Vergil's eyes started to open as he was now starting to wake up.
The young half demon sat himself up and looked down at himself and looked at his surroundings.
"Welcome back to the living Vergil."
Griffon said who was perched on the railing of the crib.
"(What happened , when did we get back home and where are my clothes at?)"
Vergil asked, noting he was only just in his diaper.
"You conked out pretty hard and that chick brought us home, you don't remember."
Griffon asked.
"(Yes I remember.)"
Vergil covered himself with his blanket.
"(Did she really need to leave me practically nude.)"
Vergil grumbled.
"Well you kinda went picasso on yourself trying to finger paint at that place for your, sissy, you called her. "
Griffon snickered.
Vergil blushed as he covered his face.
" (Not one word bird.)"
Vergil demanded..
" Don't worry I ain't gonna tease ya, besides it's kinda nice you're filling that head of yours with good memories and fucked up ones.)"
Griffon said as he flew down into the crib.
"(These aren't good memories, this whole being a baby thing has been a massive hindrance to me.)"
Vergil said to Griffon.
" Who are you trying to convince at this point? "
Griffon asked.
Vergil pouted as he turned away.
"I'm just saying Vergil, as the thing made up from your crappy memories, I can tell when you're happy or miserable, and how you've been lately ain't exactly the picture of misery you it is. "
Griffon explained to the boy.
" Hey Vergil, you awake. "
Patty asked from the other side of the door.
" Shit gotta hide. "
Griffon turned himself into a plush.
Patty walked into the nursery.
" Hey cutie, how was your nap?"
"Whewe clothes?"
Vergil asked.
"Oh I have to wash them later, there was finger paint all over them, which reminds me you still need a bath."
Patty said as she picked up the boy.
"Nod diwty."
Vergil pouted.
Patty started laughing
"Are we talking about the same kid?"
Patty said as she placed Vergil in front of a mirror in the bathroom to reveal his nearly paint covered body.
"Oh."
Vergil looked at himself, he doesn't even remember doing this.
"Otay I baff."
Vergil grumbled.
Patty started running the bath water.
"You want some bath toys, I'll have to grab your little bird friend."
Patty quickly rushed out of the bathroom and came back with Griffon in his plush form.
"Here you go."
Patty handed the plush to Vergil.
"(Hey Vergil you're not gonna put in water right, you know birds don't do well on water.)"
Griffon chuckled nervously.
" (I could...but I won't... I have other plans for you later."
Vergil smiled mischievously.
" (You're a sick kid, you know that.)"
Griffon responded nervously
"Alright the water seems to be at a decent level, let's get you in."
Patty started to remove the diaper from off Vergil and she placed the boy in the bathtub,
"Let's get you some bubbles."
Patty poured in some bubbles.
"Alright now let's get you cleaned off . "
Patty grabbed a washcloth, Vergil squinted his eyes to prepare for a rough scrub down but Patty was surprisingly gentle.
"Huh? "
Vergil was confused; he was so used to Dante's rough scrubbing when he bathes him but this feels nice.
Vergil sighed in relief as he slouched over.
"That feels good, Vergil?"
Patty smiled.
"Uh huh."
The toddler responded.
"Me wike wen sissy gif baff, Datay baff huwt."
Vergil said to Patty.
"His bath time hurt? "
Patty asked, a little concerned.
Vergil nodded.
" Datay wub too rough. "
Vergil explained to Patty.
" He needs to be more gentle, you're just baby with sensitive skin. "
Patty said as she continued to bathe the boy.
After the bath Patty out Vergil in a new diaper and a T-shirt.
" Alright now that you're all clean, what do you wanna do now?"
Patty asked the boy.
" Dunno."
Vergil responded.
" What do you do when you're bored?"
Patty asked.
" Datay wet me watch cartoon. "
Vergil replied.
"Oh that sounds good, we can stream a cartoon movie for you. "
Patty said as she went to look for a remote.
"(Stream a movie?)"
Vergil asked, unfamiliar with the concept of streaming.
"Does Dante not have a fire stick or something?"
Patty asked.
" Fire tick? "
Vergil said, confused.
"Yeah you use wifi to watch TV, how else do you guys watch TV?"
Patty asked.
Vergil walked over to the TV stand and pulled a VHS movie.
" Jeez, no wonder Dante is hardly up to date in the world, nothing in here was made past the 80's."
Patty pulled out her smartphone.
" How about you watch something on here?"
Patty handed Vergil her phone and the video started playing.
"(What is this thing, and what's this drivel playing, it's just a bunch of weird looking kids singing nursery rhymes...but yet I can't look away.)"
Vergil was practically glued to the phone screen.
"Yep, Cocomelon works on any baby."
Patty said as she looked around the living room.
"This place can use a bit of a modern touch up."
Patty said to herself.
"Sissy it go off."
Vergil said as he handed the phone back to Patty.
"Don't worry I'll play another video."
After another hour had passed the sounds of a loud motorcycle came from outside.
"I'm guessing that's Dante."
Patty said as she picked up Vergil.
"Datay back!"
Vergil perked up at hearing his brother's name.
Patty carried Vergil downstairs to see Dante unlocked the door s
and see him walk in.
"Hey guys, ya missed me."
Dante announced.
"Datay!"
Vergil reached his hands out to his older brother.
"Sorry to be out so long, Verge but hey I got a good chunk of cash so I probably won't need to go out for a while."
