Wow, quite a few comments/reviews for the last chapter. This chapter will probably answer a few of the questions if you read all the way through it. It is a little confusing at first.

Hmm, Last Order as the main Hero, I could see that lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own Toaru Majutsu no Index or any of the characters.

"Wake up."

Touma groaned and pulled the covers over his head, after all the dangerous and exciting events that happened to him yesterday, all he wanted to do was sleep. However, even after the tournament yesterday, he still had supplementary lessons today with Komoe-sensei. At least he would have Friday off from school because, as a reward to all the schools who participated in the tournament, they get tomorrow off, but sadly not today. He didn't immediately open his eyes but thought about the strange occurrence that happened yesterday at the end of the tournament.

He had passed out due to the man called Sloth's magic. He had just lost consciousness when the sound of breaking glass echoed in his mind and his Imagine Breaker saved him. His eyes snapped open and he struggled to his feet as his leg was still aching from Mikoto's kick. He glared at Sloth and said, "I don't know what you want with me but I am not going to go with you people. I have seen the destruction and evil your group causes."

"How…did…you….break…my…curse…?" Sloth demanded. While his voice and way of speaking did not change, his eyes grew wide in astonishment.

"You should have known my Imagine Break destroys all supernatural abilities."

"Of…course…" Sloth murmured. "Take….him….alive…" The rest of the masked men who surrounded the arena started running towards Touma.

Touma knew he couldn't take them all by himself, especially with his injured leg, so he reached down toward Mikoto and touched her head. The sound of glass shattering was heard and Mikoto woke up. He then rushed as fast as he could on his bad leg to Accelerator and touched his head too and woke him up. Both Accelerator and Mikoto stood up together as the masked men rushed towards them.

"Arg," Mikoto muttered. "My head hurts."

"Wake up third rate," Accelerator spat out looking around. "Looks like these guys want to die."

Mikoto nodded and replied, "Let me take care of the small fry." The crackle of electricity in the air surrounded her and she released bolts of lightning at the men. They either weren't magically defended because they thought they were safe due to Sloth's ability or they weren't important enough to be protected. Mikoto's lightning rained down upon them and they all fell to the ground smoking and unconscious. "Want to take care of the big guy?"

Accelerator grinned, as the grounded around him exploded, and he dashed toward Sloth. Sloth raised his hand to smash Accelerator but was to slow, Accelerator punched him in the stomach but the action was more symbolic than actually an attack. Accelerator wasn't very strong but all he had to do was touch something to manipulate its vector. A single touch from him could cause more damage than a shotgun blast. Sloth curved into a C shape as the force from Accelerator's touch into his stomach threw him back into the arena wall with a resounding crash. Accelerator didn't stop there though. He jumped to a nearby bolder and sent it flying through the air into Sloth who was pressed up against the wall. "He shouldn't be moving after that," Accelerator said.

He was wrong. The bolder started to crack and then exploded. Sloth stood up slowly, cracked his neck, and started to walk toward them. He wasn't even scratched. "Why…make…things…difficult…?" he asked slowly.

"Can't make it too easy for you," Mikoto called out and sent a lightning strike from the sky right at Sloth. As the ground exploded and dust flew everywhere she asked, "Did that work?" Her question was answered as the sound of footsteps echoed through the arena as Sloth walked through the cloud of dust. "Is this guy invulnerable?"

"It might be his magic," Touma replied looking at Sloth. "If I can get close I might be able to stop him."

Accelerator sighed, "Fine, if you want to be the hero let's try this." He grabbed Touma by the collar and leaped at Sloth dragging Touma along behind him. Using his manipulating of vectors, holding Touma was like carrying a piece of paper. Sloth reached out to grab them but Accelerator ducked both of them under Sloth's outstretched arm then threw Touma. Touma found himself flying through the air at high speeds toward Sloth's face. He had less than a second but made a fist and slammed it into Sloth's jaw. The sound of breaking glass was heard following by what sounded like bone breaking as Touma's impact crushed Sloth's jaw. Sloth crumpled and fell backwards unconscious with Touma landing on him.

"You could have given me a warning before you threw me," Touma yelled out angrily to Accelerator cradling his bruised hand.

