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A Certain Stylish Devil

Chapter Thirteen: Inner Hell

(Face your innermost guilt)

10:47 PM

Around the same time as Dante's battle, Mikoto faced off against Kurumi. This was the same person who took her friend Kuroko and defeated the railgun with ease. That was their first meeting. This second meeting will determine who lives and who dies. Both girls had goals of their own but there is one common interest. Both goals have to do with Kuroko. Both girls want to save Kuroko but in their own way. Demonic energy began to flow out of the demon girl's body while intense sparks appeared from Mikoto's body. Anger was clearly shown in the shock princess' eyes.

"I'm going to make you pay for taking away Kuroko."

Kurumi just laughed at what Mikoto said. "Did you forget what happened last time we've met? I've beaten you once and after this fight, I'll kill you."

"Not this time. I'll beat you and take back Kuroko!"

"Sorry but little Kuro-chan belongs to me and besides you don't even deserve her."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Why would poor little Kuro-chan go back to you? You are a plague to her. You do nothing but cause her suffering. Besides why would I let her go back to a person who hides secrets from the very girl who pours her heart out?"

"What do you mean secrets?"

"Oh I know everything about you rail bitch. Even the details you wouldn't tell Kuro-chan. On how you were part of an experiment to make the strongest level five ESPer into a level six."

That got Mikoto's attention. "Kuroko didn't have anything to do with that! There was no reason for me to tell her!"

"Bullshit! This is how you treat the girl who treats you like a queen. She had every right to know or were those freaks of science you call sisters more important?"

"Don't you dare call them freaks!"

"Oh right I forgot" Kurumi laughed. "They were all slaughtered like the experimental lambs they were." She looked at the shock princess and saw that she was getting very angry with sparks coming out of her more furiously. "Tell me this, who was more important to you: your so called sisters or Kuroko?"

"Both are important to me."

"Again that's bullshit. You already made your decision."

Mikoto gritted her teeth. "Look you have no idea what kind of hell I had to go through! I had to watch them get killed and for what? Just to make Accelerator a bit stronger. Kuroko didn't need to know about it because it didn't concern her at all. It was my battle, my problem, my own HELL!"

"Is that so?" A bright red flash of light consumed the demon girl's body. When it disappeared, she was now in her demon form. "Let me show you what your own hell looks like." All of her mouths opened up and emitted a high pitch sound from each mouth. Mikoto covered her ears while cringing in pain and fell to her knees. "It's too late. Once this sound enters your ears, you've already lost."

The level five ESPer tried to press her hands against her ears as hard as she could but the high pitch sound continued to enter in her ears. "Make it stop. Make it stop now!" suddenly the noise stopped and the auburn haired girl opened her eyes only to see pitch black darkness all round her. "Hey where am I? Hello?" Her voice echoed into the vast emptiness. Something else echoed as well. It sounded like a gun shot and something wet sounding came after. The sound came around in all directions. Mikoto ran to wherever that sound came from. To her, it felt like she was going nowhere. That is until she saw a body lying on the floor. When she got a better a look she gasped in shock, terror and surprise. It was one of her sisters lying dead cold on the floor with a large pool of blood surrounding the body.

"No, no."

More shot rang through the empty space and sounded like they were being deflected. Suddenly Mikoto was seeing every one of her sisters being slaughtered around her. Their blood spilled everywhere until the floor around her was covered in red. It was like a bad nightmare that Mikoto had to relive all over again. She saw countless bodies of her sisters lying around her. The short haired girl then heard footsteps approaching her. They were sounding louder with each and every step. The level five ESPer's eyes widened with fear when she saw the strongest level five ESPer of Academy City.

"Tch what a bunch of weaklings. They aren't even worth my time." He looked at Mikoto. "I hope you'll provide me some entertainment. These worthless dolls weren't even fun."

The electric ESPer just stared at Accelerator with fear before she just ran away from. She ran over the bodies of her dead sisters. Her breathes were short and desperate as she ran as hard and fast as she could to get away from the insane ESPer. Mikoto stopped to catch her breath. She looked around to see that the sea of blood and bodies were no longer around. The electromaster sighed in relief but her nightmare wasn't over yet.

