The Son Of Dante

Mallet Island

Dark clouds filled the sky covering the whole island and blocking out the sun. Crows flew around the dark sky. Their deafening caws could be heard across the while island.

Naruto, Dante and Trish stood in front a huge double gate entrance of a castle.

After standing ther for a few seconds, Naruto turned to Trish and asked "So, do we knock?"

Boom_

A small explosion filled their ear as Dante kicked open the door.

"I guess that works too" Naruto deadpanned.

Trish pointed at the Cliff above them and said. "The castle is up this cliff. Come on, let's go"

Not giving them time to reply, she jumped up and over the edge of the Cliff leaving the both of them behind.

A frown appeared on Narutos' face. "So much for showing us the way"

"Should we follow?"

Dante shook his head "No. let's move at our own pace"

Who knows if that path she took was actually a trap.

Naruto didn't seem to mind and continued the walk up the narrow road leading up to a hole in the side of the castle.

It didn't take them long to reach the human size hole leading inside the castle.

Was there a fight here before? The two couldn't help but wonder as they stared at the hole in the wall.

Immediately they walked into the castle hall the hole behind them was suddenly spilled back up becoming a part of the wall.

Well, there it goes. Now they were really trapped. No turning back now.

"This castle is huge" Naruto exclaimed as glance around the huge hall of the castle.

"Guess we'll have to find our way through"

With Dante taking the lead they searched through the doors on the ground floor until they eventually made it to a room with a puppet holding an old rusty key.

Realizing that it was the key to one of the close door on the ground floor, Dante picked it up. Immediately the key left it hands the puppet reacted, gaining a blood red aura and charged at Dante. It didn't make it far before it was taken down by a headshot.

Dante glance at Naruto who had a cocky look on his face. "You should watch your back, Dante"

At this moment another gun shot resounded through the small room, a puppet fall down from the roof to the floor shattering into pieces. Ivory still had smoke coming out of it barrel.

Naruto look from the puppet pieces to dante smirking at him with a glint in his eyes.

"What a coincidence. I was just about to say the same thing"

" Tsk"

After losing his chance to one up Dante they returned back to the giant hall again, this time using the rusty key to open a blue door that was locked before and continued onward.

After searching and fighting some more marionette puppets they arrived at a room where they found a big blue circle surrounded by runes in a corner of the room.

Dante not being a stranger to this sort of puzzles walked up to the circle and proceeded to slash it multiple times with rebellion until the rune symbols were fully lit, lowering the round elevator below Dante's feet down.

Naruto jumped onto the elevator immediately it started moving.

They arrived in a large empty area that looks like an arena with a gate on each side

Once they got off the elevator and step foot into the room, the elevator moved back up.

"There is no going back up now"

"That should be the least of your worries." Dante pointed at the marionette puppets dropping from the roof with rebellion. The doors on all sides opened up releasing more curse puppets.

"I guess you are right" A devilish smile appeared on his face which was reflected by Dante.

"Let's rock!"

Dante charged in with a stinger impaling three puppets and shattering them like glass. Naruto pulled out purgatory and limbo, charging into the crowd of curse puppets. His sword draw an arc cutting through the demons like hot knife through butter.

His gun and sword work together in perfect synchrony, slashing and opening holes in the curse puppets bodies. Naruto and Dante work together like a pair of slippers covering and back each other up even though they didn't need to.

Dante grab force edge, took a stance and send the sword flying around the arena in a roundabout, cutting all the curse puppets in it way before returning to his hand.

They fought through the wave of demons like grim reapers harvesting souls. They fought for a while before finally clearing the wave of curse puppets.

Bang!

Dante shot down the last of the curse puppet before placing ebony back in it holster.

"Well that was fun."

"Says the man who killed less puppets than me"

" You wanna play, kid. Cause I seem to remember having to cover for your ass more than once." Dante retorted causing Naruto scoffed at him.

"That was your choice, not mine"

Dante roll his eyes at his word. He was about to retort to his words when the elevator came back down.

"Whatever you say, kid. Come on, we still have work to do"

When they arrive back in the room there were curse puppets already waiting for them and the two of them didn't keep them waiting for long as they quickly got to work.

After clearing all the puppets the red door at the end of the room suddenly let out a red glow. A giant pale hand stretch out of the door before shattering like glass, the fragments disappearing.

"What was that just now?!" Naruto shouted. Shocked at the scene that had just taken place. He has nwvee seen anything like it before. And that was saying a lot considering the world he came from. Dante however wasn't surprised, infact he had actually expected it.

"That's a sealed door. It requires for a certain condition to be met before it can be opened. If the puzzle isn't solved it will attack you if you get too close"

" A sealed door?" Naruto looked at Dante with an questioning gaze.

"These are trap door made by demons to prevent eventually into certain areas. Come on." Dante gave him a light tap on the shoulder.

"Let's keep moving"

They walk pass the door into a long narrow hallway. There were doors on both sides, placed a few distance apart from each other. They tried opening the doors as they walk through the hallway but they were all locked.

The demon hunting duo continue through the hallway before they were ambushed by curse puppets popping out of magic circles.