Dante ran through the forest but kept his footsteps light, determined to track down and kill Vergil once and for all. He stilled as he heard arguing. He recognized Vergil's voice, he couldn't recognize the other. He sneaked close and hid behind a big, solid tree. He peeked around and saw Vergil was arguing with a demon. Dante smirked, he gets to kill Vergil and a demon. Dante quickly grabbed Rebellion and rushed at the demon, wanting to kill him first. But the demon instantly detected Dante, he quickly chanted something and disappeared.

Dante growled as he slashed at the air. He turned around and saw a tiny Vergil staring up at him with wide, terrified eyes.
"B-Big brother, what are you doing?" Vergil asked and backed away. Dante was confused at first before understanding it all. The chanting was a curse, and Vergil was affected by it. Dante sheathed Rebellion and said, "I was trying to kill a demon, but it disappeared."
"A demon!?" Vergil squeaked and ran to Dante, hugging his legs and looking around, scared.

Dante didn't really know how to deal with this. He looked down at Vergil, who looked up at him and said: "You'll protect me, right, big brother?" Hearing that struck a chord with Dante. He looked down at his brother, silent at first, but he soon picked him up and held him close, saying "Of course, I'll always protect you." Vergil rested his head on Dante's shoulder and sucked his thumb. Dante smiled and stroked a stray bang out of Vergil's face. He settled his brother on his hip and headed back into the city.

Dante looked down at Vergil, who was once his older twin was now just his little brother who could be no older than 3. Dante smiled, he loves Vergil, he did try to kill him but they are still brothers. Dante had always wanted his brother back, to not fight and actually get along. Now he has his brother back, and he doesn't plan on letting him go.

Once he reached the city, Vergil was sleeping and still sucking his thumb. Dante smiled and pulled out his phone, calling Trish. He asked her to set up a room for a boy toddler. Dante walked into the part of the city where all the restaurants, diners, and fast food places are. He gently bounced Vergil till he woke up. He let out a small whine and looked up at Dante with tired eyes. Dante smiled down at his little brother and said "Come on, wake up. It's lunch time." Vergil yawned and stretched, saying "Okay." tiredly.
"Where do you want to eat?" Dante asked, Vergil looked around and pointed at a diner that had no name, just a sign on the front that simply says "Diner.".
"Okay, let's go," Dante said and carried Vergil over and inside.

He carried Vergil over to a booth and set him in one side and got in next to him and blocked him from everyone else, not wanting him to be near anyone in here. They all have a bad feel to them. Dante picked up a menu and handed it to Vergil, who only looked through it for a few seconds before putting it down and saying "I can't read" Dante smirked and said, "Well, first, what do you want, sandwich, wrap, salad, burrito, burger, or soup?" Vergil smiled and asked, "Do they have potato soup?" Dante checked, he saw it and nodded at Vergil, who smiled and said: "Can I have that?" Dante nodded and said "Sure."

A waitress came over and said "Hey there, I'm Macy, I'll be your waitress. Can I get you two something to drink?" Dante nodded and said, "I'll have root beer." Macy wrote it down and said: "We have free refills on soda." She looked at Vergil and said, "I bet a little cutie like you would like some chocolate milk, right?" Vergil nodded with a bright smile on his face. Macy smiled and said, "I'll be right back with your drinks." As soon as Macy left, a big burly man dressed like a biker walked over and said "What a cute kid, can I see him for a second?" Dante scooted closer to his little brother and said: "No, and don't ask again." The burly man frowned and walked off.

Vergil glared at Dante and said, "That wasn't nice!" Vergil slipped under the table so he could get away from Dante. The toddler ran up to the burly man and said "Here I am!" he picked him up and said "What a cutie. My daughter wanted to see you too." He started to walk off to his table but Dante quickly followed and said: "You do not run off like that!" He took Vergil from the biker dressed guy and swatted his bottom, saying "Don't do that again!" Vergil started crying and said, "I'm sorry, big brother!" Dante suddenly felt bad for doing that, but he knew he had to do it. He held Vergil close and said "It's okay, but you can't run up to or trust strangers right off. You don't know them. For all you know, they want to and will hurt you."
"He's right, son. You really shouldn't trust strangers. Sorry for bothering you." The biker guy said, the last part being directed at Dante. He walked back to his table and sat across from his daughter.

