This story has been in my head for months, yet, like everything else, I can't seem to put anything into writing. The oddity of it is that it's a crossover between DMC and the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole.

If you're not familiar with the Immortals After Dark series (and are over 18...*eyes you*) then I recommend you get aquainted. The girl readers at least... It may be a romance series, but I'm kind of desperately in love with it. In a way I've never let a romance series get to me...lol The characters are funny and likable, the world and lore Cole builds is immersive and, there's tons of action... er, unrelated to anything sexual...lmao Where is your mind? *tut*... okay and sex. XD

I also hope that fans of DMC won't mind me doing this cross over, as the IAD series deals with the idea of immortal beings like vampires, lychae, valkyrie, witches and...demons. Considering Devil May Cry stars two pretty immortal half demons... well, it's not that far of a stretch, right?

I love both series and I cannot hold back any longer. Or else my brain may quit on me all together.

The pairing here is, as always, Lady and Vergil. :)

Lady's mother was murdered and she herself mercilessly left to die. Yet fate intervened and gave her the second chance to take revenge on the creatures who took her life from her. Being the one living human to know of the Lore, Lady has made it her personal mission in life to kill every last demon she finds. That is until one finds her and won't let go.

Vergil, having recently reunited with his long lost brother, is searching for the person responsible for his own mother's death. When he crosses paths with a demon hating huntress he tries hard to put the kiss they shared and her out of his head. But an insane Valkyrie named Nix hires him with promises of the information he seeks if only he will capture the huntress and bring her to New Orleans. Easier said than done...

Did I mention Valkyrie are holding Dante as ransom? Add in some witches, tequila and I highly doubt Dante will ever want Vergil to return for him...lmao

(Title in progress)

Chapter 1

He couldn't get her out of his head.

Truthfully? He needed a distraction. Something; anything to get this mind off his own thoughts of the huntress. But he had little in the way of friends, and those he did have were currently shrouded in their own euphoria of finding their fated mates.

Vergil shuddered. Talking to either Rydstrom or Cadeon would only exacerbate the issue in hearing that happiness. He sighed. It wasn't like they did not deserve it, so who was he to interrupt only to be reminded of exactly what he wanted to forget.

Dante... He thought about this for a moment. Was he actually seeking out the company of his crude, lascivious twin so he didn't have to think of crude and lascivious things? He remembered their last meeting and figured the headache was worth the risk to just feel normal again.

If truth be told he envied his younger twin for living such a stark contrast of a life all these years. Though their faces were the same, their personalities were in perfect conflict. Maybe that was why, despite his problem with patience, he wanted his twin around. If his dark thoughts were the moon, Dante, in a way, was the sun. His presence always lit up a room and put others at ease, where Vergil filled most people with dread with his quietness.

Talking to Dante, no matter how much it went against his own nature, made Vergil feel hope for something better. Dante represented the good still left in this world. Right now, he needed to drown out his own thoughts with his brother's cheerful banter.

Turning to his phone, he lifted the receiver and dialed the number. Leaning back in his chair with a sigh he waited for either his twin to answer, or for the voice mail to tell him to "Fuck off, unless you're hot, in which case why aren't you with me now?"

Neither happened.

"It's about damn time... I was beginning to think you were avoiding me," a female's voice answered. Vergil had to check the caller ID to make sure he'd dialed the right number.

"Excuse me?" He asked, taken back by the oddly familiar tone.

"Oh hell no Vergie! You don't go stringing me along for months on end and then expect me to forgive you," the female voice continued, but rather than sounding angry she sounded... happy? What the hell? "I thought you were supposed to be the chivalrous tight ass of the two? No manners at all..."

Vergil felt his headache beginning.

"Nix?" Vergil asked, only to breathe deeply when he only heard a girlish giggle come from the other side.

Valkyries... He shook his head.

Of all the times, this was not one of them. Especially considering the woman he was speaking to was call the paddy wagon, she's gonna blow, insane. Something she seemed to aspire to with relish.

