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ShatterTheHeavens

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Ruminate

Another uneventful week passed at the Devil May Cry, everybody had taken jobs whenever possible; Emilia avoided Vergil while Dante wasn't there, whereas Vergil tried to find more information about her past missions whenever she wasn't there especially Dante, less his brother starts to grow brain cells and become suspicious of his actions.

While Emilia was out on another mission, she contemplated how to obtain information of Fortuna within Enamel City. The city was infamous for its corruption, so finding a library was difficult although not impossible. There was a small library near the outskirts of Enamel city and once there she found the location, it practically nothing that about Fortuna, only the history of Sparda strangely enough. She could only think of one person that had a possibility of knowing more information about the island. She located the nearest payphone and dialed the number she surprisingly never forgotten, noticing the sun had started to set.

"Hello? Is this Morrison?" She smiled a little remembering him and a specific little girl, although she wasn't little anymore.

"Yes. Who is this?" a gruff voice replied through the phone

"It's Emilia…" her smile widened a little more

"Oh yes! Emilia! How have you been? How is Dante, and his brother, what is his name again?" they both chuckled. Vergil was never the talkative one whenever Morrison came to visit in the past.

"It's Vergil. He's pretty much the same as he was when you last saw him. As for Dante… well he's Dante."

"You can say that for sure!" He chuckled, but soon they went silent for a moment "Is something wrong?"

"Well I have a question to ask, and I'm wondering if you could help me."

"What is it?"

"Do you know anything about an Island called Fortuna?"

"…It doesn't ring a bell." Emilia sighed in disappointment, although she expected it

"By any chance, do you have any contacts that might know any information?"

"I'm not sure, but I can check and give the shop a call whenever I find information. It's still the same number right?" she didn't know if that was a joke or not about the number.

"…Yes it's the same, I'm pretty sure we'll never change it." She said with some hesitancy and a strained chuckle. Emilia knew that Vergil answered the phone sometimes and she was afraid that would trigger certain memories to resurface, plus her plans would be ruined. "Thanks again Morrison, talk to you soon." When she heard him say his goodbyes, she put the phone back in its place.

By the time Emilia finished her conversation with Morrison, she noticed it was completely dark outside. She sighed in discontent, knowing she had to walk all the way back to the shop.

"Maybe if I get lucky, demons might think I'm a damsel in distress and try to kill me. It'll at least kill my boredom" she muttered under her breath and laughed at her own bad joke. With that said, she started her long trek back to Devil May Cry, not knowing something was amiss over there already.

Xx – Vergil POV - xX

Back at Devil May Cry, the sun was still setting. Dante was nowhere to be seen and Vergil was walking throughout the shop trying to locate something specific.

Although Vergil respected privacy as much as his own, ever since hearing the Yamato breaking a few rules seemed justifiable.

Vergil went into Dante's room first to find any obvious signs that his brother might have left concerning his sword, granted the room was in disorder: articles of clothing and some other unknown items were strewn across the area. Vergil half expected Emilia to clean his brother's room, but she probably gave up, knowing it was no use to organize the place. Finding no noticeable sign or indication about the Yamato, Vergil decided to leave his brother's room and walk the few steps to Emilia's.

Emilia left her door slightly ajar, so he gently pushed it open with his hand. The sun finally set outside so only darkness enveloped the area; not wanting either his brother or Emilia knowing that he was in her room he used his demonic power to enhance his vision. Her room was in better condition than his brother by far, but it was too clean to find anything obvious. He didn't necessarily want to go through every drawer in her room, so he just decided to search the area that she would spend time at the most: the nightstand that was next to her bed.

As he approached the single drawer nightstand, there was a small lamp and a picture frame, which had an image of three small children. Vergil gently picked up the frame, looking at the children longingly and remembering a time when everything was so simple. He briefly tightened his hold on the picture frame and placed it face down on the nightstand. Finally, he opened the drawer but found nothing of interest except random pieces of paper, and a small book of demon history. Slightly irritated that he discovered nothing, he closed the drawer and turned to leave, leaving the door behind him slightly ajar as it was.

