Chapter 1
Kamijou Touma woke up slowly the first thing he noticed is that he was in a forest. This was odd when you consider that the last thing he remembered was fighting in the underbelly of Academy City against a cult of demon worshippers trying to summon their idol of worship. Now you might be asking yourselves how a seemingly normal high school student could end up in a situation like that. Well it all start on a day like any other when he happened meet a strange girl in an odd situation and being his usual unlucky self he tried to help her and through some ups and downs ended up fighting the so-called demon who was about to devour the souls of the girl and about a dozen other people.
So our brave and questionably stupid hero rushed in recklessly into the fray to save the girl a barely knew and ended up fighting the demon in a totally awesome display of skill and determination that ended with the would-be sacrifices escaping and the demon imploding in on itself. And that boys and girls is how Touma ending up here…where ever here was.
"Where am I?" the illusion killer asked putting a hand over his face in disorientation.
"Good question." said a voice that seemed to come from everywhere at once.
"Who said that!? Show yourself!" said a startled Touma as he looked around for the source of the voice.
"Calm down kid, I am speaking to you from inside your mind" Stated the voice with a calm tone with a hint of annoyance.
"Inside my mind? Heh…hehe does that mean I've finally gone insane?" asked the level zero with a dry chuckle
"No but considering all the crap you go through on a regular basis I'm genuinely amazed it hasn't happened already." Quipped the voice.
"Alright, alright so if you're not a voice created by my almost, if not already damaged, psyche. Then what are you?"
"Tomake a long overly complicated story short I am that which gives your right hand the ability to nullify both the scientific and the supernatural." Said the voice with a cocky tone. For a few seconds Touma contemplated what the voice said until it suddenly hit him widening his eyes in realization.
"Imagine Breaker"
"Smart boy, good to know all does hits you've taken haven't killed off all your brain cells"
"Hang on does this mean you're taking over my body?" said Touma a bit fearful of having something like that in control.
"Kid do you really think that if I was taking over we'd be having this conversation right know" Said the voice in a deadpanned manner.
"Ok I guess you have point, but wait how come we can talk now but couldn't before?" asked a curious Touma
"Well this is just an educated guess but maybe whatever that cultist did to send us wherever it is we are was somehow able to break some sort of mental block that enabled us to communicate with each other. Besides now the only time this we were to meet was when that dammed alchemist sliced off your arm and I was able to take a solid form" said the voice.
"That was you! But Stiyl said-"
"That it was created by the alchemists fear. Kid that was just him taking a shot in the dark, i don't know if you've noticed but our power isn't something that can be explained"
"Well i guess that explains a few things. So any idea where we are? Last time I check there aren't any forests in academy city" said Kamijou as he looked around.
"I can't say for Certain but I'm sensing a large amount of life signs two kilometers west of here. But be careful we have no idea where we or what we might find" stated the voice
"Still, better than nothing. Let's go" stated the teen as he headed west.
After about thirty minutes of jogging and thanks to his above average stamina and endurance due to fighting and running from delinquents, Touma managed to make it to the town with relative ease. And despite the entities warning it seemed like a normal town apart from passersby's sending him odd stares, Which was probably due to the fact his clothes were roughed up in the battle along with being a little dirty.
"Excuse me" said Touma walking up to a random man "Could you tell me how to get from academy city from here?"
"Academy city…" said the man taking a thoughtful pose "Sorry kid, never heard of the place." Touma had briefly shocked look before concealing it.
"I see, well thanks anyways." Touma said as he walked off in a random direction, the fact that the man didn't know about Academy City meant one of two things. The first being that he somehow wounded up in some backwater town that kept themselves isolated and did get a lot of news from the rest of the world, but as he looked around that obviously wasn't the case, and the second was that he had somehow ended up in an alternate dimension. Now if he was anyone else this would probably be the last and most likely craziest of assumptions, but seeing as he has fought ESPERs magician's angels, gods and most recently demons on what now feels like a weekly basis it was definitely in the realm of possibility.
"I thought as much" said the strange entity
"What are you talking about?"
"From the moment I was able to get a feel of this place I knew that something felt…odd"
"Odd? Odd how?" asked Touma
"Hmm, you know that feeling when visit someone else's room at the dorm. It look identical to your room in every way but somehow you can just tell it's not your room. Well that's kind of the same feeling I'm getting from this place" said the voice
"So basically you're saying we really are in different dimension"
"Looks that way kid"
"*sigh*Such misfortune" stated the teen as he continued thinking things couldn't get worse. But just so life could prove him wrong, at that moment the wind decided to pick up as it lunched some nearby papers into the air sending them flying right to Kamijou's face.
