So I don't own Devil May Cry or any of the characters in it. I make no money from these stories.

I'm not sure I'm this story will go down well because it's a tad odd but I have enjoyed writing it so far and thought I'd post it and see if anyone is a fan.

So I hope you enjoy.

- - - So let's begin - - -

Nero soared through the sky; his white scales reflected the light that escaped through the clouds, making his scales appear pearlesant, his wings outstretched so that he hovered in the air catching the current. His muscles relaxed, smiling as the light filtered through the clouds, adjusting his wings and swung his tail backwards, he drove down through the soft white clouds, the wind cooled his scales. Inches before hitting the water below him, Nero pulled up skimming the water, twisting sideways he dipped his wing into the cold water, twisting all the way into a roll Nero threw the water with his wing, making the water ark into the air, the water caught the sunlight looking like drops of pure sun light as they landed on the scales below them soothing and cleansing him, Nero had never felt more at peace with himself.

He remembered how it was back in fortuna and what had transpired to end up here, Nero rolled his shoulders with a sigh preparing for the sharp acrobatics to twist through rocks and plants of the small broken pieces of islands that had broken away, arching his back and tail Nero inclined up the face of a cliff, reaching the top he landed on the cliff, moving forward he curled up in the sun, his wings outstretched around him so take in the suns warmth.

- - - 3 Months ago - - -

After Dante had left Fortuna and everything had seemingly gone back to normal, well as normal as Fortuna could be. The people in Fortuna were still religious, judge mental and didn't trust him; something he had expected but kyrie seemed to have changed, she was afraid of him and refused to allow him to stay in their house.

Moving out had been easy, he had very few items and had saved up money from the order to pay for a place of his own, although the owner had been reluctant to hand the house over to 'the spawn of a devil' he was too poor to turn down the money Nero offered. It was a beautiful if not small house located on the outskirts of Fortuna; he enjoyed it there by the forest, enjoyed the lack of people and enjoyed the lack of judgment forced upon him daily.

Nero made certain to check the forest out, clearing any of the demons that inhabited the forest and discovered a lake on the other side of the forest that lead to the ocean and the end of Fortuna. Nero smiled out at the wide span of water and the mysterious lands that were out there, maybe one day he would leave Fortuna for the ocean and the land that lied beyond his reach, the strong breeze whipped up the sea water and the droplets lightly coated his face and clothes, smiling he headed back to his house.

- - - A few days later - - -

Nero had followed his usual path through the forest and wondered into the larger bare area of the forest where he had been practicing his fighting skills and today was no different, he was attempting to merge his own moves with the ones he had observed from Dante. Performing one of Dante's back flips where he twisted in mid-air Nero spotted a few weak demons migrating through the forest, using his back flip to his advantage he pushed off from against a tree and charged them head on with red queen. Nero thrust the sword forward and up in one swift movement slicing the demon in half before focusing on the remaining four, Nero failed to observe his surrounding as he focused on the four remaining demons and it cost him dearly, his distraction allowed for a far larger demon that he had not seen to sneak up behind him; the demon looked like a large bull frog with cat like eyes and large thorn/horns littered its body, so sharp that it would gouge the trees and it pressed forward. The demon eyed Nero before tensing its muscles and the thorns/horns flew from its body impaling one of the demons instantly killing it, another three horn/thorns ripped through Nero's torso. Nero's body froze in shock; blood began to pour from his body, his ears pounded as he heard his blood hit the floor like heavy rain on soft soil.
Nero's Demon screamed in panic, drowning out all other sound in Nero's head, they had never bonded well but they both had one thing in agreement 'I don't want to die'.

Sensing the cold that seeped through his body and the flutter of death creeping ever closer his demo drew on all its strength and Nero screamed in pain as his body was engulfed in the pure white light, his body changed into his trigger however it didn't stop there, his body continued to morph. His spine twisted and lengthened, his muscles convulsed as they altered shape and stretched to accommodate his bones that had changed shape and size. The thorns/horns imbedded in his side were forced out of his body as scales erupted from his shin completely covering him. The remaining demons trembled around him and began to retreat.

