Thanks for reading a Certain Scientific Counter. I'm sorry for the delay but, I had to catch up on Game of thrones…...Also did you see the image for New Testament Reverse V22, It's pretty nice. Now I would like to give a Thank for my Beta-Reader Graeskog for helping me edit this. Now without further ado Q&A.
Tsun- But cliffhangers make you come back for more. And you'll see.
Xperior- Yes big oof indeed.
Nameless- There in a first base relationship that could easily go second if Touma wasn't so much of a Gentlemen. And we'll see.
Awardedall- And Thank you for the comment.
Grendel3130- Aiding and embedding, Spell check can be a cruel mistress.
Anti-Mage 29- Cliffhangers? If you want to blame anyone blame Animan10 he was the one who got me into making things have cliffhangers. And you'll find out…...right below.
Aminadab Brulle- HA HA HA HA! She doesn't even have her own tag that's so sad. I mean she has her own side story. In any case, she's staring in another chapter in the future.
BlueJack22- Thank you I always like to write the finaly, for the arc in a touching way and when I listened to the song it just came to me.
Nguyen Thanh Long- How can you be so sure? And that's a great idea. I can see it now.
Nihatclodra- Amnesia…...I don't remember?
Fortitude501- Due to the fact that Heaven Cancellers track record includes saving someone who's body literally exploded and giving someone an entirely new body, I doubt it. But the cyborg's leg is a cool idea.
Rajarshi Sarkar- All great art is received with mixed emotions so it's all right. New powers in his leg? Since when does becoming a cripple result in you getting superpowers, you know aside from most superheroes and Accelerator. And I'm back.
Nameless- Touma is an angel personality wise and Misaki is lucky, He's not though.
Chris- Japanese Superman! The Gutsiest hero in all of Japan! Nice recap and thanks for the comment.
Yakutsu Zaishiro- Gold Experience Requiem- Return To Zero!
Graeskog- Thank you for the review. And yeah his track record's pretty solid when it comes to injuries. The Lighter will prove to shed some light on something. And Tree Diagram…...you'll see.
Savior555- Don't know, I thought of it when I saw the last chapter of Astral buddy and saw him straight up fly.
Savior555- No problem.
Nice recap and we'll get more information about the lighter in future chapters. And yeah Index cares for all her friends in her own way. And yeah I'm leading into something bigger when it comes to the Gemstones. The mana injured Misaka because AIM fields and Mana aren't compatible with each other and the spell she used took advantage of that.
And thank you I tried to show how far and good the relationship Index and Touma have with each other, he'd go to hell and back for his friends. And no worries the song I used was Ceaser's death theme. And does Accelerator ever get peace and quiet? Thank you and I like big reviews.
paradoxReader- We'll see….and the second princess huh? I already have a rough idea on how that arc will work, so you'll just have to wait and see. And Thank you. And when Othinus finally shows up….
BorderLand- Yeah she's good at reading people like most teachers. And yeah he does have a type.
Kdburke2- Wow that's like 176k words in one go. Nice. And thank you for the compliment.
BorderLand- Yeah…...they never really stood a chance, he straight up shattered those Illusions of theirs.
BorderLand- Nice idea and ….you'll just have read below.
Memories of You
July 28
Part 1
2:00 PM
Touma's Hospital Room
"Tch! What happened to this idiot?"
As Accelerator looked over he could see pure white bed he laid in. The walls, floor, and ceiling were all pure white, it threw off his sense of distance, making the room seem oddly large.
The window next to the bed was open and the pure white curtain fluttered a bit letting in some of the sun's rays.
Even though the sun's light bathed the boy's face, he did not move.
The frog-faced doctor sighed as he replied, "When he was admitted most if not all of his bones were broken or heavily fractured. The only reason he didn't die of shock at the scene was due to the fact that most of his nerves were so heavily damaged that they weren't able to transfer any more signals to his brain."
Accelerator then went over and examined the monitor that read his EKG. For all intent's purposes, they read as normal. Which was odd, to say the least after what the doctor had just described to him.
"Well, gotta say doc, you're either one hell of a doctor or just a bad liar."
The doctor simply chuckled at this, "Thank you for the compliment but, for now, he's in a coma along with the girl that was brought in with him"
"!? What girl!? Wait a minute, when the hell did this happen?" He was under the assumption that this occurred when he was last with him.
"Hmm...somewhere around after midnight, they were joined by three people who didn't have an ID, that was quite the surprise in and of itself."
"Hmm" Accelerator looked to be deep in thought.
(Three people? I can assume 2 of those were the people we fought before but, who's the third?)
"In any case, you seem to be his first visitor of the day."
"Seriously?" He seemed more surprised than anything, he would've assumed that he had more friends than this.
The doctor nodded, "We tried to contact the people on his emergency contact list but, they never answered," The doctor then looked down the hallway to another room, "The same can't be said for the girl that was brought with him, however."
"Tch whatever, do you have any idea when this idiot will wake up? I got a few questions that need answering."
"I'm not too sure when your friend will wake up, we had to put him in a medically induced coma as to not risk him dying along with pumping him with a considerable amount of anesthesia, if I were to hazard a guess then it would have to be somewhere around late afternoon or early evening. "
Accelerator than narrowed his eyes, "He's not my buddy, he's just some guy I met a couple of days ago, that reminds me, how long was I out for?"
"4 days"
(4 days, huh)
"In any case, do have you anything you'd like to say to your friend before you go?"
Accelerator rolled his eyes at this, "Got nothing to say to a guy who can't even bother to wake up and listen."
The doctor sighed, "Alright, then if you don't mind can go back to your room to discuss your condition."
"Fine"
After having the doctor explain all the damage that was inflicted unto his body he was quite, skeptical to say the least. To be fair this would be the normal reaction to anybody who heard that their liver had the beginning stages of Cirrhosis and was healed in just one hospital stay.
The rest of the conversation was as to be expected a basic overview of his general welfare and such. There was also the issue of his hospital bill, he had no health insurance, so he would have to pay out of pocket.
This was no problem for him as Accelerator had allowed his body to be used in many different projects in the past. All the money had simply been thrown into his bank account without being used, so this was not an issue from a monetary perspective.
What was the problem was the fact that he was actually hurt in the first place? The reason why he didn't have health insurance was that he never saw the need to get it. Nobody could even scratch him let alone send him to the hospital and yet here he was.
He didn't know what to make of it anymore. Originally he had a hard time believing Touma when he claimed he could negate any esper ability, but now there were people claiming to be able to wield magic. Though headstrong he was, he had to consider every possibility since at the end of the day he was hurt.
