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It's peace and quiet in the shop Devil May Cry of Dante, Son of Sparda as he reads the newest edition of Two Handguns while sitting in his usual position with his legs on the table criss-crossed with an empty box of pizza finished by yours truly. He had spent the day without any customer as usual. Which meant, no jobs equals no money, no money equals no food/debt paid. There was one time that he had his debts paid unfortunately Lady Luck hates him as he is once again in debt.
He would have waited for Morrison to give him a job but fortunately, he has company in a form of a certain kid. No he ain't talking about Patty Lowell though sometimes the girl comes to help out the shop and Dante gives her money for her help. He's talking about a certain kid with the same good looks and personality, when he was a kid, as him. Only difference is that the kid has a girlfriend while he does not.
White hair, blue eyes and wears a blue coat over a red zip vest and dark blue pants. The two of them look similar but the only difference between them is that he's older and the kid as a demonic right arm that he calls the Devil Bringer.
Nero sat at the couch watching the TV as he ate his own pizza. Now, for those who do not know who they are, they would think that him and the kid are Father and Son just by looking at each other which is totally incorrect as the kid is not his child. It's a regular day of silence.
"Hey, old man. What do you know of my father?" And the silence was broken when Nero spoke up.
Dante stiffened at the mention of his late brother but luckily he didn't show it. "Hm? What's with that question?"
Nero looked conflicted before he turned his attention back to the TV. "It's nothing, forget it."
Although the kid looked like he was ok, Dante could tell that Nero has many question he wants answered regarding his father AKA his brother, Vergil.
When they first met, Dante was confused as to why the kid looked like him because he has never gotten laid before.
That's right, the infamous Dante Sparda one who sealed Mundus away is still a virgin. Every women that he met seem to want to either kill or beat him. Even if he did get laid he would still remember the women he had done it with.
So, he had thought hard about that on. It couldn't have been his Father as the guy is already dead plus he didn't know if his Father had any relatives. Which left the other option which was his brother who fathered the kid.
He had denied that thought immediately. There's no way in hell that Vergil would have sex with women especially a Human one. The guy's as stoic as a statue, you try insulting him and you get no response. Best case scenario he'd just leave you alone. The worst? He'd slice you into pieces and feed them to the dogs. Plus he really doesn't like Humanity that much as he did tried to more Demon than Human by using their Father's sword.
Though it seems that the Lady of Fate hates him as well when he saw Yamato on the kid's hand. The blade practically resonated with him and when he fought the kid the second time he saw that spectral thing behind him when he entered his Devil Trigger. It reminded Dante so much of his brother you know especially with the same arm sheathe as Vergil's Devil Trigger. It seemed so protective of him like how a father should to his son.
Unfortunately the kid was captured by the pope Sanctus and stole Yamato. Originally that guy wanted him to power the Saviour that looks like some kind of an angel version of his father instead they decided to use Nero instead seeing as how he has Sparda's blood after all. Of course he had to do all the work and gave back Yamato to its rightful owner in the end. He stayed around after the whole Order of the Sword fiasco trying to find information regarding Nero and who were his parents.
The search proved no luck as apparently Nero was found outside the orphanage and it seems the residence of Fortuna knows each other so they immediately thought that Nero was the child of a prostitute. That bit kind of angered Dante as Nero was insulted for being a 'prostitute's child'. If Vergil had at least told him that he had a child Dante would do everything in his power to take care of the kid or maybe it was because Vergil thought that Nero had died in when demons attacked his family, that would explain why he summoned the Temen-ni-gru to get Force Edge in the first place.
"Might controls everything, and without strength, you cannot protect anything." The words clicked in Dante's mind as he realized what Vergil met on the top of that tower when he ran him through with Yamato. He basically wanted Force Edge to gain more power so that the same incident would not happen again. Maybe the loss of his second family would explain why he was so cold and hungry for power.
But enough of little ol' Verge we're talking about his nephew here.
