Chapter 50: Self Defence And Punishment
{A/N- Okay so, Kotori scales High 7-A: Large Mountain Level. And MC just slapped Ifrit(Tensura) around like a kid not too long ago, who scales Low 6-B: Small Country Level at the very least.
Everyone knows what happens after I clarify the battle powers of some characters.
I've also created a Discord Server. Link at the end of the chapter or the synopsis.}
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Kurumi Pov-
After listening to Mikasa's plan, we started walking toward my apartment.
"Ara~." I muttered.
"What's up?" Tatsuya asked, looking at me.
"The clone I switched with after the school was killed by Mana-san. It died after killing three people, so I guess it was worth it." I replied.
After we were done with school, I switched with my clone so that AST will once again go and hunt it down.
"I see." Tatsuya muttered.
It didn't take us long to get back. Surprisingly, my house was as good as new. The kitchen that was half broken thanks to Mikasa was also repaired, which surprised me.
"Did you guys do this before leaving the house?" I asked.
"No. We left a few clones to clean the mess." Mikasa replied, placing her new laptop on my study table while taking a seat.
"What are you doing?" Tatsuya asked, looking at Mikasa.
"Checking the new software out." She replied, opening a file that looked like any normal video editing software.
"Oh, right. If this place is discovered by either DEM or AST, be ready to evacuate." I said. It's troublesome to keep moving into a new house every few months or so, but life is what it is.
"Okay." Tatsuya replied, taking a seat on the bed as a mobile phone appeared inside his right hand.
'So that's inventory?' I thought. Inventory was a function that was given to all of the Chat Group members. But it was currently locked until our quests begin. The reason Tatsuya was able to use it should be thanks to him being the Admin.
"Hey, look at this." Mikasa said, turning her laptop's screen toward us.
"Huh?" My brain almost exploded while looking at the scene.
"I-Is that Jojo's live action? And how does it look so real?" I asked, wondering if this was a dream. It was so close to the original, yet so real at the same time.
"That's not all." Mikasa said before moving the cursor a little. And the video's perspective changed. Now, it was a first-person point of view straight from Dio's eyes as he started at Jotaro.
Tatsuya almost turned into a rock statue while looking at this before he muttered. "Looks like we need to change our plans a little."
"What do you mean?" Mikasa asked, placing the laptop back on the table.
"It's a new plan to mess with Ratatoskr." He replied before gesturing for Mikasa to lend him an ear. After he was done whispering something into Mikasa's ear, her mouth twitched.
"I-Isn't that too much? Even for us, that's a bit-" Everyone knows that it's serious when Mikasa stutters.
"Can you make it or not? As far as I can remember, it's your forte." Tatsuya asked with a smile, already knowing Mikasa's answer.
"It's not my forte, but I still can. Considering how advanced technology is in this world, it'll take a few days for me to make it." She replied.
"What are you guys up to?" I asked, only to get a meaningful smile from them.
"You'll find out soon enough." Mikasa replied before writing down a lot of things in a notebook and handing it over to Tatsuya.
He looked at the list before asking. "Are you sure this will do?"
"It should be enough. And while you're at it, get something for dinner too." Mikasa replied.
"But you just devoured a lot of food not too long ago."
"I see. So you don't want me to make that thing after all." Mikasa replied, shaking her head with disappointment.
"Food, was it? Why not." Tatsuya replied before teleporting away.
"What's the plan?" I asked, looking at Mikasa.
Mikasa pondered for a few minutes before she replied with a mischievous smile. "Let's see. It's worse than forcing them to watch the live-action of Boku No Pico in 8K."
"W-W-What can be worst than that?" Hearing her reply, I almost passed out. Is there anything worse than that? Death is like a blessing compared to that. Even Mikasa's plan wasn't that evil.
But deep down, I was looking forward to seeing what they'll do to them as a smile appeared on my face.
"Right, Kurumi. Are your clones affected by Mio's influence?" Mikasa suddenly asked.
'Are they?' I asked the Chat Group as a golden hologram appeared in front of me.
[The clones that you created before joining the Dimensional Chat Group are still influenced by your Sephira Crystal.]
"Some of them aren't." I replied.
"Is that so." Mikasa muttered with a smile. "Then, let a clone go and play along with Shido's little play. It'll help you realise how your Sephira Crystal was influencing you without the Dimensional Chat Group."
