Hey everyone! This is just a little something I put together after reading the spin-off manga, 'A Certain Idol Accelerator' and learning about the existence of character songs. Just something for some good fun.

Disclaimer: All characters and plotlines of the "A Certain" franchise are credited to Kazuma Kamachi.

It was a rather normal day for Academy City's strongest Esper. Accelerator was doing what he did every day when nothing was happening, napping on the couch. It was one of the few ways he found himself even the slightest bit calm. Unfortunately, the universe had no intention of letting his nap last very long. He stirred from his sleep to find a certain little girl poking his cheek in an attempt to wake him up.

"What do you want, brat?" Accelerator asked in his usual rude tone.

"Yoshikawa needs to speak with you about upcoming events regarding your idol career, says Misaka MIsaka, not wanting you to miss such vital information," the girl known as Last Order said cheerfully.

"Fine, whatever," Accelerator replied in a bored tone as he grabbed his cane and dragged himself off of the couch.

Now, one has to wonder, what would Accelerator, the number one Esper and killjoy in Academy City be doing with an idol career? The answer to that lies in the failure of the Level 6 Shift Project. After a certain unknown Level 0 beat Accelerator in a fight, the researchers had to end the project since an extra variable was added and they could not recalculate due to the destruction of Tree Diagram, Academy City's supercomputer satellite. Instead of just dropping the idea of creating a Level 6 like any sensible people would do, the researchers decided on another approach, the Miracle Idolization Project.

The goal of the Miracle Idolization Project was to make all the Level 5s idols in order to gain fans. The Level 5's would make regular appearances to increase their popularity and fanbase. Theoretically, with a large enough fanbase, a Level 5 would be able to use the Personal Realities and processing power of the fans to increase their own abilities, but that was only theoretical. Some would even call the idea downright stupid.

Regardless, the project was underway, and six of the seven Level 5s agreed to it. For some reason, the sixth didn't feel like participating and going out in public. It was almost like he/she was purposely trying to stay hidden from the public eye.

"So, what is this about?" Accelerator asked as he entered Yoshikawa's room/office.

"The city is apparently holding a special contest for all of the students and Level 5s," Yoshikawa explained, "A random student is being chosen to participate in a performance with all of the Level 5s involved in the Miracle Idolization Project, and the winner's class gets backstage passes. The performance is in two weeks, and all parties are expected to have an original song and performance prepared."

"Really? They're involving a random student now?" Accelerator asked in disbelief.

"They probably think it will increase publicity for all of the Level 5s if a normal student tries to compete against them in a song-off," Yomikawa added as she entered the room.

"So basically, have someone totally normal be humiliated for more publicity," Accelerator summarized with a hint of disgust, "Well, this city has done more horrible things."

"Misaka will start writing a song for you to sing! Cheers Misaka Misaka as she rushes off to get started!" Last Order cheered as she ran out of the room.

"No way in hell I'm letting you decide what I'm singing, brat!" Accelerator yelled, struggling to keep up due to his cane.

"You know who's the lucky winner of the raffle?" Yoshikawa asked her friend and landlord.

"Let's just say he's a student from my school and quite popular with the ladies," Yomikawa said with a cheeky grin.

Two weeks later, all the Level 5s were gathered in a waiting room at the concert hall in which the sing-off was to take place. With them were their individual manager staff, each of them doing their part to help prepare for the performance. Each Level 5's staff consisted of some of their closes friends and associates. For Acclerator that meant Last Order, Yomikawa, and Yoshikawa. For Mikoto, that meant Kuroko, Uiharu, and Saten. For Misaki, that meant pretty much everyone in her clique. For Mugino, that meant all of ITEM, though Hamazura was strangely absent. The only other person not present was the special guest that won the raffle to participate. Everyone in the room was at least a little anxious to know who that special guest was.

"Anyone have any idea who this guy might be?" Mikoto asked to no one in particular.

"My, my, worried you might lose to them, Misaka?" Misaki taunted.

"You brats should be more concerned with the real competition," Mugino interjected.

"Not like this guy will be able to beat me," Kakine boasted.

"For once, I have to agree," Accelerator added, "If anyone's going to beat you, it's going to be me."

"I'll be serious disappointed if this guy doesn't have the guts to show up!" Gunha yelled.

The Level 5s continued to talk among themselves in a relatively peaceful manner. "Relatively" being the key word as four out of six of them were mentally unstable in some capacity, and the other two hated each other with a fury. However, their conversation was soon interrupted when they heard a knock on the door. After a moment, the door opened, revealing a boy with spiky black hair and a huge group of other students behind him. That boy was none other than Touma Kamijou.

