The End of His Tale

three

Dante and Urizen fight off in the distance. Their arena was a slightly broken illusion of the Sparda house. The sky was shattered as if it were a piece of glass and the clouds on that imitation of the sky was a dark grey. The ground was a combination of the fleshy floor of the Qliphoth along with the green grass of the lawn.

"They're brothers? Why are they fighting each other?"

"To see one's justice through, a man must fight for it. Even if the one who stands before him is his kin,"

Dante slashes Urizen across the chest with his sword, causing Urizen to fall to his knees. The impact shook the ground. Without hesitation, Dante plunged his Devil Sword into the large eye in Urizen's chest.

Urizen goes into shock, twitching as Dante pushes his sword deeper and deeper.

Oriana can see the two looking at each other.

"That's ridiculous,"

"The brothers of blood disagree on the very reason of their existence. They must fight,"

Dante pulls his sword from Urizen's chest, increasing his distance from Urizen. He was still in battle stance, but noticing how Urizen was not getting up, he relaxed and caught his breath. He breathed in and out heavily, looking down at Urizen's body.

Urizen breathed loudly and with a gurgly noise from deep within.

"Dante,"

Oriana called out his name.

"You're late...just finishing up, sweetheart,"

Dante says to Oriana, while resting his blade on his shoulders.

"Is that really your brother?"

Nero asked.

"I'm afraid so,"

"So he was behind all this. Your own flesh and blood,"

Everyone looked at Urizen's corpse, all except for V, who was slowly making his way to Urizen's fallen frame.

"Right again,"

Dante smiled, but not honestly.

Oriana looked at him and Nero from behind.

I remember that feeling...Very well.

She looked at V and recalled the way his hand fit in hers. The way his flesh was crumbling and how cracks started forming all over his body, illustrating the severity of his present weakness.

"You'll come back,"

She said to V earlier, as Nero was walking up in front.

"Right, V?"

She looked at him for confirmation.

"Not like this,"

"Then, I will be looking for you,"

She laughed softly.

"But I might have to give you an ass beating,"

"...Hurry and find me, Angel,"

The three walked into the light, into the area in which Dante was fighting Urizen.

Dante yells at V to get back but with the weak hand raise of V and the exchange of a few words, Dante steps back.

V gets on, and stands atop Urizen's chest.

Oriana could see how V's arms were shaking, even when the cane was supporting his weight.

He speaks to Urizen and Urizen replies.

"I will not lose... Not to Dante... I need power... More power!"