So, the kid once asked if he was his father. Dante had to laugh out loud at the notion though he forced himself to stop after seeing the kid's expression. He was about to apologize but by then the kid left saying that it's a stupid idea that came up in his mind.
The next time the kid visited he nearly flipped his shit when he saw the kid having his hair styled the exact same as his father. The two looked so damn alike that he almost went to hug the kid there. Then again, the entire male in the Sparda family look alike heck, a few times when he's washing his hair it had styled itself to look like Vergil in the mirror. Of course the kid had asked why he looked like as if he's seen a ghost.
Well the kid's technically true as he's seeing said ghost's son looking like him. Heck, he even decided to call that appearance mini-Vergil in his mind. Just add in Yamato and switch his entire wardrobe in blue and you get an exact replica minus the attitude of course.
His train of thought was broken as the phone rang. He slammed his feet on the table which caused the phone to fly out of its stand and into Dante's hands which he placed it next to his ear.
"Devil May Cry." He answered. He heard the password from the other side of the line, a job that means. Maybe killing some demons will help him forget what had happen just now.
"Sure. I'll be there." With that he tossed the phone back into its stand and stood up flapping his coat dramatically and took Rebellion from its hanger and placed it behind him, held by an unseen force, followed by his dual pistols Ebony & Ivory and head towards the door.
He stopped however as Nero stood before him, Red Queen placed behind him as well in the same manner as Rebellion. "Mind if I tag along? I need to blow off some steam."
Dante chuckled as he resumed his walk while moving past his nephew. " Do what you want. Don't expect to get paid."
Nero scoffed as he followed behind "Whatever old man."
As the doors leading outside opened, Dante had made a vow.
'You know, we both do not see eye to eye with each other. But this I swear on my life Vergil, as long as I draw breath, you can count on me to keep your kid safe until the day he's old enough to take care of himself.'
With his vow done, the two remaining family members left to kill some demons.
In an dark, unknown place, mutterings can be heard as a figure stood in front of a giant red circle surrounded by armoured figures wielding weapons like pikes, swords, lance and so on. Judging by the centre figure's structure, the figure is a male. He seems to be speaking an unknown language as he held out a hand before him vertical to a circle smaller than the one he is in right now.
"Ishct wulge wu wa lark aru umeh litch xar natsch ijibt kororak gaz oze afracht…"
As the chant goes on, the circle brightened in power as the chant grew to its climax.
"…Tracht kar wich ibu parst guarta vinimun morgata gitchu susa lav vashcht zas!"
A large explosion occurred as smoke engulfed the entire area causing the figures to held up an arm to prevent the smoke from obscuring their eyesight. Once the smoke cleared, it revealed a white haired man with tattered blue coat with a hint of purple and some sickly veins on his pale features laying in front of the other man unconscious.
The male took careful steps as he approached the fallen figure. The light illuminated the figure revealing a young man with dark blood red hair with a few white streaks in them with eyes with black sclera and glowing amber iris that changed back into normal white sclera and orange iris. The man wore a regal black shirt with dark blue pants accompanied by a blood red regal cape.
As he kneeled beside the unconscious man, the man's eyes shot up revealing glowing blood red eyes as he roared and grabbed the young man's neck. The surrounding figures snapped into attention as they point their weapons at the white haired man.
"HOLD!" The young man shouted as he held his hand up that caused the figures to relax but still holding up their guard.
The young man stared unflinchingly at the other's eyes before he quickly broke out of the white haired man's grip and placed him in a chokehold.
"Calm yourself, Vergil. Your in safe hands. Mundus does not control you anymore, your not his slave." The man said to the now revived Vergil who was thrashing in his position.
This kept going on until the man's patience had snapped. He pushed Vergil in front of him and knocked a fist back which dark energy surrounded it.
"I. SAID. CALM YOURSELF!" He unleashed a blow onto Vergil's gut causing the elder Son of Sparda to stop, mouth agape as a dark energy passed through behind his back. His eyes turned back to normal and his skin became a little less paler and his veins were gone.
