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Mary Jane Turns Up The Heat!? The Masked Hero Appears!!
[The night was as calm and cool as you would expect from an evening in January. The moon hung high in the sky behind a handful of clouds. Light filters through the gaps between the gaseous forms and illuminates the scene below, Nakano Broadway.]
[The large consumer paradise was only dimly lit as it was well after closing hours. The main floor houses several shops and restaurants on the sides of a very wide hallway. The ambient light would seemingly cast shadows of a human figure, but it would just disappear mere moments later.]
[A soft laugh would come from within the building as a strange smoke begins to pour out of the many windows and vents. The laugh only increases as a pair of gunshots ring out briefly. Pop! Pop! Both the gunshots and the laugh stop...but only for a moment. From a window on the second floor comes two security guards at high speed! They hit the ground with a roll as a loud crunch pierces the air.]
"Fufufufu! Ohohoho~! More....more! Soon the knight in shining armor will appear! Kyahahaha! I can't wait any longer!"
[A monstrous sounding voice comes from the second floor window, albeit, the figure was obscured so it's hard to say who it was. However, back on the main floor came a bright red light even through the smoke.]
Rise had been passing through on her way home from, presumably, work. It would seem that her route changes each time but maybe she just tends to wander this late at night, which would probably be incredibly irresponsible for a lady such as herself. Either way, she's here in time for the show it would seem.
"Oh man, today was such a drag. W-wait what the heck!?"
Upon noticing the smoke, that she might be familiar with due to last time, she'd grow worried, jumping a little once the sound of gunshots reverberated around her. She looked in the direction of the falling guards and figured that would be where the bad guy is.
"This isn't good, and no one else is around. I guess it falls to me then!"
She makes her way to the second floor in order to investigate. She wasn't quite sure what she was going to do should she have to fight but certainly she has some experience with improv.
A young man with white hair walks down the streets, whistling to himself with a cocky grin on his face. Upon hearing gunshots he'd shrug... Not his problem right? Sure there are some guards getting attacked but he doesn't have to... Aw hell, who's he kidding? He'll help and bitch all the way through as usual.
"Man, this better not cut into my pizza and beer time or anything! I just got paid damnit so I've got the good stuff for once."
He'd rush into the place with inhuman speed, he'd be nothing but a blur of red and some white as he catches up with Rise easily, grinning at the woman and waving without a care in the world despite the likely dangers.
"Sup lady? Most people I know run away from gunshots, but who am I to talk considering I came too. Anyway, name's Dante. You any good in a fight? If not, just stay behind me and eh, it should be fine."
He'd take the lead from her, hands reaching up for a greatsword on his back, the handle of the weapon is a shrieking skull with ribcage leading down to the blade. God only knows what the chick will think of that.
Saiduq watched the violence from above, a somewhat out of character scowl appearing on his face.
To so easily take the lives of humans. Unforgivable.
He descends, watching Rise enter, and judging from that laugh, he can only assume this was related to the last event. He doesn't enter yet himself, only watching for now.
As Rise enters the building, more smoke would escape into the night air and clear out most of the first floor. She would notice the start of several small fires on her way up to the second floor. As she reaches the second floor, the smoke would begin to cause her to get only slightly dizzy, a minor headrush.
"Ara~? Oh? You're that brat from before? Fufufu~!"
A red, glowing figure approaches her through the smoke as it begins to clear. The features and voice were unmistakable, it was the same creature Rise fought before.
"Come all alone to play hero? How quaint~! What's a dainty little thing like you going to do to me? Ohohoho~!"
The appearance of Dante causes the woman to sigh.
"And who's this bumpkin then? You aren't the one I'm trying to get the attention of you jerk! Whatever! Come, Junklings!"
The creature waves her pipe and four large smoke clouds appear. They change their shape to become humanoid in appearance, however the smoke hides any pronounced features.
"Let's dance~!"