Dante carried Vergil into the bathroom and said: "You can't run off like you did and you especially can't run up to strangers, and you can't get away with what you did." Vergil started crying again and said, "I'm sorry." Dante kissed his forehead and said "I know you are. Let's get this over with, I promise it'll be quick." Dante sat on the sink and pulled Vergil across his lap, quickly swatting him. Vergil yelped in surprise, tears streaming down his cheeks. Dante landed two more swats and then picked his little brother up in his arms, rocking him gently. He brushed away his little brother's tears with his thumb and said "You know I love you, right." that made Vergil smile a little and he nodded. Dante smiled in return and walked back out to the dining area.

The waitress was waiting at their table with their drinks, saying "Oh good, I thought you guys had left." Dante shook his head and said, "Nah, just had to deal with something."
"Ah, okay. Well, I'll give you two some time to decide on what you want to eat." Macy said and started walking away.
"Actually, we already know what we want."
"Oh, good. Okay, what do you two want?"
"Vergil wants potato soup," Dante said, causing Macy to frown and say "Sorry, we ran out of potatoes." When she saw the disappointment on the toddler's face, she said "But, I'll tell you what. How about I have the chef make you guys something really great?" Vergil smiled a bit and said, "What is it?" Macy smiled and said "A cheeseburger pizza!" Vergil bounced in his seat and said "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Dante laughed lightly at his little brother's enthusiasm and said: "We'll get that." Macy nodded and said "Coming right up!" she quickly rushed off to tell the cook their order.

As soon as Macy left, Vergil started sipping his chocolate milk. He then gagged and said "Yuck, this taste like fudgesicles." Dante frowned and said "Really?" Vergil nodded and pushed the drink away and said to his older brother "Try it." Dante took one sip and managed not to gag, it tasted worse than fudgesicles. He signaled the waitress over, not happy about the milk. Macy came over and said, "Is something wrong?"
"The chocolate milk is nasty," Vergil said and handed her the cup. Macy sighed angrily and said "I know, Autumn does this all the time. She is supposed to throw away the expired chocolate syrup but still uses it. I'm sorry." She quickly stormed off somewhere into the kitchen.

Vergil frowned and just sulked in his seat, he was hoping he would be able to drink his chocolate milk but the syrup was expired. Dante was about to say something but there was the sound of two girls shouting that had interrupted him.
"Are you trying to make the kids sick, you little bitch!?" Came Macy's voice, which caused Dante to cover his little brother's ears. Vergil put his tiny hands over Dante's just to make sure the noise would be canceled out. When Dante heard Autumn shout "Fight me, bitch!" he knew there was going to be trouble.

He picked up Vergil and said, "We need to leave, now." Vergil frowned and was about to protest but when he heard the sound of something loud cracking, he didn't want to argue anymore. Dante walked all the way across the street and said "Sorry about that, but being in there any longer wouldn't be good for you," Vergil just nodded. "Well, you can pick any other place to eat." Vergil looked at a Wendy's and saw a poster on the window for a baconator. Vergil pointed at the poster and said: "What's that?" Dante smirked and said, "Let's get you one so you can find out." He headed into Wendy's and up the empty counter. He ordered two baconators and two large sodas. He took their cups and went towards the soda machine.

"How do you get your soda from that?" Vergil asked in a confused tone, looking at the big, shiny white machine with a screen with colorful circles of the soda logos. Dante smiled and said: "I'll show you." He set his little brother down and started tapping the screen, saying "You tap the brand of soda you want and pick the flavor. You can get flavors that you can't get in stores." Dante got a fruit punch Fanta and the said to Vergil "What flavor do you want?" The toddler smiled and said "Raspberry!" Dante grabbed his empty cup and filled it with ice and raspberry Fanta.

As the two boys waited for their food, Dante looked down at his little brother sipping his soda happily. He has no idea of what he has done to Dante, how he tried to kill him, now he only thinks of him and knows him as his big brother. Dante could kill Vergil, or spend the rest of the time he has with Vergil hurting him, to get even. But he won't do that. He just a kid, a mere toddler who has no idea what awaits him in this cold, vicious, and demon infested world. Dante shouldn't hurt him, he should protect him, keep him safe and help him through everything life will throw at him. The elder cambion sipped his drink and settled on it. He's gonna be Vergil's big brother.

A/N: Hey, guys, this is supposed to be a one chapter story but if you guys like it then I can add more chapter and turn it into a longer story.