Excessive brutal/psychotic scenes up ahead, along with dark themes. Turn back right now if you aren't a fan.
Minato dual summoned Mithra and Metatron, the summoning invoke a wave of spiritual energy that halted the charging veterans. Minato smirked as he gazed up towards the golden clouds. The summoning also sent the shadows crawling away but Minato didn't care. There was only one shadow that was of any use here.
"What the hell!?" Maya cried. "He summoned two of them again!"
"So, he is blessed," Noaya held his fist up. "Vish-" He was cut off by another wave of spiritual energy. The black haired persona user looked above and his brown eyes widened in utter surprise.
"What is that thing?" Katsuya gasped, staring wide eyed at the colossal hand which was grasping an equally large hammer. The giant hand hovered over the three of them, ready to smash them into the ground.
"DODGE!" Naoya yelled, jumping to the side. The rest did the same just as the immense hammer came crashing onto the floor, producing a ruinous earthquake that caused the entire tower to jiggle, and with that, the ground beneath them began to crack.
Naoya gritted his teeth at the expanding fissures.
"HAHAHAH!" Minato laughed coldly, simply backing away to a safer part of the floor. At full power, his fusion spell could have destroyed the entire floor but he held back just enough to send those so called veterans to the floor below.
"Oh, shit!" Maya cussed, as the floor finally gave way, inducing several more cusses and gasps as the veterans started from where they came. First they fell, and next, the debris came plummeting onto them, giving them a few bruises. Small groans followed as they recovered relatively quickly and sent death glares at the fallen one above.
"HAHAHAH!" Minato laughed once again, looking through the gigantic hole at the idiots below. "My home, motherfuckers!"
"Give me back my brother!" Tatsuya growled.
Minato retained his smirk and lifted Tatsuya up by his ankle, making him hover over the gaping hole, sending everyone below into a worried frenzy. "You want him so bad?" Minato asked again, sneering at the police officer.
"You monster!" Maya yelled at him.
"Follow me if you want him," Minato challenged the veterans with an insane smirk. "I'm gonna cripple everyone of you, you unfortunate sons of bitches!" He growled. "How dare you do that to me!?" He conjured up a ball of almighty energy into his palm. "Burn in hell!" He chucked the ball towards the group.
Naoya shoved it away with his bare hand, not even flinching while doing so.
Minato glared at the black haired male. "The Emperor..."
"Get back here and fight me like a man," Naoya challenged.
"Man?" Minato blew a raspberry. "Those weaklings seem to think otherwise."
"Coward!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Minato roared in reply, pulling the brunette away from certain death. "If you value this piece of shit then come up. I dare you!" With that, Minato snickered once again and ran away.
"Get to the stairs quick!" Katsuya ordered. They found the stairs in just a few seconds and went to the above floor once again. Minato had already departed for the floor above.
"He's above us again," Naoya informed. "Let's hurry."
And they sped up the stairs once again and found no trace of the blasted black haired demon once again. "Above us again!" The Emperor cussed, looking around for another set of stairs.
"Inform me when they get separated," Minato called out.
"I will," Nyarlathotep chuckled. "They're coming, make haste."
"Fools!" Minato laughed, bolting up the set of stairs once again.
"Dammit!" Naoya was getting restless. Thanks to his presence, the shadows were crawling away from the group, not giving them much trouble. "Split up and search!"!
And they went above once again.
"NOW!" Nyarlathotep announced to Minato who was leaning against on the above floor. "They have been separated, this is your chance!"
"Heh, tell me their locations," Minato ordered, feeling three of them but they were vastly apart from each other.
"Katsuya is the closest," The Dark God informed. "Turn left and..." Nyarlathotep told him the directions and Minato bolted for the police officer.
"Keep an eye on the weakling," Minato ordered and snickered. "Sweet, sweet revenge!" He summoned a dagger in his palm and readied himself for a gory mauling.
Katsuya cussed once again, yelling out to his other two companions. "Where are they..." He muttered under his breath. He had a bad feeling feeling about this floor just as he stepped foot on the stairs but there was no way they could back off, especially with Tatsuya in the grasp of the most demented teenager he had ever seen.
Minato finally saw Katsuya with his back turned, an easy target. The fallen one pumped the godlike energy into his veins and made a mad dash for the older persona user.
