Well, hello again, I'm here with another chapter and now we can see the reactions of other characters see our OP Kamijou return from the dead. As for questions...

linkjames24: In this alternate universe that we have here, Kamijou Touma spent his new life never knowing a single detail of his past. So, no, he doesn't remember any quotes from Othinus, even after Andris helps with the memory recovery, in which Kamijou only remembers meeting Othinus for the first time and the time she surrendered. He was also trained for combat and his precognition was enhanced, to the point where he'll even dodge the threat before the bullet even comes out of the barrel.

whwsms: I appreciate that you like the story so far.

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Without further ado, let's see Kamijou Touma through his journey...


-Kamijou's apartment, Academy City, Japan, 8:00 pm, March 14, 2039-

Kamijou Touma walked through the messy streets of Academy City. Rubble was on the ground, the streets were cracked, windows were broken, walls riddled with bullet holes, and the wrecks of cars and aircraft were around every corner. Kamijou felt particularly empty about himself being involved in the war, having only the purpose of a weapon. He was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people in the battlefield, and their screams always haunted him in the night, but his lack of emotions was cause for ignorance. He looked at a building that had the roof blown off. It reminded Kamijou of a battle back in Italy.


-Flashback-

-EOS-04-1 UCS Spirit of Washington, Rome, Italy, 6:30 pm, October 19, 2038-

"We're under attack! The One Church is firing at HQ!" A soldier was yelling across the deck.

"How long until the Intimidator arrives?" the captain asked.

"About one minute."

Kamijou Touma checked himself and rushed down the corridor. He opened the door, and he saw chaos. Burning buildings were collapsing. Countless fighter formations and airships unleashed their weapons. A railgun projectile hit one of the One Church aerial destroyers and created a large explosion, followed by chain reactions along the ship. The airship fell to it's doom in the Mediterranean Sea. Several more airships of the One Church followed the same fate. The EOS-01 Ziz that caused this was the Intimidator, the most powerful variant, it's full codename being EOS-01F4 Ziz Velocitas. It's cannons were replaced with massive Nantonium-powered railguns that could fire a projectile at Mach 75 at maximum power. Kamijou ended his observations of the Intimidator and called for a Black Sparrowhawk to pick him up. He and Andris boarded the craft, and went on their way. Much of Rome was now in flames. The New European Navy continued to outnumber the One Church, and push them back. The Black Sparrowhawk landed, and the two partners got off and parted ways at the midway platform of the tower. They plowed through the enemy troops and regrouped.

"Using your blade again?" Andris asked.

"It just feels better for me to use melee attacks."

"If you say so."

"One of the enemy commanders is inside."

"Let's introduce ourselves."

The two barged in and found one of the leading nuns of the former Roman Catholic Church. She looked familiar to Kamijou, having red braided hair and shoes with tall soles. But she remembered him completely. The nun was Agnese Sanctis.

"Kamijou?! Wait a minute, why are you with THEM?! You! What did you do to him? What kind of MONSTER did you turn him into?!" She yelled first at Kamijou and then Andris. Then Andris answered.

"I freed him from his ill-fated life. Kamijou, if you would..."

At that moment Kamijou charged at the nun while Andris handled the situation outside. Kamijou's blade clashed with her spear repeatedly, putting the nun in constant defense. Then the nun found a window and swung. But Kamijou caught the spear with his left hand and punched her face with his right. The punch felt like a semi compressed into a baseball, thrown at 120 miles per hour at her face. Kamijou followed with another right hook to the nun's stomach, and used a matter shift maneuver to position behind her, and sent his left elbow to the back of her neck. When the nun tried to swing again, he shifted behind her again. The nun turned around, only to get a punch to her face that was far more powerful than the last one. Then the nun took a knee to her ribs, sending her a few feet into the air. During that time, Kamijou unleashed 200 rapid punches to her frontside in a duration of 5 seconds. On the last punch, Kamijou phased all 7 layers of his body through her, causing massive amounts of hemorrhaging throughout her body. She was already facing him, but before she could make a move, her left arm was sliced off in a flash. Then Kamijou kicked her in a spartan style, sending her flying out the door and onto the platform. She used what little strength she had to crawl away with her right arm. She heard Kamijou's footsteps approaching slowly, muffled by the shifting matter on his body's outermost layer. Then Kamijou placed his foot on her back, but it felt like it weighed tons, slowly crushing the bones in her body. He only continued to press, and she was starting to black out. She started saying her last words to him between coughs of blood.

