Well, this chapter is my first attempt trying to write scenes with a ton of people. It is both challenging and rewarding along with tons of unfortunate hilarious situations. I feel it definitely pushed my creativity and skills a lot farther then previous chapters. It was a great opportunity for me to evolve as a write and I hope you all enjoy reading it as I enjoyed writing it.
yakutsu zaishiro: Ok, because of your kind words, I'll upload this chapter. But it's just for you, don't tell anyone else. I don't want them to think I play favorites.
Ultimate10: That means a lot. I've been using this fanfic to improve my writing and I definitely see results. I'm glad others are too and are also enjoying it.
naruhinasakufan1: Might have to hold off on that until later down the road. We need to ultimate misfortunate scene to get it to work.
Agent Nine: It wouldn't be an Index fanfic without Touma's misfortune.
Anyways, time to start the story. I feel people should pay special attention to the disclaimer for this chapter, but it could just be me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Toaru Majutsu no Index or any of the characters. Reading this story may cause you to burst out in laughter or yelling at fictional characters. This may cause nearby people to assume you have gone crazy. Please read responsibly.
Touma woke up late the next morning. Last night he had gone back to Jason's apartment and, of course, Jason was not there. Touma had given up trying to figure out what he does late at night, but he knew now how to remove the magic. Jason had given him the code to enter the apartment and he was able to locate the urn without problem. After changing back to male clothes, learned his lesson from last time, he removed the shirt inside the urn with his left hand, as to not destroy the urn, and changed himself back. Afterwards, he headed back to his apartment to finish packing. It was easy for him to finish packing his stuff, but was much harder to make sure Index was packed. She wouldn't let him go through her bag because it was packed with her delicate items Touma was not allowed to see. He had to list off items, while she confirmed they were packed. He then made sure they had their passports and finally crashed. It had been a long day for him.
He got cleaned up and made breakfast before looking at the tickets. The plane would leave at three pm and would be about a ten hour flight since they were using a normal plane instead of Academy City's top speed jets. With the eight hour differences in time, it would be about five pm when they landed, but would feel closer to midnight. He figured he could sleep on the plane in hopes he wouldn't have too much jet lag. Oh, how people fool themselves. Index came bounding into the kitchen as she smelled the food. While they ate, Touma had to explain the plans to her again. She obviously did not listen last night because her very first question was…
"When are we leaving?"
"I told you last night," Touma sighed. "The plane leaves at three, but we should be there early to meet everyone else as they arrive. I figure we get there about one thirty to two. That was we can eat lunch before we have to wait."
"I can't wait," Index said happily. "I get to go back to my home country with friends. But what are we going to eat on the ride there?"
Touma checked a list of instructions he was given. "They will provide some snacks and a meal for us."
"Yay we won't starve on the flight," Index cheered. "I only could bring a little bit of food with me."
Touma eyed her carryon bag suspiciously. "Did you just fill you entire bag with food?"
"Don't be silly Touma," Index said shaking her head at him. "There's water too." Touma face palmed, but glad she carried her phone with her even if she had trouble using it. "Wait," Index said suddenly. "What are we going to do about Sphinx? Does the plane allow pets?"
"Tsuchimikado's younger sister is going to watch him," answered Touma reassuringly. Index looked slightly depressed her pet cat would not be coming, but she was relieved he would be watched by someone she knew. Touma finished eating and went back to checking his luggage again. He tripled check all his items and questioned Index on her packing once again. She was obviously annoyed and complained that she wasn't a little kid, but she at least complied with his request. Then he double checked his actual luggage bag to make sure there were not rips or tears, the zippers were ok, and nothing was obviously worn out that it would break under stress. In his experience with his luck, he could never be too careful. The rest of the morning was uneventful and Index just watched TV to kill time because Touma did not want her leaving the apartment and getting lost. After they ate lunch, they left Touma's apartment with their luggage, locked the door, and headed to the bus stop.
The trip to the actual airport was uneventful. Touma was surprised nothing happened, and then became suspicious something horrible would happen soon. He half expected the bus to explode or get hijacked because of his misfortune. Instead, he and Index were dropped off right in front of the airport. They walked in and the airport was really crowded. After checking the information he was given, Touma realized they needed to go to the terminal on the far side of the airport. It took a while to get through the main airport of Academy City, but as they got closer, the number of people lesson. Judging by the signs, this side of the airport was for private planes. By the time he got to the needed terminal, there was almost no one there except an occasional employee. He checked his watch and realized it was only a little after one thirty. There was still an hour and a half before they had to board. He sighed and headed toward the seating when he saw a familiar individual.
"Tsuchimikado?" he called out. "Why are you here so early? And what's with that large bag of popcorn?" As Motoharu turned around to look at Touma, Touma glanced at the giant bag of popcorn sitting in the chair next to him.
"Oh popcorn!" Index cried. "Can I have some?"
"I figured some people might need a snack," Motoharu answered grinning passing over an extra-large serving in a bag to Index who accepted it gratefully. "Also, when you watch a show, popcorn is the traditional food is it not?"
"Yea but," Touma started to say then changed direction. "What show are you talking about?" Motoharu didn't reply, but his grin widened and Touma felt a sense of impending doom. Touma sat down in a chair next to him and helped himself to some of the popcorn while they waited for everyone else.
"Oh I have a question for you," Motoharu asked. "Why did you and Index decide to go through the main entrance on the far side? There's an entrance right here." He pointed out through a nearby window were the road came right up to the airport.
"We took the bus and didn't know there was a closer entrance," Touma replied as he face palmed. "It would have saved us some time if we knew." Motoharu shook his head amused. They were only waiting for about ten minutes when a black car pulled up to the nearby entrance. Touma and Motoharu turned to see who it was and watched the door open. Last Order bounded out of it and ran toward the airport. She threw open the door and ran inside. She saw them and waved.
"We're here! MISAKA yells as MISAKA announces her group's arrival."
"Yay you're here," Index called back waving. Both girls ran up to greet each other and talk so Touma turned his attention back to the rest of Last Order's group.
Accelerator and Worst had exited the back seat of the car and were pulling luggage out of the trunk. Well Accelerator was, Worst was just hanging back and laughing about something, but didn't do anything to help him. She did take her bag after he got it out of the car. They were both dressed like normal. Touma also saw his teacher Aiho exit the passenger seat in the front and grabbed a small pink luggage bag which he assumed belonged to Last Order. All three of them then walked up to the entrance and joined Touma's group. Aiho waved to Touma, but both Worst and Accelerator did not. Accelerator, instead, went over and chopped Last Order on the head for running off.
"Hey Kamijou," Aiho called out and put her arm around Touma's shoulders. "Thanks for taking these three off my hand for a week. Now I don't have to worry when I get back late after my adult responsibilities."
"By adult responsibilities," Accelerator elaborated. "She means coming back at two in the morning drunk."
"Adults have a lot of responsibilities," Aiho scolded him. "If I have to relax by drinking with some friends, it's perfectly acceptable."
"If you're an alcoholic," Worst added.
"They are your problem now," Aiho said grinning as she turned back to Touma. "Oh, can you thank Tsukuyomi for chaperoning. I have Anti-Skill training next week I couldn't miss." She then leaned closer to him and whispered so no one else could hear. "Don't do anything to bad. You are still young to make a very life changing decision."
