Hey guys sorry for the wait I just wanted to release this chapter on Index's 15th Anniversary. Thank you all for supporting a Certain Scientific Counter and thank you all for commenting it really helps me out. Also, this chapter is going to be formatted a bit differently than others due to it being special. Also, I put in 3 short Omakes at the bottom. If anyone has any more ideas for a short Omake for me to make feel free to PM me Also if anyone wants to help proofread my stories feel free to PM me as well I know I'm not the best at catching my own grammar error. Without further ado Q&A.
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Index's Big Day Out
July 23
Due to recent events mainly revolving around magic, Touma found himself asking one of his friends for a favor two to be precise. In the end, Tsuchimikado agreed to make the fake ID but not to let Touma squat with him. Left with no other options Touma decided to sleep at Komoe-sensei's apartment much to everyone's amusement.
However, today was going to be a very busy day not only because he had to go to his supplementary classes but also because today would be the first day that Index finally got to go outside.
This was due to the fact that up until recently she had a fever and neither Mikoto nor Touma had the means of transporting her anywhere safely without risking being found out by the magicians that were after Index. But today was different since both Mikoto and Touma had finally planned a day for Index to enjoy.
First Mikoto would take Index the Tokiwadai dorms to show her the Gekota themed party. After that was done both Mikoto and Touma would take Index to the bathhouse, ever since Komoe-sensei mentioned it to her, it was all she talked about. Finally, they would all enjoy take out from Joseph's.
"Touma! Hurry up your gonna be late for your supplementary classes!" Whined the Silver-haired nun.
"Calm down I'm not gonna be…" Touma then glanced over at the clock on his phone and saw he only had 1 hour left to spare. "... Late."
The two were then interrupted by someone who knocked on the front door. Index was the first to rush over to the door and opened it.
"Mikoto what took you so long."
"S-Sorry it took me a while to get you a day pass" The young electromaster then handed Index her lanyard which held her ID and day pass much to her excitement.
"Thank you! I'll be right back let me go change." And she was off faster than either of the teens could keep track of.
"So you think it's gonna be alright, taking her to Tokiwadai I mean," Touma asked.
"Yeah, it shouldn't be that much trouble besides I'm not taking Index to the school itself, just the dorms so security should be more relaxed."
Touma then breathed a sigh of relief. "Good with everything going on, it's good to see Index finally happy to go outside."
"Yeah, she deserves to have a little fun every now and again."
Touma then started to head out the door. "Well, I gotta get going, call me if you need any help."
"Don't worry it's just Index how much trouble could she actually make, also don't forget were all meeting back up here, so we can take Index to the bathhouse, and not the cheap one that's around the corner!"
"But-"
Touma was immediately cut off by a sharp glare.
"Fine" And with that Touma was off on his own little odyssey.
"Mikoto look!" Index then presented her new lanyard decorated with Magical girl Kamin pins that Touma bought for her.
"It looks great Index, (Why did he have her hooked on that show!) "Come on let's get going."
As the two left the apartment Mikoto was bombarded by questions from the very curious nun.
"Mikoto what that." Index pointed to a large looking building off to the distance.
"That's the Endymion, I think Academy City has been using it to investigate Venus or something"
"Wow. I knew Academy city had impressive technology but this is something else."
"Yeah, it's pretty amazing isn't it"
"Hey, Mikoto."
"Yeah Index."
"You know how I tried to explain magic to you and told you it had to do with a lot of visualization,"
"Yeah what about it?"
"Well this Endymion thing I can't help but think it's just another version of the Tower of Babylon"
"Tower of Babylon?"
"Well in biblical times society banned together to create a tower big enough to reach heaven however God did not want this and punished humanity by forcing them to divide by making everyone speak another language preventing something like that from ever happening again."
"Why would he do that?"
Index simply shrugged. "According to the story some people building the Tower wanted to use it for nefarious purposes such as being admitted to heaven without being worthy in the end it doesn't really matter, the moral of the story had to do with man trying to oppose God but what I'm trying to say, is that a lot of magic has to do with the constellations."
"Constellations?"
"Yes, you know the alignment of the stars and everything. A Lot of magic is focused on that sort of thing so whenever a country decides to shoot up a satellite into space, every magician in the world has to take into account that specific satellite and has to update their spells accordingly."
"Seriously."
Index nodded. "Think of it like pollution if there are too many things blocking out the stars then almost all magic focusing on stars would die out. That's why the magical community tries to limit the number of satellites shot into space."
"Wait, what do you mean by limits them?"
"Remember what I told you about how England was a country of magic."
"Yeah. Wait you're not saying that.-"
Index nodded again. "Yes, England isn't the only country that knows about magic's existence. So most nations try to take that into account when developing new laws however due to the fact that science is an ever-growing faction in the world, slowly but surely the magic side has been losing influence."
"Wow, I guess you learn something new every day. Wait why'd you mention that in the first place?"
"Oh well you told me something that I didn't know, so I thought I'd tell you something you didn't know." Index then fiddled with her hands innocently.
"..."
"..."
"You just really like explaining thing don't you."
Index then looked away from Mikoto's accusatory glare.
"Thought so."
Tokiwadai Dorms
When Index first laid eyes on the dorm she looked ecstatic to be entering it. It was like she was entering a palace in England.
"Mikoto where were we going again?"
"To the Gekota fan club meeting."
"Are there gonna be any snacks there?"
"Yes, Index there will be plenty of snacks there."
Mikoto taking Index to the club meeting wasn't just to get Index outside for you see Mikoto has a secondary objective of trying to convert Index into a Gekota fan as well.
"So remember Index you a foreign exchange student and I'm here to be your guide okay."
"Don't worry Mikoto I never forget anything, besides what's the worst that could happen."
As the two entered the building they quickly found out the answer to that very question by running into a certain Judgement agent.
"Onee-sama…. Who's this?" Kuroko asked with a quizzical look on her face.
"Oh, this is Index, she's a foreign exchange student I agreed to show around Tokiwadai"
"Index? I knew foreigners usually have strange names but that one really takes the cake."
"Actually it's short for-" Index was quickly interrupted mid-sentence by Mikoto much to her chagrin
"Yeah I know, anyways we gotta get going so."
However, before they could leave Index was stopped by Kuroko "Index-sama do you know who you are currently with?"
"Yeah, Mikoto." Index chirped
Kuroko let out a deep sigh she knew foreigners would often call people by their first name but that didn't make it any easier to hear nonetheless.
"Yeah, but she's also known as the Ace of Tokiwadai the third-ranked level 5 esper in all Academy city."
"Really" Index then turned to Mikoto who was currently a bit embarrassed. "Why didn't you tell me this?"
Before Mikoto could answer Kuroko did it for her. "Well Index, Onee-sama isn't the type to brag about that sort of thing, unlike another Level 5."
"Who's the other one?"
"Well I'm hardly surprised you don't know since you only just got here, so let me explain Tokiwadai is currently home to two level 5 espers one being my Onee-sama and the other being Shokuhou Misaki AKA Mental out."
"What can she do?"
Mikoto took the liberty of answering. "Index, think of Shokuhou like a Swiss army knife when it comes to mental powers, she can read minds and mess with people's heads."
"So she's like a Satori?" {a mind-reading supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore}
"Yeah kind of like that, except she has more variety in her powers."
Kuroko then held Index's shoulder. "Yeah, but she couldn't even hold a candle when it comes to my Onee-sama, you have no idea how lucky you are," Kuroko then turned to Mikoto. "I trust that you'll show Index here what it's like to be a proper Tokiwadai lady."
