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"It isn't about you protecting anyone, Ridel. Its that I don't wish to abandon my friends. You should know that." Victoria scoffed as Ridel tried to defend her choice by passing it off as not being about to protect anything anymore. The Bounto rests her arms around Ridel's shoulders ans kisses her cheek lightly as if to help kill the edge from Reaver's inner Hollow, which she could even fell. Though a brewed in her than in the young-looking Bounto, the powerful blood lust from Reaver actually made her feel sick enough to want to call of breakfast off altogether. She manages to pull her self away from her friend, Ridel, as Dante returns with more Dolls and impressive red hand marks on either cheek, causing her to laugh a bit at the sight, "If you would follow me Mister Dante." The blond Bounto gave a respectful bow to Trish and Lady while smiling, "Hello ladies. I am Victoria. A pleasure to meet you both." As Victoria turns to walk away and lead Dante and his Dolls to her manor a terrible wave of Reiatsu and blood lust washed over the area. The pressure of this Reiatsu was powerful enough to slam the girl to her knees, while the blood lust of Reaver and this new beast combined and forced her to vomit. She holds her stomach as the contents of which are forced onto the hard rock floor. What kind of monster was it that had shown up, and caused such a violent reaction in her? She recognized the feeling as the one that had awakened her not to long ago, so this was Ronan? This sickening beast who had no ability to control himself. It was a truly terrifying experience to be in the presence of such a beast and to feel his complete lack of life in aura. The best the Bounto had managed was to wipe her mouth and turn so she was facing the cause of such much pain.

Angela was working in the kitchen working up a batch of crescent rolls, enough to feed the small army of Bounto and Dolls that where invited to breakfast that morning, "That Victoria..She could be at least helping me out in here." The angelic doll lets out a sigh as she returns to the fresh dough, while kneading and cutting out the amounts she needed for a single roll at a time. Once the tray was full, she would slide them in the over and start working on cooking up the meats. A various feast of different cuts and styles of beef, pork, turkey, and chicken, as to please anyone's taste that would be there since she didn't have a clue at the exact number of people that where coming in. As she was moving the bowl of fresh dough a wave of powerful Reiatsu washed over the the area, causing her to drop the bowl and stiffen up. Angela then bolts from the kitchen into Caverns till she is by her mistress's side, "W-Who...is he? The Tenth Espada..." She places her hands on Victoria's shoulders to stabilize herself under this powerful Reiatsu.

Ridel smiled as Dante walked into the cavern, he was being his normal goofy self once more so she felt a bit more happy than normal. All his dolls noted the mental war going on just as much as the hollow. Then the portal opened and Ridel's insides turned to ice. Ridel shuddered, the familiar crushing power of Ronan swept over her but she didn't flinch at all. His words only infuriated her, all she was to him was a toy to play with. He only mad her innumerably furious, what he'd done to her flashed in her mind, the sound of Victoria's vomiting from a bit off, his back to her, his beastly visage sending off waves of malice, all stacked on top of her rather fragile mindset. Then Ridel heard, felt, and smelled Hollow Reavers' presence, his new bloodlust mixed with Ronan's appearance and all the other chaos that was reigning about her sent her over the edge. Ridel was on Reaver instantaneously the strength of her attack wasn't near strong enough to damage Ronan but it ought to take a fair chunk out of the hollowfied Reaver. She was going to try to kill him but she knew it would be pointless to attack Ronan, she may have taken one of his eyes but she had been much stronger then and now she was but a shadow of her former self and he'd only grown in strength.

::Ikari::

Sora walks into the cavern slowly. Smoke was still emanating from the hole leading to the cavern. The walls were charred, rubble was everywhere. The stink of death in the air. Even a baby could figure there had been a battle here. While the area itself was not pleasing to look at, it was still the only place he knew to be able to train himself and his companion. Looking around, he saw blood smears everywhere, but he ignored it and pressed on further. It was a bit dark, but he didn't care, he'd grown used to dark places long ago. Sora was over 100 years old now, going on 200, though the years did not age him at all, and though he was as old, he'd still easily be considered a young man compared to most average bounts, who easily ranged in the 400 to 500 year range. As Sora arrived at an area that wasn't so battered and torn, he lit a torch, casting shadows everywhere. "This looks like a good place. come on out Shadow, it's time to do some training!" He took off a wooden sword that was tied to his waist, it was a keepsake from his child hood. Though over the almost 200 years he'd been alive, he had to replace it many times due to his old ones rotting away, the sword still held significant sentimental value to Sora.


As Sora drew the sword his shadow seemed to move. It wiggled back and forth and soon after two yellow dots appeared in his shadow, blinking once or twice before the shadow began to grow. Soon came out a little black gremlin looking doll that twitched violently and moved in rather spastic movements. Sliding around once or twice as he surveyed the area, the little gremlin, known as a Heartless, but called by the name 'Shadow', chirped quietly before turning back to Sora. Chirping loudly this time, it's eyes seemed to become curved lines, indicating a smile as it jumped up and down, glad to be out and about again.

