Minato Arisato was confused, waking up in an unknown place would do that to a person. He had a promise to fulfill and it is the only wish and desire left in his heart.
SEES were his comrades, not just simply his friends nor family. They were the biggest and most influential reason for him to become the existence he is right now, before them Minato did absolutely nothing the 10 years he had being an orphan. He at the time felt nothing besides the almost agonizing pain of alienation due to his unique perception of the world and his inability to understand it's people.
Minato groggily got off the ground and rose to his feet. He was wearing his old Gekkoukan high school uniform, his music player which had a strap that can be worn around his neck like an accessory or necklace accompanied with the clip-on headphones Fuuka made for him on that… "special" night he maxed out her social link. They were amazing, from the sound quality and the way it fitted on him. It made him getting food poisoning from eating her unholy abominations she called food an easy enough to accept and look over.
He also still had his engineer boots which were now a deep matt black stained by the ichor of countless shadows he had slain. Minato tried washing them clean but it always stayed black, not that he minded too much darker colors suited him better after all.
The white holster/belt and the Evoker were still on him as well. The weight of the gun shapped object and the sensation of cool metal on his skin brought a certain feeling of comfort and satisfaction, how could it not? it represented his greatest and only power and his membership as part of SEES.
While he was quite certain that he no longer needed such a device to summon personas any more since Yu Narukami spent more than a few hours in our breaks after traversing the labyrinths explaining how his card crush summoning worked,but the blue haired savior was unwilling to throw it away because of sentimental reasons.
He started walking despite the fact he didn't have a clue where he was going. Japan certainly didn't have such woods. Minato was almost tempted to call it a forest but the trees weren't that tall or abundant. It's a good thing that he could store items in his sea of souls because it was getting rather dark and the reborn wildcard might need to stay the night here. The rations he has in the sea could last him for months due to his little habit of being a hoarder.
Every single item he ever bought or found in Tartarus the tower of demise that reaches out to Nyx was in here minus what he sold for that yen of course.
Elizabeth certainly loved taking his hard earned yen away but in a way, it kind of made sense, all power has a price but at the beginning he simply didn't care enough to question about. He now felt that it was a little unfair because he was essentially paying for a part of his soul and he was certain that Elizabeth had no use for the money besides to appease "Fountain spirit." He could remember very vividly the days he spent with nothing to eat because he wanted a strong persona like Odin or Surt.
Eventually Minato walked out of the woods and found a city. That was fortunate news but he wasn't sure if he had the right currency to use. While the bluenette wouldn't starve for a good while, he still needed a place to stay. Most of the stores were using English as a language for their names and signs. That pretty much confirmed that he wasn't in Japan anymore, maybe England or America perhaps?
The way the buildings were made of didn't seem that modern, they looked almost medieval-like in design. He only knew that much from all the games and movies Junpei made him play and watch when they hung out. Yukari gave him a lot of shit for playing those games but they made Minato learn many things as he immersed himself in the world the games were placed in. That Innocent Sin game also got him an easy social link when he wasn't studying or talking to Akinari. Who also happened to be his English teacher but that's the end of that trail of thought.
Aside from Innocent Sin Minato also played Eternal Punishment, Nocturne, Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2, Etrian Odyssey, Trauma Center, Mind Zero, Devil May Cry 3, Soul Hackers, Raidou Kuzunoha, and Demikids.
A car beeped at him as he was about to cross a road bringing him out of his thoughts. Even though the buildings looked old styled the cars seems very modern.
It was almost difficult to wrap his mind around it if not for the fact that he lived through the Dark hour.
He loved that time as strange as bright neon green tint everything had and the red sky and blood oozing out of the corners was. It felt like home to him, he lived in that time truly lived. SEES found it disgusting and revolting existence with the few exceptions like Akihiko who viewed it as an extra training hour, Junpei who thought of it as an adventure for true men and heroes… until the encounter with the Reversed Arcana priestess on the monorail, and that backstabbing son of a bitch Ikutsuki.
He never in his life truly hated a person to this extent before, well besides Takaya of Strega. At the very least Takaya had the strength of will and power to fight for his cause as flawed as it is. He was a strong opponent, Asides from the Clockwork god Chronos, The Reaper, The Velvet room denizens and Nyx Avatar he was the strongest human opponent Minato has ever faced.
