Vergil's Departure

by JennyyaChains

Sequel to Vergil's Return story. Set a year before dmc 5, during dmc5 and some time after. This story will contain all themes and all characters until now.

4. All Nightmare Long

Disclaimer: extract from song "Treat Me Like A Lady" owned by its author the gorgeous Anneke Van Gierbergen. I don't own DMC or any of its characters except for the ones I create.

AN: Hello, I had a little more time to write with this COVID 19 virus, so I finished this chapter sooner than expected. It is long as well although not as much as last chapter. I hope you enjoy, there's a lot of things going on here, it's a difficult chapter but this is how the story goes and how my crazy head goes.

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CHAPTER 4 "All Nightmare Long"

"Vergil?" Lady called out as she entered the house. She turned on the lights and found him sitting on the sofa. He seemed very relaxed. He was laid back with his eyes closed and his hands clasped together right over his groin. Lady approached to him. He seemed asleep. She rested Kalina Ann on a side of the sofa and bent over him. "Vergil...?" She whispered. She shook her hand in front of his face and she didn't get any response. She just grinned. "Oh Vergil... you look so peaceful in your sleep" She said sweetly then turned away to go upstairs. She had just returned from a job and she needed a shower.

Suddenly Vergil reached for her hand and pulled her against him.

"Ah!" Lady yelled surprised and scared at the same time. Her heart beat fast as Vergil pulled her onto his lap. Vergil's deep blue eyes opened right when she landed on him. She hesitated a little. "Vergil- why do you- always scare me like that!" She complained.

"Why do you always sneak up on me?" Vergil said slyly, staring deep into her eyes.

Lady definitely felt intimidated by him. She looked into his eyes and she felt herself shrink. She gulped nervous. "I did not..." She hesitated. "...you were asleep. I didn't want to wake you up" She said turning her look from his.

Vergil pushed her back onto the sofa, slowly clinging to her body. "I was not..." He said in a low voice as he reached his lips to her neck.

"Vergil wait!" Lady tried to stop him.

"Are you okay?" Vergil asked as he moved the hair behind her ear.

"It's just, I'm all sweaty, I- I- need a shower first" Lady said stuttering as she sat up on the sofa.

Vergil surprised. "Since when have I cared for that?"

Lady hesitated and didn't know how to reply.

"Besides, I meant the trace of blood behind your ear" Vergil said simply. The blood had dripped down her neck but it was dry already.

"Oh, so it did get to scratch me after all..." Lady said pensive, thinking on the numerous demons she had just encountered today. She suddenly felt Vergil's tongue licking her neck. "Vergil! Don't do that! It's disgusting!" She said surprised but still laughing.

Vergil chuckled. "Why? It was the smell of your blood what woke me up" He said slyly.

"Oh, so you were asleep then?" Lady said grinning mischievously.

"Maybe..." Vergil grinned. "I love the taste of your blood..." Vergil said.

"Why, are you a half-vampire now?" Lady said giggling as she felt Vergil's tongue licking and nipping at her neck. "Oh, stop, stop!" She screamed and laughed as she patted his chest.

Suddenly Vergil stopped and looked into her eyes.

Lady paralyzed with his penetrating stare.

"You should be more careful next time" Vergil said serious.

"Don't worry Vergil, it was nothing" Lady said blushing as she lowered her look. She couldn't keep her stare locked with his for longer. She tried to stand up from the sofa but Vergil stopped her.

"But what if it was something more serious and I'm not around?" Vergil asked serious as he kept holding her wrist.

Lady broke free from his grasp and stood up. "But it wasn't, okay?" She said as she faced her back at him. "You don't have to worry about me..." She said pensive and somewhat sorrowful. "...I've always been alone and... here I am, alive and kicking. And man I've battled enough demons my whole life and none has ever brought me down" She said a little nervous when suddenly she felt Vergil stood up and stood behind her, rubbing her arms.

"You don't have to pretend with me. You may seem tough on the outside, but inside you are as fragile as porcelain" Vergil whispered to her ear. He had noticed her voice shaking before, so he turned her over to look into her eyes. "Mary..."

"I'm not!" She said somewhat upset. Still, she turned away from him. "Besides... you are never there" A tear rolled down her pale cheeks. "What's the difference?" She closed her eyes tight trying to stop her tears.

Vergil embraced her from behind and turned her over against his chest. "Mary, I'm here, aren't I?"

Lady couldn't help to cry her heart out as she sunk in his chest. But somehow the warmth of his arms gave her solace. She embraced him real tight while Vergil rubbed her back softly.

He held her tight. "I love you Mary" Vergil said softly.

She suddenly stopped crying. She moved from his chest and stared into his eyes surprised.

"You won't say anything back?" Vergil wondered.

"I- I..." Lady was speechless.

Vergil just grinned and pulled her to his chest again. The expression on her face was enough for him. He lifted her face by the chin and kissed her lips.

Lady felt all his love in that kiss; she was almost breathless. She opened her eyes and stared into his. She didn't know why but she felt nervous. She broke away from his grasp and hurried to the stairs. "I need a shower!" She yelled as she ran away. "Do you wanna go out for dinner?" She asked as she climbed up the stairs.

"Whatever you want..." Vergil said simply as he kept staring at her, watching her every clumsy move due to her nervousness. She had hit her knee with the small table beside the sofa, then she almost knocked down the lamp with her hips. He just grinned. He turned away and sat on the sofa again. He put his arms over the edge and tilted his head back. His expression suddenly changed. He seemed worried, pensive, undecided.

After a little while, Lady came down and stood before Vergil. His eyes were closed and he seemed to not have noticed her presence.

"I'm ready!" Lady said excited.

Vergil lifted his face and looked at her. He was speechless. She looked absolutely gorgeous. He straightened up on his seat and looked at her up and down. "Whe- where are we going?" He wondered.

Lady took his hand and helped him up. "To a restaurant nearby" She said simply.

Vergil kept staring at her. It was inevitable.

"Stop staring at me!" Lady blushed.

"Why? I can look wherever I want" Vergil said careless. "Should I change?" He asked referring to his outfit.

"Whatever you feel more comfortable with" Lady said hoping he would wear something nicer.

"Oh wonderful. Then let's go" He said as he took her by the arm and led her to the door.

"What?" She said surprised as she kept motionless for a moment. "Oh, whatever..." She just followed him.

They walked to a nearby restaurant, it wasn't as fancy but the enough to be well dressed. Lady was wearing a white blouse with the shoulders uncovered and a black skirt, a little loose; ankle boots and the earrings Kyrie gave her for Christmas.

As they arrived to the restaurant, Vergil noticed every single man there turned to look at Lady. He couldn't help to feel annoyed but at the same time pleased for it was him who walked beside her. He reached his arm to her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"Table for two?" The hostess in the lobby asked.

Vergil just raised an eyebrow serious as he turned his face to a side, then the other. "I don't see anyone else" He said arrogantly.

"Yes please!" Lady said a bit embarrassed and nervous.

"This- way- please" The woman said nervous as she felt highly intimidated by Vergil. She grabbed a pair of menus and took them to a nice table at the terrace. "I assume you'll feel more comfortable here, the weather is wonderful" She said shakily.

"Assuming is for fools..." Vergil said thoughtlessly.

Lady rapidly nudged him on a side. "It's perfect, thank you!" She faked a smile. "What are you doing?" She yelled in whispers.

"What?" Vergil said foolish. "Do you prefer I flirt with the ladies as Dante would?" He said simply.

Lady kept pensive. "Definitely not"

Vergil moved the chair for Lady then sat in front of her. "It is a nice table with a very nice view" Vergil said.

"See? The woman was just being nice" Lady complained.

"She was doing her job" Vergil said careless.

Meanwhile, it was passed 10 pm and Trish still waited for Dante to return. She had just put David to sleep and was watching TV in the living room. Suddenly the doors burst open.

"Dante?" Trish turned towards the doors.

"Sorry. Were you expecting someone else?" Dante said jokey.

"Not really" Trish said careless.

Dante walked in and locked the doors.

"Where have you been all day long?" Trish asked upset.

"All nightmare long, you mean" Dante corrected her.

Trish didn't reply and stood up from the sofa instead, approaching to Dante. She stood before him with her hands at her hips.

Dante turned and looked at her. "Working with Nero, what else"

"Working my ass!" Trish said upset.

"What?" Dante surprised.

"Dante, you said it yourself. As soon as Nero intends to work all day, I quit!" Trish said folding her arms. "Your words!"

"You think I'm enjoying this?" Dante said even more surprised. "It's fucking torture to be with Nero all day long. But I'm doing this for you baby, for David, for the kids" He said pointing at her belly.

"If you were hunting demons I would totally understand. I wouldn't complain at all. But Dante, it's been weeks you leave early in the morning and return late at night without a single penny in your pockets. Besides, you're spending the little money you earn eating out with Nero or God knows who" Trish said upset.

"Are you implying I'm seeing someone else?" Dante said with disbelief and pestered.

"Well, I don't know. You tell me!" Trish said mad.

David woke up due to their screams. He opened his bedroom door to eavesdrop a little.

"I can't believe you're doubting of me Trish. How can you think I could be capable of that!" Dante said upset. "Have you gone mad?"

Dante, we haven't visited the doctor lately, because you haven't had the time. We don't even know the sex of our babies and they will be born in less than two months!" Trish complained.

"Well I'm sorry for working too hard to have something to offer them!" Dante said raising his voice. He was pissed for what Trish was accusing him but even more upset for making her feel and think that way, when things could be different, if only Lucia hadn't called.

"You know what? Do what you want. You've always have, I don't care" Trish said serious as she turned away from him and reached the stairs. But of course she cared, she held from the banister tightly, hoping Dante to ease her thoughts.

"If you wanted to go to the doctor, you should've just told me, you know? I don't read minds" Dante said serious and a little annoyed. "But you never tell me things, you keep all to yourself as always!"

Trish twisted her lips angrily and disappointed. "You already knew that, Dante. I didn't have to tell you. It was something you were supposed to care about! But I realize that you just don't" She said serious. "And you are never home lately! How was I supposed to tell you, huh?" She yelled mad. "Have you thought of David, huh? You haven't even seen him in days! Think about that!" She said as she hurried upstairs.

As she went through the corridor, David peeked out his face through the door. "Mom? Is everything okay?" David wondered.

"Yes honey. Go back to sleep, okay?" Trish said as she didn't stop and headed to her room.

But David noticed tears in her eyes and her voice shaky. He walked out of his room and saw her entering hers, slamming the door. He approached to the stairs and saw Dante just standing there in the office, pensive and staring down.

Dante suddenly moved and went to the kitchen. He found his dinner served and another plate as well, probably from Trish. David wouldn't go to bed without having dinner. Both plates were covered with plastic wrap. Dante felt pretty guilty and bad about it. Perhaps Trish was right and he was giving to much importance to "Lucia's call" when he was missing invaluable time with his family. Probably David was being affected by this too. He grabbed both plates and put them in the fridge.

Suddenly David walked in to the kitchen. "Dad?" He said concerned. "Is everything okay?"

Dante was closing the fridge when he heard David. He turned around and faked a smile. "What do you mean, kiddo?" He asked foolish.

"I heard you and mom fight" David said staring down.

Dante approached to him and crouched at his level. "It's alright. Don't worry about it. Your mom's a bit sensitive right now, but it'll pass" He tried to comfort him with lies. He started feeling like his father now. He wasn't there for his son or even Trish anymore. "Hey David?" He asked.

David raised his stare towards him. "Yeah?"

"I'm sorry if I've been away lately, we have barely seen each other. I promise this will end soon, alright?" Dante said caring.

David just nodded. "I hadn't seen you in days. I don't even remember when was the last time. Mom always puts me to sleep before you come back"

"I know" Dante said sorry. He hadn't even thought of it. "Come here" He embraced him tightly as at the same time he kept pensive. He wanted this nightmare to be over. What am I doing? He felt David hugging him real tight as if he didn't want him to go. "Hey, I'm not going anywhere, champ" He said with a chuckle.

"But you are" David said swallowing his tears.

Dante surprised. He wondered how could he know he'd go. He separated from him for a moment and looked him in the eyes. "Hey, I promise, starting tomorrow, I will be coming home earlier so we can spend more time together, okay?" Dante said caring.

"You promise?" David said shyly.

"Have I ever failed you?" Dante said jokey.

David kept pensive.

"I'll help you with your new training alright?" Dante said as he kissed Dave's forehead and stood up. "Now you should go back to sleep" He picked him up and carried him upstairs to his room. He tucked him in bed then walked to the door. He turned off the lights. "Goodnight son"

"Goodnight dad" David relaxed a little and tried to sleep.

Dante closed the door and headed to the bedroom. When he entered, Trish was already in bed, apparently asleep. "Trish?" He called her with no response. He undressed leaving only his underwear on and got in bed too. "Trish, I know you're awake, c'mon. We need to talk" He laid on his side facing at her. He stared at her form and tried to touch her. "We need to work this out" He said as he laid his hand on her hip.

Trish just took his hand and moved it off her. "Don't touch me"

"Baby, please. I swear I'm not doing bad things" Dante said.

Trish sat up. "Then what are you doing?" She asked as she turned towards him.

"Nothing" Dante said foolish.

"Then why can't you come home early?" Trish protested.

"Because..." Dante couldn't answer.

Trish raised an eyebrow waiting for an answer. "Goodnight Dante" She said pissed and turned from him again then lied down.

Dante took a deep breath. He just couldn't tell Trish about Lucia and this supposed demon who was challenging him. He needed to go, otherwise that demon could harm David or even Trish. And he didn't want that to happen. If only Trish could understand...

Vergil and Lady enjoyed a nice dinner and a couple of exquisite bottles of red wine under the moonlight. Lady kept talking all night and laughing, while Vergil replied a few times, but still enjoyed her company quite much. It was enough for her to see him smile. Getting a few chuckles from his lips was her reward for every moment of anguish and doubt throughout the week. One sole moment like this, could make it up for hundreds of uncertainty. Because times like these could fill her every pore with joy and make her forget all her negative thoughts and nightmares. No more fears, no more doubts; Vergil was hers, and hers only.

Vergil ordered the check. It was getting late, although the night wasn't yet over and he still wanted one more thing before the night would come to an end, to make it perfect.

They walked out of the restaurant and headed back home. Vergil kept his arm wrapped around her waist as they walked; she was staggering a little and she just couldn't stop laughing.

"I think you drank a little too much" Vergil said a bit worried. But nothing would ruin the night.

"Maybe a little..." Lady said giggling. "But I had a wonderful time with you"

"So did I" Vergil grinned.

They walked for a few blocks before they could get home. Vergil expected the walk and the nice cooling breeze could help her ease her drunkenness. He was a little dunk himself but not the enough to lose any sense or lower his guard. He opened up the house and let Lady in first. He then walked in and locked.

Lady wanted to throw herself on the sofa, but Vergil didn't let her. "You are coming with me" Vergil said seductively.

"Oh..." Lady said surprised and giggling. "... I can totally see your intentions mister..." Her giggles were cut short as she lowered her look at his groin and noticed his bulging erection.

Vergil approached to her and kissed her passionately, making Lady's drunkenness disappear. She wrapped her arms around his neck while Vergil picked her up and carried her upstairs to their bedroom. She wrapped her legs around his hips and kept kissing him all the way upstairs as he moved his hands under her skirt and gripped her tightly by her ass. They reached the room, Vergil kicked the door to open and close. Then he softly laid her over the bed. Lady's heart was beating so hard; her breathing had speeded up with excitement.

Vergil took off his coat, then his vest and threw them on a side. Lady was really anxious, she pulled from his hand to bring him closer. Then she put a hand on his belt and forced him to crawl on the bed over her. She started kissing him again, a bit desperately; then she turned him over and straddled him now. She sat on his lap feeling his erection while Vergil simply admired her. He then took off her blouse and bra with just a hand and kept admiring her. He fondled her breasts feeling their softness and the hardness of her nipples. Then she suddenly moved to a side and undid his belt and trousers. She took off his boots then the rest of his clothes and straddled him again. She was so aroused she couldn't control her breathing. Before she could do anything, Vergil grabbed both of her arms and pulled her closer to him, rolling her over and taking control now. He pushed both of her arms over her head and held them there. Then he reached his lips to her neck and started kissing her softly. He could feel her chest moving in and out uncontrollably.

"Calm down, Mary" He whispered into her ear.

"Oh Vergil…" Lady moaned deeply. "…make love to me"

Vergil stared deep into her eyes. "And what do you think I will do?" He kissed her softly then started lowering his lips to her neck. He kept kissing down her neck till he reached her soft breasts, then lowered his lips more and more savoring every corner of her body. He kissed her thighs building up her arousal as the kisses turned more into gentle nibbles reaching closer to her throbbing pussy. As soon as his lips reached her pussy, she instantly squirmed in pleasure.

"Oh Vergil…!" She moaned deeply.

He licked and sucked her pussy just a little before he made his way inside her. He did it slowly, letting her feel his every inch. He kept holding her hands at her sides the whole time, never letting go. They enjoyed every minute of overflowing ecstasy from start to finish. Vergil kept pounding her softly when suddenly he looked deep into her eyes. "I love you Mary" He said, then his lips met hers in a passionate kiss.

