Prologue

Dante felt tired, as he sat in his desk at Devil May Cry listening to Morrison. He was trying to persuade him about what a mission, one he was convinced that was of Dante's his caliber. Lady had gone looking into a book called The Codex, giving to her by a woman called Kat who was accompanied by a guy with the same name as Dante. The thing was they had disappeared and Lady was inclined to try and find them on her own. Dante thought she was just bitter about the last mission they had, one that he took over unintentionally. He had Trish go give Lady a hand since she could get information from demons, but rumor had it someone was aiming high and it was not in the underworld.

Then came Morrison.

Dante had been against taking on the mission saying he wouldn't go because of a rumor; Morrison then reminded him he followed Lady when she called him. Dante remained quiet and that's when Morrison knew he had taken the mission for personal reasons. He would always stayed quiet or ignored anything Morrison asked about his past or Lady's. Tired of the argument Dante had gotten up tired and annoyed.

"What is the rumor exactly?"

"Locals keep saying that after some strange people went to an abandoned mansion two month ago strange things have been happening, it was some guy that started the rumor that the mansion was hunted by the souls of the family that was killed there. They say they were demons." Morrison paused. "Someone has been seen around the place, scent of blood and screams at night. Did you take care of the demon that Lady called you in for? Patty said you had disappeared and that no one knew if you were alive or dead."

"Patty exaggerates sometimes, you know me, you can't keep me down for long." Dante said as he played with his amulet, Morrison looked at it strangely. "I'm not going, it's probably just some punks playing tricks, I took care of the problem two month ago." Well half of the problem but Morrison didn't need to know that.

"Very well but anything comes out of this is on you, I've never seen you so reluctant about a mission before." Morrison laughed; his eyes fell again to Dante's pendant. "That pendant you have I don't recall seen it on you before, payment of a mission?"

"More like a family heirloom broken in two." Dante smirked. "The other piece is missing but can't have this laying around the place with so many thieves around."

"You worried of a thieve at your place? Who would even dare steal from you?"

"You never know who has enough cojones to try." Dante said trying not to let anything show in his tone. Every time he recalled what happened after he came back from the other dimension he got upset.

Morrison assumed there was an inside joke to his words but remain quiet about it as he told Dante good-bye and left to return to his house. While Dante watched him leave his eyes moved to his mother's picture. Words that he had tried to suppress finding their way back to whisper in his ear. Her voice. Her sad eyes. Her warm embrace.

"I love you Dante, I will always love my sons no matter what."

Dante closed his eyes reluctant to accept that deep down he knew the rumor was not just that and that he had a promise he for better or for worse indented to keep.

"What are you up to?" He whispered to himself, he really wished he could deny that he was concern, but when it was related to his family, he had learned the hard way never to ignore it.

Dante got up taking Rebellion and walking towards the exit feeling like he had lost some battle of wills.

Arriving at Red Grave City gave him déja-vu more than he was willing to admit, 2 months ago he had been in the city with Lady over some demon she couldn't defeat on her own, turned out it was not just one but their entire past crashing down on him. Dante never told Morrison what happened, never even mentioned anything of his family, but he had though it was time he mentioned some details now that his doppelganger was around.

It was so early in the morning there was no one around; just the way he planned it. Morrison had been right, he was reluctant but not for the reasons he might have thought, family business had always been his worst missions and returning to the mansion only meant he was concern about what his brother was up to. Something he had even told Trish to let it be.

After walking a few minutes, the mansion came into view, always pulling him back to a past he could all but forget. He couldn't believe he had return to the place after last fiasco; but then again knowing that his brother was finally showing his tail was something to be concern about. Vergil would never let himself be found unless he allowed it.

Or gave you the invitation.

"I hope you aren't planning on opening another portal because that will strain our already broken brotherly bond." Dante whispered to himself as he looked around feeling the presence of something nearby. He smirked taking out Ebony and Ivory expecting to be some lower trash demon.

He was wrong.

Dante's eyes went wide realizing what was coming his way, he all but cursed as he got out of the way of the rampaging horse that ran his way.

"Didn't I destroy this thing years ago!?" Dante yelled frustrated. "I guess there was more to the rumor than Morrison knew." Dante remained surprised. "Are demons from the past coming back here too?" He started to remember the portal the mansion hid beneath, it was still a question he never got to ask Vergil.

He turned pointing Ivory to the new presence he had picked up, but after a second, he recognized it for what it was and lowered his weapon. There was no mistaking his bloods uneasiness and yearning, his demon heritage would call its other half like a moth to the flame.

"If you had kept up with your lineage, you would known there was never just one timesteed, but research was never your calling."

Dante's eyes fell to his twin, proud and lethal, a presence that demanded submission and respect. He didn't seem bothered at all that Dante had found him, that made Dante sure Vergil had expected him, nor about the wild stallion running around them. No hellos or introductions, not that it was needed but it seemed to Dante that they both fell back to a routine whenever they were together.

"Never took you for a horse rider." Dante turned to him. "Did you summon that thing?"

"Why is making assumptions the only thing you are good at?" Cold as steel, how Dante wish he didn't feel nostalgic about his brother's voice.

"Don't belittle me Verge, you making so much noise that the locals are coming up with wild stories."

"They aren't wrong to call it wild."

