A Certain Infinite Possibility

by Darkbetrayer

An ancient organization has emerged from hiding in order to bring the world into darkness. Will Touma be able to stop them or will his actions make everything worse. Will Touma finally develop the harem he deserves? Magic and Science will collide in ways no one thought possible. Touma X Harem (Maybe, he is really dense.)

68. S3 Tokiwadai Invasion

I have been looking forward to writing this chapter for so long. So many plans and it's going to start a chain of events that is sure to cause misfortune for our favorite hero. I was originally planning to have someone introduce this chapter, but last week was really long and by the time I finished going over the chapter and responding to reviews, I was ready to sleep. So, it's just me. There will be someone to answer questions next week and it has been planned for a while. I'm still looking for anyone with good artistic skills willing to make art for the story. I know it's kind of futile, but I can still hope. I also want to thank everything who has stuck around for this long in reading this story. It's been over a year now, and I'm still having fun writing. By most of the comments, it looks like you all are too.

Brosephg: Obviously they are going to become good friends. They both know what it's like to be a monster.

general ironox: Will be tough, because she doesn't have main character traits, but she should have her time to shine.

Generation Zero: You seem to be all over the place with your thoughts. However, many of those questions will be answered this season. Magic Gods break the world, if they get added, takes a lot of planning.

Whwsms: That's… pretty much what happens with Deep Blood vs a vampire.

Handsomistic1: There are ways to conceal mana, and if he really is a vampire from the dawn of time, he might know a way or two. Blah, High Priest. Rather introduce the female magic gods.

Hilem: Now the sad part, you have to wait for the next update haha. I did start the story before I finished the light novels so the timing is off in a lot of things, but I try to mention it. I really liked Worst, so I put her in early because I can. (Writer power). Estelle should have a bigger part in the future.

Agent Nine: He's never really come across a situation needing to use his secondary ability. Kekine's plan also interrupted research so there's that. Though, couple of chapters will tell you a bit about the IB, so look forward to that.

Yakutsu Zaishiro: Hmm, not this chapter, but she needs to make another appearance. It's been awhile.

MarkJ: I'm not even sure what Jason is up to anymore. He just does what he wants in the story and now we need to figure out what his major plan is. It has something to do with level 5s for sure.

RPGPersona: I was rather proud of my portrayal of Cain. I thought about his fight a lot and how I wanted to tie his abilities with biblical references. No Pokémon references! Remember, Eve stages overly complicated plans that really don't seem to make sense until the end.

karma88: You say they are OP, and then want me to bring in a magic god? How's that work? Not this season for sure, if Othinus makes an appearance, it would have to be next season at the earliest.

Syko-Soldier963: Who told you that? I have no idea what you are talking about. That's all speculations. It's not like Jason is purposely doing something to Saten without her knowledge.

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 start yelling at fictional characters. This may cause nearby people to assume you have gone crazy. Please read responsibly.

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"You ready to take over Tokiwadai Kami-yan?" Motoharu asked sarcastically, grinning the entire time.

"I'm not ready to die if that's what you mean," Touma replied, wincing slightly at the thought of what would happen when they actually got to the high school. He sighed and zipped up his black jacket. To identify the participants in the game as police, criminals, and hostages, different color pants and jackets were distributed to the students. Black was criminal, blue was police, and green was hostages. This also separated them apart from normal citizens not participating. They were specially designed to be sturdy and lightweight, so they wouldn't be a liability in hot temperatures. "Plus I'm really tired," he yawned. "It was a long day yesterday."

"I heard," Motoharu nodded seriously. "Fighting a vampire and then having a bunch of girls in your apartment fighting over you. I was actually expecting Misaka-san to spend the night." Touma's head spun so fast to look at Motoharu, he felt dizzy.

"How did you know?" Touma asked shocked.

"I told you before Kami-yan," Motoharu explained, shaking his head back and forth. "Our walls are paper thin. I heard everything last night. I passed that information all to Stiyl and Kanzaki. I expect them to be acting soon, but until then," he burst out into a grin again and slapped Touma on the back. "Let's talk about last night."

"If you heard everything," Touma muttered. "I don't need to tell you." Mikoto and Lessar had started arguing for so long, Touma was actually worried Mikoto would demand to stay the night. He wasn't too worried about her trying anything though. Lessar was the one who he assumed would. He was worried about Lessar and Mikoto continuing to fight, and then have Kuroko find out he and Mikoto spent the night together. Mikoto finally left after he assured her nothing would happen and only after he reminded her of Kuroko's reaction if she stayed. He was exhausted and went to bed early, not even bothering to open a package from Jason containing the vacation pictures he received in the mail. He didn't sleep well that night though. He kept thinking about what Juliet said about Eve wanting to talk to him, the game he was being forced to participate in, and some thoughts about his inner desire to have Mikoto spend the night. Only one good thing happened after he woke up, his back didn't hurt and, when he checked it in the mirror, it was almost fully healed.

"You're no fun today," Motoharu said, pouting slightly. "Worried our plan will fail?"

"I'm worried your plan will succeed," Touma clarified. "Jason and Aogami seemed way too excited when they left."

"We were all waiting for you," Motoharu pointed out. "Maybe you shouldn't have shown up late. They are just heading in the car to wait." Touma rolled his eyes.

"What are we doing now?" Touma asked, heading to the door.

"Kagere got us transportation," Motoharu explained, as they exited the locker room of their school. "It's out back and parked across the street. Your disguise is in there too, so you can change on the way." He snickered. "When we get to Tokiwadai, we have to bypass a couple girls guarding the grounds, and then we take the gym and all the hostages inside. We estimate there will be at least a dozen. If all goes according to plan, we all should get plenty of extra credit. Using your power as Kami the Harem King, we might even get more girls to come to us."

"I have a feeling you aren't telling me something important," Touma said suspiciously. Motoharu looked at him with an innocent look on his face, which only increased Touma's suspicions. "What's up with Accelerator anyways? He seems a little to cooperative. He hasn't called you guys out on your shenanigans today yet."

"I think he just wants to go to Tokiwadai for his own reasons," Motoharu shrugged. "Or he just enjoys hanging out with us. He's just a male tsundere."

"I'm going to tell him you said that."

"He will probably beat you for bringing it up before moving to me."

"Probably." They both laughed at the thought of Accelerator's expression after being called a tsundere. They were just about to leave the school, when Touma realized he was missing something. "Damn, left my phone." He had received a text from Mikoto and, surprisingly, Misaki asking if he was okay. Touma remembered Mikoto had said Misaki told her about him and Leivinia, so Mikoto must have told Misaki what happened with Cain. He had told them he was fine and he was getting ready for the game. "I'll meet you guys out back."

"Forgetting your phone after texting your girlfriends," Motoharu reprimanded him jokingly.

"Don't make me sound like someone who just fools around with girls," Touma called over his shoulder, slightly irritated. He ran back to the locker room, grabbed his phone from his locker, and threw open the door to leave. He had only taken two steps, when he stopped because he saw a familiar face. Seria Kumokawa was leaning up against the windowsill, looking right at him and then gave him a small wave. "Kumokawa-senpai?"

"Hello Kamijou-san," she said kindly, giving him a smile. She was wearing a green jersey and green pants, which were slightly tight and highlighted her curves. Touma had to force his eyes up to avoid looking and determinedly focused on her face.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I got asked to participate," Seria answered. "They needed hostages and I agreed. I see you are a criminal again this time." She winked at him and Touma's face went red. "I was actually heading upstairs when I heard you and your classmate talking. Are you really going to Tokiwadai?" She actually knew he was heading there long before this conversation, because she had spied on him and the others during the week. She had purposely positioned herself to meet him privately in order to talk without Motoharu around. She knew Touma well enough that something would delay him from leaving.

"I kind of got forced to," Touma admitted.

"Because they are going to tell everyone about your disguise?"

"Yea… how did you know?" Touma changed direction mid answer.

"I heard him mention your powers as Kami," Seria answered. Touma grabbed his head and turned around in frustration.

My secrets out! She's going to hate me for dressing and acting like a player. It's so embarrassing when it's in front of senpai. He was so busy fretting, he didn't see Seria cover her mouth, but he turned around when she let out a small giggle.

"Don't worry," she reassured him. "I won't tell anyone."

"Thank you so much senpai," Touma said, nearly in tears. He reached out and grabbed one of her hands and held it between his, looking her in the eyes. "If there's anything I can do to repay such kindness, let me know." He had been getting needled by so many girls over the last few days, it warmed his heart to have someone act so kindly to him without an ulterior motive but, of course, he didn't know about Seria's plan.

"I really didn't do anything worthy of thanks," Seria pointed out. "But can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, anything."

"Can I accompany you and your friends?"

"Wha…?" Touma asked, startled by the unusual request. He had been sure she was going to ask something about Kami, like why he started dressing like him or what his ability was. He did not expect Seria, one of his models of the perfect older girl, to want to go with him to another school and watch him embarrass himself. He finally found his voice as his brain began to process the information. "Why would you want to come with us senpai?"

"From what I heard when you and your friend were talking," Seria explained. "It seems like you need extra credit?" Touma nodded. "Well I would hate for my cute kohai fail his classes if there was something I could do to help. As I can see, you are a criminal and I am a poor hostage. If you capture me and I tag along, then you would get more points." This was true, but there was a lot more to it. She wasn't going to let the opportunity pass by for her to spend time with Touma. Ever since he had recovered his memories of Misaki, their deal to both stick away from him was canceled. Through her investigation, closer to spying, she observed Misaki spending way more time with him then she was. This has to change.

"Yes," Touma acknowledged. "I would get credit, but my friends are dragging me into something that's bound to turn crazy. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you senpai." He didn't know Seria's heart started fluttering at his words. "Besides, I'm sure you have better things to do then waste your time with us."

