Kamijou Touma, the wielder of Imagine Breaker, walked away from the unconscious Anna Sprengel after landing the final blow on her. Unfortunately for him, however, he did not receive a cure for the infection magic and is slowly dying now.
"This is the end," the voice of the legendary figure, St. Germain, spoke out in his head. "I... know that..." Touma couldn't finish his sentence as he started coughing up blood and fell to his knees.
"Esper... there's no time left," St. Germain spoke once again, informing Touma that his time had run out and that in mere minutes, even seconds, he would die.
Touma couldn't reply, with blood still in his throat as he leaned up against a wall. All he could do was look in front of him, seeing a familiar form of Misaka Mikoto running towards him with a broken look on her face. Mustering up all the strength he had left, Touma spoke his last words. "Goodbye, Misaka...," he smiled as his head dropped soon after, with the light in his eyes fading away. That was when Touma Kamijou, the savior of the world and friend to many, died. If he had stayed for even a minute longer, he would have heard the heartbreaking screams and sobs of Misaka Mikoto.
(Scene Change)
Inside a dorm room lay a sleeping boy, covered by his blanket. The morning sun shone through the window as the boy woke up with a scream. His breathing was erratic, and his hand clutched his chest, tears streaming from his eyes as he began coughing, as if trying to vomit out something. It took some time, but eventually, he calmed down and looked around at the surroundings, realizing that it was indeed his dorm room.
"How am I here? I was dead," he said, putting an end to his musing when his head began to feel like it would soon explode. His brain felt like it was about to burst as his urge to vomit returned. The boy went into his bathroom and vomited into the toilet, but soon afterward, he passed out from the pain.
Hours passed as the boy began to awaken. His head still hurt, but that didn't matter; he wanted to get off the floor. The boy slowly stood up, grasping the sink for support. As he looked at his reflection in the mirror, the identity of the boy was finally revealed.
It was Touma Kamijou, seemingly alive again, but something had changed about him. He seemed taller than before, and his hair had grown longer; his features were sharper now. He was still wearing his hospital patient's clothes he had been wearing when he died.
"I don't know what happened, but I think Imagine Breaker somehow has a hand in this," Touma said as he looked at his right hand with a suspicious gaze. He then sighed before walking out of the bathroom and seeing that it was now midday.
Touma saw that his phone on the table and picked it up as he looked at the screen. He soon dropped it as he was shocked. The date was the 17th of June, a year before he died. "How- Ahh!" Touma's head started hurting again, but it went away very quickly as he started getting flashes of memories. Memories before he met Index.
The sudden flash of his memories blinded Touma as he stumbled and fell to the ground. However, he quickly recovered, getting back on his feet as his energy returned and he felt rejuvenated.
"My memories are back!" Touma yelled out in happiness as he got his memories back, making him feel whole and not just a replacement for the Touma Kamijou who had "died" on July 27th.
Unfortunately, Touma also remembered that he had classes today, which were starting very soon. With no time to re-dress or eat, Touma grabbed his school bag and left his dorm, starting to run towards his school.
(Scene Change)
Touma had arrived at school and stopped as a sense of nostalgia hit him; the school grounds had been destroyed by a raging magic god before he died, and parts of it were coming back to him in his returning memories.
"I can't believe I am here again. The friends I made here, the happiness and the fun events that happened here," Touma smiled warmly as he walked inside the school's main building. After a few minutes of walking, Touma arrived at his classroom and knocked on the door. "Come in," he heard his teacher yell out.
Touma opened the door and entered, finding the entire class staring at him curiously. He looked at his teacher, whose expression held a hint of suspicion. "Umm... You may have entered the wrong classroom," she said, noticing something different about him. Touma began laughing warmly, causing confusion among the students.
"Of course you wouldn't recognize me, Komoe-sensei," he said, seeing that she was now confused. "I have changed quite a bit since then." Seeing that she still didn't understand, Touma decided to explain. Pointing a finger at his own face, he said, "It's me, Touma Kamijou. Member of the Delta Force and best friend of those two idiots sitting in the back of the classroom."
"WHAT?!?" His whole class, including Ms. Komoe, shouted in surprise at how much his appearance had changed.
"Are you really Kami-yan?" his blue-haired perverted friend nicknamed Aogami Pierce asked.
"Yeah, are you really Kami-yan?" His other friend, who was blond and wore sunglasses, named Tsuchimakado Motoharu, asked as well.
Touma looked at them like they were idiots (Which they are) and said, "Of course i'm me, you idiots who else would i be." With that revaltion the faces of Both Tsuchimakado and Aogami were covered as there were trembling out of anger, Touma had also started to get shivers down his spine.