(No, that's impossible)
This didn't last too long since his Scientific mind simply couldn't accept the existence of magic.
He had long ago disregarding any sort of fantasy perspective and accepted the reality as the cold place that it is.
As he laid there on the bed in his private hospital room, he waited for time to move on, so he could ask that guy some questions, that's when he heard knock on his door.
He was surprised, to say the least, mostly due to the fact that he had no idea who it could be.
When he opened the door he was met with a small package. It looked as though it was dropped off by a courier of some sort.
At the same time he opened his door he could also hear some girl wailing from the other side of the hallway.
"ONEE-SAMA!"
He could feel his ears burn as the girl's scream carried over as though she was screaming directly into his ear.
Was this because the hospital hallways had great acoustics or just because that girl's voice was just so powerful.
Whatever the answer was Accelerator slammed the door shut as to shield himself from the wailing.
"Tch! Freaking brats"
When he opened the package, he greeted by a burner cell that had a pre-recorded message on it.
Accelerator laid down on his hospital bed as he read the message.
July, 27-Due to unforeseen circumstances revolving around the subject Accelerator's health, recalculations have been done using Tree Diagram, Project Level 6 Shift is to be postponed until August 15. Until then all experiments are henceforth postponed.
Once he read the message, he looked out the window of his room and towards the sun.
He had no idea what to do anymore, his life used to revolve around the project and now it was postponed.
"Tch. Whatever."
He didn't know what he was feeling at that point in time but, in a small way, he felt relief that it was postponed.
He just didn't know why.
Kamijou Touma's Hospital Room
Visitor: ? ?
As she walked and saw him lying motionless on his bed she couldn't help feeling relief in a way.
It had been so long since she had last seen him face to face that she didn't know what to say.
What would he say if he saw her like this?
As she leaned over his body her wavy chocolate colored hair covered his face so that if he were to wake up now the first thing he would see would be her face as she smiled towards him.
But as all things must come to an end, so did this.
She sighed, as slowly removed her gloves that were covering her hands as she placed one on his temple and placed her forehead on his.
She wondered what he felt as it happened.
Did he feel
Sadness
Relief
Anger
Whatever it was, she had long ago learned to never assume what other people feel.
She then saw something lying by his bedside table that made her furious.
A lighter made of pure gold. It looked as though it was run over multiple times as it was dented from head to toe with cracks all around it.
Even just glancing at it made her think of that person.
In a fit of anger, she reached over him to grab the lighter and threw it out the window.
As the anger subsided she went into her purse and pulled out a syringe and proceed to gently inject him with its contents.
It was harmless for now but, if he were to do that to his head than it wouldn't be.
"I'm sorry Touma but, for now, this is for your own good."
She then gently caressed his face, "I promise that I'll see you soon ✩"
As she walked out of the room she could hear the screams of some girl wailing.
"ONEE-SAMA!"
"It seems that she finally woke up too~"
Part 2
Mikoto Hospital Room
As she slowly opened her eyes she could vaguely make out the people watching her.
That's when she heard it.
"ONEE-SAMA!"
Like a banshee, Kuroko's cry came in full blast towards the poor electromaster's eardrums.
The whole room, in fact, winced at this.
"Wha- Where am I?"
As she rubbed her eyes she could see more clearly now, there around her bed were her friends.
Kuroko had her eyes filled with tears, while Uiharu Saten had looks of concern painted on their faces.
As Mikoto slowly turned her head she could see Index sitting there by her bed, it looked as though she'd been there the whole night.
"Mikoto you're awake!"
"Index what happened?"
"THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO KNOW!" Kuroko once again roared, "You were gone the entire night, I was so worried and then I find out that you were in the hospital!" Kuroko then pushed Index aside as she grabbed her hand and pointed towards Index, "This one over here wouldn't tell us a thing, saying that she didn't know what happened."
"B-But, I really don't know, I woke up only a few hours ago."
"S-Shirai-san, take it easy, Index was just as worried as you were." Uiharu tried in vain to calm her down.
"Then why didn't you call any of us when you found out my precious Onee-sama was injured!"
Index looked sheepishly at the ground, "B-But, I don't know how to use a phone and-"
*Biri Biri*
As Kuroko laid there convulsing on the ground Mikoto turned to Index.
"It's okay Index, you didn't do anything wrong," She then looked over at Kuroko, "Lay off her would you?"
The only reply she was able to give from her smoldering body was a thumbs up.
"M-Misaka-san, if you don't mind what did happen? I mean Shirai-san called us telling us that you were in the hospital for internal bleeding."
(So that's what happened)
Panic then began to form on her face as she remembered who else was there with her that night.
"Index, do you know what happened to him!?"
Index continued to look at the ground unable to look her in the eyes, "T-Touma won't wake up, I tried everything but, he won't wake up."
Mikoto's face grew ghastly pale and she started having tears form in her eyes "!? I-I-Index are you saying h-he's d-"
Index frantically waved her arms in denial, "N-NO! Touma's not dead! The Gekota doctor just said that he was in a coma!"
The color began to slowly come back to her face as she sighed in relief. "Thank god."
"Uhh, Misaka-san?" Her friends all looked at her unsure what to make of what just happened.
Mikoto looked at their faces unsure what to tell them.
(Should I really tell them what happened? Chances are there not gonna let up unless I give them some sort of explanation but, should I?)
After a long silence, Kuroko rose from the ground, "We were all scared Onee-sama when I got here and saw you laying in the hospital bed I-I" Kuroko then had small tears forming in her eyes.
"Mikoto, it's alright." Index then nodded to her.
"Okay…...This might take a while."
After explaining to them the existence of magic they were all visibly shocked, except for Saten who looked more excited than anything now knowing that some urban legends were really true. Though once she explained to them the fate that befell to Index every year and how her own friends made themselves her enemies, they all showed their own version of sympathy towards the poor girl with Kuroko even apologizing for her actions.
Saten then pulled out a package and handed it to Mikoto, "I-It's some clothes, the doctor said yours were covered in blood."
Mikoto gave off a small smile "Thanks, I'd rather not walk around in a hospital gown."
"What's the last thing you remember Misaka-san?" Uiharu asked
"Well, I remember when Index transformed and….. how I was completely useless…."
Mikoto looked at the floor downtrodden.
"Onee-sama…..I'm sure you did everything you could." Kuroko tried to reassure her, but she wasn't buying it.
