Hey ya, I'm back with another update woo. So alot has happened since I last posted so I'll go through what went on in order.
First off I did end up playing and finishing DMC5. I watched the cutscenes of DMC4 first so it took me about 2 days to finish due to my need to actually sleep. I really really enjoyed the game and was giggling like a mad fangirl through most of it. I will talk some more about how I am going to insert some pieces from DMC5 into this fic in my end AN. Now been that it only took me 2 days you may wonder why it's taken me so long to update. Part of that was lack of motivation and the other part is me been busy. Busy with what well I had a family wedding to go to a few days after finishing DMC5 then I got absorbed in reading another fan fic. Like it completely took over my life for a bit. I usually don't reccomend fanfics to people but if you like One Piece and/or enjoy comedy with chaotic anarchy and real world issues you need to check out
This Bites by Xomniac
It's on this site and is the collective work of Xomniac, CV12Hornet and The Patient One. Who collectively are known as the Cross Brain. While it is a SI fic don't let that turn you off. It will completely win you over in the first chapter.
After this I was pretty much just working and playing my online game since it was going to and has now released a new expac. So that has pretty much been taking my time and attention away from writing.
So sorry about that. On the plus side I did work on the plot for this fic during that time and now have it worked out up to chapter 35 so woo.
Okay so responding to all the nice reviews I got on the last chapter-
reddevil47- Yes he will, the whole world will hehehehe.
supboyyyyy93- Glad you like the story and sorry about the late update. Patty finally shows up, yay. There wasn't much interaction between Patty and Vergil in this chapter but she is going to be popping up a bit so you'll get to see them together a bit more later on. And no in this fic Vergil is not Nero (and by extension Shiro's) father. He and Dante are instead 2nd cousins to Nero and Shiro with them all belonging to the Sparda clan to explain the shared bloodline. So this fic was already going to be non cannon even after everything that has just happened in DMC5.
Guest- woo thanks for commenting on an earlier chapter and yes I deliberitly tried to make it so both the reader and the gang weren't aware of Shiro's gender until just at the last moment for the perfect cliff hanger. Glad you found it funny :)
The Dark Slayer- I'm so glad you think this story is getting really interesting. I have so much I have planned out to shock and entertain you all with and this is still in what I consider the fluff stage. Hopefully the late update hasn't made you give up on this *shameless grovelling*
hellsingsage- Aww thank you for loving this story. That brings a tear to my overworked eyes :)
Thats it for the reviews but I did also recieve a number of follows and favorites and for everyone who did I say bless you. Now thats done let's move on to the story.
DISCLAIMER: I Do NOT own DMC or any of it's charaters because I would never have been able to come up with the badass character that is V.
Devil Children
Chapter 9
The occupants of Devil May Cry were having a typical morning after having woken up to the smell of a freshly cooked hot breakfast which featured bacon, sausages, a variety of differently prepared eggs; grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, pancakes, waffles, fruit salad, toast and a mixture of cereal and fruit juice.
The sheer magnitude and appetising aroma even succeeded in waking Dante up before midday which in itself was an impressive achievement.
Despite this the red hunter was currently napping in his arm chair to catch up on the sleep his early waking had cost him while his twin was polishing Yamato and Nero was lazily watching daytime tv.
All in all with no current jobs and no ringing phone to acquire new jobs, the male devils had little to do and given their most recent venture they were inclined to enjoy this brief moment of respite.
THUNK!
Not so for the shops fourth and only female resident who was currently working on cleaning and fixing up the upstairs bathroom. Having assured the others she would be fine on her own and that the bathroom wasn't really spacious enough to have anymore than one person in it at a time, they had left her to it, with only the occasional noise coming from above signifying that the female teen was still working.
Given that the red twin was a slob, the blue devil refused to clean up after said slob and the ex-order member hadn't known what half the cleaning chemicals were used for this was likely for the best.
Suppressing a yawn the teenage hunter went to flick to another channel when a voice came from the door.
"Huh? Why won't these doors open?"
Sharing a look with Vergil who had readjusted his grip on his weapon Nero shook his head signifying that no he couldn't use his weapon on the person outside he got ready to get up when the person outside started banging on the door loudly.
"Heellllloooo! Dante open up! Come on, stop sleeping already and open the door! I'll keep knocking until you do! Dante! Dante! Dante! DANTE!"
Said hunter swiftly threw the magazine covering his face on the table and stood up before marching to the door and ripping it open, causing the person who had been outside to stumble into the shop.
Sighing and pinching his noise in annoyance he spared the person a half hearted glare, "and to what do I owe this…pleasant…visit to Patty?" He asked the word 'pleasant' clearly not been what he had wanted to use.
