Hey, thank you for your support and for reading a Certain Scientific Counter. Also, thank you for all of the reviews It really helps me see what I've been doing good at and what still needs work. Also Spring Break!Whoooo! Now Q&A
Creus-Thank you so much for the praise. And I will
BlueJack22-Yeah whenever I read the light novel or saw the anime I always noticed that Mikoto was so close to actually discovering the magic that day it was insane. I mean if she just followed him on that day the whole story would be completely different. And I'll try to flesh out Touma and Index relationship as best I can. Thank you for the compliment
Whwsms- This Time on A Certain Scientific Counter.
Anti-Mage 29- Yep and before you ask the reason why it's called a Certain Scientific Counter is that it will be primarily focusing on how the science side of things interact with magic. Also, I'm personally on the fence I mean Misaki was Touma's first love but Mikoto is kinda awesome so I'll just see where the story goes. If anything I can guarantee you that harem will grow.
Deus Aut Bestia- Thank you(assumes the Burter pose)
Awardedall- It sure did, and thank you for your support.
Deus Aut Bestia-Thank you (Assumes Jeice pose) and you were actually the only people to notice or at least the only person to comment about how Touma changed his catchphrase from Rotten luck to Such Misfortune. This was because he lost a lot of his memories and just decide that it just sounded natural.
Deus Aut Bestia- She is (Assumes Captain Ginyu pose) (THE GINYU FORCE!)
MarkGib- Thank you it will only start to get more different from here on out.
Fortitude501- Thank you so much for the high praise I personally love both of their stories but I can see where you're coming from. I believe in the BioShock Infinite version of AU's. There are constants and then there are variables. Something will remain the same while other things might drastically change. And I'll try my best to fix my grammar mistakes.
Rajarshi Sarkar- If people were to figure out Touma was responsible for the Graviton bombing Incident not much would change I mean a lot of people would just not believe that he could actually do it I even showed this when Saten made an online forum about it. Also when Miskai learns about Mikoto…..CIVIL WAR!. I'm personally excited for that arc. And Seria's not lying low she just has her own thing going on. I mean do you really want to see her fill out paperwork after Sogiita blew a hole in the research lab trying to show off his GUTS! Also, the reference I was making was how Touma thought Index was crazy while holding the knife telling him to stab her.
Savior555- Thank you
Guest- Thanks for the compliment.
Also, I apologize in advance for the upcoming fight scene. Fight scenes were never really my forte.
Magic vs Science
As the giant wall of fire came cascading at them both Touma and Misaka had similar but differing thoughts to each other.
(It's Magic!)
(It's a pyrokinetic!)
Touma instinctively put up his right hand in the hopes that it would protect both of them from the incoming attack, however, this didn't stop Touma from being scared at the fact that his power might not work. If that were to happen both he and Misaka were as good as dead. At this point, Touma was simply going in blind in the hopes that the thing that has caused him so much misfortune up until now would be useful.
The bright red flames of fire radiated throughout the hallway along with the sound of an explosion, as the man with red hair thought to himself.
(Hmm? Did I overdo it, ah well it's alright since no one else seems to be here) The man quickly snapped out of this thought as he heard the sound of glass breaking. The wall of fire that he had sent there was being swept aside as though it was never there and the two who he pegged for dead stepping out of the smoky remains of the hallway.
"Hehehehe" (I guess I was worried about nothing, imagine breaker is useful for something after all) Touma was no longer scared as he was now confident that he could beat this punk magician who was terrorizing Index.
"Wha-" The man then took a step back in shock over the incomprehensible feat that he had just witnessed. This boy was able to swat away fire that was 3000 degrees. How is that even possible?
However, before either of them were able to do anything they had both failed to realize that there was another person there, another person who felt neither confidence nor fear someone who felt pure rage over the sight of a little girl's body lying in a pool of her own blood.
