I apologize that I did not upload on the promised day two weeks ago. I know that there is no excuse that I did not upload the story, but there is a sliver of hope. I have a few spring break days that I am doing nothing but staying home, so I will write the next chapter and I will hopefully have done for next week.

I hope you enjoy the latest installment of The Revival of The Blackswordsman

Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online or Toaru Majutsu No Index


In a Certain Windowless Building

Suspended in liquid, Aleister stared at the multiple screens around him in a little bit of disdain.

"Who would of thought that she would dumb enough to tell someone about classified information especially the one I want to observe with it…" Aleister muttered.

He then proceeded to move the screens out of the way until he found a screen with a file of a certain albino esper.

"Well nevermind, I already calculated for that error. Kazuto get ready for a tragedy to purify your passions." Aleister started to smile manically and almost started laughing.

In the background, his secretary was sighing at the sight of her boss's antics.


Meanwhile Back in a Certain Alley

Gunshots rang out in the darkness as a girl ran as fast she could firing a F2000 behind her. What was she running from? Why of course a monster that could easily split apart the Earth if he was really trying. As shell casings started spilling across the path she ran, the 'monster' walked at a slow, leisurely pace that resembled a tired person. The girl made use of the distance she had between the 'monster' and her, and took cover right behind a pillar on the wall as she finished firing her fourth clip of ammo. As she looked down the alley she saw the 'monster', he was an albino boy that seemed extremely tired as he yawned and looked at the girl. Unfazed the girl fired at the boy hoping to get rid of him in this one moment but, this time the bullets she fired came back at her.

'I still don't fully understand his ability. It is extremely versatile. Thinks Misaka as she recalls previous fights.'

"Hey, can I kill you now? This is just getting boring." The albino called as he stood there blocking the alley way.

'Lets see if my grenade launcher will work. Thinks Misaka as she prepares to get out of cover'

Misaka 10031 suddenly jumped out of cover and fired the grenade launcher and hoped for the best. As the deafening explosion engulfed the alley she thought she had won and managed to kill her enemy but, she was wrong.

"In the middle of a city? You are pretty crazy." The albino boy said as he stood unscathed by the explosion, as if defying all the laws of reality.

The boy then manipulated a crate of empty bottles to face towards the girl with the crate sideways so that each bottle's top was facing at her. Misaka 10031 getting the signs of danger started to turn around to run but, was not able to beat the speed of the flying bottles as they shoot at high speeds toward her. Luckily she was able to duck under the bottles as they smashed into the wall in front of her. She turned left down the intersection of three alleys and ran away from the albino boy as fast as she could.

"Oh come on why are you running? I just want to play with you!" The albino sadistically shouted as continued to walk after the girl.

Hearing that she was going to be continued to be chased, Misaka 10031 did the only she could, fire her gun at the boy. She turned around and fired at the boy only to have 2 bullets hit her in the chest. The force of the impact knocked her to the ground.

'I need to escape. Misaka thinks as begins to lose blood.'

"That was certainly anticlimactic," The albino boy said as he stared on, "I was expecting more of a fight from you. Well the next one will improve."

Misaka 10031 could only stare at her opponent in stunned manner as she laid on her back, bleeding out.

"How about we play a guessing game? You should know the answer to this one after killing you about 10030 times. What is my ability?" The albino said sadistically as he leaned his upper body toward the girl on the ground.

"Reflection? Misaka quest-" Misaka tried to finish her third person sentence but grunted from the pain she felt.

"Partially correct, that is only the default option of my ability. My ability is-" The albino tried to finish his sentence to only have it cut short by a gun being thrown at his face, which was only 2 feet away from the girl.

The gun shattered into individual fragments, springs, bits of barrels, metal from the receiver, and plastic flew in all directions, distracting the boy, but the boy continued to stare at her with a smile plastered on his face. Using the distraction Misaka 10031 ran for what was little of her life remaining.

"Huh? You want to supply me with more amusement?" The albino questioned in a sinister way as his grin widened.

But, that amusement soon ended as the albino touched a pipe on the wall and sent it at blinding speeds toward the girl, which was too weak to dodge it. The pipe lodged into her back with a sickening sound as it tore threw flesh, bone, and muscle. Misaka 10031 looked down to see a 1-foot long pipe through her body, blood pouring down her skirt and legs, and a mess of blood and flesh covering the area in front of her. She fell down with a resonating thud that signified her fate.

'I must stay a-a-al-l-l-i-i-v-v-v-' Misaka 10031 thoughts shuddered as the blood lose was about to kill her, but not before looking at her murderer.

"Tchh" The albino clicked his tongue as he stopped the bleeding by touching the area where the pipe hit.

