"What?" Minato groaned as Hamuko glared at him from his bed. He flinched a little, but stood tall with a growl, "That prick, was asking for it!" Hamuko had dragged Minato back to his room after he had beaten Junpei senseless in the command room earlier.

"Violence is not the answer!" Hamuko scowled at Minato, forcing a grimace onto his face. "You damn near killed him!"

"It's not my fault," Minato narrowed his gaze at Hamuko and simply shrugged. "He couldn't go on verbally, so he resorted to his fists!" he declared. "The nerve of the bastard," he spat.

Hamuko sighed at his display. "Look, you need to control your fists young man!" she said, reprimanding him like a teacher would.

Minato glanced at his fist, to his other, and back to Hamuko. "They're always in control," he mumbled. "That is, until people go all ass-mode on me!"

"Promise me," Hamuko said, taking his hand with a determined expression.

"Huh?" Minato raised an eyebrow at her gesture.

"Well, that you'll keep your fists under control!" Hamuko gazed upon Minato with a worried face.

Minato sighed, reiterating what he had said once before. "I told you, I never attack without a reason," he mumbled. "I just can't control myself when someone disrespects me," Minato continued, clenching his fist tightly.

"Please?" Hamuko kept her gaze on Minato, tilting her head. "For me?"

"Man..." Minato groaned. "You surely know how to make me abide to your will, you know that?"

"I'm just that cute," Hamuko smiled. "So, you promise?" She said sweetly.

Minato thought about it for a couple of seconds. Anyone else would have gotten a kick in the rear for suggesting it. But since this was Hamuko, Minato did the only logical thing he could think of. "Okay..."

"Thank you!" Hamuko glomped him, throwing both of them onto his bed. Minato couldn't help but smile. And now, he had a promise to keep.

The next day, Minato walked down the steps, while listening to music on his trusty headphones, "Oh hello there, asscap!" Minato waved at Junpei who was bandaged up with gauze.

Junpei gritted his teeth and ignored Minato who was all smiles. Well, slasher smiles.

"My name is Junpei..." The capped teen responded slowly, trying to bore a hole into Minato with his eyes.

"Well, sorry if you're not important enough to remember. You're a crap fighter after all, right?" Minato sneered.

"Why you..." Junpei scowled.

"Righto!" Minato nodded.

"Hello," Yukari came down the steps, waving at the two males. Minato curtly nodded and went out the dorm.

"Man, I can't stand her..." he whispered, before another sadistic smirk slid into his lips. "Oh, the ho is gonna get it good now."

...

Minato woke up during the time that school ended. He leaned back on his seat and stretched his limbs out. Sleeping on a chair could be tiring after all.

"Good afternoon Minato-kun!" Hamuko greeted cheerfully. Minato smiled back at her, however his smile dissolved and his demeanour turned sour as he saw Yukari walk into the classroom.

"God dammit woman! Aren't you supposed to be seducing homeless hobos right about now?" Minato grinned.

"Screw you!" Yukari scowled at Minato who smirked.

"I'm not a hobo," Minato held his hands up. "Good luck though," he called. With that, Minato walked out, leaving a fuming Yukari behind, along with Hamuko.

"I wonder is this promise will come to bite me in the ass," Hamuko sighed inwardly.

...

"Minato! We'll hold a meeting tonight. Ikutsuki-san will be coming over to tell us something new," Akihiko said from the couch, just as Minato had entered the dorm.

"Okay," Minato nodded at him, before fetching a cup of ramen from the kitchen. "Wonder what nerve wrecking puns he will make tonight?" he growled, rolling his eyes.

Yukari and Junpei came next, Hamuko came shortly after. The teens waited for the chairman to arrive, which he did fairly soon. After that, everyone went into the command room, where the meeting began.

"So that's what happened on that night," Mitsuru said, ending her explanation of the dreaded Love Hotel operation.

"I see, so they're getting stronger… Well, I called this-" Ikutsuki was cut short by Yukari who stood up with a determined expression.

"I'm sorry, but before we go on. I have something to ask of Mitsuru-senpai," Yukari said. The senior mouthed 'me' in surprise. "I'm going to ask you straight out. You've been hiding something from us, isn't that right?"

