Wow, within 1-2 days of posting a new chapter I got so many reviews. I am glad to see so many people enjoy my story and looking forward to the next chapter. This chapter was a little tough to write because I cracked up laughing too much trying to write this. Seriously, beach scenes are not easy to write when talking about girls. I tried to add character development into the chapter besides just fan service. Of course, last chapter ended on a pretty serious note.
I am going to take a second to mention a few individuals who commented.
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So I take it a lot of you are looking forward to the beach scene, endless number of girls in swimsuits and for Touma to do something stupid and ruin it for him. I wonder if everything will work as planned.
Side note, this chapter will brake 100k words. I am so excited.
Disclaimer: I do not own Toaru Majutsu no Index or any of the characters.
The day was not off to a good start. Touma did not get much sleep that night. In fact, he was surprised he got any sleep at all. After hearing Mikoto admit she liked him and with a very attractive Misaki snuggling up to him all night, his mind was not interested in sleeping. Then in the morning the storms rolled in and unleashed torrents of rain while the sky was split by lighting. A lot of girls were depressed about not being able to go to the beach. Touma on the other hand was glad. He wouldn't have to be forced into the really skimpy bikini Misaki forced him to purchase. Misaki was thinking the same thing but she was depressed instead of happy. However, that didn't stop her plans and she immediately tried to force Touma to model for their roommates. Right when he got shoved into the bathroom…
He woke up.
The sun was shining in through the glass balcony door and he looked at the clock. It was about 15 minutes until their alarm was set to go off and, judging by the presence next to him and the two lumps on the other bed, no one was up yet. Stupid dream, well at least I can get the bathroom first. He was half hoping it would rain so he wouldn't have to go to the beach. His other half, the male portion, told him he had to go and enjoy himself. I'm spending too much time with Jason. He got up quietly, to avoid waking anyone, and snuck into the bathroom with a change of clothes. He looked into the mirror, for the first time at the hotel, and examined his female face. Shit, am I getting turned on by myself. Aogami would have a field day with this. He couldn't deny, to a guy, his female form was attractive, but it still made him feel awkward. His biggest challenge was taking a shower but he closed his eyes and tried not to notice anything. Somehow, he finished and got changed without incident when he heard the alarm go off in the other room. Just made it.
He reentered the room right when everyone else was getting up. Misaki stuck her head out of the covers and looked up at him. "Wow, you get up early." Touma grinned. Mikoto and Ruiko had just sat up and stretched. The girls took turns getting ready and to Touma, it took forever, but at least they did not change in the room this time. There wasn't a good spot for him to hide since the bathroom was occupied. When everyone had changed into casual clothes for breakfast, the school uniform not being required on this trip, they all headed downstairs to the first floor banquets hall area for breakfast.
Touma expected a large style buffet, like what he has seen at hotels he has been to before. He did not expect circular tables, cushioned chairs, and menus waiting for them. He let Misaki lead the way to a table in the corner of the cafeteria. Surprisingly, Mikoto followed them dragging Ruiko along. Touma thought Mikoto would avoid Misaki since they seemed to be rivals. Misaki sat down, and then Touma sat on her left, followed by Mikoto on his left, then Ruiko. He could tell Misaki was not pleased Mikoto followed her. Touma was still embarrassed about talking to Mikoto but, his curiosity got the better of him and he looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"I have to make sure she doesn't have any sweets," Mikoto whispered grinning. "I know she will cheat if left alone." Touma looked over at Misaki and, by the look on her face, Misaki was planning to do just that. Touma grinned at her.
"She got you good last night," he whispered.
"Oh well," whispered Misaki back to him. "If I get to spend time with you, it doesn't matter." He blushed and she smiled at him. They were shortly joined by Kuroko and Kazari, who sat next to Ruiko, and then several of Misaki's friends sat next to her. The table filled up quickly and everyone ordered breakfast.
Touma wasn't very hungry and just had a couple pieces of toast with some jam. Even the jam was high quality. Misaki was barely touching her food and looked a little depressed. He heard one of the girls comment on the fact the Queen didn't get anything sweet this time, and judging by the smirk on Mikoto's face, she heard it too. Kuroko looked depressed but still talked normally to her friends and Touma caught her smiling at him. He knew why but it was still weird to see Kuroko not want to kill him.
"So Misaka-san," Ruiko said. "Are we going to the beach after this?"
