Welcome dear readers to the fifteenth overall chapter of this fanfic, it's been almost a couple of months but here we are and things are going to get crazy as the events of Project Radio Noise is not the only thing to happen, and to top it off this will be the start of countless clashes between magic and science leading up to WW3, which I have major plans for, so with that said I'll go into some Q & A.
Guest: Touma hasn't lost his ability to attract girls and many will still pine for him, but as far as a harem is concerned it's not happening, this story is strictly ToumaxTamamo and besides Tamamo will immediately shut down any signs of a potential harem anyway, and I'm setting it up to where Tamamo is the only girl he will ever love.
ENDDRAGON369: As far as Othinus is concerned, no, they do have a strong relationship as understanders of one another but by the time she admits defeat she will have seen that Touma and Tamamo's love is strong and unbreaking. As far as Touma being able to destroy Rhongomyniad, if you read NT you would know that Touma managed to destroy Gugnir which is itself a divine instrument, though I doubt destroying the lance itself will affect the Tower binding the normal fate worlds to the Reverse side of the world. As for the mystic eyes he is more likely to suppress their power rather than negate it but that's my look at it, if anyone has their own answers feel free to tell.
Kurt930: yes, Touma will meet Cat and Vitch, along with the rest of the nine, each will play a vital role in testing Touma's love for Tamamo and the greater affects it will have later on.
So in the time I was out I actually managed to come up with an idea of who Accelerators servant will be and you will find out who if you look into these words for context clues
Murder
Family
Guest: I'm not outright revealing Fiamma or God's Right Seat, merely a mention just to add insight to the current state of the world, they will come eventually, I'm not bringing them in so soon, same for any other person or faction.
Well now that all of that is settled you all know the drill, Index/Fate belong to Kamachi and Nasu respectively. On to the story.
Chapter 15: Level 6 Shift and Cultist Invasion
Yet another Summer day graces A Certain High School, but for Touma Kamijou it was the usual misfortune for him, stuck taking remedial classes in order to catch up with his school work and make it to the next grade. He was the only one besides Komoe and his friends Tsuchimakado and Aogami to be in the classroom, of course the two Delta Force members had to take a second batch of remedial classes for failing the first batch, Touma had to bleed into it cause of what he missed due to big cases as of recent.
The minuscule class was then put on a lunch break and the trio of high school boys sat amongst themselves, normally the three of them would be in conversation and debate about different Kinds of girls but Touma to the shock of his two buddies doesn't join such topics anymore, that and the discussion was a different take all together.
"Hey Kami, you hear about the money card rumor?" Tsuchimakado asked.
"Money cards?" Touma inquiries.
"Yeah! Apparently they're scattered throughout all of Academy City in out of way places. Tsuchimakado and I have been searching for them in our spare time!Could you imagine all the gal games we could get with that kind of money?" Aogami exclaimed.
"I think I remember the girls telling me about a judgment case on these, Shirai and Uiharu have been investigating this stuff and what's up with it."
"You and your harem Kami, 4 middle school girls, I see you hang out with an adorable nun, and that banging babe Koyanskaya!!" Aogami spouted.
"Oh for the love of Amaterasu I don't have a harem!!" Touma shouted, unaware of name dropping the origin goddess herself.
"Did you just say Amaterasu Kami? As in the Shinto goddess of the sun? I never took you for a believer but that was really specific." Tsuchimakado pointed out.
Touma reeled back as he mentally whipped himself for such a slip, how did Amaterasu even come to mind in his thoughts?
"Just forget I said that you two, there's nothing to it."
"Oh I see, you want to try and bring the sun goddess herself into your harem, wow, really trying to hit a divine level there Kami, seems even scoring Koyanskaya hasn't stopped Kami Disease. But she's not real, and even if she was you don't have the luck to catch her eye." Tsuchimakado said.
That comment irked the unlucky Kamijou greatly, but he also noted the irony of the statement, Amaterasu was very much real and even though he was extremely unlucky still caught her eye, she even declared she would have sex with him if kept his promise, the thought made him burn up, she had to be kidding, right?
"Anyway, back to the original topic, you know I may just call Shirai and have her confiscate these cards right?" Touma stated trying to subvert the subject.
"Come on Kami, gal games!" Aogami pressed.