Vergil walked downstairs towards the desk, since that was the location where both his brother and Emilia would spend most of their time on any given day. There were a few drawers on the desk; Dante most likely used the majority of them for useless tasks, whereas Emilia might use a few, especially one near her. Inside the first drawer was a leather bound journal, he picked it up and opened to the first page.

Mission Log

Vergil almost grinned...almost. He flipped more pages of the journal but so far only saw names of Enzo in the beginning, until he landed on one specific page, labeled Mallet Island. It appeared as if a few tearstains were on the page, but it didn't explain much about the mission itself.

Female Demon clone, D and E investigated…

Vergil.

He didn't want to dwell too much on the page, or else repercussions could happen with his sealed memories. He vaguely remembered the time Emilia saved him after returning from Mallet Island, unintentionally.

~~~flashback~~~

At the port of Enamel City, Dante managed to crash land the entire biplane on solid ground without blowing himself up to smithereens, but it wasn't exactly a smooth landing either. Emelia managed to escape the island on a jet ski they previously arrived on, and waited patiently for Dante's arrival, although she didn't exactly know what his method of transportation would be.

Once Dante ungracefully landed, Emelia rushed to him. A woman with long blonde hair could be seen getting out of her cockpit and Emelia remembered her as Trish, the Demon that fought Dante as well as betray them! Emelia immediately pulled out her Hecate pistol and pointed directly at Trish's head.

"Emilia don't! She saved me!" Dante yelled at her. Emilia hesitated lowering her gun, but finally put it away once she noticed he was having difficulty trying to get out of his cockpit. She rushed to his side of the plane, but he was too high up for her to do anything.

Emelia observed Dante managing to maneuver a heavy sack in his arm and then finally jumped from the plane and on the ground gracefully. She quickly shortened the space between them to see what Dante was holding as if life depended on it.

"Dante… What is that?" she couldn't really tell what it was, but it looked as if it wore armor and pale complexion. Dante finally looked up towards her, tear stains visible on his face and a weak smile. She finally kneeled towards Dante to get a closer inspection, and what she saw almost stopped her heart, her hands visibly shaking trying to touch the armored person.

"Vergil?" Emilia weakly said, as if the name alone would take him away. Tears prickled her eyes.

"Emilia…" Dante looked at her, something in his eyes she couldn't quite define. "I need you to do something for me…for him." She stared at him for a moment, and nodded her head in determination.

"What is it Dante? I'll do anything to help" Emilia looked determined at Dante

"I need you to erase all of Vergil's memories" Dante stared straight into her eyes

"Dante…." The determination in her eyes already fading away

"Please Emilia. You and I both know he's been in Hell too long. He can't remember that."

"Dante… I want to, I truly do, but you know I can't," she said dejectedly. Dante became angry at her reason

"You can and you will!" He held Vergil tighter to himself, and grabbed her coat collar roughly towards him "you have to..." Dante finally looked at his brother, his hopes of saving him seeming useless

"I can't erase his memories, but I can bury them deep within his mind. He won't ever be able to remember Hell or anything associated with the time being there." She said softly, but there was hesitancy in it

"What's wrong? That works! Do that now!" Dante looked optimistic at her again, tightening his grip on her collar.

"You can't make that decision Dante, in order for me to bury his memory…Vergil has to tell me himself." She said finally, Dante looked angrily at her and roughly shoved Emilia away from him, causing her to hit the asphalt painfully.

"Then what good are you?! You're the main person that caused this to happen to him!" he yelled at her furiously, but regretting it the moment it escaped his mouth

"Dante… I'm-." She looked at him once more but the floodgates opened, all the emotions that she tried desperately to hold back, she couldn't handle it once Dante finally accused her of Vergil's downfall.

Dante didn't say anything, but instead gazed towards her while still holding Vergil's unconscious body. She slowly made her way to them and cried into Dante's chest, holding Vergil's limp hand.

A few days later…

Trish stayed in the shop, managing to change the name to Devils Never Cry, and finally succeeded in becoming one of Emelia's close acquaintances, although Lady had been occupied with something else to introduce herself formely to Trish. Dante didn't answer the phone since returning from Mallet Island, and instead devoted his time to making sure Vergil was taken care of, his skin tone started becoming a less bluish hue and a more natural tone, or as natural in Vergil's sense. And since Dante hasn't been answering the phone that meant all the missions went to either Trish or Emelia, although the latter tried to stay at the shop as much as possible to keep an eye on Vergil as well.

