Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or DMC. They belong to Rooster Teeth and Capcom.

Welcome to my new story. This time, I will have team RWBY (and the others later) playing one of my favorite games, Devil May Cry 4, the Special Edition. Reason for doing so: Can't stop me from attending the Hype Train for DMCV!

Before you go in, some fonts here to keep in mind:

Normal story

In-game story and notes

Important information

The Creator (which is me)

*Sounds/Special actions*

Also, if you haven't my previous reaction story, then the cast I'm using is: After volume 3, just at the moment Ruby froze the Dragon, the cast then returned back to the past and fixed everything. Now team RWBY is in their Third Year.

That's it, for now. Enjoy the first chapter, everyone!

Ruby's POV

"I'm bored…" We're walking back from our last class, History one with Professor Port, after another 'pleasant' hour of hearing him talking about his glory days. At least, it's not as boring as the one we heard before, but it's still so long. And it's raining as well… what a day…

"Same, Sis. We should head back to our room and store our stuffs before heading for dinner." "Isn't it a little too soon, Yang?" "Tomorrow is Saturday, so I want to rest today so we could have energy for the weekend." "You have a point."

Blake walks ahead first and grabs the doorknob, then stops. I ask: "What's wrong?" She puts a finger on her lips to tell us to be quiet, then presses her cat ears on the door. We understand the signal, as we get closer and try to hear who could be in our room…

"Hey, where's the cable?" "There, on Weiss' bed." "Okay… here we go… that should do it. Do you think they would like this?" "Just another story to write. I think they would like it. Also we did promise to show them the fighting styles I used before." "You, to be exact." "Yeah… No wait, they want to know yours too." "Really?"

I'm having a big grin on my face. I turn to my sister to see the exact smile flashing. Same to Blake and Weiss as well. Now we have something to waste for the weekend. And it's something fun.

Without further waiting, we LOUDLY open the door and greet the people before us. One of them jumps up in surprise and both turn to see us. You could have mistaken them to be twin as they look exactly the same: short black hair, black eyes with glasses, round face. Their clothes are the only things differing them from each other: one of them always wears a white lab coat, while the other wears a black overcoat with black fedora and his cane's leaning on Blake's bed. Though, we have known them for a while, and we can always expect something new when we meet them.

"Hello, Kuro, T.O! Long time no see! What have brought you here?" I ask them excitedly, waiting for them to answer. And the former, after regaining his composure, gives us one: "Remember you react to your other selves before? This time, The Creator wants you to play a game we really like, and where our moves are from." Then we notice our TV being connected to his laptop, and the TV's showing the desktop screen… Yang smirks at him: "Did your wives know about this?" "They did, so don't try to blackmail me. Anyway, are you busy in this…" "WE HAVE ALL THE TIME WE NEED!" "*Smile* Alright then. Grab some popcorns, girls. This will be fun."

A bit later…

"Alright, Ruby, you will play this time." I squeal a bit in excitement. Then, he gives me a handheld of some kind. "What's this?" "It's a XBOX controller. I'm a keyboard user, but you should play the game with it, since it could avoid some problems keyboard users like me encountered." "Oh, okay…" "Let me start the game first." He taps on his laptop, for us to see him starting the game…

The game starts with 'CAPCOM PRESENTS', and someone wearing a grey cloak is walking on the street, with his black boot and blue coat of some kind being the only visible things, aside from his lower face. Then, while the words fading away, the scene changes into the scenario inside of a church, with an old Priest standing in the middle of the auditorium. Behind him is a large statue, laying its hands on a stone sword before it. The scene changes again to see a man with red cloak and a huge broadsword on his back, looking at the thunderous sky. It changes briefly to the man from the beginning, then to the old man holding his hands up and starting to pray, followed by the others in the church. The camera zooms closer to the face of the statue to see a man's face, with two horns positioned at two sides of its head and pointed down at the tips. Then, the man on the street moves his face up slightly…

"Sorry, skip!" The screen suddenly slowly blacks out, as Kuro says that. Yang protests: "Hey! We're in the good part!" "Creator just told me, it contains a little spoiler, so I have to skip it. Don't want to ruin your fun." "Oh… okay then…" "So, how is it so far?"

Weiss comments: "Beautiful, I would say. The graphic looks very detailed for a game. We haven't reached that point yet." "Maybe it's because Atlas's focusing their technology to create defense methods for the world. If you want, you could ask General Ironwood to consider trying to have a little fund in here." "We will think about it."