Minato lazily opened his eyes and removed his headphones. "Yukari and her bitchness strikes again. This should be good," he muttered.

"Alright, I'll explain..." Mitsuru said slowly, casting her gaze to the ground.

...

After Mitsuru was done with her explanation, silence prevailed in the room. It was shortly broken up by Yukari's outburst.

"So we've been cleaning up their mess this entire time!?" The brunette lashed out at Mitsuru who was quiet, for the first time in her life.

"How could yo-" This time, Yukari was cut off by Minato.

"Goddammit! That's fucking enough!" Minato growled.

"Shut the hell up. This doesn't concern you!" Yukari screamed back.

"I wish it didn't. But since I'm a member of this stupid team and a resident of this shit hole, it does," Minato replied, "I mean seriously, Yukari Takeba, for once in your life, shut the hell up."

"Every time that you're near me, I have to listen to the usual," Minato lowered his own voice, remarkably imitating Yukari's own with a whiny tone, "Mommy is a ho, daddy is dead!"

Yukari opened her mouth to speak but Minato interrupted her again with a vicious glare. "Just shut the fuck up and let me finish. Grow up for a god damn second and stop your stupid tirade. It drives me sick!" he snarled.

"Minato, calm down," Hamuko said softly.

"Man, look at all of you," Minato eyed each and every one of them, "You all make me sick!" He blushed when his gaze fell on Hamuko, "Um, except you," he mumbled.

"But one thing I do know..." Minato turned to Mitsuru. "Unlike you, I respect her," Minato said slowly.

"What?" Yukari asked incredulously.

"I respect her," Minato repeated. "No, I still wish she just shuts the hell up about her stupid fetish with Tartarus and studies. But I admire the fact that she's working day and night to repair the damage that her douchebag grandfather did," he explained.

He turned to Akihiko. "Akihiko might be a stupid albino who's high on some drugs. But he's a lot tolerable than you punks!" he declared.

He turned to the juniors. "While you punks are pieces of crap with no brain or brawns. I pity the three of you,"

"I hate you," Junpei gritted his teeth.

"Yeah? Good!" Minato spat back, "You hate me because you know, deep down, you'll never be half the guy I am. You fail at everything Junpei, even at life. Go drink yourself to sleep."

"Why you bastard!" Junpei yelled before he tried to aim a punch at Minato who just tilted his head to the side and gave out a vicious smile, immediately halting Junpei.

"Come on Junpei, I might just kill you," Minato smirked.

"Minato, calm down, please," Hamuko pleaded.

"Okay..." Minato shrugged, before looking at his team mates again. "Man up. I've been through some shit as well but I don't bitch and moan about it all the time."

"I'm done dealing with you fucking dildos!" he shouted. Minato started to walk off. "Email or text me the details of this stupid meeting," he said, rolling his eyes. With that, Minato left the room, after breaking each of his team members.

But that night was the night Minato would face his toughest challenge yet.

"You've prevailed yet again..." Minato stood up straight on his bed after hearing the whisper.

"Who the fuck is there?!" Minato shouted, before fixing his eyes onto the familiar, enigmatic blue eyed pipsqueak, as Minato had dubbed.

"Oh, it's you," Minato sighed. "Anything you need?" he asked calmly.

"Do you remember what I said? About everything coming to an end?" The boy continued, ignoring Minato's question. "Well, I'm fairly sure the end is inevitable," he paused. "But it doesn't seem so certain considering the vast potential within you."

"Uh... Okay?" Minato said slowly.

The boy gave out a smile this time and leaned in. "Hey, if you don't mind, can I be your friend? I'm very curious about you."

Minato, normally would insult or taunt the other guy, but this time he nodded with a slight smile. "Sure, what's yo name kid?" he asked.

The boy tilted his head to the side again and calculated. "Oh, that's right! I need a name," he spoke up fairly quickly. "My name is Pharos. You may call me that if you wish."

"So stalker kid, Pharos and pipsqueak. Huh, I'll call you whatever I want," Minato replied.

Pharos smiled, before it turned into a look of utter seriousness. "Be careful, friend," With that, Pharos vanished.

"Stalker kid with creepy magic tricks," Minato sighed, before flopping down on his bed again. "Wonder what he was talking about?" It was still the Dark Hour so Minato was about to go back to sleep until... something happened.

