Addendum 2-A Certain Supernatural Haunting

Mugino Shizuri was sleeping in her bed, it was 10 am, students and workers alike were all already in their places of work or study. However, the girl that formerly worked in the darkside of Academy City still slept, it didn't help that she heard some girl screaming bloody murder late last night. So the girl slept, that was until a voice began to wake her.

"Mugino, Muuuggggggiiiiiinnnooooo, wake up sleepy head."

The level 5 esper began to stir in her rest, it was strange though, that voice sounded familiar, but who it came from…no it couldn't be. Soon enough, the voice's efforts were having an effect and Mugino soon sat up in her bed. There was no make up covering her scars, her robotic prosthetic was currently detached, and her hair was an absolute mess that happened to cover her right eye.

"Wow, now that I have a good look at you, well…In the end you look horrific, what happened after all this time Mugino?"

"Who are you? What are you even doing in my room? You can't be here to kill me, if so you're really bad at your job, because you should've done so when I was still sleeping."

"Oh, in the end I suppose it's been a while."

Mugino then brushed her hair aside to let her mechanical eye see unobstructed and view the source of the voice. Upon doing so, the girl froze up at the sight that now beset her.

"It's me, Frenda!"

Frenda Seivelun was currently in front of Mugino, floating in the air, and wearing what appears to be a white night gown instead of her usual attire before she…died. The level 5 esper seeing her then proceeded to rub her left eye and cover up her right one to make sure this wasn't the result of interference with her mechanical eye.

"Now I know this is a lot to take in Mugino but-"

Frenda was interrupted when Kinuhata burst into Mugino's room, holding two movie reels in her hands. She paid no mind to Frenda and spoke to Mugino as if the phantom wasn't there in the first place.

"Hey Mugino, I was-woah, what's with that look? It's like you saw a super ghost or something."

"In the end, she's not wrong."

"It's nothing Kinuhata, what did you come into my room for?"

"Oh I was wondering which super movie we're going to watch later, 'Death Days 2' or 'It Comes From Beyond', I chose the movie last time, and since you're super joining us for today's movie session, I thought you should choose."

"Uhh…what's the plot synopsis, and what's with the cheesy lines?"

"They're B movies, way more interesting than those super boring mainstream ones, it's also why they have these super cheesy names. 'Death Days 2' is the sequel to 'Death Days', the movie where this girl goes super crazy and hunts this one guy down for almost no reason, she even kills her friend along the way. Hamazura watched that one with me, he left halfway through for some reason. In the sequel, the super psycho girl becomes the victim as the friend she kills comes back from the grave to hunt her down."

"Oh, oh, Mugino choose that one, that one sounds fun.'

Mugino ignored Frenda's suggestion and continued on "And what about the other one."

"The other movie is about an alien coming down to earth and super killing people. It takes place in this arctic base, and the alien can super shapeshift into other creatures, including people. The effects don't use any computer technology but they still look super good."

"Well I think we should watch-" Before Mugino could utter another world, Frenda's incorporeal form entered Mugino's body "'Death Days 2'. In the end, it sounds like the most interesting one, the other one is just too generic."

"Alright then, remember we'll be super watching the movie at 8 pm." with that Kinuhata left the room, closing the door behind her

Mugino then blinked for a few seconds as she processed what had just happened, and what words just left her mouth a minute ago. As Frenda's spirit left her body, the level 5 had one response.

"What the fuck was that?"

"Oh sorry, I possessed you there for a second. In the end, I really liked the sound of that movie and wanted to watch it. After what you've done to me, I think it's a pretty fair exchange."

With that, Mugino thought back to that incident in October, how she cut Frenda in half with her Meltdowner ability, and threw her torso around like a doll. Her mind then shifted to that time she visited the girl's grave, and how that middle aged man impersonated Frenda to get to Mugino. She entertained the idea that something was interfering with her mechanical eye, but if that were the case, how could she hold a conversation with Frenda right now. If it was like before with the man in a disguise, how did they get Kinuhata to just ignore the sight before her. In fact, Frenda was right in front of her, yet Kinuhata didn't mention anything when talking to her

"Are you really Frenda?"

"Yes, obviously, have people tried to impersonate me before? In the end, it's hard to grasp given that we've lived in the scientific capital of the world for most of our lives, but magic and the occult exist. I should know, I can only talk to you now because of magic."

"Uh huh…" Mugino said while she rolled her eyes

"I get the feeling that you don't believe me."

