Yukari ran into the prison, she wasn't really keen on interfering between Mitsuru and Minato, but Hamuko running off to prison by herself worried the brunette. While she didn't really appreciate Minato, Hamuko was still her best friend.
Noticing the crowd around a certain cell, Yukari dashed over to it. It would obviously be Minato beating the crap outta the rest after magically freeing himself. That's what she at least thought.
"What the..." Yukari stood speechless at the spot. The scene burned into her mind forever. The pink clad girl was barely able to avoid vomiting in front of everyone after seeing the battered condition of Minato.
"Minato..." Hamuko cringed as Minato vomited a massive amount of blood onto the ground. Even if he wasn't screaming, everyone could tell that Minato was in a massive amount of pain.
Junpei lowered his cap and backed away. If they were wrong, S.E.E.S would never be the same again.
"Don't die on me," Hamuko pleaded.
Minato panted, he was so broken that he couldn't even glare at Mitsuru or the other two assholes.
Meanwhile, Ikutsuki was struggling to break free from the guards. "Let me go! He demanded. "Are you choosing his side over mine!? This piece of filth doesn't deserve to live. He's a demon!"
Mitsuru started shaking. The evoker that the shadow girl had... did Ikutsuki supply that to the Strega as well? He certainly had the power to do so.
Due to some fucking miracle, Ikutsuki managed to free himself (Stomping on one of the guard's foot) The chairman pulled out a revolver from his pockets and pointed it towards Minato.
Mitsuru gasped and tried to step in but Ikutsuki shook his head. "Nu-uh Mitsuru, one more step and the boy dies, and so does dear Hamuko." The redhead gritted her teeth and held out her hand to stop the guards from interfering.
"Ikutsuki-san..." Yukari couldn't believe it. He actually was the traitor... that means... Minato was innocent?
Minato barely regained control of his senses and fought back the pain. Somehow, he powered back to his feet. He had to protect Hamuko.
Ikutsuki watched on with a sick smile as Minato lost the mobility in his body and collapsed to a knee. He still held out his arm in front of Hamuko, ready to defend her from anything.
Mitsuru widened her eyes at his dedication to the auburn haired girl. He was on death doors but he was still ready to defend her.
"Minato..." Yukari whispered as she observed the near lifeless body of Minato shielding Hamuko from the gun. While Yukari always thought his protective streak towards Hamuko was nothing but one of his sadistic plans, this totally erased all doubts from her mind. Minato loved Hamuko, and this time the brunette was certain of it.
"Minato..." Hamuko bit her lip.
"That revolver has a capacity for only one shot..." Minato cringed from the pain but he recovered soon enough and gave a death glare to Ikutsuki who was grinning like a madman now.
"It's either me or her..." The blue haired boy spat out blood again, his arm still outstretched. "And mark my words, I won't let you harm her."
"Fool," Ikutsuki laughed. "You really think Hamuko gives a shit about such a worthless human being such as yourself?" Minato gritted his teeth at his words.
"M-Maybe so..." Minato spoke. "I love her and that won't change!"
Milky brown eyes widened upon hearing those words.
"MINATO!" Hamuko cried out as pale blue mist swirled around Minato who was ready to unleash Death. He might die, but at least he would die knowing he protected Hamuko.
"Dea-" Minato smirked a little. The threat worked, Ikutsuki gave out a horror-struck scream and dropped the evoker in sheer terror. Mitsuru was quick to notice the opening and she yelled at the guards to shoot Ikutsuki.
The dozens guards unloaded bullet after bullet on Ikutsuki's back. Pained screams were followed by a loud thump as Ikutsuki's lifeless body collapsed near to Minato who finally had a moment of peace.
There was silence for what seemed like an eternity, until...
Unable to hold the fatigue and pain any longer, Minato for the first time in a long while, cried out in utter agony. His pained screams drove the members of S.E.E.S nearly insane from the guilt. What had they done?
"Minato, it'll be alright," Hamuko held onto him tightly. "Please, don't die."
Akihiko tried to step in to help but Hamuko snapped at the boxer viciously. "Step back!" Again, only Yukari noticed Hamuko's red orbs turning pitch black for a moment.