"You're not going to convince me, besides I don't need need to play those games anymore."
"You've changed dude, I don't like it, we're supposed to be the Delta Force, but ever since that smoking foxy woman entered your life you're not the same, we want the old Kami back!" Aogami declared.
"Idiots, I'm still me, I just have set priorities now."
The rest of the class went without a hitch, besides Touma's friends giving him a hard look. Once it was done he made his way home, he stepped into his dorm room to find a nice sight before him, Index was sitting in a chair as Tamamo was braiding her hair.
Tamamo wanted Index to try different hairstyles, so Index decided to sport the braided bun Artoria usually had.
"You're such a pretty girl Index, I want to make sure you're as lady like as possible should the time come when there is a boy in your life." Tamamo gushed.
"Tamamo stop! I'm not ready for dating, plus I'm a nun sworn to God." Index said embarrassed.
"The same God who is supposed to show love to his creations yet he left you to be robbed of much of your childhood, honestly Index I would have abandoned my faith a while ago if I were you."
"I firmly believe my faith in the lord is true, I won't believe he would abandon his children." Index said indignantly.
"There's nothing wrong with having a strong faith, it's a matter of being careful who you give it to, and if they can prove to you that it can be upheld." Tamamo said embracing Index from behind after finishing the braid.
"I know God has always looked after me, I believe he's the reason I got to meet you and Touma, I'm always grateful that I get to be with you."
Tamamo gave Index a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm happy to be with you to as well as Touma. I want you too know how much I love you and want nothing but the best for you, ok."
Index looked like she was ready to shed a tear as she hugged Tamamo.
"I love you too." She said happily.
"I'm not interrupting anything am I?"
Both girls looked over to see a smiling Touma just across from them.
"Welcome home Touma, you didn't miss anything, I was merely taking the time to further bond with Index."
"You're certainly taking this mother figure thing seriously, you really look at her as one of your own."
"At this point she may as well be."
The two shared a good laugh as Tamamo brought her thoughts to everything around her. This new life really did grant her not only a husband but a family.
"So, anything new lately?" Touma asked.
"There's a rumor going around about Misaka." Tamamo said.
"Again with the rumors, what about zapper?"
"Apparently people have been seeing double of her around the city, something about clones."
"Clones?"
Tamamo nodded.
"Clones are the science sides equivalent of homunculi." Index pointed out.
"Did you see any Tama?"
"No I have yet to run into one but if this is true something isn't right."
"Well now you got me slightly concerned, we may have to talk about it with zapper herself."
Meanwhile atop a part of the wall surrounding Academy City was an old decrepit man wearing ragged robes and had strange symbols adorning his right arm, holding a staff in the other.
"So many sacrifices, what do you think Gilles?" The man said.
"Yes! So many sacrifices indeed. SO COOOLL!!"
"Great Ones help me how did someone of a more older time period pick up such a speech pattern, and the ordinary populace call the rest of us insane, just begin the reaping, and try not to alert the cities heavy present law enforcement."
"Yes my master, your will shall be done!"
The mad caster Gilles del Re opened his book and read a line.
"Cthulhu fa'tugn."
As that was said slimy tendrils made their way down the wall and spread out through the city.
Tamamo POV:
Tamamo was instantly alerted by the sudden spike of mana, her reaction drew Touma and Index's attention.
"Are you ok Tama?"
"I felt a mana spike just now."
"I did too." Index added.
"Index come with me, Touma you just go meet the girls at the Judgment office."
"But-"
"Don't argue just go!" Tamamo said sternly.
"Please be careful." Touma pleaded.
Touma POV:
As the girls went to investigate a possible magic side issue Touma made his way to the 177th branch of Judgment's office.
"Kamijou! What a surprise to see you here, is something wrong?" Uiharu asked.
"You guys heard about the whole Misaka clone thing right?"
Konori walked up to them hearing what they were talking about.
"I've heard stories about level 5 clones a long time ago. There was a facility that was home to cloning technology that would be used in an attempt to mass produce level 5's."
"Sounds like Academy City, and it's definitely a rumor Saten has been sinking her teeth into." Touma said.
"How's Tamamo doing Kamijou?" Uiharu asked.
