Yo mina! So this is the first fic on this account. I'm still somewhat new to this whole Index/Railgun thing, but there will not be any canon characters in here. Just as a heads up. Now I hope you all enjoy!

Small Note: All the names are random ones

Disclaimer: Don't own the actual series, but I do own everything else

Chapter 1: Academy City

Academy City. A wondrous place filled with technology. Here lives special people with special powers and they are called Espers. The whole city is made up of high-tech machinery and schools to master these Esper powers.

These special people are ranked by their own level ranging from zero to five. This city, like any other, has social status depending on what level you are. Thirty percent of the people here are Level 0, meaning they don't have any Esper powers. After them are there's Level 1; they have the lowest amount of power. Next is Level 2; they have a higher power than those who are Level 1, but are still low on the scale. Then there's Level 3; they are the in between and are in the middle of the power spectrum. Now it is Level 4; they are uncommon, but they are the strongest among the normal people. Lastly there is Level 5; these are very special people who are so strong that one alone is able to take on an army.

Now that all formalities are done, let's get started with the story itself. Try not to be amazed at how spectacular this story is and try not to piss yourself when you go into your crazy fan mode. Thank you and I hope you enjoy.

'That took forever. I'm pretty sure that we all know about that stuff if we're here.'

Our current focus is on a boy who was sitting in the middle of multiple people in a gymnasium.

He had dark brown (almost black) hair that covered his ears and eyes, hazel eyes that you could hardly see and had slightly tan skin. He was wearing a white button up shirt and slacks.

He was currently staring at a man in the middle of a stage in the very front of the gym with a bored look on his face.

'Why do I have to be here? This place is so boring. Plus, I can't stand all these slow people here. Not to mention the uniform is irritating in its own right.'

He let out a silent sigh, then a yawn.

He looked around and saw that the whole gym was filled up with different student, who were mostly from Japan. He looked at the other side of the gym and didn't find anything of interest.

He let out another sigh and saw that the man in the middle of the stage was done talking.

"That is all. You are all dismissed. And remember to not be out after curfew."

Everyone got up and filed out of the gym.

The boy sighed as he quickly walked outside.

'So I have the rest of the day to myself. My options are to go look around the city, go back to my room and read some manga or go get something to eat.'

The boy counted the three ideas on his fingers.

He let out a sigh and looked around him.

He walked off to the side so he didn't have to get hit by the other people.

'I can never choose something to do.'

He saw some boy off to the side as well and started walking up to him.

"Ah, excuse me?"

"Yes?" The other boy asked.

He had black hair that went half way down his eyes and had black eyes. His eyes were more narrow than the first boy's and his skin was lighter. He was wearing the school uniform as well.

"Can you choose a number between one and three?"

"Okay...? One."

"Thanks." The first boy said before leaving, confusing the other boy. "So walking around the city it is."

The teen was no longer dressed in his school's uniform, but rather a plain black shirt, gray shorts and a red sweater with an earbud in one ear.

"I doubt I'm done with half of the city."

The boy let out a sigh as he sat down on a bench. He was at a small park and saw kids playing around.

'What time is curfew anyway?'

He pulled out his phone and touched one of the apps on it. The screen changed from a blank wallpaper to green with multiple option on it.

'At least a new chapter is up.' He thought as he started to read a manga on his phone.

"You like manga too?"

"What the bloody bell!?"

The boy jumped up when he heard the voice that came out of nowhere and a hand on his shoulder.

He looked and saw another boy standing there.

The new boy had blond hair and sky blue eyes. He was wearing a black blazer with a white dress shirt under it and slacks. He looked to be a few inches taller than the first boy.

"Sorry if I scared you."

The blond walked to the other side of the bench and took a seat.

"It's fine. I tend to jump at any physical contact that I didn't do." The first boy said as he took one earbud out. "You can blame my family for that."

"Note taken. My name is William Jones, by the way." The blond boy said. "or I guess I should say Jones William. Man, I don't like changing that."

"Will it is. I'm Joshua Hopper." The first boy said as he let out a sigh. "I know what you mean."

"Josh it is then." Will said with a grin.

Josh just sighed and continued talking.

"So is today your first day in the city?"

"No. I'm going to an all boy's school for Espers." Will said as he watched the kids play at the park.

"Same, well except the all boy's school and specifically for Espers parts." Josh said as he scrolled through his phone. "I'm guessing you're a foreigner if you have that kind if hair, have that kind of name and don't sound Japanese at all."

"Well, your guess would be correct. I'm from America. What about you? The same could be said for you."

"Yup. I'm also from America with a little bit of Mexican in me." Josh said, not taking his eyes off his phone. "So if you're going to a school for Espers, what ability do you have?"