The three Junklings all go for Dante at the same time. One goes for a punch to his gut from the right side, one goes for his left arm in an attempt to force the blade out of his hands, and the last leaps up in an attempt to kick him in the head. Mary, however, would seem to begin charging as she starts glowing brighter and brighter!
Saiduq watched Dante's fight with the Junklings begin with earnest.
My my, a demon? No, not quite. Even this one has a shred of humanity. How wonderful. Come, Black Frost, aid our new friend.
The demon would pop out of a nowhere, and would rush in to wallop one of the Junklings in the noggin with his icy fist. Saiduq meanwhile, floated over to the building. He smashed the window on the second floor open, and floated just outside, glaring at the creature. He glanced briefly at Rise, if memory serves she wasn't much of a fighter on her own, so keeping her safe should be priority one.
Alone, she may not prove much a threat to something like yourself. However, I can provide tonight's entertainment. May I have this dance?
He held out one hand in a welcoming manner, his trademark wires firing from his back, three in total, hoping to impale the creature in the abdomen.
"Bumpkin? Hah, you're no prize yourself, sweetheart! As for your pets..."
Dante casually dodges backward, not even looking at the things as he evades the gut punch and arm swipe, the one heading for his head is a bit more on point, but the man would still easily duck under it, followed by wagging his finger at the demon with a grin on his face.
"I've seen Hell Prides tougher than whatever crap demons you're tossing at me, and trust me those assholes are weak ass! Yo, I'ma leave the small fry for you yeah? Just lemme take down the boss!"
Come on, anyone who rushes into danger has gotta be tough enough for some mooks like that right? That in mind, the Dark Knight rushes forward in a blur. His blade slashing toward her as soon as he reaches Mary, a few diagonal slices up and down, a quick spin with the sword, a flurry of about 6 stabs toward her, and finally he'd end off by grabbing hold of both the handguard and the blade while thrusting the weapon down into the ground. Spinning around with a wild grin on his face as he tosses his legs out to smash into Mary before standing up once again. All told... That's about 6 seconds of attacks.
"Hope you can keep up with my dance! It'd be a real shame to wear down my partner before the night is done after all, and where else am I gonna find entertainment on such short notice?"
The fire only added to the urgency of the situation. Rise wouldn't really be able to combat the flames but she's relieved to find that help has arrived in the form of, uhm, a very unexpected and unfamiliar face. His appearance was certainly unsettling but he seemed nice enough, if not a bit brash, and... well, it's not like he wasn't easy on the eyes in some regards.
"W-woah who are you? And who are you calling lady!? I'm not that old you know and I'm not exactly helpless! But I'd uhm... appreciate your help if you don't mind."
Rise placed her hand on her head as she started to feel the effects of this smoke. The feeling of it, and now that unmistakable voice, she knew before the lady even showed herself that it was the very same Mary Jane from before. She can't do much before the Junklings are out and on the offensive, although she is relieved to see that the familiar Al Saiduq has presented himself.
"You! You're the guy from last time! Am I glad to see you, I was a bit afraid me and uh... that guy wouldn't be able to take her by ourselves. Just keep me covered and I'll help however I can!"
Taking a step back from the action, a card would form in Rise's hand. She'd put her hands together around it, breaking it and bringing forth Kouzeon. Assuming Mary Jane was the same as last time, Rise would attempt to scan the Junklings instead. It'd be a good idea to get a read on them now should they reappear later into the fight.
Scan Results:
The Junklings are all similar to Mary Jane in every way possible. Their power is just about on par with Mary Jane. And like her are weak to ice.
The wires aiming for Mary would hit their mark, but the heat radiating off of her would surely do a number on them.
This of course leaves her open to the onslaught of attacks from Dante. She stumbles backwards and continues glowing brighter.
"Damn you! I'll have you know I'm quite the looker!"
She releases a large wave of heat across the area as she finishes charging. Her body now shining with a golden aura.
"Alright! With this...I can finally call him to me! More! More!"
The Junkling that got smacked on the head would turn to Black Frost with an annoyed growl. The three of them would each turn their left arms into flamethrowers; all pointed at Black Frost.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
With that war cry, the trio fire upon their target with glee.