"W-what are you implying?" stuttered Touma and Aiho grinned wider. She didn't elaborate and waved goodbye as she headed back to the car. Accelerator grabbed a seat, put his headphones on, and promptly went to sleep, or at least pretended to. Worst just sat next to him and tried to bother him, while Last Order and Index chatted away. Touma couldn't believe what Aiho implied to him. She's a teacher so of course she can't condone those actions, but seriously, why did she only target me?
Shortly after Aiho left, another black car rolled up. This one was much fancier and looked like something a VIP would travel in. Touma wasn't sure who it was and when the door opened, he got a shock. Jason jumped out of the back seat and waved to someone Touma couldn't see. He pulled out his luggage from the trunk and headed into the airport. Whoever was driving did not get out and left right after Jason closed the trunk. When Jason saw everyone, he made a beeline straight toward them. "Did I miss the show?" he asked Motoharu and Accelerator.
"Nope," Motoharu said grinning.
"Only those three were here when I arrived," Accelerator muttered opening one of his eyes. "It should start soon."
"What show are you three talking about?" Touma sked bewildered. None of them answered, but all of them, including Worst, snickered loudly. Touma was about to try to force them to tell him what was so funny, but was interrupted by a girl calling out to him.
"TOOOUUMMMAAA!" He turned, along with everyone else, to see Misaki walking toward them dragging a large luggage bag behind her. It must have been heavy because, even though it was on wheels, Misaki looked tired as she struggled to drag it towards them. Touma, unable to resist helping people, got up and met Misaki halfway. He took charge of dragging her luggage and she looked up at him slightly red. "T-thank you," she said gasping a tiny bit. "It was quite heavy and I wasn't sure of which terminal to go to until I arrived."
"It's no problem," he said smiling back at her. "I did the exact same thing." Suddenly, Misaki grabbed his arm that was not pulling her luggage and held on tightly to him. As he approached the rest of the group, he could see smug looks from Accelerator, Motoharu, and Jason. There was also a slightly dangerous look from Index as she glared at him, but for some reason she did not try to bite him. Touma looked at the time and saw it was getting close to two, so they still had plenty of time for everyone else to show. He sat down and, of course, Misaki sat down next to him and only wanted to talk with him.
I hoped if I arrived early I could spend some alone time with Touma before everyone else arrived, Misaki thought slightly depressed.
A short while later, another group, this time four girls, arrived, one of which immediately noticed Misaki snuggling up near Touma. She beat us here, why did Kuroko have to take so long. She had been packed quite early, but Kuroko kept repacking her bags because she couldn't get everything she wanted to bring fit. Mikoto finally had to threaten to pack for her and Kuroko quickly decided not to take everything. They had met Kazari and Ruiko on the way. When they got to the airport, it took a little white to find where they had to go. Touma did not tell them, but she knew he probably didn't know, where the terminal they were supposed to go to was. When Mikoto tore her eyes off Misaki and Touma, she saw Accelerator, Worst, Last Order, Index, Jason, and a blonde guy she didn't know had already arrived. She was going to call out to them, but Ruiko beat her to it.
"Hey guys," she called out excitedly. "We're here."
"Hey Ruiko," Touma called out turning to look at them. "Glad you all found the place ok." He missed Misaki's slightly upset face as he turned his attention away from her.
"You could have given us better direction's ape," Kuroko sniffed.
"Shirai-san," Kazari whispered. "You should be nicer to him. He was kind enough to invite us all."
"Hey Touma," Mikoto said as she greeted him. "Yea, we came in through the main entrance so had a bit of a walk."
"Misaki and I did that too," Touma admitted. "Those guys," he pointed back to Accelerator, Motoharu, and Jason, "came in through the nearby entrance."
"Because we planned ahead," Motoharu said grinning then turned to the girls. "Oh my names Motoharu Tsuchimikado, I'm a classmate and neighbor of Kami-yan."
"Are you related to Maika Tsuchimikado?" Mikoto asked interestedly. Kami-yan?
"Yep," Motoharu said proudly. "She's my adorable younger sister."
His words weren't really bad but, for some reason, Mikoto suddenly felt uneasy about the way he said it. She decided to ignore the feeling because he didn't seem like such a bad guy. "I'm Mikoto Misaka, and these are my friends Ruiko Saten, Kazari Uiharu, and Kuroko Shirai."
"You can call her Kuro-chan," Jason interrupted. "It's her nickname."
"No it's not!" Kuroko yelled at him. "Stop calling me that!" Mikoto and Motoharu laughed at her reaction. While they were talking, Kazari walked up and sat down next to Jason. Ruiko went and sat down near Accelerator, because Mikoto had sat down next to Touma, on his other side then Misaki, and of course, Kuroko followed Mikoto. There was tension in the air as Mikoto and Misaki made eye contact.
"My my," Misaki said sweetly, but it was obvious by her eyes she didn't feel that way. "You should have told me when you were leaving Misaka-san. We could have left together."
"I would have," Mikoto replied while forcing a smile. "But I knew you could take while trying to pack all your cosmetics. We know how hard you try to look good."
"Not all of us can pull off the tomboy look," Misaki replied her smile flicking for a moment. "I'm sure you could benefit from some makeup."
"I agree she needs to dress more feminine," Kuroko added. "But onee-sama is beautiful and you shouldn't call her a tomboy."
"Come on you two," Touma said leaning forward to block their views. "There's no need to fight." Naturally, Misaki and Mikoto started glaring daggers at each other and continued to argue, while Kuroko was conflicted. While some of what Misaki said was true, she didn't support her saying those things about Mikoto. Kuroko, as long as she could remember, had told Mikoto needed to dress more feminine. Misaki was saying roughly the same thing, but was slightly meaner about it. She didn't understand why those two did not get along. She got along fine with both of them. Touma on the other hand was trying to keep the peace. While they were arguing, everyone else started talking.
"There always seems to be tension between Misaka-san and Shokuhou-san," Ruiko commented as she watched them.
"I'm sure it's because they are such good friends," Jason replied with his arm around Kazari. "And as level 5s, I'm sure there is always some rivalry. Right Accel-kun?"
"I told you not to call me that," snapped Accelerator while Worst laughed.
"Are we waiting for anyone else?" Kazari asked the guys around her.
"Yep," Jason said. "A few people haven't arrived."
"Then the real show begins," Motoharu said unable to hide the laughter in his voice. Kazari and Ruiko looked at him curiously and accepted some popcorn while Accelerator, Jason and Worst snickered. Index had realized, while her back was turned talking to Last Order, Touma had, once again, started to get surrounded by girls. She didn't want to stop talking to Last Order though, so she decided to punish him later.
"This should be good," Accelerator added as his eyes caught another person entering the airport. The others looked and saw a little girl with bright pink hair pass through the entrance near them.
"Kamijou-chan!" she called out. "I hope I'm not too late."
Kamijou-CHAN? Mikoto, Kuroko, Kazari, Ruiko, and Misaki all thought simultaneously as they turned to see who had just joined them. They saw what looked like an elementary school student with bright pink hair and a pink backpack dragging along a luggage bag. They watched the little girl walk up and wave to Touma and Touma waved back to her. Mikoto was curious who this little girl was and got up to meet her.
