Sorry about the delay but I was working on this and the next two chapters since there will be only two chapters left of the the Misaki Golden days arc. I have read the reviews and thank you all for your feedback it means alot. I hope you enjoy.
Study 'Date'
August 30
After the whole debacle with Kumokawa, Misaki decided that it would be best if she kept a closer eye on her Prince. This wasn't because she didn't trust him however it was because she did not trust that old hag not to corrupt him, and she was right the old hag would always appear out of seemingly nowhere whenever Misaki had left eventually Misaki even began to think that her esper ability was teleportation because of the sheer amount of times in which she would appear. After a few days of keeping an eye on her prince however she came upon him at a certain library, she noticed that he was attempting to study a book that had to do with Personal Realities but the volume that he was reading was the first volume while she was on the 12th. She knew that the school that he went to was behind Tokiwadai's curriculum, but she couldn't believe how far it actually was. So she decided to investigate.
"Hey Touma what are you doing here?" Misaki asked while trying to act casual.
"Hey Misaki what are you doing here?"
"Oh I just came here to….borrow a book yeah," Misaki said lying through her teeth.
"Doesn't Tokiwadai have its own library that's better stocked than this one?"
"Well it does but, it didn't have the book that I was looking for."
"What book is that."
"It's the…," Misaki said while scanning the room for a book that seemed uncommon.
"That one yeah" Misaki was pointing to the Book how to win friends and influence people at the top of the shelf but due to the angle from which Touma was sitting as he interpreted it as another book.
"Really. I guess they wouldn't have a book like that at Tokiwadai" Touma said while reaching for the book. He handed the book over to her and to her surprise he gave her the book. 'Gekota meets Pyonko first edition'. Misaki's initial reaction was one of pure shock her jaw practically hit the floor as she was handed this book. At first, she wanted to deny any insinuation that she was interested in anything so childish however after much deliberation inside of her head she decided that this would be the best cover however humiliating it might be.
"So like I was saying what are you doing here?" Misaki said while trying to keep her composure.
"Oh I was just studying for the High school entrance exams I'm basically good in every other subject except when it comes to Personal realities I can never really grasp the concept."
"Well that's probably more your teacher's fault then your own, you could probably better understand the concept if your teacher decided to dedicate more to teaching you all individually rather than the usual lectures as the sole means to relay the information"
"Is that what they do in Tokiwadai?"
"Not really they expect us to research the subjects we are learning on our own time and instead use the class to review what everyone had learned and to discuss any questions we still might have."
"So are you also reviewing Personal Realities in Tokiwadai" Touma said while pointing to the book that he was reading
Not wanting to make Touma feel bad Misaki lied and said that she was on the 6th volume of the Personal Realities' volume which immediately set Touma into a deep depression.
"Well there goes all my self-confidence, not that there was much left to begin with"
"Hey don't feel too bad remember I am the Great Shokuhou Misaki the Queen of Tokiwadai level 5, of course, we would be on different learning levels," Misaki said while trying to cheer Touma up but not realizing that she was sounding very condescending in the process.
"Yeah I feel so much better" Touma replied sarcastically.
"In any case why don't I tutor you" Misaki suggested.
"Actually I originally planned on asking Kumokawa-senpai for her help, but she shot me down saying she was busy with work so that's why I'm here, are you sure you want to tutor me?"
Misaki was shocked at hearing this the old hag had turned her Prince down. She had to be planning something that old hag never makes a move without thinking steps ahead. Maybe that old hag knew that Misaki was going to offer to tutor Touma and was planning to make a surprise appearance and show Misaki up.
"Yes but on one condition"
"Yeah I kinda saw that one coming, so what's the condition?" Touma asked.
"You have to come study at my dorm"
"EHHHHHH are you joking"
"Not one bit, my dorm has all the necessary equipment that we would need to properly teach you about personal realities."
"Yeah but it's an all-girls dorm as in no boys allowed." Touma protested.
"Oh stop being overdramatic, we both know that I'm more than capable of using my powers of getting us in and out of the dormitories without anyone being any the wiser and besides I trust you not to do anything… That would bring shame upon your family."
"Of course I wouldn't!"
"See we have nothing to worry about so let's get going"
"Fine just let me check this book out"
"No need I still have that edition from elementary school"
That comment left Touma feeling even more like an idiot.
As the two were about to leave the library Touma turned to Misaki and remind her why she was here in the first place.
"Hey didn't you say that you were here to get that book"
"Oh…. yeah, but I forgot my wallet just my luck," Misaki said trying to act coy and hoping that Touma would let the entire thing go.
