Ch.4 A fortunate Reunion.
Hello as some of you may of recall the first P4 character besides Yu that becomes a direct part of my P3 fanfic. Ironic how she was last to be brought is now the first to appear. I wonder which way fortune will spin this chapter... Okay bad puns aside lets talk about combat with my story, there will be long battles but for now all the shadows are weak even to the new persona users, and no I will not write about grinding though Tartarus I will mention it or show unique moments in Tartarus between the persona user and shadows. Also this chapter ends the Prologue session, it is somewhat short compared to the last chapter for the prologue. I am so sorry that this chapter took so long…. I had three 30 page research paper to and I still have one more to do by the end of this week. That being said expect more soon as I am no longer tied up, the tally seems to go as this
Thank you for all for reading. I am surprised on how well my first fic is going.. to be honest I thought that I would crash and burn way before this chapter yet here it is. Just to answer some questions this is a Yu x Yukkio however that does not mean it's not only going to be focused on just them, this is persona 4 and 3 fic after all, with S-links and all that… anyway we are quite a ways from that, also the vote for Minato paring is still up. The total tally for the pairings voted for follows as is
Yukari-3
Aigis-1
Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone
The Members of SEES Minato, Yukari, Mitsuro, Junpie and lastly Yu Narukami all entered the tower that is called Tartarus. Yu eyed the stairs. 'This is Tartarus this place is a skyscraper! It's probably also filled with shadows too on every floor too.' Yu then looked at the team, Yukari has a bow most likely her archery bow, and Junpie had a baseball bat. Minato had a short sword designed to pierce and slash at enemies
Bringing Yu out of his stupor, Mitsuro started her introduction to Tartarus. "For our first night we are only going to explore the area. Proceeding too much can result poorly. I will be your supporting and collecting data on enemies you will encounter until further notice." Mitsuro grabbed a head set and passed the ear pieces around to the group. "Team one will consist of Minato as squad leader, Yukari, and Junpie."
Junpie crossed his arm and grumbled, "Why can't I be team leader?" before looking down and sighing…
Mitsuro continued unconcerned (or unaware) of Junpie's reaction. "Team two is going to consist of Yu Narukami as Squad leader, Akihiko, and myself. Team two will be more of a supporting role for now since we have a member who is currently recovering. Any questions?" seeing as the room was silent Mitsuro nodded "Minato you can have your team go whenever you are ready."
It was around the same time that Narukami notice a blue door to the right of the stairs. 'This is a velvet door. Was it here the whole time?' Yu looked around and noticed Minato he was staring wide eyed at empty space to the left of the stairs. Minato turned towards the group. "Does anyone see something strange here?"
The group shook their head. Junpie asked if he was feeling okay Yu put his hands in his pockets. 'Does he see the velvet room? This must be what Igor was telling me about, different minds or souls. So there are many rooms.' It dawned upon Yu at that moment 'if he can see the door. Looks like I finally found you!' Yu walked towards Minato who seemed to have calmed down now.
Minato looked at Yu and whispered "you can see it?" Yu shook his head "no mine is across the room." Yu extended his hand to Minato "Let us finish this together. How about it?"
Minato Looked at the hand in bewilderment before extending his own to shake it "sure I guess we can work together." The hands connected only briefly before. "Come on Junpie, Yukari we should move and get this done with." Minato said as he walked out of sight.
Rank up: The Fool Reversed rank 1.
Yu felt the sudden shock enter his soul, Yu felt a binding connection with Minato. 'The contract was made'. My fate is now with Minato's … just what is our fate?'
Mitsuro look at Yu "all shadows on first five floors are easy to fight, they are even weaker than the ones that attacked us last night. You can go out to fight just to get a feel. Or provide back up just in case there is trouble for team one." Mitsuro pointed at her equipment "I can keep track of everyone's progress here. And if you need it I can send team one to help as well. You should take some medicine… here you go." Mitsuro handed Yu the medicine from her motorcycle.
After pocketing the medicine Yu unsheathed his katana 'It has been awhile since I truly got to fight a shadow on my own terms and not be surprised by one.' Yu turned towards the stairs "that's not a bad idea senpai."
