Hamuko finally started to move despite the insane amount of pain surging all over her body. She was burned badly from the shot and the bullet was still lodged into her flesh. "..." her body started to shiver as she forcefully picked herself from the dirt and stood up.
"Hamuko," Yukari cried, she could barely stand.
Takaya seemed impressed. "Unexpected.."
Hamuko ignored him and looked far away. The shadow was running and her heart was about to burst. "Come back..." she gritted her teeth, she was going to fail once again.
"Wait!" Mitsuru yelled as her junior shot like a bullet behind the shadow but the leader of Strega didn't allow her to chase the shadow.
Hamuko's cheek was cut open when the bullet grazed her, barely inches away from hitting her in the eye. "Grrr..." she stopped and finally faced the two artificial persona users. "Who are you?" she yelled, cringing moments later due to the burn on her back.
"You don't need to know as you'll be dead pretty soon," Jin sneered back.
Hamuko stomped, the shadow wasn't stopping and these two assholes were blocking her way. "Let me go," she warned, holding the sword in her bloody fist.
Takaya studied the female for a few seconds. "You are very similar to your leader..."
"How do you know him?"
The pale persona user gritted his teeth. "He attacked us last night... hoping to stop us from interfering in your mission... but alas, he failed."
"..." Hamuko blinked, Minato attacked them to help the team? why didn't he tell her?
"I have never seen a persona user like him, he is far beyond our level and handling him will be exceedingly difficult," Takaya readied his revolver once again. "And I will not allow you to grow as powerful as he is."
"Tch," Hamuko clicked her tongue in annoyance.
...
"Haah!" Naoya sprung around to gain momentum for his strike and aimed it for Minato's neck. The younger persona user brought his sword up and blocked the strike, invoking a shock-wave that sent both of them staggering back.
Minato crouched and broke into a run for Naoya who cleared the cobwebs and dug his feet firmly into the ground. "Come on!"
"Do you remember!?" Minato yelled on the top of his lungs, coming dangerously close to the black haired teen. "You and that damn boxer."
The words caught him off guard and Minato slashed him on the side of his gut, dropping the Emperor to a knee. Minato whipped around, aiming to dig his sword into Naoya's back Naoya was quick and he slashed Minato on the face, opening up a cut on his cheek.
Minato scowled as blood travelled down his cheek.
Naoya stood up and faced his foe once more. "How do you know about Reiji?"
"I know everything," Minato spat. "I told you before, I don't forget unlike you puppets."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Naoya demanded.
Minato didn't bother replying and shot for the older persona user once again, swinging his sword. Naoya parried all the slashes and aimed a right for face. Minato smirked, Naoya loved that strike and he always overextended and left himself open during the attack.
"Heh," Minato bobbed through the blow and replied back with a sick cross to Naoya's face, knocking the Emperor backwards.
Minato rushed forward, rocking Naoya with a few more punches before jumping back to avoid his sword once more. "You overextend that right way too much bro," Minato sneered. "Summon that damn Vishnu of yours, go on."
Naoya blinked, how the hell did this guy know? "FINE!" he obliged, putting his fist up and summoning his prime persona.
Minato gritted his teeth, invoking a burst of darkness as he prepared to summon his persona. "Come forth!"
...
Hamuko bulldozed her way through the two persona users, setting her sights on the damn tank.
"Oh no, you won't," Jin grabbed the back of her jacket.
"Let me go," Hamuko snapped, circling around and socking the blunet on the face, making him release the grip.
Takaya tried to shoot her on the back once again but Akihiko stepped in and knocked him to the ground with a strong left. "Keep going!" the boxer yelled at the Wild Card. "Destroy that thing; I know you can do it!"
"We trust you, Hamuko," Mitsuru looked her in the eye.
Hamuko's back started to burn once again, making her cringe. She stepped forward and kicked the shirtless male in the gut, making him hack out blood and saliva onto the ground. "I'll be back guys, I know you can beat the crap outta these punks."
Hamuko glared at the two and turned around, she could still see the shadow. She couldn't afford to lose it. The redhead pumped herself with a Sukukaja and took off behind the shadow.
Takaya gritted his teeth as he watched Hamuko's retreating figure. "Jin..." he looked towards his friend.