Lady couldn't help to surprise again. "I love you Vergil…" She said as she broke away from the kiss to then reach climax.

Vergil enjoyed her expression full of pleasure as they both reached climax together. He held her hands tighter as he finished. Then he just laid over her chest for a while. Both their breathings were extremely accelerated. They took a little while to control. Vergil laid beside her and she cuddled up at his chest. He started caressing her arms and she instantly fell asleep with a smile on her face. Vergil admired her for moments and grinned. He felt so good that for a while he could ease his mind from those sickening desires for more power. He fell asleep in a complete serenity.

In the other hand, Dante couldn't get a wink all night. He just kept pensive, staring at the ceiling, lost in his thoughts. Nearly at dawn he finally fell asleep.

In the morning Trish woke up and Dante slept like a rock so she didn't even bother to wake him up. She changed her clothes and got David ready for school. She took him to school and returned home. Just when she entered the house, Dante was coming down the stairs. He was already showered and ready to go.

"You're leaving?" Trish asked.

Dante took Rebellion and his beloved Ebony and Ivory. "Yeah"

"Do you want something for breakfast?" Trish asked out of habit.

"I'm fine" Dante said simply as he put on his coat to go.

Trish gave a few steps inside the office, keeping her stare down, worried.

Dante just passed her by and headed to the doors.

"Dante!" Trish yelled as she turned to look at him. "I'm worried about you!"

"And I'm worried about you too!" Dante said without turning to look at her. He had a foot outside the door already. "That's why I'm doing this"

Trish just turned her face to a side. "I bet Vergil spends more time with Lady and treats her right"

"What?" Dante surprised. "Why don't you call her and ask her if Vergil is there with her, if he sleeps with her every night. I bet you'll be surprised" He said looking down unable to look at her. "Ask her how many times he makes love to her, how many times he's told her he loves her…" He kept pensive then closed the door behind him.

Trish kept silent and pensive as Dante walked out the door. She couldn't help to feel bad about this and shed a tear. She couldn't help her anxiety; she approached to the doors and slightly opened one to peek outside. Nero hadn't even arrived and Dante simply walked with no apparent destination. She closed the door abruptly and leant over it. "Why do you lie to me?" She said anxiously. She couldn't keep her doubts and called Lady instead.

It was barely 9 in the morning. The phone rang waking Lady up. She lazily reached for the phone and answered. "Hello?" She said dazed.

"Lady? Did I wake you up?" Trish asked.

"Don't worry, it's alright. Is there anything wrong?" Lady asked.

"Is Vergil there with you?" Trish asked dubiously.

"Yeah, of course…" Lady said simply as she turned to her side and found his side of the bed empty. "…no wait, he's not. Trish? Are you alright?" She asked now concerned. One for Trish, and two for Vergil.

"Actually… I'm not. Do you think you could come over? I really need to talk to someone" Trish sounded somewhat desperate.

Lady surprised and woke up completely. She sat up in bed. "I'll just take a shower and I'll be there, okay?"

Trish just nodded, holding her tears. As if Lady could see her through the phone.

Lady worried after not getting a reply or any noise. "I'll be there in a flash, okay?" She hung up and hurried to the shower. She got ready the fastest she could and got on her bike to get there faster. She really arrived to the Devil May Cry in no time. Trish's problem made her forget about Vergil, but it was evident he wasn't home when she woke up. She got off her bike and hurried to the entrance. The doors weren't locked so she just entered and rapidly searched for Trish.

"Trish? Girl where are you?" Lady said out loud. Then she heard her sobs and followed the noise.

Trish was lying on the large sofa, trying to control her sobs, but as soon as she saw Lady, she started crying her heart out. "Oh Lady!"

Lady approached to her and crouched beside the sofa, holding her hands. "What happened?" She asked worried. "Where's Dante?"

"I don't know!" Trish said crying and embracing Lady.

"What do you mean you don't know? He's out on a job or something?" Lady started asking real worried. "Did he do something to you? If he did I swear I'm gonna…" She said pissed when suddenly Trish interrupted her.

"I don't know. But I do know he's lying to me" Trish said sobbing.

Lady relaxed a little. "Okay. Calm down. Why don't you tell me what this is all about? Why do you say that?" She helped Trish sit up and sat next to her. Trish turned to face her and Lady did too.

"You do know Dante has been working with Nero lately, right?" Trish asked.

"Yeah. That ridiculous van idea. So what's wrong about it?" Lady said.

"At first, Nero would come pick him up around noon and they'd return by 5 or 6 or even earlier, unless they had a job or something. Nero would stay here for dinner most of the time and then went home" Trish said serious.

Lady just listened and still didn't understand what the problem was. "And then what?" She wondered as she tried to understand Trish's discomfort.

"But a few weeks ago, I found out Dante was hiding something from me and since that day he started leaving very early in the morning and returns till late at night, every single day" Trish said.

"And how can you be so sure he's hiding something? I mean, maybe it's nothing" Lady tried to calm her a little.

"Because he accepted it! But he didn't want to tell me about it because he says I'm hiding something too about Ve…" Trish almost screwed up. She lowered her stare trying to avoid Lady's look.

"Are you? About what?" Lady wondered.

"Well… yeah. But it's something I promised I wouldn't tell" Trish said.

"Well then… I guess you guys are even" Lady said trying to make Trish look at her again. "But there's something more, isn't it?" She lifted Trish's face with her hand.

"I think… Dante is seeing someone else" Trish said simply.

Lady kept mute for a few seconds then burst out laughing. She even fell back on the sofa for laughing so hard.

"What's so funny?" Trish complained.

Lady sat up again. "That's what you're worried about?" She asked trying to control her laughter. Trish didn't reply and just blushed embarrassed. "Trish, I know Dante from way back, much before you did. And I can tell you he's not that type of guy. I know it, and you know it too" She said serious. "There is no way Dante would cheat on you"

Trish took a deep breath. "Well, I don't know what it is, but I'm sure there's something going on"

"You wanted to know if Vergil was with Dante this morning?" Lady wondered.

"Dante and I had a fight last night and this morning before he left. I told him that Vergil was surely with you all day and…" Trish was saying.

"Are you serious?" Lady interrupted her. "Trish, I never know where he is. But he's usually not home and I don't ask him anything because I know him and if I wanna be with him that's how it has to be. Sometimes, he's gone for a few days and then returns as if he had gone to the store to get milk" Lady complained and seemed worried now too.

Somehow, Trish felt in a much better position than Lady now. "So you never know where he is? Why can't you ask?" She wondered.

"Because the first time I did, we had a huge fight. Then I understood that he wanted freedom, not to be controlled and much less by a woman and human smothering him with questions all the time" Lady said serious. "So if he wants to tell me, great. If not, then I gotta keep all my doubts to myself" Her expression showed so much worry and fear she couldn't keep looking at Trish so she lowered her stare instead.

"This morning, I peeked outside when he left and Nero didn't even pick him up. God knows where he goes every day" Trish said suspicious. "He stopped taking David to school and I have no idea of where he is anymore"

Lady chuckled. "Maybe you are so used to see him every day. You've always been so close that now you feel he's slipping from your hands" She said simply.

Trish kept pensive. "I'm sorry Lady. You must be thinking I'm stupid and overreacting" She said a little ashamed.

"Oh, of course not girl. You just love him so much. I understand that" Lady said caring as she took her hands again.

"And how are you and Vergil doing?" Trish asked changing the subject.

"Well…" Lady took a deep breath. "… I have a bad feeling you know?"

Trish kept pensive and remembered all the extensive talks she's had with Vergil lately. "Did something happen?" She asked curious.

"We… we're fine in general" Lady said then thought of opening up a bit more with Trish. "Honestly, we had a great time last night, he even told me that he loves me for the first time ever and I couldn't reply. I was speechless…" She said.

Trish remembered about what Dante told her this morning and realized he was right. "Really? For the first time? And you didn't say a thing?"

"I was surprised! And honestly, I felt scared, that's not normal. Every time I asked him if he loved me, he'd say you know the answer to that. But now he said it without me having to ask and- and- that scared me" Lady said worried.

"You shouldn't be scared, that's a good thing!" Trish tried to encourage her.

"I think it's way the opposite" Lady said certain. "We went out for dinner last night, we had a great time together and when we got back, he made love to me like never before and said he loves me, again. That scares me even more. He hadn't said it before, not once. And now twice in a single day? I feel he's leaving me" She said serious.

"What! Of course not! Why do you say that?" Trish faked surprise, but now she felt even more certain that Vergil is planning something and perhaps Lady's fears are correct.

"You know…" Lady said suddenly. "…every time I looked at you and Dante I- felt jealous. Because no matter what, you guys always show your love to each other without any fears. And I always wished Vergil could be more like Dante. But honestly, when he is too nice to me, it scares me. That's not him. And don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining but it's just so weird it almost seems fake" She said full of uncertainty again. "Oh, this is a nightmare…" Lady covered her face with her hands, a little embarrassed.

"I think I know what you mean" Trish said. "And now that Dante behaves more like Vergil, all suspicious and distant, I feel scared"

They both turned to look at each other and laughed. "Maybe we're both exaggerating" Lady said.

"I hope so" Trish said even more worried now, but she didn't want to worry Lady. She hated to lie, but she didn't want to hurt someone else's feelings. Keeping secrets simply sucked. She broke away from the hug and looked down. "I feel bad now. I need to make up with Dante. He tried to speak to me last night and I totally ignored him"

"You'll speak to him when he gets back tonight" Lady said caring.

"I could call him…" Trish hesitated.

"Or… you could call him, yes. If you wanna sound desperate" Lady said. "Trish, I'm sure he'll call you first"

"Perhaps. I hope so. I don't wanna be like this. We haven't even kissed in… more than a day now!" Trish said worried.

Lady couldn't help to laugh. "Oh, I bet you guys keep having sex any time you can, despite your pregnancy"

"Yeah, of course. Although, I've been thinking… with 3 kids it's gonna be difficult to keep doing it every day…" Trish said worried.

Lady wanted to laugh. Trish's worries were so simple things.

"Do you want something to drink?" Trish asked. "Did you have breakfast?"

"Yes, and no. And if you haven't had breakfast either, then I would love to have breakfast with you" Lady said suddenly hungry and happy.

"Perfect! Then let's go to the kitchen" Trish said. "Do you want waffles?"

Lady's eyes sparkled. "I would love to!"

Trish started preparing everything while Lady served herself some grapefruit juice and sat by the table. She couldn't stop watching her.

"You know, Trish. Since you became a housewife your cooking improved a lot. Every time I eat anything you make, it's like eating something from the heavens. You cook like a Goddess!" Lady said excited and anxious to eat. She suddenly had an idea. Trish served her the waffles and then she served herself and sat in front of Lady.

Trish saw Lady taking a photo of the food. "What are you doing?"

"I'm gonna take a picture of this, and I'm gonna send it to Nero. If Dante is with him, he'll definitely show it to him and Dante will regret being upset with you" Lady said clever. "Do you have some strawberries and whipped cream?"

Trish just chuckled and shook her head. "Of course I do"

"Dante should get a phone. Even Vergil has one" Lady complained.

"Really?" Trish said. "Oh, of course. I've called him before"

Lady felt a little jealous. "You have?" She pretended to act careless but it was evident that she was jealous. She took the glass and sipped some juice instead.

"Oh, don't get me wrong…" Trish noticed her jealousy and tried to make something up. "…I've just called him when Dante asks me too"

"Oh, of course. That's alright. You don't have to give me any explanations" Lady said simply but a little disturbed. She couldn't get that thought of Vergil secretly in love with Trish out from her head.

Trish brought the strawberries and whipped cream and garnished Lady's waffles. "Oh, I hope Nero doesn't show this to David or he'll be jealous" She giggled.

"Well that's what we're doing but with Dante" Lady said.

Trish sat back on the chair and readied to eat. "Well enough pictures, now enjoy your waffles"

"Of course, just let me send it" Lady said as she sent the pic to Nero. "Done!" She said as she left the phone over the table and started eating. Suddenly her phone started flashing with notifications. Lady took the phone anxious as she enjoyed her waffles. It was Nero. She opened up the messages and replied to him but her face suddenly turned serious when Nero started replying.

You lucky bitch! Are you with Trish?- Nero asked.

Yes! Jealous?- Lady replied grinning.

Trish turned to look at Lady, and noticed the sudden change in her expression. "What is it? What did he say?"

Is Dante with you? Can you tell him I'll meet him at 11, usual place?- Nero replied to Lady.

Dante's not here…- Lady replied nervously, afraid that Trish could notice.

"Nothing. He just said he was jealous" Lady said simply.

"Show me! Did he tell Dante?" Trish wondered as she stood up and snatched the phone from Lady's hands.

"Trish wait!" Lady said surprised with Trish's speed. She didn't even notice when Trish took it from her.

Trish started reading the messages. Her face seemed upset, she wanted to send Nero a message. Lady stood up from her seat and took the phone from Trish's hands. She hadn't had the chance to send any message to Nero.

"Trish, what are you doing?" Lady asked concerned.

"Where the fuck has he been going every morning!" Trish said upset.

"I don't know. I really can't understand" Lady said foolishly.

"Ask him if he has been with Dante all day, lately. Ask him!" Trish yelled.

"Okay, okay. Relax" Lady tried to calm her. "Sit down first"

Trish's breathing had suddenly speeded up. She sat down, but she just couldn't control her anger.

Lady approached to her. "Listen, Trish. I don't know- where has Dante been lately, but I can assure you he's not seeing another woman. Who knows, maybe he has been meeting with Vergil"

Trish was so mad she was even shaking. Lady crouched before her and held her hands. She tried to meet her stare.

"Trish, look at me" Lady said caring. "I know Dante. He would never do such a thing to you. He loves you like no one else in the world"

Trish kept her face looking down. She tightened the grip on Lady's hands as tears started rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh, baby. Don't cry, it's alright. I swear you are worrying for nothing" Lady tried to comfort her.

"You better be right" Trish said in tears as she embraced Lady.

Lady just rubbed her back. "It's alright, girl. Let's enjoy our waffles, okay? You put all your love into them" She said trying to cheer her up.

"I'm not hungry anymore. I'm sorry. You can have mine if you want" Trish said disappointed. She moved her chair back and stood up. "I'll go lie down for a while, okay? I'm not feeling too well" She said calmed. "I'm okay. Don't worry. You enjoy the waffles" She went to the living room and lied down on the large sofa. She hated to have such vast imagination. She wondered what had just happened to them lately. What was that which was coming between them?

Lady just peeked out through the kitchen door and then turned her face towards the waffles again. She frowned undecided. But she couldn't let those delicious waffles go to waste. She sat down to eat and decided to call Nero while she finished the waffles. "Nero?" She said with her mouthful.

"What's up Lady?" Nero said foolish.

"Please tell me you have been seeing Dante all day long lately" Lady said.

"All nightmare long, you mean" Nero said foolish. "Yeah, almost"

"What do you mean almost?" Lady wondered.

"Today I couldn't meet him at the regular hour, that's why I told you to tell him" Nero said.

"But you've been seeing him since early in the morning every day?" Lady asked still curious.

"Well… yes. Since a few weeks back, but I can't tell you why" Nero said foolishly, sowing even more curiosity in her head.

"Oh, that sounds so encouraging" Lady said sarcastic.

"Why do you ask?" Nero wondered. "Is Trish with you right now?" He asked nervous.

"No. She's in the living room. Why do you sound nervous?" Lady asked.

"Oh… this is all Dante's fault" Nero complained.

"I'm sure. Should I worry?" Lady asked simply.

"Well… I'm not sure. Maybe…" Nero hesitated. "… I think so. Yes. But don't tell Trish, please" He said worried.

Lady swallowed the food in her mouth and had a sip of the juice. "Nero, what's going on?" She said worried now.

"I can't tell you. I gotta go" Nero said then hung up.

Lady put the phone down and now felt pretty bad for Trish. But suddenly she worried more. What if it had to do with Vergil? She wondered. She texted Nero asking about it to what Nero simply replied no. She relieved a little, but she was still worried about Trish. What could Dante be doing? What was he hiding? She thought of spying on him to find out. She finished both waffles and went to check on Trish.

Trish had fallen asleep on the sofa. Lady crouched at her level. She didn't want to wake her up. She must have been pretty disturbed. "Trish?" She whispered. "Nero says he has been seeing Dante earlier lately. You have nothing to worry about, okay? They have been together all nightmare long" Lady said.

That phrase woke her up. "All nightmare long?" Trish wondered.

"Yeah, that's how Nero described it" Lady said simply.

"Dante said the same thing last night" Trish said.

"You see? It's alright. I don't know why they're meeting earlier and all day, but don't worry, okay?" Lady said soothing.

"Thanks Lady" Trish said as she tried to relax.

"I gotta get going. I have a few things I need to do. Thanks for breakfast, it was delicious" Lady said before leaving. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to call!"

"Alright! Thanks!" Trish yelled as Lady walked out and closed the door.

Lady got on her bike and started it. She kept pensive for a moment, wondering if she were Dante, where would she go? She needed to find him, before he'd meet with Nero.

It was passed 10 am when Dante arrived to the bar The Seven Moons. He sat on a bar stool and ordered a drink.

"You're late today" Larry said as he served Dante.

"Me? The kid is late. He should've been here by now" Dante said careless.

