Hey, thanks for reading a Certain Scientific Counter. And thank you to everyone who commented it really helps me improve as a writer and get new ideas for the story. Without further ado Q&A
D.N. Works - Maybe really depends on how Touma behaves. She's one of the few officers who would go out of there way to arrest the guy.
awardedall- Thank you for the compliment.
Deus Aut Beastia- Glomar Response.
tsun- Thank you so much. Such Misfortune.
Fortitude501- He did meet with them. And the rich girl owned the car he broke. She likes what she sees.
Sirius962- Yes I do like irony and thank you for noticing. And don't worry I managed to understand what you were saying. Thank you for the comment.
BlueJack22- Thank you and the Deep Blood Arc is coming soon. And she's just a Judgement agent that does her job...
Anti-Mage 29- Thank you, and I did notice that but since she's currently the only one with that family name I switch it up so it's faster to write.
Dragonrails- I'm glad you like those scenes they bounce off each other so well. And a nice idea. Thank you for your comment.
Rajarshi Sarkar- Nice list of what has and what needs to be required. But Gungir's not impossible to get, you have a '50%' chance of acquiring it. Story Tobio arrests Touma for vandalism and Measure heart... And I usually only use Omakes as a plot device when I'm planning something bigger. I like yours though, have you seen the latest season of Attack on Titan. ANd Touma never misses out on a shipping opportunity, but he didn't see this as that it was more of a house wrecker operation since he knew the guy already had a girlfriend.
Aminadab Brulle- Thank you and Misaki has changed Touma in subtle ways that don't affect his already solidified personality. Golden Lighter...
Nameless- The jacket? But why it looks so good. And yeah he calls every Level 5 a nickname and still lives to tell about it. Nice idea. Thank you for the comment.
Chris- Oh the long reviews how I missed you. Anyways I like your take by take, of the chapter really helps me see what readers are experiencing. And yeah he met them in the restaurant and yeah she's a bit of a dork. But if you read up on her you'll see that she's actually pretty interesting of a character. And don't worry I already have everything planned for that. And we'll be getting more of that shortly.
Sergio644-Soon...Very Soon.
A Midsummer's Night Pursuit
Part 1
August 4
Present
Tokiwadai Dorms Midsummer Festival
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
"OPEN THE DOOR!"
"WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!"
"JUST GIVE UP NOW AND ADMIT TO YOUR WICKED DEEDS!"
"MOVE ASIDE I KONGO MITSUKO SHALL BRING THIS HEATHEN TO HEEL!"
'My life isn't something to strive for nor is it something to envy. It's more of a cautionary tale than anything.'
'That's how I Kamijou Touma found myself here barricaded in a storage closet during the Tokiwadai MidSummer Festival and why everyone on the other side of that door wants my head on a pike'
'How did I end up here you may ask. Well let me tell you it all started when I decided to open that damn door'
August 3
Past
Touma's Dorm
"And then I said loud and clear, 'Do you really think you can live on microwavable food alone!?' "
The girl speaking proudly in front of Index was Tsuchimikado Maika.
She attended Ryouran Maid School and, simply put, was a maid-in-training. She wore the maid uniform even on her days off and she was sitting on top of a drum-shaped cleaning robot for some reason.
Index spoke while looking back and forth between the drum and the maid.
"Y-you are the great summoner that I saw before. You can use powers beyond those of man."
"Hm? Don't you see these cleaning robots all over the city?"
Maika cutely tilted her head, but she received no response.
"You can just ignore her. Can I ask why you decided to stop by Maika?" Touma asked.
"Grrr….Touma don't brush me off! Do you see him Maika! He even said he wasn't taking me to go see the MidSummer Festival tomorrow because he didn't want to go!"
Maika continued to stare at the two, "Well I just wanted to say welcome back. You've been gone for so long I thought you moved out. And then I hear that you started hanging out with Miss Misaka."
"Oh Okay, wait, how'd you know that?"
"Oh, my Onii-chan told me. You know he's been worried ever since you stopped talking to him."
"Huh? Seriously, he never visited me once when I was in the hospital and it's not like I'm avoiding him or anything I've just been busy, like just yesterday I had a job."
"Really, how'd it go?"
"Oh I quit, I rather enjoy my youthful years than work, thank you very much."
Index then started rummaging through the boxes that were still unopen ever since Touma got his apartment refurbished.
"Touma, what's this?"
Index had pulled out a Gekota Makeup Pouch.
"Oh yeah! I remember this…..it didn't work at all!" Touma then proceeded to throw the pouch at his bed.
"Hmmm….why do you have that Kamijou? I thought you outgrew that phase already?"
"I did! It's just…...never mind it's getting late and I gotta get Index back to Saten's dorm before curfew."
Index then puffed out her chest, "Touma I'm more than capable of walking back by myself thank you very much. I'll have you know I memorized the way home already."
"Yeah, I'm sure you can but I'd rather someone go along with you then you just wander aimlessly through the street."
Maika then raised her hand, "I can take her if you want."
"A-Are you sure? I mean Index can be-"
Maika waved him off, "It's nothing really, come on let's go."
After parting ways with Index and Tsuchimikado Maika (and the drum she was riding around), Touma was left alone once again.
(Don't worry. I'm sure they'll be fine, right?)
Touma then shot Saten a text telling her that Index would be coming to her dorm soon.
*Knock**Knock*
"I knew she'd forget something," Touma opened the door to his apartment and wasn't greeted with the silver-haired nun he had been expecting.
"How's it been Kami-yan" the fake Kansai accent came as a surprise to Touma as he wasn't expecting Aogami.
"W-What're you doing here!?"
"...Hey, Kami-yan, who was that girl? How do you know such a small girl? Is she your cousin? It doesn't look like it. Her silver hair doesn't look like it's inherited from your genes"
"Stop creeping on me Aogami! And it doesn't matter who she is!"
"Relax man~ But two girls coming out of your apartment is kinda fishy like in a bad romantic comedy kinda way."
Aogami then leaned in closer, "But seriously Kami-yan be careful you don't get that Bad Ending. I don't wanna read the local headlines and find you missing."
"*Gulp* That'll never happen! And you still haven't answered my first question!"
"I can answer that."
"T-Tsuchimikado?"
Tsuchimikado was his neighbor and friend. He was wearing an aloha shirt and shorts. Light blue sunglasses covered his eyes. Dangling on his neck was a gold chain that matched the outfit of delinquents.
"Hey, wait a minute! If you were here the whole time why didn't you go with Maika?"