"Hmm," Seria replied, pretending to pout. "I was actually just going to go up to the classroom and read until I was discovered. The city is full of exciting things and it would be silly of me to seclude myself when one is happening right in front of me." She smiled warmly at Touma, and cupped her hands over his hand. "Please can I come with you?" She gave him a slightly pleading look and she grinned internally as she watched all resistance in Touma's face get washed away. He's so cute when he's flustered, but even a gentleman can be manipulated if you know the right buttons to press.

"If you're sure," Touma said softly, his face burning and he diverted his eyes. "I hope my friends don't cause you any problems. If anything bad happens, I'll make sure to protect you."

"Thank you for the kind words," Seria said, still smiling.

"We should get going then," Touma said, looking at the time. "My friends are waiting out back and we need to get going before to many people are patrolling the streets." Seria nodded and followed him as they left the building. She was quite pleased with herself into manipulating Touma, so she could go with him. She wasn't entirely sure what was going to happen, but she knew how situations always turned out interesting around him. They left through the school's back entrance and walked down the deserted path before passing through the gate. Parked on the side of the street was a black van with darkened windows. There looked to be three rows and all they could see were the shadows of people moving inside. The door opened up and Pierce stuck his head out.

"About time Kami," he called out. "We were worried you fell into a toilet or some… is that Kumokawa-senpai? You were late because you were picking up girls? Kami, you basta…" Hands reached from behind him and covered his mouth before pulling Pierce into the back row of the van. Jason stuck his head out and waved.

"Hurry up," he called out. "We need to get moving." Touma nodded and he and Seria sat down in the middle row, while Jason and Pierce sat in the back. Motoharu was driving and Accelerator was sitting next to him. When Touma and Seria put on their seatbelts, Motoharu started the van and drove down the street. "You know, when they said they only had a van available, I thought, this is overkill, we only planned to have five people, not eight. Now that I know Touma's going to bring some girls with him, it makes sense. How are you Kumokawa-senpai?"

"I am doing well," Seria replied. "Thank you Kagere-san. It's also nice to meet the rest of you, but I don't think I have met you." She gestured at Accelerator, who only noticed it because he tilted his head slightly to see who Touma had brought with him.

"Accelerator," he muttered, turning his eyes back to the road.

"Oh!" Seria said, eyes widening in recognition. "I heard so many things about you." She was just acting and actually knew who he was. She knew detailed information about everyone in the car through her spying on Touma. Motoharu was the only one she didn't really care for. They had a history where they had been on opposite sides, and she didn't like to relive that time. She even knew Jason through a couple meetings with the directors. They never actually introduced themselves to each other at those meetings, but she had seen him acting sarcastic and impudent to them. Accelerator acted like he didn't hear anything, he was tired of people trying to suck up or question him about being the strongest level 5.

"So Kami," Pierce said. "Going after senpai for your harem?"

"No!" Touma denied, rounding on him. "I don't…" He stopped when he saw a superior look on Pierce's face. Damn it, I can't deny it because of that stupid bet. If I break they bet, I know these two will do something far worse. Besides, I gave my word I would follow the bet. He gripped his head and grimaced while Seria and Jason looked at him with slight puzzlement on their faces. Jason frowned at Touma's lack of denial.

"I know I'm missing something important," he whispered to Pierce.

"We made a bet yesterday," Pierce whispered back. "If he could ask a random girl out and succeed, he couldn't deny he has a harem. You can guess the outcome."

"So that was the blonde girl he took down the deserted alleyway," Jason said loudly, as Touma's actions dawned on him. Everyone turned around, including Accelerator, at his words. Motoharu looked up at the review mirror.

"Deserted ally?" Pierce repeated. "So that's where you took her? Impressive."

"Don't say your stupid delusional things right now," Touma told them. "It's rude to senpai."

"I'm sure there is a misunderstanding," Seria said reasonably. The Touma she knew had to be on the receiving end of the other's jokes. "Kamijou-san is a very nice young man. I'm sure he was just helping her with something."

"How does he do this?" Pierce muttered, leaning back in his seat. "How come I can't get a cute girl to like me and defend me from others?"

"Because you're a pervert," Jason pointed out helpfully.

"Just because you have a girlfriend doesn't mean you can act all superior," Pierce said, punching Jason in the shoulder. Jason responded by punching him and the backseat quickly became a brawl between children.

"How much does Kumokawa-senpai know?" Motoharu asked Touma, as he turned down another road.

"She heard us talking," Touma admitted. "She knows about our destination and about…" he paused and hung his head in shame, "my disguise."

"And she still wanted to come?" Accelerator asked in disbelief, actually turning around in his seat.

"This sounds a lot more exciting than sitting around back at our school," Seria replied. "Besides, since I'm a hostage I can help you all get extra credit. As your senpai, it's the least I could do to help." Accelerator gave a slight scoff before turning back around. He didn't believe she was doing it out of the goodness of her heart, but he didn't know her well enough, so he couldn't be entirely sure. There was no way he could know how right he was.

"Here I was thinking Kami-yan was putting the moves on you," Motoharu said.

"I don't have any moves," Touma protested. While he couldn't deny he had a harem, he could still deny all the comments on him actually trying to flirt with girls. He heard Seria give a slight giggle and felt his face turn red. I'm sure she's just acting polite. That's the sign of a mature girl.

"Hey Accelerator," Motoharu continued, ignoring Touma's denial. "Pass him the box by your feet, it has his costume."

"Heh," Accelerator sneered, handing the box to Touma. The Kami disguise always amused him when Motoharu and Pierce forced Touma to wear it. Worst wanted a picture of the hero making a fool of himself. She's going to bother the hell out of me if I don't.

"Have I mentioned before how much I hate this costume," Touma muttered and everyone in the van laughed, even Seria. He pulled out the mask, looked at it for a moment, and continued pulling out other segments of his costume. Because the rules for the game required the single color jerseys to be easily identifiable, the entire Kami costume wasn't there. Only the mask, a couple different hair dyes, and a gold with black stripe vest were left of his costume. He sighed and pulled the vest on and looked at the dye. "What do you guys have half a dozen dyes?"

"We decided to let you choose which color you would prefer," Pierce said, rubbing his bruised arm. "After all, we only have your best interests at heart."

"Sure you do," Touma replied sarcastically, when he suddenly was aware Seria was leaning over next to him and looking at the dye.

"I think you would look good with the light brown one," she suggested, and Touma could feel her breath on his ear. He felt hot all of a sudden, as his ears turned red. Seria could tell he was slightly uncomfortable and she felt pleased with herself. I'm glad all of Shokuhou's and Lessar's advances haven't dulled him to a true feminine touch. I'm his type, so those girls can sit back and watch how a real girl works.

"Okay," Touma said, throwing the other dyes back into the box. He put the dye in his hair and rubbed it in, until there wasn't a trace of his black hair anymore. Academy City technology is quite convenient. He also put on the vest, which only covered part of his black jersey so he was probably still within the rules. He looked over at Seria, who was looking him up and down and gave him an encouraging nod. Feeling slightly better, he was about to pass the box back up to Accelerator, when he noticed something else left inside. "Why are there four other masks?" he asked, pulling them out.

"Oh yea" Motoharu said, acting as if he just remembered, but Touma had a feeling he was waiting for the opportunity to make it dramatic. "Aogami and I decided as mere followers of Kami the Harem King, we needed disguises too. I made masks for each of us. They aren't as nearly as nice as yours, but time was of the essence." Touma could hear the amusement in Motoharu's voice.

"No one told me about this," Jason spoke up. "It's one thing for Touma to wear a mask, but us?"

"Not happening," Accelerator mumbled.

"Don't be that way guys," Pierce said. "It's all in good fun, plus it will sure to bring the entire Kami persona together. There's also extra dye in case you want to be in complete disguise. Accel-kun might want to change his hair color."

"If you try to touch me," Accelerator snapped. "I'm going to send you on a one way trip out of the city." Seria made a mental note Accelerator had stopped trying to tell the others not to call him Accel-kun when they were making fun of him. Jason reached up and took one of the masks and Pierce imitated his actions.

"I suppose if Touma can wear one," Jason said, slipping the mask on to adjust it. "I think I can. It's not like I haven't worn one before. If Accelerator isn't man enough to wear one, he doesn't have to."

"Who says I'm not man enough to?" Accelerator snapped, grabbing a mask. "I'll wear one, but this trip better be worth it."

"I'm sure everyone will be entertained," Motoharu laughed.

"Sorry about their antics senpai," Touma muttered to Seria.

"No need to apologize," she replied kindly. "It's good to see you and your friends are having so much fun during your school life." They are annoying, but I can put up with it. The board of directors is even worse and I pretend to enjoy working for them.

"The school is in sight," Motoharu finally said a short time later. "We are going to park on the far side and make our way to the gym. Accelerator and Kagere, you two will be in the front, Kami-yan, keep senpai in the back in case things get exciting."

"An easy task," Accelerator yawned.

"What about you and Aogami?" Touma asked.

"How do you expect us to face a bunch of high level ability users?" Motoharu asked. "We just come up with the plans." Touma and Accelerator looked at him in silence for a moment, both knowing Motoharu could put up a good fight if he wanted to, but didn't say anything.

"I'll stop Aogami from raiding the girl's locker room too," Jason volunteered.

"How could you betray me like that?" Pierce cried.

"Do I need to do anything?" Seria asked.

"We didn't take into account Kami-yan would bring a girl with him," muttered Motoharu. "But in retrospect I should have…"

"Hey!"

"… but if you want to help by reassuring any of the Tokiwadai hostages, it would help us immensely. Kami-yan is going to be pretty busy. I'm sure they would enjoy your company."

