Hello everyone! :D

The results are out! Here they are~!:

Yellow-Colored Shield: 23 votes.

Gold shield: 5 votes.

...Woah that's a lot of reviews! O_O

So, the winner is the yellow-colored shield!

Enjoy! :)

~Tokiya's POV~

I don't have time to think!

I grabbed the yellow-colored shield and put it up in front of me.

I heard the gun fire, and then I felt the shield vibrate.

The bullet ricocheted off of the shield!

I heard a scream and I cautiously brought the shield back down.

I saw Saizo holding his right leg, which was bleeding, while crying out in pain. Haruka was standing to the side, her eyes wide as a river of red spread out in the golden floor.

This was our chance to run! I threw the shield on the floor.

"Nanami-san!" I ran over to her and grabbed her arm.

I pulled her along with me as I ran through the disgusting warehouse and outside, the hot night air blowing against our faces as we ran to the car.

"I-Ichinose-san!" She exclaimed, breathing hard as we ran quickly to the car.

"Get in," I pushed her into the front seat and closed the door quickly.

I began to run to the driver's seat until I saw a figure walking towards the car slowly.

It was Master Saizo.

He was limping and held the same gun.

His eyes twinkled with hatred through his mask and he put his finger to the trigger once again.

I was about to dodge, but I noticed that his gun was not pointed in my direction, but it was pointed at Haruka's head in the car.

She didn't seem to notice the dark figure in the shadows of the night.

I saw him smirk and his finger began to move.

"Nanami-san!" I screamed.

She can't die! She can't die again! I've missed her so much! Without her, my life is incomplete!

Time suddenly seemed to go slower as I ran in front of where Saizo's gun was pointed at.

I heard a loud noise shatter through the silence of the night.

A bullet was fired.

I saw something red on my shirt.

Something red and water-like was coming out of my right shoulder.

It reminded me of Syo's right shoulder.

It was bleeding badly and horribly injured, but it will eventually heal.

But what was this?

I saw the red liquid drip onto the ground.

I realized that the liquid coming from my right shoulder was my blood as soon as I finally felt the flaming pain.

The bullet had hit my shoulder.

I felt my body fall onto the ground, all of the strength that I had left was draining away slowly.

That's when I felt my consciousness slowly slip away.

My eyes began to close slowly. But before I had completely closed my eyes all the way, I saw someone with red hair and golden eyes run over to me.

I heard some shouts, but I couldn't hear very well.

"...Stop!" Something wet dripped onto my face.

"Please...let us go!" The red-haired person said. I thought I heard sobbing and my head was lifted up from the ground.

I closed my eyes all the way. I felt too weak to respond to anything that was going on.

"Ichinose-san! Ichinose-san! No!" I heard the person say.

I heard more sobbing and more wet drops of water fell onto my face.

That's when I realized who it was.

I mustered up the last bit of strength I had and tried to talk.

"...Na...nami...-san..." I coughed out.

"ICHINOSE-SAN! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!" I heard her say. She hugged my body closer to hers.

"...SAIZO! I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST PLEASE GIVE ME BACK MY POWERS!"

"...Whatever I want?" A deep male voice asked.

"...YES! I PROMISE, SO HURRY!" I heard her worried voice scream.

"...Hmph. Fine," I saw something bright through my eyelids.

Then, I felt something warm on my lips.

Something soft and gentle...an amazing feeling.

I felt the bullet in my shoulder disappear, and then the wound began to close.

The pain I felt was gone in an instant, and the strength seemed to be returning to my body.

I opened my eyes slowly as soon as my energy was back...and saw that Nanami was kissing me.

A bright light was coming out of her body.

I heard a voice echo in my mind.

"...Don't die, Ichinose-san! Stay by my side!" It was Nanami's thoughts, was what I concluded.

I saw her open her eyes and her lips left mine. She was still glowing and she smiled at me still holding me in her arms.

"...Thank goodness, Ichinose-san..." Tears began flowing out of her eyes again and dropped onto my shirt.

"I-I don't know what I would've done if you were gone!" She cried.

I let my expression soften up and I caressed her cheek, wiping a tear away with a finger.

"Nanami-san..." I whispered. "Don't cry for me, but smile for me instead."

She nodded, tears still coming from her eyes as she smiled.

"I'm so glad..." She cried into my chest as I sat up.

I held her close to me and stroked her hair comfortingly.

I didn't mind that my shirt was all wet now. All I cared about was that Nanami was safe.

I had successfully saved her life.

Right?

Just then, a familiar bright light began to surround me and Nanami.

I guess it's time.

"Nanami-san..." I pushed her away lightly.

Her beautiful golden eyes stared into mine.

"Keep living...for my sake..." I said softly, and leaned in.

I kissed her wet cheek and smiled at her lovingly.

"Promise me?" I asked.