"Is that the only reason you're doing that?" I asked, quite sure that Mikasa's plan won't be that simple.
Mikasa shook her head as her smile grew wider. "Of course not. Being the good guys we are, we need to 'help' Origami to see the Spirit that 'killed' her parents, don't we?" She looked at me for a second before asking. "Kurumi, do you know what kind of people are the easiest to manipulate?"
"Idiots?" I replied as if it was obvious.
Mikasa's mouth twitched after hearing my reply. "That's not it. Forget it, just watch and learn." In the end, she gave me a very kind smile, as if someone who was about to watch a great show.
Curious, I agreed with her proposal.
After about an hour, Tatsuya returned.
Looking at his chest, I asked. "Why are there so many holes in your shirt? It was perfectly fine before you left, wasn't it?"
"It's nothing. Some security guards just started firing bullets at me while I was shopping. God, people these days." He replied while shaking his head and putting the bags down.
"Where was the place you were shopping again?" I asked.
"AST's headquarters and storehouses." He replied with a smile. That's not your neighbourhood supermarket.
'These shocks are definitely not good for my heart.' I thought.
"Where are the things I asked for?" Mikasa said, looking at Tatsuya.
"Here." He replied as a small mountain of weird things suddenly appeared inside the room. There were Realizers, <C C C> Anti-Spirit Rifle, Monitors, a bunch of cables, and some things even I didn't even recognize.
"As for their teleportation devices, it's nothing special. Quite similar to the ones 'Rebels' used, but less efficient. On the contrary, it's more stable and risk-free." He explained. After that, they started talking about complicated stuff like passing particles of matter through materials and transportation of information. And honestly, I was being treated like air. No, I was being treated like dumb air.
They never struck me as the intelligent type, especially Mikasa. At first, I thought they'd be surprised by how advanced the technology here was, considering that they are from a world full of ninjas, but I guess my assumption was wrong.
"Well, no matter how bad technology is in this world, it's enough to create what you asked for." Mikasa replied with a smile before continuing. "I might be able to add some extra features."
"AST is definitely having a headache right now." I muttered, wondering how someone can cause so much trouble in a single day.
After eating dinner, Mikasa started working on whatever she was making for Tatsuya's plan. Since none of us required sleep to keep our bodies healthy, the night was quite long.
Mikasa spent her night working with the two of us binging anime while munching on some snacks. And I won't lie, it was fun. At least better than spending all the time alone.
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"Are you sure that you're not going?" I asked, leaning back on the bed while looking at Tatsuya and Mikasa. It was about time for us to go to school, and both of them were refusing like little kids.
"I am busy." Mikasa replied, looking at me as a clone appeared next to her. "Take my clone instead."
Hearing her answer, I looked at Tatsuya, who has already prepared a clone. I sighed, summoning a clone out of my shadow. It was a clone that I created before joining the Dimensional Chat Group, meaning that it was still affected by my Sephira Crystal.
"Right, here." Mikasa said, tossing a small chip over to my clone. "Place this on Shido's intercom for a second or two. It'll help me hack into Ratatoskr's system."
"Okay." The clone replied before leaving the room.
After that, for the next three days, we did nothing but watch anime or read manga while Mikasa was working on things. Sometimes, she'd laugh like a crazy scientist, which, for some reason, was menacing. She also joined us to watch anime together now and then.
And so, three days passed.
During these three days, I also checked up on my clones and a lot of interesting things happened.
Shido asked my clone out on a date, forgetting about how I insulted him. Maybe he's a masochist? And for some weird reason, my clone agreed with it. While at school, my clone also 'bullied' Origami a bit.
On the next day, while Shido was on a date with my clone, he ran away for a few minutes. In the meantime, my clone found some guys bullying a little cat with toy guns. Being the nice person I am, my clone decided to join them. The only difference was that they were the targets. Shido witnessed this scene, but before my clone could play with him some more, Mana arrived and killed it.
Now, it was the fourth day since we entered the Academy and we were already planning on terrorizing it. Good students, aren't we?
Even after seeing my clone kill people like that, the next day Shido said that he'll 'save' me. Which was quite weird, considering his nature. For someone who doesn't want people to get killed, wouldn't it be better to kill me? This confirmed what Mikasa told me the other day.
