Date a Live x Some Random Guy

Truth Laid Bare

Later that day, at a warehouse on the edge of the city. A certain mysterious idol finishes her set with a bow as all of the stage lights fixate on her while the crowd of women before her cheer with thunderous applause. With their cheers dying down, she slowly stands up and starts to wave while smiling brightly back at all of her adoring fans, though when she notices someone standing in the shadows near the stage, she couldn't help but smile while saying, "no need to be shy!"

As the person starts to leave the shadows, the idol continues to smile brightly while continuing, "I am so happy you could come! I was.... Expecting...."

For reasons unknown to the audience, the idols sentence slowly trails off and with a look of shock, she mutters, "wha-why are you here?"

Her eyes go wide as she watches the person step out of the shadows and while sporting a look of intrigue, Shido replies, "well I heard a rumour that one of the most beautiful idols in the city was having a concert, so I wanted to come and check it out."

For some strange reason, the idol stands there frozen in place which causes the audience to fall silent and look over at what she was looking at. Deciding to ignore this, Shido continues to look at the idol and with a warm smile, he tells her, "I'm glad to see the rumours were correct."

Satisfied with how his pickup line landed, Shido continued to smile at the idol, but this is slowly replaced with a look of confusion when he notices the idol still standing there with a shocked look on her face. Confused as to what was happening, Shido was about to ask, but before he could, he hears someone from the audience asking, "is that a boy?"

A bit caught off guard by the question, Shido looks over at the audience, only to realize that all he saw was girls without a boy in sight. Realizing something was off, he looks back at the idol, who at this point had started to tremble, and asks, "uh, is something wrong?"

Instead of replying to his question, the idol continues to look at him wide eyed but was able to mutter, "g-get away from me."

Again, he was confused by the statement, but with a look of determination, he takes a step forward while telling her, "I'm sorry, but I can't...."

Unfortunately for him, he gets cut off by the girl, who had stopped shaking, look back at him with a mixture of disgust and rage while saying coldly, "I said....GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!"

With a massive shockwave emanating from her, he didn't have time to react as the wave slams into him and sends him flying. After a dozen or so feet, Shido rolls to a stop and lies on his back, out cold.

An unknown amount of time has past when a faint groan could be heard from Shido who continued to lay on the floor. He slowly opened his eyes and while looking up at the ceiling, he tells himself, "Ouch, that hurt."

While sitting up and starting to look around, Shido was confused by the eery silence he found himself in which causes him to ask himself, "What the? Why is it so quiet?"

As he continued to look around, the silence was finally broken by the sound of a voice mixed with static shouting in his ear, "Shido! Shido, you there?"

Caught off guard to hear Kotori shouting at him, Shido responds, "yeah, I'm here."

With a relieved sigh, Kotori responds, "thank god, I was worried we lost you."

As he continued to look around at the now deserted warehouse, a confused Shido asks, "do you know what happened?"

After a brief pause, Kotori replies, "well, based off of her vital signs, you definitely blew it."