"You... were better than this. You were... always showing... kindness... to all... sides..." Then Andris intervened.

"That's enough Kamijou. Try to remember, there are times where you will have to kill, and times where killing will mark you a murderer. And we don't want the latter happening. Besides, we need her alive for interrogation."

Kamijou lifted his foot. He looked at the One Church member, and thought back on their formation. Upon the NEF's rise to power, the churches of the magic side started to cease hostilities with one another and kept a close eye, causing harrassment to interrupt plans once in a while. These harrassments would become their most regretted actions. Eventually, they were discovered, and the NEF commenced the Cult Purge, almost annihilating them. They fled from Europe and gathered southward. They started gathering followers and eventually the churches united and took over the Middle East, southwest Asia and the northern half of Africa. On that day in history, February 7, 2038, they made their presence to the world known in the formation of the Middle East Empire, led by the united churches that formed the organization now known as The One Church. Some churches and organizations, such as Necessarius and Amakusa-Style Remix, sided with the NEF in hopes of escaping punishment for refusing to side with The One Church. These defectors were given Asylum in exchange for knowledge in countering the One Church's magic. At least that was what Kamijou remembered about it.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of three AH-64 Apaches used by the MEE hovering to their level, weapons at the ready. The lead helicopter activated its loudspeakers, and the pilot spoke.

"High Commander Andris, by the authority of the One Church, surrender the Imagine Breaker."

"You'll have to do better than that," Andris responded.

The lead helicopter fired a missle directly at them. Andris knocked the missle away and fired plasma rockets from the rocket pod mounted on his left shoulder. The plasma rockets hit their mark and the three Apaches spiraled down in flames.

"Apaches are already outdated," Andris said.

"What about their Moondart fighters?" Kamijou asked.

"That is probably the most modern thing they actually have, with a stupid name. Now, about that nun..."

-Flashback End-


Kamijou noticed how dark it was getting and went towards the apartment. He went up the stairs to the seventh floor and compared the difference from his memory to now. Back then it was clean, intact and cleaning robots would be attacking Index the moment she went outside. Now, there were piles of rubble on the sides, part of the railing was missing, and the cleaning robots sat idle without power. He made his way down, careful not to step in the wrong spot that could give way, and stood at the door to his apartment room. Index and Othinus were inside, with Index cradling Sphynx in her arms and Othinus watching TV. Kamijou didn't have a key, so he phased through instead, with a muffled thud sounding in the process. He now stood inside, with casual clothing on his body. Index and Othinus turned to look at where the sound came from, and found Kamijou standing at the entrance. They couldn't believe their eyes.

"Touma?" They both said hesitantly.

They slowly approached him, getting a little closer with each step. Eventually they stood in front of him. They both placed a hand on his chest, feeling warm to the touch. Upon realizing that he was real, and not some magic illusion, many tears started to fall down their faces and they hugged him, and he hugged back. They could hear his breathing and his heartbeat. But they also heard something else. A system of humming, as if something was shifting inside his body like moving sand. But they disregarded this fact. All they cared about was that Kamijou was alive. After a 30 minute hug which felt like an eternity, they both let go of Kamijou and wiped the tears from their faces. Kamijou looked at himself on the mirror placed near the door. Two more spikes of his hair had turned silvery-white, and his eyes now had a noticable tint of silvery-gray.

"So, you want me to make dinner for you two?"

"Touma, you should know by now that I'm starving more than ever," Index answered. Kamijou at least remembered that part from his memory recovery.