"She's currently doing some stuff at the moment, well let zapper know I want to talk to her ok."
"Will do!"
"Take care of yourself." Konori said.
Tamamo POV:
As Touma visited Judgment Tamamo and Index were tracking the direction of the mana spike.
"Index, can you get a read on what the magic is."
"I can tell it's ritualistic, but I can't seem to get a bead on much more."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
They heard a loud scream of a woman coming from a nearby alley way and rushed to the scene. What they saw disturbed them both.
Attacking the woman was a black mound of flesh, eyes, mouths and tentacles that quickly snatched the woman up and bit her in half leaving the lower body to hit the ground in a bloody heap. Index nearly gagged but Tamamo rubbed her back to keep her calm.
Before Tamamo could dispatch the creature it slid its way into the sewage system disappearing from sight.
"You have to be kidding me, that creepy madman is around?!" Tamamo yelled.
"Who are you talking about?" Index asked as she clung to Tamamo in fear.
"Someone I would never want you to run into…ever."
"That thing reminded me of a Shoggoth, but I thought they were just a story."
Tamamo held the shaking nun close and emitted heat and some sunlight from her body to sooth Index, it worked.
"Come on, let's go home and relax for a bit, we don't want to stick around longer since Anti Skill heard the noise."
True enough Anti Skill arrived to see the half corpse and needless to say an order was put out for every student to stay indoors as of then, and that any transits throughout the city must have an armed personnel with them, also curfew will be further enforced with any youth or suspicious looking individuals being caught out at night will immediately be put under suspicion and arrested for interrogation purposes.
Touma POV:
The new day rolled around and Touma hadn't gotten any sleep last night, when he came home yesterday he found Tamamo cuddling a frightened Index, she explained to him what happened and he only felt more worried for what was to come. That night Tamamo requested he take the futon while she let Index sleep with her so she won't have a nightmare.
Needless to say the thought of yet another two front situation if the clone rumor was true kept him from proper sleep, that and he missed being cuddled by Tamamo.
A Certain High School:
"Man Kami you look like crap!" Tsuchimakado said as he slapped Kamijou on the back.
"Did you finally bang Koyanskaya, I bet she was wild in the sheets to keep you up at night." Aogami added.
"I didn't do anything with Tama you moron.
Suddenly he felt his chair get pulled out from under him and he fell to the floor where he was met with a barrage of punches, kicks and pile drives from Tsuchimakado and Aogami.
"What did I say?!" Touma yelled.
"You have no right to say that when you're always with her everyday after school. Seriously we never see you two apart." Aogami yelled.
"My classroom has turned into a rumble pit!" Komoe whined.
After remedial classes were done he made his way home and coincidentally his escort per Anti Skill instruction for today was Yomikawa. They ended up running into Ruiko and Artoria along the way with there escort who happened to be Yomikawa's partner Yoshikawa, the two co workers/friends took a moment to talk while their charges did the same,
"Hey Kamijou!" Saten called out.
"Greetings." Artoria followed up.
"Hey it's good to see you Saten, you as well Artoria." He said tiredly.
"You look like crap." Saten comments only for Artoria to pinch her cheek and pull.
"Saten, such a thing is rude to say."
"Ok I'm sawy ooww!!" Saten cried.
"What ales you Touma?" Artoria asked.
"Saten you know of the clone rumor right?" Touma asked.
"Actually it's true, we ran into a girl who looked exactly like Misaka sometime ago, she had a pair goggles on her head and had a weird speech pattern referring herself in the third person, there's no mistaking it." Saten explained.
"Misaka never told us she had clones, I wonder why?" Artoria asked.
"I feel like she wouldn't want anyone to know at all." Touma deduced.
"Is there anything else?" Artoria questioned further.
Touma would then explain Tamamo's and Index's situation. It seemed Artoria had sensed the same thing as well.
"We'll be sure to inform you of anything we find on the matter." Artoria said.
"Thank you, and be careful."
"Count on us Kamijou!"
Academy City switchyard, 9:00 at night:
The train yard was quiet not even a high security presence, however that didn't deter one individual from being out past the new curfew regulations. It was a scrawny albino teen with a androgynous appearance. Despite current instructions Anti Skill personnel were told to stay out of a specific spot, a spot where the albino was currently walking. Seemingly unknown to the albino teen someone was watching him, a girl who looked like the spitting image of a certain electro master who wore an advanced set of Electron goggles.
