MIST
Volume 1: Index_Breaker
Chapter 4: A Certain Sea of Flames: Innocentius!
So I'll be answering all the comments at the end of the chapter but there is one comment I feel the need to talk about now. I'll go over the whole comment later but Nicko2545 said that I do think there is some lack of rwby characters involved and more focus on Toaru characters. The only character that plays some role is Blake but she isn't involved in these explosions. I think part of the reason there is such a focus on Toaru characters is that I'm trying to successfully merge the worlds. However both series have a ridiculous amount of characters.
I really struggle with writing a lot of characters at the same time so I'm trying to build up a few characters. However another problem I have is that until Touma loses his memories I have to be incredibly careful with Character Interactions.
The more he knows about them and the more they know him the easier it is for them to realistically figure it out. I want it to be kept a secret that he's lost his memory until a certain point. So yeah. I plan to look at more characters after the end of Volume one which will only last another three chapters more at most.
(Misaka Mikoto) (Tuesday September 4th)
(What…happened?)
She feels sore all over and incredibly groggy. She doesn't want to wake up.
(Is this what a hangover feels like?)
What a weird thought considering she's only fifteen. So why does she feel so rough? Oh right. She was in an explosion. She has the day off today. Kamijou told her while he was carrying her back and Shirai was carrying Index.
She hears a bunch of giggles and clicking sounds. Her eyes snap open and she's instantly awake. The people in her dorm are instantly aware of the fact that she's awake.
"Shhhh!" Yang shushes her.
(What are team RWBY doing here?)
"This is great blackmail material!" Yang exclaims quietly.
(Blackmail?...What Blackmail?)
She sits up and yawns only to be enthusiastically shushed by Weiss. "I mean he came over for hot chocolate yesterday but I didn't expect hot chocolate to lead to this!" Weiss gushes.
Ruby looks kind of conflicted before agreeing with Weiss. Weiss then turns to look at Misaka dumbly.
"Oh, how are you feeling Misaka?" Weiss asks in concern.
"A bit rough. But better than yesterday." Misaka replies. "So what are you gushing over?" Misaka asks with interest.
Blake points at Kamijou's bed with a completely blank face. She looks and sees the moron asleep on his bed…hugging Kuroko.
"WHAT THE FU–" Misaka shouts but the rest of the sentence is muffled by Ruby covering her mouth. Her mind runs through all the possibilities making her face turn red.
(What the hell happened between those two while I was out?)
They wouldn't do something inappropriate right? But this is Kuroko they are talking about…
However the Idiot isn't bold enough to pull something like this. Is he? How well does she actually know Kamijou Touma?
She takes a few deep breaths but that doesn't stop the ugly feeling from returning to her stomach. Is she…jealous? No that isn't possible, she isn't jealous at all. She can't be…
(Kamijou Touma)
"Why is it so loud?" Kamijou groans as his eyes slowly drift open only to see Misaka and Team RWBY watching him. He goes to get up but feels a weight in his arms. He looks down and sees Kuroko…in his arms…cuddling up to his chest.
He scrambles to move but that only ends up knocking both of them off the bed. He's now mere inches away from Kuroko's face and the both of them are in a very suggestive position.
"T-Touma…" Kuroko says quietly. The girl blearily opens her eyes. Kamijou can't help but observe how cute she looks with her hair down like this. Goddamn his thing for long hair. His face is beet red.
Click!
(Oh no)
To Kamijou's horror he comes to the sudden realisation that Yang has been taking pictures of the two of them.
"Howwwwww cuteeee!" Yang teases the two of them however Kamijou knows that not everyone here finds it funny. Blake looks oddly blank, damnit, he definitely looks like a pervert now.
Ruby is smiling at the two of them. She hasn't said anything yet. But he can already tell he should be expecting some teasing.
Weiss looks incredibly flustered and is torn between looking or turning away. Biri-Biri however is the one he's the most concerned about. She too is beet red but he can see the sparks building around her.
"WAIT!" Kamijou screams hoping to avoid being shocked. He scrambles to his feet and puts his hands out as some kind of barrier. "I can explain."
"What's to explain?…you were sleeping with my best friend." Misaka says menacingly as she builds up more electricity.
"Phrasing!" He exclaims "It was an accident! She was really shaken up about yesterday and I made both of us some hot chocolate. We were talking for a long while and we must have fallen asleep." He explains at lightning speed.
