I'm back everyone! Man, these chapters just keep coming out faster and faster. Guess I'm just really enthusiastic about this story. Don't think this is going to be a regular thing though. I just write when I find the time and post as soon as the next chapter is ready. I just happened to have a lot of free time this week.
Now, before I go into the Q&A, there is something I feel like I need to tell all of you, something I really need to get off my chest. As you all know, I wrote this story with the dub terminology in mind, and I have received several complaints about this detail, despite them being merely nitpicks. I have made it clear I have always been a dub watcher and I say what I am about to say out of concern for the dub industry.
I have come to the conclusion that dubbing companies don't put out many high quality dubs because they do not believe the audience cares about them. The anime community is a niche one in the west, something that companies are well aware of. The community also has the tendency to run through as many anime as possible through subtitles within a season, resulting in any anime that are made to have very short lived relevance, only lasting as a little past the initial runs. The result is companies not spending much on the dubbing of anime and cutting costs where ever they can since they believe that not many people will watch them anyway. This results in hiring cheaper voice actors, not paying for original soundtracks, and lots of cuts and censors to get the shows on western networks. In a twist of irony, the anime communities belief in the stigma of low quality dubs creates those very stigma, something that is really a shame for dub watchers like myself. So please, be a bit more open minded with the dub terminology I use in my story. This is just my way of showing that I care about dubs and that there is an audience for them.
Okay, not that that is out of the way, time for the Q&A!
Awareness Bringer: Yeah, AUs can be pretty fun. Hope you stick around.
Shwae: I'm glad your enjoying it. Sorry if development for the story is a bit lacking. I'm the kind of writer that lets things develop between the moments of chaos. I hope you stick with this story. I will keep going for as long as I can.
jeancampos147: Thanks for the kind words. I hope this chapter alleviates your anxiety for a little bit.
MrQuestionMark: Nice to see the nicknames have grown on you. You really should be more relaxed when you see a potential reference from me. I'm a huge fan of your work, so if you see something that looks like a reference, it probably is. Whether it was intentional or not is a different story. I'm glad I nailed the restaurant scene for you will Tsuchimokado and Aogami. Those two are always a riot to write. I really wanted to drive the differences between Saten and Touma home last chapter, so I'm glad that worked out. I'm sure this chapter will be a treat.
RedSS: Does it really? I've read "Of Science and Magic" before, but I never thought this chapter looked like anything specifically like that story. Guess it was a subconscious decision.
ADude: Thanks for the review. I didn't want this story to diverge too much from canon. The main divergences will be character related, though there will be some event divergences later on.
ALostBlueIdoit: Yeah, that was a possibility I considered. I just thought this path seemed more fitting. I hope you stick around for the rest of the story.
Bluejack222: Well, she won't be safe for long. Heh, heh, heh. (cries in the corner)
RPGPersona: Didn't think that kind of interpretation for the title would come up. I'm glad you like how the story is progressing so far. I'm sure the climax will be particularly interesting.
Guest (1): Looks like you didn't have to wait long!
The Whole Horse: I'm glad to see I have a regular for this story. Don't worry about the dark side of Academy City. With Touma involved, him getting sucked in was predetermined. As for who he interacts with, that is definitely spoiler territory. How you stick around.
Well, let's get to it. Disclaimer!
Disclaimer: All characters and plotlines of the "A Certain" franchise are credited to Kazuma Kamachi.
Chapter 5: A Level 0's Nightmare
Tension was high in the 177th branch of Judgement. After so much time, they finally had a lead on the Level Upper Case. After a rather destructive investigation of a couple of Level Upper distributers, the officers of Judgement had finally gotten their hands on the rumored device itself. To their surprise, the Level Upper was not a machine or drug, but rather a simple computer file, an audio file to be precise.
Uiharu was currently running an audio scan of the file, with Touma and Kuroko looking over her shoulder. So far, the scans only indicated that the file produces a seemingly random set of beeps and buzzing. No one dared to actually listen to file out of fear of obtaining the same condition as the other suspected Level Upper users. Unfortunately, such an outcome was very possible at the moment, as a small joke was being taken out of proportion.
After musing about the possibility of becoming stronger than Kuroko if she used the Level Upper, Uiharu found herself struggling to keep her friend from plugging in the earphones for the music player containing the Level Upper into her head. Touma himself was struggling as well, desperately trying to keep his fellow Judgement officers from doing something stupid.