"If possible, I'd like you to not call my sister so casually, but... there's not much time left, Kami-yan. I have one thing to ask: do you know what day it is today?"
Touma couldn't comprehend the point of Tsuchimikado's question.
"Huh? Yeah, it's August 3, why?"
Both Aogami and Tsuchimikado then stepped closer, "Then you know what tomorrow is, yes?"
Touma looked confused, "Yeah it's August-" Suddenly it clicked in his mind why they were both here, "The Tokiwadai MidSummer Festival."
Tsuchimikado nodded, "Yep and we're gonna need your help if we want the plan to go off without a hitch."
"No way! I gotta out of that life!"
"Come on Kami-yan one last score, for old times sake!"
"Hell no!"
"Come on Kami-yan why do you always have to experience the joys of youth while neither of us even had a chance."
Tsuchimikado then raised his hand to stop Aogami, "I thought this might happen, so I brought along this."
He proceeded to pull out what looked to be a map and handed it to Touma.
"N-No way! I thought this was destroyed!"
Simultaneously they each pulled out the object that they'd been safeguarding for all this time.
Tsuchimikado pulled out a Book that was in code.
Aogami pulled out a stack of papers that held the key to decipher it.
"H-How is this even possible? Misaki told me that the map was burned last summer. Did Misaki lie to me?"
Tsuchimikado waved him down, "No nothing like that, you did actually burn a map, but the map you burned was the backup."
"Backup?"
Aogami nodded, "Earlier that summer you got worried that you might break the map since it was just a piece of parchment paper so you made a copy and gave it to me."
"!? So all this time you guys had everything you needed to go on another mission. Wait, if that's the case why do you need me? You could do it all on your own." Touma demanded.
"It wouldn't be the same without you, we were planning on going on one last hoorah with you when you came out of the hospital the last time, but Shokuhou-san wouldn't let you out of her sight so we waited."
The dorm neighbor then let out a sinister smile.
"Until today, we already have everything we need for the plan to go smoothly all we need now is for you to come with us Kami-yan."
"B-But-"
Like any good Con-man, Tsuchimikado used everything he knew about Touma in his argument.
Seeing Touma look so surprised, Tsuchimikado let out a self-mocking smile and said, "Look you can either come with us or not, the choice is yours but if you don't you'll always be left wondering 'what if'. What if I went where no other boy has gone before and entered paradise."
"..."
Tsuchimikado forced a smile and said, "Oi, Kami-yan, don't be so silent! Or you'll regret it for the rest of your life…..or is it really true that you let that self-proclaimed 'Queen' run your life nya"
There it was.
He hadn't heard him say that in such a long time that he'd actually forgot what it sounded like.
"What did you just say?"
Tsuchimikado continued, "Oh yes, Kami-yan. We all know how you follow whatever she says like her personal Yes-Man."
Touma stared at him, "I'm not her Yes-Man!"
Tsuchimikado continued to wave his hand and said, "Okay, then when is the last time you did anything by yourself?"
"Tch! I'll have you know that I snuck out of the hospital just a couple of days ago!"
Tsuchimikado casually chuckled and said, "Oh, I heard all about that, so let me ask you this, did you ask for her permission before you left?"
"..."
"Look, Kami-yan this is your chance! Rise up, do something for yourself for a change. Are you really gonna let someone else run your life for you?"
"..."
(No of course not! Although…..)
Touma thought back as far as he could remember ever since he woke up in the hospital and realized that he was right.
The only time he actually did his own thing was when he saved Index and even then, he had to ask for permission…
"*Sigh* You really are a piece of work you know that."
Tsuchimikado then let out a sinister smile as he pulled out his book.
"Then it's settled. Let's get started."
Part 2
Tokiwadai Dorms
August 4
Early Morning
If you were looking for well-mannered young ladies, this was the place.
The Prestigious Tokiwadai Middle School was one of the world's greatest hotspots for polite language.
And today was a special day indeed, today was the MidSummer Festival. The once-closed doors of this great Academy were now opened to the public (The preselected few that is).
This day was made to showcase everything the Academy had to offer and that included the espers that attended it as well.
It was due to this very reason that everyone was excited that the Railgun herself would be performing today.
That is everyone except herself.
"*Sigh*"
"Rise and shine Onee-sama, it's morning, that day has finally arrived!"
Who was this abnormally peppy small girl with long chestnut hair worn in twin-tails you might ask? It was no other than Shirai Kuroko, Mikoto's roommate and one of the people who were most excited to see her perform.
Mikoto didn't even get out of the covers of her bed to respond.
"At last, huh?"
Kuroko's voice swooned, "Today's your big day Onee-sama! And while to you big moments may be a daily occurrence, today is particularly special. I including the rest of the school have been eagerly awaiting this day!"
"My big moment, huh?" She didn't seem very excited. "There must be any number of other students who could do it just as well."
Kuroko leaned in, "My, how modest! But when one thinks of the pride of Tokiwadai's most skilled students, whose name do you think immediately comes to mind? Not that pretend Queen but, you the Ace of Tokiwadai! My Onee-sama!"
"*Sigh* You're a real piece of work you know that? Well, I guess since it's all set up anyways there's no backing out, is there?"
Kuroko raised her arms to cheer and to remove the covers that enveloped around Mikoto, "That's my Onee-sama! Come on let's get ready! Now to get you changed!"
Kuroko quickly found herself launched across the room in her attempts to undress this fair maiden. The result of this was a photo of her and her friends being knocked over.
"I CAN DO IT MYSELF! You don't have to tell me."
Part 3
Tokiwadai Middle School Dormitory Midsummer Festival
Honor, Status, Ojou-sama's, Prestige theses are the things that make up this great Academy known as Tokiwadai. Everything was in harmony then everything changed when the Delta Force Attacked.
"…Ksshh…Can you…hear this? …Is this…ksshh…Kami-yan…do you…ksshh…speak? My…ksshh…from outside…ksshh…"
A normal high school student named Kamijou Touma leaned against the wall and looked down at his cell phone. He was currently waiting for his partners in crime to infiltrate the building.
Why was he doing this you may ask the answer was simple.
Because only someone who had seen both sides could stop them. And it was for that reason why he became a double agent.
The Young man named Kamijou Touma took it upon himself to protect these innocent maidens from the Delta Force's invasion, from what he heard yesterday they were going to do this regardless if he was a participant or not so he took it upon himself to stop them.
Now you may ask why he didn't just tell the people in charge about the coming incursion and that too was simple. The reason was, honor.
