We all know the meme after this patch. (I say as I barely get into the game lmao) Miyabi is Vergil's daughter!? There are tons of images and even cool fanart of the two meeting. After some discussion with an online friend I decided to throw my hat into the ring. I hope you all can enjoy what will become crack moments as Miyabi (and the rest of ZZZ) eventually interacts with the DMC crew.
Edit: 03/19/2025 Continued Summary as is on AO3:
Vergil really was young... once upon a time. Nero's mother wasn't the only time he had succumbed to his... instincts. Though he'd argue each woman who did so was worthy to be a spouse. They simply... weren't greater than his need for power at the time. But who knew he'd be finding out about the consequences of their procreative activities when escaping from hell though?
Miyabi had grown up hearing from her mother about her father's abilities and how they left her mother in awe, and his own personality had called to her after that. It was saddening to hear that he had to leave and probably wouldn't return, but he had left her mother with the most important gift he could. Miyabi Herself. Now she had a chance to connect with her father and keep the spirit of her mother alive!
Wise has his work cut out for him. Why does it seem like he (and Belle sometimes) always get caught into these dramatic situations!? He just wanted to sit at home watching movies when he and his sister weren't investigating their... thing!
Wise hoped Eous wouldn't need repairs after this. The assessment to become an "Independent Hollow Investigator" was going so swimmingly before this "Section 6" appeared after that scary-looking Ethereal flew over them, and all but demanded - though he couldn't blame them when they had no carrot but who entered a hollow without a carrot!? - to help guide them through the Hollow and on their way back. Not to mention that they seemed to be getting closer and closer to what appeared to be an… anomaly fissure? It honestly looked like a tear in space, what with its weird cross shape, but maybe it was simply how fissures looked here in the Zero Zone; maybe it's how they formed after a hollow became big enough. ' What was its name again? Nineveh or something? ' Right Nineveh. She was slowing down now. Her… followers? Congregated around her.
"Where is she?" Harumusa groaned while huffing. His head on a swivel.
What were they chasing their chief now? Nineveh was right there!
"Huh! She's over there!" Harumusa shouted pointing upward in front of them. A small figure dashed to and fro above on the floating pillars and debris.
They all came to a stop, partly because the section of the ground they were running on broke apart. And mainly because of the spectacle of the fox woman handling the congregated Ethereals.
Wise felt like he couldn't blink or he'd miss such a beautiful thing.
Her running form as she sliced through the occasionally straggling ethereal was done with ease and looked almost like a dance. But when she reached the horde? Even with Eous' magnification features, he could only catch blue sparks and flashes as she tore through the horde in under 3 seconds before almost gliding into the sky and preparing one final slash above Nineveh. The wind seemed to coalesce upon her and her blade as her hair and body shined a glorious blue.
A giant BOOM rang out as an equally gigantic dusty blue haze suddenly flashed across Nineveh's form obscuring her and the chief.
A small figure bursted from the cloud of dust and landed, sheathing her katana with a huff.
The cloud where Nineveh was, eventually dispersed. Showing… her uninjured form. That large attack did nothing. Not even grabbing its attention. She was still staring at….
' Oh crap that really is a tear in space. Not just a normal fissure! ' Typically a fissure wouldn't show the other side it was connected to. The cross was opening up now and, thanks again to Eous' eyes he could see it showing what looked to be a decaying organic world made of flesh. Yeah, he needed to get these people out of here ASAP.
"Ennh-Na!?" Wise shouted through Eous speakers and moved to pester the pink-haired lady's, ' The Deputy Chief! ', leg.
"What? What is it?" Yanagi asked, distracted from trying to analyze how Nineveh was unharmed, before paying attention to a final "En!" with the bangboo's stubby arm pointing in front of Nineveh. Her face paled as the tear in space was opened up enough for a normal human to view its depths.
"Chief Miyabi, you need to fall back. Nineveh seems to be engrossed in whatever that gateway is! We can take the time to formulate a plan now that we know you cannot handle it in one go. Please heed my advice!" Yanagi shouted toward the distant fox woman.
With a huff, Miyabi dashed back toward the group in a flash of blue. "You make a sound case, Yanagi. My blade didn't even touch it before it was hit by some form of shield." She said with another huff, a cute frown on her face. "I am disgruntled by her lack of attention even after that last attack. But I suppose if she stays still it will help in our original task."
