Sorry for not updating for a long time, I had something stuck in my brain so...XD Anyway, this chapter has a lot of information and stuff, so i guess it wouldn't be too interesting? Sorry... But I hope you'd be able to enjoy this and don't forget to review! ^^


Children Record -END?-


"Who are you?"

Although she was identical to Ayano, he knew that she was not her.

Ayano was dead. He had confirmed it a long time ago.

The girl glanced up at him, her red eyes glowing beneath the shadows of her hair, matching the crimson scarf sinisterly.

"I am Ayano," she whispered, her voice was sore and bored, yet it possessed the gentleness and the warmth of the Ayano he knew before.

"No, you are not," Shintaro insisted,

"Ayano is dead."

He wondered why he now so strongly believed that she was already gone. Even though he had always wished that she would come back, even though he had countless of dreams about her and would never fail to wake up trembling, tearing.

"You're right," the girl broke eye contact with him and looked down,

"But at the same time, you are wrong."

Shintaro frowned at her. He disliked how she could use Ayano's voice to speak to him, though it always sounded boring and emotionless, like that of a ghost on her. It was annoying nostalgic, annoyingly sad, yet annoyingly warm.

"Ayano is dead," she breathed,

"But I am the Ayano from the future."

Shintaro no longer found that too surprising. After meeting people with powers like Kido and the rest, time traveling may be more or less possible. However, a certain future where Ayano did not die?

Lucky…

"A future where Ayano did not kill herself," she said as she stood up,

"Or rather, a future where Ayano did not make it in time to kill herself."

Shintaro looked down to think for a while.

Maybe the "me" in that future managed to save Ayano?

Anything else was possible though.

Then why does the Ayano before him has red eyes? Why, how has she obtained the eye power?

He sighed.

Well, it's not like her world is any of his business anyway. He should stop thinking.

"Then why did you come here?" he asked again.

It was a simple question that held many answers, and he wanted to know them all.

"We'll talk about it on our way back," she said, glancing at Seto.

He just remembered that Seto was still there, his arms protectively wrapped around Kido, his head down as drops of tears rained from it.

Shintaro's heart quickened. It was just a little, but he was sure it did.

Was he scared?

First Kano, then Kido, so would Seto be next?

He hoped not.

"Kousuke, let's go," Ayano said rather emotionlessly. It was like she had not even noticed the lifeless Kido in front of her.

"No…NO!" he shouted so suddenly that Shintaro flinched. It was the first time he had seen him shout. Seto had always been cheerful and optimistic, or even gentle, he would've never shouted at anyone.

"Kido is gone…" he whispered, his voice shaking uncontrollably,

"What am I supposed to tell everyone now?!" he shouted, his voice breaking sorrowfully.

He looked up at the red eyes before him,

"Tell me Ayano-nee! What should I tell them?!"

His eyes were wide open, allowing tears to flow freely from them, his entire face seemed so worn out and tired, like he was going to collapse any moment.

He looked down again, the shadows of his hair covering those desperate eyes,

"It was all my fault…if I didn't do that to Kano, Kido wouldn't have…nobody would've…." His guilty heart would not allow him to finish his sentence, torturing him with his memories of them every second pass.

"No, it was my fault," Ayano stated, "I killed Tsubomi."


The sun was already setting by the time they were heading back.

Shintaro remembered that he used to walk home with Ayano everyday whilst the sun sets like this. Now, once again, the history which he had longed for so much has repeated. It would've been so much better if such tragic things did not happen.

"So, why did you come here?" He asked again, just remembering his initial question,

"Why did you come here from the future?"

Shintaro did that on purpose to ensure Seto understood everything without needing to explain again. It seemed to have caught the brave boy's attention, but he remained silent.

Ayano did not answer his question and continued walking.

"Hey…"

"Shut up and let me think, twit," she said harshly with minimal expressions.

Shintaro flinched upon her tone. Seto was taken aback as well but still remained silent. This future Ayano was a lot different from the one they knew. Obviously, Shintaro had preferred the nice and welcoming Ayano than this hostile and insensitive one.

"I came here to help you save your friends," she finally began,

"To save them from their red eyes."

I knew it…

Shintaro had suspicions about those red eyes. It was quite obvious they had something to do with Kano and Kido's behaviors.

But…

"What do the red eyes do to them?" he asked.

Seto was still silent, but was listening quite attentively.

"The more you use your eye power, the more likely you are to be swallowed by them," she stated it like she had repeated that sentence a million times before.

"And when you are swallowed by them, you turn insane, like Shuuya and Tsubomi. And then you will start to kill everyone around you, likely starting with someone you hate most."

Seto trembled slightly.

So Kido hated me?

It was only natural, he guessed, since he took away someone important to her.

"But why kill?" Seto finally spoke. Perhaps he knew that Shintaro wasn't going to ask that question.

"Why don't they go insane and...I don't know…pet stray dogs?"

Ayano shot him her first glare deadly enough to send a lion scrambling home in fear, and Seto immediately looked away to avoid eye contact.

"Because Medusa's powers are made to kill, not made to pet stray dogs."

"Okay, fair enough."

Now it was Shintaro's turn to shoot him a glare. He really wished that Seto would stop asking such stupid questions.

"So what can we do to stop this?"

"You, Seto and Konoha are about the only ones who can stop this," she stated.

Konoha? She knows about Konoha too?

"Mary is physically too weak and the rest just uses their eye power about everyday. But since Seto and Konoha doesn't use their eye power much," she said, glancing at Seto who looked back and forced on a smile,

"And you don't even have an eye power," she stated looking at Shintaro who for some reason felt rather insulted.

Who cares if he doesn't have an eye power? At least he's normal…

But how does she know all this? Information from the future or something?

"So what can we do to stop this?" he repeated.

She had not answered his question.

"We go to the past and kill Medusa," she said it like it was so easy.

"How?"

"We can ask Medusa to bring us back in time. That was how I came here."

"Wait, are you Medusa's friend or something?" Seto asked just out of pure curiosity.

"No."

Shintaro stared at her like she was stupid. No matter how he looked at it, it was impossible.

Asking Medusa to bring them back in time so that they could kill her? Who the hell in their right mind would do that? And even so, is Medusa even real? Isn't she just a mythological character?

Maybe she's just joking with them? What if one by one they turn insane? Wouldn't he be the only one left since he has no eye power?

Is…is there really no way to save this?