AN: I"M NOT DEAD!
Okay, that's not funny considering the state of the world right now. Speaking of which, PLEASE stay safe! Have a healthy diet, get enough sleep, DON"T touch your face or anybody else for that matter, and wash your hands thoroughly!
Sorry for that little PSA, I just want you all to be safe!
So, enough of the rambling, I've been gone for too long, so I won't keep y'all waiting, let's just dive on in! Just a heads up, I'm so sorry if this chapter makes no sense, my deepest apologies for that.
!Disclaimer! I do not own A Certain Scientific Railgun or any of it's characters, the series and characters belong to Kazuma Kamachi. I just own this fanfiction's idea and my OC's metioned in this story.
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"So...I'm starting up my Judgement duties tomorrow." Kuroko said to the group calmly. Although Kuroko had previously thought about waiting until next week to tell the squad about her Judgement duties starting up, at the time when she initially thought that, Konori hadn't actually told her she would be working through the day time again.
But Konori gave her that order last night, so, might as well get this show on the road.
"Really? That's great!" Uiharu exclaimed. "I'm so happy we can finally work together again!"
The four girls were sitting in the same booth as they were the previous day with the same seating arrangements. Saten and Uiharu were sharing a bench seat while Kuroko and Mikoto shared the other seat. Absentmindedly, Misaka had been inching closer and closer to the tawny haired teleporter, and if she had noticed she wouldn't have cared.
Although someone else noticed.
Uiharu had suddenly begun squirming in her seat, her shoulders were shaking and she was biting her lip while Kuroko went into detail about the situation with Judgement.
Then out of nowhere, Uiharu slapped Saten's hands away from somewhere underneath the table.
"Saten! I told you to stop doing that!." Uiharu shouted out.
Saten laughed. "OK, okay I'll stop, it's just so funny to see you like this though." Saten giggled.
"You said you would stop doing it the last time, and it's not funny!" Uiharu cried, shoving her clenched fists into her lap in a defensive position.
"Alright, I promise this time." Saten said with a lazy smirk and an eye-roll.
Misaka just stared in confusion after the situation unfolded completely, her eyes shifting between the two girls with a questioning glare.
When the level 5 Esper turned her head she was greeted with the adorable sight of Kuroko's head cocked to the side, obviously confused just as much as she was.
"What was that about?" Kuroko asked, curiosity lacing through her voice.
Even though Misaka would have liked to have stared at Kuroko's adorable antics for a little bit longer, she also turned to the two raven haired girls, narrowing her eyes at the pair. "Yeah, what did you do to annoy her Saten?" Mikoto asked her friend, because it's very rare that Uiharu would ever get so agitated to yell at someone.
A slight blush came across Saten's face as sweat beaded on her forehead. She rubbed her hand on the back of her neck, giving Uiharu a sheepish look while said girl gave her a glare.
"Well I-" Saten quietly started.
"Hello again, what can I get you all today?" A timid voice called out, crashing like a wave onto the squad's conversation.
The four of them turned the heads to be greeted by a familiar face.
Saten visibly relaxed, slumping in her seat and letting out a relieved sigh.
It was the male waiter from the previous day and he stood there patiently, awaiting the girls orders.
Mikoto wouldn't have clenched her teeth and fists, she wouldn't have tensed up protectively.
But she did. Because he was staring at her. At Kuroko.
She sat there glaring at him as he raked his eyes up and down Kuroko's small body as he took Uiharu, Saten and Kuroko's orders.
The only thing that brought her out of her angry stupor was a high pitched, quick yelp from her left.
She quickly turned to see Kuroko cradling her hand pouting at Mikoto, giving her a puppy look.
"I didn't even do anything, why did you shock me?' Kuroko said quietly.
"Oh my god, Kuroko, I- I am so sorry! I have no idea what came over me!" Mikoto said apologetically.
Again?!
And she really didn't know what had made her electrocute Kuroko. She knew she was jealous, she was still a bit embarrassed about it, but she knew that she was jealous.
But she could usually control her electricity pretty well. Sure, she shocked Kuroko a lot- or, well, she used to. But she hadn't even thought about shocking her as she hadn't tried anything in over a year. Even then that thought made her dip her head low in guilt.
That's the second time this week that I've accidentally shocked her, jeez get a grip Misaka.
Kuroko cocked her head, making it seem like she could hear Misaka's thoughts.
"It's okay, Misaka, if you didn't mean to, than it was an accident, it's okay, I'm fine." Kuroko said in an understanding tone.
As Misaka sunk into her pool of guilt, she quietly gave the boy her order.
