Dante sighed heavily as he flopped down in the chair that was placed on the other side of his brothers' room, it took about an hour but Vergil eventually tired himself out and ended up passing out from exhaustion again. Though he did put up a hell of a fight! Dante even had to restrain him which is why his arm is now covered in punctured wounds that were slowly starting to heal on its own... Who knew Vergil was a bitter?

This wasn't good though; he can only hope that when the older twin awoke that he wasn't trapped in his own personal nightmare still. He also had to get some food and water into him and that will be impossible if Vergil is trying to bite his arm off!

"What the hell is going on in that head of yours..." He asked as he focused on his brother's face that held a pained expression, his eyes were closed tight and his face was scrunched up as he battled his inner demons, which made Dante hate this situation all the more. He wanted to help Vergil fight this but he honestly had no idea how and the more he thought over all this the angrier he became; Mundus must have really fucked with his mind during his enslavement and that made the demon slayer want to kill the bastard ten times more.

Sitting here wasn't going to solve anything though and there really wasn't much he could do for Vergil till the older male woke up, so might as well distract himself since Nero headed home to try and enjoy the rest of his day off though he did tell Dante to call if he needed any help and to keep him updated on everything

But the second Dante stood to his feet and began to walk towards the door Vergil groaned and stirred causing the younger male to hurry over to his side once more "Vergil?" He spoke slowly and softly but was ready to restrain him again if necessary.

"Dante?" Came the raspy reply

"Yeah, it's me... the real me, please believe me."

There was moment of silence as Vergil tried to get a hold of his scrambled thoughts "I... I believe you, why wouldn't I?"

"Gee I don't know maybe because an hour ago you kept calling me an imposter all the while trying to bite my arm off."

"... I don't recall this..."

"Well tell me what you do recall" Dante said as he crossed his arms over his chest

Vergil once again had to search his scrambled brain to answer that "I remember leaving... I needed to get out of here, but... But my body betrayed me and,"

Dante quickly cut him off "Your body betrayed you because you haven't been taking care of it! This isn't the underworld; you need to take better care of yourself! Do you really want to be taken down by something so stupid as this? The all mighty powerful dark slayer taken down by lack of food and water?"

"..."

Dante then sighed as he ran a hand through his hair "I don't mean to go all psycho on you but I just got you back and I don't want to lose you again..."

This caused Vergil to glance up on his brother in confusion "But why? Why don't you hate me? After everything I've pulled you should want to slaughter me then dance on my grave."

The younger sibling had to restrain himself from punching the other "You really think that low of me? Vergil, don't get me wrong you've pulled some pretty fucking stupid shit and yes there were times I wanted to bash you face into the ground repeatedly, but never have I wanted to kill you, especially after Malet island, I never want to feel that way again, it nearly destroyed me when I thought I killed you.." He took a deep breath before continuing "The world hasn't exactly been kind to us in the past and I get that you went through your own personal hell after that night and relying on your demon half was the only way to survive, and I wish we didn't get separated that night but what is done is done, the only thing we can do now is move on."

"I suppose you may be right..." This conversation was getting to exhausting for the older twin, all he wanted to do was curl up and sleep for a week straight but he knew that was not possible, he couldn't recall the last time he actually had a full good night's sleep, maybe when he was eight?

"I'm always right, you should know this by now." The demon slayer smirked as his brother shot him a weak glare, at least Vergil seemed back to normal, somewhat.

Dante did managed to get Vergil to eat some toast and drink some water but he didn't want to give him too much, he came to realize that Vergil probably hasn't actually eaten anything since they were 19, since he was trapped in the underworld for almost two decades and didn't need to eat anything who knew what to much food would do his stomach at this point, but so far so good! It's been nearly two hours since Dante fed him and he hasn't complained about a stomachache and hasn't thrown up. He does still look awful though and Dante swears he's getting paler and paler has the night goes on.

They now sat on the couch watching some program that neither was really paying attention to; Dante was just glad his brother seemed in control of his own mind but he also wondered how long that would last.