Even though he had long ago abandoned his position in the Delta Force there were still some principles that he abided by and one of those principles was not to snitch. If you were to break this key tenet then you would be branded scum and the punishment for scum wasn't pleasant at all.
So now he was waiting to sabotage his friend's attempts to gain entry into the building.
That is until he felt someone tap on his shoulder.
"Touma, what are you doing here?"
Touma spun around and saw her.
She had white skin, a short build, long silver hair that reached her waist, and green eyes. She also wore a showy white nun's habit with gold embroidery that was reminiscent of a nouveau riche teacup. She would have stood out anywhere. And yet Touma still didn't see her casually walk up from behind him.
"Kyhaaa! Index how'd you get here!?"
"Hmmm? Mikoto invited me and along with Ruiko and Flower hair, I thought you said you didn't wanna come?" The look of confusion on her face was quickly changed into one that now more resembled annoyance, "Wait a minute, did you just tell me you didn't wanna go so you didn't have to take me so you could go by yourself!?"
"EHH!? NO INDEX I SWEAR! PLEASE PUT AWAY THOSE TEETH!"
The distraction was set and the other members of the Delta Force managed to successfully complete their infiltration.
Tokiwadai Main Hall Entrance
As Mikoto wore her maid outfit and handed out pamphlets for the Festivals events one particular thought crossed her mind.
"I don't see why we couldn't extend our hospitality in some other outfit?"
*Flash* *Flash*
A small tic mark appeared on Mikoto's head. This wasn't the first time she told students that photography wasn't allowed here.
"I said no flash photography."
"Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Very Nice!"
Instead of a male's or on the rarer occasion females voice she expected to hear she heard none other than Kuroko's.
"That includes you too! What're you even doing taking pictures?"
Kuroko then tugged on her armband showing that she was a member of the school's Archivist committee " Please don't get the wrong idea. For, I am simply doing my job. Though I'm not sure how I feel about you wearing shorts under that dress."
*Biri*
The camera that Kuroko so cautiously protected was now a simple paperweight as the esper fried the circuit boards along with all of the memory stored inside.
"I don't see why your job includes looking under my skirt."
Kuroko quickly found her cheeks being pulled furiously demanding an explanation.
Luckily enough for her, the teleporter's partner showed up just in the nick of time.
"Shirai-san thank you so much for the invitation! I can't believe I actually got into the Tokiwadai Midsummer Festival!"
Uiharu was wearing a casual dress along with her signature flower headband.
She was accompanied by Saten who also dressed casually for the event alongside Index and…
"Why do you look like you just got mauled by a bear?"
"..."
Index huffed.
"W-Well you see Kamijou said he wasn't going to the Festival but changed his mind at the last minute so apparently Index thought he was trying to ditch her."
"Hmph! He tried and failed! Honestly, Touma, you have no tact!"
He could taste the self-righteousness even from here.
"Ugh! If you're here does that mean she is too?"
"Hmmm? Are you talking about Misaki? If you are then no. She didn't wanna come since there'd be a crowd."
Kuroko then narrowed her eyes at the poor boy.
"Why do you seem so nervous?"
"...N-No reason...I mean I'm not nervous. You're nervous…."
"Ummm are you sure you're okay?"
Ever read that story about how the criminal could swear the cops could hear his heartbeat? Well, that's how Touma felt at that moment.
(S-Should I tell them?)
Scenario 1
"Yeah, I'm completely fine nothing to worry about. Absolutely nothing fishy going on with this Kamijou."
Touma proceeds to run away.
"Liar, Get him!"
"No please I swear I don't know anything!"
Kuroko then proceeded to handcuff Touma, "Defiant till the end I see. When I'm done with you, you'll be singing like a canary!"
"SUCH MISFORTUNE!"
Enhanced Integration Ending
Scenario 2
"O-Okay I might have let some people in who should've never been let in here in the first place. B-But I swear it was an accident."
"Liar!"
"He probably let them in on purpose!"
"I always knew this ape was a pervert! Wait until Shokuhou-san learns of this!"
"No, please I swear I didn't mean-"
"I never wanna see you again! GET OUT!"
*BIRI BIRI*
"SUCH MISFORTUNE!"
Branded a Pervert by Association Ending
Scenario 3
"..."
"Okay then."
Hours pass by
"Someone just got caught peeping in on the girl's changing room!"
"How'd someone like that even get in!?"
"The deviant said he had an accomplice. He wouldn't name anyone in specific but we overheard him mumbling something about a Kami-yan"
All the girls then proceeded to turn to Touma.
"I-I can explain!"
"GET OUT YOU PERV! WE NEVER WANNA SEE YOU AGAIN!"
*BIRI BIRI*
"SUCH MISFORTUNE!"
Trash Human Being Ending
Mikoto then turned to Touma, "Uhh, are you okay?"
"OH, WOW LOOK AT THE TIME!"
(Why does that sound so familiar?)
Before Touma could make a mad dash he was stopped by none other than the maid in training herself Maika Tscuhimikado. Though this was one of the rare occasions where she wasn't riding her mechanical stead. (Cleaning Robot)
"Hey, Onii-chan how's it going?"
"M-Maika…..Erm...by any chance have you seen your brother around?"
She cutely tilted her head as she responded and said, "Not since early this morning, he said something about hanging out with his friends, though if your looking for him he wouldn't be here since he never got an invitation."
Saten then turned to Touma, "You know her?"
Before he could respond Makia answered for him, "Yep, he's my brother's friend. He's really nice once you get to know him, he even helped take care of me when I caught the flu a few weeks ago."
"That's so nice of you Kamijou-san," Uiharuu commented.
"W-Well I couldn't just leave her in Motoharu's care. He has no clue in taking care of someone when their sick."
Maika then turned to Shirai, "Miss Shirai, when were you planning on helping us with the buffet?"
"Uh, I completely forgot? My apologies!"
Mikoto then motioned to Maika, "Allow me to properly introduce, Tschuimikado Makia, from the Ryouran Maid School. Her school is currently overseeing the cooking for our dorms festival."
"Wow Ryouran, you mean the one that trains maid specialists?"
Makia smiled at the praise as she curtseyed towards Uiharu, "Tschuimikado Maika, a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Saten then turned to where Touma was, "Hey you never told us that you knew a…..where'd he go?"
The group then looked around for any sign of him but came up with nothing.
Maika tilted her head, "That's odd, he usually says goodbye when he wants to leave. I guess he had something important to do." She then shrugged, "In any case if you have any trouble feel free to ask for anything." She then grabbed Shirai by the collar and proceeded to drag her away, "Now, come with me."
