Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Role-Play)
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BlinkXPoke
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((This is a joint post between: Cinia Pacifica. Katsucha, BlinkXPoke, and TheLoneGentleman. Note: Okay, we had like one or two dice rolls, but I'm being extremly lazy to type that out, but on Natsu's little explosion there was a roll to check how destructive the blast would be.))
Sadao was surprised, even under such circumstances Natsu was still able to keep her confidence. Even strong people crack under pressure, but nothing had changed about her. It was something that some people strive for their whole lives. The scene in the mall was chaotic, with people fleeing in all directions to get away from the imminent danger. The two of them however were headed into the middle of the chaos and panic. Heading straight in was never Sadao's style, but Natsu made him feel like there was nothing to worry about. Checking his gun over again just to make sure it'd work if needed, he matched Natsu's pace.
"Kihara-san, do you know where they are coming from? Or are we just heading for the eye of the storm, hoping for the best?" asked Sadao trying to get a grasp on the situation. This probably sounded weird coming from the one who was supposed to be guarding, but the way she was acting made it seem like she knew exactly what she was doing.
"Ah... give me a second, let me check something first," Natsu then closed her eyes, as if to feel something. After around half a minute, she opened her eyes again, "Oh? Interesting. There's quite a lot of people underground right now. Even though most of the people are out by now," that was most likely the 'eye of the storm'. Natsu also held the ability to read heat signatures with her eyes closed. Although she felt that such a skill would most likely not come in handy; it did regardless. "Alright, Kimera, we're going to the underground section."
Natsu then looked around for the stairs, upon noticing it, she strolled her away towards it.
Reaching into his back pocket, he pulled his gloves out and slipped them on. Holding the gun in his right hand, and pulling one of his blades from his pocket he took the tactical position he was taught. Bringing up his hand armed with the blade, he rested the gun on his forearm. Dashing in front of Natsu he took point. "Think you can create a distraction? I'd rather do this cleanly." he suggested. The less work they had to do the better. They would be ready to take on more trouble should it arise.
"Hmm, even if you say that, I don't think you need to do anything at all... " she took a moment to clear her throat, "I mean, they'd be turned to ash with the distracted itself," as Natsu said so, loud sounds of gunshots resounded across the lower section of the mall. It seemed that Anti-skill took the liberty to face them first, "So, the party had already begun, shall we join it too?"
Sadao laughed in pure amazement. Everything he had ever been taught had told him to be careful, and be safe. But in front of him was a girl who betrayed it all. And to top it all off, if she got hurt it would be his ass on the line. "Fine, just don't roast me while you are taking care of those guys," he said as he headed down the stairs. The two had to run for some time, after which they reached the battlefield. If one had to describe it, it'd be 'raining bullets' thats exactly how it sounded anyway. As Sadao entered the battlefield he spotted his way in behind some flipped tables. Diving in he sneaks up behind a terrorist out of formation, and getting ready to choke the man to the ground before slashing his throat.
Unlike her bodyguard Sadao, though, Natsu didn't cower in fear enough to do anything like hiding behind layers of table. It seemed like the terrorists were preoccupied with the attacks from Anti-skill. Anti-skill had many armored men in line, along with bots providing additional protection; they created a defense line altogether. On the other hand, the terrorists had something like a barricade set up towards the Anti-skill. They seemed rash and used all sorts of dangerous weaponry, ranging from machine guns to destructive items like granades.
A smile cracked on Natsu's face. Let's heat this party up, shall we?", Natsu raised her hand towards the terrorists. There was a whole line of adults, none seemed like ordinary citizens. They were armored and armed just like any other military members. Natsu realized their identity. They were members of BLOCK. However, even though she knew this, there was no mercy in her, for them. It seemed that the members of BLOCK didn't realized her presence. She continued to concentrate her power, making a simple equation in her mind. Her AIM already spread across the room, and they were combustible only to her. This is a special trait she possessed. She lit her AIM with her fiery power, around the center of members of the line of troops, and waited for it to overload; hence explode.
Boom, there was an explosion. It wasn't huge, but it was lethal. Anti-skill members came to a halt. They didn't know what the hell just happened. The middle of BLOCK's defense line was literally black in ash.
Taking cover from the shrapnel, he slowly stood up to assess the damage. "You really went all out didn't you?" he said, seeing the difference that was made in the battlefield. Even enemies that weren't hit would have to deal with it fast, their comrades were just baked right in front of them. He didn't even know where to go from there. Even though the terrorists at this point would be easy targets, it didn't feel right somehow. "So what do you plan on doing now, Kihara-san?" he asked wondering if they were going to continue this one-sided massacre.
Before Natsu took the liberty to reply to Sadao, one of those who were frozen in fear due to Natsu's attack; a terrorist, screamed, "YOU BITCH!" he yelled, and threw a grenade towards her. Natsu was left unfazed. Her eyes carefully analyzed the object thrown towards her in the small instant in which it came landing in front of her. Her eyes slightly widened, Uhh... it's that thing, right? Which explodes after some time when in use? Tch, that's rather annoying to cover against," her thoughts were conveyed as feelings in a second, she merely saw the grenade as more of a chore on her to-do list.
The second explosion, an extremely loud, ear-deafening blast of sound and air was expected. Almost everyone closed their eyes due to the flash of light, some were even running away or taking cover for safety. But nothing happened. There was no sound. Some shakingly opened their eyes slowly. Natsu's hand held a small, fiery ball of light under her palms.
This is the difference between us and the level 5's eh? Sadao, for sure, was jealous of that power, but his expression didn't show it. He'd gain such power through hard work or most likely die in his attempt. The ball she held in her hand was the grenade that the man had thrown, blast itself was controlled, and contained in her palm, before it could spread out to deal damage. It was a terrifying display of just what she was capable of. It was then that Sadao understood why he recieved those strange orders. They wanted him to see just what she was made of.
"Oh dear, what's wrong? Why the face, gentlemen?" Natsu smiled, the looks of fear on the faces of the members of BLOCK intensified, she was clearly mocking them, she smile made it all the more obvious. They didn't know if they should continue or ran away, but even if they tried to run, Anti-skill was there on the other side. They thought they could run on the other direction initially, but that's where Natsu stood now. "Don't give me that look now. Here, I'm giving you people back your expensive looking, shiny gift," Natsu seemed like one of those ballers playing cricket, her face lit with excitement, as she threw the ball of fire back at the members of BLOCK. The 'expected' second explosion finally took place, and the ear-cracking noise too, occured. I guess that's pretty much their main force wiped out. Their might be some sneaky rats around though... well, that's none of my concern. Judgement and Anti-skill can take care of the rest now.
"Then we are done here. I think we had made ourselves stick out enough anyways. You're like a damn firework, I couldn't take you anywhere," he said laughing. It was one of the few moments he could take the time to joke around on the job. Natsu replied with "Heh, I aim to please." Any other time and that would have gotten Sadao killed. Following Natsu back up the stairs they made their way back to the upper floors of the mall. It was completely empty and unnatural for a mall. They simply decided to take their leave. Sadao grabbing a quick snack from a food shop.
Upon getting back to the upper-section once again; Sana's face literally moved from left to right, scanning the environment to see if Tamaki is around the scene. From the distance, she could see that most of the people were by the exit, trying to get out. There were members of Judgement trying to calm the people down as they swiftly directed them towards the exit. Sana examined if any of them could possibly be her little sister, Tamaki, but she couldn't really get a good look at them due to the crowd. "It's probably a better idea to head to the second floor and see if we can get a better view, don't you think Touma?" Sana then headed to the second floor in search of Tamaki.
While on the other hand, Tamaki was given the task to pursue any suspicious looking people. The priority being to see if anyone was carrying anything dangerous, if one did; they'd most likely be a suspect. Of course, she was not alone. With her stood a cute looking girl with blond hair; tied in two pigtails. She was slightly taller than Tamaki, seemingly an elementary school student, with even a childish red backpack to top it off, her name was Kihara Nayuta. As they were scurrying around to find suspicious people. They came upon an older girl, carrying out a stuffed rabbit doll. It was Tamaki's older sister, Minase Sana.
Upon arriving at the second floor, Sana walked towards what she believed would be a good spot to look for Tamaki. While walking, two young girls entered Sana's range of view, upon seeing them, she recognize Tamaki among the two. "Tama-chan!" she called out with pure exicement while running at full speed towards her little sister, hugging her, and rubbing her cheek against her's.
Tamaki's face was riddled with sudden confusion and disbelief as her head wobbled. "W-Where did you come from, Onee-chan?!" was her instant response.
"That can't be all you have to say to your Onee-chan who you haven't seen in a whole month is it, my cute little Tama-chan?! I missed you so much!! I just don't want to let you go!!" Sana let an outburst of her feelings, while still rubbing her cheek against Tamaki's and then giving her a kiss there as well.
Tamaki forcefully shaked off her cheek-rubbing sister, so as to stop herself from getting lost in comfort, "Of course not! But I'm in a middle of a mission here, we're having large scale operation to arrest terrorists here! Please evacuate to safety, Onee-chan! I have to look for criminals in disguise along with my friend here."
After Tamaki had pushed her away, Sana felt a bit sad, but then quickly made sure to maintain her composure, "I'm sorry about that, I just couldn't help myself. But I can't just let you and your friend here be here by yourselves! Do you think I can leave you here knowing there are terrorists around?! "
"Tch, I knew that Onee-chan would say something like this. This is why I always pray that I wouldn't run into you while at work!" Tamaki let that thought out aloud, "But it seems like there's no more need for any of that. The operation just ended. We got news that the terrorists just got captured."
Upon hearing what Tamaki said, Sana felt like she got stabbed in the heart. "I see. Then I shall take my leave now," Sana said with distraught face. Sana turned around and slowly started walking away.
Tamaki panicked, she didn't think that her words would hurt her elder sister this much, Kihara Nayuta whispered in her ears, "You might wanna stop her~", she was right. Tamaki's eyes rolled as if she was dizzy from all the melodrama. She hurriedly ran to the sister and hugged her. "Alright I'm sorry for saying those mean things! But it's just that you're overprotective when it comes to me, is all! It doesn't mean that I hate you or anything! Now that the whole thing is over, we can just... uhh, relax and hit up a cafe or something! R-Right Nayuta-senpai?!"
"A-Ah, yes... " she replied with a forced smile, she didn't think Tamaki would drag her in on the emotional coaster ride, which was their drama.
Sana couldn't help but feel joy once she heard Tamaki's words. She then turned around to hug her sister "That would be wonderful, Tama-chan. Oh, but where are my manners, I sorta completely forgot about your friend there. My name is Minase Sana, Tamaki's older sister," Sana said as she bow to apologize to Nayuta.
"Ah, that's okay, I am a member of Judgement, working on branch 49, my name is Kihara Nayuta, pleased to meet ya!" Nayuta said, smiling.
Tamaki sighed, Thankfully, I got to calm her down, at least...
From Jun's perspective of the mall, he only saw five men. "I must have reached the rear exit of the building..." He had expected to see large crowds of people evacuating the mall, in a panic, no less. They seemed calm, considering the situation, until they noticed a girl walking up to them, donning Judgment's armband. She, too, looked relatively calm, even as those men, who now looked flustered, drew their weapons against her. "This isn't gonna end well..." Jun considered both jumping into the conflict to try to save her, or retreating to finding help.
Neither was neccessary. It happened too quickly for Jun to comprehend. The girl had dashed forward, and a sudden gust of wind and a small tornado had appeared to knock the men unconscious immediately. "She's an Aero Hand user, too!?" Jun thought out loud in disbelief. It was incredible. He moved forward to find a closer angle, mumbling "Yeah, I'm not going to get a better chance than this!" In his excitement, Jun ran too far and crashed into the girl, toppling both himself and her to the ground. It was a strangely soft landing, though. His head landed on some kind of firm, pillowy mound, that was accompanied by an indescribably pleasant smell. It was somehow relaxing; he could stay like this for a while.
Ayane put her hand slowly behind the youth's head. Confused from the sudden impact, her mind suddenly remembered the status of the area. Hurriedly thinking that this may be an attack. She hurriedly grabbed her the hair of the boy, pulling up his face for her to see, then touched his cheek with her other hand, gently brushing him away with a small gust of wind. "This is Judgement. Identity yourself!"
"Ow, ow! Oof! Geez... Easy with the hair-pulling!" Jun spent a moment to compose himself before answering her order. Her powerful tone of voice caused him to keep his hands over his head to let her know he wasn't up to anything bad. "I'm just a student! My name is Shimizu Junichi. I'm sorry for running into you... I was curious when I saw your esper ability. It was the same as mine..." He averted his eyes. This was a rather silly reason to knock over a Judgement member. "I wanted to get a closer look, but I guess I got too close..." Jun tried to laugh it off.
"Oh... you sure have no sense of shame, getting close like that, jeez!" Ayane seemed to be slightly flustered as she replied, trying to maintain her calmness. She then tried to compose herself and, then analyzed his words properly, "Wait, my ability is the same as yours?" Ayane folded her arms right below her chest, it seemed that her calm and serene expression came back to her face.
Jun was amused by her reaction. It was kind of cute. "Haha, sorry 'bout that!" Now slightly more relaxed, he put his hands back down on his legs. Her reaction didn't last long, and her demeanor changed again when she asked another question. "Uhhh, yeah, sort of. Creating gusts of wind and such, I can do the same thing... sometimes..." He averted his eyes again. "I... can't actually control my power, though... I'm a Level 0..."
"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. I started out as a level 2 Aero Hand user. So I have no idea how terrible it must feel to be unable to control your powers at all. But it's not like you're completely powerless like most of the other level 0's out there, right? You'll get a hand over your power, eventually... well, hopefully," and that's where Ayane remembered that hardwork doesn't always equals talent. Her attempts to reach level 5 resulting in failure taught that, she had a sudden displeased look on her face, which she tried to keep under the surface of her expression.
Her words stung a bit. While it was admirable of her to become as powerful as she is when starting as a level 2, it still didn't comfort Jun that after all these years, he's never even had any abilities, and he still has no control over the ability he attained. "I suppose, but it's hard... I've been practicing, trying to acheive some level of control, but I can never get the hang of it. Who knows if I'll ever pull it off..." Jun clicked his teeth. The disappointment he's relived several times has returned, leaving him bitter with himself once again. He looked up to her, and noticed a similar expression on her face. "She must have faced her share of disappointment, as well. Someone has high expectations of her, too, I bet."
After a moment of silence, Jun asked a question. "Oh, by the way, what was your name?"
"Are you sure you've not been feeling oppressed by the level of strength the stronger espers have? That can usually kill one's confidence, and they subconsiously think there's a wall between them and the higher level espers, this makes it hard for them to get stronger... though, all I can really say is, good luck! I've also felt similar disappointment, so I can't say much to console you," Ayane looked down, and then came another question, this reminded her that the boy had indeed introduced himself, but she already forgot the name, in fact, her brain didn't process every bits of his sentences, perhaps this is the result of a situation where a kid suddenly decides to bump into her like that, "Ah, umm, my name is Shirayuki Ayane. Pleased to meet you... what was your name, again?" she scratched the back of her head as she questioned him, trying to still remember all his words. A transmission came right after that, saying that the operation is over.
