Chapter 8: The Elite Magician

10:30 PM At the Sakurami Police Station

Nishijima was informed of what happened to Natsuko and the officers. Jake was found dead. Aiho learned of the situation and was told that drug deals were involved and escaped through an underground tunnel. Jake's body was taken to the hospital. Nishijima was heartbroken upon hearing about Natsuko's disappearance.

Later at the 2LDK Apartment

Aiho had the others gather in her room to have a chat with them. Misaka had hold of the others earlier telling them that she was going to stay over the night at Amano's house and leave in the morning.

"Listen, based on what we gathered. We can presume that Natsuko and the officers she was with are dead." Aiho stated.

"Yeah, plus, Jake's description of the attackers was quite unexpected," Tsuchimikado added. "Although, the bloody footprint was discovered by Aiho and I, we think he was telling the truth."

Uiharu felt utterly scared. "That's horrible. Natsuko was a serious woman..."

Saten put her hand to her chin. "Is it possible that these goblins are connected to those creatures that were secretly kept in the island domain?"

That was a good question. "It could be, on top of that, those goblins could be led by a boss." Kanzaki theorized. "If so, what did they do with the other officers?"

Touma clenched his hands. "Damn it, so far we don't have anything on Natsuko and the other officers that aren't found yet!"

"Calm yourself Kamijou," Tsuchimikado said with a calm expression. "We do know this, it's obvious that attackers are out there. Whatever they're plotting, it's possible the others from those stasis pods are here. In theory, they could be in a disguise to blend in human society."

Index had her hand to her chin. "One thing that strikes me as odd. If those creatures were around, they would probably draw a crowd. But, for some reason, nothing on them has been sighted."

Accelerator let out a bored groan. "Damn, I think we should hunt down these monsters while we're sitting on our asses talking about them."

"He's scary..." Uiharu and Saten muttered in unison.

"Hold it Accelerator, we can't go hunting without any leads. Misaka Misaka advises Accelerator not wanting him to do anything reckless." Last Order chanted with a concerned look.

Aiho had a suggestion. "Well, I think we should investigate some leads. Kurusu was able to give me some intel on the other missing teenage boys. So, Tsuchimikado, you will take Touma, Index, and Orsola to investigate a strip club. According to our resources, the boys that went missing were able to get a picture of a stripper named Selena."

"Strip...club..." Motoharu smirked perverted.

Touma felt utterly nervous. "Crap...not that place."

Index and Orsola were speechless.

"Kanzaki, you, Itsuwa, Accelerator, Tsubaki, and Last Order, go to the police station to meet Detective Aru, who will be joining us," Aiho concluded as the other kids nodded.

The Anti-Skill leader looked at Saten and Uiharu. "As for you Saten and Uiharu, you two will remain here and wait for Misaka. If anything comes up, then call me right away."

5/14 7:00 AM

Misaka was holding a teddy bear, a rubber ducky, and a co-co clock with the head of an owl. "Should I?"

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The day before, she got a teddy bear from Tsubaki. "Kurusu gave me these things. Inside the eyes is a tiny camera. With these, you can keep an eye on 5th, though, choose your places carefully. Once the mission is complete, you can remove them."

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"I don't like spying on our friends, but, as long as it means keeping Yuki and Yuno safe then so be it." Misaka put the teddy bear on the desk where the big screen TV was. The rubber duck was placed on the counter by the kitchen sink. Lastly, the co-co clock was placed in the hallway. Misaka called a taxi cab and left Amano's house.

Uiharu and Saten were awake in their room, sitting in the living room.

Saten heard her cell phone vibrate and looked at the text entry. "Hmm...looks like Misaka put the cameras in their place."

Uiharu felt a little bad for doing such a thing. "Still, it feels wrong to spy inside Yuki's house." Saten had to agree on a little. "I know, but, thanks to Kurusu, we got permission, besides once the mission is done, we can remove them. By the way, Misaka is on her way back."

Uiharu nodded her head and activated the app that showed the camera's whereabouts. "Good, Camera #1, 2, and 3 are on." She still hates the fact that Reisuke is a Diary Holder and is willing to kill. The children that she saved from Therestina came to her mind. She felt like she wanted to save Reisuke from himself. "Even if Tsubaki speaks the truth about him being a corrupted sadistic person, I believe he could redeem himself." She clenched her hands tightly and felt like she was going to cry. "Reisuke...it's not fair."

