Okay so Chaoter 7 is finally up! Also the fully edited version of chapter 1 is up as well. It is shorter than the original version but it is a lot better than the first. I hope some of you can maybe post a review of both chapter 1 and chapter 7. As Of Right now, chapter 7 is actually my favorite chapter in the story, just because of the things that are going to go down. It is almost all action and shows just how good Mikoto is getting at fighting, even without her power. So go ahead and read my favorite chapter.
Mikoto wakes up early the next morning. As she stretches she notices that her body was sore but her power was almost back to normal. It wasn't at full strength but it was close enough. She breathes a sigh of relief and gets up and goes to have a shower. As mikoto showers, the sound of the shower running wakes up Kuroko. Once Mikoto exits the shower and begins to dry off, she hears a knock on the bathroom door.
"Sissy? Is everything okay?" Kuroko asks, her voice betraying her concern.
"Yes kuroko i'm fine. Just a little sore and my power isn't at its normal level but everything is fine,"Mikoto responds. It was strange, but she didn't hear anything else from kuroko. She puts her clothes on and exits the bathroom. That moment Kiroko leaps at her trying to hug her. Of course Mikoto's natural reaction is to zap Kuroko away.
"Okay, you're definitely doing fine," Kiroko moans as she gets back to her feet.
"Sorry but it's my reaction to seeing you leap at me like that," Mikoto apologizes quickly.
"So where are you going? You look like you're ready to leave?" Kuroko asks, looking over Mikoto's uniform.
"I'm not really planning to go anywhere. It is the weekend so I would love to be able to do something with you, Uiharu, and Ruiko today. Maybe go shopping or something, just about anything is okay with me. Besides Raiden won't let me train today after what happened yesterday, he would be wanting me to take it easy today," Mikoto explains.
"Great! I'll call them and get ready myself!" Kuroko says as she leaps for her uniform and phone in order to get ready.
It wasn't too long after when the whole group had gotten together in the shopping district.
"This feels wonderful! It's a beautiful day to go shopping!" Ruiko states as she stretches her back.
"Yes, and there is so much i'm going to be able to get that i have needed to get for a while," Uiharu says.
"Is there anything you are looking forward to getting Mikoto?" Ruiko asks.
"Not really. I just felt like doing something relaxing today. It's been too busy of a week for me recently so it would be a nice change of pace," Mikoto explains.
"Its like you have forgotten about yesterday Sissy," Kuroko points out.
"Believe me, i have not forgotten. I just want to keep my mind off of it," Mikoto explain.
"Well what's going on between you and that boy mikoto? His name was Touma wasn't it?" Ruiko asks mischievously.
"Nothing! I just know him as a friend! Nothing more!" Mikoto answers quickly as her eyes widen in panic at what her friend was insinuating.
"One thing for sure is that his power is really weird. What did Raiden say it was again?" Uiharu asks.
"His power is called Imagine Breaker. He has the ability to cancel out any esper ability with only the touch of his right hand. But only his right hand holds the power, so the rest of his body is fair game," Mikoto explains, looking back at everything she has learned about her friends strange power.
"Wow. And he beat Accelerator with it! i wonder what it might be like having that kind of power," Ruiko exclaims, thinking about the possibilities.
"You wouldn't want it. From what he has told me, Touma says that along with the power, he has absolutely no luck at all. I guess the power gets rid of any luck as well," Mikoto states.
That power is both the strongest and the weakest power I have ever seen. In a normal fight it is useless and gets rid of all your luck, but against an esper it is the strongest power.
"Come on! Lets begin shopping!" mikoto says quickly as she takes off towards the nearest store, forcing the rest of the group to follow.
They spend about 2 hours in different stores, with Ruiko and Kuroko buying clothes, and Uiharu buying stuff she needed for her classes. Mikoto didn't really buy anything just yet, but she did have her eyes on a Gekota t shirt, but she was waiting for later to get it. They exit the store and are about to go to another when they see a commotion at another store. An explosion is seen from the store as a gang of espers run in and out, carrying loot and other stolen goods. Half of the espers were holding everyone in the store hostage, while the others gathered the loot. There was probably 20 of them in total.
"Oh no. Why does this always happen when we are having fun? Well I guess this is a time for judgement," Kuroko says with a sigh as she straps her judgment band onto her arm.
"Wait Kuroko! There are too many of them and they all seem like capable espers. You dont have a chance against them," Mikoto yells at kuroko, grabbing hold of her friends arm. Just from the look of the thugs, they all seemed very confident in what they were doing and would probably not have a problem dealing with one master teleporter.