"Okay, I'll be back in a short while." The waiter said with a small smile.
"Hey, it's okay, I know you didn't mean to." Kuroko said quietly to her friend, noticing her guilty look.
"Still, I'm really sorry." Misaka said, bowing her head.
"Hey, if you two lovebirds are done, we have something to tell you." Saten said with a smile.
"L-lovebirds?!" Kuroko said quickly, a dark blush coming across her face.
She looks so adorable when she's blushing...
Wait- did Saten say lovebirds?!
"Uh..." Misaka said, her face burning as she tried to think of something to say.
"Yes, lovebirds. It's so cute though so you can continue the cute act." Saten said smugly.
Misaka just blushed intensely.
"Well what did you want to say?" Misaka said trying to change the subject and recover from her intense blushing.
"Well..." Saten trailed off as she slowly raised her hand that was tightly intertwined with Uiharu's smaller one.
"We're dating!" Uiharu exclaimed cheerfully, flashing her two shocked friends a blinding smile.
Misaka's jaw practically dropped to the floor. Kuroko just cocked her head to the side doing her, now, trademark puppy look and gave the raven haired pair a lopsided smile.
"It's about time you two!" She said smugly.
Saten and Uiharu just deadpanned at Kuroko, giving her a sly and knowing look.
"W-what did I say?" Kuroko said worriedly.
That question was left unanswered as Misaka decided it was a good time to speak up. "I'm so happy for you guys, when did you start dating?" Misaka said, offering her support.
The pair looked at each other affectionately, "About a month ago..." Uiharu trailed off.
"A month?!" Misaka and Kuroko exclaimed. So much for unconfessed love.
"Yeah...we wanted to ride it out and see how things went, and if they went smoothly we would tell you." Saten said.
The raven haired pair stared at their other two friends, awaiting their input to the conversation.
"Either way, we are happy for you two." Kuroko said, flashing her friends with a blinding smile.
The not-so-new couple blushed at the acceptance of their closest friends and fell into more comfortable conversation.
The whole time Misaka was spaced out, swimming in her thoughts.
How can they do that so easily? How can they just be so at ease? Of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with single sex relationships, I mean, I'm bisexual for gods sake but-
Woah.
Th-that was-
That was the first time she had thought that word for word.
I'm bisexual.
Yeah! I'm bisexual!
Sure, saying it (thinking it) made her feel a bit more reassured. The new discovery of her identity still surprised her though because a mere 24 hours ago she was straight, or at least she was having a suspicion that she wasn't straight at the time.
"Sissy? Your food is here." Kuroko called out, pulling Misaka out of her thoughts and into reality by nudging her shoulders.
"Oh, yeah, um thank you." She said sheepishly to the waiter.
"It's all good, is there anything else I can get you ladies?" He asked politely. He was still staring at Kuroko though, and it wasn't sitting well with Misaka.
Back off Misaka, he's just doing his job, and he just so happens to be only looking at Kuroko.
She would have listened to her thoughts, honest to god, but when he bid a goodbye after getting no response, he slipped a piece of paper to Kuroko.
Misaka felt her eye twitching but she just bit the inside of her cheek, and glared at her sandwich.
"Ooooooh, what is it Kuroko?" Saten said with a suggestive smirk on her face.
But instead of a verbal answer, Kuroko's eyes widened to the size of saucers and a dark crimson crept up onto her cheeks.
"I-" The small girl started.
"I'll be right back!" She shouted. "Can you look after my bag please Mikoto?" She asked, looking at her through her eyelashes.
"Of course!" She answered quickly, a little too quickly.
Kuroko handed her bag and quickly dashed to the back of the diner, out of sight.
Misaka stared at the now empty seat next her, a burning question dying on her tongue.
What could've been written on that note to make Kuroko Shirai react like that?
'Hey, me and Hibiki, I understand that you've met him? We need you to meet us out the back, we found another lead.
If anyone from the kitchen asks what you're doing going through to the back, just say you know me, they'll let you through.'
Kuroko hastily stepped through the doors, sweat drops forming on her forehead.
But when she stepped further into the obviously empty alleyway, she felt stupid for being in such a rush to leave the table.
What had she been expecting? Some dramatic scene to play out before her? Or an interrogation?
At this point in time she honestly had no idea anymore.
"Ah, there you are Ko-chan." She heard from the diner's back door.
She deadpanned. Of course, she should have expected this idiot, he was the one who had been serving them. She mentally face palmed because how did she not connect the dots from that?
She sighed, turning to face her companion.
