This is the sequel to my previous story called Common Ground. This story will take place during the duration of Devil May Cry 4. For those who have read my previous story know that this will be a Dante & Trish but you will see other major charaters involved at points well even at least mentioned.

I'd like to thank all my readers and thanks for the reviews and support for Common Ground. I hope that I still continue to have your support with the sequel as well.

Oh and all familiar lines do not belong to me. I'm just borrowing to keep the story plot involved with the game. If you have not played the game yet then there will be spoilers. But I doubt it, this is just in case because I don't want to ruin the game for anyone.

-Elivanna

'character thoughts'

"Familar lines taken directly from the Devil May Cry 4 Script."

Disclaimer: I absolutely have no connection to the creators of the fantastic world that is Devil May Cry 1-4.

Chapter 1: You Bastard!

"Pizza again, could you at least get another food topping." said Trish walking into the room.

"No way. If you wanted a different topping then order your own pizza." stated Dante placing the pizza box upon his desk.

"Maybe if I ordered the pizza for once we'd actually receive one without olives." stated Trish.

"What and ruin tradition." he stated simply, disgust appearing on his features as he took one look at the non appealing olives.

He sighed.

"Look on the bright side Dante maybe one day you'll receive an olive free pizza, but then again you've never been a lucky person." she stated as an after thought.

Dante ignored her comments as he was already drooling over the pizza regardless of the olives. He sat down and grabbed a slice of pizza before putting his feet on the desk and then taking a bite.

Trish walked over to the desk pushing his feet down causing Dante to raise an eyebrow in question but before he could ask she moved him into the proper sitting position so that she could sit on his lap. She took his pizza away and placed it on his desk so she could then wrap her arms around him.

"What do you want Trish? If it's money then forget it. I'm not buying you anymore clothes. They are way to expensive." he said assuming that's what she wanted.

"Not to mention the expensive bills that I have to pay for." he stated.

"You don't remember do you?" she said as she straddled him causing Dante to move his hands to her hips.

"I'll just have to remind you then won't I?" she said leaning in so she could nibble on his earlobe.

Dante eyed her suspiciously. 'What did I forget?'

"Remind me of what?" he asked.

"You just have to wait and see." she said whispering in his ear. "But you'll have to figure it out." her lips were a mere inch away from his own quietly tempting him.

"And if I don't?" he asked moving in to kiss her but she pulled away before he could causing him to sigh.

"Then I guess there's going to be consequences." she said grabbing his former pizza slice and taking a bite out of it.

"Hmm…I'd actually like to see both outcomes." he said as she got off of him to sit on the desk.

Trish just winked in return as she continued to eat the pizza, while Dante reached out for a new slice.

They ate in silence for a few minutes before the front door opened revealing Lady.

"Hmm, I suppose you didn't come for the pizza. Then maybe you came to see me. What do you want Lady?" he asked as she came towards them.

"I have a job." she said.

"Well you've made that perfectly clear, so how's the solo work?" he asked not really caring either way. He was just trying to piss her off.

"Nice shades by the way, work must be well?" asked Trish.

Lady just rolled her eyes at his antics as well as giving Trish a nod of appreciation.

"No I have a job for you." she said leaning on his desk.

"I'm not interested." he took another bite of his pizza.

Lady ignored his comment and continued telling him the details.

"It's some sort of religious cult called The Order of the Sword." she informed him.

"Order of the Sword, huh?" he pondered trying to figure out if he ever heard of this religious group.

"Yes. Are you familiar with them?"

"Sorry, religion and I don't mix."

"It's a small congregation that gathers in the castle town of Fortuna. I guess the only people who would have heard of it are the ones who take interest in this type of thing."

"Like you."

"Exactly. So just how much do you know about Sparda?"

"Well, from what I can figure there's a lot of confusion surrounding him." he said sharing a look with Trish causing Lady to be a little irritated.

"The story goes that Sparda served as the feudal lord at the city long ago. The people who live there today take these legends as truth and worship him. Just like a god." stated Lady hoping to catch his interest as she walked around the room.