Before Mikoto could answer Index chimed in. "Yeah, Mikoto said that we're going to something called a Gekota fan club meeting."
Kuroko's jaw hit the floor when they heard this. And Mikoto facepalmed.
Kuroko quickly let go of Index and teleported directly in front of Mikoto.
"Onee-sama! You've got to be kidding me after all that work I did to wean you off that, all those endless hours spent ripping down those posters just to have you end up falling into that crowd." Kuroko whined.
"Look Kuroko it's not what it-" Suddenly something then clicked inside of Mikoto's mind. "What do you mean by ripping down 'those posters?".
Kuroko then began to sweat.
"Kuroko!"
"Look at the time I must be off." Kuroko then teleported a safe distance away from Mikoto to avoid the onslaught of electricity she knew was heading her way. "It was great seeing you Index, I hope you have a good time today bye!"
"Bye Kuroko" Index said as she waved her off.
"Kuroko get back here!" And like that Kuroko was gone with the wind.
Index then turned to Mikoto. "How'd she do that?"
"Oh, Kuroko she's a teleporter."
"You espers sure have some weird powers."
"Yeah, I guess you're…... Like you're one to talk."
"Touche"
Gekota Fan Club Headquarters
Once Mikoto and Index enter club room they were greeted with a very passionate ringlet hair girls greetings.
"W-Welcome To the Gekota Fan club" she was still having trouble with greeting people.
"Hey Hokaze-san"
"Oh it's just you, hey Misaka-san," Junko then glanced over to Misaka's side and saw that she wasn't alone." And who might this be?"
Index then proudly stood in front of Misaka. "My names Index Li…. My names Index pleasure to meet you."
Junko gave a very warm smile in return. "Hello Miss Index my name Hokaze Junko, the pleasure is all mine, Well thank you for coming to the Gekota Fan Club, but I don't think I've seen you around Tokiwadai before, are you new?"
Mikoto quickly jumped in. "Y-Yeah Index here is a foreign exchange student that I agreed to show around Tokiwadai today, she's from England."
Junko tilted her head slightly and then went rummaging through her purse. "I wasn't aware that we had any exchange students coming, especially from England." Junko then pulled out her itinerary and looked through all the notes she had made previously.
The silence was then broken by Index who was walking up to an ornately decorated bronze pedestal with a glass dome that held something that resembles a book. "What's that?"
Both Mikoto and Junko were quick to respond.
"Is that it?" Misaka gleefully asked.
Junko simply looked towards Misaka and gave a nod.
That was all she needed to see to make a full dash to the display case.
Misaka's eyes were glued to the display case which held the Ultra-rare Gekota collectible. Misaka had rarely ever seen anything above a rare ranking so seeing something like this was akin to seeing a piece of art that was once lost to the world.
Index, on the other hand, was much more concerned over the fact that her temporary guardian was fixated over some book.
"Ummm Hokaze-san what's that?"
Junko smiled. "Well, you see Index that right there is an artifact that was once thought to be a myth but due to the dutiful actions of the Queen's Prince it was recovered."
"It looks like any old children's book to me."
"It's not just some book it's an ultra-rare Gekota collectible!" Mikoto snapped back.
Index then turned to Hokaze-san. "Excuse me Miss have you ever heard of a show called Magical Powered Kanamin."
This quickly snapped Mikoto out of her trance-like state as she quickly rushed to Index's side. Mentioning another show especial one like Magical Powered Kanamin was like blasphemy. "Index you can't just-"
However, she was abruptly cut off by Hokaze-san. "Yes, I've heard of it, why?"
"Well when I watched an episode yesterday I saw one of those frogs in the background, so I was just wondering if you knew why?"
"Oh that's easy, it's because the Gekota company owns Magical Powered Kanamin."
"Wait seriously!?" Mikoto was genuinely surprised she always thought that Gekota was its own entity.
Hokaze nodded. "It's true, The Gekota corporation is a Mass Media company, they own Magical Powered Super Android Girl Kanamin along with Kirugumar, in fact, I think they even have a foothold in Liberal Arts City if my memory serves me correct."
"Even Kirugumar! Wow! Just how big is the Gekota corporation?"
"Well they're a multi-billion dollar corporation, so I'd say fairly large, however, due to the fact that the corporation is so big their currently focusing most of their assets on its smaller ventures such as Magical Powered Kanamin, I even heard there getting a live-action movie."
Index eyes started to glitter. "Really!"
"Yes, it's due to release in a few months actually. I believe they started filming in Liberal Arts City."
"Woohoo!" Index then turned to Mikoto. "Mikoto, Mikoto can we go to Liberal Arts City can we please!"
"Uhh I'm sorry Index but that's kinda impossible I mean Liberal Arts City is all the way in the United States and-"
Index started to pout as her head started to look down in sadness.
However, Hokaze was quick to save Mikoto from looking like a complete monster. "Index you do know that Magical Powered Kanamin has an ongoing competition right?"
This made Index's head pop right back up. "What competition?"
"While the Magical Powered Super Android Girl Kanamin Movie might be a live-action movie they're currently looking for voice actors to fill in some smaller roles if you entered and won you could be in the next movie."
Index eyes glittered as she shot beams of joy throughout the room. "Really!"
Junko nodded. "Yes although I think the deadline is for the end of the month, so I would hurry with your submission."
"Thank you so much Miss Hokaze," Index then turned to Mikoto, "Mikoto can you help me submit an entry. Please!"
"S-Sure thing Index"
The young electromaster soon found herself in a bear hug from an utterly grateful nun. "Thank you so much."
Mikoto then looks up and turned to Hokaze. "No problem."
Hokaze then gave a warm smile in return.
After a while the two girls went over to the chairs on the other side of the room to continue their discussion, Index, on the other hand, went over to the snack table and began to make quick work of it devouring everything unfortunate enough to be in her path.
"Hey Hokaze-san, do you think anyone else will show up?"
"Not really, I usually try my best to advertise the club but, no one ever shows up"
Mikoto twinged in guilt after that last comment (Dang it Kuroko!)
"Misaka-san if you don't mind may I ask how you feel about the Queen?" Junko inquired.
Mikoto took a while to think over her response in order for it to sound as respectful as possible, so she wouldn't insult Hokaze-san.
"Well it's not like I hate her or anything, it's just that we really don't have anything in common to talk to each other with. She's usually out doing her own thing and I'm out doing mine."
Junko nodded her head. "So you're saying that if you and the Queen had a chance to get to know each other you'd take it?"
"Uhh, yeah I guess, what are you-?"
Junko then clapped her hands together. "Perfect because I think the Queen will make an appearance today."
"Wait Shokuhou is coming today!"
"Yes, she usually comes every other week to show her support and usually brings others from our clique with them, although they usually don't stay too long."
"Ugh well, I always knew I was gonna run into her eventually might as well get it over with."
Suddenly a single thought popped into Mikoto's mind.
INDEX!
(OH GOD WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF SHOKUHOU READS INDEX'S MIND!)
Mikoto started to look paler.
"Uhh, Misaka-san are you okay?" Junko asked with a genuine concern over her friend's well-being.
"Y-Yeah I'm fine."
(Okay calm down Mikoto what's the worst that could happen…)
Suddenly another thought popped into Mikoto's mind,
(If Shokuhou reads Index's mind, will she also read the grimoires?)
Suddenly Mikoto became as pale as a ghost as the realization hit her like a train.
