Authors Notes: This is the rewrite of my old chapter of "Secrets Revealed". I noticed the horrible grammar and formatting errors on the previous drafts I sent to so this rewrite will (hopefully) fix those.

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 1: A certain youth's misfortune

Kamijou Touma was having a very odd day.

To be honest things were going rather well for him today; He was able to reach the bus on time and didn't have to walk to school, Index only ate half as much food for some reason, and he woke up to find that Itsuwa had cleaned the entire apartment.

This was precisely why today had been so odd for him. Normally bad luck would have hit him the moment he woke up and get worse from there, things seemed to be different today and he was determined t find out why. Currently he was about to enter his classroom.

'I know I should be glad nothing bad's happened but I can't help but feel nervous for some reason.' Touma thought as he opened the door to his class.

"Good Morning"

…

Nobody in the class had responded to the youth's call and seemed to be avoiding eye contact with him.

'Did something happen?'

"Ah…hello? Did you guys hear me?"

…

'Now I have a REALLY bad feeling about this'

"Kamijou-chan, what are you doing?" a childish voice behind him asked.

Turning around. Touma saw the childlike teacher Tsukuyomi Komoe standing behind him with a confused look on her face.

"Just wondering why everybody's so quiet Komoe-sensei"

"Ah, apparently some kind of TV program that's supposed to "Reveal the deepest secrets of Academy City" was broadcasted last night. Aiho told me about it this morning."

"What's that got to do with anything?" Touma asked the diminutive teacher. "Are you saying a T.V show's what's making everyone so quiet?"

"That's what Aiho said, nobody in her class is talking and the class president said it's because of the show they watched last night."

"Can you tell me what it's about?"

Touma had been unable to watch T.V the previous night since he had to finish all the homework that had piled up during his trip to Russia.

'That's what I get for getting involved in wars'

"Sorry Kamijou-chan, Sensei went drinking with Aiho last night so neither of us could watch it either"

'That didn't help'

"We've wasted enough time talking Kamijou-chan, please go to your seat so I can start the lesson" she said walking to the front of the class.

Walking to his seat, Touma noticed another thing that was odd about today

'Where's Tsuchimikado? He usually doesn't skip unless there's trouble on the magic side' Touma though with a feeling of dread.

3 hours later

The Cafeteria

Touma was eating lunch alone. Aogami Pierce had ignored him and went off muttering something about "Rescue Romance flag" when he tried to invite him for lunch.

'Wonder why Tsuchimikado's absent today? World War III just ended and Birdway said that the Gremlins should be laying low since me, Hamazura, and Accelerator managed to stop Radiosound Castle from crashing.' Touma thought as he ate his lunch.

"Um, excuse me, are you Kamijou Touma?" He heard a girls voice above him ask.

"Uh, yes I am, can I help you"

Standing next to his table was a girl with short black hair and glasses complemented by a cute looking face.

'She's pretty cute, but I wonder what she wants with me?'

"C-Can I have your autograph?"

"My autograph! What do you want that for?"

"W-Well I'm just a fan of what you did"

"What I did? What are you talking about?"

"Y-You mean you don't know?" she said in a shocked tone. "I-I'm sorry for interrupting you then''

Before Touma could ask what was going on the girl quickly ran away from the table and out of the cafeteria.

'What was that about? What did I do?'

Touma felt even more anxious as he made his way back to the classroom, he didn't know why but he had a feeling that things would get worse once the day was over.

"I'm back"

…

Once again, no one had reacted to the youth's call and continued to stay silent. Feeling dejected, Touma made his way back to his seat and waited for class to start.

"Um…Kamijou-kun?" He suddenly heard a female voice say

"Hm? What is it Fukiyose?"

Fukiyose Seiri was standing in front of his desk with uncharacteristic nervousness evident in her actions.

"Um…well…I just wanted to apologize"

"Huh? Apologize for what?"

"For saying that you don't do anything except wallow in misfortune, I was wrong to do so"

'What's up with the sudden apology?

"It's not a big deal, I'm used to it"

"But after seeing what you did I can't just let it go without apologizing!"

'Again with this "What I did" business, what the heck are they talking about?

As he was about to ask her what she was talking about the diminutive homeroom teacher entered the room and Fukiyose ran back to her seat.

After school

"Hey, is that him?"

"Yeah, did you see what he did?"

"Yeah, that was awesome, wonder what'll show later?"

Touma heard these things from people all around him as he made his way back to his apartment. Normally he would be happy enough to ignore these ramblings but the fact that they kept pointing at him didn't escape his notice.

'I'm getting really nervous about this, I should probably hurry back home'

Touma made his way back home and tried to ignore the constant stares he received from the many people all around him.

