Persona: One World
Disclaimer: I do not own the Persona Series or the characters associated with it. This story is written by me, Final-Freedom, thus is owned by me. Some of the characters; Akimi Kuroyama and Ryan McDonald, are characters which are created by my dear readers and therefore are theirs.
Author's notes: Sorry, for the very late update.... I left this story's draft in my old computer before leaving for University of Malaya... so, now is that I (finally) got my hands on this again, the chapters will be coming up quicker... So please do forgive me, my dearest readers!!
Persona: One World
Chronicle Fourteen: The Dark Side of the Moon
"No way…" Trance gasped the moment he threw open the door leading to the roof of the Academy building. There he was, the Irish man was there waiting for them. The rest of the group arrived seconds later and was equally surprised by the speed of which the Irish caught up to them…
"Nice to see all of you… again." Said the Irish man seeing Shibuya and the others finally arriving at the roof of the Beaux Evangel academy building. The Chaos Persona Fenrir stood obediently beside him. The man smiled his crazy grin again and licked his lips in a wolf-like manner. "Fenrir."
Fenrir howled before charging the group again, who all quickly scrambled out of the way of the attack. It skidded on the cement floor, before turning its blood-red eyes towards the group again.
"Tsukuyomi!" Shibuya shouted, sending his aqua blue samurai Persona at the wolf Chaos Persona. The wolf however, was quicker than the samurai, as it dodged Tsukuyomi's first strike and countered with a swipe of its claw. Fenrir's claw would have torn Tsukuyomi to shreds if it wasn't for Wang's crimson warrior Persona, Sui Ren, who threw his flaming iron ball into the wolf's side and sent the demonic wolf flying halfway across the rooftop.
"Focus, dammit!" Wang shouted at Shibuya, who was just about to thank him for his assistance and then opted to just nod irritatedly. Fenrir got back on its feet and again lunged at Tsukuyomi and Sui Ren. Both Personas dodged the attack but Fenrir's claw managed to graze the slower Sui Ren's stomach.
Wang held his own midriff in pain, which the white shirt he had on is now stained red with blood. "That son of a…" Sui Ren threw his flaming iron ball again, which this time missed as the wolf Chaos Persona leapt over the attack towards Sui Ren directly.
"GEFJUN!" "AREONG JONG!"
Both female Personas appeared in front of Sui Ren, a wall of water and lightning repelling the wolf, inches before it could rip the guts out of the red warrior Persona.
"ANANSI!" "DIANA!"
The spider and the female huntress Persona both fired their sonic shots at the wolf, both hitting it squarely on its forehead. Fenrir recoiled for a second, a chance which was not wasted by Shibuya. "Shichiyou-Iaidou!"
Tsukuyomi's slashes scored direct hits on the wolf resulting in a large explosion. "Yes!" Shibuya cheered, and he was joined in by the rest of his group. Their cheer however was short-lived as Fenrir reemerged from the cloud of dust apparently unscathed by the attack.
"What are you all cheering about?" the Irish man laughed. His laugh grew louder, not to mention completely psycho. "Show them the pain, Fenrir! Ragnarok's Cry!" The wolf threw back its head and howled. The howl was the loudest anyone had ever heard, and adding to that the howl summoned a stellar of large explosions which ripped across the entire rooftop.
Shibuya and the other Persona-users plus Akimi and Headmistress Kirijo was caught in the storm of explosions and laid defeated on the now destroyed rooftop. "Damn that son of a…" Trance gasped, his hooded sweater now torn and ripped in many places. The rest of the group was in a similar condition, all groaning in pain as they tried to get back up on their feet.
"Heh," the Irish smirked, standing on the only spot which was untouched by the explosions. He swept the dust off his coat and walked over to Lyla who was lying face down at his feet. Fenrir was by the Irish's side now, as he picked Lyla up by her the back of the collar of her shirt. Her face was bloody and she was only partly conscious. "She's no use to us… She's yours, Fenrir."
Shibuya was in a world of pain, but he lifted his face and saw the Irish having Lyla in his hand and Fenrir raising its claw. "No… STOP!!" Shibuya shouted his lungs out, but the Irish did no indication of listening, even if he is… why should he comply? Then, as if in slow motion, the beast brought down its claws across Lyla. Blood gushed out of the gash made by the wolf's hooked claws, splattering on the Irish's smiling face. "LYLA!!!!"
"YOU…. BASTARD!!!!" Shibuya's angry shout made the other's look up to see him jumping to his feet and running towards the Irish, phone in hand. The giant wolf got in his way, but he didn't stop. "I'LL KILL YOU, DAMN IT!!!! PERSONA!!!"
