Disclaimer: I do not own A Certain Magical Index or any of its characters
"Such misfortune." Touma groaned in his seat.
It was lunchtime and the students that were once interrogating him had gone to eat their lunch.
"Kami-yan your luck never ceases to amaze me, you know." Motoharu laughed.
"Yeah, I'm surprised it blew up to that extent," Nora smirked.
"Shut up! Whose fault do you think it is everything turned chaotic!"
"Hahaha, my bad my bad."
"So, the two are living together? You must have a lot of room considering Kami-yan's circumstances." Motoharu was referring to Touma's roommate.
"Don't worry about it anyway why did you transfer to this school Kudou?" Touma faced Nora.
"Hmm if I had to give a reason, it was that this was the easiest one to get into I guess."
"Well, we have a very important question you see," Aogami said leaning against his chair. "What type of maid costume is the best!?"
"If I had to choose. I'll probably go for the elf maid!"
"Amazing choice!"
"I see you got taste. Kami-yan what do you think about this newcomer's choice?"
Touma who was busy doing homework ignored his friends' stupid remarks.
"Accelerator! I have a surprise for you." Yomikawa Aiho called out to the skinny white-haired monster who was relaxing on the sofa.
"Hah? What is it?" he responded without looking at her.
"Seeing as you have nothing better to do, you will be attending school next week."
The once unbothered boy now looked at her in confusion. Yomikawa let a sigh.
"Look I know you're brilliant academically but you're still in your youth so it's important for you to make friends. This will be the best way for that to happen."
"Sounds like a pain."
Last Order who was playing video games with Yoshikawa Kikyou turned her attention to them. Accelerator noticed the sparkling in her eyes and had a bad feeling.
"Misaka thinks it's a wonderful idea as Misaka nods agreeing."
Accelerator let a sigh. Arguing with them about this was going to be a waste of time so he gave up. The thought of school did seem like a pain in the ass though.
Kuroko Shirai let out a sigh.
"Why is this shift taking so long?"
"I guess it's one of those days." Uihara Kazari spoke over the phone.
Kuroko was currently on judgment duties and was patrolling the streets of District 7. Normally she would help people that lost items, help with directions, and take care of skill-out members. But for some reason, today was a calm and in her opinion boring day
As she complained about her day she suddenly stopped.
"Shirai-san? What happened?"
Kuroko was staring at a man in a suit with grey hair walking toward her. He looked to be in his late forties and had a mustache while wearing a pair of glasses.
"Excuse me, young lady! I'm looking for this person I was hoping you would know where he is?"
He showed her a photo of a spiky-haired boy.
"Wait…that's the ape!"
"Ape?"
Sensing something off she decided to ask questions. "What's your relationship with him?"
"…I'm his uncle I've come to visit."
His uncle? If that's the case, wouldn't he let his nephew tell him where he would be, right now it's school hours. Something's definitely off.
Noticing her hesitation, the old man let out a sigh. "Don't worry about it. I'll be taking my leave." Without saying more the man walked away.
"What was that about?"
"Okay, class now let me tell you your second piece of news!"
"Another transfer student maybe?"#
"A cute girl this time?"
"Don't be stupid."
As his classmates talked among themselves Komoe continued.
"In two weeks we're going to be having a school tournament"
The class looked confused for momme not before exploding with notice.
"Tournament!?" they yelled in sync.
"Thats right this is a new event for the city! Each school picks out a number of three students to form a team. They then face each other in mock battles! The winner gets two prizes, a personal prize, and more budget for the school meaning better equipment!" Kome pumped her fist in the air. "So let's do our best everyone!"
"Yeah!" The class yelled in unison.
"Tournament, eh?" Touma murmured.
After school had finished Touma and Nora were heading toward a family restaurant to get dinner. They headed inside and ordered their spicy beef burgers.
When they were looking for a place to sit, they noticed that everywhere was filled except a table of six with four middle school girls. It was Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Saten Ruiko and Uiharu Kazari.
Seeing as there was nowhere else for them to sit, they went to join the girls.
"Do you mind if we join?" Touma asked casually.
"Speaking of the devil it's Kamijou."
"Eh!?" Misaka yelped.
The girls looked up noticing the two boys. Misaka's face turned slightly red when she saw Touma on the other hand Kuroko looked irritated. Ruiko and Kazari didn't seem to be bothered by the two boys joining.