I knew it. Everything she said is exactly how Jun felt. He found someone who understands his pain and chuckled after realizing this. "Maybe I am. Maybe I'm just putting on unneccessary barriers for myself. Thanks, I appreciate the motivation." Jun stood up and faced her, bowing his head in gratitude.
"Oh, come on! I just told you earlier!" He scolded her in a joking manner. "My name is Shimizu Junichi. It's so nice to meet you, Shirayuki Ayane!"
"Maybe you should watch members of Skill-out, it gave me confidence before!" Ayane bothered to say that heartless line, she just realized of it after she said so, but she had no choice but to go with it. "Though, I did gain two levels through out training, so maybe you'll get stronger in the future too!" she gave her last shot at increasing his motivation, but then got scolded for not remembering his name. "Ah, sorry, I tend to be clumsy like that," she stuck out her tongue so as to show a side of her clumsiness, her gem-like violet eyes says otherwise about this type of particular side of her. She then announed, "Oh, the terrorists got caught it seems, the operation is over."
"Terrorists!? Damn, what was I getting myself into..." Jun turned his head toward the mall, wondering what had happened. "Anyways, I guess that means you oughta be going now, don't you?" It was a little saddening to part ways with Ayane. He felt that he had a lot in common with her. "Oh wait, before you go...!" Jun asked her for her contact information before they departed. After exchanging their numbers and email addresses, they went their seperate ways.
Sadao was surprised, even under such circumstances Natsu was still able to keep her confidence. Even strong people crack under pressure, but nothing had changed about her. It was something that some people strive for their whole lives. The scene in the mall was chaotic, with people fleeing in all directions to get away from the imminent danger. The two of them however were headed into the middle of the chaos and panic. Heading straight in was never Sadao's style, but Natsu made him feel like there was nothing to worry about. Checking his gun over again just to make sure it'd work if needed, he matched Natsu's pace.
"Kihara-san, do you know where they are coming from? Or are we just heading for the eye of the storm, hoping for the best?" asked Sadao trying to get a grasp on the situation. This probably sounded weird coming from the one who was supposed to be guarding, but the way she was acting made it seem like she knew exactly what she was doing.
"Ah... give me a second, let me check something first," Natsu then closed her eyes, as if to feel something. After around half a minute, she opened her eyes again, "Oh? Interesting. There's quite a lot of people underground right now. Even though most of the people are out by now," that was most likely the 'eye of the storm'. Natsu also held the ability to read heat signatures with her eyes closed. Although she felt that such a skill would most likely not come in handy; it did regardless. "Alright, Kimera, we're going to the underground section."
Natsu then looked around for the stairs, upon noticing it, she strolled her away towards it.
Reaching into his back pocket, he pulled his gloves out and slipped them on. Holding the gun in his right hand, and pulling one of his blades from his pocket he took the tactical position he was taught. Bringing up his hand armed with the blade, he rested the gun on his forearm. Dashing in front of Natsu he took point. "Think you can create a distraction? I'd rather do this cleanly." he suggested. The less work they had to do the better. They would be ready to take on more trouble should it arise.
"Hmm, even if you say that, I don't think you need to do anything at all... " she took a moment to clear her throat, "I mean, they'd be turned to ash with the distracted itself," as Natsu said so, loud sounds of gunshots resounded across the lower section of the mall. It seemed that Anti-skill took the liberty to face them first, "So, the party had already begun, shall we join it too?"
Sadao laughed in pure amazement. Everything he had ever been taught had told him to be careful, and be safe. But in front of him was a girl who betrayed it all. And to top it all off, if she got hurt it would be his ass on the line. "Fine, just don't roast me while you are taking care of those guys," he said as he headed down the stairs. The two had to run for some time, after which they reached the battlefield. If one had to describe it, it'd be 'raining bullets' thats exactly how it sounded anyway. As Sadao entered the battlefield he spotted his way in behind some flipped tables. Diving in he sneaks up behind a terrorist out of formation, and getting ready to choke the man to the ground before slashing his throat.
Unlike her bodyguard Sadao, though, Natsu didn't cower in fear enough to do anything like hiding behind layers of table. It seemed like the terrorists were preoccupied with the attacks from Anti-skill. Anti-skill had many armored men in line, along with bots providing additional protection; they created a defense line altogether. On the other hand, the terrorists had something like a barricade set up towards the Anti-skill. They seemed rash and used all sorts of dangerous weaponry, ranging from machine guns to destructive items like granades.
A smile cracked on Natsu's face. Let's heat this party up, shall we?", Natsu raised her hand towards the terrorists. There was a whole line of adults, none seemed like ordinary citizens. They were armored and armed just like any other military members. Natsu realized their identity. They were members of BLOCK. However, even though she knew this, there was no mercy in her, for them. It seemed that the members of BLOCK didn't realized her presence. She continued to concentrate her power, making a simple equation in her mind. Her AIM already spread across the room, and they were combustible only to her. This is a special trait she possessed. She lit her AIM with her fiery power, around the center of members of the line of troops, and waited for it to overload; hence explode.
Boom, there was an explosion. It wasn't huge, but it was lethal. Anti-skill members came to a halt. They didn't know what the hell just happened. The middle of BLOCK's defense line was literally black in ash.
Taking cover from the shrapnel, he slowly stood up to assess the damage. "You really went all out didn't you?" he said, seeing the difference that was made in the battlefield. Even enemies that weren't hit would have to deal with it fast, their comrades were just baked right in front of them. He didn't even know where to go from there. Even though the terrorists at this point would be easy targets, it didn't feel right somehow. "So what do you plan on doing now, Kihara-san?" he asked wondering if they were going to continue this one-sided massacre.
Before Natsu took the liberty to reply to Sadao, one of those who were frozen in fear due to Natsu's attack; a terrorist, screamed, "YOU BITCH!" he yelled, and threw a grenade towards her. Natsu was left unfazed. Her eyes carefully analyzed the object thrown towards her in the small instant in which it came landing in front of her. Her eyes slightly widened, Uhh... it's that thing, right? Which explodes after some time when in use? Tch, that's rather annoying to cover against," her thoughts were conveyed as feelings in a second, she merely saw the grenade as more of a chore on her to-do list.
The second explosion, an extremely loud, ear-deafening blast of sound and air was expected. Almost everyone closed their eyes due to the flash of light, some were even running away or taking cover for safety. But nothing happened. There was no sound. Some shakingly opened their eyes slowly. Natsu's hand held a small, fiery ball of light under her palms.
This is the difference between us and the level 5's eh? Sadao, for sure, was jealous of that power, but his expression didn't show it. He'd gain such power through hard work or most likely die in his attempt. The ball she held in her hand was the grenade that the man had thrown, blast itself was controlled, and contained in her palm, before it could spread out to deal damage. It was a terrifying display of just what she was capable of. It was then that Sadao understood why he recieved those strange orders. They wanted him to see just what she was made of.
"Oh dear, what's wrong? Why the face, gentlemen?" Natsu smiled, the looks of fear on the faces of the members of BLOCK intensified, she was clearly mocking them, she smile made it all the more obvious. They didn't know if they should continue or ran away, but even if they tried to run, Anti-skill was there on the other side. They thought they could run on the other direction initially, but that's where Natsu stood now. "Don't give me that look now. Here, I'm giving you people back your expensive looking, shiny gift," Natsu seemed like one of those ballers playing cricket, her face lit with excitement, as she threw the ball of fire back at the members of BLOCK. The 'expected' second explosion finally took place, and the ear-cracking noise too, occured. I guess that's pretty much their main force wiped out. Their might be some sneaky rats around though... well, that's none of my concern. Judgement and Anti-skill can take care of the rest now.
"Then we are done here. I think we had made ourselves stick out enough anyways. You're like a damn firework, I couldn't take you anywhere," he said laughing. It was one of the few moments he could take the time to joke around on the job. Natsu replied with "Heh, I aim to please." Any other time and that would have gotten Sadao killed. Following Natsu back up the stairs they made their way back to the upper floors of the mall. It was completely empty and unnatural for a mall. They simply decided to take their leave. Sadao grabbing a quick snack from a food shop.
***
Upon getting back to the upper-section once again; Sana's face literally moved from left to right, scanning the environment to see if Tamaki is around the scene. From the distance, she could see that most of the people were by the exit, trying to get out. There were members of Judgement trying to calm the people down as they swiftly directed them towards the exit. Sana examined if any of them could possibly be her little sister, Tamaki, but she couldn't really get a good look at them due to the crowd. "It's probably a better idea to head to the second floor and see if we can get a better view, don't you think Touma?" Sana then headed to the second floor in search of Tamaki.
While on the other hand, Tamaki was given the task to pursue any suspicious looking people. The priority being to see if anyone was carrying anything dangerous, if one did; they'd most likely be a suspect. Of course, she was not alone. With her stood a cute looking girl with blond hair; tied in two pigtails. She was slightly taller than Tamaki, seemingly an elementary school student, with even a childish red backpack to top it off, her name was Kihara Nayuta. As they were scurrying around to find suspicious people. They came upon an older girl, carrying out a stuffed rabbit doll. It was Tamaki's older sister, Minase Sana.
Upon arriving at the second floor, Sana walked towards what she believed would be a good spot to look for Tamaki. While walking, two young girls entered Sana's range of view, upon seeing them, she recognize Tamaki among the two. "Tama-chan!" she called out with pure exicement while running at full speed towards her little sister, hugging her, and rubbing her cheek against her's.
Tamaki's face was riddled with sudden confusion and disbelief as her head wobbled. "W-Where did you come from, Onee-chan?!" was her instant response.
"That can't be all you have to say to your Onee-chan who you haven't seen in a whole month is it, my cute little Tama-chan?! I missed you so much!! I just don't want to let you go!!" Sana let an outburst of her feelings, while still rubbing her cheek against Tamaki's and then giving her a kiss there as well.
Tamaki forcefully shaked off her cheek-rubbing sister, so as to stop herself from getting lost in comfort, "Of course not! But I'm in a middle of a mission here, we're having large scale operation to arrest terrorists here! Please evacuate to safety, Onee-chan! I have to look for criminals in disguise along with my friend here."
After Tamaki had pushed her away, Sana felt a bit sad, but then quickly made sure to maintain her composure, "I'm sorry about that, I just couldn't help myself. But I can't just let you and your friend here be here by yourselves! Do you think I can leave you here knowing there are terrorists around?! "
"Tch, I knew that Onee-chan would say something like this. This is why I always pray that I wouldn't run into you while at work!" Tamaki let that thought out aloud, "But it seems like there's no more need for any of that. The operation just ended. We got news that the terrorists just got captured."
Upon hearing what Tamaki said, Sana felt like she got stabbed in the heart. "I see. Then I shall take my leave now," Sana said with distraught face. Sana turned around and slowly started walking away.
Tamaki panicked, she didn't think that her words would hurt her elder sister this much, Kihara Nayuta whispered in her ears, "You might wanna stop her~", she was right. Tamaki's eyes rolled as if she was dizzy from all the melodrama. She hurriedly ran to the sister and hugged her. "Alright I'm sorry for saying those mean things! But it's just that you're overprotective when it comes to me, is all! It doesn't mean that I hate you or anything! Now that the whole thing is over, we can just... uhh, relax and hit up a cafe or something! R-Right Nayuta-senpai?!"
"A-Ah, yes... " she replied with a forced smile, she didn't think Tamaki would drag her in on the emotional coaster ride, which was their drama.
Sana couldn't help but feel joy once she heard Tamaki's words. She then turned around to hug her sister "That would be wonderful, Tama-chan. Oh, but where are my manners, I sorta completely forgot about your friend there. My name is Minase Sana, Tamaki's older sister," Sana said as she bow to apologize to Nayuta.
"Ah, that's okay, I am a member of Judgement, working on branch 49, my name is Kihara Nayuta, pleased to meet ya!" Nayuta said, smiling.
Tamaki sighed, Thankfully, I got to calm her down, at least...
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From Jun's perspective of the mall, he only saw five men. "I must have reached the rear exit of the building..." He had expected to see large crowds of people evacuating the mall, in a panic, no less. They seemed calm, considering the situation, until they noticed a girl walking up to them, donning Judgment's armband. She, too, looked relatively calm, even as those men, who now looked flustered, drew their weapons against her. "This isn't gonna end well..." Jun considered both jumping into the conflict to try to save her, or retreating to finding help.
Neither was neccessary. It happened too quickly for Jun to comprehend. The girl had dashed forward, and a sudden gust of wind and a small tornado had appeared to knock the men unconscious immediately. "She's an Aero Hand user, too!?" Jun thought out loud in disbelief. It was incredible. He moved forward to find a closer angle, mumbling "Yeah, I'm not going to get a better chance than this!" In his excitement, Jun ran too far and crashed into the girl, toppling both himself and her to the ground. It was a strangely soft landing, though. His head landed on some kind of firm, pillowy mound, that was accompanied by an indescribably pleasant smell. It was somehow relaxing; he could stay like this for a while.
Ayane put her hand slowly behind the youth's head. Confused from the sudden impact, her mind suddenly remembered the status of the area. Hurriedly thinking that this may be an attack. She hurriedly grabbed her the hair of the boy, pulling up his face for her to see, then touched his cheek with her other hand, gently brushing him away with a small gust of wind. "This is Judgement. Identity yourself!"
"Ow, ow! Oof! Geez... Easy with the hair-pulling!" Jun spent a moment to compose himself before answering her order. Her powerful tone of voice caused him to keep his hands over his head to let her know he wasn't up to anything bad. "I'm just a student! My name is Shimizu Junichi. I'm sorry for running into you... I was curious when I saw your esper ability. It was the same as mine..." He averted his eyes. This was a rather silly reason to knock over a Judgement member. "I wanted to get a closer look, but I guess I got too close..." Jun tried to laugh it off.
"Oh... you sure have no sense of shame, getting close like that, jeez!" Ayane seemed to be slightly flustered as she replied, trying to maintain her calmness. She then tried to compose herself and, then analyzed his words properly, "Wait, my ability is the same as yours?" Ayane folded her arms right below her chest, it seemed that her calm and serene expression came back to her face.
Jun was amused by her reaction. It was kind of cute. "Haha, sorry 'bout that!" Now slightly more relaxed, he put his hands back down on his legs. Her reaction didn't last long, and her demeanor changed again when she asked another question. "Uhhh, yeah, sort of. Creating gusts of wind and such, I can do the same thing... sometimes..." He averted his eyes again. "I... can't actually control my power, though... I'm a Level 0..."
"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. I started out as a level 2 Aero Hand user. So I have no idea how terrible it must feel to be unable to control your powers at all. But it's not like you're completely powerless like most of the other level 0's out there, right? You'll get a hand over your power, eventually... well, hopefully," and that's where Ayane remembered that hardwork doesn't always equals talent. Her attempts to reach level 5 resulting in failure taught that, she had a sudden displeased look on her face, which she tried to keep under the surface of her expression.
Her words stung a bit. While it was admirable of her to become as powerful as she is when starting as a level 2, it still didn't comfort Jun that after all these years, he's never even had any abilities, and he still has no control over the ability he attained. "I suppose, but it's hard... I've been practicing, trying to acheive some level of control, but I can never get the hang of it. Who knows if I'll ever pull it off..." Jun clicked his teeth. The disappointment he's relived several times has returned, leaving him bitter with himself once again. He looked up to her, and noticed a similar expression on her face. "She must have faced her share of disappointment, as well. Someone has high expectations of her, too, I bet."
