PART 1: Picture

Kamijou Touma is, without doubt, a very misfortunate guy but this time, it was his fault for being ultimately careless.

It was one cold afternoon of the second week of April on a certain high school and Fukiyose Seiri, now a third year high school student, was peacefully walking along the corridors of their school when she happened to pass by their locker where they usually put their belongings. She would have ignored it if it wasn't for a single locker that was unlocked and it was half-open because the winds had forcefully blew it ajar. Grunting, she then walked over and realized that it belonged to none other than her male classmate that she blatantly 'hates' for blaming his poor academic skills on bad luck.

And now, this idiot Kamijou can't even lock his own locker. Fukiyose once again felt her nerves was about to explode in anger whenever she imagines the boy smiling at her like a fool. But as she was about to lock it herself, a picture stuck on the back of the metal door caught her attention.

Huh, what's this?

Normally, she isn't one to pry on other people's business but something about this photo and the fact that it belonged to that spiky haired boy flared Fukiyose's interests. At a first glance, the picture looked perfectly normal but then, the Iron Wall Girl noticed an indistinct hint that something happened between the two of them, which made her do nothing but to gape in shock.

"Who the fucking hell is this?!" Fukiyose can't help but scream in rage as her eyes are fixated upon one unfamiliar figure in the group picture. Well, in her defense, everyone aside from Kamijou and Index are unfamiliar to her at all.

In her stupor, she didn't notice Kamijou enter the hallway as well and when he was five feet, he was surprised and at the same time, alarmed at what he correctly thought is Fukiyose looking at the supposed secret photo. Are we that too obvious or what? Such misfortune. The spiky haired boy sighed as he was amused by what he is seeing.

In a split of a second, more people began to pour in the hallway and they were soon attracted to what they were seeing.

"What is it? Picture of Kami-yan's girlfriend?" Tsuchimikado, who overheard that one-sided conversation loudly, joked in a rather loud voice, which attracted more unwanted attention.

It took only a few seconds before they were surrounded by their classmates with eyes sparkling curiously, especially the girls, who are quite interested about the possibility of their Kamijou Touma going out with someone. Though they soon found themselves disappointed upon seeing the picture—nothing was special about it and the people in the picture are individuals they don't even know.

"Oi Fukiyose-sama, So you're interested in Kami-yan's private life since you're rummaging through his things?" This suspicion—or rather, a joke—had been rooted on Aogami's mind for a very long time. He wouldn't let at a perfect chance like this gone waste, would he?

"What the?! Who gave you that idea?!" The Forehead Deluxe looked startled at this unexpected turn of events and then stole a glance at Kamijou, who barely maintained his calm, asking for back up. She kept sending the message Hey, say something, Bakamijou through eye contact to the spiky haired boy but he didn't even gave a response.

"You're not?" Aogami was obviously kidding.

"Of course not!" Fukiyose denied vehemently. "Why would I want to do anything with this lazy bum! Besides, from that one hint, it looked like he had perfectly hidden his relationship with that girl for a long time from us!" She then narrowed her eyes towards the boy who is the subject of the matter.

Fukiyose's statement made their classmates gasp in unison. Then they were busy discussing how unbelievable this shocking truth was, judging from how close they were.

"Fukiyose, it's not like you to spread gossips," It was at this point that Kamijou opened his mouth, "Please, do not spread unnecessary rumor," Kamijou had warned her, even though it was not entirely false to begin with.

Fukiyose merely glared angrily at Kamijou, who simply stared back with a stoic expression.

"Since we don't have classes anymore today, I'll be taking my leave," Kamijou intended to leave now before anything escalates, "Good job in making the third year, everyone." All of the sudden, he sprinted towards the exit door.

"Don't let him get away!" Fukiyose gave a chilling order and their other classmates scrambled to guard the exit.

