It took more than I thought. Now, let's begin…
Disclaimer: I don't own Spider-Man, To Aru Majutsu no Index, or any character from the comic and novel.
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Chapter 10 - Fight Underground
"Where's everyone?" Index asked looking around when, after leaving a certain store, the group conformed by Touma, Index and the girl's new friend, Kazakiri Hyouka, didn't manage to see anyone around the place.
"Thi-this is really weird" Kazakiri stammered shyly.
"Nya" Sphynx meowed. The calico cat was inside Index's nun habit, his head above hers in her collar.
"Yeah. What's going on?" Touma wondered patting his head because of Index's last attack. 'Itai! I'm seriously considering filling Index teeth. At least enough so I don't have severe hemorrhages when she bites me.' He prevented this thought of reaching his mouth as he didn't want to enrage the little nun more.
After that difficult incident at school, Touma experienced a very hard time with Index and Komoe-sensei scolding him for...well for nothing. Luckily the teen was soon free from the school and invited that little freeloader he cared so much about to a restaurant. He also invited the nun's new very shy friend to come with them. So the group went to eat and then decided to hang out in one of the underground malls of the city.
However, for one moment Touma lost sight of the girls and went looking for them. He found them in a random cosplay suits store and talked to them from the outside while they were changing in a fitting room. Nothing bad could happen, except for the curtain to break showing a rather interesting sight. Touma saw Index and Kazakiri wearing some kind of Mahou Shoujo's suit. It wouldn't be so bad if it was only that, but unfortunately these costumes were rather slutty. Kazakiri almost cried and Index did what she always does except for eating….. Touma once again was bit.
Something that still left a bad taste in his mouth was that Kazakiri actually seemed to be very afraid from him. Well, she had a few good reasons. One of them was that he a saw her half naked two times already in the same day. However, Touma couldn't avoid feeling a bit hurt for that. But he forgot about that when now, after they just quit the store, they found out there wasn't anybody in sight in that part of the mall.
"I hear something" Index suddenly said looking to all places.
"Me too" Kazakiri added shyly.
"What I don't hear anything." Touma didn't understand what was going on. Why they could hear something that he couldn't.
"Hey, excuse me." Out of nowhere, a girl from the Judgment got Touma's attention.
"Um…yes?"
"Aren't you hearing the message?" The girl seemed confused.
"Message?" Touma was now also confused.
"I have been communicating via telepathy the current situation to everybody in the place so they can evacuate" the Judgment member replied. "Why haven't you done that?"
"Well, I have some kind of…" Touma possessed the Imagine Breaker, a power that negated every special power. Even if it was in his right hand, apparently it still affected when it came to telepathy.
"Unimportant" the girl cut him. "I will just narrate you the current situation. It has been discovered that a terrorist have arrived the place. The Anti-Skill chose to order an evacuation and contain the enemy here. We, the Judgment, are in charge of leading this evacuation. Most people are already out of the place."
"I-in that ca-case we s-should go also" Kazakiri said with her knuckles together under her chin and her arms over her chest. (A/N typical anime shy girl pose)
"You are right" Touma agreed and turned around. "Let's go Index."
"I may escort you."
The four people (Touma, Index, Kazakiri and the Judgment girl) turned to the place where the voice came from. It was from the wall. No, actually it was from the girl that had half of her body inside the wall. In a way would scare any person, a girl got from the wall as if she was walking through a waterfall. Everything from above her waist just passed through it. At this sight, Index and Kazakiri gave a short yell. The first one because of her almost null relation with the Science Side and, of course, with the espers. The second, because of her shy and fearful characteristic personality. However, Touma and the Judgment's telepath just looked at this performance with interest. They lived in Academy City, no?
"I may escort you" the newcomer repeated who was wearing a Judgment arm band.
"From which brand are you?" the telepath asked.
"I'm from the 117. My name is Kitty Pryde. Or Pryde Kitty."
"All right, Pryde-san, I leave them to you" and the telepath went off running. Probably to look for more delayers.
"Kitty Pryde-san?" Touma recognized her as one of the girls of the branch where he was taken after his incident with Multi-Man.