After a moment of silence, Jun asked a question. "Oh, by the way, what was your name?"
"Are you sure you've not been feeling oppressed by the level of strength the stronger espers have? That can usually kill one's confidence, and they subconsiously think there's a wall between them and the higher level espers, this makes it hard for them to get stronger... though, all I can really say is, good luck! I've also felt similar disappointment, so I can't say much to console you," Ayane looked down, and then came another question, this reminded her that the boy had indeed introduced himself, but she already forgot the name, in fact, her brain didn't process every bits of his sentences, perhaps this is the result of a situation where a kid suddenly decides to bump into her like that, "Ah, umm, my name is Shirayuki Ayane. Pleased to meet you... what was your name, again?" she scratched the back of her head as she questioned him, trying to still remember all his words. A transmission came right after that, saying that the operation is over.
I knew it. Everything she said is exactly how Jun felt. He found someone who understands his pain and chuckled after realizing this. "Maybe I am. Maybe I'm just putting on unneccessary barriers for myself. Thanks, I appreciate the motivation." Jun stood up and faced her, bowing his head in gratitude.
"Oh, come on! I just told you earlier!" He scolded her in a joking manner. "My name is Shimizu Junichi. It's so nice to meet you, Shirayuki Ayane!"
"Maybe you should watch members of Skill-out, it gave me confidence before!" Ayane bothered to say that heartless line, she just realized of it after she said so, but she had no choice but to go with it. "Though, I did gain two levels through out training, so maybe you'll get stronger in the future too!" she gave her last shot at increasing his motivation, but then got scolded for not remembering his name. "Ah, sorry, I tend to be clumsy like that," she stuck out her tongue so as to show a side of her clumsiness, her gem-like violet eyes says otherwise about this type of particular side of her. She then announed, "Oh, the terrorists got caught it seems, the operation is over."
"Terrorists!? Damn, what was I getting myself into..." Jun turned his head toward the mall, wondering what had happened. "Anyways, I guess that means you oughta be going now, don't you?" It was a little saddening to part ways with Ayane. He felt that he had a lot in common with her. "Oh wait, before you go...!" Jun asked her for her contact information before they departed. After exchanging their numbers and email addresses, they went their seperate ways.
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Everyone is still evacuating, maybe I should evacuate too, but then again, Hono peeked down to the base level, not much people was there, I guess they’ve evacuated, I should go too. Hono walked down to the 2nd floor. Empty stores, some were closed tight, a few were partially closed and it seemed that they rushed out because of the sudden attack. There are still people inside, but calm I guess Judgment are pretty reliable when it attacks like these occurs. Hono moved his attention to a girl, rubbing her cheeks on a smaller girl and the small girl pushed the other one away, sisters? Cute. Hono continued to the crowd.
Hono sighs, In the end, I didn’t get the chance to see Judgment people in action. Maybe I should practice my fighting skills, I only do small stuff when I’m at work. I should really change that, like finish my work early and do several moves like make a wave or maybe move the water fast enough to actually damage something, or maybe make a water blade! Hono laughs. But then again, that does sound possible, I need to practice my concentration and to focus myself on the image inside my head. Hono rubbed his cheeks and realized, Those are level 4 things, I’m just a meer sewer rat that cleans pools, ponds, and my †˜favorite’ the sewers.
I need to level up quick, don't want to stay as a sewer rat forever. Hono last thoughts about today's event and disappears in to the crowd.
Hono sighs, In the end, I didn’t get the chance to see Judgment people in action. Maybe I should practice my fighting skills, I only do small stuff when I’m at work. I should really change that, like finish my work early and do several moves like make a wave or maybe move the water fast enough to actually damage something, or maybe make a water blade! Hono laughs. But then again, that does sound possible, I need to practice my concentration and to focus myself on the image inside my head. Hono rubbed his cheeks and realized, Those are level 4 things, I’m just a meer sewer rat that cleans pools, ponds, and my †˜favorite’ the sewers.
I need to level up quick, don't want to stay as a sewer rat forever. Hono last thoughts about today's event and disappears in to the crowd.
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As Li reached the ground level, many people passed by in both directions, with a few Judgment members moving further up the levels. Other people passed by her, anxious to leave the mall as Li continued on at a casual pace. She also looked around to see if anyone else required aid during the evacuation, but it seemed things went smoothly, as it usually did. She left the exit, following behind a few other people, when a commotion in front of them caused some people to panic.
A group of five men were confronted by a single tall, confidant blond young woman standing at the forefront with the recognizable green Judgment armband around her right arm. The five men drew weapons despite the request for them to surrender. Even though they were out of her flames' effective range, Li immediately dropped her bag and concentrated on the molecules around her right hand, causing the air to waver. Before she could ignite the air, the woman already hit one of the men, who then was propelled by a massive gust of air, straight into the other four armed men. Almost simultaneously, they were 'gathered' by a small tornado and were quickly incapacitated.
Li let out a long breath and opened her right palm, with the air around it settling down. She bent down to pick up her bag and gave a silent salute to the Judgment esper.
"That was very impressive," she said to herself, as she ignored the odd male student that apparently bowled the Judgment member over by accident soon after. Judgment and Anti-skill members moved in to secure the mall and to escort the remaining civilians out. Li overheard through one of the Anti-skill's radio that the other terrorists have been taken down.
She yawned as she left the mall area and started to make her way to the supermarket.
"Never a dull day..." Li thought, as a smirk formed on her lips.
A group of five men were confronted by a single tall, confidant blond young woman standing at the forefront with the recognizable green Judgment armband around her right arm. The five men drew weapons despite the request for them to surrender. Even though they were out of her flames' effective range, Li immediately dropped her bag and concentrated on the molecules around her right hand, causing the air to waver. Before she could ignite the air, the woman already hit one of the men, who then was propelled by a massive gust of air, straight into the other four armed men. Almost simultaneously, they were 'gathered' by a small tornado and were quickly incapacitated.
Li let out a long breath and opened her right palm, with the air around it settling down. She bent down to pick up her bag and gave a silent salute to the Judgment esper.
"That was very impressive," she said to herself, as she ignored the odd male student that apparently bowled the Judgment member over by accident soon after. Judgment and Anti-skill members moved in to secure the mall and to escort the remaining civilians out. Li overheard through one of the Anti-skill's radio that the other terrorists have been taken down.
She yawned as she left the mall area and started to make her way to the supermarket.
"Never a dull day..." Li thought, as a smirk formed on her lips.
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xninebreaker
FAKKU Writer
((This is a joint post between: Cinia Pacifica and xninebreaker))
Shou focused in on one of the windows on the upper floor of the mall. From the roof of the building he was standing on, he could easily throw his metal pin through one of the windows to enter, but that would also break the glass and could harm people below.
Shou closed his eyes and sank into thought for a moment, 'Perhaps I could teleport before hitting the window, make contact with it, and then use that as a reference point to teleport to the other side...'
"I am from Judgment. I'd like you to identify yourself now," a girl appeared out of thin air in front of Shou. She had auburn hair, not too long, they were put up in pigtails with red ribbons. Her uniform was that of the famous and prestigious school known as Tokiwadai Middle School, a plain-looking vest portraying the logo of the school over the left part of the chest area; white uniform underneath, and a grey skirt completed her attire. The logo of Judgment hung itself from the green armband she wore on her left arm. She was known as Shirai Kuroko, a scary girl known to be Misaka Mikoto - the Railgun's partner.
Shou staggered back slightly in shock of a person suddenly appearing in front of him. Though she introduced herself, he found himself in a state of confusion as he attempted to comprehend both her words and the situation.
Reactively, Shou spoke, "How'd you even get up-" However, he cut himself off as he both noticed the Judgment armband and the iconic auburn twin tails that was burned into his mind. Shou was visibly beginning to sweat and was clearly nervous. "Are you... Shirai Kuroko?" He swapped tones from shock to curiosity and asked hesitantly.
Shirai Kuroko scratched the back of her head, she suspected that it could be a terrorist coming for performing some kind of a task, but it sounds more like some student who is... a fan? "Mnm... yeah, how'd you know my name? More importantly, may I have you identify yourself, please?" she tried to steer back into the main topic at hand regardless. Meanwhile, Uiharu, her comrade was also busy looking up the info of the student based on appearance alone. Kuroko made sure to put a camera lens on her uniform, a very small one at that, she slowly whispered to her teammate, "Any luck?". But a faint reply came back in a bit "No, not yet."
Shou hadn't seen the girl for several years, but he'd been interested in her as a role-model ever since he witnessed her saving people as a Judgment member several years ago. Of course, he'd done his research once he entered Judgment and learned more about her, but he never had the chance to approach her. Nonetheless, he realized that he was a University Student and she was only a middle schooler, and he composed himself. Shou cleared his throat, "Sorry, I was just a bit surprised. My name is Tsubame Shou, a Dangai University student." Shou paused for a bit before continuing, "As for how I knew you... Well, I'm a former Judgment member and your name gets around," he responded to her while not mentioning anything of the incident that changed his life several years ago.
"Tsubame Shou," Kuroko said to Uiharu while holding her right ear, after a few seconds, it seemed that Uiharu found the details. "Okay, the information has been verified. What you said so far is true, however, may I ask why you're here, of all places? You have realized that terrorists may be in the mall yes? There has been few announcements made regarding it, so far. Your appearance here specifically is suspicious."
Shou folded his arms and pondered for a bit. He tilted to the side looking at the building behind Kuroko and nonchalantly remarked, "If I told you I was sightsee-ing, would you believe me? Because that what Anti-Skill and Judgment look like they are doing right now," Shou's tone was rather cold as he stared at Kuroko waiting for an answer.
"No? What makes you think that Anti-skill and Judgment are here to simply sight-see? There could be criminals sneakily coming in and out, after all," Kuroko shook her head in disappointment, sighing No wonder he left Judgment, she thought.
It became clear to Shou that Kuroko had an assumingly good reason to believe in both Judgment and Anti-Skill. At this point, he could only hope that Kuroko was being fed information that suggested action was being taken, but from what he could see, not much was happening. "Are you saying things are under control then?" Shou asked, though this time, his tone, while still direct, was far gentler as he was genuinely wondering about the situation He wanted to believe his former role-model had a good reason to be standing around.
Shou walked towards the edge of the building, not waiting for a reply and looked down at the mall to review the situation again himself. The moment he could see the streets again, he saw the figure of what looked to be a woman dashing towards a group of people and readily knocking them back and creating a visible tornado in her wake. He could just barely make out a green armband on the firgure that had just knocked away several people, "Hm... So it looks like you all do have control over the situation... just maybe," he let out a bit of a laugh and put on a gentle smile, though still turned away from Kuroko.
"For now, I'll take it that you're indeed here to sight-see. However, please don't come any closer to the premises," Kuroko didn't know why but he seemed to not like Judgment or Anti-skill so much, but she didn't care enough to ponder much about it, or ask him about it. It was none of her business, and she had other tasks to do as well. Kuroko vanished in thin air; disappearing from the rooftop of the building. She decided to resume her task of keeping a look-out for people coming and going from the building, she teleported and reached the chief of her group, Konori Mii: a tall, well-endowed woman with great proportions. Her ability was Clairvoyance, she was tasked with finding criminals disguised among pedestrians, if any. With her ability, she'd most likely see guns or dangerous objects hidden among pockets.
Shou took a seat at the edge of the building, and while he was sure she was gone, he looked across his shoulder to make sure before turning back to the chaos of the mall once again. His smile disappeared and he wore a face of absentmindedness as he gazed at the scene below, "I hope that one day you won't have to understand," Shou whispered quietly to no one in particular. He decided that he would believe in Judgment and Anti-Skill momentarily in honor of his role-model, but he reminded himself this wouldn't be happening often or perhaps ever again.
Shou dropped a metal pin directly down into the sidewalk, and the moment it hit the concrete he teleported down, caught the pin and put it away. Unsurprisingly, not many people were where he was, and those who were around were far more concentrated or interested in what was going on at the mall, so they paid him no attention. He casually walked counter to where everyone else was being drawn to. 'I guess I'll take the long way back today.' Shou made his way back to his apartment slowly, though he found himself unable to fully enjoy the scenery and the peace that lingered due to everyone being drawn to the mall. Shou's arrived at his apartment, ate some of the leftover curry, and his evening drew to a close undisturbed.
Shou focused in on one of the windows on the upper floor of the mall. From the roof of the building he was standing on, he could easily throw his metal pin through one of the windows to enter, but that would also break the glass and could harm people below.
Shou closed his eyes and sank into thought for a moment, 'Perhaps I could teleport before hitting the window, make contact with it, and then use that as a reference point to teleport to the other side...'
"I am from Judgment. I'd like you to identify yourself now," a girl appeared out of thin air in front of Shou. She had auburn hair, not too long, they were put up in pigtails with red ribbons. Her uniform was that of the famous and prestigious school known as Tokiwadai Middle School, a plain-looking vest portraying the logo of the school over the left part of the chest area; white uniform underneath, and a grey skirt completed her attire. The logo of Judgment hung itself from the green armband she wore on her left arm. She was known as Shirai Kuroko, a scary girl known to be Misaka Mikoto - the Railgun's partner.
Shou staggered back slightly in shock of a person suddenly appearing in front of him. Though she introduced herself, he found himself in a state of confusion as he attempted to comprehend both her words and the situation.
Reactively, Shou spoke, "How'd you even get up-" However, he cut himself off as he both noticed the Judgment armband and the iconic auburn twin tails that was burned into his mind. Shou was visibly beginning to sweat and was clearly nervous. "Are you... Shirai Kuroko?" He swapped tones from shock to curiosity and asked hesitantly.
Shirai Kuroko scratched the back of her head, she suspected that it could be a terrorist coming for performing some kind of a task, but it sounds more like some student who is... a fan? "Mnm... yeah, how'd you know my name? More importantly, may I have you identify yourself, please?" she tried to steer back into the main topic at hand regardless. Meanwhile, Uiharu, her comrade was also busy looking up the info of the student based on appearance alone. Kuroko made sure to put a camera lens on her uniform, a very small one at that, she slowly whispered to her teammate, "Any luck?". But a faint reply came back in a bit "No, not yet."
Shou hadn't seen the girl for several years, but he'd been interested in her as a role-model ever since he witnessed her saving people as a Judgment member several years ago. Of course, he'd done his research once he entered Judgment and learned more about her, but he never had the chance to approach her. Nonetheless, he realized that he was a University Student and she was only a middle schooler, and he composed himself. Shou cleared his throat, "Sorry, I was just a bit surprised. My name is Tsubame Shou, a Dangai University student." Shou paused for a bit before continuing, "As for how I knew you... Well, I'm a former Judgment member and your name gets around," he responded to her while not mentioning anything of the incident that changed his life several years ago.
"Tsubame Shou," Kuroko said to Uiharu while holding her right ear, after a few seconds, it seemed that Uiharu found the details. "Okay, the information has been verified. What you said so far is true, however, may I ask why you're here, of all places? You have realized that terrorists may be in the mall yes? There has been few announcements made regarding it, so far. Your appearance here specifically is suspicious."