Luckily for Uiharu, Kuroko's phone began to ring, forcing her to stop torturing her friend.
"It looks like we've got another situation on our hands," Kuroko said as she hung up, "Contact Dr. Kiyama, will you please, Uiharu? And Kamijou, you come along with me."
"Yeah, I'm on it," Uiharu answered.
"Looks like another long day of Judo throws and face punching for me," Touma lamented as he followed Kuroko out of the office
True to Touma's words, the two field officers found themselves fighting an endless string of Level Upper users. Every time they arrested one Esper, three more popped up somewhere else in the city. They weren't too much of an issue. Most of the Espers were still relatively low leveled even after using the Level Upper and were just extremely overconfident. Touma barely even had to use his right hand, only ever using in in discrete ways such as punching someone in the face. Still, this went on for five days straight, and the two members of Judgement got their fair share of bruises. Touma was more or less okay, having always been a fast healer, but Kuroko attained so many cumulative injuries that they were starting to hurt if she was pushed too far or touched in the wrong spot.
Currently, Uiharu was tending to Kuroko's wounds while Touma waited in the opposite side of the room for privacy's sake. This time, he promised himself he would not leave that area until he was given the all clear. He already had a washtub thrown at him for such an incident before, he was not about to get attacked with teleporting pins, especially since he would not be able to negate Kuroko's power until he could actually get close.
"It seems like you two are getting bruised up every day," Uiharu observed as she treated Kuroko's wounds.
"There are so many people using Level Uppers now, we don't really have much of a choice," Kamijou said from across the room.
"I'm starting to find it hard to believe you consider yourself unlucky when you're nowhere near as beat up as I am," Kuroko responded.
"I just heal fast. I always have," Touma shrugged.
"I just wish we could figure out how far this thing was spreading," Uiharu admitted.
"Just wishing for it isn't going to make it happen," Touma pointed out.
"That's right. We need a plan," Kuroko agreed, "There are three things we need to do about this."
"First, get the item off the street," Uiharu said, understanding what Kuroko implied.
"Then, help those who have fallen into comas," Touma continued.
"Finally, we arrest the person responsible for creating and distributing the Level Upper," Kuroko finished, "If we do that, we should be able to find a motive."
"Well, let's get you taken care of first," Uiharu said as she started wrapping a roll of bandages around Kuroko's upper body, "Are you sure you wouldn't want Misaka wrap you up though?"
"I would just as soon not have anyone see me like this, much less my Sissy," Kuroko explained, "Speaking of which, you better not be looking, Kamijou."
"Trust me, I know when my life is on the line," Touma called back, "Although I've always taken you for a lesbian masochist."
"What was that?" Kuroko asked threateningly.
"Sorry, Tsuchimokado and Aogami debate again," Touma apologized.
"That seems to be your go-to whenever you say something perverted," Kuroko argued.
"Only because it's true," Touma defended.
"Besides, Shirai, they're pretty accurate," Uiharu joked.
Unfortunately, Kuroko didn't take the joke very kindly and began to violently shake Uiharu back and forth. Unlike Touma, Uiharu didn't have an alibi for making perverted comments and jokes.
"You're really no making this easy, you know that? I hear abuse I just can't ignore that!" Touma complained as he struggled to keep looking away.
However, the sounds of abuse ceased when Mikoto was heard on the other side of the office door. Acting quickly, Kuroko teleported Uiharu to the spot just above the entrance and quickly put on her shirt. Unfortunately for the other girls, Uiharu had reappeared upside down and accidentally headbutted Mikoto on the head as she walked into the room, knocking both of them on to the ground.
"Oh, hey Sissy! Great to see you," Kuroko greeted her now collapsed friends.
"What was that?! Can I turn around yet?!" Touma begged in worry.
"So, are you guys are making any progress with the case," Mikoto asked, head now bandaged in a cross shape.
"Hard to say," Uiharu admitted.
"We did learn a few things," Touma supplied.
"From what Dr. Kiyama told us, there is a device called the Testament, which is capable of electrically implanting massive quantities of data directly into the brain," Kuroko explained, "However, it operates using all of the five human senses: taste, touch, hearing, smell, and sight. All are at work with this thing."
"But we know the Level Upper is a music file, so the only sense that it uses is hearing," Mikoto reasoned.
