The Divine Comedia

[Railazel]

Prologue​

Prologue Chapter) Song 1: Destruction By Inferno

His eyes were closed. An empty space with only him in it existed. There was nothing else but him for that moment. He took a deep breath... and opened his eyes. He was in Hell, surrounded by destruction. The Earth had finally collapsed and was on the brink of fusing with Hell. Monsters surrounded him, Demons sent straight from Hell and so-called "Angels"- once human, they gave up their humanity for the holy power of light and became nothing but monsters with wings and halos on their heads, forsaken by god for their hideous form. He took up his sword as they charged at him and he fought them. He slashed, cut, and swept them away. There was one thing that was on his mind- his mission- he had to get to Rodin. He ran and headed to his target, a large, tall black man cladded in a red shirt, tan overcoat, and heavy boots. He found him.
"Over here, kid!" Rodin called. He ran to him, but Rodin was quickly grabbed from behind.
"Rodin!" The boy called as his friend was snatched from behind. He ran to him and looked around. He saw Rodin's death. A group of spear- toting angels and scythe- wielding demons stabbed Rodin mercilessly, then ripped him to shreds. "RODIN!" The boy cried. The monsters charged at him, and he defeated them all. The boy heard a scream and turned around. A boy, his age, with white hair, wearing a red vest, blue overcoat, black jeans and boots, his arm glowing blue was running from a large demon. "Nero!" the boy yelled to his companion as he ran to save him, but he was too late. Nero was grabbed by the head and his arm, his glowing blue arm, was ripped apart from his body. Then his other arm was next. Then, the creature took his legs and ripped Nero in half. "NEROO!" the boy cried again. He shook his feelings away and quickly ran to his next checkpoint. He had to meet up with Dante and Bayonetta. They were the last now. If those two die along with him, there was no hope. He found them. A man with short white hair, wearing a black sports jacket and red vest with black slacks and boots, and a woman wearing sleezy black, skin- tight jumpsuit that showed her back and her cleavage. They were fighting off a horde of monsters. He joined in and met them back to back.
"Glad you could join in, kid!" Dante said to him.
"Whats the news, did you join up with Rodin?" Bayonetta asked him.
"I did, but he was killed." The boy said sadly.
"What!?" Bayonetta said in shock, she was almost slashed by scythe.
"Don't worry about that now! We have to keep fighting!" Dante ordered.
They fought. They fought despite the burning of their feet by the lava on the ground. They fought despite the pain they felt from their losses and their wounds. They tried to fight to the end. But, in the end, it was futile. Bayonetta was first. She was stabbed by a spear on her right side, then another, then another, then another. Soon, her entired body was impaled, her life finally ended went a scythe was stabbed in her head.
"Bayonetta!" The boy cried once more.
"Keep fighting!" Dante ordered, but he let his gaurd down and he was grabbed by a large angel. His head was grabbed and it was slowly being ripped apart. So much so, that you could see the flesh tearing away from his body. The boy couldn't take it. So many of his friends were now dead and now, he was the last. His anger, his sadness, his pain, all swelled together into something pure... and dark. A power exploded from his very core and he began to fight wildly, slashing anything in his way, a dark, golden aura surrounded him, making his form hard to see. He was cut by scythe, then stabbed by a spear, then by another, and another, but he blew his enemies away and roared horrendously. Soon, his emotions started to seep through his very skin, turning him into something grotesque, something horrible. He began to transform into a demon, no an angel, no... both. Wings, both angelic and demonic, sprouted from his back. He grabbed his face and tore the flesh off of it. He became something so powerful, the demons and angels watched in either awe or horror. He was no longer human, no longer alive... He was...

"WOOOAARRROOAARRRGGGHHH!!"

 

[Railazel]

Chapter 1​

Chapter 1- Scene 1) Song 2: Its Show Time!

"Its Show Time, baby!" Bayonetta announced to the boy. "Now, its time for you to strut your stuff! You better not disappoint me."
The boy looked at her with ****y smile, "Disappoint? The only disappointment would be for me to look too good."
"Ha! That's the spirit, darling! Oh look," Bayonetta pointed towards a group of monstrous angels, "The party guests are here. You better show them a good time..."
"Don't worry, I will."
The angels charged , but the boy just stood there. As they got closer, he kicked one up into the air, then another, and another, then threw his monstrous Zweihander into the air, and jumped. When he and monstrosities were in the air together, he grabbed his sword and slashed away at them in a wild, yet beautiful manner.
"Lovely." Bayonetta commented. The boy landed on the ground along with the newly- dead monsters that dispersed into the light. One more charged at him, but he simply stabbed it in the throat. Then, when more came at him, he slammed the monster into them, and batted it and another monster far into the air. Now, there was only one left. The lonely angel stood back, fearing for its life. The boy ordered it to come forward, signaling it with his finger. The creature did so, which became its mistake. The boy threw his sword into the air, grabbed creature and placed it upside- down on his shoulder, then slammed it onto the ground at the same time that his sword came down and stabbed the creature in its rear. Bayonetta applauded the boy's "perfomance", "Bravo, bravo!" She cheered. "That was wonderful, darling."
"I'm guessing you liked that?" The boy asked.
"Of course! I can see why you were named... um... Raitasu... Raytsu... what's your name again? I'm still having trouble remembering it..."
"Woman, we've been together for three years and you still can't pronounce it!"
"Well, I'm not Japanese..."
"My name is Raiterasu."
"It means..."
"Heavenly shine, I've told you that 121 times already!"
"Sorry, I keep forgetting."
Raiterasu had smooth, chocolate brown skin, was tall, slender, and had a feminine figure. He wore a form- fitting white, lavishly- designed, leather jumpsuit and silver overcoat and boots. "Geez, woman..." he said as he sighed.
"Alright, alright, we're done here. Let's go back and meet up with Rodin, he says he has a present for you."
"A present?"