Shou folded his arms and pondered for a bit. He tilted to the side looking at the building behind Kuroko and nonchalantly remarked, "If I told you I was sightsee-ing, would you believe me? Because that what Anti-Skill and Judgment look like they are doing right now," Shou's tone was rather cold as he stared at Kuroko waiting for an answer.
"No? What makes you think that Anti-skill and Judgment are here to simply sight-see? There could be criminals sneakily coming in and out, after all," Kuroko shook her head in disappointment, sighing No wonder he left Judgment, she thought.
It became clear to Shou that Kuroko had an assumingly good reason to believe in both Judgment and Anti-Skill. At this point, he could only hope that Kuroko was being fed information that suggested action was being taken, but from what he could see, not much was happening. "Are you saying things are under control then?" Shou asked, though this time, his tone, while still direct, was far gentler as he was genuinely wondering about the situation He wanted to believe his former role-model had a good reason to be standing around.
Shou walked towards the edge of the building, not waiting for a reply and looked down at the mall to review the situation again himself. The moment he could see the streets again, he saw the figure of what looked to be a woman dashing towards a group of people and readily knocking them back and creating a visible tornado in her wake. He could just barely make out a green armband on the firgure that had just knocked away several people, "Hm... So it looks like you all do have control over the situation... just maybe," he let out a bit of a laugh and put on a gentle smile, though still turned away from Kuroko.
"For now, I'll take it that you're indeed here to sight-see. However, please don't come any closer to the premises," Kuroko didn't know why but he seemed to not like Judgment or Anti-skill so much, but she didn't care enough to ponder much about it, or ask him about it. It was none of her business, and she had other tasks to do as well. Kuroko vanished in thin air; disappearing from the rooftop of the building. She decided to resume her task of keeping a look-out for people coming and going from the building, she teleported and reached the chief of her group, Konori Mii: a tall, well-endowed woman with great proportions. Her ability was Clairvoyance, she was tasked with finding criminals disguised among pedestrians, if any. With her ability, she'd most likely see guns or dangerous objects hidden among pockets.
Shou took a seat at the edge of the building, and while he was sure she was gone, he looked across his shoulder to make sure before turning back to the chaos of the mall once again. His smile disappeared and he wore a face of absentmindedness as he gazed at the scene below, "I hope that one day you won't have to understand," Shou whispered quietly to no one in particular. He decided that he would believe in Judgment and Anti-Skill momentarily in honor of his role-model, but he reminded himself this wouldn't be happening often or perhaps ever again.
Shou dropped a metal pin directly down into the sidewalk, and the moment it hit the concrete he teleported down, caught the pin and put it away. Unsurprisingly, not many people were where he was, and those who were around were far more concentrated or interested in what was going on at the mall, so they paid him no attention. He casually walked counter to where everyone else was being drawn to. 'I guess I'll take the long way back today.' Shou made his way back to his apartment slowly, though he found himself unable to fully enjoy the scenery and the peace that lingered due to everyone being drawn to the mall. Shou's arrived at his apartment, ate some of the leftover curry, and his evening drew to a close undisturbed.
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"Let's do this again sometime, Tama-chan~!!" Sana happily called out to Tamaki one last time while waving her hand. "Now then, I believe we should go practice our play, don't you think Touma?" Sana said, walking towards her destination.
After practing for about two hours, Sana decided to call it a day, "Alrighty, lets go home Touma, its getting dark, and we don't want to be late, do we? There is a curfew in Academy City every night, after all," Sana spoke to her stuffed rabbit doll as she packed up her stuff and then headed back to the dorms.
After she came back to her room in the dorms, it seemed the Kongou Mitsuko was not yet back. Feeling tired, she changed to her pajamas, and put her dress away, then headed to bed.
After practing for about two hours, Sana decided to call it a day, "Alrighty, lets go home Touma, its getting dark, and we don't want to be late, do we? There is a curfew in Academy City every night, after all," Sana spoke to her stuffed rabbit doll as she packed up her stuff and then headed back to the dorms.
After she came back to her room in the dorms, it seemed the Kongou Mitsuko was not yet back. Feeling tired, she changed to her pajamas, and put her dress away, then headed to bed.
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Going their separate ways after the "battle" Sadao enjoyed the cinnamon roll he snagged from the food court. He finished it throwing the wrapper away before leaving the mall. Running and pretending to be a civilian that just escaped the devastation, he avoided suspicion of the guards. Since he stuck to the shadows no one knew to place him with Natsu. He blended in with the crowds of curious people surrounding the area. Anti-Skill was doing their best to keep the area locked down, but people were people. After he was lost the crowd the rest was a cake walk. Hugging himself to simulate a shaken up civilian he walked out of the area and a few blocks over.
As he waited at a cross walk he saw a familiar car ride up next to him. "Would you like a ride sir? You seem quite distressed." said Maria pretending to be a model citizen. Nodding he climbed into the car vanishing from the scene. She drove him around for a bit to make sure they weren't being tailed, and once she was sure she drove him home to his apartment. "Good work kid. They gave me the okay to hand over pay now. They will call you later for your report. Make sure you answer that call." she said hitting a button that popped the trunk open.
Heading to the back of the car he lifted the trunk and pulled out a large briefcase. It was heavier than he thought it would be which wasn't a bad thing at all. "Understood," he answered as he started heading into his apartment. She said no more and took off down the street back to who knows where. Her life outside of being his driver was non of his business. And as long as she stayed out of his affairs they would have a nice partnership.
Laying the briefcase down on the table of his apartment he opened it. Money was stacked neatly and tied into specific amounts with bands. As he started to take it out to count it he uncovered a cell phone that had began to ring. Surprised for a moment he quickly picked it up.
"Give us your report." said the same female voice from earlier.
He took a moment to gather his thoughts and remember what it is they wanted. He decided to start from the beginning of their meeting as to not miss anything.
"She thrives on attention for starters. I was worried that it was going to become trouble for me at first, but it didn't come to that. And I'm sure you can guess why." he said.
"I see" she replied. "Continue"
"I advised that we evacuate when the situation started, but she refused and I was forced to follow her into the thick of it. That was when she created an explosion in the center of the battle causing a stand still. It shook up most of the terrorists and one retaliated with a grenade."
"Go on."
"As most people took their eyes off the explosion I saw her contain the explosion in her palm. It was as if she were insulting them. A feeling of: Is this all you really have to offer me? After that she wiped out a larger portion of the terrorist, and the rest fled to the shadows. We took our leave after that." he said finishing his tale.
"Hmmmm. I see. Good work Sadao. We will contact you again when the time comes. This phone will be used strictly for assignments. Don't lose it." she said hanging up the phone. The phone they gave him was high powered military grade. It would probably still get signal in the middle of a desert.
Sadao set the phone down and breathed a sigh of relief that the day was over. Two jobs in a row was tiring. Shaking off his fatigue he finished counting the sum of money. ¥1,550,000 was the final amount. Laughing he leaned back into his couch. These missions were starting to pay more, but he was no fool. They were going to get more dangerous from here on out. Putting the money in his safe he was proud to see the amount he had saved up. Locking it up he laid down on his bed and looked at the ceiling fan blades spin. He was too tired to cook. He simply let his tiredness carry him off to sleep.
As he waited at a cross walk he saw a familiar car ride up next to him. "Would you like a ride sir? You seem quite distressed." said Maria pretending to be a model citizen. Nodding he climbed into the car vanishing from the scene. She drove him around for a bit to make sure they weren't being tailed, and once she was sure she drove him home to his apartment. "Good work kid. They gave me the okay to hand over pay now. They will call you later for your report. Make sure you answer that call." she said hitting a button that popped the trunk open.
Heading to the back of the car he lifted the trunk and pulled out a large briefcase. It was heavier than he thought it would be which wasn't a bad thing at all. "Understood," he answered as he started heading into his apartment. She said no more and took off down the street back to who knows where. Her life outside of being his driver was non of his business. And as long as she stayed out of his affairs they would have a nice partnership.
Laying the briefcase down on the table of his apartment he opened it. Money was stacked neatly and tied into specific amounts with bands. As he started to take it out to count it he uncovered a cell phone that had began to ring. Surprised for a moment he quickly picked it up.
"Give us your report." said the same female voice from earlier.
He took a moment to gather his thoughts and remember what it is they wanted. He decided to start from the beginning of their meeting as to not miss anything.
"She thrives on attention for starters. I was worried that it was going to become trouble for me at first, but it didn't come to that. And I'm sure you can guess why." he said.
"I see" she replied. "Continue"
"I advised that we evacuate when the situation started, but she refused and I was forced to follow her into the thick of it. That was when she created an explosion in the center of the battle causing a stand still. It shook up most of the terrorists and one retaliated with a grenade."
"Go on."
"As most people took their eyes off the explosion I saw her contain the explosion in her palm. It was as if she were insulting them. A feeling of: Is this all you really have to offer me? After that she wiped out a larger portion of the terrorist, and the rest fled to the shadows. We took our leave after that." he said finishing his tale.
"Hmmmm. I see. Good work Sadao. We will contact you again when the time comes. This phone will be used strictly for assignments. Don't lose it." she said hanging up the phone. The phone they gave him was high powered military grade. It would probably still get signal in the middle of a desert.
Sadao set the phone down and breathed a sigh of relief that the day was over. Two jobs in a row was tiring. Shaking off his fatigue he finished counting the sum of money. ¥1,550,000 was the final amount. Laughing he leaned back into his couch. These missions were starting to pay more, but he was no fool. They were going to get more dangerous from here on out. Putting the money in his safe he was proud to see the amount he had saved up. Locking it up he laid down on his bed and looked at the ceiling fan blades spin. He was too tired to cook. He simply let his tiredness carry him off to sleep.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
It was a pretty eventful day for Jun today. He got lectured by his teacher, and met a female Aero Hand user named Shiraiyuki Ayane during a terrorist incident, who was a member of Judgement, and helped lift Jun's spirits about his inability to control his power. He even managed to get her contact information. "Good day, today", he said out loud to no one in particular. A smirk remained on his face as he made his way home.
Again, Jun's parents weren't home. It would be another lonely night, but, at the very least, his practicing wouldn't bother anyone. It is distracting to his father, and sometimes annoys his mother.
Tonight, Jun was more fired up as he set up the cans as practice targets. He recalled the impressive power of Ayane's esper ability, and used it to motivate himself. "If she can do it, I can do it! I won't let her words go to waste..."
It didn't seem to change anything at the beginning. The cans never budged, even as accidental gusts came in random intervals. But as the night continued on, for the first time after many weeks of practice, his ability successfully activated through his own will. It was no fluke. He managed to do it again and again, still somewhat inconsistently, but there were finally results. Jun couldn't help but exclaim, "I did it! I did it!". Tonight also marked the first time he was eager to see the results of his system scan. Level 1 was in his reach.
It took Jun a while to become tired and sleepy. When he did, he cleaned up and quickly headed to his room to rest, not bothering to change out of his outdoor clothing. He fell into a blissful sleep immediately after his head hit his pillow.
Again, Jun's parents weren't home. It would be another lonely night, but, at the very least, his practicing wouldn't bother anyone. It is distracting to his father, and sometimes annoys his mother.
Tonight, Jun was more fired up as he set up the cans as practice targets. He recalled the impressive power of Ayane's esper ability, and used it to motivate himself. "If she can do it, I can do it! I won't let her words go to waste..."
It didn't seem to change anything at the beginning. The cans never budged, even as accidental gusts came in random intervals. But as the night continued on, for the first time after many weeks of practice, his ability successfully activated through his own will. It was no fluke. He managed to do it again and again, still somewhat inconsistently, but there were finally results. Jun couldn't help but exclaim, "I did it! I did it!". Tonight also marked the first time he was eager to see the results of his system scan. Level 1 was in his reach.
It took Jun a while to become tired and sleepy. When he did, he cleaned up and quickly headed to his room to rest, not bothering to change out of his outdoor clothing. He fell into a blissful sleep immediately after his head hit his pillow.
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Back after the recent event, Hono returned to his dorm room and locks the door. He went straight to his bathroom and fills his bathtub with water. Now then, let’s try this, Hono took the usual amount of water clump and compressed it. Making the water in to a small dense clump. Hono looked around his bathroom to find a target. He saw an empty shampoo bottle near a full one, . Let’s try shooting that one. Hono placed the clump of compressed water to the front of his hands and flick his finger and the water shoots itself to the full shampoo bottle. A small water splash sound occurred as the compressed water hit the full shampoo bottle, making it fell down and cracked it a little bit. Well, that’s a start. My aim is a little bit off, but if I practice this daily. . .
After 3 hours of training in his bathroom, he managed to aim properly but the power is still very small. Next time, I’ll practice doing this using larger targets when I’m at work at the sewers or the pond, there are so many trash that I could use as target practice. Hono thought to himself as he prepare himself to sleep for the night.
After 3 hours of training in his bathroom, he managed to aim properly but the power is still very small. Next time, I’ll practice doing this using larger targets when I’m at work at the sewers or the pond, there are so many trash that I could use as target practice. Hono thought to himself as he prepare himself to sleep for the night.
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Li hummed as she headed back up to her dorm room. She had her schoolbag as well as a plastic bag full of various produce and meat in it. "I'm glad I got there in time for those sales. Though admittedly, it's not like my hometown, where you would've had to fight housewives tooth and nail for stuff like reduced-price cabbage," Li thought to herself as she laughed briefly before it stalled. She stopped outside her room's door and grimaced for a moment as she thought back to the moment at the mall, where Judgment confronted those terrorists. Her fists tightened for a brief moment before she sighed and fished her keys out to open the door.
She prepared and had dinner within an hour, thanks to the newly bought groceries, before spending some time with her studies. But before she turned in for the night, she looked at her hands for a while.
"Why am I hesitating?!" she snarled to herself as she changed real quick and then left her room and headed up to the room. Luckily, no one was present except the scattering of city lights and the nearby wind turbines. She adjusted her T-shirt to make sure it was tucked into her shorts and then she held her palms out in front of her, facing up toward the starry sky.
The air shimmered above her palms and after a few moments, small fireballs formed above each hand. Li focused her efforts into making the fire stronger and stronger until the fireballs were the size of volleyballs. She launched the one on her left toward the other side of the roof, but it dissipated in a splay of fiery energy about three meters out. She ignored that result and focused on the remaining fireball. She slowly waved her hand in the air above her in a circle and the fireball eventually became a stream of flame.
She then put down her arm and focused on the stream alone. The flame stream circled above her head and slowly spun down until it circled around her body. Then it moved further down until it circled around her legs, just above her ankles. She took a deep breath before moving forward. She took several quick steps before launching into a sweeping roundhouse kick with her right foot. The stream trailed right after her right foot, about fifteen centimeters away, as she moved and launched several more kicks of various types. Then, with a modestly-loud kiai, she launched a thrust kick with her left foot, which caused the stream to shoot past her left foot into the distance, before it dissipated at three meters.
Then she pulled back and held her right hand above her hand like a crane's head. A new flame stream formed and it immediately built up until it formed a 'blade' about 60 centimeters in length. She 'gripped' the blade firmly before moving into a loose kata, with agile footwork combined with varied swings, sweeps, slashes and occasional thrusts. The fire blade held its shape and didnt' flap much during the dynamic moves.
