Game: Persona 3

Title: Eternal War

Theme: Reset/NG+ gone out of control

"You have failed, Universe" Nyx spoke up for the first time since their battle began, "Once again, you cannot defeat me. How many journeys must you take before you understand that humanity will continue to wish for my return?"

Minato dragged himself off the floor of whatever the hell Nyx had created inside the center of the moon. Checking to make sure his left arm was attached to his body after the last barrage of attacks that should have killed him several times over, the blunet grabbed a Soma from his bag and chugged it in one go before giving his response.

"However many it takes, you damn bitch". Spitting out blood from his mouth, he adjusted his grip on Lucifer's Blade, his own blood dripping down the length of the glowing sword, before pointing it straight at the incarnation of the night herself, "However many times it takes for humanity to wake the fuck up and realize that wishing for your return is a massive waste of time. However many times it takes to convince Takaya to let go of his hatred of the Kirijo family. However many times it takes for Ken to realize that Shinjiro was killing himself with guilt over what he'd done. However many times it takes before I can properly forgive Aigis and the Kirijo's for their role in destroying my family. That's how many journeys I'm willing to go on to kick your ass off this damn moon for good".

There was silence for a moment before the entire room around Minato shuddered, a haunting noise slowly rolling out towards him; one that sounded suspiciously like laughter.

"And now, if you're done with your stupid, pitiful speech, I've got a husband to rejoin". Red lines forming a massive spider web-like structure flared before vanish entirely.

Impaling his legendary sword into the ground point first, the blunet let out a deep breath before collapsing onto the ground.

"Mi-… -ato! P-… -ond! MINATO-KUN!"

Fuuka's terrified and desperate voice flowed into his head; which was good, since he was fairly certain that his ears were barely functioning.

"Hey Fuuka-chan. What's up? You got a new creation of yours you want me to try?" Minato let out a half-assed laugh at the end of his comment.

"Please, Minato, this isn't the time for your jokes. What's going on up there? We're able to move again, but I'm sensing a large buildup of energy; even bigger than the Avatar".

Minato removed his Evoker from its holster on his hip and lazily spun it around on one finger, "That's because I'm not activating the reset again".

He thought back to all of his previous journeys, of his first journey. After discovering that Nyx bringing down absolute destruction upon Mankind was only the effect of Erebus' actions, reseting the world back to where he'd begun sounded like a good idea.

The first dozen or so resets had also sounded like a good idea.

But it didn't matter how many times he reset the world. Resets didn't change the existence of the Full Moon Arcana Shadows, of Pharos, or Ikutsuki, who'd already dug his talons too far into SEES to be exposed as the two-faced traitor he was.

After a hundred resets, Minato turned to unconventional means to change things. Refusing to summon a Persona at all to prevent Thanatos from awakening, murdering Ikutsuki, demolishing Tartarus with repeated Armageddon's until it was nothing more than a pile of rubble; none of his choices changed the outcome. Even keeping the Magician Shadow locked up in his mind didn't matter when Pharos left him and took the remaining fragment along with him.

After two hundred resets, he forgot his own moral compass as he manipulated his teammates to his will. Completing Social Links in record time, Minato forged his allies into super-soldiers; bringing them alongside him as they brought the fullest of their power against Nyx.

After seven hundred resets, the blunet forgot his teammates. No matter what he tried, no matter the formation, combination, or skill set, at least one of them would die against Nyx. Surrendering himself to apathy, he scared his friends away from him by exclusively using Thanatos against the Shadows. After physically ripping the Chariot and Justice Arcana Shadows to pieces, Mitsuru kicked him out of SEES. He made sure to kill every one of the remaining Full Moon Shadows, even if the Ice Queen attempted to impale him on multiple occasions afterwards.

Loosing track of how many times he reset after that, Minato isolated himself completely from the other members of SEES. After the second or so reset of refusing to speak at all, he simply ignored the Iwatodai Dormitory on May 6th and hid himself among the back alleys of Port Island. The punks left him alone after he sent a handful to the hospital after they asked for 'renter's fees'. Remembering to assassinate all of the Full Moon Shadows caused the two senior members of SEES to begin a manhunt for the blunet. In response, Minato lurked around the floors of Tartarus for a month straight. They finally left him alone when they found him curb-stomping the Reaper to death on one of the higher floors.

After that particular reset, Minato experienced something he hadn't in nearly seven hundred years: a dream. It was simple and quick, nothing more than a blue butterfly passing by him, but when the blunet snapped himself to attention on the train into Tatsumi Port Island afterwards, he made the startling discovery that he was no longer a he.

Adopting his female form nearly gave him whiplash with how jarring it was for his perspective to be shifted. The issues with Junpei weren't anything new, but he learned more about Akihiko than he ever knew prior. Hell, he even managed to keep Shinjiro alive even if it left him in a coma and the blunet (brunette?) in a very awkward situation.

However, it still didn't change the outcome of January 31st. Nyx still came in full force and yet another reset occurred in her wake.

After countless more resets, involving multiple sex changes, Minato came to the final conclusion that resets weren't enough to finally defeat Nyx.

And so, the blunet found his final solution. The obscurity of the plan was his hint that it had the highest chance of working. His suspicions were confirmed when presenting his plan to the Velvet Room ended with Igor canceling his services and Elizabeth breaking down in tears.

"Minato? What do you mean by 'res-"

"Hey Fuuka?" Minato grinned as the teal-haired girl stopped mid-question at his sudden lack of formality, "Do you remember what I said about facing your problems?"

"What does facing my problems head-on have t-. Wait, Minato. You're not thinking of fighting what's coming alone? No! No, get back down here and regroup with us! We can. We can think of another plan of attack! Staying there is suicide!"

