"Ah, you're that Judgement girl, misaka, misaka said as she saw the girl that help her in finding my lost child."
"Ahoge-chan!" Uiharu surprised to see again the child she used to help. "Eh, Misaka?" Uiharu notices she said Misaka twice. 'Come to think of it she does look an awful like Misaka-san if you take a look closer.' she said to herself.
"Eh, I mean... Misaka, misaka frantically trying to find a way to change the subject."
As her luck would have it a distraction in a form of an albino teen coming right her way. "Hey brat, wait for me will ya!" Uiharu was surprised to see such a strange looking boy. His skin was pale as his skin could allow it, his hair was white, his eyes are blood soaked red and he is walking around with a crutch in one arm.
Uiharu suspicious of the teen's appearance and probably his intention ask him something. "What is your relationship with this girl?"
"Huh? I'm her damn babysitter that's what." He bluntly replies.
"I know he might look suspicious, but he's actually a good guy at heart, misaka, misaka introduce Accelerator to the Judgement girl that helps her in the past."
Uiharu thinking that it's just the child strange way of talking decided to just let it go. "Okay I will take your word for it, by the way did you find the lost child you was looking for?"
"Ahem, misaka, misaka proudly put both her hands on her hips because I managed to found the lost child all by myself. Misaka, misaka said obviously lying."
"Who was the child I might ask?" Uiharu curious about the identity of the child she was helping to find.
"Ha, ha, ha. Misaka, misaka laugh as she wonders how would the child react after I reveal his identity, the lost child that we were looking for was none other than the person beside me."
"You little brat, come here you!" Accelerator grabs the kid with one hand and making a swinging motion with his crutch.
"Ah, I'm sorry is what misaka, misaka said, but not what she really meant."
"Why you little!" Accelerator grabs the kid by her collar and pulls her even closer in a fit of fury.
Uiharu watching the two decided to intervene before it escalate any further. When Uiharu about to get between her. What seems to be an angel descends to the square. "There you are Uiharu I've been looking for..." His word got cut shortly after he sees a familiar face nearby.
"Accelerator..." His face turns sour the moment he said that name.
Accelerator hearing someone said his name, let go of Last Order and turns around to look for the guy who said it."Dark Matter..." Accelerator face turns even sourer than that of Kakine.
"Ah! You're the bad man who hurt Accelerator, misaka, misaka said as he pointed at the direction of the evil man."
Kakine felt hurt when she said that, but right now he could care less, because he cares more about Uiharu well being than of himself. "Uiharu are you okay?"
"I'm fine Kakine-san. I'm just stopping a quarrel between these two."
"Oh thank god, I'm afraid that you might get hurt." Kakine seems genuinely concerned.
"Kakine-san..." Before she can appreciate his concern, a small child is running toward him and hitting him in the legs.
"Run, Judgement girl and Accelerator. I'll handle this! Misaka, misaka said as she bravely sacrificing herself to save her friends."
Kakine not even fliched or feeling anything from the child repeated onslaught to his legs. He just stand there and took the light beating" he receives. "Ahoge-chan, don't!" Uiharu said as she pulls Last Order away from him.
"Why are you stopping me? Don't you know this evil man also hurt you! Misaka ask the question because misaka is confused."
"It's because I forgave him for what he did to me."
"What! How can you forgive this evil man? Misaka, misaka ask again."
"Enough brat! if she forgives him, she forgives him and that's the end of it. C'mon let's leave them." Accelerator said to calm Last Order down.
"Wait Accelerator." Kakine said before the two leave.
"What is it Dark Matter?"
"There's something I want to say something to you alone."
"No! Don't trust him. Misaka, misaka said as he's probably trying to hurt you again."
"Relax I beat him once already, if he tries anything I will beat him again." Accelerator said with a smug looks on his face.
"Uiharu I want you to stay with Last Order while the both of us talk, okay." Kakine ask of this to Uiharu.
"Please don't do anything rash." Uiharu's afraid that he might do something they will all regret decided to hug him for fear of what will happen.
Both Accelerator and Last Order see the two and respond to it quite differently:
"Ehh... So that's why you can forgive him. Misaka, misaka said as she is trying to hide her jealousy." Last Order's eyes are devoid of light when she said that.
"Whatever." Accelerator acted nonchalant over the public displays of affection.
Uiharu felt slightly hurt over Last Order's comment on their relationship. Accelerator then follows Kakine to find a place where they can talk in peace. Leaving Last Order to be babysitted by Uiharu. Out of sight of the girls the two of them finally found a place for them to talk. It's a park bench near the infamous broken vending machine. Both of them sit down giving each other some space between them, Kakine trying to put words that he seldom uses to other except for Uiharu, have problem saying it to his arch-enemy.
