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Prologue I - The End

Life had ended.

In his final moments he had thought about his decision, the decision that he had made because he was a coward. His heart had clenched, his blood racing, even as he tried to remain a calm facade. The decision to fight fate, to fight death itself or to live the rest of his days in blissful ignorance that the world was going to end was one that he had put much thought into. His friends would agree with whatever he chose, but he knew they were much more willing than he was. In the end he had chickened out, however he had not attained true ignorance.

Sure, for a few months he had lived without knowledge of Tartarus and S.E.E.S, but it hadn't lasted. March 5th, as he enjoyed karaoke with Junpei and Yukari, his memories had come back and he'd felt sick. So very sick. Everything was wrong, so very wrong. He'd excused himself giving some excuse because he couldn't be around those people that were Junpei and Yukari, but weren't. He ran away from the Karaoke bar and towards where the door to the Velvet Room should, to see if he could fix this, to see if he could do anything to fix his mistake.

It was futile, going to that small dead end he found nothing. It was in that moment that he saw her, that blonde girl that he'd met for the first time only days ago, though that wasn't quite true. The girl was Aigis, he knew this and somehow he felt as if she knew it too as she looked at him with sad green eyes as the clock striked 12. Her final words as the world ended being just as sad as her eyes.

"If only you had remembered sooner, Makoto."

And then, without warning or any chance of stopping it The Fall occurred as he cried out to the world in regret. Regret, as he had doomed the world when his friends were all more than willing to help him ascend Tartarus and stop this from ever happening. As his consciousness started to slip away into the bliss of death, he saw those two people who had been a constant throughout his journey and had helped him down the road he'd followed. He forced himself to try and go them, even as the sweet whispers in his ear telling him to just let go got louder.

The familiar ever ascending elevator and pure blue velvet colored room was something that surprised him. Though, more importantly the ever-grinning Igor and Elizabeth stared at him with a look that made him feel even worse than he did. He tried to keep himself stoic, it was better than breaking down at this point.

"Ah, dear guest...I had not expected you to be able reach this room once more. I suppose one with a power as unique as yours can surpass even my expectations," The long-nose fellow known as Igor chuckled as he looked at Makoto, though the grin on his face never quite reached his eyes. "However, I suppose now is not the time for jokes. As you can see your world is ending, something I believe is a result from not completing your journey."

Makoto winced at that and stared down at the floor, wanting to avoid the stares of not only Igor but also Elizabeth. The white haired elevator attendant stared at him with a look that made his heart clench, he didn't want to look at her golden eyes anymore.

"Dear guest, please do not worry. As I said before, no matter what you're decision was so long as you abide by the contract you signed so long ago. However," For the first time since his meetings with Igor, Makoto saw the man stop grinning. "The events that have transpired are quite unfortunate, the event known as the Fall has come to pass. Even as we speak the outside world is slowly coming to an end. I fear this is one the worst possible course of events that could occur, there is nothing I could do to help you at this point. It is unknown to even myself why you came here now, or even how. Fate is quite unusual, is it not?"

"I refuse," His words were short and to the point as he got up from his seat. "I refuse to let things end like this, I refuse to let all of our efforts go to waste just because of my mistake. I'll fix things...even if it kills me."

As he faded away from the Velvet Room, his last sight was of Elizabeth, reaching an arm out to him. He smiled at her, even though she could see that it didn't really reach his eyes; and then he was gone. Igor simply grinned as tarot cards lied on the table in front of him, the promise of a new journey in the cards.

Makoto's footsteps were heavy as he ran, things weren't over yet. He still had to graduate with his friends, he remembered all of the promises that he had made and he refused to let them end in ruin because of this. He saw the faces of all those people that had given him purpose; Kenji, Fuuka, Mitsuru, Hidetoshi, Bunkichi and Mitsuko, Yukari, Kazushi, Chihiro, Maya, Keisuke, Yuko, Maiko, Bebe, Mr. Tanaka, Mutatsu, Mamoru, Nozomi, Akinari, Aigis, Pharos, and Elizabeth. They were his world, no, his universe. He refused to go back to his lonely existence his bonds meant everything.

"Hmm, what a fascinating development."

The voice that appeared from nowhere made him stop, looking around the street he was on he noted it was worryingly empty. There wasn't just a lack of people, but also a lack of coffins as well. Looking around, the only thing he saw in sight was a woman. She didn't look like anything special; The woman was pale and had blonde hair that was adorned with a goat-head hair clip, along with this she wore a simple blue dress and was strangely barefoot. Her eyes were what put him on guard, besides the fact that it was seemingly the Dark Hour and someone besides himself was active during it, each were a different color. One red and one blue.

"I suppose this is why some Demons emerge from humans, to protect their psyche from this Nyx…," Turning her eyes towards Makoto she spoke with a small smile on her face. "However, I suppose this is not of much importance to you. I believe I can offer you some assistance in accomplishing your current goal. Would you like my help?"

He didn't know if he could trust this woman, the odd feeling he got from her told him that she was much more than she appeared to be, but he didn't have time to think things through. The more he stood around, the less time he had. So, even if his instincts were telling him this was not a good idea, he nodded his head at the woman as a sign he would accept her help.

"Good choice, this wouldn't be much of a world if humans no longer existed. No freedom nor will, only mindless husks would remain, a terrible fate indeed."

Pausing for a second she snapped her fingers and the effect was near instant. Things felt like they were swirling, distorting, what did she do he thought?

"Now, go. Go and change fate."

Things twisted and distorted more and more until things looked like they had been twisted thrice over, becoming a mangled caricature of itself. It was a decidedly odd experience seeing things like this, he didn't like it. He was surprised when the view changed suddenly, and the moon was much closer than it had been a moment ago. He'd think about the how part of his sudden teleportation up here later…

He had bigger problems to deal with now.

Looking up at the giant eye-like moon, he reached inside of himself to find the power that had always been with him. A sea overflowing with different facets of himself, even if he didn't have an Evoker any longer their power was still his. Looking at the foe that was more than likely to defeat him, he stated that word that had started his Journey for the final time.

"Per-so-na."

Afterthought I - The Rouge

The being stood there staring at where the Fool had went to confront what would be the changing point in his life. The chances of success were slim, he knew this to be true, but he hadn't placed his faith in the Fool lightly. In a world that had not gone through Conception, he was truly unique. His strength now wasn't anything special, but that wasn't what he cared about, it was the infinite potential that was there.

The possibilities were literally endless, and that was something very interesting. However, as he was now it was guaranteed that he would die against Nyx. There was simply no way for him to bridge the gap between power, unless of course he managed to call upon the power that lie within him. So...he would have to take this matter into his own hands, someone with such potential could be the person needed to go forth with his plans.

Turning slightly he caught a glimpse of a black butterfly, it was going towards the tower known as Tartarus. He could only chuckle at this, it seemed that he wasn't the only one with a vested interest in the boy. He'd have to make sure the interloper knew how he felt about such a thing.

His wings unfurled around him as Lucifer took flight, off to save a fool.