Mugino then crossed her arms, "Ghosts don't exist, whatever you are, it's clearly another trick by some group trying to get to me. I have to applaud your act though, you've either got Kinuhata in on this or have some sort of advanced image projection system that only lets me see what I'm seeing."

"And what about me possessing you?"

"Psychological espers are a thing, though I've never heard of one that lets the person know they are controlled during its activation."

"So, in the end, I have no way to convince you huh? Well, it doesn't matter, I'm just here to catch up, get to know what you guys are doing after all this time. So are you going to get ready or what? Actually, that brings up a very good question, why are you missing an arm, and what's with the horrific scars on your body?"

"Ha, whatever group is doing this clearly hasn't done their research, pretty sure most of the dark side knows how I got these scars."

Mugino then got up and attached her prosthetic arm to its socket before heading to the attached bathroom. The esper headed into the shower and turned the valves, soon the bathroom was filled with steam from the hot water, of course her prosthetics were water proof so there was no harm in bathing with them. Though it probably wasn't wise for Mugino to take a shower when she knows she's being watched, but as the girl reasoned before, if they wanted her dead, she'd be dead.

"Woah, you've got even more scars on your body Mugino, I count at least 30 scars caused by bullet wounds, how did you get shot so much when I was gone? In the end, I thought Kinuhata would've protected you from those."

Mugino clenched her fist when the thing she thought was posing as Frenda said those words. It wasn't the meaning the words had that angered her so, but more so the bitter memories that it brought to the forefront. The time she tried to hunt Hamazura all the way to Russia during a war, the time she disregarded everything and everyone for a single minded goal, the time she killed Frenda. However, the phantom noticed this, she noticed all the anger building inside Mugino.

"If it's too painful to talk about, you don't have to share it with me, Mugino. In the end, it's up to you."

"Are you mocking me?"

"No, Mugino, I genuinely don't know, I have no idea what happened in the world after I died, other than what Othinus told me."

(Othinus? I swear I've heard or seen that name before.)

"In the end, the All-Mother just told me about what's happening in the magic side of the world, the British coup, why World War 3 happened, the great demon Coronzon, and stuff like that. Stuff that happened in the science side, ergo Academy City is lost to me."

"I'm sorry did you just say 'All-Mother''?"

"In the end, despite being a woman, Othinus still prefers to be called 'All-Father', I call her 'All-Mother' instead." the ghost of Frenda shrugged

(Wait, I remember now, Othinus is the name of that terrorist I received a kill on sight order for back in November. She's probably the one screwing with me. The kill order was called off since then, but that doesn't mean I can't give that one eyed exhibitionist a beating for pulling this shit.)

"Say, Frenda, do you know where Othinus is right now?" Mugino said with a visible twitch in her eye

"Oh yeah, she's in district 7, I even have the address she's staying at, some guy named Touma is keeping her in his dorm."

"That's great, I already know where that is, I'll go pay her a visit as soon as I can."

Frenda then raised her finger "I hope you aren't planning on doing anything drastic, cause if you try anything. In the end, you'll receive more scars on your body, and I don't think you need anymore."

Mugino then turned off the shower before stepping out and wrapping a towel around herself "Don't worry, I'll just have a nice chat with her."

Half an hour later, Mugino stepped out of her room, the scars that were previously visible when she woke up were now concealed by makeup, and she was now wearing her day clothes which consisted of a jacket over a shirt, pants, belt, and boots. As she walked through the halls of the apartment, the girl ran into Hamazura. The teenage boy was currently looking at his phone when he started speaking to Mugino.

"Hey Mugino, how's your morning?" Hamazura then scratched his dirty blonde hair as he turned his head up to look at the level 5's face "Woah, what's got you so mad today?

"Nothing Hamazura, I've just got someone I need to see at the moment."

"Oh, Hamazura is still with you. In the end, I guess he does have his uses."

"He's also Takitsubo's boyfriend." Mugino said under her breath

However, this didn't go unnoticed by Hamazura, "What was that Mugino?"

"Oh that's nothing, just talking to myself that's all."

Frenda on the other hand continued on from "That's actually pretty sweet, although…In the end, I wish I also had a boyfriend before I died. I do wonder how my friends are doing after all this time, you know right before that whole debacle with the number 2, I met this nice girl who helped out with one of the-"

Mugino did her best to continue the conversation around Frenda's ramblings

"So where are you going to see this person you need to have a 'chat' with?" asked Hamazura

"Kamijou Touma's dorm."

