//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 DemonSlayers for Hire // Story: Displaced DemonSlayers // by Flowjam //------------------------------// In San Diego a Comic convection was the main thing that was going on in the area. People were walking in and out of the building, while others were outside posing to the camera and talking with other people that came wearing their own costume. Inside the building we lead to our two main characters that will have a trip of a life time. On the right we have Troy Caliber the knuckle head of the two, he's the kind of guy that fights first and talks later when he's done beating you down after, he like's to joke around, making fun of his opponents to rile them up. Troy likes to have fun and do things that lead him and neo in trouble or in a predicament they both have to find their way out. Troy is 19 years old, his height being 6.2 feet tall, born in Canada, he's cosplaying as young Dante in the rebooted "Devil May Cry" game. He has the jacket, black jeans, black boots, his hair was always black but trimmed it down making him look like Dante. He only has the clothes and not the sword Dante has in the game not even the two pistols or the ruby red necklace, he couldn't find any one selling them. On the left we have Neo Blake the smart and all around cool guy of the two even though he says he's more like the reasonable and Smart one but troy says he's more cool than reasonable so he took that title with no questions asked. Neo is the serious type, always the one to find a way to end their fights that troy gets them in, when you think I mean in a peaceful way I mean finding the fastest way to take their enemies down. He likes to joke around with troy at times, sometimes it's him that gets them into fights but only when they piss him off. Neo is one year older than troy making him 20, his height 6.3 being taller than troy, Born in New York, he's cosplaying as Nero in "Devil May Cry 4" he wears Nero's long navy blue and red coat, he ripped off the order of swords that was sewn to the coat hating them from the game, a red zip up vest under the coat, and a navy blue under shirt under the vest, dark blue pants with brown boots. On his left hand he wears a rose ring on his right finger, his hair was black before but dyed it white. He has Nero's weapons "Red Queen" and "Blue Rose" the sword on his back and on his waist the gun. Neo's right arm was cut off due to an accident that happened to him a year back. The two were walking while looking around to find anything they could do, neo was looking while troy was checking out the chicks that came wearing some revealing~ costumes. Neo was still looking and said "Find anything on your end?" he asked troy that didn't respond. He turned his head towards troy and rolled his eyes to see him staring at the cosplaying woman. Neo shook Troy's shoulder getting him to blink his eyes and look at neo "You know staring at them won't do anything right" neo said. Troy did a fake gasp of shock and said "What? I wasn't staring" Neo looked at troy not believe him one bit. Troy sighed "Ok I was staring, but come on look at them. This should be illegal for all men that came here!" Neo looked where troy was looking and couldn't lie, they did look good but staring was something he's not the type to do, just staring at a women just because they were wearing something sexy wasn't right to him. Neo looked back at troy that had a puppy dog look on his face, neo rolled his eyes "Alright what their wearing would get some to stare. Troy's face changed to a smile "But that doesn't mean you should do the same" neo said Troy grumbled "Oh come on man, give me a break" "I'll give you a break if you could find something we could do. We've been walking around almost an hour and only looked, we didn't even buy anything yet" neo said. Troy nodded and actually looked around. Troy looked around to find anything they could check out and he did. Not that far away there was a stand that had some neat stuff, he could see they were equipment from different games, and a man standing behind it cosplaying as the merchant from resident evil. He tapped neo on the and pointed towards the stand "Hey dude, let's go over there and see what's he's selling" troy chuckled at his joke. Neo looked were troy was pointing, seeing the stand and the man behind it. Neo facepalmed getting the joke but smiled anyways. They both head to the stand to see what they could buy. When they got their they were greeted by the man working at the stand, his voice sounding just like the merchant from the game that the two found interesting "Hello stranger, mind looking at my wears?" Troy grinned and said "Sure, that's the reason why we came here. Nice voice by the way" The merchant nodded at Troy's compliment "Thank you. Your costumes look really good" "Thanks same as yours" troy said back. While the two were talking, neo was already looking around the stand to see if there was anything worth buying and he did. What he found made his eyes widen just a bit, it was a arm but not just any arm, it was the arm Nero has in the game. What surprised him was not only because the devil bringer looked just like the one in the game, it looked somewhat real and was like one of those robot arms people use for lost limbs. Neo looked up at the merchant and asked "Sir, Is this?" The merchant looked where neo was near, neo could see a smile under the mans mask "Ah, I see you found one of my newest additions. That their is the devil bringer Nero uses in the game, and before you ask, yes it can be attached to a persons right arm" Neo's yes widen with troy doing the same. Troy looked at the demonic arm "Wait. So your telling me, that if we buys this. Neo can put the thing on just like Nero in the game?!" The merchant nodded and looked back at neo "tell me, do you wish to buy it. I can drop the price to 