"Is this the right room?" Touma asked obliviously.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Accelerator and Mikoto yelled out, clearly shocked that the boy who stopped the Level 6 Shift Project was at the contest.

"Didn't you hear?" Tsuchimokato said as he came from behind Touma, "Kami here won the raffle! What luck, am I right?"

"Rotten luck," Touma muttered.

"I didn't think you would even want to participate," Mikoto admitted.

"He didn't," Aogami jumped in, "but Fukiyose forced him to since he represents our entire class in this contest!"

"Only because he doesn't do anything else worthwhile for society!" the Iron Wall Girl said as everyone made their way into the room.

'If only she knew,' all the Level 5s thought to themselves as Touma's class poured in.

As the last few people came in, Mugino noticed someone else among the group that was not part of the class. That person was someone she knew rather well as she employed him after picking him up off the streets.

"Hamazura?" she asked in confusion and anger, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Oh, hey Mugino," Hamazura greeted, "Boss asked me to help him with his performance."

"You do realize you're working against me right now, right?" Mugino asked dangerously.

"Sorry Mugino," Hamazura apologized, "You may be my employer, but Boss is my boss. You get what I'm saying?"

The rest of the evening went on rather uneventfully. After getting over the initial shock of Touma's arrival, the idols continued to get ready for the contest. However, while the Level 5s were all dressed in flashy and unique outfits, Kakine noticed that Touma was just dressed in his school's winter uniform. The only unique part about it was the additional glove on his right hand.

"Is that really all you're wearing?" Kakine asked skeptically, "Shouldn't you have something with a bit more flare?"

"Trust me, number 2," Tsuchimokato said with a grin, "When the performance starts, you'll see just how flashy it really is."

"As long as he shows off his guts during his performance, I don't care what he's wearing!" Gunha yelled as he gave Touma a rough pat on the back.

"All right everyone!" a staff member said as he entered the room, "Let's get this show on the road! Accelerator, you're up first!"

The contest was soon underway, with each idol performing a new an original song. After each performance the idol had a quick interview with the Master of Ceremonies in regards to their songs. The first one up was Accelerator and they went in descending order of the Level 5s' rankings, ending with Touma. While someone was performing, everyone else was able to watch from a screen in the waiting room.

Accelerator's song was something he called '99,9% Noisy'. According to the interview, it was based off of Accelerator's past experiences that shaped his worldview. He regreted that past and now sought to do right, even if his past could never be erased. Much like his life, the song started of dark and gloomy, but the lyrics soon turned into that of redemption, though it still held the nihilist tone that the first half of the song had.

Mikoto's song was titled 'A Certain Pledge to be True to Myself' (Watashi Rashiku Aru Tame no pledge). In her interview, she said that the song was made in honor of someone extremely close to her heart. This person was once a complete stranger to her, but helped her out of a serious problem. Since then, she had made a pledge to be more honest with herself, especially towards that person. As the song said, that person's smile gave her strength and the touch of that person's hand made her emotions flow out. Most importantly though, was that that person reminded her that should would never be alone. Unfortunately for her, that person was completely oblivious to the fact that the song was for him, despite being in the same building at that very moment.

The rest of the Level 5s performed their pieces rather smoothly. Not much could be said about them as they didn't seem to have any super deep meaning or background to them. The most interesting one among the other Level 5s was Gunha's, whose song was 50% the word 'guts', not that that surprised anyone.

Finally, it was Touma turn to perform. As Touma, Tsuchimokato, Aogami, and Hamazura prepared their instruments on the stage, the Level 5s discussed how they though the performance was going to turn out. Pretty much everyone agreed that Touma was probably going to be a horrible singer and dancer, probably a horrible performer in general. Unbeknownst to them, every time they said some sort of insult, Touma appeared to be hit with some sort of invisible arrow.

Once the stage was set, the performers got to their spots and the curtain rose. There was no cheering at first for obvious reason. Regardless, Touma's group began to play their instruments while Touma began to sing the song he wrote himself.

Dreams. Even if it's just for a little while, don't let go of my hand!

So you can smile again…

To everyone's surprise, Touma was actually a rather proficient singer. As he paused his lyrics, the music began to pick up. During this time, Touma removed the glove from his right hand and touched his uniform. The sound of shattering glass was heard and the image of the school uniform was shattered into shards before fading away. The outfit was replaced an entirely new one consisting of a white cape and jacket with golden shoulder tassels and cufflinks, an orange shirt, and black pants and boots with golden buckles. The end result was something that resembled his usual summer uniform, but with much more flare to it.

