Hello to one and all. This is the chapter you have all been waiting for, I hope you like it. But before I start, I want to clarify a few things.

First; I'm making up my own DMC timeline and incorporating it into Fairy Tail, so expect a few contradictions from the canon series.

Second; I want to clarify the ages of all the DMC characters. Dante is 20, Lady is 18, and Trish is 19 (physically).

Third; I do NOT own Fairy Tail, or Devil May Cry.

Vergil

Grey clouds covered the skies above Magnolia for a storm was brewing. Everyone was already inside; including Dante as he sat in chair in his own apartment, eyes closed; he had dozed off. Things we're going very well for him to say the least; by now, all his debts we're cleared and he was making a decent profit. He seemed to have clicked with most of the wizards of Fairy Tail pretty well, and despite Trish now joining, it wasn't so bad to have her around. It really couldn't get much better than this.

But then, something just passed over. Dante felt a presence that caused him to startle upwards. He felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Dante looked to his sliver and red medallion that he had around his neck, the last gift his mother gave him. He thought it might be best to get some fresh air before the rain hits.

He walked out the door just as a certain neighbor of his walked out of her apartment.

"Oh hey Dante." Lucy greeted. "What's up?"

"Nothing much." Dante replied. "Just going out for some fresh air. You?"

"Gonna hang out at the guild during the storm. It's getting lonely in my apartment all by myself."

"Couldn't you just summon that boyfriend of yours Loke to keep you coming?" Dante cracked.

"Hey! It's not like that!" Lucy exclaimed with a blush. "He's my sprit… of course he's a friend like all the others… but it's not…"

Dante smirked as he walked down the stairs with Lucy right behind him.

Dante made it to the door only to find that it was slightly open, confusing him a bit. Dante opened it up slowly and looked outside to see if anyone was there, it looked like no one was present. He walked outside a bit and noticed something on the outside of the door; a piece of paper stuck to the door by a small dagger. Dante removed the dagger and looked at the paper, his face became serious as he read the contents.

Lucy just came outside and noticed his serious expression.

"Dante?"

"Change of plans. You go on back to the guild hall, there's something I gotta take care of."

"What do you mean? Is something wrong? Can I help?" Lucy asked with concern.

"Don't worry it's nothing, just something I need to do." Dante assured. "But if you want to help, tell Natsu if he wants to fight me, just wait till I get there."

"Something's telling me he won't listen to me." Lucy said as she sweat dropped.

"Yeah probably." Dante replied with a joking smile. "I'll see you and the others later."

Dante waved to Lucy as she turned around and left for the guild hall. Though she walked at a quick pace to avoid getting caught in the rain.

When she was far enough away Dante looked to the paper and became serious again. The contents of the paper read; 'East Forest, I'll be waiting'

Dante exhaled deeply as he recognized the writing, he knew he felt something familiar. "So like you; always so straight forward." Dante said to himself. "I'm coming, you better be ready bro."

East Forest

Within a small clearing between several trees stood the man who left the note. The blue robed, white-haired man with dark and cold eyes. He stood with his sheathed Katana on the ground and both hands on the handle.

"I am ready, are you?" Vergil spoke.

Guild Hall

"Anything else I can get you Trish?" Mira sweetly asked as she handed the blonde lightning demon a mug of beer.

"Naw I'm good, thanks."

Mira walked away and Trish looked to her left hand with the yellow Fairy Tail emblem on it.

"Hello Trish." She looked up to see Erza along with Grey and Happy coming towards her. "Mind if we join you?" Erza asked.

"Knock yourselves out."

They took a seat as Trish began to drink.

"So you're Dante's partner?" Grey asked

"Ex-Partner." Trish corrected. "Though I guess you can say we're partners again since we're in the same guild."

"So what made you two split up?" Erza asked.

"Betcha they got in a fight." Happy commented. "Typical couple stuff."

"Excuse me?" Trish questioned with a raised eyebrow. "If you have something to say to me furball…"

"You liiike him!"