"Really Dante? You couldn't have opened it a bit opened it a bit gentler?" The golden haired girl asked patting herself down.
The red twin rolled his eyes and crossed his arms waiting for the young teen to answer his question.
The blue devil was eyeing this new acquaintance of his brothers with what seemed to be a cross between irritation and amusement. Irritation at the appearance of the human child entering their abode and amusement in that said child was nagging his brother as if she was his guardian.
The ex-order member on the other hand chuckled and waved at the girl having formed an easy friendship with her for their mutual dislike of Dante's antics, "hey Patty, how you been?"
Sporting a faint blush on her cheeks the golden haired girl waved back at the elder teen.
"Oh, hi Nero. Sorry I didn't see you there. I've been pretty good, just dealing with school and helping out the kids at the orphanage so I haven't been able to stop by for awhile and clea….." The girl trailed off as she saw the immaculately tidy shop she was currently in.
If it wasn't for the fact that Dante's devil arms and trophies were still mounted on the walls and that the red hunter was standing right next to her she might have thought she had entered the wrong place.
She then entered the back rooms containing the kitchen and basement before coming back into the main entrance again eyes wide. "Is Dante dying?" She asked unable to comprehend how this well miracle had happened.
The red devil shot a glare at the smirk his brother was giving him while the teenage hunter was half bent over the arm of the couch as he laughed his arse off.
Turning back to the blonde he crossed his arms, "NO! Why would you even think that anyway? You've seen me walk away from been shot, stabbed and numerous other life threatening wounds so why do you assume I'm dying upon seeing me after so long?"
Patty gave the red hunter a pointed look and gestured the shop around her, "uh maybe because the dump you live in is actually clean and since I haven't been around to pick up after you for awhile that leaves only you guys to have tided up. Given I haven't seen Vergil clean since he refuses to pick up after you the same as Trish and Lady, Nero gave up trying and you wouldn't know which way to hold a broom let along how to use it then this right here is the twilight zone where anything is possible. And you'd have to be dying to ever stop been such a slob sooooo…"
Dante scowled as the laughter redoubled and looked away, "I'm not that bad."
The looks all three gave him made him pout even more," I'm not!"
"Ignoring Dante's denial to face his own shortcomings it wasn't him who straightened out the place," the blue twin commented.
The golden haired girl frowned confused, "huh then who did?"
Before Nero could respond footsteps came from the landing above them as the other occupant of the shop came down the stairs rubbing her hands on a rag.
"Well the upstairs bathroom is alright now but it wouldn't hurt to call a plumber since at best the water is only warm not hot." Seeing that there wasn't just the three males in the downstairs any more the huntress looked at the newcomer and bowed. "Oh, sorry I didn't realise you had company. My name is Shiro it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"Uh….it's fine. I'm Patty," the girl replied after a bit staring at the newcomer as if trying to work out where they fitted in to this madhouse before settling her eyes on their devil bringer.
Seeing the blonde about to question that Nero hastily stepped in, "Shiro is my younger twin sister who we only recently became aware of and is now living with us. She's also the one who cleaned up the place."
Looking closer the girl could see the similarities between the elder female and the ex-order member. Honestly it should have been obvious once she saw her devil bringer but this whole experience upon entering the office had been one surprise after another so she was a bit slow on the up take at the moment.
"Wow, I'm impressed you managed to clean this dump so well in such a small amount of time."
The white haired female shuddered, "thank you but let's just say I had some motivation that inspired me to tidy up the place."
Patty smiled in sympathy having gone through the same experience.
If it wasn't for the fact she felt Dante would be buried under old pizza boxes, beer bottles, dirty clothes and who knows what else; and her own OCD she would have given up long ago.
Her dislike of bugs was both a hinderance and a boost in this endeavour as well.
"I used to come around all the time and pick up after Dante as well though I haven't had as much time lately so I can guess it was pretty bad."
The huntress gave her a knowing nod," yes it was. So I take it you've known Dante for a bit then?"
The golden haired girl nodded, "since I was around ten, so about four years now. He's been a bit of a handful but he did help me out so I kind of owe him for that. Plus he needs someone to scold him for all his bad habits."
Everyone apart from the red devil smiled at this.
"Traitors," the red hunter muttered under his breath.
Regarding the elder female again the blonde noticed her attire, "isn't that Nero's sleeveless hoodie?"
The female devil looked down at herself noticing she had managed to get some grime on the garment, "Oh, yes it is. My previous clothes were rendered unusable so I was lent this. Though it looks like I'm going to have to borrow something else with the state it's now in."