"No please I cannot just abandon Onee-sama...I mean Uiharu and company, they'd be lost without me?"
"Don't worry I'll show them around."
"Onee-sama, please! Don't let her take me away!"
No matter how much she shouted, the #3 did not turn around. She did, however, stick out her tongue.
"So where'd you wanna go first?"
Mikoto was answered by Uiharu shoving the entire pamphlet at her saying something along the lines of ' I am no longer the regular Uiharu Kazari, I hereby declare that I am now playing on Limit Breaker!'
Part 4
"Okay, Kamijou just calm down! They just got here, what's the worst thing they could do?"
A flashback to all the other times they went on there missions flashed inside of Kamijou's head.
The scene that Kamijou saw gave him some slight breathing problems.
Touma frantically searched the entire facility trying to look as casual as possible.
Which wasn't much since he was stopped almost every 5 minutes by the students of this prestigious Academy who were dressed in Maid outfits asking him if he was lost. Wait a second…...Maid outfits?
This made Touma think of one of his friends.
Aogami Pierce did not live in a student dormitory-like Touma but was living the rare life in a boarding house at a bakery. It was said that he stayed there because the bakery uniform resembled a maid outfit.
(OH GOD NO!)
Tokiwadai Embroidery Room
As Uiharu tried her best to keep up with her two friends she quickly found that her skill didn't quite match up.
In her attempts of Embroidery, she had made something that resembles something that was supposed to look like a sunflower.
She was actually quite proud of what she made until she glanced over at Saten's Embroidery.
Almost like a professional she had made a blue sports car on hers. And to make matters worse she complained that she'd gotten rusty.
It didn't help either when she turned over to see Mikoto draw a masterpiece that was simply labeled Gekota.
"How's yours coming along?"
"I-I Ah hahaha. Good."
She spent the next few minutes frantically trying to hide all evidence of her pitiful shortcoming known as her embroidery.
After countless amounts of dead man's sprints, Touma finally found his first clue in tracking down one of the members of the Delta Force.
Because the MidSummer Festival opened its doors to the public almost all of the facility was open to the public.
Keyword Almost.
Touma wandered the borders of what guests were supposed to see he finally came upon his first clue.
One of the crowd control belts that were used to block off certain areas of the dorm was tipped over.
Touma grimaced as he realized where this crowd control belt led to.
The girl's living quarters.
(What should I do?) Kamijou wondered.
"I have to go in."
"No my heart isn't ready for this…...No be still my foolish heart. I have to, if not for me these innocent girls wouldn't be in trouble in the first place."
Was he making excuses for entering this restricted section of the building?
Yes.
Did he enter the living quarters of these girls shamelessly under the guise of pure intentions?
Yes.
Part 5
Tokiwadai Dining Hall
The Dining hall was lined up with some of the most gourmet meals for today's Midsummer Festival.
In fact, it even had its own buffet that a certain silver-haired nun was eating her way through.
Uiharu swooned as she picked up her meal, "Ahhh, I don't ever want to leave. I wanna live here now."
Mikoto smiled as she took her plate and went off to a table to eat.
"Hmm?" Uiharu turned around in line to see Saten struggling to cut a cake.
(Does she not know how to use a knife?)
Whatever the reason was Uiharu wanted cake.
"Here allow me."
She took the knife out of her friend's hands and started cutting the cake into piece appropriately sized to eat.
"EHHH! How could you do that to such a pretty cake!?"
Uiharu rolled her eyes, "That's not something someone who ate raw sugarcraft works should be saying."
"*Sigh* Wait, are you sure you should be getting that many?"
Uihru grinned, "Just like Index-sama I have a second stomach just for desserts."
Just then the two girls heard the moaning of a certain female Anti-Skill officer who ate a bit too much food.
The two watched as another female Anti-Skill Officer dragged her away.
Sufficient it to say Uiharu put back a few slices of cake after that.
After all who could possibly match that Nun's stomach?
At her table, Mikoto poked at her food since she wasn't very hungry, she was on edge since she'd have to perform live in front of everyone here.
In fact, she was so nervous she was even considering faking being sick to get out of the whole event.
"Onee-san!"
Mikoto turned to recognize the small little girl that latched herself to her leg.
"Huh, aren't you from Asunaro Park. How'd you get here?"
A small chill went through Mikoto's spine as she heard her speak.
"I invited them."
The Dorm Manager was surrounded by the small children of Asunaro Park. It had seemed that she had invited them over to see the festivities here.
The Little girl who latched onto Mikoto's leg proceeded to tell her about her day and how much fun it was.
It was nice until she mentioned something that she was dreading.
"You know what I'm most looking forward to today is?"
Mikoto smiled as she tilted her head, "Mm-hmm, what are you looking forward to?"
The little girl let go of Mikoto's leg and smiled, "Seeing Mikoto Onee-san preform."
"Yeah, we're gonna cheer really loud for you, so good luck."
Mikoto's blood ran cold as she felt the Dorm Manger's hand on her shoulder and the dark aura she radiated close in on her as she leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"You heard the girl. You're gonna meet the children's expectations. Right?"
Mikoto struggled to breathe for a moment before giving a weak reply of, "Y-Yes,.."
There was no backing out now unless she wanted dream crusher to be on her headstone.
Touma had passed the point of no return to find a giant hall.
The interior looked like a place nobles would live in. The walls and ceiling were mostly white and a red carpet covered the floor. He thought it might just have been nouveau riche tastes, but he also had a feeling that an intruder would greatly stand out with that coloration.
The area was wrapped in a calm silence like a shrine or a temple. This put Touma even more on edge as he continued down the halls.
He had searched the first floor as best he could and was now on the second floor. As he continued his way through the hall he noticed something strange about a certain room so he went closer to inspect it.
The number was displayed on the wooden door in gold numbering.
208
Touma felt it was like the door to a hotel room.
He opened the door and the inside was like a hotel room as well. There was a door to what was likely a bathroom immediately inside and there were two beds, a side table, and a small refrigerator further in. There was nothing like a closet, so it seemed all personal items were kept in the giant suitcases next to the beds.
"Huh, what's all this?"
Touma scanned over the side table trying to find something that might help him when he came upon a picture frame that had been dropped.
Touma felt awkward being in a girl's room when she wasn't there. But as a man, it was his duty to find something to help him find these intruders.
He turned to flip the picture frame over and saw who was on it.
It was a middle, school-aged girl. Her shoulder-length brown hair glowed a flame-orange in the sunset. She wore a gray pleated skirt, a short sleeve blouse... At that point, he suddenly realized who she was.