Shibuya flipped his phone on, but instead of the usual blue light a black light emerged from the phone and engulfed the entire rooftop area. Wang and the rest of the Persona-users were engulfed in the overwhelming darkness. "Damn, don't tell me…" Trance whispered as the last speck of light left his vision. "God, please no…" Mellissa said. Ai prayed silently while Wang just looked dumbstruck. There was also fear in Akimi's face as everything disappeared from her vision.
Then suddenly, the darkness disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. The force emitted by the dispersal of the dark energy was so powerful that it threw not only Shibuya's teammates but also the Irish and Fenrir to the very edges of the rooftop. "This energy… it's impossible…"
Shibuya now stood in the pinnacle of the dark energy, tears flowing uncontrollably from his eyes. "I'm… going… to… kill… you!!" he shouted at the Irish. At the same time, all the dark energy re-converged around him and his eyes changed from the black it usually was to a fiery red. "Tsukuryuu~Yoru-no-Ou!!!"
The dark energy formed a pillar of darkness which pointed straight at the moon in the night sky from which within it emerged an enormous dragon. Its scale was pure black with a white shining underbelly. It has three pairs of draconic wings as well as two branched tails. Its body was lined from its head to its tail with golden sharp spines and blood red orbs. Its head was pointed with its mouth lined with golden sharp fangs. It also had the same crescent shaped crest on its forehead just as Tsukuyomi had had on his helm. It descended and wrapped its long, snake-like body around the Academy building, its claws gripping tightly on the walls.
"A Chaos Persona?!" The Irish shouted in disbelief. Shibuya's Tsukuryuu easily outsized Fenrir, as the latter was only the size of one of Tsukuryuu's six wings. The Irish wasn't the only one shocked by the appearance of the dragon as Wang, Trance and Mitsuru was also at a loss of words the moment their eyes fell on the black dragon. Even Mellissa, Akimi and Ai who was tending to Lyla's wounds were speechless at the sight of such a grand, if though unholy beast.
Shibuya's eyes are now shining bloody red. He looked directly at the Irish and Fenrir. Quickly his faced broke into a maniacal grin. "You killed her… Now, I'll kill you!!"
The great dragon brought down its enormous claw upon the wolf, which dodged the attack with only a hair's breadth to spare. Tsukuryuu gave no time for its prey to rest as it quickly charged up a large ball of pure dark energy in its mouth. "Ankoku no Tsukikage…"
"Shibuya, no!" Mellissa had only managed to gasp before the dragon let loose the dense burst of energy which ripped through a major part of the building, decimating all in its wake. Even through the deafening sound of destruction, Shibuya's laughter rang through the dark sky.
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Mellissa got back up after somehow surviving Shibuya's carnage, and quickly looked round to check on the rest of the group and was relived to find that everyone was alright though unconscious. She then looked up to check on Shibuya and let out a loud gasp.
Shibuya was standing on the last part of the building that remained untouched by Tsukuryuu's attack and his Chaos Persona was holding the Irish man by the forehead in between two long pointed claws. The Irish had clearly lost his insanity and Chaos Persona as he is now crying and begging for his life.
"You think that you deserve to be forgiven?" Shibuya shouted at the top of his voice, and that was all Mellissa could hear as the Irish spoke something that was inaudible to her. She saw Shibuya smile and Tsukuryuu tightening its grip on the man's head. The man now screamed in pain, a blood-curdling, agonizing scream.
"Oh, don't worry… You won't die yet…" Shibuya's voice was heard again over the scream. "I'll make sure you suffer before you die…" Mellissa couldn't bear to watch as the man let out another scream, this time louder and more painful than the last. Mellissa shut her eyes tight as the torture continued.
"That'll be enough." The appearance of a third voice wrenched Mellissa's eyes open again and saw a tall man wearing a long hooded cape standing opposing Shibuya and the Irish. His face and features couldn't be made out in the darkness but clearly his very presence sends shivers down Mellissa's spine.
Then, without any warning, a long thick root-like tentacle pierced through both the Irish and Shibuya. "The fu…" Those words escaped Shibuya's mouth before collapsing face-first onto the floor.
"SHIBUYA!!!" Mellissa shouted, not caring about the Irish as he was clearly dead the moment the tentacle pierced his heart. She stood up but was unable to move, as if rooted to the spot. The hooded man looked at her with a smile.
In a breeze the man swept over to Mellissa side and held her chin up with his pale, long fingers. "You're a cute one, aren't you?" With that he reached his bony, pale finger towards her face, which was stricken wit horror. "NOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
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Ai remembered nothing after the enormous dragon that was Shibuya's Persona blasted apart nearly the entire Academy building. The next thing she remembered was waking up in a hospital bed next to Lyla and Akimi.
The first thing she saw the moment she opened her eyes was Wang sleeping on a chair next to her bed, and that made her smile a little. She then saw that the others were in the room as well, save Shibuya.
