<div class="floatright">(http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/588/588735/devil-may-cry-3-dantes-awakening-20050217061803552.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Nero - Time to take the Hell Vanguard down a couple notches.</strong><br/><br/>He actually hadn't been trying to show off, it was just how he fought.  He held nothing back, and while his style lacked a certain finesse that Dante or Trish had, he got the job done all the same although he was normally stuffing his face afterward.  Watching Jack go to town, and then hide out in a black cloud of smoke before finishing off the rest, all Nero could hear were the cries of the dying demons before the mass of bodies she left behind became visible again.  The mess disappeared but the fight wasn't over just yet as a Hell Vanguard appeared.  "Yeah, chickenshit ran off on me.  I agree with ya though Jack.  Let's send this douche bag back to Hell together!"  The blue aura of Nero's power came again, and this time Yamato didn't release a blast of visible energy as it had before.  Instead, the Hunter moved in as planned, moving in to the left as Jack went right.  If all went well, the scythe wielding devil wouldn't even know what hit him.  The Hell Vanguard had brought a few friends however that came up in the form of blood before solidifying into much more powerful versions of Hell Lusts, called Abysses.  A red fireball shaped in the form of a scythe blade rocketed towards Nero, who narrowly avoided the blast at the last second.  The attack was only the first out of five more, two of which came for Nero while the other three were aimed at Jack.  The Devil Hunter in question let Yamato sing its tune as he caught both attacks on his blade before sending two of his own back at the source, slicing the demons in two, spilling demon blood all over the place before they fell back into the floor the same way they came up.<br/><br/>The Hell Vanguard wasn't sitting idly by either.  It disappeared and Nero could see the tell tale sign of a portal about to be ripped open behind Jack.  "Jack, watch it!"  He shouted, unable to help as the third Abyss he hadn't killed came at him hard, aiming its magical weapon at his neck.  The Devil Bringer took the shot instead, right at his forearm, and Nero lashed out by letting Yamato disappear back into his arm before grabbing the offending blade, tossing both the weapon and demon into the farthest wall in the library.  It splattered like a water balloon before the mess disappeared.  There was still three more Abyss demons and the Hell Vanguard to deal with.<br/><br/>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><strong>Trish, talking with Serene.  Brooklyn, New York.  Devil May Cry office.</strong><br/><br/>Trish silently observed and listened to what Serene, as she called herself, had to say.  All in all, it was almost a little sad since the lightning devil couldn't imagine being unable to remember her original form after taking the identities of so many.  Still, she didn't let it weigh on her mind for long as she was corrected in her logic a bit, but it was better to be forearmed with knowledge than to keep oneself in ignorance.  Who said that exactly escaped Trish at the moment, but it didn't matter anyway.  "My mistake.  Still, it's nice to know you won't be slaying any innocent bystanders unless they happen to come across you should they still be alive.  And being able to read surface thoughts?  That's gotta be handy, just don't make it a habit of picking my brain if you can help it."  Trish purred, chuckling as she was asked if she could do more than shoot a few sparks.  Lightning crackled in her right hand briefly before she shot it forth at Serene's feet, leaving a smoking hole behind.  "I can put up a full on electrical storm if you want me to really demonstrate, but I don't think Dante would appreciate the mess.  I can also teleport around by making myself into a bolt of lightning, as well as amplify the power of any projectile weapons with my lightning abilities.  Why do you think I carry Lucha and Ombra here?"  She patted her hips, indicating the twin pistols that she had custom made herself.  "Took me a while to figure out what they'd be but I quite enjoy the finish product myself."