First Mission

Disclaimer: All original characters from Devil May Cry belong to Capcom. This is a non-profit fan fiction.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

It was a warm spring afternoon. Sparda's sons were spending their weekend at home. The older twin, Vergil, was concentrating on his assignment whilst Dante, the younger twin, was practicing on his aiming with darts.

"Vergil, are you listening to me?" Dante asked, he threw a dart but it missed the center and went into the second inner ring of the target.

"Yeah I am," Vergil replied without taking his eyes off his paper. Occasionally he paused to look at his notes before he returned to writing the draft. The desk was completely covered in books and papers.

"So what do you think of the idea?" Dante pulled up a chair and put his feet on the desk.

"Yeah sounds good to me," Vergil said, still paying more attention to his assignment more than his brother.

Not satisfied with the response, Dante snatched the papers that Vergil was working on. He leaned back to his chair and rolled the paper up like a poster.

"Hey give that back!" Vergil demanded, his tone was slightly irritated. He wasn't usually as short-tempered as his brother, but Dante had been distracting him all afternoon. His calmness was wearing.

"I just want to make sure you're listening to me," Dante grinned.

Vergil sighed and he too, leaned back to his unstable chair. It looked like it will fall apart anytime. He understood very well that his brother wouldn't give up until he's happy. "So you want to start a demon-exterminating business?"

"Yep, and we'll make this place our office," Dante said.

"Are you sure we'll even get customers?" Vergil asked, "I mean there aren't exactly devils running around the city right now. I don't see why this kind of service will be needed."

"There are devils that are able to come to the human world from cracks of the seal. Besides, we don't have to narrow ourselves down to just doing demon slaying. We can handle other businesses like person finding, assassination, body guarding, and things like that." Dante explained.

"You mean like a detective agency?" Vergil asked while seriously concerning his cocky and lack patience brother could become a detective at all.

"Yeah," Dante nodded, "You're up for it?" His ice blue eyes were filled with excitement.

"Okay," Vergil gave in. He hadn't seen his brother so happy in a long time. "By the way, can I have my assignment back? I do want to graduate, not like you."

Dante smiled and threw the roll of papers back to Vergil, who caught it single-handedly. In return, Vergil threw back the dart Dante left on his desk. It hit right on the central red dot of the target.

One month passed quicker than the brothers thought. After a long argument as in who should name it and what it should be called, they decided to name their agency 'Devil May Cry'. Dante sent out countless flyers but there had been no response. He waited for phone calls everyday but no one called for their help.

The night exactly a month after they started business was moonless and windy. Strong winds made old windows of their house slam against their wooden frames, causing some noise. Normally if the TV was on it'd be less disturbing but Dante broke it that morning. Vergil was cleaning the house whereas Dante was sitting at the desk.

Vergil stopped moping the floor and put the mop against a wall. "Just forget about the phone," He said to Dante, who had been staring at their only phone that sits on the only desk in their house where Vergil worked on his assignment previously. "You've been waiting for calls all day. How about giving me a hand or trying to fix the TV instead?"

There was no response from his brother. Dante quietly stood up from his chair and got himself a glass of water. Vergil knew Dante was disappointed. He felt sorry for his brother too, it was the first time he saw Dante worked as hard on something as Devil May Cry.

Just when Vergil was about to get back to cleaning, he heard a loud knock on the door. They usually don't get visitors, especially not at night. He frowned and headed for the door.

"Nah-uh! It's for me." Dante rushed passed his twin, beating him to the door. Before he opened the door, he told Vergil to put away the cleaning equipment as well as roll his sleeves back down. Vergil rolled his eyes and went to the laundry with his mop and bucket.

Dante took a deep breath and opened the door. Outside stood a young lady about the same age as him, perhaps even younger. She was wearing a white t-shirt and denim skirt. Her shoulder-length black hair was a direct contrast to Dante's. She has light green eyes that reflect deep anxiousness. It surprised Dante a little that a girl showed up in front of Devil May Cry. Before he could say anything, he was being asked.

"Is this the Devil May Cry Agency?" She asked with a doubtful expression.

"You've got the right place," Dante answered, pointing at the hand-made shop sign above their heads.

"Um, it's actually over there," The girl said, looking to the direction where the wooden sign that had fallen on the ground and broke into a few pieces.

Unusually for Dante, he blushed in embarrassment but only for a second. "Please come in," He quickly gestured the girl to enter his agency/house and sit down in front of his desk. Normally the girl would've smiled at this event but she was too occupied with matters in her mind.

"How can I help you?" Dante asked as soon as he sat down. "Oh by the way, do you want something to drink?"

"No thank you," The girl rejected the offer and continued. "My name is Rei. I need you to save my sister for me. She's been kidnapped and the police can't find her."

"I see," Dante looked at his client. She seemed pale and exhausted. "Where did you last saw her?"

"You see, sir-"

"Dante," Dante interrupted.

Rei continued, "You see, Dante. I saw her being kidnapped. I know who kidnapped her and where she is. The police just don't believe me."

Vergil who came out from the laundry and disturbed their conversation. Rei looked at Dante and then at Vergil. She was stunned by the fact that the two young men had the same face and hairstyle.

"I'm sorry," Vergil apologised. "Please continue."

"I'm sorry too," Rei said, referring her rudeness for looking at the brothers with a bewildered face seconds ago.

"That's ok, we're used to it," Vergil smiled. He too, grabbed a seat and sat down next to them.

Dante was more interested in Rei's story. "So, why won't the police believe you?"

Biting her lip as though she was hesitating to continue, Rei slowly went on. "My sister Mia was abducted by devils. They searched the place where I had been told she was being held but they found nothing." She was prepared if Dante and Vergil to start laughing at her any time for being out of her mind.

To her surprise, they didn't laugh. "I see…where is she now?" Dante asked as though what she said before was totally ordinary.

"She is being held in Moon Corporation's head office. But I'm not sure exactly where inside it," Rei said. "Will you help me?"

Before Vergil could stop his twin, Dante stood up and offered his hand. "Deal. Devil May Cry, at your service."

Author's note: Hi everyone! I began writing this fan fiction while waiting for Devil May Cry 3 being sent to me. No, it wasn't just a thing to pass time with. I really wanted to write a story about Dante and Vergil before they became archenemies. For some reason, I strong believed the twins did not hate each other to begin with. Did anyone crack up at where Vergil was mopping the floor? This story is actually written days before I got it up on Anyway, I'm getting carried away again. Please review for me!

Date written: 27-02-2005