Larry noticed Dante's worry in his expression. "Hey Dante, I know it's not my business, but are you okay? Not that I hate having you here every morning but, why do you come here every morning and meet with your brother?" Larry wondered.

"My brother?" Dante wondered. "Oh, the kid. Nero" He chuckled.

"You told me before, he was your brother" Larry replied.

"Yeah, but I'll tell you a secret" Dante said leaning forward and gesturing with his hand so Larry would come closer. "I have the suspicion that he's actually my nephew, not brother" He whispered then straightened on his seat. "But well, that has yet to be discovered" He said sighing.

Larry just chuckled and shook his head surprised. "I see you worried man. How's Trish? I haven't seen her in a very long time" He asked.

"She's alright. And pregnant" Dante added.

"What!" Larry Surprised. "Why didn't you tell me, man? You're the worst. Congratulations!" He said cheering Dante. "Do you know the sex yet?"

Dante remembered Trish's words. Their birth was less than two months away and still they didn't know their sex. "Nope. But I do know one thing. They're two little devils" He chuckled nervously.

"Two?" Larry wondered.

"Yup. We're having twins" Dante said emotionless.

"What! Now I know why you come here every morning. You just found out?" Larry asked.

"Nope. They will be born in two months or less" Dante said simply.

"And you don't know the sex yet?" Larry wondered confused. He figured out Dante's silence. "So you're having problems with Trish, huh?"

"A little. A misunderstanding. But if she knew the truth, she might even be more pissed" Dante said concerned.

"So that's for her" Larry said pointing at a small box Dante carried, apparently from a bakery shop. "You wanna make up with her"

"Yeah" Dante said simply as he sipped his drink.

"You shouldn't be drinking this early" Larry said concerned for Dante.

"Is this how you earn customers?" Dante said sarcastic.

"I care for you, man" Larry replied.

"You should sell strawberry sundaes. I'd be getting that instead. But you never listen to me" Dante complained.

After a little while, Nero arrived. "Sorry I'm late. And since you don't have a phone I had no way to contact you" He tried to compensate for the time Dante probably had been waiting for him.

"You didn't call the shop, did ya?" Dante said worried for a moment.

"No" Nero said dubiously.

Dante noticed a strange expression on his face but just frowned at him. "Whatever, kid" He said careless.

"Hey Nero" Larry greeted him.

"Hello Larry" Nero said nicely.

Dante turned to look at Nero. "You seem agitated, kid. Why were you late again?" He wondered curious.

"I had to help Kyrie with some things but then Lady messages me and sent me this" Nero showed his phone to Dante.

Dante snatched the phone from his hands and saw the pic and all the messages. "You're an ass…" Dante's face of worry couldn't be disguised in any way. "…now Trish must be certain I'm seeing someone else!" He complained as he returned the phone to Nero.

"I'm sorry! I- I talked to Lady afterwards and tried to clear things" Nero said trying to calm Dante.

Dante turned on the stool towards Nero really upset. "What did you tell her now?" He asked pissed.

"Nothing that could compromise you, I think?" Nero said foolishly.

Dante took Nero's phone again and read the last messages out loud. "Does this have to do with Vergil?" He made a womanly voice trying to copy Lady. "No. What the fuck did you tell her Nero!"

Nero got even more nervous all of a sudden. He didn't know what to say now.

"Nothing that could compromise me, right" Dante shook his head upset. "Let's get going" He said serious as he stood up to go. He left a 5-dollar bill over the counter and headed to the doors.

Nero just followed him nervously. He caught up with him outside. "Hey Dante, I'm sorry, okay? I told you I'm a bad liar"

Dante turned towards Nero making him stop dead on his tracks. "Did you tell her about Lucia?" He asked upset as he pulled him by the neck of his sweater.

"No" Nero replied right away.

Dante let go of him roughly and continued walking to the van parked across the street. "Get moving, kid!" He yelled.

Nero followed Dante and got on the van, Dante climbed in next then they headed off to a random place trying to find a job.

Suddenly, Lady snuck out from behind a light post. "Who the fuck is Lucia?" She wondered worried. She just leant over the post and slid herself down until she sat on the sidewalk. She was in shock. "I can't believe Dante…" She shook her head. "…no, it can't be" She stood up and went to get her bike. "Why is Nero covering for him?" She got on and hurried to follow them. She had no idea where they were headed to, but at least it wouldn't be difficult to find the van.

It was past noon, Dante and Nero were starving. So Nero found a place to park and got off the van to go buy lunch. Dante stayed in the van. It was Nero's turn to pay for lunch.

Dante was nervous, desperate, anxious mostly. He hated being upset with Trish and he wasn't even upset, it was her who was. He took a deep breath and turned to look at the phone. He couldn't stand it any longer and Trish was probably imagining the worst of him right now. He stood up from his seat and sat on Nero's seat closer to the phone. He took it and was about to dial the number, then he hung up undecided. "Fuck! What was her number?" He said foolishly. "Would it work if I call to the shop from here?" He was unsure but tried anyway. The phone rang many times; he was even unaware that a phone could ring that much. He was about to hang up when it seemed someone answered.

Trish didn't want to answer, but she finally stood up, crying again, thinking neither Nero or Dante were in the van. "Devil-May- Cry?" She answered sobbing.

"Baby? It's me" Dante said relieved to hear her voice, but he felt responsible for her tears.

"Dante?" Trish managed to say and even started crying more just from knowing it was him. "What do you want?" She tried to control her sobs.

"Baby, Trish, please don't cry. Devils never cry…" Dante said swallowing his own tears. It broke his heart to make her suffer.

"You know that's not true" Trish said as she sobbed.

"Sweetheart, I'm really sorry for all this. I swear everything's alright. Please trust me. I'm not cheating on you, baby. I hate being like this. You have no idea how bad I want to hold you, and kiss you. I'm dying to make love to you" A few tears escaped from his eyes.

Trish could hear his voice shaking. "Aare you crying?" She asked.

Dante chuckled and smiled. "No…"

"Liar" Trish smiled as mute tears ran down her cheeks.

"Can you forgive me, baby?" Dante asked expectantly.

Trish just nodded, but Dante couldn't see that.

"Say something!" He said desperate. "Did you just nod, baby?" He chuckled and got no response. "Are you doing it again?"

"You should get a phone so we could make video calls" Trish pouted.

"I'll do whatever you want, baby. Just talk to me again. I feel like shit when you ignore me" Dante said.

"I was not ignoring you, I just… you ignored me!" She complained.

"I'll get home early today. I wanna make it up to you" Dante said lovingly. He didn't get any answer. "Are you smiling and nodding again?" He said jokey.

"And crying…" Trish said giggling.

Dante chuckled. "Let's not fight again, okay?" He didn't get any response again. "Fuck, I hate talking to you on the phone"

"But still you know the face I'm doing" Trish smiled.

"I love you Trish" Dante said loving.

"I love you too, Dante" Trish said smiling.

"I'll see you later, okay?" Dante said.

Trish nodded then laughed. "Yeah…"

Suddenly Nero slid the van door to climb in. Dante moved to his seat and Nero got to see Dante's face and that he was wiping off some tears.

"Where you crying?" Nero said mockingly.

"Shut up, kid" Dante said bothered as he turned his face towards the window.

"You finally made up with Trish?" Nero asked expectantly.

"Yeah" Dante said dryly.

"I'm glad. If you're annoying regularly, when you're upset with Trish you get even worse" Nero said with a smile as he walked to the front of the van. "Seriously Dante. I'm glad you could make up with her. I was very worried. More than I could show and I thought I had screwed up and…"

Dante turned to look at him raising an eyebrow. "You did, kid" He said pestered.

Nero tried to avoid Dante's look now. "I'm sorry…" He said shyly.

"Forget it. Just, don't screw up again, will ya?" Dante said serious as he snatched the bag of food from Nero. "What did you get?"

"Burgers" Nero said simply.

"Kid, we could've gone to a burger place if we wanted burgers. You should've gotten pizza" Dante complained.

"Oh shut up. You're eating for free" Nero replied annoyed. "If you don't want it…" He was about to take it from Dante's hands when Dante moved pretty fast and bit the burger. "…that's what I thought" Nero said as he took the bag and grabbed the other burger.

Dante finished it in a few bites and peeked inside the bag again. "Where's the rest? You only got two? Kid, this was just a snack!" He complained.

"There are some fries too, don't complain. The drinks are in the back" Nero said as he tried to eat peacefully.

Dante went to get the drinks to the back and returned to his seat. He handed one to Nero and sat down again.

"I would kill to eat some of Trish's cooking right now…" Nero said fantasizing.

"Me too…" Dante said foolishly. "I haven't eaten at home for the past few weeks, not a single time"

"It was your idea to meet earlier and sticking together all day" Nero complained.

"Well, it's the last time we'll do it" Dante said certain.

"What?" Nero surprised.

"I wanna talk to Trish. I don't want to keep lying to her" Dante said serious.

"That's the best you could do" Nero said as he slurped his drink.

Dante turned to look at him and frowned. "I can't believe you are Vergil's so… relative" He corrected himself before screwing up.

"I'm your relative too" Nero mocked.

"I guess you are" Dante said foolish. "Anyway, I told Trish I'd be home early today, so let's hurry to find some demons so we can head back. I don't wanna return home empty handed"

"Alrighty then" Nero said as he put all the trash inside the bag, he squashed it and tossed it to the back.

Dante turned to look at him. "Stop acting like me, kid" He said annoyed.

"I'm not doing it on purpose. I guess what Vergil said is true. The more I stick to you, the more your foolishness sticks to me" Nero mocked.

"Oh, shut up and drive!" Dante said annoyed.

Lady had been driving for a while without being able to find them. She was surprised, it seemed they were simply gone. They couldn't have gone too far. Suddenly she came out from an alleyway without turning to her sides and she just heard a loud skid from a vehicle as the driver hit the brakes when noticing a biker coming out of nowhere. She just turned her face to a side and shut her eyes tightly, preparing for the hit. But the vehicle stopped just an inch away from her.

"Lady? What the fuck? Do you wanna get killed?" Nero yelled as he rolled down the window and noticed it was her. "Are you okay?" He asked as he got off the van. "You're lucky it was me driving, would've been anyone else, they would've surely run over you"

"Yeah… I'm sure of that" Lady said sarcastic. She pretended she was fine but her heart was beating so hard it felt it would come out of her chest.

"C'mon, get in the van with us. It's better if you lie down for a moment" Nero said worried.

"I'm fine" Lady replied annoyed. She didn't want to see Dante, or she'd struggle to keep her mouth shut and her fists at rest.

"It had to be her…" Dante said annoyed from inside the van. He didn't even move from his seat. He was sure Lady would start smothering him with questions and she would most probably launch at him fiercely. "…just what I needed right now" He complained.

Suddenly, Nero slid the door of the van and put Lady's bike inside. "C'mon, get in!" He yelled to her.

Lady wasn't very pleased but she got in at last. "Hey Dante…" She said dryly, not even turning to look at him. She grabbed a seat at the back sofa and tried to get comfortable.

"Lady…" Dante said simply as he folded his arms.

Nero climbed in and instantly felt a strange vibe in the air, a very heavy one. He turned on the radio trying to break the ice and the awkward silence without having the need to speak. He was switching from station to station until he got tired and left it on a stupid radio show.

"…we are getting a new call, let's find out who this is…" The host said excited. "Hello, what's your name?"

"My name is Beatrice…" The woman said through the radio.

"Trish, what a beautiful name" The host replied.

Dante and Nero smiled as they both thought of Trish. Lady in the other hand, got even more pissed.

"Tell us Trish, what would you like to share with us? Is there anything we could help you with?" The host asked.

"I think… my husband is cheating on me…" The woman said sobbing.

Nero's eyes almost burst out of him he rapidly switched to another station. A song was playing.

-You lied, you lied, you're calling me baby then brush me aside

You lied, you lied, treat me like a lady then…-

Nero rapidly switched stations again.

"Turn that shit off!" Dante said upset.

Lady couldn't be any more pissed. "How can you be so… shameless!"

Dante turned towards Lady without standing from his seat. "What did I do?" He said foolish.

"And cocky and sassy and… after what you did!" Lady yelled.

Dante stood up and went to the back. "And I insist. What did I do? According to you" He stood before her without nothing to hide.

"Don't you play the fool with me Dante!" She yelled upset as she stood up from the sofa and slapped Dante's face real hard.

"If that makes you feel better… but I'm innocent" Dante said simply as he even put his other side of the face for her to hit him again. He had his eyes closed when suddenly Lady kicked his crotch. "Ughh…" Dante groaned in pain as he held his nuts and fell on his knees. "…you didn't- have to- do that…" He panted, then Lady kneed him right under his chin, pushing him back.

Nero stopped the van. "What the fuck!" He looked through the rear view mirror as he heard loud thumps in the back.

"And that's for cheating on Trish!" Lady said after releasing a little tension.

"What!" Dante said surprised. "I didn't fucking cheat on her, you crazy bitch!" He yelled upset and still in pain.

"He didn't, Lady. I swear" Nero tried to help Dante.

"Why do you cover him up!" Lady complained.

"I'm not! It's a long story…" Nero said looking down.

Dante tried to stand up. He couldn't stand right and he still held his balls. "That's none- of your business" Dante grunted.

"Well you better start explaining if you don't want to receive another kick at your balls!" Lady said mad.

"Listen, Lady…" Dante said as he took a deep breath. "…it was all a misunderstanding. I never cheated on Trish, I never would and I never will, okay?" He tried to calm her but still covered his balls for protection. "We already cleared things. All I wanted was to go back home and make sweet love to her, but some crazy bitch kicked my balls and now it hurts like hell!" He said changing his tone of voice from soft till harsh by the end.

"How can you be so cynical!" Lady kept yelling.

Dante was sick and tired of listening to her. "You know what? I have no idea how Vergil can stand to live with you. Oh, but of course. He's never there, is he?" He said cocky.

Lady punched him real hard in the face. "You're a jerk!" She yelled with tears in her eyes as she just kept standing still.

Nero twisted his lips. He approached to Lady and embraced her. Lady hugged him back and started crying on his chest. Nero rubbed her back and gave Dante the look. "Dante's an ass, we all know that" He said trying to comfort Lady. "He has never learned how to treat women nicely"

"Oh, c'mon!" Dante complained and just went to sit at the front. He kept rubbing his groin for it still hurt. "Damn you, Lady"

Suddenly the phone rang. Both Nero and Dante turned to look at each other.

"I should get that" Nero said suddenly. He went to the front and answered the phone, afraid it could be Lucia again. "Devil May Cry?" He seemed to listen through the receiver. "Oh, great! We'll be there in a flash!"

Dante looked at Nero. "It's a job?"

"Why, did you expect the call from certain girl?" Lady said cocky.

"Will you cut that out already?" Dante said annoyed.

Nero hung up. "We gotta hurry. It seems the Demon World's unleashed" He sat down behind the wheel, started the van again and speeded up.

Lady fell over the sofa in the back and held tight. She was so confused. She didn't know what to believe anymore.

After a few minutes, they arrived to the outskirts of the city.

"Holy shit! You were right. This place is full of demons!" Dante said surprised. "Let's get this party started" He said as he went to the back ignoring Lady. He took Rebellion and slid the van door. He was about to jump off when he noticed Lady getting ready to fight too. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"I'll help you" Lady said simply.

"No, you're not. You're not even armed" Dante complained. He didn't want to be worrying about her the whole time. If anything happened to her, Vergil would surely kill him.

"I'll find something here" Lady said as she had a look at Nero's arsenal in the back.

"Before you throw more insults at my face… I won't be responsible if anything happens to you!" Dante said washing his hands.

"There's no need to say that. I already know that" Lady said serious, but she knew Dante would never let any demon harm her.

"Do as you please…" He said annoyed. He knew Lady pretty well. She's stubborn as fuck. "Keep an eye on her, Nero" He said serious as he got off the van and hurried to slay the demons who were destroying the city already.

Nero took Red Queen and Blue Rose and tried to look for a suitable weapon for Lady. "Here, I have this old gun, don't know if it still works, but… here's some ammo too. And take this daggers, they might be of help. Sorry, I got nothing more to offer"

"Thanks Nero. That's alright. Where did you get all these stuff?" Lady wondered.

"In Fortuna" Nero said simply. He did have quite a collection of weapons but nothing of good use.

"Really?" Lady surprised. "Wow!"

"C'mon, let's hurry before Dante gets them all" Nero said as they hurried out of the van.

They joined Dante in the battle, although Lady kept behind, trying to load the gun. It wasn't hers so she wasn't used to it.

"Lady! At your back!" Nero yelled as he saw a demon coming her way at great speed.

Dante just shook his head annoyed. He was gonna have to go and help her. The demon launched at Lady; Dante hurried and shot the demon down. He pulled Lady against him as more demons approached. He leapt off the ground and used Rebellion to slash the demons in half. "I told you to stay in the van" Dante said serious as he looked into her eyes and landed on the ground.

Lady gulped as she looked at him. "I'm sorry. It won't happen again" She said nervous as Dante put her down.

Dante kept fighting the demons surrounding them, then he noticed Lady had paralyzed. "Are you gonna fight or what?" He asked annoyed.

Lady kept pensive for a moment, thinking if Dante would really be capable of cheating on Trish. "Yes…" She said suddenly as she reacted to Dante's voice.

