At last Chapter 4, took me a lot more of time since I have been busy, but well, at least I'm still writing, so please enjoy and review if you like. n_n

Chapter 4: Unlucky Discovery.

Academy city: 11:45 p.m.

Touma returns to the hideout of the mad scientist Hideo Takeshima and the rouge magician Frederic Averruncus, after his battle with the level 5 espers and the encounter with the Judgment members.

"Ooooh, Reaper, welcome back" Touma is greeted by the scientist "You did an excellent performance, there are still some issues, but you did well, get some rest I'll use you again in a couple of hours"

"Un… derstood" Touma goes to the operating table where, he rest.

"Mmmm, he looks beaten up, maybe you should treat him, just in case" Frederic approaches to the tired Kamijou.

"Nah, he's ok, he just needs a little rest and a new dose of my serum, it'll help him to recover faster, after all, he beated two levels 5 in a single night"

"If you say so, as long as he don't collapse in the experiments, it's ok"

"With my drug that'll be impossible, it gives him 72 hrs of energy, and he is not that hurt, the battle suit he wears, absorbs the 75% of the damage, if it weren't for it, the attacks of the number 7 could have been more severe, even the blow from that level 0 could have broken his ribs"

"Ok, but it still bugs me, maybe we should give him some kind of escort, to help him escape after the missions, to avoid situations like with those judgment girls"

"Maybe you're right, if those girls have called for assistance it could have been a pain in the ass, I'll hire some mercenaries to do the job, maybe those three guys from back then will work"

"Good, that should do it"

"I'll call them later and hopefully they should be ready before the next mission, but for now I have some new targets for the boy"

"Sigh, that again, oh well it doesn't really matter, let him rest a while and later do whatever you want, I don't give a damn"

"Of course I'll do"

A certain high school: 7:15 a.m.

Tsukuyomi Komoe goes to the teachers lounge with a smile in her face, holding some papers in her hands, inside the lounge she finds her college and friend Yomikawa Aiho, but what surprises her is the mood Yomikawa have.

"Good morning Yomikawa-sensei, why the long face? Something happened after you left the bar, last night?"

"Oh, good morning, well, I'm a little worried and I don't really know if I should tell you"

"It's something about your work at anti-skill?"

"Well, it's about this new case, about the murdered researchers"

"I've heard some of that in the news; they also said some kind of rumor about a presentation card the killer left behind"

"Yes, that's right, those rumors are true, this killer calls himself "the Reaper", and looks like this guy is very skillful, he killed the scientist swiftly and he didn't leave any kind of trace, nor fingerprint, footprints not even a single hair, and what's more worrisome, he might be quite powerful"

"Why do you say so?" Tsukuyomi looks a little puzzled for the comment of her drink-buddy.

"Because, it seems last night, this Reaper guy defeated a lot of high level espers, including a number 5 and left some of those weird cards"

"A level 5? But that's impossible, unless the attacker were a level 5 himself"

"We also thought that, but the witness says otherwise"

"What? You already have a witness, doesn't that make it easier?"

"That's what makes me worried, according to Sogita Gunha-kun, the 7th level 5, this person is not some kind of esper, since he fights with his body and use a high variety of weapons, but what worried me the most was the description of the suspect"

"Why do you say so? Those are good news"

"Yes, but, the description he gave us was very similar to one of your students, that Kamijou Touma boy"

Those words gave a huge shock to the petite teacher, who was speechless for a brief moment.

"T-that can`t be possible, Kamjou-chan could never do something that horrible!"

"Sigh, that's why I didn't want to tell you, I still don't know for sure, but that was the impression I got from the description Gunha-kun gave us, I can't either believe that Kamijou boy could do something like that, I saw myself how good natured the boy is, in that incident of the monster in the underground shops in September 1st, and who knows, it might be just my stupid misunderstanding, but since he have been absent for too many days, I'm still doubtful"

"It doesn't matter! I know Kamijou-chan could never do that, and he have been absent before, but always for a good reason, like being hospitalized"

"Sigh, I know, I know, like I told you I'm still not sure, it might be just my misunder…" Yomikawa's phone rang before she could finish her sentence, "Yes? Yomikawa speaking, yeah, oh, What!? Damnit, ok, I'm on my way" Yomikawa hang the phone.

"Job again?"

"Yes, more bodies have been found, and, like the others, the killer left a Reaper card"

"I-I-I know Kamijou-chan is not the culprit!"

"I really hope so, look, for the moment I'll keep silent about the remembrance with Kamijou-kun, and I promise you, I'll capture the culprit whoever he is, but until then, believe in your important student like always"

"Y-yes, I'll do that!"

"Good, see you later then Komoe-sensei" Yomikawa waved to Komoe and smiled.

Yomikawa left the teachers lounge in a rush, almost running over Himegami Aisa, who was just entering the room.

"Yomikawa-sensei is really in a hurry, what's wrong?" Himegami noticed the worried face of the two teachers.

"Himegami-chan, I-I think I should tell you something"

A certain spiky-haired guy's apartment: 8:45 a.m.

A little sister Known as Index awakes from her slumber by the smell of food, in the kitchen, the clone known as Misaka Imouto is cooking some light breakfast.

"That smells good. What are you cooking?" Index approached the sister from behind.

"It's just some rice, miso soup, salad and I'm making cheese omelet, It's not good for your health if you always eat outside, says Misaka making a point at the calories income"

"Maybe you're right, but I prefer the huge amounts, after all no matter how much I ate my weight is always the same"

Misaka Imouto takes a long look at Index from head to toes.