34 dollars for a man such as yourself" Neo stared at the devil bringer, then looked at his right side were his right arm was. He looked at the empty space for a little, than looked back at the merchant with a powerful look "Yes. I'll take it" The Merchant grabbed the arm while neo pulled his wallet out of his left pocket he gave the man the money and he gave neo the arm. Neo thanked him and looked at the arm, he placed the arm under his shoulder and pulled back his right coat sleeve. He grabbed the arm and placed it on his right numb, when he did he felt something jamming into his numb. He hunched over the pain was something neo never felt before, it was like someone was stabbing him with needles. Neo took the pain not wanting to seem weak. Troy noticed the way neo flinched and said "your okay man?" worried that his friend might have gotten himself hurt. When the stabbing feeling stopped neo breathed out and stood back up, neo said "Yeah. I'm good, It hurt like a bitch but I felt worse" what neo said made the two laugh because that was true. Neo looked at his new arm and to his surprise he could move it, it felt different from his old arm but he could get use to it. It felt so real but neo didn't mind, he was just happy to have a arm. When he closed his fist the arm reacted and glowed blue just like in the game, This just pretty much made neo 30% cooler than before. Troy saw the arm glow and was amazed by it "Damn! Know that is fucking cool" The merchant turned his head over to troy and said "How about you. Did you find something you want?" Troy looked at the stand again to find something maybe for his getup. That's when he saw a necklace with a red ruby attached to it, when he saw it he knew it was Dante's necklace from the game. He pointed towards the necklace and said "How much is for the necklace" The merchant picked up the necklace and said "The necklace cost 150 Dollars-" Troy stopped him there, shocked to find the necklace to cost so much "woah, woah , woah. Hold on man. I don't have that kind of money" The merchant chuckled, The two looked at him in confusion. The merchant stopped laughing and said "I new you couldn't have that much Money, let me finish Stanger. The necklace cost 150 dollars but I could throw in the sword and pistols for you and drop the price down to 90 dollars seeing you don't have Dante's sword and guns on you" Troy nodded so fast that neo had to stop his head himself, he thanked neo and turned to the merchant and smiled "Deal" troy already pulling his wallet out. The merchant turned around and opened a chess he had behind him. Pulling out rebellion and the two pistols ebony & Ivory, he placed the two items on his stand and when troy saw them his mouth started to drool, he had to wipe his mouth to clean his spit. Troy gave his money to the merchant and grabbed his sword and guns, necklace and cradled them like they were his own children. Neo saw this and chuckled at his friends childness. The Merchant gave troy a holster for his guns and sword that came with the two. He placed the necklace around hi neck, and strapped his weapons on himself after. Troy said "This is the best day of my life. Thanks, your the best!" Neo did the same and thanked him also "Thank you for the new arm and helping use finish our costumes" The Merchant waved his arm "No need, I'm only doing what I came here to do. May I ask you both a question. The two nodded. The merchant asked a question "Do you two might know of a tv show called My little pony?" Neo and Troy looked at each other, neo shook his head and Troy shrugging. Troy was the one to answer back "Sorry dude never heard of it, why do you ask?" The merchant said "Oh, no reason this just means this will be even more interesting for the both of you" Troy was going to say something but what the merchant said confused the two demon slayers "Wait, what?" And just like that a light glowed over the two and their bodies where wisped away to who knows Where. The Merchant chuckled "Hope those two have fun, the equestria I sent them to might make things harder for them" he then pulled some stuff out of his chest and waited for the next person to come to his stand. In the distant area far off near the small town of ponyville. Inside whitetail forest, Two white lights glowed, the lights died and two people where laying on the ground dazed and confused with a small headache that came with. Neo was the first to get himself up, shaking his head so the dizziness could fade away. When it did the headache was gone also. Neo rubbed his head a little and said "God dammit, what the hell just happened" Troy got up next feeling the same and not liking how things went "Shit my head hurts" he shook his head, the daze fading away and his headache doing the same. Neo heard troy but he sounded different, he turned to see if he was alright but stopped when he saw someone else. Instead of troy being next to him, It was a person that looked just like Dante. He new it was troy because how he spoke so he said "Troy? Is that you?" Troy was confused by his friends question but found his voice sounding different "Yeah why do you as-" he stopped when he got a look at neo that looked just like Nero from the game. Troy was the first to speak "Dude. Is that you? Neo said "Yeah, its me" that when he notice his own voice and was shocked by it, troy doing the same. Troy calmed down and looked at himself, he touched his coat and it felt genuine, he felt stronger than before, he was always tuff but what he was feeling was power and lots of it. "Alright I may be spit balling here, but I think we just transformed into the people we cosplayed as dude" troy said finding out how this all happen. Neo looked at himself, just like Troy's cloths his were real, he pulled his left arm around his back and touched his fake sword. He could feel the cold steel of metal identifying that he didn't