mid-air, Vergil cuts the demon through the waist separating its lower and upper body.

The darkslayer looks at the remaining wave of Abyss demons, the bangs of his hair are down showing his identical appearance to Dante only the fringe that frames his face are shorter. Deciding to finish the fight, Vergil did a rapid slash dashing through the horde of demons leaving light blue streaks of sword swings on his trail. Vergil stops after he passes the demons in a stance that he already done a quick draw, and after seconds have pass, the unmoving Abyss demons are cut up their body parts are slowly falling to the ground. After confirming the kill, Vergil vertically sheathes Yamato at his back and then sweeps his hair back now having a swept back hairstyle.

(Battle OST end)

"Impressive." Arkham complimented Vergil's fighting prowess while walking towards him.

Vergil ignores the dark scholar and proceeds to walk towards the structure, he stops by the entrance and thought of all the things that he has done to get into this point. He is determined to claim his birthright; he will have the power that he desires so nothing can even touch him whether they are demons or gods alike. He will have the power of his father, Sparda, and show the world what this devil's power is capable of.

"It begins." Vergil opens his eyes, filled with motivation.

…

Present time, Upper Temen-ni-gru at the Pitch-black Void

At the upper floors of the unholy tower, Vergil opens his eyes pulling him out of his reminiscence as he felt another presence that entered the tower. He can feel the hidden power lying dormant from the new intruder, a sacred gear, and not an ordinary one. He has read on some books and scriptures about the suppose weapons created by God and what piqued his interests were the category of sacred gears that are called, The Longinus gears. Named after the man who pierce the son of God, weapons that are meant to defeat and slay gods. The darkslayer internally chuckles, after he claims the power of his father, he will challenge every strong being in this world whether they are gods, demons, or even the so called Longinus wielders. Arkham meanwhile, flipping the page of his red grimoire reading.

"Looks like we have uninvited guest." Vergil said.

"Is that so?" Arkham replied though his words are not meant to be a question at all.

"A human, a woman." The darkslayer described through the intruder's aura.

"I'm afraid I should ask the uninvited one to leave. That is what you want." The scholar said as he stands up.

"Actually, I happen to be acquainted with that woman." Those words took Vergil's attention and looks at Arkham who is making his way down to receive the uninvited one.

"A storm is approaching." Arkham mutters silently.

Vergil narrows his eyes, his suspicion towards Arkham keeps getting stronger as the time passes by. It is not confirmed but he already has an idea on why he is helping him unlock this demon tower though one question in his mind is that what is the woman's purpose here. It seems that Arkham purposely left a trail for the woman to follow him here and it seems the woman is a part of the scholar's scheme.

"What are you really planning, Arkham? Whatever your schemes are, if you get in the way to my conquest for power, I'll make sure you'll regret it." Vergil said as he temporarily let go of his suspicion to the scholar, he will make use of Arkham until his usefulness expires.

"So, you have finally embrace the power that our father has given to us. Make haste Dante, I'll be waiting for you here at the top of this tower to face your newfound might before I claim what is mine." After saying those words, Vergil closes his eyes once again in a meditative state as he stands firm holding Yamato in front of him like a cane and his three-tail coats billowing through the wind.

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City proper of Kyoto

Back in the former imperial capital, the war with the demons is still raging as the alliance of Angels, fallen angels, Kyoto Youkai and Omyojis continues to fend off horde after horde of the enemy. The demons kept spawning waves after waves to the point that it seems that they are facing an infinite amount of demons, some of the alliance were starting to get exhausted by the sheer quantity of demons that kept appearing after killing some of them. All hope was seeming to be lost but suddenly, Yasaka, the nine-tailed fox and leader of the Youkai faction with her sister Izuna, a fellow nine-tailed fox and general of the youkai army have joined the fight with their Tengu and fox youkai army. Nurarhiyon and his famous Night Parade has also joined to aid the exhausted army, and with their arrival, all the exhausted warriors temporarily retreated to take some rest and have their wounds heal.

While the army of newcomers fight the demons with vigor, Yasaka pushes forth to the middle of the demon horde standing elegantly and proud. The army of seven hells charges at the nine-tailed fox woman altogether only for Yasaka to burst her aura with fox fire burning all the demons surrounding her to ash. After the explosion of power, the Youkai leader skillfully cast multiple fox fires and launches them to the remaining demons that survive her aura burst.

On another field, Izuna, a powerful nine-tailed fox rivaling Yasaka which is her sister; dashes through the demon horde with great speed and agility. Her nimble movements can evade even the fast attacks of Hell Judecca which she gracefully dodges followed by a slash cutting both arms of the demon then proceeds killing it with her katana that is enchanted with her fox fire. Every demon she passes through were cut down followed by them burning into ashes, which truly deserves her reputation when it comes to the battlefield. As Izuna pushes through, she eventually encounters a Hell Vanguard which swiftly slash at her with its scythe but before the weapon could hit, Izuna suddenly split into multiple copies of herself then surround the demon. In one swift motion, all Izunas attacks the demon together which made their attacks intersects and then in the throes of death, the Hell Vanguard burns to ashes.

Nurarihyon at the other field, kept summoning different weapons and slashing the demons around in a battle frenzy. It has been awhile for him since he fought in a war and so far he is undefeated in their own pantheon, there are only few who can rival him in a fight within their pantheon and only Yasaka and Izuna can fight him on a standstill. In his glorious days, he did plan to challenge the gods to prove his strength and power to the world but he was defeated not by the gods or even Yasaka and Izuna either, he was defeated by the demon warrior named Sparda in a duel. From then on, he improved himself though he was not able to challenge Sparda again due to his sudden disappearance. But hearing Sparda has two offspring from the meeting, he is now eager to challenge the boy in Gabriel's custody though he will wait for him to reach his peak. For now, he is satisfied slaying demons left and right and his crimson eyes are filled with lust for battle.

In the Alliance campsite, the angels and fallen angels are currently recuperating. Tensions within the camp was high and both races are wary of each other due to the sudden joint operation, it was only natural because they were at war for millennia. Thankfully, both sides were just glaring at each other and no one did an unnecessary action, each of the respective leaders: Michael, Gabriel, Azazel and Penemue are very thankful that they have a common enemy. It has been a long time for them since they worked together against the forces of evil. The four are gathered together resting near the group that erected barriers that barring the horde's movements so that in any case that the barrier is breached they would take action immediately.

Gabriel looks at the tower, the more she stared at it, she cannot help but feel nostalgic of the sight. Her brother Michael took notice of her sister's silence and walks to her side.

"Is something the matter?" Michael asked his sister.

"The Temen-ni-gru, it kind of resembles the Tower of Babel if you look pass its twisted form." Gabriel replied remembering an old memory.

"Yes, now that you mention it. The humans at that time became so arrogant that they built the tower to reach the heavens, to reach us, to reach Father. So Father smite them by destroying the tower and cursed them with a language barrier, another offense humanity made and disappointed Father ever since Adam and Eve's exile from Eden and the great flood. So tell me sister, why do you think the devil worshippers created this tower? Was it to invade Heaven using the demons?" Michael said as he wonders humanity's motivation on creating things that will get them the ire of the heavens.