"Then hurry up! I'm not gonna be watching your back the whole time!" Dante said bothered.

Lady just nodded and started fighting. She started launching at the demons, kicking and lacerating their coarse skin with those edged daggers. She would keep entertained trying to kill a small number of demons while Dante and Nero would kill the rest with ease.

Nero used both his Devil Bringer and Red Queen mostly. Blue Rose only to shoot at the demons speeding towards him. He glanced at Dante and noticed he slayed demons real fast. He used Rebellion slashing demons left and right. He moved around the entire place using his surroundings to help in battle; jumping against walls, shooting and slashing demons from up high. Dante cast Rebellion in a Round Trip and started shooting the demons surrounding him. He stabbed demons with Stinger moves as he got the sword back. Dante's moves were really fast. Nero continued fighting; he got distracted and a demon scratched his back with its large claws and all because he paralyzed watching Dante fight. Nero reacted with the demon's slash and rapidly used his Devil Bringer and pulled various demons closer to him. He punched them several times to then finish them off with Red Queen.

Lady was struggling a little with just the daggers and the old gun. She usually carries lots of weapons to switch from fast during battles, but these were surely not as helpful as she thought. While the gun would take her some time to reload, the daggers weren't as large as to consider them lethal. Although a good swordsman could make good use of any bladed weapon. Perhaps she wasn't cutting on the right spots. She tried to focus and slash on specific areas, like the neck, stomach, even the ankles to try to bring them down easier. She tried to focus on their necks to then shoot them in the head. Around 5 demons surrounded her. She jumped off the ground and kicked two demons while she cut their throats. But another demon held her by the arms from behind to restrain her. Then the two remaining demons around her, grabbed her legs. She managed to free an arm and reached for the gun. She shot the demon behind her right under the chin. The bullet pierced and came out through the upper part of its head. Then she shot the other two right between the eyes, the fastest she could and the fastest the pistol let her. As she shot them the demons dropped her onto the ground, and she rapidly took the daggers she had dropped when the demons retrained her.

The demons didn't die with just a shot but they did fall on their backs, giving her a bit more time to counterattack. She stood up fast and cast a dagger towards the demon behind her, stabbing it right between the eyes; but the other two demons approached to her pretty fast. She turned around fast and stabbed the other dagger into one of the demon's eyes and shot the other demon right in the chest. Her adrenaline was at the limit, so she couldn't feel any pain or else, but she had a few cuts on her skin already.

"Lady! Behind you!" Nero yelled again.

Lady rapidly turned and shot two bullets to the demon approaching to her. Then she spotted another one coming her way. She noticed she had emptied the rounds and needed to reload. She ran to get back the daggers she had stabbed on the demons, but the demon launched at her. Nero used his Devil Bringer to pull the demon away from her, then he smashed it against the ground till it died.

"Thanks!" Lady yelled.

Both Nero and Dante shook their heads annoyed. And somehow the demons just didn't cease to appear. "Where are the demons coming from?" Nero wondered.

"I don't know but, let's finish them off!" Dante said serious and hunger for blood. He kept fighting with great dexterity, diminishing their numbers greatly.

Nero tried to follow Dante's lead and kill as many demons as he could. Then he remembered he had Yamato with him. He hadn't used it in battles since the Fortuna Incident. So he decided to switch swords, making Yamato appear through his arm. He held it with excitement, anxious to use it.

It seemed the demons were finally ceasing to appear. They just needed to finish with the ones remaining. Dante was fighting the powerful ones, Nero the regular ones; while Lady chose the lesser demons due to her lack of weaponry.

Dante was focused on the demons he was fighting with, evading their huge blades coming from almost all directions. He clashed his sword with the demon's blade. The demon couldn't subdue Dante, so Dante's incredible power sent the demon's blade flying in the air. Dante stabbed the demon with a Stinger move then the demon's huge blade fell back down, stabbing its owner on the ground at the same time that Dante swayed Rebellion sideways widely, slashing two more demons around him. He finished them off with Ebony and Ivory.

Nero was holding Yamato with a hand, but he felt he didn't know how to wield it properly. He swung the weightless Katana in the air, slaying demons with ease. He was just enjoying its potential when he noticed his Devil Bringer glowed. He surprised.

Lady was in a bit of troubles again. A demon launched at her and punched her hard in the face. She was thrown back and fell onto the ground, dropping the gun and daggers. The demon approached to her and a keen blade protruded from its forearm unexpectedly almost reaching Lady's neck, but she evaded it just in time, rolling to a side then the other as the demon tried to stab her several times. She tried to reach for the gun. When she did, she tried to shoot but it had no more bullets; she hadn't reloaded before, so she just threw it aside and tried to reach for the daggers now, although she still had to evade the demon's blade. She finally reached for a dagger and threw it at the demon's chest but it didn't stop him. The demon stabbed its blade on the ground then another that protruded suddenly from his other arm, keeping Lady cornered in between. The demon tried to bite her with its huge fangs, trying to rip off the skin of her neck. But he couldn't reach her due to the length of his blades and Lady struggling but managing to hold his chest back. The blades had gotten stuck on the ground, but he managed to pull them out. Lady's eyes opened widely as she saw both blades about to sever her to pieces. She just covered her face and chest with her arms.

Nero's arm glowed strangely as he felt a powerful presence.

"Mary?" Vergil arrived to the scene. He summoned Yamato and teleported appearing before the demon attacking Lady. He swung Yamato with incredible speed creating an incredible aura, then the demon simply collapsed on the ground next to Lady, after splashing blood all over her. Vergil put Yamato back in its sheath then helped Lady stand up.

Lady was covering her face still. When she felt the danger passed she opened her eyes and moved her arms, and surprised to see Vergil there. "Vergil? You saved me" She said as she saw Vergil's hand extended before her. She took his hand and stood up. She embraced him tightly.

Vergil surprised a little. "Are you hurt?" He asked serious for it was hard to tell due to all the demon's blood covering her. But he could perceive the smell of her blood as well.

"I don't know, perhaps a little" Lady said simply.

Vergil turned around and saw Dante finishing off a pair of demons and Nero was still wondering what had just happened. He didn't notice when Yamato disappeared from his hands. He kept turning left and right until he spotted Vergil. He then saw him carrying Yamato, then turn his look back at his hands, then back at Vergil again trying to understand how and when did it happen. Until Vergil approached to him and slapped his face.

"Wake up! If this is what you're looking for, take it back!" Vergil said roughly as he handed Yamato down to Nero again.

Nero surprised but took it again. "I just- you were pretty fast" He said foolishly. He noticed Vergil seemed pretty pissed.

"And while you were confused, Mary could've gotten killed!" Vergil said scolding Nero. "What were you thinking? You are still so far from becoming a real devil hunter. If you can't protect others, what do you want this for?" He said staring at Yamato.

Nero felt ashamed, He lowered his look to the ground trying to avoid Vergil's penetrating and scary look. "I'm sorry" He didn't know what to reply.

"I thought you had improved" Vergil said serious. "But I realize I was wrong" He left Nero there and returned to Lady's side. He then approached to Dante and Nero followed.

"Vergil, what are you doing here?" Dante surprised to have found him there, although he had sensed him even before he arrived.

"Evidently doing what neither of you could" Vergil said coldly and upset.

Dante raised his arm over his shoulder resting Rebellion as he glanced at Lady. "Oh, you mean Lady? Well, before you arrived, Nero and I helped her. I told her to stay in the van, but you know her, she's stubborn as someone I know. But when I saw you arrived, I thought you were the one for the rescue"

Vergil just raised an eyebrow and kept silent.

"We did help her Vergil" Nero approached to them.

"Doesn't matter anymore" Vergil said serious.

Lady approached to them shyly. "I'm sorry Vergil, it was my fault" She said staring down. "It was their job, not mine. I just wanted to help"

"They don't need help" Vergil said serious. "This is exactly what I meant before" He said to Lady.

Lady remembered their conversation of the night before.

"You were lucky I was around" Vergil said serious as he stared to the nothingness. "C'mon, let's go home" He said serious.

"I'll give you a ride back home" Nero offered.

"Thanks Nero" Lady said before Vergil could reply.

"Where are we meeting the customer?" Dante asked.

"At your shop" Nero said simply.

"Great! Then let's head back" Dante said anxious to arrive.

They all headed to the van. Dante slid the door open and Lady was the first to climb in, followed by Vergil who surprised after seeing Lady's bike in there.

"What the hell is your bike doing in here?" Vergil asked.

Dante climbed in and went to sit at the front. "That's a long story" He said as he sat down.

Nero climbed in after Dante and closed the door. "We ran into her"

"Really?" Vergil said raising an eyebrow dubiously.

Vergil and Lady sat on the sofa in the back. Vergil realized Lady did have minor scratches and a few major wounds.

"You hurt yourself. I told you to be careful" Vergil said serious.

"It's nothing Vergil, seriously. Besides, I'm not you or Dante to avoid every attack from the demons" She complained. "I do my best"

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Nero complained.

"Oh, c'mon Nero, you get hit by demons a lot" Lady said simply.

Dante and Vergil couldn't help to laugh at that.

"She's right, kid" Dante said.

Vergil stopped laughing, thinking Nero still needed a lot of training.

Nero couldn't deny it. He just kept silent for a moment. "I got some emergency kits in the back, Vergil. If you want to…" He said looking at Vergil through the rear view mirror. "Oh, and you can grab a towel from the bathroom to clean her up from all that blood"

"Thanks" Vergil said dryly as she stood up and went more to the back, trying to find those kits.

"Just pull down that lever at the top" Nero said out loud, still looking at what Vergil was doing.

Vergil pulled down the small lever, turning a side wall into a table and behind it, were some compartments with different items. He took what he needed and went to sit again with Lady. He soaked a small towel in water then wrung it. He cleaned all the blood on her face, arms and sides, her legs… all around her body. He then examined her wounds then stood up and went to get a pair of pliers. He sat beside her again and started cleaning her wounds with a piece of cotton soaked in alcohol. Lady started whining a little.

"Oh, c'mon. I'm barely touching you" Vergil said serious.

Lady tried to stand the sting. "It hurts…" She complained. "I'm not a half-demon to not feel a thing"

"We do feel" Vergil said serious. "The only difference is our wounds heal faster"

Lady surprised. "Really? So if I hit you it hurts either way?"

"We're not made of stone, Lady" Dante chuckled.

Vergil turned to look at Dante angrily.

"Oh, sorry. I thought she asked me…" Dante said foolishly as he saw Vergil's face through the rear view mirror.

"Mind your own business" Vergil said serious.

"If she would mind her own business, this wouldn't happen" Dante replied and saw Vergil's face again. "Okay, okay. Relax bro" He mocked.

"It does hurt. You have a heavy hand" Vergil said to Lady.

"Oh… really? You think so?" Lady said blushing as she felt it as a compliment.

Vergil slightly chuckled and continued healing her.

Lady's adrenaline had dropped almost completely. So now she was beginning to feel sore and all the pain from her wounds. Every time Vergil rubbed the soaked cotton on her skin, she'd shake a little.

"Stop moving!" Vergil said raising his voice. He held her tighter by the arm to keep her from moving, but Lady still just moaned in pain. "Can you stop moaning for a minute?" He asked.

"I can't move, I can't moan, then what can I do?" Lady complained.

Vergil wanted to pull out what seemed like a piece of claw that was stabbed in her upper back close to her right shoulder. "Now- don't- move" He said slowly as he moved his left arm just below her breasts, holding her tight against him so she wouldn't move.

"Vergil…" Lady surprised at the feel of his hand brushing her breasts. "…what are you gonna do?" She wondered as she also felt he had an erection, probably from all her moaning.

"Just- stay still… I'll be gentle, alright?" Vergil said quietly to her ear.

Both Dante and Nero turned to look at each other frowning. They heard Lady started moaning.

"Ah- wait! It hurts!" Lady complained.

"Of course it hurts! It's stuck deep inside. Do you prefer I leave it there? Let me pull it out" Vergil raised his voice. "It's almost out, just the tip…"

"Oh- Vergil…" Lady groaned as she held tight from his legs.

"Hey, hey! What are you two doing back there?" Nero said as he tried to look through the rear view mirror. But at the angle they were sat, it looked quite weird.

Dante just laughed and shook his head.

"Ahh…!" Lady yelled as Vergil pulled the piece of junk out.

"I made it!" Vergil said as he lifted the pliers in the air, holding that piece of junk.

"Ohh…" Lady groaned and twisted her torso to look at Vergil and the piece of junk he was holding. "Oh, it's big" She said surprised.

"Yes, it was" Vergil said. "Considering it poke a hole in you…" He said as he saw blood spilling from the wound quite fast. He rapidly dropped the pliers and reached a finger into the whole, trying to cover the wound. He kept her well grasped by the stomach and still the blood dripped from the sides of his finger, looking for a way out. "Don't move" He said serious as he took the bottle of alcohol and poured some over the wound.

"Ahh!" Lady yelled in pain. "You said you'd be gentle!" She complained.

"This is an emergency, and I'm trying but you're bleeding a lot" Vergil said as he tried to clean the wound before covering it with a gauze pad. "If the bleed continues, you'll need sutures"

"What!" Lady surprised. "That bad it is?"

"I told you to be careful, but you don't ever listen" Vergil said upset.

"Oh… it's stinging so hard" Lady complained.

"Come here" Vergil said as he laid back on the sofa and pulled her closer against his chest.

She embraced him and felt Vergil's hands rubbing her back softly.

"Do you want me to stop by a hospital?" Nero asked.

"No, that's alright" Vergil said simply.

"What if she needs the stitches?" Nero asked concerned.

"I'll take care of it" Vergil said serious.

"Oh, you can suture?" Nero said surprised. "You are a jack of all trades"

"And master of none" Dante added jokey.

"You shut up. I know more things than you do" Vergil complained.

"No doubt about that…" Dante said careless. "…but not what you should" He said in a low voice.

"Nero felt the tension in the air. "Okay guys, relax"

Vergil just glared at Dante then took a deep breath.

After a little while Nero arrived to Vergil's house. "We're here"

Vergil stood up and slid the door. He helped Lady get off and then grabbed her bike and got off the van, pulling the bike. "Thanks Nero"

"It was nothing" Nero said.

"Goodbye!" Dante said jokey and desperate to head back home. "C'mon, let's go!"

Nero speeded up and arrived to Dante's in a flash. Dante got off even before Nero stopped the van.

"Slow down man!" Nero said as he parked outside the shop, yelling at Dante through the window. Dante was already opening the door. "Should I stay?" He wondered. "Perhaps they need some time alone, but I'm dying to eat some of Trish's food" He didn't care and got off the van. He walked to the entrance and let himself in. "Hey Dante, do you mind if I stay for…" He found Dante and Trish kissing passionately right there at the middle of the office. "…dinner?"

"Get a room…" David said annoyed. "Hey uncle Nero!" He greeted him. "Yes, please stay!" He told Nero as he approached to him. Nero walked in and David pulled from his arm and led him upstairs. "Let's go play in my room better. They need some time. I think?" David said confused. He really didn't know what had happened between them.

Nero followed David upstairs.

Dante kept holding Trish, he just couldn't stop kissing her. He hadn't even said a word yet. He had just come in, taken her in his arms and kissed her nonstop.

"I'm sorry, baby" Dante said as he broke away from the kiss for a moment to then continue.

"No. I'm sorry" Trish managed to say between kisses.

Dante lifted her off the floor and carried her in his arms upstairs to their room. "Let's not fight again. I hate falling out with you"

"Me too, Dante" Trish panted.

Nero and David got to listen when they crossed the hallway. Nero thought perhaps it wasn't a great idea to stay there. "Hey Dave? What do you say if we go downstairs and train for a while, perhaps your dad could catch up later" He totally didn't need to listen to them having sex.

"Sure, sounds fun" Dave said suddenly excited. "But… are you sure you can fight me?" He said showing off.

"Ugh… I forgot you were Dante's son" Nero said annoyed. Even David made fun of him. "Well, just follow rule # 1"

"What's that?" David wondered.

"You're not allowed to Devil Trigger" Nero said simply.

David annoyed. "Ugh… where's the fun in that? Are you afraid of me?"

"As a matter of fact, I am" Nero said shamelessly. "But hey, don't get me wrong. I could totally beat you if I wanted to"

"That's what a loser would say" David mocked.

"Then why don't we go find out, huh?" Nero said menacing.

"Let's get this over with" David said grinning devilishly.

Nero looked at his face and regretted of challenging him that way.

They headed to the basement. As they went downstairs, Nero got to listen to Trish moaning for Dante. He hurried up.

As soon as Dante went in to the room he closed the door with his boot and laid Trish delicately over the bed. He put himself upon her, resting on his hands and knees. He took off his boots as he could, then Trish lifted her torso and took off his coat. She threw it on a side then took off his shirt. She laid back on the bed again and touched his torso, caressing his chest enticingly.

"Oh Dante…" Trish moaned as she moved her hands along his strong arms. "…make love to me"

"I've been thinking about it all day long" Dante said sensually as their eyes fixed on each other for moments.

They started kissing passionately, awaking their desires, taking their senses to the next level. Trish undid his belt and trousers. She reached a hand inside his undergarments feeling his cock real hard. She could savor it already. She couldn't wait any longer. She had waited enough.