"Hi Yuki." She greeted. Yuki bent down to her height and she did the same thing she always did whenever he bent to her level.
"OW! Ko-chan is so mean to me!" Yuki complained, putting his hand over the his forehead where Kuroko had flicked it, whining and putting on a show.
"You should've learnt your lesson the first time you did that, you idiot." and although the words themselves had bite, Kuroko's tone betrayed what she said, as she was clearly amused but still fond over the boy.
Naoyuki Kokororiki was Kiyoshi Kokororiki's little brother, being considered one of the secondary leaders in his older brother's little organisation. He was a year younger than Kiyoshi and two years older than Kuroko.
He was tall, about 5'10, he wasn't deeply tanned, but he wasn't what you would consider pale either, a nice medium in between. He was fit and well built despite being lean and was very strong. He had very dark black hair that was in a blue-ish hue and fell in messy, untamed curls and it was an acceptable length. His hair was tip dyed in an electric blue, creating a nice contrast with his palate.
He had heterochromia, one brown eye with hazel flecks and the other was a deep gold mixed with a copper. They were beautiful eyes, always filled with emotion, be either mischief or happiness. And speaking of mischief, despite being a cheerful, honest and generally positive person, he was rather rebellious, and pretty cheeky. But he was a good person, trustworthy and reliable.
Kuroko liked him as soon as Kiyoshi introduced her to the small team, he was just easy to get along with. The whole team were her Senpai's, (obviously as she was the youngest in Kiyoshi's little group.) they were like the big siblings that she never got, especially Yuki.
Right now, he had changed out of his waiter's uniform and was in a plain white shirt, a black jacket, black ripped jeans, black shoes, and his gloves.
There reason as to why he wore these and why they were so important, it was because of his Esper ability. His ability was Side Arm and the gloves kept his veins from being exposed when he was repelling electrical attacks, reducing his chances of electrocuting himself while engaged in combat. They were made of a black leather, and synthetic rubber, and you could fold the fingers of the gloves to where the back of his hands were, making them finger-less, so they were still functional, but fashionable too.
"Shirai-san, it's good to see you again." Kuroko heard someone call out from behind her.
She didn't even need to turn around to know that it was Hibiki, even after only having one other hasty interaction with him, she already felt pretty familiarised with him.
But she did turn around to greet him and she was a little surprised at the sight she saw.
Now that she could look at him without the worry of being fried, she could analyse all the details.
He was a little bit shorter than Yuki, but had a good few inches on Kuroko's outstanding height of 4'11. She also noticed how he was also pretty well built but similar to Yuki, he was also on the leaner side. His brown hair was actually rather straight and tidy, swooped over and styled so that his fringe was on one side of his face. and now that she was focusing on analysing, she noticed that his eyes were a lighter brown than she had thought, more on the reddish, copper side. They were very reflective, the various lights hitting them from different angles creating this effect that they were very bright, pools of liquid copper.
He was wearing light blue washed jeans, a pale yellow sweatshirt that stopped just above his forearms and it was layered over a green and black flannel shirt that went a little bit past where the sweatshirt ended, and it's collar was peaking out underneath the sweatshirt. He was also wearing what looked to be the same beat up sneakers from last night, along with a black side bad slung over his shoulders.
The previous night when Kuroko initially met him, he looked like a delinquent. Now, he looked like an artsy student, soft, definitely not the type of person you'd think would posses such a destructive power as Pyrokinesis.
"You don't have to call my last name Hibiki. You let me call you by your first name, so you can call me Kuroko." The teleporter replied with a smile.
He returned her polite smile and shook her hand firmly, "It's good that we can meet properly on more friendly terms, huh?" He said. Kuroko laughed at that. "My full name is Hibiki Takasu, an I'm a close friend of the Kokororiki brothers." He introduced.
"You can call her Ko-chan too!" Yuki interrupted.
"If Kuroko's okay with that?" Hibiki said with a cocked eyebrow and amused smirk.
"Everyone at the base calls me that, so I don't mind." Kuroko said, throwing a playful glare at Yuki, to which he laughed at and stick his tongue out at her.
You wouldn't think, if you saw these three interacting out in public, that they were involved with a dark and twisted situation, holding the fate of everyone's futures in their hands. You would think that they were a group of friends.
But despite how the people involved were positive and carefree people, they knew when they had to put on a serious front, because what they were involved in was not a fun game of villains and heroes.
It was a game of life and death, and they needed to win.
This was serious.
"Okay, enough of the casual exchanges, we need to get serious." Yuki said, bringing his laughter to a halt and quickly putting a serious expression on his face.