"Hello," Mikoto said to the new girl. "Who are you and how do you know Touma?"
"I'm his teacher," Komoe said proudly looking up at her. "I'm also going to be the chaperone for this trip."
Mikoto could not stop a grin from appearing on her face. The thought of an elementary school girl being a teacher was not only unbelievable, but just downright funny. I wonder who she really is. "Come now," Mikoto said leaning down. "You shouldn't tell lies. How do you really know him?"
"W-what?" Komoe stuttered looking shocked and her face turned slightly red. "I'm not lying…"
"Onee-sama," Kuroko said coming up next to her. "Who's the little girl?"
"She said she is Touma's teacher," Mikoto said grinning.
"Come now," Kuroko said kindly to Komoe. "How do you really know him? Did you come to see him off?"
"N-no," Komoe said still stuttering and turning redder with embarrassment. "I'm the chaperone for the trip. I may look like this, but I'm an…."
"Who's the cute little girl?" Misaki asked coming up to them. "And how does she know Touma?" She didn't really consider an elementary school student a threat with her relationship with Touma, but she made sure to investigate any girl around him.
"She says she's the ape's teacher," Kuroko told her. "She must be lost. I can take her to the airport's security desk to wait for her parents."
"Listen to me!" Komoe shouted stomping her foot and all three girls turned to look at her. "Despite my looks I'm an adult and a teacher. I deserve at least a little respect." The girls were about to decide what to do when they heard several people making sounds from behind them. They turned around and saw all the guys behind them trying not to laugh, but being unsuccessful. Motoharu was collapsed in his seat watching their encounter and holding his hand over his mouth to keep himself from laughing out loud. Jason was in a similar situation. Even Accelerator had a hand over his face, but his grin was clearly visible. Ruiko and Kazari were looking around confused at their reactions. Then they saw Touma and he had both hands over his face, but he was grinning too.
"Hey Touma," Mikoto called back to him. "Is she serious?" Both Kuroko and Misaki looked at him too for his confirmation. Touma looked at the other guys and they all nodded.
"Hello Komoe-sensei," they said together. Mikoto's, Kuroko's and Misaki's eyes widened and they looked back and forth between Touma and Komoe. What they didn't know was that when all three of them had walked over, Jason told Kazari and Ruiko who the girl was. Motoharu suggested they all greet Komoe at the same time since it was obvious the girls didn't believe she was the teacher. Accelerator just went along with it because it would annoy the third and fifth rate. Touma just gave up trying to use reason with his friends and just went along with it. Kazari was about to say something, but Jason quickly pulled her close to make her embarrassed and unable to talk. Touma shook his head at Ruiko and she grinned as she decided to see what they were going to do.
"You guys could have told them who I was," admonished Komoe looking at them.
"It was more fun this way sensei," Motoharu replied grinning.
"So she is an adult?" Misaki asked Touma. He nodded.
"How do you look like that then?" asked Kuroko.
"It seems like the city found a way to stop the cellular aging process," Accelerator said.
"How sad, MISAKA cries as MISAKA thinks of all the experiments that must have happened to the girl."
"Misaka is just imagining her trying to drive," Worst said clutching her side from laughing.
"It's not like that!" Komoe cried at them. "I told you that the first time I met you two. Why are you bringing it up now?" Accelerator laughed and patted Last Order on the head. He had told her what to say. "You guys shouldn't be making fun of your teacher or I'm going to be forced to make you all do the Columbus Egg." That wiped all the grins off the guy's faces as they thought of that horrible punishment. The Columbus's Egg is a test where an ability user would keep a raw egg upside-down on a surface without any support. Even a student with telekinesis would have to work their brains to the brink of exploding because if they put too much effort, the egg would break. All the girls looked at their expressions and laughed, except for Index and Last Order because neither of them knew what the test was.
Komoe then introduced herself to all the girls who didn't know her. Index greeted her enthusiastically, because Komoe had helped her out significantly shortly after Index came to Academy City. Misaki and Mikoto sat next to Touma and started berating him about not telling them she was his teacher and causing them to embarrass themselves. Kazari and Ruiko looked surprised at Komoe's appearance, but both were too nice to mention anything about it. Kazari looked relieved to have an adult there, no matter what she looked like. Kuroko went back to trying to engage Mikoto and keep Touma from monopolizing her. Last Order started digging in Motoharu's popcorn bag while he was talking to Accelerator. Worst was just being herself and waiting for someone to do something she could make fun of.
"Was that the show you guys were talking about?" Kazari asked Jason. She was aware of Ruiko leaning in to listen too.
"Nope," Jason said. "That was really just an opening act."
"The real show is going to be much later," Motoharu whispered to them. "It revolves around Touma's luck so it will probably be best if you just watch with us." Both Ruiko and Kazari looked at each other in confusion. Both of them knew about Touma and his bad luck, but they had no idea what was going to happen. Even Accelerator seemed to be interested in what was going to happen and he always appeared nonchalant about everything.
"Hey Touma," Mikoto asked. "Are we waiting for any more of your friends?"
"Ah yes," Touma replied absentmindedly. "We have a couple more…" He stopped when something in his mind click. OH SHIT! I never told Mikoto and Misaki about Mugino and her friends. They don't get along so I should have given them some warning. Mugino knows about them though. How could I forget something so important? He turned his gaze and saw the smug looks and the twinkle of amusement in the eyes of Motoharu, Accelerator, Jason, and Worst. This jerks, they knew I forgot and didn't tell me. They want me to die, don't they? Ah shit, this is going to be bad. Mikoto recognized something was off when she looked into his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Mikoto asked.
"You suddenly got quiet," Misaki pointed out. "Is there something you aren't telling us?"
"You see," Touma said trying hard to think of how to tell them. "There's one more group coming, and they… well… and…" He couldn't think of how to tell them gently. He took a deep breath and was about to just come out and say it, when his luck kicked in and the last group of girls came into view. Well, I'm dead. Four very attractive girls where walking toward them talking to each other. Misaki and Mikoto's eyes followed to where he was looking and their mouths fell open in shock. Motoharu, Accelerator, Jason, and Worst had their bag of popcorn ready and were watching the real life show with their undivided attention.
Shizuri, Frenda, Saiai, and Rikou were walking toward them talking but, when Shizuri noticed them looking, an evil grin appeared on her face. She said something to the other girls and gestured to the group around Touma. As they got closer, everyone else noticed them approach. Ruiko's eyes widened in recognition. She was surprised and a little nervous because she remembered their last encounter. Kazari, Komoe, Last Order, and Index didn't know who they were.
"Why are they here?" Kuroko asked. She recognized them but narrowed her eyes. She remembered her last encounter with them that almost ended in a fight involving three level 5s, her and the blonde girl. She did not recognize the other two, but assumed they were Shizuri's friends.
"That's a good question," Mikoto replied coolly. She turned her eyes toward Touma and grinned. But it wasn't a happy grin. It looked force and Touma could see darkness in her eyes and a vein twitch in her forehead. "Would you care to explain why she is here?" A dark aura began to radiate from her that caused even Kuroko to take a step back.
"I would also like to know," Misaki said her eyes narrowing slightly. Touma could feel a dark aura radiate from her too. Touma looked at both of them and sighed.
