《A Certain Scientific Pair Of Railgun Aces》
Chapter 1: Bowling A Lucky Strike, A Stunning Realization
Date: On The Evening Of October 5, 2012
With my eyes drooping, I thought better than to click "Next episode" and instead decided to sleep. The red LED''s of the clock next to me informing me of the early hour. I switched off the third episode of "A certain scientific railgun" just as the credits began to roll. I dropped the remote next to me as the tv turned dark. My eyes drooped and finally closed, sending me into what I assumed to be a dream at first.
Date: July 16, 2009 (Continuing Off Of The Oneshot)
When my eyes opened once again, the darkness of my room had been replaced with the grime covered floor of an alleyway.
"Wait a second, this isn''t my apartment..."I thought to myself.
"Hey!" I heard a familiar female voice call to me. "You gotta focus!"
"Wait, hold on...that voice...it couldn''t be..."I thought to myself, as I looked up to see Mikoto Misaka staring at me with wild eyes. "Sis, we got a situation here! I don''t need you zoning out, girl!" Misaka said, as she gestured frantically at the thugs surrounding us.
"Wait, Britney Karbowski?" I asked myself, as I recognized the voice actor behind the girl.
"Wait, did she just call me girl?" I thought to myself, realizing what she had just said to me.
As I very much knew myself to be a guy, I looked down slowly as my hands came up slowly, my hands resting on the foreign lumps on my chest at the same time as my eyes.
"Well, this is going to take some getting used to, I guess I''m a female now," I admitted to myself silently.
It was then I noticed a single tendril of soft blue hair had fallen into my line of sight. My brows furrowed at the color, knowing my own hair to be short and dark.
"Okay, so my natural hair color is light blue? I guess that is something else to get used to," I thought to myself as my eyes scanned the rest of me.
"School uniform?" I thought to myself as I sighed, school was the one thing from my childhood I had never missed. I then looked up at Misaka once more and noticed our uniforms to be the same. The Tokiwadai middle school emblem embroidered in the corner.
"Earth to my sister?!" came Misaka''s voice, as she pulled me from my stupor and back to the fight.
"Okay, so I guess I am in the world of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime...I only managed to watch as far in as the dummy check episode...still...I may not know anything past that point, but I do know of Mikoto Misaka...so this is what the 3rd ranked level 5 Esper in all of Academy City looks like in person...not to mention that she holds the nicknames of both Railgun, and The ace of Tokiwadai...Wait isn''t she supposed to be a tsundere with a very short fuse? Well then...let me just make a mental note of that being part of who she is...because I am going to have to learn to get used to that...And despite the fact that I would have to call her Mikoto...if I''m being honest, that doesn''t sit right with me to call her that...Sure, I''m her sister and all...But, I will just refer to her as Misaka...Since that is how most people called her in the dub of the anime...hold on...wouldn''t me being her sister technically mean that I am an electromaster as well? I can''t assess that, at least, not in this alley...still...I might as well help her out since I am here...okay let me concentrate..."I thought to myself, as I then took a breath, stretched my left hand out, in a gesture, that looked like, I was holding an arcade coin, between my thumb, and index finger, and calmed my mind, as I then closed my eyes.
"Okay...concentrate...oh...well that is an unusual sensation...wait...what are those?!" I thought to myself, as I started envisioning two long electricity lashed rails extending out into infinity in my mind. Pulling myself back to reality as I then quickly opened my eyes, almost as if I knew what would happen if I chose to continue envisioning those rails. I then felt the electricity course through the air before it seemed to course through me. And after a moment, the gathered static shot down my arm and out through my fingers, leaving goosebumps on my skin at the sudden new feeling.
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The alleyway then lit up with a flash as all the thugs shuddered erratically, their bodies unable to cope with the force of my attack. Once the lightning had dispersed once again, the alleyway fell dim, the light of the shocked men vanishing almost as soon as it appeared. They made only dull thuds as they dropped to the ground one by one until it was just me and the girl who called me sister in the alleyway.
I then looked at Misaka. "Wait, I did this? That is clearly the case, seeing as how Misaka hadn''t attacked at all..and what is this smell in the air, it''s as if someone has toasted a piece of bread on the highest setting, because this alleyway is filled with the stench of burning. Well, that is going to leave a memory I can never erase."And as the seconds ticked by, the stench continued to linger. I then crinkled my nose and sighed. "I really hope I don''t have to get used to that smell...because that is quite a strong odor..."I thought to myself.
It was then that the sound of shoes hitting the sidewalk, caused us to stand defensively once more. That is until a familiar face coming around the corner made Misaka ease. I, however, stood my ground as my blood ran cold. "Oh right I forgot about her..."I thought to myself. As Kuroko Shirai then began her judgment introduction. "Halt! In the name of judgement!" She demanded, her breath ragged from her desire to get to the scene faster. "We have been alerted to your activities, come quietly or I will be forced to-" She stopped mid sentence at the sight of us and the various scattered bodies in the alley. She visibly smelt the charred remains of the thugs as her nose crinkled. "What happened here?" She gasped, trying not to inhale too much of the smoke emanating from the deceased thugs.
"Oh, hey Kuroko," Misaka said, giving a polite expression, as electricity crackled through the bangs of her hair.
"I guess Misaka''s polite personality is accurate to the show..."I thought to myself.
"Sissy¡and Keiko, you''re here too." I then resisted the urge to turn and shrug, instead choosing to raise my hand and smile awkwardly.
"Keiko," I repeated to myself."Add my name to the list of things that I need to get used to," I thought to myself, as I inwardly sighed.
I then watched Kuroko''s eyes drift down to the Misaka''s chest and then back swiftly, thinking no one saw her quick glance.
"Oh, well I see that Kuroko is still a pervert like in the show...and I thought that Infinite Stratos''s Tabane Shinonono was perverted, actually you know what...let me do my best not to make an enemy out of her...she is Misaka''s...well...let''s just gloss over the fact that she calls Misaka ''Onee-Sama'' , or ''sissy'', since this is the english dubbed version of the anime...well...time for me to make light of the situation..."I thought to myself.
"You still don''t skip a beat when it comes to being a judgement officer, eh Kuroko? You''ll be appointed a superior next," I sassed with a toothy grin. Unexpectedly, Misaka giggled at Kuroko''s now pink cheeks, and yet, Kuroko wound up giving a small shy smile at the thought. And silently, the three of us then thought it best to avoid giving an explanation of the scene.
Instead, choosing to return to school using the park as a shortcut. Misaka kicked a vending machine as we all stopped to huddle around it and choose our drinks.
"Nothing like a little vandalism to quench that thirst," I scoffed, as I pulled a small coin purse from my pocket. Misaka rolled her eyes and opened her drink as I made my choice. As I pressed the buttons, I then heard her cough and splutter at the temperature of the drink, having expected it to be cold. "Mah tong!" She exclaimed, holding her tongue out in an attempt to cool the aching muscle.
Bots beeped in the distance as my chosen drink clattered to the bottom of the machine. But before I could grab it, Kuroko had clasped a hand around my wrist, teleporting the three of us to the nearby overpass. "Oh, come on Kuroko, I paid for that," I angrily thought to myself, as I then sighed.
"Honestly, was that really necessary?" Kuroko asked, her eyebrows raised as she chastised Misaka gently.
It was during our walk back, the school just on the horizon. That I then realized something. "Oh right, now I remember today is the day of the Tokiwadai system scans. I assume that with my abilities being the same as Misaka, my results will wind up being the same as hers, if not similar. That''s a bet I would make,"I thought to myself confidently.
The small screen of my tv had done nothing to portray the size and beauty of the school. The red brick gave it a historic feel, while the large airy windows and arched walkways made it a little more modern. I couldn''t exactly place the age of the building off the top of my head and silently chastised myself for not knowing more about the anime before watching it.
The two girls and I paused at the sound of an announcement, calling Kuroko and others to one side of the school. My sister and I made our way to the other for our own scans. Thinking back to the anime, I remembered a scene between Kongo and Kuroko that I desperately wished to see in person. "I haven''t met Kongo yet, but seeing her fall on her ass would make my entire year. And yet I also remember that she likes hearing herself talk a little too much...still...she is a level 4 Esper with an ability called Aero Hand. If I remember correctly from reading about it, it gives the individual who has it to touch any object, and then send it flying..."I thought to myself.
Unfortunately for me, Misaka''s grasp on my wrist was tighter than a vice as she dragged me to our areas to perform. Forbidding me from sneaking across campus to witness the scene. Kuroko willingly relayed the story to us afterwards as we sat in the restaurant.
I reveled in the thought of the Kongo falling until Kuroko changed the subject to our tests. I swallowed hard and glanced at Misaka, who delighted in telling the story, proudly declaring the both of us to hold the title of "Railgun."
"How?" Kuroko asked, unable to look me in the eye, after the two of us had shared a misunderstanding in the bath not an hour prior, that neither of us wished to discuss. "Yea, so Kuroko is 13, and she had the nerve to sexually fondle me and Misaka...well, let me just add that to the list of things that I am going to have to look out for...because I can always use my electricity to shock her, if she decides to attempt something indecent like that again..."I thought to myself with a sigh.
"Well¡" Misaka began, as she prepared to relay to Kuroko about how the results of our systems scan had gone.
Chapter 2: Electric Lashed Rails, Supersonic Concordes, And Mach 3 Railguns
Date: July 16, 2009 (A Couple Of Hours Ago)
Misaka had gone first. Her aim spot on as her shot careened through the water, whipping up waves in its wake.
Soaking the sides of the pool with a torrent of chlorinated water.
The sight exhilarated me more than I had ever been in my life, sending my heart skipping with both fear and excitement at the display of sheer power of the girl.
"Well, I see that her railgun is just as powerful as it was in the show..." I thought to myself, as I continued to stare at Misaka in wonderment.
The loudspeaker then hummed before a voice came out, clear for all to hear. "Recording initial shot speed at 1,030 meters per second, rapid fire ability, 8 shots per minute, pattern grouping, 18.9 millimeters, overall rating, level 5."
"Hold on here, let me quickly do some math. So a Sud Aviation BAC Concorde is able to travel through the air at speeds just exceeding Mach 2...That aircraft had such an ingenious design...Shame that it was retired back in ''03...I would assume that it most likely was economically impractical by that point...But anyway, if I factor in the conversion...that would mean that Misaka''s railgun...just went at Mach 3?! Or 2,304.044 MPH roughly...And nothing seems to be damaged either...Incredible," I thought to myself, as my brain raced, while I thought of potential ways in which speed like that could be harnessed.
However, after I had finished my thought, Misaka then turned, her grin wide as effortlessly she tossed her remaining coins into the air.
She then caught them quickly before turning her attention to me.
"Your turn Keiko." She announced, to which she tilted her head to the still rippling water of the pool behind her.
I blinked twice and gulped, my eyes resting on the coins of the exam table next to me.
"Well, I guess it''s time to see just how powerful I truly am," I thought to myself, as I stepped past the table, and took a few of the arcade coins, to which I then clutched them tightly.
I then took my place in front of the pool.
I then planted my feet, my stance like Misaka''s, firm and unyielding.
I then picked an arcade coin from the bunch, pressing it tightly between two fingers, just like Misaka had done.
I closed my eyes and took a breath, hoping I was channeling the right power I needed. As I once again envisioned those two electricity lashed rails extending out into infinity in my mind.
"Okay, time to see if my suspicions about my Esper level are indeed correct. Also, let me make a mental note, to perhaps imagine those electricity lashed rails a bit more frequently, when I try to do something like this," I thought to myself, as I then opened my eyes, and fired.
And, just like Misaka''s shot, it flew through the water, sending waves over the sides of the pool.
I watched with wide eyes as the shot hit the intended target, unable to breathe at the realization of what I had just done. I then, as instructed, repeated this process a couple more times, still awestruck at the immense power that I possessed.
"Okay, I wasn''t expecting that...not to mention that those were several railgun blasts that I just fired in succession...so that is...if I have calculated correctly, 8 railguns that I fired in about 7.5 second intervals...Still, I might as well led the loudspeaker confirm my suspicions, rather then trying to figure it out myself," I thought to myself with a look of complete shock still on my face, which had now started to soften slightly.
And sure enough, it was then that the loudspeaker hummed before the same voice emerged, confirming my suspicions. "Recording initial shot speed at 1,030 meters per second, rapid fire ability, 8 shots per minute, pattern grouping, 18.9 millimeters, overall rating, level 5."
I then heard Misaka whoop loudly behind me, pulling me back to myself with a gasp.
The coins in my hand then became heavier, as I came back to my body to turn and face Misaka.
"Okay, now that''s a grin that would make even the Cheshire Cat proud..." I thought to myself, as I took notice of Misaka''s grin.
I then smirked, as I then copied her move and flicked the coins into the air, and then caught them without blinking.
Date: July 16, 2009 (The Present)
"So the systems scan went well then," Kuroko said matter-of-factly, after we had finished telling the story.
"But still, you can''t both be nicknamed Railgun." She added, the two of them coming to the same realization I had already thought of.
"Well, Kuroko does have a point, Misaka already has that nickname...so let me think for a moment..." I thought to myself, as I then came up with a proper nickname. "Keiko means "blessed child", so I was thinking "Lucky Strike"?" I said.
"Lucky Strike?" Misaka repeated, testing the name aloud.
"I like it," She said eventually, regarding me once again with a proud smile.
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The three of us then sat in silence as we ate before the next event, unsure of what to expect.
I myself having not watched past the third episode of the show, and the girls having not yet lived through the events.
Kuroko then glanced through her schedule, which I knew from the anime to have perverted antics planned all the way through.
"Oh, by the way, I''ve complied a schedule for you both. Also, someone I know, a girl from the 177th branch, is desperate to meet you both, even if just for a moment."
"A fan?" Misaka asked as she reached over for the schedule, her eyes reading over the information that I did not wish to read.
And after Misaka had stretched Kuroko''s face to an unnatural proportion through her pulling on it with frustration from Kuroko''s perverted schedule antics. I then realized something. "Okay, so that just happened, it looks quite unnatural when she does that to Kuroko. But, I guess that is what I can expect from being in the world of the anime," I thought to myself with a perplexed expression present on my face.
And in the time it took me to blink, Kuroko had then situated herself on Misaka''s lap, having teleported easily.
But before I could pipe up, Ruiko Saten and Kazari Uiharu entered, pulling the attention of the three of us into a welcoming exchange.
The two of them furrowed their brows and looked at me for an explanation of the two girls in front of them.
But I shook my head and shrugged, wordlessly answering the unspoken question.
Later on, at the crepe stand, after the incident at the restaurant. Once we had all sat down, and started eating our respective crepes, well everyone except three of us did.
And this was largely since Kuroko was chasing after me and Misaka trying to get us to take a bite of her crepe. And it was no surprise that neither of us wanted to, I mean, who chooses anchovies as a topping anyway?
Misaka had tried desperately to hide her disappointment at not getting the promised Gekota keychain that had been advertised outside the crepe stand.
The three of us being nowhere near the first 100 customers. And yet, Saten was nice enough to give the one that she was going to receive, to Misaka. Since it was the last one that was left.
"Well I can see that she is as obsessed with Gekota as she was on the show," I thought to myself, as I sighed.
However, it was while me and Misaka were offering Saten to take a bite of our crepes, that things started to kick off.
Without any sort of warning, the metal gates on one of the stores, that for some weird reason were down in the middle of the day, violently exploded outwards, creating a massive explosion, taking everyone in the area by surprise.
This of course sprang both Kuroko and Uiharu into action. But, as Kuroko adorned her Judgment officer sash, Misaka then offered to help, only to be told to stay put by her.
I then went up to Misaka, put a hand on her shoulder and decided to speak up. "Don''t worry Misaka, we''ll get our chance, you just wait," I said confidently.
The three male robbers allowed Kuroko a moment to say her usual introduction, all the while sniggering at the small girl in front of them.
One man charged once she had finished, assuming to easily tackle her to the ground.
But Kuroko was quicker, sidestepping out of his way and to his side. Grabbing his hand and his trailing foot, she manipulated his own leverage to flip him over and onto his back.
Winding the man instantly as his back dropped flat to the hard ground.
And as another one of the robbers tried to hit Kuroko with his Pyrokinesis Esper ability, only for Kuroko to teleport quickly away. And then reappear in front of him. To which she then teleported again, as she then appeared above him, and wound up sending him to the ground with a double flying kick.
And as Kuroko teleported her pin darts from the holsters under her skirt, with a simultaneous wave of both of her hands, she then stuck the Pyrokinesist to the ground, as her pin darts appeared all over him, stuck to his clothing, in rapid succession, and pinning him to the ground.
It was at this point, as me, Saten, and Misaka watched from the sidelines, that Saten decided to speak up, mentioning Kuroko and how she had just dispatched two of the robbers. "Well that''s Kuroko for you," I said, as I cracked a smirk.
It was at this point however, that the smirk wound up leaving my face, as it was found out that one of the kids, that had been on a field trip in the area when the robbery had taken place, was nowhere to be seen.
It was decided that me and Misaka would help look for him, and after some convincing from Saten, she wound up joining in as well.
However, from what I remember from watching the anime, this would wind up doing more harm then good.
It was while me and Misaka were searching the bus that had been used for the field trip, and Saten was searching the area around the bus. Saten wound up catching sight of one of the robbers snatching up a kid and taking him towards a car.
It was at this point, after trying to get me and Misaka''s attention, that Saten decided to take it upon herself to pursue the robber and try and retrieve the kid.
However, both me and Misaka wound up catching sight of the robber fighting with Saten for the kid, just in time to see him kick her away.
As I watched, unsure of how to proceed, I heard the familiar crackle of electricity next to me.
I turned to Misaka and took a step back at the visible rage on her face.
"Shall we?" She asked, as if already knowing me to be ready.
Quickly, I nodded, and followed her off of the bus, and halfway down the street towards the car, which had now begun to drive away.
I then pressed the arcade coin from my pocket between two fingers.
Despite our matching abilities, I knew by her sheer determination, that she could live up to the reputation that would plague her after her next action.
But, myself, I wasn''t sure if I could.
Reputation, however, in this moment, didn''t matter.
What mattered was protecting the lives of anyone this man was willing to sacrifice for his loot, especially now he had a fast vehicle.
The task at hand, I knew to be big, but it was important.
"Is there anyone else in the car?" I asked as the electricity built, and I once again began to envision those two electricity lashed rails extending out into infinity in my mind.
Her response was a smirk, her eyes darkening.
I had seen this in the anime, her rage.
But nothing had prepared me to witness her power and her fury first hand.
She was magnificent. Scary, but magnificent.
"Then let''s get him." The fool committed an illegal U-turn, heading back toward us as we stood side by side, blocking the road.
I noticed him to be accelerating as he charged for us, his head hunkered down as he clearly assumed us to be playing chicken.
Together, me and Misaka flipped our coins.
Together firing our respective railguns the exact moment our respective coins rested once more between our fingertips.
The electricity shot out of our fingertips and straight towards the car.
Lightning lit up the man''s face, illuminating his terror before it struck, sending the car and its temporary driver up into the air over our heads.
And as we both continued to look ahead, time seeming to stand still until the vehicle landed back down again nose first. The robber had survived, but that was only because the airbags of the car had deployed. As that was the only thing that had saved his life.
Stopping instantly. As a crowd formed around the scene, I realized that my presence had upset the balance. I likened myself to a rock being thrown into a still pond, sending ripples of trouble into this world.
I knew it not to be my fault; I had never asked for this. But I swore that for as long as I was here, in this world, that I would only help where I was needed.
Silently promising not to cause any more ripples.
And yet, something else didn''t seem to be right with all of this.
"Who am I, and who am I as Keiko? I will need to ask Kuroko to look up my information at some point," I thought to myself.
Chapter 3: To Go Askew, Aphrodisiacs, And Perverted Antics
Date: July 16, 2009 (Later In The Day)
"Man, talk about running somewhere fast in a hurry. I may not have been in the greatest of shape in back in the real world. But now, I am more fit then I have ever been. Seeing as how I am keeping an even pace of running beside Misaka at the moment, I can now see, how she was able to run this quick, so easily in the 2nd episode...Oh hold on, isn''t this supposed to be the episode when Kuroko ordered the aphrodisiacs?...Oh joy...well...at least from what I remember about the episode, Misaka did wind up shocking Kuroko with her electricity...And that was after she had pulled out Misaka''s swimsuit...and then asked her...if she could wear it...while cleaning the pool...Okay...I suddenly just got very upset and irritated...Well...at least I can help Misaka with shocking her...But still...I am really not looking forward to Kuroko pulling out my swimsuit...oh right, she also had Misaka''s panties stashed under her bed too...Really not looking forward to her possibly having mine under there too...Just how creepy is this going to look, now that I will be witnessing it for real...Okay, let me stop right now...Because all that is happening now, is I am just getting more upset and irritated," I thought to myself. As both me and Misaka, continued to run and keep stride with each other, while chasing down one Touma Kamijou, Mr. Rotten Luck himself.
"Well, he seems to have the same spiky black hair like he did in the anime...Still, I wish I knew more information about his Imagine Breaker, then just the first three episodes of A Certain Magical Index," I thought to myself, as me and Misaka then chased Touma into an alley.
"You might as well give up!" Misaka said, as she started gathering electricity.
"Well Misaka, you clearly just love getting straight to the point, huh?...Also, this has just come to my mind...Why is she so obsessed about him?...Let me remind myself to ask Misaka about that sometime," I thought to myself, as I then started gathering electricity.
And as both of our electricity attacks, almost made it to Touma, he then raised his right hand. And once both hit his right hand, one after the other, they both dissipated completely.
This sent a shocked expression across both me and Misaka''s faces.
"Well, it seems that his Imagine Breaker, works exactly like it did in the anime...Okay, let me remind myself never to battle against him...Because there is no point to doing that...Because as long as Touma has that Imagine Breaker of his, my attacks can''t do a thing to him," I thought to myself.
It was several days ago, when I realized that I was staying in the same room with both Misaka and Kuroko.
"Hold on, wasn''t this room a lot smaller then this? And weren''t there only two beds in here originally, instead of there now being three? I guess the timeline from the anime that regarded this, is no longer accurate. Still, I wonder how many other things, are going to be different from the original timeline. I sure hope nothing major, winds up changing due to my presence in the anime," I thought to myself, as I looked at our dorm room, with confusion and wonderment.
Unfortunately, much further into the future, as things would start to cascade out of control.
I would learn, that ignoring these sorts of changes, would be so much harder to do, then I would''ve ever even thought possible.
Fast forward to the present day, it was honestly now just very bittersweet, largely because of what had happened when me and Misaka, when we decided to bring Saten and Uiharu over, and were met by Kuroko flinging herself towards the door. "Sissy, Keiko you''re back!" Kuroko perversely said, as she flung herself towards the door, dressed in nothing but a silk robe. To which she then stopped dead once she saw that we had brought Saten and Uiharu with us.
"Well Kuroko, I see that you are as much of a pervert as ever...Well, time to smack some sense into you!" I thought to myself, as me and Misaka then angrily smacked her on the head, for having done something so perverted.
And after a bit of talking between the four of us, whilst Kuroko lay slump on Misaka''s bed after having been smacked on the head.
And after a bit of shenanigans, in which it was discovered that Kuroko had had both a pair of not just Misaka''s panties stashed under her bed, but apparently she had a pair of mine as well. Which, not surprisingly, neither of us wound up taking very well.
"Okay, so even though I was expecting this from her...I am still quite annoyed about it! I mean, I know that she means well and all, but on a scale from 1 to 10...she''s about a 15 when it comes to being super perverted," I angrily thought to myself.
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Anyway, this was then followed by both me and Misaka showing Saten and Uiharu a scrapbook, of pictures when we were younger.
This was of course followed by Saten discovering that Kuroko had a scrapbook that had very questionable and very perverted pictures of both me and Misaka in it.
"Okay, I remember that too...still this is far more creepy to witness in person, then just watching this scene on my tv back in the real world. Although, seeing as how this is who she is. I sort of have to accept it," I thought to myself, as I looked on, with a very irritated look on my face.
And to tell you the truth, that was good enough for me.
"Okay, so what the actual heck man?! How could this have gotten so out of hand?! One minute, me, Kuroko, and Misaka were having an argument, over some aphrodisiacs that Kuroko had ordered for the one month anniversary occasion regarding when the three of us first met. And the next, we were all using our Esper abilities in a fight like we''re on a battlefield?! Well, that was after Misaka had said "I am going to fry you so your appearance matches your name!" Which believe it or not, Kuroko''s name means ''black white'' in Japanese...No really, I am being 100% accurate with that translation...So in other words, that means that she intends to shock Kuroko to such a degree, that she will wind up being badly burned...Kind of violent when you think about it...And yet, going back to the current situation, this didn''t help matters, since it is very much against Tokiwadai''s school rules to be using our Esper abilities in the dormitories. Especially since the dorm supervisor just saw me and Misaka use our electricity, to literally blow the door of our dorm room off of its hinges...And yet, I can now see why Kuroko and Misaka fear her. Because her look is one that can kill...Wait, did she just break Kuroko''s neck?! Holy crap! That is much more frightening to witness it for real then just watching it from the second episode so the anime on my tv...Oh, she just got up...One of the many benefits of being in the anime...Because any normal person would be dead due to that being done to them...and yet, Misaka seemed quite frightened from the presence of the dorm supervisor...So, if the dorm supervisor, can make someone like Misaka, a level 5 electromaster look at her with fear, then you can bet that she means business," I thought to myself, as I displayed a look of utter fear.
Anyway, the dorm supervisor, then said, that as punishment for the three of us using our Esper abilities in the dorms, all three of us.
Even though it was Kuroko who had instigated the situation in the first place, were told to clean the school''s pool.
It was after two of Kuroko''s friends, Wannai and Awatsuki, happened by while the three of us were cleaning the pool, and one of them demonstrated her Esper ability to control water, that Kuroko decided to get us to drink something from a pair of thermoses that she had brought to the pool with her.
And knowing full well what was in them, from watching the anime.
I decided to speak up, while at the same time, not making it sound obvious what I knew was in the drink.
"Kuroko? Let me ask you something, those computer parts you ordered...?" I asked her in a suspicious manner.
But as I started to finish my question to Kuroko, Misaka chose this moment to finish my question for me.
"They wouldn''t have happened to have wound up in the drinks, would they?" Misaka asked, sounding as suspicious as I did.
To which Kuroko then started to profusely sweat.
"Yea, that''s what I thought..." I said, with me and Misaka''s suspicions now confirmed.
It was about a few minutes later, after a bit more talking, and after a realization, after Kuroko had explained to both me and Misaka, that today was the one month anniversary when all three of us had met.
And after me and Misaka had given Kuroko her each of our respective gifts, we decided to have a toast between the three of us, with me and Misaka being very careful to not drink from the thermoses that had the aphrodisiacs in them.
Kuroko, on the other hand, was not paying attention, and she did wind up drinking one of the thermoses that had the aphrodisiac in it.
It was when Me and Misaka had gone back to cleaning the pool, that things started to take a very weird turn.
This started with Kuroko asking if me and Misaka could clean the pool dressed in our swimsuits.
"Yea, but it would be too much of a pain to go back and get it," Misaka said.
"Not a problem look what I brought for both of you..."
"Okay Kuroko, time to shock some sense into you...Because I know fully well what it is that you are about to show both of us!" I thought to myself, as a tickmark then became present, one one side of my face.
And it was at that moment that Kuroko pulled out two swimsuits, that Misaka recognized as our respective swimsuits.
However, in the time it took me to blink, Misaka took the broom that she had in her hand, that she had been using to clean the pool, and threw it right at Kuroko''s head, which then struck her in the forehead.
"Okay Misaka, I remember that you did that in the anime too...But my goodness, I never knew that someone like her, could chuck a broom that fast...Another benefit of being in the world of the anime I guess," I thought to myself, as Misaka then chose to speak up.
"The last time I checked that swimsuit was in my locker!" Misaka very angrily said.
"Okay Kuroko, I know that you''re under the influence of the aphrodisiac at the moment. But I will be damned, if I don''t make you regret having done that!" I thought to myself angrily.
It was at this point that I turned to Misaka, electricity already crackling through the bangs of my hair.
"Misaka, would you mind so kindly if I helped you introduce an electrical punishment, to Kuroko for her perverted antics?!" I asked, through very pent up anger, and a look that could kill.
It was when I got a better look at Misaka, that I then realized that she was in the same way too.
"Keiko, I would be disappointed if you didn''t!" Misaka said, with as much anger, as electricity was also crackling through the bangs of her hair as well.
And as we both unleashed some voltage on Kuroko, sending her to the ground.
With a perverted smile on her face, and liking the electrical punishment just a little too much.
Something was absolutely clear.
"This may be one mess of a friendship, but it''s still a friendship nonetheless," I thought to myself, as me and Misaka, continued to electrocute Kuroko.
Chapter 4: Dummy Checks And Tasers, Tokiwadai Is Targeted
"Hey guys, Keiko here. Sorry to startle you with a fourth wall break out of the blue like this, I am still getting used to knowing when to use this and when not to. *blush* Fun fact, apparently Misaka can also do this, but I guess those who have watched her as closely as I have over such a short period of time do tend to pick up on things like that. But anyway, I mentioned two chapters ago that I was going to do some investigating regarding the person who I had wound up becoming when I had first wound up in this world. And after asking Kuroko to look up the information at the 177th Judgment branch, here is what I found out."
Name: ''Keiko Misaka''
Birthdate: ''May 2nd, 1995''
Age: ''14''
Height: 5'' 3"
Eye Color: ''Brown''
Esper Level: ''5''
Esper Abilities: ''Electromaster, Telepath (Only Usable On Misaka Due To Having Her AIM Diffusion Field Intertwined With Hers), Electromagnetism, Railgun, 4th Wall Awareness''
Nickname: ''Lucky Strike'' ,''Number Three'' ,''Tokiwadai''s Ace'',''The Ace Of Tokiwadai''
Hair Color: ''Light Blue''
Background: Keiko Misaka, daughter of Misuzu Misaka, and sibling to Mikoto Misaka. Started out as a Level 1 Esper like that of her sister. And like that of her sister, tends to have a very short fuse at times. It was discovered a couple years back that both her and her sisters AIM Diffusion Fields were intertwined with each other. Which was discovered one day during a regular Tokiwadai system scan, when the two of them were testing their Electromaster ability together.
"Okay, there is one thing that bugs me about this information...why does my background make it seem like I''m a tsundere? Good god, could you imagine what that would be like if I were such a thing? Man, I am getting chills just thinking about it. I really do hope that part about my background is wrong, because there is absolutely no way that I could be a tsundere...right? Anyway, enough fourth wall breaking, back to the present."
It had been a long day school day for one Mitsuko Kongo.
But that didn''t change the fact that she was walking down an alley alone.
And unfortunately, sensing that someone else was there, she whipped around quickly, but saw no one.
"Who''s there?" she asked.
After a few seconds, and after she decided to introduce herself to the invisible perpetrator, she then felt a strong electrical shock, and the next thing she knew, she was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.
And unfortunately, as the person who had tased Kongo revealed herself, this wasn''t the first time this had happened to a girl from Tokiwadai Middle School, and it certainly wasn''t going to be the last, unless something was going to be done to stop this from happening again.
Thankfully, something would wind up being done, and that is where this particular event in the anime, now begins.
"Man, I gotta say, that being a level 5 Esper may put a huge target on your back, but I will say this, it does have its benefits," I thought to myself, as me, Misaka, and Kuroko, waited near the Garden Of Learning''s main entrance, for Saten and Uiharu. It was while we were still waiting for Saten and Uiharu to arrive, that another thought went through my mind. "Wait a sec, this seems like what happened in episode 3 of the anime...''Tokiwadai is Targeted''...I think was the name of the episode...so then...that would mean...that any events past this episode...are all events...that I know nothing about...well...I really hope that I can maintain my standards with Misaka''s...because as one of the two aces of Tokiwadai...I can''t afford to drop my standards...even for a second...even though I don''t know anything past the events of this episode," I thought to myself, as I sighed.
Fast forwarding a bit, and this thought, was not only deemed to be correct, but there was also no exception to it either. Especially if you''re dealing with someone with a dummy check Esper ability, who cannot only turn themselves invisible, but they were dumb enough to taser Saten in the restroom. "Well, not truly turn themselves invisible viewers. Sorry, Keiko here again. So, as I was about to say, the Esper ability of Dummy Check allows the user to make it so no one can see them at certain angles. So in a way, it does technically turn them invisible. Anyway, enough of my fourth wall breaking. *smiles* Back to the story."
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Anyway, this was only due to the fact, that they mistook Saten for a Tokiwadai Middle School student. Because when she was tasered in the restroom, she was wearing a Tokiwadai school uniform.
So the reason why this was the case, was because right after both her and Uiharu had arrived at the meeting place, where me, Misaka, and Kuroko were, in the Garden Of Learning. We learned that Saten had fallen into a puddle. And unfortunately, the only change of clothes available, was a Tokiwadai school uniform. And this was compounded by the fact, that when Saten arrived with Uiharu, Saten was soaking wet.
"Keiko here again viewers. So, if I can be quite honest for a moment, and as Saten herself wound up stating, after having changed into one herself. Those skirts on the Tokiwadai Middle School uniform are really short, and I mean like really really short. I can see now, why Misaka wore shorts under her skirt in the anime. And from what I have seen from the incident with the vending machine in the park a few days ago, she just so happens, to wear shorts under her skirt, just like in the anime. So, since I want to follow Misaka''s example, and want to save face, as well as any sort of embarrassment when I wanted to, say for example, deliver a high kick to something like Misaka had done. I have decided to follow suit, and wear shorts underneath my skirt as well. And fun fact, this has also had the added benefit, of Kuroko''s perverted antics on me, being a little bit more difficult, in case she decides to go do something to me that is considered to be less then decent. Man, these skirts don''t really leave much to the imagination, do they? I mean, now that I come to think about it a bit more, this has been the case for a lot of anime school uniform''s skirts over the years, hasn''t it? Look, just because its a trend, that doesn''t mean it''s a good one to follow. At least make the skirts longer, that is all I am asking. *blush* Anyway, back to the story."
Anyway, after Saten had been tasered, the attacker used a permanent marker to draw large eyebrows on her face. And to be honest, this caused everyone but her to laugh. But anyways, after a big game of cat and mouse between the girl with the dummy check ability, and Kuroko, Misaka, myself, and Uiharu, we wound up at a park in the Garden Of Learning, with both me and Misaka revealing ourselves from the park''s swing set. And after Misaka said that although the chase had been fun that it was time for it to end, the girl then attempted to taser Misaka. However, when the taser had no effect, she then attempted the same exact tactic on me.
"Man, Misaka really was right in episode 3 of the anime, tasers really don''t work on her, and they really didn''t work on me either, I mean seriously, you really can''t feel a thing," I thought to myself, as I then decided to speak up.
"Honestly, didn''t anyone ever tell you that it isn''t polite to taser someone out of nowhere. Well, I''m sorry to break the bad news to you, but tasers don''t work on either of us," I said, with a cocky smile, to the girl with the Dummy Check ability, as I then took my left hand and flipped a portion of my long light blue hair. "Man, being a level 5 Electromaster does have its benefits," I thought to myself, as Misaka then spoke up.
"Keiko, would you mind helping me in doing the honors?" Misaka asked me. "Well Misaka, though neither of us know, what exactly happens, past this point in the anime...I am just hoping, that things in the timeline, don''t wind up going more askew, then they are right now," I thought to myself, as I then spoke up to respond, to what Misaka had just asked me. "Misaka, I am already ahead of you on that one," I said in response, as electricity was already starting to crackle through the bangs of my hair.
This was followed by both me and Misaka, touching the girl''s arm, and introducing only enough electricity each, to knock her out for a little bit.
And, a short while later, after it was discovered that the reason the girl with the Dummy Check ability was putting eyebrows on people with a permanent marker, was essentially, more or less, an act of jealousy and revenge. Basically, she was drawing large eyebrows on Tokiwadai students, because the boy that she liked, wound up choosing a Tokiwadai student, instead of her. And having only watched the episode right before winding up here, I could see where she was coming from, but that was no excuse for her to act the way that she did. But I guess to each their own.
And a short time later, as Anti-Skill took the girl with the Dummy Check ability into custody, both Misaka and I were both confident, that we had both done a good job in helping dispatch with the girl with the Dummy Check ability. And as she was taken away, another thought came to my mind. "Well, that is it for the last of the episodes that I know any sort of information about...from here on out...I am on an even keel with Misaka...because anything beyond this point, like Misaka, is me venturing into uncharted territory...I guess that as long as me and Misaka stay strong, and kept our wits about us, we should have no issues...well...that is at least what I hope...is going to be the case..." I thought to myself, as I sighed.
