The Android Experiment - Chapter 1
A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first time ever publishing a fanfic I've written, so I hope it's semi enjoyable :/ I've always liked Anime, and after watching A Certain Magical Index, I realized it's a world I want to share my version of. There was a lot of things I didn't like in the series but a whole lot of things I loved.
I love how they execute Scuence and Magic (don't know why... but I like the Science plots like... 10 percent better) and I wanna see how I can do it because I love them both so much. I didn't like how every single girl in the series falls in love with our boy Kamijou, like c'mon! But I still love Kamijou to death, the only thing the harem aspect does is make me look down a bit on characters I thought were really, really coool (Like Mikoto and Misaki, and especially Index). I still love their characters though, so unless it's a logical romance or crush that I can see the reason behind, like Misaki's romance, I'll try to make it make sense or straight up NOT have them fall in love with Kamijou in the first place if it feels forced.
Other then the fact there will be less harem-ey stuff, I want to say this is going to be heavily plot driven.
I hope you all like this... and if you don't, let me know how I can do better :)
Hopefully you don't hurt my feelings, but that's the internet these days, right?
Well... I hope I did good.
Prologue - Chapter 1:
The air reeked of a putrid iron that wasn't supposed to be there and there was a horrifying quiet that went with it. Buildings were destroyed and rubble was strewn about as far as the naked eye could see. The sun wasn't out, but the diminishing fires that threw plooms of smoke into the air more then made up for the lack of light.
In all that devastation, at the epicenter of what was the aftermath of a terrible battle or... even a bomb, a single girl wearing a ballistic vest over a black tanktop and tactical jeans stood there, in a crater with a diameter ranging about a hundred feet. She looked young, and it wouldn't be wrong to assume that as she had only just turned seventeen a few weeks before. But... that was the only pitying thought someone would have at seeing an unharmed girl being the only one standing in that devastation that was supposed to be the most advanced city in the entire world.
Academy City.
But.. She wondered, vaguely, with her dreamless mind as to how this could happen, "Oh. I forgot." But she already knew how, didn't she?
"Would you want to help us change the world, XXXX-chan?"
It all began with a single question.
A single question that would violently change her world, and so many others. The girl couldn't have possibly known what the man in the white lab-coat was actually going to do to her. She couldn't have known that not only would she inadvertently change the world, she would also destroy it.
It was an unfortunate fact that not all people were good people. And as much as she wanted to change that fact, there would always exist those devoid of morals, the ones who could kill thousands and feel nothing about it, and others who just couldn't help the sad truth that they were murderers because their powerful abilities attracted the wrong people, at the wrong place, and at the wrong time.
"In order for a person to smile, you have to take a smile."
Those were words spoken by one of the people she admired... but... there were more.
"I'll destroy the illusion that it's okay to steal someone's world for something as stupid as that!"
Which way would save the most lives? Which way would hurt the least amount of people? Which one was stronger?
They were both heroes in her eyes. People who would put themselves in impossible situations if it meant saving just a single crying person who was forsaken by their own world. And the crazy thing was... the craziest thing was that they would always win. Always.
How?
How did they do it? How were they so strong despite such horrible events? And they believed in their ideals so deeply too. How would she ever be as strong as they were? How would she ever be able to protect someone else's world, rather then her own, or put a smile on an innocent person's face? You should always try. Or at least... that was what that boy taught her... but it took his hands far to long to reach.
Because it was too late now.
A large building broke in half and fell in the distance evoking an ear-piercing explosion to ring out, the girl closed her eyes for split second on reflex at the violent scene, but soon after she opened them to see the ashes of so many dead people at her feet. There was so many more she couldn't even see.
I was never allowed to have a happy ending.
What made me think I could be redeemed like Accelerator? Tears came down her face as she dropped to her knees, only for her knee to sink into ripped up flesh. And as horrible regrets plagued her mind that felt so weak, all the pain was amplified further when a single drop of darkness hit her reached out palm. How many... The drops of black started falling from the sky, painting the already dark ground even darker. How many... It was a black rain that fell. As even the worlds tears were deadly.
