Hello all! This is my first fanfic and it has a setting of events after NT19. I was planning to delay this and write a 10k chapter 1 but I thought it would be unfitting on the title if I didn't publish the first chapter on the new year.
Yes it will be THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
Sadly I don't own the To Aru/A Certain franchise and nor does any other fanfic authors (Unless one of them is Kamachi Kazuma in disguise!)
Without waiting anymore let's get started.
It had been a tough day for Touma, first he had to help Tsuchimikado in escaping Academy city with his sister, then he had to go ahead and fight with the general superintendent Aliester at the windowless building & when the conclusion was reached. The Great Demon Cronzon had introduced 'herself' & they had to assist Aliester against her. And just as he thought the fight was over, he found himself in a situation where he had to go to England to bring it down.
And where was Touma now?
Well it should be obvious, The Hospital, as he had holes on his body as a aftermath of his battle with Aliester.
The bleeding had stopped a while ago, but there was a risk of them reopening, so a proper treatment was needed.
He had separated from Aliester, Accelerator & Hamazura after the fight.
As soon as Index regained consciousness and saw the condition of his body, he was dragged to the hospital and along the way they reunited with 'mini' Magic God Othinus, who also gave him a lecture on how to take proper care of himself and minimize risks.
And now he was all bandaged up and was insisting on leaving the hospital.
"Be careful not to do any straining physical exercise…..Sigh…then again its pointless to say that to you. Well then see you soom"
"First of all I don't come here because I want to! Its my rotten luck that drags me into these types of situation! And what's with the 'See you soon' sentence? Does a normal doctor say that to his patient?" Kamijo yelled as the frog faced doctor was giving him farewell or maybe a return soon?
"I see, so no 'thing' for the nurses then" The frog faced doctor sighed as he saw Kamijo leave.
After leaving the hospital, Touma was walking towards his dorm with the Grimore Library by his side and the 15 cm Magic God on his shoulder (The uninjured one).
Apparently Index didn't remember anything about the incident where her collar was activated. So Kamijo filled her on the necessary details (Omitting certain things of course)
"I see so that's why I have an additional Grimore in my head now" Index muttered as she placed her hand on her chin while thinking.
"Yes and now you are free, no one can control you externally because of the effect of that original grimore, Mina said tha…" Touma spoke but he was interrupted in between.
"TOUMMAAA! Why is it you always manage to meet up with a new girl in the middle of a crisis situation! And why are you speaking her name as if you are really familiar with her? Huh Touma?" Index roared while baring her teeth.
"Ummm Hey It was not my fault and please don't bite me, I am injured here!" Touma pleaded & looked hopeful eyes towards the goddess on his shoulder for some support.
However
"Don't look at me, she is starting a true fact indeed"
Touma flinched as the goddess turned his request down.
"Such Misfortune"
He received a Bite Attack immediately afterwards.
They continued to walk on the road towards home. And then…
Grmm…Vmmm… Index's stomach growled!
"Touma"
'Gulp'
"I am hungry!"
'Sigh' "Hang on Index we will reach home soon so please bear with it for some time"
"I think you are forgetting something human, last time I saw, the fridge was almost empty. I doubt you are going to feed air to us" Othinus stated, to which Touma groaned.
"Ah! There would be no supermarket sale this late at night. Our only option is a restaurant, if it is open at this hour" Touma said with a troubled expression.
"Don't worry, people tend to stay active during festive season even during this hour" Othinus reassured.
Touma sighed, he wasn't worried if they could get food or not, more importantly he was worried about the condition of his wallet.
Unlike supermarket sale, the restaurant wasn't exactly cheap or affordable especially with an appetite like that of Index, he was trembling inside.
But he didn't have a choice so he reluctantly agreed.
They finally found a restaurant which was still open.
Touma entered a restaurant which was almost empty except one or two customers who were about to leave.
He looked at his wallet and said "Alright since we have already come here, you better enjoy yourself Index. We might have to drink salt water for a week now…." He trailed off.
"NOOOoo!" Index yelled holding her head.
"You reap what you sow" Othinus stated flatly.