"YOU BASTARD!" Suddenly a giant wave of electricity shot out of Misaka's hand, the blast was large enough to entirely consume the man before them along with everything else in the hallway.
*SHATTER*
However, before the electrical blast could even make it a few feet closer, the sound of glass breaking could be heard as Touma instinctively threw his hand in the way of Misaka's attack.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! YOU COULD'VE HIT INDEX! GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!" Touma turned around to see Misaka who was in a state of shock of what she had just done and what she could've done if Touma wasn't there to stop her. She could've killed him and Index.
Not letting this opportunity pass him by the man then swung his right hand horizontally and shot out a flame sword that went straight for Touma who was to busy trying to negate Misaka's electricity.
As the flame sword approached, Touma's sixth sense went off, and he instinctively put up his left hand to block the incoming attack.
*REVERB*...*SHATTER*
The sound of something reverbing could be heard but before he could shoot off his counter Touma clenched his left fist and with one fluid motion he brought it over to his right hand and the sound of glass shattering could be heard as he negated it.
Touma knew that if he shot off his counterattack at this close range he would not only hurt himself, but he might also hurt Index who was laying on the ground next to this strange man.
"Tell me why!" Both the man and Touma turned around to see Misaka holding an arcade token and pointing it directly at the man.
"Why are you doing this!? What could this little girl have possibly done that would justify you to doing something like this!?"
"Why" The man then looked up for a brief moment and then parroted the same words that were told to him "Because it's the most humane way."
Both Misaka and Touma froze in their tracks after hearing this. They were expecting something more sinister than this.
Touma's face then changed to one of anger "What the hell are you talking about!? You chase this little girl all over the place and then you do this to her! How is this the most humane way!?"
The man looked neither apologetic nor regretful he kept the same look that he had before that of indifference "It wasn't me that sliced her and I doubt Kanzaki meant to turn this into something bloody. We aren't here to kill her were just here to retrieve the 103,000 grimoires she has in her possession."
Misaka then inched her hand closer with the arcade token still in her hand. "What the hell are you talking about!?"
The man then took out another cigarette from his pocket and placed it into his mouth before answering. "Oh I see you aren't that well-informed, allow me to fix that problem. The books Index has in her possession are dangerous if a human such as yourself, were you to even look over one volume you would surely die".
Misaka was filled with even more rage than before"Don't screw with me!"
Touma, on the other hand, realized exactly what the man was talking about, he had just found the last piece of the puzzle. They were in her memories.
Touma then spoke up. "Just because she remembers some stupid books doesn't give you the right to do this to her!"
The man then lit the cigarette and spoke once more. "Oh so you actually understand," The man then took the cigarette out of his mouth and exhaled all the smoke which he had just inhaled. "We were sent here in order to shelter Index before anyone who could use them comes to take her away."
"Shelter her?" Misaka was astonished that this man could say something like this when he was standing over a bloodied Index.
"That's right. Shelter her. No matter how goodhearted she may be, she cannot stand up to torture and drugs that the people who were after the books would inflict upon her."
Touma's fist then shook with anger. "If you think we're just gonna stand here and let you take her away then you must be crazier than I thought!"
Touma then began to walk up to the man with a few more steps he would be in range to deck him out.
The man then started to tremble as he could feel something inhumane oozing out of Touma. The man then quickly started to chant something and a figure made out of pure fire appeared.
The figure had no definite shape as Touma swatted it away with his imagine breaker before it could take its true form.
*SHATTER*
As Touma stepped closer to this man he felt something scream inside his head to run. Touma then looked at the man and saw he was smiling. At this sight, Touma knew something was wrong, and he began to back up.
Suddenly the sound of a viscous liquid moving could be heard from all around.
"What the hell!?"
The fire which he had erased not moments ago had reappeared once again in front of him if he had taken another step he would have surely died of being consumed in those flames.
(No way. My… My Imagine Breaker failed) Touma's mind was sent into complete disarray and all the confidence he had from before was immediately lost in the face of this new development.
