Sixth chapter!
the 'author answers and says something probably important'-section:
*Sargent Crash*: Well, to the question: I haven't decided yet if I do one or more pairings. But when I started writing this fanfiction, I let myself some freedom to be able to change some things. So, if you or others want a pairing, just write it and maybe I bring it in the story!
To the love of Kumiko to her brother: I keep wondering if you are a telepathic or something in that direction. You always write things I decided to answer in the next chapter. And yes, she is very obssesive with her brother, but with a reason you will see... in this chapter...[(narrowing of eyes)Damn telepathic... maybe an aluminium helmet will help...].
And here ends the unimportant comments of the author and the adventure continues.
Nothing of 'To aru majutsu no Index' belongs to me, only my OCs!
Chapter 6: The chains binding the light
The housing block was only debris, destroyed by merely two persons, both enough to annihilate an complete army and come out alive, unharmed and with a smile.
Everywhere laid concrete, parts or wrecks of cars and molten things you couldn't recognize anymore.
But like a miracle no person got injured and everyone else already fled.
Said two persons vanished and appeared everywhere across the area, one boy and one girl, clashing again and again.
Stone broke, metal bended and craters got created by the points where the two rammed their fists and foots at each other.
The girl smiled whilst the boy frowned, apparently being displeased.
"What are you looking at me like you saw a ghost? Surprised there is an esper your ability can't kill immediately and who fights on equal terms with you?", the girl asked.
Then he spoke up: "Who are you fucker?"
"I'm the thing lurking in the darkness, devouring the ones that this city marked as a threat.", she answered in a metaphorically way.
"Stop with that bullshit and say who you are!", he yelled angrily and black wings erupted out of his back, heading at the girl.
"Telesma, huh...", she said.
The moment the black wings made contact with her they distorted in a strange way and dispersed.
"WHY CAN'T I KILL YOU, YOU FUCKER?", he asked yelling.
" Two reasons", she said.
"One being that this little brain of yours, that got oh so wonderfully damaged, limits your strength to three fourth of your former. If you would have your former strength, you would most likely overpower me."
At that he began to snarl.
"Two, I have lots of more experience then you in fighting opponents who are on equal or only slightly weaker standing.", she answered calmly, still smiling.
"STOP THIS BULLSHIT, I'M GOING TO...", he yelled, but then a voice suddenly sounded.
"Accelerator, what happened here?"
Both turned their heads towards the speaker.
The one who said that was a woman with blue hair in a ponytail, wearing Anti-Skill clothing and a bullet proof west.
"Yomikawa, what the fuck are you doing here?", he asked angrily.
"Of course I need to come here if you and another one demolishes an entire block!", Yomikawa answered.
"OH, how sweet~. You know each other?", the girl suddenly asked and raised her hand mimicking a pistol and pointing at Yomikawa.
"YOU WILL NOT DO THAT YOU...", Accelerator yelled, knowing what she was about to do.
"Oh yes, I will!", she said while accumulating plasma at the point of her index finger.
"Bang!"
And with that she fired the blob of plasma at Yomikawa.
Accelerator got immediately between them and shielded her, but let the girl out of his view for a brief second.
The moment he looked back she was not there anymore.
Gunha realized something was wrong the moment he heard breaking and explosions.
He shot up, grabbed Saten and brought her out of the danger zone.
Then he ran back fast but was already too late.
He saw the place that got destroyed and the #1 staying in the middle getting yelled at by a woman with blue hair.
"This white haired person screwed up. How gutless!", he said to no one in particular.
'I screwed up!', thought Kumiko holding her head with one hand, now outside the destroyed area, and walked towards the building her apartment is located.
'And that badly! A whole housing block getting destroyed just by me getting angry at someone? And that someone out of all people is the #1?That is such a bad joke that I can't even laugh about it!'
she sighed, resuming her walking.
When she arrived at her apartment and went in, she saw Kureno playing video games.
Remembering the request from Tsuchimikado she said:
"Kureno, you played the whole day, didn't you? Go outside and do something there."