The girl pulled out a case and opened it to reveal a large assault rifle with a sniper type scope attached, she took it and went into a firing position, little did she know something was crawling it's way towards her. She gauged every measure from distance to wind speed, until she finally open fired on the albino only for the bullets to be halted just shy of hitting him, and get redirected back at their attacker destroying the gun in the process.
The albino made their way up to confront the assailant only to find a puddle of blood and no body to his confusion and frustration.
"What the hell, another clone bites it before I can do anything!"
Meanwhile watching the whole ordeal happen was none other than Mikoto Misaka herself, she was speechless, she just bore witness to her now confirmed multitude of clones, her 'sisters' get killed in cold blood but not from the albino, but from something else. Either way she felt rage and wanted to dish it out on the one who was going for his own slaughter fest.
Misaka shot a volt of electricity, the attack did nothing and struck the metal shipping containers near him which caught his attention, she didn't care though wanting nothing more than to make the boy pay. She stepped a good 10 meters away from the boy and summoned a large portion of her power to create iron sand hurricane which dispersed into hundreds of iron sand chainsaw blades surrounding the albino.
"Interesting, this quite the armory you made here. Did one of you take up sword making?"
Misaka didn't bother to listen as she aimed all the blades at him and fired in unison. However the iron sand was instantly dispersed just as quickly as it was launched at him leaving him unharmed.
"Nice trick you've got there, making swords out of iron sand through magnetism, but once you understand how it's done it's nothing special.
Misaka was befuddled, she threw hundreds of blades at him and they did nothing! The only person who could dispel her abilities was Kamijou so how?
She grew frustrated as she began to charge up more electricity into a powerful electromagnetic field picking up anything metal from girders to pipes and railings.
"That's a lot of power, are you…?"
He didn't finish as all the objects Misaka gathered was sent his direction. The albino boy looked bored as the objects bounce off him and redirected back at Misaka, all of them strewn about the ground, Misaka was left in utter shock.
"Oh I get it now, I was wondering what this was since it wasn't on schedule. You. You're the original.
The albino started walking closer and closer.
"The clones were supposed to take the originals place, but if I fight you, that would considerably lower the number of lame combat scenarios I have to run through. But for some reason a lot of the clones I was supposed to fight including this one were killed before I could get my hands on them!!"
"What are you talking about?" Misaka asked in alarm
"Somewhere along the lines clones I was supposed to defeat suddenly started dying before I could reach them, something is interfering with the project and it's pissing me off!! I already complained to the bozos behind this clown show about it and they are doing what they can to remedy the situation."
"And you're forthcoming with this why!?"
"You're a dead girl anyway so why not."
"Why would you go along with this project at all?!" Misaka shouted.
"Can we just fight?" The boy asked bored.
"Answer me! You've got serious power, they can't force you to do anything so why participate in this insanity? What could she have done to deserve this?!"
Before the two could argue further they were interrupted by a squishy slimy noise coming from all around them as eldritch starfish looking beings started converging on the two espers.
"Disgusting, what the hell are these things?! Is this another trick of yours third rate!"
"Trust me when I say this is not me." Misaka responded as her ability began sparking.
The creatures let out a collective screech before lunging at their victims only to be cut down by an iron sand saw blade, meanwhile the albino just stood there as the creatures swarm and enveloped him only to be shredded by his ability, but what confused him was they were dispersed into particles of light, and they ran on unknown vectors. He then tapped his foot to the ground causing it to erupt with rubble to kill the remainder, dust envelopes the area.
However more eldritch creatures come out, each one bigger than the other.
"Hey third rate, you ever heard of a dust explosion?"
Misaka's eyes went wide hearing that question.
"A phenomenon where dust particles in the air create the ideal conditions for combustion! You don't mean-!"
"I would run if I were you, or stay and get blown up, either way I don't care."
He began to laugh like a maniac as he raised his arms while Misaka hightailed it out of there sending up a wall of iron sand for extra protection, as a massive explosion went off killing all the creatures in the blast as Misaka was sent flying before landing on the ground, she coughed a bit before she stood back up and ran.
