DVYL May Cry

Dante and Qrow were still in the club with the weakened Cinder sitting against one of the walls. She didn't try anything since he had made the call to Mundus or Roman, whichever you preferred and destroyed the scroll. She didn't dare try anything since then. Her aura hadn't recovered at all and she wasn't going to give Dante an excuse.

Her eyes lowered to see that he still had Ivory in his right hand, ready to be fired. If she so much as tried to use her Maiden or use the demonic power from the demon she carried, he wouldn't hesitate to fire. And she knew exactly where he'd aim. Her hand slowly moved to hold her stomach. Even if by some miracle she survived that, she would be punished by Mundus and she knew that would be worse than death. So she did nothing, in hope that she would survive this.

The two were standing not far away, talking while being prepared in case Mundus tried to do anything to save Cinder. "You're positive this'll work?" Qrow asked Dante again.

Dante sighed, "Yes, Qrow. His heir is probably the only thing Mundus cares about. He'll do anything to get it back. Especially since he knows that I would get a lot of joy from killing it." He said darkly. "Anyways, we both don't want to lose what the other has taken from us. He'll go along with it. But we need to be careful. Once he gets Cinder back, he may try something afterwards."

Qrow nodded, "That why you told Ruby and the rest about the meeting?"

Dante nodded this time, "Having them there as backup in case things hit the fan will help." He sighed, "Plus, they'd be pissed if they were left out of another fight."

"Good point." He pulled out his flask and took a sip, "I'm still shocked though." Dante turned to him with a raised eyebrow. "You putting aside your vendetta long enough to get Yang back. You must really care for her, huh?"

Dante nodded, "Yeah." He looked away from him, "She's better than I deserve and I'm going to do everything I can for her." He chuckled weakly, "Guess that's what you do when you're in love."

Qrow looked like he was going to say something before Dante raised his hand to stop him. He felt something suddenly enter the front of the building. He focused his senses and relaxed after he figured out it was Vergil. He reached down and handed Ebony to Qrow before whispering, "Vergil is here and he wants to see me. If she tries anything…" he made a show of channeling his demonic energy into the gun just for Cinder, "Don't hesitate."

Qrow nodded, "Got it."

With that, Dante nodded and walk towards the entrance of the club. When he was in the front hall, he saw his twin brother waiting against one of the walls for him. "Well, what brings you here, bro?"

Vergil looked over to his older twin, "I felt your fight from halfway across Vale. That demonic power was pretty high and I was concerned." He got off the wall and walked closer to his brother, still using Yamato as a walking stick, "What in the hell were you fighting against?"

"I was fighting against Cinder. She is apparently a Maiden." Vergil raised a questioning eyebrow, "Yeah, guess those are a thing. So that was mixed with the demon she has. You may wanna brace yourself for this. She is carrying Mundus' child."

Vergil's eyes widened to nearly comical proportions, "You're serious?"

Dante nodded, "Completely."

Vergil opened his mouth to say something before he closed his eyes to focus. A frown took over his face as he opened his eyes again. "It's still alive."

"Yes. I made a call to Mundus. I'm going to trade him Cinder for Yang in a couple of hours at the docks." He explained to his brother.

"Dante, that's madness!" Vergil asked him. He then pointed to the door behind him, "We have access to Mundus' unborn child. This is exactly what we need to force Mundus out into the open. But you would risk the future of mankind for a girl?"

"Yes I would." Dante told him with steely determination. "Yang sacrificed herself to try to protect me and by extension you. Not even counting the fact that I love her on top of that. We'll find another way to get to Mundus."

"Dante, will you just listen to me for a sec-" Vergil tried to speak but Dante cut him off by closing the distance between them.

He stared into his brother's eyes as he did the same. "I am not abandoning her."

Vergil's eye started to scan Dante's face, looking for any hitch in his determination. As he found none, frustration came to his eyes before he contained it, "I can see that." He put his arms out to the side, "Okay. We'll do it your way, brother."

Dante nodded, "Thank you. Can you get us a car by any chance?"

Vergil nodded with a small grin, "I think my men will have one or two laying around. I'll be back."

He turned around and started to walk towards the door, "Vergil." Dante called to him. He stopped and looked over his shoulder, "We'll get him. We're getting close." Vergil just nodded before he walked out of the club. Dante just stood there, staring at the door before he sighed to himself. He then walked back into the room.

About an hour later, Vergil messaged Dante saying he was out front. Dante nodded to Qrow before he walked over to Cinder. She looked nervous as he grabbed her by her upper arm before pulling her to her feet. He didn't let go of her or his gun as he started to escort her out of the club.

