Hamazura Shiage and Accelerator, and Last Order

Hamazura Shiage had never expected to meet his childhood friends at all. In fact, after learning about the harsher part of being a Level 0, he had all but forgotten those goals of a tearful reunion between three of them.

But it was two days ago.

Oh, yesterday he also hadn't expected to meet his childhood friends, but what he hadn't expected, had happened yesterday night.

His meeting with his albino childhood friends, was a reunion between a childhood friends that he had never expected.

After all, what kind of reunion is when one of them was trying to beat the other one?

A bad reunion? A terrible reunion? A broken reunion?

Hamazura Shiage did not care.

But he did care for his childhood friends.

So when his white haired childhood friends had blurted out his darkest secret last night, all he felt was anger.

Academy City, is truly a terrifying place.

And he certainly had not expected to meet another one of his childhood friends just a few minutes ago.

The black haired childhood friends of Hamazura was running, no, chasing. Kamijou Touma was chasing someone. Combined by the look on his face, Hamazura knew that Kamijou Touma, even when he had amnesia, still had the same quality within him.

Thus, he felt he still could get along with Kamijou Touma, even if Kamijou had amnesia. Accelerator though, he hadn't found a way to get along with.

The albino had changed so much, but so little. So much that Hamazura Shiage had needed a time to truly understand Accelerator, and so little that Hamazura still could see the resemblance between the Number One Level 5 in Academy City right now, and the one he played with all those years ago.

Hamazura Shiage also had not expected to meet Accelerator again here.

Accelerator was talking to the phone, and then he closed his phone.

"Oi, Accelerator. Hadn't expect to see you here of all place."

"Tch, Hamazura," Accelerator glanced at the blonde haired Level 0. "I have something to do."

"Do you need any help?"

"Can you be any help?"

"Haha, really funny Accelerator."

"I'm not joking though, can you be any help? If you can, then sure. If you can't though…"

"I don't know how I can be any help. Hell, I don't even know what's the problem."

Accelerator took a step towards a certain direction.

"Then don't come."

The sight of Accelerator leaved Hamazura's eyes. He lowered his head.

What the hell was he thinking? Helping Accelerator without knowing what was the problem? Did he even has the power to, even if he knew the problem?

The problem went back to the difference between Level. Accelerator was a Level 5, the Strongest to be exact, while he was just a Level 0 without power.

In conclusion, he can't be any help, whatever Accelerator's problem was.

Hamazura's fist collided with a nearby wall.

Damn, this is just like with Kamijou just now.

When Hamazura Shiage saw Kamijou Touma who was running with a determined face, his legs were frozen stiff. He had tried to move it, but he couldn't.

Hamazura Shiage was too cowardly to do anything. He was a coward.

And just a second ago, Accelerator had asked him can he be any help. He couldn't answer it straightly. He was too cowardly.

His fist met the wall for the second time.

Many times, Hamazura wondered if he was not just a Level 0. He wondered about the possibility if he had power. Several weeks ago, he had found the answer.

Level Upper, an audio file that could enhance one's ability, or give ability to those without power.

In short, it was the answer to his wandering mind.

Strangely, he had not used it.

If someone asked why, Hamazura Shiage only smiled and told them one thing.

"I have never like shortcut before, except the shortcut to my home. So why should I use it?"

Yes, Hamazura Shiage never liked the short way. He preferred the way where he could stand up on his own.

Hamazura punched the wall again. Lately, he found this very relaxing, though he shouldn't do it too often.

Dammit! If only he had a power!

He punched the wall for the fourth time. His fist was swollen, so he cursed.

"FUCK! WHY?! WHY IS SOMEONE LIKE ME DOESN'T HAVE ANY POWER?!"

Hamazura Shiage shouted to the starless night of 31st August.

"GOD! YOU'RE SO UNFAIR! WHY CAN'T I HAVE ANY POWER?! I JUST WANT TO HELP MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND! AND YET HE DON'T WANT MY HELP BECAUSE I CAN'T BE ANY HELP! WHY?!"

Luckily, there was no other people beside Hamazura there. If there was even one people, they would be freaked out by his shouting.

"It's unfair…"

By now, Hamazura's cry of anguish had subsided. He decided that it would be best if he punched the wall again and again.