"When can the game start?" "Well…"

The title 'Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition' appears on the screen, with an icon of a man swinging his sword there. I press a random button, as it says 'Press any button', and options appear for me to choose:

Start

PC Settings

Performance Test

Quit

Kuro: "Press A to choose, Ruby. I already checked the settings and the performance test for you, so you don't need to…" I instantly press Start. "Okay then. *Smile* Too eager to hear me, huh?"

Weiss: "But why the fourth game already? What about the other three?" "One is the start, and…it's good, but not too good. Two gets a bit of complaints and disappointment. Three is the hardest one, so…"

Then these options:

Play as Nero/Dante

Play as Vergil

Play as Lady/Trish

Legendary Dark Knight

Options

Store

Blake: "Why is there 'Store' at the end?" T.O: "The game had some updates back then. It's kind of 'Pay-to-win', but this game doesn't really need it."

"What should I choose?" Kuro: "Should be Nero and Dante. They are easy for beginners to play…" T.O: "Not Dante. Think again." "Still easy enough for them to understand." I follow his advice and press...

"Sorry, skip here fast." Kuro then presses again, making something go through very fast. "Spoilers. Also, I have chosen the Devil Hunter difficulty, which is normal for you. I don't believe you're that bad to play easy. And no automatic either."

Weiss: "Why no automatic?" "It could screw up your combos. And it's not fun, spamming one button."

"But would there be tutorials?" "I re-opened it, so don't worry."

The scene starts again, this time it shows a small road with black bags next to a trash car, with the normal logo of 'CAPCOM' appears. Then, a black smoke flies through and washes the words away, revealing the bigger road which has the view of the Opera House. Then, a man runs towards the direction in hurry. Although the face can't be seen, everyone can see his outfit being a long black and red coat, a red hood, black pants and boots.

Blake: "Um…where is his right arm?" Yeah, when he's running, we could see his left arm visible, but not his right. Kuro asks back: "Did you see a white line on his right shoulder?" We focus at that, and yes, there it is. Blake then knows what it is: "He's bandaging his right arm." "You will have a better view a bit later."

Then, a song starts, as the scene temporarily changes to the inside of the Opera House, where a lady in white dress with flower design is standing in the middle of the auditorium with light directly shining over her. It changes back to the running man, now with a clearer view on his front. The man looks young, about twenty years old, with white hair nearly reaching his shoulder. He has a wireless headphone on his neck, and now it's clear that he's wearing a sling covering his right arm. There is a red insignia on his coat's shoulder. In the man's left hand, everyone can see he's wearing two rings in his index and ring finger.

Yang whistles: "He's good-looking. But he's reminding me of Weiss for some reasons." "*Annoyed a bit* And why is that?" "His expression, kind of like you when you're not being friendly towards, like, everyone." "HEY! That's not me!" "It's true though, Weiss, especially when it was our first timeline." "Urgh…"

Blake: "So he's disabled? Kind of disappointing."

The scene changes again, and this time it zooms to the lady's face, to reveal her brown hair and brown eyes. She's also wearing a gold crown of some kind and earrings. She takes a look around the audience, then closes her eyes and starts singing…

Meanwhile, the running man suddenly slows down and stops, as he's looking what's stopping him from reaching the place… a crowd of Scarecrows, jumping down from the rooftop to the place before him. Then, with no other words, he runs directly to them, with some of them jumping directly to him…

Is he trying to fight all of them WITHOUT weapons?

With momentum, he spear-kicks one of them, crashing it into the others. He punches the one on his right with his left knuckle, sending some more crashing into the wall. One Scarecrow tries to hit him with its arm blade, but it's caught by the man, as he swings the thing away and grabs the handle the blade and uses it as the weapon. He starts slashing the demons, and to one point, his shadow on the wall resembles the icon in the game title.

"Wow, he's so strong! And his pose is like in the title! So that means this is the main character, right?" T.O: "One of the five playable, yes."

Weiss: "This game has five playable characters?" "You're expecting more?" "Well, kind of. Our world has a few teams as main, right?" "Well… yes. But you're in a show, not in a game." "With cinematic like this, I would still think it has more."

Blake: "But if he's the main one, then why did we see him with his right arm before?" Kuro: "A bit spoiler, you will see soon."

The woman briefly stops as the music starts the melody part. She then looks at one particular direction, to see an empty seat. Slightly disappointed, she starts singing again…

Yang: "So she's waiting for him, huh?" Kuro: "How can you say so?" "It's common in films. The guy running late a bit because of something, and then trying to make his girlfriend happy by buying her something during the way to the date place." "That… now you say it, yeah, it happens a lot."

It returns to the man fighting his way through the Scarecrows… in slow motions, while the lady's song keeps going…

Kuro: "Oh, and there's something fun here: There are a lot of slow motions here." "That's fun?" "Isn't now fun?" "*Watching the fight* You have a point there."