Outside was Vergil's car with him behind the wheel. Dante looked up and down the street and used his senses to be sure no demons were around. When he was sure, he looked at Qrow and he opened the back door. Dante pushed Cinder towards it before she got into the backseat. Dante stood by the open door and looked back at the Huntsman as he spoke, "I'll go on ahead. I'll get the other's into position."

Dante nodded, "Good luck, Qrow." He nodded before he walked into an alley and out of view. A second later, a crow flew out of it and towards the direction of the docks. He watched it fly away before looking around the street one last time. He sat down in the backseat, next to Cinder, with Ivory still in hand but resting on his lap. Vergil looked at him through the rear view mirror and Dante nodded to him. That's when Vergil pulled out onto the street and started to drive towards the docks.

It took them the better part of forty minutes to get to the docks. When they did, Vergil pulled the car into an empty section of them before placing the car in park. Dante used this opportunity to sense where his friends were. Ruby and Weiss were situated on a smaller neighboring building to his right. Blake and Pyrrha were on another building a bit further up on the same side. Meanwhile, Ren and Nora were on some shipping containers on his left. And finally Qrow was up on the crane above them, probably still in his avian form.

All of them just sat there, waiting for Mundus' demons to show up. As more time went on, the more anxious some of them were getting. Vergil's index finger was repeatedly tapping on the steering wheel as he kept taking glances at Dante or Cinder through his rear view mirror. Dante kept staring ahead, his grip on Ivory tightening every so often. Cinder just had her hands on her lap as he kept looking out her window or the windshield. Never looking at the other two occupants of the car.

Eventually, an armored van pulled into the docks and stopped across from them. They eventually shut off their engine and the two cars sat across from the other. Eventually, the van flashed their lights at Vergil's car. Vergil cracked his neck before he slowly flashed his own lights.

That was when five White Fang came out of the van and aimed their rifles at their car. Vergil reached over to the passenger seat to grab the assault rifle placed there. He then stepped out of the car and kept the door opened as he leveled his weapon at the White Fang. He wasn't going to reveal his true nature, not yet. Cinder looked nervously towards Dante, who kept his eyes on the van, before her eyes lowered to his pistol. Dante looked at her and raised his pistol, she nodded her understanding.

A sixth White Fang stepped out of the side of the van with a bruised Yang. She fell stepping out of the van and the Faunus roughly pulled her back to her feet before dragging her to the front. He then threw her to the ground, causing Dante to tighten his grip on his gun and causing Cinder to go stiff with fear. The White Fang then moved to stand with his brother's so all six were pointing their weapons at Vergil. Yang was still laying on the ground but look over at their car.

With that, Dante opened his door and grabbed Cinder by her upper arm again. He stepped out and pulled Cinder out with him, keeping his gun aimed at her stomach. Dante escorted her to the front of the car, keeping her in front of him with his gun pointed at her lower back. Yang looked over and when she saw him, she gained a relieved smile. She then slowly and painfully rose to her feet. When she was standing, Dante let go of Cinder and took several steps back while keeping his gun trained on her. He then drew Ebony and pointed it at her as he aimed his other onto the White Fang now. Cinder looked over her shoulder at him. "Move." Was all he said.

Cinder slowly started to do that as Yang did the same. Both kept looking around for any hidden threats. Luckily for them, the six students were staying out of sight. Yang was hobbling over while Cinder nervous wrapped her arms around her stomach. There was a severe tension in the air. In all honesty, it was a powder keg and single spark would cause it to go off.

Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, the two women were only a few feet away from each other. They both looked at the other, both slightly afraid before they looked past them to their own people. As the two were about to pass each other, Dante saw Vergil shift his gun just slightly before he fired. Dante quickly turned to his brother in shock as he lowered his gun to make sure what he was seeing was real. Yang took a few steps away from Cinder in shock. Cinder gave a gasp of pain but not daring to look down.

"What the fuck?" Dante asked out loud as Vergil grinned.

Cinder was whimpering in shock and pain as she raised her hands, covered in blood. She fearfully looked down, "Oh, no…!" she said out loud while looking at the massive hole in her stomach. She looked up but before she could scream, a second shot was fired through her head. Yang's eyes widened in further shock before the White Fang started to open fire. Vergil and Dante started to do the same as the latter ran towards Yang.