Patty frowned, "don't you have any clothes of your own?"
"No, I ended up travelling relatively light so I didn't have any back ups. I don't mind borrowing at any rate so it's all okay," the huntress replied.
The young teen shook her head, "no, no, no, that won't do. You have to have your own clothes. Nero's look like they barely fit you and the others would engulf you. It's just not respectable. You're coming shopping with me and DANTE is PAYING."
"What!? Why am I paying? Don't you and those harpies bleed me enough as it is?"
The elder female tilted her head thinking, "hmmm, it would be nice to have some underwear. Plus I did need to get some new linens and supplies for the bathroom for everyone anyway."
At this statement everyone froze and looked down at the huntresses bare legs.
"WH….WHAT!? Y-y-you mean all this time you haven't been wearing any….ummm…" the ex-order member gestured at the white haired females lower half blushing so badly his face burned.
The white haired female tilted her head confused, "Kyrie didn't include any with the clothes she leant me and my old ones were soaked in demon blood," she replied as if this explained everything.
As Nero sputtered at this unable to form a response the blue twin decided to intervene, "why did you not purchase any while acquiring items for the office?"
"I only had a limited amount of funds and thought it to be more prudent to fix your place of residence. It was my way of thanking you for giving me a place to stay and allowing me to learn more about the demons of this land as well as spend time with nii-san. Purchasing items for my own personal use is but a minor secondary concern. Especially if I can make do without."
The other occupants of the room blinked at her in amazement that she would place them above her own needs when she had only just met them, unsure if she was truely so selfless or just innocently naive.
Sighing Dante ruffled the female devils hair, "geez bean sprout you got to take care of your own needs first."
"Alright," Shiro acknowledged.
Pushing Dante out of the way, the human girl settled herself in front of the slightly taller female, "Geez, you have to be more self aware. Something like underwear is important and thus needs to be worn. Especially around these louts. I know Nero is your brother and Vergil is…..well Vergil but I wouldn't trust Dante to not try something even when he's asleep. Something like not wearing underwear around him is just like giving him permission to make a move. He'd jump anything."
"Hey, I am not that bad. While I will admit I like to flirt and enjoy others company I won't make a move on anything. Back me up Verge."
Ignoring that infuriating nickname the blue twin did indeed nod his head, "that is true….."
"See I told you, you should feel ashamed of doubting me so badly," the red devil said cockily as he was vindicated.
"…I haven't seen Dante make an attempt at courting an inanimate object or lower life form so they could be excluded from the list. Humans and some devils on the other hand…" Vergil continued much to his brothers grief.
"Not helping Verge."
"It wasn't as if I was trying to. I quite enjoy seeing you have your flaws used against you," his twin said smirking.
Deciding to leave lecturing his twin about sadism and family loyalty for later Dante returned to trying to clear this misunderstanding of his character.
"Despite popular belief I do have some standards and respect. She's the kids baby sister for crying out loud. I'm not going to throw away all the trust and standing I have with the kid by making a move on his little sis."
"Dante…" the ex-order member blinked as he felt himself gaining a little more respect for the elder hunter then he had before.
Patty bowed her head, "You're right Dante. You wouldn't throw away your relationship with Nero for something like that. I'm sorry for accusing you."
The red hunter sighed and waved a hand, "it's fine, just try to have a little more faith in me."
"Hmmm, that would be easier if you didn't keep staring at Shiro's bare legs," the blonde pointed out crossing her arms.
"WHAT?!"
"I was just looking a little. It doesn't mean I was going to do anything," Dante tried to defend his whole demeanour our pulling a 180.
The red twin suddenly found his shirt grabbed by a short ticked of Nero.
"Uh…kid..can you relax your grip a bit?" the red hunter asked starting to sweat at the intensity of the younger devils glare. "Stop…..fucking….looking…." Nero all but hissed at him his fury making his control over his strength fade as he began to lift the taller hunter of the floor.
"Ack….kid…hey kid…..calm down," the red twin choked out as he gripped the ex-order members wrist trying to support his weight as his shirt strangled him.
"Well this might take awhile so we're going to head out. Come on Shiro," Patty cheerily informed grabbing Shiro's hand and all but dragging her in her haste to leave the devil may cry office.
Stumbling along the white haired female looked over her shoulder and the scene of carnage, "uh, see you later then."
"Bye Shiro, have fun," Nero replied, not taking his eyes of the object of his fury.
Letting the doors of the office close behind her the white haired teen looked at the blonde beside her grinning eagerly. "So do you have any place in mind or any preferences?"