"Wow." Dante stared at Vergil in shock. "Remind me how many years did you spend over there? It made you learn to have a sense of humor!"

"May I remind you that if Geryon goes down to the city it can turned disastrous?" Vergil wasn't even looking at him.

He was not worth that much. Not on his brothers' eyes. Fire could never melt that ice.

"You care about the city?" Dante wanted to ask why Red Grave of all places but remained quiet about it.

"No, but you do." There was something in his tone that made Dante think his brother was making it sound like. "You care about THIS city." Vergil took out Force Edge making Dante snap back as he recalled Vergil's last visit to his agency.

"You know I still have a bone to pick with you for stealing my weapons."

"You can't call stealing what was never yours, brother." Vergil told Dante as he walked towards Geryon.

"Bullshit!" Dante followed him as he yelled taking out Rebellion. The sword already whispering sweet promises for blood.

"Did you defeat Beowulf?" Vergil asked calmly as if he was not trying to take down a demon horse, but if Dante was honest the demon was easy kill for Vergil. He was studying it.

"You stole my kill! I practically gave you the demon in a silver plate!" Dante retorted back as he lay down Rebellion on Geryon, stopping the horse from trying to run him over.

"You let him escape, a mistake that cost you the demon arm." Vergil blocked a kick from the wild stallion not even looking at it, his eyes fixed on Dante.

"What's your excuse with Force Edge? Remember I won that fair and square from beating your sorry demon rising tower ass." Dante faced Vergil, waiting to see his upset face at his comment.

"I assumed you realized I was the superior owner, since you never came to claim what you foolishly believe was your birthright." Vergil's cold eyes met Dante's and he could feel his soul almost cut from Vergil's sharp words. A shiver ran in his spin, his demon wanted to rip him to shreds and proof his power, Dante was sure Vergil's demon was just as thirsty.

"You are a horrible brother."

"I can't say any better about you."

So many things he wanted to ask, to say, yet anger and betrayal got the better of them and what was left was always ice-cold indifference. Blood and steel were what made them reach any understanding. It was toxic.

Addicting.

Obsessive.

Both jumped out of the way as Geryon passed them right between them, full of rage, using its power of time to get the twins paralyzed, unfortunately it did not know who its opponents were.

"We can settle that later; we need to get this power horse tamed." Dante said looking around the area. "Unless, this was you're doing then I can just make you fix this problem on your own." Dante was testing the waters.

"We both know you can't make me do anything, Dante."

He knew but it was always fun trying to bring his power-hungry ass down to his level.

Vergil slashed the demon on its side when it came at him, making the horse fall and smash a hill nearby.

"Why are you even here Verge? Of all places why this place?" Dante asked yet Vergil ignored him.

"This demon was summoned to the human world, there seem to be an opening somewhere that's alloying passage." Vergil explained. "I've been tracking some of the demons but it feels like it's a game."

"Summoned by who? It would take some strong power to pull this." Dante remained looking at Vergil as if stating he won't be fool by his explanation. "I just know you are involved in this mess." He looked back at the horse and all but ran. "Shit, is that a rift to the demon world!?" Dante said as he saw Geryon going in the rift and disappearing from the human world in seconds, the rift was closed.

"Interesting."

"Care to explain? Cause I missed the part where this was supposed to be an experiment."

"My time is precious Dante; an explanation is futile." Vergil said walking towards were the rift had been, he was stopped by a concerned Dante.

"Oh no I'm not letting you near the demon world, not on my watch." He fumed. "You said it yourself someone is playing some game this could be a trick to lure you back in."

"That is why I will follow the trail, besides since when do we coward before the enemy?" His voice full of distain towards Dante's assumption, thinking he would be so weak to fall.

Dante held his ground against Vergil. "We never dealt with the culprit who did all this shit to us." Dante tried to remain calm but he just couldn't do it with Vergil. When he had let himself believe he had Vergil cornered everything went to hell, a mistake that he was not willing to try again. "This isn't about pride Verge, even Sparda had trouble tracking him down."

"Your concern is unnecessary." Vergil turned to leave.

"Look around you, our past says otherwise." Dante whispered but knew Vergil would hear it.

A long time ago Vergil would have thought that Dante's reaction was abnormal but after his time spend recovering in the other world, he understood what once was out of his reach. What he learned during that time he would honor it and have it tested.

His own way.

"Dante." He gave him his most serene expression. Calming down the urge to pierce him with Force Edge. "I heard a demon that was once Argosax's right-hand man has appeared in Vie de Marli." He looked away as if the information was a casual thing. "I can take care of it on my own, but I have my own agenda. I believe our enemy has slipped, a mistake that will cost him."

"Argosa'x?" Dante struggled sometimes with demon names. "Oh the demon we took care of with Sparda?" He knew Vergil would not confirm it, but he was concern about where this little talk was taking them. "Why are you mentioning this now?"

"And they call you Legendary." Vergil scoff annoyed as he left, expecting Dante to follow.

He wasn't wrong…

AN Hello! so I finally got to work on the sequel to Devil Never Gone! what a mess this is but I hope you enjoy it. the prologue was so much fun to write because it had the twins together jajaja.

I already have 3 more chapters done but haven't edit yet so hopefully the wait isn't long. I'll add more tags later :)

as always thank you for the support.

Dmc belongs to Capcom, I'm just playing with the characters