"Misaka stares at Index with envy eyes, since it's hard for Misaka to maintain a diet"

"He hee, that's because my body is special" Index puff her chest with proud.

"Mmmm but taking a better look, Misaka's breasts are bigger"

"Geehya whaa?"

"And Misaka is taller too, so according to Misaka's height and age her weight is the ideal one, says Misaka with a sneer smile"

"W-why you, don't talk about my height and breasts, they're a complex of mine"

"Well Index is not the only one, says Misaka as she remember a certain other complexed person"

Suddenly, Mikoto opens the bathroom door, were she spent the night, with a long male T-shirt as pajama, with her hair disheveled and yawning.

"Yaaaawn, good morning"

"Oh, speaking of the devil, says Misaka as she lets out a small laugh"

"Mmm? What was that?"

"Nothing, breakfast is almost ready, says Misaka denying her past sentence"

"Oh, ok thank you"

The girls changed their clothes and sat at the table, to eat breakfast, Index took the remote control and turn on the TV to watch some morning anime show.

"This is quite good, when did you learn to cook this well?" Mikoto asks her sister clone with amazement.

"Misaka learned it quite recently, with the help of the other sisters, some of them who have already known how to cook shared their different experiences with this Misaka, says Misaka as she thank her sisters"

"That sounds like cheating since all of you could share the same mind, well… I guess its ok, but why the sudden urge to learn how to cook?"

"It's for Misaka's new found dream"

"Dream? What kind of dream?"

"When Misaka learned that Kamijou-kun has cooking skills, Misaka developed the dream of wanting to cook with him, side by side, says Misaka with great pleasure as she blush *chirarin~ " Misaka Imouto makes her own onomatopoeias.

In the room everything became quiet, except for the sound of the TV and the laughs of Index.

"You, that's pretty clever coming from you" Mikoto looks a little pissed towards her sister.

"Misaka don't want to hear that from the person who slept in the same space as Kamijou-kun, even Misaka didn't thought on that possibility, says Misaka with regret"

"T-that's not what you think, it was because you and Index have the bed and I didn't want to disturb you two"

"One-sama could sleep on the floor besides the bed or use a futon, but instead one-sama preferred to go to the bath tub, that's why one-sama is the clever one, says Misaka with accusing eyes"

"Gaah, j-just shut up and finish eating"

The mood in the room is quite lively but suddenly in the TV appeared a breaking news report.

"We're sorry to interrupt your regular programming, but we brought you the most resent news in regards of the serial murders of researchers that Academy city is suffering, yesterday, we reported our auditory the discovery of the corpses of three scientists, today we have the misfortune to report that four more bodies have been found with the same modus operandi, and as the last ones, they were researchers of some renown, Anti-skill still doesn't confirm if this "Reaper" is some kind group or if it's the work of a serial killer, according to many speculators this might be the work of a single individual, since the rooms wasn't at least a little messy and the bodies didn't show any kind of trauma except for the cut in the neck"

"Oh man, such a bad moment for this to happen, I hope Anti-skill could find him quickly"

"Oh! Please wait; we are receiving new information about this matter… Oh God! It seems Anti-skill have discovered five new bodies, all of them scientists, killed in the same way, and according to crime scene, it seems one of them was killed very recently, in the lapse of one hour, making the hypothesis of a serial killer stronger, we'll keep investigating and informing of any advance in the case, for now, we'll show you the list of the new victims and the last ones, making 12 homicides in 2 days"

On the screen appeared the list of the murdered scientists, Misaka Imouto's eyes open wide, when she saw all those names.

"Mmm? What happened why you're so surprised?"

"Yesterday, Misaka wasn't sure, but today is different; Misaka can tell almost all of them were involved in the -level 6 shift- experiment"

"What!? Are you sure?"

"Yes, says Misaka as she nods"

"Damn, this could be very bad! Maybe they're punishing those scientists for the experiments fiasco, or maybe they're erasing any kind of loose end! Crap, so troublesome, why does it have to happen now!? "

"One-sama, Misaka is not asking for help, this matter can wait, right now we have our mission, and that is to find Kamijou-kun, says Misaka with a straight forward look"

"… All right, since you say it's ok, we'll let it slip until we find that idiot"

"I don't quite get it, but if you need help, then when we find Touma, I'll lend you my assistance as well" The little nun, Index, popped from behind Misaka Imouto.

"One-sama, Index-san, thank you, says Misaka as she bows in sign of gratitude"

"Quit that, we're sisters after all" Mikoto blush a little while she scratch her cheek with her finger.

"And we're friends too, right?" a smiling Index says to Misaka Imouto.

"Ok then, we have to find that idiot quickly, so we can attend other matters, first I'll contact Uiharu-san, she might already be in Judgment's office" Mikoto picked her green phone from her bag "Oh right, I forgot I turned it off last night"

When Mikoto turned on her phone she noticed a great amount of messages from Uiharu and Saten.

"Mmmm, this is weird why they call so many times? I'd better call them back" Mikoto pressed the fast dial for Uiharu's phone and heard the other side picking up "Ah, hello, Uiharu-san? How are you?"

"Misaka-san, where have you been? We've been trying to contact you since last night!"

"Ah, sorry, sorry I had some matters to attend, so I turned off my phone, but tell me what the problem is? You sound agitated"

"It's Shirai-san and Konori-sempai, they were attacked last night, when they were patrolling the streets, right now Saten-san and I are in the hospital with them, please come quickly"

The notice took Misaka by surprise, it make her speechless for a brief moment.

"Misaka-san?"

"Y-yes, I'll be there the fastest I can" Mikoto hanged the phone with a shocked face.