Scenario 1
Shokuhou walks in and sees Index
"Who's that?"
"That's Index she's an exchange student that Misaka-san agreed to look after"
"Oh is she now. *pulls out remote* (Let's see what secrets she has)
*Reads Index's Mind*
"Queen are you Alright…"
*Shokuhou starts to seize out and becomes brain dead*
"QUEEN!"
Fatality
Scenario 2
Shokuhou walks in sees Index
"Who's that?"
"That's Index she's an exchange student that Misaka-san agreed to look after"
"Oh is she now. *pulls out a remote* (Let's see what secrets she has)
Mikoto steps in "Hey Don't even think about reading her mind!"
Shokuhou pouts. "I wasn't thinking that."
Mikoto continues to glare.
"Fine" Mikoto turns around for literally one second.
(One little peek couldn't hurt) *pulls out remote*
*Reads Index's Mind*
"Queen are you Alright…"
*Shokuhou starts to seize out and becomes brain dead*
"QUEEN!"
Fatality
Scenario 3
Shokuhou walks in sees Index
"Who's that?"
"That's Index she's an exchange student that Misaka-san agreed to look after"
"Oh is she now. *pulls out remote* (Let's see what secrets she has)
*ZAAP* Shokuhou falls to the ground unconscious
"AHHHH! WHAT DID YOU DO!?" Junko screams
"Trust me this was for the-"
"I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! GET OUT!"
Friendship Fatality
"Misaka-san are you O-"
Misaka quickly jumps up from her chair. "HEY WILL LOOK AT THE TIME, IT'S GETTING A BIT LATE ISN'T IT."
"Umm it's only been 15 minutes"
"TWENTY MINUTES THAT LIKE ¼ OF AN HOUR, HOW TIME FLIES RIGHT!"
Junko's face started to grow more and more cornered. "Are you sure you're okay."
"OF COURSE (IT'S NOT LIKE I'M WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD MENTALLY MURDER SOMEONE BY HAVING THEM LOOK INTO THEIR MINDS OR ANYTHING!)
Before Mikoto could take even a step forward the door to the club room opened and on the other side was none other than the Queen of Tokiwadai Shokuhou Misaki.
At that moment Misaka died on the inside.
"Hello Junko, how are you tod-," Misaki then saw Misaka Mikoto standing next to Junko. "Oh, you're here."
Junko then jumped out of her seat. "Good Morning my Queen, And Yes Miss Misaka has been so kind as to join us today, I thought we could use this opportunity to improve your friendship."
Shokuhou then used her hand to rub the base of her temples (Not again, Junko.)
Misaka, on the other hand, was very much considering scenario 3 right now but couldn't find it in herself to actually do it.
"Um. Misaka-san?" Junko then lightly tugged on Misaka's uniform to grab her attention. "This is the part where you two start talking."
Misaka simply stood there like a deer in the headlights simply accepting their fate.
Shokuhou, on the other hand, was the first to respond. "So it's just the two of you then?"
Junko then got up and looked around the room. "Two? I could've sworn Miss Index was still here."
Suddenly Misaka snapped out of her trance-like state.
"Who?"
"She's an exchange student that Misaka-san agreed to watch over my Queen."
Shokuhou gave out a confused look. "Exchange student? What are you talking about."
"Well, Misaka-san agreed to look after Index and decided to show her around Tokiwadai."
This only brought more confusion to Shokuhou as this was the first time she was hearing about this. She then turned to Misaka and saw she was growing ever so more nervous. "Oh did she now."
While this all this was going on Misaka decided it best to make a graceful exit and simply leave the room unnoticed.
If only it was that easy.
"Where are you going Misaka-san?" These words stopped Misaka in her tracks.
"I was just going to go find Index and-"
"Perfect we'll accompany you," Junko replied eagerly.
"No, really you don't have to." Misaka was starting to sweat.
"No, no really I insist, Misaka-san," Misaki then had an elegant yet sinister grin painted on her face."Unless you don't want us to help you for some reason."
Mikoto shot Shokuhou a glare and reluctantly agreed. "Sure, happy to have the help."
Shokuhou then clapped her hands. "Great" She then turned to Junko. "Inform the rest of the clique, so we can find Index as quickly as possible, I can't wait to see her."
"At once my Queen."
40 minutes later
After wandering around the Tokiwadai dorm for over 40 minutes the search for Index was not going any better, and that's saying something since not even Shokuhou's clique could find a trace of her anywhere.
"Are you sure Index-san didn't just leave the dorms?" Hokaze inquired.
"Yeah I'm sure, I even told her not to leave the dorms, so she has to be somewhere."
Just then the girls were interrupted when Shokuhou's phone started to ring.
"Hello did you manage to find Index?" Shokuhou asked.
"Y-Yes my Queen but-"
For a moment Shokuhou looked utterly in shock.
"What happened, did they find Index?" Mikoto demanded.
Shokuhou's face suddenly became pale.
45 minutes ago
As Index continued what many would consider a slaughter of anything and everything edible on the table she quickly ran into quite the conundrum. That being that there were no snacks left, but she was still hungry. Normally Index would simply go to Mikoto and ask for more but, Index felt indebted to Mikoto especially after she agreed to help her make a submission to Magical Powered Kanamin. So Index took it upon herself to go get more snacks for all of them to enjoy.
And so she was off.
The moment Index stepped out of the room she felt a sort of freedom. It wasn't because Touma and Mikoto were keeping her in that room all that time it was more of a feeling of relaxation. For the first time since she could remember she felt safe, she knew there were people out there who would protect her and believe them when they said they would protect her.
But no moment lasts forever and so, Index began her search for the Kitchen. It should be mentioned that Index had no clue where anything thing was, much less the kitchen so this would be her own adventure.
As Index wandered the halls research through every room she could, this included some students who were unfortunate enough not to lock their doors, which sufficient to was quite a lot.
"AHH!"
"S-Sorry"
*This occurred over 10 times before Index came up with another strategy.
Index knew that continually entering through rooms would get her nowhere, so she did what any reasonable person would do. She started to follow the crowd.
As Index continued to follow the crowd she quickly discovered just how big this place really was. While not only housing many of the students of Tokiwadai it was also home to an enormous library an indoor gym and an Olympic sized swimming pool. To summarize Index journey was not going very well.
"Ahh, where the heck is this kitchen!" Index exclaimed
As Index continued to complain out loud she managed to draw the attention of a girl with short wavy light-brown hair who had blue eyes to match her power. "Are you alright Miss."
"Hmm. No actually I'm not, I've been looking all over this place and I can't find the kitchen here."
"If you want I could take you there" The girl quickly had her hand grabbed with gratitude.
"Thank you so much."
"It's no trouble really. My name's Wannai, what might your name be Miss."
"My names Index, it's a pleasure to meet you Wannai."
Tokiwadai dining hall
"Well, here it is" Wannai then presented Index to the Tokiwadai dining hall much to her awe.
"Wow it's so big, you guys eat here all the time"
"Yes"
"So cool," Index then began scanning the room and spotted the opening to the kitchen in the far back corner of the room," is that the kitchen?"
"It is, although I'm afraid this is as far as I can take you for I have to get going to a swim club meet."
"That's alright, thank you so much Wannai." Index then waved Wannai off before heading towards the kitchen door.
The moment Index entered the Kitchen she was greeted with a young maid in training riding a cleaning robot.
"WAH-YAH!" the young nun was startled, to say the least.
"A-Are you okay Miss?!"