Yang: "*Whistle* Still though, he can do all of those moves with just his left arm… maybe I should try to do that sometimes." "Yang, no." "Come on, it's fun! I could just wrap my right arm on my back and whoa-la!" "Oh…I thought you… never mind."

When the fight's over, the man immediately rushes towards the Opera House again, with the Scarecrows falling down to the ground and burst into dust...

The song's over, everyone's clapping their hands to congrats the young lady for the success. The lady just nods lightly and turns to the same spot, and gasps a bit in surprise that the man's there, smiling at her, causing her to be slightly embarrassed but still smile at him happily.

Aw, isn't that cute? "SO, can we play now?" "Nope. Sorry, but the opening is not done yet." "Really? It's that long?" "Comparing to Metal Gear series, this is nothing."

The camera returns back to the outside, still facing the Opera House, and flies up… and when it stops…

"Um, who is that?" I ask the question as I point to the person for everyone to see. All we can see is his white hair, red coat and the sword… oh: "Was he the one looking at the thunderous sky?" T.O nods.

A 'Now loading' moment later

"Two thousand years ago…" The old Priest is standing behind a half-circle table, as he starts the ceremony speech: "the Dark Knight, Sparda, turned against his demon brethren, and took up his sword for the sake of mankind. Though, despite his brave efforts in our names, I fear some have forgotten the truth of that great sacrifice. If the events of that terrible time to reoccur, the fusing of both demonic and human realms, we, weak humans, would have no means by which to oppose our submission."

During the speech, the man can't sit still in his chair, as he shuffles around his seat multiple times, causing distraction from a nearby follower, and earning a glare from the leader of the Order of the Sword. Then the lady comes and wants to say something, but stops herself as the man puts one of the headphone's ears over his. Then, when she looks down, she sees a blue box wrapped by two blue ribbons. The lady looks at the man thankfully, as he just smiles in return and puts the headphone fully over his ears. She sits down next to him, as the speech continues: "And so I ask you to unite! And pray that even if such a dark time of chaos were to revisit us, our gracious Savior would shelter us from the storm. Let us pray." The Priest starts the praying, followed by the others…

Blake: "That's interesting. A Demon turning its back to save humanity?" Kuro: "You?" "*Blush* Not the same." "Similarity." "Fine, you win."

Weiss: "The more we see it… the more he's like me. Damn it Yang." "Hey! I say what I see. Though, you wouldn't make much noises than him." "That's true."

Looking around, seeing that everyone's praying, the man just sighs, puts down his headphone to his neck and stands up. The lady sees that as she whispers: "Nero, what's wrong?"

"So this guy's name is Nero? The other guy must be Dante, then."

The man answers: "I'm outta here." "But it's not over yet…" "All this preaching's putting me to sleep." The man then walks away, forcing the lady to stand up and try to pull him back to his seat…

Yang: "Then why bother coming here anyway?" T.O: "Listen to the lady singing?" "Oh yeah. Love."

Only for the man to stop a bit, as he notices his right arm starts glowing…

Blake: "That doesn't look good…"

Then he looks up to the rooftop, followed by the lady, and sees the man in red crashing through the glass window, landing right on the table. The man looks up and meets the Priest's face, who now recognizes the person before him. Then, with a swift move, the man pulls out a pistol and…

The gun shot echoes through the room in-game, and our room as well. We sit there, our expression turns shocked like the ones witnessing the assassinate in the game. And it's a confirmed kill, when the assassin turns his face towards the camera, to show the blood of the priest on his face. Why…why did he just shoot an 'innocent' man right at the face? Even IF the Priest…

Yang: "Okay, we saw this case before, but it's still terrified. Shooting an old man right in the middle of a ceremony… so that red guy's the bad… nope, can't be. He's like you here, Kuro, just a little better." "Yeah. Remembered about my greatest trick on Remnant?" "Yep."

Weiss: "But still, in front of everyone?" T.O: "He's not exactly a subtle type of a guy."

"YOUR HOLINESS!" The leader shouts as he and his soldiers draw out their swords and circle around the scene. The citizens start running away in fear, but Nero stands still while protecting the lady. The assassin looks at the soldiers before him, then starts his 'rampage' by kicking one in the stomach and slashing the others. With the fight going, Nero finally takes the decision to pull the lady to the exit, but she accidentally drops the gift, which then gets stepped by a running citizen. She tries to get it back but Nero stops her and continues pushing her towards the line of people.

"That gift is probably ruined…" "Don't worry, it isn't. And you will know what it is in the next mission."

