In an alternate world, Touma is born with Imagine breaker on his Right hand and another mysterious ability on his Left. See how much events change as he attempts to counter what fate has in store for him all the while Shattering the illusions of those around him. (This is my first Fanfic so I apologize in advance if anything seems off.)

July 17

Kamijou Touma is what you can call an ordinary guy, he was the type of person you would have a hard time picking out of a crowd. In Academy City a city full of amazing superpowers ranging from shooting electricity to teleporting he was a level 0 meaning he was the lowest on the hierarchy and considered powerless.

However, this was not the case since Touma had an ability that could negate any supernatural events this would be considered a good thing however this ability came at the cost of negating all good luck that came his way. On the other hand (left hand) Touma had the another ability able to counteract any supernatural effect that came into contact with it, however, since both of these abilities were completely useless in any real-world scenario, Touma drew on the short stick in life and that was the reason why he is currently running in woods trying to avoid some thugs who he called out for trying to harass a girl on the street.

"(Ah! Why me! It took me almost an hour to lose those guys and now I have no clue where I am, the fence I jumped to get here said something this place being some kind of preserve but the only preserve I could think of would be in District 21…... You gotta be kidding me I ran over 5 km! Don't panic I just have to retrace your steps and I'll be fine.)"

Touma was not so lucky he spent the next 10 minutes wandering the forest aimlessly trying to find something that looked familiar to help him find his way back when he suddenly heard a girl speak.

"Why not reset everything inside my head? Would that free me from all these heavy thoughts?"

As Touma followed the voice he came upon a young girl looking like she just started middle school lying sprawled on her back, with him being able to see up her skirt, she looked like she was twirling a remote control in her hand. Touma then decided to speak to her about this.

"What are you doing here?"

"What does it matter?" said the golden-haired middle schooler.

"I really don't think you should be doing that," Touma replied referring to how he was able to see up her skirt.

"What, are you with Judgment?"

"No, but…"

"Then what does it matter?"

"Oh, uh… But I really don't think you should be doing that. I guess it's not my place, though."

Touma finally gathered up the courage to tell her about the sights he was witnessing where no person should be able to see.

"I mean… When you're lying all sprawled out like that, I can see right up your skirt from over here. You should really cover-up."

For a moment there was silent and Touma could swear that he saw her entire body change to red in an instant.

"Erase his memories!" she shouted.

Touma was holding his right hand onto his head while she said this.

"HM? I get that you're embarrassed, but why would you think that would erase someone's memories? And who do you think is interested in you and that flat chest of yours? Anyway, I won't tell anyone, so just stand up already."

"What!?" the Golden blonde girl said.

"I-incidentally, can you remind me what I'm wearing today?"

Touma was a little embarrassed to answer this question, but he did so anyway.

"What's with that spider web pattern? Have you thought about something more your age? And does that even cover up the important bits?"

"Erase!"

This went on for about a minute straight with her yelling erase and fiddling with her remote.

"I've erased your memories thirty-eight times now, so why are your eyes still glued to my underwear!? Just how great is your pervert ability!?"

"HM? Wait. Don't tell me you really have a power like that! That's a bit of an overreaction to some panties, don't you think!?"

A puzzled look came over her as she watched the pointy-haired boy hurriedly move back. She felt like she recognized him from somewhere.

"You're the guy who ran into me at the intersection with toast in his mouth."

"I did not have toast in my mouth. Come to think of it, that means you're the one that brought my phone to Anti-Skill. Thanks for that."

Touma remembered that a few days before this he was running late and accidentally ran into this very same middle school student. When he arrived at his destination he only then realized he lost his phone and spent an hour panicking try to find it since phones were not cheap, and he had to rely solely on his weekly allowance given to him by the city (which was not much) to survive. So when he arrived the next day to school to find that Anti Skill had brought it to him he was relieved but part of him was on edge ever since that since there was always a catch to when good things happened to him it only meant something even worse was coming, so he was not that surprised of how he got into this situation in the first place.

"Thank you for that. I can't believe I lost this I was panicking thinking that I would have to buy a new phone"

The girl looked surprised at first and then started to blush, that's when Touma realized the uniform she had on and decided to tease her about it.

"Oh, I get it now. That's a Tokiwadai uniform, isn't it? I've run into a painfully self-conscious little lady, haven't I?"

Touma's joke did not get the response he hoped for. He was hoping for a laugh at some sort but instead received a remote control flying at his face.

"What did you just say!" the girl yelled.