He simply replied with an 'ok' and went outside.
She took out her phone, dialed a number and moved it to her ear.
After some time someone accepted the call.
"Hello?", the person on the other end said.
"Hello. I have an job request for ITEM."
"Name request, your or your organization's name and bank data."
"The request is the protection of a certain someone, name Kamijou Touma. And for the other two things, just say to Mugino: 'Do that and you are clean with the Valkyrie.'. Thank you!", she said and hung up when the other person gasped at her mentioning her code name.
Kumiko went into the kitchen, took a glass and an package of orange juice and poured some in her glass.
"Nee-tan, I didn't know you were like that. You know, ramming a lot weaker boy against a wall and threatening him with killing his sister."
The very moment she heard this particular voice she resisted the urge to throw something at the owner of the voice and to turn around. After she collected herself she said:
"Percy, what did I say to coming into my house without permission? And stop speaking like that, it's creepy!"
"Very well, if you want. Ah, my name isn't Percy anymore, I changed him."
"Very interesting.", she answered, her voice filled with sarcasm.
"So, what is the reason I have you asshole in my apartment right now?"
"Uh, that hurts. You still didn't forgive me?", he said theatrically.
"No. Not after your appearance last time."
"That was an accident!", he exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. So why do I have this giant pleasure of you being here?"
"I'm concerned." At that she turned around and saw the typical distorted black silhouette he used to hide his characteristics, leaning against the wall on the other side of the room.
"About what?"
"You."
At that she raised an eyebrow.
"I'm good, thanks for the concern."
"You're lying and you know that! Stop doing what you are doing now. It eats you up."
"It doesn't matter if it eats me up."
"Kumiko, listen...", he began but got interrupted.
"NO, YOU SHOULD LISTEN! I'M DOING THAT TO KEEP HIM, TO KEEP MY BROTHER SAFE! YOU WERE THERE AT THAT TIME! YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO HIM; WHAT HE WENT THROUGH!", she yelled at him, tears now forming in her eyes and both remembered what happened.
*FLASHBACK*
The two of them ran through the streets towards the facility that was their destination.
"Run faster!", she ordered him and propelled herself with her ability forward, reaching the speed of sound.
He simply run next to her with a distortion surrounding him, keeping up with her hasting easily.
'Please let him be okay! Please!', she thought worried to death.
A minute later they arrived. Kumiko didn't even bother and just went right through the defense forces and the walls without changing her route.
Percy slipped right through anything that was in his way and also didn't change his route.
The moment they went through the last wall they saw it.
In the middle of the room was her brother, chained in a weird looking construction. It was a ring with four joists, on for each of his hands and legs. What seemed to be robot arms pointed at him and started to glow. Then they fired beams of energy at him. He began to scream in agony.
"KURENO", Kumiko yelled and sprinted towards him, but an barrier surrounded the construction, keeping her from approaching.
"KURENO! KURENO! KURENO!", she screamed again and again, slamming her fist in the barrier with every time she let an scream out, but it wouldn't budge.
All the time her brother screamed and his flesh began now to dissolve. After a while his skeleton could be seen, glowing orange. An explosion of light suddenly flashed in live.
When the flash dimmed down, her brother laid in the middle, now again with flesh and all but stock-still, the construction boiled away and the barrier dissolved.
With no barrier there anymore she ran towards him and kneeled down beside him.
She picked up his motionless body and hold him in her hands.
"Be alive! Oh please, be alive!", she pleaded and searched for life signs. She found none.
Then she pressed his body against hers and started to cry.
"Don't worry, he is not dead.", came a male voice from the loud speakers
"Ki-hi-ha-raaaa...", Kumiko said enraged and full of cold, bloody intent to kill.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?", she yelled, letting her emotions running free.
"We accelerated just the natural process, that's all.", came the answer.
"Percy, phase yourself with him away!", she ordered the boy, not taking 'No' as an answer.
"Ok, if you want." He said and did like told.
After he vanished with her brother and stood in some distance outside, the whole research complex vanished in an shockwave of stone and lava, shooting up in the sky and then came down again.