"M-M-M-M-MIKOTO!"
Panic set in quickly as Touma dropped the picture frame and began backing up as though it was gonna explode.
Eventually, he tripped over himself and landed on someone's bed.
He could feel the soft texture of the bed on his back as he laid there.
At that moment he didn't know what he wished for more, for this to be Kuroko's or Mikoto's bed.
It really didn't matter since if either of them ever found out he was in their room nevertheless in one of their beds, he was as good as a deadman.
Though it was okay since no one saw him, right?
Before he could sigh in relief he heard childlike laughing coming from the entrance to the door as it slowly creaked open.
"Pfft Wow, Kami-yan I never expected you to do something like this. So you really are aiming for that Harem Ending."
"Aogami, Oh, God!"
The door closed and he could hear footsteps running down the hall.
The chase was on!
Part 6
MidSummer Festival Auction
As the festivities continued Tokiwadai held an auction that donated all its proceeds to the noble cause of Child Error facilities.
The winner of 3 designer bags was none other than the senior Judgement Officer of the Branch Office 177 Konori Mii.
Where did these bags come from?
Well the gracious Queen herself donated them to the auction in her benevolence (She didn't like the design since it didn't have stars on it, always make sure to read labels, online folks)
As Konori was getting teased on spending so much money on the auction they heard in the background a bid for a Kirugumar Stationery Set.
It was only ¥100 yen so Uiharu was going to place a bid, that is before she heard someone say.
"¥10,000 Yen!"
Up proudly walked Kuroko Shirai to collect her prize that was in her eyes priceless.
While on stage she noticed her friends wave her over so she obliged.
Saten stared at her in disbelief, "Y-You ran away from the kitchen, just to spend ¥10,000 on some Stationery Set. You're almost as bad as Index when it comes to your unreasonable purchases."
Kuroko slyly grinned as she clicked her tongue, "Oh this isn't just some Stationery Set. For you see this was donated personally by Onee-sama. The pencil the board was all donated by her and in part has some of her love imbued as she donated them."
Kuroko then started rubbing the Stationery Set on her face, "Oh Kuroko you lucky devil!"
Index tilted her head and whispered to Saten, "But Ruiko, I was there when Mikoto bought those she never even used them once. It was just to donate."
Saten softly whispered back, "Just let her dream Index. Just Let her dream."
Konori rolled her eyes, "Speaking of Misaka, have either of you seen her?"
"Oh well, you see…"
Before Saten could continue she was interrupted by a middle school girl dressed in an authentic Japanese styled maid outfit. She was accompanied by two other young ladies both dawning Tokiwadai uniforms. They were both slightly blushing as though they were embarrassed or something.
The sight was so shocking it even snapped Kuroko out of her daze.
"K-Kongo Mitsuko!? What's the deal with that outfit!?"
Kongo grinned as she lightly tapped her hand fan to her face, "Oh my, what a clueless dunderhead you are, for you see I am dressed in the true spirit of a maid! I have come to teach to you the true ways of the maid! What benevolence if I say so! This outfit is authentically English, in Japanese style."
Shirai wasn't impressed.
The conversation the two went along the lines of,
"Now will you please say, 'Welcome home my lady'."
"No."
"Why even in that outfit my lessons are pointless to you."
Eventually, to keep the peace and more importantly keep Kongo in one piece, Shirai had challenged her to show her true maid colors.
Kongo complied and went round and round before curtseying towards her and said.
"Welcome home my lady."
To which she replied.
"I'm thirsty, so please go get me something to drink along with everyone else ."
Kongo cutely replied, "As you wish my lady" and skipped off to go retrieve the refreshments.
"*Sigh* Thank goodness she's so easily handled." She then turned to face Wannai and Awatsuki "How do you deal with her on a daily basis?"
Wannai softly chuckled, "She isn't a bad person. In fact, just today she invited us to come to the MidSummer Festival."
Saten widen her eyes slightly, "Wait so you're saying you don't live here in the dorms?"
"No, there are actually two girls dorms at Tokiwadai Middle school."
Awatsuki nodded, "Yes, one here and one in the Garden of Learning. Myself Wannai and Kongo all live there."
Uiharu gasped, "I-Inside that beautiful town! Where a fair maiden is only a stone's throw away!
Index nodded her head, "I heard Misaki moved here to there, is that common?"
"Huh? N-No actually, in fact, moving procedures like that take time and even then isn't very likely."
Shirai sighed, "Just goes to show you the amount of influence that girl has over the school."
"A-Anyways have you seen Miss Misaka anywhere, I'd like to tell her I was looking forward to seeing her perform,"
"Hmm, no actually she said she was going to go to the restroom before she got changed for her performance."
"That reminds me! This is no time to being to be hanging around, we have to get good seats to see Onee-sama's performance!"
As Mikoto dragged her feet to her room she couldn't help but feel as though the pressure was getting to her.
This wasn't the first time she was asked to perform live in fact just a few months ago she did a live demonstration in Russia.
Though even after all that she couldn't help but still succumb to the feelings of her own insecurities.
What if she messed up and let everyone down?
What if she tried her best and still didn't meet the expectations of everyone there?
As Mikoto collapsed onto her bed she lay there thinking of what to do next.
"*Sigh* Wait a minute was someone on my bed?" She had noticed the stuffed bear she had placed there had been moved slightly, "Tch! I'll have to teach Kuroko about respecting people's boundaries."
Part 7
As Touma ran through the halls he was closing in on Aogami.
Aogami was just as or faster than Touma due to his lifestyle.
At first, it felt odd being the one chasing someone down for the sake of beating them, is this how all the thugs who chased him down felt like?
Whatever the reason Aogami wasn't helping the situation by frantically throwing small pieces of furniture at him.
He threw paperweights to the occasional flower pot in the hopes of evading capture.
With all the noise Touma couldn't help but wonder at how no one was hearing this.
"AOGAMI STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!"
Touma shouted despite knowing it was just a waste of stamina.
He received no reply as they continued dashing their way through the halls.
Right as he was about to give up he noticed that Aogami had run into a dead end. The corridor that he ran through led to some sort of storage room with no way out.
"*Gulp* Wait Kami-yan let's talk about- GWAH!"
The time for civil discord had ended and Touma had tackled Aogami into the room as hard as he could.
They say humans devolve into fight or flight when presented with a conflict.
This was no different when Aogami recovered and found himself trapped in the room with Touma.
The two idiots started rolling up their sleeves for a Fight.
"Hey…..Ow….stop biting Aogami and fight me what are you 6!?"
