Overdue Visit

Disclaimer: I do not own Dante, Vergil, Lady, Trish, Nero, and Kyrie. They all belong to Capcom

Sam and Vergil sat in the back seat watching out the windows as their father drove through the light snow storm. They were curious on what he had meant on going to see their mother. She had been dead for five years, so how were they going to actually see her? Sam yawned and began to doze off not really caring to much for the small trip. Vergil on the other hand noticed that there was a bottle of wine and a glass on the front seat. He was curious on why those things were in the car.

"Hey dad?" Vergil asked carefully.

Dante looked into the rear-view mirror, "Yes Vergil?"

Vergil sat up some, "Whats with the wine and glass?"

"I brought them along for a reason" He smiled softly, "I've had this bottle since your mother and I got married. We only drank some of it for special occasions. There's a little left so I figured I would leave the rest for her."

"You kept if for that long?"

"Yes. Don't you know that wine gets better as it ages?"

"No I didn't. So your giving the rest to her?"

"In a sense yes. That's why I brought the glass too" Dante replied and returned his attention back to the road.

Vergil continued to watch out his window at the falling snow and realized that they were getting surrounded by trees and took notice that the car was slowing down. He nudged Sam awake and motioned to the outside world around them. The car pulled up to a Graveyard and Dante got out letting it run. The boys followed suit and quickly stayed close to their father, not just for comfort but for warmth as well. Dante took the boys hands and led them into a tranquil looking graveyard. Both followed their dad looking through the old looking stones. They followed their father and he stopped at a headstone reading 'Eva'.

"Who was this person?" Sam asked quietly.

Dante looked down, "Eva was my mother. She was killed by Mundus"

Vergil was looking at another headstone, "Sparda?"

"That was my father. He was the one who sealed Mundus away. The legendary dark knight Sparda, the savior of the humans" Dante replied and took out two roses from his jacket pocket. He laid down a flower at each headstone, "Come on you two there's one left"

The boys nodded and followed their father up to another headstone and watched as he laid down the glass and poured the last bit of wine into the cup. A faint smile was evident on his face, and he almost seemed at peace. Sam and Vergil looked at the headstone and felt as if they already knew what kind of person that their mother was.

"Kishiko Sparda..A loving mother, wife, and will be dearly missed" both of the boys read quietly.

Dante nodded, "That's right. I'm sorry that I haven't visited in so long. Being a single parent can be really time consuming. It's been way to long since I last came here either way...Happy anniversary Kishiko"

The boys looked at their dad and then back to the headstone. Both were cold and shivering but didn't want to rush their dad. Dante had gotten the hint and pulled the boys along back to the inviting car. He smiled softly and began the hour long drive back to Devil May Cry. Vergil and Sam had several questions, but could only imagine on what the answers would be. After a long hour drive that took even longer due to the snow they finally arrived back home. Something seemed to be off though and they were quick to pick up on the sudden change in Dante's mood. When they walked inside they were met by three new faces.

"Great more company" Dante sighed.

Sam and Vergil hid behind him only occasionally looking out from behind his legs, "Who are they?"

Inside sitting on the couch was Nero, Kyrie, and Trish. Dante didn't mind the two younger people, but seeing Trish set him in a bad mood. Nero smiled faintly as Kyrie leaned against him.

"Sorry to drop in like this Dante. We were in the area and got snowed in" Nero smiled nervously.

Kyrie nodded, "We knew your place was close by..We hate to be a bother, but could we stay here until the snow dies down?"

Dante sighed and crossed his arms, "I don't mind you two here.." He looked over at Trish, "But why are you here?"

Trish shrugged, "Like them I was in the area. What's wrong Dante aren't you happy to see me?"

"No I'm not" Dante growled recalling on how he had begun to dislike the woman.

After the death of his wife Trish had been all over him trying to seduce him. Thankfully he had enough common sense to ignore her advances and take care of his children. She had even made the fatal mistake of suggesting of just getting rid of the kids. That had gotten her thrown out of his office, and good graces. He was pulled from his angered thoughts by a small tugging on his hand. Quickly he glanced down at the two shivering kids and his expression softened. He set them down on the couch with Nero and Kyrie and went to go make the kids something to keep them warm. Hot chocolate would do just the trick.

Meanwhile the boys just kept to themselves and tried to avoid looking at the people around them. Finally the silence was broken by Nero.

"So you two must be Dante's kids Sam and Vergil right?" Nero smiled.

Sam nodded, "Yeah I'm Sam"

"I'm Vergil" Vergil replied.

"You two look just like your father" Nero smiled and the doors opened once again.

This time the older Vergil entered in with Lady hugging his arm. They quickly shut the doors and evreyone looked around the room wondering on how much stress would be put on Dante. Lady smiled and went into the bathroom to get cleaned up and Vergil decided to go see what his brother was up to. Before he could even make it through the office Dante came out smiling with a tray of hot chocolate for everyone.

"Well then looks like we're all stuck here until the storm dies down" Dante smiled and sat the tray on his desk and took the kids their cups. It was going to be a long three days he could already tell.

Ok another chapter done and I feel one of my best ones. Thanks for reading everyone. I'll continue to update for as long as possible. Please review and tell me what you think. Thanks again.