"Kamijou Touma? What a coincidence to find you here"
"I think the same" the Japanese boy replied.
"It is weirder because after your fight with that so called Multi-Man, I thought you would be trying to get away from troubles" Kitty said with some concern in her voice. "Now you are almost in the middle of the fight between Anti-Skill and an unknown terrorist."
"Oh, things happen" Touma said scratching the back of his head.
"Touma. Touma. What is she saying about a fight?" Index asked him with a worried expression as she grabbed his sleeve. Then, almost immediately, it turned to anger. "You went again to fight alone?!"
"Index, I was in a rather difficult situation" Touma tried to defended himself. "And actually, I did receive some help."
"...Again?" Kitty gave him an inquisitive.
"Ah… Hahahaha!" Touma attempted to laugh his way off.
"(SIGHT) Doesn't matter. Follow me" Kitty ordered and Touma's group could only obey her.
The Judgment member opened the march in the underground one hallway-like mall. The group walked in silence until…
"Um, excuse me, Pryde" Touma began to say. "How long have you been in Academy City?"
"Ehhhhhhh... Like about… more than…a month" Kitty answered putting her finger under her jaw.
"Huh."
"What's with that 'huh', shounen (teen or lad)?"
"N-nothing. It is just that you remind me to someone else." Touma was obviously thinking about Peter, the guy who arrived to Academy City a pair of weeks ago. He was under the esper development program, but after witnessing his amazing feats in the fight with Accelerator, Touma knew that Peter was far more from what he said.
"Touma, Touma!" Index, who had been strangely quiet for a while, interrupted them. "Does she also talk English? (ENG) Hey do you talk English?"
"(ENG) Yeah, it's my native language" Kitty said cheerful to find someone who also talked her tongue. "Where are you from?"
"(ENG) I was born and raised in St. George's Cathedral, base of the Anglican Chu…mmmmh!"
Touma silently covered Index's mouth with his hand. "(JAP) She has a nice story, but shouldn't we get going, theres a terrorist in here right? And, please, could we all talk in a language we all understand at least more than barely?"
"(JAP) Oh, you are right, Kamijou-kun" Kitty said without noticing of his successful attempt of changing the topic. "Let's go."
The group conformed by Touma, Index, Kazakiri and Kitty continued walking through the alleys of the mall until they began to see other people evacuating. Finally they saw exit and they could leave the problem of the terrorist to the Anti-Skill.
"Huhuhu. Fouuuuuund you."
Just like last time the four people turned their gaze towards the wall. However, this time there wasn't an esper getting out of the wall with the help of her ability. Instead, what they were seeing was a hideous, disgusting and dismal eyeball looking at them from the stone wall.
"What the hell is this?" Touma.
"Where does this come from?" Kitty.
"Kyaaa!" Kazakiri.
"Nyaaa!" Sphynx.
"This is…" Index looked closely and with interest the object that alarmed so much her companions.
"The Imagine Breaker, The Index Librorum Prohibitorum and the Key to the Imaginary Number District" the "eye" said in an amused feminine voice. "All together in the same place. How lucky I am…" the voice turned annoyed. "And he also."
"Konori-san? I want to report some... irregularity" Kitty, as a good member of Judgment, had taken out her cellphone to communicate the situation to her superiors. "There is like… there is a… uf, this is tough to say. There is a freaking talking eye in the wall saying nonsense… Hey! Don't just assume that I have fever!"
While the Judgment member was having a very uneasy talk with her superior, Index was muttering something about someone transforming a golem into an angel that didn't seemed very close to science.
"Don't tell me… is the terrorist a magician?" Touma asked way more concerned about a potential threat for the little nun.
"I just need to kill one of you and take the Imagine Breaker to him. Let's start the party!" the eye said in a loud voice before it disappeared.
A couple of seconds passed and the group was still in silence until Kitty tried to break the ice. "What was…?"
Suddenly the entire mall started to shake, the lights went out and the entrances were sealed trapping Touma's group and several non-related people. These immediately went panicking, hitting the steel doors that were between them and the outside world.
"Oh, this is bad." Kitty looked nervous and sad. "This-is-bad." She ran to the people trying to calm them down. "Come on, people. Maintain the calm. Breath in, breath out… At least listen to me!"