Obviously they were now needed to cut short the weekl y budget for food.
"This is not fair Touma!...Touma?" Index tilted her head as she didn't receive any response.
He seemed to be lost in some thought.
"AHHhh!" Touma suddenly screamed as Othinus bit his ear to bring him out of his trance state.
"What were you spacing out for?" The former goddess asked her understander.
"Ah nothing, just thinking about the future meal plans" Touma smiled weakly
Soon the dishes were served, Touma could only groan while looking at the price menu & the amount Index was eating.
"Yum! This is so delicious! I wish I could eat this everyday" The gluttonous nun said while devouring food.
"Well I am sure you understand the financial condition of this poor Kamijo-san" Touma pleaded.
"Don't be like that human, the food you make is also very good. In fact food made by you makes me much happier than some expensive restaurant's food" Othinus told him
"Yeah Touma your cooking skill are excellent and your food is really tasty…so tasty that I just can't hold myself back from eating more and more" Index said excitedly.
"Um.. Thanks you guys that really means a lot to me and Index I think I found why food bills are so high, I just have to make less tasty food and our food consumption will be significantly less" Touma grinned.
Index pouted and Othinus laughed. Touma was glad that they were enjoying.
While all this was happening, another thought had crossed his mind. About the fate/future of Academy city.
What would happen from now on, that the 'ruler' of Academy city had been forced out in the open. What would happen once the word get out that the windowless building had been blasted off to the space, how was the city going to react when they learned about that?
Would there be chaos? Would law & order disrupt? Would someone try to take advantage of the situation?
A lot of questions flooded Kamijo's Mind but he didn't want to make the others worried by making a troubled face so he kept his smiling face on.
Once they finished their lunch & Touma reluctantly paid the bill, they left for their dorm.
It was late at night and the people had still not quite recovered from the heat wave yet so there was lack of cars on the street & only a few people were still walking on the streets.
"Today's meal was really good. So Touma what's your plan for the next few days?" Index asked cheerfully as she had a close to full? Stomach.
"Well I was planning to do some help in the restoration process, there is no obligation to help, but I want to. It's better than sitting idle, they say the school are going to start again in a few days. So I have a relatively free time" Touma continued "So why not use it to help others?"
"There you go again" Othinus sighed
"I won't have a problem with that if you promise to spend enough time with us. You are so caught up in those incidents recently that we rarely have time to spend together" Index declared to which Touma responded casually.
"Oh come on, it's not like…." But he was cut off before he could complete his sentence.
"Quiet! She raised a very important issue here. You rarely stay at home and I have a hunch that if you head out again, you will definitely be caught in trouble again. Hmmph… So it is decided you will stay at home, you have already the people by getting rid of the elementals" Othinus commanded her understander while sitting in his shoulder.
"Hey don't go on deciding that by yourself. Like I said, I want help peop…."
"Quiet Human! You will stay at home and if you dare to step outside you will face the Divine Wrath of a God" Othinus roared.
"I agree with her, you heading out will only cause another ridiculous incident and I don't want you to get caught up in that. You will not head out" Index said the last line with great emphasis.
Touma tried to open his mouth, but he was silenced by the terrifying glares of his two roommates. So he had to agree with that unwillingly.
"All Right! Touma will stay at home Yay! We will have lots of fun right Othinus?" Index cheerfully raised her hands in air.
"Yeah, it has been a while since he has agreed to stay with us, now we can enjoy together" Othinus also seemed very happy.
Both of them loved to spend time with him, but obviously Touma was completely oblivious when it came to this stuff. So instead his mind was focused on something else.
(Now how am I supposed to meet up with Accelerator and the others?)
He was supposed to meet up with them & depart for England. But now how will he do it? He hadn't told them much about the incident. He told them only the necessary details. So they had no way of knowing that hey was supposed to go another adventure.
"Such Misfortune" he muttered.
"Huh? What's the matter human?" His understander asked him.
"N..Nothing"
"Is it that you don't like our company" asked the nun with a murderous aura around her.
"No it's nothing like that" Touma defended himself.
"I hope you don't have other plans do you?" Othinus asked in a threatening tone.