"Oh that's too bad, Oh I know," Touma said while grabbing the book from Misaki's hands and heading to the front and talking with the librarian.
When Touma returned he was holding the book in his hands and had the face of someone that had just wasted their life saving on beanie babies only to realize that they were worthless.
"What was that" Misaki asked
"I just wanted to buy the book for you as a thank you for helping me study only to realize that… Nevermind" Touma said while handing the book to Misaki.
"You got this for me," Misaki said while examining the book. She was extremely happy that Touma got her a gift but had mixed emotions about the nature of the gift she had received.
"Yeah, you said that you wanted it and when I asked the lady upfront she said that was the only copy they had and that she couldn't guarantee that it would be here if you came back."
(They played him, they probably charged him double what this was actually worth, and he went along with it because he's over-trusting) Misaki thought to herself.
"Well thank you it means a lot let's get going," Misaki said while grabbing Touma by the arm and leading him out of the building. But before she exited the building she reached into her remote and pointed it at the librarian and fired. As they were walking out Misaki noticed someone who was walking inside the very library that they just exited. It was a female, but she was wearing a brown trench coat with a fedora to match but it couldn't hide the purple curls of her hair.
"Junko?" Misaki asked the stranger.
A moment passed before either of them spoke.
"My Queen, what are you doing here?" Junko asked while internally panicking on the inside.
"I was here on business, more importantly, what are you doing here"
"Well, I heard a rumor that this library had a certain book for sale and I just wanted to confirm whether it was true" Junko admitted.
"So why are you dressed like some 1960s detective" Touma asked.
Junko was surprised at this as she did not notice the boy until he spoke and what's more, he had her Queen holding onto his arm.
"Um, who might you be?"
"I'm Kamijou Touma and if you don't mind who are you?"
"I'm Hokaze Junko pleasure to meet you," Junko said while extending her arm out to shake his hand.
"Likewise" Touma replied while shaking her hand.
(What the heck just happened) Misaki thought to herself.
"Well I'm glad you two can be acquainted but that still doesn't answer my question," Misaki said sternly while glaring at Junko who was still shaking her Prince's hand. After sensing her glare Junko immediately let go of Touma's hand and hoped backward a bit as she could feel the danger.
"Well you see my Queen there are some people who are also after this particular book, people who I rather not run into"
"Who exactly are you talking about," Misaki asked
"Well my Queen the only reason I was able to learn about this book was because of an internet forum about rare books in the area the forum didn't say which library or bookstore had the book in question, so I decided to investigate it first hand. As you know some rare book hunters are also on the prowl for this book but there is one in particular that I rather avoid." Junko said.
"Who is this person you speak of?" Misaki demanded.
"My Queen it's the only other person I know that is as big or bigger of a fan of Gekota than me. It's the Railgun, Tokiwadai's Ace."
After hearing this Misaki's face immediately turned into one that seemed to be a mixture of annoyance and anger.
"Who?" Touma asked.
"You haven't heard of the Ace of Tokiwadai" This shocked Junko as she thought everybody knew who she was.
"Of course he hasn't heard anything about that barbaric little runt" Misaki spat out.
"Who's this Railgun you guys are talking about and why should I know who she is?" Touma asked.
"She's the third-ranked level 5 esper in academy city" Junko replied in a matter of fact tone.
"Wait if she's third-ranked doesn't that mean that she's above you Misaki?" Touma asked Misaki.
"Of course not that brute is nothing but a ball of trouble and while she may be higher ranked than me, it's just because her ability makes her a walking cannon. Besides I'm obviously above her in a social hierarchy of ways I have an entire clique while she's just a lone wolf type who only hangs out with some weird elementary kid" Misaki said flustered at the implication that Touma had just made.
"So you guys aren't friends?"
"Of course we aren't! Why would we be we're like fire and water, were polar opposites"
"Why not what could this kid possibly have done to you that would make you hate them like this. It's not like you"
These words resonated deeply within Misaki since she realized that she looked like the bad guy in the eyes of her Prince. She would have to tell him the truth in order for him to understand where she was coming from.
"Fine if you must know I didn't start off hating that brat, in fact, I felt indifferent when she started to enroll in Tokiwadai with me even though before her I was the only level 5 there. But one day I got curious and wanted to take a peek inside that mind of hers to see what kind of person she really was. So I decided to use my Mental out on her and to my surprise, it backfired apparently she has an electromagnetic shield around her at all times and so since my ability uses bioelectricity to start off a connection it didn't work. And in response to this, she immediately shocked me unconscious. It was the first time that I had ever been so humiliated in my life. So there that why I don't like that savage, if she would ask before attacking I would have told her my motivations for using my gift on her but, instead I got a trip to the nurse's office. Do you feel good ripping these secrets from a pure maiden's heart"!
