Welcome to my very first FanFic, please forgive me for my grammar if it is not pronounced properly, if possible please point out any of my blunders.
Anyway, this FanFic is about the past of Touma in a AU, I'm not planning on making him SUPER OP like other Fics, but I do plan on revising his Imagine Breaker to make it pretty strong. By the way any suggestions like OC characters or how the plot 'may' continue would be appreciated. Also please forgive me for the characters being a bit OOC
Thanks again everyone, let's get this started
==Scene 1==
Academy City, or city of science as some may say, has the population of 2.3 million people, with 80% being students, and the remaining 20% being adults that would either be scientists, teachers, researchers, business men, workers, and other jobs. Academy City is known for it's 20-30 year advanced scientific technology that any other country would kill for.
However, due to the fact that Academy City is the most scientific advanced city there is, it is mostly sealed off from the world. Either for the fact that they wouldn't want research to be spread around the world, or them just simply being too paranoid, it would take a hell lot of time signing different types of documents just to visit their children in AC, much more just trying to get them enrolled.
True to it's name, Academy City is largely composed of many different types of schools and research institutes. For schools, some of the top schools such as Tokiwadai which only accepts Level 3 and above Espers and can give its students special privileges. For research institutes, the best would probably be the Kihara family, they are known for their wide array of knowledge which can go from something as complex like Espers to simply knowing how to stop other people's heart with a single technique.
Now let's go through one important factor that everyone who lives in AC HAS to know, "Espers", now what is an Esper? The word Esper technically defines all, as in ALL, the students of AC. Besides AC's advanced technology in practically everything, the true core of AC are the Espers who live there
To put it simply, Espers are both similar yet different to normal humans, similar in a way of physical looks, to having family and friends, to being emotional to some things, and to even how they react to the smallest of things. Espers are also different from humans because of the fact that, yes I'm not lying, they have freaking powers. But don't get me wrong, not everyone who goes through the Power Curriculum (The process of becoming an Esper) gets the chance of gaining a power, normally they would divide the Espers to different categories to determine how strong/dangerous they are.
Level 0 - Either No powers whatsoever or unnoticeable power - No Control
Level 1 - Weak Powers - Barely Manageable
Level 2 - Rare/Unique Powers - Hard to Control
Level 3 - Strong Powers - Good Control
Level 4 - Great Powers - Great Control
Level 5 - Super Power - Total Control
For obvious reasons, those that are Level 0 are normally discriminated against, and from time to time called "Trash of Academy City", and some people would tell them that no matter how hard you try, trash will always remain trash. Of course, while all this nonsense is happening, those on 'top' sit in their thrones and act like Gods just because they have superior power. They have power to protect, the power to set things right and yet, what do they do? Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Instead of helping others in need, they would use their power to step on the weak.
Though not all are like that, there are some who would want to help but are simply afraid. Well it is okay to be afraid, who in their right mind would even dare challenge a group of High Levels just to simply protect a Low Level one, and that's fine. Just the fact that there are people like that who still have goodness within them is good enough. But, even so, there are those who are Low Levels who are willing to go through such heights just to save a single person crying out for help.
For example, a single girl, lying on the floor while being harassed and insulted by High Levels simply because she had no power whatsoever. That is, until, she was saved. Not by some knight in shining armor, nor by a High Level Esper that decided to grow a proper heart, instead she was saved from another kid about a couple years older than her holding what seems like a baseball bat and wearing dirty clothes. Honestly, he looks nothing like a hero, but yet the girl couldn't stop looking at him in awe.
"Don't you dare touch her you damned Bastards!" The boy shouted at the Espers.
==Scene 2==
In what seems to be a dark alleyway around district 13, a young girl about 9 years old, with black hair that stretched to the middle of her back, with a flower pin on the side of her head, she was wearing a black sweater and a white skirt that reached till her knees. She was being chase by 3 teenagers around 15 years old. She was Saten Ruiko Level 0
While she was running, one of the teenagers stretched out his arm towards the girl, and closed it as if he was grasping something and pulled. Which, by what it seems to be extremely unlucky from a third person's perspective, Ruiko ended up tripping. How you may ask? Simple. One of the 3 teenagers that was chasing her was a Telekinetic, by using his power to grab on to one of her legs and pulled while she was in mid step.
Due to the sudden force that latched on to her leg, Ruiko couldn't keep herself from falling face first on to the ground and landing in a puddle.
She then tried to get up to start running away again when she was kicked in the back by one of the Espers, making her fall again, and this time unable to move.
"What's wrong girlie? Can't move? How sad, I almost pity you. NOT." the Esper began putting more weight on his leg as he was slowly crushing her back.