His eyes did not turn away from his phone.

"Oh. I'm an Electromatser. What about you?"

"I do some Wind Manipulation. Nothing much."

Will nodded his head, not seeming to care about the nonchalant answer.

"So what level are you?"

"Hm? I don't know. They said I have to redo it because the scanner wasn't working right. What about you?" Josh asked, putting the phone away and looking at the ground.

"I'm a Level 4."

Hearing this, Josh just let out a whistle.

"So you're really strong then? Man, I wouldn't want to go against you then."

"Attention all students. It is now curfew. Please return to your dorms." An announcer said around the city.

"Well, it looks like we gotta go, huh?" Josh said as the two got up.

"Yup. Let's meet up again some time. You're my first friend since I got here, so I don't really have many people to talk too." Will said sheepishly.

He got a confused look.

"I thought you've been here for a long time though."

Josh gave a skeptical look.

He himself wasn't one for making friends, but he could tell that Will was the type of person to be anyone's friend if they asked.

"Well..." Will said, scratching the back of his head. "I don't really hang out with the people at my school and I'm usually in my dorm. I've more or less been sheltered most of my time here. So what do you say?"

"Sure. Maybe we can look around the parts of the city I haven't been too."

"Sure. I'm fine with that. How about Saturday?"

"Alright. I don't have anything going on this whole week so that's fine." Josh said as he stretched his arms and legs.

"Great. See you then. Maybe next time you can tell me your level."

"Yeah. See ya. By the way, I never said we were friends."

Will didn't hear the last part and continued on his way.

"Hey, can I have all of your attention!" A guy in the front of a classroom called out.

All the students quickly quieted down.

"I have all your schedules here. For those of you who need to test out your ability, that will be in your Esper class." A tall, chubby teacher said as he started to called up students.

'Let's see. This is first period. Second period is P.E. Third is Math. Fourth is my Esper class. Fifth is Language. Sixth is Biology.' Josh thought as he looked at his class.

He let out a sigh and looked out the window.

He hasn't bother to try and communicate with anyone else on his class for the reason that he just didn't care about them. His mind would wonder from time to time, but he never stuck to one topic for a long time.

'It sucks that I can't listen to my music.'

He then noticed that the person sitting in front of him looked familiar.

He tapped the boy on the shoulder.

"Hey, aren't you the guy I asked to choose an option yesterday?"

"Yes."

"Sorry about that. I know it was probably weird, but I can never decide on things. My name is Joshua Hopper, by the way. Ah. I mean Hopper Joshua."

"It's fine. My name is Hitomi Shinji."

"Ah, so you are Japanese then?"

Shinji nodded his head.

Josh mentally sighed at his own question. Of course he would be Japanese, if Shinji's looks and tone were anything to go off of.

"I'm guessing you're a foreigner."

Now Josh nodded his head.

"Please be quiet for a little bit."

'Finally. Now I can know my level. Watch it be Level Three.' Josh thought as he walked out to a field.

Unlike Japanese schools, and almost all of Academy City's schools, the one Josh was attending took a different approach that made the students walk to their next class instead of making the teachers walk.

Josh was actually fine with this since he was use to it in America. He really had no complaints on the matter.

"So are you nervous to see your level?" Josh looked to the side and saw a brunet walking up to him. "My name is Kaito Aki. Hello."

"Hey. I'm Joshua Hopper. Damn. I mean Hopper Joshua."

'I really hate saying it like that.'

"So are you nervous to see what level you are?" Aki asked again as he polished his glasses.

"Not really. I think I'll get a low level, so it doesn't really matter to me." Josh said casually.

Even if he said those words, he knew that his level would be anything but low.

He was an odd and rare case that was naturally born with his ability and didn't require to be injected with anything or have his brain rewired.

He was really glad about that.

"Well, we'll see in a little bit." Aki said as the teacher started to talk.

"Okay, everyone get to their sections for the test!" The teacher called out.

The two went to different sections and after Aki was done with his, he went over to see Josh.

"Looks like I'm balanced at a Level 3. What about you?"

"I haven't gone yet. I'm about to go." Josh said as he walked up.

"Okay, what is your ability?" The teacher asked.

"Air Manipulation." Josh said with a bored tone.

"Very well." The teacher went and set something up.

'This is going to be irritating, I just know it.'

Josh let out a sigh as he saw multiple, large bricks stacked on top of each other.

"We'll start with this. You just need to try and lift as many as you can using your ability."

Letting out another sigh, Josh lifted his right hand. Wind started to gather around the bricks and lifted all of them off the ground.

