Persona 3: Last Journey of The Wild Card

By: ShadoeOfYou

Disclaimer:

I don't own Persona 3, it's owned by Atlus...

Introduction:

Death never awaits…

It delivers all equality to the same end…

You who wish to safeguard the future…

However limited it may be…

You will be given one year…

Go forth without falter…

With your heart as your guide…

Died during her last journey, she's given a last chance to do her mission. But with the same but different people and her position was now passed on to a guy named Makoto, a guy directly opposite of her…Will she finally have her own peace and freedom? Or will it happen again?

December 14, 2009

"Be careful, I sense Death!"

That sentence made their hearts pound. The sound of the chains resounded throughout the floor. As their breaths are now one, they all ran to the nearest pile of stairs, their supporter telling them to quickly run. As they all ran in sync, the leader suddenly stops as he looked at the entity as he tried to take a step forward and to no avail, he did. The brunette of the group tried to stop him by grabbing the end of his sleeves but unfortunately, it didn't stopped him. As she tried again to stop him, he quickly evaded her as she screamed his name but he didn't pay any attention to her. Facing the huge entity in front of him, he slowly lowered his hand to the holster of his gun as he grabbed and pointed the gun to his forehead, his breath being hitched, heart beating fast and his hands shaking like hell. He slowly clicked the lever.

Bang!

The sound of shattered glass was heard. He has a dark, meaningful, menacing smile plastered on his face, slowly adapting to the atmosphere. As he looked at the entity, a white humanoid appeared on top of him, floating with its stoic appearance. It has a cross behind it, chains connected to its wrists, 12 coffins connected at the end. It looks like him but it has red eyes except dark blue. He looked at the humanoid and he slowly pointed at the entity, as he cautiously held his one-handed sword and started to attack the entity. He looked again at the humanoid as he started to command it on his own.

"Messiah, Megidolaon!"

That word made the humanoid raise its right hand and three purple orb of powerful almighty energy slowly rotated and fused as its being pointed to the entity. Some seconds passed as a loud sound of explosion was being heard throughout the floor, even the ones above, and large, black smoke covering the area. As the team called out to their leader, they all nodded at each other and fought the entity, each one of them focusing on fighting different parts of the entity.

"Artemesia, Bufudyne!" "Caesar, Ziodyne!" "Isis, Garudyne!" "Trismegistus, Agidyne!" "Kala-Nemi, Ziodyne!" "Athena, God's Hand!"

Each one of them shouted their own with their strongest element attack. A large, black smoke was filled throughout the room again. As they looked at the entity, they slowly stood up, recovering from exhaust, as they went near to their leader as he pointed the gun again to his forehead.

"Shiva, Salvation."

As he said those words, purple light enveloped his teammates, currently healing them as they thanked him and they're being returned by a slight curt nod from him. They all looked at the entity as it was forcefully brought down. They nodded at each other as they let out their own battle cry but it was being interrupted by the entity as a bright light appeared in front of it. They all covered their eyes as some seconds passed, a shadow of a human—specifically a girl's, appeared in front of them. As it slowly being visible their eyes. Red eyes, brown hair, uniform similar to theirs, six pins showing XXII, their own armband, a sharp spear—no, a naginata, a gun holster with the signature silver gun with engraved S.E.E.S. on it: that's all the girl has with her. They all looked at her wide-eye as the leader was being the first on to recover; he eyed the girl with suspicious eyes as she looked at them with tear-filled eyes but with fear and sadness in it. They just looked at her like she's a weird alien. Finally, she talked.

"Mitsuru, Junpei, Yukari, Akihiko, Ken, Aigis…I…I…"

That's all she said as dark spots invade her sense of sight and her consciousness slowly faded away, only receiving a loud yelp from the team. The leader looked at his teammates suspiciously as they finally returned to the ground floor, with their supporter's help and it's there. As he sought a shining, blue door standing on a corner of the floor, he went in front of it as he entered the room, specifically, his mind entered the door, leaving his physical body outside and motionless.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room…"

That creepy voice sends chills down to his spine as he looked at the sitting man in front of him with its big, bloodshot eyes, smiling creepily, and its hands supporting its chin, greeted him and he returned it with a nod as he looked at the man's assistant. She has silver bob hair, golden eyes, currently wearing her royal blue stewardess outfit, and she's currently holding a small book with her gloved hands his compendium, where he stores his summons. He went to her as he looked at the request she had for him. As he pointed at the Request #61, she nodded at him as a check mysteriously appeared before the number as he handed her a blood-stained, black button as she stared at him incredibly, being impressed to him. He grinned at her as she grabbed her wallet from her pocket and surprisingly, she handed him money—not just money but 5 million yen.

'Defeat the Reaper.'

That's what the request said as he also checked Request #21 and just like before, a check mysteriously appeared before the number as she started to explain the rules to him.

"Ahh…Defeat the Ultimate Opponent alone…This request is a peculiar one, indeed. Defeating it might be easy with teammates but alone…might you have a death wish for yourself. But don't worry; the reward is a rare one, indeed. The ompinent orb…an accessory that nullifies any attacks, of course, except almighty."

As she explained it, he twitched slightly at what she said and just returned to the thing that he wanted to say to her. As he said that, she has an amused expression on her face, making him confused at his actions. Unfortunately, the master of the room heard it as he looked at the two persons beside him.

"Hmm? A girl with red eyes and brown hair, huh? It must be another guest from another dimension, except for Elizabeth, that girl must have her journey on-going but she died and finally got here to complete her mission. She must have Theodore as her assistant."

