Vatican city, Italy.

The Amakusaone of the largest Christian denominations, a part of Necessarius. Highly skilled in Idol Theory, they are noted for their subtlety in practicing magic, which is carefully hidden in everyday objects and bodily gestures. The Supreme Pontiff is the one who leads the Amakusa Church, and as the name indicates, is equivalent to a Pope and that person is the man with a hair as a carapace of a beetle, his name's Tatemiya Saiji.

"Hmm? A ghost, a robber, a monster, a demon,...WHAT THE HELL?" - Saiji yelled.

"Well, these're informations which we collected, about who attacked Vatican Library." - The young boy with brown hair, Kouyagi, answered worrily. He and Amakusa's some members had recently come back from their investigation.

"Man, it has just been some days! I think every news were kept quiet. Like hell there're so much informations.

Hearing it, a long blond haired girl said:

"Nah, everything happened in the Vatican Library, one of famous places in Italy. It's no strange when many canards appeared quickly. Additionally, it happened in a interresting place in the Library.

All members in there looked her surprisingly.

"A inresting place?" - Asked Saiji.

"Yes. The sealed room."

Everybody silenced. They stood there dumbfounded, you can illustrate: a primary studen's expression when they was hearing a lesson for the highschool student.

"Well, can you repeat it, Tsushima?" - Asked Kouyagi.

"Y-yeah. I don't really understand yet." - the big guy beside him, Ushibuka, nodded his head in agreement.

"What are you saying? Didn't I give my reports to everyone? Don't tell me..." - Tsushima glared. - "You guys was lazy again and didn't read it!"

Tsushima screamed angrily. All members of Amakusa were pale with face, Tsushima could be a pretty girl but she's extremely stern. Anybody had a neglected expresstion, they was lectured or beated by Tsushima herself. She was so scary that even Tatemiya Saiji also have to be reckoned.

"Oh my god! Their works keep coming and coming no matter how much we get done and we have some lazy persons here." - Tsushima groaned.

Then calming down a little, she turned to Saiji.

"Ok, Tatemiya, you explain it to them quickly, you definitely read my reports."

Hearing it, Tatemitpya said nothing. Instead, he lookead away and slowly receded. He couldn't said that he didn't read any reports yet. At the moment, Tsushima told him explain it to members.

"Well, I'm sorry, Tsushima. I-I-I didn't really read them yet." - Saiji laughed off

"WHAT DO YOU SAY?" -Tsushima yelled. - "You moron, are you our Pope? Oh my god, when do you become as like them? - The blond girl glared two poor boys.

Tatemiya shilvered. He knew that he messed with her and which meaned his death. In fact, he didn't forgot but when he heard that Itsuwa would go to Japan, he and his comrade spent lots of time to think and planing for Itsuwa's love. Naturally, they became overly concerned about it and forgot their works.

"Mou, you're The Supreme Pontiff of Amakusa, please has a little more serious." - Tsushima frowned. - "Ok, I'll explain it detailedly, I hope you guys'll pay intention a little because I won't repeat again.

Tsushima opened her bag and took out her documents. She continued saying:

"The Sealed Room. It's in an underground cellar under Vatican Library, the door of cellar was blocked by a old hidden magic, it could just been opened by some person and the Pope of Roman Catholic Churck is one of them."

"Even that old man." - Said Ushibuki.

"It's no strange. He's a Pope, why can't he open that damn door?"

"Ok keep silent." - Tsushima continue. - "Now it's the important part, that room, it's assumed where's so enigmatic, there're tens of thousands of books, which were written by old magicians or mysterious organization or old tribes. Magics in those books, they're believed in being so powerful and dangerous. There're so many magicians just wanted to know the, they tried reading and training, then almost they lost their mind and died."

"Man, it's so terrible." - Kouyagi said.

Tsushima nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. However, there're so many stupid magicians fully knew but they still insisted on puruing them, so Vatican Library is usually broken."

"I don'f really understand. Why did they wanted to black magics though they knew that they could die?"

"It's human greed. It's never enough." - Saiji closed eyes, said sadly.

They silenced after Saiji's words. Right, human greed's so scary. You may have heard this line of reasoning used against anarchists from people who are mired into the mainstream capitalist doctrine. Greed will always be with us, so the argument goes, therefore establishing a society that goes against greed is utopian. People will always want to compete and accumulate power.

BOOM*

There was a loud bang. It's caused to be nearly shaked violently, then smoke and fire which could be seen from Saiji and his team's location burst up high.

"Hey, what happened!?" - Ushibuki said surprisingly.

"That direction..." - Kouyagi became panic. - "Ushibuka's group went in that direction!"