"We searched the rooms of all the users that are now in vegetative states, but we didn't come up with any relevant data other than the song," Uiharu added.
"Is it just me, or is the sound of that kettle whistling making it feel hotter in here?" Touma asked offhandedly, taking note of the sound in the kitchenette.
"Please try to say focused," Kuroko complained in exasperation while Uiharu went over to deal with the kettle.
"Wait, I think this idiot might be on to something," Mikoto interrupted.
"I have very mixed feelings about that statement," Touma lamented.
"What do you mean, Sissy?" Kuroko asked.
"Remember that conversation we had when we were eating the shaved ice?" Mikoto responded.
"The one about brain freeze, or my luck?" Touma asked for clarification.
"Not even close," Mikoto answered flatly.
"It's synesthesia!" Kuroko gasped.
"Synes-what?" Uiharu and Touma asked in confusion as Uiharu brought back a tray of tea.
"Something we were talking about the other day," Kuroko explained, "I what occurs when a single thing stimulates more than one of the senses."
"You stimulate one sense with a particular method and others react too," Mikoto explained further, "even though those senses weren't the original target."
"So, you mean, in this case, by stimulating senses using sound, you could get the same effect you would get by using a Testament?" Uiharu questioned.
After calling Dr. Kiyama about the synesthesia hypotheses, Uiharu had left the office to meet the good doctor and potentially see Tree Diagram, Academy City's greatest supercomputer, at work. As for everyone else, they stayed at the office on standby in case any other Level Upper users started making trouble. In the meantime, Touma and Kuroko decided to use the time they had to take care of some paperwork. With all the arrests they had to make recently, the paperwork had piled up rather high and additional work came with the need of some extra research on synesthesia.
"So… much… paperwork…," Touma said weakly as he pushed aside his most recently finished arrest report.
"The least enjoyable part of Judgement," Kuroko agreed as she grabbed another blank arrest report.
"I sure am glad I'm not you guys right now," Mikoto mused with a stiff smile.
Continuing with his work, Touma grabbed a stack of his finished work and carried it over to one of the file cabinets. However, he ended up stepping on a stray sheet of paper on the floor. With so little friction between the paper and the floor, Touma slipped and feel on his back, causing all of the papers he was carrying to fly into the air like confetti, only less festive.
"Rotten luck," Touma lamented as he picked himself up and started picking his dropped papers.
However, he never got a chance to finish as he was interrupted by his phone ringing. Checking the caller ID, he saw it was Uiharu calling.
"Hey, Headband. You at the doctor's place already?" Touma answered, "... Wait, calm down. I can't understand you when you're crying like that. … What? You're kidding, please tell me you're kidding!"
"What's wrong?" Mikoto asked in worry.
"It's Saten," Touma said with a look of disbelief, "She used the Level Upper and is in a coma."
After hearing the news, Touma, Kuroko, and Mikoto all headed straight for the hospital that Saten was checked into. After checking her in and making sure Saten was as stable as possible, Uiharu took all the data they had collected so far and went straight for Kiyama's office. Mikoto and Kuroko were currently sitting just outside of Saten's hospital room, while Touma was in the room itself after asking for a moment of privacy with the recent Level Upper victim. He didn't stay in the room for long and rejoined the girls shortly after going.
With Touma done, Mikoto lead the group to the roof to get something off of her chest.
"What did you want to talk about up here?" Kuroko asked.
"Saten had a good luck charm. Do you remember it?" Mikoto questioned.
"Yeah, the thing she always had dangling from her bag," Kuroko answered
"Of course, I was the one that told her it was a particularly powerful one," Touma added.
"Yup. She said she got it from her mother, right before she came to Academy City," Mikoto confirmed.
"I remember," Touma said, "She told us a lot of personal stuff that day."
"Yeah, something tells me that wasn't all she wanted to tell us," Mikoto proposed, "but I just froze up. Kamijou here did the best job of comforting her. They can call me a Level 5 all they want, but I'm not any good when it comes to this stuff."
"Come on, that's not true," Kuroko said reassuringly.
"It's the kind of person I am. Someone places a hurdle in front of me and I can't rest until I've jumped over it. That's how I felt about reaching Level 5. It never seemed like anything particularly great." Mikoto mused, "but, I guess there are some hurdles that you can't cross. I never though how difficult it must be to be in that situation. How inconsiderate can I be?"
