A/N: Woot! Almost done and then I'm going to make dinner and read with my boyfriend :) If any of you have not read the Shades of Magic series, I highly recommend it, it's about world hopping and magic and thieves and pirates and princes… well there's a lot to it but it's really good and I really think that everyone should read it.

Disclaimer: Shocker, I know, that even now, years after I've started writing on that I still, to this very day, do not own Devil May Cry. It's a shame, I know.

Research

Vergil felt that every spare moment that he wasn't at work and wasn't fighting devils and wasn't trying to practice with Yamato, he had his nose buried in a book. He thought he'd been bad before when it came to spending all of his time reading, but now… now it was just every moment that he had he had another one open. He was trying to learn all that he could about the effects of a pregnancy of mixed blood, he was able to find out that a half breed being well… well being fertile was actually quite the rarity, which of course just made him all the more nervous about the child that was growing inside of his fiancé. Not to mention that every other spare moment he had was spent helping plan a wedding. No one had been surprised when he'd asked for Amelia's hand, or when he'd proposed to her. Not only was Fortuna one of those more traditional cities where people got married young but it was apparently obvious to everyone else that the two were just head over heels with one another. Amelia's mother was ecstatic to learn that she was going to be a grandmother, while her father was a bit more… well he did the mental math and it was obvious that he didn't approve, though he didn't say anything, all of the gatherings that were spent planning for the wedding he sat, doing whatever task he'd been assigned and glared at Vergil the entire time. It both amused the half devil and made him a tad bit uncomfortable, but all the same it was nice to be a part of a family again. To have people that cared after your well being and people who just wanted to know about the mundane parts of day to day life.

It had been hard getting in contact with Theuram, but the half devil was glad that he had managed it. Though the devil hadn't been overly close with his father, he did have a wealth of information that the half devil was glad to be able to access. He'd also been able to find a simple warding spell that would be able to capture the brunt of the infant's demonic power and seal it away, keeping it at bay until the child really needed to be able to access it. Vergil had a sneaking suspicion that his father had placed the very same ward on his brother and himself in the womb, which would easily explain why he hadn't activated his devil trigger until he had been in mortal danger. It was hard to think of life without it and he didn't want to deprive his child from a very important part of their heritage but at the very least this would protect Amelia while she carried them. Once they were old enough to understand he would remove the ward and they could access their power on their own. He did know that they would have at least some of his healing, which was a relief, he didn't know what he'd do if they were as weak as a normal human child, he'd probably be too afraid to even pick them up. Humans were so delicate, especially human children… his mother had been adamant about drilling that into himself and Vergil when they were young so that they didn't accidentally hurt the other kids at school.

The sound of the key in the lock cause Vergil to pull out of his tired thoughts and out of the book he'd been reading about the benefits of breast feeding a child versus bottle feeding them. Amelia had been at the doctor's today, they had said that they wouldn't be able to see very much but they were going to see what they could find out and it made him very nervous. He'd been at work when the appointment had started and Amelia said that she'd be perfectly fine without him fussing over her the entire time, thank you very much. The half devil had to admit defeat after betting the argument on a game of chess and losing. Maybe it was the two days without sleep… He looked to his tea mug and realized that he hadn't drank any of it and that it was now stone cold. He could feel Yamato's amusement from the back of his mind.

Greet your mate and then sleep young one. You have plenty of time. The half devil shook his head, tempted to stay awake just to spite the sword before rising and meeting Amelia in the kitchen. She smiled, though her cheeks were red from the chill of the day and the work of walking back. He smiled back and pressed a kiss to each cold cheek, she laughed and shooed him off as she took her coat and shoes off.

"So… I have some news." she said Vergil stood back and nodded

"Okay."

"You might want to sit down." the half devil felt a pit in his stomach, but pulled out a chair regardless.

"Alright… I'm sitting, what is it?" she grinned.

"So they're definitely twins."

A/N: Tada! Probably only one or two more chapters on this one, and then we'll be on to the next for Vergil, don't worry, the twins thing will make sense soon enough.

Till next time,

-Winged Element