"Woah woah woah, what did Boss ever do to you?" Despite Mugino's attempts to hide things, Hamazura knew for a fact that the person in front of him right now was out to kill, horribly maim at the minimum.

"It's not him I'm going to pummel-I mean chat with, it's someone named Othinus who lives with him in his dorm."

"So the nun who lives with the Boss is named Othinus? I thought her name was Index or something." the boy scratched his head in confusion

"No it's the one eyed blonde terrorist that I got orders to kill back in November."

"Isn't she dead Mugino? Unless she faked her death or something and is crashing at Boss' place, I think you're chasing after a dead man."

"Woman, dead woman, at least when I'm done with her…" the level 5 esper pondered over the words she just spoke and the broken masquerade she had put on. Well to be fair to Mugino, it was a pretty bad masquerade in the first place. "Yeah, fuck the pretense, I'm going to kill this bitch Hamazura, don't get in my way. I know for a fact that she's alive right now too."

"Ok, back up for a second, how do you know this terrorist is alive in the first place?"

"She's fucking with me Hamazura, she's got this hallucination of Frenda over me, talking to me, she even possessed me while talking to Kinuhata and now we're going to watch Death Days 2 tonight."

"Well as a horror movie Death Days was actually pretty good at its job, I just couldn't sit through it though. But that's besides the point, what do you think she's using to do this, and if she is, what's stopping her from possessing you not to do that?"

"I dunno, I think it might be some psychological esper, but it must be a weak one, because I could tell I could be controlled and…" Mugino was cut off when Frenda finally said something she couldn't ignore

"Hey, Mugino. In the end do you think Hamazura and Takitsubo are banging?"

"Frenda, what kind of question is that!?" From the perspective of Hamazura, the level 5 esper in front of him appeared to be yelling at the air above him.

"In the end, it's a reasonable thing to ask about a relationship, they're a boy and a girl after all, and Othinus taught me the magic with the most immediate effects is sex magic. It's a strategic option."

"Sex…magic?" Mugino said with utter confusion

"You know what, I'm just gonna go real quick." With those words, Hamazura quickly ran away from Mugino. The dirty blonde haired boy ran until he came across a black haired girl dressed in a tracksuit. He grabbed the shoulders of the girl and spoke to her in a hurried tone.

"Takitsubo, I need you to scan the apartment with your ability real quick and see if there is anyone here."

"Uh, there's no one in the apartment except me, you, Kinuhata, and Mugino. What's this all about Hamasura?" replied the girl

"Ok, so I think Mugino might be going insane.'

Takitsubo nearly stumbled back upon hearing those words "Wh-What?"

"She talked about wanting to kill this terrorist lady who's been dead a few months now and about hallucinating Frenda due to an esper ability, but there's no esper doing such a thing here. To top it all off, she started talking to the air and muttering something."

"Do you think…killing Frenda is starting to get to her. She might not show it, but she always did like her to some extent."

"Perhaps, honestly, I think we should contact a mental health professional and get Kinuhata to help out."

It was now 11:20 AM, and inside Touma's dorm, Index, Muireann, and Itsuwa were sitting around the table in front of the television.

"So, Index, you're a magic god now?" asked Itsuwa

"Yep, yep, I was the one who turned the moon into cheese, not Othinus."

"So, were you the one who killed all the Amakusas?"

(Wait did they die? I'm pretty sure they didn't die. Well it's probably something I didn't do, therefore it was…)

"Othinus did that one, I didn't hurt anyone…except Ainmire."

"Can you bring my friends back to life?" the magician meekly stated, though her eyes were dull with no light in them.

"No, I'm still new to my powers, I'm not going to mess with something so complex as bringing someone back to life, who knows what would happen if I were to attempt such a thing. I might bring them back as some sort of eldritch worm monsters that eat everything in their path."

"Oh I see…" Itsuwa's head turn towards the ground

"So where is the boy right now Index?" asked Muireann

"Touma's at school right now, he usually gets back in a few hours from now, assuming nothing unexpected happens. When I mean something unexpected, I mean nothing happens and Touma comes back early." the magic god sighed after saying those words

"Maybe I should go fetch him when he gets off from school, make sure nothing happens to him when he gets out, or at least help him when something does happen."

"Oh, that's a great idea Muireann, in fact let's-"

Index was cut short when Mugino kicked down the door to Touma's dorm, her bloodshot eyes scanned the room as glowing green orbs appeared over her shoulder. After a quick glance at the room, the esper turned her head towards the three sitting down.