How many smiles... how many worlds... did I take away?
One Year Ago:
The small pitter-patter of a heavy rainstorm muffled out the sounds of a bustling city. There weren't much people out on the streets right now, because most were smart enough to kind of not to stand in the rain like idiots, but… there still were a few people walking together and chatting with one another while holding umbrellas of all seven colors over their heads for their friends who didn't bring ones of their own. Those people were smart enough to check the weather forecasts for the day that always had a one hundred percent accuracy of being correct.
And in this city that was strangely alive despite the heavy downpour, one person stood in the rain with a grey hood over their head. They were a fool for not having an umbrella, as their grey hood was a dark, damp color because it was soaked. The figure didn't seem to care much though, in fact, they looked like having to carry an umbrella would be too much of a pain for what little good it would provide to them.
The figure leaned in toward the fence they were close to, and their leather gloved fingers gripped the damp iron bars softly, water streaming down from bars that couldn't rust. "This is the place." They whispered to themselves quietly, looking through the fence and out towards the large buildings that were close in proximity to each other. There were six buildings, and each had windows here and there that went three stories tall each. The figure didn't know this, but the blueish-grey buildings were positioned to form a specific sign, but it would only be possible to see what it was by looking directly down on it from up in the sky. The person's lips curled down in confusion, as they were curious to know what the kanji was.
It was hard to tell whether or not they were a boy or a girl, and as some people passed by the person, they looked at them curiously, wondering the exact same thing before glancing away and trying to focus on whatever it was they were doing just before. The young adults carrying umbrellas to keep dry continued smiling and conversating with each other without questioning the fact that the hooded figure was leaning into the fence all shady like that, because the place they were looking out to was a place where infants like them visited often. It was weird for the short kid to do that, sure, but not weird enough to call out in the middle of a rainstorm.
The only thing that really stood out was not knowing they looked like. Their enigmatic stature did look to be on the small side, if even just a little bit. Although, did that really mean much with how diverse human beings were in this world? For all we know it could just be a short boy or a short girl. That, combined with the uncertainty as to what kind of face laid under the hood, made out for a rather intimidating persona. Kind of like how one would be cautious to approach a shady person in some random alley.
The person in the hoodie looked out of it and down both sides of the street with cold, calculating eyes, the hood over their head shadowing them in a veil of mysteriousness. They weren't walking down the sidewalk like everyone else was, but the way they were just…. standing there was a bit threatening to the other passersby who walked by them with cautious looks on their faces.
It's four 'o clock. These were the thoughts of the hooded figure, they looked up, out toward the couple who just passed by them, they noticed they were young adults, probably in college. Most schools in this district let their students out around four pm. To get this done fast, without any delays and/or unnecessary harm… I'd like that…
They nodded hopefully for the perfect operation, as they weren't one to needlessly hurt people, especially kids, but if the situation called for it… I'd do what I would have to. Just like I always do.
They walked forward towards a sign that had water dripping off the edges. The boldened words on it labeled the building behind the gates just above the sign.
AMD Radeon
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A white luminescent light filled an entire room with an artificial brightness, but it wasn't so bright as to blind the teenagers who were nearing the end of their final period, A.I.M. Theory. Or in other words, a class on why Esper's emit that weird, invisible field around them that ended up being coined soon after it's discovery, An Involuntary Movement. A.I.M.
"When trying to understand Personal Reality, as crazy as this might sound to some of you," Ms. Ariel, a teacher in her early twenties, sent a narrowed glare to one of her students who was always behind in his classes and never understood anything… really, "You must first understand yourself." And the way she said that was in a bit of a scolding tone.
The class started letting out muffled sounds of restrained laughter as they knew exactly who their teacher was referring to there just now. The 16-year-old in question was busy twiddling a pencil between his thumb and his index finger, and he dropped it when everyone started staring at him all of the sudden. "What?" He asked in an honestly confused voice.
"Eli," Ariel named, the voice of the people she was, or in this case, it would be her sixth period class, "Stop daydreaming and pay attention." At that, her students started laughing as even Ms. Ariel, one of the nicest and most loved teachers at Radeon Highschool, was having trouble with their super dreamy classmate too.
