Minako pov:
As I lay here in aigis lap. Sleep soon to take me forever. I try my best to tell aigis not to cry. For she knows what is to happen with me. The other members do not remember anything about the fighting or the dark hour. Their lives can now be normal. Ryoji said we would come back someday. I hope it is soon for I will miss everyone.
We then hear steps running up here calling out my name. It sounded like akihiko but I wasn't sure till I saw him open the door coughing and wheezing. It seems everyone remembers now. It makes me happy that at least before I sleep they will remember me. "Minako! Are you alright?" akihiko asks after catching his breath. I nod my head giving him a smile.
"Thank god" he said giving a sighed with relief and gave me a smile. His smiles were always cute. He only smiled only for me and no other girl. It makes me happy I get to see it one last time. It hurts just knowing that none of them know I will be gone once I close my eyes. I can't bear to even think about it.
Akihiko comes towards me and embraces me in a tight hug. Aigis stands up and lets akihiko take her place. Laying me back down. "I couldn't find you and...I thought that you might have gone off somewhere." he said holding my hand. I give him a smile and squeeze of his hand. "I remember now...everything that happened. The fighting, Tartarus, all of it." he kept saying caressing my cheek with the other hand.
"And how I fell in love with you." akihiko said with a blush. I giggled at him as I stare at his eyes. He takes my hand and places it on his cheek squeezing it. "I'm sorry I forgot it all" I just gave him a smile and a nod saying meaning that I forgave him. We then hear footsteps rushing up the stairs towards the rooftop ; with familiar voices drawing near.
"But everyone remembers now." akihiko said with a smile taking my hand off his cheek. He was still shy after all this time to show affection in front of everyone with me. With the bright sunlight and warmth of my lover's arms I'm now getting sleepier. My eyelids feel almost heavy. I don't want to go yet. I can't cry...not without them knowing...I know that once I close them Fuuka will know...I can't bear to watch them cry.
I slowly start to close my eyes. The last image I see is akihiko staring back at me with loving eyes. "And starting now...we'll never be apart." was the last thing I heard from akihiko.
Akihiko pov:
I was hoping minako heard the last bit I said before she fell asleep. She must have been tired after the fighting. How could I forget all of it? Doesn't matter now I remember and she's here in my arms. Safe and protected. I caress her face one more time before everyone started arriving sweated and coughing.
After a few minutes they all caught their breath and had smiles in their faces. "How stupid of us to remember all that has happened. Our dear leader must have been sad for us to forget. But now that we remember our promise the gangs all here again." mitsuru said with a smile. "She was the one that brought us all closer to each other no matter how tough the situation was she encouraged us never to give up." yukari said.
"I gotta admit I'm gonna miss being the hero and fighting shadows but hey at least I get to sleep more now." junpei says with a big smile. "Urgh stupei!" yukari said with a disgust face. Fuuka laughs but then shows a panic look and stares at minako.
All of us look at her with confused and worried faces. Is it really not over yet? Are the shadows now coming out in the day? Why does Fuuka have that face? "I...I can't sense her anymore." Fuuka says.
"What do you mean Fuuka? Who can't you sense no more?" yukari says looking at her. She looked at me then at everyone else. "Minako...I can still sense all of you but not her. Her personas have vanished...she's dead." Fuuka said with a trembling voice.
"Woah that can't be she's right here! Sleeping!" I said getting a bit angry but worried. "Try it again!" I said.
"I have akihiko-sempai! But no matter how hard I try I can't sense her no more! She may be there in your arms sleeping...but she will never wake up." Fuuka said tears now running down her eyes.
"No not again! Not like yesterday! Dammit!" junpei said punching the wall. "We all knew yesterday our lives were on the line...I didn't know that once everything returned to normal...this could happen." mitsuru said looking at the ground with sad eyes.
"Minako! Minako listen to me! Hey! Wake up!" yukari said coming closer to minako but I push her away not letting her not touch minako. "This cannot be happening. This can't! I remembered everything that happened. She was alright. Healthy as ever yesterday. Why didn't I see this coming! Why!" I said pulling minako up with her head on my shoulder.
"Wake up minako! Wake up! Not again please! Not again!" I said shaking her but she would not wake. First my sister and now my true love. I just told her we would never apart. Why didn't she tell any of us this would happen! Tears were now coming out of my eyes as I keep shaking her but nothing happens. I start to get angry and I lay her down now punching the wall junpei punched to no end.
"you've gotta be kidding me..." junpei says looking at minako. "Akihiko...stop" mitsuru said placing a hand on my shoulder. I push her off and stare at her with angry eyes. "Why didn't she tell us this would happen! All of us would of tried to figure something out so this wouldn't have happened!" I yelled at her.
Aigis was the only one that hadn't talked. She was also the only one here before I got here with minako. She must know something. "You knew didn't you aigis?" I asked. Aigis said nothing only stared at me with sad eyes. "I...I did...I remembered before anyone else did and came to her side that I was duty for. She told me not the cry. For we will all see each other again someday and that she wishes no one will be sad or hurt to see her gone. For she knows that someday she will come back to see you all again." aigis said with a smile.
Her smiling made my heart hurt more than it already was; but her words were something minako would have said.
None of us said anything more. We dried our tears and went back to the dorm hoping that fuuka was lying and just that she must be tired from using all her power. The next day to the hospital with me carrying her. The doctors found nothing wrong with her. A month later on February 2nd at 1:30pm we had her funeral. I hated this. I hated everything that happened. If only I had known. I know she would want me to be happy. Heck maybe even find someone else but I will never find anyone else until that day she comes back into my arms.
The next our dorm was closing down. I didn't want to go back...not see her room. Not see my room. I heard yukari wasn't going either so I wasn't the only one. I was the gym training. I'm always the last one out of there. It would soon be midnight...midnight...the great memories of it. The dark hour; The training. Seeing her smiling and just before a powerful attack would get it I push her out of the way taking the hit for her.
After we left Tartarus she would worry sick about me but then get mad that I would take the hit for her that the attack wouldn't hurt her so badly. We didn't argue about it for she knew that no matter what I would protect her and give her piggyback rides if she ever got injured. I could tell ken was having a bit of a crush on her but that was only because of her kindness.
When mitsuru contacted me again about the moving and one look one last time. I rejected the offer and went back my new apartment. It wasn't big but it got me by. Now all that I was waiting for is that magic degree in the mail saying I'm in college. Before I went to sleep I always had a picture of minako and me together by my bed. Don't get me wrong I have the other members picture together beside it but I always said my good nights to her.
It's now been 5 years...and I still wait for her. I've been on group dates with my friends at work. The women are pretty but they want me for looks or money since I'm a top police person. I have the boxing championship to show I'm tough to take people down and I'm smart thanks to S.E.E.S. I talk to everyone once in a while. Mitsuru is always busy do I haven't seen her since. Minako...please come back to me.