I guess that does bring a good amount of meaning to a phrase that I like to go by, "keep your friends close, and keep your allies closer."
Unfortunately though, I had absolutely no idea at the time, but that statement, would wind up proving, to be worth much more then its weight in gold.
Chapter 5: Imagine Breaker, Misakas Arrogance!
Date: July 17, 2009
Okay, I don''t care what Saten or anyone says about urban legends, because to tell you the truth, this one seemed pretty real to me.
And this was not because Touma, Misaka and I had just seen a woman, for no particular reason, and without warning I might add, started unbuttoning her shirt in public.
"I mean really? Sorry, Keiko here again viewers. Because the last that I checked, this wasn''t Highschool DxD...And while we are on the subject of Highschool DxD...I am not a huge fan...of harem anime...they are all just way too generic to each other. Anyway, back to the story."
This, not surprisingly, caused all three of us to blush with embarrassment.
Wow, you really can say that a gang of unruly guys that harass young women like me and Misaka, really are the worst.
And this situation was really no exception to that.
And, as we both leaned up against the shuttered shop, as the unruly guys chattered away. A thought then went through my mind. "Man, those who treat young women like this, they really have no manners...do they even realize that me and Misaka are 14?...wait a sec...isn''t the age of consensus in Japan 13?...Okay...well that is just plain bizarre...not to mention a tad bit creepy...Okay...let me just stop thinking about this...because all this is doing...is causing me to be very uncomfortable," I thought to myself, as I then sighed.
However, after I had had my thought, a familiar face, who I recognized as Touma, walked up, and greeted the two of us.
However, the unruly guys seemed to question what exactly he was doing.
And as he was explaining himself, a thought then went through my mind. "Okay Touma...this is really bad timing on your part...oh good...Misaka is less then happy that he''s here...come to think of it...I remember that she made a similar expression...during the robbery incident...right before she used her electricity..." I thought to myself, as I then sighed.
And sure enough, as if on queue, Misaka conjured up a huge amount of electricity, so much in fact, that it disabled all of the unruly guys that were standing around us. To which they all hit the ground, with dull thuds.
But, not surprisingly, to me anyways, I was unaffected, and apparently, so was Touma.
"Okay Misaka....really!?...You couldn''t have given me a sort of warning before you decided to discharge all of that electricity!?...Well...at least her electricity doesn''t have any effect on me...one of the many benefits of me being an electromaster..." I thought to myself, as I then took a deep breath, and then spoke up.
"Misaka, could you perhaps be a little more controlled with your electricity next time!? I mean, you weren''t the only one that was standing here you know!? If it weren''t for the fact that your electricity doesn''t affect me, then I would be on the ground too, just like the rest of these ruffians," I said, just a little bit concerned, as well as agitated, from Misaka''s sudden outburst.
And once the electricity had fully died down, and Misaka, had somehow managed to flip a portion of her short brown hair. We then both saw that Touma was holding up his right hand. This then lead to Misaka telling Touma, that they needed to finally settle the score once and for all. It was at this point though however, that she decided to turn her attention to me, and then wanted to drag me into her mess. "Okay...well I certainly wasn''t expecting that from her...yea...let me just not get involved with something that is her issue and her issue alone," I thought to myself, as I then spoke up. "Thanks for the offer Misaka, but I am going to have to politely decline," I said, with a bead of sweat falling down the side of my face.
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And it was then, that a thought went through my mind. "Hold on...I think that now would be a good a time as any, to ask Misaka, why she is so obsessed with fighting against Touma," I thought to myself, as I then took a deep breath, and then spoke up.
"Misaka, if I may interject, why do you want to fight him so badly? I mean, he has already demonstrated, at least to me, that whatever sort of ability he has, ensures that whatever you throw at him, has no affect. So if you ask me, I think you are just being a touch bit arrogant with your decision making, don''t you think?" I asked her, with my arms folded, and a straight and calm expression on my face.
It was at this point that a blush found its way across Misaka''s face. "Well, I see that her tsundere behavior, hasn''t changed the slightest, from the way it was in the anime...great. And if I am being honest...this is...quite interesting...to see her act this way for real," I thought to myself, as Misaka then spoke up.
"Arrogant, you''re one to talk Keiko! Didn''t you already say that you weren''t interested in fighting?!" Misaka said, with the blush still very present on her face.
"Great...just great...how much more awkward can this get?...Well...I guess I might as well...tell her," I thought to myself, as I once again took another deep breath, and then spoke up.
"Misaka, I''m not the one who''s being arrogant here, I have already said my two cents on how I think of this! You still want to fight against him, then you are more then welcome too, just realize that I am 100% certain that this is a fight that you cannot win. And that Misaka, is why I backed out, because I saw no reason to fight against someone that I have no chance of winning against. But again, those are just my thoughts of this! Do with them what you will! But just remember this, if I didn''t think I had any sort of chance, what makes you think that your odds are any better against him, hmm?" I said, as my look changed to one of severe agitation, then to one of calmness, then back to agitation, then to a look of intrigue, as I waited for Misaka''s response to my long winded statement.
However, and not surprisingly, Misaka not only ignored what I had said, but her arrogance wound up winning the argument.
And after a bit more arguing between the two of us, it was ultimately decided that I would be sidelined from the fight, and Misaka would be the one to fight Touma.
Largely because Touma''s Imagine Breaker, which was the ability that he had in his right hand, from the information I had from the first three episodes of watching A Certain Magical Index that I had been able to watch before winding up here in this world, was ultimately going to make whatever I threw at him, completely useless.
But it was mostly because Misaka had the issue with Touma and not me.
"Okay Misaka, even though you aren''t at all happy that I have outright declined your request...There is still no way, that I am going to allow you, to drag me into your mess," I thought to myself, as I once again sighed.
"Keiko here again viewers. I mean, how would you feel if your own sister outright declined your offer to help you with something?...My point exactly...*blush* Anyway, back to the story."
A little while later, down by the riverbank, and as I had predicted, Misaka was having a very rough and tough time against Touma.
And to be honest, it made me quite a bit more confident for having sidelined myself before the fight.
But on another note, man can Misaka use her Esper powers well.
But, as I had predicted, as long as Touma had his Imagine Breaker, Misaka didn''t stand a chance.
However, this didn''t stop Touma from pretending to lose against her.
And an all too familiar blush, then found its way onto Misaka''s face.
"Okay Touma...great job...you managed to piss Misaka off again...and again...it is quite interesting...seeing Misaka''s tsundere behavior for real...If I''m being honest...it is a bit odd," I thought to myself, as a bead of sweat, then appeared, on one side of my face.
And yet, it was also very frightening to witness, since she was firing off quite a bit of electricity, after Touma had pretended to lose to her.
And this was then followed up by Touma running off into the night, Misaka following off after him, me running after the both of them, and within a few seconds catching up to Misaka.
And, as we chased Touma into the night, one thing became immediately clear.
"Man, being one of the third ranked level 5s in all of Academy City, as well as one of the two aces of Tokiwadai, may have a lot of benefits...But boy, does it has quite a lot of ups and downs as well," I thought to myself, as we both continued, to chase Touma, into the night.
Chapter 6: Judgment Officers For A Day
Date: July 17, 2009 (Earlier In The Day)
It started like any other normal day. Well, as normal a day as it could get in a place like Academy City. But as or right now, I''ll just go right ahead and say it, this was boring, this was boring, and it sucked. And I am sure that Misaka wasn''t fairing any better with regards to this.
After I had told Misaka about the Judgement armband, which she just passed off as some sort of coincidence, for what reason I don''t know.
Because during an incident in one of the restaurants with Kuroko, Uiharu, Misaka and me. Uiharu was pulled out in a hurry by Kuroko. After Kuroko wound up pulling her out of the restaurant, because Kuroko wasn''t too happy with Uiharu, for doing what she called ''goofing off.'' But in their haste to leave, Uiharu wound up forgetting her armband.
Thankfully though, Misaka quickly took notice of this, and then proceeded to take it outside to try and give it back to her.
But, when I proceeded to go out of the restaurant with Misaka. I then noticed that another judgement armband, had appeared on the table, in exactly the same spot that Misaka had taken it from. "That''s strange, didn''t Misaka already take that outside?...Okay...maybe I am just thinking too much about this, better take it outside," I thought to myself, as I then took the judgement armband, off of the table, and then headed outside to join Misaka.
However, I didn''t know it at the time, that the reason that the judgement armband had appeared where it did, was due to the timeline beginning to become more askew, then it already was.
And thankfully though, this wound up happening, right before another event in the series.
Anyway, back to the present, and after a bit of a mix up, in which a girl by the name of Konori, mistook both me and Misaka for her backup, we both thought we would be doing some pretty amazing things when it came to being Judgment officers. But as I took a look at Konori again, I then noticed just how large her chest was, and a thought then went through my mind. "Okay Konori, you obviously drink quite a bit of milk...okay...well that was extremely corny to think that...still...I wonder if that is true, about any anime...let me remind myself...to drink a lot of milk...when I get the chance...because I really want to see...if that is true or not," I thought to myself, as I displayed an expression of deep thought.
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Anyway, little did me and Misaka realize, that this was not the case, when being a Judgement officer. As the three of us were now outside of a shop, with brooms, sweeping up trash. "Okay seriously...this just sucks...then again...every little bit helps I guess..." I thought to myself, as I sighed, with a bead of sweat present, on one side of my face.
A little later on, at a nearby park, me and Misaka, were trying very hard to get a little girl''s bag back from a dog.
Why you may ask? Well, it was because were both convinced, that it was linked to a series of recent graviton bombing incidents that been happening in various parts of Academy City.
But, as we both dove above the water in a fountain in the park, both in a very desperate attempt, to stop the bag from hitting the water, we succeeded. Unfortunately, this didn''t change the fact, that both of us, wound up getting soaking wet.
And as we both sat there in the fountain, soaking wet, and me and Misaka continued holding onto the little girl''s bag, we now both had a new appreciation of Kuroko''s and Uiharu''s jobs as Judgment officers. "Because to be completely honest, I am now starting to see, just how difficult, both Kuroko and Uiharu''s jobs are, when it comes to being a member of Judgement...well...at least they do a great job, in keeping Academy City safe...However, why do I get the strangest feeling, that there is more to all of this, then just what goes on in Academy City?...Actually...you know what...let me just think about this at a later date...because if I''m being honest...I am not only soaking wet, but I feel absolutely embarrassed...not to mention, that my uniform, is now completely soaked as well...Well I guess it is nothing that a good hot shower can fix...Still...why did Misaka have to go after the bag so quickly...Sure, I can keep up with her...but still...I kinda wished that she wouldn''t be so keen to jump ahead so often then not...But then again, I guess that is one of the many things, that I have to get use to...when it comes to being in the world of an anime show. Because after all viewers, experiencing being in the world of an anime show...is way more different, then just watching the anime show, from the comfort, of your home," I thought to myself, as I turned my eyesight, to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers.
"Hey guys, Keiko here. So you viewers might be wondering, why I am breaking the fourth wall in almost every chapter now? Well, that is because with what still lies ahead, regarding the events in this fanfic...one of the characters, wound up breaking the fourth wall, in almost every episode, that she was in...And before you viewers, want to complain in the replies, that this is at all immersion breaking to this fanfic, or to any other fanfic that is connected to it...Then let me interrupt that train of thought of yours, and say that it is not even the slightest bit immersion breaking...Believe me, it''s not...*blush* Anyway, see you all in the next chapter. *waves goodbye while saying the last part, and smiling with eyes closed*"
Chapter 7: Graviton Bombs, Railguns, & What It Truly Means To Have Complete Trust In Your Sibling(s)
Date: July 18, 2009
It was just a normal day for the two of us.
Well, it was about as normal as things could possibly get when you are trying not to get yourself injured, or worst case killed.
"And isn''t that the truth regarding this, huh viewers?...Oh right...Keiko here, sorry about that...I didn''t mean to startle you all with such an out of the blue fourth wall break...But anyway viewers...I figured that I would take this current moment, to just let you all know..."
"Hey Keiko?...Not a good time to be talking to the viewers...*Misaka proceeds to say this to me, which winds up catching me completely off guard*"
"Uh M-Misaka?...Since when have you been able to break the fourth wall?...*I, now realizing what Misaka had just done, proceed to say this statement, with somewhat of a look of startled shock on my face*"
"Uh Keiko, didn''t you mention back in chapter four that you already knew that I could do this?...*Misaka proceeds to say this to me, while giving me the sort of expression, that basically tells me that she knew exactly what it was that I had said, during my fourth wall break back in chapter four*"
"Yes I did Misaka...but that was sort of more of an educated inference, then anything else...I just didn''t realize that it was actually true...*I proceed to say this to Misaka, as my expression then proceeds to soften a little*"
"Okay...so viewers...what do you say that we get on with the chapter now...right Keiko?...*Misaka proceeds to say this to the viewers, while giving me an expression to let me know that now would be the best time to join in with helping do this*"
"Right Misaka...and so viewers...from the both of us, let us now proceed with the current chapter...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Anyway, back to the current situation. Which was compounded by the fact that after me and Misaka, had run into Touma at the mall. Which was apparently named Seventh Mist. Which was after a series of events had lead to us winding up there with Uiharu.
However, it was when a girl, who had accompanied Touma to the mall, came to Uiharu. Who was for some reason, holding a stuffed animal, that someone had told her to give to Uiharu. Only all for the stuffed animal to start imploding in on itself all of the sudden.
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And although Uiharu then tried to quickly do her best, in order to toss the imploding stuffed animal, as far away as possible.
Misaka, who somehow knew, with seeing all of this play out, that Uiharu''s attempted throw, wasn''t going to be enough to get it out of range. But, while Misaka fumbled for her coin, in a desperate attempt to fire her Railgun and get the imploding graviton bomb as far out of the mall as possible. She wound up dropping her arcade coin.
And as the arcade coin fell to the ground of the mall, spinning over itself a couple of times, before coming to rest.
It was then that I realized, that unless I did something, and did it quickly, this would more then likely, wind up ending very very badly.
So, after taking a deep breath, I gently reached into my skirt pocket, pulling out one of the many arcade coins that lay there.
I then held the arcade coin between two of my fingers, concentrating as I did so, as electricity started to course through my body and up my arm that held the coin, and into my hand. And while I once again started to envision the familiar two electricity lashed rails, extending out into infinity in my mind.
I then, without flipping the coin this time, just fired towards the imploding stuffed animal, and sending it out one of the windows of the mall.
Unfortunately, it my railgun didn''t wind up sending it out far enough. And when it imploded, the shockwaves that it sent out, caused enough damage to blow out all of the windows on several of the floors of the mall, and also damage a bit of the buildings outer structure.
And some of the shockwaves, had also sent some of the blast back through the broken windows. That were on the floor that the imploding stuffed animal had been sent out from. Which caused me to brace myself slightly, as a bit of dust, and debris, was then blasted back through the broken windows, and back towards me, Misaka, Uiharu, and Touma. Which wound up blinding us all temporarily. But, it was once the dust had settled, that I was once again able to see clearly.
"Oops, that did a lot more damage then I expected it too," I thought to myself, as a bead of sweat found its way down one side of my face.
However, as I turned around to face Misaka, to see if she and Uiharu were alright, and to make sure that they didn''t get hurt by the blast from the graviton bomb, that I once again saw Touma holding out his right hand.
This sent a shocked expression across both me and Misaka''s face. "I''ve said it before Touma, and I''m going to say it again, you are just full of surprises, aren''t you?" I thought to myself.
However, it was as the graviton bomb had gone off and caused the damage to the outside of the mall building, that a boy wearing glasses, with a white collared dress shirt, and wearing headphones, smirked, and then turned and walked away, and out of sight, and down an alley.
A little later, in a nearby alley. Misaka had just punched the kid responsible for the bombing in the face, after he had explained why he had been doing the graviton bombings, and why it was just an excuse for him to hurt people.
And, not surprisingly, this had angered me as well, which caused me to punch him as hard as Misaka had done. Because no one puts my sister in harms way, and doesn''t expect to pay for it.
Chapter 8: Personal Reality, Asphalt, And City Wide Blackouts
Date: July 18, 2009
It all started when me Misaka, Saten, and Kuroko, went to see Uiharu, who had become ill from a cold.
It was while we were visiting her, that Misaka decided to bring up the Level Upper urban legend that Saten had mentioned several days earlier.
Kuroko also pointed out that this was not the first time an Esper''s power and recorded level have been vastly different.
Since, Hatsuya, the level 2 Esper who had caused the graviton bombing at the mall several days ago, apparently had powers equivalent to that of a level 4 Esper, when he should''ve been a level 2.
"Yea so viewers...Keiko here by the way...anyway viewers...Yes, Hatsuya was the name of the Graviton Bomber, who was responsible for all of the Graviton Bombing incidents...and with the stuff that was left out of the last chapter...Me and Misaka, wound up coming across him, in the alley...while he had been weirdly talking out loud to himself...And, when we both wound up speaking up, in an attempt to confront him...He then wound up pulling out a random metal spoon from his duffel bag that he had had with him, and prepared to use it to create a metallic sort of shock wave towards the both of us...And for those of you viewers who are wondering...no, it had no effect on either me or Misaka, since we simply wound up using our electricity, concentrated into one of our arms each...to repel the shockwaves, as they then wounding passing by the both of us harmlessly...Now then viewers...back to the chapter."
And getting back to the chapter. It was at this point, that me and Misaka had decided to do some investigating regarding the Level Upper, which involved us going into a restaurant, and posing as customers.
But, it was when we happened upon a bunch of delinquents who were discussing the Level Upper, in one of the corners of the restaurant. Unfortunately we decided to drop the act, when they wound up refusing to tell us anything further.
And as for Kuroko. Who by the way had accompanied me and Misaka to the restaurant. Was busy repeatedly pounding her head against the table of the booth that she had been sitting at. And this was while she had been listening to the conversation, that had been going on between me, Misaka, and the delinquents.
And for the record, even though she is an anime character, as are me, Misaka and everyone else in this fanfic. I can''t imagine that Kuroko doing that, would wind up feeling any less painful. Just an observation, but I can''t even begin to fathom, how much that must hurt. But, I digress.
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Anyway, this then led to us going to just outside and behind the restaurant. Which we had to do, in order to try and discuss further information, with the delinquents, regarding the Level Upper.
However, this very task, would wind up proving to be a heck of a lot more trouble then it was actually worth.
And things regarding this then wound up becoming the case. Which started, while both me and Misaka, were fighting against the groups leader, Elder Sister. Whose Esper ability, allowed her to to manipulate and control asphalt. As in the same sort of asphalt, that was what the alley that we were all currently in.
But the good news, was that when Elder Sister tried to attack us both. Me and Misaka, simply wound up using our electricity, to stick to one of the walls of the alley. And strangely, it wound up being a lot easier to do then I thought it was going to be. But I guess that is one of the benefits with being one of the top ranked Espers in Academy City, and Level 5 no less.
And, despite the damage to a nearby generator and causing the city wide blackout, I felt that we both had still done a good job.
Meanwhile, during the time while me and Misaka were having our fight against Elder Sister, Saten was busy browsing the internet on her music player. And Saten, for those who were wondering, was in another location.
Saten wound up continuing to scroll on her music player, for a little bit, until she happened across a hidden link on her music player. And when she wound up clicking it. It then wound up bringing up a song, and on the songs title read two words "Level Upper."
But, what none of knew as of yet, was that our timeline in Academy City was at some point in the future, going to be tuned into a sort of war zone.
And as for me and Misaka? Well, I would wind up coming into contact with a certain Sailor Guardian Of Time And Space. And, would wind up realizing, that when it came my current situation as Keiko. I would suddenly realize, that the phrases "me, myself, and I," and "I worked hard enough for three," would both wind up being more then just common sayings and phrases.
And as for Misaka? Well, she would wind up ending up, at some point in the far future, in a body, that wasn''t originally hers to begin with. And, as for my encounter? Well, that would wind up setting the stage, for what would wind up becoming one of the most legendary encounters, in anime history.
In fact, me and Misaka, would soon be part of a very legendary group of allies, that would later be known, as The Four Aces Alliance. And, come into contact, with three well known 90s magical girls, that would later be coined, as "The 90s Magical Girl Holy Trinity."
"Well viewers...you can look forward to reading about that in a much later future chapter...Oh right, Keiko here again viewers...And I guarantee, that you won''t be disappointed as you read further into this fanfic either...So viewers...see you lot in the next chapter...okay?"
Chapter 9: Kurokos Worst Nightmare!: Learning The Tricks Of The Trade!
Date: July 19, 2009
Okay, lets be honest here for a moment. Kuroko Shirai was having a bit of a rough day. Actually, you know what, scratch that last statement, she was actually having a very very horrible day.
And this was further compounded by the fact, that she was currently in a real world of hurt. Or, so it seemed. As she was currently battling against a boss that was the head of a group of thugs. Who was for some reason, went by the name of Trick.
"Hello there viewers...Keiko here...so, I suppose you are all wondering why this particular chapter is in the current format that it is in right? Well viewers, that is because of the voice actor...or Seiyuu...for those who would like to know the Japanese translation...is one Vic Mignogna...and as for those who don''t know who he is...I will just say, that if you know...you know...But anyway viewers...that is why this particular chapter, won''t have any dialogue in it...But the good news with that, is that this will more then likely be the only time that this is done...But anyway viewers, let us now get back to the chapter at hand, shall we?"
Anyway, Trick had been attempting to con a boy into a situation regarding the Level Upper. And unfortunately, he was unable to run away, so Kuroko decided to confront them. Coincidentally, Kuruko had arrived before Saten wound up getting hurt in the situation. And she managed to subdue two of the thugs. But she wound up having a bit of trouble using her teleportation ability against Trick. Since Trick had a light-distortion ability, which wound up heavily affecting her calculations. Since he was able to basically play mind games on her in a sense, that would wind up making it so that Kuroko couldn''t use her pin darts on him. And as we all would find out in later events, you can''t use your Esper abilities, if you can''t think straight or have a clear head to concentrate. But, I am getting a bit ahead of myself again, let''s go back to how this all started, shall we?
Okay, so despite me and Misaka meeting her before this. Mind you, it was under slightly different circumstances. What with her not having a lab coat on, Dr. Kiyama still scared me slightly.
"Hello there again viewers...Keiko here...and just for the record, the only reason that she scares me, is because I don''t know anything about her at the current moment...But rest assured viewers...as that is going to wind up changing, in a future upcoming chapter...now then viewers...I will just let you get back to reading this current chapter."
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And this was due to the fact, that she just seemed to have this sort of strange look about her. But, little did me and Misaka know, was that my fears about her, would later be confirmed, in a future encounter. But, this would not be confirmed until a little bit later on.
And well, here we are, almost all caught up again. And to tell you the truth, I don''t think Kuroko Shirai felt any less fearful about fighting against Trick. This was due to the fact, that during their fight, his light-distortion ability, kept getting in the way of Kuroko being able to use her teleportation ability effectively. This was further compounded by the fact that when they went through an abandoned building, while Trick was chasing Kuroko through it, as Kuroko was still having trouble with her ability, she thankfully managed to use her teleportation ability to teleport the building''s windows directly into the abandoned building''s supports, cutting right through them and causing the abandoned building to collapse, right on top of Trick. However, having barely survived, Trick surrendered his Level Upper to Kuroko, which was revealed to be a music file.
Meanwhile, in another part of Academy City, Saten was feeling even more conflicted about what to do with the Level Upper that she had found on her music player two days ago. It was at that point that she was approached by some of her classmates and who told Saten that they were also interested in the Level Upper, to which Saten then decided to share it with them. Man, thing really do have a way in casually working their way down to total disaster, don''t they? Well, I guess we will just have to see how things play out, won''t we? Here''s to hoping things work out well in the end. And hopefully, neither me or Misaka wind up dead on the other side of this in the process.
"And hopefully that will wind up being the case viewers...Oh right, my apologies...Keiko here...and as for the upcoming future chapters that were mentioned earlier in this chapter?...Well...though I won''t be going into too much detail about it at the current moment viewers...Let''s just say, that the original timeline, that you thought that you knew, about A Certain Scientific Railgun...is almost completely invalid...So, what I mean by this viewers...is that the upcoming future chapter, of this particular fanfic, are going to have you guessing what is going to happen next, pretty much right up until the end...But for now viewers...this now marks the end of this current chapter...I know viewers, I know...This is not the most ideal spot to end this chapter...But let me ask you this viewers...would you prefer it if I told a multiple number of episodes in one chapter?...No, of course you wouldn''t...So viewers...it is only natural, that I end the chapter here...But you need not worry viewers...as we will be getting right back into the action, in the next chapter...And, do you remember earlier on in this chapter...when I mentioned Dr. Kiyama?...Well, in the next chapter...Actually, why don''t I just have you go and read it...And so viewers...with this in mind, see you lot there...okay?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Chapter 10: Misaka And Keiko Vs. Dr. Kiyama, The Network Spins Out Of Control
Date: July 24, 2009
Okay, so apparently Saten had now wound up in the hospital, and this wasn''t even the worst part of it.
After both her and her friends had used the Level Upper, they had all wound up in the hospital.
Me and Misaka had gone to a frog-faced doctor by the name of Heaven Canceller, after we had both found Saten unconscious after she had gotten her Esper ability after using the Level Upper.
We both believed that we had hurt Saten''s feelings the other day by saying to her that an Espers level does not matter.
This would wind up with us leading to an inevitable showdown on an overpass with one Dr. Kiyama.
But, that would come into play later on. Anyway, after learning from Heaven Canceller, that the Level Upper victims seem to share a brainwave pattern with someone.
Me and Misaka, along with everyone else, wound up discovering, that the culprit was Kiyama, who had been using the Level Upper to connect the thoughts of espers like a parallel computing network.
Unfortunately, Uiharu, who had visited Kiyama earlier and discovered her notes on synesthesia, wound up being taken hostage by her.
And it was after me and Misaka noticed Kuroko''s injuries from when she had taken care of and dispatched more Level Upper offenders other then Trick, that me and Misaka then went off by ourselves, to rescue Uiharu and stop Dr. Kiyama, before Uiharu wound up getting hurt.
It was whilst Uiharu was in the car with Dr. Kiyama, she was explaining to Uiharu, how she had used the Level Upper Network to connect as many brains as possible into an alternative supercomputer.
This was done because apparently she was not allowed to use something called the "Tree Diagram" supercomputer.
She then went on to assure Uiharu that the victims whose brains were being used to power the Level Upper Network supercomputer, would be released soon, and wound up giving Uiharu a ''cure program,'' whatever that was.
However, this didn''t stop Anti-Skill from roadblocking her on the highway.
And yet, this wound up with Dr. Kiyama harnessing and then utilizing the various abilities that she had acquired from the various victims that whose brains were joined to the Level Upper Network supercomputer.
It was as me and Misaka arrived at the scene, which had now become a scene of total devastation, that we both knew, that we had a long and arduous fight ahead of us.
And as Dr. Kiyama used one of her acquired abilities to collapse the highway overpass beneath me and Misaka.
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To which we used our Electromaster ability to cling to one of the pillars of the overpass, with Misaka slightly above where I wound up.
"Damn, that was a bit close Misaka, wouldn''t you say?" I asked Misaka matter-of-factly, while a bead of sweat made its way down one side of my face.
"Yea, that pretty much sums that up nicely Keiko," Misaka said to me in response.
However it was then that we realized, that we would need to work together if we were both going to walk away from this fight both alive, and in one piece.
"So Keiko, got any ideas?" Misaka asked me, as the two of us clung to the pillar of the collapsed highway overpass with the use of our electricity.
"Yea Misaka, as a matter of fact, I''ve got a few," I said in response with a slight smile.
It was then that I used one of my hands to focus on a piece of debris from the collapsed overpass, to which Misaka followed suit.
This was then followed by both of us using our electricity to chuck our respective pieces of debris at Dr. Kiyama.
Unfortunately, she used one of her many acquired abilities to conjure up a sword of energy, which she then used to cut both of our respective pieces of debris in half.
It was at this point that Dr. Kiyama used one of her hands, and focused it on the parts of the pillar of the highway overpass that Misaka and I were using our electricity to cling to.
This was then followed by pieces of the wall of the pillar behind me and Misaka literally falling out, and taking us with it.
Thankfully however, both of us jumped off and landed on the ground, without incident.
This was then followed by Dr. Kiyama conjuring up several tin cans from a nearby waste receptacle, and mentioning to both of us about the graviton bomb incidents.
Me and Misaka knew full well what had to be done next.
We then used our electricity to explode all of the tin can graviton bombs in midair.
However, this didn''t stop Dr. Kiyama from taking one from the lot, and sneaking it in behind both of us without us noticing, detonating it, and sending us both to the ground.
It was while we were both on the ground, covered in dirt, and both coughing, that I realized that this needed to end, and end quickly, before anyone else got hurt.
It was then, after my coughing had subsided slightly, I turned my attention to Misaka, and decided to tell her my next plan of attack.
"Okay Misaka, this is obviously not working, we need a new plan of attack!" I said through a few more fits of coughing.
However, before Misaka could give me a response, Dr. Kiyama decided to turn, and start walking away.
This seemed like as good a time as any, for me to try a sneak attack approach, and I was sure that Misaka thought the exact same way.
So, without skipping a beat, me and Misaka charged toward Dr. Kiyama, while her back was still turned, and put her in a hold with our arms wrapped around from her back as tight as we possibly could.
It was after Misaka explained that this wouldn''t have worked on a similar person that she intended to try this on, which I knew was Touma, that Dr. Kiyama chose this moment to try and stop us from temporarily incapacitating her.
"Too Slow!" I said, as me and Misaka then proceeded to send quite a bit of voltage of electricity through Dr. Kiyama''s body, almost immediately incapacitating her, and sending her to the ground.
However, despite her being on the ground in this state, we both knew, that this fight wasn''t over quite yet.
And this was confirmed seconds later when me and Misaka witnessed Dr. Kiyama putting her hands on her head, muttering that the network was out of control, and this was then followed by a creature emerging from her head, to which it then turned its attention on Misaka and I.
"Well, here we go again, huh Misaka?" I said with a sigh and a slight smile as electricity started to crackle through the bangs of my hair.
"I wouldn''t have it any other way Keiko," Misaka said with a slight smile, as electricity also started to crackle through the bangs of her hair.
Chapter 11: Destroying The Core, Enter AIM Burst
Date: July 24, 2009
This fight that me and Misaka had been having against Dr. Kiyama, had just become very very bizarre.
This was largely due to and also compounded by the fact that after me and Misaka had previously used our electricity to temporarily incapacitate her, she then staggered back, and started acting somewhat erratic.
This was then followed by a strange creature emerging from her head, to which it then turned it''s attention to me and Misaka.
It was then we both knew that our fight was far from being over, and unless we both did something fast, innocent people might wind up getting hurt.
"Is this the metamorphose skill, I''ve heard about it, I guess it''s real," Misaka said, as she looked slightly bewildered.
It was at this point that I decided to speak up, seeing as how the creature seemed to be getting ready to attack us.
"Misaka, you need to focus, we are sort of in the middle of a situation here?!" I said trying to get Misaka back on track.
However, before Misaka could respond to what I had just said, the creature chose to emit a cry, sending several shockwaves out in all directions, whipping up quite a bit of debris in their wake.
Thankfully however, my statement seemed to have gotten through to Misaka, as when the shockwaves had rang out in all directions, we both used our electricity on some of the debris to make a shield in order to protect us against the shockwaves as well as the debris.
This was then followed by us both each using our electricity to each launch an attack on the creature, only to have it regenerate, and then grow in size slightly.
This, not surprisingly, was met with frustration by me, and shock by Misaka, which quickly faded away when I knew that as long as we both went at it, I knew that we would find some sort of solution to win this fight.
However, and to make the situation worse then it currently was, it was discovered that Uiharu had made her way down to where Misaka and I had been fighting against Dr. Kiyama.
This, not surprisingly, terrified the both of us. I mean, how would you feel if your friend had wound up putting themselves in harms way?
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However, this quickly turned to terror and fear for both of us, as the creature chose that moment to conjure up several large objects of what I could only describe to be crystals, and then proceeded to hurl them at us.
We then both proceeded to us our electricity to shatter them all in midair.
And after Misaka told Uiharu that she shouldn''t have come down and put herself in harms way. I decided to once again speak up.
"I understand where you are coming from Misaka, but you have to remember that she is a member of Judgment, and I think you will find that she can take care of herself when it comes to being in situations like this," I said, turning to Uiharu and flashing a smile, to which she returned the same smile.
However, Misaka didn''t hear what I had said, because at that moment, our attention was drawn back to the creature, which had chosen to turn away from us.
"It''s not after us?" Misaka asked. However, it would soon become apparent as to why this was the case.
Okay this situation was now very slowly spiraling out of control.
This was largely due to the fact that Anti-Skill had taken it upon themselves to commence firing at the creature, unaware that their bullets were making the creature increase in size, and just making the situation worse.
Thankfully, as one of the Anti-Skill officers had run out of ammo, and was about to be more then likely killed by the creature. Misaka and I stepped in, and were able to us our electromagnetism to draw her to us, and a good amount of distance away from the creature.
"What are you two doing here, this is no place for civilians?" she asked.
"Honestly, why does everyone keep referring to us as that, you know, we''re both getting pretty tired of being called that!" I said with a hint of frustration clearly evident in my tone of voice.
This was then followed by Misaka conjuring up some of her electricity, and using it to slice off a part of one of the appendages of the the creature.
"That thing will only attack if you provoke it!" Misaka added in, also with a hint of frustration evident in her tone of voice.
I then turned my attention to Misaka.
"Well Misaka, you mind at all if I have you take the lead on this?" I asked.
"Keiko, I would be disappointed if you didn''t," Misaka said in response.
And as we both charged forward, not knowing how this was going to play out, which thankfully, after a bit of struggle, we managed to destroy the creature''s core, and with that, stop the creature from further continuing its rampage and putting anymore innocent people at risk.
And as Dr. Kiyama was being taken into custody by Anti-Skill later on, she vowed to find a way to cure the students whose lives had been destroyed by the Level Upper Network.
But she also challenged to stop me and Misaka if we wound up not agreeing with her methods.
It was also discovered, that Saten had recovered from her coma, but she had lost her Esper powers from when she and her friends had used the Level Upper.
However, we were all just glad that she was alright, and in good health again.
And to tell you the truth, despite being in a tough situation with that creature, I think that Misaka and I handled it very well.
And if that was what we had to look forward to in the future, I figured that things were looking pretty darn good.
Being a level 5 Electromaster, and being ranked 3rd best in Academy City, does have its benefits after all.
However, things would wind up being very very not good.
But, more on that at a later date.
Chapter 12: Capacity Down, The Problem With Big Spider
Date: August 1, 2009
Okay, I don''t care who these guys think they were.
Even if they were part of a gang, you don''t just beat up innocent people just because you feel like you can.
This was the unfortunate scene that Misaka, myself and Kuroko happened upon when we were looking around an abandoned part of Academy City.
The reason for this?
We were looking for a gang by the name of Big Spider.
"Honestly, it is so amazing how quickly the hunter can become the hunted," Misaka said with a hint of frustration, as electricity sparked through the bangs of her hair, which drew the attention of all the gang members in the alley to the three of us.
"And to tell you the truth, it really does make me sick that you would do this to innocent people," I added matching Misaka''s frustration, as electricity also sparked through the bangs of my hair.
"Time for you to face Judgment," Kuroko said.
And right after two of the thugs each threw in an insult.
Misaka and I took the opportunity to conjure up quite a bit of electricity, and fire it at a few of the thugs present in the alley, causing them to scream, and causing them to drop, and hit the ground, hard.
Once the fight was over, with several of the thugs pinned to the alley walls by Kuroko''s pin dart. Me and Misaka, then decided to speak up.
"Honestly, why did you have to go and make it so difficult?" Misaka said with a deadpanned sort of tone to her voice.
"I mean honestly, you all could''ve made it much easier on yourselves, if you had just not bothered fighting against us in the first place," I said, as I then let out an audible sigh.
And it was now just a short time later, and just after the three of us had finally locating Big Spider''s hideout But me, Misaka, and Kuroko, then suddenly found ourselves face to face with several more of Big Spider''s thugs.
However, we were soon going to learn, that they were harboring a secret weapon, one that would render the three of us, completely unable to use our Esper abilities.
It started when the gangs leader, Wataru Kurozuma, or someone calling himself Wataru Kurozuma, came out from inside of the hideout, not quite happy that a member of Judgment had paid his gang a visit.