The first few days since Vergil's return were rough, although that could be an understatement. He couldn't sleep without his brother's presence next to him, and when he did manage to sleep it was only for a few moments before waking up in a panic. Each day had been nearly the same routine, sleep and panic, or wake and panic; until Vergil managed to finally be able to say something to which Dante and Emilia smiled, probably the first time since landing in Enamel City.

Most of the words Vergil spoke were incoherent, but Dante probably had a better chance at resolving it from the amount of time being with him. However the first coherent words that Vergil spoke was after a nightmare and Dante couldn't comprehend what he was telling him to do, although he knew it was to be expected.

"Kill me…please…kill me." Vergil weakly said to his brother

"I can't…I can't lose you again." Dante's voice broke in despair, not wanting to lose his brother just barely after saving him. Afterward, Vergil couldn't stay awake any longer and fell unconscious. Once Dante knew his brother was asleep, he quickly spread his demonic energy to locate Emilia; luckily she was near the shop.

Trish was on a mission and once the phone ringed Emilia was forced to answer it; she wanted to finish the mission quickly so she could stay at the shop. Once she unconventionally finished eliminating a few demons, she rushed from the area without receiving the payment, more like she didn't even bother to stay long enough for the money. Nearing the shop, she felt Dante's demonic energy connecting to hers, a sense of panic lacing his. Emilia didn't bother to question the connection and rushed into Devil Never Cry, straight to Dante's room, skipping the stairs altogether and jumping to the top, but was stopped short seeing Dante standing in front of his door.

"Dante?! What happened? Is it Vergil?" She asked frantically for answers. Dante took a calming breath before saying anything

"Do you remember what I asked at the plane?"

"Yes I remember. But Dante-" She hesitated, but he cut her off

"Yea, I know. But Verge is starting to talk, you have to try." He stared into Emilia's eyes with conviction.

"Okay." She nodded at him, trying to put the same faith in her power

Once Dante entered his room Vergil stirred awake, looking anxiously around the area, believing himself back in hell being tortured by one of the various sadistic devils. Dante calmly walked towards his brother and sat on the bed coaxing him to relax.

"You're safe Verge. I'm here, I'm real." Dante spoke fondly and gently to him, Emilia's heart breaking witnessing the scene.

"Remember Emi? Your always asleep whenever she comes." Slowly Dante turned to face Emilia and beckoned her towards the bed "I'll be right here, don't worry Verge." Rising from his position on the bed to be replaced by Emilia.

Emilia looked at Vergil, the veins on his face almost disappearing as well as the abnormal blue color, his hair longer than usual, probably longer than hers! She contemplated on cutting his hair eventually. She softly looked at him and moved her hand towards his face to move a strand of hair, but stopped her movement once she noticed him visibly flinch from nearing his face; therefore she retracted her hand and smiled weakly at him.

"Hey Vergil, do you remember who I am?" she stayed hopeful, she had to in order for this to work

"I think…I do" it took a while for him to say "your name…is-is…" he studied her entire facial features trying to piece together who she was "…Emily?" and then she chuckled, even Dante managed to snicker.

"Almost, but not quite. Don't worry though, I know it'll come back." She stayed determined "I have something to offer for you." She tried to find a correct way of stating her next thought "Do you wish to forget everything? The nightmares, the suffering?" she asked with as much confidence as she could gather, if only a little.

"Wha-? How?" Vergil looked incredulously at her, if she read him correctly.

"My mother was a powerful Devil, and she had great influence over the mind, which was passed to me. I can make you forget everything that happened to you, have a fresh start." Her confidence and determination rising

"…" Vergil didn't know what to say, the notion sounded completely absurd, who could erase all the pain and suffering caused throughout all those years. He looked at his brother and all he could see was hope in his eyes. Vergil didn't want to give up, but that seemed to be the only resolution to all his suffering. He wanted to take back everything and live with his brother once more before his search for their father's power.

Vergil looked at the woman once more, a vague memory coming forth of children laughing; he didn't realize he had anything in the past still in his mind. He knew her somehow, and she was his only chance left of continuing life.

"…Yes" he finally said with hope that he hadn't felt in a long time

"Just take my hand." she said softly.

"Thank you… Emilia" Vergil weakly said, managing to grab her hand. Suddenly, everything went blank, all the nightmares of Hell fading away.

