It was any normal day for Nero as he returned to the shop that was Devil May Cry. He opened the door and sat on the couch as he heard a voice say, "How'd the job go, kid?" Nero looked up at the man, Dante, who was at his desk with his feet propped up as he replied, "It went well" "That's good to know. Take some rest, I've got another one for you. Once you're ready, I'll give you the details" Nero went upstairs to sleep, and after a few hours of sleep he woke up to feel a pillow to the face and Dante saying, "Alright, kid, wake up. You've had enough sleep, now take a shower" Nero does so after he eats and sees Dante on the phone 'He's probably ordering pizza again', he thought as he put on his coat; Dante hung up and turned around to see Nero standing in front of him. Nero saw that Dante had a laptop open and on the screen it had a file; Nero looked closer and said, "Don't tell me your going after girls younger then you, Dante" "Sorry, but no. This is your new job: guard duty. Her name is Alessia Okami" "Okami? That means 'wolf' in Japanese right? But she doesn't look like a Japanese girl"

"Yeah I know that's what I thought at first, but apparently her foster parents live in Japan. She had a mother but was murdered when she was only two years old; the police report said that a blood trail was heading towards the crib she was in but stopped and made its way to the window meaning that her mother put up a fight. Take a look at these photos that were taken at the crime scene" Nero did so and noticed that they were claw marks that did not come from an animal nor human, but they came from something that both devils knew they came from. "A demon murdered her mother", Nero summarized "Correct. Which means that whatever happened then is coming back to finish the job. I received a call from a close friend of her family saying that she was in danger and they think they know who is after her. Look at her eyes, no human has that eye color"

Nero did so and noticed they were a golden color and said, "She's a half-demon"

"Exactly. I know you're still trying to get over the break-up with Kyrie, but keep your cool" Nero grabbed Blue Rose when Dante said, "Oh, and one more thing: where your going is collage"

"WHAT?!", was all that came out of Nero's mouth

Her short jet-black hair that reached her ears waved gently in the wind as she held a wolf necklace in one hand as she heard someone call her. She lowered her golden eyes to see her friend, Amanda, with her dyed pink hair saying that classes were starting; Alessia began to run and jumped from her perch. Amanda was always amazed by her agility when she said, "What were you doing up there? No human can do what you can do" "I was thinking", Alessia replied fixing her hair. "Was it about that dream? Have you figured it out yet?"

"I know it must mean something, but I don't know yet"

"You should ask Headmistress about it"

"Yeah, I should" Alessia's had dreams of someone that she's never met in her life protecting her from an unknown figure or figures made her kind of fearful of what is to come as she grabbed her school bag and heard the sounds of a car coming near the girls; the passenger door opened to reveal a teenaged boy almost the same age as them with white hair and saphire eyes.'He's so handsome- wait why am I thinking that, I don't even know him'"Alessia", Amanda says, "You're spacing out again. What are you-oh I see, you're looking at the new guy I have to admit he is handsome" Alessia noticed him looking at her, making her blush slightly and Amanda was pushing her luck until she says, "You're pushing my limit Amanda" The boy walked up to the girls and said, "I could easily hear you two over there. My name's Nero if you're wondering" "Hey, kid stop your flirting and help me", a man's voice says making Nero give him a cold death glare and he continued, "That is Dante and no he's not my dad" "That's alright", Alessia says, "My name's Alessia" "And I'm Amanda", Amanda says cheerfully, "I'll meet you in class, Alessia. how 'bout you give Nero a tour of the university" With that Amanda was gone before Alessia had time to protest; after everything was setup for Nero, Alessia showed him their room. One side had a twin sized bunk-bed with a window near the bottom bunk-bed and another twin sized bunk-bed on the other with Alessia's things; Nero noticed desks on both sides when Alessia says, "What happened to your right arm?" Damn it, he forgot to put the cast on in the car, thanks to Dante, so he had no choice to say, "It changed, when I was little and since then, well I kept it a secret, or at least tried to" Alessia pointed to her eyes and said, "My eyes have been like this since I was born. My dad died in an accident before I was born, at least that's what the doctors said. My mom died when I was two, saving me from a bear" 'A bear? That's bull', Nero thought as she continued, "They say this university was created by a demon by the name of Sparda for those who were outcasts of whatever they were from, human and demon alike. I've heard the legends that surround him, it makes me wonder what he must've been put through when he protected humanity" It was obvious she never met Dante in her entire life, but she was raised in Japan. The days passed and Nero kept everyone at Devil May Cry up to date with Alessia and Dante warned him that demons were stirring about as it made him think, 'Who's after you?'

Author's note

Alessia's last name I got when I was looking up what "wolf" meant in Japanese and that's what Google gave me.