Yes.. I feel like I update this every year in the December.. And this time I updated in the day of December the minute before New Years (literally). Okay, I'm not sure if this is short or long, especially since I'm getting really busy (no that ain't no excuse?) But this time, I'll try updating on regents week... Well.. wish me luck..

Please enjoy this chapter if you are ABLE to..

Disclamer: I do not own this franchise and like I said.. I will only want to control the couples if I did and remove harem completely! (I really do not like harems but no offense to those who happen to do like it and I will not argue with anyone for it. This is only my opinion after all.) Oh and control who people meet. :3

Inside the grand mall called Seventh Mist, there temporary resides four customers inside a mini cafe where they can tranquilize their sore muscles and take a breather through all the traffic that happens in this busy building.

"Pwahh!" After taking a big gulp of his gutsy coffee and a big platter of spaghetti, our presumably 'mysterious' hero lets out a big air of content. "I knew this food was something I couldn't miss, right Kamijou?" he patted the spikey haired teenager with a big amount of strength that the latter had to cough out his cheap iced tea.

"Hai hai.." The victimized teenager replied while still recovering from the sudden impact.

"Sogiita san, I didn't know you were a fan of this cafe," the black haired middle schooler commented idly drinking her lemon mint tea.

"I've always wanted to try the spaghetti! A classmate of mine kept on saying on how much guts this dish has!" He exclaimed with his loud booming voice whiles stuffing some of the noodles in his mouth right after.

"I don't think the classmate said anything about guts..." the chestnut haired electromaster quietly muttered, instinctively stirring her latte with fresh cream. 'And this guy really doesn't fit in a place like a cafe...'

"Hm? Dif yoo shay shomefin?" the wild Level Five noticed the more composed Level Five's mutterings, questioning it while his mouth was stuffed.

Misaka dismissed it, sipping her latte, "Nope, must be your imagination."

"Hmm.." he tried to dwell on it but decided not to at the end and continued with his spagetti until he slurped it all until the platter was empty with only the sauce remains on the platter.

The Level 0 male then got up and said, "Guess we should head out. We're going to disturb other customers if we keep hogging the seats." He pointed to the group of girls that just came in from the entrance.

The group visited other sections: sports, clothes, souvenirs, etc.

As they passed by the souvenir area, there was a certain item that didn't miss a certain Ojou sama's eyes.

"I-Is that.. the ultra rare Kiruguma keychain that's limited time only in this decade?!" she quickly dashed to the item that took less than a blink to be able to follow.

She fawned over quickly and held it up like a fragile jewelry or some sort. She soon went to her own fantasy.

"Oi Misaka-san.. You're drooling," With that one comment a certain teenager said, she immediately, though forcibly, exited her paradise. Her face quickly flushed as she wiped off the residue that resided on her lips.

"Also.. how can you even like that bear? With its appearance and even with its name, it looks like it has revenge on humanity and haunt kids while they're asleep." The chestnut haired girl fidgeted, veins popping up on her forehead.

He continued even further, oblivious to the sparks that formed in front of him that was created by a certain electric princess, "Even so, aren't these things childish? Aren't you a bit too old for thi-"

He noticed the glare of the girl with an intensity that only zealots are able to produce with increasing electricity, obviously noticeable from her temper. "Ho, ho.. mind if you repeat that again?"

Her voice was filled with venom that the boy had to gulp with beads of sweat forming, "A-Ah.. about that..", he slowly stepped back as he senses the impending danger lurking within a few seconds forward.

He quickly made a sprint as the chase started, "DIE!" the scream then resonated throughout the area as the electromaster began hunting for the misfortunate teenager.

"Ah.. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It was my mistake entirely! I will never say that again Misaka-san!" The hapless high schooler rehashed his apology to her but it was proved useless as they ran throughout the whole floor and even climbed up a 'few' amount of flights.

While the ordeal happened, the two bystanders watched the scene in amusement and didn't bother to follow them when the duo escaped their sights.

"Misaka san and Kamijou san sure have high spirits," Ruiko notes after the retreating scene.

"Yeah! They have active guts for sure!" Gunha included, with the addition of his famous words guts of course.

He then faced the middle schooler, moving on to another topic, "Oh yeah, I skipped my introductions back there. I'm Sogiita Gunha,rank seventh of the Level 5's. Some people call me Attack Crash."