"Hmph." Misaka says, looking away.
Now fully awake Kuroko is just as red but smirks at Misaka's reaction. "Are you perhaps…jealous?" She teases the electromaster.
(Wrong move.)
"Well don't worry Onee-Sama I will always love you more than anyone else!" She exclaims before hugging the girl. Kamijou notes that she isn't being all touchy feely like usual.
(She must have been more shaken up than I thought.)
"Look I would never do anything to Shirai because she's not my type!" Kamijou explains hoping to make things better.
"And what is your type?" Blake, who has been silent up until now asks.
"Well isn't that obvious?" He says "There is only one type for this Kamijou. A big breasted dorm manager Onee-san of course!" He exclaims passionately.
"YOUUUUUUUU PERVERT!" Misaka yells at him and even he isn't fast enough to negate the shock coming for him.
(Such…SUCH MISFORTUNE!)
Screaming out in pain, Kamijou begs for forgiveness. "I'm sorry, please stop!" He begs the electromaster prostrating himself in front of her.
He then hears a rumbling sound.
"Kamijou! I'm hungry!" Index groans in her sleep. "Make me some food!"
Suddenly all the tension in the room is broken as everyone breaks out into peals of laughter. Kamijou sighs in relief when Biri-Biri lets him off with a warning.
(Kamijou Touma)
He ends up making food for team RWBY as well as his own team. He fusses about everyone like a mother hen, making sure everyone is happy.
"Kamijou, are you sure being a huntsman is the way to go?" Yang asks rather suddenly. Everyone looks on in interest.
"Yeah, why?" Kamijou replies curiously. Why does she want to know?
"Well you'd make an excellent chef, or even a househusband." Yang adds on as she takes another bite.
Feeling unusually lucky today Kamijou wittily replies "Is that an offer?"
Silence
Gobsmacked. That is the word he'd use to describe everyone else's reaction to his reply. Except Yang that is.
"Do you want it to be?" Yang asks in a flirty voice. As she adjusts her top and shows him a bit more cleavage.
Kamijou turns bright red. Not sure where to look. Yang smirks triumphantly. He can hear Misaka sigh in relief. Maybe he was making everyone uncomfortable.
"Another Yangtastic victory for me!" Yang exclaims. Ruby cringes in embarrassment and Kamijou sighs, his illusions of Yang being a large breasted mature girl were just thoroughly shattered.
Kamijou realises everyone is nearly finished and so starts making his own breakfast. However any hope of him eating any time soon is squandered by Index calling out for a fifth plate.
(What rotten luck…)
He sighs.
(Kamijou Touma)
Considering they had today off, Kamijou wondered what to do? Perhaps another day out? But then Kuroko suggested something interesting…
"Clubs!"
And so began the search for the perfect school club they could join.
After what happened in Vale the other day there is only one club Kuroko wants to join…Judgement. It's a student police force that helps regulate teenage semblance use. They also patrol Vale and help guide around lost people or help old ladies with their shopping.
Judgement is basically a community service club with special privileges. Kuroko wanted to join them on their search for clubs but she had a lot of paperwork and legal stuff to do before she could join Judgement.
(I guess with great power comes a lot of paperwork.)
As they walk around the school campus Kamiijou, Misaka and Index realise that with most of the students having the day off they decided this would be a great time to promote clubs. Kamijou shivers at the sight of a fellow first year student being dragged off by the Weapon Lovers club.
He remembers looking at their flyer and thinking it would be the perfect club for Ruby to join. After walking about for a bit Kamijou notices Misaka eyeing a club before walking off. This club is the Cute things Appreciation club. Kamijou knows that Misaka's ego will never allow her to admit that she likes cute things so any plans of convincing her to join the club are immediately thrown away.
He lost Index somewhere around the baking club's stall. Which makes sense considering all the food related clubs involved free samples.
He doesn't really want to join any clubs. Maybe he should get a part time job? Or join Judgement with Kuroko? Apparently as an incentive the school pays members of Judgement.
Anyway he's only really looking at clubs because he enjoys the atmosphere of the place. With people so enthusiastically discussing the things they are passionate about it sort of brings a positive feel to the air.
However he knows that this peaceful life won't last long. For one thing, he was training to be a huntsman and that meant danger and on the other hand his luck was so bad that he wouldn't be surprised if an army of Grimm came after him any moment now.