And so he did it until there was trails of blood on his hands.

After he can't throw any punch again, Hamazura Shiage stood up.

He began to run.

Hamazura Shiage was running aimlessly. Academy City was divided into districts, and there was no way he could covered all of Academy City before whatever Accelerator's problem had solved.

So he limited the range of his searching. He decided it would be best if he only searched in this district only.

Hamazura Shiage had decided to help Accelerator.

In the middle of his tantrum, he realized one thing. He was thinking and relying on the Power Level System according to Tree Diagram. It was true that Accelerator was undoubtly the strongest esper in Academy City, with holding the title of Number One Level 5. And it was also true that he, Hamazura Shiage was just a Level 0 thug in Academy City.

So what? What makes the Tree Diagram's calculation absolute? Accelerator was defeated by Kamijou, if what he heard was right. It means that Kamijou could possibly was stronger than Accelerator. Didn't that means Tree Diagram's calculation was wrong?

Wait, what level were Kamijou again? Accelerator had never mentioned it.

The point is, if he wanted to help, to hell with supercomputers' calculation.

Hamazura didn't realize it, but in his face, there was a determined expression. The same expression that Kamijou Touma wore when he was trying to help someone.

After searching in the entire district, he still hadn't found Accelerator yet.

In his tired state, he arrived at the last place who he hadn't covered. A newly abandoned research facility.

"Damn it."

Accelerator was angry.

Yoshikawa had just told him, that if he wanted to protect the world from the revolting Sisters, he had to kill the brat.

Kill the brat to protect the world.

Kill the brat.

Protect world.

"DAMN IT!"

He didn't want to save the world. All he wanted was to save the brat. At least that was something that he could do to atone for his past deeds, or so he thought.

He didn't want to save the world.

He did not want to kill the brat.

Yet, if he didn't kill her, the virus in her brain would make the remaining 9969 Sisters revolt, thus, what Yoshikawa had told him was justified. There was something larger at stake, something more worthy to save, he just didn't want to admit it.

Hell, if Kamijou want, he probably would be able to save this brat right here right now, whatever obstacle he would face, Kamijou was that kind of person.

But Accelerator was not Kamijou. If Kamijou, even if he had amnesia was still the same person, Accelerator, who grew up in the darkness, was different. All he could do with his power was destroy, kill, maim.

Accelerator gritted his teeth.

This was not a choice that he could make. It's true that his hands were bloodied, but the brat's life was not to be taken by him.

In this kind of situation, his power was useless.

His power wouldn't be able to delete the virus in the brat's brain. Accelerator's vector manipulation was said to be the strongest power, but it was just the manipulation of vectors like kinetic energy, heat, electricity, and all sorts of energy and redirecting them. Thus, even if it was so diverse, it ends up in one conclusion, kill. He had such power, yet he could only think to use it to touch the enemy's skin and reverse the enemy's blood and electrical flow to form an explosion-

Wait.

Reverse the electrical flow in a human?

Accelerator took a look at the USB drive inside the envelope that he had taken from Yoshikawa. The drive had the personality file before the infection. If he could control the electrical flow in her brain, he should be able to correct the brat's personality file without the Testament.

Testament was a machine that controlled the electrical flow in human brain, forcing in personality and knowledge.

Accelerator had found the answer. There was no need to kill the brat, or leaving the brat so the Sisters could revolt.

Without realizing it, Accelerator had found the answer where everyone could be happy. Just like what one Kamijou Touma always tried to do.

"Oi, Yoshikawa. If I can control the electrical flow in the brat's brain, I should be able to correct the brat's personality right?"

Hamazura Shiage was tired.

His legs were stiff, his breath was ragged, but he hadn't stop running. Finally, his body couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't manage to run, so he was walking instead.

But walking spent too much time. As soon as he managed to catch his breath while walking, he continued to run.

After several minutes of running, he saw something.

He saw a destroyed car. Right next to the car, he saw a body of unconscious man wearing a white lab coat.

He increased his speed.

He saw the unconscious man managed to get up, and held out a handgun. The handgun was pointed to the man's front.

Hamazura increases his speed more.

In order to protect the world from the remaining Sisters revolt, Accelerator, the one who killed more than half of them was currently deleting viruses from Last Order's brain.

