Hello guys this is sky here! Thank you all for reading my fanfiction story "A Certain Fallen Angel". Special thanks to all those that followed, favorite or reviewed on my story~! Alright now, at the author notes that I've written at end of the previous chapter, I promised a view on my OC Yuuki's daily live. Just as a reminder, there are a total of 6 day break for Touma before he have to save Index from her memory wipe. So this chapter takes place within theses 6 days. I wonder what will happen during these days and what other characters will he meet? Please read to find out! Reviews, follows, and favorites are appreciated!
Disclaimer: I don't own To Aru Majutsu No Index but I do own Yuuki.
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
Certain Character's 3rd Person Perspective
Chapter 3: Encounter pt1
The weather is nice; relatively warm and bright blue sky with floating white clouds. It was 7:00 AM right now. In a dorm in district 7, an advanced digital clock the color of sleek black was beeping on a pure white low desk drawer, right next to the bed. Inside the bed was a Yuuki neatly tugged inside the white sheet. Frowning due to the noise made by his clock, Yuuki opened his eyes blurrily and sat up to turn the clock off. After turning it off, he rubbed his eyes and let out a small yawn. Looking at the display on the digital clock, Yuuki deadpans at the date.
"…. I slept for an entire day. Who would have thought that maintaining an optical observation projection magic for –what? Two hours?– would make me that tired? Well, it was an angel-class spell, but still….. I think I'm losing my touch. Fuwa~." Yuuki yawns again before getting out of his comfortable and warm bed.
He then proceed to wash up and dress in fresh clothing. Being in them for two days made them feel stuffy.
"I wonder what I should do now…"
A growl from his stomach was his answer. Rubbing his stomach, Yuuki decided to go to a café for a morning cup of coffee and sandwich.
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After finishing his breakfast, Yuuki headed towards the mall to look around. Turning his head, he noticed someone familiar and headed towards the person.
"What are you doing Tsuchimikado?"
"Hm? Ah, its Yuuki-nya. I'm not doing much, just looking around for a maid café that needs extra help so Maika can get extra points for her Maid School-nya. That, and I need to stock up on origami paper-nya."
It was well known in their class that Tsuchimikado adores his sister; so much that the other two members of the Delta Force calls him a sis-con sergent. Tsuchimikado first adopted Maika as his sister due to her blank background in the orphanage when he needed to enter Academy City; which he was discovered and forced to be a multi-organization spy to survive. But as he lives with Maika over time, he realized that she truly cared for him and is genuinely worrying about him whenever he came back injured and tried her hardest to make Tsuchimikado feel at ease when he returns to his dorm; always trying to give a homey feeling to his live.
Moved, Tsuchimikado tried to truly care for Maika instead of just doing it for show to others. Now, Maika takes first priority in his life. Tsuchimikado would try his best to keep her away from danger; away from Magic side, away from Academy City's darkness. When Maika had first voiced her interest in being a maid, Tsuchimikado immediately arrange for her enrollment into Ryouran Maid School. Anything Maika wants, Tsuchimikado would do everything in his power to obtain it, no matter the cause. Even if he is manipulative and a backstabber who won't hesitate betray anyone that is of no use to him, he would never betray Maika; she's the sole reminder that Tsuchimikado is still human.
"So, what are you doing-nya?"
"Nothing much. Just looking around."
After checking that nobody is listening, Yuuki change the subject to a more serious one.
"Did the Archbishop inform you of Index Librorum Prohitorum's situation?"
"Yeah."
"Any new order?"
"No; we just need to stay put."
"…Alright. I'll see you around Tsuchimikado."
"See ya later-nya."
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Looking around, Yuuki spotted a music shop. Viewing the large collection of music, he picked up headphones after headphones to listen to them. Smiling lightly, he choose a few music chips and headed towards the casher to pay.
Music chips; a new product of Academy City that is similar to a game chip, but used to store music. Academy City designed it so that the music chips can be inserted in a section separate from the memory chip in the high-technology phones developed by Academy City.