"Is she new in the Judgment? Yeah, should be." Touma sighted feeling pity for the American girl. "Index, Kazakiri, I want you to hide. I will try to gain some time from the magician."
"No Touma!" Index replied. "You don't know almost anything about magic. Here, I am the one with most knowledge about it. You are just someone who had got some lucky strikes. I will be the one who will face the magician."
"Lucky strikes?" Touma laughed and almost fell to the floor. "Kamijou-san can't get something like that. Hahahaha...ha." His shoulders went down and a depressive aura surrounded him. "I don't feel very good saying that."
"Touma, you will just end again in the hospital."
"That's…true. But that won't make me run away when there are lives in danger."
"Touma!"
"Index, don't be so stubborn!"
Kazakiri tried to put between them. "Um, I don't actually understand the situation. But, can I make a suggestion?"
"NO" Touma and Index yelled at the same time.
Kazakiri lowered almost every part of her body: her head, her shoulders, arms, hair and even her ears looked a bit downer than a second ago.
"I will fight the terrorist and gain sometime so the people can be rescued."
"Which people are you talking about? And, what will you fight?"
The group turned around to find Kitty looking at them with her arms closed and a lecturing gaze.
"What people? Of course I am talking about...them..."
Touma just realized that the at least 25 people who were trapped with them were gone. What happened? They were hitting the sealed door and shouting just a minute ago. Before he could ask, Kitty answered his question.
"Didn't you see me walking through the wall? My ability is... Surface Piercer, Level 4. I can walk through any surface and if I maintain contact with them, I can also transport other people with me."
"So you...?"
"Yes" Kitty replied with a self-satisfaction smile. "Those civilians are already safe outside. It was difficult to calm them and explain this, but I managed to do it. Either way, now's your turn."
And unexpectedly, Kitty put together Index's and Kazakiri's hands. Then she just took their hands with her right and took Touma's with her left one. Without knowing it, she was grabbing the Imagine Breaker.
"Let's…" The girl prepared her legs.
"Wait!" Touma tried to say but...
"Go!" Kitty ran towards the sealed metallic door with all her speed taking the other three with her.
"Really, waiiiiiiiiiiiit!" Touma shouted trying to prevent what was about to happen.
However, the girl didn't listened him and jumped head to the sealed door.
"Don't be afraid, this is just going to feel a little... Augh." As it was expected, Kitty hit her forehead against the metal and bounced falling straight to the floor. Her eyes had whirlwinds and there was a big lump on her face. Luckily she hit her forehead and not her teeth.
"Um... Pryde-san?" Touma looked at the dazed girl on the floor and could help but feel a little blame. "I-I-I tried to warn you."
The Judgment member could have said a lot of things, but right now she wasn't very able to do so.
"Such misfortune. What do we do now...?"
Touma and Index were about to quarrel some more, but, unexpectedly, the sound of footsteps interrupted them. They turned towards the sound and prepared to face the unknown magician, who they assumed was the owner of those footsteps. Kazakiri backed off. They could hear the footsteps from the deepest of the mall, opposite to the sealed doors.
"I am going..." Touma ran.
"No! I will go" Index did the same.
The two just gave just one step before they crossed, crashed and fell to the floor too. Touma ended up in the concrete and Index over him. Sphynx was between them, who shout a loud "Nyaaaaaa!" of protest.
"Index get off me!"
"Touma! I am the one who knows about magic!"
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"Okay, this is unexpected" Peter commented at the sight of a teen and a young nun, one above the other on the floor.
After facing the strange-powered terrorist, the Judgment pair followed a lead that took them to one of the underground mall of the city. The terrorist was going to be confronted by the Anti-Skill in there, so they decided to go and help in everything they could. Now they were watching a rather interesting sight.
"Peter?" Touma and Index asked at the same time.
"Hey, guys. I want to ask you. Why are you in the floor...one over the other?"
"Ara, ara, you are very bold to do those kind of movements in a situation like this" Kuroko, who was besides Peter, said with a mocking smile. "I wonder what Onee-sama would say in this situation."
"She wouldn't say anything. She would just try to fry me."
