Devi`s Path

[DeviRyuuD]

Devi`s Path, 3rd chapter added

Hello devilmaycry.org,
You know, i havent posted anything in this thread yet except comments and criticism to other people`s work, and it`s time for me to enjoy the criticism aswell. I present to you my first fanfic ever, on wich i started working in 2007, July. It`s happening in a MMORPG - Ragnarok Online world setting and has nothing in common with the DMC universe. The characters used are real people from the game, from which most agreed to star in the story, I present to you Devi`s Path!

A little interrupt before you start reading it, i`ll post the first two chapters now and each 4 days another 1 chapter. =]
I hope you`ll enjoy reading it as i enjoyed writing it.
It doesnt have enough place for the 2nd chapter so i`ll make another post... sorry for that.

WARNING! This fan fiction contains strong language and explict material that some readers might find offensive.

Written by a former RO player Devi, currently known as DeviRyuuD, a small tale about his adventures in Sapientes Gladio



DEVI`S PATH


A new criminal

I. The awfull event.

One fine morning, in the slums of Morroc..
A raging manly scream was heard from the lower floor, saying: "Wake the Hell up bastard!!!"
Sleepy eyes couln`t open, although they knew what will happen if they don`t.
Another scream - "Devi Mammon! I said wake up!"
"I`m awake..." A weedly reply came from the young half-asleep man with long white hair, who was lieing on a halfbroken bed. The sheets were all dirty... most likely as if nobody has washed them for ages, the floors - dirty... dust on every single object in the room, even on a cactus, not too uncommon for a city in the dessert... After the scream... The half-asleep man thought to himself "You sick bastard... it`s so early..."
Foot steps were heard and closing in, as the stair creaks got louder and louder, the young mans heart started pounding...he knew what will happen next if he dosent get up in time - before the Chef comes in...heart punding so strong, as if it`ll explode from the pressure, cold sweat ..dripping... adrenaline... rushing....
The footsteps stoped... a loud splash noise is heard from the otherside of the locked door, as if somebody has dropped a bucket of water, but there was no noise of anything falling, just the splash. The young man remained a little frightened, sitting in the bed...the key lock suddenly turned...
...
***
My name is Devi, i`m a young, actually curently 17 year old guy, who has to live an awfull life. It wasn`t allways like this... My father - Meyford was a tough and powerful Lord Knight, he was known through out all Midgard, rumours say that he was the reincarnation of Loki. He was the Leader of the guild Arcane. Me and my family, mom and dad, lived in a castle - Holy Shadow. ...So did my dads guildies. They were funny people, gathered from all over the world, they actually taught me how to use a sword and shield. Was a great time and i swore that one day i`ll take my dads place and I`ll lead Arcane to victory, to glory and make this name immortal, but as all dreams...this one also came crashing down. One day, the castle was taken away... All my family, all of Arcane was slaughtered in Holy Shadow, the castle was half destroyed, nobody survived, records say that a half of the bodies weren`t found in that count - Meyfords body. Everyone had died, including me. - That`s what they`ve been telling me since 12, since the awfull battle for Holy Shadow. They said my body wasnt in such a bad shape when they found me - i was still able to be ressurected and live a normal life.. only the scars on my arms, legs, my chest and back have left since that time... and me.. the last of the Mammon clan.
Right now i live with my stepfather Hypnox, a little over-board strict old man, a thief - a murdurer...
***