"Ah! Touma-san" He heard a voice say from behind him.

Turning towards the voice, he saw that it was the maid (in training) Tsuchimikado Maika.

"Maika-san. What is it, do you need something?"

"Um…Have you seen my brother anywhere?"

"Hm? Isn't he at his apartment?"

"No, I haven't seen him there and he won't answer his calls. I'm getting really worried."

'Does that mean he's really in trouble?'

"Don't worry Maika-san; I'm sure he'll be back before you know it."

"Okay then Kamijou-san, sorry to bother you" Maika looked sad as she left.

'She looks really worried, I hope Tsuchimikado's okay'

Touma continued his walk home until he had reached his apartment.

"I'm home"

"Good afternoon Kamijou-san"

"Touma, I'm hungry~"

"Afternoon you two, I'll get started on dinner in a minute"

Touma went to his room and changed his clothes before swiftly making his way to the kitchen and preparing dinner.

"Ah, let me help you Kamijou-san" Itsuwa said as she stood up and made her way to the kitchen.

"It's alright Itsuwa; you already helped this morning so just relax."

"Nonsense Kamijou-san, I'm imposing on you so I should be the one doing this" She told him as she gathered the ingredients on the counter.

'She's not really imposing, considering she was sent by the Amakusa since they were worried about me getting caught up in another war'

Touma, of course, didn't know that they had sent Itsuwa there to make sure that she could express her lingering feelings on the oblivious boy.

"Just rest Itsuwa-san, I'll take care of it" He said as he tried to grab the ingredients from her hands.

"I insist, please let me help" She argued back as she refused to let go of the ingredients.

This eventually started a tug of war for the food before- *slip*- Itsuwa had tripped and landed right on top of the unfortunate boy.

'Ow, what happened?'

"K-Kamijou-san…your hands are…"

"TOUMA~" he heard a voice yell.

'Uh-oh'

Before he even had a chance to explain himself Index had opened her jaws wide and bit down on his head.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Index! It was just an accident! Tell her Itsuwa!" The boy desperately pleaded to the other girl on the room.

Unfortunately for him it seems that the girl had frozen up in shock after what happened and simply lay on the floor blushing.

*Chomp* *Chomp* *Chomp*

"Index! If you don't stop biting me I can't make dinner!" He said in a last ditch attempt to save his head from bleeding out.

Fortunately for him Index's hunger had won out in the end and after calming down the blushing Itsuwa he managed to prepare dinner for all three of them.

*Ring* *Ring*

Hearing the phone ring, Touma stood up from the table and made way to pick it up.

"Hello? Who is th-"

"KAMI-YAN! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!" A voice yelled in a panicked tone.

Based on the voice and the way he said his name it was most likely his missing classmate Tsuchimikado Motoharu.

"Tsuchimikado? What happ-"

"JUST TURN ON YOUR TV RIGHT NOW!"

"My TV? What does th-"

"JUST DO IT!"

Deciding not to question his friend any further, Touma picked up the remote and turned on the TV.

"I turned it on, but I do- WHAT THE HELL!"

There, right on the screen, was the most shocking thing he had seen in his life, and considering what he's been though that's amazing in and of itself.

"I'll break that Illusion of yours"

With a quick step forward, Touma rushed towards Stiyl who was trying to re-summon Innocentius.

"Ashes to ashes. Dust to du-"

*SMACK*

With a powerful punch, Touma had interrupted Stiyl's spell and sent the red haired magician sprawling onto the floor.

"I need to save Index"

Thank you for watching! Tune in next time when Touma tries to solve the mystery of Index Librorium Prohibitorium and fights with the mysterious yet alluring Kanzaki Kaori. See you next time on To-aru Majutsu no Index.

Touma was quiet with disbelief, the phone hanging limply in his arms as he tried to process what he had just seen. Thankfully, it looked like Index and Itsuwa hadn't seen what was on the TV, but right now that was the least of his problems.

"Kami-yan! You still there?" Tsuchimikado shouted from the phone.

"Y-Yeah, I'm here, what the hell WAS that?"

"I don't know either. All I can tell is that somebody's broadcasting our activities all over academy city and magic's just been exposed, me and the other magicians are trying to keep it quiet but it isn't working. Anyway, I just wanted to warn you, now that they now your involved the magic cabals might start coming after you so you have to be careful. Bye."

Touma was feeling overwhelmed, everything that had happened today had left him both physically and mentally drained and right now he only had one thought on his mind.

'SUCH MISFORTUNE!'

Authors Notes: Chapter 1 rewrite of Secrets Revealed is complete, hope this one's easier to read compared to the last one and I'll post chapter 2 as soon as I have some time.