There were a few, tiny observations Yuno made from time to time- such as the fact that sometimes, she could change Amano-kun' future. It was never anything very significant, but sometimes if she read her diary, saw he was going somewhere, and then chased after him, what was written about him would sometimes change subtly, depending on her actions. It was kind of an odd phenomena… was it because of her diary? No one had said anything about ability like that. Actually, come to think of it, that creature…Murmur, was it, had said that she would find out more later – but it hadn't happened yet. Still, Yuno didn't mind so much. It was kind of fun to discover these things on her own.

That is, until the day when it all changed.

It was an ordinary day, like any other. Class was winding down, and Yuno was keeping her eye on both Amano-kun and her diary. Unexpectedly, she heard the familiar sound of the future changing, right as the bell rang.

"That's odd. Did I do something to change the future?" She wondered. Everyone else was packing up to leave, but she hung back to check her phone. All she had been doing was sitting at her desk. Was that really enough to change anything? Or maybe she was wrong about the way the diary worked. She flipped the phone open and scanned the entries. It was all the usual…except for the one on the bottom that caught her attention.

'April 28th 18:21: Amano-kun is murdered by the street killer. How could this happen?!' The entry read. Yuno stared at it in disbelief. She read it again and again. Even though the text was written quite plainly, she was having trouble comprehending it. The street killer…? That was serial killer who had been murdering people around their school for a few days now. But why Amano-kun?

A cold feeling of dread settled into her stomach. The world had gone numb to her besides what was written in the diary. It felt like time had slowed down to an almost stand still as her eyes scanned the entry over and over. "I…I have to do anything I can to stop this." She brushed away tears she hadn't known she had shed. "I can't let this happen. We're going to get married…" The future wasn't set in stone, right? She had seen it herself – the text that was written there could still be changed. But what, exactly, could she do? Frantic, she scrambled to her feet and ran out the door, leaving her supplies behind. She would think of something on the way there.

"He's going down a back alley…" Yuno glanced at the previous entry as she ran down the street. She knew where he was going. He had been down that path before. She could take a short cut and cut him off. And then, after that…? Yuno wasn't exactly sure, but if she was with Amano-kun, she could help to protect him, or at the very least, warn him. That might make all the difference. Her diary said she would reach him at 18:08; that was encouraging, at least.

As predicted, Yuno was able to head him off at the end of the alley. It looked like he had been running…was he already being chased? Strangely, he seemed unhappy to see her.

"It's you… why are you doing this?!" He yelled, though he sounded more frightened than angry.

"Amano-kun…?" This…wasn't at all what she had expected.

"Why are you chasing me? I've never done anything to you! J-just leave me alone." He tried to run past her, but she gathered her courage and grabbed his arm. She wasn't exactly sure how he knew she had been chasing him, but he seemed to think she was trying to harm him.

"N-no, wait! Listen to me!" He tried to pull his arm away from her, but she tightened her grip.

"Stop it, I have to get away from here!"

"Amano-kun, you're in danger! There's a serial killer after you, and if you don't do something, he's going to kill you!" She said hurriedly, before he had a chance to get away from her.

At least that got him to stop pulling. Instead, he stared at her. "How did you know about that…? Do you know the serial killer?"

"No, of course not!" Yuno shook her head quickly and produced her phone. "Um…it's going to sound strange, but uh…my phone tells me the future. About you." It sounded crazy even to her own ears, but she hoped he believed her. She began to pull her phone out to show him, but it wasn't necessary.

"…You have one too?" Out of all the responses, that was probably one of the last things she thought she would hear.

"Uh, what..?" She didn't know what else to say, genuinely taken off guard. Amano fished around in his pocket and took out his own phone. He looked a little reluctant, but he showed it to her. She squinted to make out the text - there weren't any entries about him, just about his surroundings. She was mentioned (despite the seriousness of the situation, it made her a little happy to see her own name on Amano's phone) as was the serial killer. The final entry read "killed by the serial killer. Dead end."

"I'm going to be killed, unless I can get away..."

"It's okay…" Yuno didn't exactly sound sure of herself, but he looked so scared. "It will be okay, Amano-kun. I promise. You have me on your side; I won't let anything happen to you! Let's go!" Still holding onto him, she took off running. He stumbled a bit, but then began to run too.

"Where are we going?!" He shouted, trying to keep up with her.