"Where's Othinus?" Mugino spoke in a low hoarse voice unlike her usual tone "Tell me right now or you're going to be on tomorrow's obituary."

"Lord Othinus is currently in a job interview right now, we don't know where, it's in some secret location." responded Itsuwa

Index turned towards the Amakusa magician "Those words sound so strange coming from you, are you sure you're ok Itsuwa."

"...Yes"

"Well then ladies, it looks like I'm going to wait here till the blonde bitch comes back."

"You know this dorm is already crowded enough with 5 people in it, I don't think it needs a sixth occupant." Muireann duly replied

"I'm not going to be staying here for long in the first place, besides, it's about to only have 4 occupants soon."

"Lady, are you going to try and kill Othinus?" Index looked at Mugino with utter confusion "I don't know what to tell you, but that's not happening."

"Oh? Are you going to stop me?"

"No, I'm trying to help, if you attack Othinus, you'll get really hurt. Ugh, whatever Frenda, you talk her down."

(Wait, this girl knows Frenda, and what does she mean 'talk me down'. Frenda is dead.)

Frenda's ghost popped up behind Mugino and began speaking "In the end, I wanted to see how this would play out. It's not often you see Mugino get beaten up so thoroughly."

"I thought you didn't want revenge, Frenda." the magic god responded

(Wait, this girl can see Frenda? Is she not an illusion?)

"Well, not revenge against Mugino here. In the end, I know All-Mother wouldn't kill Mugino if she attacked her, or at least let her stay dead, it's just an honest bit of fun."

"Wait, did you just call Othinus 'All-Mother'?" asked Muireann, "That's a new one."

"Please do not insult Lord Othinus Frenda, even if you are one of her more exalted subordinates."

"Oh don't be such a stick in the mud Itsuwa. In the end, I don't mean anything when I call Othinus that."

"Wait, all of you can see Frenda?"

The three girls sitting in Touma's dorm nodded in confirmation.

"And you, girl in the sweater." Mugino pointed at Itsuwa "You said Frenda is one of Othinus' subordinates? How do you even know that anyways?"

"Yes and I was introduced to Frenda after I swore fealty to lord Othinus."

"And you, girl in swimsuit armor." Mugino then pointed at Index "You said I have no chance against Othinus right?"

"My name is Index, but yeah I did basically say that."

"Do you even know who I am?"

"I do Mugino Shizuri, I know your esper power as well. It doesn't stop the fact that Othinus can kill you as easily as opening a jar of pickles."

"Prove it then."

"Well, how about you ask Othinus herself, she's right there."

Mugino turned towards her side and saw an eyepatched girl, with blonde hair tied into a bun on her back, who looked like she was in her teens, dressed in a formal suit of all things, off to her side. Othinus looked directly into Mugino's eyes.

"So you're looking for me mortal?" the war god said as she grabbed Mugino's neck

Things went dark for the esper shortly after. When she woke up a little bit after she found herself in a small crater, her neck was unusually stiff.

"Ugh, what happened?" Mugino groaned.

"In the end, All-Mother threw you to the streets from the floor we were on. I think you broke the sound barrier before you hit the ground too. In the end, you pretty much bit the dust when you slammed into the ground but Othinus brought you back shortly after. She also said you should stay away or arrange an appointment because next time she won't bring you back."

"So that explains why I saw the fires of hell when I blacked out. And so those other girls saw you, meaning that you're probably real."

"In the end, yeah that's pretty much all true. Also did you manage to see Hell's great gym equipment?"

"Frenda's back eh? Maybe I really am in hell and this is my punishment…she's back. She's back…she's back…she's back." Mugino began to mutter that phrase repeatedly as she started to walk away from the dorm.

"Uh, Mugino, did the impact leave some lasting damage on your brain that Othinus didn't heal?"

It was now 12:10 pm in Academy City, and Mugino Shizuri continued to walk through the streets while muttering to herself. At this point, Frenda was really considering the sanity of the girl. Had she known what Mugino had done in the time shortly after her death, she'd probably consider Mugino insane and that this was actually a normal occurrence. Like seriously, what happened in between last year and now that caused Mugino to do that?

"Hey Mugino, I've been super looking for you." Mugino turned towards the direction of the voice, it was Kinuhata. "So me and the rest of the group have been super concerned for your mental health, and so we've decided to assign you a therapist. You don't have to go if you don't want to, but here's the super card for the therapist."