'Oh come on haven't I had enough for one day'
"Apparently not kid" said the voice with a small laugh
'Wait, did you just read my mind?'
"Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention I could do that. My bad" said the voice in a sheepish tone
'Right' the young teen said in an annoyed tone.
But his annoyance quickly faded as he noticed what he was holding. One of the papers that had hit Touma in the face appeared to be a flyer of a missing little girl. The flyer stated that her name was Akari Sujimoto and that she had been missing for a week. While seeing that such a young girl had been taken from what he guessed was a loving family brought a sting of pain to Kamijou heart.
Releasing a tired sigh and knowing there was nothing he could do the teen decided to put it in the back of his mind as he continued walking with no destination in mind.
After an hour of walking Touma thought that it was best for him to find a place to rest, unfortunately a strong realization hit him. He had no money to stay at a motel and all he had was a credit card and since this was a deferent universe it meant that his bank didn't exist here. But before he could think of a solution to his dilemma his train of thought was broken as Touma felt himself bump into someone.
"Oh sorry about that sir" Touma apologized
As the person turned around Touma was able to get a good look at the man. He appeared to be in his mid to late twenties, he was wearing traditional Japanese clothing, black hair with a matching goatee and blonde bangs.
"It's quite alright. Hmm, you're not from around here are you?" asked the man
"Um no sir I just got into town today and I sort of decided to look around" said Touma which technically wasn't a lie
"Well then you should be careful, they say people have gone missing in this area" the man said. Though for some reason even as he gave the warning the man smiled as if he had just said a joke Touma hadn't gotten.
"oh, well I guess I'll take another route then, thanks for the warning." replied Touma as he moved on.
"No problem, Hope to see you again Stranger-kun." waved the man with his smile still planted on his face.
"There was something off about that guy" said the voice suspicious tone
"You mean like the way he was smiling while he gave the warning?" asked Kamijou
"Well Yes but that's not what I meant. I can't exactly put my finger on it"
"Do you even have fingers?" asked the teen
"Very funny." said the voice in a deadpanned manner. "Anyways let's try to find a place to spend the night"
"Agreed"
After an hour of searching Touma was unable to find any place he could rest but as he walked through what he guessed was the ware house district he began to hear a faint voice asking for help.
"Help. Please someone help" said the voice
Knowing he could just ignore a cry for help Touma rushed toward the source of the cry.
"You realize this might be a trap of sort's right?"
"Yep"
"And even doe you're common sense is telling you to just walk away you won't?"
"Yep"
"…Just wanted to make sure"
As both companions finished their little banter the cry began to sound clearer and from what Touma could tell the voice was definitely female but was too high pitched to be a teens or an adults to it was definitely a child. As Kamijou turn at the corner he saw that that voice was coming from what looked like an abandoned warehouse and to that the darkness of the night gave the place a much more eerie feeling was a definite understatement.
"I'm getting a seriously bad vide out of this place' Touma thought but entered none the less. The building was mainly one large central room with turned over furniture and cracks in the wall.
"Yeah this place isn't creepy at all." Touma pronounced using as much sarcasm he could.
As he came close to the center of the warehouse he heard the cry for help coming from above him as he looked up he saw a figure hanging from the ceiling but was too dark to get a clear view, thankfully the moons rays shined down from the sky illuminating the dark ware house. Now with better lighting Touma was able to have a better look at the figure but as soon as he had a clear view his eyes widened in shock.
Hanging from the celling with chains wrapped around her little arms was the same little girl he had seen on the flyer. But instead of the happy and healthy little girl he saw in the picture, he saw that the girl was terribly bruised and barely conscious, in fact if it wasn't because he had heard her speak Touma would have assumed the girl was dead.
"Oh my, did I hear prey wander into my hunting ground" came a woman's voice but it was distorted. "I didn't sense you come in at all, so I wasn't sure but here you are, I wonder how you taste." Out from behind pillar walked what seemed to be a beautiful topless if not somewhat large woman.
"…those, are some nice tits" commented the voice
'Really?' thought Kamijou giving himself a mental facepalm
"Oh please, we were both thinking it"
Ignoring the imagine breakers comment Kamijou turned his attention back towards the woman.
"Look just give me the girl and we'll get out of your hair ok. You'll never see us again and this won't need to get ugly" Touma said trying to solve this situation peacefully.