That was the last Nero remembered, he awoke the next morning with a pounding headache, he tried to open his eyes but closed them quickly at the blinding rays of morning light stung his eyes. Slowly raising a hand to his forehead he froze in shock at the unusual feeling, slowly he forced his eyes to open and he froze at what he saw. His arm was far larger than normal and covered with scales with long claws for fingers, those claws trailed over his forehead and to his surprise he could feel even more scales that covered where his skin had been. Nero began to panic a sickening feeling lurched in his stomach as he tried to stand but his body reacted differently as he instead stood on all four legs, dread settled over him as he stretched turning his head to find that he could move it further than normal to view his entire back . . . a dragons back. His body was lithe with a long and elegant tail covered in scales and two large wings protruded out of his back, Nero tried to move them and found he could move them like any other limb, his wings where white on the outside with a light blue on the inside which was hidden as he tucked his wings back in. Turning back in disbelief he observed his surroundings, he was still in the same area he had fought with the demons and where he had got impaled, Nero shivered as he remembered the feeling and his scales clicked in the process, looking around he noticed the earth was scorched and the surrounding trees where charred and still smouldering, frowning at what he saw and he wondering if he had caused it.

Moving forward awkwardly, one clawed leg at a time he shuffled down to where he knew the river would be, getting to the bank of the lake he edged forward until he could see his reflection.

He was a dragon . . . there was no doubt about it, the world hated him! He turned his face and watched as the reflection in the water imitated him.

His face had elongated to allow for a dragons snout with a powerful jaw and his eyes where large with their familiar blue, from the looks of it; it seemed that they were the only thing not to have changed, his face was covered in scales, large ones railed down from his forehead to snout and smaller ones surrounded his eyes and nostrils, each white and pearlesant.

Nero was becoming agitated and angry 'can nothing go right for me!'

Nero growled loudly and some of his scales turned a magnificent blue, flaring bright like his devil bringer would when he was in a similar position, wisps of smoke billowed from his mouth. Nero tried to calm himself focusing like he would with his devil bringer, focusing on his demon and calming it as he did his scales returned to their original perlesant white, opening his eyes he grinned at his reflection as he managed to get this new shape under control exposing his long dagger like teeth, he chuckled a sound that came out sounding more like a loud happy rumble.

Nero thought for a moment 'relaxing and focusing on the energy inside me was always the way to de-trigger, so maybe it could work in this form. . .' Nero closed his eyes and focused, relaxing and calming himself after a few moments Nero peaked an eye open to stare at his reflection, no change.

Frowning Nero focused again concentrating on the energy inside of him, soothing the energy he urged it further back in to his mind, feeling it retreating, his muscles relaxed and he felt the power inside of himself pulse he gasped as his form contorted changing back to his trigger form before changing again back into his old self, his muscles ached and bones cried out as the change flowed through him, collapsing to his knees on the bank he gasped in relief as he saw his own reflection in the water, his white hair clung to his pale skin and his blue eyes stared back at him, he laughed to himself and collapsed back in exhaustion onto the muddy ground, his once scaled arm now replaced with the human skin he knew so well.

Nero didn't know how the change had happened he had never heard of a form past the original devil trigger that he has seen Dante in however it wasn't like he could ask him about it, he didn't even know where the old geezer had gone. Nero found he almost missed his devil bringer, it used to light the way through any dark space and now he was having to rely on the lighting in his home, it had taken him a while to adjust but he still got the same reaction when he was forced to go into town for groceries. Even without his demonic arm the people of fortune would avoid him, glare and speak fowl words at him dragging their children away. He was too different to belong here.

So He stood at the edge of Fortuna on a cliff overlooking the sea and again considered leaving; it couldn't hurt to see what was out there, he could always come back to his home. Looking back over his shoulder at the forest and where his house would be Nero focused on his trigger, the shift came easily morphing his body like water running over a pebble, his scales shimmered in the spray from the ocean and warmed him as the sun heated his scaled face, sapphire blue eyes opened to gaze out over the water, tentatively he flapped his wings, he had been practicing in the forest on how to fly, hidden away from peoples gaze. Nero stretched his wings out hearing his joints click he raised his wings high and flapped his wings, the air around him sounded like thunder as it was forced under him and his wings flapped again drawing him higher into the sky, it came naturally to him, touching his feet in he flew forwards diving over the side of the cliff until he felt a current of air fill his wings and allowed him to glide swiftly through the air. He was traveling so fast that the water under him reflected only the shine of his scales as if he were surrounded by diamonds.