"Okay," Seria replied. She didn't show it, but she was frowning on the inside. If I'm stuck babysitting a bunch of brats, I can't keep next to Kamijou. I bet Tsuchimikado did that on purpose so I couldn't. He still holds a grudge.

"Get ready everyone," Motoharu called back, as he parked the van across the street from the back entrance to Tokiwadai. Touma glanced out the window and, besides a car that just drove by, it was quiet. The gate across the street was closed and looked locked. It appeared to be made out of steel, but Touma knew better. It was most likely made of some kind of special engineered metal compound. Motoharu opened the door and everyone followed suit. Touma noticed Pierce and Jason were carrying backpacks, but he had no idea what was inside them. They were unusually quiet, as the glanced down the road to make sure no one was coming, before crossing the street. When they got close to the gate, Touma saw it was locked. Before he could ask what the plan was, Motoharu was already picking it. "Done," he said triumphantly as the metal lock clicked. "Quick recap. We are going to cross the field and head to the gym. If we are spotted, Kagere, Accel-kun, you both have to take charge."

"Understood boss," Jason replied with a salute.

"Get on with it," Accelerator growled, and Motoharu pushed the gate open.

"This is so exciting," Seria whispered from behind Touma.

"With my luck," Touma moaned. "It's going to get out of control fast. Stick close to me senpai."

"Okay." Perfect. If I have to, I suppose I can convince the girls the let us stay, or at the very least just me and him. The others can get lost for all I care.

They managed about halfway across the field, the gym clearly in sight, when Touma had a thought. It's still early, but does it feel chilly? He looked over at Seria and saw her breath. It definitely shouldn't be this cold. He started shivering slightly and wasn't paying attention to Motoharu, almost running into him when he stopped suddenly. "Why are we stopping?"

"We have been spotted," Motoharu declared.

"By who…?" Touma was interrupted by a wall of ice appearing in front of them. The ice was about a meter thick and five meters tall. The wall continued to grow until they were completely encircled. The temperature began to drop drastically and they all started shivering. Through the ice, Touma saw two individual outlines, but the light was diffracted by the ice and Touma couldn't make out who they were. They started talking and Touma was able to tell they were girls, but frowned when they sounded familiar.

"I told you some guys would try to sneak into our school."

"But won't they freeze inside there? I also think I saw a girl with them."

"Well, I suppose we can ask if they will leave." The first girl's voice got louder as she addressed them. "Hey, you stupid boys. If you promise to leave, I'll release you right now. If you don't… well… I hope you like being popsicles?"

"That was mean," the second girl said.

"You have to be firm with perverts."

Touma was about to hit the ice and negate it, when someone else took the initiative. "I guess it's my lucky day," muttered Accelerator, causing the other's to look at him. A devious smirk appeared on his face as he took a step forward toward the ice. He flicked the collar on his neck and tapped the ice with one hand. The entire front half of the wall exploded, sending fragments of ice across the field. Touma was worried the girls were going to be hit by the fragments, but a wall of flames appeared, melting the fragments in midair. Touma still couldn't see the two girls, but Accelerator obviously knew who they were. "So," Accelerator called out, his voice dripping with mirth. "Who are you calling a pervert?" The two girls gasped and the fire wall disappeared, revealing twins with long black hair and brown eyes.

Hibiki and Hanabi Nakano were staring at them with their mouths open in shock.

"Now," Accelerator said, removing his mask from his face. "Observing your expressions directly is much better than through a mask." He paused and looked at them. "What happened to all that confidence you had a moment earlier? Do you realize your position?" He laughed loudly.

Both of the girls were still in shock. They had seen a couple people sneaking in with masks, but they assumed it had been to avoid having their faces seen. Hibiki and Hanabi were part of the games as cops, so they had blue jerseys, and they recognized the boy's black criminal jerseys. The girls in Tokiwadai, who were assigned hostages, were worried about guys trying to sneak into their school and mess up the place, so Hibiki and Hanabi volunteered to act as guards, instead of going out and looking for criminals. "Accelerator?" Hibiki gasped, finally finding her voice. "If you're here, that means…" Her voice trailed off as she glanced past him to the others. She recognized the gold and black outfit and scowled. "I should have known Kami would be here."

"K-Kami," Hanabi stuttered, looking embarrassed. Touma had a sudden flashback at the Tokiwadai beach trip where she had admitted she liked him. His ears burned, but the mask prevented anyone from seeing his embarrassment.

"You both lost to use before." Accelerator shrugged. "You want to lose again? This time, we even outnumber you, not like we need it."

"You…," Hibiki spat out angrily. "Did you two just blackmail your classmates to help you with your perverted ways?"

"You must really want to be punished," sneered Accelerator. "If you insist on talking to me that way. I'll let those other idiots introduce themselves."

"We are merely vassals to the almighty Kami," Motoharu said, stepping up and bowing.

"He demanded we join him of his conquest of Tokiwadai High School," Pierce added, imitating Motoharu.

"What…?!" Hibiki and Hanabi exclaimed in shock. Touma's mouth also fell open, but no one saw it because of his mask. Accelerator didn't laugh, but his face showed how amused he was at Motoharu's and Pierce's words. Seria couldn't help grinning either. Touma was at a loss for words and turned to both Seria and Jason. Because of Jason's mask, Touma didn't know how Jason was reacting, but he was sure it was similar to Accelerator's.

"Your friends sure speak highly of you," Seria whispered, making a small joke of the entire situation.

"Please don't," Touma moaned in horror, glad someone was trying to make him feel better. Judging from the look of Hibiki's face, it was getting redder, she was about to explode in anger. Hanabi's face was also red, but she looked more embarrassed, mirroring how he felt. "Please tell me you aren't going to do what they are," he whispered to Jason.

"I wish they would have told me we were going to do this," Jason muttered. "I would have changed a few things." Touma moaned and he heard Jason chuckle.

"I actually thought you might not have been as bad as you pretended to be!" Hibiki yelled at Touma. "You even helped my sister and Misaka-san talked well of you, but then you do this." She balled her hand into a fist. "Get lost you pervert!" She raised her hand and the air became colder, but before she could actually create ice, Accelerator had moved. He was right in front of her with an outstretched hand, a single finger pressed up against her forehead. Her eyes widened in shock and her concentration on her ability faltered. The air warmed up and she fell backwards, stunned. "So fast…," she muttered.

"Get away from her!" Hanabi yelled in panic, a large flame forming at her right side. Accelerator's head turned ever so slightly to glance at her, but before either of them could react, someone else did. A dark shadow wrapped around Hanabi, strapping her arms tightly to her body, and lifted her up into the air. The surprise attack caused her to lose focus and the fire disappeared. She was being suspended a couple feet off the ground and was turning her head wildly to see who attacked her. The shadow was connected to Jason, who was next to Touma. Hanabi only recognized him because of his unusual ability. During the Tokiwadai fieldtrip, Kazari mentioned him and his power. "This ability, are you Jason Kagere?"

"Yep," Jason confirmed. "Sorry about tying you up, but I rather not have a fire explode so close to everyone."

"You said a lot of rude things to me," Accelerator stated, turning back to Hibiki, who was on the ground. "Not just today, but at the tournament. I never got a chance to thank you for it because the damn hero beat you too fast. That's the only reason I'm here. I'm sure I deserve an apology, or I can't guarantee what I'll do next."

"I'll never apologize to an egotistical jerk like you," Hibiki spat out.

"Shame," Accelerator said, reaching down. Touma was actually worried Accelerator might do something he would regret. Touma knew Accelerator wouldn't kill her, but he wasn't sure what was going to happen to Hibiki if she kept insulting him. He was actually stepping up to stop Accelerator, when Pierce and Motoharu reached Accelerator first.

"Come on Accel-kun," Motoharu said, putting his hand on his shoulder. He was lucky Accelerator immediately lowered his automatic reflect or Motoharu would have broken his hand. "Don't scare the poor girl. You know his majesty would never approve. He's about to come up and stop you anyways." Accelerator glanced back at Touma, who had stopped moving.

"Who cares what he thinks?" Accelerator asked annoyed. Regardless, his words didn't match his feelings. He didn't care about messing with Hibiki anymore. "This girl doesn't know how to respect her betters."

"Betters?" Hibiki snapped. "You're just a pervert."

"Why do you keep repeating yourself?" Accelerator sighed.

"There's only one pervert here," Motoharu added, gesturing to Pierce.

"Hey," Pierce argued. "I just don't discriminate against all types." Hibiki and Hanabi looked at each other in confusion.

"Guys," Touma sighed, walking up and hitting Jason's shadow with his right hand. The sound of breaking glass was heard and shadow disappeared, causing Hanabi to fall onto the ground. She stumbled and Touma reached out a hand to help her stabilize. She blushed as Touma grabbed her wrist to keep her from falling. Touma then walked over to the others. "Why are you doing this? Can we just go on? I don't want to stand out here forever and get seen."

"You heard the King," Pierce declared loudly. "He doesn't want to stand out in the heat."

"He wants to go and capture the school for all the girls," Motoharu added, and they high fived each other.

That's not what he said, Hibiki and Hanabi thought in disbelief. Hibiki got to her feet and dusted herself off.

"What are we going to do about them?" Jason asked, as he and Seria walked up. "After all, they are cops and we are criminals."

"Knock them out and move on?" suggested Accelerator.

"Will you two just let us move on without trouble?" Touma asked, knowing the likely response.

"No," Hibiki stated flatly.

"We really can't," Hanabi elaborated softly. "We promised to prevent any intruders from entering our school. If we just give up, we would be lying." Touma could understand her words. When he made a promise, he always did everything he could to carry through with it. This meant if he and his friends wanted to pass, there would be a fight, something he wanted to avoid.

