~Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GUILTY CROWN NOR TO ARU MAJUTSU NO INDEX~
Chapter 1: Re:Genesis
Okinawa, Japan 9:37 p.m.
It was a cloudless night.
"Ah...so you see, Ayanee~ a letter arrived this week. It was from a place called Academy City," a small sweet voice echoed across an old apartment. A girl with long purple hair and her trademark cat ears sat by the window as she held a phone smaller than the palm of her hand.
"Wait, Tsugumi! Did you just say 'Academy City'?!" The person on the other side of the phone asked with a rather shocked voice.
"Well, yeah. Do you know something about it, Ayanee?" The girl named Tsugumi asked innocently while cocking her head.
"C'mon, Tsugumi! We see Academy City everyday when you were still here! It's that walled city in WesternTokyo!"
"Huh? Wait! You mean, Academy City is that place famous for creating, you know, espers?"
"Yeah, that's right! I heard it has technology 30 years ahead of us which makes it the most advanced city in the world," Ayanee who's real name was Ayase, informed the rather unknowing friend of hers.
"Whoa! Really?!"
"So, anyway, what did they want from you?"
"Ah, well...apparently, the letter contains a piece of paper saying that I'll be transferring to a school called Nagatenjouki Academy since the previous university I studied at submitted a recommendation letter. Hmm...I still wonder why they accepted me that easily though," Tsugumi replied while shuffling through the several contents of the letter.
"Maybe it's because you're an expert in robotics at such a young age. As a friend, I think you should accept such a great opportunity though I'm slightly afraid that they'll turn you to an esper,"
"Hmm...I don't think they'll do that, Ayanee~ it's too late for me to become one and it's out of my interests after all! So, you shouldn't worrying about me! I'll be going to Academy City as a researcher!"
"Well, maybe you're right! But, you can always call me when you're in a pinch,"
"I know! I know! Thanks, Aya—!"
A loud crash reverberated across the whole town.
The ground shook violently at the same intensity as a magnitude three earthquake. Tsugumi stood up instantly and peered out of the window. There she saw a bright tail of light glowing across the cloudless sky and below it was a huge crater where the forest should have been.
"Tsugumi! Tsugumi! What's happening there?! Tsugumi! Answer me!" Ayase shouted on the phone, unfortunately, Tsugumi was too speechless to answer.
She perfectly knew what had fallen from the sky.
Academy City School District 7—The Windowless Building 9:39 p.m.
"The meteor you've been waiting for a long time has already fallen, Aleister," a boy with light blond hair and bushy eyebrows exclaimed as he sneered at the man inside a large glass cylinder.
The man with a green surgical gown hanging upside down inside the cylinder was no other than the most important person in Academy City.
The General Director of Academy City—Aleister Crowley.
This person looked like a man, yet also a woman; like an adult, yet also a child; like a saint, yet also a criminal. He was such a complicated person that no one could ever tell what he was planning.
"You seem so relaxed for a person who's administrating such a wide experiment," the boy added yet again; now leaning at the side of the cylinder.
"I shall be leaving the stage to that person. This should shorten the process between Plan 8729 and Plan 11037 if he does it accordingly," Aleister replied with a casual tone.
However, the other person with him was getting impatient. He had failed almost four times already and waiting was out of the question. He had trusted that the people from the outside world will carry out his plan of natural selection and evolution yet nothing came out of it. This time, he turned to the person who ran the world's most advanced city. When he had offered them the plan, they were more or less interested since he knew what was in their minds—it was only science and nothing else.
"Are you sure this person will carry it out perfectly?" The boy asked with an irate tone in his voice.
Hearing what he said, Aleister made a small chuckle; making the boy doubt if it was really a chuckle at all. There was a mix of a lot of emotions that it was hard to tell what the 'human' in the cylinder was feeling.
"I'll only say this right now but never underestimate a Kihara,"
Kihara. The boy had heard that name before as he was exploring the abyss that was Academy City's dark side. A Kihara was behind the production of the Misaka Sisters, the development of Academy City's #1 Level 5 esper's abilities and as well as many cruel and twisted human experiments that resulted to an immeasurable number of deaths and injuries. However, that attitude and affinity towards science was something the boy had deemed to be perfect.