"Psst…"
"Haha!"
"Eli's always doing that, teach."
"Oh my god, Eli!"
"Even Ariel-sensei? You are such a clown, man."
"Yeah yeah." Eli himself said tiredly, looking around at all his classmates who interrupted him before letting his head fall onto his forearm, numerous thoughts on his mind being clouded by all his annoying classmates. "Laugh all you want; this stuff is all fake anyway." He muttered in resignation, his eyelids blocking the light once again.
"Why are you always saying science is fake?"
Eli had just wanted to go to sleep now, but he instead looked over to the girl with brown-red hair who asked something as stupid as that, and he frowned at her, "There's no point in explaining it to a blockhead." He had told her his reasoning once before, about how it wasn't 'fucking natural for people to control fire, shoot electricity out of their hands, or even read people's minds,' but Ellie never listened to him, "There's just no point Ellie, you don't even try to listen."
"Wha…" Ellie breathed in her words before she could stutter, and her cheeks turned red in anger as she blurted out, "You're just too dumb to explain good enough, Eli." She said his name at the end like she was spitting venom and then her gaze shot to Ms. Ariel who was arguably the smartest in the room who just had a shocked look on her face at her outburst, "You don't even pay attention in classes either, so who are you to tell me what science is?!"
"This is so fucking stupid…" Eli muttered with a swear, turning away from Ellie who was always so close-minded.
"Yeah, it is." Ellie said with a humph, frowning when another of her classmates who sat next to her on her left started giggling at their interaction. She looked at him with an irritated expression that looked like 'What?'.
The boy had red hair, just like her, but his had light green shading rather then her strong brown accents. "You get really mad whenever Eli disses Science, huh?" Ellie nodded madly before pausing and opening her mouth as she actually didn't agree with the way that was worded, but the boy with the red-green hair smirked, "But why do you have to argue with him so much? I know it's your first time meeting him since you're a transfer student and all, but c'mon, we all got used to him in like…. The first few days." The boy nodded to himself as he remembered it, then he turned around to look back at the rest of his classmates, "Right guys?"
"Yeah," A tall-ish boy wearing glasses said, "Eli actually isn't as weird as you think, Ellie."
"He's still a little weird though." Another boy mentioned.
"Maybe, but I'd prefer him over any of you boys any day of the week." A girl with pink hair said, remembering something one of the boy's said earlier that day was remarkably disgusting towards females. Eli was the only one who hadn't join in that conversation.
And there went assumptions, "Wait- you like Eli, Poppy?"
"Huh? I-I didn't say it like that!"
"Look. She's blushing guys!"
"Oh my gosh…" Eli whispered, looking to all of his classmates who turned to him smiling at his comment, "You idiots talk too much." He judged them silently, but they all heard him anyways before they all started teasing Poppy again, to which Eli just exhaustedly put his head down and started fidgeting with his pencil again.
Ariel sweatdropped at how fast her class went out of control because of Eli… again, and she looked to Ellie who looked really pissed off before coughing into her hands, "Detention, Eli." She said with a pause, she looked sharply at Eli, and then at Ellie, "He's always doing that, as you can see, but since this rarely happens, I'll let you off the hook this time, Ellie. But it better not happen again." Wow, Ellie is always so nice. I'm glad that she's blowing up for once – wait, I really shouldn't be glad she's yelling in class… but still… Ellie actually got mad! Ariel squealed, feeling like she was watching her own child grow up right in front of her.
That fond smile on Ms. Ariel's face pissed Ellie off even more though, and the fact the two scholars weren't even that far apart in age made her even more grumpy. How is any of this fake?! Why did you even come to Academy City - a place where there is espers everywhere, mind you - in the fucking first place?! I just don't get you… Ellie started frowning even more when she heard Eli mention how he didn't even have anything better to do after school anyway. She looked over and seethed as Eli bristled before burying his chin into his elbow and frowning at Ms. Ariel, who smiled back as they were going to be spending time after school together again, And how is he even friends with Ariel-sensei?! Literally no one likes him but her.
