Falling out of darkness and into light

Chapter 7: Devils Never Cry

The twins lay on the ground, unconscious and severely wounded. Two pools of blood had formed around them, staining their coats and the ground. The fight that they had just fought, had taken everything out of them and both were very close to death. Mundus towered over them, looking pleased with himself, for he had been the one who had ultimately caused all of this. By forcing the twins to fight, he had not only gotten rid of the chance of himself being defeated, but had also weakened the Sons of Sparda just enough to allow him to make them his servants.

But what was unknown to Mundus, was the fact that both twins had regained consciousness and were slowly regaining their strength.

Dante stirred and opened his eyes slightly; he knew that it was only a matter of time before he and his twin would be finished off by Mundus. He could sense though their twin connection that Vergil was awake, so to the surprise of the demon emperor, he sat up and then used Rebellion to haul himself into a standing position. Beside him, the older twin did the same with Force Edge.

Mundus looked shocked at their sudden recovery, "How are you able to get up?"

"That's our secret" said Vergil. He sheathed Force Edge on his back.

"Yeah, so you can't know" said Dante. The truth is, both twins had no idea how they got up, but they both figured that it was their human sides that were keeping them going.

Mundus growled, "So what are you going to do? You're too weak to fight me."

Vergil smirked, "That's for you to find out."

"Now, like I said before" Dante started, sheathing Rebellion. "Get out of our way, or there'll be some consequences."

Mundus laughed, "Like what?"

"Like this!" the twins said in unison. They charged at Mundus; Dante had got Ebony & Ivory from his holsters and Vergil was ready with a couple of Summoned Swords. Although they seemed to be ready to fight, the Sons on Sparda were actually planning on getting though the Hell Gate behind Mundus.

Dante began using Air-trick to distract the demon emperor, while Vergil went to activate the Hell Gate. The younger twin teleported on to Mundus' right shoulder, "Hey there" he taunted. The prince of darkness tried to catch him in his left hand, but Dante was too quick for him. "You're really slow, you know that?" said Dante. Mundus growled in frustration.

Meanwhile, Vergil had got to the Hell Gate; he activated it and then looked around for his twin, "Dante, come on let's go!" he yelled.

"Okay!" the younger twin replied. He jumped from his position on Mundus' left hand and entered the portal to the human world with Vergil. The demon emperor tried to grab the twins but Dante just shot at his hand with Ebony & Ivory. "Oh no you don't." The younger twin aimed for the third eye on his forehead and fired. The bullet seemed to travel in slow motion as it went towards its target; Mundus tried to block it with his hand, but was unsuccessful. The bullet hit its target and Mundus cried out in pain. He staggered backwards and the portal started to close.

Vergil fired a couple of swords at him for good measure and then focused on the fact that he and Dante were about to crash land on top of Temen-Ni-Gru.

The older twin paled slightly, "Dante…"

"What?" the younger half-demon turned to look at what Vergil was looking at. "Oh no."

Vergil hit the top floor of Temen-Ni-Gru and Dante landed on top of him...Again.

The older twin groaned, "Okay Dante, that's officially the last time we use a Hell Gate."

"I agree, but next time don't go to hell, because trust me I don't want to drag your ass back from there ever again" said Dante. He stood up and brushed himself off. Vergil did the same.

Suddenly, Temen-Ni-Gru started to shake and collapse. The twins looked at each other, then ran to the edge of the tower and jumped off. They started running along the parts of the tower that were falling off. As they were running, Dante spotted Kalina Ann, which was falling along with them. He ran across a slab of stone, grabbed the rocket launcher and then prepared for a rough landing.

The Sons of Sparda landed on a pile of rubble, which had once been Temen-Ni Gru, in a not very graceful manner. Luckily for Vergil, Dante didn't land on him this time.

Lady came up behind them and pulled out one of her guns and pointed it at Vergil. "What in hell are you doing here?" she asked bitterly.

Dante turned around, "Hey, don't shoot! He's good now."

