A/N: Sorry for the REALLY LONG hiatus... Can't write when there are a lot of things in my life to focus on. No need to drabble about my life on the internet (who cares anyway?). Now, it's time to see more of Accel's magical journey to becoming an idol in this chapter!... Sort of XD
Disclaimer: A Certain Magical Index and its Characters definitely belongs to Kamachi Kazuma.
Teitoku Kakine is the kind of person who does not know when to quit.
He will always be the kind of person that will take any means necessary to get his object of desire. Either accessing hidden information or items of high value to others, he will find a way to obtain them, even if it meant dirtying his own hands. His reasons for doing so?
Teitoku Kakine, #2 Ranked Level 5 Esper, just wanted to be on the top of the metaphorical food chain, in the form of the Esper Rankings.
Sadly, today was not like any other day where things went smoothly for him.
Before the boy could react, he felt his head bob to his left and hit the wall. He felt something wet trickle down his cheeks. When he touched the wet area, he felt the side of his gritting teeth instead of skin.
"Heh. Didn't expect you to go that far. But did you really have to ruin my beautiful face?"
With his Dark Matter, he filled in the wounded area and returned his gaze to his supposed hostage, only to find her free from his hardened restraints. With successive cracks, the Dark Matter coating fell off her body and brushed off whatever was left on her being.
"If you're planning to stunt my movements, you should have covered everything from head to toe." Touko spat out in disgust, remembering what the annoying prick did to her a few seconds ago. "Ugh, seriously, a kiss? What the fuck's wrong with you all of a sudden? You fell in love with me or something? Nah, I doubt a heartless bastard like you would actually care for stupid emotions like that."
"Didn't expect you to be an expert on French Kissing. You plan to use that on somebody? Too bad I took your first."
"Yeah, too bad it had to be from a f***boi like you."
"Jealous that I'm more attractive than you, #1? Hah! Too bad! You're not my type."
The blonde bastard was starting to get on her nerves, but Akira remained calm. Calm enough to hold herself back from killing the annoyance.
"What do you want, #2? Can't you see I'm trying to be somewhere else right now? Classes officially start tomorrow, so there's no point to me being here anyway."
Kakine sneered, as if he just heard something funny. "What's this? You actually go to school now? A low-level one no less?"
"Enough with the provocations, you little sh*thead. If you're not going to answer, then leave me alone."
"Yeah, yeah I'm getting to that." Kakine's smile didn't disappear, but the wound on his cheek did. "Three years without a trace and now I see you here, roleplaying a normal highschool girl you can see anywhere? You know, I would have been fine if the school administration actually acknowledged you as a Level 5, but they didn't. After that display early, I figured out your identity, #1. Pretty easy, considering that we lived the same experimental facility before."
"Get to the point."
"The point is, why hide your identity as #1? Akira Touko is your name now? Pfft... Afraid of your past or something? Too bad. Hide behind the flock, but you'll always be a black sheep, easily discernible to the naked eye of this city's darkness."
No matter how much she denied it, Akira always knew that in some way or form, the Dark Side of Academy City would come to catch their escaped prey. There was no way such an elusive specimen as her would get away scot-free. Even then, hope of escaping such a past was given to her, thanks to Kamijou Touma. That was why she promised herself she would do whatever it takes to get a normal life, even if it meant removing the one thing that stands in her way: Academy City itself.
"Is that all you have to say? Then you're wasting my time."
"..."
Kakine could only look at her in disbelief, probably from how she dismissed him even with the threat of Academy City's Darkness. Even so, Akira Touko will not falter.
And yet, she felt rage swelling from the other person's being.
"You don't deserve the title of AC's strongest."
Spikes jutted out of the ground she stood on, barely avoiding them. With the aid of her abilities, the albino girl was able to sense unusual movements from underneath her. She can tell Kakine was serious this time.
"...You really want to do this #2?"
"...Yeah. I'm going to prove to you that I'm better than you, #1. I'm not going to be sorry if I kill you right where you stand."
"Such strong words. But I doubt you can prove it." Akira then thumbed to the building behind her. "You sure you want to do it here of all places, you idiot?"
"All the more reason I should show them the proof of your deceit. As I said, you can't hide your identity forever."
"...Well, whatever."