Saten noticed her friend's concerned expression. "Uiharu..." Her classmate cares for children like Erii and the others were part of an experiment in Academy City.

7:15 AM Amano's Household

Reisuke and Rea were asleep together.

Yukiteru was looking around for Reisuke's Diary through a drawer in the hallway but to no avail. "Where is it?" He noticed the co-co clock hanging on the wall. "When did mom get that?"

"There is no easy way to end this." Yuno walked from the kitchen with a knife in her hand.

Yukiteru panicked knowing what his stalker was thinking. "Wait, don't do that. My Diary says that Reisuke will spend all day playing and he'll leave tomorrow."

Small footsteps were heard behind alerting the two teenagers. "Sorry, I have to go number 2." He walked past them before he stopped but didn't turn to look at them. "It's impossible to find it with just you two's brains"."

8:00 AM

At Sakurami Police Station

Kanzaki, Aiho, Itsuwa, Accelerator, Tsubaki, and Last Order arrived at the station. Kurusu approached the group. "Hi, I'll escort you guys to the conference room to meet Akise Aru."

Tsubaki's eyes widened like something popped into her mind as the others went on. Itsuwa noticed her behavior. "Tsubaki, is something the matter?" She asked curiously.

The 6th holder snapped out of her trance. "It's nothing...just a little tired." She walked to catch up with the others.

They entered the conference room, there waiting at a desk was Akise Aru. He had white hair. He had the appearance of a teenager and was quite handsome. "Hello there, I'm Aksie Aru. My dream is to become a famous detective someday."

Last Order went over to the teenage boy." Hiya, my name is Last Order. Greets Misaka Misaka excited to meet a new friend." Despite the sudden approach, Akise just smiled. "Nice to meet you, Last Order. I must admit quite the verbal words you have and the name is unusual."

Itsuwa walked over to the teenage boy. "Hi there, I'm Itsuwa."

Kanzaki approached and introduced herself. "I'm Kaori Kanzaki. You can call me Kanzaki. I'm a Priestess."

Aiho waved at the teenage boy. "I'm Yomikawa Aiho. I look forward to working with you, Akise Aru." Akise nodded. "Same here, Kurusu has told me about your skills as a police agent. I was told you work for a squad called Anti-Skill. It's quite unknown to me, but we'll talk about that later."

Accelerator gave the detective a cold look. "I'm Accelerator, don't you forget it." Despite the cold introduction, Akise's smile didn't leave his face. "Nice to meet you."

Kurusu sat down at a desk. "Listen up, we got some intel regarding a psychopath that Akise was investigating a few days ago."

At the Sakurami City, Strip Club

Tsuchimikado, you will take Touma, Index, and Orsola arrived.

Touma felt utterly awkward coming to such a place. "Rotten luck..." He mumbled a faint blush was shown on his cheeks as images of half-naked women came to his mind.

"Touma..." Index looked at the teenage boy with a vicious glare as a dark aura emitted from her body. "You aren't thinking of women at the moment, are you?" Touma shook his head frighteningly.

Tsuchimikado felt excited to have come to a place. "This is perfect to see some hot chicks."

Orsola sighed. "Nothing has changed."

They entered the place. Tsuchimikado showed a police belonging to the Sakurami Police to a bouncer. "We're here to ask some questions. Is there a manager or someone we can speak to?" The bouncer looked at the teenage blonde boy for a minute and gestured for another bouncer to come to him. "I think these kids are working with the Sakurami Police, get the manager."

The other bouncer nodded and walked to the back that led to the boss' office.

A short time later, the bouncer returned. "The boss has granted to talk to you blonde, but only you." Tsuchmikado nodded but looked at the others. "You guys, this won't take long so go on and get a drink or something."

A half-hour passes.

Orsola and Index to the bartender and ordered orange juice.

Touma was sitting in a chair. "Man, why do I get left here alone?" Just then a stripper walked toward him. The stripper was a beautiful woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a purple corset and thong to match. "Hello young man, I'm Sapphire. Do you want a private dance?" The teenage boy began to sweat as the stripper leaned over giving him the ability to look down at her cleavage.

