Three images appeared on the screen. The fairy avatar danced around each one. She held her hands out as if playing the role of a game show host. Gently tapping the tops with her wand.

Ruiko Saten… She said, tilting her head with a smile. She turned, placed her hand on the next image. Or Mikoto Misaka? She winked. Ooooorrrr…

Uiharu Kazari? She bowed her head, slowly closed her eyes. Which will it be? She whispered, slowly raised her chin, opened her eyes, and tapped the image of Uiharu. With a temptation worthy of a seductress.

Is that hint? Kuroko groaned. The fairy avatar gleamed.

Ruiko Saten then…

Eeehhhhhhhhhh…..The fairy avatar exhaled a long dramatic breath, groaned, and pouted. Are you sure? Tilting her head to the other side, adding a little sexual energy.

Kuroko tapped on the image. Fine…. She huffed, Ruiko Saten it is. Flying over and tapped the image. …. poo.

The screen is filled with basic information such as age, gender height, weight, family members, eye color, classification, and rank. Kuroko read each line like she had done a thousand times before.

Age 23.

Gender female.

Classification… (Interesting? The fairy avatar appeared to the side, rubbing her chin.)

Rank… Magus supreme… Magic affiliation: breath of Gods.

Taking a breath, she leaned back in her chair. It'd been a very long time since she'd seen or heard the name of Ruiko Saten. A tickle in her belly brought a smile to her face. As images of Uiharu's skirt flipped up and Ruiko grabbed her chin, judging her underwear. UUUEEEEHHHAAARRRUUUU…. Hmmm, nice blue stripes you have there, Uiharu. Seeing the red flush of her cheeks.

But the last time was before the battle that would change everything in her life. She continued to read the notations from observers in the file.

Ruiko Saten, Magus Supreme, Master of barrier creation. Another skill is the use of shikigami. A servant spirit or spirits used for various purposes. They are powerful and dangerous. And come in many forms made of strips of paper and or amulets. Some may come as animals, such as dogs, cats, even small dragons. But Ruiko had the capabilities to create and control those as humans. She has the capabilities to give life to the shikigami.

There have been periodic sightings of Ruiko Saten, in the company of Katrina Von Alucard and Gabrielle Roosevelt. WARNING. Approach with extreme caution.

Yea, right… extreme caution. How about staying away… she laughed softly.

But her eyes returned to classification. Kuroko would usually read Esper or Nonesper, but hers read something that she'd not seen in any file. Hybrid.

What the hell? She scrolled the screen down, heading for videos.

Ooooooo… Interesting? The fairy avatar suddenly appeared, "movies" she smiled, with huge eyes and a quick nod of her head, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssse? She clasped her hands together just under her chin.

Fine. Not like I'm not going to not watch. The fairy avatar tapped the video labeled number one. What the hell!? Kuroko gawked.

There were three of them… She knew the spot. She had even been there with Mikoto Misaka. It was the place Ronin had fought with the help of Ruiko. It was also the place where Mikoto Misaka had been assaulted and turned by a rogue artificial vampire.

An area of decay had been annihilated during the last large-scale attacks. The same attacks that buried her in the underground mall and put her into a yearlong coma. And when she woke, everything had changed.

the video played bright flashes of explosions, shock waves pushing debris, and remnants of small buildings. Some larger buildings bent like those in an old black and white atomic testing film. The shock wave rushed over them and struck something invisible and rushed towards the sky.

A barrier?

Did you see that?! she heard a scream. She recognized the voice. A figure of a young girl pranced across the ground. All me! She laughed. The wind whipped her long black hair, hiding her face but wearing a familiar long skirt and something heavy like a coat. She laughed, holding a long staff over her head. The entire staff enveloped her in an eerie glow, lighting up the surrounding area. Take that… Evildoer!

An electric blue shot across the empty field. I'm not so sure I like that evildoer moniker… A tall woman with red hair raised her arm and smacked the beam away.

Gabriella? Kuroko whispered.

You took my sandwich! She yelled I was saving it…

I bought you another one…said another woman emerging out of the dust. She was about as tall as Gabriella but taller than Ruiko, which doesn't count! Ruiko's voice cracked with laughter. Bribery! Doesn't count! She laughed.

Then the heavy-looking coat moved. What the fu… Kuroko's response caught in her throat as she covered her mouth.

What the fork! The fairy avatar fell backward with her legs up in the air, covering her mouth with her eyes wide, which ended in a giggle.

Large avian wings spread from Ruiko's back., covered with brownish yellow and white feathers, fluttered in the chaos. Kuroko tapped the screen, paused it, and enlarged the screen.

It's her… She whispered, Ruiko? What happened to you? Remembering her childlike face.

The image was clear, clean, and precise. Ruiko Saten's face showed signs of hybridization. Small feathers mingled with her long dark hair. Her eyes were golden, like a predatory bird. She gripped the spear with claw-like nails as the end glowed.

Kuroko tapped the image larger. She could see the faint ghost-like image of a large bird-like creature enveloping her. Almost as if they were connected.

Kuroko stared at it, rolled it in her thoughts, and sank a little in her chair. She tapped the image again. The video played.

Katrina, she knew, was a Dragon, daughter of the Dragon of creation. Gabriella had become one because she had been a participant of the event known as the Night of miracles.

Gabriella was a fire user but lacked control and lost control. Second and 3rd° burn over much of her body. (Being in a medically induced coma, she was an unwilling participant in the night of miracles. Under the cover of night, a certain group of do-gooders snuck into a certain hospital and with the help of a certain frog-faced doctor, injected organic micromachines developed by Ronin. She and others like her had been healed.)

The same organic micro machines with the capabilities to reproduce and remain in the body for a lifetime. It was thanks to this and a minor cut on Katrina's finger everything would change for the level four fire user.

The last video rolled in.

The satellite images showed the three of them together on the rooftop of the apartment complex. Ruiko Saten was older, maybe 23.

She stretched her shoulders as her wings slowly spread, at least 20 meters. She pushed her hands out towards the sky, laughed, and playfully squeezed her boobs. And winked at Gabriella as she went through the portal.

We're hunting leviathans! Katrina spoke, not molesting each other.

Afterward, we are… Ruiko smiled that always mischievous smile. Here we come, Monaco. She laughed, bringing her wings in, and disappeared as she walked to the portal.

She yipped as Katrina smacked her butt before she got through.

It's Vegas!

Katrina looked up, pointed her hand like a gun. Bang! she said.

The image went black.

It was their laughter that broke her concentration. It was the laughter that boys laughed when telling dirty jokes. She sneered, looking over the top of the laptop and over the seat in front of her.

Hmph!

Kuroko looked down. The fairy avatar had her arms across her small chest with an annoyed look. Her wings fluttered vociferously. JERKS! She turned her head; her face now taking up the entire screen. How about another one! Blinking her eyes as if begging, her smile showing a set of fangs.

Kuroko tightened her brow. Are you really just an avatar?

Whaaattt!… The fairy avatar cupped her own cheeks, slowly tilting her head, and smiled. Of course, I am Kuroko. Of course, I am…

She tapped the image of Mikoto Misaka.