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Even more so that Kuroko was placing him under arrest for leading the multiple attacks on the innocent Espers.
However, it was as Kuroko told me and Misaka that she had things covered, that things started to quickly fall apart.
Because at that very moment, all three of us heard a very shrill noise, causing all three of us to put our hands to our ears, and to make matters worse, none of us could think straight.
Which was bad news for us with regards to being able to use our Esper abilities.
Since we needed to properly calculate in order to properly use our abilities, and you can''t do that if you can''t think straight.
It really did look like the three of us were not only down, but it looked like were out for the count as well.
It really did look like this was the end of the line for me, Kuroko, and Misaka.
As all three of us found ourselves with our hands to the sides of our heads, in unimaginable pain from the shrillest noise we had ever experienced.
And to make matters even worse, we couldn''t even concentrate for even a second to calculate in order for any of the three of us to use our Esper abilities.
Man, talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place huh?
However, we were soon going to finally get some reprieve, as a figure then suddenly swooped in. Which the three of us recognized as the guy from before who had helped us with finding Big Spider''s hideout earlier in the day.
And it turned out, after he had finished beating the entire Big Spider gang single-handedly, despite several of them running off, and destroying their capacity down. That he was actually Wataru Kurozama, and the person who was the current leader of Big Spider, was actually someone else entirely. Someone who I would learn later on, was named Hebitani Tsuguo.
It was then revealed by Konori, that Wataru Kurozoma was actually an old acquaintance of hers. But, as Konori was seen blushing around him, I then started to think, that there was far more to the both of them, then just being acquaintances.
But, despite this being a surprise to me, Misaka, and Kuroko, I was just glad that we all managed to get out of this mess without any sort of a huge issue.
And, a bit later on, after once again encountering Hebatani, and the rest of Big Spider, in another location. In which Konori and Kurozoma, decided to take it upon themselves to dispatch the rest of what was left of Big Spider.
And they also wound up telling me, Misaka, and Kuroko, to leave the fight to them. And although I wasn''t exactly happy about it, I decided, to just abide their request. Even though it didn''t exactly sit well with me.
But, that didn''t mean that I still couldn''t send a sort of message to Big Spider. To which I had decided, to take it upon myself, to completely destroy their Capacity Down system, with the use of my railgun.
Which, not surprisingly, sent enough of a statement to the gang not to mess with me or Misaka. But, before the three of us had been sidelined, I had decided to say something to the remainder of Big Spider.
"Oh, I''m sorry were you planning to use that annoying system of yours again?! Do you even realize who it is that you are messing with?! You may know of Mikoto Misaka?! The Railgun, and The Ace Of Tokiwadai?! Well, I''m her sister, the name''s Keiko "Lucky Strike" Misaka, and it''s best that you remember it!" I said, while a cocky smirk was very much evident, on my face. And while the hand and arm that I had fired my railgun from to destroy their Capacity Down system, still continued to spark with electricity.
Man, that capacity down really does render you completely useless doesn''t it?
Chapter 13: The Two Tokiwadai Aces, The Tokiwadai School Festival, And The Violin Duet
"Hello there viewers...Yes, this is Keiko here...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...what do you say we get on with the chapter now...hmm?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Date: August 2, 2009
Okay, I will just have to admit, that being a student to a top level school like Tokiwadai does have its benefits. But boy, did me and Misaka have a bit of a reputation to uphold, when it came to being Tokiwadai''s aces. In fact, this was something, that was going to become very important in the not too distant future. But more on that at a later time.
But as regard to our current reputations. This was largely due to the fact, that we were due to perform a violin duet on stage during the upcoming school festival.
More specifically, this festival at Tokiwadai Middle School, was an invitation-only event. Man, talk about being exclusive...
Anyway, this was where most of the school''s students, were dressed up as maids.
"And yes viewers...that included me and Misaka as well...Oh boy, so along with being a female in this world. Along with having to now bathe like a female...I now have to wear a maids outfit during Tokiwadai''s midsummer festival as well!?...Man, this just gets better and better, doesn''t it viewers?!...*I proceed to say this, while a tickmark is currently very visible, on one side, of my face*...*I now proceed to compose myself, which now causes the tickmark to disappear*...Anyway viewers...lets just get back to the chapter now...shall we?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Okay, so to quote one crooked Administrative Vice Cop Roy Earle from L.A. Noire. "Well, isn''t this just nice and awkward?"
And the reason? Well not only did the maid outfit currently look really embarrassing on me, considering that I was a guy back in my world. But to top all of this off, Misaka was currently very nervous, about our upcoming violin duet. And this was while we were both currently backstage. As we were currently both waiting for us both to be given the cue, to then step out onto the stage with our respective violins, and then begin playing for the audience.
And despite having shown Saten and Uiharu around the festival grounds earlier in the day, Misaka was still feeling quite a bit nervous about our violin duet. So in order to try and relieve some of her nervousness, I decided to attempt speak up on it.
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However, before I could do so, a familiar face decided to interject. Touma had decided to show up backstage, and not surprisingly, Misaka wasn''t happy about it. And though I wasn''t happy about it either, I had decided not to voice my opinion out loud. And instead, a thought then proceeded to make its way into my mind. "Yea...nice Touma, really great timing with this on your part!...Still, after what happened between him and Misaka down by the riverbank...I still want to remain as neutral in this spat of theirs as I possible can...Which for the record here viewers...Is something that you too would probably wind up doing, if you were in this exact situation," I thought to myself. Which during me having this exact thought. I had briefly turned my attention, as well as my eyesight, slightly to the right of me, in order to briefly address the viewers.
And thankfully, other then my most recent thought and thought based fourth wall break to the viewers. I really didn''t have to say anything out loud.
And this was since Misaka had wound up chasing Touma away. Since she somehow believed, that he had come backstage, to make fun of her. And once she had this, and had returned backstage, I then decided to finally speak up.
"So Misaka, are you sure you are okay with going through with this?" I asked concerned, as we both then received the cue to come out onto the stage. To which we both then proceeded, to step through the curtains with our respective violins, and out onto the stage.
"Keiko, you don''t need to worry about me, but you and I need to focus, we have a show to put on here," Misaka said back to me in response. And thankfully, she sounded confident when she had said this.
And, with a relieved looking small smile briefly making its way onto my face. And once it had subsided about a second later, we both then readied our respective violins. Which was then followed by us both playing our beautiful violin duet for the crowd. Which as I proceeded to briefly listen to the notes, was actually the anime opening song, "Only My Railgun," by fripSide.
And if I do say so myself, it was one performance that was surely going be remembered, for a long time to come. But, though neither of us knew it yet, a much more spectacular performance, was to await us in just about a weeks time. And, it would not only test our skills as level 5''s. But it would also prove, that there were more things at work, then even the two of us would ever be able to comprehend.
"And don''t we know it viewers...Oh right, Keiko here again viewers...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...this now marks the end of this particular chapter...But more importantly viewers...it now brings us one more chapter closer, to the impending crossover portion of this fanfic...And as for what this crossover portion entails?...Well viewers...if I were to tell you any of what is still too come, then it would defeat the purpose of it enticing you all enough to want to read on in this fanfic...So then viewers...I shall see you lot in the next chapter...okay?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Chapter 14: Poltergeists And Lifelines, Caught In A Sudden Quake
"Hello there viewers...Keiko here again...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers like last chapter. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...we will now head right into the current chapter...So viewers, with this in mind, lets begin then...hmm?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
August 2, 2009
It had all started off with a moderate sized nighttime earthquake, that had actually wound up disrupting Mitsuko Kongo from studying.
But, even after the earthquake had subsided, Mitsuko''s teacup mysteriously fell down from her desk, which was followed along with her entire doll collection floating around.
But, even though the earthquake had now safely subsided. This wasn''t going to be the only time, that this would happen, over the next few coming days.
Later in the day, which was just around midday. Uiharu wound up getting informed by someone named Daigo. Who was apparently a friend of hers, that she was getting a new roommate. And it was a transfer student named Erii Haruue.
However, when I was first introduced to Erii later that day. I had noticed something very peculiar about her. Sometimes, she seemed to be staring off into space for some odd reason.
But for the moment, I had decided to push this to the side. Which given what was going to happen not too long from now. Was going to be a mistake. In fact, Erii, was about to become far more important, then any of us would ever even begin to realize.
And, while me, and Misaka, then took Erii out, in order to show her around. And as for Uiharu, Kuroko, and Konori? Well they had to attend a meeting held by a Therestina Kihara Lifeline. Who from the little bit of information that I was told about her from Kuroko, was part of something called the "Multi Active Rescue." Or MAR for short. Apparently, she was involved in studying about earthquake-like incidents called "Poltergeists."
"Which for those who don''t know...Oh right, Keiko here again viewers...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers like last chapter. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...as I was about to explain to all of you...A Poltergeist, is a sort of earthquake...but not exactly and earthquake, as it is usually caused, by multiple espers, simultaneously losing control of their abilities...And this viewers...is something, that is going to become more prevalent, as the next few chapters in this story will wind up showing you all...But anyway viewers...I think that that is enough of my fourth wall breaks...Well, at least for now viewers...But, what you say, that we get on with the chapter now...okay?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
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Anyway, so fourth wall breaking aside, at least for the current moment. And a little later in the evening, me, Misaka, and Kuroko wound up skipping out on our curfew. This was in order to celebrate Erii''s arrival, with Saten and Konori at the local fireworks festival.
The only thing that I hadn''t taken into account, was that we would all be wearing very beautiful looking Kimonos. Something, that though I wasn''t used to wearing it, I seemed to be able to get it on and wear it, without too much trouble. And the reason for this? Well that was probably due to all of the other anime that I had watched before winding up here, that had just so happened to feature Kimono scenes in them.
And as for my Kimonos color? Well, like my long mane of beautiful hair, the Kimono, was also a light blue sort of color. And it had a pattern of fancy, detailed, and decorative, snowflakes on it.
And to be completely honest, it really was quite beautiful. And also, it was also quite comfortable to wear as well.
But, getting back to the current situation. And as the fireworks display now proceeded to begin...
"I just don''t know what it is, but fireworks are just so beautiful at night," I said, as I proceeded to marvel at the very beautiful fireworks. As they proceeded to light up the sky, in a very beautiful array of colors and various patterns.
"I agree Keiko, you are indeed right, they truly are very beautiful," Misaka said in response. Which was as we, along with everyone else that was present, gazed up at the fireworks.
And, as I briefly turned, to look at Misaka, I then realized something. "I never really appreciated just how rewarding it is, to see Misaka smile...And for the record viewers...she is my sister, and nothing more, so don''t go jumping to any weird or perverted conclusions okay?!...I mean, after all viewers...with what is going to soon wind up happening in the next few chapters...I think that you will find..." I thought to myself. Which while I was having this thought, I had briefly turned my attention, slightly to the left of me, in order to briefly address the viewers.
However, at that very moment, another Poltergeist incident then proceeded to occur, which wound up splitting the ground into several sudden cracks near Uiharu and Erii. And this very sudden incident, had caused my current thought based fourth wall break to the viewers. To then suddenly be forced to a stop mid thought.
But thankfully, they were then saved from a falling lamppost by Therestina. Who I then noticed, was currently suited up in a large looking sort of mech.
And it was then, that we all slowly realized what had just happened. But, as for what lay ahead regarding the timeline. It was now, only a matter of time now, before we would all need to prepare ourselves.
"And isn''t that the truth viewers...Oh right, Keiko here again viewers...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...this is now the end of this particular chapter...But more importantly viewers...it now brings us one more chapter closer, to the impending crossover portion of this fanfic...And as for what this crossover entails?...Well viewers...like I said last chapter...if I were to tell you any of what is still too come, then it would defeat the purpose of it enticing you all enough to want to read on in this fanfic...So then viewers...I shall see you lot in the next chapter...okay?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Chapter 15: They Smiling In Your Face, Those Backstabbers
"Hello there viewers...Keiko here...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...what do you say we get on with the chapter now...hmm?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Date: August 8, 2009
Okay, so fourth wall break aside, at least for the moment. And after the Poltergeist incident from less then a week ago. And after several more had proceeded to happen over the coming days. Me and Misaka wound up wondering, as to whether or not Kiyama was once again involved, with the recent Poltergeists. However, Kuroko had recently wound up reminding us both, that Kiyama was currently still in custody. Well, she was supposedly still in custody the last time that we had checked, at least.
And instead, Kuroko had suspected, through some form or another, that Erii was somehow the cause of the recent Poltergeist incidents. And this was since apparently, most of the Poltergeist attacks, had been occurring at places that Erii had been.
And so, with this in mind, me, Misaka, and Kuroko, wound up doing a clandestine background check on Erii. And we wound up learning from it, that despite being a Level 2 Esper, with a Telepath Ability. Which would explain why I noticed that she seemed to be staring off into space back when we had been at the fireworks display.
Anyway, a little while later, once me, Misaka, and Kuroko had arrived at a park. I had then taken notice, that Uiharu, had now suddenly become very angry at Kuroko, for having wrongly suspected Erii, as being the cause of the Poltergeist attacks.
And so, as a sort of way to prove this being the case. Therestina wound up performing some tests on Erii, at the MAR Base Research Laboratory. Which was being done aforementioned, as a way to ultimately prove her innocence.
And upon her waking up from just after Therestina had completed the tests on her. Erii then proceeded to explain to everyone, that she seemed to fall into a trance, upon her hearing the voice of her friend, Banri Edasaki. Who as it happened, was apparently another Telepath.
And this was also, when Erii showed everyone a photo of Banri inside her pendant,. Which me and Misaka then each displayed a look of shock. And as I then, turned my attention to Misaka. I felt as though she was thinking of the exact same thing as what I was currently thinking. And, as a way to prove this to myself, and for the first time since I had first ended up in Keiko''s body. I then proceeded to attempt to use my Telepath Esper Ability on her. And, as I concentrated a little bit, and focused my attention on Misaka.
I was then slightly shocked to discover, that I was indeed able to hear Misaka''s current thoughts. And as a way to confirm this...c
"Okay, so Banri is a Telepath like Erii...So that means that they both might happen to be one of Kiyama''s Child Error students..." I wound up hearing Misaka think to herself.
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And from what I already knew, due to recent events, involving the Level Upper and the AIM Burst creature. All of the students, who had used the Level Upper, had all gone into a coma, along with all of Dr. Kiyama''s other Child Errors, who had suffered the exact same sort of fate as Banri had.
"Well, it would very much appear that things just got a heck of a lot more interesting...haven''t they viewers?" I thought to myself as a straight expression now having replaced the previous shocked expression that was originally on my face before, which then changed over to a determined expression a second later. And while I had done this, I had briefly turned my attention, slightly to the left of me, in order to briefly address the viewers.
Erii also wound up explaining, that both she and Banri, were both telepaths. And they had both grown up in an orphanage, for Child Errors. Which had been, before Banri had moved. But, she had recently begun hearing Banri suffering, and has been trying to find her ever since.
And, as me and Misaka, proceeded to explain the Level Upper experiment to Therestina. Therestina then theorized, that Kiyama''s comatose students, were the cause of the Poltergeist incidents.
However, and unfortunately, this theory, wound up dividing Uiharu, and Kuroko even more. Which was confirmed, as Uiharu now wound up thinking, that Kuroko was now blaming the Child Errors instead.
A little bit later, me and Misaka, had learned that Kiyama had been released from custody. Which contradicted what Kuroko had said to us earlier. And we also wound up learning, that the Poltergeists could actually wind up potentially destroying Academy City, if they were not resolved in time.
But, while we were both investigating one of Gensei''s old facilities. Me and Misaka, wound up encountering Kiyama. Who proceeded to show us both, to a hospital, where all of her comatose students were under the care, of a frog faced looking doctor, named Heaven Canceller. Which would explain why Misaka suddenly assumed, that he somewhat resembled Gekota.
But anyway, he wound up explaining to us both, that Gensei''s conviction, was that an Esper can become a Level 6, by taking Ability Crystals. Which are apparently made, from the essence of comatose Espers., who have lost control of their respective AIM fields
And to our complete shock, Therestina, had followed me, Misaka, and Kiyama, to the hospital we were currently at.
"Well, isn''t this just a very nice, annoying and quite frankly, a very irritating situation you have put us both in Therestina?!" I thought to myself, with a very irritated expression very much evident on my face, despite my very best efforts to hide it.
And to be completely honest, I was very much convinced that Misaka was very much feeling the exact same way as I currently was. Which was that we were both currently very irritated, and disgusted with Therestina''s current actions. And not surprisingly, I was indeed correct. And with us, then being forced to choose, between either the Child Errors, or risk Therestina killing them. Me and Misaka wound up taking Therestina''s side. Which was done in an effort, to try and give the children a chance. While at the same time, we had also wound up, convincing a heartbroken Kiyama, to put her trust in the authorities.
"Man, talk about Therestina smiling in our face, that backstabber...Isn''t that right viewers?...Oh right...Keiko here viewers...sorry about that...*I proceed to say this, while traditionally bowing to the viewers. Before once again bringing both my eyesight, as well as my full attention back up again, in order to continue to address the viewers*...Now then viewers...this now marks the end of this particular chapter...But more importantly viewers...it now brings us just one more chapter away, from the impending crossover portion of this fanfic...So then viewers...I shall see you lot in the next chapter...okay?...*I proceed to say this, while smiling with both of my eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a very cute looking manner*"
Chapter 16: What Am I To Do!?: Enter Sailor Pluto, The Sailor Guardian Of Time And Space!
Date: August 9, 2009
Being that she was still feeling concerned, Uiharu went to see Kiyama and tried to convince her to share information with MAR in an effort to help her students.
However, Therestina had wound up destroying Kiyama''s data and refused to let them see either Erii or the children.
And when I mean destroy, I mean she literally and deliberately stepped on the flash drive that held the data on it.
Man, you know it almost seems as though she is the villain in all of this?
When Uiharu wound up telling us about what had happened, we learned that Therestina was in fact Gensei''s granddaughter, who was actually the first test subject of his Ability Crystal program.
Realizing we had both been tricked, Misaka and I wound up confronting a battle-suited Therestina at the MAR Base Research Laboratory, but we were unfortunately outmatched. "Okay Therestina...wow...are you serious!?...Man does this hurt!...I really should''ve watched the anime past episode 3...because this really hurts....a lot!" I thought to myself, as Therestina had activated the labs Capacity Down system, and its sound waves forced me to put my hands to my ears, in a feeble attempt to block them out.
To which she also revealed that she intended to finish Gensei''s work.
And as Therestina and MAR wound up leaving with Erii and the children, Misaka and I were thankfully rescued by Kongo, who had been resting nearby, following a previous Poltergeist incident.
Despite Therestina nearly choking Misaka out up against one of the pillars of the outside of the MAR lab building.
When Misaka awakened, in a hospital a little while later, she wound up blaming herself for what had recently transpired.
To which she then got out of her hospital bed, and we then attempted to go off on our own again, in an attempt to go after Therestina, before innocent people wound up getting hurt.
But not before I decided to speak up, in an effort to try and put Misaka at ease.
Seeing as how she seemed to be not in a great way, since she had blamed herself for what had transpired.
"Look Misaka, I know you must feel guilty, but you have to understand that there are some things in life that even the two of us can''t fix on our own," I said in a concerned tone, an effort to put her mind at ease.
"Thanks Keiko, that means a lot," Misaka said.
However, just as we were both about to leave the hospital room, and before anything else more, could be said between the two of us, Saten then stood in front of us, and barred our way.
And I wasn''t having any of it.
"Out of our way Saten, we need to go after Therestina before she winds up harming innocent people!" I said in a concerned sounding tone of voice.
However, my statement to Saten, may as well have fallen on deaf ears
This was due to the fact, that not only did she not budge, from where she currently stood, but she then wound up, reminding us both, that we did not have to go and do everything by ourselves.
But, however something good, did result out of this, Saten got Uiharu and Kuroko, to make up with each other. Well, they actually apologized to each other, but I digress.
And on top of that, a little bit later, we then learned Kiyama was chasing after the MAR trailers to their destination.
And, with this new information now acquired, Misaka, me, Kuroko, Uiharu, Saten, Konori, and Kongo then proceeded to head out to save Erii and the other Child Errors, and hopefully get them to come out of their comas.
However, this would wind up being a much harder task, then either me or Misaka, would ever realize.
Now, remember when I mentioned that we had learned that Kiyama was after the MAR trailers? Well, unfortunately for her, she was unaware, that they were decoys, filled with the MAR Troops. Thankfully though, me and Misaka managed to step in and save her. And once this had been accomplished, a thought then went through my mind. "So, now that I think about it a bit more viewers, this sort of doesn''t sit right with me...I mean...she was the one who attacked me and Misaka not too long ago...But you know what?...I am willing to look past all of that...I mean after all...Misaka did," I thought to myself, as I turned my eyesight to the left of me, to address the viewers.
Anyway, Kuroko, Kongo, Yomikawa, Tsuzuri, and the Anti-Skills, wound up holding off the rest of the MAR Troops.
While Kiyama, Uiharu and Saten headed towards Kihara''s laboratory, whilst me and Misaka defended them from Therestina, who decided to attack us while we were on the highway, with a giant large mech.
Although Therestina''s mech was unaffected by our basic attacks, Kuroko wound up helping both of us destroy the mech, by Misaka having me use the mech''s own arm as an improvised railgun. "Well, I guess you can pretty much use anything as an improvised railgun...Still though, I much rather prefer the arcade coin...because that is easy to hold...a mech arm meanwhile, isn''t," I thought to myself.
This was then followed, by a little bit of an exchange of words, between me and Misaka.
"Well Misaka, are you ready to end this?" I said with a small smile very much present on my face, as I prepared to launch the mech arm back at Therestina, who was still in her large mech.
"Keiko, you don''t need to ask me, just focus on the task at hand," Misaka said in a slightly concerned sounding tone, although with a smile evident on her face as well.
"Right, Misaka, my mistake," I responded back, as I then fired the mechs arm, back at the mech, thus destroying it.
However, a little later on, as Misaka, me, Kuroko, Uiharu, Saten, and Kiyama finally arrived at the underground lab where Erii and the children were being held. Therestina, who had somehow survived, suddenly activated the lab''s Capacity Down and attacked us, revealing her plan to use the First Sample from herself, and the children, to force Erii to become a Level 6 Esper, and destroy the city in the process.
"Wow are you serious right now!? Therestina, why can''t you just be a good villain, and just die already!?" I said, in a very agitated tone, as I held my head, while pain coursed through it from the sound waves of Capacity Down. It really did seem like all was lost.
However, unbeknownst to all of us, Saten, who was the only one that wasn''t affected by Capacity Down, since she was a level 0, and didn''t possess any Esper abilities.
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Anyway, she then found her way to Capacity Down''s control room, and wound up destroying the controls to it, with a baseball bat.
And once me and Misaka, had gotten our bearings, we then readied ourselves to finally defeat Therestina with our railguns.
Well, that was while Therestina, then revealed a weapon, that she had had stashed in her mech suit. She said that its power was equal to or more powerful, then our railguns. "But to tell you the honest truth viewers. Sorry, Keiko here. I don''t believe her on that for even a second. Anyway, back to the story.
And as both me and Misaka pulled out our respective arcade tokens from our respective skirt pockets and placed them between our respective two fingers.
I decided that now was as good a time as any, to say some parting words for Therestina.
"So, any last words, how about, I''m sorry for what I did, something along those lines, hmm?" I said with a determined tone very evident on my face, as I started charging electricity into my arm and hand that held my arcade coin, to which Misaka was doing the same.
"Well, its your loss," I said.
To which I then, without turning to Misaka, decided to speak up.
"So Misaka, you ready to end this properly?" I asked as I prepared to flip my arcade coin.
"Keiko, how many times are you going to ask that?!" Misaka responded back, now clearly not very happy with me asking her these unnecessary questions.
"Right, again, my mistake," I said as a bead of sweat found its way down one side of my face.
And with those final exchange of words between us, we flipped our respective coins, and as soon as they came back down again to rest between our two fingers again, we fired, producing our respective railguns.
However, at that exact same moment, Therestina wound up firing the weapon that I had mentioned earlier, and a power struggle then began between both of our railguns, and Therestina''s weapon.
Thankfully though, our railguns, wound up overpowering her weapon. But unfortunately, Therestina wasn''t wiped out of existence. She just wound up very very injured from our railguns.
And, with Therestina being taken into custody by Anti-Skill a bit later on. And, with the First Sample now in her possession, Kiyama wound up creating the cure and wound up finally awakened Banri and the other children that had gone into comas, to which she gave her thanks to both me and Misaka.
And in the aftermath, the recovering children gave a birthday message to Kiyama via a blimp as Misaka, myself, and everyone else watched.
However, as I looked on at the scene before me, something unexpected happened; The scene around me suddenly began to shift and warp.
"What the heck is going on!?...Wait...why isn''t everyone else noticing that this is happening, and why isn''t it affecting them either?" I thought to myself, while displaying an expression of total shock and fear.
But, before I could think, or do anything else, the scene around me, then got very bright.
When the brightness around me seized, after a few seconds, I then found myself in a room. "Wait a sec, why does this room look familiar to me? Oh...those are some pretty big looking doors...wait, where have I seen those doors before?" I thought to myself, with a look of deep thought on my face.
However, it was when a familiar female voice, started to speak to me, from across the room, that I then realized exactly where I was.
"I am very sorry to bring you here like this Keiko, but given the current circumstances, I saw no other..." the voice was about to continue when I decided to cut her off. But not before a thought came to mind. "Wait a sec, doesn''t that voice, sound way too much like Setsuna Meioh a.k.a Sailor Pluto?!...Well, I am going to have to cut her off from speaking for the moment...well...that sounded rude, even though I am only thinking about it...still...I have to do it," I thought to myself, as I then cut her off mid sentence.
"You can spare me that Setsuna. I already know that you are the sailor guardian of time and space. And usually, when someone is summoned to meet you face to face like this, I can only assume that it is due to something of grave importance. So Setsuna, what is it you want from someone like me, and why didn''t you ask Misaka about this rather then me?" I asked, sounding confused, and yet also intrigued. As I wound up referring to the Sailor Guardian of time and space by her civilian name rather then her senshi name, as Sailor Pluto, then came into view, from the other side of the room. "Well, so this is what the famous Sailor Pluto looks like in person...you know...the anime really doesn''t do someone like her enough justice...I really hope, that she isn''t too upset, about Pluto being demoted to being a dwarf planet...actually...you know what...let me just make a mental note...to never even mention that to her...like ever...because the last thing that I want...is to have someone like Pluto...bring her wrath down on me," I thought to myself, as a bead of sweat, made its presence known, on one side of my face.
"Look Keiko, there are a great many things you don''t understand, and yet, now that I have gotten a better look at you, you seem to remind me of someone," Sailor Pluto said, with a bit of intrigue present, in her tone of voice.
"Oh really, what things don''t I...wait...who do I remind you of? And furthermore, am I to assume that they are not of your world as I am of Misaka''s?" I asked, now sounding much more intrigued.
It was at this point, that a look of shock found, its way across Sailor Pluto''s face, which then subsided seconds later.
"Ah, it looks like wisdom doesn''t always come with age, does it Setsuna?" I said with a look of calm on my face. "Okay, well that was a corny thing to say...wait a sec...if this person is in fact another version of me...then I might as well ask her about it," I thought to myself. But, I also decided to ask Setsuna, as well as judge her expression, that she gave in response, to see if I was indeed, right about my suspicion, or not.
"This person, who you say that I remind you of, have they by any chance, had a run in, with a person on your team?...And judging by your previous shocked expression, I can only assume, that it was with someone, of great importance, perhaps Sailor Moon?" I asked, whilst pressing further.
However, Setsuna, at this point now displayed, a look of frustration, as she was now, clearly not at all amused, with me asking such a question.
But it was at this point, that wanting to avoid any sort of issue, perhaps Pluto possibly bringing her wrath down on me, if something wasn''t said. I decided to do a little damage control. "Okay...well I certainly wasn''t expecting Sailor Pluto to respond like that...well...time to try and put her at ease," I thought to myself, as I then spoke up, while doing my absolute best, to try and put Sailor Pluto, at ease.
"Look, I know I am being rough on you a little bit with these questions, but you have to understand where I am coming from here. I understand that you mean well Setsuna. But the fact of the matter is, your timeline went askew, when Sailor Moon, wound up crossing paths, with the person, that you said, that I reminded you of. Because if I had to make a bet, he or she, knows way more, about you and the senshi, then you might think they do. And, they probably knew about that info, long before they crossed paths, with Sailor Moon," I said in a very comforting tone.
Thankfully, it was at this point, that the frustration, wound up leaving Pluto''s face, and her kind expression once again returned.
"Just be prepared Keiko, for I fear that a dark evil is close to returning once again. And for all of our sake, you and Misaka, had best ready yourselves. Because you and I, may be meeting each other again, a lot sooner then you may think," Pluto said, as she then clutched her garnet rod tightly.
"Message received loud and clear, oh and Pluto?" I asked.
"What is it Keiko?" Pluto replied.
"Please don''t hesitate, to pay me a visit, once in a while, there is still so much, that I would like to learn, about your world, including what went on in your guy''s past. And perhaps, I would like to learn, a little bit more from you, about this other person, that you said that I remind you of," I said, with a small smile finding its way onto my face.
It was at this point that a blush then found its way onto Pluto''s face.
"Well...I certainly wasn''t expecting Sailor Pluto to blush...I am not exactly sure how to respond to something like that," I thought to myself, as a bead of sweat, once again appeared, on one side, of my face.
And with that final thought, the scene around me, once again, got very bright.
And when the light subsided, after a few seconds, I once again, found myself, back with everyone else. And no one had even noticed, that I had ever left.
"Well, I certainly wasn''t expecting, to get a visit, from the famous Sailor Pluto...I wonder what this great evil was that she was talking about...wait...she couldn''t mean...okay...let''s not jump to conclusions here...but still...it would make a lot of sense, if ''it'' is going to be returning...oh good god no...not to mention that ''she'', would wind up returning as well...hard to believe, that she went so far, as to kill 9 of the senshi, all because she wanted their star seeds...actually...you know what...let me just push this to the side...because right now...all I am doing...is just speculating...Well viewers, not exactly...but more on that in the next chapter," I thought to myself, while I briefly turned my head, and eyesight, to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers.
And yet, though I didn''t know it at the time. That what had just happened with Sailor Pluto, had now set the stage, for a convergence, that no one, would ever have foreseen. And also, Pluto now had suspicions, for a certain someone, who had been mentioned, during our conversation. And she was now going to do her best, to either confirm or deny those suspicions.
Chapter 17: The Masters Of The Star Cards, The Sailor Senshi, And The Love Angels Appear!
Date: August 9, 2009
It was just another typical day for one Kuroko Shirai at Judgment''s 177th branch, well, that is until a report came in regarding some unusual seismic activity somewhere in Academy City.
Initially Kuroko thought it was energy spikes from Esper abilities, like with the poltergeist incidents from a few days ago.
However, this couldn''t be the case, since Therestina was in custody.
And this would soon be determined, to not only not be a poltergeist incident, but in fact something much more unique.
Meanwhile, at Tokiwadai Middle School, me and Misaka, were currently in the schools library. And the reason for this? Well, we had both already finished our school work.
"Yes viewers, sorry, Keiko here. Now, did you all honestly really think, that being in the anime of A Certain Scientific Railgun, was just all fun and games? No, of course not, as after all viewers. There is in fact a very good reason, as to why me and Misaka, are often referred too, as the Aces Of Tokiwadai. Not just because of both of our current ranks as the third ranked level 5 Espers, in all of Academy City. But also, because we are both ace students, with regards to putting in the effort, to study. I mean after all viewers, we both didn''t just become level 5 Espers by accident. In fact, as I am sure you read my bio information, from chapter 4. I, like that of Misaka, started out as a level 1 Esper, like everyone else. As in, we both had to earn our way into becoming level 5 Espers. Through both hard work, and dedication. Now, some of you, will probably wind up arguing, in an effort to contest, that I didn''t earn my rank like that of Misaka, right? Well viewers, you have to remember, that I wound up in this body, by an act of...well...let''s just call it an act of fate...shall we?..."
However, my fourth wall break, was then sort of cut short, by the arrival of three people to where we had been busy reading just a few moments ago. These were of course, Wannai, Awatsuki, and also, Mitsuko Kongo. As in, the very same Mitsuko Kongo, whom I had mentioned in the very first chapter of this fanfic. Only thing was, that after a bit of small talk among the five of us. I then, couldn''t help, but overhear, a couple of the voices, of the surrounding students, mentioning something about another student, who was currently on the halfway landing on the libraries flight of stairs.
And, once I had turned my attention towards where they had been mentioning. I was then greeted, with a sight, that quite frankly, had me then suddenly become, quite unhappy with.
I mean, Misaki Shokuhou, another level 5 Esper of Tokiwadai Middle School, unlike me and Misaka, was quite honestly...what''s the word...ah yes...arrogant...and very much full of herself.
The only thing was...well...
"Well, hello Misaka and Keiko..." The unmistakably annoying voice of Shokuhou said to me and Misaka, as she had made her way over to our table in the library, and proceeded to try, and strike up a conversation with the both of us. The only trouble was, from what I could see on Misaka''s face, she wasn''t exactly too happy, that Shokuhou, was bothering her at this very moment. And quite frankly, I wasn''t exactly happy about it either.
"I said, hello Misaka and Keiko..." Shokuhou said to us both again, only this time, she had poked Misaka on her left arm, and then did the same to me, only it was on my right arm.
And to be honest, I was now starting, to get very annoyed.
"Shokuhou, don''t you have anything else you can be doing at this moment?! Maybe not annoying the living daylights out of the both of us?!" I said, and although I had said it, in a somewhat hush-like tone, a tickmark was still now becoming present, on one side of my face.
"Oh Keiko sweetie, I didn''t know that we were not acting like a lady...Lucky Strike?" Shokuhou said to me, in a somewhat sarcastically demeaning sounding manner. While she wound up using my epithet, as a sort of way, to try and get me to pop off in anger.
The good news was, that upon Shokuhou then taking in the currently less then pleased expression on Misaka''s face, she then knew better, then try to press me any further with her taunting. Which not surprisingly, was then followed, by Misaka, then getting up from her seat.
"Listen you, what gives you the right...?!" Misaka began, only to then feel a hand on her right shoulder, and when she looked to me, she then noticed, that I was basically giving her an expression, as if to let her know that dealing with Shokuhou at this moment, just wasn''t worth the headache.
I then turned my attention to Shokuhou, and then spoke up. While I still had my hand, on Misaka''s right shoulder. "Misaki Shokuhou, the city''s most powerful mental ability user, and the fifth ranked level 5 Esper, isn''t that right...Mental Out?" I said, with a now all telling smirk on my face, while I took a little bit of pleasure, in saying one of Shokuhou''s epithets, with a bit of disdain in my tone.
"So Shokuhou...do you really want to start this here?!...Because we both will if you''re willing to start?!..." I said, now raising my voice, just a bit louder, as I now, had an absolutely displeased look of anger, on my face.
"Oh, well, though that would be a good fight, I don''t think that it would be fair, as a matter of fact..." Shokuhou said, as she reached into her purse, and then pulled out what looked like a television remote. Which, after she had clicked one of its many buttons, I then took immediate notice, as all the other students in the library, then stood up, as they looked like they, were all in trance like states.
"Why not fight against all of our lovely students as well...Lucky Strike?" Shokuhou once again said, as she once again used my epithet, in yet another bit, to try to get me, just that much more upset.
"Just kidding..." Shokuhou said, as she then pressed the same button on her remote, which effectively cut the connection, between her remote, and the students. And this was confirmed, by all the students, then snapping out of their trance-like states.
"I see that you haven''t changed, the way that you abuse your ability is still depraved," Misaka said.
"Just consider this a warning to the both of you, k?" Shokuhou said, while she wound up pointing at the both of us, with a sort of shooting gesture, only for her to raise her pointing finger, and her hand, slightly upwards, as if imitating her firing a gun at the both of us. And she did so, while making an emphasis, on the word ''k?''
A little while later, out on the streets of Academy City. Following the run-in with Misaki Shokuhou at the library at Tokiwadai. Me and Misaka were now walking down one of Academy City''s many busy streets, that is, until we felt a tremor that seemed to be coming from somewhere nearby.
"Wait, is this a poltergeist? It can''t be, Therestina is in custody! So what the heck is this?" I fearfully thought to myself.
"Keiko, you need to pull yourself together, we need to find out where it''s coming from," Misaka said to me.
"Right Misaka, right behind you," I said, as we took off in the direction to where we thought the tremor was originating from.
Only, when we happened upon an alley, there was nothing unusual there.