"Can't be anymore inconsiderate than I have been," Touma said, clutching his right fist, "Seriously, what was I thinking,"
"What are you talking about?" Mikoto asked confused, "You were the most forward when it came to trying to comfort her."
"Maybe, but I probably was the worst person to be saying anything," Touma explained, "She has been a Level 0 for so long and desperately wanted a power, so much so that she resorted to using the Level Upper. Then, she meets me, the guy who is officially the weakest Level 0 in all of Academy City but also happens to be the exception to the rule. I never considered how much it pained her to know someone who constantly insists that he has the same label as her but was anything but. Yet I try to relate to her as a Level 0, despite my power."
"Don't be so hard on yourself," Kuroko encouraged, "You were only trying to help."
"Some help I was," Touma spat, "Her jealousy of my power was probably a key factor in her decision to use the Level Upper, and now my power is completely useless for helping her!"
"What do you mean?" Mikoto asked.
"When I was in Saten's hospital room, I tried to use my right hand on her," Touma yelled, walking towards a nearby wall, "I figured that if the boosted abilities are the reason people were being put into comas, negating them might wake the person up. But just my luck, it didn't work! A friend I probably drove into doing something dangerous is in a coma, and I can't do anything to help! Damn it! What good is an ability if it so useless!"
In his anger, Touma punched the wall with his right hand. He punched the wall so hard a little bit of the paint chipped of and his knuckles cracked. He just couldn't stand it. He always helped anyone he could, regardless of whether or not he had any personal reason to get involved. Yet here he was, a couple floors above someone he knew personally in trouble with every reason to help, yet he was completely powerless to do anything.
"Hey, idiot," Mikoto said sternly.
"Wha-," Touma began to yell, but was cut off when something stuck his left cheek.
To everyone's surprise, Mikoto Misaka had slapped Touma Kamijou in the face. The sound of the slap echoed across the empty rooftop, leaving everyone else in complete silence. Touma's cheek burned, as did Mikoto's right hand. Anybody who had known the two students would have expected her to zap him. For her to slap him in the face in such an ordinary manner was quite strange.
"This isn't like you," Mikoto said firmly, staring the stunned Touma in the eyes, "I've known you for a while now, and the Kamijou I know goes to whatever lengths are necessary to help someone, even if what needs to be done is beyond what you should be capable of! In a lot of ways, you're just like me! If there's a hurdle between you and someone that needs help, you'll do whatever it takes to get past it! So, don't give up on Saten or yourself just yet!"
As if to emphasize the last point, Mikoto jabbed her finger into Touma's chest.
"Besides, you always take everything onto yourself! If anything, we're equally responsible for Saten using the Level Upper," Mikoto explained, "I'm only a year older than her and one of her best friends, yet I treat being a Level 5 like no big deal around her. We're both guilty."
For a moment, Touma just stood there with an unreadable. A second passed, and Touma raised his right hand. Mikoto shut her eyes and prepared for the worse. She knew he was already in a bad mood and her telling any guy off like that would make any guy mad, regardless if they cared if she was a Level 5. Touma was an especially dangerous case for her to tick off since his right hand always defended against her electricity, so her Level 5 status was meaningless to him. She still had not been able to land a single hit on him.
Mikoto was fully prepared for whatever Touma decided to do in response to her slap and outburst. Or rather, she thought she was fully prepared. The one scenario she never expected was to have a gentle touch placed on top of her head. Opening her eyes, Mikoto saw that Touma was gently rubbing the top of her head with his right hand. On his face was a smile that radiated nothing but warmth and gratitude.
"Thanks, Misaka," Touma said, "I needed that."
At that point, Mikoto was a complete mess. Not only was he petting her like she was some adorable animal, but he had actually called her by name in a genuinely kind manner. Now madly blushing red, Mikoto quickly threw Touma's hand off her head and turned away so no one would see her expression.
"T-think nothing of it!" Mikoto replied rather forcefully, "I expect you to pay me back somehow, so why not let me help in the Level Upper case so you can get it over with! Besides, I feel like I owe it to Saten."
"Well, I'm not really the one that can decide that," Touma said, nodding in Kuroko's direction.
"I think I can allow it this time," Kuroko answered smiling.
"Thanks, Kuroko," Mikoto said, placing a hand on Kuroko's shoulder, causing her to flinch.