"Oh, indeed..." Kuroko's smile twitched and a red diabolic aura began to surround her. "You happen to know Onee-sama very well."
For the sake of his survival, Touma decided to not comment anything else. He just stood up with Index.
"What happened?" Peter asked them.
"For several reasons we were left behind and a member of Judgment tried to help us but..." Touma pointed at Kitty's still unconscious body on the floor.
"Kitty!" Peter and Kuroko shout concerned of their comrade being in the floor with a big lump on the forehead.
"Would anyone mind to tell me what happened?" Kuroko asked leaning to check her down comrade.
"She...crashed..." Touma said scratching the back of his head. "...with a wall."
"But how? If she can go through them… Oh, that." Peter understood when Touma pointed his finger to his right hand.
"Pete…? Is that you?" Kitty muttered in her unconsciousness.
"Yes, I am right here Kitts."
"What happened?" she asked blinking her eyes and then closing them again.
"You… crashed" Peter answered with a calm voice.
"Kitty! It was just a hit, but… How many fingers do you see?" Kuroko put two fingers in front of the dazed teen's eyes while she holded her cellphone as a flashlight. "Hey, Ape-sa… I mean Kamijou-san... Let me say this straight. First we rushed here and found you doing bold actions with this...this sister-san. And then we found our friend on the floor unconscious. If there something you want to confess?" The pigtailed grab some steel nails from a band on her leg that was usually covered by her skirt.
"...W-w-w-what are you saying?" Touma stammered backing off. "I told you she crashed with the wall. Peter, you believe me...right?"
The Spider-Man didn't replied, he just raised his hands and made an expression like saying: "I'm brave, not suicidal."
"Bold actions?" Index muttered trying to understand what the pigtailed was talking about. When she did, her cheeks went red, but no one noticed just because of the small amount of light in the place.
"Hey, Shirai, could you teleport Index and Kazakiri out?" Touma asked trying to change the subjects and escape from the pigtailed's rage.
"I will" Kuroko got closer to the mentioned girls and then turned to Peter. "I leave you in charge of the civilian until I return. I don't think Kitty will be able to make too much at least for a few minutes. Take care of her too."
"Don't worry, leave them to me" Peter said with a grin and saluting like a soldier.
Kuroko smiled back, grabbed the girls and teleported with them leaving Peter, Touma and a dazed Kitty inside the dark mall.
"Uf. That could have been worst." Touma sight and turned to his classmate to have some friendly talking. "How is it? I mean in the Judgment"
"The Judgment? It's nice. The people are cool and it feels good to help the people." He said this without too much enthusiasm. If it was similar to what he did back in New York.
"Really? You don't look very enthusiastic." Of course, Touma was a guy more sensible to other people's feelings than his.
"No, I like this" Peter said smiling trying to look more cheered.
Touma looked around and said: "You know… I still don't know what you are."
Peter feared this. If Touma asked him about the true origins of his powers, he would have to lie him. Even if his friend lived very far from where Spider-Man did his business, for Peter it was really hard to just reveal his secret identity.
"Touma…" Peter thought very hard on how to explain. "I…"
"It's okay" Touma cut him smiling. "You are doing this to keep me away from danger, right?"
Peter was speechless. However, Touma continued.
"I can see you aren't an ordinary esper. You came from America a while ago with developed powers. I have seen some of your skills in the fight with Accelerator. I don't know what you are doing here. I mean, in Academy City. But there is something I am completely sure. You aren't here to do bad."
"...So?" Peter wanted to hear what his friend wanted to say.
"It's ok." Touma smiled and delivered a soft punch on Peter's shoulder. "Even if I don't know what you are up, remember that, whenever you have problems, there is a backup for you."
Peter smiled back. "Thanks man, I appreciate it."
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Bullets and explosion noises echoed in the obscure mall.
"Anti-Skill is facing the terrorist. Im going to help them, wait here with Kitty until Shirai comes back." Peter pointed at the dazed girl on the floor.
"I'm going with you." It wasn't a question, nor a request.
"...You know something about this terrorist, right?" Peter said seriously. "I engaged combat with her an hour ago. She isn't normal."