Trish then gave a small jolt with her fingers, causing Happy to puff into a small blue fur ball with static.

"What was that cat?" Trish asked. Happy then fainted as a small ghost came out of him.

"He was asking for that one." Grey commented.

"Yeah and… what happened to your clothes?" Trish asked the Ice Make wizard who looked down surprised at him only wearing his olive boxers.

"HEY TRISH!"

She, Erza, and Grey all turned to Natsu who jumped onto their table. "I want you to fight me!"

"Can it wait till I finish with my drink?"

"No it can't; cause here I come!" Natsu leaped up into the air with an evil smile and fire in both his hands; Trish, as she continued drinking, flexed her hand and blasted blue lightning at Natsu, electrocuting him to the point where one could comically see his skeleton.

Natsu fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes covered in black suit.

"I'm not going to lie, I kind of saw that coming." Erza commented.

"It's Laxus all over again." Grey sighed.

"Aye." Happy agreed.

Dante had just entered the East Forest as soon as the rain began to hit. It went from a few light drops to a downpour in no time. Dante didn't seem to mind as it seemed almost fitting; but he was focused on something else right now as he continued making his way through the forest until he reached a small clearing and saw who he was looking for standing with his back to him in the middle of it.

"You showed up." Vergil acknowledged as he slowly turned around.

Dante just walked into the clearing. "You sure know how to throw a party." He said sarcastically. "No food, no drinks, and not even one single babe."

"My sincerest apology brother." Vergil replied. "I was so eager to see you, I couldn't concentrate on preparations for the 'bash'."

"Whatever." Dante dismissed. "At any rate, it's been a whole year since we last met. How about a kiss from your little brother? Or better yet, how about a kiss from this?" Dante pulled out his Ebony pistol and pointed it to Vergil.

The two brothers stared each other down as lightning flashed in the sky in between them.

"So, this is what they call a heartwarming family reunion, eh?"

"You got that right." Vergil flicked his katana out of his scabbard.

Dante wasted no time in firing Ebony, but Vergil jumped back to avoid the magic bullets. Dante pulled out Ivory and begun to fire both guns at his elder brother. Vergil jumped high into the air and behind Dante to deliver a kick to his back, knocking him back to the center of the clearing.

Dante soon had Vergil's katana Yamato pointed to his face.

"Guns?" Vergil questioned. "How barbaric."

"You're one to talk." Dante commented. "But if you're gonna be like that…" Dante jumped back quite a distance and pulled out his sword Rebellion. "Let's make it a little more classy."

Both brothers stood for a second before yelling and charging, their blades clashing as they met.

Fairy Tail Guild Hall

Lucy had just walked inside, but she was already soaked.

"Aw man. I just cleaned this outfit too." She complained as she reined out her skirt.

"Hey Lucy, how's it going?" Wendy greeted as she and Carla came over to her.

"Other than being soaked, I'm fine. So where are the others?"

"Over there." Wendy pointed to Happy helping the dizzy Natsu up and Erza and Grey chatting with Trish.

"Why does he always pick fights?" Trish asked Erza.

"That's Natsu's way of testing his own strength." Erza replied.

"Even though he frequently gets his ass kicked." Grey cracked.

"I can see why Dante likes that kid so much." Trish stated.

"Dante?" Wendy asked as she and the others walked over. "You worked with Dante right?"

"Yes I have."

"So what's it like being a Devil Hunter?" Wendy asked. "I'm sure you two had plenty of adventures together."

Trish patted Wendy on the head. "You're cute."

"Excuse me, if you don't mind me asking." Carla began. "What is you're relationship with Dante?"

Trish sighed. "We never dated okay, why does everyone always think that?"

"That's not what I meant?" Carla corrected. "What I meant was, perhaps you could tell us more about him, we don't really know much about Dante other than he's a skilled Devil Hunter."

"Dante usually keeps to himself. He's a lone-wolf kinda guy." Trish explained.

"But you two did work together right?" Lucy asked.