*Floor two*
Yu first impression of Tartarus was simple, 'this place is depressing, everything around me screams despair, and hopelessness' Yu touched the wall on his right to examine the bluish marble wall. ''hmm feels smooth actually…. I really should get a move on'
A voice crackled, "Narukami this is Mitsuro can you hear me?" Yu nodded and pushed his mic to talk. "I can hear you perfectly clear Mitsuro, any information on what I can be facing right now?" the voice replied "Maya type shadows, but don't worry, they are weak to everything, squad one is already on floor three be prepared to provide any assistance as they are facing slightly stronger shadows, there is one shadow to be careful around and that is the heat balance, those tend to be weak to Garu and zio spells… but they should not be a problem for us yet. I don't see any out right now."
Narukami walked forward and saw the two route one of the route was evident of Team one path was on the right. The evidence was clear, the ground was littered with arrows, 'where did Yukari get all these arrows…. She did not have a quiver on her.' deciding to take the path less traveled Yu turned towards the hallway to the left continuing forward, a dense fog appeared…
Static hit Yu's ear "Y…..Re…how." The radio went dead before a chuckle came from the fog. "Tell me why are you here? Why do you fight?" Yu shifted around before continuing onwards "who is there? Show yourself!" A shadow formed in the distance "tell me why go forth, when your world is dead…." Yu found the source of the sound and charged forward to meet it. The shadow seemed to multiple the closer Yu got… before long Yu was in the middle of the floating shadows. "What do you mean my world is dead?" The chuckling came from all sides now "tell me truth seeker, can you handle the reality to come? Can you handle your own?" the voice was clear and familiar, yet was impossible for Yu to remember who it is. The fog started to clear before just slightly and it was clear the shadows were hanging. The heads tilted slightly obviously the shadows were being hanged from the tree. Before Yu could see who the floating shadows were, Yu had a blinding headache appear as his vision started to flash white. After a few minutes the headache went away and the room disappeared and Yu was back to a clear depressing Tartarus.
"'Narukami are you there? I lost your single"
'Mitsuro' Yu shook his head trying to clear the impending headache "I am fine." "…okay I lost your single for a second, there was this massive reading… anyway you're a few feet from the stairs just take the hallway and continue." Yu looked, he was back to starting location before he took the left hallway. Yu saw that there was only one hallway. 'Strange… was that vision? Or a hallucination? I should just keep moving.' Yu then proceeded towards the stairs.
Four floors later
Yu Narukami looked around once he arrived on floor five. The past floors were incredibly dull and uneventful as compared to floor two. Most of the shadows were defeated or weaken by Minato team. The most danger he was in was that he almost stepped on an arrow. 'Dammit Yukari how many arrows do you have?' That when Mitsuro voice came sounding panicked "Yu we have a situation. I detected a battle happening outside of Tartarus. The Shadow is massive and it has a weakness to Zio style spells. Can you intercept?"Yu sprinted directly to the portal located near the entrance of the floor and teleported himself out of the fifth floor back to one. "I am here Mitsuro. What is the problem?"
Mitsuro did not even look up "the shadow just appeared on radar a few seconds ago. I am having problems getting a read on the thing. However it is about 175 meters out of the tower but I am not certain. There seems to be a battle go on, with who I do not know, the shadow is powerful but is not one of the shadows we are hunting, that being said. We cannot let it go rampant. Team one is in a battle of against several unidentified shadows and needs my attention on floor six so they cannot respond in time." When Mitsuro looked up he saw that Yu was already gone and running towards the threat. "Good luck Narukami-san."
Iwatodai 23rd street
Yu witnessed a small explosion off in the distance. 'There is a battle going on but the question is who is the Shadow fighting?' After a short sprint Yu could see the shadow's form, he was a massive and resembled like a metallic dog made out of floating blades, the size of the shadow was about Uncle Dojima's house. It seemed to be heavily injured as its head was down.
"Yu its Mitsuro here, careful he has a wide range of spells such as Bufu and Agi spells, I have also sensed a Megidolan spell was used… he is a shadow spawn as well, they come from shadow guardians that protect Tarturus. They run rampant because they do not feel the need stay and protect its territory. These guys are secondary targets from our mission. They are not the shadows we are after. We have the surprise advantage use it well Narukami!"