"What do you say!?" - Asked Tatemiya.

Then his phone rang. It was from that Ushibuka man, he picked up.

"Ushibuka, what's wrong with you and everone!? Are you okay."

The other side, Ushibuka replied, but his voice as he tried to tell

"...Ta...Tate...Tatemi...ya. E..eme..emergency."

"What!? Hey, Ushibuka, are you really okay?"

"Tatemiya...the...the...enemy is...is...is R...Ra...Ra-" - and the call was interruoted.

"Huh? Hey, Ushibuka! Answer me! Ushibuka!"

"What's up?" - Tsushima was worried.

"Something happened with Ushibuka and his group." - The Pope turned to his team. -"Come on! We have to go to Ushibuka's place quickly, he seems to be injured."

"What!? But why-"

"Don't waste time. Come on!"

Tatemiya and Amakusa's members immediately left. They had to rescue their friend or they would be in danger.

Back at the hotel

"What's wrong Mikoto-chan? You looks unpleasant.

"Nothing mum, now let's go I'm hungry." -Mikoto replied annoyingly as her stomach growled.

"I guess you are hungry from all that traveling. Okay, let's go have dinner." - Tabikage walked toward elevator and everyone followed.

They decided to have their dinner in the Hotel because it was getting late.

In the restaurant they sat at a circular table, with Mikoto and Touma next to each other.

Touma was surprised when he looked at the menu.

"There are way too many zeros" - He said, then he leaned toward his father and whispered.

"Hey dad, are you sure you'll be able to pay all this?"

"It's okay son, Tabikage-san has a lot influence in this hotel, so we have a large discount" - Touya whispered back to his son as he continued looking at the alcohol section.

"Okay, as you say dad."- Touma said as he started to decide what he wanted to have. Then he saw Mikoto, who was now focusing on her menu, he asked.

"Misaka, what are you having?"

"Hmm… I'm still deciding ." - Mikoto replied as she continued to look at the menu.

"She seems to forget it, it's lucky. I don't like to see her with a angry face."

Misuzu, who had listened to their conversation, just noticed something. She asked:

"Mikoto-chan, Touma-kun, why don't both of you call each other by your first names?"

They both looked up.

"What's wrong with that mum?" - Mikoto replied as she glared at her mother.

"What with that look Mikoto-chan? You should call each other by your first names, it's not like you guys are strangers. Besides, it is confusing when you use family names, we don't know which one of us you calling too." - Misuzu replied back to her daughter. Mikoto couldn't deny she was right.

"I agree with Misuzu-san." - said Shiina - "Touma-chan, you also call her by her first name.

"I guess you right mum, and there's nothing wrong with calling each other by our first names, right… Mikoto?"

"Yeah… Touma." - Mikoto said as she blushed hard. Touma felt his heart jump when Mikoto said this, and he too began to blush. Both of their parents smiled as they were watching their children's reaction.

After they had ordered their meal, Misuzu remembered something; she asked her daughter.

"Mikoto-chan, why did you look annoyed at a moment ago?"

Mikoto heard her mom's words, she was pissed off again. But she couldn't break the enjoyable now. When they completed their dinner, she would drag him into their room and "interrogate" him later.

"We have some misunderstandings, now it's alright. Don't worry about us, mom." - Mikoto smiled and she turned to Touma.

"Right? Touma~" - But a dark aura was releasing from her and it caused Touma to be terrified.

"Y-yeah. They're just misunderstandings."

After dinner, Tabikage started explaining the schedule for their vacation.

"Okay, so our trip is going to last for one weeks, we are going to stay in Fukuoka for fours days, including today, then we will go to Nagasaki by trains and stay for three days. Everyone's train tickets are ready . I'll explain the schedule for each day every evening."

"For tomorrow, there is really nothing much, it is just a shopping day I guess. However, in the evening, the Hotel will be hosting banquet that I have to attend, and of course, everyone is invited. Formal clothing must be worn, as you know." - Tabikake explained as he looked at Touya.

"But I didn't know anything about this, and I didn't bring any of my formal dresses." - Mikoto said to her father.

"It's ok dear, we will get a new dress for you tomorrow." - he replied to his daughter with a smile. Then he shifted his eyes to Touma.

"I guess you are going to need a suit too right Touma?"

"Yes Tabikake-san, I never brought any of my formal clothing, not that I think I have any anyway." - Touma replied as he sighed.

"That settles it then, tomorrow will be a free day in the city. We can have breakfast and lunch together, and don't forget about Hotel banquet in the evening. As for now, let's get some rest." - Everyone returned to their rooms.