Sapphire put her hand under the boy's chin. "Don't be so shy handsome. Loosen up a little." The woman's chest got closer to him. "W-wait...I don't-"

"Touma!" Index was shown looking peeved as a dark aura emitted from her body. "Care to explain why this woman is fawning over you?"

Orsola had her hand over her mouth. "Oh my..."

"Excuse me..." Tsuchimikado returned looking envious. "To think Kamijou would get a stripper in his harem...NO FAIR!"

"Rotten luck!" Touma whined comically.

10:00 AM Amano's House

Yukiteru and Yuno kept searching through the house, but, came up with nothing.

Inside Rea and Reisuke were playing a combat game in the living room.

Uiharu, Misaka, and Saten were watching through the cameras.

"So far nothing yet," Saten spoke.

"Yeah, looks like Reisuke is sneaky about keeping his Diary," Misaka added. "The main question is, what kind of Diary is it, is it a cellphone or something else?"

Uiharu was thinking this over. "I don't think the kid has a cellphone. According to Tsubaki's Diary, it's a scroll type. So, Reisuke's Diary might be something else."

Misaka thought this over. "Yuno mentioned that boy loves to draw." Uiharu let out a small gasp. "Wait, does that mean that Reisuke's Diary is..."

"Scrapbook..." They all said in realization.

Misaka decided to call a cab again. "Hello, I need a ride at this moment right away."

Yukiteru and Yuno searched the backyard but nothing.

Reisuke was peeking outside the back screendoor smiling. Yuno could tell that they weren't close to finding the boy's Diary.

Yukiteru turned to see Yuno was gone, realizing what she was probably up to, he dashed into the house. Yuno was chasing after Reisuke, who was able to flee close to the room where Rea was.

Rea overheard the commotion and walked out of the room just as Yuno took a swing at Reisuke only to accidently knock out Rea.

Yukiteru was shocked at this and got his mother to her futon bed. "Good, she's not too hurt, but it's better that we keep her for the time being." He then looked at Yuno. "Yuno, I told you not to do anything reckless, and look what happened!"

Yuno was practically in tears. "I'm so sorry, Yukki!" Yukiteru sighed and gave her an assuring look. "Listen, we can search for Reisuke's Diary together. So, come with me." Yuno was delighted to hear that.

Yuno was sitting in a cross leg position meditating. "I have to focus on earning Yukki's forgiveness." She was able to hear the thoughts of Reisuke, though his words were puzzling. It was clear to her that the situation was getting worse.

Yukiteru returned to find Yuno in a state she was in. "Yuno, what is it this time?" The stalker lifts her head. "Express mail..."

Ding Dong

"What a delivery?" Yukki turned and walked to the front door.

Yuno went back to her meditation and heard Reisuke's thoughts. Her eyes went wide with shock. "Yukki, don't let Reisuke answer that!"

Reisuke already opened the door and greeted the delivery man. "Hello, sir." The delivery man handed over a package to the child.

Zzzzzaaaappp

An electric jolt struck the delivery man's belt causing it to slip off his pants which dropped to the ground. "Uhhh..."

Yukiteru and Yuno were stunned at what just happened.

Reisuke was perplexed of what just happened too. "Huh, the guy's pants fell."

"My belt! It's gone!" The delivery man comically yelled flustered.

Misaka, Uiharu, and Saten arrived back. "Nice job."

"Although, I think the delivery guy is embarrassing," Uiharu added turning her head away from seeing an older man's underwear.

Misaka felt a little bad too. "Even so, it helped."

Yukiteru saw his chance and snatched the package. The delivery man picked up his belt and fled the area.

Yuno quickly saw her Diary change and read the entry. "Yukki! Don't open it!"

"Yuki and Yuno, we know what Reisuke's Diary is!" Saten declared getting the three Diary Holders' attention.

"No doubt, it's a scrapbook! Like the pictures he drew!" Uiharu added.

Yuno was surprised to hear that three middle school girls were able to figure it out. "My love, they might have a point."

Reisuke chuckled evilly as a psychotic smile was placed on his face. "You figured out my Diary, not bad. I didn't think my plan would be discovered so quickly. My plan to poison the entire house has gone out the window."

Yukiteru approached the child. "Now that you can't fight anymore, your choice is surrender."

