Chapter 6: A Visit from the Superintendent
Before they knew it, the last week of summer break has already passed by.
In those fleeting moments of vacation, Kamijou and Fukiyose had a turbulent peaceful yet peaceful living at Komoe's apartment where they are staying as they are waiting for the Iron Wall Girl to finally give birth to their little Tetsuya. Turbulent because for some reasons, people closely connected to the two teenage parents are showing up in their apartment like Hamazura Shiage (who accidentally saw the two of them in the supermarket), Yomikawa Aiho (who must have heard it from Komoe and she surprised them one day by bringing some fruits to them), Misaka 10032 (who recognized the savior on the streets but almost suffered an epilepsy-like malady when she saw the pregnant teen), and Tsuchimikado Maika (who was informed of Fukiyose's pregnancy by her foster brother and she brought something for the pregnant to eat.)
On the other hand, there are no major disturbances in their lives, other than Kamijou's usual misfortunes which, thankfully, do not affect the pregnancy of his partner. Working as a young father, a sidelining as a breadwinner and studying as a high school student, the boy nevertheless didn't feel any pressure as he happily accepted the fact that he'll be having his very own family sooner than later although he wondered what could have happened to him, Fukiyose, and most of all, Index and Othinus, if they weren't invited by Komoe to transfer in a more suitable apartment.
Must be wallowing in misfortune by now had we stayed in the older student dormitory. Kamijou concluded, tears rolling hilariously in his face as he was busy cooking some meals on his second to the last day of his summer vacation.
"Why are you sobbing there all alone?" Unexpectedly, Fukiyose entered in the kitchen in her stretched white tank top and green jogging pants as she was finding something to eat for snack. "If you have a problem, you can always tell me, Kamijou. Or do I need to call you Touma-kun?"
The boy nearly dropped the frying pan in the floor because for the first time since their sinful act, he can feel his own Joy Stick suddenly beginning to rise and shake at the fact that the girl in front of him just called him by his own given name. Please, I don't want to play with it. Please, Othinus-sama, control my nerves and purify my soul!
"No...no...hehehe... The boy chuckled as he recomposed himself as he looked away from the Iron Wall Girl while trying to refocus his attention on the nikujaga that he was cooking. But even before he can put the potatoes on the pan, he suddenly felt a crushing hand grip his chin and in an instant, he found himself facing directly into the face of Fukiyose, who seemed to be irritated at the silence of her partner.
"You needed to improve that poker face of yours, Kamijou." The girl hissed, not liking that she was being out of the loop. "You can tell me your problems. It's not like I'm going to eat you alive. We're going to get..." Now, she trailed off as she herself can't bring it to say it despite her reputation as a blunt and straight-forward teenage girl. "Get to tie the knot together, right?"
Kamijou scratched his head, not giving any attention to the last sentence although he was somewhat shook by it. "Hnn. I was just thinking about what could happen when Komoe-sensei didn't offer us to live in this place. I mean, just some months back, I had to endure going back-and-forth from your apartment to my dormitory, not to mention that I have to take care of this gluttonous Index."
"Idiot. Why are you still thinking about the small things that didn't obviously happen?" Fukiyose scolded her live-in-partner. "If you're still thinking about that, then I think I should give you a shoving of my forehead into your face."
Kamijou blinked as he dumbly stared into Fukiyose's brown eyes.
She's right.
Inwardly, he felt very relieved that at the very least, he still got to have someone at his side who can give him very good advices in real life and as much as he didn't want to make it sound perverted, he was more than delighted that it was his classmate which he had shared a passionate night in what was supposed to be a study session to make up for his low grades. Sure, he somehow regretted making her pregnant as early as barely 17 years old but he still had it in him to become an excited father that would carry on his family's surname.
Before Fukiyose can even react, Kamijou suddenly let go off the frying pan and hugged her so tightly that it almost sent the girl staggering backwards due to her shock.
"B-B-Bakal What are you doing?!" She shrieked in her own feminine way but nevertheless, she didn't push him off.
"What am I doing? I, Kamijou-san, am declaring his love for his future family!" The boy exaggerated his words as he hugged the girl tightly. "And thank you for the words of encouragement!"
"S-Stop it or I'll beat you back into your right senses!" Fukiyose threatened him as she prepares to strike him down with her shiny forehead but before she can even pummel down her live-in-partner, they suddenly heard what looked like to be a ruckus happening in the living room. Curiosity got the best of them as they both detached themselves from the tight hug and quickly peeked at the living room.
Before their eyes were two racing individuals giving chase against one another.