"No, you're wrong! I was about to give up, if it wasn't for him then Index probably would've gone through with it…..I didn't even last 10 seconds before….." Mikoto then clutched her side as she could still remember the burning sensation she felt and how unbearable it was.
"*sigh* The last thing I remember was lying on the ground, I saw a feather fall on his leg and he fell….I remember trying to yell at him to get away as more feathers came falling down but he couldn't hear me, I tried to crawl over but something grabbed me, so I did the next best thing, I used the pins on Index's robes to try and drag them over."
"What happened next?"
"I don't know, that's when everything went dark and I could hear her scream his name."
Uiharu then looked around, "Where is Kamijou-san?"
"He's still sleeping, the doctor said he wouldn't wake up until the evening….I tried to go visit him but….."
Index then felt a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry," Mikoto then began to get up from the bed, "Let's go see him"
"O-Onee-sama, are you sure you should be getting up so soon!?"
"Y-Yeah Misaka, I mean you just woke up!?"
Mikoto smiled at her friend's concerns, "It's okay I feel fine"
For all intents and purposes, Mikoto was fine, aside from some lingering pain from having her blood vessels burst.
As they all walked down the hallway they all finally reached his door.
However, before they managed to actually open it they were stopped by the same frog-faced doctor that treated Misaka.
"More visitors I see."
"!? He already had someone visit him?"
"Hmmm, more or less but, in any case, I can't have all of you go in there at once, at most I and can let 4 people in at one time," He then turned to Mikoto, "Besides I still haven't talked to you about your condition yet."
Mikoto chuckled, "Yeah sorry about, that you guys go ahead without me."
"Are you sure Misaka?"
"Yeah"
And with that Index and the rest of them entered Touma's room leaving Mikoto.
"So, what exactly happened to me?"
The doctor took out his clipboard and started sifting through his papers, "Well a majority of your blood vessels burst, in fact, we even had to take out your appendix."
Mikoto then went to look at her stomach and saw no scar "Wow, and not even a scar, you're good."
"Ha, who do you think I am, now while you don't have any permanent injuries I recommend not overexerting yourself for at least a day or two."
"Got it, is there anything else?"
The doctor then pulled out two letters from his coat pocket and handed it to her, "Yes, the people who brought you in wanted me to give these to you, one was addressed to you while the other was addressed to your friend."
After getting over the initial shock of actually having them write to her, she opened her letter and saw that it only had 4 words written on it.
'Come to the Roof'
Part 3
A Certain Hospital Roof
After going to her room and changing Mikoto headed straight to the roof
The moment she entered the roof of the hospital she saw the saint known as Kanzaki, waiting for her patiently as she leaned on the fence.
Kanzaki raised an eyebrow, "You took longer than I expected. How are you feeling?"
"Confused, what the hell happened last night?"
Kanzaki then looked at the clear blue sky, "Do you remember the fog that touched you yesterday?"
Mikoto nodded.
"Well that was the spell known as St Vincent de Paul's Offering, it's a spell that is mainly used for support, St Vincent de Paul was a Saint associated with charity and as such his likeness was used to bestow you with the charity of Mana."
"Mana? I think I've heard of that term in some video games. It's like an energy system, right?"
Kanzaki nodded, "Precisely, in normal cases, it would be beneficial for people giving them increased vitality and helping them heal by giving them Mana to perform a healing spell automatically, however in the case of you espers it's a deadly curse. Mana is incompatible with espers and as such, it results in injury if one such as yourself were to use it. So, the spell itself is paradoxical since it goes against St Vincent de Paul's teaching, I still don't know how she managed to circumvent the consequences of using that spell in a manner such as that."
Mikoto then clutched her side, "Okay, but what happened to him"
Kanzaki stared mutely at Mikoto, her hands balling into tight fists, "When the feather landed on his leg…...you tried to go after him yourself but, I stopped you since it would've been suicide if I had let you go in there. I suspect he knew that as well and used his own body to shield Index from the impact, even as I held you down you continued to struggle. You even let out a shock towards Index pulling them closer to us."
"..."
"...But in the end that didn't stop the feathers from falling on him, once it was all over we were sure that he was dead. No ordinary human could withstand that much punishment to their body but, somehow he did. Granted, his body was in complete disarray, but in the end, he lived. And after that, I carried both of you to this hospital while Stiyl did the same for Index."
"So that's what happened, thanks for bringing us here."
"It was the least that we could do after Kamijou-san kept his word and saved Index."
Kanzaki then had a serious expression on her face, "When we reported that the collar that was placed on Index was destroyed we were ordered to bring Index back immediately due to the fact that she might still be able to use magic."
Mikoto's muscles instantly tensed up.
"Rest easy, I have no intention of taking Index away from you….at least not yet anyway."
Mikoto looked puzzled, "What's that supposed to mean? And why is Index being able to use magic a big deal anyway? Is it really that bad?"
Mikoto didn't know why Index being able to use magic was such an issue.
Kanzaki had a serious expression on her face as she answered. "Very, If she can use magic and has all 103,000 Grimores at her disposal she would be as dangerous as a Magic God, and if that happens well…." Kanzaki looked visibly conflicted.
"Wait, won't you get in trouble for not bringing in Index?"
Kanzaki's expression eased, "Yes and No, while yes going against a direct order is heavily prohibited if there are extenuating circumstances there are some exceptions."
"What're you talking about?"
Kanzaki smiled, "It seems that I had incurred so much damage from the fight I had with Kamijou-san that I was unable to fulfill the order."
"!? Wait so you lied?"
"No, the Church lied to us when they said Index was sick, this was just an exaggeration. The truth of the matter is I did suffer massive injuries from Kamijou-san and his friend, all I did was give Kamijou-san most of the credit in my defeat, so I could get the result that I wanted."
"I still don't know what you're talking about."
Kanzaki then tossed a thick envelope at Mikoto which she caught.
"When I lost in my fight between Kamijou-san and his friend many things happened behind the scene. The peace between the Magic and Science side is a delicate thing and something as dramatic as an Esper being able to defeat a Saint wouldn't go unnoticed and probably would've started a larger conflict if not handled correctly. That's why we were fortunate enough to have Kamijou-san there as well."
"What does he have to do with any of this?"
"He's one of the Talented ones, a precursor to both Science and Magic and as such he shows himself to be a type of political quagmire since neither side can truly claim dominion over the Talented ones he falls under neither of the sides true scope. Due to this, when I said Kamijou-san was the one who defeated me it caused a problem for both sides."