As Miyabi spoke, Nineveh suddenly shrieked in, what sounded like excitement, as the tear in space opened up enough for her to lean through. She reached out with her hand….
And was blasted back as a comparatively small black figure slammed into it throwing them both off course. Nineveh away from the group toward a group of buildings creating a cloud of dust as she crashed into the decrepit material with another screech. And the black figure's momentum slowed down so that they instead dropped to the ground.
They landed gracefully in a crouch, a ways away from the group, and stood up with a huff, clearly a male, as he held his own katana. A large one.
' An O-katana? ' Wise thought to himself.
He had silverish-white sweptback hair and stared at the tear in space with piercing blue eyes, not yet taking notice of the group of humanoids near it. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME DANTE!? WHO ASKS FOR A SERVICE AND KICKS SAID PERSON PROVIDING THE SERVICE!" The male voiced in a surprisingly still measured tone despite shouting loud enough for it to echo across the now silent space. The angered frown seemed to look somehow fitting on such a fair pale-skinned man. Combined with his black coat he came across as a very intimidating individual just from his presence alone.
Miyabi's breath hitched as she stared in wonder. But Wise had no time to think more on that.
Another male voice shouted back. "I STILL OWE YOU FOR THE AUDACITY OF LYING AND SAYING WE WERE EVEN EARLIER! NOW WE'RE NOT!" This time a red figure jumped from the tear in space, now wide open and showing a grim area with the decaying organic flesh now clear for all to see, and he covered the insane distance to land in front of the other man.
His own silverish-white hair was unkempt and drooped around his face. Combined with an equally unkempt beard he looked almost homeless. He had the same piercing blue eyes as the other man. But unlike the other man he was carrying a large 2-handed greatsword on his back. His red coat also seemed to fit the man's attitude in that it was a little grimy but not too different from what one can expect when coming from a world that looked disgusting and decaying. He almost looked clean coming from such a place. Whereas the black figure was immaculate.
"Excuse me." Yanagi cut in, looking nonplussed at the two humans, from her knowledge. "Where does the other side of that portal lead? And how did you two come to be wherever it is?" She wanted to ask more but decided not to overwhelm the two. Especially since they both looked combat capable and one of them was strong enough to have blasted Nineveh into a group of buildings by kicking the other. Who was unharmed physically.
"Eh?" The red-wearing man turned around to face the group. "Already made some friends Vergil?"
Miyabi's gaze became hyper-focused as she walked around the group to stare at the two men. Her fox ears were alert and at attention as her ruby eyes gazed forward. "Could it be…" She whispered, just under her breath. Only Eous specialized hearing picked it up, it was mainly implemented to help make sure they'd pick up distant Ethereals if ether readings weren't somehow working.
The black-coated man walked with measured steps to stand side-to-side, with a clear view one could tell that they were twins. Though age was showing how their own ways of living were affecting their appearance to create differences.
"Don't be dense Dante. After you kicked me into that…" He looked around confused as to what stopped his momentum but couldn't notice anything except a giant figure exiting a giant dust cloud. He turned his attention toward that instead of the group. "Well, I am assuming that thing. I would have had no time to meet anyone." Vergil looked around and his frown deepened. "I thought stopping the Qliphoth would have helped save Earth. But it looks like someone messed with gravity while we were gone, brother. I wonder if Nero is currently battling to solve whatever crisis is happening now. It's certainly not whatever that monstrosity is, that is causing all of this."
"Uh Vergil," Dante said with a pat on his brother's shoulder. "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. Didn't you say that your traversal could throw us who knows where? Even another universe?"
"Yes. I tried my best to open up a gateway toward Earth, however. I honed in on the connection I have with Nero as his father. I'm positive we're back." Vergil said, throwing back a glare the creature emerging from the dust looked like a threat.
"Well, that one short chick looks like a fox," Dante said off-handedly while pointing a finger at Chief Miyabi. Her face startled at being pointed out.
"A kitsune?" Vergil started in wonder and decided to look more closely at the group, noting Miyabi first he continued. "An Oni," He said, looking at Soukaku, "two humans," he said looking at Harumusa and Yanagi, "And a doll?" He said, noticing Eous.
