Minato and Hamuko arrived on the first floor…. To see Ryder lying on the ground, holding his head, yelling out in pain.
"The hell is that!?" Hamuko shrieked, staring at a man beast, the gigantic half human and half bull hybrid, Minotaur.
"A Minotaur IV?" Minato asked as the shadow snorted.
"Alright, I'm done here!" Ruby cried. Elizabeth and the rest of the girls backed away, as the shadow towered over them. Theo stood up from the couch as the shadow geared up for an attack.
"RYDER!" Minato yelled, "TCH!" Minato tackled Hamuko onto the ground, as the bull charged at the two of them.
Hamuko yelped, "Minato! The hell are you doing? And the hell is that!?"
"I'll tell you later." Minato said hastily, standing up as the Minotaur rebounded from the attack, changed his direction and charged at Minato again who gritted his teeth and dodged, sending the shadow face first into the wall.
Junpei hurried over to Ryder who was knocked out, "Crap, he's out!"
The bull recovered and let out a roar, looking for a new target and it was painfully easy to lock onto one, especially if the target was screaming her lungs out.
"Oh crap! He's looking at me!" Ruby screamed. The bull bent down and let out another roar, blasting everyone of the other members with a Mabufula, almost knocking him unconscious from the sheer cold.
The bull charged at Ruby, "H-Hey, I like violence but seeing my own blood on the ground is not something I will enjoy! CRAP, somebody help me!" She cried.
"RUBY!" Terry said, ignoring the ice cold temperature that rocked his body. He ran over to Ruby and jerked her away by her scarf, tearing it into two.
"MY SCARF!" Ruby cried, as her blood red scarf slowly fell to the ground, in two pieces.
"MY CAP!" Terry said, as his cap was thrown to the ground as well, thanks to Ruby's failing. The two teens managed to sway to the side, but their belongings weren't that fortunate. The bull ran over their respective trademarks, utterly destroying them.
"My beloved…." Ruby cried.
"How could you….." Terry continued.
"You were….." Ruby said, holding her scarf in her hands.
"So young….." Terry trailed off.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Both of them shouted in unison, "Kill that prick!" Theo finally made his way towards the middle, edging the bull to attack him…. By a very peculiar way.
"Come on, you abomination!" Theo said, flipping the shadow off.
"How did he learn that?" Minato said, throwing a dark look at Junpei and Kenji.
"We don't know!" Both of them cried.
The shadow charged at Theo who gritted his teeth. Theo charged at the bull himself, holding his hands out. The two slowly came closer and closer to each other, until….
Theo blocked the two gigantic horns with his bare hands, making the dorm shake a bit. The blow managed to throw Theo off balance but he calmly composed himself, "How dare you?" Theo said, his voice shaking as he overpowered the beast, slowly lifting him up by his horns.
"Oh my gawd….." Ruby said, dropping her scarf onto the ground again.
"He's lifting him up! That is some voodoo shit yo!" Terry said in awe.
"My brother…." Elizabeth giggled, "You haven't lost a touch."
"Man, he's not only hot but strong as heck!" Hamuko said in awe, "Minato! He's one up than you, bro."
"Come forth!" Minato shouted, ignoring Hamuko. A shiver crawled up everyone's spine as Minato crushed the card that appeared in his palm. A deafening, bestial roar carried along with the wind as everyone looked to see Minato smirking at the shadow that was still being lifted up by Theo.
"Thanatos!" Minato commanded as the Death God let out another roar, instantly making all of the windows shatter from the sheer pitch
"Man…." Ruby said, feeling her knees wobble from the sheer dread.
"The hell….." Ryder said, taking one good look at the God before passing out.
"Thanatos…. The Death God." Terry said, panting, "And a mere boy is controlling him. Somehow, I believe the Nyx story even more now."
"M-Minato…" Hamuko said, collapsing onto the ground as Minato stood defiant, glaring at the shadow with hate.
"The same roar, the same deathly aura that strikes fear into the hearts of shadows themselves… He's Minato-san, all right." Aigis smiled.
"Brave Blade!" Minato commanded as Thanatos flew over to the shadow and drilled the sword right into its back, making the shadow roar in pain.
Theo dropped the shadow onto the ground and backed away and Thanatos repeatedly dug the sword out, before driving it back in, making Ichor splatter everywhere on the floor. The shadow slowly evaporated into red mist, before it finally disappeared. Thanatos gave out another gigantic roar, before finally disappearing back into Minato's soul.
"Good thing you held that thing up." Minato sighed, "Thanatos would have trashed the house if he kept chasing it."
"No problem…." Theo smiled.
Minato turned towards the rest of his friends. Hamuko, Ruby and Terry looked shocked beyond belief, "You peeps okay?"
