Hello! And welcome to the second chapter of the seventh chapter!

I am very happy that I have gotten the slightest bit of more time to work on this.

I just want everybody to know that this project is still very important to me and I don't plan to stop.

I want this part to be the best chapter yet! I hope I can deliver.

Last Time On Date A Live Season 3...

It takes a couple of seconds, but Shido hears a voice from behind him, one that sounds strangely familiar.

As Shido turns around he sees... another... well, Shido.

Same voice, Same blue hair, same height, same everything.

The only difference Shido could see... was his eyes...

They weren't completely white but the normally brown eyes Shido had was altered to have a more whitish tint.

Shido was confused, but shook out of his funk fast enough to question the other Shido, "Who are you and... And where are we?"

He says, confused about what this room was.

"Well I suppose I can answer the second question considerably faster than the first" He says, walking around the room.

As he stops in his place he says, "This is..." He says, inhaling, "Our mind"

Now, On Date A Live Season 3

"what do you mean this is "our" mind?", Shido asks, confused on how he could be sharing it with someone else.

"Hmm...I thought that part might be a little challenging to digest", The other Shido says.

"Try thinking of the complex that is your mind is also a duplex being shared by two different families"

"If one of them decide to plan a get-together with the other family, that family is in control", He says, doing his best to explain it.

Shido stands there, frozen, unsure on what to do, say,or feel.

But before he could do anything, he needed to ask one question, "What are you?"

After a couple seconds of silence, the strange Shido speaks, "I guess from you perspective, I'm the so called 'Monster' you're so afraid of becoming"

Shido immediately puts on a look of fear, "So you're",Shido says, pointing at him, "You're that thing from my dream?"

Hearing this question, his white eyes glow, and he begins in his direction.

The glowing eyed Shido gets to inches from his face, saying, "No, I wouldn't say I'm that thing, due to the fact the I'm the kind of tenant that likes to live in a nice home and not get kicked out after a week"

"Huh?", Shido asks, ultimately confused on how that makes sense.

"You see?", The glowing eyed Shido says, pointing at him, "The analogy holds up"

Shido thinks for a second, "No It doesn't! Your thinking of an apartment block, not a Duplex!"

The glowing eyed Shido becomes more solemn and emotionless, "Well, whatever your mind is we're sharing it and I plan to pay my rent"

Shido is confused about what he's referring to when he says 'Rent', "What the hell are you talking about?"

The glowing eyed Shido summons Ariel, brandishing it, "Protection", He says simply.

Shido feels the overwhelming presence of the sword, he feels as if the sword is one with the strange Shido.

"Who are you?", Shido asks, becoming more relaxed, finally understanding the dilemma.

The glowing eyed Shido get a look of utter pride on his face, "Just... Just call me Ariel"

"Ariel", Shido says, thinking about the sword and the circumstances he's in, "So where did you come from?"

...

"Arie-", Shido was about to say, but interrupted by the sight of Ariel hovering in the air, looking up at the ceiling, "What are you doing?"

Ariel looks back to Shido,"Sorry, I can't fight and talk and the same time"

Shido becomes awkward once again, unsure what to do in this situation, "Hey... Just promise me you won't hurt her"

Ariel is surprised by this request slightly, but flies down to answer, "Don't worry" he says, putting his arm on Shido's shoulder, "She's practically my sister too now"

As he says this Ariel fades away giving Shido no time to question him on his confusing remark.

As this happens, Shido is removed from the dark room, put into a 3rd person view of himself, or Ariel, fighting Mana.

As he entered this strange point of view, they were just crossing swords trying to break each others ability to block.

"What's wrong?", Mana says, feeling strained, "First you take over the only family I have left and now you won't even have the respect to let me hear my brother's words?"

Ariel flies back from the sword crossing, "Mana, I feel you have a massive misconception on what exactly I am or what I did with Shido"

Mana freezes, "What you did with him?", She thinks in terror, only able to guess what he could do to him.

Shido begins to feel bad, unable to tell Mana that he was alright.

Mana explodes with rage,"You bastard!"

As she says this she plunges her sword right into Ariel's stomach, getting right in his face to say, "Give back my brother, you monster!"

As both Ariel and Shido hears this they both hesitate, unsure how to react.

It takes a second for a reaction to register.

Shido reacts with sadness, "I wish I could do something"

Ariel reacts with contempt, pulling the blade out of him and kicking Mana out of the air smashing her into a wall, half destroying it as she makes impact.

"I don't need the petty opinions of a child!", he says, throwing Mana's sword at her.

It hits her shoulder slicing threw it like paper, creating a large gash.

As Shido sees this he yells, "Ariel! What the hell do you think your doing?"

Ariel flies down to the immobile body of Mana, as she backs up against the wall, griping her shoulder to stop the bleeding.

"I'm sorry Shido", Ariel stands over her, "But she's been insulting me since I was born and I don't think I care for it"

"Wait...", Shido says, a little confused, "Doesn't this kind of contradict everything that you said before?"

Half swing toward Mana, Ariel freezes, "Oh yeah..", He says, a little embarrassed.

"I apologize", His eyes turn an even brighter white, "It seems I'm not quite efficient at controlling my impulses"

As Ariel looks longingly into the sky, he hears Mana say, "Hey, bastard!", She says, flying into Ariel, knocking the wind out of him and flying him into the air.

Mana wipes some blood from her mouth, "Look at me when we fight!"

Mana goes into a readied stance, looking for the perfect time to strike.

Ariel flies higher into the sky, recovering from the blow, "This could go badly, and I can hardly understand her reason for fighting me, let alone have a conversation", he thinks, breathing heavily.

after a couple seconds of thought, Ariel says to Shido, "I think the best course of action for the moment is too have you fight her"

"And where did you get that amazing idea?", Shido says, sarcastically.