Yang started to wobble towards Dante as he ran forwards while still firing. Both Nephilim felt a huge spike in demonic energy coming from outside the Kingdom. Dante looked and could actually see a tower of energy before quickly turning back to Yang. Both knowing that Mundus knew his child was dead. That was when lesser demons started to manifest from Limbo. That was the sign for RNBW, Ren, Nora and Qrow to start firing into them. Dante got to Yang and holstered his guns, trusting his brother and friends to cover them. He picked up his girlfriend bridal style before running back to the car.

Several bullets impacted him but he didn't stop. When he finally got to the car, Vergil had killed the last White Fang and the demons seemed to stop showing up. Dante jumped into the backseat of the car with Yang. "What the hell did you do that for?" he questioned as he did.

Vergil threw his gun to the side and quickly got into the car. "I had to."

That's when they both felt the energy grow nearer. They both looked up to see a giant demonic energy blast coming at them from the sky. Mundus must've expelled most of his energy in anger to try to kill the people responsible for his child's death and probably all of the docks with them. "Get us out of here!" Dante shouted at his brother, who quickly floored it. As they were doing that, Dante looked out the back window to see the energy beam curve away from the ground and directly towards their car.

Seeing no choice, he punched out the sunroof of the car and pulled himself onto the roof of the car. "Dante, what are you doing?" Yang shouted.

He ignored her. He quickly drew Rebellion before activating his Demon Trigger. He felt his mind grow hazy from using it so soon after the last time but quickly shook off the feeling. He waited until they were out of the docks and into the seedier part of Vale. When he sensed that there were no humans or Faunus around, he flipped his sword into a reverse grip before sending another Devil Trigger enhanced shockwave at the massive demonic attack. His shockwave was being pushed back, so he quickly slashed twice more to send two more smaller ones. With that, the two attacks held even before the attacks exploded.

The car just barely made it out of the blast zone, which was as big as several city blocks, and Dante was pushed back into a kneeling position on the roof of the car. He quickly sensed that his friends were fine and sighed in relief while dismissing his Devil Trigger. That seemed to rob him of the rest of his strength because he collapsed onto the roof of the car. Rebellion disappearing from his grasp and back into his mark. He laid there and was breathing raggedly before he felt someone grab his hand. He slowly looked into the car and saw Yang staring at him in concern. He gave her a weak smile and returned the pressure. She smiled back and Dante rested on the roof as Vergil kept speeding away.

Vergil eventually took them to a parking lot and stopped the car. Both of them got out of the car and helped him onto the ground, "Never seen you this exhausted before." Vergil remarked.

Dante sighed as he sat down on the ground and leant against the car, "I've used my Devil Trigger twice in only a couple of hours. Took more than I thought out of me."

Yang quickly rested her hands on his cheeks and he turned to her. She just looked into his eyes, "I'm glad your alright."

Dante chuckled weakly, "Idiot, I should be saying that about you." He put one arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. "You scared the hell out of me, you know that?"

She nodded into his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his chest, "I was terrified as well. But I knew, I just knew you would come save me." She said shakily.

Dante held her tighter and kissed the top of her head, letting his lips linger for a few extra seconds. "I always will, Yang. I love you too much to lose you."

The two just sat there, happy to hold the other in their arms again. Vergil turned his back to them, to give them privacy while he kept his senses open to make sure Mundus wouldn't try anything else. He tensed up and his hand went to his blade's handle when a crow flew over to them. It flew behind the car and Qrow walked out from the other side. "Yang, thank Oum, are you okay?"

She turned her head to face her uncle but kept it resting on her boyfriend's chest. "A bit sore and tired but I'm fine, Qrow. Torchwick, or Mundus I guess, didn't get the chance to do anything to me."

He sighed before he knelt down beside them and gently put his hand on her shoulder. He squeezed slightly with a small smile, "I'm glad to hear that, Firecracker." He then looked to Dante, "Thank you."

Dante was kind of shocked by that but shrugged, "Not a problem."

Qrow stood up and pulled out his scroll. "I'll send a message to Ruby so they can all meet us here."

Dante nodded, "Good once they're all here, Vergil can open a portal to Beacon to get back safer." Vergil nodded while not looking at him, keeping an eye out until Dante was back on his feet.

The four of them stayed in that parking lot for almost twenty minutes before they heard a familiar voice shout, "Yang!" Next thing the blonde couple knew, they were tackled to the ground by a cloud of rose petals. Both groaned while laying on the ground while Ruby was hugging her sister tightly with her face buried into her shoulder. "I'm so glad you're okay."

Yang just smiled down at her sister and returned the hug, "You know I'm tougher than that. Plus, you have your badass older brother to give me a hand."

"Speaking of which, would you mind getting off me?" Dante asked and the two sisters realize that they were hugging while lying completely on top of the Demon Hunter.