"Shido's actions are fueled by his previous self's love for Mio Takamiya, the First Spirit. No matter what a Spirit does, he'll never give up on them while thinking that he has control over them and they'll eventually listen to him."
Thinking about it now, her words didn't seem wrong. Why would a kid who was living a normal life up until a few weeks ago suddenly become someone so noble, trying to save every Spirit out there?
He said that he'll not allow me to kill people? And who said that I needed his permission to end someone's life?
Since he dared to say something like that, my clone decided to play around with him. Activating the 'City of Devouring Time' and creating a barrier around the school, it summoned Shido to the school rooftop, threatening him that it'll kill all the students if he doesn't take back what he said about saving me.
Which was something I might do, considering my personality.
And for some grand reason, my clone started explaining my abilities to Shido. How could I act like a fodder villain of some cliche novel? After my clone started a spacequake, Shido decided to play smart by taking himself hostage and saying that he'll jump off the railing if my clone didn't deactivate the City of Devouring Time; and he did.
Honestly, I was looking forward to him crashing down but unfortunately, my clone saved him. I almost facepalmed myself while looking at this ridiculous scene.
After my clone deactivated the City of Devouring Time, Shido managed to sweet talk it into believing that he'll 'save' me. He extended his hand towards her, and just as my clone was about to grab his hand, I decided to intervene. I cringed so hard when he talked about how he'll make everything possible. How can someone talk like that?
After I was done dealing with my clone, I bound Shido using hands which appeared from my shadow, wanting to torture him a bit.
Just as my right hand was about to reach him, it was severed using a blade and it landed on the ground with a thud.
"M-Mana." Shido exclaimed, looking at his younger sister who just saved his life.
"Impressive, as always." I said, looking at Mana. "You were able to cut through my Astral Dress with such ease." Moving my arms near my back, I leaned forward a little and smiled. "However, I can't have all the killing for myself."
Raising my left hand, I said. "Come to me, Zafkiel." A pistol appeared in my hand as Zafkiel manifested behind me.
"Dalet." It was the bullet that rewinds time on a target. Keeping the pistol near my chin, I shot myself while raising my right arm, expecting it to heal.
"Huh?" I muttered, looking at my right arm. Which, for some reason, didn't heal even after rewinding time on myself. Turning towards the ground, I noticed that my right arm was missing.
"Oh~." I heard a pleasurable moan from my right, only to find that Tatsuya was scratching Mikasa's back using MY right hand. "A little bit to the left. Yeah, perfect."
Excuse me? I am trying to act cool here. Even Shido and Mana were speechless.
"Is something wrong?" Tatsuya asked, looking at me.
"That's mine." I said, pointing toward my hand with my pistol.
"Oh, right." He replied before tossing it over as it reattached itself.
'Maybe his Zafkiel was cancelling mine out?' I thought, looking at my now healed arm.
"Shido."
"Shido."
Just as things were getting good, I heard Tohka and Origami call out for Shido as they entered the rooftop. Tohka was in her partial Astral Dress while Origami was equipped in a basic Realizer.
"You two." Shido exclaimed.
"Ara-Ara~. Now we are all here." I said with a smile while looking at the two newcomers.
"Kurumi. You think you can run in the middle of a fight?" Tohka asked, glaring at me.
"I won't let you get away this time." Origami added.
"My, this is oh so scary. There are so many people attacking a single frail girl, like me. But I still want to have some more fun." I said as my shadow started to expand with my clones coming out. "Isn't that right, my other selves?"
"Do you see that you can never truly kill me?" I said with a smile, looking at Mana. "Now, let us end this." Just as I was about to begin, I heard a sudden exclamation.
"Woah~"
"They all look the same."
"Their facial expressions are a bit different, but they are all the same."
Tatsuya and Mikasa were running around while poking my clones.
"Can you guys at least try to act seriously? And Mikasa-san, can you please not take notes while looking at me?" I said, looking at the ridiculous scene in front of me.
"Forget it." I decided to ignore them before raising my right hand. "Let's end this." I said, incapacitating everyone with my clones before summoning a spacequake. The reason I didn't harm them was simple. Mikasa told me to not let Origami pass out no matter what.
"Stop it." Shido shouted. Ignoring his plea, I summoned the spacequake. But to my surprise, just as it was about to hit, the spacequake vanished, surprising me.
