Post by dmc89 on Sept 19, 2012 4:21:15 GMT -6
"Okay, so... now that we're in our own little pocket dimension I guess it's time we get started. One week on the outside world should suffice, After all... one week out there is like a thousand years in here." Tony didn't take time before detaching an orb from that belt, "Ya know... you never did say what those were." Dante pointed at the belt with a bunch of black orbs around them. Tony's response came quickly without him missing a beat.
"Reality Marbles. A nifty little spell I picked up, you can store entire worlds in these things if you wanted to.... But this..." He was playing with one in the palm of his hand, easily the size of a soft ball. "This one's for you, just break it open and it's contents will come out... gotta warn you though... get ready, if you lose this battle... you're fucked."
At those words the Son of Sparda began to wonder exactly what was contained within that sphere in his hands... It wouldn't take long to find out, the Reality Marble was tossed into the air and obliterated with one well placed shot from one of Tony's handguns. A black inky smoke began to filter out and spill onto the ground like water before it began to form into a figure and right then and there... Dante knew what was happening.
"Well, well, well... missed me that much?" The black mass of smoke began to bend and twist, two bright red eyes piercing the veil of darkness. A being began to pass through it and as he did, Dante's eyes got wide. It looked like him... But with Darker skin and black hair. His entire get up was just what Dante was wearing except for it was shades of black and grey. Just by the tone of voice Dante knew exactly what he was facing... and he began to smile...
If it were probably anyone else, they'd more than likely be shitting themselves right about now. Especially those who faced this guy. This was the Dante that lead the council of Legion, this was the thing that took on Dante's shape and form in all manner except one... he didn't have a soul... This was the one the Demon World came to call Lord Adraps...
Dante still held his signature smirk the entire time. He knew what this meant. He had to fight this guy... and win. A quick glance to Tony followed by a nod and Dante reached up for his old weapon. It was a weapon this Dante had forged by fusing the Rebellion and Force Edge together... it was a fearsome sword of power. Vengeance it was called, Dante only guessed it was in mock towards the name of his old Blade that was now Tony's to use. This fight was simple... A fight to the death... and a chance to get the rust off of his shoulders. "So, Are we going to match each other toe for toe in a stylish battle and exchange remarks?" The Darker Alter ego spoke a smile that matched Dante's curling his lips... only it was Darker. "Nope... You're just going to die."
He ripped his blade from the sheath on his back, sword tip pointed at his opponent as Dante stood in a relaxed posture. But so many enemies would tell Adraps differently if they could as Dante launched into a vicious Stringer. His technique was launched so fast and brutally that his blade's tip began to glow red. He was right on Adraps' ass. But Adraps was a step ahead just as Dante had assumed his stance and used his own close range Stringer to cancel Dante's. The canceled power shot outward in such a way the ground broke underneath the both of them as the tips connected. They shared a small chuckle and smirk.
But it was all business for the Red Coated Devil. Before Adraps could flick his wrist to flick Dante's sword into the air, The Son of Sparda was a blur that traveled upward, Vengeance already charged up as Adraps' attention was shot towards to the airborne Dante who was now above his target releasing five high powered Shock-waves. Overdrive... Dante was serious...
A double dash ripped Adraps away from the area that had just been hit by the Shock-waves, large chunks of earth being ripped up and thrown into the air before being cleaved through by Dante who was now Star dashing towards his opponent. Adraps needed to get on the offensive and that's exactly what he did. A quick dash with his own sword drawn drew him into Dante who was now unleashing an Ariel Rave. Adraps countered with a grounded interpretation of the technique each of them putting their strength into each swing as swords lanced off of one another and chunks of the ground were lifted from the ground and atomized by their sword swings before finally they clashed swords together hard.
They stood in a stalemate for a moment, each putting their weight behind their swords. "Kinda' reminds you of the last time doesn't it?" The quip was short and quick, "kinda'" The two pushed off of one another Dante launching a Propshredder while Adraps countered with a Propshredder of his own in the reverse direction. The tips of the blades lashing out at one another before Dante crouched and spun towards his left, the spin took him a full three hundred and sixty degrees around just as he launched a vicious Hightime uppercut which nailed Adraps and shot him into the air. Of course the deep gouge healed up instantaneously but Dante followed his airborne opponent releasing a cruel Dance Macabre that was swiftly countered by Adraps' insane million slash.
The two flipped backwards and landed on the ground in a kneeling position looking across from one another. This was getting no where fast... "You're not holding back..." A small laugh followed Adraps' statement, Dante only smirked followed by a single huff. "That's the plan." "Well then I guess I should oblige." Adraps launched from his kneeling position carving a path of destruction from his super dash. Dante rose quickly preforming another stinger. A stinger that hit nothing but air as Adraps Dark Tricked at the last second and disappeared. "Behind you."
Dante whipped around but it was too late, he was hit by an adapted Yorn Press he had seen from his hottest council member, the Hollenhund which threw Dante back... Giving Adraps enough time to run up and pounce off of him into the air via a Mustang technique which threw Dante even farther off of his feet. In fact it sent Dante airborne and backwards. Another Dark Trick put Adraps just ahead of where Dante was going to land only for Adraps to clothesline him to the ground. "Come on now... Don't tell you're through already?" He leaned his head side to side popping his neck while pressing his fists together to crack his knuckles. "I'm not... DONE WITH YOU YET!"
Vengeance was released from it's scabbard and plunged straight into Dante as blood sprayed over Adraps' face.