Vergil slumped into the ground in pain as he groaned. It took a few seconds for him to get up again and realised where he was.
"This is…"
"Now do you know where you are? Seriously though, this is the third time I've helped you. First was when I gave you a place to stay, second I helped trained you. Now I literally had to bring you back from the dead! Did you know what I had to go through just to bring you back to life? I literally made a deal with Lord Unox and I'm already seriously regretting it. If it wasn't for the fact his wife persuaded him I would never be able to bring you back."
Vergil's eyes narrowed. "I didn't asked for help at all Repentance."
The man rolled his eyes. " Yeah right, and if it wasn't for the fact that Sparda was a distant relative of mine, I would have left your soul for Mundus to torture for eternity while I just relax at home without a care for the world. Look, Vergil, I made a promise to Sparda that I would protect you after he died. And I'll be damned if I fail to do that! Actually, I am already damned since I'm a demon…" he muttered the last part with a hand on his chin.
Vergil stood up as he was tired of this conversation. "If that's all you have to say then I'm leaving." He started to leave when he was interrupted.
"I don't think you'll be going anywhere. Look down~." Repentance said as he pointed specifically below Vergil.
Vergil looked at where Repentance pointed and saw a shocking revelation.
Yamato and his amulet were not with him.
Vergil turned back to glare at his relative with the force of a tundra which was met with a board gaze. He held out on hand to him.
"Give them back to me."
Repentance scoffed in amusement. "Yeah, right as if I have it. Look, even if I have it, I still would not give it back to you after Mundus defeated you. Look, when I heard you were in the Room of the Fallen Ones where Mundus was sealed, I immediately rushed to get you out of there but it was too late as he took you away. I tried to find Yamato seeing as how you did not have it with you when you were captured. Unfortunately it seems that it was lost. I gave up after that. But I made a deal with Lord Unox so he splitted your soul into separate beings. I had to find them over the last few years or so before I finally put you back into pieces. But I lacked one piece, your demon half which Mundus used to be in his control which was luckily freed by Dante."
Dante. The words seared into Vergil's mind as visions of how he saw Dante looking much older and how he fought against him and lost three times even after the power up his 'master' gave him.
Hearing the word master made Vergil sneered as he remembered the torture he had gone through and was made into an obedient slave and was punished when he failed his missions. He asked.
"Where's Mundus? I still have a score to settle."
Repentance gave Vergil an incredulous look. "Are you fucking serious? You got your ass handed to you easily by Mundus when you were injured after your fight with Dante. What makes you think you have a chance against him now?"
"I don't care, now, tell me where Mundus is or else."
Repentance signed in defeat before he spoke up.
"…Sealed."
"…Excuse me?" Vergil cocked an eyebrow as he tilted his head in confusion.
"He was sealed away years ago, by your brother. That means no way of finding Mundus, fortunately." Repentance shrugged his shoulders. "Times changed Vergil while you were gone."
Vergil looked down in deep thought. So Dante sealed Mundus away again just like their father once did huh. How strong is Dante now? Is he stronger then him and their father. Multiple question bombard Vergil with each question making him furious.
Repentance saw the look Vergil is giving and sighed before snapping his finger causing Vergil to lose concentration before glaring at him.
"It's been a rough day and all. You came back from the dead and I know you have a lot of questions. But for now, rest, your questions will all be answered tomorrow." Repentance then snapped his fingers.
A black haired female with red eyes wearing a maid outfit with horns and wings appeared beside Repentance with her head bowed.
"What can I do for you my lord?"
"Escort Vergil here to his room." Repentance gave a look at Vergil's figure and quickly added "…And get some new clothes for him."
"As you wish. Please, this way." With a gesture of her hand, the woman floated towards the exit with Vergil following behind reluctently.
"Wait." Vergil stopped and turned to look back just in time to see a giant sword thrown in his direction. He quickly caught it and recognized that it was the sword he used when he was 'serving' under Mundus. He looked at Repentance for an explanation.