"Kami-yan!! You bastard!!" His two idiot friends shouted as they jumped out of their seats and tackled Touma to the ground, punching him.
"How dare you get stronger than before, you harem-having bastard!!" Aogami yelled and punched Touma in the face.
"Yeah you bastard! Leave some girls for the rest of us…except for me though, since I have Maika!" Tsuchimikado agreed and punched Touma in the jaw.
Touma retaliated by punching Aogami in the gut and elbowing Tsuchimadado in the face as they were knocked away. "What are you bastards on about! How am I hotter?... Plus I don't have a harem!!" He yelled out as he went onto attack them, but got stopped as the back of his shirt was grabbed.
Looking back to see who it was, Touma started to sweat profusely when he saw his classmate Fukiyose Seiri, who had an angry expression on her face. "You idiots! It's the middle of class! Stop clowning around!," she yelled as she headbutted Touma, knocking him out instantly. Then, she punched both Aogami and Tsuchimikado at the same time, knocking them out as well.
(Time Skip)
School had ended as Touma was walking out of the school's entrance, minding his own business, until an arm wrapped around his neck and rested on top of his shoulder. "Kami-yan, wanna go with me to eat some takoyaki?" His blue-haired friend Aogami asked, with his usual smile. "Uhh, sure. Is Tsuchimikado going to join us?"
"Yeah, he's going to meet us at the place. Let's go then." Aogami dragged Touma away as they headed towards the restaurant. It was when the duo were on their way there that they saw a chestnut-haired girl being harassed by some delinquents. "Hey Kami-yan, you see what's happening?"
"Yeah... Let's go help her." His friend nodded as they walked towards the group. "Hey! Why don't you idiots leave the girl alone?" Touma looked at who was being harassed and saw who the girl was.
It was Misaka Mikoto, the third Level 5 known as 'Railgun.' "Oh shit! Aogami Run!" Touma started to run as he dragged his friend away from the deadly bug zapper.
"Whoa, Kami-yan! Why are we running?" Aogami yelled as he followed his friend. "That girl attacks me every time she sees me!" Touma replied as they turned a corner and somehow arrived at the takoyaki restaurant they were heading to. "Kamijou-yan if your harem has troubles, then don't bring me into it." That had gotten Aogami a smack on the back of his head. "How many times do I have to tell you, I don't have a harem!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, Kami-yan, if you say that one more time, I'll kick your ass." Aogami cracked his knuckles as Touma became enraged. "Kick my ass? I'll kick yours." Touma asked, his voice laced with anger. Both boys bumped their heads together, their eyes narrowing in anger.
The fight was broken up as their other friend Tsuchimakado grabbed both of their heads and put them in a headlock. "Come on you idiots, im hungry for Takoyaki." Tsuchimakado let go of them as he dragged the others and enteredas they sat down at a table waiting for their food to come.
"Nee Kami-yan, how did your appearance change all of a sudden." Aogami asked and looked at Touma who sat across from him.
Touma coughed into his hand as he straightened himself up. "I used a different shampoo." Aogami nodded his head in acceptance, but Tsuchimadaro remained silent.
Their food arrived as they ate, and soon after, they finished as they left the restaurant. "Well, Kami-yan, Tsuchimakado, I'm going home. See you two tomorrow," Aogami said as he waved goodbye and walked away.
Touma and Tsuchimakado lived in the same dorm complex, so they walked together without saying anything. 'Tsuchimakado is a magician, possibly someone I can trust about what happened...' thought Touma. He then stopped as he looked at his friend. "Hey Tsuchimakado."
"Yeah?" Tsuchimakado looked back at Touma. "I know you're a Magician." At that, Tsuchimakado gained a serious look on his face. "I don't know what you're talking about, Kami-yan, so you should probably shut up."
"Look Tsuchimakado you're the only one i can rely on with what happened so i'll tell you everything." Touma informed his friend that he was from the future and that he was sent here when he had died a year from now and that they both teamed up to battle against magicians.
Tsuchimikado's face remained serious as he processed all the information and asked Touma a question. "Why do you trust me? Surely, if you're from the future, then you must know my name in the Magic World is the 'Backstabbing Blade'."
"I do know that. But out of everyone else here I can tell right now you're the only one I can trust with this information." Touma then started to walk towards his dorm while Tsuchimakado stood still. "Look Tsuchimakado, I know that you're a spy for the Church and give them any information you have, but please keep this one a secret...for your friend."
Touma left Tsuchimakado to himself and entered his apartment as he went into his bathroom to take a shower and looked at the mirror realising something. "Wait! Was I wearing a hospital patient's gown this entire day? Why wasn't I told!?"
The End