An explosion of blood erupted from Dante's mouth as he was pinned into the now cratered ground by Adraps' power stab. But the Dark Devil wasn't finished, two gloved hands grabbed Dante, one by the throat, the other by his belt buckle and ripped Dante upward through his sword hilt and all. "Would you look at that... I've drawn..." The only other time the Devil hunter felt that much pain was when he had to get out from underneath Alastor. The others were lucky as hell every time they fought this guy, he was severely playing around...
"FIRST BLOOD!" A hard throw sent Dante through the air again as Adraps' plucked his bloodied blade from the ground before Dark Tricking to Dante. "You really think you can beat me?" Unfortunately for Dante, Adraps launched a Star-Rave... It was quite the technique Dante had created himself combining Star Dash and Ariel Rave... Regrettably it was being used on him though. Dante was bounced back and fourth, to and fro between Adraps' attack before the combo was finished by a harsh Helm breaker that slammed Dante into the ground.
No wonder this guy was feared and revered in the Demon World... It had gone beyond a simply Veran Shard... and gained an image almost all it's own... that of a much crueler Dante... A much crueler persona that now loomed over the downed Devil Hunter. "Well that was disappointing... I was expecting more..." Dammit... his bones were broken in several places, and the gashes in his body weren't healing fast enough... he was screwed to be honest, especially considering he did all he could to roll over...
"God you're so pathetic!" Adraps began to pace around the downed Devil. "How did you defeat Mundus, twice? You rush into the battle full steam ahead and once I start picking up the pace... I kick your ass without even getting dirty. Face it, Just like your dad, you're washed up and obsolete." He continued his pace looking up for a moment before continuing his speech. "You don't have what it takes to beat me, I'm far too powerful for you to control, I'm too brutal, to cruel. And you need to face facts..." He stopped and looked down at his fallen and blood stained foe. "I'm just a better Dante than you'll ever hope to be, because you're too compassionate."
Dante laughed, his most used weapons twirled and danced within his hands before they were aimed at Adraps. "How about you do me a favor, and estimate the amount of fucks I give." Red electrical sparks of demonic aura flashed from his arms and down into his favorite tools, Ebony and Ivory. Adraps was taken back in shock before the guns unloaded an unholy howl of rapid and powerful gunfire which through Adraps off of his feet and away from Dante.
"What the fuck? How?!" Adraps pushed himself off the ground just as Dante held up an empty crystalline container in the shape of a star, traces of a glowing green liquid were still left in the bottom. "Rule number two of being Dante; Save the victory speech until the target's dead." He discarded the empty bottle and summoned his blade to his side. "What a pest..." His blade soon morphed into the shape of a Katana sheath and all as Adraps leaned over and unsheathed the sword. "just DIE!" The area around Dante grew darker and blue glowing streaks surrounded him in a webbing. The Devil Hunter knew what was coming... The violent dimensional slash came he just needed to time this right. The ground around Dante exploded into a dust cloud.
Adraps smiled at his word as his blade shifted back to its original state. But the dust was cleared suddenly and standing there was a Dante unharmed as a red aura vibrantly radiated from the Son of Sparda. "That it? My turn." Dante launched forward into a Dash before going airborne and returning the favor of that Star Rave, bouncing Adraps around and cutting him up deeply before finishing the assault with a Hightime. You know what they say... payback's a bitch... He leaped after the bastard and began releasing a devastating mid-air Dance Macabre as the last strike sent Adraps soaring, Dante soon followed taking advantage of the distance gained by combining the Star Dash and Air trick techniques. Coating his legs in his aura as he reached Adraps, he went to work destroying his opponent's rib cage with a sadistic kick-13 combo followed closely by a royal flush and finished it with a lunar phase straight to Adraps' skull.
Adraps hit the ground so hard that a good eight foot deep, fifteen foot wide crater opened underneath him. Dante landed just outside of the crater's Edge. "Don't tell me you're done already? What happened to that whole speech about you being too brutal?" Adraps scowled as he released into a full Devil Trigger Transformation. It resembled Dante's aside from half his demonic facial features were covered by a form fitting half mask of Veran... And that it's wings and tail were crafted from that fearful specter's cloak.
Well then... he might of just pissed this guy off... "YOU ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO ME!!!! A SACRIFICE OF YOUR BLOOD IS WHAT I DEMAND! NOW PERISH!" Yup... he pissed him off. Curled claws radiated death as his very aura began to seethe life from the area, turning the gravel to ash and dust as a large orb of power about the size of a midsize car was formed and launched towards Dante. "If you're gonna be me... You need to at least keep my victory catchphrase... C'mon man... try to keep up."
His aura flared to life, every time it broke it's previous limit a large explosion of his power raced outward until finally Ebony and Ivory Danced within his hands before being aimed at the large destructive orb. His trademark smirk ever present on his face....
He suddenly snapped into his Devil Trigger to further his power as all of that energy raged and channeled themselves right into his arms and into the bullets that were now spiraling around one another with red and white trails hugging closely behind them. There was a enough power in those bullets that it carved through Adraps' attack and absorbed it. Feeding it directly back to him.
As the bullets collided, Adraps let out a loud roar of pain, "DAMN YOU!!!!!!! WHY DON'T YOU EVER DIE?!?!?!" There was a violent explosion that followed before a shining black translucent orb of energy floated towards the now normal Dante who took it in his hand and absorbed it into him. "Jeeze, what a sore loser..."