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Note: It will probably take longer for me to get the next chapter up. There's another story I need to work on too. But I'll try to make the next chapter better than this one. Sorry that this is kind of turning into a romance. It wasn't exactly something I was planning on.

Sanctuary of Darkness: I meant to say this before my last chapter but forgot. I meant for Virgil to be that way but might change it later on. Thanks for bringing that up. I actually forgot until you meantioned it.

Ikana Sesako/Evil Rayne: About your question of who I think is hotter, I can't really decide. But I think, as far as how they dress, I'd say Dante. I like being able to see muscle. Thanks for your reviews.

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It had been a week since Rona and Dante had discovered what else was coming out of her dreams through the necklace. Dante and Virgil had both been going on patrol without finding anything. This became fairly depressing to Dante. He had enjoyed his last fight and hoped for more. Dante and Virgil talked about what could possibly be the cause of such a short appearance of demons.

"If the were summoned because of her dreams, we should probably be careful if she has a nightmare." Virgil said, hoping Rona wouldn't dream of something too powerful for them to deal with.

"I don't think it's just anything she dreams of." Dante answered. "The demons I fought were demons from our world. I don't think the necklace can summon anything that isn't related, in some way, to what was first summoned."

Virgil gave him a shocked look. Or, at least, the closest he was going to get to a shocked look.

"I'm not as stupid as you always thought." Dante said proudly.

"I guess not. At least until you meet a group of attractive women." Virgil paused. "Speaking of women, shouldn't Rona be up by now?"

Dante looked at a near by clock.

"Let her sleep. She was up late last night."

"How would you know that when you were out patrolling?" Virgil asked suspiciously.

Dante, now realizing what he had said, knew he was caught.

"I've been coming back early every night to check on her. I'm worried about leaving her alone." Dante walked to a window across from the kitchen. "It doesn't feel right to leave her unprotected."

Virgil began to laugh. It wasn't because of something he found funny but that his little brother had unknowingly given him his real reason for not wanting to leave. It wasn't because he wanted to exist but that he wanted to be near Rona. After all, she was the only one either of the had really come to know. Why shouldn't he care about her?

"Does Rona know you're looking for a job?" Virgil asked, changing the subject.

"No. I want to surprise her. And hopefully talk her into quitting her job and concentrate on her singing. Maybe she could be a wedding singer."

"I think she's aiming higher than that."

"What are you guys talking about?" Rona asked from the hallway.

Dante quickly answered, "Virgil thinks you should quit your job and be a stay-at-home mom."

Virgil silently threatened to throw one of Rona's books at Dante.

"Nice. But it's not going to happen until I get married and have kids." Rona answered. "And don't throw my books at Dante. They were gifts."

"That can be arranged." Dante said under his breath.

Rona glared at him until she heard Virgil's voice.

"Who got them for you?" Virgil asked, now glaring at Dante instead.

"Everyone. I seem to be a daughter of the town."

"You must have helped them out a lot, then." Dante answered with a look of pride directed at Virgil.

"Where's my cereal?" Rona asked, completely ignoring what Dante had said. "Better yet, where are my bowls?"

"Virgil?" Dante said in an exaggerated voice, "Would you like to answer her?"

Both Rona and Dante looked at Virgil, waiting for the answer.

"I put them away. Dante was turning this place into a pigsty. I wanted to save you the hassle of cleaning up after him."

"Thanks." Rona answered as she searched the cabinets for her breakfast and bowls.

Dante noticed she was rubbing the side of her head and asked, "Do you want anything for your headache?"

"You two had better be finding something to do during the day. You're beginning to know me too well.

"The spoons?"

"Third drawer." Virgil answered.

She pulled on the specified drawer to find it was stuck. She pulled on the drawer harderuntil Virgil had her move and opened it for her. She looked annoyed when she took out a spoon and walked out of the kitchen.

"Should I be asking where my clothes are?" She asked sarcastically.

"They're in the washer with mine." Dante answered this time.

Rona paused, wondering why Dante would be doing laundry. She then remembered that Dante had been searching the local food bank/ clothing exchange for clothes.

"So you did find some more clothes at the clothing exchange. That's a miracle. I can't even find anything there." Rona walked towards her room. "No red carpet?" She asked.

"You aren't a queen yet." Virgil answered.

"Yet?" Rona asked curiously, knowing that Virgil was usually serious about what he said.

Virgil picked up a random book and began reading. He waited for her to either ask farther or ignore it. He could hear that she wasn't moving and said, "Your cereal is going to get soggy."

"You need a hobby." She said as she walked into her room and shut the door.

"I can't believe them." She mumbled to herself.

Following her morning routine, she went to turn the TV on when she saw something reflected on the screen. She knew she didn't put up any new pictures and knew it wouldn't have been so hideous of she had.