After taking a moment to regain her composure Index replied. "Y-Yes I'm fine. You just….nothing."
"If you don't mind me asking what are you doing here?" asked the maid in training.
Suddenly Index remembered why she started on this quest, to begin with. "That's right I need more snacks to give to Mikoto and Hokaze. And some for me too if you don't mind."
The young maid looked even more confused. "Wait are you saying that the Gekota fan club actually ran out of snacks."
Index nodded.
Suddenly the cleaning robot that the young maid claimed as her faithful steed started to make its way into the main kitchen. After a few minutes, she returned. "Give me a few minutes and I'll have a fresh batch of snacks delivered to the club in no time."
"Thank you so much!" And with that Index had completed her mission her odyssey was finally to an end.
If only it were that simple.
Once Index made her way out of the Dinning hall the realization hit her that she had no idea where the club room was.
While Index had perfect recollect it didn't help that much when everything in the dorm looked identical. It was like uniformitarianism indoors.
As Index trekked through the hallways like a wayward child her unusual appearance caught the attention of a certain Dorm manager.
"Excuse me, what might you be up to?" the aura that she gave up was one that should not be trifled with.
Index, however, was very slow to the uptake on the situation. "Oh hello my names Index and I'm looking for my friend Mikoto she was showing me around here but I think I lost her."
The dorm manager then glanced down at the lanyard around the girl's neck and saw that it read Index L Palimpsest {something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form., Tsuchimikado was making a joke using wordplay}
"Do you mean to say that you were escorted here by Miss Misaka."
Index nodded. "She said she was going to show me around, so she took me to a Gekota fan club meeting"
"If that's so, why are you here?"
"Well when we got there she kinda ignored me and started talking to her friend, but we ran out of snacks and I didn't want to bother her, so I went to get more but I sort of got lost….but I eventually found the kitchen and there bringing the snacks back to the club room right now."
The Dorm manager then straightened up her glasses and said in a low but menacing voice.
"Is that so"
It was at this moment that Index started to get the message.
Present Time
"Well!? Mikoto screamed.
Shokuhou then put her phone away. "Oh, suddenly I remembered I have a thing." And with that Shokuhou walked off with her clique not too far behind.
"Please wait for me, my Queen."
"Huh! Are you seriously trying to run! I'm not done with-!
Mikoto felt an arm on her shoulder. "My, My Miss Misaka it seems as though you have lost all propriety."
A cold shiver went down Mikoto's spine as she realized who was behind her.
"H-Hi Mikoto." Index muttered from behind the Dorm manager.
"I-Index?" Mikoto muttered.
"Oh so you do remember Miss Index here, that's good to know. Although that doesn't quite answer the question as to why I found her roaming the halls like a wayward child."
Mikoto couldn't find the words to properly express the fear that was in her heart at that moment.
"Do you mind explaining to me why Miss Index here told me you shrugged off your responsibilities as her guide."
"W-Well I just took my eyes off her for a second and-"
"And what pray tell was so important."
It was at this moment that Mikoto knew, She F**** up.
One Lesson in Prosperity Later
After what seemed like an eternity Mikoto was finally free from the Dorm Managers clutches although it wasn't without its consequences. While Mikoto managed to get out of the entire ordeal without having her neck snapped she was still punished. Her punishment for abandoning her duties as Index's guide would be that she was forced to clean Tokiwadai's pool. Although since the pool was currently being used by the swim club her punishment would be on hold until July 25.
As the two started walking away from the dorms Index was meekly following behind Mikoto not saying a word to her.
"Is everything alright Index?"
"I-I'm so sorry! It's all my fault that you got in trouble! I just-"
"It's alright Index really."
"B-But you got-"
Mikoto then patted Index on her shoulder. "Really it's alright If anything I should be the one apologizing to you."
"Huh, but why you didn't do anything wrong."
Mikoto shook her head. "No your wrong, it was my job to show you around the Tokiwadai Dorms but, instead of doing that I took you to my club meeting in the hopes of getting you to like Gekota and ended up forgetting that you even there. Do you think you could forgive me?"
Without a second delay the young nun response "Of course! You're one of my best friends Mikoto".
"Thanks, Index. That means a lot" Mikoto then hugged Index.
"Although you're wrong about the part where you said you didn't get to show me around the Dorms"
"What'd you mean?"
"Well, it was because I felt safe that I decided to go out in the first place. That never would have happened a few days ago. Thanks to you I was able to walk without worry, although that Dorm manager still scares me".
"Ha, Yeah she has a tendency to that, doesn't she. Come on let's go to the park I'll buy you a crepe before we head back to Komoe-sensei place.
"Really! Thank you!"
On a rooftop
"Kanzaki what's wrong?"
"Tell me, have you ever heard of a man called Fiamma?"
Stiyl nearly choked on his own tongue at hearing his name. "Of course, but why would you bring him up?"
"The boy's hands…. They remind me too much of his powers."
"You can't be serious! Fiamma is the holder of the right seat of God to even think that he and that boy are even in the same league is-."
"Preposterous? Let me ask you this how else do you explain that he was able to effortlessly destroy your Inccintous?"
Stiyl looked as though he was conflicted. He knew that something was off with that boy when he first met him but, for him to be even considered in the same league as someone as powerful as Fiamma.
Before Stiyl could answer Kanzaki did.
"He did not simply erase your magic he absorbed it and from what I just recently learned he would've been able to fire it right back at you with more force, for that reason I believe we should target the girl known as Railgun."
"But didn't you say something about not wanting to risk fighting in case of collateral damage?"
Kanzaki nodded. "That was if I challenged her to a fair fight, but now…. If the boy's powers operate in the same capacity as Fiamma's then the safer option would be to launch a surprise attack against the Railgun".
Kanzaki let out a deep sigh "While I'm not fond of attacking a person when their guard is down there doesn't seem to be any other way, talking with her seems pointless since from what you told me she acts impulsively without thinking, besides they have already made their own opinions of us and will almost definitely not listen to our reasoning".
Kanzaki the clutch on to her katana "This is the best option…...for Index."
"Alright fine, but remember if you don't think you can win, we always have my original plan, even if the boy's powers operate in the same capacity as that monster, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Kanzaki nodded.
A Certain Park
As Index and Mikoto walked through the park something caught Mikoto's eyes. At first, she thought her mind was playing tricks on her but after rubbing her eyes the image didn't disappear.
It was her friend Saten levitating what seemed to be leaves around her hand.
"Oh my god, Saten!" Mikoto was ecstatic for her friend's accomplishment, After all, it wasn't long ago that Saten was a level 0.
This caught Saten off guard as she nearly collapsed after being spotted by Mikoto
"M-M-Misaka-san what are you-'
Before Saten could finish she was cut off by an ever-enthusiastic Mikoto. "This calls for a celebration wouldn't you say."
"Ah-"
"Come on I was just taking Index to get crepes why don't join us."
"N-No really it's nothing-"
"Huh? Aren't you excited, I mean you finally got an Esper ability."
Not finding any way out of the situation without seeming suspicious Saten reluctantly agreed to join them.
After the three of them were finally seated on one of the tables Index decided to break the ice first.
"Hi, my names Index it's nice to meet you".
"H-Hi My names Saten Ruiko, it's nice to meet you to Index." Saten then turned to Misaka. "Hey, Misaka-san how do you know Index anyways."
"Well Index is a foreign exchange student and I helped her out of a tight spot a couple of days ago and since then we started to hang out."