"I thought you asked to get close to him," Accelerator said grinning as he walked up to Touma. "It worked, so why are you complaining?"

"Quit fighting both of you," Mikoto said walking up to them and slapping them both on the back. "But good job, we took them down before anyone could get hurt. Look, everyone is waking up now." Accelerator and Touma turned and looked around and everyone in the crowd was indeed getting up looking confused.

"I don't know what happened but looking at the arena, it seems like some unexpected intruders interrupted the tournament. Anti-Skill has just been called and they will take them away. Everyone please remain calm."

Anti-Skill arrived quickly and took all the masked guys away. Jason was personally supervising the transport of Sloth. Since Sloth was a magician, Touma figured Jason was probably going to get involved in his special kind of removal and transport to a specific religious organization to await justice. Keeping balance between magic and science sure is troubling. The tournament was canceled because of the magicians and he was questioned by Anti-Skill along with Accelerators and Mikoto about what had happened. They were questioned and detained for quite a while. When they were finally released everyone in the arena had already left, so they decided to head back to their dorms. Touma figured tomorrow he was going to get interrogated by his class about what happened while they were all asleep.

"Wake up."

Touma opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling of his dorm room and sighed. He really didn't want to get up. He was comfortable in his bed and even his leg didn't hurt anymore. All he wanted to do was stay here today and avoid the crowds who would sure to be trying to question the "Harem King." His only complaint in his bed was he felt incredibly hot. Please say the air conditioner didn't break again. It just started to get hot. Touma was about to curse at his misfortune when he felt something move under the covers next to him. Dang it, did Index sneak into my bed again? Then he felt something move under the covers on his other side and he got suspicious. He pulled up the covers and looked under them.

On his left, cuddling tightly next to him was Mikoto Misaka. It had to be her as she was wearing very childish bright green Gekota pajamas. On his right, also cuddling with him was another person who looked exactly like Mikoto except she was wearing a short sleeve blue top and pajama pants. That one had to be Misaka Imouto. They both looked up when he lifted the covers and they yawned.

"Do you have to get up for school already?" Mikoto asked sleepily.

"Misaka would like it if you would stay longer Misaka says hoping her demand will be heard." She cuddled closer to Touma as she said this.

"We really need you get though those supplementary lessons," Mikoto says. "Try not to wake Kuroko. She can sleep late since she can teleport us to school. We don't get today off either way."

Touma raised the covers more and saw Kuroko sleeping at the foot of the bed perpendicular to him and holding tightly to Mikoto's legs but laying on top of him and Misaka Imouto at the same time. Touma turned slightly red when he saw she had once again decided to sleep completely nude instead of putting on the pajamas, even the see through ones, he knew she had. He shook his head. She really needs to wear clothes at night. He yawned and got up trying to disturb everyone else on the bed as little as possible.

Touma shakes his head a little to get rid of the last bit of drowsiness and headed to the bathroom. He opened the door and saw a very voluptuous woman in a very revealing maid costume cleaning the mirror. Her name was Kaori Kanzaki, a friend of Index and also a member of Necessarius. She is 18 years old and very tall with long black hair tied up in a ponytail that reached her hips. She has pure white skin that could be associated with a princess. When not wearing her maid outfit, she usually wears a short white T-shirt tied into a knot at the bottom, revealing her navel, a pair of jeans with one side sawed off, revealing her thigh. She is also one of the only twenty people in the world who could be called a saint. These people resemble the Son of God and have a small, but still considerable, portion of his power. Touma was once told about the Idol Theory where a replica of a more powerful being or item can gain a small portion of the original's power. She often visited Touma and Index but Touma recalled a lot of awkward events when he met her.

"Good morning master," she said bowing.

"Ah good morning Kanzaki-san," Touma said. "Sorry, I got to leave soon so I need to use the bathroom." He forgot she was working here as a maid as thanks for the help he provided with saving the Amakusa, her old group before she joined Necessarius.

"No problem master," she said and exited the bathroom.

After his morning routine, he went to his dresser and started to change. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Mikoto and Misaka Imouto watching him change. "What?" he asked a little self conscious. This happened almost every day but something felt off today.