"Accelerator I want to apologize. I know you might have a hard time accepting if this is true, but I want you to know that I'm truly sorry over what happened between us last time." Kakine pours out all his feeling at him.
"Apology accepted." Accelerator said nonchalantly.
"Look I'll do anything to make it up for you... Did you just forgive me like that?" Kakine was surprised to see that Accelerator just forgave him after all he done.
"You've changed I can see that. No need to know more."
"But why do you forgive me so easily? For all you know you could be wrong about me."
"Maybe, but from the way she acted towards you, I think it's safe to assume that you've changed."
"You really think that?"
"I could be wrong, but if you try anything like that ever again. I will have to kill you."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha..." Kakine trying to forces himself to laugh at Accelerator's threat.
"You want a drink?" Accelerator offered to Kakine.
"Sure, but you can't use the vending machine here, it's broken." Kakine pointed at a certain infamous broken vending machine.
"Won't be a problem. I wasn't going to pay for it anyway." Accelerator walks or limps toward the broken vending machine and put one his hand on the surface of the vending machine.
"By the way, what kind of drink do you want?" Accelerator asks Kakine.
"Beer if they got it."
"This is academy city. They won't put alcohol on vending machine."
"Fine, just give me something with a lot of sugar in it."
With just a mere twist of his hand, Accelerator obtained 2 drinks for the two boys to drink. Accelerator with his usual coffee while Kakine were given a pineapple sorbet. "I can't drink this, this is too sweet." Said to the man that probably gotten him the sweetest drink in the vending machine.
"Tough luck." Accelerator popped open his can of coffee and then proceed to drink it.
"Well at least I got something to give to Uiharu at least." Kakine smirk as he put the can into his jacket.
Speaking of Uiharu, he saw her playing around nearby with the clone of number 3. Seeing her playing around so innocently without a care in the world brought warm to his heart and can't help but to comment about the two of them. "They look so happy aren't they?
"Yes they do." Accelerator said with a cool face.
Seeing the two of them frolicking Kakine suddenly said this to him. "Remember when I said when I wanted to be the number one Esper."
"Yes, I remember you said that before I beat you to a bloddy pulp." He said that as a matter of fact.
"Huh, you want to fight you Albino creep!?" Kakine immediately took offense at what Accelerator said.
"That's fine with me. Bring it number two!" Accelerator starts buttedhead with Kakine.
"Call me number two again, you lolicon!"
"Why you!" Accelerator seems to take that insult personally to heart. While the two of them are preparing to kill each other over petty things Kakine suddenly remembers what Uiharu just said to him and starts apologizing for almost starting a fight.
Accelerator was surprised to say the least after he saw him bowing his head for forgiveness. At first he suspected that he maybe wasn't the real Kakine Teitoku at all and that he maybe just an impostor pretending to be him, but he just sighed and said to this to him again. "You really have changed. The Kakine Teitoku I knew would never have acted the way you did..." His remark was cut short by Kakine who immediately took it as an insult.
"Fine, then. I wasn't going to apologize any.." He retorts angrily at number one, but before he can finish his sentence his forehead were flicked by Accelerator. "Ouch, what was that for?!" Kakine ask him while rubbing his forehead in pain.
"That was for calling me a lolicon earlier and for not listening to me till the end. Listen you asshole there's nothing wrong with what you just did. It proves that you have indeed changed for the better."
"Uhm, thanks I guess, but can't you compliment me without flicking me in my forehead?"
"I held back. You should at least be thankful that you still have your head." He said this to him like he was supposed to be thankful that he's not dead.
"Forget it. What I meant to say earlier was I wanted to number one and for that I would do anything, but after I met Uiharu I realized how foolish my ambition was and the only thing that matter is to become the number one in her heart." Kakine face brightens a little when he mentioned Uiharu.
"That's like the lamest thing I ever heard but I want to give you a word of advice. It's just a friendly reminder, but remembers guys like us will never have a happy ending." Accelerator said while sipping his coffee.
"What does that mean?" Kakine finds himself confused over what Accelerator said to him.
"You'll figure it out." Accelerator throws his coffee to the garbage can and then said to him. "C'mon we got to go, the girls will be wondering where we are."
Kakine follows what he said, but in his mind he ponders the meaning of Accelerator's question. The walk to meet his sweetheart at least gives him some time to think about it. When they arrive Uiharu and Last Order are seen eating crepes on a table near a food wagon. "Hey, we're back!" Kakine shouted at the two girls.
"Kakine-san, Accelerator-san." Uiharu shouted back.
