Minato : Before I go on and on about how awesome I am, there is something... or someone that *I* would like to praise. Someone finally ascended and took the challenge of the Gods and for that someone is immortalized because she drew a picture of yours truly!
Wes80 at deviantart. You are to stop doing whatever you are and head over there, praise the picture and thank me for blessing you. That is the picture of the messiah, that picture is the next step evolution for humankind. Your grandchildren 1000 years from now will speak of that picture.
I thank the artist for having the wisdom for drawing that. Thank fuck Hamuko is WAAAAAAY over there and thank fuck I can't see her face. Good job, artist, you've done very well. You are now a friend to the messiah. I'd blow kisses but that would most likely kill you.
Also, HAHAHAHAH! Almost everyone picked me again! Up yours, filthy author. You did everything you could to make me hated, every vile trick in the filthy book but no, I simply became GOD! Even the folks at bloodlust love me! Whaddya say to that, Makoto!?
Makoto : Just a few more kisses, Hamuko, we're so close to a hundred...
Huh huh huh huh huh huh, barf. DID NOT need to see that. Everyone forget that happened.
Fucking reviews.
Jason wu : I thought you were a fan!
GrimReaperJr : I'll show you! I'll show you all!
Raze Olympus : Yes! Picked me! Ask and you shall receive.
Clevernameh : I love me too! If someone cloned me, I'd social link the fuck outta him!
PhantomofP3 : To be fair, he fucked me up pretty badly too... and did you just call me a douche...? Well, you call me omnipotent too so I'll let it slide.
Guest : Boy did fight with nothing working in his body. Had to give him props.
RockyRua : You are learning well, young grasshopper.
Megami Tensei Emperatriz : YES! I am a GOD! Someone give her another Minato plushy!
I am aware that some of you... for reason unknown to even a God of wisdom and intelligence like me... have not read the greatest thing ever... Well, spoilers abound but they won't show much.
Onto the fucking chapter.
Minato woke up with a throbbing headache but the first thing he did was pull his hand away from whoever was holding it. He clenched his hand into a fist and opened his eyes, biting his lip when he couldn't even make out the light from his right eye as it was badly damaged in the fight.
"Huh?" Hamuko groaned and woke up as well, gasping out loud when Minato, despite being beaten and bloodied to the point of near dead, ripped away the IVs attached to his arm and sat up with his back against the frame. "Minato!"
The fallen messiah held back a sigh and gave her a side glance, acknowledging her with a nod because he was not in the mood to talk much.
"Oh my God!" Hamuko cried and threw herself on him, drawing out a hiss of irritation but that all as he managed to endure her weight without crying out in pain despite being critically injured. "You're awake!"
"Yeah," Minato said, not flinching and Hamuko was surprised he didn't push her off. His godly endurance was just one of the many times she liked about him. "So…. How long was I out?"
"You were out for weeks," Hamuko said, somewhat relaxing the hold around him and pulling back. Minato widened his eyes slightly and nodded. The battle took much more out of him than he had anticipated. "The doctors were amazed that you were still alive and you started healing up pretty soon but…. Nothing can be done about your eye…"
Minato poked his finger into the hole in his head, scaring the crap outta Hamuko as she yelled at him but Minato shrugged and wiped his hand clean on the bed sheet, nodding at her. "Yeah, can't feel my eyeball at all…"
Just thinking about the injury gave him the urge to wring of the nearest Hamuko he could find but….
"What happened, Minato?" Hamuko asked.
"Battle," Minato replied, thinking back to the ungodly war. Honestly it was his experience and godlike damage endurance that gave him the victory as Makoto came real close to beating him. He was exhausted and dead tired from the triple summoning but there were no excuses, Makoto had pushed him to the limit and beyond. "Or more like a war…"
"Um, Tatsuya?" Hamuko asked but she doubted it since Minato had sustained no burns.
"No," Minato stood up and clenched his fist, recalling the fact that he had tri-summoned when Hamuko pushed him off the edge. "Someone else…"
"Who?" Hamuko blinked but Minato ignored her questions and glanced at his fists, a small smirk forming on his face as this was the power-up he wanted and needed. "Well then…" he chuckled. "Time to take care of Elizabeth…"
"Who!?" Hamuko jumped off the chair and got in his personal space, forcing the fallen messiah to sigh. "You've been muttering that name a lot lately, who is Elizabeth!?"
