Change - Sparda
He couldn't do this anymore.
Every time he led forth an army to slaughter another helpless village his heart screamed out in protest. It had begun the day he met the eyes of a terrified human woman as she sought to shield herself and her child from his blade with a weak, soft fleshed limb.
He'd hesitated, and a snarling shadow had devoured them both.
Regret and sympathy grew and twisted in his heart like a weed, surviving any attempt to squash it.
He looked into three glowing eyes, his blade unsheathed and ready to carry out the full weight of his decision.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do this evil anymore… father."
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Ice – Vergil
It was cold here. Whoever had painted the visions of hell wreathed in flames had been delusional surely.
He was sure some areas of the underworld were warmer then this, but right now, imprisoned in this tiny cell he felt chilled to the bone. Shivering against iced over chains and trying not to think of the warmth of the human world above.
His eyes roved to the blue skin of one arm, he almost felt like he was changing, morphing into something. That the cold was a part of him now, seeping into his very being.
He'd do anything to feel warm again, and Mundus' offer still stood on a silver platter.
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The woman formerly known as Mary stood silently in the graveyard.
In front of her was a plain grave, laid for a loving mother by a murderous father. She'd never visited before; afraid that she would meet him here, but why would he come here? Why would a killer mourn his victim except in a mockery of innocence?
She knelt down and placed a bouquet of yellow flowers against the stone. "For you mother." She whispered, before standing and adjusting the Kalina Ann on her back.
It was payback time.
I had time in college, so I cranked these out.
The first, I can't claim original idea for, that Mundus is Sparda's father. I first read it in Jo Aubrams 'Through a Glass, Darkly' which is an amazing AU DMC1 by the way, though only archived at a site called Tainted Lust from what I know. I don't think it's true canonically in any way, but still a fun idea XD
Second, so many people describe Nelo Angelo as having cold skin, I suppose based mainly on his blue/dead appearance. Just a musing on that.