She calmly set her bowl down and turned to see what had had the reflection. She quickly backed into her desk after seeing a Hell Vanguard standing in front of her window.

"Holy shi- Dante!" She yelled as she stumbled to the door.

The door flew open before she could reach it. Both of the twins stood in the doorway, looking at the visitor before Virgil began to give out orders.

"You take care of Rona, I'll take care of the demon." He said as he drew his sword.

"How have you been hiding that?" Dante asked while helping Rona to her feet. She gladly accepted his hand and watched Virgil with his calm attitude.

"I keep it inside Rona's room, next to her desk. Now get her out of here." Virgil almost yelled.

Rushing Rona out of the room, Dante suddenly became worried about his brother.

Dante carried Rona out to the front lawn of the small apartment building. Neither of them heard what was going on inside.

"Is everything soundproof or something?" Dante asked.

Rona, wanting to be standing on her own, calmly said, "You can put me down first."

He hesitated, then set her down, not letting her go even though he knew she hated the idea of being helped by anyone.

"It is, but there are also few people living in this building. Everyone has been moving on to bigger cities."

"Why don't you leave?" Dante asked.

"Because this is my home. And this is where…" Rona hesitated to finish. "This is where my parents are buried. I want to stay close to their graves because it almost feels like they are watching me. I don't want to leave them behind."

Dante nodded his understanding.

"But you might have to leave anyways. Especially with these demons around."

"Then I'd be leaving you and Virgil." She answered with a smirk.

"We'll follow you." He replied. "And we're only half demon."

"So you want me to cut you guys in half so I can take you with me?"

"Smart-ass." He grumbled. "And Virgil believes you're becoming like him."

"I'm like both of you. I just don't have your temper and his cold attitude. I might be human but I don't exactly act like it."

"I hadn't noticed." Dante smiled at her.

"Smart-ass." She said with a slight chuckle.

A door slammed, alerting Dante and Rona to the fact that they could have a demon to deal with. Both took a fighting stance before realizing it was Virgil. Rona let her fists drop and ran to Virgil, noticing a cut across his chest.

"You're hurt." She said, stating the obvious.

"It's healed." He grumbled.

"How the hell can you kill a demon so fast when it takes me at least twenty minutes?" Dante asked, hiding his relief that his brother was still alive.

"I don't taunt them first." Virgil gently pushed Rona towards the apartment building, signaling for her to leave them to talk.

After she had left, Virgil calmly said, "It was after her. And I don't want her to know."

"Oh yeah." Dante said sarcastically. "Telling her would only give her an idea of how to save herself and her home town. And we can't have that. No, putting her in danger is a much better idea."

"Shut-up and listen to me." Virgil growled, getting overly annoyed with Dante. "I'm trying to find out why they are after her. If Mundus is in this world, he's the one sending the demons. Therefore, he must have some plane for her. I want to know what that is before we have her run. Do you understand? We have to act like nothing is wrong. We don't want to alert her to her predicament."

Dante let out a frustrated sigh.

"Fine." He answered. "But if another demon attacks her at her apartment, you're telling her. Although I'm sure she'll have it figured out if she doesn't already. Shouldn't we teach her to defend herself?"

"She's too weak to fight demons." Virgil whispered.

"She could be stronger. She only needs training." Dante was close to growling at his twin until he suddenly had a thought that slightly surprised him. "You want her to be weak so you have to protect her."

Rona suddenly came running out.

"I'm late." She roared. "You have the number of the school. So if there's anything I need to know, you can call. And, Dante, don't call just to start a conversation with whoever answers. I have to pay for that, you know. And, Virgil, thanks for protecting me." She ran in the direction of the school.

"How can she wear black during summer?" Virgil asked. "It's closer to suicide than fashion."

"I heard that." Rona called back.

"I love you!" Dante called teasingly to her.

She waved her hand in annoyance.

After several nonsense calls from Dante with Virgil fighting him for the phone in the background Rona was finally allowed off work. She expected to walk home on her own but was; instead, me by Dante and Virgil.

"Trying to start rumors about me now?" She asked, and then began to say in a higher voice, "'Rona was picked up by two men. She must be busy.' Just wait for everyone to hear about that. It won't take very long either." She grabbed a small, unmarked box and headed for the exit.

"What's that?" Dante asked.

"A gift from some guy named Nigel. He's from England." She answered as she walked out.

"A boyfriend?" Virgil asked.

"Who cares?" Rona replied. "He's nice and he's leaving for some city I would never go to."

Without giving Rona any warning, Dante and Virgil picked her up and carried her by her arms and legs.

"Put me down." She tried sounding tough but couldn't help but laugh about how strange it must have looked to everyone to see two men carrying a young woman between them like she was in a body bag.

"You have some questions to answer." Virgil said, ignoring everyone who looked their way.