"Ah.. It's nice to meet you, Sogiita san. My name is Saten Ruiko and I'm a level zero, so I don't really have anything to boast about." Ruiko introduced herself, sheepishly scratching her face while shaking hands with Gunha.

He accepted the offer of the handshake and comments, "Even if you're a level zero, I'm sure you have special traits that not even those with levels have," Gunha grinned, cheering up the said Level 0.

The raven haired girl blushed at his compliment that he suddenly spouted,"T-Thank you. By the way, why do they call you Attack Crash? What exactly is your power?"

"Hehe, about that..." he started, "I don't really know myself."

The former became confused at his reply,"Y-You don't know?"

He scratched his head as he chuckled, "Yeah, not even scientists know. My powers seem to be mysterious to them, even though they contain so much guts!"

"That seems.. kind of amazing.." she didn't know if it was a compliment or a puzzled statement when she blurted that.

"Right?!" It seems he took that as a compliment.

She giggled at his simple mindedness. He maybe the one of the most renowned Level 5's, but it seems his logic is that of an.. idiot? She's not able to word it as nice as she thought. However, at least he seems more normal than the other rumored Level Fives (excluding Misaka san of course).

"Sogiita san, you're a pretty interesting person huh?" She says as she wipes off the tears that formed from her snickers.

"Thanks Saten san." The boy grinned once more at her praise.

His expression slowly changed as his eyebrows creased and his lips formed a thin line from the carefree grin.

"What's wrong?" Ruiko asked, asking out of curiosity and concern.

"Saten san, I think we should start evacuating people in this mall.."

Her body shuddered, pressure rising up inside,"W-What do you mean?"

"WAIT JUST A DAMN SECOND!" after clearing a hundred laps, they still showed no sign of low stamina. Passerby looked at the two strangely, as even though it was crowded, they did stand out from all the running and yelling.

"IF I STOP EVEN FOR A MILLISECOND, I'LL BE CHARRED TO BLACK RIGHT?!" the teenager screamed at the top of his lungs, speaking logically of the consequences of such action. "DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE?!"

"IT'S EXACTLY JUST THAT!" the girl replied without hesitation.

"I ALREADY APOLOGIZED SO IT'S FINE! WHY ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO KILL ME?!"

"I WOULDN'T IF YOU KEPT YOUR MOUTH SHUT IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Blue sparks of electricity still ran course through her as it matched with her emotions, which was her outrage.

"I'M SORRY! I WON'T EVER SAY IT AGAIN! SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS MISFORTUNAT-" he was cut short and halted abruptly as he overheard a conversation that was in mutters and whispers, though his sharp ears detected it.

"Hey, bring reinforcements. It might be more troublesome than we initially thought." An adult's voice that was mostly an Anti Skill authority ordered her underlings.

The brunette also stopped as she was about to question it but she also was able to pick up the conversation.

They both hid behind the wall as they tried following the owner of the voice, staring at the blue, long haired woman, Yomikawa Aiho, holding a earpiece in her right ear, commanding her subordinates to her directions. "Shit.. Why does this place always get targeted as a bombing site?.."

'B-Bomb?!' The pair simultaneously widened their eyes at the revelation.

"B-Biribiri... what should we do?.." the boy murmured to the middle schooler.

"H-How should I know?!" she hissed back,"First... we should try to find the bombs..and evacuate bystanders to prevent any casualties were it to explode.."

"Then I'll inform Yomikawa sensei to vacate the area. Go contact Sogiita to assist and Saten san to follow the crowd." Touma instructed.

"I got it," she immediately opened her device as she swiftly scrolled her contacts and pressed her underclassman's number.

The call got through immediately as the receiver answered,"Misaka san?"

"Saten san, please leave Seventh Mist immediately. There's a bo-" she was instantly interrupted her order.

"I know Misaka san. Sogiita san has informed me that there's bombs within the mall. I will help out in evacuating the citizens." the black haired girl said.

"B-But Saten san.. you're going to be-" the brown haired teenager was once again cut off by the latter.

"I know. But, I've been through worse than this and I want to be of help as much as I can do in my power. I don't want to be a coward sitting in the back lines when I am in knowledge of being able to do this." her courageous voice didn't back down nor had a single bit of uncertainty.