The figure of fire then began to take its true form. That of an enormous fire demon that was carrying a 2-meter-long cross made completely of fire.
When there's a fire there's heat. Suddenly every piece of metal in their general vicinity started to glow red-hot orange color and started to melt. This included the arcade token that Misaka was holding. The moment that monster appeared she dropped the token in pain out and watched as it started to melt of the floor.
The monster then started to make its move as it raised it's giant cross with both of its hands and swung it down at Touma. Left with no other options raised his right hand and braced it with his left in the hopes of stopping it.
*SHATTER**SHATTER**SHATTER*
As the cross and his right hand collided Touma could feel the immense pressure of not only the force behind this monsters swing but also from the heat it was giving off. It felt as though his hand was going to give out any second now.
Despite being utterly terrified at the current situation Touma noticed that there was a lag in this monster's attacks as it reacted to his Imagine Breaker. Touma decides to use this small opening in order to switch his hands in the hopes that his left hand would fare any better in this situation.
*REVERB*
The moment he did the sound of something reverbing could be heard. However, Touma noticed that the monster wasn't going away, in fact, it was getting closer.
*Bir Biri* *BOOM!*
In less than a second Touma could hear the sound of electricity crackling from behind him when suddenly an electrical spear was shot at the monster's arm temporarily allowing him time to escape. Touma clenched his left fist out of pure reflex before the arm of the monster was blown away.
Touma used the time that Misaka had given him to get away from the monsters range and back towards Misaka he then used his Imagine Breaker to erase the counter-attack that he had just collected.
"Are you okay!?" Misaka was frantic as she had no idea what this monster could be or even how to stop it.
"Yeah, how about you?"
"I'm fine. What the hell are we gonna do about that thing!?" Misaka then heard the voice of a little girl.
"Innocentius King of the Witch Hunters. Created via Runes…...twenty-four characters have been used to indicate it as a magic language that was derived from Germanic tribes".
Touma recognized his voice as Index's, but he could hardly believe that it was her how was she speaking so calmly when she was so beat up.
"I- Index?"
"T-That's Index?" Misaka was also shocked. She could see Index from behind the fiery monster she looked emotionless, less like a person and more like a robot.
"Yes. I am the grimoire library belonging to Necessarius, the 0th Parish of the Anglican Church. My proper name is Index Librorum Prohibitorum, but that can be abbreviated to Index." This only spooked Touma and Misaka even more since it showed how devoid of emotion she was.
"With my introduction complete, I will return to my-" Before Index could continue she was interrupted by the man.
"No, allow me. Innocentius King of the Witch Hunters is a pope level spell that I Stiyl Magnus created myself, something that you cannot possibly hope in defeating. In short, it cannot be destroyed."
"Is what he's saying true Index" Touma then looked over at Index.
"Yes, his short summation is an accurate representation of the capabilities of the spell, however-" Before Index could share any other valuable information the Stiyl motioned his hand.
"Innocentius King of the Witch Hunters destroy those two!" The Giant Monsters made of flames then began to move towards both of them, and they could see the trail of destruction that it left in its path as it melted every piece of metal around it and it scorched the very earth it walked on.
"Run!" Touma then grabbed Misaka's arm as they both fled down the hallway in order to escape its wrath.
As Misaka and Touma ran down the halls they could hear the shouts that the fiery monster was making as it echoed through the hallways. It was something akin to what you would expect a demon in a video game to sound like except in this case it was real. And the closer you got to that sound the closer you would be to your death.
"What the hell was that!? And what the hell is chasing us!?"
"I don't know! All I do know is that it's magic!"
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"You have any other explanation for that thing chasing us!?"
"Fine! How do we stop it!?" Misaka and Touma then ran down the staircase in hopes that they could lose the monster and exited on the next level.
"I…. I don't know." As Touma ran through the hallways he took a glance at his right hand.