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That is, until a portal opened up in front of us, and several figures were thrown through it.
"What the heck?!" I said, clearly shocked from what had just happened.
And then I recognized one of them, no scratch that, I recognized all but one of them.
What sort of twist of fate had found me and Misaka face to face with all of the Sailor Senshi, and all of the Love Angels.
Apparently this is what Setsuna had meant by me and Misaka preparing ourselves.
Because I would assume that this fight must have been very important, if these two groups were working together.
And it wasn''t until they all got their bearings, that the one girl that I didn''t recognize.
Who now that I realized, had the same hairstyle as I did, and looked exactly like me, minus the sword that she held in her left hand, the outfit that she wore, and her eyes being light blue instead of brown, then decided to speak up.
"Is everyone okay? Sis, are you alright?" She asked the girl with the pink hair with a look of concern on her face.
"Yea sis, I''m fine, but I''m going to be feeling that for a while," the pink haired girl said with a halfhearted laugh, as she rubbed her bottom.
"Okay, sorry to interrupt this moment between the two of you, but are you Wedding Peach by any chance?" I asked the pink haired girl, as I approached her, with some nervousness.
"Wait a sec Keiko, you know her?" Misaka asked me.
I then turned my attention back to Misaka.
And it was then that I realized, that I couldn''t really tell her the truth about why I knew all of them, well, all but one of them.
Not only would she not believe me, but it would quickly turn this into a very awkward and also very bad situation very quickly.
I mean, how would you feel if you told your favorite characters that they were fictional and they were part of tv shows that had been enjoyed by millions of people? Actually, you know what, seeing as how both me and Misaka can break the fourth wall, it wouldn''t wind up being that bad, but it would still be bad nonetheless.
So I did the best possible thing I could possibly do in this situation, I told as much of the truth as I possibly could, while at the same time lying slightly.
"Misaka, do you remember when we were watching Dr. Kiyama''s recovering children give her that birthday message via that blimp?" I asked her.
"Yea, what about it?" Misaka asked.
"Well Misaka, I guess now is more of a time as any to tell you, since the proof is in front of us now. The reason why I know who all of them are, is because one of them happens to be the very person that I crossed paths with. Sailor Pluto, if there was ever a time for you to speak up, now would be a good time to for you to do so, because I think you have something that you need to tell everyone," I said, turning my attention to her.
This, not surprisingly, caught the attention of everyone that was present in the alley, except for Sailor Pluto herself.
It was then that me and Misaka heard two voices, that seemed to be coming from above us.
And when the two of us looked up, we saw three people, two of which had wings on their backs, and all looked to be a bit younger then me and Misaka.
But the most shocking part about them, was that one of them looked shockingly like I had looked like back in the real world, albeit a bit younger.
The other two, I also recognized, and then realized that this was going to be very very interesting.
''''So, the Love Angels, the Senshi, and now Sakura Avalon, the master of the clow cards herself now graces us with her presence, and if I had to take an educated guess, that kid that looks quite a lot like me from back in the real world...Given that he wields the same staff as Sakura, albeit a different color...I can only assume that he''s me, except that version of me wound up becoming something that I never thought would ever be possible...That version of me is a Cardcaptor?!...Then that would mean that the girl with the light blue hair that I didn''t recognize...oh god...she''s me as a Love Angel?!" I thought to myself as I slowly started to realize that I was staring at two other versions of myself, from two different anime dimensions.
Both of which not only had powers that equaled the main characters in their worlds, but the Love Angel version of me seemed to be allied with someone that I never thought to be possible.
And on top of all of this, she was in her highest form, her Eternal Sailor Moon form.
It was then that I realized, that this, would wind up being the start, of a beautiful friendship.
After things in the alley had transpired, and all of the introductions had been done.
Me and Misaka, along with everyone else.
Who obviously had powered down, so as to not draw any unwanted attention to themselves.
And after Sailor Pluto had explained the situation to all of us in the alley, that apparently the entity, known as Chaos, was returning quite a lot earlier then expected, and we would be seeing an unknown number of some of our enemies making an unfortunate return.
This didn''t seem to bother us though, since Therestina was in custody, and we didn''t seem to currently have any enemies that currently wanted us dead.
So this begged the question, why did Sailor Pluto need our help?
I guess these enemies really were bad enough that it required more than just them to get this done.
Anyways, it was while we were all walking down one of the not crowded streets one of them was suggesting to another on their next plan of action.
However, before she could say anything else, multiple portals opened up on the sidewalk, beneath everyone, causing everyone to disappear through them, and out of sight.
And this, was now the final step, on the road to what would be the final battle.
That would not just decide the fate of Academy City, but of 2 other dimensions as well.
Date: July 29, 2000
Seconds seemed to tick by, as Limone waited patiently in Aphrodite''s throne room for everyone else to appear, he only hoped, that given the circumstances, that things would not be as hopeless as they currently seemed.
And from what he and Aphrodite had already witnessed, they were going to need all of the help they could get, and with those who were already currently there, and with those about to arrive, he only hoped that it would be enough, for all of them to win the day.
He just hoped that from what Sailor Pluto had foreseen, things would hopefully turn out okay.
And when several portals opened up in front of him, spitting out 19 people, 5 of which he recognized immediately, and 14 of which he did not.
But he could only assume, that from what he sensed, that they were also just like the other 5, he knew that things were about to get a whole lot more interesting.
Date: August 9, 2009
Meanwhile, back in Academy City, in a lab, a man by the name of Gensei Kihara stood in a large wide open room, and he seemed to be waiting for something, or rather someone.
And sure enough, as if on queue, quite a few figures of various sizes spawned out of thin air.
"Ah I see that you have all returned, so tell me Raindevila and Galaxia, have they made it into the city?" Gensei asked, his usual evil smirk now present on his face.
However, he originally wasn''t alone in the large wide open room.
Quite a few other individuals had already been there before Raindevila, Joker and Galaxia had arrived there.
And it was at this point, that several of them had decided to speak up.
"Forget about that Gensei, how much longer are we supposed to wait until I get to make those love angels pay?!" Pluie said, with severe anger and malign intent present in his tone.
"Pluie, would you pipe down, you are really starting to get on my nerves!" Jadeite fumed, clearly not at all amused with the fact that Pluie had been going on and on about how he very much wanted to make the love angels pay.
"You can''t talk to him like that Jadeite, it''s bad manners...don''t you know?" Potamos answered back, followed by her usual verbal tic.
"Potamos, when I want your opinion, I''ll ask for it, is that clear enough for you?!" Jadeite angrily responded back.
"Frankly, in my honest opinion, the three of you are all being quite irritating, why don''t you all just do us a favor, and just stop bickering!?" Tigers eye said, now quite fed up with the bickering between the three of them.
"Silence!" Galaxia said.
This immediately caused the bickering between the four of them to stop.
"Need I remind the four of you, as well as the rest of us, that we all share a common enemy," Galaxia said, obviously not amused with the bickering.
"And if I may follow up Galaxia, we all have a good chance of getting what we want," Queen Nehellenia said, an evil smirk present on her face.
"So what is it that you''re suggesting, Queen Nehellenia?" Nephrite asked.
"She is suggesting that we all work together, or did you not realize that from what Galaxia had said?" Zoisite said to Nephrite as he facepalmed. (A/N: Yes Zoisite is a male in this, just like in the original anime, Fish Eye is also a male. Gotta keep true to who they are, villains or not. Btw, two of the villains that are present, are going to soon learn, that withholding vital information can sometimes get you killed. And no it is not ooc for either of them either).
"So it is settled then," Hawks eye said.
"The only question now is?" Kaolinite said.
"Where to settle this?" Petora said.
"And where shall they all take their final breaths?" Eudial said.
"One of the parks in the city shall do quite nicely, don''t you think?" Mimete suggested.
"Yes, that should do quite nicely indeed," Queen Beryl said.
This was then followed by everyone present letting out an evil laugh.
This, was going to be one hell of a tough final fight.
Actually, not really.
But more on that in a little bit.
Chapter 18: The Past, The Present, And The Future!: A Meeting In The Angel World!
Date: July 29, 2000
More seconds seemed to tick by as the 19 of us lay tangled and splayed out on the ground of Aphrodite''s throne room.
But eventually, we all started to come to, and when some of us did, we very much snapped to attention instantly.
"Okay, let me honest with you sis, I am really getting tired of being thrown into portals!" Shinko said to Momoko, through a slight bit of frustration being present in her tone of voice.
It was then that I decided to speak up.
"You think you have it rough Shinko, try having to have someone cling onto you when you have been thrown through a portal, and then hit the floor with them clinging onto you as well!" I said, referring to the fact that as the portals on the sidewalk had appeared, Misaka picked that particular moment to try and use her electricity to try and cling to a nearby wall with me trying to cling to the wall with my electricity, with Misaka holding onto me, in an attempt to avoid having both of us getting sucked into the portals.
However, another portal on the wall wound up sucking the two of us into it anyway.
It was at this point that Limone picked this point to speak up. "I am terribly sorry to bring you all here like this, but seeing as how things have turned out, we saw no other option."
It was at this point, that the girl who I now knew was named Shinko, as well as Momoko, Yuri, Hinagiku, and Scarlet, then proceeded to turn their attention towards the sound of the familiar male voice. Which was followed quickly by everyone else.
"Wait what do you mean by we Limone?" Momoko now confusedly proceeded asked.
"I can help you answer that," another female voice now proceeded to chime in with saying.
This voice, although none of the other Love Angels recognized it, but both me and Shinko did.
For when the nine sailor senshi turned their attention towards the source of the female voice, they were met with not just the form of Queen Serenity, but of Neo Queen Serenity as well.
Okay, so from I knew about both of them regarding information on each of their characters, both Neo Queen Serenity and Queen Serenity, were basically very very powerful individuals of the Sailor Moon Dimension.
One was the original queen of the Silver Millennium from back in the past, the other, was the future ruler of Crystal Tokyo, and also, Usagi, from the 30th century.
Man, things just keep getting weirder and weirder don''t they?
So essentially, we had the past, the present, and the future, standing right in front of us, literally.
But, more surprises, were still to come.
Okay, remember when I said that more surprises were still to come, well, I wasn''t kidding.
And after the explanation of the current situation to everyone from Aphrodite, Queen Serenity, and Neo Queen Serenity, it was quickly apparent.
That what Sailor Pluto had said in the alley, about several of their old foes making an unexpected return, was not only true.
But it also seemed that bringing the rest of us in, was more then a justifiable thing to do, considering what we were all up against.
However, we were about to get some help, and I mean quite a lot more help.
Because at the moment, when Usagi, Momoko, Sakura, and Misaka, each asked what the three of them intended by help.
More portals opened up behind the three of them, and out walked familiar faces, and I mean a lot of familiar faces.
Usagi wasted no time in running into one of their arms, who was obviously Mamoru, with Chibiusa right beside him.
Sakura, Zachary, and Li, wasted no time, running towards their friends, Madison, Meilin, and Yue.
Me and Misaka, although Misaka was a bit resistant on it, walked over and had her casually say hi to Touma, and also one Mitsuko Kongo, and Kuroko Shirai, who were also present beside him, despite having Misaka blush profusely, and having me let out a huge sigh in response to having her blush.
And it was then that I noticed Misaki Shokuhou, another level 5 Esper.
Of all of the level 5''s in Academy City, Misaki Shokuhou was a well known level 5. 5th ranked in fact, which ranks her two spots below me and Misaka.
And from our recent encounter with her earlier in the day, she was known for irritating the living hell out of the both of us.
"What are you doing here...Shokuhou...haven''t you caused me and Misaka enough of a headache the last time we met?!" I said, quite irritated, and clearly not even the least bit happy to see her.
And to be completely honest, neither was Misaka for that matter.
Misaki Shokuhou, another one of Academy City''s level 5''s, and a well known student of Tokiwadai Middle School. Apparently she was named "The Queen Of Tokiwadai." But she is certainly no queen to me.
She''s a mind hacker of sorts.
An Esper with an ability called Mental Out.
Think of a computer hacker of sorts, but instead of manipulating and messing with someone''s computer, she messes with and manipulates with a persons mind instead.
That is the power of Mental Out.
And that remote of hers was responsible for having irritated the both of us earlier in the day.
However, this did not stop Kuroko from being her usual perverted self.
She was however, somewhat reserved about it.
Due to the fact that Shokuhou was present.
Kuroko had had a run in with her not too long ago.
And from what I had heard, it was...shall we say...well...it happened...lets just go with that.
Which was of course followed up with Misaka smacking her on the head in response.
And Momoko wasted no time in running towards Yousuke, with Shinko following close behind.
But, despite all of this, a huge tremor was then felt throughout the throne room, interrupting the festivities.
And upon being told by Sailor Pluto that it was finally time, the senshi pulled out their respective transformation items.
The Love Angels readied their respective items as well.
And Sakura, Zachary, and Li, readied their items as well.
"Moon Eternal...Make Up!"
"Moon Crystal Power...Make Up!"
"Mercury Crystal Power...Make Up!"
"Mars Crystal Power...Make Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power...Make Up!"
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"Venus Crystal Power...Make Up!"
"Saturn Planet Power...Make Up!"
"Uranus Planet Power...Make Up!"
"Neptune Planet Power...Make Up!"
"Pluto Planet Power...Make Up!"
"Beautiful Wedding Flower! Angel Amour Peach!"
"Elegant Wedding Flower!"
"Graceful Wedding Flower! Angel Precious Lily!"
"Attractive Wedding Flower! Angel Courage Daisy!"
"Excellent Wedding Flower! Angel Passionate Salvia!"
"Key of the star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light, release!"
Date: August 9, 2009
Meanwhile in one of Academy City''s many parks, the villains were waiting to take on all of us, which was headed by none other then Joker, Galaxia, Raindevila, and Gensei Kihara. Well, not exactly, but more on that in a little bit.
It was while they were all waiting for us to arrive, that several of the many villains, decided to speak up and start bickering...again.
"How long are we supposed to wait?!" Pluie asked in an irritated tone of voice.
"Oh pipe down Pluie, last I checked, your whining was starting to get on my nerves the last time you spoke up!" Jadeite responded back with an irritated tone to match that of Pluie''s.
"Hey, you can''t talk to him like that Jadeite, it is bad manners...don''t you know?" Potamos chimed in, and then followed up with her usual verbal tic.
"Potamos, do you ever stop using that at the end of everything you say, it gets very annoying!" Jadeite snidely responded back, clearly very irritated and annoyed by this point.
I mean, how would you feel if you were brutally humiliated years ago at Haneda Airport by Usagi/Sailor Moon, Ami/Sailor Mercury, And Rei/Sailor Mars, and having to be put to eternal sleep upon arrival back to Queen Beryl, despite learning each of their identities.
"Hey guys, Angel Bluebell here. Yes, you didn''t think I''d forget about you guys did I? Anyway¡" "I''m sorry, why are you here Bluebell? This isn''t the time or the place for this!" "Also, last I checked, this is not your fanfiction perspective either¡" "Oh, Keiko! So we apparently have to have a rule now for fourth wall breaks!? You do realize that¡" "I''m not saying that there has to be a rule Bluebell, I''m just saying that there''s a time and place for it, and this isn''t it!" "*sigh* Okay, alright Keiko, I see your point."
Anyway, unnecessary fourth wall break with Angel Bluebell aside¡It was at this point that Galaxia picked this opportunity to speak up. "I think that is enough out of the three of you, don''t you think, or do I need to remind you how things went back at the lab?"
This caused all three of the villains to stop arguing immediately, and bowed to Galaxia in apology. "Our apologies Galaxia," they said in response.
"Good, now be ready, we have a battle that we can possibly win here, in fact, I am counting on it," Galaxia said, as she turned her attention forward again, and a smirk once again found its way onto her face.
And as several portals opened up in front of all the villains, Queen Nehellenia decided to speak up.
"Ah, right on time," she said whilst smirking.
And as all of us stepped through the multiple portals and out onto the battlefield, we all readied ourselves, for what would be the most important battle of our lives.
But what the villains did not expect, and nor did they account for, was for far several more people then they had expected, to step through those portals.
And that, would wind up giving us the slightest of upper hands, in what would be this final battle.
And it was at this point, that I recognized the looks on some of the villains faces, and then decided to speak up.
"I''m sorry, were you expecting fewer of us?" I said, a cocky smirk finding its way onto my face.
"Keiko, I would say that judging from their expressions, yes, that would appear to be the case," Zachary said, wearing his own cocky smirk, with his staff clenched tightly in his hands.
"Well then, what do you say that we show them what it means to be a hero?" Angel Bluebell said, wearing her own cocky smirk, brandishing her sword at the villains.
"Sounds good to me sis, and remember that we are always behind you," Wedding Peach said to Angel Bluebell.
"Thanks sis, and don''t worry, as long as we stick to the plan, there won''t be any issues," Angel Bluebell said.
It was then, as the sound of chiming bells filled the air once more, that the senshi and the love angels then began their respective introductions.
"As the breeze graces the evening calm, and those who love and cherish each other share an everlasting bond! On this fine summer day, you have all have put all of our worlds that we care so much about in grave danger, and for that I can''t forgive you! I am the Love Angel! I am Wedding Peach, and I am extremely angry with you!" Wedding Peach said, as she struck her usual pose.
"The nature of the bluebell, is to spread joy and love, allowing friendships to remain strong! I can''t forgive those who commit acts of evil! I am the Love Angel! I am Angel Bluebell, and I am very angry with you!" Angel Bluebell said, as she swung her sword up towards and over her right armor clad shoulder, stopped it mid downward swing, held it in front of her in a battle ready stance, and struck a pose.
"In the language of flowers, the name of the pure lily is special, it means that it will bloom and grant love!" Angel Lily said, as she struck a pose.
"The daisy is the emblem of the innocent heart, and it can withstand the force of even the most evil wind!" Angel Daisy said as she struck a pose.
"In the language of flowers, Salvia means a burning heart! The warrior from heaven, Angel Salvia, is here to do battle! All of you devils who misread innocent hearts, I will erase your filthy souls!" Angel Salvia said as she struck a pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian, who fights for Love and for Justice, I am Sailor Moon! And now in the name of the moon, I''ll punish you!" Sailor Moon said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Justice! I am Sailor Chibi Moon! And now in the Name of the Future Moon, I''ll punish you!" Sailor Chibi Moon said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian, who fights for Love and Intelligence, I am Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in water and repent!" Sailor Mercury said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Passion! I am Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I''ll chastise you!" Sailor Mars said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Courage! I am Sailor Jupiter! I''ll fill you regret, It''ll leave you numb!" Sailor Jupiter said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Beauty! I am Sailor Venus! In the name of Venus, I''ll punish you with the power of love!" Sailor Venus said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am an emissary from the abyss of Death. Protected by Saturn, the Outer Planet of Destruction, the Guardian of Silence. I am Sailor Saturn." Sailor Saturn said as she struck her usual pose.
"Protected by Uranus, the Planet of the Wind. Guardian of Heavens. I am Sailor Uranus!" Sailor Uranus said as she struck her usual pose.
"Protected by Neptune, the Outer Planet of the Seas, Guardian of the Deep Sea. I am Sailor Neptune." Sailor Neptune said as she struck her usual pose.
"I am the Keeper of the Door of Space and Time. I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of the Underworld." Sailor Pluto said as she struck her usual pose.
"On behalf of Aphrodite..." Wedding Peach said.
"On behalf of Queen Serenity, Neo Queen Serenity, and the future of Crystal Tokyo..." Eternal Sailor Moon added in.
"On behalf of all of my friends..." Sakura added in.
"It''s time for you all to face judgment," Kuroko Shirai added in for good measure, causing not just the three of them to sweatdrop, but it also caused Angel Bluebell and Zachary to do so as well.
However, me and Misaka, did not, and I realized that it was because she was just doing her job, well, we all were.
And this was truly going to be a battle, that was going to be one for the books.
Oh right, the plan.
Going back to when we had all been in the rift between the portals, waiting for the portals to open up to allow us onto the battlefield.
Although the plan had only been thought in only a few minutes, basically on the fly, by just Usagi, Misaka, me, Sakura, Zachary, Momoko, Shinko, and Kuroko, it still seemed like a pretty solid plan.
I mean, what would you expect from 5 of some of anime''s best and most powerful female characters?
And then there was me, Zachary, and Shinko, who had not only managed to live up to their reputations, but we had also managed to each accomplish something that most people wouldn''t have even have dreamed to be possible.
We had each managed to not only to measure up to their sterling reputations, and become someone who was of equal power and strength to the main characters in each of our worlds, but we were also their allies, as well as their siblings. Well, siblings to each of our respective characters in our worlds, apart from Sailor Moon, but we''ll just gloss over that part.
And that, was more powerful then any sort of magic or any sort of Esper ability could ever be.
Because what is more powerful, then the power of friendship.
Which would explain why the 8 of us were able to come up with such a brilliant plan so quickly.
And to top it all off, the enemy, was in fact no slouch.
Sailor Pluto was not kidding.
Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite, Gensei, Pluie, Aquelda, Potamos, Petora, Igneous, Raindevila, Eudial, Kaolinite, The Witches 5, The Amazon Trio, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl, Joker, and of course, Galaxia.
Man, talk about a rouges gallery. And I thought that Batman had it rough?
So to compensate for this, we were going to have the Senshi, with help from Kuroko, Keiko, Misaki, Touma and Misaka, to dispatch Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite, Gensei, Eudial, Kaolinite, The Witches 5, The Amazon Trio, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl, and Joker.
And have Shinko, along with Momoko, Yousuke, and the other Love Angels, with help from Sakura, Zachary, and Li, help us deal with them, along with Pluie, Aquelda, Petora, Igneous, Raindevila, Potamos, and Galaxia.
Plus, this also meant, that not only would everyone participate, but because none of these villains, had ever crossed paths with Sakura, Zachary, or any of their friends. Well, only Kongo, Kuroko and Touma couldn''t participate, but that was only because their ability had no use in a setting such as a park. No possible projectiles for Kongo to launch with her Aero Hand ability. Neither Misaka or myself wanted to see Kuroko get unnecessarily hurt. And Touma couldn''t participate mostly because Misaka said so. And not wanting to incur her wrath, knowing full well what she''s capable of, we decided to accept it. Plus, it was going to be very frowned upon if one Mistuko Kongo or Kuroko Shirai wound up causing unnecessary damage to one of Academy City''s many parks. Sure they are both Level 4 espers, and a very good ones at that, but we were just not willing to take the risk of causing any unnecessary collateral damage. Well in Kongo''s case anyway. Plus, Kongo likes hearing herself talk just a little too much, but she''s a friend of ours, so you kind of have to deal with that. And Kuroko''s well...yea...anyways, moving on.
This was basically the ultimate advantage that we had, and also because they had Misaka, me, Misaki, Touma, Kongo, Kuroko, and Touma as well.
And with the plan having been settled, we stepped through the rift between the portals, and out onto the battlefield.
Chapter 19: Jokers, Aces, Kings, Queens, And The Presence Of Marked Cards!
Date: August 9, 2009
As all of us stood on the battlefield, facing down the group of villains opposite us.
Angel Bluebell picked this moment in time to speak up.
It was now time to put the first phase of our plan in motion.
"Before we all start this, I would like to say a few things, to clear the air a little bit, Jadeite, Igneous, isn''t their something that you would like to tell everyone?" Angel Bluebell said, a cocky smirk finding its way onto her face.
They both however looked slightly perplexed. But not for long. As Zachary then decided to speak up.
"I think what Bluebell here is trying to say is, Jadeite, why don''t we start with you first. If I am not mistaken you know who some of us really are, don''t you?" Zachary said, pretty much hinting back to when Jadeite had discovered Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mar''s identities during their fight at Haneda Airport several years back.
"And Igneous, you appear to know who some of us really are as well, isn''t that correct?" Angel Bluebell said, a blank look with a hint of mistrust present on her face, obviously referring back to when Igneous had accidentally discovered the identities of her, Wedding Peach, Angel Lily, and Angel Daisy.
It was at this point, that the perplexed looks on Jadeite''s and Igneous'' faces, were then replaced by looks of anger and rage.
"Ah, so you do both remember, I''m honestly quite surprised you haven''t told the rest of your comrades about it, you would think that sort of important information would''ve been shared among all of you?" I sighed, which was followed by an eye roll from me as well.
"Jadeite, what are they talking about, would you care to explain yourself!?" Tigers eye said, with severe intent and anger.
"Iggy, you seemed to have been holding out on us, it is so not like you to do that...you know!?" Potamos said with severe anger, followed by her usual verbal tic.
"Well Misaka...Shokuhou, I think that''s our queue, time to see if a forcefield can stand up to 3 of Academy City''s top seven level 5s," I said, with a quick deadpan sideways glance to Shokuhou, since I was still not too thrilled to be working with her.
And with a quick nod of approval from Misaka, we each pulled out several arcade coins from our respective skirt pockets, and placed one of those coins between our respective two fingers.
And once we both had channeled enough electricity, we fired, each of us producing our respective railguns. But, in order for this to work, we had to fire all of our coins in rapid succession. Not an easy thing to accomplish, when neither of us had done this before. I mean, after all, our best is 8 shots per minute, as shown in the 2nd chapter of this fic. So, we would need to exceed that, as well as fire them in much closer succession. Not easy, but also not impossible. So, once we had fired the first of our coins, we then proceeded to fire several more in close succession. And when I say close succession, I mean that we wound up firing a combined total of 9 coins in the span of only 9 seconds. And each of them produced a railgun each. And while Misaka fired 5 railguns, I fired 4. And each one was aimed at each of the 9 villains that we had all decided were the ones that had to go first. I mean after all, Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite, were the most problematic. As all four of them could produce forcefields to block any magic or physical based attack. But, while that is in fact the case. Those forcefields of theirs aren''t strong enough to stop something traveling at three times the speed of sound. And that, is why this plan had no chance of failing.
Anyway, before the three generals could raise their forcefields, or the devils could wind up defending themselves, they all suddenly put their hands to their heads.
"Thanks Shokuhou...I guess..." I sighed, giving her a deadpan expression.
"Oh Keiko sweetie, don''t tell me you didn''t enjoy my performance," Misaki said, putting the remote to her face and smiling.
"No Shokuhou...you just annoy the heck out of me...Misaka for that matter too..." I said, a blush, and a look of irritation now finding its way onto my face.
"Wait, did I just do what I think I just did...no...there''s no way that information Kuroko found out can be correct...because there''s no way I would ever be a tsundere...right viewers?" I inwardly thought to myself with fear as I turned my eyesight to the right of me to address the viewers.
"Oh Keiko, you don''t mean that, and I''m sure that Misaka doesn''t either," Misaki said in her usual joyous tone.
"Oh you''d be surprised...Shokuhou..." I said, my irritated expression and blush, not once having left my face.
But anyway, as I looked forward again, despite my bad mood regarding Shokuhou, the instant before our multiple respective railguns made contact with the nine villains.
Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite managed to raise their hands and produce their forcefields. But unfortunately, our railguns simply went through all four of their forcefields, shattering them to pieces. Like a baseball being thrown through a pane glass window.
And all 9 of them were then wiped out of existence.
"I guess it''s not just true in the case of high cards, an ace will always be better then a king or a queen, even when you''re not playing poker," I smugly said, with a smirk now finding its way onto my face.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. So before you viewers want to state that me or Misaka overdid things by killing 9 of them, or that Misaka or myself would never kill anyone..." "Keiko, are you seriously kidding me right now!? You''re choosing now to converse with the viewers!?" "Sorry Misaka, I just wanted to..." "Apologies to you viewers for having to witness Keiko speak out of turn like this!" "So, how would you like me to explain it then, would you prefer it better if I just didn''t say anything to them at this current moment?! You do realize that..." "There''s a time for it, and this isn''t it!" "Okay, fine! I see your point Misaka...I just don''t like it, I already had a fourth wall break issue with Bluebell in the last chapter!" "What was that Keiko!?" "Nothing Misaka. *sweatdrops* Anyway, back to the battle."
Anyway, fourth wall break with Misaka aside. What had just happened, was only the beginning, of what would be a two step plan, that would show, that things, if done properly, can wind up going like clockwork.
Silence, that was what was present among all the villains, after having just witnessed 9 of their comrades just being completely wiped out of existence.
All except for Gensei Kihara, who at that moment had decided to speak up.
"That was a very excellent display of power, exactly what one would expect from three of Academy City''s best level 5''s. But tell me something Keiko, and you as well Railgun. How long do the three of you think you can keep that up?" Gensei said, an evil smirk finding its way onto his face.
"I don''t know Gensei, why don''t you tell us, I think you already know the answer to that question. I mean after all Gensei, as someone once said, kingdoms rise, and kingdoms fall every day, ask the Emperor of Japan. And let what just happened, be a warning to the rest of you villains, if any of you decide to try and defend another one of your own," I said, a stern look with quite a bit of determination very much present on my face, since I was not at all amused, and didn''t want any of the other villains to stand in any of Misaka, my, Shokuhou''s, or anyone else''s way.
And it was at this point, that Angel Bluebell decided to speak up.
"Oh, and Galaxia, just so you know, now you know what it feels like to lose 9 people, doesn''t feel good does it? Now you know how some of us felt when you literally took our lives away from us! Oh, and don''t think that I didn''t forget about the rest of you villains either. I know more about the rest of you villains and the damage that you''ve caused to the senshi over the years then you think I do! Tell me, do the words ''Beryl'', ''six murders'', and ''jealousy,'' mean anything to any of you?! Beryl, you know full well what it is I am referring to. You should know, as you did kill them after all! Too bad that your tricks only work once. And quite justifiably, as you now have nothing, nothing to threaten us with, nothing to do with all of your strength!" Angel Bluebell said, through very clear anger, and gritted teeth, while obviously hinting to when Galaxia had killed 9 of the sailor senshi in the fight in Juban years back, and clearly fed up with everything that she had done. And while also mentioning that when it came to the rest of the villains, other then Gensei, that their cards were marked. In fact, their cards had been marked long before they decided to come crawling back from the dead.
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And not surprisingly, Angel Bluebell''s statement, was met with quite a few shocked expressions, not just from the senshi, but also from both Beryl and Galaxia.
Who knew full well what it was that she was referring too.
Which was followed up by a look of pure rage from both Beryl and Galaxia.
"Damn you, you''ll..." Galaxia was midway through saying her threat, when Angel Bluebell decided to cut her off.
"You, how dare you..." Beryl was also midway through her threat as well, when Angel Bluebell decided to cut her off alongside Galaxia.
"You''ll what Galaxia...you''ll make us pay?! Not while I still stand and breath you won''t! Beryl, how dare I what...hold you responsible for the damage and grief that you have caused to my friends...how about how dare you?! You both need to take accountability for the people that you have both killed! As I think you already did that to several of us already didn''t you?! You know Galaxia, right after you turned some of us against each other and then made us kill each other?! And Beryl, you are just as guilty regarding this! You should consider yourself immensely lucky Galaxia, on the fact that you don''t possess a star seed...or things in that battle would''ve wound up ending a bit differently...And to think Galaxia, that you killed them just to further your evil goal of collecting star seeds!...Beryl, the same goes for you as well!...Because if I had been involved in things at the North Pole, I would''ve made completely sure that you payed dearly for each and every one of their deaths!...And I do think that you''ve both caused more then enough pain and suffering to the senshi to last several lifetimes! You want me to care Galaxia and Beryl, and show some sort of sympathy for villains like you, or any of you villains for that matter, and you decide to harm and kill my friends!? So no, I don''t think that you''ll wind up making any of us pay, or be daring anything out of any one of us! You both really do seem to think that you can just do whatever you damn well please, and think that the rules of engagement and battle don''t apply to either of you! When to be honest, they do! You went and committedly murdered 9 of my friends Galaxia...And don''t try and feign ignorance, as you know fully well which 9 I am referring too...and Beryl, you went and committedly murdered 6 as well! And don''t try to deny it either! As you know fully well the 6 that I am referring too...So that makes you just as guilty as Galaxia! So now it is time to have you both pay dearly for having done just that! So let me just show you Galaxia, and you as well Beryl, as well as demonstrate to you, why all of you villains can''t win against the likes of us, and never will!" Angel Bluebell continued to say, and finished up with, through more anger, while hinting back to when Galaxia had turned Uranus and Neptune against the rest of the senshi and forced them to kill Saturn and Pluto. And also hinting back to when Beryl had killed the 5 inner senshi at the North Pole several years back.
But, anyone of the villains who was dumb enough to protect one of their own, well that was their death wish.
And now, once the shock from Angel Bluebell''s outburst had worn off, it was then time for the final phase.
Time for the rest of us to wipe everyone of the other villains off the board in one fell swoop.
It was the only possible way that this would not only end quickly, but it would also ensure that no one on our side would wind up getting unnecessarily hurt.
"Well, I guess it''s time for the endgame then. So Peach, Lily, Daisy, Salvia, what do you say we show Raindevila and the rest of the villains that our bonds are stronger now then they have ever been?" Bluebell said, turning to Wedding Peach and giving her a small smile.
"Bluebell, I think you already know the answer to that question," Wedding Peach said, returning her own smile to Angel Bluebell.
"Yea, let''s show them what were made of!" Angel Daisy said.
And in a split second, Angel Bluebell, Wedding Peach, and the rest of the love angels, readied their respective weapons, and proceeded to launch their respective attacks.
"I guess that''s our queue then Sakura, Li, what do you say we show them what true friendship is?" Zachary said, turning his attention to Sakura and Li, a smile present on his face.
And a second later, after both of them had given him a nod of approval, he turned forward again, pulled a card out of his pocket, and proceeded to throw it forward in preparation.
And as for Madison, she had managed to go off in the nearby bushes, and had begun filming the entire fight ever since everyone had started their respective introductions.
I mean, that is Madison for you, wouldn''t you want to film a fight between 3 of the best magical girl groups of all time, a group of very powerful espers, all of which were going up against a rouges gallery of very powerful villains from their past?
But then a thought wound up popping into my head, and a very tragic one at that.
I just thought about how a certain one of us had tragically lost her parents.
And I was completely struggling to understand how she could be so okay about it.
I mean, she was on the plane with them when it had crashed.
And out of the five hundred and nine passengers and fifteen crew members that had been on board that plane, she was only one of the only four passengers that had somehow managed to survive.
And that was after thirty-two horrifying minutes.
I was obviously going to have to talk to her about it at some point, only I didn''t know exactly when.
I just needed to let her know, that she wasn''t the only one, that knew about what had happened, to her and her parents.
And I wasn''t able to realize, that tears had now begun to fall down my face in streams.
And despite me now realizing this and best efforts to try and hide it.
I realized, that it was now far too late, to do anything about it.
No wonder Makoto was so afraid to fly on an airplane.
Thankfully however, I managed to wipe the streams of tears from my face, before anyone managed to take notice.
And then, after steadying myself again, Angel Bluebell readied her sword, as the rest of us prepared to launch our attacks at the rest of the villains.
"Saint Grenade...Critical! Heart...Impact!"
"Saint Sword Of Bluebell...Devil...Purification~!"
"Saint...Spiral Whip!"
"Saint...Rolling Boomerang!"
"Saint...Twin Swords!"
"Moon...Gorgeous...Meditation~!"
"Mercury...Aqua...Rhapsody!
"Mars...Flame...Sniper!"
"Jupiter...Oak...Evolution!"
"Venus...Love And Beauty Shock!"
"Death...Reborn Revolution!"
"World...Shaking!"
"Deep...Submerge!"
"Dead...Scream!"
"Thunder!"
"Element...Lightning...Descend!"
"On behalf of Academy City..." I began.
"The aces of Tokiwadai cast upon you..." Misaka followed up by saying.
"Judgment!" we both put in for good measure in unison.
Which was followed up by me and Misaka firing our respective railguns from the arcade coins that we wound up firing after we had said the last word of our sentence in unison.
And once all of the attacks hit the villains at varying intervals.
Those that needed to be purified, were purified, and as for the rest, well, they were wiped out of existence.
And Chaos was cast out of Galaxia''s body for what would now be the third time.
And the next time that it would return?
Well, that is something that even I don''t know the answer to.
But I can guarantee you this much, it won''t be coming back in this millennium.
At least, that was what we were all lead to believe.
And, to make matters just that much worse, me and Misaka''s troubles regarding Gensei Kihara, were far from being over.
And, as future events would show, what would wind up happening to the both of us, was all but inevitable.
A bit later on, in front of Tokiwadai Middle School.
After everyone had powered down, so as to not draw unwanted attention to themselves.
I figured, that now was a better time then any, to tell Makoto what was had been on my mind during the fight at the park a little bit ago.
However, Shinko managed to beat me to it.
