A/N: Here goes nothing! It's currently quarter to one in the morning my time but I'm going to start typing away! I'm more of a night owl anyway ;p You guys deserve more chapters for all the neglect I put you through.

Disclaimer: Uh, have you seen some of the cutscenes in Devil May Cry? I'm pretty sure females like myself do not come up with stuff like that…

You Wanna Tasty Fishie?

Nero paused on the bottom step, Dante knew of his tail but hadn't seen it yet… the teen half wanted to stuff it back into his pants but… he felt the appendage swish lightly through the air behind him, it felt so good to have it free, that and it made his balance hypersensitive. Straightening his shoulders, he walked up to the desk and snagged a slice of pizza before walking away as though nothing were different. At least that's what he intended to do before he felt a wave of excruciating pain flash up the entire length of his spine, all the way up to his head.

"FUCKING HELL!" he yowled in amongst the unintelligible syllables. The partial devil dropped to his knees, both hands reaching back for the base of his tail as the appendage curled tightly around his waist.

Dante felt regret the instant he'd reached out his hand, he just wasn't able to stop himself though… he hadn't intended to pull the teen's tail, he'd just wanted to pet it. Now Nero was reacting almost as though the elder had kicked him in the balls rather than yanked his tail. Did it really hurt that bad?

"Kid I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" he was cut off when pain clouded, angry eyes, glared at him.

"You asshole!" the younger squeaked, the pain was starting to fade but he could tell that that was not an experience he'd like to have again any time soon.

"I just wanted to touch it…"

"So you thought it'd be a good idea to grab it while I was walking away from you?!" the kid's ears were flattened against his hair and his eyes were thin diamonds.

"Well…" WHACK! Dante's head snapped to the side and he felt a small cut healing on his cheek from where he'd just been bitch slapped, he was lucky that Nero didn't use his Bringer to do so or his recovery time would've been a lot longer. As it was the teen grabbed the pizza and took it over to the couch.

"Hey kid that's for both of us…" the younger ignored him and continued eating. Dante sighed and sat down at his desk, he pulled out Coyote-A and started the long cleaning process.

A while later he looked up from his work to see Nero sleeping on the couch, the late afternoon sun was streaming in the shop windows and the teen happened to be sitting right in it. The half devil let out a chuckle.

"I guess it's true that a cat can't cross a sunbeam without taking a nap." He stood and grabbed the half eaten pizza box off the younger's lap, as he did so the smaller male lifted a lip, revealing a small fang and growled lightly. The elder grinned at the non-intimidating threat and took the box regardless; Nero simple shifted into a more comfortable position and drifted back into sleep, his ears occasionally twitching toward some noise in the shop but he was otherwise motionless.

As the half devil ate, he pondered what kind of curse the kid could've been hit with. There weren't many out there that could easily affect a half devil, or partial devil in Nero's case, most curses targeted humans, or they targeted demons and so as a result, hybrids were usually immune. Whatever it was, it seemed to have made the younger slayer part cat, at least in a few physical features.

Now Dante was curious if there was more to it than that, he got up from his place at the desk and approached the sleeping teen, once there he hesitantly lifted a hand and scratched the area directly behind the smaller male's large ear. The young man sighed before a deep rumbling erupted from his chest, loud and content. The half devil held back a snicker, Nero was actually purring. He pulled his hand away to cover his mouth.

"Maybe I should've ordered anchovies on the pizza, cats like fish…" the teen shuffled and mumbled something incoherent and then.

"Don't stop…"

"What?" Sleepy blue eyes opened and stared at him in confusion before Nero blinked and realized where he was and that he was… purring? He coughed, trying to clear his throat and get it to stop, it just felt bizarre plus he felt like he couldn't speak while he did so.

"How… ahem! How long was I asleep for?"

"I don't know, an hour maybe? I'm going to head for bed myself here; we tend to get calls in the dead hours of the morning so it's best to sleep now." Nero nodded, stood, and stretched.

"That sounds like a good idea." With that, the two demon slayers trudged up the stairs.

Dante walked down the hall, and extra blanket in his hand, he couldn't remember what the one in that room was like anymore and he didn't want the poor teen to freeze to death just because he didn't know where the blankets were. Without thinking, the half devil opened the door and was about to speak when he saw Nero slipping off his boxers, the kid didn't notice him as he had his back turned but it gave Dante a great view of where that pristinely white tail sprouted from the top of that nice ass… The elder turned around without another word and closed the door silently, the blanket dropped on the floor and forgotten.

Damn! That kid had a nice body! Dante was never one to discriminate sex wise, in fact, he was well known at Love Planet for being the go to guy for those that wanted to try something a little… out there. He played both sides and enjoyed it but this was a little different, while he could definitely call some of the folks at Love Planet friends and perhaps even good ones at that, it wasn't the same as his friendship with say Lady or Trish. He'd never once considered putting the moves on Lady after they'd become close friends; Trish he'd never put moves on for completely different reasons, namely because she was near carbon copy of his mother. He'd always thought it'd be the same way with Nero, but there was just something about that kid…

"God dammit…" he sighed, leaning his head back against the hall wall.

A/N: I know, slightly short chapter but give me a break, I'm fighting exhaustion over here! I've been working like all the time lately and it sucks because the weather not that great and when you work at a golf course when there's crappy weather… let's just say it gets really boring, really fast.

Till next time,

-Winged Element