"Excuse me," Yanagi began with a now irritated huff at being ignored. "I would like you both to answer my questions, please. Perhaps we can retreat to a safer place where Nineveh will not be a threat. And we can help each other unders–"
Yanagi was cut off by a howl as Nineveh burst forth from her previous position, dead set on attacking the one who dared get its attention, another horde of flying Ethereals following it.
Yanagi's face became determined. "Nevermind. We're in for a fight. I ask that you two assi–" She cut herself off at seeing the one named Vergil disappear and reappear in front of Nineveh in a clash as the horde surrounded him.
"Eh, you all just stay back. Vergil just needs to vent his frustrations real quick." Dante said with a shrug, not at all concerned with his brother being in a dangerous situation.
"What do you me–" Harumusa started to ask before shutting up as different balls of haze spread out over the horde.
Vergil's voice cut in, clipped and angered. "Scum!" He said, before in a flash of blue lines, the sounds of slicing broke through the atmosphere within the hazes as the horde was cleared in an instant. Their bodies slashed to pieces before disintegrating away. Leaving Vergil to stand on a floating pillar nearby in front of Nineveh. "Die." He commanded, with a scowl.
Wise almost missed it, but Vergil's form seemed to flicker before he turned around to the group, his katana, now unsheathed and leaving a faint blue glowing trail, snapped shut with a distinct " clink ".
The air around Nineveh's form rippled at first before reality was sliced apart, again in a series of blue lines as they appeared all over her body. They shined brightly for a moment and disappeared, wherein her Ethereal body, now cut to pieces, crashed into the floor.
"It must be," Miyabi whispered breathlessly. Causing Wise to turn Eous' head to stare at the now adoring hopeful look the fox thiren held.
"Show off." Dante teased as Vergil walked with measured steps back toward his brother.
Vergil huffed and straightened his coat. "I simply took out a large threat in the most efficient manner." His eyes gave one more disinterested glance over the Section 6 team and Eous. His gaze slightly lingered on Miyabi, a hint of confusion in his eyes from her differing look compared to her companions. He continued, "Now come Dante. Mythological creatures such as the ones in that group do not look as human as you would think in our universe. We must be in an alternate one. I'll pay extra attention to my connection with Nero this time. My mind must have drifted while I focused last time."
"Heh… you aren't going to kick me now first are you?" Dante said with a grin as he started to walk toward his brother.
"W-wait!" Miyabi suddenly shouted and stepped forward. Both men stopped and turned to look at her.
"M-Miyabi!" Yanagi whispered, voice urgent. You do not want to potentially antagonize whatever force of nature that man was, is what she wanted to say. But in the silence, it'd be liable to be heard.
A nervous, yet excited smile now on Miyabi's face; she even held a slight blush. Her ears constantly twitched as she stepped forward but once she was close enough after seeing them both stop, she bowed forward, deeply toward Vergil. "I-it's an honor to meet you…"
Vergil's eyebrow raised at seeing the kitsune perform a respectful gesture and then his face twisted into shock at her next words.
"...Father." She said happily, her ears twitching again clearly in happiness as she stood up to face him happily.
"Father!?" Harumusa and Yanagi said confusedly.
"Miyabi's Dad!?" Soukaku squealed in joy.
"Fa- Ennha!?" Wise himself said, startled. Why would Miyabi's father be from a different universe?
Dante hummed and breathed deeply. After a moment he snapped his eyes open. "Ohhhhhhh snap. Nero's not gonna like having his daddy's attention divided like this. Any other children you have that we should be on the lookout for Vergil?" Dante said, immediately catching the teasing material this would bring after verifying it his own way. She smelled like Vergil after some focusing.
Vergil for his part was still silent as his mind rapidly went through his memories to try and explain this woman saying she was his progeny, already verifying it for himself. Now that he was aware, there was a certain resonance, thanks to the blood of Sparda, between him and her. Did he really have children other than Nero? Impossi– Well there was…
Across the multiverse, a series of sneezes sounded.
Miyabi was still beaming at Vergil as she waited for his response.
"I… I need a moment." Vergil declared before summoning his favorite chair.
"Oooohhhhh Yanagi. Remind me to get one of these when we return. It looks so… comforting." Miyabi said in awe as her father sat down in a simple white plastic chair. How had she never seen the usefulness of such a device!?
I hope that was enjoyable! Thank you for reading this far!