Yang: "This game has missions?" "Each stage is called mission."

The leader has reached to the Priest's body, to see the damage has been done. "No…" He says in defeat, knowing that the Priest is dead…

With his slaughter done, the assassin looks at the leader who's holding the Priest's corpse, and he slowly walks towards them. The lady sees it and runs back, shouting the man's name: "Credo!" "Kyrie!" Nero looses his grip on her, he turns back and tries to call her back. Meanwhile, one soldier survives, not for long, and tries to backslash the assassin, but he feels it and swings his broadsword back, pushing the soldier right at Kyrie and causing her to fall on the ground. She then looks up and sees the man, but he doesn't look directly at her but rather somewhere else.

Yang: "For an assassin, he takes time to kill her…" Kuro: "Not really. A lot of assassins have a rule, and it's to not kill anyone else aside from your target." "Like Neo and Roman?" "Somewhere along their lines. Besides, have we seen anytime they kill someone?" "How about the crew on the General's ship that contained the main server controlling all Atlas automatic units?" "… I stand corrected."

Thinking that Kyrie's in danger, Nero runs directly to them, shouts in anger which causes the assassin to turn to him, jumps up and delivers two boots on the man's face. The assassin flies away, Nero touches the ground and pulls out a revolver, with two barrels, and shoots two bullets out, only for the assassin to recover quickly and slash the bullets, and he lands on the head of the statue with the sword stabbing through the head for him to gain balance. The man in red then sees Nero flying towards him, so he tries to pull his sword out, but Nero just kicks it deeper into the statue. The two then jump away and stand on each arm of the statue while pointing their guns, in the assassin's case there are two magnum pistols, towards each other.

"That's…so cool! But why does Nero have a revolver which has two barrels? That is a waste of bullets." "Two shots, one for breaking the armor, the other is to reach the target. But last I checked, he can actually shoot one bullet with it."

"Nero!" Kyrie tries to stand up, and calls her 'boyfriend', as she plans to run towards him but then she's stopped by the leader of the Order. Nero answers back, not taking his eyes out of his opponent: "Kyrie! Go with your brother and get outta here!" The assassin looks down just a bit before regaining his focus. The leader, Credo, shouts: "I will return with help! You stall him until then!" The duo gets out, along with some soldiers carrying the Priest's corpse away from the scene. Now, the Opera House is empty…

"I won't hold my breath." After throwing the headset away, Nero fires one bullet out of his revolver. Seeing the bullet going, the man in red ducks and then jumps as the second bullet is shot to where he was standing. Nero jumps up and uses his legs to wrap around the man's torso to gain stability. After a few shooting-and-dodging, Nero throws the man back to the status's head, then dive-kicks into the sword to make it bounce off and try to hit the man. Of course, the person sees that coming as he dodges, grabs the sword back and slashes down to Nero, who raises his gun to block it. But due to the position he's in and his opponent's power, Nero loses his balance and falls to the space between the main statue and the stone sword. Once stopping his fall, Nero points his gun up and shoots the man, who dodges and then lands on the hands of the statue. Nero sees the opportunity and pushes the stone sword out of the hand, making it fall down. Though, the man's unfazed, and watches as Nero runs up to him and shoots a single bullet out, which he dodges. Before the sword fully reaches the ground, the two fighters jump away from it and from each other. When both of them land, Nero raises his gun up again, and says: "You got a jacked up notion of fair play pal, and it's beginning to piss me off." And with that, the screen turns black.

My smile just spreads wider every second passed through the fight. Even Weiss agrees: "I know we have seen our own fights before, but to see them in the right view, that's something else. And it's not the real actions yet." And Kuro adds more: "By the way, I think you have recognized it, but I will say it: this game is a hack-and-slash, so you're going to combo, a lot."

"And Nero's fighting with one hand only! I really hope his right arm will heal up in no time!" Oh, how wrong you are, Ruby.

Mission 1: Birds Of A Feather

Face off against the mysterious assassin!

"Power up?" T.O: "You're going to buy stuffs in the future. But we can't do anything, not now at least. So just press the first option."

Mission Start

The mission starts with Nero and the assassin being a distance away from each other. Then, the tutorial starts showing up:

Move (Left Stick)

Your character will move in the direction you press Left Stick. Depending on how hard you press Left Stick, they will either walk or run.

Yang just smirks and jokes: "You have to push them to make them run? How fun…" And she earns a knock on the head from Kuro. "Don't make that kind of joke." "Hey, I thought we passed that point?"

Blake: "But why putting this?" "Style point." "Wait, that counts?" "No, that's us seeing it as one."