"Nothing"

Touma then followed the girl as she knew how to exit this forest if it was left up to Touma then they would both would have been lost in the forest for god only knows how long.

"Thanks for showing me the way but I gotta get going there's going to be a sale in the supermarket soon and I can't afford to miss it Bye!" Touma yelled as he ran down the street to the train station.

The girl just stood there for a few moments as she thought this was all just some convoluted way of hitting on her.

She then realized that she also had to go to the train station to get back to her school's dorm before curfew. But she didn't panic as she knew she could get away with it since she could control the minds of anyone (except that boy she just met) including that of the dorm manager. She then reached inside her purse only to discover that it was missing. She just then remembered that she threw the remote at the boy and in the heat of the moment completely forgot to retrieve it.

"Wait!" she yelled as she started running after the boy.

This did not last too long as she only managed to run 1 block until she was completely out of breath. On that day Shokuhou Misaki realized two things always bring more than one remote in case you lose one as well as Never get on the Dorm Manager's bad side!

July 24

It had been a few days since Touma had his strange encounter with the blonde-haired girl in the forest and in all that confusion he completely forgot to ask the girl her name. But Touma decided that the important thing was that he said thank you besides what are the odds of him running into her again.

Touma was excited for today since today he would be able to get out of the summer heat and get to go swimming. How would he go swimming you ask, well it's not like Touma had money to spare to go to an actual pool so he had to make do with what he had and that was the Summer City Flood Prevention Program. It was a large-scale test period to ensure the underground mall's drainage equipment worked and the emergency shutters could withstand the water pressure.

The spider web of underground passageways and some above-ground roads were intentionally flooded by guiding river water into them after passing it through water purification equipment. That was the basic outline of the event. This essentially turned all the city's shortcuts into flowing pools and the students swam all around with their wallets and stationery in waterproof bags. It wasn't the fanciest kind of pool but it was still something and Touma would finally be able to enjoy a nice relaxing swim to get out of the heat. That is however until he spotted a familiar blonde figure wearing a school swimsuit in the middle street looking like a deer in the headlights. Rotten Luck.

"What are you doing dropping down in the middle of the street? You don't have heat stroke, do you?"

The girl turned around and saw the same spiky black-haired boy she met only a few days ago.

"You're the guy who made me lose my remote after I so graciously helped you find your way out the forest!"

"The name's Kamijou Touma, Golden girl." Touma didn't know the girl's name but saw this as the best way to do so as girls hate being called nicknames and would usually respond with their actual names.

"I am the great Shokuhou Misaki!" That young lady of Tokiwadai Middle School immediately shouted back in an all-out rejection because she feared having that weird nickname stick with her forever.

"Okay, Shokuhou what are you doing standing around in the middle of the street?"

"I was having a bad time having to walk back to my dorm through the incredibly hot sun but, now that you're here you can finally pay back the debt you owe me for making me lose my remote"

"EHHH?! What debt you're the one who threw the thing at me it's not my fault if you don't take better care of your stuff!"

She then narrowed her eyes "Fine, then I'll just have to go to Anti Skill and report that I threw my remote at some predator who followed me into the forest."

Touma immediately knew what the situation would look from an outside perspective, and he could only see it only ending with him on the type of registry where no man wants to find themselves on.

"Fine, I'll pay you back. How much does the stupid thing cost anyway?"

"150,000 yen"

"WHAAAAAAAAAT!? Why the Hell does that stupid remote even cost that much! That's more than half my savings!"

"It's specialized equipment built by a private lab to help me channel my ability."

"Well, I don't nearly have enough to cover that. How the hell can you even afford that?"

"Well the research facility I go to provides these for me actually, but even if they didn't this is pretty standard equipment and isn't as extravagant as the other ones that's why I customize my remotes" She then presented one of her remotes to show it had a star engraving on it.

In the end, Touma could not talk his way out of this situation and reluctantly agreed to help Shokuhou with her problem she said she wanted someone to accompany her through the underground passageways but from Touma's perspective he knew the undeniable truth. She couldn't swim.

"Hmph. You have the privilege of accompanying Mental Out Shokuhou Misaki, one of Academy City Level 5s, so this will naturally be the highlight of your otherwise dreary summer break."

"Level 5?"

"That's right."

"Mental Out?"

"That's right! Do you have a problem with that!?"

"Y-you've gotta be kidding. But the rumors said the Level 5 with the greatest mental powers was a young woman with an amazing body!"

"I am a young woman! I have always been the most mature one in my class!"