just change. Everything that went with him changed also. He grabbed red queen off his back and slammed the sword onto the ground, the swords cutting through. The sound it made caught Troy's attention, neo said "Hey troy, check this out" Just like in the game Neo turned the handle of the sword and when he did the sword reacted and started to heat up like an engine. Troy's eyes widen and Neo had a grin on his face even though he doesn't know what was going on, freaking out would be the last thing in his mind. Troy got excited real fast forgetting about everything and wanting to know how neo did that. Troy said "Holy shit, how you dat?!!" Neo pulled red queen out of the ground looking at the blade closely he could feel the heat coming from the blade. He said "It seems like we didn't just turn into Dante and Nero from the games, we also gain their powers and abilities. Maybe even all of their weapons" When neo said that Troy was shaking in excitement and started to find out himself. Troy though for a bit and got an idea that may work. He focused and Thought about the weapon he wanted and his first pick was rebellion. Just like in the game Troy's back glowed in the shape of a sword with wings and then on his back rebellion appeared and shot out with flare. Troy looked at his back and grabbed his sword, The sword glowed in the moon light, he swung the sword just a bit. The sword made a Few sounds when swung just like in the game. He moved back and did the a move Dante did in the game. He slashed a few time then spun around cutting the air and finishing it off with a final swing completing the combo with no problems at all. Troy found this to be something he should think on and told neo "Sweet. I think we can also do their moves and combos just like in the game easily!" Neo was looking at blue rose that look like the real thing. He had the gun on his right hand, he pointed the gun at a tree and fired "Bang" The bullet tore through the tree like it was nothing, he looked at the gun again and pointed at another tree this time he focus, when he did his devil bringer glowed and the gun was covered in blue aura when he fired "Bang" the bullet didn't just destroy the tree it went through the trees behind it destroying those to. Neo's eyes widen a bit at his discovery. He pulled out two new fresh bullets he had on him with a few more inside a small pocket on his waist, he slide them in the empty slots and put blue rose back on his side. He pulled back his right sleeve to look at his demonic arm. The arms felt even more real, he could feel the power it was producing coming from it. He focused again and he could feel power washing over the arm. Out of no where a second bigger arm manifested out of his devil bringer, neo didn't get scared by this but fascinated by the arm. It looked like just how Nero did it in the game and to him it look powerful. He did the same thing before and the arm disappeared back into his arm. "Guess we got ourselves into another predicament again" neo turned to see troy checking his abilities out the same. The weapons "DMC" Dante were all forming on Troy's back and hands, each weapon he thought of appeared on him. Arbiter, Osiris, Aquila, Eryx, Revenant, Kablooey, and the grabbling hook Ophion that could pull or grab anything Troy wants. When troy was done messing around with his new toys he said "Are you kidding me this might be the most coolest and exciting that ever happened to use" Well he wasn't wrong but this. "That may be true but we don't know where we are or what might be out their" neo said his serious mode turned on. Troy squinted his eyes and looked around "Um. What are you talking about were just in some forest, we've been in many forest before" Neo said "Yes we have but this is different, remember we were inside the convection way deep inside the building" troy giggled when neo said deep, he continued "Theirs no way we could be sent to a forest the normal way" Troy started to understand what neo was getting at "Wait so if that's true then.." Neo finished for him "We were transported from the convection to here, and before you say that couldn't be possible look at yourself before saying something stupid" Troy frowned at neo's remark but agreed with him "Ok. Then where the hell are we. This place seem suspicious" Neo looked towards an open path that was behind them "Only one way to find out" neo smiled, the excitement of adventure rushing to his veins. Troy looked at the path and fist bump the air "Hell yeah. Adventure time" troy walked towards the path with neo behind him face palming again because of that dumb catchphrase troy said. But stopped when he bumped into troy that froze in front of him. Troy turned around and said "What should we call ourselves here" Neo looked at troy like he was stupid and said "The hell do mean, why would we even change our names" Troy said "Because. We may not be in the same world seeing what you said might be true, changing our names could help out seeing we might be stuck here" Neo was going to reply but stopped himself when he found that troy was right, if they are stuck here that would mean they wouldn't be able to go back and using their old names would be meaningless. Neo nodded at troy idea "Sure, We'll change our names. What should we name ourselves then?" Troy scratched behind his black crazy short hair and said "We could just use the names the guys we cosplayed as. So me being the handsome and sexy Dante, and you being the depressed and grumpy Nero, that and both your names are almost the same" Neo nodded and walked towards the path "Seems good to be, but don't think I'll act the same as Nero in the game. I'm going to be much better than he was" Dante Grinned and said "Right. Lets head off than and get this shit going" Dante ran up to catch up to Nero that stopped to wait for them and headed off on the path to who knows where.