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-A few minutes later-
After the girls finished eating their breakfast, they exited their house and closed the door behind them. However, before they could get too far away from it, a very familiar voice called out to them.
“Illya, Miyu, have you seen Kuro anywhere around?” Rin asked as she and Luvia stood by the Edelfelt mansion’s front gates.
“We sure have. She was in the kitchen when Illya and I woke up, trying her best to impersonate her.” The black haired girl responded.
“How did that faker even get out of the basement? I thought you said that she’d never be able to escape, no matter how hard she tried to free herself.” Illya said.
“That’s what I want to know as well.” The blonde calmly responded. “I had reinforced them to such an extent that even the physically strongest magi would have a difficult time breaking free, but by the time we went to check up on her in the morning, she was nowhere to be found. Not only that, but somehow, the gauntlets and metal rings restraining her were both in perfect condition with not even a scratch on them.”
“All we’ve been doing since we woke up is looking for her, and so far, we haven’t been at all successful. Luvia texted you an hour and a half ago to see if you two would be willing to help us, but you never responded.”
The white haired girl quickly pulled her phone out of her right pocket and turned it on only to see several messages from Luvia asking her if she and Miyu could come with her and Rin to look for Kuro.
“Oh, sorry I didn’t text you back. I was still asleep when you sent them to me, and immediately after I got dressed, Miyu and I went downstairs, where we ran into Kuro and ate breakfast.” Illya quickly turned her phone off and placed it back into her pocket. “So, did either of you manage to pry any interesting information out of her while she was still in that basement?”
“Unfortunately, no. After the two of you left, we tried to ask her stuff like why she had the same magic as the archer Class Card, why she looked like you, and who exactly she is, but she stopped cooperating with us and answering our questions. I, personally, would’ve beaten her until she responded to my questions, but due to that curse I had placed on the two of you, I was unable to do that. Without any way to get her to talk, we decided to go upstairs and leave her alone.”
“I see.” Illya said as she and Miyu turned to their left and began to walk away.
Rin and Luvia quickly followed after them.
“Do you know where Kuro currently is?” The white haired girl asked.
“If we knew where she was, we wouldn’t have been waiting for you girls at your house.” Rin responded.
“We made it back to my mansion a handful of minutes before, and it seems that Kuro had already left your house by that point because we didn’t see her even once.”
“This doesn’t have anything to do with Kuro, but did the Gaia Needle discover anything when you two went to check up on it two days ago?” Miyu asked.
“We’re still reviewing and trying to interpret the information it gathered. However, once we’re done with everything, you two will be the first people we’ll tell about our findings.”
“If you girls see Kuro while you’re at school today, call us immediately. We won’t hesitate to hurry there and help you catch her.” Luvia said.
“All right. I’ll be sure to do just that.”
-A few minutes later-
Illya and Miyu arrived at Homurahara Academy and went upstairs to their homeroom. They quickly walked toward their desks and sat down at them.
“Oh, good morning, you two. I honestly thought you’d already be in school by the time I got here. I could’ve sworn I saw Illya running across the street while I was making my way here.” Mimi said.
Both of the girls’ eyes widened.
“You must’ve been seeing things. You’re probably just tired or stressed out.” Miyu lied.
Illya nodded her head.
“Just out of curiosity, what direction did you see me run in?”
“You were running toward the right, most likely toward the school. But when I got to class, I didn’t see you anywhere nearby. So I was probably just imagining stuff.”
“Maybe Illya has a secret twin sister or cousin that looks a lot like her and wanted to check out her school. Who knows?” Tatsuko cheerfully suggested.
“If Illya had a twin, she’d probably have already told us about her by now. While I don’t doubt that she probably has a cousin her age, I think Illya and Miyu would probably already know if she were here or not.” Suzuka calmly responded.
“Do you even have any cousins?” Nanaki asked.
“I do, but they’re both adults and don’t really look like me aside from having the same hair and eye color as me.”
“So you were definitely just seeing things.” The pink haired girl confidently concluded.
A few seconds after the girls finished talking, the bell rang and Kuzuki stood up.
“All right, class. Take out your English workbooks and turn to page 287.”
-A few hours later-
The students’ lunch period had arrived. Most of them had left the room to go elsewhere, leaving Illya and her friends behind. The five girls were about to go to the roof when Mimi stood up.
“I’m gonna go to the bathroom. Please wait for me here, girls.” She said as she walked out of the room.
“I’m going to stay to wait for Mimi. You girls can go to the roof without me if you want.”
“Nah, I’ll wait here with you. There’s no point in going there alone.”
“Yeah. I’m gonna wait here for her too.” Tatsuko added.
