"..." Mitsuru couldn't find the words to express how she was feeling.
"Holy shit," Akihiko said slowly, his amber eyes glued to the television. It was 3 AM in the morning and yet the news channels were going crazy. A large scale slaughter near Port Island Station had thrown the entire city into panic.
"... I can't believe it," Mitsuru bit her lip. "So many innocent citizens... so much destruction."
"... Was it him?" Akihiko gulped. "He is known to be insane... is it him?"
Mitsuru balled her fist up. "If it was Arisato, then..." She took a deep breath. "The battle lines have been drawn."
Akihiko cringed and thought back to Hamuko. "What can we do..." He punched the sofa. "Goddammit!"
Junpei was in the hospita, and his injuries were severe. Hamuko wasn't getting any stable. Mitsuru was going to get dragged into the chaos since she was a member of the Kirijo Group. Aigis was always by Hamuko's side. Yukari and Fuuka couldn't do much.
... It was all up to him now. He had to do something and maybe ease the pressure somewhat.
THE NEXT NIGHT.
Minato twisted and turned, his shirt soaked in sweat. Something was happening to him. It wasn't muscle pain... something was happening inside his head.
"UGH!" Minato bit his lip, as numbness and exhaustion assaulted him, almost bringing him to the point of passing out but he fought back. He felt as it someone was taking over his mind.
"NO!" Minato growled. "This is my body! I am in charge!" The Dark Hour hit the world and the feeling intensified. Minato collapsed onto the ground, clutching his head.
Laughter, load of laughter was going on in his head. It sounded similar to his own but far colder, if it was possible.
"GET OUT!" Minato yelled, charging ahead and smashing his head against the wall. The blunette slowly slid down, his forehead busted open but the laughing stopped somewhat.
Panting hard, the bruised teenager stood up. He looked around his room. Just a desk, and a bed. No fucking air con and the most shittiest fan ever. This place was hell.
"Poor assholes," Minato muttered, sitting on his desk. He pulled out a knife from his drawer and gazed long and hard at it.
...
"GAAAAH!" Theodore smirked in response to Minato's pained cry. The circle underneath the two of them was glowing, radiating demonic energy that was burning his senses.
"This is the price you must pay," Theodore said. "Every time you attempt fusion, something will be taken away. It might be your health... or a piece of body."
Minato looked towards him and growled. "Don't fucking care! Let's fuse this shit!"
Theodore smirked again as the circle rose and rose slowly. Minato bit his in an effort to stop the pain coursing through his body.
There was a flash of bright red light and Minato passed out.
...
He snapped out of the staring contest with the knife in his hands and reached into the sea of his soul.
"Mot, huh?" Minato blew his bang up. He was slowly healing from the demonic energy that had consumed him during fusion. He wondered... what would happen if he did that again?
"That bastard mentioned me losing my mind if I keep doing it," He let out a smirk. "I've already lost my mind so I don't see any danger in this."
Shrugging his warnings off, Minato began thinking of who to attack next. Junpei was already taken care off and he simply had to break into the hospital and kill him.
Just as he was thinking, his cell phone beeped. Minato cocked an eye and flipped it open.
"Meet me at the shrine, Akihiko," In case someone was wondering, yes, they had cell phones that could work in the Dark Hour.
Minato laughed. "Fucking albino thinks he can take me down?" He got up and went to see that gothic bitch. To make sure it was Akihiko and not an entire army waiting to attack him.
Akihiko was sitting on one of the swings, awaiting anxiously for the arrival of his former field leader. He wasn't nervous about a challenge ever but this time... his heartbeat was almost inhumane.
Light footsteps could be heard. Akihiko jumped back onto his feet and looked far away. Minato was slowly approaching, a blade and evoker in his grasp.
"So he came," Akihiko pulled out his evoker as well as Minato came to stop, just a few feet away from him.
"..." The junior gazed coldly at his senpai.