Jin was getting roughed up pretty but he nodded at Takaya. The team pulled back when he pulled out his evoker and aimed it for his temple.
"Evoker!?" Fuuka gasped. "They're persona users!?" she couldn't sense it, what the hell was going on?
"Moros!" Jin shot himself on the temple and summoned his persona, shocking the members of SEES as Moros stood between them and Takaya.
Takaya picked himself up and set his sights on the redhead who was still running behind the shadow. He couldn't let her kill the shadow, he refused to let them erase the Dark Hour. "You won't..."
"Get him!" Mitsuru ordered Akihiko but Moros kept him at bay with Agidyne. "Tch!" Mitsuru looked ahead, Takaya was chasing behind Hamuko who was still behind the shadow. "I know you can do it..." she whispered, she had full faith in Hamuko just like Minato.
"Beat him till he drops unconscious," Mitsuru ordered. "Do not kill him, I want him alive for answers."
...
Minato broke into a run towards Naoya once again as their personae were locked into a stalemate. This felt so familiar. The older persona user growled at the oncoming teen and met the charge head on.
The two aimed a punch for each other's faces as their personae kept struggling with each other.
Minato gritted his teeth and tilted his head to the side to avoid the blow and socked Naoya on the face once more, knocking him backwards. The Emperor stepped back immediately, looking to take Minato's head off with a sloppy, overhand right but Minato ducked and wrapped his arm around Naoya's neck, holding him in a suffocating neck lock.
"What's the matter, puppet!?" Minato sneered as he started choking him out, making the older male struggle.
Thanatos finally started overpowering Vishnu, cutting the Hindu God open with several slashes. Noaya gritted his teeth as he felt razors streaking across his flesh as the Death God assaulted his persona just above him.
"NO!" Naoya yelled on the top of his lungs, swinging Minato over his shoulder by brute strength.
Minato landed on the ground and got a punch on his face almost immediately.
Vishnu was real close to detonating an explosion as Thanatos started to struggle.
Naoya growled and looked ready to pounce on the blue haired teen. "NO!" Minato shouted, summoning the compendium and cracking the oncoming persona user in the head as he jumped onto Minato.
Naoya was knocked backwards due to the head-shot. The Emperor clutched his head and looked ahead to see Minato standing upright once more. The blue haired teen was gazing at him with the same cold and vacant stare that he gave to Tatsuya and Maya. His persona was towering over him, charging up a spell.
Darkness spiralled around the blue haired teen as the Death God let out a bestial roar making the darkness surge upwards violently until it reached up to the skies. Naoya picked himself up as Minato looked right into his soul.
"Omega Cluster..."
...
Hamuko growled at the persistent bastard running behind him. "You fool, leave while you still can!" she warned, looking over her shoulder.
Takaya responded by pulling out his revolver once again and firing a few bullets for the redhead. Hamuko gritted her teeth and dodged most of them but got clipped on the shoulder, eliciting a hiss of pain. "I won't let you reach the shadow."
Hamuko growled once more and stopped to turn around and charged at the male. Takaya couldn't stop his charge and Hamuko nearly took his head off with a brutal clothesline that sent him crashing to the ground.
Hamuko looked back at the shadow and pounced on the battered male, wrestling him to the ground once again. "Leave me alone!" she snarled, unloading a brutal elbow on Takaya's head busting his forehead open. Hamuko exploded once more with several shots to his wound before looking back at the shadow.
"Tch!" her back was causing her problems once again and the shadow was getting father away. Hamuko stood up and looked to run once again but Takaya caught her ankle and tripped her to the ground.
"Fool!" Hamuko yelled once more, mighty pissed at the half naked male. Takaya stood up to tower over the redhead and Hamuko snapped his head back with an up-kick that sent him crashing to the ground again.
Hamuko stood up and didn't bother looking at Takaya once again, she locked her eyes on the shadow and took off once again.
Takaya stood up seconds after and continued running behind her.
...
Minato speared Naoya through the wall, burying him underneath the rubble. The fallen one dug his hand into the pile of rubble and pulled the Emperor out. "Grrr!" Naoya dug his shoulder into Minato's gut and plowed forward, driving Minato into a nearby car.