Mikoto nodded. "Yep, it's such a nice day too."
"I get to see onee-sama in her new swimming suit," Kuroko said with her head in the clouds and a small touch of drool.
"You can look but not touch," Kazari said smiling. This brought Kuroko crashing back down to reality and she glared at Ruiko who whistled innocently. Even Touma and Misaki had to laugh along with them.
Mikoto turned to Touma. "Do you want to come with us Kamiko-san?"
Touma gave a quick look at Misaki who shrugged but she looked a little distant. Touma had a guess why and he didn't want to hurt her so he chose the option that would not, hopefully, upset anyone. "Sure," he said with a grin. "But only if Shokuhou-san joins us. I promised to hang out with her this weekend."
Mikoto nodded, if a little bit stiff, but Misaki was outright surprised. She did not expect Touma to drag her with him. She was use to being the one dragging him around. Ah, I can't say no to him. "Sounds like fun," Misaki says clapping her hands together. "It would give us the opportunity to learn more about our roommates."
"Yay," Kazari says cheerfully. "The more the merrier."
"I'm ok with them," Kuroko adds.
"So let's eat and get changed," Ruiko said happily. "I can't wait."
Ruiko, Mikoto, Kuroko, and Kazari finished breakfast quickly and ran off while Touma stayed back with Misaki. Misaki was talking to the girls to her right and they seemed agreeable to pretty much everything she said. After she was done she turned to Touma, "I'm surprised you wanted to hang out with them. I thought you would be worry about your cover."
"I am," Touma said sighing. "But as you and Jason told me, I need a break and have fun. They are also my friends even if they do not know it. Besides," he smiled at her. "It was thanks to you we all started to get along and I can tell you really are a good person. So I want you to have fun with us too."
Misaki blushed at his sincere words. "We shouldn't keep them waiting too long," she said resigning herself to the fact she was going to hang out with her rival Mikoto. She might get a chance to mess with her a bit too as revenge for the dare. "I suppose you want them to clear out while you change." She raised an eyebrow then smiled and whispered. "Or do you want to go up right during the best time to see everything."
"Of course not," Touma denied immediately. He was a guy and could imagine that but he was too nice to go through with it on purpose. "I don't even know if I can go through with changing to a swimsuit." He sighed. "This is going to be bad." Misaki laughed.
They waited a bit and went up to their room to change. The hotel was right next to the beach so there were no changing rooms outside. They entered their room and saw everyone had already left. Touma walked over and grabbed the blue and yellow stripped two piece Misaki picked out. He sighed, aware Misaki was staring at him with a wide smile on her face, and he went into the bathroom to change. He shut his eyes in embarrassment and tried to get everything on. Somehow, he succeeded, without too many problems, and looked at himself in the mirror. His face turned bright red and he felt ashamed. He didn't want to think about it, but the swimsuit really showed off his female form. The swim suit wasn't what many would call skimpy, but it didn't cover everything completely. Because he wore baggy long sleeve shirts he didn't realize, but in the swimsuit, his chest was quite prominent, though not as much as Misaki's. Then he saw something that made him freeze.
"Shokuhou-san," he called out. "We may have a problem."
She quickly entered the bathroom. "What do you mean?" Touma showed her the mark on his arm. "What's that?"
"After we beat Sloth," he explained. "This appeared on my arm. I forgot about it because of the promotion and body change incidents. But Mikoto and Jason know about it so if she sees this…"
"Hmm," Misaki said thinking fast. She wanted her prince to enjoy the day with her but Mikoto was immune to her mind control and knew about the mark. It would be risky to even just try to avoid her since the beach was only so large. "Is that more magic?" He nodded. "Can't you just wish it away or something?"
Touma burst out laughing. "If it was that easy everyone could do it." Even Misaki had to give a small smile. "But I'll try since we don't have many options." He concentrated on the mark and thought, Disappear. He didn't expect anything to happen but when the mark faded away his jaw dropped. Was it really that easy? He tried to make it appear again and it slowly faded back into existence. He made it disappear again. "Wow, it really was that easy. Maybe they needed to be able to hide their marks."
Misaki clapped her hands together in excitement. "Well I am glad it was easy and will not spoil our day at the beach. I still need to get changed." She grinned and looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "Unless you want to stay in here with me?" She winked at him.