(Index)
She is out in Vale with Misaka after checking out the clubs at Beacon. Kamijou stayed behind to wait for Shirai.
"So…do you think it's a good idea to finish off our shopping from yesterday?" Misaka asks.
As she looks around Vale she notices that thanks to a mix of dust and technology it looks like the explosion yesterday never happened. But she knows it did, she can still feel the scrapes and bruises all over her small body.
"Yeah." Index replies to Misaka's question.
And so they go around gathering everything they need. Misaka tells Index that they should probably make her a weapon some time soon and she agrees. The only question is what kind of weapon?
Maybe a spear or something? It needs to be easy enough to learn since she doesn't have the years of training that the others have. Or maybe a gun like Kamijou.
When not inside the dorm or Beacon's campus she finds herself constantly looking over her shoulder…she's being paranoid and she knows it.
(I hope Kamijou gets here soon)
(Stiyl Magnus)
(Times up Index)
It's time. Time for her illusion of normal life to end. He has to bring her back, to save her, to protect her.
(I can't apologise enough…I'm sorry Index)
He's watching the girl walk around Vale with one Misaka Mikoto, a level five.
"Kanzaki…let's get to work." He says as he lights a cigarette with a flame coming from his finger.
He can't leave her be. Simply because White will kill her when she's no longer useful to him. He's stuck between a rock and a hard place. If only he could trust that she'd be safe with Imagine Breaker.
(Kamijou Touma)
He's sitting in Team Mist's dorm waiting on Kuroko…Thinking of Kuroko reminds him of how their relationship has changed, evolved even.
(Phrasing…Idiot.)
Now that their relationship had gone from reluctant teammates to friendly-ish it was time he got to work thinking of a nickname for her. To avoid creating enemies off the bat he avoided nicknames and tried to be as polite as possible.
Obviously that didn't always work. As such this is how his nickname for Misaka, Biri-Biri, came to be.
There are some nicknames that he just doesn't use in public. Such as Tsuchimikado's 'Siscon'. For obvious reasons.
(So, Kamijou, what do you think would be a good nickname for Kuroko?)
His mind pictures Kuroko. The first thing that comes to mind is 'pervert' but he doesn't want to ruin the sort of friendship he's built up with the girl. And then he imagines her wavy pigtails swaying in the wind.
'Pigtails'...sounds strangely right to him. He hears the door unlock and Kuroko walks in. "Hey Pigtails!" He greets the girl by accident without even asking her if she liked the nickname.
Kuroko looks at him curiously. "Pigtails?" She asks, smirking at the boy. He blushes before explaining that he likes to give his friends nicknames.
She too blushes in embarrassment. "So, we are friends then?" She asks. She isn't really popular, she weirds out anyone she talks to and her only friend is Misaka. Spending time with Kamijou has been…nice. Even if he is only a lowly Ape.
"I thought that was obvious." Kamijou says dumbly. "We are on a team right? If anything, we are more like family now aren't we?"
"I suppose so. I guess even an Ape like you can be right once in a blue moon." Pigtails replies looking quite happy. "Anyway we should go meet up with Onee-Sama and Index."
"Let's go then!" Kamijou exclaims as he throws his jacket on. It's only then that he realises how much he misses his hoodie. It's a good thing that he bought three of them because of a buy two get one free sale.
(Who even does such sales for clothes anyway?)
They make their way into Vale together, they talk about stuff. Although it was mainly Kamijou complaining about classes while Kuroko often talked about Misaka.
Kamijou likes listening to Kuroko talk about Misaka, he does want to get along with Biri-Biri but no matter what he does she doesn't seem to like him.
He enjoys watching the people go about their day. It reminds him that despite what people went through yesterday life goes on and that it isn't a bad thing to move on.
"Biri-Biri, Index!" Kamijou calls out to the pair who are walking out of a shop with a couple of bags of shopping. They must have just finished their shopping that was abruptly stopped yesterday.
"Moron?" Misaka asks not expecting to see him so soon.
As he jogs over to them he slips on seemingly nothing and hits his head.
"You okay?" Kuroko asks.
"What rotten luck." Kamijou whines as he dusts himself off.
"That's a yes then." She answers her own question and giggles at the sight of him checking all his stuff to make sure it isn't broken.