"Oh, nobody special," Minato slurred into her ear and a shiver ran down her backbone, making her wonder how on earth Minato was able to agitate her just seconds after waking up from a horrible beating. "You can say…. Hmmm…"
"Yes?" Hamuko shivered again, not backing off despite the horrible stench of dirt and blood rolling off Minato. She sighed and leaned in, awaiting his answer.
"Elizabeth is an ex of mine," Minato shrugged.
Hamuko gasped and pulled him closer by the collar of the hospital gown. "Your ex!? Why didn't you tell me!?"
"She's not THAT important," Minato shrugged.
"Is she pestering you!?" Hamuko demanded. "How dare she?! Tell me if she's bothering you-"
"Nah, don't worry," Minato assured. He broke the hug and walked forward, stomping his feet and then hopping to get the blood running after a long slumber. "She won't bother me any longer now, don't worry."
"It's just you and me, darling," Minato smirked and looked back, forcing a blush to spread on Hamuko's cheeks. She swooned over his smile and Minato looked ahead, a devilish smile spawning on his face as he started walking towards the door because all was so clear now. "Nobody will be bothering us, I promise you."
"Alright," Hamuko sighed softly, putting a hand against her cheek. "If you need help then-"
"I won't," Minato said, opening the door and chuckling. "Time to put this chapter behind me, later babe." he waved and stepped out the door, slamming it shut. He gave a sigh and made a mental note to wash his mouth with soap. He could still hear Hamuko showering praises on him from the other side of the room and while manipulating her was extremely easy, the sweet talk always left a bad taste in his mouth.
"Fuck her," Minato stood up and brushed his fringe to the side, ripping the bandage off his badly damaged eye so all could see. After that, he started walking, horrifying the people around him and pleasing the fallen messiah who hummed and swaggered his way out of the hospital, eyes brimming with bloodlust and thirst for salvation. "Won't need to sleep with that bitch anymore, life is good right now."
Later that night, Minato went on the warpath, his road to salvation.
….
"Minato!"
Elizabeth's pleading cries had no effect on the fallen messiah as he walked her down and beat her to the ground without mercy, brushing off her attacks casually and firing back with twice the power. Elizabeth kept going on and on about their bond and the fact that she never forgot him but to Minato it didn't matter much to him, he didn't give a crap about anything but his salvation.
"Aww, crying again?" Minato sneered, cupping her jaw and running his thumb over the dry tears on her face. "You can rest in peace knowing that your death brings me one step closer to salvation."
"Minato, please-" Elizabeth tried to talk and got smashed to the ground, with the fallen persona user towering her, cracking his neck. He cupped her wrist and flung her into the pillar and she smashed against the structure with a thud, slowly siding down with no energy left in her body. "D-Don't do this."
Minato chuckled and gripped his blade, looking over bloodied and shuddering frame one last time, burying the moment into his brain because she looked perfect.
"You never looked better, you lowlife bitch!" he spat and bolted, closing the distance faster than Elizabeth could comprehend and one swing later-
"Ugh!"
Elizabeth shivered and looked down to see the blade sticking into her chest. She widened her golden eyes and looked up to see Minato smirking down at her as he drove the blade deeper into her flesh, looking to end the one sided slaughter once and for all.
"I-I love-"
"Loved the wrong guy," Minato hissed and silenced her with another push before pulling the blade out of her chest, sending her crashing face-first to the ground, completely motionless. "Peace and love, that shit is not in my DNA anymore, because of you and your stupid contract!"
Minato took off running to avoid the damage, running into the access point and watching the fireworks from the gates of the tower. He looked around and then up at the sky.
"Nyarlathotep!"
"…"
Minato waited for a reply before shaking his head and frowning at the altered sky.
"Interesting…." Minato hissed and walked off.
…
"Tatsuya!"
"Oh Christ," Minato said, holding Maya upside down by her ankle, casually rocking her broken frame and leaving a trail of blood for her boyfriend to follow. "I didn't damage your vocal cords yet, scream louder."
Maya was sent crashing into the building and she slumped down. The fallen persona user strolled his way over to her and rubbed his chin, just awaiting the arrival of his rival but meanwhile….
"You don't learn," Maya hissed. "Tatsuya is going to beat you again."
"Yeah right," Minato snorted. "Pray for him because he'll need it this time. Like I said before, he's strong but he is no Wild Card."