"What the?" I muttered.
"Didn't you know? If you hit a spacequake at the moment it starts with tremors of a similar scale, they'll cancel each other out." I heard a young girl's voice.
Turning in that direction, I noticed a young girl with bright red hair dressed in a white Kimono from Japanese folklore, with a revealing neckline, a translucent sash, and her black ribbons tied around a pair of oni-like horns, leaving her hair to fall freely.
"Kotori." Shido muttered but no one heard him.
"That... Is..." Origami muttered with a horrified expression, looking at Kotori.
'So Kotori was the one that killed Origami's parents, huh?' I thought, wondering if that was it. I was quite interested in their family drama.
Raising her arms, Kotori shouted. "Scorch, Camael." A few seconds later, her angel manifested in the form of a large red and black halbert.
Pointing her angel towards me, she said. "Now, let's start our date." And honestly, I almost puked at how bad that sounded.
"Would you stop interfering already? It was just getting good." I said, shaking my head.
"You're going a little too overboard. Now kneel." Kotori replied with a sadistic smile.
"You think you can beat me?" I asked.
"If you don't want a spanking, then dispel your clones and your angel." Kotori replied, landing on the ground. Give me a spanking? That's quite the statement.
Before I could say anything, Tatsuya pointed his finger toward Kotori while relaxing his facial expression. "What's with this sassy... lost child?"
'Even Kotori's Angel can't heal that burn.' I almost turned into a stone statue while looking at him.
"Shut up, you weakling." Kotori hissed, glaring at Tatsuya as the flames around her increased.
"Can I beat her a bit?" Mikasa said, licking her lips in excitement.
"No 'beating into submission, remember? Right, the more she uses her Angel, the more sadistic her nature becomes. And considering her sadistic personality, you'll probably end up killing her." Tatsuya replied, shaking his head.
"Quite, you swine." Kotori said, raising her arm towards Tatsuya as a ball of flame escaped her hand.
Tatsuya also raised his hand as if trying to catch the ball before it dispersed. But there were still flames that were burning on his arm.
His eyes widened slightly, indicating that he was surprised.
"It's burning your chakra." Mikasa muttered, somewhat surprised.
"Maybe her Angel isn't as useless as we thought, huh?" Tatsuya muttered with a smile while waving his hand as the flames died down.
"Since she attacked me first, it counts as self-defence, doesn't it?" Tatsuya asked with a smile.
Mikasa smiled. "It does."
"Well, you heard everything. It's only self-defence so don't take it to heart." Tatsuya said with a casual smile as he walked forward.
"Mikasa-san, are you sure about him fighting her alone?" I asked, worried that he might be in trouble. I didn't realize that Origami was staring at us quite intently.
"Fight her?" Mikasa chuckled. "I love how naive you are, Kurumi. He isn't gonna fight her." She smiled at me. "It's self-defence."
"For a human, you're quite confident, huh. Well, not like it matters." Kotori muttered before charging toward Tatsuya while swinging her halberd, intending to cut him in half. Tatsuya's smile widened as he looked at Kotori approaching him.
"Kotori. Don't. He's Dangerous." Shido suddenly shouted, surprising me. Even Mikasa raised an eyebrow after hearing his shout.
"His instincts are good." Mikasa said with a smile. "But it's useless when Kotori isn't even listening to him."
"Die." Kotori shouted as her halberd was about to hit Tatsuya, who in response raised his hand.
"Aren't you a troublesome little girl?" Tatsuya muttered with a slight smile while looking at Kotori's shocked face. Well, everyone except Mikasa was the same.
"Ugh." Kotor tried to move her halberd, which was tightly held by Tatsuya's thumb and index finger just slightly above his forehead.
Yeah. A Spirit's attack was stopped by him using only two fingers. That was something even I couldn't do.
"Now, what shall I do with you?" Tatsuya asked, looking at Kotori with the same smile before he brought his right fist below her chin.
BOOOOOOOOM*
A shockwave ran throughout the school as he punched Kotori with an uppercut strong enough to make her fly for at least 200 meters before she started falling back.
"Hahaha." Mikasa gave a dry laugh while looking at the flying Kotori, who was almost unconscious from the impact. "That brings back memories." She muttered, rubbing her chin.