"For a short time." Trish responded. "Things are usually less complicated when you're alone, you don't have to really worry about anyone that way."

"That's a good point." Grey commented.

"Which does explain why Dante usually takes solo-jobs." Erza recalled.

"But why by himself? Doesn't he have friends who can help him?" Wendy wondered.

"Other than me and Lady, he doesn't really know too many people." Trish explained. "He said he's been alone for a long time, and he's just gotten used to it."

"That sounds kinda sad." Wendy commented.

"Aye, no one should be alone their whole life." Happy agreed.

"Wait what about family?" Lucy wondered "Doesn't he have any relatives or anything?"

Trish exhaled a little bit at that question. "Well, that's actually one of the reasons he's alone."

The wizards and cats we're slightly surprised at that. "What do you mean by that?" Erza questioned.

Before Trish could say anything else, Natsu shook off his dizziness. "Hey, did you guys say 'Dante'?"

"Yeah we're talking about him." Happy answered.

"Where is he?" Natsu asked.

"Well, he said he had something to take care of." Lucy recalled.

"Did he say what?" Grey questioned.

"No, not really." Lucy responded.

"Well I'm gonna find him. Guy owes me a rematch!" Natsu soon ran before anyone could object and burst out the doors leaving behind a trail of dust. "Ready or not Dante! Here I come!" Natsu's voice echoed as he left.

Trish, Lucy, Grey, Happy, Erza, Wendy, and Carla all sweat dropped at Natsu's act.

"There he goes again." Lucy sighed.

"You surprised?" Carla questioned. "He is clearly insane."

"At least he's determined." Wendy tried.

"Well, we better go get him." Grey said as he got up.

"Agreed, it wont do his body good if he's unconscious in the rain too long." Erza commented, already having a feeling Natsu was gonna loose.

Happy flew after Natsu, with Grey, Erza, and Lucy close behind. Wendy was about to go but Carla flew in front of her, stopping her.

"Hold you're horses. You'll catch a cold in that weather child." Carla lectured.

Wendy sighed in defeat as she sat down. "I just wanted to help." Trish patted Wendy's head as a depressed aura formed around the Sky Dragon Slayer.

"I don't see a reason why you need to, it's not as if this is life or death." Carla responded.

It seemed like the lightning flashed every time Rebellion and Yamato clashed as the brothers exchanged blows. Neither sword made contact with flesh as they parried each other's blades.

The clash between the two had caused quite a bit of destruction to the forest around them; trees we're uprooted and/or sliced, craters had formed, and their we're blade marks on the ground as the fight made it's way deeper and deeper into the forest.

When they collided again, Dante kicked Vergil in the gut, sending him into the tree. When Dante came down with a vertical slash, Vergil moved out of the way. The tree, and three more behind it we're all sliced down the middle.

Vergil sent a blue glowing energy wave from the slice of his blade, which Dante rolled out of the way to avoid, resulting in the trees behind him getting sliced at their trunks.

Dante ran and delivered the hilt of Rebellion to Vergil's gut sending him back quite a bit.

"I'm impressed Dante." Vergil commented. "You've grown quite strong since we last met."

"I've learned a few new tricks. Want to see one of them? Cerberus!"

Dante pulled out his Ice Nunchucks in a bright flash and begun to flail them around, sending several shards of ice towards Vergil, who cut through them all with near superhuman speed. Dante sent two prongs of Cerberus to the ground and sent several ice spikes speeding to Vergil, trapping his lower body in the ice.

"You've acquired a Devil Arm." Vergil observed, causing Dante to give a cocky smirk. "Interesting, however, you are not the only one who has acquired new additions to his arsenal. Beowulf!"

In another flash of light, Vergil was now wielding dark grey gauntlets and boots. He jumped high into the air, shattering the ice that trapped him.

Dante was caught of guard, he couldn't react to when Vergil landed in front of him and delivered a punch to Dante's chest, and another as a right slug to the face, sending Dante flying through several trees.

