Thud.
Shirai fell from the chair, face flat on the wooden floor. She sat up on her bent knees as she put her hand on the sore spot in her forehead, rubbing it to ease the pain.
It was only 3:54 in the morning.
Due to the pain she had received, she didn't feel like sleeping anymore and so, waited for Mikoto to wake up.
Suddenly, she heard Mikoto mumbling.
"I just finished washing my face... hey, you're the guy... and his dog..."
Shirai didn't know what Mikoto was dreaming about. Then she remembered the encounter with Yoshiki and his dog created from his illusion. (He had a reason to create a make up situation. There was no challenge during her encounter with him.)
Considering it was futile to think deeper into the issue, Shirai looked at the sleeping figure of Mikoto.
Just looking at her companion made her heart thump loudly. She did not know the reason why. For the past few days, she only felt gratitude for Mikoto saving her and felt closer with each other as time pass by. By human definition, they were best friends.
She took her sight off Mikoto. Her mind felt like exploding as her thoughts drifted to other things.
Touch. Feel. Tas-
She shook her head.
'I... I wouldn't think of indecent things to my Onee-sama.'
...My?
Shirai clasped her head with her hands, desperately trying to think of a diversion to get rid of such thoughts.
For a 95 year old Heiress, this was the first time she felt an emotion, known to humans as...
Love.
"Hey, Kamakiri, when are we going to proceed to our next task?"
Kamakiri's companion, Inu, was possessing a body of a male middle school student while Kamakiri still possessed the same high school student.
"I've told you to call me Yoshiki in this situation." Kamakiri stated, annoyed by Inu's blunt name call. "Kamakiri is an unusual name in this city."
"As if Inu isn't one."
Both Kamakiri and Inu were inside the Julian family restaurant, sat across each other. Both had sweets and juices on their table.
"Do you still have the memory?" Kamakiri asked.
"Yeah. What will you do to it?"
"In case my first plan fails, I'll involve everyone related to the Heiress' companion by letting you read her friend's memory. I'm sure you know who will be involved and not."
"Crossing out those who shouldn't be involved sounds boring. By involving those unrelated to that pesky companion, the tension gets stronger, don't you think?"
"You sound pretty confident of yourself."
"I don't like to be called Inu. Call me Aza-"
"Be quiet."
Kamakiri sipped on his juice while Inu fumed in anger.
At Tokiwadai Middle School, it was lunch time.
Mikoto and Kyouko sat in a table for four outside the school. They occupied the same table once again as it had gave them a good scenery and the air that they breathe in there was always fresh and clean.
"After all this, we've only made a tiny bit of progress."
Last night, Kyouko told Mikoto about their Judgment duty and their progress. When Kyouko mentioned that Skill-Outs were hospitalized and asked Mikoto whether if she knew about it, but she claimed to have no idea about the incident.
"At least you guys finally have a lead." Mikoto said.
"Yeah, with more search, we can hunt down the culprit."
As a member of 177th Judgment Branch and one of the more responsible member, Kyouko was determined in looking for the culprit no matter how difficult it would be for them to get a lead.
"By the way, Misaka-san," Kyouko said, "Do you believe in spiritual possession?"
Mikoto thought about it for a moment. She couldn't deny that it was real, as she had seen it firsthand by Washi and experienced it once a few days ago during an unpleasant timing.
"I think so."
"Really, this is the first time we're going to handle a case that couldn't be explained by science."
"How are you going to solve the possession case then?"
"Hmm?" Kyouko looked at Mikoto curiously.
"I mean, you're going to solve those kind of cases, right? You should need someone who knows how to remove the evil spirits from the victim."
Kyouko eyed Mikoto suspiciously. "Misaka-san... you seem informed of this."
"Eh? Ah, no, it's just that, I used to read up on supernatural stuffs. Yeah!"
Her kouhai sighed and stared at her cup of tea, observing the reflection. "I just can't believe this is happening."
"Well, this is Academy City. Anything can happen, right?"
"Anything but this. So long as it can be explained and proven by scientific data. After all, Academy City is a city of science."
