Author: It's almost been six months since I last updated this story and I'm glad I 'm able to update again. Regarding the story, it will reach its ending on the fourteenth chapter and an epilogue on the fifteenth chapter. I do apologize for leaving this story on hold since I've been busy playing a certain browser game.
"To get the desired Happy ending, it will all depend on Shido's actions from now on"
This story...how will this end I wonder...
[White] looked over the horizon, smiling upon the peaceful city before her. She knew she could no longer appreciate the serenity of the world once Shido attains the long desired ending.
"It's a shame, isn't it? I wouldn't be able to live through the happily ever after"
She turned around as she had already noticed Reins behind her, silently observing as well.
"You already know this would happen at some point"
"Yeah. It's the law of cause and effect after all. What you will do in the past will affect the future" She sadly laughed
"And since you came from this exact past timeline..."
"I would cease to exist...as I originated from a Bad ending"
[White] cherished the soft breeze passing by. Her red eyes looked up at the bright blue sky with the soft looking clouds slowly moving.
"Why didn't you tell him?" Reine asked
"Would it matter? My entire existence will be wiped out from this timeline"
"..."
"When I'm gone, it would be as if I never existed"
She moved her hand and quietly stared it for a while. When Reine decided to move, she petted the white haired Spirit's head. There's a strange sense in the comfort, similar to what a mother can give.
Meanwhile...
After his usual daily routine, Shido had returned home from school. Tired and exhausted, Shido removed his tie and slammed his body on the bed.
"Aaaah. Today was back breaking"
Shido complained while twisting around his body. When he turned to face where his desk is, he jumped out of the bed at the sight of the time travelling Spirit sitting on a chair.
"Hey"
"Don't HEY me, White! More importantly...what are you doing here?!"
He raised his voice against the unfazed Spirit because he doesn't like people randomly appearing in his room.
"I came to check on you"
"I'm fine. Now go before someone sees you"
"What are you worried about? I'm in your room. This is your private space"
Apparently, [White] haven't met the other Spirits. Shido slapped his hand on his face.
"Kurumi is a little unpredictable so I had to ensure she doesn't do anything that will cause a catastrophe"
"Well I guess you know that because you're future Kurumi"
"I preferred another name"
"Shiro, then. It's Romaji for your codename [White]"
"Shiro? Fine. I'll accept it"
Shido begins to doubt if the girl in front of him is indeed Kurumi's future self. [White] acts so differently than Kurumi, it's like they're completely different people.
"You really need to get out of here before someone sees you"
"I don't always to get to see you and you want me to go away. You're horrible"
"Stop playing around!"
Kotori is heading to Shido's room when she heard him shouting and sounds as if he's talking to someone.
"Can't we just talk somewhere else...tomorrow!"
"I'm really busy you know. I have to deal both Kurumi and you"
(Who is Shido talking to?)
Kotori's hand is already in the door knob, but [White] sensed Kotori about to enter.
"Fine. We'll talk some other time. See you later, Shido"
She saluted and in a blink of an eye, the Spirit in white disappeared the moment Kotori opened the door. Both Itsuka are confused and puzzled.
"Kotori? Didn't I tell you to knock?"
"Ah well...I thought you're talking to some stranger"
"How can there be other people here? This is my room"
"Right...sorry for intruding"
Kotori felt a little embarrassed since Shido doesn't like the girls barging into his room with no apparent reason, but he's used to it...sort of.
"Strange. I thought Shido was talking to someone else"
The red haired little sister went back to her room and in her desk is a piece of paper with a detailed clock face drawing.
"What's this?"
Kotori looked around and found it impossible that someone other than the Shido and the girls could leave a suspicious piece of paper.
To: Itsuka Kotori
From: [White]
Open your phone.
Curious, Kotori opened her phone and found a message recently sent to her.
Let's meet tomorrow at Heaven's cafe. 10:00 am.
There's something I need to tell you
Don't be late. I'll be waiting.
- [White]
Seeing the sender's name, Kotori almost dropped her phone. She frowned, but Kotori is intrigued to know what the Spirit wanted to talk about.
"The Itsuka Kotori of the past is no different from the future"
[White] closed her phone with a smile on her face. She looked in the distance, remembering her fate is sealed once Shido manages to change the ending.
"By the time he gets everyone's happy ending...I'll disappear"
Being Kurumi as well, she shares the same feelings as her, but without the obsessive and violent behavior.
"Shi...do..." She couldn't held back her tears
Losing her usual composure, a clock face appeared on her left eye. She resembled the current Kurumi, but she looked younger and has a white color motif.