The four of them then decided to say goodbye because both Kakine and Uiharu still have a job to do. Uiharu hugs Ahoge or Last Order one last time and the two boys just nods at each other. The two groups after saying their goodbyes finally went separate way. Along the way Kakine trying to reach out to grab Uiharu's hand. Uiharu notices this slap his hand away. "Kakine-san what are you doing?"
"I just want to hold your hand that's all."
"Why?"
"Because I just want to that's why."
Uiharu pouted at his answer. "Stop teasing me, we still have a route to finish." She said as she picks up the pace.
Kakine actually being serious about it felt crestfallen when he's rejected. Reluctantly he follows her not far behind. The patrol was mostly uneventful, with the exceptions of scolding teens for loitering or helping someone find a lost item. When they finally done with their route. It is almost five in the evening. "It's almost five Kakine-san we should head back to the office."
"Finally." Kakine said while outstretching his arms.
Uiharu smiling at Kakine runs toward him and removes both of their Judgement armbands. Kakine was taken aback by her and ask her about the sudden change of heart?
"Now we can hold hand together." She beamed at Kakine while she hold his hand tight around her.
Happy that she now wants to get more intimate with him, he smiled and said to her. "This is kind of like a date."
Even though the both of them has been together for some time the both of them never gone on an actual date before. An issue he wish to solve sometimes in the future. "Geez, Kakine-san." She held him tighter to hide her blushes from him.
"C'mon we never got on a date." He teases her.
"Kakine-san we still need to get back."
Despite disagreeing with him, she still can't help to hug Kakine's arm. Although there's nothing more she wanted to do than going on a date with him, but alas she have her duty. Kakine and Uiharu walk together her hands embracing his left arm. When they arrive in the office Konori and Kuroko were already waiting for them...
As they enter the office they were greeted with a loud bang. "Surprise!" Konori and Kuroko with popper on their hand
"Konori senpai, Shirai-san!"
"Heh,heh, turns out I've been called back to prepare for Kakine's surprise party." She said while she unbox the cake.
"Is that cake from..." Uiharu eyes turn bright.
"Yes it's from one of the most famous cake shop in School garden. I certain you know what it is. I have to wait in line for hours to get one of these." Uiharu drools at the prospect of eating a Manicagni cake.
"I'm really flattered, but you don't need to throw a party on my behalf." Kakine respectfully decline the invitation.
Uiharu afraid that she won't get to eat her cake or his cake turns to Kakine with a deadly gaze. "Kakine-san we need to stay to eat the cake... I mean, to celebrate you in joining Judgement." Uiharu try her best not to reveal her true intention.
"But you already eat crepes on the way here. You'll get fat if you eat another sweet." Kakine explain to Uiharu.
"A girl has separate stomach for sweet, Kakine-san! So that mean I can as much sweet as I can without getting fat." Uiharu not even bother to hide her intention of eating the cake.
Kakine noticing Uiharu fixation on the prospect eating the cake decided to stay for the celebration and he also notices the scary feeling she emitted when Kuroko mentioned the cake. Not wanting to deprive her of the cake and fearful of what she might do to him after they come home, he reluctantly accept it. Happy that she can finally eat the cake Uiharu smiles ear to ear as she find her a seat on the table. When everyone are finally seated Konori hands Kakine a knife to cut the cake. "Congratulation now you're officially in Judgement." Konori said to Kakine while she hands him the knife.
"Thank you for all of this."
"Okay, let's cut the cake." Konori clap her hands.
Kakine plunge the knife to the cake in order to cut it and gives the first cut to Uiharu. Happy that she's given the first cut of cake Uiharu grabs the nearest fork and wolf down the cake. "Is it tasty?" Kakine asked.
Uiharu cannot answer because her mouth is full of said cake, so she answers his question by nodding her head repeatedly up and down. Kakine moves his face closer to her and kiss her. His tongue then enters her mouth to taste the cake inside. Finally done with the taste test he leaves the mouth alone and begun to comment on the taste. "You're right it does taste good." With a possible double meaning to it. The other two girls that watch the event played right before their eyes out blushes like a beet. Even Kuroko which have a high tolerant for this sort of things feels embarrassed, but what of the girl he kissed?
She is unconscious for a few second before it all came down crashing down on her. She swallow the cake inside her mouth and screamed "Kakine-san no Baka!" The other girls then laughed at the couple odd antics. Uiharu embarrassed by the laughter she heard flails her arms around in an effort to hurt him. Kakine instead of feeling hurt just laugh at seeing Uiharu embarrassed face.
'I think I'm going to like being in Judgement.' Kakine said to himself while holding his ground against his girlfriend onslaught. The three then starts to laugh even harder at the situation leaving Uiharu alone feeling embarrassed.