The Fool let out a grunt of pain and grabbed a fistful of black hair. Minato bounced Naoya's head on the car but Naoya replied with an elbow up his gut, making Minato release the grip.
"Damn," Katsuya, Tatsuya and Maya were no challenge to him but Naoya was giving him problems already. He was on another level compared to the rest. Minato exploded forward and smashed his fist against Naoya's jaw, dropping him to a knee.
The blue haired teen tried to knee him in the face but Naoya stood right back up and wrapped his hands around the throat of the fallen messiah, overpowering him to the ground.
Minato coughed as the black haired male started to choke him. "Damn you! the Fool yelled, headbutting his foe that made the Emperor pull back momentarily.
Naoya growled and picked up his sword once again.
Minato summoned his sword once again and rushed at the Emperor once again.
"Haaah!" the two let out a collective shout as their blades clashed, invoking a shock wave of pure power that made the entire district rumble.
Minato hissed, cussing horribly at the Emperor who fought back, glaring daggers at the blue haired demon.
"This is so familiar," Minato hissed, thinking back to their previous struggle in the last cycle.
"W-What do you mean?" Naoya struggled, clenching his jaw as Minato increased the pressure.
"Feels so goddamn familiar," Minato hissed, ignoring the multitude of sparks given off. "This happened before..."
"..." Naoya wasn't bother to ask why, either he was a psychic or was completely insane.
The memory of his death in the previous cycle slashed across his psyche like razors, reddening the face of the fallen one. "Before I fucking died!" he let out a huge yell of frustration and rage. "You piece of shit!" he yelled once more, overpowering Naoya's blade and sending him skidding backwards momentarily.
Minato rushed forward, grabbed him by the face and smashed his head against the ground. "All because of you!" he yelled to the skies, smashing the Emperor on the face with several brutal blows.
"That goddamn brown haired bitch," he slammed his fist onto Naoya's face once again, finally breaking his nose. "All because of you and him!" he grabbed the Emperor's throat and widened his eyes, he was going to choke this son of a bitch out and rip his head off.
"NO! Weaken him, use the skull that I gave you,"Nyarlathotep blared into his psyche and Minato cussed at him.
Naoya finally fought back the pain and knocked Minato off with a punch that threw him to the side. "Just who is this guy..." he wondered, opening his mouth to breath since his nose was broken.
Minato bit his lip, Naoya wasn't slowing down and they were completely even. He needed a boost, or else they would be fighting for days. "Damn you, you fucking puppet..." he scowled. "How could an ignorant puppet like you possess this power!?" the fates were stupid.
Naoya started panting. "Shut up and fight!"
Minato obliged and dashed forward, aiming a punch. Naoya replied but like always, he overextended and Minato weaved through and knocked the older male to the ground with his own strike.
...
Takaya finally grabbed a hold of Hamuko's hair and stopped the redhead in her tracks. He punched the female on her already wounded back, making her hiss with pain once more.
"Damn you!" she snapped, ducking below and elbowing Takaya right in the middle of his wound from last night. The leader of Strega spat out blood as his body quivered. He took a step back and Hamuko kneed him in the same place again, dropping him to his knees.
"Just run away," Hamuko advised, giving him a cold glare. "I don't want to kill you, get lost already." she had been running for several minutes now and the shadow showed no signs of slowing down. Hamuko didn't know where she was, she was so fixated on the damn tank to notice the signs.
"I refuse," Takaya growled back, standing up once more to face the Wild Card. "This hour... is a blessing... and you wish to end it, we will not tolerate that."
"Are you insane?" Hamuko spat. "I want to beat the crap outta you even more after hearing that."
Takaya smirked.
"People are getting that dammed syndrome because of this hour and you want it to remain?" she lost her temper and thwacked the male on the face. "I'm going to end this hour."
The name of the blue haired monster made Takaya shivered. "That monster..."
Hamuko smirked, proud of Minato for beating him to a pulp. "I get it; he destroyed you so you wouldn't interfere with our operation."
The shadow shot a bullet into the sky and Hamuko cussed, she forgot about that damn thing. "One more chance... either lie down or get lost, you can't beat me." she narrowed her eyes. "I'll happily finish what he started if you follow me again... leave me and my friends alone!" with that, she whipped around and started running behind the shadow once more.