Her first instinct was to ask where Shibuya was but she denied that desire seeing the look on the others' face. Headmistress Mitsuru was looking anxiously out of the ward door through the small window on the wooden door, while Mellissa was staring blankly out the open window.
Lyla was still unconscious and was sleeping soundly; clearly she was out of danger. Akimi sat on her bed with a broken arm with Trance sitting on a chair between her and Ai's bed.
"It seems that a majority of is now awake," Headmistress Mitsuru broke the awkward silence. Everyone quickly turned towards her, all alert and ready. "Shibuya is still in intensive care as his stomach had taken quite a hit from last night's battle so he won't be joining us today, as well as Lyla." She said, looking at the sleeping brunette sadly.
"We're here today to discuss the current situation we're facing," She continued, turning away from Lyla, as if giving her some privacy. "Last night's battle proven our theory of the large gap in power between the Chaos Personas and normal Personas. And that is a big disadvantage to us, of course, looking at the situation we're in…"
"What kind of situation're we talkin' bout here?" Trance cut in. He is clearly still in pain from yesterday's battle even though he's not showing any signs of extensive external injury. Headmistress Mitsuru nodded at his question before turning to Mellissa who was still by the open window. "I believe Miss Belle can give us a better insight on the problem we're having."
Mellissa turned back to her friends, her face showing signs of deep thought and consideration. She took a deep breath before saying, "Last night…" she paused to take another breath. "The man who injured… Shi… Shibuya spoke to me…" her voice was wavering. "He told me… something… about the widespread insanity among people… and how the insanity is calling out to… My Love… whatever that means…"
"He said that… every Chaos Persona-users in the world is going to sing the praise and welcome the coming of his Love…" Mellissa said, her eyes showing an expression of utmost fear. Everyone was confused but Mellissa continued before anyone had the chance to ask. "He told me that every Persona-user in this world would be infected… and become one of… 'them'… and he…"
At this point Mellissa broke down, crying and sobbing her heart out.
"What! He what?!" Trance demanded. He reached forward to grab Mellissa by her shoulders, to shake the words out of her but was stopped by Ai, who got up from bed and held him back with some help from Wang who had also sprang to his feet to stop Trance.
"He infected her with a seed of insanity…" Headmistress Kirijo finished the sentence and quickly looked down onto her own feet. The group looked at Mellissa in disbelief, each having a mixed look of anger on sorrow marked upon their face.
Trance was just about to open his mouth to say something when a loud booming sound erupted down the hallway.
"What was that?!" Headmistress Kirijo demanded to the first person she saw outside of the ward, a young man in his 20's. "Something happened at room 1278, there was only one patient in that intensive care unit and he is still unconscious but somehow the doctors are unable to open the door!"
"Room 1278… Wait! That is Shibuya's…!!!" Hearing this, the group, minus Lyla, quickly rushed out and ran towards the said dorm with Headmistress Kirijo leading the way. There they found people crowding the door as doctors, and now the entire hospital staff did their very best trying to get the door open, but it wouldn't budge. They've considered breaking down the door but found, to their surprise, that the door repelled even a mighty swing from a fire axe.
"Excuse me!" Headmistress Kirijo pushed past the crowd and banged loudly at the door, followed by Mellissa and the others. "Shibuya!! Open up! Shibuya!!!!"
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First and foremost I would like to thank all my readers for submitting character designs for me to put in my story. However, good things have to at one point come to an end, so I want to announce that I am closing all character submission after this message is posted. Sorry to everyone who is hoping to send in one of their characters, but I ran out of spaces for characters.... So, once again thank you to all, and especially:
Minako the Dragon Maiden of DW: Akira Kuroyama, Akimi Kuroyama, Kyoji Kinomura
Kakanma: Ryan MacDonald (the Irish Chaos Persona-user) Sorry, his name was never mentioned!
Kaeru Soyokaze: Katya Talanov (chapter 18)
aranox12: Rai Urden (chapter 19+)
Bit-Basketcase: Hwa Young Park (chapter 19)
Timeless Dreamer Neo: Fragment (chapter 18)
Fireblast123: Hailey Shannon (chapter 19+)
Thank you! Arigato! Terima Kasih! Merci! Salamat! Grazie!....(insert all different languages for thank you in the world!) Please do keep on supporting this story!
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Mellissa: Shibuya! Open this door! Quick!
Shibuya: (Everyone's calling for me… But…)
Trance: Somebody call the police!! Heyy!!!
Headmistress Kirijo: Calm down, we have an ace detective here to help us out with our case. Next time on Persona: One World… "Moment of Divergence" .We've got to calm down, everyone!
Trance: Darn it… Where the hell are you? SHIBUYA!!!