In Touma and Mikoto's Room

"Geez, what a long day." - complained Mikoto as she jumped onto her bed. She was completely tired from trouble that her mum had given her.

"I guess so, and this is only the first day." - he sighed as he walked toward his bed. - "So your mum planed all of this. What she trying to accomplish?"

"I really don't know, I think she just wanted to mess me around." - Mikoto grumbled.

"Although I'm not sure but my mum seems to plot to do something." - Touma remembered when Tabikage said about banquet, he caught sight of his mum and Misuzu smiling together.

"Your mum. I don't think she's like my mum, I mean she looked as a stately woman while my mum is childish."

Then she suddenly remembered something; she jumped up, sat on her bed, and stared at Touma.

"What happened between you and my mum? I heard you saved her life. What did both of you get involved in?" -Mikoto was determined to know answer.

Touma started, she knew it? But he don't refer to anything relating that matter, why did she know? But it was not important now. Although he felt guilty with her, but:

"I'm sorry Mikoto, I cannot tell you." Touma answered while trying to avoid eye contact.

His answer made Mikoto really angry, blue sparks started appearing around her.

"What do you mean you cannot tell me? Did both of you get involved in something that was so bad that you cannot even tell me!" - Mikoto scolded him.

"Mikoto, you can't use your power in here, it's too dangerous!" - Touma quickly grabbed and held her left hand with his right hand.

Mikoto, now unable to use her power because of Touma's right hand, began to cry. Her tears started to fall, but not out of anger toward Touma, but out of anger toward herself, her worthlessness, and her inability be there when it matters. She started pounding on Touma's chest with her right hand.

"You never tell me anything about yourself, and now your even going hide something from me that involves my family, just tell me already!"

Touma froze. His chest started to feel pain, not pain from Mikoto's pounding, but pain from her tears. He didn't want to hide her about his situation but he wanted her to live peacefully, without knowing about the magic side and the Academy city's dark. He grabbed and held her right hand and said.

"I'm really sorry Mikoto, but I still cannot tell you." - The pain in his chest increased.

"Why! Why am I the only one that is left behind? Am I that worthless, that I have to be the only one enjoying life, while others suffer?" - She cried and threw herself at Touma. She buried her head in his chest as she continued to cry.

"Mikoto, I can't do it." - He said painfully. - "Your mum just wants you to not worry, now she isn't in danger anymore, I'm sure."

"My mum is alright? Yeah, she is fine but it can't still change the fact that she used to be in danger. I'm her daughter, I completely has a right to know her situation. And you, you knew that and didn't told me, instead you saved my mum yourself. Does she think that I'm her daughter? Do I think that I'm your friend?" - She screamed loudly.

Touma looked her sadly. He hurt her, hurt his best friend. He made her cry, made his best friend cry. He was so angry himself, he hid her because of her life but he hadn't know that his goodwill had caused her to suffer much more. He found himself as a bastard, a unforgivable jerk when he hurt her.

"Mikoto I..." - He can't say anything.

"Should I said? But if I do, which means I breaks my promise to Misuzu-san. But I also don't want to see her cry. What should I do?"

Touma was at war with himself. He looked her again. She still cried, her shirt was soaked by her tears, painful tears, tears of the girl, who was a powerful level 5, but after all, she was just a normal girl, she was hurt easily.

"Misuzu-san, please forgive me. I don't think that I can hide Mikoto anymore."

Mikoto continued to hold him while he was thinking, until...

"Ok" - He said suddenly.

Her eyes widened. She looked up from Touma's chest and looked at his face. Touma held mixed feelings about what he just said, he wasn't even sure if he would ever forgive himself when he broke the promise.

But I can't keep quite about Misuzu's incident anymore when he saw this girl, she was so sad because he kept many secrets.

"I will tell you the whole about your mum's matter." - said Touma.

"Really?"

"Yeah. After all, you're right, you have a right to know. It's just that I promised to Misuzu-san that I don't tell you. But I don't think I can hide you longer now. Man, this's the first time I have broken a promise to someone." - Touma groaned but his eyes looked sad.

"I see. So you made a promise to my mum, that's why you refused said to me about it." - replied Mikoto, she felt bad about attitude to him. He could have no intention of keeping the secret, he just promised to her mum keeping secretnand Mikoto fully know him, he promised something to someone then he would definitely keep his promise. That's one of goods in the spiky haired boy which she loved a lot.

"I'm sorry. I'm being hard on you, because of my overreaction." - Mikoto bent down.

Touma just shaked his head and hold her left hand.

"No. Mikoto, you didn't do anything. In your case, if I were you, I would also react like you. You are not to blame." - Touma said. - "If someone have to apologize, it'll be me."