Touma gave her a look mixed with disappointment and disbelief.

"Listen, little girl. When I refer to a young woman, I mean someone who manages a student dorm and has the tolerance to give anyone advice if they want it. And there is one thing you lack as far as that's concerned. Do you know what that is, little girl?"

There was no way she could, so she gave him a confused look, and he answered.

"Those common breasts of yours disqualify you from providing the support of a young woman. Give up and try again later."

"What!?"

But before Shokuhou could give him an answer she was hit square in the face with a child's beach ball. The entire section of the underground passage went silent as they all saw her get smacked with the beach ball they could all see the danger that awaited them excepted the one young man who spoke up.

"Jeez I know you're trying the fact that you can't swim, but this goes way beyond that are you just all around hopelessly unathletic. Your like one of those people who makes part-time lifeguards jobs hell by accidental drowning in the kiddie pool"

"eh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh."

There were very few moments where Touma felt actual fear. Throughout his whole life, he was struck with misfortune after misfortune getting chased by thugs down the street never actually scared him anymore since it was more like a common occurrence to him, like a stuntman not being afraid of heights after a doing it for years. But in this instance, he could feel the very essence of dark aura emanating from Shokuhou. She no longer cared about maintaining appearances.

"I'll erase your memories! I'll erase every single memory of my pathetic lack of ability!"

"Wait! Aren't you being a little tyrannical here!?"

Touma was included in this list but instinctively grabbed his head with his right hand to remain safe. All the people who saw Shokuhou's utter failure had stars appear in their eyes and had a blank look on their face and after a few seconds. They began to move again as though nothing happened.

"What did you do?"

"It's my ability Mental out it allows me to control anyone's...scratch that almost anyone's mind since now it seems like you are the only person I met who can naturally overcome my power. Why is that exactly?"

Touma thought for a moment on what he should say if he told her the truth it would only make her ask more questions. Touma didn't mind if people knew about his powers except if those people were keen on trying to fight him. Eventually, he realized that if he didn't tell Shokuhou the truth, she would make it her mission to find out but that didn't mean Touma had to give it up so easily.

"I'll tell you on one condition, however"

"Which is?" Shokuhou said while raising her eyebrow in suspicion.

"You have to let me teach you how to swim."

"WHAAAAA!? Why on earth would you want that in all things" Shokuhou never even imagined that Kamijou would ask for something like this? She was expecting him to ask for money or even a future favor from her but never this.

"That's easy. It's because it's dangerous not knowing how to swim when literally 80% of the world is made up of water plus it looks like you could use the exercise. No offense."

"First of all the world is made up of 71% of water, second off what do you mean I look like I could use exercise," Shokuhou said while glaring daggers at Touma.

"You just got hit in the face by a beach ball coming at you, at 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) an hour. A child could have blocked that better than you, besides aren't you from Tokiwadai, isn't it setting a bad example to the other students if you of all people, a level 5 can't swim"

Shokuhou looked at Touma shocked as what he was saying was partially true she was a level 5, and she couldn't do something as basic as even stay afloat in 1 meter of water without having to resort to us someone as a floatie. Her pride as not just a student but as a woman was on the line, normally she would just erase the minds of anyone who saw her doing something that was displeasing but in the process of doing so was also erasing the opportunity that she had to grow. Not this time.

"Fine I'll accept the terms of your arrangement and I hope that you will keep your end of the bargain"

"Don't worry I always keep my promises so let's get started."

What followed could only be described in one word pathetic. Touma greatly underestimated Shokuhou's lack of athletic ability as she almost drowned twice while only treading a meter high waters. Both times she quickly erased everyone's memories in the general vicinity and quickly regained her composure. After about two hours of what could be called training, Shokuhou was finally able to at least be able to float safely in the water by herself.

"Look at this I'm actually swimming! I never knew…Ahem. I mean I always knew I could do this" Shokuhou said cheerfully as Touma watched.

"Well, it seems that you now know the basics of how to swim. At the very least I don't have to worry about you drowning in your bathtub or anything" Touma said while slightly chuckling

This, however, did not go unchallenged as the very second he started chuckling he was besieged by an onslaught of splash attacks from Shokuhou. This was the beginning of what will now be known as the aquatic splash war.

After the war had finally come to a conclusion an armistice was finally met upon where Touma would allow Shokuhou to get one free shot at him if she stopped the war. Finally, the pair exited the underground passageways and made their way to the entrance to the Garden district they said their goodbyes as boys were not permitted on the premises.

