AN: Just wanted to explain a few things before you get started. First, this story starts two years after the events of DMC3:Dante's Awakening. Next, I plan on starting chapters much like George R.R. Martin did in his book series A Song of Ice and Fire (Go Tyrion, Jon, and Arya! Woohoo!). I will tell you who your following, then giving an actual title for the chapter. Alrighty one last thing, enjoy the fanfic!


Vergil: A storm is brewing.

"So, Dante, this is what it comes down to. We can either stay here and prepare ourselves, or we can rush in blind." It was raining outside as it had been for days. The clouds had been merciless to the people New Reniass. Vergil stood at a window, holding back a curtain. He wore the cool, calm, and collected expression that so easily came to him. His hair was slicked back in its normal fashion. He wore a blue sweater, and a pair of blue jeans. It had taken time to get used to the clothes that humans wore, but then again, a lot of things took getting used to. Vergil took his eyes away from the clouds to look at his brother. Dante sat in his big furnished chair behind his desk. He stretched, leaned forward, and put his arms on the desk. It is so odd to see him like this, he has barely moved all day. Dante casually looked at Vergil, only moving his eyes. "Well, you know me. I wouldn't call it 'rushing in blind' though. Think of it more like having the element of surprise." Vergil held his brothers somewhat lazy gaze. "The last time we used the 'element of surprise' you were stabbed, and I was shot". "Oh please like being shot really matters to us, we just-"

"Six times Dante." Vergil interrupted. Vergil moved his gaze back to the clouds. His brother might have normally retorted with some smart-aleck comment, but Dante was not his normal self today.

"Fine." said Dante as he pushed himself up from where he sat. "Might as well have fun now before the serious work begins." he walked into his room. Dante came back a moment later with his red coat and boots. "Going to put on a shirt?" asked Vergil. "Nah, chicks dig it when a guy shows his abs." Dante put on his outfit for the day and walked over to the door. He paused and said "I'm forgetting something." Vergil kept staring out the window. He knew what his brother was forgetting, but couldn't help but go with Dante's ignorance. "Did you forget your wallet?" Dante looked at his brother with a questioning look "Maybe, let me-". Dante patted the back side of his boxers. "Oh!" Dante laughed "Jeez forget the shirt, but I do need my pants!" He laughed again as he strolled back towards his closet. Vergil went to have a seat on the other side of the room behind his own desk. He began writing, laying out plans for their next job.

It was going to be a difficult one, Vergil knew. The job offer had come from a man by the name of Sacerdos. He asked that Dante and Vergil come to his town, Tenebris, to deal with a local demon infestation. Sacerdos told them of how the demons had frequently attacked his town, and killed many people. Their warriors and strong men were now weak and too few to continue the struggle. "The demons must have been exhausted from the fighting as well," Sacerdos informed them, "They came one day with plans for a truce. We had no choice but to agree to their terms." Dante and Vergil had listened as the older man told them of how the demons demanded a sacrifice every week. The whole town had been in an outrage ever since. "What they demand of us is insane! I guess that is to be expected of demons though." The demons were to receive two women, and ten barrels of ale, along with a full grown bull every week.

"I come to you in secret, of course. The demon leader, Amissio, said if we went to anyone for help he would kill our prisoner wives and daughters." Vergil had looked at Sacerdos and told him bluntly "Death would be mercy for them, I can assure you that." Sacerdos had started to weep then. "Please, you must help us. They have taken my eldest daughter. My sweet Krystal." Dante had found an old box of tissues in the supply closet and gave them to the pitiful old man. After a short time Sacerdos looked at both the twin brothers and said "I have three other daughters, and a wife, who is not yet old. They will befall the same fate as my Krystal if you can't help us." The brothers inclined as to what the method of payment would be. Sacerdos had reached into his cloak to pull out two white rings. One had a small circular ruby, whilst the other had a small square sapphire.