For some strange reason Nix had taken a keen interest in him over the past month. He'd received a phone call, out of the blue, from this female he'd never met before asking if he would be up for some Wii Golf. He thought it was a practical joke, someone messing with him, but she had been serious.

"Seems all my compadres have flown the coop for marital bliss. I need a second and I've heard you're pretty handy with your hands."

He had hung up the phone, not realizing who it was on the other line at the time. There wasn't an immortal who had not heard of Nix the All Knowing, or the great powers of sight she possessed. If he'd known he'd insulted such a highly regarded, well loved and potentially psychotic Valkyrie would he have acted differently?

Probably not. As harsh as it seemed this was just how he had always been. Cut off from the world by his own hand. Patience wasn't his forte, because he never had other people to learn to be patient with. Nix's interruption of his life was exactly that. An unwanted interruption. So after a while of receiving midnight phone calls asking if he was ready to play with the big girls he had decided to go cellular to avoid her when changing his number did nothing but provoke her more.

Then came the text messages.

Darling demon/human guy. Duman? Hemon? LOL You have to call me, because I rock, and roll all night long sweet Suzie!

I cannot decide between a vodka sour, or a mojito. I just like saying mojito I think... Do demons drink mojitos?

Eventually it escalated to forwarded picture messages that made even a hardened demon like him blush like a school boy.

His current cell number was private and yet he felt now if she'd wanted to call or come for him she just would've. It was a game he realized as he heard her humming on the other line. Valkyrie were cunning, beautiful and deadly warriors known to possess other abilities unique to each one. Nix was also an incredibly powerful Soothsayer with the ability to both charm and drive one insane within the same moment.

"Why are you harassing me?" Vergil finally asked when Nix refused to respond.

"Because it's fun?" She asked in return. He felt his headache deepen, then another thought surfaced.

"Why do you have my brother's cell phone?"

"Because he's fun?"

"Nix..." He tried so hard to sound calm, but his temper was rising.

"Vergie." She purred.

He was going to hang up in that moment, deciding he would use smoke signals to get a hold of Dante from now on, because phones just weren't worth this.

But then he heard his brother in the background laughing with a group of females. More Valkyrie. Wonderful...

"Okay. Fine. You have my attention. How may I help you Nix?" He said in the best polite voice he could muster.

"Oh, loads Vergie. We still have an open spot for table tennis if you're interested. But first, I need a favor," she said sweetly.

"Of course you do." He sat back in his chair and waited for the hook.

"I hear you had a run in with a pretty notorious huntress lately. Even swapped a bit of DNA."

"He totally did Nixy... Seriously, I was beginning to think he swung the other way, but he made his brother proud." Dante's slurred voice sounded from the other side as if he'd just walked up and overheard.

Dante... that bastard!

"What about it?" He asked, swearing he would kill his twin later. So much for occupying his thoughts away from the huntress.

"You see, despite my wonderfully amazing awesome powers of forsight... That is one hard chick to find and I need to speak with her. Like... yesterday. Dante here was telling me you two find people for a living."

"Find and kill," he corrected.

"I'm only looking to find... and what the client wants-"

"Who says you are a client?"

"Dante. He totally whored you out to me for cash. No joking."

"He needs to be whored out to someone!" came Dante's voice and a lot of female laughter followed. Vergil was on his last nerve.

"Listen Valkyrie. I do not take kindly to being ridiculed or made fun of. If you want this huntress so much then have Dante do your dirty work. There is no amount of money that would make this remotely appealing." Vergil said in a tone of grave seriousness.

Their laughter set his nerves on edge, memories coming back to him that he quickly pushed away.

"I'm not offering you cash, but information you seek." Nix said in a tone so clear of her usual insanity that for a moment it sounded sincere. Yet he remained quiet, afraid that if he answered her it would turn into another rant. "I know how to find him. The one who killed your mother."

I will do my very best to update as soon as possible and thanks again for sticking with me guys. :)

-Shy