Josh could hear some of the other students behind him whispering or making sounds of astonishment.

This small feat was as easy as breathing to him. Simple wind movement basically was breathing for him.

"Look, if you're going to make a test like this, you will need a lot more than this."

The wind slowly died down and the bricks fell to the ground with Josh looking as if he didn't do anything.

"Honestly, you kids are getting more and more arrogant." The teacher mumbled as he set up more bricks.

'I have a right to be arrogant with my ability. Such an irritating teacher.'

"All right try and lift these up." The teacher said with a smug look.

More bricks were added and some of the students even doubted he would be able to lift them.

Josh let out yet another sigh and lifted his hand again.

Like before, the wind started to gather around the bricks and they were quickly lifted from the ground, making even more noise.

"Anything else?"

"Yes. You just need to do one more test."

"Let's get this over with."

"Follow me. Everyone else, say put."

'I wonder what the test is.' Aki thought as he looked at the direction the two went.

After a few seconds, there was a loud explosion that shook the ground.

"A-amazing..."

Everyone was in shock from the shock.

'That level of attack is amazingly high! Is it possible that's he's a-'

"LEVEL 5!?"

"Why do you have to yell?" Josh asked as he covered his ear.

Will just ignored his question and continued to look at the paper in his hands.

He himself being a Level 4 was amazed that someone new to the city would be able to get high enough marks to be a Level 5.

"You got crazy numbers! That means you're one of the strongest people in Academy City!"

Josh just sighed and looked at his phone.

He really didn't care about something like that. True, he was proud of having that strong power, but he had to train enough to reach that level of power. He didn't need some test to tell him how strong he is.

"Yeah. So what? It's nothing special."

He got a shocked look from the blond.

"Are you crazy!? You're one the strongest in the city! How is that not special!?" Will exclaimed, getting looks from nearby people as the two walked around the city.

Josh wasn't sure, but he thought he heard a small amount of disdain from the other's voice.

He wasn't good at reading people closely and could only tell of something was wrong when they obviously show it, but he found it odd that he could detect something so small of a person that he had met only a few days ago.

"Dude, shut up! I don't give a damn about that, but don't go saying that out loud like that! I don't want to deal with people!" Josh whispered-yelled harshly.

"Sorry."

"Whatever. Besides, they told me that these scores are only for a regular Esper level. I'm gonna have to take another test to see where I'm ranked among the other Level 5 Espers." The teen said with a shrug.

"To think, my new friend is a Level 5. This is so cool."

Josh narrowed his eyes at hearing this.

"We are not friends. You just proved it."

Will didn't seem to hear the small mumble.

Josh let out a small sigh and put his phone away.

"You wanna get something to eat? I'm starting to get hungry." Josh said as he held his growling stomach.

"Sure. I'm kinda hungry too."

The two had continued to walk and found a small place to eat. After entering the place, they got in line and waited.

"Tsk. There are too many people here. I'm gonna go find a seat." Josh said, getting a nod from the other.

Will felt something vibrate in his pocket and got his phone out. He saw that it was a text from Josh on what he wanted.

'I wonder why the line is so long? This place seems to have fast customer service.' Will thought as he tried to look ahead.

He couldn't see anything, but people grumbling or yelling.

He tapped the person in front of him on the shoulder.

"Excuse me, but what's going on?"

The man turned around with a sigh.

"Apparently a customer is complaining about something and is holding up the line." The guy said, turning back around to see if the line moved at all.

'Well, this is bad. If there's one thing I've learned about Josh so far is that his patience is thinner than a string.' Will thought as he got out of line and walked up to the front. 'If that previous incident is anything to go off of.'

He saw a small blond boy in the front arguing with the cashier and using big words that Will didn't even know existed.

"That's why I demand-"

"Ah, excuse me, but you're holding up the line. Can't you let us order and you settle this off to the side?"

"No. Not until I get exactly what I ordered!" The small boy said, crossing his arms.

The boy reminded Will of a child having a tantrum for not getting what he wants.

With the height of the boy it wouldn't be far off.

"But you're holding up the line and people are getting angry." Will said, gesturing to the others in line.

"So what? They can wait!"

"But I can't."

The two blonds were shocked when the small boy was pushed forward and out of the way.

Will looked and saw Josh standing there and putting his foot down.

"There. You're out of line. Go to the back or get out." He said, looking down at the kid. He then turned to the questioning gaze of the taller blond. "I got tired of waiting and wanted to see what was going on."

Will just nodded his head, knowing how the other could be.

He couldn't help but wonder what the damage would have been if he was really mad and not just slightly irritated.

"Hey, that's not fair! I was here before them!" The boy exclaimed as he jumped up.