A psychotic laugh started to leave Reisuke's mouth. "Ahahahahaha..." He placed his hand over his eyes. "Man, you dummies don't realize that you made me angry. No matter, I'll use my new power." The wind began to pick up and his clothes began to transform into something.

"Elite Super Suit!" Reisuke was dressed like a superhero.

Yukiteru felt utterly shocked. "What the hell did he do?"

Misaka didn't know why but something she felt a strange power coming from the child. "His power is strong, but, where did he get it?"

Reisuke flew in the air in a flash and he was gone. "Where did he go?" Yuno asked.

Misaka knew she was the only Esper and the strongest to probably challenge the little squirt. "Saten, Uiharu, continue searching Reisuke's Diary. It's a sketch book considering the drawings that you mentioned." Yuno's eyes widened with realization as the two schoolmates of Misaka went inside the house.

"Yuno, you and Yukiteru get Rea as far as away from here and call Kurusu right away once you do!"

Yuno agreed however Yukiteru was unable to figure out what the railgun user was going to do. "Wait, what you are doing to do Misaka?"

"I'm going to fight this little squirt to distract him. If I do that, he'll be focused on me instead of you two." Misaka gathered electricity around her body.

"Is that electricity coming out of her body?" Yukiteru thought.

Yuno was just as surprised as her crush was but focused on fleeing. "Very well, darling, let's go get your mother." She grabbed hold of her crush's hand and went inside to find Rea.

"Coming at you!" Reisuke came diving down from the sky.

"Argh!" Misaka put her hand up releasing electric energy at the boy which connected with him.

"Damn, she's tough." Reisuke cursed under his breath and struggled to push through the electric energy. "However..." He smirked as he shut his eyes for a second and opened them abruptly releasing magic energy beams out of his eyes.

Misaka saw this coming and quickly jumped out of the way to avoid the attack just as the beams shot the spot she was standing on leaving a scorched spot. "Wow, that was so strong it left a burn mark on the ground." The attack was probably as strong as her Railgun beam.

"No fair dodging that!" Reisuke pouted like a child.

Misaka smirked. "Sorry, but, I ain't going let myself get killed by a child." Her smirk didn't leave her face as she clenched her fist which gathered electricity. "Honestly, it pains to fight a child like you." Reisuke tilts his head in confusion at the comment. "You remind me of the children my friends and I saved from an evil scientist." She lowered her head and her bangs above her forehead covered her eyes. "I don't get that an innocent little child like you would want to kill someone just for a chance to...become a God."

"Not the time for lecturing!" Reisuke lunged at the middle school girl throwing a fist which Misaka returned her own fist which collided with her enemy's fist.

Misaka quickly used her free hand to push Reisuke away sending him flying away. "Nice try big sis!" Reisuke flipped over and flew downward again. "Time for something else!" The child blew out a cold wind out of his mouth.

Misaka was stopped in her tracks. "Brrr...its so cold..." She shivered her skin crawling.

"I will freeze you until you're a frozen statue then I'll break you into small pieces!" Reisuke declared with a psychotic look on his face.

Misaka used whatever electricity she had and launched a strong electric jolt and struck herself. "What the hell is she doing?" Reisuke inquired in confusion.

A small smile was shown on Misaka's face as her body moved free from her near freezing state. "Take this!" Another jolt of electricity struck the ground close to Reisuke sending him crashing into the ground. "Not bad, but, I won't be taking down even if you aren't the one that helped kill my parents!"

"Well, it's shame I have to fight such a nice child like you," Misaka said with a frown look on her face.

Saten and Uiharu were looking through the house for Reisuke's Diary. "Geez, that boy must be sneaky to have a good hiding place, where do you think it is, Uiharu?" No answer was heard as the other middle school girl looked to see her classmate was nowhere in sight. "Uiharu...?"

Rea was carried outside around the house by Yuno and Yukiteru. "We'll just have to go around the house in a sneaky matter," Yuno suggested.

"Yeah, but, we'll have to lay low or we'll get caught in the crossfire including my mom," Yukiteru said. "Once Reisuke is away from the front yard, we can run for it." A part of him was worried about Misaka and the others leaving them to fight a child like Reisuke who clearly got some new power that was like from a superhero movie.