Kamijou was forced to wrestle with Aogami just to be able to escape from his pursuers. Thanks Lady Luck on his side, Komoe had entered the hallway with Yomikawa, creating a perfect timing for the spiky haired boy to slip through the door's opening unnoticed. Kamijou threw an apologetic look at Aogami, whom he sacrificed for his escape.

"Kami-yan, you traitor!" The bluenette gritted his teeth in despair, too terrified to imagine what would happen to him next when Fukiyose learns that their prey had escaped.

Sorry, Aogami. I'll get you an AV subscription as your birthday present. Kamijou promised himself when he abandoned his Delta Force member for his own life.

"Huh? What's with this ruckus?" Yomikawa snarled.

"Sensei, stop him!" One of the males begged with urgency but Kamijou was nowhere to be seen, not even a glimpse.

"What? What's happening around here?" The small pinkette was basically confused about what is happening in their surroundings.

Tsuchimikado and Aogami quickly explained the situation to them so they won't have to suffed detention. Now all attentions turned to Fukiyose, who was a bit tensed when she found herself being stared at.

"Stop staring at me! I have plan" The Iron Wall Girl sighed as she somewhat admired Kamijou's endurance and loyalty, as if he intended to bring his secret to the grave. "Let's split up and investigate this crime of Kamijou!"

"What? Now? Do you know what time is it?"

"Most of Kamijou's so-called harem is also here in Academy City. Plus, we have Tsuchimikado and Aogami to speed up the investigation. We have to act fast before it's too late!" Fukiyose was somewhat fired up, intending to learn what secret is their classmate hiding.

In the end, they split into several individuals using lucky draw and started the investigation immediately.

Fukiyose Seiri versus Kumokawa Seria

Some of the Beauty Senpai's blockmates in college can't help but watch and stare in both amusement and curiosity at the sight of Fukiyose and Kumokawa standing side by side, both blessed and endowed with large chests and a slim body and sporting similar hairstyles. It wasn't this funny when they pass by together at a certain high school.

"Oh my. What does this copycat wants from me?" Kumokawa belittles Fukiyose, who sighed as she admitted that she was not pleased either to encounter this girl just for gathering information. But if she assigned her other classmates to do this mission, it would definitely end up in failure.

"It's about Kamijou's girlfriend. You know something about it?" Fukiyose decided to fire away, not wanting to spend around Kumokawa that much long.

"You must be kidding! Hahahaha," Kumokawa can't help but laugh, "What makes you think I know something about this?"

"Grrr, Forget it. I'm leaving," The Iron Wall Girl left as she stomps angrily outside the college grounds.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce versus Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, and Shokuhou Misaki

Misaka was having a couple of tea with Shokuhou—who forced the Railgun to take her in their little afternoon treat—and Shirai at a cafe near the hotel they're staying when suddenly, the blonde barged in and inquired for their names. Knowing how the Level Five Railgun once tried to enter their high school before settling down in Nagatenjouki, Tsuchimikado knew he must have hit the jackpot.

"Stop wasting my precious time with onee-sama," Shirai spat in a displeased tone. "Don't you see we're on a date?"

"Kuroko, shut up! Sorry about that. Why are you here? Aren't you that idiot's friends?" Misaka raised her eyebrows at their presence, knowing that they wouldn't have deliberately come meeting her if it wasn't for something importance.

"We're trying to find out who Kami-yan's girlfriend is," Tsuchimikado took the liberty to cut the chase because he wanted to go home already.

"Why would onee-sama have anything to do with this again?" Shirai snapped at the mention of Kamijou's name as her jealous heart strikes again.

Misaka and Shokuhou fell silent at this unexpected question.

If she didn't choose her words carefully, she might give them a wrong impression.

"Seriously?!" The Railgun can't believe what she heard, "How the hell did that idiot have a girlfriend? He barely could—"

"Kami-yan had been hiding a photo in his locker room that we discovered only now," Aogami confessed that they were able to retrieve an important hint before their friend ran away.

"And since you're always the one who wanted to be involved in his life, we thought you know something," Tsuchimikado added.