But Ellie didn't know who Eli was, she only knew the cover of the book she thought to be the stupid class clown. Eli seemed like your normal, run-of-the-mill teenager who was more on the rebellious side as it was often that he'd come to school with scrapes covering his uniform despite the fact he looked totally normal. He was five foot six with a black cowlick coming out the top of his short curly hair. Personal Reality? He scoffed internally as he listened to Ms. Ariel's lecture about A.I.M. Diffusion Fields even though he didn't buy any of it, the idea of something so stupid as Personal Reality really irritated him, That stuff is all bullshit. Because then, all Level 0's would have to do is believe they can do it and they'll be the strongest around. But no – none of it works. It doesn't work for anyone. He sighed sadly as he remembered how mad Ellie looked a minute ago. Ellie was measured as a Level 0, just like him, who thought that if she simply worked hard enough, she would be able to get an ability and become a Level 1 Esper one day. Though there were cases like that, as few as they were, Eli knew becoming a full-fledged Esper was nothing short of a fantasy for the girl But Ellie would never take the hint and took every chance she got to tell him otherwise.
Ellie was always a quiet girl, pretty average if you overlooked her high IQ, but still really friendly to everyone. She was always there to encourage her classmates, however, Eli just rubbed her the wrong way, as he directly opposed her 'You can do it!' personality. She really baffled the boy sometimes.
Like seriously? How do people believe in this crap so strongly? He questioned that of the cruel scientific world he lived in, where if you were designated as LEVEL 0, you were worthless and deemed as a deadend. Or in other words, a waste of time, because progress via drugs or mental stimulants wouldn't further improve your ability. Or what they call it, 'personal reality'...
With the right amount of testing and procedure, anyone in the world can become an Esper. Pump your random Joe full of drugs and give him pick me up mind games for a few years and at the very least, he'll be able to bend a spoon. Level 0's, on the other hand, were complete deadends not even capable of that basic feat, and like their names would suggest, they had absolutely zero room for improvement, or their abilities were too weak/unidentifiable/ridiculously stupid to pursue in any logical way.
And even in the city that was 30 years ahead of it's time, there was still a hierarchy. It contained six levels, the highest being Level 5. It was a general rule of thumb to remember that the higher an Esper's Level, the stronger their ability would be. And unless there were special circumstances, one of the lower levels would never be able to defeat those of higher ones. The same system could be said for scholarships and popularity as well, as this was an academic society, after all, and Level 0's were at the bottom of this hierarchy and were generally known to give up easily, as there was a close to zero chance of ever moving up to Level 1. In other words, in this city full of super powered kids, Level 0's were basically powerless and many referred to them as the worst of the worst, even being lower than actual powerless people who weren't even Espers. A Level 0… was less than zero.
"But even Level 0's emit A.I.M. Fields from their bodies too, no matter how small. Their Personal Realities interact with the world around them in some kind of way. But of course," Ariel paused as she glanced at Eli again, who was gazing right back into her bright green eyes. Special case, huh? He looks like he's not even paying attention… I'll have to talk to him later, "In the right cases, it is hypothetically possible to grow, groom, and brainwash a child from a young age to culture their Personal Reality into that of a desirable one."
"What do you mean, Ariel-sensei?" A girl with dark pink hair asked in a confused voice. She looked around herself and saw her fellow classmates had stopped snickering at Eli and were now staring at Ariel with a suspicious look now too.
"Now that I think about it," Another male classmate hummed, deep in thought, he pointed a finger at his dark pink haired friend and then asked of Ms. Ariel as well, "Poppy's right, what's up with that?"