If someone asked him why didn't he kill the remaining Sisters before they revolted, Accelerator would kill the one who asked that question.

Despite being labeled the strongest esper in Academy City, Accelerator knew that was not true.

For the first six years in his life, no one had been able to go near him, this made him some sort of outcast. Other kids who tried to invite Accelerator to play was delivered to the hospitals instantly. That's how dangerous he is in the eyes of adults near his orphanage.

For the first six years in his life, he lived under the illusion that he was dangerous.

But the stupid illusion was broken by that boy.

Kamijou Touma, the name of his first friends. The first person who managed to touch him without being injured. To Accelerator, the time where he met him was the turning point in his life. Kamijou fearlessly grabbed his hand, and dragged him towards the park.

Hamazura Shiage, the name of his second friends. Well, even if he was always scared of touching him, while Kamijou at the same time always tried to make Hamazura touch him or take his hand. Unsurprisingly, it always failed.

Both names had become Accelerator's favorite at the time. He always muttered them before he slept.

He knew it was childish. So what? He was still an innocent little kid at the time.

But those memories… the best moments in his life… it shattered when Kamijou's father had brought him to Academy City, leaving Accelerator and Hamazura together.

From that day, Hamazura had stepped up to be his protector, always defend him when other kids picked on him. Though he was bad at it, Accelerator was glad. He was glad because he knew that Hamazura was not only tagging along with Kamijou, Hamazura is truly a person who he could call friend.

Then it was taken away by all of the researchers.

From then on, his life was fucked up. Knowing Accelerator's power inside out was the goal of those researchers. He was being tested, moved from one laboratory to another. But what made him regret being involved with the researchers was the guilt of leaving Hamazura Shiage alone.

And just yesterday, he had found said childhood friend ironically.

Hamazura was trying to beat him because he had heard the rumors that Academy City Number One Level 5 was defeated by a Level 0.

The reunion was ended with a short conversation between long lost childhood friends. That conversation with Hamazura had opened up Accelerator's mind.

Thus, he decided to save MISAKA serial number 20001 code named Last Order. Maybe he won't be able to atone for his past deeds with just saving one person, but truly, this is the second turning point in his life.

(Come on! Just ten seconds left)

It was just ten seconds left before all the viruses in the brat's brain was deleted.

Then, as if God didn't want him to be a savior, he heard a clanking sound.

Amai Ao was awake, and pointing a gun at him. His head to be exact.

"Don't… interfere…"

(You've got to be shitting me, I am still manipulating the brat's brainwaves, I don't have the capabilities to calculate a deflection.)

Amai Ao was still pointing the gun at him.

(There's still a chance, I should just release my hand from the brat. If I do that, even nuclear weapon wouldn't be able to touch me.)

What the hell was he thinking? Release his hand, and risking the viruses to be back?

There was no way he would do that.

For the second time in the night of 31st August, Accelerator had to make a decision. A life altering decision not just for him, but also for the world, and he had made the right decision.

Amai's finger twitched, as he pulled the trigger.

"DON'T FUCK WITH ME!"

He heard a familiar voice, in fact, just yesterday he had heard it.

It was Hamazura Shiage, and he jump-kicked Amai Ao in the shoulder, altering the trajectory of the bullet in the last second. Instead of his head, the bullet hit and tore through Accelerator's right shoulder.

"Error: Break code No.000,001 to No. 357,081 superintendent codes are terminated due to incorrect processing. Serial no. 20001 will restart as per normal."

"Guh, who the hell are you?! Don't interfere with me!"

Hamazura had just kicked the man wearing a lab coat, but it seems he was a little late.

"AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!"

His childhood friend's shouting reverberated in the starless night.

The bullet had hit and tore through Accelerator's right shoulder. He should've been glad, because he had alter the trajectory of the bullet, but right now, all he thought was one thing.

He was late.

(FUCK!)

Because he was late, a bullet tore through Accelerator's shoulder.

He was still weak. So weak that he couldn't even save his friend uninjured.

The lab coat-wearing man pointed his gun at him. "I'll kill you!"

"Error: Break code No.000,001 to No. 357,081 superintendent codes are terminated due to incorrect processing. Serial no. 20001 will restart as per normal."

After hearing this, the man slumped to the ground, as if despair had consumed him. Then, he pointed his gun at Hamazura again. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger.

