Kamen Rider Date A Live

"Haha! It seems that's all the courage you have. As for me, I wouldn't let such a small matter cause me... Ouch! Why did you hit my head, Joan of Arc?"

The smug Nero was punished by Joan of Arc with her bare hands (just kidding)!

"You have the nerve to say that? Don't cause Master any more trouble. Come on, let's go shopping. Lily, hurry up and catch up too."

With a helpless expression, Jeanne grabbed Nero's clothes from behind, called out to Lily, and, holding the list she had taken from Key, headed towards the place to buy the items.

Seeing Jeanne and the others already gone, Shido breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could relax, a voice reached his ears.

"Hey!!!! Nero, what are you holding?!"

"Hmm? It looks like it says 'sexy lingerie' on it, and um, there's something else below that..."

"Put that garment back where it was!"

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"No! I want to wear this garment, hmph, so that I may play my part..."

"Put it back in its original place!!!"

"No! Oh! Joan of Arc, what are you planning to do..."

Boom boom boom boom!

The sounds of fighting came from upstairs.

The onlookers' gazes toward Shido grew increasingly strange, and in an attempt to break the deadlock, I was the first to speak.

"Ahem! Anyway, kid, you go home and get ready. We'll take care of buying the things. I'll keep an eye on Nero. Leave the rest to me."

"Understood, senior. I'll head back now."

Shido answered weakly, and Yagiya and the others released him, letting him walk to the door. But as soon as the automatic door opened...

Our world~~

A group of FFF group members said, "We've been waiting for this for a long time!"

"slip!!"

The moment Shido saw this group of guys, he immediately ran away.

Tohka and the others were already used to it; it seems that habit is a truly terrifying thing.

The members of the FFF group immediately rushed after him, each carrying a torch.

What followed was the scene we saw at the beginning.

Run, Shido! Towards the sunset! ...

(Hello!!)

"Damn it! You guys are so persistent! Is it really necessary to be like this?!"

Shido ran wildly down the street, and the wind pressure generated by his running lifted up the skirts of many girls, revealing a lot of their panties. This caused the members of the FFF group to stop for a while and observe in a gentlemanly manner.

(I think that's why you guys don't have girlfriends.)

"Speaking of which, why does Christmas have to keep coming back to haunt me? Wouldn't it be better if everyone just had a peaceful Christmas together?"

Shido ran while asking questions, while the members of the FFF group roared in their hearts!

"Shut up! Heretic! What do you know! Everyone thinks Christmas is the most wonderful day to spend with your loved ones. Eating cake together, exchanging gifts, singing sweet songs, walking together with a scarf around your neck! And playing together under the moonlight, stars, and candles, in the pure white glow, it's a particularly blissful moment for lovers..."

"Wrong!!!!!!!!!"

Christmas is—the day to celebrate the birth of Christ!!!

"Ohh ...

"Besides this, it's nothing at all!!!"

"Ohh ...

"We're so lonely!!!"

"Ohh ...

"Why are so many women with you?!"

"Ohh ...

"I'm so envious!!!!"

"Ohh ...

"I also want to spend Christmas with women!!!"

"Ohh ...

"Tohka-chan! Kotori-chan! Kaguya-chan! Yuzuru-chan! Just one of them would be enough for me!!!"

"Ohh ...

"And to all the older sisters and little friends we don't know, let's celebrate Christmas together!!!"

(Even strangers... Holy crap! You guys are real psychopaths!!?)

"Ohh ...

"So you, with so many women around you! Itsuka Shido! You must die!!!"

"Ohh ...

"Kill him before he gets home!!!"

"Ohh ...

———On the run———

"Damn it, these guys have been chasing me for over two hours and they still won't give up!"

Shido looked at the FFF group members who seemed tireless and relentlessly pursued him, and felt quite helpless.

Just then, a voice that Shido was very familiar with appeared, which made Shido pause for a moment, but he still ran towards the corner without hesitation and jumped into a dark shadow.

"Huh!? Itsuka Shido is gone! Damn it! He ran too fast! Chase him! Split up and search him from all directions! We have to find him!!!"

"Ohh ...

Unbeknownst to the departing FFF group members, a black object flashed by in a dark corner...

———Shido- ...

"That voice just now, it really was you... It's been a while, Kurumi."

Now, Shido was in complete darkness, but his vision was still clear in all directions. Sensing the gaze behind him, Shido slowly turned around, and a girl of inhuman beauty appeared before him.