Minato himself was thrown to the ground as a vicious quake shook the dorm, sending everyone into high alert. No mere Shadow could cause such a quake.

"The hell was that?" Minato stood up and unconsciously grabbed a hold of his Evoker and sword, before dashing out of his room.

"Everyone! Gather outside this instant!" Fuuka reached out to everyone, ordering them to meet outside the dorm.

Minato bolted out. For all he knew, Hamuko could be in trouble. Just as he reached outside, he saw every one of his friends, sans Hamuko, frozen to the ground, staring at one peculiar being.

Minato shoved Junpei to the side and observed the man who was standing right across him.

For starters, he was tall, taller than Akihiko, his skin was pale, and his irises were a colour of bright gold. He would have being called handsome, but the absolute hate and rage he was emitting was unparalleled. His lips were curved into a sadistic smile, and his blue uniform was torn and burned from many places.

"You remind me of someone..." Minato spoke slowly, staring right into his eyes. "Ah yes, you must be from the stupid little blue fetish club, correct?"

The intruder just tilted his head to the side and gave out a feral, sadistic grin. "I don't know."

"Well then, you're stupid," Minato spat.

"Arisato, calm down, do not anger him, he's powerful," Mitsuru warned.

"Powerful my ass, he looks like an assclown," Minato blew a raspberry. "Go back to circus you fucking jabroni!"

The insults had no effect on the intruder, he kept the same nerve wrecking grin of his face. "Theodore..." He said slowly.

"Who?" Minato asked with a narrowed gaze.

"My name is Theodore..." The intruder grinned again.

"Well, my name is Minato. Now that we know each other, get the fuck away before I pound you into oblivion," Minato snarled. The dorm to the dorm swung open and a familiar redhead came out.

"Sorry, I'm late-" Hamuko was about to complete the sentence, but instead, she gasped. "Y-You...?"

Minato cocked his head towards Hamuko who was shaking and sweating. "Are you alright?"

Theodore, who was silent up until then gave out a cold, haunting laugh, that made everyone shiver as his crazed voice rang in their ears. "Ah, Hamuko-sama, how wonderful it is to see you," he smirked.

"You know him?" Minato asked Hamuko who didn't answer. She just kept shaking.

"I, oh so much missed your screams," Theodore licked his lips and leered at Hamuko, and it made Minato's blood boil.

"Why you filthy sadist!" Minato snarled back at Theodore who simply ignored him.

"Guys... He's way out of our league," Junpei gulped. Even if he couldn't sense Shadows, something in his gut told him that Theodore was extremely powerful.

"His power is unbelievable," Fuuka said slowly.

"I can sense it too," Mitsuru said, panting as she felt his Spiritual Pressure weigh down on her, as if the gravity had increased.

"Well, I don't give a fuck about his power," Minato said, standing in front of Hamuko. "Get lost, or I'll kill you."

"Not before I'm done with her," Theodore pointed at Hamuko who backed away.

"You have to go over me if you want to touch her," Minato said, defiantly.

"Easy," Theodore laughed, making Minato grit his teeth. Was he taunting him right now?

"Fuck you!" Minato said, bolting towards him. Just as Minato bolted, Hamuko's heart skipped a beat. It felt like this was the last time she would ever see him again. She wanted to scream at Minato to stop, but her voice was stuck firmly in her throat.

Minato drew his sword out from the scabbard and lunged at Theo, aiming a vertical slash that would cleave him in half. Theo, however stood his ground and just sighed.

"I'll show you!" Just as his sword was about to touch Theo, it was blocked, or more like halted by Theo who just caught it between his two fingers, shocking the hell out of everyone.

Minato eyes widened and he slowly hastily backed away, as Theodore effortlessly crushed the sword in his grip.

"Everyone, attack!" Mitsuru commanded.

"Hermes!" Junpei shouted and summoned the messenger, who immediately darted towards Theo, aiming to impale him with his spiked feet.

Theo grinned and side stepped the Persona. He merely caught its ankle and threw it harshly to a wall, making a sickening crack ring out, almost as if its leg was broken. Junpei could feel every bit of that bone breaking force, and the pain that came with it.

