Chapter 12
~Junpei's house~
-WHERE IS SHE?- Shinjiro yelled as he threw his fist on the coffee table.
- Calm down, Shinji! CALM DOWN! I know you're having a hard time but throwing a tantrum won't help! – Akihiko shook Shinjiro's shoulders viciously and forced him to sit down – Fuuka will find her location soon enough. Be patient!
The young father bit his lip as he desperately looked at the Fuuka who was busy searching for Minako through her persona.
The atmosphere was tense. No one talked a word. Everyone was presented except for Mitsuru since it was the best not to tell her.
Tick tock… Tick tock….
Each second felt like a years to Shinjiro. The silence worsened the mood as the time slowly passed.
….
It had been so many hours since Fuuka summoned Juno. No positive signed was given.
Suddenly, she dismissed her persona.
- Senpai… I-I'm sorry ….. It was …almost like…s- she …has disappeared from this world.
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No….
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NO! NO! IT CAN"T BE! NO!
Shinjiro had finally lost his mind. For a moment, he couldn't even control what he was doing anymore. Everything was too blurry because tears had blocked his sight. Chairs and tables got sent flying one after another…
The only voice he could hear was his cries.
Junpei, Ken and Akihiko were clearly as messed up as ever but they still put all of their remaining strengths into calming down the broken Shinjiro. Yukari stood in silent, soullessly looked at the maddening sight in front of her eyes while Fuuka clutched her head, kneeled down, cried and mumbled "I'm sorry" over and over.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Five gunshots were heard. Loud and clear.
- Please, everyone. Stop.
It was Aigis. The robot girl had been watching everything in silence from the beginning,
- I know how you all feel but we have to come up with a solution for all of this.
….
- Please…
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- Does everyone finally calm down now? – Aigis continued – We should all sit down and think about the situation together.
Yukari and Junpei temporally cleaned up the mess while Akihiko went outside and made up a story about the gunshot sound to the police and neighbors. When he came back, they gathered around the coffee table again.
- I'm sorry... I shouldn't be like this…. I just…- Shinjiro was the first to break the silence.
- We know, senpai. … - Fuuka sighed. – We too, can't stay calm after all of this.
- So … Any idea about what we're going to do now? – Ken put his hands inside his jeans pocket.
- No…
Shinjiro clutched his head with his big hands. He couldn't believe that just 16 hours ago, his daughter was still by his side, smiling and talking to him like usual; and now, she's gone.
Look at the time; it is almost 12:00.
….12:00…
*THUD*
The lights went out.
The feeling when the Dark hour arrived 5 years ago hit them again. Without a single word, everybody ran outside.
With the eerie green moon and streets that were filled with coffin and blood.
Yes, it is the Dark hour, again.
- It can't be! Fuuka! – Akihiko shouted.
- I'm on it – Fuuka summoned Juno and started scanning the city. SEES couldn't believe their eyes; they had eliminated the Dark Hour years ago, with blood and tears and lost. Yet, here it came again, without any warning. Could it be that yhr Seal…
Hello everybody, I'm back!
What greeted them was unpleasant.
Author's note: Hello, for those who started reading this before chapter 10 uploaded, I've changed something in chapter 6 and 7. It's nothing big and it won't affect the story much but it is not needed so I removed it. Thanks for reading!