Disclaimer: Devil May Cry belongs to Capcom and not to me because if I did... well... can you just imagine how gay I would make it?

WARNING: OOC-ness and hinted DMC4!DxN in the bonus story

NOTE: Due to the fact that I would most probably have ideas for the stories of the same 'verse as 'Takes One to Know One' and 'Stuck' but I didn't want to post a lot of one shots, I'll just post all stories in the same 'verse in this story so updates depends if I get a new idea or if someone suggests/request something I can do. (or if Ninja Theory gives more garba- I mean... information about DmC -smiles sheepishly-) If you don't want to read 'Takes One to Know One' and 'Stuck', in a nutshell, every character of Devil May Cry know they're characters (something like they're actors of a specific role)

Author's Note: So… well… I wrote this to procrastinate and not do the final project for one of my classes (so... it's short and not really anything that special -grins sheepishly-) and the idea came because I remembered a conversation I had with my ex-boyfriend and a friend of ours about the special edition. Anyway, we had that conversation because I saw my ex-boyfriend play Vergil in DMC3 special edition, PC version, and one scene made me go: "What? That doesn't seem like something Vergil would do!". And for the record, since there are four (five if you guys count Ninja Theory's Dante) Dante in this fic so they're called by the following:

Youngest Dante – DMC3 Dante

Original Dante – DMC1 Dante

Silent Dante – DMC2 Dante

Old Man or Scruffy Dante – DMC4 Dante

Since I have not seen any indications that Ninja Theory's Dante is worthy to be called 'Dante', he will be called 'raven haired young man' or 'young man' unless... you guys would rather want me to write him as 'Dino' (aka: Dante In Name Only). -grins-

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Cosplay

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It had been a slow, uneventful day. When Nero had gone down to the main room, there had been two separate notes on the desk. One note said that the three oldest Dantes had gone out. There was no specification where they went on the note though. The other note was clearly written by Vergil and was specifically written for Nero, telling him that he and the youngest Dante had gone out to buy groceries.

At first, Nero had thought he was going to be alone with the raven haired young man but he couldn't find him anywhere. Most probably, even the young man had left but did not bother to leave any notes.

Nero wasn't really that interested about it anyway.

Knowing that he was going to die out of boredom if he didn't do anything, he went towards the cabinet where they stored all their games, of course they were all Capcom games with the exception of one RPG game because the silent Dante was in it, and checked what he could play to pass time.

If he had an opponent, he would have gone for Marvel vs. Capcom or Street Fighter but since he was alone…

Nero blinked as he grabbed a PS2 game simply out of instinct.

"Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition…" Nero read the name out loud, blinking as he tried to remember if he had ever played the game he was holding.

He does remember watching the youngest Dante play it, all the while telling Nero how awesome his moves are and other unnecessary comments about the entire game.

Wait.

Didn't the special edition have missions where the player controls Vergil?

Nero grinned and turned his attention towards the entertainment system they had set up on the main room. Nero turned on the HDTV and the PlayStation 2. He placed the disk on the console and grabbed the controller, walking towards the couch. He sat on the couch as the logo of PlayStation came on and he grimaced as he noticed the pixilated logo in the screen, "Damn. Maybe I shouldn't play this on the HD…"

Nero shrugged as he realized that he was too lazy to find another TV in the house. He leaned on the couch and began to play.

"Huh? Wait a minute… Why is the first stage in Dante's place?" Nero asked with building confusion as he controlled Vergil to fight off the demons.

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"For the last time, Dante, let it rest." Vergil hissed as he opened the door to Devil May Cry.

"It's just not fair! Why am I the only one carrying all of these?" The youngest Dante whined as he tried to keep the contents of the brown bags from falling.

"Because I had to pay for all of them." Vergil replied and he went inside, "Now stop your whining and place them on the counter in the kitchen. I would be the one to orga… nize… them…"

Vergil's words became slower as he saw the HDTV. It showed him trying to pull a lever but it wouldn't budge. Vergil's face paled as he saw the Vergil in the screen shrug and walk away before running back and kicking it.

