I'm only going to say this once, cause it should be obvious, I do not own the "Toaru" series.
On the edge of Academy City, a boy was entering the gates. Little did anyone know, that the presence of this boy would change all of their lives.
Mikoto and Kuroko were walking through the school garden. It was Saturday, and they didn't have school, so they were enjoying a day off.
"Where should we go next, sissy?" Kuroko asked her idol, the 3rd ranked esper in Academy City, Mikoto Misaka.
"Maybe we should go to a restaurant, I'm starving." Misaka replied. Just then, she noticed a boy walking a little ways up, which was strange, because boys typically weren't allowed in the school garden.
"What's wrong sissy?" Kuroko inquired, noticing the troubled expression on Misaka's face.
"I think I saw a boy."
"A boy?! What would a boy be doing in the school garden?"
"I don't know but-" Misaka was cut off by the boy in question walking towards them. Upon closer inspection, the boy had curly black hair, was slightly shorter than Kuroko, had black shorts and a black T-shirt, and the only unusual thing about him was his rainbow colored eyes.
"Hello there," the boy started, "I'm new to Academy City, and I've been looking for someone to help me register for a school."
"I'm afraid you've got the wrong place. This is the school garden, and there are only girl's schools here." Misaka told the boy.
"Well do you think you could point me to a school nearby where I could register to a school?"
"Yeah sure, me and Kuroko go to Tokiwadai middle school, and I'm sure our dorm mother could help you."
"Thanks a lot." With that, the 3 kids took off towards Tokiwadai.
"So you're Mikoto Misaka, the 3rd ranked esper in Academy City, right?" The boy asked Misaka as they walked to Tokiwadai.
"Yeah, but how did you know that?" Misaka asked.
"Well, you are a level 5. They're pretty famous, even outside of Academy City."
"Ah, that makes sense. Say, what level are you?" Misaka asked.
"I actually haven't taken my level test yet. Oh, but I do have an ability."
"Wait, you haven't taken the power development curriculum yet, but you have an ability? That sounds like a Gemstone." Misaka commented as she wondered what his ability was.
"What the heck is a gemstone?" The boy asked.
"You don't know what a gemstone is, and yet you have a ability without taking the power development curriculum? What's your name anyway?" Kuroko interjected.
"My name is Etrig, Kuroko Shirai, level 4 teleporter, and member of Judgment."
"How do you know my name?!"
"I know a lot of things. But at the same time, there's a lot of things I don't know."
"So Misaka, what's a gemstone anyways?" Etrig asked ignoring Kuroko.
"A gemstone is a esper who's developed their power naturally, without the power development curriculum."
"That's ridiculous! I mean, if humans could just develop powers naturally, surely we would've noticed at some point in history, not to mention we wouldn't even have a need for Academy City. Humans aren't just born with supernatural powers, that's ridiculous!" Etrig replied.
"In that case, how do you explain how you have an ability, yet you haven't taken the power development curriculum?" Kuroko asked.
"How about I just show you my ability in a duel instead, Misaka?" Etrig spoke, once again ignoring Kuroko.
"A Duel, huh? Sure sounds fun."
Etrig snapped his fingers, then blue flames surrounded them, and a badge with a flower on it appeared on both Mikoto's and Etrig's chests.
"The duel will be over when one of our badges is broken, or when of us gives up." Etrig said as he tossed a black sword handle to Misaka.
"What do I do with this?" Misaka asked.
"Just press the button on the side." Etrig replied.
Misaka did as told, and a pink blade seemingly made of energy, grew out of the sword handle. Then, Etrig took a fighting stance while brandishing his own sword, which had a blue blade of light. (1.)
"Come at me anytime, and let's begin the duel." Etrig called to Misaka.
"How were you able to do all of this?" Misaka inquired.
"It's all part of my ability."
"And just what is your ability anyways?" Kuroko asked the boy.
Etrig took a deep breath. "Well, here it goes. My ability allows me to perform any action that is part of a game. Sounds preposterous, I know, but that's what my extensive testing has told me."
"Wow, I've never heard of an ability that works under rules like that before. Sounds like a interesting opponent, if it's true." Misaka commented, intrigued.
Etrig took a dash towards Misaka with his sword raised, then sliced downward at her.
