Hello! We are officially at the half-way or so point!
I'm sad too but we still have at least 6 chapters for me to write.
I may write more, so please, do not be sad.
It is finally time for...
Last Time On Date A Live Season 3
"Well..." Shido trails off awkwardly.
As he starts to blush there is a bright flash of white that starts to come from Shido's clothes, as the light started to dim you could see that all of Shido's clothes were gone, with nothing else to hide him except the table and chair.
Before the bright light dimmed completely you could see Tohka and Miku begin to blush as, since they were closer, realized what was happening before the other girls.
Shido looks awkwardly between all of the girls and does not know what to do!
Now, On Date A Live Season 3
Shido was frozen in fear as he looked across the dinner table to see all of the girls blushing.
The reddest of them all were Miku and Tohka, as they were the closest to Shido when the flash of light appeared, and his clothes disappeared.
Clothe-less and in a panic, Shido had no idea what he could do in such a a situation.
Sure, he had seen all of the girls naked, with Kotori as an exception, but he was not ready for them to see him naked, especially Yoshino.
As Shido starts to contemplate a way to get out of this predicament, he feels a light tap on his shoulder.
As he turns his head he sees Reine, standing behind him, looking groggy as ever.
Shido sighs, "What do you want,Reine?"Shido asks, too distressed by the situation to be startled by Reine.
"Well I was invited to have dinner with..." Reine trails off, noticing they had all ready finished the ramen.
"Well I guess I wasn't as welcome as I thought" Reine says, slightly frowning at the fact they hadn't waited for her.
Kotori suddenly stands up, sorry they had been rude, "Sorry, Reine!" She says, apologetically.
"It's just that since Shido had gotten out of the tub so suddenly we forgot to tell him you were here" Kotori says, looking sorry.
"Oh, I see" Reine says, walking over to Kotori, "So it's all Shin's fault"
Shido almost jumps out of his seat, "Don't blame it all on me!"
Suddenly Shido became confused, "Wait, didn't you tell Tohka to fetch me?" Shido asks, confused on how his timing of coming to dinner was anything but planned.
Suddenly, Tohka starts to whistle, trying to look inconspicuous.
All of the girls look directly towards Tohka.
"Tohka!" All of the girls say, getting out of their seats.
Tohka tries to escape but is immediately cornered by the group of angry girls.
As they started to interrogate Tohka Shido sighs, "I don't see why this is such a big deal" He says, relaxing in his chair.
Reine walks over to Shido, "Here" She says, holding something in her hand, "Take this"
As Shido looks in her hand he sees a pair of black underwear.
Shido hesitates to take the pair of underwear, "Are these my under wear?"
"Well, of course" Reine says, giving Shido the under wear, "It would be peculiar if I had some on me"
"I guess your right" He says, taking the under wear, "Wait... you didn't..." Shido says, worried she might've looked around his room.
"You don't have to worry Shin, I know my way around a young boys room" She says, sitting in a chair beside Shido.
"O...K..." Shido says, not trying to read too far into that statement.
"Well thanks, anyways" He says, putting on the under wear.
as Shido gets out of his seat he crouches down, "I think the best course of action is to NOT cause attention to myself"
As Shido slowly moves to his room he hear a voice from behind him.
It was, of course, Reine.
Just crouching beside Shido sneaking beside him, "Hey, Shin. Could you hurry up a bit?"
Shido just looks back forward and starts to sneak, a little faster than he was before.
Once they reach Shido's room Shido stands up and enters his room, "Finally. I can get dressed" He says sighing.
As he turns around to pick a shirt to wear he sees Reine, half asleep, doing her best to not fall asleep.
"Hey! Hey Reine!" Shido says, flicking Reine on the nose to wake her up.
She opens her eye fully and rubs her eyes, "Yes shin?" She asks, yawning at the same time.
"Did you forget where you are?" Shido asks, not wanting to change in front of her.
Reine looks around confused on what Shido was talking about, "Oh, Yes" She says, remembering why they were here, "Well, while you get dressed I'll keep watch"
Shido sighs, "Keep watch for what exactly?" He asks, not buying Reine's reasoning.
