A certain level 0, approximately 17.5 years old, was running from his life from a level 5. This was nothing new in Academy city. This was especially not new if the name of the level 0 was Kamijou Touma, which, in this case, it was. The level 5 five he was running from was the Railgun, Misaka Mikoto.

Why was Mikoto, who was now 16 (and thus more mature and with less of an explosive temper), attacking Touma? Well, Lessar snuck into Academy City (again) and somehow talked Touma into letting her stay with him for at least a month (yet again). When Mikoto stopped by his apartment, Lessar took the opportunity to "claim" Touma as her own by kissing that idiot on the lips. FRENCH kiss him no less. Mikoto thought she could hear Touma's tonsils getting knocked around by Lessar's tongue.

After Touma got Index to stop biting him, he had to run half of the night from Mikoto. He had been running so much that eventually he arrived in the experimental science sector of the city, with Mikoto on his heels. It was near the facilities where project "Radio Noise" and the "Level 6 Shift" project started. "Mikoto, I said I was sorry! I didn't want Lessar to do that! Come on! I don't know why you are upset!" Touma told Mikoto.

"Idiot! You KNEW she would do something like this when you agreed to let her stay at your place!" Mikoto yelled back. She had accidently discharged a large amount of electrostatic energy in frustration, as she remembered the pure look of pleasure Lessar had on her face, the noises, and how she wanted to be – NO! She was NOT jealous that Lessar was kissing that idiot! Nope! She was just angry he let himself get taken advantage of.

They were so busy arguing that they didn't notice that, at this point, half the city had lost its power because of Mikoto's fits of anger. "Come on Bug Zapper! Why are you so angry? It's not like we are dating or anything!" Touma shouted at her.

That was a bad move. Probably the worst thing he could have said at that moment he had JUST said. "He….. hehehe….hehehehehehe….. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA!" Mikoto was starting to scare Touma. She was laughing like a crazy person. She kind of was, being a tsudere and all. Anyways, that is neither here nor there. Back to our story.

Mikoto did something she had not done in a very long time regarding Touma. She pulled out an arcade token and loaded it on her fingers, ready to fire her "railgun." Touma would probably dodge, as always. Probably. She fired it, and indeed, he did dodge it. However, she did not count on how much power she had put behind it. And once she fired her railguns, she could never stop their forward momentum. The projectile hit a building and blew through an entire large room with complex equipment.

Meanwhile, in said building, panic was ensuing. This scientific site was a "black site", one that dealt with the dark side of academy city. The lead scientist was one who's lack of ethical behavior eclipsed even the Kiharas. This individual was wanted for war crimes involving: unethical experimentation on humans, cloning, kidnapping, and genocide. He was also wanted for public intoxication, driving on a suspended license, and doing indecent things with a sheep. Again, neither here nor there. His name was Archibald Cooper.

"Power went out a few minutes ago! Has anyone gotten the backup generators online?" a scientist yelled. "No! They were destroyed by some sort of projectile! This is bad!" another scientist yelled. "Do we have any idea what is going on with our subjects? Give me a status report, please" the lead scientist, Dr. Archibald Cooper himself asked, as he sipped earl grey tea like the proper British gentleman he was.

Blub blub blub….. blub blub blub blub….. blubblubblub blub….. something stirred in a stasis tank. Something that looked rather familiar. "I am almost to the stasis room! I will give you a report as soon as….." the scientist stopped mid-sentence as a large BOOM could be heard in background. Followed by 3 more, with only a second or two apart. The fifth and final boom was deafening.

"WE HAVE A SUBJECT BREACH! CODE RED! TANK TWO HAS BEEN BREACHED! GET SECURITY AND EVACU AGGGRH….." the scientist was cut off as the sound of screams, bones snapping, muscles ripping, and sinew tearing was heard over the walkie, followed by a loud roar. The sound of equipment being destroyed soon followed.

"Oh, dear! Such a tragedy. And I hated him less than some of the others. *sigh* Oh well. We have plenty of data saved up to start again. Order the evacuation of all key personnel. Have some security lackeys hold them off while we make our escape." Doctor Cooper stated.