Dante said to the toddler.
"Dante, glad you're back."
Patty hugged the man.
"Good to see ya too Patty, he wasn't too much trouble was he?"
Dante asked, knowing of what he and Lady talked about over the phone a few days ago.
"He was great, this cutie was no trouble at all, he even called me his big sis."
Patty revealed to Dante.
Vergil blushed.
"Aww you're getting soft on us."
Dante teased the boy.
" Dante, since you're here we need to talk about updating this place, no Internet and you hardly clean the place. "
Patty scolded the elder half demon.
" I don't really know how all that stuff works, honest."
Dante defended.
"No worries, because tomorrow we're upgrading this place. "
Patty said to Dante.
" Fine if it'll make you happy."
Dante agreed so got Patty off his back.
"(He really lets all the women in his life run him)"
Vergil thought to himself.
" Now, I gotta get going but I'll be back tomorrow. "
Patty said as she was prepared to leave but Vergil grabbed her leg
"Sissy no weave."
Vergil said not wanting Patty to leave just yet.
"Aww Vergil don't worry I'll be back tomorrow, I promise."
Patty picked up the boy and handed him back to Dante.
"Otay, be hewe morrow."
Vergil demanded.
"I promise."
Patty said as she left.
"I'm glad you're getting along with her now.
Dante said to Vergil.
"She nicer ten ou."
Vergil pouted.
"If I wasn't nice then I guess you don't want the souvenir I got for."
Dante said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Vergil turned to Dante.
"Ou ged me somefing?"
Vergil asked, a little curious.
"Yeah, and I'll think you'll like it a lot."
Dante attempted to entice Vergil
"Wad is id!"
Vergil asked excitedly.
"Well I figured since you can't have Yamato at the moment, I got you this. "
Dante held out a small plastic toy sword to Vergil.
Vergil took the toy sword with slight disappointment
"(This is degrading.)"
"You don't like it, I can get you something else if you want."
Dante offered.
"No I wan id."
Vergil hugged the sword close to him.
"Well alright then."
Dante said as he backed away
"...Tanks"
Vergil said to his brother.
"Anytime Verge, now I want to talk with you about something."
Dante said as he picked up Vergil.
"Bout wad?"
Vergil asked.
"Lady told me about the use of your devil power activated a few days ago."
Dante explained to Vergil.
"Id accident."
Vergil answered as he turned away.
"I know it was an accident, but you gotta be careful, you can hurt somebody. Where's that toy?"
Dante asked as he looked around.
" My woom. "
Vergil answered.
"Cool, I just need to see it for a second."
Dante said as he walked upstairs to Vergil's nursery once both him and Vergil were in the room Dante picked up the plush bird.
"(What's he gonna do to me!?)"
Griffon asked Vergil worryingly.
" You can come out now. "
Dante said to the toy.
" (Shit is he on to us?)"
Griffon asked a little worried
" Toy nod talk Datay. "
Vergil said, trying to get Dante to drop the notion of Griffon being alive.
"Vergil, I know about your friend, don't worry I'm not gonna hurt him "
Griffon shifted to his regular form.
"How'd ya find out? "
Griffon asked the devil hunter.
"I kinda figured something was up when Vergil somehow got out of his chair, so what are you? "
Dante asked the bird.
"I dunno, the working theory is that we're a bunch of sludge that comes from Vergil's memories as Nelo Angelo. "
Griffon explained.
" We? There's more of you? "
Dante asked.
Vergil grabbed the cat plush of the black clay from off the floor and.
"Come oud, Datay knows."
Vergil said to the familiars.
Shadow morphed from its plush form to a panther cub and Nightmare turned into a small living slime in Vergil's hands.
"Well this is new, and potentially dangerous."
Dante rubbed the back of his head in confusion.
"We're not gonna hurt Vergil, he's our boss."
Griffon explained.
"Hmm I dunno."
Dante said.
"Pwease, wanna keep tem Datay!"
Vergil gave his brother puppy dog eyes.
"(What are you doing?!)"
Griffon asked Vergil.
"(Trying to keep you three, let me do this.)"
Vergil said to the familiar.
Dante sighed.
" Fine, they can stay. "
" Hell yeah!! "
Griffon explained.
" But don't use them to get your way, Verge, or I'll kick them out. "
Dante warned the boy.
"I promise. "
Vergil said as he crossed his fingers.
" Good, now since it's getting late and I'm pretty spent so let's call it a night, we got stuff to do tomorrow."
Dante said as he placed Vergil in his crib.
"Bud me nod tiwed."
Vergil whined
Dante pushed a pacifier into Vergil's mouth.
"It's late, you need to be in bed anyways."
Dante said to his brother.
Vergil pouted but not before he looked over to Dante before leaving the room.
"Datay."
Vergil called out to his brother.
"What's up Vergil?"
Dante turned to the toddler.
Vergil blushed as he slightly turned his head away.
"Me sweep wi ou?"
The toddler asked.
Dante smiled as he picked up Vergil.
"Of course."
Dante smiled as he began to carry Vergil off.
"My fwinds wan sweep too."
Vergil pointed to his familars
" Sure I guess."
Dante sighed.
"Hell yeah!"
Griffon shouted as he perched on Dante's shoulder.
"Don't get comfortable, we're not doing this every night."
Dante said to the bird as he started walking to his room.
