Dante and Patty slid into a both at FREDI'S , Dante's Favorite spot for strawberry sundae.

"Wow it's so weird to be back here everything seems almost exactly the same, like I have only been gone for a day or something. Even you Dante you look just like I remember. Maybe a few years older and you're sporting a five o'clock shadow now. When did you trade the red vest for black chaps?" Inquired Patty.

"The chaps are pretty damn rugged, don't you think?" Dante Asked

"Ummm maybe flamboyant. Please tell me you're still not solely living off of pizza and ice cream?" Joked Patty.

"Nope some meals are straight up booze. So Little Miss. Patty tell me where the hell of you been all these years?" He asked.

"Well as you know my mother took me out of the city and away from the coast when that loser Sid trashed the place. We been living in the Windy City ever since." Explained Patty

"Speaking of Nina how's she doing these days?" Probed Dante while glancing out the window.

Patty put her hands behind her head and let out a little sigh. "My mother is a very complex women her scars run deep. She just can't seem to live a peaceful life. No thanks to those offal monsters that have plagued her for almost half her life. I love my mother dearly but our relationship isn't what I thought it would be, what I had built up in my mind. I spent so many years alone building this fantasy about her. I guess my fantasy didn't quite live up to reality." Muttered Patty.

"It never does honey". Sighed Dante resting his chin on his fist.

"After we left the city my mom finally felt safe and things settled down. For the first time in 10 years she was able to meet somebody without worrying about a demon killing them. My mom always believed that my dad got killed because of her. Its so ironic that he was killed by a demon because he had his own nether world drama as well." Spat Patty with bitterness lacing her words.

"Yeah that's one hell of a crazy story, how long were your parents together? Asked the devil hunter.

"Apparently they had only dated for a few months before my mom got pregnant and he was killed before my 6 month birthday so not long. My mom never even got the chance to be introduced to his Mother. I'm told I have his blue eyes and wavy hair. I guess Its all very sad, but like I said my mom was able to meet a nice guy and build a good life. My step-dad is a real busy guy but really good to my mom. He doesn't know a whole lot about our crazy past and that's how my mom wants it. I think that's part of why I'm here. Sure she wanted me to be safe and you're the best person for the job but she also wanted to keep the darkness away from my step-dad and the life she has built. It makes me a little sad but I get it." Explained the blond with a sad mist to her eyes.

"It's a shitty world Patty." Said Dante as he tilted his head to the left and reached over to give her hand a quick squeeze. "So what was it about your mom that didn't live up to your hopes?"

"My mom was and still is just as beautiful and classy as I imagined but when things get really tuff she gets really pessimistic and tends to drown her sorrows in scotch. I'm not saying she is a depressed drunk but she just doesn't have the same outlook on life that I do. My mom carries her pain with her and I'm able to just let it go, no sense in wallowing on stuff that you can't change. "

"Wow Patty you really have done some growing up." Commented the half demon with a smirk.

"Ya and lucky for you I don't really lose my temper anymore so you should be safe from any future broom beatings." Laughed the girl.

"Smart ass kid!" Exclaimed Dante with a snort.

"Hey I'm not a kid anymore!" Pouted Patty.

"Nope I guess you're not, but I see you still have that pouty face." Teased the devil hunter while scratching at his stubble.

"Yep giggled Patty even more so. Hey Dante what's up with the service in this place? We have been sitting in here for 15 minutes and nobody has come to take our order."

"Aww the place has gone to hell a little since Cindy left to open her own place a few towns over." Sighed Dante.

"Wow! Whatever happened to that big blond guy who was always chasing after her?" She asked.

"Oh Isaac she married him eventually." Mused the devil hunter.

"What a fool, I totally put him in his place when he was spying no you." Snapped Patty lifting her eyebrows and putter her hands on her hips.

"Isaac wasn't so bad he was just a fool for the love of a women it happens every now and then to pretty much every man." Said Dante brushing the hair out of his eyes.

"Even you Dante dear?" Questioned Patty coyly.

"Especially me, but it never works out I have always had rotten luck with women. I think I'm just to damn nice." He laughed.

"Or to damn lazy and broke." Teased Patty.

A waitress finally roller-skated over to the table and they both ordered strawberry sundaes.

"You know Dante over the years I have ordered many a strawberry sundae in honor of my protector in red." Smiled Patty.

"Really Patty I'm touched." He said sarcastically with his hands over his heart.

They ate their ice-cream in silence trying to get a feel for the new situation at hand.