'I am not di-i-eing anym-m-ore. Misaka thinks as she is confused by his actions.'

"So you thought you could out run Accelerator, Number 1 Level 5, huh? Don't make me laugh." The boy identified as Accelerator stated as he crouched down to her face as she laid flat on her side.

"W-w-why are you keeping me alive. Questions Misaka as she s-s-she i-s-s not understanding your reasons."

"So at least you don't of die of blood loss…" Accelerator stated as he looked at Misaka 10031.

Even more befuddled about Accelerator's actions Misaka 10031 questioned, "But, don't we ne-"

"So I could I have the satisfaction of killing you myself with my own hands." Accelerator replied suddenly, "It really would not be fun if you died of blood loss from a pipe. Where is the entertainment in that?"

Misaka 10031's eyes slightly widened hearing this revelation and she tried to escape to only find out that she was too weak to even move.

"Hey, do you know what happens when the human circulation is reversed." Accelerator said as he started to push his finger into her wound.

Inferring that Accelerator meant that he could do that, Misaka 100031 asked a question, "W-w-what d-d-o you mean-n-n I thought your ability was to reflect."

"If you hadn't interrupted me before I would have told you. Vector control, I can change anything heat, momentum, and even your electrical charge when they make contact with my skin." Accelerator said as he slightly sighed.

"Well anyway, back to your predicament. What do you think happens when I reverse the circulation of your body?" Accelerator continued.

Misaka 10031 could only stare at the finger of Accelerator touching her wound before everything stopped working for her and her blood covered the walls and all the surroundings.


Meanwhile at a Research Facility in District 23

The sound of a hand rubbing against a glass screen could be heard in the control room as Mikoto stared in shock at the screen. The screen previously had shown one of sisters on the ground, but now only showed blood covering the lens.

'This can't be happening…' Mikoto thought.

She had just witnessed one of the people she was trying to protect murdered brutally over a CCTV. Taking her hand off the bottom screen, she slowly started to take steps back away from the screen and hug herself. Mikoto fell to the ground and started to rock herself in utter silence.

'This can't be real… This has to be a dream…Yeah a dream…' Mikoto thought as her mind fell into an endless track of thoughts.

But, this is reality and reality can truly be cruel.


Back at a Certain Book Store

"Misaka's Imouto, I have!… is not here?" Touma ended with a question.

"What do you mean she is not here?" Asuna asked as she around looked in the immediate area.

The two began to look around as Kazuto walked out of the bookstore reading MMO Today. He seemed to be very interested in the magazine, which had the cover featuring the Seed and some popular games using the Seed.

"Kir-um-Kazuto-kun, can you help us look around for Misaka's imouto?" Asuna questioned as she began to walk around the immediate area.

"Hmm?" Kazuto replied as he was too focused on reading the new update notes for ALO to care about anything.

Asuna, noticing that Kazuto was off in his 'virtual reality', took the magazine right out of his hand and held it behind her. Kazuto after noticing that the magazine was not in his hand tried to desperately reach the magazine behind Asuna back.

"Hey! Come on, Asuna! I was reading that!" Kazuto shouted like a child who had a toy taken from him.

"We have to focus on finding Misaka's imouto, ok? She just disappeared without a telling us anything." Asuna retorted.

"Fine, but at least let me put it away." Kazuto said as he continuously tried to reach behind Asuna's back.

Asuna sighed and gave him the magazine, which he quickly took out of her hand. He then used his right hand and did the customary movement to open the main menu. As Asuna saw him do this she was about to tell him this was not SAO, but beyond all expectations the SAO menu appeared in the air. Although she could not see what the menu contained she knew by his movements he was accessing his inventory. Asuna stared wordlessly as the magazine disappeared into thin air and he quickly closed the menu to only find her staring at him.

"Why are you looking at me weirdly?" Kazuto inquired.

"Is that your esper ability, Kazuto? You can use anything that was in Sword Art Online, even your main menu?" Asuna said as she look dumbfounded at actually seeing Kazuto's ability manifested.

'Wait, how come she can see my main menu? No one has been able to observe it before.' Kazuto thought.

"Sort of, my esper ability is basically being in Sword Art Online, at least that is what I think it is. Apparently they never really named my abilities. Never mind lets find Misaka's imouto." Kazuto replied as he tried to divert the topic away from his Sword Art Online abilities.

"Fine! But, I want to know all the details of your ability." Asuna returned.

'I knew he gained his abilities from Sword Art Online, but who would of thought that would include the main menu.' Asuna thought as she continued to search.

"Guys, I found the cat!" Touma called from the alley on the side of the bookstore.