Dante struggled to get up from a broken tree and rubbed his face, rubbing some blood from his mouth. Oddly enough he was smiling.

"I gotta admit, that packs a wallop. You know what else packs a wallop? Agni! Rudra!"

Dante came running as hands glowed and he was now wielding his red and blue short blades. He thrusted both forward to send a large gust of fire and wind to Vergil who blocked it with his gauntlets. The fire-wind vanished, revealing smoky gauntlets before he saw Dante a few inches away, sending his blue blade to Vergil's side; blowing him back with a huge gust of wind.

Vergil smacked into the back of a tree, his hair was now flowing down. He looked to see Dante rising his red blade, which was on fire, attempting to deliver the blow on him; Vergil blocked the blade with his right gauntlet.

"Fire and wind, it's a deadly combination." Dante spoke.

The two struggled a little bit, before Vergil vanished in a sudden flash, and then appeared behind him. Before Dante could react; Vergil delivered a kick with his left Beowulf boot, sending Dante through the same tree. Dante dug both swords into the ground to stop his momentum. He looked to Vergil.

"In addition to enhanced strength, Beowulf also grants an increase to my speed as well. That also makes a deadly combination" Vergil explained.

"So you're fast too huh? But are you faster than lightning? Nevan!" Dante then wielded his electric scythe and sent a bolt of purple lightning at Vergil, who was barley able to avoid it.

Dante continued to send more bolts of lightning; which Vergil could only avoid with his Beowulf boots. Dante was not about to give him any room to fight.

Having enough of being on the defense, Vergil slammed his boot into the ground, creating a mass of dirt flying around; causing Dante to shield his eyes, giving Vergil the opening to slam both his gauntlets towards Dante, who avoided it just in the nick of time.

Both breathed deeply as they continued to glare at each other.

"You may have more Devil Arms than I, brother." Vergil began. "However, it is clear you only recently obtained them and have not yet mastered them."

"The same goes for you." Dante agreed.

"I would prefer to fight you at your finest, with the weapon you are best at."

"Alright; I'll use Rebellion, only if you stick with Yamato."

"As you wish."

In two different flashes; their respective weapons vanished and Dante was once again wielding Rebellion and Vergil had Yamato. They each took respective stances. As the rain continued to pour and lightning continued to flash with thunder, they continued to glare; until they both jumped high into the trees and fought deeper into the forest.

"Natsu! Wait up!" Lucy called as she, Erza, Grey, and Happy tried to catch up to him as they left the town and just entered the East Forest.

"He's gotta be following Dante's scent." Happy guessed as he flew beside them.

"But why is it all the way out here?" Grey questioned. "Why come here in the middle of a storm like this?"

"We'll ask Dante once we find him." Erza replied

The four then came to a clearing to find Natsu just standing and observing the scenery around him. When they caught up to him, they we're about to yell at Natsu for going off without them, but they looked to what he was seeing and we're completely shocked.

This part of the East Forest had been completely demolished. Trees we're uprooted and/or sliced; craters and slice marks we're littered all over the ground.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!" Lucy yelled with circular eyes.

"Looks like a freaking warzone!" Grey exclaimed

"You think Dante did this?" Happy wondered.

"Perhaps he was practicing, he does have a large variety of weapons at his disposal." Erza recalled.

"It's not just him." Natsu spoke, not even turning around to them. They looked at him with surprise as he took a few whiffs of the air. "Somebody else was here to. I can smell em."

"Someone else?" Happy questioned.

"Could he be fighting with someone?" Erza wondered

"If he is, it's gotta be a whole army that can do this kind of damage." Grey said as he looked at the destroyed environment around them.

"No." Natsu corrected. "It just one other guy."

"WHAT!?" Happy exclaimed with white, circular eyes.

"ONLY ONE!?" Lucy yelled as well.

"It would make sense, I do not see any bodies or anything else that would indicate a large group being here." Erza observed.

"One?" Lucy whined. "If that's true… how strong… is this guy?"

