Accelerator didn't know what happened, he had fought against the third ranked level 5 just a moment ago, before everything went black and he found himself laying in a patch of grass. His opponent besides him, unconscious and helpless. He supposed a calculation of his screwed up as she summoned lightning down on him, in hopes that he wouldn't be able to block it. He supposed she was quite capable for a level five, but not at his level. He looked around and noticed the forest around them, wildlife going about in its everyday life.
He was a knowledgeable person, a genius, but still he knew almost nothing of survival, since everything was provided to him in academy city in a super market. Well, he could mostly just survive on minimum food and drinks. He noticed the air was fresher than academy city and different smells assaulted his nose, though he could just block them, they were a pleasant change, though the sun rays which would normally be blocked were a little different here. Far more intense and harmful then the ones in academy city.
He stood up and dusted the dirt off his clothes, not really sure what to do, if someone would come searching for them or if they could only rely on themselves … or if they would go separate ways, which would be, he decided, dumb. He looked intently around, searching for a sign of humans in the area, which he found none. "Tch" he scowled, it would have been too easy, they could easily get help and be on their way to academy city, but no.
"Oy, shitty third rate" he called out to the unconscious electromaster, which stirred slightly from the loud sound. It seemed as if she had taken quite a bit of damage, that his ability had reduced to nothing but a little bit dirty clothes than normal. She groaned as she opened her eyes, staring at the blue sky. He body ached all over and she was pretty sure she had injured a few muscles too much to move properly for the next few days.
"Finally awake, huh?" sneered a familiar voice that she definitely didn't want to hear. She turned her head to stare at the strongest esper, though she noticed him, she looked confused towards the forest. She had somehow expected to see a few containers or so destroyed from their fight, but no, there was a forest. "Whats g-g-going on?" she asked, her throat horse and dry. Accelerator grimaced at her tone, which somehow seemed so painful.
"I don't have a fucking clue, woke up in this place and since then have passed at maximum twenty minutes" he answered, his voice a little frustrated, as he couldn't comprehend how it happened, though he had an idea what happened after their attacks crashed. Hell it could be one or two things and one was more likely and the other well, basically impossible.
"Just shut up, okay? Your voice is painful to hear" he complained. The girl would have looked angry and tried to fry him, she would have done that regardless after what he did, though she was far too tired, and it was painful to speak. So she settled just with being annoyed at him. "Look, we don't know where we are … and I hate to do this, but I think it would be best if we stuck together as temporary allies or so until we get back and can settle things, OK?" His tone didn't leave her a choice or so it seemed, but if she didn't want too she could easily defy him and he would need to use rather heavily force against her.
Not that she wanted to go against him at this moment, because he seemed rather unharmed and she ached all over. "W-Water" she croaked out and he looked annoyed at her. But yeah water would do her good he decided. "Wait here, I will be back" he said before walking in a random direction. She didn't know if she could trust him, hell he probably had abandoned her, but that wouldn't make sense.
Just a minute before he proposed an alliance, he wouldn't leave her, right? She wasn't sure about it, but she needed to trust him, after all even the slightest move burnt bad enough for her to want to cry out. So she waited and waited, after two hours he came back, a bowl in his hand. He stopped before her and looked her over for a moment. "Can you move?" he asked, and while she probably could if she forced herself to it, it would just add to her injuries and burn like crazy. So she shook her head a little left and right, which hurt.
He walked up besides her and crouched down, before setting the bowl on the side. He gripped her shoulders awkwardly and helped her sit up, in any other instance she would have blushed, but it hurt far too much and he was the enemy … well temporary ally. He held her up with one arm before picking up the bowl again and holding it to her lips, slightly tipping it down so that the water could flow in her mouth.
Misaka drank the water greedily, which tasted better than the one at home in her opinion, or was it the thirst that let her think so? She drank it all before she sighed in content, her throat already feeling better. "Thanks" she whispered out, and he nodded, clearly having heard it as he let her down again, though not so gently as not to hurt her. It seemed he really wasn't used to people around him, which she could totally understand. He didn't seem to be a pleasant person to be around.
He sat at her side, not saying anything and she lay there, not really sure as if to say something, to initiate conversion. The sun moved little by little, but neither talked until said sun was gone, disappeared behind the forest. "Tomorrow we get a move on, Ok? So rest as much as possible" he said, laying on his backside and facing the sky, which was a dark blue. "Yeah" she answered, not sure if she could move tomorrow without pain and worsening her injuries.
Neither of them continued to talk and silence fell again over them. Misaka slept until the early morning before she awoke due to thirst. There wasn't a water source anywhere nearby as far ash she knew. Though she sat up, still her body ached all over, but it became bearable enough. "Accelerator" she called out to him and he grunted, turning away. "Accelerator" she called out this time louder, he grunted again turning to her and opening his red eyes, staring at her.
