Academy City, 1:02 PM

"...What?"

Abicus didn't realize he spoke out loud until after the words left his mouth.

"You heard me," Touma sternly responded.

(Impossible…) Abicus thought. (I'm from an entirely different universe. I bought these saws online in an entirely different universe. How could he-)

"Give them here!" Touma shouted.

"I...don't know what you're talking abou-"

"Don't play dumb, dammit! I know you've got Oswald's Saws in your possession! Just give them here already!"

Touma held out his right hand. Abicus looked at him for a moment before speaking again.

"Hypothetically speaking... why the hell would I do that?"

"Because there's a bunch of dangerous people coming after you because you have them!"

(What the fuck?...What the fuck? How do people even know I have them?)

"And who are you exactly?"

"That's not important. A bunch of people from an organization of magicians called Necessarius are coming after you because you're wielding very dangerous and illegal magic."

Abicus' eyes widened.

"Kid, what the hell are you talking about?"

"I'm saying those saws that you have are running on stolen magic from what can be one of the world's leading magical nations. And now they want it back. In other words, the origin of those saws is this universe."

"And now I'm being branded a criminal for using them?" Abicus' voice took on a laid back and sarcastic tone. He shrugged his shoulder as smirked."Seems kind of unfair. I was just an unsuspecting magician looking for something to use in my sawed in half routine."

"Unsuspecting my ass! Only an immensely powerful magician can even use them! That means you've been practicing very hard for a considerable amount of time at the very least."

Abicus squinted and frowned at the very annoying high school boy who knew more than he should.

"Just what the hell are you, anyway? I find it puzzling that some average high school brat such as yourself would know any of this. Are you affiliated in anyway with this Necessarius?"

"If you really must know, my name is Touma Kamijou. And no, I'm not really a part of them. Just some average high school student unlucky enough to get mixed up in all of their drama. What about you?"

"Hmph."

Abicus smirked as he brought the base of his top hat down to cover his eyes.

"They call me Abicus the Magnificent."

"Okay, Abicus. Sorry for yelling at you earlier. But please. Hand over the saws."

In spite of the calm demeanor Touma was displaying, his stomach was in knots. He thought back to what Tsuchimikado told him. The man from another dimension that stood before him held objects that have technically killed him twice before. Should he incite any sort of hostility and force a chase, he risks causing another dimensional cut. He did not know what he would do in that event.

But what made him most fearful was that he did not know if he could do anything should that happen.

"Sorry kid, no can do."

Touma's eyes widened.

"You see," Abicus said with a sly smile, tugging on the tip of his top hat. "I'm already on the run right now and I don't plan on giving away my best method of escape just yet."

Touma squeezed his right fist to the point where he felt pain.

"Do you have any idea what kind of power you're wielding right now?!" he said taking a step forward with his right leg. "Do you know how many lives are at stake here?! That yours is in danger too?!"

Abicus scowled at Touma.

"Of course I do. I read the instructions online where I bought it from. I'm not stupid enough to destroy my own dimension just for some panties. This is just a brief detour. Gimmie a week or so and then I'm out of here."

Touma stared at Abicus in contempt.

"Wait… what did you say?"

"This place is just a pit stop until I make my grand exit to some other universe or maybe back home if I feel like it-"

"No… did you say panties?"

"Oh. Right. Guess there's no harm in telling some small fry like yourself. You see, in my home universe, I'm a very famous and wanted panty thief. I had to split before some bald super hero punched my lights out."

Touma did not take time to assess the absurdity of that last sentence. His mind wondered to what Tsuchimikado told him regarding his gym teacher Ms. Yomikawa. Having something so precious stolen from such a caring woman made him feel ill.

"So," Touma said in a low voice, progressively getting louder with every other word. "Let me get this straight. You're risking the destruction of our universes to fulfil your filthy perversions?!"

"Judge me all you want but it's a calling my young cohort."

"I'm not your cohort. Give me the saws."