Tilting her head the female devil thought, "I'm not to familiar with the area or it's brands and styles and as for preferences as long as I can move around in it comfortably it should be fine. Though it would probably be a benefit to have something more durable for when fighting. Maybe something similar to what Trish and Lady usually wear when working."
Patty tapped her lips as she processed this information, "hmmm, well Trish and Lady's outfits are a bit uh…personal taste rather than functional so they aren't the best role models for that. Plus most of the guys just wear the same kind of outfits all the time anyway with few variations which is pretty boring. So we could probably combine something you could wear casually that is comfortable enough to fight in. As for style…."
The blonde circled the white haired female a few times before nodding to herself, "yeah that could work. I think it would suit you to. Alright I got a game plan ready to go so lets get to shopping. "
The elder teen blinked at the girls enthusiasm but nodded, "that sounds good. I'll follow your lead then."
"No problem….uh, but before we go we should probably hide that," the younger teen said pointing at the huntresses devil bringer. Grabbing a roll of bandages from her purse she quickly wrapped them around the female devils demonic arm so it was hidden from view.
"There we go, all done," having finished Patty began walking towards one of her favourite shops.
Looking down at her bandaged arm Shiro clenched and unclenched her hand as she tested the movement before following the other girl.
"Thank you, I sometimes forget that others may find my arm….disturbing."
The blonde looked up at her curiously, "people don't like anything that's different and well your arm is definitely not human. Of course they are going to freak out by it. Even those who know about demons still find it distasteful especially since they can tell it's of demonic origin. That's why Nero hides his all the time when not in the shop and even that took awhile with us all having to point out that we don't mind it and that he doesn't need to hide it around friends. So it feels nice when I get to see him having it out in the open. Means he trusts me."
"I take it you have feelings for nii-san then?" The elder teen asked upon hearing the fond way the younger talked about her twin. "Wh-what! Um…I don't…I just admire him is all…..he's nice to me…..and we're close in age…..and he doesn't treat me like a kid…..that's it….I d-don't…..li-like him like that," the blonde stammered, face a bright pink as she blushed embarrassedly.
"Hmmm, I see," Shiro hummed, "though even if that wasn't the case it isn't my business who likes nii-san who he likes in the first place."
Placing her hands on her cheeks to try and cool the burning sensation in them, Patty glanced at the other teen, "so was it different for you? Your devil bringer I mean?"
"A little I guess," the huntress replied looking down at her covered appendage. "Unlike nii-san I've always had this arm so I'm used to it. It's as much a part of me as my human one. As for people reactions…well I was mainly around demon hunters who were aware of my origins and raised me. Given how it helped in demon hunting rather then distasteful they regarded it as useful. As for others well I didn't really interact with them much and they usually left me alone. They may have made some comments or looked at me with distaste but I couldn't really blame them for there fear and ignorance."
The blonde frowned as she slowly processed that, "I see."
Seeing the white haired female eyeing a display filled with bathroom goods the younger remembered the other errand the huntress had wanted to do.
"We can get some bathroom supplies as well as any other housing goods after getting you some new clothes."
Shiro nodded, still eyeing the display but making no move towards it.
Rolling her eyes the human girl continued, "Seeing how you've fixed up the rest of the office you must have good taste. I can't wait to see what your bedroom is like."
"Oh well it's not much really. I believe it was previously used by the others as a storage room. Currently it's filled with boxes, books, some demonic artefacts, as well as a bunch of cobwebs and dust," the devil explained, only barely managing to catch herself from walking into the blonde as she came to a sudden halt in front of her.
"What? You haven't even got a proper bedroom. Why didn't you fix that up first instead of the rest of the place?" Patty asked a mixture of confused and annoyed.
"The other rooms were more important at the time, besides having a dry, warm and enclosed space to sleep is more then enough. I've endured worse."
Frowning the golden haired girl decided not to push the issue further.
'It's just like with the underwear,' she thought, 'she puts others priorities over her own.'
They walked in silence for awhile until the human teen saw a classy boutique up head.
"Ah this is our first stop right here," she explained hand grabbing the elder girls again as she pulled her into the shop.
A small tinkling bell announcing there arrival.
The interior was filled with various displays of womens lingerie, bras, panties, garter belts and various mannequins featuring said items.
"Ok the most important items first, underwear. It really isn't right to not have any on. Especially if we're out in public. So hurry and grab a few pairs so we can get started on the other clothes," the blonde informed shoving the other female at the closest rack. Seeing her begin to browse the garments she hastily ducked around a few racks until she was at a quieter part of the store.
Grabbing her phone she quickly dial a long memorised number and waited.