Takaya got up once more, he was sure that Jin was captured by now but he couldn't give up. Despite the warning, he followed her.
Hamuko finally gazed at a nearby sign and read loud. "Sumaru City..." she blinked, that name was familiar, very familiar."..." this was the same place that was burned down in the previous cycle. "What rotten luck..."
...
Minato and Naoya traded blows, covered up in blood. Minato remembered every single punch that Naoya gave him in the previous cycle and it fueled his hate, making him hit back every time with more power than before.
Naoya's head was spinning due to the rage, Katsuya and Tatsuya were dead and the male in front of him was responsible for everything, not to mention he abused Maya and left her for dead in the building. Every strike he threw was more powerful than the last one.
The two pulled back, gasping for air as the damage he accumulated was hitting the breaking point but they were still fueled with the hate and charged at each other once again, smashing their heads against each other.
That collision hurt and knocked a few brain cells lose but they didn't care.
The persona user gritted their teeth and pulled back, only to headbutt each other once again. Blue mist exploded from the impact and the two grabbed onto each other's wrists.
Minato smashed his head against Naoya once again, snarling while doing so.
Blue mist swirled around the two persona users once more.
Minato pulled back and was about to headbutt once again but he stopped as his heart somersaulted towards his throat. He could sense someone, that someone was entering Sumaru and he knew that someone very well. "What the hell..." the distraction was all that Naoya needed, he kicked the fallen one way, picked up his sword and charged once again.
Minato was still in disbelief as Hamuko got closer and closer into Sumaru. "What the- AGH!" Naoya slapped him on the chest, cutting through his hood and flesh. Minato's head snapped back to the Emperor and he yelled out in frustration.
Things were going downhill once again, if Hamuko found out all that he had done then...
Naoya slashed him open once again, dropping Minato to a knee.
"No, no, no!" he didn't have the will to complete another cycle, he had worked so hard to get the trust from the team but as Naoya slashed his face once again, Minato began to yell out to the heavens. "NO NO NO!" Hamuko was getting closer.
"No, no, no, NO!" he grabbed a hold of the older persona user and got a sword up his gut... "..." Minato fought back the pain and overpowered Naoya into the ground, clasping his mouth shut with his palm. "Grrr..." Naoya stuck the blade up Minato's gut again, making blood gush out like a waterfall.
"No," he repeated once again as the older male bit him on the hand, literally tearing away his flesh.
"You won't win this time!" the blade inside his gut was driving him crazy and Naoya was seconds away from powering out of the hold, he wasn't Katsuya or Maya, he was ready to break free but Minato switched to Surt.
Naoya felt his face heating up.
"Agidyne!" Minato harnessed the spell into his palm that was around Naoya's mouth. The fallen one yelled out once again as the blade went in deeper but he bit hard on his lower lip and let loose the fire that was formed in his fist.
"..."
"Gaaaa-" Naoya was stopped mid-yell. "..."
...
Hamuko panted as she finally stepped into Sumaru City, it seemed peaceful but unfortunately, it was going to get burned to the ground during the battle. The shadow finally stopped and turned around to see the redhead girl standing just a couple of feet away.
Hamuko panted, she was sure that the wound on her back was infected by this point, not to mention that the bullet was still in her flesh. She was lucky to have all the personae as a normal human would be dead by this point. "Alright, time to finish this..." she summoned another sword into her palm and charged for the tank.
The shadow shot another bullet for Hamuko who jumped out of the way and chucked a fireball that simply bounced off the shadow. "TCH!" the shadow charged towards her, looking to squash her once again but Hamuko rolled away, and kept throwing the fireballs towards the shadow.
The redhead was ready to charge once again but was stopped in her tracks when someone wrapped his arms around her frame, locking her into a tight bear-hug. "What the!?" she snarled, not liking the touch of whoever it was. She looked behind and it was Takaya who was beaten and bloodied up but he still followed her."You again?" the half-naked male was pissing her off like never before, instead of feeling embarrassed, Hamuko got angrier. "I'm going to kill you now, that's it!"
The shadow noticed the struggle and aimed another shot for the redhead.