The storage room that was once in pristine condition had been reduced to looking like a hurricane had gone through it. The shelves that lined the walls were grounded as Touma was either thrown at them or threw Aogami at them.
"Stop resisting Fetish King and just let me hit you!"
"NEVER!"
The two quickly found themselves wrestling each other to the ground while screaming profanities at each other.
Eventually, Touma surprised himself and used a Judo Throw on Aogami throwing him over his shoulder and onto the ground.
Using this opportunity to catch his breath Touma slowly got up and looked at his surroundings.
The room was in utter turmoil all the shelves had been knocked over by their fight.
He continued to search the room and noticed something that almost sent him into cardiac arrest.
There was a laundry machine in the corner of the room along with a large laundry cart full of dirty uniforms.
"No!"
Yes, for you see this wasn't a storage closet like he assumed. No this was the laundry room.
Aogami then started to pick himself up and face Touma one last time.
"So it's come to this Kami-yan. I'm going to enjoy my Youth. You can't stop me."
He began to rush Touma, clenching his fist and thrusting it full force towards his gut.
Touma had no chance to dodge so he did the only thing he could do.
He clenched his teeth and took the hit.
"Try saying that again, dammit!" Touma yelled from his bottom of his gut and aimed for the area between Aogami's chin and lower lip with his forehead. With a sound like a flower pot that had been dropped from somewhere high up, Aogami's neck bent backward.
Touma then slammed his clenched fist into the top of Aogami's nose causing him to fall to the ground.
Out of sheer adrenaline, Aogami spoke once more "You can't stop me."
Aogami regained his footing and charged Touma once more for his final strike.
"Tch! I'm gonna shatter that messed up illusion of yours!"
The fists hit their targeted faces, and they both lost their balance.
But only one of them fell.
"Heh, I win Aogami! Hooray!"
His victory was cut short when he heard someone knock on the other side of the door.
Kongo wandered the halls searching for refreshments though she honestly had no idea where anything was since she didn't live in this dorm and she was too proud to ask for directions.
Eventually, she came upon a small group of students all congregating in one section of the room.
"What's this?"
One of the girls answered. "Apparently a guest wandered into the living quarters, we're waiting for the Dorm Manager to come and help us investigate."
Kongo opened her fan, "There's no need, for I Kongo Mitsuko shall help you investigate!"
She proceeded to march past the knocked over crowd control belt and into the living quarters.
The students who were on the fence about waiting for the Dorm Manager joined her.
As they looked around they noticed the first floor was in shambles.
Fragments of once pristine Flower pots lined the once clean floors along with a trail of footprints leading down the corridor.
Kongo eventually stopped marching forward to inspect the other things that had fallen due to whatever deviants' actions.
The group of students eventually heard screaming coming from that very said corridor and heard what sounded to be a boy's voice.
As they got closer they could hear the voice more clearly.
"Heh, I win...! Hooray!"
Fear grasped their hearts as they realized that the voice came from there laundry room.
Like any sensible girl would they came to the conclusion that some deviant had snuck into the restricted section of the dorm to go through their Laundry.
The girls were furious so they began to knock on the door only to hear the sound of the lock turning from the other side.
They would not be so kind, a second time.
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
*BAM!**BAM!**BAM!*
"OPEN THE DOOR!"
"WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!"
"JUST GIVE UP NOW AND ADMIT TO YOUR WICKED DEEDS!"
"MOVE ASIDE I KONGO MITSUKO SHALL BRING THIS HEATHEN TO HEEL!"
Touma cried tears as he realized how much fate had screwed him over.
He went over the events that lead him here. And realized from an outside perspective his chances of survival were slim, to say the least.
The odds of him being able to escape through the window in the back of the room were slim to none since it would make too much noise.
Even if he were to explain to them the situation they would still most likely arrest him.
Touma looked around the now mostly destroyed room trying to find some sort of solution when his eyes found it.
He bit his lip and considered his options.
He then heard the sounds of someone saying 'Brace Yourselves!'
Touma was well aware that everyone who attended Tokiwadai was an exceptional Esper, so it wouldn't be a stretch to say that one of them should be able to break down this door.
Touma sighed as he did the one thing he could to ensure his survival.
"Brace Yourselves!"
*Boom*
Kongo had used her esper ability Aero Hand to create an ejection point on the door to launch it from its hinges essentially breaking down the door.
Kongo smirked but soon felt a dark aura from behind her as she felt someone's hand on her shoulder.
"I'll overlook this, this time but if you use your ability in the dorms again….."
Kongo struggled to nod her head.
When the Dorm Manager stepped inside she saw the room in ruins.
She had no idea if it was the delinquent who did this or Kongo's ability.
Whatever the case she quickly spotted the culprit. A blue-haired boy that laid out cold on the floor.
"Huh? How'd did I…...wait a second NO!…."
*Crack crack crack*. Aogami's face got pulled. He wanted to say something to the Tokiwadai Dorm supervisor, but...
"I can imagine you know what happens next, don't you?"
Before he could answer the supervisor's question—his neck got twisted with a crack. The blue-haired pervert silently collapsed there.
The sounds of his neck ran through the room as everyone there shuttered as they saw the Dorm Manager drag his body out of the room.
With that everyone began leaving the room.
Kongo stopped for a moment to look at the room once again to make sure he didn't have an accomplice but couldn't find any evidence of one the window was still closed so logically speaking he was the only one in the room, right?
She shrugged as she followed the rest of the group as they dragged the culprit away to Justice.
Part 8
Like a scuba diver who had been underwater too long, Touma slowly rose to the surface.
He first stuck his hands out so he could get a better grip on himself before he pulled himself up.
Touma breathed heavily as he did what he needed to survive.
He stepped out of the Laundry cart that was filled with articles of women's clothing and was filled with even more determination to take down the last remaining member of the Delta Force.
When he was under there it was like he unlocked Nirvana or something because it suddenly all became clear to him where Motuharu was.
He clenched his fist and climbed out of the small window there and planned his final showdown with The SisCon Sergeant.
Tokiwadai Temporary Maids Quarters
The door creaked opened and closed as Tsuchimikado turned around.
"Well, it seems you finally found me Kami-yan,"
Touma sighed as he began blocking the exit, "So this was your plan all along wasn't it?"
Tsuchimikado raised his eyebrow, "Oh and what might that be? Mr. Double Agent."
"So, you knew."
Tsuchimikado casually chuckled and said, "Of course I did, how could anyone not. Just between you and me, you'd make a terrible spy."
Touma clenched his fist, "*Sigh* Whatever it doesn't change the outcome anyway."
