Kante

"I know exactly who you are- you are Dante, nothing more, and nothing less."

- Kat, reassuring Dante.

Kante is the het ship between Dante and Kat from the Devil May Cry fandom, most notably DmC Devil May Cry.

Canon
The Chronicles of Vergil Vergil and Kat successfully find Dante. Vergil stays back at base while Kat goes to retrieve Dante. Dante and Kat first meet at the very ending, which is the very beginning of DmC Devil May Cry. She tells him that he's been found again by the demons and that he's "got to come meet him" and "the survival of the human race depends on it".

DmC Devil May Cry

Dante is hungover and just waking up from a wild night. Moments after waking a girl bangs on his trailer's door, yelling, "Dante! Get out of there! You're in danger!" Dante opens the door, asking who she is. She informs him that the Hunter Demon has found him. Realizing it's too late, Dante is pulled into Limbo. Through out his fight with demons the girl leads him. Once the fighting has ceased for the moment, the girl comes up the Dante. He pulls his guns on her. She throws her hands up, introducing herself, "Don't shoot! My name is Kat - I'm not a demon." Kat tells him she's a medium, that's why she can communicate with him while he's in Limbo. She tells him again to follow her. Trying to lead Dante to the rift back into the real-world, the Hunter Demon traps him in. Kat helps Dante by throwing a molotov at it's face, weakening it a bit so Dante can kill it. Once back in the real-world, Kat pulls up to Dante in a car saying how she helped him back there and her boss, the leader of The Order, wants to see him. Dante reluctantly gets into the car.

After meeting with Kat's boss, Vergil, the three of them travel to Dante and Vergil's old home - the place where Vergil learned who he was. Vergil makes a comment about it being "rough" in there, just before entering Limbo again, Dante turns to Kat, saying "I like it rough."

With The Order's first mission underway - to take down Virility, Dante is spotted by a demon surveillance camera, pulling him to Limbo. Kat knows she's not safe if she stays, she voices this to Dante and he tells her to go. Kat comes back with the locations of the other cameras, she tells Dante to follow her. In the Virility factory, Dante and Kat have a small heart-to-heart about their pasts. As they make their way through the factory, they come to a point where Kat can't follow - Dante in Limbo, Kat in the real-world. To get Dante down to the Succubus he has to kill, Kat tells Dante to trust her, saying, "You jump. I twist." Dante looks at her for a moment then repeats, "I jump, you twist." She wishes him good luck as he then falls off the edge. With the Succubus defeated, Dante and Kat drive back to The Order's base. Dante asks how Kat and Vergil met. Kat was first reluctant to answer. Dante tells her, "Listen, I never asked for your help, but you gave it and I appreciate it. I trust you. You can trust me too." Kat opens up to Dante about her past - something she refused to talked to him earlier during the game. As Kat talks, Dante seems to regret bring it up, now knowing why Kat didn't want to talk about it before. Kat assures him it's okay and continues.After hearing Kat's story, Kat asks Dante if he's going to stick with her (and Vergil) until the end, to which Dante responds, "Count on it."

Dante and Kat met up with Vergil to start their second mission. Vergil tells Dante he'll have to go alone as Kat can't follow where he's headed. Dante tells him in a soft voice, "Alone is fine. She's done enough." Before Dante leaves, Kat worns him of Bob Barbas - the demon he'll be facing. He tells her he's sure it'll be lovely before winking at her.

During Dante's fight with Bob, Bob uses he's position as a TV news anchor to relay the news of The Order being under attack. The broadcast shows photos of Vergil and Kat; zooming in on Kat's photo to show how concerned Dante is for her. Dante rushes to The Order seeing police and S.W.A.T, relived that they're not inside, Dante finds his own way in. Once in, through Limbo, Dante yells for Kat (more so than his own brother, Vergil). Dante sees demons attempting to break in, but unable to because of Kat's wards of graffiti. He says to himself, "Nice work, Kat."

In the real-world, with S.W.A.T now inside the building, hoping Kat can hear him, Dante yells for her to stay out of sight, again saying to himself, "I gotta get to her first." Dante again calls for Kat. The more Dante goes deeper, the more infested the place is. He voices more concern to himself, saying, "I hope Kat's ok." Dante finally finds Kat crouching behind a desk. When he gets her attention, Kat runs up to him, panicking. Knowing they have to find Vergil now, they work together again. Kat is still in immense danger, so she guilds Dante throw the building, allowing him to protect her. Kat is soon spotted by S.W.A.T member, Dante tells her, "Hide! Quick!" The member gets so close to Kat in her hiding spot that once he's gone Dante asks Kat if she's ok.

Once Vergil is found, Dante is adamant they the three of them get out immediately. Vergil refuses, wanting to protect the highly sensitive data of The Order. Vergil tells Kat to arm the else-destruct system. Kat follows his orders, shaking a bit. Dante is angry, saying, "Vergil, I can keep the demons off your for as long as you need, but I can't protect Kat from the feds! Step on it!" As more times goes over, Dante gets more frustrated with Vergil, telling him, "You're putting her in danger!" Kat tries to reassure Dante telling him what they're doing is important.

Vergil's Downfall

Fanon
Dante starts off the game as a rather unlikable character, but as the game goes on he shows major character development, which is all due to his bond/friendship with Kat. As his relationship with Kat grew people began really shipping them. Dante would do anything and everything to protect Kat - even going against his own brother, Vergil.

Fandom
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