A/N: Thanks, EtherealFox, for reviewing! I wish I could have sent you a message, but since you're a guest, I can't do that. Thank you for all your complements! I try my best to make the story as natural as possible. Yes, what you said makes sense. You're saying that some fanfics revolve around the OC, but mine has balance, correct? Thanks. I'm not so much a TAMNI fanfic reader as I am a writer, so I wouldn't know that. I don't know what you mean by Chapter 13, though. I hadn't posted a Chapter 13 at the time; I think I'll break from writing during weekends. I did have some issues with Chapter 12, though, in which I posted it but it never showed up to viewers even after the 30 min mark. Also, I never regarded them as "thermal vibrations"; I just regarded them as "vibrations" because what I said is true regarding states of matter. But thank you for your review! It was a joy to read.

Chapter 13:

Pah. Hah. Pah. Hah. The panting was so heavy, it was probably heard throughout the apartment. If someone had an inquiry, no one said anything. The evening's orange and pink-tinged light filtered through the transparent white fabric curtain in the guest bedroom. Rei lied on bed, her arms and legs sprawled far apart from each other. It was as if she was preparing to make a snow angel. Pah. Hah. Pah. Hah. Her breathing slowly steadied, but not enough before the door swung open.

"Accelerator, you really worked this girl to the bone today!" Yoshi looked at Rei and behind her. Rei could only guess that Accelerator was there. "Go a little bit easier on her the next time you're teaching her, okay?"

"If she wants to be a Level 5 ESPer, she should learn right now not to complain and just suck it up." He said bluntly.

"Ryuuzaki-san, you've been working hard haven't you. Would you-" The pencil up on the dresser suddenly flew at Accelerator's face as Yoshi was in mid-sentence. Accelerator deflected it back, the pencil cup making a harsh sound as it hit the wallspace next to the window. There was a small dark dent where the pencil cup hit, its contents now spewed across the guestroom floor.

"That was pathetic. You have to work on it more." Accelerator said. Rei tried to look at the door without moving her head. She was just that tired. Her breath was back to normal; no one could hear it now. Rei saw the can being put back on the dresser, the pencils and pens levitating back into it.

"Accelerator! She's clearly been working hard! Cut some slack, jan!" Yomi appeared next to Accelerator. She had Last Order in her arms. Last Order was smiling at Rei encouragingly. So was Yomikawa. Yoshikawa was slightly smiling, too. Accelerator was staring at her blankly; he was the only person to think her worthless.

Yoshi and Yomi walked to the bedside. The looked at her so caringly that Rei still couldn't bring herself to say anything.

Is this what it's like to have parents? She closed her eyes, wanting to sleep despite others being in the room.

Yomi put Last Order down and sat on the edge of the bed near Rei. "Now, I may be stating the obvious when I say this, but," Yomi turned to Rei and supported herself with her arm on the bed, "you look really, really exhausted, jan. Are you sure you're going to be able to go back home tonight?"

"You can stay her, you know. You're always welcome." Yoshi added. Yomi swiftly turned her head to Yoshi before looking back at Rei.

"I…I think I'll have to take you up on that offer." Rei panted. Even though her breath had returned to normal, she still had trouble speaking.

"Now that we're outside, go do 10 laps around the park." Accelerator had told her, he himself deciding to sit down on a bench.

"What! What does that have to do with vector changing?" Rei was in shock. Not only was she not expecting that, she knew she was totally not made of athletic caliber.

"Listen, even if you do become a Level 5 with Vector Change, if something happens to that, you'll be up to your basic physical abilities and street smarts. Something tells me you're not the fastest runner, so go run already. It'll also give you a glimpse of the surrounding areas in case you ever get lost- which I'm assured you will- and the amount of things you're actual able to manipulate."

Rei had glared at him, and Accelerator mirrored her- but his glare was stronger. Rei continued glaring at him before muttering, "Fine." And running away in her long shirt and jeans.

"You should be glad," Accelerator shrugged when she had left, "I made you run when there wasn't any ice and snow around."

The flashbacks of the day were still reeling in Rei's mind when Yoshi smiled and handed her a glass of water. "Good. Now, it's time for dinner. Think you can stand?"

