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"Peaceful Times II: Hard Revelations"
Date: December 20th
Academy City in a certain library…
The library was a little lonelier than it normally would be because of all of the students that went to spend their vacations with their families, but there were some students in their studying math or chemistry.
At one of the tables there was a spiky haired guy with a math book on the table, the guy had a normal white T-shirt with black pants, and on an empty chair to his side laid his black jacket, his name was Kamijo Touma and he wasn't looking at his math book but instead he was looking at a certain hazel girl, who was wearing a Tokiwadai winter school uniform, with eyes of astonishment her head was looking down at her hands, which were resting in her laps.
"W-Why are you asking that all of a sudden?" Touma was still taken aback because Misaka had just called him by his name for the first time.
Misaka didn't look up "I-I asked… what a-am I to y-you Touma?"
Touma didn't know what to say, or in the minimum, why she was asking this. "Wait Biri-Biri why are you asking something like this?"
Misaka didn't look at him "I-I just want to know… be-because…" She didn't finish
Touma just looked at her, 'Why is she acting like this?'
Misaka struggled to continue but she had to know. "I-It's just that I think y-you just call me when you help with your studies, and not when… y-you w-want to s-see me… nor when you actually need me…" She said the last part almost to herself but Touma heard.
"What?" Touma understood her even less now.
"M-Misaka I would never do something like that... I just…" he trailed of seeing something sparkle at the corners of Misakas eyes, there were tears forming in her eyes, but why?
Misaka finally looked at him "Then why don't you call me when a catastrophe happens?! You made a promise to me didn't you?!" She stood up from her chair to look down on him, she didn't know where her words came from she started off because of what she heard Saten say in the bathroom but was this the real reason she was asking him this? Or was that just an excuse to ask him everything? She would never know…
Touma just nodded not daring to answer; he almost fell backwards from his chair by the hazel girl's sudden action.
"Then why do you always go get yourself hurt?! Why do you have to accept all the guilt and sorrow to yourself?! Every time you leave to save someone you barely make it out alive!… Do you think that your death won't affect anyone?!... Do you think you don't matter to anyone?!" Her screams resonated throughout the library but she didn't care she had to release the tension in her heart.
Touma couldn't say a word.
Misaka continued "Do you Touma?! Do you think you don't matter to anyone?!... Well you do!... You matter to your family… your friends… to that silver-haired nun… and more importantly… you matter to me!" Just as she said those final words her heart felt lighter, but she didn't let her head turn to see her feet once again, she had to be firm on what she was saying.
Touma tried to understand the words she just spoke "M-Misaka… I… I just-"But he was cut off by Misaka
"You just what Touma?!... Don't give me that speech again… You always say that you do it all by yourself because you don't want to see any of your friends get hurt!... Do you think that your friends like to see YOU get hurt?!...Well guess what Mr. Hero!... NO! We don't enjoy you getting beat around, and thrown around like a toy!... Just because you have the imagine breaker doesn't make you immortal you IDIOT!..." the tears were now coming out none stop.
Touma was speechless, he never expected this, and especially from Misaka. "I… I…"
"You what Touma?!" Misaka at this point couldn't control her own mouth. "Do you think it's easy to see the guy I love getting hurt over and over again almost to the verge of death?!" She then knew exactly what she just said, it was finally out.
Touma was dumbstruck 'Love?', "W-What d-did you say Misaka?"
She was red like a tomato but it was a mixture of anger and embarrassment. "I… I gotta go…" She grabbed her coat and gloves and went running towards the exit tears still falling down her eyes…
Touma didn't react until she was across the street, he immediately stood up leaving everything where it was and went after her…
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Misaka was running she didn't care where she went she just had to get out of there and fast; she let the tears run down her cheeks 'Why did I say that? And why am I crying like this? Do I really care for him that much?'
Touma was having a hard time catching up to her it was sunset already, almost curfew time, "Misaka! Wait!" he yelled at the girl, slipping at the ice the snow had created…
Misaka heard him but she could not face him at this moment not after all she said to him, so she kept running, not caring about what others thought.
Then…
What happened next was something no one could predict.
Misaka was running without looking up front, her mind was so intence in running and fleeing- geeting away from the idiot called Touma- that she didn't notice that the traffic lights changed from red to green, and then it happened.
*BEEP*
A tire screeched trying to stop but it was only to make the impact even less.