Touma smiled and looked at her right hand. "Neither do I."
"When Shirai returns she will be angry with me." Peter gulped.
"She is… kind of scary, no?"
"Shirai is most time a kind person and very reliable" Peter talked about the friend he made not so long ago. "But if you get on her bad side, it is a good idea to run."
"Is that so?" Touma wasn't actually any surprised. "What do you think she will be more mad about? Leaving your not-in-her-senses comrade or taking a civilian to a fight in which neither you should take part?"
"…" Peter was speechless and sweat was coming from his forehead. "Both. The. Same… (GULP) Oh my God! I'm gonna end up naked!"
"…?"
"One day, I… made a little mistake" Peter began to tell. "I tackled a guy who looked like he was breaking his entry to some Pizza Store. I thought it was a thief. However, he was the store owner who forgot his keys in there. Yeah, I also putted that face. Maybe I didn't contain myself enough, because the guy had to go to the hospital. And, in the end, there was a pretty big demand in the branch's door. That day, Shirai told me that if I do something like that again, she would teleport all my cloth away leaving me in underwear on the middle of the street."
"Oh" was the only thing Touma could say before…
BUM! Another explosion. The teens looked at each other, nodded and ran to the battlefield. They went through the obscure halls of the mall. At his left and right, there were several empty dark stores that normally would be full of people and happy chat at these hours.
"Hey, Touma, I want to check something." Peter suddenly stopped to say that.
"Is it important? We have to run."
"Touch me with your right hand" the American said. "You know, with that Imagine Breaker of your."
"Why?" Touma asked puzzled.
"Just do it. As you said we don't have much time."
Touma just shrugged and did what he was told. Peter then touched the wall with his palm. "Hum, I can't" he muttered. "I can't paste myself to the surfaces, but…"
The teen punched the wall with his superhuman strength and it cracked almost like a glass.
"Whaaa!" Touma couldn't help it but shout.
"Interesting" Peter said with a voice similar to Rich Richards when he was starting a new experiment.
"W-what?"
"Whether the Imagine Breaker is in contact with me I can't paste my body to surfaces" Peter said looking at his friend's right hand. "However, I don't lose my other abilities. At least my strength
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"My Imagine Breaker can negate every supernatural power" Touma explained. "It doesn't matter if it is esper…, magic or even God's miracles."
"Magic and God's miracles, huh" Peter repeated with inquisitive eyes. "Is that what we are dealing with?"
"...Ye-ah" Touma responded scratching the back of his head.
"...Okay" Peter didn't give it more thought. Magic wasn't something impossible in his mind. He knew Thor and Doctor Strange after all. "I don't know how goes magic, but espers powers comes from brain calculations, right?"
Touma nodded and he continued.
"Most of my abilities are restricted to my body. My own altered body is the reason why I can destroy that wall with my bare fists. In the end, my only special power I have is my wall crawling. It is reasonable that the contact with your right hand prevents me from pasting my body to the surfaces, but not slow me down or make me weak…." He stopped talking when he saw the black haired boy's expression. It was the same that Peter saw that he used in most of Komoe-sensei's classes. "Touma are you understanding me?"
"Of course. Hahahaha!" Touma nodded a few times and stretched his body.
"(SIGH)… What I was saying was…" A huge explosion cut his words. "Doesn't matter. Anti-Skill is in troubles"
The teens proceed to continue his march towards the battlefield. In the way, the sound of explosions got louder. Some yells from the Anti-Skill members could be heard. Eventually, they arrived to the place and found the Anti-Skill taking cover and without firing. Some of them were injured. A few meter after them there was a big rock golem.
"Omai! (You or Hey)!" A female Anti-Skill leaning with his weapon on the floor shouted them. "Don't get closer! It is really dangerous to be here. Why didn't you, civilians weren't evacuated?"
The group had been trying his best to stop the big rock golem, but unfortunately their efforts were null because of the toughness of its skin.
"Actually I'm from the Judgment" Peter confirmed showing his armband. "Yomikawa-sensei? Oh, you are a member of the Anti-Skill."
"No way, Parker? Kamijou?" Yomikawa recognized her students. The old Japanese spiky haired and the American who recently arrived.
