Accelerator & Kaori Kanzaki: Prologue - Parallel World in Real World
Everything always went according to Aleister Crowley's plans.
He was like a child, yet like an old man. Like a saint, yet like a devil. A magician, yet the creator of espers. He was a living contradiction, and the longer he lived, the greater these contradictions would become. But this was not a story about him. No, no. He was never an actor. He was the writer, manipulating the stage behind the scenes.
A few weeks ago, Touma Kamijou had reported a strange phenomena known as a Murder Game to his friend, Motoharu Tsuchimikado, who relayed this news to Crowley. A good amount of events had unfolded since then, but nothing too big yet. Nothing relevant at the very least.
"So, have you led Kaori Kanzaki back to Academy City?" Crowley, floating upside down in his tube that preserved his life, would ask the young magician standing before him.
"Yeah... I did as you asked," the magician in question, Stiyl Magnus, answered reluctantly, "But I gotta ask... What's the point of all this? What kinda stunt are you trying to pull, old man? What do you hope to accomplish by doing this?"
"Ah, but that is a secret for now, Stiyl Magnus. In time, everything will be made clear. But I will say one thing... to reach a phenomena that should not happen, you should recreate another phenomena that should not happen. That is my hypothesis."
"Tch, whatever. As long as there's no funny business..."
"Soon and very soon, you will see. Soon and very soon. I promise, dear Stiyl."
- - -
Kaori Kanzaki did not live in Academy City like Touma Kamijou did. She was one who associated with magic. So she was more of a church-goer. Usually resided in either Britain or Italy, though either way, as a Japanese woman, she stuck out from most other people. Still, that was beside the point. She was here for a reason, and then after she was done, she would leave like the wind.
According to Stiyl, Index was in trouble again, and of course, that meant serious business. She would need help if what Stiyl said was true. Index meant the world to her.
Little did she know, Stiyl's words were
not true.
If she knew more about the world of science, she would be able to look through Stiyl's words, but alas, ignorance was her downfall in this case. If she were to be informed that a young man with white hair and pale skin called "Accelerator" had taken Index from her, she would believe Stiyl. Even though he were lying behind his teeth.
And that was why she was here. Her purpose was a lie. Yet the hidden agenda that even she was not aware of was very real.
Tracking down such a young man like the one known as Accelerator was easy enough. There weren't many people around with his kind of description, so he stuck out like a sore thumb, even though Academy City was quite the large area.
The meeting was simple enough. A classic misunderstanding between two souls who were normally peaceful, but often fought fiercely, driven to violence rather quickly.
Words were exchanged. Threats were made into promises.
"If you will not hand Index over to me, I will destroy you."
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but if you're gonna keep annoying me, I'll make you regret it, bitch!"
And so the two titans began to clash.
VIIIP. ZOOOM.
However.
Before they could get far in their fight, something amazing happened. Even by a magician's standards. Even by an esper's standards.
A portal had appeared out of nowhere. And despite their supersonic reaction speeds, the two warriors would find themselves unable to resist the vacuum of the portal. Before they knew it, they had been sucked in, and everything became black faster than either of them could think of anything else.
- - -
It was a surprisingly seamless transition of scenery for Kaori Kanzaki.
The same could not be said for Accelerator.
Kaori Kanzaki could feel a strange, mystical energy around the place, not unlike magic. However, Accelerator did not know of such a thing. The closest thing he had to magic energy was probably AIM Diffusion Fields, and even then, those were quite different. Either way, while Kanzaki was surprisingly calm, though still mystified, Accelerator was at quite the loss. Why did this happen? One moment, he was about to enjoy a good fight, the next, he was in... some forest? What the hell?
It clicked for Kanzaki, though.
"Hmph. Stiyl... This is why you brought me here..."
"Huh? Who the hell are you talking to?"
"It is nothing. Just a passing thought," Kanzaki replied, closing her eyes and shaking her head briefly, before beginning to walk off,
"It seems that our fight will have to wait. I've lost my reason now that I realize I may have been deceived."
"What? Annoying bitch, you think you can just walk away from a fight that you started?!"
"Yes."
And so she did.
And Accelerator didn't do a damn thing about it.
Well, how pleasant.
Where was Kanzaki going? Well, to the other seemingly semi-conscious boy and the people crowding him, of course! Where else?
As the young woman would approach Ventus, along with the others including Cecelia and... that Zanzibar guy, she would look down at him, giving him an odd look. It wasn't exactly an apathetic look, but it wasn't overly concerned either. The boy almost reminded Kaori of Touma. The spiky hair, the dumb face... the air of willingness to protect others.
Damn those teenage boys these days.
"Excuse me... Are you alright?" She would proceed to ask Ventus, unaware of the full gravity of his situation. When she was not met with an immediate response, she would do the only sensible thing.
Poke his stomach with the hilt of her sword.
@The Silver Paladin @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Archwar
- - -
Meanwhile, what did Accelerator do? Not follow the weird bitch, for one.
Nuh-uh. He wasn't gonna have anything to do with her. Now, he was gonna go talk to more reasonable people.
Like that Scottish... knight. Oh.
Oh, boy.
Accelerator was gonna have fun in the
East Log.
"Tch... what a pain. From one weird situation outta nowhere into another weird situation outta nowhere..." He would grumble to himself, facing Aeric, Ashitaka, and Astarte,
"I don't suppose any of you people could explain where the hell this place is? Or why I'm here?"
What a pain.
@Raven @TheSpringwoodSlasher @Kaykay @BarrenThin