He started making dinner. Unknown to the two girls, when he appeared to be grabbing an ingredient, he was actually forming it from thin air by rearranging energy particles to create atoms, then compounds, and then the whole system that made up that ingredient, such as a bell pepper or cucumber. He found leftover chicken in the freezer and used that as well after defrosting it by exposing it to a burst of heat energy without the girls noticing. Eventually he finished making chicken curry, if there actually was such a thing he made before. He made sure to have four servings for Index. He brought the food to the table, and they started eating. Kamijou ate as well, even though his new body never needed food. There wasn't much to talk about, and an awkward silence filled the room. All he learned was that Othinus had to do the caretaking in his place, but not much had differed while he was gone. They started getting ready for bed, and matter shifted on the surface of his body so he was now wearing suitable pajamas. The girls insisted on having him sleep on the bed with them, so he accepted. He wasn't going to make their lives miserable again.


-Apartment entrance, Academy City, Japan, 7:00 am, March 15, 2039-

Kamijou got up early and prepared himself for school. He could remember some details of being late, the reasons varying from being chased, to his homework being blown away, to just being lazy. But he had enough discipline in the Legion to know that laziness would mean getting countless staplers thrown at you. As Othinus came out of the apartment entrance, she intertwined her arm with Kamijou's and they headed out towards A Certain Middle-High School, after A Certain High School was accidentally destroyed by an EOS misfire. As they walked down the street, Kamijou noticed elementary kids playing around on the sidewalk. One of the kids dropped the ball she was carrying, and she went after it to pick it up... and ran right in front of a moving car. In few seconds that he had, Kamijou lunged for the child, destroying the concrete as he moved, and caught her, holding her in his left arm and found the car too close for him to jump away. So he put up his arm, and stopped the car in its place with his hand, causing damage to the car where he grabbed it. Othinus couldn't believe what she saw. Kamijou just stopped a car using only his hand. Judging from the car, Kamijou figured there were Skill-Out thugs inside who were pretty angry. They got out of the car and Kamijou told the child to leave with her friends. He then confronted the Skill-Out thugs. There were five of them, all armed.

"Do you ever watch where you're driving?" Kamijou asked. "You almost ran over someone."

"I'd rather like to know why my car was damaged in the process," the lead thug replied. "Either way, you've got hell to pay."

The lead thug swung his crowbar and Kamijou dodged, returning with a left hook to the thug's face, breaking his nose. He stumbled back while the other four charged at Kamijou at the same time. Kamijou karate chopped two of the thugs at the back of the neck, then stepped forward and grabbed the other two by the head, then slammed them into the ground. The lead thug, seeing his group knocked out cold, looked at Kamijou in shock. Unknown to the thug, Kamijou was holding back the whole time.

"I'd suggest you run, before I finish you off," Kamijou said.

The thug ran as fast as his legs could take him. Kamijou looked down at the other four thugs on the ground. He figured he could use the chance to talk to A Certain Frog-faced Doctor. Kamijou took the phone lying on the ground, and called Heaven Cancellor.

"Hello, who may I be speaking to?" the voice said over the line.

"It's me," Kamijou responded.

"Kamijou?! How are you alive? I can clearly remember writing the time of death on your last report."

"Let's just say that my misfortune wouldn't even let me rest in peace. But there's four guys here just laying on the ground, unconscious. Can you have an ambulance pick them up?"

After that was settled, Kamijou looked at the time. He was low on time after that little skirmish. He had Othinus listen carefully to his instructions, and then proceeded with his idea. He was going to fly over to the school. Othinus got on his back and he jumped into the air, propelled heat from his limbs and flew just above the rooftops. It would help with the needed experience. He landed in an open alley with plenty of landing room, and Othinus got off his back. There were so many questions piling into her mind, she couldn't keep count. She knew Kamijou changed, but on what scale? For the time being, she kept silent. They exited the alley, her arm once again intertwined with his. Upon entering the Middle-High School, Kamijou told Othinus to go on ahead, as he still had some business to attend to. He then went up to the girl whose beauty would make any junior drop dead. Kumokawa Seria, otherwise known to the juniors as "beauty senpai." She turned around at the sound of his prescence, and it took a while to process what she was seeing.

"Oh my, is that you, my little kouhai?" she asked.

"Hello, senpai," Kamijou responded.

"You should know it's not good to scare everyone like that, my little kouhai."

"I know, but listen senpai, I can actually remember you now from the past, despite my amnesia. Something's happened, and it's beyond even my comprehension."

