Alright guys, here's the 4th chapter of my story! Sorry this chapter was a little late. I kind of got invested into writing my other story 'It's Our Turn to Save You' so there's a plugin for that. That story has a Misaki chapter if you guys want to check that out.
Anyway, thanks again for reading this and for all of the reviews. Don't hesitate to give me some ideas for the story. It would help me out a lot and I will keep some of your ideas in mind and possibly use them for future chapters.
Anyway, on to the story!
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"Hey did you hear about that boy that the Queen was with?"
"Yeah, I was there when I saw the two of them hanging around in front of the dorms."
"I didn't know that the Queen had a boyfriend!"
"Were you able to see what he was like?"
"Some people that were around the two of them when he dropped her off said he looked kind of average."
"I heard some said he looked weird with his spiky hair."
"Still though, this is a pretty big step for the Queen."
"I think it was expected for someone like her, she is pretty popular after all."
"There were a bunch of people saying that they witnessed that boy and the Queen being together the other day."
"Others said that the Queen claimed she planned on meeting the boy for a date."
"*Squee* I bet she's been with him for a while now."
After a certain pair the other day had shown off themselves, it seemed like rumors had been circulating around Tokiwadai Middle School among the girls about the new hot topic on their minds. It was only natural considering that the girl named Shokuhou Misaki was basically the idol of their school.
Girls were all running around and gossiping with their friends about it. But it didn't seem like that topic was going to be restricted just to Tokiwadai. Soon that news had spread like wildfire around District 7.
While all of that was going on, a certain girl named Shokuhou Misaki was actually outside of the campus as it as happening. Unsurprisingly, she was hanging around the boy named Kamijou Touma again.
At this point, Misaki pretty much expected that she would eventually run into Touma unwillingly whether she liked it or not, not that she minded anyways. You could say that she even anticipated the times that they would meet. Usually it was through weird circumstances but it surprised her how they had met now.
She was walking around when she thought she saw a familiar mass of spiky hair sticking out. She looked over and saw the boy in a little plaza at a table looking hunched forward over something. She started walking over towards him and as she got closer saw that he had a whole bunch of papers laying around all around him. Upon further inspection of the boy himself, it looked like he was distraught as he was clenching his head all nervously.
"Huh? What's this?" Misaki inquired as she leaned in towards his papers as well.
At her sudden appearance, Touma did not react. Whether it was because it was no surprise either to him as well that he would inevitably see Misaki again or he was more worried at what was spread out all over the table we would never know.
Misaki picked up one of the papers and looked it over. It seemed like it was just a normal school test. What stuck out to her was all of the red marks on the page, and also that big 0 on the top of the page. She looked over at the other papers to find that they were all similarly marked. Misaki looked back over at Touma.
"Fukou da." Touma said finally as he looked down defeated.
"What happened?" Misaki said questioningly.
"Just my rotten luck as usual." Touma responded.
"Please do explain. While these papers tell part of the story, I'm curious to know the context behind these." Misaki said as she took a a seat and down at the table right in front of him.
Touma straightened up and scratched his bead. "Well, while we were out yesterday, it seemed like I forgot that I had a whole bunch of homework assignments given to me that I had to do. Not only that, there were a bunch of tests I had to take for my supplementary lessons today that I didn't study for." Touma said as he sighed.
"Most of those papers had a lot of 0's on them..."
"It's not my fault okay!"
"Still, you must have a little bit of knowledge when it comes to these things. It takes quite an impressive effort to get a 0."
"Ugghh, these things are just so hard to understand."
"Are they really now?" Misaki said as she picked up a paper again. "Hmmm, these actually look like some basic stuff we learn over at Tokiwadai."
"You girls are all part of an upper elite school though!"
"Still doesn't seem that hard though."
"I don't want to hear something like that from a Level 5! All of the Level 5s are supposed to be geniuses so don't place the same standard you have on a lowly Level 0 like me."
"Ehehe." Misaki said as she sweatdropped.
Her face then looked as if she realized something as a thought dawned on her.
"So I guess it was my fault that you got bad scores on all of these?"
"Ehh? Why would you think that?"
"Well I was kind of the one that kind of dragged you around yesterday..." Misaki said kind of downtrodden,
"No no no!" Touma said waving his hands. "I don't blame you at all for that."
"Even so, I still kind of feel guilty for taking up your time yesterday."
"I can only blame myself for my lack of knowledge."
