Shall Never Surrender

Now for any of you readers that previously read any of my previous work, you're probably wondering, "Wait, what the hell is he doing writing here again?!" Well, while I am working on my own stories, I just couldn't shake the urge to try and create a storyline for a TRUE Devil May Cry 5. So remember, these are just my own personal ideas of what I think could have (or should have) happened to the canon. Please be merciful.

Chapter 1: The Missing Hunter

A harsh and even deafening quiet was all that kept her company in the dark and dusty room that was the front office of Devil May Cry. The sounds of the slight midnight breeze and the flipping of the coin did little to calm her nerves and heavy emotion. It had been over a month since Dante had selflessly plunged into the depths of the Demon World to stop Arogosax, when she herself was immensely more expendable. Lucia's thought always seemed to return to how Dante would most likely never return to live the life that he rightfully deserved. The son of the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda, who had taught her the lesson that devils never cry.

Lucia came to Dante's old shop often, flipping his coin, holding onto that sliver of hope that he would someday walk through the doors back, and back into the Human World.

"My job is hunting devils. I know, he did the same thing." Dante's last words echoed through Lucia's mind as she caught the coin with a sad and grieving look in her eye.

"But Sparda…did come back." The feelings of grief, loss, and sadness crashing together and amplifying in her mind, Lucia began to feel the beginnings of tears in her eyes. That is until her thoughts were halted with the sound of a revving engine. Immediately recognizing it as a motorcycle, Lucia, out of habit, flipped the coin into the air, and rushed to the front doors of the office. Just as the coin stopped rolling on the floor and stopped flat, Lucia pushed open the front doors of Devil May Cry, and saw a white haired man in a trench coat get off a motorcycle.

It did not possible, but Dante had come back. There could be no other explanation.

"Dante…I can't believe…"

"Whoa, hold on lady." Lucia immediately stopped speaking when she saw the white haired man turn towards her. He had white hair like Dante, but that was wear the similarities ended. This man was much younger looking than Dante, maybe only in his late teens or early twenties, and wore a navy colored trench coat instead of dark red. The most glaring difference however, was the orange and blue aberration that was his right arm. "I don't know who you are, and I really don't give a damn, but I can tell you that I'm not Dante."

The young man's attitude was definitely off putting as it was, but with his obvious demonic power, Lucia found him even more unsettling, and immediately brought out her daggers in defense.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" The young man only scoffed at Lucia and laughed to himself.

"I could ask you the same thing, seeing as this is Dante's place." Lucia watched as the man's hand went up to the hilt of the sword resting on his back. "If you really want to know that bad, the name's Nero, and I'm looking for Dante." The snarky and arrogant demeanor disappeared from Nero's eyes as his hand wrapped around Red Queen's hilt. "So stop wasting my time and get out of my way."

Lucia was at a loss. Nero obviously knew Dante, but how he was presenting himself left her wondering if he was an ally or enemy. Not willing to take any chances, Lucia lunched herself towards the white haired teen. Sighing in annoyance, Nero planted his feet, and uttered a short battle cry as he easily caught Lucia with his Devil Bringer. The sudden impact at being caught in such a vice like grip caused Lucia to drop her daggers as he floated helpless in the air.

"Now that wasn't very nice of you." Nero smirked slightly as he playfully chastised Lucia, but his mood darkened just as fast. "Look, I'm in a hurry, so do us both a favor and tell me where the king of the pricks is." Nero kept his other hand on Red Queen incase Lucia tried anything, but she could only remain still. As she looked at him, Lucia could tell that Nero was a complete punk, but he was not evil. Her response was airy and forced.

"He was sealed away…in the Demon World… a month ago, fighting Argosax." A look of slight confusion flashed across Nero's face at the mention of Argosax, but his more immediate and visible response came in an immense groan of anger and frustration. Not caring about Lucia anymore, Nero tossed her somewhat haphazardly towards the front of Devil May Cry.

"That fucking idiot! He just has to go and play hero while everything else here goes to shit!" Growing increasingly frustrated, Nero threw his right arm towards a nearby abandoned building, shattering it under his Devil Bringer's might. Lucia could only watch with terrified fascination. The building must have been over four stories tall and yet Nero's arm was not only able to shatter it to rubble, but also extend over two hundred feet to its destination. Still transfixed on the new destruction, Lucia nearly missed seeing Nero get back on the motorcycle and rev the engine.

"If Dante decides so show his face around here, tell him to come to Fortuna." This was the last thing that Nero said as he revved the throttle a few times, and soon sped off down the dark road with the roaring of the engine. Still reeling from the whole encounter, Lucia couldn't stand until the single light on Nero's cycle faded away in the horizon.

The combination of a quiet night, the rush of the wind, and a fast ride would normally been more than enough to ease Nero's mood, but now, none of them could even begin to help. Sure he was not fully expecting to find Dante at his shop with both Lady and Trish in Fortuna, and a severe lack of Demon activity in Dante's home city, but he sure did not expect to find some weird redhead hunter who told him that Dante jumped headlong into the Demon World. Again.

Nero had no idea of who or what Argosax was, but he hoped it was important because Fortuna had much more to worry about than just rebuilding.

Yes Yes I know this is fairly short, but it is only setting up the atmosphere of what is to come. For those few (and I mean VERY few) who may like Lucia, I'm not sorry to say that this will most likely be the only time that she shows up. All the other main characters, I like. Yes even Nero. So as story goes, all I can say is that it will involve ideas that I've had about plots holes and loose ends left in the series, and because of my intense rage at the new travesty that calls itself Devil May Cry. *shudders* Anyway...I actually have a new found desire to write these fics, so expect updates. :)