"From what you're telling me it sounds like you kinda should have seen that coming" Touma replied.
"EHH," both Misaki and Junko said as both of them were in shock from learning that's what he took away from the story.
"And how is it my fault, Touma!?" Misaki said why staring daggers at Touma.
"I didn't say it was your fault I only said that you should have obviously seen it coming. From what you told me this Railgun was just minding her own business when suddenly she gets the impression that she's being mentally attacked. She probably didn't even mean to zap you, she probably just did it off of reflex" Touma explained.
"Well that still doesn't give her the right to zap me and leave me unconscious in the hallways"
"Actually my Queen it was the Railgun who brought you to the nurse's office, to begin with, I didn't know about the ordeal until you arrived at the nurse's office" Junko explained.
"See she probably felt bad for zapping you and was worried that you might have been hurt, have you actually talked to her after that or have you just been avoiding her and watching her from a distance"
"Well even if I were to look over that incident that still doesn't change the fact that we're polar opposites, and we would never work out as friends"
"You don't know that, that's just an illusion you put on yourself because you never actually talked to her you always try to take the easy way out when meeting people by reading their minds to see who they are and because of that you've grown to distrust people who you could not actually read and never actually try to do things the regular way of just talking with her I'm sure that if you guys started to talk with each other that you would find some common ground with each other and you would become fast friends because that's the kind of person you are."
Misaki was immediately caught off guard with what Touma had said he perfectly found the reason as to why she didn't like Misaka, and he told her like it was an obvious fact.
"Well thank you for the compliment Touma and I will take that under consideration," Misaki said while blushing.
"If you don't mind. Can I see if they have the book in question?" Junko asked with her eyes pleading for leniency.
"All right go on."
"Thank you so much, my Queen, I shouldn't be more than a minute"
Junko then rushed inside of the library like a bullet.
"So are we gonna wait for her?" Touma asked
"Yes, it would be easier to access the dorms with more people helping us" Misaki replied.
"So you weren't kidding when you said that people actually called you Queen huh"
"Of course not what do you take me for a liar"
"No not so much of a liar, just as someone who might exaggerate the truth "
"So what I'm upgraded to the girl who cried wolf"
"I guess so Goldie locks" Touma teased
"So it seems as though you don't need my help after all" Misaki rebutted as she turned her back from Touma.
"No, I'm sorry oh benevolent Queen-sama please accept this poor Kamijou's apology" Touma replied teasing Misaki as he bowed his head to her as onlookers began to notice. At the sight of this Misaki immediately started to turn red since she never heard Touma call her Queen and the fact that she was begging to draw a crowd. So she immediately grabbed her remote from her bag and used it to make all the onlookers ignore them and to forget everything that they had just seen.
"Alright you are forgiven"
After this, they heard a scream from inside of the Library and then a downtrodden looking Junko exited the building.
"Junko what happened?"
It took a moment for Junko to respond as she looked at the ground with an expression that looked like she just lost the game-winning throw and let her entire team down.
"Oh... my Queen I'm sorry I'm just a little upset, that's all"
"We can see that, so what happened?" Touma asked
"Well you see when I entered the library I went to the front desk to talk to the head librarian to see if they had the book available but the librarian only mocked me by clucking like a chicken for no apparent reason"
Misaki's face grew pale as she could see Touma's eyes immediately lock onto her.
"So after that, I went to the assistant Librarian and asked them, and they told me that they did have the book but someone had already bought it a few minutes prior to me arriving, So I guess the other lady was just making fun of me for being too late. The early bird gets the worm and the one that's a few minutes late gets their dreams crushed" Junko lamented.
"I'm so sorry to hear that," Touma said trying to cheer up the now depressed Junko.
"Don't be it's not like it's your fault" Junko tried to reassure the boy.
"By the way what book were you talking about any way it would have to be something special to get both you and the Railgun so interested in it," Misaki questioned.
"The book is called 'Gekota meets Pyonko' but what makes it so special is that it's the first edition and it was signed by the creator of Gekota himself," Junko answered.
Touma and Misaki immediately looked at each other and knew that they were the reason why this poor girl was suffering.
"Is this the book you're talking about?" Misaki said while removing the book from her bag to present to Junko for appraisal.
"OH MY GOD!" Junko screamed as she lunged forward towards Misaki
"How did you get that my Queen?" Junko asked.
