KB: Hello everybody!I

GB: Welcome to chapter 3!

KB: We are very very very sorry for not uploading this in a while.

GB: School has been kicking our asses.

KB: And not to mention my computer broke down for a while. That's another setback.

GB: But this is no time for excuses.

KB: Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 3: Daihaseisai

"WOW!" Kat gasped as she looked around her environment. There were stands everywhere, people running around, balloons on every corner. "It's one giant festival!"

Mickey looked through at a notebook Master Yen Sid gave them. "It says here that we're in the middle of the Daihaseisai. A giant sporting competition between all the schools in the city."

"Oh really..." Oswald whispered as he stared at all the people who walked by. "Hey, is it okay for us to be walking out in the open?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I'm a rabbit and you're a mouse, walking through the city full of humans with a girl who has wings on her back."

Mickey stared at the people running around in every direction. "Well, it seems like they don't notice us. So I guess it's okay."

Oswald let out a sigh. "Well anyways, let's find this Stiyl guy and start Kat's training..." He turned around to look at Kat who was awfully quiet. He let out a gasp once he noticed that she was nowhere to be found. "Whe-where did she go!"

Mickey's head instantly turned a 180. "She must've went off a different direction!"

"Graaaahhh! Dammit! We should've kept an eye on her!"

"You two look like you're in trouble..." They heard an unfamiliar voice behind them. A man with a barcode tattoo under his eye cracked a smile.

"Wow, there are so many people here." Kat whispered as she ate from the boxed lunch a little girl driving a robot gave her after she stared at her merchandise for about five minutes. She gave it a weird name. Bento...funny name. She finds herself inside a stadium where the first game of the festival was about to begin. "I wonder where Mickey and Oswald went to? They just walked off on their own..."

She continued to look at the people who were excited for the games. They looked like they were enjoying their time. They all look so happy... Kat thought. I wonder how my life was back in my world...

"First event, Stick Toppling!" An announcer stated over the intercom. "The participating schools are now entering the field."

"Looks like the game is starting. I better find a seat." Kat started walking down the steps. She found an empty seat...next to a dying nun!

"I'm hungry..." She whispered. The nun suddenly looked at Kat and stole her bento . The nun chowed down until the box was completely empty.

"My...bento..." Kat sniffled as the nun continued to eat.

The nun gasped for air once the box was empty. Kat stared at the short nun, who has silver-white hair, giant green eyes, and wearing a white habit with safety pins holding it together.

"Thank you..." She thanked Kat as she bowed her head. The nun realized that Kat was on the verge of tears. "Oh no! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She apologized, which was futile because crocodile tears started coming out of Kat's eyes.

"My...bento..."

"Um... uh..." The nun stuttered as she thinks of something to do. She then looks at the field as the first team walked to the center of the field. "Oh! I know! My friend, Touma, is going to be there. Once he comes back, he's going to buy me lunch! I'll make him buy you lunch too."

Hearing the word "lunch" instantly brightened Kat's face. "Okay!" She started laughing with a giant smirk on her face. "Since you said there will be food." Kat let out her hand. "I'm Kat!"

The nun let a sigh of relief as she reached out and shook Kat's hand. "I'm Index!" The two girls started to laugh as they started a new friendship. Index looked back at the field. "Oh look! There's Touma!" She yelled with excitement.

Kat stared at the field. The second team marched into the field as if they were being fueled by fire. They have such high willpower. They really expect to win this! She thought as a referee pointed his pistol in the air.

"Ready, set, GO!" He yelled as he pulled the trigger, starting the match.

The first team started charging towards their opponents, who only lifted their arms. Suddenly beams shot out from their hands. In a matter of seconds the entire stadium became a battlefield.

"SO COOL!" Kat yelled, her eyes glued to the action. She couldn't look away.

After about half an hour, the game seemed to end. The team without the powers won just barely. "That was so cool!" Kat said, keeping her beaming face in tact. "The team with the black shorts were like 'pew pew!' And the team with blue shorts were like "Graaaahh!'" She yelled trying her best to imitate all the sounds of the players as she and Index walked around waiting for her friend who was going to buy them lunch.