As if Akira's quick dismissal of the subject matter didn't bother the blonde teen enough, the ashen maiden's expression was what he found the weirdest. Very weird that it left Kakine Teitoku frozen in confusion.
Said girl may not see it, but Kakine saw a smile that was of an innocent high schooler you can see anywhere. The kind of smile they gave when they're giddy and actually feel joy. The kind of smile that shouldn't be worn in such a tense situation.
"Thanks for the offer, you bastard. Now I can finally let go of this stress."
For the most part, Touma Kamijou was someone who had fully accepted Akira for who she was. She may be impatient, prone to violent tendencies, and grumpy for almost the whole part of her life, considering they've known each other for so long, but he knew how the girl would appreciate the small things enough to be satisfied. She is changing to a degree, definitely different from how he first met her three years ago.
But never in his life did Touma Kamijou expect to see the monster that she was back then to appear now of all times.
"Hmm? Did you hear something?"
As the random classmate exclaimed, he also heard the noise, a high-pitched shriek and looked around confused just like the rest of his classmates. Some ran towards the windows but before they could speak of what they saw, something - or rather someone- crashed through it and slammed to the chairs and tables behind him.
"Urgh… That bitch really did it now…"
The dirty blondie regained his balance and rotated his left shoulder as if checking if everything was in place. Taking in all the clues, he could only deduce one thing:
"Hehehehehe...Oi, you still walking, punching bag?"
'Yep. It's her. I mean who else could it be?'
Akira jumped into the room through the broken wall, manic and giggling from whatever she did. She ignored him and casually walked past him to reach the beaten guy behind him. Everyone was stunned, including the 4 feet tall teacher near the chalkboard that turned white from the scene unfolding in front of her. Before anything else dangerous could happen, Touma rushed to the girl with the malicious smile and turned her powers off, making her confused as she fell to her knees, feeling exhausted.
"Oi, what the hell are you doing?! Get your hands - Urp!," For someone about to puke from nausea, the sick girl was persistent to continue whatever she was doing. Suddenly getting her powers shut off caused some kind of mental stress to get into her, resulting to dizziness. She did go all out with her calculations after all, based on the expression she had earlier.
"What's going on here, Akira?," Touma asked, but seeing the girl's eyes spinning and about to pass out, it looked like Akira's not going to recover anytime soon.
"Yeah, like, what the fuck? Tired already? I thought you're better than this. Looks like I surpassed you in stamina...As expected." The blonde boy looked like he found his footing when he said that.
"What the hell is he talking about, Akira? Just who is he?"
"Urrgh...Stop touching me and give me back my powers, you dolt."
The two whispered at one another, both trying to achieve something they won't be getting until someone's high pitched shrieked called their attention.
"""KYAA! KAKINE-SAMA!"""
""...Huh?""
Everyone in the classroom saw a horde of female students suddenly enter and clamor around the person they called "Kakine-sama".
"""Kakine-sama! What happened to you?! Who caused these wounds on your beautiful body?! Do you want us to take you to the clinic? The hospital?"""
Kamijou, Akira and the rest of the class found themselves confused, but the teacher who looks too young to be older than them regained a bit of composure and tried to control the flash mob forming around the supposed "Kakine-sama."
"Everyone! Please calm down! Please! There's no need to panic! PLEASE! LISTEN TO ME! I'M A TEACHER! HELLO?! AWAWAWAWAWA!"
The panic continued and affected Komoe-sensei as well.
"Tch. I should have looked further into the students of this school. I can't believe the #2 studies here." Slowly recovering from her nausea, Akira stood straight and glared at the mass of rabid fan-girls gathering around the person he just threw inside the classroom.
"#2? You mean he's a Level 5?!"
Another Level 5? Kamijou felt threatened at the thought of knowing there will be 2 Level 5s studying in this school alone. He already got his hands full with controlling Akira's temper tantrums and another one pops up. With another Level 5 in the vicinity, who knows how much damage they can pull off together. From what he heard of the girl's explanation back then, the Top 7 Espers of Academy City only consisted of Level 5s who, due to their nature, will not get along at all. Now that another one revealed himself, Touma felt like he has to extend his capabilities more than he was doing to Akira already to reduce damage as much as possible to their surroundings.
