Chapter 10: A Certain Magical DJ

Note: Sorry if I seem a bit hostile with this, but some people have been really annoying with this. Since it seems certain people have come to wrong conclusions, let me mention this now. FOr all those who said Imagine Breaker works on all supernatural things, not just Esper Powers and magic, you seem to have failed to realize what I keep saying: Lance has used no supernatural abilities, and his weapon has no supernatural elements at all. Lance has only used ordinary abilities on Toma, and his Lance only uses the power of technology.

Not Magic. Not Esper Powers. Zero Supernatural energy.

As a result, he is Toma's weakness. Toma's Imagine Breaker has zero effect on him or his Lance because he himself does not fight Toma using anything even remotely supernatural. So stop PMing me and such with stuff like "Ohhh, it applies to all supernatural stuff" or "stop making Toma look weak/useless". I am a fan of the series, I know this stuff. However, Lance knows about Toma and Imagine Breaker and plans things out to deal with that. And if no one had noticed, Toma has been being useful, whether at the start of this Arc, or if people were not quite getting the hints, though granted some of them were subtle, Imagine Breaker has countered a number of things.

But, it has zero effect on a man not using Esper powers or Magic or anything supernatural, using a Lance that also has no supernatural elements. THat is Imagine Breaker's weakness. At any point, Toma could literally get shot to death by normal bullets.

Azul Azero. From a young age, he was recognized as a musical prodigy, and came from a family who practiced a form of magic that involved Runes. His parents practically adored and supported him, encouraging his studies with music as well as Runecraft. That said, they didn't really get involved with the Churches, being one of those groups who stayed on the sidelines.

However, as Azul's talent began to shine, and he was nearing the stage both in the musical world and learning incredibly advanced Runecraft when he was only eight years old, that was when people came to try and recruit him and his family. People who did not take rejection very well...and murdered his parents who tried to protect him. And then, from that emotion...was where his true magical ability shined and was revealed.

After that, he constantly stayed on the road, doing all sorts of tours. People came after him constantly, but one by one, he beat them back. He beat them all back, until eventually he started to calm down, finally getting over his parents deaths.

And then, that invitation arrived. A request for him to live in Academy City, to longer be chased by those people non stop and having a home, in exchange for occasionally dealing with any threats to the people of Academy City that he encountered. It was certainly beneficial for him, and he couldn't help but notice they specifically mentioned the people of Academy City, and not Academy City itself.

And so, he decided to move here. But it seemed that someone here, someone who he felt was different from the one who sent the letter, had come here after him. And interrupting the smiles he was trying to bring to others, just like how the smiles of his parents were stolen forever...like his smile that had been stolen...he refused to lose that again.

"No can do...but if you come with us peacefully, it would make it a lot less..."

"Then get out!" Azul shouted, pointing his open palm towards them as he created a powerful sonic wave that pushed them all back. He then hit a switch on his turntables, and amped up the beats.

Somehow, no one else seemed to realize what was going on, and aside from the brainwashed people, were acting normally, though they did seem to try and avoid getting hit somehow and were naturally leaving in a calm fashion.

Toma tried to get back towards the group, but Lance seemed to press a button on his weapon, and it extended, knocking right into Toma with rather painful looking force and knocking him backwards again. Although that in itself let Toma realize something. Lance was trying to keep him, or rather, Imagine Breaker, away from Melody as much as he could.

"That girl seems to be the key to whatever his plans are!"

"On it!" Misaka replied, letting loose a powerful electric shock, but once again it was attracted to and absorbed by Lance's Lance, which was operating as a lightning rod and rendering the Electromancer powerless as well. "Damnit! Someone destroy that weapon!"

"I think you should all settle down, unless of course, you want my sniper friend to start open firing into the crowd of civilians you just let outside".

At that point, Toma, Akari, and Azul all clicked their tongues and looked with disgust. After all, Lance was threatening to kill dozens of innocent people if they did not comply with his demand".

