Rewrite of the First Steelish Silver. I don't own anything RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and the Persona series is owned by Atlus.

Minato stood with his head held low to the ground breathing heavily. This was the most gruesome battle he had ever fought before, not even the Reaper or Elizabeth was as exhausting as this. In terms of sheer power and durability Elizabeth was far superior but Death refused to stay down.

His best friend Ryoji Mochizuki in his avatar form was laid still on the ground, with multiple cuts and burns on his body. Even though this battle was inevitable, the Fool still felt bad about it. He was his best friend that always found a way to cheer him up when he was down. The ridiculous situations that Ryoji dragged him into were the few of the best memories he ever had looking back at it all.

Both his wings were ripped out of their joints by the ultimate persona of the Death Arcana Thanatos, the very incarnation of the bond between them when he still knew him as Pharos.

His ultimate strongest weapon Lucifer's blade was stabbed deep into the white porcelain mask, causing hairline cracks. The beautiful golden short-sword made of gems started to dim and crack slightly. The silver rose like hilt was tarnishing as the power from the fallen Morning star began to fade away like water from a cracked aquarium.

Despite how beaten and wounded the avatar looked, Minato simply knew it wasn't over.

The problem was the fool was absolutely exhausted, even with his absolute best and beyond Death cannot be defeated. His heart was beating far faster than he thought possible almost feeling like it'll leap out of his body within a moments notice. The Wildcard's limbs felt heavy like lead and refused to move almost like it had metaphysical weight attached to them.

Minato knew that, SEES knew that as well but they had to try. For the future they envisioned, they fought clinging on to that dim hope. It was like a slight ember from a fire that extinguished long ago.

Soon his teammates showed up on the absolute top of the tower of demise Tartarus.

"Minato san!" Aigis yelled worriedly.

He tilted his head towards them but didn't answer, His tarnished silver eyes were dull with exhaustion and sorrow, his lips were marred with an arc.

"Did you beat it!?" Mitsuru the leader of SEES shouted.

Minato didn't have the courage to meet her eyes. "…No." he eventually whispered.

"Close." The avatar said in its distorted voice. "That was really close."

Minato had a feeling it was lying.

Despite losing whatever bit of humanity he gained from being sealed in the Fool, Ryoji was still trying to make him feel better.

It unsteadily rose and floated towards the green sky and ominous dark clouds that filled almost the entirety of the atmosphere.

His wings regrew and regained the blue vein-like circuits and glowed brighter and brighter. SEES stared in horror and shock until the light grew too bright and forced them to shield their gaze.

"To understand that unchangeable destiny, and still attempt to fight head-on." The avatar stated genuinely commending SEES and his resolve, a sliver of emotion seeped through in the otherwise monotone and almost robotic voice.

"A will that strong… if people had such soul, the Fall might have never come about."

Minato clenched his hand into a fist, his nails digging into his palm drawing out blood.

"But it's too late now." The avatar stated.

Upon that remark the gigantic green moon began to shatter and bright crimson light escaped from the spider web-like cracks.

"Th-the moon…" Fuuka whispered with her hands clasping her head in pain.

A bright red light in a vein similar but not identical to the crimson light of the moon connected to a robotic like eye inside the now exposed Nyx.

Staring at it directly sent bone-chilling sensations to every ones' spines.

"What is that?" Yukari said gripping on her bow tighter.

They knew what it was, but they didn't want to acknowledge it.

They trying to fight this… this force of nature, mere mortals fighting what's promised to all existence.

"No way. Is that its main body?" Akihiko said barely able to get his voice out.

Minato couldn't blame him, it was only now did they realize just how high an existence Nyx was.

The legend of the monkey trying to touch the moon was not inaccurate to compare to their own strives.

"It will fall soon… at this location." Aigis said staring continuously at the celestial body.

"Something's coming!" Fuuka shouted.

Not soon after waves of energy hit the top of Tartarus, the tower of demise and the temple that welcomed Nyx's arrival.

The dark gravity like energy sent everyone to ground sprawled helplessly, with him and Aigis on their knees struggling to stand back on their 2 feet.

"What is this." Yukari panted. "A powerful gravity wave?"

SEES through sheer force of will got up standing on their feet.

"Don't think that's enough to… to steal a knock-down from me!" Akihiko stated drawing the Evoker and placing it upside down on his forehead.

The silver haired boxer's words managed to motivate the others to summon their Personas as well. The blue flame-like mist blended together and covered the whole top floor of Tartarus.

One by one the Personas were pulled into the corporeal plane and rushed at the Nyx avatar.

"It's no use." The avatar said unleashing an almighty attack shattering all of them into a glass crystalline like substance.

Soon after that Nyx sent a even stronger wave of gravity and sent them back into the ground.

The avatar after that broke down into tiny rain-drop like orbs of energy and integrated itself into the moon.

This can't be the end, it just can't.

He didn't care how strong Nyx was or how insignificant he was compared to her.

SEES placed their hopes and wishes onto him, their dream of a brighter more peaceful future.

They betted everything on the Fool, hoping whatever power he inherited from Death and his Wildcard abilities to create that tomorrow.