"That outfit is full of guts! I like it!" Gunha yelled with enthusiasm.

"How did he even pull that off?" Mugino asked no one in particular.

The reality that is there is so severe that it hurts

Not being positive for long enough, I heard the sound of it crumbling down

As Touma sang, the giant screen in behind the group started playing several designs consisting of white, black, and grays. The image of a blank, black screen appeared to crumble away as images alternating between waves and static played.

Could it be... Those are tears?

Oh crud... If that's true...

I can't chase after you.

As he sang the next verse, Touma began to walk towards the front of the stage. As he did so, he clutched his heart with his right hand, as if to display some sort of emotional torment. As soon as he reached the edge of the stage, the music began to pick up as he be to sing the next verse.

Even if everything is zero right now, I'll definitely find you

With the palm of my hand, I give it my all and face towards the sky

Bam, and there's misfortune?! Isn't that fine? There's tomorrow after all.

Let's smile once more.

As he sang the verse, he clutched his right fist and thrust it in front of him like he was punching something. He then opened his hand, as if offering it to someone in need. Afterward, he held it up above his head, as if reaching to grab the sky before bringing his fist back down in front of his face at the mention of misfortune. He then threw his arm to the side, as if rejecting some sort of poor outcome before opening up both arms in a welcoming manner and taking a few steps back towards his group.

"He seems really into it," Misaki said with a small smile.

"Why is he super flaunting around his right hand like that?" Kinuhata asked, oblivious to his ability.

With my sloppy methods, I've been beaten to the heart

I deal with the wildness, and say "NO!" at the top of my lungs.

As soon as Touma was back with the rest of the group, the music began to slow down again. Touma himself took a stance as if contemplating something to himself.

I aim for your back

Tch, so obstinate

My eyes won't come away from you

The screen then began to display a white silhouette of some random person walking away over a black background. The silhouette began to fade away as the silhouette of a hand appeared to reach out to it. However, before the silhouette could completely fade into the black, Touma threw his right hand behind his so it looked like he was touching the screen from a forward perspective. In response, the image on the screen appeared to shatter like glass, revealing an outline of two clasped hand on a white background.

Without bounds, even as a zero, don't ever give up

Because you're not all alone anymore

I'm sure happiness is rolling it's way close to you

'K, let's begin!

As he sang the following verse, Touma struck multiple poses displaying an intense strength of will. He changed poses at the end of each line and each one was unique. The one thing that stayed consist with each pose was his right hand, which he either clutched in a fist, ready to attack, or held open in front of him, offering help.

"Okay, I think he's really getting into it now," Uiharu commented.

"Look at him, acting like he's some kind of hero," Kakine scoffed.

"You clearly don't know him that well, do you, Second Rate?" Accelerator sneared.

"Why does that idiot always have to act so cool all the time?" Mikoto whispered to herself with a slight blush.

"Did you say something, Misaka?" Saten said with a cheeky grin, causing Mikoto to blush harder.

"That troglodyte…" Kuroko growled as she chewed on a handkerchief.

Even if everything is zero right now, I'll definitely find you

With the palm of my hand, I give it my all and face towards the sky

Wait for me, I'm coming right now, I'll chase after you right away

I'll destroy despair and protect you

The minute I'm all beat up and cut, I become strong

Let's smile one more time

As Touma finished his song, he struck one last final pose. That pose consisted him tilting his head forward with his right hand held above him, reaching for the sky. The concert hall stayed quite for a second before erupting in applause. The applause was louder than any that the Level 5s had received. If Touma was being honest, he actually felt honored to be praised for his performance like this. It was not necessarily a bad thing for him to indulge in his successes every once and a while. When the cheering calmed down, the Master of Ceremonies stepped on to the stage to have Touma's interview.

"Now that's what I call a performance!" the MC yelled, "That was our special guest performer, Touma Kamijou! Tell use, son, what do you call that piece and how did you come up with it?"

"Um, the song is something I wrote I call 'A Counterattack from a Zero' (zero Kara no Gyakushuu)," Touma explained nervously, "Anybody who knows me will tell you I have some really rotten luck and can't stand by when someone needs help, even if I'm a Level 0 and get badly hurt because of it."

"I guess you got really lucky this time around to be able to win that raffle, huh?"

"I wouldn't exactly call that lucky, but I am glad I participated."

"Anything else you'd like to share with the folks at home?"