Painfully, Minato withdrew from the hug. He spent the next few seconds fighting the pain in his damaged body and trying to regain mobility. He couldn't stand being near the rest right now.
The blue haired devil stood up. His azure hair dyed crimson. His right arm hanging limp. Welts and cringe worthy bruises all over his small frame.
"Minato..." Hamuko called out to him. Minato bit his lip and staggered out of the cell.
"Arisato..." Mitsuru finally spoke. "I'm so-"
"L-Leave me alone..." Was all that Minato could say. He started making his way towards the exit.
Yukari watched with almost teary eyes as Minato limped out of the prison and into the darkness of the streets.
"I... uh..." Junpei tried to speak.
Hamuko stood up and zapped towards towards the capped teen with never seen before quickness. Putting all the anger and guilt into her hand, Hamuko slapped Junpei with such force that the persona user literally somersaulted before landing painfully back on the ground.
"You bastards!" Hamuko started pulling out her hair. "What did you do! I told you, you fucking morons!" Letting out a scream of pure frustration, Hamuko dashed out of the cell, behind Minato.
Yukari bit her lip. After what witnessed just now, there was no way she could stand ideally by. With a gulp, she followed Hamuko.
The remaining members were enveloped in thick despair. All that was left was the corpse of Ikutsuki... The traitor.
Minato limped his way towards the back of Port Island. He would never go back to that blasted team of fuckers. He swore that on his life and pride.
"Minato!" Hamuko was running behind her. Her fatigue was kicking in from the shadow fight but she didn't give a fuck and just kept running. "Please wait up!"
Minato kept walking and walking until he collapsed onto the ground. Hamuko cringed but this was her shot, she ran towards the downed teenager and helped him up.
"Dammit, I don't have anything that can heal you..." Hamuko gritted her teeth as Minato's blood stained her uniform. "HELP! Anyone, goddammit!" Unfortunately, there was no one.
"Minato..." Hamuko took a deep breath and put on an extremely force smile. "It will be alright, you won't die okay? We'll go on dates and stuff." She bit her lip, she could see Minato losing the fire in his eyes. "Goddammit! Don't you dare die after stealing my heart, you asshole."
Through the pain, Minato smiled briefly. Hamuko again hugged him close. "It'll be alright, everything will be alright. I know it."
Minato was literally seconds away from slipping into the realm of dead but just then, he felt a warm hand on his shoulder. He felt some of his pain lessen, only some but it was enough to save him from death.
"Y-Yukari..." Hamuko widened her eyes. Was she really here to help Minato? Fucking impossible.
The brunette bit her lip, panting hard. "Are you okay? Please say so!" Yukari pulled out some bandages and began to wrap up his mutilated arm.
"I'm sorry! I always doubted you!" Yukari blinked back the tears. "I might have said all those stuff in the heat of the moment, but I never wanted them to this to you!"
"..." Hamuko was still speechless.
"Deep inside you, after all the hate and rage... you are everything a girl could ask for," Yukari smiled. "I saw that tonight, and I won't let my best friend lose someone so important."
She turned around to face Hamuko. "He won't die, I promise."
Hamuko let loose a stray tear. Finally, someone beside herself was helping Minato and finally understanding he wasn't all bad. Yukari continued treating Minato, despite her own fatigue from the shadow fight.
Finally, Minato was healed enough (still nowhere near good) that he was able to stand up again. Yukari gave a huge sigh of relief as Minato began to walk again.
"Minato... stop..." Hamuko whispered.
The blue haired fool turned around and glanced at Yukari. His stare wasn't one of hatred, not one bit. "... Thank you. I am in your debt for now, Takeba."
Yukari blinked. Was he fucking serious? Minato was thanking her!? The surprise was strong so Yukari could only nod dumbly.
"Don't go..." Hamuko pleaded.
Minato bit his lip and lowered his head, his bangs hiding his eyes. "Hamuko... thank you for everything."
"Don't say that, you're not gonna go right? Minnie?" She stood up. "A-After all, you said you loved me, are you willing to leave a lady like this?"
"I beg of you..." Hamuko stopped as Minato's voice cracked. "Please don't get involved. I can bear fighting against you."