"I lost my favorite scarf and he lost his hat… But screw that, what in the seventh hell was that!?" Ruby cried, "YOU!" She pointed at Theo, "You're freaking amazing, you lifted that thing up!" She pointed at Minato next, "And you summoned freaking Death itself that drove his sword multiple times into his back!" She gasped and held Terry's shoulder for support, "Sorry, I have a hard time standing after seeing that."
"You guys are awesome!" Terry said with a grin, "Man, I need to use this persona thingie too!"
"DEMON!" Hamuko cried, slapping Minato on the face, before running behind the couch. Minato sighed and went after her. But Hamuko was having none of it, she began to aim punches at Minato, who avoided most of them.
"Tch, dammit! STOP!" Minato spat, grabbing her by the arm.
"You took my dear cousin away, you demon!" Hamuko cried, in a desperate effort, she smashed her head with Minato's own, sending both of them onto the ground, groaning in pain from the collision.
"I'll avenge you cousin!" Hamuko said, jumping onto Minato and clutching his throat, "I'll kill you for killing my cute cousin!" Hamuko said as she began to choke him.
'I-I'm… Min….cho- GACK!" Minato choked.
"Darn it!" Yukari cursed, running over to Minato. She managed to pull Hamuko off Minato, and held her by the arms, who was still trying to power her way out and choke out the demon, "Hamuko-chan, he's no monster. H-He is your cousin." Yukari tried to calm her down, but Hamuko didn't listen.
"He was so young…" Hamuko sobbed, "And now, I have this asshole who has the same appearance as my cousin. He summons a God by crushing cards!"
"It is me…" Minato sighed, letting out deep breaths, "I am Minato Arisato, the same guy who lost his parents in a car crash and then was forced to carry this power." Minato spat, remembering the chain of events.
"Excuse me…" Aigis said, wiping a tear from her eye.
Hamuko stopped struggling against Yukari. She lowered her hands down and shot an disbelieving look at Minato, "T-They, died….?" She asked.
"Yeah." Minato sighed as he stood up, "You moved away when you were 5 years old. A lot happened since then cousin, a lot."
"They died…?" Hamuko dropped to the ground, "B-But, why did they never tell me?"
"You were always spoiled, even by my parents…" Minato smiled.
"D-Dammit…." Hamuko said, busting into tears. Everyone was silent as Hamuko continued to sob. Minato walked over to her and hugged her, rocking her back and forth, whispering her to calm down.
"It's all right…." Minato sighed, "I've gotten over it." He muttered.
After a while, Hamuko calmed down and Minato released the hug. Hamuko wiped her tears and stood up.
Minato faced his group, "This is the 2nd time a shadow has attacked us. We have to do something."
"It's really weird. I can easily sense a shadow from miles away… But, not this time." Fuuka lamented.
"How did he get in?" Minato asked.
"A black blob crawled beneath the door and transformed into that humongous SOB." Terry said.
"He's not trying to kill us…" Minato mused, "Whoever this scumbag is, he's trying to annoy us, or more specifically, he's toying with us. He could have sent a horde of shadows to kill us."
"Is he some sort of dammed entity that somehow came back from banishment?" Terry said, causing Minato to narrow his eyes at him, "J-Just kidding!"
"Well, joking aside." Minato sighed, "Terry already knows boxing, plus I heard he's good at kickboxing as well. So he can probably defend himself. Theo is a bull, while my other friends have personae. That leaves me to you three!" Minato said, turning to Hamuko, Ruby and Elizabeth.
"ME?"
"Me too?"
"Me three?"
"Yes, all of you!" Minato said, "Hamuko is weak…." The auburn haired girl wanted to smack him, but she couldn't bring herself to do that, especially after what Minato told her."
"Uh, Minato? I can defend myself. I took up self defense classes in London." Hamuko said, "I trained for years. I can take punks down easily."
"Good!" Minato gave a thumbs up, "That solves one thing." He turned towards Ruby, "Okay, you can scream a lot, but obviously that isn't gonna work."
"Why you!" Ruby said, "I know thousand of ways of inflicting torture, and rain down a world of hurt upon my enemies!"
"Do you have the strength to back those ideas up?" Minato deadpanned.
"W-Well…." She coughed into his fist, "No."
"Good, you, along with Elizabeth will be training, under my watch!" Minato commanded, "I need both of you kick ass."
"I'm too lazy!" Ruby groaned.
"Get over it!" Minato shot back.
"I'm too lazy to do that."
"You won't be, after the training I put you through. Heck, even Hamuko will help you!" The auburn haired girl nodded with a slight smile.
"Alright." Ruby sighed.
"Good!" Minato said cheerfully, "That involves you too, Kenji."
The brunette nodded, "Alright. I'll take my revenge on big fella!"
"Excuse me?" Terry coughed.
"N-Nothing."