"It's my job sissy. I have to go."
"No it's not your job to go and die uselessly. Let me go and handle them. I can at the least provide a distraction to get the hostages to safety," Mikoto says.
"You can't. First of all you are a civilian, and not from judgement, and secondly you don't even have your full power back yet!" Kuroko yells back.
"I don't need my power to win this fight. Ruiko can you please hold her back," Mikoto says. Ruiko does exactly that, grabbing hold of kuroko. If kuroko wanted to get involved, that would mean teleporting Ruiko into the situation as well and she would not risk that. She could only pray that Mikoto can handle the situation as Mikoto walks towards the store that is being robbed. Once she is within 20 feet of the store, the robbers notice.
Unknown to anyone in the area, the news stations were already broadcasting the events and were watching live as Mikoto confronted the robbers.
"Hey you kid! Get away from here unless you want to get hurt!" One of the thugs says to Mikoto, drawing a gun on her. Evidently he was not an esper, that or he just wanted to use a gun.
"I believe it should be you who runs," Mikoto replies calmly.
"Wait! Thats the Railgun from Tokiwadai! She is a level 5 esper! We don't stand a chance!" Another thug says.
"Yes thats right. I am Mikoto Misaka, the ace of Tokiwadai. Yet today I don't think i will be using my power to defeat you guys," Mikoto responds with a smile. She holds out her left hand, while touching her side with her right. A sheath teleports into her left hand and she quickly attaches it to her left side. Then with her right hand she draws the sword. Electricity runs through it as the blade turns on. It doesn't glow like the murasama blade, but the electrical current running through it shots out. It was the HF blade that Raiden had given Mikoto, and this was the first time she was going to put it to the test.
"So... Whos first?" Mikoto asks casually, as if it doesn't really matter, pointing the tip of the sword at the espers.
The robbers look at one another and then the one who had originally confronted mikoto opens fire. Yet mikoto reacts calmly and in the way that Raiden had taught her. She focuses her attention to the disturbances in the air caused by the bullet's flight. This is a technique that Raiden had focused many training days on. If you have a high enough reaction time and keen enough senses, you can follow the path of a bullet and know exactly where it is going. She spins her sword, intercepting every single one of the bullets fired at her. As the bullets get sliced in half, Mikoto slowly advances. Then when the robber runs out of ammo in his magazine and has to switch mags, Mikoto seizes the chance. She dashes forward, and with a flick of her wrist, she cuts his gun in half. The man responds by leaping backwards but wasnt fast enough. Mikoto catches up to him and punches him hard in the gut. As he collapses onto the ground, another robber fires his gun, but this time Mikoto just dodges the bullets. She charges the group, moving quickly as she slices the rest of their guns. Mikoto backs off as the robbers stand in shock at what just happened. Then one of them launches a fireball at her but Mikoto easily blocks it.
"Well it looks like at least one of you can hold your own without a gun. Lets see what you're made of," Mikoto says with a smile.
Mikoto charges the esper, who fires more fireballs at her. She either dodges them or blocks them with her sword, and gets up close. Her slices meet their target, as she opens up multiple cuts across the espers body. Nothing was fatal though it all hurt. In no time at all Mikoto had managed to knock out the first half of the robbers, and now turned her attention to the ones holding people hostage.
"Take another step forward and we will shot them!" One says as he buries his gun into a young girls head. This enrages Mikoto, who begins to scan the area around them. Behind the robbers was a lot of metal objects, just enough for each of them. She uses her ability to control the metal objects, slamming them into the backs of the robbers and knocking them away from their hostages. Mikoto charges forward, dealing devastating strikes against each one. She slices the guns of her opponents, making sure that they can't still shot the civilians who were trying to escape. Some of the robbers run out the door and mikoto follows. But as mikoto exits the building and takes only a couple of steps outside of it, the robbers turn with a smug look on their faces. That's when Mikoto hears a loud thump from behind. She turns to face the threat and is punched hard in the chest by a mech. As mikoto goes flying, her sword is knocked out of her grasp, burying itself tip down in the ground. She lands hard with the wind knocked out of her. As Mikoto struggles to get up, the mech charges again, ready to land another hard punch.
I can take this hit. It shouldn't do enough damage to put me out of the fight. I don't need to waste the energy on dodging the attack.