Kanzaki then smiled again, "Due to the fact that I claimed to defeat the esper while losing to him, both sides were forced to come to an agreement to keep the peace, Index is to be safeguarded by the boy Kamijou Touma The Saint Destroyer."
Mikoto's mouth gaped open, "Saint Destroyer?"
Kanzaki chuckled, "I got the name from some of my old comrades, when Kamijou-san hit me with the energy from his left hand I was unable to move whatsoever for the longest period of time, whatever energy he hit me with completely disrupted the flow of my mana and I was unable to fully recover until earlier today when I purged the last of it out of me."
"Purged?"
"I would talk to Index about that, I'm not as well versed in Mana theory as she is. There's also one other thing I would like to talk to you about, your involvement with magic, I assume Stiyl already told you."
Mikoto nodded, "Yeah he told me to get lost."
"He's not completely wrong. Your involvement with magic has shown to be a bigger problem than you think. The small concession over you almost made the peace talks completely break down."
"I'm not just walking away from this, not after everything he did to save her."
"I can respect that esper, that is why I recommended you be Index's Science Guardian."
Mikoto raised her eyebrow, "Guardian"
"The agreement both sides came to was that Index was to be safeguarded by Kamijou and with that he has some autonomy in which he can ask for assistance from the Science side. Though this only applies when it falls under the purview of protecting Index, anything else and it would run the risk of causing problems"
"Wait. So, who is the Magic side's Guardian?"
"There is none. Because espers are incapable of using the Grimoires only they be trusted to safeguard Index. However, due to this relationship, the Magic Side is able to call upon Index whenever they feel it is necessary."
"So, they actually fell for that?"
Kanzaki shook her head, "Not at all, but the archbishop made the smartest move given the situation, would she rather have had 3 unruly subordinates or a new asset. While they didn't fully believe me when I said that Kamijou defeated me, they did see the value of having someone like him as an asset. While it's not ideal it's the best that I can offer."
Mikoto smiled, "It's plenty thank you," She then open the envelope and saw that it was filled with Money, "Uhh, what's this?"
"That's for Index, I know it isn't much but, it's the least I can do for her," She then leaped from the ground effortlessly and landed on the top of the chain link fence, "Give Kamijou my best."
And with that, she was gone.
Now alone on the roof, Mikoto couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed at that.
Part 4
2:30 PM
Tokiwadai Middle School Library
"*Yawn* Are we done yet?" asked Misaki.
For the past few days she had helped organize the Midsummer Festival for Tokiwadai, In fact, they were supposed to be finished yesterday if it wasn't for a freak power outage caused by a certain Electromaster.
"Almost my Queen,"
Misaki then started to pout, " Honestly what was she thinking when she fried every electrical appliance in the vicinity,"
"I-I'm sure she had her reasons" The girl didn't seem too sure of herself, while she had respect for The Ace of Tokiwadai she couldn't fathom why she would do something like this.
Misaki simply rolled her eyes, "In any case, where's Junko with my new phone?"
"S-She should be here any minute now. Your particular brand of phone isn't commonly found around here, along with the fact that she has to transfer over all of the information from your broken phone to your new one."
In truth Miskai was just bored, she'd rather be doing something else than this, most of the things that they were doing now, was just copying down what had been lost the previous day. Not the most entertaining thing in the world.
As the minutes rolled by, she could feel herself get antsier since today was the day that Touma was supposed to tell her what he'd been hiding from her.
The only reason Misaki gave him the 3 days he asked for was that it was the only favor that he ever asked of her during their entire relationship, so she couldn't in good conscious just deny it.
He had given her so much and yet asked for nothing in return, and even when asking for a favor it never benefited him just others like his friend. He was truly a Prince.
She grimaced remembering the pain in Accelerator's mind.
While she didn't like the fact that Touma associated himself with him, she had learned in the past that those who he calls friend would usually turn out to be a redeemable person, she could only hope that it was true in this case too.
She then turned her head to see Junko coming in with her new phone in hand.
"My Queen, you seem to have some missed calls."
Kamijou Touma's Hospital Room
3:00 PM
Visitor: Index, Saten, Uiharu, Shirai
"So that's him huh?" Saten mused. "I only saw him the one time and I never got to ask him any questions either, it's ironic, isn't it. He saved me from a coma and now here he is in his own," Saten then had a downtrodden look on her face. "It's like some sick joke."
"I know what you mean," Uiharu then looked at the open window by his bedside. "He's so nice and yet something so awful happened to him."
"Hmph," Kuroko had mixed emotions about the boy. On one hand, he saved Index but on the other, he's the reason why Mikoto was injured in the first place. "He brought this on himself, he knew that something like this was going to happen the moment he got himself involved, and yet he did so anyway. Whether that's because he's so damned prideful or his sense of justice is that strong, I couldn't say but, he didn't have to drag Onee-sama into this too."
Index winced at this, "I-I'm sorry…"
"No it's not your fault Index, I'm sure Onee-sama would've gotten involved one way or the other, it's his fault because he kept it to himself and didn't ask for more help."
Uiharu then turned to Shirai "Like you're on to talk Shirai-san, I've seen you run headfirst into danger plenty of times completely disregarding Judgement protocols."
"That's different, I was held accountable at the end of the day, him on the other hand-"
As their conversation continued Index continued to sit on the chair by the misfortunate boy's bed.
She didn't know what to say to him once he woke up. He had done so much for her.
Index while having an eidetic memory and having more knowledge about magic than most magicians in the world still lacked life experience. This was because she lost so many years of her life due to her memories being erased.
"Thank you, Touma, for everything."
She then felt a hand on her shoulder and saw Saten.
"Hey you know when he wakes up he's gonna be hungry, why don't you go get him something from the cafeteria?"
"T-That's a good idea," Index sniffled, "But what if he wakes up before than...and...and" Tears then started to pour from her eyes.
"Hey, Hey what's wrong?" Saten tried to comfort her.
At the sight of this, both Uiharu and Kuroko stopped arguing.
"I-I-I'm scared that Touma's gonna lose his memories again!?" Index wailed.
"!? I-Index calm down, what're you talking about?"
"Dragon's breath is an army killing spell…..If even one feather touched his head than…."
Saten than hugged Index, "Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine" In truth, she wasn't. In fact, from the way, Mikoto described how the feathers fell it was most likely that one might have ended up touching his head.
"Index-san, what do you mean again?" Shirai asked.
Between sniffles, she answered, "Touma told me that he lost his memories a while ago….I could tell from the way he looked that it really hurt him….if he lost them all again then I...I"
Sympathies came to him from everyone in the room after that as they all understood why he did what he did.
