A/N: I may or may not be joking about Tohka/Yamai being in this story. Who really knows what I mean? I'm up to mischievous acts while writing these next few chapters, so stay tuned for answers to a few questions you may have. (= Onward!
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The blue haired boy stretched, feeling weak after what he put himself through last night. He almost felt nauseous. 'Seriously...' he asks himself, 'why did I go so far last night?'
He looked over to the doll-like girl and couldn't help but smile. She was using her two hands frozen in a clapping state to rest her head on as she curled up into a ball.
"You sleep just like a baby, Kurumi." He rubbed her head, and didn't realize she was such a heavy sleeper.
Really, she was just smoking hot, he thought. He couldn't get over it. He didn't prefer the word 'hot' over 'beautiful', or 'darling', or 'gorgeous', but you get the point. He's just really timid, that's all.
Relishing in last night's memories, he slowly slid back to a plank position as he pulled the covers over them. He almost touched her. Yeah. Almost fondled her. She looked like she wanted it more than him, but something told him to hold off. He wanted to keep a little of his innocence as of late, not like kissing a little girl really helps, but still.. he felt out of place, especially when she wanted him to touch her. She shivered as the A/C turned on in his room, and began to really appreciate covers, and body warmth. Without warning, he simply pulled her curled up body to him, and squeezed her. She opened her eyes slightly, and vaguely understood, so she stretched slightly, and wrapped her arms around his body.
He shook a bit, knowing that she was awake, but easily regained comfort as their bodies battled his harsh air conditioning. He thought about how Kurumi looked in her astral dress, and jeez, did it catch him off-guard. She was so gorgeous, but with her astral dress, she could be physically considered a goddess, among the eyes of men and some women.
But, why, though? Why was he so into this girl? He squeezed her tighter. He doesn't know. Surely, he's subconsciously doing this to get over something, probably. But what? Just what exactly is he doing? Right now, in this life, what is he doing?
He almost became depressed. He immediately felt that he was really bipolar today. Feeling horny, lucky, then depressed. What kind of life is he leading, though?
He sometimes felt like he had a hole in his heart. And he almost felt like Kurumi filled it in almost completely.
Almost.
It's sad to him. He wonders why he feels how he does, but he can't help it. He somehow felt cataclysmic. It was a great feeling, too. He changed two girls so far. Yoshino and Kurumi.
Now that he thinks about it... just what the hell happened before the rooftop scenario? His heart stopped. Seriously. What, the actual hell happened before the roof top?!
Come to think of it, he had a difficult time remembering days, even weeks before that. He can remember Yoshino, but that's about it... what the hell? His heart began racing, and a feeling of terror struck him cold. The waves of fear hit him hard. He started to shake violently, and held back a yell.
But... why? Why was he so scared? Will he ever be tired of asking the same questions with the same words? Will.. anybody answer to him?
He felt ensnared in darkness, and nobody reached a hand out from any direction to pull him out. Shido felt as if someone had purposely trapped him into this.
He started to feel something else, and something besides terror and fear began to shake him.
Rage.
Why can't he remember anything?! What the hell is going on?! Why... why is he so worried about these lost memories? Obviously, one person can't remember 100% of every passing second, but something doesn't seem right.
How did he get to the rooftop, and why were Kurumi's intentions so shakingly evil? To devour him, his body, his soul, his power. His powers.
That led to another thought. Why did he know her plan? Who told him, or how did he find out?
His brain was like a clockwork machine, and it's gears began to slow down at an easing pace.
He doesn't care anymore. He should just live his life out how it is now, and see what the outcome of his actions will be in the passing days.
But, why? Should it be like that? He can't help but to as 'why' at every one of his decisions.
Kurumi woke up and crawled half-on top of him, to get a better view and understanding of why tears streamed down his face, and seemed to even minutes before she had woken up.
"Shido-san, why are you crying?" He was taken by faint surprise and then shock.
"I'm crying?" He blinked, only to feel the wetness of on-flowing tears stop in his eyelids. "Wow, I-I..." He swallowed. "I didn't know I was... I didn't know why I.." He fumbled and tripped over his words as he tried to come up with an answer to her sudden question, and she stayed silent, intent on hearing him speak.
