Rose rolled out of her bed and hit the ground with a thud. She groaned and looked at the clock and realized it was noon. She jumped to her feet and looked around, why hadn't Crystal called her to wake her up? Rose pulled out her phone and dialed Crystal's number. When she got no answer, she dialed Shakira's number but also got no answer. Rose stared at her phone, why weren't they answering.

"Oh yeah they're in school of course they wont answer" Rose said to herself

She then got dressed and headed for school. When she got to school she looked around, first she went to Crystal and Shakira's class, looking for them. But they weren't there; she then went back to her own class wondering what could have happened. She sat in class waiting for school to end, and when it did she quickly went to look for Nero, because he was in the same class as Shakira and Crystal. When she found him walking out of the school, she pretty much screamed his name so that he could hear her over all the other people.

"Rose" Nero said

"Nero have you seen Shakira and Crystal?" Rose asked

"No" Nero said "I thought you knew where they were"

Rose became extremely worried now, and Nero could see it in her eyes.

"What are you thinking?" Nero asked

"Well considering how demons seemed to be attracted to me and my friends" Rose said "Im worried about what could be happening right now"

Nero and Rose stood completely still for a moment before both ran towards Devil May Cry. Once they got there they threw the doors open and ran in. Dante walked down the stairs and Vergil walked in from the back, both looked rather confused.

"What is going on?" Vergil asked

"Shakira and Crystal are missing" Rose panted

Vergil gave Dante a concerned look. Dante then called up Lady and Trish, asking them for help. Everyone waited for a moment until Trish and Lady showed up. Lady went with Trish and Rose went with Nero. As they needed a demon to sniff out another demon.

Vergil was carefully walking the streets when he saw Sage; he wasn't too fond of the teen.

"Hey have you seen my sister?" Sage asked

"No" Vergil said "in fact I'm out looking for her"

"Then let me help" Sage said

Vergil sighed, he really didn't want to spend time with him but who was he to deny the teen this.

"Fine" Vergil said

Sage could tell that Vergil didn't like him, so he knew this was going to be rather awkward. Vergil continued walking, with Sage close behind.

"Tell me" Vergil said "What caused you and Shakira to part ways?"

"What does it matter to you?" Sage asked

Vergil spun around and placed his sword to Sage's neck. There Sage could see that Vergil would most definitely slit his throat right there and then.

"Fine" Sage said

Vergil lowered his sword and put it away.

"She had always been careful and I was always dangerous" Sage said "that and I never really agreed with her fascination with devils and dark things"

Vergil just listened as he didn't really have anything to say about it. They walked in silence until Sage ran into Vergil because he stopped walking. Sage was about to call him out on it, but Vergil placed his hand over Sage's mouth to silence him.

"He's around here" Vergil just about whispered

Sage looked around, he was confused, and how did Vergil know the man who did this was nearby? Sage watched as Vergil slowly approached a man who looked, as kids might describe him, a creeper. Vergil grabbed the man by the shirt.

"Where Are they?" he asked

"What ever are you talking about?" the man asked

"Demon Scum Tell Me Where They Are!" Vergil yelled

The man shivered as he saw the glint of red in Vergil's eyes.

"Alright I will take you to them" he said

Sage gave Vergil a strange look, he was getting the feeling there was something different about him. As the man led Vergil and Sage followed.

Rose was noticing that Nero didn't seem to really be paying much attention to what they were doing or where they were going.

"Hey Nero" Rose said

When he didn't answer she figured she knew what he was thinking about. So she just grabbed his wrist and pulled him along, hoping that maybe if they found the evil demon it would help Nero focus. She did notice that when they got to the edge of the city, Nero seemed to snap back to his senses. She watched as he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply through his nose before turning slightly and then running. Rose looked back and forth before she ran after him.

Sage was watching Vergil carefully, he could tell there was something off about him and he needed to figure out what it was.

"If you're wondering something just ask" Vergil said

"Why is there something different about you?" Sage asked

"Because I'm different from you"

"How?"

Before Vergil could offer an answer there was an explosion. They looked and saw that the demon leading them was gone and that there was nothing in sight.

"Great" Sage said "now what?"

Vergil continued walking, which made Sage wonder if he knew something.

"Where are we going?" Sage asked

Vergil didn't answer and that made Sage slightly angry and a little concerned.

Shakira slowly opened her eyes and found herself chained to a wall.

"Why do demons like me so much" she asked to herself

She wasn't really expecting an answer, but she sure got one.

"Because you are close enough to the sons of Sparda that your capture will bring them here" a man said from the shadows.

"Oh and you think you can take them on" Shakira sneered

"Oh my dear" he said "I will defeat them, for I still have something they want"

'Well this is just a happy day isn't it?' Shakira thought

Sage just now remembered that he still didn't know how Vergil was different from him. And again before he could ask he saw someone up ahead.

"Nero, Rose" Vergil called

The two turned and saw Vergil and Sage walking towards them.

"You could smell it too Im guessing" Nero said

"Clear as day" Vergil said

"Which means" Nero said

Just then Dante showed up.

"Right on time" Nero said

"For once" Vergil said

Sage now needed to know what was going on.