Hamuko looked right towards the shadow as it was preparing to unload another bullet. "Let me go! she struggled, thrashing around but the male refused to let go. "I told you, I won't let you eliminate the Dark Hour.." he said, breathing right next to her ear.
Nobody but Minato had done this before and nobody but him was allowed to do this. Hamuko flipped Takaya over her shoulder and soccer kicked him in the head, making him roll away.
BANG!
The shadow shot another bullet for the redhead and Hamuko braced herself, if that hit... she'd be dead for sure.
"Palladion!" a very familiar looking being materialized before her and took the shot, shielding Hamuko from her.
The redhead laughed, looking back to see Aigis along with Mitsuru, Akihiko and Yukari. "You guys..." she cheered, looking back at the shadow that was obviously weakened. "Let's finish this, shall we?" and they charged for the weakened shadow.
...
"..." Minato vomited blood, he had lost a shit ton of blood due to the sword stuck into his stomach. His finger was bitten off by Naoya, he took the risk and paid for it dearly but at the very least, Naoya was damaged too. Minato shoved a fireball right down his gullet, for sure muting him for pretty much his entire life.
"..." Naoya glared daggers, his mouth still burning from the fireball that Minato forced down his mouth. The Emperor punched Minato across the face and flipped him over, the sword still dug deep into his gut.
Minato widened his eyes as Naoya dug the sword in deeper and his head started to spin. Naoya wasn't talking but the look in his eye screamed bloody murder, he wanted to rip the fallen one into pieces for what he did.
Minato grabbed the sword and scowled back, using every bit of his energy to pull the metal out of his system. "Talk, talk you goddamn puppet!" he sneered, trying to pull the blade out but he simply had no strength left, Naoya was easily overpowering him. While Naoya had lost the ability to talk, Minato had lost a ton of blood and it definitely made him weak.
"GAAAAHHHH!" Minato yelled on the top of his lungs and the shout finally reached his team.
...
As the shadow dissolved into Ichor, Hamuko heard a very familiar shout coming from across the city. "..." she remained silent as the pained scream echoed in the city once more. "M-Minato?" was he here?
"... Is that Minato?" Yukari gasped, that was definitely familiar.
"What is he doing here?" Mitsuru blinked, wasn't he supposed to be resting in the dorm?
Hamuko had a hunch about what he was doing here, Sumaru got burned into the ground in the previous cycle but this time, maybe some of the battles between Minato and those evil hoods took place in Sumaru? that was the only thing she could get but as Minato yelled out once again, Hamuko snapped out of her musings and ran towards the direction of the voice.
"I'm coming, Minato!" she yelled back, her heart threatening to burst, if Minato died... she had no idea what she'd do.
...
Naoya was caught off guard by the feminine shout coming from the other side of the city. "..." he looked back to see whoever was running towards them.
"Gotcha bitch!" Minato yelled, using every bit of his energy to pull the sword out while Naoya was distracted. The fallen one quickly dug the legendary blade right into Naoya's shoulder who dodged at the last minute.
Minato kicked the older persona user off him and stood up but his legs started to wobble. "Ugh..." and he started to run, he had only one chance of getting out of here alive, it was still a risk but he had to take it.
The blue haired teen pumped a Sukukaja into his battered body, clutched the wound on his gut and ran towards the direction of Hamuko's voice. He had no choice, the mere thought of what he was going to do made him sick to his stomach but he had no choice and he rather do that than to repeat the cycle once again.
"Hamuko!" he yelled helplessly, calling out his counterpart.
Hamuko heard the shout, he was calling for her. "I'm coming, just wait!" the rest had finally caught up with her and were right behind her. Hamuko kept running, despite the fact that she was dead tired from the battle with Strega and the shadow.
Minato knew that Naoya was on his trail and he kept running.
Hamuko nearly sobbed when Minato finally came into her view, she hadn't seen him covered in blood even once in this cycle, he wasn't wounded even once this time but his current condition came real close to reducing her to tears. His face and body was cut up badly, a good chunk of his finger was missing but the gigantic hole in his gut that was gushing out blood was the worst. "M-Minato..." her voice cracked, he was hurting once again.
"What the hell!?" Yukari really started sobbing when she witnessed her friend in such a horrific condition. He had taken an ungodly beating.