"He's gotta be real strong to go one-on-one with Dante of all people." Grey surmised.

"Yes I agree." Erza replied. "Natsu, can you track them; Dante may need our help."

"Yeah, I got em. Let's go."

Natsu, Grey, and Erza then began running; following the scent and the trail of destruction left by the battle. Lucy was thinking about going back, but Happy picked her up and flew after them, much to her displeasure.

While they we're running, Natsu couldn't help but notice something odd. This other scent he picked up; it smells dark, cold, twisted, and yet… why does it smell so much like Dante?

Dante and Vergil jumped from tree to tree, diagonal swiping past each other in flashes of red and blue. Each time they did, sparks from their colliding swords flew up into the air.

The trees came so close together that the two we're able to run on them as they continued to swing their blades at each other while running on the trees. The tree line came to an end and they we're forced to jump.

They both landed on the rocky slope of a small mountain. Vergil kicked Dante back, who rolled out of the way of Vergil's slash. They continued to parry swords as they moved further up the mountain. Vergil was pushing Dante back as he was moving backwards defending against his brother's blows. It was only a short time till they made it to the large, flat, top of the mountain.

Natsu, Erza, Grey, Lucy, and Happy moved as fast as they can, hopping to help Dante however they could. They soon came to the bottom of the same mountain and began to climb at fast rates.

Dante and Vergil both took long deep breaths, both of them quite tired. However, it wasn't long before they went at it again. Dante charged in, dragging Rebellion across the ground and colliding with Vergil's Yamato. Dante swung but Vergil leapt back and delivered the hilt of the handle to Dante's chest, sending him back.

Dante took out Ebony and fired rapidly. Vergil twirled his blade like a helicopter, catching the bullets and with a swing, tossed them back to Dante who sliced vertically, cutting the bullets in half.

"Why do you refuse to gain power? The power of our father Sparda?" Vergil questioned.

Dante gave a light chuckle. "It's not so complicated. I just don't like you, that's all."

Their blades locked as they charged. The sparks flew as the blades grinded against each other as the two brothers glared. They we're at a stand off, neither willing to back down in the least. Until…

"Dante!"

His eyes widened, he turned around slightly to see Natsu and the others running up the mountain, calling his name again. "Dante!"

No. Not now!

That was what Vergil needed. With Dante distracted, he flicked Rebellion out of Dante's hands and ran Yamato through his chest.

The wizards stopped in their tracks as soon as they saw that. Their faces evident with shock.

"Foolishness Dante, foolishness." Vergil spoke. "Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."

Vergil removed Yamato from Dante's chest and quickly snatched the medallion from Dante, and in one fluid motion, took Rebellion and jammed it into Dante's chest and into the ground.

Vergil took a moment to look at the red and silver medallion.

"YOU BASTARD!"

Vergil looked up at that.

"Fire Dragon, Iron Fist!" Natsu's flaming fist made contact with Vergil's face and sent him back.

"Ice-Make: Lance!" Grey launched a volley of ice lances towards Vergil which he jumped to avoid.

However, he looked up to see Erza with two swords above him. She slashed both her swords down onto him, only for him to block the attack with Yamato. He landed on the ground as Natsu, Grey, and Erza all glared at him.

Lucy and Happy we're at Dante. Lucy covered her mouth in shock and Happy was having tears start to flow from his eyes.

Lucy's shock turned to anger as she glared at the blue robbed swordsman. "Who the hell are you!?"

Vergil took note of the unexpected company. "Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer. Erza Scarlet, the Fairy Queen, also known as Titania. And Grey Fullbuster an Ice-Make wizard. What business does Fairy Tail have here?"

"We're the ones asking the question you bastard!" Grey exclaimed.

"Who are you? Why did you attack Dante? Answer me!" Erza demanded.

"I don't see how the business between my brother and I are of any concern of yours." Vergil replied simply.

That last statement made each of them gasp in massive shock.

"BROTHER?!" Happy, Natsu, Grey, and Lucy all exclaimed at the same time.