"Thanks for today it was really fun I can't remember another time when I finally got to be… It was really fun." Shokuhou said while turning slightly red

"No problem I'm glad I could help it was fun hanging out with you to golden girl"

"My name is Shokuhou Misaki don't you ever forget. I'm willing to overlook this little transgression this time since you did me a great service but, don't you ever forget it," she said while pointing her finger at Touma

"Okay well I'll see you later Shokuhou and try to keep the controlling the populace at the minimum please"

"I shall not make any promises that I cannot keep. I'll see you later Mr. Kamijou" Shokuhou said while waving to Kamijou as he walked off.

(That was surprisingly fun I never would have expected it to be that much fun I mean sure it was humiliating at first having to have him watch me as I flailed about but in the end, I finally learned how to swim) Shokuhou thought to herself.

As she walked through the hallways to her dorm she couldn't help but thinking that she had forgotten something important. It wasn't until it was past curfew and she was on her bed about to go to sleep when she realized what she had forgotten.

"THAT SNEAKY LITTLE!" Suddenly she heard the door to her room swing open and on the other side was the infamous Dorm Manager

"Do you care to finish that sentence miss Shokuhou" a dark aura emitted from her

(What did Kamijou call it again oh yeah)

"Rotten Luck"

July 30

It has been a rough few days for Shokuhou not only did she get punished for behaving unladylike, but she also lost the chance to finally figure out why Kamijou was immune to her powers. She knew that Kamijou did not trick her since from what she saw he was an honest guy who probably just forgot about the deal, and she couldn't blame him since she had also forgotten about the arrangement and just had fun learning how to swim. She was walking through the park as she noticed a familiar spiky-haired young man sitting on the bench under the shade of the tree reading a book of some sort with a box lying beside him. She quickly grew curious and walked towards him.

"What are you reading?"

"Oh hey, Shokuhou I was just reading this book on baking. My upperclassman suggested I take a home economics course since she saw that I wasn't getting anywhere in my regular studies and it helped out. Upperclassman sure are amazing! High school girls can do anything! They can ride motorcycles, work part-time, and casually answer anything you ask. Taking that step from middle school to high school really is amazing. She's such an adult!"

"What!? Are you trying to piss me off!?"

Shokuhou had only just entered the middle school zone this year, so she did not like the sound of that theory. It made her feel several levels behind.

However, she was still curious as to what was in the box next to Touma.

"What's that?" she asked as she pointed to the box

"Oh I was just practicing some recipes in the cookbook and decided to give some to the upperclassman who helped me out do you want one?" Touma reached for the box and took the lid off it revealed a box's perimeter was lined with ice packs to keep what was inside cool and in the center was a collection of sweet dessert items that made Shokuhou almost drool.

"You made all of that? How long ago did you start learning how to cook?"Shokuhou asked.

"I started in the middle of my last year and kept practicing ever since, so which one do you want?"

As Shokuhou eyed the container she ran through each of her options and eventually decided of the parfait. When she took her first bite it was as if the rich creamy flavor of the desert danced inside of her mouth. Touma saw this as a good sign since if someone from Tokiwadai liked it, then surely his upperclassman would also enjoy it.

"So do you like it"

"I suppose it's acceptable," Shokuhou said while looking away from Kamijou not wanting him to see the look on her face right now.

"Wow! I think that's the highest praise that you've ever given me"

"Don't get too full of yourself! I give credit where credit is due, you can ask anyone in my clique about that"

"Your clique?" Kamijou asked with one eyebrow raised

"Yeah, my clique you know a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common or in my case a large group of sophisticated individuals whose purpose it is to serve me their Queen."

"Wait you're telling me all that stuff you said before about being called the Queen of Tokiwadai was true."

"Of course it was why would I lie about something about that"

"You know that sounds an awful lot like a gang right"

….

"WHAT DID YOU SAY! How dare you accuse me of being some sort of petty gang leader, my girls are nothing like those unrefined heathens and even speaking about them like that is heresy!"

"You can put whatever sort of fancy title you want on yourself but at the end of the day from an outside perspective it looks like your running a gang"

"First of all that is ridiculous my girls and I don't run the school in fear like those pretty thugs do, we simply collect information, we're a closed group of people in a particular field, having a controlling influence on the social hierarchy at school, nothing as primitive as a gang."