'A Megidolan hmm I wonder' Yu ran up to the shadow with his Katana and slashed its back. "Take this." The air was then filled with a metallic ring as Yu was shoved off from the shadow onto the ground. 'Looks like he reflects physical or that was just a very lucky counter. Dammit I should have used a zio…'
"Yu the shadow has high counter and is strong against all physical attacks. Be careful Narukami."
The shadow head flipped upside down and spotted Yu, making a gurgling sound the metallic dog howled and shot a bufula spell from its nose at an extreme speed. 'that's fast! Bufula don't go that fast.' Yu just barely dodged getting incased in ice by jumping back. 'It looks like I have to take this seriously now. well then I guess it is time to test Izanagi's new power. Crushing his persona card Izanagi appeared. "You're going Down. Persona!." Izanagi glowed yellow before shooting a golden bolt of electricity out of his hand. The attack seemed to drain Yu a little bit more than a standard zio spell. The shadows dodged the incoming missile by ducking to the side, only to have the golden bolt exploded near him and strike the shadow several times in a shower of electricity. Yu looked at the now down shadow 'well that is new, whatever its time to end this with another shot!'
"Tres Bein Yu Narukami! ….. This reading…! Get down now!"
Without question Yu ducked behind a trash can. "It is over, Yamato Takeru Megidolan." A massive Blue energy ball fell from the sky crashing into the large shadow, causing the metallic dog to explode and vanish. Yu quickly looked at where the once shadowed being was. 'That voice! Well Yosuke did tell me that she was here, but who would have thought that she would be outside at this time.' Yu walked towards the area.
"You have a plan right? I do not know who fired that spell. You are exposed so be careful."
Ignoring Mitsuro's warning Yu continued and saw down the street a figure covered in darkness. The figure limped towards Yu until the face was revealed. "It has been awhile Senpai. Strange meeting you here, though I assume that there is a good reason why there are shadows in the real world?"
Yu took a glance at the blue haired, sharp faced detective prodigy 'prince'. Her face betrayed the signs of weariness, and her hat was not on her head and was not to be seen anywhere on her body, her hair had some ice particles on and I it seems like her leg was bleeding. "You look like Hell Naoto, come here I brought some medicine" and before Naoto could even reply Yu continued "I guess I should fill you in shouldn't I? Naoto nodded "yes that would be great if you can.
Yu sighed and reached out to grab his medical slave "It is somewhat a long story so I'll try to explain quickly. First the dark hour… Which is an extra hour that people without persona or the potential for a persona cannot experience. There apparently a direct connection of weird symptoms that causes people to be pretty much become a zombie and forget how live. By destroying certain shadows we can reduce the sickness or at least that's the idea." Naoto sat down and extended his injured leg with a grimace. Narukami started to apply the healing slave
Naoto sighed "hmm another case related to shadows, interesting." After Yu finished applying the medicine Naoto continued forward towards where the shadow was at and picked up her hat that was scorched from the spells casted near it giving her a slight comical look.
Yu asked "Another case? Don't tell me that there is another murder."
Naoto nodded "A serial killer, just like last time, however except this time the killers are all professional, they never leave evidence, causes of death unknown, no witness, and anyone who may have info all have memory lost or in critical condition of an unknown sickness. The worst is that they have a website claiming the kills just to taunt the police force... However if the deaths are happening in the dark hour, and if the dark hour follows a similar rule to that of the TV world. Then it is safe to assume that the crimes are taking place during the dark hour." Naoto looked at Yu before shaking her head and opening her note book and adding information in.
"Narukami please respond. are you safe? Team one and myself are on the way for back up!"
Yu responded "Mitsuro I am fine, ran into an old friend of mine. Were on 23rd street plaza a few blocks away from the train station."
Naoto questioned Yu "A Friend of your?" Yu answered "yes, they are trying to put an end to the dark hour, by destroying shadows. I do not think they are aware of the murders...We should stay to meet them." Naoto nodded, unbeknownst to the two persona user, three pair of eyes looked down upon them.
Ch.4 end
Personamidna here and I do not own anything. Sorry for the wait, I planned to release this chapter about a week ago, looks like I failed that horribly oh well better late then never right?