*BAM!*
"MISAKA!" Touma screamed with all he had at the top of his longs, he ran to pick up the girl who was lying on the cold snowy ground unconscious, she had let her guard down, and it was his fault.
"OI! OI! MISAKA! Answer me damn it!" Touma shook her trying in vain to wake her, until he noticed that she was slightly bleeding from her head.
He was going to take his cellphone out when he realized he left it in the library, "Fukou-da" he said out loud, then he searched for the green Gekota cellphone that he knew she always carried and called an ambulance.
Once the phone call was made he cradled her in his arms and gently lifted her head "Hang in there Misaka there's an ambulance on it way… please hang in there".
The ambulance arrived in minutes Touma carried her inside, it was until he put her in the ambulance that he took notice that his hand had a little blood on it. His eyes widened when he realized that it was hers and that in the impact her head was hit. He instinctively jumped in the ambulance behind her, at first they didn't want to take him with her inside the ambulance but a certain punch in the face to the man that wasn't letting him gave the sign that one way or another he wasn't about to leave her, so they took him as well.
In a Certain Hospital
It had been an hour since the accident and they still didn't tell Touma what had happened to Misaka, then a doctor came up to him.
"Hey kiddo, how you doing?" The doctor asked calmly.
Touma ignored his question "How's Misaka?"
The doctor sighed "She's ok kiddo, she has a fractured leg and rib that we have fixed, but there lies a certain problem" he said with grief in his voice which made him hold his breath. "What is it" he asked with fear noticeable in his voice.
The doctor sighed, and when he looked at Touma… Touma just knew it was bad "I'm sorry kid she has a concussion on her head, the impact appears to have come from the car. Although she is a level 5 esper and accidents here in Academy City are very-" A fist to the wall cut the docter from what he was saying "I'm sorry doc… It's my falt she is like this, I could have stopped her but… I couldn't. It's also my fault that she let her guard down she couldn't concentrate on anything else but run as far away from me as she could" Touma said with his head down.
The docter just looked at him as if he had heard similar things before, he probably had. "Listen kid, she got here in time we've treated her and she will heal, the problem lies in when she awakens, we have to make sure no permanent problems occur… worst case scenario she will wake up with a little memory loss" Touma tensed a little at that "How little?" he was almost afraid to know the answer. The doctor just looked at him with a straight face "A day, a week, a month, a year, maybe even more. As I said we won't know until she wakes"
Touma formed a fist hard making his knuckles whiten. "And when will that be?" he almost yelled at the doctor, the doctor sighed "If all goes well maybe tomorrow, it won't be long. But like I said the memory loss is just in a worst case scenario" he grabed Touma's shoulder "Relax kid she'll be alright" he said with a smile.
The doctor seemed to notice his despair, "You can go see her kiddo, there's a blanket inside there, and I'll make this one exception to let you stay here because you were the Cancelers favorite patient, just keep a low profile ok?"
Touma bowed to thank the doctor "Thank you doctor" and he went to Misakas room.
He slid the door open and entered the room closing the door behind him, Misaka was asleep, on the com bed, she had a bandage around her head, and on her left arm but other than that she seemed to be fine.
Touma grabbed a chair and sat down to the left of the bed laying his elbows on the bed and letting his face fall on his hands.
Touma couldn't erase the image of the car impacting Misaka, "I'm sorry Misaka, it was my fault you're here because of me"
He looked at the sleeping image of Misaka and he grabbed her hand.
"Misaka I don't know if you can hear me but I'm going to talk anyway" He took a deep breath
"You asked me what you are to me, Misaka you are very special to me, at first I was a little annoyed by the fact that every time that you saw me you wanted to have a duel with me, I thought you were a spoiled brat like any ojou-sama" he didn't know wat was worse not seeing a response from her or seeing that bandage around her head.
He smiled at her remembering the events of the bridge "Then I found out you were a person who had such a big weight on her, hehe I also found out that you're also very stubborn"
"But little by little I found your gentle childish soft side" He said while he looked at her Gekota cellphone "Though sometimes I you confused me by your certain change of moods… But now I get it…"
He remembered the things Misaka told him at the library "Misaka… Listen… I never knew that you had these feelings towards me I always thought you saw me only as your friend and nothing more, but then the more I think about it the more it makes sense, your actions towards me, the way you always turn very red in front of me"
He grasped her hand tighter his eyes fixed on the mattress of the bed "To tell you the truth my feelings towards were are uncertain, every time I see you smile my heart races, every time I see you cry my heart aches, I can't afford to see you get hurt and look at you now… you're like this because of me, and I'm sorry Misaka… I'm sorry with all my heart… I've been a fool…"
He tried to hold back the tears in his eyes "If only I would have understood you a little sooner you wouldn't be right her right now… I'm sorry I failed you"
He looked at her face Misakas words came to him 'Do you think it's easy to see the guy I love getting hurt over and over again almost to the verge of death?' Then he smiled "What about you baka you think I enjoy seeing the girl special to me get hurt because of me?"