"Might I make a suggestion?" Seria spoke up for the first time. Everyone turned to look at her, including Hibiki and Hanabi. They noticed she wore the hostage uniform, but didn't know her entire relationship with the others. "We seem to be at a stalemate. We need to progress forward and these two have a duty to protect the other girls inside the gym, correct?" Everyone nodded, interested to see where this was going. "From what I recall, both Kami and Accelerator defeated you both in the tournament, which means another fight is probably going to have the same outcome. I'm not a fan of violence, and I know Kami isn't either. So, I propose this. What if you allow us to pass so they can capture the hostages, while you two stay and watch? You can make sure no one goes too far." Her eyes darted to Pierce for half a second. "This way, you fulfill your promise to protect the other girls, and my kohai can get their credit."

That's not a bad idea, Touma thought.

"Excellent idea senpai," Motoharu exclaimed.

"I don't know," Hanabi said nervously, glancing over at Touma. "It does seem like the best outcome I suppose."

"You can't be serious," Hibiki said loudly, turning to her sister. "We can't let these guys enter."

"We are going to enter regardless of what you say," Accelerator pointed out.

"Besides," Pierce added. "None of us want to fight cute girls. Both of you have perfect unique features too." Hibiki and Hanabi both instinctively took a step back from him. They didn't know why, but something about him felt off.

"I'll just follow what Kami wants," Jason said, shrugging.

"I don't think there really is a better option," Seria pointed out diplomatically.

"I'm okay with it," Hanabi said, after thinking about other possibly choices. "Kami seems like a nice guy."

"I have no idea what you see in him…" Hibiki huffed.

"Kami Disease," Motoharu, Pierce, Accelerator, and Jason all answered.

"…Fine," she continued. "It's not like we can stop them anyways." Hibiki looked like she had been forced to swallow a lemon. "But all of you better be on your best behavior, especially you two." She pointed to Touma and Accelerator. After getting them all to agree, Accelerator only gave a noncommittal jerk of his head, she turned and led them to the gym.

"Thanks for solving all of this diplomatically," Touma whispered to Seria. He had been worried Hibiki and Accelerator were about to get into a fight and destroy the school grounds. Now, all he had to worry was how the girls inside the gym were going to react to his presence. He sighed to himself, before noticing Hanabi was walking closer to him and Seria than the others.

"I don't like violence," Seria repeated. "I saw a way we could resolve our dilemma peacefully, so I took it."

This is the kind of grace and intelligence only older girls have, Touma thought to himself.

"Excuse me," Hanabi interrupted and they both looked at her. "I don't mean to pry, but may I ask who you are? You are… well… different compared to the guys…. Sorry, I don't mean to be rude."

"You aren't being rude at all," Seria replied. "My name is Seria Kumokawa. I'm their senpai at our school and, as you can see, I was assigned to be a hostage. Now I am helping them get the extra credit they need."

"My name is Hanabi Nakano," Hanabi introduced herself. "That's my sister Hibiki. You can call me by my first name if you like. It's a lot less confusing when my sister and I are together."

"Nice to meet you Hanabi-san," Seria replied, reaching out and shaking her hand.

"Sorry about my friends," Touma apologized to Hanabi. "I kind of got forced to come with them. Thanks for being so understandable."

"You don't really seem like someone who would be called the Harem King," Hanabi said. "You're much too kind…" Her voice trailed off.

"I never wanted to be," Touma moaned quietly. "My friends set this all up. Your sister is right though, they are a bunch of jerks a lot of the time, but they don't mean anything too bad from it, so I usually forgive them."

"He does seem to get in a lot of adventures with them," Seria said. "There are a lot of rumors going around school."

"Please don't tell her," Touma pleaded. The last thing he wanted was for the rumors about him and his friends spreading around to other schools. They were bad enough when they were just at his school. Seria laughed slightly and Hanabi also giggled.

"Ever since you saved me back at the tournament," Hanabi told Touma. Her face was slightly red, but looked determined. "I knew you weren't a bad person. Misaka-san spoke well of you too. I'll try to talk to the other girls to help you out. I can at least make sure they won't run."

"Thanks a lot," Touma said gratefully, turning to her. When he looked at her directly, he finally remembered Hanabi was a year older then him. She also was kind, rational, and radiated the same type of sophisticated onee-san aura Seria gave off. She is really pretty too. "I wish more girls were like you Hanabi-san. Some guy is going to be lucky to have you as a girlfriend." At the word 'girlfriend', several things happened. First, Jason, who was right in front of them, turned around in surprise. He had been listening to their conversation, along with Accelerator and Hibiki snapping at each other. Hanabi's face turned scarlet and she turned away from him, unable to say anything. Seria smiled, but was mentally screaming on the inside.

He's doing it again! I'm right here and he's still able to flirt with other girls.

They weren't able to talk anymore as Hibiki stopped in front of the gymnasium's doors. She opened them and stepped inside, with everyone following her. Touma looked around and gasped. The gym was at least twice as big as his school's, and was obviously better equipped. The basketball hoops on either side looked brand new, rows of equipment for every spot imaginable hung on the far walls, and in the middle of the gym floor were girls. Touma had only expected a handful of girls acting as hostages, assuming most of the ojou-sama types wouldn't want to participate in this type of game.

He was wrong.

There were at least two dozen girls relaxing in the gym. Some tables and chairs had been laid out for them, and many of them were reading or studying. A large TV had also been set up and a couple couches and sofa chairs had been placed around it. A couple girls were watching the news, while other girls were chatting with each other. When Touma and the others walked in, the gym got deathly quiet, someone had muted the TV. Touma felt the atmosphere tense up immediately. Hanabi shifted uncomfortable next to him, but Seria leaned up against the wall and watched in silence. Touma couldn't see how his friends reacted because of the mask but, when Hibiki stepped up to explain the situation, Motoharu beat her to it.

"Sorry about the sudden entrance!" Motoharu half shouted. "But you are all now prisoners of Kami the Harem King!" Touma's ear drums were almost blown out.

"KAMI!?" nearly every girl shouted in shock.

A moment later, Touma had been besieged from all sides as most of the girls ran up to him. Jason, Motoharu and Pierce had to jump out of the way to avoid being trampled. Accelerator reached out a hand and pushed Hibiki out of the path of the stampede, because she was in shock at the other girls' reactions. Hanabi and Seria were pushed away from Touma by the other girls, neither was happy about it. Touma was stunned, as girls kept alternating grabbing his arm and taking selfies, while also barraging him with questions. His head was spinning as the questions begun to blend together with no time to answer.

"Are you really THE Kami?"

"Are you really here to take us all prisoners?"

"How did you get Hibiki-san to let you in?"

"Did you know Hanabi-san likes you?"

"Why would you tell him that!?" Hanabi cried, flushing bright red.

"Huh?" Touma asked, turning his head. He didn't hear the question before Hanabi cried out in shock, but her voice reminded him of when he denied his friends stupid antics.

"Are you trying to add us to your harem?"

"Now ladies!" Pierce cried, drawing their attention to him. "We know you have a lot of questions for Kami and, I assure you, there will be time to have them answered. Right now, we have a few things to finish before then. We also ask that you avoid sending any pictures or tell anyone Kami is here for about thirty minutes to an hour. It's really important, but then you are free to do as you wish."

"Why?" a girl asked.

"That's a secret," he said.

"What are you two planning?" Accelerator asked Motoharu, ignoring the fact Hibiki was listening in.

"Something big," Motoharu whispered back. "But we can't have a couple other people find out about this until after Kagere gets back."

"What's he doing?"

"I need to pick up a couple packages," Jason replied, grinning. He had walked up to them silently. "They are giving me time to sneak off."

"That reminds me," Motoharu remembered. "Hey Kami!" he called out. "We need to meet on the roof to discuss some things. Can you tear yourself away from all the new harem girls for a bit?" Several girls laughed, some looked embarrassed, and a couple girls who had stayed back frowned at his words. Just like everywhere, even Tokiwadai girls were quite different from person to person.

"Coming," Touma yelled back, trying to weave through the crowd of girls surrounding him. Many of them looked disappointed he was leaving. "Excuse me ladies," he said, trying to sound polite and push pass them simultaneously.

"You need to come back and answer our questions," a girl called out.

"Sure," Touma promised and then sighed. "I'll tell you anything you want to know." I can at least answer their questions after we barged into their school. I'm glad no one decided to attack us. He didn't know the kind of effect his words would have on the girls. The girl who asked the question suddenly turned bright red and settled down, while many of the other girls started whispering excitedly. Seria face palmed in the back, knowing exactly what was going to happen. She, however, followed the boys and the twins, up a flight of stairs, and exited on the roof. Pierce had to keep reassuring the girls Touma would be right back down to answer their questions, but their meeting was secret right now. When they were all up on the roof and the door closed behind them, Touma turned to the others. "Okay, what are we doing?"

"First," Motoharu explained. "We are going to see Kagere off. He should be back in about thirty minutes, hence the time limit we put on the girls sending out our location."

"Where are you going?" Touma asked.

"Picking up a couple packages," Jason answered again grinning, and then turned to Accelerator. "Think you can give me a toss in that direction? About a mile would be good. I can glide the rest of the way."

"Think you can stand the wind pressure?" Accelerator asked. If it was anyone else, he probably wouldn't have asked. He would have either done it or not, depending on if they could survive or how much he liked them, but Jason and him seemed to get along well.

"I got armor," Jason said, and his shadow flowed from under his clothes and wrapped completely around him. His entire body was quickly covered and it looked like he was wearing a protective coat. "Go ahead."

"Not my fault if you die," Accelerator told him, grabbing Jason and flipping on his choker. A moment later, Jason was sent flying off into the distance and Accelerator flipped his choker switch off. "Well, that was more fun than I expected."

"You threw your friend like a rocket and you considered that fun?" Hibiki asked incredulously.