"Onee-sama…"

Mikoto looked up in front of her and saw Kuroko. "Kuroko!" Auburn haired girl felt relief and happiness swell up inside of her and ran toward her friend for a hug. "Kuroko, I'm so glad you're alright. Come on let's get out of here." She walked past her friend but she wasn't following. She turned around as she wondered what was wrong with her friend. "Kuroko?"

"Onee-sama, why haven't you returned my feelings for you?"

"Feelings? Kuroko we don't have time for that now."

Mikoto saw the anger shown on her friend's face. "You always don't have time for me. I show my love for you every day and you blow it off with a shock. You keep hanging out with that guy and you pay more attention to him more than me!"

The electric ESPer never saw Kuroko act this way before. "Kuroko…" Mikoto tried to reach out for her friend but she felt something sharp go by her cheek. She checked her cheek and found out she was bleeding. Mikoto took another look at Kuroko and saw she had several needles in her hand.

"I'm sick and tired of this. I'm tired of waiting so long for you to return my feelings. I'm sick of how you treat me when I show you my love for you. As of now you're no longer my onee-sama."

Mikoto couldn't help but stare in disbelief on what Kuroko just said. She never expected Kuroko of all people to say those words. "No you're wrong. Kuroko you're a great friend. We counted on each other for a long-" Mikoto didn't finish the rest of her sentence as she felt multiple needles embedding into her body. The pain was swift and Mikoto fell to her knees. She felt more needles embed into her body. Countless were in her back, shoulders, calves, arms, and sides. Soon as her hands were on the floor several more needles were embedded in them. All Mikoto could do was struggle to look at her friend. "Ku…ro…ko…"

"I don't need you anymore. I have a new onee-sama. One who does return my love. Isn't that right, Kurumi onee-sama." She said as she turned around.

The level five ESPer looked in horror when she saw Kurumi behind Kuroko and wrapped her arms around the pig tailed girl. "Yes of course my little Kuro-chan. I'll treat you so much better than this rail bitch."

Kurumi turned Kuroko's head towards her own and began to close the distance of their lips. Mikoto couldn't do anything but watch Kuroko embrace her enemy. "Kuroko, Kuroko, Kuroko!"

"Kuroko, Kuroko, Kuroko, Kuroko, Kuroko…"

Mikoto kept saying her friends over and over while her eyes let out tears. While everything she heard and experience felt real, it was all in her mind. Her real body was still kneeling down on her knees with the tears still coming out. In front of her was Kurumi still in her demon. She laughed. "Behold the power Mind Hell. It's a mixture of my own power and my demon power. Once these high pitch noises enter my opponent's ears, they are to suffer to whatever they consider their worst fear and what fears they hold deepest in their own mind. Right now I'm guessing you're seeing where dear little Kuro-chan declared her love for me." She continued to hear Mikoto say Kuroko's name over and over. "That's right; Kuro-chan belongs to me now. Now and forever." She laughed. "This is one hell that shall be eternal for you as you relive your fears over and over. Something fitting for someone like you."

Back into Mikoto's mind, she was overcome with despair. She lost Kuroko. She lost the only person who understood her. Kuroko was the only person who didn't treat her like she was a level five. Sure she bugged her every now and then but at the end of the day, they were still close friends. Maybe close wasn't the right word for her kouhai. She knew Kuroko's feelings were more than just friendship. Even still, Kuroko was the first true friend she made.

"Onee-sama…" Mikoto looked up to see Kuroko again but this time she looked like a ghost. "Onee-sama…" She just smiled and disappeared. The level five ESPer shook her head. The whole reason she was here was to save her friend. Mikoto gritted her teeth. The reason she saw Kuroko smile was because she knew she was on her way. "Hold on Kuroko…" Sparks started to emit from her body. "It's all in your head; it's all in your head. This isn't real. This isn't REAl!" Soon a blinding blue light engulfed her body.