"Oh but you see I can't let you do that I am very hungry and it's been days since such a delicious meal walked into my den" She told him as she stared at him like a literal piece of meat.
'She's talking about me, isn't she?' asked Touma looking up.
"Yep"
"*sigh*Such misfortune" Touma stated
The woman then stepped out of the shadows revealing her body to be quite grotesque and deformed from the waist down. She then shot an arm at Touma who was able to dodged it thanks to his combat honed reflexes.
"That is just nasty" said the voice with clear disgust.
'You don't say' Touma sarcastically this time sidestepping as he dodged a clawed tail. Touma twisted his body and delivering a light punch due to being in the middle of dodging. As his fist touched the demon it recoiled in pain.
'So imagine breaker works in this world too' said Touma getting a grin
That's not all kid, when she comes in for another attack hit her with your left hand" the voice saidearning a confused look from Touma.
"But the imagine Breaker only works with-"
"Trust me partner"
But before Touma could question the entity the demon charge in an attempt to kill Touma but thanks to his precognition he was able to sense the incoming attack and dodge it with ease. Once the beast was in striking range Touma decided to trust in his new partner as he punched the demon in its side with his left hand. The result of which left Touma a bit god smacked since it had the same effect as punching her with his right.
"W-what?" said Touma
"Heh that's what I thought. looks like the removal of that mental block did more than just let us communicate" the voice announced as Touma looked at his left hand in awe.
"Oh yeah I can definitely get used to this" the teen said with a large grin on his face. Just thinking about the 'upgrade' made him think how things would be a little easier.
"So, what do you say we show this bitch how we do things?"
"Let's do it!" said Touma before charging and meeting the demons attack half way resulting in the demons limb exploding in a bloody mess up to its elbow. The other hand came and hit Touma who crossed his arms in a guard and was knocked to the side of the building. He grunted as he slammed into the wall but still able to get to his feet.
"Shouldn't that have destroyed it in one go?" asked a confused Kamijou
"It's probably a revived human turned demon"
"Meaning?"
"Meaning that unlike magic spell or magical artifacts this is going to take a little more umf!"
"You little bastard you're not worth the effort to eat alive!" she screamed her face turned monstrous befitting the rest of her body. She then grabbed her breast as two magic circles formed over the nipples which then fired magic blasts some of which Touma blocked while others hit the concrete wall melting it.
"It doesn't matter as long as the girl stays missing people will come to either look for her or to simply try and rescue her. HAhahaha you humans or so deliriously stupid!" screamed the lady as she fired more blasts which Touma blocked or dodged.
"This monster is beyond wicked" said the voice as its anger began to grow.
"This is unforgivable!" yelled Touma as his anger as both his and imagine breakers anger reached their peaks.
"BITCH, YOU'RE DEAD!" Both Touma and his partner yelled as their minds unified. What happened next surprised both Touma and the demon. Touma's body became engulfed in a silver, purple and blue aura as streaks of light traveled throughout his form. His closed eyes then shot opened as silver energy shined from both of them.
"Damn. I haven't felt this powerful in centuries!" exclaimed imagine breaker
"What's going on?" asked Touma confused as the demon recoiled at the light as if the light burned her.
"I'll explain later for now just know that because of that little confession of hers she sign her own death warrant."
"Time to finish this" Touma said as he charged at the injured demon. The first thing he noticed is that he was faster and more agile than ever before. Touma jumped to an amazing height and punched the demon in the face causing a sort of crater effect destroying the creature's entire head and torso almost as if a bomb had gone off on its face as blood went everywhere.
"Well that was different" Touma stated
The teen was a bit shell shocked as his appearance went back to normal. He hadn't seen that much blood since his arm was cut clean off when dealing with the alchemist Aureolus Izzard and his damn Ars Magna. That was probably why he didn't throw up this time. Another thing he noticed was that he was unusually exhausted.
"Alright time to-"
"What's wrong?"
"Shit, I'm picking up three more energy signatures coming this way and their exerting power similar to the creature. Hurry up and get the girl before they get here, if what I sense was right the once incoming are stronger than the one we just fought and you're in no condition for a fight" the voice stated
"Right" Touma agreed as he ran towards were the chain was held and slowly lowered the little girl. Once she was safely on the ground the teen unwrapped the chain on her wrist, then picked her up bridal style and quickly made his way towards a hospital.
A few minutes after Touma had left three figures entered the warehouse the first was a young woman with a buxom figure around the same age as Touma with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. Her outfit consists of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents.
