A/N: Fact five: Deadman Wonderland was major inspiration for the Mystic Circus arc.

Disclaimer: I do not own To Aru Majatsu No Index/Railgun and/or Devil May Cry. They belong to their original owners. The OCs that appears in this story belongs to me.

A Certain Stylish Devil

Chapter Fifty Three: Magic and Demons

(Partake in the battle between the two forces)

The two groups stared each other down. One wanting to rid a bothersome problem and the other wanting answers as to what is happening in the city. Stiyl observed the three closely. The other three were doing the same thing. Hayate scoffed. "Just when we thought this would be an easy job, we have the devil hunter with them. This is going to be a pain."

"Since when do you complain? With all of our targets in one place, we can wipe them out. I'll be hard but it'll be worth it." Takashi spoke. "So who's getting who?" No one said anything. With no one stepping up, Takashi walked up and pointed his finger at them. This raised an eyebrow from several of the other group. He smirked at them. In an instant, he fired something at them. There was a hole in the ground but no bullet. Takashi brought up his hand and pointed at the group. "Air Assault!" Now he was firing multiple shots at Dante and the rest. They scattered in different directions to avoid the invisible shots.

The church members thought the same thing. "They're ESPers." Takashi focused his attention more on Stiyl and Dante as he thought they were more of threat. Stiyl conjured a fireball in his hand. He sent it straight at Takashi. He wasn't concerned about the attack. He stopped shooting and concentrated on the fire attack. In an instant, the fireball disappeared completely.

Takashi laughed at the attempt. "You may have fire magic but even that has to follow the rules on how the world works."

Touma and Index watched from a distance. "What did he do?" The young nun asked.

"He starved Stiyl's fireball out of oxygen. Without oxygen, the fireball extinguished." He looked at Takashi closely. "Does that mean his power has to do something with oxygen? No." He looked at the bullet holes on the ground. "If he wanted to, he could've shot us on the spot like he did with that guy before. That second shot was showing us what he can do." Touma realized something about one of the enemy's powers. "That's it!" He ran a bit from the hiding place he was at. "Stiyl! He can manipulate air!"

The red haired magician turned to him. "Air? Then that means…"

Everyone heard Takashi laugh. "You're quick into figuring that out. My power is called Aero Sniper."

"Then that means you, all of you are ESPers?" This was the first time Touma met other ESPers that knew about the magic side.

Again Takashi laughed. "We're far more than your run of the mill ESPer." He turned to Hayate. "Care to show them who they're messing with?"

The other male smiled. "My turn already? This'll be fun." He jumped off the container and landed in front of everyone else. "Well might as well stop beating around the bush!"

Dante smiled. "The rest of you enjoy the show while you can."

The others didn't know what he meant by that. What was one lone ESPer going to do to them? Their answer was in the form of wind circling around Hayate while several pulses were emitting from him. He started to make strange noises and soon that he started to yell. The wind blew even stronger. Hayate's body started to change. His clothes were ripped apart as his arms started to become bigger as well as broader, his legs becoming hind legs, his skin turning a light green, teeth becoming fangs, hands becoming claws, and two horns formed from his forehead. Once the transformation was complete, his size towered over them and he roared into the night sky.

As a natural reaction, members of the church were shocked to see such a dramatic transformation. "What in the…what in the hell is that?!" Touma shouted.

Dante walked up to him. "Congratulations kid. You're seeing your first demon."

"That's a demon?!" Index shouted.

Stiyl could feel a sweat drop coming down his forehead. "I never would've imagined an ESPer could turn into such monstrosity."

Drool was dripping out of the demons jaws. As it hit the ground, the drool melted the ground where it landed. Steam was coming out of the spot where the drool landed. Kanzaki observed the motion closely and looked at the remains of the crane above them. "So that how. He melted a section of the crane and thought he could injure us by bringing the part the part down. He's a dangerous foe."

They all heard the demon give a deep laugh. "So tell me, what's it like seeing a demon right in front of your very eyes?"

"It can talk?" The level zero spoke.