Gun Attack (X)

Repeatedly press X to fire your equipped gun. You can also fire your gun while in mid-air.

With that done, the gameplay truly starts, as the assassin suddenly bows down, gesturing like a butler. I'm a bit hesitating here, as I ask Kuro: "Um, does he have Aura? Or he will dodge…" "You're thinking why he's doing so, right? He's taunting you." And the hesitation is gone, as I turn back to the screen. "Taunting? Oh you just made a mistake, mister."

Aiming his gun, Nero starts shooting his opponent. All shots hit the mark, and after an amount of bullets, the assassin staggers back a bit. Then, deciding to stop taunting, he starts walking towards Nero. Seeing the danger coming in, Nero starts moving around while still constantly shooting his gun. After the fifth time being staggered, the man decides to be enough and pulls out his own guns, deflects any shots coming to him with his bullets.

Weiss: "Um…is this just me, or does he perfect deflect all the shots Ruby is shooting at him?" Kuro: "Yep. He is."

Jump (A)

Press A to jump. You can also evade enemy attacks by jumping.

The man backflips one time, before shooting hails of bullets, starting from the right side of his to the left. By instinct, Nero jumps up to avoid the bullet lines. After three times, the assassin changes his tactics…

Side Roll (While on the ground, press RB + sideways on Left Stick + A)

By rolling sideways, you can evade an enemy's attack. When an enemy starts attacking, roll to the side while on the ground to avoid damage.

Nero, not noticing it, still jumps up to avoid the bullets. But this time the assassin shoots in the straight line, catching Nero in mid-air. The recoil of bullets keep Nero on the air for a while before the owner stops shooting, and Nero falls to the ground.

"Wait, what's RB button?" Kuro: "Right Bumper, Ruby." I look at the controller again, to see the bumper with 'RB' written on it. I sheepishly stuck my tongue out in embarrassment. This is going to take a while. "Though, even I made that mistake before, when I tested it out. I thought B was Back, and not Bumper." "And you earned a full barrage to the face." "Yep."

Not making the mistake twice, Nero dodges out of the bullets line while constantly shooting back. Then, his gun runs out of bullets. He flicks the cylinder out, drops the empty case out, then throws a moon-clip out, somehow, then with a swift move, he spins and lets the cylinder run right through the bullets, making them enter the right spot. Once the bullets are in place, he flicks the chamber back again and points his gun towards…

"Wow, even with one arm, he can still reload the gun without assist? Cool!"

Weiss: "He probably has to practice a lot. Though, I'm more baffled about the fact you just shot, like about fifty bullets, and just now you reload." Kuro: "Game logic, Weiss." "I know, but I want to point it out."

Blake: "But both of them… who am I kidding? T.O showed us that by having Tyrian shooting through him and still fought like nothing happened." T.O: "Luckily you still remembered."

Only to see no one. Then he hears footsteps of the man appearing behind him. Looking back, he sees the assassin facing his back to him, with his sword still on his shoulder. Nero then smirks a bit as he says: "I guess this doesn't quite cut it." He then kicks the sword positioned behind of him up, and when it's falling, he grabs the handle and stabs it on the ground again, then revs it up. That causes the man's attention as he turns back. Nero: "What's the point of packing a sword like that if you aren't even gonna use it?" The man looks at his sword, thinks about it for a second, then mimics the action Nero just did with the sword. Nero then runs towards…

Red Queen Combo A (While on the ground, press YYYY)

Four quick slashes. Depending on the timing and number of Y presses, you can unleash a variety of devastating combos.

"NOW WE'RE IN THE MAIN PART!" I shout in excitement. It better be good like Kuro told us!

Kuro just chuckles at my reaction. "Calm down, Ruby. It's exciting, but you can't really do much in the beginning." I drop my shoulder down in disappointment. "Aw…" "Don't worry, we can fix it easily. Just enjoy what we have for now."

The two swing their swords down, but Nero manages to fling his opponent off-balance, and he lands four success hits on the man, the last one sending the man back.

High Roller (While on the ground, press RB + back on Left Stick + Y)

Blast enemies into the air with an upward strike. Perform powerful techniques by using various commands.

Kuro: "An advice for this move, Ruby. If you tap Y, Nero will send his target off the ground. But if you hold it, he will follow the hit to the air, and you can try the Combo A in the air, though it will only have three hits." I nod after receiving his words…

Running towards the opponent, Nero swings his sword back-to-forth-to-upward, sending himself and the opponent to the air. He uses the momentum to swing three more strikes, but none of them hits…

Yang: "Kuro? Didn't you just say to try combo in the air? If he drops that fast…" "Oops. Forgot he's the exception. He's the only one who drops fast enough so that you can't use normal combos in the air on him."