"That makes sense, I was gonna say she looks," Saten was then eyeing Index's robes. "Odd."
Index took offense to this. "Odd! These robes are a representation of my faith as a Sister I'll have you know!"
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to insult you or anything its just…. Those robes look nice on you." This what people would refer to as wrong place wrong time.
"So it wasn't bad enough that you make fun of my clothes now you lie to me!"
"I-Index, calm down I'm sure Saten didn't mean anything by it, Right." Mikoto then gestured to the crepe in Saten's hands.
"R-Right! Here you can have my crepe as a token of my apology."
Index then swiped the delicious crepe from the Saten's hands. "As a Sister, it is my job to forgive those who have sinned no matter what so all is forgiven Ruiko"
"A-Anyways, Saten I can't believe you got your esper ability."
"Y-Yeah it came as shock to me as well."
"See I knew with enough hard work you could develop your esper ability."
"Y-Yeah" Saten's grew ever more downtrodden
"You didn't even need to use something as bad as Level Upper to do it either."
Saten then twinged in guilt after that statement but before Mikoto could notice Index interrupted.
"Mikoto what's Level Upper?"
"It's just something illegal that people use when they don't have enough conviction to actually try hard, it's used to artificially strengthen their esper ability."
"That's terrible why would anyone use a drug like that just to get stronger?"
Mikoto shrugged. "I really don't know Index, some people just don't have what it takes to actually take the time to actually strengthen and develop their abilities, isn't that right Saten.
"Y-Yeah" Neither of the girls could see it but under the table, Saten was clutching onto her phone with guilt.
"Anyway's what kind of ability was that from the looks of it I think it's Aero hand"
"..."
"Saten?"
"..."
"Ruiko?"
"I gotta get going I promised Uiharu that I'd meet her later today." Without looking either of them in the eye Saten got up from the table and turned around. "It was meeting you Index. Bye".
"Saten are you alright?"
"Yeah really, I'm fine." As Saten started to walk away from them she never turned around for if she did they would be able to see the tears that were streaming down her face.
"She's not alright"
"I know, and I think I know what's bothering her."
"Really what is it?" Index asked.
"I think she's using Level Upper."
Index gasped. "But didn't you just say that it was illegal to have."
Mikoto nodded. "It is, I knew from the moment I saw her using an ability that something was off people don't just develop their abilities that fast overnight without doing something different, I was hoping that I was wrong, that Saten really did get her ability but-"
Mikoto had to fight off the tears that were starting to swell up in her eyes.
"Mikoto"
"But after seeing how she reacted to that now I know."
"But how did Ruiko even get her hands on Level Upper?"
"Knowing Saten she probably found some site online that showed her how to get it…... DAMMIT!"
Mikoto couldn't hold it off any longer and kicked over a nearby trash bin.
"Dammit! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!
"Mikoto"
"I'm, I'm fine just give me a minute to cool off would you."
Index nodded and left Mikoto alone for what felt like an eternity, Index didn't know how to react, this was the first time she had dealing with something like this. But she knew she couldn't just leave Mikoto alone.
Unknown to Mikoto while she was thinking over ways to deal with Saten, she was being watched from afar by a saint.
'Two seconds, that is the amount of time it would take to close the distance between me and her'.
'By the looks of it, she seems to be in a world of her own, No matter it has to be done.'
Kanzaki then pulled out a photo that she kept in her pocket and looked at it.
'This is for Index' Kanzaki then clutched her katana in her hand and was about to attack when something stopped her.
"Mikoto."
'Index!?'.
"Index I told you to-"
Index didn't know what to do, she didn't know what to say, what little memory she did have was filled with magical Grimoires. So Index did what she felt was natural.
'Index'.
Index embraced Mikoto
Kanzaki felt her grip loosen as she remembered that, it wasn't even a year ago when Index hugged her like that, looked at her like that, talked to her like that.
In the end, Kanzaki gave in to her emotions and let go of her katana.
'One more day, she deserves at least that much.'
And like that she vanished.
"Thanks for that Index"
"It was no trouble really but, what are we going to do about Ruiko?"
Mikoto sighed. "Well for once in my life, I'm gonna have to leave this up to Kuroko."
"The girl who could teleport."
"Yeah that's her, she's a part of Judgement so if anyone knows how to deal with this it would be her, if I went after her right now I don't what'd I do? Would I yell at her, chastise her for taking the easy way out," Mikoto took a deep breath. "For now I think the best thing for her is to get help and I know Kuroko and Uiharu can get her that help."
"So are you okay?"
"Not really I'd rather be the one to go after Saten but I can't be the one who goes after her."
"Why not, you're her friend aren't you."
"It's not that, the reason she took Level Upper in the first place was, so she could be like me, it has to come from someone who actually experienced being powerless, so I think Uiharu has this one covered."
"At least Ruiko will be getting the help she needs"
"Yeah, Why don't we go back to Komoe-sensei's place and wait for that idiot to get back."
"Okay"
Part 2
The saga of the Misfortunate boy
Touma knew that Today was going to be trouble. Why you may ask it's simple really for you see whenever Touma experiences something lucky happen to him something even worse would happen to him in the near future.
What may ask was so lucky that made Touma worry so much about today.
Well, yesterday he went on a date with Misaki that surprisingly went off without any incident at all. To say that this was rare would be the understatement of the century, never in his entire time dating Misaki has he ever had a date with her that didn't involve his misfortune getting in the way. So he knew that Tomorrow was going to be hell on earth.
Touma's day went as usual with him stepping on the occasional puddle here and there ruining his shoes.
The day truly became interesting when he finally got to class early and experienced the true wrath of the Delta Force.
"Are you idiots done yet," Touma said while being pinned down to the ground by his fellow members.
Aogami then let out a war cry "Never!"
"How could you Kami-yan!"
If you're wondering why Touma was currently being attacked by his friends the answer is simple the moment people found out that Touma was homeless and that both Tsuchimikado and Aogami refused to let him stay over their popularity quickly went down the drain.
Tsuchimikado's sister didn't take to kindly when she heard the news that her brother refused Touma request to stay over with him and refused to see her brother until Touma had a place to stay.
Aogami on the other hand…... What little popularity he did have with the females in the class was all but erased.
This went on for quite some time until their teacher finally arrived.
For the rest of the class however, he could feel the stare's of hostile intent surround him.
"Such Misfortune"
Komoe-sensei Apartment
Once class was over he somehow managed to escape from the remaining members of the Delta Force relatively unscathed.
However, before he could reach the sanctuary known as Komoe-sensei apartment he got a call from Misaki.
"Hey, Misaki what's up?"
"Nothing, just calling to check in you'll never believe what happened though."
"What happened."
"Well, you know who the Railgun is right?"
Touma was lucky this conversation was over the otherwise he would've been found out the moment Misaki saw his face. "Y-Yeah"
"Well today she brought over some exchange student to the dorms and ended up losing her, I spent nearly an hour helping her find her."
"D-Did they find Ind- I mean the girl?"
"Yes although not before the Dorm manager found out that she lost her."
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that their conversation was anything but pleasant."
"PFFT You could say that again" Touma could hear her childlike laughter in the background. If only it wasn't at Mikoto's expense.
"So I'm guessing you had a good day."
Touma could still hear her giggling. "Yeah you could say that, how about you my Prince."
"All in All…. Pretty good." This was not a lie.
"That's good to hear, I'll call you later my Prince bye."
"Bye Golden Girl"
When Touma hung up his phone he made the journey up the stairs which he liked to refer to as the stairway to heaven. Since he knew that those stairs were gonna give out eventually and...well you know.
