"I know this has become my reality," you stated a determined look on your face that did not go unnoticed by the Gate Keeper. "That's why I'm doing my best to change the storyline so that I can save people from dying."
The Gate Keeper scoffed,"how exactly do you plan on doing that?" And a smug smirk tugged at your lips.
"All I have to do I'd prevent Shinichiro's death and their so many ways to do that,"you sounded way too overly confident but the Gate Keeper liked it because you being dead benefited him a lot more than having you alive.
"And how are you going to do that?"He asked and you rubbed the back of your neck as you glanced around the empty space. "Is darkness really the only thing that exists here?"You asked waving your hand.
"Y/n this is your head right now. You control the change of scenery"he explained. You nodded, okay so all you had to do was imagine somewhere that you would rather be. You screwed your eyes shut and imagined yourself at the manga store where you met Yukio.
You slowly opened your eyes and squealed when you saw an exact replica of the store and you ran through the aisles excitedly scanning the shelves.
"Y/n, I'm interested in your plan" you heard the Gate Keeper say from behind you and you turned around to face him.
He looked a lot more human he did last time, the dark charcoal skin from last time seemed to be a mask only covering the upper part of his face. His bright yellow eyes illuminating from the light being cast from outside the store. His inky dark purple hair was overgrown reaching all the way to his ankles. He was wearing an oversized white kimono made of the finest material and a haori of the same color both inverted with gold.
"Ha? You're not as ugly as I imagined" you said scanning him from head to toe taking in his full appearance, the words caused the creature to grunt.
You cocked up your eyebrow. "You imagine what I look like?"he asked question marks growing on his face as he opened his purple chinese fan with a white flower pattern to hide the lower part of his face that formed into a playful grin.
You shivered as you recalled your previous nightmares about this guy. "Are you a demon?" You asked ignoring his question. He paused a minute wondering whether to tell you the truth,"cause that would be pretty awesome"you exclaimed excitedly throwing your hands into the air.
"Can we talk seated down"he suggested and it took you a few minutes to understand what he was saying and you quickly imagined yourself at a fancy restaurant that you had once visited with your real mother, she had 'forgotten' you there. You weren't really shocked at the time because that wasn't the first time she had tried to get rid of you.
You both set down at opposite ends of a table. "To answer your question no I'm not a demon or an angel. I'm something in between but I of course am more powerful than both. I hold high authority."
"Oh okay" you said dryly you were disappointed, you kinda wanted him to be some legendary demon. "So what exactly does a Gate Keeper do?from my guess it's nothing really important considering you're seating here with me right now"you rolled your eyes as you tapped your fingers impatiently on the table.
"What I do is really important. It separates the good and evi--" You scoffed hearing those words.
"In my world there is no good and evil. Everyone's just the same no matter the action,"you said mindlessly, but this seemed to interest him as he urged you to go on. "There were times when I would view my life as pathetic. I know how dumb that sounds because it sounds like typical teenage girl stuff, I would sometimes look around the world and wonder if anything or anyone was real. It all just felt fake and unrealistic" you sighed as you remembered your death. "I'm just glad that I was killed by someone I once held dear."
His eyes widen at your statement completely speechless as he slowly moved his fan away from his face and carefully placed it on the table. "Was he really that important to you?"
"Yes he was. When I was with him, it didn't whether it was real or fake after all he wasn't just my first love but my childhood friend," your eyes looked so nonchalant as you spoke about someone who murdered you that the Gate Keeper knew he had made the right choice when he picked you.
"Oh yes" the Gate Keeper snapped his fingers, "I almost forgot about that part. You guy's grew apart." You nodded your head and said "but enough about Yuno."
The Gate Keeper smiled, "so about your plan to save everyone."
"It's pretty simple" you smiled. "It's either I kill Kisaki or prevent Shinichiro's death. And between the two saving Shinichiro sounds easier. If he's saved Manjiro won't become a puppet for Kisaki or anyone then I get him some serious therapy" you grimaced.
You had seen a spoiler about season two but you had died before you could even watch but the only character you knew from then was Senju. You didn't know what her role was, all you knew was that she was hot. Like really hot. Oh and some dude named Inui.
"That's way too simple and their so many ways this could go against you, literally anything can happen on the day Shinichiro's supposed to die." He remarked. "The other one could result in you going to jail."
You awkwardly laughed scratching your chin. "I know but it's the only thing I've got so far and I don't want to resort to extra measures."
He raised up his eyebrow, "extra measures?"he repeated. "Kill myselft to restart the day" you answered nervously staring at your hands.
"You're one crazy bitch" the Gate Keeper blurted out and he sounded so out of character like you had caught him off guard. He wasn't insulting you, it just came out as a compliment.
"Maybe you could just stay by Manjiro's side and make sure he never turns psycho" the Gate Keeper suggested and you liked that plan better than your own. "Especially because after this you will able to see into the near future and the future future."
