[h2]Saten Ruiko[/h2]

"Ehehehee~"

Ruiko gave her friend a wide grin, before releasing the girl's skirt and rising to her feet. Really, it was hard to get enough of doing that kind of thing to Uiharu, there was a reason that it was the longer-haired girl's favorite method of greeting the flower-wearing Judgement officer. "I got here just a moment ago, but I saw you were distracted so I decided to make my arrival a surprise!"

Feeling that was, somehow, the appropriate level of explanation for what she had done, Ruiko happily turned towards the newcomer with a friendly smile. It seemed like she was a new Judgement Officer, and naturally, the black-haired girl felt like this meant she should get to know her. After all, she did spent a lot of time dropping by the Branch Office and hanging around. It was where Uiharu worked, after all, so it only made sense.

"Of course," Ruiko replied, still grinning, "Anyway, I'm Saten Ruiko, Uiharu's friend!"

[h2]Misaka Mikoto[/h2]

"Eh...?"

Sheepishly, Mikoto peered out of the alleyway. While it wasn't exactly possible to see anything from her position, she could definitely hear the honking of car horns at the the occasional yell. Yes, indeed, it looked like her actions against the thugs had taken out all the nearby traffic lights. Ooops... Had she really gone that far? Mikoto thought it had only been enough to knock the thugs out, but it looked like she'd probably gone a bit overboard rather than held herself back enough. Well... they [i]had[/i] pissed her off pretty badly...

"... Y... yeah! Let's go..."

Unwilling to be reprimanded by Anti-Skill for taking out the traffic lights, Mikoto was quick to agree to heading for the Branch Office.