Akihiko bit his lip. He wanted to talk things with him, but after what he had just done to the innocent civilians of the island, he had to be punished.
"You are a fool," Akihiko shook his head.
"You are the biggest fool," Minato spat. "You honestly believe you can take me down?"
"I know so," Akihiko replied, bolting towards the psychotic teenager. Minato gritted his teeth and took his stance as Akihiko came dangerously close, holding back a fist.
Minato aimed a punch of his own just as Akihiko landed his own. The two punches connected at the same time and both of the persona users were sent flying backwards from the blows.
Minato regained his footing and shot a fireball at Akihiko who sidestepped and charged once again. Minato backed away and ducked underneath a right, he tried to knee the senior but Akihiko dodged once again.
Akihiko tried an uppercut but Minato weaved through it and kicked the boxer in the back. Akihiko grunted and smashed his elbow onto the bluenette's face, throwing him off his feet.
Minato rolled away from a kick and stood up once again. He gripped his sword as Akihiko pulled out something from his pockets. Bladefists.
Akihiko put on his bladefists and smirked. "Get ready."
Minato blew his fringe up. "I respected you more than the others. You worked instead of complaining and I respect that," His mind flashed back to the beatdown. "But what you fuckers did to me..."
"We were wrong," Akihiko replied. "But you are taking his way too far."
"It's so fucking casual to say it, right?!" Minato snapped. "We were wrong. Of course you were wrong, fuckers! But I took the shots!"
"Get over it!" Akihiko yelled.
"You son of a bitch!" Minato snapped back, dashing ahead with sword.
Minato tried a downward slash but Akihiko blocked it with his blade fists. Akihiko kicked the junior away and aimed a right for his face. Minato barely dodged the strike but he suffered a cut on his cheek regardless.
Minato jumped back and launched a few more fireballs. Akihiko dodged most of them and even ending up slicing them in half due to his weapons. He took a deep breath and streaked over to Minato.
The bluenette found another slash on his chest. He pulled back and quickly came in with a headbutt, finally hitting Akihko and making him pull back.
Minato wasted no time and charged again, smashing his fist onto the boxer's face. Akihiko bit back the pain and headbutted him back.
Minato was rocked once again and he barely dodged another blow that was meant for his head. This battle was going nowhere.
Akihko panted. "What a tough son of a bitch.."
Minato was panting as well. Held his evoker to his temple and yelled. "MOT!" The boxer felt a chill down his spine as he looked below to see a familiar cursed circle forming beneath his feet.
"SHIT!" Akihko backed away from the cursed circle and it disappeared.
Minato closed the distance between them and kicked Akihiko in the ribs. The boxer swung his fists around wildly, managing to give Minato a few more gashes.
Minato rammed the senior to the ground and smashed his knee into Akihiko's gut. Akihiko quickly rolled away and got up, clutching the evoker to his temple.
"Polydeuces!" The silverette yelled, summoning the hulking demi-god who unleashed a bolt of lighting right for the insane teenager.
Minato didn't have enough time to dodge so he just crossed his arms, hoping to lessen the damage. The attack struck Minato, making thousands of volts course through his body.
Akihiko looked on as Minato laid on the ground, smoke radiating off of him. He didn't move for a few seconds.
Slowly, Minato stood up, his long fringe hiding his crazed eyes from the boxer who took his stance again.
Minato lifted his head up and shot a horrific grin at the senior which unnerved him. Something was taking control again, and this time Minato didn't fight it back.
"HAHAHAHAH!" With that insane laughter, Minato now looking more psychotic than ever, charged for Akihiko once again.
Akihiko aimed a right that went right into Minato's shoulder, easily penetrating through his flesh. Blood was wasted on the ground and it stained Akihiko's white shirt but it really didn't matter.
"HAHAHA!" Minato laughed again, not feeling as much pain as he should. Minato smashed his head onto Akihiko's brutally, knocking him to the ground.