Suddenly Misaka's phone began to ring. 'Maybe I should answer' Touma grabbed the Gekota cellphone, and went out of the room to not disturb Misaka's sleep. Although he wished he would so she could wake up, receive some shocks for getting her in that bed, anything would be better than that still form she was in.
"Hello?" he answered.
Silence…
"Hello?" Touma said once again.
"GUUA!... WHO IS THIS?!... WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY ONEE-SAMAS PHONE?!" a hysteric girl said from the other side of the phone. Touma had to move it from his ear because of the volume the girl had used.
"Ah… you must be Kuroko right?" Touma remembered everything Misaka had told him about her lesbian roommate.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY ONEE-SAMA?!" She kept screaming. "Oi, Oi Kuroko calm down it's me Kamijo Touma look Misa-" He got cut off by the jealous roommate.
"KAMIJO TOUMA?!" Now she sounded even more hysterical than before "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH ONEE-SAMAS PHONE… IT'S LATE… DON'T TELL ME… Y-YOU AND MY ONEE-SAMA…" She trailed of by the simple thought of it. Touma blushed by the assumption of that.
Touma heard another scream coming from the other side of the phone "KAMIJO-SAN TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE SO I CAN GO GET MY ONEE-SAMA AND STAB MANY NEEDLES IN YOUR BODY" She was still screaming.
Touma sighed 'Ah Fukou-da' he feared that if he told Kuroko that Misaka was in a hospital bed because of him he wouldn't live to see another sale ever again. "Listen Kuroko I-"
*Crack*
He was cut off by a slight cracking sound coming from the other side of the phone, he closed his ear to the phone. It was silent for a moment then suddenly a woman's voice came in. "Hello? Is this Misaka-san speaking?" the voice asked
"Umm… no this is Kamijo Touma speaking on her behalf" Touma answered the woman
"I see are you a relative of Misaka-san?... It's been an hour and a half past curfew and she hasn't arrived I would like to speak to her" The woman seemed serious "I'm sorry but who is this?" Touma asked. "I'm the dorm supervisor of her dorm and I would like to speak to her immediately"
'So this is the person Misaka fears to death huh? She doesn't sound so bad' How wrong he was. "Um… I'm sorry miss but she can't speak at the phone right now?
"Why?"
"Misaka was involved in a car accident she was hospitalized, I called the ambulance myself, but she's… well… not even I can know how she will be" he cut himself off.
The dorm supervisor stayed silent for a moment and for a moment he thought if she had hung up, until she spoke once again "Kamijou-san, I will not incur in what happened but I would like to be informed the moment she wakes, however I will need you to come for another set of clothes for her before it gets any later."
"Huh?... but-"
"No buts, come I'll be waiting with a par of clothes ready, don't be late." And she hung up.
"Ah, Fukou-da" Touma said messing up his hair; he still wanted to keep his head, he knew that if he went he had to face a very angry Kuroko and probably he would also need the service of the hospital.
But something in his gut told him that he was going to be sorry if he didn't do what the supervisor told him.
"Well I guess I have no option do I?" He asked at no one in particular.
He entered the room slowly he thought he saw Misaka move when he was entering the room but he just thought it was his imagination. He grabbed his jacket and took one more look at the sleeping figure of Misaka he smiled "I'll be back" He told her knowing she couldn't hear him, and then he left the room to the Tokiwadai dorm.
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Touma was walking by the street it as 8:30 already he thought that the day had gone fast, thanks to the unlucky turn of events. It was still snowing but much lesser than the time of the accident, he thought he was going at a good pace if he kept it up he would be back at the hospital before 10 PM. But as luck would have it for him..
"Yo… Weakest" a sinister voice that he knew too well came from behind him. Touma immediately jumped forward and put his right arm in front of him. Accelerator laughed at his actions "Woah there, if I came to kill you I could have done it the moment I came next to you. but fortunately for you I just came to pass a message."
