Thread: Adventures of a Lone Wanderer

Chapter 2 A Meeting Of The Twin Devils When Reiji woke up from his sleep, he noticed that his body was no longer among the rubble of the building he flattened with his body. It was laying on a couch inside of a nightclub it seemed like. Certainly looked like such, there was a pole in the middle of a stage that had lights flashing up from the floor. All the colors of the spectrum were flashing periodically through the many lights. It was enough to wake up him. He fixed himself upright on the couch and he looked around. He wondered how he got here seeing that he was unconscious upon entering this new hellish looking world. There he seen a man with white hair, a long red overcoat, and a devil sword on his back. He was shaking what seems to be a plethora of liquors into this one container. When he seen Reiji get up, he had a smirk on his face and he chuckled. Decided to wake up? About time. Losing time here. Drink? The man said as he poured what he had made into two glasses. He walked over to Reiji and gave him one. Thanks... Reiji said in a low tone. Alcohol didn't have any sort of an effect on him but the taste was still something he had to get used to still. Where am I, by the way? he asked, taking a swig of the mixture in front of him and cringing at the taste. Heh, too strong for ya? Well stranger, you're in New York of all places. At least what it used to be. What's your name? You made a hell of an entrance. The man downed the alcohol in one go. Wow, that's strong! A real man's drink right there! he said as the spice hit him all at once. Not wanting to be shown up, Reiji down it and nearly threw up but managed to keep it down. My name's Reiji Maigo. Yours? he said as he looked up at the man. Name's Dante, Dante Sparda. You're the first who didn't know who I was. I guess my reputation doesn't stretch from where you're from, eh? Dante said as he laughed again. Well, let's just say it's my first time visiting a place such as this. So, what are we doing in this place? Reiji got up from the couch and straightened his clothes. I pulled you from that burning wreakage you caused. Man, you were a huge fireball in the air. With the speed you were going, I'm surprised you didn't level the whole city block you were on. Dante was looking at him intensely trying to figure what he is, he didn't show any signs on being a demon even though now Reiji was in order to fit in the universe that he currently resides in. I have control of my powers and I seen that the building I smashed into didn't have a living soul in it. It was either that or I smash into the ground and possibly caving in that whole city block. Reiji simply said, he looked around seeing that his sword wasn't on him at all. He narrowed his eyes then looked at Dante. Where's my sword? he asked. Oh, this one? Dante said before pulling it out and he smirked. This is definitely a Devil Arm. How did you come into getting one? he wasn't going to give it back to Reiji without finding out who he is. That is mine, I got it from no one. That was made from the manifestation of my own power. Reiji said, he held his hand out then the sword itself disappeared from Dante's hands in a flare of cold flame before appearing on Reiji's back in a sheath again and Reiji crossed his arms. Sorry, no one can use it without my permission let alone touch it. he said to Dante who had the most confused look on his face. Wow, neat little trick you got there, kid. You seem strong. Heading to a party, want to come? I know you didn't come here for nothing, here's where all the fun is at. he pointed toward a window. From there, Reiji could see a huge tower that stretched all the way to the sky. A tower? It has demonic energy running all over it. It's old, very old. Hmm, all right. I'll come but only because I have something to find there, that's all. Reiji said as he walked past Dante. Good enough reason for me. Dante said, he walked behind Reiji and they both exited out of the nightclub through the back entrance. Upon getting outside again, all they could see was the untold amounts of destruction in every direction. There were demons flying everywhere and some running across the ground, looking for new people to kill until a group of demons spotted both Dante and Reiji walking toward the entrance of the demonic tower. There stood at least twenty of these lesser demons in their path. Dante just put his hands behind his back and nodded his head to Reiji which he raised an eyebrow but just nodded. Really, Reiji had no time to waste on these things so he was just going to kill them as quickly as possible. All of the demons ran at him in a huge group thinking numbers were quickly going to overpower the former god turn half-demon. No, it was foolish to think so. Reiji was always good at masking his power because he never had to get serious until he fought all of the gods alone in order to help his sister, Alice, to escape the Celestial Realm. His hands coated themselves in crimson flame to signal that his was ready to let loose. When the first demon got to him and tried to hit Reiji with his scythe, Reiji caught it with his hand and the blade instantly melted into flaming goo. It caught that demon off guard but Reiji wasted no time in letting it take even a step back. Reiji rammed his fist through the demon's midsection then burned it alive with hellfire. Nineteen left to go, Reiji thought. The rest of the demons circled him but did not get close unless than wanted to end up just like the first. Reiji's body was immune to damage from normal weapons but supernatural ones definitely hurt him. Let's go ahead and end this. I have