"It's a really long story," he said nervously.
"I'm sure you will tell us later," they both said and turned to face Shizuri who had approached them with a smug look on her face. Frenda was at her side, but Saiai and Rikou where standing a little ways back. Both of them were watching Shizuri, Mikoto, and Misaki with the same look of interest as the guys behind Touma.
"Hey Kamijou," Frenda said cheerfully, and then she glared at Mikoto and Misaki.
"What are you doing here?" Mikoto asked Shizuri. She was trying to keep her voice calm, but it was difficult.
"I assume the same reason you are," Shizuri responded coolly, but there was a gleam of amusement in her eyes. "He invited me."
"I doubt he just invited you," Misaki interrupted. "Did you force him too?"
"Of course not," Shizuri said smirking. "I met him one evening and he invited us because of all the time we spend together."
"What?" Mikoto's and Misaki's eyes widened in shock. Then they looked back at Touma. He had opened his mouth to respond, but then his friends betrayed him.
"He tried to tell us at school Accelerator invited them," Motoharu said shaking his head.
"We all know that can't be true," Jason added. "Accelerator's wouldn't invite anyone to anything. After all, he is a…" He stopped as a murderous aura radiated from Accelerator.
"You should choose your next words carefully," Accelerator interrupted irritated.
"… he is a super neet," Jason finished knowing full well of the consequences. His response got him a punch in the back of the head from Accelerator. Most of the group laughed, except Last Order, Index, Komoe, Kazari, and Touma. Touma found it funny, but the situation was still serious because the laughter was short lived and everyone else turned back to the conversation. Last Order and Index didn't see why it was funny. Komoe was admonishing Accelerator for hitting Jason and Kazari was reprimanding Jason on calling Accelerator names. Worst was just plain laughing at their actions. She was enjoying the entire show, probably more than anyone else.
"I still doubt he just walked up and invited you," Mikoto told Shizuri who smiled.
"It doesn't really matter what you think," she replied. "The fact is he did and here we are."
"So it's true," Misaki muttered. She didn't want to believe it but, for Shizuri to actually come here, it had to be true. "I thought you were just pretending to, but you actually like him?" Touma couldn't contain his surprise when he heard this, and even Mikoto was shocked. Mikoto had been thinking similar thoughts as Misaki. Frenda has also opened her mouth in surprise, but didn't say anything. She knew what would happen if they angered Shizuri, and she did not want to fuel Shizuri's anger and cause Shizuri to turn her wrath to herself. Saiai and Rikou were silent as they watched, interested in Shizuri's reaction.
Shizuri debated exactly what to say. She had told Saiai, Frenda and Rikou she was planning to make fun of Mikoto and Misaki, but right now she had two possible choices. I can deny, or I can agree. I think I know what to say. She knew which would hurt them the most. She took a step forward and grabbed Touma's arm and pressed her chest up next to him. "Didn't he tell you?" she asked almost purring. "We are actually dating. I'm pretty sure he said it publically." Their reactions were exactly what she had hoped for, and they were priceless. She also had a surprise feeling well up inside her. Why do I enjoy holding him? Everyone else, except Last Order and Index, just stared at them in shock.
"M-Mugino?" Frenda stuttered while Saiai and Rikou looked on with interest.
"Wha… WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Mikoto and Misaki yelled.
"Mugino," Touma asked bewildered. "Stop m…"
"I thought I told you to call me Shizuri," she whispered, but just loud enough for Misaki and Mikoto to hear. "After all Touma, we have been through a lot together." She blew softly into his ear and he felt a shiver go down his spine. That was the last straw for Mikoto and Misaki. Both of them jumped forward and grabbed onto Touma.
"Get away from him," Mikoto hissed while she and Misaki pulled him out of Shizuri's grasp. She was not going to let Shizuri have him. Mikoto knew as soon as Shizuri got tired of Touma, she would probably kill him.
"I knew you were the possessive type," Misaki said glaring at Shizuri as Touma stumbled behind them. "But I never thought you would fall for him." He somehow attracts every girl in existence. I guess it's because he is so amazing, but I wish it wouldn't affect people like her.
"Oh," Shizuri said as her grin slipped and she glared at them. "Are you two trying to pick a fight with me? You understand what that means right" The tension was thick in the air as the three level 5 girls all stared at each other. Everyone else was staring at them and many thought a fight was about to break out. No one wanted to make any sudden moves in case it caused a chain reaction, except Worst and Accelerator, but they wanted to see what was going to happen next. Kazari and Ruiko were both sweating bullets while Jason eye's narrowed slightly and his arm twitched. Touma was about ready to jump into the middle of them. Surprisingly, the person who moved first was the last one any of them expected.
"Young ladies shouldn't be fighting," Komoe cried out as she jumped in between the girls. "You are all about to go on vacation and spend a week together. You should be making friends not enemies." Mikoto, Misaki, and Shizuri all looked at her like she was something strange.
"Who's the little kid?" Shizuri ask pointing at Komoe.
"How rude," Komoe said as she stomped her foot. "I'm an adult and a high school teacher."
"Yea right," Frenda said laughing. "Basically, you're obviously a kid, look how short you are." Touma thought it was kind of ironic as Frenda wasn't too much taller herself.
"Doesn't matter anyway," Shizuri growled at Frenda who shut up immediately. She turned her attention back to Mikoto and Misaki. "Anyway, were you two going to do something?" There was silence for a moment as all three glared at each other. Komoe then interrupted them all again.
"Come on you three," she cried again and her eyes started to water. "There's no need to fight." Tears started to run down her face as Mikoto, Misaki and Shizuri looked down at her.
"Look away," Jason said and he, Motoharu, and Accelerator all turned away. They knew the power of Komoe's sad face. Even Accelerator could develop feelings of regret if he looked at it. Ruiko, Kazari, Last Order, Index, and Kuroko didn't understand why they should and they saw the power of her tears. They felt sorry for how their friends were acting. Worst even stopped laughing as she saw Komoe's face. Mikoto, Misaki and Shizuri, along with Frenda, Saiai, and Rikou took the full force of it though.
"AH!" Mikoto yelled. "We are sorry, we won't fight anymore." She looked down at Komoe and forced a grin to show there wasn't any animosity anymore.
"We were just joking around," Misaki hastily added.
"Mugino," Saiai called out. "I think you super made her sad."
"Basically," Frenda added. "If we keep arguing we are going to miss the flight."
"…You shouldn't be mean to kids," added Rikou.
"I'm an adult!"
Shizuri looked at her friends, then looked at the sad face little girl before her. Dang, does she have an ability? I'm feeling bad when I look at her. "Fine," she said flipping her hair back. "I was just greeting them." She looked at Komoe who smiled.
"That's good," she said cheerfully now that everyone had stopped fighting. "We should get boarding. The plane leaves soon. Index Last Order, you should come with me."
"Yes Komoe-sensei," they said together and followed her.
Touma sighed and grabbed his suitcase. He was glad the fight ended without violence. "We really should get going," he called out to everyone. Immediately, Misaki and Mikoto grabbed their bags and followed, as close as possible to him. They both looked back and glared as Shizuri, who grinned. She knew she had won the first battle.
"Onee-sama," Kuroko called out rushing after Mikoto with her bag. "Wait for me!"