"I don't...want...to disappear"
She broke down with her tears streaming down to her cheeks. Fingers dug to her sleeves as she bit her lip.
Somewhere...
Kurumi, in her casual attire, lied down on the concrete floor, rubbing the ground with her finger.
"One...two...three..."
She kept counting at different intervals, unsure and not caring what she is counting about.
"Huh...? They came back..."
Shadows stretched in different parts of her Kurumi's nearby surroundings. Clones of herself appeared out of the darkness, all with a clever smile.
"What is it?"
They noticed the real Kurumi's depressed and suicidal like tone and demeanor.
"We discovered something you would both hate and love to hear"
"..." Kurumi raised her back
She looked at the clones, who in turn, looked at each other before one stepped forward.
"[White] is here in Tengu city and..."
"And?"
"She's usually within Shido-san's range. It's like she's securing him"
Shocked at what she had just clearly heard, Kurumi lowered her head as she stood up. She walked to a nearby wall and punched it enough to leave a circular crack.
"How dare she...How dare she get near my Shido-san!"
"..." The clones backed away
"He's mine alone and no one else!"
She can't risk of failing this time. Rewinding time was her last resort and doing of again is no easy task with the large amount of Spirit energy it requires.
"I have to get her before she gets my Shido!"
Kurumi bit her lip frustrated at how she is going to deal with a Spirit that rarely appears and has a tendency to disappear immediately.
The next day...
Because she is intrigued about the message sent to her, Kotori thought it wouldn't harm if she went there to meet the person anyway.
"Shido, don't to anything stupid while I'm gone"
"Kotori, wait"
"What is it?"
"After you get back, there's something I need to tell you and the others"
"...?"
"It's really important"
"Yeah, yeah..."
At about ten o clock, Kotori arrived at the cafe the sender told her to come. She quietly sat inside the cafe with no one else at all...which she found strange.
"Something...is not right..."
It's not just a single is customer isn't present, but not even a single cafe employee is there. The air felt tensed and strange, making Kotori feel nervous.
"...!"
She looked outside and to her surprise, the once busy street is completely empty. Other than that, she sensed an inhumane energy heading to her direction.
"Sorry for the inconvenience, Itsuka Kotori"
The cafe door opened and a girl with her hand tucked in her white hood's pocket entered.
"Hmm? Why are you looking at me like that?"
It took [White] a while to realize why Kotori is looking at her in a hostile manner.
"Sorry for doing something like this. I had to make sure she's not listening"
(She?)
"That girl definitely realized what I've been doing and she'll definitely murder me at first sight"
Before [White] could trail off from the main topic, she sat and gestured Kotori to take a seat as well.
"For you to overlap reality with only the two of us here...then this must be important"
"I have to take safety measures. Again, I apologize for doing something so suddenly"
"Just get to the point...[White]"
"Hmm~ I thought you would doubt I texted you"
"You did the same thing when you to drag me in a game of hide and seek"
The Spirit giggled at Kotori's annoyed expression as though there's animosity between them.
"Right, right. Let's talk what we really came here for"
"What do you want to talk about?" Kotori wanted to know
"It's about how Itsuka Shido is in danger"
The moment Kotori heard Shido being mentioned, she instantly became alerted.
"Shido is in danger?"
"Well he said he's planning to tell you later so I told him I better give you guys a head start"
[White] waved her hand and laughed in a care free manner. She's not comfortable with Kotori's hostility, but she brushed it off.
"What are you talking about?"
"I can't really tell you that since Itsuka Shido wanted to tell all of you himself"
"..."
"But know this, it involves Tokisaki Kurumi"
"Kurumi?!"
"I can't really tell much because of the current danger"
"It's my brother we're talking about!"
"Even so, I can't risking provoking unwanted attention"
[White] really has no intention of giving Kotori the full details...just the introduction.
"What is it that you're not telling?"
"I'm not keeping anything that can endanger Shido"
"I don't believe you"
"It's fine if you don't believe me, but my interest is only at Itsuka Shido"
[White] stood up, not interested in talking to Kotori anymore. Moments after she exited the cafe, a wave of flame almost burned her.
"Perhaps this is a bad idea. I shouldn't have talked to her in a first place"
What walked out of the partially destroyed cafe is Kotori in her Astral dress with Camael in hand.
"You know something I don't and I'm going to make you tell me"
"What happened to being calm?" [White] didn't like how this turned out
"I know you're hiding something that involves Shido and I can't just let you slide with that"
"If you're planning to use violence to make me talk, it's not happening"
To fight with another Spirit, [White] decided to fight Kotori as a Spirit as well. Her hooded jacket changed to a dark military uniform.