"No, I should be the one thanking you," Kuroko replied stiffly, trying to mask the pain.
The group made their way out of the hospital, a new sense of determination flowing through them. However, they were stopped by the request of a single doctor.
"Do you have a moment?" the doctor asked.
"Ah! A real Gekota!" Mikoto squealed upon seeing the doctor's frog-like face.
"Calm down, Sissy. He's just a normal doctor," Kuroko said.
"Hey, doc," Touma greeted, "Nice to see you again, especially since I'm not the patient this time."
"Good to see you too, Kamijou," the doctor replied, "I only wish we weren't meeting because someone you know is a patient."
"Wait, you two know each other?" Kuroko asked.
"Kamijou here has a tendency to land himself in the hospital a lot when helping people," the doctor explained, "He's one of my most frequent patients."
"He's work is the best Academy City has to offer. He's one of the reasons I always heal so quickly," Touma added, "I couldn't recommend him enough. There's a reason people call him Heaven Canceller."
"That being said, I have found some information that might help you in the Level Upper case," Heaven Canceller said, gesturing them to follow him.
"What we ae looking at are the brain wave patterns of the Level Upper victims," Heaven Canceller explained, scrolling through multiple charts on his computer, "Brainwaves vary from person to person, so the wave forms should be quite different across the board. However, I've noticed something surprising in this case. Each of the Level Upper victims have a common brainwave pattern."
"What does that mean, exactly?" Kuroko asked.
"It could point to an outside influence," the frog faced doctor answered, "Perhaps someone else is forcing their brains into these particular patterns, and thus controlling the function of their bodies."
"So, someone controlling the Level Upper is tampering with their brains to put them all into a coma," Mikoto summarized.
"Why would someone do that?" Touma pondered, clutching his right fist.
"I'm just a humble doctor reporting my findings to you," the doctor replied, turning to face the group, "Determining the motive is your job."
Back at the 177th Judgement Branch Office, Touma, Mikoto, and Kuroko had gathered around one of the computers to do a little more research.
"If this really does match a specific person's brainwave pattern…" Mikoto mused.
"… all we have to do is have Uiharu run a search through a data bank and…" Kuroko continued, before realizing something.
"… Uiharu isn't here right now," Touma interrupted, coming to the same conclusion.
"Right, forgot about that," Kuroko said dejectedly.
"Yeah, that's a problem," Mikoto agreed.
"Goodness, what's all the moaning and groaning about it here?" Konori asked as she approached the group.
"Well, since you asked…" Touma said sheepishly before explaining the situation.
Once she was filled in, Konori wasted no time setting up a search on the data bank.
"If that's the case, the first step we need to take is to access the data bank to get the information," Konori explained as she typed.
"What if the data isn't in the data bank?" Mikoto proposed.
"It will be there somewhere," Kuroko insisted, "Data is stored on any adult who has been to the hospital or taken a vocational aptitude test, along with all the students undergoing ability development."
"This city watches everyone like hawks. If there's no information on it, then the information just can't be detected by Academy City's equipment," Touma added.
"Okay, but this is all still really confusing. How could using the Level Upper reprogram someone's brainwaves?" Mikoto asked.
"And moreover, how would doing that raise somebody's ability level?" Kuroko added.
"Not to mention, this is supposedly all the result of natural phenomenon," Touma interjected, "Had it been because of something supernatural, my right hand should have negated it."
"It's like a computer, not even one of those will increase in performance that dramatically just because you're running different software on it," Konori reasoned, "Unless it's connected to a network, anyway.
"So, a computer's performance increases when connected to a network?" Kuroko asked for confirmation.
"Well, individually, there's no major improvement," Konori clarified, "but you can connect a lot of different computers in a parallel network, then their computing power does increase."
"That's it! Whoever is behind this is constructing a network of brains and they're doing it with the Level Upper!" Mikoto concluded.
"It sort of makes sense," Touma mused.
"But how does it work, what's connecting all of their brainwaves together?" Mikoto pondered.
"If I had to make a guess then, maybe an AIM diffusion field," Konori suggested, "All Espers emit a force around themselves without even being aware of it. If those were to be connected…"
"But you said Espers do that unconsciously," Touma pointed out, "Besides, wouldn't different brains be like different operating systems, making it harder to link up?"