You straightened up on your seat realizing the advantage you would have, then Takemichi wouldn't be needed anymore. "Tell me the crap about your job from earlier" You chirped.
"All I do is make people is into the best versions of their selves and sometimes they don't like what they become, " he smiled and it gave you chills. "Humans sometimes end up as the things they hate most all I do is hold up the mirror. "
From the way he spoke you could tell this was more than about living your fullest life, he didn't want to give you more information and you honestly didn't care. "That must be a shitty job" you commented.
"It really is" he sighed resting his hand on the table propping his chin on his palm. "But I like it."
There was something about smiled that bugged you as he added the last part but honestly it wasn't in your place to give a fuck.
"Wait what happens when I wake up?!"You asked jolting up from your seat, eye's wide.
"Don't worry. No one is going to think it's suspicious, all you did was fall asleep stop acting like an imbecile" he said waving for you to sit down.
Your irked at his unbothered behavior, you hadn't just fallen asleep, you had screamed before you passed out. But you still sat down.
"Dick."You coughed out. You watched closely as the Gate Keeper picked up his fan with his slim beautiful fingers bringing it up to his face as he arched eyebrow. "What did you just call me?"he sounded surprised but angry at the same time.
"I called you a dick"you smirked.
"You wouldn't know one if it was right infront of you, you virgin" the Gate Keeper snapped back and it honestly hurt your pride knowing you had died a virgin.
"WITH THAT ATTITUDE I BET YOU GET ZERO BITCHES YOU FREAKING EYE SORE"you barked back.
"SAYS THE EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD STUCK IN AN ELEVEN YEAR OLDS BODY"he stuck out his tongue at you.
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You opened your eyes after the long downloading process and you were relieved to see that you were safely tucked in your bed thanks to the night light by your bedside drawer.
"I wonder what happened?" You yawned hopping out of bed in the dead of night, you slowly opened the door and quietly tiptoed to the kitchen in the dark. You opened the fridge and you squinted your eyes due to the amount of light radiating from the fridge.
"Anyway who cares?"You shrugged taking a can of coke out of the fridge and a bag of potatoe chips from one of the cabinets and returned back to your room. This time you immediately switched on the light and sat down by your desk with a manga in hand.
~2 hours later~
You knocked on Ai's door after you had taken a shower and gotten into your school uniform but you realized Ai hadn't woken up yet.
You heard some shuffling from inside and you took it as sign to open the door, you poked your head inside to see Ai awkwardly seating on her bed still in her pj's. "So I'm guessing you're not going to school?"
Ai calmed down after seeing it was just you, she got back under the covers and you entered her room closing the door behind you and took a seat by the edge of her bed. "I'm just really tired today. School is tiring you know,I just don't want mom to know" she started hugging her knees to her chest as she spoke.
"Why don't you want her to know? Is neesan getting bullied?" You asked tilting your head searching for any sign of confirmation on her face but there wasn't instead it was just a dumbstruck expression.
"Me?"she asked pointing to herself a grin overtaking her lips, "getting bullied? I know I seem like a bitch but I'm pretty lovable once people get to know me."
You frowned at her statement, so she wasn't always quiet with other people just you. For some reason it hurt more than it was supposed to, you knew she adored you but did she adore you.
'Did her personality just take a 360???'You thought slightly kneading your eyebrows together. "I know I haven't exactly been the best sister because if I'm being honest I'm moody, self-absorbed and not really good at handling stress" she listed all the things wrong with her. "School has been so stressful sometimes I even consider dropping out. I'm so worried about the future that I can't focus on the present right now."
You listened to your sister complain and open up to you and you really started to understand her character a bit more. But you didn't quite understand the relationship between her and Kyoko and that was a conversation for another time. "So you don't want mom know you're freaking out?" You concluded and your sister nodded her head. "Just pretend to go and then come back home or just act sick."
She tapped her chin liking all your first suggestion, the second one was bad because no matter how sick she was Ai would always go to school on her own free will. "Okay, I'll do the first one. But damn sis I didn't think you were the type to fall asleep during a conversation" she joked nudging your arm playfully and you giggled.
"But if I'm being honest you scared the shit out of me"she said staring at you seriously and you gulped. "Don't do that again."
"I definitely won't. But i have to go now or I'm going to be late. Bye." you said waltzing out of her realizing you were gonna be late for school. You took a slice of bread, spread some jam on it and placed it in your mouth as you quickly shoved your bento into your bag and quickly running out the house without informing anyone.
'Fuck I can't believe I woke up early to be late. How messed up is that bullshit.'
You internally cursed yourself as you ran down the familiar path to your school with the bread still in your your lips. You stopped finished the whole thing in three bites and proceeded to run.
You arrived just in time before the bell rang and the teacher rolled his eyes at the sight of you, it was your first week and you had already made an enemy.