"I'll answer them when we get home. Now, let me walk?" She said hopefully.

Dante and Virgil looked at each other for confirmation and simultaneously said, "No."

"I guess I'll sleep then." She muttered.

Rona didn't get to sleep since the twins kept swinging her around when her eyes would close. She was trying not to laugh when they arrived. Dante had been talking about who knew what and won an occasional curse from Virgil and, after Rona was no longer between them, a hard punch in the face.

"Get dressed." Virgil almost commanded. "We're celebrating."

"Celebrating what?" She asked.

"Dante got a job."

Rona turned to Dante and smiled.

"I'll hurry then." She said before running in.

She had her CD player up almost full blast when Dante and Virgil came in.

Virgil quickly turned it off and yelled, "Do you have to have it up so high?"

Rona walked in with a red, low cut shirt and black jeans and gave Virgil a deadly glare before saying, "That was my favorite song you just shut off."

"What was it?" Dante asked.

"Evanescence. What do you think?" Rona answered, now with a kinder voice.

"They're okay." Dante answered.

"If you want, you can put in Nickleback or Linkin Park. My CDs are over there." She pointed to a spot in front of the stereo.

Dante accepted the offer and went through the book of CDs for something better to listen to.

Rona walked to her room to put on some earrings, if she could find some.

Virgil was suddenly waiting in the room that housed Rona's swords after hearing a sudden guitar blast from the CD player.

"Nickelback. Nice choice." Rona yelled to Dante.

"Like hell it is." Virgil grumbled to himself.

For the celebration, the three of them went to the elementary school and tried to decide on what to do.

"Rona." Virgil said, remember something she had told him during the last week. "You said you could keep from being caught by anyone chasing you. Would you like to test that theory?"

"That was when I was a kid." Rona answered, trying to get out of it. "I can't do it now. Besides, you're demons. You're faster than me."

"Yeah." Dante joined in. Knowing that Rona would do anything to prove that women weren't weak he added, "She's a human woman. She could never outrun two demon men."

Rona glared at him, taking the bait.

"My being a woman and a human has nothing to do with it. The—"

"Then prove it." Virgil interrupted.

Rona quickly pushed them both off balance and ran, earning herself a few seconds head start.

She heard Dante running close behind when she suddenly took a sharp turn on wet grass. Dante slid and nearly ran into a tree, having stopped a few inches away from its trunk.

Virgil, thinking to surprise her, waited on top of the jungle gym. He saw her approaching and waited until the right time to jump in front of her. She seemed to have anticipated this, though, for she turned at the last minute, running far out of his reach.

The twins decided to work together after their failed attempts. This time, they were going to corner her.

She ran towards a few trees, knowing it could be a good or bad move. She stopped and looked around to see Dante and Virgil approaching from both sides.

"Thanks for not teleporting." She yelled to Virgil before running back and towards a tall spiral slide that she used to sit in as a kid.

She climbed to the top and watched as Dante waited at the bottom of the slide and Virgil climbed up after her.

She automatically kicked off her shoes and used her bare feet to slow her down as she waited for the twins to climb up. She stopped herself half way before hearing Dante climbing up from the bottom and Virgil sliding down from the top. She waited until they were just a couple of feet from her before jumping over the edge and running as soon as her feet hit the ground.

"I'll at least say that she knows when to escape." Virgil said to Dante before jumping after Rona.

They were about to catch her when she suddenly stopped and leaned forward, forcing them to run past her without being able to drag her with them. She then ran back to the slide to get her shoes even though she wouldn't be putting them on just yet. She turned around to find Dante and Virgil standing a few feet from her and from each other. She doubted she could run past them and climbing up the slide would take too long. Not to mention they could jump after her and corner her that way.

"I guess you caught me." She said without much of a disappointed tone in her voice.

The twins slowly took a step towards her before she put her shoes back on. "I'm not going to run now." She confided in them. "I'm tired and I couldn't get away anyways. You're too close."

"I can see why humans couldn't catch you." Virgil said with a tone that was as close to a congratulating tone as it would get.

"Just wait until the next time if you ever want to try this again." She said before calmly walking to the twins and led them to what was her favorite place to sit when in elementary.

"I used to sit under this tree every day." She said as she leaned against its trunk. "This is where I would think about what I wanted to be. I always came to the same conclusion; I didn't want to be human. I wanted to be something more but knew I had no choice. I still want to be something else but I'm coming to terms with what I am. You guys should be glad you aren't pure human or demon. You have gifts that no one else has and you feel emotions demons can't."

Dante jumped on a branch and perched there while Virgil stood next to Rona.

"Don't wish to be something else." Dante said. "You're already something else."

Rona smiled up at Dante and bowed, a gesture she never did for anyone.

"Let's go home." She whispered.