"One-sama what happened?"

"… It's Kuroko, a friend of mine; she got attacked and now is in the hospital"

"It's the twin tail-haired girl you were at the underground shopping mall?" asks Index as she remembers the incident with Sherry Cromwel, her Golem, and the time she met Mikoto.

"Yes, that's she"

"Oh, Misaka met her too, in one occasion she mistook Misaka with one-sama, she behave quite oddly, says Misaka as she remembers the strange feeling of that time"

"Yes, she is quite odd, but deep inside she's a good girl and a good friend, I can't believe she got injured that badly especially if Konori-sempai was with her, their opponent must be a powerful foe, anyway I'm going to the hospital, you two should keep searching, I'll meet you later as soon as I can"

"I'm going with you" says Index with a decisive look.

"Uh? But why? You don't know her that well and you must be worried for that idiot"

"I' am worried, but as Touma would say, -I can't leave a friend alone, in a situation like this- that's why I'm going"

"T-thanks, I guess, that's really something he'll say" Mikoto giggled a little.

"Misaka, would like to go as well, but Misaka's presence might cause an uproar, since not everyone, in one-sama's world, knows about her sisters, says Misaka in an apologetic way"

"Thanks, the intention is what counts"

"In the meanwhile Misaka will keep searching for Kamijou-kun"

"Good, if you find something contact us at once"

"Understood"

"By the way, do you actually have a cell phone?"

"Yes, the frog faced doctor gave one to every sister in Academy City, says Misaka showing her red, sophisticated and mature looking cell phone"

"Excellent, I'll omit the comparative insinuating "mature" trait, just give me your number so we could keep in contact"

"Yes"

The two sisters exchanged each other phone numbers.

"Oh, oh, oooooh, I have a phone as well, give me you're numbers too"

"Ok, open the infrared, uh? Index, you're phone is not charged"

"Uh? What's that? Is that really necessary?"

"Sigh… we'll recharge your phone at the hospital, I'll give you our numbers too and maybe a little tutorial of how to use a cell phone as well"

"But Touma already teach me, a little"

"It seems he didn't teach you well enough"

"You think so?"

"I know so, ok for the meanwhile let's separate"

"Yes"

Mikoto and Index arrive at a certain hospital, where her friends are, inside the lounge she meets with Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko.

"Misaka-san over here!" Uiharu and Saten waved to Mikoto.

"Uiharu-san, Saten-san, what happened to Kuroko and Konori-sempai, are they ok!?"

"Y-yes, it seems it were just some minor injuries and slight concussions"

"Really!? Oh, thank god, I was really worried"

"I'm sorry to have worried you, but they don't let us see them, and the doctor just recently inform us their condition, it seems they were awake some hours ago"

"What? Why not?"

"I don't really know, but the Anti-skill is with them"

"Anti-skill? They must be interrogating them about the attacker"

"Maybe, but, I think it must be something bigger than that"

"Why do you say so?"

"It seems some higher ups from Anti-skill and Judgment are visiting them and the other boy who came with them"

"What other boy?"

"The doctor said he came with Shirai-san and Komori-sempai, it seems he too was attacked by the same guy"

"Damn, what a violent bastard! Any clue who he is?"

"We haven't talked with them yet and the higher ups don't tell us a thing"

"Damn it…"

"Ummm, sorry to interrupt you two, but I was wondering, who is the girl besides you Misaka-san?" The girl, with long-black hair, who had been silent until now, Saten Ruiko, finally spoke.

"Ah? Oh, yes, sorry, she is a friend of mine and accompanied me here"

"G-good day, my name is Index, it's a pleasure to meet you" Index responds with nervousness.

"Ah, nice to meet you too, my name is Saten Ruiko"

"And I'm Uiharu Kazari"

"Index is a very unique name; I didn't know Misaka-san had a foreign friend"

"Well, she's not exactly a foreign, she lives in Academy City and we become friends quite recently, it's more like we have a friend in common, right?"

"Yep, we could say we truly became friends this morning"

The two girls giggled a little, but at that moment the frog-faced doctor interrupted their chat.

"Ejem, sorry to interrupt you girls, but I came to tell you that you already can visit your friends"

"Ah, y-yes, thank you (It's the Gekota doctor again, I wonder if it's to rude from me to ask him if I can take a picture of him)"

The four girls and the doctor began to walk in the room direction.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, but Anti-skill asked us to give them time to ask something from the patients"

"It's ok, but Shirai-san and Konori-sempai, are really ok?"

"Yes, as I told you before they just received some slight concussions and broken ribs, nothing too serious, well, at least in comparison to the other boy"

"Is he okay?"

"Who do you think I' am? Of course he's ok, right now he is a bit delicate, but he'll fully recover in no time"

"That's good, but, what happened to him?"

"Well, he received a lot of damage, 5 broken ribs, some internal organs got lacerated, a huge amount of hematomas, a cerebral concussion, but what really scared us was the condition of his neck, if he weren't who he is, his neck might have been broken"

"That's awful" a horrified Uiharu cover her mouth with both palms.

"But why did he end up like that, was he fighting with someone when Konori-sempai and Shirai-san stopped them?" Saten asks to the doctor.

"Mmmm, I don't think so, it seems the boy saved the two girls from the attacker, but at doing so, he became the third victim"

"That's bad, but, it should have been better if he asked for help instead of playing the hero" Mikoto responds scathingly.

"Well, he is quite strong, normally he wouldn't need help"

"Strong? Why do you say so? Who is he?"