However, Mugino ignored this, and grabbed Kinuhata's arm, "Kinuhata, Frenda's back, she's back. Not alive, but she's back, as a ghost."

"Uh, what are you super talking about?"

"In the end, did you forget the part where I said no one but you can see me, those girls in Touma's dorm were the exception."

"Shut up Frenda! Reveal yourself to them already, I know they want to see you too."

"In the end, it's not as simple as that, I need to ask Othinus first."

"Then do it."

"So are you going to super see that therapist Mugino?"

"I'm not crazy! You're crazy, especially you, Frenda!" Mugino pointed at the ghost following her, but to Kinuhata, she was pointing at the air.

"Eh?" the blonde ghost asked in confusion

"Who are you even super talking to?" Kinuhata asked with concern

"I'm talking to Frenda, she's there as a ghost, other people can see her too!"

"I think you super need to see this therapist Mugino. Ghost don't super ex-"

"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt." a dark haired girl wearing a white dress floated through a nearby wall and was currently hovering midair. "Have any of you seen Hokaze Junko? She's a middle school girl from Tokiwadai with purple eyes and lavender hair formed into ringlets."

Kinuhata then pointed behind herself with her thumb "I think I saw some super like that around that corner back there."

"Thank you so much, have a nice day!" said the ghost-like girl before she floated away, but not before giving a wave to Frenda. The actual ghost waived back at the girl in response.

"Anyways Mugino, ghost don't super exis-"

"Excuse me," said another floating girl. She was tall, had black hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a kimono. This different ghost-like entity was accompanied by a few crane-like drones that floated alongside her. "I'm looking for an average high school boy. His name is Kamisato Kakeru, here's a photo for reference."

The floating girl then brought out a photo depicting Kamisato Kakeru, although the picture of the boy was him in the shower and thus, without any clothing. Though his key physical characteristics were decipherable from the picture.

Mugino responded "I think I saw a boy like that enter that building across the street…why do you even have this kind of photo on you?"

"...I was keeping it for a friend, also thank you." The girl then floated across the street, though she stared at Frenda the whole time. This would usually be very irresponsible, but she just passed through the cars on the road."

"Ok, Mugino, ghost don't super exist-"

"Excuse me y'all, if I can trouble you for a moment."

"What is with people super interrupting me right now?"

Kinuhata turned towards the man who interrupted her. Then she had to tilt her head up to look at the man's face, his broad shoulders nearly casting a shadow on Mugino who was standing a fair distance away from Kinuhata. He appeared to be in his late 20s, had a clean shaven face, short brown hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a dark blue trench coat. From what could be gleaned from his legs, he appeared to be weaning black pants as well.

"Uh, well I'm just looking for my sister, she's a head shorter than me, has long blonde hair, blue eyes, and either wears a very baggy gray hoodie and blue jeans or some weird medieval cosplay getup."

"In the end, I think she's in that building over there." Frenda then pointed to a skyscraper not too far away.

Mugino, upon seeing the skyscraper, then thought (Wasn't I just there to find out where Othinus was? When did that building pop up?)

"Thanks for the help, have a nice day." the man then hurriedly walked past the group

"But I didn't super say anything." Kinuhata tried to get the man's attention but he was already too far away when she tried. The esper then sighed and pinched her nose before turning back towards Mugino, "Ok, where was I? Alright, ghosts don't super exist…"

Mugino then gestured for the girl to continue "And?"

"Sorry, I was super expecting someone else to interrupt me. Ghosts don't super exist, Mugino. Frenda is dead, she's not coming back, you need to let her go."

Upon hearing those words, Frenda began to snicker. This was met with a glare from Mugino, which caused the ghost to straighten a bit.

"What was that?" asked Mugino

"What was what Mugino? Why do you keep super talking to the air?"

"Oh nothing…In the end, can we go see my sister, I want to see how she's doing now."

"Well ok, I guess we can go see Fremea, she's meeting up with a friend right now…I am now realizing I have no idea where they are, but let's go see them together, Frenda."

"Wait Mugino-" Kinuhata tried reaching out towards Mugino to stop her, but the level 5 esper ignored the gesture and continued walking.

Kinuhata sighed before reaching into her pocket, grabbing her phone, she dialed a number, and put the device up to her ear. She began tapping her foot as she waited for a response.

"Hey, Kinuhata, how goes convincing Mugino to go to therapy?" a male voice on the other end spoke out

"No good, Hamazura, she's super getting worse too, talking to the air and all that super stuff. She's now going to see Fremea."