The place where the area where located was now a sea of lava, elucidating the night.
Kumiko stood in the middle of the sea with her head raised, streams of red energy shooting out of her back, screaming in fury.
*FLASHBACK END*
"Yeah, but..."
" NO BUTS! IF THE PRICE FOR MY BROTHER BEING ABLE TO LIVE AN HAPPY AND SAFE LIVE IS ME BREAKING, I WILL HAPPILY PAY THAT PRIZE! I WON'T LET HIM GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN!"
"Even if he will be sad of you using yourself up like that?", he asked her.
"Even then.", she said, now speaking normal again but still with tears in her eyes.
A few moments of silence followed.
"If you think it is the right path to follow, then do it. But I will give you one last piece of advice: Stop shouldering everything and let yourself help from other people.", he said finally and vanished into thin air.
She looked for a long time at the spot he stood.
After accelerator got yelled at by Yomikawa, he was on his way back to the apartment he lived in at the moment.
'Who was this girl?' , he wondered and remembered the fight.
*FLASHBACK*
Accelerator turned on the switch of the electrode around his neck, granting him the power of the #1. He send a punch which would have easily pulverized an building.
He expected the girl to turn into a puddle of blood, but was astonished when his fist stopped a centimeter before connecting with her.
"Is that all?",she asked with a taunting fake yawn and responded with an stomp on the ground which destroyed the nearby walls and ripped the ground apart, sending a wave of debris at him, but the debris got redirected back at her.
Before connecting the debris stopped and the girl pushed the debris slightly, firing the debris back at the speed of sound.
Once again the debris came redirected but this time the girl decided it won't bring them anywhere. So she decided to simply shatter the debris flying at her.
He stormed towards her and swung at the girl, she replying in kind.
Two forces, enough to let a 30kg TNT bomb look like a party cracker, collided.
That let half of the two buildings on both sides of the alley be blasted away, a crater created where their attacks clashed.
Then the real fight broke loose.
Plasma melted anything in its path.
Buildings fell apart, hit from a punch or kick.
Cars and trees flew through the air by gales and shockwaves.
Debris shot up in fountains and buried anything that got under it.
And the two who caused all this laughed like maniacs while running wild.
*FLASHBACK END*
He got pulled out of his thoughts by Misaka Worst who suddenly popped up beside him.
"Hey, you're thinking. Misaka sees that for the first time. Good work, keep it up.", she teased him, giving him a thumps up.
"You...", he said angrily.
Misaka Mikoto arrived at the site of destruction and looked around, wondering who was responsible for that. Then she shrugged and walked onward to the destination she wanted to go to, a game center.
But not any game center. In this specific game center you got a very rare gekota figure if you could the high score at a boxing machine.
While she walked along the crime site she saw two Anti-Skill members talking with each other.
"I heard Accelerator has caused this."
"Yeah, I too. Heard he fought with a girl that pissed him off."
"What did she look like?"
"Red, long hair tied into a ponytail. She was in her late teens."
"And she survived?"
"Apparently."
At that description Misaka stopped.
'Was that Kumiko? But she wouldn't survive against him, would she?', she thought and then listened further to the conversation.
"Were a matching profile found?"
"No. There are no recordings to do so. And from the information we have we can't find the one who caused this."
'That excludes looking at the recordings.', she thought and decided to walk onward.
'When I see her I will ask!'
Mugino Shizuri was pissed off.
She was in the apartment ITEM currently owned and paced up and down.
"This goddamn Bitch! To resort to something that is 2 years in the past, who the fuck does she think she is?", she said angrily to no one.
The other three members, namly Hamazura Shiage, Takitsubo Rikou and Kinuhata Saiai watched her pacing. Fremea Seivelun was sleeping in her room.
"Has she finally lost it?", whispered Hamazura to Kinuhata, who was sitting to his right. To his left was his girlfriend, Takitsubo.
"No, but I think she is super close to that.", she whispered back and the three looked at Mugino again.
"Ähm, Mugino, what exactly is bothering you?", he asked her carefully.