"NO!" Touma cried shaking his head. "I can't do that." He turned red and ran out of the bathroom.
Misaki pretended to pout as he ran but she already knew he was too much of a gentleman to do anything. That's one of the reasons I love him so much. She quickly changed into her bright red two piece and admired herself in the mirror. Her suit really showed off her curves and made her well endowed chest stand out. She was every guy's dream but she only had eyes for one guy. When she left the bathroom, she knew it had the desired effect based on how his eyes tried to look away from her but kept drifting back. She smiled, both on the outside and inside, and looked him up and down. "My Kamijou-san, you are quite attractive. Shall we get going and meet up with everyone? Unless of course, you want to stay here alone with me and we could have some fun." She pulled playfully at her strap on her shoulder.
"Umm…I…." Touma stuttered but words failed him as his mind stopped working. He was a very kind person but he was still a guy, even if he didn't look like one right now. His gentleman side wanted to say no but everything time he tried the rest of his brain refused to let him. Every male instinct wanted him to say yes. "I…er…umm." He still couldn't get any words out.
Misaki giggled and grabbed his arm. "I know you wouldn't do that. You are too much of a prince. I love you so much. Let's go down and have fun on the beach. You came here to relax and have fun after all." Touma couldn't do anything except get dragged behind the beautiful girl in front of him.
Down at the beach Kuroko was standing in the shallow water watching Mikoto splashing around with Ruiko and Kazari. She was so excited she could see Mikoto in a swimsuit, but two things were killing her. One, Mikoto was wearing a very childish swimsuit and not a two piece a noble girl like her should. It was a white frilly polka dotted one that wasn't cupped but covered her entire chest. The second reason is Kuroko couldn't get physically intimate with her because of yesterday. It was taking all of her restraint to hold back. If onee-sama can do her dare, I can do mine.
Ruiko was wearing a sky blue two piece that wasn't very revealing but still showed a lot of skin. Kazari had brought a one piece covered in a bright floral design, but no one was surprised at that. Kuroko on the other hand wore a maroon two piece that covered almost nothing. It got a lot of weird looks from other girls but people who knew her didn't spare a second glance. Her friends had stared at her with mouths gaping when she first wore it. They did eventually got use to it and all started playing in the water.
"What's wrong Shirai-san," Ruiko said splashing her. "You are just standing there. Come and have fun with us."
Kuroko shook her head and teleported behind Ruiko and pushed her into the water. "It's your fault I can't fully enjoy this," she said tears filling her eyes. "How can I express my love for onee-sama without intimate contact?"
"I would prefer you not express your love for me," Mikoto groaned.
"Onee-sama, why must you be so cruel?" Kuroko said pretending to faint into the water.
"Ah there's Kamiko-san and Shokuhou-san," Kazari cried waving to them. "Over here!"
Everyone turned to see what those two were wearing and their jaws dropped. Misaki looked like a model in her bright red two piece, 'Touya' looked just as good in a blue and yellow two piece, and they were drawing looks from other girls as well. Both of the girls walking toward them not only looked good but had very well endowed chests. Mikoto, Ruiko, Kazari, and Kuroko all looked down at their own chests and sighed. Mikoto actually had to fight the urge to cry slightly. Kazari, in the back of the group, actually shed a few tears.
"Hello everyone," said Misaki pulling Touma along behind her. "How are you all? I hope we look ok, we just got these a few days ago."
"You two look great," Ruiko said as she snuck up behind Kazari and splashed her.
"Ah, Saten-san," she said splashing Ruiko back. "But she is right. You two look amazing."
"You two are so kind," Misaki said giggling. She turned to look at Mikoto and looked at her swimsuit. "I see Misaki has the same taste in swimsuits as she does in….clothes."
Mikoto glared at her then smiled insincerely. "It must have been hard putting on your swimsuit with your figure."
"Oh my yes," Misaki said smiling the same way back and gently touched her chest. "I know you don't have the problem, nice and easy for you to slip your suit on." Both of them glared at each other and sparks flew from their eyes.
"Hey Kamiko-san," Kuroko said. "You look nice."
"Hello Shirai-san," Touma said then noticed what she was wearing. "Your swimsuit is quite…daring." He didn't know any other words to describe the thin piece of string she was wearing. He looked away as soon as he could from embarrassment.
