Here's Chapter 20! Enjoy! And to Devlin Dracul, yes, I got the name Caligula from the Roman Emperor.
Disclaimer: Beelzebub belongs to Ryuuhei Tamura, not me.
Chapter 20- Father and Daughter vs. Caligula
(Yumi)
The entirety of the Pillar Division look shocked when this Caligula says that he is the son of Diabolos, the former leader. "Wait… but you moved to a different part of the Demon World!" Agiel exclaims in shock.
Caligula smirks. "That's what everyone thought as well," he says as he jumps from the freight containers onto the ground. "But I'm back now." He stops in front of Hecadoth, sneering at him. "Looks like the Pillar General finally got his revenge for Laymia."
Hecadoth glares icily at him, getting into an offensive stance. "And what of it?" he asks. "Azazel tried to rape her, so I was settling the score."
"Wait!" I call. The two of them turn to look at me. I take a deep breath before looking Caligula in the eye. "I'm the one he's after. Let me fight him."
Caligula glares scornfully at me. "The Konketsuji girl. Tanaka Yumi," he says. "We finally meet at last."
Hecadoth looks at me in shock. "Yumi, what're you saying?" he asks. "This guy's dangerous! You'll surely be killed!"
I shake my head. "This is my fight. It's like how you settled the score with Azazel and got revenge for Laymia, Hecadoth," I say, glaring at Caligula. "This bastard is the one who killed my mother, so I'm gonna settle the score with him."
Hecadoth stares at me in surprise for a moment before giving me a small smirk. "Very well then," he says. "Good luck. Don't you die on me as well."
"Take care, Yumi," Dad tells me.
"You'd better beat him," Jabberwock orders. "He deserves it for attempting to kill off the Pillar Division."
I nod before stepping up to face him, taking my fan out and getting into a fighting stance, tendrils of demonic energy surrounding my fan. Caligula holds his sword out at me, black tendrils surrounding the blade of his sword. "I'll end it all right here by finishing off this weakling of Elsa's child," he says.
I frown at him. "Don't underestimate me, Caligula!" I say, my voice suddenly becoming cold and stern. "I'm not who I was back then. That helpless little girl is gone now." Right then, I lunge at him. "Because of you, I'm not the same anymore!"
I raise my fist and strike him across the face, making him lose his footing slightly. He quickly regains his footing and glares at me. "Who the hell do you think you're messing with, woman?!" Caligula demands. "If you're smart, then you'll give up before I kill you!"
As I prepare to send a kick at his chin, he suddenly grabs my ankle and throws me away. However, I quickly land on the side of the freight container, remembering Hecadoth's words of advice. When I look at Hecadoth, I see that he's giving me a knowing smirk. I smile gratefully at him before launching myself off the freight container.
Caligula's eyes widen in surprise at my sudden strength. "So you really have trained with Hecadoth, haven't you?" he sneers. "How interesting… you're now as strong as a pure-blood."
I glare at him, ignoring the rain hitting my skin. "Do you guys always like to taunt your enemies when fighting?" I ask. "Because it gets pretty damn boring to listen to the same old things!"
Tendrils of demonic energy surround the fan and I jump up, bringing my fan down on his face. However, before it can meet his face, I suddenly see his hands grab my fan. My eyes widen in shock as he smirks at me. "Foolish girl," he sneers.
Suddenly, I find myself being thrown forcefully onto the ground. I skid upon impact and I land a few feet away from a stack of cargo. The metallic taste of blood fills my mouth and I spit out some blood onto the ground, glaring at Caligula the whole time. "Weaklings like you should know your place in this world!" he snarls. "Did you really think that you, a better-than-average Konketsuji, could take on a pure-blood demon?"
"Oh no you don't!" Suddenly, Dad jumps in front of me. "Don't you dare lay a hand on my daughter!" he shouts, glaring furiously at him.
I become panicky. "Dad, don't!" I protest.
"No. I've already lost Elsa, and I'm not going to lose you either, Yumi," Dad tells me, holding his fist up.
Caligula glares at him. "So, you're the contractor of the Demon Maidservant, aren't you?" he says scornfully. "Disgusting. It's a shame she wasted herself on human trash like you."
