The Part of me That Isn't Human is About to go Wild
Chapter 1: Powerless
Minato Arisato's breath was ragged as he held his long sword in his right and the evoker in his left hand. Sweat poured down his face as he stared at his current opponent. It was a shadow. Minato was sure it was a shadow. But it was unlike any shadow he seen before. It stood nearly seven feet tall with a female body. It had four arms with each hand holding something else. In the upper right hand was a sword. In the lower right hand was a heart. In the upper left hand was an shield and in the lower left hand was a flower. On it's body was a dress that continuously shifted between the color pink and blue. It's hair was pink and it seemed to float in the air as if there was a strong wind blowing under the shadow. It's yellow eyes seemed to be focused only on Minato as if Akihiko, Aegis, and Yukari wasn't even there. Minato and his party ran into this strange shadow during a relatively normal night of exploring Tartarus. Fuuka didn't sense anything abnormal about this shadow. But no matter what they threw at this shadow it just wouldn't die. Multiple attempts to trying to escape this floor and the shadow left Akihiko with a possible broken right arm.
Minato swallowed the fear that was rising up at him. He looked at Akihiko to the right of him who was clenching his right arm in pain, but still trying to maintain a defensive posture. He was so eager at the beginning of the fight, but now he was not so sure of himself. But Minato knew that he still had hope because of the grin on his tired face. He looked at Aegis who was still cooling down from her last attempt to take down the shadow in Orgia mode. He looked at his last team member Yukari. She was completely exhausted from keeping all of them alive with her healing abilities. Even now to Minato she looked so beautiful to him. He was currently dating her or at least he was until a certain misunderstanding between the two of them. But even after the fact she was hurt and mad at him she wouldn't let him explore Tartarus without her. But that would all be meaningless if he didn't kill this shadow here and now.
"Be careful you look exhausted." He heard Fuuka warn him in his mind. He didn't have much spirit left in him, but he had to prepare for his next attack. He put his evoker to his head and pulled the trigger summoning Siegfried and charging for a powerful physical attack.
The shadow wasn't going to wait anymore. It pointed it's flower toward Minato and flames burst toward Minato, but he was able to evade the fire. But the Shadow gliding closer to Minato with it's sword pointed toward Minato. Minato knew that it was preparing a physical attack.
"Caesar!" Minato heard Akihiko shout and a bolt of lighting hit the shadow, but if it hurt the shadow it didn't show it.
The shadow was getting closer to Minato and he raised his long sword preparing to ether dodge or parry the blow. He felt a nice breeze blow against him and he realized that Yukari must have cast a healing spell on him. But it wasn't a Diarahan most likely a Dia. Yukari was almost out of spirit. The shadow was six steps away from him, but it vanished appearing to the right of him swinging it's long sword and out of sheer luck Minato was able to shift his blade to block the swing from landing a killing blow on him. But it cost Minato his balance and he was thrown onto his back side sliding a few feet away from the shadow.
He hit the back of his head on the ground. He let out a gasp of pain as his mind was dazed and confused. Yet he wouldn't let go of his sword. He could hear Fuuka screaming for him to get up in his mind, but his body wasn't reacting to his commands. He looked up to see the shadow getting closer and closer to him. A second later he couldn't see the shadow, but instead he saw Yukari standing in between him and the shadow. She had her evoker out pulling the trigger summoning her Persona Isis. Minato was finally able to sit himself up as he watched Yukari Persona launched a wind attack at the Shadow.
"Stay away from him!" Yukari shouted as her wind pushed the shadow a few feet back.
The shadow retaliated by raising it's rose and a flash of light at which Minato could only guess was a lighting attack had struck Yukari straight in her chest. She let out a yelp of pain and fell to her knees. The shadow dropped it's shield as it quickly glided the few steps between Yukari and the monster. With it's free hand it grabbed Yukari by her hair lifting her off her knees. Yukari desperately trying to free herself from it's grasp, but to no avail.
"Let go of her!" Minato shouted as he desperately tried to stand up, but he couldn't get his legs under him.
The shadow raised it's blade and with a quick thrust pierced her stomach. Minato watched as the blade tip poked out her back. Yukari let out a painful scream as the monster pulled it's blade. Yukari's arms went limp at her side as Minato watch the shadow stab her again. Yukari let out another cry of pain as Minato watched helplessly as it pulled out it's blade and stabbed her one final time. This time Yukari didn't make a sound. The shadow pulled out it's blade letting go of Yukari's hair. She fell down onto the ground with a hard slap.