A little scared, with sweat still dripping off his forehead, he started to get out of the bed, dressed in a dirrty undershirt, wich had a weird drawing on it, like a ghost in the middle of a rectangle, sits on the bed, he put his legs on the dirrty, aged wooden floor, wich looked as if you could get splinters in your foots, by just walking on it. "The dust and water does it`s job.." he thought to himself. Stood up and slowly started walking towards the unlocked door. With a shaking hand he pulled the door knob and without hesitating, he snaped the door open.
"What the..." He thought to himself - "there`s blood on the steps, and on the walls..., but where`s...", he looked up, the ceiling was a bit stained with blood, he looked worried, "where`s uncle...Hy..". Just before he got to finish his thought a loud screams came from the street. A woman shouted "He`s dead, he`s dead!", a man next to her - "Who did this to him.. the poor Hyp..". Devi ran up to the window of his room, there he was.. uncle Hypnoxes dead body, ripped apart with deep brouses on his chest. "As if a dragon had clawed him" Devi thought to himself... More people came, even Priests that were not far from here - they tryed to ressurect him, but it was no use...a few people looked up at the window.
Hours passed, nobody noticed Devi who was looking through the window, he was forgotten. Hypnoxes body was already carried away. All that was left were the stains of blood on the street and sand of Morroc. With wide eyes Devi still watched at the huge stain out the window, not even a single soul came near the house anymore. Devi smirked. "He`s gone...." he whispered "He`s gone!" he said it louder... hysterically started laughing, with tears dripping off his cheeks, he repeated to himself "He`s gone!" Devi was was sad that he had lost his only relative…
"What is this?" A man dressed in white monks clothes spoted the brown stain on the ground while passing by. He thought he`d better ask what has happened here, "Maybe somebody in that house could know.." he wondered.
Devi was crying so hard, he could barely breathe. A light shined from the stairs, through the open door of his room.
"What, what`s this light? Turn it off!" Devi yelled.
The light started to lapse and a clear image of a man was seen.. Short white hair, green-gray eyes, a little pale oval faced guy, dressed in white clothes - white sandals, socks, white pants and a open vest.
Devi: "Who are you!?" he yelled
Monk: "My name is not important at the moment, please, will you tell me what happened here" in a calm and polite voice, he smirked "somehow, you remind me of somebody i know.."
Devi: "What do you mean?" frightened.
Monk closed in, gave Devi a hankie: "Here, whipe the tears off, a man shouldnt cry so much.." ...."Well, there was once this man i knew, a very powerful man, he was known allthrough Midgard and" he smirked again "you have his eyes!" he smiled.
Devi: "What are you talking about?" sigh "you shouldnt be here!"
Monk: "I guess, but something troubled me about this place, i felt an aura that was very similar to that mans who i was talking about earlyer, that was the reason i came this way abd then a saw that dark stain on the ground…" he thought "hmm"...silence... "yes, i guess i`m right, you`re Devi Mammon right?"
Devi: "W-what? you know my name?"
Monk started laughing "But offcourse i do! You`re the son of Meyford... haha!" ... "Excause my impolitence, my name is..."
Devi rushely asked "How do you know me, and how do you know my father?"
Monk was a little amazed..."That boy" he thought "has the nerve to speak to me that way..? After i was so polite to him?"
Devi: "Well?"
Monk thought "Spoiled brat... not even close to his father.. although.. in some way... " smirked, and in the same voice as before "My name is Sakenomi" he said it with a broken smile on his face.

 

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II. Sakenomi

Devi: "S-Sakenomi?" with a little surprised expression "I remember you too, you came to my father that day, when Holy Shadow was destroyed. He gave you some item that was wraped in a white sheet, I couldn`t tell if its a sword...although looked like one...".
Sake: "Yes, that day you father called me to take it away and hide it, you were there when he said that, after that your mother came and took you away.." smirk.
Devi: "What was that item?"
Sake: "That was the Exca… Oh i`m not supposed to tell you that right now, but when the time comes, i guess i`ll have to give it to you." Like a flash through the mind, he remembers what he wanted to ask, thinks to himself.."Oh man.. why do i keep forgetting?"...coughs and looks up at Devi, who still has this surprised face expression, "Devi, can you tell me, where did that sakkat downstairs come from?"
Devi looks more surprised. "What sakkat? I didn`t have one - neither did uncle."
Sake looks at Devi with a little thoughtful look. "So it`s not yours, neither was his.. then would it mean that..."
Devi interrupts: "Mean what?"
Sake: "That it was done by the BSS clan.."
Devi: "BSS clan, who are they, and what on earth does BSS stand for?"
Sake: "BSS is a clan of black assassins"... bites his lip.."It`s rumored that their hideout is the Tajmahal of Morroc - the castle in the center.." He points through the window to the castle, wich was very nicely seen from front. "They`re mass murdurers, mercenaries, the best hitmen you can find.."
While Sake was explaining, Devi thought to himself: "Assassins, yes, right"
...Sake continues: "...from all over the world, their clan not only contains assassins though, there are still Avengers, unfaithful Crusaders, Dark Priests, Dark Magicians and others.."
Devi interrups: "I want to become an Assassin!"
Sake jumps on his foot: "You what???" starts shouting "Have you lost your mind? You`ll get killed as soon as you come near the castle!"
Devi tells him in a calm voice: "The BSS clan hideout maybe is in the castle, but the assassin guild is a few miles to the South-East of Morroc, somewhere near the shores, hidden in the mountains.. That`s what my uncle said to some of his thief friends. I don`t even have to go near the castle."
Sake replys: "Yes i`ve heard about it, but..." sigh "It`s said that they only accept Thiefs that have proven to the world that they are the best in what they do and... you`re not even a Thief.. you`re more like a Novice to me..."
Devi: "If you were my dads friend, wich i know you were, because he wouldnt have entrusted you with something that impor..."
Sake interrups: "I get the idea allready, sure, i`ll help you, if you wish, but most of the path - you`ll have to do everything alone."
Devi nods: "Allright!" with a sharp look on his face.