But within a few minutes, while Li was in the middle of another low leg-cutting slash, the fire blade began to convulse erratically. This forced Li to sweep her arm out and dissipate the flames, but not before some embers singed her T-shirt sleeve (and the skin underneath it).
"TÄ mÄde!" Li hissed out a Chinese expletive as she batted down the burn and rubbed her arm as she walked briskly back down to her room. She turned on the kitchen faucet and soaked her upper arm with cold water for a moment. Then she dried it down, changed shirts, and applied some burn ointment onto the little patch of darkened skin that resulted from the burn.
She sat on her bed, silent for a moment before she prepared to sleep. Then a thought came to her, "With such a specific limitation, I probably should have a timer run when I use the 'form.' It's kinda like some of those heroes with time limitations. I don't know if that'd be cool or just lame." Despite the frustrations of the past day, she laughed without restraint for a moment before finally settling into bed for the night.
She prepared and had dinner within an hour, thanks to the newly bought groceries, before spending some time with her studies. But before she turned in for the night, she looked at her hands for a while.
"Why am I hesitating?!" she snarled to herself as she changed real quick and then left her room and headed up to the room. Luckily, no one was present except the scattering of city lights and the nearby wind turbines. She adjusted her T-shirt to make sure it was tucked into her shorts and then she held her palms out in front of her, facing up toward the starry sky.
The air shimmered above her palms and after a few moments, small fireballs formed above each hand. Li focused her efforts into making the fire stronger and stronger until the fireballs were the size of volleyballs. She launched the one on her left toward the other side of the roof, but it dissipated in a splay of fiery energy about three meters out. She ignored that result and focused on the remaining fireball. She slowly waved her hand in the air above her in a circle and the fireball eventually became a stream of flame.
She then put down her arm and focused on the stream alone. The flame stream circled above her head and slowly spun down until it circled around her body. Then it moved further down until it circled around her legs, just above her ankles. She took a deep breath before moving forward. She took several quick steps before launching into a sweeping roundhouse kick with her right foot. The stream trailed right after her right foot, about fifteen centimeters away, as she moved and launched several more kicks of various types. Then, with a modestly-loud kiai, she launched a thrust kick with her left foot, which caused the stream to shoot past her left foot into the distance, before it dissipated at three meters.
Then she pulled back and held her right hand above her hand like a crane's head. A new flame stream formed and it immediately built up until it formed a 'blade' about 60 centimeters in length. She 'gripped' the blade firmly before moving into a loose kata, with agile footwork combined with varied swings, sweeps, slashes and occasional thrusts. The fire blade held its shape and didnt' flap much during the dynamic moves.
But within a few minutes, while Li was in the middle of another low leg-cutting slash, the fire blade began to convulse erratically. This forced Li to sweep her arm out and dissipate the flames, but not before some embers singed her T-shirt sleeve (and the skin underneath it).
"TÄ mÄde!" Li hissed out a Chinese expletive as she batted down the burn and rubbed her arm as she walked briskly back down to her room. She turned on the kitchen faucet and soaked her upper arm with cold water for a moment. Then she dried it down, changed shirts, and applied some burn ointment onto the little patch of darkened skin that resulted from the burn.
She sat on her bed, silent for a moment before she prepared to sleep. Then a thought came to her, "With such a specific limitation, I probably should have a timer run when I use the 'form.' It's kinda like some of those heroes with time limitations. I don't know if that'd be cool or just lame." Despite the frustrations of the past day, she laughed without restraint for a moment before finally settling into bed for the night.
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Fuyuko blinked back into the land of the conscious as excited footsteps ran past her dorm room. Having not had any fluid intake during her afternoon snooze, her throat threatened to crack from dryness. "Waterrrrr..." There was no longer a roll of tissues beside her either. What was left was a hollow cylinder of cardboard and a very, very red nose. At the very least the pounding inside her head was gone. Fuyuko couldn't help but be amazed at the wonders of sleep and its ability to cure headaches.
Pushing away her blankets, Fuyuko got up to replenish her water supply and tissues. She didn't know where she was actually going, she walked out without any thought really, but she just figured she'd find be able to find water somehow. "Waterrrr...." As she slowly dragged her feet down the corridors, two girls chatting excitedly came towards her from the opposite direction.
"Did yo.. abo... it?"
"Yeah, I'm... that.... didn't deci.... drop... mall today."
"Me too, terrorists... scary. Wouldn't wan..... caught up.... or ta..... hostage.."
"... know righ...? Than.... for Judgeme.... Antiski......"
Lost in her own woes, Fuyuko didn't take any notice of their conversation. She was preoccupied with journeying past thousands of identical doors in her sacred mission and searching high and low for a trace of the holy liquid. However, unbeknownst to Fuyuko, due to being in a delirious state from her cold, she had actually been walking up and down the same corridor.
"Waterrrr...."
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The dorm lady strode briskly up the staircase. There had been a report of an elementary student in pajamas walking back and forth a corridor. It didn't take much brain power to realise that it was most likely the transfer student. Who else could be mistaken for an elementary student? For what reason she was walking back and forth was unknown, however causing a commotion within the dorms was a crime worthy of scolding. Walking out of the stairwell, the dorm lady assumed her usual threatening glare.
Fuyuko had already begun to feel tired from her unending search. She leaned on the wall beside her, wondering if water would ever appear. Zoning in and out of consciousness, an image of a hand flickered off and on. The hand was reaching for her forehead, at first she felt fear at the unfamiliar hand, however as contact was established, she felt only warmth and gentleness. Sinking further into her faded memory, Fuyuko became more and more oblivious of the approaching warden.
"Hyotoki-san! What exactly are yo-" The dorm lady stopped short as she noticed the lack of response from the girl. It was then that she heard the quiet raspy whisper.
"Waterrrr...."
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"Here! Medicine! Water!" A packet of powder and a glass of water were shoved one after another towards Fuyuko. "Drinking water is available in the common room! You should have asked your room mate to bring you water! Where is that Misaki anyway?! Why didn't you ask......."
The dorm lady's rants slipped right past Fuyuko's ears. Gulping down the water, Fuyuko was too overjoyed to feel intimidated by the dorm lady's loud voice. She was also very thankful to be provided with a tissue box that contained good quality tissues that weren't as harsh on the nose. Her congested nose now allowed air to flow freely again which made her feel much better. Forgetting that the dorm lady was still in the middle of her rant, Fuyuko smiled happily and interrupted, "Thank you!"
Taken aback by the sudden interruption, the dorm lady lost her train of thought. Usually she would be angry that someone dared to not pay attention, however she simply could not bring herself to yell at the small thing in front of her. Forcing herself to look away, she regained her composure and packed some more medicine into a small plastic bag.
"Take this and go back to rest in your room!" The dorm lady quickly shooed the little girl out.
Fuyuko wasn't quite sure why the dorm lady suddenly stopped ranting, however it was of no concern to her. She had her tissues and her water; Fuyuko was satisfied. Holding onto her acquired treasures, Fuyuko found her way back to her room and tucked herself into bed. She was happy but tired, drifting off to sleep within seconds of closing her eyes.
Pushing away her blankets, Fuyuko got up to replenish her water supply and tissues. She didn't know where she was actually going, she walked out without any thought really, but she just figured she'd find be able to find water somehow. "Waterrrr...." As she slowly dragged her feet down the corridors, two girls chatting excitedly came towards her from the opposite direction.
"Did yo.. abo... it?"
"Yeah, I'm... that.... didn't deci.... drop... mall today."
"Me too, terrorists... scary. Wouldn't wan..... caught up.... or ta..... hostage.."
"... know righ...? Than.... for Judgeme.... Antiski......"
Lost in her own woes, Fuyuko didn't take any notice of their conversation. She was preoccupied with journeying past thousands of identical doors in her sacred mission and searching high and low for a trace of the holy liquid. However, unbeknownst to Fuyuko, due to being in a delirious state from her cold, she had actually been walking up and down the same corridor.
"Waterrrr...."
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The dorm lady strode briskly up the staircase. There had been a report of an elementary student in pajamas walking back and forth a corridor. It didn't take much brain power to realise that it was most likely the transfer student. Who else could be mistaken for an elementary student? For what reason she was walking back and forth was unknown, however causing a commotion within the dorms was a crime worthy of scolding. Walking out of the stairwell, the dorm lady assumed her usual threatening glare.
Fuyuko had already begun to feel tired from her unending search. She leaned on the wall beside her, wondering if water would ever appear. Zoning in and out of consciousness, an image of a hand flickered off and on. The hand was reaching for her forehead, at first she felt fear at the unfamiliar hand, however as contact was established, she felt only warmth and gentleness. Sinking further into her faded memory, Fuyuko became more and more oblivious of the approaching warden.
"Hyotoki-san! What exactly are yo-" The dorm lady stopped short as she noticed the lack of response from the girl. It was then that she heard the quiet raspy whisper.
"Waterrrr...."
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"Here! Medicine! Water!" A packet of powder and a glass of water were shoved one after another towards Fuyuko. "Drinking water is available in the common room! You should have asked your room mate to bring you water! Where is that Misaki anyway?! Why didn't you ask......."
The dorm lady's rants slipped right past Fuyuko's ears. Gulping down the water, Fuyuko was too overjoyed to feel intimidated by the dorm lady's loud voice. She was also very thankful to be provided with a tissue box that contained good quality tissues that weren't as harsh on the nose. Her congested nose now allowed air to flow freely again which made her feel much better. Forgetting that the dorm lady was still in the middle of her rant, Fuyuko smiled happily and interrupted, "Thank you!"
Taken aback by the sudden interruption, the dorm lady lost her train of thought. Usually she would be angry that someone dared to not pay attention, however she simply could not bring herself to yell at the small thing in front of her. Forcing herself to look away, she regained her composure and packed some more medicine into a small plastic bag.
"Take this and go back to rest in your room!" The dorm lady quickly shooed the little girl out.
Fuyuko wasn't quite sure why the dorm lady suddenly stopped ranting, however it was of no concern to her. She had her tissues and her water; Fuyuko was satisfied. Holding onto her acquired treasures, Fuyuko found her way back to her room and tucked herself into bed. She was happy but tired, drifting off to sleep within seconds of closing her eyes.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
September 30th. The weather forecast's prediction was that it'd be sunny, some people believed, others tend to be skeptical. Recently, the forecasts weren't as perfect as they once were, though quite accurate nonetheless, just not as accurate as it once were.
Misaka Mikoto walked around a certain park. She skipped her classes. They were far too boring for someone as smart and intelligent as Misaka, apparently. She strolled around the park, and stood before a certain vending machine, it was officially known as Vending Machine 7116. Instead of inserting money into the machine, Misaka decided to instead raise her leg, which sliced through the air, almost like a blade, and bashed the machine. In return, the vending machine responded by delivering her a can on the bottom tray. Satisfied with the result, Misaka took up the can, that's when a certain boy with black spiky hair walked. He sighed; feeling dejected, he approached Misaka without any feeling of restrain, "You never change, do you? Kicking that thing like that! Is stealing that much fun to you?!"
Misaka grumbled, the voice sounded rather familiar to her, "Huh?! What's wrong with that, this machine only knows how to steal money anyway!" she then turned around to peer to turn towards the man. It's him. It's that man who she knew really well. "Oho, if it isn't the guy who I still have a score to settle with."
"Huh? Give me a break, haven't we had a draw just last time?!"
"Shut it! It was a draw alright. No winner or loser! This time we'll decide once and for all!"
"It'll just be the same again, where's the point in that!"
"Exactly... !" as Misaka said that, her expression revealed a grin as her lips stretched to reveal few of her tooth, along with a fang. The can on her hand was pressed with electrical pressure that scared the male high schooler, as the beast bared her fangs before being let out of her cage.
The male youth ran. He ran with all his might. It was as if a man was running away after seeing a ghost, the desperation showed such a thing in his face. Misaka didn't stand there watching his back either, she decided to give him a chase. Leaping around and using magnetism to her advantage, to took a few short-cuts in order to jump down and get ahead of the man.
The high schooler had a contorted look on his face, "Hey!! That's not fair, that's cheating!!" the man protested, raising his voice from the bottom of his lungs. But deep down he knew, what the outcome would be. He had no choice but to just give up.
And so the two ended up facing each other for a grand battle. The battlefield was a bridge, in district 7. Clouds brewed in the sky, rendering all the predictions of the weather forecast as lies. Lightning flickered around. The boy shuddered with goosebumps as he witnessed the electricity swiveling around Misaka's bangs, ready to go any time.
"C-Can't we reconsider this, Biribiri?! I mean, we can settle the score with other things, like games or something!!" he pleaded.
Misaka smiled as her excitement reached it's peak, "This is good enough for a game!!, but then she frowned slightly, "And don't call me Biribiri!!"
Misaka Mikoto walked around a certain park. She skipped her classes. They were far too boring for someone as smart and intelligent as Misaka, apparently. She strolled around the park, and stood before a certain vending machine, it was officially known as Vending Machine 7116. Instead of inserting money into the machine, Misaka decided to instead raise her leg, which sliced through the air, almost like a blade, and bashed the machine. In return, the vending machine responded by delivering her a can on the bottom tray. Satisfied with the result, Misaka took up the can, that's when a certain boy with black spiky hair walked. He sighed; feeling dejected, he approached Misaka without any feeling of restrain, "You never change, do you? Kicking that thing like that! Is stealing that much fun to you?!"
Misaka grumbled, the voice sounded rather familiar to her, "Huh?! What's wrong with that, this machine only knows how to steal money anyway!" she then turned around to peer to turn towards the man. It's him. It's that man who she knew really well. "Oho, if it isn't the guy who I still have a score to settle with."
"Huh? Give me a break, haven't we had a draw just last time?!"
"Shut it! It was a draw alright. No winner or loser! This time we'll decide once and for all!"
"It'll just be the same again, where's the point in that!"
"Exactly... !" as Misaka said that, her expression revealed a grin as her lips stretched to reveal few of her tooth, along with a fang. The can on her hand was pressed with electrical pressure that scared the male high schooler, as the beast bared her fangs before being let out of her cage.
The male youth ran. He ran with all his might. It was as if a man was running away after seeing a ghost, the desperation showed such a thing in his face. Misaka didn't stand there watching his back either, she decided to give him a chase. Leaping around and using magnetism to her advantage, to took a few short-cuts in order to jump down and get ahead of the man.
The high schooler had a contorted look on his face, "Hey!! That's not fair, that's cheating!!" the man protested, raising his voice from the bottom of his lungs. But deep down he knew, what the outcome would be. He had no choice but to just give up.
And so the two ended up facing each other for a grand battle. The battlefield was a bridge, in district 7. Clouds brewed in the sky, rendering all the predictions of the weather forecast as lies. Lightning flickered around. The boy shuddered with goosebumps as he witnessed the electricity swiveling around Misaka's bangs, ready to go any time.
"C-Can't we reconsider this, Biribiri?! I mean, we can settle the score with other things, like games or something!!" he pleaded.
Misaka smiled as her excitement reached it's peak, "This is good enough for a game!!, but then she frowned slightly, "And don't call me Biribiri!!"