Reisuke was taken in what Misaka said to him and a sadastic grin was shown on his face looking directly at the Railgun girl. "That's sweet of you to worry about me, but, this is real life. You make this sound like a soap opera where the bad guy will give in to their enemy's sentimental crap." He pumped his arms like a bodybuilder. "No matter, what you have to say to me, I will become a God and with this power I got, I will become a true elite God!" In a flash, he soared through the air and punched Misaka in the stomach sending her crashing into the wall. The 5th Diary user landed in front of Misaka, who was cringing in pain while holding her stomach. "Honestly, big sis Misaka. This is the real world where the one will be the winner of this world and change it for the better even if it means having blood on your hands!"

Misaka couldn't believe she was hearing such cruel words from a child. It was clear to her that this child was different from the ones she and her friends saved.

Reisuke quickly turned to see Yuno and Yukiteru sneaking into the front gate while carrying Rea by her arms. "Leaving so soon without saying goodbye, that's not nice."

Yukiteru felt utterly afraid. "Damn it, if he charges at us, Mom will get caught in the crossfire and if he uses any of that power, our Diaries will likely get destroyed."

Reisuke was about to fly at them when he felt someone grab his wrist. "Huh?"

"You should not take your eyes off your opponent!" Misaka declared as she swung the other around in a circle. "Yuki, Yuno, get out of here now!" The two didn't argue and left with the unconscious Rea.

"Cut that out! I might puke!" Reisuke's eyes became twirls and speaking like he was going on a roller coaster.

Misaka just smirked. "Please, do you think I'll fall for-" She saw the boy making a puke expression like the lunch he had was going to come out. "Oh no...no no no no no!"

Slowing down her swing, Reisuke saw this chance and headbutted the middle school girl in the forehead. Misaka tumbled over on her back holding her head in pain which left a red bruise. "Damn it, how can a child's head be as hard as steel!?" Reisuke giggled maliciously landing on the ground. "Tehehehehe...I admit your strength is nothing like I'd ever seen before. This is fun, though, things must come to an end, and considering that you're quite the strong opponent, I think I'll finish you off first."

"Wait..." Reisuke tilted his head the moment he heard the railgun speak. "I need to know, are you also causing this havoc because of your parent's death?"

Reisuke was silent for a second until a sadistic smile took place on his face and began to laugh sinisterly. "That's so funny! Stupid sis, you think I'm doing this for revenge! I don't give a damn about my dead parents. To hell with them!" Misaka's eyes widen with horror upon hearing that kind of words leave the mouth of a child. "They were nothing but evil parents, never having the time for me. They would constantly be at each other's throats and I watched them do so now and then." He stopped his laugh which was replaced with a darkened expression. "I guess the Omekata Cult did me a favor. Those parents of mine were nothing to me!"

"Is that right?" A faint chuckle was heard from Misaka, getting the five-year-old to look at her. "Don't give me that crap..."

Reisuke put his hand to his ear. "Huh, what was that?" Misaka began to sit up slowly despite the pain she was in. "I don't believe a damn thing you're saying Reisuke." She glared viciously at the child. "Despite the tough act and sadistic behavior that you have plastered all over your puny face, I wonder if you really mean those cruel words."

Reisuke's sadistic smile was starting to turn upside down as Misaka continued. "No child can make much without their parents especially if they knew what they were like. You claim that they would fight constantly and you witnessed it. Surely, it must've hurt you despite that it was nothing to you!" Misaka began to stand up on her feet slowly despite her the scratches on her legs. "To be clear with you, my mother and father mean everything to me!" She gave a determined look to the fifth holder. "I would be devastated if my parents died. If my parents became just like yours, I wouldn't want them dead, I would try to help them to get them back to the loving parents they would used to be!"

Reisuke let out a small gasp. "She's right!" The five-year-old child turned to the front door to see Saten and Uiharu looking at him with teary eyed looks.

"Reisuke, I know it was only a short time since we met, but, you can't forget what your parents were probably once like!" Saten cried. "I love my parents and my brother."

The word "brother" got Reisuke's attention. "You have a brother, big sis Saten?" Saten looked directly at Reisuke. "Yes, when I was a child I lived with my family outside the city. When I was growing up I wanted to become something called an Esper."

Reisuke tilt his head. "An Esper..."