Fire huh? He'd tactically allow the blaze to slam into him. Bits of his coat caught fire, and Dante feeling slightly worse for wear, but he's had worse. The shape of Rebellion vanishing as... Nunchucks take form. Forged from ice and resting on a set of 3 metal chains, the man casually flips all 3 of them around for a moment.
"Quite the looker? Sure, in a beauty contest run by the... Wait, even hell has better than you! Nevan was something else man."
Mocking done, for now, Dante flips the icy weapons toward Mary, aiming to slam them across her arms and chest quickly. Before slamming them down to the ground and causing 2 spikes of ice to burst from it, they'd rush up toward the woman and aim to impale her.
"Hope you like it cool Ma'am! Cause I sure as heck know how to turn down the heat in a place when I feel like it!"
(edited by Dark-knight-Dante)
The demon let out one, loud HEE HO as it was engulfed in flames. Unlike most frosts, he loved fire. He grabbed the one he smacked by the head, and headbutted it brutally, before continually punching the thing.
Saiduq meanwhile, retracted his wires instinctively. Them getting damaged harmed him very little, but he couldn't help feel she was up to something. In spite of that, he turned to Rise, smiling reassuringly.
My name is Al Saiduq, and I would be honored to assist you, Rise Kujikawa.
Remembering last time, he held out one hand and blasted shards of ice at Mary Jane. He could only hope Dante was staying safe over there.
"So ice, just like before. Hey you, white hair! Use ice on them if you can! I don't even know if that guy even has a persona honestly..."
Rise was standing farther back than the other two but, even then, she would still have been effected by the heat wave. She'd begin to jump around frantically as if to cool off, luckily avoiding catching fire for now.
"H-hot! Hot! Grr, if Yu-senpai was here you'd be toast you bimbo! I guess I'll just have to show you what I'm made of for a change!"
After recovering from her momentary overheating, Rise would compose herself before sending Kouzeon into action. Three black bits would appear around the persona, each of them with a red pointed piece on top of them, which would shoot 3 electrifying beams out of them. They'd go up, arc over the battlefield, and come down on top of Mary Jane.
Beyond the din of combat comes a strange sound from outside. It was a man's voice and that of something electronic.
Henshin.
Chamomile Dream! The Sleepy Time Savior!
And then what sounded like cries of extreme pain, but only for a moment.
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The Junklings all laugh softly as Black Frost remains standing.
EEEE EEE....EEE?
The previously injured Junkling gets absolutely destroyed by the Black Frost while the other two look on in fear. However the fear is short lived as they convert their right arms into pipes. They each go to strike at Black Frost's head from opposite sides.
Dante's icy strikes do little damage to the golden monster until the follow up attack comes. The large spikes do impale her slightly, even with the heat cranked to max.
The same can be said for Al's attacks. They hit their mark but are significantly weaker. By now Rise's attack would've been launched and ready to strike the unsuspecting woman. Sparks fly as she gets knocked back once more.
"Dante, was it? You really ought to keep that mouth shut."
The monster glares at Rise as she brings her flamethrower arm to her pipe arm.
"How are you calling a bimbo, you child!? Whatever. It doesn't matter."
The golden aura begins to get stronger as the heat rises once more.
"Prepare for the end!"
MAXIMUM VICE!
A monstrous voice comes from within Mary Jane as the flamethrower starts blasting white flames into the bowl of the pipe. Her eyes flash red for a moment as the flame stops.
"Devil's Pop Rocks."
With a quick spin, she launches the contents of the bowl onto the party. A volley of red hot stones which exploded into another shower of the same molten rocks. Along with this came a wave of smoke more potent than anything she's thrown around before. Those with the ability to become intoxicated find themselves very lightheaded, very fast.
This would make him high pretty damned fast... If he were dumb enough to keep human form.
"Oh sure, I'll keep my mouth shut... Soon as you can shut it yourself, Ma'am! Now, you may be a monster, but I'm one too!"