Those words registered to the young man's mind as he looked at them, confusion completely written in his face.

"Theodore? Who's that? And what do you mean by 'except Elizabeth' huh, old man? And what do you mean by another dimension?"

He said those words with a confused demeanor written all over his face as he just let Elizabeth explain it, much to his joy.

"It means that, the girl that you're talking about is one of our guests in another dimension, but, except for me, my brother, Theodore is her assistant and she might have experienced what you have but she died while fighting or maybe for another reason…But I can't talk about the another dimension, it's against the rules of the Velvet Room…"

His questions continuously bombed his mind as he felt his spirit being sucked out of his room, currently signifying that he must return to the original world. He bid a goodbye to the old man and his assistant as he finally returned to his physical body. He went to his team who's currently healing the girl due to exhaustion and he helped them with that. He gets one of his Balm of Life as he placed it in her mouth as it dissolved and finally, she opened her eyes.

"H-huh? What was…I? Tartarus? …Where am I? And…you?"

His eyes widened at her fast questions as she just stared at him and he too, stared at her, each other staring at their own souls as they finally returned to reality by the boy's teammates as she slowly recovered by herself by slightly turning away as she felt her face burning up. He just stared at her amusingly as she looked at them with hopeful eyes but completely replaced by sad eyes as tears started to invade her eyes as the other team members tried to stop her from crying but to no avail, they can't, just by looking at them, her eyes are tearing more than ever. But as he just looked at her, his body automatically move at itself as he found himself hugging her as she started to calm herself down until she realized that she already returned the hug. Her eyes drying up and she finally smiled a bit, making him felt a weight removed from his shoulders, much to his surprise, and over the side, Yukari Takeba is glaring at the girl, making her quite uncomfortable near her so she suggested that she should be near Ken Amada.

"The Dark Hour is ending, we should go back now."

As they all, with the girl, returned to the dorms, the lights immediately activated and the coffins—which is the humans who are inactive during the Dark Hour, disappeared and the sleeping humans suddenly awakened, believer or not. There's a pandemic rumor about a cult that humans with receive salvation by someone named NYX. When they went inside, trying to talk to the girl, they all sat on the couch inside the Main Lobby and they signed at a sheet of paper.

"Now…speak."

Twitching slightly, the girl looked at Mitsuru, who's currently crossing her both arms and legs and with a serious expression on her face, one thing remains in the girl's mind: she's intimidating.

"Uhm…about what…?"

The girl said with now a confused face as she looked the watch at her wrist but it's not a normal watch—it's the old watch of Shinjiro, Akihiko, a team member, old and best friend. Akihiko's eyes suddenly widened when he saw the watch and immediately grabbed her wrist, which she suddenly flinched in hurt as Akihiko's calm face is now serious with a tinge of anger.

"Where did you get that?"

"H-hey…it hurts, you know…"

The team members tried to calm Akihiko but to no avail, he hardened his grip to the girl as her body shook up until her skin suddenly become pale, her eyes becoming more bloody red as ever, hair having a shade of black, as her shadow suddenly disappeared. Akihiko and the other's eyes widened as they all looked at the ghostly girl in front of them with shock written all over their faces. Makoto suddenly removed Akihiko's hand to her wrists as he just placed the girl beside him, holding to her shoulders gently. His warm hands made her calm down as she suddenly cried, much to everyone's surprise. They, again, tried to calm her down and Makoto did what he did before but it seems that she can't stop crying and suddenly, he tightened his hug to the girl as her stomach suddenly felt weird, like it's doing topsy-turvy. She finally calmed again as her mouth opened but no voice came and she tried again and to her joy, she spoke.

"My name…is Minako Yuki. I'm 17 years old. I'm currently studying at Gekkoukan High. The reason why I am in that tower is that…I don't know. I'm currently in a white room until suddenly, a black light enveloped inside me and…there I was…in that treacherous tower, Tartarus, wasn't it? Then the reason why I know your names is that…a SECRET."

Suddenly, her calm and pale face suddenly becomes dark and mysterious. Happiness with a sort of…anger and longing. She looks like a doll. Her pale skin and red eyes matches that, and also, she looks kind of easily manipulated but it seems hard to do it, which is the kind of person she is. They all suspiciously looked at her as Makoto suddenly had a question in his mind.

"You called all of their names except me. How come? Did you not know me?"

With that, Minako suddenly looked soft but tough. She looked at him for a while and to their surprise, she smiled—a real smile.

"I don't know. Maybe…I didn't meet you before but since I've known them, I'm quite uncomfortable with them and I'm quite of nervous with them, of course, except for you. But I don't know why it is."

Now, she's back to her old self and now cheerful but still quite nervous to the team, especially to Yukari and Akihiko. They led her to her room inside the dorm, since she doesn't have a permanent home to stay.

"Well, you might want to use the other room at the third floor. It's at the last door at the end of the hallway. You can temporarily stay there until you finally remember your memories…" Mitsuru said as Minako only sigh in exhaust as she nodded at her and went upstairs to her room. There, due to exhaustion, she finally landed on her pink bed as she felt darkness invade her eyesight and she finally fell asleep…

This is going to be an interesting adventure…

Another version of my story, Where Fallen Angels Don't Belong. This time, Hamuko's name is Minako and she's not a fallen angel. Add the fact that this story is NOT an one-shot. The next chapter will be posted until further notice…

A strawberry shortcake for all of you!