"He asked me to," Accelerator pointed out, in a tone that suggested it was a reasonable request.

"It's fine," Touma reassured Hibiki, who looked like she was going to continue arguing. "He only did it because Jason was perfectly capable of surviving that with no issue." He turned back to Motoharu and Pierce. "Now, what are you two planning?"

"Your accusations hurt Kami," Pierce said unconvincingly, with his hand over his heart.

"I don't know you," Hibiki said. "And even I could tell that was a loud of bull."

"Welcome to the club," muttered Accelerator and, for the first time, those two agreed on something.

"You guys aren't planning anything bad, right?" Hanabi asked.

"Of course not," Motoharu said dismissively. "When Kagere gets back, we will let the girls downstairs know they can start sending out the news Kami is here. It's sure to draw attention."

"I see," Accelerator said, leaning up against the edge of the roof. "That's why you needed me. I'm going to prevent any of the people assigned as cops from getting in."

"There are two entrances," Seria added. "One we came in and the one connected to the rest of the school. Is Kagere-san going to protect the other one?"

"That one is actually locked," Hanabi spoke up. "They gave us access to the locker room and gym but, because of all the expensive equipment, we are supposed to stay out of the rest of the school."

"That makes things simple," Accelerator smirked. "Looks like no one is getting through."

"So why does everyone need to know I'm here?" Touma asked.

"Remember," Pierce explained. "We get points for capturing hostages, currently we have around two dozen, but that's not the only way. Causing trouble also generates points. What do you think is going to happen when the city finds out Tokiwadai High School was taken over by a bunch of guys from another school?"

"It's going to cause a huge issue," Hibiki realized. "Plus, the rules about limiting property damage aren't going to apply, unless Accelerator fights other ability users who are trying to get inside."

"Exactly," Pierce said excitedly. "We will dominate for the most points earned."

"What if people we know see this?" Touma demanded. "You know what Fukiyose-san will do to us if she sees this?" For a brief second, the smiles on Pierce and Motoharu faded.

"I'm sure they will all be too busy participating in the game to notice," Motoharu said dismissively. "The point is, we can call this off whenever, but you're the one who needs the extra credit."

"A level 5 needs extra credit?" Hibiki asked surprised, but no one answered her.

"Even though your plan is a little… immature," Seria said, and Touma was glad someone said it. "I am impressed how much time and effort went into this. Plus, you did it to help a friend, quite admirable."

"We would do anything for Kami, senpai," Pierce said and Touma knew felt a twinge of irritation. He knew they were only doing it for their own amusement.

I bet he's just trying to score points with senpai.

"Not much to do until Kagere returns," Motoharu said, stretching. "Kami, you better not keep all of your harem ladies waiting. It looks like Kami Disease has already spread to most of them."

"It's not like that," Touma denied.

"I'm sure you wouldn't deny the fact you have a harem," Pierce said, his eyes twinkling deviously. "After all, your name is Kami the Harem King."

"Arg!" Touma said loudly, grabbing his head in frustration. They set me up with that bet for today. How much planning did they do? Motoharu, Pierce, and Accelerator all laughed, but Hibiki and Hanabi looked confused. Seria knew what the bet was about, but she had to act like she didn't know. She kept a determinedly straight face, but was laughing on the inside, as she imagined Touma's cute face all embarrassed. "I hate you two."

"We know that's not true," Motoharu said, slapping his back. "Now get down there and go talk with your potential harem girls."

"I feel like Kami is being forced to pretend to be a player," Hanabi whispered to Hibiki.

"I think I have to agree with you," Hibiki muttered, as she didn't take her eyes off Accelerator. "He actually may not be too bad, but his friends seem like jerks."

"I bet they just like making fun of his persona," Hanabi said reasonably.

"Quit trying to make excuses for him."

"Fine," Touma said to Motoharu. "I promised I would answer their questions. We did barge on them unexpectedly."

"I'll go with you," Seria said. "I'll try to help you if I can."

"I'll come too," volunteered Hanabi. "I have a lot of friends down there."

"Thanks you two," Touma said gratefully. "I'm glad someone," he glanced at his friends who whistled innocently, "is nice enough not to make fun of my misfortune."

"I don't want to go down and listen to all that stupid chatter," Accelerator yawned. "I'm going to stay up here until I'm needed."

"I'll stay up here too," Hibiki said. "I need to watch him."

"Aww," Motoharu said, glancing at Accelerator and Hibiki. "Look at those two lovebirds."

"What did you say!?" Accelerator and Hibiki yelled together.

"Look," Pierce added. "They are even in sync. Must have been love at first sight."

"I'll kill you two!" Accelerator and Hibiki yelled, and then looked at each other. "Stop copying me!" For the first time that day, Touma burst out laughing, as he, Seria, and Hanabi made their way back downstairs.

"It's good to see you in a better mood," Seria commented.

"It's nice not to be on the receiving end of their jokes," Touma said.

"Why do you go along with them if you don't like it?" Hanabi asked curiously.

"They're my friends," Touma replied, shrugging. "And they always have my back if I'm in trouble. They may be a little weird, but they are good people."

"I can understand that," Hanabi said, nodding slightly. She suddenly realized she had been able to talk normally with him for a while. Before, she had trouble even saying a few words to him. He's easy to talk to and seems really nice. I really jumped to conclusions the first time I met him.

When they reached the bottom of the stairs, a group of girls were waiting for them. The girls had been waiting near the stairs until they heard footsteps coming down. Before Touma could react, two of the girls grabbed his arms and pulled him to a nearby table. He was painfully aware of most of the girls in the gym watching him. Some of them were trying to be inconspicuous, diverting their eyes when they thought he was looking, but others didn't seem to mind being caught watching. A couple even smiled at him. Seria and Hanabi pulled up seats to the table, and Touma felt like there was going to be some sort of inquisition. The girls sat across from him and to the sides. He noticed they were all staring at him. "So," Touma said nervously. "What did you want to know?"

"I'll go first," the girl directly across from him said. She had long brown hair tied in a ponytail and appeared to be the one in charge of this group. "Did you come here just to flirt with us?"

"Of course not," Touma said, slightly insulted at the thought. I suppose they have a point though. When someone with the title Harem King barges into an all-girl's school, it's to be expected. "My friends created this plan to maximize our points. They found out you all had planned to set up a get together for the hostages here. Speaking of which," he mumbled more to himself than the girls, "I never found out how they knew." He looked back at the girl. "I would never treat a girl like that." Several of the girls blushed at his sincere words, but the girl across from his just raised an eyebrow. She whispered something to the girl next to her, who nodded.

"I can see why she seemed to have trouble with you," the girl grinned. "You know M…" She was interrupted as Touma felt arms over his shoulder and a girl was leaning her head over his shoulder."

"Hurry, quick!" There was a flash of light, right when she leaned close to him and gave him a quick peck on the cheek, as someone took a picture, and then the girl jumped off him giggling.

"Hey," the girl across from Touma said angrily, rising slightly. "You know how rude that was to our guest?"

"Sorry senpai, I couldn't resist." The girl who had snuck a kiss ran over to her friend with the camera. They looked at the picture and both of them giggled again. "I'm definitely going to make this my profile picture." The girl across from Touma sighed.

"Sorry about her," she said. "She should know how to act….never mind. You may or may not know how much your reputation has gone through our school since the tournament."

"…It did?" Touma asked, finding his voice. The surprise kiss addled his brain and it took a few moments to be able to think again. Seria crossed her arms next to him and looked annoyed, while Hanabi fidgeted uncomfortably in her chair. She didn't like it when another girl kissed him.

"You and Accelerator-san beat our schools representatives," the girl continued. "And then defeated the level 5 Railgun from Tokiwadai Middle School. Before you say anything, yes, the tournament was called off, but it was obvious who was going to win. It was only natural for our school to talk about it."

"I see," Touma replied, conceding she had a point.

"This leads me to another question a lot of us have."

"Which is?"

"Are you dating the Railgun? I heard from Hanabi she only said good things about you."

What should I say? Touma thought to himself. He kicked himself mentally for not anticipating this question. He could feel all the girl's eyes watching him closely, including Seria and Hanabi. Both of them had to turn to look at him, curious of his answer. Seria knew more information, but she was amused thinking about how he was going to answer the question. If I just tell them we are friends, it shouldn't go too far. I don't want Mikoto to get embarrassed if these girls take it the wrong way.

"Oh," the girl spoke up suddenly, remembering something important. "Before you answer, we saw the interview you had with that gaming company."

DAMN IT! Such Misfortune!

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"This way," Ruiko said, pointing down a side alley.

"Hurry," Kazari panted. "They are right behind us."

"They sure are persistent," Ruiko pointed out, as they sprinted down the ally. They took the first left they could and then turned right. A thick row of bushes was just off the road and they hid behind them. Neither of them made a sound and tried to control their heavy breathing. A minute later, several people ran by them and their footsteps disappeared into the distance. Kazari and Ruiko waited a couple more minutes, to be sure the others were truly gone, before standing up. "Finally, I get to catch my breath."

"A lot of them need the credit points even more then you do," Kazari pointed out. "I have to admit, this is good exercise, but I didn't expect so many students in our school to be criminals."

"Where do you think we should go now?" Ruiko asked, peaking out around the corner.

"I suppose if we head back to the school," Kazari said thoughtfully. "Everyone would be gone by then. It won't be like when we started."

Kazari and Ruiko arrived at their school that morning and changed into their green hostage uniforms. It was only then they found out a large number of their classmates were participating as criminals. In fact, it seemed like most of their school was either criminals or hostages. Kazari and Ruiko left the school quickly before the signal went off, sounding the start of the game. All hell had broken loose, as the hostages scattered in every direction with the criminals right on their heels. Because they had left the school first and avoided the mob, they managed to get away from most of their pursuers. It took a while and they finally lost the last group by hiding in the bushes.