"Hmm I guess that's true."
"What's with that sudden turn?! I thought you were supposed to try to reassure me!"
Misaki put her right hand hand in a fist on top of her left hand's palm "I've got it!"
"Hmm?" Touma looked at her questioningly at what she just got.
"To make up for for yesterday, I guess I'll just have to tutor you."
"Ehh?"
"I'll be more than willing to help you with your schoolwork." Misaki said in a proud tone as she placed her hand on her chest
"I can't accept help from someone who's younger than me! Especially someone that's just in their first year of middle school while I'm in my third."
"But didn't you just acknowledge that Level 5s were geniuses?"
"That's beside the point! The image of someone being tutored by someone younger doesn't make any sense! You need to have a kind and caring older senpai that's willing to help out their kouhai to help them!"
A tick mark appeared on Misaki's head. "Are you really denying my help?"
"I can sense your good intention but really, I'm fine. Besides, I really do have a senpai from the high school I'm trying to get into that's willing to help me."
An alarm went off inside Misaki's head. Senpai...from high school?
"I think she said that she'll could help me later today. She told me to come to her apartment for a tutoring session."
She? Misaki was on alert now. It couldn't possibly be her?! Wait a second, did he just say she invited him to her apartment?!
Touma started packing his papers back into his briefcase. "I appreciate the offer Misaki but I think I'm good on-"
She grabbed his hand all of a sudden. Then she started dragging him.
"Huh? Wha- Misaki? What are you doing?"
"I think I could truly tutor you better than this old hag you're talking about ever could. Since I'm a Level 5 and you're a Level 0, doesn't that technically make you my kouhai?"
"What kind of logic is that?! Besides, I really need to get going now if I want to be there on time to meet with Kumokawa-senpai!"
"Do you really want to visit a girl's room that badly? Fine, let's go to my dorm room then."
"That is not at all what I was suggesting!"
"Ugghh, where is he?"
A certain girl was sitting around on her couch in an apartment. This girl's name was Kumokawa Seria.
It looked like something she was expecting did not happen as she had a cross look on her face. It seemed that her whole body was tense and she was tapping her cheek very impatiently and clicking her foot on the ground pretty rapidly.
She was expecting a certain someone to be here by now. A certain spiky haired boy named Kamijou Touma.
Seria had been talking to the boy earlier in that week and she was able to convince him that she could tutor him. With his poor grades, he really needed the help. He would be taking exams later this year to get into high school and she really wanted him to be able to come to her high school.
So while she offered to help teach him, they needed to meet up at a place where they could work. And so, she offered up her apartment and the boy had surprisingly complied.
Now while Seria was often known as a cool, level-headed girl. It could be said that that image was broken for a little bit when she finally thought that she reeled that boy in.
Expecting company over, Seria had even went as far as to clean up her apartment. That in itself was a very huge surprise and an impressive accomplishment in its own right. Her little sister Maria had always been berating her about being able to maintain herself. Adding on to the fact that Maria was a maid in training, she was especially stringent in that field.
And so, here she was.
Waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting...
"That's it! I'm using Academy City's surveillance cameras to find where he is."
Touma and Misaki were now standing in front of the building that lead to the dorms of those that went to Tokiwadai Middle School.
"Uhh, are you sure that it's fine for me to go in there?"
"Well, technically I guess we do allow visitors...but only if they're female."
"Isn't that a big problem for me then?!"
"It's no big deal, we just have to make sure that you don't get caught."
"I think that's going to be a little hard." Touma said as he was pointing to something with his free hand that wasn't holding on to his briefcase.
Misaki's eyes followed the path towards where he was pointing to and noticed that other Tokiwadai students were passing by and some were also staring at them as well. Some were in groups and started whispering and murmuring stuff to each other.
"They're here again?"
"Oh my, is the queen having another rendezvous right now?"
"It looks like they're going to have a date again."
"But it doesn't look like they're going out. In fact, it looks like they're about to head into the dorms."
"Can they do that? I don't think the dorms are very lenient on visitors, especially boys."
"Why would the queen take him to inside our dorms?"
"She could be taking him to her room, in which case..."
"T-t-they couldn't possibly be doing that right?"
"*Shriek*"
Touma was starting to get nervous from the attention they were getting. He turned to face Misaki.
"Uhh, I really feel like I shouldn't be here."
"Come on, if you stick with me then you should be fine."
Misaki then grabbed his wrist and started dragging him to inside the building.