"Makoto, can I have a word with you for a moment?" she asked, trying her best to hold back tears that were starting to well up in her eyes.
"Sure Shinko, what is it you want to talk to me about? Makoto replied.
It was then that she took a deep breath, knowing the backlash that would most likely ensue from what she was about to say.
She then took her in a tight embrace, as tears started to fall down her face in streams.
"I know, why you are afraid, to fly on an airplane. And just so you know...you aren''t alone Mako, you have so many people that care about you, more then just those that are standing here right now" Shinko said, through severe sadness and distraught in her voice.
It was then that something unexpected happened, that I didn''t expect, Makoto took Shinko in a tight embrace as well.
"Shinko, thank you, that means a lot," Makoto said.
I then realized, that I was crying.
I mean, why wouldn''t I, this was something that I never thought would happen.
And experiencing it for real, right in front of me, pretty much made it feel that much more right.
And it was once the two of them finished their tight embrace.
That Meilin of all people decided to speak up.
"Okay, so is everyone ready to head back to their worlds?" She asked, clearly not getting what was currently going on at the current moment.
"Meilin, show some respect," Li said, without turning to her, but still clearly not at all amused with what she had just said.
It was at this point, that it was time for all of us to head back to our respective worlds.
But not before Usagi decided to speak up.
"Maybe sometime in the future, we can fight against each other...you know for fun?" she said.
"Uhh...sure?" Sakura said.
"But when we do," Momoko said.
"Let''s just make sure that none of our worlds are on the line next time," Misaka said.
And it was at this point, that the four of them, along with me, Zachary, and Shinko, formed a circle, and put our hands into a pile, to signify our unbreakable bonds, as well as our everlasting friendships.
However, it was while we were all still doing this, that Shinko decided to speak up.
"Oh, I almost forgot, if you will all excuse me for a second," She said.
"No problem at all Shinko, just don''t get carried away," Usagi said.
"No trouble at all Shinko, just be discreet about it," Momoko said.
"Thank you Momoko, thank you Usagi," Shinko responded back with a smile.
This was then followed up by her turning to face off to what looked like straight ahead of her.
Which seemed a bit odd to me, but once she started speaking, a shocked expression found it''s way onto my face. But I did my best to hide it.
"I would like to thank you, the reader, for joining me, and all of my friends on my journey."
"Yes, you didn''t think I forgot about you did I?"
"And I am pretty sure that everyone else that is here with me hasn''t either. *winks*"
"Well, at least she used it properly this time. And yet, judging from the way that Momoko and Usagi just responded to Shinko''s first statement...that would mean...no...that can''t be right...let''s not jump to any conclusions here...and yet, it would make a whole lot of sense if both Momoko and Usagi can break the fourth wall as well. And yet, this is still a bit awkward. I am not exactly sure how to respond in this situation..." I thought to myself as a bead of sweat found its way down one side of my face.
Meanwhile, off in a lab somewhere in Academy City, the real Gensei Kihara had just received word that his clone had been killed.
And yet, this didn''t worry him in the slightest.
I mean, there was no way he was going to confront Railgun and her sister, not in his current state anyway.
And especially not without taking the precautions he had taken.
"Well, it appears that my clone didn''t fair so well against them, well no matter, there is always next time," Gensei said as a smirk found its way onto his face.
Chapter 20: Something Worth Fighting For!: Enter Accelerator, Controller Of Vectors!
Date: August 15, 2009
Well, a week had now passed since the fight against the rouges gallery of villains in the park had occurred, and everyone had gone back to their respective worlds. And yet, even though Gensei Kihara was dead, I still somehow felt uneasy, like our troubles regarding him, weren''t exactly over yet. But, I had decided to push this thought to the side for the time being, and deal with what currently lay in front of me. Which was apparently the fact that Misaka had been acting somewhat off recently. As in, she would go off in the middle of the night, to who knows where.
"Hey guys, Keiko here. Just wanted to let you all know a few things before we continue the story. First, given that our AIM Diffusion Fields are intertwined with each other, and with the recent fourth wall break we had had together, which had demonstrated one of those extra abilities that brings to the table. I was slowly starting to realize exactly what it was that she was thinking at any given time. Second, this was only possible though, if I concentrated on her for long enough. Which wound up proving very useful, in the events that would wind up following. Anyway back to the story."
It all started one evening, when Misaka had decided to once again go off in the middle of the night, well past curfew, not realizing that I had been watching what it was that she was doing, and had only been pretending to be asleep. I mean, when you''re concerned about your sister, and what it is she is doing out of the dorms past curfew, you have to take whatever measures you can. And upon Misaka leaving our dorm room, I then very slowly got out of my bed, and had a quick session to think to myself about what it was that I had learned through probing her thoughts. "And no, it is not weird reader, stop thinking that! Sorry, Keiko here, just had to get that off my chest."
Anyway, fourth wall break aside. Apparently Misaka had been going off in the middle of the night, because of something to do with a project called Level 6 Shift. Apparently several years ago, she had given a sample of her DNA to a lab, thinking that it was going to cure a disease called muscular dystrophy. Unfortunately, it was actually being used to produce clones of her in mass quantities for a now defunct project called Project Radio Noise. And regarding the fact that she was pretty distraught about it, I was going to do everything in my power to ensure that she didn''t need to suffer through this alone. And with this thought in mind, I very silently adorned my school uniform, and made my way out of the dorms, and off in the direction Misaka had gone. Not realizing at the time, that I was about to become involved in a very bad situation with Academy City''s top ranked level 5.
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Anyway, after following Misaka to a railway yard, I was able to catch sight of her staring off in a state of pure shock. It was when I looked in the direction she was facing, that I realized exactly why. I mean, Accelerator is a pretty well known level 5, he is top ranked for a reason. But nothing would''ve prepared me for what I saw. Accelerator had taken it upon himself to take one of the many shipping containers in the railway yard, and simply drop it on one of her clones. It was then that I knew, that this was about to become a very very huge mess. "Uh, Misaka...?" Unfortunately, my sentence was never finished, as at that moment, Misaka let loose a very immense discharge of electricity, along with a huge scream. "Ok, this just got very very bad...well, at least I now know why she was skipping out for the past few nights..." I said, as a bead of sweat found its way down one side of my face.
It really was a horrific and painful sight, seeing Misaka this distraught. But, I could understand why she was feeling this way. And after she had taken it upon herself to threaten Accelerator with her railgun, I then knew that now was as good a time as any to intervene before things quickly got more out of hand. "Look Misaka, I understand you''re in pain right now, but what you are doing right now isn''t going to solve anything..." I hesitantly said, which instantly drew the attention of not just Misaka, but Accelerator as well...great.
"This doesn''t concern you Keiko, so why don''t you..." Misaka was about halfway through her sentence when I decided to interject. "I would have to say that it does concern me, or have you forgotten how things went the last time that you decided to be arrogant towards someone...namely a certain someone?" I said, obviously hinting back to when Misaka had fought against Touma down by the riverbank several months back. This, not surprisingly, caused a blush to find it''s way onto Misaka''s face. Ok, originally her tsundere behavior was awkward every time she showed it. Now, I had gotten used to it. Largely because after all that had recently happened, that was quite honestly the most normal thing.
Anyway, her blush wound up quickly subsiding when Accelerator decided to interrupt our current conversation. "I''m sorry did you say her name was Keiko? Oh this is perfect! Who knew that you would both find your way here! I''m Accelerator, it''s a pleasure!" he said, a maniacal smirk present on his face. "And who knew you were so...well..." I was not able to finish my sentence. Because at that moment, several of the Misaka clones made themselves known, and told Accelerator that what was occurring now would mess with the upcoming experiments. This was then followed by him begrudgingly accepting this, and then walking away, leaving Misaka in shock, and me slightly bewildered. "Well, it would appear that I''m going to need to work extra hard to ensure Misaka''s safety..." I thought to myself.
Chapter 21: A Meltdown At The Facility!: Enter Mugino Shizuri, Meltdowner! (Part 1)
Date: August 19, 2009
A few days had now passed since me and Misaka had had our confrontation with Accelerator in the railway yard. And although I had tried to confront Misaka regarding it. She had still decided to do her best to leave me out of it. This was made very much apparent, when after the incident. She told me in the most polite way, that it wasn''t my business, and then proceeded to continue to skip out on curfew, and off to try her best, to ensure that the experiments involving Level 6 Shift, were destroyed. Unfortunately for her, I was still able to know what exactly she was thinking of, before she left each night. And she still wasn''t able to notice it either.
One night. As it had turned out, from what I had learned. She was apparently, heading off to one of two of the facilities, that were still running the experiments. And after I once again pretended that I was asleep, until Misaka had left for one of the facilities. I then once again, decided to follow her. "Keiko here viewers. Now I know what you might be thinking. Doesn''t this seem a little bit repetitive? I mean, after all, I did this exact same thing in the last chapter. But worry not viewers, this chapter, will be different. Anyway, back to the story."
Anyway, fourth wall break aside. Once I had followed Misaka to one of the facilities, and had been completely careful, not to alert her in any way, that I was following her. I then took notice, of quite a few long lines of what appeared to be tape, that were spread throughout the facility. And once I took notice of a girl wearing a black beret. I then realized exactly why. She was apparently named Frenda, and was a member of a group named ITEM. And you might be asking yourself, how is that significant to mention. Well, that is because ITEM, is headed by another of Academy City''s top level 5 Espers. One Mugino Shizuri, the fourth ranked level 5 Esper. Mugino, had the nickname Meltdowner, which from what I would see from her Esper ability, as well as her attacks, was more then a worthy nickname for her.
But I seem to be skipping ahead in the chapter a little, let''s wind back to when Frenda first appeared shall we? Anyway, it was just as Frenda was making her presence known. That I decided to step in first, and make my presence known to both of them. I then decided to speak up. Mind you, it was not done in the most polite manner. "I see that you''re still skipping out every night after curfew. So Misaka, would you mind telling me why you still haven''t decided to include me in this?!" I asked her, my anger and frustration, speaking more then my politeness. And as Misaka then turned her attention to me for the moment, a blush, and a look of complete shock on her face was present. "And there''s the tsundere behavior I remember..." I thought to myself, as a bead of sweat, made itself visible, on one side of my face. But, before Misaka could respond to my statement with a potential argument. Frenda picked this particular moment, to make her presence known. And despite Misaka''s best efforts to keep her identity to ITEM a secret. I had now just gone, and undone all of that, by letting my anger speak instead of me using my head, and speaking politely. And also mentioning her name. "Okay, so that was a terrible mistake on my part...I guess I will have some explaining to do once everything involving the experiments, are over," I thought to myself.
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And it was after a huge bit of back and forth, with both me and Misaka, dodging explosions, from the explosive dolls, that Frenda had laid throughout the facility, and had rigged them, with the tape that she had laid down. And it when Misaka had finally cornered Frenda, and then proceeded to shock her, in order to try and get some answers out of her. I then heard another female voice, make her presence known. And it was once Frenda had identified her as one Mugino Shizuri, a look of slight fear, then made its way onto my face. "Oh good, Meltdowner''s here...well...this just got very very complicated...not to mention that due to my anger, I probably just blew any chance Misaka had, of keeping her identity a secret...I really need to work, on my anger skills...because I can''t let something like this happen again," I thought to myself, as I then sighed.
Well here we are, all caught up. And as both me and Misaka, stared down Mugino. One last thought, then came to mind. "So this is Academy City''s fourth ranked level 5 Esper...Mugino Shizuri...better wise known as Meltdowner...so...we have Accelerator, who is ranked 1st...Misaki...Shokohou...who is ranked 5th...and now Meltdowner, who is ranked 4th...and yet...out of all of them...I am sure glad, that I am with Misaka...because from what I can recall...regarding what people say about her...Mugino...isn''t exactly the most sane and mentally sound individual...and from meeting Accelerator as well, he isn''t exactly the most sane either...well...looks like I am going to have to at least try to hold my own against Mugino...this has to go our way...because I don''t know what I''m going to do if it doesn''t...okay...why did I just think that?...Because after all viewers, I am not Marvel''s Steve Rogers," I thought to myself, as I turned my attention, to the right of me, to address the viewers, with a bead of sweat, present on one side of my face.
But, I was going to need to hold my own, or risk me pulling Misaka down with me. "Keiko here again viewers...Because, as I''m sure you have read from one of the other fanfics. That is connected to this one, like another certain character once similarly said...I can''t risk dropping my standards, and risk bringing Misaka down with me. Anyway, this is the end of part 1 of this episode. See you all in part 2. *awkwardly waves*"
Chapter 22: A Meltdown At The Facility!: Enter Mugino Shizuri, Meltdowner! (Part 2)
Date: August 19, 2009
"Hello viewers, Keiko here. Yes, it''s been awhile hasn''t it? Anyway, enough of that. Let us now continue on to the long awaited second part of the previous chapter. And so, with that in mind, on with the chapter."
Okay, so things hadn''t gone exactly how I figured that they would''ve gone when I had followed Misaka to the facility that was one of the remaining two that were running the Level 6 Shift experiment. And to tell you the honest truth, I still wasn''t going to allow her to continue to go off on her own night after night. In fact, I was even considering telling the dorm supervisor about what had been going on the past week or so. But, seeing as how that was not only a poor decision to go and do, but it would''ve wound up compounding me as well. I decided immediately to go against doing that. And as for our current predicament regarding one Mugino Shizuri, and the rest of ITEM? Well, I wasn''t just going to leave her alone with a Level 5 Esper like Meltdowner. Even though I was pretty sure that she could handle it herself.
However, given that I had interrupted them both in the middle of the confrontation. I had not only unwillingly put myself at risk, but I had also gone and put other things in motion, that wouldn''t become more clear until much later on. And as I stared down a currently surprised Misaka, and a not so happy Mugino. I knew, that my troubles, were far from being over.
In fact, the next sentence out of Misaka''s mouth, was...well...
"Keiko, what are you doing here? I don''t want you getting involved in all of this, I said before that I can handle it myself!" Misaka said, as she was staring me down, with an all too familiar blush on her face. Which, to be honest, wasn''t helping her situation.
"What, so I am supposed to just sit around and do nothing, while you go off and do who knows what?! Need I remind you that this isn''t just our fight anymore?! Has the *ahem* incident from weeks back, taught you nothing?! Because in case you haven''t noticed Misaka, we are not the only ones that are literally fighting for our lives here. Perhaps you would like to explain to the viewers, for those who have skipped to this portion in the story, why exactly..."
Unfortunately, I never got to finish my statement, or have Misaka respond for that matter. Because halfway through my statement, Mugino decided to cut me off. "Okay, I would love to listen to the two of you tell stories to each other all day...but I..."
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And, it was at that moment, that Misaka. Decided to fire a bit of electricity in Mugino''s direction. And, although it had missed her head by mere inches, it still caused her to flinch slightly. And...well...I just couldn''t resist speaking up on Misaka''s behalf. "Oh, I''m sorry, Shizuri, were we boring you?...You know, it is not very polite..." I began. "Keiko, this is not the time for that!" Misaka wound up interjecting with, now not quite pleased that I had decided to speak up for her.
And unfortunately it was at that moment, that Mugino, who might I add, was more pissed off then before, decided to start firing her laser based attacks at the both of us. "We can discuss this later Misaka. Because right now, we have Mugino to deal with. And furthermore, I am going to need to have you tell me everything that you have been doing, and what exactly has been going on lately. And no, that is not a request," I said, right before me and Misaka began using our electricity to counteract Mugino''s lasers.
And, about a few minutes later, after we had been locked in a stalemate. A thought then came to my mind. Well, it wasn''t really a thought, so much as it was an idea that would help get me and Misaka out of this mess. At least, for the time being.
So basically, the tape that I had noticed from when I had been making my way through the facility, was wired to several dolls. That from when I had been making my way through the facility had made me realize exactly what it was that Frenda specialized in. Mind you, it took a rogue stray of electricity hitting one of those dolls, and prompting it to instantly detonate, that had brought the idea to my mind. And...well, I had gone and taken one of those dolls, and had sort brought it along with me. Mind you, it was behind my back the entire time, which was why neither Misaka, or Shizuri, were aware of it. And so, when I saw that Misaka, was also not only aware of the dolls in question, and was now resorting to throwing several of said dolls towards Shizuri. I then couldn''t help but crack a small smirk. As I then decided, without letting Misaka know exactly what I was doing..."Hah, is that all you got!? Railgun!?" Mugino asked mockingly. As I then launched the doll in question, that I had had behind my back this whole time, and simply launched it at the side of her head, while her attention was focused on Misaka.
And, not surprisingly, the very action of it striking the side of her head at that velocity, caused her to fall to the ground, and lay there unconscious. Well, at least for now. "Geez...do you ever stop yacking!?...By the way, made you look!" I passionately and mockingly said. As I turned around, from the now unconscious Shizuri, only to be met with a less then pleased look, on Misaka''s face. "What, you wouldn''t have done the same?" I said, with a light pout on my face, and a bead of sweat then appearing on one side of my face.
And, as expected, Misaka wasn''t able to give me a straight answer, because she knew that I was right. And with those thoughts very much in mind. We both took off towards the exit to the facility, and hopefully, what would be, our last encounter with Shizuri. But, unfortunately, this was not to be.
"Hey viewers, Shinko here. Well, that about wraps it up for the 2nd part...I will see you all in the 3rd and final part of this...See you all there. *Says the last part while waving*"
Chapter 23: A Meltdown At The Facility!: Enter Mugino Shizuri, Meltdowner! (Part 3)
Date: August 19, 2009
"Hello viewers Keiko here, it is has been a while since the last chapter hasn''t it? But enough about that, and let me ask you all a question. What would you say to another possible encounter with the meeting of The Four Aces again? Now just hear me out for a moment, as this does now require me to explain this further. As in, what if I told you, that what happened with the rouges gallery several chapters ago, was not an isolated incident? Now, I am not saying the villains or the entity responsible for their return is coming back. Far from it in fact, but, what if those that were present on our side during said fight, were to come back for some reason or another? Ah, now I have your attention, correct? So, what if Galaxia, wasn''t the only villain, who was being controlled by said entity? But, I think that that is enough of me foreshadowing you for the moment. Let us finally get on with the chapter."
Well, this is just great, talk about the cat chasing the mice. Well, not exactly, but you get the jest of when I am trying to say. As me and Misaka, were currently on the run, through the maze of the facility, in an attempt to make sure that we weren''t hit or grazed, by any of Mugino''s lasers. However, in our bit of doing so, we still wound up experiencing several close calls and near misses. And I was, well..."Honestly Misaka, this is your idea of fighting her?! Keep dodging and playing cat and mouse, until we either escape or wind up dead?! Surely you must..." I said in a rant like tone, only to be cutoff mid sentence by Misaka. "Well Keiko, do you have a better idea, because if you do, then I am all ears?!" Misaka said in response, and in a less then amused sounding tone of voice, as we quickly dodged yet another laser that was fired at us both by Mugino. "Well..." I began, with a bead of sweat also becoming present on one side of my face. As I tried in an attempt to answer what Misaka had just asked me.
Only problem was, I was sort of cutoff mid sentence, by a certain someone shouting something out, in a less then pleased tone of voice. "Stop running, you are making it difficult for me to hit you both!" Mugino shouted out in a very deranged sounding tone of voice. As yet another one of her green lasers shot through the air, and once again barely missing both me and Misaka. "That''s the point, or are you..." I began, only to be met with a less then pleased side-eye glance from Misaka. Which wound up earning another bead of sweat to appear on one side of my face. As I then chose not to complete my statement. As both me and Misaka, then proceeded to try and find a safe way out of the facility building.
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And thankfully, we then found our way, outside, albeit, through quite a lot more difficulty in attempting and just barely succeeding, to dodge several more of Mugino''s lasers. We then ran over a bridge, that was located just outside of the facility building. And once we had done so, we then stopped for a quick moment, in an attempt to try and catch our breath. And it was then, that I finally had a chance, to look at our respective outfits, and to tell you all the honest truth, we were quite filthy. However, that wasn''t anything that a quick warm shower couldn''t fix. And yet, we sort of had a more current pressing matter on our hands.
"Finally, I caught up to you both, now, what do you say that we finish this properly...Railgun?!" I heard the all too familiar deranged voice of Mugino shout out, which was then followed by Mugino then preparing to fire yet more of her lasers at us.
However, as I then took a quick look at the bridge that both me and Misaka had just crossed, I then noticed, that it had some pretty obvious cracks, in its foundation. Which, when I took notice of those cracks, it gave me a great idea. And when I briefly turned, to look at Misaka, I then realized, that she more then likely, had the exact same idea as I did. And this was due to the fact, that electricity, was already crackling through the bangs of her hair. And, with this now in mind, and now noticing that Mugino was now partway across the bridge. I then followed suit. But, not before I decided to speak up regarding Mugino''s currently perilous situation. "Tell me something Mugino, do you feel weightless at all at this current moment? Because I think it is about time for you to take the fall!" I shouted, as once I had finished my statement to Mugino, me and Misaka, each fired a shot of electricity, towards the many cracks, in the bridges foundation.
And before Mugino could even have a reflex, the bridge wound up collapsing out from under her, and it sent her falling into the blackness of the hole beneath the bridge. "Okay, I am very certain that that takes care of her..." I thought to myself, as I then let out a big sigh. However, as me and Misaka turned around to leave, and head back to our dorm at Tokiwadai, we then heard the all too familiar sound, of Mugino screaming out to the both of us. "This isn''t over, I will get you both for this!" Mugino was heard shouting from the pit of blackness. Only now, for the moment at least, both me and Misaka simply shrugged it off, as we both then took off towards our dorm at Tokiwadai. Only thing was, Mugino''s statement, unfortunately, was going to wind up being 100% correct. "Well...sorry, Keiko here again viewers. So, when I said that her statement, would wind up being completely correct, what I meant by that, was that we would be seeing her again at a later point in this fanfic. That is what I meant by that. Anyway, see you all in the next chapter. *says while waving and smiling with eyes closed*"
Chapter 24: The Pervert, The Electromasters, And The Vending Machine (Part 1)
Date: August 20, 2009
Okay, less then a day had now passed since me and Misaka had had our run-in with Mugino and the rest of ITEM at one of the two remaining facilities.
"Unfortunately viewers, sorry Keiko here. *blushes* Anyway, as I was about to address to all of you. And, as I had specified quite obviously in the previous chapter, this wasn''t going to be the last time that we crossed paths with Mugino, or even the rest of ITEM for that matter. Anyway, after we had finally made it back to our dorms at Tokiwadai. Well, when I say that viewers, I mean, that we both got a really good talking too by the head dorm resident supervisor. You know, the same female in question, who wound up breaking Kuroko''s neck back in chapter two? Yes, that head dorm resident supervisor. Anyway, we somehow managed to get away with having sneaked out past our curfew for all of those nights. And the reason as to why? Well, Kuroko and Misaka, somehow managed to convince the dorm resident supervisor, that it had to do with some Judgment related business, or something along those lines. And the reason why I am not going into deeper detail about that viewers, is because that is considered confidential information. Sure, me and Misaka, do occasionally visit the 177th Judgment branch. But, however, that still doesn''t mean that the information in question, isn''t less confidential. And, by the way, the next morning, after this had transpired, Misaka finally wound up filling me in, on what had been transpiring regarding the whole Level 6 Shift situation. Apparently, as it turned out, what I had learned from Misaka, through me using my Telepath ability, was pretty much most, of what Misaka wound up telling to me. The only things that were new, that I had wound up learning, apparently had to do, with Accelerator. And when I mean that viewers, for those who haven''t watched the episodes in question. Apparently, Academy City, was working on running the experiments, with the 20,000 Misaka clones, in an effort, to allow Accelerator, to achieve Level 6. Now I know what you''re thinking here viewers, aren''t there only 5 Esper levels in total? Well, those 5 Esper levels, are attainable through, like me and Misaka did over the course of several months, to years in the past, are the easily attainable levels. While level 6? Well, that is only attainable through...well...let me just refer to these, as less humane options. As in, the whole reason that the 20,000 Misaka clones were created, were to use them in the Level 6 Shift experiments. I know, crazy right? Anyway, I think that that is more then enough of my fourth wall breaks, at least for now. So, what do you say that we finally get on with the chapter huh? *says the last part followed by a close eyed smile*"
Anyway, fourth wall break aside. At the current moment, me and Misaka, were currently walking through one of the many parks in Academy City. And no, this was not the same park where we fought alongside the rest of the Four Aces either. It was actually the same park, where we had gone to, when I had first arrived in this world, and had wound up in control of Keiko''s body. Yes, that park, you know, the one with the vending machine that Misaka had kicked? Yes, that vending machine. In fact, as both me and Misaka, walked through the park, near the vending machine in question. And while I was talking to Misaka, about something regarding the current experiments, I couldn''t help but notice, that she now had an all too familiar blush on her face. And when I looked towards the direction of where she was looking, I then noticed, an all too familiar person, with short spiky black hair.
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"Oh, well it looks like Touma is here as well...Uh...Well, that is not ideal now is it?...And yet, I might as well standby, in case things suddenly decide to go sideways, like they had done back just before Misaka fought him down by the riverbank," I thought to myself, as I ran a hand, through my long light blue hair, and sighed.
And to make matters just that much worse, Touma at the current moment, seemed to be having some trouble with the vending machine. And, as I was about to soon learn, this was actually not an isolated occurrence with this particular vending machine either. But more on that at a later date.
Anyway, as me and Misaka, approached closer to the vending machine, and Touma then took notice of the both of us, he then proceeded to tell Misaka, after she had asked what exactly was going on, that apparently, the vending machine had eaten some of Touma''s money. How much you may ask, well, 2000 yen, according to what he had said in response to Misaka''s question. And not surprisingly this prompted Misaka, to let out a laugh in response.
So yea, not what I would consider the most lucky of situations in Touma''s case. Mr. Rotten Luck, once again living up to his name, so to speak.
Anyway, after Misaka, had helped Touma out, by doing a spinning kick, and then kicking the vending machine, just like she had done back in chapter 1. And several drinks were then spat out of it. Touma, for reasons known only to him, decided to run away.
And, once we had all wound up together again, at a nearby bench. And with me helping Misaka to carry half of the drinks, that had been spit out of the vending machine. I then noticed something interesting regarding the drinks that I was holding.
"Okay, so apparently some of these drinks aren''t cold to the touch...that''s strange...So, I guess that would mean that some of these are hot drinks?...How have they managed that?...And what I mean by that viewers, is that Japan really has outdone themselves with this...Oh, and by the way viewers, I am only referring to those of you, who haven''t done inappropriately related things, in the country of Japan. Johnny Somali, this especially means you. Logan Paul, this means you as well...You both should be ashamed of yourselves!" I thought to myself, as I turned my eyesight, as well as my attention, to the left of me, to briefly address the viewers. Only to have my expression, turn to one of immense anger, as I started talking about the dumb decisions, that had been made, by both Logan Paul, and Johnny Somali.
But anyway, fourth wall break aside. While the three of us were sitting down on the bench. I then heard, an all too familiar popping type sound. Which indicated that someone had just teleported. And sure enough, when I looked up, I noticed an all too familiar someone, who was now standing in front of the three of us. And a look of severe unhappiness, then found its way onto my face.
"Really Kuroko? Why are you..." I began to ask in a not so happy tone, only to be interrupted mid-sentence, by Kuroko, going over to Misaka, and then proceeding to perversely ask her, why she was with Touma. Well, she didn''t refer to Touma as that exactly. Actually, as a matter of fact, she referred to him, as Misaka''s boyfriend.
And Misaka''s response to this, was well..."Kuroko...!" Misaka slowly said, in an all too familiar ticked off tone, which was exactly how Misaka had acted in the past, just before she had dispersed her electricity when we had crossed paths with Touma, back in chapter 5.
And sure enough, Misaka at that very moment, then wound up discharging a huge amount her electricity towards Kuroko. Only to have Kuroko quickly teleport to avoid it, and then end up on top of a nearby lamppost. And judging by the current situation, I figured, that now was as good a time as any, to speak up, in an effort to try and diffuse, the currently quite dangerous situation.
"Okay Kuroko...now is not the time..." However, before I could even finish, she had teleported away again. And, the situation, had now turned, to being completely awkward.
Chapter 25: Sisters In Arms!: Forcibly Wrenched Back In, And Not Yet Through With Disaster! (Part 2)
August 20, 2009
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. *proceeds to blush for a moment before composing self again to continue* Anyway, as I was about to tell all of you. You might be wondering, exactly why, the first part was cut short the way that it was, correct? Well, most of you might not be wondering that exactly, but just hear me out for a second. *proceeds to say the first part while showing a face of slight discomfort and a slight blush on face before composing self again to continue to address the viewers* Anyway, as I was saying, the reason why the chapter was cut short, is that I wanted to help build up the suspense. You know, for this chapter. I mean after all viewers, like Shinko Hanasaki had done many times before in her fanfic of Going In Completely Blind. Think of this, as a sort of incentive, you know, to persuade you all to want to read on. *proceeds to smile with eyes closed and head slightly tilted in a cute like manner before once again continuing to address the viewers* Anyway, why don''t I just put a temporary kibosh on fourth wall breaking. At least, for the moment. And what do you all say, that we finally get on with the current chapter, hmmm? *says the last word while once again smiling with eyes closed and head slightly tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Okay, so I am not going to sugar coat what was currently taking place in this current moment. Kuroko had just teleported away, leaving me quite unhappy with her having intervened in Misaka''s business and current situation with Touma. And Misaka? Well, she was sort of not in a great way either. Especially, since another certain someone, had now decided to make her presence known to the three of us.
And what I mean by that, is that one of the remaining Sisters, from the Level 6 Shift Project, proceeded to show up out of nowhere, from one of the nearby staircases, that lead down to our location in the park. And for those who are going to ask, no, I don''t know her precise number out of the remainder of the 20,000 Sisters, that still haven''t been killed outright by Accelerator. But, if I had to make an educated guess, I would say that her number is somewhere between #10029 and #10031. Which means, that not only, were the experiments continuing forward as if nothing had even happened. But apparently, this made Misaka less then pleased, to hear that all that she had done up to this point, in an attempt to permanently stop the experiments, had all been for nothing. As another 61 Sisters, had been killed, since me and Misaka had attempted to confront Accelerator, in the railway yard, not that long ago.
In fact, given the current situation, and what was still to come with regards to future events. Not only would me, Misaka, and our friends be in grave danger, but, so would those that we had crossed paths with by chance, back on August 9th.
"And for those who are wondering...Sorry, Keiko here again viewers. Anyway, as I was about to say, for those who still don''t know, exactly why that month and day, is so important. Well then, I highly suggest then, that you go and read the other two fanfics, that are connected to this one. You know, Going In Completely Blind, and Going In Almost Completely Blind? Surely you haven''t been only reading this fanfic have you? Well, because if you have, then that is probably why you don''t have the full picture, as to what is truly going on...So if I were you, and had done that?...I would probably be feeling pretty embarrassed right now with myself...*proceeds to temporarily look away with an all too familiar blush on face and a hand over mouth to show slight embarrassment for the viewers who have in fact only been reading this fanfic while not bother to read the other two before facing forward again with the blush now gone from face to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, back to the current chapter. *says that while once again smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
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Anyway, as Misaka looked on in complete shock and horror, once the Sister with the #10030, had finished explaining that the Level 6 Shift experiments were still carrying on as scheduled. This, not surprisingly, caused Misaka, to let out a yell, as she then told the Sister, to stop talking. And what I mean by that exactly, is that she sort of lost herself emotionally for a second, as she said this to #10030. And to be honest, I was also not happy, to be seeing Misaka in this state. In fact, I was actually pretty not pleased. And though I did not know it at the time, my emotions, like that of another light blue haired individual, would wind up playing a very huge role, in the future events, that were still to come.
But for now, I had to try and deal with the current situation, regarding a somewhat distraught Misaka, and the horrific discovery, regarding the Level 6 Shift experiments. And so, with that in mind, I silently approached Misaka. And, once she had taken notice of me, and had then turned her attention to me, I instantly then put her in tight embrace, as she then proceeded to do the same. "Look Misaka, I know how you must feel in this situation, believe me I do. And I will see to it, that whoever is running these senseless and malicious experiments, will wind up paying for the Sisters that they''ve already killed. Make no mistake Misaka, they will wind up answering for this. And you don''t need to worry about going into this fight alone, you have me with you. Because after all Misaka, we need to look after each other, through the good times, as well as the bad," I said to her, as I held her in the embrace.
And once we had broken the embrace, once I knew that Misaka was feeling better, she then decided to speak up. "Thanks for that Keiko, that means a lot," Misaka responded, now grateful for what I had just done. "You are quite welcome Misaka," I said, as I smiled at her.
"Now viewers, let me make one thing completely clear, she is my sister, nothing more. So, don''t be making any hasty conclusions. I mean after all, Shinko explicitly suggested..." "Yea Keiko, this is not the right time to be doing that. I think that the viewers more or less get it *Misaka proceeds to look at Keiko with a wary expression to indicate that this is not the right time to be talking about Shinko Hanasaki*" "Oh...right...my apologies Misaka...*proceeds to respond while giving an expression to indicate that Misaka is right with suggesting that with a bead of sweat present on one side of her face*...Anyway, we both hope that we will see you all in the next chapter...*proceeds to say that while once again smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 26: Taking A Hint, Taking The Hit!: A Bridge-Wide Gap Of A Problematic Situation! (Part 3)
Date: August 21, 2009
"Hello viewers, Keiko here. Yes, it hasn''t been that long since the last chapter has it? *proceeds to close both eyes and giggle for a few seconds in a cute manner before composing self and then continuing to address the viewers* Anyway, as I was about to address to you all of you. We are going to be skipping ahead a slight bit in the timeline. Don''t worry, it isn''t going to be by much. In fact, we are only talking about a few hours in fact. To later in the evening, which would be a couple of hours after the whole incident with the vending machine. Anyway, with regards to what I said about the Level 6 Shift experiments, I meant every single word of it. *proceeds to bring face quite a bit closer to address the viewers while saying that sentence and while wearing an expression to show that she isn''t lying about that before quickly bringing face back to the original distance away to continue to address the viewers* Anyway, given the current situation, regarding me, Misaka, and Mr. Rotten Luck himself, Touma...It was currently...How should I put this...actually...you know what?...Why don''t we just start the current chapter...and then you will see exactly what I mean...*proceeds to say that last sentence while wearing a very worried looking expression*"
Okay, let me be brutally honest here, things hadn''t exactly gone as swimmingly as they should''ve been going right now. In fact, given that I was currently in a not so safe looking standoff, with Misaka, and Touma...yea...things couldn''t be less safe if they tried...And the reason for this?...Well...
"Keiko...you need to step aside and let me do this!" Misaka said, in both a very upset, and not very enthusiastic sounding tone, as quite a bit of electricity, swirled and crackled around her. And as for me? Well...
"That is not going to happen Misaka...do you really expect me to just simply stand aside so that you can hurt him?!...How about you take a moment...and think about this?!" I said, as I stood in the middle, of what was currently, a very volatile situation.
And what I mean by that, was that the three of us, were all currently on a bridge, somewhere in Academy City. And as for a more detailed insight into the current situation? Well...as it currently stood...Misaka, had...for reasons known only to her, decided to start discharging huge amounts of electricity, towards Touma...and the reason for why?...Well, after I had briefly used my Telepath ability, to peak into her mind for a moment...I realized, that Misaka, was not interested, in having Touma get involved with the Level 6 Shift experiments...because she didn''t want to drag him into our current dilemma, and risk him getting seriously hurt...and also, because Touma, apparently understood, exactly what Misaka was currently going through at this current moment. And as a pretty aggressive response, Misaka had then discharged quite a bit of her electricity...however, unlike back in chapter 5...Touma didn''t use his Imagine Breaker, to neutralize Misaka''s electricity. And not surprisingly, given the current situation...I wasn''t having any of it.
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"I am not budging here...So, if you want to hurt Touma..." I began to say, only to have my statement forced to a complete stop mid-sentence, as Misaka, once again, discharged more of her electricity.
But, while I continued to hold my ground...something unexpected happened. Touma, as it turned out, was no longer standing directly behind me. In fact, he had actually sidestepped out from behind me, and then wound up taking the full brunt of Misaka''s discharged electricity. And, for the first time since I had wound up in control of Keiko''s body back in chapter one, I was very very shocked and surprised.
"Wait a sec here...why did...wait...hold on here...what the heck just happened!?" I frantically thought to myself, as my current expression, now made me look, like I was now currently short-circuiting, as I tried to figure out, exactly what, had just taken place.
However, in those few seconds, in which I tried to figure out, exactly what was going on. Misaka, then proceeded to discharge, several more electric based attacks towards Touma. And each time, Touma didn''t use his Imagine Breaker to block or neutralize any of them.