"Do you think she's doing that because Fremea has such a resemblance to Frenda?"

"That's a super possibility."

"You don't think…"

"Think what?"

"She's gonna pull a Frenda on Fremea."

Kinuhata froze, her eyes widened, and her grip tightened around her phone. It was getting to the point where there were some creaking sounds emitting from the device.

"W-Why would you super think that?"

"I mean Mugino is now hallucinating Frenda, she's not in a good mental state, Fremea looks a lot like Frenda, what if Mugino hallucinates that Fremea is her sister and, in a bout of insanity, kills her."

"S-She wouldn't, Mugino super wouldn't do that!"

"Well…did any of us think she would kill Frenda given their relationship?"

"Frenda betrayed us, that gave Mugino a reason."

"Do you think that reason still holds?"

Kinuhata's jaw was now ajar, her arm dropped from her head towards the ground, the phone she was still clutching in her hands now had some visible cracks on the screen.

"Kinuhata? Kinuhata?"

The brown haired girl then took off in a sprint. She brought the phone to her mouth and shouted into the receiver.

"I'm going after Mugino, I super need to make sure Fremea is safe." Kinuhata then hung up while she continued to run "If only I could super run into another level 5 right now, I don't think I could take on Mugino. Besides, a level 5 would give Fremea some super protection."

Fortunately for Fremea, or really the rest of ITEM's peace of mind, she was with two level 5s at the moment.

"A-Are you kidding me?" Mugino said with her eye twitching

"So this is Fremea's friend? In the end, it's nice to meet you." Frenda asked the little chestnut haired girl

"Nice to meet you too says Misaka Misaka as Misaka Misaka holds her hand out to greet you."

"Oh that would not be necessary, in the end I currently don't have a body, so handshakes won't do anything."

"Misaka wonders what this corporeal girl is doing here asks Misaka chaperoning the control tower of the Misaka Network." said another chestnut haired girl, this one older than Fremea's friend and in a Tokiwadai school uniform

Frenda then turned to a third chestnut haired, who looked exactly like the second girl.

"So…why are you a ghost?" spoke the third girl

"In the end, you aren't another clone?"

"Nope, I'm the original, the one you fought in the summer. Again, I have to ask, why are you a ghost?" answered the number 3 level 5 of Academy City, the Railgun, Misaka Mikoto.

"In the end, I died a while ago."

"Yeah! In the first place, Mugino killed my sister." said a little girl, who looked like a smaller version of the girl following Mugino around, in an oddly cheerful tone.

"You…seem oddly happy despite your dead sister and her murderer being right there. Are you ok? Is that girl over there threatening you? Blink three times in rapid succession if she is. It's ok I've beaten her before." Misaka Mikoto asked in a concerned tone.

"In the first place, why wouldn't I be happy? My sister is back!"

The clone of Misaka then clasped her hands as if in a praying motion, "Misaka asks if the ghost girl is haunting the number 4 as some sort of vengeful spirit for her murder, asks Misaka in a sympathetic tone for the girl."

"In the end, you don't have to worry about Mugino, I've moved past being a vengeful ghost looooooong ago. Well for you at least.

"Misaka's sympathies weren't for her clarifies Misaka."

"Oh…In the end…thank you?"

"Wait, what do you mean for me?"

"In the end, I still have a grudge against that…bitch in the white dress and Kakine." Upon uttering those words a white beetle on Fremea's pendant shook a little.

Last Order's eyes then lit up, "Oh you have a dead sister Fremea, Misaka Misaka also has dead sisters, thousands, says Misaka Misaka finding another thing to help connect with her friend."

"Ok that seems like a huge red flag, but I'm going to leave all of you to deal with it." Mugino said as she pointed at Mikoto, Last Order, and the clone, "I just want to say, this has been a miserable experience and I hate the three of you girls' faces. That is all, I'm leaving."

Mugino then stomped off annoyed, just as she left, Kinuhata ran around the corner. The level 4 esper breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of a Fremea in one piece. She then scanned the area before asking the girls.

"Hey, I'm super looking for Mugino, was she here earlier?"

"Yeah, she was here just a minute ago." replied Mikoto

"Where did she super go?"

"I have no idea, she just walked off after being annoyed."

Back with Mugino, she was angrily mumbling to herself after the last encounter with a scowling at any bystander that got in her.

