"How dare you..." Minato said through gritted teeth, giving the pale teenager a really dark look. "Takaya, you will die tonight."
"Imbecile," Takaya spat, taking a step back. "I should have know that this would happen. You even gave up on your pride. Pathetic."
"I'd gladly gave away my pride for a reason to breathe," Minato shot back, making the shirtless male grit his teeth.
"Let's finish this madness," Jin narrowed his eyes at the injured members of SEES. "He can't take us out alone, and we won't get a better chance than this."
"Tsukio," Takaya issued to orders. "Kill the healer first, and then we can finish off the rest."
The raven haired girl gave a grin and stepped back into the shadows, melting into darkness. Minato gave a sidelong glance at Yukari who was struggling to stand up. Figures, she was the only healer worth a damn in the team.
"Minato, protect the-" Hamuko was cut off as Minato shot like a bullet for the brunette. He intercepted Tsukio's attack and sent her face first into the wall, courtesy of a power charged fist.
The pink clad brunette yelped. Did Minato just defend her? Wow. "Um..." She stammered.
"We're not exactly even," Minato spoke up, referring to the debt. Tsukio melted into the shadows once again and reappeared beside her teammates with a welt on her cheek and a scowl on her face.
"Y-You remember?" Yukari was surprised to say the least.
Minato pulled something out of his pocket, it seemed like some sort of bottle with a thick, golden liquid inside. "Take a sip and give it to everyone else."
"I... uh," Yukari mumbled something unintelligent.
"NOW!" Minato spat.
Yukari took a sip and an involuntary shiver passed through her battered frame, followed by a really warm wave of energy that eased her pain. "This is..." What on earth was this? It tasted bad but the healing effects were magical.
"You should have kept that for yourself," Takaya advised, with a rather scared tone of voice. "Your body will not last long and you know it."
Hamuko felt sickness rush up to her head and she let out a deep breath to calm herself. "Minato, what is he talking about..." She murmured, shivering slightly.
"..." Minato knew Takaya was referring to the forbidden fusions he had been performing. They were extremely taxing to his health and he already had contacted some diseases and lost one of his kidneys. "Bullshit!" He yelled at the pale teenager, trying his best to ease Hamuko.
Minato gave a rather stern look to Yukari who nodded at him and went to attend to her teammates.
"Everyone," Takaya sighed in annoyance. "Kill Minato first."
Minato braced himself for another tough battle. He was the only one who could fight right now and even if he didn't like the members of SEES, he wasn't going to let them die and further cause Hamuko pain.
Keima stepped forward, now brandishing a rather large spear which seemed quite heavy, but the brute was holding it like a toy. Minato sighed in annoyance and charged forward and crossed blocked the downward slash of the lance with his swords. The collision sent him to a knee but he held on.
Keima was clearly the more powerful one and he easily began to overpower the already battered bluentte. "UGH!" Minato scowled, trying his best to push him off.
"We should have killed that bitch when he had the chance," Tsukio growled at the redhead and those words sent Minato into a frenzy once again.
"KILL HER!?" He yelled on the top of his lungs, as the sleeping beast inside him fueled his rage and added to his strength. Minato gave out a roar and actually began to overpower the brute, sending him to his knees in a matter of seconds. "FUCK OFF!" Minato said, kicking the brute in the gut that sent him crashing into the counter.
Minato set his eyes on the female and shot for her again. He ducked underneath Jin's briefcase and came in front of Tsukio. He grabbed a hold of her face and forced her backwards, making the raven hair girl smash into the window that made everyone cringe.
"Kill Hamuko!?" He scowled, putting extra pressure. He kicked her away and yelled on the top of his lungs again. "DEATH!" This was the third time he had summoned the Death God but he didn't really give a shit. Strega had to die tonight.
The three members of Strega quickly sidestepped the charge of the persona which would have easily reduced them to pieces. Thanatos turned around and let loose another sphere of purplish energy.
"NO!" Takaya screamed out the next second as the a powerful wave of energy crashed into his chest, knocking the breath out of him.
The shirtless young man had barely gotten up to his feet and yet Minato was onto him. "You motherfucker!" The blue haired devil snarled, putting all the energy he had into one fist which soon met Takaya's face.