Touma didn't ease his position "What do you mean a message? From who?" he asked in a serious and hard voice. Accelerator just looked at him with a boring look "Look shithead, things are going to get messy in a couple of days the Railgun's sister thinks you might be of help. But I personally think you're just going to get yourself killed or going to be a pain in the ass for me"
Touma ignored the last comment "What do you mean messy?" Accelerator looked at him like he was an idiot. "Bloody messy, that's what I mean, deaths maybe, blood certainly. Like that's anything new to you eh… Imagine Breaker?" he emphasized on the last nickname, Touma knew far too well, "How-" Touma was about to ask but was cut off by Accelerator "I know a lot more than I let on"
Touma eased his stance once he saw that Accelerator sighed "Listen, shit's gonna go down, and this time number 3 is in the middle of everything. Her sis told me that you could keep a close eye on her better than the rest of them, because she can sense them when there close, like a radar. And well Number 3 was shit against any of her sisters guarding her." Touma tensed at that.
"Not even I could keep a close eye on her" Touma said in an soft tone, but Accelerator caught on "The fuck are you going on about?" he asked. Touma looked up at him "She got in an accident because of me today and well… she has a concussion, she may wake with some difficulties but we won't know until she does, maybe -in wort case scenario- even memory loss" he explained with a tone that had a mixture of preoccupation and guilt.
But Accelerator looked like he just had gotten stabbed in the guts, that sudden surprise turned into pure restrained anger "THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?" he yelled, surprising Touma.
Accelerator's anger did not waver "We told her! We warned her not to go doing stupid things and here she goes fucking it all up!" Touma did not know why Accelerator was so angry by this sudden news "What exactly are you talking about?" he demanded.
Accelerator looked at him in the eyes "The fuck am I talking about?! I'm talking about the new Level 6 Shift project the fucking scientist are working behind everyone's back including the new superintendent doesn't know shit about!" Touma was taken aback "W-What? Level, 6 Shift Project?"
Accelerator looked like he wanted to rip somebody's head off, "The Misaka Network has been under attack for some while back, some shithead it trying to get in the network. We did some digging to gain info on who and why. What we found out was not good." He said calmer "We found out that the lab where the hacking was coming from was a building that once was house for the mass-produced Sisters, Number 3 went there to investigate but it was empty when she got there. But she hacked the master computer there and found some corrupted files, we managed to restore a bit of them, and on all the files there was a mention on using the Misaka Network and the Sisters to make a new Level 6 Shift project on Number 3. Get where I'm going weakest?" Touma's eyes widened in realization, Accelerator snorted "They plan on using her as a guinee-pig" he said for Touma.
After all the Sisters suffered and went through just so they could gain their de freedom, here they were again, in another Level 6 Shift project. But this time it wasn't just them but Misaka who was in trouble "How-"
"Before you ask asshole, no. No we do not know how they intend to do it we haven't had any more info than that, the sisters are trying to dig up more but nothing comes by, the problem lies that the attacks are getting stronger and it won't be long before they breach, we told Number 3 to stay at her fittest but she had to go fuck this up" he sighed
"Hey! It wasn't her fault" Touma defended. Accelerator just looked up at him "It doesn't matter who the fucks fault it was, what matters is that she is vulnerable right now. If whoever the fuck is after her finds out she's like this, the fuck do you think is going to happen shithead?" Accelerator's words hit mark and Touma looked down "I know and I'll be there for her" he said with all security looking Accelerator straight in the eyes.
Accelerator started walking past him to the shadows "Just keep her in your arm's reach shithead, you may be the only one who can stop her if it all goes to hell" and with that he disappeared into the shadows. Touma just stayed looking to where Accelerator had gone 'Level 6 Shift eh?' the thought sent shivers to his spine, but he knew he had to keep her safe, he had to. After all, who would he be if he could not defend the girl that is special to him? With that thought in mind he smiled and continued to the Tokiwadai dorm.
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At the Tokiwadai dorm
It had already had been nearly half an hour since the dorm supervisor had talked with Kamijou, and know she was inpatient.
She had been waiting all this time outside of the dorm not wanting the girls to know of what had happened to Misaka, but now she inside of the dorm.
Then someone knocked on the door.
The dorm supervisor walked to the door, when she opened the door she found a teen, 15 maybe 17 years old he had blue eyes, he was wearing a black jacket with black pants his most notarial aspect was his spiky hair.
"Are you Kamijou Touma?" The dorm supervisor asked
The teen just nodded.