Ms. Ariel gave a glance over her students and saw that it wasn't only Poppy and Yukinari to question that, as the rest of the class – even Eli – had dark looks on their faces, "This is only hypothetical everyone," she tried to reassure her students before she continued, as what she was about to say wasn't a very humane thing to do, "But like I said, " Ariel started in her normal soft voice, "Hypothetically, if one were to raise a child from birth whilst giving them false and subliminal messages, like, 'You can fly' or 'You can make things explode with your hands', they should develop an extremely strong Personal Reality that completely changes the set-in-stone rules that say 'You can't fly or make explosions with your hands.'" Ariel frowned at the idea of pumping someone so young full of drugs and feeding them lies of fantasy just for the sake of science and a strong Esper, but the worst thing about it was the fact that she thought it would be really interesting to pursue an experiment like that herself. It was a good thing her humanity overpowered that small feeling of curiosity though. "But of course, that would take a lot of effort. And I don't see this hypothetical baby getting to see the real world much, either."
Eli's lips turned down at the corners as he ran through that scenario in his head. He imagined an innocent little baby being taken away from their mother (or even given away) and locked away from the outside world without ever being able to get one look, as that would taint their reality, and having so, so many needles and cords being stabbed into it so the denizens of science can monitor and administer as many things as they wanted. That would be… horrible. He blinked away the tear that nearly fell and he looked away from Ms. Ariel to the window. It was raining outside, and for once, he was glad he got detention so he wouldn't have to walk home in all that in such a bad mood.
Just outside that window though, a city that was over thirty years ahead of the world in technology sat. Eli didn't want to believe the things that he had just heard his teacher say, but at the same time, he wouldn't be surprised if he found out it were true. He'd probably… want to stop something like that.. and that was why he nearly cried, because he'd be really sad if that were to happen to him or someone else for the sake of something as stupid as science. Because… in this scientific city where ethics were secondary to knowledge… that… would actually be possible.
There wasn't much in the ways of development in his world. Personal Reality. Personal Reality was one such example. Eli smiled a cruel and ignorant smile as he watched his teacher turn and face the black board before quickly gesturing at the atom displayed on it that had electrons swirling around it in real time with such an aggravated expression on her face. "Umm… how does that even relate to A.I.M. Theory?"
"How does it- Omg, Eli." The young adult pouted in an exasperated way at her student who tilted his head to the side in confusion, "Is this really that hard? You're like… in the middle of your second year and you still don't know what this is?!"
Eli squinted his eyes in his chair that he pulled out from one of the desks so he could be closer to the screen in the front of the classroom, "I know it's a molec- no – an atom." He corrected himself, and his pupils started moving up and down as they followed the orbs racing around the atom "And I know those are-" Ariel got a hopeful look on her face as it looked like he was finally going to say 'electrons', but her hope disappeared fast when he shook his head with a sorry look on his face, "I actually have no idea what those little glowing things are…" He said stupidly, having tried his best to remember it.
Ariel sighed out sadly, as he was the only student she had ever taught that was so… bad at everything. Is there anything he's good at? "I'm good at math." Ariel looked at Eli who must've read her mind from where she stood with a deadpan look on her face, but what Eli said next in a hesitant voice made her frown, "But Ariel…" His expression was dark, and he bit his lip before continuing, "That stuff you were talking about earlier, it's been on my mind a lot lately. Even before you mentioned it, actually…" He lowered his gaze to the floor as he said that sadly, but the way he said it sounded like he was more apologizing to Ariel, "Being born into something like that, a person who doesn't even know how to be a person…" He trailed off as he said it, and Ariel shook his head at him as it looked like he might actually draw blood if he bit down any harder.
But Ariel was still confused by his sudden mood swing, Eli's never like this… but… I guess I can see why, "It's over." She said simply, walking away, and sitting down into the chair and opening up her laptop before looking back to her student, "It ended," years ago…though she didn't actually say that to him, but more to herself. As selfish as that may have seemed. And the fact that she was remembering things that happened years ago didn't help one bit.
Eli was leaning against the wall of a broken building with blood streaming down his forehead, one of his stained red hands were raised to his ear as he spoke into it rapidly. The enemy was distracted… but most importantly, he was in her deadzone, and Ariel reached her arm over and turned the lens to the right so it would still be accurate over 6500 meters away. He was just about to move from the destroyed building he was in, but Ariel's ability, Foresight, more then compensated for that. Her middle finger began pulling the trigger as she took a deep breath and aligned his forehead perfectly within the sights.