Both leaving the house, Devi shuts the door like never before, he seems happy..
"Leaving this house... atlast, leaving it without returning.. feels great!" He thinks to himself, but the thought that he`ll never see Hypnox again, saddens him a little. Not long after he starts smiling and thniks to himself: „You`re better off up there big guy.”
Sakenomi looks back at Devi, as he smiles while looking down. "This smile is so close to his.." He thinks to himself.
Devi: "Where are we going?"
Sake: "We`re heading South, only that... we need to go around the castle, we don`t want trouble, do we?" grins.
Devi nods, „I guess...”
Sake: "We need to get you some equip to get started..." he looks at the undershirt Devi`s wearing, "Is that a new style?"
Devi: "Huh, what?"
Sake: "That undershirt, is it a new style to wear those? Doesn`t seem very cool to me.."
Devi: "Hah, no, it`s just magically enchanced, one of my uncles friends, named Auri, gave it to me. Been wearing it ever since.."
"Oh?" Sake replys with a thoughtful voice.
Devi: "Well, it gives the feeling as if i feel lighter with it, so.. It has been easyer to dodge my uncles thrown stones and plants with it..."
Sake thinks to himself "Why would he throw plants at you…"
Devi: "But it`s fine, i dodged them easily, was good exercise iin the morning."
Sake: "Exercise?"
"Yep!" Devi replyed.
From a sidewalk 3 figures apeared. 3 Black Knights... The chain mails pitch black, all three with same masks - terrifying masks, that were rumored to be Zealotuses signs. All three grined.
Sake: "What do you want?"
Knight 1: "We? Well, nothing more than just your stuff." Pulls out a Zweihander
Knight 2: "We can do it one way or the hard way!" Pulls out a Lance
Knight 3: "Well? What will it be, your stuff, or lives?" Pulls out a heavily modifyed Pike.
Sake smirked: "Lives... i`ll show you lives!" He rised his hand towards the first Knight, started whispering something, "I...mon.th..sp...t..phe..s"
Five white-blue glowing Spheres appeared, started circling around Sake. Lightning aura embraced Sakes body, waves of energy were felt in the air. The ground where he stood - shatered.
Sake grined: "You chose the wrong guy to mess with!" ...
Knight`s: "What..?"
"Asura~!" Sake yelled. With lightspeed he ran over to the three black knights, still grining, he laughed. He hit to the right, to the left, his moves got so fast, the knights couldn`t flee..it was barely possible to follow his moves.. they were so fast- that a cloud of dust started to appear, Devi had never seen such power and speed before... Noises of hits, cracks of bones were heard... and then, a hit towards the ground, with such noise and force, a wave of sand and dust rolled by. The Stones in the ground cracked, pieces of rock flew to all sides and the three knights aswell. One hit the House near them, second flew to the front damaging the street, third stayed there - when the dust and smoke cloud vanished you could see Sake kneeling with his fist to the ground. The third Knight was left standing, but uncoucious. Sake stood up and poked the last standing Knight on the forehead, he fell down...
Sake: "Well now, i was hoping for a challenge, but this is ridicilous. What weaklings.."
Devi stood there, with his eyes wide opened and his jaw opened to the ground... "What the..." he thought.

 

[DeviRyuuD]

Okay, i guess i`ll delay the chapter times a bit more.
So here is the 3rd chapter.