"What do humans do to stay awake?" Vergil's question brought Dante out of his thoughts

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Humans, how do they prevent themselves from falling asleep?"

"Uh well people usually drink Coffee or energy drinks but there is always crash after the caffeine disappears."

Dante watched as Vergil tilted his head to the side as he began to think "So if someone would want to avoid this 'crash' you speak of then they just keep drinking these caffeine filled drinks, correct?"

"Uhhhh well, not exactly. One, your body would get immune to it after a while and two, they aren't all that healthy and can become very addictive... Wait! No! Bad Vergil! Don't trick me into giving you ideas! You need sleep, you can't force yourself to stay up."

"It's the only way, if I fall asleep I'll just get stuck in a world where I don't know what's fake and what's real... I don't want to lash out and hurt you or anyone else."

"Don't worry about me or anyone else, we are just worried about you."

Vergil scoffed at that "I highly doubt anyone but you are worried about me."

"Not true! Nero is worried, even if he doesn't show it very well, I saw it in his eye's after I found you and he came all the way down here to help. Even in his voice I could tell... He's a good kid and you should really try and connect with him on some level, I'm sure he would apricate that."

"I don't know... I suppose I could try."

"Damn right you can, I'm not letting you run away from your problems any more, that won't solve shit and you know it."

After not getting a reply from Vergil Dante softly patted his brother on the shoulder "Look I'll make a deal with you! Since you helped me embrace my demon half, I'll help you embrace your human half. But it's not going to be easy so you're going to have to work with me here."

Vergil thought that over for a second, accepting help was never one of his strong points but for everything Dante has done for him he does owe him this much "Alright... We'll try it your way."

"Good, that's what I want to hear!"

Vergil just smiled softly and shook his head at his brother carefree attitude but the smile slowly faded as he tried to ignore the voice that appeared in his head, the voice that was not his own, but the more he tried to ignore it the louder it became, he tried closing his eyes but that was a bad idea, as soon as he did the images from his nightmares started to appear so he quickly reopened them only to find Dantes worried expression kneeling in front of him... Wait when did Dante move on the floor in front of him? He only closed his eyes for a second and what was Dante saying to him? He studied his younger sibling to try and piece together what was coming out of his mouth

"Let go!"

Huh let go of what? But that was quickly answered when he felt Dante's arm tugging on his own witch he had buried in his own hair, nails digging in his scalp so hard that small lines of blood dripped down his arms.

"Vergil... Let go." Dante said calmer this time as he managed to prey his brothers' hand from his hair, sighing as he wiped the line of blood that made its way down the older twins' forehead "I lost you there for a second... You back?"

Ignoring his now throbbing head Vergil nodded "Yeah I'm back... Maybe you're right maybe I should try sleeping to clear my head..."

Dante nodded in agreement as he helped his brother upstairs and to his room "No more leaving while I'm sleeping git it?" He told the other before leaving the room and making his way downstairs to give Nero an update on the situation.

He explained everything that happened the moment he left and both him and the kid agreed that they must keep a close eye on Vergil from her on out, for everyone's and his own safety. After hanging up with his nephew Dante decided to retire to his own bed ready to forget and put this whole day to rest but unfortunately the next day wasn't going to be any better.

The moment Dante woke up he already sensed that something was off and that was enough to motivate him to get out of bed and make his was into the hallway. Once he was out in the hallway he stopped and frowned when he saw a trail of blood leading to the stairs and from the scent of it, it was Vergil's' "What the hell happened?" He asked himself as he followed the trail all the way down the stairs and what awaited him was one hell of a mess, Papers were scattered all over the place, all his devil arms were off the wall and scattered about the room but what caught his attention was the scene he couldn't take his eyes off of "Fucking hell, Vergil!"

In the corner of the office Vergil laid with his head hung low, mumbling something incoherent and sitting in a pool of blood with Yamato imbedded all the way through his chest.

A/N Ignore any spelling and other mistakes, I originally wrote this chapter on my tablet weeks ago and I am trash at mobile device typing if that even makes sense