Kerte

Kerte is the poly ship between Dante, Kat and Vergil from the Devil May Cry fandom.

Canon
Dante and Vergil are Nephilim twin brothers who were separated at the age of seven following their mother’s death and their father’s capture at the hands of Mundus, the Demon King. Before his capture, their father was able to erase both of their memories in order to keep them safe from the demons as well as hide them amongst the humans.

When Dante and Vergil are in their early to mid-20s, Vergil meets Kat in Limbo, a dimension that exists parallel to the human world, where he saves her and gives her a new purpose in life. Together they become a team, forming strong romantic feelings for each other along the way and even sharing a kiss in Vergil’s search for his long-lost brother. Because of Vergil’s ever-growing feelings for Kat, he perceives this as a weakness. He makes the decision to erase both of their memories of the past few days, forgetting their feelings for each other, though remaining a team.

DmC Devil May Cry
An undisclosed amount of time later, Vergil and Kat finally locate Dante. Vergil sends Kat to Dante’s home, under the pretense that Kat’s “boss wants to meet him”. Dante and Kat arrive to The Order’s base of operations, where Kat leads Dante to Vergil. The brothers meet for the first time in years, with Dante not knowing who Vergil is. The two converse back and forth, ending with Vergil asking Dante if he can at least “give him a chance to show him”. Dante agrees and all three head for Dante and Vergil’s old childhood home.

Arriving to the home, Vergil asks Kat to open a portal – a rift – from the real-world to Limbo. Through the portal, Dante will learn who and what he is, as well as who Vergil is. Dante steps on Kat’s created rift and is transported into Limbo. Once Dante is gone, Kat questions Vergil if “this is really going to work”. In return, Vergil replies that Dante is “raw”, just like how Kat was when he first found her.

Dante arrives back into the real-world where Vergil and Kat are waiting. As Dante takes in his surroundings, Vergil watches him closely, waiting for Dante to speak. When Dante does, the first thing he says is, “You’re my brother.” Vergil clarifies that he’s Dante’s twin brother to be exact. With the knowledge that Dante now knows who he is, he now wants to know where they come from, what happened to them and above all else, wants to know who is responsible for all this. As Dante turns to leave the home, Vergil turns back to smile at Kat that they finally have Dante after looking for so long. In return, Kat smiles and nods back at him.

A short time later, Vergil takes Dante to an old park that their mother used to take them too. While there, he explains how their parents met and how they, as demon-angel hybrids, are the only beings capable of killing a Demon King. While they talk, Vergil also makes it known that the demons are unaware that there are two of them, the demons believing Dante is the only remaining Nephilim. As they’re walking, a demon spotter sees them, forcing Vergil to kill it. Though it’s too late, Dante is already being pulled into Limbo. As Vergil runs, he tells Dante that he’ll find Kat – that she’s the one who can get him back out.

With Dante back in the real-world, Vergil explains how they are going to defeat Mundus – by making him leave the vicinity of the Hell Gate, the gate that gives him his power within the real-world. A plan is conceived that Dante is going to kill Mundus’ succubus, far down in the city’s Virility factory. Dante and Kat head for the factory with Vergil staying back as Mundus is unaware of his existence for the time being. Dante is however spotted by a demon surveillance camera, pulling him into Limbo. Kat knows she’s not safe if she stays, which she voices to Dante. In return, Dante tells her to go. Kat comes back with the locations of the other cameras given to her by Vergil, telling him to follow her.

With the Succubus defeated, Dante and Kat regroup and drive back for The Order’s base. While driving, Dante asks how Kat and Vergil met as they seem “tight”. Kat is reluctant to answer, though when Dante tells her he trusts her, she can trust him too, does Kat start to talk. She says how she was abused by her demon-foster father, and one night while wondering Limbo to escape, Vergil heard her cries for help. He helped her deal with the demons both “figuratively and literally”. Kat then asks Dante if he’s going to “stick with them until the end” with Dante responding, “Count on it.”

DmC Devil May Cry
"You guys do them really nice, but I’m more of a loner type: trust issues, work alone – that kind of thing."

- Dante to Vergil and Kat, not wanting to help them, DmC Devil May Cry.

Fanon
Due to Kat and Vergil’s semi-canon relationship and the classic Devil May Cry games pattern of introducing a love interest for Dante, though not definitively hooking them up, Kerte is shown as a potential love-triangle. Fans of both Kat ships often mention how they’re “in aw” of how Kat managed to make Nephilim twin brothers fall in love with her without even trying.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Variations

 * Kante refers to the ship between Dante and Kat
 * Kergil refers to the ship between Vergil and Kat
 * Sons of Sparda refers to the ship between Dante and Vergil