Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry or Final Fantasy VII

Warning: May contain spoilers for DMC3, FF VII, and FF AC

Hey guys, heres a short lil update I cooked up with some free time. It ain't long but it's still something. Enjoy!


The Morning After

A lone figure stood atop one of Edge's tallest buildings, a single silhouette against the rising sun on the horizon. The man in red had thoroughly searched the entire city during the previous night and had not found a single "disturbance."

Damn…Not a single demon to be found! Not so much as a damn mugging let alone a demon attack. Something's not right… Dante thought to himself as he surveyed the waking city before him.

His thoughts changed from serious planning to reminiscing as the first of the sun's rays shined on his blue eyes.

Just like in Wutai, except this time no Yu-

There was somebody else on the rooftop besides him now. Somehow, this annoying young Wutai Princess had managed to find him.

"You can try as hard as you can Yuffie," Dante called back from the edge of the rooftop, "But your never gonna be able to sneak up on me."

The half-demon hybrid almost smiled as a heard a distinct damn from where Yuffie was attempting to hide behind a ventilation exhaust vent.

"Jeez Dante!" whined Yuffie as she jumped from her hiding spot, "Why you gotta ruin stuff like that!? And why the hell are you up here!? It's like 5 in the morning, how the hell do you get up this early!?"

I think I liked Lady's indifferent silence better than this…Dante groaned in his mind. He decided to humor the ninja.

"Well for starters," Dante said turning to face her, "I didn't sleep last night. I was out patrolling the city and ended up here sometime near 3 A.M. and decided to stay up here to be alone." The demon hunter smiled inside as Yuffie mouthed a silent Oh and blushed, "And if waking up at 5 is so unusual how come you're up this early too?"

"I was gonna make Vinny make me breakfast after all the hoo ha yesterday," Yuffie answered, "But decided to track your demonic ass down after I found Lady and not you sleeping in your bed. By the way she's gonna be pissed at you for not getting any rest."

"Lady? Worry about me?" Dante said cynically, "Your definitely joking. The girl shot me in the head twice. Not like she cares."

"Dante!" exclaimed Yuffie in shock.

What the hell is wrong with men these days!? Doesn't care? Of course she cares!

"How bout you go back and tell everybody I'm fine," Dante said with a grin having already planned his next move, "I'm not some little boy that needs to be nursed back to health. Besides, not like you could keep up with me."

Before Yuffie could react, Dante let himself fall backwards off the rooftop and freefall down into the city below.

"Gah!" Yuffie yelled in frustration, "I hate it when he does that!"

xXx

"Tea, Vincent?" Tifa asked from behind the counter of the Seventh Heaven. Even with all the commotion from yesterday the young bartender still woke up bright and early to set up the bar.

"That would be much appreciated," Vincent replied, his mind distracted by various things.

The two were the only ones up at the vacant bar, enjoying the peace and quiet the morning brought. Barret and Cid had left during the night and Cloud and Lady were still sound asleep upstairs.

Yuffie had disappeared only moments after she had waken up, somehow she had slipped past him…

Where is that reckless girl?

Bah! She'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen, especially with Dante patrolling the city?

That's exactly it…I trust Dante…Just not his hot headed ego…

Good point.

"Vincent?" questioned Tifa. Her head was tilted in confusion and her eyes fixed on Vincent.

"I'm sorry Tifa," Vincent replied, clearing his head and turning to face Tifa, "What was that you just said?"

"I asked if you had checked up on Dante yet," said Tifa, "I didn't want to disturb him when I woke up and it seems you haven't slept at all, which by the way isn't at all healthy for you."

"I'm fine Tifa," Vincent grinned at the concerned bartender, "I'm not entirely human remember?"

His reply turned Tifa an embarrassing pink, the latter forgetting about his "condition" with Chaos.

"Sorry Vince, I totally for-" Tifa started

"It is perfectly acceptable," interrupted Vincent looking away back at the door, "And to answer your question, Dante has not been in his room for the last couple of hours."

"What!?" exclaimed Tifa slamming down a mug on the counter and rushing upstairs. Vincent followed to explain the situation.

"Ugh!" stomped Tifa outside Dante's room as she saw a sleeping Lady where Dante should have been, "Just as stubborn headed as Cloud! Where'd he go Vince?"

"Caalm down Tifa," said Vincent putting his claw on her shoulder, "Dante can take care of himself, and if he deems himself ready to go out and about we do not have the right to detain him. He's out in the city right now."

"I don't care what he thinks!" scowled Tifa going back downstairs, "He should be resting and not wandering the city!"

Vincent was about to close the door to Dante's room when he was unexpectedly caught by now a groggy but conscious Lady.

"Dante?" Lady called out uncertainly. She sleepily lifted herself from the bed, her hair a complete mess.

The Ex-Turk groaned inwardly as he knew he would now have to face Lady's frustration and probably anger.

"It's Vincent," Vincent answered cautiously reopening the door.

"Oh," said Lad, stretching as she stood up, "Could you tell me where he is?"

"I'm afraid," started Vincent holding his ground at the doorway, "That he is…currently…out…"

Lady's eyes snapped completely open and her face contorted, obviously showing her growing anger.

You're in for it now Valentine hahaha!