"Oh Dante…" She moaned as she started rubbing his cock.

"Oh baby…" Dante moaned as her touch felt incredibly arousing. He didn't want to stop kissing her; her lips were just so soft and wet. He savored every corner of her mouth. Their tongues met in their passionate kiss, then with a hand, Dante pulled down her panties. He rubbed her pussy softly, feeling her wetness soaking his fingers. "Oh Trish… you are so..."

Trish kept kissing him passionately, not letting him talk. She just didn't want to let go of him. Until Dante poke two fingers inside her and rubbed her clit with his thumb at the same time.

"Ahh… Dante…" Trish moaned deeply. She even stopped jerking him off and moved her hands to his back, gripping him tightly as her head tilted back involuntarily.

Dante started pulling his trousers down as he could. Trish helped him so he could make love to her already. She took his hand off her pussy and pulled him against her. They looked into each other's eyes deeply; they could feel each other's desire burning so strong. They were both so aroused, their hearts were already beating intensely and their breaths were out of control. Dante grabbed her knees and spread her legs. He settled in a comfortable position for both and reached his tip to her pussy. He put a pair of pillows under her lower back to raise her hips, then he just thrust himself inside her slowly, letting her feel his every inch, even the protruding veins on his cock.

"Oh Dante…" Trish moaned intensely at the feel of him, reaching so deep inside her.

"Oh Trish… oh baby, I missed you" Dante panted as with every thrust he felt Trish's pussy squeezing his cock, specially the head.

Trish slightly giggled. "Oh Dante, it was just a day"

"I know, but…" He moaned. "…I feel like shit when you ignore me" He kept moving his hips softly, enjoying every second of this.

"Oh Dante… ahh…ah…" Trish kept moaning softly just as Dante.

They kept going like this for quite a while until they just couldn't hold it any longer.

"Oh Dante, Dante… ah- ahh…ahh…!" Trish's moans intensified; her face of extraordinary pleasure triggered Dante's orgasm as well.

"Oh Trish, baby ohh…" Dante moaned deeply as he leant towards her. He took her hands and held them tightly as he now rested on his forearms feeling how her pussy squeezed his cock dry till the very last drop of cum. "Oh Trish… I love you baby…" He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment, then he looked into hers again.

"I love you Dante…" Trish moaned in tears. Her expression just made him go on, he couldn't stop after watching her face overflowing with pleasure. Even tears escaped her eyes; she felt such bliss, all that love and desire really filling up her every pore. Only Dante knows how to make her reach heaven. "Oh Dante, oh don't stop…" Trish pleaded with tears still running down her cheeks.

"Oh, I'm not, baby. Not when you look at me with those eyes" Dante said as he kept pounding her a bit faster now. "Ohh… oh- ahh…"

They kept going for a little longer as they both felt so much pleasure consuming them still. Their hearts couldn't beat any faster, they were reaching climax one more time.

Dante felt Trish's pussy tightening around his cock. "Oh baby, yeah. Cum with me" He moaned intensely.

"Oh Dante, ohh yes… ahh…" She moaned and cried again, it just felt so good, she couldn't help it.

"Oh baby…" Dante moaned and held her tighter as he released all his reserve. "…oh- if you weren't already pregnant I would make you sextuplets"

"Oh, don't you even say that!" Trish giggled for a moment and grinned as she locked her eyes with Dante's. He let go of her hands and she caressed his face. She moved his hair behind his ears and kissed him softly feeling the kiss so pleasurable.

After the kiss, he lied down beside her, exhausted and drained. "Oh baby… that was amazing. I love making love to you softly every once in a while" He said foolish.

"Oh yeah… although… that wasn't as softly in the end… but I love it when you make me feel like this. You make me reach heaven…" Trish said sighing.

"And you make me come out of hell and reach you till the heavens…" Dante said loving.

"Oh yeah, you reach me so deep…" Trish said enticingly.

"Oh you love that" Dante replied as he laid on his side to look at her.

"Oh definitely" Trish said.

"As soon as you give birth to the kids, I'm gonna fuck you like an animal!" Dante said as he put a leg over hers and started kissing and nipping at her neck roughly but jokey.

Trish started giggling at the feel of his lips and teeth nipping softly, but the rough animal noises he makes are what make her laugh and be scared at the same time.

"We should take a shower" Dante said suddenly.

"Oh- definitely" Trish said. "But I don't want to move yet. You can go ahead. I'll be right with you"

"Are you sure? Don't take too long. 'Cause I wanna make love to you in there too" Dante said.

"Yeah, I just need to catch my breath" Trish said with a smile.

"Alright" Dante smiled back and headed to the bathroom. He started showering fast just waiting for Trish.

Some minutes later, Trish entered to the bathroom. She was still wearing the dress, but she just stood there in front of the mirror, watching herself. Dante waited for her inside the shower but he noticed she just stood still.

"Trish? Baby, are you okay?" Dante asked as he slightly slid the crystal door of the shower to glimpse at her. He noticed she just stared at her reflection in the mirror. "What's the matter?"

"I don't want you to see me…" Trish pouted.

"What?" Dante surprised. "Why? See you how?" He wondered.

"Naked" Trish said.

"Why not?" Dante said confused.

"Because, I'm a fucking whale" Trish complained.

"Trish, of course you're not" He said. "You're carrying twins and to be honest, I expected you to be fatter but you're not. So don't think of that and just come here with me" Dante put a foot outside the shower and pulled from her arm. He took off her dress and her bra and pulled her inside the shower.

Trish just kept silent and her look down. Dante moved her to the water spray so she could shower too.

"Baby, cheer up. I can't make love to you with that face" Dante said sweetly as he lifted her face to look into her eyes.

Trish looked into his eyes. "You can't even hold me now" She pouted.

"Of course I can…" Dante said as he moved behind her. "…from behind" He wrapped his arms around her, just below her breasts and moved his face closer to hers. "See?" He looked at her enticingly and kissed her.

Trish could feel he had an erection already, poking at her ass. "Dante…" She moaned between kisses. She felt Dante's hands starting to fondle her breasts delicately.

Dante moved a hand to her hip and the other to feel her pussy. He rubbed her clit a little.

"It was just dripping out and you'll fill me up again?" Trish said slyly with a giggle.

"Will do. Your wishes are orders" Dante said simply as he kissed her again then pushed her back, bending her a little.

Trish rested her hands on the wall and felt how Dante reached his dick to her pussy from behind. He slid in just the tip, then gripped her hips and forced all his way in.

"Oh Dante…" Trish moaned deeply.

"Oh baby…" Dante moaned softly at her tightness. "…how can you be so tight still?" He wondered foolishly

"I don't know… I guess my muscles are strong" Trish said foolish as she felt him sliding in and out softly.

"Oh I love your muscles…" Dante panted. "Oh… oh…" He started increasing his speed a little.

Trish's moans started to intensify. "Oh Dante… it feels so good. Oh right there…" She moaned strongly.

Dante started pounding her a bit harder. He felt her inner muscles squeezing his cock so strongly. "Oh baby, yeah…" He started doing it faster as they both finished together. His moves turned slower until he just stopped.

Their chests were moving in and out with their breathing. He pulled out from her and rested a hand on the wall as well. Trish straightened up and embraced him as she could. He embraced her with an arm and just rubbed her back. They finished showering, then got out. They got dressed then went to lie down for a little while before going downstairs. Once in the office, they didn't find neither Nero or David.

"Where are they?" Trish wondered.

"Maybe in the basement" Dante said sighing. "You wanna go?"

"Sure" Trish said simply.

They went downstairs and surprised as they walked into the training room. Nero and David were fighting exhaustively, moving pretty fast; but Nero turned just when Dante and Trish walked in, and Dave made the most of that lapse of time and punched Nero in the face real hard.

"Dante, Tri…" Nero was saying when Dave's fist sunk on his cheek, turning his face sending him to the ground.

"Yay! One more point for me!" David shouted as he raised his arms in the air.

"Who's got the highest score?" Dante wondered. Although he figured David would.

"I do now" David said excited.

"You were even? I'm surprised" Dante said with a funny face.

Trish chuckled. "And what's the score?" She asked.

"I got 21, he's got 22" Nero said as he stood up again moving his head to the sides to crack his neck.

"Meaning?" Trish wondered how they were supposed to score.

"Well, you score if you bring down the opponent" Nero added.

"Oh, I see" Trish said.

"Then you have certainly improved, kid… despite what Vergil says…" Dante mocked.

Nero frowned as he turned to look at him.

"Well, you kids continue. We'll be watching from here" Dante said.

Trish sat down over a weight bench and Dante just stood beside her. They kept watching them fight; surely this kind of training would help both improve their close combat skills.

After a little while, Nero asked for some time out. He was exhausted and David was too, but he could keep going.

Nero sat beside Trish on the weight bench, breathing heavily. "I need to- catch my breath…" He said exhausted.

David approached to Trish and grabbed her by the knees. "Hey mom? I miss watching you fight" He said staring at her with cute eyes.

Dante turned towards them. "And when have you seen her fight?" He wondered as he sat on the other side of Trish.

"On Halloween, when uncle Nero, mom and I went trick-or-treat" Dave said excited as he remembered that day.

"Oh, right" Dante nodded. He then smiled. "I know what you're talking about" He looked at Trish. "I miss her too, fighting by my side" He said staring at her with loving eyes. "She's amazing, isn't she?"

"Yeah…" Both Nero and David said in unison then they both laughed.

"Also when mom switched to Gloria, wow!" David added.

"Oh yeah…" Both Nero and Dante nodded with dreamy and drooling faces.

Dante turned to look at Nero and frowned surprised. "You were actually conceived when your mom was wearing that disguise" He added looking at David now.

Nero leant forward a little and turned to look at Dante. "He was? In Fortuna?"

Trish twisted her lips and put a hand on her forehead a bit bothered. "You didn't have to say that, Dante"

"Oh, so you guys were entertained while I struggled to help Kyrie, huh?" Nero said foolish.

"Ha-ha…" Dante giggled nervously. "…sorry"

"I understand. Mom looks really sexy with that outfit" Dave said simply.

"What?" Trish said surprised. "Are you implying that disguise is sexier than my regular looks?" She asked troubled.

David's eyes almost burst out. "Of course not, mom…" He said nervously.

Dante and Nero chuckled and shook their heads.

"I just guessed it was easier for Dad to…" David started making signs with his hands. "…you know"

Trish's eyes opened widely in surprise. "What?" She said with a face of concern as she turned to look at Dante. "Dante, this is all your fault. Why did you have to go and talk to him about sex?" She complained.

"I barely did" Dante said simply.

"He shouldn't be saying those things" Trish said shaking her head.

"Relax mom. Dad didn't tell me much" David said. "That's why I had to look it up" He said innocently.

"You what!" Trish, Dante and Nero said in unison surprised.

"Well… getting back to the point…" David said nervously. He knew he had talked to much. "I would love to watch mom fight again"

"No, no, no. Don't you stray from the subject" Trish said concerned.

"Do you have a Devil form like dad's?" David asked.

"What?" Trish said nervous.

"Not like mine, kiddo" Dante said with a chuckle. "Your mom's just a beautiful demoness"

"Umm… actually…" Trish said nervously.

"Huh?" Both Nero and Dante turned to look at her now.

Trish started moving her hands nervously. "…I do"

"You what? No way!" Dante said dubiously. "How come I've never seen it?"

Trish gulped and took a deep breath. "Because I've only turned once and since that day I promised myself to never do it again" She said serious.

"Wo-hey… I wanna know that story" Nero said intrigued.

"I can't believe I didn't know this" Dante said upset. "Any other secrets you were hiding from me?"

Nero turned to look at Dante raising an eyebrow. He was not in the best position to be demanding for explanations about secrets.

"Dante…" Trish turned to look at him. "…you really believed Mundus would've given me the task to kill you if I didn't have the power to?"

Dante stood up from the bench. "Why, are you saying you're stronger than me now? And all these years you've been hiding your powers just to make me feel useful?" He said upset.

"Dante…" Trish tried to comfort him. "…well, not physically stronger, but if I wanted to, I have the power to defeat you" She said and before Dante could reply. "And it's not that I've been hiding my powers. I just want to keep them dormant, buried…" She added.

"Just don't come and tell me you're still on Mundus' fucking side and you're gonna complete your task now…" Dante said mad.

"What? Seriously, Dante?" Trish said offended. "How can you…"

"Fuck Trish! You lied to me the whole time!" Dante yelled. "You came asking for my help supposedly to kill Mundus, when you had the power to yourself?" He turned away from her and turned his face down, pensive. "Why didn't you fucking kill me then!"

"I never wanted to" Trish said staring down.

"Dante, I think you're overreacting" Nero stood up and approached to him.

"Overreacting? I'm her fucking husband, I should know those "details" about my wife!" Dante said yelling as he turned towards Nero.

Trish couldn't help to feel bad about this. She lowered her look and started crying. David turned to look at her and tried to soothe her. He took her hands and held them tight.

"Mom, please don't cry… devils never cry, do they?" David wondered confused. He was worried about her. He turned to look at his dad, neither of them enjoyed watching her cry.

Dante turned to look at Trish and saw her tears. He shook his head. "I'm not gonna fall for your tears anymore" He said disappointed. "I can't believe you lied to me all these years. After all we've lived!" His voice started losing force. "Tell me what else has been a lie?" He said down.

"I can't believe you're saying this, Dante" Trish said as she stood up. "If I never told you anything, it's because it's not something I'm proud of. You think I like this? That I enjoy being a Devil? Have you any idea of what it really means to be completely a Devil?" Trish said angrily and shedding tears at the same time.

Dante, Nero and David looked at her and remained silent.

"Of course you don't! Because you are part human. You have a heart and soul. A mind, your own will that you never lose even if you turn into a demon" Trish said agitated.

"But you have a heart and soul too, mom" David said concerned as he pulled from her dress.

Trish turned to look at him with tears in her eyes. "I do sweetie…" She crouched to his level and looked deep into his eyes. "…when I looked into your eyes that day, when you attacked me…" She said as silent tears rolled down her pale cheeks. "…you reminded me about- myself when I turned into my true Devil form. You must have felt it too. The void inside when your power takes control over you, poisoning your head, your heart and your soul. That's what scared me most. I don't want you to become like I once was. I forbid you to Devil Trigger until you learn to control, you hear me!" She yelled and shook him suddenly.

David just nodded afraid as tears rolled down his cheeks without a sound.

"You're a jerk, Dante" Nero said serious as he looked at him and shook his head. He approached to Trish and helped her stand up. He looked at her. "Are you okay?" He said concerned.

Trish just nodded then glimpsed at Dante with teary eyes. She saw him approaching to her. "You're scaring the kid" Dante said as he embraced her to his chest and held her tight. "I'm sorry Trish" He felt pretty miserable. He remembered when they battled Mundus and when she gave her life for him. He couldn't help to shed a tear again; it fell over her cheek. It was then Trish noticed he was crying too. He led her to the bench again and they both sat down. He laid her head on a side of his shoulder and chest and couldn't help to keep crying.

"You have no idea of how horrifying it is to be a true Devil. Not even Vergil has an idea of what he could become if he'd lose his humanity. He has no idea of the reach of his own desires…" Trish said thoughtlessly, leaving Dante pensive.

Why would she say that about Vergil? Dante wondered.

"I don't have humanity…" Trish continued. "…but you showed it to me. When I lived in the Underworld, my life was- very different…" She said serious as she controlled her sobs and straightened up. "…Mundus showed me how to unleash my true powers and put me to the test. I still remember- the unnamed feeling… if I didn't destroy hell itself, it's just because Mundus returned to me my consciousness, my own will, my desires…" Her expression seemed extremely lost in her memory and sad. "…even he feared he created a being more powerful than himself, a being able to betray him and destroy him. But he made me kill all those innocents… even if they were demons, they were kids, young demons and even the most powerful ones back then…" She turned her face down, trying to cover her face with her hair. "…when I recovered my human form, he showed me all I had done, all the innocents I had killed just for pleasure. Just because the only desire you have inside is for blood. Blood of whoever, just blood to fill that void inside. But that void never fills up. So you just- kill endlessly with no remorse…" Her stare suddenly turned into the nothingness. "I felt like shit, seeing all the death I caused. I hated myself… until- I met you" She said turning to look at Dante.

Dante, Nero and David were all serious. Just listening to her, holding their tears, although they eventually turned their faces down and let those tears out. Except for Dante. He turned to look at her with tenderness and his eyes full of unshed tears. He took her hands and held them tight.

"You changed my life like you have no idea, Dante. You really filled my dark soul with light…" A few tears escaped from her eyes as she said those words.

Dante couldn't hold his tears any longer. His eyes shed the contained tears as blood from a deep wound. He grabbed her by the cheeks and kissed her deeply, holding her really tight. He didn't know what to say now; he just hoped he could let her know he was there with her for everything, always and forever. He then held her to his chest and stroke her hair. "I'm sorry, Trish…" Dante said with a shaky voice as he kept caressing her. "…I'm sorry for making you remember this part of your life. I don't even want you to remember this again. I'll make you forget to remember…" He said concerned but still loving, caring.

"You did a great job all these years" Trish said seriously, a bit more relaxed now. "But unfortunately, it's something I cannot erase. I cannot forget to remember. It will follow me, for the rest of my life"

Dante knew that was true. He has been carrying a lot of anger, guilt and sorrow almost his entire life now, and probably Vergil was too.