"If you thought I couldn't go head-to-head with the Level 5s in something like this, allow me to shatter that illusion!" Touma yelled at the camera, earning a large applause in response.

"That's it for now folks! We'll be back with the results after these messages!" the MC said before the commercials started.

"Well, he did better than expected," Accelerator admitted.

"Who would have thought he could sing?" Mikoto asked rhetorically.

"All right everyone," Fukiyose yelled to her class, "You know the plan!"

"Find something to barricade the door with as soon as they come back!" Himegami added.

"We all know what happens next, considering this is Kamijou we're talking about," Komeo chimed in.

The Level 5s and their staff all looked at each other in confusion as the students from Kamijou's class began to gather various items from around the room and brought them close to the door. These items included tables, chairs, vanities, and lamps. Why would they need to barricade the door? They already have security guards.

Their questions were answered when the heard what sounded like stampeding bulls. The sound only got louder and closer as time when on, becoming more obvious by the second. A few seconds later, the door flew open as Aogami, Tsuchimokato, Hamazura, and Touma all ran into the room in sequence. As soon as Touma was through the door, he slammed it shut and engaged every single lock on it. He then cleared the door before helping his class to move all of the items they collected in front of the door to barricade it. As soon as the last object was place, banging could be heard on the other side of the door, as well as the screams of what everyone assumed was the security guards. Everyone else in the room could only look in shock at the events.

"What the hell just happened?!" everyone yelled simultaneously.

"We figured that if Kami performed, Kami Disease would take hold over every girl not in a relationship in the concert hall," Tsuchimokato explained.

"So, we came up with this contingency plan just in case, though we never suspected that this many girls would chase after Kami," Aogami finished.

"Does this happen often with you guys?" Touma asked, choosing to ignore the 'Kami Disease' comments.

"No," all the Level 5s responded.

"I admit, I'm a bit jealous," Kakine admitted.

"You did great! Cheers Misaka Misaka as she pounces at you to give you a congratulatory hug."

"Heh, thanks, Last Order," Touma said embarrassed, though it quickly turned into fear when he sense several dark auras in the room.

"You…" Mikoto growled sparking.

"You want to die, hero?" Accelerator snarled as he reached for his choker.

"How could you do this, Kami? Taking not only the audience, but the staff," Tsuchimokato said in shock.

"This cannot go unpunished!" Aogami yelled, ready to kill.

However, the beating never came as each of the potential attackers was inhibited in one way or another. Accelerator collapsed on the floor when Last Order took away his privileges to the Misaka Network, only allowing him to speak. Mikoto was held back by her friends, who were worried she was going to attack a defenseless Level 0, oblivious to Imagine Breaker. And of course, Fukiyose dealt with Tsuchimokato and Aogami as per usual.

"How did the hero do that thing with the outfit anyway?" Accelerator whispered to Tsuchimokato on the floor.

"I put an enchantment on the outfit to disguise it like his school uniform. I was lucky to not cough up blood on it while casting the enchantment," Tsuchimokato explained, still in pain, "He had to wear that glove on his right hand until the time was right."

"You sneaky son of a bitch."

"I'll take that as a complement."

A few minutes later, the commercial break ended and everyone watched the screen in the waiting room for the final results. To anyone who didn't know Touma even a little bit, the results would have been shocking. For everyone who did know him, it was not that surprising. Touma won by a landslide 70 percent of the total votes. Accelerator got 8 percent, Mikoto got 7, Kakine got 6, Gunha got 5, and Mugino and Misaki got 2. While everyone expected it after seeing how well of a performance he put, they were still a bit bitter about it, Accelerator especially.

When he got home later that night, Accelerator was both super tired and super annoyed.

"I can't believe the hero beat me again!" Accelerator yelled as he hobbled to the couch.

"Don't sulk. Encourages Misaka Misaka as she joins you on the couch. You got second place. Continues Misaka Misaka."

"Besides, you were still the best among the Level 5s," Yoshikawa added.

"I suppose your right," Accelerator said smugly.

'Too easy,' the two girls thought to themselves.

"Just do your best the next time you two share the same stage," Yomikawa said encouragingly.

"If we ever end up on the same stage again, I'll make the hero regret ever challenging me," Accelerator declared.

"Why does Misaka feel like you think about a different kind of stage? Asks Misaka Misaka in worry for the boy's physical health."

I hope you all liked that. Just so you know, the final vote count was based on a conbination of what I believe are the general ratings of the Level 5s as idols and my own personal opinions of them, so don't take it personally if your favorite Level 5 got a lower score than you would have liked. Leave a review if you liked.