It was because he knew what it felt like to lose something so precious and didn't want this girl to face that again.
Uiharu then scanned the room, "Hey Shirai-san, the doctor said we were his first real visitors, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
Uiharu had a look of mixed emotions on her face.
(Where is she?)
Saten then began to lead Index out of the room gently, "Come on, I'll help you make something for him, and don't worry even if by some misfortunate accident Kamijou-san does lose his memories we'll help him make new ones."
Index seemed to perk up from these words.
'And when we both make it out, why don't we try rebuilding together? Wouldn't that be nice?'
"Okay." She then wiped the tears away from her eyes and took Saten' hand to follow her out of the room.
A few minutes after Index and Saten were out of the room, Shirai turned to Uiharu and narrowed her eyes.
"What do you know?"
"W-Whatever do you-" She was abruptly cut off by a hand on her shoulder.
"You can either tell me now, or you can tell me in front of the crying nun, either way, Uiharu you will tell me."
Uiharu tried to avert her eyes but every time she did Shirai would just move into her line of sight.
"I-I can't I promised!"
"Well, I also promised that I'd protect Onee-sama from any danger and yet here we are, so spill."
Uiharu continued to jerk her head around stubbornly. "N-No!"
"Fine"
Suddenly the two of them found themselves in front of the Saten and Index in the middle of the cafeteria.
"Hey guys, Uiharu here has a secret about Kamijou!" Her declaration was received with universal shock as both of them turned their eyes to Uiharu.
"Shirai!"
Index then grabbed Uiharu's hand.
"Please," Uiharu could see the genuine pleading in her eyes, all she wanted was to help the one who saved her.
Only a cold-hearted monster could deny this poor sister's request.
Something that Uiharu wasn't.
Part 5
Kamijou Touma's Hospital Room
3:20 PM
Visitor: Mikoto
As Mikoto neared the door she could swear that she heard someone talking on the other side but when she opened the door she found no one other than that boy.
(I guess it was just my imagination.)
As she sat there by his bedside, she couldn't help but feel a bit of shame.
"I-I'm sorry that I wasn't any help. I couldn't even save you from the feathers and now you're like this."
She didn't notice the boy's eye twitch.
"You know, when I first met you I didn't know what to make of you,"
She didn't notice as the boy's eyes slowly peek open.
"But now that I got to know you, I feel like I really Li…*sigh*" Even under the assumption that he was in a coma, she couldn't admit that to his face.
"Thanks for everything, Touma."
"Your welcome."
Mikoto's eyes then shot open.
Red Alert! Red Alert!
MELTDOWN IN
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"AHHHHHHHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL!"
"AHHHHHHHH! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING!"
"WHY AREN'T YOU STILL IN A COMA!"
"WHY DO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU WISHED I WAS STILL IN A COMA!?"
After calming down Mikoto's gaze turned to him, "How much did you hear?" Her voice was ice cold.
"When you said I'm sorry, Why?"
He did not see the danger.
*Biri Biri*
"Well do you have any last words?" She had a twisted smile on her face, "BEFORE I KILL YOU!" Bluish-white sparks of electricity started exploding around her.
He saw the danger.
"AHHH! PLEASE MIKOTO DON'T KILL ME! I HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR! I NEVER EVEN GOT A GIRLFRIEND!"
The nurse rang the call button, but no one dared show up to answer it.
Unable to lift even his arms the boy named Kamijou Touma was screwed.
"JUST MY LUCK!"
After putting the fear of Raijin in Touma she began to calm down.
"So, what's the last thing you remember anyway," Mikoto sighed heavily, "Touma."
Touma chuckled, "Well everything is a bit hazy, but I remember you telling me to go and then everything seemed to cut out until I got over to Index. By the way where is she? Did she….you know?"
"Don't worry she's fine," Mikoto than sincerely smiled, "You did save her after all."
A huge wave of relief flowed over Touma.
"Also Kanzaki said we don't have to worry about them taking away Index anymore."
"Why's that?"
"Apparently they decided to name you Index's guardian, they even gave you a nickname."
"Really what is it? I bet it's something lame like the luckless lad."
Mikoto rolled her eyes, "Nah I wish, It's The Saint Destroyer."
A light glistened from his eyes, like a child who just received the best present from Santa.
"That's so cool."
"..."
"Kamijou Touma The Saint Destroyer, I might even make that my new Gamertag."
"..."
"Hey look out behind you, who is it…... it's the Saint Destroyer!"
*Biri Biri*
"Okay, I'll stop now."
"Crumby jokes aside, it's a good name but, it's more of a deterrent for would-be kidnappers than anything."
Touma then tried to move his arms, "Hey do you mind calling the doc, I don't wanna sound ungrateful or anything, it's just that I'd like to be able to move my arms and my head's killing me."
A smirk grew on her face as she raised her right hand, "Why ever would I do that," Bluish whites sparks began to form.
"B-Because you're a nice person Mikoto-sama…."
The electricity faded away as she crossed her arms "Fine"
The two then heard the door begin to open and to Mikoto's surprise there she was, the Queen bee of Tokiwadai, the Queen Shokuhou Misaki.
Out of pure reflex, Mikoto jumped in front of Touma, she had no idea why she was here but, knew Shokuhou well enough to know that she might read his mind.
The shock on Shokuhou's face was ever prevalent as she saw this, "What are you doing here!?"
The boy sat up in a pure white bed.
"Um..." said the boy with a quizzical look on his face and bandages wrapped around his head like a headband. "Is she your friend Mikoto?"
His words were the polite and doubtful words of someone probing for information.
Shokuhou's breathing stopped for a moment as her entire face began to turn pale, "It's me, don't you remember?"
"Umm?" His words sounded worried. He turned his gaze towards the only face he actually remembered.
Mikoto was just as confused. "Shokuhou-san, what are you doing here?"
She was ignored.
"Touma, don't remember me?"
"I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are, are you okay? You look really sad."
Shokuhou felt the urge to cry rise up as high as her chest. Her worst fear had just come true.
As Shokuhou sat there alone in the hallway she could only vaguely remember what happened just a few minutes ago.
In between all the tears and crying Mikoto somehow managed to get her to calm down enough to lead her out of Touma's room. He wanted to go after them but, his injuries made it impossible, so he couldn't.
After leaving the room Mikoto tried to talk to her, Shokuhou couldn't respond to a single question without beginning to cry again.