Under the table that the two of them occupied, Shirai sat in a position fitting for a lady, her legs on her side. Ever since her dilemma this early morning, she had become awfully quiet and couldn't even face Mikoto even if she wanted to.
On the rooftop of one of the buildings in District 7, Kamakiri and Inu were standing in the middle of it along with two other figures. All of them were in their original form. Kamakiri was beside Inu, across them were two youkai who had dirty white and black flame.
"Alright."
Kamakiri made a long paper that was almost as long as his height out of his flame appear from his hand. He browsed from the topmost part of the paper and looked at the black and white duo youkai.
"Polar and Panda," he looked at the dirty white and black youkai in front of him. "Your mission is to challenge both the Heiress and the human that is always with her. Understood?"
The two youkai nodded in confirmation.
Inu glared at Kamakiri. "What the hell are you doing making these two fight? These two are so damn slow! You know what power the heiress and her companion are capable of, Aaah!?"
"Don't underestimate these two. They may be slow, but the power they have is enough for those two to be injured in one punch."
Inu looked back at Polar and Panda, both staring at him back.
He comically jumped at the twin youkai, hoping to what Kamakiri deduced was right.
The only response he got was Polar, who was across him earlier, clenched his right fist as he pulled back and thrust forward with all his might at the incoming Inu square in the chest.
"GUAH!?"
Kamakiri was right, Inu thought. The feeling of getting hit with Polar's punch comparable to a 10 metric ton anvil was too much for him.
Receiving the full hit, Inu flew backwards due to the momentum he had received from the punch. Unfortunately, he landed 50 feet downwards from the building onto the concrete ground.
Kamakiri stared at the spot where Inu fell.
"That escalated quickly."
Looking back at the paper, Kamakiri read his long damn list of things to do. Whether or not it had anything to do with his orders, only he himself knew.
At the edge of the rooftop, a brown, flaming hand could be seen trying to hoist its body up. Finally, Inu succeeded and he slumped over the rooftop, with only half of his body remaining.
Kamakiri stopped reading and looked at Inu. "Welcome back, Inu."
"Welcome back, my ass! If you had caught me before I fell, I would've rested on the rooftop recovering from that blow, but NO! You had to make me climb all the way up while the pain was still tingling on my chest!"
"It's because you're an idiot for underestimating these two."
"Ah yes, other than being your personal memory card, you made me a laughing stock for them!"
"Hey, Inu, be careful of your words! You'll cause a massive chaos just by doing that!"
"I don't care what kind of crap I'm talking about, this is your fault for making me look like a dogshit! Look, my flame is even colored BROWN, of all colors!"
"Complain to the lord, not to me! Besides, aren't the majority of the dog species brown?"
"Wha-" Inu flinched at Kamakiri's direct question, but regained his composure quickly. "Even a fucking husky dog isn't colored brown! Why do I get the shit color!?"
"If you keep complaining about unnecessary things, our readers are going to get bored!"
Both Kamakiri and Inu heard a cracking sound. No, it wasn't the sound of a glass breaking, it was the sound of knuckles popping. Both of the youkai who appeared to have broke the fourth wall turned to the source of the sound.
It was from Polar and Panda.
There was an unnatural aura coming from the twin youkai, as if a devil had entered their bodies. The aura was so menacing that both Kamakiri and Inu's bodies convulsed. It seemed like they triggered something to snap the twins.
Polar walked slowly to Inu while Panda to Kamakiri.
Fear prevented the two from moving. If both Polar and Panda's anger caused them to feel like this, how would they even react to their lord if he was angered.
Polar grabbed Inu's neck and lifted him high, Panda only clenched his fist as he stopped just in front of Kamakiri. The twin youkai prepared their 10 metric ton punch, and...
Pow.
Inu and Kamakiri crashed towards the taller building just across the building they were standing on. There were two youkai-shaped craters as their body fell towards the ground.
"Kuroko."
"Y-Yes?"
Mikoto was walking alongside Shirai in the streets, with the earpiece attached on her left ear. "Is there any way to eliminate the victims possessed by your pursuers while they were in custody of Judgment or Anti-Skill?"