"AGGHHHHHHHH" Ruiko could only scream in pain as she was slowly losing all the air in her lungs, she tried and she tried to get herself out of this horrifying situation. Only to have the pressure in her back to increase, and she could feel as if her back could snap at any moment.
"Ahhhh~~~ can you hear those wonderful screams Shiri-san, Kansui-san?" he then proceeds to take off his foot from her back and kicked her in the gut so hard that it sent her flying a few inches off the ground, making her body slide when she landed a few meters away from where she originally was, knocking all the air from her body.
*Cough Cough* (IT HURTS! IT HURTS SO MUCH! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP)
"HAHAHAHA! Look at her Tawagoto-san! She's acting like a dying rat, like the vermin she is." The one who said that was a guy named Shiri, he has Combed back brown hair, brown eyes, he was wearing one of those red - turtlenecks? The kind that only snobby rich people wear, and blue jeans. He's also the Level 3 Telekinetic that tripped her, he has the power to grab objects, or in some cases people, and forcibly push or pull them from himself.
"Can't we kill her or something boss? I mean we'll be doing society a favor by taking out the trash that does nothing but waste the city's resources." The one who just spoke was named Kansui, a real proper dousche alright, he was pretty much bald, same brown eyes as the other one, he was wearing a black v-neck shirt, and slacks. He's a Level 3 Power Amplifier, like it's name implies, he can amplify or 'increase' his muscle mass to make himself stronger and sturdier than a normal human.
"I wish we could Kansui-san, but sadly we can't. After all if we did, the authorities might find out and call Anti-Skill. It would be a pain if we get caught." This guy right here is named Tawagoto, he had black hair that was kinda long that reached the back of his neck, he had black eyes, he was wearing a white shirt with a jacket over it, and he was wearing jeans. Like the others, he too was a Level 3. His was a Pyromancer, it allows him to use flames caused by friction and make something like a mini fireball in his hand.
"So what're we gonna do, nothing?" Shiri asked.
"Calm down Shiri-san, all I said was that we can't kill her, I never said we can't rough her up a bit." Tawagoto responded, and the three boys turned their heads toward Ruiko.
The girl couldn't help but shudder at the thought of what they're going to do to her. When she saw them turn their head towards her direction, she couldn't do anything as she started shaking uncontrollably under their stares with sadistic grins and a dark look in their eyes.
"w-w-why? w-why are y-you doing this to m-me? I-I did n-nothing wrong. Please... just let me go..." Ruiko pleaded as tears start falling out of her eyes.
"Huh? Why? Isn't it obvious?" Tawagoto said as he started strutting towards the girl. When he arrived in front of the her, he grabbed her hair and lifted her in the air.
"AHHHH-HHHHH, IT HURTS! PLEASE STOP!" the girl started screaming in pain, but the boy didn't let go, nor did he look ashamed, the only thing you can see on his face is... Amusement.
He leaned towards her ear and whispered "You want me to tell you why I'm treating you like this?"
She slowly nodded while she was crying in pain
"BECAUSE ALL YOU F$& ING LEVEL 0s ARE NOTHING BUT LIVESTOCK IN THE FACE OF US, HIGH LEVELS!" He then proceeded to push his left palm towards her body and let out a tiny explosion, not enough to destroy walls, but definitely enough to harm a little girl, it was enough to send her flying back a couple of inches.
All she could do was writhe in pain as she had a third degree burn on her stomach, she couldn't even scream. While she was there suffering, the three Espers couldn't help but laugh at the poor girl.
"Tell me. How does it feel to be so weak, so powerless that you couldn't even protect yourself. People like you are nothing but trash, do you hear me? Your there, at the bottom of the food chain, and there is nothing you could do about it." he made sure to say his last words slowly so she could hear it clearly.
Ruiko couldn't help but think, which was more painful, the burn on her belly? Or the fact that what he was saying was true. She couldn't do anything, no matter what she tried, she felt so helpless that it hurts. All she could do was cry.
"Oh come on don't cry girlie, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being born as someone so weak." but even so she kept crying, she didn't care anymore, she just wanted to go home, to get away from all this pain "Tsk, let's wrap this up boys, beat her up or something and take whatever valuable things she has."
Then the two boys from the back, Shiri and Kansui, slowly approached her with a sadistic grin.
(I can't take this anymore, this pain, it hurts too much. I just want to wake up from this nightmare. Please someone. PLEASE SOMEONE WAKE ME UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE!)
