Alright alright, and we're back! This is the first of the parallel-running chapters. I'm warning you now, these chapters are a tad shorter than the ones that came before, but I'll try to put as much into them as I can. Each chapter will effect the story in some way, shape, or form, but anything more than that you'll have to see for yourself.
Don't own this game. Never have, never will. If I did, there'd be more Nero and Dante. (Not as a couple, I mean they'd show up more in the games.)
Welcome to Hell~I mean Fortuna!
Chapter Fourteen-Vergil's Confession
Dante waited quietly for Vergil to begin talking. It looked like the elder twin genuinely felt remorse about something, and it made the devil hunter worry.
"Take your time Vergil, I'm listening." He said. Vergil sighed, rubbing a hand on his face. He looked like hell, quite frankly.
"It's not as easy as you think, Dante." Vergil began. "When I realized what Arkham wanted to do, I knew that I would need to stop him. But to stop him I would need to be alive, with a body to call my own." Dante made a face. "Don't strain yourself, Brother. We both know you can't think to save your life." He said. "In order to have a body of my own, I'd have had to completely take over a medium, body and soul. I'd keep their appearance, but it would be me. Finding Katelyn was…well, to me it had been serendipity. A medium, who had willingly accepted my soul without even thinking of the risks, was unexpected."
"But something's making you think twice about it?" Dante asked. Grimacing, Vergil nodded.
"Instead of an absolute takeover like I'd wanted, I have to re-think my plans." Vergil said. Dante looked confused. His older brother, having to think twice about doing something that was like breathing to him? He'd have checked to see if Vergil had a fever, but then he remembered that Vergil was in a mirror and all Dante would feel was glass.
"So what's stopping you?" The younger half-devil asked. His brother crossed his arms and sighed.
"She is, and she doesn't even know it." He replied. "In spite of everything that she's seen and done up to this point in her life, there's still this unshaken innocence about her. Instead of manipulating her, I'm more inclined to give her a hard time like I used to do to you. When we were kids!" AND NOW FOR SOMETHING, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Over at Kate's house, the brunette in question sneezed. Keeley poked her head out from one of the doors.
"Catching a cold?" She asked as Kate clipped an Altoids tin she'd filled with first-aid supplies shut.
"Nah, someone might be talking about me, is all." She said. AND NOW BACK TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CHAPTER.
Dante shrugged. "Maybe you're getting back in touch with your human half or something?" He suggested. Vergil shrugged, too, sighing.
"Maybe…so, what did you think of them?" The phantom asked. Dante thought about it for a while before shrugging.
"They're alright. Shawn's fun to be around, Kate's apparently a good influence, and Keeley seems…" He trailed off, trying to find the right words. Vergil looked a tad smug, reading his younger sibling like a book. Dante noticed this and scowled. "Like a good person, if a bit shy. Lay off, Verge. Anyways, I wouldn't mind letting them stay here to train."
"Very well, and Dante?" Vergil said.
"Yeah Vergil?" Dante replied.
"Please don't tell anyone about this conversation." Vergil asked, worried.
"Don't worry, I won't." Dante promised. Vergil looked relieved, as though a weight were lifted. "The girls are going to figure out about the living arrangements, though. No escaping that." Vergil chuckled.
"Fine by me." He said. Looking up, he noticed the door beginning to open. "You have a guest, brother."
Looking over his shoulder, Dante watched as the doors opened and a little blonde girl walked in. Dante smiled.
"Hey there Patty." He said warmly. Patty smiled back, and then saw the mirror. Vergil looked at Dante and quirked a brow.
"You and Trish didn't have a child, did you?" Vergil asked in mock concern. Rolling his eyes, Dante yawned and reclined on the couch.
"Dante, who's that?" Patty asked, pointing at Vergil. She knew what Dante did for a living, and was understandably not surprised that there was a not-so-normal mirror in the room.
"Patty, this is my older brother Vergil. Vergil, this is Patty, and no she is not my kid." Dante said, lazily introducing the two. "Anyway, I'm glad you're here Patty. I've got some news for you…"
"What kind of news? Have you finally paid off your debt to Lady?" Patty asked, sitting down on the other couch.
"There's going to be some people staying with me for a while. Teenagers, specifically." He said. Patty looked at him in confusion.
"Another job?" She asked. Dante shook his head.
"Nah, just three kids who've got nowhere else to go and are in desperate need of safety." He said. "They can't stay out in the cold, otherwise demons will get them. So Vergil here led them to Lady, and Lady brought them here."
A few hours passed with Dante and Vergil explaining what was going on to Patty, who asked questions about the three and when she'd meet them. Then Trish and Lady came back, and they were filled in on the decision. Only thing left to do, they supposed, was wait until their three little brawlers came back.
To be continued. Thank you all for favoriting, following and reviewing.
Keeley, I'm calling you out here. Please please PLEASE update "Holiday From Hell," I'm going nuts trying to figure out what happens next! xD
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