places to be and you're blocking my way. The demons that surrounded him from the back went dashing toward him as the ones in front of him threw their scythes at Reiji as did the ones from the side of him. Within the few seconds Reiji had to react, he held his right hand in front of him. Dextra Emittam...Incendium Gehennae! Reiji said before quickly slamming his fist into the ground just then a huge explosion of hellfire jutted up from the ground as a flaming pillar with a radius only to Reiji and the other demons. Those demons, their weapons and the spot that they there standing on became nothing but scorch marks which no matter what would never disappear. Reiji was standing there, his upper body were covered in a series of flowing tattoo-like designs appeared whenever he channeled his omnipotent magical power. The color was crimson because he channeled his magical power into hellfire and the tattoos were glowing. He turned around to Dante who was just surprised and amazed, as he never seen an attack such as that. Come on, let's get going. Reiji said to him before walking toward the tower again. Dante followed closely. Reiji noticed that the resulting explosion burned off his jacket, shirt, and pants but a quick modification from Alastor from his end gave him clothes that were resistant to extreme temperatures also wear and tear. When Dante looked at him again, he seen that he was wearing the clothes. Dante shook his head but decided not to question it and they both entered the tower together. Upon getting inside, they seen that the first room was completely covered with ice. Also, the moment they got inside, the ice spreaded to freeze the door so they couldn't go out the same way they came in. Reiji had rolled his eyes a bit, wanting to say something but decided to keep it to himself. Dante, on the other hand, was already walking toward the beast at the end of the room. Taking note of the huge chains that held it in place and not to mention it was the source of the ice in the room. Dante stopped when it reacted to him being there and suddenly the huge demon cracked the ice it was incased in then it shattered into many pieces, a huge chunk went into the direction of Dante which he had slashed it in half with Rebellion in a very short second of it reaching him. Reiji looked in front of him at the large demon. Three heads, it was a dog, and it's dragon tail. Yep, Reiji could only see this as this world's Cerberus and to him, it looked way more tame than what he was used to seeing it as. Also, it's affinity was ice...it was unusual to him to say the least. While Dante was talking and taunting Cerberus, Reiji was writing every detail of the demon in a book that he had located on a pack on the new clothes he got from Alastor. Making all sorts of pictures, diagrams, and comparsions to the Cerberus that they were used to then closed the book and putting it in the small pack again. Dante looked back at him. Joining in this fight? Dante asked, turning his back to Cerberus to taunt him more. No, it'd be way too easy for me. It's all you, Dante. Reiji dismissed the notion with the wave of his hand. Easy? You dare insult me?! I'll freeze your body and crush it under my foot! Cerberus roared at them both making Dante's coat blow over his head while it made Reiji's feet frozen in place. Heh, I'd like to see you try that. Come on, Fido. Your fight's with me! Dante said as he pulled out Ebony and Ivory then aimed it at him while Cerberus froze his three heads with ice in order to have a little bit of resistance to attacks. Reiji heated up his body a little to melt the ice that was covering his feet. Cerberus wasn't going to let Reiji just stand there not fighting him. No, that'd be a very big insult. He was going to get thrown into the fight, like it or not. Reiji took the sword from his back and walked right beside Dante. Reiji told Dante that whatever Cerberus dished out with his ice, he'd counter it with his flame and that would allow Dante to get close to chop off the heads if needed to be. Dante grinned before dashing toward Cerberus firing his guns as fast as he could at the three heads trying to get rid of the ice that was covering them. It only made Cerberus angry as he fired a huge ball of ice toward Dante which said person responded by somersalting over it and landing on the ground in a different spot then in that same second launch Rebellion straight at the middle head and the flat side of the blade smacked him in the face which shattered the ice almost instantly and caused some pain to Cerberus as it did knock his body up a bit. Rebellion went back into the air after bouncing off Cerberus' head and Dante ran up to catch it. When he did, Cerberus swiped his right paw straight at Dante and he blocked it with Rebellion but only for a split second so he could let Cerberus launch him backwards toward Reiji who was watching the while thing go down. When Dante had flew over his head in a half flip, he was looking down at Reiji who was looking up at him and nodded. Reiji looked at Cerberus and pointed his palm at him, crimson fire was dancing around his arm all the way to his hand where a small ball was concentrating in front of. The ball itself was heavily concentrated and dense, he had been charging it since he first saw Cerberus. Cerberus was gathering ice into his mouth when he had saw the small ball of crimson fire. Both of them locked their eyes on each other and the moment Dante landed on the ground, both of them unleashed their elemental blast at each other. While they seemed as if they were going to hit each other, Reiji's blast broke into smaller, focused heat blast and