Meanwhile in the stasis lab, 5 naked young men were grouped up. "Good thing you broke out first Ruby. I don't think any of us would have had the strength to break out so quickly. If not for you, we all probably would have drowned" one of them stated. "Yep. Glad I could save my brothers. I guess it was a good thing I hit the weights before we went into stasis, huh Emerald?" a second young man stated. "Whatever. I wish you would work on your sense of fashion as much as you work on your strength" a third boy stated. "W-w-we probably should get going. I calculate they will be here in 4.325 minutes" a fourth male said. "Post haste guys! We need to get outta here, then work on getting some money, a place to live, and some fake IDs. Can you handle that Sapphire?" another boy spoke up. "S-s-sure Topaz. No problem" the one they called sapphire said in a calm, meek manor.

Five days had passed since Mikoto and Touma fought like an old married couple. It was the start of a new school year, and Komoe was standing in front of her class in a Certain High School. "Now class, I have some new transfer students. I hope you will give the three of them a warm welcome" Komoe stated to her class. Three young men entered the classroom. One had blonde spiked hair, the school uniform, and blue eyes. The second was a bit taller, more filled out, had numerous piercings in his ears, and some on his face, green eyes, and a short, red, spikey mohawk. He wore the standard uniform, and had a leather jacket on for the walk home that was studded with short metal spikes. The last one was slightly shorter than the blonde, and a bit thinner, but with more definition and toning to his body. His hair was orange, cut short, and combed nicely. His eyes were hazel in color, and framed by wire rimmed glasses, and was dressed in the school's uniform.

"Hello all! My name is Ichiro Ota! I hope we can become great friends!" the blonde said. "Yo! I am Isamu Tanaka! Glad to meet ya! Need anything, let me know!" the red head said. The last male shook his head at the two that proceeded him. "Greetings. My name is Kohaku Suzuki. I am pleased to make your acquaintance. I hope we can get to know each other better" he stated. This caused a number of girls to blush, and Pierce and Motoharu to glare at him.

"Ok, now that you have all been introduced, you can sit anywhere as long as it is a free seat" Komoe said. Ichiro sat behind Touma, Isamu sat near him, one row over, and one row back, and Kohaku sat on the other side of the class, closer to the front.

At lunchtime, Touma went to find a place to eat. He didn't have money for food because he had to feed not ONLY Index and a tiny magical god Othinus, but Lessar as well. "Hey, you! You're Touma, right?" Ichiro asked. "Yeah. Hey, we are in the same class together, if I recall correctly" Touma stated. "Indeed we are! Hey, you look a little hungry. Want me to buy you something, and you can sit with me and my friends and eat with us?" The new blonde asked. "Sure. I am starving. I don't get to eat lunch often" Touma replied.

Touma got his food. Ichiro made sure to buy him enough to fill him up, and wouldn't take no for an answer. After they got their food, they walked over to where Ichiro was sitting. He just so happened to be sitting with the other 2 new students, Isamu and Kohaku. They were talking, and Touma felt like he was starting to form a real bond with the three of them. Halfway through lunch period, Ichiro got a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

Hey Himigami, come over here and sit with us!" The blonde called out. "Sure. Ok" Himigami replied. Isamu got a large grin on his face. "Hey! Seiri! Why don't you sit with us as well? Show your new classmates your hospitality?" Isamu stated. "Ok. But you guys better not try anything stupid!" Seiri replied.

Lunch period was enjoyable. For once, the mishaps that happened to Touma on a daily basis were far fewer, and much less severe. Also, he agreed to hang out with Ichiro and some of the blonde's friends on the weekend. Isamu was going to hang out with them as well. Isamu even got Himigami and Seiri to agree to hang out with them as well. They even agreed to let him bring Index and Lessar (he knew it would be in his best interest to at least bring Index). However, he would be lying if he said he wasn't a little weary as to HOW they knew about the nun and magician that sponged off him.

Somehow, that week went better for Touma than practically any in his entire life. Misfortune seemed to be at a minimum. The weekend soon came, and he met Ichiro at the park. "Yo! Touma! I want you to meet my friends! You already know Isamu, but you have yet to meet these bastards here! This is Madoka Yamamoto and Kiyoshi Yamaguchi! You two must be Index and Lessar, correct? I hope you treat Touma well!" the spikey haired blonde said, introducing his two friends to Touma.

Madoka was slightly shorter than he was, with glasses and shorter, spikey blue hair. He was thin and was currently concentrating on both a book he was reading and socializing. The other was his height, slightly more muscular, and had green hair in an average cut. He was impeccably dressed, even for casual clothes. "Nice to meet you. I hope we can be friends" Madoka said quietly. "Yeah. Nice to meet you guys!" Kiyoshi followed.