"To tell you the truth, he is a level 5 like you"

The girls felt a shock from their backs for the impressive news, (except for Index, since she doesn't understand a thing from the science side).

"A level 5 lost? But who could have done that?" Saten asked to the doctor.

"I don't know, the level 5 boy gave a description of the attacker but it was only heard by some Anti-skill officers"

"C-can we ask him personally?"

"Unfortunately, I can't let you do that, I have him sedated and I'll keep him like that for at least 2 days, until his neck is a little better"

"Sedated for 2 days, isn't that a bit too much?"

"Truly speaking, that was the least we could do, the boy is quite impetuous, he said he wanted to search for the attacker right away, but his neck wasn't in shape, so I sedated him in order to prevent he'll hurt himself even more"

"I-I guess its ok then, ha ha…" Uiharu makes a resigned laugh.

The doctor and the girls stopped in front of the door of a room.

"Well, this is the room of your friends; try not to make them move too much, they're still hurt"

"Yes, thank you doctor"

"No problem, I'll take my leave here, good day to you all" the frog faced doctor makes a small bow and leaves the four girls "(Ho ho ho, it's a little strange seeing those two together without that boy around)" The doctor points out in his mind referring to Misaka and Index.

The four girls entered the room where Shirai Kuroko and Konori Mi, are resting from their wounds.

"Good morning Shirai-san, Konori-sempai" Uiharu and Saten greeted the two girls at unison.

"Ah, hi there" Konori greets back to her friends with a small smile.

"Konori-sempai, are you ok? You're hurt somewhere?" Mikoto asks to her friend.

"I'm ok, maybe a little tired form the interrogation, the only thing it hurts is my pride, but is nothing serious, at least, in comparison of that girl over there"

The girls look to the other bed where Shirai Kuroko is covered with her blanket and talking to herself, or more like cursing someone else.

"HowcouldthatbastardI'llmakehimpay I'mgonnakillhimforsurejustwait untilIfoundyou" the teleporter girl curses at an invisible someone.

"What… happened to her?" Saten doubtfully asks to Mi.

"Well she have been like that since the interrogation ended, she must be really pissed" Konori Mi replies with a sweat drop on her forehead.

Misaka walks to where Shirai is.

"Kuroko, what are you doing, you should be properly resting"

"One-sama, please don't see me like this, Kuroko have, Kuroko have been defiled, I can't see you at the eyes"

"Defiled!? What do you mean?"

"It was so horrible, please don't make me repeat it again, sniff, sniff"

The girls in the room looked concerned for what could have happened to that girl to make her that docile, well except for Konori Mi.

"She just showed her panties to that guy" Konori replies smiling and scratching her cheek with her index finger.

"Just that?" replied Mikoto with disbelief.

"Don't say it like that, it was a huge trauma" replied Shirai uncovering her from the blanket "I have been saving myself for one-sama, and now I'm impure"

"Sigh, sorry to say this, Kuroko, but you have been exposing your panties a lot of times in the past, almost every time you teleport to a high place"

"Ugh"

"Yes, she is right, even I have seen them a few times already, I thought you liked them be showed to the world" Saten replies with a huge smile.

"I agree" say Konori raising her hand.

"Me too" Uiharu raise her hand as well "But it still has to be a huge shock if someone of the opposite sex sees them, (like when Saten-san lifts my skirt in the street…)"

"See Kuroko? It's not such a big deal, so raise your head"

"One-sama will you accept me even in this way"

"W-well, not exactly -accept you-, but we will always be friends no matter what"

"Oh, one-sama you make me so happy" Kuroko tightly embrace Mikoto rubbing her face on Mikoto's chest.

"K-Kuroko, s-stop doing that!"

"One-Sama you know you like it"

The girls in the room began to laugh.

"I didn't knew Mikoto liked that kind of things", Index stares at the two girls with an impressed look.

"I-i-its not like that Index, we're just good friends"

"Mmmm, I have been trying to ask this, but, who is the little girl in the nun dress?" Konori asks to Misaka.

"R-right, she's Index a friend of mine"

"Nice to meet you I'm Index" the chibi sister bows, greeting Konori and Kuroko.

"Nice to meet you too" Mii bows back at Index.

"Nice meeting you, but, aren't you the girl who's always around that ape, I mean Kamijou-san?"

"Eeeh, really!? What are you for Kamijou-san? Are you Misaka-san's rival?" Saten blurted those questions at Index.

"S-S-Saten-san what are you saying? She's his friend, we're his friends nothing else" Mikoto blushes a little at Ruiko's comment.

"Y-yes, only friends it's not like I'm living with him or something like th…" Mikoto grabbed Index from behind while covering her mouth with a hand and turning to have a private chat.

"You idiot, what are you blabbering about? That fact is a secret" Mikoto whisper to Index.

"I-I know, it's just I get a little nervous in front of new people" Index whisper back

"Well, then let's change the topic"

"Agreed"

The two girls turned again, with smiling faces feigning dementia.

"A-anyway Uiharu-san, I wanted to ask for your assistance in a matter"

"Ah, s-sure, what do you need me for?"

"Well, we have some kind of problem with the computers; I'll tell you the details in the Judgment office"

"Sure, when we return I'll hear you out"

"I'll come along; I still want to ask some other things to index-san" Saten jumps in the conversation.

"(Geez Saten-san, hahaha…)"

"I might be able to go as well, in some hours" Konori says to her friends "My injuries are not that bad, but…" the black- haired girl with glasses turn her sight to the petit teleporter.

"…I can't leave the hospital in at least one or two days" Kuroko says with regretting eyes.

