43 Shadow is the Light (End)

Darkness, only that could be seen in that strange place.

*TUMB!*

*TUMB*

*…!*

Accelerator was constantly reflecting all the water, but it was useless, there was too much black water around him.

He was drowning.

Soon after, he heard a male voice.

"In this place I feel like home. You know… I spent 1 year feeling unimaginable pain, but I also spent 1 year feeling nothing, I completely lost my five senses. If someone will ask me which was worse, I'd reply that it was the second."

*TUMB!*

*TUMB*

*…!*

"But before I lost my senses, I heard something about you, your 'progress' of the project. I heard how you killed Misaka Mikoto clones. I also heard about your moment of doubt that you had with a Misaka clone, so that's why I thought killing you wouldn't be the right thing.

*TUMB!*

*…!*

"Did you do all that to get more power? I killed a girl to get power, although she was crazy and she tried to kill me, she didn't deserve to die like that... I'll live with that sin all my life. But you? You were always the strongest!"

*TUMB!*

*…!*

"When I got my Dark Matter, I wanted to stop the Level 6 Shift Project right away, but it wasn't possible, you were too strong for me! I became stronger and stronger in order to defeat you."

*TUMB!*

*…!*

"If you wonder why you're still alive so far it's only for one reason: Mercy! You didn't kill 10.025 clones, but you did it with 10.015, thanks to my creations I was able to replace them with a clone made from my Dark Matter before you killed them while you chattered your stupidities of superiority and then I took them to my world to heal them, the power to travel between worlds is too much, right? Too bad I realized the true potential of that ability too late, because of that I couldn't save them all without you realizing it long before. Also, those ways to kill them... you're crazy. But even so, I don't understand it, I really don't understand it…"

*TUMB!*

*…!*

"I don't understand why they tell me not to kill you! They are no longer connected to The Misaka Network since they came to my world... can they really forgive you so easily? As far as I'm concerned, you can die here drowned."

*TUMB!*

*…!*

"Really... your power is illogical."

* TUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMB! *

All the black water around Accelerator was constantly evaporated.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!" Accelerator was finally able to breathe.

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"I don't care if your power is illogical"

"""Shadows!"""

Hundreds of thousands of black silhouettes appeared flying.

All the Shadows looked at Accelerator at the same time, he seemed to be looking for something within all the darkness.

'Kanaru' saw that his large sphere was gradually crumbling.

"""Tch… it's not convenient to do everything on my own!""" Thousands of voices said at the same time.

["Shadows Awareness: 80%!"] A male voice was heard in the minds of all Shadows.

Shortly after…

"I'm finally free!" A Shadow looked at his own hands.

"You idiot, our freedom is just an illusion, we don't exist. We're only a product created from the memories of the original and his power." Another Shadow replied.

"Then... we finally reached the final phase: Defeat Accelerator." A Shadow who kept an eye on Accelerator spoke.

"No, the plan has changed... we must kill him. We're strong! But because of that I still don't understand why he gave us awareness." A Shadow spoke in confusion.

"Kill him? But we made a promise to those girls! We must use all our power to defeat him, not kill him!" A Shadow exclaimed.

"Did the original make us aware? He is really crazy. Oh... I get it. He doesn't trust any of us to replace him in his little game of lifting the ball." A Shadow said in a funny tone.

"We've to agree! The original is concentrating all his power so that this sphere made of the remaining 20% of us can reach outer space in case Accelerator cannot be defeated. He does all of that because if Accelerator is released in that state in the city many people will die. We must kill him or find another way to fulfill our promise to them!" A Shadow with 4 wings exclaimed. (AN: 20% of the remaining Shadows are in their liquid form holding the dimensions of the great sphere together.)

"Agree."

"..."

All of the Shadows agreed in seconds.

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Kanaru's true body was wrapped in a small solid sphere.

He had his eyes closed.

'Damn, they need my memories to use my abilities correctly, but it's still annoying to hear them debate, but at least they share my ideal of protecting. I need to increase the ability -Mental Out- to level 5 to improve my control over them in quantity and quality.' Kanaru thought.

["You must not kill him/return"] A female voice was heard directly in Kanaru's mind.