"Great idea," Ruiko agreed. "No one will expect us to go back there." They made their way back the way they came, careful not to walk out into the open. They moved slowly and deliberately, looking around every corner before moving on. They finally stopped when they entered their school ground and moved behind the outer wall. They leaned up against it and continued talking. "How on earth are we supposed to get anywhere with so many people patrolling?"

"That's a part of the challenge," Kazari remaindered her. "Besides, people acting as criminals need to get points too."

"True," Ruiko conceded, but her thoughts were elsewhere. How am I supposed to go visit Touma? He's a criminal right so he would get points if he captures me. She thought of something a little more of just being captured by Touma, and she shook her head. Ruiko noticed Kazari watching her closely, with a small smile on her face. "What?"

"Thinking of someone?" Kazari asked, raising an eyebrow knowingly.

"No," Ruiko denied unconvincingly. Kazari's smile turned into a smirk and Ruiko knew she needed a distraction. She used her ability to generate an updraft beneath Kazari's skirt. It flipped up, revealing her underwear. "Green strips?"

"AHHHH!" Kazari screamed in surprise. Before either of them could say anything else, they heard a couple people behind the wall they were up against.

"There's someone on the other side," a boy yelled. "Quick, I bet they are hostages."

"It's Uiharu and Saten," a girl yelled back, looking around the gate. Kazari and Ruiko recognized her as a classmate, who was dressed in a black uniform.

"Go!" Ruiko yelled and she and Kazari bolted across the school grounds, with the girl right behind them. She and Kazari ran around the school and were planning to escape through the back gate, but were forced to stop. Two other guys had circled around and cut them off. Ruiko turned around and saw the girl and another guy coming at them from the other direction. She and Kazari started to back away toward the school, painfully aware they were about to be cornered.

"I told you guys someone would try to hide in the school," the girl called out triumphantly.

"Sorry for doubting you," one of the guys said, grinning.

"Looks like we got caught," Kazari whispered.

"I got a plan," Ruiko whispered back. "Be ready to run." When the guys and girl got closer, Ruiko used her ability to create an upwards draft underneath the girl's skirt. She put more force then what she normally did with Kazari. A strong gust of wind blew up the girl's skirt, revealing her pink underwear. The skirt actually got tangled up with her arm and didn't immediately fall back down. This was the perfect distraction, as all three guys turned to watch. The girl screamed in embarrassment and Ruiko and Kazari took the opportunity to run.

"How did you know that would work?" Kazari asked amazed.

"Most guys act the same way," Ruiko laughed. "Plus, I knew one of those guys had a crush on her and I saw he got a nose bleed." Kazari gave a small giggle and then they rounded the corner of the school. They were then forced to back track as another guy and a girl were heading right toward them. Both of the new people were also wearing black uniforms. They must have heard all the screaming. For the first time, she felt guilty for flipping Kazari's skirt. They turned around, but the other group was closing in on their other side. They started backing up toward the school and were about to hit the wall of the building.

"Looks like it really is over," Kazari said. "We gave them a good chase at least."

"Saten!" the first girl yelled at them. "Did you have to flip my skirt?"

"It almost worked," Ruiko called back, grinning broadly. "He liked it." She pointed to the guy next to her, who had signs of a recent nosebleed. He looked away and pretended to be innocent.

"Should we split the credit?" the new guy next to the other girl said. "Your group gets one and we get one?"

"Sounds fair."

"Oh no," Kazari said softly. "I was hoping we could stay together."

"I'm sure we can escape when they let their guard down," Ruiko reassured her.

"Uiharu," the first girl said. "You can come with us. I don't trust Saten not to flip my skirt anymore." Everyone, including Kazari and Ruiko, laughed loudly. While they may have been on opposite sides of the game, they were all classmates and got along with each other. "Saten, you can go with them."

"So she can flip my skirt?" the second girl asked. "No way. It's fine when it's just Uiharu, but I don't want people to see my underwear." Ruiko only had flipped the skirt of the other girl as a distraction and wasn't planning to continue doing it. Kazari was the only person she actually enjoyed skirt flipping. Ruiko grinned, as the two groups turned toward each other. The girls were arguing, but the guys were laughing. They didn't care who Ruiko went with.

"Eeep!"

Ruiko frowned as Kazari said something incomprehensible from behind her. "What was that Uiharu?" she asked, turning around. Her eyes widened slightly and she started looking all around her. Kazari was gone, with no signs of what happened to her. "Uiharu!" she called out, causing the others to look at her.

"Where did she go?" one of the guys asked.

"I don't know," Ruiko replied.

"Up there!" the first girl yelled pointing to the roof. Ruiko turned around to see what she was pointing at, when a familiar looking shadow tendril wrapped around her waist and pulled her into the air. She was lifted up onto the roof and set gently down. Kazari was smiling at her and Jason was standing at the end, waving to their classmates.

"Sorry for taking your hostages," he called down to them. "Kazari's mine and I have to give Saten-san as tribute to Kami."

"Hey Kagere-san," the second girl waved up to him. "I should have guessed you would come for her."

"Are you talking about the level 5 Kami?" one of the guys called up to him.

"Sure am," Jason replied. "He might go after my girl if I don't bring someone to appease him."

"What are you talking about?" Ruiko asked curiously. "How's Touma involved?"

"I'll tell you on the way," Jason said.

"I'll see you all later," Kazari waved excitedly to her classmates. "Looks like I'm being kidnapped."

"You seem a little too happy about it." Everyone laughed again.

"Let's go," Jason told the girls, his shadow unfurling from him and wrapping around Kazari and Ruiko. "I'll try to keep the ride as smooth as possible, but we have a ways to go." Ruiko held her breath as Jason lifted them up and moved to the far side of the school building. He used his shadow to push off into the air and then two wings spread out, allowing them to glide to a nearby building. He jumped up again to another building and kept repeating the process to travel across the city, skipping the busy streets below. Ruiko's stomach flipped a couple times, but she got used to it quickly. It felt like one of those carnival roller-coasters that kept going up and down.

"Where are we going?" Kazari asked.

"Tokiwadai High School," Jason said, chuckling.

"Huh?" Ruiko asked, completely surprised. "Why?"

"Tsuchimikado found out a lot of the girls there, who were assigned to be hostages, were using the gym as a meeting place during the game," Jason explained. "We bypassed their guards and took over the school. I had to find you two before we can move on to the next stage. I finally get a free day to hang out with my friends after a week of torture. No way am I leaving Kazari behind."

"I appreciate it," Kazari said, reaching out a hand and grabbing his hand. "Thanks for the photos of our trip. Saten-san and I were going through them last night." She paused for a moment. "Oh, since you called Kamijou-san Kami, is he in his disguise?"

"Yep," Jason nodded. "We get points for causing trouble, so someone titled the harem king," the girls giggled, "at an all-girl's school is sure to draw attention."

"How did you get him to agree to it?" Ruiko asked in amazement.

"He needed the points," Jason said. "Plus Tsuchimikado and Aogami may have blackmailed him a little. I'm still fuzzy on the details."

"How did the girls take your sudden appearance?" Kazari asked worriedly. "You didn't have to use force right?"

"They were surprisingly accommodating," Jason replied. "But most of the girls wanted to talk to Touma. Speaking of which…" he glanced over at Kazari, winked, and turned toward Ruiko. "We need to talk about what you need to say when we arrive."

"What do you mean?" Ruiko asked nervously, catching the devious look in Kazari's eye. What could they be planning? She had to admit to herself that when they pushed her into acting, she actually got closer to Touma. The best thing was, they didn't try to tell her how to act. They just tried to get her to take the initial step into spending time with him. I'm lucky to have friends like them, but I hope I don't get too embarrassed. I have no idea what to expect when we get there. She gulped slightly at the grin appearing on Jason's face.

---

Having lost Kazari and Ruiko to Jason's suddenly intrusion, the two girls and four guys left slightly downtrodden. "We haven't had much luck catching any hostages," the first girl said.

"I guess we have to try another school," one of the guys replied. "Too many criminals at ours."

"Then that one hostage had a mind manipulation skill that made us unable to see her."

"What about all those high level cops? They rounded up most our school in an instant."

"The city is totally biased against us low levels."

"Then Uiharu's boyfriend saves them."

"I'm still upset with Saten for flipping my skirt. I wish we could have caught them."

"I need extra credit so bad, but everyone's out to stop us."

"You could have challenged him."

"He's a level four, no way I could. You saw that shadow of his. He could have taken us all down in an instant."

"Uiharu says he's really nice."

"Oh," a dangerously sweet voice said from behind them. "So I found some people who saw him." They all turned around in surprise and saw a girl with tawny hair tied into two curly pigtails. She was wearing a blue uniform and was walking toward them. Though she was smiling, there was a dark aura around her. "I thought he would be at his school, but then realized he would come here for Uiharu."

"Ah crap, it's a cop."

"Run!" All six of them turned and started running, when the girl suddenly appeared in front of them, holding several spikes in her hand.

"A teleporter?"

"We're screwed."

"I'm in a hurry," the pigtailed girl said impatiently. "Tell me where the guy who took Uiharu went."

"Why?" the first girl asked nervously. There was something about the girl and she was worried what would happen if she found Uiharu and Jason.

"I need to catch the guy for personal reasons," the pigtailed girl said impatiently. "Which direction did they go?"

"Okay," the first girl said slowly, her eyes watching the spikes in her strange girl's hand. She thought correctly the pigtailed girl would resort to drastic measures to find out where Jason went. "They went that way. Don't be too hard on him though."

"Thanks," the pigtailed girl replied sweetly and then disappeared. A moment of silence passed when one of the guys spoke up.