"Gah! Index mentioned something about runes right maybe that's the key!" Misaka didn't sound too sure of herself.
"GRAAAAAAGH!"
The two then turned around to see that the Monster had finally caught up to them as was making a mad dash towards them. The entire hallway lit up as the metal railing closest to this creature started to emanate a bright orange light before melting.
As Touma continued to run he could hear the sound of electricity crackling. When he turned around to look at Misaka he saw that she was releasing an electrical current from her hand in the direction of the ground below them.
After a second he could feel the ground itself begin to rumble as a pipe that was underground found itself unearthed by this electromaster power.
The pipe shot out a powerful stream of water directed at the Monster.
The Monster slowed down for a moment however the entire hallway began to be enveloped in a thick mist so dense that neither Misaka or Touma could see the Monster anymore.
The moment that the Mist began to take shape the two of them decided to use this opportunity to get away from this monster.
"Come on if we gotta get out of here!" Misaka then looked over the railing to see a metal awning below them. "Come on we gotta jump!"
"Are you serious but-"
"Come on we don't have a chance of beating that thing it's like something straight out of Hell!"
Those words stopped Touma dead in his tracks as he remembered something.
'Will you follow me to the depths of hell.'
"What the hell are you doing!?" Misaka then turned around to see Touma facing the direction of the ever-growing Mist that was approaching them.
Touma then took one step forward only to have his arm grabbed by Misaka. "I have to stop it."
Misaka was in utter shock she had just seen this boy's trump card fail against this Monster, and he was going to try again. "What the hell are you talking about!? You already tried, do you really think that you can stop it?"
Touma still facing the Mist looked at his left hand, "No I'm pretty sure that I might die but-"
"Then what the hell are you doing!? Stop trying to play the hero and come with me!"
Touma shook his head and then turned to her. "I'm no hero, but if I'm going to save her then I'm going to have to learn how to face hell, so I can drag her out of it." Touma then brushed her hand off of his arm and started to head towards the Mist.
Misaka was completely stunned. This boy would risk his very life just to protect some girl that he had just met that very same day. Misaka could only watch as Touma entered the Mist.
Mist
The moment Touma entered the Mist he could feel his legs start to shake it took all of his willpower to stop himself from collapsing on the floor out of fear. He could hear the Monster's screams as it drew closer to him.
Touma then raised his left hand, so he could better inspect it. It was difficult to see since the Mist itself was preventing him from being able to see as well as he used to but once his hand was close enough, he could see it clearly.
His left hand had no burn marks on it nor did it have any indication that it came into contact with fire. This filled Touma with some hope but not enough to erase the doubts he had in his head.
(What if it doesn't work. What if-) Touma then slaps himself in the face.
(No! It has to work!) As the sound of the Monster drew closer Touma raised his left hand forward in order to block the impending attack and his right hand to brace.
…
….
"GRAAAAHHH!" The Monster finally appeared in front of Touma. He could see it raise its giant cross and began to lower it at Touma.
Touma then used his left hand to block the incoming attack and the sound of something reverbing could be heard.
*REVERB!*
The sheer force alone of the attack made Touma flinch, and he buckled his legs in order to keep himself from falling.
(Come on please work)
The fiery cross began to inch it's way closer to Touma's face millimeter by millimeter. Touma then removed his right hand from bracing his left and in a moment was pushed back even further, before he got any further he raised his right hand in the air and the sound of glass breaking could also be heard along with the sound of something reverbing.
*REVERB**SHATTER!*
"GRAAAAAHHH!" The monster was disappearing and reappearing faster than Touma could keep track of and eventually Touma could feel the pressure of the attack begin to lessen little by little.
Suddenly Touma could hear the screams of the Monster begin to grow quieter and quieter. He then felt the force of the attack had become completely nonexistent.
Touma pulled back his right hand and then saw the fire that made up this creature's body quickly being absorbed by his left hand. The faster that the creature would reform the quicker it would just be absorbed. Suddenly Touma's instincts kicked in, and he clenched his left fist.