Her long black hair was tied into two braids, and her unusually long bangs...

Her bangs didn't cover her eyes; her skin was as white and smooth as a pearl; she wore sexy black stockings and a black and blood-red gothic outfit; her right eye was blood-red, while her left eye was golden; the girl in front of me possessed the extremely rare heterochromia.

However, the pupil of the girl's left eye was actually a golden clock, which was the very eye that Kurumi, as an elf, possessed, representing her lifespan—the Eye of the Clock.

He clutched a pocket watch tightly in his hand, but inside the pocket watch was a flame that was a mixture of blood red and gold, and there were countless gears surrounding the pocket watch.

When the girl looked at Shido, there was an indescribable tenderness in her eyes, an emotion called love. But there was also a stubbornness in her gaze, which made her unwavering in her convictions, even in this situation, regardless of how others perceived her.

"Yes... Shido-kun... it's been a long time... But even Shido-kun has his embarrassing moments... hehe..."

"Um... never mind, let's not talk about this anymore, Kurumi."

Shido gave a wry smile and waved his hand. After all, it wasn't surprising that Kurumi knew. With so many clones, it was normal for one or two 'Kurumi's' to run into him while gathering information in the shadows.

Looking at his clothes and thinking about the current holiday, Shido summoned his belt and took out a new Santa Claus outfit (without a beard).

"By the way, Kurumi. How about spending Christmas with us? Let's put aside our arguments, hatred, and disputes for now, and have a peaceful and harmonious Christmas together, the best Christmas ever!"

With a faint smile, Shido invited Kurumi over, then walked over and placed the Santa Claus outfit (without a beard) in Kurumi's hands.

"Kurumi, I had already asked Hoshino to make you an outfit, and I was planning to go find you. It seems that I don't need to look anymore, the outfit has already found its owner."

"…………"

Kurumi looked at the clothes Shido had placed in her hand, her eyes flashing with thoughts. After a moment of silence, she silently accepted the clothes, her lips slightly parted as she spoke.

"How cunning... Shido-kun... speaking in such a gentle tone... and even dying for me... was it really worth it...? I am... the most wicked spirit..."

Upon hearing Kurumi's words, Shido was taken aback, then laughed fearlessly.

"The most evil spirit? Heh... That's something only someone who doesn't understand your true purpose would say. I, who have fused with you, understand. Contrary to what others think, you are a rather gentle person, Kurumi."

"In order to go back to the past and change the history of the first spirit to descend on Earth, so that no spirits would appear on Earth, Tohka and the others would not be hunted down, and the other spirits who have died might be able to come back to life. But once that happens, the spirit who is 'Kurumi Tokisaki' will also become another existence, and the current self will disappear. As the spirit of time, Kurumi, you know this better than anyone else."

"…………"

Shido continued speaking, and at the same time, he noticed Kurumi's wandering gaze. He realized that his guess was correct. The only people who could remain unaffected by changes in time were those with powers that transcended the level of time itself, and those with a kind of existence called a singularity.

Unfortunately, as a spirit of time, Kurumi can be said to be the embodiment of the law of time in a sense. She is the one who is most affected by time and the least affected by time.

Once the flow of time is altered, aside from Shido, who possesses power that transcends the level of time itself, probably no one can remember anything that happened before the time was changed.

For Shido, being the only one to witness the world turning into sand and beginning to rebuild, along with the changes in his interpersonal relationships, was probably the most unbearable thing. But even knowing this would happen, Shido still chose an option that no ordinary person would choose back then.

——At the beginning——

"Hurry up and do it. From the moment you were born, you've been sacrificing yourself and persevering until now. There's no reason for you to stop, is there? So..."

Shido looked at Kurumi gently, as if he didn't care at all that he was about to be killed.

"Go ahead and do what you want to do...everything."

...............

---Now---

Heh, it was probably because of Shido's words that Kurumi's true self was truly opened, her heart that had never been entered by anyone before; her emotional strings were stirred...

Kurumi

Let me explain.

I don't have a winter break; I'll be going back to work on the 21st. I'm sorry everyone. I'll try my best to update once a day. As for the Kurumi arc, a reader has been eagerly asking me about it, so I'll explain it here.

Following the usual formula, the Kurumi arc is the central volume where things begin to change, and many new characters appear here. The enemy, Reverse Shocker, may have a short appearance, but they are incredibly strong! (Don't take it too seriously!)

And there will be an unexpected character appearing here. If anyone guesses it in the next two days, I will add an extra chapter.