Kuroko and Hibiki turned and put on their own determined and serious faces, listening intently.
"After the little stunt you two pulled last night you pulled a little bit of attention to that area."
Kuroko was about to bow her head in an apology, but Yuki raised his hand in front of her, as if he knew she was about to apologise.
"Kuroko don't apologise, the attention wasn't unwanted. Whoever's trying to infiltrate city is taking their time for whatever reason, but they aren't covering up their tracks. We don't know if they're doing it on purpose, but they left behind a digital footprint."
"Wait hold up, a digital footprint? Where, how? You said our stunt attracted their attention, how did that-!" Kuroko started.
"Ko-chan, you need to let me finish my sentences. Anyways, they've been snooping through security footage." Yuki said.
"And how are you sure of this?" Kuroko asked.
"You know the chip Kiyoshi gave you? The receipts of plane tickets and equipment?" Kuroko nodded. "The ID is the same as the buyer on that chip." Yuki finished.
"And what kind of a lead is that?" Kuroko answered.
"Well, it seems that they're looking for something, and if the receipts mean anything then this little organization of theirs is huge, and worldwide. And the plane ticket receipts said that the passengers were landing in Tokyo on the 20th of June. It's the 17th of May now, that's not that far, so we haven't got that long to figure out what they're up to." Yuki said worriedly.
"What could they possibly want to do in Academy City?" Hibiki thought aloud.
"That's the problem! When Kiyoshi stumbled upon these people and assumed they were going to 'destroy the city' I thought he was going crazy. But being the weirdo smart guy he is, he got enough inside information to know that this 'group' was not a joke and they were going to come into the city to do something sinister."
"The on bit of information the idiot didn't get before retracted from his sources as to not get caught, was the reason why. Why they were coming here to wreck havoc and what they were planning exactly. That alone might be our downfall! Dammit Kiyoshi." Yuki rambled.
"Hey! Kiyoshi knew that the city was in danger and he got a group together to save it! Sure the information he got was useless, but can you blame him? He probably panicked at the chance of saving the city from something." Kuroko said.
"Speaking of our secret organization, why is this a secret? If it's so serious and this outsider group could cause 'the end of the world' then why aren't we letting the public know? At least Anti Skill? Or Judgement? Just people of power in general? If they're are such a threat, the public should know! So that they're prepared!"
"We can't! Kiyoshi found out about them through the dark web, if we tell people about it, then Kiyoshi could get arrested!." Yuki argued.
"But we wouldn't have the fate of the city just relying on us!" Hibiki bit back. "If another war get's started by them infiltrating, and nobody knew, so many people who were unaware of the situation could, will get hurt!"
"You both have good points! On Yuki's side, if we let the public know, that's also another way we'd be putting the city's civilians in danger, because we still don't understand this group's motives. But on your side Hibiki, it would also be beneficial if we had more power on our side." Kuroko provided to the boy's argument.
"We're gonna have to figure out what they're up to, and fast, otherwise this is gonna be another war." Hibiki said anxiously.
Kuroko couldn't agree more.
"Well let's start with what we were initially supposed to do today, find that insider. The digital footprint and IP address is gonna be hard to track considering it was highly encrypted. Akira is trying hard to find as much info as she can on the situation, but she can't seem to track the IP. We need to try and find a way or someone who can." Yuki said.
Oh god.
"I-I know someone who can." Kuroko said.
Kuroko walked back to the table with an anxious lilt in her step. She was going back to base again tonight so they could try and dig for more info, and her, Hibiki and Yuki were going to try and find this insider who hacked the camera, owned the receipts, who was nearby in the city, which was a danger in itself if they were (they most definitely were) dangerous.
This is a lot more serious than I thought.
Kuroko had expected some underground mission, maybe trafficking at the very least, but not being caught in the middle of a war. (Again.)
That Anti Skill officer was right, she really did have a lot to be stressed about, the amount of pressure and anxiety sitting in her gut was nauseating, she had to save the world again...
But what from?
And she had that added on pressure of trying to get Uiharu to track that IP address without getting her involved.
How the hell was she supposed to do that?
"Kuroko, you're back! Are you okay." Uiharu said as Kuroko took her set next to Mikoto.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kuroko said quietly.
"Are you sure Kuroko? You eyes are wide and you look really pale." Saten said with a worry underlying her tone.
Then Kuroko got that feeling. The feeling where her face feels cold and hot at the same time, there's cold pain around her widened eyes and her head's throbbing. Black spots splash across her vision, tears are welling her eyes. Her vision had gone black and white and fuzzy and the noise around her hearing became grainy and unclear.
