Chapter 36 – Time For A Change...
November 1st, 2009 ~ Afternoon
Daedalus was taking a small walk around the shrine with Koromaru, focusing at the ground as she had a hand clutching her shoulder tightly. Her friendship with Koromaru had risen some more, but it was pretty easy for him to get along as Fuuka had some dog food ready for him. She sat on the bench, looking up at the sky as Koromaru ran around the park on his own. She heaved a great sigh, rubbing her arm.
"So.. Apparently the Dark Hour disappears when we defeat that last Shadow, right?" She looked down, clutching her dress. "How.. nice.."
She picked up the end of her necklace, looking at it carefully as she sighed again.
"Sesshou.. I never knew who she truly was, and why she was in my body." She blinked, "So.. When we win, does that mean everything disappears? Will I.. forget everything that happened here?"
She felt the wind pick up as soon as she said that, holding her hair as some of it blew in her face. Her eyes were half-lidded, and she felt like whimpering from the thought of being alone.
"Then again.. Where will everyone go..?" She whispered, "Where will I go..?"
Koromaru ran up to her with the bone she had taken with them, looking as happy as the sun on a summer day. When he saw her face, though.. He immediately started whimpering.
"Koro-chan." She smiled at him, "Sorry.. I was thinking a lot right now.."
"Wan~" He tilted his head at her, with his ears folded back as he sat down.
"I was thinking about what will happen when I leave SEES for good.." She slumped down, "Like, when we finish defeating the Shadows and all."
"Wan!" Koromaru barked again, nuzzling her leg as he sat beside her.
"I bet you're probably telling me to 'have hope', huh?" She smiled some more, petting the dog's head. "Of course I will! R-Right..? Everyone's supported me for so long.."
"Stay strong..."
"You'll... never lose..."
Daedalus was reminiscing on what Dark Daedalus had done before, and how she would be filled with relief once everything would be over. Daira.. Daira was probably cheering her on, too. Wherevershe was anyways.
"Oh, what am I talking about?" She chuckled, "Come on, Koro-chan! Let's start heading back to the dorm." She noticed her necklace glow a little, smiling to herself. "I bet everything will return to normal after we finish off the Dark Hour for good!"
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November 1st, 2009 ~ Dark Hour
Daedalus, Junpei, and Yukari were taken up the stairs with Minato to Tartarus for the night. If she were to fight with them in the final full moon, she needed to train herself to her fullest potential. She had tried her best to learn skills that she could use, but they hadn't popped up until they got to the higher points of the tower. She was able to use Garudyne without hesitation, but she was fatigued from all the running.
"We're almost there, guys!" Minato was running ahead, "How are you all holding up?"
"I'll take my tiny legs as far as they can go, Leader!" Daedalus stretched out her legs as she followed the group around. They were taking on tiny shadows, clearing off the floor to move to the next block without having something holding them up or anything. Though, considering the fact that it was Tartarus, it was quite hard to actually do that.
"Hah, Dae-Dae's slowing down~" Junpei teased, passing her as he held his sword tightly in his two hands.
"Come on, Dae-chan!" Yukari held her bow in one hand, and took Dae's hand in the other. Dae then tripped up on her own feet, trying to run faster and increase her stamina for the final full moon for the last few days.
"Quit teasing, Junpei-kun~!" She grinned, noticing a Shadow in their way. "I got it~!"
She placed her hand in front, the glove and gem glowing a bright green. "Garudyne!"
The Shadow jumped back, as she felt the wind blow against her face. It had made it's normal sound, using Mudo on her as it crawled towards her direction. She held her glove (that, thanks to Mitsuru, was patched up and fixed again) up to it, knowing that she could block the skill really well.
"Take this!" Daedalus pointed her finger to it, "Garudyne!"
The blast of wind hit the Shadow directly, making it disperse and disappear into Tartarus' atmosphere. She fell to a knee, smirking a little.
"You okay, Dae-chan?" Yukari looked back to her.
"Yeah... I'm fine." She stood back up, panting. "I think I'm going to retire for the night."
"Eh?" Yukari blinked, "But, we're almost to the next floor!"
"I'm sorry." She smiled sadly, "I can't take anymore for tonight." She pointed to the gem on her forehead, it blinking as it was losing it's power. "Senpai. I'm coming down for tonight!"
"Understood." Agaki was the one who was speaking to Dae now. "The teleporter's to your right. Go ahead and exit through there, Dae-chan."
"Yeah." She nodded, waving goodbye to the others as she slowly walked back to the entrance. She touched it, reappearing on the bottom floor. "I'm back."
"Welcome back, Tavi." Mitsuru couldn't help but smirk at the small girl. "You did well for tonight."
"Eheh.. Thanks, Senpai." She rubbed her shoulder nervously, "Though, I couldn't have done it alone."
"Let's just wait until the others come down for tonight." Fuuka replied, "We can all take a good rest for tomorrow and the next day."