“All right then. Miyu and I will be waiting for you girls on the roof.” Illya said as she and her girlfriend stood up.
The two girls walked out of the classroom. At the same time, Mimi was walking down the hallway toward the girls bathroom. Right when she was only a few feet away from it, Kuro walked out of the restroom and turned to stare at her.
“H-Huh? Who are you? And why do you kind of look like Illya?”
“Hello, you’re a friend of Illya’s, right?”
“Y-Yes. She and I are pretty good friends, at least I’d say so.”
“Well then, could you help me out with something?”
“Sure. What is it you need?”
The pink haired girl quickly grabbed onto Mimi’s hand before running down the hall, dragging her behind her.
“I’ll show you just what I need somewhere much more private.” She said, her lips forming a grin that spread from ear to ear.
-A few minutes later-
Illya and Miyu walked up the stairs that led to the roof. They pushed the door to it open and began to hear a noise that sounded like someone whimpering.
“I-I can’t do this for you. I-I have a girlfriend.” Mimi weakly said.
“Oh, nonsense. I’m only asking you to do this because I’d otherwise starve. If your girlfriend walked in on us, I’m sure she’d completely understand.” She whispered, her hot breath hitting the brunette’s neck, sending shivers down her spine. “Please, Mimi, feed me.”
Kuro moved her head upward, slowly closing the gap between her and Mimi’s lips. A few seconds before she could kiss her, Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow rushed at Kuro and threw a powerful punch at the right side of her head, completely shattering half of her skull and launching her away from the brunette.
“GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND, YOU DAMN FAKER!” Illya screamed as she and Miyu ran over to Mimi’s side while her Stand vanished.
The white haired girl did her best to try to ignore the immense pain she felt in the side of her head.
“I-Illya, Miyu, you saved me!” She shouted as tears welled up in her eyes, and she hugged her friends.
“Kuro, what are you doing here?” Miyu shouted.
“…Can’t a girl just come to school in peace?” She weakly said as her injury healed, and she turned to look at the girls.
“In peace? You snuck into my school to force yourself on my friend! First Miyu, now Mimi! How far is your depravity willing to go before it’s satiated?”
“I wasn’t about to kiss your friend because I’m into her. I was gonna kiss her because I’m so, so hungry.”
“What a liar! How would making out with someone make you feel full?” The white haired girl gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly. “That’s it! Miyu, cover Mimi’s eyes for me.”
“All right.” The black haired girl quickly brought her hands up to her friend’s eyes and covered them as Illya turned around and walked toward Kuro.
“Earlier today, I told Rin and Luvia that I’d call them if I found you, but that doesn’t matter anymore.” She said as she opened her backpack and pulled Ruby out of it. “Ever since I met you, you’ve been nothing but a nuisance, trying to kill me and hurt the people I care about. With my own two hands, I’ll kill you!” The white haired girl yelled as she quickly transformed.
“Oh, so you want to continue our fight from yesterday! All right then!” Kuro cheerfully shouted as she transformed and summoned a green Kaleidostick in her right hand. “No cheap tricks this time! Just a fair and square battle to the death!”
Before either of the girls could do anything, the door to the roof suddenly opened, and Suzuka, Tatsuko, and Nanaki walked into the area. They looked at the two girls in shock with their mouths agape.
“Illya, why are you wearing that outfit?” Suzuka asked. “It looks like something a magical girl in an anime would wear.”
“Right? Do you think she’s just a cosplayer or possibly a real life magical girl?” The blonde asked.
“Do you think you could stop asking dumb questions and coming to wild conclusions all the time?”
“Who is that girl, and why does she kind of look like you?” Nanaki asked as she pointed at Kuro.
“Oh, I’m just Illya’s cousin who recently moved in with her family. My name’s K-“
“Her name’s Chloe von Einzbern.” Illya said, trying her best to prevent herself from shooting a gigantic beam of magic at her.
Before any of the girls could say anything, a familiar voice began to speak.
“What’s all the ruckus for?” Kuzuki asked as he walked onto the roof.
“Mr. Kuzuki!” Miyu shouted as she turned to look at her teacher. “I swear that whatever you think it looks like isn’t what’s happening!”
“Illya, why are you out of your uniform? And who’s that girl standing across from you?”
“Oh, I’m Chloe von Einzbern, Illya’s cousin from Germany. I’ve recently moved in with her and her family so that I can attend school in this country. I came here a few minutes ago so that she could show me around Homurahara. If all goes well, I should be starting school tomorrow.” She said, a sly grin spreading across her face.
Kuro, shut up, or I’ll kill you on the spot. Illya thought as she glared daggers at the pink haired girl.