"Life isn't fair. Deal with it." Josh said as he started to walk back to where he came from. Before turning a corner, he took a glance at Will. "You have ten minutes before I come back."

Will furiously nodded his head, not wanting to anger the other even more. He didn't want those thoughts of destruction becoming reality.

He then turned to the other blond.

"I'm sorry about him. He doesn't have much of patience. Why don't we stand in line together?" Will asked, looking at the boy as the other people were ordering.

"Fine." The smaller boy said as the two walked to the back of the line.

"So what's your name? My is William, but you can call me Will." The taller blond said.

"My name's Hans Ludwig." The smaller one said.

Now that Will paid more attention, he could hear a German accent in the other's voice.

He found it slightly odd that he had met yet another foreigner in a short amount of time and yet haven't met one years prior.

"So what school do you go too?"

"Zunō."

He got a confused look.

"What?"

"Isn't that a high school though? Shouldn't you still be in middle school?"

Hearing this, Hans' whole face turned bright red and he got a furious look.

It was clear to Will now that Hans' height was a taboo.

"I'm seventeen!"

"Sorry we took so long. We still had to go through the whole thing with Hans." Will said as he and the smaller blond walked to the table Josh was at.

"I guessing this middle school kid is Hans?"

Hearing this, Will froze and Hans turned red again.

Before the small male could go off, Will spoke up.

"Actually, he's seventeen. He goes to Zunō." Will said as he set the tray down and took his seat across from Josh.

Hans followed suit and sat next to Will.

"Isn't that for super smart people?" Josh asked as he took some fries and put them him his mouth.

"I am super smart." Hans said in irritation.

He lifted his hand and some of the fries that Josh had started to float in the air and went towards Hans.

"See? I'm a Level 4 Telekinetic."

It quickly turned into a look of shock when the fries stopped moving and ended up in Josh's hands.

"Will's an Electromaster, Level 4 at that." Josh said as he ate the fries.

"I could have told him that myself."

"But you didn't."

"So what level are you then?" Hans asked, smirking at the thought of the other being a lower level.

"Nothing too high. I doubt that I could ever compare to someone of your level." Josh said with sarcasm lacing the whole sentence.

For his part, Will just stayed quiet and watched the show.

He had thought of interrupting, but decided against it for it was kind of entertaining to him.

"Well, at least one of you is capable. I don't get how you can deal with someone weaker than you." Hans said, giving Will a sympathetic look.

"Ha ha ha...Yeah..."

Josh just turned his music up and tried to ignore Hans.

'Why do I always have to deal with the most annoying people?' He thought with a sigh.

"Well, I'll see you later. Bye Will...other." Hans said as he started to leave.

"Bye!"

"Jackass!" Josh called out as he flipped the other off.

Will quickly grabbed his arm and put it down.

The two started to walk in the opposite direction.

"Why didn't you tell him what level you were? I thought you would want everyone to know how strong you are."

"It'd be too irritating to deal with that kind of publicity. Not to mention someone like him would want to probably challenge me and I don't want to deal with that." Josh answered back with a sigh.

"You sigh a lot. What's with that?"

Josh just turned and sighed.

"See!"

"It's cuz everything is so irritating and annoying. I just want to walk around, listen to music or read manga or fanfiction."

"If that's the case, then I'll leave." Will said, looking somewhat dejected.

"I didn't mean that, idiot. I meant when people I don't know are around." Josh said as he punched Will on the arm.

"What the heck? That hurt." The blond said as he rubbed his arm.

"Where's somewhere else we can go? Somewhere interesting that will entertain me." Josh muttered to himself, not paying much attention to the boy in pain next to him.

"How about School Orchard?"

Josh gave the other a questioning look.

"What?"

"And how the hell are we supposed to get in there?" Josh asked, looking at the other like he was stupid.

"Well, my dorm is in the School Orchard. I can get us in easily." Will said casually.

"Oh yeah. You're from one of those smart people schools." Josh muttered to himself. He let out a sigh. "Wait a minute. Isn't that place where all the girl schools are? That place is a total chick world. Men are, without a doubt, rare there. How can your dorm be there?"

Will just blinked, let out a sigh and face-palmed.

"You're talking about School Garden. All your information is right, but for there. School Orchard is basically a boy's version of that. You could say the two are siblings of sorts."

Understanding his mistake, Josh nodded his head with a sigh and scratched his head.

"Lead the way then."

"Right."

END CHAPTER

So wha'd ya think? It sucked, didn't it? Oh well. I still hope you enjoyed this first chapter. Remember to r&r (just no flaming please). Until next time, sayonara! - Monkey