The Son Of Dante

"That was close" Naruto had a horrified expression on his face as he stared at the spot where the shadow had exploded. The explosion had created a crater in the middle of the courtyard. He made a mental note to be careful if he ever encounter the shadow demon again in the future.

Even Dante could not help but agree with his words.

"But it was actually nice fighting something apart from puppets for once"

Naruto nodded before he walked to the fountain to wash his face and have a drink. He sighed in bliss at the refreshing feeling of the life sustaining liquid traveling down his esophagus.

What a refreshing feeling. Whoever said that water was life wasn't lying. There was nothing better than water to quench a thirst. Naruto hurriedly took a few more mouthful. He didn't even consider if the water was poisoned. All that mattered to him right now was quenching his thirst.

Unlike Naruto, Dante only took a quick sip since he can go a month without having to drink water.

After catching their breathe, they went through a small metal door on the other end of the courtyard which led them into a tall tower. Making their way through the tower and up a flight of stairs they didn't encounter any demons along they way.

They reached a door at the top of the stairs and entered it. The inside was a room that looks like a rich person's living quarters because of it exquisite designs and decorations. A divinity statue stood beside the door: The castellan's private room.

However, on one end of the room is the statue of a nun sticking out of the wall with a glowing object in it mouth with a stabbing wound in it chest.

Dante whistled in awe as he took in the sight of the expensive looking bedroom. "Whoever lived here really knows how to live the life"

Naruto didn't reply Dante as his gaze was focused on the sword mark in the statue chest and he soon realized the purpose it served.

Dante who didn't get any reply turned to around only to see Naruto walking toward the statue in the wall. Then when he got there he inserted the sword they found earlier into the sword mark in it chest.

As soon as he did an audible click echoed in the room and the round glowing ornament dropped from the statue's mouth.

"Another ball of light?" Dante shook his head. Didn't the demon's realized the irony of all of this. Weren't demons associated with darkness? So why were they finding orbs of light instead of orbs of darkness?

"Another piece of a puzzle" Naruto sighed as he stared at the orb of light on the ground. He hasn't forgotten what happened he last time he picked up an orb of light.

After hesitating for a while, Naruto bent down to pick up the orb. However as he did he noticed something different about Dante's reflection in the mirror when he bend down to pick the "melancholy soul". At that moment Alastor released lightning around it alerting dante as well.

Sensing the danger, Dante turned around to face the mirror behind him where he could see his own reflection in it. However, his reflection was looking at him with a smile on it face which surprised him.

Dante took a few steps back as he watch his reflection make it way out of the mirror.

Naruto's felt a shiver down his spine at the thought of fighting the demon. Since he knows just how powerful Dante was. However, he soon received another dose of surprise at what he saw next.

Dante's reflection transformed into a humanoid figure with a heavy, olive green/jade green colored armor with blue, pulsating lines running across it and a purple cape. His helmet is engravedwith a humanoid face with glowing orange eyes.

The helmet also has red and blue horns protruding from the top, thus framing his face. It also has round shoulder pauldrons, a pointed chestplate, and grieves with spiked kneepads. It has a massive broadsword on it back.

Dante raise an eyebrow when he saw this but then he smiled after he felt it demonic powers exuding out the demon's body.

"This stinkin' hole was the last place I thought I'd find anyone with some guts" Dante chuckled but the demon knight ignored him as it made it way to the open balcony door.

He stopped at the door and gestured for Dante to follow him before jumping out of the balcony door.

Dante make his way to the balcony overlooking a courtyard where the demon knight stood waiting for him. Naruto was about to jump down but he was stopped by Dante.

He turned to look at Dante quizzically and was about to question him when Dante quickly cut him off.

"Leave this one to me" Dante said with a voice that left no room for arguments. He didn't wait for him to reply before jumping into the courtyard.

Naruto fowned at Dante's action. As much as he hates to admit it, he had also felt the powerful aura around the demon and knew that he'd only get in the way if he insisted on helping.

Although he could now control his demonic chakra, five tails was still his limit, if he tries to go any higher than that he'll loss control. He doubted five tails would help me much in this fight.

He had been forced to use of three tails before he was able to match the spider. From the aura of this demon, it was definitely more power than the giant spider.

Sighing Naruto stood quietly at the edge of the balcony and watched Dante fight the demon knight.

Clank

Their blades made a sharp sound and created sparks everytime they collided with each other.

With every swing, alastor sends out a bolt of lightning to electrocute the other person. But the demon seemed immune to the attack.

The battle was so intense to the point that Dante had his demonic aura out but it wasn't enough to make him go full demon.

To make matters worse the dark Knight teleported all around the courtyard like a phantom. His speed was something that Naruto couldn't match even in his three tails cloak form.

The battle was on a whole different level to what Naruto was used to. They fought all around the courtyard, even moving up the castle wall.

The courtyard became a battlefield in less than a minute. Sword marks appeared all over the courtyard. If anyone was to mistakenly walked into the middle of the battlefield they might not survive for long.

Dante's lightning quick reflections countered Nelo's teleportation ability. The two of them were evenly matched for the entirety of the fight, which was something that Naruto had never seen before. To Naruto Dante was like an unmovable mountain. No matter the demon they encountered Dante was always able to defeat them without much effort but the same couldn't be said now.

The dark knight was able to keep up with Dante every step of the way.

However, the Dark Knight soon made a mistake leaving a gap in it defense and Dante immediately took advantage of it and attacked him with a slash to the stomach, bringing the dark knight down to a knee.