As for Accelerator and Ai, explosives kept going off and the building kept degrading, with dozens of people still inside at risk as well.

Kota was still puking and suffering from the gas released, made from Wolfsbane, a natural herb that Werewolfs detested.

Toma could keep touching the people brainwashed by Melody, but so long as she continued that song, they would get re-brainwashed the moment he was no longer touching them.

"You..."

And then, an unexpected voice called out. Everyone could not help but turn...and look at Last Order.

"...you ruined my special ultimate fun adventure date with oniichan! Says Misaka Misaka, furiously enraged!"

And then, their minds broke just a little when they realized she was talking about Accelerator when she used that word. Rather, their minds tried to think of him as an oniichan type, but failed...

As for Accelerator, he looked...flustered? Not quite, but he clearly did not know how to react to this.

"...what did you just call me?"

"Oniichan! Says Misaka Misaka, confirming what she said".

"...say that again?"

"Oniichan! Says Misaka Misaka without losing any vigor!"

"Tsk. Don't call me that".

"But based on reading your micro-expressions, you seem to enjoy it! Says Misaka Misaka, revealing Oniichan's secret feelings..."

Something unbelievable was said in the middle of combat.

"And a bunch of the other Misakas also think so too! Oh, oops... Says Misaka Misaka, covering her mouth".

That little oops was not missed.

"What do you mean by oops?"

"I mean oops because Misaka Misaka was not supposed to bring up the other Misakas right now! Says Misaka Misaka, now realizing she is bad at keeping secrets".

And then, as if it couldn't get any more weird, a gun was fired into the sky and drew everyone else's attention, to where they saw a man with a priest robe appear. However, several people instinctively felt that he was more dangerous then he appeared.

"Ah yes, excuse me. I am here to take Index. If you obediently comply, we can avoid a lot of violence right now".

Toma's face contorted with annoyance. "Now of all times? Seriously?"

"Well of course. I operate on my schedule, not those of others".

Accelerator also looked around, and then ultimately decided on what to do. The situation was too messed up, with no clear idea on what would happen next. So he decided to do something to help...refresh the state of things...

"Oi, kid...you look pretty helpless right now. Dont you know that at this rate, Ai is going to get hurt just like before if you do nothing?" Accelerator mentioned. "Just picture her bloody body, on this dirty ground...all because you were too weak to act".

Lance, who immediately realized what Accelerator was about to do...

"Oi! If you continue, our sniper will open fire!"

However, as Lance looked back to Akari...

"Cant...figure it out...try to resist, death...try to help...death...Crisis..."

"Melody! Amplify!"

"I am! Azul has been interfering with my sound waves this whole time!"

"It would be more effective if a someone would stop negating my own waves!"

Toma looked at his hand and realized now he might have been hindering both sides without knowing it.

However...it was not Akari who ended up shouting first, but rather...

"Shut the hell up Accelerator! Stay calm Akari! I will show you just how capable I am!" Ai shouted, as suddenly her wormholes increased in size and scale as she pushed herself past her limits. The number of them also increased somehow, which took the pressure off of Accelerator...

"Shit...open fire now!"

"Oniichan!"

"Tsk!"

Accelerator busted through the wall and into the outside, making full use of his power to try and stop the sniper attack from wherever it would come. However...

"Northwest!"

Accelerator moved North West, just in time to stop the bullet. It was Last Order who told him, but he saw the truth. Multiple clones of the Misaka Network were in the crowd. They were using their power to help identify when a bullet was fired and from what direction.

Meanwhile, Shiro saw Accelerator and got a determined look in his eye.

"There you are...time to eat lead! Omnidirectional attack!"

And meanwhile...

"All directions?! He must have lied about a single sniper!"

Akari looked back at Lance and Melody.

"What now, shrim..."

"Combat Systems Engaged. Activating Annihalation Protocol".

"Son of a...he entered Crisis Mode anyways?!"

Lance dodged out of the way as...nothing was sent his way?

"Gotcha! Now!"