"I-it can't be helped; a broken rib performed one of your lungs, so you still have to rest in bed"

"Wow isn't that quite bad?" Saten asks with surprise.

"Well, yes, but that doctor is some kind of genius, he can make a serious wound, like a perforated lung or a broken bone, look like a scratch on the knee"

"You're right, he always patch up Touma no matter how hurt he is" Index said with respect.

"Mm? Kamijou-san get's hurt quite often?" Konori asks to the sister.

"Eh? Ah, well, yes he gets in fights very often; he likes to help people even if that hurt him"

"Ooooh, quite the character he is, you two should work hard to get him" Saten teased at the nun and the level 5 esper.

"We told you it's not like that!" Mikoto and Index yield at unison, with embarrassment on their faces.

The girls began to laugh, except for Mikoto and Index who are embarrassed and Kuroko who is enraged.

Academy city 01:30 p.m, office of the 177th Judgment branch.

Misaka, Index, Uiharu and Saten, after visiting their friends at the hospital, returned to Judgment's office at Mikoto's plea, just entering the office Saten took Index to a corner for a brief interrogation, while Uiharu and Misaka went to the computer.

"Ok, we're here, what was that you wanted to ask me, Misaka-san?" Uiharu asks to Misaka.

"Well, it's nothing too serious; I just want you to search for a van with this description" Mikoto passed a paper with the characteristics of the black van to Uiharu.

"Sure, no problem, does the owner owe you money or something?"

"Not exactly, but I need to know where he is" Misaka's expression is very serious.

"Ok, I'll do whatever I can" Kazari begin to typing at the keyboard.

After some minutes Uiharu stopped typing.

"Mmmm, this is strange, normally all the details of the vehicle appear immediately, are you sure this description is accurate?"

"Absolutely"

"Weird, every vehicle in Academy City is registered in the data base; if it's not here then the ban must be property of a higher up of the city or…"

"Or?"

"Or maybe the owner is involved in something illegal"

"Damn, that's what I feared" Mikoto express while biting her finger tip.

"If is something serious maybe we should call for reinforcements from Judgment" Uiharu took the phone from the desk.

"No! Please wait" Mikoto grabs Uiharu's hand, stopping her from making the call "Can we keep this as a secret? At least for now"

"It's something serious, right? If it weren't like that, Misaka-san would never react this way" Uiharu took a small breath to calm herself "Ok, I'll keep this as a secret"

"Thank you"

"At least can you tell me, what I'm really searching?"

"Sorry, but for now I can't tell you, that van is the only clue I have, if it gets to dangerous I want you to stop the search"

"Sigh, ok I'll help you unofficially, but it might take me some time"

"Thank you, if you're assisting, I'm sure it would help a lot"

"Don't worry, that's what friends are for, if I find something I'll call you right away"

"Understood, thanks again" Mikoto goes to the exit door, ready to leave "index let's go, we're leaving"

"Ah! Y-yes, coming, see you later Ruiko" Index bowed to Saten.

"Yup, see ya"

"Later Kazari" Index waved to Uiharu.

"Later" Uiharu waved back.

Then Mikoto and Index left the room, in the corridor Mikoto talks to Index.

"So, you're calling them by names now? It didn't take to much time… unlike me"

"Yes, I can tell they're nice people, Ruiko told me I can call her by her name if I wanted, and since were friends automatically Kazari is my friend too, hehee"

"Eh, that's good, I'm glad you got along with them and what about the other two?"

"Mmmm, the one with glasses, she seems like an intellectual and nice girl (but I'm envious of her proportions), and the flat-chested one, well, she's very weird"

"Hahaha, yes I think that's one of her traits" Mikoto laugh with a sweat drop on her fore head "Well I'll call Imouto to meet us near here"

"Yes, we have to keep searching for Touma"

"Yep, I hope with Uiharu-san's help, we can make it quicker"

After a long search at the city Index and Mikoto met Misaka Imouto at Touma's place, there, Mikoto explains to the sister, about her friends and the mysterious attacker.

"So this guy is skillful enough to defeat a level 5 in a battle, says Misaka with amazement and disbelief"

"Yes, that's what the doctor told us"

"That's really troublesome, normally the Sisters located at Academy city should investigate the matter, but right now we have a more important matter to attend, says Misaka with a serious stare"

"That's right we have to find Touma!" yields Index, trying to fit in the conversation.

"You bet" Mikoto smiles to Index.

"At least one-sama's friends are fine, says Misaka with serenity"

"Yeah, I'm glad; it was a huge shock to me"

"Yep, you turned white, as if you seen a ghost"

"That's not true it was concern not fear"

"So you're saying you'll be scared if you see a ghost?"

"That's not it, Geez"

The girls began to laugh, when suddenly someone knocked at the door.

"W- what?" Mikoto panicked, thinking it might be a teacher or the dorm manager of the building.

"Coming" Index walks to the door.

"W-wait you idiot give us time to hide"

But Index pay no attention and opens the door, in the other side a girl with long black hair and a blue sailor uniform can be seen, her name is Himegami Aisa, also known as Deep Blood owner of a power capable of killing a certain organism called "vampires", is other of the girls Kamijou Touma helped in the past, and is now a classmate of the unlucky boy.

"Ah! Aisa hello, what are you doing here?"

"Ummm hello, I came to pay a visit, but I see you already have guests"

"Yes, they're friends too, but please come inside"

Himegami step inside the apartment along with Index, where she presented herself to the Misakas.

"A pleasure to meet you, my name is Himegami Aisa"

"A pleasure to meet you too, Misaka's name is Misaka, says Misaka as she makes a small bow"

"Ah, l-likewise, my name is Misaka Mikoto" Mikoto makes a small bow as well.

