Minato… "Would you even be able to keep him alive? If I'm remembering correctly October 4th is when one of them would arrive."
"Yeah… the Wheel of Fortune and Strength showed up at the same time that night. Still… I have a month to figure things out and I know there has to be something I can do." Minato admitted. "There just has to be."
"It took you the entire year last time to prepare for your encounter with me. If you couldn't… Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Nyx… I know I'm asking you to do a lot but is there any way you could try to help Shinjiro?" Minato requested. "I know there's something that can save his life, but I just don't know what it is."
"I suppose I can try and figure out something, but I make no promises it'll work out." I pointed out. "For now, we have a more pressing matter to attend to."
Minato nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you're right. Should we head back to the dorm?"
"Yeah, we should." I mentioned as I closed my eyes. Still, I can't help but feel like things are going to be more dangerous than anyone realizes.
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"Xiang, Arisato, do the two of you have a minute?" Mitsuru inquired as we walked into the dorm.
"Is something wrong sempai?" Minato asked. "Do you need our help with something?"
"Ideally no but considering the recent developments in Tartarus I have some concerns." Mitsuru answered. "You both are taking far too many risks against the shadows. Reaching the top of Tartarus is important though not at the risk of your lives."
"To be completely honest Mitsuru-sempai, if we had to choose between a suicidal type of attack like that or having everyone die fighting the shadows the choice is pretty clear cut." I pointed out.
Mitsuru met my eyes before sighing. "You have a point, Xiang. Still we should try and figure out an alternative option to Arisato nearly killing himself."
"I agree completely." I nodded before glaring at Minato.
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Minato POV
I know Nyx, I promised you I would show you what changed my outlook on life. We're almost at the point it started to change. "Nami… I don't want to take those risks either, but it's like you said it was the only way to keep everyone safe. I'll be more cautious in the future though."
Mitsuru just nodded at that before walking off.
"She has a point you know." Junpei mentioned walking over to us. "I'm not saying I don't appreciate the save but if you end up dead when there are more shadows we might be in trouble."
"Maybe… then again, if Orpheus and Hades were able to combine their strength then maybe the same thing could happen to Io and Hermes." I suggested.
"Huh, you really think that's possible?" Junpei inquired. "How would it even work?"
"That I don't know." I admitted. "Then again, there's a lot about all of this we don't know and Nami and I could do it so it's worth a try at least."
"Yeah, you have a good point." Junpei grinned. "I'll go talk with her about it."
As he said that Junpei walked off.
"You honestly believe that's possible?" Nyx questioned. "Our situation is unique to put it lightly."
"I know, but at the same time if it is possible, we should try and take every advantage we can get… the first one is during the next full moon." I whispered. "Fuuka Yamagishi, that was when it happened."
Nyx nodded in understanding before frowning. "She's the one who analyzes your adversaries correct? There's no possibility she would discover our true purpose here or my identity is there?"
"That…" I started only to pause. "I hadn't thought about that, maybe we should bring it up the next time we see them. Elizabeth might have an idea… I hope."
Nyx frowned hearing that before sighing. "Well, I suppose it was a possibility I overlooked as well so I can't completely blame you."
Nyx… "Well, we still have time to figure out something don't we?"
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Nyx POV
"I suppose we do have some time, but since you've gone through this once before I'll just ask, what exactly is your plan for tomorrow?" I inquired.
"Honestly, after school just head right back here." Minato answered. "Make sure we're in as good shape as we can be before the full moon when Mitsuru-sempai will detect the Shadow."
"That makes the most sense." I nodded. "In that case I take it we should rest for tomorrow then?"
Minato closed his eyes before nodding. "Yeah, that would probably be the best thing to do. To be honest I'm still a bit worried about what might happen tomorrow."
As he said that Minato frowned before walking up to his room.
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"Nami, is something bothering you?" Yukari asked walking over to me. "You've been really quiet all day."
"I'm alright, just thinking. How do you suppose we'll get past that barrier?" I inquired quietly. "Do you think we missed something in Tartarus?"
She paused hearing that. "I guess it's possible, but I don't know if we should go back. Minato still looks a little shaken up and I can't help but feel like it would be a bad idea to head in today."
"I didn't mean we should go tonight; I just feel like we're missing something." I pointed out.
"Yeah, I sort of understand what you mean. Hopefully we can figure out how to get past it because there's definitely more hiding in that tower… maybe even some answers about my father or the Kirijo Group."
"It's definitely a possibility, then again for now all we can do is wait." I mentioned quietly.
Yukari just nodded hearing that before frowning and walking off.
I just wish I could shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen tonight. I'm changing the shadows… they may not survive it this time.
(Unfortunate news, I am suffering severe Writer's Block on this fic and having a significant amount of difficulty moving forward with it and so this will be the last chapter I upload. I am putting this fic up for adoption and so if anyone would like to take the idea and either continue it or start from scratch PM me and once it is adopted I'll post a chapter explaining where to find it. Hopefully the next fic works out better for me and I hope you look forward to seeing that one.)
