HBQ: Kurumi's Backstory

>Kurumi is a human born living in the Underworld, her life is shit.
>Mother is dead, father is drunkard.
>Constantly leaves the house and wanders the streets of her small town.
>There is no purpose towards life, she thinks.
>One rainy day, comes across an energetic, cheerful girl.
>Said girl drags Kurumi along to her two other friends.
>Kurumi becomes friends with the trio.
>Finds happiness in playing with them, life doesn’t suck as much anymore.
>Leader girl shows signs of magic, says she has a dream to become part of Azazel’s court and change life for humans for the better.
>Everyone is encouraged and promise that they’ll reach this dream together.
>Months later, an angel falls into a forest in the Underworld.
>Kurumi goes to investigate
>His name is Zafkiel
>Asks to keep his existence a secret, will promise to teach her magic in return.
>Kurumi is a quick student and learns well, shows off new powers to her friends
>Fast-forward to a few weeks, demons come to the village searching for Zafkiel
>No-one knows, so in anger the demons torch the village
>Fire everywhere
>Kurumi and her friends are scared, make an agreement to meet up in a special spot
>Kurumi gets separated and escapes the inferno by hiding in a hole she dug
>Fire rages for days, in the end only ashes remain
>First thing Kurumi does is search for her friends
>Goes to the meeting spot
>Finds three charred corpses lying together on the ground
>Heart shattered, Kurumi falls into despair
>Cries for days
>Realizes that the reason her friends died is, despite their dream, they were weak
>Ambition cannot be realized without power
>If Kurumi wants to survive, she needs power to conquer any foe in her way
>Her eyes, once shining bright with hope, are now cold with determination
>Grabs a knife, heads to the forest
>Zafkiel is relieved to see Kurumi alive, offers to tend to her wounds and serve her food
>Kurumi accepts, then when his guard is down, stabs him
>Devours his soul and gains his strength
>She now has control over time
>Laughs bitterly and buries her friends’ corpses on a hill
>Realizes that one of her new powers is to rewind to the past
>If she can do that, she rewrite history so that humans are treated better in the Underworld
>Failing that, she can save her friends from death
>This relies an extremely large amount of mana to do, so she’ll have to consume a lot more souls
>If she could consume the soul of Azazel, his children or one of his generals, then that would be great
>She’ll aim for that
>Years go by, Kurumi becomes stronger and stronger, eventually joining Azazel’s military
>Picks up simple firearms training, learns how to manipulate others
>Gets very close to the Silver Queen, to the point where she is invited to join the Silver Queen’s inner circle
>Invades the human world with the demons, fights Tatsuya for his soul but none of their fights end in a decisive victory for any side
>Tatsuya understands Kurumi is suffering inside, vows to save her
>She laughs at him and calls him a fool
>Later on, her plans are found out, Kurumi is branded a traitor
>She barely manages to escape to the human world
>Decides to make one last ditch attempt to consume Tatsuya
>With the power of Ouroboros, she may have enough mana to rewind time
>Unfortunately for her, Tatsuya has learned to summon his Reality Marble, if only for a minute
>Activates Ouroboros Soul and sucks Kurumi in
>Time and space manipulation is banned so Kurumi’s powers have no effect
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>Kurumi is KO’d
>Ejected back into reality
>Rest of the party debating on whether or not they could kill her, Tatsuya instead offers her to join
>Laura and Myde question this, Kazuya tells them that once Tatsuya’s mind is made up it’s hard to change it
>Kurumi understands has nothing to lose
>She and Tatsuya also bonded over their repeated fights
>Decides it might be worth destroying Azazel instead
>Avenging her dead friends and all that
>Finally, remembers her old friend’s words
“Kurumi, friendship is great. Be sure to make lots of friends in the future, okay?”
>Fully convinced, takes Tatsuya’s hands
>Smile at each other
>The rest of the party members shrug, laugh or shake their heads in exasperation
>Feast that night

>The next day, she crawls into his sleeping bag and tries to cuddle him
>Hatoko, Sachiko and Laura find out
>“Ta-kun! Wh-wh-what are you doing with Kurumi-chan?”
>“Hohoho, you seem very popular with the ladies, Tatsuya…”
>“I can’t believe you! Infidelity from my wife and my leader? You must be punished!”
>“W-wait, girls! This isn’t what it looks like, I swear. I didn’t do anything!”
>“Ara, would the three of you like to join us?”
>Tatsuya is caught in the crossfire, Sachiko refuses to heal him afterwards, Kazuya calls Kurumi a moron
>Kurumi goes, “Ara, ara” and giggles softly
>The eighth member has officially joined the party