"You finished all the paperwork awfully quickly Kuroko." Misaka comments.
"Pigtails here finished the paperwork at lightning speed apparently." Kamijou explains.
"Pigtails?" Index asks what Misaka is thinking.
"The Ape likes giving nicknames to his friends and people he knows." Kuroko explains to the two of them.
"I haven't thought of one for you yet. But I will, I promise." Kamijou tells the silver haired girl who smiles at the boy.
"Thanks Kamijou." The girl replies. The calm and mature way the girl is speaking tells Kamijou this is the oldest Index.
(Do I have to come up with a nickname for each Index?)
While he loves making nicknames for people, even he thinks that making six different nicknames for one person is crazy. Then again they aren't just one person. Index is six souls crammed into one body. He's only met three of them so far, or well he thinks so anyway. The older one. The super positive fangirl and the emotionless one.
He wants to get to know her better. To help the girls he caused to feel so much pain and suffering feel happier. The Index before him was created to defeat him.
For better or for worse that makes her his responsibility.
"Kami…"
"Kamij…
"Kamijou!" Misaka exclaims, shaking him violently.
"What?" He asks wondering what he possibly could have done to anger her now.
"Are you sure you are okay?" Index asks, interrupting Misaka abruptly. "You did hit your head rather hard and you kept on zoning out." She further explains her concerns.
(Now that she mentions it…)
His head is throbbing and he can't focus well.
(Oh, That's not good.)
Noticing the look on his face, Index says "Well, Kammijou probably doesn't want to ruin your fun so I'll take him back to our dorm."
Pigtails and Biri-Biri both look like they want to come too but they decide to explore Vale for a bit longer. They walk with him and Index for a while until they part at the sight of a plushie store.
Misaka drools at the sight of all the cute plushies. He smiles at how childish the usually serious girl can seem when she thinks no one is looking.
She tries to act all cool and serious like normal when she comes up with the excuse of. "Well, Kamijou is looking slightly better now…so…I'm going to go find something to do."
She walks off and Kuroko follows her. Kamijou smirks and Index giggles, both of them thinking the same thing.
(So obvious!)
Walking side by side with Index, Kamijou can't help but feel the tension in the air. He doesn't actually know much about Index. Aside from the fact that she's got a massive appetite and that she is multiple people in one body.
He turns to see that Index is looking somewhere and her eyes are shining. "Kamijou! Kamijou!" She exclaims jumping up and down in excitement.
"What is it?" He asks the excited girl.
She points to a van in the distance and asks. "Please can we get an Ice cream?"
He pulls out his scroll and opens his bank account. He looks at how much Lien he has left and silently cries to himself.
(I need a job. Desperately.)
Index looks at him with puppy dog eyes and she says "Pwetty Pwease." In her best cutesy baby voice. Kamijou feels his heart beat faster.
(Too Cute!)
He couldn't possibly say no after that and so sighing in defeat he says "Suurreee." His smile is now very strained.
"YAY!" The girl exclaims. And Kamijou smiles for real this time, enjoying the sight of her positively jumping about.
He buys her a small cup of strawberry Ice cream. She ends up convincing the woman in the van to give her 5 scoops inside the little cup thing they put ice cream in. Kamijou is surprised when the girl actually manages to pull it off without any of it spilling out of the cup.
However Kamijou does not appreciate the extra he has to pay because Index wanted so many scoops.
Once he's paid for everything and Index has almost finished eating her Ice cream she stops the cutesy act and smirks evilly at him.
He looks at the girl and comes to a sudden realisation.
(She played me!)
She used his poor innocent heart for her benefit. Vile, scheming, bratty, annoying brat!
"Nom. Nom. Nom." Index is happily munching away at her Ice cream in the distance. She turns around to look at him.
He clenches his fist. His poor wallet has been emptied, all to please a glutton like Index. "Can I please have some?" He asks, trying to muster his most genuine smile. Clearly Index doesn't believe his smile.
She tries to run away after saying "It's mineeee."
Kamijou chases after her screaming from the bottom of his lungs. "Get back here you, you BRAT!"
And so they spend the next fifteen minutes chasing each other about and laughing their heads off. Especially when Index accidently drops the Ice cream and he slips on that and he falls face first into a nearby fountain.
Thoroughly soaked Kamijou stands up from the fountain before slipping again.
