Devil May Cry had been eerily quiet when Dante entered a little earlier than he usually would. It had been a simple case, some low rated demons just a few miles out of town which he easily disposed of. He immediately noticed Vergil sitting behind his desk reading one of the books that Cassie had brought when she moved in.

"Philosophy eh? Maybe Cassie can annoy you with her vast knowledge of it instead of me."

He grunted while putting Rebellion away. However he kept his guns on him, just in case his brother decided to change his mind about being a good guy. Vergil didn't say anything and the only sound that filled the air was Dante's footsteps and Vergil occasionally turning a page from the book.

"Speaking of Cassie, how was she? I'm guessing she stayed upstairs the whole time I was gone."

Dante knew that Cassie was still scared of Vergil, even when Dante was there she refused to leave her room. Vergil let out a faint sigh, knowing that Dante would continue talking to him until he got a reply from him. "Actually, she went out." He said in a calm tone, his eyes remaining on the words in the book.

"What?" Dante said in disbelief, his jaw dropped as he stared over at his twin. Slowly Vergil raised his frosty eyes to look back at him before lowering the book. "Are you deaf? She went out." He repeated icily, his brother was starting to irritate him with all these distractions when all he wanted to do was read the book.

"Are you crazy! You were meant to be watching her! Where did she go?"

He yelled while stepping forward. He knew Vergil wouldn't be the best person for looking after Cassie, after all he hated humans, but damn it he hadn't expected him to be stupid enough to let her go out.

Sensing his brother's anger made Vergil stand up, his hand immediately reaching for Yamato in case he was to lash out at him. "She's a grown woman, she can look after herself." Vergil argued, his voice as cold as always. Dante let out a loud groan knowing that if he stood here argue with Vergil it would just waste time. Instead he made his way back over to Rebellion and took hold of it.

"You better remember where she went, and yeah, you're helping me look for her."

Vergil grumbled lowly as he walked down the noisy street, the sound of different genres of music poured out of bars and clubs which only made him hate the city's people even more. Dante had suggested spliting up to save time and find her sooner. Vergil was relieved because now he didn't have to listen to his brother giving out to him constantly. He was regretting letting her out now, only because it meant he had to go look for her. If only she had spoken slowly before she ran off then he would know where it was she said she was going.

She's cowardly, he thought to himself as he passed a group of young women dressed provocatively. They laughed loudly, one of them tried to get Vergil's attention only to be ignored by him. She didn't like this reaction and started to yell abuse at him loudly which did start to provoke him. He could feel his grip on Yamato growing tighter but then it stop. His eyes caught sight of a sign ahead of him. Metropolis.

That's the place, he remembered, even though her words had been one sentence of gibberish. He began to walk towards the building, forgetting about the girl's insults and concentrating on what needed to be done in order to shut Dante up.

"Hey, you can't just walk in without-"

The bouncer was knocked out by a blow to the head before he could finish what he was saying and Vergil entered the crowd of people in search of the mortal who was so important to his brother. The song that was blasting from the speakers was more like random sounds than a song and was enough to make Vergil's eardrums hurt.

You better be easy to find woman, he was growing more irritated, drunk people falling into him and girls standing on his toes as he walked past him. He hated places like this, no correction, he despised places like this. He never understood why so many people liked being in a place where you can't even hear your own thoughts and are pushed around. Then again, he didn't really understand humans, having neglecting himself any sort of human life.

The song changed once he reached the steps to the dancefloor, his eyes scanning over the people dancing until he spotted her. She was with another girl and there were some men dancing around them. Vergil rolled his eyes at this behaviour and stepped out onto the floor, pushing aside those that were in his way. One of the men was saying something to Cassie that caused her to laugh, that is, until she noticed Vergil approaching. She knew she was in trouble and tried to run away from him but he grabbed hold of her arm.

