Academy City is the city of science, with the technology 20-30 years advance, than the rest of the world. It has the population of 2.3million people, and most of these are students. Most of these students are called Espers students participating in their so called 'Power Curriculum Program'.
The Espers have levels, based on how useful the ability and powerful they are. There is a 0-5level categorization. Level 0's, is considered the powerless, but that doesn't mean they can't arise it, all they need is some patience, determination and hard work. While the level 5's are considered the most powerful. Some scientist say, they have the power to theoretically annihilate or even obliterate an army.
But even in the city, with the most outstanding technology and even make the supernatural possible. That doesn't mean they can explain everything. They're always going to be an anomaly.
Example of this anomaly, is the power called 'IMAGINE BREAKER', it is the power to nullify all kinds of ability. There's no exceptions be it good or bad. This power also cancels the AIM fields of it's owner that's why he is always considered a level 0. Not only that, he is also the weakest.
But is it true, that the owners of 'IMAGINE BREAKER is considered the weakest?
"Ahh... what happened?" Kamijou Touma, is now sitting on the floor, rubbing the back of his head. He actually fall over his bed and hit the floor head first.
After a minute of head rubbing. He stands and looks at his alarm clock, it's only 6:00am. It's Sunday, so he don't have classes today. If he's some kind of a lazy student waking up this time of weekends they're surely going to back to sleep, but for him, waking up early is a good thing. To be able to do the stuff that needs to be done at an early time.
He opens the curtains and let the sunlight shine inside his dorm. He thinks of taking a breakfast first, but seeing his fridge is empty, he decides to skip breakfast and do the chore, he has planned today. "Sigh,... such misfortune"
He cleans his dorm first, dispose the trash, do the laundry and then he takes a bath. He does all of this in a time of 4 hours. For a small dorm he sure have a lot of trash.
After taking a bath and get clothes. His stomach starts to grumble indicating the hunger he feels. After skipping breakfast and do all those staff really give a person an appetite. He gets his wallet and phone and proceed to go out of his dorm.
After buying some groceries and grabbing something to eat Touma has nothing left to do. Boredom got into him, so he once again goes out of his dorm. The little while ago sunny day becomes cloudy and like it's going to rain, but that in mind didn't stop him from going out.
He arrive at a park. its suprising that theres so many people, even like the sky at any moment will Bath the earth. He walk at a bench to take a sit, thinking what he should do to fill his boredom.
After a few minutes of siting at the bench, starts to do a narration in mind:
"I'm kamijou Touma a normal level 0, that live a life full of misfortune. This past few days, I learn that not only the Academy City has the capacity to make the supernatural possible. If here is the science side, the others are magic side. The first I didn't believe the girl named Index Librorium Prohibitorum, when she said that to me, but after seeing what are they capable of doing I began to believe in them.
After saving Index for her continuous memory erasure, Index, Styl Magnus and Kazaki Kaori, have thanked me for what I have done, they also said that they can't believe that the 'feathers of light' didn't affect me at all. Then they disappeared.
After the incident with index, an another incident involving her happened. There I fight the alchemist named Aurelius Izzard, styl said to me that, Izzard is one of Index previous partners. There I learn the existence of vampires, and the girl named Himegami Aisa, who has the ability called 'DEEP BLOOD' the power to instantly kill the aforementioned creature. In that fight I got my right hand cut off. That's only what I remember, what happen next is still a blur in my mind.
Index and styl have thanked me again, but before they could leave, I asked, styl to talk to me alone. I ask about, what really happened when my arm cut off. He just said it's a thing he wants to forget. So I just let it that way. Then they say if possible they're going to not let the magic side get near me or in Academy City. Styl and Index, said it to me and said that it's their way of saying thanks for all that I've done for them. Then once again, they disappeared from the premises of the city."
After his self narration. Touma stands up and leave the park he don't have a location in mind he just going to let's his feet do the job on finding one.
He arrive on a certain bridge and lean at the railings thingking of something. "I wonder, what will happen later." Touma said in a shaky voice and tears poping-up on his eyes. Just thinking that something fortunate had happened to him, before arriving here. The only fortunate thing is that, he found a 10000yen bill in an alley. He always thinks this sort of things never happens to him, but if it does. Theres always a price to pay. "Sigh,... such misfortune"
Minutes later it started to rain some passerby starts to run, while some of them find a place to wait for the rain to settle. While Touma didn't move, the rain did not bother him at all he just feel that the rain refresh him. His so much thinking stop and concentrate he's thoughts to something.
"Why... styl said, he don't want to remember what happen back there?" he said to himself " all I know is that my right hand got cut off... but after hearing it to him... I think theres really more to it"
This is the question, that he wants to be answered. Maybe he didn't remember what happen, but being the owner of the body, He feels there's more to it. He clench his fist and stare at it "Imagine Breaker,... just what kind of power is this?"