Himegami looks from head to toes to the Misaka duo.

"Tch, I never thought Kamijou-kun would raise the twin sister's flag, I guess I underestimated him"

"Uh? What do you mean by flag?"

"Anyway, what, brings you here Aisa?" the little nun asks to Toumas classmate.

"I came to investigate why Kamijou Touma hasn't come to school"

The atmosphere in the room tensed a lot, making everyone in the room stay silent.

"U-ummmm, right now Touma is not here" Index was the first one to talk.

"I see, but he have been absent for many days, is he busy being the hero for some other girls?"

"What do you mean by 'the hero of other girls' Himegami-san?"

"Please just call me Aisa, Index-san always do so"

"Aisa-san, from where do you know Kamijou-kun, asks Misaka as she tries to remember why your name sounds so familiar"

"Me? Umm well" until now Himegami have been acting a little cold and distant, but now she blushes and act like a maiden in love "he have saved my life in two occasions, and he is a very precious friend and classmate"

"(That bastard she is another of the girls saved by him without them asking for it)" Mikoto thought to herself.

"Ah, now Misaka remember you're the girl Kamijou-san saved at the cost of having his arm severed, says Misaka as she remember the story index talk about"

"Yes…" Himegami responds with a grief expression "He got terribly injured because of me; I still blame myself for that, even if he don't do so"

"M-Misaka didn't say it that way, says Misaka in an apologetic tone"

"It's ok, but, I want to know something Index-san" Aisa gave a cold stare to Index, scaring her a little.

"Y-yes what is it?"

"There's something you're not telling me, right?"

"Ah, ummm well, I guess there's no point in not telling you since you already know my position in Touma's house" Index seems a little apologetic for hiding the truth from her friend "the truth is that Touma have been missing for five days, and we don't know where he is"

"Five days? Are you sure he's not… you know, doing heroic things, like fighting a dragon and saving a princess from being sacrificed"

"I really doubt so; we strongly suspect that he was kidnapped" Mikoto responds to Himegami's strange analogy.

"Kidnapped? Why do you think so?"

"We found a video proving that"

"I see, (then maybe Komoe's worries may have some foundation)" Himegami whispers to herself.

"What was that?" Mikoto asks with wary curiosity.

"There's something I have to tell you, all of you, something Komoe-sensei told me about"

Academy City 6:45 p.m. over a building stands Kamijou Touma using his reaper robe, just waiting, until the time of his next mission comes. It's already getting dark, in a matter of minutes the light of the sun will be gone for the rest of the day.

"Very well Reaper, be prepared, your next target is inside the mansion in the vicinity of your current position, in comparison of your past targets this one posses a higher difficulty, since the mansion posses a good security system and is guarded by several guards and some of them haves HsPS-15 Power Armor, be prepared to engage in battle with them if the case turns to the worst" The voice Kamijou hears from the device on his left eye and ear, corresponds to the scientist Hideo Takeshima who is giving him the next directives "You must stealth to the main room and assassinate the target and if possible interrogate him for the location of the next target, now it is time, Deploy Reaper, begin with your next mission!"

Kamijou throws himself from the building and while he is falling he graves a gun like object from his belt, he pushed the trigger and a hook got launched piercing a near building, letting Touma land swiftly on the ground, from there Kamijou runs through the different alleys with extreme stealth, until he finally arrives to the designated point. It was a huge mansion surrounded by walls of 6 to 7m, but Touma easily jumps the wall propelling himself using a tree, inside the garden he could see the numerous guards and three power armors, without making any sound Kamijou uses again his hook gun to reach the third level near a window and enter it, already inside he makes sure not to make any sound or touch any of the infrared rays around the place making use of the device on his eye, Kamijou walked to the main room situated in the fourth floor.

Inside the room is a man working with his computer and with some papers, he is tall with short dark-blue hair and square glasses, he's using an expensive looking white suit and over it a lab coat, then he suddenly spoke without turning back.

"My, my you must be quite skillful if you trespassed all the way here without being noticed; even I just noticed you until you were just behind me"

"Kihara Shigure, be prepared, your life ends today" Touma respond with a cold and lifeless voice.

"Well that sure is a problem, since I don't have time to die right now, why don't you come back next week? Maybe I'll have time until then"

"Don't be ridiculous" Kamijou approaches near the man named Kihara Shigure.

"Oh well, that's to bad" Shigure snaps his fingers and from nowhere two guys appear in front of him attacking Kamijou "I guess I should just let you deal with my bodyguards"

The bodyguards were two teens, around Touma's age a girl with long red hair ending with a ponytail and a boy with short light blue hair, both of them using black suits, with a white shirt. The girl launched a fire ball while the boy throws an ice spear towards Kamijou. Touma swiftly avoids both attacks, but the bodyguards keep attacking him, Kamijou avoids or dispels the different attacks, leaving the three people inside the room in shock and disbelief, giving Touma the time to run towards the pyrokinetic girl, giving her a knee-kick in the stomach and lastly a hit in the back with both hands leaving her unconscious. The enraged criokinetic boy runs towards Touma trying to hit him with an ice sword, but the moment Touma touches the sword, with his right hand, it crumble to pieces, then Touma grabs the boy wrist with his right hand, while using his free hand to hit the boy on the side, the boy kneels from the pain, coughing and trying to get some air, but this just gives Kamijou the perfect opportunity to punch him on the face, leaving him out cold.