And, as I then turned my attention towards Misaka, during while this was going on. I then noticed, that she now had tears, streaming down her cheeks.
"What the heck is going on here?!" I thought to myself, as I continued to look on in horror, at the current situation, that was currently playing out in front of me.
However, once the electricity had completely seized discharging. And I then got a chance to get a much better look at the current situation. I couldn''t help but show a face of complete horror. Because, once I took a look back at Touma, I was greeted by him, face-down on the ground, in a very injured state. And to make matters just that much worse then they already currently were, he was currently not moving either.
And, upon turning my attention back to Misaka, and as I was about to yell quite aggressively and angrily at her, for doing this to Touma. I then realized, that the tears that I had seen on her face during the whole incident, were now much more prominently visible, on her face.
"Okay...what the heck just happened?...And why do I get the feeling...that there is much more to this, then I am currently seeing...at this very moment...am I missing something here viewers?" I thought to myself, while briefly turning my eyesight, as well as my attention, to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers, during the last bit of my thought.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here again...so I think that that is more then a great place to stop the third and final part of this episode, wouldn''t you say?...What''s that?...You don''t want the chapter to end here?...Well, quite frankly, that is not your choice viewers...*proceeds to giggle with eyes closed*...Or should I remind you..." "Keiko...would you just cut to the chase already?!..." "Uh...right Misaka...sorry about that...*proceeds to say that with a somewhat weary expression and a bead of sweat now present on one side of face*...Anyway, see you all in the next chapter."
Chapter 27: Imagine Breaker Vs. Accelerator!: All It Takes Is A Single Spark! (Part 1)
Date: August 21, 2009
Okay, so turning back to the rest of the events, that had taken place on the bridge, after the previous chapter had concluded. It basically went as follows...
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. Yea, wow...two chapters in one day?...I know, shocking isn''t it?...*says all of this with a very visible grin and a blush present on face before composing self and then continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway viewers, what do you say that we do a little catching up with regards to what went on the bridge, after the chapter had concluded, hmm?...Okay, so basically it went as follows...after I witnessed, in complete horror I might add, of Touma lying face-down on the concrete of the bridge...and Misaka in complete tears from having been left with no choice but to put him in that state...okay, so basically, after I had been filled in on what exactly was really going on by Misaka...and was made aware...that the reason why Misaka had done what she had done, was due to her not wanting Touma to get involved...however, I sort of already knew all of this...you know, through using my Telepath ability, to temporarily peak into her thoughts...And, after a couple of minutes of a now injured Touma, resting his head on Misaka''s lap...and I was standing right beside them both...Touma, then suggested, out of the blue I might add, that he would take on Accelerator by himself, in an attempt to try and finally put an end to the experiments...because apparently, his thought process, was if a level 0 like him, was somehow able to beat Accelerator in a fight...then, that would label him as being weak, and as a result, would make the need of doing the experiments to be completely not needed and no longer worth continuing...and on the subject of me using my Telepath ability...no viewers, it is not weird, and nor is it considered inappropriate either!...Anyway, I think that that is now enough of my fourth wall breaking...*giggles*...Well, at least for now...*gives an expression to let the viewers know that this will not be the last time that she does a fourth wall break*...Now then, what do you say, that we finally get on with the chapter, hmmm?"
Anyway, as it currently stood, and regarding our current location, which was back at the same railway yard, where me and Misaka, had encountered Accelerator last. We were currently...well...we were actually sort of both worried, and not the least bit cheerful. And the reason for that? Well, we were both sort of looking on in complete horror, as Touma, was currently going against Accelerator. But, that wasn''t the current reason, as to why we were both very worried, as well as very horrified. In fact, the current situation, had to do with, well...
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"Tell me third string, have you ever heard of a dust explosion!?" A crazy sounding Accelerator said to Touma, in a very crazed and deranged sounding tone of voice.
And the reason for why he had said this exact sentence?...Well, that was because the current air in the railway yard, was currently filled with quite a bit of dust. And as for the explosion part of his question?...Well, that was made even more apparent, when Accelerator then proceeded, to use his Vector ability, to take one of the many steel constructed containers, that littered the railway yard. He then used his Vector ability, to pick it up, and he then proceeded to slam it on top of another steel constructed container that was near it, thus creating a small spark, and causing the very dust filled air around him, and Touma, to violently explode.
And as I then slowly turned my attention towards Misaka. I was then met, with a very upset, and very not pleased expression, that was currently present on her face. And this was further confirmed, by the tears, that were currently present, in her eyes. And given the current situation, and both of us, unable to nothing at this current moment, except stand idly by, and do nothing. I honestly didn''t blame her for feeling in such a manner either.
And to be completely honest, I wasn''t fairing any better, regarding the whole current situation either. In fact, similar to that of Misaka, I was quickly starting, to become very worried. Almost as if I knew, that this whole situation, was all just a very very bad idea.
However, me, Misaka, Touma, and Accelerator, were not the only ones that were currently present in and throughout the railway yard. In fact, we were currently surrounded, by quite a few, of the remaining Sisters, that hadn''t yet been killed by Accelerator, in what would''ve been the future Level 6 Shift experiment battles. And, though I did not know it at that current moment, these very remaining Sisters, would wind up playing a very important role, in the future events, that were still to come. In fact, it would also show, what can happen, when the many windmills, in Academy City, can suddenly start to spin backwards.
And, as the chapter title entails. Sometimes, all it can take, is just a simple single spark. And though it didn''t look like it at the time. Regarding what went on back on August 9th, were soon going to become, the very least of any of our worries.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here again. See you all in the next chapter. Where things start to go just a tad bit off the rails...Why you may ask?...Well, if I actually wound up telling you, then it would wind up completely defeating the purpose of any of you viewers wanting to have even the slightest interest, to want to read on, regarding what future chapters lay ahead for all of you...*says this while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 28: Operating At Full Forwards Thrust While Also Braking In Full Reverse! (Part 2)
"Hello again viewers, Keiko here. So, before we get started with this chapter, I figured that I would first address a few things regarding current, as well as past real world events. Don''t worry viewers, as there is in fact a very good reason why I am doing this. Anyway, why don''t we start, by going back to March 27, 1977. Why you may ask? Well, that just so happens to be a very important date in the history of aviation. The day, on which 583 passengers and crew, lost their lives, in what is still, the worst aircraft accident, in the history, of aviation. I am talking of course, of the Tenerife Airport Disaster. You know, the one that involved a fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s? KLM Flight 4805, and Pan Am Flight 1736? Yes, that Tenerife Airport Disaster. Anyway, how about another example? This time, we will go a bit more further back in time, to March 3, 1974. Why this date? Well, that just so happens to be the date, in which a Turkish Airlines DC-10, crashed on takeoff after its cargo door blew open in mid-air. At the time of the accident, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, was carrying 335 passengers, 3 pilots, and 8 flight attendants. And, in the case of what caused the resulting crash? Well, due to a design flaw in the DC-10s cargo door. If the locking mechanisms of the cargo door in question, didn''t close properly, like in the case of a previous DC-10 related cargo door incident over Windsor Ontario just two years prior. Which was American Airlines Flight 96. Then, like in the Flight 96 incident, once the aircraft reached a certain flight level from the ground, the change in both cabin pressure, and the outside air. Would cause the aerodynamic loads on the cargo door, to cause it separate in mid air, and in the case of Flight 981, it did so, with disastrously fatal consequences. Why? Well, when the cargo door, on Flight 981, separated from the aircraft in mid-air, it caused an explosive decompression, caused the floor above the cargo door to collapse into the cargo area below. And tragically, severed the control cables to the aircraft''s elevators, rudder, number two engine, and severed all three of the DC-10s hydraulic systems. And, like in the case of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985...Actually viewers, let me just stop for a quick moment here, and just ask you all a question...*proceeds to bring face very close to the screen while giving a less then pleased expression*...Are you all by any chance, still only reading this one fanfic, and still not even remotely bothering to read the other two, that are connected to this one?...Why you may ask?...Well, the reason why I ask, is that if you still are in fact doing that, then you are missing quite a bit of key information, as well as the whole big picture, as to what is truly going on...Anyway, back to the current topic at hand...Now, as I was saying...Like in the tragedy of Japan Airlines Flight 123, if you don''t have any hydraulics, you basically have zero control. As in, you have no way to move the flight control surfaces on the aircraft. The only thing that would still be operating after such a catastrophic control failure, would be the aircraft''s engines, as well as the engine throttles that control them. But anyway, back to my lengthy explanation. Now, there is a very good reason...well several very good reasons, as to why this chapters title, is worded in the way that it is. Another example, is we will now go back to May 26, 1991. A Boeing 767 operating as Lauda Air Flight 004, suffers an uncommanded deployment of its number one engines thrust reverser, and in the span of only a couple of seconds, Lauda Air Flight 004, goes into an extreme left roll, and then goes into a complete nosedive while almost completely inverted. I will give the pilots of Flight 004 credit, they fought up to the very end, and followed the engine shutdown procedure to the letter, and by the book. The only trouble was, by the time they had reduced the affected engines throttle to idle, and had cut fuel to the affected engine as well, the aircraft was already traveling at nearly the speed of sound. And at that speed unfortunately, the aerodynamic loads on the airframe, causes enough of an overload, to tear the plane apart in midair, in what is referred to, as an in-flight breakup. On a bit of a side note, in-flight breakups, actually happen a lot more then you all might think that they do...A few examples?...Well, why don''t we first go back to May 25, 2002...When a faulty repair to a China Airlines Boeing 747 from a tailstrike that it had suffered back in 1980...caused the plane, which at the time of the in-flight breakup, was operating as China Airlines Flight 611...and carrying 206 passengers, and 19 crew members...and only a couple of minutes into the flight, as Flight 611 approached 35000 feet, or Flight Level 350, or FL350. The metal fatigue, that had built up on the faulty repair, to the aircraft''s tail section, caused the entire tail section, to separate in mid-air...Another example regarding a faulty repair?...Well, lets now go back to May 25, 1979...a DC-10 operating at the time, as American Airlines Flight 191, loses its number one engine from the left wing, just as the DC-10 starts its rotation away from the runway at Chicago''s O''Hare Airport...the cause of the separation of the number one engine, had in fact been set in motion several weeks prior, when the DC-10 was brought in for maintenance...and unfortunately, as the engine of the aircraft in question, as well as the pylon that it was still attached to, was being hoisted back into position, by a forklift. Which by the way viewers, is not an FAA approved procedure...anyway, the forklift, wound up slamming the engine and pylon assembly, so forcefully back into the fittings on the wing, that it would up causing a small fatigue crack to form, where the rear of the engine pylon assembly, wound up slamming against the aft support clevis...and on May 25, 1979, the aft pylon assembly in question, failed and broke apart quite violently...which wound up with the aircraft''s number one engine departing the wing...And at the time of the incident, American Airlines Flight 191, was carrying 258 passengers, 10 flight attendants, and 3 pilots, for a total of 271 passengers and crew. And unfortunately, there were no survivors, and the resulting crash and flying debris, wound up killing two more people on the ground...but anyway, back to Lauda Air Flight 004...anyway, at the time of the tragedy, Lauda Air Flight 004, was carrying 213 passengers, 2 pilots, and 8 flight attendants. For a total of 223 passengers and crew. But viewers, the point here is, that sometimes, in regards to a tragedy, like the several air crashes, that I have just mentioned. A single failure mode, is usually not enough to cause such a horrid but preventable tragedy. Like the show Seconds From Disaster had mentioned time and time again throughout all of its episodes, it is always a sequence of events, that wind up leading to tragedies like these air crashes. But, the other point I am trying to make here, has to do with the very preventable crash of Lauda Air Flight 004. Do you see the reference to the chapter title now viewers? Well you should, after all, something similar to this, was mentioned towards the very end, of the last chapter. *smiles* But, I think that that is more then enough of my lengthy fourth wall break. So now, what do you say, that we finally get on with the chapter, hmm?"
Date: August 21, 2009
Okay, so let me be honest here regarding the whole situation from the last chapter, and while we''re at it, the one before that as well. Now, during the fight, between Touma, and Accelerator, Accelerator tried many attempts, to try and get one of his hands onto Touma''s body, so that he could try to cause something to happen regarding his body. And what I mean by that, is that apparently, Accelerator had somehow learned, how to cause a persons blood in their body, to literally turn into an explosive force, causing them to die from the blood exploding out of their body. But, the good news here, was that Touma never allowed Accelerator, to even lay a hand on him. Because every time that Accelerator would get close, Touma would just simply punch Accelerator in the face with his right hand. Which just so happened to be the location of Touma''s Imagine Breaker.
But anyway the point here, was that after several failed attempts by Accelerator, which wound up resulting in him getting more and more agitated. He finally decided, to try and use his ability, that had been slowly developing within him, from the Level 6 Shift experiments. And what I mean by that, was he now apparently, had the ability to control the wind, and its many wind currents. So yea, not the most ideal of situations, for either Touma, me, or , however, and as both me and Misaka looked on at the current situation in complete and total horror. An idea, then wound up popping into my head. An idea, which wound up spawning, from me just so happening to glance, at the many windmills, that were scattered across Academy City. Well, the ones that were near us, that we could see at the current moment that is.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. So, I think that that is a great place to stop this chapter. Don''t worry, the climax of this episode, will be in the next chapter. *smiles* Anyway see you all in the next chapter. *says while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
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"Hello again viewers, Keiko here. So, before we get started with this chapter, I figured that I would first address a few things regarding current, as well as past real world events. Don''t worry viewers, as there is in fact a very good reason why I am doing this. Anyway, why don''t we start, by going back to March 27, 1977. Why you may ask? Well, that just so happens to be a very important date in the history of aviation. The day, on which 583 passengers and crew, lost their lives, in what is still, the worst aircraft accident, in the history, of aviation. I am talking of course, of the Tenerife Airport Disaster. You know, the one that involved a fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s? KLM Flight 4805, and Pan Am Flight 1736? Yes, that Tenerife Airport Disaster. Anyway, how about another example? This time, we will go a bit more further back in time, to March 3, 1974. Why this date? Well, that just so happens to be the date, in which a Turkish Airlines DC-10, crashed on takeoff after its cargo door blew open in mid-air. At the time of the accident, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, was carrying 335 passengers, 3 pilots, and 8 flight attendants. And, in the case of what caused the resulting crash? Well, due to a design flaw in the DC-10s cargo door. If the locking mechanisms of the cargo door in question, didn''t close properly, like in the case of a previous DC-10 related cargo door incident over Windsor Ontario just two years prior. Which was American Airlines Flight 96. Then, like in the Flight 96 incident, once the aircraft reached a certain flight level from the ground, the change in both cabin pressure, and the outside air. Would cause the aerodynamic loads on the cargo door, to cause it separate in mid air, and in the case of Flight 981, it did so, with disastrously fatal consequences. Why? Well, when the cargo door, on Flight 981, separated from the aircraft in mid-air, it caused an explosive decompression, caused the floor above the cargo door to collapse into the cargo area below. And tragically, severed the control cables to the aircraft''s elevators, rudder, number two engine, and severed all three of the DC-10s hydraulic systems. And, like in the case of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985...Actually viewers, let me just stop for a quick moment here, and just ask you all a question...*proceeds to bring face very close to the screen while giving a less then pleased expression*...Are you all by any chance, still only reading this one fanfic, and still not even remotely bothering to read the other two, that are connected to this one?...Why you may ask?...Well, the reason why I ask, is that if you still are in fact doing that, then you are missing quite a bit of key information, as well as the whole big picture, as to what is truly going on...Anyway, back to the current topic at hand...Now, as I was saying...Like in the tragedy of Japan Airlines Flight 123, if you don''t have any hydraulics, you basically have zero control. As in, you have no way to move the flight control surfaces on the aircraft. The only thing that would still be operating after such a catastrophic control failure, would be the aircraft''s engines, as well as the engine throttles that control them. But anyway, back to my lengthy explanation. Now, there is a very good reason...well several very good reasons, as to why this chapters title, is worded in the way that it is. Another example, is we will now go back to May 26, 1991. A Boeing 767 operating as Lauda Air Flight 004, suffers an uncommanded deployment of its number one engines thrust reverser, and in the span of only a couple of seconds, Lauda Air Flight 004, goes into an extreme left roll, and then goes into a complete nosedive while almost completely inverted. I will give the pilots of Flight 004 credit, they fought up to the very end, and followed the engine shutdown procedure to the letter, and by the book. The only trouble was, by the time they had reduced the affected engines throttle to idle, and had cut fuel to the affected engine as well, the aircraft was already traveling at nearly the speed of sound. And at that speed unfortunately, the aerodynamic loads on the airframe, causes enough of an overload, to tear the plane apart in midair, in what is referred to, as an in-flight breakup. On a bit of a side note, in-flight breakups, actually happen a lot more then you all might think that they do...A few examples?...Well, why don''t we first go back to May 25, 2002...When a faulty repair to a China Airlines Boeing 747 from a tailstrike that it had suffered back in 1980...caused the plane, which at the time of the in-flight breakup, was operating as China Airlines Flight 611...and carrying 206 passengers, and 19 crew members...and only a couple of minutes into the flight, as Flight 611 approached 35000 feet, or Flight Level 350, or FL350. The metal fatigue, that had built up on the faulty repair, to the aircraft''s tail section, caused the entire tail section, to separate in mid-air...Another example regarding a faulty repair?...Well, lets now go back to May 25, 1979...a DC-10 operating at the time, as American Airlines Flight 191, loses its number one engine from the left wing, just as the DC-10 starts its rotation away from the runway at Chicago''s O''Hare Airport...the cause of the separation of the number one engine, had in fact been set in motion several weeks prior, when the DC-10 was brought in for maintenance...and unfortunately, as the engine of the aircraft in question, as well as the pylon that it was still attached to, was being hoisted back into position, by a forklift. Which by the way viewers, is not an FAA approved procedure...anyway, the forklift, wound up slamming the engine and pylon assembly, so forcefully back into the fittings on the wing, that it would up causing a small fatigue crack to form, where the rear of the engine pylon assembly, wound up slamming against the aft support clevis...and on May 25, 1979, the aft pylon assembly in question, failed and broke apart quite violently...which wound up with the aircraft''s number one engine departing the wing...And at the time of the incident, American Airlines Flight 191, was carrying 258 passengers, 10 flight attendants, and 3 pilots, for a total of 271 passengers and crew. And unfortunately, there were no survivors, and the resulting crash and flying debris, wound up killing two more people on the ground...but anyway, back to Lauda Air Flight 004...anyway, at the time of the tragedy, Lauda Air Flight 004, was carrying 213 passengers, 2 pilots, and 8 flight attendants. For a total of 223 passengers and crew. But viewers, the point here is, that sometimes, in regards to a tragedy, like the several air crashes, that I have just mentioned. A single failure mode, is usually not enough to cause such a horrid but preventable tragedy. Like the show Seconds From Disaster had mentioned time and time again throughout all of its episodes, it is always a sequence of events, that wind up leading to tragedies like these air crashes. But, the other point I am trying to make here, has to do with the very preventable crash of Lauda Air Flight 004. Do you see the reference to the chapter title now viewers? Well you should, after all, something similar to this, was mentioned towards the very end, of the last chapter. *smiles* But, I think that that is more then enough of my lengthy fourth wall break. So now, what do you say, that we finally get on with the chapter, hmm?"
Date: August 21, 2009
Okay, so let me be honest here regarding the whole situation from the last chapter, and while we''re at it, the one before that as well. Now, during the fight, between Touma, and Accelerator, Accelerator tried many attempts, to try and get one of his hands onto Touma''s body, so that he could try to cause something to happen regarding his body. And what I mean by that, is that apparently, Accelerator had somehow learned, how to cause a persons blood in their body, to literally turn into an explosive force, causing them to die from the blood exploding out of their body. But, the good news here, was that Touma never allowed Accelerator, to even lay a hand on him. Because every time that Accelerator would get close, Touma would just simply punch Accelerator in the face with his right hand. Which just so happened to be the location of Touma''s Imagine Breaker.
But anyway the point here, was that after several failed attempts by Accelerator, which wound up resulting in him getting more and more agitated. He finally decided, to try and use his ability, that had been slowly developing within him, from the Level 6 Shift experiments. And what I mean by that, was he now apparently, had the ability to control the wind, and its many wind currents. So yea, not the most ideal of situations, for either Touma, me, or , however, and as both me and Misaka looked on at the current situation in complete and total horror. An idea, then wound up popping into my head. An idea, which wound up spawning, from me just so happening to glance, at the many windmills, that were scattered across Academy City. Well, the ones that were near us, that we could see at the current moment that is.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. So, I think that that is a great place to stop this chapter. Don''t worry, the climax of this episode, will be in the next chapter. *smiles* Anyway see you all in the next chapter. *says while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 29: Pull, Push, Backwards, Forwards!: Looking To The Past, To Better The Future! (Pt. 3)
Date: August 21, 2009
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. *smiles* Now, let me once again, before we proceed on with the chapter, just address a few things. Oh, what''s that?¡You have some sort of issue with how I tell this story?¡Well then, here''s my piece of advice, go bother someone else about it. As I have zero interest in listening to any of your worthless and frankly incoherent excuses, okay?!¡*quickly composes self before then continuing to address the viewers*¡Now anyway, as I was about to say to all of you. Let me just address a few things before we continue on with this chapter, hmmm?¡Now, did any of you by any chance, happen to take the time to read the very lengthy fourth wall break at the start of the last chapter?¡Because, if you didn''t, then this chapter, as well as the one before this one, aren''t going to wind up making any sense¡I mean, did you really honestly think¡"
"Uh¡yeah Keiko, can you just cut to the chase here!?¡I think the viewers get it¡! *Misaka says this to me with a very displeased expression and a blush very evident on her face*"
"Oh¡my apologies Misaka¡*I say this with a shocked and surprised expression present on my face before quickly composing myself in order to continue addressing the viewers*¡Anyway, let''s continue on with the chapter, shall we?"
Anyway, fourth wall breaking aside, at least for the current moment. Picking up where things had left off from the last chapter. As I stared at the windmills, that were scattered throughout the outskirts of the railway yard, an idea then popped into my head. And with this very idea in mind, I then turned my attention to Misaka, and then proceeded to speak up, in an effort to tell her about my idea. "Misaka...do you..."
However, I never got to finish the rest of my statement. And the reason for why this was the case? Well, that was due to Misaka, currently talking to one of the Sisters, a #10030 if I remembered correctly. You know, the very same #10030, who wound up happening across me, Misaka, and Touma, from when we had had that incident with the vending machine in the park, back several chapters ago? Yes, that #10030.
Now usually, it takes a lot to surprise me. Well actually, that is technically not true. But in this case? That does in fact apply. As in, apparently Misaka, had come up with the exact same realization, as well as the very exact idea, that I was going to speak up, and tell her about.
Now you might be asking yourselves, why this was the case? Well, why don''t we just chalk this up to being a mere coincidence, okay?
"Anyway viewers, the plan that I had had in mind...should''ve been pretty blatantly obvious to you all right?...Because if you don''t know precisely what it is yet...then you should''ve been paying a little bit more attention to the previous chapters...*sighs*...Let me guess, you still haven''t bothered to read through the other two fanfics, right?...*I proceed to facepalm as a show of complete disgust*...Wow, that is really sad, if you still haven''t bothered to put in even the least bit of effort to do that...*I say this part with a less then pleased expression and a bead of sweat now present on one side of my face*...Anyway, the idea in question, as you should''ve been paying attention to exactly what was said in the previous chapters, wound up involving the windmills, that were spread throughout Academy City...You know, the same windmills, that when they are introduced to a static electrical pulse, will wind up causing them to spin backwards?...Yes, those windmills...Now, you might all be wondering exactly why this is important to the plan in question correct?...Well, in regard to the static electrical pulse...Why don''t you try and remember, exactly who the remainder of the 20,000 Sisters, whose DNA were born from?...Ah, I''ve got your attention now don''t I?...*I proceed to smile quite broadly*...I mean, it should''ve been obvious to all of you viewers...I mean after all, I am not that different, from the 20,000 Sisters, or Mikoto Misaka either...I mean after all viewers, I am not named Keiko "Lucky Strike" Misaka, for no reason...*I now proceed to smile even more broadly*...Also, with regard to addressing more real world events..."
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"Keiko...just get on with it already!...*Misaka once again proceeds to look at me with a very frustrated looking expression*"
"*I proceed to sigh very deeply with eyes closed*...Okay, alright Misaka...just calm down...*I once again sigh very deeply with eyes closed*...Anyway, back to the story."
Anyway, fourth wall breaking aside. And with the current idea regarding the windmills in mind. And as as Accelerator, was far too busy at the current moment, monologuing to himself, as well as anyone else who would listen. You know, kind of like in the movie The Incredibles, when Syndrome was so full of himself, that Mr. Incredible then attacked him and almost managed to land a hit on him, while he was busy monologuing? Yes, that movie.
Anyway, the reason why both me, and Misaka, had come up with the idea, to use the windmills throughout Academy City. And by causing them to spin backwards, with the help of the remainder, of the 20,000 Sisters. The windmills managed, to throw off Accelerators calculations. And, while Accelerator, then took notice of this, and tried to fathom why his calculations were currently being thrown off. He, then without any kind of warning I might add, then turned his attention, towards me, and Misaka. And judging by the current look on his face, he was pretty less then pleased, that this had just happened.
"You, you both did this?!...Damn you both...I''ll...!" However, Accelerator, never got to finish that crazed and deranged statement of his. Because just as he was about to finish his death threat, that was directed towards the both of us. And in the exact same amount of time, Touma, managed to pick himself up from off of the ground, charge towards Accelerator, and then land a very crippling punch to his face, with the use of his right hand.
And honestly, I just couldn''t resist speaking up. "I''m sorry Accelerator, can you speak up? I don''t think I heard you correctly there?...You''ll what...make us pay?...*proceeds to snicker and laugh a little bit at the mere thought of it*...Yea...no, no you won''t...*once again proceeds to snicker and laugh at the mere thought of it*...So why don''t you do like Touma just did to you, and take the hint, as well as the hit, hmmm?" I said, through quite a few uncontainable snickers and laughs, as I couldn''t help but do so, at the sheer comedic nature of Accelerators statement.
And, once I had managed to compose myself, after a couple of seconds. I then turned my attention to Misaka, only to be met with a look from her, as if to let me know, that now, was not the right time, to be cracking a joke.
And, to be completely honest, I couldn''t blame her for it either. But, at least I could appreciate the fact, that we had all managed to get out of the current situation, without much trouble.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. Anyway, that is the end of the final part of the Level 6 Shift arc. *smiles* See you all in the next chapter."
Chapter 30: A Friend In Need Deserves A Frenda Indeed!: A Perverted Encounter, & A Shocking Result!
Okay yea, so things had in fact quieted down after the events regarding the Level 6 Shift experiments.
However, though the Level 6 Shift experiments, regarding Accelerator, had been permanently discontinued, as well as scrapped. This didn''t mean, that the tests themselves, regarding any future participants, either willing or unwilling, were over.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. Yes, you read that part right. I mean after all viewers...*proceeds to bring face extremely close to the screen*...nothing is forever, including those with quite immense intentions, whether it be for malicious intentions, or not. But anyway, this chapter, is going to be a sort of a break of sorts. Between the previous arc, regarding the Level 6 Shift experiments, and the next arc that will be coming up after this. And what I mean by that viewers, is that this episode, is going to be a filler episode of sorts. I mean after all viewers, the Yu-Gi-Oh anime had an episode just like this one, in the Battle City arc. You know, the episode that only took place in the helicopter, while Atem and Kaiba, were making their way towards the Domino City docks? Yes, that episode. Only difference here, is that while that episode didn''t further the Yu-Gi-Oh anime canon timeline, in any way, shape, or form. This episode, will actually have some meaningful stuff in it...*proceeds to smile with eyes closed in a cute manner*...Now, what do you say we get on with the chapter, hmmm?"
Okay, so the current situation, wasn''t the most ideal. In fact, I would say that it was actually very, very, embarrassing. Why you may ask? Well, given that me, Misaka, and Kuroko. Were currently face to face, with Mugino Shizuri, Frenda, and the rest of ITEM. I would say, that things could''ve been better, then they currently were at this very moment...And as for everyone''s current demeanor, it was sort of, well...
"Oh you have got to be kidding me right now!...What the heck are you doing here!?..." Misaka exclaimed, upon her, me, and Kuroko, happening upon Mugino Shizuri, Frenda, and the rest of ITEM in one of the many booths of the restaurant.
"Uh...Misaka...don''t you think that this isn''t..." I began to say, in an effort to try and prevent, a potential disaster, from unfolding from inside the restaurant.
And to be honest, things would''ve wound up escalating to that point, had it not been for both Kuroko, and Frenda, stepping in at that moment, and speaking up, in an attempt to prevent anything unsavory from arising. Which thankfully, did wind up taking the potential tension, and the potential for things to escalate, out of the equation. At least, for the time being.
A couple of minutes later, after things had quieted down, and a little bit of back and forth, had transpired between all of us. Things, once again started getting out of control. And what I mean by that, is that out of the blue, both Frenda, and Kuroko, somehow got the conversation, diverted towards woman''s...well...their breasts...
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This was confirmed...well...it was confirmed...when Kuroko, out of nowhere I might add, wound up groping me, and Misaka, from behind. I guess some things just never change. Oh, and Frenda? Well, she wasn''t helping matters either, as she was currently groping Mugino, from behind...
"Wow, just wow...*Keiko deeply sighs and puts two fingers from one hand to one of her temples in a feeble attempt to quell her currently rapidly building rage and frustration*...See viewers...Do you see the problem here!?...I mean do you!?...*says this with a tickmark very visible on one side of head, and one of her fists tightly balled into a fist*"
Anyway, while this...scene...yea...let''s just call it that...went on for a couple more seconds, and as the rage and anger, started to build within me, Misaka, and Mugino.
A spark of electricity, that had just started crackling, from the bangs of Misaka''s hair, as well as my own, then wound up leading to a very big dispersion of electricity from the both of us.
"QUIT IT!" Me and Misaka angrily yelled, as the electricity, that we both had been building up, was then dispersed outwards, in a very violent, and very aggressive manner. Thus lighting up the restaurant in a big flash of light blue light.
And as for Mugino? Well, she sort of let loose several lasers with the use of her Meltdowner ability.
So, what would you say happened, as a result of this whole incident? Well, we were all forced to leave the restaurant, no surprise there.
And, though neither me, Misaka, or Kuroko, knew it at that current moment. Our troubles, as well as our encounters, with those related, to the Level 6 Shift experiments, were not even the least bit close, to being over or done with.
In fact, the events, that still lay ahead in the future, regarding the three of us, and the rest of The Four Aces, weren''t remotely close, to being over with, either.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here...*Keiko proceeds to look at the viewers with an extremely and very embarrassed looking expression and a bead of sweat now visible on one side of her face*...So yea, not the most...*ahem*...lady-like of outbursts...however, you have to realize where me and Misaka are coming from...*puts one hand behind head while still giving a very embarrassed looking expression only with eyes closed this time*...You see, wouldn''t you wind up acting in a similar way, if someone like Kuroko, wound up suddenly groping you from behind?...My point exactly viewers...*proceeds to say this with a now depressed looking expression on face before composing herself a second or two later to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, that last part of this chapter, about our encounters with the rest of ''The Four Aces,'' that wasn''t a lie. And to be quite honest here viewers, that, is going to wind up, to soon be the least of our worries. Anyway, see you all in the next chapter...*says this while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 31: A Freebee For Febrie!: A Shocking Revelation!
Okay, so things at the restaurant several hours ago, hadn''t gone so great.
"Actually viewers, if I may?...Sorry viewers, Keiko here...*says sorry while traditionally bowing to the viewers before standing up straight again with eyes and attention forward to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, as I was about address to all of you. Unfortunately, this is going to be yet another filler-like chapter. Yes I know, just bear with me here. I know and I am well aware, that this is not ideal. But you viewers have to understand, that I am not the one who created the original Toaru canon timeline, that honor, belongs to Kazuma Kamachi. So, when I say that this is going to be another filler-type chapter...*proceeds to bring face very close to the screen*...I mean it!...*then proceeds to bring face back from the screen before then taking a long deep breath with a blush present on face before then quickly composing self to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, lets just proceed to the chapter now, shall we?"
Okay, let me be real and completely honest here for a second. I mean, I have always been honest in this fanfic. But, I digress. Anyway, I had never once asked, to wind up in the world of the a certain scientific railgun anime. In fact, I had never wanted to be here originally in the first place to begin with. It all sort of just, you know, happened. And from reading chapter 1, you would''ve realized, exactly why this was the case.
But, however, given the recent events, that had already transpired, what with The Level Upper arc, The Big Spider arc, The Level 6 Shift Experiments arc. And that was just to name a few of the events that had already transpired.
And yet, there was a much more important one, the surprising and shocking encounter, with three of the most well known 90s anime magical girls, that the anime magical girl genre, had ever produced. But regardless of all of that, I was not finding any sort of reason, to not want to be here, at this present moment. Sure, I may have been surprised or even shocked about it at first, when I had first wound up here. But to be truthfully honest, I was actually starting to enjoy myself in this world. And to be honest, that, was good enough for me.
But back to the three 90s anime magical girls that were mentioned earlier. I mean after all, this is Sailor Moon, Sakura Avalon, and Wedding Peach that we''re talking about here. I mean, sure most don''t know of the Wedding Peach anime. As it had been overshadowed by the Sailor Moon anime, when the Wedding Peach anime had first debuted, on April 5, 1995. But still, that didn''t exclude the fact, that the Wedding Peach anime, like that of Cardcaptors, and Sailor Moon, helped to shape the magical girl genre, into what it is today. Not to mention, the many struggles, as well as battles, that the three of them had to go through, in their respective anime canon timelines.
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"Hey viewers, Keiko here again. Yes, now I know what you''re all thinking, why am I mentioning any of this right now? Well, that''s because, if you had all been paying attention, as well as reading the other two fanfics, that are connected to this one. Going In Completely Blind, and Going In Almost Completely Blind. Then, you would know exactly why. I am not just going to simply spoon-feed you all the answer...* then proceeds to smile quite broadly*...It would be too easy otherwise...surely you all must understand that, right?...Anyway, why don''t we continue on with the current chapter, hmmm?"
Anyway, all of that now aside. After the whole restaurant fiasco, that had occurred only just a few hours ago. Me and Misaka, were not surprisingly, still very unhappy, with Kuroko''s perverted antics. And how she somehow found it necessary, to grope the both of us from behind. But, seeing as how she was still our friend, as well as our dorm roommate, we decided to let it slide.
But, that was currently not the current thing, that was on our minds at this very moment. In fact, we were both kind of preoccupied, with what currently lay in front of us.
Because as it currently stood, me and Misaka, as well as Kuroko, were currently staring, at a mysterious kid on a bench. Who moments ago, had wound up speaking up. Well, that was after one of the other people present, decided to ask her for her name.
"It''s Febrie," Febrie responded to the question that had just been asked by the person who had just asked her.
Now, you might all be asking yourselves right now, well that doesn''t seem even the slightest bit surprising, right? I mean, who would be surprised, by anyone giving their name, when asked to do so?
However, that wasn''t the real nor main reason, as to why me and Misaka, were currently at a loss for words, and shocked beyond any sort of visible belief.
In fact, it was the next thing, that came out of Febrie''s mouth, that was the real reason, why we were now both dumbfounded, as well as very surprised.
"Keiko and Mikoto Misaka," Febrie then followed up with, after she had also been asked, who her sister was.
"Okay, timeout here viewers, Keiko here again. I know, shocking isn''t it?...I mean after all, you would be shocked too in a situation like this...right?!...*proceeds to say all of this with a somewhat frantic and shocked expression present on face along with a bead of sweat present on face as well*...Okay...well...I guess I will be seeing you all in the next chapter then?...*says this part still with a somewhat frantic and shocked expression present on face along with a bead of sweat present on face as well*"
Chapter 32: Of Lollipops And Gekotas!: Some Obsessive Hobbies Just Never Change!
"Yea hi viewers, Keiko here. So yea, I would assume that from you all having just read the current chapters title, that you were expecting not to run into yet another filler episode, right. Well, I''m sorry to have to tell you all of this. But if you at all expecting this to be even remotely close to that being the case, then you''d be wrong, and are such, if you have done. Anyway, as you can also tell from the title of this particular chapter, I am going to be once again made aware..."