"How rude!" Shirai hit the table with her fist but this didn't even intimidate the two boys, "It's such a disgrace and unacceptable, shipping my onee-sama with that wild beast!"

"It's okay, Kuroko. They don't mean anything," said Misaka, calming the teleporter down. "As far as I know, that idiot always saves girls but as for a relationship? I don't know anything. But if you did found a clue, then report it to me immediately so we can confront him together."

"Aye, aye, Misaka-ojou-sama," The two idiotic pair of blue and yellow then took off.

Shirai kept grumbling and complaining a lot about Kamijou Touma while Misaka was listening with a confused expression.

"Well…it's impossible…right?" Shokuhou only managed to speak now but her mind was already in a roller-coaster ride of an imagination.

Himegami Aisa versus Index Librorum Prohibitorum

Himegami had to spend most of her time calming down Index, who was on a verge of a violent breakdown as she was already destroying half of the things in the dormitory where she and her partner stays.

Himegami stayed by Fukiyose's side, who was listening to the reports from the people she dispatched for this investigation through a phone call. A hint from Index's outburst and the report from Tsuchimikado indicated the person they're looking could be someone that's just around the corner.

"What a waste of time, Seiri…" Himegami sighed in disappointment.

Fukiyose was still examining and analyzing the gathered information inside her head. Something was amiss.

"One of them is telling us the secret..."

"Who? The nun…"

"Well…First thing…my woman's instinct tells me that she's someone who's not from Academy City or even from Japan..." Fukiyose's orbs then went fierce, "Second…my instincts tells me that one of them isn't telling the truth…"

"Seiri, you think too much," The Miko girl patted her head lightly. "Let's go home before our landlady in the dormitory beats us to death," She shuddered at the thought of it.

"Yeah, Aisa, let's go home first. We'll talk about this next time…"

Kamijou Touma was finally resting in a cheap restaurant after he went shopping to fill to his refrigerator since Index had basically eaten up their supplies. When he was in a deep thought, feeling bad for abandoning Aogami in his stead, his phone suddenly rang and startled him.

"Moshi…moshi…" The boy answered his phone, smiling.

"I see that you have gone outside to escape them. How was your day?"

Kamijou didn't answer the question because he knew that the person on the other line had already known the answer.

"I don't really mind they find out about us, babe."

"I know…baby boy…"

"By any chance, are you with Wax or that Kpop guy? I'd like to speak with one of them."

"No but she's here. Our contact is here…"

Silence fell between them. It felt awkward somehow. How long had it been since they talked like this on the phone every night during their last days as first years in high school?

"Baby boy?"

"Can you put in on speaker mode? I'd like to speak to her as well."

A minute had passed before the phone started blaring again, "Hi! Looks like they're on your trail, huh? Well, I'm glad that they weren't able to catch you. That Fukiyose's really sneaky, huh?"

"Yeah, right." Kamijou sighed, "But thankfully, none of them knows the real story yet and I have no plans to tell them for now since you know…Index…"

"Well babe, you better go home before she really gets mad at you. By the way, I forgot to tell you something this morning," Kamijou can imagine the person blowing him kisses. "That I'm really glad I met you two years back. Thank you for not giving up on me, Touma and that you're always my number one despite being a misfortunate guy…"

Those words made Kamijou so happy that he swore could die anytime now. He couldn't response with a cheesy line like though but that person might already know what the spiky haired boy wanted to say.

"I guess I'll see you next week, Vicky. Salamat at walang…inumin…"

"Hahahaha." The girl on the other line laughed cutely, "It's "walang anuman" stupid. You're basically saying that you had no drink."

"Hahaha…yeah…" Kamijou chuckled and nodded, though that person could not see him. "I'm looking forward to it, Vicky."

"Good night, Touma…"

"Good night, Touma!"

"Good night, Vicky...and to you too, Seria…"

Next Chapter: Part Two: The Confrontation