Devil May Cry: Revolution

Chapter 9

" He's pretty good, for a half breed... " A man mused from a tree overlooking the small clearing Dante, Vergil, Nero, Fin and Sparda had occupied for their sparring mach. " So THIS is what the legendary dark knight is capable of... Gotta say I'm a wee bit disappointed... " He had been watching them fight for over two hours now and that wasn't counting the time he spent tailing them on the train and even back in the city before they had found the book. He was a hired spy per say meant to keep tabs on the group and report back to the one he worked for, in this case it was a demon king bent on opening a gate from the Burning Palace to bring another even more dangerous demon through though why he hadn't the slightest clue. " Eh, whatever. It's not like it's causing me any problems so why should I care? " He shifted his weight in the tree but froze when Fin turned his head and looked right where he was. He was just thankful he wasn't seen. " Think if Lucien found me I'd be a dead man, not to mention he'd want an explanation which I don't feel like giving to him at the moment... " He sat there a moment longer before he decided to leave and report back to his boss.

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The whole time they fought Vergil could feel someones piercing eyes watching them, though he couldn't pinpoint their exact location or else he would have sent a few Judgment Cuts their way. Of course all thoughts of this intruder were cut short when he just narrowly missed being sliced open by his fathers blade-. The sudden attack made him jump back in surprise and rethink his current situation.

" You need to pay a little more attention Vergil " Sparda scolded. Vergil only growled clearly unimpressed.

" I know that father.. " He muttered

" Well if you know then start doing it... " With that Sparda launched himself back into battle. Now it was Dante's turn to try and catch his father off guard. He darted behind him like a shadow and pounced with Rebellion raised high above his head, only bringing it down when he was sure he'd get a direct hit. But he was wrong, as Sparda quickly turned and landed a nice kick in Dante's gut sending him flying backwards and landing in the river. When he sat up all he could hear was his father chuckling from where he stood. " Come on now Dante, do you really think you can sneak up on me like that? "

" Obviously not anymore " Dante was starting to regret this decision to fight with his dad and even though he was working WITH his brother, it still wasn't really having much of an affect on the devil knight. He stood up and brushed himself off slightly before digging around for his sword and pulling himself out of the river back into the battle. " Alright old man warm ups over... "

" Old man you say? " Sparda mused with a grin " Well then, lets see what you have now Dante " Dante was about to try a Stinger attack but a sudden idea rang out in his head and he half ran half Trickstered over to his brother

" What the hell are you grinning like that for idiot? " Vergil growled. Dante only pulled his brother closer and whispered to him

" Remember how we beat Arkham? " Dante asked quietly

" Yes, why, what does that have to do with fighting our father? " Vergil was getting annoyed with his brothers idiocy as he called it.

" Well, what if we tried something similar? I mean we're obviously not doing very well fighting him separately like this " After Dante finished Vergil turned the words over in his head before looking back to his brother and nodding.

" Alright, I'll try it your way but if this doesn't work we do things my way, got it? " Dante nodded at Vergil's words then stood up straight and let his trademark cocky grin spread across his face.

" So pops, you ready to eat your words? " He taunted.

" Conspiring over there are you boys..? " Sparda retorted. The twins ignored their fathers remark and charged right into battle again side by side. Sparda readied his blade to counter them both but just before they reached him they threw their swords to one another and quickly switched back into their devil forms. Even though he wasn't prepared for the sudden switch, somehow Sparda managed to block the attack however it left his stomach wide open and Vergil immediately took advantage of the situation by donning Beowulf, dropping Rebellion and planting his fist right in the center of his fathers gut making him stagger backwards and his Devil Trigger faded leaving him in his human form once again. The boys subconsciously followed suit, switched swords again and went on the offensive. Vergil attacked from one side while Dante delivered bone shattering blows from the other until one of them finally landed a hit. Vergil stuck Yamato right through Sparda's shoulder sending drops of crimson rain all over the ground. Upon seeing that he made contact with his blade, Vergil twisted it and ripped it out through the top sending the echo of the snapping, splintering bone ringing through Sparda's ears before he jumped back. The twins took a moment and backed off a little out of breath.