"I think there's precisely a problem if I stick with you! People are watching!"
"So?"
"Couldn't you possibly at least use your power so that they can't see us?"
"Now why would I need to do something as pointless as that?" Misaki said with a smirk.
"You know exactly why!"
"I don't believe I do."
"Then why are we hiding against this wall?"
Just as he said, Touma and Misaki were up against a wall. They had already begun walking through the Tokiwadai dorm as they were talking and the hall's end they were walking in was perpendicular to another one. And so, Misaki stopped them just before they had to turn the corner into the hall and leaned back against the wall as she peeked our from it and looked to the left and right to see if the coast was clear.
"Oh uh, no reason at all." Misaki said.
It was a total lie what she said though. She was indeed on a very close lookout for a certain someone. If there was one thing that all Tokiwadai students feared, it was the dorm manager. She would certainly face hell of the dorm manager found her sneaking someone in, let alone a boy.
When she confirmed that the coast was clear, she grabbed Touma's hand again and started dragging him in the direction of her room.
They had reached the front of her room and she began the process of opening it.
I'm really going to go in a girl's room huh? Touma had thought.
As she opened the door and walked into her room, Touma followed up behind her. As he walked in, he was surprised at the elegance of her room. Just like him, she had a whole dorm room to herself. Her bed was propped up against the wall on the left side of the room. She had a desk right next to the window right above her bed. On the right wall of the room was a couch that looked like it could fit 3 people on it. Over in the right corner was a closet and another door that lead into a bathroom. In the center of the room was a small table low to the ground that you'd need to either sit on your knees or cross your legs together to be level with it.
"What do you think?" Misaki said in reference to her room.
"Definitely better than the one I have. As expected of Tokiwadai I guess."
"Well, prop your stuff down and I can start helping you on what you need to know."
"As I said already, all of this stuff is pretty easy."
"Ugghh, I know I'm an idiot." Touma groaned.
They had been studying for a little bit now and Touma was still struggling along with his work.
"I didn't say that."
"But I know you're insinuating it."
"Ehehehe. Well anyway, what high school are you trying to even get into anyway? Doesn't seem like it would be something that hard to get into if their exams are going to be based on these."
"The one I'm trying to get into is called A Certain High School. It's a pretty normal school and is mostly filled with people that are lower levels."
"Interesting choice." Maybe I'll check it out during the Ichihanaransai
"I think it's a pretty fitting school for a Level 0 like me. But I think another reason I chose that one is because a senpai I know that goes there recommended it to me."
A tick mark appeared on her head.
"Hmmph, so you're going to that school just so you can be with her?"
"Huh?"
"I guess boys really are just that persistent when chasing after a girl."
"Now that's just an offensive claim! Also, I never said that my senpai was a girl."
"But she is isn't she?"
"I...uhh..." Touma couldn't deny it.
Misaki was about to speak up to Touma but suddenly knocking came to her door. She turned her head towards the door and wondered who could it be.
"Shokuhou-san are you in there?" A voice ringed out.
Misaki's demeanor suddenly turned from being ticked off at Touma to one of fear of the person behind that door. It was the infamous Tokiwadai dorm manager.
"Ah yes, I am in here."
"Who's that?" Touma asked.
"SSHHH." Misaki said to Touma while putting her index finger in front of her mouth.
"Well could you let me in? I need to talk to you about something. Apparently there's rumors going around about you bringing a boy into the dorms and I need to confirm something with you."
Misaki was sweating heavily now. She panicked and look over at Touma
"Ah quick! Do something so that she won't see you." Misaki said as she headed towards the door.
Touma started panicking as well. He looked around to see what he could do. His eyes settled on the window. Touma ran towards it and opened up the window.
Misaki looked back in surprise at what he was doing. "Ah I meant to hide somewhere, not jump ou-" Misaki was cut off as Touma jumped out of her room.
"...I hope he realizes that we're on the 3rd floor."
Misaki sighed. Well at least he got himself out of sight. She took all the papers that were scattered around the table and packed them and his briefcase over in her desk. She then walked over opened the door to her room for the dorm manager.
"So what were those rumors about? As you can see, there is no boy around here anywhere." Misaki said as she waved her arm to her now empty room.
"Owww" Touma said as he groaned.
He apparently didn't look out the window before he jumped and realize that Misaki's room was on the 3rd floor. Something unusual for him though was that he lucky to have landed on some bushes to cushion his fall. Not that it still didn't hurt considering it was 3 stories.