On her right was a handsome young man with short blonde hair, grey eyes and a mole under his left eye. His outfit looked similar to the first girl but was clearly a male version which consisted of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes.
And the last occupant was a petite girl around 15 years of age with white hair and golden eyes. At the front, her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair. Her outfit was different from the other which consisted of a white dress shirt a red blazer and a brown plaid squirt.
"Ara, Ara, it seems that someone came and did our job for us." said a tall girl with long black hair.
"Why?" asked the white haired girl with an monotone voice
"I don't know Koneko-chan but let's search just in case their still here" the older girl told the now recognized Koneko. "Kiba-kun please search the perimeter" she asked the blonde boy.
"Of course Akeno-san" the young man responded as he quickly disappeared in a blur. After a few minutes he returned to his group. "I'm sorry Akeno-san but whoever defeated the stray devil is no longer here"
"Well that's a shame, I'm sure Boucho would have had a lot of question. Oh well since the stray devil is already dead and the individual who did it is not here there's no need for our presence" Akeno stated as she summoned a Magic circle as all of them were transported away.
(2 hours later)
It had taken some time and a bit of effort but Touma was able to find a hospital for the young girl. As soon as he entered the building he quickly urged for help, luckily it didn't take long before doctors had taken the girl and began to treat her in the ER. Kamijou had told the hospital staff of the girl and once he had told them everything they had called the police informing them of the girl appearance. Twenty minutes later the police along with the girls' parents came rushing in. one of the parent had made sure their daughter was ok the girls mother had hugged Kamijou like a vice thanking him for saving her daughter, as for the father of the girl he had given the teen a firm handshake telling him that he couldn't thank him enough and that if needed or wanted anything to just say the word, but being the man he was Touma declined the offer telling the father that he was just doing what he thought was right.
As for the police they had questioned him as to how he found the girl, who had kidnapped her and how he was able to rescue her. Naturally he couldn't tell them that he had fought a demon so he made up a story of how he had gotten lost and wondered into a bad neighborhood, once there he had heard the girl screaming for help in a nearby house. He told them that he was able to sneak in and catch the thugs that had kidnapped the girl by surprise, as for the bruises one was able to get a few good hits on him but thanks to a few boxing lesson he was able to take him down and from their he was able to rescue the girl who had become unconscious and took her straight to the hospital. Thankfully his bad luck hadn't intervene and the officers who had questioned home had believed his story.
And so here he was in a nearby park as Touma sat in one of the many bench's. It was mid-morning and the teen just sat on the bench as he saw people doing their little routines.
'So what was that power up last night' he asked the entity who been particularly quiet this morning.
"It is called 'Unison'" said the voice
'Unison?'
"It is a state which can only be achieved if both our minds and essence are in complete and total balance with each other. Remember that show you used to watch as a kid, the one that those guys with ridiculous hair?"
"You mean DragonBorn Ultra?"
"Yeah that. Well just think of Unison as that technique they use to boost their physical abilities and the stronger you get the stronger Unison can make you"
"Huh, so any weaknesses I should know about"
"Well it's mostly limited to close range so don't expect any lasers to shoot out of you nipples" the voice stated as both of them shared a short laugh. "I'm sure you noticed how it puts a strain on you and can cause massive exhaustion after use. Though the biggest draw back from it is that while you're using it I have to shut down the Imagine Breaker"
"You can do that?!" Touma shouted genuinely surprised that that was even possible.
"Yep" it said smugly
"huh, so basically not something for casual use" Touma stated
"Pretty much kid or at least not until you've strengthened your body to the point where you can handle it" the voice said.
"Alright, so what about the Imagine Breaker? Besides being able to use it on both my hands now is there anything else I can do with it?"
"Well as matter of fa-"
"Well" said a voice that surprised both Touma and the entity. As they turned towards the source of the voice they saw that it was the man from yesterday who had given Touma the warning.
"Good to see your still alive stranger-kun" said the man still with that knowing smile.
"Be careful with this guy partner"
"Yeah I decided to take 'another route' thanks for the warning" Said Touma
"Really now? Well then I guess that little girl was lucky you took that route huh" the man said as Kamijou raised his guard "And I must say that power of your is truly amazing." As soon as he finished Touma jumped up to the other side of the bench already in a combat stance.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Azazel commander of the Fallen Angels" as if to prove his point two wings popped out from his back, they resembled bird wings and the feathers were black.
"And I have a proposition for you"
END OF CHAPTER
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