Hamuko wanted to tell him to rejoin S.E.E.S but the scars were deep. She knew him rejoining wouldn't be so easy.
"I'm sorry..." Minato lifted his head up and Yukari let out a loud gasp. Minato was crying, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Minato..." Hamuko shed a few tears herself.
"I'm sorry for not being normal," Minato choked. "I'm sorry for being everything I am..." He let out a deep breath. "I'm fucking sorry for the being the demon that I am!" Yukari clutched her chest as Minato ran away.
All the pressure and fatigue finally got to Hamuko. The auburn haired girl blackened out and collapsed.
...
Minato rested himself again the wall and let out a few deep breaths. It was 2:59, one minute later and the back of Port Island would be flooded by human filth.
Unable to defend himself, Minato sighed. If he was to die here then so be it. And soon enough, the punks and bitches started gathering, smoking and doing the other illegal shit.
"HEY!" Minato cringed. This voice belong to the sorry ass Minato beat a few months ago. And boy, did he find Minato in a vulnerable state. "This pretty boy is the same one who beat us up!"
"I remember him!"
"What happened him?"
"Who gives a fuck? Let's complete the deed and kill him right now,"
"He seems loaded, let's do it!"
The punks began to advance, ready to kill Minato for the beating he bestowed upon them before. They fished out bats, hockey sticks and knifes and were a couple of steps away from killing him.
"Stop.." The cold, gruff voice made the punks stop. Minato recognized it.
Shinjiro Aragaki stepped out from the shadows, a massive stop sign in his grasp. Minato blinked, was he fucking serious!? But then again, he was holding it like it was a toy.
"Shinjiro again?" The punks took a step back.
"Get lost," Shinjiro spat and seconds later, the punks ran away. Minato eyed the girls which were looking to maybe rape him, but thankfully Shinjiro scared them off too.
Minato sighed in peace as Shinjiro turned around and cringed for a very short while. "What ran through you, kid?"
Minato kept quiet and didn't answer. Shinjiro shrugged and didn't pressure him and the bluenette liked that.
The beanie clad senior sat next to the injured junior and pulled a chocolate out of his pocket. He handed it to Minato. "Eat it."
Minato growled. "Who the fuck are you!? I didn't ask for your pity!"
Shinjiro shrugged. "You can die if you want," He leveled Minato with a stare. "But certain people would be sad."
Minato bit his lip and after a few minutes, he took a bite of the chocolate as Shinjiro leaned back with a sigh.
And done, thanks goes to the sadist group as always. Rude, sadistic and malevolent aholes but they help me tons. Thanks again guys.
Lils : Thank you a bunch for the long and helpful review. I usually don't get reviews like this so this was really nice. :P
I was waiting for Yakushima to develop Yukari, since she matures after that. And now, she will have a huge part to play in the coming chapters, since she helped him and stuff. And thanks for the suggestion, I'll try building each and everyone of them up, but then again Minato is the MC, he would get favored over most, but uh I think you guys will starting hating him for real after a full moon. And I mean that. I will make sure I can at least turn one fanboy into a hater. :P JK.
You'll see. I promise you, the surprises aren't over by a longshot and the beatdown was a piece of cake in comparison to the fights that are in the next chapters.
In closing, thanks a lot for the review and the advice. I actually really enjoy constructive criticism and advices, since I admit we are pretty inexperienced with writing fanfiction.
Chilled : Batshit Minato will keep returning. :P I won't spoil you, but Minato will lea- *stops* you'll have to see.
Mega : Thank you! :D
Guest : Just did. Uh, not to be offensive but can you... you know give me your thoughts on the chapter as well? I really like to hear from people. I actually don't write for myself or for cash so uh yeah I like hearing from readers. Still, thank you for the review.
So, the battles lines have been drawn. Shit is about to hit the fan and... I swear to God, most of you will hate Minato after a while. I Goddamn swear.
This chapter was kinda on the emo side so I added the stop sign! That made me chuckle in the game and I hope you did so as well.
As always, please review. I love to hear from my readers. Toodles.
PS : Sat the LSAT and finished my exams. Yes, I know that's badass. So I'm free.