Foreword:
Well I'm back. I've been focusing more time on the other story because it is much easier to write.
Unlike some other writers, when I write these stories I don't have the whole thing planned out. I have a general idea of what I want to happen in the chapter and then I go from there.
d3mystic: I thought it would be funny if Touma's catchphrase was coopted by his friends. And Fukiyose hasn't just been infected, she's always been infected. So is every other girl in his class.
ArmantusCumPinnae: I will make the chapters a bit longer but like I said, I don't really like overly long fight sense and a ton of monologuing or soliloquies in stories. Really, it's the one thing I dislike about the light novels.
Well here we go again!
After lunch the rest of the day went relatively well for Touma. There were no real incidents besides Touma being caught day dreaming by Komoe sensei and being assigned a ton of homework as a result.
After the bell rung everyone packed up to head home. While packing Touma noticed the Fukiyose and Himegami were have a quite conversation between themselves and glancing over in his direction.
""I wonder what those two are talking about? It's probably none of my business and has nothing to do with me anyways."" Thought Touma as he finished packing up and headed home.
While walking home Touma realized something "Damn. There is nothing in the house to eat for dinner. I better head to the store and pick up somethings. I really don't want to have to face a final boss like a hungry Index." Said Touma to himself, shuttering at the thought of Index in a crazed, hungry state.
Knowing that there was a store close to the school that he could quickly get to, he changed his directions and headed there.
Walking down the side walk Touma heard something while passing an alley. I was a voices. Male voices by the sound of it.
"Hey, why doesn't a pretty thing like you come hang out with me and my…friends here? We'll all show you a REAL good time." Said one of the male voices.
"Hahahaha. That's right boss, we'll show her a good time."
"A good time to be had be one and all. Hahahahaha."
"Hehe see the look on her face? Hehehe.She looks like she could use some fun." Come the voices of what can only be assume it be the first guy's friends or cohorts.
Believing that there was going to be trouble and that the girl would need his help, Touma rushed down the alley to confront the delinquents.
When he got to the end of the alley Touma found four very rough looking guys. The guy in the front, most likely the leader was tall, medium builder and around Touma's age. The other three guys were shorter then Touma, of slightly build, and looked to be a bit younger than Touma. Maybe middle schoolers going into high school next year?
The girl they had surround was to say the least quite beautiful. She had a tall, slender figure, and soft tea colored hair. She was wearing a very trendy looking red sundress with black shocking and red heels. She radiated style and beauty and it wouldn't seem strange for her be modelling clothing on a runway somewhere.
The leader of the group began to advance towards the girl. The girl didn't looks worried but Touma didn't believe that she would be able to take them all on if they all came at her at once.
Touma dashed towards the four boys, who all had their backs to him. The three boys who were standing behind their leader were all standing in a semi-circle, to make sure that the girl could escape. Touma dashed for the second boy in the semi-circle, and once he got to him, Touma used both of his hands to grab his shoulders and did a leap frog maneuver over him.
While still in the air Touma shouted out;
"Hey! Just what do you think you're doing!?"
The older, leader boy turned around from hearing the voice just in time to see and boy falling out of the air and to see Touma's fist coming straight at him, plowing him in the face. The boy instantly crumbled under the force and hit the ground hard. Touma, landing on his feet stood in front of the girl in a defensive stance ready to protect her again the other boys.
Mugino was walking back from. She had just left a meeting with a new client who wanted to hire her and her group ITEM retrieve some data and bring it back to him. The man gave her the information she need to complete the job, and told her that she need to job completed in two days. He paid agree to pay her standard rate, plus and bit more for extra incentive.
While walking back to one of her hideouts to inform the rest of ITEM of the job they just gotten, Mugino took a turn through one of the city's many alleyways. Normally this would not be a good idea, as the back alleys of Academy City was full of delinquents that preyed on girls stupid enough to roam the back alleys.
But the girl did not have this fear. She was a level five after all. The #4 level five in the city. The Meltdowner. No one who knew who she was would dare try to lay a finger on her, and those that didn't know who she was…? Well they were in for a rude awakening. As Mugino walked through the alleys she heard a voice.
"Hey pretty lady. What are you doing in a place like this? Don't you know that these alleys can be dangerous for girls like you?" called out the voice.
Suddenly four rough looking boys walked out of the shadows. "I think that you should come with us. You know…for protection." Said the boy, who Mugino assumed was that the leader, while the other boys laughed.