It was none other than Index Librorum Prohibitorum and Misaka Mikoto.
"Come back here, you Silver Sister!" The third-ranked Level Five was obviously suppressing her will to fire her Railgun at the apartment as she runs after the nun, who was wildly laughing while on her hands was a pink Gekota she apparently stole from the Electrical Princess. From afar, Othinus can only shake her head in disappointment at the behaviour of the two as Sphynx was seen trying to take cover in order to avoid being trampled upon.
"Catch me if you can, Short Hair!" Index taunted the now-tired Misaka but her mocking only fuelled more fire into Misaka's eyes as she ran even faster.
"I get it! I'll give you back the remote control of the television!" Misaka yelled at the top of her lungs. "In exchange, give me back my pink Gekotal"
Kamijou and Fukiyose watch the whole scene played out like a comedy before their eyes as Index was seen running towards the exit door but in her haste, she wasn't able to stop her momentum when suddenly, Komoe Tsukuyomi opened the door to let herself in.
"Okay! What's the noise..."
She wasn't able to finish her sentence as Index and Misaka ended up colliding straight into her.
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"Itadakimasu!"
Kamijou and Fukiyose, who was sitting side-by-side at the table gave grace to their lunch as the boy happily put down the Nikujaga and Miso soup in the dining table. Joining them were Misaka (who looked like she just came from working for a construction site with her dishevelled hair), Index (who looked fatigued from running all over the place), Othinus (who is under the table), and Komoe, who got a black eye due to the strong impact from the brutal collision with the two hyperactive girls.
"Misaka-chan, Sister-chan, I hope this serves as a lesson to you two." The pinkette teacher pouted as she eases the pain in her right eye with a block of ice.
"It's all Short Hair's fault..." Index muttered but she was heard anyway by Misaka since there are not too many people in the room.
"Shut up, Silver Sister." Misaka gritted her teeth. "If you weren't..."
"Can you two keep quiet now?" Komoe shushed them. "We're about to eat now so keep your table manners."
"Sorry, Komoe-sensei..."
"Sorry. It's all Short Hair's fault..."
"Seriously, shut it...
After a brief bickering between Index and Misaka, they all began to eat lunch as Kamijou served Fukiyose's plate so that she doesn't stand anymore. Not surprisingly, Index was already getting impatient to have her hands on the viands so the lone boy in the table told Misaka to go first as he gave the plate to the Railgun. The latter understood what he meant so she calmly took the plate containing Nikujaga without any questions. Lastly, Index happily filled her plate with a mountain-like serving of rice and meat as well as potatoes and carrots as she slurped down the miso soup in her own bowl.
As they were all eating, Kamijou then asked Komoe.
"Komoe-sensel, the Daihaseisai opening would be up soon, right?" Kamijou asked after swallowing the meat in his mouth.
"Yes, Kamijou-chan. Why do you ask?"
"I was just thinking about my attendance there." The boy gave a whistling sound. "You know, with just keeping up my grades and attending to Fukiyose here, I don't think I can even make it to the Daihaseisai."
"Why? Afraid to lose again, you idiot?" Misaka mocked the young man.
"Were you even listening? You should know how hard it is to take are of a pregnant live-in partner." Kamijou sighed as Fukiyose only huffed although strangely, she's just quiet the entire time.
"Ah, don't worry, Kamijou-chan. I'll excuse you two for that reason." The tiny teacher gave him her assurance. "Although it would be sad that you two won't be attending, Fukiyose-chan, you should be happy that Aogami, as the real class representative, would be taking over your vacant spot at the High School Division of the Daihaseisai Management Committee."
The moment the Iron Wall Girl heard this, she almost spitted out the food and angrily replied. "Komoe-sensei, I don't see any logical reason as to why I should be happy that baka is taking over. Kamijou!"
"H-Hai?"
"Escort me there in the Daihaseisai!" Fukiyose growled. "I don't want your idiotic friend ruining what I have worked hard in our freshman year."
0-01, don't you think that's a bit mean? Kamijou shivered at the sudden enthusiasm and rage that his partner is showing. "C-Calm down...I'm pretty sure that he'll figure out something..."
"Don't worry, Fukiyose-chan. If you don't know, Aogami-chan is somewhat working harder than last year." Komoe replied, taking the girl by surprise. "In fact, he's somewhat more responsible this year than last year. Even before classes had started, he already gathered the whole class so that they can strategize on how they can win the whole Daihaseisai. I don't know what he ate to become like this but he said "Komoe-sensei, I'm doing this for Kami-yan and Fukiyose-sama!"