"Well you see, Misaki here said that she came to this library to come to get that book, but she didn't have any money on her to buy it, so I gave it to her as a gift I guess since we played the pronoun game neither of us knew what book the other was talking about" Touma explained.
"But that doesn't make any sense the Queen never liked Gekota nor was she even aware of the certain subforums talking about the book, to begin with" Junko questioned.
"Well I guess she was aware of them since that's how we both met in the library in the first place," Touma said as both Junko and Touma turned their heads at the now pale face Misaki internally screaming as her whole world just came crumbling down.
"Well you see I wasn't aware of the subforums you were talking about... I just happened to hear it in passing from a friend" Misaki said praying that they both would accept this as the truth.
"Really can you tell me this friend of yours name it would be so much fun to have someone to talk about Gekota with," Junko said while innocently gazing at Misaki.
"Well, you see…. She's called Mitori yeah".
"Mitori I don't recall knowing any lady by the name in our clique my Queen?" Junko questioned.
"Oh that, because she's someone I know from the research lab I'm a part of," Misaki, said
"Okay, but why did you want to buy the book it never seemed like you were that interested in Gekota before?"
"Well I guess you can say that he grew on me"
"That's wonderful my Queen I knew that you were a benevolent goddess before but now I don't even think the Japanese language has the words to describe how amazing you are," Junko said as her eyes beamed at her Queen.
"Well, you know me," Misaki said why turning her head from Junko as the beaming rays of joy were blinding her.
(Note to self erase all of Junko's memories of this day)
Tokiwadai Dorms
As the trio walked towards the Tokiwadai dorm building they all came up with a plan. Junko would enter the building first to alert the rest of the clique of the plan leaving out the part that she was bringing a boy into the room then once the halls were clear Junko would text Misaki to enter the building and then it would be a straight shot into the building and a one way ticket to Misaki's Dorm room and the plan worked out well a bit to well enough so that Touma was on edge ever since he stepped foot inside Misaki's bedroom he knew that any minute from now that something would go wrong. Something always goes wrong.
"Is something the matter Touma?" Misaki asked
"Nothing it's just…. Your room looks nice".
"Thank you I decorated it myself or I should I say I got the interior designers to do it for me."
"Geez I knew you guys were rich but this dorm puts my apartment to shame those sheets over probably cost more than my entire allowance."
"Don't be so over dramatic the sheets only cost 30,000 yen"
Touma was taken aback by this as he felt as though an arrow had shot him directly towards pride. Her sheets alone almost covered the cost of his allowance.
"Touma?"
"It's nothing let's get started"
The two studied for hours with Misaki going over the basics of AIM field principles with Touma and explaining to him step by step how personal realities were unique to every individual. And after finishing the essential materials for Volumes one through two Misaki was confident that Touma would pass his High School entrance exam.
"And that's where we'll call it a day Misaki-sensei"
"See I told you all you needed was a better work environment and you would thrive"
"You know you're right I learned a lot today and I gotta say I was kinda worried that something bad was going to happen like someone busting through the closet with a camera or something"
"You worry too much Touma I told you that I had everything covered"
"Yeah, I guess my luck is turning around after," Touma said but was cut off by an abrupt knocking at the door. Knocking was putting it lightly it was more like someone was trying to bust the entire door down.
"Who's that?" Touma asks while his face turned pale
"Don't worry it's probably just Junko trying to see what's taking us so…"Misaki said until she was interrupted by the phone vibrating. It was a text from Junko it read.
'I'm not the one at the Door.'
This immediately sent Misaki heart into overdrive trying to figure out who it could be until she received another text from Junko.
'It's the Dorm Manager!'
This four-word text immediately made Misaki hysterical shaking her whole body which was not helped by the fact that the person at the other end of the door began to speak.
"Miss Shokuhou would you please kindly open the door I would like to speak to you about an anonymous phone call I received saying that you invited a boy into your room" The Dorm manager's voice sounded calm at the surface but you would feel the malevolent aura emanating from each word she spoke.
This sent Misaki into a deep fit of hysteria as she could not believe what was happening before her very eyes her entire world started to crumble right beneath her that was until she received another text message this time from an Unknown number it had only one word but Misaki knew exactly who sent this. It read.
'Enjoy'
(That old hag this was probably her plan all along she knew that I would take Touma to my dorm, and she planned to call the dorm manager on us. She probably thinks that if I get in trouble for bringing Touma to my dorm that Touma would avoid me as to not hurt me anymore or worse that he would be expelled and be forced to leave academy city. That no good rotten old hag I won't let her get away with this! Think Misaki think! There has to be some way out of this mess there has to be) Misaki thought to herself while thoroughly examining her room to see any possible means of escape, and then she finally saw her answer the window.