Lady raised an eyebrow, "Really?" she asked, not sure whether or not to believe him.

"Yeah, I swear" said Dante. Vergil laughed a little, "What's wrong with you?"

"You've never had a good way with women, have you brother?" the older twin asked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" the younger twin asked.

Lady lowered her gun; it seemed that Dante's twin really had come to the good side, but then again he'd never been evil, not truly anyway. No, true evil was what Arkham had been and hopefully, nothing like that would ever happen again.

Dante and Vergil jumped down from the pile of rubble they were standing on. Dante walked over to Lady with Kalina Ann and was about to give it to her when he decided there was something he had to ask.

"No late charges I hope" he said.

"Hmm...I'll think about it" said Lady. Dante handed her the rocket launcher and then walked up to Vergil, who was staring up at the sky.

"We should be fine for now, but I'm sure they'll be back soon...very soon" said the younger twin. Vergil remained silent and earned a concerned glance from Dante. The red clad then noticed that a tear was rolling down Vergil's left cheek; he didn't need to ask what was upsetting him, because though their connection he already knew; the blue clad was thinking about their parents. Dante felt his pain and he too, let a tear roll down his cheek.

Lady walked up to them and saw the tears on their faces, "Are you two crying?" she asked.

The twins turned their faces away from her, "It's only the rain" Dante explained.

Lady held a hand out to see if there were any raindrops, but of course, there were none. "The rain already stopped" she said.

"Devils never cry" said Dante. He stepped away from her a bit.

"I see" said Lady. She knew that something had happened up in the tower that was to do with the twins' family, but didn't want to push it any further. "Maybe somewhere out there, even a devil may cry when he loses a loved one, don't you think?"

"Maybe"

Lady figured that the twins needed to take their minds off the subject they were dwelling on. And what could be better than the approaching demons? "By the way" she raised her hand pistol and fired three shots, which hit three Hell Prides in their heads and killed them. "Looks like, we're gonna be busy for a while" she pulled out her sub-machine gun.

The twins seemed to have a wakeup call, "Well bring it on" said Dante. He looked at his twin and they shared a smirk. "We love this" they said in sync, "This is what we live for!" Dante pulled out Ebony & Ivory and Vergil unsheathed Yamato slightly.

"We're absolutely crazy about it!"

What happened next? Nothing really, we took care of all the remaining devils and that was it.

Dante and Vergil backed away from their shop, smiling. Dante now wore a red trench coat, with a red waist coat, a black shirt underneath, black gloves and knee high black boots with red trousers. Vergil had a royal blue coat which he wore with dark navy trousers, a blue waist coat with the snake-like design from his old coat on it, dark brown boots a black shirt and dark brown gloves.

I still have a job to do that's far from done, which is to eliminate every last demon. I need to ensure that monsters like my father never come about again. And they promised to help me hunt down the demons, even though their part ones themselves. But now I realize that there are humans as evil as any devil, as well as kind and compassionate demons in this universe.

The twins walked back inside the shop, which had been completely renewed since it was destroyed. Dante went and kicked the chair behind the desk and sat down with his feet up and Vergil surprisingly, copied his actions, sitting on a new chair that had been placed behind the desk.

At least I've found two so-called devils, who are able to shed tears for those they care about. That's enough for me to believe in them.

"Now we can start our business" said Dante, looking at the inside of the shop.

"You got that right" said Vergil.

Oh, speaking of these kind devils, they finally decided on a name for their shop, it took them quite a while to pick one.

The phone in the office started ringing. Dante slammed his heel on the table and the receiver flew into the air. He then caught it with his right hand.

Wanna know the name?

"Devil May Cry" Dante answered.

"Sons of Sparda" Mundus growled, "I will return and I will seek out my revenge on you."

That's it. It's finished! But will be continued in: To fill a dark soul with light. I hope someone enjoyed it and thanks for reading, reviewing, adding to favourites and all that stuff!