Nero walked through the pouring rain. He was looking for a place to stay as he had left Fortuna as the people there weren't happy with him being part-demon. He had packed only his weapons before departing from the island. Nero had decided that covering his Devil Bringer would be a good idea so he wore a long sleeved jacket and a pair of gloves. This way no one would know he was part demon. Nero walked into a new town and was immediately greeted with the sound of gunfire. He turned and saw a black haired girl aiming a gun at him.
"What are you doing here Demon?" she asked
Nero looked relatively confused. How had she known he was part demon and who was she? Instead of answering her, Nero decided to ask his own question.
"Who are you?" he asked
"The name is Lady" she said "now are you going to answer me"
"Why I am here is none of your business" Nero said "but since you were kind enough to tell me your name I will tell you mine, I am Nero"
Lady was ready to fire but suddenly there was water in her face and when she looked back to where Nero had been he was gone. Lady cursed herself for allowing the water to distract her, although she was curious how he had gotten away without a sound when the ground was so wet. Nonetheless Lady headed over to Devil May Cry. When she got there she knocked as hard as she could. When she got no answer she decided to kick the door open herself, she looked in and saw Dante sleeping at his desk like always.
"Dante Get Up You Lazy Ass" Lady yelled
Dante opened one eye and looked at Lady. She stormed over to him and slammed her hands down on the desk. The first thing Dante noted was that Lady was both mad and soaking wet. He raised an eyebrow at her and waited for her to tell him why she was there.
"There is a demon lurking around that is both really fast and a smartass" Lady said
Dante wanted so badly to laugh, but he knew if he did he would only end up with a bullet in his head. Which wouldn't kill him, but it still hurts.
"And why are you telling me this?" Dante asked
He was both bored of the little play she was putting on, and curious about whom this demon was. Lady stood up straight and folded her arms across her chest.
"Because you are also a little smartass and I figured you wouldn't want any competition" Lady stated
This time Dante couldn't help but laugh. Lady waited for him to shut up so she could finish telling him what she had started. When she realized Dante probably wasn't going to shut up she just continued talking.
"Look he looks kind of like you and he said his name is Nero" Lady said
Dante immediately stopped laughing and actually looked serious.
"Did you say his name was Nero?" Dante asked
"Yes" Lady said
Now it was Lady's turn to be curious. Dante jumped out of his chair, grabbed his weapons and headed out the door. Lady was left standing there confused.
Dante ran through the pouring rain, he was letting his inner demon sniff out Nero's demon side.
Trish walked up to Devil May Cry and noticed the doors were open. That wasn't a good sign because Dante never left the doors open. Trish ran up and saw Lady just standing there like she was stunned. Trish walked over and tapped Lady on the shoulder, breaking the Demon hunter out of her trance.
"Are you okay?" Trish asked
"Uh yeah Im fine" Lady said
"Where's Dante?"
"He just took off" Lady said
Trish looked confused, since when did Dante just take off?
"He left when I told him there was a demon named Nero in town" Lady said
"Wait Nero is here?" Trish asked
"Wait you know who he is too" Lady said
Trish started laughing before she led Lady out and they went out to search for Nero also.
Nero was running down the street, he was looking for anywhere he could stay without drawing a whole bunch of attention. The young hunter wasn't watching and so when he turned the corner he smacked right into someone, causing him to fall back onto the ground. Nero immediately jumped to his feet and realized he had run into none other then Dante.
"So what are you doing here, kid?" Dante asked
Nero almost growled but stopped and gave Dante a slight glare.
"What do you care?" Nero retorted
"Oh come on, kid" Dante said "what dragged you all the way over here?"
Nero was silent; he wasn't really in the mood to talk to Dante about what happened. However after being in the cold rain for so long he knew he had most definitely caught a cold. And just to emphasize what he was thinking, he sneezed and Dante laughed.
"Looks like you caught a cold" Dante said
Soon Trish and Lady had caught up with Dante; Nero sensed another Demon's presence, which caused him to look around until he caught sight of Trish and Lady. Nero pulled out Blue Rose and Dante curiously turned around and saw he was aiming at Lady, who was aiming back at him. Dante and Trish positioned themselves between the two.
"Okay you two play nice" Dante said
He then turned to Lady.
"Nero here is going to be stay with me so…" Dante said
"Wait I'm What?" Nero interjected
"You're going to stay with me" Dante said
"Oh not on your life" Nero argued
"If you don't it might cost your life"
"OH yeah…"
Right in the middle of what Nero was saying he sneezed. Dante then grabbed Nero by the arm.
"You are coming with me before you catch something worse than a cold" Dante said
Nero was strong but not strong enough to pull away from Dante. There was a person walking by with an umbrella and as Dante passed he took the umbrella right out of their hand.
"Sorry I need to borrow this" Dante said as he and pulled Nero down the street
The girl had long ice blue hair. She looked slightly mad that the umbrella was taken but not mad enough to shout after them, instead she sighed and continued to where she was going.
Dante held the umbrella over him and Nero as they walked back to Devil May Cry. When they got inside Dante let go of Nero and let him kind of wander around. Dante went up the stairs and then soon returned, he was holding some extra clothes. Nero turned and as soon as he did Dante tossed him the clothes.
"Get changed" Dante said
Nero simply nodded and sneezed again before walking into the bathroom. He soon came out dressed in the same clothes Dante wears everyday. Nero and Dante looked at each other and realized that they looked like twins.