"I do not think that was the tower's purpose. Perhaps this time, it is used as a gateway to hell." Gabriel answered and silence soon follows to the two seraphs as they glance at Temen-ni-gru.

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Temen-ni-gru (First floor), Chamber of Echoes

After the scuffle in the ice guardian's chamber, Dante enters the next room finding a tall, lobby-like open hall that is accessed from the Ice Guardian's Chamber. It has a skeletal angel statue in the bottom and three stages of partially broken spiral round walks. This large space is called the Chamber of Echoes. Dante has been in a lot of places of worship including the churches but he finds this place twisted and horrendous but at the same time, for some reasons he feels comfortable and at home here compared to the church which only making his eyes and ears sore. Damn his demonic heritage for feeling comfort in this kind of place.

"If those church goers find this place, they would probably burst their bubble just by seeing that statue there. Who would really want to revere something as creepy as a skeleton with angelic wings? They will say that this is an insult and blasphemy to their God and the angels." Dante said in a mocking tone.

That is if they can broke pass me. Young master, are you working for the church or the forces of heaven? Cerberus said opening a mental communication between the two.

"Nah. Whenever I fight demons, it is for personal reasons and I am not their personal attack dogs mind you. Me and them will never get along, I was just raised by a seraph and nothing more. I didn't think that you are able to communicate with me, how can you do that pup?" Dante replied to the dog demon and also surprised that the demon can communicate with him after being defeated.

The moment that I gave my soul to you and become your weapon, we have established a contract or a master-servant bond which enables me to communicate in your mind. My soul is yours at your disposal to aid you in your journey. Cerberus explained.

"Well, I guess we should start climbing this tower. So which way we'll go first?" Dante asked the demon dog's soul as he do some stretches warming up his body for a long trek.

Accessing this tower would not be easy, young master. All I know is that master Sparda puts several key items to different locations when he sealed this place, those items will be your key to gain access to all sealed doors in Temen-ni-gru and you will undergo to several trials that will test your strength and wits. The demon dog explained once more which made Dante groaned.

"Oh man! I hate riddles and puzzles, using a lot of my head is not my cup of tea. It's not like I'm dumb or something, but I can solve riddles or puzzles just fine. It's only that I am the type of man who will steamrolls any obstacles that in the way, the brainy stuff is Vergil's area of expertise." Dante complained feeling the headache coming his way.

Not wasting any time, Dante goes to the east side of the round walk and enters the first door that he finds. Upon entering, he found himself in a curved corridor with an arc ceiling and lit by multiple torches. He was about to walk along when he saw a bunch of Hell prides spawning from the walls. The devil hunter smirks and then charges to the group of scythe-wielding demons and made a very short work of them, as usual, the demons never stood a chance. Satisfied with his work, he enters the door at the end of the corridor.

The devil hunter finds himself to a room with many statues and in front of him are two stairways and a door on the upper floor to proceed further, but before he could proceed to the stairways, the door ahead suddenly got sealed by demonic magic and he heard creaking sounds. The three statues between the stairways started moving and transforming, this also followed by the other statues on the upper floors and they all starts conjuring energy arrows and start charging their projectiles. These demon-possessed statues are called the Enigmas.

(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 3 Dante theme- taste the blood)

"An ambush eh? Hey pup, you ready?" Dante said as he stretches his arm forward and an icy tripartite nunchaku appears in his hand then made a warm up move.

I am always ready, young master!Cerberus replied with vigor.

"Alright then, let's rock!"

The Enigmas fire their energy arrows at the same time, attempting to turn Dante into a pincushion but before they could land a hit, the devil hunter uses the Ice age move. He spins his nunchaku above his head then a globe of ice shards wraps around him like a barrier, this is both a defensive and an offensive move but with cost of the user staying in place. The arrows hit the icy barrier but the attacks bounce off, some of the attacks were redirected but some attacks were actually reflected back to the enemy resulting them to getting hit, staggered and killed by their own attacks.

Dante did not waste any time and while his enemies are disoriented, he used a ground trick move to the nearest Enigma at the stairways and started a barrage of swings with the nunchaku. The devil hunter's movements are so fluid and deadly that it only makes Bruce Lee a novice in the art, Dante uses his next move called the Revolver as he leaps to the air and made a three-sixty-degree vertical spin which made the Enigma kiss the ground when Dante crashed to the enemy then he followed up with a swift and strong kick to the face that made the demon statue fly to the wall and shattered from the impact.

"Chew on this!"

Dante turns to the other two Enigmas and uses Crystal as he slams the rods of the nunchaku to the ground thrusting glacial blades upward which launches the two Enigmas. Dante chases one Enigma to the air by using trick up and starts hacking the enemy with a barrage of sword swings followed by a helm breaker which shatters the Enigma upon crashing to the ground. The devil hunter uses trick up again to the other Enigma and he simply aim Coyote- A and fires it point blank to the face, the impact of the shot shatters the Enigma to pieces.

Finished with the enemies on the lower floor, Dante jumps to the upper floor charging towards the Enigma that is about ready to fire its energy arrow. He uses stinger to close the distance and the impact of the thrust pushed the demon to the wall. The devil hunter grabs the Enigma to the face by his free hand and uses it as a shield from the projectiles that fired by another Enigma ahead, the attacks pierce through the Enigma killing it as a result then he kicks the corpse hard sending it flying to its comrade. Before the Enigma could recover, Dante already closes the distance and use his dance macabre move as he executes a sword dance with series of slashes then followed by multiple stabs and while doing so, the Rebellion's blade glows with dark crimson light.

"ONE! TWO!" He continued as he did a cross slash that propels the enemy to the air then Dante fell into baseball batting stance with one of his foot up ready swing.

"BAM!" The devil hunter finished with a strong wide swing shattering the Enigma to pieces.

"Go back to Hell!" Dante said as he flicks his sword to the side, removing the dark crimson light from the demon blade. After dealing with the nuisances, the magic that sealed the door shattered and now free of access. He took a breath and sheathes the Rebellion to his back and walks towards the door to move further.

(Battle OST end)

…

Back to the Imperial city

While the war with the demons still rages, Issei is wreaking havoc in the other parts of Kyoto. He threw caution to the wind, also known as not minding the property damage, well screw the pay he already did destroy some property and might as well enjoy the rush of battle. Besides, the leaders of Kyoto were doing the same not that Issei would know while the Shinto trinity are just standing by their post and flicking enemies left and right without a problem.

(Cue Battle OST: Garo Vanishing Line OST- Sword)

The Sekiryuutei leaps to the air, his right fist reared back coated with flames and then slam his fist to the unfortunate demon making it eat the dirt followed by a strong shockwave that sent all the surrounding demons flying. A Hell Caina rushes to Issei and about to swing its scythe only for Issei to stop the weapon and split it by chopping the shaft with his armored hand then he impaled the demon with its own weapon and sends a barrage of punches and ends the combo with an axe kick killing the demon.