Bang!
Ariel's eyes widened at the sound of a gunshot. She spun to Eli to make sure he was okay… only to see he was perfectly fine. And the realization that it was her who pulled the trigger was a painful reminder. I broke the only rule I made for myself that day. She thought, looking up to the ceiling with regretful, hollow eyes, The only rule that still made me believe I was… human. She turned away from the laptop she was browsing on and looked at Eli who had moved closer to the window and was staring out into the rainy sky from the third story just like how he was earlier in class. He didn't notice or see that her eyes were looking for a specific spot just above his right eye, I'm glad… She thought, I didn't leave a scar.
Ariel regretted those violent parts of her life most of all. And suddenly, all those things she kept telling herself so she didn't feel as guilty came tumbling down into a heap of burning trash. But even still… I'm thankful. It was because of the same boy she shot that day that she was able to live a normal life... and now she could make things better for everyone by teaching the next generation. It was because of him… That he's still alive. So, thanks for that, Eli…
About twenty minutes later detention was over. For the remainder of the time his teacher was busy typing away at her laptop, likely grading papers or projects or something, while Eli… well… he did what he always did when he didn't want to think about anything, he had steered his focus onto looking out into the city that housed some 2.3 million people. But it didn't work to calm him down one bit… it… just made him even more moody.
But all good things must come to an end, and as strange as it may have sounded, detention was no exception. Eli packed up what little things he had, his red hoodie and black backpack, and said good bye to Ariel with a wave who told him to have a great summer break. Totally forgot, he thought, as he started walking away from the classroom after he closed the sliding door, It's July 21st, maybe after today's work I can actually get a good night's sleep in real quick. He smiled at the thought, but it wiped away fast like water off a duck's back in a second, I can't stop. I can't ever stop. All this extra time just allows me to bring more pressure. Don't stop for a second. Devote yourself to putting an end to this place. Don't allow them to feel safe just because it's break for all the kids. I can't let them continue this madness in the name of… science.
Eli frowned as he turned right into the stairwell. He was on the third floor, but the stairs weren't that great in length, so it shouldn't take him to long to reach the first floor, you can't forget that. He told himself, feeling a sharp pain in his left arm which made him wince to think about. He passed other students on the stairwell who must've stayed after school for reasons other than detention. It was common for students to take up remedial lessons or after school activities, and it was also common for them to crowd around the stairs around five pm, as that was when most extra-curricular activities ended. But there was just one thing that wasn't common, and that one thing sent hundreds of red flags to Eli. Everyone usually gets loud and annoying as hell whenever I show up. Why aren't they saying anything? What's with those looks on their faces and why isn't Ellie- Where is Ellie actually - wait- Where the fuck is Ellie?!
Eli froze in the middle of the stairwell he was walking down, and anyone who wasn't already focused on him was now. No one spoke even a single word to who was probably the most intense second year- No, scratch that- Eli was probably the most intimidating student at Radeon. The only people who didn't treat him like so were the classmates who knew him for the past couple of months, and even they were nervous and scared of him at first.
He darted a friendly look to everyone there, which dismantled the entirety of the fear factor that was basically smoking off of him, he asked in a concerned tone, like he was looking for his long-lost puppy, "Have you guys seen Ellie?" That was all Eli wanted to know. I know it's raining out there, Eli admitted to himself, closely watching the jumpy expression belonging to the captain of the Swimming Club, And I know Ellie and her team can't swim in the rain… but she wouldn't go home when she could still do indoor activities with the rest of the swimming club. So why isn't she here right now? I mean… she could've just gone home, (she was pretty mad at me earlier) but still… Knowing Ellie, she'd probably think going home would basically be her showing weakness. And Alpha personalities like her don't like showing weakness. Man… I'm probably worried for nothing here. Eli felt like he was barking up the wrong tree, as he didn't really care more for Ellie then he did everyone else. But what was weird here was that he didn't think Ellie would give up the chance to have another 'deep discussion' on what science really was and how – yes, Eli - it was very much scientific for people to teleport because they strongly believed that they could.