"Just enjoying the view," Mikoto said smiling.

"Misaka enjoys watching the savior without clothes says Misaka embarrassed." She however gazed at him unblinkingly.

Touma finished getting dressed and headed to the kitchen with his stomach growling. He wasn't surprised he was hungry with how much exercise he got yesterday. It wasn't surprising either that Index was already at the table and had eaten what looked like three plates of food already. He was glad Kaori was staying with him. She had a very large budget with Necessarius to keep Index in good health so she did a lot of the shopping and paying for all the food Index kept in the black hole she called a stomach. Ruiko was busy cooking breakfast for everyone. She had drawn the short straw yesterday night since everyone rotated on all the chores. With so many people living in a small dorm the biggest chore was cooking.

"Hello Touma," said Ruiko cheerfully. "You want anything special or are bacon and eggs ok?"

"That's fine Ruiko," Touma said and his stomach growled loudly and she laughed. He took a spot next to Index who smiled at him with her mouth of food and he laughed. These days were the best. He enjoyed being with everyone but for some reason something felt different today. Ruiko came out with his plate of food and he decided to worry about it later. After she set her plate of food down she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and went back to the kitchen. He smiled and glanced at Index and saw her staring at him strangely.

"Touma," she cried and jumped at him. He raised his hands over his head instinctively but all Index did was kiss him on the cheek too. "I love you Touma. But why did you cover your head?" She looked at him confused.

"I don't know actually," Touma admitted. Why did I? He looked at the clock and quickly ate his breakfast. "See you guys, I got to head out." Index and Ruiko waved to him as he ran out the door. Sometimes I wish Kuroko could teleport me. As he left the door he ran into Motoharu who was hugging his sister passionately. They make a good couple. He waves to Motoharu after he broke the hug from his sister and he waved back.

"So Kami-yan," Motoharu said cheerfully. "Soon you won't need these supplementary classes anymore."

"Yea," Touma agreed. "Mikoto really has been helping me a lot, and with Komoe-sensei coming over for private lessons too, I am almost caught up."

"So many girls at your place at once," Motoharu said smacking him on the back. "That's our Kami-yan or should I call you Harem King now."

"Kami -yan is fine. You are just as happy as me, eh Siscon Sergeant," Touma replied. "She likes you as much as you like her."

"Yep," Motoharu called out excited. "When she is finally eighteen we can get married at last." Touma again had the thought something was wrong here but this is how it has always been. Before he could worry about that though, he and Motoharu had to race off to school.

They finally arrived at school. Touma was glad without the mask people did not recognize him as the Harem King. He was worried people would mob him in the streets but nothing came from it. They arrived early and the only other person in class was Accelerator. Touma knew he had to take supplementary classes because he never did his homework. His excuse was usually something among the lines of, "This stuff is stupidly easy and it's a waste of time to do it." In his lap, clutching his arms was a smiling Last Order in a bright blue dress. She waves at Touma when he entered the classroom and he waved back. Next to him, Worst had move a desk close to Accelerator and was leaning against his shoulder sleeping,

Accelerator gave Touma a brief nod of a greeting. "So hero, you actually showed up today?"

Touma shrugged. "My studies are important. I can't be a genius like you." Accelerator rolled his eyes.

The supplementary classes taught by Komoe were pretty ordinary. Thanks to the private lessons with her and Mikoto tutoring him after school, he actually understood most of the subjects that were being taught. Normally he would understand the first couple sentences then get lost no matter how hard he was paying attention and writing notes. Maybe it was also because his life has been improving over all. Even with the magician attack on the museum and the tournament, he made a lot more friends including Accelerator, though Accelerator won't admit it.

"So Touma-chan," Komoe called to him after class ended. "You and Accelerator did really well yesterday, even against the intruders."

"Thank you Komoe-sensei," Touma said smiling.

"You know you can just call me Komoe when we are alone," she said blushing.

"I know," Touma said chuckling a little. His teacher was pretty cute when she was embarrassed. "But you will always be my sensei." He always enjoyed teasing her a little when they were alone.