As Touma approached the door he mentally prepared himself for what was to come. He knew that his friends day probably went terrible and prepared himself to try to cheer them up.
So when he opened the door and saw that Mikoto and Index were smiling and watching a Gekota cartoon on the cheap TV Komoe-sensei had he was shocked, to say the least.
"Hey, the Idiot finally made it."
"Touma you're finally back!"
"Yeah…. How was your today Index?"
Index took a moment to reflect over everything that happened to her and said the first words that came to mind. "All in all pretty good."
Touma gave out a warm smile. "That's good to hear."
After a while, Mikoto informed Touma of everything that happened to them today including Saten's situation.
"Mikoto I'm so-"
Before Touma could say another word Mikoto stopped him.
"It's okay, I already called Kuroko, and she said that Uiharu confronted Saten about the whole thing and brought her and all her classmates in for questioning and observation."
"Well at least they're getting the help they need"
Mikoto nodded. "Yeah from what Kuroko told me, Uiharu nearly balled her eyes out when she wasn't chewing out her classmates for what they did. They managed to find the website where Saten got the Level Upper in the first place and took it down so that's a good thing I guess".
"You sure you're alright?"
"Yeah, Kuroko managed to make sure that Saten and her classmates didn't end up in protective custody, so she's still at her dorm, I'm gonna go talk to her tomorrow, I'm sure she going through a lot now."
"Yeah, I bet" Touma then let out a sigh.
The two were interrupted when they heard the front door open and saw a fiery-eyed pint-sized teacher on the other side.
"Come let's get going to bathhouse!"
The two shared a look before getting up to answer "Right!"
Spa Resort Serene Springs
The reason why Komoe-sensei was so excited to head to the bathhouse was that they would be heading to the Spa Resort Serene Springs. It was a famous spa being ranked third among all other bathhouses. Fitting for it was highly recommended by the Third-ranked esper in all Academy City who was also footing the bill for this entire trip.
"WOW! So this is a bathhouse." Index was in complete awe as she saw the multistory bathhouse.
"Yeah Index," Mikoto then turned to Touma as he became to look more worried. "What's wrong, Idiot."
"I-It's just that, are you sure about this? I mean we could always just go to a different bathhouse." Touma generally avoided places like this much to the chagrin of Misaki who loved places like this.
"Jeez, are you still on that! Fine if you want we could all just go-"
"No!" both Komoe-sensei and Index cried out.
"Touma please!" The look on Index's face broke whatever little resistance Touma had left.
"Fine. Let's go."
"Hooray!" The pint-sized teacher cheered.
"Oh, Father who art in heaven, thank you for showing this wayward lamb-"
Touma didn't stick around to hear the rest of Index's speech as he headed inside.
This wasn't the first time Touma came to this place since Misaki had managed to drag him here once or twice in the past although in both instances he never actually went to the resort's bathhouse. Instead, both him and Misaki would go to the resorts other areas such as the gaming center which was Touma's favorite and the Karaoke center which was Misaki's, although they would always end off the day by going to the food tasting area since Misaki loved to eat their organic foods.
"Okay so call me when you guys are done, I'm gonna go hit the gaming center."
"Huh Touma, you're not going to the bathhouse" Index asked.
"Nah, besides there are no mixed baths here anyway." He knew this for a fact.
"I knew that! But you said we were all going to bathhouse together." Index whined.
"Look it not that big a deal besides-" Touma then saw the look of betrayal in her eyes and then looked over at his friends and saw not a look of anger on their faces but a look of disappointment as they shook their heads at him.
Once again Touma found himself peer pressured into going outside his comfort zone.
"Fine"
In order to keep Touma, honest Mikoto gave him her stamp book to collect a stamp to prove that he actually went inside.
"So this was your plan all along huh."
Mikoto was silent.
"Fine" Touma then took the stamp book from Mikoto's hands.
As embarrassing as it was to go and ask the lady at the front desk to give him a child's promotional stamp he thought it was a better alternative than having everyone think he was a cold-hearted monster.
Touma returned from the entire ordeal no worse for wear physically.
"Here" Touma the handed Mikoto back her stamp pad as she thoroughly inspected it.
"Wait a minute she gave you three extra stamps!"
"Yeah, so what?" In truth, the lady front desk was giggling so much at Touma that she forgot she had already stamped his pad.
After that Touma left to go to the bathhouse.
Once inside Touma had to admit it was pretty amazing. The way that science had enhanced the experience was mind-blowing there were electrical baths in one corner a giant touch screen in they even had a herbal bath.
After about a half-hour Touma decided that he had enough and decided to head back to get changed.
However, fate had other things in store for dear Touma as the waterproof watch that the resort gave him in order to unlock his locker had seemed to malfunction. So he needed to head to the front desk and ask for a new one, dressed in only a bathrobe to get one, which wouldn't be so bad except that he had grabbed Index's bathrobes by mistake which were colored pink.
On his way to the front office however, he ran into a certain zapper.
"Hey…" When Mikoto saw Touma dressed in a pink robe she couldn't hold it in. "PFFTT HAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Yeah, yeah laugh it up, I'm glad that my misfortune can bring someone some form of catharsis"
"I-I'm sorry really, it just..." Mikoto couldn't even properly finish her sentence.
Touma eventually got the lady to give him a new pass to get his clothes but in the background, he could hear Zapper still laughing.
Once Touma finally got changed he found his friends all eating ice cream.
"I thought we weren't eating until we got back?"
"Index said she wanted to try some ice cream, so we got some." Mikoto then passed Touma his Popsicle. "By the way, I have a question."
Touma looked confused. "What is it?"
"How'd you get the scar?"
"Touma has a scar?" Index asked curiously.
Touma looked even more confused until Mikoto clarified.
"On your back shoulder genius." Touma then took off his shirt to see for himself. However, Mikoto started to turn red after seeing Touma shirtless.
"P-Put your shirt back on IDIOT!"
"Touma I never knew you had any scars, how'd you get it?"
Touma didn't see any reason to lie to them, so he told them the truth. "I don't know."
"Huh?"
"What'd mean you don't know!"
"I mean I don't remember ever getting this, this is the first time I'm actually ever seeing this."
"Touma are you… dumb?"
"GAH!"
Mikoto shook her head. "Index given the way this Idiot lives his life, it's a small miracle he's not covered in them."
"I'm still here you know!"
Komoe-sensei's Apartment
Once they made their way back to the apartment the group found caught in another precarious situation.
"Dammit"
"What's wrong, Mikoto?" Index asked.
"I just got a call from Joseph's, and they say they don't deliver to sketchy looking apartments"
A figurative arrow suddenly shot its way into Komoe-sensei's pride.
"Well, I don't blame them."
And another one.
"Yeah, I can see that." Index replied.
And another one.
"Well someone's gonna have to go pick it up."
Suddenly all eyes in the room turned to Touma.
"Wait why me! Komoe-sensei has a car!" Touma whined.
"Are you really gonna make a little thing like me go out and carry all that food back here."
(SHE PLAYED THAT CARD!)
"Fine" Today was not Touma's day.
A Certain Park
Since Touma so graciously volunteered to be the one to go get the food he decided to take a shortcut through a nearby park while. As Touma ran through the park he could hear the sounds of people shouting and suddenly he found himself running toward it.
"You don't look so tough!"
"Yeah number 1 my ass, if we kick his ass we'll be famous."