After a few rings she was finally rewarded with a sleepy yawn and drawl of "devil may cry," signifying the speaker must have been that lazy oaf Dante.
"It's me Dante," the girl sighed already feeling the usual headache she got around the red devil coming on.
"Patty? What's up? Didn't you and the Shrimp just leave?"
"Yes but I have something important to inform you and the others that couldn't wait."
She heard a creak and papers falling so she assumed he had straightened up in his chair.
"What is it Patty?" The red hunter asked with a serious tone.
Pinching the bridge of her nose she began with a question. "Did you know that despite cleaning and fixing up the rest of the shop Shiro is still sleeping in a room filled to the brim of junk and dust?"
"Wait, she's what?"
"Her room is still the same as when she moved in Dante. I don't even think she has a bed in there and she seems perfectly fine with it. She needs a proper bedroom Dante."
"Well, yeah I get that. I'll have a chat when she gets back about taking care of herself first. The bathroom and everything's else can wait until after she fixes up her room," the red twin replied.
"No," the blonde responded darkly.
"Huh, what do you mean no?" The red devil asked confused.
Patty gripped her phone tighter as she fought to contain her anger. "I mean no, you are not going to talk to her about fixing up her room. You and the others are going to sort it out and fix it up for her."
"Wait! You expect us to do what?"
"YOU WILL DO THIS DANTE. Shiro has cleaned, repaired, purchased and furnished nearly all of your shop all by herself as well as fed and cooked for you out of the goodness of her heart with no complaint and with no desire for any kind of reward. She deserves more then to just be scolded for not doing her room first. You can get of you lazy junk powered ass and do something nice for her in exchange for everything she's done for you. And YOU WILL be doing it or I will make it so every single item of clothing you have is bright pink instead of red. And that is just for starters," the teenage girl coldly said, her voice leaving no room for argument.
"A-al-alright then," Dante stumbled, not used to hearing the blonde use that kind of final tone with him, "I'll get started on it along with Verge and the Kid."
"Good. You should have it done and ready for when we get back and it better be the best room ever."
"Wait! Wha…" the red hunter started to ask panicked but the golden haired girl had already hung up on him.
Resting her head on her phone for a moment she took a deep steadying breath and then raised her head.
Putting her mobile away she quickly returned to the white haired teen and frowned as she regarded the plain, completely boring, cheap white cotton panties and bra in the elders hand.
"Uh, Shiro what is that?"
The huntress tilted her head confused, "um….underwear?"
Patty shook her head and took the items from her and after checking the sizes started hunting around for some under garments that didn't look like they were from a chuck out bin.
Grabbing a matching black satin and lace bra and panties set with embroiled red and blue roses she ripped the tags of and shoved them in the devil hands and pointed at a curtained off room.
"Here put these on."
The white haired teen gave the items in her hands a brief look of contemplation, finger running over the roses before nodding and entering the changing area.
Sighing with relief Patty rolled up her imaginary sleeves as she went to hunt some more garments that would suit the elder female. 'It's not so bad shopping with someone else,' she thought a small smile on her face.
So thats the chapter. Originally it was also going to include the boys DIY of Shiro's room but I got halfway through this and was no where near up to it so decided to split it instead of having one massive really really really late chapter.
Now as mentioned above I have a few things I will include from DMC5. These been the characters of Nico and V. Now before you say it I have already worked out how to incorperate them without completely messing up this fic especially with regards to V, so don't worry. That been said you may not see one of them for quite awhile. I am also going to be using DMC5's version of Morrison since I really like his design and I was already going to have Morrison in this fic anyway so it's really only a minor adjustment. I was going to have a poll about this and have you all vote on weither to include them all not before going stuff it I want them in so they're in. V's too good a character to waste. Now while I am including them this does not mean I am going to go down the path of DMC5. This story was already NON CANNON even before DMC5 came out and I already had the general plot for it.
Please let me know if Patty seemed to OC. I am trying to have her come across as a mix of mature and childish with some teenage issues thrown in due to her been slightly older in this fic then she was seen in the anime, but I'm not to confident I've got her personality right since it's been a few years since I've last watched it. So if you can give me some nudges in the right direction or some friendly advice on her I would appreciate it.
So you may have noticed before that I've now titled the chapters. I am crap at picking names on the fly so it wasn't until I made a bit of head way into the plot and sorted them out that I realise most of the chapters can be consider mini arcs or so. Thus they came to be named by whatever the mini arc is about sort off. Some will be longer then others while some may not even be an arc but a single chapter.
So next chapter will feature the DIY of Shiro's room by the DMC boys as well as the reveal of Shiro's new outfit.
See you then,
Shadow-Wishes