Both of them were bleeding from their foreheads, but only Akihiko paid it mind. Minato stalked around his rival, grinning like a devil.
Akihiko tried to sit up but Minato dashed ahead and punted him in the head, knocking him down again. He lost his sword somewhere but he didn't give a fuck! His fists would be enough.
Minato got to work and started pounding Akihiko's face in. One, two, three... Akihiko retaliated at the third strike and dug his blades deep into Minato's leg.
There was silence for a few minutes and it was broken by a giggle from Minato who kicked Akihiko away and followed him.
Akihiko stood up and panted. "What in hell is he? He seems more crazed than usual," The boxer looked directly into his eyes. The look in his eyes was crazy, similar to that of a demented killer multiplied by hundred.
For a brief moment, Minato's eyes flashed gold and it caught the boxer off guard. "WHAT THE!" The blunette was in front of him in seconds, Minato grabbed a hold of his wrist and began to twist it viciously, making the boxer yell out from the pain.
He could hear the bones cracking, it was only a matter of time...
"GACK!" The bladefist went right into Minato's gut this. Akihiko did it in desperation and it made Minato release the grip, allowing the boxer to back away.
A large volume of blood spilled down to the ground as Minato gazed at his bloodied hands.
"Ouch..." Maybe it was the adrenaline or something else, Minato was fighting through the pain like it was no problem. The blue haired persona user looked right into Akihiko's soul this time and it caused the boxer to shiver.
"DIE YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Minato demanded, his voice somewhat deeper than before. He ran towards the senior once again and floored him.
Minato began beating the shit outta Akihiko who was slowly getting exhausted now. He eventually kicked Minato away and aimed a right for his sides.
... The strike connected, breaking a few of Minato's ribs. Akihiko pulled his bladefist out and cringed. Minato was still standing.
"Just die dammit!" Akihiko demanded, finally going for a strike on his face.
Minato quickly pulled himself together and dodged the blow, he grabbed a hold of his wrist again and this time, he snapped it in half.
Akihiko yelled out in utter agony but Minato quickly silenced him by an elbow to his chest, knocking the breath out of him.
Akihiko tried to regain his senses but Minato was already charging for him. The blunette lifted Akihiko off his feet and smashed him into the swings.
Another small scream from Akihiko, but he kicked Minato away again. Minato regained his footing easily, bleeding buckets from the various wounds all over his body.
"FUCKING LOVE IT!" Minato roared towards the heavens.
"What is he..." Akihiko wondered as the blood underneath Minato's feet began to spread out, forming some sort of a circle around him. Minato felt a jolt of pain as the first step of fusion was done.
The demonic circle began to glow, making the energy in the atmosphere freeze for a couple of seconds. Minato kept grinning like a devil. The punishing pain running through his body excited him ever more.
The circle slowly began to levitate, slowly condensing as the glow became even more fiercer. Akihiko kept staring on in disbelief. What the hell was going on here?
"FUSE!" Minato yelled and upon his command, the circle finally exploded, releasing a massive amount of demonic energy and casting a red hue over the entire place. Akihiko shielded his eyes, almost scared that the flash of light would damage his eyes.
Minato's smile melted into a severely pained expression as something just smashed inside his body. His intestines went through a severe shock as the fusion really took something out of him. Theodore was right and he wasn't exaggerating it at all.
Minato clutched the side of his stomach and let out a deep breath. His kidney was busted.
Akihiko tried to step in but Minato noticed him. The pain vanished and his insanity took control once again. Minato clutched the evoker to his temple and let out a beastly roar that scared the crap outta the boxer.
"SETH!" Minato yelled, unloading a bullet into his temple. There was a roar following the usual loud bang as the mist and glass shards began collecting themselves behind Minato, giving rise to one frightening creature, a gigantic, blackened dragon that towered over the entire shrine.
"..." Akihiko was struck speechless. What the hell was this?!