"Of course I can. We're far more than mere ESPers. We are known as demon ESPers!" Hayate roared that last word.

Touma raised an eyebrow when he heard that. "Demon ESPers?"

Kureha giggled at the question. "Let me explain that little boy. We're ESPers with demonic power. What you see before is what we're truly capable of."

Stiyl narrowed his eyes at the group. "What you're truly capable of? You mean what you're telling us is that you-"

"Gave up their souls and humanity in exchange for being stronger" Dante finished. "It's not too surprising. Humans are known to give in their desire of becoming stronger."

Takashi clapped his hands for Dante's answers. "Right on the money however the difference between us and the others you've fought before is that we're strongest. We're known as the Six Deadly Shades!"

The devil hunter laughed a bit in the inside. "I already know that one of them bit the dust. Since three of them are here, there are two who had yet to show their faces."

"Hey devil guy." Dante turned to Stiyl. "We're facing against the same enemy. It would be wise if we were to temporarily team up against them."

Dante scoffed. "Well since we're staring at the same son of a bitch, why not but don't expect a team effort." Out of nowhere he brought out a strange briefcase with a demonic image in the center. "We have to take out this fucker before we can move on with the others."

"That's already being covered." Dante didn't get what Stiyl meant by that. He looked off to the side and smiled.

"Hey Hayate, take care of them will ya?" Takahashi waved at him. Then he noticed something off the corner of his eye and turned around to see Touma on top of the container staring at him. He gave a chuckle. "Wow you move pretty fast. You sure want to fight me?"

The level zero tightened his fist. "Why not? I'm used to this kind of crap. I don't give a damn if you are a demon."

Hayate laughed. "You got balls I'll give you that but…" He formed a visible ball of air in the palm of his hand. "Let's see how you act when you have a giant hole through your body! Aerosphere!" Hayate sent the ball of air at Touma. The level zero quickly raised his right hand in front of him. The attack hit his hand and in an instant. That surprised Hayate. "What the hell? How did you do that?"

Touma stared down at the demon ESPer. "Demon ESPer or not, your power is still the same. This right hand of mine can cancel out any supernatural or magic attack." He ran toward Hayate. "Which means any attack you throw at me…" He punched Hayate square in the jaw at full force. "Won't work!"

Hayate was sent flying from the punch and landed hard. He groaned as he stood up. "That's one hell of a right hook you got. I haven't been hit like that before." He smiled at the level zero. "A power that can cancel out any other power. I can see how that can be useful. However…" Smaller orbs of air appeared at his fingertips. "There's more than one way to kill you!"

On the other side of the container, Kureha sighed. "Well it wouldn't be fair if the boys had all the fun right?" She turned around to face Kanzaki. "You're even more attractive up close." The other woman didn't say anything as she drew her sword. Kureha giggled. "I guess a bit of foreplay is nice every now and then."

Kanzaki didn't waste any time as she swung her sword into the air and the force behind that swing was coming in close to its target. The attack made contact with Kureha on her right shoulder and passed through it while the attack continued as it cut through the container all of there were standing on. She thought that hit the mark to her surprise, the only that was cut clean off was part of Kureha's short sleeve. Her skin however didn't show any sign that it was cut. Kureha smiled at the attempt. "Mine turn." She made her hand into a fist and suddenly hit the container below her and it dented deeply. The force behind the strike traveled just as fast towards Kanzaki while tearing up the path that lay before it. Kanzaki jumped out of the way and landed on the ground below. The entire half she was standing on was wrecked. She saw Kureha jump off as well. She grabbed her sword again and did the same as before. The force of the attack hit its target but like before, it didn't work. Kureha closed in fast and landed near Kanzaki but the impact shook the ground as dust rose up and could be felt by everyone.

Touma and Takashi stumbled a bit since they were still on the container. "Hey watch it!"

While his opponent was slightly distracted, Touma had a good look at the site. The dust cleared and Kanzaki avoided the attack but that wasn't what surprised the level zero. He saw Kureha in the middle of a large crater. "How did she manage to do that?"

