"Not bad. But I'm only just getting...STARTED!" A demonic aura burst out from Dante as he transformed into his demon form.
Naruto who had just recovered dashed towards Nelo with purgatory to support Dante.
The two of them engaged Nelo in a fierce battle. Their blades created Sparks as they connected with each other.
clang clang clang...
Their blades entered a battle of attrition weaving through the air in an intricate pattern creating a beautiful scene.
The battle was unlike the other times that they fought. This time both sides didn't hold anything back.
Naruto dodged under a wide swing from Nelo and did a high time but Nelo moved back to avoid the attack.
However, Dante appeared behind him with Alastor already in a swinging motion. Just when it looked like the attack was about to connect a summoned sword blocked the attack and a few more shot after Dante forcing him back.
Dante didn't seem surprised by the fact that Nelo was able to use the summoned swords. Infact, he expected it.
Nelo teleported out of the way in time as Naruto crashed down on his former position with an helm breaker but he didn't stop there as his chakra tails charged after Nelo forcing him to teleport around to avoid them.
Nelo teleported out of the way again but this time he appeared right in front of Dante who had been waiting. It was then that he noticed that tails were not moving aimlessly but rather forcing him towards the middle where Dante was.
Realizing that he was trapped he held his broadsword tight and prepare to defend.
Dante didn't stand on ceremonies either as he zoomed towards Nelo with Alastor crackling with lightning.
The blades cashed against each other resulting in an explosion.
Boom.
The explosion shook the whole floor violently.
Naruto's chakra tails retracted to shield him from the explosion that created cracks in the walls and pillars around.
The explosion died down to reveal Nelo and Dante engaging in a furious swordplay. The both of them clashed once more before entering a deadlock. Dante revealed a demonic grin before he pushed off Nelo and shouted.
"Naruto!"
"On it!"
Swoosh.
A blood red aura the shape of a crescent moon zipped towards Nelo who was about to chase after Dante stopping him in his track. Naruto revealed a small smile as the technique homed in on Nelo only for the smile to vanish as five ethereal summoned blades appeared out of thin air and destroyed the sword aura.
Muhahahahahaha
More summoned swords appeared out of thin air and flew at them like a missile.
Clang clang clang clang...
Purgatory and Alastor moved with lightning speed deflecting all the summoned swords with slight trouble.
"Move"
Dante kicked Naruto out of the way as summoned swords descended on his former location stabbing into the ground.
Naruto frowned when he saw the swords stabbed into the ground.
If it wasn't for Dante just now it would have been too late for him to react.
Seeing this scene Nelo gave an evil laugh and made a come here gesture to the two of them.
Naruto glared at Nelo with a deep frown on his face and said without taking his eyes off of him.
"It seems like he want us to attack him again"
"Then let's not stand on ceremony. Come!"
Swoosh
Boom!
The both of them disappeared like a flash of lightning and clashed with Nelo resulting in a Sonic boom shattering all the glass windows in the throne room.
The two of them engaged in a deadlock with Nelo.
Dante stared into Nelo's glowing eyes with a mocking grin as he said.
"Try and keep up kid"
"I'm way ahead of you"
Clang. clang. clang.
Boom.
Three shadows clashed against each other around the throne room. The battle between them left cracks and created sparks wherever they went.
The battle went on for a while without both side gaining the upper hand but the intensity of the battle continued to rise.
"Ahhh"
Naruto blocked Nelo's blade but the force behind it sent him crashing into a pillar. He made to move but five summoned swords flew out and pinned him to the pillar.
Gah
Naruto spat blood as the blades penetrated deep within his body. The chakra cloak on his body visibly dimmed.
Argh
"Damn it!"
Naruto revealed an unwilling expression as he watch Dante continue to battle fiercely with Nelo.
The battle just now had put him at a disadvantage. He could barely keep up with Dante and Nelo which made him curse internally.
'It's still not enough.
I need more power.
I can't afford to stop now'
Naruto gritted his teeth and forcefully pulled out more chakra from the seal.