Shirai put a hand on her chin and looked down at the concrete ground, she was glad that Mikoto didn't ask why she was silent the whole day, though she couldn't help it because her heart would beat faster and faster each time she looked or even talk to her.
Going back to the topic at hand, she replied, "It won't be easy to detect their weak points while possessing a human body. They should be either in their default form, or their alternate or preferred form."
"I don't think someone in Academy City would know, or even believe it in the first place. Besides, the real culprit is actually right beside me."
Shirai felt an arrow piercing through her heart. When she first heard that Kyouko was really determined in looking for the culprit, she felt guilty for even landing in the human world because she didn't expect her pursuers to possess unrelated people.
Their lord must be tired of giving the same orders over and over again and so, some of the youkai decided to take things into their own hand, she thought.
"But, I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I only wanted to escape from them." Shirai pouted.
"You did escape, but brought your evil followers here."
"T-That hurts, Onee-sama..."
"Did you say something?"
"Ah, no, nothing!"
While Mikoto's words may be blunt and direct to the point, but it was sadly true.
"Oh yeah, about that Yoshiki and his dog... I can't help but have a bad feeling about this..."
A delinquent was running away in a dark alleyway. Kyouko followed suit. She had been chasing the delinquent for a while now.
"Wait!" She yelled.
The delinquent taunted. "Just try to catch up with me!"
Kyouko formed an ice ball on her palm and threw it over the delinquent. Landing on the solid ground, the ice ball exploded into several sharp, icy spikes who stood vertically up high in front of the delinquent, unable to move any further because the spikes were in the way.
He whirled around to see Kyouko making a pose, showing her Judgment armband on her left upper arm and declared, "This is Judgment. If you don't want to get hurt, please submit silently."
"Like hell I would!" The delinquent roared as he conjured a dark, yellow flame and hurled it at her.
'A pyrokinesist!?' Kyouko thought in panic as she sidestepped the attack.
"Now if you'll excuse me, people like you should stop poking your noses where it doesn't belong."
The delinquent turned around and punched the ice spears with relative ease, shattering it in pieces. He walked away, leaving Kyouko who had her back leaning against the side of the alley.
"That delinquent... what sort of a pyrokinesist is he...? Why do I get the feeling that he's not really an esper."
"Ajime-san!"
Kyouko's thoughts suddenly trailed off as Uiharu called to her.
"Ah, yes, Uiharu-san?"
"What happened? You let the delinquent escape."
"Did you see that delinquent fire a yellow flame at me?"
"Um... Yeah. Why?"
"Do you think he's an esper?"
"No one else besides espers can have an ability."
"Anyway, I'll continue to find out what kind of plans they have."
"Okay, please be careful."
Kyouko slowly walked forward, determined to know what were the delinquent's plans. She needed to be careful in case another one appears in front of her or behind her. She was glad that the alleyway she was in only goes one way, so there's no reason for her to lose the delinquent.
Earlier, her branch office had received reports of students being stalked, or sometimes being kidnapped. Most of these students were from Sakugawa and Tokiwadai. Strangely, those who were kidnapped were released soon after and the kidnapper even apologized for getting the wrong person.
It sounds like they were looking for a specific person. But who? What were their plans? Why were the students being targeted? What exactly were those delinquents after?
"Geez. I almost got myself caught by that Judgment-something girl."
Kyouko stopped in her tracks as soon as she heard the voice of the delinquent she was chasing earlier.
"Idiot. Ya should be more careful next time. Kamakiri's on his way for his mission so he'll keep his targets busy while we gather victims to raise the tension the heiress and her companion."
The delinquent was with another person. She was curious to what they were talking about. There were some things she couldn't quite understand. Kamakiri seemed like an unusual name for someone living in Academy City. What did they mean by heiress and her companion? Were they pursing someone from Europe who had escaped to Academy City? If that was the case, then why they were targeting Sakugawa and Tokiwadai students?
"Oh yeah, Lion, do you still remember the names of those two girls that Kamakiri told us a while ago and the memory that Inu gave us?"