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING!?" a kid slightly older than the girl by 3-4 years, he had black spiky hair, ocean blue eyes, and he was wearing black long sleeves with a yellow t-shirt over his long sleeves and was wearing black slacks. In his hands was it what seems to be a baseball bat, the metal kind, and he was in a position where he was ready swing it if anything bad happens. He was Kamijou Touma Level 0 Imagine Breaker
"Huh? Who the hell are you. Scram, brats shouldn't interfere with the business of adults." they said while staring down on to the strange boy, normally anybody would run the other direction instead of going towards it, who would fight against Espers that is clearly higher level than him. Touma would. What he did next surprised everyone there.
He slowly walked forward till he was in front of Ruiko, and readied himself for a fight. Even though he himself was a Level Zero, he would do anything for those who cry for help. So he steeled himself and shouted "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER YOU DAMNED BASTARDS!"
"Who the F$& does this kid think he his?! Kids like you need to be disciplined!" Kansui snarled at Touma while amplifying his muscles to be as hard as stone.
"n-no! Y-you need to run! They're dangerous, t-they'll kill you!" the girl told Touma to leave, which surprised even him. Sure getting hurt is one thing, but watching another person get hurt just for you? That's one thing the girl couldn't bear, she was scared, yes, but she didn't want to see anybody else getting hurt just to protect her.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you" he turned around and rubbed the girl's head reassuringly. That one action, that one sentence, was enough to convince the girl that everything was gonna be alright. How? She doesn't know, she just, believes in him. She believes in the Hero in front of her.
==Scene 3==
30 minutes earlier
"Sup BiriBiri! Did you wait too long? Huh, where are the others?" asked a certain spiky haired boy.
"You Idiot! What was taking you so long! Saya and the others left already because you took too long!" The one who responded was a girl that was 11 years old, she had chestnut hair and chestnut eyes, she was wearing a gekota t-shirt with a white cardigan over the shirt that had a gekota pin on the right breast area, and had a white skirt with shorts underneath. She was Misaka Mikoto Level 1 Electromancer
"Ehh~~ and you were waiting for me? Thanks Mikoto!" Touma said as he shined a brilliant smile towards her.
"Eh?! O-Of course not! I-it's just that I've known you longer than the others and so I felt a little responsible for you that's all!" Mikoto said as she was blushing profusely and was a shade of red.
"Ok ok, you can calm down Mikoto, anyway let's go already, we shouldn't keep them waiting"
"You were the one that kept us waiting!" She said as she went *Biri Biri* without her noticing "And besides, where's your baseball bat? We won't be able to play without it."
"Eh? AHHH! Your right, I completely forgot about it! I knew I forgot something, Fukou da..." said the spiky haired boy as he mentioned his own catchphrase
"Seriously, I can't believe you forgot it while your the one who suggested we try to play baseball like the one from TV instead of normal catch. When you plan something you need to remember what you need, geez I feel like I'm older than you" she said as she scolded the boy
"Eheheh, sorry Mikoto I promise it won't happen again" he said while clasping his hands together and bowing to her "Now, Uhh, can we run back to my apartment real quick so we could get it. I promise I'll make it up to you by treating you to some ice cream!"
(ICE CREAM) "Well *ahem* if you insist, I don't mind back with you to your apartment. But on one condition! When we're on our way to Saya and the others, we'll race and the first one to get there will be.. the... Uhhh- what was it again?" she said as she was holding her chin
"Batter?" Touma couldn't help but sigh
"Yea that's it! Anyway lets go already" Mikoto said as she started matching towards Touma's dorm
"Calm down BiriBiri, we can take our time you know." he said while matching Mikoto's walking pattern to his so that he won't end up going ahead of her.
10 minutes passed and while they were walking they talked about school and what's bee going on lately in their daily lives as they arrive at Touma's apartment.
"Were here" he said as he unlocked the door to his room revealing a somewhat decent room. To the left there was a bathroom, on the right side of the room he had what seem to be a mini kitchen, on the far right side of his room was his bed, while the other side was his desk with all his books and beside it was the tv. In the middle of the room was a wooden table.
But that's not what caught Mikoto's eye, what she was curious of was the fact that he had a proper kitchen. It's not bad to have a proper kitchen or anything, it's just the fact that his kitchen looked like it wasn't unused or anything, as if someone actually cooked before. She didn't know why she could tell, but she knew that whoever cooked there, cooked something good. "Hey Touma? Do you cook by any chance?"
"Hmm? Yea, why are you askin?" he said while he was rummaging through his belongings trying to find his metal bat.
"If you can cook, then why haven't you made me anything before, I mean we're Bestfriends right?" Mikoto herself seems like she doesn't even know why she was saying what she was saying.