"Kihara? You'll let a Kihara run the whole experiment?" The boy asked, slightly surprised. He thought this man before him didn't trust anyone, especially a Kihara.
"Yes. It's time they prove their worth to Academy City and its goals," Aleister replied amusingly.
"Considering their achievements, shouldn't you be thanking them for their successes in the field of psychic power and weapons development? The blond boy asked with one eye closed.
"..."
The boy pouted. The man named Aleister had no intention to reply to his questions. He had merely closed his eyes as if in a slumber.
"Oi, before you fall asleep there, I want to ask who is that person you are trusting the experiment with,"
"Hm? His name is Kihara Kakeru," he replied in a calm voice. He was no longer amused but somewhat curious.
The boy leaning by the glass cylinder came to him a few months ago presenting a plan which he told him will benefit both his organisation and Academy City. He said he was named Yuu—the envoy of Da'ath which is an ancient organisation maintaining the cycle of natural selection and evolution. Aleister Crowley was a powerful magician before yet, never did he encountered an existence such as Da'ath. He was more of a mystery than the Five Elements Institution—Imaginary Number District or Aiwass.
Yet, Aleister Crowley knew Yuu was desperate to achieve his aim.
Academy City School District 7—Family Side Dorms 9:39 p.m
Accelerator.
A little girl with no more than the age of 10 was riding at the back of a teenage boy with abnormally white hair and blood red eyes. The girl was an exact match of the Number Three Level 5—Misaka Mikoto when compared to appearance and genetic makeup. Shoulder-length brown hair, those lively brown eyes, good features—everything was an absolute copy, it almost seemed like the little girl was Misaka Mikoto's younger sister.
Her name was Last Order. The control tower of almost twenty thousand clones of Railgun—the Radio Noise Sisters.
As for the albino teenager sprawling at the floor, he was the Number One Level 5 Esper—Accelerator. The one who butchered ten thousand of Railgun's clones for the Level 6 Shift Project.
And now, he tries to redeem himself—to protect the peaceful life he had built and protect the one he built it upon: Last Order. Accelerator will crush the darkness that continues to harm the innocent, as long as Last Order was there, he will do anything. And due to that, he now relies on the Misaka Network to allow him to speak and use his esper powers with a chocker electrode on his neck and a modern mechanical cane.
Even if he was in a very bad situation, he was still the Number One Level 5.
With Accelerator's recent visit to Russia during the Third World War, he had met another of Railgun's clones—Misaka WORST; fresh from the Third Season of Misaka Sisters and was now freeloading at Yomikawa Aiho's apartment alongside with Accelerator and Last Order.
The aodai-wearing Misaka WORST as a clone was no different with the Original, though with special exceptions like the mischievous look in her eyes, her height (and her breast size) as well as their esper levels since Misaka WORST was only a mere Level 4.
"Ah...it seems that we don't have enough food for tonight," Yoshikawa Kikyou remarked after checking the fridge. "Anyone who wants to buy some food—"
"I'll go! Misaka says as Misaka runs to take the money~!" The girl named Last Order stood up and dashed towards Yoshikawa with a bright smile on her face.
However, with a firm grip on her collar, Accelerator spoke in a bored tone.
"You're staying here, brat!" He said and eventually added while glancing towards Yoshikawa.
"Give me the money."
"NO! Misaka says as she takes the money and runs for the door!" And with that, Last Order took the money in a flash and disappeared behind the door.
" Tsk. Great...that brat ran off somewhere again," Accelerator clicked his tongue and went outside. "I'm going to find her. Take care of the other brat for me while I'm gone."
Yoshikawa merely stared at the room that was full of noise a few seconds ago. Seems like things were going as usual as any other day.
"Oi! Oi! Misaka is annoyed with this thing! It keeps on ringing!" Misaka WORST walked from the hallway, holding a small vibrating phone. She then stopped complaining when she saw Yoshikawa alone and staring into space.