Shizuri grabbed her suitcase and saw Accelerator and Worst pass her. "Oh fourth rate," he called back over his shoulder. "She really is a teacher. If she wasn't teaching the rest of the morons in my class, she could actually teach somewhere highly advance."
"Obviously tou-san is in the class because he's a moron like the rest," Worst said elbowing him in the side as they followed Touma, Misaki, and Mikoto.
"Shut up," he snapped.
Shizuri watched them leave and Frenda moved up next to her. "I can't wait to go to England," she said excitedly. "Basically, it has been forever since I've left the city."
"And she super wants to spend time with Kamijou," Saiai added sneaking up behind them causing Frenda to turn red.
"Shut up," she wailed.
"…Good luck," Rikou said softly. "I'll root for both of you." Both Frenda and Shizuri gave her a quick glance.
"If you want him," Shizuri said to Frenda. "You need to be more aggressive. He's pretty dense." She started to walk after Accelerator. "Come on. You don't want to miss the flight. I'll kill you if you hold me up." The other three girls quickly followed her. The only people left were Ruiko, Kazari, Jason, and Motoharu.
"That was the show," Motoharu told the two stunned girls.
"Did you know this would happen?" Ruiko asked him and Jason.
"We figured Touma would forget to tell Misaka-san and Shokuhou-san," Jason explained. "Since it was last minute and he has been pretty busy. Those level 5s do seem to have a little rivalry going on."
"I think I know why," Kazari said softly glancing at Ruiko then Jason.
"We all know why," Motoharu said grabbing his bag and heading off after everyone else. "I just wonder when Kami-yan will figure it out." When he was out of sight, Jason turned to Ruiko.
"Given any thought about what you are going to do?" Jason asked.
"W-what?" Ruiko replied shocked. "What do you mean?"
"When are you going to make your move?" Kazari demanded.
"How are you only tough in this situation?" asked Ruiko.
"Don't avoid the question," Jason said reaching down and picked up his bag. "If you don't make your move soon, he's going to go with someone else. You should have plenty of time this week if you plan it out." He and Kazari followed the rest of the group. Ruiko hesitated, grabbed her stuff and followed them thinking.
How can I get Touma to notice me?
Everyone left their bags at the luggage drop off and went through the normal security procedures for when they leave the city. Touma hated the fact they took a blood sample, but he didn't say anything in front of everyone else. After they finally passed the last security checkpoint, they finally were allowed to board the plane. Touma thought there were more stringent security measures, as he walked up the stairs to the plane, then the last time he left the city. I guess with a bunch of level 5s, it's to be expected. The city wouldn't want any of them to disappear. He entered the plane and got a pleasant surprise. He had been expecting a normal commercial plane.
His experience on commercial planes usually had six small seats in a row that barely fit one person. This plane had four luxury seats per row, two on each side with the aisle in the middle. They were dark blue and looked comfortable with thick cushions, unlike normal plane seats. He could tell this wasn't an individual private jet, because it would still hold a lot of people. But with the corporation's symbol on the ceiling and walls, he could tell it was probably used to shuttle important guests. While he was admiring the plane, everyone else had started to board too and several of them realized a serious problem.
There were only two seats to a side.
That meant only one of them could sit directly next to Touma.
Some of the pairs formed smoothly as several of them took their seats. Jason and Kazari were the only actual couple so they sat together, Kazari was on the outside so she could talk to Ruiko who sat across the aisle from them. Komoe grabbed a seat in the back away from everyone else because she believed in letting the kids have fun. Index and Last Order immediately sat down together with Last Order near the window. Accelerator didn't care too much and was about to sit down when Worst pushed pass him and took the window seat. He glared at her for a moment and sat down anyway. Saiai and Rikou grabbed a seat further in the back. Motoharu grabbed a seat next to Ruiko, turned around, and watched the remaining girls begin to argue. Kuroko, of course, wanted to sit by Mikoto, but she had other plans. Misaki had tried to sneak past her, but Mikoto had grabbed her sleeve.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mikoto whispered narrowing her eyes.
"I was going to sit down," Misaki replied smiling innocently.
"You seem to be mistaken," Mikoto replied forcing a smile. "I was going to sit there."
"I don't see your name on it Misaka-san," Misaki said narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Excellent point," Shizuri said interrupting them as she started to walk past them. They both immediately stopped arguing and blocked her path.
"You caused enough problems today," Mikoto told her.
"I have no idea what you mean," Shizuri replied.
"Stay away from him," Misaki whispered. "I know your type. I won't let you hurt him."
"Why don't you go sit with your friends?" Mikoto said her eyes darting toward Frenda who was looking between them and Touma. Mikoto didn't know Frenda was debating on trying to slip past them to sit next to Touma.
"You could sit with yours then," Shizuri said smirking slightly as her eyes darted toward Kuroko who was watching them.
"Those are excellent ideas," Misaki interjected. "I know Shirai-san wants to sit by you Misaka-san." She gave Mikoto and Kuroko a warm smile. Shizuri also grinned slightly, but hers was more sinister. While she did not want either of the other level 5 girls sitting next to Touma. It was worth seeing Mikoto's face drop when both she and Misaki teamed up against her. Shizuri hated Mikoto, after their first encounter when Mikoto beat her, while she only disliked Misaki. She was waiting to see if Frenda would grow the courage to sit by Touma, but she failed. If I need her to kill someone she does it easily, but if I need her to flirt with a guy, she suddenly becomes a child. She gestured to Frenda to join her, and the sat down next to the window in the seat across the aisle from Saiai and Rikou. Frenda sat next to her in the aisle seat.
Mikoto was about to protest, but Kuroko took the opportunity and dragged Mikoto with her to their seats. A vein throbbed in Mikoto's head as she saw Misaki's smug grin, but there wasn't much she could do about it. At least Kuroko took the window seat so Mikoto could sit on the aisle side, directly across from Touma. Touma had been nice enough to give Misaki the window seat. Mikoto didn't know Misaki thought about it and decided she wanted Touma in between them so she wouldn't have Mikoto's death glare aim at her the entire flight. Everyone was finally seated and waited for the flight to take off. A door opened in the back of a plane and a stewardess came by to check everyone had their seatbelts fastened. After she had made sure everyone did, she left them alone through the same door. A moment later a man's voice came through the plane's intercom.
"Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. This is your captain speaking. We are going to take off momentarily. It looks like a smooth direct flight all the way to England today. Please keep your seatbelts fastened until the indicator light at the front turns off. Afterwards, you are free to move about. I would also like to congratulate the winner of the contest and hope your vacation goes well. Though, I do have one last thing I need to mention." Touma felt his stomach sink. He knew this wasn't going to be good. "With our guest being known as Kami the Harem King," Touma face palmed and he felt a lot of eyes on him. "We do ask you do not do anything… adult rated… on the flight. Please also do not try to pick up the stewardesses, both of them are married. Also, our cleanup crews don't like it when people get frisky. Thank you. Snacks will be served, along with a meal around the halfway point on the flight."