"You have to jump" Misaki declared to Touma while trying to keep her voice down.
"Wha-What do you mean I have to jump were on the second floor."
"I know but directly below my window is the gardening club's Flower bush, so it should cushion your fall"
"Knowing my luck it would probably be their rose bush" Touma lamented.
"Better than whatever she has planned for us if we get caught. So get going I know you can do this" Misaki said while nodding at which Touma replied with a thumbs up as he prepared to make the ultimate assassins creed dive into the bushes below.
Just as Touma jumped out of the window the dorm manager let herself in with the master key to all the dorm rooms.
"Why hello there miss Shokuhou why ever did you not open the door for." The dorm manager said while releasing enough dark aura to make even the hardest of individual crack under its sheer pressure.
Then she looked at Shokuhou and saw that she had headphones on and was reading a book.
Misaki then turned and saw the dorm manager in awe as she was 'surprised' that she was here.
"Why hello there miss Dorm Manager whatever are you doing here for," Misaki said while smiling trying to play innocent.
"Well it seems that you didn't hear me earlier, so I will repeat myself once again I came here because of an anonymous call that I received saying that you had brought a boy into your room"
"Well as you can see there are no boys here in my dorm and besides why would I do something as reprehensible as bring a boy over to my dorm not only is that against school rules but it is also not ladylike and unbefitting of Tokiwadai wouldn't you agree" Misaki said why continuing on with her ruse.
"I couldn't agree more anyone who would bring a boy into their dorm room would be harshly punished for that offense and could even face expulsion as a result." Said the Dorm Manager in a strict tone while scanning the room for any discrepancies in her story.
"Well I appreciate you doing your due diligence my dear Dorm Manager but I must do my own due Diligence as a student of Tokiwadai and study so if you don't mind I will get back to it," Said Misaki while opening the book to cover her face.
"Alright then. Just one more thing miss Shokuhou".
"Yes"
"Why is it that you are reading the first volume of that book when you are currently studying the 12th volume at school.
It was lucky that Misaki had the book cover her face at the time for she was sweating bullets after that last comment.
After Touma had landed on the rosebush and not only miraculously survive but also came out of it unscathed as the gardening club has always made sure to cut all the thorns from the rose bushes. Just as Touma was about to make his great escape he saw the end of his journey it was a group of what seemed to be a scientist accompanied by a young girl with short brown hair. At first Touma believed all was lost until he was his chance it was a large cart it had a design on it that said Railgun radar the cart seemed big enough to hold a person inside so without a second thought Touma jumped inside of the unknown cart and prayed to every god that he knew that they would not check the cart. And his prayers were answered they did not check the cart, however, Touma did hear the wheels of the cart begin to make a sound, and he felt something move. They were pushing the cart.
After a few minutes of internally panicking Touma did the reasonable thing and turned off his phone because if it were to go off in a situation like this it would all be over. Touma went over all the times Aogami said that he experienced a similar experience instead, in his case he ended up getting caught and nearly stoned to death with soap bars in the girl's locker room. When the cart finally stopped moving 10 minutes had already passed by he had no idea where they could even be by now. Then Touma's heart began to sink as he began to feel the cart tilt and eventually flip over completely. After Touma was dumped out of the cart Touma began to attempt to get a better grasp of his surroundings when he heard a hatch above him seemingly close upon further inspection of the area it seemed to be a type of bomb shelter of some kind with surrounded with what seemed to be sensors. Originally Touma thought that he was in a laundry cart of some sorts but now that he thought about it he didn't actually feel any clothing inside the cart that is when he realized that he was covered in what seemed to be like black dots which immediately started to glow light red as they all left his body and scattered all around the room from the roof to the very corners of the room that is when he realized that the entire bomb shelter was covered in these strange black dots that's when he heard talking from the outside of the bomb shelter.
"So do you understand what you have to do Miss Railgun?"
"Yeah I have to shoot my Railgun at full power at that abandoned bomb shelter but I don't see how that is going to help me at all?" The young girl replied.
"That's why we brought over 20,000 miniature Radar dots to read and calculate the exact strength and speed of your railgun with this we can finally precisely read your railguns exact destructive output and determine its exact speed to the very last kilometer, besides if we didn't use this we would have to use your school's pool to conduct these experiments."