They both appear into the large, dim room once again.

Ariel looks at Shido, "Your the only one of us that can calm Mana down", He says, his eyes almost lighting up the room, "And your hardly adept enough to control the body of a spirit"

"I thought you were a spirit", Shido says, surveying Ariel from afar, "Now that I think about it, what else would you be?"

"Exactly", Ariel says, now breathing normally, "This is your life. This is Tengu City. What else would I be?"

Shido looks at Ariel, almost as if he's challenging Shido to guess what else he might be.

But, Shido pushes that aside, Kurumi's and Mana's safety is his top priority, he can deal with Ariel another time.

"What do I need to do?", Shido asks, sitting down, waiting for the long explanation.

Ariel sits down in front of Shido, taking in a large inhale, "Don't. Kill. Mana."

Shido puts on a face of slight confusion, "...Well, yeah"

"And if you can, stop this peacefully. Neither of us want any blood on our hands"

Shido nods, "I'll do my best"

Ariel nods along, "Good"

They both stand up, "Now this may be a little painful", He says, warning Shido.

Shido shakes his head, "I don't care. Whatever it takes"

Ariel walks up to Shido, holding his shoulders, "That's good"

After a couple of seconds of this awkward closeness, Shido says, "So... are we gonna-"

Before he could finish, Ariel headbutts Shido, taking him to the scene of the fight.

Shido starts to inhabit the body, his eyes changing back to the normal brown.

Shido lowers to the ground, the wings supporting his weight, keeping him from plummeting.

As Shido stretches, getting used to this new body, Mana still has him in her sight.

After stretching, he flies into the air, getting used to his ability to fly.

After no success, Shido gives up, "Ah, I can figure it out later"

Shido slowly walks toward Mana, dissipating the sword into the atmosphere.

Mana tenses as he gets closer, uneasy about the situation.

Shido puts up his hands, "Don't worry, Mana. This is me", he says, hoping not to get attacked.

Mana lets Shido get a meter away from her, "One more step and your dead"

Shido stops, still having his hands up, "All I want is to talk"

Mana doesn't relax, she doesn't move to do anything more than say, "Then turn back. I'm not going to talk to you like that"

Shido smiles, "That makes sense", he says, his Astral attire expanding into a bright light, blinding Mana.

As the blinding light fades, Mana sees Shido, standing in front of her, arms outstretched for a hug.

Without thinking, she reminisces a scene long forgotten.

A scene of a brother and sister, torn apart by a catastrophe.

They were both too young to understand the ordeal, yet the sister cried herself to sleep every night.

After long, she seemed to forgot about the family that ever was, and had only a fleeting memory of her brother's warm embrace.

As Mana clutches around Shido, feeling the warmth coming from him, she felt at piece.

And as she looks up to see the small boy the sister knew as her brother, she sees Shido, looking at her with forgiveness in his eyes.

"That's a good girl", Shido says, patting Mana on the head.

Mana digs her head into Shido's chest, "How? How could you forgive her?", She says, practically given up.

"I told you. She never got a choice", Shido says, happy to see he's defused the situation.

Mana looks at Shido sadly, "What am I supposed to do? My orders are to kill NightM- Kurumi.", She says, not sure what to call her.

"I'll prove it", Shido says, ending his hug with Mana, "If I do that- Make her human I mean, that would be all right, right?"

Mana gets more serious, "I suppose it would, yes", She says, nodding.

"Good", Shido says, "Thank you for being an understanding little sister"

As Shido looks in Mana's eyes, he sees her begin to cry.

But behind that is a look of determination, "If she dare hurt another person!", She wipes her eyes.

Shido hugs her tighter, "I won't ever let her hurt anyone again"

Mana smiles, "I know that"

After thinking for a moment, she walks a couple feet away, "Take good care of her, Shido"

Shido nods, as Mana flies away, happy she didn't have to kill.

Shido yawns, the excitement of danger gone, he sits next to Kurumi, who had been sat on the floor for the last five minutes, watching this entire fiasco.

Shido looks at Kurumi, blushing slightly, "I guess after all that... You don't really want to kiss me... Do you?"

Kurumi shakes her head, leaning her head to Shido's, their lips touching.

As this happens, the same bright light, the same nudity.

Except this time, Kurumi was wearing a very particular set of lingerie.

Shido recognized this in an instant.

The same black, frilled underwear and panties, with the same red ribbons.

"Why did you wear those?", Shido asks, blushing a darker red.

Kurumi smiles, sitting her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands, "I had a feeling you'd seal me today, so I decided to leave you a little present for you"

Shido freezes for a second, but then he starts to laugh, so happy he got the chance to meet all the people he has in his life.

Kurumi looks a little confused at the sudden laughter from Shido, looking around to see if anything funny was around.

Noticing Kurumi's confusion, he holds out his hand, "Let's go, you must be freezing"

Kurumi blushes once again, remembering why she came to care for Shido.

Both of them slowly walked back to Shido's apartment.

Kurumi with a new life, and Shido, with a new lunch to make and a lot more drama.

As they both got to the apartment, Shido walked through the door, "I'm home!"

As all the girls came to greet Shido, they were all wearing there bathing suits.

As this fact of life set in, Shido placed his hand to his nose, keeping the blood from being noticeable.

As they saw Shido, they looked at him in confusion, as giant white wings were shooting straight up, giving away what he was probably thinking.

As his heart was racing, he didn't notice he was falling, almost in slow motion, as he slowing fell into unconsciousness.

As his mind slowly went to sleep, he heard the cry of the girls, "Shido!"

The End...

Thank you very much for reading this very long awaited 2nd part.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Please give me your thoughts on it and please critique me.

I appreciate you all and I hope you and have a nice day.