Note: Sorry it took so long. I've kind of had writer's block for a while. I'll probably work on this chapter a little more since I'm not really happy with it but here's at least something for you so you can see what's new in the story.

Rona gently dropped Lady in front of the hide-out entrance, making sure she wasn't going to kill her only help by dropping her from too high up. She then turned back into a human, lightly landing on her feet like a cat; and started walking towards the door. Her eyes wondered up to the top of the doorway, looking at the old sign that was hardly readable. She remembered Banith telling her that, one day, that sign would be removed, and when it was, it would mean that he was the ruler of the human world. She smirked now while looking at it. If anyone was going to rule the world, she sure as hell would make sure it wouldn't be him.

Lady looked at the old ware house in front of them and sighed. "You'd think he'd find a place that wasn't so…"

"Obvious?" Rona added, smirking over her shoulder. She saw Lady nod and explained. "That's why he did it. He figured Dante and Vergil wouldn't think he'd be so stupid as to hide in a place anyone would look for him in. It actually worked. I used to watch Dante walk past it several times each night. Too bad he never looked up. I was on the roof every time." She silently chuckled to herself. "And he felt it, too."

Lady smirked. "He must not have been too bright at the time." She commented, then became curious. "How do you know he felt it?"

Rona smiled like she did during the first days of being with Dante and Vergil. After all that had happened, she still had her innocent side. "He kept saying so every time he walked past." She did her best to hold back her laughter while watching Lady smile about it.

It amazed her how Rona was still able to seem so much like a child, even now. She had gone through so much and yet still knew how to smile, how to laugh. How could she do it? She looked at her curiously before noticing the light in Rona's eyes was fading. Something was wrong.

"Neenah." Rona suddenly said. "She's crying." She quickly turned and opened the door, running into the ware-house without a second thought.

"How do you know?" Lady asked as she ran behind her.

"I feel her." Rona answered before suddenly stopping. "The guardian watches." She growled as she looked up at the ceiling.

Lady looked slightly confused until she heard a deep, somewhat reptilian, voice whisper, "Did you really think you'd be welcomed back?"

"I didn't want a welcome." Rona answered. With a flash of movement, her two pistols were in her hands, each firing a single bullet. "Lets get this over with." She growled.

Vergil held Dante back from making the usual mistake of rushing into something without being prepared. "You're not going to be any good to them if you're killed in the first few seconds you set foot in the place." He said calmly.

"I'm not any good to them if I'm standing here, doing nothing." Dante retorted.

The front door suddenly slammed, alerting Dante and Vergil to a visitor. They stood still, waiting to hear a familiar voice or the voice of the enemy.

"Dante?" A scared voice called.

Dante looked slightly relieved and then afraid. "Rona?" He asked before rushing through the door and taking her into his arms. "What happened?" He added as he held her close.

Vergil silently walked up behind Dante, looking at the girl he was holding suspicioiusly.

"He took Lady." She cried. "He was waiting for us. I couldn't fight him." She buried her face in Dante's chest, hiding her tears. "I couldn't fight him." She whispered sadly.

"How did you get here?" Vergil asked coldly, earning a death glare from Dante.

"What does that matter?" Dante asked. "The point is that she's home and okay."

"And without a scratch." Vergil added.

"Exactly." Dante answered without thinking about it.

"Turn into a demon, Rona." Vergil said, wanting to make sure it was really her.

"Vergil. It's her. Leave it alone." Dante growled as he led her away.

"You know she wouldn't have come back so fast, Dante." Vergil answered, stopping Dante. "Tell her to turn into a demon and you'll see."

Dante looked at Rona and took a step back, wondering if Vergil was right. "Rona?" He whispered.

She looked at Dante, tears filling her eyes. "Why don't you trust me?" She asked. "It's me, your precious Rona."

"Rona never would have said that." Vergil answered. "You must be panicking."

She let her tears fade away and smirked. "I thought I'd be able to fool you too, Vergil. You've surprised me. Do you really know her so well?"

"Enough to know that you exaggerated." Vergil answered coldly, preparing for attack.

"Don't forget that I can lead you to where she is. Do you really want to risk her life just to get rid of her copy?" She turned her back on Dante and Vergil, daring them to attack.

"I need your help." She said softly. "I'm not just a copy of her, I am her other half. I want to be complete again and I can't do that unless you two destroy Banith." She turned back to them, her eyes hiding nothing and revealing nothing that would say she was lying. She looked to Dante, knowing he would be the one most likely to help her.

"Will you lead us to Banith?" Vergil suddenly asked, making Maaned shift her eyes from Dante to him.

She nodded. "I can lead you to where he's hiding and even to where his throne is or where he could be keeping Rona if she was captured."

Vergil turned and started for the door. "I'll be waiting outside." He answered as he opened the door and walked out.

Dante immediately went to grab what ever weapons he would need, not even pausing to ask Maaned if she would need anything.

Rona stood ready for the guardian to attack, her pistols now back in their holsters and her hands poised over the hilts of her swords. She kept her eyes on the guardian, yet her mind was distracted by the cries of her daughter. She wanted so much to get to her, to calm her and take her back from Banith.

"Rona!" Lady suddenly yelled.

She turned to see a demon behind her and tried to quickly move back but was struck and knocked unconscious.

Lady ran to Rona, holding her guns ready to shoot anything that came too close.

"I never could understand why women become so concerned for something that could destroy them." A voice whispered from the shadows.

Looking in the direction of the voice, Lady watched as a figure emerged from the shadows. "Who are you?" She growled, moving closer to Rona to protect her.

The figure laughed. "I am who was and will be Rona's master. I knew she would come back to rescue her child, she's how should I say, a predictable mother, something of which could bring about her own destruction. And you are?"

"Going to kill you." Lady answered before quickly drawing a gun and firing at Banith. Each bullet hit, but he didn't fall. Lady watched in shock as the bullets were slowly pushed out of his flesh and fell to the floor.

Banith chuckled lowly. "You'll make fine bait for leading Sparda's sons away from me and my queen." He said before everything went black.