Hesitation

~BlacNight

Hey, so here's another one-shot.

I was just playing P3P when this came to mind as a shadow casted fear on Yuka-tan.

This was a little rushed, so sorry if it isn't all that great. I really just wanted to get this story out of my mind, is all.

Anyways, enjoy~!


"There are two shadows detected! They seem to be weak to Garu skills!"

She puts the evoker to her head and her finger on the trigger.

She hesitates.

She has to. She has to pull the trigger. She can't back down now. She can't give in to her fear. Not when they're lives were hanging on the line.

"Takeba! Hey!"

She could hear her senpai calling her somewhere in the distance. She hears a call of "God's Hand!" Probably Minato.

Her eyes glaze over, as they start to become more and more unfocused, as a blur of color and motion go on in front of her.

She can feel it. She can feel her persona calling out to her. Calling out to be used. To come to her aid. Her evoker is resting at her forehead, finger grazing the trigger. But wait. Isn't the evoker gun shaped? So then, wouldn't she be pointing a gun to her head, technically? So then, isn't she about to shoot herself?

"I-I..."

"Yukari-chan! Please, snap out of it!"

Was that Fuuka?

She doesn't care. All she knows is that she's holding a gun to her head, and is about to pull the trigger. No, it isn't a gun. It doesn't have bullets. It's empty. She tells herself that over and over again. It's empty. It won't kill me. There's no need for me to be afraid. There's no reason for me to be so weak.

"Arrg!"

"Arisato!"

"N-no, Akihiko-senpai, don't heal me now..."

"...If you say so. Ziodyne!"

She hears something disintegrating into nothing, as someone yells out, "Hey, Yuka-tan! now would be a good time to snap outta it!"

"Only one enemy left!"

It's consuming her. Eating at her very will to keep going. What's the point? She beings to wonder. She remembers her father, how he died. What he died for. She remembers her mother. How weak she's become. No, she tells herself. No. She'll never be as weak as her. Ever. Her eyes begin to focus. I've gotta help them, she thinks. She looks toward her enemy.

"I won't lose!"

Bang.