"Normal combos?" "More like basic combos. Once you finish the game, or the reviewers ask for it, will I show you some of the best combos videos I know."

After taking series of hits, the man in red counterattacks, forcing Nero to go to defense. After strikes and strikes, the assassin swats the sword out of Nero's hand, and thrusts his own sword towards his opponent. Seeing there's no other choice, Nero raises his right arm up…

"NO DON'T DO THAT! YOU WILL LOST YOUR…" That one small moment causes me and Yang to stand up and shout to the screen. Weiss is a little bit worried, while Blake is biting her lips as well…

When the sword and the arm collides, they create a shockwave that causes all of the benches to fly away, and a bright light covers the whole screen. After that, the camera zooms in a bit, to show that the man in red looks at the person before him. He then subtly nods and says: "You got a trick up your sleeve."

The camera turns to Nero… to show that, instead of a human arm, his right arm is red and reptile-like, with a blue light glowing in his palm and fingers, and the color runs along the front side of his forearm. The head of the broadsword has sunk a bit into the arm, but Nero shows no pain on his face. Upon hearing his opponent saying, he retorts back: "I thought the cat has your tongue."

Apparently Blake does have our tongues, as we hang our mouths in shock because of the revelation. His arm was never broken at all, and he just hid it so nobody knew what…

"For your information…" Kuro speaks up, nearly all of us snap to him except Blake who's already looking at him for explanation. "His arm was normal, until a point in his past. And yeah, that's a demon's arm." Then T.O says: "Until this point, I'm seeing a little bit of similarities between you and this game. Blake because of covering your secrets, Weiss because of your characters, Yang because of… I won't say it, you just proved it earlier. And Ruby because of the love of crazy weapons."

Weiss is a bit upset after T.O gave out the explanation. "He and I are not…" "You will see in the future."

Yang just crossed her arms before her before pouting: "Don't speak about it again. My pride still hurt after Adam chopped off my arm." "Sorry. But hey, at least it won't happen again."

"But if it's a trick you looking for…" His knuckle clutches harder. "Then try this!" With an arm swing, he throws the assassin out of him, then lifts up the stone sword with the spectral arm. Not looking up immediately, the assassin slowly stands up. "Looks like you two, are a…" When he looks up and sees what's coming to him, he moves his head slightly back to avoid the stone sword coming to his head. He then looks back to admire the damage the sword just caused to the statue. After that, he looks back to Nero, who's brushing the dust out of his hands. "Hate to interrupt, but I wanna wrap this show up before the cavalry arrives."

"That arm makes me feel a little uneasy… BUT IT IS SO COOL TO SEE ITS POWER!" I just jump in place, excited about two things: first, Nero is not disabled and is capable to fight with all he got. And second, a new weapon I can mimic in the future!

"Speaking about mimicking…" "Don't read my thoughts like that, T.O." "Sorry. Anyway, did you rebuild any of our weapons?" "Yang did try to add the claws like Yellow Heart and make it retractable, but so far, not very well. Weiss didn't change her weapon, but she did learn to call out a secondary sword from Dust when necessary. I'm planning to add a second blade for Crescent Rose, but it's still in blueprint. Blake, though…" The Faunus blushes: "Don't mention it." "Yeah, designing another weapon after…" "DON'T SAY IT OUT LOUD!"

Buster (Press B near an enemy. Can be performed in mid-air)

You can grab an enemy with the Devil Bringer and toss them away like a cheap toy. Depending on your enemy, the throw will vary.

We giggle at the description. 'Toss them away like a cheap toy'? Looks like we're going to see a lot of cool moments with the arm.

Running towards the man in red, Nero summons his spectral arm and grabs him, then slams him hard to the ground, causing it to break on impact. The man tries to avoid a few times by jumping up, but Nero follows and catches him in mid-air before doing the same thing. After a few slams, the man attacks back, but Nero casually uses his demon arm to grab the blade and throws both of them away, the weapon and the owner. But, being as stylish as he is, the assassin lands right on a bench, and with momentum it crashes into a bunch of them behind it, then stops. And the man just sits there like nothing happen. With his right leg positioned on top of his left, the man points his sword to Nero. "So you're looking to play, huh? Alright, then I guess I got some time to kill…" Nero, seeing that he's clearly taunting him, just looks at the nearby sword and picks it up. "Tough guy, huh? Well…" He kicks one of the benches to the assassin's location, who jumps up and lets the bench crashing into the cluster behind him. With Nero jumping up as well, the two clash their swords two times before the man lands on the ground and looks back… to see Nero balancing himself on a bench, on top of the cluster of benches. "I think I will have to take you down a couple notches." "Whatever you say, kid." Is the man's answer. And with that, Nero jumps off the seat…

Yang asks in wonder: "Have we ever fought someone who could keep up with us while still being stylish like these two? Because I REALLY want to know how it feels to be like them."