Reine sits up, looking at Shido, "Tell me Shin, would you want any of the girls walking in on you changing?"
Shido sighs once again, "I guess your right"
As he gets dressed his mind starts to wander, "Man, what was that all about?" He thinks, not sure what as the problem with the girls.
"I mean if Tohka wasn't just getting me for dinner, then what was she doing?" Shido starts to blush as his mind starts to wander even more.
Before his wandering could go even farther he instinctively hit his head on his dresser, "I... I... shouldn't be thinking about that right now!"
"I-I mean I have to get dressed" He says, trying to get back his focus.
So Shido got dressed, still being burdened by the thoughts that would never escape his lips if he ever want to live another day.
"So I'ma go back to see if Tohka's OK" Shido says, just about to walk out the door.
"Shin" Reine says, stopping Shido from leaving the room, "I have some questions for you. So please, sit down"
Shido hesitantly sits down onto his bed, not sure what he might be asked, "Yeah? what's up?" He asks, sitting down.
"Oh, nothing serious. I was just wondering why you were naked at the dinner table?" She asks, leaning her elbow on the wall.
Shido blushes as he scratches the back of his head, "Oh, no reason." He says, not trying to make eye contact as this is a fairly awkward conversation between the two.
"Is it because of the spirit powers?" Reine asks, sitting up more in her seat.
Shido stops blushing and makes full eye contact with Reine and sighs, "If you knew the answer then why did you ask?"
"Oh, I just wanted to make sure. Besides, this occurrence of you using the girl's powers are quite different from the other times" She says, showing genuine interest in what happened.
"Really?" Shido says, not seeing a different from the other times, other than this time he remembered it, "How was it different?"
"Well if you haven't noticed" Reine puts her finger on Shido's forehead, "You don't seem to be getting drowsy"
As she says this she pushes slightly and Shido falls down onto the bed.
Shido sits up, scratching the back o his head, "Well I guess I'm getting a bit more used to it, eh?"
"I suppose so" Reine says, standing up, "Now, weren't you going to check on Tohka?"
Shido's eyes open widely, almost as if he had forgotten that he had something to do before the question.
He stands up, remembering Tohka was in trouble, "Oh, right. I guess Tohka was in trouble the last time I saw her"
Shido walks out of the room.
As he walks out of the room he notices that he starts to become drowsy, "Wait, why am i tired now?"
Shido yawns, doing his best to stay awake.
As he walks back into the dining area he sees Tohka, crouched down in the corner, seemingly taking a time-out.
Shido walks over to Tohka and asks, "Hey, Tohka. Are you alright?"
Tohka turns around, slightly teary eyed from being berated by all of the girls.
Tohka buries her head in Shido's chest and cries, "Shido! All of the girls were being mean!"
Shido pats Tohka on the head and consoles her, "I know, I know" He says, having her become more calm.
They both stand up, "Now are you alright?" Shido asks, helping her up.
Tohka nods, happy that she was consoled by Shido, "Yeah, I'm fine"
"Good. Good" Shido says, sitting down to talk to Tohka, "By the way what were you doing if not going to fetch me?"
"Huh?" Tohka asks, not expecting such a direct question, "Well... you see, Shido"
As Tohka starts to blush Shido gets the idea, "Wait, you weren't-" As he says this he stops as he covers his nose for an unknown reason, at least to the girls.
As he tries to speak more of what he thinks Tohka was doing, he starts to drift off, unable to stay awake.
"Shido!" All of the girls say, worried about his health due to the blood.
Shido At The Market
Shido was at the market looking for different kinds of fruit and vegetables.
"Hmm..." Shido says to himself trying to decide which fruit to get, "I wonder if Tohka would enjoy eating this"
As he looks around at the different foods to pick he feels a tap on his shoulder.
Shido turns around to see no-one there. He turns back to his food, assuming he just imagined it.