David was trying to control his sobs, but it just made him feel so bad; she had made him feel so much empathy, because he knew what she was talking about. He turned his look down at his shaky hands, thinking of all the power he possesses. He even thought, he didn't want this power anymore. Not if he could turn into a heartless being with no control over himself.

Nero turned to look at him and noticed his distress and confusion. David wanted to run to his mother's arms and drown all his fears and never let them out again. But Nero picked him up and held him to his chest. "It's alright, Dave. Give 'em a little time, okay?"

David turned and looked at his parents. They were holding each other. He really longed so much for their arms, their warmth, their love.

"I'm sorry I hid this from you, Dante. I just- didn't want you to have a wrong image of me…" Trish said with her stare down.

"Does Vergil know about this?" Dante wondered.

"About my power and Devil Trigger?" Trish wondered.

Dante just nodded. "You met him just then, didn't you?"

"Well… yes, but… I don't think he knows. He never mentioned anything, although soon after we met he became Nelo Angelo" Why did he want to lose his memory and leave it all behind? Did he really know? She worried now. She really didn't want to be the reason why he gave in to Mundus.

David asked Nero to put him down. He then approached to his parents. He grabbed Trish's legs and tried to swallow his tears to talk to her. "It was my fault you remembered that, mom. I'm sorry" He couldn't help to cry right after.

"Oh, don't worry sweetie, it was gonna happen sooner or later" Trish said sweetly as she picked him up and sat him over her lap to embrace him.

"Well… now that we're being serious, I just have one doubt" Dante said.

"What is it?" Trish wondered.

"How do you look in your demon form?" Dante wondered. "Do you look sexy or…" He was saying when Trish gave him the look.

"Dante…" Trish said raising an eyebrow. "…I honestly have no idea. I didn't have the chance to look at myself" She said serious.

"So… as long as you keep your human form, your powers have a certain limit, I suppose…" Dante wondered. "…correct me if I'm wrong"

"That's right" Trish said as she kept holding David.

"I've seen you "Devil Trigger" before, but you're just surrounded by this golden aura and your speed and power increase, so this "power" you speak of, goes far beyond that…"

Trish just nodded. "You don't believe me, do you?" Trish said.

"I do, I do. What I just can't believe is that you cannot control yourself. You were created differently than the other demons. You do have a heart, a soul, and most importantly, your own will, even under Mundus' commands" Dante said.

"Yes Dante, but the thing is, it's just too much power for someone with no experience in battle. He noticed that, not even he could control me. That power simply darkened my soul, it corrupted everything in me, until I had no memory, no reason but the thirst for blood. Which is what he wanted, but it didn't result as he expected" Trish said serious.

David just listened and remembered when he Devil Triggered, not the first time but the second one. He kept pensive. The first time he did, it was to protect his mother. The second time he was just training with his father. Could that make a difference? He wondered.

"Let me just ask you one thing" Dante said serious. "If I was not around and a powerful demon would attack you and David, if he'd surpass your powers and abilities, would you Devil Trigger to save Dave?" He asked.

Trish kept pensive. She took a deep breath. "Well, I'd do anything for him, but it would have to be a matter of life and death. I mean, I still haven't reached my limit in this form. I can still increase my power and control it. I just haven't had the need, yet. Plus, I guess my powers are quite dormant now" She said with a slight chuckle.

"Alright. I hope you never do" Dante said serious and stood up to head back to the office. But Trish noticed a different expression in his face.

"Dante?" Trish said serious.

Dante stopped walking and stood just before the door. "Yeah?" He said as he grabbed the knob.

"Does it bother you I could be stronger than you?" Trish asked serious as she put David down.

"You're not" He said without turning to look at her. "And I love you just how you are right now. I want to protect you. What would I be if you and my son didn't need my protection? If you two could protect yourselves even from the worst threats? Where would I stand?" He said serious then opened the door and left.

"Dante…" Trish said as she stood up. She wanted to go after him, but perhaps Dante needed a little time alone.

"Mom?" David said.

"What's the matter sweetie?" Trish wondered as she crouched at his level.

"I don't want to be a demon anymore" David said serious.

"You're not a demon, honey. You're still part human" Trish said caring trying to bring some calm into his torment. "You are very special for having that human heart. That is something I will never have but while you do, you'll be able to overcome whatever obstacle blocking your way"

David lowered his look, but Trish lifted his face and made him look at her.

"You cannot deny your nature. That's something that cannot be changed" Trish said caring as she moved a lock of hair from his face.

"But this power…." David said as lightning flowed through his hands. "…it won't corrupt my heart and soul?" He asked scared.

"Not if you don't let it" Trish said with a smile. "You'll learn to control honey, don't worry. You're still too young. Just keep practicing and never give up on your power"

David lowered his hands making the lightning disappear. He embraced Trish by the neck very tightly. "I love you, mom"

"Aw, I love you too, David" Trish almost shed a tear again.

Nero felt he was really not needed there. "Perhaps- I should- go with Dante" He said foolish as he headed upstairs. Nero found Dante having a beer at the office, sitting behind his desk. "Dante, are you okay?"

Dante was pensive. He kept thinking about the time they defeated Mundus. Trish had given him some of her demonic power and a single shot had been enough to defeat him. Plus, that lethal beam, didn't kill her. What is the real reach of her power? He kept thinking. If he hadn't used her powers, would he have been able to defeat Mundus on his own, if he hadn't been as tired? But unfortunately, there was no way to find out. He wanted to test himself against a powerful demon; he needed to prove himself he was still useful. That he was still the strongest demon of all even with his apparent disadvantage as a half-demon. Fuck! He felt like Vergil now. Is this how you feel brother? He wondered. Inferior?

"Dante?" Nero insisted.

"Yeah?" Dante replied suddenly trying to erase all those poisoning thoughts from his head.

"Are you okay?" Nero wondered as he leant on a corner of Dante's desk. He folded his arms and turned to look at Dante.

"Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" Dante said foolish.

"Well… one- your face, two- you were lost in thought and three… do I need to say more?" Nero mocked trying to change the mood.

Dante sighed. "Well, I can't say that knowing this didn't affect me somehow, but I'm fine…"

"Dante, do you know why Trish didn't kill you when she met you?" Nero said.

"Oh, so now you're gonna tell me you know" Dante mocked, but yes he wanted to know. Not that he really thought he would know.

"A lot more than power is needed to kill you. No matter how powerful and dexterous Trish is, she would never be at your level" Nero said trying to cheer him up. "Plus, she loved you since the very first moment she saw you"

"Are you trying to make me feel better, kid?" Dante said.

"Is it working?" Nero wondered foolish.

Dante just chuckled and shook his head. "You don't know Trish as I do. When fighting she can be a pain in the ass. She is the strongest and most agile woman I've ever known" He said serious. "With the pregnancies she's lost some practice I think, but as soon as she gets back to our old lifestyle, she'll get back on track" He said with a dreamy face.

"And you'd love that" Nero said.

"I would" Dante chuckled.

"Well, you got nothing to worry about then" Nero said. "Trish will always need your protection anyway"

"Right" Dante said as he suddenly heard Trish and Dave in the kitchen. He stood up from his chair and joined them.

Nero hesitated a little; he was unsure still if he should go or if he should stay, for dinner perhaps? "Dinner it is" He said resolved as he went into the kitchen as well.

Earlier at Vergil's house, Lady had taken a shower and after changing the pad, they noticed the wound was really worse than they had thought; she was gonna need those stitches after all. Lady insisted on going to the hospital and Vergil insisted on doing it himself. He just asked Lady for the items he thought he'd need and was about to proceed when Lady stopped him.

"Wait a minute. How many times have you done this before?" Lady wondered.

"None" Vergil said simply as he threaded the needled to suture her.

"And you want to experiment with me!" She wondered scared.

"It's not experiment. I've done it before. Just not on humans" Vergil said.

"Oh, so you did it on animals, what a relief" She said sarcastic. "So what, you sewed up a pig's wound?" She mocked.

"Would it be any different from you?" Vergil mocked in a serious tone.

"Are you calling me a pig?" Lady complained.

Vergil chuckled. "I've never sutured animals, I meant clothing"

"Oh, I see" She kind of relaxed but then worried again. "What! Don't you think the thread should be plastic at least?"

"I'm not a doctor, how should I know?" Vergil complained.

"I thought you knew everything" Lady said.

"Well, I don't. I know of another type of medicine" He said serious. "Do you prefer fishing line?"

Lady just raised an eyebrow.

"Fine. I'll go to a pharmacy and buy some suture kit, happy?" Vergil said annoyed.

Lady just nodded. "Just don't take too long, this is getting worse. And don't forget to get some lidocaine too!"

Vergil didn't reply and just left. He tried to hurry. He went to the nearest pharmacy and got what he needed. He returned and found Lady trying to stop the bleed. "I'm back" He said serious.

"Oh, I hadn't noticed. I thought I was hallucinating already" She said jokey, although Vergil didn't find it funny.

Vergil readied everything, then removed the pad which was soaked in blood. He sprayed a little disinfectant on her wound to clean it then proceeded with the sutures.

"Wait! What about the anesthesia?" Lady said worried as she felt the needle pinching her skin.

"I thought you were stronger" Vergil said serious as he sprayed some lidocaine on the wound as well. "Now stay still, if you want me to do it right"

"Okay" Lady said as she closed her eyes tight.

Vergil didn't take long. Lady just needed 4 stitches. "Done"

"Really?" Lady said surprised.

"Yes" Vergil said simply as he put a new pad over the stitches so she wouldn't touch them. "Now, let's see how fast you can heal" He added.

"I didn't feel a thing" She said still surprised and he had done it pretty fast.

"That's because I'm not inside you, yet" Vergil said as he pushed Lady onto the sofa and put himself upon her. He started kissing her roughly, then lowered to her neck.

Lady couldn't help to giggle at the feel of his lips running down her skin. "Vergil? Do you know any woman named Lucia?" She asked foolishly.

"What?" Vergil surprised with the question. "Who?" He asked as he lifted his torso a little.

"Lucia" Lady insisted.

"No. Should I?" He said careless as he continued kissing her neck and took off her bra.

"Not really" She said careless too as she grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss.

Vergil took off her shorts and panties then zipped down his trousers. He pulled them down a little bit then spread her legs a little. He reached the top to her pussy and thrust her strongly.

"Oh Vergil…" Lady moaned strongly.

Vergil kept fucking her over the sofa for a while, then switched sides. Vergil sat up and Lady straddled him. They enjoyed themselves for quite some time until they both finished together.

"Oh Mary…" Vergil moaned intensely.

"Oh Vergil, ahh…" She embraced him by the neck very tightly.

He was enjoying to finish inside her very much. He squeezed her ass and they remained like that for a while until they managed to control their breathing.

Meanwhile at Dante's, Nero and the others enjoyed dinner. They stayed in the kitchen simply chatting when Nero thought he heard someone entering to the office. Dante heard too, but Nero said he'd go check. It was late at night and the customer hadn't showed up yet. Dante let Nero deal with it.

"I'm sorry for showing up so late, I didn't find anyone earlier in the office and I think I heard some action in the bedroom. I decided to return later. "A man said simply as he approached to the desk.

"Oh, that was my brother… sorry" Nero said embarrassed. "I was training with my nephew in the basement. I totally forgot you were coming"

"That's alright. Well… let's get down to business" The man said as he leant over the desk.

Nero sat down on Dante's chair behind the desk, but then thought it'd be rude if he'd be sitting and the customer standing. So he stood up hesitantly. "Of course" He said foolish.

"So tell me a number" The man said.

"Umm… well to be honest, they were a lot of demons and one of my partners got hurt. I'm not blaming you, it's part of the job!" Nero suddenly changed his serious expression and laughed nervously.

"I understand. I know it was a big job. Listen, this is what I'm willing to offer" The man said as he pulled out a brown paper bag from his coat and put it over the desk.

Nero took the bag. He had no idea of how much it could be, but it seemed enough.

"It's 10 grand. You don't need to count it. Is that okay, or do you ask for more?" The man wondered.

"Umm…" Nero kept pensive. It seemed a fair number.

The man didn't see Nero too convinced. "Okay, here's a thousand more, for your friend who got injured" The man handed him the money.

Nero had been hiding his demonic hand, but he was holding the bag of money in the other hand and he forgot and took the money with his Devil Bringer hand.

The man surprised after seeing his hand. "You are one of them"

Nero just turned to look at him as he put all the money inside the bag. "But of course, you are the sons of Sparda, right?" The man added.

Nero laughed nervously. "Yeah…"

The man stared at Nero for a minute. "Although, you seem too young to be one of Sparda's sons…" He said pensive then turned to go. "…don't listen to me" He moved his hand in the air as he walked to the doors. "Thanks…" He stopped at the middle of the way. "…sometimes I wonder if you are the ones responsible for drawing demons to this world…" He then continued walking.

Nero kept silent. He didn't know what to say. In a way, the man was right. Everything always happened because of them. And now the demons have gotten so used to cross to this world that attacking humans has become their main attraction.

"At least you always save us from them" The man said as he stood next to the door for a moment then left.

Nero lowered his head for a moment, pensive. He then heard steps at the entrance and thought the man had returned. He felt he needed to apologize somehow. He walked to the doors but surprised when he saw a woman coming in.

"Good evening… Dante?" The woman said confused looking at Nero.

Nero paralyzed confused. "No… I- I'm Nero" He said then noticed the woman still seemed confused.

"Are you… Dante's son?" The woman said with her eyes almost bulging.

"No, no! I'm Dante's brother" Nero said simply.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know he had a brother" The woman said frowning a little as she kept staring at Nero up and down. "You do look a lot like him" She surrounded him still observing him, making Nero feel a little uncomfortable. "Your voice… sounds familiar"

Nero's eyes opened widely. Fuck! "You- must be- Lucia" He said hesitant.

"Oh, don't tell me it was you whom I talked to on the phone!" Lucia said a bit embarrassed.

Nero just nodded.

"I'm sorry. I haven't seen or heard Dante in years. I think I can't even remember his looks or even his voice…" She said laughing nervously. Of course she remembered every single detail about him.

"Right" Nero said dubious. He was the one now who stared at her from head to toes. She was somewhat attractive but not even close to Trish's beauty.

"Is Dante around?" Lucia asked expectantly. She felt nervous all of a sudden. She could hear his voice in the kitchen, but also Trish's voice. Her heart beat so fast and strong. "I really need to-see him" She said.

"I'm sorry. I- I don't think this is a good idea. Listen…" Nero said as he took her by the arm and tried to take her outside. He didn't want Trish to see her. He didn't even want to imagine what could happen if she saw her there. "…whatever you wanna tell Dante, you can tell me" He said serious.

Lucia resisted and didn't let Nero kick her out.

Dante thought he heard a woman's voice and felt curious. He stood up from the chair in the kitchen and headed to the office. "Nero's taking too long. I'll go take a look" He said foolish as he entered to the office and immediately regretted after seeing Lucia. Fuck! She had seen him now. He was not gonna run away. He approached to her fast. "What the fuck are you doing in my house?" He asked roughly but trying to keep it down. He didn't want Trish to listen. "You promised you wouldn't return, ever" He said emphatically.

"Are you and Trish- still- together?" She had to ask.

"What kind of question is that? Of course we are. And I want to keep it like that. Please go outside. If she sees you, this will get ugly, so please…" Dante said serious and nervous to see the kitchen door open.

"Dante…" Lucia looked at him as he grabbed her by the wrist to take her outside. "…you really love her, don't you?" She asked feeling defeated.

"You've always known that. I'm sorry if you misunderstood something I said or did but…" Dante was saying when he heard the kitchen door opened. He paralyzed, even his blood ran cold. He let go of Lucia's hand and turned around nervously. "Trish, I can explain" Dante said with his eyes closed, then opened them and didn't see Trish and surprised.

"Dad, what's going on?" David said confused as he got to see he was holding that strange woman's hand.

"Fuck David, it was you!" Dante said relieved.

"Dad?" Lucia wondered.

"That's Dante's son" Nero told Lucia.

"Oh, that makes more sense..." Lucia said disappointed as her heart broke in a million pieces. Now she was sure there was no way she could ever have Dante.

"Who is that woman?" David wondered a bit upset as he looked at her.

Dante crouched at Dave's level and held him by the shoulders. "Listen, Dave. She's just an old friend, alright? But mommy doesn't like her. I need to ask a favor of you, can you please do it?" He stared into Dave's eyes deeply.

David looked at her then back at Dante. "What should I do?"

"Just, go back to the kitchen, and don't let your mom out, okay? Please, no matter what she says, don't- let her- out" Dante said serious and slowly.

"But..." David said dubiously. He turned his look down then turned towards the kitchen. "...alright... but you'll have to make it up to me later" He demanded.

"I'll get you a strawberry sundae" Dante said.

David seemed pensive. "Two!" He said with his fingers too.

"Deal" Dante said still nervous. His heart pounded so hard, he was starting to feel uncomfortable. He straightened up and watched David go to the kitchen. He then took a deep breath and turned towards Lucia. "What do you want?" He asked serious.

