Chapter 39 – A Battle of Demon Girls

As we continued to go through Butter Building, Akaineko's meows and hisses grew more aggressive. So we knew we were getting closer to Lidelle's clone.

There were a lot of stairs in this place. And as we climbed higher, some of us were starting to feel the high altitude Adeleine warned us about.

Myself included.

"Ugh…I'm getting a little lightheaded."

"What? The Light Soul can't handle a little altitude increase? That's pretty…"

*SMACK*

"Ow!"

"Watch it, Schezo. I could easily throw you off this building if I wanted to." Raffina said after hitting him in the head.

"Tch. Fine. Never mind."

"Are you really okay, Amitie? You look a little dizzy." Arle asked.

"Y-Yeah. I'm *headshake* I'm fine, Arle. It's was only temporary."

"Really?"

"Am, you don't have to lie. You can admit that you're afraid." Ringo said.

"But I'm not afraid. And why is this coming from you of all people?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Ringo. Your eyes are closed." Misuki said.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Adeleine asked.

"Of course I do. I got Maguro guiding me."

"And you don't mind?"

"Just helping out a friend…who's afraid of heights." Maguro answered.

"M-Maguro! Th-That's supposed to be a secret!"

"It's super obvious." Literally, everyone retorted.

"Meow. Meow."

"What is it, Akaineko?" Chetta asked her cat.

"Meow meow meow."

"The soul's energy is coming from up past this star-thingy?"

"Meow!"

"Up there? That's where Nutty Noon is." Ribbon said.

"Nutty Noon?" Raffina asked.

"It's a huge tower up in the clouds. It's also the only entrance into the cloud areas we have here." Adeleine explained.

"I see. So we're just getting higher at this point."

"S-So Lidelle's up in the clouds…w-waiting for us…S-Sis, I don't think I can go up there. I-I'm scared." Raina said in fear.

"Huh? Why not?"

"B-Because. Out of all the clones, Lidelle is the deadliest. She found enjoyment in killing me. And had come close to doing so every day since we were created. I don't want to face her again! She'll kill me for real this time since I betrayed Amitie!"

"Raina…it's okay. You don't have to go. In fact, I'll stay here with you. Will that help?"

"Y-Yeah. It will. Thanks, Sis." Raina then hugged her original self.

"Sorry, guys. Looks like I'm sitting out this one."

"It's okay, Raffina." Lidelle said. "In fact, it makes what I'm about to say a lot easier."

"Huh? Say what?"

Lidelle went silent for a bit. Then, with her fists clenched together, she said:

"Guys…I want to fight my clone alone."

"WHAT?!" Most of us yelled in shock.

"L-Lidelle! A-Are you insane?!" Misuki yelled.

"Didn't you hear what Raina said?! Yours is the most deadly!" Ringo yelled.

"I know. Which is why I want to fight her alone."

"L-Lidelle! L-Let's be reasonable about this!" Arle said. "You don't know what that clone will do to you!"

"I think I have a pretty good idea."

"Huh?! Wait, what's that supposed to mean?!"

Lidelle didn't answer. In fact, she completely ignored us and jumped onto the Warpstar-looking thing.

"Lidelle! Stop! This isn't right!" Raffina shouted.

"I know what I'm doing! Don't follow me!" Lidelle yelled with a serious look on her normally shy face. It was honestly terrifying to look at. And none of us wanted to say anything to her with that face present.

So we all watched as Lidelle flew away on the Warpstar look-a-like to the next area known as Nutty Noon.

"Lidelle…what is wrong with you?" I asked myself as I tried to hold in my tears.

But then all of a sudden, the star reappeared out of thin air. Almost like it…respawned or something.

"I'm going after her!" I yelled as I tried to get onto the star with my broken leg.

"Hold on a second." We heard a recognizable voice. We all then turned around to see Taranza, Susie, and Meta Knight walking up towards us.

"Guys? What are you all doing here?" Adeleine asked.

"Magolor told us you all would be here." Taranza said.

"So Lidelle already left, huh?" Susie asked.

"Y-Yeah, she did. Which is why I was going to go after her when you all showed up."