He didn't care what it takes, he didn't care what sins he must commit to bring that beautiful dream into reality.

"Power please grant me more power… I'll be willing to pay whatever price." Minato whispered barely audible. "I don't care what it takes."

He brought out his evoker and placed the cool metal on his temple.

Orpheus and Thanatos sprang into existence, meshing and fusing together to create an even greater being.

The powers of Death and his own unique power forged a new existence far beyond anything he wielded before.

A flash of brilliant golden light blinded everyone, and wisps of energy began to die down and fade.

The being revealed was white as marble and contained 4 arms. 2 of those arms were clasped together like a belt while the other one was free and contained the beautiful coffin lids with angel like designs it inherited from the death god.

The body itself was strapped onto a obelisk pillar like object. its whole being seemed to radiate hope and courage to all around it. The pristine white cloaked in a golden aura evoked a feeling like a god descended to the plane of mortals, feeling of faith and near worship was what was going through SEES.

With this new power Minato was standing effortlessly against the gravity wave, shocking SEES.

"Minato san?" Aigis asked He tilted his head to look at her but turned back to stare the force of nature down.

A few second later He and his new persona Messiah started to float towards the celestial body.
He felt incredible with the power of the world flowing in his body, like he rested for a hundred years.

He let go of his Evoker, dropping right next to Aigis.

"What?" The boxer said before his capped teammate interrupted.

"What is this!?" Junpei screamed.

"Come back here!" Yukari shouted.

"Wait!" Fuuka shouted as well.

"What are you thinking!" Mitsuru joined in.

"Arisato san!" Ken continued.

"Arf!" koromaru barked.

"Don't go!" Aigis screamed as he got closer and closer to the force of nature herself.

Even now they cared for his well-being despite the world and its people on the line, even more reason to succeed. "Please live on." He thought.

After reaching into the dark seas of the cosmos, Messiah broke down into light and entered his body creating a spherical golden barrier protecting him.

Minato sooned reached Nyx and landed on the black ground, no not black just unseen.
The only light of this realm was Nyx and himself.

It was beautiful, Nyx looked like an egg-like oval spheroid, with a distorted crimson core and clear tendril like wings.

Just going up against it felt hopeless, but he can't give up. If the world has no hope than it will be his power that will shield them until then.

His eyes widened as Nyx started charging a dark deathly red attack. It was powerful beyond compare to anything he faced before, even the Pixie's of Elizabeth paled in comparison.

Minato steeled himself but was still afraid, Nyx launched the sphere of overwhelming strength quickly and landed on the Fool head on.

He dropped to his knees while holding back a scream, it was devastating and brutal.

He slowly dropped to his knees and grunted, this power was still not enough... He wasn't enough.

His vision slowly faded and he found himself in the Velvet room.

"There's no need to worry." Igor the proprietor of the Velvet room said calmly. "This isn't the afterlife; you are still alive."

Minato let out a shaky breath of relief.

"Each power by itself is quite miniscule, but their all without a doubt directed towards you." "Have they reached you I wonder?" Igor finished.

The fool nodded. "...Yes, yes they have."
"I never dreamed of seeing that card with my own eyes." Igor said in awe. "Behold, this is the last power for both myself and for you to unveil."

"It is the power to bring about a new beginning or the absolute end, with this new-found power it may be possible for you to defeat the one that can't be defeated."

Minato nodded. "…This is the end, isn't it?"

"Yes, if harboring Death was your fate then acquiring the power of the Wildcard is also your fate; you must accept your own fate now."

He simply nodded again. There was no need for words, just action would suffice.

He was brought back into reality and was rewarded with another blast. It was still brutal to endure but he must continue.

"Even if you're all alone, you're not lonely by any means, can you hear their voices?" Elizabeth's voice went through his mind.

" ! Don't let it end like this ok?" Ken said placing his power into him.

"I won't… I absolutely won't." The Fool thought.

"Arisato! no matter what happens, you and the rest of us are one!" The boxer stated.

After feeling another rush of power Minato responded mentally to his heartfelt words. "…Thanks."

Upon that a new blast of deathly energy was launched at the wildcard.

He brought one of his hands to shield his own face, lessening the damage somewhat.

"Please give Arisato our strength, the strength to stand against the Fall!" Mitsuru yelled even prepared to give her life.

"Thanks but I've no intentions of taking that." Minato thought. Only he needs to be sacrificed.

"If you don't come back, I won't forgive you!" Yukari screamed.

…Even now you're not honest to yourself huh Yukari?

Minato walked a few steps forward with a few labored breaths.

"Please, give him our strength, Our hopes to Arisato kun." Fuuka pleaded with her hands clasped against each other.

"Leave the rest to me." He muttered

"Don't be the only one looking cool! I'm coming up right now, so hold up." Junpei shouted

"You're already helping brother." Minato said as he took another blast, after some spit escaped his mouth he finally let out a slight smile.

"Alright let's do this." Shinjiro's voice came out of nowhere.

"Let's"
Minato genuinely regretted not getting to know him better.

He looked up seeing Nyx charging up another attack, he wasn't worried though.

