Deceiver: I fail too many times. I only got this and Shintaro's oneshots done (there's one for Soda Can Day but I was not sure if that was canon). And Kido and Seto's are half done! T_T So once I'm done with the next one, I'll put it here on FF.

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Ayano: Change

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Nothing changed.

Ayano stared in disbelief as she watched Shintaro fell to the ground from the shot meant for Konoha. Momo's scream of her brother's name resounded in the room as she, Mary and Kido rushed to his aid. However, judging by the amount of blood pooling beneath his body, matching his trademark jacket's colour so well, he was as good as dead.

Nothing changed.

It happened again on this day. August 15th, the accursed day that was supposed to bring Shintaro to his demise a year ago. She truly believed that Shintaro broke through his sad fate and brought joyful future to everyone in the gang. And also allowing him to move on.

Nothing changed.

The girls' cries were soon followed by her two other younger siblings as they tried to stop the older teen's bleeding. It was worse, much worse than the time Shintaro got a graze from the terrorist attack a year ago. Ayano began to sob.

What was the point anyway? She had to watch everyone's sadness for a decade as the hazy heat, especially Shintaro's because she never thought he would be so affected by her death. It was her fault. If she hadn't found her father's documents, if she hadn't acted tough on this mission alone, if she had just told someone about it, none of this would have happened. Right now she would still be alive with her siblings and be as optimistic with Shintaro.

While everyone desperately yelled at each other to save the oldest teen, Ayano crept up to them. Eyes that were bright once in her life were dull as tears continued to run down her cheeks. She kneeled down beside them, watching Shintaro's quiet breathing as he stared aimlessly up at the ceiling.

"Can you hear me?" she whispered, a hand slowly caressing a pale cheek. She knew he couldn't feel or hear her, but she still did those gestures anyone. Yet, to her shock, there was a slight reaction from him. Before she could reconfirm it though, Seto suddenly pulled the oldest male member onto his back while Kido barked orders for them to retreat. Hibiya pulled at Konoha's arm, who was kneeling on the ground as he stared at the wall in front of him, yellow eyes now devoid of life. Kano ran up to them and helped the youngest member of their gang to drag the human android out of the faculty. Everyone was gone but Ayano stayed there, unmoving, wondering what would happen now.

"I guess we have to do this all over again." Ayano snapped her head around at the familiarly cold voice. A short woman with abyss black hair smirked at her, arms crossed in cockiness. The world around her began to fade into black and red, and a figure appeared behind the female monster. He was crouched on the ground, arms around his knees and completely still if not paying attention to his faint breathing.

"No…no…"

"You wished to save someone's future, you have to go on," Azami stated coolly. A silent countdown began as the red world burst back into the past. Ayano watched in dismay as everything that happened this past year, the fun times, the sad times, the dangerous times, began to erase in haste to make way for a new future. What future though? Would Shintaro go back to killing himself in his room, causing his and her siblings to die in the terrorist attack? Or would this whole year repeat again?

Nothing changed.

The world began to reform to the time after Shintaro's suicide. Why must they start here? This wouldn't save him! Ayano stood up from the floor as the familiar classroom began to form, each desk had a single flower in a vase on top except for hers, which had one paper crane she made instead. The summer's heat hit her back, starting to make her sweat a bit under her black winter uniform and red scarf. It was always hot in this world, but she didn't have another change of clothes and she didn't want to take off the scarf that gave her siblings happiness in their dark days.

Turning her eyes to the world of red outside the windows, Ayano began to wonder if she should just give up on this. It was truly a miracle when Shintaro walked out the door that day a year ago, maybe it was all thanks to Ene's constant pranks that Shintaro was able to step out and move forward with everyone (she wondered if she knew about these repeating days). If it weren't for him, none of the moments he and the gang shared together would have been created and treasured. Their smiles were the greatest of all, at the amusement park, the small silly missions they had, they were the best.

But now she have to say good bye to them and start all over again with everyone.

Ayano let out a sigh, noticing her Eyes heating up. It was time to face Shintaro. Putting on her best smile, she turned around and greeted him happily.

But that didn't last long.

The classroom had completely formed but there were differences. One it was like staring into a huge mirror with slight alterations. The classroom doors were gone, replaced by the windows and her standing at the other end of it. She was smiling on that side, not mimicking her at all. The second difference was the people standing at the center of the room. Both of them had their backs against each other, yet they didn't seem to notice each other's presence as they stared at the Ayano in front of them. She knew both of them, but they were the same yet different at the same time. One was in complete black while the other was dressed in heroic red.

"Shintaro…"

It took only a second, but the black Shintaro facing the other Ayano scrambled on his feet as he tried to chase after her. She had seen that scene so many times, yet this was the first time to see it in this perspective. And now the red Shintaro was striding towards her, his face blank yet his eyes were affixed onto her red ones in determination.

Awestruck for a second, Ayano quickly recomposed herself before she uttered the lines she had repeated many times before.

"I died. I'm sorry," the girls said at the same time. "Shall I say 'farewell'?"

The scene at the other end of the room ended the same. The black Shintaro yelled "Don't leave me!" and both he and the other Ayano collapsed into a dark space. Yet the Shintaro in front of her seem oblivious to everything that was happening behind him. He was watching her intently, making her feel nervous as she didn't know what to do.

"Farewell."

It took a while for her to realize it wasn't her that said those words at all. Ayano let out a small gasp as she looked back at Shintaro, truly looking at him this time, because the next thing she knew was that Shintaro was…he was…

Smiling at her.

A real, true smile.

Ayano was so shocked into silence that she stared wide eyed at her best friend. She never expected this to happen, even while she was alive. Suddenly, yet as if creeping into her mind, a voice hissed at her.

It seems he will live. We won't go back.

A breeze was picking up behind her, along with an emotion she hadn't fully experienced in a long time. Relief, joy, happiness, and contentment all bubbled out of her as she let out a laugh and the breeze blew the transparent white curtains up. Reaching for her scarf, she unravelled it and instantly placed it around the genius' neck.

He had been through so many traumas and deaths, yet he could still make it up to this point amazes me. Ayano smiled at this.

Azami-san, can I give him one more thing before he leaves?

Staring at him with her Eyes, Ayano yanked the ends of the scarf, effectively pulling Shintaro close to her face with his, lips inches from each other.

"Shintaro…please…"

Her words came as soft whispers as she gave him everything she could offer in this short time. She watched in satisfaction as the heat from her Eyes transferred into his, making them glow red. A smile formed on the eighteen years old boy as he began to fade and go back to the real world, where he belonged.

Sighing, Ayano leaned back, the smile never leaving her face. She felt a presence next to her, but she wasn't fazed at all.

"You have taken my job, child," she muttered lowly. Ayano just smiled brighter at this point.

"Well I have been staying in this world with you for a long time," the returned chirpiness of her personality made Azami cringe. She didn't care though.

Before she thought nothing would change the fates set out for them. She was really about to give up just then. But because of Shintaro's change to go out into the world a year ago…

Everything changed.

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Deceiver: Just for the heck of it, I'm going to write a chapter story on this as well, this time after Shintaro woke up and the revelation of his connection with Ayano to the Mekakushi-Dan Trios. But let me finish satisfying my other plot bunnies first T_T Why can't you guys show up earlier in my non-busy life with Hetalia!?