"Peter, let's go" Touma hurried his ally.
"I know." And with those words, the teens walked towards the golem. They went through the rows of Anti-Skills, ignoring Yomikawa's calls.
"The Imagine Breaker and… that boy." Behind the golem, commanding it, there was a blonde haired and dark skinned woman with a weird looking gothic dress. She pointed to Peter. "I have investigated about the Imagine Breaker, but I don't know what you are boy. How did you destroyed my Elis barehanded?"
Peter smiled. "Skills. Now, Touma!"
With an out-of-nowhere coordination, the friends began the attack and ran towards the enemy like the brave heroes they were. They didn't listen the calls of the Anti-Skills. They didn't ask for reinforcements. They, together, faced the enemy alone.
"Elis!" The woman flourished a chopstick like a wand in their direction. The golem followed the other of her master and raised its fist to crush the incoming duo.
However, at Peter's sign, the pair split in different directions and dodged the powerful attack. Touma went to the right and Peter to the left.
"Elis! Crush the other boy. We can't hurt the Imagine Breaker" the terrorist said waving her chopstick.
The golem attempted to crush the American teen; but, before the attack came, Peter rolled straight forward and the fist missed by a huge gap. Both teens were know behind the golem's position and very close to the terrorist controlling it. She, was in a difficult situation. If she ordered Elis to protect her from the Imagine Breaker and that other boy with bothersome abilities, she would lose her cover and the Anti-Skill would be able to shoot her.
"Dammit. Elis…!"
"Hey, cosplayer" Peter yelled at her from the distance.
She turned around and felt surprised that the teens didn't do anything to her. They were just a few meters in front of her.
"Hey! Magician! Do you want me?" Touma yelled her. "If it's that… Come for me."
And with those words, the teens ran away leaving the Anti-Skill squad and the magician behind.
"Those... Elis!" She moved her chopstick and the golem followed her through the dark hallway of the underground mall. She followed the pair until they were pretty far from the Anti-Skills, deep into the mall.
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"It doesn't matter how much you run, Imagine Breaker" Sherry Cromwell woman said amused. Her big golem behind her waiting for orders.
"I'm not escaping" Touma said taking a battle posture. The plan was successful. They completely managed to take away the enemy from the Anti-Skill forces. So now both could give everything they had without witnesses. "Now, you tell me, what do you want here? Are you also here for Index?"
"First of all, my name is Sherry Cromwell, from the Anglican Church. Second, what I look here is war. War between the Science and the Magic Side."
"Are you from the Anglican Church? …A war?!" Touma was speechless.
"Science and… Magic Side?" Peter wondered ignoring what his friend said about Index. Why would this terrorist be behind that innocent nun? Whatever, if Touma was protecting her, he would help him.
"I just need to kill one of them" Sherry continued. "However, the Imagine Breaker is needed, so I can't kill you. Speak now! Where is the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and the Key to the Imaginary Number District?"
"The Key of the Imaginary Number District?" Touma asked confused. "The eye was you, right?"
'The eye mentioned the Imagine Breaker, Index and that Imaginary whatever. There was just me (Imagine Breaker), Index (Index Librorum Prohibitorum) and... Kazakiri.'
"Oi! Are you also looking for Kazakiri?" Kamijou asked Cromwell. "What do you want from her? She is just an innocent girl. She got nothing to do with magic."
"Oh, so you don't know" Sherry said mockingly. "Either way, it doesn't matter. Just tell me where is the little Index and this thing that you call Kazakiri. If you cooperate you won't be hurt. At least until he comes."
"Tell you? Thing? I don't know what Kazakiri has to do with this, but..." Touma clenched his right fist. "I won't let you lay a finger on her... Wait. What to do mean by he? You didn't came alone?"
"The cameras caught somebody else entering the city with her" Peter explained his friend. "However, this person disappeared at the minute and he looked like a woman."
"A cross-dresser (transvestite)?!" Touma shouted stunned.
"Could it be? …Whoa!" Peter jumped to the left to avoid the incoming fist of the golem.
"You sure are fast, kid" Sherry prized him.
"Thanks."
"I was being sarcastic."