"Pffft." Index giggles at the sight of him making a fool of himself.
"Don't laugh! It's not that funny!" He exclaims in denial as he gets out of the fountain. His clothes drip and as they finally continue on their way back to the dorm he leaves a trail of water droplets.
(Kamijou Touma)
Now back at the dorm he feels the hot water run down his body as he gets in the shower. Hoping to avoid the inevitable cold he will probably get from being soaked. The clothes he was wearing when he fell into the fountain are now in the wash. Once he gets out of the shower he changes into his change of clothes.
He sees Index sat on her bed. She's staring off into space.
"Something wrong?" He asks the silver haired girl. She turns her head to the side and he sees a look of utter despair in her eyes.
(Is that a new Index?)
"No." Index replies.
"Are you sure?." He asks the girl who begins shaking in fear.
"No."
"What can I do to help?" He asks the girl.
"That depends." The girl replies and Kamijou licks his lips, finding his mouth to be surprisingly dry. He can almost feel the tension in the air.
"On what?" He asks the girl. It feels like all he's doing is asking questions and not enough doing. He isn't some sort of deep thinker or noble person. He just wants to save everyone he can see no matter the cost.
"Whether you're willing to follow me into the depths of hell." The girl replies before standing up.
(Hell?)
Suddenly the room feels hotter to Kamijou and he can't tell why.
"Index?" He doesn't know why he calls out to the girl. She's only stood up, she's not leaving…right?
She turns to look at him and smiles sadly. "Thank you for everything…Touma." She says to the boy.
The look in her eyes despite the sadness shows Kamijou that this is Index. The way she holds herself in the body is comfortable, almost natural unlike the other Indexes. Kamijou doesn't know how he realises this but he can tell that the one walking away from him is Index, the original owner of the body that now has six souls.
"..." He tries to speak. To say anything. To tell her to stay and that he'll protect her but his mouth is dry. Not even a sound escapes his mouth as he reaches forward to try and stop the girl.
(COWARD!)
He screams at himself as Index closes the door. He goes to chase after her after finally finding the courage to move, to do something, anything.
He slams the door open and looks into the hallway only to see a closing portal.
(Shit!)
He trips over seemingly nothing falling onto his head again.
"Owww." He groans in pain as he rubs his head.
(Please…not now, God, if you really do exist…help me just this once, K?)
Why does he have to have such rotten luck? He's always falling over things like this, even in important moments.
RING
He pulls out his scroll to see that Tsuchimikado is calling him. He declines the call before locking his dorm room despite the serious nature of what is happening.
(Why, Index, Why?)
It was all so sudden. One minute they were laughing and playing like children and the next she was talking about hell or something and then she was leaving.
(What happened to cause you to react like this?)
He tries to rationalize his desperation. He wonders why he's so bothered by this. She isn't related to him, he isn't in love with her. She isn't even all that close of a friend to him so why does her leaving bother him so much?
(Index why did you leave?)
He finds himself wandering Vale as he ponders the many questions circulating his mind. He aimlessly travels around the city in search of the girl but he knows it's pointless. She could be anywhere in Remnant by this point and there is nothing he can do about it.
He's somewhere near the edge of Vale. There are very few people about. He hopes he finds Index soon. He wants to tell her he wants to protect her.
(DANGER!)
His right hand twitches and his well developed instincts tell him an attack is coming. He turns around with his right hand raised.
Shatter!
"WHERE IS SHE?" A voice roars. His eyes widened at the sight of a man with shoulder length blond hair that had been dyed red, a cigarette in his mouth and some sort of black cloak. He also has steel rings on each of his fingers. He looks almost…younger than Kamijou somehow.
The man stares at Kamijou before sighing in annoyance. Fire comes from the cigarette and he enlarges it into a big fireball before sending it towards him.
He charges forward and negates the fireball.
Shatter!
(Is he looking for Index too?)
He's immediately on edge. Is this one of the people on the IndexBreaker project?
"I'm not going to ask again." The man says menacingly however his voice cracks halfway through.
(Is he a teenager?)
The redhead before him is tall, really tall for a teenager. He's way taller than him so definitely above 6'0. Way taller than this Kamijou who stands at around 168 centimetres or 5 '5. Why does it seem like everyone he meets is taller than him except well the rest of his team and half of team RWBY?