The same thing was happening to her real body outside her mind. "No way! She can't break out of my spell!" The same light engulf Mikoto's body and blasted Kurumi off the ground. She hit the ground hard with a thud. The demon girl struggled to stand up and when she did, Kurumi saw that Mikoto had broken through her spell. "There's no way you could've broke through. How the hell did you do it?!"

The level five ESPer just looked at her hand for one second and then looked at her foe. "Easy, a cheap parlor trick like yours won't work on me anymore." Suddenly her arm was covered with electricity and it seemed stronger than before.

"Bah who cares how you broke through? All that matters now is that I'll-AHH!" Kurumi was sent hurdling toward a wall due to a strong attack from Mikoto. Kurumi emerge from the wall and glared at her opponent. "What the hell? Her attacks didn't do crap last time. So why are they working now?"

"I'll never forgive you! I'll never forgive those who hurt my friends!" Large streams of lightning bolts came rushing out of Mikoto's body and hit Kurumi at full force. She could see the attack had quite the effect on the demon.

Kurumi tipped over a little until she regained her composure. "You fucking-Ah!" Another powerful bolt of electricity hit her square in the chest. The attack managed to send her back a couple of feet. Kurumi was feeling agitated. "How the hell is she hurting me? Her attacks didn't so shit last time so why are they hurting me now?" The demon girl's eyes widened. "Could it be that she was holding back her power? No way. She can't be that powerful from the start." Another thought crossed her mind. "Was it because she was with Kuro-chan? Is that why she held back?

"Let me show you…" Lightning streams began to surround Mikoto body. "The power of what Academy City's third powerful level five Railgun can do!" A flurry of electrical attacks began to strike the demon girl. Ranging from large powerful electrical blasts to small yet fast mini blasts that hit their target. Kurumi felt that each hit was more powerful than the last. She couldn't do anything to block these attacks. She tried to put her arms in front of her but that proved unless.

The demon girl couldn't figure out what's making this attacks hurt more than they should. Then she saw it. It was a second but in that one second; Kurumi saw the strong resolve in Mikoto's eyes. "Impossible. How can she be stronger than me? This isn't how it was suppose end! I was supposed to be with Kuro-chan!" The relentless attacks stopped. Kurumi's body was scorched by the electrical attacks. This was her chance to counter attack but something was wrong. "My mouths. They aren't working?" Then Kurumi saw her opponent flip a coin in the air. She knew what was coming next. "Oh this is going to hurt…"

Soon as the coin came down, a simple flick of her thumb made the coin turn into a large and powerful electrical attack. The attack came at Kurumi at full force and made contact. The result was a large explosion with dust and debris scattering everywhere as the after effect. When it cleared, Kurumi was deeply embedded into the wall. She couldn't move an inch. The demon girl groaned in pain. Her vision was blurry but could've sworn that Mikoto was running towards her. "Now here's something to think about! If I can send a coin with that much power behind it, imagine what would happen if I did the same thing to something close to a human!" Mikoto formed a fist and it was charged with her power. With one final yell, Mikoto punched Kurumi square in the face. Now this attack was even larger than the last one. Kurumi was sent crashing through several buildings with a huge amount of force. Parts of building came flying out in every direction. Once everything was cleared, Kurumi was seen laying on a large piece of one of building slanted.

"D-Damn it all…" A bright light emitted from her body and now she returned to her human form.

Kurumi heard footsteps approaching her now. She saw the Mikoto also taken damage from her attack. She was panting heavily. The level five ESPer took the armband that was around Kurumi's upper arm. "You lose. Now give me back Kuroko!"

Before Kurumi could speak, she felt several spears pierce through her body. She coughed up blood and both her and Mikoto looked up to where the spears came from. "Poor little Kurumi-chan. You had your second chance but lost it. Sorry but failure isn't accepted here hee hee hee hee."

"Who or what is that?" Mikoto asked in bewilderment.

"Master…Peteano…" Kurumi replied in pain.