"Amitie, listen." Meta Knight said. "You may be the Light Soul, but it's best if you stay out of this fight."

"Huh?! Why should I?!"

"There's just something about that Lidelle girl that makes her more suitable for this than your current state of power."

"More suitable?"

"What we mean is…Lidelle has some extreme power." Taranza said.

"Some of it is unknown even in this universe." Susie added.

"What? I find that hard to believe." Schezo said.

"Yeah, I agree. That girl didn't seem more powerful than a tiny bug." Flamberge added.

"You'll all be surprised. Trust us."

"We even brought this screen from the ship to prove it." Taranza said as he pulled out a tiny screen to show us the fight that was going to happen.

As everyone gathered around, Raffina and I were a little hesitant. Mainly because we were questioning ourselves just how well do we know our classmate and friend.

"H-Hey, Amitie. J-Just how powerful IS Lidelle?"

"I-I…I honestly don't know, Raffina."

"I'm too scared to find out." We both said after a mixed silence of fear and worry.


Gateway Sky Tower – Nutty Noon

Lidelle's POV

Now I know what you're thinking. What I'm doing is completely reckless, stupid, and above all…not like me at all. But I have my reasons for doing this. Reasons I can't really explain right now. But you'll learn soon enough.

"So this is Nutty Noon, huh? It's quite peaceful. And the view is really pretty from here. I just hope I don't cause too much damage to this place."

"*giggle* So you actually showed up, huh?"

After hearing the distorted creepy version of my own voice, I saw her. Standing right across from me in a fair distance.

My evil clone.

Like most clones would, she looked exactly like me. There were a few minor differences, though. Her outfit, for one, was completely different from mine. Her clothes looked ragged. Like she was attacked by something. Her light-green t-shirt was all torn up. To the point where part of her undershirt was showing. Her black jeans were made into jeans shorts due to the bottom half being ripped off. And her sneakers, although the same design as mine, where completely destroyed.

And along with the green markings all over her body, there was a green soul symbol plastered on her exposed stomach.

Even her outfit just screams evil.

"You think I wouldn't show up after learning what you plan to do?" I asked myself.

"*giggle* I'll give you that. Although, I was hoping you would cry all the way back to your mommy and brother and make this a whole lot easier."

"Yeah, well clearly it won't be that way. I did come here on my own to defeat you, Clone."

"Clone? Now, that's not a nice thing to say. I deserve a name, too. So from now on, just call me Ridel. Ridel Honnari."

"So not only do you steal and change my first name, but you chose the evilest type of my kind to be your last name? You truly are despicable."

"Well, look at you being all tough girl. I once thought you were a worthless crybaby that no one pays attention to. But who would've thought that I would be a clone of the future queen of hell? All the more reason to kill you and your family! And take that title for myself! *giggle*"

"You evil psychopath! Going after me is one thing! But going after my family?! When Satan told me about how you really are, I knew you had to be killed immediately!"

"Aw. Does the wimpy wittle crybaby still rely on her precious Onee-sama? Ha! How pathetic! A complete wuss like you would be a total waste for the ultimate control of demons and hell spawns alike. Once I kill you and your crappy family, I'll use that power for its true purpose. Torturing every last mortal in existence! It'll be like an Endless Armageddon!*giggle*"

"Do you honestly think I would let that happen?!" I yelled out of anger.

"What? Do you plan on stopping me? You're an idiot if you think you have even a little chance of beating me. *giggle*"

"Grr…UNLEASH!" I shouted.

It was not long after that I started transforming. I grew big black demonic-like wings on my back. And sharp black claws on my fingers. My blue eyes had turned into a demonic light-green color. And like my clone, had light-green marks appear all over my body.

This is what happens when I have to fight evil demons in hell to prevent them from escaping to the surface.

This…is my hell spawn form.

"My name is Lidelle Namanari. Daughter of late and great Demon King Namanari. And the future Queen of Hell itself. With these powers passed down to me by my father, I'll stop your evil plans! I'll protect my family and every mortal alive! I WILL KILL YOU!"