To be honest, that's not many people. But he doesn't know many people soooo…
He's brought out of his thoughts by a continuous wave of fire coming at his face.
"Don't ignore me you brat! Where is the Index?" The teen asks once more, sounding more frustrated each time he asks. Kamijou grunts at the effort it takes to continuously negate the attack. While the heat may not actually burn him he's begun to sweat as the temperature in the air increases.
Shatter!
It seems like the teen has decided to save some aura for later as Kamijou finally manages to negate the pyrokinetic's attack fully.
"Why should I tell you?!" He snaps back at the pyrokinetic. He pulls his gun and loads it with water dust bullets. He aims at the redhead and has his finger on the trigger.
"ARGH" He screams in pain. He collapses to the ground, dropping his gun, as he feels burning hot pain spread across his back. He feels the blood begin to pour.
"So it's true." A feminine voice from behind him murmurs. "He really doesn't have any aura." The woman above him clarifies.
He hears the sound of sheathing metal. With great effort and trying to ignore the pain he shifts his head to the side to see a woman with a sheathed Nodachi. By the mature but young looking body she has Kamijou assumes she's in her early twenties.
She looks a bit taller than him around 5'6-5'8 if he had to guess. She has long back hair that is tied back into a ponytail that reaches her hips. She's currently wearing a short white T-shirt tied with a knot at the bottom that reveals her belly button. Her dark blue jeans have one pants leg cut off very short.
(She's hot!)
If Kamijou was in his right mind he wouldn't think such lewd thoughts about a crazy woman who'd just created a massive gash in his back.
However as the girl leans to one side Kamijou gets an eyeful of her butt, Kamijou disregards any of his previous comments.
(I've always been a breasts guy but…)
Almost as if sensing his lewd thoughts the girl turns to him and squats so she can look into his eyes. His eyes begin to droop and he feels incredibly drowsy because of blood loss.
"Where is the girl?" The black haired girl demands to know.
As the girl gets closer to his face to slap him in the face to keep him conscious he gets a close up of her breasts as well. For once Kamijou is glad he's in enough pain to stop him from speaking aloud because his thoughts are a mix of depressing thoughts about his impending doom and some very perverted thoughts that would even make a closet pervert like Pigtails blush.
(Marry me! Okay that's enough brain. You've had enough fantasizing now.)
His eyes scan his surroundings in hope of an escape.
"You'll die at this rate. If you want to live, tell me where Index is." The incredibly attractive girl proposes.
"Fuck…you!" Kamijou spits out. "This Kamijou won't let you anywhere near Index."
"How noble." The redhead comments smirking. "Foolish mind you but still noble."
He lets out a puff of smoke before smirking. "If Index was with you I might have considered sparing you, however it seems today is not your day." He says.
Kamijou knows that taunting the people who have a very decent chance of killing him is stupid however he simply doesn't want to let these people crush his spirit as well as his body.
"Do your worst." He taunts the two of them however the redhead seems especially ticked off by his snarky remark.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." The guy comments and the girl with a sword runs off after whispering something to the redhead.
He smirks. "This entire area is covered in fire dust. I prepared in advance, after all I am up against the almighty Imagine Breaker." He explains annoying Kamijou.
(Why do bad guys always explain their abilities in a fight?)
Not that he's complaining of course. Any advantage he can get is appreciated.
"You certainly don't live up to the hype you know." He comments absentmindedly as he builds up fire in his palm.
"Do you know what happens when my semblance fuses with all that fire dust?" He rhetorically asks the boy who's struggling to keep his eyes open.
"The fire comes alive." He states smirking. "Innocentius!"
Crackle.
There's a spark.
BOOM
And suddenly that spark turned into a mighty mass of flames. He can hear the flames roar as it sucks in more oxygen.
Except this was no normal mass of flames. It begins to take shape slowly forming and twisting into the shape. The crimson flames now resemble something vaguely humanoid.
He finally finds the strength to push himself to his feet. The adrenaline negating any pain he could possibly feel from the giant cut on his back.
"Whether you're willing to follow me into the depths of hell."
It's almost like he can see the scene playing out before him once more. Index walking away while he just watched dumbstruck.
He clenches his fist. No wonder the girl ran if these are the monsters she's facing.
(Index, I…don't want to be dragged into the depths of hell…)
He staggers forward. One small step at a time.
(So I'll drag you back out!)
He gathers all of his resolve and forges it into an unbreakable wall.
