The next day, Misaka saw Touma passing by their usual vending machine after school. She ran up behind him to tease him.

"Don't let it eat your bill." She whispered into his ear.

The boy, who was clearly not suspecting it, jumped back and instinctively held out his right hand. He was relieved to see that it was just Misaka.

"Ah, Biri-Biri, you shouldn't scare me like that." He said with a scowl on his face, it quickly turned into a grin. Touma wasn't the type to stay angry for long. As he continued to make his purchase, Misaka got a good look at the boy. He seemed to be completely healed, he wasn't even using his crutches to walk. This worried her, she wanted to make sure that he was completely healed.

"So, Touma, are you all done healing?"

The boy looked at her and smiled, " Heh, yeah, I'm a pretty fast healer."

He completed his purchase and took his drink out of the machine. Misaka's eyes widened when he took out a second one and tossed it to her.

He smiled at her, "Have a good day, Biri-Biri."

He started to walk away and head toward his dorm, when he heard a voice behind him.

"W-Wait… would you like to sit down…" She stuttered. She didn't know why, but she didn't want him to leave yet.

He turned around to see a blushing Misaka. He knew that he had to hurry home and start cooking, or else Index was going to bite him.

"Eh, It can't hurt to spare a few minutes…"

"Sure."

The pair sat down at a bench in the middle of the park. An autumn breeze blew through the air, the sun was starting to set in the horizon. As soon as Touma made it to the bench he sat down and closed his eyes. Misaka sat next to him and looked at him. His head was tilted up towards the sky and his eyes were closed. She looked closer and saw dark bags under his eyes.

"He's tired…"

Misaka sat at the bench and enjoyed the beverage that the had given her. After a while it was evident that Touma had fallen asleep. She decided not to wake him up, he looked so peaceful and she guessed that he needed the sleep.

After about an hour, Misaka gently shook Touma awake. He immediately woke up in a panic.

"Misaka, What time is it!"

"Uh… 8:30."

The boy's eyes widened, "Misaka, I'm sorry, I have to go."

He started to run away, but stopped and turned around with a smile.

"Thanks for letting me sleep, I needed it." He then sprinted to his dorm.

Misaka just stared at the dust trail that he had left behind, speechless.

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"Touma! I want to go to the underground mall!"

"Index, I know that's where we are heading right now, stop yelling please."

The day after his encounter with Misaka, Touma was taking a trip to the underground mall with Index. After his nap incident, he ended up getting to his dorm late and Index punished him severely for it. She made him promise that he would take her to the underground mall, so that is what they were doing today.

When they first entered the underground mall, it looked unusually empty, but they passed this off as just a coincidence. As they continued to walk through it they still didn't see anyone, until they heard a voice from behind them.

"Hey! You two, why haven't you evacuated yet?!"

"Evacuate?"

"Yeah, I've been telling everyone to evacuate telepathically."

"My right hand must be canceling it."

"Why isn't it working for you?" Said the girl, clearly trying to talk to him telepathically, "Nevermind, you two have to get out of here."

"Why?" Asked a curious Index.

" There was a terrorist threat made to this mall."

Touma's eyes widened.

"That wouldn't make sense, everyone is already out… unless…"

"Index! You have to get out of here, I think that they are after you!"

Index realized that Touma was right, and the two of them rushed towards the exit. But before they could get out, the wall caved in at the entrance, blocking their escape. They looked at each other, Touma saw a look of panic on Index's face. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, they heard footsteps rapidly approaching them.

"Index, get back, we can't let them get to you." Touma said as he got in front of Index in a protective stance. He felt a pair of hands on his shoulders, it was Index.

"Touma, whoever is coming for me must have a magic background. You are a rookie when it comes to magic, let me protect you."

They argued over who needed to protect who, until the footsteps got really near. Then, at the same time, both Touma and Index tried to protect each other, but tripped each other up. They both fell, with Touma landing first and Index landing on his back. Their feelings of anger towards each other quickly turned to fear as the footsteps got closer and closer. While on the ground Touma tried to see what kind of enemy they were dealing with, he soon saw that there were two outlines running toward them. As they got closer he saw that it was the outlines of two girls.

Soon Misaka and Kuroko ran up to the fallen Touma and Index. Misaka's eyes widened when she saw Touma on the ground… under a girl?!

"What is this idiot doing here?!"

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Authors Note:

Here it is, the third chapter. This one took longer than usual because of the numerous comments that I got on my last chapter saying to make the chapter longer or to add more detail. This chapter is a bit longer, but not by much. I get writer's block often, so I decided to split the rock giant part into two chapters. Before you leave a review telling me this, yes, I know that this isn't how the story goes, but I'm just changing it a bit. I'm not really sure when the next update will be, to be honest, I like to write short chapters and I get the feeling that the Index/Railgun fanbase on this website prefer longer chapters. I'm not at all canceling the series, just slowing it down.

See you next Chapter-Gabriel