The Canceller of Abilities

In my perusing of the fan fiction archives all over the internet, I have not come across a story about Touma Kamijo and Ruiko Saten in a romance. Of course they never share any screen time, but I think they would probably hit it off pretty well. So, I thought I would try my hand at it.

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This hot summer day found Ruiko Saten strolling through the back alleys of Academy city looking for a shortcut to the particular bakery she was trying to get to. This was not the best section of town but she had read that the bakery was worth the trip. Moving ahead and taking a left, she found a dead end. She turned around and went back the other way only to find two guys approaching her with creepy smiles on their faces.

"Hey girly. What ya doing around these parts? Don't you know there are some shady characters in this neck of the woods?" one of the guys said.

"Yeah, wouldn't want anything bad to happen to ya. How about we escort you somewhere nice and safe?" the other one said as he moved towards her. She had her phone out and was trying to dial Judgement. He grabbed her hand and she screamed dropping her phone. He pinned her hand to the wall and looked at her with evil intentions, "dont worry little girly you'll enjoy it plenty"

"Get away from her! Leave her alone!" a voice rang out from down the alleyway. A certain boy in a white shirt, with black spiky hair and clenched fists was slowly walking towards them. "You two are going to let her go, and leave. NOW."

"Hey kid, I dont know who you are, but youve got the wrong idea messing with us. We ain't no pushovers" said the second guy, "What are you some kind of badass esper or something? Cause I sure as hell am. And my older brother here, he is strong enough to tear you in half. Don't worry bro. Ill take care of this loser and you do what you want to her. We both win" and he approached the spiky haired boy. He swung for his face, and though the blow was blocked a bright flash occurred and the spiky haired boys arm was burned where he countered.

"Ahh that didn't feel good did it? I call it Heat Flash. Doesn't last very long, but I can make the air around my arm heat up to 1200 degrees C. The heat and reaction to the air acts like a flash bang grenade. I'm a level 3. And I'm gonna tear you in half."

"Oh yeah? Not too shabby. That certainly stings. But if I have the math right, my arm should have been burned off by that strike. There's no way in hell it was actually that hot. And ya know what? Your brother doesn't look too terribly strong either. Legs and arms are pretty skinny. Whats he weigh? 58 kilos? So you two just have to go around lying and picking on helpless girls. How about you fight someone your own size? With two on one, you two should easily be able to beat me. So bring it on. Or are you too scared to fight me?"

The older brother dropped Saten, and rushed the spiky haired boy. He then grabbed the brothers fist and flipped him over his shoulder throwing him on the ground hard. The other brother made to punch him and strike with his ability. The spiky haired boy caught his fist with his right hand, and froze shocked that he couldn't use his ability. Using the brothers confusion, the boy pulled his arm and pushed his elbow, nearly breaking it. The brother fell to the ground in pain. The older brother was back on his feet and was moving towards the boy again. He swung big and slow. The boy easily blocked it and punched him in the face. He followed with several more punches and the brother went down again.

"Lets get out of here bro! This guy is nuts!" The younger brother yelled as he ran off.

"D-d-don't leave me bro!" the older brother wailed. The spiky haired boy pulled him up by his hair.

"Get the hell out of here." the boy said calmly. The brother ran for his life. The boy turned to Saten and helped her to her feet. "Hey. Are you ok? Those guys didn't hurt you right?"

"That was...amazing! You beat em so bad! You have to be a high level esper right? Wow this is soooo cool!" Saten exclaimed.

"Nah I'm just a level zero trying to help out. Now are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm just fine. You showed up right in the nick of time. So you don't have an ability? But you prevented him from using his ability! How did you do that?"

"Well, as long as I can remember, my hand has been able to negate any supernatural ability it comes into contact with. There's this one chick I know who hates me because she tried to electrocute me and it didn't work. My name is Touma by the way." Touma explained.

