The next morning Dante and Nero headed back to Capulet City. When they got back Trish and Lady were waiting in front of Devil May Cry.

"We have a job for you" Lady said

"What is it?" Nero asked

"A little girl found half her cat in her backyard and it looked like it was bitten right in half" Lady said

"And you want us to deal with it?" Dante asked

"Yes and you will because you owe me" Lady said

Dante sighed and looked at Nero, who looked ready for the job. Dante and Nero turned around as there wasn't much of a point to going in if they were just going to leave again. They walked to a farm right at the edge of the city. When they got there the little girl was sitting in the front yard, her hair was long and white and she had big purple eyes. The mother was sitting on the front porch. The woman stood and walked over to them.

"Are you here about what happened?" she asked

"Yes" Dante said

The woman led them inside.

"My name is Cathrine" the woman said "and this is my daughter Saphira"

Saphira ran up to Nero and grabbed his hand.

"I will show you were Socks went bye-bye" Saphira said

Dante nodded his head and Nero let Saphira pull him to the backyard. When they got out there they saw a gravestone in the place where the cat, Socks, died. Nero knelt down in front of the gravestone and Saphira stood next to him. She waited patiently as she watched Nero examine the place. His eyes caught a man in the bushes. Nero ran to the bushes and pulled the man out. Nero scowled when his Devil Bringer started glowing, letting Nero know this man was a demon. Suddenly a fight started, Saphira backed away, as she wasn't sure what to do. Soon the man transformed into a demon, a dog like demon. Nero was about to jump back but the dog bit down on Nero's Devil Bringer and seemed be literally draining Nero's energy.

Dante and Cathrine were discussing what exactly happened when Saphira found the cat. When suddenly Dante heard Nero scream, Dante was up and out of the house in seconds. Dante saw the dog demon holding a lifeless looking Nero by the arm. Dante pulled out Rebellion and threw it at the demon. The demon let go of Nero and jumped backwards. Dante jumped forwards and caught Nero; he then pulled out Ebony and began firing mercilessly at the demon until the thing was nothing but a mess of flesh and blood. As soon as the demon was dead Dante laid Nero down and placed his hand on Nero's chest, however it wasn't moving. Cathrine and Saphira watched as Dante took Nero's Devil Bringer and began to transfer some of his energy into Nero's body. After a moment Dante laid his head down on Nero's chest and once he felt his chest moving he let out a sigh. Dante then lifted Nero into his arms and turned to Cathrine and Saphira. He nodded his head and walked over to retrieve Rebellion.

"Thank You" Cathrine said

Dante didn't respond but headed out and back to Devil May Cry.

Trish and Lady were waiting inside Devil May Cry, which Dante was pleased with. When he walked in Lady and Trish turned to him and their eyes immediately landed on the unconscious Nero in his arms.
"Get Out" Dante said

The two looked confused, and Lady was about to protest but Dante stopped her.

"Get The Hell Out Before I Make You Leave" Dante yelled

Trish grabbed Lady by the shoulders and pushed her out. When they got outside Lady turned to Trish.

"What just happened?" she asked

Trish knew it had to do with Nero, Dante had never sounded so upset before. Trish shook her head and then she and Lady left.

Dante quickly walked up the stairs, and into Nero's room where he laid the teen down and sat on the floor next to the bed. Dante wasn't sure when he had fallen asleep, but he awoke to the sound of the door opening. He looked up and saw Trish standing in the doorway. Dante glared at her, he wasn't really in the mood to take any jobs.

"I'm not here to give you a job" Trish said

"Then what do you want?" he asked

"To make sure the kid is okay" Trish said

Dante stood up and stretched.

"You fell asleep there didn't you" Trish said

That's when Dante realized he had fallen asleep there. Man he must have really been worried about the kid. Dante turned to look at Nero who looked rather peaceful; Dante let out a sigh and then looked back at Trish who was smiling softly.

Three days later Nero stirred and then slowly opened his eyes. He turned and saw that Dante was sleeping against the bed. Nero started moving slowly, as he didn't want to wake Dante up. When Nero was sitting with his legs over the side of the bed, he gently placed a hand on Dante's head before he got up and stumbled towards the door. Nero suddenly felt himself falling backwards; he waited for the impact however instead he felt a pair of strong arms catch him. Nero looked up and saw Dante.

"Well aren't you a little clumsy" Dante said with a smirk

"Shut up" Nero said as a slight pink blush tainted his cheeks

In just that moment the door opened and Lady was standing there.

"Oh hey Lady" Dante said

"Oh I'm sorry I'm interrupting" she said

The blush on Nero's face got darker.

"Well you shouldn't be sorry there was nothing to interrupt" Nero said quickly

Lady began to laugh and Dante smiled. Nero quickly pushed himself out of Dante's arms and walked past Lady. Dante looked from the retreating Nero to Lady.

"So what are you doing here?" he asked in a relatively annoyed tone

"Oh my I was interrupting wasn't I" Lady said

Dante let out a small growl and Lady got the hint.

"I'm here because Trish told me to come and make sure the kid was okay" Lady said "that and someone asked for you to take care of some demons in the underground bar"

Dante let out a sigh.

"Okay well Nero is not ready for another fight so if you would be so kind as to stay here with him" Dante said as he started to leave

"What makes you think I would stay here with him?" Lady asked

Dante didn't answer but continued down the stairs. Lady was mad that Dante wasn't answering so she pulled out her gun and fired a round off into Dante's back. Dante fell forwards and this caught Nero's attention. The young hunter was both horrified and mad. Nero didn't really understand what happened next. Dante turned around and saw Nero leaping at Lady, the female hunter fired off another round however Nero stopped the bullet with his Devil Bringer. Dante jumped up and grabbed Nero. This is about when the young hunter came back to his senses. Nero blinked a few times and saw that Lady was sitting on the stairs looking pretty scared, he then looked behind himself and saw that Dante was holding him still.

"Hey let go of me, Old man" Nero said

"Not until I'm sure you're not going to make a mess here" Dante said

Nero looked confusedly at Dante, and then Dante understood that the kid had no idea what happened. Dante released his hold on Nero and gave Lady a warning look.

"Nero I have to go out for a job" Dante said "Lady here is going to come by every once in a while, while I'm gone"

Nero didn't look too thrilled with the idea, but he was still tired and so he decided not to argue about it.