She giggled, "I know, but onee-sama still won't look at me." She sighed. They both turned to watch Mikoto and Misaki argue politely with each other but the dark aura between them started to grow. Ruiko and Kazari were starting to inch away from them but watching their exchange closely. Touma began to wonder if bringing those two together might not have been the best idea.
"AHHH!" Touma yelled out in surprise causing everyone to look at him. Kuroko had teleported behind him, wrapped her arms around him and groped his chest.
"Hmm," she said feeling him up. "C-cup I think, ah, but it still isn't the same as onee-sama." She let go and patted Touma on the shoulder.
"Shirai-san," he said irritated, finally understanding how Mikoto felt, but everyone else had burst out laughing including Mikoto and Misaki. They all found Kuroko groping someone besides Mikoto hilarious. Mikoto was just glad she wasn't the one this time. Kuroko then teleported back near Mikoto.
"Onee-sama, no one can replace you," she cried sadly. "This week needs to end already."
"Hahaha," a voice laughed. "I thought I heard Shirai's voice after a girl's scream." Everyone turned and saw Hibiki walking toward them holding a volleyball, with Hanabi and a couple other high school girls following her. "Hello everyone."
"Hi Hibiki-san," Kazari said.
"Anyone interested in joining for a game of volleyball," Hibiki asked holding up the ball. "We are a few players short."
"Sure," Mikoto said and looked around to see who else wanted to join.
"If onee-sama is, I will play," Kuroko said immediately. "Kamiko-san, you should join too."
"Ok," Touma said. Sports were at least something he was use to. "Shokuhou-san, you should join us."
"I don't know," she said. "I think I will join Saten-san and Uiharu-san to cheer you on."
Everyone left the water and went to the sand volleyball field. A net was set up along with the boundary. They divided into two teams of five. Mikoto, Kuroko, Touma, Hibiki, and Hanabi were on one team versus the other team who were all high school students. They agreed to no powers before the game started and Touma thought the high school side was going to have the advantage. However, the game turned out quite differently.
Mikoto and Kuroko were both very physically fit and active and were able to keep up with the high school students. Hibiki was definitely the best though. It was obvious she played a lot. Hanabi was decent but nowhere near as good as her sister. Touma started off decently, even though he hasn't played volleyball except occasionally in PE. However he quickly got distracted by the other bouncing orbs in front of him and this caused him to miss several easy saves.
"Kamiko-san," Mikoto called out. "Keep your head in the game."
"Don't get to distracted," Kuroko said helping Touma up when he fell trying to make a save. She winked at him as if she knew exactly what was distracting him. He had to look away and she grinned. He focused more on the game and they won barely.
"I need a break," Touma said breathing heavily. "I'm going over by Shokuhou-san." After they found a substitute for the next game, he left and sat down on the blanket under the umbrella next to Misaki who was watching the game. One of Misaki's friends had brought the umbrella over for her. "So how come you didn't want to play?"
"I'm not the most athletic person," she said hesitantly. Touma laughed and she scowled at him.
"Sorry," he said quickly. "I didn't mean it in a bad way."
"I know," she said smiling scooting closer to him. "So you came over here just to keep me company?"
"Yea," Touma said. "You invited me so it felt weird to leave you alone for too long." Misaki smiled at him. They watched the game in silence but Touma enjoyed the peaceful scenery then he remembered something he wanted to know. "Hey Shokuhou-san, can I ask you something personal?"
"Sure," she said looking at him. "I'll tell you anything I can."
"Well," Touma said hesitantly rubbing the back of his neck. "Why do you love me? You mentioned in the hospital you were surprised I could remember you. Have we met before?" She sighed and looked really sad. "I'm sorry," Touma said quickly. "If it's that personal it's fine."
"It's not that," she said smiling sincerely and looking at him. "Yes, we met awhile back. We ran into each other by accident. Then several really, as you put it, unfortunate incidents happened, and you saved me when I was in a very deep state of depression." Touma's eyes widen and she smiled while looking into his eyes. We hung out a lot during the summer even though I was younger then you. Those were some of my best memories. Then an accident occurred." She stopped and her hand shook and Touma put a hand on her reassuringly. She stopped shaking and continued. "You were badly hurt, and I had to use my power on you to save your life. However, there was a complication and though your life was saved, you couldn't remember me or make new memories with me. So I had prepared myself for you to forget me after the tournament incident. That is why I was so surprised you remembered me. After I got to know you, I am glad you are still the person I remember." She leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder.