III. Equipment

"What are you looking at? That was still nothing, wait till i get a better knuckle..hehehe" Sake stood there and laughed.
"You must be very strong if you could get rid of those guys so fast..." Devi replyed.
Sake laughed, "Not that i`m strong, no, i still have a long way to go." "Alright, lets go before somebody sees this mess we made.."
"We made?" surprised, "You did it!"
"Oh shut up.." Sake replyed.
They continued their walk around the castle. To Devi it seemed like for ever, he had never walked so far from his house, although Morroc isn`t that big.. Merchant stands on each corner, everybody selling their own stuff, but only a few people actually payed attention to the venders. Not like Morrocs inhabitants were poor, in contrary - they were very rich people, the only problem was that Merchants sold nothing other than useless stuff, that could be called as *nothing*..
"Why are the shops so empty?" Devi was wondering.
"I guess it`s due to the Orc and Wolf rades!" Some merchant replyed.
"But, arent the caravans protected by the Midgard army?" Sake asked, "I mean, i saw one on the way here, there were Knights escoring the caravans."
"Yes well.. rumours say that the Lord of Orcs is one of the problems..." Thoughtfully said the Merchant, "Yet, there is nobody that could beat him..."
"He could!" With a wide smile, he points a finger at Sake.
"Are you mad???" He yelled, "HE SAID NOBODY CAN BEAT HIM!"
Another Merchant who was passing by said: "No, it`s not the Orcs or Wolfs.. it`s worse."
"What can be worse than that?" The first merchant retorted.
"...." The other Merchant was silent.. "I..."
A manly and overshure voice replyed: "It`s just the queen of ants, Maya. She`s no big deal."
Everybody stood there with amazement.. "Who is this guy?..." Dressed in a High Priests original robe, with a strange Sarcastically sad expressed Mask and two little Horns on his head.
"Well now, long time no see Waah!" Sake said the same way as that guy.
"Indeed." They shaked hands. "Who is this Novice there, is he with you or some stupid beggar?" He looked down on Devi with a cold look, you could see right through the mask.
"I`m no beggar! My name is Devi Mammon, son of Meyford!" Said the little novice.
Waah didnt reply to that.
Devi got angry.
"Come on Waah, be friendly to him, he just lost a relative!" Sake snaped.
"Big deal.." Waah replyed, "Let`s go Sake, Thoreno`s calling."
The Merchants went their way.
"Who`s Thoreno?" Devi asked, "Is he your friend, Sake?"
"Not like a friend, but i am loyal to him, hes the leader of Sapientes Gladio Guild." Sake grabbed some bag he had tied to his belt, "Here, take this, you`ll need it."
Devi reached out a hand and grabed the bag. "Wha-aat? 1 million Zeny?" Devi was a bit surprised.
"Well, it`s not much, but should be enough for a start." He walked over to Waah and said, "We`ll meet sooner or later Dev`, just dont spend the money on alcohol, hahaha, bye!"
Waah opened a portal, Sake walked in it, as Waah followed the portal vanished.
"Oh damn, looks like i`m alone.." Devi thought to himself. "Hey!" He unpolitely stoped a citizen wearing a Tuxedo, "Could you tell me where could i find a city guide?"
The man in the Tuxedo was polite enough to show him the direction. "There, just walk up ahead until the end of this road and turn left, you`ll end up in the second centre of Morroc."
"Thanks" Devi replyed and continued walking in the direction where the man told him to go.
The man in the Tuxedo grined, "Geez, what an unpolite person.."
"Taak, taak, taak, where next? Ah yes, left." He murmured to himself and continued along.
"Hey you," some voice from a sidestreet whispered, "Come here, i have something for you!"
Devi, as a bit unexperienced youngster followed the voice to the sidestreet.
"Auri, Hey, how are you?" Devi asked the man as he recognised him.
"Quiet down, I knew your stepfather very well, you know that and i got fond of you - that`s why i`ll give you something in exchange for your memory - never say anything about your stepfather, ever again, got that?" The dark man tryed to convince Devi.
"Well, as long as it`s somethign i might need.." Devi replyed so bravely, as if he didnt care what would happen if the man didnt like the answer. That was one thing he inherited from his father – Never think before saying something.
"I suppose it is" The dark man named Auri answered politely, "I know what are you going to do next, you`ll try to become a thief, these things should totally help you." Auri gave Devi a weird Pantie with a square in wich a frog was drawn, two Clips - each with a square with a Kukre monster he had seen near the house time after time and a Dagger - a Gladius with three squares, in two of them there were ants drawn - the third was empty. "Take these, and remember, never tell anyone about your stepfather, allright?"
"Sure, i won`t mentio about him to anyone." Devi replyed with a grin on his face.
The sidestreet was dark, so he put on the stuff Auri gave him and came out - continued the way the the second Morroc city center.. "Now where did i need to go? Left or right..?"