Part 10

I don't own To Aru Majustsu no Index

Outside of the certain room which Kamijou, Touma stayed . Four girls were gathered outside, it was Index, Itsuwa, Mikoto and Misaka Imouto. Symbolically they were separated by the doorway, other side was form the magic faction and the other was from the science side.

The young Amakusa woman named Itsuwa , is with the sliver blue haired nun, called Index. She was trying her best to console the teary eyed nun, for she can empathies how Index felt.

She sat on the bench, sobbing and both of her hands clenched her nun clothes on the leg part. She remembers the time how she met this boy named Touma, in how he risked his life in protecting her and her memories. Have she known sooner that he was lying about his memory loss, just maybe she could acted more differently. She hated her past self for being a selfish brat, telling herself that Touma will always come back to her."

" I couldn't do anything …. All that I could do was watch …. I promised to myself, that I'll be able to stand on my own …. To be able to stand beside him and be able to help him, but yet again I found myself standing behind his shadow being protected.

"Index- san …."

"He's driven to the point of ripping his own left arm , used his own flesh to fight for us …. I can't shake that image off ! I hate having a perfect memory …. To remember all the details …. I really hate it!

Index continued to sobbing.

From Itsuwa the point of view, she experienced the same bitter feeling. It was the time that Acqua of the back . That man that holds the power of a saint and God's right seat, in a fight that was totally one sided; he defeats Touma and left him in a comatose state.

Itsuwa laments the fact that she wasn't able to help, and remembers the time, even how severely injured Touma was, he stood up, thanked her and said that the healing spells she used on him worked. It was a complete lie.

All that Itsuwa can do is restrain her grief and anger, for it will not help the situation. The only thing she could do was grit her teeth and clench her fists .

At the other side of the doorway, Misaka, Mikoto sat on the bench. She tried to restrain her tears, but couldn't . Standing alongside of her was her "twin" sister 10032 .

The chest nut colored haired High school girl, reminisces the past. She was in the steel bridge, distraught. She felt powerless, to stop the [The level 6 Shift Experiment] and she cried out silently "Help me". Just like that spiky haired interloper named Kamijou, Touma appeared.

It was one chapter of her past that she regretted, even more now she remembers the time that she struck him with her lightning bolt and felt the feedback from it, with hind sight she felt disgusted at herself. Who is she to claim to protect him, if in the past she used her power to hurt him.

" I guess the nun was right after all …. I don't deserve to stand beside him."

Her "Imouto" gently put her hand on her shoulder, try her best to console her "Older Sister"

"Onee-sama , please don't be hard on yourself, it was no one fault as Misaka says as she tries to console her older sister with her words."

"That Baka (Idiot) always carries the burden of other people. Why does he have to be so reckless? Why does it have to be like this ?

"But, Onee-sama , isn't it because of his brash actions, in a single night he saved you form despair and stopped the[LEVEL 6 SHIFT EXPERIMENT] say Misaka as she states the event that changes the lives of the [SISTERS]

What followed was silence. Behind the corner a light brown twin tail haired girl named Kuroko was silently observing her Onee-sama and her twin. Then a voice called out, it one of the broad of directors, Katoki, Hideki.

"Shirai- san, why aren't you with Misaka- san?"

"Well, it's a matter of delicacy and as you can see I don't belong there. I'm not one of his admirers"

"You sure have changed a lot , Shirai-san, for the better."

The twin tail girl let out a sigh. " Thinking the stunts that I did in the past, I do feel embarrassed on the way that I was acting around Onee-sama. I mean if I truly care, I should have know her predicament in the past regarding the [SISTERS] incident. But instead it was that spiky haired boy that helped her and much to my embarrassment and frustration that man also saved my life too.

Then Kuroko and Hideki notices Heaven Canceller going in the room where Touma was.

In the room where Touma stayed, Heaven Canceller notices Touma's head was lowered like it was bowing down, and his spiky haired covered his face. The Frog face doctor can surmise what happen.

" I guess those young ladies, expressed their thoughts about your situation, to say the least."

" Meido Gaeshi ….. Tell me, what should I do ?"

The frog face doctor paused for a bit

" Kamijou-kun , if you want that question to be answered, then ask yourself, to be precise ask your "memories", don't they reside in your heart?"

" I did …. I did ask myself …. In acting the things that I sincerely believe in, I thought I was protecting everyone's smiles. In the end I was one the one that causing them grief… What kind of an idiot am I "

" Kamijou-kun, remember this , because of your actions , you have protected lives that would have being engulf by darkness. Do not be a harsh judge of yourself, without kindness toward ourselves and to others we cannot cherish how precious life is."

"…"

Heaven Canceller sees his watch " I guess I better get going , I have other patients to see, Kamijou-kun don't forget to believe in yourself, not just in the others that believes in you; not in you that believes in others, you should believe in yourself …."

" Doc …."

Goes out of the room, and was met by Katoki , Hideki one of the board of directors

Outside the hall of the hospital, Katoki, Hideki hands over some documents to the Dean AKA Heaven Canceller. The document contains the report about the android was able to slip by the Academy City's sensors. What alarmed Heaven Canceller the most that the android body was made out of "Dark Matter" and was controlled by a tiny strand of brain tissue. Form the DNA analyst it came from Kakine Teitoku.

Later at the hospital's cafeteria.

Four young women namely Itsuwa, Index, Mikoto and Imouto gathered on the table, all of them order a set meal and were eating. Then suddenly a woman with a suit named Kayama Harumi approach the table.

" Director Kayama, what brings you here?" Mikoto asked in a surprise tone

"It about Kamijou-san …."

" Is there something wrong with him as Misaka ask with anxiousness."

" It's nothing serious, I was just wondering if you guys want to know the Kamijou-san psychological assessment."

"Well if it about Touma being reckless and dense idiot , I know that already." Index folded her arms on her chest.

The four girls nods in unison.

" Hmmm ….. It not about that , It about Kamijou-san feeling towards you girls. Since you girls aren't interested might as well …."

"Touma-kun feeling towards us ?" as Itsuwa spoke with a small blush on her cheeks.

"Hmp! I am not interested, but if you're going tell us might as well listen." As Mikoto immediately stands up.

"Kayama Sensei, on the behalf of the [SISTERS] we would like to know as Misaka speaks with anticipation."

"Ok here's the bad news, all of you here and the other girls that he met are within the friendship zone …."

Upon here those words the mood of the four young women dampens

"But the good news, that all of you are with the striking distance…"

"Eh?" all answered in unison

" He's an extremely late bloomer, if any girl with in the friendship zone "Attack with force" he won't turn you down."

" So that why …. I thought that might be the case." Mikoto laughs lightly.

"If I confessed my feelings directly , he'll be forced to respond ?" Index replies

Upon hearing what Index said all fell silent.

" You know, Kamijou-san treasures the trust that you have on him , you girls are important to him. You better understand how he feels if you want success .

With that Kayama Harumi bid her farewell to the four girls. The girls felt both relived and anxious, while it was good that each of them have a fighting chance , but the sheer number of potential rivals are giving them a head ache …

To be continued