Kuro: "Hm… how about your Adam? Maybe he will be interested." Blake shakes his head. "I don't think he would do so. Being a little bit… towards human." "They aren't." "They look exactly the same. Except Nero who has a demon arm. But you get my point."

T.O then warns me: "Also Ruby, better be prepared to dodge, a lot." "Huh?" "Remember about us saying about stylish? This game WILL grade you about that. Meaning, combos, dodges, and such." "REALLY?"

Nero starts shooting his opponent, but all of his shoots are stopped in mid-air by the counter-shooting. Not faltering, he keeps the pace while getting closer to the assassin. Some of the bullets bounce off each other and break the benches nearby…

Kuro: "Oh and Ruby? Break all those benches." "Wait why?" *Orb obtained sound* "That's why."

Red Orb: A magic red stone of crystallized demon blood. Offer it to the gods to earn new power.

Weiss: "So it will be this game's currency?" T.O: "One of them."

Yang: "I think there should only be one of them. More than that is…" Kuro: "Then you're a bit wrong. That happened in the third version, and it's a hell of a trip to 'farm' those orbs up. And the things to buy were stupidly expensive."

Blake: "But why would there be 'demon blood' in benches?" Kuro: "That's game logic. Don't ask."

When the two is close enough, both of them swing their swords, and one more time, Nero gains the advantage, as he does a successful Combo A on the assassin. Jumping back, the assassin shoots out a line of bullets, luckily Nero sees it in time and dodges to his left. The back-and-forth shooting re-occurs, with Nero trying to get near.

"The slashing does more damages than bullets…" Kuro: "Hack-and-slash, Ruby. Bullets won't do much. Not until later on."

However, the same thing doesn't happen, as the assassin gets the upper hand and slashes Nero three times. After waking up, Nero sees the man starting to taunt him with his "Come on!". A bit angry, Nero runs towards and uses the spectral arm to lift the man up, but the man breaks out. The two then clashes three times before Nero uses his arm to block the hit. "Not so fast." He then throws the man to the back, causing…

Blake: "Three and a half out of ten health bars? How strong is that move?" T.O: "Not only that move, but ALL Busters from that arm. That demon arm is the strongest weapon in the game, if you compare all one-hit moves in game. And I mean one-hit, not counting the Distorted moves, okay guys?" He's saying that last line to you, readers.

Nero then runs up to him again, and does the Combo A. However, to the third strike, Nero swings his sword up, sending the assassin to the air, and grabs him when he falls down. This time the man in red doesn't react fast enough, as Nero slams him to the ground, 'ending the fight'.

I stare at the black screen. "Wait, that's it?" Kuro just laughs at my confusion. "The first mission is a tutorial, Ruby. It's just to show how this game works. Also, there's still a small cutscene before this mission truly ends."

Concentrating his power, Nero throws a powerful punch towards the man in red, sending him flying. The man tries to gain balance, but Nero has already reached to him as he grabs his leg, stopping the flight. Using his left hand to stop the man's right arm, Nero brings his demon arm up and punches the man to the ground, despite his effort to block it with his free hand. The sudden move makes the man lose grip of his sword, as it flies away and stabs to the ground. And with that, Nero starts punching the man in the face repeatedly. Despite all of that, the man doesn't attack back, however, after a few hits, his left arm…

Weiss shouts in surprise: "That man has a demon arm as well?" "Well…" Kuro starts, then stops with: "That's for the future to…" And with that, his head gets encased in ice. From the inside, he just pouts: "That's not cool, Weiss." "I'm just sick of you two, hiding stuffs and such."

Yang just laughs it off and punches the ice away. "That's what you get. Luckily this is just the beginning, Kuro. It will be worse in the future if you keep this up." "Duly noted."

Then, Nero grabs the man's collar and throws him to the statue, along with his sword as well. And… the sword stabs through its owner's chest and pins him there. The man's head then hangs down, along with his limbs, and then… he's not moving at all.

Blake just shakes her head disapprovingly. "You know, it could be a shock moment, if we haven't seen Winter stabbed T.O before." "Um…" Blake turns to see my 'a little shocked' face. "Oh. You forgot, or…" "*Nervous laugh* I did. I really though he died there."

Yang: "That death fake-out won't work for a second time." Kuro: "Hey, that death was recorded before us. The developers had that idea before us."