"Hey! Verge! Can you get out of the way?" The youngest Dante shouted as he tried to walk pass Vergil who was currently blocking the way to the kitchen. The cutscene ended and Nero turned to look at the two.

"Uh… Vergil…" Nero looked at Vergil with confused unsure eyes.

"Don't." Vergil placed his hand over his face as he hissed, "Don't say anything."

"Say what?" The youngest Dante turned to look at Nero and grinned as he saw what was currently showing on the HDTV, "Awesome. You're playing Vergil's missions?"

"I'm not even sure if I can call it that…" Nero mumbled as he smiled sardonically.

The youngest Dante walked towards Nero and dropped the bags on the floor as he sat next to the younger hunter. The red-clad hunter grinned as he asked, "Well? What do you think of my impersonation of Vergil?"

Nero stared at the youngest white-haired hunter for a moment and asked with wide eyes, "What?"

Vergil groaned and shook his head. The youngest Dante grinned and explained to Nero, "Well, I was there when they were doing all the missions of Vergil and I told them that wouldn't it be easier if I did all of Vergil's parts since they already know me. I mean, it'll cost less if they change my actions to Vergil's face and body, right? On the cutscenes-"

"And those idiots actually agreed to his stupidity." Vergil commented as he walked towards them. He placed his hands on the couch and hissed, "Turn that blasted thing off, Nero."

"Awww… Come on, Vergil! At least until the kid fights your sad excuse of trying to be me." The youngest Dante said, grinning at Vergil.

"Wait. I'm confused. So…" Nero pointed at the screen and asked, "I'm not playing Vergil, I'm playing Dante wearing Vergil's clothes?"

"Nero. Do you really expect me to shrug and kick something if it doesn't work?" Vergil asked Nero and Nero immediately shook his head. Vergil glared at his brother and hissed, "My brother was stupid enough not to try and act the part."

"Oh, come on!" The youngest Dante pointed an accusing finger towards Vergil as he said, "You're worse than me! At least I wore your clothes! You just wore a red version of your coat!"

"Wait. What?" Nero stared at the youngest Dante with confusion.

"You see, Vergil was supposed to dress up like me for the fight scenes between the two of us since I was dressed up as him." The youngest red-clad hunter explained and frowned as he glared at Vergil, "But Vergil didn't go along with it and decided to just wear a red version of his coat."

"Oh. Is that why I've never met a character named Vante before?" Nero asked, remembering hearing about a red-clad Vergil named Vante once or twice somewhere.

"Yeah. Vante is right there." The youngest Dante said, pointing at Vergil who was grimacing at the nickname.

"You and those people in charge must be quite stupid if you really believed I would wear your clothes." Vergil hissed and glared at his younger twin.

"Please." The red-clad hunter rolled his eyes and smirked as he said, "You just know you can't be as awesome as me."

As if fate was deciding to make the situation worse, the door opened once more and the three oldest Dantes went inside. The original Dante sighed as he heard the two and asked, "Okay. What's the problem now?"

"Vergil won't admit he can't be as cool as me!" The youngest Dante replied, pointing at Vergil.

"How very mature of you, brother." Vergil hissed at the youngest Dante before he said, "If being cool means being an idiot like you then I'd rather be lame."

The youngest Dante grinned and replied, "Oh. Don't worry, bro. You're already lame."

"Why you-" Vergil's hand went to Yamato's hilt

The youngest jumped off the couch and grabbed Rebellion from the wall, "I bet you I can kick your ass before dinner time!"

"We'll see about that." Vergil hissed and the original Dante walked towards them.

"Okay, okay. Break it up!"

Nero sighed and got off the couch. He pressed the eject button of the console and took out the disc. As he was pressing the off button, he noticed the scruffy Dante crouching next to him. He turned his head towards him and asked, "What, old man?"

The scruffy Dante showed him the case of another game and said, "Let's play this one."

Nero grinned and replied, "Only if I play Yukimura and you play Masamune."

"Was my intention from the beginning…"

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Bonus Story (because I felt that it was too short):

In another unrelated day where everyone had left except for Nero and the scruffy Dante for one reason or another, Nero had been in the kitchen when he heard the scruffy Dante call his name.