As Yuuki walked towards the casher, he noticed a new and extremely popular product in the store. Right in front of him is the newly developed AC-05 S Multipurpose Headphones, or MH 5s for short. The headphone not only listen to music, it can listen to other radios and have a wireless connection to one's mobile phone.
Thinking for a moment of the price and benefits, Yuuki decided to add it to his collection of items that need to be paid.
'I'll modify it later to make it more suit for missions. I suppose that an AIM detection search feature won't be bad…'
After paying, Yuuki headed out of the store and decided to walk around the mall some more. Not even 10 minutes in his walk, his cell phone in his pocket rung. Answering the call, a voice that revealed nothing its owner is thinking reached his ears. A voice that spelled trouble in to Yuuki.
"I have a mission for you."
"Aleister. What is it now?"
"Now, there's no need to rush. I just need you to monitor an item called Level Upper."
"Level Upper? That rumor that there's an item that could increase one's Esper ability? Hearing this from you, I assume that it's real. But won't it be too perfect? There must be some kind of drawback."
"I see that you catch on rather quickly. Level Upper is an instrument that links other Esper's brain together so that they can lessen the burden and do the calculations for others. Of course, experience is also exchanged."
"But why would someone create something like this? There should most likely be a catch."
"Precisely. The true purpose is for the creator and administrator to perform high level calculations. Another things is that the users would have their brainwaves altered over time to be identical to the administrator's, causing them to be in a coma due to the sudden change."
"….. Then I assume that this creator must need to do some important calculations, to resort to such method."
"Indeed. But what interests me the most is that the creator is getting very close to creating something I already did."
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Since the Level Upper controls one's brain, and in a sense one's personal reality, you can gather all the AIM fields in the network to form an entity of power. In short, a scientific angel."
"!? Is that even possible?! No….you said 'the creator is close to creating something I already did'….you created an angel?!"
"Yes. But the fatal flaw of the angel created through the Level Upper is what separates from my creation."
"? What fatal flaw?" Confusion was clear in Yuuki's voice.
"The angel created won't have its own conscious; it would go on a rampage due to the emotions of the Espers supporting it's existence. I created my angel with a conscious due its natural fear of being destroyed by Imagine Breaker."
"!"
An eerie silence came after what Aleister said.
"….It seems to me that Kamijou Touma is always involved in your plans one way or another."
"Hmmm….perhaps." Aleister muses, but revealed nothing that was in his mind to the other person on the phone.
Yuuki paused for a moment to sort out all the information given to him before changing into another topic.
"….Then I'm sure that you know that Index Labrorum Prohitorum as well as two other magicians are here? One of them being a saint, no less?"
"I am indeed aware that Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori are in Academy City to capture Index Labrorum Prohitorum."
"If they successes in capturing her, they would return to London. But what if they didn't? What if such a situation occurs that Index Labrorum Prohitorum is not captured and intents to stay in Academy City?"
Such question asked by Yuuki is very important. If Index was captured, then things would stay the same: Magic side and Science side would stay their separate ways. But if Index were to stay in Academy City, things would be much more complicated of words leaked out. Academy City is considered enemy territory to magicians. Trance-passing is dangerous enough, but staying in there as a living headquarters is right down suicidal. That, and the fact that it is THE Index Labrorum Prohitorum, someone that's considered a Majin candidate and could easily distort the world in a rather grand scale, could be staying there would cause an uproar.
"I wonder? No matter, just go and monitor Level Upper and destroy the angel if the situation calls for it."
"…. Alright." Yuuki relented, knowing he would never get a direct answer from Aleister.
"Perfect. I'll contact you later if I need your assistance."
"Wait."
"What is it?" The knowing voice made Yuuki's even more stiff than before. It was as if the General Superintendent knew the what was going on and the outcome of everything.
"Who's the creator of Level Upper? You never told me that."
"…. Now it won't be fun if I told you everything now wouldn't it?" Amusement was clearly there in Aleister's voice when he answer Yuuki.
"…"
With that, the call ends. Looking at his phone for a moment before putting it back in his pocket, Yuuki heads toward the hospital of district 7, where Academy City's- no, the world's- greatest doctor ever is in.