Eventually, a noise came from Touma's room. Probably him trying to force his way out of his bed to go see her, and Mikoto left her alone in the hallway to go check on him to make sure he was okay.
And here she was alone.
She pulled her phone out and listened to the message again.
'H-Hey, Ummm...I said I'd call if I needed your help…..and I really don't know what to do here I mean…...She's so sick…..I don't know if I can….you know what nevermind…..I-I'll figure something out, I'm sorry I bothered you, I know once you hear this you'll be worried about me but don't be, I have my friend here with me, I'm sure we'll probably figure something out….Anyways in case you don't get this in time, I'll see you tomorrow, I have so much I need to tell you, some of the stuff I'm gonna say is gonna be hard to believe but it's the truth and once you meet Index I'm sure she'll be able to convince you, Take care...Golden Girl'
(I let him down, the one time he needed me... I...I betrayed him.)
Tears began pouring out from her eyes.
Her eyes that once sparkled with stars were now hidden in the bangs of her luscious golden hair.
'Can you please give him this one miracle, and I swear I'll make it right'
"I'm sorry….I'm so sorry….I let you down."
Amidst all of the tears, she didn't notice as one girl on the other side of the hall smiled at her misery as she began to walk the other way.
Her face was devoid of any life so much so that a passing nun poked her to check to see if she was okay.
"Umm..excuse me."
Shokuhou did not look up.
"Are you okay?"
"H-He doesn't remember….." Those were the only words that she could mutter out.
Index face turned to shock. She could not help but lower her gaze in shame. As she knew who she was talking too.
"I-I'm so sorry" Index worked to keep her breathing steady.
Touma had been hurt for her sake. It was not fair for so many people to suffer.
Misaki managed to get out of her daze for a moment to listen to what she had to say.
"M-My names Index,"
"!?"
"T-Touma got hurt because of me….He fought magicians for me and saved me." Index felt like she could not go on speaking for much longer. "I-I'm so sorry you had to lose him...I-It's all my fault….because of me he lost his memories again and now he forgot you too. I should've never gotten him involved..."
Index felt a hand on her shoulder.
Misaki bit her lip.
She could easily wipe away everything from her right now just like she did to him.
It wouldn't even be a problem for her to get around those poisonous memories of hers.
It wasn't like she would fight back either.
But she didn't. Because that's not what he would do.
"D-Don't cry," Her words sounded unsteady but firm.
Index froze in place. "B-But."
"Just don't…...Touma didn't save you so you could cry…" She had forced the urge to cry down, "He saved you so you could smile," It was hardly a perfect smile, but she did at least manage a crumbling smile.
"T-Thank you…."
"N-Now can you please tell me what happened."
Part 6
Kamijou Touma's Hospital Room
"Let me go!"
"Touma stop! You might hurt yourself even more than you already have!"
Touma winced as he looked over at his left wrist, in his attempts to leave the bed to follow the crying girl he sprained it. "I can't just leave her like that, you saw how she just cried she obviously knows me."
"But do you know her?"
"!? I never saw her before in my life…."
"Touma, do you remember when you told me someone erased your memories, who was that?"
"I-I-I don't know?"
He seemed to have a pained expression on his face as he tried to recall events that made no sense.
Mikoto also seemed unsure, "The girl who was just here was a named Shokuhou Misaki she's a Level 5 telepath, is none of this ringing a bell?"
"I'm telling you I have no idea!"
Just as the two were about to argue some more the Frog faced doctor walked in. "What seems to be the problem here."
Touma turned to him with a panicked expression on his face, "Was there anything wrong with my head when I came in!?"
The doctor looked puzzled, "No, you had no head injuries at all, it was just your body that was mangled."
Mikoto then turned to him, "So you didn't give him an MRI?"
"Not yet, why did something happen?"
"Touma can't remember a girl named Shokuhou Misaki, apparently they knew each other and now he can't seem to remember ever meeting her."
The doctor had a worried expression on his face. "Let's get him over there right now."
Hospital Roof
"So magic really exists?" Misaki mused.
Index nodded, "Yep, wait you believe me!?"
Misaki laughed, "Yes, yes. I believe you. If you say that it's real, then that must be the case besides he did tell me it would be hard to believe."
"Wow, you took that a lot better than Touma did" She then looked down at the ground "Are you mad?"
"At my own lack of ability to answer a phone, yes but, I'm not mad at you." Misaki sighed as she starred out at the sky, "He's always like this, perhaps that's the proper form for our relationship ability. No matter how many times he sees someone in trouble he goes out to help them even if he has no idea who they are, me on the other hand…"
"Perhaps this is my punishment for having this power" She then looked at the remotes in her purse, "After all this is the second time something like this happened to him."
Index then twiddled with her fingers, "Ahh, Touma said something about him losing his memories to me before, do you know anything about that?"
As she continued to look at the distance she answered, "I do, I was the one who took his memories away."
"W-Why would you do that, I thought you said you-"
"It was because I loved him that I did it. I'd rather he be alive and not remember me than die knowing my face."
It suddenly all clicked inside of Index's head. That's why her friends did what they did.
"I see…."
"So, what're you going to do now Index? Now that you regained your memory ability, where will you go?"
"I uh….Don't know really, I usually just kept to myself before I met Touma and Mikoto….."
She seemed to trail off.
"Mikoto? Was she there that day when Touma saved you?"
"Huh? Yeah, she was…."
"In your honest opinion Index, do you think Misaka-san ability helped you break that curse?"
Index was at a loss for words.
It was true that from what Mikoto told her that she didn't help at all in saving her but even, so she was her friend.
Misaki took this pause as an answer.
"I see…*sigh* In any case, I should go see him now. If I don't his worry ability might go haywire."
"? But you told me he didn't remember you."
Misaki smiled, "He doesn't…..but that doesn't mean I forgot him, even if his memory ability fails, I'll keep the memories for the both of us. Even if he has forgotten everything and even if someone else is smiling by his side my emotions will never change. I love him."
Index smiled, "Okay"
Kamijou Touma's Hospital Room
On the other side of the door again Shokuhou sighed. She had prepared herself to face him again. She knew she upset him from the way she left earlier and wanted to make sure he knew that she was alright.
That's when She knocked on the door twice. That was all she did, but it felt more spiritually taxing than anything else.
While waiting for a response, she heard a familiar voice.
"Yes?"
It was her. Mikoto Misaka.
Her tone was polite and innocent enough, but this didn't stop Misaki from hating hearing it coming from in there.
"It's me, can I come in?"
There was a short pause before her reply came in.