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Waking up rather early he did his usual work out before taking a shower. Getting dressed he made his breakfast, and watched the news for the usual untrustworthy weather predictions. In a city such as this nothing would ever be routine as it was outside of the city. The situation of the city could change in an instant like the situation yesterday. Sadao was sure that Skill-Out would still be trying to piece together what really happened so for now the mall was off limits. The last thing he needed was to be questioned by some idiots.
Looking in his fridge he saw that he was in dire need of groceries. Heading back to his safe he took out just enough to fill up his fridge and placed the rest back into his safe. He had quite the amount saved up. If he ever needed to disappear he would have a lot of cash to do it with. Putting on his coat he took his new phone from the counter before locking up his apartment and heading out.
The grocery store was more empty than usual, but that just made it easier for him to get in and get out. Carrying several bags of food on each arm he headed back to his apartment. But ofcourse that couldn't be done without resistance.
"Hey you sure you can eat all that yourself kid?" said a man in a dirty white t-shirt and some torn up pants. His shoes were in horrible condition. Sadao came to the conclusion that he was homeless. Suddenly he heard the swing of something behind him. Covering the back of his head in nitrogen he stopped the pipe from hitting him. Luckily the man was weak. Turning quickly he pushed off the ground with his powers kicking the man in the jaw and sending him to the ground. Expecting the other man to retaliate Sadao ducked and swept the first man's feet from under him. Standing he brought his leg up high axe-kicking his head to the concrete as he tried to get back up. Turning Sadao kicked the the man with the pipe across the face knocking him out cold.
'Not a bad plan...people really are getting desperate here.'
Looking around he saw that there were no witnesses, and these men would probably do their best to avoid him from now on hopefully. Next time he would deal with them it would be a more permanent solution. Hurrying from the scene he returned home and put the food away. As he opened the eggs he sighed in frustration. most of them were broken and the cardboard was soaked in egg. Tossing the whole box in the trash he decided to just get more tomorrow. Suddenly his phone rang muffled slightly from within his pocket. Dreading another mission he hesitantly picked it up.
"I'm sure you have noticed the recent thunderstorms of late." said the female voice on the phone.
"Of course it's every weather man's nightmare" answered Sadao.
"We'll I'm sure you are aware of the source. We are not sure why she is fighting so much, but we want you to keep an eye on her. Report anything of note, and we will pay you for the information. Its easy as that." she explained.
"Sounds simple enough." answered Sadao.
"Excellent we look forward to hearing from you." she said ending the call. Sadao set the phone down on the counter for a moment. Then almost as if on command he heard the boom of a thunderstorm. Smirking a shaking his head he picked up his phone dialing in his ride.
"Maria I need a lift."
Arriving near the storm he got out of the car and zipped up his jacket. Pulling up his hood. From the park he was able to get a good enough view of the fight. It had only be going on for a short time, but it didn't look he missed much. He had no idea who the boy was. But he was either brave or stupid to be picking a fight with a level 5. Leaning on a tree he pulled out a stick of gum to chew.
Looking in his fridge he saw that he was in dire need of groceries. Heading back to his safe he took out just enough to fill up his fridge and placed the rest back into his safe. He had quite the amount saved up. If he ever needed to disappear he would have a lot of cash to do it with. Putting on his coat he took his new phone from the counter before locking up his apartment and heading out.
The grocery store was more empty than usual, but that just made it easier for him to get in and get out. Carrying several bags of food on each arm he headed back to his apartment. But ofcourse that couldn't be done without resistance.
"Hey you sure you can eat all that yourself kid?" said a man in a dirty white t-shirt and some torn up pants. His shoes were in horrible condition. Sadao came to the conclusion that he was homeless. Suddenly he heard the swing of something behind him. Covering the back of his head in nitrogen he stopped the pipe from hitting him. Luckily the man was weak. Turning quickly he pushed off the ground with his powers kicking the man in the jaw and sending him to the ground. Expecting the other man to retaliate Sadao ducked and swept the first man's feet from under him. Standing he brought his leg up high axe-kicking his head to the concrete as he tried to get back up. Turning Sadao kicked the the man with the pipe across the face knocking him out cold.
'Not a bad plan...people really are getting desperate here.'
Looking around he saw that there were no witnesses, and these men would probably do their best to avoid him from now on hopefully. Next time he would deal with them it would be a more permanent solution. Hurrying from the scene he returned home and put the food away. As he opened the eggs he sighed in frustration. most of them were broken and the cardboard was soaked in egg. Tossing the whole box in the trash he decided to just get more tomorrow. Suddenly his phone rang muffled slightly from within his pocket. Dreading another mission he hesitantly picked it up.
"I'm sure you have noticed the recent thunderstorms of late." said the female voice on the phone.
"Of course it's every weather man's nightmare" answered Sadao.
"We'll I'm sure you are aware of the source. We are not sure why she is fighting so much, but we want you to keep an eye on her. Report anything of note, and we will pay you for the information. Its easy as that." she explained.
"Sounds simple enough." answered Sadao.
"Excellent we look forward to hearing from you." she said ending the call. Sadao set the phone down on the counter for a moment. Then almost as if on command he heard the boom of a thunderstorm. Smirking a shaking his head he picked up his phone dialing in his ride.
"Maria I need a lift."
Arriving near the storm he got out of the car and zipped up his jacket. Pulling up his hood. From the park he was able to get a good enough view of the fight. It had only be going on for a short time, but it didn't look he missed much. He had no idea who the boy was. But he was either brave or stupid to be picking a fight with a level 5. Leaning on a tree he pulled out a stick of gum to chew.
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xninebreaker
FAKKU Writer
The next morning, Shou woke up and set out to carry out his usual routine. He showered, ate a small breakfast, and prepared to go to class. As he walked to the university, the events of yesterday flashed in his mind. It was hard to forget his meeting with Kuroko, and the entire mall incident in general. Now that he thought about it, he hadn't found out if the incident was resolved. With that thought in mind, Shou took a slight detour towards the grocery store he often went to; the floating, broadcasting projections often made stops there and all along the route from there to the university.
Just like before, he conveniently found the broadcasting device just above the sign of the grocery store, and decided to wait and watch it a bit.
"…And it's predicted to have a 5% chance of rain today with the skies being only slightly cloudy as the day rolls into the afternoon. Low chances of rain will continue to persist through the week with moderate temperatures and towards the end of the week, slightly more cloudy skies. Back to you, Nagato, for more news."
'Looks like it'll be a pleasant day, maybe I'll take the long way back later,' Shou casually thought to himself as he continued watching.
"It looks like we have a pleasant week in store; thank you for the forecast as usual Sakura. Well, what is being called a terrorist attack at one of the largest malls in District 7 is still under investigation. With the combined efforts of Judgment and Anti-Skill, the situation was readily contained and resolved. There was reported to be no severe civilian casualties, however, it was also reported that explosions within the mall were the cause for several severe casualties on the side of the terrorists. Many of the suspected terrorists were taken to a nearby hospital; others were taken into custody and will be questioned later."
The broadcast flashed several pictures taken of the mall and its chaos followed by a short recording and a short interview with an Anti-Skill member was shown. It struck Shou as strange. 'Why would explosions, supposedly by the terrorists cause that many casualties on their own side? Furthermore, those severe burn marks…' Shou recalled the news broadcast he'd seen just a couple days before, 'Are those the same type of burns? The user would have to be extremely powerful if they could turn the explosions into a weapon for themselves.'
Shou walked off towards Dangai University as the newscaster began talking about recent trends in the global market, which he was not interested in, but continued to ponder to himself, 'A user with that much power would have to be at least a level 4 for sure, but no one in Judgment could possibly do that. Was it just terrorist being idiots... or could it have been the new level 5 - Kihara Natsu?' Last time Shou simply shrugged the issue off, but he was becoming ever more suspicious, and perhaps more importantly, more interested. Once again though, he decided he had no evidence, but that he'd be keeping an eye out for anything interesting happening within the city. It seemed to him that the new level 5 could be enjoying flaunting her powers, and he'd like to at least witness it.
Shou attended his first couple classes as usual, but as he walked to another one, he noticed that the sky had turned exceptionally cloudy, '5% chance of rain? It looks like a storm is coming!' Then, he suddenly recalled a well-known theory that some electromasters are powerful enough to create storm clouds. 'My god… you can't be serious. Have the level 5's begun to mobilize or something?'
Shou decided that he would cut class today, and that his schedule would be anything from usual if something really was going on. Using his usual metal pins, he made his way on top of the roof of a nearby building and saw that the clouds were gathering in the direction of District 7. He also noticed that the clouds where dark, but lacked the downpour of rain that is associated with rainclouds, confirming to Shou that it was likely an electromaster like he'd thought. He put on a small grin that was mixed with excitement, curiosity, and a grim lust for power. "If you're a level 5, let me see what it looks like,"Shou muttered in a slightly sinister, cold tone as he began teleporting from building to building making his way towards District 7.
Just like before, he conveniently found the broadcasting device just above the sign of the grocery store, and decided to wait and watch it a bit.
"…And it's predicted to have a 5% chance of rain today with the skies being only slightly cloudy as the day rolls into the afternoon. Low chances of rain will continue to persist through the week with moderate temperatures and towards the end of the week, slightly more cloudy skies. Back to you, Nagato, for more news."
'Looks like it'll be a pleasant day, maybe I'll take the long way back later,' Shou casually thought to himself as he continued watching.
"It looks like we have a pleasant week in store; thank you for the forecast as usual Sakura. Well, what is being called a terrorist attack at one of the largest malls in District 7 is still under investigation. With the combined efforts of Judgment and Anti-Skill, the situation was readily contained and resolved. There was reported to be no severe civilian casualties, however, it was also reported that explosions within the mall were the cause for several severe casualties on the side of the terrorists. Many of the suspected terrorists were taken to a nearby hospital; others were taken into custody and will be questioned later."
The broadcast flashed several pictures taken of the mall and its chaos followed by a short recording and a short interview with an Anti-Skill member was shown. It struck Shou as strange. 'Why would explosions, supposedly by the terrorists cause that many casualties on their own side? Furthermore, those severe burn marks…' Shou recalled the news broadcast he'd seen just a couple days before, 'Are those the same type of burns? The user would have to be extremely powerful if they could turn the explosions into a weapon for themselves.'
Shou walked off towards Dangai University as the newscaster began talking about recent trends in the global market, which he was not interested in, but continued to ponder to himself, 'A user with that much power would have to be at least a level 4 for sure, but no one in Judgment could possibly do that. Was it just terrorist being idiots... or could it have been the new level 5 - Kihara Natsu?' Last time Shou simply shrugged the issue off, but he was becoming ever more suspicious, and perhaps more importantly, more interested. Once again though, he decided he had no evidence, but that he'd be keeping an eye out for anything interesting happening within the city. It seemed to him that the new level 5 could be enjoying flaunting her powers, and he'd like to at least witness it.
Shou attended his first couple classes as usual, but as he walked to another one, he noticed that the sky had turned exceptionally cloudy, '5% chance of rain? It looks like a storm is coming!' Then, he suddenly recalled a well-known theory that some electromasters are powerful enough to create storm clouds. 'My god… you can't be serious. Have the level 5's begun to mobilize or something?'
Shou decided that he would cut class today, and that his schedule would be anything from usual if something really was going on. Using his usual metal pins, he made his way on top of the roof of a nearby building and saw that the clouds were gathering in the direction of District 7. He also noticed that the clouds where dark, but lacked the downpour of rain that is associated with rainclouds, confirming to Shou that it was likely an electromaster like he'd thought. He put on a small grin that was mixed with excitement, curiosity, and a grim lust for power. "If you're a level 5, let me see what it looks like,"Shou muttered in a slightly sinister, cold tone as he began teleporting from building to building making his way towards District 7.
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Waking up earlier than usual, Sana had started to gather all the equipment she would need for her play, later after school. She made sure that each doll had their piece of metal in the right spots, so when she'd start the play, her magnetism could be used to control them properly. "Alrighty, seems like all fourty dolls are ready, Touma," as usual, Sana spoke to her stuffed rabbit as if it was her live friend, as she put the last of the dolls in one of the two big duffle bags she had.
After Kongou Mitsuko left for her class, Sana made sure to double check one last time that her equipment was ready before she headed towards class. Though at the point her cell phone began ringing. Checking on who might be calling her this early, she was surprised to see it was Miss Komeiji, "Hello Komeiji-san, is something the matter?" Sana received the call, she noted that this is the first time she received a call from her at this time of the day. "I'm sorry of asking this of you Sana, but is it possible for you to come here around 1:30pm. I forgot to mention that apart from being her birthday she's getting adopted today as well. So if you were to come later in the afternoon you'd be late. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience I caused, Sana," miss Komeiji told Sana as she continued apologizing to her over the call. "Don't worry Komeiji-san, I'll be there as soon as I can then. I can't disappoint the birthday girl now can I," Sana then said goodbye and hung up.
"Well Touma, I guess there will be some change of plans for today. We need to be there at least around 12pm I guess we should head out there around 10:30am, since it would take a bit to head there," after heading to school for at least some of her classes, when the time hit 10am she left the school grounds, heading back to her dorm. She had to pick up her bags and had to chang from her Tokiwadai school uniform into the black dress she would be wearing for the play, she then put her uniform into one of her bags. "Alrighty, we should be good to go now Touma," using her powers, she lifted her bag into the air and then lifted them out the window and then placed them down on the ground. "Now lets go, Touma" Sana grabbed her stuff rabbit and headed outside in a rush.
After finally getting out, Sana arrived at a park. Feeling thirsty she decided to get a drink at one of the vending machines in there. As she approached one, she came across two people arguing, not knowing what was going on, she decided to keep her distance, but got curious on what they where arguing about. As she looked, she noticed that the one screaming was none other that Misaka Mikoto, The Ace of Tokiwadai. "What is she doing here?" Sana thought to herself, she then decided to look with who she was arguing with. "Could that be her boyfriend?" Sana thought. Soon after the boy started running away and Misaka gave chase, it seemed that they were heading towards the very direction she was she supposed to go towards; nonetheless, Sana decided to follow.
"Well, we are making good time and it seems they're heading in the direction we are heading too, so I think we should be okay if we follow them, Touma," Sana said as she felt really curious on what was going on. Staying a good distance back, she followed them. They eventually reached a bridge. Sana was confused as to why they stopped there. She decided to wait at the entrance to the bridge, not knowing what was going happen.
After Kongou Mitsuko left for her class, Sana made sure to double check one last time that her equipment was ready before she headed towards class. Though at the point her cell phone began ringing. Checking on who might be calling her this early, she was surprised to see it was Miss Komeiji, "Hello Komeiji-san, is something the matter?" Sana received the call, she noted that this is the first time she received a call from her at this time of the day. "I'm sorry of asking this of you Sana, but is it possible for you to come here around 1:30pm. I forgot to mention that apart from being her birthday she's getting adopted today as well. So if you were to come later in the afternoon you'd be late. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience I caused, Sana," miss Komeiji told Sana as she continued apologizing to her over the call. "Don't worry Komeiji-san, I'll be there as soon as I can then. I can't disappoint the birthday girl now can I," Sana then said goodbye and hung up.