After getting his bearings, he looked up and saw that he was now in a courtyard of the dorms.
What am I going to do now? Touma wondered.
The reason he was even there in the first place was so Misaki could tutor him but it looked like she was caught up in a bind now. Boys weren't supposed to be around here so he was debating whether to wait and go back to Misaki, or to sneak out of Tokiwadai.
"Ara?" A voice said. Well it looked like his choice was being made for him.
Touma turned his head towards the source of the voice and looked up to see it was a girl. The most notable thing about her appearance was her lilac hair that was styled up into ringlet curls and drills.
"I...uhh...It's not what it looks like!" Touma said in panic.
"Hmm? Aren't you the boy that was with the Queen earlier?" The girl said calmly.
"What? Queen?" Who's that? Touma thought.
"Oh? Don't you know about her?"
"I don't think so."
"That's the title given to the leader of the largest clique in our school and the one that's the #5 Level 5 in Academy City."
"Really?" Touma said. Wait, she just said the fifth Level 5 "So that's what Misaki is called around here? Actually, now that I think about it, it kind of fits for someone like her who acts like an ojou-san."
"Ooh, so you do know her after all."
"Ehehe, I guess."
The girl with drills clapped her hands together. "Well that's great!" She said with a smile. "It's always nice to meet an acquaintance of the Queen."
She then looked around. "Speaking of which, where is the Queen right now? I thought you would be with her."
Touma chuckled a bit and pointed up.
"Oh that's her room up there. So why are you down here then?"
"Well uhh...her dorm manager came to her room in search of a boy and I had to get out of there."
"I see."
Touma scratched the back of head. "Soo...Are you going to turn me in or something?"
The girl tilted her head. "Hmm? Now why would I do that?"
"I'm a boy right? That means I'm not supposed to be around here."
"Normally that would be true. But I don't think the Queen would appreciate it much if I turned her boyfriend in."
"Wha- boyfriend? Where did you hear tha-"
"So as a favor for the Queen, I shall help you out here so that you will not get caught." The girl said cutting him off.
"Really? You'll help me?"
"Yup, it's the least I can do for her."
"Alright, well then what do we do now? I don't want to be caught by that dorm manager."
The girl sweatdropped. "Yeah she is a scary one. She's pretty much feared by all of the students on campus."
"That reminds me, should I worry about the students as well? I can't imagine they'd all be as accepting as you."
"Oh I would worry about them, but not for the reasons you'd think. It's a pretty hot topic around here about the boy that was seen with the Queen so I'd imagine that they'd just swarm you and bombard you with questions. That would attract too much attention."
Touma sweatdropped and looked confused at what she said.
"Well anyways, let's go." The girl said as she gestured for Touma to follow her.
He nodded and got up and followed just behind her.
The dorm manager had interrogated her with a bunch of questions. After answering as best she could, the dorm manager had demanded that she be allowed to check inside her room. She had let the dorm manager into her room and let her scan around the place to show as evidence that she was indeed not harboring a boy.
"So as you can see, there's no boys around here whatsoever." Misaki said.
"Hmm, I guess that there isn't." The dorm manager had said from right next to Misaki's desk.
Misaki sighed in relief as she thought the dorm manager was done. But she noticed that she had turned her head and her eyes narrowed.
Misaki followed her line of sight and found she was looking at the open window that Touma left behind.
Panic set in her stomach as the dorm manager walked over and leaned out the window. She looked outside for a bit and then pulled her body back in and closed the window.
"Alright Shokuhou, it seems like everything is in order."
The dorm manager walked out of the room and Misaki let out a sigh of relief as she closed the door behind her.
Then she snapped her attention to the window. If the dorm manager didn't see anything, then that means...
She ran over and opened it. Misaki looked outside and just like the dorm manager, she did not see any trace of the boy.
Where did he go?
"So how do you propose I get out of here?" Touma said to the drills-girl.
"Hmm, I believe that getting across the sports field is your best bet. The dorm manager is probably suspicious now and is probably watching over the entrances. The open fields will probably be able to get you right back out to Academy City."
Touma nodded to her suggestion and followed right behind her. They snuck around nooks and crannies and took some less popular paths to make sure that nobody would see him as she led him to the sports area of Tokiwadai. Touma was constantly looking around and keeping an eye out for others.