As Touma got closer he could see that same moppy white-haired boy from just a few days ago being confronted by two thugs.
The look on the boy's face, it didn't show fear nor did it show anger it just showed….
"Hey, Assholes!"
Everyone present turned around to see Touma jumping out of the bushes onto the pavement in front of the white-haired boy.
"Who the fuck is-" Before the thug could even say a word he found himself on the wrong end of one of Touma's right hooks that sent him straight to dreamland.
"What the fuck man-" Pattern recognition was not this thug's forte as he found himself going through the same treatment as the first.
Once both thugs were dealt with Touma turned around to the white-haired boy. "You okay."
"It's you again. The dumbass who kept breaking the fucking packs."
This annoyed Touma a little as he remembered what he went through because of that. "Well you seem alright, See ya later coffee thief."
Touma then started to make a break for it. Until he heard the ground shake and saw the same white-haired boy suddenly appear in front of him.
"Uhh, can I help you?"(How'd he do that?)Touma wondered.
"Why the hell did you do that?" The white-haired boy hissed.
"Do what?"
"Beat those fucking thugs up, dumb ass! I could've beat the shit out of them easily!"
"I knew you could've handled them, I mean you were the one who put a hole in a convenience store remember."
The white-haired boy looked even more annoyed. "Then why!?"
"That's easy, it looked as though you didn't wanna fight."
"Huh?"
"Look I don't know you that well but when I saw you it looked as though you just wanted to be left alone."
"..."
"Well if that's everything I gotta get going."
Before Touma could leave the white-haired boy spoke up."Do you know who I am?"
"Huh no. Why?"
"My names Accelerator and I'm the first rank esper in this fucking city."
"Okay," Touma deadpanned.
This was one of the first times Accelerator was genuinely shocked. "The fuck do mean OKAY!?"
"Sorry, it's just…. Sorry." It wasn't that Touma didn't believe him. Although maybe that did play a small part in his reaction. But it was mainly due to the fact that he had learned that appearances could be deceiving.
"Who fuck are you!"
"My names Kamijou Touma, by the way, I gotta ask, is Accelerator your real name?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Well from what I know most if not all the Level 5s have an epithet, Like Mental Out, but they also have a real name, so what's your name?"
Accelerator didn't know how to respond. "I'm Accelerator, that's all there is to it!" that sentence carried more weight than Touma gave it credit for.
"Jeez and I thought Misaki was dramatic."
"Who the fuck is that?"
Who Misaki, that's the name of my girlfriend."
"..."
"..."
"PFFT HAHAHA HAHAHA"
"What's so funny?"
Accelerator couldn't remember the last time he laughed, but after hearing that. He couldn't help himself.
Suddenly Touma was realized what was going on. "WAIT A MINUTE I REALLY DO HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!"
"PFFT HAHAHA! YEAH! TOTALLY! HAHAHAHAHA!
To be honest, Accelerator didn't know why he decided to follow Touma. Normally he would have just laughed at him and went about his day. But something was different. Accelerator would classify people into two camps one were people who just wanted to use him for experiments while the other were people who just wanted to prove themselves by beating him. And to be honest this was the longest conversation with another person that he ever had since he got his powers.
"So what's it like being a level 5?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Well I mean just a few days ago I was a level 0 and while I hang around other people who also have that rank they each seem to treat it a different way. So what's it like for you?"
"Wait a minute, if you were a level 0 then what are now?"
"Well technically I'm classified as a Gemstone"
"What!? That doesn't make any sense?"
"Yeah tell me about," Touma said in a depressed sounding voice.
"So what you're like that dumb ass from YouTube?"
"N-No! I am nothing like that guy!" Touma did not want people to associate him with that lunatic.
Accelerator looked unconvinced. To be fair Touma had the same haircut as him.
"Where the hell are you going anyway?"
Well, I'm going to Joseph's to pick up some take out for my friends. Hey, something just crossed my mind."
"That must have been a long and lonely journey." Accelerator deadpanned.
"Screw you! But seriously I just realized how the hell am I supposed to carry all that stuff?"
"Are you serious!? You didn't even think that far ahead."
"..." Touma looked away from Accelerator.
Accelerator just put his hand on his face (What an idiot)
"Hey Accelerator do you think you could help me carry the food?"
"What? Why the hell would I do that".
"Out of the goodness of your heart?"
"Pfft hahaha!"
"Yeah, I should've seen that one coming. What if I promise to buy you a new pack of Black coffee?" Touma didn't know much about Accelerator, but he did know that he liked Coffee.
"Are you trying to bribe me?"
"It's only trying if you don't accept." Touma then gave Accelerator a sly smile.
Accelerator had no reason to accept this ludicrous deal he had already bought a pack of Black Coffee earlier that day "Fine."
"Great, While we're on the subject of coffee, you might wanna cut back on your caffeine intake their Accelerator you're starting to get white hairs" Touma then started to chuckle.
Accelerator simply glared at a Touma.
"What a surprise. Another level 5 doesn't have a sense of humor." Touma deadpanned.
Accelerator gave off a small smile. "Nah we're just smart enough to know when we're hearing a shit joke."
Touma stopped in his tracks for a moment. "Not gonna lie. That stung a little."
That comment hit a bit too close to home for Touma
Joseph's Dinner
"What the hell! I thought you said this was just for 4 people there enough here for a goddamn buffet!" Accelerator was referring to the fact that they were stuck carrying 7 bags filled to the brim with takeout containers.
"It is just for 4 people!" (How much did Zapper think we were gonna eat!)
The restaurant employees looked at the boys with a mixture of confusion and pity.
Touma's Dormitory
Through what some people might call a miracle the boys actually did manage to carry all the bags with Touma holding 4 and Accelerator holding 3. Although from Touma's perspective it seemed as though Accelerator was struggling a little.
"Hey Accelerator, are you alright?"
"I'm Fine!" In truth while carrying heavy objects was no trouble at all for Accelerator since he could basically make them weightless the real issue, however, stemmed from the fact that he severely underestimated the distance this boy had walked to get here, they have been walking for 40 minutes straight with no end in sight.
"Oh we're here"
"Finally" As Accelerator to put the bags down Touma followed suit.
"Wait here for a second." Touma then started to run into his dorm building.
After a few minutes, Touma came back down holding a broken pack of Black coffee.
"What's with the coffee?" Accelerator asked in an accusatory tone. "I thought you said you were gonna buy me a new pack, don't think for even a second that you can-"
*Touma then tossed a can of coffee to Accelerator
Lucky for Touma Accelerator reacted in time and caught it before his auto reflection could blast it away.
"Break time come on." Touma then gestured to a nearby bench.
"Huh?"
Once both Accelerator and Touma were seated Touma opened one of the bottles of black coffee and proceed to drink.
Accelerator was hesitant at but after Touma started to drink his, he followed suit.
"So you never answered my question."
"And what was that?"
"What's it like being a Level 5."
Accelerator leaned back and thought for a moment. "Well imagine ever dumb ass in the world coming out to get to you."
Touma sighed. "Yeah, that's what I thought."
Accelerator then looked up at the dorm building and noticed on the seventh floor they were doing construction. "The hell happened there."
Touma then raised his hand. "Some jackass firebombed my dorm" Touma then began to casually take a sip of coffee.
"What!?" Accelerator would expect something like this to happen to him but not this guy. "Don't act so freakin casual about it."
Touma just shrugged. "Why? It's nothing out of the ordinary, just another punk trying to prove himself."
"..."