Meanwhile the albino boy walked out of the smoke coughing and covering his nose and mouth.
"Well, it seems those freak shows actually damn near put me on the verge of death, I'm not gonna risk that again, guess the rumor that I can survive a nuke is false."
Mikoto POV:
As Misaka ran she was eventually caught with the sight of one of the sisters.
"Combat outside of the project could lead to unknown errors in the computational predictions says Misaka, this should stop now as the experiment is already facing issues."
The original then turned around and saw a sight she wished she could unsee. Standing behind her was dozens of clones of herself all sporting Tokiwadai uniforms and Electron goggles. They all had their goggles lowered to their eyes to vocalize that they are not human blocking the eyes that were windows to their souls.
"Especially since big sister is a level 5…"
"To skew from combat would be considerable…"
"Rather than shortening the scheduled time…"
"…the very project itself…"
"…would be at further risk of being ruined."
"Further more, Misaka has…"
"…in anticipation of specific experiments yet to come…"
"…received specific programming…"
"…and any alterations to the project would be difficult explains Misaka simply."
"Good bye then big sister."
The sisters then dispersed leaving Misaka alone to fall to her knees wondering her next course of action she also needed to warn the Kamijou residence about the creatures, they were way too alien to be a science experiment gone wrong, not counting the AIM burst she fought before.
"I never did find out why Accelerator wanted to do this, damnit!"
Misaka once more got up and ran out of the train yard evading Anti Skill who was coming on scene.
Kamijou residence:
Ten thirty at night and Kamijou still had a hard time sleeping, even though Tamamo was once more with him after ensuring Index wasn't completely messed up from seeing a woman get eaten by a monster.
"Can't sleep still?" Tamamo asked.
"It's become harder for me to even now, everything is turning upside down and who knows what is in store."
"Like we vowed we would handle these problems together, I know we're in frightening times but that shouldn't be reason for you to become an insomniac."
"Sorry for making you worry Tama." Touma lamented closing his eyes, he then felt a weight set on him as he opened them to see Tamamo lying on top of him smiling.
"I worry because I love you, and that's never gonna change, so please relax, everything will turn out, it's just a matter of when it will happen."
"Tama."
She leaned down and kissed him and he let her as the two went into a make out session which lasted until Touma finally went to sleep and Tamamo followed.
Mikoto POV:
Morning came and Mikoto found herself on a bench, the same bench where Touma lay Index that one night and officially found out about the greater mysticism of the world. It was odd though as Anti Skill should have put her into custody upon seeing her sleeping out in the open, where were they at? She would ponder it until she heard footsteps approach her, and found it to be Shinobu Nunotaba, they crossed paths at one point when she was developing a project called Testament.
"Long time no see, I thought I spotted a delinquent sleeping out in the open all night on this bench, the strings I had to pull in order to keep authorities off you, honestly."
Academy City sewers:
Meanwhile in the city sewer systems a fight broke out as various underground Skill Out members were being slaughtered by the decrepit cultist, despite being peppered by gunfire he was protected by a barrier with purple symbols floating about.
"Gafg'th et ylevro ig."
He spoke in a completely obscure tongue which sent ripples into the floor as specific spots opened up below the Skill Out thugs turning into mouths which shot out tendrils grasping the panicked victims who begged for their lives before getting ripped in half and swallowed. Ethereal energy leaving their physical forms making their way to a cube in the old man's left hand which opened up to reveal a bright glowing core, the sound of endless torment and madness rang from it which was now joined by two more souls.
"Soon, he will be summoned." The old man ominously said.
Kamijou Residence:
As Tamamo was cleaning the dorm room with Index while Touma was at school she felt a presence up on the roof.
"Index, stay here please, I'll be back in a sec, Pickles! Go play with Index, you to Sphinx."
The two pets yip and meow respectively as they go to the nun. Tamamo went out the front door and immediately made her way to the rooftop where she was surprised by who she saw.
"Astolfo?!"