"Uh Keiko, can you wrap this up? I think that the viewers should find out about what to expect in this upcoming chapter, by actually reading it themselves...*Misaka says this by giving an expression to Keiko that maybe she should just leave the viewers to read the chapter, and find out for themselves, by giving a somewhat embarrassed expression, as if knowing that this chapter, may or may not, wind up being a bit embarrassing for her, for when the viewers begin to actually start reading through it*"
"Oh right, my apologies Misaka...*then proceeds to deeply sigh, since she knows fully well, what is going to wind up happening in this upcoming chapter, and knows that Misaka acting in this manner, is more then justifiable*...Anyway, lets just get on with the chapter...*says this with an all too obvious and less then pleased expression on face along with a very noticeable bead of sweat present on one side of face*"
Okay, so fourth wall breaking with Misaka aside, at least for the current moment. Things from the last chapter, hadn''t exactly wound up improving either me, or Misaka''s current surprised expressions, that had been present on both of our faces, after Febrie had decided, to say both of our names out of the blue.
And, given the future events, that were still too come for both of us, this, was soon going to wind up becoming, the very least of our worries, or even problems for that manner either.
But anyway, apparently Febrie had an interesting...well, let''s just call it an addiction of some sorts...maybe an obsession?...Honestly since I can''t read her mind...as my Telepath ability only worked on Misaka, I couldn''t really say, beyond a reasonable guess or doubt, as to whether Febrie''s lollipop, that she currently had in her mouth. Was either due to a candy addiction, or that she liked them for the sugar content.
"Look the point is viewers. Sorry, Keiko here again...*proceeds to say the sorry portion and the rest of that sentence while traditionally bowing to the viewers, before once again bringing head, eyesight, and attention, forward once again, in order to continue, to address the viewers*...Anyway, as I was about to say...there are many differences, between what one calls an addiction, or what one calls an obsession. Now, Febrie''s interest in lollipops?...Well, let''s just call that an obsession...*suddenly proceeds to breath a very heavy sigh before then continuing to address the viewers*...Now, Misaka''s Gekota hobby on the other hand?...Well, why don''t we just refer to that as an addiction of sorts...*Keiko suddenly proceeds to give a very frantic looking expression, because quite honestly, the last thing that she wants to have happen right now, is for Misaka to overhear her talking about this through her fourth wall break moment, because to be honest, that wouldn''t wind up sitting well with Misaka*...Anyway...*Keiko then composes herself, after she knows for an absolute fact, that Misaka didn''t overhear her talking about her love for Gekota, as being an addiction*...Anyway, I am not going to go into any sort of extreme detail, regarding what went on in this particular episode in the railgun anime canon timeline...as like I said with the previous two chapters, this is all just filler when all is said and done...*Keiko then proceeds to shrug in a matter of fact like manner with one eye closed to all but confirm that she is not a real big fan of filler type anime episodes*...I mean after all viewers, this chapter, as well as those that are like it, in other anime, are just used as padding, as a sort of way, to extend the anime...as well as pace it out in a much more digestible manner...I mean, would you honestly want to read chapter after chapter, about nothing but actual action and chapters that would further the plot, in an extremely aggressive, and incoherent like manner?...Because to tell you the honest truth here viewers...I don''t think that that would very wise, and nor would it be the smartest of choice either...*proceeds to look at the viewers with an expression that all bu confirms this fact*...I mean after all, that would just fall under the category, of what would be a rushed and hastily formed anime canon timeline...Well, this is not the original anime canon timeline of the railgun anime per say...But overall here viewers, you should all pretty much outright understand, exactly where it is, that I am coming from here...*Keiko then proceeds to bring her face very close to the screen again*...isn''t that right viewers?...*Keiko then proceeds to bring her face back from the screen*...Anyway, the long story short, and the gist of it here viewers...is that I am not entirely a fan, of an anime canon timeline, that just bombards the viewer, with action packed episode, after action packed episode...And yet there isn''t any downtime, for the viewers to digest it all...See what I mean?...So, in other words, I want the viewers, who will wind up reading this fanfic, as well as the other two, that are connected to this one, to have enough time, between action packed chapters, to give themselves, enough time, to take into account, what had transpired...But anyway, I think that that, is more then enough, of my outrageously lengthy fourth wall break...*then proceeds to smile with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a very cute looking manner*...I will see you all in the next chapter."
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Chapter 33: Standing United While United We Stand!: The Calm Before A Very Disastrous Storm! Part 1
"Hey viewers, Keiko here...*says this while waving to the viewers while smiling with eyes closed*...Anyway, guess what?...I have great news for all of you...*then proceeds to smile quite broadly*...We will now return you to some more action packed chapters...*says this while still continuing to smile quite broadly only now with eyes closed and head tilted in a cute manner*...I know viewers, you had to sit through quite a few chapters worth of filler...But fear not, as your wait, is now going to be well worth it...*Keiko then proceeds to bring her face closer to the screen*...But, don''t wind up just taking my word for it viewers?...*Keiko then proceeds to bring her face back from being close to the screen to continue to address the viewers*...What do you say, that we proceed on with the current chapter, hmm?...*Keiko proceeds to say this while once again smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
And regarding me and Misaka, current situation, with Febrie, as well as Saten. Who at the current moment, was currently talking on the phone, while me, Misaka, and Febrie, listened in on the conversation. Well, technically Saten was speaking on the phone right next to the three of us. So, it wasn''t really about us listening in, so much as it was just difficult for us not to do so.
Okay, I guess that''s that. Yea, don''t worry, bye for now," Saten said, as she then proceeded to hang up her phone, thus putting an end to her current phone call.
"Uiharu and Shirai still need to investigate the site, so they''ll be a while, they said for us to go ahead without them," Saten followed up with, as she turned her attention to me, Misaka, and Febrie, as she explained the current situation, regarding Uiharu and Shirai.
"Well, at least they are both doing okay for right now...Oh, almost forgot viewers, you''re all probably wondering at this very moment, exactly what Saten meant by both Uiharu, and Shirai, still needing to investigate, right?...Well viewers, as it turned out, they were currently with several members of Anti-Skill, and were currently busy investigating an incident, involving several cleanup robots...You know, the same type of cleanup robots that were mentioned about in the very first chapter of this fanfic?...You know, the very same robots that wound up responding to the whole incident, that had involved Misaka kicking that vending machine?...Yes, those cleanup robots...*proceeds to smile with eyes closed while still having head directed to the right, while then continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway, speaking of similar robots...*then proceeds to put hand behind head, with both eyes closed and a small bead of sweat then appears on one side of face*...Well, not exactly, but just here me out for a second here viewers...*then proceeds to open both eyes again to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, who here, knows of an old anime franchise called Gundam?...You know the anime with all of the mechs?...Yes, that''s the one...Well, it''s not an old anime franchise per say...but, you pretty much get the gist of what I am trying to get across to all of you here, right viewers?...Anyway, though none of you might know it just yet at this current moment...but, me mentioning this, is going to wind up playing a very huge role, in one of the future chapters...But anyway, let''s continue on with the story, as well as the current chapter, shall we?...*Keiko proceeds to say the last part, while once again smiling with eyes closed, and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*" I thought to myself, while I had my eyesight, as well as my attention, turned to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers.
Now anyway, fourth wall breaking aside again, at least for the current moment. But, however, given the current overall situation. Things were, well...
"Okay Febrie, how about this? I will give you this red Gekota if you give me back the pink one, look, this one''s cute too," Misaka said, as she was apparently still not shy, from letting me know, about her obsession for Gekota.
"No!" Febrie ended up responding back to Misaka with, in a very unhesitating, and also very stubborn standoffish manner, as she turned around, and away from Misaka.
And after Misaka had then let out a very audible grunt of frustration, she then proceeded to try and still get Febrie to give up the pink Gekota. "Okay, but what if I throw in this blue Gekota, and I''ll even throw in a yellow. So Febrie, do we have a deal?" Misaka once again asked, although this time, it was now in a slightly more desperate sounding tone of voice.
"This is my Gekota," Febrie said in response, only she had responded, while she still had her back to Misaka.
And to be honest, after just witnessing all of that, I just couldn''t help, but let out a small sigh.
"Okay, so it''s nice to see that Misaka still has her massive obsession with Gekota, or anything else that is related to Gekota...However viewers...sorry, Keiko here...Anyway, that doesn''t mean that I am not a fan of her obsession either...*proceeds to look at the viewers, with a somewhat stoic, but an expression that is almost telling the viewers, not to make any rash assumptions regarding the current situation*...I mean after all, it is just something that I consider to be one of her...quirks...yea...let''s just call it that...and no viewers, I am not referring to My Hero Academia when I say that either...so don''t go assuming that that is what I am referring too...*proceeds to think that while sighing*...And if you did in fact assume that right off the bat, then that is your fault for doing so," I thought to myself, as I couldn''t help but once again sigh. Only this time with both of my eyes closed, and a less then enthusiastic looking expression, all but prominently displayed on my face, while I had turned my attention, as well as my eyesight, to the right of me again, to once again, briefly address the viewers.
However, though none of us currently knew it at that time, or current moment. Things, regarding the anime canon timeline, would soon wind up, spiraling completely out of control. And, to make matters just that much worse for me, Misaka, and the rest of our friends. We would soon be locked in a deadly battle, and would wind up fighting for our very lives. For if we lost this time, like that of a recent battle, like the one that would soon wind up transpiring. Our problems, regarding a certain entity, of complete evil, were still far from being over or done with.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here again. I know, nothing like a little bit of foreshadowing to get all of you more intrigued to read on, hmm?...*proceeds to finish saying the previous sentence while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner, before opening both eyes again and returning head back to level again, before once again continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway, lets us now continue on with the chapter. Actually, before we continue on with this chapter. I figured, that now would also be as good a time as any, to kind of...*ahem*...explain a few things, regarding some...statistics...You know, the statistics regarding me and Misaka, and our respective railguns?...*proceeds to then smile with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*...Anyway, don''t worry, we will be getting right back into the action of the current episode shortly...But for now, let''s just consider this part in the current chapter, as a type of...explanatory-type of comparison, shall we say?...*proceeds to clear throat before once again speaking in order to continue to address the viewers*...Oh, if anyone doesn''t want to read this part...You have my complete permission...to just simply skip onto the next paragraph...But be warned, you will wind up missing quite a bit of important information...with regard to this whole chapter...*quickly composes self for a moment before then continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway, regarding the whole point of this portion of this current chapter...*proceeds to now look at the viewers with a slight bit more serious looking of an expression*...Who here, remembers a Spike TV program, by the name, of Deadliest Warrior?...You know, the very same tv program, that although was at times very corny, brought in several weapons experts...and in future seasons, historian experts?...Yes, that''s the one...*once again proceeds to clear throat and return back to a much less serious looking expression before once again speaking in order to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, who here, remembers an episode in which two rival criminal syndicates...The Jesse James Gang...and The Al Capone Gang...wound up going against each other?...Yes, that corny like episode...*proceeds to give a less then happy looking expression before once again composing self in order to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, the reason why I am going to be talking about this particular episode, has to actually do, with what I mentioned previously in this fourth wall break...I am going to be giving a plausible comparison, between me and Misaka''s railguns, and Jesse James gunslinger expert, Joey Dillon...Now, I am not giving this exact comparison, to the gunslinger expert in question...Sure, Joey Dillon...as I am sure you managed to see on the episode in question yourselves...You must have noticed...whether it had been obvious or not...that from the moment that Joey Dillon proceeded to raise his Model 1851 Colt Revolvers, and then fire the first shot from the chamber...*then proceeds to bring face close to the screen*...took just under a quarter of a second...*then brings face back from being close to the screen before once again continuing to address the viewers*...and from the exact words, that were spoken by Geoff Desmoulin, after Joey Dillon had decimated the three targets in a demonstration of his Model 1851 Colt Revolvers...that anything in under half a second...*once again proceeds to bring face close to the screen*...Is a No-Dodge Zone...*once again brings face back from being close to the screen and then quickly composing self before once again continuing to address the viewers*...And, while it took Joey Dillon, just about a quarter of a second, to raise his Colt Revolvers, and then fire the first shot from the chamber...and on the subject regarding me and Misaka''s railguns...we are talking well under that drop quarter of a second...*once again proceeds to bring face close to the screen*...So in other words here viewers...we are basically talking well below anything, that one would consider to be a No-Dodge Zone...so in other words, whatever, or whoever, we wind up firing our railguns at, is getting hit...*once again proceeds to bring face back from being close to the screen and then quickly composing self before once again continuing to address the viewers*...Look, in the words of one Grosvenor McCaffrey from the video game L.A. Noire...''that''s just the salient point here isn''t it?''...Well in fact, it actually is...*once again proceeds to bring face away from the screen and once again quickly composes self in order to once again continue to address the viewers*...Oh, and by the way viewers...You might have noticed, that I have been making a huge amount of references, to both other works, as well as quite a few pop culture reference throughout this fanfic, right?...I mean after all viewers, it was pretty obvious...Well, that is if you had actually been bothered to read through this entire fanfic up to this point...*once again proceeds to bring face close to the screen*...I mean, surely you haven''t been skimming and skipping ahead?...Well, have you?...Because if you have indeed gone and done just that...*now proceeds to continue speaking with a tickmark now very visible on one side of face*...Then, I would highly suggest, that you go back to chapter 1, or whichever chapter, that you started to skim and skip through...and I suggest that you read it with more of an intent, to actually put in the effort, to read through the rest of this fanfic properly...*sighs and then puts hand to forehead while displaying an immensely displeased expression with eyes closed*...I mean, surely you are not all that blatantly lazy...right?...*once again proceeds to bring face away from being close to the screen and then quickly composing self before once again continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway, I think, that that, is more then enough fourth wall breaking, as well as any explanatory comparison from me...at least for now...Anyway, on with the chapter...*says this while once again smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Okay, so fourth wall breaking aside, let me just be real here for a second. Well, not that I haven''t been throughout this entire story so far...but I digress.
Anyway, after the whole conversation exchange, had taken place, between me, Misaka, Saten, Wannai, Awatsuki...and Kongo...and after Wannai, Awatsuki, and Kongo, had gone on their way. We had now found our way over to a nearby restaurant...which was apparently named Julian''s...
"Okay, timeout for a second here viewers...*then proceeds to traditionally bow to the viewers in an immensely apologetic manner while saying the following sentence*...I am terribly sorry for breaking the fourth wall on you all again...*then proceeds to bring self back up from the traditional bow to the viewers in order to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, you may have noticed, that from either reading this fanfic...or even watching the original railgun anime...that several...if not all of the stores and establishments in Academy City...have slightly different...or in this case, also weird sounding names...Well, that is so that the original owners of similar establishment names, that are copyrighted...don''t wind up possibly resulting in the original copyright owners, getting ticked off...*proceeds to once again give another less then pleased expression before quickly composing self in order to continue to properly address the viewers*...Some examples?...Well...you may notice that a certain...*ahem*...establishment...with a pair of...golden-like arches...you know the one right?...Well, instead of calling it by...*ahem*...that name...they decided to call it...WcDonald''s...yes, that is the name that they wound up going with...You know what?...that sounds an awful lot, like a portion of the movie franchise Coming To America...You know, the movie franchise starring Eddie Murphy?...As in, the very same Eddie Murphy, who wound up making the...*abomination*...known as The Adventures Of Pluto Nash?...Yes, that Eddie Murphy...*says this while showing a very embarrassed looking expression, with a bead of sweat now very noticeable on one side of face*...Anyway, I think that that is enough of my fourth wall breaking...at least for the moment...so, what do you viewers say, that we now get on with the chapter, hmm?...*says the ''hmm'' portion while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Anyway, another somewhat lengthy fourth wall break aside...at least for the moment.
While me, Misaka, Saten, and Febrie, were currently inside of the restaurant in question. I couldn''t help, but notice, the many posters around the restaurant, that were mentioning an upcoming Research Assembly.
"They''ve got posters for the Reach Assembly all over the place huh?" Saten asked to no one in particular, as she looked at all of the many posters of said Research Assembly that were posted all over some of the restaurant walls.
"So what do you think, I mean, now that we''ve seen some of it? I mean, I didn''t know what to expect, I''ve never been to one of these assemblies either," Misaka said, with both of her eyes closed, and a bead of sweat very much present, on one side of her face.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here again. Now, you might all be wondering to yourselves, why I am looking to dwell on this particular things?...Well, as it turns out, the next scene, that was supposed to transpire after this?...Well it involved us, Febrie, as well as Konori...and Kuroko...went off to a nearby bathhouse...Yea, do you see the obvious problem with that viewers?...Surely you must!...I mean after all viewers...*suddenly then brings face close to the screen with a very unhappy looking expression on face*...as it just so happens, it was going to be a fanservice type of a scene...*blushes*...And to be perfectly honest here viewers...I don''t feel even the least bit comfortable...in even remotely mentioning...what exactly wound up going on in that scene in question...I mean after all, me and Misaka, are only 14 years old!...And yes, I am more then aware, that the age of consensus in Japan...is 13 years old!...You do remember me mentioning this particular thing...back in chapter 5...right viewers?...As you should''ve noticed...Well, that is if you weren''t just skimming through all of the chapters...that led up to this one...I mean after all, the only exception I have offered to all of you, was only regarding one of the previous paragraphs...and, that is going to be one of the only exceptions that I will wind up giving to all of you..."
"Uh yeah, Keiko?...I think the viewers get the gist of it...there is no need to make your fourth wall break any longer then it already is...*Misaka says this while giving Keiko a somewhat weary and worried looking expression to let Keiko know that the viewers basically get the point that she is trying to get across to the viewers*"
"Oh...right Misaka...my bad...*proceeds to put one hand behind head while also giving a slightly embarrassed looking expression*...Sorry about that...*then proceeds to compose self in order to then continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, why don''t we just continue on with the story, shall we?...*proceeds to say this while smiling with eyes closed and head slightly tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Anyway, fourth wall breaking aside. Well, at least for the current moment.
So, as it currently stood, I still couldn''t help, but have a really bad and uneasy feeling. And, to be honest, it had been coming and going, ever since the fight back on August 9th, had transpired.
It was almost as if, this was a sort of warning, for what was still to come. Almost as if...that that wouldn''t be the last time, that I would wind up crossing paths, with those that we fought alongside back on August 9th. And to be completely honest, this bad and uneasy feeling, was more then justifiable. Because unfortunately, though I did not know it at the time. And as future events would wind up showing. Me, Misaka, and the rest of The Four Aces Alliance, would soon be once again locked in another fight. Where once again, not only would the fate, of Academy City itself, once again be at risk. But, also two other anime timelines, would wind up being put at risk alongside our own. And, whether we wanted to or not, we would soon, be once again locked in a fight, for our lives.
"Hey guys, Keiko here again. Well, nothing like a bit more of foreshadowing to intrigue all of you viewers enough, to want to continue reading, huh?...*proceeds to say anything after the word ''again,'' while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*...So anyway, let''s get on with the chapter now, shall we?...*Says the last part while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
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Now, let me be as brief as I can with regard to this current chapter. As it is in fact as lengthy as it is, because it is one of the final chapters regarding the final few episodes of the second season of the Railgun anime canon timeline. In other words, we are now coming close, to the end of Railgun S. Or, the second season of the Railgun anime, to be more precise and accurate...
"But most importantly. Sorry, Keiko here viewers...*then proceeds to traditionally bow to the viewers in an immensely apologetic manner while saying the previous sentence, as well as the following sentence*...I am terribly sorry for breaking the fourth wall on you all again...*then proceeds to bring self back up from the traditional bow to the viewers in order to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway..."
"So yea uh...Keiko?...You might want to wrap your fourth wall break up...we still have a very lengthy chapter to get to here...*Misaka proceeds to say all of this with a weary, as well as a less then pleased expression on her face, as if to let Keiko know that the viewers will wind up reading about what is still too come in this chapter*"
"Oh right...my apologies Misaka...*ahem*...Anyway, on with the chapter...*Says the last part while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
Anyway, fourth wall breaking aside.
"Actually not quite yet viewers...Yea, sorry Keiko here again...Anyway, so after the whole...well...let''s just call it an...uh...an experience...yea...let''s just call it an experience...Anyway, after the whole...bathhouse experience...because let''s be honest here...I am not going to be featuring that fanservice scene in this fanfic...I mean, if you want to experience something like that, go and watch any ecchi, or harem type based anime...As you will not be reading about any of that here...I think that much should''ve been obvious...whether it be from reading this fanfic, or the other two that are connected to it...*ahem*...But enough about that, back to the current chapter...*once again proceeds to say the last part while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
Anyway, back to the current situation at hand. As me, Misaka, Kuroko, Uiharu, Saten, and Febrie, had recently tried several times, in order to find our way to the Research Assembly, or Reach Assembly, as Saten had called it. Anyway, we were sort of...well, we were sort of ambushed, by a green colored mech. In which it had suddenly burst onto the scene, after having torn open a nearby buildings steel constructed double doors. And it was then, that a sudden thought, then couldn''t help, but make its way into my mind.
"Wait, what the heck?!...Where did that mech come from?!...Wait...I just got a very bad feeling...Oh god...don''t tell me..." I thought to myself, as my thought, was then suddenly cut short mid thought. As Misaka, at that moment, then chose to speak up.
"Keiko watch out!" Misaka yelled to me. As the green colored mech, then proceeded to try and take a huge swipe at me, and then wound up going after Misaka, only a split second later.
"Okay...that was not cool!...Wait a sec here, I just took a look at that mech...and...it seems to bear quite a shocking resemblance too...Oh good god no...that can''t be!...There''s just no way!...''He'' is supposed to be dead!...I saw it happen...!...''We'' all did...!...I mean, me and Misaka, were the ones, who had played a massive role in it...!...So, how, in the actual heck...is ''he'' still alive?!...Still, I can''t let anyone else know of this fact...Because for some reason, I almost feel that doing so, will wind up causing much more problems to the canon timeline, then there already are right now...So, with that in mind, I have to do my absolute best, to try and keep this timeline intact...Because something tells me, that this, is just going to soon be...the least of me, and Misaka''s worries," I thought to myself, as my face, displayed a look, and an expression of complete and total shock, just after the green colored mech, had taken a swipe at both me and Misaka. I then decided to not waste anymore time. As I then, started charging up a vast amount of electricity. And once I had charged for about a second or two. I then just simply went, and discharged all of it, with all of it aimed directly at the mech.
But, what happened next, was not what I was expecting to happen. In fact, the electricity, that I had discharged at the mech, had simply just wound up slamming into the mech, only to dissipate into complete nothingness.
"What the heck?!...What just happened?!...How did all of that electricity not have any sort of the slightest effect on that mech?!...What the heck is going on here!?...Am I missing something here viewers?!" I frantically thought to myself, while I had briefly, as well as quite frantically, had quickly turned my eyesight, to the left of me, in order to briefly address the viewers.
And, to make matters just that much worse. The reason, as to why the green colored mech, had even begun attacking us in the first place. Well, as it turned out, they were, for some unknown reason, after Febrie. And the reason for why I was able to figure this out? Well, that was basically due to my past experiences regarding a certain female villain, her father, and the Level 6 Shift experiments. Well, that was one of the many experiments, that both of them, as well as their associates, had been involved in. And unfortunately, what was currently happening, and what was still to transpire, in the not too far future.
Not only, would my suspicions, as well as recent and current stunning realizations, wind up to be 100% warranted. But this, was just a mere stepping stone, for what was still too come.
And, given the overall and current situation. Me and Misaka, wanted to do whatever we could, in order to try and minimize any potential collateral damage, that would wind up resulting from this onslaught from the lone green colored mech.
And so, with this very thought in mind. I wound up speaking up, in a very clear effort, to do just that.
But, before I could do so, Misaka then spoke up. "Get back!'' Misaka said, obviously referring to everyone else except for me and her.
"Well, given the current situation, I might as well help Misaka in hammering that statement of hers home," I thought to myself, as I then proceeded to speak up. "Everybody run, and leave this to me and Misaka!" I yelled, as my statement, along with Misaka''s from a few seconds earlier, then took an almost instant effect.
Because not even a split second after I had yelled out that very statement. Kuroko, Uiharu, and Saten, who still had Febrie on her back, then took off running. Well...not exactly...
"Are you two sure that you are going to be alright?" Kuroko interjected with asking, in an attempt to try and argue with me, in regard, to what I had just said. And I was just about to respond and answer back to her, even before she had finished anymore of her protesting statement.
Only, Misaka sort of wound up beating me to the punch, and wound up speaking up to her in response instead. And this was before I even could fully turn to her in order to give my response.
"Kuroko, leave this to us!" Misaka said in response with the exact amount of aggression, that had been present in my tone of voice, when I had yelled at everyone to run.
And to be quite honest, her aggression that was present, in that statement of hers, sent even me reeling for a slight moment. And that was even though she had said it with the same amount of aggression, that had come from my voices tone.
"Okay...so, I wasn''t expecting that from someone as normally non-aggressive as Misaka...I am so glad that I am on her side...because I can''t even begin to imagine, what the situation would''ve been had the script been flipped," I thought to myself, with a somewhat very shocked looking expression, now very much present on my face.
However, I was then quickly brought back to reality, as the green colored mech, with the use of several rocket type boosters, that it had affixed to the back of it, then proceeded to charge forward towards me and Misaka. The only thing was, it didn''t wind up getting very far. As just before the mech made it to us, Misaka, somehow managed to bring it to a sudden halt, by just using her foot to anchor the mechs weapon under it.
The only thing was, that although I had already demonstrated, that my electricity had absolutely no effect on the mech in question. Misaka on the other hand, seemed to have forgotten about that. "Honestly, did you think that this was going to be enough to stop either of us!" Misaka said, a she, like I had done earlier on in this chapter, proceeded to discharge quite a bit of electricity.
Only, just like it had happened with me, Misaka''s massive discharge of electricity, like when I had done so, once again, had wound up having no effect on the mech. As not even a single electrical scorch mark, or even a single dent was seen to be present anywhere on its armor.
"*now proceeds to give a Picard like facepalm*...Okay Misaka, you really need to work on that arrogant demeanor of yours...Because if you hadn''t just had your arrogance act for you in the way that it just did...*then proceeds to deeply sigh*...Then you would''ve obviously realized, that that already has been proven to have absolutely no effect on the mech...You know, I can now completely understand, why such memes as the Picard Facepalm meme, exists in the way that it does...As it would wind up being quite very appropriate...for a situation such as this...But, do you see exactly why now viewers, why being arrogant never works!?...I mean after all, like that of another certain female character, who has recently appeared in this fanfic...nothing good can ever come, from one being arrogant...nothing," I thought to myself, as I had turned my attention to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers, during the second part of my thought.
And, as future events would wind up showing, this would soon wind up, becoming the very least of our worries.
"Yea...so...this is not the most ideal situation here right now...huh viewers?...Yea...not the most ideal is it?...*then proceeds to smile with eyes closed for a moment with head cutely tilted to one side before then composing self in order to continue to address the viewers*...Anyway, this current chapter, just so happens to be the twentieth episode of season two of the anime...or, Railgun S, if you want to more accurately specific...Anyway, the point here viewers, that I am trying to make, is that while this current situation, is as dire, as most of you viewers want to claim that it seems to be...I will now let you all know, that things, could be quite a lot worse...*proceeds to bring face close to screen as a tickmark then become fully visible on one side of face*...You would already know about all of that, from also reading Going In Completely Blind...Which for those of you, who are still unaware, as you might or might not, have been living under a rock this whole time...is the other fanfic of two other fanfics, that are connected to this one!...I mean, surely you viewers, are still not being so lazy, as to not bother reading Going In Completely Blind, or even Going In Almost Completely Blind for that matter, right viewers?...I mean would you just wind up watching the first Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, only to then just stop watching after that, and not even bother to watch the rest of the movies?...I mean, that is not the same thing as this...But just hear me out on this!...Would you, or would you not, go on and watch the remaining Pirates Of The Caribbean movies?!...I mean, the whole issue with Johnny Depp, and Amber Heard lawsuit incident was...Actually, you know what?...Let''s just not dive any deeper into that...*proceeds to say this with a now nervous looking expression and a bead of sweat in place of the tickmark on face*...Anyway, the point that I am trying to make here viewers...Is just don''t skip ahead!...*Says the last part while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted slightly to one side in a cute manner*"
Now things hadn''t exactly changed regarding me and Misaka''s current predicament. However, I then remembered something. "Hold on a sec here...I just remembered something...Misaka didn''t just use her electricity, when she had fought against Touma down by the riverbank...In fact, if I remember right, she wound up using her electricity, to conjure up quite a bit of iron sand from the ground that was beneath her...And she had used the iron sand...to forge a Katana of sorts, from the iron sand...I mean sure, it wound up doing absolutely nothing to Touma because of his Imagine Breaker...But still, I think that the use of iron sand, in a situation like this, should be more then enough, to help counteract the mechs heavy metal weapon...Still, I might as well let Misaka know," I thought to myself, having now realized how we could use the surrounding Iron Sand, to at least hold our own against the mech.
It was then, while I had this exact realization in mind, quickly turned my attention over to Misaka. However, and as if she already knew exactly what I had planned to do during when I was having my thought. She simply just nodded in response. Which not surprisingly, caused me to look at her with a slightly surprised expression, but I did my best to hide it. And then, after having nodded back to Misaka, and without having, or wanting to waste another second. We both then focused and concentrated our electricity beneath us, and then into the concrete. And sure enough, as I had predicted, a whole bunch of iron sand, then started to materialize around us from the concrete beneath our feet.
And, following Misaka''s example to the letter, as the green mech, then tried an overhead swing at Misaka with its large metal weapon, she then used the iron sand that she had just conjured up from the concrete, along with her electricity, to counteract the oncoming heavy swing from the mech. As all that wound up happening, was the green mechs heavy metal weapon just simply wound up glancing off of the iron sand shield, that Misaka had used in tandem with her electricity, in order to to cause the glancing blow in question.
However, as I looked on at what had just transpired. I suddenly didn''t have anymore time, to marvel in wonderment, at what Misaka had just done. Because, it was at that very moment, that the green colored mech, then decided, to try and take a heavy overhanded swing at me with its metal weapon, just as it had tried to do with Misaka.
And as this was transpiring in front of me, a sudden frantic like thought, couldn''t help, but make its way into my mind. "Oh, well that''s not ideal...Still, it is nice to see that Misaka still knows how to use her Esper ability well...I mean, I am still trying to get the hang of using my Telepath ability...But...let me put this current part of my thought to the side...And for now, let me just see...If I can''t follow Misaka''s example..." I thought to myself. And then, after a few seconds of me doing some calculating, and like Misaka had done only a couple of seconds prior. I then, used both the iron sand that I had conjured up from the concrete, and in complete tandem with my electricity, to completely parry the oncoming heavy overhead swing from the green colored mechs heavy metal weapon. And like what had happened with Misaka only a couple seconds prior. The green colored mechs heavy metal weapon, just wound up glancing off of the iron sand and electrically reinforced shield.
"Wow...that was actually a lot more easy, then I thought it was going to be...I guess that is why I am a level 5 Esper...I guess my calculations, as well as my quick thinking...is one of those reason...isn''t that right viewers?...I mean, let me just be clear right from the off...I am not boasting in anyway, about this being the case by any means...In fact, I am all too aware, that being one of the two 3rd ranked level 5 Espers, out of all the seven level 5 Espers in all of Academy City, can sometimes, like this very situation in fact, can wind up with you having a very large and sizeable target on your back...I mean after all viewers...*suddenly brings face close to the screen in order to address the viewers in this manner for the current part of the fourth wall break*...this was something that I had mentioned at great length, way back in chapter 5...You know, if any of you viewers, had actually been bothering in the slightest, to actually read through every chapter very thoroughly up to this point that is..." I thought to myself, while I had both my eyesight, as well as my attention, turned to the left of me, while I continued to and then completed with addressing the viewers.
Okay, so immediately following what had just transpired. Which was just after the green colored mech, had taken a swing, at both me and Misaka. And thankfully, with both of us using our electricity, in tandem with the use of the iron sand that was beneath our feet. We had managed to keep the green colored mech at bay, at least for the moment.
However, after this had happened. Which was just after the mech had wound up glancing its metal weapon against my iron sand shield, that I had used to shield myself, with the use of my electricity. I couldn''t help, but then have a somewhat intrusive thought, then make its way into my mind.
"Okay...I''ll be honest here...both me and Misaka using our electricity, in tandem with the iron sand...was a very smart and an extremely great move...but, something tells me, that this iron sand shield, can only wind up holding up for so long...If we''re both lucky...given my current calculation...then we might only be able, to survive one...maybe two more hits?...And then we would need to conjure up more iron sand to protect us from any overhanded swing that the mech might wind up slamming into our iron sand shields...So, with that thought in mind...I need to try, and quickly think of something, that will wind up getting me, Misaka, Kuroko, Uiharu, Saten, and Febrie, out of this whole very horrible mess of a situation," I thought to myself, as I tried to frantically think, of any possible way out of this whole fight.
However, I was then stopped mid thought, by Misaka then giving a very audible grunt. But, before I could even so much as turn to her, and try to figure out why she was grunting. I then heard Misaka suddenly yell, as she then proceeded to unleash all of the iron sand that she had been using as a shield, by discharging the electricity that had been holding it, towards the mech all at once. And the resulting impact, wound up slamming it very hard, against a nearby vertical steel girder. And to be honest, I just couldn''t help, but stare, at what had just happened.
"Okay...I wasn''t expecting Misaka to be able to do that...!..." I thought to myself, with a very visible shocked and surprised expression very much present on my face.
Only thing was, my thought was then cut short once again, as I then saw, that the two horizontal steel girders, that had been supporting the steel girder, by anchoring it in place with several heavily reinforced steel nuts and bolts for each of them, then proceeded to suddenly shear away from both sides of the sole vertical girder, completely. And to make matters just that much worse, Saten and Febrie, were both under the path of one of the two falling horizontal steel girders. And I also somehow knew, that given the current situation, Misaka, would not be able to react in time. I mean, it would be close. But, however, given the current situation, I wasn''t willing to leave anything to a game of chance. And with all of this now in mind. I then proceeded, to do several quick mental calculations, in order to make 100% certain, that I could get enough electricity over to the falling horizontal steel girder in time. And thought process of going about doing this was...well...
"Damn it!...I''ve got to do something, otherwise this won''t end well for either Saten, or Febrie!" I thought to myself, as I then, with a now very determined and concentrated expression, and just a split second later. I then proceeded, to use the electricity, that I had been using to hold the iron sand up as a shield, and simply concentrated my attention on the steel girder, that was about to fall on Saten and Febrie. And that was after I had done my quick calculations, order to make completely sure, that this wouldn''t wind up, with either Saten or Febrie, getting unnecessarily injured, or badly hurt from the currently still falling steel girder.
But thankfully, and as I had intended from the start...my discharged electricity, wound up shooting, and coursing throughout the steel girder. Which wound up stopping it mid fall before it could do any sort of harm, to either Saten or Febrie.
And, once I had let out a brief sigh of relief, I then proceeded to try and speak up, in order to try, and put both Saten and Febrie current uneasy expression, as well as their feelings, at ease.
However, and just as I was about to speak up to both Saten and Febrie. I then, all of the sudden, then decided not to say anything. As it was almost as if I somehow knew, that now was not the ideal time, to be speaking up regarding that. And as such, I then decided to set that aside, at least until after, this whole fight with the green colored mech, had finally reached its conclusion.
Chapter 34: Girders And Tsunderes!
"Hey viewers, Keiko here. Yes, it has been a little bit since the last chapter hasn''t it?..."
"Uh Keiko, you realize that it hasn''t really been that long since the last chapter right? *Misaka says this while giving Keiko a slightly weary expression, as if to let her know not to ramble on again with one of her fourth wall breaks like she had done in the previous chapter*"
"Oh, right Misaka, how could I forget...*proceeds to say this while feverishly placing one of her hands behind her head, while giving a sheepish sort of grin with both eyes closed*...Anyway viewers, lets just go ahead and proceed on with the chapter now, shall we? *proceeds to say the last portion while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Okay, so let me be real here. Okay, I just realized how slightly ironic that is, considering that this is a fanfic. Anyway, given the current situation between me, Misaka, and the green colored mech. Things regarding the current situation were...what''s the word...
"Okay, well this is quite the current precarious situation!" I said out loud, and quite audibly, as my electricity continued to course through the girder, that had almost fallen onto Saten and Febrie, and had nearly turned both of them, into real life pancakes.
"Still, at least I was able to react in time, given the overwhelming circumstances...I guess that is one of the many benefits to being a high ranked level 5 Esper...huh viewers?" I thought to myself, while I had my eyesight, and my attention, directed to the left of me to briefly address the viewers.
The only trouble was, after I had just finished my fourth wall break, I then, once I had faced forward again. Then took immediate notice of a now currently developing situation.