Come on. Come on.
Red chakra leaked out of the seal on his stomach and the cloak bubbled like boiling water as two more tails slowly grew out of his cloak.
The boiling cloak melted the summoned swords in his body and the wounds made by the swords quickly healed. The cloak became a darker and thicker shade of red. His eyes gained a darker hue.
Dante had just ended another clash with Nelo when he felt a sudden burst of demonic aura. He looked over to see Naruto hunched over near a pillar with two new bubbling tails growing out of his cloak.
'Naruto?'
Dante felt a feeling of pride well up inside of him when he felt Naruto's sudden increase in power.
Nelo who had also felt the demonic aura turned around to look at Naruto who had suddenly gotten an increase in power and prepared to attack him with his summoned swords.
But in the blink of an Naruto disappeared and Nelo reacted quickly by raising up his broadsword to block a downward slash from Naruto who appeared out of thin air. The clash sent out a massive gust of wind and cracks appeared underneath Nelo's feet.
Naruto immediately went on offense not giving Nelo any time to react and forcing him to be on passive defense. This continued for a few more seconds before Nero left out a loud roar pushing Naruto back.
Naruto landed a short distance away and frowned.
'Tsk. It's still not enough'
Tap
A hand on his shoulder snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned around to see Dante who has a small smile on his demonic face.
"Not bad kid. You finally did it"
"Yeah, but it's still not enough"
"But it's still progress." Dante shrugged before turning back to look at Nelo. "After all, I still have to put my dear older brother back to sleep"
'Brother?' Naruto exclaimed. He turned to look at Dante with a shocked expression.
"You didn't tell me you had a brother"
"Because I thought he was dead. I guess I was wrong. Somehow Mundus must have found him and done something to him. At first I wasn't sure it was him, but after I saw his reaction to my amulet during out last fight I was certain of it. The demon standing before us is my older twin brother, Vergil."
"Now all I want is to help him hi find peace"
Naruto replaced the frown on his face with a serious look and said. "Then we better do it quick. I'm already sick and tired of hearing that demonic laughter"
"You and I both"
Naruto looked at Nelo again and said with a smile brimming with confidence.
"Hey fuck face! Time for round two"
...
Somewhere in the castle
Trish stood in front of a bookshelf in a part of a library searching for information on demon seals and human vessel.
"Contracts with demon" She reached out for a book when a sudden explosion rocked the entire library sending books falling to the ground.
Boom!
"What the hell is going on?!"
...
Boom!
"Ah"
"urghh"
The explosion sent Naruto and Dante flying backwards before steadying themselves with their swords digging into the ground. Their blades made a fissure in the ground before coming to a stop.
AHHHHHHH!
Naruto looked up at Nelo who was emitting a dangerous aura as he grabbed his head in pain with cracks all over his body.
pant. pant. pant
"What is it now?"
Dante stood back up to his feet. His eyes locked on Nelo's form emitting an intense demonic aura and tightened his grip on Alastor with a serious expression.
"It seems he has already reached a breaking point. This should be the final battle"
"It's about time. I don't think I can last much longer either" Naruto also had a serious expression on his face. The fight up until now had been a very tough one. So this so called final battle shouldn't be any lesser with the amount of demonic power Nelo was emitting.
"There's no time to waste. Let's finish him"
"Okay"
Boom!
Clang clang clang
With those words the two of them clashed continuously against Nelo around the room. Slash marks would occasionally appear on the pillars and walls around the room. The collision of power caused the entire room to shake violently.
Argh
Dante dodged a wide slash from Nelo and attacked with a million stab. The phantom blades surrounding Nelo quickly moved in to block against all the stabs.
Naruto appeared behind Nelo and moved in to attack but a phantom blades blocked his sneak attack before attacking him.
'Shit'
"Not so fast!"
Nelo turned around to engage Naruto but he quickly disappeared from his position and not a moment too soon did Dante crashed down on his former location with an explosion unleashing Ifrit's inferno which covered a 3 meter radius around him.