(I can't summon my Angel or she'll find out)
"[White]!"
Even with the difference in power, [White] can't match Kotori's Camael without summoning her own Angel.
(It will only make things worse)
[White] kept evading and running from Kotori whose flames burns everything in sight.
(If this keeps up, I'll be burned to ashes!)
"Come back here!"
(Talk about sort of sisterly love)
Not paying attention in front of her, she noticed Kotori in front of her at the last second. She swung Camael down, but [White] caught the halberd with one hand.
(She stopped my Camael with one hand?) Kotori jumped back
"I told Shido I want to tell you first so you can prepare, but it seems I'm right not to tell you"
[White] noticed the palm of the hand she used to stop Camael got scorched a bit.
"But since we don't have much time left before she makes a move, I guess I have to tell you now"
"Tell me what?"
"Kurumi became obsessed with Shido to the point of violence and by violence I mean murdering everyone that stands in her way"
"What?!"
"How should I put this...? Kurumi is in love with Shido...but in a twisted and obsessed manner"
With what had specially when Kurumi rewind time to do a "Do over" in her dangerous game called love, [White] can't really explain or make sense of the situation.
"...!" She noticed Kotori angrily marching towards her
"You've got a lot of explaining to do"
She grabbed her by the collar, something she wanted to do for a while now. [White] looked away with a wry smile, unsure how she should feel about this.
Later...
Shido wondered if what [White] had planned worked out or something horrible happened to her...or something. He impatiently waited for an update until a message from his phone almost made him jump. Agitated, he immediately went to read the message.
From: Itsuka Kotori
To: Itsuka Shido
Shido, call all the girls and wait for me in the living room.
I'll be there in a few minutes. I'm just finishing something
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!
Seeing the last part of the message, Shido went pale as he already knew Kotori is completely angry...and it's just a text message.
"I am so dead..."
He swallowed his breath, but determined to face and do everything to get the "Happy ending" in the story that has yet to get a true ending.
"I won't fail this time...I can't afford to fail again..."
The Spirits along with Shido all gathered in the living room, awaiting for Kotori to return who said she just went to meet someone...important. The girls are confused to what the "meeting" will be about again...
"Shido, what'cha fidgeting about" Kaguya noticed his uneasiness
"Are you sick, darling?"
Miku, as usual, pressed her chest against Shido's side as her hand touched his forehead.
"I_I'm fine!" He pulled himself away
"Then why do you look like you robbed a bank or something" Kaguya pointed again
"Suspicion. Shido is guilty of doing something horrible" Yuzuru joined in
"Hey...Shido. What did you do this time?" Tohka too
The girls looked at him with a suspicious glare and Shido himself is getting overwhelmed by the way they look at him.
"I didn't do anything! Let's just wait for Kotori, okay?"
[Oooo~ What is this about then?] Yoshinon cut in
"It's something really important. And...I need all of you for this..."
They looked at each other seeing how serious Shido is with his frown and clenched his fist while speaking in a serious manner. They believed him since he's 'Shido' after all. A few minutes of waiting later, Kotori walked into the living room with a visible upset aura focusing on Shido.
"SHI-I-I-DO..."
"Y-yes...?" His body instinctively stood up
"YOU. HAVE. A . LOT. OF. EXPLAINING. TO. DO"
"Aaah...so you really met her, huh. Ha ha ha..."
Tohka and the rest the girls, could just stare in confusion to why Kotori is seemingly strangling Shido while ranting something.
"And what's more she disappeared right after I texted you!"
"I'm planning on telling all of you today. I just thought of not telling everyone out of the blue"
"You damn right you're telling us everyone here right now!"
Kotori's yelling continued and Shido looked like he is about to cry. After a while Kotori let go of Shido and the latter fixed himself, preparing to speak.
"I should have told everyone, but it's not easy moving around with Kurumi watching me all the time"
"Kurumi?!" Everyone is shocked
"It's a long story...that should have ended earlier if only I acted earlier and trusted all of you"
"What's going on, Shido? Are you in trouble?" Tohka begun to worry
"Yes I am"
"...!"
"...And it's really serious one"
With a sigh, Shido sat on the sofa facing everyone else in a serious manner, something he rarely do. It felt like everyone is holding their breath, feeling the intensity that is about to come.
"How did this situation of you started? And what's with the thing about being obsessed with you"
"Well it started that day..."
He swallowed his breath, preparing to speak and breathed deeply to calm himself down. He knows Kurumi won't be happy once she realizes the girls are going to be aware of what's been happening, but he promised 'Shiro' to get the happy ending no matter what...
To save Kurumi from herself...