"Yeah. I think it was Misaka-something and Saten-something. And yeah, I still remember the faces of those girls that Kamakiri wanted us to capture. Too bad we didn't get their names. After all, Inu can only see images, not hear and see the memories."
Kyouko tensed up as she heard those very familiar names. Misaka-san and Saten-san were being targeted? She must tell them. But, she needed to hear more.
"Oh yeah," she heard Lion speak, "I'm sure it's not my imagination... but that Judgment girl looks like one of the four girls from the memory..."
It took a moment of silence before Lion suddenly realized something.
"AH! IT WAS HER!"
Busted. She mentally cursed.
"Then what are you waiting for, Lion!?"
Kyouko furrowed her eyebrows, inhaling deeply and exhaled. As a Judgment member, she must protect those two from these delinquents.
Without thinking things through, she boldly appeared before them.
"This is Judgment." She declared.
Lion scoffed at the accusation. "Geez. You're stubborn, I told you to stop poking your nose where it doesn't belong, and here you are attempting to stop us. You think we're some third-rate loser like these people?"
Kyouko didn't respond. She only raised her hand and created a translucent blue spear made of ice of length around 1.2 meters.
She slid her right foot and bent forward, holding the spear with both hands, ready to strike at any moment.
Lion and his partner, Same also transformed into their humanoid beast form. Lion had a mane like a real lion and his body was muscular. Parts of his body were armored, most prominently on his shoulders. There seemed to be a golden circular object on his left shoulder and was a bit different from the one on his right shoulder.
Lion's partner, Same, was a blue and white humanoid shark standing on its own hind legs, his hands were fins. His stomach had a golden belt; at the middle of it was golden circle. His eyes held a menacing look.
"You'll regret that you've crossed paths with us." Same's voice was deadly, as if he had predicted how Kyouko would die in advance.
"Chaser!"
Mikoto and Shirai were at the park.
Mikoto kicked the side of the vending machine and a random soda popped out,
"I kept wondering whether if it was okay to kick a machine that requires you to pay for your drinks." Shirai stated.
"Don't mind it." Mikoto said as she grabbed the soda. "That thing ate my 10,000 yen anyway."
Shirai thought. Eh? A machine that eats money...?
After finishing the soda in one gulp, Mikoto threw the can of soda into the trash can just beside the vending machine.
"Misaka-san!"
Both Mikoto and Shirai looked at the source of the voice, and saw Saten running and waving her hands high towards them, and...
"Why is she with that youkai...?" Shirai asked as she eyed Kamakiri suspiciously.
Mikoto noted Kamakiri's arrival with Saten, who was eager to look for a youkai. He must have had a plan up his sleeve.
Stopping in front of Mikoto, Saten declared with excitement, "Misaka-san! Yoshiki-san told me that he was free and could join us for spirit hunting!"
Kamakiri looked around the park. "You didn't bring your other friends along with you?" He asked, looking at Saten.
Saten looked back at him. "No... Uiharu and Ajime-san are busy with Judgment work, so I couldn't invite them."
"I see..." Kamakiri - or rather Yoshiki in his current form - sighed, disappointed that he wasn't able to predict the things should have happened.
"So, where are we going to look for our first spirit!?" Saten was so excited for the hunt that she herself even managed make her eyes sparkle with excitement and pulled out the dowsing rods that Kamakiri gave her before they arrived.
Kamakiri chuckled at the enthusiastic long haired girl. "Saten-san, I think we already found the spirit you really wanted to see."
Soon, two golden armored samurais donning dirty white and black flame arrived at the park, stopping behind Kamakiri. Both Mikoto and Shirai didn't like the turn of events. Kamakiri did plan for something after all.
"Eh? Where, Yoshiki-san?" Saten looked around the place to search, but it was only the two of them present.
"Here." Kamakiri grinned darkly as he raised his right arm and snapped his fingers, a familiar mist overlapped the park.