Yet Mikoto did not expect what was about to happen. Kuroko teleports in, prepared to take the hit for Mikoto. In hindsight it was a stupid move, as she could have just teleported Mikoto away, but that's not what she choose to do. Mikotos eyes widen as she sees her friend standing in front of her, ready to take the hit. Mikoto wasnt about to let that happen though, as she jumps to her feet and pushes Kuroko out of the way. Mikoto barely has any time left to react to the punch coming from the mech, but she manages to get her hands in the right place to block and activate her power. As the mechs fist connects with hers, a huge expulsion of electrical energy shots out. Mikoto is now locked in a pushing war with the mech.
"Why did you do that?! I was trying to protect you!" Kuroko yells at Mikoto, shocked by the change in events.
"Im sorry but i'm not letting you take a hit for me. Now if you want to help, go into the store and get everyone out and make sure that all the robbers that are down stay down. Can you do that for me Kuroko?" Mikoto asks as she struggles to hold back the mech.
"Right! I will do that Sissy, just please don't get hurt," Kuroko says as she begins to work her way into the building.
"I won't," Mikoto responds. She turns to look at the mech, and finally notices that it is autonomous. That meant she didn't have to worry about what she could do to it, as there was no life at stake. She smiles as she charges up her power to full strength, channeling it into her fists. She pulls her fist back and then punches the mech hard, sending it flying. It gets up quickly but is not quick enough as mikoto appears in front of it and sends a flurry of electrical punches against it. The following events seem one sided, as the nimble Railgun moves to fast for the mech to even land another hit. But then Mikoto gets too confident, and the mech manages to swipe her against the side. She lands but quickly gets back up, dodging another hit from the mech.
I have to finish this quickly. My power is still not at 100% so using it at this level is going to wear me out quickly.
Mikoto ducks over to where her sword lay embedded into the ground and pulls it out. As the mech swipes at her again, she dodges the strike then cuts the mechs arm off with one swipe of her sword. As the mech backs off from the blow, Mikoto leaps forward. She dodges the next strike from the mech, and then jumps up in front of its head. She launches a series of strikes into the mech, slicing her sword through it. She lands back onto the ground in a crouch as the mech crumbles into hundreds of pieces. Mikoto sheaths her sword as she stands back onto her feet.
Finally anti-skill is here. They can start collecting the robbers.
Mikoto watches as anti-skill begins to run around, arresting the robbers. Thats when she notices Kuroko walking towards her. Mikoto looks around, counting the robbers that were either in custody of being picked up. One was still missing.
"Kuroko! We are missing someone!" She yells out to her friend.
"I know. He escaped while I was fighting his friend. I don't know where he went Sissy!" Kuroko explains, worry in her eyes over the thought of losing one of the robbers.
"Go back into the building and check everywhere. I will stay here."
"Right, will do sissy" Kuroko responds and then teleports into the building.
Mikoto looks around, trying to see if she could find him trying to sneak out. Thats when she hears the sound of a car engine being gunned. She turns to see a car driving full speed towards her. Behind her was the only way away from this location and so the thug had to get past her to get to freedom. Anti-skill was in no position to stop it, but she was. She reaches into her pocket to grab a coin.
Wait! If I use my railgun I might end up using too much of my power. I can't risk using that much energy right now.
She puts the coin back into her pocket and waits as the robber gets closer and closer. Then at the last second, Mikoto draws her HF Blade once again and embeds it into the ground. Then she jumps up into the air to avoid the collision. The car hits the sword in the dead center of its front end, and gets cut cleanly in half. Only the roof of the car remained uncut as the now destroyed car came to a skidding halt. Mikoto lands and withdraws her sword from the ground, sheathing it once again. Then she teleports it back to its resting place using her waist band.
"Wow Mikoto! That was so cool!" Uiharu and Ruiko exclaim in unison as they run over to join their friend.
"Sissy! What happened?" Kuroko asks as she teleports next to her as well. She turns and sees the the now destroyed car, shocked at yet another turn of events. Mikoto hadn't even used her railgun to do that much damage, so just how powerful is she becoming?
"The last of the robbers have been caught, so lets get back to our shopping," Mikoto says, acting like nothing had happened. She wanted to get that Gekota shirt and she wasn't going to stick around to watch Anti-skill gather up the remaining thugs.
Okay so hopefully all of you enjoyed it. The next chapter may be a little longer in coming out, as it will be released sometime in may, probably around the 7th. If not then it is just delayed and I will post an announcement to tell all of you that. As always please leave a review if only to tell me how bad it is. If its good and you like it, please post a review to tell me so as well.