Katsuya could hear it for sure but he was also caught a little off guard and that was all that Minato needed. The fallen Messiah came up behind him and plunged the blade for Katsuya's back, freezing the older male in his tracks, after that, Minato forcefully pulled it downwards, further stretching the wound.
Katsuya released a harsh yell of pain and Minato smirked. "You're fired." He mocked, punching him on the fresh wound.
"Dammit!" Maya had heard the scream. "Where is it coming from!?"
Naoya gritted his teeth. "Hold on..." And he sprinted for the two persona users.
Minato floored the wounded persona user and punched him repeatedly on the face. "You punched me like this too, right?" The teenager snarled, rolling him over and punching him remorselessly on the back once again.
"Damn you!" Katsuya tried to concentrate and summon his persona but Minato's blows were heavy and brutal. Not to mention he was punching him on the fresh wound.
Minato was about to brutalize him further but quickly sensed two other persona users closing in. "And they ruin the fun.." He gave one last kick to Katsuya who rolled over and stopped right before Maya's feet, who looked horrified.
Naoya had arrived as well and upon that, Minato quickly fished out a greenish gem from his pocket.
"You idiot!" Naoya yelled, a vein popping up on his forehead. He was ready to make a dash as Maya attended to Katsuya but Minato ended up laughing once again, snapping everyone's attention back to him.
"Adios, asshole!" Minato waved at the Emperor and chucked the gem for Naoya's feet who was truly confused.
"Later!" And with that, a bright green light engulfed the veteran persona user and seconds later, he disappeared from the floor. Maya was flabbergasted, what the hell happened? Naoya was here seconds ago and now, she couldn't sense him anywhere.
While Maya was trying to regain her wits, Minato quickly closed the distance and kicked the female in the gut brutally, sending Maya crashing into the wall. While she was a strong persona user, her brute strength was nowhere near him.
"That's for shooting me," Minato recalled. And moments later, he was punched in the face.
Minato licked the blood clean from his lips and growled at Katsuya who looked majorly pissed, probably because Minato had kicked Maya. "That hurt..." The fallen one said, shaking slowly as Katsuya fished out for his pistol.
"Just like last time!" Minato kicked him in the nuts and smashed his face onto the ground brutally, cracking the surface along with his nose.
"Art-" Minato quickly sped past the injured veteran and kicked Maya in the gut once again, halting her from completing the summoning. She was banged up after the kick and had difficulty in concentrating. The reporter dropped to a knee while gritting her teeth.
"Why are you doing this!?" She growled.
"Salvation," Minato replied casually.
"The shadow is coming..." Nyarlathotep informed, much to the delight of the fallen one.
"Get used to that position Maya," Minato mocked. "That will happen a lot."
"You bastard..." Katsuya cursed.
"HAHAHAHAH!" Minato bolted from the scene as he heard the faint rattling of chains. He wasn't scared in the slightest but the two were injured and he left them for the Reaper to play with. He could at least give them a couple of wounds. The Dark God cleared the path towards the stairs and Minato went up with another merry laugh.
Maya cringed as she heard a horrific roar coming from behind her. She slowly turned around and yelped slightly, a little horrified by the gigantic shadow who was wielding deadly looking revolvers.
"Maya.." Katsuya was finally up.
Maya held her fist up after cleaning the little bit of blood on her cheek. "Artemis!"
...
Naoya was annoyed and pissed beyond belief. He wasn't sure what just transpired in the past few seconds. He was in the bloodied up labyrinth a few seconds ago with seemingly no end, and yet, he was standing at the entrance right now.
"Damn him..." The Emperor scowled, heading for the access point once again.
"Heh..." Minato laughed, as Nyarlathotep told him that Naoya was coming back in. Unfortunately for him, the Faceless demon had tampered with the access point before and Naoya ended up on the first floor.
Instead of purple walls and scary looking faces, he was greeted by green and bits and puddles of red. He hoped to God that he wasn't lost.
"... This is different," The black haired male was getting annoyed once again. "... Where are they!?"
"I have no choice but to keep going..." Naoya bit his lip. He found the same black blobs crawling around the floor, and for some reason, they pissed him off.
"Damn things!" Naoya held his fist up. "Vishnu!"