The two did so and Ruby hugged him and thanked him profusely while Dante hugged her back and gently rubbed the top of her head. She eventually let him go and went back to hugging her sister. Before anyone was any wiser, a pink blur ran up to the sisters and wrapped them in a bear hug before lifting them off the ground. The three of them were laughing like crazy as Ren, Weiss, Blake and Pyrrha walked over as well. Each one was checking on Yang and was just relieved to have the blonde brawler back.

Dante just smiled, happy to see that his family was whole again. His eyes drifted over to his twin and the smile fell slightly. He was standing a good distance from the rest and Dante walked over to him. When he was standing next to him and they had their backs to the rest, both looking across the parking lot at a brick wall. Neither wanted to look at the other but before long, Dante spoke up, "Who knows how many people died out there? Dozens? Maybe hundreds? "

Vergil didn't look over to him, "My decision. My cross to bear."

Dante looked at him instead of the brick wall he was looking at, "You have no right to decide the fate of so many."

Vergil looked over to his brother, "I know it was extreme, okay. I know there was a cost but it worked." He turned to fully face him, "Mundus acted impulsively, in anger. That attack alone cost him and now he is spent. For the time being, at least. Now is the time to strike."

"We still don't know where he is, Vergil. That attack may have shown us which direction but nowhere close to an exact location. It'll take us days, maybe weeks to find him. And by then he'll have his power back and he'll be looking for vengeance." Dante said in annoyance.

"Yes, we don't. But maybe, she does." His eyes shifted over to Yang before they met Dante's again.

"Yang is in no condition to do anything. Let alone trying to lead us into Mundus' lair." Dante refuted.

"Yes, I am." Yang spoke up. The two Nephilim turned to her as she limped over to them, the two teams right behind her if they needed her. And Qrow not much farther back. "You need me."

"Yang…" Dante started.

"I may not know exactly where he is but I know that he is in some ruins close to Vale." Yang continued. "With what the three of us know, we'll be able to find him. Dante, you both need me to defeat Mundus. And you need each other."

Dante looked from her to his brother, who was giving him a smug grin. Dante turned around and ran a hand through his hair with a groan. Seeing no way around this he sighed, "Fuck! Fine, fine." He said in annoyance as he turned around. "We'll do it. But not today, tomorrow morning. You need rest and I don't want you going into that hellhole again in this state. We alright with that?"

The two nodded before Ruby walked up to him, "I hope you don't plan on leaving us out of this." She said as she tried to glare up at him.

"Even if I wanted to, I can't." he started. "Mundus will know I had backup and he'll most likely expect my team and yours. I'd rather have you guys out there with us than somewhere he could capture you beforehand and use you against us."

They all looked at him seriously and nodded, "Okay, if everything is settled…" He turned back to Vergil, "Mind opening a portal to Beacon tower?"

Vergil nodded and drew Yamato, slashing a portal into the air. Yang pumped her fist, "Alright, let's get going." She took a single step before almost falling over.

Luckily, Ren and Nora were right there to catch her. Each one pulled one of her arms over their shoulders, "Just rest, Yang." Ren told her.

"Yeah." Nora nodded. "We got you."

She looked at them and relaxed her body just a bit, "Thanks, guys."

With those words, the two of them helped her through the portal with RNBW and Qrow following right afterwards. Dante was about to follow them when Vergil spoke up, "You really care about them, don't you? All of them?"

Dante turned to him, "Yeah, I do." That earned him a chuckle from Vergil. He turned to him fully. "What's so funny?"

Vergil just shook his head, "Just remembering when we met up again. You really didn't give a shit about anything. You're different now."

Dante just smiled, "I'll take that as a compliment." He motioned to the portal with his head. "You coming?"

"In a bit." He motioned to the car. "Need to get rid of the evidence."

Dante just nodded, "See you soon, brother."

"See you soon." He nodded. Dante then walked through the portal and it closed behind him. Once it did, Vergil closed his eyes with a sigh, "You're playing a dangerous game, Dante. You may wish it but we are not mortal. Nothing will change that."

He looked back to the car and several white energy swords formed around him before firing into it. After a few seconds they caused the car to explode. Some debris flew past him but he didn't flinch. He just stared at the flaming wreckage, "I just hope you realize that before you make a mistake you can't come back from." He drew his sword and opened a new portal, one back to his headquarters. He had to grab something before meeting up with his brother again.

A/N- Not much to say on this one, so I won't. Beta reader was Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh as is the usual. Go check him out if you haven't already. With that, I hope you enjoyed and will continue to until the very end. See you all in the next update!