The feeling was euphoric as Nero spun and twirled through the air with the same grace as his fighting style, he felt free and he had quite literally left his trouble behind him. Nero grinned showing of his sharp teeth, dipping down until he touched the water he watched the water ripple and could even see the fish bellow scatter at the impact. Altering his course he let his tail dip into the refreshing cold water before he pulled up higher into the sky aiming for a patch of clouds, wondering what they would feel like, his wings carried him higher and through the clouds, they were unusual to the touch they left droplets on his scales like dew on grass there shape distorting then reforming into another cloud, he twirled his body into an almost death roll and was delighted when the clouds seemed to form a fleeting shape of a tornado, after some time he got bored with the shaped of the clouds and looked down over the water he could see a large patch of land but upon closer inspection he could also see three small islands.

The islands weren't too small, they stood out of the water s if they used to be the edge of a cliff that had broken away and trees and grass covered them, yet the island was still much larger than him landing carefully he took in his surroundings, having learnt from past mistakes; before de-triggering. The journey had taken a lot of energy and he wasn't about to chance flying back. Climbing high up into a nearby tree he leaned against the base, his legs outstretched on a branch and he allowed slumber to take hold of him.

- - - Back to the present - - -

Nero smiled at the memory of his first transformation and his first flight over the sea, despite the change that had been forged upon him it had given him the freedom he had so desperately craved. That small trip over the sea had also become a second home of sorts where he could practice flying, transforming, fighting and on a few occasions he tried out his devil trigger although it was far harder to control, his demon would often take over with its own agenda which caused conflict but it was the closest they had ever gotten to accepting each other.

He had begun to search the other two slightly larger islands and had gotten close enough to see enough of the city on the main land but made sure not to venture any closer, he could imagine the panic on the inhabitants faces if they saw him, Not that he wasn't used to that anyway Nero though with a sigh, he refused to admit it but he was lonely, distracting himself from his thoughts we dove between the islands coming up to land on the first smaller island.

- - - Devil May Cry - - -

"I'M NOT WAKING HIM UP! you wake him up!" Trish glared at Lady who was rubbing her temples in frustration.

"FUCK THAT! I woke his lazy naked ass up last time" Lady placed her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at the blond, black leather clad woman in front of her, raising an eye brow and daring her to fight back.

"Oh come on!" Trish huffed but from Ladys raised eyebrow she knew she couldn't win. "Fine" picking up a broom that they didn't realise Dante would ever own she went into the kitchen slamming the handle end of the broom into the ceiling so hard that dust and paint came free, she didn't stop until she heard a loud thump and a groan of pain. Trish grinned in triumph throwing the broom down and sweeping her hair over her shoulder, grinning at Lady who face palmed.

"What it got him up didn't it" Trish chuckled

A short while later loud bangs and swearing was heard as Dante pulled on a pair of his red leather trousers and shuffled down the stairs glaring at the two harpies in his front room 'Man I need to get a lock …or a vault door, might be the only way to keep them out'.

"Whattttttt?" Dante grunted at the two as he walked by and collapsed in his chair, throwing his feet up onto the desk.

"We bring pizza and a fun mission" Lady smiled placing the box on Dante's desk and grabbing a slice for herself faster than Dante could swat her hand away.

"And the mission?" Dante grumbled around the pizza he had stuffed in his face and mourning his lost slice.

"Here" Lady handed the piece of paper over to Dante while nibbling at her piece of pizza, Dante read it and looked up at them accusingly.

"You woke up for a terrible joke?" He raised an eyebrow "I expected better" He glared at Lady and yanked the box of pizza into his lap and away from her prying eyes.

Trish scowled at him "It's not a joke; some of the locals have said they have seen bright lights descend from the sky and others have said they have heard thunder roll in from the ocean, but there have been so storms"

"That isn't a demon it's the sound of the ocean and some sun coming through the clouds, nothing to get excited about"

"Still the Mayer there is paying a lot to have you check it out, if there isn't anything there then it's basically free money." Trish grinned as Dante contemplated the free money and the little work he would have to do while grinning and taking another slice of pizza.

"Fine I'll check it out later"

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