Another demon sneaks behind Issei with its scythe reared back, the Sekiryuutei in respond turns to the demon disengaging his gauntlets then drawing his sword on his back with his left hand and cleave the demon in two. The sword that Issei is holding is a silver-colored longsword. The blade is long and double-edged, with the forward-facing edge curving outward to form the guard. The handguard is is designed to resemble a vortex that reverses at the center of the handguard. The pommel carries a round piece that almost resembles a face. Issei calls this as Avenger, which is a tool for his revenge on the demons who killed his family before being adopted by Lilyn. His adoptive mother Lilyn created the sword using the scales and fangs of a dragon. Despite being ambidextrous, Issei is more comfortable holding a sword by his left hand.

The Hell prides charge at him in groups, seeing this, Issei made a challenging grin as the demons close the distance. He parried the first demon then quick retaliated with a diagonal swing cutting the demon, the second demon swings horizontally attempting to separate his upper body to his lower body but he evaded it by jumping over the demon and while he is in mid-air he twists his body to execute a slash decapitating the demon as a result. Upon landing back to the ground, the Sekiryuutei did not waste any time as he did a spinning slash cutting two demons at the same time.

The draconic demon-forged blade, Avenger glows in his hand and its silhouette changes into a longer with a long shaft and the blade becomes curve like a sickle. When the glow subsides, it reveals a large silvery-white scythe which the blade is long and curved, coming off the tip of the snaith at its heel. The snaith itself looks to be made out of wood, and it has two grips protruding from opposite ends that resemble whittled branches. The pommel on the bottom of the snaith is the same as the grip of his Avenger, owing to the weapon's shape-shifting ability. This newly transformed weapon is called Osiris.

Issei uses the streak move towards the horde cutting the demons near him then he grips the protrusion on his scythe and spin the weapon around twirling it in infinity motion. Not a single demon could land an attack due to his move as some of the attacks are parried and on some instance, reaping the demons surrounding the Sekiryuutei. Issei decided to swing outward making a wide circle reaping demon heads on one swift motion, the remaining demons back away to the seemingly superior reaper.

[BOOST!]

Issei smirks as he hears his sacred gear's activation and feels the power pouring in his body, his weapon glows once again changing its form. The new weapon is revealed to be an oversized battle-axe with a red-and-black color scheme. The red blade is large and curves over some of the shaft as many bearded axes do. The grip is the same as his Avenger, owing to the weapon's shape-shifting quality. This battle-axe is called the Arbiter. The Sekiryuutei leaps into the air and made an overhead strike that slams to the ground followed by waves of eruption killing all the remaining demons. When the fight is over, he hefted his battle-axe on his shoulder and looks to a certain location where there is a huge concentration of demon activity, this location happens to be where a full blown war is happening.

(Battle OST end)

"Guess I should help those folks there, you ready for another wave Ddraig?" Issei said wearing a battle hungry grin on his face.

[You bet, partner! Maybe there would be some demons there that may pose a challenge to us.] Ddraig replied in excitement.

"Maybe I could find some hot and sexy ladies over there while I'm at it, gotta make a very good impression to my future harem! Uehehehe!" Issei's battle hungry grin suddenly morphs into a perverted grin as he said those words.

[…] And with that, Ddraig's excitement got flush down the drain. Why did it seem he is not surprised? The dragon might have hit a jackpot when he found a strong host but Issei, despite being a badass fighter is a hardcore pervert to his core. Whenever they have a random conversation, it always ends with boobs and harems.

…

Dante is in a bad mood, screw that… He is pissed, how did he end up in this hellhole? He has arrived to a location called the Endless Infernum which is a place that is connected to the Chamber of Echoes by a yellow door. He found himself in a hallway with a big red door to the right and another rusty gate at the left which is separated by a very deep pit and only connected by a catwalk made of bricks.

The red door to the right is out of the option because it was suddenly sealed by demonic magic and he cannot go back on where he came from because of the same reason, so his only option is to go to the left. When he was halfway through, the catwalk suddenly collapses and Dante realizes that this is a pitfall trap. He cursed his luck and his swearing echoes in the abyss. As he makes his badass landing, he found himself to a dark sewer-like room with piles of bones without any means of entry or exit.

The devil hunter thought back and retraces his path that leads him here; after passing through the living statue room, he found himself on the silent sanctuary and activating the platform lift there and goes up to the room with some gear-like mechanisms. He was met by two demons resembling the Hell prides though the cloth they wear are moss green in color and instead of a typical scythe weapon, they hold a staff like those of a shaman have. Those demons ambushed him by spitting sand on him though they were met by the blade of his sword, as he goes further to the door, the Hell sloths suddenly appear and attacks him but they do not pose a challenge to the demon hunter. Seriously, how lazy those demons are? Not even walking a single step and just teleports.

As he enters the green door, he is back again to the Chamber of Echoes. The devil hunter proceeds and climbs to the upper floor using air hike, and there he found the yellow door that access the Endless Infernum which now leads him here today. Dante was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the growls and moans of the Hell prides and Hell lusts, the devil hunter sighed and pulls out Rebellion from his back and do what he does best, kicking demon asses.

After a minute of ass-kicking, Dante stares at his handiwork which is a pile of dead demons before all of the corpses turn to dusts. A light illuminate at the center of the pit showing a magic circle, Dante inspects the circle and then shrugs as he walks to the circle. What choice do he have? It seems that the circle is his only ticket out of the pit, so as he stands on the circle, the light intensifies and finds himself back to the Endless Infernum and the seals on the doors were broken.

Now that he can proceed to the large red door, the devil hunter enters and finds himself in a large room with some large holes locating at the other end of the hallway and even to the left and right side of the room. Dante heard a shriek from afar, he looks to the source only to find a giant tapeworm-like demon which has wings for feet. This demon is called the Gigapede. The Gigapede charges towards Dante with its mouth open, attempting to eat him whole.

"Sorry about this but, I have no time to play with you so I'll make this quick!" Dante draws Rebellion and demonic power gathers on his body as he changes his form into his Devil Trigger.

Before the Gigapede could eat him, Dante evaded the charge in a swift motion and stabs the head of the tapeworm demon with his sword. The devil hunter enchants his sword full of his demonic power making it glow and then he runs into a spiral motion dragging the Rebellion through the Gigapede's body until he reaches the tail. After landing on the ground, Dante reverts back to his human form and the tapeworm demon's body collapses and cut down into pieces.

After dealing with the demon, Dante goes to the door at the other side of the room and enters it. There, he found an item that is one of the keys to this place so he approaches the compartment on the wall and picks the item called Astronomical board. Upon taking the item, he went to the door to leave the room but the door won't budge when he pushed it, trapping him inside the room. Dante took a more forceful approach, he moves away from the door to gain distance and then charges towards the door and did a roundhouse kick. A loud banging sound was heard from the door, a testament to the devil hunter's strength but when he looks back at the door unfortunately, the door is still the same and did not even budge from the force of his kick. Getting impatient, Dante moves away once again and draws Ebony and Ivory and aim at the door. But before he could punch some holes to the door, an unknown voice called out to him which filled with mirth and amusement.

"Yoo hooo!"