The punch was brutal and Takaya nearly passed out from the blow. "FUCK YOU!" Minato yelled once again, grabbing him by the back of his head and smashing him face first into the wall.
"Minato! Look out!" Minato caught Jin's grenade in his palm and gave the dagger look to the nerd.
"Fool!" Minato chucked the grenade back at the blunette and followed it by casting Fire Break on Jin. The silence was interrupted by the explosion of the grenade and this time, Jin felt every bit of the pain. He tried to scream but Minato threw him into another window, and sent the glasses wearing persona user out of the dorm.
"Pathetic," Minato spat, slapping Keima around with little effort. He kicked the brute to the side.
Yukari had finally healed up everyone of her teammates, even Junpei was fully healed because of that magical liquid that Minato had given her. Mitsuru stood up slowly and faced the former field leader of SEES.
The senior and junior stared each other down.
"We-" Mitsuru bit her lip.
"Hmph!" Minato sidestepped Tsukio's knife thrust and sent her face first into the wall as well. This was kinda too easy. He swung his blade around and jammed it on Keima's shoulder, making the brute release a harsh yell of pain.
Takaya gritted his teeth, ignoring the pulsing pain spreading all over his face. Minato's punch had fractured his orbital bone and he wasn't going to get away with this.
Pain rushed up to his brain as Takaya evoked his persona. "Hypnos!" blue mist coated the battered male as Hypnos materialized behind him.
"Pitiful," Minatp spat, sidestepping the oncoming fireballs. He switched to a fire resistant persona midway through and dashed for Takaya who took a step back in fear.
"This for for Hamuko!" Minato yelled, slashing him across the back which made Takaya yell out again.
Jin tried to restrain the raging persona user but Minato kicked him in the nuts from behind and slashed him across the face viciously, and that sent Jin crashing to the ground, blood gushing out like a waterfall from the wound.
Takaya punched Minato which further annoyed the blue haired devil. Minato replied back with a nasty haymaker that sent Takaya to the ground. "This battle is mine!" Minato yelled at the other members and proceeded to kick the ever loving crap out of Takaya, making the shirtless male cough out a large quantity of blood.
Minato easily manhandled the others and soon, he tossed them to the side and ended up crushing all of their evokers in his grip. He gave one last kick to Takaya and left him gasping for breath. "Son of a bitch..."
He walked over to Hamuko and bowed his head. "Um..." He whispered. "I... uh..."
Hamuko responded by poking him on the cheek and lifting his face up to give him another warm smile that made him give out a deep sigh. He slowly pulled the redhead closer for another tight hug which she happily returned.
"Hey-uh..." Akihiko tried to speak up but...
"SILENCE!" Minato scowled at his former teammates. "We're having a goddamn moment here!"
Everyone sighed. Not a single fucking change.
"Someone is coming..." Fuuka informed but Minato paid it no mind. Hell, it could be Theodore and he wasn't going to back out.
Brisk footsteps were heard and soon, someone stepped into the dorm and took a minute to let the scene sink in.
Sho blinked as his team members were sprawled on the floor, sporting various injuries and what not. Keima and Tsukio were knocked out and Takaya was caked in blood with some of the crimson liquid leaking out from his nose which looked horribly out of place.
He didn't really give a shit about them. They didn't matter much to him, but the real shocker was Minato leaning against some chick with auburn haired. The usually deranged persona user had a peaceful smile on his face and it made Sho blink again.
Sho was smiling at the havoc that Minato had wrecked but it was threatening to fade away as the girl snuggled closer to him and Minato allowed that. Maybe he was toying with her? Maybe this was another sick game of his. It had to be!
The members of SEES were gawking at the male redhead but Minato paid him no mind.
Sho tapped his foot onto the ground and let out a groan. "Come on Minato, just kill her already and go back!"
Minato's smile melted into his usual cold look. He gave a sidelong glance at Sho. "Watch your damn mouth." He warned.
"What the Hell are you saying? We all know you're going to stab her, you can drop the act. Do it quickly so we can go back and be done here!" Sho's voice cracked somewhat this time.