In his distraction, several air volley attacks were sent at him. He extended his arm to dispel the attacks. "Keep your eye on the guy that fighting you."

Meanwhile back to Dante and Stiyl, they were looking at the demon Hayate. The devil hunter laughed at what was going on. "This is starting to be quite the party here."

"I hardly think this is the time to jest here. We need to deal what's in front of us." Stiyl spoke. A circle of fire surrounded the mage. "Let's see how you fair against this! Fordis931!" He raised his hand. "One of the five elements that make up the known world, the first light that pieced the darkness, the light whose presence can provide a comfort and warmth and who's judgment brings the destruction of the wicked. It has the power to give life and take it away. It is fierce, it is hungry, it is cruel. I call upon fire, the service of my sword, manifest thyself and feed upon me that thou shall gain power! Innocentius!" A giant figure of fire appeared behind Stiyl roaring.

Dante whistled at what he saw. "Nice trick. Can you pull a rabbit out your hat?"

Stiyl ignored the devil hunter's comment. "Go forth now Innocentius!" The fire being summoned a cross in its hand and went straight ahead toward the demon.

However Hayate didn't look worried. "If you think something like that is going to stop me then you're wrong!" He caught the arm where the fire being held its weapon and the other shoulder. The sounds of burning could be heard. He lifted Innocentius and tossed him to the containers behind him. Touma and Takashi saw the fire being crashing in and they jumped off before the fire being crashed into the container. "Now how about a little bath!" Hayate's arms started to glow. He pointed both of his arms at Innocentius and a strange liquid began to form around them. It increased in size as well as volume and sent the liquid right at the fire being. The liquid hit Innocentius as well as the surrounding area but as soon as it did, steam started to rise instantly. The metal began to dissolve instantly as well the ground.

Touma instantly knew what that liquid was. "Oh crap. That's acid."

Hayate laughed. "That is the power of my Rapid Dissolve. Nothing can survive my demonic acid. So much for your pet."

He turned around to see that Stiyl wasn't even the least bit worried. "You should learn that underestimating your opponent can lead you to your grave."

The acid demon didn't understand what he meant by that. He suddenly heard fire erupting from behind. He turned to see that Innocentius was still around. "Impossible! Nothing can survive my acid!"

"That's where you're wrong." Stiyl walked up to the demon. "Before all of this started, I laid out runes throughout this entire harbor that makes sure Innocentius is impervious to any type of ability." The fire being roared as it charged toward Hayate. It raised its cross and slammed it on top of the acid demon's shoulder. Next it grabbed the Hayate's face with its other hand. Fire surrounded them both. "Innocentius burns at 3000 degrees. Your chances of surviving are none."

"Oh please." Dante walked up next to Stiyl. "If demons were that easy to kill then every human would kill one."

The red haired magician raised an eyebrow. He looked at the battle between the demon and Innocentius. He saw the demon grab its arms. "Get the hell off of me!" He lifted the fire being up into the air and tossed Innocentius over to the ocean. The fire being hit the water and steam began to rise out of it. Innocentius sank beneath the waters.

"Innocentius!" Stiyl called out.

Hayate turned to him but strangely Dante was not with him now. "Runes or not, I doubt your pet can swim. Now what will you do?" The demon raised his arm to strike down Stiyl. "Time to go bye bye!" Any attack now would be futile against the demon and it'll be a while before Innocentius could return. Even all this, he can't help but feel like he's forgetting something. "Bye bye!" A sound could be heard from up above and storm of bullets began to hit the demon right in the face. Hayate began shout in pain. He grabbed his face in order to settle the pain down. "Ah what the hell!?"

Dante landed next Stiyl while carrying some sort of Gatling gun. "It's bad to keep focusing on one thing. That's a basic law in school don't you know. You forget I was here too?"

The acid demon removed his hand from his face. "You'll pay that!" He raised his arm into the air to attempt to crush the devil hunter. "Anything my skin comes into contact will be nothing but liquid. Now die!"