"How did he?" Akihiko blinked before he charged ahead and aimed a one two punch combo at Theo who gave out yet another tired sigh. He dodged both punches and curled his hand into a fist, before digging it deep into Akihiko's gut, actually sending the boxer crashing into the dorm's entrance.

"Come to me Hamuko..." Theodore whispered with another predatory grin.

Hamuko backed away, and Theo took a step forward before holding his palm out and throwing a gigantic fireball at Mitsuru and Yukari, knocking both of them out.

"We can't defeat him..." Fuuka gulped.

"Tch," Minato clutched his Evoker and walked between Theo and Hamuko. "No big guy, you ain't touching her."

This time, Theo gave out a bestial roar, full of rage and dread. "Get out of my way!"

"Make me!" Minato roared back in his demonic voice.

"Minato! Run!" Hamuko screamed. Just as Minato was about to answer, he felt a wicked impact on his gut. Theo was standing right next to him, his fist right in Minato's gut.

"How can you…" Minato screamed out next as Theo smashed his head onto Minato's own, busting him open.

"Minato!" Junpei stood up and charged at Theodore, sword in hand. The psychotic man simply sidestepped Junpei and grabbed him by neck, before ramming him onto the ground, breaking into the pavement into a crater.

"Fuck you!" Minato shouted, aiming a punch. Theo instantly rebounded from Junpei's distraction and grabbed Minato's wrist. He gave yet another grin before twisting it viciously.

A sickening crack sound was given out that made shivers race down Hamuko's spine. Minato's painful cries filled the deadened night moments later as Theo snapped his arm like it was a mere twig.

Minato was silenced as Theodore rammed his head onto the ground, before stomping viciously on his back. Minato hacked out a red mixture of blood, saliva and painful cries onto the ground, as Theodore's foot pressed down and very nearly crushed Minato's spinal cord.

"You low life," Theodore snarled, stomping on Minato's back once more.

"Get away from him!" Hamuko yelled. She gripped her naginata and charged at Theo, who calmly backed away from Minato to dodge the slash.

"Finally, you've come," Theodore grinned and in a split second, he snatched the naginata from Hamuko and kicked her in the gut, sending her back with a small yelp.

"Music..." Theodore grinned as he relished Hamuko's shriek of pain. "I love you screaming."

Minato coughed and very slowly got up to his feet. His left arm was surely a broken mess of material and marrow and his back was in some serious pain. He stood up, despite his nerve wrecking pain and glared at Theo. "She won't be screaming any time soon," he growled.

"I despise you," Theodore stated with unimaginable venom lacing his voice.

"Pft!" Minato spat out blood and taunted him to come over.

Theo gritted his teeth and lunged towards Minato. He never had any time to react before he found himself cheek-first into the wall. Before he could even try to compose himself, Theo smashed his knee right into Minato's gut, making him slowly slide down against the wall.

"Stop!" Hamuko cried but Theo didn't listen. He repeatedly drove his knee right into Minato's skull, sandwiching him against the wall, continually snaking cracks spreading like spider web across the bricks. Minato slumped onto the wall, his face covered in a crimson mask of sticky blood and sweat. Hamuko looked on horrified, as Minato lied broken and bloodied on the ground.

"See? Hamuko-sama, this vermin is no good for you," Theodore scoffed. He gripped her naginata tightly and swiftly turned around, plunging the naginata right into Minato's gut.

"No!" Hamuko screamed out as a pool of blood formed under the place where Minato was. Theo grinned and plunged the blade in deeper, as Minato began to lose the light of life in his eyes and they slowly dilated. He dropped to the ground, with the blade still lodged within his gut.

Theodore towered over every member of S.E.E.S who laid broken on the ground. "Ah…" he mumbled. Theodore swiftly kicked Minato into the open wound with a carefree smile.

Hamuko began to sob, seeing Minato's broken body battered about.

"Argh!" Minato screamed out as Theodore pressed his soul into Minato's open wound, before twisting it. The sight alone made Hamuko collapse to the ground.

Minato coughed out blood as his vision began to blur and black dots filled his view. Theo repeatedly kicked Minato, again and again, bathing in his pained screams.