To put it in simpler terms, Ellie was an annoying little girl Eli would be happy not having in his life, and the sudden disappearance of said annoying little girl was something Eli just couldn't take at face value without definitive proof.
"Uh…" Eli's senpai stuttered for a bit, before he reaffirmed himself and went over what to say in his head before he spoke. This was his first time meeting Eli in person – not counting the random times where Ellie and the rest of her classmates were seen together every now and then - and for Eli to come straight up to him in the middle of a staircase and ask where Ellie was? That was a shocker for the boy with a blue swimming cap over his head, "Right." He said with a nod, chopping his own hand as he recalled the events an hour prior.
"It was raining, but Ellie still wanted to participate in our indoor activities despite the fact they were completely optional due to the misfortune it would be dangerous to use the pools during a thunderstorm. Of course, I am not one to deter a fellow student eager to participate in our clean-up for the upcoming break, so, we got to work on indoor club activities," I'm sensing a 'but' coming up here, Eli thought with a frown, though he kept that to himself as he listened with half attention to the strangely serious captain. Eli did notice that the rest of the Swimming Club members were nodding along as their captain recalled the story, "But unfortunately, Ellie saw out the window, a little boy drenched and soaked and standing in the rain right outside of the school gates. Ellie said she wanted to go help him-"
"And she ran out into the rain to go do just that, right?" Eli asked, pretty much knowing the rest as he himself knew Ellie well too, "And she wanted to help the kid find his way home too, I'm guessing?"
"Pretty much," One of the other Swimming Club members with short blue hair shrugged in positive. Eli looked to the boy who said that and nodded at him as they were on the same page. The way they acted suggested that, even though this was their first-time meeting, they both were friends already through Ellie, "And she texted us that she's just going to head on home after she helps him."
"Correct, Alphonse." The Swimming Captain in the blue swimming cap confirmed Alphonse's story, "Your classmate is fine, Eli." He said, giving a thumbs up before getting a confused look as he received the glare Alphonse started sending his way for adding crap on for nothing..
"Seriously dude? 'Correct, Alphonse'… is he for real here, Courtney?"
"I don't know, Alf… I think he is though-"
"You guys do know I'm standing right here, right?"
Eli frowned as he watched the Swimming Club start socializing with each other again. Ellie's stupid like that… and, I'm horrible for wanting something bad to happen to her, even if it would speed things up a bit… Helping some random person sounded like something Ellie would do anyways, so he wasn't worried in the least, because he didn't think his enemy would bring other people into this, normal people, at least. He started walking back down with a frown still plastered onto his face though. Seeing Ellie magically disappear like that did give him a scare, and the fact that he was scared for her in the first place annoyed him even more.
"It's over now, Eli."
"It ended-" years ago...
Ariel's words made a cruel smile tug at his lips as he pushed open the entrance door and stepped out of the school and out onto the rain, marking the last time he would be in that school for a while. But he wasn't thinking things a normal teenager should have, and he wasn't happy school was finally out either, Because I still haven't killed all of them yet, Ariel… but I don't want you to know that…. Because… then I'd be taking your smile away.
And that was all Eli cared about at the end of the day. Seeing other people smile made him smile, that was who he really was at heart, and to make a world where everyone could smile… that… that was his dream. That was the only thing he would kill for.
And that was what he was going to kill for.
END
A/N: Woah, it got dark there at the end. Our boy Kamijou Touma won't be making an appearance for now, but don't worry, our protagonist is still the best protagonist... mostly. So don't let me trick you into thinking this Eli kid is important or anything.
What did you guys think?
Like I said, this is my first story on Fanfiction, so I don't really know much. I do see people asking their readers what they thought though, so what do you guys think?
Oh yeah, try not to spoil anything in the Light Novels, I've only read the first one and watched the anime up to the part where Kamijou meets that magic devil girl with the tail. (Hopefully she doesnt magically fall in love with him too...)
Anywho, I hope you all have a Great Early Christmas! I've already begun work on the next chapter, but I always feel so insignificant whenever I read another persons Toaru fanfic... like how do I reach the level of awesomeness that they all have?!