Chapter 2

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The situation was in stand still as the thugs had turned around to see the members of judgment, one of them started to crack up and not long before all four of delinquents were laughing their asses off. "Nandayo? (What is this?) it's just two kids." One of them said holding back his laughter. Souji stood in his place other side with stupefied face of how lax the thugs were.

"It's extremely stupid to take lady's advice to deaf ears." Kuroko said, same time flicking her hair over the shoulder. Uiharu stand a little bit behind her. Audience had gathered to windows of shops also in the cafe they were just a few minutes ago. Misaka and Saten at the window also, Misaka slowly head toward front door of cafe despite the fact that Kuroko told her not to get involved.

"Shut up!" One the thugs yelled with over confident smile before ran toward Kuroko and tried to punch her, only to punch air on the spot where Kuroko had just stood. "What the-! Teleportation?"

"You catch on surprisingly quickly." man heard Kuroko speak above him, when he looked up, she was already gone. Man's view suddenly flipped upside down and was also pinned down against ground with small metal rods.

"Damn you!" Another exclaimed, before he could do anything else he was grounded in seconds and bound by metal rods to ground. Third making a run, but knocked down by Kuroko, the fourth looked around a escape path and noticed Uiharu who was looking Kuroko working and forgot the fourth thug.

"Now, I suggest you give up peacefully." Kuroko said with confidence in her voice before she saw Uiharu take Hostage by the fourth thug. "Uiharu!"

" Kuroko-s-san" Uiharu managed to say while the delinquent was holding his palm on top of Uiharu's throat and second hand preventing her to move.

"Uiharu!" Misaka and Saten both exclaimed, Misaka immediately running outside to confront the thug.

"Now... let's see you try something Miss Teleporter." Thug said with bit manic voice and grin.

"Yosuke! What are you doing! That's going too far!" One of the delinquents who was bound on the ground near him exclaimed.

"SHUT UP! I'm not planning to let her humiliate me like this!" When he noticed Misaka, his face looked bit more angrier. "Look who decided to show up. Planning to hum-" Delinquents sentence was left unfinished when a fireball struck side of his head, giving a quite a knock-back. Releasing Uiharu from the hold and knocking him out. All confused about what just happened, Uiharu sitting on ground also confused. Souji stood in his place, his hand in gun like posture pointing.

"I was still here...asshole.." Souji said coldly and lowered his hand back to his side.

Few moments later...

All four troublemaker were marched in line into Anti-skill Van, the delinquent who had taken Uiharu hostage, had no memory of the event he had caused. "Uiharu, you sure your okay?" Saten asked tenth time from Uiharu who felt bit awkward from the fussing.

"Yes I'm fine Saten-san" Uiharu insisted.

"That really scared me." Misaka said with tired sigh, relived that it was over.

"Who though that it would suddenly turn out like that." Kuroko said, looking how the anti-skill van took the delinquents away. The turned his eyes to Souji who was crouched over at his shopping bag.

"Aah ah, it broke..." Souji said to himself with depressed tone while picking out a broke juice bottle out from his bag holding it between thumb and first finger, still dripping orange juice. All the items in the shopping bag covered in juice and wet. "What a waste..." He said head dropping down.

"Um, excuse me... I'd like to thank you..." Souji looked over his shoulder to see who was talking to him, seeing Uiharu. " About helping me back then..." She said while she kept fiddling her own fingers. "So... thank you Arasaki-san." She said and bowed

"Uiharu! Your getting left behind!" Saten called out to her.

"Ah, I'm coming! So see you later." She said bowing once more before running to them. Souji gave small wave bit confused and confusion grew even bigger suddenly.

"Why did she know my name?" He asked from himself with beady eyes, tilting his own head and question mark floating around.

Couple days later...

Souji closed his apartments door before he gave a quick look around to see any unidentified moving objects with maid sitting on top. When he he was sure coast was clear he proceeded to elevator. Today was the day he was suppose to visit the Judgment branch he's starting at to introduce himself. He chose much more casual outfit for visiting, white long sleeved shirt with one thick Vertical line in the middle, sleeves pulled up a little, urban camo pants and skating shoes.

For the past couple of days he had followed the same procedure, so far it hasn't appeared second time. During those couple days he took his system scan and was introduced into a school. The system scan verified that he's a Level 4 esper.

"Level...4..." He muttered in the empty elevator while looking at his own hand. "Never though I would have that level, I was kinda expecting level 3. Well, it was pleasant surprise anyway." He said to himself with smile. When the elevator was almost at bottom level he moved to left side of elevator near the door before the door's opened letting in two other people while he exited.

