"Trust me. They are not that smart" Dante laughed before walking towards the door of the guard room confusing Naruto.
"Aren't we supposed to go through one of this portals?"
"Not at all" Dante answered without turning back.
"And why is that?"
"Because the portals haven't changed. They are still displaying the same images" Dante explained. After all, Naruto was still new to this demon hunting business so his knowledge was still lacking.
Naruto turned around to look at the portal behind him when he heard Dante's explanation to see that the portals were still displaying the last two locations that the two of them had been to.
'Sure enough they are still the same. Looks like we'll have to find another way out of here' Naruto shook his head dejectedly before running after Dante.
They went through the door and headed downstairs, rushing to the bottom floor where there was a teleportation circle. Naruto stepped onto the teleportation circle with Dante and left the guard tower via the teleportation circle. When Naruto regained their vision they reappeared in another teleportation circle in the castellan's bedroom where he saw Dante standing before a mirror.
"What is it?" Naruto asked as he walked closer to the mirror. When he entered a meter range of the mirror it started to give off an eerie feeling.
They went through the door and headed downstairs, rushing to the bottom floor where there was a teleportation circle. Naruto stepped onto the teleportation circle with Dante and left the guard tower via the teleportation circle. When Naruto regained their vision they reappeared in another teleportation circle in the castellan's bedroom where he saw Dante standing before a mirror.
Dante looked at Naruto quizzically before noticing a glowing object in Naruto's pocket.
"What is that in your pocket, kid?"
"Huh, this?" Naruto pulled out the elixir that had fallen from the alcove holding it out for Dante to see, saying. "It fell out of the alcove after the nightmare died"
"So that was why the mirror reacted" A look of realization appeared on Dante's face when he saw the glowing elixir and heard Naruto's explanation at two same time.
"But still what is this place?" Naruto asked while looking around in astonishment. The Castellan's bedroom was largely the same in the Mirror World, save for the fact that there was no door leading into the bedroom and the balcony door was wide open.
Dante also looked around the castellan's bedroom for any changes before explaining "A mirror dimension. It's a world created by demons. They use it to walk among humans"
"A mirror dimension?" Naruto repeated in shock before he suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Dante with a deadpan look.
"What?"
"I hope you are not calling it that just because we entered through a mirror"
"Of course not. What do you take me for" Dante scoffed with an eye roll before walking his way towards the balcony. "Now hurry up unless you want to spend the rest of your life here"
"Not unless the demon world have ramen. Then, no thank you." Naruto shook his head, unhurriedly making his way out of the bedroom. They jumped down into the courtyard where they saw an eight sided object resting on top a pedestal in the middle of the courtyard. The stone didn't look special and could be passed off as something ordinary if not for the faint aura surrounding it.
"What is that? It looks like an eight sided dice." Naruto marveled while walking towards the pedestal to get a better look at the octagon shaped object. Dante followed closely behind him while carefully examining his surroundings. Naruto however was fascinated by the ancient symbols drawn on the sides of the object.
"Be careful there kid. It could be a trap." Dante immediately called out when he saw Naruto reaching for the object. Naruto scoffed when he heard Dante's words before picking up the philosopher's stone completely disregarding Dante's warning. He turned back towards Dante with the philosopher's stone held up in his hand asking.
"Since when has it not been a trap?"
Dante deadpanned at the crazy teen before him and was tempted to teach him a lesson when he suddenly noticed the rapidly growing shadow underneath Naruto and shouted.
"Move out of the way kid!
It was thanks to Dante's warning that Naruto finally noticed the shadow and managed to roll out of the way just before a figure crashed to the ground.
Boom.
Naruto slid to a stop beside Dante and when he looked up he was shocked to see a strange monkey-like demons standing on all four where he had been just moments ago. The demon was vaguely humanoid but with it four walking limbs all ending in hands, and a much larger hand growing out of the middle of their back. It had a bald head that looks like a human's head with empty eyes socket and emits a whooping cries
"What kind of a demon is that?" Naruto Shuddered unconsciously when he saw the nobody. However he had a wide grin plastered on his face. Although it wasn't his first time fighting a weird demon, it was definitely the first one that gave him a creepy and weird out vibes.
And unsurprising, it brought friends. Naruto thought as he looked at the other four nobodies that had also appeared in the courtyard.
"Looks like another one of your friends Dante" Naruto smirked which was mirrored by Dante as sparda appeared in his right hand.
"Well I do appreciate the surprise visit. After all, I was starting to get kinda bored. How about we give them a five star service." An evil glint appeared in Dante's eyes. The demon sword sparda also gave off an evil aura causing the nobodies to take a step back.
"Then let's show them some HOSPITALITY!" Naruto charge towards the nearest nobody like a demon out for blood. The nobody noticed him and attacked with the large hand on it back.
'Predictable' Naruto countered with purgatory, deflecting the hand to the side before ramming his blade into it head. The nobody acting on instincts however jumped back avoiding the hit on time. But rather than be infuriated Naruto smirked instead when he saw the nobody airborne.
And unsurprising, it brought friends. Naruto thought as he looked at the other four nobodies that had also appeared in the courtyard.
Seeing their continue due right in front of them triggered the other nobodies as the jumped at Naruto as one. When they were a few meters away from their target a white haired figure appeared between them and their intended target with a mischievous look in his eyes.
"Not so fast" Sparda's blade extended out to become a scythe which radiated an evil aura.
Whirlwind slash.
Dante held the scythe in a particular stance, and waited for the nobodies get within range before twirling on his feet person a round slash that sent out a red aura that blew the nobodies away killing two of the weaker ones instantly.