Touma had no idea why he did this. He had no reason for doing so, and yet he did so anyway. It was as if he already knew that it was over.
Touma then looked up and saw that the Monster that had terrorized not moments ago had vanished. He then looked over at his left hand and realized that he had done it.
"Don't worry Index I'll drag you out of hell if it's the last thing I do." Touma then punched his left fist into his right hand and the sound of glass breaking could be heard.
*SHATTER!*
As Stiyl looked over at the unconscious Index he felt an enormous guilt rush through his body. He knew what he was doing was for the best but even so, it still hurt him inside seeing Index like this. As Stiyl went to go pick up Index he heard the bell to the elevator begin to ring and turned around to see the same boy from before standing in front of him completely unharmed.
"B-But how!? What happened to Innocentius!?" Stiyl was trembling as he began to back up.
Touma simply answered by raising up his left hand.
"A-Are you Fucking with me!?"
Touma simply stood there staring down Stiyl.
"Grr. Fine then let's see you pull off a miracle twice!" Stiyl then stood in front of Index to shield her from the incoming heat. He then raised his arms and two large flames appeared in both of his hands, he then threw them both of the ground and created another Innocentius.
"Innocentius kill him!"
Innocentius then rushed towards Touma and raised its giant cross to attack him. The hallways echoed with noise that Innocentius had created and once it made contact with Touma's left hand the sound of something reverbing could be heard
*REVERB!*
10 seconds. That is the length of time that it took for Touma to completely absorb Innocentius.
"What the" When Stiyl watched this he almost died of, a complete shock of what this boy had just done he had just absorbed his Innocentius like it was nothing. But before he could say a single word he heard the sound of electricity crackle from behind him.
Misaka had climbed the wall using her electricity and had snuck up behind Stiyl during all the chaos. Misaka had Index in her arms as she launched an electrical current from her head directed at Stiyl.
"Innoce-" Before Stiyl could call another Innocentius he was paralyzed by Misaka's shock.
Touma then used this opportunity to close the distance that Stiyl had between them. Touma planted his left foot firmly on the ground as he clenched his right fist and pulled his arm decided to use his full force on Stiyl in order to finish this fight.
*THWACK!* *CRACK!*
As Touma's first made contact with Stiyl's face he could hear Stiyl's jaw slightly crack.
Stiyl's body was then launched three meters in the opposite direction. While holding Index Misaka casually dodged Stiyl as his body came careening down the hallway.
Once Stiyl's body had finally landed on the floor it was clear that he was out cold.
*SHATTER!*
Touma then smacked his left hand with his right and the sound of glass breaking could be heard. This sounded their victory.
Misaka and Touma then looked at each other and smiled at what they had just accomplished.
Once Misaka had secured Stiyl by using her ability to magnetize some of the remaining railings in order to pin him down in place. She then went over to check on Touma who was currently holding Index in his arms.
"Index, why did you come back?" Touma wanted to know the reason why she chose here of all places to return.
Index looked up at Touma and weakly replied. "M-My... hood" Suddenly it all made sense. Index's robes were how they tracked her down in the first place, but when Touma used his Imagine Breaker on it, he failed to realize that he didn't destroy her hood.
(She came back. Just to protect me.) Touma was mentally kicking himself over what he had just learned and then handed Index over to Misaka while he ran to his dorm.
Once Touma reached his door he saw that the handle along with the lock itself was completely melted, so he simply kicked the door in.
Touma was slightly surprised at how easy this was when he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his foot.
(Yeah that makes sense.) Once he made it inside he grabbed Index's hood and used his Imagine breaker to destroy the remaining magic in the hood and returned to Misaka.
When Touma approached Misaka he noticed her fiddling with her phone it seems that the heat from before had melted the phone completely shut.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like, I'm trying to call Anti Skill to have an ambulance pick Index up but my stupid phone won't open!' Misaka then threw the phone on the ground out of sheer frustration.