Minato licked the edge of his lips to clean up the blood. "I'm gonna stab, alright... but it won't ever be Hamuko." Usual sadistic grin followed his warning.
Sho was confused. He still had that face and that was good and all, but what he was saying wasn't making any sense. "Huh? I thought you were pretty trigger happy with your sword... You gonna torture her in another way or something?"
Minato finally had enough of his mindless rambling. He released the grip around Hamuko and stood in front of her. "I'm gonna protect her. Bitch all you want."
"Quit the act be done with it!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Minato yelled back, gripping his swords for another round.
Sho finally snapped, he dashed towards Minato at blind speed and drew one of his swords, aiming a thrust for Minato's neck. "The Hell do you think you are?! Don't you tell me to shut up, or I'll make sure no tongue is left for the cat after I'm through with you!"
Minato snarled in response to his charge and parried his sword with his own. "Try me, asshole!" The two pulled back and clashed swords once again as sparks danced around the two.
Minato pushed his blade to the side but Sho quickly fished out his other sword and aimed another slash for his neck.
The blue haired teen blocked the second sword with his knife which flew out from his grip but it did the trick and slowed the redhead down and Minato kicked him in the gut, sending him staggering backwards with a grunt of pain.
"How dare you protect that damn girl!" Minato clenched his fist at his comment. "I'm gonna shred you to bits!" He spun forward and held his swords at either side. He got within striking distance and unleashed a rather powerful cross slash.
Minato pumped a Tarukaja into his limbs and blocked the cross slash but his single sword. Sparks flew again and Minato smirked, despite the struggle. "You're jealous and you know it!"
The impact was as fierce as Sho's rage after Minato's jab. Sho removed one of his blade and aimed a slash for his abdomen.
Minato sidestepped and aimed a smash to his temple by the hilt of his sword. Sho stepped back to avoid and stepped back in with a slash for his chest this time.
The slash managed to gash him a little and Minato yelled out in a mixture of pain and rage. "ASSHOLE!" He stepped in with a slash of his own which Sho weaved through with little difficulty.
"Moron..."
"Moron for what, huh? Trusting someone?" Minato shot back as the two clashed once again.
Sho's previous smirk turned upside down into a scowl in the blink of an eye. "What are you talking about? I know I have someone to thrust!" Sho managed to push Minato off and he set his rather crazed eyes on the girl he was hugging a minute ago.
"HAMUKO!" Yukari yelled as Sho shot like a bullet for the female who took a step back.
"NO!" Minato let out a yell and sprinted for Hamuko. He intercepted the attack and caught the two blades in his grip. It wasn't a wise move as the cold, unforgiving steel ended up bruising his palm but he paid it little mind. His head was burning from rage. How dare he attack her.
"Bad move!" Minato's hand grabbed a fistful of red hair and due to sheer brute strength, Minato lifted Sho up from the ground and pulled harshly on his hair. Minato headbutted Sho hard and it sent the red haired male crashing to the ground, his forehead swollen and his lip now busted up.
Sho forcefully stood up and wiped the blood clean. "Dammit... Just shit up!" He fished out his knife and threw it for the charging blunette who swiftly ducked underneath it and rammed his shoulder into Sho's gut, taking him down.
The two rolled over the ground, throwing occasional punches at each other. They ended up rolling out of the dorm and continued beating each other to a pulp.
"Retreat..." Takaya whispered to Jin who was struggling to get up.
"Ugh..." Keima scowled but was kicked to the side by a certain beanie clad teenager.
"Oh no, you won't," Shinjiro shook his head, giving a smirk to Takaya.
Hamuko finally regained her muscle and she let out a small smile as she held the evoker to her temple. "Sorry, but this show ends tonight!"
"Hypnos!" Takaya forcefully summoned his persona once again.
Black mist swirled around Hamuko who gave out a rather twisted smirk, matching the one's that Minato usually gave out. "Hades!"
"..." Takaya had no answer and he could only shiver in response to the glare that the lord of the underworld sent him.
...