Misaka was nervous when her friend revealed that but before she could get a word out, she saw Uiharu put her hand out signaling her to stop. "An Esper is a person with powers. I boasted to my brother that I would get Esper powers. Despite my mother's warnings, I still wanted to leave home and go the place I wanted to go...the place was called Academy City." Reisuke was suddenly intrigued. "I wasn't able to get my powers, but, I kept doing what I could to help my friends." She took something out of her pocket. "You see this good luck charm, don't you?" Reisuke nodded his head. "My mother gave it to me to support me and wish me the best luck I would need." She felt tears pour down her face. "Reisuke, tell me, did you buy those puppets that you had by yourself?"

Reisuke's eyes widened as a memory came to his mind.

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One day at the store, Reisuke was looking at two puppets. He gazed at them for a second before turning to his parents. "Papa...mama...can I have this?"

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"Mama...papa...gave me those puppets..." Reisuke spoke with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Reisuke...it's true then..." Uiharu spoke tears in her eyes. "It is sad when we lose parents, I mean sure we never experienced that before but it would be painful if that happened to us but we wouldn't let it change us. Plus, we might try to hold in our pain but sometimes it has come out so we let it out to show that we can't bottle our feelings inside no matter how much we try to hide it."

Reisuke's body began to tremble like the middle school girls' words were getting to him and tears were forming in his eyes. "I never...got the chance..." The three middle school girls heard him mumble his words and saw tears forming in his eyes. "To sleep in a river-shaped position...but..."

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Reisuke secretly went to the stadium where corpses were being held in body bags. Upon them were his parents after seeing their names on a tag. "My parents were stupid when they were alive...yet..." He slept between the body bags that had his parents as tears poured down his cheeks.

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"I loved...my parents...we still had good times before they changed..." Reisuke's lips curled like he was going to cry at any minute which he did as he put his hands to his eyes. "Waahhhhh!" The poor child was bawling his eyes like a lost child wanting his parents.

Vivian was watching the sight from across the street on a rooftop.

"Mama! Papa!" Reisuke wailed in tears of sadness.

He then felt a pair of arms embrace him which belonged to Misaka. "It's okay...big sis Misaka is here..."

Saten and Uiharu joined in the hug tears pouring down their faces.

Reisuke was silent as he felt the warmth from the three middle school girls reminding him of his parents. "Papa...mama..."

"Enough of this nonsense!" A woman's voice rang out.

Vivian was standing on the other side of the yard looking very displeased. "5th, you have failed to kill these lowly human girls. I was hoping you had cast your feelings but I should've known to leave this job to a human child."

Misaka stomped her foot. "So, you're the one that gave Reisuke his powers and convinced him to fight us!" Vivian smiled evilly at the girl. "Yes, you're correct, no matter, I'll just kill you three by myself."

"Like hell, I will let that happen!" Misaka put her hand out gathering iron sand from the ground and creating an iron sword. "Take this! Iron Whip!"

Vivian just stood still not even phased at the attack and a faint smile was shown on her face as the iron's blade slammed on the woman creating a large sand cloud.

"Way to go!" Uiharu and Saten cheered.

"Wow, big sis Misaka is awesome!" Reisuke thought in amazement.

"Hehehehehe..." A laugh was heard within the sand cloud which began to subside in the air. "Do you think that'll be enough to defeat me? Talk about a foolish!" Vivian was shown that she caught the iron blade with her left hand not even flinching in pain.

Saten was in disbelief. "No way, she caught Misaka's iron sword like it was nothing!"

Uiharu was afraid a little. "It gets worse...it's her turn to attack us."

"I ain't done!" Misaka gathered as much electricity as she could and let out a shout. "Argh!" A jolt of lightning struck from the sky striking down at Vivian.

The mysterious woman put her hand above her head creating a green barrier that shielded her from the jolt of lightning. Misaka kept doing what she could to make her attack keep on its mark increasing more of her attack.

Vivian was starting to struggle a bit, but, she had a smirk on her face. "Stupid girl..." The lightning was able to strike through the shield destroying her creating another sand cloud around the spot.

"Did you get her?" Uiharu asked.

Vivian rushed out of the sand cloud holding a blade-like fan. "Got you!"

"How did she evade my attack?!" Misaka was in utter shock.

"I have the power to create duplicates of myself as decoys before your lightning display hit me, I created a fake copy of myself and used it as a shield to throw you off."