Hearing what Kornoe just narrated, Fukiyose was speechless as she stopped ranting. He's doing this... for us? She can hardly believe it. Up to now, she had always believed that Aogami Pierce is a moronic individual without any directions in his life. But right now, she was dumbdounded. He's working that hard?
She looked at Kamijou for confirmation and the boy nodded. "Yeah, he called us for a meeting since he said the earlier, the better. I was actually surprised he called us for that. But on the other hand, I'm actually glad he didn't do it to prank me."
I see. Fukiyose nodded as she decided to not further press the issue. Then I was wrong to judge him that easily. She then sat down on her own chair and resumed eating her meal. In her rant, she didn't notice Index suddenly stand up to answer the doorbell that rang sharply in their entrance.
"Sheesh, this means that I don't have someone to compete with." Misaka muttered as she looks at Kamijou. "Well, It's not like I plan to lose to you, Idiot but it's more fun if I have someone to fight for bets, right, idiot?"
"Then you should have just fought Accelerator or your fellow Level Fives" Kamijou sighed, not really in the mood to talk about a bet.
The Railgun made an interesting noise as she nearly choked in her meal. "Y-You! What makes you think that Accelerator is a worthy opponent? Even though he's the strongest, I won't even want to make best with him. I don't even think he would want that kind of games.
"Well, good to know that you're aware of that, fucking third rate."
Misaka and Kamijou nearly dropped their spoons as Fukiyose, curious as to what made them do so, simply turned her head towards the direction of the voice. In an instant, they were all looking at the spot where Index is standing and next to her is a figure that both the Railgun and the Imagine Breaker knew personally.
His white hair and albino skin was enough to make Misaka's skin crawl.
"What the hell are you doing here, Accelerator?!" Though not really enemies by any means, Misaka wasn't exactly in a good relationship with Accelerator either as she grunted in protest.
"Don't jump to conclusions, fool." The new General Superintendent of Acaderny City spat back on the third-ranked Level Five as in his hands was a basket filled with fruits and a check. "I only came here because Last Order was nagging me to help this fucking hero so here I came, tsk."
Nevertheless, he put down the fruits in the table as he faced Kamijou, who was simply looking at him with a petrified expression. "I heard that you've got someone pregnant. Tsk, can't hold down your hormones or what? Well, I wouldn't want to know. Here are the fruits. It'll help her maintain the needed nutrients."
"Th-Thanks." Kamijou muttered as he cannot believe that Accelerator took the time to visit then.
"I'm surprised you even took the time to visit the two of them." Misaka questioned Accelerator's motives. "You two aren't even friends."
"Sheesh, are you stuck up or something?" The albino was irritated with the Railgun. "Or you're just afraid that I'm stealing away your precious time with him?"
"What did you say?" Misaka was suddenly provoked as she fiercely stood up, her electricity showing.
"Oh, is aunt Fucking third rate angry?"
"Shut up! You don't even know him that personally! Misaka yelled. "That idiot's too good for you, you know!" "Oh? Don't tell me you're better, or that useless fifth rate?" Accelerator smirked. "In fact, I'm the one who should be surprised upon seeing you here. Shouldn't you be somewhere, enjoying life and lazing off with that teleporting lapdog of yours? Gee, I wouldn't know."
"Don't talk about Kuroko, like that!" Now, Misaka was furious as she stood up and was ready to confront Accelerator physically but even before things can go pretty ugly, Kamijou immediately squeezed in between the two to prevent the two Level Fives from killing each other as he held on to Misaka's hands.
In an instant, Misaka's angry expression turned to a blushful and shy one as she didn't expect that the spiky haired boy will hold her hand so randomly.
"Tsk. Well, I delivered the fruits so I had no business being here and I don't want to waste my time around her." Accelerator then turned sharply and walked out of the scene. Minutes later, they all heard the door slammed shut.
"Well...that wasn't expected at all." Kamijou sighed as they all went back to eating their lunch after he managed to calm Misaka down. For some reasons, her face was red and her focus seemed to be out of the world.
"That's Accelerator, the first ranked Level Five that I heard?" Fukiyose was surprised to see that the albino actually knew her classmate that much. "How the hell did you two even got to know each other."
"Fukiyose, that's a long story to tell for another time."
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Sneak Peak for the Next Chapter
"Why are we sitting here together anyway?" Misaka grumbled.
"You could always sit to wherever you want to be, you fool." Accelerator replied.
"I didn't ask you anything!"
"Did I say that?!"
"Uwah! So noisy!" Shokuhou childishly complained. "But I'll endure it just to help my prince and his partner go through a difficult time."
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