After Kamijou's thoughts had stopped, he decides to go to his dorm, and take a shower, but he feels something weird. The feeling or sensation he get, when the Imagine breaker negates something. He look left and right then raises his right hand on his face, and stare at it. Then he sigh "must be my imagination."
"I don't know if you don't know or what, but it looks like you have no Idea, what Imagine breaker is, do you?" A teenager speak, behind Kamijou, that almost make him jump.
Touma quickly turns around, to see who it was. The guy has black hair and red eyes, he wears a gray V-neck shirt, black jeans and black sneakers (Itsuka Shido of Date A Live, look alike), maybe be the same age as him or younger. He also notices the smile on his face. " why, do i have a feeling that i know him?"
"Who are you?" Kamijou asked him with a wary face. Not many people know about his power so seeing random people speak about it, really had put him to full alert. "I don't remember telling about my power to anyone,... how do know about it?"
"Well... before I answer your first question," the teenager slowly raise his right hand and points to Kamijou.
"What the?!" Kamijou, only seeing the teenager raising his right hand, started to pant. He felt heavy, so heavy that he started to hold on his knee, to hold own balance. "Ha... whoa, what is this?! Ha... is he... ha... ha... trying to ha... kill me!"
"Don't worry kami-yan," the teenager said while giving him a smile. "After this,... your life is going to change." Then the teenager flick a finger and the sound of breaking glass, fill the air.
Kamijou felt it, it's like he's been shot by an invisible bullet that pierce his forehead. His sight starts to blur, his ears can't hear any sounds and consciousness starts to fade. "This is it?... the price of finding a 10000yen bill... is my life?... such misfortune... I don't even know what is my fault... I don't even remember meeting this guy."
"Wait." Kamijou thought, still not wanting to lose consciousness. "I know his name. It's... it's,... Kiryu Shido." Now he's totally unconscious, and fall face first.
Seeing Kamijou unconscious the now known Kiryu Shido approach him. "Sorry Kami-yan,... you will understand, when you wake up."
He's going to pick Kamijou up, when suddenly. The presence of the unconscious kamijou Touma change. Even it's not yet visible he can feel it, he can feel the power restraining by 'IMAGINE BREAKER'.
He jumps back, 20 meters away on where, Kamijou is. Shido's sweat drop, he knows how Imagine breaker works but the real problem is not the negation ability of Imagine Breaker. The real problem is the power restraining by it.
Touma slowly stands up, but it's like he's not awake at all. His eyes are blank and he just stands there motionless. Then he says something that sends chills on Shido's spine "LIMIT BREAK" then the sound of glass breaking fill the air.
Shido knew that Touma is not himself. Good thing he jumps back before Touma said that word. Touma's body start emitting a blue light aura. The air around him violently blows and Shido can also see flickering sparks on Touma's right hand.
"The real personal reality release, of Imagine breaker users" Shido said amaze on what he was witnessing and also making up his mind, and decide that if touma attack him. There's no choice, but to fight. "I just give it to you, now you're already applying it to your personal reality. Even when we were young, you never fail to amaze me kami-yan. Even she didn't apply it that easy, but you did it in a short time of less than 2minutes."
Touma starts to walk toward Shido. The blue light aura he emits vanish but the flickering sparks he release is still there.
"This is not good,... not good" Shido steps back in every step Touma make. He didn't have a choice. He knows Touma is good at using, his own real ability, but the Touma approaching him, is unconscious. It's only a Kamijou Touma of pure instinct and not the one who thinks. "I need to settle this fast. I don't want any passerby be caught in the fight."
Touma stops on his tracks. Then in an instant, his already at the back of Shido. Touma punches him, but Shido also punch, making a fist bump.
The collided fist of the two, creates a Shock wave, that makes the water under the bridge wave violently that it almost vanish. Surprisingly the only damage on the bridge is the railings and the crack under their feet.
Shido quickly use his left hand to grad Touma's shirt to throw him, on the side of the bridge or he tried to.
Touma quickly hold of Shido's arm, before he could throw him. Then proceed to throw up Shido Instead. He then jumps high that make dust go up and kick downward.
Shido hit by the kick and he hit the bridge hard, dust filled the air that covers him. Shido, quickly stands and use this chance, to think of a better plan. But before he could even think of anything. Touma grabs him from behind and punch him in the face. Shido's body thrown on the other end of the bridge and landed standing. Then uses his hands, to wipe his bleeding nose.
Touma wasted no time and once again charge on his enemy making the dust behind him go up. He clench his fist trying to hit him in the face again, but suddenly.