"Okay, I guess. Nothing bad is gonna happen right, the whole bomb shelter isn't going to become a giant bomb right"
"Don't worry we made sure that the bomb shelter was completely secure from both the inside and out nothing can come in or go out without realizing a force equivalent to 2.7 million Newtons of force just remember to aim for the door"
But before Touma could even let out a shout they were already too far away for them to hear him.
"HEY! LET ME OUT OF HERE" Touma shouted as he kicked the door to the bomb shelter in vain.
"STOP! SOMEONE'S STILL HERE!
Touma then tried to check everywhere around the bomb shelter to find some means of escape if he really was going to get with something not only strong enough to break the door down with but also strong enough to take out the entire shelter he did not want to stick around to see it. Eventually, Touma's effort proved to be useless as he could not find a single opening save for the few makeshift air holes the scientist made to account for a change in wind pressure that is when Touma had one last idea in order to make it out of this situation alive.
He would have to counter the railgun since if he negated it the force of the door flying into him would still end his life on impact. It seemed impossible for anybody to do, not only could Touma not see from the outside of the door but also if it really was a railgun then it would have to be moving faster than the speed of sound. That is why he pulled out his phone and turned it back on to see that he had one message from Misaki.
'Hey, I'm sorry about what happened today. Can I come over to see your apartment today it's only fair since you got to see my dorm besides I just realized how much you actually spent on this Gekota book for someone who criticizes me on the amount of money I spend on my sheets spending that much for a book seems like a waste to me. So what do you say.'
Touma looked at this and out of all the things he could have messaged her about, to send help he decided to send her 3 words.
'It's a promise'.
Touma placed both of his hands in front of himself and prepared himself for the inevitable impact he had to be completely focused not only did he have to predict something moving faster than the speed of sound he also had to do it while basically blind. Touma awaited the inevitable boom as his entire life flashed before his eyes from the time when he got stabbed and was sent of to academy city to the time he met his friends from the delta force and the time he met Misaki. He had to keep his promise at all costs.
*BOOOOM!*
As Touma heard this his left hand began to move instinctively it was almost as if it already knew where it was going to hit before it actually made an impact it was just like a sixth sense.
Right when he finished placing his hand over the spot where he thought the railgun was going to hit he made sure not to actually touch the door but to hover above it just then all he saw was bright orange and white light coming through the door. He didn't actually see it hit his hand, but he heard a familiar reverbing sound and another sudden loud.
*BOOOOOOOM!*
When Touma finally opened his eyes he could see the main door to the bomb shelter inches away from his face only to be flung back in the opposite direction at the last second before impact. Touma could feel the heat emanating from the door as it was flung away. And he saw the main door along with his countered railgun fly in the opposite direction n a beam of orange and white light.
At first a huge wave of relief hit Touma as he was glad to be alive followed by a tsunami of panic as he'd just realized that he'd countered a railgun capable of destroying the entire bomb shelter and shot it right back at the unsuspecting person, it wasn't their fault for firing they didn't know he was in there, to begin with.
Touma ran out of the building and followed the scorched earth path that the railgun he had just countered. When he was he finished he found a young girl with short brown hair lying sprawled on her back along with another woman with a lab coat on lying beside her? Aside from the obvious shock that the two had just received, they seemed to be perfectly fine upon closer inspection however he realized that he was at the park only a few minutes away from the Tokiwadai main school building.
After seeing the young girl start to regain her senses Touma decided that it would be best if he just left. After all, everyone was okay in the end, so he decided to run towards the exit of this hellscape that he'd just experience.
"Hey miss," said the young girl with short brown hair
"Yes miss Railgun," said the researcher weakly
"I think we should stick with the pool from now on"
"I agree" after this event the researcher never again suggested practicing using the Railguns power except inside of the pool area even if there would be less data there would be more chance of survival that way.
Touma's Dorm
After Touma finally got out of Tokiwadai's school grounds he didn't find it any easier getting his way back home he had broken his train card when he was dumped out into the bomb shelter. It took Touma over two hours to make it to his apartment. When Touma made it back to his apartment building he was greeted by Misaki who was waiting for him at the front entrance.
"It took you long enough I was starting to get the feeling that you had forgotten about me," Misaki said while puffing her cheeks out.
Touma took one look at this and smiled. He then raised his hand and patted Misaki on the head gently.
"WHA WHA WHAT was that for" Misaki spat out as she was completely crimson.
"How could I ever forget someone like you, besides I made a promise didn't I and I'll always keep my word no matter what," Touma said while still patting Misaki on the head.
"In any case, you can stop now I'm not some pet that needs your constant approval you know!" Misaki shouted frantically grabbing Touma's hand to stop him.
After that, the two went up to the 7th floor to Touma's apartment.