Touma had conveniently slipped into an alley as Kazuto revealed his ability to Asuna. During this time he had found a certain cat just sitting there at the entrance to an alley with a slice of cake. Kazuto and Asuna soon joined Touma in the alley for their search.

"Did she just leave the cat here by itself?" Kazuto asked as he petted the cat.

"I doubt it. Why would she leave the cat here by itself and just disappear without a telling us anything?" Touma questioned as he put his hand on his chin.

"Is it possible something bad happened to her." Asuna offered as she shuttered at the thought of being kidnapped.

A shadow covered Touma's eyes as he recalled the things he had seen since he had lost his memory. Magicians, dead magician knights, and the destruction and reconstruction of the same building in mere seconds came up in his thoughts.

'But, that is all part of magic. I don't think they would have something to do with Misaka's imouto.' Touma thought.

"Wait let me try something." Kazuto said as he opened his main menu.

Touma stared on in bewilderment as Kazuto began to navigate the menu.

"Is that your espe-" Touma questioned before being cut off by Asuna, who only smiled.

'Maybe like some of the other things from Sword Art Online that transferred to real life, what about my friend menu?' Kazuto wondered as he opened the friend menu.

When he opened it he saw multiple new friends including Misaka's imouto and Touma. Smiling at his new friend list he opened his skill list and selected Tracking. A path of footprints appeared along the ground in front of him.

"Follow me." Kazuto directed.

Asuna quickly followed Kazuto leaving behind a stunned Touma. Touma had never seen 'something' that could make a floating transparent menu and make a person's eyes glow. He shook himself and remembered to ask about Kazuto's strange ability later as he jogged to catch up to the other two.

Kazuto was currently exiting the alley to follow the footprints of Misaka Imouto until he came upon a weird sight. The footprints he was currently following suddenly ended, meaning that the person should be standing very close by. But, upon looking around to the confusion of Touma and Asuna, who could tell she was not where Kazuto claimed he thought she was.

'Is there something jamming or blocking my ability?' Kazuto pondered.

By chance he spotted another footprint, but this time it was across the street and went into another alley. Kazuto couldn't understand how the footprints end and suddenly start on the opposite of the street without any footprints connecting them. Nevertheless he directed the trio across the street into the dark alley.

As the trio entered the alley they soon found a guitar case, but that wasn't the interesting part of it.

"Huh, is the inner space of the guitar case shaped for an assault rifle?" Touma asked.

"Seems like it, these sort of concealable gun cases are something you would read about gangsters having." Asuna confirmed as she looked at the inside the case.

"Guys can we go, I think we need to follow the footprints." Kazuto reminded them.

Asuna and Touma nodded and stood as they followed Kazuto deeper into the alley.

Suddenly a loud thud could be heard as Touma fell on his face.

"OW! What did I trip on!" Touma shouted.

"Are you sure you did not trip on your own…" Kazuto replied as he bent down to help up Touma before he quickly opened his menu and equipped his battle clothing and Elucidator. Lucky for Kazuto though was the fact that the alley was too dark to see the transition between his school clothes and his SAO clothing, which was him only in his underwear. Touma acted similarly, and picked himself up and started vigorously looking around his surroundings.

"What's wrong Kazuto?" Asuna asked, surprised by her boyfriends sudden action.

"Asuna, those things that Touma tripped on are shell casings from a gun." Kazuto replied sternly as he activated his Night Vision to look deeper into the alley.

"They are also quite new because they felt still a bit warm when I fell on them." Touma extended.

"Is it possible that these bullets are from the same gun from the guitar case?"

Asuna asked cautiously.

"Likely, so incase this is true, Asuna and Touma, I would like to ask you two to leave for your own safety." Kazuto suggested sternly.

"What about you! You can't deflect bullets with your sword and you don't even know how your battle healing ability works in real life!" Asuna shouted back at Kazuto.

"I can still help, Kirigaya. Most likely if there are guns they have to be espers. I can nullify any esper ability with my right hand, but that also includes god given things like luck, which is also the reason behind my unluckiness." Touma replied to Kazuto's suggestion.

Kazuto stared at Touma reasoning if he should let him come or not.

'If what he is saying is true, than his ability would be priceless because I am not sure how to deal with esper abilities.'

"Fine come on. Asuna, you need to stay behind because you don't have anything to help like Kamijou." Kazuto said.

"Fine be careful." Asuna returned as she kissed Kazuto on the cheek, which still made Kazuto become flustered to Touma's and Asuna's enjoyment.

"Ahem," Kazuto bellowed as he collected himself, "Lets go find out what is going on."

The two boys descended deeper into the darkness to find the cause of these bullets.


Well there's another chapter! Til next time!

Taael