Chapter 1- Scene 2) Song 3: Devils Never Cry: Dante's Appearance

Raiterasu and Bayonetta were inside the Gates to Hell. The place was as chaotic as usual. Before Raiterasu appeared, it was usually empty and calm with a few people in it. Now, its just a place bustling with thugs and gansters alike. However, Rodin didn't mind it, it was good for business and he gets good resources now. Rodin entered from through the back, where he usually is working on something. He was washing a glass and then began preparing.
"So, how did it go?" Rodin asked.
"Rai was just wonderful, he has as much style as I do." Bayonetta commented.
"Heh, looks like his training has paid off then..." Rodin said smiling, "Here kid, this the present I owe you. Its your birthday, ain't it? Go ahead and have fun with it." Rodin threw a bag at Rai.
The young boy opened it, "Holy..." He said in awe. Inside was a black- bladed katana and two strangely- sized pistols that were large than normal pistols. "Nice!" He took the sword and began observing.
"Happy Birthday, kid." Rodin said.
"Thanks..."
"So, have you guys seen that new shop across the street?" Rodin asked.
"Yeah," Bayonetta replied, "Devil May Cry, right? What's it about?"
"Its run by a gun named Dante. He's a big man. Has a large price on his head for the guys down in the Inferno."
"Why?"
"He's half demon, it is said that he's the son of the Legendary Sparda, and he killed off some of biggest names in the Inferno."
"Well, he sounds interesting, what do you think, R-?" Bayonetta turned to the boy, but he disappeared. Across the street, at the newly- formed Devil May Cry shop, Rai kicked the doors in with enough force to send them across the room.
"You a customer? Take your time, the toilet's in the back." Said Dante.
"How long have you been here?" Rai asked.
"I just opened yesterday, why? Who are you?" Dante looked up from a cross the room to see a pistol towards his head.
"Don't say you don't remember me." Rai said angrily.
"Well, if it isn't you, kid." Dante said smiling. "You've grown up. How long has it been? A decade? No matter. Either way, that day always seemed like yesterday..."
"Shut up!" Rai's anger grew horrendously. "You... You killed them all! My friends, my family, everyone!"
"So, you're going to try and kill- " As soon as Dante was about to speak, Rai shot him in the head. He fell back on the floor. The shockwave caused his sword, Rebellion, to fall on the floor from its post and he cut the desk, almost slicing Rai. Rai jumped back, took his new sword and dashed at Dante. The two clashed. Sparks flew. The two pushed each other, then dashed at each other again. This time, the two began slashing wildly at speeds that the normal human eye couldn't catch. Then, they each dashed and slashed past each other, ending up in opposite sides of the room. Bayonetta and Rodin entered into the scene as the battle finished.
"You've grown strong..." Dante said as he got up. "Not that many people, especially the normal ones, can do that much damage to m- blagh!" Dante started coughing up blood.
"I know, I'm one of the normal ones, right? I've been spending years, just to see you cough blood. Just like all the people that cared about!" Rai dashed towards Dante, ready to finish him off, but Bayonetta cut in front.
"Stop. He may be useful to us." Bayonetta said, trying to persuade.
"I don't care about profit! I want to kill him!" Rai tried to force his way out, but couldn't.
"Rai, think. This man has faced beings more powerful than you can imagine, yet you're the first to make him cough up blood. Don't you think that it was a little bit too easy?"
Rai began to think that she was right. This was too easy. "Alright..." He calmed himself and Bayonetta let him go. He walked over to Dante and kicked him, causing him to fall on the floor, then left.
"That was quite the show. Why did you go easy?" Bayonetta asked Dante.
"Easy? Who said I was going easy?" He retorted. Bayonetta's eyes widened and turned to the boy.