After walking a great distance from reliving his reflections of that short but meaningful year, Minato found himself in front of a store named "From Dust Till Dawn" and opened the door and walked in. It was strange to say the least, it sold bags of strange crystals and has tubes with nozzles containing weird powders. He sincerely hoped that they weren't the less than respectable and illegal drugs. Minato doesn't think any country would sell those legally after all. But however there was a young teenaged girl probably a year or two at the most younger than him inside the store as well so he didn't think it was too shady. A sudden thought went through his mind "Oh god don't tell me that girl is a hardcore addict!"
She wore a black dress and boots with a belt with bullet like accessories and a red hood. She also has headphones blasting music on her. "Huh maybe she's my type of girl." Minato thought accompanied with less than pure thoughts. He quickly banished them from his mind, Ryoji has probably rubbed off on him or perhaps after he returned to his true nature he gave back his human emotions Minato Arisato had been missing for a large portion of his life.
Speaking of the Inhuman, Elizabeth probably had something to do with the creation of this body. The last thing Minato could remember was dying on Aigis' lap and returning to the great seal. It was only speculation but only a powerful entity like her can bring him a savior that long since transcended humanity back to life and make him a vessel of flesh and blood. Igor and Nyx were both neutral entities so even if they could perform such a miracle they wouldn't, Death herself bringing her charge back to life is probably the joke of all eternity.
Philemon and Nyarlathotep don't have much of a presence in this reality after the whole "side" phenomenon. This couldn't be his original body since it was probably rotting six feet under right now or perhaps even cremated. he hoped it was cremated but it wouldn't be too bad if it was buried since SEES could still "talk" to him when they're feeling down.
Minato Arisato let out a humorless chuckle. "Worrying which one to pick is one for the living not the dead after all." Then again he's as of right now alive but as far as they're concerned He's dead. This is a strangely complex situation for the teen. As soon as that little thought left him Burn My Dread blared through his headphones almost immediately improving his mood. The universe must be blessing me or just a coincidence. "not that it matters", He said into his own head. As strange as it was Minato was playing this song in his mind while fighting Nyx, it was the biggest 'Fuck you!' song to death herself he could think of.
The quiet almost peaceful atmosphere of the store was broken when a well-dressed man wearing a somewhat fancy white coat lined with red, a gray scarf, black gloves and bowler hat. He gave off an aura of mischief and was accompanied with a bunch of armed henchmen. This guy is obviously up to no good but what could Minato do. His fighting style if you could even call it that is too savage and aggressive to fight humans and personas are too risky to use in front of people especially Armageddon. Minato could hold back but he fears he'll return to his old habits and violently eradicate any enemy in front of him if the fight dragged on long enough.
"Do you know how hard it is to a dust shop opened this late." the ginger haired man began." Dust?" Minato thought. "Perhaps that powdered substance is dust… if so this is probably a illegal drug store after all." All thoughts left him as one of the henchmen pulled out a gun and pointed it on the old shop keeper.
The old man panicked and placed his hands up in a universal surrendering position. "Just take my lien and leave." he stammered pathetically.
"Shhh just calm down, we're not here for your money old man." The ginger began. He tilted his head slightly and addressed his goons "Grab the dust." Almost immediately they took out their cases and brought up black cylindrical vials and connected them to the tubes' nozzles. As the vials were being filled a slight humming sound were being emitted from them.
Another man walked up to the old shop keeper and brought out a rather large case. "Crystals." he said in a no non-sense way. "Burn and uncut."
Fearful for his own life the shop keeper immediately complied. What stunned Minato was the goon who took out his sword which looks like a butcher knife katana hybrid and pointed to the red hood wearing girl.
"Alright hands up where I can see 'em!" he said rather threateningly. The girl was too absorbed into her magazine and loud admittedly rather nice music to pay any attention to the henchmen.
Realizing he was being ignored or rather his very presence was not even being acknowledged, he glared at her back and started walking towards her. At that point the wildcard started to follow him to at least make sure he doesn't hurt or kill her. Even though Minato was terrified of losing himself in his blood thirsty almost bestial tendencies, he was more worried that an innocent seemingly ordinary teen despite her odd clothes would get hurt because of his in actions.
"Hey I said hand in the air." The grunt half-shouted. In a less threatening situation Minato would've chuckled slightly at the way the man said it but not now.