Uiharu was disgusted. "So, you use your copies as scapegoats, how could you throw your creations away like trash!?"

"I could care less about my copies! Besides, they're just copies of me, nothing more!" Vivian stated with a darkened look on her face. "I will finish you brats off!" She neared at the three middle school girls preparing to take a swing with her fan-like blade at Misaka. "I will start with you, Railgun user!"

Reisuke lunged at the witch. "Hey, brat!" Vivian growled feeling herself being pushed back. "I will not let you hurt my sisters!" The little boy declared with determination in his eyes.

"Why would you risk your little neck to help these girls!?" Vivian questioned.

"My eyes were opened to the truth! The truth was that I lost myself to what I'd lost! That I wanted my family to continue to bond but because of the bad people my parents became the former loving parents they were once!" Reisuke pulled back his arms. "I don't care if I die or not, I will protect my new family!" He threw his arms forward slamming his fists into the witch's body with great force.

"You little brat!" Vivian quickly took out a small dagger and tossed it just before she went flying into the air. The impact from Reisuke's attack created a strong wind causing Msiaka and her friends to cover their faces with their arms.

Once the wind settled down, Misaka, Saten, and Uiharu were happy the enemy was gone for now at least. "You two are alright?"

"Yeah..."

"Same here...talk about a strong enemy Vivian was. Although, she wasn't human at all."

"Where is Reisuke?"

"Big sisters..." There was Reisuke was looking at the three middle school teenagers with a sad smile, but that wasn't the only thing that caught their attention. There was a Vivian's dagger inside his chest.

Misaka walked over to the child who collapsed in the girl's arms. The railgun esper took out the dagger drenching her hand in blood and put the dagger aside. "Reisuke...Resiuke...come on, hang in there!"

"Cough...cough..." Reisuke hurled out blood.

The sight was a horrible disturbing thing for the three girls to witness.

"I'll call the doctor-" Uiharu was about to get her cell phone out until Reisuke called out.

"No...it's fine..." Reisuke's sad smile remained on his face as he looked at Uiharu. "I was happy to have ...Yuno...they might've been the ones that helped kill my parents...but, I still considered them to be my new family including Rea Amano...such a nice lady reminds me of my mother." Tears began to pour down his cheeks. "That includes you three...Misaka...Uiharu...Saten...I love you three...as my big sisters...It makes me sad still, to know that Yuno and Yukiteru won't be able to live through the game."

"What do you mean by that?" Uiharu asked.

"They're both Future Diary Holders, they can't win together, that's how it is. Sooner or later, they'll have to kill each other..." Reisuke replied his eyes growing dim.

Misaka's curled up as she gave the boy an assuring smile. "That may be true, but, I'm sure we'll figure out something to make sure that doesn't happen. We'll make it through this war, together."

"Same here, I know Yuno and Yukiteru will make it through this together with us!" Saten sobbed with a determined look on her face.

A happy smile was placed on Reisuke's face. "Well, it's sad I won't be able to see if they do make it through together..." A black vortex appeared behind Reisuke. "No, Reisuke, don't leave us!" Uiharu begged tears falling down her cheeks. "Stay with us, please!"

"Tell Yuno and Yukiteru, I love them both..." Those were his last words that left Reisuke's mouth as he vanished into thin air. Saten looked away covering her eyes with her hand tears falling down from her cheeks like a water drops from rain.

Misaka's eyes widened with disbelief and shock as her lips curled tears pouring more down her cheeks. "REISUKE!" She shouted.

Minene arrived shortly witnessing the death of the 5th Diary Holder and was hiding behind the front gate with her arms crossed. "Those brats..." She began to think about herself as a child. "Damn it, I can't keep thinking about that time." She then began to walk away. "Truthfully, 5th is right, 1st will have to kill 2nd sooner and it's best if he does it as far I know, there can be only one winner."

Vivian was seen in another part of the city. "To think that brat packed a punch." She was standing back up from a pile of rubble she fell on. "Too bad, that he didn't live to see the fight due to his soft heart. Those Academy City brats are more a handful than they are, little do they know that this game is about to get more deadly."

B

At the 2LDK Apartment

Touma and Accelerator's group had a meeting in Aiho's room. Learning of fate of Reisuke and how he was killed by an enemy named Vivian.