Hamazura widened his eyes.

He tried to dodge with his street-fight skill, and he was barely able to dodge it.

Then, without giving the man any time to breath, Hamazura jumped at him and planted his fist at the man's gut. Suffice to say, the man was flying, not literally of course.

He punched, punched and punched the man again. The man's skill in street fighting was obviously sucked.

"Who are you? Why are you interfering?"

"I'm not interfering with anything," Hamazura said with a steel voice. He never realized he could speak like this. "I'm just trying to help my friend. Though it seems that he doesn't need any help."

"What do you-"

Whatever thing that the lab coat-wearing man had wanted to said, it was cut when a hand rested on his shoulder from behind.

Fearfully, the man turned his head, and saw his nightmare… no, he saw his hell.

For behind him was Accelerator standing proudly while his hand was rested in Amai's shoulder. His right arm was hanging with blood dripping to the ground.

"Goodbye, it was hell knowing you."

"GYAAAAAA!"

And Amai Ao fell unconscious, followed by Accelerator.

"Accelerator!"

Instantly Hamazura caught Accelerator's body, and placed him near the car where Last Order was resting.

"You know, I went here expecting Accelerator had failed. It seems that he indeed had done it."

Hamazura turned his head at the voice. There was a woman with a short black hair wearing a white lab coat. "Who are you?! What do you want with him?!"

"I should be the one asking 'Who are you'. I am the one that requested his help, and it seems that he didn't fail. He truly had saved the world."

Hearing this, Hamazura Shiage widened his eyes. Then, he started laughing.

"What's wrong?" asked the woman.

After his laugh had subsided, he starts explaining. "No, I was just realizing something. Of course he didn't want me to help him, he was saving the world. What could a Level 0 like me do to help saving the world?"

The woman frowned. "From what I gathered here, you know Accelerator then?" Hamazura nodded. "Then, maybe he just did not want your help because he felt it was his responsibility to save the Sisters. Maybe he thought it was his problem alone that he shouldn't asking for help from anyone."

The woman started to move towards Accelerator. "You said you are a Level 0? So what? You had just helped him saved the world right? To me, the Level System doesn't matter if you want to help someone. Just do it with all your heart, and it might get a result."

"…You're right. All I ever did was just running away. Today had proved me that being a Level 0 doesn't make you entirely helpless. Thank you, whoever you are."

"Name's Yoshikawa Kikyou. And you're welcome, young man. Now, I need to bring Accelerator to a certain hospital so he could be treated. Would you like to accompany me? And what's Accelerator to you, if I may know?"

Hamazura shook his head. "No, thank you. And Accelerator is… he is… I guess you could say he is a dear friend who had lost the right path of life, and today's event told me that he had just tried to gain it back."

The woman named Yoshikawa Kikyou smiled at him. "Well then, I think I should go. Where do you going?"

"I… don't know… last time I heard there was a group of Level 0 who banded together. Maybe I could join it." Hamazura started to walk forward.

"Wait!"

The Yoshikawa woman called him, so he turned his head.

"Can I get your name? So I could tell him that you had helped him," she said while pointing at Accelerator.

"Hamazura Shiage."

"Hamazura-kun eh? I supposed I need to thank you for your help."

"Don't mention it. I know a certain someone that wouldn't hesitate to help even a stranger, so this was just I am trying to be him."

"I see."

Hamazura continued to walk forward.

Maybe this is the point where old coward Hamazura Shiage gone, and replaced by new Hamazura Shiage who idolized his hero-like childhood friend.

He smiled, and continued to walk forward. Leaving Accelerator and Yoshikawa Kikyou.

A/N: Alright, I lied.

So…. The temptation to have Accel not crippled was just too much! Oh the possibilities… so here it is! What do you think?

Anyway, have you read Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator?! Finally our badass hero had his own manga! But I'm a little confused with the timeline, so I think I'll ignore Accelerator verse for now, at least until the manga had a clear timeline.

I supposed instead of Raildex, it should be called Raildextor? Or Acceleraildex?

One final thing, the manga shouldn't be titled 'Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator', I know it means 'A Certain Scientific Accelerator', but I think the manga title should be 'A Certain Divine Accelerator', as we know that he 'held the power equal to God'. Does anybody agree?