A red aura engulfs the man, He'd transform into... This. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/devilmaycry/images/6/65/DT_Rebellion.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/146?cb=20130220015452
"Alright, I'm bothering to take you seriously for a bit. So do me a favor and go down fast yeah?"
His speed and strength pick up, the fumes doing nary a thing to the man as he easily dashes behind Mary and swings Cerberus up. A large pillar of ice would slam up from the ground near him and attempt to engulf the woman, aiming to freeze her in place for a moment, or at least harm her some more. Finally, the weapon vanishes and a rocket launcher takes its place, which he'd quickly fire off a shot from, right for whatever the hell she is.
"I'm not one to bring out my Devil Trigger much, but your damned drugs force me to if I don't wanna go entirely crazy from em, so I'll at least take you seriously for that."
Rise tries her best to dance around the flying rocks, making some rather graceful moves but even that isn't enough to get by completely unscathed. She'd wince and whine as the super hot rocks came into contact with her. By the end of it, she would be leaning against the wall panting and in some pretty bad pain.
"Ah... ah... I don't know if I can take much more of this."
Of course, to add insult to injury, by now the effect of Mary's smoke would be starting to take hold of her. She is only human after all so she couldn't just resist it forever. Due to such an effect, she'd find it hard to stay standing as her knees begin to wobble. She made out that there was someone undergoing a "henshin," whatever that was, but had yet to see anyone else besides Al-senpai and Dante-senpai.
"The room is spinning now... I-I'm sorry that I can't be of much help!"
A familiar voice rings out behind Rise.
Miss Kujikawa?! What on Earth are you doing here!?
Coming into her field of vision would be a masked figure.
His outfit consisted of an oddly cushioned suit in white with two green lines, one running up each side of his body. His left arm had what appeared to be a buckler made of a pillow, while his right had two long green leaves. His mask was simple enough, the same white coloring with two compound eyes in the shape of chamomile flowers and a yellow jewel set on his brow. Upon his waist was what looked to be a Keurig machine.
Ah. You have yet to see me like this...I am Kamen Rider C! Let's get brewing shall we?
He would smile behind his mask as he tries to steady the girl.
Looks like you did your best. Now allow me!
The man turns away from Rise and faces the real foe.
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Dante's attacks all do an overwhelming amount of damage to Mary. However, she still stands tall and lets out a laugh.
"Fantastic! You might be worth something after all~!"
However, her attention is quickly taken away from the Dante as she notices the entrance of Kamen Rider C. She squeals in delight as her golden aura glows brighter again.
"Ryoma~! My dear Ryoma~! You've returned to me!"
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Mary...? Is that you?
He clenches his fists as he approaches the woman.
Why? Why did you hurt those men and set those fires? Why are you still working for Burner!?
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"Ohoho~! It was all to see you again! I can't accept that you left us all those years ago~! But I knew you wouldn't be able to look away from people who need help...so I used that to lure you out."
She laughs maniacally before glowing brighter still.
"If I can't have you then nobody can! Devil's Pop Rocks~!"
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If only you had awoken to justice... I am sorry Mary. Forgive me.
He brings down his hand onto the red button in the center of the Caffeine Driver, this causes it to cry out.
CHAMOMILE DREAM! THE FINISHER!
Please assist me, Demon. Apologies, I know not what to call you.
C would begin to glow with a white energy as small chamomile flowers begin to float in the air. He leaps into the air and prepares a dive kick. As he does so, a large chamomile flower appears just below him. He kicks down and strikes the flower, riding it down towards Mary's own attack.
KYAAAAAAAH!
The rocket launcher vanishes, he'd rush over toward Mary, a pair of large caliber handguns forming in his hands as he does so.
"Name's Dante pal, and I'm only half demon... Though I can understand why you'd think otherwise, given my current form."
He'd aim the guns at Mary, pressing them together and for some reason holding the things on their sides.
"Now, jackpot!"