"Well, shouldn't being able to remember be a good thing?"

"Not if you have a dark past you want to forget."

"Well now, I'm afraid we're all out of time, my little kouhai. We can talk about this another time."

Kamijou left Kumokawa behind at the entrance and traveled through the hallway to his classroom. He could hear the usual chatter from 50 feet away. He stopped in front of the door, and contemplated on going in, unsure of what their reaction would be. It was likely he wouldn't remember everyone, but he wouldn't know until he tried. He opened the door and turned to his classmates. He immediately recognized a few, and was able to prevent himself from becoming nervous. The class, however, went from loud talk to dead silent upon his appearance. Everyone started whispering to each other, while a few approached.

"Kamijou? But you died," Fukiyose Seiri stated.

"How can you be here?" Himegami Aisa asked. Then two simultaneous shouts.

"KAMI-YAN?!" It was Tsuchimikado and Aogami.

"Hey... everyone," Kamijou replied. "So if I remember correctly, you're Fukiyose, you're Himegami, and then Tsuchimikado and Aogami who I definitely remember, then Komoe-sensei, who isn't here yet... can't remember the rest of you though. Sorry."

"Wait!" Aogami shouted. "If Kami-yan is alive, that means the Kami-yan disease- OW!" He was interrupted by a karate chop to the head. But it wasn't from Fukiyose, but from Kamijou himself.

"Of all the things you could have mentioned, it had to be THAT?!" Kamijou complained. "Such misfortune."

"Kami-yan, that something Fukiyose would do," Tsuchimikado said.

"I'm not the same guy I was before. So don't expect the usual from me."

Othinus arrived with Komoe-sensei. Upon seeing Kamijou she almost fainted. That was just like her. But she managed to get up and welcome Kamijou back.

"W-welcome back, Kamijou-kun, y-you have a lot t-to catch on," she stuttered.

Yomikawa-sensei also came in to see the commotion. At this point, Kamijou could guess that every friend that he met up with would be suprised. And by his calculations, he was around 98% correct. He focused in class and eventually PE came next. Yomikawa-sensei was waiting outside while everyone changed into gym uniform. With no one looking, Kamijou shifted matter to create his gym uniform. His friends and the surrounding people turned a blind eye, so he seemed safe for now. Everyone went onto the field and went on the usual exercise routine. Kamijou excelled as always. He still had to settle a few more reunions. One such person would be Shokuhou Misaki.


-Tokiwadai Middle School, Academy City, Japan, 2:00 pm, the same day-

Shokuhou Misaki was going to make her daily visit at the library, where Misaka Mikoto would be studying. They put aside their differences, as that was what Kamijou would have wanted. It was still unknown to the two that Kamijou was alive and well. As she arrived in the library, she immediately found Misaka, along with Shirai, Saten and Uiharu. They seemed to be looking at footage of the mysterious combatants present at the battle in School Garden a couple days prior.

"Misaka-san," she called in her usual cheery manner. "What's this you're looking at, hmm?"

"We're trying to figure out who these two guys were in the footage," Misaka responded.

"They were exceptionally skilled in combat and were able to win despite all the odds against them," Uiharu stated.

"They were also definitely awesome at what they did," Saten added, "but it's seriously scary close up. I'd take every chance to run if I was against them."

"To be frank, you two were on the brink of fainting when we got there," Shirai said. "But as Uiharu stated, their combat experience makes our Judgement training look like slouching around, and they could even disguise themselves within seconds. Just what did they go through to be like this?"

Shokuhou looked closely at the footage and noticed how one of the figures looked far too familiar to Kamijou.

"Who's that? He looks familiar," Shokuhou asked.

"If you're going to say he looks familiar to Kamijou, we already know," Shirai responded.

"The question is why," Mikoto said.

"Did you ever consider if he actually is Kamijou? Like, back from the dead?" Saten asked.

"Why do you say?" Shirai asked.

"Well, I did get a good look at his face, and he looked exactly like Kamijou-san, apart from a spike of white hair." Saten answered.

"Shokuhou-sama!" One of Shoukuhou's friends burst into the room. "Kamijou-sama is alive!"