"You're very late Kamijou-san… come in" The dorm supervisor said entering the dorm
Touma entered the dorm looking around, it really did look like a place for ojou-samas, but what caught his attention was the woman standing in front of him, at first sight she did look menacing behind her glasses, but there was something about her that made Touma knew that she was a really caring person.
"I'm sorry I got caught up with something" he said as he sat down on a sofa that was near the entrance.
"Wait here I'll go get the extra clothes"
Touma looked up at her "But I thought you would have had it ready"
She looked back with a threatening stare that made a chill go from head to toe in Toumas body "I HAD it ready 30 minutes ago" Then she started going up the stairs to Misakas room.
Touma nodded, he started to get the point of why Misaka feared her dorm supervisor.
"Fukou-da" he sighed
As he waited he thought about the unfortunate incoming events that involved Misaka, he had been the cause that could make everything go to hell, as per Accelerator's words. But he vowed to himself that he would protect her no matter what came.
He came back to reality at the sight of the dorm supervisor coming down the stairs. Touma wondered how a beautiful woman like her could be working in a place like this; she had a very slender body that kind of reminded him of his friend Kanzaki.
He stood up from his seat as she came up to him with a bag in her hand. "Her you go Kamijou-san" the supervisor said handing him the bag. Touma took the bag "Thank you miss... I guess I'll be leaving now before it gets any later" He started walking to the door to the side of the supervisor.
"Have a good night Kamijou-san and tell Misaka when she wakes up that I'll be waiting for her return" Touma nodded as he got out into the cold again.
"I will, and have a good night as well" and started walking back to the hospital.
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Near the dorm a few blocks away.
Saten Ruiko had left to her place a few hours ago but she forgot to buy supplies for dinner, she was cold as almost everyone was, luckily it wasn't snowing any more, but none of that was on her mind still on her mind was the image of a certain spiky haired boy that made her day just perfect.
'Should I get him a Christmas present?... Or is it too sudden? after all I just met him' Even though she was in deep thought shades of red could be seen on her cheeks 'As a matter a fact, why have I only been thinking about him all this time?'
As she kept walking she never noticed a group of men following her.
'Agh man it's late' She took a turn to pass by an ally that she could use as a short cut.
As she entered she noticed a man walking behind her through the ally, so she increased her pace, but then out of nowhere a man came up in front of her. She was cornered.
"Hey little girl isn't past your bed time?" One of them said
"Leave me alone!" Saten screamed hoping someone would hear her, she knew that they would but no one would be as courageous to help out someone in need.
"Hehe, oh why?..." the other man teased, "We're going to have a great time" they started to close the distance between them and Saten.
Saten was taking steps back, but soon she found a brick wall, she let the bag of supplies she was carrying, she closed her eyes just wishing for a miracle.
And it came.
A sudden scream of pain made her open her eyes, one of the men was lying on the ground fainted with a warm bruise mark on his cheek blood could be seen coming from his nose and mouth, she saw the other man run away from where he was, she felt a hand grabbing on to hers on to hers puling her out and away from the ally.
When she finally came back to her senses she stopped on the spot and pulled her hand back form whatever was pulling her. A certain spiky haired boy fell back first to the ground.
"Ah, fukou-da…" the boy said as he stood up.
It took Saten a moment to realize who was standing in front of her. "Kamijou-san?"
"What are you doing here?"
Touma looked at her eyes they were slightly red, "Well I saw you were in trouble and I decided to help"
Saten looked up at him "You were the one who saved me from those creeps?"
"I just helped a friend out" He said smiling and he turned to pick up the two bags he was carrying, one had Misakas spare clothes and the other had Saten's supplies.
He stood up and handed Saten her bag, "Here I saw this bag near you so I thought it was yours"
Saten took her bag "T-Thank you Kamijou-san" 'Why is my heart racing?'
Touma smiled "No worries" he started walking, noticing Saten stayed there he started turned to see what had happened "Oi, you ok Sa-" he was cut off.
Toumas eyes widened in effect to Saten's act…
Saten had closed her eyes and aimed for Touma's cheeks, she never expected Touma to turn around…
And at the sudden act, Saten's soft lips came up and met Touma's…
So... How are the marshmellows? XD
Well there you have it you guys we're setting up the playing field.
As always hope you liked the chapter and hope to here your comments, don't forget to review and I'll get back to you :D
See you soon guys in the next chapter: Peaceful Times III: One Wakes, One Cries.
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