I scrapped my old story (The Sorrow), keeping some plot points that I was working on and the characters. Hoping this runs smoother.

A review would be greatly appreciated if you are willing.

I definitely do not own the characters of Devil May Cry.

Dante walked ahead of his twin and saw the neon light of the sign of his shop still bright, the "D" of Devil flickering gently.

"That is your shop?" Vergil asked, Dante glanced back to his twin and nodded. Vergil rolled his eyes. "Devil May Cry? Do you cry regularly?" Vergil teased as stepped up beside Dante who stopped before the doors of the shop.

"Shut it. I cried when you went to the demon realm and that's all I'm going to say." Dante huffed, he heard Vergil chuckle quietly.

"Does my little brother need to be coddled and cooed at? Come here." Vergil smirked and Dante pushed his twin's hands away and walked up the steps into the office.

"I wonder which of those two crazy bitches have taken over?" Dante mused and carefully opened it.

Vergil walked up the steps and stared at Date with a raised eyebrow.

Dante shrugged, "They both like to shoot me, regularly." Vergil smiled at that comment and pushed Dante aside and went in first.

Dante took a deep breath, but heard no shots and so walked in. The lights were on, the jukebox was playing an old tune that Dante was happy to hear playing. He looked around, everything looked in order. And tidy, Patty must've swung by a couple of times. Dante then saw his brother walk to this desk.

"What is that?" Vergil asked and Dante walked over and saw the open laptop. The pink case on the laptop gave it away who was in the office. Fluffy pen set on top of a notebook. "Does this person not know how to use a normal pen?" Vergil picked up the offensive pen, examined it and put back down.

"Patty loves all things pink and cute." Dante explained. "Now, where is she I wonder." Dante hummed as he walked around the desk and went to the bar and looked over the counter, no Patty hiding there. He went to the kitchen, a soft fragrance of something cooking in the oven wafted to his nose. He returned to the main open area to see Vergil lifting the laptop.

"What does this do? It looks electronic." Vergil put it back down and pushed a random key. Dante walked over and closed the lid and Vergil, who had bent over to look at it, raised his head. "I wasn't done with that."

"I'll show you another time. I keep forgetting that you know next to nothing about modern technology. Wait until you see cellphones now, like a little computer."

"Is this a computer? It's much smaller than the one Mother bought when we were children. What is a cellphone?" Vergil tilted his head to the side.

"Wait here, I'm going to check upstairs for Patty. She has a habit of sleeping in my bed when I'm not here." Dante patted Vergil on the shoulder and headed toward the stairs. Vergil reached out for the laptop and Dante growled, gripping the banister, ready to jump over and onto his twin. "Don't touch that. Go change the music on the jukebox, there might be something that you like."

"I doubt it." Vergil went over to the jukebox and pressed on a key that intrigued him. Symphony 9 started to play, "How melancholy of you, brother. Did you play this and thought about me, your dear brother?" Vergil smirked and sat down at the bar, placing Yamato on the bar top.

Dante opened his bedroom door; the room was dark and empty. He did notice that there was a teddy bear near his pillow and that the bed was tidily made. Patty stop sleeping in my bed when I'm not here. Brat. He thought as he also saw the large duffel bag of clothes on the floor by the bed. He closed the door and continued down the hall. He opened the door to Trish's old room, now just the spare room, it was empty too. Neither Trish nor Lady's belongings in there.

Dante closed that door too and went further down the hall, he didn't bother with his Devil Arms' room, she wouldn't go in there. Last place, bathroom. Dante approached the door and could hear the water running. Jackpot.

"Patty, stop wasting all of my hot water!" He hollered at the closed door. He heard a squeak and then what sounded like a foot slipping and a body hitting the floor of the shower. He frowned and opened the door. Patty shrieked at him and he closed the door quickly after seeing everything and that she was okay. He heard the water turn off and a few minutes later, Patty threw the door open, hair wrapped in a towel and wearing a large fluffy robe.

"How dare you walk in there?! I was naked!" Patty glared up at him, lips pouting.

"I've seen it all on other women. Trust me, you have nothing new. Besides, was I supposed to not check on you after you fell?" He glared down at her, crossing his arms.