"Pfft." Abicus waved his wand in a circular motion, creating a purple stream of light following the tip. "Or else what?"

"Or else I'll take them by force."

"Pfffffft-ahahahahahaha! That's rich! Kid, do you even know what I'm capable of? You said it yourself, only an immensely powerful magician could use Oswald's Saws. Do you know what that means? I could burn you to a crisp with the flick of the wrist! Or I could send forty thousand volts of electricity your way. I've spent two years mastering several forms magic. Face it kid, I'm way out of your league. It'd be a cold day in hell before you could stand a chance against m-"

"Shut the fuck up."

Abicus squinted. His left eye twitched as he squeezed his wand between his palm.

"And stop calling me kid. I already told you, my name is Touma Goddamn Kamijou and I don't give a shit how powerful you are. You're gonna give me those mother fucking saws or I'll knock your corny ass, old ass, long nosed ass, outdated penny show magician ass into the next dimension myself!"

Any intention to talk things out had been thrown out the window. Touma reasoned that since Abicus didn't want to destroy his home universe, he wouldn't try to use Oswald's Saws to escape. And before, he was just about to leave. Pissing him off into a fight was the only way to ensure that he could get possession of them.

The irritation Abicus felt for this person has reached its climax. Any plans he had of escaping were thrown aside. Now, he had to teach this punk a lesson.

"Kid," Abicus said sinisterly. "You just opened up your own coffin. Alakazheemo…"

The lid of a tin garbage can floated over in front of Abicus.

"Alakhazingo!"

Touma dashed forward. With an explosive sound, the lid suddenly shot at high speed towards him. At the speed it was traveling, it could easily shatter a few bones.

However…

Touma caught the lid with his right hand. Abicus' eyes flared up in surprise.

(The fuck?) he thought.

Still running, Touma cocked his arm back and flung it forward. The lid made a peculiar sound as it smoothly spun through the air. Abicus lost a few seconds processing the shock of Touma catching it that he doesn't have enough time to misdirect it. He quickly shifted his upper body to the left while holding onto the tip of his top hat, avoiding the lid that soared out of the alley.

Still slouched to the left, he saw Touma about a foot away from him. Gritting his teeth and squeezing all of the muscles in his right arm, he positioned his feet into the ground, switching from running to punching form. He threw his weight forward, adding more force to the velocity he picked up while running.

Abicus' eyes widened. In the position he was in, he wasn't able to block or use any spells to avoid the attack. With the fist inches away from his face, Abicus leaned back and swept his front foot forward, allowing him to spin around Touma's fist and narrowly dodge the attack. He ran a few steps before turning around.

Touma took a few clumsy steps as he lost his balance. He ungracefully himself around to face his around to face Abicus who had his wand raised.

"Alakazheemo…"

The garbage can where he got the bin from slowly floated about 3 ½ meters into the air. Nonetheless, Touma ran towards him at full speed.

"Alakazhingo!"

As Abicus swung his left arm down, the garbage can bolted downward at. With surprising agility, Touma leapt to the left, avoiding the garbage crashed into ground, forming a crater twice its radius. Touma continued to stride towards Abicus with a stoic demeanor, about two meters away from his target. Abicus refused to lose his composure as he hopped back, swinging his wand backwards in the process. He grinned as the garbage can flew for Kamijou's back.

Very subtly, Touma squinted. When the garbage can was about two feet away from he, he kicked his back leg forward between strides. It kicked up dust as it slid across the pavement. He pivoted his other foot and firmly planted it into the ground as he swung his entire body 360 degrees. He clenched every muscle in his body as he cocked his fist back. With his back facing his enemy, he leaned forward and let centrifugal force give him power.

With a loud thud, the garbage can rotated several meters across the air as its contents spilled out. It spun into the street.

Without acknowledging what he did, Touma swung his body back around and resumed running towards the baffled magician. He took a step back and grunted nearly inaudibly. Within seconds, he caught up to Abicus and positioned himself to throw a hook towards his jaw.