She nodded and smiled the most brightest smile, tears still falling softly onto her lap.

She held out a pinky and said, "I pinky promise!"

I nodded and hooked my pinky with hers.

"Yubi kiri genman! Uso tsuitara...hari sen bon nomasu! Yubi kitta!" We sang together.

(Let's make a pinky promise! And if you lie...you must swallow 1000 needles! It's a promise!)

"Remember...1000 needles," I teased her.

She giggled lightly. The light began to come closer and closer to me.

"Nanami-san...please make it home safely. I must be on my way now..." I said.

She tilted her head. "...Where are you going? I thought we were going home together!" She hugged me tightly.

"I'm sorry..." I whispered into her ear.

And the bright light completely enveloped me.

I closed my eyes.

The last thing I felt was the warmth of Nanami's body.

I opened my eyes.

I was in the Master Course mansion.

I was in my room, sitting on my bed.

Ittoki was looking the other way, listening to music on his headphones on his bed. I smiled gently to myself and sneakily walked over to him.

He didn't seem to notice my presence.

I slowly leaned in and blew my breath in his ear.

He jumped up, his headphones flying off of his head, landing on the ground.

"Eh?! Tokiya?! When did you come back?!" Ittoki had a very confused expression. "You scared me to death!"

I laughed quietly. "I just came back," I said. He peered at my face closely with curiosity written all over his face.

"...Hey, Tokiya, why are you in a good mood?" Ittoki asked.

I raised an eyebrow. "Well...isn't Nanami-san alive? I prevented her death, after all."

He frowned and shook his head slowly.

"...Nanami still died...On May 31st..." Ittoki sadly.

It took a few moments for me to process what the red-head just said.

"...What?" I asked, disbelief in my tone and on my face.

"...Nanami...she still died on May 31st..." Ittoki repeated loud and clear.

I couldn't believe my ears. How could she still die? I had saved her!

I walked backwards slowly until I fell onto my bed.

How? How did she die? Was it because I left her?

I thought back to that time.

What did she say again? I thought long and hard, ignoring Ittoki whined to tell him what happened.

That's when I remembered what she had said.

"...Na...nami...-san..." I coughed out.

"ICHINOSE-SAN! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!" I heard her say. She hugged my body closer to hers.

"...SAIZO! I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST PLEASE GIVE ME BACK MY POWERS!"

"...Whatever I want?" A deep male voice asked.

"...YES! I PROMISE, SO HURRY!" I heard her worried voice scream.

...She did what the guy had wanted...and so she died...

I clenched my fist into a ball.

He killed her. He was the one who always killed her.

Why...?

She promised me...she promised me that she wouldn't die!

It took all I had to keep my cool and walk out of the room.

I walked down into a dark hall and made sure no one was looking.

I slammed my fist into the wall as hard as I could and clenched my jaw.

Damn it!

"Ichinose-san...thank you..." A girl's voice rang out behind me, and I whirled around to see who it was.

All I saw was a white mist that was disappearing into the air.

I guess it was just my imagination playing tricks on me...I guess it's time to gather everyone together and tell them about my adventure. It's also time to choose another guy to go back in time. I sighed tiredly.

"Promise me?" I asked. She nodded and smiled the most brightest smile, tears still falling softly onto her lap.

She held out a pinky and said, "I pinky promise!" I nodded and hooked my pinky with hers.

"Yubi kiri genman! Uso tsuitara...hari sen bon nomasu! Yubi kitta!"

I walked off towards the lobby, knowing that Ittoki must have already spread the news to everyone that I was back.

He was a bit of a chatter head.

~You know whose POV~ (Lol)

I sighed to myself as I watched him walk out of his room and into a dark hallway.

Ichinose-san...I'm sorry I broke our promise...

But I had to keep the promise with Master Saizo...

I want to at least show you my gratitude.

"Ichinose-san...thank you..."

And I disappeared before he could see me.

***Read the paragraph below until the end please***

Ahem, congrats to everyone for picking the yellow-colored shield! :D

You guys got Tokiya's first good ending: Haruka's Promise.

If you make Tokiya succeed 2 more times...he'll end up being with Haruka at the end. Ehehehe.

And yes, the hint that I had places said: "Study".

What study means is look it up on the internet. XD

So you see, gold is not bulletproof. It could be, if it was more than just a thin layer.

And I don't think anyone guessed what the yellow-colored shield was made out of yet, so I'll tell you.

The yellow-colored shield was made out of Kevlar, a material used in bulletproof vests. :)

Okay, now, the reason why I wanted everyone to read this until the end was because you get to pick who gets to go back in time to save Haruka. :)

The people who haven't gone yet:

Natsuki/Satsuki, Ren, Cecil, and Masato. Tell me who you all wanna see go back to the past next by reviewing!

Thanks for reading, and see you all in the next chapter!

~Kawaii Dream