"They worship a demon as a god?" he stated somewhat fascinated.

"Peaceful worship can't be condemned. But the real problem is the Order. Lately they've been running amok, catching demons and have even butted in on some of my jobs."

Trish having heard enough information licked her fingers clean of the greasy pizza. Getting up off the desk she moved towards the weapons to reach the sword of Sparda while hearing Dante speak of a zoo or a museum and what not.

Having grabbed Sparda she thought about waiting for Dante to come with her or to leave without him. She thought about it but in the end opted to leave without him. It would be good to have a couple of minutes to herself, once again working on her own. At least for a short period of time, serves him right for not remembering what day it is today.

Trish looked back towards Lady and Dante making sure they were both distracted so she could leave him a little note on the wall. Pulling out her pink lipstick she wrote a simple message for him.

Once done she left through the back door.

"Not just demons. They've also been targeting devil arms, like the ones you have."

Dante was annoyed having had his pizza taken away from him a second time. 'A woman should know to never separate a man from his forever precious pizza, in female terms it would be if I were to steal hmm…what do women like again?, oh their make up and things, yeah how would they like it if he stole their make up. Hmm, they'd probably slap me around a bit or in Lady's case shoot me several times.' he thought eyeing his pizza in Lady's gloved hand.

"Okay then, a museum. So what?" He reached for the pizza only to have Lady move it farther away from him. He slammed his gloved fist on the desk. 'Damn it.' he thought moving in his chair so he could place his feet on the desk making Lady move away.

"Well, what if their intentions are foul and there's a diabolical plan behind these apparently random acts?"

"Well then, I've got something to keep me occupied and…Trish." he said waiting for a response.

When he received none he turned his head slightly to see if she was behind him somewhere. When seeing no glimpse of her he fully turned seeing that she was gone not only her but the sword of Sparda as well.

'Why do I feel as though it's going to be one hell' ova long day.' he thought seeing Trish's message a simple "See u there."

"It looks like she has the upper start, better catch up Dante or Trish will receive all the money." said Lady with her arms crossed while still holding the pizza.

"What are you going to do then?" he asked her.

"I have other things to do." was all Lady said.

"So you just come and drop off your leftovers while you take mine." stated Dante indicating to the pizza in her hand.

He moved towards her causing Lady to eye him suspiciously.

'What is he up to?' she thought as he moved closer.

Dante moved closer to Lady in an attempt to distract her. Lifting his right hand to her cheek.

"What are you doing Dante?" she asked eyeing him warningly.

He didn't respond just started to run his fingers through her short dark hair as well as leaning in a bit.

"Lady." he whispered.

"What!" she said frigidly. The last time Dante and herself were this close was way back when they were still teens trying to kill Arkham and stop his brother Vergil from reeking havoc.

Once Dante saw that she was lost in thought he quickly grabbed his pizza away from her.

"Hey, you wanna buy me a strawberry sundae before I go off on another one of your hand me down missions?" he asked stepping away before finishing off his pizza.

Without turning to face Lady knowing that she would be glaring at him, he continued to go and retrieve his weapons.

"You bastard!" she said anger coursing through her veins. Pulling out her gun she shot towards Dante's direction.

But with a blink of the eye the bullet was dodged and he was gone leaving her with the sound of a single bullet hitting the wooden floor landing among the other various bottles of alcohol and various scattered magazines.

'I swear one day I will kill him.' she thought in frustration as she put her gun away.

'But not until I get the money he owes me.'

Dante smiled to himself. He loved to see an angry Lady it brought back memories when they had first met.

He walked in silence with just his thoughts about his current mission and Trish.

'Alright Trish if you wanna play hide and seek then we'll play.' he thought as he went on to search for where the Order of the Sword would be located and where he would most likely find Trish.

'Now what could I have forgotten?' he thought remembering his earlier conversation with Trish.

Hope you all enjoyed. And I hope to get some feedback on what my readers think. -Elivanna