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November 2nd, 2010 ~ Morning
Daedalus was still pretty worn out from last night, but she had to keep up the good work as long as she wanted to help support SEES on it's final stretch. She yawned during class, again helping Junpei with whatever he had trouble with, and eating alone when she was done with classes.
When the bell rang, she was one of the first few to stand up from her seats. She was busily packing up all her things in the bag, when all of a sudden she sensed Aigis from behind due to her shadow covering her.
"A-Aigis?"
"I see that you are slowly mending your relationship with Sanada-san." She nodded, "I comprehend that your feelings are coming back together?"
"Yes." She grinned at Aigis, her eyes closed as she turned around to face the android. "Did you.. need something?"
"I find it odd that when someone achieves Resolution, their Persona normally grows with them." She looked at Daedalus with a straight face. "But you, Daedalus-san, have yet to have your Persona grow."
"Maybe it's because it's a Shadow..?" She put her finger on her cheek, pondering in thought. "My Darker Half.. She doesn't seem like she's me after all. I don't have a split personality.. It just doesn't add up on how she acts."
"Doesn't a split personality normally form because of pain and suffering?"
"Yes, but.." Daedalus blinked, "It would've branched off from that.. Mine seems nothing like it." She looked down again, "There's a bunch of stuff about Sesshou that I don't know about.. I wanna find out before she disappears..!"
"I am sure we will find out in due time." Aigis bowed, "Please, do not strain yourself. I think Mitsuru-san is having a meeting tonight.."
"Oh? We are..?" She was puzzled for a bit, before bowing back to Aigis. "Understood. I'll be sure to be there tonight."
...Time Passed, and before Daedalus knew it..
November 2nd, 2010 ~ Evening
Daedalus and the others met up at the dorm. Even Agaki decided to tag along, seeing as he was a veteran of SEES himself. Everyone was quiet, but a somewhat gloomy atmosphere devoured the scene of the dorm itself. Daedalus sighed, petting Koromaru with Ken as Fuuka decided to strike up a conversation.
"Well.. Tomorrow's..." Fuuka bit her lip, "How else can I say it? Tomorrow's the final mission.."
"I can't believe I was so dense to not even think about when all this fighting would end.." Daedalus kicked her feet, looking at the group. "Now, isn't that odd..?"
Yukari smirked a little, "We've been at quite a lot for half a year now, huh..?"
"It was a lot better than a normal school life, don'tcha think?" Junpei butted in, "Besides, we've made some friends."
"I guess, so.." Ken sounded reluctant to respond.
"Two and a half years since I've gained this power." Akihiko shrugged, "I'm not complaining."
"That's true.. Same goes for Agaki-senpai, too. Right?"
"Well~" He grinned a little, scratching the back of his head. "I've had it for awhile, I'll say."
"And Aigis..."
"I was asleep for the time, so I have not been in operation for so long.."
"And, Dae-chan..?" Fuuko finally turned her head to her, which made the whole team turn to her.
"I awoke to it when I was around 8.. At least, that's what I think my age was." She shook her head, "I don't know the full details. Though, being in SEES.. has tamed it quite well. With and without suppressants."
"And tomorrow, she'll finally be gone right?" Junpei questioned her, having her nod with a look that said 'hopefully' on it. "Anyways.. Mitsuru-senpai. You started before Akihiko-san, right?"
"Me? ..Correct." She sighed, "SEES didn't exist back then, and it was just a regular dorm."
"Did the Chairman recruit you?" Yukari was curious to know more about her.
"No." She turned to Yukari, "I've been aware of it since I was little. The Research Team was attacked by Shadows.. and well.. I awakened my Persona when I witnessed the incident."
"Then.." Dae's eyes widened.
"I was the first one." Mitsuru gripped her arm tightly, biting her lip. "If that never happened.. You all would've had normal lives somehow."
".." Daedalus looked at her with sadness in her eyes. Not because she wanted to blame Mitsuru for having Sesshou appear out of nowhere and manipulate her, but to go through all that pain as a Kirijo. Her head sank lower.
"Well, it would've happened to anyone, anyways." Akihiko shrugged, "And, it's not like it could be ignored."
"That's true..." Mitsuru's response didn't sound truthful.
It was then that Dae's necklace began to glow a bright color again. It finally caught the team's attention, as they had never really seen Dae's necklace emit such an attracting light. Yukari stood up, walking over to Dae as she lifted up the necklace.
"This never came off your neck, right?" Yukari gave a sad smile, "Well, when all of this is over, you'll finally be able to have your own life back Dae-chan."
"Hopefully." Dae gave a slight notification of approval. "It's going to be kinda sad once this is all over..."
"Huh, what do you mean?" Agaki sat up, looking directly at Dae.
"I'll have no where to return to..."
Aaaah! My god, I'm so sorry to all my readers of Blackbullet ;o;. You either removed it from your watch or something!
I know, I haven't updated in forever. I have all Pre-Ap classes in school, I was braindead, stuff happened... Etc etc.
Anyways, Chapter 36 is up. You finally see an opening in all these filler chapters! I hope you enjoy it, and sorry it's kinda short!
Also, Sorry for Grammar fail T_T;.
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