"Now that you word it like that your right you guys are not much of a gang at all"

"Thank you, you've finally seen the error of your ways and-"

"You guys sound more like the Mob to me"

This last line left Shokuhou speechless as what she had just explained to him in her own words was the actual definition of the Mafia. She then pictured herself in a table surrounded by her girls in a 1950s type clothing all wearing a trench coat with Shokuhou at the head of the table. Needless to say, Shokuhou did not exactly take the news very well as she sat back down on the bench looking despondently at the ground. This sight made Touma feel like human garbage, he was just trying to poke fun at her, he knew that while Shokuhou was a little rough around the edges that she was still a young girl and didn't truly wish any malice on anybody.

"Hey you know I was kidding right?"

"No…. I hate to admit it but you're right about my actions. And now that I look back on it, it is like I'm running some sort of mob. Am I a bad person?" she said while looking Kamijou straight in the eyes for confirmation.

"Well that's not really up to me or you to decide if you're a good person"

"What do you mean?" Shokuhou asked tilting her head slightly

"That's something for your friends to decide while we were talking you seemed more upset about me making fun of them than I was at you, that shows that you truly care about them and that you shoulder the burdens as if they were your own. But if it was really up to me then I'd say you were somebody who seemed as though they would rather help other people than really help yourself and that by definition is what makes a person good, but there is no real good or bad, all the people I've ever met were just misguided in a way. It was an Illusion they put on themselves to justify their actions."

As Shokuhou looked at the boys face she did not see deceit or even pandering all she saw was genuine honesty this boy was not lying to her in any way but was just telling her what he truly believed and this for a brief moment made Shokuhou forget about all the other times she saw people lying to her just to courier favor with her whether it be researchers who only wanted to use her or just regular people looking at a Level 5 as a way to get status. But not this boy she could see it in his eyes and in the way he carried himself about he wasn't trying to impress her he was just being himself around her and this made Shokuhou heart flutter for a brief moment as she realized that she too was being herself for once around another person.

"Thank you. I …. Needed that."

"Ahh, I don't deserve any thanks. All I did was tell you what I thought was true."

"I know and for that I thank you. It's refreshing you know to finally be able to talk to someone so candidly like this"

"I don't exactly know what you're talking about, but if you feel better than that's all that matters"

"Ha! I knew you were going to say something so Noble, but you must excuse me I have other business to attend to today"

"Oh okay then I guess I'll be seeing you around then Shokuhou"

As Shokuhou was beginning to get up from the bench she remembered about the promise the two had made prior.

"Say Kamijou are you a man of your word?" Shokuhou said with a slight grin on her face.

Touma was hesitant at first to answer but did so anyway seeing no real reason as to why not to.

"Yeah, I'll always try to keep a promise that I make. Why do you ask"

"July 24 you and I made a promise that if I allowed you to teach me how to swim that you in return would tell me the reason as to how you can resist my ability"

"Ohhh! I completely forgot about that I'm sorry. Well, the reason I'm able to resist your ability is-"

"Not right now. I just told you that I have other matters to attend to today and I can't have myself distracted by trying to understand the reasoning behind your ability." Shokuhou stated in a tone of authority.

"Then what do you-"

"In two days we will meet here again at noon I will make sure I have my schedule clear and you best do the same"

"So what is this like a date?"

For a brief moment, Shokuhou felt her entire body turn red at this response.

"Of course not! It's simply two individuals keeping their word with each other, don't read too much into it!"

"Relax I was only kidding. Two days huh…."

Shokuhou was on edge waiting to hear his response

"Sure, I don't have any plans for that day so okay"

Shokuhou heart fluttered from that response, and she meekly replied

"Okay so it's a promise in two days we will meet here again"

"Yeah. So I guess I'll see you in two days."

Just then Touma looked down at his watch and realized that he was late for an important sale at the supermarket again and leaped from the bench.

"Rotten Luck I'm late."

Touma then dashed to the park exit, so he could make it on time to the sale.

"Bye Shokuhou it was good seeing you again take care!" he shouted while still running towards the exit.

(That boy right when I think I have him figured out he does something like this and makes me see something that I haven't seen even myself yet. Oh, it looks like he forgot to bring his box of deserts. I don't think he'll mind if I take this as payment for my remote.) Shokuhou thought to herself.

(I can't wait for our next rendezvous but now I have something more important to do I have to start looking into my girls and make sure they know that this is not a one-sided relationship maybe I'll start with Junko. She is one of my closest confidants. Maybe I'll share some of these deserts with her)

As Shokuhou walked away she began to eat another one of the deserts from the box

"I should thank Touma when I meet him again for making these. They are quite delicious."