"No I will stay at home" Touma could do nothing but comply.
He would need to think of an excuse later soon that will allow him to get out and then he can go to England.
Two girls walked on the streets at the night, one had short chestnut brown hair. She was the #3 lvl5 Esper of Academy City named Mikoto Misaka also known as 'Railgun'. The other had long blond hair, she was the #5 lvl5 Esper of Academy City named Shokuhou Misaki also known as 'Mental Out'.
They were students of the Tokiwadai middle school and were not supposed to roam out so late at night. But since the heat wave, Academy City was recovering so they were free to roam as they liked atleast for now.
"Now then where did that idiot go?" Misaka muttered
"The building blasted off into the space but I remember him falling out of it and someone caught him and would it be too much burden for you to atleast not call him idiot?" Misaki said to her
"Hmph he really does crazy things and why are you so concerned about what I call him? Come to think of it you still haven't told me your relationship with him"
"It really doesn't concern you and I won't tell you so don't bother to ask again" Misaki waved her off.
Knowing she won't get any answer no matter how much she pressed the issue, Misaka moved to the main issue.
"So he has again made a mess of things" She muttered.
"It's not his fault, he tends to get caught in these type things from time to time" Misaki said
"Well…. Where he could be now, how do we find him, I haven't heard anything about him. Come to think about it, there was a news about a masked man in a suit causing havoc in the city. Do you think its related to him?" Misaka said remembering about the warning message that was played in the city a while back.
"Most probably, almost all major incidents connect to him in some way or the other" Misaki said as if stating an obvious fact.
"But that doesn't help us much even if we know that he was involved with the incident, how do we find him and due to the heat wave most electronic devices are down so I can't search him by hacking into security cameras with such efficiency as before" Misaka stated
"Then our only choice is go where he tends to go usually. Let's go follow me" Misaki started walking.
"How do you know where he usually goes?" Misaka said in an irritated voice.
"Again I won't tell that, just follow me" Misaki said cheerfully and Misaka followed her.
"It would have taken a lot less time if we used the A.A.A for transport" Misaka suggested.
"I really don't care much about you but you shouldn't use it much, he would be sad if anything happened to you because of that" Misaka blushed on hearing that.
Using the A.A.A took a toll on her body and once she had a major what would she call it? Reaction. Touma had saved her at that time. He had muttered something about curses before going most probably to the source of that attack.
"Where are we going?" Misaka asked while walking behind her.
"Well it should be obvious. I though you knew him better" Misaki made a disappointed face.
"How should I know where you thinking of going?" Misaka was getting impatient.
"Well the place he visits most often. The Hospital, his hospital to be more precise. Let's go to the district 7 hospital" Misaki said without stopping.
Misaka opened her mouth to say something but then stopped and muttered Yeah that's probably the first place we should go. Wait a sec how do you know which hospital he is usually admitted to? Are you some kind of stallet?"
"I don't want to hear that from someone who used to chase him halfway through the city" Misaki teased.
"Whaa... you've got it all wrong it wasn't anything like that. Its not like I was stalking him or anything. I was..you know I just wanted to test my strength against him. That's all really" Misaka uttered while turning red from embarrassmet.
Misaki didn't wanted to continue this useless conversation any further. It was more important for her to reach her destination quickly rater than listen to the other girl's nonsense, so she spoke.
"I would have debated about this, but this is not the time. We have to reach there quickly, he usually doesn't stay at one place for long"
Misaka didn't argue as this statement was indeed true, Touma didn't stayed at one place for long. She had to reach there soon or he would be again gone to a place where she can't reach him.
"Right let's hurry then"
A certain spiky-haired boy was walking on the street. But instead of black hair he had yellowish-blond hair. To put it simply he was not Kamijo Touma, instead he was Hamazura Shiage.
A mini-skirt Santa girl was walking with him. She was Takitsubo Rikou.
"Bffff" Hamazura was shivering.
It was the month if December and it was quite cold especially at night. And yet he was in only his boxers. He was wearing the processor suit uptill now, but once it had been taken off he felt as if ice will start forming on his skin soon.
