Misaka and Touma stayed in the same position for what seemed to be an eternity. Touma was at war with himself while Mikoto had finally decided to be true with herself and Touma. She continued to hold him while he kept thinking, until...
"... ok" He said suddenly.
Her eyes widened. She looked up from Touma's chest and looked at his face. It was an expression she had never seen before. Touma held mixed feelings about what he just said, he wasn't even sure if he would ever forgive himself. The words just came out of him, as if some force tore it out of him. Was it guilt, was it intuition? He could not figure it out.
Mikoto blushed at the extremely serious expression Touma held. She rested her head against his chest again.
"...Idiot..." she said softly
Meanwhile in a certain cafe...
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! " Screamed a certain curly haired middle school girl.
She wore a judgment badge on her right arm and was currently rolling around on the floor in pain for some reason.
"What is this sudden piercing pain I have in my back!?" She sqeualed.
"Kuroko, um... are you ok?" Asked a black haired girl with a bouquet of flowers on her head.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you Uiharu. Must have been some kind of terrible muscle cramp. Perhaps I've been sitting in front of my computer for too long." Replied Kuroko still in some pain as she was getting up from the ground. People all around were staring at her.
"I agree. Judgment really has been busy lately." She said
*BEEEEEEP~BEEEEEEP
"Ah, that's mine." Said Uiharu as she picked up her phone.
"Moshi-moshi?" She said. "...Ah?! Really?!"
"What is it? Is something wrong, Uiharu?" Asked Kuroko
"Word just came in, Academy City's border has been breached!" Shouted Uiharu.
"WHAT, IMPOSSIBLE. WHERE?! What do they want us to do?" Exclaimed Kuroko
"Mhhm, yes, understood. " She hung up her phone. "It's in district 17. They want us to make sure word doesn't get out so it doesn't start wide spread panic. They are not sure if there are any intruders yet, since nothing was detected. Anti-Skill has already reached the location and is using already using a cover up story for the incident."
Uiharu quickly pulls out her laptop and begins destroying and corrupting any bits of information about the incident on the web.
Not far from the cafe was a certain blonde boy with reckless hair, an unbuttoned shirt and sunglasses. He was staring at his phone which was streaming a live broadcast of of the incident.
"It has just been reported that there was a small airplane crash in District 17. Here you can see where the plane crash landed." States an Academy City journalist.
"...So, they're finally here."
He turns to a member of GROUP with the ability to teleport and nods his head. The two vanish.
In a ominous room that looked like the walls and flooring were made out of circuitry in a computer was a single person floating upside down inside large tube. The tube was filled with a red liquid of some sort and extended from the ground to the ceiling. The mysterious person inside the tube was no other then Aiester Crowley . He looked neither male or female, nor did he look like an adult or a child. He truly was an interesting being.
"So, you heard?" Aiester said almost musically.
"Yes" said a person who was hidden in the shadows of the room.
Footsteps could be heard approaching the large tube.
"They're finally here." Said Tsuchimikado.
"Indeed..." Said Aiester
"And... What are your plans this time?" Questioned Tsuchimikado
"I had several ideas for quite some time... The first one seems to be still active I believe." He said.
"So that means... You're planning to use him."
"Yes, but there seems to be a slight change."
Tsuchimikado remained in his spot. He looked seriously at Aiester.
"Understood."
Aiester smiles.
Inside of a certain hospital room stood a doctor pressing a stethoscope onto a certain brown haired girl's chest.
"-And you know what else about that idiot that bothers me!?" Misaka shouted as the doctor continued to examine her. "He always helping people out and never expects anything back in return. It's like he is trying to act cool or something, like some kind of hero. It pisses me off."
"Well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that, well at least not in my eyes." replied the Frog Faced Doctor.
"Yea, well... He's..." She paused for a second. "Every time I try to help him, he brushes me off to the side. Well, except for the time I forced my way into the Hawaii event, but that was different... Ever since he saved me and my sisters, I've felt like there is a giant hole that I need to fill. And I don't know all the details, but I know that he is constantly fighting to protect everyone's smiles." She said sadly.
"So... you love him." Said the doctor, while putting a thermometer into her mouth
"...Y-yea... I do." She replied while blushing.
"Don't talk with that thing in your mouth, it'll mess up the results."
He takes out the thermometer and looks at the results.
"Huh? Why is it at 37 degrees C. Must be a mistake." He put the thermometer back into her mouth. "Ah, that makes more sense. Ok, Misaka-san, you seem to be just fine."
"Thank you Gekota-san" said Misaka
"Gekota?" Thought the doctor.
As he was heading for the door he said one more thing to Mikoto.
"You know, he really cares about you."
Mikoto's face blossomed into an brilliant shade of red.
"He ran all the way from that park to here with you on his back. He looked pretty frantic at the front desk. And he waited by your bed while you were asleep for the whole time." Heaven Canceller said before walking out through the door.
Mikoto sat on the hospital bed. Her face still flush.
"Does he love me too...? Geez, he's too misleading." She thought to herself.
Touma was sitting in a chair outside of Mikoto's room in the hospital hallway. He was still thinking about what had just happened. His facial expression had not changed since. Touma kept battling his own thoughts, and he started to get a headache. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, but then the door to Mikoto's room opened.
"*sigh. She sure is an energetic one, (even after fainting a few hours ago...)."
Touma looked up. He saw the Frog Faced Doctor walk through the door
"She wouldn't stop telling me about how much of hindrance you are." said the doctor.
Touma smiled slightly.
"But, you know. She worries about you a lot. You have done a lot for her in the past. She feels obliged to help you." said the doctor sternly.
Touma's heart sank at the sound of those words. He never wanted her to feel bad about what he did to help her. He just wanted her to be happy.
"By the way, don't tell her I told you these things. This was meant to be confidential, but I felt that you needed to know this." He said before walking down the hall.
Touma remained frozen in his chair.
"...Such misfortune..." He said under his breath.
To be continued
