Index Arc part Two
The day was fading, gone by so fast. Misaka was to scared to go on the motorbike so I 'offered' to walk with her. I'd have to walk to school garden tomorrow then. It wasn't much of a bother though. I liked talking with her. She had so much to say so many questions. I enjoyed answering them. As we wandered we got lost. I hadn't been in this part of District 7 before. It was mostly residential. Some stores dotted the streets. We heard a scream from above. Soon enough someone plummeted down in front of us. Misaka jumped back in fright. I recognised him. It was Touma from class.
"Touma are you okay?!" I ran over to him he was shaky. He could stand though. Tough bastard. He squinted trying to put a name to the face.
"Makasu? Yea just fine. This always happens." He said sarcastically.
"What's going on?" I asked. He ignored me silently staring up.
He was quite as if thinking to himself of what to do next. His building was on fire! What in gods name was happening up there. Touma stepped forward walking towards the flames.
"Touma! What are you doing?!" I ran after him once it had been clear he wasn't stopping.
"I don't want to follow her to the depths of hell, I'll just have to drag her out." He pulled the fire alarm before walking up the stairs.
His ascent was slow. I followed from behind at the same pace. He didn't take any notice to me or he just didn't care. He let the water do its trick the flames looked like they were dieing out. As I followed him he approached the right floor. Before taking a turn, I stopped. There were runes all over the walls. Stiyl was here. That means he was talking about Index!
"Wait Touma you don't understand!" I tried to stop him but it was futile he approached Stiyl. I hid behind the corner to avoid being seen.
I watched from afar. Innocentius blazed past me the water was no doubt ineffective. What was he planning to do. He was just a level 0! With a wave of his hand Innocentius stopped. The water trickling down the walls soaked the runes they fell uselessly to the floor. The ink beginning to run. So that was his plan! But how did he stop Innocentius with his right hand! Touma charged punching Stiyl in the face knocking him down. How did Touma manage to defeat Stiyl, thats impossible. Even I can't defeat him. Touma's just a level 0! He grabbed Index and bolted just as fast. I had no time to react. I had no time to stop him. I rushed to Stiyl he was in shock. He clenched his jaw but he mostly looked in awe.
"Old friend. You have fought many strong opponents before. Have you ever seen anything like that?" Stiyl looked in the direction the two ran off in.
"I don't know what I saw, but from what I did, all I can say is. I have battled people who have powers that rival our god's greatest miracles, and they do it without breaking a sweat. In all my fights against powerful opponents I have never seen something quite like that. He stopped Innocentius with just his hand. Thats something that would take me minutes, hours to perform!" I did my best to be hones.
Stiyl seemed to agree with me. I supported his whole weight on my shoulder. The helped him down the stairs. Once at the bottom he pulled out his phone. He dialed Kanzaki most likely. As the two of them conversed in a hushed voice. I tuned into the vibrations of their sound waves. I changed the direction so I could hear them precisely.
"The Walking Church was compromised. She's been injured badly." Stiyl informed whoever was on the phone.
"Should I move to find them." A voice definitely Kanzaki. They sent a Saint to deal with this.
"No don't. Lets see what he does next. If he truly cares for this girl. He'll probably take her to a hospital. It'll be easier to get her there." Stiyl was thinking tactically. This was Index we were talking about it was wrong to suggest such a thing.
"I could call Rai? He could help with the pursuit." Kanzaki suggested. I had never heard of this Rai before. Was he an Esper or Magician?
"I want to hold off calling him for as long as possible. Once we do he won't leave us until the job's done or you leave." Stiyl didn't seem to like this Rai very much.
The call ended and Stiyl decided it would be now to clue me in. Or he would be a typical secretive ass. He didn't say anything. He didn't even ask me to follow. I was left there. He walked past me like I wasn't even there. Misaka popped around the corner she didn't say anything either. What was wrong with everyone was I not there. I walked and Misaka followed me. Perhaps she understood that silence was a virtue. People think best when their left to their own devices. Not having any other outside distractions. Kamijou Touma was the main question on my mind. What did he do? What did he do to Innocentius? Better yet, how did he do it with a wave of his hand?