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Standing in front of a vending machine where hot, black coffee is being poured into a paper cup, is a man with a relaxed expression; but the wrinkles on his face, white hair, and his doctor's coat shows how experienced and professional his is. The man with a face that is rather similar to a certain Railgun's favorite mascot dolls is no one other than Heaven Canceller, the doctor that's known to work miracles.
Hearing footsteps, Heaven Canceller turns his head away from the coffee and looked towards the direction of the sound. There, walking towards him was Yuuki.
"Heaven Canceller. How are you? I take it that you're still going around peeking at the nurses?"
"That's rather harsh, Yuuki-kun. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to do so in these days. Patients are piling in here and other hospitals. My shoulders and back are stiff from all the surveys I need to do for all of them, but it still didn't show any positive results yet."
"So I take it that you're taking care of the victims of Level Upper?"
"I see that you are more knowledgeable than mere bystanders. I take it that you're been called to supervise it by him?"
"Yes."
"Then this case should be fairly important, to have you look over it."
"Yes. Is there anyone else looking into this that you know of? I would like to know who I might be dealing with if there were someone who opposes with my methods. Of course; I'll try to be using the cleanest ways possible."
"From what I know, Judgment and Misaka Mikoto are searching the cause of the victims' comas and the creator of Level Upper."
At the mention of the latter person, Yuuki raised an eyebrow.
"The Railgun?"
There was a sound similar to a microwave finishing heating something and the elevator door opened, revealing Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko. Both Heaven Canceller and Yuuki turned towards them with amusement in their eyes.
"Speaking of the devil."
"Indeed."
Kuroko glanced at Yuuki before deciding that he is no more than a normal high scholar, but Mikoto's reaction is vastly different. Her eyes widen in surprise and pointed her index finger straight at his face.
"Ah! You're the guy that helped the idiot escape! What are you doing here?"
"Business with the doctor here."
Hearing this, Kuroko instantly glared at Yuuki before questioning Mikoto in an urgent tone.
"Onee-sama! What is your relationship with is man? No…. could he be the ape that you're chasing after?!"
"W-wha?! No! He's not!"
"I'm the friend of the 'ape' you mentioned."
"What?! There's not only one ape, but more?! But worry not, Onee-sama! I shall defend your purity against these apes!"
Hearing this, both of the males sweatdropped.
To explain all this, we shall look back to the night of July 17.
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(July 17)
It was late at night, and two figures stood by a riverbank the atmosphere is thick with tension. In this night, Misaka Mikoto has challenged Kamijou Touma to a battle to settle their score once and for all.
"Waaaahhh!
"Stop running!"
"If I have taken that hit directly, I would have died!"
"It doesn't work on you anyway! Until now, I haven't got the chance to go all out on anyone yet!"
"Then why are you only going all out against me~?!"
"If you're going to be my opponent, then act more serious!"
"Aaaah! Fukou Daaaaaa!"
Walking back to his dorm from a 'job', Yuuki turned his head towards the shouting.
"Hm? Kamijou? What are you doing?"
"Gyaaa! Yuuki! Save meeeee!"
Yuuki sweatdropped at his antics, but proceed to aid Touma nonetheless.
Stretching out his hand, Yuuki grabbed Touma's shirt collar, efficiently stopping and chocking him at the same time, before concentrating. A small rock right besides Mikoto's feet exploded through accelerating the matter it is composed of, causing her to stumble a little, but not enough to cause serious harm to her.
"Wah!?"
After balancing herself, Mikoto lift back her head up to shout at the duo.
"H-hey! What was that…."
But both boys were nowhere in sight, leaving Mikoto dumbfound in the middle of a road.
'What kind of ability is that…to just make the idiot and the guy to disappear…..'
Unknown to Mikoto, Yuuki have stop the vibration from reaching her, successfully muting the sound of them running away while she was distracted. Frustrated, Mikoto stomp her feet on the ground.
"Damn it!"
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Embarrassed, Mikoto interrupted Yuuki explanation and managed to switch the topic back on track.
"Anyway, you are….?"
"Yuuki. Hideyoshi Yuuki."