The veteran absolutely mauled everything that came in his way and made his way on the other floor. "Gotta speed this up..." And so began to trek to the floor where Maya had finally finished off the Reaper.
"That thing was tough..." Maya winced, rubbing her sides to ease the pain. They finished it off with relatively few injuries but the dammed thing managed to get a few shots in because Minato had injured them beforehand.
"Katsuya..." Maya helped him up. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine..." The police officer cringed.
"... Can you continue?"
"Of course I can! Katsuya yelled. "He's got Tatsuya with him. Not a second to waste. Let's hurry."
Maya gritted her teeth and took a look around. "What hell are we in..."
Minato laughed as he ascended the stairs and looked around the new floor. "That felt wonderful!" He yelled. "Where is Naoya right now?"
"Quite below us," Nyarlathotep informed. "He will take a while. I suggest you dispose one of them."
"I suppose so," Minato chuckled in reply. "Are they still coming? or did the Reaper kill them?"
"Due to the damage you inflicted, the shadow managed to injure them, but nothing serious," The Dark God answered. "Still, this battle is in your hands."
"And so I wait," Minato started humming.
The two managed to reach the floor but nothing happened so Minato went one level above once again, while Naoya was climbing the floors as fast as he could. "Hold on!" The seasoned persona user bit his lip, ripping through a dozens of shadows before sprinting up the stairs.
"That prick is fast," Minato mused, rolling Tatsuya on his back, as the brunette was still unconscious. "Man, and the demon said you'd be a bigger threat than him," He laughed rather condescendingly, placing his foot on Tatsuya's head. "What a fucking joke."
"Nothing happened," The Demon informed. "Keep moving."
Minato cussed under his breath and kicked the brunette towards the steps. "Still enjoying this..." He said to himself with a smile, going up the stairs.
Katsuy was feeling a light headed due to the pain and blood loss, Maya had healed the wound but Minato had crippled him further due to the repeated body shots on the open wound.
"Are you okay..." Maya asked again.
"I'm fine..." Katsuya said, holding back a grunt of pain.
"..." The female remained silent and the two went up the stairs.
...
"They have been separated," The Dark God shouted. "Take the male with you."
"Heh," Minato looked back at Tatsuya who was bleeding from his mouth now. "You don't look similar, despite being brothers. I'll take care of that..." The fallen one cracked his knuckles.
"Not again..." Maya muttered, cautiously moving around since they had been separated once again. "Katsuya!" She yelled, hoping she would run into him soon.
Minato shot like a bullet from the darkness and attacked her on the gut once again, flooring the reporter. Maya let out a loud scream as Minato snickered above. "I love your screaming..."
Maya shot up and slapped the teenager across the face, hard to cause a mark. Minato tilted his head and touched the mark on his cheek. "Insolent bitch!" He roared, slapping her back which sent the female a few feet backwards.
"Don't let her summon," Nyarlathotep warned.
Minato was onto her, circling around Maya who was struggling to get up. "I'm gonna sleep like a baby tonight."
"You asshole," Maya growled. "Diam-" The painful attack rang warning bells in Minato's psyche. He dashed ahead and kneed her in the gut once again, sending Maya to her knees once again.
"Nothing," Minato grabbed Maya by her hair. "There is nothing you can do!"
"You are against the goddamn Messiah!" He yelled to her face, forcefully ripping away once of her sleeve, for some weird reason.
"Why are you doing this..." Maya whimpered, barely able to stand due to the constant gut punches. Those managed to knock all the stamina she had and now, she was trying hard to get his breath out. "WHY!?" She grabbed the teenager by his collar and tried to rock him back and forth. "What has Tatsuya done to you!?"
"... Nothing," Minato replied passively. "He's still going to die."
"You son of a bitch!" Maya slapped him again, and Minato barely felt it this time.
"Toodles, bitch," Minato said, pulling out another gem from his pocket. He smashed the thing near Maya and soon, the female reporter disappeared and collapsed onto her knees when she reached the lobby.
Minato snickered, catching wind of several fast footsteps. "And the brothers will reunite." He mocked, turning around to come face to face with the injured persona user.
Katsuya didn't bother attack first as his heart did a painful somersault. "...What are you doing with that?" He demanded as Minato's twirled around the torn piece of cloth in his hand.