He laughed as he got to his feet once more and slipped his Evoker back into its holster, darkness swirling around the room as a dark presence began to form, "That's the thing Fuuka, suicide isn't a new concept to me". Adjusting his energy to block out Fuuka's communications, Minato walked up to where Erebus was forming right alongside Nyx.

He only had one chance to get this right.

"Nyx, my dear, it has been far too long since we were last together. Humanity was not my first choice of a means to reach you".The massive, two headed manifestation of humanity's dread and willingness to die turned to stare at the blunet, "Now, what is this worthless scrap?"

Minato snickered at the insult, "Pretty big words coming from a giant, over-inflated balloon of worthless crap".

Nyx appeared next to her husband, "He is just a piece of garbage I missed while sweeping the house. Give me a moment to tidy up, and we'll get to wiping out humanity together".

Quickly yanking Lucifer's Blade free, the blunet stared straight down at her, "Bring it on, Nyx".

"Still feisty, Universe? True, you could have had a chance if you used another reset to fight me before my husband showed up, but you wasted your time talking when you could have been throwing everything you have at me. Unfortunately, the power of the Universe is not strong enough to overpower two Primordials at the same time". Summoning her power into a black ball, Nyx looked down at Minato, "I think I'll play with you a bit before slaughtering you and the rest of your kind".

Smiling cheerfully, he raised his free hand into the air, "I'll make you regret not killing me when you had the chance, Nyx".

Clenching his fist suddenly, power exploded outward as the Universe Arcana within Minato activated. Nyx and Erebus paused as they awaited the result of his action.

Without warning, a little over a thousand portals of blinding white light opened up; every single one of the blunet's previous selves walking out and standing next to him in the massive room housing two primordials.

"You said the power of a Universe wasn't enough to take on you and Erebus at the same time, Nyx" Minato spoke up as he looked over his past selves. The males varied the most as he'd been experimenting with different weaponry at the time; he was the only one wielding Lucifer's Blade. One wore the black overcoat that he'd used to disguise himself when acting on his own. The females were almost the exact same as being able to use a naginata seemed to strip away his usual flexibility in combat and he'd never had to run away from SEES.

"What happens when I've got over a thousand Universes working together?"

On cue, every blunet and brunette raised their left arm simultaneously as golden energy collected in a massive sphere overhead. Minato looked to his right, at someone he instantly recognized as his original self, and the two nodded to each other.

"W-What do you think you're doing!?" Nyx spoke with a slight shake in her voice, looking upon the scene with a growing sense of horror.

All 1,014 versions of Minato grinned and simultaneously spoke,

"KICKING YOUR ASSES OFF OUR GODDAMN MOON!"

Slowly opening his eyes, Minato shook off the feeling of raw, primal power surging through his veins as he looked around.

They were in a completely flat, open space. It was almost like a salt plain, except Minato knew he was no longer anywhere near a place where salt plains would exist.

"What have you done, human?" Erebus spoke first, staring him down with all four eyes.

Ignoring the two Primordials in front of him for the moment, the blunet drew Lucifer's Blade and gave it an experimental twirl. The once heavy blade now felt like a feather in his hands. Allowing an amused look to grace his face, Minato answered the monstrosity, "I just created a new universe entirely and dragged you two into it".

"Lies!" Nyx angrily responded, "The creation of new universes is impossible to even I! A stupid human could not accomplish such a feat!"

"But, with over a thousand humans with the power and will to individually match a Primordial, creating a new universe was pretty easy to be perfectly honest". Minato smiled as he continued, "You both are trapped within this universe with me. Completely cut off from humanity, you won't be causing the end of the world ever again".

"FOOL!" Minato snickered again at the comment as Erebus roared, "You have permanently sealed the three of us here. Do you have any idea what the consequences of your actions are?"

"Oh, I'm sure there's plenty of gods and goddesses out there that are bored enough that they wouldn't mind taking over your responsibilities for you. After all, you 'almighty' gods and goddesses just end up causing a fuck ton of trouble when you get too bored". Minato's smile vanished as he continued, "As for myself, I've already lived enough for ten men. I don't mind staying here and playing 'bitch-slap the primordial' for the rest of the eternity".

Nyx drew her crescent sword and pointed it at the blunet, who looked distinctly unimpressed by the jesture, "You damn human, you just trapped yourself here with two of the most powerful Primordials and you think you'll be able to fight us by yourself. You can't summon that army of your previous selves nor can you expect any help from your powerless friends".

Minato sighed as he closed his eyes; he had so much power now that he was slowly running out of ways to store it in his body. Opening back up his eyes, two glowing pools of silver greeted the two Primordials, "Those 'previous selves' I summoned I sent back to their own timelines to live the rest of their lives; they've helped me enough that they deserve to enjoy the life I never could. Of course, I made sure to absorb all of their Universe Arcanas before sending them on their way".

Grinning at the horrified looks he was receiving, the blunet casually pressed his Evoker against his head.

"Thanatos! Messiah! Orpheus Telos!"

With a single pull of the trigger, he summoned his three favorite Personae; each one glowing brightly from the overloading power of the Universe Arcanas.

He grinned as the three Personae readied their weapons at his mental command.

"We've got a war to fight".

A/N: So my ridiculous, fight scene driven mind thought of this idea and wouldn't leave me alone about it. Instead of creating another series for this, I decided to simply make it into a once shot.

This 'fic' will be a bit of a dump for any other ridiculous ideas that I come up with that I don't want to have to write out a massive series to have.

More are sure to come, knowing myself.