"You should always know when a lady is showering! God, you're still pathetic!" She huffed and pushed pass him. He turned after her and caught her easily and let his chin rest on top of the towel.

"Sorry, I'll ask next time if I may make sure you are okay." He let his arms wrap around her shoulders, she froze in his grasp.

"Dante…who's that?" Patty squeaked out as Vergil walked up the stairs and approached them with a bored expression on his face. She blinked at the similarities, except the style of hair and dress.

"That's Vergil, my twin brother." Dante let Patty go. She whipped to glare back up at him.

"Augh! You didn't warn me that he was here!" She screamed at him before marching to Dante's room and slamming the door.

"Curious girl." Vergil stated as he looked at the closed door. "Doesn't seem your type."

"I saved her life when she was a kid, I was her guardian for awhile. She stays here when she wants to." Dante shrugged and leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. Vergil's face unreadable.

"Curious." Vergil hummed slowly. "And you let her sleep in your bed?"

"She does it when I am not here." Dante growled, Vergil merely raised a hand and passed him, still carrying Yamato in his other hand.

"I'm assuming I may use the facilities." Vergil said as he walked down the hallway toward the bathroom.

"Yeah, do what you like. I'll grab you some clean clothes and a towel." Dante heard Vergil stop at the bathroom door.

"Thank you, Dante." Dante halted and looked over his shoulder. Vergil then turned and pointed down to Dante's door with Yamato. "Be careful with that one, brother."

"What the fuck does that mean?" Dante hissed at his twin and Vergil smirked.

"That is a pretty young woman and you are a Devil who reached maturity, don't let hormones get the best of you." Vergil explained as if to a child.

"Says the idiot who had a child at nineteen." Dante snapped back. Vergil shrugged and went into the bathroom, closing the door gently.

Dante turned around and went to his bedroom. He knocked on the door. Patty saying, "Enter." Dante walked in, the light was on and Patty was sitting on the bed in shorts and a tank top, brushing her long hair out with a comb to get rid of the tangles. Dante went to the dresser and pulled out a pair of sweat for Vergil. "Dante, why didn't you come back right away?" Patty asked softly and Dante turned around and looked at her carefully. Her eyes were on him, they looked sad. Dante walked up to her and knelt before her.

"Sorry, lost track of time down there." He cupped her cheek and her lip quivered and she threw herself into his arms. He fell backwards and she landed on him, face buried in his neck. He could hear her softly crying. He let go of the sweats and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Patty, look at me." Patty leaned up, hands going to his shoulders so he could look at her better as she sniffled and leaned up. He moved a hand and pushed the wet bangs out of her face and frowned. "How many birthdays have I missed?" He noticed that the soft youthful features of Patty were gone and that she was an adult now, features more angular like her mother's.

"You've missed six." She pouted and got off of him. "Morrison's retired now. I took over running the office. Trish and Lady come by when I have a job for them that is too much for me to do on my own."

"You're what?" Dante sat up and stared up at her. Twenty-four. Shit, she's going to make me buy here all the sundaes possible. He shook his head. He looked at her as she stood up and went to the door.

"I'm going to check on dinner. Nero was going to swing by this evening. He just finished up his assignment and was going to collect his payment for a job that neither Trish nor Lady wanted to take. I'm sure he will be pleased to see the both of you." She smiled over her shoulder and left the room. Dante shook his head with a smile and a huff. He picked up the sweats, found a shirt in the closet and went to the linen closet down the hall.

He didn't bother knocking on the bathroom door. The water was running on full heat. "Hey, Nero's coming by, apparently he had an assignment and was collecting pay from Patty this evening." Dante said as he placed the clothes on the closed toilet cover and the towel in easy reach of his twin. Dante crossed his arms and looked over at his twin. Vergil ignored him and lathered his hair up, his back to his younger twin seen through the glass doors. "You gonna ignore me?"

"I was hoping to shower in peace." Vergil said softly.

"Sure. I'm going to use the shower downstairs." Dante huffed and left the bathroom, closing the door shut. He heard Vergil sigh heavily. Not ready to face him. It only feels like we were down there for a few months. Shit, Nero's going to be pissed.

Please let me know what you think. So the boys were in the demon world for a while, people will be pissed off with them!