Touma could feel his ears burn as he heard laughter coming from Accelerator, Motoharu, Jason, Worst, and Saiai. He couldn't see everyone, but Komoe, Ruiko, Kazari, and Frenda had turned red. Last Order didn't realize what was going on, but Index started to emit a murderous aura and Touma could feel sweat form on his brow. Rikou didn't seem to really care and was beginning to fall asleep. Shizuri grinned at the comment and pulled out a magazine. Kuroko noticed Mikoto smirking slightly and she leaned forward to glare at Touma, which only caused him to sweat more. Misaki, on the other hand, patted his hand while smiling at him and allowed him to relax slightly. He had no idea what she was thinking though.
If those stewardesses try to flirt with him, I'll make them regret it.
The plane started moving and they took off without a hitch. Touma half expected the engines to blow with his luck, but nothing happened. When the seat belt light turned off, everyone unbuckled and started talking and turning around in their seats. It wasn't too bad at this point. The only thing that happened about thirty minutes into the flight was Worst shocking Accelerator's music player so he couldn't use it to drown everyone else out. Everyone watched them fight for a bit before a stewardess came and passed out water, tea, and soda to everyone. She didn't stick around and Touma couldn't blame her after the captain's announcement.
"Touma," Index called out from the seat in front of him as she poked her head over to look at him. "How long until we get there?"
"We just left," Touma said exasperatedly. Please don't start this already. "It's roughly a ten hour flight. I suppose we could have taken one of those supersonic ones…" Index eyes went wide and she shook her head frantically. Neither of them had a good experience on it when they left Italy a long time ago. Mikoto, Misaki, and Kuroko all gave him curious looks, but he didn't say anything else about it.
"Hey Touma," Mikoto asked. "How did you do on your exams?"
"I at least passed or I wouldn't have been able to come," Touma said leaning back in his seat. "It was thanks to you, Misaki, and Jason."
"Kamijou-chan has been doing a lot better in class," Komoe said from the back. "I'm glad he has such good friends willing to help him. He hasn't needed supplementary classes for a while."
"He's smart," Misaki pointed out. "He's just always busy helping people so he can't study." Mikoto rolled her eyes, but she grinned in agreement. Touma was surprised someone actually talked him up. He was use to his class's reaction to his friends.
"And getting girls," Motoharu called out.
There it is, Touma thought. He frowned slightly, someone was being uncharacteristically quiet. He turned in his seat and looked back diagonally at Jason. He was whispering to Kazari and her face was slightly red, but she seemed to be involved in their conversation. Jason caught him looking and winked.
"Touma," Jason called out and Kazari turned her head. "I can't give you all your relationship advice, talk to Accelerator. He should be able to help you." Kazari's face turned redder, but she smiled slightly. Mikoto and Misaki both laughed when Touma turned around embarrassed.
"Why would I give him any advice?' Accelerator asked irritated he was getting dragged into their conversation.
"Yea," Worst said. "Tou-san would never be able to ask a girl out. He's a neet." This started another fight between them.
"Onee-sama," Kuroko said. "I never asked, but do you know what the plans are for this trip?"
"Ah," Mikoto said turning to face Kuroko. She had been staring at Touma who was talking to Misaki. "We are going to meet a guide and I believe the trip will be planned out either tonight or tomorrow."
"Ok," Kuroko said leaning back in her seat. "I wish Kamiko-san could have joined us." Mikoto felt a grin form on her face. "This trip would have been amazing if she was here too."
"How easy was it to get out of Judgment to come here?" Mikoto asked trying to change subjects.
"We just had to fill out all our paperwork and made sure our current work was finished," Kuroko said in an almost bored voice.
"I had to help her with her share," Kazari added form behind them. "She was so far behind." Kuroko stood up on the seat and reached over to pull on her cheeks. "Owe, it hurts!" she cried.
"I told Uiharu she should have made Shirai-san finish her own work," Ruiko said.
"Don't be mean to her Kuro-chan," Jason said conversationally. "Otherwise I'll have to mess with you more then I was planning to."
"Stop calling me that," Kuroko snapped at him. "All you do is lie and mess with me. Like the stuff you said yesterday when Uiharu called you."
"That actually wasn't a lie," Jason admitted. "Accelerator was on a date and I wanted to know with whom." There was a sound of several people spitting out drinks and every head was looking at Jason and Accelerator.
"What the hell?" Accelerator growled as he turned around. "What bullshit are you making up now?"
"Hah," Motoharu said from behind Touma. "Don't lie, Touma and I both witnessed it." Touma frowned, but remembered Jason has covered for him, and it looked like Motoharu had also joined him. That meant he also knew Touma had been disguised as a girl.
"You're kidding," said Shizuri's amused voice from the back. "You're telling me someone is actually willing to go out with him? Did he threaten her?" Even Frenda and Saiai were leaning out into the aisle to watch and listen to their conversation about Accelerator.
"Yea," Touma added. "It was some blonde girl." He didn't know what really happened so he just repeated what Jason said over the phone. Besides, he never really had a good chance to make fun of Accelerator until now. Mikoto and Misaki grinned because they knew he was making stuff up on the spot.
"I super can't believe it," Saiai added.
"I never caught her name," Jason said thoughtfully glancing over at Accelerator who was in the front. "But I heard her call him master once, so I think he's into some kind of roleplay." That was followed by a very loud silence as everyone turned to stare at Accelerator. The silence was broken not by Accelerator, who was looking capable of murder, but by Last Order.
"HE WAS WITH ANOTHER GIRL! MISAKA cries as MISAKA points angrily at Accelerator!" She was standing up on her seat and was clearly visible to everyone.
Worst grabbed her head as a torrent of negative emotions flowed through her from Last Order. She had found it hilarious Accelerator could have been with a girl, but now jealousy flowed through her from Last Order's connection. "It looks like this Misaka needs to punish you for your infidelity," Worst exclaimed as she slammed her heel down on Accelerator's foot. He grunted in pain and began another round of fighting with Worst. He did say one last thing to everyone else though.
"When this plane lands," he roared. "Every one of you is going to die." Everyone except Index, Last Order, and Komoe were laughing at him. Shizuri found herself having fun and no idea why. It might have been the sheer absurdity of the strongest level 5 being picked on by people obviously weaker then him. She didn't know what changed the Accelerator she knew, but now her interest has been aroused and she was determined to find out.
Overall, the rest of the flight was pretty uneventful compared to the beginning. Everyone, generally, just talked to each other. Ruiko was sitting behind Touma and he found out she was right at the border of becoming a level 2. Of course she was really excited, but he thought he saw a wishful look in Kazari's eyes who was sitting across the aisle from her. Shizuri's group kept mostly to themselves, but Frenda kept making eye contact with him. Accelerator tried to ignore everyone, but Jason, Motoharu, and Worst wouldn't let him. Index and Last Order mainly talked to each other, but would occasionally call out to someone else to get their opinion or advice. Kuroko really only wanted to talk to Mikoto, but she also talked to Ruiko and Kazari a lot too. Jason, who just enjoyed it, would keep antagonizing her periodically during the flight which was a constant source of entertainment for many. Misaki didn't talk a lot to everyone else, but she talked almost nonstop to Touma as she asked him a lot about himself and he found out a lot about her too. Mikoto, though she got to talk to Touma a lot too, looked at them with a jealous gleam in her eye.
