Chapter 00: The meeting

14/11/10

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Minato surveyed the area he has been pinned to for so long. Days, weeks, months have passed since that day. He did though live up to the end of the bargain to meet SEES at the rooftop during graduation. But that was the thing that pained him; he wished he could be with Yukari for a while longer. She was the one who held him as he passed away "peacefully" (Other than Aigis who was with him first).

He wished someone was here with him as the loneliness of having no one around was finally getting to him. He tried to shout out to the dark, murky, hazy night view and wished that at least someone could hear and respond to his cries but then remembered that it was his soul that was pinned to the cross and all that he could do was to just stare and think.

"HELLO! IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE!?" Minato thought out loud "PLEASE RESPOND! TALK TO ME! ANYONE!?"

"….Dammit…Is there really no one out here other than that monster Erebus."

Minato cursed in his thoughts just as a large hand popped out of seemingly nowhere revealing the monstrous three headed beast he was just thinking about.

"Aww hell no, just when I think you are done you pop back right out of nowhere! When will you just give up!"" Alright. Give me your worst!"

"ENOUGH!"

The next thing Minato saw was a brilliant flash of light that engulfed the entire dark environment. When the light settled, Erebus was gone and he saw a God-given sight. There were two people in front of the door. One, a strange man wearing a butterfly mask making him oddly familiar given the fact he had never seen him before, and the other person…

" E..E..ELIZABETH!?" Minato was too stunned to even think straight. He had never seen the velvet room assistant ever since the 31 of January, the day of the final battle.

'That's him master. The boy or should I say The Messiah? ' Elizabeth introduced Minato to the Man. "So, this is the boy" the man replied.

"Allow me to introduce myself Mr Arisato, My name is Philemon, Observer of events" The man greeted himself, "I am here on the difficult request of dear Elizabeth here to set you free from your chains you have been shackled to". Minato's spirits lifted up at the prospect of being set free.

"The process will not be easy though. In order to free you, another has to suffer the trials of the wild card but this is necessary Mr Arisato, as the world needs another wild card to lead them to the truth" said Philemon. "And thus, it begins with this"

Minato looked on as Philemon snapped his fingers. The air around his fingers flickered and wavered as the sound waves rippled. A contract materialised out of thin air and landed in his hands. Philemon then flipped open the contract and Minato realised that it was the same contract that Pharos/Ryoji made him sign when he stepped into the Iwatodai Dorm for the first time. "The individual that was selected for the wild card ability. It will start with him" Philemon said showing the contract for Minato to read.

I chooseth this fate of my own free will and will take responsibility for all of my actions:

SIGNED;Yu Narukami