"Hey man, what do you-"

Once again Vergil knocked the lights out of a man who was addressing him. The male fell to the floor and his friends went to help him up. The girl Cassie was with was trying to pull Cassie free from Vergil's grip but her efforts were in vain. Vergil turned to look at her then pushed her out of the way causing her to fall onto the ground.

"Let me go.." Cassie protested, trying to pull herself free. Vergil took a deep breath, knowing that he would crack if he didn't get out of here now. "No." He replied and pulled her back to him. She used her free hand to slap at him, Vergil noticed how sloppy her attempts were and realised she was intoxicated. He knew she was going to try fight him off so in one swift move he had her thrown over his shoulder before turning to walk out of the club.

"I thought you didn't care what I did!" She slurred, still struggling to free herself from his grip. He could hear her more clearly now that they were outside but he still chose to ignore her. He had little time for humans, especially drunk ones.

"Oh my god, please don't kill me.." She had stopped trying to fight him off and started to cry softly. He was half tempted to leave her there and tell Dante he couldn't find her. He wondered what his chances where that she wouldn't even remember him finding her. However he fought the desire to do so, knowing that if he returned with her Dante would leave him alone.

"I am not going to kill you, no matter how much I am tempted to do so." He replied, hoping that it would stop her crying at the least. But he was wrong and tears still flooded from her eyes. "Yes you are.." She sobbed. Vergil was at breaking point, having to close his eyes and take a deep breath to prevent himself from hurting her.

"You found her, where was she?" Vergil opened his eyes to see Dante a few feet away, a look of relief on his face. Thank god, Vergil thought as he let got of Cassie causing her to drop to the floor in a heap. "You take her before I do something that will shut her up permanently." Vergil replied while walking past Dante who was going to pick Cassie up.

"Dante don't let him kill me.." Cassie said as he helped her to stand on her feet. Dante let out a faint sigh while wrapping one arm around her to help support her.

"Cassie, you're so twisted that I'll save the lecture for tomorrow."

Cassie held her hand to her forehead as Dante continued to yell at her, the pounding headache she felt growing more intense with each word he said feeling like a dagger to her head. He had come into her room to wake her, knowing that she was trying to nurse a hangover but didn't care. He had held in his anger all night that he couldn't wait any longer to give out to her.

"Do you know what could have happened when you were out there? You could have been attacked by demons, putting not just you but your friend in danger.."

He yelled at her while pacing up and down her room. She was finding it hard to sit up in her bed, waiting so badly to lay back down and sleep for the next few days but Dante was on a rant. She kept nodding her head to make out that she was listening but its not like she needed to, she had heard it all before.

"..Not to mention the fact you didn't tell Vergil where you were going for the night.."

"I did so tell him! Well I tried to but he kept interrupting me."

She argued, her eyes opening so that she could glare at him. It was the only defense she had and she was using it for every back answer she had for him.

"For the last time I don't care if you told him or not, you should have left a written message because Vergil will just ignore everything you say."

She rolled her eyes and fell back into her bed, picking up one of the pillows to cover her face and let the darkness consume her. She could hear him stepped forward and suddenly the darkness left and light flooded into her eyes. She groaned in agony, the pain growing more unbearable.

"So are we clear? Never, and I mean never, try to pull something like that again!"

He walked towards the door once the rant was over but paused briefly to add a little more to it. "And one more thing, you should probably apologise to Vergil." She sat up once more, feeling lightheaded but fought the urge to run to the bathroom and throw up. "Me apologise? For what?" She asked, a frown on her face.

A soft chuckle passed Dante's lips and he turned to face her. "You don't remember?" He asked, his lips curling into a sinister smirk, "You basically broke down in tears because you were convinced he was going to kill you and kept begging him not to."

With that he left the room. Cassie was still sitting up trying to piece together the memories of the night but she had completely forgotten about what had happened. Dante had told her Vergil was the one who had found her and dragged her ass out of Metropolis.

"Oh god.." She mumbled softly, falling back into her bed once more and covering her face with her other pillow. I wish he had kill me and save me the embarrassment.