That did it. Misaka had a swirlstorm of questions in her head. How did Kamijou survive? Where has he been for the past six months? What was he doing now? How is he related to the investigation? Her questions continued to pile up in her head. Shokuhou was similar in relation. The five girls ran as fast as possible to Kamijou's location, ignoring the reprimands from the staff.


-A Certain Middle-High School, Academy City, Japan, 2:18 pm, the same day-

Kamijou finished his last lap and stopped where Yomikawa sensei was.

"That's a new record, Kamijou. You looked like you were sprinting the whole time," Yomikawa complimented.

"Kami-yan!" Tsuchimikado called out. He was gasping for air in trying to keep up. "When... did you... become... so fast?"

"I may have held back in the past, Tsuchimikado," Kamijou replied.

"Not cool, Kami-yan."

"Well, I was lazy back then. Just what did you expe-" Kamijou was suddenly shot with an anti-tank sniper round. Right in front of everybody.

"Everyone get to cover!" Tsuchimikado yelled.

"Kamijou!" Yomikawa rushed over to Kamijou, looking at the injury. Then it happened.

At first they were scared at what they saw. But what they saw next made them lose their minds. A tiny wave of red plasma ran over the spilled blood, briefly visible before being encased in a coal-black substance. The dust then started moving back towards Kamijou's body, as if someone hit the rewind button on his death. The injury healed and Kamijou opened his eyes. The people surrounding him were completely speechless.

"You saw it happen... didn't you?" he asked. They could only nod.

"Well, I've been caught."

"Kamijou, just what happened to you?" Yomikawa asked.

"Not now, they'll be here soon."

As he said that, he got up and two Viper gunships arrived. Kamijou readied himself for whatever they were about to throw at him. He would have to keep in mind that there were others in the area, unlike School Garden. Not even giving the chance to let everyone evacuate, each Viper fired two hellfire missles directly at Kamijou. He put his hand out and he stopped the missles before they could reach their target. The thrusters stopped and the missles floated there, until Kamijou pulled his hand back and struck out again, sending the missles back at the Vipers as if they were thrown. The missles hit the Vipers and said Vipers went down in flames on the field. Kamijou had no need of his armor for the fight. Or so he thought. A juggernaut made his way through the wreckage, the footsteps leaving indents in the field. Kamijou applied his armor, and it started covering each neighboring muscle in his body in a replica, starting with the ones closest to the heart. The juggernaut readied his chaingun, which he attached to the armor on his right arm, and the rocket launcher mounted on his left shoulder, which held eight rockets i the juggernaut fired his chaingun at Kamijou, but the bullets were deflected by the armor, which had 10 times the density of tungsten, despite being only a millimeter thick. The juggernaut then fired all eight of his rockets, only for Kamijou to stop them in the air, and then detonated the missles after "throwing" them to a safe distance. It was Kamijou's turn to attack. He moved at a speed that ripped the ground apart behind him, and punched the juggernaut in the chest, which shattered the plating across his torso and sent him through several empty buildings. The armor started to retreat back into Kamijou's body, and he went back to where everyone else was, now wearing the school uniform.

"Is everyone alright?"

"Remind me to respect you more often, Kami-yan," Tsuchimikado responded.

"Now that's what I call GUTS!" a voice yelled out from above. Kamijou looked up to see who it was.

"Sogiita, you have completely ruined my day," Kamijou said. Sogiita jumped down from the roof and landed in front of Kamijou.

"Now I'm totally hyped up for the day I get to fight you."

"I clearly remember you only talking about guts and fighting. Have you done anything other than that?"

"Not really, but let me at least try out Amazing Pu-" Kamijou punched Sogiita into the sky, and waited five minutes until he crashed back into the ground.

"That was quite an Amazing Punch, my friend," Sogiita commented while still laying on the ground.

"Hey, Kami-yan, how you feeling? You alright?" Tsuchimikado asked.

"Honestly, I don't feel anything."

Kamijou, I need you back on the Abtu, now. We have a problem. It was Andris, using the Neurolink.

"Sorry, I have to go."

Sorry, Misaki, I know that you're looking for me, but our meeting will have to wait. He sent the message to Shokuhou's phone.