"What happened, Mikasa-san?" I asked, curious. After Sawa, Tatsuya and Mikasa were the only friends I have ever had, so I was naturally interested in their relationship.
"We had a little lover's quarrel where he punched me down from 45000 feet as I landed on the ground, creating a large crater. Not to mention that I was on fire thanks to the friction from the air. My back still hurts thinking about it."
"Are you sure that's not physical abuse?"
"Not really. It was my fault, to begin with. And it's a fact that his hands are rated E for everybody." Mikasa replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Must've been pretty intense." I replied, trying to forget what I just heard.
Now, Tatsuya was holding Kotori's neck with his right hand, making it hard for her to breathe.
"T-This is u-unreasonable." Kotori muttered with fear and shock apparent on her face.
"Reason exists for those who must rely on reason to survive." Tatsuya replied, tightening his grip around her neck.
'So this was all part of Aizen's plan.' I thought, getting that reference.
"STOP IT! YOU BASTARD!" Shido shouted, looking at Tatsuya with anger and shame. In reply, Tatsuya just smiled at him.
"Why should I stop? She tried to kill me. That first attack was strong enough to cut a normal human in half." Tatsuya said, walking towards Shido while throwing Kotori in front of him. Shido tried to move but wasn't able to thanks to my clones holding him. For some reason, Origami was trying harder than Shido to move toward Kotori. She wasn't even trying to hide her killing intent.
"Kurumi, let me go. Can't you see how badly he treats Spirits?" Shido shouted desperately, looking at me.
"Shido-san, are you really that desperate?" I asked with a mischievous smile.
Stopping next to Kotori, Tatsuya continued. "If you can even give me a single reason to spare her life, I'll let her go."
"Why, just why are you guys doing this?" Shido asked, tears falling down his eyes as he looked at Tatsuya with hatred.
"Why? It's just a little prank." Tatsuya replied with the most friendly smile humanly possible, dumbfounding everyone.
Taking a few steps towards Mikasa, I whispered. "Mikasa-san, why is Tatsuya-san doing this?"
"Why? He is just having fun." She turned towards me with a smile. "Just like you are."
I can't disagree. The smile on my face was definitely that of a psychopath. That's just how fun it was, looking at Shido like this. All miserable and utterly defeated.
"So you can't give me a reason to spare her, huh? I guess this is it for her then." Tatsuya said with a look of pity while raising his foot right above Kotori's pale face.
"Shi-do." Kotori muttered, looking at Shido while crying.
"Just stop already." Shido shouted, dropping his head. "Please, do whatever you want to me. Just leave her alone." Tears were falling on his face, landing on the ground. Both Tohka and Origami started struggling harder, making me send more clones to hold them down.
Tatsuya pondered for a moment before answering. "Since that's the case, I won't kill her. But some punishment is necessary." He turned toward me and Mikasa. "Do you guys have any ideas?"
I thought about it for a moment before remembering something. Didn't Kotori say that she'll spank me?
"How about a nice spanking?" I proposed., gaining a nod of approval from both Mikasa and Tatsuya.
"Heal her." Tatsuya said, looking at me. I happily complied. "Zafkiel. Dalet."
After I was done rewinding time on her, Kotori was back at her peak again. But she was being held down by roots on a table made of wood that came out from the ground.
"Now, which one of you will do the honours?" Tatsuya asked, stepping back.
Mikasa and I exchanged glances before walking towards Kotori, who was looking at us as if she'd kill us the moment she get a chance. Her sadistic personality thanks to her Angel wasn't gone, on the other hand, it intensified.
Mikasa raised her hand behind Kotori before spanking her hard, gaining a scream from the latter. After that, I did the same. Since we were already doing this, I decided to give each of my clones a single spank. Shido, seeing this, directly passed out.
The spanking sessions went on for about an hour. No one understood when, but Kotori's loud shouts were slowly turning into moans of pleasure? If Shido saw this, he'd commit suicide.
I did not doubt that Shido will be able to recover from this incident. After all, it's no fun if a toy breaks after one use. At least that's what Mikasa told me.
"If this violates the rules, I'll eat you alive." Mikasa said, looking at Tatsuya. Who just ignored her words before teleporting away.
'No matter how they act, it's kinda cute watching them like this.' I thought.
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