"Fallen dipshit!"
"Here we go," Minato pulled his leg back and sent Maya crashing through the building, an act Tatsuya caught and then screamed at the top of his lungs. "Took you a while, bitch."
Tatsuya yelled at him to get ready because he was burn to take his fucking life because this was the last straw-
Minato gave a smile, a cocky and confident grin that managed to surprise Tatsuya because his grins were getting a lot more nervous in their past few battles. Minato seemed far more confident than before and Tatsuya was definitely a little worried.
"Well then," Minato took his stance and beckoned him over. "Save the world if you can!"
…
Minato was sent flying into the building by another blast of flames and Tatsuya quickly followed, closing the distance and firing a one two to take his head off-
Minato came to a stop with his back against the building and caught the lunging punches in his palm before pulling Tatsuya close, to the point their foreheads were touching-
"HEY!" Minato yelled.
Tatsuya frowned.
"Wanna see something cool!?" the blunet asked.
"No…" Tatsuya spat.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Minato laughed to the skies, a burst of blue mist erupting from the sea of his soul. He grinned in the face of the brunette and his single eye shone with a malicious glint because he knew the battle was over and the suffering had only begun.
"Persona!"
Tatsuya and Maya were taken aback by the horrifying roars of the personas as the fallen messiah tri-summoned his three strongest personas, making the whole city quake as the three beasts roared out to the heavens, making Tatsuya take a step back, eyes fixed on the shorter male who was standing upright, his grin more twisted and psychotic than ever before.
"Kill him…"
…
Minato ran a hand through his hair as he towered over the beaten veteran. He ignored Maya's cries for her savior to get up but Minato knew Tatsuya was done and there was just one thing left to do…
"Hm," Minato reached into his pocket but stopped, pulling his hand out and curling it into a fist. He looked up to the skies and held out his middle finger for the Dark God.
"Fuck you, I'm taking my chances!" he spat and grabbed a hold of Tatsuya's leg, sending the broken veteran several feet up in the air, immediately sending a sphere of flames that detonated against his body in a large explosion of smoke and flames and soon, ashes rained down. Minato caught a fistful and strolled over to a terrified Maya who had watched the whole battle unfold, not believing Minato had beaten Tatsuya and left nothing of him.
"Here," Minato sprinkled the ashes on her face and held out his other palm against her face. There was no resistance, no struggle because she was done. "Suck on that, bitch."
A torrent of hellfire later, Minato blew the ashes away and stalked off, now a prime target for the Evil God.
…
Minato slammed the door to the dorm close and walked down the steps, stopping when he saw Hamuko running towards him. "Your messiah is nothing more than a bitch of mine." he repeated what he had said to Yukari earlier and hopped off the steps, holding her heated gaze with a bored expression on his face.
He looked up at the sky briefly, pretty sure about a certain God watching the battle of the two wild cards.
Hamuko projected dual blades into her grip and took off running, looking to end his fucking life-
"Hm," Minato started walking in response to her charge, a cloak of dark mist flaring around his frame. The two closed the distance fairly quickly as Hamuko picked up the pace but Minato was still walking at a snail's pace, not doing anything in response to Hamuko dual summoning her two strongest personas-
The two wild cards clashed a second later with Hamuko yelling at him to get ready but for Minato, most of the focus was on somebody else.
"Well then," Minato cracked his neck. "Save the world if you can."
…
Minato ran a hand through his hair as Hamuko laid motionless next to his feet, dead after a long and chaotic battle that broke barriers. He didn't have high hopes for her but she did surprise him a few times, despite being centuries younger than him and at the end, Minato gave up on his plan and had to finish the battle because God knows what would have happened.
"Wild Cards," Minato said, glancing at his fist. First Makoto and now Hamuko, hell even the Hamuko in the other world managed to surprise him. He looked down at her motionless frame and nodded. "You did well…"
He had half a mind to burn her to ashes like her pathetic friends but he relented and grabbed a hold of her ankle, picking her up and then marching off.
There was only one road left to him now.
Minato looked up at the skies and yelled, ignoring the chaos unfolding around him and the cries of so many people calling for him to save them.
"Nyarlathotep!"
…
The first battle pushed Minato to the limit and while he had his moments, the Dark God was still a notch above him, backed by millions of his followers in the world and for the first time in a while, Minato found himself outmatched, even when tri-summoning. After the battle, he found that his blue hair had turned snow white as the battle as if the battle had made him an old man.