"Let him go! I'll do anything," Hamuko begged and Theo stopped mid kick. He laughed at Minato's broken form before leering at Hamuko.

"Anything?" Theodore said with another sadistic smirk. He turned his head back to Minato and lifted him up by his blue hair. "I'm your nightmare now, Minato Arisato," he grinned. "Only pain awaits you if you decide to stand up against me."

Minato coughed out some more blood, before locking his eyes onto Theo's. "There is not a nightmare in existence that can scare me!" he shouted defiantly despite his body's protests, thwacking Theo right on the face with his fist.

Theo clicked his tongue in annoyance and blocked the fist from Minato. "You die now..." He said calmly, holding his fist out.

Minato wasn't sure what was going on, but he soon screamed out in pain as Theo punched him in the gut again, his hand tearing the wound in his torso to be even bigger than before.

"..." Hamuko lost the words in her throat as she witnessed Minato being massacred by Theo who had his fist embedded deep into Minato's gut.

Theo calmly withdrew his blood-caked fist and smirked at Minato who slowly closed his eyes.

"No…" Hamuko whispered as she yelled at every friend of her to help Minato. "Please get up! Minato's gonna die!" No-one moved.

Theodore body began to glow purple, as he still grabbed a hold of Minato who was breathing, but only slightly.

A split second later a vicious wave of energy surged from Theo, who was served as the nexus of the attack. Everything within range was sent flying away, the concrete and blocks of rock split, and the teens were sent flying back from the force.

Minato's whole body was consumed by the attack. He gave one last scream, before his limp body was thrown into the woods, presumably dead.

Hamuko couldn't believe her eyes. The dread and despair was so consuming that even her vocal cords couldn't function properly. Her friends were still knocked out, and Minato…

He was dead.

Eventually, Hamuko started tearing up. Theodore watched on with a smile, wiping Minato's blood onto his uniform.

"I hate you!" Hamuko shouted as she stood before her, her voice trembling. Minato didn't move from the woods. Two wounds on the gut, along with a cracked skull. There was almost no way that he could have survived something like the beating that Theodore had so graciously given him.

"Fuck you!" Hamuko shouted at Theo who grinned as usual.

"I have waited so long to listen to your screams…" Theo sighed. "Tonight, I will do just that."

Hamuko gave one last look at the woods. Minato still didn't move.

"Minato..." She whispered. "I'm sorry... I love you." Just as she spoke those words, her friends began to stir. Hamuko grabbed Minato's Evoker and held it against her temple.

"I swear on his life, I'll kill you!" She shouted as the rest circled around Theo.

Theodore laughed in return.

AN: I am not sorry about the fact that I changed my username.
In any case, WELCOME BACK GUYS, I'M SORRY (I believe Nights is too) THAT WE LEFT THIS FOR SO LONG! It wasn't my fault, I swear. :P
Hope you guys like the chapter lots! Plz box us yo thoughts and hopefully we'll see you guys again soon!

Also, lots of thanks to the people that wished me happy b-day from the last time that we updated. You guys rock!

Raidou: Action is a thing. And hopefully, we will try.

Aniki120: Well, we tried, and Junpei kinda had it coming. Well now we know, don't we?

Spisant: Oh really, were you? *snrk*
That... Well, it will certainly come soon.
And this revelation has come to pass. Say a prayer for our fallen hero?

Yoshikunitsu: Indeed, that is true.
Yeah, it's unfortunate but with all the things backing Minato up at this point is was inevitable.
Indeed, we shall.

Gin: Hahahahahaha *cough* Yes, they are closer, and that's something, ne?
I know about honorifics and their importance (Not sure about Nights on this one) But the point that up until then, he might've been close as all heck to Hamuko… but saying 'chan', while slightly less intimate than leaving out honorifics, can have a connotation of cuteness. That's why he's (hopefully) going to use 'chan' more than leaving the honorific out.
Indeed...

To the rest… (Imactuallynot that bigofafanofhamukoxminatocomparedtomyothershipkthxbaidontkillme) *runs and hides*

Nights : BL isn't dead yet. And never it will be. Sorry for the wait, but I hope you people enjoyed this. Minato finally faced someone whose as sadistic, as brutal and psychotic as he is.

Until next time.