Code 10 Propositions
Dante would never get over the fact he was resting on Vergil's bed while his brother cleaned Yamato, it was a scene from a family drama or something. He knew Vergil was doing it to annoy him to make him loose his cool and sadly it was working. Dante expected many places Vergil would take him to talk but his room was far from his mind, he knew Vergil wanted to make a point of something but it was Dante who would need to figure it out.
The room itself spoke Vergil all over, "Organize", blue ruled as a color, so the room was giving off the calm soul of his brother and it was making Dante's fiery spirit go nuts. The place didn't look like any he had been before in any of the dimensions and the air around was strange to Dante.
"Verge how many baths could Yamato need?"
"Never more than you will ever require." Was the calm response.
"That was rude, I don't…" Dante sniffed himself for a moment and was taken by surprise. "Ok true but I haven't had the time or luxury this day's bro." He said taking off his red coat and tossing it to the floor.
"I hope you realize you will need to pick that dreadful thing up from the carpet, I can endure the smell on you but it will never leave the carpet, the bed is already lost."
Dante remained amazed, looking at Vergil who worried over Dante's silence turned to see what was wrong.
"I don't recall you ever been so soundless before, on the contrary it would be next to impossible to keep your mouth shut."
"After seen this world and listening to Mary, I thought nothing was the same." Dante stared at his twin. "You're the only damn thing that makes sense in this universe."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Vergil inquired.
"I'm not sure…" Dante let himself fall back on Vergil's bed trying to hide the truth in his eyes.
"Do I need to concern myself with your mental health?"
"See that's you, sarcastic, clean freak, composed, organized and honorable big brother Vergil." Dante laughed. "It was the same back then; you would hate it when I came into your room and make a mess. Back when we lived like a family."
Silence followed but it did not feel wrong to neither. Vergil stopped cleaning Yamato and held it up as he walked to Dante, observing him. "I assume you wish to return to your original body?"
"How observant of you bro." Dante mocked. "But I know it won't be for free so what's going to be the deal?"
"I need you to play family." Vergil's voice was cold and to the point.
"Fuck off." Dante sat up. "Just let me find Gin and everything will be settled, besides I have a fight to settle with him."
"May I remind you that in this dimension you have no friends and no allies… only family. Like your side of the story there are things that need to replace the other."
"So what...? I'll be replacing myself by playing family?"
"You will be acting like a son of Sparda." Vergil said proudly. "You keep your head down and do as your told, play the role of the second son."
"I don't like this deal."
"I will turn you back to your current self, but I will need you to stay with me."
"Why?"
"Sparda won't trust you to do as you're told and to avoid trouble; he would if I tell him you will stay with me so I can keep an eye on you"
"I thought that was why Mary was around."
"Do I look so desperate, as to ask a human for help?" Vergil sounded insulted. "You misunderstand me brother, I will tell that to Sparda but I won't have you near me all day; I would go mad, you can join that woman and hunt down enemy demons that have been trying to start trouble."
"And you think he won't figure it out?"
"He already knows I will try it, but he also believes I am capable of keeping you out of trouble."
"Am I also sleeping in your room?" Dante asked with an evil playful smirk.
"Don't jest." Vergil continued.
"Where are we anyways, this is not the mansion, or the tower." He had to ask, Dante could not keep the bad aura of the place out of his mind.
"Is it of such significance to you?" Vergil never had any patience with Dante.
"I'll considerate our deal… if you're nice enough bro." Dante said smiling.
"Dante wanted to aid Sparda with hunting the demons that had rebelled against him, but he was against the idea." Vergil looked around the room. "This place is what he used to call our uprising."
"… This is your house?"
"No, this is just our rendezvous spot for when Dante wanted to go against fathers orders; he even had a name for this place."
"And you just tagged along?"
"Letting Dante go alone was like allowing a disaster befall the world." Vergil's eyes showed he was displeased with just the thought.
"Now why does it feel like your insulting me bro?" To Dante it felt as if the comment was personally for him.
"Well if you feel that way it's only because I hit something in that empty space you call brain."
"Alright Vergil let's get down to business; what is it that you want from me?" He stared at the mirror image of himself.
"You will come with me to Temen-ni-gru."
"What? You just want me locked in that damn tower." Dante argued he was not pleased with the thought.
"You disappoint me brother, if you think that's the best I can do."
"If you want to talk about disappointments then let me tell you the story of the evil twin brother that went on as a crazy bastard over power and raised the damn tower. So did pops raised it just for fun or was it you again? Really it won't surprise me one way or the other." Vergil remained calm studying his brother but Dante just couldn't take the silence. "Yeah go on; let's listen to you going power hungry all over again. Please one time was not enough."
Vergil remained calm studying his brother as he answered his question. "It was you, Dante."
Dante was not sure what to ask or if to deny it, he had no right to any; still it felt as if the actions taken on this world was his own and it hurt. Then it was the silent voice telling him something far worse, would he dare ask?
"What reason would I have?" Dante's voice was empty but Vergil's eyes grew even colder.
"Does it bother you that much?"
"That he killed her mother to raise that demonic tower? …Yes." Dante felt Vergil was trying to get at something else. "What?"
"Nothing."
"Spill it out Verge."
"You criticize your counterpart of this world as if you had not done any wrongs."
"What are you getting at?"
"Tell me, were you that desperate to get rid of your family's shadow you kill your own twin?"
The black handgun was raised as 3 blue swords surrounded Dante's head.
"Did I hit a nerve?" Vergil had attacked Dante with his own actions in order to make him realized how things are here, but it occurred to Dante other possibilities.