Mugino just scoffed at the boys. The old Mugino would have just killed them outright and been on her way. But Mugino had soften since her defeat at the hands of Hamazara and since the reformation of ITEM. Mugino decided to let these boys off the hook easy this time.
Mugino tried to keep walking to the left, but one of the boys walked over and blocked her way. She tried going forward but again, another boy blocked her way. She could see that the last of the three boys was already standing to the right. Blocking her way so that she could not go back the way she came. They had surrounded her. The leader of the boys then walked up to her and spoke.
"Hey, why doesn't a pretty thing like you come hang out with me and my…friends here? We'll all show you a REAL good time." Said the leader.
"Hahahaha. That's right boss, we'll show her a good time." Said one of the boys.
"A good time to be had be one and all. Hahahahaha." Said another of the boys.
"Hehe see the look on her face? Hehehe. She looks like she could use some fun." Sneered the last of the three.
Mugino just stood there was a disgusted look on her face.
""Looks like I'll just have to kill these F%&ers. I really tried to reframe from doing this but they won't just let me go. Maybe I'll just blow off all of their legs so that they learn their lesson."" Thought Mugino to herself.
Just as she was readying her attack, something strange happened. She heard a shout of "Hey! Just what do you think you're doing!?" before seeing a boy fall from the sky and smash his fist in the leaders face.
The boy landed on his feet and stood in front of Mugino as if to protect her from the other boys.
""Just who in the hell is this bastard? I didn't need his help. Why did he interfere like that? What does he want? Does he expect something from me now?"" thought Mugino to herself about the boy that was now standing between her and the other three boys.
Seeing their leader on the ground out cold, two of the remaining boys rushed at Touma. The first one to reach him threw a wild punch that Touma barely had to dodge. Touma could tell that this person had very rarely ever been in a fight.
Touma merely moved his head to the side and hit the boy with a hard uppercut, lifting him off his feet a few inches, before the boy crashed to the ground in a heap.
The second boy who came at him was a much better fighter. He squared Touma up before launching a quick right jab. The boy was fast! Fast enough that Touma barely had time to dodge. Touma dodged to the left but when he did he was met with a left hook from the boy. The fist caught him in the head, shaking him a bit.
Touma regained his bearings just in time to avoid an uppercut that was coming at him. Touma had just enough time to move his head back out of the way, feeling the heat from the air friction on the tip of his nose.
Touma then went on the offensive. He threw a right jab, which the boy dodged. Touma then threw a left hook, which the boy dodged again. The other boy threw a few more jab at Touma which he managed to just barely dodge.
Touma then threw a left jab at the boy. The boy dodged this attack, but in doing so did not see the knee Touma had brought up into his gut. The force of Touma's knee in the boy's gut caused him to double over.
After the boy doubled over Touma balled up his fist and hit him with a hard uppercut to the chin. The boy regained a standing position and was lifted off his feet as he flew a meter backwards and onto the ground.
The third boy that was with the ground just stood there watching his friends get beat. After the fight was over Touma turned towards the third boy and began to walk towards him. The third boy in a panic ran away down the alley, wanting nothing to do with the guy who had just beaten there leader and the two others.
"Die!"
This was all Touma heard as he turned around towards the girl that he had just saved to see if she was ok. Apparently the leader of had gotten up again.
""Dammit, I thought he was out cold and completely forgot about him during the fight."" Thought Touma to himself.
The boy had his hand pointed at the girl and there was a small flame within it.
"DON'T F%#$ WITH ME! I'M A LEVEL THREE PYROKINETICIST! I'LL BURN YOU BOTH TO A CRISPPPPP!" yelled out the gang leader.
Mugino just looked at the boy and didn't seem that worried about what was happening. She just stood there.
""This fool doesn't know who he's f%&$ing with. I'll use my meltdowner and blow him to piece"" thought Mugino to herself.
Mugino standing began to grin. She knew how this was all going to end, with him dead and her back on her way to the hideout. The boy fired his attack and Mugino was about to fire off meltdowner and complete obliterate the rate, but just then the boy who had interfered earlier jumped in from of her.
He raised his right hand and there was an explosion and the sound of glass breaking.
The gang leader fired his attack. Just before he attack had reached the girl, the boy who had punched him in the face ran to get between the attack and the girl. There was an explosion and another sound that the gang leader couldn't quite make out. Smoke from the explosion filled the area where the girl and boy stood.