"Hey I don't want to look like you, Old man" Nero said
"Too late, kid" Dante said
Nero was about to say something back when the door opened. Lady and Trish walked in, Trish wanted to laugh at the sight of Nero and Dante looking like twins, and however Lady didn't find it so funny.
"Oh hell no" she said "I cannot stand two Dantes"
Nero scowled at the comment and went up the stairs. Dante just laughed as Nero stalked off. Lady and Trish discussed a few demon related problems with Dante before they left. Soon after that Nero came back down and sat upon the couch. A couple of hours later Dante looked up from the magazine and saw that Nero had fallen asleep sitting on the couch. Dante let a smile cross his face, seeing Nero look so peaceful. Dante walked over and picked up the young hunter and carried him up to the extra room.
The next morning Nero woke up in a bed, and he wondered what had happened. Hadn't he fallen asleep on the couch? Nero yawned and then walked down the stairs where he found Dante sitting at his desk with a magazine and a strawberry sundae. Nero eyed the sundae before walking over and taking a bite of it.
"Hey that's mine" Dante said
"Too late to get it back now" Nero said with a smirk
Dante scoffed and then leaned back in his chair. Before anything could be done a demon jumped through the wall. Dante grabbed the closest thing, which was the umbrella he had taken from that girl, and fought the demon off. Surprisingly Dante was able to take the demon out with just the umbrella; however the umbrella did not survive the fight.
"By the way your clothes are dry" Dante said
"Finally" Nero said
Nero picked up his clothes which were lying on the couch. Nero headed into the bathroom to change, while he was in there, there was a knock at the door. Dante wasn't going to answer but whoever was there wasn't going away, as they continued to knock. As Nero walked out of the bathroom the front door was kicked open. Dante sat up straight to see a girl with short black hair and behind her was a girl with shoulder length pink hair and the girl he had taken the umbrella from.
"Maybe You Should Answer the Door Next Time" the girl with black hair shouted
Nero was standing there with a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"That was pretty good for a girl" Dante said
The girl ignored the comment and walked right up to Dante, with the two others following.
"Are you Dante the devil hunter?" she asked
"Yes I am" Dante answered
"Well we have a little demon problem" the girl with ice blue hair said
"Hey can I have that sundae?" the pink haired girl asked
Dante ignored the pink haired girl and continued to eat his sundae.
"I really don't feel like taking a job today" Dante said
"Hell you are lazy Dante" Nero said
"Hey by the way where is that umbrella you took from me" the ice blue haired girl asked
Dante chuckled as he remembered fighting off a demon with it and destroying it.
"I have a question" Nero said "who are you girls and what are you doing here?"
"I am Shakira" the black haired girl said
"I'm Crystal" the blue haired girl said
"My name's Rose" the pink haired girl said
"We are here because we have a demon problem and figured he might be able to help us" Crystal said
Dante continued looking at his magazine; Nero was fed up with Dante being stupid and so Nero took the magazine and threw across the room before taking the sundae and walking to the couch. Dante had an utterly distraught look on his face.
"Shit Kid what do you want?" Dante asked a little angry
"For you to shut the hell up with your lazy ass attitude and listen to their problem and then fix it" Nero said
Dante glared at Nero who glared right back.
"Give back my damn sundae and I will do the job" Dante said
Nero tossed the sundae over to Dante and then the girls explained that there was a demon in their little village a little ways out of the city. This demon was supposedly killing teens for unknown reasons. As Dante got up and was ready to leave he turned to Nero
"Get up, kid" Dante said "you're coming with"
Nero glared but got up and followed them out.
It wasn't long before the entered the village, Nero and Dante could already feel the presence of the demon. The three girls watched as Nero and Dante observed everything and everyone.
"So who does this demon like to attack?" Dante asked
"It seems to attack Teens" Crystal said
"Well Nero" Dante said "this is all on you to draw him out."
"What?" Nero asked "Why me?"
"Because you are still a teen and can fight back when the demon shows up" Dante said
Nero sighed, he knew this was the best option but he still didn't like it.
Later that night Nero was sitting out at the graveyard. He was told to sit and wait for the demon to show its face. He had his arm hidden so anyone who came back wouldn't notice it. He was leaning against a gravestone when someone started to walk up to him. His Devil Bringer was alerting him to the fact that this person was a demon. Nero just waited until the person came into sight. This person was a girl with long red hair, her eyes were a sapphire blue and she wore a white nightgown. She began to try and entice Nero; however he knew that she was a demon and that kept him on his toes. Nero stood and smirked at her; she smiled and reached towards him. Nero grabbed her arm with his Devil Bringer and then tossed her to the other side of the gravesite. She stood up and looked a bit stunned.
"Why would you throw a poor girl?" she asked
"I'm not throwing a poor girl" Nero said "I'm throwing a demon"
"So you saw through me" she said
She then transformed into a mermaid/serpent demon. Nero chuckled and then pulled out Yamato.
"Bring it" Nero said
Dante and the three girls were sitting at an inn when they heard an explosion. They ran up to the graveyard and found Nero fighting his best against the demon, which was quite swift for its size. Dante was considering joining the fight but he decided to sit and watch instead. Nero was finally able to keep the demon still, and while it was still he plunged Red Queen through its throat and then pulled out his Blue Rose and fired a good five bullets into the demon's head. Nero landed safely on the ground and then pulled out the sword before walking over to the group. The three girls all looked impressed.
"You did well, kid" Dante said
Nero smirked and the five headed back to the inn where Nero and Dante stayed the rest of the night.