Here goes my first story so please go easy on it if you can. This takes place right after Dante spares Vergil at the end of DmC and is about to leave through the portal.

I do not own anything, Capcom and Ninja Theory does.

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DmC: Odyssey

Chapter 1: For the Sake of Brotherhood

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"I loved you brother." Vergil sorrowful stated before limping through the portal he'd opened holding his bleeding stomach.

'If you loved me then why did it have to end like this huh?' Dante asked watching his twin's retreating form. 'Is this how it all ends? We survived demons, being branded terrorists, the fucking demon king himself and this is what ends it all?' He continued thinking is frustration. He didn't agree with Vergil one bit but that didn't mean he didn't care about him, he was still his brother.

As Vergil vanished through the glowing portal Dante balled his fists in anger and frustration at how he was about to lose his twin for the second time and this time by his own hands. His frustrations didn't go unnoticed by Kat who watched her best friend leave with sad eyes. Turning to Dante she could see the same emotions running through the dark-haired twin's mind.

"Go after him Dante." She suddenly stated catching his attention.

Dante stared at her for what seemed like an eternity before turning to the portal Vergil had opened up. It was shrinking but he if he hurried he still could have caught up to his wounded brother wherever he was going. But that meant leaving Kat alone when they'd just succeeded in merging the demon world with the human world unleashing who knows what. Needless to say the thought wasn't very appealing to the older son of Sparda especially since he'd become far closer to Kat than he ever thought he would.

"No way Kat, I'm not leaving you here." Dante stated shaking his head.

Mustering up the courage she placed her palm on his cheek so she could face him eye to eye. Sometimes Dante found it amazing how for a person who always seemed to spend their life looking over their shoulders Kat's green eyes held such firmness he'd doubted if he was staring at the same girl.

"Dante don't argue with me and just go!" She gave him a reassuring smile that only served to make Dante want to stay even more. "I promise I'll be here when you two get back." Without warning she pulled him into a one-armed hug causing a little blush to occupy Dante's cheeks.

Pulling away he gave her one of his trademark grins and a thumbs-up. "I'll hold ya' to that." He stated before running headfirst into the portal just as it closed in on itself leaving nothing but the view of a ruined landscape behind.

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Dante wasn't sure what to expect when he ran through the portal; a secret hideout, a cave, or even his old home but definitely not a seemingly endless hallway lined with doors. Both sides were lined with doors of all designs from smooth wooden doors to barred up metal gates locked with a chain lock. He ran for what felt like hours but every time he walked through one door he found himself in the same hallway.

"This is getting old real fast." Dante growled banging his hand against one of the wooden doors breaking the endless silence that filled the hallway. "For all I know one of these doors could lead to the Rockies or Alcatraz." He muttered glaring at the many doors stretched before him. 'I don't have time for this bullshit!' He thought closing his eyes and focusing his mind.

DRIP! DRIP!

His head snapped to his right to what looked like a frozen door with the number six painted over it. The moment Dante's gloved hand grasped the door knob her felt an unnatural chill run up his arm and through his body telling him only one thing; whatever was waiting for him on the other side wasn't going to be fun in any way.

"I loved you brother."

Twisting the knob Dante pushed open the door to find another hallway, this one devoid of doors and with blood on the floor leading to one dark-iron, bolted door at the end of the hallway.

Taking a deep breath Dante walked right up to it running his hand along the cold metal. "Vergil you better still be in one piece when I get to you." Dante quietly spoke before kicking the door down with his supernatural strength and bolting through not knowing what awaited him on the other side.

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To say Vergil was having a bad day would have been a serve understatement; not only had his brother nearly killed him, lost everything he was fighting for but now he was lost and wounded wandering through a snow wasteland that looked oddly familiar to him. Every step he took was pure pain forcing him to lean on Yamato while holding his bleeding stomach. Gentle flakes of snow fell softly on his dirty clouds complete with a cold wind that only furthered to empathize just how much Vergil had lost.

"How did it all come to this?" He weakly muttered trudging over a hill top past an angel's statue and a church. That one question occupied every corner of Vergil's mind and it hurt more than the gaping hole in his stomach did. Where did he go wrong? What had he done?

At the top of the hill he saw another statue of an angel towering just over a grave and on the tombstone was the same cracked picture of his family he'd seen in his dreams countless times. Kneeling before the grave Vergil looked at it with a mix of pain, anger, and most of all sadness.

"What happened to us, father?" Vergil asked coughing up blood staining the photo. "Dante betrayed me. There's nothing left for me here." He opened his coat revealing the open wound his brother had inflicted upon him before collapsing on top of the tomb with a small puddle of blood forming around him. The light was fading from Vergil's eyes and any minute he escaped death to claim him, what he got was worse.

Vergil felt like he was falling through open air, completely sucked of whatever life he had left in him. Turning his head he saw other dark figures falling with him, screaming in terror.

Looking down Vergil couldn't help but wonder how much worse things could get for him. A small part of his mind stated nothing could make things any worse while another told him the nightmare was only getting started.

THUMP!

The white-haired twin hit the ground hard with Yamato falling just within arm's reach of him. Taking a moment to gather his senses Vergil grabbed his sword before sitting up to see Paradise, his home before him. "This is…home?" Vergil asked bewildered getting to his feet.

Overhead the clear clouds twisted into dark red storm clouds Just as the sincere scene morphed into a horrific monument with flames rising up from the earth. Everywhere Vergil looked the ground broke apart into floating segments and dark rot-like webbing spread through whatever building was still standing. The ground trembled sending Vergil shaking to his knees.

"What did I do to get here?" Vergil asked staring at the ground in sorrow.

"Vergil…Vergil!" A feint voice screamed catching Vergil's attention.

Looking up Vergil saw a feint dome of light glowing beyond a row of ruined buildings floating in mid-air above a seemingly bottomless red abyss. "Mother?"

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Author's Note: For this story Dante's hair will remain black (I know his hair ends up turning completely white at the end of DmC) for two reasons: one I like DmC Dante better with black hair because I think it fits him more and two I like how it odds more differences between him and Vergil. Next chapter will have fighting in it so don't worry if this chapter was a little dull. Please rate and review if you'd like!