Touma just looked at her, his mind reeling with this information. She had loved him before he lost his memories and even mentioned he was still the same. He had lost all of his past memories not terribly long ago but, besides not remembering everything about himself, people seemed to think he was still the same. Maybe there is more to a person then just their memories. He looked over at Misaki who was watching the volleyball game and his heart started beating heavily. She was incredibly attractive and was really nice. She even broke countless rules to get him on this vacation so he could rest and enjoy himself. However, part of him remembered Mikoto's confession yesterday night and he felt conflicted.
Eventually Mikoto came back over, "Hey Kamiko-san you want back in, someone else needs a break."
"Sure," Touma said taking a quick look at Misaki who smiled. As he stood up, she spoke up.
"My Misaka-san," she said her hand on her mouth. "Are you trying to take my friends away from me? I thought you were a wolf but are you starting a clique now?"
"No," Mikoto denied. "I happen to think she is a good person. But if she stays around you too much, she might get corrupted."
"Oh," Misaki says her smiled become forced. "Why would you say such things about me? I just like to enjoy my school life, but with such slanderous rumors coming from you, it really hurts me."
"You know what I mean," Mikoto says crossing her arms and Touma decided to step in between them to prevent this from escalating any further. He actually thought of a plan to try to get them to get along.
"Ok you two," he said. "You shouldn't be fighting." Both of them looked at him and he continued. "I have an idea, Misaka-san please follow me, you too Shokuhou-san."
"Why?" Mikoto asked confused.
"What are you planning?" she asked, but Touma grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. He then grabbed Mikoto's hand and pulled them to the volleyball field. He let go and walked up to Hibiki. They saw him conversing with her for a few minutes and Hibiki smiled. She called over a couple of her high school friends and told them something. They all nodded and laughed. Mikoto and Misaki looked at each other confused until Touma walked back over.
"Ok," he said smiling. "You two are going to have to get along. It is going to be two on two games and you two can't quit till you win."
"What?!" they cried. "Work with her? No way!"
"See you two are in sync already," he said laughing.
"Why should we do this?" Misaki demanded and Mikoto agreed.
"Well," he said shrugging. "I guess if two level 5s are scared of a little volleyball game and don't believe they can do it…"
"I can do it," Mikoto said immediately. "Shokuhou-san probably isn't able though."
"I take offense to that," Misaki said puffing out her chest. "I shall participate."
Touma smiled and called out. "They agreed, get the teams set up. Who wants a chance to beat two level 5s?" A bunch of people laughed and started forming teams while Mikoto and Misaki glared at each other. Touma knew he normally couldn't have gotten them to team up like this but their rivalry was so strong, neither would back down in front of the other. He didn't really like manipulating them but he really wanted his friends to get along.
The first game went exactly like he thought. They didn't work together and constantly got in each other's way. He did enjoy watching them in their swimsuits but he tried to suppress that urge as much as possible. After the third straight game they lost at, both where getting tired. Mikoto was trying to cover nearly every position so she was tiring out quickly. Misaki was not athletic at all. She was worse than even Touma realized and missed even the easiest hits. Touma had to suppress a grin when she glared at him and instead cheered her on with everyone else. Eventually, they manage to win, barely, against another team who were not very good either.
"Glad to see you two working together," Touma said grinning. He was finally having fun.
"Not… funny," Misaki panted.
"You should exercise more," Mikoto said breathing heavily but everyone could tell she was exhausted too.
"That is easy for you to say Misaka-san," Misaki said smiling insincerely. "Some of us have extra weight we have to carry." She delicately put a hand on her chest and Mikoto's face turned red.
"Who would want all that useless fat?"
"Fat?" Misaki said outraged. "How dare you!" Touma and Kuroko decided it was time to separate them. Touma dragged Misaki away and Kuroko took Mikoto. Kuroko finally realized as long as she didn't grope Mikoto, she could still get skin time.
Since it was around noon, everyone went back into the hotel for some lunch and a break from the sun. During lunch Misaki broke apart from everyone and started catching up with some other girls who Touma assumed where also her friends. Ruiko and Kazari were still talking about the volleyball matches and Mikoto was trying to not look embarrassed. Eventually everyone went back outside. The afternoon was pretty uneventful for Touma since he was getting use to everyone in swimsuits. It was a pretty normal day at the beach to him except for one thing.