"Goddamn bullshit excuse for them not seeing you Frenda, every single person we've met, OTHER than Hamazura and Kinuhata sees you. EVERYONE on this street is looking at you!"

"In the end, I think they're looking at you though. And I have to say, all three of those girls and my sister were exceptions."

"Oh really, they were exceptions? Just like all those girls in Touma's dorm, just like those two not ghosts we met on the street, just like that random guy you gave directions to! Really if the exceptions are so common, are they REALLY exceptions?"

A random passerby then walked up to Mugino and timidly said "Hey, I know you're angry at your floating friend there, but you're scaring everyone on the street."

"And my point just keeps being proven right!"

"In the end, I'm starting to think something messed up with the spell. I'm sorry for that."

"You're sorry for this specifically? You've been nothing but a tension headache for the entire day."

"I'm sorry for a lot of things, actually Mugino, but in the end, I think I'm a little past sorry for some of those."

"What do you-" Mugino cut herself off once she realized what Frenda was referring to, the blonde girl's current form was a clear indicator of what she meant. "I…*sigh* Is there anything else you wanted to do for today?"

"Can we go to my grave? In the end, it's the last thing I wanted to do for today."

Mugino then made her way to the graveyard where Frenda's tombstone is stored. Academy City has a practice of cremating the bodies of its dead, and even then, given Frenda's line of work, her ashes were likely not buried at her grave. Regardless of that fact, she still took Frenda's ghost there, perhaps the idea and symbol of her resting place mattered more than her material body.

The two made their way through the gates of the graveyard, it was getting dark, but Mugino knew her way and Frenda followed. When they made it to the tombstone, Mugino and Frenda simply stood there and looked at the headstone for some time. Silence filled the air as the esper gave her respects and the ghost pondered. It was not until the sun set in their area that Frenda finally broke the silence.

"You know, it was kind of surreal seeing how you guys…moved on without me. In the end, this isn't a remark made of jealousy or hatred, it's actually beautiful how life moves on without us. Though I do want to be there when my sister grows up, perhaps I will…Well I've got to go for now."

Mugino turned toward the ghost beside her after hearing those words.

"You're leaving now?" The esper felt her chest get heavy, a far cry from the relief she'd thought she would be feeling at the moment.

"Yes Mugino, I'll be leaving for now, but don't worry there will be opportunities in the future for us to meet. Just not right now. In the end Mugino, I have one last thing to say before I go." Frenda said as she started to float towards the sky and fade away

"Frenda, w-what is it?"

"I've forgiven you long ago for killing me, but I've always wondered if you ever forgave me for betraying you. I figured you never did, I offered to be by your side for all this time, but in the end I was the one who sold you out and hid away once I did. I understood why you did what you did that day, perhaps that is why I tried to hide that day. So I have to ask, do you forgive me for betraying you that day Mugino?"

"I-I forgive you Frenda, so please don't go yet! I was the one in the wrong that day, I never should've killed you!"

"This is not the end of Mugino, we will see each other again, this is not goodbye, only bye for now Muuugggginnooooo." Frenda said while she faded way

Mugino stood there, motionless with her eyes facing the ground. Even after all this time, Frenda greeted her like a friend. After all she did, Frenda did not hold any ill will against her. After what she did to her, Frenda forgave her.

"What did I do to deserve such a team? I'm no saint, I'm a killer, a monster even. Yet they still follow me as their leader, follow my orders. And the first time they ever acted for themselves on the job, to save themselves, from me of all people, I punished them. Hunted most of them down, went to an active warzone, and scarred myself for life. Yet those idiots came back to me. They should've run away, taken revenge, any form of retribution, but they didn't. They forgave me like Frenda."

As Mugino said those words her hand formed into a trembling fist.

"I'm a piece of shit that will get all of them killed one day, if not kill them myself. They need to get away from me, but they won't, even after all I've done they won't. If they won't, then I will give them a nudge."

And so the level 5 esper started to walk home, ITEM's home. She hoped she had the resolve to do what she was about to do.

Hamazura and Takitsubo were busy talking in the living room of the apartment. Too busy in fact that they had not noticed Mugino walking in, though she was some distance away and out of their line of sight. The esper then raised her hand towards them and an orb of glowing green light appeared in her palm.

(I'll just give them a warning shot. Make them see that I'm dangerous, that they should stay away from me. Just a warning shot…)

As Mugino was aiming her Meltdowner beam, another person came up from behind her.

"Mugino? What are you super doing?"