Sacerdos informed them that the rings possessed magical properties that would be of great benefit to them. Vergil knew this too be true, as he had recognized very small carvings on the bottoms of each ring. Dante had tried to decline this offer immediately, but Vergil quickly silenced is brother. Vergil had read about these markings in an ancient tome once. If he remembered correctly, and he often did, these rings could enhance demonic powers. After Sacerdos had left, Vergil informed his brother of how the rings would help them. We may be able to stay in our demon forms for as long as we need with those rings, thought Vergil as he continued to lay out plans. "Alrighty, I'm off! See ya later bro." Vergil didn't bother to acknowledge his twin.

As Dante opened the door, the sound of thunder came booming through the building. Dante jumped "Whoa!" he turned to look at Vergil and laughed. Vergil looked up and saw Dante with a smile on his face. He looked back down at his plans without even showing a flicker of emotion. Then, not a second after he had looked at his paper, Dante made a dull "Erg!" sound. Vergil looked up and saw a sword protruding from Dante's coat. Dante had started to walk out the door when the blade went through. Vergil saw the threat, and reached for Yamato beside him.

Dante came flying into the room, crashing into his seat. "Look pal, we have a great customer satisfaction rating. I don't want to ruin that, so why don't you just come in and sit d-" A lightning bolt flashed towards Dante's head. Vergil threw Yamato's sheath in the way of the bolt. The force of the bolt caused the sheath to fly at Dante's face, bottom first. With his fast reflexes, Dante managed to flick the tip of the sheath up, and catch it at the sword end with his other hand. Both of the double doors at the entrance had been slammed back now, with another bolt of lightning flashing between them. This time Dante was ready and he swatted the bolt aside, sending it threw the window Vergil had been looking out of. "Dante, I don't think they are here for business." said Vergil, now in full attack stance beside his brother's desk.

"You don't say?" Dante hopped on top of his desk. Four figures in dark cloaks came forward through the door. "Wouldn't you prefer a proper weapon?" asked Vergil. "No time. Who are you guys?" The dark figures stood ten feet away from the twins.

The figures stepped opposite each other, two on the left and two on the right. A fifth figure came forward dragging something behind it. "Either they are smart, or he was a fool." said Vergil. Dante looked sideways at his brother "Whad'ya mean?"

"Look". Vergil lowered Yamato slightly so as to point with it. The fifth figure had stopped in between the other four. There was a pause. Vergil took this time to further assess the situation. Five verses us. So based on numbers alone, we aren't standing very high. If we take skill into consideration though… The central figure tossed what it had been dragging at the foot of Dante's desk. Vergil didn't want to risk taking his eyes off the intruders "Is it Sacerdos?" Dante sighed "Well crap, yeah its him." There, on the floor, lay Sacerdos with his blood pooling underneath him. They had to be watching him. Fool old man. There was a voice then. It seemed to come from the central figure, but it was hard to tell. "Kill them, then burn the place as a warning to anyone else who he may have employed."Dante didn't hesitate and rushed the two figures on the left. Vergil was used to his twin's headstrong and predictable behavior. He managed to keep pace, but opted to take on the center figure while he summoned swords to deal with the two other remaining foes.

Swords materialized in the hands of the five intruders. The figure on the far left barely managed to block Dante's oncoming assault, while the one just behind it prepared a swift strike. Vergil summoned two swords behind him and dropped to his knees mid-run. He made a precise cut at the central figure, which flipped over Yamato. The two summoned swords completely blindsided the far right figure and impaled it.

Dante had managed to parry the oncoming blow of the second figure, while kicking the other. He then placed his foot on the second figures foot, and ducked under the others jab at his arm. With one foot still on his enemies, he put both hands behind him and on the floor in a crab-walk like stance and drove his other foot towards his engaged foe's knee, with a sickening crunch it snapped. Dante quickly sideways rolled into the figure that he had just dodged an instant before. The enemy went down and Dante lay with his back crossed over the figures legs. He managed to slam his left hand down and get on his knees. The figure stabbed wildly at Dante's chest. Dante paid no mind and brought Yamato's sheath down so fiercely he impaled the figure on the floor.