(Index! I'll save you!)
He charges forward on shaky legs as everything around him is engulfed in a sea of flames.
Shatter
Shatter!
SHATTER!
He can feel Imagine Breaker strain and struggle against the continuous source of Aura flowing in from all the fire dust.
"WHY?" He yells at the top of his lungs at the pyrokinetic. "WHY DO THIS TO SUCH AN INNOCENT GIRL?"
"Why, huh?" The redhead muses to himself. "Why should I tell you?" He replies cockily.
Shatter!
He negates another wave of fire.
"Because Index deserves closure. She deserves to know why all those kids were killed. She deserves to know why she suffered so much…" He rants at the redhead as he limps forward.
"Simple. There was and is only one reason for the IndexBreaker project." He decides to humour the hopeless boy before him. "Contrary to what Index was told, it wasn't merely for a way to counter you, it was for a way to kill you."
(All to kill me?)
He already knew that the project heavily involved himself. After all, the ability in his right hand is half of the name of the project itself. He knew they wanted a 'counter Imagine Breaker' but he also thought it was for a way to give people multiple semblances and he also hoped like what happened with the oldest Index that it could be used to save the lives of those who are destined to die too soon.
But all that death and suffering was caused simply to kill one person.
(Me)
He screams in rage.
He goes to punch the crimson creature known as Innocentius. However he collapses to his feet and the faint smell of Roses is all he can comprehend before the world turns black.
(Kamijou Touma)
"..."
Kamijou feels himself return to consciousness feeling incredibly dizzy and faint. He can hear the faint sound of arguing above him.
"We deserve to know. Index and Kamijou are our teammates!" Argues the distinct voice of Misaka.
"Touma would have died if it wasn't for Ruby!" Kuroko agrees with Misaka. "We need to be told what's happening."
"I must apologise to you two but it is simply not my story to tell. However if my senses are still as accurate as I think they are at my age you can ask Mr. Kamijou himself." Ozpin tries to appease the girls by throwing this poor Kamijou under the bus.
"Touma/Idiot!" The two girls exclaim upon seeing him open his eyes. He sits up with great effort groaning in pain as he does so.
He's suddenly swallowed by hugs from the both of them.
"OW!" He yelps in pain as the girls touch his still incredibly sore back. He wonders how he could have survived such a lethal wound. There's only one doctor he knows that could possibly help him return from the brink of death like this. He surveys the room and finds the frog faced doctor.
"Sorry." Both of the girls sheepishly apologise.
"It's fine, don't worry." He reassures the girl he's fine before turning to the doctor. "What are you doing here doc?"
The doctor turns to look at him. He looks sort of surprised that Kamijou noticed that he is here. "Well, things were awfully dull without you around. Not enough work. Plus academy city didn't want such a valuable asset to be lost considering how much trouble you get into." He explains to the boy.
"Well, looks like you are fine-ish…so I'll give you four some privacy for now." The doctor says before leaving the room. Probably to flirt with some of the nurses like the pervert he is.
"How long was I out?" He asks no one in particular.
"A day." Ozpin replies quickly. Kamijou doesn't realise why for a moment until he sees Misaka tapping her foot impatiently.
He gets a menacing glare from the girl and she orders him to "Explain, now."
(They deserve to know.)
And so he explains everything he knows about the Index Breaker project. The Multiple Indexes. What he knows about each one of them. He also explains why the project was created. How Index left. And about his encounter with the maniac using flames and the beautiful swordswoman who cut his back.
Everything comes spewing from his mouth almost like a dam was broken and never fixed. He cries when he mentions Index's last words to him.
"Thank you for everything…Touma."
(I will save you Index. Whatever it takes. Even if I have to kill a god.)
For that is Kamijou Touma's resolve.
By the end of his tale the girls are crying too. Kamijou while never being positive has always stayed calm and handled any situation his horrible luck threw at him. But to see their 'rock' so to speak break down. The two of them can't help but cry as well.
"We'll help." Kuroko says after a while.
"Pardon?" Kamijou asks dumbly.
"We'll help." Kuroko repeats.
"That's right idiot. Index is our teammate…our friend. We will save her. Together." Misaka chimes in.
Kamijou smiles.
(Together huh?)
"Well then. I suppose I'm going to have to authorise a break for the three of you then." Professor Ozpin comments drawing the attention of the trio.