"Hamazura are you okay?" His sweet girlfriend spoke her words of concern for him.
"I am okay, except that I feel like I will freeze halfway towards home" Hamazura had his both hands wrapped around him and was visibly shaking.
So Takitsubo did what any caring girlfriend would do.
"Here I will provide you some warmth"
"Ah" Hamazura let out a surprised voice as she pulled him in an embrace.
"We will walk like this, it will provide you warmth"
"It's not like I mind, in fact I am overjoyed by this but won't you feel embarrassed if someone saw us like this. I mean I am almost naked a mini skirt Santa girl is clinging to me like this, people will imagine all sort of things" Hamazura stated. Just by being hugged by his girlfriend, his sense of cold was gone.
"I don't mind. I don't care what others think" Hamazura thought his heart would leap out if his throat when he heard her. He was really happy that he had her.
"Where are Mugino and Kinuhata?" He enquired
"I contacted them and told them we will be heading home shortly, so they will also be on there way there." Takitsubo replied
"I see that's good then" Hamazura muttered
"But I am sure they will have a lot of questions for you and so do I. I hope you will answer them all? Right?" Takitsubo's kind expression changed a little.
'Gulp'
"Of course, I will and you don't need to make that scary face" Hamazura replied reassuringly.
He would have to spend a long time explaining to those three, so he mentally prepared himself for it.
Accelerator was walking home with the help of his futuristic cane. For some reason he was in a bad mood.
Actually a number of reasons could be counted for his fowl mood, but the biggest reason was walking right behind him.
"Would you give it a rest already stop following me and go home, I already promised to help out dealing with that Cron-whatever it was. So leave me alone and find someone else to bore with your useless talk" Accelerator said in an annoyed to the black cat-woman following him.
Her name was Mina Mathers and she was once just an interface in the windowless building. But now she was a original grimore named Thoth Tarot and was free to roam anywhere in the world.
"First off I don't have a home and I am free to roam anywhere, secondly don't you think you quite rude considering you are talking to a lady" Mina said sounding annoyed.
"Whatever...don't really care if the one annoying me is a man or a old woman, I take care of them the same way" Accelerator muttered
"Hey I am not old, look I don't have a single wrinkle on my skin" Mina said while pouring her lips.
Accelerator kept on walking without stopping or turning back.
"..."
"Hey stop ignoring me I said I am not old!"
"..."
"Hey! Can you hear me?"
"..."
"Surely you haven't gone deaf and your reflection isn't active either so stop playing dumb"
"..."
"Hello anyone home?" Mina waved a hand in front of his eyes.
And he reached his limit and snapped.
"What the HELL!? Do you want to die so badly?" Accelerator roared.
"..."
"If you continue to follow me or utter another word, I swear it doesn't matter whatever you are, but I promise you won't leave unscathed and that is if I am feeling generous" Accelerator yelled while glaring her with his red-eyes.
"Accelerator, you have grown soft"
"Huh?" Accelerator didn't expected to hear that so he was surprised.
"If it was the old you, you won't have bothered to give any warning and attacked head on. But I guess the one who killed all those 10 thousand clones has a soft side after all"
"Tch"
"But it is actually a good thing and I think you should hold on to that. Well then, later. I will go and explore a bit more of this city" Mina said while walking away.
Accelerator stared at her for sometime and then muttered.
"Tsk what a pain"
And he continued to walk towards his home.
The stage for a big fight was slowly beginning to take form, a fight that will change the very history of the planet.
Well how did you like my 1st story? I have to admit it's a bit short but well as I mentioned above that I wanted to post it on new year. I will try that my next chapter is at least 10k words long. I have the later half of story planned out bit not this London arc so I will welcome any suggestions about how should I go with this arc. (Remember this is after NT19 and I am writing a fanfic for the 1st time) I will try to keep it as close to realistic as possible so it can be compared to canon by applying all theories I learned during my reading of A Certain Magical Index Novels.
I am also on To Aru Amino with the same name, I write Reviews of novel volumes there. (My latest review was of NT11-A Beautiful Memory)
Well Thank You
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!
DEVIL ADITYA signing off...
