[size=14]Shadow May Cry![/size]
-Meeplelard
It was a dusky afternoon in Wales...much like is always the case there since time never seems to flow. But that's an aside. Coming down his spiral staircase as always was Roger Bacon himself, with Yuri sleeping and taking a nap on his couch, which apparently wasn't that uncommon since he wasn't at all surprised to see Yuri there.
"Yuri, wake up!" yelled the ghoul. No response. "I said Wake Up darn it! I need your help with something!" Still no response. Sighing, Roger Bacon went over to what appeared to be the equivalent of an early 20th century stereo system. Pressing a single button, loud music that can only be described as "Swing"...unpopular Swing at that, echoed through the tiny house. Needless to say, the Harmonixer jumped to his feet.
"Damn it old man! What the hell are you trying to do? Make me deaf and/or Insane?" Yuri exclaimed.
"Well, at least I got your attention. Now listen here, Yuri. I have got some info on the whereabouts of an ancient object and I want you to investigate it for me!"
"...you don't sound very confident about it this time." Yuri responded.
"Well, the source I got it from was some jester figure who wouldn't stop making cracks at my appearance, so it may very well be a trap. Of course, I'm at a loss for leads at the moment, which is exactly why I'm sending you."
"I see, I see. You're too weak and old to do it yourself, so you're sending in me to look for it for you, and possibly kill anything that might get in your way, or try to stop your research of it, right?" Yuri said, after yawning some. "So, what the hell am I looking for exactly?"
"A fabled Crystal of Lightning! People believed there to be only 4 Crystals, representing Fire, Water, Wind and Earth. But Apparently, there's a 5th, which may yet prove my hypothesis that the Suikoden Worlds and Final Fantasy Worlds are indeed connected!" Roger Bacon exclaimed.
"Ok, no. I'm calling bullshit on that one. There's no way you came up with that theory until about 5 minutes ago."
"Whatever. Either way, I need you to go looking into it for me! Besides, its not like you have anything better to do at the moment!"
"Well..." Yuri said, looking at his schedule, which consisted mostly of things like "Time with Alice", "Feed and/or Walk Blanca", "See Edge's next insane scheme, and watch it blow up in his face, and probably involve Piastol or Orlandu in some manner" "...I suppose I could fit it in sometime soon. Guess I might as well get it over with sooner or later."
"Good boy Yuri! I knew I could count on you!"
"Yeah, yeah. I also know that if I said no, you'd find a way to force me into doing it anyway, so I figure I'd just avoid that altogether" Yuri said as he walked out of the house, with a map involving directions to where this supposed Crystal is.
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City streets, in front of a building with neon letters spelling out "Devil May Cry", a phone can be heard ringing.
"Devil May Cry. No, I'm sorry, we just closed, try again tomorrow." the voice of a red coated man with white hair, sitting in a chair with his feet relaxed on the table. "What's with these people always calling me after I'm closed? I should make my hours more public" he said, spinning around in his chair, revealing himself to be none other than Dante.
Moments later, the doors of his joint busted open, with not so friendly looking jester appearing. Dante sighed, knowing exactly what was about to transpire.
"Let me guess. You have a special job for me, and its not one that can wait."
"You're sharper than you look, Dante, son of Sparda."
"If you're trying to impress me with that, you're not succeeding." Dante said. "Anyway, what kind of job is this?"
"There's special object of which holds great power in the Tower of Syrcus 200 miles north of here. I would like you to investigate it, and take down anyone else who is in your way. And this does include others looking for the object too, I might add."
"And what's in it for me?"
"Do a good job, and I'll see to it that you're well rewarded. You may even learn something new about your father."
"The usual excuse, huh?" Dante said, turning his head down as though he was thinking for a moment. "Fine, you got yourself a deal." Dante said, bringing his head back up only noticing the odd clown had left. "Huh, I see he at least had manners to not try and kill me before telling me of the mission. Whatever, lets get this party started," Dante exclaimed, kicking back from his desk, and jumping out of the door.