When they had finally reached their destination, she led him to a building. She opened the door and peeked inside to check if it was clear before they went in. She looked back to Touma and nodded and gestured him to follow her. Touma nodded back and looked around to make sure nobody was seeing him go in. He then slipped inside.
They were walking through a hallway of the building. Touma observed around him and it looked like it was your typical sports recreation center. It had gyms, indoor courts, and locker rooms. They needed to walk through this building in order to get out into the sports fields. As they were walking they heard some voices.
The pair became alerted. The girl with drills walked ahead and peeked around one of the corners in the hallway to see a group of girls coming. It looked like they were coming back from out in the sports fields. She turned back to Touma.
"Quick, we need to hide you!"
"But where is there to hide?" Touma pointed out the bare hallway.
"In here!" The girl said as she pointed to a nearby locker room.
"What? I can't go in there! That's a girl's locker room!"
"Well, this is an all girls school after all. Besides, there's no other places that we could go to without you being out in the open."
Touma groaned as the she pushed him into the locker room.
"Follow me to my locker, we can hide you in there."
Touma complied and followed her to her locker. He looked around the place and saw that the place pretty much looked like any other locker room. They arrived at her locker and Touma watched as she undid her lock.
After she unlocked it, she opened the locker and gestured for him to get in. Touma was still pretty hesitant about doing this.
Suddenly, the voices of the girls could be heard as the door to the locker room opened and the group was piling inside.
Losing that hesitation, he jumped inside and locker closed right behind him.
Misaki walked down to the courtyard where Touma would have ended up after jumping out her window. She saw what she could have assumed where Touma had ended up at after jumping out her window considering the fact that there was a bush that looked like it was flattened.
Well at least I know where he landed.
She scanned around the area and found no sight of the spiky-haired boy. I guess she couldn't have expected him to stay on a bush but where could he have gone?
Let's see. If I was trapped in an all girls school, what would I try to do?
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Escape of course...
But how would he go about doing that?
Usually it was thought that it was every boy's dream to be able to peep on girls in their locker room. To be able to gaze at the female body at it's bare form. For hormone-driven teenagers, it would be pure ecstasy.
Kamijou Touma however, was not feeling any sort of those feelings.
As soon as he was stuffed into the locker, he came face to face with some of the drill girl's uhh...belongings. Those belongings being some of her personal effects for physical activities such as a swimsuit, gym clothes, and some undergarments.
Oh god I should not be in here.
Touma tried to turn around as he shifted his body in the cramped space of the locker. As he turned around, he saw a stream of light enter into the locker from the little openings on the locker. He didn't know if turning around was any better as he could see girls coming into view through the small slit. Touma could make out the images of girls starting to undress.
Another thing he saw thought was that the drill-haired girl was standing in front of the locker as a sort of defensive screen for him.
"What are you doing here?" He heard a voice. It seemed that one of the girls that came in saw the drills girl and was curious as to what she was doing in the locker room as well.
"Haha." The girl with lilac hair said while scratching her head. "I'm uhh, just waiting for the Queen. She said she wanted to go swimming today and I had went ahead here."
"Ah I see. Well that's great. Hmm, but if I recall correctly, I don't think I've ever seen the Queen be fond of swimming that much."
"I've noticed she's been going to great effort to try it though."
"I wonder why that is."
"Well, I think I've got an idea." The drill-haired girl said with a sly smile.
"Do tell me later. Right now I need to get changed but I'll see you later." The girl said with a smile before heading off to her own locker.
Touma could only observe on as he waited inside the locker. It was going to be a while before it would actually be clear and he could get out. The girls needed to take their showers before they would change and then leave. He was sweating heavily at not only from being cramped inside a small space, but also from worry about getting caught. It was bad enough that he was on a girls campus, it was even worse that he was inside a locker room.
Time had passed as he continued to be stuck in there. The drill-haired girl sat down on one of the benches and kind of looked at him with a sympathetic look.
Well at least she's not accusing me for being a pervert. Touma sighed.
As the girls piled out of the locker room. The girl scanned around to make sure that everyone was gone.
After confirming, she went up to her locker and began undoing the before she opened it, there was a problem. Because Touma had been stuck standing up in a cramped space, his legs and body fell asleep on him.
He didn't notice until she opened up her locker. In which case he came crashing down out of the locker.
..and landed right on top of the drill-haired girl. They both came down and hit the floor.
Touma groaned and looked up as best he could from where he was. His eyes widened to see that he was in a very compromising position with the drill-haired girl.