"Why do you keep saying that? He hurt you a lot. I don't understand why you defend it so much." Kanaru spoke.

["Hikari Kanaru, why don't you understand the simplest things with all your calculation ability/escape?"

'Why is she talking to me like a typewriter?' Kanaru was confused.

"I get it perfectly, you think he isn't really a bad person, but I don't think the same way.

["He is the same as you/return. A boy who wanted to be the strongest and agreed to participate in a project that would slowly destroy his humanity/return. "]

"..."

["Hikari Kanaru was forced to participate in the Dark Matter Project, but/backspace in reality, he went to the place of the experiment of his own free will, he believed that in this way his ability -Recovery- would increase and with that he would become a world renowned doctor without thinking about the consequences/return. He was actually a very gullible and tender boy/return."]

"Gullible and tender boy? What on earth are you talking about?"

["Accelerator participated in the Level 6 Shift Project to become even stronger to instill fear in all who challenged him to claim his title/return. He thought that we were soulless beings, but/backspace he realized that this wasn't the case due to the particular situation of Misaka-2242, unfortunately, he still/backspace denies that truth/return."]

"..."

["Hikari Kanaru didn't follow the path of revenge completely and he decided to protect everyone by following the will he inherited from Karui/return. Most of us witnessed all that, he has worked too hard to the point of hardly ever sleeping… all for our good and for many more people/return. Even now he wants to become stronger to completely heal all Misakas and he protect them and protect the smiles of many other people he doesn't know/return."]

"..."

["But/backspace Accelerator still/backspace doesn't have the will to change/return."]

"You... Why have you changed so much in the way you express yourself?"

["That is obvious/return. The Misaka Network doesn't exist in this place and the time is very different/return."]

"Who the hell are you?! Misakas have no information about my world and my personal experiences."

["Hikari Kanaru, if you kill him, you'll lose Karui's will/return."]

"..."

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Accelerator finally found what he was looking for.

Despite all the darkness, he could clearly see a small solid sphere floating on the edge of all darkness.

But suddenly...

Hundreds of thousands of Shadows appeared around the small sphere.

"---JyrwegGoaEEynOef---"

"Meltdowner!" A 4-winged Shadow exclaimed.

6 black spheres made of unstable electrons appeared around each of tens of thousands of Shadows and they quickly hurled hundreds of thousands black light beams towards Accelerator.

All the black beams took up most of the space within the large sphere when they were launched.

*TUMB!*

*…!*

Accelerator reflected all attacks, but hia speed was greatly reduced.

The Shadows that attacked Accelerator disappeared into black powder.

"Railgun and Dark Matter!" The same 4-winged Shadow exclaimed.

Tens of thousands of Shadows created a tough black sphere the size of a soccer ball and they threw all the balls at the same time.

They disappeared into black powder shortly after doing that.

*BIRIBIRIBIRIBIRIBIRIBIRIBIRI...*

*…*

Immediately after, tens of thousands of Shadows disappeared and reappeared next to those black spheres, they were surrounded by black sparks.

"""Now!""" Everyone exclaimed.

The Shadows hit all the black spheres at the same time.

They also disappeared into black powder.

Tens of thousands of black spheres that were surrounded by black sparks were directed towards Accelerator.

*TUMB!*

*…!*

Accelerator frowned and raised his right hand.

"---yjbkdeDELclrpv---"

*TUMB!*

*…!*

Thousands of the remaining spheres were redirected to the solid sphere where Kanaru's original body was.

Also, despite the madness in Accelerator's expression, he was tired.

"Accelerator!" The 4-winged Shadow exclaimed again.

*TUMB!*

*…!*

Thousands of Shadows reflected the attack back towards him.

They also disappeared into black powder after doing that.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Accelerator did the same.

"Once again!" The 4-winged Shadow exclaimed.

Thousands of other Shadows repeated the same action above.

Accelerator also did the same.

"Once again!" The 4-winged Shadow repeated the same words.

"..."

Seeing that they couldn't win against Accelerator in his own specialty, the last few thousand 2-winged Shadows reflected the spheres in an upward direction.