As he picked up a melon to see how firm it was he felt the tap again. This time he reacted quite a lot faster, but still couldn't catch the person tapping him.
Shido shrugs, "I guess it's just my imagination" He says, hoping to trick whoever is pestering him.
As Shido is tapped once again his reaction is much faster than the other ones. As he grasps the person's hand he turns around saying, "I've got you-!"
But as he focuses on the person he captured, he sees that is is Kurumi.
Shido recoils at this fact and backs away, bumping into the fruit stand.
"Why hello, Shido" Kurumi says, getting closer, "Why are you so shocked? Didn't you think you'd ever see me again?"
Shido pauses, "Actually" Shido says, remembering the last time they met, "It's more of I don't think I want to see you"
"Oh?" Kurumi says, putting on a sly smile, "Why might that be?"
"You know damn well why!" He says, attracting the attention of the other market-goers, "It's because of what you did"
Shido looks at Kurumi with mixed emotions, anger, hate, and disdain are the first that come to him while looking at Kurumi.
But as he looks closer, he feels compassion, care, and grief at the fact that she didn't get a chance to be normal like the girls.
Shido calms down, trying to not reminisce that painful memory, "So what did you want to talk about, Kurumi?" He asks, still slightly remembering the younger Kurumi.
"I think we should go on a little date" She says, laying her hands on Shido's cheeks.
"Why?" Shido asks, removing Kurumi's hands, still holding on to them.
"Well, I've noticed lately that you've been infatuated with the idea of sealing my powers" She says, showing her clock eye from behind her hair.
"So, I think it would be best to meet here tomorrow, as it looks like you have your hands full" She says, pointing at Shido's bags of groceries.
Shido just nods in agreement, thinking about something he isn't quite sure if he should ask.
Kurumi keeps going on for a minute or two on what exactly they'll do since it was "Her turn" according to Kurumi, to decide where to go.
Shido interrupts Kurumi in the middle of her talking and says, "I'll only agree to this if you answer one question"
Kurumi hesitates, due to the fact that Shido is normally more polite than this.
She assumed it must be important due to that fact, "Ask away" She says, sitting down on a bench next to the fruit stand.
Shido looks up into the sky, not wanting to make eye contact with Kurumi, "How many?" Shido asks, not making eye contact with Kurumi.
"Huh?" Kurumi asks, not entirely sure what he means.
"How many people have you killed since..." Shido feels emotional pain as he remembers how he could save the younger Kurumi, "Since the festival"
Kurumi's eyes open wide as she too remembers when she killed the Kurumi that made a move on Shido.
"I'll be going" She says, not wanting to tell Shido.
Shido grabs onto Kurumi's arm, "I just want a number Kurumi" He says, holding on tight.
"Why!?" Kurumi asks, confused on why it's so important.
"Because then..." Shido takes a deep breath, "Because then I can fully forgive you for what you've done" He says, being less serious than before.
Kurumi smiles, "That's why your too easy, Shido" She says, pulling her hand away from Shido's grasp, "Your too forgiving"
"to answer your question..." Kurumi puts on a sad look, "Let's just say I'm running out of time"
As she says this she vanishes into her shadow realm Shido sits there, wide eyed, and confused.
The Next Day
Shido was at the market once again, waiting to meet up with Kurumi to go on the date with her.
"Let's just say I'm running out of time" Those words stayed with him as he tried to figure out what she meant by that.
As Shido was trying to figure out what she meant by that he hears a voice from his right, "Why are you all alone?"
"Well, you see I was going on a date with Kuru-" As he says this he looks to the person, and he sees Kurumi.
Shido doesn't really react due to the fact it was quite early in the morning compared to the time he went to sleep
He was kept up until midnight, due to the girls constant worry.
He just takes a sip of his coffee, hoping to not to sound vulnerable, just in case she was planning something.
Shido highly doubted she had anything planned due to the fact of what she told him yesterday.
"Let's just say I'm running out of time" Shido thought about that threw out the evening and into the night also.
Was she not killing people for Shido?
Suddenly, Kurumi was right in front of him, waving her hand to awake him from his zoned out state.