Dante presses the triggers back, a pair of glowing blasts rushing from his guns to slam into Mary, just as Ryoma's own strike would hit. Despite the demonic looks, one could easily still make out a smirk on his face. Right before his Devil Trigger vanishes, leaving the young man with a red coat and white hair staring at his foe and seemingly new ally curiously.
"Anyway, what's your deal pal? The crazy lady there seems to know ya, so I'ma guess she's your personal foe of some kind... And judging from that name, I'm assuming she's not a demon, right?"
How strange, that a human being would take on such a form. He's never seen anything like ti,
but he hasn't seen everything after all.
Even when in her daze, Rise is able to determine this outlandish looking man is none other than her wandering barista friend Ryoma! Of all the people she expected to show up tonight, she had never have guessed Ryoma would be one of them, let alone wearing some like that. But alas, it's not like she's doing much to help the situation at the moment and it's bad enough that Dante is having to fight the monstrous Mary Jane on his own.
"Ry-Ryoma-senpai? Is that you? Gee you look like some character from a Saturday morning cartoon! Thank you for coming though."
With his assistance she'd steady herself somewhat but continue to lean against the wall for support. She still isn't feeling like she's in her right mind so any attacks would have to wait but it would seem that her two allies will be bringing this fight to a close soon. At the very least, she can offer moral support.
"Huh... does he know that girl? Oh right. GO GET 'EM RYOMA-SENPAI! YOU TOO DANTE-SENPAI!"
Dante grins at... Shit he doesn't know her name, she's cute but that ain't much of anything to go off.
"No sweat, I figure between the two of us this one's already over. Hell, I've taken on way worse than her by myself!"
Sure, it's a bit boastful. But he's not exactly lying either, even Cerberus or Agni and Rudra are tougher than this chick. Not that she'd know about his exciting history, who knows, maybe that'll change one of these days?
"And if you don't mind my asking, uh what's your name anyway? I could come up with some nickname, but seems better ta just ask ya know? Anyway, nice meeting you guys, but I gotta head out for now so see ya!"
He'd only hang around to hear Rise's response, and toss a pair of business cards to both her and... Ryoma, if one looked they'd read. "Devil May Cry: For all your demon hunting needs." Heh,
maybe he'll reopen the store sometime soon. Either way, the man's long gone considering he's been dashing away for almost 20 seconds now, that's like a couple miles for him.
The attacks all collide in a beautiful struggle of lights and powers, but at the end of it all...Mary falls out of her transformation in a grand explosion. Her body rolls across the floor and sounds of labored breathing can be heard. She was actually a very beautiful lady, but her body was still somewhat transformed. C reaches for the top of his Caffeine Driver and undoes his transformation, revealing the wandering barista in the flesh.
Dante. Thank you.
The man looked as though he had been crying. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was stained by streaks.
She was not a demon, no. She was just like me...a human with a vice. She lost herself in that vice and became the monster you saw. She used to go by Mariella...
Mary's body glows again with a bright gold aura as she struggles to sit up.
"P-Please....don't go telling them all my....secrets..."
Her eyes begin to well up with tears and soon spill over.
"I'm so sorry, Ryoma. The Great Leader took advantage of us...but I wasn't strong enough....I'm sorry....I'm so sorry...."
Before Ryoma could even respond, Mary's body had already begun to disappear. It was slow at first, but in mere seconds she became nothing more than gold dust that vanished into the air.
Damn it all. Damn you, Burner. I will take you down by my own hands! You hear me!? AAAARGH!
The man lets out a cry of pain as he drops to his knees.
However, this didn't last long as he wiped the tears away and returned to Rise.
Ri- Miss Kujikawa, please give me a moment.
He reaches into his apron and pulls out the Ride Blend cup and twists the top. A brown energy washes over her and flushes out the effects of smoke, instead leaving her revitalized. He returns the cup to his pocket before speaking again.
You all did well. I applaud your efforts...are you injured?
He brings himself to smile as he offers her a hand.
Come on. We should leave before the authorities show up. I had helped the guards outside, but the police would be less lenient for certain.