Kamijou strode towards the edge of the field, and jumped into the sky. He expulsed the heat from his limbs and flew off into the distance. Just then, the doors burst open and Misaka, Shokuhou, Uiharu, Saten and Kuroko rushed out into the field, and they saw the wreckage, along with the area where the ground was torn apart, and the holes in the abandoned buildings, big enough for a juggernaut to be thrown through. Sogiita Gunha was on the ground. They took their time to look at the damage. But Kamijou was long gone before they arrived. They searched through the crowds, but had no luck.

"Did that idiot already run off somewhere?" Misaka asked.

"More like he FLEW off somewhere," Sogiita responded.

"What do you mean he flew?"

"I'm serious, he just jumped up into the sky and flew off somwhere."

Shokuhou's phone gave off a ping, and she took it out and looked at the message. The other four looked at the message as well. They were at first suprised at how he knew they were looking for him. But what put a glare on Misaka's face and produced a snicker from Saten was that he referred to Shokuhou by her first name.

"So my Prince remembers me now..." Shokuhou stared into the sky.

"Hey," Misaka said with her face twitching, "just why is he referring to you by your first name?"

"Ooh, someone's jealous..." Saten snickered even more.

"I am not!"

"Says the girl who is glaring."

Misaka simply groaned, and looked off to the distance. When would Kamijou return to her?


-UCS Abtu, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 5:30 pm, the same day-

The black sparrowhawk landed on one of the many landing pads of the massive megacarrier, being home to several battlegroups of EOS-01s. Kamijou got out, in full-clad armor and looked around. There were several command towers on the right side, in the style of the traditional aircraft carrier, albeit on a larger scale. The Legion's EOS-04-1, LPS Leviathan was guarding at the forefront of the carrier, and several Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and SNB-02B mobile seabases followed from behind. Various modern battleships, destroyers, crusiers, arsenal ships, supply ships, airships and advanced ships escorted the two massive ANGELs to the middle of the bay. It seemed far too overdone with protecting two superweapons that were very well capable of protecting themselves with their own defenses. Kamijou continued down the various levels until he reached the briefing room. He opened the door and found Andris waiting inside.

"So, does the problem have to do with what happened today?" Kamijou asked.

"Right on the money," Andris responded.

"How did they find me so quickly?"

They had an RQ-3 Darkstar drone track your location. But they didn't know we were watching. So I tracked the drone to see where it would return, and here's what I found out: the drone landed in a TDC-17 Pesanta, an airborne carrier, which is also a support type ANGEL. The carrier then sent the signal to a strike team, which attacked you at the school."

"So what you're going to say is that as long as this ANGEL is up and running, they'll keep attacking."

"Your friends, both which you know and don't know, are in danger as well. Not just that, it sent another transmission to an EOS-01T Ziz which had an SWA-1 Gaspring as escort, which is the bigger problem. They're heading towards the Pesanta's coordinates, and they'll wipe the city off the face of the earth, just so they can get rid of you. After all, only an ANGEL can kill a Blackheart."

"Hold on, what's a Gaspring?"

"I'm not too informed about it either. The closest description I got was that it looked like a dramatically enlarged P-38 with stealth jet engines instead of props, slightly smaller than the Ziz. The wings also look similar to the Ziz. And it shoots lasers."

"Doesn't sound that scary."

"You should be. The last time I sent a fighter squadron to check it out, they were annihilated in less than ten seconds."

"Getting to the point, we have to eliminate the source."

"That's right. Today, you're going to destroy your first ANGEL."


This took a whole week to do... and I can't find the time to do it in a day. Now, before you start asking questions about the ANGELs (it's supposed to be in all caps), they are supposed to be superweapons that served as the successors to nuclear warheads, since they could rival an arsenal with their overwhelming, yet conventional, power. The credit for the designs all go to the developer of the game Vector Thrust, who originally created the ANGELs and put them in the campaign. I had a liking towards these designs and I wanted to add them as part of the plot to this story. I highly recommend looking them up so you can have an idea of what they look like and what they can do. Once again, a special thanks to this developer for the designs.

Stay tuned for my next chapter, though I should warn you, it will get dark... fast. And as always Rate and Review.