The level 5 esper turned towards the voice, it was Kinuhata with a bemused look on her face. Mugino immediately snuffed the light on her hand.

"Well, Kinuhata, I…uh…um. Goddammit I can't do this!" Mugino fell onto her knees and slammed her fist onto the ground and shouted "Why do you guys even stick around, haven't I demonstrated that I'm a danger to myself and everyone around me. The best decision all of you can make is to get away from me!"

"Mugino…" Kinuhata said while reaching her hand out to her team's leader.

At this point Hamazura and Takitsubo had noticed Mugino, her shouting included, and began walking towards the level 5 esper. Meanwhile, Kinuhata gently grabbed onto Mugino's shoulder as she continued to speak.

"Mugino, if it weren't for you, I'd super still be in a cryogenic pod with those scientists still experimenting on me. You didn't just super break me out, you gave me a life, people I can super rely on, and frankly, some regular excitement."

"You don't understand, I broke you out because I saw you as a tool Kinuhata. Something to fill in the gaps of my team."

"That super may have been the case, but you never took ownership of me did you? You actually super respected my rights as a human being unlike those scientists that super treated me like a lab rat."

Mugino looked up in response to those words, she saw Hamazura and Takitsubo standing over her. Hamazura knelt down so that he was level with Mugino and looked her in the eye.

"Look Mugino you might…you are a violent individual with perhaps too much power for someone with such a disposition." Mugino narrowed her eyes on Hamazura causing him to say the next sentence at a quicker pace "But you try to do right by us, I mean I would be dead if it weren't for you. Despite your numerous attempts on my life yourself."

"Yeah, Mugino, remember I used to take body crystals and sacrifice my lifespan willingly for you." Takitsubo chimed in

"I…thanks guys, I needed to hear that."

"Anyways, what was all that stuff about seeing Frenda's ghost?" Hamazura asked

All of sudden, with impeccable timing, a knock came from the door to their apartment. After a few knocks a voice then came from the door, a rather familiar one.

"Hello? In the end, can someone let me in? I didn't exactly bring my keys to and from the afterlife here."

All of ITEM, except one member, turned towards the door, eyes wide with shock. Hamazura started shaking, Takitsubo had her jaw agape, Kinuhata started checking her ears for some sort of obstruction, and Mugino just froze.

"In the end, I know I saw Kinuhata come into the building like 10 minutes ago. Unless…by the All-Mother, has someone attacked you guys? Alright I'm gonna kick the door down."

Following those words a foot belonging to a girl in her teens wearing a work boot, went through the door. An effort was made to pull it back through, but it was stuck.

"Oops, in the end it looks like I put a little too much force there, oh well." All of a sudden the foot was dragged down and out of the door like it was made out of paper. "What am I doing anyways? In the end I can just smash through this door."

Shortly after the girl smashed through the door, she wore a brown fur cuffed jacket under a ceramic plated vest with elbow protectors, brown pants that looked like they were boys with knee pads, feathers decorating her hair located above the ear, and a sword strapped to her back. Even though she was wearing clothes they didn't recognize, they did know this girl.

"Frenda?" Takitsubo and Kinuhata both asked

"When you said I'd see you soon, you didn't mention it would be less than an hour and in a physical form!" Mugino exclaimed

Hamazura just screamed "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Yep, in the end, it's me in the flesh…again. I suppose I could've made that bye a little more clear but I was gonna see you soon. Also Hamazura, are you gonna stop screaming anytime soon as if you just saw a ghost? In the end I know out of all of you, only Mugino saw me as a ghost."

Hamazura continued to scream "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Hamazura?"

AN: Tbh I think this might be the weakest chapter comedy wise as this really just intended to setup Frenda coming back from the dead, she'll play a role. This is also my first time writing some more dramatic moments and I will admit I don't have the tightest grasp on Mugino's character. This was the chapter meant to release on Halloween, but that deadline is far behind us. Btw how come so few fics bring Frenda back from the dead? I mean I feel like its ripe for potential while also keeping Mugino's character development in canon, unlike how most fics had her never die in the first place. Though this could lead to an entire talk about fridging and whether or not Frenda's death was an example of the trope.

As for the previous chapter, the thing that really held that chapter was the dream sequence as I originally intended it to be Muireann remembering some obscure piece of advice form her parents, but then my and cray thought of a new idea that I decided to implement here. It'll play a role sometime later

I hope some of you guys chuckled on this one, see you for chapter 5 when Hamazura stops screaming