"I'm scared." That's all it took for her heart to shatter. This hero of the nightmare, scared? That can't be. She thought back to the moments where the ex-real Kurumi was explaining the capture of Shido, and how her plan would work. How horribly it failed, she thought darkly. She has fallen in love with this man, and the only way to obtain her powers and kill him is to fall out of love.
But that's not what the clone wanted. Unluckily enough for the ex-real Kurumi, she had created clones each with a unique personality. Unluckily, you might be wondering? Well, this Kurumi was made to love him, and that specifically. Love, as in to love him with an undying flame.
"Why is that, my lovely Shido-san?" She responds, to which he quickly answers with, "I don't know."
Now she was confused. "But, why? Why don't you know?" He chuckled grimly. "I've been asking myself 'why?' for about 10 minutes... I can't.. I don't..." He shivered in cold and sorrow. She hugged him gently, not saying a word.
"I can't remember anything." She felt puzzled. "I can't remember anything before Yoshino, anything past Yoshino, anything before the rooftop scene, and I..." He gulped, the tears returning. "I feel like something is missing."
meanwhile...
A dark-plum haired girl lay sleeping on a chair, trapped by straps surrounding her wrists and ankles.
A man in white smiled extremely broadly.
"Fantastic! Our plan is working in such a breath-taking manner!" The man beamed, and a girl with pale blond hair kept a fixed face on the chief.
"What a bore." She replied flatly, to which he blinked in fake sadness.
"Awe, my Ellen doesn't appreciate my well-thought out plan which led to an amazing turn of events.." He sighed quite noticeably fake-like.
She sighed again. "Well, the only flaw is that he captured and so-called 'rescued' the Nightmare, which seems impossible." She pushed up her glasses. "We've definitely underestimated this kid, by about 95%, according to our calculations." He was about to speak, but she continued. "And also... regardless of the fact that Shido has taken this girls' power, we can still extract it, because within two months or less, she'd be sleeping and away from her physical body long enough to care about anything at all, including her rescuer."
He frowned, and felt pretty stupid regardless of these happenings. "I suppose you're right. The other 'only flaw' is that we have to wait 2 months to extract her power.. she has way too much, and we're up-to-date on technology, and since you're the genius here, you can conclude and agree that there's no way to speed this process up, correct?"
Immediately she responds with "No." He blinked. "Excuse me?"
"If you really wanted to speed up the process, Isaac, you'd capture Shido." He frowned. "But-" "You see," She cut him off and began ."He holds the power of Kurumi Tokisaki and Yoshino, with no clear last name." It took a moment to register, and when it did, she continued regardless of him about to yell about how perfect Ellen and her plan was.
"That being said, we can extract his power, which means Kurumi and Yoshino's power would come out along with it. Since Shido Itsuka's power is to take power, which we technically already have, it would take less than a day to take, meaning this girl is almost useless."
He momentarily responds. "Every bit of power is useful, and this girl is higher than an A-rank spirit."
She nods, "Although, Kurumi Tokisaki has an un-calculable amount of power.."
"I wonder who the very first spirit was." That definitely caught Ellen's attention. "And why bother with that?"
His face adopted a dark look. "Are you blind, or simply retarded?" She blinked at his bold wording, and thought it was rather childish to use such a vulgar word. "The very first spirit, Ellen?" She blinked again. "So what?"
He rubbed his temples, becoming frustrated.
"Look..." He began, regardless of knowing this conversation could possibly give him a headache from Ellen and her annoying words. "We have zero data on the first spirit. Has it ever occurred to you how spirits even became spirits? Moreless, the first spirit? The first, fucking, spirit?!"To put it rather bluntly, she could 100% agree that she was retarded. "You're right, Isaac, I..." He felt awesome for finally being right. "Exactly! What if the first spirit knew how to make a spirit, or what if the first spirit had the most power out of all the spirits?!" He began in a state of lust for power.
Ellen, on the other hand, rubbed her chin precariously.
Progressions, progressions! Progressions?... Just what are Isaac and Ellen really up to? Why does Shido feel so empty? Why does Shido feel a mix between oncoming love and partial distrust towards Kurumi? Why can't he remember anything at all? Stay tuned. (=