"That there is a bitch that called in a 2 years old favor and wants me to protect some random guy."
"And who is the one you super owe a favor?", Kinuhata asked.
" I don't know her real name but she is known by Valkyrie."
At that answer Hamazura flinched and looked at Mugino like she is crazy.
"Valkyrie? The Valkyrie?"
"Yeah, and?"
"Why do you super react like that?"
"Oh, I don't know, only that she is a fucking monster! And who is the un...lucky one...?", he asked hoping his suspicions were not true.
"A guy named Kamijou Touma.", she said.
"So it's really boss.", he said and sighed.
'It seems you attract any kind of monster; Sorry, man'
"Boss?"
"He is one I hold in great respect. Was the one who made me back out of Skill-Out."
"So he is the one we super owe him that we have to struggle with you right now?", Kinuhata asked, definitely wanting to tease him.
"Hey!"
"Enough of the chit chat! Let's just bring this fucking mission to an end so I can finally cut the connections with her.", Mugino ordered and they walked out to start the mission, leaving a note for Fremea.
Kamijou Touma walked through the streets towards an grocery store.
Kumiko not making some food for them and an empty fridge leaded Touma to need to buy new food. He already brought Index back and kept her occupied through Tsuchimikado Maika, Motoharu's sister.
Then he got a weird feeling. That kind of feeling that someone looks at you but is out of your view. From time to time he looked around, fearing a Level 5 would pop up any moment and making his life harder than it already is.
After seeing that there was no one that could fulfill the criteria, he shrugged it off and continued what he was doing.
He didn't know how close to the truth he was.
On his way to said grocery store nothing 'abnormal' happened.
In some distance were a group 4 persons. The people building up this group were the members from ITEM.
They followed a certain boy on his way to buy groceries and observed.
Well, some more than others.
Hamazura couldn't believe his eyes and wanted to laugh but could hold it in, watching further.
Mugino had also an disbelieving look on her face. After a while she didn't pay much attention to him.
Kinuhata was extremely happy and exclaimed whispering: "That super is like a C-movie! In real life!"
they watched how Touma was now being chased the street up and down by a group of pissed off girls.
Before that he helped 6 girl's with directions, got caught in the explosion of a vending machine, nobody knew exactly why it exploded, and saved a cat from the incoming danger of a car speeding at said cat. After that he got a beating by a large breasted girl with black hair.
The group of pissed of girls was caused by a gale, skirts getting blown up and an unfortunate boy laying on the floor from the beating, panties visible for said boy.
Rikou didn't say anything and simply kept watching. But there was something that was bothering her.
Hamazura noticed it.
"Rikou, what is it?", he asked her concerned.
"Nothing, it's nothing", she answered and returned to her normal, neutral facial expression, but then said what was bothering her.
"I was just wondering, how come he has no AIM field when his profile clearly said epser?"
"It could be an databank error and he is no esper, how unlikely it would seem.", Mugino gave an answer.
"No way! I saw his ability with my own eyes!", Hamazura exclaimed louder then wanted.
"What super is his ability?", Kinuhata asked curious.
"Maybe the ability to make other males perverts?", throw Mugino in.
"That would super explain why Hamazura is Hamazura-y."
"That could be the reason."
"First of all, I'm not a pervert! And secondly, that isn't his ability.", he said loudly.
At that the other three looked at him with a stare that clearly said 'as if'.
"Don't worry. Even though you are a pervert, I still love you.", his girlfriend said to him reassuringly.
Hamazura sighed.
"So, what is his super ability now?", Kinuhata asked, now deciding to stop teasing him.
"Don't want to tell you anymore.", Hamazura said pouting.
"Haaaa, then don't say it.", Mugino sighed.
Kumiko sat in the Kitchen, being in deep thought.
'Let myself help from people? As if I could that. It would just drag more people into the darkness of this fucked up city.'
Her handy ringed. She took it out and saw her brother's number on the screen. Then she accepted the call.
"Hey, Kureno! "
"Sister, where did you send me?"
"Please what?"
