Hamazura Shiage

A level 0 former Skill-Out and the third male protagonist of Toaru Majutsu no Index after Accelerator, he was introduced for first time in the Side Stories(also known as Volume 13.5) of the novels, was first introduced in the Side Story novels where he became the leader of his Skill-Out gang after Accelerator killed the former leader, Komaba Ritoku, by orders of the Board of Directors, and the same day he become the new leader, his gang was hired to kill Misaka Misuzu(Mikoto's mother) to prevent leakage of students because of the allegations of the Roman Catholic Church in Volume 13 after Vent of the Front's attack, but were defeated by both Touma and Accelerator. After that humiliatation, he left the gang to his friend Hattori Hanzo and became a chauffeur and informant for Team ITEM where he fell in love with Takitsubo Rikou.

After that he plays more active roles since the 15th during the battles between the underground organizations of Academy City, where, after discovering the murder of Frenda, betrays and fights ITEM's leader Shizuri Mugino to protect Rikou who was being forced the use a special drug to activate her powers to track so Teitoku Kakine but at the same time deteriorates her own health, Shiage managed to defeat Mugino by stabbing her in the eye and she lost control of her power and disintergrated her left arm when she shot at him. He then poured the rest of his bullets into her.

However, Shiage's actions interfere with Aleister's plans and later in the volume 19 sends his assassins on a massive hunt to eliminate him. During the time met with Accelerator, who was looking for a terrorist group was near the same location that Rikou was. Shiage misunderstood him thinking that his presence was due to another of his dirty jobs, after trying vainly to fight against Accelerator, Rikou despite his poor health, stopped by causing Accelerator's compassion.

After that, trying to escape from Aleister's assasins met once again with Shizuri Mugino, who survived her wound thanks to Heaven Canceler's Dark Legacy, now in hands of Aleister Crowley, after a hard time fighting her and protecting Rikou from her attacks, Mugino, who now has a sense of twisted love for him gives up and helped him and Rikou to escape Academy City by stealing a jet which was programmed to fly to Russia. After reaching to Russia because Shiage didn't know how to pilot the jet, he and Rikou, using a parachutte, jumped out of the jet and landed into a secret military base in Russia belonging to Academy City, he is pursued by the military forces station there until he is saved Acqua of the Back.