"Hey Touma-chan," she said. "Lean down for a moment." Touma leaned his head down next to her and she gave him a light kiss on the cheek and then a quick smack on the back of his head. "You shouldn't tease adults."

"Yes sensei," Touma said as he left the school. He was heading to Josephs to meet the girls when something felt wrong with what happened. He didn't know what, but everything seemed just like a normal day. But no matter how much he thought that, the feeling this was wrong wouldn't go away.

"Wake up."

He stuck a finger in his ear and looked around. He knew he heard something but he didn't know who said it or from where. The feeling something was wrong intensified. I have had this feeling all day but I don't know why. Touma learned to trust his feelings so he needed to talk to someone he hadn't met yet today. He snapped his fingers, Jason. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, but something weird happened. Jason was not on his contact list. In fact, he couldn't remember his number and had a hard time remembering what Jason looked like. What is going on? Maybe the girls will know more. He ran the rest of the way to Joseph's diner to meet with them as soon as possible.

"Hey Touma," Mikoto called out when he arrived. "What's wrong, you look out of breath." She, Ruiko, Kuroko, and Kazari were all looking at him concerned.

"Well," Touma said. "I have something to ask you. Do you remember Jason's phone number? I seemed to have lost it on my phone."

"Jason…?" Kuroko asked. "You know Mikoto and I go to Tokiwadai so we don't know a lot of guys. What's his last name?"

"I don't know anyone named Jason either," Ruiko said as she looked at Kazari who shook her head too.

'What?" Touma asked shocked. "But Uiharu-san, weren't you going out with him?"

Kazari turned bright red. "W-what are you saying Kamijou-san. I haven't gone out with anyone before."

"You knew that," Ruiko said with a confused look on her face to Touma. "We were going to convince her to come over to your dorm tonight and join us. Are you feeling ok?"

"I don't know," Touma said. "I feel like something's wrong and I forgot something important."

"Anything we can help with?" Kuroko asked while Mikoto watched him closely.

"I don't think so," Touma said slowly as he stood up. "I will let you know though. Thanks for the offer. I'm sorry I have to leave after just arriving." He quickly left the restaurant to get some air and headed to the park to think. Why did I think Uiharu-san was dating Jason? Ruiko told me yesterday she was single. A sudden shiver went down his spine as he felt he was being watched. He turned and looked across the street and froze.

A young girl was standing across the street sporting long straight golden hair. She wears a pair of white gloves and stockings, both adorned with laces along with the Tokiwadai Middle school uniform. For being a middle school student she had a really large chest. None of those were a problem to Touma. What made him froze was he could not see her face. It wasn't like the masked men who didn't have a face. He just couldn't see it. She had a face, eyes, nose, mouth, and so forth but it was like there was a fog around his mind when he tried to remember it. The face kept slipping out of his mind like water through his fingers. A large truck passed between them and when it finished passing the girl was gone. What the hell was that? Am I going crazy? Is this feeling I am getting have something to do with her?

He finally crossed the street and walked into the park and stopped at the vending machine. He just stared at it. How many times has this machine stolen his money? He chuckled at the thought. He couldn't be to mad at it because he met Mikoto so many times here that it sort of became habit. He sat down on the bench near it and looked at the sky. Think, who was Jason and how did I meet him? I remember helping him with Stiyl and he had a shadow ability. But why is everything else so fuzzy? Does he have something to do with this?

"Hey Touma," a girl called out and he turned and saw Mikoto walking toward him.

"Hey Mikoto," Touma said slightly depressed. He wasn't upset at her but rather at this problem he was dealing with.

"What's wrong?" Mikoto grinned holding up drinks. "A cute girl is bringing her boyfriend drinks, how can you be sad?"

"Thanks a lot Mikoto," Touma said taking a drink from her and taking a large swig. "It is really hot out."

"What was with your weird questions earlier today?" Mikoto asked. "It seemed like something was wrong."

"I don't know to be honest," Touma admitted. "It feels like something is different and it is bugging me. I remember details of some things but other details are getting fuzzy. I thought something was messing with my memories, but my hand isn't doing anything."