"A-ah. Nice to meet you Hideyoshi-san. I'm Misaka Mikoto, and this is Shirai Kuroko."
"Like-wise. I would prefer to be called Yuuki. Is there any specific way both of you would like for me to refer you to?"
"Just 'Misaka' is alright." Mikoto replied with a small smile.
"I would like to be addressed as 'Shirai'." Kuroko said, still eyeing Yuuki with suspicion.
"Anyway, what are you doing here H-… Yuuki-san?"
"I came here to ask for the situation for the patients suffering in a coma as well as Level Upper."
Upon hearing this, Kuroko narrowed her eyes even more than before.
"And, pray tell, how is it that you obtained such information?"
"I work as the newly appointed head leader of all AIM studying fields fund by Academy City." Yuuki answered, expression still remaining impassive.
"! What! If so, then I would like you to kindly cooperate and use whatever technology available to-" Kuroko started talking, but she was interrupted by something she expected the least from the boy.
"I lied." The words left Yuuki's lips in a flat tone.
"?! Don't play around! This is a very important case. If you are just here to play around, then please leave." Kuroko glared at Yuuki, voice filled with annoyance.
"No can do." Yuuki's face still appears apathetic since from the start.
Before Kuroko can explode again, Heaven Canceller interrupted before things get out of hand.
"Please be mindful of the fact that this is a hospital." A collection of murmurs of acknowledgement was heard before the doctor continues.
"As for why Yuuki is illegible to information on Level Upper is because he works directly for the Board of Directors."
"What?!"
Both girls widen their eyes in shock that such a ordinary looking high school student –save his eyes that is a bight silver hue- would turn out to be…. more special than they thought.
"What! You actually work for them!" Mikoto stutters, her expression flabbergasted.
Yuuki merely shrugged at their response uninterested.
"It doesn't matter. So far, what did you find?"
"W-well… we don't really…. know what the Level Upper is….. You see, when I question one of the students that is said to sell it, he gave me his music player instead and say that's what is Level Upper is." Kuroko replied sheepishly.
'So the Level Upper is in the form of music, huh….'
Snapping out of his musing, Yuuki once turns toward Heaven Canceller.
"Any idea?"
Heaven Canceller rubbed his chin thoughtfully, his brows scrunch together due to the concentration, but soon shook his head.
"No. Nothing seems to come to mind."
"I see. Then there's nothing to do but wait for Judgment to break down the music file." Yuuki close his eyes for a moment due to the frustration, before opening them while sighing. He turns towards the two females of the group, beginning another topic.
"Would you two like to have lunch with me? My treat. Let's discuss about what we know on Level Upper as we eat."
'That's what I say, but I can't tell them all I know about Level Upper. Doing so would cause me trouble later on, no doubt. They would most likely question my sources and wonder why the Board didn't take action yet if they already know that much.'
Mikoto seems fine with the idea whereas Kuroko look ready to reject Yuuki's invitation.
"Sure! We were about to go eat at Joseph's."
"Alright. Let's go."
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Inside Joseph's Coffee and Restaurant, the three sat at a table positioned right next to a window. A waitress just left the table after bringing the food the group ordered. Taking a sip at his vanilla milkshake, Yuuki started a conversation with the other two members of the group.
"So, how did you come in contact of Level Upper in any way; indirectly or directly?"
Putting her fork down besides her plate of Gekota special green tea cake, Mikoto took a sip of her green colored juice before explaining the Graviton Bombing accident.
"And this is how you and your friends got involved with Level Upper?" Yuuki stay silent through-out the explanation before inquiring when Mikoto is done.
"Pretty much. But we still don't have any clue on how Level Upper can be used. We even spoke with an expert in AIM research, but we still can't figure out how Level Upper works."
Silent in thought, Yuuki thought of the information he has gotten from Aleister.
'Should I tell them the true nature of Level Upper? No, that won't do any good. They would just ask me why the Board didn't take actions yet if they already know that much. Besides, it would be annoying if they somehow learn of the Angel. I should keep quiet and just focus on finding the creator of the program.' Annoyance and frustration welled up again in Yuuki as he recalled Aleister withholding information on the identity of Level Upper's creator.