Before Kuroko felt the blood come out her mouth and before she plummeted to the ground she heard Saten and Uiharu cry out, she heard her own pained cries. She heard people around her rushing to her aid, the fall felt like it was in slow motion, taking a good few minutes before the darkness grabbed her and pulled her under the dark waves of unconsciousness.
But the most distinctive and harrowing thing she saw and heard before her mind disappeared was Misaka's hand reaching out for her limp form and Misaka crying out her name, an endless echo that didn't stop repeating until Kuroko collided with dark.
AN: ...
...I know, it's so trash, and you guys had been waiting for so long QmQ
I'm so sorry that this isn't long and the plot that I'm trying to form probably isn't making any sense at the moment. I"M SO SORRY! I promise, I'll try make it make more sense! I have a HUGE google docs full of notes for this story, it's got the plot/character profiles and other bits and pieces that I won't remember on my own. SO because of that, I myself actually understand the plot I'm trying to follow, and trust me, it's most definitely NOT what you are expecting.
Speaking of character profiles, you just got introduced to two new characters! Well, you got re-introduced to Hibiki but...shhhhh.
Here are the profile's for the both of them! *By the way these aren't the finished profiles for them, I'm gonna be adding to them often and when I'm done with this story I might post my finished notes at the end as a bonus! AND YES, I'm not abandoning this story like I did with S.L.U.T, I owe it to you guys for leaving that story AND being inactive:
Hibiki Takasu- Hibiki means Echo, Takasu in this context means Precious.
Other Aliases-
Gender- Male
Age- 16
Sexuality- Pansexual
Physical Description- Very well built but on the leaner side. 5'7, he has olive skin. Straight brown hair that is almost always styled with his fringe swooped to the right side of his face. Kuroko describes his bright brown eyes as a light reddish brown with copper mixed in them.
Personality- A very hard worker and very strong willed. He gives everything 100% making him a strong force to be reckoned with. Very kind but has the potential to literally kill you. He is a badass but he is soft at the same time. (He's like a Hinata Shouyou esk character)
Relationships- Idolises Kuroko and has a big brother relationship towards her. Him and Kuroko are very close. Yuki annoys him but he cares about him, and Kiyoshi is an idol to him. He later develops a crush on Tarou.
Esper Ability/Level- Pyrokinesis, Level 3
Additional Notes- DOB: Jan 16th 2XXX. He is a Capricorn. UNFINISHED NOTES
Naoyuki Kokororiki- (Naoyuki means truth and or happiness)
Other Aliases- Yuki
Gender- Male
Age- 17 turning 18
Sexuality- Straight
Physical Description- NOTHING HERE YET, BUT HE IS DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER
Personality- An abrasive personality and very brutally honest. He is a loyal and selfless character which makes him a good role model. In saying that though, he can be a bit cheeky and his sarcasm is often taken literally as well as his honesty which can create create some problems for him through miscommunication. He cares very deeply about things and is always looking to do the right thing, whether it benefits him or not, making him an amazing and heroic figure.
Relationships- Kiyoshi is his older brother, they have a close relationship. Kuroko is like a little sister to him, he is very protective of her and the same goes for Hibiki. His relationship with Akira is poor, he always teases and annoys her, despite her warnings for him to stop.
Esper Ability/Level- Side Arm, Level 4. I've also added my own aspects to this ability, Side Arm gives him the ability to repel electrical attacks because it interferes with the motion of electrons cancelling out the attack, but I'd also like to imagine he can mirror electrical attacks, so for example if Misaka tried attacking him he could 'catch' the attack interrupting the electron flow, and shoot the attack back at her/his target. This applies to any electrical source, again for example, if there were live wires emitting waves of electricity, he could manipulate that electricity into an attack. Of course, this would be pretty OP (it is -_-) and would probably bump him up to being a Level 5, but I'd like to think he doesn't have much control over the mirror aspect of his ability. He's mastered the canon part of the ability, but sometimes when trying to mirror an electrical attack, he sometimes absorbs too much of that electric force, causing him to electrocute himself. I'm unsure if that's an actual canon thing that applies to Side Arm, so if it does, please let me know! He obtains a telekinetic sub-type just like his big bro, and because of that he can lift, throw and attack with levitating objects, but only things with a small mass as he can't control that part of his ability either, keeping him at Level 4.
Additional Notes- DOB: Dec 4th 2XXX. He is a Sagittarius. UNFINISHED NOTES
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