"What?" he asked scowling at her and her ran a shudder down the back, but she didn't show it and replied "Could we get a move on to get water?" she requested, he sighed, clearly annoyed at her but he sat up and took the bowl in his hand. One hand he let rest on the ground, before closing his eyes, concentrating it seemed. After a minute he lifted his hand, water coming up with it, and held said hand over the bowl before letting the water drop in.
"Wow" she muttered, amazed what he could with his esper powers. She was sure he let himself be open to do that trick, because he needed to concentrate on diverting the water in the ground, changing for every atom in the water the gravity, lifting the water out of the ground and letting it drop in the bowl. He probably filtered everything out of the water besides the one oxygen and two hydrogen, so it was safe to drink without getting sick.
"Here" he handed her the bowl, which she took and gulped the water without second thought down, savoring the feeling. "Thanks" she muttered, thanking him yet again. He clicked his tongue and didn't say anything. They fell again in an awkward silence, both not knowing what to say to the other.
After an hour or so sitting around doing nothing the sun started slowly to rise and Accelerator stood up, facing away from her. "We should get a move on" he said, not a suggestion clearly. Misaka didn't say anything as she stood up herself, her body protesting and aching. They walked in a random direction, away from the spot, leaving the bowl behind.
Both of them were silent as they walked, never once saying anything and they made few short breaks to rest over the span of four hours, as Accelerator was in poor physical condition and she ached all over. Most of the time both just kept lookout to find a trace of humanity and after the sixth hour of walking they finally found something, a small dirt road.
They walked the path along, silently next to each other. They didn't know what to expect at the end of the road, it was clear they weren't in Japan anymore, probably somewhere near the equator. As the day turned into night neither had said anything to each other and they had only eaten a few berry's left and right, drunk only the water Accelerator filtered out of the ground while she stood watch over him.
They rested a few ways away from the dirt road, so that people wouldn't find them and attack them at night, which would be for Accelerator no problem, but for her it was different. They weren't sure what to expect if they found Humans somewhere and it put both slightly off.
Both awoke on their nightly rest a few times from sounds around them in the forest, but never came an animal near them thanks to Misaka´s electrical field. The sounds were unsettling to both of them, since they never heard animals like that … and seemed even otherworldly. Both slept until the sun started to rise, before they were awoken by a loud roar, a few miles away probably, but still loud.
"Shit! Whats going on in this fucking forest?" swore Accelerator loudly as he stood up after both he and Misaka had drunken something out of a new bowl he had made. Misaka didn't say anything but let her power dance across her body for a moment, having not tested if it was still there, besides the humming of power just under her skin. She was yesterday to weak to test, especially since they walked all day.
"Come on, lets get a move on and out of this forest" urged the girl, not really looking forward to run in such a creature they heard at night. Accelerator looked up to her before standing too and getting a move on. Again neither talked as they moved through the forest, following the dirt road they found the day before.
They walked again for hours, seeing the dirt road getting bigger and smaller roads breaking of to the left and right occasionally. They were sure to find a village soon if the road was an indicator and true enough around noon they walked in a small village, bustling with people. Though said people looked different, wearing old clothes made out of animal fur.
They stood out, hell everyone eyed them suspiciously but from what they heard they spoke too Japanese. Which was odd. A few people finally had the guts to ask them. "Hey you two tourists? What do you want in our village?" they asked. The group consisted out of men, four of them to be exact, buffer than most heavy weight lifters in academy city. "Tourists, huh?" muttered Accelerator under his breath, but let Misaka talk.
"Eh eh, you know funny story?" she begun and told them the events of waking up in the forest after a party in their home city. They weren't convinced, but at the same time the tourists, as they were now named, made no move of hostility. So they gave them something to eat for free and pointed them to the next major city, apparently a good 150 Miles east of the village.
AN: Hey, just a little teaser for the Story I will probably write. So I know it is OOC of both of them, but I just can't get them in character in the Sister Arc, because they would just fight. I had changed a little bit of the history to the point of their first fight in the Sister Arc, but you will see later what had happened in a flaschback. Though as info, Misaka knew who Accelerator was before she fought him.
Besides that, to estimate power of the two in this universe ... well Accelerator wont be really challenged until later on in the story, where Misaka will have problems in her fights and get stronger gradually. They are around the level of ... na I think with their abilities and all, they can give a good fight to the characters of the phantom troupe, though in speed and power they are clearly at a disadvantage.
Disclaimer: I do not own To aru Majutsu no Index or Hunter x Hunter, the characters from their respective shows and the story progress of Hunter x Hunter.