'That bastard. If he would just tell me, then all of this would be over. Does he actually want to see the failed angel created from the Level Upper go on a rampage?! That guy….. Is he just doing this to see me struggle? He must be pretty bored then.'
"Hey." Hearing Mikoto talking to him again, Yuuki snap out of his thoughts and shift his gaze to her.
"Hm?"
"What's your ability? That day, you just suddenly disappeared without a sound along with the idiot."
"Oh." Realization came to Yuuki.
"My ability is Matter Vibration."
"Matter Vibration." Mikoto and Kuroko said in union, their eyes brimming with curiosity and fascination. Yuuki couldn't help but smile lightly at their expression.
"Basically, I am able to control the vibration of matters, like changing an object's temperature or their three states: solid, liquid, and gases. What I did that night was stopping the vibrations of our movement from reaching you. Sound is made due to the vibration of matter, so if I stop it from reaching you, then I can 'mute' our footsteps."
"Ah. So that's what happened. Then what did you do to make me trip? The ground I was standing on exploded." Mikoto said in wonder.
"I vibrated the matter in the ground. Vibration strong enough can cause earthquakes, or even explosions. Theoretically, I can even make and detonate hydro bombs by splitting the hydrogen atoms in the atmosphere."
At the last statement, both Mikoto and Kuroko gulped, wonder just how powerful the ability is and what this boy sitting across from them could do.
"What level are you Yuuki-san?" Kuroko asked. If Yuuki's ability is just as he described, then it would most certainly mean that Yuuki is a high level Esper.
"I'm a level 5 candidate." Yuuki said while looking at them with a knowing smile, having already guessed thought they were thinking.
"But I'm nothing much compared to Tokiwadai's Railgun."
"G-guh! You already knew?" Mikoto has a sheeshish smile on her face, embarrassed that Yuuki knew even though she didn't mention the fact that she's a level 5.
After Yuuki paid for their meal, they stood up to leave the restaurant. As they were to go their separate ways back to their dorms (curfew is getting close now), Mikoto turned towards Yuuki and called out to him while Kuroko has a jealous look on her face.
"Hey Yuuki-san. Want to hang out with our friends tomorrow?"
Yuuki was surprised by her invitation but responded nonetheless.
"Sure. Where?"
"The amusement park in district 7. Are you ok with that?"
"Why not? I'll see you guys there." Yuuki replied with a smile before turning back to the direction of his dorm room.
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The sound of the door opening and closing signify that the owner of the dorm room has returned. The lights flickered on, illuminating the room. The dorm room is relatively simple, and is considered standard and ordinary for a student. Inside is a single bedroom/living room. The bed was placed at a corner of the room with the tatami table* at the center of the room. One side of the wall leads to the balcony while the wall across from it leads to the kitchen. There is a small hallway starting from the wall that have the bed placed that leads to the restroom/shower room.
Yuuki showered and dressed into his sleeping clothes; which consist of a t-shirt and shorts, this time both black as the night. He finished brushing his teeth and shut all the lights in the dorm room. Climbing into his comfortable bed, Yuuki covers himself in the white sheet. Sighing in content, he close his eyes and drift off to sleep. A thought flashed through his mind before sleep claims him.
'I wonder if tomorrow would be just as interesting as the week before…'
And his mind went blank and as the warm of the bed lulled him to sleep.
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And this ends chapter 3! Wow, I actually wrote a whole thousand more words than last chapter… To say the truth, I was pretty nervous in getting the characters' antics right so that is doesn't seem awkward. I really racked my brain on this chapter, since the ones before are based on the cannon storyline (the prologue doesn't count), and I have to think up of all this (and more later) on my own to fill in on the days that was 'peaceful' before Touma got beat up by Kanzaki and another few days before he wakes up to deal with Index's memory wipe. Thank you all for reading my story "A Certain Fallen Angel"! Reviews, follows, favorites are greatly appreciated. Look forward to my next chapter guys~!
*Tatami table- a japanese table designed to be low and have the people sit on mats instead of chairs and usually have a cloth covering it. Heaters installed underneath is optional.