"I didn't- want to cause you any- troubles, but I had to come. My mother sent me here. She insisted I asked for your help. This demon wants to challenge you. He menaced on unleashing havoc in the human world if I didn't bring you to him... I tried to stop him, but my powers were obviously not enough" Her voice turned lower as if she despised herself. "I'm a useless devil..."

Dante moved his eyes with annoyance. He didn't have time for self-pity scenes. "What's his name? Where can I find him?" Dante asked simply and to the point.

"His name is Balrog and he is obviously in hell. Crossing the hell gate in Vie de Marli" Lucia said.

Dante was desperate he needed her to leave. He just couldn't handle so much uncertainty and doubt for Trish. "Fine. I'll fight him" Dante said resolved.

"What?" Nero surprised. "Are you serious? Dante, Trish is about to give birth in less than two months, are you out of your mind?" He almost yelled.

"Lower your voice" Dante said as if yelling but very quietly. "I need to do this Nero. I won't take too long"

Lucia was in shock. One, because Dante agreed and two because of what Nero said. "Then we have to go now" She said somewhat hesitant.

"We?" Nero complained, imagining Lucia's plan to be with Dante somehow. It was evident she was in love with him.

"I have to lead the way to Vie de Marli" Lucia said simply.

"I know the way" Dante said. "I'll go tomorrow"

"It has to be now" Lucia said. "We cannot wait any longer Dante. Time's running out" She insisted. "The portal will close soon"

"It's opened?" Dante kept pensive while Lucia just nodded. He didn't want to leave just like that without saying a single word to Trish, but he had no choice. "Okay, let's go then" He said serious as he turned his look down. He turned towards the kitchen and took a deep breath.

"Hell no! You're not leaving. What am I gonna tell Trish? No way. I told you I was not gonna help you with this" Nero protested.

"I know kid. The sooner I go the sooner I'll return" Dante said.

"No! Listen to yourself Dante! You cannot leave Trish. What if this is just a trap to keep you away from her and leave her vulnerable for other demons?" Nero tried to convince him on staying.

Dante couldn't help to keep pensive. He was motionless for a moment.

"Dante, we must go now" Lucia insisted. "It's no trap, I promise"

Dante turned to look at her. Should he trust a devil he only met once? He hesitated, but then he thought he needed this. He needed to fight this Balrog to test himself against a powerful enemy. He hadn't battled one in years. He needed to feel useful and he needed to become stronger. He was doing this for Trish but also for him. He needed to know how powerful he truly is. And he needed to go alone. This battle would just be between him and Balrog. It didn't have a thing to do with Lucia or anyone else. He just needed to prove himself he could take his father's place in this world and still be feared and respected by demons in the Underworld.

David returned to the kitchen. He walked in trying to act normal. He sat down by the table again. Trish was already doing the dishes. She turned her face and glimpsed at him.

"Is the customer still there?" Trish asked.

David turned real nervous. "Customer? I'm not sure that's a customer" He said foolish and thought he just screwed up.

"What do you mean, you don't know?" Trish said as she dried her hands with a towel and approached to David. She crouched at his level and stared at him. "Is it a man or a woman?"

David just turned his face down. His eyes moved nervously from one side to another. "A woman?" He couldn't lie.

"Oh..." Trish said a bit surprised. "...perhaps the customer was a woman" She said serious as she straightened up. "Is she pretty?" The curiosity was killing her. In her state, she felt any other woman could fill Dante's eye. She approached to the kitchen door.

David's eyes almost burst out. "Mom!" He yelled. "Where are you going!" He asked worried trying to stop her from going to the office. He stood up fast and went after her. He pulled from her hand and got her away from the door.

"David, what's the matter?" Trish said surprised. "Is there anything you want to tell me?" She wondered, taken aback at his sudden agitation.

"Yes! That's it. I want to tell you something" Dave said foolish.

Trish waited for him to talk. But David just didn't say a thing. "I'm waiting..." She said expectantly.

David seemed pensive. "Oh... I forgot" He said frowning with his eyes well shut as if he were making an effort to remember.

Trish just folded her arms, twisting her lips. "David?" She raised an eyebrow.

David opened an eye to look at her, rubbing the back of his head. He smiled showing his teeth nervously. "Yes- mom?" He asked hesitantly.

"What's going on here?" Trish gave him another chance to tell the truth.

"What do you mean?" David said foolishly and very nervous; he was even beginning to sweat.

She took a deep breath. "Did your father tell you to keep me here in the kitchen?" Trish asked slyly as she bent forward closer to Dave's face.

"What?" A pearl of sweat rolled down Dave's face.

Trish straightened up. "What did he promise you?" She asked folding her arms.

"Two strawberry sundaes" David couldn't lie.

Trish just shook her head disappointed as she once again approached to the door.

David hurried and tried to stop her. "Wait, mom!" He tried to pull from her arm, but she easily loosened from his grasp.

Trish pushed the kitchen door to the office and walked in surprised.

"Alright. Let's go" Dante said serious as he then heard the kitchen door open again. "David, I told you to..." He turned to look. "...Trish"

Everyone was silent for a moment. Dante paralyzed.

"I can explain" Dante said serious as he approached to Trish.

Trish was still motionless, mute. Her eyes filled with tears of disappointment and fury. She suddenly moved an arm in front of her with her palm opened, making Dante stop on his tracks. She lowered her face to the floor. "Don't come any closer..." She said trying to control her anger. She then lifted her face. "How could you!" She yelled as tears flew away from her eyes into Dante's direction.

"Trish, this is a misunderstanding" Dante tried to calm her.

"I was right..." Trish's eyes began to overflow with the tears she had struggled to keep inside. "...you had been seeing someone else" She said sobbing. "And her!"

"Trish, gorgeous, I swear I did not" Dante said as he approached to her and tried to hold her hands.

Lucia surprised to see Trish pregnant again. She felt guilty for taking Dante away from her, but then she thought she wasn't doing anything wrong. It was her problem if she didn't trust Dante enough. She wouldn't go until Dante would leave with her. "Trish, I know you hate me, but I'm not here to separate you two, I'm here because..." She tried to explain.

"Silence!" Trish yelled mad. "Don't you dare to even talk to me!" She said under her breath. "You think I would believe a fuck you say!"

Lucia had to swallow all her emotions. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you in your state" She said simply.

"In my state..." Trish said apparently calmed as she felt the rage beginning to consume her. She lowered her face, trying to hide all the madness consuming her right now. Her heart started beating fast and so strongly. She felt so much power overflowing her body. "... I don't need your sympathy" She grumbled under her breath as lightning slowly began to surround her.

"Trish, we need to talk" Dante said serious as he held her hands, but he immediately let go of them as he felt they were burning. He looked at his hands right after, and they were red as if he had touched burning steel. "Trish, baby... please calm down" He said worried.

Lucia remained in the same place. She wouldn't go without Dante. She kept her stare focused on Trish, although Trish kept her face looking down. "Trish, I'm here just asking for Dante's help..."

Everyone else seemed to be in a complete silence, expectantly. David was still behind Trish, but he moved to a side to look at her better. He was really worried about her, about this whole situation and he didn't want to be brushed aside. Nero was at the middle of the office, while Dante remained by Trish's side.

Dante couldn't lay his eyes off Trish. He sensed something in her changing. He could see her body slowly trembling, more like pulsing strongly as if she were suffering changes inside. Her chest began to swell as her breathing turned heavy. He knew that feeling. "Trish, it is true" He said caring as he tried to turn her towards him. He felt all of her body burning, he didn't care and didn't let go. "I'll just destroy a powerful demon and return, it's just a job…"

Trish didn't seem to react, but Dante saw tears running down her face, red drops that fell onto the floor as blood.

David also felt his mom different; he didn't want to see her like that. He wanted to help her, he wanted to embrace her, let her know he was there with her. He tried to approached to her but Dante stopped him.

"David, stay back!" Dante yelled as he pushed him back with his arm, keeping him from getting any closer. He thought it could be dangerous.

"Trish, please understand" Lucia insisted. "I know I promised to stay back, but it's a matter of life or death, we must save Dummary Island…"

"No matter the reason" Trish said serious. "That Island is nothing more than a Hell Gate for demons, it's better if it's destroyed, like Mallet Island!" She yelled surrendering to her deepest desires. "And unlike you, I won't break my promise" She said as an incredible amount of lightning gathered in her hand. It glowed intensely and increased as Trish turned her look towards Lucia. Her eyes glowed with an intense dark red color. "Get the fuck out of my house!" She yelled and fired her lightning as part of her face and hands started turning black, taking a demonic form.

"Trish!" Dante yelled worried as he saw her struggling to maintain her human form. He couldn't believe his eyes. He was paralyzed watching his Trish succumbing to the evil buried deep within her still. "No…" He exhaled as tears escaped his eyes. He couldn't let her true Devil come to the surface.

The powerful lightning passed right beside Lucia and smashed the doors to pieces. Lucia felt a chilling blaze as Trish's power passed her by. She kept paralyzed.

"I missed on purpose…" Trish said with a devilish voice. It was evident that she was struggling to control, more than her power, her desires. She struggled to keep her true Devil dormant. It was taking possession of her mind now. "…but next time, I won't" Electricity began to form in both of her hands. Her body kept changing the shape, the color of her skin. She was about to fire all that power. "So I recommend you get the fuck out of my sight!" She yelled and prepared to attack when Dante got in between. The place started shaking due to her power and her struggle to control when Dante moved before her.

"Trish! Don't do this!" Dante yelled as he held both of her hands in the air, trying to stop her. He couldn't recognize her even though she hadn't changed her form completely yet. "Please, stop…" His voice broke down. His hands changed into demonic form to stop her without getting burned. He struggled but managed to make her lower her hands and vanish her power. "Trish, baby, look at me…" He said with his eyes full of tears.

"Why do you protect her?" Trish asked under her breath.

"I'm not. I'm protecting you!" Dante tried to makes her see sense. "Don't do this. I want you back, I want my Trish back…" His tears rolled down his pale cheeks as he stared into the void of her eyes.

Trish's face was almost entirely demonic now. Dante kept gripping her wrists tightly, not letting go; while Trish struggled to return to her human form. But the anger, the rage she felt inside kept poisoning her head. Dante felt her shaking, just as the place did too. He wasn't sure if it was because she struggled to regain consciousness or if it was the fury burning inside her.

David was paralyzed watching the scene before his eyes. It was so scary to see his mom like that, even more than Dante when he Devil Triggers; mostly because there was a main difference between them, the confidence in oneself. Something a demon lacks, just as self-control. Nero noticed Dave's frustration and went to his side, trying to keep him away from them. It was amazing the amount of heat Trish was emanating.

Lucia didn't move, she didn't even blink. But she couldn't keep from staring.

"Aahh- arghh…" Trish yelled with a demonic voice still. "Let go of me!" She yelled and shook her body trying to set free.

"No, I won't" Dante held her tighter. His hands were starting to burn now, but he didn't care. He just wanted her to get back to normal. "Trish… look at me!" He said desperately. "Baby… please…" He let go of her wrists and grabbed her by the cheeks. "…look into my eyes…" He cried and stared deep into her empty eyes.

The place started shaking more as Trish yelled. "Ahh…!" She breathed deeply as Dante took her hand and reached it to his heart. Her chest moved violently with every suffocated breath.

"Can't you feel me?" Dante cried muted tears. He was risking his life right now. Either Trish regained consciousness or she ripped his heart out.

As Trish's demonic hand touched Dante's chest, it started slowly turning human again as she began to yield to Dante's love, the warmth in his heart. Dante kept gripping her hand but he moved it away and pulled her closer to him. He reached a hand to her face and looked deep into her eyes. She was still struggling to control. The place didn't cease to shake yet. But he gripped her by the cheeks with both of his hands very tightly, staring into her eyes without a single flicker of fear. She growled still but her face was slowly returning to her human form. Her eyes started losing the darkness, giving way to the light. Trish's mind was slowly returning; she started having regressions, listening to Dante's voice repeating a phrase. I should've been the one to fill your dark soul with light…light…light…light… Her eyes recovered her normal greenish-blue color and filled with tears as she looked into Dante's eyes. "Dante…" She cried.

"Trish…" Dante pulled her against his chest and embraced her tightly. The place had finally stopped shaking, although she had caused some damage to the house. Dante couldn't help to cry for having her back. It had been such a short time but he felt she was gone for ages. "…I'm sorry I lied to you" He said with regret.

Trish surprised and broke away from his embrace. "What?" She looked into his eyes as the anger seemed to have returned. "You were seeing her?"

"Of course not! But she did call before. I didn't talk to her, she talked to Nero" Dante cleared before she would upset more. "I wanted to protect you, I was trying to prevent this from happening"

"Protect me by staying away?" Trish said mad. "Well it didn't work, Dante" She said mad.

"Baby, please forgive me. But I have to go. I have to do this" Dante said serious as he forced her to look at him.

"I can't believe you! After all that's happened and you still want to go!" Trish yelled. "Have you any idea of what this bitch wants!"

"She just wants to protect the Island" Dante said.

"Dante, you are blinded by this urge to prove yourself you are powerful enough!" Trish yelled. "Deep down, you are just like Vergil…" She said lowering her voice as she turned away from him. "…you seek more power, afraid that I could be more powerful than you are"

"That's not true" Dante said.

"What's even worse. You want to do this to obtain a new Devil Arm!" Trish yelled in the end.

"Baby…" Dante approached to her again and tried to hold her. "…please understand me. This is my job. If I want to take my father's place, I have to stop every demon that threatens this world" He lifted her face towards his.

Still, Trish didn't look at him. She started crying and breathing heavily. "You want to be like your father? Go ahead. I hope the story repeats and someone kills me! And our children!" She yelled full of resentment. "That would be another burden you'd carry for the rest of your life. You want that?"

Dante gulped upset. It broke his heart she thought that way, but he was sure she was saying that just because she was upset with him, with this whole Lucia issue. He took a deep breath. "That's not gonna happen" He said serious as he looked down.

"You hated your father for what he did to you, and now you're doing the same. Fine. But I warn you Dante. If you don't come back before our kids are born, you can forget about us!" Trish said harshly.

"Trish…" Dante said. "…I would never miss it" Dante said serious as he caressed a side of her face.

"Well, your time's running out. So you better hurry" She said emotionless as tears escaped her eyes silently.

"But mom…" David approached to her and embraced her legs with his tears in his eyes. He then turned to look at Dante. "Where are you going?"

"To hell" Dante said simply.

"But… will you be able to come back?" David said afraid.

Dante approached to him. "Of course I will. No matter what, I'll find a way out" He said as he crouched at his level. "But you gotta promise me one thing, okay?"

"What?" David said as he turned his look down.

"You gotta take care of your mom for me, alright?" Dante said with a smile as he lifted Dave's face towards his, but as their eyes met he couldn't help to shed a tear. He was so young and he was leaving him with all the burden.

David just nodded and embraced him by the neck. "You promised you'd be with me"

Dante held him tight too and felt he was crying; his body was trembling. "I know…" He felt pretty bad now, not only for leaving Trish but David too, they needed him. "Hey, it's not like it's the last you'll see me" He said jokey trying to change the mood.

Trish was still so upset. She didn't want to even look at him. Then she turned and saw Lucia still standing there. She twisted her lips in anger. She exhaled and tried to relax a little.

Dante stood up and headed to the kitchen. Trish surprised he didn't say anything to her and ignored her. She just stood there motionless. Dante had gone to the basement. He wanted to dust off an old Devil Arm; he had the feeling he would use another one besides Rebellion. He opened the big chest and had a look at his old Devil Arms.

"Master… you've returned" Agni and Rudra completed each other's thoughts.

"Don't even get me started on you two!" Dante said upset. He didn't have the patience to listen to them right now. They were obviously discarded. "You'll be perfect!" He said as he chose one and put it inside his coat. He closed the big chest and hurried upstairs. He reached for Rebellion, then approached to Trish.

"We had the appointment tomorrow, Dante. And again I'll have to cancel" Trish said emotionless.

"I'm sorry baby" Dante said as he took her hand and kissed it. "I'll return on time. I promise" He said as he kissed her holding her by the cheeks. She didn't respond to his kiss but cried instead. Dante felt her tears on his hands. He really didn't want to leave, but he had to. He then crouched and put his hands on her round belly. "I'll be back…" He whispered. "…you two take care of your mother as well…" He couldn't help to cry when he felt them kicking at his touch. He reached his ear to her belly and could listen to them revolving inside. He regretted he missed the past weeks away from them. He stood up and held Trish tight. "I love you Trish" He said with tears in his eyes as he put his forehead together with hers.

"And I love you… Dante" Trish said in tears. "You better not break the first promise you make to them. Now go before I regret"

Dante kissed her forehead. He embraced her tight one more time. He wanted to feel her, smell her before he'd go. He walked to his desk and opened a drawer. He took the keys to the bike and headed outside.

"What about my strawberry sundaes!" David yelled and ran after him hoping to make him stay.

Dante stopped when he felt him clinging to his legs. It broke his heart to listen to his cries and tried to swallow his. He crouched and turned at him. "That's the first thing I'll do when I get back" He said faking a smile. He stood up and continued his way.

Lucia followed him.

"Don't you even dare to ride on with him" Trish said mad with her cheeks moist for all the tears she shed. David approached to her and embraced her by the legs.

Lucia didn't reply and just walked outside following Dante.

