A/N: Hey guys… so I just took an online psych on gender quiz and it didn't tell me how I did and it's kinda freakin me out… that class in general is freakin me out cause I'm not doin so hot in it so I'm like a giant stressball right now… and I think that Ian is irritated at me for being so stressed… argh! It's one of those damn endless cycles! Alright, I'm gonna type this chapter before I drive myself insane, it's okay Leigh… just lose yourself in the amazing-ness that is the world of DMC… just relax and let the fanfiction work its magic…

Disclaimer: Urgh…. No…

Remembering a Different Weapon

Nero looked at the ornate handle of Rebellion, despite having seen the sword oodles of times, he couldn't actually say that he'd ever stopped to inspect the weapon. He was regretting it now, the hilt was detailed in a cool yet simplistic manner that the elder had to appreciate before reaching forward and grabbing the demonic blade. The half devil was surprised when he nearly banged himself in the head with it, he'd expected it to be easily twice or three times the weight that it was in his hand.

"Holy shit Dante! I didn't expect Rebellion to be so light! I think Red Queen is heavier than this…" he said in surprise, sighting down the smooth steel as he did so. Meanwhile, Dante was across the room testing out the complex weight of Red Queen in his left hand, while the teen could fight left handed and the body he was currently inhabiting was left handed, it still retained a certain amount of awkwardness just to hold the unfamiliar blade in his normally non-dominant arm. The weight of the fiery blade was unusual to say the least, the engine made it ever so slightly heavier on the sharp side of the blade, not enough to really change anything but enough that Dante noticed.

"She's light to you, if I were to try to pick her up right now… well she'd be a heck of a lot heavier. But that's mostly because your body's not as strong as mine."

"Hey!" Nero exclaimed, turning to glare at the younger.

"I'm just stating a fact, in your Bringer, it might feel about the same but you also have to remember, Rebellion is a devil arm, she reacts to your aura, so if some stranger tried to take her and run off… I don't even think that's possible." The half devil listened, nodding with understanding as Dante explained. That made sense, Nero often did forget that most of the weapons within Devil May Cry were in fact sentient beings and knew more or less what was going on around them.

"Queenie here is a hell of a lot more complicated than I first thought, and you designed all of this yourself kid?" The younger had sat down at this point and was inspecting the engine itself, fingers itching to take it apart and see how it worked, he'd resisted before because he knew how angry Nero would've been if he'd touched his weapons without permission, now he had permission but still… the teen wasn't sure if he could put it back together without help. Nero gave a smile of pride, his chest puffing up a little and looking more like Dante normally did.

"Yeah, I did, want to see how she works?"

"Hell yeah!" Dante scooted to the side and the elder joined him on the couch, screwdriver in hand and Rebellion balanced at his knee.

"But you have to promise me that you'll teach me how you do that thing where you throw Rebellion and call her back."

"Deal." The teen held Red Queen out, proffering the hilt to his partner who took it and his brows furrowed for a second before he pulled it into his lap.

"Weird isn't it?" Dante asked, referring the alien sensation of picking up a familiar yet not weapon.

"Yeah…" Nero said before bending over slightly and swiftly undoing several screws. Red Queen opened up in his hands, the hilt coming away and the injection system pulling out to reveal the actual engine nestled in the blade itself.

"Wow…" the teen couldn't help but mutter as he looked down into the engine that gave Nero more power to his swings and allowed him to light the sword ablaze. "How does it not overheat?" he asked, Nero pointed to the openings on the back of the blade.

"Most of the heat escapes here but I'm pretty sure this is also demonic steel so that probably helps too."

"You don't know if it is or not?"

"No, why? I may have built Red Queen and customized her but I'm no metal smith, I didn't forge the blade, the smith I went to knew I was gonna put an engine in her, plus he had the designs I gave him, but I didn't see the particular kind of metal used, I knew he'd know what was best."

"Huh… I thought you'd be the kind of guy to do it all yourself."

"I'm not stupid, I know when I'm way out of my depth, and I'd rather have quality craftsmanship on the metal than something weak just so I can claim to have built her out of scratch."

"That's true," Dante shrugged, looking back into the body of the blade. "so how does this all work, you gonna tell me?" he rubbed his hands together, a sensation that was a little disorienting with the teen's hands being two different textures.

"Well," the elder pointed in at the engine "obviously, the power from the engine is what helps to push the blade forward, to give a little more oomph to her blows, but the engine is also where the spark comes from to ignite the blade." The half devil showed his partner the tiny groove down the sharp edge. "This is where the ignitant flows when you pull the handle, then you just twist to rev then engine and tada! Fire!" he clicked the blade back together and demonstrated, the sword glowing a dull red.

"Doesn't it get hot?" Dante asked

"Not too bad," Nero shrugged "now how about that trick with Rebellion?"

A/N: I've always been fascinated by how the heck Red Queen works, and I've decided that after I get my engineering degree, if I can I'm going to attempt to make one! Probably not going to happen but you know what? A girl can dream! I don't know of many other girls that dream of building swords from video games but… whatever!

Till next time,

-Winged Element

Extra note: I'm soooooo sorry about the misupload! I am only human though and do make mistakes, I hope you can all forgive me! It's fixed now, so a few days late but here's the next chapter of To See From Another's Eyes!