The devil hunter turns his to the source of the voice to see a clown-like demon wearing a violet jester's outfit, it is holding a wand with a light blue gem on it.

"There's no need to use violence, devil boy!" The clown-like demon said but Dante ignored the clown and took aim for the door only for the clown demon to stop him, moving quickly in front of him.

"Wait, wait, wait, better listen to what others say, lad." Says the clown, Dante relented and brought down his guns to hear what the demon has to say.

"This tower here is very sturdy, you see." The clown demon explained and to prove its point, it uses its wand and knocks on the door.

"Your tricks will do no good. No good!" Upon saying those words, the clown was met with a gun barrel on his long nose.

"Zip it, or I'll pierce that big nose." Dante said threatening the clown to keep quiet.

"That could be a problem!" The clown replied as it moves to Dante's side.

"Just hear me out. You've got nothing to lose, right?" It continued to say in a low tone, close to a whisper.

"My name is Jester, and I know a thing or two about this place." The demon now named as Jester made his introduction as he bows theatrically.

"That thing there is the power generator for this entire sector." Jester pointed at the mound beside the door as he walks near it.

"In order to open the door, you need to apply a little SOMETHING to it first." Jester explains further.

"Do you know what THAT is, kid? Or is that too difficult for you? Hahaha!" The clown roars in a fit of laughter mocking Dante's intelligence.

Getting offended while he is in his impatience, Dante fires Ebony and Ivory to Jester's feet making the clown jump looking like he is dancing.

"Get to the point. Or you wanna keep on dancing?" The devil hunter said as he keeps firing but Jester seems to be enjoying it. When Dante stop, the clown acts like he is catching a breath.

"Actually, I prefer a sword to be my partner. May I have this dance, my lady?" Jester said mockingly as he bows.

Dante decides to kill the annoying clown and draws Rebellion attacking Jester with an overhead strike, but the clown evaded the attack and hits the power generator instead. A few seconds later, the door opens and the devil hunter, even though it was not shown on his face, was slightly shock on what happened.

"Bingo! That is WHAT the SOMETHING is. Remember that, kid! Write it down on your hand if you don't trust your head!" Hearing the clown's annoying voice, he turns around only to find Jester standing upside down on the ceiling.

Jester laughs once more after mocking Dante's intelligence. The devil hunter had enough of the clown's charade and resumes to fire his guns towards Jester, which by the way dancing around the bullets until he makes an exit getting out of Dante's sight.

"I see, thanks! You still piss me off, though." Dante said as he walks out of the room.

"Hey pup, do you know who that demon is? Is he some kind of a guide assigned to this place?" Dante asked Cerberus through their link.

There is no such thing as a guide to this place, there would be no point for us gatekeepers if that was the case. And I have never seen this demon before, its presence here is foreign to me. Hearing his devil arm's reply, Dante narrows his eyes starting to get suspicious and he has a hunch that the clown has a hidden agenda.

…

Back to Kyoto city warzone

After some rest and recuperation, the angels and fallen angels are now ready to fight and aid the denizens of Kyoto. There are also reinforcements that arrived to both sides; the reinforcements from heaven is led by Raphael, one of the four great Seraphs, and Enlil, an angel general who has the greatest influence on the angel military. While the back up from the fallen angels' side is led by Baraqiel and Kokabiel.

Raphael has a short swept back light blue hair with forest green eyes wearing glasses over it, he has a pretty much fair complexion and has a gentle expression on his face matching his reputation as the angel of healing, and he is also wearing silver armor underneath his white robe and has six pairs of pure white wings. Next is his companion, Enlil, he is a very handsome man with long pale blonde hair that reaches his hips, piercing gold eyes, and has a fair complexion. He is wearing a gold armor except his exposed beautifully sculpted torso and unlike Raphael and Gabriel, he has four pairs of gold wings like Michael.

At the fallen angels' side, Baraqiel, the lightning of God, he has the appearance of a middle-aged, gruff-looking man with black hair, matching beard and a muscular body. Baraqiel possesses ten black wings and underneath his tattered robe, he wears a dark blue battle suit. Accompanying him is Kokabiel, the angel of stars, he has the appearance of a young man with long black hair and red eyes, and unlike other Fallen Angels, Kokabiel has pointy ears. Kokabiel possesses five pairs of black wings and wears a black robe with detailed accessories.

As the newcomers regroup with the other leaders which consist of; Michael, Gabriel, Azazel and Penemue, the newcomers glared at each other and there is a rising tension and hostility with them but they quickly compose themselves and focus their attention to their respective leaders.

"Michael, brother, what is the situation? Why is there a large demonic activity in this area?" Raphael asked.

The current leader of heaven explains the whole situation to all the newcomers and upon hearing this, they have varying reactions. Baraqiel has a grim expression on his face as he worries that if the demon invasion spreads further, his daughter at Kuoh will be in danger. Kokabiel on the other hand has wide grin on his face and his red eyes emanates bloodlust which makes Azazel and Penemue felt disturbed. Raphael is the same as Baraqiel as he worries to all that is involved in this incident and Enlil has as unreadable expression on his face but the glint on his eyes tells the same bloodlust that Kokabiel has but it changes when he eyed Gabriel… from head to toe and makes a small grin that is unnoticeable to others.

"Well then if that is the situation, why are we here? We should just deal with the tower already and be over with it." Enlil said.

"No, we should not intervene yet. We should let Dante deal with the tower first, this situation is a family matter to him." Gabriel replied.

"What?! You all agreed to leave this to the hands of that filthy demon half breed that you adopted in this kind of situation? Then this place is doomed then, and many of our men will be sacrificed on this because of your decisions." Enlil said in a high tone.

"Watch your words, Enlil! I will not tolerate you badmouthing my son the next time." Gabriel retorted harshly as her aura rose up. The others are now worried except for Kokabiel who only smiled because of the infighting that is happening. Both angel and fallen angel army are now watching the commotion, Griselda narrows her eyes and her expression of displeasure is showing.

Enlil is an angel general who aims to be a perfect angel that surpasses Lucifer from his time in heaven. He is a believer of the pure angels' superiority and has low opinion on the brave saints or the reincarnated angels. Despite the achievements of Dulio Guesaliudo and Griselda Quarta who are the strongest exorcist and reincarnated angels, the angel general does not acknowledge them and treated them like they are beneath him. He also believes that the angel race is the chosen guardian of the world and the ones who will guide humanity, so to him, the existence of sacred gears and sacred gear wielders are unnecessary. And the most important thing about him, is that his charisma made the majority of the pure angels to rally on his banner and pushing him to be the next leader of heaven, this made Michael and the other seraphs worry that Enlil is undermining their authority little by little.

"What's this? You are defending that devil spawn in front of our men and ready to fight me for it? Let me remind you MY lady Gabriel, that you are one of the great seraphs of heaven and showing favoritism let alone to a demon hybrid is not a good example to the angels that serve you, you must become a role model to us." The angel general said with a serious expression though his eyes has a glint of glee on it.