And during that dodge, Toma had run up...and grabbed Melody. With that done, the spell manipulating the innocent civilians was nullified. With the song gone, they would no longer be under their posssession. Of course, in response, Lance jabbed him with the Lance and sent him sprawling. But that had the effect they needed because it let Misaka and Akari get in close as well. Misaka then grabbed Melody, while Akari went and kicked Lance in the face. Misaka might have been having trouble due to the fact that Lance acted as a lightning rod, but when she was in physical contact with the person in question...

Melody got zapped, as if she was a fly that hit a powerful bug zapper. Only, more pain, less death.

Lance knocked Akari out of the way and then attacked Misaka as well, knocking her away as well, a signature move of his, so he could scoop up Melody.

"Now, target him".

And in that instant, a bullet went right at Akari's head. Right before impact though, a barrier formed to stop it but...

"Alert. Potential Lethal Damage detected. Activating Crisis Mode".

And in that instant, dozens of spectral swords formed around him.

"Calculating threat levels. Highest threat level located: Imagine Breaker. Annihalating Imagine Breaker".

And those swords got turned against Toma.

"Shiro! Its time to pull out! It seems our prediction was accurate!" Lance called out as he carried Melody away. Everyone wanted to go after him, but...

"Annihalating Imagine Breaker and all of its Allies".

There was a more pressing issue at the moment. Furthermore, Toma could not stop Akari himself without killing him by using Imagine Breaker on him.

Misaka immediately used her powers to knock down as many swords as she could, while Toma used Imagine Breaker to defend himself from the incoming swords. He got most, but a few cut him here and there. Furthermore, every time they did, it hurt like crazy.

"Toma! Behind you!"

Toma dodged as several of the swords came and tried to stab him in the back.

"Damnit! We need to stop him!"

"I got this..." Kota said. It seemed he was finally feeling better, and he was also naked...but the reason why soon became clear, as he turned into a Werewolf and charged right at Akari. Toma, who saw this...

"Sparky, clear a path for him! If we can pin him to the ground, then maybe we can snap him out of it!"

"I told you to stop calling me that!"

Misaka shouted that as she pressed herself hard, and took down multiple swords. Kota meanwhile charged forward, using his werewolf claws to cut down the blades. Toma also joined in, using Imagine Breaker to nullify a few of them, as Kota tackled him to the ground.

"Now...how do we restart his brain?"

The group was thinking about that...however...

"Kota, turn human and kiss him".

As he was in his werewolf form, he wasn't able to respond with human words.

"Good, no objection. Glad you agree".

Kota shook his head. Clearly, he was not agreeing.

"How about you let me try?" Azul said, playing some music. As it played, something about Akari seemed to change...as if it was resetting him. And then finally...

"...what happened? Why is Kota on top of me in werewolf form?"

"You entered Crisis Mode again and tried to kill us all, mainly Toma".

"...oh..."

"Anyways...it looks like they got away...I wonder who those people were?"

Misaka looked over to where they made their exit.

"If I had to guess, they were CLASS".

"Great...now, Kota, could you get off me and turn human? We cant let people see you in werewolf form".

Since the idea of kissing Akari was no longer involved, Kota quickly turned human, got off Akari, and ran over to get dressed again.

"...so glad I am not a werewolf..."

"Agreed..."

"I heard all of that!"

"Hey, where did that guy who was asking for Index go?"

"Wait, hold on a second...where did Index go herself!?"

"...damnit! We got distracted and totally forgot about them! Quickly, we have to go after them! Kota, can you track the scent?"

"Yeah! But we gotta hurry!"

Meanwhile, Azul, who heard all of this...

"...I suppose I should take some responsibility for this and help out as well..."

AN: Me: The action is still on!

Index: Why did I get kidnapped?!

Kota: Everyone was too busy and got distracted. Akari going Crisis Mode did not help...

Lance: All according to plan...

Misaka: I really hate that guy...

Toma: Me too...

Accelerator: You two are just cranky...

Me: Anyways! Tune in next time to see what happens!