"All of you." Minato turned to his old members, "All of you WILL be carrying evokers around. If anyone asks, tell them that it's a lucky charm."
"And Ryder… WOW!" Minato said, running over to Ryder who was knocked out, "Dude, wake up!" Minato shook him.
Ryder groaned and stood up, cursing out, "Fuck! What the hell happened!?"
"Uh, you likely couldn't control the persona, so you ended up burning up your spiritual energy." Minato mused.
"Fuck, what I did do wrong this time!?" Ryder spat, punching the ground.
"You need to calm down." Minato said, patting him. But Ryder slapped his hand away.
"Calm!? Last time you said in order to summon you need to be under stress! I fucking remembered the worst memories of my life and now you're telling me to STAY CALM!? Fuck this shit!" Ryder said, stomping his way out, leaving a shell shocked group behind.
"Don't worry. He'll be alright." Terry spoke up first.
"I hope so…" Minato sighed, "This persona thing isn't something you can be proud of." He gave a glance to his team mates, "God knows what shit we went through to get them."
"Anyways, Ruby, Elizabeth and Kenji… Hamuko and I will teach you self defense, right about at 8 pm, every night."
"Crap." Ruby cursed.
"I look forward to it." Elizabeth said cheerfully.
"Revenge…" Kenji whispered.
"Plus!" Minato turned to Theo with a smile, "Theo will keep watch over the house, for the whole night!" Theo opened his mouth to protest but Minato sealed the deal, "Surely a extraordinary powerful Avatar of Power like you doesn't need sleep, right?
"O-Ofcourse!" Theo said quickly, "I shall watch and guard over you, night and day." He placed a hand on her heart, "I swear upon myself."
"Oh my God!" Yukari said.
"That's freaking amazing!" Ruby cried.
"Theo is a hot, powerful and dedicated individual!" Hamuko cried.
"Speaking off…." Minato said, "Where did you learn to flip off the birds?" He raised a brow.
"Oh, you mean this?" Theo held his middle finger out. Minato shook his head and slapped his hand away.
"Yes, that! Who the hell taught you that!?" Minato scowled.
"I-I saw Kenji-san and Junpei-san do it while they were discussing which celebrity is 'hotter' in their own words. They were yelling something too, along with the lines of ass- something." Theo stammered.
"Kenji and Junpei…." Minato sighed, "Hamuko! Do your thing." Hamuko's eyes lit up. She grinned and skipped over to them.
"OUCH!"
"FUCK!"
Both of them dropped onto the ground as Hamuko kicked them in the nads. With that, Hamuko skipped away from them.
"HEY! Minato! Wanna take a walk in the city?" Hamuko offered.
"Sure!" Minato smiled. They had things to discuss. Minato waved at his friends, "We'll see you guys in a bit." With that, the two cousins went out of the house.
Everyone slowly went back to their place. Ruby waved and cursed about having to walk home. Yukari and Fuuka went their way too. Terry, Kenji and Junpei went back to their rooms, leaving the Velvet Siblings on ground floor.
Elizabeth had a sad look in her eyes. And Theo noticed it, "Sister? Is something wrong?"
A bitter smile came to her lips, "Theodore, sometimes, I curse this life and my limited knowledge. I don't even know myself what's happening to me sometimes…" She faced the door, "More specifically, whenever Minato-kun leaves with another female." She whispered to herself quietly.
"Sister… Are you alright?" Theo asked in concern. Elizabeth shakily nodded and ran up the stairs, opening the door to her room; she quickly went it and slammed it shut.
"Why do I feel so hollowed out whenever Minato-kun goes near someone else?" She cried, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Times are getting hard again…" Minato mused as Hamuko munched on her burger, "But, I won't let anything harm Elizabeth. If Margaret for anyone else comes near her… They'll have to walk over my dead body."
He sighed, "Why do I feel a bit empty while remembering her?" Minato stared at his empty hand, which usually held Elizabeth's hand, "I'm already starting to miss her." He sighed again, before eating his fries.
DONE! I've been on fire with this fic lately. So keep the reviews coming, and get updates in returns! =D
For those of you who are wondering. Theodore is weaker than Minato.
Yes, Ryder snapped.
Yes, Minato will teach Ruby and Elizabeth how to fight.
Yes, Theo has 1/4 chance of turning into a pervert, gym junkie, a rebel or a jack of all trades like Minato.
Yes, please review, it will make me very happy. Any questions for the OCS? Ask away.
Dclispe : Haha, glad you like it. Hamuko boss the savior around. She's badass... Oh my! I got the same idea, and Minato isn't gonna enjoy that one single bit, ;D Thanks for the review, yo!
Yoshi : Thanks! And yes, something big happened! Thanks for the review.
Alright, hope to see you guys soon, happy holidays, later!