"Yea?" Touma doesn't know why but he felt cold sweat going down his temples
"Has anyone else tasted your cooking before?"
"No."
"Good, then later after the game you'll cook dinner for you and me" She said while pointing her index finger at Touma while blushing a shade of light pink.
"Ehhh? Why do I have to do that?" Touma said as he checks in his cabinet for the baseball bat.
"Didn't you say that you'll pay me back for making me wait for you awhile ago, even though I still want ice cream, I'll have your cooking instead, It can't be that bad right?"
"Ehhh?" He sighed in defeat "Fine, I'll make some curry or steak for dinner just for you, how does that sound?" He looked at Mikoto and couldn't resist the small smile that formed on his lips.
"J-just for me? Really?!" Mikoto said as she looked at Touma expectantly.
"Of course! Have I ever lied to you BiriBiri?"
"Sometimes" she said as she was smirking
"Ouch. You know what I mean Mikoto." He said feeling a tad bit embarrassed at himself
"Just kidding." She couldn't help but giggle at his reaction "Thank you Touma!" she said while putting on a smile that was so bright that not even the sun could outmatch it.
"Your welcome." He couldn't help but form a smile himself, (I swear, her smile is contagious!) he thought to himself.
They stand there just looking at each other as if time stopped moving for the two of them, that is, until Touma's phone started to ring an irritatingly loud ringtone.
He grabbed his phone from his pocket while panicking in result of him nearly dropping it, luckily (WAIT. LUCKILY?! NOTHING EVER IS LUCKY AROUND THIS KAMIJOU), he didn't.
He looked at the Caller ID and recognized immediately, it was Saya. (Oh S$& . I FORGOT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET UP WITH THEM! I KNEW I COULDN'T BE SO LUCKY! Now I wish I did drop my phone) He thought to himself as he lamented over his Misfortune.
He sighed and resigned himself to fate as he answered the phone half-expectantly waiting for her to chew him out for being late, and sad to say, he was right "Hi Saya, how you do-" he was interrupted by a few words that shouldn't and never should be said by a 11 year old.
"...!"
"C-C-Calm down Saya, we'll be there soon. Me and BiriBiri had to go back to my apartment to find my baseball bat!" Touma tried to act defensively with reason and logic to try and stop the venom coming out of the 11 year old friend of his, only to accidentally anger yet another beast of a 11 year old that is literally a walking tazer.
"OI, IDIOT DON'T GET ME WRAPPED UP IN YOUR PROBLEMS! IF YOU DIDN'T FORGET YOUR BASEBALL BAT, WE WOULD BE PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH THE OTHERS BY NOW!" The enraged Mikoto started to go *Biri Biri*, preparing to shock to fool in front of her.
"HOLD ON BIRIBIRI NO NEED TO GO PHYSICAL HERE! WE CAN ALL WORK THIS OUT, all we have to do is calm down for a moment." Touma said while feeling cold sweat go down his temples as he slowly walks backward.
"...!"
"Ehhh?! Why are you blaming this Kamijou for everything? I did nothing i tell you! Nothing!"
"..."
"I promise we'll be there soon! See you later Saya!" He placed down his phone before Saya could reply. "Fukou Da."
"I can't believe you hanged up on Saya like that, you know she's not gonna let that go y'know?" Mikoto made sure to remind him that even a 11 year old can be scary.
"Please don't remind this Misfortunate soul. Oh here it is!" He said as he reached his hand behind his desk, and pulled out what seems to be a metal stick, or a baseball bat in this case. "Your more trouble than your worth stupid bat." He held it up in the air to try and determine the weight, and took a batting stance and swung it a few times.
"It's good and all that you found it, but we should get going now. Or else Saya's going to become scary later." She says as she involuntarily shivers at the thought of what she can do when she's angry.
"Y-your right BiriBiri, let's go." They both walk out the apartment.
"Hey Touma?" Mikoto says to try and break the ice.
"What?"
"Do you still want to race?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure." He says while thoughtfully holding his chin.
"So your afraid that you'll lose?" She said while smirking playfully.
"Of course not! I can easily beat you anytime, anywhere." He announced while a playful smirk started forming on his lips as well.
"Is that a challenge I hear?"
"You bet it is!"
"Last one there treats the other to ice cream later!" Mikoto announced as she took off at high speed.
"Hey! You took a headstart!" Touma shouted as he started running as well.
Now what he didn't expect was, Mikoto suddenly getting on the automatic bus. "Bye Touma, see you at the field!" She said while she was grinning, as the bus started to leave.