"Nyahahahaha! Alright! Bring it on, you weak spineless fool!" Ridel shouted back.

"LET'S…"

"PUYO BATTLE!"


*MEANWHILE…*

"My name is Lidelle Namanari. Daughter of late and great Demon King Namanari. And the future Queen of Hell itself. With these powers passed down to me by my father, I'll stop your evil plans! I'll protect my family and every mortal alive! I WILL KILL YOU!"

"Th-Th…The Future Queen of Hell? C-Can Lidelle really do that?" Chetta asked.

"Never mind that! What the hell happened to Lidelle?! Why does she look like that?!" Ringo asked in a panicked fear.

"It's because of her other half." Taranza said.

"Her other half?" We asked. But then, after thinking about it…

"Wait. Is it because she's half hellspawn?" Arle asked.

"That's correct, Arle." Susie said. "Not only are Lidelle and her family Royalty in the underworld, but they also protect the surface world. Eradicating any and all demonic souls who try to cause harm to the world above them. Thus why she has such extreme power."

"She also tries to hide said extreme power. But when each of us first met her, it was too overbearing to ignore." Meta Knight added.

"Indeed, it was." Francisca said.

"Wait, what?! Francisca, you knew?!" Flamberge yelled.

"Yes. I did. Weren't you able to tell as well, Flamberge? It was very obvious for us to notice."

"…"

"I-I was…doing something else."

"*sigh* Flamberge. I do like you, but you are indeed lazy."

"H-Hey!"

"Wow. Lidelle keeping that much power and an important job like that a secret for so long. I'm impressed." Misuki said.

"Yeah, no kidding." Raffina said. "I didn't even know her last name until now. Lidelle Namanari. Why does that sound familiar?"

"Namanari?" Yu asked. "Those are demons who summon spirits that leave the body of a living person and haunts other people or places."

"Wh-What?!" Ringo, Adeleine, and Ribbon yelled in shock.

"Calm down. They're still nice demons. In fact, probably one of the few nice ones."

"They also have horns." Rei added.

"Oh, yeah. There's also that."

"Woah. So cool." Raina said.

"Makes me look at Lidelle a lot differently now." Marx said.

"But…if Lidelle is truly that powerful, doesn't that mean her clone is as well?" Chetta asked.

"Yes. No doubt that's true." Meta Knight answered.

"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby yelled to get our attention.

"Huh?! What is it, Kirby?!" I asked.

He then showed us the screen showing the two Lidelles still fighting each other. Problem is…our Lidelle was losing. Badly.

"The battle only just started and it already doesn't look good for Lidelle." Bandanna-Dee wrote on his board.

"Lidelle…please be careful." Was all I could say as we all continued to watch the battle unfold some more.

Whether we like it or not.


BOSS: Vs. Ridel Honnari


"*giggle* I'll admit. You are pretty tough. Worthy of being an original. But that's all you got going for ya. Why don't you just give up and die already?"

Ridel was taunting me as I stood across from her slowly catching my breath. As I thought she was, she's just as strong as me. But she's probably even stronger with the demonic powers AND Yu's eternal soul in her possession.

"Tch! I'm not through, yet!" I yelled as I got back up again. "Vento!" I then cast my wind spell and fired it at the copy. Only for her to dodge it completely.

"Raffiche!" Ridel then cast a spell similar to mine. Only the wind was black and full of despair. And I dodged the attack and they hit the ground, it formed a hole into it. And soon, a bunch of white hands came out of it trying to drag someone down to Hell with them. But they soon disappeared once they realized no one was there.

"N-No way. Th-Those were…"

"*giggle* Impressed? I already gained control of the Sky Trees. They now do as I say. And once I hit you, they'll murder you and drag your lifeless body straight down to Hell. *giggle*"

"Grr…Like I'll let that happen!"

I flew up into the sky and soon my clone followed suit.

"Uragano!"

"Mulinello!"

I created a hurricane while Ridel created a whirlpool. A black one, like the gusts of wind from before. As we both shot them at the same time, the wind from both currents made it hard for me to see what was happening.