"After I got out of the apartment and walked through the streets, you called me. You said I should go to the park in district 15."
Kumiko began to get nervous.
Kureno continued:"When I arrived, many armed persons were waiting. They wanted me to come with them."
Now she began to panic:"Where are you right now? Are you safe?"
"Yeah, I got away, but why did you send me there?"
"That wasn't me! Listen now closely, Kureno: You will go now to district 7! There lives a old friend of mine! You will stay with him for now! a certain dorm, Room 102."
"What do you mean it wasn't you? And who is your friend?"
"It was most probably a scientist interested in me. He wanted to use you as a hostage to get me to cooperate. Don't worry about it.", she lied.
"But why should a scientist...", Kureno began but got interrupted by Kumiko.
"No buts now! Just trust me, it's nothing serious, and I'll explain later. I only want to make sure you are at a safe place. And this friend of mine is, or was, called Percy, he is the #6."
"...Ok. I will go there.", he said and hung up.
She immediately dialed a another number. The call got accepted.
"Aleister, what is going on?"
"I decided that you became an unstable and dangerous element. So I nullified the contract.", he stated in a manner-of-fact voice.
"What? Why?"
"You don't need to be surprised. You caused a lot of commotion, so I couldn't keep you as agent anymore.", he said.
"You bitch!", she said angrily, her hopes and believes shattered. 'If he do that in the end why did I kill so many? Where is the sense in that?'
She then suddenly began to smile. Her smile became more and more animalistic with every passing second.
"Do you remember, Aleister? I said ' I'm going to pulverize the whole city and bury you under the debris if your protection someday won't be enough.'. Guess what, I'm going to do exactly that. Bring out your whole military and the whole darkness you created. Try to stop me. And when I left your whole defense destroyed, I will come and get you, Aleister. And don't even think the windowless building, your fortress, will stop me; It will not. The only thing it will be is a nuisance, something I destroy in 5 seconds at most.", she said and hung up.
When she left through the door she had only one single thought:
'Let the war begin.'
Kureno arrived at said dorm room. He knocked and a boy opened the door.
"Nah~, what do you want?"
"My name is Kurokami Kureno. My sister send me her."
The #6 immediately remembered an certain conversation.
*FLASHBACK*
"Percy...", Kumiko spoke up after the incident, carrying her brother.
"Yeah?", he asked
"If at some point of time anything happens that will threat his safety, I will send my brother to you."
"Why?"
"Because when I do that something big had happen and it will give aftershocks. Your room combined with your ability will be perfect to keep him from coming back to me or getting in the cross fire."
"My room?", he asked, not understanding that part.
At that she smirked at him.
"Your room is stuffed with anything an Otaku or someone who loves video games dreams about. Or do you think I will him send to a safety spot without thinking about anything, including entertainment?"
"You're right, you wouldn't do that.", he smirked back.
Both began to laugh.
*FLASHBACK END*
"I already got an call from her, come in.", he said and let Kureno in his room.
Then he asked:
"... Do you like video games?"
Chapter 6 ended! Hope you enjoyed it!
Here is a little Omake I came up with while reading Sargent Crash's review! And don't ask how such an idea came to my mind! No one can understand this brain of mine, not even myself!
Omake:
Kumiko and Gunha sat in Kumiko's apartment at the kitchen table, eating.
"I love you!"
At that Kumiko looked up and saw Gunha staring down shyly at the food in front of him, face not visible.
"What did you say?", she asked, not able to comprehend what Gunha said.
"I love you", he repeated and Kumiko blushed.
" I..." she said.
"I LOVE YOU, YOU HEAVENLY AND WITH GUTS FILLED FOOD!", he exclaimed while lifting up his plate, helding it in the air like the holy grail itself, tears of joy flowing from his now visible face.
"You...", Kumiko began, emitting killing intent and subconsciosly using her ability, melting the fork and knife in her hand.
"YOU BRAINDEAD IDIOT!", she screamed and upper-cut him with all her might.
One could see the #7 shooting through the roof and in the night, yelling an long
"WHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYY?"
Omakeend.
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