Chapter 2: A Certain Ojou's Railgun. Doubt_Lovers.[Part 2]

August 31, 8:25 AM.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu, Aogami Pierce.

The two that had met up this morning seemed to be classmates of Kamijou Touma; the key word being "seem", because Kamijou had lost his memories, and had no recollection of going to class.

For the Kamijou now, he shouldn't have had the time to wander around on the streets. Before today, August 31st, his summer homework had been a complete blank. The him right now could be said to be in a state in which every second was of the utmost importance.

Kamijou, in the depths of homework hell, had reasoned that it would be a long-term battle that would last to tomorrow morning, so he had gone to the corner store buy some canned coffee. But today, the brand he normally bought had just gotten sold out, with not a single can left. Just when Kamijou had been thinking about which bastard had taken all the stickers that could be traded in for free stuff for himself, he got caught by Aogami and Tsuchimikado. The two classmates who had already finished all their homework wanted to play hard on the last day of summer vacation and make some good memories.

"Aaaaaaaaah! Today's already the last day of summer vacation, Kami-yan! Sigh, and this year, there's been no encounters with any girls that fell from the sky, no finding of a catgirl in a cardboard box on a rainy day, nor even a meeting with a beautiful fiancée behind our doors that we never knew was engaged to us. It's been an incredibly normal summer vacation, the kind that novels describe with only one line: 'That high school student had a summer vacation.'"

Aogami Pierce, being a pessimist, said that in a fake Kansai accent.

"Ah, I so want to be in love! Even though we're in a co-ed school, I still want the new semester to be like one of those enviable love comedies where senpai, kouhai, teacher, students, class rep, childhood friends, and dorm manager are all girls who have no experience with boys!"

Being an optimist, Tsuchimikado Motoharu said that in a peculiar tone.

Facing the two and their completely unrealistic views, Kamijou held his head with his hands, and cried out in anguish.

"Oi, oi, you two, don't tell me you guys knew that I, Kamijou Touma, am putting my life on the line rushing to do my summer homework, and came to disturb me because of that? Please don't disturb me today! If you guys are my friends, then help me with my summer homework!"

"Isn't this good, Kami-yan? If you don't finish your homework, then you can get Komoe-sensei's special personal tutoring. Ah, then why did I finish my summer homework? Of course it's to get praised by Komoe-sensei. No, no, I've followed Kami-yan's example, and have an ulterior motive, too!"

"Even if we help Kami-yan, it's not like it'll get me into a love comedy, right? If the math problems can make a mysterious beauty fall from the sky, I'll definitely help!"

Facing the two classmates who obviously viewed someone else's misfortune as a joke, Kamijou involuntarily revealed a dark smile.

"You two, you have no right to call yourselves friends! What's this 'beauty that falls from the sky'? Do the girls you like all belong to an aviators' group or something!?"

Hearing Kamijou so loudly objecting, Tsuchimikado said, as if muttering to himself, "No, no, no, in this day and age, girls who fall from the sky end up on verandas, you know."

Kamijou didn't understand his reply though, since he had lost his memories.

Aogami Pierce on the other side even started to state loudly, "Ha, you're too naïve, Kami-yan. I have a wide range of acceptance when it comes to women: not just heroines that fall from the sky, but also step sisters both younger and older, step mothers, step daughters, twins, widows, upperclassmen, underclassmen, classmates, female teachers, childhood friends, rich girls, blonde hair, black hair, brown hair, silver hair, long hair, semi-long hair, short hair, bobs, drill hair, straight hair, pigtails, ponytails, braided hair, wavy hair, messy hair, ahoges, sailor uniforms, blazer uniforms, PE uniforms, judo uniforms, archery uniforms, kindergarten teachers, nurses, maids, policewomen, shrine maidens, nuns, military officers, secretaries, lolis, shotas, tsunderes, cheerleaders, stewardesses, waitresses, white gothic, black gothic, china dresses, weak albinos, crazy day dreamers, girls with multiple personalities, dominatrices, princesses, kneesocks, garterbelts, crossdressing beauties, glasses, eyepatches, bandages, school swimsuits, one piece swimsuits, bikini swimsuits, slingshot swimsuits, ridiculous swimsuits, non-human girls, ghosts, animal ears, etc.- any female is within my area of acceptance."

"At least one of them isn't a female, right?"

Kamijou said with his last ounce of strength; he couldn't take much more of this.

Then, Tsuchimikado, with a peculiar smile on his face, asked, "Then again, what kind of girls does Kami-yan like?"

"…Dorm manager oneesans[3]- even temporary ones will do."

"We're in a boys' dorm; even the manager's an old geezer, you know?!"

"Shut up! Even I know that's impossible in reality! I'm an only child, so of course I'd admire oneesan-type girls! Get off my case, you two!"

"Hm, so you like manager 'oneesans', huh? Does that mean you have no feelings for imouto[4]-type girls, then? Seriously, basic characters like imouto-types are the best ones."

Tsuchimikado, who had an actual younger stepsister, nodded enthusiastically. At that point, both Kamijou and Aogami Pierce looked at him with pity.

Kamijou, as the representative for his friends, stated, "I say, as your friend, for the stepsibling relationship between the two of you to last, there's something you need to know."

"Wh… What?"

"Your younger stepsister is someone that calls anyone she meets 'Oniichan'[5]."

"WHAT did you say?!" Tsuchimikado raged, and lifted both hands up high.

"Im… impossible! My younger sister, no matter the time, place, or reason, would never call any man other than me 'Oniichan'!"

"Really? The day before yesterday, in front of the station at the underground department store, I treated her to a meal at a restaurant there, and she said to me 'Thank you, Oniichan'."

"Yesterday, I met her on that street back there, and she said to me 'Good afternoon, Oniichan', too."

Along with the sound of something being snapped, Tsuchimikado's mouth made a sound as if something was being bitten apart.

"I'll kill you both! How dare you try to get your hands on my younger sister!"

Like that, the fiery fist of an older brother struck at Kamijou and Aogami Pierce.