No True Pair

Author: jlsigman
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: language
Word count: 363
Prompt: Cat and Dante, first impressions
A/N: Catch-up time! ;-)

( Her name seemed too appropriate to be the one she was born with... )

Title: The End, The Beginning
Author: jlsigman
Rating: R
Warnings: some horrific imagery
Word count: 863
Prompt: Maria and Nero: "Don't give up now."
A/N: Takes place very soon before Second Chance, Second Sight.

( He knew he was running out of time... )

Title: Substitutes
Author: jlsigman
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: language, violence, dub-con drug use, wall!sex
Word count: 3395
Prompt: Nero and Cat: "I'd hate to ruin the surprise."
A/N: Takes place 50 years after Devil May Cry 4. Don't ask where this came from, I have no idea...

( If it wasn't for the fact that she had obviously noticed him, he might have turned and left before she could... )

Title: Nothing So Beautiful
Author: jlsigman
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: innuendo
Word count: 860
Prompt: Trish and Kyrie: O body swayed to music, O brightening glance / How can we know the dancer from the dance?

( That's very nice of you, Dante! )

Title: The Eyes Have It
Author: jlsigman
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: language
Word count: 1281
Prompt: Cat and Lady: "Well, I never saw that coming."
A/N: Cat is another OC of mine, set ten or so years after Devil May Cry 4. She works with Lady sometimes, on jobs that Dante and Trish aren't interested in. It's a chance to bring in a whole "underground population" theme, as well as a way to explore the large city Dante's shop is located in.

( I thought this was supposed to be an easy job )

Title: One More for the Road
Author: jlsigman
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: language, oral sex, violence
Word count: 649
Prompt: Dante and Nevan with the title, "One More for the Road"
A/N: Devil May Cry 3 showed the PG version of this scene... here's the other version.

( ...it felt good to let go and fool around for a minute... )

Title: The Price to Run
Author: jlsigman
Rating: R
Warnings: language, violence, some horrific imagery
Word count: 1377
Prompt: Nevan and Maria: an unexpected act of kindness
A/N: Takes place some months after Black Rain. Maria is becoming more unstable, her paranoia and unrequited obsession slowly poisoning her against Dante. Her only comfort comes from playing Nevan's guitar form, which quiets her ever-present connection to the Net. Dante watches with suspicion, but tells himself that he could handle anything that might go wrong. Finally, the day comes that he's been waiting for: Nero is on-planet again and desperately wants to meet his wayward descendant. Dante goes to bring him to the shop, leaving Maria with only a stern, “Stay here!” She immediately envisions a fearful and painful future, and, with Nevan's subtle encouragement, hacks into his computer.

( The emails were damning, in her mind... )

Title: Black Rain
Author: jlsigman
Rating: R
Warnings: Language
Word count: 1194
Prompt: Maria and Dante: It was a dark and stormy night--
A/N: Maria is an original character for the Devil May Cry universe. Her story is placed about 1,000 years in the future, which lets me add a sci-fi element that I always enjoy playing with. These stories with her are part of a much larger arc, so I'll give the immediate background for each story. For this one: Maria showed up on Dante's doorstep some months prior, looking for answers about her background. She's barely 20, very underweight, but fierce and determined. She has the ability to tap into the 'Net without any hardware, which lets her hack computer systems. The day this story takes place, her hereto now unmentioned twin brother shows up to get her to come back home. This leads to some horrific revelations about her past and why she left. After a screaming argument, Maria runs off, and Dante makes sure that the brother leaves.

( Now he's heading back to the shop )