Mikoto sat next to him and grabbed his hand. "I don't know what's wrong but I don't remember the person you asked about either. My electricity should protect my mind from mental influence. But remember, if anything is troubling with you talk about it with me. I'll listen to your problems anytime." She kissed him on the cheek and he felt a lot better.

"Wake up."

"Thanks Mikoto…" Touma said then he heard the voice again. His head turned so fast he almost snapped his neck. Across the park he saw the girl again. He still couldn't grasp her face. It was if she was there but shouldn't be there. He felt several more shivers down his spine. Was she causing this? "Mikoto look to your left, do you see anything unusual. Don't make any sudden moves though." He saw her eyes dart to the general area of the girl.

"Nothing unusual," she muttered. "Why?"

Touma looked again and he didn't see the girl anymore. "There was a girl, but something was wrong with her face. It was there but at the same time wasn't."

"What are you talking about?" Mikoto asked concern in her eyes. "You may have a fever." She leaned forward and put her head against his and he blushed a bit but Mikoto didn't notice. "You don't seem hot but you should probably rest just to be safe."

"You are probably right," Touma agreed. "I will head back home in a moment. I take it you will be there tonight too?"

"Yea," Mikoto nodded. "Kuroko wanted to go shopping for some new underwear." She sighed. "It's not like she has enough already, but she wants to change it every day. Hopefully Uiharu-san will join us too."

"Ok," Touma said. "I look forward to seeing you girls tonight." He winked at her and she giggled.

"Oh," she said almost seriously but with a glint of amusement in her eyes. "Are you going to show us the power of the Harem King?"

Touma groaned. "I thought you promised not to call me that." She laughed and ran off waving to him. He sighed. Maybe he was just being stupid. The excitement yesterday must have been getting to him. He stood up and stretched. At least tonight was going to be really fun as Uiharu-san was going to join them. A pang of guilt went through him as he thought about that. Why am I feeling guilty?

"Please wake up."

Touma nearly had a heart attack as he turned around instantly. The girl was standing just a few feet away looking directly at him. Well, he assumed she was because he still couldn't quite grasp her face. "Who are you and what do you want?" he asked.

He thought she gave him his name but he couldn't grasp it either. No, she definitely told him her name but his mind couldn't remember it and it slipped away as fast as he heard it. He did get part of an answer of the second half of his question. "I needed to contact you. He is trying to keep…" Her voice was like a whisper from far away even though she was standing a few feet from her. Touma knew she was about to get to the important information when he heard a girl yelling at him.

"Touma-sama!" He turned and saw Kuroko walking toward him. She had obviously teleported to the park. Normally he would have been happy to see her, she always was really nice to him, but this time she interrupted something important. Wait, her being nice to me seems strange but she always was right? He turned back to the girl he was talking to and she disappeared. "What are you doing in the park all alone?" Kuroko said as she neared him and grabbed his arm.

"Hey Kuroko," Touma said. "I am just finishing a few errands."

"OK," Kuroko said and looked at him with eyes full of concern. "You know you can tell me if anything is bothering you. You seem a little distracted today."

"I know," Touma said smiling sincerely but inside he was conflicted. Something is wrong here and I can't be sure who to trust right now. This is becoming a huge problem. "Mikoto stopped by a little while ago and said almost the same thing. Sorry for making you all worry."

"If you are sure," Kuroko said. "Remember the party tonight. Uiharu-san is going to be joining us."

"I know, thanks Kuroko," Touma replied as he watched her leave. She chose a bad time to show up. Wait, that may be the problem. Every time I got this bad feeling I either had some place to be or someone showed up to distract me. I need to find a place to be alone for a little while. The image of Jason's apartment swam to the front of his mind. That's it. He dashed as fast as he could to the apartment building. Luckily he remembered the code from the time he stayed there and he was able to enter without any problems. He looked around at the deserted apartment. It looked brand new and perfectly clean but it didn't look like anyone has been here for a long time. He sat down on the couch and thought about everything that happened yesterday and today.

"Can you hear me?"

Touma turned and looked at the girl. Her face was a little clearer but he still couldn't make out her exact facial features. It was as if she was getting stronger the more he realized something is wrong. Even her voice was getting louder and clearer. "I can hear you. What is going on?"