Abicus clumsily took a step back, which caused the fist to makes a "woosh" sound as it sliced through the air in front of him. Touma pursued with another punch with his left fist but Abicus parried it with his right hand. He then clenched it and whipped it. Touma quickly blocked it with his right forearm, causing the two to bounce off a foot away from each other.

Not a second later, Touma dashed forward, closing the distance between them in three steps. He slid for a few inches as he threw his right fist forward with all his might.

However, Abicus foresaw the attack and delivered a swift roundhouse kick to his stomach. Touma stumbled backwards a meters. Abicus briefly assessed him as he held his stomach in pain.

(This kid sure does love his right hand,) Abicus thought. (But such a habit makes him predictable. Not that it matters.)

"Alakazheemo…"

The cars passing several meters behind Touma caught Abicus' attention. He slowly brought his wand up. A black garbage bag raised from a nearby seven foot wide green dumpster in between them.

"Alakazhingo!"

The garbage bag flew towards Touma.

"Owuaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"

He punched it with his right hand, sending it flying a few feet back before skidding on the. But Abicus was no longer in in front of him.

"Boo."

Touma's eyes widened. He tried to turn around but from behind him, Abicus smashed his left elbow into Touma's back. The boy stumbled to the ground but quickly recovered with a summersault. Unrelenting in his assault, his leaned forward once more.

With his left arm, Touma threw a cross but Abicus leaned back to avoid it. Before Touma could hit him with a right cross, Abicus pushed off his head to flip several feet meters away from him.

"Alakazheemo…"

The green dumpster floated into the air above Touma. He looked up with a tense look.

"Alakazhingo!"

The dumpster slammed hard against the ground, leaving a crater five times its radius. Touma jumped backwards to avoid being crushed but the shock from the fall knocked him across the ground for a few feet. Abicus aimed his wand forward and the dumpster slides along the ground at his towards Touma.

To his surprise, Abicus heard a thud but as the dumpster suddenly stopped moving. From around the dumpster, Touma ran out unharmed.

(What the fuuuuuuuck…)

Abicus raised his wand into the air and then forcefully jerked it down.

"Gale Wind! Level 4!"

A strong gust of wind hit Kamijou. The tin garbage can and even the green dumpster were easily flung into the street. Touma's body was swept into the wind. In a few seconds, he would be knocked into oncoming traffic. However, instead the immense force that could easily lift a truck several feet suddenly stopped. Touma fell to his back and slid a few feet. He lightly supported his held out right arm by tightly squeezing his forearm.

A stream of sweat slid down the side of Abicus' temple as he stepped back, fearfully mystified. He blinked a few times, ignoring reality completely. In his daze, Touma took the opportunity to close the distance between them yet again.

Touma's savagely swung his right fist towards Abicus' chin but he shifted his body to its outside to dodge the attack. He then pivoted his front foot, spinning around Touma and then elbowed him in the lower rib cage. Touma grunted and gritted his teeth as he took a step forward. He spun around and swung the back of his left fist but Abicus already jumped back three meters. Touma raises his clenched fists towards his face, ready to defend against any incoming attack.

Abicus assessed the boy before him with a caution he has not used in hours.

(Is he…)

After a momentary stand-off, Touma sprinted towards Abicus.

(Is he canceling my magic?)

During Abicus' pondering, Touma quickly covered the span of six feet. Abicus snapped out of his daze.

(No… Nononononononono! Imposible! I'm the world's most powerful magician! There's no way this average ass brat can best me! NO FUCKING WAY!)

Abicus whipped his wand up and waved it in a circular motion.

"Uzumaki!" he viciously spat out.

A whirlpool appeared between them.

"What?!" Touma shouted, sounding very confused.

Touma was quickly lifted into the air and sucked towards the miniature tornado. But doing a complete emotional 180, he thrusted his palm towards the twister, shattering its existence. The effects from the gust of wind had propelled him forward at high speed.

From the moment he saw the tornado, Touma already had a plan in mind. Realizing this puts Abicus is a state of unease.