"Last Order went off again, huh?" Misaka WORST asked, leaning against the wall.
Yoshikawa simply nodded and sighed.
Accelerator was already in front of a building called Seventh Mist yet, he could not locate where Last Order was. He had tried to call her phone several times and only Misaka WORST answered, in other words, Last Order had left her phone at home.
Damn it...
Accelerator cursed under his breath. If that brat was in some kind of trouble again, he would certainly punch himself for being so careless and find her immediately.
Struggling with his cane, Accelerator went a bit further until he had reached an alleyway. There he had confirmed what he had feared the most.
A sandal was on the ground near a series of tire tracks. It was not any sandal though, it was Last Order's.
Accelerator gritted his teeth and furrowed his eyebrows.
Last Order was kidnapped.
Academy City School District 10—Research Facility 9:47 p.m.
There were several incubator tubes rowed in columns.
Inside each incubator was a green coloured fluid and a body was floating in it which was attached with different cords.
"Stage 5 has been completed. Release the body immediately and prepare it for the Testament," a scientist began to order around his subordinates whom was busy draining the green liquid inside the tank.
The head of the whole project peered from the observation area to overlook if everything was in order. However, he was no ordinary scientist. He came from a family famous for achieving the impossible using unimaginably cruel methods.
"Sir, Resurrection Project is almost complete. Might you be interested to look a bit closer?" A fellow scientist who was beside him asked with a data sheet tucked between his arms.
"Ah...I'd rather not. Things like that should better be left as surprises. Anyway, I want to know about the ongoing stages of the Five Prayer Project. Is it going well?" The head researcher narrowed his dull blue eyes and stuffed both of his palms into the pockets of his lab coat.
"Yes, sir. Five Prayer is still in stage 3 and preparing for stage 4,"
"Good. I expect it to finish by the end of the month,"
Between their conversation, another scientist burst open the door. He was panting, yet it seems that nothing was wrong at all; rather, he was somewhat excited.
"Sir! The project is now complete. We are waiting for your evaluation,"
The head scientist clicked his tongue and motioned for his assistant to go.
"Alright,"
Slowly, the person in charge of the whole project went down from the observation area together with the two scientists. As they arrived at the designated area, only the assistant widened his eyes in disbelief. As for the head, he merely stared at product of the whole experiment with a bored expression—he was not mesmerised or shocked at all.
"Specimen #9: 'Tsutsugami Gai'—Heartbeat: Normal. Blood Pressure: Normal. Vital Organs: Normal. Overall Health Evaluation: Excellent," a middle aged man said as he read the data in an almost robotic voice.
A young man by the age of nineteen sat on a chair with a hospital gown on. He had light blonde hair which seemed to have reached past his prominent shoulder blades and had emotionless dull grey eyes. He was no different from the original except that he contained no memories, or emotions at all—befitting of a clone.
"Begin cognitive and intelligence test," the blond haired head scientist said as the other scientist removed the clone from the Testament.
"What is your name?" The middle aged man who had read the data earlier asked.
"Tsutsugami Gai," the clone replied instantly as he looked into space.
"How old are you?"
"19 years old,"
"Who was your adoptive father?"
"Shuichirou Keido,"
"Who are your childhood friends?"
"Ouma Shu and Ouma Mana,"
"Were you a member of Funeral Parlour before?"
"Yes. I was their leader,"
"What is your purpose?"
"To become Adam and destroy everything that is in the way,"
"Overall Evaluation: Excellent," the man said as he inputted the data he had gathered.
"Sir, should we add a bit of emotions to his programming?" The assistant asked which seemed to have earned an amused smile from their head.
"Why not? I'll take the risk of him turning against us. However, do not give him any memories of some sort since memories are something too hard to replicate," the good looking young man that was the head of the whole project grinned in satisfaction.
_END OF CHAPTER 1_
A/N: HELLO~!
THIS IS MISAKANETWORK!
Actually, I've written this story for a log time already~
I hope you like it!
Oh, please review! Constructive criticism is welcome!