"Limit break!" Shido shout. A sound of glass breaking once again fill the air. He quickly charges, in an instant Shido is now in front of Touma. He punches him in the gut so hard using his left hand that also instantly, caught Touma's shirt. He want to punch Touma once again, but immediately dismissed that option. Instead, Shido gather wind to make a small ball made of plasma floating beside him.
"I hope you go to sleep for now," Shido said, sure that his attack, will stop Touma. He flew into the air and toss him down, to the abuse bridge. Touma landed on the bridge still standing. Shido then use the small ball of plasma. He shot the blue orb at Touma, that cause a loud explosion and dust covering the whole bridge.
Shido still floating in the air, waiting for the dust cloud to settle. Now he can see that, one part of the bridge is destroyed and Touma lies at the undisturbed part of it. The power of the blue orb is enough, make Touma totally unconscious.
Shido now can hear sairens, nearing on their location. He flew down and put Touma to his shoulder "Don't worry, kami-yan. When got there,... I'll explain, what only I remember." Then they flew to get out of the scene "I'm sure she'll get angry at me, when she sees you like this." He sighs "such misfortune."
LINE BREAK
"Ahh... What happened?" Touma said in an aching voice, he opens his eyes and see a familiar ceiling. It's his dorm room. He tries to get up, but his body won't listen. He turns his head to the side and see his alarm clock, it's already 5:00pm. "How... did... I get here?"
"Oh... your awake" Shido comes out of the kitchen, with two cups of coffee on a tray in his hands. "Did, you got a nice sleep?" He said, having a smile on his face.
"Wait... what are you doing here... and who the heck, are you- ouch" Touma groan and hold his head, due to sudden pain. There's a silhouette of someone that pop-up in his mind and also some choppy memories about that person "Kiryu... Shido?"
"Yeah... that's me... do you remember everything now?" Shido said while giving him the other cup.
"Actually... no..." Touma said with a sad expression on his face. "I can remember you, but the other one is like a shadow in my head."
"What about your power, do you remember anything?" Shido ask, sitting on the floor.
"Well... about that..." Touma got up to siting position, and look at Shido on the floor. "I remember a little about it..."
"Haha... I can't argue with that, even I didn't remember you completely." Shido said, in a cheerful tone. He sips his coffee. "I just know it's you...?"
"Haaaa... You shot me in the head! Even thought you don't know, if it's me or not!? Touma shouts close to Shido's face and his saliva is showering too. "What if it's not me!? You could have killed someone!"
"But it's you!... so no problem right!?" Shido do the same thing as Touma "and what do mean by shot, I didn't shoot you!?"
"So what was that?!... It causes me pain you know?"
"It's not a shot,... I just, insert the unlock code of 'IMAGINE BRAKER' to you?!" Shido calm himself down, so as Touma "and if it's really a shot,... then why you don't have a hole in your forehead?"
That being said, Touma quickly touches his forehead and confirms that there's no hole in it. Then his face becomes serious and ask something to Shido. "Oi, Kiryu-san... I don't remember, why I lost my memory in the first place. Do you know why?"
Noticing his friend tone Shido answer in full sincerity "All I remember is that... we create the Imagine Breaker to make them stop chasing us."
Touma once again hold his head, due to sudden pain and he remember the things, Shido mention, just right now. "Ahhh... why is remembering so painful?"
"Because it isn't just remembering," Shido became serious and his voice change from light to heavy. "It's memory reconstruction."
"Huh?"
"The united personal reality of the three ANOMALY Espers have created an another personal reality. That means it created another ability and that's 'IMAGINE BREAKER' the power not just to nullify, but to seal it's master's ability, until the code is spoken. But it didn't just seal our abilities, in order to handle a very different personal reality it destroys some of are memories too."
"Umm... I didn't get it." Touma said, rubbing the back of his head. "If my memories is destroyed, then why I have the memories of my childhood?"
"I said some of it, I didn't say all of it... it's true you considered yourself misfortunate, when we were so young. But it's only due to someone, controlling the scene. That someone plan is to make you, your parents and the people around you, think that your misfortune can kill anyone around you. And that someone succeeds... Now you're here in the city of no superstitious beliefs."
Touma put a finger on his chin "so you're telling me that I'm not misfortunate at all?"
"Well, would you believe if I say a magician told me that, if the Imagine Breaker cancels magic, it's not surprising it also cancels my luck." Shido expected him to laugh, but Touma did not.
"Well, would you believe, that the same happens to me" Touma close his eyes "what surprising is that, you know about the magic side."
They both sigh... then silence fill the air. The memory reconstruction is still in effect on Touma even it's only the fragments of his past, for him it's better than nothing.
"So what are we going to do now?" Touma asks Shido
"Well, what do you want?"