*CLAP CLAP CLAP*

"Impressive, that was really outrageous you defeated two level 4 espers in a matter of seconds, I have to say you are someone really interesting" Kihara Shigure stands from his site and walk towards Kamijou "But what really intrigues me is that negating power you have, are you by any chance, the boy who defeated Accelerator?"

"…" Touma stood silent.

"Mmmmm, I didn't personally see you, but I heard the rumors about Accelerator's defeat by the hands of a level 0 with a negating ability, so what's you're business with me?"

Kamijou grabs Shigure's neck leaving him a bit surprised.

"Aaaah, let me respond to that" the voice came from the device at Touma's head "hello there Shigure–san, it's been a long time"

"That voice, is that you Hideo-kun, how have you been?"

"Well after you humiliate me, my life has been a bit distressing, to say the least, but I'm doing fine, as you can see I have new projects. Now back to business, where is Kihara Gensei?"

"My uncle? Like hell I know, that old geezer hasn't show his face in years and it's not like I care about him. By the way, I think the boy should leave soon I have already called my guards, they should be here in any second"

"Tch, I see, not even a Kihara knows where that bastard is, then you serve me no purpose, Reaper finish him"

"Understood"

"W-wait, what do you mea…" Shigure couldn't finish his sentence because of the sudden pain in his gut; Kamijou has stabbed him with his knife.

"Oh, sorry didn't I tell you? My new project is to hunt down all those idiots who have ridiculed me or that I despise, so of course you were in my list too"

"D-damn, your little puppet wont left alive from here and my guards will track you down I assure you that"

"I don't think so, as you can see he's quite the specimen, so good bye Shigure-san"

The Reaper slashed Kihara Shigure from his stomach to his throat splattering the blood all over the floor and killing him in an instant.

"Mission… accomplished"

The guards of the place entered in the room and saw the hooded figure of Kamijou Touma standing over their former employer, opened like a fish. The guards grabs their guns and began to shoot, Kamijou unfold his shield and covered from the gun shots, grabs a grenade from the side pocket of the cloak and throw it to the guards; making them run for their lives. Touma use this chance to run from the room and jumps from the nearest window.

Outside the house awaits him two power armors; one of them makes the first shot with his huge grenade launcher, Touma avoids a direct hit but the explosive wave throw him several meters away, he recovers quickly from the shock and throws a smoke grenade between him and the mechas. Using the smoke as a diversion, Touma approaches one of the power armors from behind, climbs to where the pilot is and puts an explosive grenade in one of the shoulder junction of the armor and later jumps to the side, the grenade explodes destroying the armors arm and part of the body leaving the unit powerless. Quickly moves to the second power armor, throws five acid pellets to the armors face, where the pilots head is, melting the glass and leaving the pilots face uncovered, Touma jumps to the guys face and punch him twice violently leaving the pilot unconscious.

Touma runs to the closer wall but is intercepted by ten guards and a third power armor. They began to shot Touma, he unfold his shield and runs towards them trying to avoid the shots of the power armor, Kamijou grabs two stun grenades from his pocket and throws them to the guards, the grenades explodes leaving all the guards temporarily blind and deaf. Touma runs to the guards, grabs a little object from his belt and unfolds it to reveal a long metal rod, then he begin to hit the guards using the rod and his legs; one by one they keep falling, victims of Touma's attacks. Suddenly, the power armor, already recovered from the blindness, grabs Kamijou by the waist and tries to crush him, but Touma use the base of his rod to hit the pilot's cabin and while doing so, a huge electric discharge is unleashed from the rod to the power armor, electrocuting the pilot, falling lifelessly and releasing Kamijou from the grip.

Touma try to leave the place by the front door, but a bright light surprise him, three trucks parked prevent him from leaving and the voice of a woman using a speaker is heard.

"This is Anti-skill, throw your weapons and surrender peacefully or we'll arrest you by force!" the woman at the speaker is Yomikawa Aiho member of Anti-skill and a teacher at Touma's school.

"Tch" Touma clicked while raising his hands.

"That's right, it's best if you surrender peacefully" Yomikawa says to the hooded figure.

Three Anti-Skill agents carefully approaches where Kamijou is, but suddenly Touma low his arms, unfold his shield, kneel and throws a stun grenade and a tear gas bomb, taking Anti-Skill by surprise Touma uses the diversion to hide from sight of Anti-Skill. The closest agents were blind, deaf and coughing uncontrollably because of the tear gas, while the more distant received less damage and put their gas masks.

"Damn, don't let him get away search for him!" Aiho yells

But Touma, instead of escaping, throws a lot of smoke grenades, using the released smoke to hide and attack the still surprised Anti-Skill agents. Using his unfolded rod in his left hand and a handgun in his right; he hits the officers using the rod or kicking them and the farthest are shot in the leg or shoulder.

"Shit, his guy is good he seems like pro, hurry disperse the smoke!"

Two agents take two big fans from the Anti-Skill truck and dissipate the smoke revealing the unconscious and hurt bodies of several Anti-Skill officers and hooded figure responsible of this.

"Damn it, shot at him don't let him get away" an Anti-Skill agent shout.

Anti-Skill begin to shot at Kamijou, using his shield he repels most of the shots, but some lands on his leg or shoulder, thanks to Touma's Battle Suit the shots don't make a major injury and using the pain killers administered constantly from a little device in Kamijou's neck, he don't feel any pain.

"What the hell!? The bullets don't work on him? Just what is he made of?" Yomikawa shouts.