He blinks and sits back in the chair they were in, "Sorry Kurumi." He says, scratching the back of his head, "I guess I didn't get much sleep last night"
"Really?" Kurumi asks, worrying about Shido's health like the girls, "Shouldn't you be getting more sleep?"
"I'm okay once I get going" Shido says, stretching a little bit, "What? Are you worried about me?"
As Shido says this he was not prepared for her answer.
Kurumi's face reddens slightly as she says,. "Well..."
As Kurumi looks at Shido she sees just how dumbfounded he is at her behavior.
She turns away from Shido, doing her best to correct her behavior.
"Shouldn't we be going, Shido?" She asks, not making eye contact.
Shido nods, still slightly confused about her behavior.
As they walk a for a while, giving Kurumi a good amount of time to gain back her composure she asks, "I'm surprised you came, Shido"
"Well I did say we'd go on a date if you answered my question" Shido says, surprised she thought he would just ditch her.
"So since you came" Kurumi says, putting on a sly smile, "Does that mean you are still hellbent to "save" me?"
"Of course" Shido says, hardly audible to anyone except Kurumi.
"Hmm?" Kurumi says teasingly, " So you've finally forgiven me for what I did to that pesky younger Kurumi?"
Shido pauses, "No, I haven't forgiven you for that" He says seriously.
"Then why do you want to "save" me if you won't ever forgive me, hmm?" Kurumi asks, skeptically.
"I will forgive you"Shido says, looking Kurumi in the eyes. "Once I seal your powers."
"Huh?" Kurumi asks, surprised "Why?"
Shido walks in front of her and turns around, "Because, you'll be over my protection and my responsibility, the only person I'll be able to blame for me hating you will be me" Shido says in a caring, but upfront way.
"Besides" Shido says more happily "I'm sure your a good person if you get past some of your more... destructive habits"
"Shido" Kurumi says, her heart skipping a beat.
Kurumi snaps out of it, not wanting to seem vulnerable towards Shido, "Well I guess we'll see if you do "Save" me, now won't you Shido?" She says getting back her composure.
After a while and the sun was just starting to past noon, Shido decided that they should relax, due to the fact Kurumi was dragging Shido across half of Tengu city for this one date.
After Shido got to relax for a couple minutes, he notices that Kurumi looked white, sickly white.
"Kurumi!" Shido says, keeping her from falling, "Are you alright?"
Kurumi looks at Shido, not wanting Shido to worry about her she says, "No, I'm fine Shido"
As she says this she faints into Shido's arms.
As he saw Kurumi in this weak state he remembered her words, "Let's just say I'm running out of time"
As Shido makes the realization that Kurumi hasn't been killing people he confronts Kurumi, "Kurumi! You have to let me seal your powers!"
"No. I told you I'm fine" Kurumi says, trying to stand up.
As she tries to stand up she falls back onto the bench they were sitting on, "No! If you don't let me seal your powers you are going to die!"
Kurumi pauses for a moment, not knowing what she should do.
Not going to let Kurumi die, Shido sits her up, facing him.
"Shido..." Kurumi says, sad that he was seeing her at her weakest.
As Shido leans into the kiss Kurumi in no way fights back.
As their lips were just about to touch, Shido sensed something, something dangerous.
"Get down!" Shido yells, diving out of the bench onto the floor, with Kurumi in his arms.
As they fall to the floor, the bench they were sitting in is smashed to pieces by an unknown danger.
protecting Kurumi with his body, he helps her up, still weary of the oncoming danger.
"What is that?" Shido thinks, trying to figure out what it might be.
As he looks around, not knowing what will happen next, he and Kurumi were just inches away from taking an attack head-on.
As he was so close to the attacker, all he could see was a flash of blue.
"I barely dodged it!" Shido thinks, unsure on what to do, "I won't be able dodge it next time!"
As he still tries to support Kurumi's weight due to her becoming weaker, he feels a warmth in his right hand, slowly becoming hotter as time passes.