"Nero~." Nero grimaced at the singing way the scruffy Dante had said his name. He saw the older man holding a pair of grey glasses.

"What, old man? Your vision finally failing you?" Nero asked with a smirk.

"Sorry, kid, but this is for you." The scruffy Dante replied and tried to place the glasses on Nero.

"What? Hey! Quit it!" Nero growled as he tried to stop the elder hunter from placing the glasses on his face.

"Just put it on." The scruffy older man said and grinned as he finally placed the glasses on Nero's face, "Well, would you look at that… the similarity is uncanny."

"If this is one of your sick fantasies, I'm kicking your ass." Nero hissed as he glared at the older man.

"Nope. Not a fantasy." The scruffy Dante placed a small rectangular mirror on Nero's right palm. Nero frowned in confusion and the older man instructed, "Okay. Here's what you do. You place your arm like this-"

The red-clad hunter placed Nero's hand by the right side of his face, a bit far away from his head, and instructed, "Then, you crush the mirror in your hand while shouting "Izanagi!" and triggering."

"Why the hell should I do that?" Nero asked as he continued to glare at the older man.

"If you don't do this, I'll…" The older man thought about it for a moment before grinning, "I'll tell everyone you cried in my arms when they announced Vergil's appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom 3."

Nero's eyes widened, "You wouldn't…"

"Maybe I'll tell it to Vergil first." The scruffy hunter teased and Nero growled.

"Fuck you, old man."

"Don't worry, kid. I'm planning on doing that with you later." The older man teased back with a wink.

Nero growled and said, "You promise you won't tell that to anyone if I do this crap?"

"Yup. Devil hunter's honor." The scruffy Dante replied as he placed his hand on his chest.

"Fine." Nero frowned as he asked, "So I do all three things in unison?"

"Yup." The older man nodded and readied his video camera.

"You're recording this?" Nero shouted, glaring at the older white-haired man.

"Of course. Relax, kid, and be happy I'm not recording a sex video." The older man said as he grinned.

"You are such a pervert." Nero hissed.

"And you like it." The older man replied with a smirk.

Nero blushed but did not reply to the scruffy Dante's comment, "Fine!"

Nero took a deep breath, letting his devil side assimilate with his human side, and crushed the mirror in his hand as he shouted, "Izanagi!"

Nero felt his dormant power course through his entire body and he opened his eyes, seeing the older man give him a thumb up as he recorded the entire thing. Nero took it as a sign that it was over and he stopped channeling his devil side, sighing as he felt the power sleep once more.

The older man was grinning as he stared at the replay. Nero was about to take the glasses off when the scruffy Dante said, "Leave it on."

Nero glared at him and asked, "You're thinking about something perverted, aren't you?"

The red-clad hunter smirked as he replied, "Even if I was to say 'yes', you'll still leave it on, right?"

Nero showed him his middle finger and walked upstairs. The scruffy Dante heard a door slam shut and chuckled as he realized that the young man had not taken the glasses off.

He grinned as he stared at what he had recorded and mumbled, "Maybe next time, I should get him to say 'Nero Sparda commands you…' or something."

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Author's end rants: Yes. It was that pointless. -laughs- Anyway, I already have another one shot in mind but I won't be able to write it till next week since this week is finals week. If you didn't get the bonus story, it's just a shout out to another character voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. Speaking of Johnny Yong Bosch, you guys ever heard of Johnny Yong Bosch's "(insert character name here), will you marry me?". He says it every time a fan ask for it. Can anyone ask him to say "Dante, will you marry me?" and record it the next time there's a con with Johnny Yong Bosch in it? –laughs- I'm half-joking, half-serious about it. I would do it myself but Johnny Yong Bosch would most probably never go to our country... -tries to be dramatic- It will contribute to the DantexNero community! But seriously. If anyone is able to do it, I'm willing to write any sort of story you want me to write. -grins- (yes... I'm bribing my writing skills. -laughs- Actually... I'm embarrassed already just writing this. -covers face-)

On other notes: there is a poll going on in my profile about three stories I want to write but cannot decide which to write first. I'm already betting the Dino fanfic is not going to win. -laughs-