Dad narrows his eyes. "How dare you talk about Elsa like that…" he seethes. "You killed her fourteen years ago!"
"And what of it?" Caligula counters. "She was a whore who refused to make the right choice!" He aims a punch at Dad, who simply grabs his fist.
"Elsa was never a whore!" Dad snarls, throwing him back. "She simply didn't want to serve a monster like you because you've murdered your previous maidservants! She ran away for her own safety!"
My eyes widen in shock. "Wait… what?" I ask. "Mom was… serving this bastard?!"
Caligula sneers. "Elsa was supposed to be my Demon Maidservant, the one who was supposed to serve me," he says. "However, she ran away into the Human World to be with her contractor!"
I stare in disbelief and shock at him. Caligula murdered my mom because she simply refused to serve him?! I slowly stand up, glaring at him. "You sicken me," I seethe. "Dad and I are the ones being called filth, when you murdered my mom because she wanted to be safe?!"
"If I can't have Elsa, then no one can!" he roars, aiming his sword at me as he runs towards me. I kick him in the gut, sending him flying a few steps back. "She could've served me and have everything she ever wanted. But she threw it all away for a mere human! Even worse, my father refused to negotiate with her parents! He let her go!"
Dad and I glare at him. "You're the worst person I've ever met," Dad snarls. "You corrupted an organization that was meant to be loyal to the Great Demon Lord, you murder innocent people, and you dare call both my daughter and myself filth!"
Caligula simply smirks. "You want to know something, contractor?" he taunts. "Two years after you and Elsa married, I had heard that the two of you had a daughter. However, my father refused to let me go after you to complete my revenge. He told me to smarten up. But guess what?" He grins sadistically. "I… corrected him."
My eyes widen in horror and everyone looks at him with various different expressions. Oga, Lamia, Yolda, Hilda-san, and Tojo look shocked. Izuma, Furuichi, and Agiel look horrified. Graphel, Naga, Hecadoth, Jabberwock, and the rest of the Pillar Division look both stunned and disgusted. "You… You murdered your own father?!" I ask, horrified. This guy… he's a real monster!
"You're the worst of the worst!" Jabberwock snarls. "Murdering your own father and taking over his own elite force?!"
"So you're the one behind the murder of Diabolos…" Naga says in disgust.
Caligula looks unfazed. "I only did it for revenge," he gloats. "It was fun, you know? In order to lure Elsa back to the Demon World, I forged a letter from her parents, stating that there was something important that needed to be discussed, and she took the bait. However, the moment she arrived in the Demon World, I had my new assassins capture her and torture her for several days."
I glare bloody murder at him, my blood boiling in rage. This guy's truly a monster!
Hecadoth glares in anger at him. "And here I thought that Azazel was a monster…" he seethes. "You're truly a sick son of a bitch!"
Caligula smirks. "I was merely teaching her a lesson," he states. "She brought it upon herself the moment she fell in love with her contractor. It's her fault that it had to be like this."
My eyes narrow in rage, and I feel the energy flowing through me. "If you blame her one more time… I will rip your tongue out!" I roar in anger. "You never valued or respected my mom! She wanted to be safe with my dad rather than dying at your hands!" I run towards him, unsheathing the dagger and raising it up. However, he simply grabs my wrist and uses my own hand to stab my calf.
I cry out in pain as Caligula kicks me to the ground. He stalks towards me, raising his sword. "How fun…" he drawls, smirking sadistically. "I get to kill Elsa's daughter tonight."
However, before he can bring his sword down, we all suddenly hear a woman's voice. "Get away from her you son of a bitch!" the voice snarls in rage.
We all turn to the source of the voice, which is from on top of some freight containers. To our shock, we see Ariadne!
Caligula sneers. "Hmph. Ariadne," he drawls.
"No. I'm not Ariadne." Suddenly, she moves her bangs away from her eyes, revealing dark amber eyes burning in a cold rage. My eyes widen in shock upon seeing her face. No wonder she felt so familiar! This… This is Mom!
"Elsa?!" Dad nearly shouts.
Tears fill my eyes. "Mom…" I trail off.
Mom… she was alive all this time!