"Hey you got a death wish or somethin?!" As he tapped the girl's shoulders with a bit more force than necessary.
"Huh?" the red cloaked girl turned around and seemed genuinely confused of the situation. "Yes?" The suit wearing goon pointed to his own head where the silver eyed girl's headphones are positioned.
"Is being mugged a common thing here?" Minato thought.
She doesn't even feel or looked threatened.
She took off her red headphones and the Henchmen replied "I said put your hands in the air, now!" In the same ridiculously hilarious accent.
"Are you… robbing me?" she gave him a cute questioning look.
"Ye…" he began but never got to finish. Minato at this point grabbed the man from behind and slammed him into the ground with enough force to knock the criminal out.
"Um…. Thank You?" the girl said but she still seemed rather confused.
"People are robbing this establishment and I would've felt bad if I didn't do anything." Minato replied in a rather bored tone. A tone one would use to say the weather.
Unfortunately, his take down of that goon got the attention of the other goons as they pointed their weapons at him and the girl. She sprinted and practically flew as she kicked the nearest grunt through a window.
"That was cool as fuck." Minato mouthed
The ginger man finally looked up and his head leaving the bright blood red crystal in his glove hand. "Okayyy?" He drawled out. "Get her."
All of his subordinates went through the broken window and the girl had unfolded her gigantic mechanical scythe.
Minato was starting to wonder if this is even his world now. That would have to wait until these wannabe criminals were dealt with. Minato sprinted through the window after he picked up the previous goon's sword and sheathed it next to his Evoker holster. He rushed in and delivered a devastating punch on one of them in the jaw instantly knocking him out. As the grunt slumped to the cold dirty pavement, half of what's left rushed at him with their own swords virtually identical to the one he stole… acquired from their unconscious comrades.
Minato brought Thanatos to the forefront of his mind and Siegfried as his Sub-persona. Their innate passive skill immediately filling him with their knowledge and mastership of any sword shaped weapon.
The first Henchmen swung his weapon in a unrefined swing at Minato's neck. Minato quickly and gracefully brought his right hand to the sheathe and drawn and attacked in one motion that only a slightly curved weapon can accomplish. With a hard a forceful deflection the grunt was knocked off balance and was kicked in the gut crashing into another Henchmen.
"Heat Riser." Minato intoned. He could feel the buff support skill increase every single physical attribute of his body. Minato launched himself like a cannon ball and was so fast that the grunts couldn't register that he was already behind them. Using the blunt side of his curved blade he smashed it into the back of the skull of the Henchmen with the assault rifle and slashed the two next to him on the back.
No blood came out from their wounds, not even a hint or drop of the crimson liquid. Luckily the one he hit on the back of his head wouldn't be waking up any time soon. The other two were on the verge of turning around but Minato Sparta kicked one into the fucking lamp post and used his sword to block the slash of the second minion. When their swords clashed a deep clink and clank sound was made like a crow bar hitting a fire hydrant.
With his significantly increased strength and speed Minato began to effortlessly push against his sword and push the owner of said sword closer and closer into the store wall. The last remaining grunt tried kicking Minato on his family jewels but lost balance since he was now on one leg and was still being pushed backwards. He tried to swing his sword at Minato's crotch but was disarmed by Minato. His sword flew away and almost nailed the cloak wearing girl on the head.
"Hey watch it!" as she glared and waved her scythe at him. That was a rather childish gesture but he did almost kill her so he supposed it was reasonable. Minato would apologize later but the red headed man was approaching them looking at his paid muscle in distaste.
"You were worth every cent, truly you were."
"Hey maybe you should've paid them more to motivate them for once." Minato Arisato joked making light of the situation. How could he the strongest persona user not, even with the strange defensive barrier around them they stood no chance in defeating him or that teen aged grim reaper girl.
"Well, well, well aren't you a funny jokester Blue?" Roman Torchwich began " While this was a rather eventful evening Red and I'd love to stick around but..." He paused using his cane to snuff out the embers of his cigar and pulled it upwards to point it at them. What was he doing?, it was almost as if he was aiming at them. "...This is where we part ways." Suddenly a sight came up from the bottom of the cane revealing a gun barrel and shot out something that was very similar to fireworks.
Minato at this point dual summoned Vishnu and Ananta from the sea of his soul.