But as they cleared up, Ridel was nowhere to be found. I looked around, keeping my guard up while doing so.

"Wh-Where did you…"

"Fulmine!"

*ZAP*

"Gah!"

I was suddenly struck by a powerful lightning bolt cast by Ridel, who had somehow snuck up behind me and did a sneak attack. I then fell down to the ground. Too paralyzed to move. And the Sky Trees were slowly grabbing my body and pulling me down to Hell.

"*giggle* This is it. The end of you." Ridel taunted."I thought you would put up a better fight than that since you were alone. But I knew I was right. You're nothing but a wuss. A weakling. A pathetic little crybaby. And now, you'll die with those traits forever stuck with you."

"Tch! N-No! I-It can't! It can't end like this! You psychotic copy!"

"Aw. Don't be like that. Be happy that you'll get to see your family again. I'll have to kill them, first. But you get the idea. *giggle*"

"N-No! NO! LET ME GO!" I shouted in anger.

"NYAHAHAHAHAHA! ENJOY ENDLESS TORTURE, YOU LITTLE…"

"Burning Flame!"

Suddenly, a big fireball surrounded by 3 smaller fireballs came out of nowhere and attacked the spot I was in. They each attacked and burned off the Sky Trees that were grabbing hold of my arms and legs.

Unlike the small ones, which disappeared along with the Sky Trees, the big fireball rose up and landed next to me. The flames then dispersed. Allowing me to see who it was that saved me. And I was honestly shocked.

"A-Amitie?!"

"You okay, Lidelle?" She asked me.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine now. B-But what are you doing up here? I told you not to follow me."

"You were about to die and be dragged down to Hell! I wasn't going to let that happen! I know you were only trying to protect us, Lidelle! But you don't need to hide your other half from us anymore!"

"A-Amitie…"

"We all promised we would do this together. And as my duty as the Light Soul, I won't allow you to risk your life while fighting this monster of a clone. Let's beat her together. As friends would and should."

She looked way too serious about this. Dead serious, too. A trait she usually isn't known for. But having Amitie's support right now, although unwanted from the beginning, was really helpful now. And I would be an even bigger idiot than before if I said no to this.

"Amitie…th-thank you." I said. "Let's beat Ridel together."

"Right!" Amitie cheered.

We both turned to face Ridel, who was watching the whole time. She had a creepy evil smile on her face. And I think I know why.

"*giggle* So you're Amitie the Light Soul? Well, this only makes my day even better. Cause now I got two victims for the prize of one. *giggle*"

"Ugh. You really are despicable. How can anyone like you just exist like this?" Amitie asked.

"I'll tell ya, Light Soul. I've got big plans for once I get you nuisances out the way. I'll be The Eternal Queen of Hell. Demons will freely fly around these pitiful universes of yours. And mortals will either bow down to their new queen...or die if they ever try to rebel. Ha. And I'm so close to it, too. I can almost taste it.*giggle*"

"As if!" We both shouted.


*BACK TO NORMAL POV*

As Lidelle flew back up into the sky, I stayed on the ground and decided to help her as much as I can from down here.

"Vento!"

"Raffiche!"

"Uragano!"

"Mulinello!"

"Tifone!"

"Ciclone!"

I watched as the two Lidelles fought more and more. Spamming their magic spells one after another. All while I avoided the scary white hands that tried to drag Lidelle to Hell.

Both were looking tired at this point. Each regaining their breaths while staring angerly at each other.

"Grr…why won't die already?!" Lidelle's clone (who wants to be called Ridel) yelled out of anger.

"That's my line, you copy!" Lidelle yelled back.

At this rate, they'll both kill each other at the same time. I gotta do something to help Lidelle. But what?

Hmm…maybe I could try…

"Tch! Whatever. This may use the rest of my energy. But if it'll destroy the both of you in a heartbeat, then I'll do whatever it takes."

Ridel flew back a bit and placed her left hand in front. Aiming at both of us. It started to glow a black-ish glow. With a mix of different shades of black.

And then…

"Monocromatico!"

…she blasted a dark-colored rainbow at the both of us. It was heading our way and at a very fast pace.

