A/N: Hello everyone! I hope everyone's having a good day, or night, whatever it may be in your time zone. My day isn't the greatest (I forgot about a test and spilled my coffee this morning) but y'know what? I don't care; it's been productive so far so I can't complain too much.

Disclaimer: … why? Why do you keep pestering me for this?

Surprises at Sun-Up

Nero was jolted from peaceful sleep by sound of an approaching car, at first his brain thought nothing of it, he was sure he was back at the office and Dante would come wake him soon for a mission. Then his eyes snapped back open, he was not in the office, he was asleep, naked in a convertible on the side of a back road. Better yet, was the larger white haired male lying over top of him, parts of his Trigger still lingering on his body.

"Dante." Nero hissed, beginning to squirm and managed to finagle his hoodie back over his shoulders.

"Go 'way…"

"Dante, there are people coming, you gotta put some clothes on." He poked his friend's cheek with a blue claw. The elder grumbled but fumbled back into his pants, leaning back in his own seat and turning away from the teen.

"Lemme 'lone…" was the sleepy response when the vampire poked him again.

"Dante, your Trigger…" there was further grumbling but the lingering traces of red and black armor faded back to pink flesh, the partial devil didn't even count to ten before the elder's breathing slowed back into that of sleep again. Nero heard the sound of a car door slamming and quickly pulled his pants back on, praying that these people would just see some guys who were taking a nap break and move along, the teen closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep.

"Dad, seriously, it's just a car, can't we just let it go?"

"No one just leaves a car like that on the side of the road Sadie, it won't take long." There was the sound of approaching footsteps and the vampire's nose managed to pick up the individual scents of the father and daughter before they could even see into the car. Nero could practically feel the eyes on him and he heard a soft.

"Excuse me?"

"Dad, they're asleep, leave them alone."

"What if they've broken down out here? I'm just trying to help. Excuse me." The teen knew he was being addressed again and shuffled, pretending to wake up. A tall blonde man stood at the edge of the convertible looking slightly concerned, his daughter stood at his side, staring at him with blatant curiosity.

"Hello…" the vampire said, shifting to sit up but still trying to keep his right arm out of sight. "Can I help you?"

"I was just wondering if you were having car troubles? It's not the best idea to just park your car at the side of the road…"

"Dad…" the girl whispered her eyes wide.

"Not now Sadie." The man said without missing a beat.

"There's no trouble here," Nero said with a smile "my partner and I just needed to rest our eyes for a little while, we've had a long trip."

"Dad…" Sadie tried again, tapping insistently on the man's arm. He blatantly ignored her, for which, the partial devil was grateful, as she was staring between the dried blood on Dante's neck and the massive weapons in the backseat.

"Well, you shouldn't stay out here too long; it's not safe to sleep on the side of the road." The teen doubted that any thieves or muggers would be able to get the advantage over himself or Dante but he smiled at the Good Samaritan regardless.

"Thanks, we'll be moving along shortly."

"Dad! His friend is hurt!" the female finally snapped pointing at the dried blood on the half devil's neck and shoulder where Nero had bit and scratched during the previous night's activities.

"Oh god! Is he alright?" the blonde looked between the two slayers.

"He's fine, he's fine, it's no big deal, really. He heals quickly." The smaller male wanted to recall those words the instant he'd said them, why did he say something so stupid?

"Just because he heals quickly does not mean that he shouldn't get treatment… what are those?" he pointed to the two large swords in the backseat, both of which were still covered in demonic gunk as the two couldn't clean them very well in the midst of travel.

"They're uh… props." Nero said quickly, trying to blow this whole thing off. This was why he hated clueless civilians. In the slums where Devil May Cry was located, more people knew of demons and monsters, it made their jobs easier and the teen didn't have to worry about swathing his arm in bandages every time he needed to run to the store.

"Props?" Sadie put a hand on a hip, a skeptical look on her young face. "What for?" the vampire felt cornered, his blue eyes darting from one person to another. Why wasn't Dante awake? He was sure that the older man could smooth talk his way out of this…

"Young man, what's going on here?" Sadie's father asked.

"We're demon hunters." Nero finally blurted, there was a moment of awkward silence before the blonde burst into laughter.

"Demon hunters, that's good!"

"I'm serious!" the teen exclaimed

"Right, now what's actually going on here?"

"We're on our way back home; we stopped because we needed sleep after slaying a few devils." The younger slayer said seriously, trying to stop his cheeks from reddening through sheer willpower.

"Right, of course, you know you could've just said that you were involved in something that you shouldn't be and left it at that." Nero face palmed at the father's words, this random guy off the road was trying to advise him on the importance of honesty? Deciding that the situation couldn't get much worse and that at the very least, it'd shut them up, the teen pulled his right arm from behind himself.

"I'm not involved in something that I shouldn't be. Demon slaying is exactly what I should be doing." The blonde stared with bulging eyes and Sadie took a startled step back.

"What the hell did you do to your arm son?"

"I didn't do anything, I'm part demon myself, so unless you're asking my partner and I for our services, I'd appreciate it if you'd please leave us alone."

"O-of course." The man was backing up quickly, pulling his daughter with him. Soon the duo was out of sight and he heard their car speed off. The vampire leaned back in his seat, trying to relax again, until he heard a soft snort from his left.

"That went well." Dante mumbled, Nero whipped around to glare at him.

"You were awake this whole time and you did nothing to help me?!"

"Well I wouldn't say 'awake'," the elder rolled over to face the teen "besides, it was fun to listen to you flounder. You really are a terrible liar kid."

"And you're an asshole." The younger growled as he turned away from his friend, intent on sleeping the rest of the way home.

A/N: This chapter was just plain silly, I love the idea of the boys trying to interact with normal people, and I feel like it wouldn't go over very well. Sorry about there not being much Dante action in this chapter, but it was too much fun to make Nero struggle with what to say!

Till next time,

-Winged Element