"…"

Gabriel scowled at the angel general and has the urge to beat him but she relented, it will only lower the morale of their men if they see a fight breaks out. Enlil wore a smug grin in triumph though unnoticeable to the other angels and fallen angels. Now, Azazel has a scowl on his face, his displeasure and annoyance showing. He has realized that this bastard has not change over the millennia and still a douchebag through and through, and the way he eyes Gabriel and smiles at her is something that puts him off the wrong way. He had decided to keep an eye on the douchebag for Dante and Gabriel's sake.

"ENOUGH! This not the time to argue between ourselves! Enlil, enough of your provocations and help in the situation or else leave, you're getting out of line. As for you Gabriel, you should have not taken his words seriously and you must be careful due to your position, we must show to our men that we are united and infighting will only cost our men with low morale." In order to prevent any problems, Michael intervenes and apprehends both arguing angels.

Gabriel kept her silence and whatever she is about to say, she only kept it to herself. The beautiful seraph walks away from the group and towards the battlefield, shortly, she was followed by her brave saints and other angels that serve her. There is silence among the remaining leaders, Azazel sighed and gives a final glare to Enlil's direction and leave towards the battlefield to keep an eye on Gabriel, his wife Penemue follows shortly. Meanwhile, Enlil has a confident smile on his face ignoring Azazel's glare earlier, Michael and Baraqiel have already left and Kokabiel soon follows but he stops at Enlil's side.

"You have guts provoking your superiors like that and your charisma only helps as many of the angels agreed on your point. It seems you are going to overthrow Michael if this continues but there is one thing that I need to clear with you upstart, I agree to the superiority of pure breeds but it is us Fallen angels are the most superior race of all." Kokabiel said with glee and sheer bloodlust emanates in his eyes, after saying those words, he left the angel general and moves to the battlefield.

"Hmph! Let's see about that." Enlil said confidently as he moves to the battle himself followed by his army.

In the battlefield, Gabriel lashes out to all of the demons she sees, the seraph was so angry that she might fall and become a fallen angel, so she wants to find an outlet for it immediately. Within her mind she is asking herself that why would her fellow angels won't see past on her son's being, he might be a son of a demon but it was already proven that not all demons or any beings of darkness are evil and Sparda was a proof of it. The seraph has a huge admiration to the legendary dark knight because of his honorable deeds, she was taught to believe that the devils or demons are their enemies. But as time passes by as they face Sparda on multiple occasions, she saw how different the dark knight is to his brethren, unlike the others who would show no mercy to her comrades in battle, Sparda on the other hand is willing to spare those who does not have the will to fight. In one of their skirmishes against the demons, she was defeated by Sparda himself and fell at his mercy but instead of killing her or even humiliate her to make an example out of her, she was spared and allowed to retreat back to heaven and that day she thought that it was the first time to see something noble and kind within the darkness and thus, she continues to observe the demon whenever she got a chance. Later on, she discovered that just like her, Sparda has a huge interest of the human race and often visits the human world and blends in with them while suppressing his power. As she follows the demon, she was once again surprised on how he shows kindness and compassion to others. So that's why, when she heard of his disappearance and discovered that he has sired a son from a human woman, she visited the human world only to find Dante alone surrounded by evil so she made the decision to honor the one she admired that she would care and protect his legacy and fill Dante with love.

Gabriel was pulled out of her reverie as she sensed a group of demons making their way towards her. With her mastery on manipulating her light or holy energy, she created multiple light spears and rains them down to the horde. A Hell sloth suddenly appears behind her and swings its scythe but the seraph is prepared as she parried the attack with her wings the cleave the demon in half with her sword of light. Gabriel flies up to the air and with a flick of her wings, she fires a hail of sharp feathers raining down on the demons mercilessly. After wiping another horde, she felt the auras of Azazel and Penemue coming towards her.

"You alright, Gabriel? That bastard Enlil, I swear I'll beat that smug grin on his face." Azazel said as he tries to cheer her up.

"It's okay, Azazel. I appreciate your concern but you do not need to do that, it might start a war between our factions if you act recklessly." Gabriel replied with a sincere smile.

"This is another reason why I want you to join us, that Enlil gives me the creeps. Did you notice the way he looks at you? It is still a mystery to me why he still an angel for harboring desires for you. If we go to war because I tried to help you, then it is worth the fight." The fallen angel governor said with conviction.

"No, whatever happens don't do anything. I can take care of myself, it's just that Enlil reminds me of our brother, Lucifer before his fall. He is full of pride and thinks the other races like humans are beneath him, I'm worried that he might stray from the right path." Gabriel replied once more with the hint of sadness in her tone.

"Well, that's our Gabriel. So pure and innocent as a white lily, one who sees the good of others and so forgiving. I really wonder, how can you still retain your purity while living in the human world? The world of man has so many temptations, a beauty like you will actually garner the attention of everyone especially the lustful ones." Penemue said entering the conversation while fighting off the demons that are overlook.

"It's all thanks to Dante, he also garners the attention of women much to my annoyance and for those men who are attempting to hit on me, they are being scared off by him or downright beating them when I'm not looking. He also makes sure that I do not end up in the red light district whenever we go out." Gabriel said with smile as she remembers her time with Dante. The Fallen angel couple notice the way the seraph smile and nodded to each other.

"Well, whatever the case you should ask Dante out after this crisis is over. Both of you need some time alone." Azazel suggested.

"~Then you should profess your love to him and end it with a kiss to the lips or maybe to the bedroom. ~" Penemue added in a sly tone while winking.

"Eh?! What are you two saying? I want to just ask him out so we can bond as mother and son!" Gabriel said with a startled yelp with her face flush in embarrassment. The fallen angel couple snickered on how Gabriel is easy to tease.

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Back to Temen-ni-gru

After retrieving the Astronomical board and his annoying encounter with the clown named Jester, Dante left the room and walks the large room where he encountered the Gigapede. On his way back to the Chamber of echoes, he has seen something that was not there earlier. In front of Dante, blood flows down a fountain adorned by stone birds.

"Thanks for destroying the lock for me, devil boy! And welcome to Hell! Please accept my gift. Don't be humble, just take it! After all, we're buddies, aren't we?! Hahahahaha!" He suddenly heard Jester's voice echoing in the room as the blood awakens the birds and they become Bloodgoyle demons that attack Dante, who easily fends them off.

"Well, isn't that special? To be honest, I was expecting something a little better than this." Dante said as he walks off, an apparently-defeated Bloodgoyle that Dante had knocked into a wall revives, and swoops after him.

(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 3 Dante theme- taste the blood)

Dante draws Rebellion and swatted the demon as it dives after him, making a splat on the wall again. The other two blood goyles swoop in on him only to be deflected by his sword swing but unfortunately, they are not dead and quickly recover and swoop in immediately. Shortly, the other goyles started attack the devil hunter and swarm around him like bees. But before the demons overwhelm Dante, the devil hunter uses Ebony and Ivory and fires in every direction blowing the Bloodgoyles away from him. Some of them turns into a statue and when that happens, Dante did not waste any time and destroys them with Rebellion.