"Oh it's you…..Give me a second"
Index tilted her head confused as to why Mikoto would make them wait while Misaki was just annoyed.
After a few minutes passed the door swung open to show Mikoto in her street clothes.
"Hey" While her tone sounded polite it had undertones of resentment instilled into it.
Normally Misaki would call her out on how she's not supposed to change out of her uniform, but she had more important things on her mind, "How is he?"
Before she could give a reply, Index had already let herself in and was in front of Touma's bed.
The boy had an unsure expression on his face.
"Touma, you don't remember me, but we met on your dorm balcony. You destroyed my Walking Church with your right hand and…... you fought magicians for me and got hurt" Index felt a surge of emotions take hold of her as she continues to speak but even so she had one last thing to say to him, "Y-You were my angel Touma."
"Ah ha ha ha! Index what the heck are you talking about!?"
"Hweh...?"
Index froze in place.
"Why are you getting so emotional Index, Geez. I was only gone for less of a day, overdramatic much."
Index did not understand. She thought she was imagining things, so she rubbed her eyes. She thought she was hearing things, so she cleared out her ears. It felt like her perfectly sized habit had somehow become too big so one shoulder was about to slip off.
Eventually, Misaki saw this and rushed to his side.
"Touma does that mean….. I was told you forgot everything because the feathers landed on your head."
He smiled towards her, "Yeah It's true I chose to take those feathers of light at the very end but none of them landed on my head. I'm no magician, so I have no idea what effects they had, but according to the doctor, I had some sort of Amnesia because of it."
"T-Then how.."
He then waved his right hand towards her, "The feathers were magic remember."
"Ah," said Index as she realized something.
"That's right,"
He then pointed his finger towards Misaki, "That makes things simple enough for you, right Golden Girl? I just touched my own head with my right hand and used Imagine Breaker on myself."
Index weakly sat down on the floor.
"Basically, I just had to negate the magical Amnesia that the feathers gave me and I was alright. After all, those feathers of light were nothing more than a strange supernatural power, so there was no problem."
His head then turned to Misaki, "I'm sorry if I scared you before, it's just that I didn't touch my head until after you showed up….I'm really sorry."
Without another word, Misaki launcher herself at his arms, he found himself patting her head comforting her as she sobbed "You remember!"
Somehow this boy's Imagine Breaker negated fate itself.
As the entire room smiled at this miracle, one person had an empty expression on her face.
She was the one who knew that the smile on his face was a broken one.
"EHHHHHHH! NO WAY!"
"EHHHHHHHH! You've gotta be kidding me right!? You're telling me that the blonde that came into my room was my girlfriend!?"
Both Mikoto and Touma were in utter shock, him mostly because he never thought he could actually get one.
The doctor simply nodded as he examined the results of Touma's test, "Yes"
"B-B-But HOW!?"
"YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW TOO!" Somehow Mikoto seemed more mad than confused now.
"I don't know! None of this makes any sense!"
Between her ever-growing rage, a thought emerged inside her head.
(Although, if anything I suppose Shokuhou was the one who erased his memories but, how the hell are they really a couple!?)
As the doctor finally finished reading the results, he turned to Touma, "I see what happened, I don't know how, but through some means, your brain had been tampered with."
Both of them stood there and realized what must have caused this, "Magic"
"?"
Mikoto sighed, "Y-You probably wouldn't believe us if we told you."
The doctor raised an eyebrow, "About magic not necessarily." A proud look appeared on the doctor's frog-like face. "Hospitals and the occult have a surprisingly close relationship. Depending on their religion, some people refuse to take blood transfusions, refuse surgery, and will sue you even though you saved their life. For a doctor, it is best to just do what the patient says when it comes to the occult." The doctor smiled.
Touma gave off a small smile, "So if I just touch my head than I'd get them all back."
The doctor's face then turned worried, "I wouldn't recommend that."
"Why?"
"When we ran you through the tests we found fluids in your brain that closely match someone who has Dissociative disorder."
Mikoto than had an uneasy look on her face, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"From the way it is now, I wouldn't recommend you touching your head any time soon until your brain returns to normal or that fluid makes its way out of your system."
"Why not?" Touma asked a bit more forceful this time.
"Currently your brain is in a delicate position, the way your power works it would revert everything to normal and cause the makeup of your brain to be affected," His gaze than turned serious, "If you were to do it now, then you would suffer all symptoms of someone who does have a dissociative disorder, that includes a sense of being detached from yourself and your emotions. A blurred sense of identity, depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts."
The room fell silent as they both took a moment to take that in.
"I see…...so you're saying I won't die if I do it, right?"
The frog-faced doctor looked at the boy in slight surprise. "That's correct."
The boy gave a truly genuine smile, "That's good….About what you said before when it came to the occult 'it is best to just do what the patient says when it comes to the occult' I'd like to take you up on that offer doc."
*Thwack*
Touma reeled back after Mikoto finished hitting him.
"What're you talking about!? You heard the doctor if you just waited a while then-"
Touma sighed as he answered her, "You're thinking about it to scientifically Mikoto, remember what happened to Index, there no telling if it ever will go back to normal. If I really forgot someone that important in my life I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't try everything to remember."
She was at a loss for words.
"If those are your wishes I won't get in your way." The doctor smiled as he walked out of the room. "Just give me a few minutes to get the tools necessary to open your cast."
As the minutes rolled by they both were silent. Touma wasn't getting anywhere in touching his head as the cast that was on it prevented him from moving it at the angle necessary to touch his head.
That's when they heard someone knock at the door twice.
Mikoto was the first to reply thinking it was the doctor.
"Yes?"
"It's me, can I come in?"
It was her, the girl named Shokuhou Misaki.
"Oh it's you…..Give me a second"
Mikoto turned to Touma who had a desperate look on his face.
She sighed as she went over to him, "Are you sure about this?"
Touma nodded
That's when Mikoto helped him take off his cast with her ability, there was still some iron inside of it so it was simple enough.
He took a moment to look at his hand then at her, "Thank you, I'd hate to ask this of you but, can you not mention this to them, I don't want them to worry."
"...Fine"
*Shatter*
The look on his face was transparent it was if he didn't know what to believe anymore.
"Are you okay?"
"..."
"Touma?"
"...I'm fine, I'm sorry if I worried you it's just …..it's just a lot to take in….I'm fine though, really."
He was lying
Part 7
After a few hours of talking to him, Misaki was finally sure that he really remembered everything.