"Hey! That's cheating! Fukou Da!" Now, here's the thing, running would take about 15 minutes to get there even if he strained his legs, while the bus would only take 5 minutes. What can he do to get to the field before her?
(Come on Touma, think! Think!)
He thought to himself as he looks around frantically for a shortcut
(Over there!)
He looked at one of the many alleyways in District 13, and remembered that there was a shortcut he could take to get to the field, if he ran at full speed. It would take about 5 minutes to get there if he were to push his legs to the limit
(I got no time to lose!)
As he was running down the long narrow alleyway, he noticed that for some reason most of the trash bins have been tipped over. It's almost as if someone knocked them over intentionally or something.
And that's when he heard it.
"AHHHH-HHHHH, IT HURTS! PLEASE STOP!" The sound of someone in trouble. The screams of a little girl crying for help.
Touma snapped his head in the direction of the scream and began running towards it, he didn't even think it over, his body just started moving as if it had a mind of its own.
(OH GOD, WHOEVER YOU ARE, PLEASE BE SAFE)
He started running down the alleyway, taking paths he didn't even know existed.
He was running so fast that he felt his legs tightening under fatigue, he even ended up tripping a couple of times, which dirtied his favorite shirt.
That's when he came across them.
3 teenagers, roughly about 15 years old and and probably a head taller than Touma. They didn't look like your everyday delinquents, in fact, they look like spoiled rich kids who had everything delivered to them on a silver platter.
But he didn't care about that.
What he was pissed at was the fact that those 3 bastards were laughing down at a injured, fragile girl. That looked like she can break at any moment.
Touma couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear to watch this heart wrenching scene and do nothing about it. He didn't care that they were older, or the fact that there rich, or probably even a High Level Esper, he didn't care about all that nonsense. The only thing he cared about was to stop this madness, and to make sure the girl stops crying.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING!?" He roared. For the first time in years, he was absolutely pissed, not at the teenagers, but at the fact that he couldn't have arrived sooner before she was injured.
"Huh? Who the hell are you? Scram, brats shouldn't interfere in the business of adults." One of teenagers hissed at him, but Touma wasn't even paying attention at him anymore. Instead, Touma was analyzing there abilities. How? It's simple really.
Imagine Breaker, the ability of Kamijou Touma. Anything supernatural that comes into contact of his right arm will be negated, even God's miracles. But it also has another function, the ability to 'sense' or 'determine' the abilities of those in a 15 meter in diameter around him, which the 3 bastards are within. The farther they are, the harder it would be to sense it.
Some might think 'Isn't this some High Level ability? Why is he a Level 0?', the reason why he is a Level 0 is the fact that he negates his own AIM field. And since he has no AIM field, the machines that determines the Level of Espers deem him a Level 0.
(Fire, Strength, and Telekinetic. This will be hard.)
He knows it, Touma knows for a fact that if he messes up once, he'll be horribly beaten. So bad that his injuries might be worse than the girl's injuries. But he still doesn't care, all he wants to do is protect this girl in front of him, to make sure she doesn't shed another tear that day.
So he steeled himself, he walked in front of the girl with full intention of protecting her, and roared "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER YOU DAMNED BASTARDS!"
"Who the F$& does this kid think he is?! Kids like you need to be disciplined!" The bald guy snarled at Touma, but he was still unfazed
"n-no! Y-you need to run! They're dangerous! T-they'll kill you!" This time it was the girls turn to speak, though not what he was expecting.
But he was happy, the very fact that even though she was beaten and wounded , and yet still care about other people's well being. The very fact that there are still people like those out there in this city made him happy. And now he has another reason to protect this girl no matter what.
He turned around, kneeled on the ground and patted her head and said "Don't worry, I'll protect you." He smiled at her reassuringly.
He then stood up and faced his enemies, but this time he was determined to do his very best to not lose.
And he also has to make this quick, after all, Mikoto and Saya will kick his ass for being late.
== Author's note ==
So what do you guys think about the story? If you guys have any suggestions please do tell me some of them, wether it be of scenarios, characters, or Esper abilities (Low level ones around 1-3) if possible. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
(I kinda need some help with OC characters for the group of friends of Touma and Mikoto, cause they will be main-side characters in this story as well)
Also feel free for suggestions for how Touma will take on the Espers, I won't make it where he can kick ass even at a young age, no, Touma here will be cunning and will use Low blows at any given moment.
Feel free to review, also I dare you guys to translate the 3 teenagers' name from Jap - Eng, you'll be pleased to know that I don't really like them as well so I based their oh so special names to describe their characters.
Anyway thanks guys for reading, and if you want more just send me a review and I'll make some more