And what I meant by that, was that the electricity that I had been sending coursing through the girder, had now somehow, started to reduce in power slightly, and I then wound up taking immediate action.
Well, that was before a quick thought came to my mind. "Okay, that was something that I was certainly not expecting to have witnessed happen just now...Guess I need to remain a little bit more focused when I am doing something like this," I thought to myself, while a small bead of sweat was visible, on one side of my face.
Which was then quickly followed, by me once again sending more of my electricity through the girder in question. And it was then, that I decided to speak up to tell both Saten and Febrie, to get out of the way of the girder, so that I could set it down safely.
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However, before I could say anything, Misaka, somehow decided to speak up. "Saten, take Febrie, and get to safety!" Misaka said, in a way as if she almost knew exactly what I was going to say to both Saten and Febrie.
And not surprisingly, this sent me reeling back slightly in shock. But I did my absolute best to hide any surprised or shocked emotion.
Well not exactly..."Okay seriously Misaka, you couldn''t have given me some sort of fair warning before you decided to do that?!..." I angrily thought to myself, as a clear, and all too familiar blush, then suddenly appeared on my face in full view.
Only, once I had realized, the blush on my face only got more visible, and just that much worse. "Okay, now that was a bit unexpected of me to act in that manner...I mean after all viewers, as I explained back in the Jokers, Aces, Kings, Queens, and Marked Cards chapter...there''s no way that the information that Kuroko found out about me can be correct...because there is absolutely no way that I could be a tsundere...right viewers?" I thought to myself. While, as the blush was still very much visible on my face, I had turned my eyesight, as well as my attention, slightly to the left of me, to once again address the viewers.
"Hey viewers, Keiko here again. Yes, you probably thought that this was going to be another action packed chapter didn''t you?...Well, you''d be half right on that...as that is only half true...Let me explain this a little further viewers. Did you notice by any chance, the number of words, that were in the last chapter?...Because if you did, then you would''ve noticed that it was around ~7,000-7500 words...*blushes*...So yea viewers...not the exactly smallest chapter by any means...Which is why, for you benefit, this chapter is going to be the usual minimal length of ~1,000 or more words...I mean after all viewers, even the most invested of readers...sometimes need a sort of rest, from all of the action packed chapters. But, however viewers, that doesn''t mean that this isn''t an action packed chapter by any means...*proceeds to bring her face close to the screen with a slightly less then pleased expression on face*...I mean after all viewers, you saw the small action related scene towards the start of this chapter...right?...I mean, surely you aren''t still skimming through these chapters...right?...Because if you all still are...then that is quite honestly, very sad indeed, if you are in fact still doing that. I mean after all viewers, that would mean that you aren''t a dedicated reader...you''re just lazy!...*now suddenly realizes what was just said, then proceeds to show an all too visible blush on face before quickly pulling face back from the screen, and only then does the blush from face almost completely disappear*...Anyway, my apologies for that...*says this while a bead of sweat is now present on one side of face and the blush is now completely gone from face, only it is now replaced with an expression of slight remorse and regret for acting in such an unladylike manner*...Anyway...*
"Yea Keiko, can you hurry it up please?! I think the viewers get it now! *Misaka says this with a less then pleased sounding tone in her voice, while also telling Keiko to more or less stop*"
"Right, my apologies Misaka. And viewers, I will see you all in the next chapter, okay? *says this while slightly winking in a cute manner and also smiling with head tilted to one side in a cute manner*
Chapter 35: Standing United While United We Stand!: Primrose, And Equality! (Part 2)
Okay, so things had recently become a little bit precarious during the last chapter. And what I mean by that, for those who don''t recall at this current moment. I am of course talking about the whole girder situation. And while I looked on, whilst concentrating on the steel girder with the use of my electricity, I then wound up breathing a sigh of complete relief. Why you may ask? Well...
"Kuroko!" I yelled. As I briefly saw Kuroko teleport into view with a slight popping swooshing sound, next to both Saten, and Febrie. And then, once she had taken hold of both Saten and Febrie, teleported out of view again, with yet another popping swooshing sound.
And, now knowing that both Saten and Febrie were safe. I then ceased sending my electricity coursing through the girder, to which it then quickly hit the concrete ground, with a very loud crashing thud. And, once I had breathed out another sigh of relief. I then saw Kuroko teleport back into view again, only this time, it was back with Uiharu, who was still on the sidelines.
"Uiharu, take out your phone, I need you to call Anti-Skill," Kuroko said to Uiharu. To which Uiharu then did so.
The only thing was, as I was currently looking on at, and listening to the current conversation between Kuroko and Uiharu, I then heard an all too familiar crackling sound, of electricity.
"Keiko, behind you!" I heard Misaka yell out to me. And when I did as she had just exclaimed, I managed to look behind me, just in time to see the green colored mech charging right at me.
However...
"Are you kidding me right now?! Why can''t you just take the hint?! Do you not understand that we both have a lot to do today?!" I now angrily said.
As I once again, with a now hugely less then pleased expression. Actually, to say that I currently looked less then pleased, with my current expression, was actually, a very immense understatement.
In fact, I was actually, absolutely livid. So, with said expression, very much currently present on my face. I managed to use my electricity, to conjure up more iron sand from the concrete beneath me. And, just before the mech managed to just get to me, and had raised its heavy metal weapon. I was able to conjure up yet another iron sand and electricity composed shield, and easily cause the green colored mechs heavy metal weapon, to slam hard against my just composed, electricity, and iron sand made shield. And I also, happened to notice, that the sound that it had wound up making, was a metal clanging kind of sound. As the green colored mechs heavy metal weapon, stopped dead against my electricity, and iron sand composed shield.
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Which to be honest, was not really a priority for me to take any more note of at the current moment. As I was honestly, currently a heck of a lot more focused, on making it, so that I wasn''t injured, or even worst case killed, by the green colored mechs, heavy metal weapon.
"Okay viewers, so Keiko here. Yea, I know what you''re all thinking. Not the most ideal time to be doing a fourth wall break right? Well, not exactly. I mean after all viewers, Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool. You know, the ''Merc With A Mouth?'' Yes, that Deadpool...*now proceeds to smile quite broadly*...Actually, I think I will just take a short moment here, to explain...*ahem*...Marvel''s current...whats the word...oh yes...shortcomings...regarding some of there. Well, there''s no other word for it...their most recent appalling productions...You know the ones viewers?...Any recent Marvel Disney+ Series...You know, anything after Avengers: Endgame?...I mean after all, why wouldn''t all Marvel fans, be referring to it, and quite justifiably I might add, as the ''Post-Endgame Conundrum?"...I mean after all, anything that wasn''t the most recent Deadpool & Wolverine movie...Has quite honestly, not been the best look regarding Marvel, or even Disney for that matter. Oh, almost forgot, Jack Doherty...Well actually, as Penguinz0...aka MoistCr1TiKaL...aka Charlie White...has respectfully nicknamed him...Jack Dork...*proceeds to giggle at the name Jack Dork*...Anyway viewers, the point is...Jack Dork...*proceeds to lightly giggle once again*...Or even KSI for that matter as well...Both of these...*ahem*...clowns...Are quite honestly both jokes...But however...that doesn''t mean that we all can''t have a bunch of laughs at their expense...I mean after all viewers...and to tell you the cold hard truth...KSI''s recent song ''Thick of it,'' has honestly got to be, one of the most horrid songs...that I have ever listened too...I mean for goodness sake, IceJJFish...sounds better at singing then he does...And that viewers, is just complete honesty. And as for Logan Paul''s piece of dookie PRIME drink?...Well, as James May once said on Top Gear...''I''ve got the name for it, ''The Bloody Awful,''''...*proceeds to laugh quite loud and audibly before finally composing self and then continuing to address the viewers*...*then proceeds to bring face close to the screen before continuing to address the viewers*...Oh, and Jimmy?...How goes your ''charity work,'' you know, the hospital that you claimed to have built?...Only for DogPack404, to justifiably expose the fact, that you had used CGI, to remove the hospital from the videos in question...I mean honestly Jimmy...At what point is enough lying enough for you?...Oh, and speaking of lying Jimmy...Everyone already knows, not to buy your Lunchly product...or any other scam product, that you, Logan, or KSI, have sold in the past, and ever will...*now proceeds to bring face back away from the screen before once again continuing to address the viewers*...Anyway, see you all in the next chapter...okay?...*says the last part while smiling with eyes closed and head slightly tilted to one side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 36: Standing United While United We Stand!: Jammed Signals And Steel Beams! (Part 3)
Okay, so I really had gotten myself into quite the somewhat dire, and quite honestly, very dangerous situation from the last chapter. And this was regarding my current predicament, with me, Misaka, Kuroko, Uiharu, Saten, Febrie, and of course, the green colored mech.
Which at the moment, currently had its heavy metal weapon stopped dead in a mid-downward swing, against my electricity, and iron sand composed shield.
However, while this was currently going on, I just managed to hear from the sidelines, the unmistakable voices, of Kuroko, and Uiharu. And why you may ask? Well...
"It''s no good," Uiharu said somewhat frantically.
"What''s wrong?" Kuroko asked in response to what Uiharu had just said.
"I''m not getting a signal," Uiharu said in response. And that, caused me to almost turn completely pale like a ghost on Halloween night.
And that was while Saten, had then chosen to speak up. "What, no signal?" Saten said, now taking immediate note, of what had just been said by Uiharu. And from what I could tell, Saten wasn''t exactly very happy, to have heard that statement either.
"Oh, well that''s not good...So, it would more then likely seem, like they are jamming any sort of incoming, or outgoing signals...Okay, since when did this suddenly become like Star Wars...what with the Separatists...almost always, jamming all transmissions?...And while we''re on the subject of Star Wars for the moment viewers...For those of you who actually think, that The Acolyte...was anything close, to resembling, a coherent bit of Disney Media...Then I am really starting to question your overall intelligence...I mean after all, this ''woke culture nonsense,'' is quite frankly, one of the saddest things, that I have ever seen...And that is saying quite a bit viewers..." I thought to myself, with the all too visible paleness currently on my face. And that was while I still somehow managed, to keep a firm concentration, in order to keep the firm hold, on my iron sand, and electricity composed shield. And while I had had my eyesight, as well as another part of my attention, turned to the left of me, to briefly address the viewers. And with regard to my iron sand and electricity composed shield? Well, I was managing it, with quite a bit of efficient effort, in order to stop the green colored mech, from attempting to strike me, while my attention was currently divided between both it, and the currently unfolding situation. Which was currently taking place, between Saten, Kuroko, and Uiharu.
The only thing regarding this current situation. Was as soon, as I had turned my attention, back towards the green colored mech in question. I then heard a swooshing like sound, as if a projectile of sorts, was being launched through the air, at an alarming rate of speed.
And sure enough, I just managed to immediately notice, that a huge steel girder, was now flying through the air, like a projectile. To which it then wound up slamming hard against the side of the green colored mechs head. Which in turn, sent it flying quite violently to the side. And then onto the ground, in a now inoperative, damaged, and quite crumpled heap of dented and somewhat twisted metal.
"Okay, well that was quite the unexpected...Hold on, where have I seen an ability like that before?...Oh no...don''t tell me..." I thought to myself, in an almost Peanuts Charlie Brown type manner. As I then, heard an all too familiar sounding female voice then speak up, which had wound up proceeding, the all too familiar sound, of the opening, of an unmistakable paper fan.
"I mean honestly, that robot should find itself a new dance partner." The familiar sounding female voice said, in quite a pompous, and somewhat demeaning sounding tone of voice.
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And not surprisingly, once I, along with everyone else who was present, had all turned our attention, towards the source of the familiar sounding female voice. I then just could not help, but then have, an all too visible and quite justifiable frown, then suddenly make its way, onto my face.
"Oh joy...Kongo is here...great...just great...wonderful!...Well in the words of one Ouro Kronii...that''s freaking great!...I am so happy to see her right now viewers...can you not all tell how happy I am right now?!...I mean after all, as I had explained back in the very first chapter of this fanfic...and also, The Past, The Present, And The Future chapter...Kongo...just likes to hear herself talk, just a bit too much...But here''s the thing viewers...she is not as bad...as Misaki Shokuhou...and she never will be...Furthermore viewers, and to be perfectly honest as well...neither one of them, is as annoying, as either Potamos, or Petora for that matter as well...Now, you viewers might now all be asking yourselves, just who Potamos, and Petora are...correct?...Well, here is my response to your question...go and read Going In Completely Blind...which as I have said countless times before in previous chapters viewers...like that of Going In Almost Completely Blind as well...are both mandatory reading requirements...that all of you viewers should in fact be reading...And if you want to somehow say that neither of those other fanfics, are mandatory...Well then...*A very not pleased looking expression now appears on my face while I now bring my face closer to the screen...Well, not so much close to the screen, so much as the screen just temporarily zooms in on my face*...I would highly suggest, that you go and start reading them...okay?...*now brings face back away from the screen to continue to address the viewers*...Now, this chapter..." I thought to myself, while I had had my eyesight, as well as my head, and attention, turned to the left of me, to address the viewers.
The only thing was, that as I was about to do my usual end of chapter fourth wall break. I then stopped dead. As if I almost thought, that things in the current episode weren''t quite over just yet.
And to be completely honest, those suspicions, were very much indeed, 100% correct.
But unfortunately, even though this was currently the case. I was currently still having a very rough, and a very extremely difficult time, with trying to keep my composure at that very moment.
As to be completely honest, I had every right to extremely unhappy at the current moment. One could even say that I was extremely displeased as well. And to be honest a bit more, I was as unhappy as I should''ve been, that Kongo had been the one, to save me, as well as everyone else, from the green colored mechs onslaught. Well, at least for now. But more on that a bit later.
But anyway, a short time later on, at a nearby hospital. Which just so happened, to be the very same hospital that a certain frog faced doctor, happened to work at.
Anyway, while me, Misaka, and everyone else, were being treated for our injuries. Mind you, me and Misaka, weren''t exactly that terribly injured. But to be honest, one can never be too sure. I mean after all, you always have to take care of yourself.
But anyway, after me, Misaka, had had our injuries attended to. And while several more of the hospital staff, were still tending to Kuroko and everyone else''s injuries. The frog faced doctor, Heaven Canceller, wound up pulling us both aside. And at first, I was slightly confused as to why. However, the reason, was then made more aware and obvious, to both me and Misaka, once Heaven Canceller, wound up telling us both, that Febrie, was apparently...well...a Chemicaloid...whatever that was.
However, though neither of us knew it at the time. Febrie, and our problems with the likes of the green colored mech.
"Which by the way viewers...Sorry, Keiko here. Anyway, as I was about to address to all of you. The green colored mech, as it actually turns out, was actually unmanned...I know, I was as shocked as you all were when I found that little bit of info out...Kind of reminds me a little of the Gundam anime franchise...You know, apart from the Gundams in question...actually being manned...But in my opinion viewers, it is basically the same principal...Anyway, see you all in the next chapter and episode...for real this time...okay?...*says the last sentence while smiling with eyes closed and head tilted to once side in a cute manner*"
Chapter 37: Scientifically Engineered!: The Not So Silent Party! (Part 1)
Okay, so things regarding the most recent run-in with the green colored mech, had at last, finally come to an end, at least for now. And as for those who were responsible for its creation? Well, more on that a bit later.
Anyway, what was currently a much more pressing matter, was what had just been told, to me and Misaka, from Heaven Canceller, regarding Febrie.
"Scientifically engineered, are you serious?" Misaka began with asking, in a pretty astonished sounding tone, just after Heaven Canceller, had let both me and her know, that Febrie, was in fact, a scientifically engineered type of human, called a Chemicaloid.
The only trouble was, that as Heaven Canceller, was busy explaining exactly what a Chemicaloid was. I was sort of...well..."Oh...well that is quite a bit of...scientific stuff...so to speak...anyway viewers...though I am not going to go into intense detail, as to what a Chemicaloid is...Let''s just say, that it is the term used to refer to the artificial humans created by a group named STUDY. The Chemicaloids viewers, are exactly what their name entails, they are artificially created through chemicals, including non-naturally occurring ones as well. However, despite this, their appearance and their bodily functions, are actually no different from regular humans. However, as part of their metabolic processes, their cells naturally secrete a poison. That if left unattended, it will accumulate in their bodies, disrupting their organ functions, making them ill or even killing them...So viewers, that, is what a Chemicaloid is...So viewers, with that short explanation now done, what do you say, that we get back to the story now, hmm?" I thought to myself, while I had had my eyesight, turned slightly to the right of me, to briefly address the viewers.
And as for the reason, as to why I hadn''t turned my entire head, and my attention, along with my eyesight, in order to address you viewers during the fourth wall break. Well, that was because I had to at least remain somewhat focused, on listening to Heaven Canceller''s explanation, in an effort to relay the information to all of you viewers. And with regard to being able to achieve such? Well, that wasn''t hard.
"I mean after all viewers, and as a well known DC universe villain once justifiably said, ''you see madness, is like gravity, all it takes, is a little push.'' And as for which DC universe said that particular quote? Well, if you haven''t already guessed who it is by the first quote, then here''s another one. Well a couple more, but you get what I mean here, right viewers? ''If you''re good at something, never do it for free,'' or ''it''s not about the money, it''s about sending a message, everything burns.'' Do you realize who it is now viewers? Well, you should, I mean after all, Heath Ledger, did give up his life, to make sure that he immortalized the role of Joker, in The Dark Knight...*I say the last part, with an all telling smirk, now becoming quite visible, on my face*...Now then, what do you viewers say, that we get back to the story, hmm?...*I say this part, while smiling with both eyes closed, and with my head tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"
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Later on, and on the streets of Academy City, me and Misaka, were currently, well what else, we were walking down one of the streets just minding our own business. Well, Misaka was, while I on the other hand, was sort of deep in immense thought. And for the record, me and Misaka, weren''t exactly alone, as we did have Febrie with us.
However, while Misaka had her hand on Febrie, I was...well
"Well viewers, I would say...that things regarding me and Misaka, and our encounter with the green colored mech, was just a one-off, but then, I would be lying to all of you viewers then, wouldn''t I?...Yes, unfortunately, the green colored mech, that me and Misaka, had fought against a couple of chapters back, was, and will in fact not be, a simple isolated incident...In fact viewers..." I thought to myself, while I had my attention, as well as my eyesight, turned slightly to the left of me, to briefly address the viewers.
The only trouble was, that my thought was sort of cut short, so to speak.
And the reason?...well...
"Big Sister, it is so good to see you again...Misaka says with charisma," the all too very familiar voice, of one of the Sisters said from not too far ahead of us.
"Oh, well that''s unexpected...Uh...well...I didn''t expect one of the Sisters to be here...Well viewers it would seem..." I thought to myself, while I once again, had my attention, as well as my eyesight, turned slightly to the let of me again, to once again briefly address the viewers.
But, once again, this, like my previous fourth wall break, was cut short, yet again.
Which was due to...
"Ah, I see that you have brought some friends along...says Misaka, pointing out the obvious," the Sister followed up with.
Which to be honest...
"Okay...so viewers, just to give you all a clearer picture...you know, for those of you, who don''t know exactly who the Sisters are...Well, how can I put this...they are basically...nearly identical clones, of Misaka...Yes, you read that right viewers...and as I had mentioned in a previous chapter...these exact same Sisters, were used in the Project Level 6 Shift experiments...and how many you might ask?...Well...20,000...well, not anymore, as Accelerator did in fact...*ahem*...kill about 10,000 of them...So viewers, does that not sound weird?...Anyway, see you all in the next chapter, okay?" I thought to myself, all while, I once again, had turned my head, eyesight, and as well as my attention, slightly to the left of me, to one again address the viewers.
Chapter 38: Ones True Intentions!: The Not So Silent Party! (Part 2)
Now, remember when I said in the last chapter, that me and Misaka''s encounter, with the green colored mech chapters wasn''t going to be a one off. Well...
"Look viewers, the point here is. Sorry, Keiko here again. *I now traditionally bow to the viewers, in a sort of apology for once again breaking the fourth wall out of the blue again, before bringing myself straight up from my traditional bow, I then clear my throat, before once again proceeding, to continue to address the viewers*...Now, as I was about to say to all of you viewers...Actually viewers, you know what?...Why don''t I just go into just a little more detail, with the sole intent, of explaining, who exactly, is responsible, for producing such an...well...an abomination...Whoa...sort of turned into The Nostalgia Critic for a second there...I mean after all viewers, he does review it, so that you don''t have to...But getting back on topic here viewers, and away from my...well..sort of diversion, with my Nostalgia Critic reference...Anyway, as I was saying, the...*ahem*...group of sorts, who were responsible for creating the green colored mech in question...Well, they are actually a group, whose name, that I had in fact already mentioned...In fact viewers, I just so happened, to have mentioned this very group, in just the previous chapter...the group STUDY...As in, the very same STUDY, responsible for the Chemicaloid Project...Yes, the very same Chemicaloid Project, that had created Febrie...Among other things...But more on that later viewers...now, what do you say, that we finally, move on with the story, hmm?...*I say the last part, while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"
Now, fourth wall breaking aside, at least for the moment.
And going back to the current situation...
"Okay timeout for a second here viewers...Sorry Keiko here again...Now, I did leave a couple of things out, as to what went on in the last chapter. So, I will just explain that all now, okay?...Now, as it turned out, I did sort of mention, that me and Misaka, were the only ones, besides Febrie, who were walking down the streets of Academy City...Yea, the thing is, that wasn''t entirely accurate, or even true. You see viewers, Kuroko, Saten, And Uiharu, were also there with us...Also, the whole reason as to why...me and Misaka had really come across one of the Sisters...Well, that was actually because...Actually, you know what?...Why don''t I just take you all back to a bit earlier...As I think, it far better, if I do that instead...Now, shall we begin, hmm?...*I say the last bit, while saying it in a similar fashion, in which Benedict Cumberbatch, had said it, as the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness*"
Anyway, winding back the clock a bit, to a couple of minutes prior. And while Me and Misaka, were walking down the street, with Kuroko, Uiharu, and Febrie.
Things currently were, well...
"Sissy, something is bothering you, isn''t it?" Kuroko asked Misaka, upon Kuroko taking into account Misaka, less then happy looking expression.
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"Uh...what are you talking about Kuroko?" Misaka wound up responding back to Kuroko, in a somewhat surprised sounding manner. The only thing was, that unlike Kuroko, I had now taken immediate notice, of a bead of sweat, now making its presence known, on one side, of Misaka''s face.
"Oh, well this is not really the most ideal situation now...is it viewers?" I thought to myself, while I had my attention, and eyesight, turned slightly to the left of me, to briefly address the viewers.
Only to be snapped back to reality again, by Kuroko then once again speaking up.
"Neither you or Keiko, have seemed to be yourselves, since you both finished talking to that doctor," Kuroko said to Misaka, while referencing me as well. Since quite frankly, I wasn''t in any better of a shape, then Misaka currently was. And to be completely honest, not that I haven''t already been throughout the entire portion of this fanfic already.
But anyway, this whole conversation, was suddenly cut short, by the arrival of an all too familiar black cat.
"Now here''s the thing viewers. Sorry, Keiko here again. Now, as I was about to explain to all of you...the reason, as to why the black cat in question was familiar...well, that very black cat, just so happened to be the exact same black cat, that had been present, during my standoff with Misaka and Touma, on the iron bridge in Academy City...You know, the very same iron bridge, that almost became a certain Mr. Rotten Lucks untimely last stand?...Yes, that iron bridge...But anyway, viewers...What do you say, that we get back to the story, hmm?...*I say the last part, while once again smiling with eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"
Now getting back to the current situation, just after the black cat had appeared, me and Misaka, then looked towards a nearby tree, to see. Well who else, one of the Sisters. More specifically, Misaka #10032. As in the same #10032, who was almost killed by Accelerator, in the very same number of the Level 6 Shift experiments, that had in fact been interrupted by Touma. And had then led, to Touma, then giving Accelerator, exactly what he deserved, which was a punch straight to his face, with Touma''s right hand. The very same right hand, that held his Imagine Breaker.
"So viewers. Sorry Keiko here again. Now, I think, that this, is more then a good place to stop with this episode for now...Don''t worry, as you will not be left without another chapter for very long...I mean after all viewers...Like one Shinko Hanasaki...I am also trying to prove the exact same thing, that she herself, is trying to prove...As in, this very fanfic, as well as the other two...Which by the way viewers, I really do hope that you have all been reading alongside this...Because my hope, like that of Shinko''s is to convince the anime industry, as well as all of you viewers, that I do very much believe...that this fanfic, and the other two alongside it, are more then worthy, of being turned into canon anime timeline material...And no, I don''t just mean to be considered canon...What I in fact mean viewers...Is that the anime industry, should remake these three fanfics, into their own...*ahem*...sort of retelling, of these four anime...*smiles*...I mean after all, for those who don''t already know...A Certain Scientific Railgun, is not the only well known anime, that is part of these three fanfics...Tell me, does the team name The 90s Magical Girl Holy Trinity, ring any bells?...You know, the very same 90s Magical Girl Holy Trinity...that were in fact featured as far back, as chapter 16?...Anyway, I think that that, is more then enough for now viewers...So, I will see you all in the next chapter, okay?...*I say this last part, while once again smiling with eyes closed, and my head tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"
Chapter 39: More To It Then Just The Numb3rs!: The Mile High Club, And Taking A Mile High Clubbing!
"Hello viewers, Keiko here...*I say this while traditionally bowing to the viewers, before bringing my head, my attention, and my eyesight, back up again, to once again continue to address the viewers*...Now, remember, when I, several chapters back, wound up doing a chapter, that wasn''t action packed viewers, hmm?...*I say this while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a cute manner*...Now, this chapter, will in fact be, yet another, not action packed chapter...So viewers, like the chapter several chapters back...And keep in mind viewers, that this is now going to be one of the only other times, that I am going to be giving this sort of permission to all of you in the exact same manner...As you viewers, as of now, once again, have my absolutely full permission, to skip this chapter...But just know viewers, that once again, if you choose to do so...You will, like the last chapter in which I wound up giving this exact same permission...You will once again, be missing out on vital information...But don''t let that stop you viewers...By all means, do as you please, and take my permission to the letter...But like I have already said, you will wind up missing quite a bit...Now, who here, knows of a show, by the name of Numb3rs?...You know, the same show, that starred Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Alimi Ballard, Judd Hirsch, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter MacNicol...Yes, that Numb3rs...Now, the reason why I am mentioning this show, is having to do in large part, to the very title name of this chapter...But more importantly viewers...Like that of Numb3rs...Professor Charles Epps...played by David Krumholtz...Who believe it or not viewers, was also Bernard The Elf...in the Tim Allen Santa Clause movies...But anyway, getting back on track here viewers...Charles Epps...brother of FBI Agent Don Epps...played by Rob Morrow...Charles Epps...like that of me and Misaka, do wind up doing similar high end calculations...The only difference viewers?...Well, Charles Epps sometimes had to use a chalkboard to do quite a few larger calculations...Like the well known P versus NP problem...Or, like the Riemann Hypothesis...Which to be honest viewers, was not just undertaken at one point in the series, by Charles Epps...In fact viewers, the whole reason why he had done so in the show in the first place...was to help out a Mr. Ethan Burdick...played by Neil Patrick Harris in the episode Prime Suspect...And to be honest viewers, for those of you who don''t know about the true significance, of either P versus NP, or the Riemann Hypothesis...as once mentioned in the series by one Larry Fleinhardt...played by Peter MacNicol...is, and I quote from his character, ''it is considered to be unsolvable,'' and the truth of the matter here viewers...is that unfortunately, he was right...as both P versus NP, and the Riemann Hypothesis, have never been solved...I mean after all viewers, why would they both have $1M cash prizes, for those who solved them?...Anyway, on the subject of more things regarding the show in question?...Well, an Agent Ian Edgerton...played by Lou Diamond Phillips...is a highly regarded sniper out of the FBI from Quantico...And, as it would also be the case viewers, he was the fifth ranked sniper in the world...or as Edgerton so happily corrected later on in the series...fourth...and in the words of Agent Edgerton, ''you don''t want to know how I moved up a spot...''...Which by the way viewers, all but confirmed, as to why he had in fact ''moved up a spot...''...I mean quite honestly viewers...Not that I haven''t been as such, during the entire length of this fanfic so far by the way...Look viewers, the point is...That I don''t know how to put it any more plainly, or any more obvious to all of you viewers then that...*sweatdrops*...And finally viewers, as for the show itself?...Well, I would highly recommend, that you have a watch of it sometime...*I say this, while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a cute manner*...As it is quite a binge-worthy and bingeable series...Also, with another sort of...*ahem*...numbers type of reference...Who here, knows of Call Of Duty: Black Ops...?...No, not Blops 2..or even Blops 3 for that matter...I am of course, talking about, the original Black Ops...You know, the one with Alex Mason...and of course, Viktor Reznov?...Yes, that Black Ops...Also, for those who have...gone through hell itself...You know, the one and only...Mile High Club?...As in the very same Mile High Club, that had many people literally pulling their hair out, and raging like the wind...as they tried to locate the ''VIP,'' in under a minute?...Yes, that Mile High Club...And to be perfectly clear here viewers...you have my complete and total sympathy...for putting yourselves, through such a rage inducing and quite hell induced situation...And I genuinely mean that...as for those of you who have received quite the Mile High Clubbing...so to speak...will know exactly what it is, that I am on about...I mean after all, the achievement tied to it, does require you to beat Mile High Club on Veteran...But to be quite honest here viewers, I would rather...in the similar fashion of one James May...I would rather, build a 10 mile long stretch of model train track from Barnstaple to Bideford, like he had done in James Mays Toy Stories...then to go and play Mile High Club...But getting back to the whole Alex Mason topic...and as Hudson himself, so rightfully asked him, ''the numbers Mason, what do they mean?!''...But, I think that that is enough about all of this...So viewers, I will see you all in the next chapter...When we will get right back into the action, okay?...*I say this, while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"
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Chapter 40: Aluminium, Not Aluminum!: The Story Behind The Lickey Banks Lickey Banker!
"Hello viewers. Keiko here, now, though I did say, that I was going to proceed back into the action in this chapter...
I was only sort of half telling the truth when I said that. As due to current events popping up. I thought that I would go ahead and get some housekeeping done, so to speak. And only after this chapter, will we then get back into the action...
But don''t worry nor fret viewers...
As like the chapter before this one...you once again, have my absolute full permission, to just skip past this chapter...
And onto a more telling subject now viewers, and, as you can probably tell, from the chapter title...I think that you know exactly, what I am about to go into detail about in this chapter...now then, shall we proceed?...
Now, let me first start off, by saying, that while many do in fact, incorrectly pronounce Aluminium, as Aluminum...
I am going to say right from the off, that it is in fact, definitively pronounced, as Aluminium...so let''s just get that straight out of the way...And as for the most obvious of reasons viewers?...
Well, I think that you will all find, that has more to do, with the words origin...then most other things...
And going into further explanation, the name was originally given to the element by British chemist Humphry Davy, who discovered that aluminum could be produced from alumina (aluminum oxide) in 1808. Davy originally called the element "alumium," but later changed it to "aluminum."
Around the same time, another term, "aluminium," emerged, which was intended to make the name sound more like other elements with names ending in "-ium," such as calcium and magnesium...So viewers, as you can see, it is pronounced Aluminium, and not, as other berks have brashly called it, Aluminum...okay?...*I say this, while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head titled to one side, in a cute manner*...Now, moving onto the other part of this chapters title...
And as you are all probably wondering viewers, just what is the ''Lickey Incline,'' correct?...
Well viewers, let me put it to you all in much more simpler terms...
In the United States, more specifically, in California''s San Gabriel Mountains, is the grueling stretch of track, known, as the Cajon Pass...
It is so well known...partly, because in 1989...1994...and...1996...there were three...three!...Separate runaway train related incidents...On May 12, 1989...Southern Pacific freight train #7551 East...with four engines up front, SD40T-2 #8278, SD45R #7551, SD45R #7549, and SD45T-2 #9340...69...fully loaded...100-ton open top hoppers...filled to the brim with Trona...
And a further two banking helpers behind...front banking helper...SD40T-2 #8317, and trailing banking helper unit...SD45R #7443...derails on a curve at the bottom of the Cajon Pass at a speed of about 110 mph...and yes viewers...that number is not fake...
And as for the crew that was in charge of SP #7551 east?
Well, Engineer Frank Holland, was the man in charge of the 8900 ton freight...
#7551 Easts conductor was one Everett Crown...
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Head end brakemen Allan Reiss was riding two engines back from lead head end unit #8278...
In head end unit #7549...
And usually viewers, the brakemen, like CN Rail brakemen Mark Edwards, on CN freight train #413, that wound up slamming head on, into VIA Rail''s Super Continental #4, at a speed, of roughly, 59 mph...or, 95 kph.
The resulting force of the head on collision, just outside of Hinton Station, wound up destroying the head end lead unit of CN 413, derailed, 70 of CN 413''s 113 freight cars...
And, destroyed the lead engines of VIA''s Super Continental #4, and completely destroyed most of the #4s passenger consist as well...
In total, 23 people were killed, including the two crew members, Engineer Jack Hudson, and Brakemen Mark Edwards, in the head end lead unit of CN 413...
And, both crew members in the lead engine of the VIA Rail #4...
Along with a further 19 passengers in the head end carriages of the VIA Rail #4...
And a further 71, were injured...
Anyway viewers, back to the 89'' Cajon Pass Runaway Incident...
The banking helper crew, one Helper Engineer Lawrence Hill, and His Brakemen, one Robert Waterbury...were the ones in charge of the two rear banking helper units...#8317, and #7443...
But unfortunately viewers, and as the investigators from the NTSB, would later realize, that out of the six locomotives on Southern Pacific #7551 East...
Only lead head end unit #8278...and rear trailing banking helper unit, #7443, had fully functioning dynamic brakes...
Second head end unit #7551...was dead, and was therefore, unable to provide any type of braking force...
Third head end unit #7549...had fully inoperative dynamic brakes...
Fourth head end unit...#9340...had only sporadically functioning dynamic brakes...
And finally...lead banking helper unit...#8317...like that of third head end unit #7549...also had...fully inoperative dynamic brakes...
And to make matters that much worse?...The true weight of the train...with a combining weight...regarding the six engines...and all of the 69...fully loaded...100-ton open hoppers...was roughly...8900 tons...
While the wrongly estimated combined weight...was well under, at just 6151 tons...a horrifyingly underestimated differential weight, of about 2749 tons...which...when factoring in the six locomotives, and their operative...or inoperative dynamic brakes...
Trying to hold a mandatory maximum restricted speed, down the Cajon Pass, of about 29 mph...is not, and was not possible...
And, the resulting accident, killed both conductor Everett Crown, and head end brakemen Allan Reiss...
Both of which wound up being crushed to death, in the crushed nose sections, of their respective engines...
Now viewers, onto a more lighter note...As I am quite sure, that all of you, are in well need, of a bit of a break...correct?...Now, onto the part regarding the famed Lickey Incline...which believe it or not viewers...is even steeper then the Cajon Pass...as the Cajon Pass, is estimated at 2.2%...And yes viewers, I am well, and fully aware, that the Saluda Grade, is far more steep...But that, in my quite honest opinion, and in my mind, doesn''t really matter...as the Saluda Grade, has been shuddered, for quite a while now...Now, getting back on topic...the Lickey Incline, at a 1 in 37 gradient...or in conversion to US measurements...is roughly a 2.65% grade...But anyway, the reason as to why, the Lickey Incline, is as well known, as it is...has to do in part...to an engine, who served its time on the Lickey Incline for 37 years...I am of course, talking about...Big Bertha...or Big Emma...depending on who you talk to...Now, Big Bertha...built in 1919...by MR Derby Works...was an 0-10-0 tender engine...who, as her nickname...''The Lickey Banker,'' quite justifiably suggests...she was in fact, built for a single purpose, to bank trains...up the 1 in 37 gradient of the Lickey Incline...and she did so, right up until the end of steam on the Lickey...when in May 19, 1956...she was withdrawn...and then in September 1957...she was scrapped...And as for her running numbers?...Well viewers, she was delivered to the Lickey in 1919, sporting the number 2290...and she kept that number, while being owned, by the LMS...or the London Midland Scottish Railway...but she was renumbered to 22290 in 1947 to make room for the numbering of a Fairburn 2-6-4T. And only a year later, she was renumbered to 58100 by BR...So viewers...this does now in fact end, this current chapter...But rest assured...as we will be getting right back into the action, in the next chapter. And I look forward, to seeing you lot there, okay?...*I say this, while smiling with both eyes closed, and my head, tilted to one side, in a cute manner*"