"Computers have protocols in place to connect to networks," Konori explained, "So in this case, a single person's brainwave pattern is being used as the protocol for the whole network, but this is just speculation."
"But if a number of brains were connected like that, then they could do a massive amount of computing," Mikoto concluded, "By plugging into the network, a person's ability would increase since the network lets them do much more computing and people sharing the same ability would allow them to better control their powers."
"So, my hypothesis is that the victims' brain activity is being used to power this network," Konori summarized.
Not long after finishing the thought, the search on the data bank brought back a result of a 99% match. However, the group was quite shocked when they found out who exactly the brain pattern came from.
"Can… can it be true?" Kuroko asked in shock.
"Registered name: Harumi Kiyama!" Mikoto read.
"Damn it! We were being played the whole time!" Touma yelled, banging his right fist on the desk.
"What do you mean?" Konori asked in concern.
"Uiharu said she was on her way to Dr. Kiyama's office!" Mikoto explained while Kuroko tried calling her friend.
"I'm not getting through to her!" Kuroko said in concern.
"Contact Anti-Skill and have them take the doctor into custody!" Konori ordered, "But be sure to warn them there might be a hostage!"
"I'm coming along too!" Mikoto insisted.
"Although I don't normally like getting civilians involved, having someone with your power around might be beneficial," Konori concluded.
Giving Konori a nod in thanks, Mikoto ran right out of the office but was followed by Kuroko and Touma.
"Hold on, Sissy," Kuroko called out, "Don't forget, Uiharu is a member of Judgement, she can handle herself if she needs to… probably… if she's lucky."
"Nice vote of confidence," Touma said sarcastically, voicing out what Mikoto's expression was saying.
"It isn't that unlikely," Kuroko defended, "Besides, Anti-Skill is getting involved too. I doubt a scrawny scientist like her will be able to do much against them."
"The lives of thousands of comatose Espers are in her hands, as we speak," Mikoto argued, "Plus, I've just got a bad feeling about this."
"Your right, this could be bad! Which is why a Judgement Officer-!" Kuroko insisted, but was cut off when Mikoto touched her shoulder, causing the Judgement Officer to flinch and hold her injuries.
"Are you in good enough shape to go into action?" Mikoto asked.
"You mean you knew about all mu injuries?" Kuroko responded.
"Yeah, of course I did," Mikoto replied, poking Kuroko's forehead, "You may be strong, but I'm still the older one here. It's been a rough week, so you could turn to your Sissy."
"Thank you, Sissy," Kuroko said with tears in the corners of her eyes and a very visible blush.
However, Mikoto noticed Kuroko wasn't the only one blushing. For some reason, Touma was a little pink himself, and was just staring blankly at her.
"What's with that look?" Mikoto asked in discomfort.
"Oh, sorry," Touma apologized, scratching his cheek, "You just seemed like someone's older sister just now. I can see why Shirai here always calls you Sissy."
Mikoto was stunned by the boy's words. It was rare for him to give her compliments like that, especially any that sounded so genuine. His reaction to her older sister tendencies was particularly surprising. She had never seen him blush before, and he was the kind of guy that was constantly surrounded by girls and discussed them with other boys. Yet here he was, blushing at her displays of sisterly affection. The only she could do was turn away to hide her own blush, something Kuroko was quite pouty about.
"Thanks, I guess," Mikoto whispered, although it was loud enough for Touma to hear.
"Anyway, I'm coming along too," Touma declared, trying to steer away from Mikoto's sisterly tendencies, "after all, I'm a member of Judgement and older than you."
"Of course," Mikoto replied, "Just try not to hold me back."
"I'm the one guy you can't beat in a fight, I doubt I will be a liability," Touma joked.
"We're all counting on both of you, so get out there and get this done," Kuroko encouraged.
"Right!"
He we go! Multi Skill vs Railgun and Imagine Breaker next chapter! The hype is real!
You see what I did with the title this chapter? See, it's a parallel to the last chapter, but at the same time it describes Saten's condition... alright I'll stop now. Still, this was a fun chapter to write. Some comedy here, a little tension there, a bit of character exploration here, and Kamikoto everywhere! As I'm sure many of you know, Touma is into the "Onee-san" type of girl, so I decided to put a little spin on that. Plus, Touma rarely sees this side of Mikoto in canon since she is constantly trying to zap him.
Leave a review if you like! See you all next time!