"Where you've been? I've been looking for you ever since classes ended." Minato asked as he approached Yukari who was looking at something near the school store.
"Oh, hello." Yukari said with a somewhat sad expression on her face.
"If you're not busy I thought we could hit Chagall Cafe before we head back to the dorms." Minato said with an eager smile on his face.
"No, not today." Yukari said as she turned away looking away from Minato.
"Why not? Didn't this morning you said you wanted to walk home with me?" Minato asked and Yukari shifted uncomfortably as she crossed her arms across her chest. Minato could tell that she was suffering from something, but he wasn't sure what was bothering her.
There was a few seconds of awkward silence as Minato ponder if he should go or try to console her. But the choice was made for him when she turned too look at him with an angry expression on her face.
"I said no, Minato!" Yukari said raising her voice. "Why don't you ask you know who?" Yukari said and Minato was confused at what she was saying.
"I saw you with her, Minato." Yukari said coldly. "You seem to hang out with her a lot." Yukari continue to say. Minato finally realize what she was talking about.
"You saw that huh?" Minato asked and Yukari's silence was a yes.
"Yukari, it's not what you think it is." Minato said desperation in his voice.
"So I didn't see you kiss, our Senpai?" Yukari asked and Minato fumbled with his next words trying to form some kind of apology.
"Enough. I don't want to see you right now." Yukari said turning around and walking away from him.
Minato stared at Yukari's body on the ground. Minato stared at the shadow rage fueling him pushing him past his pain and finally allowing him to stand to his feet. The shadow raised it's bloody blade and let out a primal scream of victory and it looked at it Minato, and Minato felt as if it was smiling at him. It threw down it's rose on Yukari's body before it turned around and started too glide away. Minato was torn between stabbing it in the back and Yukari on the ground. It was an easy battle he dropped the sword in his hand and staggered toward Yukari.
"The shadow let us go." Akihiko said as he watched the shadow disappeared down an hallway.
Minato wasn't listening to him. He was staring down at the lifeless body of Yukari. He fell to his knees next to her. He looked at the three holes in her stomach. There would be no surviving those wounds. Yet he didn't want to believe she was dead. He started to choke on his sobs he grabbed her evoker and shifted his Persona to Kikuri-Hime and pulled the trigger in desperate attempt to heal her. But there was no effect. He pulled the trigger again and once again there was no effect. He tried again, but as before the healing magic of Kikuri-Hime could not bring Yukari back to life.
He let out a cry as he pulled the trigger a fourth time, but nothing happen as he was out of spirit. He screamed in denial as he touched Yukari still warm body. It only made it worse. As Minato Arisato was bumbling mess barely able to see his lovers body through his tears.
"It's not safe here, we need to get out of here!" Akihiko said trying to get Minato to focus.
"Who knows if it's going to come back or not!" Akihiko shouted as he grabbed Minato with his left hand trying to get his grieving leader's attention.
"Minato we can't just stay here. I'm in pain as much as you are. But she wouldn't want us all to die sitting here." Akihiko said trying to persuade him.
"Fuuka says Junpei and Mitsuru will be arriving soon." Aegis said as she looked at Minato with a pained expression.
"Tell me something, Minato." Yukari said with a smile as she yawned staring up at the sky.
"What would you like to know?" Minato responded.
"Do you think people talk about us?" Yukari asked.
"What do you mean?" Minato responded not sure of what she meant.
"I mean we spend every lunch period up here on this roof. We walk home together and we walk to school together." Yukari explained as she looked down from the sky and into his eyes. Minato blushed at her intense stare.
" I think they say that I'm the luckiest guy in this school." Minato answered with big grin on his face.
"I mean I get to spend all this time with Yukari Takeba. I'm the luckiest guy in the whole world." Minato continue to say and Yukari playfully pushed his shoulder.
"Now you're just sucking up to me." Yukari teased and Minato let out a chuckle.
"To be honest I'll never care what they say. Because I know I'm in love with you and that will never change." Minato said with a smile.
"Yeah me too." Yukari said softly.
Minato grunted and forced the tears to stop. He calmed his breathing. That thing could come back and kill all of them. He had to get his team out of there. With another grunt he picked up Yukari's body. He wasn't going to let anyone else carry her out. Juupei and Mitsuru would lead the way to the mysterious device that allowed him to travel to the first floor. Aegis would watch their rear while he would stay in the middle with the wounded Akihiko. With every step that led him to the portal he told himself that her body wasn't heavy. With every step out of Tartarus he told himself that her body wasn't heavy. With every step back to the dorm he told himself that her body wasn't heavy.
