This is my first time writing fanfiction so please be kind to me.
Disclaimer: I do not own the right of Toaru Majutsu no Index and Honkai Impact 3rd.
Warning:
1. English is not my first langue so forgive me if there are some grammar errors.
2. I am not an expert in both lore story so there gonna be some plot hole.
3. Some events and characters were changed so they could be included in my story.
4. I like a happy ending, so I gonna use plot devices and any other shenanigans to make the character get a happy ending.
A certain spiky-haired boy walked through a quiet alley. At first, nothing is wrong with it, but if you look closely there is something very wrong with him. Kamijou Touma's breathing was frantic and irregular. Blood was pouring out from all over his body. The patient's clothes that were previously green have now changed to red. The way he walks staggers like a drunk person. He looks like he could fall at any moment.
Kamijou Touma at his limit.
An esper cannot use magic without injuring themselves. There would be breaking taboo, but Anna Sprengel was too strong for Kamijou Touma to defeat. So he broke the taboo and this is the price he must pay to do that. There are approximately 4 L to 5 L of blood in the body. Losing large amounts of blood quickly can lead to serious complications or death.
At this point, a normal human would die by exsanguination. This is not counting St. Germain slowly destroying his body from inside. He manages to defeat Anna Sprengel, but no victory there. In the end, he failed to get a cure for himself.
Kamijou Touma's body is dying. He feels like his body would collapse soon. Even so, the spiky-haired boy refuses to give up. He gathers every strength of his body to move. He knows his time will come soon, because of that he wants to see them again even for the last time.
Unfortunately, his wound was too severe.
Kamijou Touma's body couldn't hold the wound any longer and ended up falling. He tried to collect the remaining strength to get up, but it was futile his body cannot move further. Kamijou Touma cannot feel his body anymore. His vision is slowly getting blurry. His eyes start to feel so heavy to keep open.
In the past 6 months, Kamijou Touma gains a lot of memories. Memories he cherishes fully from the bottom of his heart. Many image flashes in his mind. From the first time, he wakes up, meeting his family after lost memories, spending his time with his friends, fighting against esper and magician alike, and much much more.
Kamijou Touma started to feel fear creeping through his mind. Even after having been through a lot of things he fears death as a normal person would. This is the very same fear he once feels when he is tortured endlessly by Othinus in infinity hell.
(Sorry everyone)
Kamijou Touma closes his eye and falls into eternal darkness.
"…Ah!?"
Kamijou awoke.
He realizes that is he awake and alive. The last thing he remembers is intense fighting with Anna. After calming himself down, he analyzed the situation he was in. Blue is the first thing to describe in his mind after seeing where he is and the second is bizarre.
The room he was in and the furniture was blue, the room looked like an office. In the room, there is the sound of a piano and other orchestras playing making music in the background. In front of him sat a man dress in a black suit.
"Welcome to the Room of Azure. A place that exists between The Death and The Living; Beginning and End"
The mysterious man sitting in front of him greeted his presence. He has black hair and wears glasses. His clothes look like a butler. The man wearing a white shirt with a black suit and black tie.
"Who are you?"
"You can call me Zael. It's nice to meet you, Kamijou Touma"
This music that is playing in the background starts to sound familiar to his ear. Kamijou Touma is very confident he has never been in this place before but he is pretty sure he saw this blue room somewhere. The resemblance is uncanny but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Then realization struck him like a lightning.
(Wait this blue room, this music, and the opening line. Don't tell me?!)
"What is this a P*rsona game?!"
Kamijou exclaimed with a shout.
"Don't tell me next you gonna ask me to forge a bond with my friend to get stronger and defeat world-ending threat?!"
Even if Kamijou didn't spend much time playing the game he knew a few things about it. The reason behind this is because Aogami and Tsumikado sometimes invite him to play and discuss games together.
"Hold on Kamijou Touma, just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right!"
He said it with a straight face and such confidence.
The man claimed as Zeal tried to answer the obvious fact with some nonsense line.
"Such misfortune!"
Yeah, this without a doubt is misfortune.
"It's rude if the owner does not give a treat to guests, isn't it. How about a cup of tea? "
Suddenly in front of him appears a table and above it is a cup of tea. Kamijou Touma is not an expert in food and drink. In his life, Kamijou Touma can't afford the luxury. That because of his misfortune he needs to buy or pay for the thing because he accidentally destroys it. He also needs to feed glutonus nun who has the stomach of the black hole and buy food for his calico cat who reside together in his dorm. Even so, he can tell the drink in front of him is not cheap.
"Don't worry, I can guarantee you it's not a body fluid or anything weird."
What Zeal just said didn't make him feel any better. For as long as he could remember Kamijou Touma had experienced many weird things. Suddenly appeared in a strange room and was offered tea for him. That's nowhere near the 10 weirdest moments he's ever had. Kamijou Touma knew he had no choice but to drink the tea that had been provided. Besides, it was rude not to drink what was served to him, no matter how suspicious it was.