"How so Kami-yan?"
"You both knew that I wouldn't tell on you guys because that would make me scum, yes?"
"Hmph, The thought did cross our minds I won't deny that nya."
"Well, you both were right on the money there, if you don't mind me asking why'd you want to sneak in? I mean in Aogami's case he just wanted to videotape Mikoto's performance to show the class to become more popular but you, why did you want to sneak in?"
Tsuchimikado snickered for a bit, "Well, to be honest, I just wanted some practice, you get rusty if you don't train every now and again so this was that."
Touma nodded, "I see…"
"So what now?"
"Well if Aogami hadn't gotten a good hit in on me when I fought him, I would've kicked your ass here and now."
If Touma could see past his dorm neighbor's sunglasses he would've seen him roll his eyes at that statement.
"But now…...well"
Touma reached into his pocket and grabbed something.
"I'm sorry"
For a second Tsuchimikado's perfectly fitted glasses were about to slip off.
"W-What're you doing Kami-yan?"
Touma sighed, "You see you guys were right, if I told on you I'd be scum, but you know what if I let you guys do anything immoral to one of these girls than I'd be worse than scum."
"So…...I hope you can forgive me Tsuchimikado-dono"
The surprise in Tsuchimikado's face was evident as he saw a pair of women's articles fly into the air and eventually fall at his feet.
The horror set in for him as he saw Touma turn the knob on the door to open it and saw him point his finger towards him.
Once the door was fully opened it was clear who was on the other side.
They say the reason why Tsuchimikado Maika always sits atop of her Cleaning robot is that when she touches the earth's surface she becomes the embodiment of pure destruction.
Touma saw validity in this statement when he felt the dark aura emanated from her when she looked down at the ground in front of her stepbrother's feet.
"Onii-chan."
The only words Tsuchimikado could mutter out before the end was.
"KAAAMIIII-YAAAAN!"
"Hmph, you did a good thing Onii-chan, telling on my stepbrother like that."
Touma rubbed the back of his head nervously, "T-Thanks, and thanks for understanding to, I really didn't mean to let them in it just sorta happened."
Maika waved him off, "It's alright, everything worked out in the end anyway why don't you go enjoy the festival now, I think Miss Misaka is about to perform any minute now."
Touma smiled, "Thanks I will,"
Part 9
Backstage
Mikoto grabbed her chest, "Oh no, my hearts starting to pound"
She tried to steady her breathing but the dress she was wearing wasn't doing her any favors.
She wore a beautifully elegant white and black stage dress. Her usually haircut was now more refined as it was all held together by an ornate flower hairpin along with a blue bow.
On the surface, anyone would call her beautiful but, she still felt insecure.
"Ah geez keep it together."
She started to lightly slap her cheeks in the hopes to garner more courage.
"Umm Are you okay?"
Mikoto's mouth gaped open as she saw Touma stand in front of her rubbing the back of his head, almost as if he was unsure at what to do.
"W-What're you doing here!?"
She then noticed that he looked as though he had just been in a fight as his face was bruised and his clothes were slightly ripped and torn up.
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you-"
"I wasn't scared!"
"O-Okay. I wasn't doing anything bad I swear I just got lost and ended up here ."
Mikoto then looked at him once again, "Then why does it look like you just got beat up."
"Hey I'll have you know I won that fight…..anyways that doesn't matter I came here to tell you something."
Mikoto clicked her tongue, "What!? Are you here to make fun at my recital!? Did you come to laugh at my dress!?"
"Huh? No, why would I do that? I think you look really pretty," Before she could let that comment settle in he pulled out something and handed it to her. "Good luck and Here for you."
When Mikoto went to look at what he had just handed her she felt as though her heart skipped a beat.
"I-Is this a Gekota Makeup pouch!? I thought they only made 4 prototypes because the intended target demographic was deemed too old!? How do you have a Super Rare collectible!?"
Touma didn't really understand what she meant since he wasn't very well versed in Gekota. He knew enough not to get the characters confused but stuff like this went over his head.
"L-Lets just say I got it from a friend. Anyways I wanted to give this to you for a while now as a thank you for helping me out, you know."
Mikoto stared at it for a moment.
(H-He got this for me?)
"Thank you."
Touma smiled, "No problem, and don't worry you got this, I've seen you take on a giant fire monster before, so a crowd of people like this should be no trouble."
She smiled as she watched him rush out into the crowd.
With newfound conviction, she went to pick up her violin and headed on stage to perform.
(I guess that guy is good for something every once in a while, huh?)
Touma ran as fast as he could to find a seat in the crowd and was eventually waved over by Index.
"Touma, where have you been?"
Saten's eyes then widened, "And why does it look like you just got beat up!?"
"*Sigh* It doesn't matter,"
Kuroko nodded, "He's right. It really doesn't."
Trying to keep the conversation civil Uiharu steered the conversation in another direction. "S-So they say Misaka's doing a violin solo."
Before any of them could give a comment they heard the applause, start as Mikoto made her way on stage.
Touma smiled as he pulled out the small camera Aogami had on him to record this very event.
With the violin now in her hands, Mikoto started to string a beautiful melody.
The crowd was captivated as she continued her serenade.
This was her only performance of the entire Festival and it was well worth it as the harmonious music rang throughout the crowd.
It was here she truly lived up to her name as the Ace of Tokiwadai.
Once the song ended and the applause died down Mikoto finally came out from backstage and returned to see her friends.
They all congratulated her on the amazing performance and she graciously thanked them.
Though everyone found it odd when she wanted to speak to Touma alone.
"So what did you wanna talk to me about?"
Mikoto narrowed her eyes, "How'd you end up so roughed up? You mentioned something about winning a fight, but who would fight you when you were at the festival?"
Touma shuttered a bit, "L-Look it's a long story and I don't want to waste your-"
"I got time."
Touma's words died in his throat at this response.
"So are you gonna tell me or do I have to call Kuroko over and-"
"No, No, No I'll tell, I'll tell. It's just…...please don't get mad until the stories over."
Mikoto didn't know how to react to this so she simply sighed and said, "Fine."
Once Touma told her the story (Minus the part where he ended up in her room, he didn't want to die after all) she stared at him suspiciously.
"So you're telling me, you accidentally let your friends in after trying to get them caught for sneaking in and because of that you fought one of your friends and eventually got his neck snapped by the Dorm Manager. While the other got chewed out by his stepsister, am I getting that all right?"
Touma nodded, "I'm so sorry, I messed up bad if it makes you feel any better my friends are probably gonna jump me the moment I step out of this building. They don't take too kindly to scum."