"Wait a minute we can't call Anti Skill."
'What are you talking about?"
"Index is an outsider there's no telling how they would react if they found her and besides you heard the guy he said he wasn't alone if word got out that an outsider was admitted to a hospital they'll be able to find her for sure."
"Damn it!" Misaka was stomping her foot. Touma was right if they had this much trouble just dealing with one magician then who knows how many they would send next time.
"What do we do!? We can't leave her like this!" Misaka looked at Touma to see if he had any idea what their next move should be.
"I'll...be fine. If you...can only stop the bleeding..." Misaka who was holding Index at the time was shocked that she was still conscious as she didn't feel her move at all.
Suddenly an idea shot inside of Touma's mind. He had played enough video games to realize that in any magical type of video game setting there was always healing magic.
"Index are there any healing spells inside those books?"
Index weakly replied. "There is ….but you...can't do it...even if I...taught you the spell...neither of you could do it" Index then started to cough slightly.
Misaka then moved Index in a more comfortable position "Index are you alright?"
"Yes… I'm fine just."
"What do you mean neither of us could do it?"
"Magic and…. Esper abilities are mutually exclusive so you can't use magic."
Suddenly an idea raced through Touma's mind. "So what if I found someone who wasn't an Esper. Could they perform the spell?"
"... Yes" Touma then picked up Index who was currently in Misaka's arms and started to walk away.
Misaka was quick to follow suit. "Where are we going?"
"To the only person I know that is as talentless as me. My Teacher."
Komoe-sensei's Apartment.
Touma was able to find where his teacher lived thanks to him using a payphone to call Aogami and ask. Normally Touma would have chastised Aogami for being a stalker and knowing this but, for once he was glad he was friends with a stalker. The building itself was a worn-down wooden two-story apartment building. It looked so run down Touma was afraid to step foot on the staircase as he thought that they would break from his sheer weight alone. However, due to the circumstances he quickly got over that fear.
Once Touma finally found his teacher's apartment, and he proceeded to ring the doorbell as fast as he could.
"Yes, Yes in a minute" Touma could hear his teacher voice from behind the door and was patiently waiting for her to open the door
Misaka, on the other hand, was not as patient as she used her ability to unlock the door and threw it open.
"Ahhhhh!, crazy newspaper salesmen!" Komoe-sensei stood in front of the door wearing a bunny style pajamas.
"Sorry! It's just me. I need your help" Touma did not waste any time and let himself inside of his teacher's apartment along with Misaka.
"Huh? I thought you said this was your teacher's apartment, Who's the kid?" Misaka had no idea that the small pink-haired person in front of them was actually his teacher and was an adult.
"Excuse me I'll have you know that I'm- Wait a minute are you Mikoto Misaka?" Komoe-sensei then looked over at Touma who was piggybacking Index.
"So I guess you do have a type after all." Komoe-sensei then looked at the ground not noticing Index. She then realized that her apartment was a horrible mess, empty beer cans littering the floor and cigarette butts everywhere. She quickly scrambled in order to clean up.
Touma then gently placed Index on the floor in front of Komoe-sensei. "AHHHHH!"
"Sensei I need your help."
"T-There's a phone over there, call an ambulance."
Suddenly Index's eyes shot wide open and the emotionless stare that she had earlier had returned. "John's Pen mode has been forcibly activated. If blood loss continues at the current rate all life force will be lost within 15 minutes."
While this was going on Misaka made her way to Komoe-sensei's phone a sent a small current through it, short-circuiting the phone. "The phone doesn't work."
"What, but I thought I fixed that last week?"
"Sensei, I'm going to go call an ambulance while I'm gone can you please listen to what Index says please." Touma's face pleaded for mercy as she was his last hope for saving Index.
