Vergil's OneShots (DMC Fanfiction)

Demon, Human, Brother

A/N: Less of a Vergil Oneshot and more of a Nero Oneshot, but since I closed my Devil May Cry Oneshot book many years ago, this appears here. I'm wondering if I should reopen that book and add more oneshots to that one instead of limiting myself to Vergil here...

[Demon, Human, Brother]

Personality: Post-DMC5 Vergil (Technically, Nero)

It was a rare day off that Nero had in ages, and the man had spent most of it in the garage, cleaning up the van while muttering to himself the many complains he had about his driver being the dirtiest, most reckless kind who chose to drive towards demons in their path rather than away. Wiping a stubborn stain that stuck adamantly on the headlight cover furiously, the man was actually glad for a day's break from the heavy and reckless chaos of demon hunting. He knew his peace could be disturbed by a phone call any time, but at the moment, he took in as much as possible, enjoying the slow, trouble-free flow of time.

Unfortunately for him, time to himself not spent killing or hunting down demons gave him time to think about his missing family members. It had been months since his father and uncle had sealed themselves in the Underworld after severing the Qliphoth roots from the Human World. There had been absolutely no sign of them, and even those who had an idea of where to get the signs (namely Trish and Lady) were missing themselves. Nero had been left behind on the half-demon rescue mission without his knowledge, and by the time he found out about it, the ladies had already been gone for weeks.

Nero still didn't know how to deal with the knowledge of his parentage. The man who had been behind the whole Qliphoth incident, the man called Vergil, who was also V and Urizen... that man was supposed to his father. And the man who had been responsible for slaying Urizen, pushing back the mastermind of the whole Qliphoth disaster was his uncle (also his saviour back in Fortuna). The relationship dynamics between the three of them had gotten much more complex ever since Dante revealed the fact of his parentage, and back on the Qliphoth, Nero had been operating purely on his emotions and instincts. Since coming back to his daily routines, his brains and thoughts had caught up to those emotions and instincts, and the confusion and turmoil had begun.

How could he accept a mass murderer like Vergil for a father? Yet, at the same time, finding his parents had been his biggest dream ever since Nero understood the meaning attached to the word 'orphan'. The happiness at finding that his father was alive was directly contradictory to the anger and disgust at realising that he was also a cruel, cold-blooded mass murderer with no care about the people around him. And above all of that, Vergil and he had never had a true talk about whether Vergil had any intention to acknowledge him as a son –despite the fact that Nero's Devil Trigger and compatibility with the sword Yamato had made the reality very hard to dispute.

"I can't believe this. Nero's gonna get so pissed about this." Nico's loud voice from outside the garage disrupted Nero from his darkening thoughts, and he was slightly grateful for the distraction. Caution was still a stronger emotion as he turned to see two pairs of legs walking side by side pass the lowered garage shutters towards the front door of the main house. One pair was Nico's slender legs paired with her work boots, but the other one wore straight trousers and shiny dress shoes.

"Pissed?" Nico's companion who was very obviously being led towards their home asked, his voice a surprising tone similar to Nero's.

"Yeah. I met him a few years back and he'd already found his girlfriend, but Kyrie told me that he used to be a cry-baby back then. He'd cry his balls dry just because he was lonely, and Kyrie says that it's because he is so afraid of being lonely that he clings so desperately to her. And now, he's going to find out that you exist. He's gonna be so mad at his ma." Nero heard the woman's loud voice as the legs walked out of sight, followed with the sound of the main door opening and closing.