AN: ok folks, this story is extreme AU. dante, vergil and lady have grown up together. They are in their mid twenties. Vergil calls lady by her given name, dante calls her by lady. There mother is still alive. There will be some ooc.. Just a heads up.. And there is a love triangle.. Oh, and lots of flash backs.. Enjoy, please let me know what you think~ sbed.
Past…
A little boy sat under the big oak tree in his front yard. It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was shining, birds were chirping and there was a calm breeze. The best part was that his twin was stuck in the house for breaking one of his mothers favorite flower vases. Now he could read his book in peace. Or so he thought.
A little girl with long black hair and mitch-matched eyes spotted him from across the street. She walked up to him, holding a rag doll in one hand. "Hi."
The boy lifted his eyes and peered at her through snow white hands. "Hi." He returned his gaze back to the book.
"Whatcha reading'?" She asked, sitting down in front of him. Her jeans were split at the knee revealing a hello kitty band aid.
"A book on gladiators." He said without looking up.
She wrinkled her nose. "Sounds boring. Do you like to climb trees?"
He looked up at her, then at her band aid. "Is that how you got hurt?"
She lifted her knee slightly. "This? Nah, I did that falling off my bike. My name is Mary, what's yours?"
"Vergil." She gave him a toothy grin. Her noticed she was missing her two front teeth. "Do you want to climb this tree?" He smiled slightly.
She got to her feet quickly and held her hand out to help him up. "Ok."
Vergil took Mary's hand and they climbed up the large oak together.
A very jealous little boy watched on from the living room window, as the little girl played with his brother.
"What's wrong Dante? You've been standing at that window for a long time." His mother said as she approached him.
Dante turned to look at his mother. "Why is Vergil playing with that girl?"
Eva looked out the window. "Oh, Vergil made a friend." She smiled.
The little boy frowned. "He doesn't need her. He has me." He mumbled.
The beautiful blond ran her fingers through her sons hair. "Dante, Vergil is allowed to have at least one friend. You know he doesn't have many. Besides, you have lots of friends to play with."
Dante looked back out at the two children sitting in the tree. "Yeah, I guess so." He narrowed icy blue eyes at the little giggling girl. She better not try to take him from me. He's my brother.
Present…
They twin devil hunters stood nearly back to back fighting off a swarm of demons. Their movement so in tuned with each other that they seemed to know what the other was doing before the movement was made.
"Man, where the hell are all these nasty little fuckers coming from?" Dante shouted before opening fire on three of them.
"I believe you answered your own question brother." Vergil retorted before impaling one of the screeching pests.
"Smart ass." Dante mumbled. It seemed like they had been going at this for hours. Evidently they stumbled across some sort of hive. The damn things were swarming like bees. This wasn't even their mission. They were suppose to meet Lady in the next town when Dante's wonderful sense of direction brought them through here. Some short cut.
Sensing Dante's self ridicule, Vergil chimed in. "Remind me to never listen to your directions again."
Dante gritted his teeth. "You're not helping bro."
Just as suddenly as the demons came, they were gone.
"Hey where you going? This party was just getting good." The red devil hunter yelled. "Hmm, guess we scared them off." He shrugged.
Vergil stood very still casting out his senses, looking around slowly. "No. Something else did."
Dante drew quiet and listened with his enhanced hearing. "Verge, you hear that?"
The sound resonated lowly gaining into a shrill pitch as it grew louder. They covered their ears. Blood slowly seeping through their fingers. Their eyes squeezed shut involuntarily from the sheer pain ringing in their heads. Vergil opened his eyes a split second too late. "Dante!" He screamed. A blinding light encompassed the younger devil and he was forced to close his eyes again.
The ringing still persisting in his abused ears, even after it had subsided. Vergil stumbles regaining his sight. "Dante!" He yelled repeatedly, though he couldn't hear his own cries. They red devil was gone as was the bright light that consumed him. His twin looked around frantically for any sigh or clue to where he went...nothing.
When Lady found Vergil an hour later he was pacing like a caged animal. She had seen the bright light as she was driving into town. It wasn't far from where she was, so she decided to investigate.
Vergil was trying his best to focus. If only he could think past this damn ringing in his head. The blue devil was racking his brain in hopes of having read or heard something about what had just occurred. But he couldn't concentrate. He didn't notice Lady approaching him.
When he didn't respond to her calling his name, she ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder. In a flash Yamato was at her throat. Realization took over and he lowered his sword.
"Vergil what happened?" She saw frustration and sadness when she looked at him, which scared the hell out of her. "Where's Dante?"
"I don't know Mary. He's gone." Vergil shouted back at her, not aware he was speaking so loudly.
"What do you mean he's gone?" Panic started to clench around Lady's heart. She had been with Dante since they were fourteen. He was always Vergil's bratty little brother trying everything he could to break up their friendship, until he actually started showing interest in her.
Vergil didn't respond. He couldn't. How was he going to explain to his best friend that her lover had just disappeared when he couldn't understand it himself.
"Vergil where is he?" She pushed him hard in the chest. "Answer me dammit!" Tears welled up in Lady's eyes.
"He disappeared. There was this loud ringing and a flash of light and he was gone. I don't know where he is." What the hell was he going to tell hip mother?
"Well go find him! Don't just stand there, go find him!" Lady yelled at him.
Vergil suddenly paled and stumbled backwards, all the life drained from his face. The constant feeling of being connected to his other half, hearing his thoughts, his feelings, were suddenly ripped from him. Emptiness. He was finding it difficult to breath. The yin to his yang since before birth had simply vanished. A devastatingly mournful cry exploded from his chest as he dropped to his knees.
Lady crouched down next to him. "What is it?" She said with concern. She couldn't lose them both in one day.
Vergil let a sobbing gasp escape his lips. "I-I cant feel him Mary. I cant sense him at all." Vergil panted.
She pulled Vergil up, trying her best to be strong, but inside she was dying. "Let's get out of here, before whatever it is comes back. We'll figure this out when we get back to the shop."