"HAHAH! HAHAH! HAHAHAHAH! I TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS WITH ME. YOU STUPID IDIOT, YOU COULD HAVE LIVED IF YOU HAD JUST RAN AWAY, NOW YOU AND THE STUPID BITCH ARE BOTH DEAD. HAHAHAHA! REGRET YOU CHOICES WHILE YOU ROT IN HELL!" explained the boy.
The gang leader turned around to leave but then he hear a voice.
"Just where do you think you're going" came a voice from the smoke.
The gang leader stopped in his tracks. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"There's no way that they could have survived that. They should be dead" said the boy to himself.
He turned around and there, as the smoke cleared was the boy, standing his front of the girl with his hand out. There wasn't a scratch on them. They weren't even burned. His attack had had zero effect on them. Why?
"How come my power had no effect on you? What level are you?" asked the gang leader, slightly in fear of the boy.
"I'm just a level zero. But that means nothing. Just because you're a level three doesn't give you the right to attack women in an alley. It doesn't give you the right try and kill innocent people either. If you think being a level three gives you that right…I'LL SHATTER THAT ILLUSION OF YOURS! Touma then began to run at the boy. He was less the 10 meters away.
The gang leader was now full of fear. He took a half step back but couldn't move anymore. He was rooted in place from fear of the boy coming at him. The boy was getting closer and closer. When the boy was just 1 meter away, he threw his fist forward, plowing straight into the gang leader's jaw. The gang leader was sent flying back, hitting a wall and sliding down it.
Out of breath, Touma turn back towards the girl he had protected.
"Are you ok" he asked her.
The girl just stood there looking at him strangely.
"I didn't need your help. I could have taken care of all this myself. And why did you help me anyways? For a reward? Money? A gift? Sex?" Spat out the girl.
Touma just smiled. He could tell the girl was ok and that she would be completely fine.
"I don't need a reason to help people. I saw you were in trouble and decided to help, that's all. "Replied Touma.
Mugino stood there pondering the boy's word for a moment. Then she thought of something. ""How did his stop that attack? I could have easily done with my meltdowner, but the boy claimed that he was a level zero. If that true then he shouldn't have been able to withstand that attack."" Thought Mugino.
"Boy. What is your name?" Mugino asked Touma.
"Kamijou. Kamijou Touma." Replied Touma.
"Ahh Kamijou. Die!" said Mugino to the boy.
Just then Mugino raised her arm and fired out a beam attack that was green in color. Instinctively, Touma raised his right hand. That attack hit his right hand a disappeared.
Mugino stood there in complete shock. ""H-how was that possible? How could he just block my meltdowner like that?"" Mugino was pondering to herself.
"H-hey, what was that for!? I just saved you and try to kill me! I'm just a level zero. If that attack had hit me there would be a 0% chance of survival!" yell Touma at the girl.
Just then Touma saw the girl raise her hand again. She fired off another one of those powerful attacks. Touma again blocked with his Imagine Breaker. The girl tilted her head to the side and fired off another shot. Touma reacted the same way, blocking it with Imagine Breaker.
The girl fired off a third shot, but this time Touma reacted differently. This time Touma swatted the attack down towards his feet. There was a loud explosion and dust filled the air.
Mugino was once again shocked. The boy, Kamijou Touma had blocked another one of her attacks and still claimed to be only a level zero. Curious she fired off and second attack. Thjis one was blocked just like the other. She then fired off a third attack. This time however the boy didn't block it.
He somehow swatted the attack down towards the ground. This caused a loud explosion and dust to fill the area. Mugino waited until the dust cleared to continue her experiment with the boy. But when the dust cleared the boy was gone.
"Wow, he's fast at running away. And what's with that weird power of his? Kamijou Touma I must…know more about you" Mugino said to no one in particular.
A smirk appeared on Mugino's face as she turned to walk away.
AFTERWORD:
Well that's it for this chapter. I hope you all enjoy it.
I chose Mugino for this chapter because I want Touma to interact with some of the girls that he usually doesn't get to interact with, and Mugino is one of them.
Just based on word count this is my longest chapter in either of the two stories.
Now the question is, what happens if Mugino actually does learn more about Touma? What would she do with that information? Especially if she learned about Imagine Breaker.
Well as always, please review and tell me what you this.
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