almost looked like lazers which went completely around Cerberus' ice wave while the start of the blast widened to form a shield in front of him only so the aura of the blast didn't freeze Reiji outright. The concentrated heat lazer-like blast, seven in total, hit Cerberus against his whole body then exploded against Cerberus in a thunderous boom and doused him in crimson flame. Cerberus was really in pain, the fire didn't die out when it hit him. It burned continuously while Cerberus couldn't focus on the direction of his ice wave and turned it upwards toward the ceiling, freezing the far back part of the ceiling completely in thick ice on the point of it looking completely like crystal. Cerberus roared in pain and Reiji stood there looking at him but then a smirk stretched its way across his face. Cerberus gotten so enraged at him that his body turned red and the icy armor went over his form once again. Dante was standing beside Reiji as he laughed. That was a good one! Ol' Fido seems a little miffed now. How about we turn this overgrown puppy into chops? Dante said as he pointed Rebellion toward Cerberus and Reiji nodded also pointing his sword toward him. Cerberus roared with all his might before starting to dash at the duo which they leapt high into the air, dodging him. Dante and Reiji put their weapons together in an X formation and their demonic energy surged through both of their blades then got stronger when Reiji's crimson flame aura had wrapped around them both as well. The series of flowing tattoo-like designs that had appeared whenever Reiji channeled his omnipotent magical power had came back but faintly, they appeared on Dante's upper body as well. Dante could feel the awesome, raw power channeling through his form, it felt like he could break the very threshold of reality with this kind of power though it was only there when Reiji connected with Dante's already powerful demonic energy. Cerberus looked up at them both and was blinded by the light but still made an effort to get them out of the air by trying to catch them in his mouths. Cerberus had dropped all pretense of defense in to focus everything into one attack. Open the nine locks, and come forth from the hoard of Laegjarn...Demonic Sword of Blazing Conflagration! Reiji and Dante yelled it as he and Dante were falling toward Cerberus. Both of their sword molded together within that one magic spell in order to make a giant flaming pillar-shaped sword. Reiji and Dante were both holding onto the hilt of the huge sword and they both slashed downwards toward Cerberus' body which not only connected but cut through his body like butter. The raw power of the cut blew apart his main body then the sword exploded violently making crimson fire spread everywhere in the room. It blew Reiji and Dante back to the other side of the room while Cerberus' middle head got blown back toward the door that they needed to get through. The whole tower gotten a taste of that explosion, every demon wondering just what was it that was making that kind of noise. Especially one particular half demon standing at the top of Temen-ni-gru. It was his brother, Vergil, his eyes were closed but he was feeling that powerful, raw power as if he was standing in the room with them. He opened his eyes when he felt the slight vibration from the bottom of the tower. Unbelievable...To think that power this strong could exist in this world. Now I'm really looking forward to meeting you again, brother. Also, this friend of yours. Vergil said silently to himself. Arkham was standing behind him, looking down. He knew that this power was as strong, if not, stronger than Sparda himself. Arkham wanted to check out this power to see if he could control it but he was keeping that to himself and started to think on how he could interact with the duo. Soon enough, the rumbling had stopped and also the surge in demonic energy. Dante and Reiji both stood up slowly from the floor, looking at the room. Over half of the floor was covered in lava that generated from the sword itself and the room was covered in crimson fire that wouldn't die down. ...I'll take care of this. You go ahead to Cerberus. Reiji said as he walked forward to the middle of the room, Dante walked past him in order to talk with the last head of Cerberus. Reiji raised his hand and all of the fire died down then the lava cooled down then hardened into rock. Soon the temperature of the room when back down to where it was before they entered and ice slowly began filling the room again. That's when Cerberus opened its eyes then looked up at Dante which picked up Cerberus' head. Well, going to let us through or do I have to punish the last of you too? he was tossing it up and down like a ball much to Cerberus' dismay. Stop that, fool! You can go through, you have my blessing.' Cerberus' last head just exploded leaving a trio of powerful icy nunchucks that were made from Cerberus' soul. Dante tried them out a moment as Reiji walked up to him and Dante smirked at Reiji when he put away Cerberus. He and Reiji had walked toward the door until they heard the sound of a motorcycle behind them. They both turned around to see who it was exactly. A young woman was the rider, while Dante went to talk to this young lady Reiji just stood there just taking a good look at her face. She rode up to the two before jumping off the ground right over their heads, barely hitting Dante then up to a higher platform in which she disappeared. Dante looked back at Reiji who had opened the door and he nodded his head for Dante to come on. They went through the door together and closed it behind them. Will write more later.