Vergil had jumped up from his knee slide and spun around to face his two remaining enemies. The figure closest to Vergil sent a flurry of blows upon him. The figure that had been in the center, and the one Vergil presumed to be the leader, stepped back and raised his hand. Lightning crashed through the ceiling and struck the leaders hand. Vergil parried another blow, and high kicked his immediate enemies' jaw. He then brought up his other foot, and put the other down onto its shoulder. He pushed off the figure with his highest foot, and continued to raise the other. He had managed to backflip off his enemy while kicking its head into the ceiling. While in mid- flip he heard the sound of crackling air fly under him. He landed and blocked another bolt.

"Give it up! It's two to one!" said Dante, as he raised the swords of his fallen foes. The leader figure lowered his hand. That's when Vergil saw the glint of a red and blue jewel. He thought something in his mind that was similar to what Dante was saying aloud "Ah, shi-" Then the room seemed to explode with light. Vergil was knocked through the open doorway out onto the streets. He got up and noticed for a split second there were police cars and a large crowd of people gathered outside. Vergil's attention quickly refocused, and he felt the heat of his blood throughout his body. It was his demon blood calling out. His blood wanted to unleash the rage, to engulf his enemy in a furry, to make the intruder squirm and beg for the pits of Hell as a means of retreat. Vergil knew he must control it, and he would… To a degree. He let the power surge threw him. The light was still shining brightly within the Devil May Cry, but now he could see through it. He gripped Yamato and rushed forward. He felt his brother's presence, it was weak, and fading slowly. For a reason he could not explain, he felt a since of urgency.

The demon that was at the center of the light was no longer shrouded, but completely bare. Vergil drew back Yamato, as if putting it into its sheath. Then, with incredible speed and power, he dashed forward. He drew Yamato forward at the last millisecond to bring it biting down onto the demon's thigh. The demon yelled with a voice of thunder. Vergil felt a great pain in his hands, then his arms. Soon his whole body screamed in agony. He could not, however, release his grip on Yamato. Vergil heard another scream, this one was much fainter than his own or the other demon's. He managed to turn his head ever so slightly, and there he saw his twin. Dante's body and another body seemed to be convulsing in midair. The bodies occupied the same space, and then Vergil realized his brother was fading in and out of his demon form. He barely managed to turn his gaze back to Yamato. He noticed his arms were human one moment, and then demon-like the next. He could feel his power draining, he had to act fast. He summoned three swords and sent them at the demon from different directions. One sword was only half summoned, then dissipated. Another went slightly askew of its mark and passed harmlessly by the demon. The last one the demon simply blocked with lightning. It took a lot of mental power to direct the swords, let alone conjure them. He had to try something else. His form had stopped shifting so frequently, his demonic powers were nearly gone.

He though quickly. He then remembered how he had accidently summoned Yamato to him once. It had come flying at him from seemingly out of nowhere. He tried to call it out from the demon's thy. The demon's electric power had to tight a grip on his muscles, and his current amount of mental strength could not yank Yamato free of his forced closed hands. Then he tried something else. He called to it, though it was not his. He lifted it, though it was a room away. He could feel it suspended in air. He called it towards the demon. Point firsts, Rebellion came through the wall behind were Dante's desk had been. It went straight into the lower back of the lightning demon. This caused the demon to yell even louder than before. There was another explosion of light, and rebellion clattered onto the floor. Vergil and Dante were flung up against separate walls. The Devil May Cry came crashing down upon the demon brothers. Vergil felt pieces of the building come down through him. He heard a voice of thunder laugh at their defeat. "You will not be so lucky should you face me again demon twins!" then the thunder was gone. The clouds parted. Vergil's eyes closed, and before he faded out of consciousness he heard a familiar voice. Vergil smiled "You're late, Trish…" was all he could manage.