From the aroma, he can guess the tea that has been served to him is similar to an herbal drink. Kamijou Touma slowly drinks the tea. The taste is a mix between sweet and a bit bitter make it pleasant to drink. The temperature of the tea is not too hot so it doesn't hurt the throat and tongue when drinking it. After drinking the tea he can feel his body and mind refreshed
"Kamijou Touma, I know you are confused and have so many questions so let's back to the topic shall we?"
After hearing that Kamijou put back the cup to the table. He preparing himself the information about what happened to him now.
"Kamijou Touma you already death."
Kamijou flinches after Zeal said those words.
"I see"
Those were the only words that came out of his mouth. The fact that he died, shocked him. But that was all, he didn't cry out of shock or lament over it.
It seemed he already knew the facts and accepted them.
"Is this afterlife?"
Kamijou wonders if this is what the afterlife looks like. He can't say he is a religious person. But even he knows the place in the afterlife where he is judged to go to heaven or hell.
"Well yes, but actually no."
"Huh?"
"Kamijou Touma you already died, but unfortunately they won't let you go to the afterlife."
(They?)
As knowing the boy's cofusion Zael raised his hand and points his finger at him no more precisely at his right hand.
(Oh)
"Yeah Imagine Breaker."
This new information surprised him a bit. The reason he can't go to the afterlife is that Imagine Breaker resides in his right arm. After thinking about that he realized there was something odd with the information.
"Wait you said Imagine Breaker prevent me go to the afterlife. Isn't Imagine Breaker gonna leave me when I die?"
Kamijou Touma is not the first wielder of Imagine Breaker. He knew Imagine Breaker had taken many forms in the past. After the container or host is destroyed Imagine Breaker will search for the new one.
"Yeah "normally" but in case you have not noticed it yet you are a special case the wielder of Imagine Breaker."
No matter how much his right hand got cut and destroyed Imagine Breaker will always return to him. This happens a few times in the past already.
When he was in Misawa Cram School and Aureolus cut his right arm.
At Daihasei where he tried to save Misaka from her power.
At peak of Word War 3 where Fiamma tried to claim Imagine Breaker.
When Othinus suddenly appear at baggage city and destroy his right arm.
The time Kamisato use the World Rejector and send Imagine Breaker to the new world.
The fights against Aiwass and Coronzon respectively cost him his right arm as well.
That which refuses to break down and lurks within.
"What happens to me now?"
Kamijou wonders if he can't go to the afterlife then what will happen to him.
Is he going to be trapped there forever?
"If you want I can remove Imagine Breaker, with your consent of course so you can go to the afterlife. The other choice is I can grant you a power to wield Imagine Breaker to reach a higher plane of existence"
"..."
The silence was the answer, he was not interested in either of those choices. Kamijou Touma didn't actually want to go to the afterlife and he didn't want to become anything except being human. For him, the two options are not appealing.
"Or you can reincarnate to a new world and get a new life."
Kamijou starts to listen closely to the word spoken by Zeal. He sometimes read a story about people who got reincarnated or transported to the new world. So he knew one or two about that.
"About this third option, Kamijou Touma can I ask for help?"
"There is a world I want you to live within. This world is similar to your original world the only major difference is the invasive species being Honkai who reside in this world. The reason I want you to live in this world is to put it simply this world is fated to be doomed from the start."
Kamijou Touma did not understand why he had been chosen for reincarnation in that world. What an ordinary high schooler like him could do. There was a better choice than himself if one wanted to save the world.
"Why me?"
He did not have extraordinary athletic ability.
He did not have the intellect or skill of a superhuman genius.
He did not have the fortune needed to run a nation.
He did not have the deductive ability to resolve any incident from his easy chair.
He did not have the beauty to ruin a country with a smile.
He did not have the political power to change history with a snap of his fingers.
He did not have the unbelievable power of a Level 5.
"That's because I know something you don't. I have seen many humans achieve seemingly impossible odds. One of the so many others, I think you have something most needed in this world. "
Kamijou Touma is still not convinced by what Zeal said. The reason for this is because he sees himself as just like everyone else.
He felt angry like a normal person.
He felt fear like a normal person.
He felt sad like a normal person.
He felt happy like a normal person.
There's nothing special about him. The only difference between him and a normal person he can think of is only his misfortune.
"So I must stop this Honkai and save the world?"
"That not necessary, as I said before this world is fated to be doomed from the start. With just exist you will avert this world's impending fate. Live and Imagine Breaker will take care of the rest"
By just livng in there Kamijou Touma can avert tregadies that will happen. This was because his luck would get him dragged into the trouble that would decide the fate of the world.