Komoe-sensei nodded her head in agreement but it didn't change the fact that she was growing paler at the thought of being left in charge of a dying girl.
"Index is there anything I can do to help?"
Index replied in her cold emotionless voice. "No there is not, both of you should leave or risk having the spell fail."
With that, both Misaka and Touma exited Komoe-sensei's apartment and headed for the other side of the street.
"Do you think that she'll be okay?"
"I- I don't know, but all we can do now is wait."
Both Misaka and Touma sat on the bench that faced the direction of Komoe-sensei's apartment.
Misaka was the first one to speak. "What the hell just happened?"
"Magic I guess."
Misaka gave a slight chuckle at this. "If you had told me that 2 hours earlier today I would have called you a liar and zapped you on principle alone."
Both of them started to laugh. After a few moments though they started to remember everything that they had gone through.
"What do you think that guy was talking about when he said they were after the 103,000 grimoires?"
"Well from what I know, Index has perfect memory and now theses…. Bastards want to take her away, so they can protect that power. They don't even care about Index they just care about what she has."
"Tch. Why would someone do something so… despicable."
"Your guess is as good as mine. Though whatever the reason is it doesn't change the fact that Index almost got killed today because of me."
"Why are talking like that?"
"... Because it's my fault Index's robes were destroyed… if I never met her then she would be-"
"She'd be taken prisoner by those animals. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Your wrong. Index forgot her hood at my dorm, that's the reason why she went back there…. If it wasn't for me she probably would've gotten away."
"How do you know that? Huh! When did you become all-knowing!?"
Touma then looked over at Misaka who had a slightly annoyed look on her face.
"For all, you know all that stuff would've happened to Index regardless if she came back to your dorm or not. If you keep beating yourself up over this then what was the point of Index trying to save you!?"
Touma then let out a small smile. "I guess you're right. It's my turn to save Index. Thank you for everything"
"Huh?" Misaka's face then turned pink. "I-It was no trouble at all"
"Hey if you wanna go, now's your chance."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you wanna leave. I can't thank you enough for helping me save Index but, I also can't ask you to help me any further without being selfish. So if you wanna go this is your chance, I won't hold it against you."
Misaka was shocked. "Go?"
"But if you do go can you do me a favor and not mention this to anybody. I don't want anybody else to get involved with this if they don't have to, enough people have been hurt already."
Misaka simply stood up from the bench and started to walk away.
Touma sighed in relief as he didn't want to burden her anymore.
Misaka then turned around and started to crackle electricity."You IDIOT!" Misaka then shot a giant current of electricity a Touma.
Out of pure instincts, Touma managed to negate the electricity at the last moment. "Wha-"
*SHATTER*
"What kind of person do you take me for!? Do you think that I'm gonna just walk away from something like this!? Now that I know about this do you really think I'm just gonna just let you and Index go through this alone!? Why don't you just ask for help!?"
Touma then looked at Misaka and answered honestly. "If you were a complete stranger to me then I would ask for your help but, you're not your somebody who risked their life for me and I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt."
Misaka then turned red at what Touma had just said.
"D-Did you forget that I'm one of the most powerful espers in Academy city I can take care of myself"
(You sound just like her)
Touma sighed as he knew he had no chance of stopping Misaka from joining him down this path.
"Alright fine, but just so you know don't come crying to me when another magician comes out of nowhere and turns you into a frog."
Both of them found themselves laughing, it was like some kind of dark humor for them.
They both then noticed that the windows from Komoe-sensei's apartment were glowing a bright white light.
"So do you think it worked?"
"Only one way to find out."
When Misaka and Touma entered Komoe-sensei's apartment they found Komoe-sensei over a table with a lot of drawing on it. (Wait is that blood?)
Before they gave the table anymore thought they saw Index laying on the floor and saw that her wounds had closed up, and she was no longer losing blood. Both of them could feel a huge wave of relief pass over them. However, the Two of them were quickly shooed out by Komoe-sensei.