Mikoto sighed, "You're not scum. You're an idiot that's for sure but you're not scum."
"S-So you're not mad?"
"Oh no, I'm mad and I'm probably gonna get you back for this later but for now you're good. You did get me this new Gekota makeup bag after all and it doesn't seem like you did anything that bad."
Touma sighed in relief, "Oh there's another thing I wanted to talk to you about."
"What is it?"
"Heh well, it's actually more of a favor when I think about it."
"What kind of favor?" Her gaze sharpened.
"Well, I wanted to train ever since I got outta the hospital so I was wondering if you would spar with-"
"YES!"
"Whoa, calm down there Lighting Warrior Princess, you seem way too eager for this."
She nodded, "Sorry, it's just nobody ever challenges me anymore since I was named a Level 5. So yeah I'd be happy to fight you, though can I ask why you want to challenge me now?"
"As I said before, I wanna spar not fight. Really I just wanna test out my powers I never really had a chance before now so and it'd be nice to see what I can and can't do."
Mikoto nodded, "Makes sense"
Touma then tossed her a small digital camera, "Here it has your recital on it, you should have it, you were really good."
"T-Thanks, anyway we should probably get back knowing Kuroko she's probably getting ready to….that reminds me of something."
Touma watched Mikoto stomp back to the group.
He heard Mikoto shout something about 'staying off her bed' followed by blueish white sparks.
After spending a few more hours at the Festival Touma said his goodbyes and headed home.
As he was walking down the streets he noticed someone in front of him who blocked his path.
It was Aogami, he was currently sporting a neck brace and several bruises around his whole body.
"Hey Aogami, what's up….wait if you're here where's Tsuc…."
*THWACK*
Hello, darkness my old friend.
As Touma laid there on his back staring at the sky, he heard his two friends yell at him for one reason or another.
It seemed as though Aogami had been sentenced to community service for a majority of his remaining summer break.
Tsuchimikado, on the other hand, was not so lucky. Apparently, Makia said something along the lines of 'come back to the dorm when you have gotten your act together' and shunned him.
Right as he was about to see stars he heard.
*BIRI BIRI*
His friends were now smoldering on the street beside him as he slowly got up to see the mysterious heroine.
"Can't have you going to the hospital before our big fight. See ya."
"Thanks."
Touma then turned to his fallen comrades and said.
"Talk to you later?"
"Yep"
"See ya Kami-yan"
Mikoto's mouth gaped as she wondered what kind of friendships did boys have with each other.
Epilogue
Touma's Dorm
Touma was relieved that he was finally able to get home in one piece.
This day had been so hectic that he couldn't believe that his Map still survived.
"As long as Misaki never sees this I should be good, besides it's not like I'm gonna use it or anything, right?"
Map in hand Touma opened the door to his dorm.
"Besides I'm home now, what's the worst that could happen?"
"Suprise!"
*SHATTER!*
That foolish illusion of safety Touma had put on himself had shattered.
Apparently, Misaki wanted to surprise Touma with dinner when he got back from the MidSummer Festival.
"Touma, what's wrong?" Her eyes then zeroed in on the piece of Parchment he was holding.
"M-M-M-Misaki it's not what it-"
The light from her eyes faded as the aura around her started to grow cold, "Is that the ridiculous Map that we agreed to destroy?"
"L-Listen it not what it looks like, I didn't even use it...I mean I did but not like that...Besides what's the harm in me having this-"
"Touma."
"*Sigh* I know the drill….such misfortune."
And so the now the once thought to be destroyed Map had been taken by the Queen, but not without giving him a word of advice in the form of a lecture.
After all, was said and done, Misaki and Touma actually enjoyed a pleasant evening in Touma's dorm.
Normally Touma would've cooked but this was one of the rare occasions where Misaki cooked. (or I should say she bought)
"So, in the end, your perverted friends lack self-control ability, caused them to get in trouble?"
Touma nodded, "Yeah like I explained earlier they tried to get me to join them so I pretended to say yes while I worked as a Double agent."
Misaki clapped her hands cutely in approval, "Though I have one question, my Prince. Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? It's not like I would've said no."
Touma sighed, "I-I don't know, I guess I just wanted to do this on my own, I mean I know you mean well but sometimes it feels like your trying to run my life for me."
Miskai grabbed his hand, "I-I'm sorry if you feel like that really, I don't want to run your life, I just want you to be happy."
Touma smiled, "It's okay really, I know your just looking out for me is all. Oh, by the way, Tomorrow Mikoto and I are sparing."
Misaki's face went pale for a moment before she regained composure. "O-Okay then…."
"Hey, Misaki are you feeling okay? You're looking pale."
"I-I'm fine…..J-Just try to be safe."
"Hmmm? What'd you mean?"
It took all of her willpower not to protest it but she managed to, "In any case are you excited for our Date Tomorrow?"
"Yeah to the Fireworks show right?"
"Precisely."
"I still haven't found anything to wear though."
Misaki's face lit up, "Well if that's the case you could always put on that new leather jacket."
"Hmm? Are you sure?"
Misaki nodded as she smiled. "Completely"
Omake
Yuki
Touma knocked on Yuki's door waiting for him to answer.
The door swung open and Yuki greeted him, "What the hell do you want now?"
Touma smiled, "I'm playing double agent for my friend's invasion of the Tokiwadai MidSummer Festival, I was wondering if you wanted to join in?"
Yuki was actually surprised. At first, he thought he was joking because there was no way someone could be that stupid, right?
He waited for him to say 'just kidding'. Though when that phrase never came he realized that he was being serious.
"So what'd say?"
Yuki laughed and gave his response as eloquently as he good.
The response Touma received was a door slammed in his face.
"Yeah, should've seen that coming."
Omake Misaki's day
Misaki sighed as she opens the door to Kumokawa's office.
"Is there any reason, in particular, you wanted to waste my time old had. I rather increase my relationship ability with Touma by accompanying him to the MidSummer Festival.
Kumokawa sighed, "Yeah there is, brat. How long did you think you could avoid this conversation?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Kumokawa rolled her eyes, "We both know that's a lie."
Misaki sighed, "So it's about him, isn't it?
Kumokawa sighed, "How long did you really think Kamijou could associate himself with Accelerator and not draw attention. Especially after that stunt, they pulled with Big Spider."
"...So what now?"
Kumokawa slumped in her chair, "I think we both know what has to happen now."
Author's Notes
'The Recovery Arc' has ended and now its time to start the Poltergisting Arc