A/N: I've decided that it's best to keep you all in the dark, so enjoy this really vague and short chapter.

"Hi." Pharos appeared next to his bed. He had that wide grin. "Can you guess what I'm going to tell you?"

"I think so." Minato was sitting on the bed waiting for him.

"You're used to it by now, huh?" Pharos chuckled. "The next full moon will be in one week. Be prepared and be careful, okay?"

Minato nodded. Pharos's the best reminder and the best calendar. He acted like his mother sometimes. Not that Minato minded.

"I'll come again." Pharos disappeared with a smile.

Minato returned with a smile of his own. He knew he's not fighting for them. He fought so that Pharos could be happy.

Yukari kept talking about Tartarus and mysterious stuff they didn't know. The girls were up to something. One night, Yukari and Fuuka weren't in the lounge. They're annoying anyway.

"What's up with Yuka-tan?" Junpei shook his head. "She has daggers in her eyes whenever she looks at Mitsuru-senpai. I wonder what happened… Maybe Senpai ate Yuka-tan's last bon bon. And Fuuka-tan acts like she had stolen from a cookie jar."

Minato made some plans for the operation, the field leader's job. He had a bad feeling about this. His calendar was filled with his handwriting. He had to do this but guess what? Planning wasn't his thing. Mitsuru or Yukari would be more fitting for the job.

Shirakawa Boulevard… Shirakawa Boulevard… Go make love with your boyfriend, I don't care. Gossips made Minato uncomfortable. He blamed himself for listening.

The full moon Shadow looked like a giant man with a hydra-head woman petting his head. Beside it, there're two wooden sticks. The Shadow could repel Lightning. It used Zio skills a lot, so Akihiko was quite useless. Well, he became a great meat shield for the team, so yeah he's useful. The Hierophant used a skill called Prophecy of Ruin which Fear the entire party.

Minato gasped for breath. That was not an illusion. That was his memories. Memories he had put away for years had resurfaced, memories he made himself forgot. A loud cry filled the room. The Hierophant was killed. The scream didn't reach the leader, who was looking at his hands with wide eyes. His hands were shaking. It won't stop. It was real. All of that was real.

The next boss was a lot worse. Minato felt quite numb at that time like he was drowning. His memories were foggy, but he could remember what he had done under the effect of Charm.

His dorm mates had explored the room and disappeared somehow. The blue haired boy found himself alone in that same large Shadow appeared. It looked like a heart balloon with a tiny red mask on top. SEES entered the room. Minato was turning their back to the team. He seemed to be talking to the full moon Shadow.

"... Yes, they are terrible..." Slowly, the blue haired boy turned around to look at his teammates. His irises were an eerie blood pink. "I hate them all..."

"Minato-kun is charmed! This is bad!"

"C-charmed? Oh no..."

"Yamagishi, send Iori here! Everyone, stop him!"

"Sorry, Minato."

There was a fist fight, he knew. The cracking sound. Floor or bone? It didn't matter. Minato sat on top of his senpai and kept punching. The details were blurry. His mind was too hazy to remember. Say something to Mitsuru… Throw Akihiko… Sword fight with Junpei… Cut some arrows and talk with Yukari… Shout at Fuuka...

Minato blinked, and it all came back to him.

"Minato-kun! You were charmed! It… It wasn't your fault…"

"Who..." Minato asked even though he was quite sure who did this.

"It… wasn't your fault… I-it was the Shadow! Right! D-don't blame yourself!"

"Arisato… The Shadow infiltrated with your mind. It wasn't you."

"No, it was me. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!"

Junpei just glared at him.

In front of the hotel, SEES bandaged themselves and tried to heal Akihiko. Mitsuru held her phone out, ready to dial the number as soon as the Dark Hour ended. Fuuka and Yukari whispered about something. Junpei muttered something about 'You're the hero again' and 'Even though you almost killed us'. Akihiko was later sent straight to the hospital. The dorm was quiet.