"W-w-what's going on here?!" A voice rang out
Misaki was trying to figure out where Touma could have gone if he was trying to get off campus. It didn't look like it would have been as simple as walking out the front of the school considering that the dorm manager was on the lookout now.
She looked back to the bush Touma landed on and see that stemming from the bush was a path of leaves.
Misaki could only assume that was from Touma. She decided to follow it but it didn't look like it went on for long as soon the path of leaves was dissipating. She didn't know where he could be but this was the only hint that she had of where he had gone.
She thought about where the general direction that the path she was on was headed to. It looked like it was headed to the sports fields of Tokiwadai.
Ugghh, sports.
Well, it couldn't hurt to check over there. She could only assume that his idea would be that he could get off campus from the open fields over there.
She headed towards the facilities near the sports areas of Tokiwadai.
As she neared one of the buildings, she could see some girls exiting the building.
One of the girls noticed Misaki and waved over to her.
"Ah, Queen!" The girl said. "Are you headed to go swimming? Your friend is waiting on over in the locker room."
Misaki looked on confused. "Ah, yes I am. I shall head on over now." Misaki said with a reluctant smile.
The girl waved goodbye and she watched as the group of girls left.
Friend? She didn't know who it was that was waiting for her but it couldn't hurt to check it out.
"Ah? Misaki?" Touma said.
"What are you doing to her?!" Misaki said as she pointed out their compromising position. Never did she expect to walk into a locker room and see her closest friend along with the boy that she was closest to sprawled out together on the ground.
"It's not what it looks like!"
"Are you sure? It looks like you're getting kind of frisky in that position." Misaki said with a glare in her eyes.
"I concur with him." The girl piped up from below Touma. "I would never do something as to try to mess around with your boyfriend away Queen!"
"B-b-b-boyfriend?!" Misaki blushed. "W-what are you talking about?" She said as she turned her head.
Touma and the drill-haired girl stared at her and then looked back at each other and decided it was time to get up off the ground.
After they stood up and dusted off, the drill-haired girl looked back at Misaki.
"What do you mean what am I talking about? Isn't this gentleman your boyfriend?"
"N-no! Why would you think that?"
"It's been the hot topic around in Tokiwadai. There's been a number of people that have observed you hanging around this boy often. Some of them have said that they saw you declare you had a scheduled date with him the other day."
Misaki continued to turn redder. "That was just for one occasion! Besides, why would you assume things just because one of my closest friends just so happens to be a boy?"
"Wouldn't that be a boyfriend then?"
"That is completely different!"
"But then why did you bring this boy with you to your room? I could only assume that you brought him to-"
Misaki's face was now boiling. "Now just hold on a second there!" Misaki was seriously considering using her power now.
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation," Touma cut in awkwardly considering their conversation involved him. "but I still have a situation on my hands where I need to get out of here."
They both stopped and looked at him. They looked back at each other and nodded to drop the topic before turning back towards Touma.
"Well by the looks of it, it seems that the idea you two came up with was to cross the sports fields." Misaki said.
"That is correct Queen." The drill-haired girl said as Touma nodded to confirm as well.
"Alright, well let's continue on with that plan."
The two girls accompanied Touma as they made their way out into the sports fields. It was a pretty open space so they had to make sure that nobody would be around to see them. Fortunately for them, it seemed like that group of girls from the locker room were the last ones outside.
They crossed the Track and Field and headed over to the swimming pool which was at the very edge of the campus. If they could get across the area of the swimming pool, they can exit out from the fance that led to Academy City.
As they opened the gate and entered the swimming pool area, they looked and Touma was surprised at what he saw. There were huge puddles of water all over the whole area that wasn't the swimming pool which was actually supposed to hold the water.
"It seems like the Railgun was practicing again earlier." The drill-haired girl said.
"What a very brutish girl." Misaki commented.
"Either way, it looks like it's clear." Touma said.
He took a look around and it truly did look like it was clear. He could see the exit on the other side of the pool area that would lead to outside of the campus.
"Guess I'm home-free." Touma said as he took off running.
"Ah, Touma-kun. Wait!" Misaki said as she chased after him too.
"I don't think that's a good idea." The drill-haired girl called out.
Things were going too well for Touma for him to just as simply be able to leave just like that. Lady luck would make it her job to make sure that misfortune would head Touma's way.
Everyone knew the phrase 'Don't run by the pool'. There was a good reason why that phrase existed.