"That sword is the reason why you were able to be brought back in the first place. I used it as a catalyst to bring you back to life. I know that it may remind you of how you were Mundus' slave, but this thing is why your brought back to live. Plus, it's the only weapon you have in your arsenal that you can wield. Beowulf was destroyed when you were captured by Mundus."
Vergil looked at the zweihander as azure flames mingled with electricity engulfed the blade before Vergil swiped off the flames and left the room following behind the maid.
Soon, the other figures followed as well, returning back to their daily duties. The only one remaining was Repentance and a shadowy figure.
The figure spoke in a feminine tone. "I cannot thank you enough for bringing him back Lord Repentance."
Repentance just waved a hand. "Nah, it's no biggie. Besides, I made a promise to Sparda after all." He gave a smile to the mysterious figure before the smile turned mischievous.
"Plus I can't help but think what his reaction would be when he finds out his son and lover are still alive with his lover becoming a demon of her own free will while his son is with his brother while neglecting to take care of Yamato. Vergil would flip!" he laughed as the figure giggled with a smile on her face.
"Yes, very. I can still remember the day when you saved my life from demons and I had to make my choice in staying alive or be left for dead."
Repentance's smile turned sombre. "You know it's going to be difficult to reconcile with him, you know that?" his question caused the women's smile turned sombre as well.
"Indeed. I know that Vergil took it hard when our house was invaded by demons but I know that with enough time, he can be like that old Vergil I used to know."
Repentance smile. "Good luck then." Then he had thought.
"But seriously, you call your child Nero? Why are you calling your child black when he's white as a paper?" He knows why she called their child Nero, possibly named after the Roman Emperor Nero who is currently one of the Nobles in hell. He visited the man a few times and they had a few talks here and there the man is quite arrogant so to say, definitely suits him as one of the lords of Pride.
The woman stammered as she held her hands up before Repentance laughed
"Hahaha! I was just joking no racism intended, hahaha! Alright you can go now." He gave a shoo motion with one hand while clutching his stomach in the other as he snickered at the funny joke(To him) he just did.
The woman gave a huff of annoyance before she too left the room, but not before giving him a slap on the shoulder, HARD, leaving Repentance as the last remaining occupier of the room. He chuckled at the action and rubbed his aching shoulder. Damn does she give a mean right hook with that arm of hers.
"Well, I guess it's time to file out some work and keep my promise to Lord Unox. Man, is being the King of Hell hard as hell." It's more hard when you need to help a request to the God of Death knowing Lord Unox he might ask for help in the gathering of souls or possibly paperwork. It's one thing Repentence hate, it's paperwork.
"Maybe I should go visit my wife up in Heaven while I'm there. Maybe she is having the same problem as I am seeing as how she and I have the same jobs of being rulers. Wonder how Zurgax is doing though, last I heard he's hitching up with some girls in a school formerly for girls in japan." Disregarding the thought of his son, Repentance, Lord of 4th Hell, and descendant of Lucifer/Satan left for his business with the God of Death.
CDL: Now, before anyone gets hyped about this, no. I am not going to make this a series. It's just only a one shot, nothing more and nothing less. Plus about whole ruler of 4th Hell thingy? It's actually a world I based on thanks to Project X Zone. But you don't have to worry about it since this is just an AU.
Plus more importantly who's excited for DMC5? Though I'll admit I was very happy that Capcom have plans for Devil May Cry I try not to be that much hyped, knowing Capcom they might fk this up real bad. I mean look at Street Fighter 5, they showed the season 3 characters and everybody's hyped up to play as Sagat/Sakura/Cody but who knows if their gonna to suck.
Don't get me wrong, I love Street Fighter as well but I try not to get my hopes up too much otherwise it might all come crashing down on me so I try to be excited yet not that much excited to think that the characters are going to be good.
The same can be said for DMC5 who knows how good or how bad it's going to be everything as its ups and downs thats how live is, we don't know what to expect so we try not to be too positive not negative until it either disappoints us or something else. Anyways this is ChaosDeathLord and have a nice holiday everyone!