The rest heard grunts and snarls coming from behind Minato. Someone was running over to them.
Minato looked Hamuko right in the eye and braced himself, it was either do or die, Naoya was real close and he could slaughter the entire team, including him. Hamuko closed the distance and ran up to him, her lip quivering.
"W-What happened to you?" Hamuko didn't know where to touch him but she wanted to hug him for a long time.
Minato felt that Naoya was closing in quickly, there wasn't much time.
"Hamuko," Minato whispered helplessly, pulling Hamuko close.
Naoya was finally a few feet away and he caught the two Fools leaning against each other.
Minato nearly barfed but this was his only chance, he just hope that the link wouldn't break.
"M-Minato, what are you doing?" Hamuko asked as Minato cupped her cheeks and pulled her face closer towards his.
The team finally saw the Emperor and Minato finally crashed his lips against Hamuko.
Hamuko froze in place when Minato kissed her on the lips while still holding onto her cheeks. "..." she stood rooted to the spot as Minato pulled her closer. She could feel the taste of blood but that didn't matter much, Minato was really kissing her...
Minato was prepared to get a sword up his back, he was prepared to die, until...
"..." Hamuko kissed him back, pulling him closer by the back of his head.
"Minato," she groaned, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him fondly.
Time froze.
SMASH!
Social Link 6.
Minato believed kissing to be a huge part of his social links and maybe it was true because the influx of power he got was amazing, far greater than what he got from Elizabeth. Unadulterated power coursed through his veins and the mind-numbing pain began to lessen, the plan finally worked, Hamuko was his, her ass belonged to him from now on.
Minato pulled back from the kiss, confident that he would be able to finish the older persona user who was rooted to the spot, much like the members of SEES. "Heh..." he smirked as Hamuko blushed beet red, her arms still wrapped around Minato's neck.
"W-What was that?" she asked shyly.
"I needed to see you again," he said sweetly. "I wanted to see the one I was fighting for..."
Hamuko's breath hitched inside of her throat when he said those words. A balloon of pure happiness was swelling inside her as warmth bubbled in her chest. "..." she gave a shy but warm smile to her crush, tears glistering in the corner of her eyes.
Minato whipped around, channelling up a Salvation over his body to heal the wounds. He faced the Emperor with a sick smirk, shaking his head. It was all over.
Hamuko was too caught up in the kiss to notice the male standing a few feet away from her favorite team mate but when she finally noticed him, color drained from her face, black hair and the piercing on the ear. "..." it had been just a few days since she was assaulted by the horrible nightmare and the male standing opposite to Minato was in her dream, he was the one who hurt Minato the most.
"So it was real..." she muttered, holding onto Minato's wrist. "Minato..." she whispered his name.
"It's all over," Minato stopped the snickering that was threatening to burst from his mouth. "You won't be killing anyone, it all ends."
Naoya couldn't talk. "What the fuck is he talking about?" he wondered.
"Leave it to me, Hamuko," Minato gave her another charming smile. "Now that I saw you... I'll be okay."
"Minato... let me help you," Minato still faced the Emperor and pulled out the compendium, opening up a portal that led right to the dorm.
"I'll be back, I swear," he promised, jerking his head over to the portal, ordering them to step inside.
Naoya had enough, he dashed for the fallen one and Minato met the charge head on, knocking Naoya backwards with a strong right hand. Minato whipped around and faced his team mates. "Get going, I can't fight while worrying about your safety."
"..." the rest was still dumbstruck.
"Get moving!" he snapped, facing the older persona user once again who got up once again.
"..." Hamuko ordered them to move, she was going to leave him alone. "You better come back, jerk," she scowled at his back and Minato smiled a devilish grin.
"Trust me," Minato replied as the team finally stepped inside the portal.
Hamuko looked at Minato one last time and blew him a kiss before stepping into the portal which closed up.
"HAHAHAHAHAH!" Minato laughed his lungs out, everyone worked according to his plan. He wanted to puke just because he had kissed Hamuko but the power was incredible, he could kiss her everyday for this power, it was amazing. "Naoya," he laughed once again. "This ends..."