"Well Touma, I guess there will be some change of plans for today. We need to be there at least around 12pm I guess we should head out there around 10:30am, since it would take a bit to head there," after heading to school for at least some of her classes, when the time hit 10am she left the school grounds, heading back to her dorm. She had to pick up her bags and had to chang from her Tokiwadai school uniform into the black dress she would be wearing for the play, she then put her uniform into one of her bags. "Alrighty, we should be good to go now Touma," using her powers, she lifted her bag into the air and then lifted them out the window and then placed them down on the ground. "Now lets go, Touma" Sana grabbed her stuff rabbit and headed outside in a rush.
After finally getting out, Sana arrived at a park. Feeling thirsty she decided to get a drink at one of the vending machines in there. As she approached one, she came across two people arguing, not knowing what was going on, she decided to keep her distance, but got curious on what they where arguing about. As she looked, she noticed that the one screaming was none other that Misaka Mikoto, The Ace of Tokiwadai. "What is she doing here?" Sana thought to herself, she then decided to look with who she was arguing with. "Could that be her boyfriend?" Sana thought. Soon after the boy started running away and Misaka gave chase, it seemed that they were heading towards the very direction she was she supposed to go towards; nonetheless, Sana decided to follow.
"Well, we are making good time and it seems they're heading in the direction we are heading too, so I think we should be okay if we follow them, Touma," Sana said as she felt really curious on what was going on. Staying a good distance back, she followed them. They eventually reached a bridge. Sana was confused as to why they stopped there. She decided to wait at the entrance to the bridge, not knowing what was going happen.
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
September 30. Due to last night's extended training session, Jun had overslept and was nearly late for school. He barely had time to make himself a slice of toast, and packed two bottles of water in his backpack to wash it down on his way to school. They were empty by the time he arrived.
Jun was especially enthusiastic today during class, increasing his pace on his note-taking and asking more questions than usual; overall, taking class much more seriously than he usually does. He had a grin on his face whenever he looked down towards his desk to continue writing, still ecstatic about his success the previous night. Nearby classmates were offset by it.
Sometime during the middle of the lecture, Jun needed to answer nature's call. He'd rather not miss too much class, but it was much better than having an accident. He stood up and told his teacher, "Sensei! I need to use the restroom!" The teacher acknowledged him and gave him permission to leave the classroom. On his way out, Jun asked a nearby student to make an extra set of notes for him of what he would miss.
It was unexpectedly difficult to find an available restroom. Each on the floor Jun was on had been closed off for one reason or another. He finally found one outside of the school building to relieve himself in. "About time... it could've been bad if I held it in for any longer..." He finished his business quickly and washed his hands thoroughly. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he exited the restroom.
Jun took out his cell phone to check the time. It had been about six minutes since he left the classroom. Other than a time he left class early to help at his parent's hospital, he's never been out of the classroom during class time this long before. It was a little discomforting. He hurried back to his classroom.
But, before that, he decided to send a text message to Ayane. Thanks to her, he finally started to have a small degree of control over his power. With her help, Jun can graduate from being a level 0 after all these years. He pulled out his phone, and sent his message:
"Hi, Shirayuki-san! This is Junichi. If possible, can I meet you somewhere after school? I wanted to talk to you about something..."
Once he confirmed that the message was sent, Jun returned to class. The student he asked to take notes for him handed him the copy as he walked in. It wasn't as well-recorded as Jun would have liked, but he was grateful regardless. He made a mental note to return the favor sometime. Jun got back to work taking his own notes.
Jun was especially enthusiastic today during class, increasing his pace on his note-taking and asking more questions than usual; overall, taking class much more seriously than he usually does. He had a grin on his face whenever he looked down towards his desk to continue writing, still ecstatic about his success the previous night. Nearby classmates were offset by it.
Sometime during the middle of the lecture, Jun needed to answer nature's call. He'd rather not miss too much class, but it was much better than having an accident. He stood up and told his teacher, "Sensei! I need to use the restroom!" The teacher acknowledged him and gave him permission to leave the classroom. On his way out, Jun asked a nearby student to make an extra set of notes for him of what he would miss.
It was unexpectedly difficult to find an available restroom. Each on the floor Jun was on had been closed off for one reason or another. He finally found one outside of the school building to relieve himself in. "About time... it could've been bad if I held it in for any longer..." He finished his business quickly and washed his hands thoroughly. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he exited the restroom.
Jun took out his cell phone to check the time. It had been about six minutes since he left the classroom. Other than a time he left class early to help at his parent's hospital, he's never been out of the classroom during class time this long before. It was a little discomforting. He hurried back to his classroom.
But, before that, he decided to send a text message to Ayane. Thanks to her, he finally started to have a small degree of control over his power. With her help, Jun can graduate from being a level 0 after all these years. He pulled out his phone, and sent his message:
"Hi, Shirayuki-san! This is Junichi. If possible, can I meet you somewhere after school? I wanted to talk to you about something..."
Once he confirmed that the message was sent, Jun returned to class. The student he asked to take notes for him handed him the copy as he walked in. It wasn't as well-recorded as Jun would have liked, but he was grateful regardless. He made a mental note to return the favor sometime. Jun got back to work taking his own notes.
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Academy City's medication sure is 30 years ahead. Fuyuko thought happily. She had woken up this morning, fresh and ready to go without a single trace of illness, as if a strong gust of wind had suddenly blown away the heat haze surrounding her. After realising that she was well again, another realisation struck Fuyuko, as she checked the clock, that she was almost late for her first official day at Tokiwadai. Fuyuko had then rushed out immediately, scrambling down the stairs and running out onto the road, looking for another Tokiwadai student to follow to the main school building. Thankfully she managed to arrive right on time before the classes started. The girl sharing her textbooks with Fuyuko flipped to the next page.
She had first met up with her homeroom teacher and was then led to her classroom. Having been told to wait outside for a bit, Fuyuko was slightly worried that maybe she wasn't too welcomed having transferred in during the middle of the school term, however her doubts were cleared as soon as she was called in.
"Here is your new classmate! Isn't she adorable? Hyotoki-san, please introduce yourself!"
Seeing the warm smile on her teacher's face, Fuyuko immediately shook away her fears. "Eh.. uhm.. Fuyu's name is Hyotoki Fuyuko! Fuyu just transferred from Sakugawa Middle School and uuuhm it's nice to meet you all! Please take care of Fuyu!"
The girls in the class whispered excitedly to one another, sharing their varying opinions on the addition of a childlike girl amongst their ranks.
"Your seat has already been prepared for you. Take your seat and class will begin."
"Okay!"
And that was how Fuyuko's introduction went. During the break between the periods, the more curious girls had gathered around Fuyuko to ask her questions such as what her power was or why she transferred. Fuyuko had greatly enjoyed their attention and answered energetically. Eventually the next period started and everyone returned to their seats. As Fuyuko's textbooks still hadn't arrived, her neighbour was asked to move their desks together to share. The girl seemed unwilling, however Fuyuko paid no heed, she was already worrying about where she would eat at lunch time. Glancing at Fuyuko, the girl beside her raged internally, secretly wondering why the annoying transfer had to sit beside her.
What a dumb ass, still referring to herself in third person at middle school.
She had first met up with her homeroom teacher and was then led to her classroom. Having been told to wait outside for a bit, Fuyuko was slightly worried that maybe she wasn't too welcomed having transferred in during the middle of the school term, however her doubts were cleared as soon as she was called in.
"Here is your new classmate! Isn't she adorable? Hyotoki-san, please introduce yourself!"
Seeing the warm smile on her teacher's face, Fuyuko immediately shook away her fears. "Eh.. uhm.. Fuyu's name is Hyotoki Fuyuko! Fuyu just transferred from Sakugawa Middle School and uuuhm it's nice to meet you all! Please take care of Fuyu!"
The girls in the class whispered excitedly to one another, sharing their varying opinions on the addition of a childlike girl amongst their ranks.
"Your seat has already been prepared for you. Take your seat and class will begin."
"Okay!"
And that was how Fuyuko's introduction went. During the break between the periods, the more curious girls had gathered around Fuyuko to ask her questions such as what her power was or why she transferred. Fuyuko had greatly enjoyed their attention and answered energetically. Eventually the next period started and everyone returned to their seats. As Fuyuko's textbooks still hadn't arrived, her neighbour was asked to move their desks together to share. The girl seemed unwilling, however Fuyuko paid no heed, she was already worrying about where she would eat at lunch time. Glancing at Fuyuko, the girl beside her raged internally, secretly wondering why the annoying transfer had to sit beside her.
What a dumb ass, still referring to herself in third person at middle school.
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Ugghh. . .morning already? Hono first comments about a nice morning. Hono was still tired after yesterday's events and practice. Hono looked at his clock lazily, it was 6 AM. huh? 6? But I don't want to go to school. Hono sat down and scratch his head. He stood up and walked to his bathroom, took a quick shower and walked out. All fresh and clean.
Just as Hono walked to his fridge, his alarm went off again. He forgot to turn it off before he went to take a shower. Hono quickly stepped on his alarm to turn the alarm off. Let's see, after school, I should go straight to the park and do a quick practice, hopefully no one will be there. Hono opened the fridge and took a melon bread that he kept in there. Hono took a quick look at his clock, 8 AM. Hono took his bag and walked out of his room, shut the door tight and locks it. He happily walked to school.
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At school, first period has started. Hono listened to the teacher. Noted the important things that the teacher said. A few minutes after that, he got bored and literally fell asleep at class. The teacher saw this and threw a chalk right to Hono's head. “KAZUKI HONO! DON'T YOU DARE TO FALL ASLEEP AT MY CLASS!” The teacher went furious and threw another chalk at the Sleepy Hono. The class laughed so hard at him. However, hono only rubbed his face and said sorry to the teacher.
Hono looked outside, it was dark, it looked like a thunderstorm was on it's way. Wait a minute, I thought that today was suppose to be a bright sunny day and perfect for practice? Hono diverted his attention back to the teacher and continue to study.
Just as Hono walked to his fridge, his alarm went off again. He forgot to turn it off before he went to take a shower. Hono quickly stepped on his alarm to turn the alarm off. Let's see, after school, I should go straight to the park and do a quick practice, hopefully no one will be there. Hono opened the fridge and took a melon bread that he kept in there. Hono took a quick look at his clock, 8 AM. Hono took his bag and walked out of his room, shut the door tight and locks it. He happily walked to school.
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At school, first period has started. Hono listened to the teacher. Noted the important things that the teacher said. A few minutes after that, he got bored and literally fell asleep at class. The teacher saw this and threw a chalk right to Hono's head. “KAZUKI HONO! DON'T YOU DARE TO FALL ASLEEP AT MY CLASS!” The teacher went furious and threw another chalk at the Sleepy Hono. The class laughed so hard at him. However, hono only rubbed his face and said sorry to the teacher.
Hono looked outside, it was dark, it looked like a thunderstorm was on it's way. Wait a minute, I thought that today was suppose to be a bright sunny day and perfect for practice? Hono diverted his attention back to the teacher and continue to study.
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After a good night's sleep, Li woke up and ran through her usual morning routine as she washed her face, brushed her teeth, and then went to cook a quick breakfast of sunny-side up eggs, toast, ham, and a small salad. After washing down the meal with a glass of juice, she got dressed and prepared for school. Before she put on her shirt, she rubbed the gauze on her upper right arm that she applied last night after her accident from her impromptu training. She sighed lightly as she put on her shirt and finished up before leaving her room.
She arrived to class after a leisurely walk and went through the motions of the day. Some of her classmates talked about the terrorist attack from yesterday and Li noted the addition about other terrorists and explosions that occurred in the underground section. Others pointed out the competence of Judgment and Anti-skill, as they were nearby when the incident occurred. Li decided not to interject as there was nothing really to say.
"Nothing wrong is being said and I have no reason to try to steal the spotlight," she thought.
"Though I may just take it easy after school today. Maybe I'll run through some of my martial arts katas at the park..." Li though as she started to twirl her hair absentmindedly as class resumed.
She arrived to class after a leisurely walk and went through the motions of the day. Some of her classmates talked about the terrorist attack from yesterday and Li noted the addition about other terrorists and explosions that occurred in the underground section. Others pointed out the competence of Judgment and Anti-skill, as they were nearby when the incident occurred. Li decided not to interject as there was nothing really to say.
"Nothing wrong is being said and I have no reason to try to steal the spotlight," she thought.
"Though I may just take it easy after school today. Maybe I'll run through some of my martial arts katas at the park..." Li though as she started to twirl her hair absentmindedly as class resumed.
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Lightning could be seen spreading across the scene rapidly. Mikoto's bangs furiously released thundering blades of lightning, in the face of the higherschool student who was subject to Mikoto's competitiveness, he seemed relatively calm somehow, albeit his face showing seriousness up to some extent. Mikoto raised her hand up to her forehead, created a ball of light, holding it with her bare hand, she threw it towards the black spiky-haired man who stood there, with his right hand forward; ready to take the hit.
The electricity instantly disappeared upon contact with his right arm, "So it won't work after all," Mikoto whispered to particularly no one. Her concerned expression quickly turned to a smiling one, as she dashed forward, strong blinding flash of lightning came down from the clouds hanging up on the sky - it was nature's thunder. Almost blinding the man's eyes, which Mikoto planned to take advantage of; she charged her hands with electricity, and launched fists. Upon careful speculation from the past, it seemed that the man had the ability to neutralize any kind of power that his right hand comes in contact with. So, the answer was simple, all she had to do is hit other parts of his body.
However, the male youth was quick-witted, holding off Mikoto's punches with his bare hands. Tch, he's so damn persistent!, not realizing the irony of her words, she muttered. Although, he didn't manage to stop both her hands, and ended up receiving a fist to his left cheek, he slightly felt the electricity from the fist, weirdly enough, it felt almost like a normal punch.
He never fought back, all he did was block, or stop Mikoto's power with his right arm. Mikoto raged; launching series of lightning spears, she also used electromagnetism to jump around the long iron pillars of the bridge, and launched attacks from various directions - all at the possibility that his right hand wouldn't reach in time, as the attacks were aimed for his left hand instead. But her opponent showed his worth, using his right hand to block every attacks. Even the Railgun - finishing move - was blocked off as if it wasn't anything special; Mikoto cringed.
"Just what is with that right arm of yours, Touma?!"
The electricity instantly disappeared upon contact with his right arm, "So it won't work after all," Mikoto whispered to particularly no one. Her concerned expression quickly turned to a smiling one, as she dashed forward, strong blinding flash of lightning came down from the clouds hanging up on the sky - it was nature's thunder. Almost blinding the man's eyes, which Mikoto planned to take advantage of; she charged her hands with electricity, and launched fists. Upon careful speculation from the past, it seemed that the man had the ability to neutralize any kind of power that his right hand comes in contact with. So, the answer was simple, all she had to do is hit other parts of his body.
However, the male youth was quick-witted, holding off Mikoto's punches with his bare hands. Tch, he's so damn persistent!, not realizing the irony of her words, she muttered. Although, he didn't manage to stop both her hands, and ended up receiving a fist to his left cheek, he slightly felt the electricity from the fist, weirdly enough, it felt almost like a normal punch.