"Welcome to this Kamijou's place of residence milady," Touma said teasingly while opening the door a motioning Misaki inside.
When Touma looked over at Misaki he saw her sizing up his apartment looking everywhere as if trying to find something incriminating on him or something.
"UMM Misaki are you okay?"
"Huh, I'm fine. This place is neater than I expected it to be though if I'm going, to be honest given your relationship with luck I would have assumed that this apartment would be like a battlefield full of burn marks and shards of glass everywhere from all the mirrors you accidentally broke only throwing more fuel to the ever-growing fire known as your bad luck."
"Well it's not or at least it isn't any more I try to keep the 'battlefield clean for the most part whenever I accidentally break something I'd just clean it right up I'm not a mongrel you know"
"I know that," Misaki said while blushing"
"So why else did you come here?" Asked Touma
"Think of it as a thank you"
"Huh?"
Two Hours ago.
After Misaki had finally managed to escape the suspicions of the dorm manager she was faced with an even bigger threat it was the fact that her Prince was outside in territory completely unknown to him, and he could still very well be caught. Misaki rushed towards her window and first looked at where her prince had jumped unto for landing. It didn't seem like he died on impact, so he should be fine. She then proceeded to scan the nearby area and could not see anybody resembling the spiky black haired boy, but she only saw her again.
The other level 5 Misaka Mikoto AKA Railgun she had purposely not use her real name in front of Touma out of sheer spite of her she had other reasons as to why she hated Misaka some of which she still couldn't admit even to Touma. Misaka seemed like she was being escorted by a researcher from the school for some reason. Misaki then pulled out her remote and began a connection to the mind of the researcher accompanying Misaka apparently they had made a bomb shelter in the natural park of the Tokiwadai estate and we're going to attempt to further calculate the full extent on the Railguns full power. This really didn't interest Misaki enough, so she broke the connection as soon as she learned what she needed to. Just as Misaki was about to head for the door Junko ran in front of her.
"My Queen you're alive I feared the worst when she decided to come to your room," Junko said while shaking.
"Yes Junko I'm very much alive and very much still upset at that old hag for managing to get the drop on me"
"Old hag?"
"Something you need not concern yourself with Junko it's just something I've been dealing with"
"Does this have something to do with your boyfriend my Queen?" Junko asked
"WHA-What are you talking about Junko!? I'm not dating that boy he's just a friend." Misaki protested why still turning red.
"Really?"
"Yes whatever would make you think something like that" Misaki said while trying to regain her composure.
"Well to be honest it's quite uncommon for a friend to waste such an exorbitant amount of money for a gift for someone."
"Gift, are you still talking about this?" Misaki said while taking the book out of her bag again only to have Junko snatch in out of her hand the second she did.
"You should really be more careful with this my Queen it can be damaged quite easily you know," Junko said calmly but the undertone was one of panic at seeing the way she treated the book.
"Yeah, I guess I should be," Misaki said while rolling her eyes.
"What were you talking about when you mentioned an exorbitant amount of money?" Misaki questioned.
"Well it's not exactly expensive to you or me but for the average person this is quite a lot of money to waste on a gift for a mere friend even if they sold this book at its base value by itself it would still cost 11,000 yen and could even go for 100,000 yen if it went for auction" Junko explained.
"That much!" Misaki spat out as she didn't think that was anywhere near expensive for her but to Touma that was the equivalent of losing an arm and leg. Why would he spend so much just because she told him he wanted it normally if someone was asked to waste so much money just to satiate someone's habit they would say no or just ignore them altogether but not her Prince. Misaki was then racked with guilt over the fact that because of her little white lie it cost him so much but before she could dwell on that feeling for too long Junko snapped her out of it.
"So my Queen you don't have any feelings for that boy whatsoever?"
"Why do you keep asking that didn't I already say-" Misaki started to say.
"I just wanted to make sure that you were following your own advice my Queen"
"What are you talking about?"
"I want you to be happy being you not someone who you think I want you to be" Junko quoted a certain honey blonde Queen.
" I Already know that you weren't really a fan of Gekota since you first showed me that book I only stopped myself from asking about it because I noticed that you weren't lying for my sake but you were lying for the other boy's sake."
"I want you to be happy my Queen and if that boy is able to do that for you then I say you should go for it I know in my heart everyone in the clique would stand behind you myself included in your decision no matter what you decide. So please be happy"
These words brought awareness to Misaki's heart not only was Junko able to tell what she was truly feeling, but she also knew what was keeping her back she then looked over at the book in Junko's hands.
