Author's note: Hello! I've done some reread and found out how terrible I am in writing. How embarrassing. I'm sorry if it hurts your eyes reading this. I'll fix it some how ^^~

Chapter 11

Minako looked so cute with her yellow dress and two little pig tails on. The girl woke up very early that day. Even though she didn't talk much, her eyes were filled with happiness. Ken even counted that she had tucked his shirt and mumbled something about "if it was the time" five times that morning. He chuckled. Before leaving for school, Ken gave Minako a small handkerchief. "It is a very important thing" he said. Knowing the little gift's importance, Minako carefully folded it into two before placing the thing inside her backpack. She waved goodbye to Ken cheerfully.


- You should really buy a car, senpai – Said Yukari.

- Yeah… - Shinjiro answered half-heartedly. It was not like he really needed one. Traveling by bus and train is enough for him and his little one.

As promised, Yukari came to take Minako to school on her first day. Before leaving the girl to the teacher's care, Yukari fixed her hair, dress and gave her a kiss:

-Be good, my girl. Don't be afraid of others, okay? You'll make a lot of friends here – Yukari smiled tenderly before pulling the little girl closer and whispering to her ears – And don't use your power under any circumstances, is that clear?

- Okay- Minako nodded. She kissed Yukari's cheek – Goodbye, aunt Yukari!

Goodbye, papa!

- Goodbye, Minako…


-Amazing, isn't it? – Hamuko smiled sweetly at the man who was wiping blood from his mouth. Eurebus wasn't entirely defeated. She cast her eyes on the monster. The being made of human's wish to die was lying down tiredly on the floor – Not playing anymore?

Shut it!

- Come on! It's not like this is the first time you lose, right?

I said shut it!

- Okay… - Hamuko smiled happily – Hmmm… I see even though you are quite good, you still have a hard time dealing with that thing. - She said to the man - Welp, you'd better finish your business fast before my dog recovers.

"Dog?"Eurebus mumbled something angrily in the corner.

- I'm here for the being that you gave birth to sometimes ago in this place – said Loki – Having the special circumstances and upbringings given, I believe that this thing is a magnificent power source.

- You don't really need to hide your bad intentions, do you? - Hamuko raised her eyebrow- Tell me, what are you going to do with it? It's not like you can absorb its power to become a super evil overlord, right?

- Indeed, that being's power is nothing more than a bomb. If you lit the fuse, it'll explode.

Hamuko looked at the strange man. Even though bad premonitions had been lurking around in her stomach for a while, she still kept her cool head.

- Don't tell me you're gonna blow this place up to destroy the Seal?

- You're indeed a very intelligent woman. If human become the Lost, it'll be a nice feast to us demons.

So that's how it is….

-What a simple yet effective scheme. Took you long enough to find a way to get in here, huh? –Hamuko smirked- I have to apologize though, your little bomb is not here anymore.

- I know… I've been searching for a while but couldn't find it anywhere... But, you know where it is, right? – The man laughed creepily in his throat.

- Hmmm…Hey…Can you read mind?

- Oh yes, yes I can. It's the sole reason why I contact with you today.

- Shit….


Minako's first day at school was fun. At least that was what Shinjiro thought when he picked the girl up.

There're so many things that I want to tell you, papa…

At least that was what Shinjiro thought when he looked at the girl's happy eyes.

He ruffled his daughter's hair.

Suddenly, a feeling of uneasiness struck through Shinji. What could it be? The cloudy sky was getting darker and darker. "I'd better get home fast". Did as he thought, Shinji rushed his little one to get on the bus. He looked around one more time. Nothing's wrong. Port Island is peaceful and quiet in winter. Like it always was. So why does this uneasy feeling keep rushing through Shinjiro's gut?

He was stressed, that's all. Shinjiro convinced himself with the excuse before sitting tiredly next to his daughter. No more Tatarus, no more Dark Hour, no more Abyss of time, no more Shadow and fighting with Persona. There should be no danger threatening to harm him and his precious.

Even though he thought so, Shinjiro still showed some hesitant when he stood in front of his apartment room's door. He slowly placed his hand on the knob. There will be nothing wrong when this door open, right? This feeling… It was exactly like the feeling he had when he kicked the door to the school roof top opened 5 years ago. Shinjiro felt like he's about to lose someone precious again…

But it's not like he and Minako have to stand here forever just because of his fragile man's sixth sense. With his heart racing and back sweating like crazy, he opened the door.

Nothing's wrong…

Shinjiro sighed and laughed at himself for worrying over nothing.

That evening, Ken came home early because he didn't have any club activities. They ate dinner happily and when Shinjiro washed the dishes, Ken played with Minako. Everything was normal, like every normal evening they had. But Shinjiro still felt somewhat uneasy.

He couldn't sleep that night. He placed his hand on his forehead. Was he sick? No.

He quietly stood up and went out for a smoke. Shinji doesn't like smoking. He only smokes when he's stressed. But the stress didn't go away after he finished. He felt like there were thousands litters of water inside his stomach. Yet, he felt thirsty. The tall brunette sit down quietly next to his sleeping daughter.

- My little angel…

Was it the wind or was it the loving father's whisper…


Shinjiro took the girl to school next morning. It was a nice winter morning with gentle cold breeze and warm sun light. He waved goodbye to his little one.

He didn't really want her to go to school that day…

But he didn't have any reason to tell her not to either. Shinjiro sighed. He went back to work.


He ran like crazy.

He didn't even need to breathe. He needed to get there.

As quickly…

As…

Possible…

The wind slapped him in the face.

He didn't care.

His legs were about to fall off.

Like hell he would care about that.

Please…

Don't…

When he got there, the school was half destroyed. Recorded death of some teachers and children. The injured were taken out. He heard about a strange man in a tux came and demanded to take a little girl with auburn hair away. He killed some teachers. That girl cried and begged him not to take her away. Then explosions happened here and there.

After that, the little girl and the man in tux were nowhere to be found.

And…

Shinjiro couldn't seem to find Minako…

…anywhere…

"No…."

He sank to his feet…

No... Please… not again…