"DESTROY THE PLACE! Minato commanded, as Seth formed a massive amount of magma in its mouth and launched it everywhere around the shrine. A great fire began to ravage the place, reducing almost everything to ashes.
... This fire.
Akihiko began to shiver, the fire invoked a number of bad memories. He fell to a knee as the blasted, unforgiving flames began to consume everything. Minato stood as the flames began to spread out even more.
Unable to think clearly, Akihiko was smashed into the ground again by Minato to began kicking the hell out of him again. The boxer cried out in pain as Minato continued the assault. Minato giggled at the sound of cracking bones in Akihiko's body. The flames weren't lessening at all and that just ended up damaging Akihiko further.
"HAHAHHAHA!" Letting out another demented laugh towards the heavens, Minato grabbed a hold of his sword and pointed it right for Akihiko's neck.
The boxer sighed. Guess this was the end.
Minato, however was quickly sent to the side by a powerful punch from someone. The blunette bit back the pain and regained his footing. He looked around for whoever did that and found his answer in the form of a beanie clad teenager.
Shinjiro sighed and looked below at his best friend who was barely conscious. The intensity of the flames lessened quite a bit since Shinjiro cracked Minato's concentration by that punch.
Minato scrutinized Shinjiro. This was the same guy who helped him when he left S.E.E.S. Minato slowly felt himself gaining control of his body and with it came utmost pain. The deep wounds all over his body began gushing out blood again and his broken ribs made it hard for him to breathe.
"... Kid, that was one fucked up move," Shinjiro glared at the Fool.
Despite the mind numbing pain, Minato scowled at the taller teenager. "You don't know shit!" He tried to attack once again but relented, Shinjiro had saved him from death a while ago... Like it or not, he was in his debt.
Minato took a step back and swallowed the blood that was pooled in his mouth. He couldn't take both of them on in his current condition. Casting a vicious glare to Akihiko, Minato began to limp away, leaving the two best friends alone.
The demented teenager kept walking and walking, trying his best to fight back the insane amount of pain he was going through. He used the last of his SP to heal the wound on his gut but it wasn't healed completely by any means.
Eventually, he lost the mobility in his body and just dropped to the ground in a bloody heap, barely able to get his breath out. He hacked out blood and rolled on the ground to somewhat lessen the pain.
Minato literally began to crawl away towards his base. He couldn't possibly walk after what happened.
He was stopped when someone grabbed a hold of his blue hair and rolled him over. Minato squinted his eyes to catch whoever it was. It was Tsukio and boy she was looking pissed.
The raven haired girl kicked Minato in his fresh wound and watched in delight as the blue haired teen cried out in pain. She kicked him once again and Minato bit his lip to stop the scream. The female took out her knife and was ready to drill it into his heart. She wanted to kill him.
"UGH!" Tsukio gritted her teeth as she took a step back. Takaya would kill her if she even tried something like that.
Eventually, the raven haired girl kicked Minato one last time and left him for dead in the back alley. Minato laughed lightly before he passed out from the blood loss and pain.
Credit goes to those miserable assholes but eh, couldn't do it without them. :P one of our co writer wasn't present today and he was kind of an ace so sorry if the writing was not good enough but I guess the action was okay?
First things first, yes Akihiko beat the shit outta Minato in the starting until something/someone took control? What was it? no, it wasn't death that's for sure. Go ahead and take a guess. This thing, whatever it is is extremely important to the story later on.
The fusion he attempts is really taxing. He might lose his mind if he keeps performing magic more powerful than himself.
Yeah, Minato lost his kidney and no he isn't strong enough to control Seth, it wasn't Minato who was controlling Seth, it was someone else. Keep on guessing and let me know. One thing for sure, this thing is insanely powerful. And in response to brownies, Theo would struggle a little against the Reaper but would kill him with minor injuries.
Anyway, please review. :/ We need some fuel. I really want to complete this by september before my fall semester, keep up with me peeps.
Thanks for the read.