As he sees what happens, Dante thought of an easier solution as he draws Coyote- A out. The Bloodgoyle swoops down on rage as it seen its brethren being killed but the devil hunter stood calmly and slowly aims his shotgun to the demon. As the Bloodgoyle gets closer, Dante fires his shotgun and the buck shots are more effective than expected as just one shot and the demon turns into a statue then he quickly drew his sword and cuts the demon in two. The devil hunter repeats the same process to the other five Bloodgoyles that follows until only three remains.

Dante uses his gun stinger move to move closer to the remaining three demons but the other two charges at him. The devil hunter evaded by sliding down then rolling towards the one large Bloodgoyle, a maneuver called cut-in front, and fires at the demon point blank turning it into a statue. He rolls sideward next which is called the cut-in side maneuver and fires to another demon, then he rolls backwards narrowly avoided the last active Bloodgoyle and shoots the demon again. With all three remaining Bloodgoyles turn to statue, Dante hurls the Rebellion using it as a projectile. The demon sword is spinning as it flies to its target like a boomerang and slices all demons one by one until it goes back to Dante's hand.

"Yeah! Too easy!" With the battle over, Dante sheathes Rebellion and makes his way back to the Chamber of Echoes.

(Battle OST end)

…

Chamber of Echoes

The devil hunter finally made it to the Chamber of Echoes through the Endless Infernum, he noticed that there are walls blocking the path on each floor so he figured that those walls have to go first. Dante realizes that he can only move to the top floor hoping that he will something like a generator there and his assumption was spot on, at the top floor in the Chamber, there is a generator with a slot where a certain key item shall be put there to activate the generator. He pulled out the Astronomical Board from his pocket and compares the shape of the slot and the key item, when he realizes that they have the same shape, Dante inserts the Astronomical Board and the generator activates. The walls on each floor were removed and a magic circle lights up at the center of ground floor.

Seeing that the key item works, Dante also noticed something at the lower floor so he made his way down to find a silver trident called Vajura. The devil hunter thought on what is the trident's purpose then something flashes on his mind.

"Hmm… back to the room with the statues, there is a cage right? Better investigate then." Dante muttered to himself as he makes his way back to the living statue room.

…

Living Statue Room

Dante is currently annoyed as he entered the room, back when he arrived on the east entryway, demons started spawning from the walls again while all he knows is that he already wiped off all the demons in the hall and turns out he is wrong. The devil hunter was not in the mood to entertain these pests so he brushed pass the demons by running along the wall, a skill from his trickster style, and then quickly entered the room without problem.

"Man, this place is like the dungeons on some online games and animes that I played and watched. So I can safely assume that whenever I enter the entryway, there would always have demons spawning in it. What a drag really." Dante said in an exasperated tone.

Dante made his way to the upper floor and circle around finding a hallway with the device to lift the cage. He pulls out the Vajura and then stab it to the device inserting the trident tips to the key slot, the devil hunter waited to see the effect but nothing seems to happen. After waiting for a minute, Dante got impatient and kicks the device with great force which luckily activates and lifts the cage to gain access to the artifact within. Dante went to the artifact and picks it up, but as soon as he picks the item called The Soul of Steel, the room was sealed once again with demonic magic and all the statues came to life charging their energy arrows then fired in an attempt to ambush the devil hunter. Dante has already sensed the danger and did a backflip evading the arrows, while in mid-air, the devil hunter fires Ebony and Ivory to the Enigmas staggering them before he landed in a very cool and badass manner.

(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 5 Dante theme- subhuman)

"Whew! For a second there I thought I was going to be shishkabob by these freaks." Dante commented as he looks to the spot where he used to be, the spot filled with energy arrows that going to impale him.

Dante did not waste any time and charges to the nearest Enigma which is already charging its attack but before the demon could fire, the devil hunter uses ground trick and then uses stinger knocking the Enigma to the wall then slicing the demon cleanly in two. Another Enigma is about to fire on his direction but he uses the gun stinger move which also knocks the demon back but Dante is not finished yet as he repeatedly fires his shotgun which powered by his demonic power until the Enigma dies and shattered. The devil hunter eliminates the other Enigmas on the upper floor doing the same tactics until he clears the whole floor.

Going down to the lower floor, he is greeted by three Hell Lusts moving around the room and as if they are in sync, they all charge towards Dante at the same time. Dante draws out Cerberus and uses ice age conjuring a barrier of icicles that parried the demons' attacks and then shredding the demons near him. He starts swinging the nunchaku around bashing the three Hell Lusts and knocking them down, the devil hunter leaps on the downed Hell Lust and use the demon as a ride as he moves around the room firing his guns around killing the other two Hell Lusts. Dante jumps off the demon he is riding as it collides to the wall with a loud thud and then finished the demon off with a helm breaker. With all the enemies gone, the seal in the room breaks and Dante left the room immediately.

(Battle OST end)

…

Endless Infernum

Dante is back once again in the room, he tried to gain access to the other door at the west side but the said door is covered by a wall of flame. The devil hunter did not have any choice but to come back to the Endless Infernum and think on how to proceed from there. He already knows that there is nothing beyond on the big red door since he has already explored the area, then the only way remaining is the one with the sealed gate but the problem is to cross over the deep hole in front of him and from what he can see, there is no catwalk to be used.

The devil hunter felt a surge of power within his pocket, he pulls the item out to see the Soul of Steel glowing. As the key item glows, he can also see the empty slot on the sealed door glowing and he realized that the Soul of Steel goes there. Now, the only problem is crossing the deep hole. Cerberus noticed the predicament of his owner and once again open their link.

Young master, the item that you are holding has the power over air. Perhaps with its power activated, you can safely cross without problem. Cerberus said to Dante.

"Well, what choice do we have? This is the only way forward so here goes." Was the devil hunter's laid back reply.

Dante took one step on the deep hole but instead of falling, his foot is floating as if there is still a floor he is stepping on. Realizing that it is safe to cross, he proceeds forward without delay until he reaches the sealed door. The devil hunter puts the Soul of Steel on the empty slot and the sealed door starts opening, he opens the door and enters the room called The Surge of Fortunas.

…

Surge of Fortunas

As he enters the room, Dante finds out that there is another platform lift to activate in order to proceed to the upper floors. The devil hunter searches the room until he finds the device that will activate the elevator, upon seeing the device, he strikes it with his sword activating the gears on the platform lift. Dante immediately rides the platform lift and waits for the platform to ascend to the upper floor.

While he is ascending, a group of Hell Prides jump on the platform he is in and are all determined to hinder his progress. The Hell Prides swing their weapons together only for Dante to use Coyote- A and twirls the shotgun like a nunchaku while firing, a move called fireworks. The demons were blown away knocking them down but some of them unfortunately fell off the platform falling to their deaths. The downed Hell Prides were about to stand up to recover but Dante uses gun stinger on one them throwing the demon off the platform then he followed with a backslide move firing his shotgun to the back turning the demon behind him to dust. Dante draws the Rebellion and swiftly cuts the remaining Hell Prides before they could recover, with the group of demons wiped out, he sheathes his sword to his back.