"Hey Accelerator have you heard anything about something called a Level Upper?"
Accelerator rolled his eyes. "Don't fucking remind me." To clarify ever since people started using Level Upper the amount of challengers Accelerator got Tripled.
"You know your not that bad a guy Accelerator."
"Huh? The fuck are you talking about."
"I mean your an asshole but your not a bad guy, think about it, you helped me out when you could've just walked away."
"You bribed me, remember dumb ass."
Touma laughed. "Ha, like this poor Kamijou can even afford to bribe someone like you, aren't level 5s supposed to be rich?"
"Just Shut up, how much longer are we gonna be here?"
"Until you recover I guess."
"What the hell are you talking about now,"
Touma then finished his coffee and threw his can in the recycling bin. "I mean you were looking like you were about to keel over, so I decided to make us take a break."
Accelerator shot Touma a glare.
In truth, Touma knew from Misaki, that high-level espers tended to be the most unathletic members among the community.
Touma's phone then started to ring.
Touma had a fifty-fifty guess on who was calling him, and he knew it had to be a level 5.
"Hello?"
"HEY IDIOT WE'RE STILL WAITING!"
"Yeah, Touma hurry up!"
Touma quickly hung up the phone.
"Looks like break times over, come on let's get going.
Komoe-sensei's Apartment
"This is the place?" If you would've told Accelerator that this building was due for demolition he would've believed you without a second thought.
"Yep home sweet, temporary home. Thanks again for helping me carry all this stuff."
Accelerator scoffed. "Whatever, just don't try to weasel your way out of paying me back got that."
"Don't worry this Kamijou always pays back his debts. By the way, do you wanna come in."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well I mean there's plenty of food so if you're not busy you can join us if you want."
Accelerator stopped for a moment and before he could answer his phone rang alerting him of another experiment.
Accelerator hesitantly picked up his phone and started to walk away.
"I'm busy...maybe another time."
"Wait a second." Touma then grabbed Accelerator's shoulder.
"What is it now!?" Accelerator snapped.
"I didn't get your contact info, remember, how am I gonna pay you back if I can't get a hold of you." then grabbed Accelerators out of his hands and put his number in it.
"Okay, now you do mine" Touma then passed Accelerator his phone, and he begrudgingly entered in his number.
"There you happy."
"Ecstatic really." Touma then shot him a sly grin.
"Smartass" And with that Accelerator was off to another one of his experiments although this time he felt…. Different.
Once Accelerator was out of sight Touma began relentlessly knocking on the door.
After a few seconds, the door swung open for Touma to see a very angry Index.
"Uhh, Index is everything alright?"
Index glared.
"Uhh, guys can you help me out here." When Touma looked up however he saw both his pint-sized teacher and his very electrical friend glare at him.
"3 hours."
Touma began to sweat bullets. The distance between Komoe-sensei's apartment and Josephs was only 40 minutes.
"Get him."
And with that Index bared her canine teeth.
"Such Misfortune"
Once Index was finished mauling Touma the group began unpacking all the food.
"So Index I know I asked you this before but how'd you think your Big day out went?
"It was amazing!"
"Great now let's eat I'm starving"
And with that everyone began to eat the miniature feast they had before them
Omake
The true battle between the Strongest and the weakest
After suffering a terrible burn Touma decided to use the true power of his counter
You know Accelerator I'm jealous of your haircut not many people can pull off the used mop."
It was super effective
It was at this point Accelerator awakened his new and improved reflection.
"Thanks, I couldn't pull off the whole fake look like you, Fake hair, fake girlfriend."
Both boys stared down one another
20 minutes later
"You know it's better to let people think you look like a dumbass than actually opening your mouth to prove it."
"Oh, where'd you get that one, was from your other friends!"
"Yeah, I met them at the same place you met your girlfriend!"
"FUCK YOU!
"Don't like my sarcasm huh? Well, I don't like your stupid."
"Stop trying to be smartass, you're just an ass!?
"Okay wait second! I think we've gone way off track here I can prove to you that I have a girlfriend."
"How's that?"
"Look at this" *Touma pulls out his phone and pulls up a picture of him and Misaki.*
Accelerator starts grinning while looking at the picture.
"Hehehe You know photoshops a beautiful thing, but next time go easy on the cliche anime girl eyes"
"FUCK YOU!"
Uiharu's Enhanced Interrogation Methods
After being picked up by Kuroko, Saten found herself locked in a dimly lit interrogation room with the lights flickering.
"Guys, why did you grab me, where am I?"
*The lights suddenly turned off making the room pitch black
"Guys! Uiharu!"
Suddenly the lights turned back on and Uiharu wearing a black domino mask appeared behind Saten.
"You called" Uiharu spoke in a low menacing voice scaring Saten out of her mind.
"AHHH! Geez, Uiharu you scared me."
*Uiharu slams her fist on the table
"You wanted me here I am." Uiharu then menacingly stared Saten.
"U-Uiharu what with the voice? And what's with that mask?
Outside the Interrogation room
"Konori-senpai are you sure about this?" Shirai asked while looking into the Interrogation room through the one-way mirror.
Konori nodded. "Uiharu isn't just Judgements best goalie, she's also one of it's best interrogators if anyone can make Miss Saten talk it's her."
"I'm not worried about that, I'm worried that.-"
"AHHH! I swear to god Uiharu that's all I know!" cried Saten
"SWEAR TO ME!"
"AHHHH!"
"That' what I was afraid of."
What really happened at that convince store
After a long hard day of destroying windup dolls, Accelerator finally makes it to the convenience store to pick his pack of Black Coffee. Once Accelerator makes it into the store he heads straight to the cashier he talked to earlier.
"Oi, I'm here for my coffee."
The unamused store clerk simply gave Accelerator a blank look. "Isle closest to the chips sir."
This confused Accelerator. "The hell, no dumbass I'm here the coffee that I reserved earlier today!"
"Sir you can't reserve a pack of coffee, this is a convenience store, not a restaurant."
"I know dumbass that why I bought it and told you to hold it for me until I got back."
"Sir I don't recall ever doing that."
"The fuck." (This asshole, I bet he just pocketed the cash!)
"Sir if you're not gonna buy anything I'll have to ask you to leave."
"I already bought something you greedy fuck! Where the fuck's my coffee!"
"Listen here you, the minimum wage doesn't' pay enough to deal with you. So unless your gonna buy anything, Get out!"
At first, there was a look of shock on Accelerator's face, but that soon died out and was quickly replaced with a look of pure anger as he walked out of the store.
"What foul-mouthed little boy" The store clerk then noticed a post-it at the bottom of the counter
'What's this'
It read '
Don't forget to give the moppy white-haired boy his Black Coffee.
"Huh? That's my handwriting but I don't remember ever writing this."
Before the store clerk could even think another word he heard something in the distance.
*BOOOOOOOM*
"AAAAHHHHHHH!" Suddenly a
cleaning robot came barreling through the front entrance of the store completely obliterating everything in its path.
The robot came 5cm from smacking the man in the face.
"FUCK YOU!"
10 minutes later.
The owner of the store comes back to see his store in ruin and runs inside to see his employee standing motionlessly.
"Oh my god, what happened who did this. And what's that smell."
The employee then collapsed into his bosses arms.
"Moppy white hair….."
"What?"
"He…...he had such a foul mouth." the employee then passed out.
"NOOOOO!"
Author's notes
If you're wondering what Misaki heard it was "She's with the Dorm manager and she's coming right towards you."
Happy 15th Anniversary!