Blackpanthaa: Yeah, yeah, keep from spreading.

Sharquan: Maybe.

Just Monika: …okay?

Fez: No, no they aren't.

DaeQuan: That's probably for the best.

Lisa Simpson: Right.

ThotKesha: Probably.

Bernadette: …

StraightUpHippo: …okay.

Ar12gaming: …right.

Sex Doll Kesha: …

Onto the one-shot…here's…I guess Kurumi…enjoy.

Kurumi hummed to herself as she sat on a bench in the park, playing with a puppy. The puppy barked before quickly running away from the violent Spirit and a playful smile crossed Kurumi's lips as she looked back to see Shido approaching her, "Why hello again, Shido dear, it's been a while, hasn't it?" Shido ignored her as he stepped closer to her, "What? Why the silent treatment?"

"Kurumi," Shido sighed and shook his head as he continued to step towards her, "Listen, we've been playing this game of cat and mouse since we met, and no one's getting closer to their goal, and with DEM getting more and more daring, it's only a matter of time before they actually kill you," Kurumi hummed and turned her back towards him, "I don't want to die, and I don't want to see anyone else die, but we're running out of alternatives. If you allow me to seal you, you can continue to live without having to worry about being hunted and you can continue to do whatever it is you want to do,"

"It's sweet of you to worry about me, Shido, but there's no helping any of us," Kurumi sighed before standing up and looked back, "I'm going to continue to try and eat you and kill your friends and sister, the DEM is going to continue to hunt me down and try to kill me, you're going to continue to try and seal…it's just a never ending cycle and you're just going to have to accept it," Kurumi frowned and looked up, "Even if one party does succeed, it won't stop this cycle. The damage and deaths that I've caused will never be undone, the damage that the DEM caused will be blamed on Spacequakes to try and save their own asses and the amount of pain you force yourself to go through just for us Spirits is too much for one person to bear on their own."

She looked back at Shido and saw the confused look crossing his face as she shook her head, "You don't have to lie, Shido. You're easy to read. You're going through a lot of physical and emotional pain to try and keep your friends happy. You might be able to fool them, but not me…you can't…it's just impossible,"

"Who cares!" Kurumi's eyes widened as Shido shook, "Who cares if I'm in any type of pain! Kotori came to me and asked me to help protect the Spirits by sealing their powers so the DEM and AST would stop hunting them like common animals, and I don't take jobs like that lightly,"

"Shido-"

"Even if I only managed to save one Spirit before something killed me, I would've died happy knowing I managed to save at least one person," Shido looked up, his eyes glowing gold, "No one deserves to be hunted and no one deserves to be killed. Tohka, Kotori, Yoshino, Kaguya, Yuzuru, Miku, Natsumi, Origami…until my dying breath, I'm going to continue to help the Spirits, no matter the cost,"

Aboard Fraxinus, the crewmembers and Spirits stared with wide eyes, "Shido's in pain," Tohka frowned before looking towards Kotori, "Kotori, did you know about this?"

"I…I didn't, and now that it's out in the open, we can't ignore it,"

"So what do you suppose we do?" Origami questioned.

Kotori sighed and shook her head, "We'll…we'll give him a day to himself, let him relax. No one will go and talk to him, no one will call him or text him…let him do what he wants to do, if he wants to spend time with us, fine, but everyone is to take into consideration his wellbeing, meaning no fighting or anything that can agitate him," the others nodded before they continued to watch the screen.

Kurumi sighed and turned her back towards him, "Well Shido dear, since it's such a lovely day out, what say you and I go for a stroll around the park?" Shido inhaled slowly and nodded before the two of them began walking away in silence.

Going to have a follow up…enjoy.