"You can't keep the book Junko"
"WHAT! That's not what this was about my Queen I swear" Junko protested.
"It would be unladylike for me to give away a gift given to me by my Prince that is why I'll ask him myself"
Just then Misaki took out her phone and sent a text to her prince. As she and Junko were leaving the dorms they suddenly hear a loud.
*BOOOOM!*
"What was that!" Junko screamed as she jumped in front of Misaki to protect her from any danger.
"I believe that was a railgun they mentioned that they were going" Misaki explained only to be interrupted by another.
*BOOOOOOOM!*
Just then the two saw another beam of orange and yellow energy fly out into the air only to see something fall away from it. What was it?
Just as that question arose from Misaki's mind the debris fell out of the air and crash-landed only 30 meters away from them into a patch of grass which spewed muck and dirt all over Misaki and Junko's clothes leaving them as if they were statues made of mud.
"This is all her fault"
"Who's my Queen?"
"That Damned Railgun!" Misaki screamed as she cursed The Railgun of Tokiwadai inside of her mind since she was a fair maiden after all.
Current Time.
"Like I was saying I wanted to thank you for buying me this book"
" You don't have to thank me I did it because I wanted to"
"Yes but the price"
"If your worried about the don't be, when the librarian told me how much the book cost I almost fainted due to shock in seeing how much that useless piece of parchment was worth, but once she saw you and realized that I wasn't buying the thing for myself she cut me a deal and made it something that I could actually afford" Touma explained knowing that he was partially lying while it was true that the librarian cut him a deal it was still a lot of money, and he had to use the savings that he was storing in order to buy a Gal game that he wanted.
"Even still I would be remiss if I didn't thank you properly," Misaki said while blushing.
"And how are you going to do that? Touma questioned as he tilted his head in confusion.
Misaki then started to lean closer to Touma's face her heart was pounding so hard that she thought Touma would be able to hear it and as she made her way closer she closed her eyes to do what she was doing to do and right before she was able to land what she was planning she heard a loud banging at the door.
This startled the both of them since they both still had the memory of the Dorm Manager almost catching them when they were at her dorm could it possibly be that she tracked Misaki down here like a bloodhound to catch her in her lies. Just as fear started to set in, Touma walked to the door but was stopped when Misaki grabbed his arm.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Misaki chastised
"I'm going to open the door"
"I can see that, why are you going to open the door?"
"To see what's on the other side of course," Touma said teasing Misaki.
"This is no time to be joking around Touma look at the situation were in"
"What situation, you just came over here to thank me for giving you that book" Touma calmly explained not seeing the writing in between the walls of the words that he just spoke.
Before Misaki could process Touma's lack of experience in this subject she was already to late his hand was already on the door handle, and he opened the door to something that Misaki never would have expected.
"Kumokawa-senpai what are you doing here," Touma asked
"Oh, Kamijou I just came by to help you with your studies for the High school entrance exam. Oh! if it isn't Shokuhou-san whatever might you be doing here." Kumokawa said in a sweet voice but Misaki could see right through it.
'That lying old hag she knows exactly why I'm here' Misaki thought to herself as she glared at Kumokawa.
"Oh that's so nice of you but I'm alright, Misaki helped me study all day today" Touma replied still blind to the real reason why these things were unfolding around him.
"Oh is that so," Kumokawa said while holding her finger to her mouth.
"Yes, I tutored him all day and I'm confident in saying that he'll be able to pass whatever is thrown at him in the High School entrance exam. So you needn't worry about that, unlike some people others care whether he is able to pass." Misaki said triumphantly.
"Oh in that case" Kumokawa rushed over to Misaki and grasped her hands gently.
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping my kohai miss Shokuhou," Kumokawa said warmly.
"You see I was swamped all day at work and never would have been able to do it myself"
"It was no problem…. Wait did you just say kohai," Misaki said as she was beginning to unravel Kumokawa plan.
"Yes, when this summer ends Kamijou and I will be going to the same Highschool" Kumokawa declared put then leaned in to whisper these words into Misaki's ears.
"Where I can watch over him all day, and he would come to me as his proper senpai. I believe this is what they call, check."
When she finally let Misaki go, Misaki's face was completely pale she had just done all the legwork for Kumokawa's plan.
"Well that's a weight off my shoulders see you at the entrance ceremony Kamijou-kun"
"Huh wasn't that nice she came all the way over here just to help me study, don't you think so Misaki… Misaki?" Touma said as he looks at Misaki's hollow body.
"Rotten Luck"
"Can you stop stealing my catchphrase geez I'm gonna trademark that one of these days"
"Fine Such misfortune"