Nero thinks it's over, and he turns back and plans to go out… "Getting better…" Hearing the familiar voice, he turns back in surprise and sees the person whom he just killed… casually raising his head up and speaking. "I would even go as far as to say that I underestimated your…" He then starts pushing him out, with the sword still in his torso. "…abilities." Once the sword's out, he touches to the ground with his feet without problems. With a little surprise on his face, Nero asks cautiously: "You aren't human, are you?"

Weiss: "Well, you saw him being stabbed through his sword, and he's standing right before you now with no show of being 'dead'. I would put 'human' to the bottom of the 'possible' list. And don't point at us, we have Aura to protect, not to heal." That causes Kuro to slowly lower his finger down, which is prepared to point to Weiss.

The man just sighs and starts pulling the sword out of his body. "We're the same… you and… I…" Once he has done it, he lets the sword point to the ground, then uses his left hand to gesture to someone. "And them…" Nero follows the hand… and sees one of the soldiers without his helmet…

I cringe a bit when I see the expression, and the face. "That doesn't look good… is this because of the assassin's attacks, or…" T.O: "No, that's his real face. Though, we're a bit wondering if that's a demon in disguise, or…" Kuro stops him: "Stop a bit there, man. That's a bit of spoilers." "*Thinking again* Right, it is."

"Though…" Hearing the voice from the above, he turns back to see no one, then looks up to see the assassin's already on the rooftop. "I suspect you carry something different from the others." Nero shouts back: "What are you talking about?" "You will come to learn the meaning soon enough. But… business beckons." The assassin then walks away, causing Nero to shoot his gun to the rooftop. "HEY!" A second later, the assassin returns with a salute: "Adios, kid." And then he runs away.

"*Giggle* That kind of action is more like Kuro than T.O." Kuro: "*Laugh* Yeah, we won't deny that."

The cavalry arrives, and Nero hides his arm from plain sight while looking up to the rooftop, wondering about the assassin's words. Then… the camera stops, and then the screen gets holed by bullets before breaking down, and it then shows Nero blocking the man's attack with his spectral arm. And the result comes out:

Mission clear. Devil Hunter

Clear time: 00:00:49 S

STYLISH pts. 334 B

ORBS FOUND: 640 (80%) A

Bonus & Penalty: NO ITEM

Devil Hunter Rank: 5438 A NEW RECORD

I'm slightly disappointed at the result screen. "My style is only B? I could have done more than that." Kuro: "Sorry, but that's nearly impossible with just High Roller and Buster to gain style. Maybe you can get Devil Hunter S Rank if you didn't get hit. You will gain bonus if you can keep your health full all the time." With that, I smile up: "Well then, guess I will replay it a few times. Do you mind?" "Not really. Besides, we have time skip, so try to be familiar with the controller first."

Weiss then points out something on the screen: "Hey, what's that thing in blue and red?" T.O: "If you want to know, Ruby, press A." I do so…

Proud Soul

Soul filled with the pride of noble blood. Indispensable when boosting one's abilities.

Kuro explains: "This is the second, and the last currency of this game. While Red Orb is used to buy items, Proud Soul is used to upgrade your skills, so that you can use and combine for combos."

Using the Proud Souls acquired upon completion of a mission will allow you to obtain new skills. While Proud Souls must be expended to obtain new skills, they can be returned would you decide to unlearn these skills. Skills can be obtained on the Mission Start screen, as well as at Divinity Statues found during missions.

"Divinity Statues?" Kuro: "Think of them as in-game shops. You can trade Red Orbs and Proud Souls there to get what you need." A bit of silence. "So you girls, your thought?"

Weiss: "Interesting. The actions, while it's not much now, are showed enough for us to get hooked in it."

Blake: "The same. And the atmosphere change is right on spot, like when Nero revealed his demon arm."

Yang: "And don't forget the music. The developers of the game have done very well in putting the right music in the right scene. It gave us the hype to play forward."

"And the characters as well. Nero is cool, despite his rash actions. That assassin as well, being cool and stylish in a fight."

Kuro and T.O nod at our answers, then the former says: "Well, you will see more in the game. For now, should we head out for dinner first? Maybe we can call sir Monty to join our fun."

Mission 1: Completed!

That's the first mission for you folks. Hope you enjoy it.

Also, counting this story, I will have two stories updating in the same time. So expect the story run a bit slow, since I'm also trying to fight 'like an amateur' to make sure I get some of the info right. About the result, I'm combining with my own gameplay AND some of the playthroughs on Youtube to give out an 'okay' result for Ruby, because I'm NOT going to delete my data and farm again -,-.

See you in the next chapters, my readers!