His arm still raised, Touma balled his fist as he pulled it back.

Abicus was expecting the twister to bring him closer so he could kick him. However, he did not anticipate that his twister would be destroyed. Touma shouting in confusion earlier threw him off even more. Abicus already had his right leg cocked back in preparation for a roundhouse kick.

(...What…?)

Touma was seconds away from the magician. Abicus had no choice but to go through with the attack. Shifting his weight to one side made him lose his balance. But he remained committed towards landing a kick on Touma. The power from his kick would be reduced due to his lack of balance and sudden shift but at least he would still be able to land an attack while simultaneously avoiding one.

If only he were more graceful.

Abicus' leg sunk firmly into Touma's gut. But not before Touma's fist grinded across his cheek. The momentum gained from the twister combined with Kamijou's twisting of his fist and twisting of his body allowed him to land an attack much stronger than Abicus' off balance kick. However, the kick also reduced the blow of the attack by a degree.

It felt as if thousands of tiny needles were simultaneously being pinned into his cheek.

"Tsk!" Abicus grunted as he flew backwards a meter.

Touma was knocked back a bit and slides across the ground on his feet and hand.

"Uzumaki!"

Abicus suddenly became engulfed in a tornado. He levitated momentarily before the twister rotated forward, aiming the top part at Touma. Abicus was launched like a cannonball through the air. He tucked his feet in and then thrusts his legs forward, delivering a devastating drop kick towards Touma. In spite of him blocking, he is knocked through the air and rolled against the ground towards the end of the alley several meters ahead.

Touma lied on his back with his arms folded above him. His felt a numbing sensation in his upper body that made it hard for him to breath.

(Now's my chance!)

Abicus desperately aimed his wand at the incapacitated Touma.

"Amaterasu!"

A massive flame dragon shot out of the tip of the wand. It roared as it sailed through the air at high speed. The walls on either side were slightly liquified by the extreme heat.

Abicus shot flame as hot as the sun towards the ground in front of the immobilized Kamijou.

In a large orange explosion, his figure was engulfed in those flames in an instant.

Abicus observed vigilantly as the fire consumed one end of the alley, turning the walls and ground into a liquidy substance. He took pleasure at the beautiful sight before him before walking towards the end of the alley.

He looked around for a few seconds and smiled sinisterly, almost drooling at a most pleasurable scene.

Before him, a black student vest was being consumed by fire.

"Hmph."

Abicus triumphantly sighed and turned around to walk away. He deduced that Touma could block the attack but he was unable block regular environmental damage. Parts of the surrounding walls fell after having uneven sections softened.

Surely, he was taken out by the walls and then trapped by the flames as hot as the sun.

He was relieved that the troublesome boy who has somehow negated his powers was eliminated. However, that's not how he would explain it.

Even though he had witnessed it happen with his own eyes, he still found it hard to believe that someone could just cancel his abilities with literally the wave of his hand.

Abicus spent two years developing his magical prowess. They were ingrained into his identity to the bone. Because of these powers, he has alluded some of the most crafty of heroes and had succeeded with many a petty crime.

Power corrupts. He had long forgotten the feeling of being an average man. He was high on his own power and was hellbent on to never coming back down. Which was why he so vehemently refused to acknowledge that he could be reverted to a time where he wasn't all powerful.

While basking in his greatness, a thought ran through Abicus' mind.

(Wait… why would the vest be the last thing burning? Wouldn't the fire have indiscriminately engulfed him on every angle? In fact, I didn't even hear him screaming in pain or see a body… If his vest could survive a few seconds, why wouldn't the rest of his body…)

Flame still engulfed sections of the end of the alley. Parts of the ground had been turned to a liquid cement like substance.

Abicus' eyes shot open. He swung his entire body around, a blue sphere appearing on the tip of his wand.

(That little shit-!)

He could barely make out light footsteps from around the corner of the alley.

The fire before him split in half and revealed a tightly clenched fist.