"He is trying to keep you trapped in your own mind. You need to fight it. I am trying to help but we do not have much time."

"Who is he?"

"Sloth."

"But we defeated him yesterday," Touma argued. "How could he still be here? Jason took him away."

"That was all a dream. You are stuck in a dream inside your own mind. He is trying to keep you in a blissful state to make it easier to control you. I don't know how much longer we can keep him at bay. Please wake up prince."

He shook his head and opened his mouth to reply when the door to the apartment opened up and Mikoto, Kuroko, Ruiko, and Kazari all entered. How did they find this place? Wait if it is a dream then I shouldn't be surprised."Um, hello," Touma called out to them aware the mystery girl disappeared again. "What are you all doing here?"

"I could say the same thing to you," Mikoto said angrily. "We were worried when you disappeared so we hacked the street cams and found you coming in here. What are you doing here?"

"It's just a friend's house," said Touma nonchalantly trying to gather his thoughts. "He said I could use it whenever I needed to."

"It belongs to the Jason person?" Ruiko asked curiously. Touma nodded. "Well it is huge, he must be rich. We could have a great party here tonight." The other girls nodded in agreement.

"Well," Touma said hesitantly. "Tonight might not be the best…." His words failed him as all four girls started to undress. "Eh, what are you all doing?" He took a couple steps back.

Mikoto looked at him, "We do this almost every night. Why are you embarrassed now?"

"I bet he thinks Uiharu is cute," Ruiko said grinning lifting her skirt to reveal her purple underwear. Kazari blushed deeply but didn't say anything.

Kuroko and Mikoto moved over by Touma and each of them grabbed his arm to pull him to the couch. "Come on Touma-sama," Kuroko said giggling. "Let's have fun like last night."

"Wait we can't," Touma said. "This isn't right." The girls didn't hear him or chose to ignore his words as they surrounded him. He closed his eyes and shouted, "This is just a dream and I need to get out." He waited a few seconds and didn't hear anything. He slowly opened his eyes and everyone in the apartment was gone. In fact, most of the building was gone as an endless abyss started consuming the walls of the apartment and was slowly heading toward him. He looked out across the darkness coming at him from all sides and saw no end. Nothing at all existed in the darkness. Touma stood in the middle of the collapsing apartment without any idea how to get out of this.

"Hurry!' The girl's voice resounded through the remains of the building and she appeared next to him. "Take my hand." Touma didn't hesitate and grabbed her hand right before the darkness swallowed up the apartment. He and the girl were the only things floating in space and all that was holding them together was their hands. Then for a second, there was nothing at all.

Touma opened his eyes and he was staring at the blue sky. Everything was still fuzzy but each time he blinked, everything started getting clearer. He heard yelling and some small explosions in the distance and tried to sit up.

"Easy," a girl said. "I had to delve deep in your mind to get through his ability. You might still have some after effects for a minute."

Touma looked at the girl who helped him. The voice was familiar to the one in his dream, but louder and more pronounced. She looked just like his dream, long blond hair, white stockings and gloves, and a very well endowed chest. This time however, he could see her face. She was extremely pretty and had bright golden eyes. The noticeable thing about her eyes was that she had a gold star design in them. "Thanks for helping me out of that dream, but who are you?"

"Shokuhou, Misaki Shokuhou at your service," she said cheerfully then got serious. "We need your help though to defeat this monster."

Aww, poor Touma, he wasn't happy in his dream. On the plus side I get to do the Sloth fight again, but this time, with his real magic ability. Agent Nine should be happy, they get to fight Sloth twice for interrupting the tournament.

Out of curiosity for the readers, how long did it take for you to realize most of this chapter was a dream? Come on be honest, I am not going to judge…..much. I figured a lot of people thought of it pretty early or shortly after the first Sloth fight.

But YAY, Misaki is finally in the story. Someone asked if there was going to be other level 5s in the tournament and I didn't want to say anything to that lol. The dream landscape worked a little differently than Touma's and Misaki's complicated situation but that was a combination of Sloth's magic and mind delving.

Or is this all another dream within a dream?