"Well then," Minato limped his way through the remains of Nyarlathotep's followers.
"Time to get young again," he whispered with a grin.
…
A portal opened in the desolate world and the fallen messiah stepped out, popping his injured shoulder back into place and looking around with a smirk, finding a long line of dead bodies and gallons of blood as everything he could see was drenched in blood and entrails.
"Looks like the welcoming committee," Minato chuckled, not bothered by the extreme level of violence before him. He shrugged and scanned through the wasteland of a city, recalling all the fun times and the ungodly war he fought not too long ago. "Well, time to check on my younger self."
…
Ryoji was covered in blood and entrails and he was just about ready to kill another unfortunate mortal to satiate his bloodlust but the sudden flare of dark energy widened his eyes momentarily and he dropped the human back, staring off into the distance because someone else was there.
The God of Death had taken over the city and the world in a matter of weeks as there was nobody else who could stop him, entire armies fell before him and now, the remaining humans just surrendered and offered themselves as sacrifices because resistance was futile against the insane God who was far worse than any demon in any nightmare.
The broken memories flashed before Ryoji's eyes, filling him with hate but at the same time, he was curious because the aura of the fallen messiah was nothing less than the aura of a God.
"Minato, was it?" Ryoji snickered, cleaning the chunks of flesh on his face and lumbering forward. He was looking forward to meeting this Minato.
He was looking forward to breaking him.
He was going to accomplish what his filthy 'brother' could not.
A mortal pretending to be a God was the ultimate sin and Ryoji swore to punish the dark messiah for the blasphemy.
…
Minato hissed and looked down at the grave with rage evident in his features.
It was gone.
Makoto's body was gone.
"Makoto," Minato found just a few spots of dried up blood and nothing else. "That son of a bitch!" he knew who was responsible for this and he also knew that certain someone was looking for him.
Minato glanced one last time at the grave he had dug when he was close to death, he went out of his way to pay respect to Makoto and Ryoji had the gall to ruin that. While Makoto's body was gone, the fallen persona user was sure that his toughest rival was watching the whole thing unfold.
A loud echo of thousands of growls and snarls alerted Minato and he started walking, headed for the direction of the God of Death who was doing the same, marching through the barren wasteland to meet Minato.
"Interesting," Minato spotted a few people cowering in fear and he knew, as the last remaining persona user, he was the only messiah left in the world but he couldn't bring himself to give a shit about the weaklings and the puppets, he only cared about his salvation. After giving Makoto his salvation, Minato was hell-bent on getting himself free too. "Hope you're watching this." he looked up at the skies and kept his slow pace, ignoring the roars of the shadows.
"Minato!"
"Heh," the white haired fool snickered, not a bit intimidated by the roar that had silenced almost everyone before him. "That's cute."
The shadows started following his trail, crawling out from the shadows and slowly building in numbers around the fallen messiah who didn't seem to notice or just didn't care because his mind was focused on his insurance policy and he was slowly getting closer to that.
Eventually, Minato saw Ryoji, clad in his usual attire but the most striking difference was the expression on his face, he really looked like an insane God and the blood on his body further enforced that thought. Insanity was just rolling off him and Minato was sure his presence was suffocating as the nearby people gasped for air as soon as he came close.
Ryoji saw the shorter, beaten up male with white hair and one good eye, exhaustion evident in his features. He looked as if he was going to fall any second now and Ryoji snorted, mocking Makoto for losing to a weakling like him.
Minato briefly looked around to spot thousands of shadows around him, he was surrounded and just a few yards away, Ryoji was grinning at him, like a caged beast that was ready to pounce and maul him.
"I remember you," Ryoji said, the shadows growling and snarling behind him, awaiting his command. "What did you call yourself? Demon? Devil?"
"God," Minato interjected, making Ryoji frown at him.
"Stupid," Ryoji spat, looking up and down, eyes scanning the numerous wounds and gashes on his body. "You looked pathetic."
"Yeah, yeah, that's cool and all but," Minato hissed. "What did you do to Makoto's body?"
"Hm?" Ryoji widened his eyes. "I will demonstrate shortly what I do to weaklings."
"Weaklings, huh?" Minato hummed. "What does that make you? Makoto made you his whore the last I remember, oh mighty God of Death."