Naruto also jumped back to avoid the range of Ifrit's attack.
Dante looked up at Nelo standing a good distance in front of him and smirked.
"You fell for it"
"..."
Nelo gazed at him with a puzzled expression before a sharp sound entered his ears. He turned around only for Alastor to slash across his chest leaving a large cut on his chest causing him to stagger back.
Nelo placed a hand on the wound on his chest as blue ethereal energy starts sipping out of the large wound. The crack in his body widened even further than before.
Swoosh
Alastor returned back to Dante's hands like a boomerang.
"Naruto!"
"On it".
Nelo turned around to see Naruto dashing at him from the opposite direction with Dante doing the same. Their swords charged full with demonic power/chakra.
Nelo raised his broad sword up and prepared to defend himself but it was already too late. His broken body could no longer keep up so he could do nothing but stand there and Naruto and Dante approached him like the grin reaper itself.
Time slowed down at this moment as their swords draw closer. And just as the blades were about to connect time resumed back.
Swoosh
Clang clang
Naruto and Dante slash him at the same time before sliding to a stop a few steps away with their backs facing Nelo.
There was a small pause before a mini explosion took place sending out a small gust of wind.
The cracks on his body spread to encompass all of his body.
Nelo placed his hands on X mark on his cracked armor and took a few steps back before an ethereal blue aura surrounded him, but this time he started screaming out in pain.
Nelo grabbed his head as he slowly floated up into the air. He let out a loud roar that filled the whole room before disappearing with a flash forcing them to shield their face from the bright flash of light.
Phew
"It's finally over" Naruto fell down on his butt and his chakra cloak faded away. His face revealed an exhausted expression as he lied down on the floor greedily inhaling oxygen like a starved animal. The battle just now had taken everything out of him. He probably wouldn't be able to pull out the nine tails chakra cloak anytime soon.
Dante's devil form also flashed away exposing Dante who had a frown on his face. He noticed a red amulet in the ground and walked towards it.
'Dante?'
Naruto stared at Dante's back with a sad expression.
Dante picked up the amulet and caressed the amulet in his hand when a memory suddenly flashed by.
"Vergil, Dante, Happy birthday"
Dante tightened his grip on the amulet with a deep frown.
'I'll avenge you Vergil' He thought.
The amulet shivered in his hand snapping him out of his thoughts. He watched as the amulet moved out of his hand and floated up in the air. As if being pulled by an invisible force the amulet around Dante's neck cut itself loose before floating up to Vergil's amulet.
Dante watched the amulets with a light frown as he knew what was about to happen.
The two half amulet circled each other before combining into a perfect amulet with a flash of light.
Naruto watched in fascination from his position on the ground as the perfect amulet slowly floated into Dante's palm. But before his fascination could die down Force edge appeared in front of Dante floating mid air.
Dante reached out for the blade in curiosity only for it to release a bright flash upon contact.
"Oh..my..God" Naruto gasped when he saw the demonic sword that appeared in place of Force edge. The demonic sword was surrounded by a blood red aura with occasionally black and red lightning arching across the sword.
"The devil arm, Sparda" Dante examined the demonic sword in his arm with a look of recognition and awe. He gave it a few test swings before nodding in satisfaction.
'Now that's the real deal'
He remembered that Vergil once aimed to get this sword in his quest to gain their father's power.
He turned around to look at Naruto who was staring at him in shock causing a small smile to appear on his face.
'What's with that look?'
Naruto hesitated a bit before asking.
"You okay Dante?"
"Never better"
"Bu..."
Dante interrupted Naruto before he could ask anything else.
"You did great kid. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea bringing you here" Dante gave a light chuckle waving off his concern before he turned to look out the window at the dark sky with a serious look on his face.
"But it will all be over soon"
...
Meanwhile in a massive hall lined with pillars on both sides Trish stood in front of a giant statue with three eyes in a triangle formation. It could have been passed as an ordinary statue if not for the voice that came out of it.
"Trish, Vergil has been defeated. You know what you must to do"
"Yes master"