"Why did you point in the opposite direction?"

"Uiharu sounded so happy when he showed up. She had been pretty depressed most of the week because of a diet and I guess they couldn't find time to meet. I didn't want to ruin her day."

"Look at you being all romantic."

"Maybe a little, but I think we should go. I don't want to be anywhere nearby when she finds out I lied."

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"Kami!" Pierce called down the stairs from the roof. "We need you back up here now!"

"Sorry," Touma apologized to all the girls around him though, secretly, he was glad to go. Most of the girls were really nice and sophisticated, one of the many charms of an older girl. Some girls, he assumed they were first years like him, were rather excitable, but they reminded him of people in his class, so it actually made him more comfortable. It's surprising how normal some of these girls seem, even if they are ojou-samas. Seriously, this gym probably cost more than my school. He breathed a sigh of relief, as he stood up. The girls also questioned him a lot on his relationship with Mikoto, along with if he actually had a girlfriend. If it wasn't for Seria skillfully diverting the topic to other things, Touma felt like he was going to say something really stupid. Hanabi reprimanded a couple of her underclassman, but was relatively quiet most of the time.

"Thanks for answering our questions," The girl with long brown hair tied in a ponytail said. Touma found out her name was Yuna Ishikawa and she was the most talkative of the group. "I hope your friends don't lead you into too much trouble."

"That's asking too much with my luck," muttered Touma and most of the girls giggled. Yuna actually laughed and watched him make his way back up the stairs. Seria and Hanabi were the only ones who followed him. "I hope I didn't cause any problems with my answers," Touma said to Hanabi.

"I think they were more surprised at how normal your answers were," Hanabi told him honestly. She decided not to mention a lot of girls appeared to be attracted to him with his sincere responses, especially about how he would treat a girl. Maybe Harem King actually suits him, but would accidental be more accurate?

"I did tell you he was a good person," Seria reminded her, but she was fuming inside. I got to stay with him, but his attention was on all the other girls. As soon as I convinced one to leave, another girl joined us. That Ishikawa girl completely ignored my hints to get her to stop bothering him. She patted Touma on the shoulder. "Are you feeling all right?"

"Still nervous senpai," Touma replied, as they pushed open the door to the roof. "I know my friends are up to something." He stepped out onto the roof and the two girls followed. The first thing he noticed was Jason had jumped onto the roof, Kazari and Ruiko landing right behind him. So that's what the package was. Motoharu and Pierce were greeting them, while Accelerator and Hibiki were leaning up against the edge of the roof, watching the others in silence. "Jason, you're back."

"I have returned oh great Kami," Jason said in a grandiose tone. He put his arm across his chest and bowed. "Thank you for giving me a leave of absence. In honor of your generosity, I have brought you a gift." He stepped aside, reached out an arm, and pushed Ruiko forward. She was obviously trying to keep her face passive, but it was slightly red in embarrassment. "I present you this fair maiden so you will not demand my girl as an offering." Touma's mouth fell open in shock, while Motoharu and Pierce had their hands over their mouths, trying to stifle their laughter. Accelerator was watching with an amused look on his face, but Hanabi, Hibiki, and Seria were waiting to see what was going to happen. Before Touma could find his words, Ruiko bowed slightly and spoke up.

"Good morning Lord Kami," Ruiko said, her voice soft, but also determined. "I may be inexperienced, but I hope to serve you well. Please be gentle." Touma's eyes widen under his mask, and blood started running from his nose. There was something about Ruiko, her kind demeanor along with being a normal fun girl, which made what she said extra stimulating to him. His brain immediately turned to some RPGs where the slave girl would serve the master in any way imaginable. The nose blood got worse and he had to wipe it under his mask.

Everyone else burst out laughing.

Motoharu and Pierce fell over laughing, clutching their sides. Jason was leaning up against the roof's edge, unable to support himself. Accelerator was shaking his head, but he had noticed the blood from under Touma's mask. Hibiki and Hanabi laughed, not as loudly as the others, but they couldn't help themselves. They knew it was a joke. Seria pretended to laugh, but she was upset because of how well Ruiko's words affected Touma. Kazari had a hand over her mouth to stifle her giggling as she watched her friend. Even Ruiko was trying to hold back her laughter, but she wasn't able to look up immediately. Her face was still bright red from embarrassment. She finally looked up and smiled kindly at Touma.

"Sorry," she apologized, still smiling. "Kagere-san made me say it."

"Don't believe her," Jason called out. "She was perfectly willing."

"Jason's right," Kazari added and Ruiko's face flushed slightly. Touma looked between them and knew what he had to do.

"I accept your offering Jason," Touma said, gathering his confidence and speaking in a slightly deeper voice. "You may keep the girl behind you." This caused more laughter from his friends.

"We gave up on that kind of talking," Motoharu told Jason at last. "He's been speaking normally to everyone for a while."

"Why didn't you tell me these things ahead of time?" Jason asked, rounding on him.

"You didn't ask."

"Touché."

"How did you get wrapped up in this Ruiko?" Touma asked.

"Kagere came for Uiharu and picked me up too," Ruiko laughed, and told him what had happened. "Hello Hanabi-san, I haven't seen you since the beach trip. How are you?"

"I'm good thank you," Hanabi replied smiling. "Little surprised at how things have turned out. I didn't expect something like when I woke up today." She turned to look at Touma, who had to look away in embarrassment. Ruiko laughed and turned to Seria.

"My name is Ruiko Saten," she said in a friendly tone, reaching out a hand. "It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too Saten-san," Seria said warmly, reaching out and shaking her hand. "My name is Seria Kumokawa. I go to the same school as these guys and I see you are a friend of Kami's. Thank you for taking care of my kohai."

"He helps me a lot more than I can help him," Ruiko responded truthfully. She's so pretty and mature. How can I hope to compete with that? She's even his senpai, so they can see each other daily. Seria may have been acting friendly on the outside, but her thoughts were cool and calculating.

She's always been pretty passive around Kamijou. Something must have happened in England. Damn it, my spy network doesn't reach that far. I need to keep a closer eye on her. I figured Shokuhou would keep the other girls away except for the other level 5s. Has she been slacking?

Ruiko noticed Touma was staring off into the distance, seemingly oblivious to the girl's conversation. She turned her head to see what he was looking at. Kazari and Jason were talking to Hibiki. Looks like Uiharu is formally introducing him. She then saw Motoharu, Pierce, and Accelerator huddled together and whispering in hushed voices. There's Tsuchimikado and Accelerator, the guy with the blue hair has to be Aogami, and they seem to be discussing something. She realized why Touma was staring at them. "Are you worried they are planning something?"

"I know they are planning something," Touma replied dryly. "I'm worried about WHAT they are planning."

"Was it those friends who were the ones who gave you that name in the tournament?" Hanabi asked, smiling slightly. Touma nodded and she giggled.

"Hey Kami," Pierce called out suddenly. "Come over here a second, we need to discuss something important. Kagere, you too. Flirt with your girlfriend later."

Touma sighed, knowing this wasn't going to be good. He joined the other guys, painfully aware the girls were all watching them. "What's happening now?"

"We were just discussing on how to get the news you took over the school single handily," Motoharu explained. "The girls downstairs really want to share their pictures with you online, congratulations on getting all of their phone numbers, we saw the notes in your pocket," Touma grimaced slightly and Motoharu continued. "But we can't guarantee the news will spread fast enough. Got any ideas?"

"Why would I have an idea?" Touma asked incredulously. "I don't even want anyone else to know I'm here." He actually didn't want to participate in the event at all. He was forced to because of the extra credit it provided. What I wouldn't give to just be able to sleep late on a weekend and have nothing bad happen to me.

"Accelerator," Motoharu said. "What do you think?"

"If you want information spread across the city quickly," Accelerator answered. "You probably want to contact the major news station. They have several large screens placed all around the city."

"There's an idea," Pierce muttered. "Think we can call them and convince them this is real?"

"They might not believe us," Motoharu said. "We might need to send them pictures."

"Let's not," suggested Touma.

"Denied."

"How about that?" Jason asked, frowning, pointing into the sky. They all looked up and saw something small far in the distance.

"What is it?" Touma asked, squinting to see what Jason was pointing to. "That's one of those news drones right? For traffic reports and things?"

"That's perfect!" Pierce yelled loudly, causing everyone to jump, including the girls. "Can you bring it here?" Jason looked at Accelerator, who gave a curt nod, and Jason grinned. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Pierce asked, turning to Motoharu.

"Sure am."

Touma's heart sunk as he tried to figure out what they were planning to do with the drone. I bet they want to make an announcement to the news station I'm here. Damn it, why are they making this so complicated for me? It's not like I want a harem… His male mind played him a couple pictures of many girls surrounding him and his face went red under the mask. While he knew he wouldn't act on it, his male brain still liked to betray him. He watched Jason's shadow form his armor again, so Accelerator could throw him toward the drone. When Jason went flying through the air, he heard a gasp and turned around. Kazari had run toward the edge of the roof and was looking out.

"Why did you do that Accelerator-san?" she asked in panic.

"Don't worry," Accelerator reassured her in a bored voice. "He just needed to get that drone." He pointed and everyone turned to watch. A dark spot grew in the distance as Jason's shadow expanded to engulf the drone. After he had grabbed it, his shadow spread out into wings and he glided back down to the school roof. He landed and set the drone down. Touma noticed the drone's motors were still going and it was trying to fly off, which is why Jason didn't remove his shadow from it. Jason opened a hatch, flipped a switch, pushed a button, and then the drone went silent.

"Okay," Jason said, standing up and grabbing his backpack he brought. He pulled out a small computer and connected it to the drone. "Wow, this is complicated. Kazari, can you help me bypass this security?"