Minato snickered, an unforgiving smirk decorating his features. "I don't know..." He replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
Those words sent Katsuya into a frenzy, his brain overheating and his muscles losing steam. He was trying hard not to fall to the ground. "You bastard!" The older male snapped, sluggishly running over to the fallen one and aiming a punch.
Minato dodged the punch and wrapped the piece of cloth around his throat, and then began choking the police officer. "Come on!" He began to drag the nearly limp male over to the place where Tatsuya was knocked out.
Katsuya forgot all about the pressure on his throat as he laid his eyes on Tatsuya who looked a little banged up. "Tatsuya..." The older sibling bit his lip as Minato released the grip and Katsuya made his way over to his brother.
Minato watched on he checked his pulse and his shoulders tensed. "Why did you all this..."
"I could," Minato shrugged in reply.
"You bastard!" Katsuya pulled out his pistol but Minato was fast. He dashed ahead and knocked Katsuya to the ground, and snatched away the firearm.
"Fool!" Minato pointed the pistol at his skull, ready to finish him off but someone interrupted.
"Do not kill him yet! We need his power!" The Dark God halted Minato who sighed in annoyance. Fucking seriously?
"Tch, whatever!" Minato still didn't pull the gun away. He pointed at his legs instead with an insane smirk.
"What are you doing!?" Katsuya panicked slightly.
"..." Minato responded by shooting him twice on his legs and arms, making the police officer scream on top of his lungs in utter agony which only caused Minato to widened his already psychotic smirk.
Due to Nyarlathotep's powers, the pained screams managed to reach both of the other veterans.
"SHIT!" Naoya cussed out. "I can feel that bastard close by!" He obliterated the Reaper in a few seconds and ran up the stairs once again.
"... No," Maya struggled back to hold the tears, Katsuya's scream nearly bursting her ear drums. "... FUCK!" She cried out as loud as she could.
The screaming had awakened the unconscious brunette. Tatsuya finally opened his eyes and was greeted by a purple ceiling and the stench of iron. "What the..." Tatsuya muttered, looking to the side and the moment he did that, the blood running his veins turned cold.
"Bro!" Tatsuya stood up straight as he witnessed the mangled condition of his brother who was very close to passing out. "What happened to you.."
"Save yourself..." With that, the older Suou passed out due to fatigue and pain.
Minato snickered and Tatsuya stood up once again, his brows furrowed and his fists bony white. "... You did this didn't you..." He had millions of question but none of those mattered right now, he just wanted to maul the black haired bastard for what he did.
"I did," Minato replied with a sneer.
"GRRR!" Despite being outmatched, Tatsuya bolted for the teen, aiming a punch that hit Minato square in the face but the fallen one wasn't affected in the slightest, instead he ended up snickering once again.
Tatsuya unloaded a barrage of strikes but again, Minato didn't even budge. "Pity," The fallen one replied back with a punch of his own that cleanly broke Tatsuya's orbital and sent him crashing to the ground.
"Pity indeed," Minato sneered, pulling out the pistol once again. His expression were cold once again and Tatsuya gritted his teeth in defiance.
"Go to hell!" The brunette yelled and Minato sneered once again.
"That's the spirit," Minato unloaded another 8 bullets into Tatsuya's limb, and like his brother, the brunette screamed on top of his lungs, as the bullet dug deep, burning through his flesh, and unlike Katsuya, the younger sibling had no persona to somewhat help the pain.
"TATSUYA!" Maya heard the pained screams and recognized them all to well. "Please stop!" She begged, hoping that Minato would hear her but it was of no use. More pained screams followed, rattling her brain. "No..." She whimpered, curling against the steps.
"... Tatsuya..." Maya shivered, her brain still rattling under the pressure of those screams. "..."
...
"This is what you get for defying me, you insolent fuckers!" Minato growled, gazing passively as the pool of blood that surrounded the two brothers. He turned around to unleash two bolts of almighty energy for the teleporter and the set of stairs, reducing them both to dust. There was no way out except for the last he had.
"You..." Tatsuya said through clenched teeth, his throat pained because of the screams. "I'll get you... I swear."
"Learn to defend yourself, kid," Minato mocked, casually kicked him on the open wound, causing the brunette to yell out in pain.