Before the devil hunter can relax a little, he spotted another group of Hell Prides free falling to his platform. Dante smirks as he manifests Cerberus on his hand and slams the nunchaku to the ground sprouting ice pillars around him, this move called million carats. His latest attacks impaled the Hell Prides surrounding him while few of them were knocked back by the attack. Dante went into offensive quickly as he used revolver, spinning violently to the enemy and lands a strong impact which crushes the demon's skull killing it as result. Then he unleashes a string of combos to the two Hell Prides at the same time and finishing it with one strong swing that throws the demons off the platform. The last Hell Pride recovered and charges towards Dante, the demon swings its weapons only for the attack to be parried by the windmill move, spinning his nunchaku around in a propeller-like motion which also strikes directly at the enemy. After finishing his move, Dante throws the demon off with the roundhouse kick and another group has been wiped out. As soon as he finished fighting, the platform reaches the intended floor to ascend.

…

Central Temen-ni-gru, From Azure Garden to Firestorm Chamber

As soon as the lift stopped its ascension, Dante left the room towards a hallway with open view called the Azure Garden until he found the door which has the access to his next destination. On both sides of the room are displays of weapon and wares, the devil hunter opens the door and finds himself on a large room flooded with weapons and bones. Across the room, there is a large metal door being guarded by two statues each holding a sword, this room is called the Firestorm Chamber. Seeing nothing in the room, Dante proceeds towards the large door and is about to enter when he hears someone talking.

Look brother! It's been ages, but we finally have company! The figure in blue on top of one of the statue said in an excited tone.

I see that! The figure in red from the other statue replied on its brother's call.

We must entertain our guest! The blue one suggested.

You're right! We have to be gracious hosts! The red one agreed.

What should we do? The blue one asked its brother.

How do I know? We need to come up with something! The red one said, not knowing anything about hospitality.

Dante could only sigh on the two demons' antics, he shrugged his shoulders then proceeds to walk pass the two guard statues.

Brother, our guest is sighing and he is about to walk off leaving us here. The blue one said, the devil hunter stops walking due to being noticed.

"Aw man, so much for just passing here unnoticed." Dante muttered silently.

SIGH? What is SIGH? Asked the red one.

Well a SIGH is when... The blue one is about to answer but Dante interrupted them.

"Well sorry for interrupting your gag but… Your GUEST wants to go through." The devil hunter said in a jolly tone. The atmosphere suddenly becomes tense and Dante felt an increase in aura on both demons.

Our job here is to guard this door! The blue one said in a serious tone.

That's right! We cannot let you pass! The red one added mirroring the same conviction as his brother.

Be careful young master, those two will fight you together instead of one on one but be at ease, those two are dumb and you can take advantage on them. Also feel free to use me against them especially to the red one, he has control over fire while the blue one has control of wind. Cerberus advices its owner.

"Heh! It seems we cannot take a break, do we?" Dante said as he draws Rebellion preparing himself to an inevitable fight.

(Cue Battle OST: Devil May Cry 3 Agni & Rudra Battle)

The two demons jump off from the statue revealing their hulking figure, one colored red and one colored blue. But what seems noticeable on these enemies are that they are headless demon warriors wielding swords possess the same design, being wide, curved blades resembling the classic fictional depiction of an Arabian scimitar or pirate cutlass. Their blades are comprised of a curved support to which a series of backward-pointed segments each with its own rear-sloping cutting edge are fixed, forming a vicious serrated design that is somewhat reminiscent of a spinal cord. The major difference on both swords is that they are colored for their respective elements, the red one has the orange blade for fire while the blue one has the turquoise blade for wind, though on both the cutting edges of the blade segments are bare metal and the guard, grip and pommel gold which have a round and plain shape. Dante noticed something mounted on the pommel of each sword, it resembles a head and he can see the faces on each head. The devil hunter figured that the swords themselves were the demons and are controlling hosts to fight.

I am Agni, Gatekeeper of Fire! The red one said.

And I am Rudra, Gatekeeper of Storm! The blue one added.

Both demons now named Agni and Rudra enchanted their weapons with demonic power, the orange sword is lit up with fire while the turquoise sword is wrap with strong wind. All of the fighters glared at each other waiting for the other to make a first move and seconds later, the red one charges at Dante and the devil hunter braces himself to clash with the demon. Both swing at each other and they were put in a deadlock, the red demon pushes Dante away then slash at him only for Dante to parry the attack. Displaying their sword skills, the two clash blades trying to overpower the other, meanwhile, the blue demon kept its distance to the other two waiting for its chance to attack.

Dante uses the stinger move, lunging at the red demon in high speed but Agni proves to be formidable as the demon parried the attack that made the demon hunter staggered. Seeing its chance, Agni makes a swipe of its sword horizontally ready to cut Dante in two only for the devil hunter to flip over the attack dodging it completely. Rudra who is watching from the distance quickly gets close to Dante's blind spot ready to swing its sword that is being held in reverse grip on its left hand. Sensing the incoming danger, Dante rolls away from the two to avoid himself getting flanked but it was too late as the twin demons have quickly positioned themselves on both of his flanks again thus, an exchange of two against one has begun.

Dante exchanges blow after blow against Agni and Rudra and he barely gets a breather due to the consecutive attacks and teamwork of the twin demons. Suddenly, Agni and Rudra swipe their swords at the same time coming from both sides leaving Dante with little options of escaping but with his acrobatic skill, the devil hunter flips in between of the attacks evading it narrowly. After a graceful landing Dante immediately attacks with million stabs, lunging at Rudra and rains the demon with stabs. Rudra on the other hand could barely block all the stabs and some attacks actually wounded him.

"STING!" With one vicious stab, Dante sent Rudra reeling back to his attack. Seeing its brother on peril, Agni attacks Dante with a fast straightforward stab but the devil hunter flips over the attack and uses Agni's sword as footing. Rudra immediately recovered in a short time and attacks the devil hunter but Dante easily parries the attack then jumps over Agni and uses helm breaker at the demon's back staggering it.

In a series of fast movements, Rudra launches a high-speed lunge attack with a sword swipe to Dante and in response the devil hunter blocks with sword making him skid back a little but he is unaware of another incoming attack in the form of Agni launching his own high-speed lunge attack but with the forward stab. The attack hits home at Dante, luckily he was hit mostly by the blunt part of the sword, the devil hunter grunted in pain as he sent flying back but righted himself with a recovery stance immediately. Agni and Rudra did not waste any time and attacks Dante, with Agni jumping up high into the air followed by Rudra, both intended to slam their bodies on the devil hunter. Dante uses his royal guard style and perfectly blocks Agni's body slam but when he sees Rudra's incoming attack, he uses just release the moment Rudra's attack is about to land on him. The shockwave staggered the two demons and Dante gets his revenge for the earlier attacks.

"You aren't scared, are you?" Dante taunted the two followed by a low chuckle.