"Yo Tamamo! It's been a while, to think I would find you here but I guess it shouldn't surprise me, l already met up with a lot of old acquaintances of both the red and black factions from the great holy grail war. I'll tell you what when I ran into Mordred in Italy she was picking a fight with this big muscle man who wielded a giant mace, Aqua I think he called himself, man he was giving the knight of rebellion a run for her money those two fought for hours, that Aqua guy had to leave though when he got word that Vatican City was under attack, I got to talk to Mordred for a bit but she said she didn't have the time as she ran off to chase him, I think she wants to settle the score with the guy." Astolfo rambled.
"Rambunctious as ever she is, if she makes her way here into Academy City she will flip if she finds Artoria." Tamamo stated.
"The king of knights is here as well?! Where can I find her? Tell me where!!" Astolfo squealed.
"Calm down, I can take you to her but I need you to answer some questions first."
Astolfo's excitement died down as he cleared his throat.
"Ok ask away."
"First off what brings you here?" Tamamo started.
"Well I've been tracking a mage alongside caster Gilles del Re for over a week now and the trail ended here."
Tamamo's eyes widened, it seems her assessment regarding the creatures origin was correct.
"Well, your right on the mark Gilles is definitely somewhere here in the city, and I'm guessing he is contracted to someone?" Tamamo asked.
"Yep, the guys a cultist mage, he and the the wack job caster have been killing people and taking their souls, what for, I haven't a clue but I did find something they accidentally left behind on a piece of parchment."
"This is bad, there's so many people living within the city walls it would basically be a giant slaughter farm, though it seems Gilles didn't bother to clean up his messes thoroughly cause now the law enforcement has doubled down on things, not that they can actually do anything against the supernatural outside of espers." Tamamo said as she began to worry.
"All the more reason we need to stop them." Astolfo said.
"Well since your here how about you rest for a bit so we can discuss plans." Tamamo offered.
"Got a place I can settle down for a bit?"
"Just a couple of floors below us is a room I'm staying in."
Tamamo led Astolfo to the dorm room she lived in and ushered him inside. Needless to say Index was surprised to see a new person come in.
"Index, this is Astolfo, Astolfo, this is Index." Tamamo introduced.
"Astolfo? As in one of the twelve paladin knights of Charlemagne?" Index asked.
"That would be me, a pleasure to meet you Index." Astolfo said.
"But, Astolfo died ages ago, if you're really him, how are you here, also I never knew you had such a feminine appearance, from what I read you just cross dressed… a lot."
"It's true I prefer to wear women's clothes but as for how I'm here, that is a bit complicated, not even Tamamo knows." Astolfo shrugged. He then noticed the young nuns hair style.
"Say, you got the same style as Artoria, you a fan of the king of knights?"
"What do you mean king of knights?" Index asked puzzled.
"Artoria is King Arthur Index." Tamamo said.
"HUUHH!!" Index gasped.
"Like Astolfo said it's complicated and I nor him have a definite answer."
Index had a hard time grasping the things she was hearing, dead legends back from the dead, King Arthur was a young woman the whole time, despite having the knowledge of all known grimoirs in her head none of this made sense. After a bit of thought she wandered her mind back to her discussion with Aisa about Tamamo.
"Um, Tamamo, can I ask you something…in private?" Index asked nervously.
Tamamo was confused for a bit then nodded her head and asked Atolfo to wait in the bathroom for a moment which he agreed. The two were then left to silence, Tamamo waited to hear what Index had to say, though she was worried since the nun refused to look her in the eye, then she spoke.
"Tamamo, who are you exactly?"
Tamamo's eyes widened slightly, it dawned on her that Index didn't know a thing about her past.
"Are you…Tamamo no Mae?" Index finally asked.
Tamamo didn't answer right away, she could hear the nervousness in Index's voice, and it frightened her, what would Index think of her?
"Tell me!!" Index snapped.
"Yes Index, I am…Tamamo no Mae." Tamamo said softly.
Index's eyes went wide as she proceeded to slowly back away from Tamamo as Aisa's words resonated in her head fueling her with doubt and distrust.
'She's not unlike a trickster.'
"Index?"
The nun in training snapped out of her thoughts when Tamamo called her name in worry.
"Are you ok?"
"What do you care?" Index said darkly.
Tamamo reeled back hearing that, where was this coming from?
"Is this all just an act, due you genuinely love us or are you just tricking us, lulling us into a false sense of security!?"
"Index…listen, calm down I do love you-"
"How can I tell, I know the legend of Tamamo no Mae!"