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The Tower of Syrcus, a crystal tower that is said to lead directly to the Dark World. It is high with many floors before one reaches the top.
"This...*huff*...tower...*puff*...is...*wheeze*...too...*pant* HIGH!" Yuri said, as he finally got off a large stair case in what looked like a large open room with many openings to the outside. "God damn it Roger! Why didn't you tell me this tower was so damn high! I'd have not passed up that free lunch on the way here damn it!" Yuri shouted, pissed off. "Well, this is as good a time as ever to take a breather. Good thing the demons here are all pretty much wi-" Yuri's line was interrupted as he heard a gunshot and a bullet grazed his ear.
"I see...so I wasn't alone on this search after all." stated a figure behind Yuri, holding a white revolver outstretched.
"You know, there are more proper ways of saying hi." Yuri stated, turning around, seeing nothing more than Dante standing behind him, not that he recognized him. "You got some guts trying to kill me with nothing more than a pistol."
"So you think you're tough, eh? Well then, try this on for size!" Dante said, pulling Rebellion, his trademark sword, out of his back sheath, charging Yuri with it. Yuri managed to parry away the hit with his hands, and threw a swift kick as Dante leaped back.
"You're pretty good, which is more than I can say about everything else in this tower." said Yuri, amused to finally fight someone who could be deemed worthy.
"And here I thought this was going to be a hoax of a job," Dante replied "Well then, what's say we finish this charade!" Dante said, charging Yuri even faster this time, successfully slicing off Yuri's left arm. "Now, I might let you live if you give up now," Dante said.
Yuri just sighed, picked up his left arm with his right, and reattached it like it was nothing. "God damn it! I hate when that happens."
Dante was mildly shocked at first, but then quickly came to his senses, and simply responded "So you're not entirely human either, I see. Never thought I'd meet someone like you in this tower!"
"Yeah, well, feelings mutual! You'll find I'm full of surprises!" Yuri exclaimed, charging Dante, shoving his claw through Dante's chest, then transforming into Death Emperor, his most basic fusion, and blasting him through one of the windows off the tower "and it'll teach you to never keep your guard down against the likes of me!" Yuri shouted as he watched Dante fall to his impending doom.
...or so Yuri thought, as moments later as Yuri was walking away from the scene, the sound of some vehicle could be heard approaching...fast. Almost as though it was coming up the tower. Yuri turned around to see nothing more than Dante come flying through the very same window he was knocked out of on a Motorcycle, virtually unscathed by Yuri's attack.
"I'm...no, I've seen too much weird stuff in my day to even bother questioning how you just defied the laws of physics, much less found a motorcycle I know for a fact wasn't there...well, I guess you could have brought it...but then I'd just question why you didn't do that in the first place."
"Its part of the job."
"I see...well, obviously you've got some sort of connections to demons too...or maybe I'm just going delirious from all this climbing. Either way, how about we stop fooling around and get serious!" Yuri said, getting into his fighting position.
"Sounds good to me..." Dante said, squaring off in his own ready pose looking at Yuri "let's rock!"
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Glaring into a crystal ball, Dhoulmagus could be seen watching the two "Demon Hunters" for lack of a better description go at it.
"Yes, this is perfect. Now that the son of Ben Hyuga and Son of Sparda are going at it, the two will inevitably destroy themselves! This will prove interesting entertainment indeed, and ultimately, resort in the loss of two potential threats on my way to supreme power!" he exclaimed, followed by his trademark evil laughter.
So the question remains: WHO WILL WIN? Will Yuri and his plethora of fusions, skills with martial arts, and awesome brown trench coat emerge victorious? Or will Dante, with his unique ability to make even something as mundane as eating pizza look bad ass, come out ahead?
-Yuri teaches Dante a thing or two about Demon Fusion
-Dante never dies, Yuri learns this the hard way.
-The two ultimately agree this fight is pointless and decide to work together in finding out the truth.