"This Vivian killed Reisuke..." Uiharu sobbed tears still pouring down her cheeks.

"Yeah, he was just a lost child unable to bring himself to release his feelings." Misaka sniffled dried tears on her cheeks. "He's gone now."

"Reisuke, such a poor boy. He only wanted to have a family again and he lost the chance. Misaka Misaka cries stabbing her eye with a handkerchief." Last Order sobbed holding a Yankee.

Kanzaki sighed deeply. "Listen you three..." She got the two middle school girls to look at her. "I know this hurts. Its obvious the Survival Game has twisted a lot of people and such darkness has been placed upon the city."

Touma looked down clenching his hands. "It's no different from what the Academy City's underworld has done to innocent people."

Tsuchimikado had other thoughts. "I'm concerned about that woman that killed Reisuke. It's obvious she is not an ordinary human."

Accelerator had the same thoughts. "It could be that woman is one of those creatures that was from one of those stasis pods."

Itsuwa had her own thoughts about this. "According to the description of her magic power. It must be the on the same level as a Saint in theory." She looked in Kanzaki's attention. "It it possible she could go head-on with the priestess?"

"As for the stripper we were investigated, her name was Selena." Touma said cringing at the thought that he was at a strip club.

Misaka's sad expression was replaced with a pissed off look. "That reminds me..." She gathered electricity around her body. "I heard a stripper approached you. Why didn't you reject her when she approaching you?!"

"Whoa, it wasn't my fault, she had me cornered!" Touma pleaded sweat dripping down his forehead. That wasn't calming down the middle school girl, who looked like she was about to beat the crap out of the boy.

"Well, according to the manager..." Orsola interrupted calming down the Railgun Esper. "Selena just up and left without saying a word. The manager wasn't too happy, he was almost in tears. That said, she was the best employee to the club to him."

"Though, he wasn't aware Selena was hooking up with teenage boys," Tsuchimikado added. "His strippers would only do dances and even private dances nothing more."

Itsuwa had something on her mind. "Is it possible that she was on to the police that she was being investigated?"

"Did the manage know of a place that Selena lives at?" Tsubaki asked.

Index decided to answer that. "We did learn of an address, but, that place was a fake. The place is at old apartment that is somewhere on the other side of the city. In the other words, the apartment was abandoned for a full year."

Aiho had one more thing to share. "Besides that, we're helping Akise Aru investigate a killing that was happening in the past days. We don't have any leads, so, we'll be on standby until we learn anything." She held her cell phone. "Tsubaki, Tsuchimikado, and I have his number so until then, we wait."

The 38th Cause and Effect Holy Hall

DEUS and Muru Muru watched the entire scene on the screen.

"To think those middle school human girls were able to get Reisuke to back off. They have performed such a miracle with 6th."

"Yeah, but, too bad the squirt died at the hands of that witch," Muru Muru added as a secret thought was going on in her head. "Vivian, your little experiment went downhill, but you put on a good show. I can't wait to see how your comrades will perform."

Upon the hall were the other remaining Holders learning the fate of Reisuke and what events happened with him.

7th had a smirk on his face. "To think those dumbass kids would go so far to fight 5th and say all that flowery BS to get the boy to cry like a baby. If those kids think playing goodie-two shoes is going to help them survive then they're clearly dumber than they look."

8th looked at the 7th Holder with a displeased look. "I think it was rather sweet that they helped a child so no need to be rude, 7th." A grunt was heard from 7th.

4th was silent.

"Either way, now that three players have met their end. Only nine players remain, things are taking a little longer, but, we'll have to make sure that we're not taking too long."

"Excuse me, DEUS," 10th had his hand raised like a student getting the attention of a teacher. "I wish to ask a favor, rather than a request of my Diary to a third party." The Ex Machina is being looked directly at the 10th holder.

Reisuke was given the magic of a strong magician. Given his strong magic power, though, Misaka and her friends were able to get through the 5th Holder and remind him of what it means to love your parents. Vivian interrupts the moment and manages to overcome Misaka and her friends. Reisuke sacrifices himself to protect his new friends and meets his Dead End. DEUS had a meeting with some of the remaining Holders and 10th requests a favor from the immortal machina God. What will happen next, find out next time.

End of chapter.