"Of course you can refuse it. I can reincarnate you in a new world or use my power to search for a way to return you to your original world."
"No, I will accept it"
The answer he said made Zael unable to hide the shock on his face.
"I know it was I who asked for your help, but are you sure about this? Don't you have any regrets?"
Kamijou's face turned into a bitter smile.
"I have so much regret. I am very tempted to go back and meet with them again. Or I at least want a chance to tell them how I feel and give the last goodbye"
I want to take care of Index and feed her until she is full.
I want Othinus to give me advice so I stop fooling myself.
I want to meet with Misaka again.
I want to go to school with my friends.
I want to spend more time with my family.
"So why accept that?"
This reminds him of one of his nightmares, where he commits the greatest sin against humanity for his selfish desire. The world omega a perfect world where everyone is saved but for this to happen is he must die. Which later he refuse it so he can meet with those who are important to him.
So what is the difference then?
The answer is pretty simple.
"That because I already accept a fact that I am already dead. Parting with them is inevitable I know it is only a matter of time. Can't meet with them again is very painful but I won't run away of my choice."
Kamijou Touma is already satisfied. For someone whose life is filled with misfortune, he has a good life. He can't ask more because there is nothing more to ask. Kamijou Touma's wish is already fulfilled, the offer given to him right now is no more than a bonus.
"I see"
Smile curled in Zeal's face upon hearing the answer.
No matter how hard and painful the path he walks is, Kamijou will not be turning back. This is the path he walks and truly believes in.
That was what made Kamijou Touma such an amazing human being.
"Also I think that because you are a good person."
This time the eyes of the two people in the room met each other.
"You can lie to deceive me or you can use your power to force me to do your will. Instead, do any of that you choose to accompany me and start to explain my situation. That why I think you are a good person."
"I know you have been through a lot of things. This is at least what I can do, sorry I can't do more for you."
"No, what you do for me is more than enough. I appreciate it thank you."
Now there is turning back Kamijou Touma will reincarnate to the new world.
"Before you go let me give you this."
Suddenly Kamijou's head felt a bit dizzy. The feeling of a headache hitting him almost instantly made him lower his face. He got the feeling of deja vu this to happen before, but somehow can't remember when this happens.
Almost as instantly as it appears the feeling of dizziness begins to fade away. Kamijou raised his head to ask a question about what happened.
"What is that?"
"English, Russian and German. I give you the ability to understand those languages."
"Isn't Imagine Breaker gonna negate it if I touch my head?"
If it supernatural phenomenon then Imagine Breaker will surely negate it. No matter what the supernatural is or how strong the power behind it is, even if that supernatural is the brightest miracle or the darkest curse. Imagine Breaker will not discriminate and negate it.
"Don't worry about that there is some loop to bypass the Imagine Breaker. Think that as a present, you will need it."
"With that end, it's nice to meet you. Farewell Kamijou Touma."
In the blink of an eye, Kamijou Touma instantly disappears from the room.
"What do you two think about our guest?"
Out of nowhere appeared a blue-haired boy. The boy's age looks around seventeen and has a blue eye that matches his hair. He wearing a school uniform with a black jacket. He also has a pair of black headphones around his neck.
"He's a good boy. Even after what he has experienced and been through he still desires to move forward"
The second person who appears in the room is the man in red hakama. He has white hair and appears around his thirty. The most notable feature of this man is his black mechanical prosthetic right hand and his heterochromia eye.
"I pity him it's like his entire life is some kind of twisted joke where he must suffer. I think he needs rest and therapy. "
"He is too kind for his good. He knows not all person he meets is good, it's just he thinks every life are worth protecting. We should just let him have a normal life Minato."
"I can't say all humans are good, it's just some of them are amazing and worth protecting."
For almost his entire life Minato Arisato never cared about life. That until he meets his friend and forges a bond with them make Minato truly realize the beauty in life. Everything he experienced with his friends made him feel truly alive again. The bond they share with his friends had grown so deep that he was even willing to sacrifice himself to save them and the world they live in.
"You know this feeling right Ragna?"
The image of his siblings comes to his mind.
To be fair for the former criminal he doesn't care about the majority of people. He only truly cares about a few of them and it can be counted on the fingers. But that few people was enough to make him sacrifice his existence so they can get a better future.
"If only he not so dense to the feeling of the girls around him."
"That is because he thinks it's too good to be true. His life is filled with misfortune so he always expects the worst. It's would be ironic if isn't too sad."
"I don't want to leave Saya alone for too long. I will go first."
With that, The Man of the Blue returns to the Azure Gate to protect The Beginning from anyone who seeks it.
"I will back to sleep then. Please wake me up if something interesting happens Zeal."
"Don't worry about that Minato. You can leave it to me."
With a smile, The Messiah goes back to the Great Seal to guard The End from anyone who desires it.
Chapter End