*SPLASH!*

*…!*

The black spheres came out through the black water from the gigantic sphere.

Only 3 were left: Accelerator, the 4-winged Shadow, and the solid sphere where Kanaru's original body was in all the gigantic black sphere.

*Huff* *Huff* *Huff*

Accelerator's expression no longer showed madness, only weariness, much weariness.

*CLAP*

The 4-winged Shadow clapped 3 times.

"Millions, billions, trillions? How many calculations did you do in this battle? You're really very strong." The 4-winged Shadow said. He raised both hands up and he continued speaking.

"And now…"

White particles from a completely unknown world formed on his hands.

"This technique is the result of my analysis of your strange power!"

"Recovery and Fantasy World..."

"...Mode: Destroyer of Darkness..."

"…Light!"

A large white sphere formed over his hands.

The place was fully lit.

"This is my power!" He exclaimed. His body was rapidly turning to black powder.

He launched the large white sphere towards Accelerator before disappearing completely.

Despite all the exhaustion, Accelerator raised both hands when he saw that he could not avoid the large white sphere¨

But…

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!"

The white sphere was impossible to reflect, even to him.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

All the darkness around him disappeared.

Absolutely everything.

His wings disappeared and he began to plummet into the black water.

"What the hell?!" Accelerator woke up from his madness.

He didn't have much energy left.

The whole place went dark again.

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*SPLASH!*

Accelerator fell into the black water.

*TUMB*

*CRACK*

His reflection didn't last long.

"This burns!" Accelerator screamed.

He formed 2 wings of wind and he began to fly.

His body was very hurt.

"Impossible!"

"I am the strongest!"

"Also... They're just clones!

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*CRASH*

The solid sphere around Kanaru broke.

He was flying with his 6 black wings.

His broken bones, his lost right arm, his disfigured face... everything was restored.

But... he could hardly fly.

Immediately after he stepped out of the solid sphere, the large black sphere of water slowly began to disappear into black powder starting at the top.

Rays of sunlight began to illuminate the entire place.

Accelerator saw Kanaru.

"Product failed!" Accelerator exclaimed.

He began to fly to his direction.

Kanaru shook his head.

He took a small object out of his pants pocket.

"Really…"

*BIRIBIRIBIRIBIRIBIRI...*

Blue sparks began to surround his body.

Kanaru threw the small object into the sky.

The small object was a coin that he collected a few days ago... a coin that had the logo of a queen's crown.

Accelerator was surprised.

'That must be his last attack considering his condition.' He mused.

"You're a jerk for doing that!" Accelerator exclaimed.

The coin slowly fell.

Kanaru slightly raised his right hand.

He put his index fingers and thumb together.

Kanaru started to speak.

"As of today... Level 6 Shift Project is officially..."

The coin started emitting small blue sparks when it fell close to Kanaru's hand.

"…cancelled!"

Kanaru fired a railgun with Misaka's coin.

"This is nothing!" Accelartor exclaimed.

*CRACK!*

*TUMB!*

"What!"

The coin was reflected, but before doing so, it broke his defense, a defense that he believed was impenetrable in the face of such attacks.

"Damn... I... the strongest... against that weak attack..."

The coin had directly impacted his forehead, forming a wound.

A large amount of blood began to flow from his forehead.

He started to fall...

'I… I… am…'

Accelerator lost consciousness.

Kanaru quickly flew close to Accelerator and he grabbed his left arm.

"With this… I'll keep my promise…" Kanaru muttered.

["Wait/return! If you do that in that state, you..."]

Kanaru cut the connection with that strange sister.

*CRACK!*

The space shattered like a mirror and Accelerator disappeared.

Kanaru was still flying.

"Huh... I don't have any more energy." Kanaru looked around after saying those words.

After a while, the entire gigantic sphere of black water dispersed into a large black powder.

Everything around him was completely blue and the sun incredibly illuminated the beautiful landscape.

Beneath him was an endless amount of clouds.

'So, I'm in the stratosphere...'

Kanaru's wings turned to black dust.

He began to plummet.

'I... I just want to get some sleep.'

Kanaru closed his eyes.

And…

...he was smiling.

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