In Saten's view, she saw three new individuals. One who was beside Mikoto looked human, but had the kitsune's features. The other two was beside Kamakiri, who both had the golden samurai attire. The figure of their hands and faces were only flames of dirty white and black.
What interest her the most was the human-fox who was glaring at Kamakiri. She wanted to approach that human-fox, but she stopped when she looked at Kamakiri and the two samurais behind him.
"Y-Yoshiki-san... Who are those two behind you...?" She had a bad feeling about this. Kamakiri was different from his usual self as his grin looked like he was going to have the time of his life, in a rather devilish manner.
"Just some bodyguards who will be fighting."
Kyouko was severely disadvantaged in her fight against the two youkai. Both Lion and Same told her that they were using the bodies of the delinquents the whole time, forcing her not to casually throw her powers about, lest she accidentally injure or kill them.
Lion raised his hand and slammed the ground, generating a shockwave that shook the ground violently. Same held on while Kyouko tried to balance herself.
With the cryokinesist's guard down, Same leapt at her. She anticipated the attack, raising her spear horizontally to block Same's fin slash attack. Both clashed on the defensive and offensive. Kyouko barely managed to push Same away from the lock. Because she had exerted herself too hard, she almost collapsed to the ground but she used her spear as a support and stood limply.
"I've told you, you'll regret this." Same said. "Why don't you just give up?"
"I'm a member of Judgment, that's why I have to do my job properly." Kyouko said as her ice spear changed its shape, turning into a katana.
Lion leapt at her, preparing his sharp black nails. Kyouko crouched and slid forward, dodging his attack.
Kyouko dashed for Same, who raised his fin in response, ready to counterattack at any moment. But the cryokinesist had predicted the move and raised her katana, blocking his attack. She sliced the fin into half and thrust her katana right through his stomach and through the golden belt that he wore.
All three of them heard a crack.
Same's weak point had been broken. Both he and Lion knew that destroying their own weak points could only mean death. His body started to fade into yellow particles of light.
"To think that I was defeated by a mere human being... No... This wasn't the first time. Tora was slain by a mere human..."
Same's lower body had completely turned to yellow particles of light.
"Remember this, kid," he looked at Kyouko, "Stop poking your nose where it doesn't belong. Knowing too much only spells trouble for you."
As soon as he finished his sentence, Same disappeared. No traces was left of him except for the unconscious body of the delinquent.
"SAME!" Lion yelled, his voice broken.
He glared at Kyouko and growled as she prepared to fight once again. The anger within him continued to rise after the death of his partner.
He roared as he released the anger and charged at Kyouko.
Kyouko dodged Lion's attack. One thing was for sure: They have their own weak points located in different parts of their body.
She was not able to spot Lion's weak point yet while he attacked wildly in the fit of his rage for his partner had been slain. She couldn't blame him. Kyouko only wanted to suppress them, yet she didn't expect that she would kill someone. It was only accidental. Even though she didn't know what they were, she felt guilty as Judgment didn't teach students how to kill someone indiscriminately.
What did she know, she only wanted to stop them from causing trouble. And protect Mikoto and Saten from them.
At the corner of her eye, she noticed a striking circular gold at his left shoulder, which was very different from the normal silver plating of his shoulder armor.
'That must be it!'
Lion ignited his nails with his flame and thrust his hand at Kyouko. She crouched at his attack, leaving her with an opening.
Kyouko thrust the katana, aiming for the circle on his left shoulder. Lion noticed it and used his left hand to grab the blade, stopping it as the blade was only an inch away from touching the circle.
"Do you think I'll fall for the same trick again?" Lion said. His tone was dark and cold.
Shirai punched at Panda's (taking the form of the said animal, almost the same height as her) incoming fist. Both fists collided with each other. But Shirai quickly fell back and shook the hand she used to counter Panda's.
"T-That hurt!" She yelled at the black flamed samurai. "What kind of weights did you use!?"
As silent as Panda was, he didn't answer her.
In Mikoto's situation, her electric attacks barely had any effect on Polar, who had the form of a polar bear (10 centimeters taller than Mikoto) as he kept using his fist to block the electric attacks. One time she used her magnetism ability to create an iron sand sword to combat Polar with it, but deemed futile as Polar could break it with his punch.