~~~flashback end~~~

Vergil, not wanting to remember anything further in the past, skipped towards the end of the journal log and found something that peaked his interest.

Investigated island requested by L… Disaster turned catastrophe. Young hunter with an anomaly of right hand. The Sword

As vague as Emilia wrote the entire mission, it was a lead, especially when the last words were underlined. He smirked, more information about the Yamato discovered, as vague as it was. He was very positive that it wasn't another sword she could have been thinking about.

Not finding any further use from the journal, he closed it and placed it in the drawer the same way he found it. Moving away from the desk, he sensed his brother's and Emilia's energy coming near the shop. He calmly walked to the couch, took a seat with a book in his hand, which somehow magically appeared. Once Dante and Emilia came through the doors, it was as if Vergil had always been sitting on the couch the entire time.

Xx – Emilia's POV - xX

Emilia neared the shop after an hours' worth of walking, she would have complained more on the way, but luckily for her a few demons did in fact, try to kill her. It was only fortunate to have demons appear for she could interrogate them about the Island of Fortuna, although they knew next to nothing about the island either.

Near the shop she noticed Dante walking out of Love Planet, she shook her head slowly not understanding why construction crew didn't destroy it after the fall of Temen-ni-gru. She was going to walk directly pass Dante and hope he didn't notice her, but then he did.

"Babe! Wait up." Dante slightly slurred his words to her.

"What? Didn't get lucky enough to take a girl home?" she smirked at him

"But I did get lucky!" he said while draping his arm heavily around her shoulders

"Really? I don't see her." Emilia looked behind Dante and saw nobody. She knew of Dante's bad luck with women, even though he was a very handsome guy.

"She has the most rockin hair. The color of red." He then moved his hand under her chin and slowly pulled her face closer to his.

Emilia didn't know what was happening, but she knew Dante was drunk as hell to know what he was doing. As one of her defense mechanisms, she automatically pulled out Hecate, her Desert Eagle Magnum, and pointed it directly under Dante's chin before their faces could become closer to each other. She stared deathly at him until Dante removed his hold on her face.

"Just kidding, can't you take a joke?" he chuckled nervously at her

"Apparently not." She holstered her gun on the back of her legs and crossed her arms angrily over her chest.

They continued to the shop, Dante not removing his arm from her shoulder.

Once they both entered Devil May Cry, Emilia moved a drunken Dante to the nearest couch because it would have been too much work to take him to his room. Vergil was sitting in his usual spot, not even glancing in their direction. Emilia quickly went up the stairs towards her room. She pushed the door open and went directly to her closet, not noticing that something specific was out of place. She grabbed a small light blanket from the top shelf and moved back to where Dante was located.

Vergil noticed Emilia and Dante entering the shop, but it seemed his brother was giving up trying to stay awake. Emilia ungracefully pushed his brother on an armchair and he immediately passed out. He sensed her leave towards upstairs, but quickly came back with a soft material in her grasp. Vergil glanced above his book to notice Emilia unfolding a blanket and covering Dante's sleeping form, and then finally turned around making her way towards the stairs again.

"Goodnight Vergil." Hearing his name, he looked at her, and she was smiling at him before turning around and going to her room.

Once inside she went to put her gun on the nightstand, but noticed her picture frame face down, she didn't give it much thought and put it back in its upright position. Remembering when the photo was taken, she smiled softly at the memory.

Back downstairs, Vergil looked at his brother once again and a small smile was evident on his face.

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I couldn't find a location where the hell the shop is! So I just put Enamel City because it's where some of the places are in the anime. So this chapter and the next were supposed to be a long one, because I didn't plan for two chapters, but it was going to be obvious if they were combined, so I Just split them up. Also, I wanted to justify Vergil's background and give more characteristics to the OC, just think of her like an older sister who gets treated as the youngest.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, I promise it'll get interesting in the future! And again, just taking a peek and reading this last sentence, I'm so happy TTuTT. I know everyone is busy in some way, but thank you for taking the time and reviewing, following, and favoriting. Have an awesome day!