"I think we had enough excitement for Today, don't you think?"
"Thank you so much sensei I-" Komoe-sensei then raised her finger to motion Touma to stop talking.
"I want the two of you here by Tomorrow, so we can discuss her okay. I don't know what you two went through today but, it looks as though you both need your rest, so go."
Both Misaka and Touma bowed at Komoe-sensei "Thank you so much."
After that, the two of them exited the apartment together.
"So where are you going? Didn't your dorm just become a war zone."
"I think I'm gonna crash at my friend's house (Aogami)What about you, isn't it way past curfew for you."
"Nah I'm good. Kuroko's probably back from her judgment duties and could just teleport me in without anyone noticing."
"Oh, that reminds me. Don't I have to go with you to Judgement to give my statement or whatever."
"... Thanks for that but-"
"But what?"
"The deadline for updating the statement was for Today and we kinda missed it by like an hour.
"EHHH! Are you serious!"
"Yeah, that's kinda the reason why I was so pushy to get you back to the Judgement Office." Misaka then let out a small chuckle.
"Well my, I'm sorry that I made us miss the appointment?"
"Don't be, I think I got a pretty good idea on the type of person you are."
"Huh. What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing, see you tomorrow." Misaka then waved Touma off.
"Uh okay. See you Tomorrow Mikoto"
This word made Misaka stop dead in her tracks. "Excuse me!?"
"I said see ya Tomorrow."
"No, I mean after that! You called me by my first name."
"Oh, that's because we're friends."
'Wha- What!? You can't just decide to call people by their first name you know!?" Misaka was turning redder by the second.
"Why not? I mean you did help me save Index so it should only be natural."
"B-But…...Fine if you get to call me Mikoto then I get to call you.. T-T-Touma" Mikoto was crimson red as she finished her sentence.
"Okay."
(He doesn't even seem to care!)
"Fine…. But like I said before don't forget to come back here tomorrow and don't tell anybody about this either the fewer people that know about this the better."
"Yeah, I know. See ya" Touma then waved Mikoto off as he started to make his way to Aogami's apartment.
"Bye"
As Touma walked through the streets he could not help but think that he forgot about something important.
Touma's Dorm Building
As Stiyl woke up from the slumber that he was forced to endure he felt a great numbing pain coming from his jaw. The moment he tried to open his mouth he could feel his jaw resist. He then realized that he was pinned down to the ground with a metal railing. Unable to speak a single chant or cast a single spell without burning himself he waited until his partner found him.
This took over an hour.
Suddenly a woman with long black hair tied up in a ponytail appeared. She wore a short white T-shirt tied that into a knot at the bottom, the jeans she wore had one of its pants leg cut off to be very short. "Stiyl is that you?"
"Gibberish" (It took you long enough!)
"What happened to you!? Wait where's Index!?" The woman was panicking as she quickly removed the metal railing that was pinning Stiyl down with ease.
"Gibberish" (Someone else got to her before I could retrieve her)
"What?"
"Gibberish" (Just heal me already!)
Authors Notes
The reason why Touma's left hand was able to work against Stiyl's Innocentius was because of how both of them operated. His left absorbs supernatural phenomenons at an exponential rate so the faster something appears the faster that it would be absorbed. Also even in the light novels, it showed that Innocentius self-regeneration ability can be overtaxed if used too much, so when Touma introduced something that would absorb Innocentius faster than it could regenerate it was only a matter of time before it completely absorbed Innocentius.
The reason why Touma and Misaka decided to keep this whole thing a secret for as long as possible is that they are basically the same person when it comes to how they operate. They both hate endangering others and prefer to solve their problems on their own despite their better judgment.
Komoe-sensei was referencing the fact that Touma was interested in girls who were level 5
Touma decided to call Misaka, Mikoto because he's pretty lax when it comes to names.
(Real reason: It's easier to write it this way since Misaka and Misaki are very similar)
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