Once the doctor told them that Touma would have to stay there for at least three days Misaki swore that she would come to visit every day, she even had another proposal for Touma in mind.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay the night my Prince✩."
"Y-Y-Yeah, I don't want you to get in trouble because of me." The pure misfortunate boy nodded nervously as he blushed profusely. At the end of the day, he was still a gentleman.
Misaki continued to tease him as she snuggled him on his hospital bed. He could feel her well-endowed chest press up against him.
She pretended to pout, "Alright."
The only reason why they weren't interrupted by others was that Mikoto and Index had long since left the room.
Misaki while laying next to him holding his hand, spoke to him, "I'm sorry I let you down…...You needed my help and I-"
"It's alright" His voice was genuine as if he held no resentment whatsoever. "I'm just glad it worked out in the end."
Misaki held him close pressing up against him more, "I promise I won't let you down ever again."
"You never let me down, it was an honest mistake besides there were plenty of times that I never picked up the phone when you called because my phone broke."
Misaki laid there holding him as she smiled at him, "I should've known you would say something like that."
Being that Mikoto couldn't stand looking at Shokuhou for another second she left the room to find something more productive to do like find Index a place to live.
Now that she was free from the church hunting her down there was still the issue of her living arrangement, Her place was off the table since she lived at the Tokiwadai Dorms and her Dorm Manager would sniff her out the second she arrived, and there was no way in hell that Mikoto was gonna let Index stay with Touma since he was a boy and lived alone.
Eventually, Saten offered to take Index.
"So, you'll really do it?"
"Yeah I mean I have no roommate and I owe Kamijou-san for saving my life."
"Thank you so much, I need you to watch Index whenever we're gone and feed her."
Saten seemed to have a worried look on her face, "Why are you referring to her like you would a baby Misaka-san, I think she's older than me?"
Mikoto sighed, "You'll see when you talk to her for a few minutes, she a good person just a little bit naive….oh and don't let her anywhere near your electrical appliances, she still calls the microwave something that makes things explode."
"That's ominous….."
Mikoto then snapped her fingers, "Oh that reminds me here you go. It's for Index's living expenses" She then handed her the envelope that Kanzaki gave to her.
The moment Saten opened it her eyes shot wide open, "T-This is more than what I make in a year" She mumbled.
"Don't worry I know it's not a lot, so we'll make sure to send you more when we get everything figured out."
Saten turned to Misaka with an unsure look in her eyes, (Is Index like yours and Kamijou-san secret adoptive child or something?)
Mikoto then looked over at the clock at the wall, "Well it's getting late I better get back to my dorm before curfews up, I'll go get Index for you I think she's still in the cafeteria"
"Don't go yet Misaka-san~"
Mikoto froze in place.
While that was Saten's voice she could tell something was off.
When she turned around she saw her striking a pose extenuating the stars that now filled her eyes, "We still have so much to talk about✩"
"SHOKUHOU! LET HER GO NOW!"
She had a quizzical look on her face, "You seem upset, Misaka-san~"
Mikoto scowled at her, "What do you think you're doing!?"
"I just wanted to make sure that we could put our faith in this girl's trust ability. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Index after all" She then started to giggle, "You wouldn't believe the thoughts this girl has for Touma✩, Misaka-san~ "
"Stop reading her mind!"
She then cupped her hands together and started to pout as sparkles formed around her cutesy face, "But when I can't read someone's mind, I'm afraid to be with them or even trust them✩." Suddenly her expression turned cold, "And since I have no idea what's going through your head, I can't really trust you, now can I?"
Mikoto started to ball her hand into a fist, "What do you want!?"
"All I want is to make sure that you understand what happens going forward, Touma told me how the two of you met, he heroically saved you from a group of thugs and in response you try to kill him."
"I never tried to-"
She narrowed her eyes at her "You didn't know he had that power, for all you knew he could've had a heart condition and your shock would've killed him."
Mikoto stood there silent.
"He put his trust in you and because of your own lack of ability you let him down and he ended up in the hospital twice."
"..."
"I want you to understand that I'm his girlfriend, I understand that you need to be in the picture to help protect Index but even so, I don't trust you."
Mikoto continued to glare daggers at her.
"In case you're wondering, I adore Index her sweetness ability knows no bound, I just wanted to be sure you got the message because if I see you acting out of line or see you put Touma in any more danger that doesn't involve magic than…..I'll have to get serious about messing with you Misaka-san"
Mikoto started to spark, "How about you come here and say that to my face instead of using my friend as your mouthpiece Shokuhou."
She simply smiled, "I'd be glad to….Although if you were to do anything to... I don't know to harm me, Touma's forgiveness ability might be vast but, even he has his limits. If you were to even so much as to touch me in the wrong way, he'd probably never speak to you again."
Mikoto ground her teeth down in frustration since she knew she was right.
"By the way, I decided to move from back to the Dorms in the Gardens, I only moved in the first place to be closer to Touma, but now that he promised to walk me back to my dorm every day once he gets out of the hospital, I see no reason to stay there. Bye for now✩"
Suddenly Saten snapped out of her control, "Huh? How'd I get here….Misaka-san why do you seem so upset?"
"It's nothing….wait here while I go get Index for you."
(There's no way in hell that someone like her could ever be with someone like him)
Omake
Awkward Call To The Archbishop
Laura Stewart: "So you just gave him Index. If I didn't know any better?"
Kaori Kanzaki: "No you don't know better, I didn't give him Index he defeated me in combat and took her."
Laura Stewart: "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, He beat you? You're a Saint and he just beat you? The little Japanese Schoolboy just walked in there kicked your ass and took Index? Is that possible?"
Kaori Kanzaki: "...Yes?"
Laura Stewart: "Wait, you don't get my reference?"
Kaori Kanzaki: "What?"
Laura Stewart: *Sigh* "Nevermind"
Omake
The Amakusa hear the News
"Wow, Itsuwa that's so cool, what do you call it?"
She smiled as she responded, "The Saint Destroyer, after the departure of the Priestess we wanted to understand the burden of being a Saint, and in theory, surpass whatever she feels like a threat. So one day when she returns we can bare her burdens for her."
"I hope wherever the priestess is, she's alright."
Suddenly Tatemiya Saiji walked into the room, "Hey Itsuwa, you know how you named that attack Saint Destroyer for the Priestess, right?"
She tilted her head in response, "Yes, why?"
He then told them what happened to Kanzaki and how the boy got the epithet The Saint Destroyer.
"Ohh…I see"
"Itsuwa?"
"..."
"Why are you polishing your spear Itsuwa ?"
"..."
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.