"Whoa!" Misaka yelled out as she jumped back to avoid the attack.
"Remember Misaka, you can use your ability." Etrig told her, as he moved his sword to a standby position.
'Really? That's good, if I can use my ability there's no way I should lose. But it wouldn't be any fun if I use my ability right away.'
Etrig then threw multiple quick sideward slashes at her, which she dodged, then he thrust towards her badge, which she barely parried. Misaka then threw multiple slashes at him, which he dodged, then she thrust at his badge, which he also parried.
'This guy's actually pretty good with a sword, looks like I'll be using my ability sooner than I wanted.' Misaka thought. Misaka threw a bolt of electricity at him, which he blocked with his sword, and then she threw a thrust at his badge while his sword was occupied, but he moved his left foot up to block the attack.
'This guy's crazy! Did he really just block a sword with his foot?' Kuroko thought as she watched the duel.
'Darn, this is going to be tougher than I thought' Misaka thought as she blocked a slash, then tried to make a wall of iron sand to create some distance, but it didn't work because there weren't any iron sand particles in the air.
"So this really is another place entirely." Misaka said as she observed the results of her experiment.
"Yeah, I think it has something to do with that personal reality thing they told me about." Etrig said as he once again assumed a fighting stance.
"What do you mean?" Misaka asked.
"I'm going to ignore that question." Etrig said as he raced towards Misaka.
Misaka quickly created a wall of electricity, halting Etrig's progress, then swung at him, which he blocked with his sword. Misaka then dropped her sword, and used her magnetism to control it, sending it slicing on it's own at Etrig's badge, as he blocked it with his sword.
'Perfect, now!' Misaka threw a big bolt of electricity at Etrig's badge, which he barely managed to block with his sword.
"Looks like your plan didn't wor-" Etrig was interrupted by the two halves of his badge falling to the ground.
"Looks like I win, while you were distracted, I used my magnetism ability to control the sword and slice your badge." Misaka explained.
"Ooooooh, nice work. Oh crud, this is going to hurt."
"What's going to hurt?" Misaka asked. Just then, Etrig was surronded by a pillar of blue flames that seemed to envelop him.
"Aaaaaaaaaaah!" The boy fell to the ground just as the flames around all of them disappeared, and they reappeared in the street.
"What was that about?" Kuroko asked, as Misaka helped the Etrig stand up.
"Thanks Misaka." Etrig removed Misaka's arm from his shoulder "It just so happens, that the game I stole the blue flame idea from, has a penalty function."
"I see, but why did you do that? Wasn't that dangerous?" Misaka asked the boy.
"Eh, but it was fun! And that way, no one could interfere with our game!" Etrig replied, flashing a huge smile.
All of a sudden, Kuroko appeared in front of Misaka. "Oh sissy, that fight must've tensed up your muscles, let me massage you from head to toe!" Kuroko exclaimed as she started reaching for Misaka.
"Kurokoooooooo" Misaka said dangerously, but just before she was about to shock Kuroko into submission, once again, Etrig snapped his fingers, and Kuroko was enveloped in blue flames. She cried out in pain before she fell to the ground.
"What did you do to her?!" Misaka yelled, outraged at the sight of her best friend hurt.
"I just punished her for her sins, nothing worse than you were going to do." Etrig replied nonchalantly as Kuroko got back up.
"Let's continue walking to Tokiwadai." Etrig said as he started walking in the direction they were going earlier.
"Kuroko are you okay?" Kuroko nodded her head. "Good, maybe next time you'll think twice before doing something like that."
"But sissy, I was just going to give you a innocent massage."
"Like heck, that was innocent!"
"Kuroko, Misaka, let's go I still need to register for a school." Etrig called back impatiently to Misaka and Kuroko.
"You're pretty good with a sword." Misaka complimented as she and Kuroko caught up to Etrig.
"Thanks, but I didn't stand a chance against you. No wonder you're a level five, even without your ability to use iron sand you still crushed me."
"Your ability is a strange one." Kuroko commented as they continued towards Tokiwadai.
"Yeah, that's part of the reason I came to Academy City, to figure out the secret behind this mysterious power of mine."
"What's the other reason?" Misaka asked.
Etrig gave a sweet smile, "That's a secret!"
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