Hearing that alarmed Tamamo greatly.
"Index, I'm nothing like my legend portrays, I never wanted that to happen." Tamamo stuttered.
"Like I said I don't know if you're tricking me, and you're supposed to be dead, you've brought misfortune to every place you've been, killed every man you slept with. ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE TOUMA YOUR NEXT VICTIM, ARE YOU JUST PLAYING WITH HIS HEART, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH, YOU HAVEN't EVEN TOLD HIM YOUR PAST HAVE YOU!!!"
"I wouldn't dream of harming Touma I love him he's my husband, please Index you have to listen to me!!" Tamamo cried as her eyes began to tear up.
"Stay away from me!!" Index shouted.
Her overwhelming emotion caused her to inadvertently activate John's Pen Mode and she sent out a mana blast which hit a shocked Tamamo sending her slamming into the wall leaving cracks in the drywall.
Index managed to calm down de-powering in the process and proceeded to run out of the room, meanwhile Tamamo just sat up from where she was but she sported an empty expression on her face.
Unknown to her Astolfo had actually witnessed the whole scene through a slight opening he made in the door and stepped out when the heat died down.
He then made his way to Tamamo with a sad expression on his face, he wanted to say something.
"Leave me." Tamamo whispered.
Astolfo only nodded and made his way out the door, he didn't leave though since he was worried about her and merely stood by the door.
Index POV:
Index ran and didn't look back, she was confused, angry and sad, the one who had become something of a mother to her was a malevolent demon, there was no Anti Skill presence anywhere despite the security measures taken but she was to unfocused to realize a massive people clearing field was set up.
"Well now, what do we have here?" Said a crazed voice.
Index looked over to see a robed man standing before her with a book in hand, she began to slowly back peddle.
"Now now my dear, no need to be afraid of me, in fact I am elated to find you miss Index." Caster Gilles said as his eyes bobbed around in different directions unnaturally.
"You see there is a certain book in your head that me and my master need for our summoning ritual, and you will have a front row seat, it will be so cool!!"
Tendrils shot from the ground and grabbed Index who screamed in panic.
Touma POV:
Touma had just got done with his remedial class and was now just coming up to his dorm, he didn't have an Anti Skill escort though, it was like all personnel disappeared. Weirder still the streets were devoid of people, he was starting to have a bad feeling wash over him and quickly ran to his dorm.
After taking the elevator up he walked his way to his room when he spotted someone standing outside his door, the pink haired individual was of a very feminine appearance and even wore a school girls sailor uniform but Touma had the sneaking suspicion this was a guy.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" Touma asked.
Astolfo looked his way and gave a small wave.
"Names Astolfo, what's yours?"
"Touma Kamijou."
"So your Tamamo's husband."
"You know her?" Touma asked surprised.
"Yeah, but I can't really explain right now, she's gonna need you big time right now." Astolfo stated.
Hearing that Touma quickly went into his room and found Tamamo sitting up against a cracked wall.
"Tama!!"
Touma quickly knelt down to her and put his hands gently on her shoulders.
"Tama are you ok? What happened here, where is Index?"
Tamamo looked at him as tears began to form in her eyes.
"Touma." She whispered.
"Shh, it's ok, it's gonna be ok Tama." Touma whispered as he embraced her.
"She hates me." Tamamo said solemnly.
"Who?" Touma asked.
"Index."
Touma stiffened as he held Tamamo close as she started crying.
"Tell me everything."
Windowless Building:
Aleister watched through his security feeds all the events unfolding, one footage showed a number of Misaka clones fighting oncoming eldritch monstrosities while Accelerator was going on a rampage in the streets over the disruption of Project Radio Noise and threatened the scientists behind it for for solutions to the current pest problems, meanwhile Mikoto had begun to attack cloning facilities, added to the factor of an unknown in level zero Ruiko Saten and her new companion snooping about using judgment as a backing through her hacker friend, as much as he hated to admit it, things were coming into a state of disarray, and something needed to be done, it was time to coordinate damage control plans.
AN: And that does it for this chapter. Things aren't looking to good from any stand point, how will things be resolved, is there still hope or will there be nothing but despair death and madness, find out next.
Next chapter: Hunt For Answers
See ya!!