He never fought back, all he did was block, or stop Mikoto's power with his right arm. Mikoto raged; launching series of lightning spears, she also used electromagnetism to jump around the long iron pillars of the bridge, and launched attacks from various directions - all at the possibility that his right hand wouldn't reach in time, as the attacks were aimed for his left hand instead. But her opponent showed his worth, using his right hand to block every attacks. Even the Railgun - finishing move - was blocked off as if it wasn't anything special; Mikoto cringed.
"Just what is with that right arm of yours, Touma?!"
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((This is a joint post with: xninebreaker and TheLoneGentleman))
Shou followed the clouds towards District 7, and easily enough he was able make out the relative area to which the clouds were gathering. It didn't take long for him to find a bridge that seemed to have occasional flashes of almost blinding light. He landed himself on top of a roof of a nearby building, and observed the scene. On the bridge was a girl, to which bolts of what seemed to be lightning were occasionally emanating from, and there was also a male standing on the opposite end of the bridge; both of them looked to be students perhaps in highschool or middle school. 'This ought to be interesting. Show me... Show me what a level 5 can do if you are one,' Shou thought silently.
The girl launched a flurry of lightning attacks, but each attempt seemed to be in vain as all her lightning attacks dissipated as they reached the guy. Then, she tried to rush the guy, perhaps in an attempt to engage in melee combat, but the guy seemed block all her attempts in melee combat as well. To Shou, it seemed that the fight was completely being won by the guy who simply stood there, blocking the occasional punch. 'Is she supposed to be a level 5? No... That guy would've been dead from the first attack if she were that powerful. Maybe it's just a level 4 or even a 3 sparring and creating these dark clouds by chance.'
As Sadao looked on he couldn't help but compare this girl to Natsu. In terms of power they seemed leagues apart. Not only that but their personalities made all the difference. On one had you had Natsu who was in complete control, and had no qualms of releasing that power for all to see. It seemed that this girl Mikoto was to nice to let it all go. If anything this looked like to children playing around with power they didn't deserve. He had to admit that power the boy had would made a lot of his past jobs a lot smoother.
The battle raged on, but Shou was beginning to slowly lose interest and his eyes began to wander as he was less focused on the fight and was wondering how the surrounding area was responding. Surprisingly, the area was rather empty, but he wouldn't be surprised if people began to show up with all the noise and light that the two on the bridge were creating. Just as Shou was casually scanning the area, confident that the ridiculous power he'd been looking for wasn't here, he saw a lone figure at a nearby park that was located on the opposite side of the street from where Shou was. Curious as to why the figure simply stood there, Shou teleported to a building closer to the park.
"What the hell is this guy doing, does he just plan to casually watch lightning fly around?" Shou arrived at a building that had a clear view of both the man and the bridge. The battle didn't seem to have gotten any more interesting as flashes of light continued to bombard the guy, but seemingly doing nothing. 'What a joke...'
Sadao chewed his gum slowly as he looked around the area. This fight was getting more attention than the local news. One of the onlookers in particular looked to have combat experience. Seeing how the fight was going he doubted he would get any information worth this risk. And if anyone from the mall incident recognized him it could mean more than just a few questions. Pushing off the tree he spit out is gum into a trash can placing his hands in his pockets. Maria would be waiting a few blocks off, and he was ready to head home. He would have other chances to gather intel on the girl. She wasn't exactly good and hiding her location.
Then, Shou saw the guy that was under the tree move. It was obvious to Shou that the guy knew of the bridge, but he definitely didn't seem alarmed. In fact, he found it exceptionally strange how slow and calm the guy seemed to be. The guy casually walked out of the park, and Shou, now having given up on the bridge battle, decided to follow the guy just a bit longer. 'A person that would just sit by and watch? I have my reasons but something about how calm this guy is is throwing me off.' Shou then teleported from building to building down his side of the street making sure that he could see the guy who was walking down the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street, assuming that the guy likely wouldn't notice him, especially since he was tailing from above.
Walking down the street with his hands deep in his pockets he traced his finger over the knifes in his pockets. Something felt wrong, but he could place it. Continuing to walk towards the meeting location he sped up his pace. Stopping at the next intersection he made a quick turn left. Maria got the hint seeing him turn suddenly. She rode off and would wait for Sadao to contact her on a new location. Years of building trust and understanding each other really helped in these situations.
'What the,' Shou thought as he watched the guy he was following suddenly pick up speed. 'Did he remember something urgent?' He continued to follow the guy at a steady pace, but suddenly the guy turned a sharp turn and out of his view. Still feeling persistent and suspicious, Shou decided that he would continue to tail him a just a bit more, though it would be difficult as the he would have to teleport to the building that was a far from where he was since the guy had taken an unexpected turn. After a concentrating momentarily, Shou threw the metal pin to the wall of the intended building. He teleported and caught the metal pin halfway to its destination and then lobbed the metal pin towards the roof to complete the other half of his trip to his designated building. Shou knew that if he threw the metal pin too hard to stick it onto the intended roof, it would make a noise, and his tailing could have fallen into jeopardy.
Running down the sidewalk Sadao tried to gain as much distance as he could before turning into an alley. Running at a wall he used his power to give himself a quick boost to the fire escape. Climbing it he made his way to the roof. He was just about look over the edge to try to find if he was begin tailed, but he needed to look no further than the roof itself. Placing his hands in his pockets he glared across the way at the boy following him.
Shou landed on the roof the building almost silently and walked over to the edge of the building to peek down the alleyway the guy turned into. However, to his surprise, the guy had picked up a considerable amount of distance far larger than he expected since the guy was only walking moderately quickly before. In reaction, Shou quickly teleported from one building to the next with a mix of running while keeping on the edge of the buildings so that he could keep an eye on his target. 'Has he figured out I was following him? Impossible, my pin isn't even touching the floor, he shouldn't have noticed.' However, just as that thought crossed him, Shou saw the guy suddenly make his way up the same building he was on using a fire escape as a platform. It was clear now, Shou's target knew he was being followed, 'But, why were you running?!' He thought to himself. Then, Shou had caught up to where he was almost directly behind the guy and the two were at a standstill; Shou no longer needed to hide his presence, at this point, he just wanted to know why his target ran from him.
"You like what you see?" Sadao asked in an annoyed tone. This was the same person he noticed watching from the fight earlier. Was this man with Judgement or maybe some kind of other group? He wasn't used to them traveling outside of their teams. Of course when wanting to be sneaky groups tie you down. Still they liked to rely in their numbers. "Did you get separated from your pack or something?"
The guy spoke directly to Shou and seemed to assume that he was a part of Judgment, 'So a runaway criminal maybe?' Shou retorted, "What's it to you? And why don't you stop using unnecessary energy, you aren't going to outrun me anytime soon."
"As much as I would like to try my luck outrunning a teleporter. I'd rather wrap this up early enough to catch my show." he answered sliding one of his knifes from his pocket. Flicking it open he spun it once so that he was holding it backwards. "You seemed to take quite an interest in me leaving. I had a bad feeling about it. This is your last chance to take yourself home. I don't need the trouble."
Shou saw the guy swiftly take a small sturdy-looking knife from his pocket, and then Shou knew that the guy must have had a reason for being this defensive. And at what Shou took to be a declaration of war, he replied while still keeping pace, "It so happens that you've given me more than enough reason to be interested, there's no way I'm turning back at this point." At this point Shou had deduced some possibilities for why the guy was running: either he was a criminal, or that scene at the bridge had more meaning than a girl just failing to connect her electric attacks.
Sadao smiled for a moment. The rest of his face was hidden by his hood, but that smile was easy enough to see.
"It's about time someone had the balls to stand up for once. You don't look like your going to disappoint me either." he said looking closely at the man. Flipping his knife back and placing it in his pocket Sadao started walking towards him. If he pulled out a weapon the knife would make another appearance. Until then he would match him. He didn't want this to end like that. Not after he was deprived his kills with Natsu. Suddenly as he approached the man he kicked off his foot with his power and threw three quick jabs with his left fist.
Shou followed the clouds towards District 7, and easily enough he was able make out the relative area to which the clouds were gathering. It didn't take long for him to find a bridge that seemed to have occasional flashes of almost blinding light. He landed himself on top of a roof of a nearby building, and observed the scene. On the bridge was a girl, to which bolts of what seemed to be lightning were occasionally emanating from, and there was also a male standing on the opposite end of the bridge; both of them looked to be students perhaps in highschool or middle school. 'This ought to be interesting. Show me... Show me what a level 5 can do if you are one,' Shou thought silently.
The girl launched a flurry of lightning attacks, but each attempt seemed to be in vain as all her lightning attacks dissipated as they reached the guy. Then, she tried to rush the guy, perhaps in an attempt to engage in melee combat, but the guy seemed block all her attempts in melee combat as well. To Shou, it seemed that the fight was completely being won by the guy who simply stood there, blocking the occasional punch. 'Is she supposed to be a level 5? No... That guy would've been dead from the first attack if she were that powerful. Maybe it's just a level 4 or even a 3 sparring and creating these dark clouds by chance.'
As Sadao looked on he couldn't help but compare this girl to Natsu. In terms of power they seemed leagues apart. Not only that but their personalities made all the difference. On one had you had Natsu who was in complete control, and had no qualms of releasing that power for all to see. It seemed that this girl Mikoto was to nice to let it all go. If anything this looked like to children playing around with power they didn't deserve. He had to admit that power the boy had would made a lot of his past jobs a lot smoother.
The battle raged on, but Shou was beginning to slowly lose interest and his eyes began to wander as he was less focused on the fight and was wondering how the surrounding area was responding. Surprisingly, the area was rather empty, but he wouldn't be surprised if people began to show up with all the noise and light that the two on the bridge were creating. Just as Shou was casually scanning the area, confident that the ridiculous power he'd been looking for wasn't here, he saw a lone figure at a nearby park that was located on the opposite side of the street from where Shou was. Curious as to why the figure simply stood there, Shou teleported to a building closer to the park.
"What the hell is this guy doing, does he just plan to casually watch lightning fly around?" Shou arrived at a building that had a clear view of both the man and the bridge. The battle didn't seem to have gotten any more interesting as flashes of light continued to bombard the guy, but seemingly doing nothing. 'What a joke...'
Sadao chewed his gum slowly as he looked around the area. This fight was getting more attention than the local news. One of the onlookers in particular looked to have combat experience. Seeing how the fight was going he doubted he would get any information worth this risk. And if anyone from the mall incident recognized him it could mean more than just a few questions. Pushing off the tree he spit out is gum into a trash can placing his hands in his pockets. Maria would be waiting a few blocks off, and he was ready to head home. He would have other chances to gather intel on the girl. She wasn't exactly good and hiding her location.
Then, Shou saw the guy that was under the tree move. It was obvious to Shou that the guy knew of the bridge, but he definitely didn't seem alarmed. In fact, he found it exceptionally strange how slow and calm the guy seemed to be. The guy casually walked out of the park, and Shou, now having given up on the bridge battle, decided to follow the guy just a bit longer. 'A person that would just sit by and watch? I have my reasons but something about how calm this guy is is throwing me off.' Shou then teleported from building to building down his side of the street making sure that he could see the guy who was walking down the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street, assuming that the guy likely wouldn't notice him, especially since he was tailing from above.
Walking down the street with his hands deep in his pockets he traced his finger over the knifes in his pockets. Something felt wrong, but he could place it. Continuing to walk towards the meeting location he sped up his pace. Stopping at the next intersection he made a quick turn left. Maria got the hint seeing him turn suddenly. She rode off and would wait for Sadao to contact her on a new location. Years of building trust and understanding each other really helped in these situations.
'What the,' Shou thought as he watched the guy he was following suddenly pick up speed. 'Did he remember something urgent?' He continued to follow the guy at a steady pace, but suddenly the guy turned a sharp turn and out of his view. Still feeling persistent and suspicious, Shou decided that he would continue to tail him a just a bit more, though it would be difficult as the he would have to teleport to the building that was a far from where he was since the guy had taken an unexpected turn. After a concentrating momentarily, Shou threw the metal pin to the wall of the intended building. He teleported and caught the metal pin halfway to its destination and then lobbed the metal pin towards the roof to complete the other half of his trip to his designated building. Shou knew that if he threw the metal pin too hard to stick it onto the intended roof, it would make a noise, and his tailing could have fallen into jeopardy.
Running down the sidewalk Sadao tried to gain as much distance as he could before turning into an alley. Running at a wall he used his power to give himself a quick boost to the fire escape. Climbing it he made his way to the roof. He was just about look over the edge to try to find if he was begin tailed, but he needed to look no further than the roof itself. Placing his hands in his pockets he glared across the way at the boy following him.
Shou landed on the roof the building almost silently and walked over to the edge of the building to peek down the alleyway the guy turned into. However, to his surprise, the guy had picked up a considerable amount of distance far larger than he expected since the guy was only walking moderately quickly before. In reaction, Shou quickly teleported from one building to the next with a mix of running while keeping on the edge of the buildings so that he could keep an eye on his target. 'Has he figured out I was following him? Impossible, my pin isn't even touching the floor, he shouldn't have noticed.' However, just as that thought crossed him, Shou saw the guy suddenly make his way up the same building he was on using a fire escape as a platform. It was clear now, Shou's target knew he was being followed, 'But, why were you running?!' He thought to himself. Then, Shou had caught up to where he was almost directly behind the guy and the two were at a standstill; Shou no longer needed to hide his presence, at this point, he just wanted to know why his target ran from him.
"You like what you see?" Sadao asked in an annoyed tone. This was the same person he noticed watching from the fight earlier. Was this man with Judgement or maybe some kind of other group? He wasn't used to them traveling outside of their teams. Of course when wanting to be sneaky groups tie you down. Still they liked to rely in their numbers. "Did you get separated from your pack or something?"
The guy spoke directly to Shou and seemed to assume that he was a part of Judgment, 'So a runaway criminal maybe?' Shou retorted, "What's it to you? And why don't you stop using unnecessary energy, you aren't going to outrun me anytime soon."
"As much as I would like to try my luck outrunning a teleporter. I'd rather wrap this up early enough to catch my show." he answered sliding one of his knifes from his pocket. Flicking it open he spun it once so that he was holding it backwards. "You seemed to take quite an interest in me leaving. I had a bad feeling about it. This is your last chance to take yourself home. I don't need the trouble."
Shou saw the guy swiftly take a small sturdy-looking knife from his pocket, and then Shou knew that the guy must have had a reason for being this defensive. And at what Shou took to be a declaration of war, he replied while still keeping pace, "It so happens that you've given me more than enough reason to be interested, there's no way I'm turning back at this point." At this point Shou had deduced some possibilities for why the guy was running: either he was a criminal, or that scene at the bridge had more meaning than a girl just failing to connect her electric attacks.
Sadao smiled for a moment. The rest of his face was hidden by his hood, but that smile was easy enough to see.
"It's about time someone had the balls to stand up for once. You don't look like your going to disappoint me either." he said looking closely at the man. Flipping his knife back and placing it in his pocket Sadao started walking towards him. If he pulled out a weapon the knife would make another appearance. Until then he would match him. He didn't want this to end like that. Not after he was deprived his kills with Natsu. Suddenly as he approached the man he kicked off his foot with his power and threw three quick jabs with his left fist.