Of Science and Magics

An Original Flavor fanfiction created by Stormwolfex. It may be found here.

Of Science and Magics is a What If story set in the A Certain Magical Index universe. In this timeline, Touma Kamijou is a childhood friend of Mikoto Misaka, and the story approaches the Index and Railgun canon in that direction.

The story begins with the A Certain Scientific Railgun timeline at the Level Upper arc, with Touma meeting the Railgun cast.

As of this writing, the Level Upper arc and the Index arc have concluded. A side-stroy titled Of Science and Magics: The Side Stories written by Knowledgeseeker66 and supervise by Stormwolfex, is currently running.


 * Bi the Way:, of all people, starts showing signs of this, wanting a threesome with , wanting her beloved to be happy.
 * Car Fu:
 * Childhood Friend Romance: Possibly skirting into considering recent events.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Touma in spades! His early childhood was much worse than what is suggested in cannon, and a certain event that occurred when he was 11  Mikoto brought him back from this a bit later on (but still before the start of the story) returning him (for the most part) to the Touma we know.
 * Early-Bird Cameo: All the other known Level 5 espers aside from Accelerator.
 * For Want of a Nail: Several things, such as the Level Upper timeline coinciding slightly with the Index arc, Touma having a considerably darker backstory which involves, and the Index arc ending with.
 * Interrupted Declaration of Love: A cruel variation occurs in Chapter 14.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Unexpectedly, thinks this in regards to Mikoto's love for Touma.
 * Japanese Delinquents: was one before the events of canon, having been a member of Skill-Out.
 * Original Flavor
 * Red Baron: "The Devil of Academy City" for.
 * Ship Tease: Touma has loads of it with Saten.
 * Shout-Out: When Kuroko comments on Touma's scars, he calls them a "legacy of a misspent youth".
 * Shown Their Work: Not only has the author taken pains to research canon materials, but he has also shown his work with the selective amnesia that hits in Chapter 14.
 * Supreme Chef: Touma upgrades to this after spending several years working at a restaurant in his backstory
 * The Gadfly / The Tease: Misaki Shokuhou, specifically towards Touma and Mikoto.
 * Tsundere: Mikoto hasn't lost this aspect of hers at all, even as a childhood friend to Touma.
 * Wham! Episode: Chapter 14, the end of the Index arc. While Touma doesn't lose his memories,.
 * The Worf Barrage: With luck, Mikoto was able to grab onto Kaori Kanzaki and point blank electrocute her. The only result Mikoto got was Clothing Damage and she was now at the mercy of the Saint.
 * World of Cardboard Speech: Mikoto almost says it word-for-word, realizing that Kaori is an opponent she can go all out on.