"Arf!" Koromaru barked. He didn't need Aigis this time to understand him this time.

"You remember our promise, right?" Aigis asked. "Promise me, promise you'll comeback." She pleaded.

"I'll try."

The blast engulfed him head to toe but this time he blocked it and raised his index finger to the heavens. And everything faded into blue light that outshines the limits known as humanity.


And everything whited out. Minato woke up clutching his heart in pain.

It's already been a year since he woken up in this strange and unique world but the phantom pains of ripping his soul out of his body to perform the impossible miracle refused to go away.

He often thought of the promise that never gotten fully fulfilled, he spent his final moments with Aigis and even managed to hear the voices of his comrades but that's all. He wished that he could've seen their faces one last time.

To be honest even lasting over a month was already a miracle, through sheer force of will he managed to temporarily push back death's embrace.

He slowly got up from his comfortable bed and walked towards the bathroom.

It's another day and he intends to make the most of his time.

After brushing his teeth and taking a shower, Minato picked out his clothes.

He wore a black long coat that reaches his knees with silver lining and red straps. He also wore a dark gray shirt underneath with speaker designs on them but otherwise rather simple. His pants were regular black dress pants with a gold skull belt, and white boots that reached his calves.

He had a chain necklace with his velvet key around his neck and a chain attached to his pants that's Reminiscent of his best friend Junpei.

Placing a white and gold coat over his black one but only buttoning one button, wearing it like a Japanese haori, reaching for his music player with a strap and tattered red scarf, his outfit was now complete.

Listening to the music inside his music player is one of Minato's favorite thing to do, it makes even relatively mundane tasks rather engaging.

He often wondered if he had the right to live this new life, Elizabeth his former attendant took his place in the seal just for someone like him. Was he truly worth it to endure such pain and suffering.

He was more than willing to stay the rest of his existence in the seal to protect the ones precious to him, but at the same time he was also relived to live a mundane peaceful life he and SEES had imagined.

He supposed the same reason he sacrificed himself is also in Elizabeth as well.

Finally, he reached the little café he been a regular for a while now.

Originally he only came here for the cheaper but much higher quality food and drinks but his new friend was the reason why he kept coming back.


Minato enter the same cafe from yesterday, even the same blonde waitress showed him to the window seat.

"The same as yesterday, only this time triple the amounts of cookies." He ordered his foods.

The waitress raised her eyebrows slightly "Don't you get tired from eating the same food again?"

Her question is answered with a shrug "They're great, what's there to hate?"

She begins to write down the orders "You shouldn't eat too much of those you know? It's not healthy."

Another shrug comes from his shoulder "I have a rather fast metabolism, it's a gift or a curse to my wallet."

"Still, you shouldn't risk it." Her words gain a teasing smirk from him.

"Aww, are you that worried for me, are you? Don't worry, I'm still single." He flashes a smile that would make any girl fell for him.

The waitress seems to be slightly taken aback "Whatever." She quickly walks away with a huff, but the slight red spot on her cheeks says otherwise.

A few moments later, she comes back with a tray filled with the same delicacy from yesterday. The only exception are the cookies, the chocolate treat created a small mountain on the plate.

The waitress put down the plates clumsily while looking away, she almost spills his coffee and drop his cake. It was then that her costumer realized her cheeks are still red.

"Hey, I'm sorry for the teasing. I shouldn't have done that." He apologized.

She turned to him a bit hesitantly "I-It's okay, just don't do that again."

He gives a genuine smile this time "Thanks, I'm Minato Arisato. I'll be a regular here, so you better get used to me." He offered his hand.

She took his hand with a small smile of her own "Vermillion Crim, it's nice to meet you."

He could see why she was named that, her eyes are a beautiful shade of red as are her lips.

*CRACK*

I am thou, and thou art I

Thou hast established a new bond

Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create a Persona of the Temperance Arcana.


"Still ordering the same thing Minato?" Vermillion asked despite knowing his answer.

"I'm a creature of habit Ver." Minato replied with a slight smile. He took a seat near the window, his spot.

The owner always reserves that spot for him due to the vast amount of food he always orders, everything was 25 percent off for him too.

After eating his meal, he paid and left a fat tip for the workers.

His hand was already pulling on the door but Vermillion called out to him.

He tilted his head towards her.

"Yes." Minato said softly. This was rather unusual for the girl.

"Can… you come back here tomorrow?" She said hesitantly. "I think I found my purpose in life."

That sound like something important. He nodded. "Of course." "Thanks."

*CRACK*

I am thou, and thou art I

Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create a Persona of the Temperance Arcana.

The career seeking waitress social link has reached level 8.

Your power to create personas of the temperance arcana has grown.

Upon that he left the café.

upon reading some reviews and rereading my fic I decided It's not up to par to my own liking.
Minato is a bit OOC, but I suppose reading some fics has distorted my view of canon Minato. Fallen messiah, Remix, and blood lust are excellent fics that will probably always be better than what I write but I can try.
You can thank Telos Arisato for writing the social link event and for those who wants to see the previous link rank up rest assured youll see it in flash backs and dreams. leave your ideas for the progression. I will no longer do daily uploads but I'll try weekly. thnx