'That youkai... can he negate my ability like that idiot?'
Polar attacked again using his fist at Mikoto. She leapt sideward as the youkai's attack connected to the ground, creating a small crater, trapping his hand. He removed the hand without problem and looked at Mikoto.
'Whoa... to think that he stuck his hand with a punch, there's no doubt this youkai is really strong.'
Saten was confused. She didn't understand why Mikoto and the human-fox were battling Kamakiri's 'bodyguards' who had suddenly changed their form.
She looked at Kamakiri, who was watching the battle, smirking.
"Yoshiki-san! Why are you attacking Misaka-san!?"
Kamakiri simply looked at her. "Girl, you have a lot to know before you can even understand what was going on."
He stared to approach her slowly. Saten dropped the dowsing rods she had hoped to use it to find a spirit. To see what she cannot see. Yes... it was like the Level Upper incident. She slowly stepped backwards as Kamakiri continued to approach her.
"Saten-san!"
Mikoto sprinted away from Polar as she tackled Kamakiri from the side. He landed a feet away from Saten as a result.
"Ah! Misaka-san! Behind you!"
Polar was already looming over Mikoto, his fist prepared to hit her. Mikoto quickly countered it by throwing her palms upward, receiving the full hit and she was thrown back far away from Kamakiri, landing on her back.
Her body felt shaky after receiving Polar's attack, more so on her arms. She staggered as she sat up.
Saten ran to Mikoto and knelt down. "Misaka-san! Are you alright?"
"K-Kinda..." Mikoto replied wearily. "That punch really hurt. My arms were numb from the blow. If I didn't use my hands, I might have been ended up some broken bones."
"Is there any way to defeat them?"
"There should be a weak point hiding in them somewhere."
"Weak point?"
"It's a golden circular coin placed on certain parts of their body."
Saten thought about it. She remembered seeing it from Polar. It was faint, yet there was a shimmer of gold under Polar's skin on his palm.
"I think I saw it from that polar bear under his right palm." She said.
Ah... Saten, always the good sight for the most unusual things.
Shirai was still having problems against Panda. Panda had a great advantage against her in terms of power; he can use both of his hands for attack and counter. But his agility was easily outclassed by Shirai.
She had seen Panda's weak point, on his right upper arm hidden by the fur. She only needed to find a way to break the weak point.
Panda clenched his right fist and attacked Shirai again. As the fist approached near her, she crouched and leapt to her left. Panda quickly withdrew his right fist and quickly attacked with his left fist.
'A feint!?' Shirai thought as she crossed her arms in front of her, taking the blow of the attack.
She slid backwards due to the impact. Her arms hurt a lot, and glad that her bones didn't break or else she'd be in a tough situation.
Thinking of a plan, Shirai ignited her right hand with her flame and charged at Panda.
Panda used his right hand again to counter, but Shirai was prepared. She quickly side stepped before the attack reached her. She saw a shimmer of gold beneath the black fur on his upper right arm. Using her hand, she slashed through Panda's upper arm.
Crack.
Panda merely fell to the ground face first. His body started to dissolve in yellow particle of light. Shirai merely looked at his dissolving figure. Panda didn't react at the slightest. Looking at Shirai with sorrowful eyes, his body completely dissolved, leaving no traces at all.
Shirai looked at Mikoto's current situation. She was clearly not in good shape for she kept dodging Polar's fist with her limp arms.
Using her magnetic ability, Mikoto vibrated the iron sand around her as a substitute for her arms. It was hard to aim at the right palm of Polar as he kept moving his fist about.
That is, until Shirai jumped behind Polar and hung on his shoulders. Polar thrashed his body, attempting to shake her off. But his thrashing was futile when Shirai had her arms circled around Polar's neck and held both of her hands in a lock.
"Kuroko!?"
"Onee-sama! This is your chance!"
Mikoto nodded. She waited for the right time to strike. When Polar's right palm was exposed, Mikoto narrowed her eyes and her feet sent electricity to the ground, raising iron sand which pierced through the palm.