Minato finally mounted Sho and thwacked him with a couple of brutal shots. Sho drew another knife out and sent it deep into Minato's thigh, making the Fool wince. Sho took advantage and rolled over the blunette and pinned him to the ground. He dug the knife out of his thigh and this time, he thrust it for Minato's hand.
Minato widened his eyes and let out a loud scream of pain as the knife shredded through his flesh and blood began to rush out at an alarming rate. Sho got up from Minato and gave him a smirk. "Not so tough now, are you?" He spat.
Minato's insanity kicked in again as the pain smashed into his brain. His scream changed into the usual, crazed laughter as the pain trigger his other self once again. Sho watched on as Minato sat up with a merry laugh and gave him another crazed grin.
Sho's smirk grew to match his opponent. The hate, the matching rages, his strength... all the ingredients for one of the most thrilling fights he's ever had. "Come on, you freak!" he said as he pointed his currently only sword at Minato once again.
Minato grabbed a hold of his sword and licked a little bit of blood from his hand. His smirk only widened as he dashed for Sho once again.
Sho stepped back to avoid his sword and to grab a hold of his second sword that was lying behind him.
Minato laughed like a demon once again. He closed the distance between them and kicked Sho right in the nads and sent the redhead to his knees. "D-Dammit!"
"HAHAHA!" Minato floored him and began to stomp on his face brutally. "I told you!" He snarled. "No one fucks with me!"
Sho suffered a broken nose, much like Takaya and Minato didn't stop, he kept on punishing him with the same smile on his face. Sho quickly grabbed a hold of his knife that was lying close to him and let out a laugh. He pointed the blade upwards and Minato accidentally stomped onto the steel and it ended up piercing his foot and it gave Sho enough time to roll away.
Minato felt every bit of the pain but he just responded by cracking his neck and sniggering. "You fool," He held his sword to his forearm. "Shit like this won't hurt me!"
Sho quickly backed away with gritted teeth.
Minato impaled himself on the forearm, drawing out blood which slowly spread across the ground beneath him, forming the familiar cursed circle. A red hue was cast over the surroundings and Minato laughed once again. "Bring it asshole!"
Sho picked up his second sword from the ground. "See if you'll like the holes 'he' will tear in ya," His shoulders shook briefly and he moments later, he raised his head to reveal a rather serious expression on his features. "Tsukiyomi..." he whispered as a vortex of shadows appears behind him and he walks backwards into it, disappearing completely.
The circle began to slowly rise and rise, shaking the whole place apart as well as his soul.
"You're an eyesore," Minazuki said, now standing upside down on the dorm's roof, his feet being held by his scythe wielding persona. Minazuki came spiraling towards Minato, aiming to rip a hole through his chest.
Minato laughed once again and aimed a upward slash for the oncoming persona user. Minazuki cussed as he turned the cross slash into a block to shield himself from the blade. Minato overpowered the redhead and sent him crashing into the wall.
Minazuki scowled and muttered something which was followed by thick darkness covering the entire area. Minato could not see and he only cussed at Sho for coming out and fighting him like a man. He couldn't see shit so he swung his blades around a few times, hoping for a lucky shot.
"AGH!" His reply came in the form of a wicked slash on his back.
Minato howled in pain and turned around to attack back but he was met with two glowing red orbs.
"Atom smasher!"
On cue with the call, the two orbs revealed themselves to be the eyes of Minazuki's persona, Tsukiyomi. Its sword turned into a scythe, which the persona swung at full force towards Minato. The scythe passed clean through his body like a hologram, however, but his surprise only lasted for a second before he felt several slashes tearing him from within as the darkness dissipated.
Minato yelled out in utter hate. "Fucker!"
Another vortex of darkness appeared in front of Minato and out of it came Minazuki who aimed a slash for Minato once again who quickly grabbed the hold of the blade with his bare hand once again. Minazuki followed with a swipe with his other sword aimed at the latter's throat, but Minato grabbed the blade, as well. blood trickled down the swords' edges and onto the ground as the two locked blades and clenched fists.
The two struggled with each other, hurling various insults at each other and trying their hardest to find an opening and rip into the other one.