The Emperor was beaten and tired but he rushed forward once again, aiming another overhand right that Minato ducked once more. Like before, Minato wrapped his arm around the neck of the older male, locking him into a tight neck choke.
Naoya struggled and thrashed around, hitting Minato a bunch of times on his gut wound. Minato refused to let go and applied more pressure.
Naoya smashed his elbow against the wound and Minato pulled back.
"Grrr!" he stepped right back in and locked the hold around his neck once more. "No, you're done!" he yelled. "This ends!"
Naoya started struggling once again but the last bit of his energy was washing away under Minato's choke. "..." he hit Minato on the wound once again and it hurt the teen but he still refused to let go, eventually bringing the mighty persona user to his knees.
"Yes, yes, bring him to death's doors,"The Dark God advised as Minato kept choking the life out of the Emperor who was slowly fading away.
"..." Minato clenched his jaw as he felt Naoya fading away. He tightened the choke and bit his lip when Naoya bit him on the forearm. "NO! This ends!" he swore as Naoya's arms finally hung limp at his sides.
"..." Minato opened his eyes and let go of the Emperor who slumped to the ground, seconds away from slipping into the realm of death.
Minato panted hard, he couldn't believe it but he finally done it. He had defeated Naoya, quite possibly the strongest persona user ever. He had beaten the crap outta him time and time again but here he was, barely breathing next to his feet. Despite all the knowledge and power from the previous cycle, Naoya came real close to killing him once again.
Minato didn't bother talking trash, Naoya was a tough son of a bitch and he pushed Minato his limit. "..." but here he was, a few seconds away from death.
"Use the skull,"The Crawling Chaos ordered.
Minato slowly pulled out the skull of his pocket and held it against Naoya's body. The skull started to shine, sucking out bluish energy from the body of the fallen Emperor. Minato looked on as Naoya's body slowly darkened with every passing second. "..."
"HAHAHAHAHA!"the Dark God let out a cruel laugh, relishing the influx of power from Noaya, one of the strongest persona users in history.
The skull finally finished sucking the energy out of the blackened male who seemed like a shadow.
Minato placed the skull back inside his pocket and took a deep breath, Naoya wasn't moving, he was just lying motionless. "I did it..." he whispered, still not believing that he had beaten Naoya, it took a lot of effort but he finally brought the veteran down.
Without another word, Minato started making his way out of the area, occasionally looking back at Naoya who was still in the exact same spot.
Minato was about to summon another portal and get the hell out of here when he noticed a battered, half naked persona user lying on the ground. The fallen one snickered and walked over to Takaya who paled upon seeing the fallen one approach him.
Minato crouched down and grabbed a fistful of his hair. "You fool," he snapped. "I thought I gave you a warning but you still attacked my friends?" he got real close to Takaya who started shivering as Minato conjured up another Omega Cluster into his fist.
"You'll come with me," he could use some extra praise. The fallen one stood up, still holding on Takaya's hair. He took a deep breath, tonight was a long ass night. He finally summoned another portal and stepped inside, along with the artificial persona.
Minato stepped inside the dorm just before the Dark Hour ended. He dropped the artificial persona user to the ground and greeted the team. Hamuko ran up to him and hugged him tightly and his fellow juniors started clapping for him and the redhead.
Minato sighed internally, he was dead tired and still disgusted by the kiss but he was still happy, happy enough that he smooched Hamuko on the cheek once again. His biggest foe was taken down, only Maya and Reiji remained and he was confident that he could finish them.
"Hahahah," things were finally going his way, just a few enemies let and he could finally abuse Hamuko like he always wanted.
Wow, that was long as hell but I was so pumped to write this (minus the fake fluff because kissing scenes aren't my forte) anyway, Naoya is gone, he was badass but he had done his thing, its all up to Tatsuya to save the world from Minato.
Yes, he got the life sucked out of him with the skull (like persona 2) and nyarly got a boost. And finally, the two kissed and welp, be prepared for more dark shit.
And why did the shadow run to Sumaru? the Gods love screwing around the Minato, just saying.
Anyway, please do review. You know I can't work without support, I really really want to finish this fic and only you (readers) can help me do that so yes, do review, only takes a few minutes.
Might be a while before the next update since I got exams but I will update, just send your thoughts.
Later!