Before Shido got the chance to register the heat in his hand, he is attacked once more.
Except instead of a flash of blue, he sees sparks.
He sees the blue figure recoil back at this development, not prepared for Shido to be able to protect himself.
As he looks into his right hand he sees a long sword, engulfed in flames from blade to hilt.
Bewildered by this fact, Shido think, "It's strange. The flames don't seem to hurt me"
As the attacker sees the sword in Shido's hand, they walk forward, "Shido?"
As the person walks forward Shido can see Mana, waving happily towards Shido.
Shido freezes, not expecting to see Mana be so friendly to him after attacking him, or in the first place, not at all.
"Mana!" Shido says, quite angry with her little sister, "What do you think your doing attacking your big brother like that?!"
Mana shakes her hands in the air apologetically, "Sorry! Sorry!" She says, never wanting to hurt Shido, "I was just trying to get Nightmare"
"Nightmare?" Shido asks, remembering that that was Kurumi's spirit name, "I sadly... won't be letting you do that, Mana"
"I thought you would interfere" Mana says, looking sad, "Shido, please"
"I swore I would protect the spirits, Mana" Shido looks at Mana seriously, "I plan to do so"
Shido sits Kurumi into another bench, "Just stay here Kurumi. I'll protect you"
As Mana starts to examine Shido's sword from far away she becomes quite interested in what it is.
As Shido walks to confront Mana, She asks, "Hey, Shido. What is that?" She points to Shido's sword.
Shido lays this mysterious sword in his left hand, the flames burning hotter by each second, almost as if the sword was speaking to him, he heard it's name.
"It's name... is Uriel" Shido says, confused on how he became in possession of this sword.
Kurumi suddenly opens her eyes, "You mean the angel?" She asks, still half asleep.
Mana swells up with anger, "Don't talk to him, you monster!"
Kurumi flinches slightly at this insult.
"Hey!" Shido says, angry that Mana would say such a thing, "That's uncalled for!"
Shido walks in front of Mana, keeping her from seeing Kurumi.
"Please, Mana" Shido says, trying to make her understand, "You don't have to do this"
"How could you say that!" Mana asks angrily, "She is a murderer!"
Shido thinks to himself for a little while, "I won't be able to have her understand. At least not today." he thinks sad that he may have to fight his younger sister, "But, I will protect Kurumi!"
Shido awkwardly puts himself into a fighting stance, not knowing what he's doing.
Mana sighs, "Do you even know what your doing with that?" She asks, a little concerned about his well-being.
"No" Shido says truthfully, "All I know is that I won't let you kill Kurumi ever again!"
As Mana also goes into a fighting stance, a little of a relaxed fighting stance, but still, Shido strangely remembers his dream.
"Knowledge is key" the voice said, "Da'ath will guide you" Shido remembered.
"Knowledge..." Shido says to himself, "...Da'ath..."
As he said the word Da'ath, Shido was floating into the air, with his entire body extruding a blinding, bright light.
"Shido!" Both Kurumi and Mana say, not knowing what happening to him.
Suddenly all of his clothes were replaced by a trench coat, a color as white as snow.
The trench coat itself seemed to glow the same bright light Shido did for an instant.
In the coat there was a small book placed there, it itself had it's own presence.
Two wings shot out of the back of the trench coat, keeping Shido in mid-air.
As Shido lightly lands on his feet, he is very surprised at this new development, he didn't know what was going on, and at the moment he didn't need to.
As he looked over at Mana, he saw fear in her eyes, he couldn't know what she was thinking but he knew it wasn't good.
Mana is paralyzed with fear at what she had just seen.
The only thing she was thinking was, "Shido is a spirit?"
The End...
Alright, before I say anything about this chapter, I just want to say I am sorry that it took me so long to write this chapter.
I had a wedding to go to, I had to get past my addiction of Batman: Arkham knight.
I 100%'d the story and new game plus.
Now I'm back to doing it every week.
so now that we have the apologies out of the way, let's just have what happened... sink in.
I thank you all very much for reading this and I hope you have a nice day.