"That's right sir." Kuroko says.
"Team MIST just doesn't feel right without her." Misaka agrees.
"We will save her." Kamijou says.
"Well then, as your first official mission as team MIST. Go save Index!" He tells his students.
"Yes sir!" The trio exclaim at the same time.
And so we get closer and closer to the end of arc 1: Index_Breaker. I don't know if people noticed this or not but I changed the volume name at the start of this chapter from A certain Blank slate to Index_Breaker.
No, I will not be going back to change it. Formatting is a pain in the ass and I can't be bothered. Second I changed it because I think A certain Blank slate is a great epilogue chapter name once Kamijou loses his memories so yeah.
Now onto the comments.
ttge: Reserve some time so that you won't be nervous.
But after doing it too many times,you will also feel bored and it will seem like work.
So,after a while,you need to change the time.
Pastel: Thanks for the advice. While I appreciate it I'll be a nervous wreck no matter what so yeah. I will switch it up sometimes but I prefer to just upload it after I feel the chapter is done.
Thanks for the comment as always. That's like every chapter now right? Much appreciated.
Amatsumi: The KamiKuro ship is here!
Pastel: I mean it is and it isn't. I plan to keep things wholesome and for those on FFN that don't know this is going to be a harem/poly thing with the first two members being Kuroko and Misaka–Maybe I mean I want it to feel natural and at the moment Index is closer than Misaka to joining the poly thing.
But yes. KamiKuro is one of my all time favourite ships from toaru. Only trumped by Kamijou/Misaka/Shirai. I really love these three together!
Nicko2545: that was fun, tho i do think there is some lack of rwby characters involved and more focus on Toaru characters. the only character that plays some role is Blake but she isn't involved in these explosions.
and about Misaki, there on some good fanfic that give focus on her personality and her relationship with Touma. ill send the links private if your interested
Pastel: I already addressed the bulk of your comment at the start of the chapter so rather than being a broken record I'll talk about the second bit and the only thing I have to say is…
Yes please! Sending me some fics would be so incredibly useful. Thank you!
Aq11: yay more kurokami
Pastel: Man, so many Kurokami comments. I mean is the ship all that rare. I primarily read and write Harem ships or well more often than not, usually three person pairings so I don't know much about what's popular in the fandom. I hope it being a harem doesn't put you off though.
Spoopygost: Well this is a surprise another rwby x toaru fic, these are always nice to read.
Also as for your scedule. Maybe wait for like a few hours or even a whole day after finishing a chapter then reread? 'Cause maybe there might be some flaws/errors etc. you might not be able to see just after finishing it? Thats how i usually do it for whenever i write stuff. (Even though i haven't uploaded a single story)
Even if there happen to be some small mishaps its fine. So long as you don't overburden yourself with stress in writing these then its good. If you feel comfortable and you sense nothing seems to be off with your work then go for it.
Pastel: I mean as a fan of multiple person pairings I haven't really been able to enjoy a good Toaru X RWBY fic before. Because I end up crying when one character loses even though they might not be my favourite. I fall in love with the characters all over again with each fic I read.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement. It means a lot and I'll keep it in mind for the future.
Guest (1) : Im glad to see a fellow believer that Index is just a little sister figure to Touma and nothing more.
Pastel: I mean sure in canon I see Index as only a sister figure but like…Index isn't only Index anymore. And she's also not a sister in this so I don't feel quite as compelled to view it as platonic like I do in canon.
Sorry to disappoint.
Now a few things before I go.
Right now I have no Idea who I want to be in a relationship with Touma.
I have confirmed
Touma/Kuroko
Touma/Mikoto (Mikoto/Kuroko)
Touma/Index
But aside from that I'm not sure where to go. So if anyone has any ideas I'm open to suggestions.
I also want to know if I should answer my ao3 comments here as well so the FFN viewers can see. But that also means the chapter will be even longer and most people probably skip this bit anyway.
Finally I cannot stress this enough…
THIS IS A HAREM!
Please do not read this if you dislike harems.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter everyone. Oh and I'll be busy for the next couple of weeks or so. Don't know when I'll have the next chapter ready. Sorry.
PS: I've only just realised that the FFN version breaks when I transfer it over :( I'll try to make sure it isn't broken in the future but if you want the 100% Unbroken version go over to Ao3