Agni and Rudra have fallen into a battle stance and flank Dante once more, the devil hunter pulls out Cerberus and swings it around his body showing his enemies that he has no openings on his stance. The battle rages as Agni swings his sword but Dante who is now doing a defensive battle casually parries the demon's attack, Agni repeatedly attacks but all the demon's attempts were being thwarted by Dante's skillful use of the nunchaku. Rudra rushes in and attacks but the devil hunter leans down avoiding the attack completely and hits Agni instead, while the red one is staggered, Dante unleashes a barrage of swings to Rudra and sent the blue demon flying using the crystal move. Agni recovers and then charges back, the red demon slashes at the demon hybrid but Dante leans to the side then Agni follows with a wide swipe of his sword only for the devil hunter to lean back. Agni attacks once more with a forward stab but Dante countered with windmill which made both of them staggered from impact, but Dante immediately recovers and hits Agni with the revolver attack pushing the red demon back.

Seeing their enemy to be formidable in close quarters combat, Agni and Rudra changes tactics as they slam their swords to the ground producing shockwaves of fire and wind launching towards the devil hunter. Dante continuously dodges their projectile attacks until suddenly he is backed into a corner and seeing their chance, Agni and Rudra rush in with their lunge attack. Unfortunately for the twin demons, Dante uses ice age creating a barrier of ice blizzard that surrounds his body. When their attacks collided with the barrier of blizzard, the barrier deflects their attacks and staggers them both. Dante rushes towards Rudra and attacks, dishing more punishment with every blow he lands until he kills the blue demon with a revolver finish.

Seeing the defeat of Rudra, Agni jumps to the top of the statue and holds the sword forward in an upside down position. Agni's head that is attached to the sword's pommel roared, its eyes shine bright and his power increases. Agni calls forth his brother Rudra, who is currently embedded on the ground, Rudra's eyes shone the same with its brother and the sword flies to where Agni is. Agni's body catches Rudra which now wields both swords, the twin demons' power increases drastically as they are surrounded with firestorm as both swords' pommel attached and both blades coated with fire and wind.

Now that their powering up has been completed, Agni and Rudra dive towards the devil hunter who narrowly evaded the sudden attack but the shockwave produced by the impact sent Dante flying back. A tornado of fire and wind envelops the twin demons as the headless body spins the dual-end blades upward, then Agni and Rudra swing their weapon two times producing shockwaves of fire and wind hitting Dante directly, who has just recovered his footing. The twin demons continue to swing shockwaves towards Dante but this time the devil hunter is prepared, with his fast reflexes and acrobatic skills, Dante evades them all whether by leaning his body to any direction, rolling away to the shockwaves path and even flipping over the attacks.

The twin demons lunge at Dante in high-speed attacking him with a straightforward stab which is evaded by the devil hunter by rolling to the side and quickly draws Rebellion to block another swing from his enemies. After being in a deadlock, the two opposing sides cross blades once more exchanging swing after swing of their swords, both wanted to break the stalemate, both locked in a quick dance of death. Both are in a stalemate for a few minutes until Agni and Rudra attempt to swipe Dante's feet with their sword but the devil hunter jumps over the attack and launches an overhead strike which is blocked by the twin demons. Agni and Rudra relentlessly attack the devil hunter by spinning and twirling the dual-end blades around, Dante could only block and parry as he was pushed to the defensive position until he was sent flying back by a single strike that Dante manages to block. Agni and Rudra did not waste any time and lunge at Dante to end the battle but as they got closer, Dante's aura exploded and transforms into his demon form. The demonic form of Dante blocks the attack with ease and pushes Agni and Rudra away with brute strength alone. The twin demons recover quickly and immediately attacks with two shockwaves of fire and wind.

"Freeze!" Dante counters by summoning Cerberus and uses crystal conjuring spikes of ice.

The elemental attacks collide cancelling each other, which appears that the attacks are equal in strength. The opposing fighters charge at each other and engage to the exchange of skill and power, Dante twirls the nunchaku parrying every swing of Agni and Rudra. Both wanted to overpower the other but there is no sign of both sides caving in, until the twin demons launch a decisive strike which thwarted by Dante using ice age. This cause Agni and Rudra to stagger back and the dual-end blade splits into two swords once more, the devil hunter dismissed Cerberus and draws Rebellion to use a stronger variant of stinger influenced by his overwhelming demonic power. Agni and Rudra blocks the attack by raising their swords into cross guard but they were taken aback by the sheer force behind the lunge attack, the twin demons quickly composes themselves again and engage Dante in another exchange. Sword clashing against sword, their swings are getting faster by the second until there are only blurs can be seen on their arms' movement. Dark crimson streaks can only be seen clashing with fiery orange and sky blue streaks, they continued their fierce exchange until Dante disarms the demons in one swipe of his sword sending the two demon swords to the air. The devil hunter decides to end the battle by brushing pass the headless body while slashing across its torso, as the two demon swords drop and stab on the ground, the headless body lays dead for the count and Dante disengage his devil trigger. It is over, the battle ends with Dante's victory.

(Battle OST end)

Dante was about to leave and progress to the next area but Agni and Rudra call out to the devil hunter.

Wait!

Yes, wait!

We have been waiting for a long time! Agni continued.

Yes, a very long time! Rudra followed.

For someone stronger than us!

Someone who can control us! Agni and Rudra alternately said.

You shall take us with you! We could be a great help to you! Both stated together.

Dante thinks about their offer, he thought of the pros and cons of taking the twin swords with him. The pros are that this can be an additional power to his arsenal in different situation to take control on any future battles especially the elemental attacks that they possessed; while the cons are that these two are such a chatterbox and can be annoying. Anyway, he has finally decided.

"Okay, but on one condition." Dante said.

What is it?

Name it. The twin swords asked.

"Although I am not forbidding you of talking, I would only like for you to talk when I talk to you. No unnecessary chatter or any nonsense talk, capisce?" The devil hunter stated in a serious tone.

Fair enough. Agni agreed.

As you wish. Rudra obeyed.

After their agreement, Dante shows off his moves with Agni & Rudra. He demonstrates his skills in dual-wielding doing sword katas performed by a master swordsman, then he connects both swords through the pommel and spins and twirls the weapon like a glaive. In the end, he separated both swords and ended his performance in a dual sword stance.

Impressive… Rudra commented.

"You got that right, I am a genius weapon specialist." Dante replied confidently.

And so, Dante and his merry band of misfits continues to explore the demon tower, Temen-ni-gru.

MISSION END

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

That is a wrap for our official chapter 3 and its quite a headache. So how is the chapter? Good? Bad? You decide. Well in this chapter, I finally decided on the name of Issei's sword; its Avenger and its appearance is the same with the reboot Rebellion and it even transforms into Osiris and Arbiter. As I said before, Issei will resemble the reboot's Dante in fighting style. On another topic I have finally introduce other characters such as Raphael, Baraqiel, and Kokabiel; but there are also characters that I added that are not in DXD such as Izuna from Shinra bansho and although Nurarhiyon is also a dxd character, his appearance is not, he came from another anime but I forgot the title. His ability is conjuring many weapons. And there is also an OC angel named Enlil, and based on my description of him he is an arrogant douchebag. Do you feel a bad vibe on him same with Azazel? Well we will find out eventually. That's all and thank you for those who follow and favorite on this story. Please leave a review if you like.