Summary: Why did he leave her? Did he not care anymore? or did he care too much? Would he ever return? Why couldn't she realize he was leaving for her? Why couldn't she see that he had to leave to protect his family?

Warning: Language

Pairings: Dante/Lady and maybe others if they pop up

Don't Leave me

"Where are you going? Don't leave! We need you" in a quieter voice, "I need you"

He stopped at the door but refused to turn, he didn't want to see the tears he knew were streaming down her pale face. He wanted to stay, but he couldn't, if he were to turn to comfort her, he would have.

"I can't" he flinched at the sorrow of his own voice. He didn't even like the sound of his own voice

"You said you loved me! Show me that you love me! Stay with me." She was yelling with all her might. All her emotions flowing through with every spoken word. He felt his eyes moisten.

Of course he loved her. He had loved her since the moment his icy blues connected with her bi-colored eyes.

"I have to go. You know I have to go. I'm sorry."

His eyes clenched closed at the sound of her body connecting to the floor. Her small amount of energy leaving her fragile body. He knew as much as she did that she should have been resting in bed.

"Don't you walk out of those doors Dante, if you do I will never forgive you. If you walk out of that door you're walking out of my life, you won't be welcomed back." The pain in her voice was heart wrenching. Dante's heart throbbed in his chest reminding him of her pain, the pain he had caused. Why couldn't she realize he was leaving for her? Why couldn't she see that he had to leave in order to protect his family?

"I love you." Silence was his answer. Lady's sobs being the only sound in the office. He didn't want to leave her, he wanted to stay with her forever but he couldn't. This was something he had to do. "I love you too much to leave things as they are. I love you too much to stay" He was gone.

Lady remained crying on the floor. Her sob becoming stronger as she watched the office doors shut closed. She couldn't understand why he would leave her? Why he would leave their unborn children? If he left so easily, did he really even love her? Of course he loved her, Dante had told her too many time before.

Lady's aching limbs collapsed of fatigue and she laid to her side. Her limbs weren't as strong as they once were, the children pulling more from her than she could supply. She could see her bones through her stretched skin. It was a disgusting revelation that her own children had the potential to kill her but it was a revelation she was willing to accept. As long as the children were born in a healthy state, Lady didn't care about her own. The mindset of a true mother.

Pulling her knees to her chest, Lady cried for dear life. After spending the last eight years in a committed relationship with the hunter she felt as though her life had just walked out the front door. She felt abandoned. Why did he have to go? Why couldn't he just stay with her? Why couldn't he just wait until the babies were born, she would have went with him. She would have followed him anywhere. Why couldn't he have stayed long enough for her to tell him what she had been too nervous to personally tell him before.

"I love you too"

Three days.

It had been three days since Trish had heard from her companions and she was beginning to worry. She was use to her companions calling her at least once everyday, especially Lady since she often asked specific questions on her pregnancy.

Walking up to the Devil May Cry doors, Trish paused at the sound of sobs. Slowly and carefully opening the door Trish froze at the sight. Lady was laid out on the floor. Her eyes closed as though in slumber and sobs racking her brittle body. How long had she been like this? And where was Dante?

Lady's head snapped up at the sound of boots on the wooden floor in hopefulness but disappointment soon replaced it as she noticed the blond coming her way. Why couldn't it be Dante?

Leaning down to comfort her fallen friend, Trish pulled Lady to her body in a comforting hug that only a mother could give.

"What's wrong Lady?"

No answer.

"Where's Dante?" Another sob tore through Lady's body at the sound of the mans name and Trish feared the worse.

"Where is he Lady? Please tell me he didn't do anything stupid."

"He's gone." Lady released a cough as she used her sore voice.

"Gone to were?"

"To fight Mundus. Dante, he... he said that he would go in order to put an end to things like his father had. He said Mundus had been causing too much havoc and he wouldn't allow his children to grow in this chaos. He might not return to me." Trish felt as though her heart would explode as tear flowed down her once strong friends cheek. Dante could be so stupid sometimes. Sure more Devils were appearing to cause more destruction but he shouldn't have left Lady. He had such a fucked up sense of timing.

"Mundus issued a challenge and Dante had no choice but to accept, he said." Trish winced at the bitterness held in the woman's voice. "Either Mundus would have Dante's blood or Mundus unleashes her legions on the human realm."

"Then he had to go" Trish quietly explained to the pregnant women. Dante had always been serious in protecting the ones he loved. "He felt the need to protect you so that s what he plans on doing."

"No! He shouldn't have left me! He shouldn't have left his kids without a father! He should have stayed. He should have realized that he could protect us here. I miss him Trish. I seriously miss him and its only been three days! I want him to come back." Lady sobbed harder as Trish gently stroked her hair. A continuous 'I know' left her lips as she soothed the crying woman. This stress couldn't be good on her body or the babies.

The blond held on tight as Lady calmed her tears and her breath evened out. She cried herself to sleep. Trish gently picked Lady up from the floor and carried her to the upstairs bedroom and placed her gently on the king sized bed in the couples bedroom. Pulling a chair from the nursery, Trish sat herself next to Lady and waited for the women's awakening. She finally realized what Dante had meant when they spoke four days ago. 'Take care of Lady. She doesn't realize it but she's going to need help. Protect her. Please.' And Trish would honor her word. She would stand in Dante's place until he returned