"Oi. I know you think this is a pain, but do you really have to express that by pulling on my cheeks?"
"But they're soft and squishy; it's like I'm pressing a 100 yen stress ball."
"I'm not a stress ball, dammit!" Akira slapped his hands away, but he persisted by patting her head with his right hand for comfort. HIS comfort. And also to prevent the moody girl from using her powers.
Under the chaotic noise of worried fangirls, the person called "Kakine-sama" finally made his voice known.
"This is nothing, my kittens~. It's just a scratch. Nothing to worry about." Presenting himself, none of the visible wounds from earlier appeared, but Kamijou caught on to the white spots that were slowly melding into the man's skin color. "I am a Level 5 after all, and that means I won't go down so easily. Right, 'Akira Touko'?" The man with the darker shade of blonde calmly stared at the person he addressed: the white-haired girl who attacked said person and his current stress ball.
Everyone's stare pointed to Akira, obviously irritated at how she was being treated right now, but now more pissed off at how the blonde pretty much blamed her for his injuries. The first to inquire was Komoe-sensei, who seemed ready to cry a river.
"Akira-chan, is this true? You hurt a fellow schoolmate?"
Said girl kept quiet, but something about her expression made Kamijou nervous. He was about to ask the same thing but then Akira turned to their teacher.
"Sensei, can I file a case of lecherous acts against a student on school grounds?"
…What?
"A-Akira-chan, what do you mean…?" Komoe looked dumbfounded from the girl's inquiry. Even then, she continued.
"Hm? I'm talking about sexual harassment of the highest level. I mean this pervert coated me with his white, warm stuff-"
"NOW HOLD ON A SECOND THERE! ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO INSINUATE THAT MY BEAUTIFUL DARK MATTER IS DIRTY?!"
Everyone in the classroom- barring him, Akira, Fukiyose, and Aogami- could only look at the accused in horror.
Everyone except the fangirls.
"""KYAAAAA! KAKINE-SAMA! YOU COATED THAT GIRL WITH YOUR WHITE, DARK MATTER?! PLEASE! SHOWER YOUR WHITE WARM COATING ON OUR BODIES TOO!"""
''''What the f*ck is wrong with these people?''''
Yep. Even the Perverted Otaku King also questioned the morality of the man being flocked by his harem of girls.
A/N: Chapter 3...After 2 years...Yeah I'm not good with making promises ;_;
So...This is a very short chapter. Last chapter was around 5K words, but then I remembered promising 3K or less word chapter updates back in my Chapter 1 A/N. I felt conflicted whether to make this chapter longer or just roll with what I have. Then I thought to myself, might as well publish this to make this story's presence known...Even if not much progress happened. I will still thank the people who read this anyway, even if it took me 2 years to make an update. Maybe next time, I'll write another 5K Chapter or longer to move this story along and catch up for lost time? We'll see.
In this chapter, we got to know more about Kakine Teitoku, the guy spreading white hot goo all over girls. And that's about it. Don't worry, he won't be stuck in a rectangular space for his crimes. Not yet anyway.
I'm adjusting right now, trying to find a path in life I can settle with. Looking for a job that can provide my daily needs. Still living with my parents, who I'm still thankful for even if they think I'm a pain in the ass that leeches off of them. So yeah, I finally graduated. 4 months ago to be exact. Got my thesis printed and everything last year of December. Took me a year to finish it. Now that I'm out in the wild, I realize how much of a pain it is to look for people who will take you for your good personality and remaining good set of skills. I definitely lack a lot of experience, that much is sure. But life goes on. The same goes for this story too. The only thing we can do is study, learn, and improve.
...Shit. I drabbled. XD
As always, R&R and I hope to see you again in the next update!
P.S. For those who don't know, I'm also writing for a collab story called "The Hidden Route of the Failed Heroine" by Kamachiland Pirate Brigade starring our favorite, left behind heroine, Himegami Aisa! I wrote the 1st Chapter with the help of my crew. Please give that story some love too, the same love you give my other stories. I promise that you will definitely enjoy it!
Bot: Be shameless and advertise it more obviously. By the way, if you find any mistakes in the A/N, it isn't because of me. Mikael doesn't want me to change it.
xMikaelx: ...Botman beta'd my chapter again, btw. Anyway, See you guys next time!