 

[Railazel]

Chapter 2​

Chapter 2- Scene 1) Song 4: Playing Around: Nero and Lady's Appearance

Rai was just about to walk back to the Gates of Hell. As he did, he became enraptured in the easiness of the air. He took a large breath in and looked at the sun that was brightly shining. He smiled and flipped back his coat. Then, he looked down the road and was almost slammed by a large axe that was thrown from afar. He flipped over a second it hit and dodged it. He noticed two people, a guy and a girl his age holstering a large missile launcher and several guns, wearing a white high- collared shirt that showed her cleavage and way too short shorts, fighting a large Angel, seemingly they were winning. It toppled over and disappeared into the light as it was defeated.
"What the hell was that supposed to be?" Asked the guy.
"I don't know, it looked like an angel." The girl replied exhaustedly.
"Well, if that's an angel, then I definitely don't want to go to heaven." The boy said jokingly.
"Come on, Dante's shop is up the road." The girl pointed up the road and started walking there.
"You guys know Dante?" Rai asked, appearing out of the blue leaning on a tree.
The two were shocked for a second, "Who are you?" the girl asked.
"The guy who wiped the floor with Dante." Rai simply stated.
"What?" Both said in unison.
"You heard me."
"Okay," the guy said, "There is no way anyone can touch Dante. Besides, you're pure human, right? There's no way you could take on Dante."
"Do I look pure human to you?" Rai looked at him with deathly eyes.
"I sense a challenge." Said the girl.
"You sense right." Rai pulled out his katana and pointed it towards the two. "What are your names?"
"Lady." said the girl.
"Nero." The guy said.
"Rai. Pleasure to meet you." Rai pulled back his arm and thrusted the sword towards the two. They dodged out of the way and pulled out their guns. Rai blocked all their bullets, then pulled out his own new guns and shot away. The two dodged out of the line of fire and began to head straight for Rai. Nero pulled his katana, Yamato, and slashed at Rai and Lady took at her missile launcher and was about to ram it into him. Rai dodged both attacks, which caused Nero to slam his katana onto Lady's missile launcher. Rai stood in the middle of the two and began shooting right in front of their faces. They spun to the side and dodged the bullets. Then, the batlle became a gunfight as all three began to shoot each other, bullets and sparks flying as they were being deflect. As they got closer, they each grabbed their swords and missile launcher and slashed at the same time, causing a stalemate for awhile, until Rai was able to push both of them away. Then, he began slashing at the two, this time he hit the mark and slashed between Lady's chest and Nero's right side. Thankfully, there were scrapes, but he wasn't done. He threw Lady and Nero into the air, and grabbed Lady's missile Launcher. He stabbed it into the ground, jumped, kicked Lady and Nero back into the ground and made them both land on the missile launcher- Lady's back first and Nero, headfirst.
"Looks like the kids were ready to play..." Dante noted as he was watching the fight from afar.
"Its all fun and games until someone gets hurt." Bayonetta said as she watched too.

Chapter 2- Scene 2) Into The Wild

Lady and Nero got up from the dirt painfully. Lady limped over to her missile launcher where Rai was leaning on and pointed her gun to his face.
"Move," she ordered, "I still have enough strength to pull a trigger..."
"But not enough to dodge a blade..." Rai retorted as he nodded his head towards Lady's chest.
She looked and noticed that it was cut open, "Ah!" She screamed as she quickly closed and pulled the trigger out of anger, but Rai suddenly disappeared. She turned around to the noise of cheering made by Dante and Bayonetta, whom she did not notice before. "Dante!" She called, "You were up there the entire time!"
"Yeah..." Dante replied.
"And who are you cheering for?"
"That guy." Dante pointed towards Rai who was bowing down on a branch of a nearby tree.
Several moments later, the group met at the Gates of Hell. Lady and Nero were the only ones silent.
"What's wrong guys?" Dante asked them. "Don't let a good beatdown keep you down."
"Shut up, Dante" Nero retorted.
"Hey, Bayonetta," Rodin called, "I got another heads- up for ya. It seems there are some strange going- ons up at the Eternal Jungle. Looks like a good job for ya."
"We'll take it!" Lady and Nero both called.
"I'll go, too." Rai said. Lady and Nero quickly turned their heads. "Whoever completes the mission first wins a prize. What's the prize? Well, for you guys, giving me a good beaten."
"Oh that's the spirit!" Bayonetta cheered. "Giving the audience a good show is top prioriety."
"I already go rides for ya." Dante said he snapped his fingers and three demonic motorcycles crashed through the doors and slammed onto a group of drunks. The three kids rode on their bikes and left.
Several hours later, they made it to the inside of the Eternal Jungle. Where demons and angels were sprouting all around them. Moments earlier, they were informed that monsters have been appearing in the jungle, so it was there job to find and exterminated the source of them. The jungle was dark and filled with all kinds of animal and plants with none of them being too friendly. The group was riding on their bikes until they were attacked by flying demons.
"Looks like the party's getting started." Nero stated.
"Yeah, it was getting boring watching the same scenery over and over again." Raiterasu pulled out his katana and jumped up from his motorcycle towards the demons, then slashed at them and landed on the handles of his bike. Some on- ground demons appeared and he began slashing at them as he rode ahead of Lady and Nero. Lady and Nero revved up their bikes and raced ahead of Rai, shooting every demon in their path. The race was on.