Erza was speechless. "He's… your… brother."

"If you're his brother, then why are you attacking him?" Happy questioned.

"As I said, it's none of your concern." Vergil responded.

"When you attack a fellow guild member, it becomes our concern!" Erza exclaimed.

Vergil raised an eyebrow at that. "So he has joined a guild. I was wondering what he's been up to recently. But this is of little importance to me, I have what I want, and I will now take my leave."

"The Hell you will!" Natsu yelled as his cheeks puffed, ready for a breath attack, and Grey put his hand to his palm ready to cast a spell as well.

"Fire Dragon…"

"Ice-Make…"

Vergil glimpsed with his cold stare and before anything else happened, he sped past Natsu and Grey with his unsheathed Yamato. As soon as he passed them, the ground exploded beneath them, sending them rolling along the ground.

"Natsu! Grey!" Lucy and Happy yelled.

Erza was so shocked at this man's speed, she failed to notice him coming from behind and deliver a kick to the head, knocking her back.

Vergil now sped in front of the terrified Lucy. Happy took a shaky defiant stance in front of Vergil ready to fight, despite that he was terrified as well. Vergil merely kicked him out of the way and lifted his blade ready to strike Lucy.

"You should have stayed out of this." He told her.

All Lucy could do was close her eyes so she wouldn't see it coming.

But then, in a sudden flash, Lucy felt something zip in front of her and heard the sound of metal piercing flesh. She slowly opened her left eye to see what was happening, but became shocked at what she saw.

"Dante?"

Dante was standing in front of Lucy, his left hand in a fist blocking Vergil's katana, with the blade in his bloodied hand.

Natsu, Grey, Erza, and Happy saw this as well and we're surprised to say the least.

"Ah, I see a devil inside you has awakened as well." Vergil observed with a slight smirk.

Dante was able to throw Vergil away. All looked to Dante who had an eerie red glow around him and his breathing was heard at a slow and loud pace.

Vergil sheathed his katana. "I will be seeing you again brother, we're not done yet." Vergil leapt off the mountain, but the wizards weren't paying attention to him anymore.

They looked to their ally as he began to glow brighter and brighter.

"Dante?" Happy spoke lightly.

Dante pulled his arms in and opened up with a yell as he transformed into something else. Something much more demonic; a red and black monster-like creature with wings, silver horns pointing downward, claws on his hands and feet, and yellow eyes. His yell was more of an inhuman roar that reached to the heavens.

All the wizards, even Erza, found themselves shocked beyond words at this.

The roar ceased and Dante had transformed back before falling flat on the ground.

It took a while before reality set back into the wizards.

"What… just… happened?" Lucy asked.

"I have no idea." Grey responded.

"What was that? Some kind of Take-Over?" Happy wondered.

"No, there was no magic seal. This was something else." Erza told them.

"Hey guys, his scent has changed." Natsu spoke, getting their attention. "Dante smells different now."

"Look at his sword." Happy pointed to Rebellion. "It's changed to." They noticed how the skull at the handle of the blade was now open and it had red eyes.

"Not just that. Look." Grey said as he turned Dante over and they saw his chest. "There's nothing! He was stabbed, and there's not even a scar."

"His hand's healed to." Lucy added as she took up the same hand that blocked Yamato.

"What the hell is going on here?" Grey questioned.

"We should get Dante back to the guild." Erza spoke. "Happy, you can fly him right?"

Happy nodded as he sprouted his wings and picked up the unconscious Dante. Erza picked up his sword and they began to make their way back the guild hall.

Natsu couldn't help but wonder what this was all about, and he was likely thinking of the same thing everyone else here was.

Dante. Who or what are you?

Done. Thank you all for your patience.

A few things I want to clarify. Dante's Devil Trigger is based on the DMC 3 appearance.

You will see his Quicksilver and Doppelganger styles later on, just not right now.

Also, class has started up for me, so there will be waits between each chapter.

Once again, than you all for your support. See you next time.