"Are we even allowed to?" she asked, leaning over his shoulder and looking at the data. "Isn't this vandalism?"

"Not right now," Jason explained. "We are allowed to break the rules during the event and cause trouble as criminals. Besides, all I want to do is have manual access to the camera and send the news station a story. Please Kazari?" He leaned over kissed her on the cheek, causing her to blush.

"Okay," she agreed, sitting down next to him. "For the record, I don't condone this action, but I know you are going to do it anyways. I can at least make sure there is no lasting damage." Jason smiled and put his arm around her while she worked.

"Now we have a few things to set up by the time they finish getting the camera up," Pierce said, rubbing his hands together. "Accelerator can you get one of the couches from the gym and bring it up here?"

"I guess," he said. He didn't really want to do work, but he was curious of to what his friends were up to. He had an inkling of an idea, but knew Motoharu and Pierce would take it a lot further then his imagination would initially go. He walked over to the edge of the roof and jumped down, landing with a dull thud. Leaving a small crater in the ground, he pushed open the door to the gym. This better be worth my time.

"I'll go down and see if we can get some volunteers," Motoharu said and Pierce gave him a thumbs up. Motoharu ran down the stairs while Touma and the girls watched in confusion. Seria, however, raised an eyebrow.

"Tell me what you guys are planning," Touma demanded. Pierce laughed and put his arm around Touma's shoulders.

"Relax Kami," he said. "You don't have to do anything, just sit back, relax, and leave everything to us."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Touma watched Pierce go over to the bag he brought and unfolded some large pieces of paper.

"I don't trust them," Hibiki said, sliding over next to Hanabi.

"I'm sure it's nothing bad," Hanabi reassured her sister, but she was nervous. Kami is worried, so I don't know what to expect.

"Do you know what's going on?" Ruiko asked Seria. From what she knew about Motoharu, Pierce, Jason, and Accelerator's antics involving Touma, it was going to be something funny, but incredibly embarrassing. At least Uiharu looks happy being next to Jason, but how am I going to get near Touma with everyone around? Stop fretting about it Ruiko, she pinched her arm, relax and go with the flow. If an opportunity presents itself, take advantage of it.

"I think they are planning to make some kind of public service announcement," Seria replied, modifying her tone slightly to make it sound like she was attempting a joke. "They want the information Kami is here to get out."

"Why did they request everyone else not to tell everyone he's at Tokiwadai?" Hanabi asked.

"Most likely they wanted to set everything up before the information was leaked," Seria explained. Ruiko thought about it and agreed her explanation was probably on point. Hanabi and Hibiki looked at each other and shrugged. A thud caused them all to turn around. One of the school's couches was on the roof, Accelerator standing right behind it.

"There you go," he said. "I had to push a couple girls off it, so it took longer."

"You are such a jerk," Hibiki snapped at him. He looked over at her and smirked, which only caused her face to get redder in anger.

"I got the volunteers," Motoharu declared triumphantly, opening the door to the roof. Behind him were four girls, led by Yuna. "Kagere, how's everything going on your end?"

"Looks like everything is working," Jason said, glancing at Kazari who nodded. "She really saved us. It would have taken me much longer to get the set up. Ready to go when you are." Kazari looked pleased at the praise, but also slightly nervous about what she did.

"I'm almost done too," Pierce said, looking up from his writing. "Go ahead and get the star ready." Touma's heart dropped into the pit of his stomach.

I knew this was going to be bad. Such misfortune.

"Okay Kami," Motoharu said, turning to Touma. "You just need to sit in the middle of the couch and spread your arms over the top, like you're relaxing."

"That's it?" Touma asked suspiciously.

"That's it."

Touma didn't trust that it was going to be that easy, but he did what he was told. He could feel all the girl's eyes on him as he sat down. This can't be all to this. Aogami is writing something down, so I bet they want me to say something stupid to the camera. Damn it, I hope no one sees it. Ruiko and senpai are sure to laugh at me. Why did Tsuchimikado bring all those girls up anyway? He looked over at Accelerator, who was leaning up against the edge of the room, grinning broadly. His brain finally made the connection. ARG! For the love of…

"I think having the twins on both arms would be best to start," muttered Motoharu, glancing at the girls and back to the couch.

"Huh?" Hanabi asked, turning toward him in shock.

"Are you crazy?" Hibiki demanded.

Woah, Ruiko thought to herself. It's kind of embarrassing, but I want to be part of it….

"Obviously we can't shoot a video with the Harem King if he isn't surrounded by girls," Motoharu said, as if he was stating the obvious. "I told the others already." He gestured to Yuna and the girls with her. "They all agreed already."

"Yuna," Hanabi asked, turning to her. "You knew about this?"

"Sure did," she replied, grinning. "It sounded like fun, plus I know you want…"

"Ah!" Hanabi cried, interrupting Yuna. "Be quiet!" She took a deep breath, gathered her courage, and sat down right next to Touma. "You okay with this?" she whispered.

"I should be asking you that," Touma muttered. "Sorry for my friends. You don't have to do this if you don't want to."

"No no," Hanabi said quickly, shaking her head. "It's fine."

"Looks like Kami is already flirting," Pierce pointed out and the guys laughed.

"Get going already," Accelerator told Hibiki, rolling his eyes in irritation. "You are going to get roped in regardless how much you protest."

"Don't tell me what to do," Hibiki told him. She looked over at her friends from Tokiwadai, Yuna gave her a nod and Hanabi had a look saying, please go along with it. Hibiki sighed and glared at Accelerator, who had a triumphant look on his face. She sat down next to Touma, not quite as close as Hanabi, and whispered, "You better not try anything funny."

"Let's see," Motoharu continued. "Can you sit next to Hibiki-san and you can sit next to Hanabi-san." The two girls he pointed to agreed quickly and sat down. A girl with short blonde hair, glasses, and a rather large chest sat down on the other side of Hibiki. On the other side of Hanabi sat a girl with long dark brown hair and a slightly less prominent chest. "Perfect," Motoharu said. "Senpai, can you lean up behind his right shoulder and can you," he gestured to Yuna," do the same on the other side. They both nodded and Touma felt them push up against the couch next to him.

"This is exciting," Yuna whispered. "I never dreamed we would get to meet Kami and his friends."

"Careful," Seria said. "He might be nervous with so many girls around him."

Senpai doesn't know the half of it, Touma thought. His heart was beating heavily and all he could think about was the breath of the two girls behind him and the warmth of both girls next to him. If it wasn't for the mask he wore, everyone would see his crimson face. Please don't let Mikoto or Misaki see this. He felt a shiver go down his spine. Mugino too, actually, God, if you are out there, don't let anyone I know see this please. He was so lost in thought, he didn't notice a small girl with flaming red hair sit down on the roof next to him and hang on to this right leg. She looked quite young, so she had to be a first year.

"Saten-san," Motoharu said. "Can you sit on his other side of his legs?"

"Me?" Ruiko asked in shock, pointing to herself.

"Of course," Motoharu explained. "It needs to be balanced."

Yes, she thought to herself, but her face still turned red with embarrassment. She could feel Touma's eyes on her as she walked over and sat down to his left. She took her arms and hung them over his leg, then rested her head on them. The roof was warm from the sun, and Touma's leg was pretty comfortable to her. The girl on his other side smiled at her, and she grinned back, feeling slightly better.

"I think we are set," Motoharu said turning to Pierce. "What do you think?"

"Looks good," Pierce answered, standing up and holding a small stack of papers. "I suppose we could fit one more…"

"Don't even think about it," Jason called out coldly, pulling Kazari close.

"Nah." Motoharu shook his head. "It would ruin the symmetry. Kagere, we need the camera ready."

"On it," Jason replied with a salute and stood up. He carried the drone, which was about the size of a large dog, with his shadow. He set it up in front of Touma's group, and flipped a switch. "Tell me when." Kazari was also standing behind it and gave Ruiko a wave of encouragement.

"Now," Pierce started to explain everything to the ground. "All I'm going to do is hold up these cards and, Kami, you just have to read them. Everyone else, just continue to look pretty."

"Oh no," Touma muttered to himself, and he heard Accelerator's bark like laugh. Several of the girls turned to face him.

"What's wrong?" Ruiko asked.

"Remember that interview?" Touma asked, and the girls nodded. "It's going to be like that." The girl's eyes went wide and they started laughing. It was a muffled laugh though, as they tried to hold it in.

"You should have just said no to this," Hibiki told him, slightly annoyed.

"Yet you are here too," Yuna pointed out in amusement. Hibiki glared at her.

"Lights, camera, action!" Motoharu called out. Jason pressed a button on the drone and Pierce raised the first sign. Touma's eyes widened in horror, as Pierce flipped through the signs, but he couldn't stop talking.

Within five minutes, social media exploded and set forth an unfortunate chain of events that caused all hell to break loose within Academy City.

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Mikoto: What did he say?

Misaki: You can't just leave it like this. I didn't even get a chance to appear.

Mikoto: I didn't get anytime either.

Me: Don't worry you two, I'm sure you will get a chance to shine next chapter.

Touma: The way you say that sounds like something bad is going to happen.

Motoharu: Public service announcement about someone called the Harem King. Nope, nothing could possibly go wrong.

Touma: Such misfortune.

Kazari: Good job Saten-san, keep going.

Ruiko: Keep it down. I don't want the others to hear.

Last Order: Misaka wants to be part of the fun MISAKA whines as MISAKA uses her favorite spoiled child technique.

Accelerator: No.

Worst: Look at Tou-san revealing his lolicon nature.

Pierce: I think he also might be attracted to strong independent older girls.

Last Order: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Worst: HAHAHA!

Accelerator: I'm going to kill you.

Me: Almost forgot again, Saten, you get to do comments next chapter.

Ruiko: Me? Why?

Me: I'm sure you know why.