"Me too."
"Oh, dear God, you are annoying" Sherry said while she grabbed her head with both hands. "Elis! Shut this kid up!"
At the chopstick command, the golem swung his fist towards Peter. This time he didn't move. He stood in the place like waiting to be crushed. However, before the attack connected, a sudden sound like a glass shattering echoed in the hallway. Sherry expression turned to a stunned one, but before she could articulate a question, Peter talked to her.
"Haven't you realized that I am not alone? I got my backup."
"Hello there." Touma between the golem's fist and Peter's body, holding the enormous rock limb with his bare right hand.
Before Peter was crushed, the Imagine Breaker's boy managed to block the attack with his right hand. Immediately, the entire arm fell apart transforming into nothing more than rubble.
"Now, Peter!" he yelled.
At his friend order, the teen ran to the golem's small legs. The monster didn't do anything as his master was speechless at what she last witnessed.
"Taste this, you big paperweight!" With a powerful whirlwind kick, Peter totally destroyed one of the small legs. At the loss of support, the golem fell to the floor without any resistance. "Finish it!"
Touma leaped and positioned in front of the big rock head. He clenched his right fist. The last attack. The teen landed a huge blow in the collapsed figure's head. The effect was imminent. First there was the sound of a glass being break and then, the golem entire body collapsed to the floor and transformed into a heap made from different materials.
"We did it!" Peter celebrated clashing fists with his friend.
"Now is Cromwell's turn" Touma raised his fist with a smile.
"Don't sing victory so fast… Yeah, I'm going now" Sherry seemed to have muttered something like talking to herself. Whatever was going on with her, she seemed confident despite she had lost her golem.
"We won't let you." Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! Peter activated his web-shooters and shot a burst of webs to paste the woman to the wall. However, with just a small movement of the chopstick, a big rock hand raised from the floor and covered her before the webs could reach.
With this unknown synchronization, Touma ran to destroy the rock wall made of magic with his Imagine Breaker. But, unexpectedly, another hand appeared from the floor and grabbed the spiky haired before he could get closer. "Fuck! Release me… NOW!" And he hit the big hand that was about to break his ribs. There was the Imagine Breaker's characteristic sound and then he was free.
"Your…" Touma managed to say panting.
"…turn" Peter jumped over his friend and ran towards the enemy who was still hiding behind the rock arm.
"Elis!" Sherry's voice echoed behind her cover. The entire arm moved and tried to crush Peter, who was running to it. But, as expected, Peter dodged to the left and the arm fell beside him.
"Got you… Eh?" Peter was now looking at the place where Cromwell should have been, but instead there was basket similar to the ones the balloons used, except that this was made of different rock-like materials.
The woman was actually inside this weird basket, which was being dragged into the roof of the underground mall. Unbelievably, some apparently invisible force was piercing it. "Even if you don't tell me, I have already found them. Hahahahaha!" Sherry said laughing of them. "It doesn't matter which of them is. Whether I kill one, it will be enough to incite the war."
The concrete roof was being drilled and Sherry was getting away. "Dammit! She's escaping!" Touma exclaimed worried about Index's and Kazakiri's safety.
"Let's go! Hurry" Peter said and he grabbed the black haired boy.
"She is going through the roof. How are we going to catch her?"
"Like this." Peter raised his right hand towards the bottom of the rock basket, which was getting away through the roof, and thwip! shot a web. He then grabbed Touma with his free arm and like a soldier hanging of a helicopter, they were taken up through the hole. "Now, we just wait a few sec… Why do you look so nervous?"
"...Haven't you realized how are you taking me?" Touma's gaze turned in another direction.
Peter realized then the problem. First he had grabbed his friend by the waist and second, Touma was supporting himself holding Peter's neck. Their faces were actually a bit too close. It was a rather compromising position for the two male teens.
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"This never happened!" Both shouted at the same time according to forget this completely awkward moment. And they kept going up to a more difficult fight.
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I want to thank Bestplayer109 for Betareading my story.
Not much to say about this chapter except that it could have been better. I don't know, but I feel like it was a little bad compared to the others. In the next one I am going to focus more and I promise. It will be interesting.
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