Tatsuya started to panted. "I don't give a crap about how strong you are! I'm going to kill you! Mark my words!" The two stared at each other for what seemed to be an eternity, until Minato snickered and kicked the brunette in the wound once again, and finally, Tatsuya passed out once again.
Minato pocketed the gun and looked around to find Naoya running towards him. He finally caught up.
The Emperor nearly trip at the sight of the two brothers bleeding buckets, with their limbs crippled. "... No." Naoya muttered, looking around for the cause and he soon found it in the form of the familiar demented teenager.
"Why have we ever done to you!?" Naoya yelled, tearing his eyes away from the gruesome sight.
"I'm repaying the favor," Minato replied.
"You attacked us first!"
"And then you attacked back. And then, I did this..." Minato replied with a chuckle, fishing out the last gem.
"... I will kill you," Naoya swore, causing Minato to gaze back at Tatsuya.
"Kill me, huh?" Minato said, locking his gaze onto the older persona user moments later. "I swear on my honor, I won't die until I achieve my ambition. No matter what."
"What is your damn ambition? Killing us!?" Naoya screamed back, demanding answers.
"The Dark Hour is almost over," The Dark God couldn't help but laugh at what Minato had done. He was truly someone special.
"You're facing off against the Messiah," Minato replied.
"The Messiah?"
"Let that sink in, and good luck..." Minato sneered. "Next time, I'm crippling you, be ready for that."
"We're doing it right now!" Naoya yelled, summoning Vishnu, enraged like he had never been before.
Minato chuckled and crushed the gem in his grip. "My rules, assholes. You'll dance to my liking, you insolent bastard." With those parting words, the green engulfed the fallen Messiah and Minato disappeared.
"AAAHHHH!" Naoya screamed in frustration, barely holding himself back from blowing the entire place apart. Minato had bested him and the rest this time, all because of the damn tower.
Minato reached the lobby and was surprised to find that Maya was no longer there."Probably went up again. Fool." He shook his head.
"Well, there is no way out for them now," Minato chuckled, he had destroyed the access point and the steps, and the three were trapped without any knowledge of what was to come next. And where they would end up.
Minato stepped out of Tartarus and let out a cruel laugh, his vengeance was finally satiated and he felt fucking awesome. "HAHAHAHA!" With another laugh, the fallen one teleported back to his room.
"HAHAHAHAH!" Minato couldn't control his laughter after what had happened. He dropped to his bed and released a few more giggles. "GOD! I feel so fucking free!" He fist pumped. "I'm fucking invincible!"
Are you still reading? congrats whoever you are, because that was pretty effing brutal. The veterans got buried and crippled just because they fell right into his trap and knew jack about Tartarus worked.
I felt that Minato was moving away from the antag but I'm pretty sure he took his place back, because he did some pretty psychotic shit in this chapter. That's right, you're supposed to hate him, he's the antag while Hamuko is the protag. Also, a quiz, do you think this fic could have worked if the second fool was another version of Minato? or would it be dull without Hamuko?
Also, its personal between Minato and the veterans, don't you think so? Just imagine Tatsuya vs Minato after this.
Replies :
Lomia : IKR? but I bet you hate him now, please say so!
MD : Philemon has a role to play, but not right now. Hope you enjoyed this.
Piped : And that was the plan. In a pure fight, Minato would have died but like I said, dude is pretty fucking smart and took the fight into his hometown and you saw the result. :P Naoya is miles above the reaper but injured Maya vs near dead Katsuya did have some trouble.
... you gave me an idea. thanks man!
Ashara : Lololol, you kinda are. :P Jokes. You'll see what I mean. Thanks for the review.
Mr bad grammar : Thanks dude.
Le me : Reaper got stomped but I think he got a lil spotlight by injuring the two. Thanks for the review.
Jason : I'm kinda thinking about the others. :L I rather not introduce Maki though...
Shadow : No prob dude. :P He hates her guts right now but he's a bastard so he can mask it pretty well. About shinji... you'll have to wait and see.
He's saving it for the right moment. Hahaha. He doesn't care, but yeah, he saved it countless time and he'd be pissed to see his efforts and sacrifice go to vain, least that's what he thinks right now. You'll see, but I promise, there will be another gigantic battle there.
Thanks for the review dude. Hope you enjoyed this one as well.