"Yes, very nice to meet the two of you. What are we going to do today? Does it involve food?" Index asked. "I could care less about food! I want to go shopping for some special clothes to model for Touma!" Lessar replied. "Haha! We can do all of the above guys! Just don't pick anything too 'special' for Touma, Lessar. You might fry his brain!" Ichiro said with a laugh. "Please cut it out guys. You will just end up encouraging her" Touma stated.

"Out of curiosity, how did you know about Index and Lessar? I never mentioned them to you" Touma asked Ichiro. "Oh, that? Madoka saw you guys walking together as he was coming back from a food sale. When I asked him if he wanted to hang out with you, he mentioned it might be a good idea to invite your two girlfriends" Ichiro told him. "Stop teasing me! These girls don't like me. Index and I are just really good friends, and Lessar just teases me relentlessly" Touma replied. "Touma!" Index yelled at him, clearly hurt by his obliviousness to her feelings. "SUCH MISSFORTUNE!" Touma yelled in response, knowing what was coming next.

Ichiro stepped forward and placed his left hand on Touma's left shoulder as Index prepared to launch herself at Touma's head. Instead of being attacked by Index and Lessar simultaneously, Index missed Touma for the first time ever, and flew into Lessar. The two girls started to argue before Kiyoshi broke them up. They headed to the restaurant that Madoka chose for them to dine at.

They met up with Himigami and Seiri on their way to the restaurant. They had a nice conversation on the way to where they were going to eat. Himigami was happy to be with the guy she liked, and to be noticed not just by him (as she almost always was) but by his new friends as well. Even Index and Lessar seemed to converse and enjoy talking with her. Seiri noticed he didn't behave like a buffoon when not around Pierce and Motoharu. She didn't see much potential in them, but always felt that within her cute Touma lay greatness.

The restaurant they attended served classic British cuisine. Touma was worried about how he would pay, when Ichiro let him know he would pick up the check. They all enjoyed their meals. Touma, Index, Lessar, Madoka, and Ichiro all went shopping at the 7 Mists shopping complex, while everyone else headed home. "Hey Touma. I just wanted to say thanks. Madoka is kind of quiet, and it's nice to get him out. I appreciate it. I hope to see you again!" Ichiro stated. "Yeah, thanks for hanging" Madoka said quietly.

The next day, Touma woke to a loud knocking on his door early in the morning. It was Tsuchimikado Motoharu at his front door. "Hey, Kami. Sorry to interrupt your beauty rest with your girlfriends, but we have a problem. There are 3 dangerous rogue magicians in the city. We need your help finding them and bringing them into custody" Motoharu told him.

Touma got ready and headed out. It was 6:37am when they headed out. "So, who is meeting with us to help out? I'm guessing it won't be just the two of us" Touma asked. "Well, what kind of party would it be without Stiyl? He is coming. Also, sister Agnese and Lancis will be accompanying him" Motoharu told him with a wink. "Great. Just what I need to deal with today" he told the multi-agent walking beside him.

Meanwhile in another part of town

"I wonder what the savior is up to, Misaka wonders as Misaka walks down the street" the clone of Mikoto Misaka with the serial number of 10032 said to herself. "That man looks remarkably like the savior. Maybe I should go talk to him, Misaka states as she walks over to investigate the boy in question."

She had been stealthily following him roughly a block when she heard him say, without turning around "I know you are back there, Radio Noise clone. You can come out now, I will not harm you" the mystery person told her. "How did you know that, Misaka asks as Misaka….." she was interrupted when the person stated "You aren't the only one with military training dear. There is a great dark underbelly of Academy City, as I am sure you are all too familiar with. By the way, what is your serial number? You look like all your sisters, with the exception of maybe 19090" the person asked.

"Misaka is serial number 10032, Misaka states as she is suspicious of this new person" the clone stated. "I am sure you question my motives for asking this. I know you like a certain Imagine Breaker. If I may, to get closer to him, you will need to get stronger. For that you will need to believe in yourself, and challenge yourself physically, intellectually, and psychologically. Challenge your personal reality. Also, you and your sisters need to develop your own personalities. Learn things and acquire hobbies and tastes unique to you and not share them with the network. Make yourself unique. That is the only way you will develop into complete beings. I would love to chat more, but I need to send out a couple of letters. Have a nice day" the person stated. "Misaka will think on this as she shares this information with the network" Mikoto 10032 stated.