A/N: ok the story got re-updated and the first two chapter got also united. For the beta-reading and the considering for a re-update I would like to thank Eric Draven201
I. Prologue
It was an eventless day in the city as Patty arrived at the office of Devil May Cry to lecture Dante about cleaning his stuff up after eating. As she arrived she already thought that something wasn't right. On the door stood "closed" in big bold letters.
Walking inside with her key which Morrison gave her she noticed that everything looked untouched since that time she and her mother went away for a holiday. Looking around for any sign of Dante she come again across of the picture of a beautiful young woman, after meting Trish she thought that she was on the picture, but the demoness told her that the woman in the picture was not she, but a woman by the name Eva. After she asked Trish who she was she told her that Eva was Dante's mother who was killed by a demon attack many years ago. At that moment she felt bad for Dante, she got her mother back, but he never will.
Since that day was she more often in the office.
"Dante." She called his name, but only the silence answered her. "Now where could he be?" She asked herself while looking around. His guns and sword were still there tucked in a corner, which meant that he was home, the only question was where. Then it suddenly hit her, his bedroom.
Running up the stairs happily she soon stood in front of his bedroom door. Twisting the handle carefully, she slowly poked her head inside the darkened room. There on the bed she finally spotted a familiar crest of silver hair. Sneaking cautiously into the room she went up to the bed and looked down smiling at the half blood.
"Dante, wake up." She whispered carefully in his ear, but said man only stirred a bit and snuggled deeper in his bed. "Dante, wake up."
No response.
Patty sighed heavily, this one needs drastic measures. With that she jumped full force on the bed landing right on Dante who immediately woke up.
"Patty!" he yelled shocked.
"Finally, you are awake." She said smiling; completely forgetting that she was still laying on the top of Dante, who on the other hand clearly noticed and a strange heat begun to flow through his body. "Dante are you ok?" she asked while touching his face with her petite hand. "You are hot!" she exclaimed in astonishment. Now that comment made the heat even worse.
"E…Excuse me?" Dante asked, taken aback.
"You have fever… don't worry I will stay and get you healthy again." She said, but then blushed immediately as she finally noticed the position they were in and jumped down. Strangely, Dante felt a bit disappointed, but he shrugged it off.
"Patty, lock the front door every time you come and leave." He said firmly.
He was feeling in the last days rather strange and he thought that it was safer to be locked in, he even told Morrison to not come. Trish and Lady were out of the city for while so they wouldn't come, but the young woman was another case, strangely he wanted her to be here by him; but why?
"Why?" she asked confused.
"Because I feel better knowing that it is locked." He said.
"Ok, I will go and get you some pizza and strawberry ice cream." She said smiling and run out of the room, Dante looking after her…
It had now become routine for Patty to go to Dante's in the morning and return home at sunset. They always talked and joked with each other, more than they ever did since the half demon was assigned to guard her, which would be ten years and two days ago and counting. But beside the great time they had and the stronger bond they formed with each other, Patty was still worried about Dante's strange behavior.
In all those two weeks the demon hunter didn't leave his office-home even for a second, he would wait for her every time at the door which she always needed to lock. Dante was always nice and gentle to her, which made her often blush and the strange body heat from which her first impression was fever, but after a while she dismissed the idea. So if this wasn't a human sort of problem then it must be something from his demon side. After this thought, Patty decided that she would go to the library tomorrow and find everything out about demons and their behaviors.
As decided, she called Dante after waking up to tell him that she had plans for today and would visit him tomorrow. She was sure that she heard him growl when he asked if she had a date, she knew that he was joking, but the growl was real. She immediately assured him that she only going to the library. He seemed to calm down after hearing that and wished her fun. After hanging up she looked a bit confused at the telephone, Dante wasn't usually the kind person to have mood swings.
In the library she grabbed every book which had demonology as theme and began reading them. She was growing frustrated after the fourth book, but then she found it.
"After reaching a certain age, demons usually go into heat as often as animals. In such times they are searching for a possible mate which they choose to the duration of heat or for a lifetime. After finding a mate, demons tend to act rather possessive about that being and are rather protective and caring. In such times is it rather dangerous to stand between a demon and the mate candidate, since this can easily bring death as a possible result.
Demons in heat are easy to recognize. Because of the body heat that spreads, people often misinterpret it as fever. Demons in heat usually mark their mates with symbol which normally means that they bite the neck of their mate. The wound disappears in the time of two hours, but demons can still see the symbol and usually leave the mate alone if they don't want to get in a fight.
The race of the mate itself isn't important; it can be any living creature. There are even some male demons that choose a male as their mate. This is easily explained that some demons are double gendered and can even breed alone if needed.
The heat time of demons usually takes a timeline of two weeks and three days. This happens only once a year at the time of full moon. The time of heat occurs for every creature with the blood of a demon in their veins…"
Patty closed the book; she now had the answer. But what now; what should she do? Dante was in heat and it looked as if he had chosen her as his mate. She blushed at the thought; she was may have been eighteen, but she felt bit too young for this.
On that night she had trouble falling asleep. Too many questions were floating through her head. Dante has chosen her to be his mate, but would this have happened if Lady or Trish were here? Patty had recently begun college and was possibly too immature to have an intimate relationship with someone much older then her. Was she prepared for that type of commitment? Would her mother approve? Did she feel for Dante in the same way he did? Or are his feelings only controlled by his blood…
After a while she finally fell in a dreamless sleep. Waking the next morning, she swiftly dressed and after a quick breakfast and a little stop for strawberry ice cream she headed out to see Dante.
Reaching the office, she opened the door and walked inside to find Dante already patiently waiting for her, smiling.
"Hello, Patty." He said continually smiling. The young woman felt her checks turn pink.
"Hello Dante, I brought you your favorite ice cream." She said and put the ice cream on the coffee table, but halted as she spotted a little black box wrapped with a deep red ribbon around it. "What is this?" she asked curiously.
"A little present for you, on the anniversary of our first meeting," he said, walking towards her to hand her the box. Opening it, she found a beautiful medallion in it with a crimson jewel in the middle. "I hope you like it." He said and placing the necklace around her neck.
"I love it, but I don't have a present for you…" she said in a guilty voice.
"Your presence is already my present." Dante purred as he put both his hands on her shoulders making the young woman shiver with anticipation.
"Da…Dante…" Patty said as she backed away from him. "I know that you are in heat, but I…I'm too yo…young…" she said frightened, back against the wall. Dante smiled and kneeled down in front of her.
"Then, I will wait till you are ready Patty, but allow me please to mark you as my mate..." He said softly and looked deep in her blue eyes making her heart beat faster against her chest.
"I…I allow it…" she said and squeezed her eyes close tightly as Dante carefully pulled the neck part of her blouse away to get access to her neck and bit down hard with his sharpened teeth, drawing blood which he licked up tenderly. Patty yelped in pain and hugged the half blood tightly, little tears of pain escaping her eyes which Dante kissed away softly.
"I'm ready." He whispered to her and sat down on the couch, Patty sitting in his lap, head resting on the firm chest. "Patty…" he whispered after some minutes to her.
"Yes?"
"Promise me that you will be loyal to me…" he said and hugged her slender form closer to his.
"I promise…" she whispered while listening to Dante's heartbeat falling slowly in a comfortable sleep filled pleasant dreams, feeling protected in the arms of her mate.
To be continued…
A/N: nothing to say expect that we will have a time skip in the next chapter so Patty will be already 18 years old…