Naruto was stunned by the blades display of power especially how it turned from a sword to a scythe.
'Amazing. So this is the power of sparda'
The Devil Sword Sparda in Dante's hands transformed into a spear. Dante charged at the demon with a stinger which transitioned into the million stab. Immediately million stab ended Dante did a high time sending the demon sky high. Dante appeared before the unsuspecting demon and started ditching out one attack after another.
Naruto snapped out of his daze and quickly charged at the other one. The nobody also took notice of the human charging at it and standing performing a weird dance which surprised Naruto.
'Is it dancing? No. That feeling is...!'
Whoosh ! ! !
Naruto dodged as a fist sailed past his head as the nobody appeared by his right.
'Fast'
Naruto did a hand stand and kick out with his left leg sending the nobody back a few feet putting some distance between them.
The nobody hit the ground with a lot thud before standing back up on all four. A dim red glow enveloped it body giving it a more demonic feel. Realization struck Naruto when he saw the demonic aura emitting from it body.
"So that's why. You can also use a miniature form of the devil trigger, but all you did is just extend your time by a tiny bit" Naruto chuckled before charging at the nobody again. This time he held nothing back. The sudden boost in speed made it difficult for the nobody to react.
Naruto appeared beside the nobody and attacked with a cross slash cutting off it right leg causing it to lose it balance from the sudden weight loss. The nobody screamed in pain from having it limb severed. Enrage that it had been wounded by it prey the nobody furiously attacked Naruto with it big hand. Naruto however scoffed as he easily sidestepped the move before attacking the nobody with a chain of combos giving it no time to retaliate before ending it with an helm breaker shattering it mask into piece, killing it in the process.
"That's the last of them"
Naruto looked up to see Dante walking up to him. The demon been fighting had long since become dust in the wind.
"You are getting better at fighting demons now." Dante complimented while looking at Naruto with a proud smile. He had seen Naruto's fight with the nobody and he was impressed. Naruto had managed to finish the nobody which was a powerful class of lesser demons without any flashy moves or using his demonic chakra.
Naruto however was unaware about this fact. The reason he didn't use any chakra during the fight was because his demonic chakra was taking longer to recover since his fight with Vergil so he refrained from using it excessively. However he looked up to Dante as a dad so hearing his praise caused a cheerful smile to bloom on his face.
"So what to now?" Naruto asked since there was nothing else down here besides the philosopher's stone which is now in their possession. However before Dante could say anything they heard the sound of glass shattering causing the both of them to look up to the second floor where they had jump down from.
'Is there a new enemy? No, I know that sound. After all, I have been hearing it ever since I came to this island' Naruto turned to Dante to see a faint smile on his face confirming his suspicion.
"That was a curse breaking, wasn't it?" Naruto turned Dante who had a bitter smile on his face as he said. "Looks like we are heading back the way we came"
"Unbelievable" Naruto facepalmed. Following which they climbed back up to the bedroom and passed through the mirror leaving the mirror verse.
'I guess we are through with this area' Narup thought as they stepped into the teleportation circle. After coming back to the castellan's bedroom twice in a row now he was prayed that nothing will ever bring them back otherwise he might just lose his mind. The teleportation circle flashed and when Naruto regained his vision they had appeared on a huge round platform with two teleportation mirrors. One of the mirrors displayed the image of the castellan's bedroom where they had just been.
"That was a curse breaking, wasn't it?" Naruto turned Dante who had a bitter smile on his face as he said. "Looks like we are heading back the way we came"
Dante walked behind Naruto and hugged Naruto from behind. The sudden move caught Naruto by surprise causing him to stutter. "W..what are you doing Dante?!"
"Hold on tight kid" Dante ignored his glare and said as he transformed into his devil form before flying them over the broken bridge. Dante landed them in front of the cathedrals doors before transforming back into his human form only to see Naruto still glaring at him.
"What? is there something on my face?" Dante asked obliviously before proceeding to check his face for anything unusual.
Naruto clicked his tongue at Dante's shamelessly before saying, " How about a little warning next time?"
"I would but I feel like we are running out of time" Dante replied seriously as he glared at the doors of the cathedral.
Why do I feel a strong sense of Danger coming from behind that doors? Dante thought before casting a side glance at Naruto only to see a serious look on his face as well which caught him by surprise since Naruto attention was also focused on the door.
Can he also sense it? Should that be possible for him?
Contrary to Dante's believes Naruto could also sensed the demonic power coming from behind the doors. Although what he actually sensed was a huge sense of danger. His senses were telling him that nothing good would come out of walking through that door and were advising him to run far away from there.
Naruto was having difficulties with himself. No matter how hard he tried his body refused to obey his commands. Bead of sweats started forming on his brows and when he thought he was finally going to lose it a voice snapped his out of his thoughts.
"You know you can stay here if you want to. It will only get tougher from here" Dante said when he saw Naruto's hands shaking.
"No" Naruto shook his head with a small smile rejecting Dante's suggestion. He turned to look at Dante with a determined gaze before saying, "I've come too far to stop now"
Dante who had been worried about him losing his will to continue smiled when he saw the determined look in his eyes.
"Well said, kid. A real man should always see his journey to the end. No matter how difficult they may be" After that was said Dante forfeited any ideas he had about persuading Naruto to turn back before walking towards the cathedrals door. Dante placed his hands on the huge double door before pushing it wide open.
"Come. Our journey is almost at an end"
No matter what I won't let you die on my watch, Naruto.
...
In a dark room somewhere a pair of blue eyes snapped open before looking into the distance.
"You are finally here. Dante"