"Alright, so now I'm going to chase you and you're going to run and do whatever you can to keep me from catching you alright, Shadow?" He nodded and held his sword as if he was to attack and waited for the shadow to nod. When the nod came, Sora dashed after the Heartless, swinging his sword around wildly, he wasn't being serious because he didn't have to be, Shadow was his friend, one of the only ones still around with him after so long.

Just as Sora was about to pounce and catch the Heartless, Shadow dissolved into the ground where a shadow had been cast, and Shadow continued to slide about the ground in it's shadow form until it was a distance away from Sora, then rematerialized as a gremlin and chirped joyfully before running around again.

Sora tried once more, he seemed to be picking up on a sort of pattern Shadow was using. When he pounced again, Shadow disolved once more, but Sora faked out, and when Shadow went to go materialize, Sora pounced for real and wrapped his arms around Shadow, hugging and laughing with him. "Gotcha!!!" They laughed for quite a few moments before he let Shadow go. "Alright, I think that now that I'm fast enough to catch you, we should work on protecting each other." He nodded to Shadow, who nodded back, and they both got up on their feet and got ready for the next lesson.

1000 Years of Memory; Chp. 16: Halcyon's End

Dante looked between his irritating older twin and the blood lust filled Ridel, in her older and more powerful form. He sighed and looked down for a moment. Thia was exactly what he had hoped wouldn't happen again. Dealing with this the last time was hard enough, he didn't want to again. "Fine.....just this once..." He begrudgingly agreed to team up with Vergil for now, putting their own fight on hold for the time being. Vergil merely grinned at the prospect of another opponent. His arrogance getting the better of him as always. "Let's get the party started then, shall we?" He asked with a smirk, making the first move by using a body shift and making a rather direct slash at her midsection with his Yanmato katana. Dante readied his Rebellion claymore to react to the follow up he already saw coming.

Ridel Was in Vergil's zone instantly both of her hands open she pretty much shoved him hard enough to send him flying all the way back to Dante. though perhaps with a bit of the wind, as well as a touch of ego if he was smart, blown out of him from the sheer force of her counter. There was a slight giggle from the buxom Ridel. "You're going to taste so good..." She said lithely and seductively, this grown up Ridel was a bit too high on killing for her own good, it made one think on her rampage back in Asgard. Dante had stopped her back then though, impaled her and tossed her from the floating city. There was a sudden flash in her eyes of pure bloody crimson. The grown up Ridel was on Dante and Vergil in an instant her doll Nidhogg, which had grafted her arms with black metal, thrusting out toward their throats. The reddened glowing eyes of Nidhogg's mask which rested on her face, crafted of the same black metal, were but a blur as she clearly went on the offensive. Her initial charge was still in progress her long blond hair trailing behind her as she were but a few scant feet from Dante and Vergil's throats and roughly half a second from ripping them out.

Virgil grunted with shock at the unexpected counter attack he had just received. He manged to regain himself in mid air as he landed near Dante again. He just glared at her and her comment. "Seems she's more than just a little weakling huh?" He commented and had little time to do anything else as Ridel had summoned her steel gauntlets and was about to strike at both men's throats. Virgil used his unique teleportation powers to flicker back from her just in time and Dante had only managed to dodge because of his experience with that attack in the first place. He grimaced at the woman before him. "Did you know this would happen...dear brother..?" Virgil asked rather inquisitively. Dante did know it was possible but had hoped it wasn't at all. He wished that this was done and over back in Asgard. "I don't know what you're talkin about." Was his rather snippy retort. It was then that the twin brothers materialized their own set of gauntlets at the same time. Dante's were bright red with helling flames wreathing their forms and Virgil's covered his feet as well and glowed with a bright white light. "You've gotten a new toy." "Yea and I guess you do too. Mine;s better though." "Prepare to be proven wrong then." Virgil rushed first again this time with his own gauntlets and greatly enhanced strength. Dante sighed and rushed from the other side with his own attack. He didn't want to, but he just might have to kill her this time for good.

Ridel's eyes flared and her hands closed, she felt like getting serious now. She'd offered them their quick death and now it was going to be a long chiseling away of their lives. A literal death match unless they found a way to shut her down. Ridel punched Vergil's sword out of the way like she was sweeping away a mote of dust, and retreated from Vergil as Dante closed in. Ridel recognized him finally and was a little gun shy of him. "...Dante... of course... breaking my heart wasn't enough for you was it..." it was but a murmur. "Now you want to kill my body too..." Ridel's expression beneath the mask was not able to be seen her voice suggest that perhaps it was bitter or unhappy. Ridel's fists tightened a little and the black metal groaned under the pressure she was putting into them. "There's nothing to say then..." she continued to say, "Someone like you doesn't deserve the chance." Ridel seemed to disappear from sight, she was targeting Dante this time, she didn't seem to care about Vergil at all.