Ruiko noticed Kazari was staring at Nora. A grin spread across her face, and she poked Kazari with her elbow. "Don't tell me our Uiharu is growing up~."
"S-Saten-san that's enough!" Kazari's face was bright red.
"Sorry, sorry~."
"Let me introduce you to my friend his name is Kudou Nora."
"Pleasure to meet you all, hm?"
Noticing Kazari's red face a smirk spread on his face.
With the girls agreeing the two boys sat down Touma sitting beside Misaka and Satoru sitting beside Kazari. The girls introduced themselves.
"What were you guys talking about?" Nora asked.
"Oh, we just talking about Misaka's date with Kamijou this Saturday," Ruiko replied.
"S-S-Saten-san!" Misaka's face was now also bright red.
"Hahaha, teasing you two gets the best reactions that's for sure."
"Onee-sama and that ape…together…god is dead..."
"Don't mind her she's been like this since she found out."
Kuroko suddenly perked up and looked at Touma.
"I just remembered some old man saying he was your uncle and was looking for you. Was your uncle visiting you today?"
"I haven't heard anything about that, and my parents would have definitely told me."
Touma thought back to the woman who attacked him yesterday. "Maybe he's connected with the attack from yesterday?"
"Attack? Wait is that why your dorm was on fire!?"
"W-well…" Touma realized he spoke out loud.
"His dorm was on fire!?" Ruiko looked surprised.
"It was on the news remember!" Kazari reminded.
"I wasn't really paying attention."
"Anyway," Kuroko interrupted. "If what your saying is true that man is definitely suspicious."
Touma thought back to what happened yesterday morning when he was told about the 'Church of Salvation'.
Could they be related?
Sensing the tense atmosphere getting tense Uihara spoke up.
"The museum, eh? I wish could go."
"Hmm, if that's the case I could go with you." Nora nonchalantly
"Wha!? Together!?"
"That's right! It could be a double date!"
"D-double date!?"
It was now Saturday.
Touma who was nervous stood outside the newly opened museum.
He wasn't alone, however. Standing next to him was Nora wearing a black turtleneck.
"I still can't believe you did something like that and you've been hanging out with her since that day."."
"How could I resist she looked so cute."
"Man…where do you get your confidence from?"
Nora winked in response causing Touma to cringe. The two were waiting for their dates to arrive. A few minutes later Misaka and Kazari appeared. Misaka was still in her uniform while Kazari was wearing a white sundress.
"S-sorry, we're late," Kazari nervously stammered. Misaka nodded in agreement clearly nervous as well.
"You two came together?" Nora asked.
"Y-yeah, we saw each other on the way," Misaka answered.
Nora turned his intention to Kazari. "Looking cute today Uihara-chan!"
"T-thank you very much!"
"Well, shall we get going then?" Touma pointed to the museum.
The group entered the museum. There were a lot of people touring the building.
The building had three large halls for different types of things to look at. The one they were in was the art gallery. The room was filled with expensive-looking paintings and sculptures.
"Wow, they all look so amazing." Touma was amazed because technically this was his first time experiencing the museum ever since his memory loss.
They all headed to the next room that had artifacts from ancient Egypt and Greece. The next room was a planetarium.
After enjoying the sites of the museum the group was about to leave.
A voice boomed through the building's intercom.
"Ladies and gentlemen please enter the main hall as we have a special announcement for you."
A large crowd of people gathered in the main hall.
There was a large stage with two people. On closer look, it was two girls in black robes. One was a blonde woman with green eyes. The girl next to her had lilac hair and thin eyes.
The crowd was confused as to what was going on. Touma found himself staring in shock at the blonde woman. It was the woman who attacked him two days ago. The magician Tia.
Why is she here!?
"Greetings everyone thanks you for your attention!" Tia smiled. "Now let the ceremony of salvation begin!"
Sensing something wrong Nora yelled. "Everyone close your eyes!"
The lilac-haired girl widened her eyes and they started glowing red. The room was filled with a chill and a sense of dread.
After a few moments, the group opened their eyes.
"What just happened?" Misaka mumbled.
"Look around..." Nora spoke grimly.
"!?"
The once lively room was dead silent.
They had been turned into statues of salt.
To be continued...