When they were finally about halfway to England, the stewardesses brought out dinner for them all. Of course Index was not satisfied with her meal, so Touma threw her some chips he had packed away for this very situation. After their in-flight meal, most people started to fall asleep as the food coma took effect. Touma had gotten up to use the restroom and the only person he saw awake was Shizuri who was reading a book. She had looked at him as he passed, gave a curt nod as acknowledgement, and went back to her book. When Touma returned to his seat, he found himself falling asleep almost instantly too.
When most people had fallen asleep, Shizuri had taken the opportunity of the peace and quiet to read. When her phone started buzzing, she glanced at it briefly and her eyes narrowed. "What?" she hissed softly. "I don't you not to contact me this week." Her eyes darted to the right as she watched Jason walk to the back to the plane to use the bathroom.
"I know I know," the female on the other side said apologetically. "But I needed to make sure you got the message we left with your associate, the blonde girl." Shizuri's eyes narrowed slightly at Frenda who was sleeping. Under her stair, Frenda's body shivered slightly, but she didn't wake up. Frenda in fact had not told her about receiving any reports. "We have your temporarily replacements, but you will want to think about what we said. It will have serious implications on your future missions."
"Ok," Shizuri said. "Now don't f#%^ing call me again this week." She hung up and leaned back in her seat and her eyes kept darting to Frenda. I can't strangle her with everyone nearby. Tonight, I'm going to have to punish her for withholding information. Frenda's body gave another involuntary shiver.
Jason had moved to the back of the plane, not to use the bathroom, but because he had also received a call. He was probably as excited for this call as Shizuri's was for hers. He locked himself in the bathroom and answered. "What do you want?"
"You sound suspicious," Aleister commented.
"Who wouldn't be?" Jason asked. "Again, what do you want?"
"Maybe I simply wanted to wish you luck in removing your sin marks."
"Bullshit," Jason hissed. "Like you care about them at all."
"On the contrary," Aleister corrected him. "I care about them very much. I would prefer them to be destroyed, but I guess it really doesn't matter if you die with them. Either way, my plans would not change."
"That sounds like you," Jason said but he didn't have any humor in his voice. "But you wouldn't call me without reason. What do you want?"
"I was just curious about how prepared you are for the events about to take place," Aleister answered. "Surely you took appropriate precautions to minimize casualties."
"What are you talking about?" Jason asked as he frowned. Does he know something is going to happen? "What do you know?"
"I know quite a lot," Aleister said, and Jason thought if Aleister was capable of expressing emotion he would have been laughing. "But when I scanned your luggage, you seem to be woefully unprepared."
"You b#$^%!&," Jason growled. "Tell me what's going to happen."
"You mean I know something that you do not?" Aleister asked. "I must be good."
"I… wait," Jason asked shocked. "D-did you just hold a grudge?"
"Impossible," Aleister denied. "I do not hold grudges. I just wanted to warn you so I do not lose important pieces. I know you have that weapon on you, feel free to use it to save your group. I am interested to see it used and if it will kill you or not. If you are unable to save everyone, try to keep the Imagine Breaker and the level 5s alive, the rest of the group can be replaced easily. Losing several level 5s would put me behind schedule." He hung up before Jason could try to get more information from him.
Damn it, he thought. How much does he know about the world? I thought his surveillance was limited to Academy City. And worst of all, he didn't warn me. I knew he would get rid of anyone if it would speed up his plans, but he's gone too far. There is one, maybe two, people I can't allow to die. He pocketed his cellphone, took a deep breath, and regained his composure as he exited the bathroom in case anyone woke up. As he walked back, he couldn't suppress the voice.
We will regret stepping foot into England now.
Everyone started to get up when they heard the captain's voice again. "We will be landing shortly. Please buckle up until we have come to a complete stop. I would like to thank Kami for keeping all activities to a family friendly level." Touma face palmed again as a lot of people laughed. A stewardess walked through the aisle again to check everyone had their seatbelts secured then left. They looked out of the window as the plane began to descend and saw the city of London. Even though the flight was long, the 8 hour time difference between England and Japan made it early evening now, but to all of them, it felt like the middle of the night. The plane landed and they exited without any problem. As they entered the airport, Touma noticed two individuals who seemed to be waiting for their flight. They both looked oddly familiar and he suddenly was overcome with shock.
Why are they here? Don't tell me they are our guides?
Across the lobby was a red haired girl with braids and wearing a nun robes, but with part of the lower half removed. The other girl was young Japanese girl with black hair that reached her shoulders. When both of them saw who exited the terminal of the group they were supposed to wait for, they both were shocked just as much as Touma. "What is the boy doing here?" the red haired girl, Agnese, demanded.
"I-I don't know why K-Kamijou-kun is here," the Japanese girl, Itsuwa, replied stuttering. There seems to be a lot of girls with him too.
"We have a job to do though," Agnese said as she walked forward to Touma's group. She appeared confident, but her face was slightly red. Itsuwa followed her, but her face was much redder.
Touma watched both of the girls approach him and he felt sweat begin to form. He could hear some of the others behind him whisper about the two girls. While Itsuwa looked fine in her normal clothes, Agnese stood out a lot in her nun outfit. When they got close Touma waved to them. "Agnese, Itsuwa, how are you?" After his innocent greeting, he felt several death stares.
How many girls does he know?
Oh my, I'm going to have to investigate both of them.
That ape has even more girls and he still wants onee-sama, ARG.
I'm not sure why I'm so pissed, but I feel like I need to kill someone.
"Not too bad boy," Agnese said as she stood right in front of him. "Glad to see you remember my name."
"Well after Italy…" he went quiet as he remembered a very embarrassing incident involving his right hand and her magical clothes. He felt his ears burn. Agnese's eyes went slightly wide, her faced flush and she too went silent. This was not missed by many of the girls behind him and Touma felt their glares intensify by ten.
"Hello Kamijou-san," Itsuwa said politely. "It is good to see you again."
"It has been awhile," Touma said smiling, but rubbing the back of his head.
"Hey Agnese, Itsuwa!" Index called out bounding to the front of the group.
"Hello Index," they both said together.
"Hello," Komoe said as she stepped forward. "My name is Tsukuyomi Komoe. I am their chaperone for the trip. Are you two the guides I heard about?"
"It's nice to meet you," Agnese said putting on a smile and leaning down. "But I don't think a little girl could be their chaperone."
"How rude!" Komoe said waving her arms. "I may look young, but I'm an adult and a high school teacher."
"She is," Index said trying to avoid an incident like at the airport. "She helps me a lot when Touma disappears and leaves me to starve to death." This got him a couple surprised looks from Agnese and Itsuwa, but they started talking to Komoe and quickly realized Komoe was more than just a little girl. Touma then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Mikoto and Misaki looking at him while emitting dark auras.
"Would you like to tell us how you know those two?" Mikoto said grinning, but the grin looked forced and he could swear he saw a vein in her head twitching.
"I, for one, would love to know," Misaki added smiling. Her smile seemed to be more sincere, that was probably because she practices a lot more, but she was also emitting the dark aura. Touma tried to explain how he knew them from Index's church, while whispering so he could explain about the magic side. He left out a lot of embarrassing details though to prevent the girls from getting mad at him.
"Wow," Saiai said elbowing Frenda. "You super have more competition."
"Shut up," Frenda wailed at her.
"…He certainly seems to know a lot of girls," Rikou remarked.