"My name is Saten. Its really nice to meet you. You really helped me out here. Thank you so much." she said happily.

"No problem. Though I have to ask, what are you doing on this side of town in a secluded alleyway?"

"Wellllll there happens to be a fantastic bakery a few streets over. And I have to try it. I was trying to take a shortcut between the buildings. I guess I shouldn't try that again huh?"

"Well unless you like being attacked by thugs, then I would say no."

"Hey, how about you escort me the rest of the way to the bakery and I'll buy you whatever you want as a thank you for saving me. Sound good?"

"Yeah sure. I don't mind." Touma said smiling. They started walking in the direction of the bakery.

"So. I have to ask" Saten started "how are you a level zero if you can counter anyone's ability just by touching them? That would make it seem like you could be the most powerful in the city."

"Well, since my right hand can negate any ability, it doesn't actually count as an ability. It cant do anything on its own. And against a normal person, its useless. It also seems to counteract any good luck I might have. So my luck is pretty awful. My hot water heater went out the other day. And I misplaced my cash card this morning. And my shoes that I just bought last week fell apart yesterday."

"Well that certainly is unfortunate. But you sure were lucky for me today." Saten replied with a smile "I heard a rumor about the top level esper in the city being defeated by a level zero. But I thought it was crazy. I mean, there's no way a level zero could do that right? And I heard another one that there was an ability that could negate other abilities. I thought it was crazy. But you...you are an answer to both of those!"

"Well, I guess so but I'm really nothing special" Touma began.

"But did you beat the top ranked esper?" Saten pried.

"Well, I don't like to brag, but yeah. I was able to beat him. It wasn't easy. Though, actually it was a similar situation. He was attacking someone I cared about. So I had no choice."

"That's crazy! That's totally amazing!" Saten exclaimed. This guy is insane. And strong too. And he is a level zero? I still don't believe it. "Here we are, this is the bakery! I was told their cinnamon rolls are to die for!"

"Well maybe not literally. But I'm sure they are as good as you say they are." Touma replied.

Saten grabbed his hand and pulled him inside the store "What are we waiting for?"

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They went in and got each a cinnamon roll.

The clerk behind the counter made a comment about the two looking cute together. They both blushed furiously.

.….

"I would have gotten you more but I really don't have very much money. Sorry.."

"Hey its fine. I'm in the same boat. I actually wasn't going to eat lunch today so that I could afford new shoes. You really helped me out actually. That was a really good cinnamon roll."

"Remember this is a thank you for saving me from those guys. I should have bought you the whole store. But I can't afford that. Not even close. But now I'm wondering, why were you even on this side of town anyway?"

"Well, I was going to this used clothing store a few blocks over. They sell shoes that are normally a few thousand yen for about 80% off. But they seem to have gone out of business. That's my rotten luck." Touma explained.

"Hey, no more of that rotten luck stuff. You were really lucky for me today. So you cant say that any more." Saten replied.

"Ok ok fine." Touma said with a small smile.

"Well I'm done. Ready to go?" Saten asked.

"Huh? Go where?" He asked confused.

"Well I'm going home. And this part of town is pretty rough. I could use an escort…."

"Ha, yeah sure. No problem. I don't mind. I was on my way home anyway."

"Well then, lets get going!" Saten exclaimed happily.

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They were on the bus. They kept chatting the whole way. Touma couldn't remember the last time he had had this much fun talking to someone. They approached Saten's bus stop.

"SO that was really fun. But I wouldn't feel comfortable going to that bakery on my own again. So…. How about next time I want to do that, I give you a call? I'll pay you in food." Saten suggested.

"Yeah sure. Why not? I had a good time today." Touma responded. They exchanged numbers and she got off the bus. Wow. He is….different. Crazy, but...really nice. And so selfless. I kinda want to see him again even if we aren't going to that bakery.

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So that's chapter 1. I've got a few good ideas for scenarios. Lemme know what you think.