Nero hurried outside too. "Dante!" He yelled. "Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked agitated. "Man, I swear Trish really scared the shit out of me" He added. "I really thought she would turn into a true Devil and…"

"I know. I feared she would too. Take care of her" Dante said serious as he went to get the bike to the garage.

Nero kept standing outside waiting for Dante. He heard the engine roar then Dante speeded up and stopped right before Nero. "Make sure you come back soon, Dante" He said worried. "On time. Because I do believe Trish would leave you if you don't"

"I know" Dante said pensive.

"Can you say something else other than I know?" Nero complained, it was driving him mad; he was really anxious for having to stay alone with Trish right now.

"You go and fix my doors, kid" Dante demanded.

"Oh, yeah. I'll fix your doors right now, because it's almost midnight and we cannot close without doors" Nero complained sarcastic, but he had to fix them anyway. He wouldn't leave Trish and Dave if the house was vulnerable for demons to enter.

Dante just stared at him ironically.

"I will" He said annoyed. "I'll find a store opened"

"Make sure you come visit them frequently, she might need something" Dante said to Nero as he turned his look from him.

"A husband perhaps?" Nero said sarcastic.

Dante just shook his head. "Adios, kid! I leave them in your hands" He meant to go now.

"What?" Nero said surprised. "I won't be responsible if something happens. Don't try to put the blame on me" He complained.

"It'll be alright, kid. I just want you to look after them while I'm not around. I prefer you do it, instead of Vergil" Dante said serious.

"Oh, right. He tried something with her, didn't he?" Nero asked curious.

"We must go, Dante" Lucia said as she tried to rush him.

"Well…" Dante said as he turned towards Nero. "…make sure you fix those doors tonight" He said before speeding up.

"I will…" Nero said nervous as he watched Dante leave. He didn't want to go back inside. He was afraid of Trish. He was sure that she'd be pissed with him as well for covering Dante up.

Lucia stayed there; she watched Dante disappear at the distance, then turned and saw Nero going back inside. She just lifted her face and disappeared.

Trish was crying silently, trying to be strong for David. She didn't want him to notice so she tried to control herself.

Nero entered the shop with his face down. He was expecting Trish to start yelling at him. He gulped, but Trish didn't say a word. He slowly opened an eye and had a look around. Trish and David were still there.

Trish turned to look at him. "What is the matter with you?" She asked somewhat relaxed. "I'm sorry if I scared you. I'm not gonna kill you, relax!" She said careless.

Nero relaxed and sighed. He walked to the sofas and sat down. He needed to cool off.

"Why the fuck do you keep covering Dante! How could you not tell me! I trusted you!" Trish yelled to Nero upset. "And how dare he use David to keep lying!" She was furious.

"I'm sorry mom" David said with his face down, embarrassed.

Trish turned towards him and crouched at his level. "It's not your fault honey, you were just trying to help daddy, but well… you didn't know what was going on" She said caring and trying to control her anger. She stood up and stood in front of Nero.

Nero turned to look at her confused.

"I'm waiting" Trish said serious and with her arms folded.

"For what?" Nero wondered.

"For an explanation, tell me everything!" Trish demanded.

"Alright, alright. But calm down! It's not good for the babies that you- agitate- this much" Nero said hesitantly.

"Finally someone cares!" Trish said ironic.

Nero reached for her hand and pulled her to sit down beside him. He turned towards her on the sofa and held her hands.

Trish just raised an eyebrow expectantly.

Nero took a deep breath. "It happened a few weeks ago. I answered the phone and it was this- Lucia, she mistook me for Dante and told me some crap about a demon and started asking things. I didn't pay much attention. I was pissed too. I couldn't believe Dante could be capable of cheating…"

Trish gave him a look so he wouldn't say those things in front of David. "What kind of things, what did she ask you?" She wondered.

"Why do you wanna know this?" Nero wondered.

"Because, I do…" Trish said simply.

"She asked me if I "Dante" was still with you and I don't even remember what else" Nero confirmed. "Then I accused Dante of cheating and I demanded an explanation. I couldn't let him do that to you"

"But then, he convinced you to help him because he was clung to the idea of fighting this stupid demon" Trish said annoyed.

"He told me about her and what had happened between you two. I told him I didn't want to help him. But he said he just needed me to answer the phone for if she called again" Nero said serious.

"Did she?" Trish wondered.

"Nope. She showed up instead, just today" Nero said.

"So he never talked to her or saw her?" Trish wondered.

"Nope. But he came up with this ridiculous idea of seeing earlier "to work" for if she called we could answer. He didn't want you to find out" Nero said.

"He's an idiot" Trish said pensive and now realized he had planned this all along since he found out about that demon. She remembered that night when he started acting funny, asking questions about the babies. He must have been concerned for them, but still he chose to go rather than staying with them. Trish suddenly stood up. "Well he can go to hell for all I care!" She said mad.

"Well… that's exactly where he's going" Nero said laughing nervously.

"He will be trapped again. He's an idiot!" Trish said mad and about to cry again. "And I know that bitch just did it to keep him away from us! To keep him for herself!"

"Well… I'm not sure. She does seem double-faced" Nero said dubious.

"Of course she is!" Trish yelled.

David was not quite understanding all this, but he had a bad feeling about that strange woman too. "I don't know, but I don't trust her either"

Trish just smiled. "Of course you don't. But your father is simply so… good-hearted. He always wants to help everyone…" She said raising both eyebrows. "…in a way, that's what made me fall for him and that he's not afraid of anyone, he's so self-confident…" She kept pensive, thinking the same might have happened to Lucia. But now, new thoughts began to poison her head. What if Dante had met Lucia first? Would he still have chosen her over Lucia? She shook her head at the thought. "Weren't you supposed to fix the doors, Nero?"

"Oh yes…" Nero said embarrassed now, knowing that Trish had heard all his conversation with Dante. "…you're right" He said tired but he had to do it. He was more stressed than anything else. "Hey umm… Trish?"

"Yes?" Trish said as she turned to look at him.

"I'm sorry about all this. I told Dante it was a bad idea" Nero said serious.

"But he never listens. I know" Trish said.

"Then why do I have to listen to what he says?" David complained.

"Because, you always have to listen to your elders, sweetie" Trish said.

David just twisted his lips and Trish just couldn't help to smile realizing David was just like Dante. At least she had him.

"Trish?" Nero asked again. "Do you mind coming with me? I don't wanna leave you guys alone here. I don't know how long I'm gonna take to find all things and return"

"I'm exhausted, but…sure. We'll go with you" Trish said. "It was my fault after all"

They were walking out of the shop when suddenly Nero stopped. "We're gonna leave it like that?" He wondered.

"Don't worry. It's not the first time it's happened" Trish said.

They all got on the van. Nero searched in his phone for a 24-hour hardware store and headed there. Once at the store, Trish chose the new doors and Nero took everything else he'd need.

While at checkout, the cashier was a very unpleasant woman who obviously hated her job. "How thoughtless of you to bring the entire family at this hour" The woman said rude.

Nero glimpsed at the woman and didn't reply.

David in the other hand, thought it was the perfect time to make the most of this situation. "Dad, can you get me this candy?" He asked innocently.

"What?" Nero surprised. Trish couldn't help to chuckle. Nero turned to look at Trish then at David. "Alright" He said as he gave him the eye.

"And these chips and chocolates…" David said as he grabbed plenty of snacks. "Please…?" He looked at Nero batting his eyes.

"C'mon, don't be cheap. You get the kid out of bed and now you don't wanna please him?" The woman complained.

Nero didn't say a word and just took everything from Dave's hands so the woman would charge for all of them.

"Nero, you don't have to" Trish said caring.

"Of course he has to!" The woman kept complaining. "What is more, aren't you craving for something? You must have a lot of cravings. Get something for the lady, you douchebag! What would you like gorgeous?" She asked Trish changing her tone dramatically to a sweet voice in a second.

"Well… actually I'd like a popsicle, but I don't think you have any" Trish said shyly.

"Of course we do. Got a freezer back there, choose your favorite!" The woman said cheering.

Trish turned to look at Nero, he couldn't help to chuckle. "Go ahead" He said.

Trish went to have a look and chose a magnum.

Nero paid for everything; luckily he had the money the customer had just paid him. The woman winked at Trish before they left. They walked out of the store and Trish was unwrapping the ice pop. "What a nice lady, don't you think?" She chuckled.

"Nice?" Nero said surprised. "The bitch was crazy, what the fuck!"

David chuckled as he opened up a bag of chips. "She was very nice"

"Oh, so now you wanted to play my son, huh?" Nero started bugging David.

"Oh, shut up!" David giggled.

"How convenient…" Nero said as he put everything in the van and helped Trish to get in after David. He climbed in too and drove back to the Devil May Cry.

Meanwhile at Vergil's house.

"So… who is this Lucia you asked about?" Vergil asked Lady.

"I don't know. I hoped you'd know" Lady said down. "Vergil?"

"Yes?" He wondered.

"I know it's late, but… do you think we could go see Trish?" Lady asked.

"Right now?" Vergil surprised.

"Yes. It's just, I have a hunch that something's happened" Lady said worried.

Vergil took a deep breath. "Alright"

It was past midnight, but they were still at the living room watching a movie. It had just finished so it was the perfect time to go. They headed there on foot. They enjoyed their walk, although they didn't take too long to arrive.

"You're a witch…" Vergil said to Lady as he got a glimpse at the shop first, finding the doors completely wrecked.

"What!" Lady surprised and hurried inside. "What happened here?" She wondered. "Trish! Dante! David? Anyone?" She got no response.

"What could have possibly happened?" Vergil wondered as he walked in after Lady. He had a look around, trying to find a clue about what could have happened. "Why don't you call Trish?"

"You're right" Lady said as she rapidly pulled out her phone and called her. And to their surprise, they heard the phone ring in the kitchen. Lady went there and saw her phone over the table and surprised to find a lot of things on the floor including shattered glass from plates and glasses. "Vergil?"

Vergil went with her to the kitchen and saw everything. "What happened today?" He wondered, figuring what might have happened.

"It's a long story" Lady said with a sad expression.

"Well… you can tell me about it while we wait for them to return" Vergil said simply as he headed to the living room and grabbed a seat over the large sofa.

Lady followed him. "Okay" She sat beside him and started telling him everything that had happened during the day. Trish's uncertainty about Dante and where she got that name from and how/why she bumped with Nero and Dante this afternoon.

"You think Dante's cheating on Trish?" Vergil said surprised.

"What else could it be?" Lady said.

"I don't know. But I honestly think Dante is incapable of doing so, specially to Trish" Vergil said serious.

Suddenly they heard a van stopped outside. Lady stood up in a haste and noticed it was Nero, and Trish and David were with him. "Trish! What the hell happened!" She wondered what had happened with Dante since he wasn't with them.

Vergil stood up too and approached to the entrance. "Where's Dante?" He asked Nero as he saw him approaching the entrance holding the new doors.

"Lucia happened" Trish said serious as she walked in to the shop.

"He's gone" Nero answered to Vergil.

Both Lady and Vergil surprised. "What! Who the fuck is Lucia?" They turned to look at each other then back at Trish and Nero.

David just walked in and went to sit by the sofa, Trish followed him and went to sit as well. Just as Vergil and Lady; they were intrigued about the whole situation.

"Yes, don't worry. I'll fix the doors" Nero said sarcastic. "You relax"

"Thanks Nero" Trish said simply.

Nero lowered his head. "I was being sarcastic…" He mumbled to himself. "…I could use a hand, Vergil…" He wished the doors came with instructions, he had to figure out now how to do it.

"David, why don't you go to bed now, honey? It's late" Trish said serious.

David understood they needed some time to talk so he didn't say a word and obeyed. He said goodnight to everybody including Nero and headed upstairs.

Trish started telling them everything about Lucia and their previous encounter more than 10 years ago. She told them everything, not missing any single detail. She told them about the events of the past few weeks and how they both, Dante and Trish admitted they were hiding something. She told them about her secret of her True Devil form and power and Lucia's return. Also about that supposed demon challenging Dante and his decision to go hunt him down to hell. Both Lady and Vergil were perplexed with everything Trish was saying. Specially Vergil; he couldn't believe someone who looked so fragile could possess such power she spoke of.

Vergil kept pensive for a moment, wondering now, why Dante chose to fight a demon instead of staying with Trish when she would soon give birth to their children.

"How could he go and leave you a few weeks before you give birth?" Lady asked Trish real surprised. "How can fighting a demon be more important than you?"

For certain reason both Trish and Lady turned to look at Vergil, as if he could clear their thought about it.

Vergil raised an eyebrow as he felt their stare focused on him. He chuckled and closed his eyes. "And yet you stare at the man who thinks power means everything…" He opened an eye as Lady grunted. "What?" He wondered as he folded his arms carelessly.

"I guess… he wanted to prove himself he is worthy of taking Sparda's place to protect this world from the demons" Trish said emotionless.

"But he thought just now was the perfect time to prove that?" Lady complained. "To who?"

Vergil kept pensive. He totally understood Dante's position. In a way he was satisfied that for once, Dante had had the chance to feel inferior, but it saddened him it had to be at the expense of Trish. "He's a fool" He said serious as he then felt both Trish and Lady's stares on him again. "The portal he will cross to go to the Underworld will most probably disappear in no time"

"I know" Trish said with her look down. "He won't have a way to come back"

"He promised he would, and I trust him" Nero said as he finally finished installing the new doors. He had followed their conversation the whole time.

"I don't know why you have so much faith in him" Vergil said somewhat annoyed. No matter what Dante did, good or bad, he'd always be praised for it.

Lady nudged him on the ribs right away, giving him the eye.

"I'm just being rational. Don't give false hope to Trish" Vergil said serious.

"I told him if he didn't come back before the kids are born, he could forget about us" Trish said serious.

"I think that will be his drive to come back" Nero added.

"I hope so" Lady said.

"So what would he gain with this?" Vergil asked with a sigh.

"A Devil Arm what else?" Nero said simply as he pulled out his phone to call Kyrie. He walked in to the kitchen for a moment to talk to her in private. He surprised when he entered and found the kitchen in a complete mess.

Vergil kept pensive again. So we are not that different after all, brother. We both seek more power, but you obtain it from defeating powerful demons and obtain their power through the Devil Arms they turn into. If you reach such power, where would I stand? Why do I always have to be second place?

"I'll stay with you tonight Trish. I've talked to Kyrie and she agreed on this" Nero said simply as he approached to them again. He hoped Trish wouldn't see the kitchen yet.

Both Vergil and Lady turned to look at Nero with distrust.

"I'm staying here in the sofa, don't be pigs!" Nero complained.

"Thanks Nero. I'll head to bed now. I really need some rest" Trish said.

"We'll get going now and let you rest. You had quite a day" Lady said as she stood up and walked to the entrance with Vergil. She could tell that Trish was very depressed for what had happened and she seemed to have little to no hope of Dante coming back. "Whatever you need, don't hesitate to call, okay?" She yelled from the door. "No matter the hour!" She reconsidered and approached to Trish. "I know this is a nightmare Trish, but we gotta stay strong...all nightmare long" She looked into Trish's face and satisfied with her smile.

"Alright, thanks" Trish said nodding, she couldn't keep that smile for long but at least she was happy to have them all by her side. She headed to the stairs. "Feel yourself at home Nero. You know where everything is. Feel free to take whatever you need for your comfort." She added.

"Thanks, Trish" Nero said as he then approached to Lady and walked her to the door with Vergil to say goodbye.

"Nero…" Lady made sure Trish had gone upstairs already. "…we shouldn't leave Trish and David alone. If you're not staying, let me know and I'll stay with her, okay?"

"Yeah, don't worry. Besides, Dante asked me to look after them, that's what I'll do" Nero said serious.

"Okay. I really hope he comes back" Lady said pensive. She turned around and left with Vergil.

Nero locked the doors and went to get a blanket then returned to the living room. He turned off the lights and threw himself over the large sofa. He was exhausted. He sat up and took off his coat and sweater as well as his boots. He just left his trousers on, although he undid the zipper to be a little more comfortable. He laid back and covered half his body with the blanket. He was uneasy, he had to turn on the ceiling fan and tried to relax. But he just couldn't. He was really worried about Dante and Trish. He was even worried about David. He put his arms behind his head and couldn't help to stare at the fan, spinning and spinning with that annoying creaking sound. He wondered what could happen if Dante didn't come back. If this demon was really powerful and Dante was defeated? He tried to stop thinking of those things, otherwise he wouldn't get a wink all night.

Lady and Vergil returned home. As they walked back home, Lady noticed Vergil more quiet than usual and very pensive. That expression on his face had returned. The only expression she is never able to decipher. The expression that terrifies her and fills her with doubts and fears.

"Vergil, are you alright? You seem very… lost in thought" Lady dared to ask.

"Huh?" Vergil wondered foolish. She noticed? "I'm fine, it's nothing"

Again with his avoidance… Lady felt he brushed her aside and didn't tell her the truth. "Are you worried about Dante?" She asked foolishly. Of course he isn't…

"About Dante? Of course not. He can rot in hell for all I care" He said thoughtlessly giving himself away. He wanted him to feel what he felt for so many years. "I'm more worried about Trish" He said. But the truth was, he was impatient. He wouldn't let Dante win, not anymore, not when he was so close to find the truth.

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