Dante frowned and was a little annoyed that she had dodged both attacks. This wasn't going to end very soon. And Vergil's endless ego wasn't going to help, it was more of a distraction when Dante already knew what was going on. Though he stopped when she spoke his name. Her words weren't exactly encouraging to him. She was mistaken though as it seemed that part of her that recognized him hadn't remembered the entirety of the situation and what had really happened. He sighs, feeling guilty that he hadn't managed to end this problem for good the last time. The part about 'not deserving the chance' bothered him though. This was partly his fault. Especially how he went to her in that farm, rather surprised she was still alive and had tried acting like nothing had happened. It was a poorly thought out plan, then again he usually never has one anyways. Things were about to become a real pain in the a** now. She was abusing her high speed levels. He dismissed his flaming gauntlets and summoned out a set of nunchaku that had three heads, his Cerberus weapon. It was weaker in direct comparison to Ifrit, but much faster in attacking. Her held them in a ready position as Vergil was muttering to himself that anyone would think themselves his better, though noted on her comment. "An old girlfriend of yours...?" He asked coldly as his own gauntlets vanished and he wielded Yanmato again. "Hardly."

Ridel appeared behind Dante and gave him a quick tap on the shoulder and did the same to Vergil then was at the end of the street, Ridel was luring them to a change of venue this place was far too small for her to battle on. Dante was smart enough not to follow but Vergil seemed to be an egomaniac who'd charge in without a second thought which meant Dante would be soon behind, he didn't have it in him to leave someone floundering. Despite her overwhelming speed Ridel was much weaker now than she had been, she was also rather angry, it seemed Dante and Vergil both were holding back on her. Once she had the proper space, Nidhogg, Leventhan, Heimdall, and doll who's name she doesn't speak would come into play.

Dante twirled about in place quickly, only to mis her as she moved to a more open space in her favor. He scowled, already knowing her tactics, though Vergil fell right for it, arrogant enough to think his own dolls were unnecessary in this fight. He rushes right ahead with his katana rather foolishly against the woman and her three dolls. Dane sighed as he had no other choice but to follow. He put back Rebellion though and hung a few steps behind, drawing his twin pistols Ebony and Ivory to support Vergil from a medium range. Vergil however, had taken a direct attack by using his signature aido style of flashing past to cut at super sonic speeds. He had aimed for her waist in a horizontal attack.

Ridel wasn't quite there yet and Vergil's attack caught her by surprise, though not by enough of one. She jumped and threw her hands back and rode the strength of the swing and then moon stepped up into the air and then Bolted out toward more open space the height found her her place there was a large field nearby, and she was aiming for it. Ridel hadn't used the fourth doll last time and this time she would. She hated the thing it was... someone she didn't like to use. Her power was great but she was... fickle.

Vergil's lips twitched slightly as his attack was avoided once again, though not without the aftershock cleaving the nearby buildings in half at an angle, causing them to start to fall down and crash through the others, trashing a large section of the small town. He growled slightly and teleported after, with Dante in hot pursuit. He wasn't about to let her get away this time. He ran after them both and started by rapidly firing of rounds from Ebony and Ivory at Ridel even as she took to the air.

Ridel evaded the shots from Dante's Ebony & Ivory with practiced ease. Ridel finally made it to the field and quickly prepared she dismissed her gauntlets and summoned an immense amount of Spiritual Power and she summoned it, the one thing she'd rather not have summoned... her mother.

Vergil readied his blade and ignored the appearing of the new doll and started summoning his spectral swords to materialize and strike out towards her, his personal projectiles. Dante grumbled to himself as his shots were being dodged, mostly because she knew his fighting style from the last time. He spun then around in his hands and returned them to their holsters on his back as he drew Rebellion again. He wasn't familiar with the new doll though and he didn't want to mess around for once. He came in behind Vergil and leapt up to make a vertical slash at the doll.

The new doll didn't seem too interested in Dante or Vergil and when the multitude of attacks came they seem to go through her without damaging her, and she dissipated into a crimson mist. Which floated about for a bit and enveloped, and something rather unexpected happened, a light giggle came from Ridel which soon turned into a whooping laugh, "Oh Mommy please stop that!" She managed to gasp out in between laughing, "You know I hate it when you tickle me." she begged seemingly to no effect as the mist continued to crawl about Ridel as the new doll apparently tickled. "Who's mommy's little girl?" a very sexy, smooth feminine voice cooed out lovingly to Ridel. "I am! Now please mommy Stop!" She begged and finally seemed to make some headway and the mist condensed into the beauty that was Ridel's mother, better known as Sigma Scarlet, who was once known as the Scarlet Demon. "Oh very well my little darling... now who are these two?" She turned to the scarlet mist again and was inspecting the two brothers near simultaneously. "Well this one looks like a bum and this one looks like a rather respectable man... Though from their scent... you are the power hungry tyrant type and you... are actually a bum." Sigma said pointing out Vergil as the respectable power hungry one and Dante as the bum. "Why did you call me out here for such pointless enemies!?" She said sternly misting back to Ridel. "Time for your punishment for calling mommy for no reason!" She said raising her hand and then there was a sudden condensing of a rather gory looking crimson mass as if she were materializing blood from thin air at which point she thrust it into Ridel screamed bloody murder as a huge wave of power roared at the contact. When all was said and done Ridel dropped to the ground once more the little girl she had been not long before, though she was drenched in blood as was half the field where she lay.