"I don't know how," Saiai said shrugging. "I super don't understand why every girl falls for him." Shizuri had been quiet as she watched. She was deeply irritated there were more girls near Touma, but she had always been good at hiding her emotions. Instead, she was thinking about why she was irritated. She had come to the very unattractive conclusion, on the plane, that she had somehow developed feelings for Touma. She was pissed at herself, not for realizing it, but for it happening. She had never been in loved before and had no idea what to do, except for some of the fake motions she did for her jobs.
"Who are those two?" Kazari asked Jason. "And are you ok?
"I'm fine," Jason said then shrugged, but he looked slightly green. "I didn't know Touma knew people in England."
"They look pretty friendly," Ruiko said, but they could hear her slightly depressed tone.
"That just means you have to try extra hard," Motoharu said patting her on the shoulder. He couldn't conceal the grin plastered on his face.
"The savior is quite popular MISAKA comments as MISAKA expects nothing left of the one who saved all the sisters." With Index gone to speak to the newcomers, Last Order was left with Accelerator and Worst.
"Shut up brat," Accelerator said annoyed at the smug look on Last Order's face.
"Ohhhh," Worst laughed while grinning evilly. "Tou-san is jealous of all the attention the hero is getting. Did you want to be center of attention, you diva."
"Shut up b$%^&!" snapped Accelerator which only fueled Worst's laughter more.
"Onee-sama," Kuroko said pulling on Mikoto's sleeve. "We still need to get our luggage." Mikoto turned to look at her and sighed, but agreed. When they left to go get their bags, everyone else actually followed them to get theirs too. A lot of different conversations were going on, but Touma noticed everyone seemed tired and the conversations were beginning to dwindle. Itsuwa seemed to have noticed it too.
"I believe everyone seems to have a little jet lag," Itsuwa said clapping her hands together. "We have a bus ready to take you to your hotel once everyone has retrieved their bags." Touma look at her gratefully, something Misaki and Mikoto noticed, and they grabbed onto his arms and glared at Itsuwa, who looked embarrassed.
When everyone had retrieved their bags, they all left the airport and boarded a bus. Everyone sat in seats similar to how they sat on the plane, but there was a lot less talking. An old man was driving the bus and Touma recognized him from when they rescued their friends from the sin organization. From what Itsuwa and Agnese told them, they were going to a hotel near the ocean. The plan was, because of the jet lag Touma and his friends were bound to experience, the next day would be a relaxing day at the beach. Then on Monday, they would start their tour in London and move out from there. Touma was trying to pay attention, but he kept experience a dull pounding in his head. He also noticed Jason seemed to be a little sick too, but didn't know why. Most of the group seemed to fall asleep on the ride there. Touma couldn't help smiling as Last Order and Index were leaning on each other to keep themselves in their upright position. When they finally reached the hotel, everyone seemed to be pleased with the location. It wasn't the fanciest hotel, but it was several steps above a cheap motel.
"The church owns this hotel," Agnese told Touma winking as they all walked in to check in at the front desk. Itsuwa and Agnese handled signing the paperwork and retrieved the keys. Touma noticed they looked at the keys and started talking quietly among themselves and looked serious. He didn't know what they were talking about, but knew it couldn't be good. The girls finally seemed to agree on something and motioned for Touma and his group to follow them. They could only fit in the elevator four at a time with their luggage. Agnese, Itsuwa, and Komoe went first, then Touma, Mikoto, Misaki, and Kuroko, following them was Shizuri, Frenda, Saiai, and Rikou, then Index, Last Order, Accelerator, and Worst. The last group was Kazari, Ruiko, Jason, and Motoharu.
When everyone was on their floor, Agnese and Itsuwa led them down a hallway. "These four rooms are reserved for you," Itsuwa explained helpfully while Agnese held up the key cards. "But… there is a small problem."
"What is it?" Komoe asked and Touma knew his luck radar had been right on the mark.
"Well each of these rooms was only designed to hold four people," Itsuwa said nervously. "So since there are seventeen of you, Agnese and I will be bunking separately, someone will have to share a bed."
"I volunteer to share with Touma!" Misaki immediately called out. She looked pleased with herself for being the first one.
"Well that problem was solved easily," Motoharu said smirking.
"Like hell it is!" Mikoto yelled.
"But Misaka-san," Misaki said cheerfully. "Touma and I have already slept together a couple times. So we are used to it." This caused Kazari's, Ruiko's, Komoe's, Frenda's, and Index's faces to turn bright red.
Mikoto wanted to deny it, but she knew it was true because of the Tokiwadai beach trip. "Don't put it like that," Mikoto said angrily. "You know full well it wasn't anything like that."
"If we are talking about just sharing a bed," Shizuri said putting her hand up to her chin and pretended to think, while at the same time thinking she could crush both of the other level 5 girls. "He shared one with me and Frenda once in a hotel." There was a long silence.
"Liar!" Mikoto and Misaki yelled simultaneously.
"Don't say things people will misunderstand!" yelled Touma.
"What do you call it then when all three of us were together, I was halfway out of my clothes, and you were feeling up Frenda?" Shizuri asked innocently.
"MUGINO!" Frenda cried bypassing red and turning scarlet. The other girls who were watching were almost equal shades as well. Even Kuroko was stunned as she heard all their confessions. Kazari and Ruiko couldn't do anything but gasp.
"Wow," Saiai said impressed. "I didn't know you super got that far Frenda."
"Kamijou-chan!" Komoe called out. "You're too young for those activities!"
Accelerator, Jason and Motoharu were watching this interaction with amusement. Worst was leaning up against a wall for support as she almost fell over laughing. "Wow," Jason said also impressed. "I did not know he was that advance."
"Did the hero finally grow a pair?" asked Accelerator.
"Dang Kami-yan," Motoharu said as he shook his head. "Aogami would be trying to kill you right now if he was here. I'll make sure to let him know about your sudden level increase."
As all the conversations were going on, Touma could only sit there in stunned silence. Then he felt a darkness emit from a single individual. His eyes moved and saw a dark aura flowing out from a single little girl. Index had reached a breaking point and had revealed her sharp teeth. "Index," he said taking a step back. Everyone turned to look at him when he spoke up out of nowhere.
"TOOOOUUUUMMMMAAAAA!"
"SUCH MISFORTUNE!" he cried as Index lunged at him and sank her teeth into his skull.
I did a little bit near the end from laughing to hard. I felt the interactions between everyone came together quite well and just flowed together. Feel free to leave a review, comment, suggestions, or ideas, I love reading them.
Motoharu: This was the point Touma's harem was officially established.
Jason: This day will go down in history.
Touma: Shut up idiots. I'm glad the girls aren't here or you two are going to get me killed. I don't have a…
Accelerator: Can you still spout that bullshit after this chapter? Or are you just in denial?
Me: Guys I think you are missing the important point of this chapter.
Jason: Hey, it's the author, haven't seen him in a while.
Accelerator: What point?"
Me: It has now been established Accelerator has been meeting with an unknown blonde girl. I think the readers know who it is.
Motoharu: Wait, Accel-kun never denied it and just got mad at us.
Touma: Holy…
Jason: Told you.
Accelerator: ….
Me: Hey Accelerator, you don't need to look at me that way. There's no need to use the choker….AHHH!