"Okay someone explain this all to me" Sage said

"Your sister was kidnapped by a demon" Vergil said

"And what about you three" Sage said "what do you mean you could smell it?"

"We're part demon" Dante said "therefore our senses are more heightened than a regular human's, so we can tell when a demon is involved in something"

Sage blinked a few times before laughing really hard.

"Oh leave it to Shakira to befriend part demons" he said after he finished laughing.

"Now that we're all happy can we get going?"

Everyone turned to see Lady and Trish standing there waiting.

"Sure thing" Rose said

The group headed on their way to wherever this was going to lead them.

It wasn't long before they saw what looked like an old mining town. They looked at each other but since the scent was extremely strong here they knew this had to be the place. They slowly walked down the abandon streets, looking each way hoping to find Shakira and Crystal safe.

Shakira sighed; this was getting boring and annoying. She looked around and figured she was in a tunnel of sorts. There was a light coming from the right and so Shakira turned and saw Crystal standing there.

"Crystal…" Shakira started "oh wait your still off aren't you"

"My master wants me to keep you company until your little friends come" Crystal said

"Yup you are definitely not Crystal" Shakira said

Crystal snarled and slapped Shakira.

"I could kill you right now" she said "and no one would know"

"Oh they would know" Shakira said

"How's that?" Crystal asked

"I don't know" Shakira said "but it seems they have like a sixth sense for when their friends are hurt or worse"

Shakira watched Crystal laugh at her; she needed to find a way to help Crystal break free of whatever was controlling her.

"Hey Crystal I didn't know someone told you what to do all the time" Shakira said loudly

"Hey no one tells me what to do"

Shakira could tell that was Crystal and that there was hope for her. But whatever was controlling her picked up all too quickly and smirked before walking away.

"I will tell your friends of the tragedy of how they couldn't save you" Crystal called

"Well I just might be screwed" Shakira said

Sage was starting to get really worried about his sister, sure they didn't get along anymore but she was his sister and he still cared about her. The group was met by a group of small, bat looking demons. Dante, Nero and Vergil took out the demons easily, which made them wonder what was really going on here. Their attention was brought up when they heard laughing.

"Well looks like you finally made it"

Up on a cliff ledge was a man in a black trench coat; in fact everything he was wearing was black. His hair also black, but his eyes a sharp blood red. He jumped down and landed in front of the group.

"Come now" he said "Don't look so angry everything will work out"

"Who are you?" Dante asked

"I am Sirean the sorcerer demon" he said

"That's just wonderful" Vergil said "a sorcerer demon"

Before more could be said Sirean brought his hands up and chanted something and suddenly there was a vast army of demons.

"Well this will be a long day" Dante and Vergil said simultaneously

Shakira groaned, her wrists and arms were starting to really hurt.

"Where are they?" she asked herself

Outside where the battle was being fought, Sage was sitting behind a building with Rose. She was told to keep him safe. Sage was getting the feeling that something bad was going to happen soon.

"Rose I have something I need to do" he said

"Then let me assist you" Rose said with a smile

The two made their way around the fight, however their actions didn't get past Sirean, he saw what they were doing but it didn't matter because all he wanted was to destroy the sons of Sparda. Sage and Rose met Crystal at the opening of a tunnel.

"This must be the way" Sage said

"Allow me" Rose said

Sage stepped back and let Rose do her thing.

"Het Crystal I Told Everyone In School Who You Have A Crush ON!" Rose yelled before running.

"Oh, No You Didn't!" Crystal yelled before following Rose

Sage then entered the tunnel, it was dark and impossible to see, but he had to try. He stayed next to one of the walls and followed it for quite some time.

Shakira raised her head as she heard someone coming, but there was no light to accompany them.

"Who's there" Shakira called

"Shakira is that you?" Sage asked

"Sage, how did you get here?" Shakira asked

"Oh your demon friends let me tag along with them" Sage said

Rose was running as fast as she could, she knew that she had to break the hold on Crystal so she continued to taunt her.

"I Bet Everyone Is Going To Tell Him" Rose yelled

"Rose I Will Kill You For This" Crystal yelled

Rose stopped and turned to face Crystal, who stopped a few feet away from Rose.

"Give it your best shot" Rose said

The two then waged war against each other; Rose hoped this would help Crystal break through.

Sage had run back through the tunnels to try and find some sort of light he could use to see what he was doing. Shakira waited patiently until he came back with a torch in his hand.

"You know it was a dangerous thing coming here" Shakira said

"Yeah but you know me" Sage said "I love doing dangerous things"

Shakira smiled as Sage pulled out a pin and began to try and pick the lock on the cuffs that held Shakira to the wall. It didn't take Sage too long to get the cuffs unlocked.

The hold on Crystal was slipping, but not before she realized that Shakira was un-cuffed and that she was going to escape. Crystal called forth for some of the demons to attack the tunnel.

"NO!" Rose screamed

Vergil, Dante, Nero, Trish and Lady heard Rose scream, and they turned and saw the tunnel collapse.

"Shakira and Sage were in there" Rose yelled

The five looked horrified, what now?