As Touma was running, he slipped on one of the large puddles that surrounded the area. He slipped backwards and that had knocked him into Misaki who was running right behind him as well. As he slipped and fell back onto her, she too slipped and they both fell down into the pool together.
"Oh no!" The drill-haired girl said as she walked up to the edge of the pool near where the pair had fell in.
As they submerged, Touma tried to open his eyes. He saw that he was underwater now. Over a little ways away, he could see Misaki flailing around and drowning underwater.
Right, she still can't swim.
Touma moved to swim over to her. As he was making his way over to her, he noticed that she stopped moving around.
Oh crap!
He reach over to her and tried to grab her. He managed to grab her arm but the weight he felt from holding her was as if her body was lifeless and was sinking down.
Touma swam back up up while holding her body. He broke the surface and began gasping for air. He looked over and saw that the drill-haired girl was watching them worryingly. He swam over to her while still carrying Misaki's body and she helped to get her out of the water.
As Touma pulled himself up out of the pool as well, he could see that the girl laid Misaki out on the concrete. Misaki laid still and it didn't look like she was breathing.
"We have to do something!" The drill-haired girl said in panic.
"What can we do?!"
"You have to perform CPR!"
"What, why me?"
"You're a boy aren't you? Also, aren't you the Queen's boyfriend? Surely touching her lips isn't something foreign to you!"
"I thought we already told you that was a misunderstanding!"
"Still, you have to do something!"
Alright, calm down. We learned first aid treatment in school, this should be simple right? Touma thought
Touma looked down at Misaki's body. Alright, so they said to pump their chest to get the air flowing. He moved his hands towards her chest and was about to place them on her chest but he hesitated. I can't do this! Misaki would get mad at me. I can't touch a girl's chest while she's unconscious, especially not in front of another girl. No wait, why am I worrying about this?! Someone's life is on the line.
Touma thought back to the other step of CPR. They said that you also had to get breathe air into them yourself and that was usually done through mouth to mouth. That part isn't any better either. But it looks like the other girl is expecting me to do that.
He finally decided on something to do. He would do the mouth to mouth first. Touma leaned over her body with his face above hers. He lowered down and parted his mouth slightly. He could see from the corner of his eyes that the drill-haired girl Just as he was about to touch her lips...
*Pffftttt*
Misaki coughed and sprayed water out of her mouth...and right into Touma's.
"Blahhhh." Touma fell back at what just happened and proceeded to spit out the water that landed in his mouth to the side.
Misaki coughed heavily and started panting heavily.
"Queen, you're okay!"
Misaki was able to get air back in her lungs. "Ugghh, I will forever hate water." She looked over to see Touma spitting out water, unaware of what just happened.
"Ah sweet freedom!" Touma exclaimed after finally getting out of Tokiwadai. Misaki and the lilac-colored, drill-haired girl were with him as well.
"Glad we got through that without getting caught." Misaki said.
"I agree." The other girl piped in.
Touma turned back to the drill-haired girl. "I appreciate the help today."
"Oh no problem at all. As I said, anything for the Queen's boyfriend."
"We're not like that!" Touma and Misaki said simultaneously.
She could only giggle at their responses.
Touma sighed. "Well at least I was able to get some tutoring in from Misa- I left my stuff in your dorm!" Touma said in realization. His demeanor changing from one of relief to one of panic again.
"Ugghh, don't tell me I have to sneak back in to get it back." Touma groaned.
"Don't worry, I'll be able to get your stuff back to you later." Misaki reassured him.
"*Sigh* Thanks. Do you want to meet up tomorrow? I still have supplementary lessons that I need my stuff for."
"Sure, no problem." Misaki said with a smile.
"I guess I'll see you later." Touma said as he waved a goodbye and walked away.
Misaki waved back at him.
"Are you sure about your relationship with him Queen? From my point of view, it looks like you just set up another date with him tomorrow."
A tick mark appeared on Misaki's head.
"Also what was that earlier you said? You were tutoring him in your room? Was that really all it was?"
Misaki was seriously contemplating using her powers on her friend right now.
"Finally! I've found you!"
"Ah? Kumokawa-senpai? What are you doing he- O crap, I'm so sorry!"
"Grrr."
"Wait, why are you dragging me? Where are we going senpai?"
"I'll make sure that I didn't clean up my apartment for nothing!"
End note: They really need to give Misaki's friend a name.