I have to time this just right.

Ready…

"Amitie!" Lidelle shouted as she began flying over to me at rapid speed.

Aim…

"*giggle* Say goodbye, Light Soul! You won't be missed! By me, that is!" Ridel taunted me.

"Mirror!" I shouted as I changed into the Mirror Ability and reflected the attack back at Ridel, who never saw it coming.

"Gaaah!" Ridel's own attack struck her good as she fell to the ground hard. Her wings were smoking and her body was paralyzed with electricity.

"Wh-What the…what was that? You cheat!"

"Hurry, Lidelle! Before she gets back up!"

"R-Right, Amitie!" Lidelle flew over to and landed in front of Ridel. She placed her right hand on her forehead and it started to glow.

"Extract!"

Both Lidelles had a glow a different shade of green before it eventually stopped. And when it did, I saw that Lidelle had a white orb-shaped mist in her hand while Ridel was crouched down on one knee taking extremely huge deep breaths as she stared angerly at her original self.

It was then I knew…the battle was over. And Lidelle had won.


"Grr…I can't believe it. I actually lost to you. And we're supposed to be equally matched."

"Well, we aren't anymore." I said to my clone. "I took back the part of Yu's eternal soul from your body. So without this, you're the pathetic weakling now. You're finished, Ridel. It's over. And now it's off to Hell with you."

As a black circle appeared underneath her, Ridel grew angrier as she was slowly being pulled down to the depths of Hell.

"Gah! You may have won this time, Lidelle! But I'm not that easy to kill! I'll be back! And I'll get my revenge! On you, AND the Light Soul as well! My Armageddon will soon come to be! *giggle* *giggle* Nyahahahaha!"

By this time, Ridel had been fully consumed by the black circle. And it soon disappeared within the ground we were standing on.

"W-Woah." Was all Amitie could say.

"She isn't bluffing, Amitie."

"Huh? Wh-What do you mean?" She turned to face me. I had reverted back to normal at this point. So it was easy for her to look at me.

"Even though I have part of Yu's eternal soul in my hand, Ridel is still a demon. And demons are not easy to kill. She'll probably recover a bit while in Hell. But Ridel will be back. And she won't stop until she kills me and takes my rightful place as the Queen of Hell. It's going to be tough from now on. Don't know how I'm going to explain this to Satan and Mother."

"Lidelle. Don't worry. If and when Ridel comes back, we'll be ready to put her back in her place. We won't let a psychopathic clone kill our friend. And we all will make sure of it."

I didn't answer for a bit. But then after a bit of staring, I wrapped my arms around Amitie and she did the same. Embracing each other in a big long hug.

"Thank you…Amitie. You really are a really good Light Soul and a great friend."

"You're welcome, Lidelle. And I'm sure you'll be a great queen someday."

"*giggle* Yeah. I know it."

And Dad will be proud of it, too.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Born from a mix of Lidelle's demonic DNA and Yu's eternal soul, Ridel Honnari is a threat to be reckoned with. Her goal is to kill Lidelle and steal her title as the Queen of Hell. And with her first attempt ended in defeat, she won't stop until her desire comes true.

I'll be honest. Lidelle's clone was the one I was worried about. As in, how was I going to portray her. This took a lot of thinking. Even during when I was introducing Raina. But I'm okay with the final outcome. As I did say in previous stories that Lidelle is related to Hell in more ways than one.

Also, I FINALLY gave Lidelle a last name. "Namanari" is a type of the Hannya, a Japanese demon. There are a total of 3 types. And Namanari are the least evil. Still looking like human women while having small horns on their head. It sounds like a lot like Lidelle, doesn't it?

And then Honnari are the evilest. Looking way less human and more…monstrous. This is what Ridel is based off, but I kept her part-human. For consistency.

Ridel's Spells (In English)

Gusts (Raffiche)

Whirlpool (Mulinello)

Cyclone (Ciclone)

Lightning (Fulmine)

Monochrome (Monocromatico)

That's it for now. If you're enjoying it, then feel free to review/favorite/follow/kudos the story. Thanks for reading. Later.