At the gates of boys dormitory yard he was about to walk left he noticed a small creature sitting near the gate eyes directed to opposite side of road. "...a puppy...?" The dog puppy disregarded the eyes of people which gave a look at it with curiosity. It's Fur was gray white colored and tails was sharp from the end, the tail wagged couple times when couple of student girl stopped to pet and left. One small metal dog tag hanged around it's neck. "Unbelievable how some people abandons their pet's like that." Souji said to himself looking at dog with slight pity, same time dog gave a small sneeze before it stood up and ran past Souji and around corner.

Last thing he saw from the dog was it's tail which too eventually vanished behind the corner. Stood there five seconds before he kept walking in opposite direction down the street. After a while of walking he reached a park area and stopped in-front a red vending machine which had huge selection of drinks. "hot... might as well take cold bubbly drink to give some energy..." He said while digging out his wallet only finding 1,000 yen bill inside.

"This goes tempting fate..." He muttered sweating a bit and looking 1,000 yen bill in his hand. He always felt uneasy while feeding a bill inside a vending machine. He pushed the bill inside machine and chose drink, after a short moment nothing came out of machine he pushed down the money returning switch so he could get the 1,000 yen back in smaller coins. Nothing came out and he began to press the switch forcefully until he gave up. "I knew it..." He said in sort bit. Before he raised both his palms to chest level and two huge fires burning appeared on both of his hands while his eyes were covered in his hairs bangs. "why you..." He said with growling tone while both flames on his hands started to grow. Taking step close vending machine eye brown twitching . He suddenly stuffed both his hand into his pocket's extinguishing flames and started walking head hanging.

"Hey, catch!" Souji turned around just in time barely grab a cold soda can thrown to him, Can bouncing in his hand three times until he got a firm grip from it. Once the can was properly in his hand he looked at the person who threw the can to him. Misaka Mikoto stood in-front the vending machine her other hand on her hip while shifting all her weight on her left foot while standing. "Consider that as "Thanks" For helping my friend back then." She said.

"Your friend?...hum...uh" He struggled few moments before he snapped his fingers like a light bulb had just lit up above his head. " You mean the girl who lost her cat yesterday?" Long silence went between them. " Was that wrong?" He asked with nervous smile.

"It's wrong!" Misaka exclaimed stomping her feet against ground.

"Oh, you mean Falling juice and flower hair?" He said, keeping left hands first finger up while giving his suggestion.

"Falling juice and flower head?" Misaka recited while cocking her head to side, looking at Souji with clear concern of his head.

"You see, when I was just walking out from this cafe heading back when these four guys pushed me aside causing me to drop my shopping bag and the glass juice bottle broke inside the bag making it a falling juice, while this girl who had flowers growing in her hair got taken hostage." Souji explained.

"You picked fight with them over a broken juice bottle?"

"Not just any broken juice bottle! It's the same juice I drink when I wake up in the morning, it's the same juice I drink when I go to sleep! I have shared many good memories with that juice brand!" He ranted shaking his fist toward heaven comical manner.

"What are you a baka? So, what were you doing just now?" Misaka said with annoyed face and crossed her arm while changing the subject to vending machine Souji was about to melt few moments ago.

"huh?"

"You were trying to buy from this machine right?" she asked nodding toward machine.

"Yeah, but it ate my money..." Souji replied bit confused.

"Well, it's been lately started become problematic so I'm not surprised if it's eating small coins. How much did it ate?" She asked and placed her hand on the machine.

Souji turned his face with clear agony on it before he spoke. " 1-1,000 yen bill..." He said and kept looking elsewhere giving quick look at Misaka who was face red holding her laugh.

"You truly are half the baka of someone I know!" She exclaimed between her laughs.

"URUSE (Shut up)!"

Later at judgment branch...

"Ah, Uiharu, would you come here for second?" Konori Mii asked from the door.

"yes! Right there in a moment." She said leaving from her desk. When she reached the door she noticed that all the other members excluding Shirai Kuroko were there standing in Line.

"Alright everybody, I'd like to introduce a new addition into our Judgment branch." Konori announced with clear voice while Uiharu took her place in line. "This Is Arasaki Souji, our newest unofficial member, take a good care of him." When Souji walked in from another door next to Konori who stood in-front everybody.

"My name's Arasaki Souji... Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu (Nice to meet you all / Please treat me kindly etc.) He said and bowed down in-front judgment members.

To be continue...

I'm trying my best to write funny and interesting story and I hope you enjoy reading To Aru no Judgment.

And when I asked rumors I meant something to give small plot points like side stories.

Saten: But mostly because I wanna share them~

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