Fighting Through the Air of Darkness

Mission 15- Brotherhood and Friendship!

        "Bravo!", Jester shouted as he clapped his hands together as if he got done watching a play or something, "Bravo! I never dreamed that things would go so smoothly. Well done, everyone! Well done!" Akira now stood beside Dante while Annabelle did the same with Vergil when Dante and Akira growled, "You!" Lady was about to hit Jester but he was too fast for her as he grabbed her rocket launcher and said, "Don't be a bad girl Mary" He then pole-vaulted her into the air and she landed on the other side of him while he continued, "Unless you want a spanking from daddy later!" Vergil had enough of the Jester's jokes as he growled angrily, "Insane buffoon! I don't know where you came from, but you DON'T belong here" Annabelle didn't know who to frightened of more as Vergil charged at Jester and as he swung Yamato, Jester caught the blade between his hands. Annabelle was shocked as Vergil couldn't hide his surprised look while Jester taunted Vergil, "Zowie! That was close. But you've taken quite the trouncing today, haven't you Vergil? Protecting your little, easily, manipulative, queen? You could've chopped me into confetti by now if you were in tip-top condition" "Damn you", was all Vergil said when he heard Arkham's voice say, "You have lost"

        Vergil was shoved, making him fall and skid across the floor while Annabelle shouted his name and ran towards him. "Vergil, are you alright?", Annabelle asked as she heard, "You want to know why the spell didn't break, hmm, Vergil?" She turned to Jester and threw one of her knives at him as she charged at him with her fists clenched when she heard, "Annabelle stop!" Annabelle felt a sharp pain in her side as she looked down, seeing her knife in her and she was thrown to Vergil; she landed on her back while Akira shouted, "Ann!" Akira felt someone grab her arm and turned to see Jester holding her arm and she burned his hand, making the clown yelp in pain while he mockingly said, "Ouch! That's a hot girl!" Akira had reached Annabelle but Vergil was already beside her when she growled at him, "You stay the hell away from her!" She drew her sword and pointed it to him while he backed away as he stared at her with hostility in his eyes. Akira kneeled and lifted Annabelle's hand to see her wound as blood began to pour from it; Akira took a deep breath and said, "Hold on, Ann. It's gonna be ok"

        Akira saw Annabelle's hand covered in ice as Sedna said, "Akira-lass, burn the ice on her hand over the cut, it will heal it" Akira nodded her head and did as she was told. Annabelle felt her breathing a little out of whack as she felt the water hit her wound and soon the cut wasn't hurting as much as it did before. "Why Akira?", she asked, gaining Akira's attention, "I betrayed you at the top of the tower" "You didn't on purpose, Ann", Akira said, "We're friends and kinda like sisters in a way. You would never hurt me unless you had a reason" Once the wound was healed up, Akira stood up and held onto Sasuke until her knuckles turned white and charged straight at Jester, who had just knocked Dante to the ground easily due to him being weakened by his fight with Vergil. Akira let out a battle cry when flamed wings appeared on her back as she attacked Jester, moving him away from Dante as flames began to circle her and go around her body in a spiral. Her hair flew wildly while everyone but Jester and Akira looked in awe at her while what they saw a majestic bird in the flames. "It's a phoenix", Annabelle said, making Dante remember what the impostor Akira say about a phoenix rising when the girls came to this world. 'She's the phoenix', Dante thought, 'Akira's the phoenix' Vergil could see the look on Dante's face seeing that whatever this girl was, it interested him on how this girl could summon a phoenix.

        The phoenix vanished as Akira collapsed onto the floor, panting when Arkham said, "Two amulets, a set of Sparda's blood. Now, I need three more keys" He picked up Lady's rocket launcher and walked towards her as he continued, "He sacrificed four things to suppress the tremendous force of this tower: his own Devil's blood, the flames of a phoenix, the blood of an ice queen, and a mortal priestess" He slammed the knife part of the rocket launcher into Lady's thigh, making her scream in pain as he said, "I needed you three, in whose body flows in the blood as the sacrificed women and phoenix" "Then, how did you know Akira and I were the ones?", Annabelle demanded.

        Arkham never looked at her and said, "I had read that the ice queen and the phoenix fled to another world after Sparda sealed the Demon World and I soon discovered another world where two girls had the same blood as the phoenix and queen" "So, it was you", Akira summarized, "it was you who dragged us here into this world and separated us after we came here. Now I remember, the other girls that went missing had one or two things that Ann and I had; either my dark brown hair, or her blue eyes. Once you figured out they weren't us, you killed them" "Yes, and this spell cannot be undone without your blood", Arkham said sinisterly, before Jester, that everyone now knew was his alter-ego, or as Akira thought of the male version of Tira, spoke, "It was quite a ride, you know. If any of died before getting here, our little plan would've gone to waste"

        Jester removed the knife part from Lady's thigh as he continued, "Therefore, my job was to make you battle each other in order to weaken you. But at the same time, I had to guide you here and made sure you were kept alive. I even went as far as dressing like a complete idiot!" Everyone clenched a fist as Jester laughed at his little tale then turning to Lady and said, "It's time for bed, Mary. You can visit your dear mother" Jester laughed maniacally when Lady suddenly knocked the rocket launcher out of his hands and caught it aiming the weapon at him as she said, "Try me"

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        Three swords, a knife, a rocket launcher, and two hissing dragons had circled him when Vergil said, "It's time for the clown to bow out, Arkham" "Dude, the show's over", Dante added. "Big mistake, Arkham. Mess with the bull, you get the horns", Annabelle chimed. "It's all over for you now, buddy. 'Cause your life ends here", Akira growled. Arkham, without even moving or changing his tone said, "Impressive. I'd expect nothing less from the phoenix, the queen, and the Devil's descendants. But aren't you forgetting something, Vergil? Annabelle? The spell is broken. What do you think will happen next? Let's welcome Chaos" Before anyone could react, the ground began to shake and slowly go upwards while Arkham used it as an opportunity to attack, knocking everyone off of their feet and making them collide into each other.

        Lady, Dante, Vergil, Annabelle, and Akira were thrown off and within a few feet from each other while Arkham said, "Just sit and wait. Wait for the birth of a new God. I…shall rule this land and take over the power of Sparda!" Vergil never moved as the ground underneath him was giving way as Annabelle tried to reach for him, only to fall with him; she felt something catch her arms while she looked to see Akira flapping her wings and landing beside Dante who saved Lady from falling to her own death. Akira, now pumped with anger, shot upward towards Arkham and once she reached him, summoned her bow, and fired as many arrows as she could before Arkham took an arrow and shot it right back at her, catching her in the arm as she felt all of her energy being drained and passed out in mid-air, falling towards the ground.

        "Akira!", Annabelle shouted, causing Dante to look up to see her falling. He quickly climbed onto some rubble and transformed into his Devil Trigger and skyrocketed to Akira's passed out body, catching her bridal style while landing back on his feet, changing back to his human form. He noticed the arrow in her arm and quickly pulled it out while Annabelle used some ice to cover the wound temporary. Annabelle had only one thought go through her mind thinking, 'What have we done, Akira?'