"I wonder where Touma is..." Index whispered as they walked through the halls. "Oh there he is!" She said as she ran towards a young teen who had insanely spiky hair and he was participating in the blue shorts. Kat followed Index as she ran towards her friend, who had a red nose and tears in her eyes, as if he was hit by a bag. "Why are you crying?"

"Where is your cell?" He asked, probably changing the subject.

"Right here!" She said as she took out a cell phone.

"Then why didn't you pick up?" Touma yelled as he stared at the phone. "The battery ran out..." He sighed with displeasure.

"More importantly, we're hungry."

"We're...?" Touma asked as he noticed Kat who was staring at them. "Who are you?"

"She's my new friend, and I promised that you would buy us food." Index answered.

"Hi! I'm Kat!" Kat introduced herself as Touma continued to stare at her, then let out another sigh.

"If we go to the food stands, there should be a mountainful of food..."

"A MOUNTAINFUL!" Kat and Index yelled simultaneously with excitement.

As they were about to cross the street where all the food was, a lady put up a sign in front of them.

Notice:

Road Closed!

Daihaseisai Administration Committee

"Huh?" Index whispered as she stared at the sign.

"Ah, I'm sorry." The police officer apologized from behind the sign. "A parade is coming soon."

"Um... We want to cross to that side." Touma told the policewoman as he pointed across the street where all the food was.

"You can cross by using the underground city 3 km to the west from here."

"Eh!" Index yelled with tears forming in her eyes.

"Bu-but the food is right there..." Kat started to whimper. "It's so close that I can almost reach it..."

"Looks like you have to endure it until the parade finishes." Touma sighed as if he was used to the bad luck.

"Touma..." Index grumbled and her eyes shined as if a demon possessed her. She jumped in the air and it looked like she was about to chomp him on the head.

But that all soon changed when someone grabbed both Kat and Touma and started pulling them away from Index, who crashed into the ground. Kat tried to get a good look at their kidnapper, but the only thing she could notice was that the person has short brown hair.

"I caught you! My condition for winning!" She yelled as she dragged Touma and Kat to an unknown area. Kat could see that they were heading towards a stadium, a track field of all things. She could hear a crowd cheering. A white strip flew right past them, so she guessed that her kidnapper won the race.

"For the rental run competition, the first place contestant is Misaka Mikoto, from Tokiwadai Junior High!" An announcer yelled into her microphone as the kidnapper dropped them on the side.

"Oh, it's a rental run competition." Touma said as he realized where he was.

"What's a rental run competition?" Kat asked as she tried to catch her breath.

"It's where a racer gets a specific item and they have to get that item and be the first person to come back with that item."

"Exactly!" The kidnapper said. "A high school student who competed in the first round and a stranger from another city. You two perfectly fit the bill." The young girl with short brown hair explained as she drank from her bottle.

"There were countless others who fit that condition." Touma sighed. The young girl grunted and smashed her towel on Touma's face. "Hey! What are you doing?" Suddenly, Touma went into a coughing fit. It sounded awful.

"Um...uh... are you okay?" Kat started to freak out. "What should we do?"

The brown haired girl stared at her bottle of water. Her cheeks slowly turned red. "Fine! I'll give you this!" She yelled as she squeezed the bottle onto Touma's face. After he grabbed it, the brown haired girl walked away with red cheeks.

After she left, Kat finally remembered about the little nun they left behind. "Shouldn't we get back to Index? We left her all alone!"

"Aw crap! She's probably pissed off by now!" Touma said as he facepalmed. "Let's go!"

They made their way back to the sign where they left Index. They found a line of people, who are watching the parade, but Index was nowhere in sight.

"I'll go this way!" Kat said as she pointed to her left. "You go that way! We'll meet back here in after your next game!"

"Got it!" Touma nodded. "You know, you seem like a good leader..." He complimented as he started to run the opposite direction.

"A good leader...why does that sound...familiar..." She whispered. She shook her head, completely ignoring that feeling. "Now is not the time! I have to find Index!" She started running the same direction as the parade.