Stiyl thought it was be a good idea to get out of the way of the attack so he jumped out of the way but Dante had a different plan in mind. Instead of dodging left or right, he jumped forward and pointed the gun at the demon only this time the gun instantly transformed into a bowgun. Dante pulled the trigger and some sort of projectile came out of the weapon. It hit the acid demon straight onto the stomach and sent him back a bit. He roared in frustration. "What kind of weapon is that?"

Dante laughed as the bowgun now transformed into a large bazooka. "The kind of gun that's fun to use!" He pulled the trigger once again and a missile was headed straight at Hayate. This time the attack did more damage than before. The blast knocked the acid demon back all the way to the destroyed container as he landed on it. The container started to melt. Dante turned to Stiyl "I bet your little friend can't do this." The devil hunter's weapon changed yet again and this time he set it on the ground before him. It looked like some sort of laser cannon to the rest. It began to glow. Hayate quickly stood up and started to summon his acid once again. "That acid is powerful I'll give that but can it melt through this?" Hayate sent a stream of acid to the devil but he pulled the trigger of her cannon. A power laser beam emerged from the cannon and went through the acid along with the acid demon and anything else that was behind him. An explosion occurred just little ways from the rest of the group.

The wind from the explosion reached the group as they had to cover their eyes. Once the wind died down, all of them turned to where Dante and Stiyl were. The laser cannon transformed back into a briefcase and the devil hunter put it over his shoulder. Stiyl observed the briefcase. "Just what kind of weapon is that?"

Tsuchimikado who was watching the entire fight far away observed what happen. "A briefcase that can transform into weapons of mass destruction. No doubt about what it is but where did he get it in the first place?"

Everyone saw the acid demon lying down. No doubt the laser did a significant amount of damage. Dante walked up the demon casually. "Come on I know it'll take more than that kill you."

Hayate suddenly stood up and roared at the devil hunter. "Time to die!"

As usual Dante wasn't worried. He set the briefcase down and opened it with his boot. As soon as the briefcase opened, a bright light came out of it. Hayate let out a scream of terror when he saw the light. Dante closed the briefcase and the light vanished. Not only had the light vanished, but Hayate as well. He was nowhere to be seen.

"Hayate!" Takashi called out.

All Kureha could do was just stare at the space where the acid demon was. "No…way"

The other members could only stare as well as wonder what the devil did. "What kind of brief case does that?" Touma wondered.

Kanzaki also wondered the same thing. "Such a thing can't be that powerful. Just who is this man?"

Takashi felt rage going through his body. "Kureha enough fucking around! We have to deal with him now! Forget the others!" Kureha nodded as the air intensified around her.

Dante smiled at this action. "Bring it on. I can do this all night long."

The two demon ESPers were about to transform into their demon forms. "Sakura Style: Blooming Profusion!" The ground was suddenly cut apart in several pieces between the two demon ESPers and Dante. Everyone turned to where the attack came from. They all saw an older man standing on top of one of the other containers. "Eager to start, quick to finish. You kids have no sense of patience."

Takashi glared at the older man. "Kojiro."

"So now you decide to join us." Kureha spoke.

Kojiro ignored her comment and jumped down. "This is an order from the mistress. Return now. We're done here."

Kureha smiled at what she heard. "Well if it's an order from her, we can't disobey."

Takashi scoffed. "Guess we have no choice. This isn't over." Red circles with strange symbols appeared below them. The two of them glowed and suddenly disappeared.

Everyone else was a bit mad that they got away but Kojiro decided to stay a bit longer. "What impudent brats." He looked at everyone else. "Hear this and know this well. We are not interested in anything else but the destruction of not only this city but the entire world." He stared at Dante "Next time son of Sparda when we meet again, our swords will cross. I look forward to it." The same red glow covered him and he too disappeared."

Everyone walked up Dante. "Did I hear that right?" Stiyl stood up. "He called you the son of Sparda. Is that right?"

Now Tsuchimikado, Index, and most of Kanzaki were staring at the devil hunter. Touma was the only one who was confused. "Hold on I'm confused. Who's this Sparda guy?"

Tsuchimikado adjusted his sunglasses. "A demon. A legendary demon that said he saved the human world 2000 years ago."