The clown laughed again. "It's disappointing, so very very disappointing indeed that you lost to your target. I had such high hopes, so very very high indeed. I'd say out of the all the people on our side, you were my favorite but your usefulness is at an end." He could see that Kurumi was struggling to keep her eyes open. "You know Kurumi-chan; before you go I would like to show a little something. It's dear so very very dear indeed." Peteano reached into his sleeve and pulled out something that looked like a locket." Before you go, I wanted you to see this. Does this look familiar to you? No? Then allow me to explain. We did some research on your background and about your love. We all know how you killed her because you thought she was cheating on you but you couldn't be more far from the truth. So very very far indeed."

Kurumi struggled to speak. "The…hell…do…you…mean?"

The clown giggled. "hee hee hee. What I mean is that she didn't cheat on you in the first place. The reason why she was seeing that man in the first place was because he specializes in making such beautiful lockets and necklaces however they cost quite a bit so she had to work at a few jobs. This very locket right here was to be your anniversary gift and inside was a silver ring. She probably wanted to propose to you." He tossed the locket to the ground. Peteano could see the surprise look on Kurumi's face. "You killed the one woman you loved and funny enough, it was on the very anniversary she was supposed to give you your present. We didn't bother telling you this but since you're close to dying, might as well tell you now." He looked at Mikoto. "And don't worry about your friend. She's being behaving well, so very very well indeed. Hee hee hee. You'll get to see her soon enough plus some other very exciting surprises within as well." Peteano vanished without a trace.

Mikoto picked up the locket and opened it to reveal a silver ring inside. She heard crying behind her and turned around. The eletromaster saw tears coming out of the demon girl's eyes. "Kurumi?"

Kurumi continued to shed tears. "Damn it. Just damn it. They knew all this time." Mikoto tried to reach out but the flames began to appear on Kurumi's body. "Promise me this Railgun, save Kuro-chan."

"I will."

"Also one lasts thing, what does the locket say."

Mikoto checked the locket. "It says together forever."

Kurumi gave out a pained laugh. "Figures. Where I'm going, I'll never be ever to see her again. If demons exist then there must a heaven and hell." She looked up at the night sky and saw the countless stars. "Yukiko, I know it's too late but I'm sorry…" With that last thought, Kurumi vanished along with the fire.

Mikoto didn't know how to feel about this victory. It felt hollow. However what she didn't like the most was that these demons knew the full truth about Kurumi's past and didn't say anything about it. She set the locket at the base where Kurumi once was and left.

B

11: 27 PM

Mikoto made it to the gate where she saw Dante waiting for her. "Damn. What kind of party were you having? I could see you lightning where I was walking not to mention a couple of explosions." He noticed that the younger girl didn't reply. "Hey what happened over there?"

Mikoto looked at the devil hunter. "Hey Dante, tell me this. Do demons have fun toying with emotions?"

He sighed. "They sure do. They think it's a fun game to play."

The level five ESPer clenched her fist. They saw a hand emerge from the demon wall and shatter. "How did that happen?"

"Guess you must've brought the intended item we needed."

"But I didn't…" She looked at the arm band. "Figures it would be Kuroko's armband. Let's go."

Mikoto walked into the courtyard of the factory. "Rushing in there with no idea on how many enemies there may be in that factory. Heh my kind of girl. Too bad she's in middle school." Dante walked into the courtyard also and the gates shut behind him.

B

Deep within the factory, an opponent like no other was waiting for the two rescuers. "I knew this idea was shit but on the bright side, at least I'll have a chance to fight the son of Sparda. If I can't make that bastard pay for what he has done then his kin will have to pay for him." The figure turned to two young girls suspended in different colored spheres. "You two aren't worth this much trouble, well one of you at least. Now then, let us begin this last stretch."

A/N: Yeah sorry this was a bit late. I had a rough time on how to start this chapter. I knew how the middle and the end were going but I was drawing blanks on the beginning. I had to rewrite a couple of times. Anyway again sorry for the delay.