"Well.. I'm thinking of finding the other one"
Shido once again smile to him and change his tone heavy to light "no need to do that, I already put the code on her, so she's already unlock and maybe she's practicing her powers now. I suggest you do the same thing."
Touma sighs in relief. Maybe he doesn't know who it was, but he already knows that other one is also a friend. And also suppers the same faith as them, then something Shido have said that keeps bothering him.
"Kiryu-"
"Kami-yan just call me on my name, like you used to be... The two of you always call me by my name, so it feels weird if you don't."
"Umm... OK" Touma said, understanding his friend request. "So Shido-san you mention something about ANOMALY Espers, who are they?"
"That's us,"
"Huh?"
"They call us ANOMALY because of our AIM fields" Shido pause for a Sec and continue "AIM fields are the source of power, for us Espers and they keep releasing it unconsciously. But for us, our AIM fields are intact and we only release it when we used our ability."
"Is that it?" Touma said having the feeling, that theres more to it.
"They also call us ANOMALY because of are weird abilities, Such as you. Your ability is called 'TRINITY FORCE', the power to control 3 abilities such as, electromagnetism, aerokinesis and Pyrokinesis. It's a Multi-skill ability.
"While yours is called 'CREATION WIND' not just to control the wind, but also the contents inside of it. By the use of your calculation, you can control the right elements needed to make flames or the right combination to create electricity. You can even make water out of thin air."
"What they want to know is, how could we control such abilities in a very young age" Shido said, finishing his coffee.
"When we were 10years old and she is 7, the machine tells we are already level 5." Touma said finishing his own coffee. "Is it really a big deal if we have done it at that age?"
"If we're Gemstones, there is a 40% chance of success that our level will rise from level 1 to 4 in that age, but we're not. The fact that we did it even were only level 0 at first and only has the potential to do it, and were not even Gemstones is the question they want to answer."
"I remember those scientist mentions about, we are the key to level 6." Touma also stands even thought his body is aching. "Is it even possible?"
"It isn't impossible... it's only hard to accomplish."
"So you know how doing it?"
Shido scratch the back of his head and sigh "this is only a theory of mine, but I think to make an Esper a level 6 is-"
Kamijou Touma gulps his saliva, his breathing stop and sweat drop.
"-Reality network"
"..."
"It's a process of making another personal reality and unite it to the previous one."
"You mean just like what we have done?" Kamijou's shock is painted on his face "I mean my power is called 'TRINITY FORCE' in order for me to do it, my personal reality adapts on what kind of personal reality an electro master had, a Pyrokinesis and aerokinesis had then merge and make it one in order for me to sustain it? Is that what you mean?"
"You get it well." Shido clap his hands to praise his friend. "In my case. My personal reality almost the same as you, but mine is based on my personal reality as the origin. It's like making myself the origin of all abilities. Remember this kami-yan if you see me using another fake ability, it means I already adapts on what kind of personal reality that ability came from."
"Even thought that there's many of it?"
"Yeah... I already told you, that my personal reality is like being the origin of abilities right."
Touma's eyes widen thinking about the applications, what he just hears right now. He has his own reality network, so as his friend "are you saying we already achieved level 6?"
"It's only my theory of achieving level 6." Shido sigh from his friend over reaction. "It's not accurate, but who knows."
LINE BREAK
7:00pm, it's already night time and there conversation is already finished. Shido now is planning to leave, but put a sudden stop when Kamijou Touma says something.
"Shido-san?" this is the last question that also bothers him. "How about IMAGINE BREAKER' is it going to disappear now?"
"I said the 'IMAGINE BREAKER' is created by using our united personal reality. What I meant is." He pause for 5sec and then continue. "Because of the code that I give to you, we can now unlock our real abilities, but it doesn't mean it's gone... Now its not passive, if you want it you can activate it and use it as a limiter for yourself"
"How about the negation ability?"
"It's also needed to activate by you, it have already merged to your previous personal reality, and now need your full consciousness for activation... the code is already in your brain, so it's up to you if you activate it or not."
Then again Kamijou hold his head from the sudden pain and remember about the code. "OK, I get it."
"So... see you tomorrow then."
"Tomorrow?"
"I'm planning on transferring to your school tomorrow and someone already handles it for me..." then he open the door and go outside, but remembers a thing he didn't mention earlier. "Kami-yan?... you didn't activate the your limiter right?"
"Yeah"
"If we're not using the negation, we have the passive called TRUE SIGHT the power to see the truth behind illusions and it's in your right eye and 'ENHANCE REGENERATION'." Shido then closed the door and leave the dorm. When he got outside, he stretches his back, then took out his phone and see that there's an email indicating that his transfer in a certain highschool is complete.
"Just like old times, there's always no wait if your plan is executing well... Sigh, such misfortune."