"Did you kill your brother?"
"No." The phantom swords vanished as Dante also lowered Ebony, Vergil's face held no emotion.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Dante was rattled, he really never expected anything from his twin but even in a different universe their relationship was the same. Were they destined to always be against each other?
"… I was unavailable."
"Of course you were, that clearly still remained the same; you never cared about anything but yourself." Dante picked Rebellion from the floor and walked to the door, he was feeling tired his energy was not the same as before.
"Don't leave the house, I can't guarantee your safety."
"Safety? I can take care of myself why would I even ask for your protection?" Dante stare at Vergil as he gave him an evil smirk.
"Tell me brother how long would you last against me in that form." Vergil's eyes sparkle with malice as Dante tried not to give anything away. He had noticed it but he never even dared think that thought.
"Where is that son of a bitch?"
"I told you, you get your body back if you cooperate, nothing will change otherwise."
"Did you ever care about him? Did you even saw him as your brother?"
They both stare at each other, eyes never leaving the other, the silence ruling the unspoken words. Vergil's cold steady eyes never waver; any emotion and Dante got his answer.
"I get it."
Vergil didn't stop him as he left.
Head to full to think clear. Dante needed time, time to take it all in and find his path again. He was walking to the room he knew would be his, just next to Vergil's.
He opened the door and was welcomed by the warm color of red, just as messy as his own room, very much alike in details. He rested Rebellion on the wall, Ebony and Ivory on the small table next to the queen size bed. He eyed everything but found no clue over his counterpart. He stepped in through the bathroom door and ready for a well deserve bath.
After a while in the bathtub he opened his eyes and got out, choosing the first red coat he could find before he heard the crash coming from Vergil's room. He felt his own body react to it the energy that the other twin was giving away and Dante worried he knew something was up. He went back to Vergil's room.
But the twin was not there.
The window was broken allowing a cold breeze to enter the azure room. Dante eyed the outside realizing he knew the place perfectly. He had been in the area not so long ago and it brought even more questions.
"Shit!" Dante fell back escaping the hit of a scarecrow demon. "Wanna play?" He was about to hit the demon and vent his bad mood until a gunshot blasted it away. He looked back wide eyed at the dark gun.
"Are you alright son? Dante had to admit the demon Lord made him a little nervous when he appeared out of nowhere, Sparda was not looking at Dante but was staring out the window.
"I was looking for Verge."
"He just left to Temen-ni-gru." Sparda told him calmly Dante nodded and was about to go. "Son a moment of your time if you be so kind?"
Dante stopped, turning as he felt the need to say a sassy comment but remember Vergil's deal.
"I would advise caution."
"You will end up losing another son." Dante could not help himself.
"I trust Vergil enough to know how to handle any type of situation." He said proudly.
"You like him more don't you, can't really blame you he is the decent one after all, more devil blood in him than there was ever giving to me." Dante snapped. "The admirable son Vergil, but big mouth rebellious Dante could not compare. Yet he couldn't stop me from raising that tower that YOU sealed away or killing Mary's mother." Dante needed to say it, Vergil's respond had annoyed him.
Sparda fixed his eyes on Dante watching him carefully.
Sparda's eyes went cold. "Son do you consider yourself capable of such actions?"
Dante remain silent for a moment. "No and don't call me son." He argued.
"What would you have me call you then?"
"…Dante just… Dante."
"Very well, I will respect your wishes."
"What are you doing here anyways?"
"I rather not share my motives just yet." Sparda hid Ombra as he gave Dante his attention. "Dante about that incident, Vergil WAS your motive." His eyes soften a bit. "The demon lords that once worked for Mundus took your brother away to the demon world."
"I battle Mundus's generals once; Vergil could have taken them no problem."
Sparda gave him a smile that confused Dante. "What?"
"You said those identical words to me when I questioned your distance to your brother once."
"And you never consider that fact before? Where were you when all this happened?"
"I was away with your mother at the moment, I came back when I realized my powers were unsealed, you and Vergil almost died that night. I will never forget how I found the two of you; I had to send Eva away before bringing you in the house." Sparda seemed pained at the memory. "They had sealed the gates I once used to travel back so there was no way to enter the demon world at the moment. When you returned to the mansion you found your brother gone and no time to contact me, so you did what you thought was right and sacrificed everything in the name of family."
Dante remained silent he knew what he was capable off in his younger days especially for his family.
"Mary's mother had figure out what her husband wanted to do to her and had been attacked. When you found her she made an agreement with you, her life for Mary's and you agreed, but instead of telling her the truth you took the blame."
"Why is Arkham still alive then!?" Dante yelled.
"You didn't want Mary to lose both her parents in one night; she would have lost her will, so you gave her a reason to keep on fighting by trying to avenge her mother by killing you, a task most difficult for such a young girl. You used Ann's blood and yours to finish the ritual."
"What about the pendant? Vergil should have had the other half."
"He left it for you to find and understand how to find him; the bond you too shared was very strong."
"And we almost got killed; bet Verge complaint about that for a while." Dante rolled his eyes. "So what's the deal with the damn tower? Why is it still there?"
"I gave you each a dominion to rule so you could train and harness your power."
Dante looked up. "A dominion?"
"Yes, Temen-ni-gru to Vergil."
"And to me?" He knew before asking.
"Mallet Island."
AN Hey team sorry I got late with the update but we r back on the mission, have I said I love writing Vergil and Dante chaps? no? jajaja thanks for all the support comments and follow it makes me very happy *hugs* hope you enjoy the mission whats going to happen next I wonder
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