He and Misaki were sitting under an umbrella watching the ocean and talking. "Are you still mad at me?" Touma asked.
"No," Misaki said determinedly not looking at him.
"I said I was sorry," Touma replied looking downtrodden. "I was just trying to get you two to get along better. What can I do to make it up to you?"
"Hmm," Misaki said glancing at him and putting a finger to her cheek thinking then smiled. She started rummaging in her bad and pulled out a bottle. "You can put sunscreen on my back," she said sweetly. "I can't reach it."
"Ah...eh?" Touma sputtered.
"You can't expect me to go out into the sun again without more sunscreen," she said winking. "My fair skin could get burned."
Touma stared at her and Misaki turned up the pleading in her eyes and the last shred of resistance he had melted away. He took the bottle and applied the sun block to Misaki's back. It either felt good to her or she did this to embarrass him, but she moaned when he applied it to her back. He felt his face grow red and swore he saw a hint of a smile on the side of her face. He didn't notice Kuroko looking at him from the beach looking a little jealous.
When the sun started to set, everyone came in for dinner and went back to their rooms. Nearly everyone was exhausted from being outside in the sun all day. Back in Touma's room, Ruiko, Mikoto, and Misaki all crashed on the bed while Touma closed the door behind them. His endurance was his best physical trait, not counting his right hand. Everyone started changing back into their casual clothes so Touma immediately dashed off into the bathroom to change. When he got out, everyone else was enjoying lying down on the beds.
"That was a lot of fun," Ruiko said. "Wish I could go to the beach every weekend."
"It would get boring if you did it too much though," Mikoto pointed out.
"Oh Saten-san," Misaki called out. "I saw you taking pictures, think you could send me a couple?"
"Sure thing Shokuhou-san," Ruiko replied smiling. "I already promised Jason to send him a picture of Uiharu. She doesn't know though." She gave Misaki a big wink and Misaki laughed.
"I want to send Touma a couple pictures," she said happily. "I am sure he missed me." Touma had to resist rolling his eyes. She was just trying to mess with them or most likely him. But he remembered Mikoto's confession last night and he got worried about how she would react.
"What makes you think he wants to see a picture of you?" Mikoto sniffed.
Misaki gave a quick glance at Touma, who was trying not to hear any of this and focused on the TV, then looked at Mikoto and smiled. "Why wouldn't he? I mean, any boy his age would love a photo of an attractive young girl."
"So what you are saying is any girl would be ok with him?" Mikoto said raising an eyebrow. "Maybe I should send him one along with yours."
Misaki glared slightly at her then pretended to smile. "Oh my Misaka-san, are you perhaps jealous? Do you like him?"
Mikoto turned red then looked at her. "It doesn't matter, he is still my friend. I don't know what you are playing at but I'm not going to let you toy with him. Who knows what you would do with your ability?"
"You seem to be misunderstanding something," Misaki said seriously. "I really do love him. That's also why I will never use my ability on him." Touma felt his ears turn red but still tried to ignore the conversation.
Mikoto's eyes widened at her response. She did not expect that. "If I did like him," she said hesitantly and turning bright red. "What would you do then?"
"Hmm," Misaki said pretending to think. "I would just have to make sure he sees me more favorably then you. Or we could both go out with him and fulfill every fantasy of his." She smirked at the last comment.
Mikoto's face turned crimson and Misaki laughed. Mikoto opened her mouth to response but nothing came out, she was too embarrassed. However, she was saved by Ruiko who said something unexpected. "I like him too," Ruiko declared. "I am going to try my best to get him to like me back."
Mikoto gasped at her friend's confession. "But you said…."
Ruiko looked down at the ground slightly ashamed. "Sorry Misaka-san," she said nervously. "I actually like him a lot. I just wanted to slow down a little since I didn't know him very well. But the more I got to know him the more I liked him." Touma was shocked and wanted to run away, He knew this wasn't something he should be hearing but if he fled now, it would be suspicious. He tried to tune out their argument.
"Oh my," Misaki said frowning slightly. "He seems to have several girls around him. I thought I just had Misaka-san to contend with." I will have to investigate every girl around him now.
"What do you mean contend with?" Mikoto snapped.
"Oh Misaka-san," Misaki said giggling. "You are so pure, but it is so obvious."