"Infinity!" The sole new type wildcard of this world yelled. Instantly a silvery white hexagonal barrier covered him and the girl nullifying any damage they would've taken from the exploding projectile. She stared at the quickly vanishing shield with wide adoring eyes. "That was so awesome!"
Minato bit the urge to groan "Save it for later."
The man used the light from his shot to get behind them and was climbing some sort of ladder.
The shop keeper came out of the shot and the girl asked if she could go after him. Which the older man nodded and made a "Uh huh." noise which They both took as a go ahead.
Ruby ran to the ladder and actually used her scythe/rifle hybrid weapon to boost her up with the recoil.
Minato should really stop using logic of his previous world to apply in this one. He brought Seth the Egyptian god of chaos to the forefront of his mind and summoned him. Quickly getting on his back of the black-gray draconian god, it roared with hatred and flapped his wings lifting off from the ground like a jet.
Ruby Rose was just minding her own business and actually bought her dust and bullets like a normal person. She didn't want to go back home to her little wood cabin just yet. Ruby loved her older sister Yang but she teases her own weapon admiration just a little too much. She was not a weapon nut! In fact it's only natural to have hobbies. Anyways Ruby was reading her favorite Weapons magazine which had a few really cool concepts that she could later tinker with on her beloved Crescent Rose.
She could just imagine Yang's teasing voice in her head "You should try and make some friends Rubes."
"Baka Onee-chan why should I go out of my way and make friends when I have you and my precious baby?" Ruby Rose thought ,Yang was the coolest big sister ever and super, duper strong too! But Ruby has trouble understanding her and their dad's insistence on making friends. "It's not like she needs to work with someone to be super amazing and fight the big bad grim." Unknown to Ruby, that will eventually will happen like in a few episodes.
After reaching the top of the building where that evil man was on Ruby yelled "Hey stop!"
The man simply grumbled "Persistent." and a small Bull Head plane flew upwards with violent winds blowing everywhere, Ruby had to temporarily cover her eyes until she got used to the wind buffeting her face. Roman quickly jumped on and tossed the Burn dust crystal at Ruby's feet and shot at it with his cane called Melodic cudgel.
Suddenly Blue showed up riding a mysterious creature and summoned a flaming sword. His sword started drawing the flame and explosive energy feeding it and starting to glow brighter and more ominously.
Roman groaned "Seriously what the fuck is wrong with kids these days?"
He was lost in his thought until an older blonde woman wearing glasses and formal business attire with some sort of cape. The woman was also holding a riding crop in her hand which in Roman's opinion looked ridiculous but Professional hunters were to be wary of, and like all criminals he did not want to serve time behind bars. Roman called out to his bitch of a boss Cinder who was really sexy, bit on the younger side but still legal. A total shame she got power addiction and too controlling for his liking.
After a huge bombardment of dust crystals that came from that huntress' weapon of choice Roman took control of the Bull Head and Cinder came to settle the matter with the trio. Cinder used a bit of her fire manipulation and shot a small fire ball to test the waters if you so will.
The flames broke into multiple sparks spreading in random directions upon hitting the blonde woman's 'shield' which looks like a magic circle or family crest. The sparks were soon absorbed into the blue haired boy's sword as his summon disappeared into fragments of blue glass and he soon dropped down on to the same ground where that silver eyed girl and huntress was. Cinder was intrigued to say the least.
This was the first time she ever saw an inhuman vessel capable of not only resisting but absorbing the power of a seasonal maiden even if a portion. She suddenly fired off a much more powerful flame at the boy and his weapon absorbed it without fail. The huntress grew tired of their little game and started manipulating the dust all scattered during their bout and shot it towards the plane. Cinder used her powers and kept on blasting them away as they reformed under the other woman's commands.
"Your powers are nothing compared to what I have acquired." Cinder mocked silently. 3 rings of fire surrounded her and blown and vaporized any dust trying to bring her plane and Glynda Goodwitch and Ruby stopped wasting their ammunition and dust projectiles as the plane was now long gone.
Ruby looked at the woman and said "you're a huntress..." in a giddy voice and "...Can I have your autograph?" in the same ecstatic voice.
"Soooo… uh am I interrupting something?" Minato began. He faltered a bit when the blonde woman turned her head and glared at him.