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 Her), 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."

Date: July 16, 2009

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 was 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.

Date: July 17, 2009

"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 your dealing with someone with a dummy check ability, who cannot only turn themselves invisible, but they were dumb enough to taser Saten in the restroom.

However, this was only due to the fact, that they mistook her 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 must be 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 had seen from the incident with the vending machine in the park a few days ago, she just so happened, to wear shorts under her skirt, just like in the anime. So, since I wanted to follow Misaka's example, and wanted 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 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 decided to go do something to me that was 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 tased, 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 Misaka and I 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 Misaka and I 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.