Suddenly a black van collides against Yomikawa's truck making her fall and leaving the truck inoperable, a huge black-haired man carrying a rocket launcher drops out from the ban; aims to another Anti-Skill truck and shots the rocket, making the nearest Anti-Skill agents flee while destroying the truck and releasing a huge explosion knocking down some of the officers and unleashing a fire circling the area of the explosion.

"Reaper, hop on!" the guy with black hair yells at Touma.

"(Reaper!?)" Yomikawa thinks.

Touma runs to the van, but first leaps over the remaining Anti-Skill truck and drops two explosive grenades inside the cabin making it explode. Touma gets on the truck and escapes along with the huge man with a scar.

"Damn! This is not good, that was the Reaper we're searching for, I have to contact the headquarters" Yomikawa grabs a radio from her tactical vest "Headquarters, this is Yomikawa we have encountered the Reaper, but my team has been obliterated and it seems he is not alone, he escaped with two or three more suspects inside a black van with the plates ******* we request backup and camera surveillance, I repeat, we request backup and camera surveillance"

15 minutes later.

Four guys' escapes inside a black van, the driver is a red spiky-haired guy around seventeen years old, at the rear a guy with glasses is tipping in a laptop, besides him a huge guy with black hair and a big scar on his left eye and in front of him Kamijou sits quietly with his arms crossed.

"Wooohoo! What a rush, those explosions were so cool; I never thought that new rocket launcher could make so much damage"

"Akito just drive and shut up! We're not safe yet" a guy with glasses yells to the driver

"Awww, come on Seymour even if they track us down we still have four more of those rocket launchers" the red head teen named Akito replies

"Even so, I don't think Anti-Skill would give up"

"We have to reach the safe zone before we can relax, they must be using the surveillance cameras to track us" the big guy with black hair and a scar on his eye named Logan exclaims.

"You're right, we have to hurry and I can't use the electromagnetic pulse yet"

Suddenly an electric shock passes beside the van.

"Whoaaa, what the hell was that!?" the driver yells.

"I don't know it seems it was electricity"

Facing them the figure of a girl is pointing her finger against them.

"Shit, hurry to the side!"

The guy with glasses shouts to the driver, making him to turn to the left, while doing so a ray of blue light passes besides them making a loud sound and destroying the asphalt on its way, the van is forced to stop to avoid a collision.

"Damn it, so it's really her…"

The girl approaches them, every time she approaches to the light of the lamp posts it's easier to distinguish her features, she have short tea-colored hair and is using the Tokiwadai winter uniform, she is Misaka Mikoto the 3rd level 5 of Academy City.

"The Railgun"

"Damn, is that electric ojou-san, I would rather not face her"

"Hey, the people inside the van, get out now, I have some questions to you!" the hazel-haired girl shouts.

"Tch, not another option"

The four guys leave the truck all with the hands behind their heads.

"So what is the problem ojou-san" the big builded man asks to Mikoto.

"Don't play dumb with me! Five days ago you kidnapped a boy from sector 7; I want to know where you take him!" Mikoto yells to the guys in front of her.

"Sorry, ojou-chan, but we don't know what you're talking abo…" Akito try to reply but is interrupted by an electric shock coming from behind.

"Don't act so self centered, respond to one-sama's question, says Misaka as she threatens you with her machine gun" Misaka 10032 stomps over the van.

"There are two of them?" Logan inquires.

"She must be a SISTER" Seymour responds.

"So, you also know about the SISTERS, just who are you guys?"

"Sorry, but you don't need to know, Reaper attack!" Seymour shouts.

The shout leaves Mikoto perplexed, while the cloaked guy dash against Mikoto and drop a smoke grenade behind him, Logan grabs a hand gun from his vest pocket and shots to Misaka Imouto, she evaded and takes cover behind a post, using the smoke and shots as a diversion Akito and Seymour gets inside the van. The hooded guy kicks Mikoto in the side she manages to defend herself using her arms but still the recoil makes her to take some distance.

"It seems Uiharu-san was right, that Reaper freak was inside the van, I just have to defeat you then interrogate those idiots behind you to find him"

"…"

"What's wrong you can't talk? Then let's try this" Mikoto released some electricity from her bangs, but the Reaper just avoid it with a roll to the side.

"Heh, that won't work with this" this time Mikoto released a huge lighting wall between her and the Reaper, making it quickly advance against him "This time I got you"

But instead of retiring, the man rushes to the wall with his right arm extended; the moment the wall make contact with the right hand it disappears with the sound of a broken glass.

"Ah? No, it can't be" Mikoto quietly says.

Due to Mikoto's surprise, the hooded man quickly approach her and manage to grab her wrist using his right hand, Mikoto tries to release some electricity towards her attacker, but she's unable to.

"(Oh no, it's just like that time, with him)"

The reaper rise his remaining fist to hit her, by reflex Mikoto closed her eyes and covers her face using her free arm, but the punch never came.

"Uh?" Mikoto slowly open her eyes and observes her attacker is trembling and breathing harshly.

"W-who…are… you" Kamijou spoke with a trembling voice.

The moment Mikoto heard that voice, the voice of the boy who have saved her in more of one occasion, the voice that is able to comfort her or enrage her in a matter of a few seconds, the voice of a chivalrous boy, the voice of Kamijou Touma; tears begins to build up in her eyes and fall down her cheeks.

"No, it can't be, why are you here? What did they do to you?"

Ok, here you go chapter 4. Sorry for the cliffhanger, I was supposed to put more in this chapter, but it would end as very long chapter so I decided that the next part of the story to be a chapter by itself.

Once again sorry for the delay but I have been busy with the school and now in vacations with work (damn it, I miss being a hikikomori), I'll try to write more often, and if possible finish this story before break ends.

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