Mikoto looked him surprisingly. He said he was to blame.

"I'm so sorry, Mikoto. I never knew you suffered this much, I just wanted to protect you. As your mum, I'm really worry about you, so I said nothing. I'm so sorry." - He bowed his head, saying with a regretful voice.

Mikoto silenced, she slowly lifted her left hand to hold his handwhich holding her left hand. Or, more accurately, his right hand. She looked it, that right hand, the hand brought a miracle power, Imagine Breaker, the hand which saved her and her sisters from the strongest of Academy City.

"Idiot. You don't need to worry about me. I'm Railgun, a level 5 #3, I can take care of myself. You're a level 0, you just has your right hand, your Imagine Breaker and you're usually injured. If someone have to be protected, it'll be you." - Mikoto said softly.

Touma said nothing. Yeah, he knew that she is a level 5, a one of the most powerful espers in Acdemy City. But the world is so large, it bounds in dangerous enemies, who have many evil intentions and ambitions. Facing them, Touma completely knew them, they always use all methods of achieving everything which they want, even vile methods. They're ennemies whom Touma can't defy and he don't want her to be in danger. However, he was still grateful her because she was worry about him.

"Thank you, Mikoto. I'll keep it in mind." - Touma smiled sincerely.

Mikoto's cheeks is redded. She looked away blushingly, it was so much that she bore.

"It-it's nothing. It's not like I care for you. Knowing your luck and idiot like you something bad might happen…." - Misaka said looking away blushing.

"A-anyway, aren't you going to tell me my mum's incident?" - Her fave was serious.

"Eh? Ah, right." - He sat down on his bed. - "You see..."

And he started telling what happened between him and Mikoto's mum. From he received a phone call from Misuzu, then he encountered Skill-out and finally he clashed against Hamazura Shiage and beated him. After Touma finished his story, the spiky haired boy saw Mikoto looked very annoyed at him.

"Well, Mikoto..."

"You!" - She growled. -"You big idiot!"

She stroke his head strongly.

"Owww! Why do you beat me?" - Touma frowned while rubbing his head

"Because of your recklessness, idiot. What did you think? They had guns. Your right hand can't stop the bullet. Did you want to die? - She yelled.

Touma silently accepted with regisnation. He couldn't argue because she was right. He knew it was so reckless but he still actioned, she was worry about her friend so she lectured him.

"Man, I find myself as a baby is being lectured by his mum." - He joked.

"It's your fault, you're so careless and I'm not Shiina-san." - Replied Mikoto - "Geez… I will take shower first, and no peeking or you'll die." - she huffed at Touma while she walked toward the bathroom.

Touma rubbed his face and then said with a smirk.

"Ahah, don't worry, I won't peak, though I can't promise anything if the door is unlocked. You see, I'm also a fully boy."

Mikoto blushed as she heard his words. She threw her bag at him and shouted:

"You pervert!" - She went into the bathroom and slammed the door. A faint click could be heard.

Touma smiled quietly. Sometimes, he liked teasing Mikoto, when her cheeks was redder, she was so cute though he was chased everytime after. Lied in waiting for his bathing, he thought if he should do anything. He reached his hand and holding his phone, he didn't know that he should do anything now, he hadn't any favorite programs in TV, he also usually see movies, so he decided to check some news on Internet. Therfore, he saw one thing, in fact it was a message.

"Message? From Itsuwa. Does it happened? She was usually not send the message to me." - And he opened the message.

After he read it.

His face was serious. He looked thinking about something, then he answered his message quickly. When Touma saw his message was sent, he folded his phone. Laying down on his bed, the spiky haired boy looked at the ceiling, his eyes looked worry about something.

Mikoto came out the bathroom with a towel around her neck and saw Touma laying on his bed with a strange expression.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? You are in some sort of trance."

Touma jumped off his bed.

"Oh it's nothing! I'm going to have shower now." - He walked toward the bathroom, before he went inside he turned around and said jokingly.- "And no peeking~."

"Why would I?" - she scoffed as she threw her towel at him. Touma quickly closed the door and locked it. After Touma finished his shower, they talked for a little bit before going to sleep.

Well... This was long overdue. It's been like what, five months? Honestly, the univeraity has been a bitch and I wrote little bits here and there over the course the school year. Didn't help when my laptop kept crashing. It's been a pain not being able to write. I'm sorry that this wasn't out sooner, please forgive me, I posted two chapters as my appologized gift. I would say that hopefully ch 6 comes out soon, but knowing my luck with school that's kinda unlikely. But either way, I still plan to finish this fic.

As always, Please leave a very much appreciated comment and PM me if you have any ideas or questions.