Ryoji scowled, taking a step forward. "Watch your mouth, old man."
"There was no longer a distinction to be made between you and Nyx," Minato mocked, taking Ryoji by surprise. How the hell did he know who Nyx was?
"How dare you speak her name?" Ryoji said. "And how dare you call her a-"
"Shut the fuck up, you little brat," Minato spat. "You can kill anyone of these puppets but how DARE you ruin the grave that I dug? You don't do that. You don't disrespect someone who I gave respect, you filthy whoreson."
"You've got quite a mouth on you," Ryoji rolled his shoulders and the shadows started advancing slowly, outnumbering Minato one to several thousands. "You made a mistake coming here; you made the mistake of insulting Nyx, the worst mistake of your life."
"You don't get to judge me, kid," Minato said. "But I am going to judge you."
"Laughable," Ryoji said. "You stand on my domain. You've aged a thousand years in a few months and coming here was the worst mistake of your life, you think you're a God, huh?"
"I know I'm a God," Minato took a step forward too; ready to cash in his insurance policy.
"And just like that, you have sealed your fate," Ryoji said, ordering the shadows to advance and they did, making their way towards the fallen messiah who was still staring at Ryoji, not bothered by the little pests. "This will be horrible, old man, I am going to make you grovel at my feet, you are going to kiss them and just like everyone else, you will worship me."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Minato's psychotic laugh echoed for miles, even stopping the shadows as his deranged laughter lingered on for the next several seconds. "You're going to break me!?"
"Break me!?" Minato stomped his way forward, Ryoji had touched a nerve by even suggesting that. "Yeah, an abomination like you is going to break me. I'd take you more seriously kid, if Makoto didn't already make you his bitch."
"Grrr!"
"And that is why you're throwing his bitchy tantrum, right?" Minato continued. "In the end, he possessed you, made you his bitch, reason why you took his body, just to preserve your pride."
"Keep talking," Ryoji suggested. "Every word you speak worsens your punishment."
"I will," Minato replied. "Do you really think you intimidate me, huh? I'll let you on in a little secret, kid. Watch and listen closely…"
Minato held out his palm and a pillar of dark blue flames erupted towards the skies, the mythical blade forming in Minato's palm as Ryoji and the shadows watched on, a bit wary of the unforgiving flames.
"Azathoth!"
Minato's call was answered by an ungodly roar, sending the pests scurrying backwards while Ryoji widened his eyes, the mask of flames slowly dissipating to reveal a peculiar blade in Minato's grip, a blade that made even the God of Death a little wary.
"I'm more of a God of Death that you'll ever be," Minato gave a shit eating grin and Ryoji gave one in return, ordering the shadows to rush at the fallen messiah.
"HAHAHAHAH!" Minato's deranged laughter echoed for miles, scaring the remaining humans even worse than Ryoji did. He paid no attention to the thousands of shadows because now, this was not just for shit and giggles, this was for his salvation. "Rush at me, come on! This is the grand finale! Come at me, you filthy son of a bitch!"
"I have worked my entire life for this," Minato hissed, focus still on Ryoji who shrugged and rushed. "I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THIS!"
All the battles and struggles had come down to this.
"Get ready to bow!" Ryoji roared.
"I hope your whore mother is watching this!" Minato spat out when Ryoji came within striking distance and shot a death glare in his direction, eyes brimming with unadulterated bloodlust and rage but all of that just bounced off the fallen messiah who laughed one more time before the clash, surrounded by shadows and face to face with a God.
"This is the bloodlust of a messiah!"
Had to write this damn thing twice because my laptop overheated and shut down, lost everything! And wow, everyone picked Minato again... not surprised at this point. If you guys had picked Ryoji, he would have been a hero in this chapter but you didn't so... Minato is more of an anti-hero and Ryoji is an antagonist. I had something planned for the ending but eh... no use in writing something that most of the people aren't looking forward to, that's like a slap to the people who do review so... here we are.
For those who have not read FM, google image search Fate Stay Night EA, Minato's blade, 'azathoth' looks like that, except it's dark blue instead of red. Spoilers here but for the sake for visualization. Also, Minato has snow white hair.
Last battle of this fic. The end is very close now. There were a few spoilers for folks who haven't read FM but nothing major and besides, this is non-cannon to the story, made purely because people liked Minato way too much.
See ya folks! Do review.