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Once dinner was eaten and preparations before bedtime had been completed, Rei had collapsed onto her bed. No one noticed Last Order sneaking into her room and sleeping right beside her, but when Yomi went to check if Rei was actually asleep…

"Aw, Last Order is there with her. Looks like you completion, Accelerator, jan." Yomi grinned at him. Yoshi was sitting in the middle of the sofa, Accelerator and Yomi flanking her. She was typing rapidly in a computer.

"She asleep?" Yoshi whispered.

"Of course." Yomi leaned back and put her elbows on the sofa. "Oi, Accelerator." She looked at Accelerator. He shifted his gaze to her, his face still in the direction of the computer screen. "That was genius, making her run laps around the park. That was sure to make her tired."

Accelerator closed his eyes and shrugged. "It just worked out like that…"

"So it wasn't part of some plan, jan?"

"Will you two lower your voices?" Yoshi hissed. "I've accessed one of Academy City's main databases. She's clearly a citizen if she was given access to Toshiko, but- just to make sure- I checked a couple of the guest databases. She's not there, so she's a citizen."

Yomi and Accelerator said nothing; they just looked at the screen while Yoshi typed in letters and words that meant nothing to the two. The screen suddenly changed from black with green text to blue with white, robotic-print looking text. "Ahah, there. It's a good thing I haven't forgotten any of my old tricks."

"Were you ever allowed to see the databases, jan?" Yomi said suspiciously. "Even most Anti-Skill can't access them."

"I have my ways." Yoshi said enigmatically.

Yoshi moved her mouse to different texts on the left side. When she hovered over a text, a picture of a face and information below it would appear. When Yoshi clicked on a text, the information would stay rather than change to the next thing the mouse hovered on .

"That's a lot of names...jan." Yomi said.

"This is going to take a while." Accelerator sighed.

"You two, there's a search feature." Yoshi sighed. When she had started typing, her back was erect and upright, refusing to lean on the sofa. She was leaning on the cushions now, at this point. "Doing the brute force method is only a last-resort option. Oh, and we may share that task. There are a lot of names here."

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Yoshi typed in "Ryuuzaki Rei" in the search feature. "Those are the kanji that make up the name, right?"

Yomi nodded. "Think so. She exchanged her cell number with our house number. She wrote her name above it."

"Okay." Yoshi hit the "enter" button.

All three knew that Rei's name wasn't anything special. Still, Yomi looked visibly deflated when she saw 23 results pop up. "Man…." She moaned.

Quick as a whip, Yoshi hovered over each of the names. She instantly stopped when she noticed the long, brown hair. The picture looked just like Rei- if not a younger version of her. She was beaming in the picture.

"Have you ever seen her look that happy, jan?" Yomi asked

Yoshi and Accelerator shrugged.

"The date of birth is correct, so far…" Yoshi trailed off.

Everyone stiffened as they read the information below it, thinking their search was finally done:

Name: Ryuuzaki Rei

Ability: Electric Manipulator

Level: 1

"What the hell…" Yomi and Accelerator whispered. Yoshi stared at the screen.

"I…I…I guess it's time for some brute force."

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"WHO THE HELL IS SHE, YOSHIKAWA. THIS BETTER NOT BE A JOKE." Accelerator hissed loudly.

"I'm not doing anything on purpose!"

"It's 3 AM now…We've been at this for, like, 6 hours jan. I think it's time to hit the hay for now." Yomi stood up and stretched.

Yoshi put the laptop on the main coffee table and leaned back. She wiped the sweat on her forehead. "It…It just doesn't make any sense. I've brute-forced the database. There's nothing even closely relating to this."

"Think the level is just a typo and she somehow used electricity to snap the rope?" Yomi folded her arms and looked at the peeved Yoshi and Accelerator.

"Even if that fact was to be true," Accelerator waved his hand as if he was pushing the idea away, "it wouldn't explain the fact that I've seen her move things. And let's not forget the pencil cup."

"This still doesn't add up." Yoshi breathed. She stood up and brushed herself off for no apparently reason. "It's really late. If we're going to wake up around 9 to see Rei off, we'll have to get to bed fast so we can get some sleep. We don't want Rei getting suspiscious." She turned to Yomi, who was already peering at the hallway, seeing if Rei was overhearing them; there was no one there.

"Who's right in this and who's wrong, jan." Yomi murmured as she walked to her room. "I don't have a goddamn clue."