Misaka wasn't able to retort as she let out a sigh,"Fine, Saten san.. But please be careful."

"Understood Misaka san!" she responded happily and the line was soon cut off.

Touma soon approached Misaka as she ended her call, "Yomikawa sensei said that they're currently halfway of evacuating the customers."

"Sogiita san and Saten san are also assisting in helping evacuation. I wasn't able to convince her to leave..sorry.." her face was with uneasiness as her lips pursed.

He patted her on the shoulder, trying to reassure her,"It's fine. He has Gunha with her anyways. Plus, she didn't seem the type to back down anyways."

The Tokiwadai girl smiled and nodded, "That's true.."

They walked towards the Anti Skill superior as she noticed their approaching forms,"The evacuation is complete. Now all that's left is to proceed to the bomb's location."

"Yomikawa sensei, would you mind telling us where the bomb's location is?" Tokiwadai's Ace asked.

"Yeah. One is in the second floor in the beauty parlor and the other is in the fifth floor near the flower bouquet shop." The supervisor pointed at the X marks in the map of the Seventh Mist mall.

"F-Fifth floor gift center?" Mikoto repeated as she had some suspicions that she didn't want to come true.

"Isn't that where we were before?" Touma answered as he said the same thing she thought of.

She hastily brought out her phone again and pressed redial to save time to call the previous contact.

"Saten san, where are you and Sogiita Gunha san right now?!" her voice exclaimed so rapidly before she could even register it.

"H-Huh?.. Sogiita san is in the fourth floor near the antique shop." the recipient's voice stuttered due to the sudden call she received.

"How about you, Saten san?!" the brunette's voice volume was brought up a notch due to her agitated tone.

"Eto... I believe in near the cafe in the..fifth floor?" the girl looked around her surroundings before answering.

"S-Saten san.. get aw-" she tried finish but got cut off suddenly. It seemed there was some disruptions with the connection, or.. maybe it was done on purpose.

"Then?" Touma asked as she clicked her tongue.

"Yeah.. she's near the vicinity of the bomb... and I can't contact her back!" As she kept pressing Ruiko's number, the call kept showing the automatic voicemail that appears when it's disconnected to the receiver.

"Yomikawa sensei! Please handle the second floor! We'll do something about the fifth floor!" the two teenagers then sprinted upstairs before waiting for a response.

'Saten san.. Please.. be safe..' Mikoto quietly implored under her breath.

"Hello?! Misaka san? Misaka san?!" the receiver was trying to pick up the sudden disconnection but to no avail. She stared at her phone, perplexed in her upperclassman's message.

"Misaka san, what were you trying to tell me?.." Her question to the inanimate object, that couldn't fulfill its role as a messenger, was perched onto her palm silently.

The dark haired middle schooler then felt a sudden force that slammed onto her head, the sudden impact led to her collapsing with a bloody forehead. She tried to find out who the culprit was however, she found no one at the scene, and instead finds pieces of water nearby her.

She hears the ticking, the sound getting louder and more eery. Ruiko concludes that the sound must have been a bomb, and reflects back on her call with Mikoto.

'That's what Misaka san has been warning me..' she thought, 'but.. I can't move in this state, much less than run away..'

Like she has said, her body was unable to move, the impact of her head only allowed her to have some conscious, however fleeting by the minute.

As the beeping became much more audible, it alarmed that it was up to the three second mark. She heard a faint sound behind the beep that sounded like her name before the explosion occurred. As she was about to fall into a stupor, bracing for the detonation of the bomb and her future burns, she heard a unique sound with the a large gust of wind following right after that felt like it was protecting her. Though she was about to faint, she thought she saw a spikey black hair in front of her sight. But her mind couldn't process it well through the blackout from her mind that happened less than a second after.

Okay CLIFFHANGER! I think I kind of made Misaka and Touma kind of OC because.. well I'm not even sure if Misaka will act like this anymore and I kind of rushed.. more like I kind of didn't know how to write it.. I'll try to write better.. Ugh I hate what I'm writing and I want to hide in a corner! *hides*

Ruiko faints and who do you think protected her? Touma or Gunha? Next up, I'll probably reveal the culprit and Misaka's battle is coming up. :3 Stay tuned as regents week will come soon and before that is where I'm going to suffer from AP classes. Wish me good luck! T T because I'm breaking down..