Yuno didn't answer him, instead looking for a good hiding spot. There was a building that was still under construction close to them – that would have to do, she decided. She hurried over to the service elevator, pressed the button, and then pulled him in. She pressed the button for the roof.

"Is that really a good idea?! We're going to get trapped up there!" Amano pressed the button to open the doors, but they had already started going upwards. As the elevator moved upwards, Yuno could see outside through the glass part – there was a figure standing outside, staring up at the elevator. Amano noticed too.

"Oh great, that must be him! He knows we're here! I'm going to be killed!" He pressed a button for another floor. "I'm not going up to the roof, we should hide on one of the floors!"

Immediately, Yuno's diary made a sound. She flipped open her phone and looked at the entry. '18:20: Amano-kun dies on the 14th floor of the building.' The elevator stopped as she was reading, but she quickly hit the door-closed button before Amano could get off.

"Why did you do that?!" He shouted at her.

"It's no good. It says if you get off on that floor, you'll die! My diary tells me everything about what will happen to you, ten minutes in advance." Yuno hoped that he would be able to trust her. She just wanted to keep him safe, after all. The doors slid open once they reached the roof and she stepped out, Amano following reluctantly behind her. She looked off the side of the roof – the serial killer wasn't standing outside anymore…which meant he was coming for them.

Yuno was honestly terrified. She didn't know what to do – she didn't have any sort of plan. Her entire body was shaking. But…if it came down to it, she would die protecting Amano. She wouldn't let that man hurt him.

"We should hide so that we can ambush him. You go over there…" All around the roof was a wooden walk-way for the construction workers. "Just go over there and crouch down, and don't come out. It will be okay, Amano-kun." He nodded and ran over to where she had pointed. She went over to another side and crouched down as well. She was going to try taking the man out herself – at least it would give Amano time to escape. She heard the door squeak open and cautiously peeked over the wall. The serial killer was standing there, looking at his phone. …Was he a diary holder too?

"Where are those brats?" She could hear him muttering. It was now or never. 'I hope Amano-kun can get away…' She steeled herself, then jumped up from her hiding place and charged him. As hard as she could, she collided into him and shoved him. Unfortunately, while it was enough to surprise him, it wasn't enough to knock him off his feet. Desperately, she grabbed for his knife, but he pulled it back, out of her reach.

"You're dead." The serial killer sounded smug, wrapping his left arm around her neck and pulling her against his body. She tried to twist and claw at his arm to get away, but his grip was too tight. "Amano-kun, run! Get away from here!" So this was how it was going to end. The serial killer was raising his knife up and bringing it down on her head. The only thing Yuno could hope for now was that it would be quick.

"Hey, stop! Leave her alone!" A dart hit the blade of the knife with a clang and bounced off. Looking over, she could see that Amano had come out of his hiding spot. She wanted to yell again for him to get away, but the killer squeezed her neck tighter and she couldn't speak. "Let go of her!" Amano hurled another dart, but the man was wearing enough protection that it bounced uselessly off.

"You're annoying, kid. I'll take care of you in a second." The killer growled.

Amano inched towards them and hurled another dart. This time, it connected with the phone the killer was still carrying in his left hand. His grip went slack. Yuno wasn't entirely sure exactly what happened, but she pushed his arm away and ran over to Amano.

"W-what's going on?" Amano looked horrified. Yuno looked back over at the serial killer – the dart was stuck in his phone and he had a looked of pain on his face. But most disturbing was the way his body twisted in on itself unnaturally. He kept twisting and twisting until there was nothing left of him except for the phone itself.

Yuno felt her legs give out underneath her, due both to relief that they had both gotten out of this safely, and horror from what she had just witnessed. She wrapped her arms around herself to stop the trembling – Amano just stood there, staring blankly at where the killer had been. For a long time, both of them were too stunned to talk.

"T-thank you…" Yuno was the first to break the silence. "I was trying to save you, but…you saved me."

"Well, you were helping me…I couldn't just stand there." Amano mumbled. He walked over to her and offered her his hand. She looked up at him, a bit startled by the gesture, before quickly taking it and being pulled to her feet. "Let's get something to eat and try to forget about this…" The boy looked white as a sheet. She nodded in agreement.

"Let's go…"

A/N: Sorry for the long delay in this chapter. First, my old computer stopped working and I had to wait for a new computer. Then after I got the new computer, my dog, Coco, died and it's been a really difficult time for me, and I didn't feel much like writing. I miss him a lot.

I hope the next chapter will be out sooner than this one.