Polar's weak point had finally cracked and he dissolved in light particles just like his partner.
Shirai landed soundly and walked towards Mikoto. She stopped just in front of Mikoto and looked at her hands. She held both of Mikoto's hands with hers and raised it to her chin level. Purple flames started to wrap Mikoto's forearm and hands.
It was warm, pleasant and relaxing. It felt like her arms were being massaged with smooth hands.
Shirai, whose heart was palpitating again, let the feelings took over as she kissed Mikoto's hand softly.
The other quickly noticed this and quickly pulled out her hands.
"What are you doing?"
Shirai finally realized what she did. She had just kissed her companion's hand impulsively. Mikoto's hands were so smooth, free from any callous. Her mind decided to shut itself down and her heart acted on its own.
"A-Ah... I -"
"Uwaaah!"
Both Mikoto and Shirai looked at Saten, who was standing beside the former, looking at Shirai with awe.
"Y-You're a kyuubi!"
Saten glomped at Shirai, who was dumbfounded at the act, but before she could say anything, a familiar and an almost forgotten voice suddenly cut in.
"Ha... Haha... Hahahaha!"
The three girls looked at the source, and it was Kamakiri laughing madly.
"I thought I could capture the heiress with just those mute twins, but I guess I'll use a drastic method!"
Kamakiri suddenly ignited himself into flames and vanished. With that, the overlapped area they were in disappeared and they were back at the park once again.
Saten looked back at Shirai, but she found herself hugging nothing.
"E-Eh!? She disappeared!?"
"Saten-san..."
Saten immediately looked at Mikoto. "Misaka-san! You have a lot to tell!"
"Ah... Eh...
I guess I have no choice..."
Kyouko dropped her katana and it fell to the ground broken into pieces. She leaned on the wall and panted for air.
Lion was finally defeated. He was her first enemy that took her long to beat. He was very, very strong.
As if to prove how difficult of an opponent he was, several parts of her body had gaping wounds. From her shoulder, her arm and her leg. She used her ability to freeze the injured areas until she gets back to Judgment office and get it treated.
She looked at the unconscious bodies of the delinquents for the final time before walking away, staggering.
In an abandoned warehouse, Inu sat cross-legged at the floor.
Suddenly, a light green flame appeared. It was Kamikiri.
"So, how's your little mission?"
"Just like I expected, those two are really good, to the point where I'll have to resort to drastic measures."
"And you told me earlier that you were going to capture that long haired girl just in case those two beat Polar and Panda?"
Inu's sudden question rang a bell inside Kamakiri. He did remember saying it, but due to the chaos, he had left the girls alone without even trying to capture a certain long haired girl.
"Shit... To think that I'd completely forget it..."
Kamakiri's sudden realization struck a nerve in Inu.
"YOU SHITHEAD! YOU EVEN CALL YOURSELF MORE CLEVER THAN TORA! YOU TEND TO FORGET THINGS WHEN YOU'RE HIGH ON DRUGS! DIIIIIIE!"
A/N: I posted this late because I only finished this on Monday (because procrastination). For those who watched 'Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san.', you'll get the reference very quick; even one of the references I put there was an inside joke, having the same VA.
In an unrelated note, please tell me if the quality of the story (writing style not included) starts to get bad or worse so I can fix it... Because I'm starting to get paranoid as the story progress. I haven't handled having to write more than six chapters on my own, most of the stories I wrote ended up dead due to writer's block and my paranoid if I was going cliché over the top. Yeah, my first take on humor is a fourth wall breaking. Not sure if I did it.
On another note: I'll be revising Chapter 1, 2, 3 and 5 on a random date.
Finally, who else thought that Kuroko was going Domon Kasshu at Panda when her hand was burning? I hope I'm not the only one who thought she'll be shouting ERUPTING BURNING FINGER! at him. Hey, that makes a good omake.
Kudos to CrossFaded for beta'ing this chapter. I learned during the first beta read and I hope I'll learn more on the second.
Oh and, don't forget to review~