"You…" Mikoto started to say when the door to their suite burst open and Kuroko barged in.
"Onee-sama," she said then stopped and looked around. "What's going on? Why does everyone look so serious?" All the girls turned and look at Kuroko but didn't say anything. The tension was still thick in the air.
To this day, Touma still did not know why he said this. It might have been the tension, embarrassment, a slight fever from the sun, the desire to get rid of the awkward moment, or maybe he just hung out with Jason too much. In the end, the reason didn't matter. All the mattered were the words he said without thinking them through. "They were talking about a boy they all like." The effect was immediate, all the girls turned to look at him in shock. They had forgotten he was there for a second, though there was a slightly amused look in Misaki's eyes. Kuroko was the most shocked and turned to Mikoto.
"Onee-sama," she cried and lunged at her. "Say it isn't true." Mikoto was still stunned and didn't react fast enough to knock her out and Kuroko tackled her to the ground. "I'm the only one who deserves to be with my onee-sama."
"Ahhh," Mikoto yelled. "Get off Kuroko. It's not what you think."
"Why would Kamiko-san lie to me?" Kuroko said through teary eyes. 'We are like sisters. She even promised not to chase after you."
"Huh," Mikoto said looking over at Touma. He didn't know what to say and just decided on shrugging.
"There shouldn't be a problem then Shirai-san," Misaki says kindly. "I will be the one to win in the end and Misaka-san will be all yours."
"Hey!" Mikoto and Ruiko said at the same time. "Don't just decide things on your own," Mikoto added.
Kuroko looked at everyone confused. "So even Saten-san likes this guy? So it has to be something you all know… IT CAN'T BE!" She suddenly shouted as realization hit her. "You can't be talking about that ape, that vile barbarian?" Touma felt a twitch of irritation at her.
"That's not very nice Shirai-san," Misaki says frowning. "He is a gentleman. Please don't try to make me angry."
"I told you before," Mikoto said finally kicking Kuroko off her. "You need to stop calling him that."
"Come on Shirai-san," Ruiko said. "He is really nice. At least try to be friends with him."
"Arg," Kuroko groaned grabbing her head. Why does everyone like that ape? She teleported again and this time ended up in Touma's lap. "Kamiko-san," she cried. "They are all ganging up on me for that ape." She buried her head into Touma's chest. Touma looked around embarrassed and confused and saw Mikoto's slightly angry face, Ruiko's look of surprised, but Misaki was actually quite amused. After all, with Kuroko clinging tightly to Touma and complaining about the ape, it leads to only one word.
Irony….
A short way down the beach, standing on a small cliff overlooking the sea, stood a very attractive woman. She was tall with long black hair tied up in a ponytail that reached her hips. She had on a short white T-shirt tied into a knot at the bottom, revealing her stomach, and her jeans had one pant leg cut off to be very short. She held a two-meter-long nodachi blade in her hand. She stood right at the precipice of the cliff with nothing below her except the waves crashing against the rocks. Hey eyes were glued to the ocean, more specifically, to the location of the moon's reflection from her point of view.
She had to remain out of sight during the day because in the nearby hotel, students from Academy City were staying there for a field trip. She was there investigating an unusual occurrence that happened at this beach on a full moon. Tonight would be a full moon and so far she has seen nothing suspicious. Normally, there would be no reason for her to investigate personally, but there were two reasons why she did go. One, there was rumors the organization that infiltrated Academy City several times would be there and they were extremely dangerous. Several magical items were stolen because of them and they also manage to steal 23 grimoires from around the world. They were now a top class magical threat. The second reason was that Motoharu mentioned Touma Kamijou was in the nearby vicinity and may be able to help her. She wasn't sure how he would be able to help, but she believed if there was a way for him to, he would. But what confused her was the students at the hotel were all females. So where in the world is Kamijou staying?
Her eyes narrowed as she saw two boats approaching her location. She unsheathed her sword and jumped off the cliff falling toward the rocks below.
I hope I manage to troll someone at the beginning.
So now Touma knows 4 girls who like him, three of which he is definitely going to see a lot. I don't know right now if Hanabi and Hibiki will be making more appearances after this arc. I feel a few people want them too and they might help with some issues later on. I will have to think on it. I have the main plot planned out with a few gaps I fill in as I come up with ideas.
I see World War Four at some point with the girls. Touma finally can no longer 'pretend?' to be dense.