Minato reached for his own sword after releasing the grip around the redhead's blade. The blue haired psychopath aimed a thrust for Sho who quickly parried it upwards. Minazuki followed it up by bringing his sword down to Minato's head, looking to finish the fight once and for all.
Minato had planned this and he hurriedly stepped back and Minzaku missed the slash and dropped to a knee. Minato quickly followed it up by sending the blade slicing through his back, making the redhead release a harsh yell of pain as his vision began to blur.
Minazuki dropped to his knees, blood dripping down his form. The darkness lessened and lessened and Minato smirked. He held his sword up to finish the dammed bastard once and for all.
But Minazuki still had a boy to protect. He could not fail his task. He'd sworn to save his life and carry his will no matter what happened.
Minazuki blocked the strike with his sword and that caught Minato off guard, which Minazuki took advantage of and slashed him deep on the chest. Minato cussed out and kicked him away to take a step back as blood began to gush out of his wounds, making him feel a little lightheaded.
After the clash, Minazuki supported himself on both his swords while on his knee. He exhaled heavily twice before a vortex of darkness surged on the ground behind himself.
The two were losing blood at an alarming rate. Minato's insanity began to lessen and lessen and the unreal pain started kicking in.
Minato gritted his teeth and dropped to a knee himself. There was no way he could continue now. The two sent a ferocious glare at one another and this continued on for a few minutes until the battered redhead broke it up.
"... this is far from over, Arisato," Sho trailed off as he let himself lay back into the vortex, disappearing completely.
Minato coughed out a large quantity of blood and leaned on his sword to support himself. He was fucked and since the adrenaline rush lessened and the grip of insanity loosened, he began to think.
"..." Minato bit his lip as he thought back to all the people he had killed during the last few weeks. He only had flashes of the slaughtering and he couldn't really control himself but the blood was on his hands again.
"I fucked up..." Minato muttered, closing his eyes to block out the oncoming tears. "I fucked up bad..." His lip began to bleed now as he thought back at Hamuko's scarred wrists. "Damn it all... What did I do..."
"Minato!" On cue, Hamuko came running out of the dorm and cringed at the condition of her favorite blue psychopath. "A-Are you okay!?"
Minato limped his way backwards with his body shivering, he was deathly afraid right now. "I..." He clenched his fist again as Hamuko took another step forward.
"... I fucked up Hamuko," His voice cracked. "I fucked up bad..."
Minato pointed at her wrists. "I caused all that..."
"Minato..." Hamuko shook her head.
"I-I don't deserv-" Hamuko finally snapped, she quickly closed the distance between herself and Minato and slapped him hard across his face, sending him to the ground once again.
"You fucking moron!" She was looking to slap him again out of pure disappointment but stopped herself as Minato began to leak out tears.
"I-I killed..." Minato sobbed and for the first time ever, he began to feel remorse for the people he had killed. Hamuko was going to slap him again for killing so many innocents and no amount of excuses could change that.
"Idiot..." Hamuko muttered as she crouched down to his level and hugged him. "What would you do without me..." She sighed.
"... I'd die," Minato replied back painfully, letting out a few more tears on her shoulder.
"..." The words hit Hamuko hard and she kissed him softly. "I can never hate you Minato..."
"..." Minato sighed peacefully in her embrace, he might have denied it before but this was all he wanted.
"Will you join us again?" Hamuko asked hopefully.
"Will it make you happy?"
"Of course!"
"Then I'll join," Minato smiled slightly at her. "Anything to keep you happ-" He couldn't complete that as the injuries finally took the toll on his body and he blackened out in Hamuko's embrace.
There you have it. This kinda took long because I seriously thought you guys disliked the last chapter because of the lack of reviews so I kinda ended up focusing on other stories. :/
First of all, mad credit to Raidou the 16 (he's kinda a part of the infamous sadist group) for helping with with Minato vs Sho. and believe me, these two powerhouses will clash multiple times in the future. And Minato's shell continues to crack, shit happens when a psychopath is in love.
Also, I'd like to point out : Minato has lost his ability to come back from life threatening injuries. He lost it the moment the chariot shadow was defeated. And he's fucked over his health badly in the last few weeks. You saw how easily Minato manhandled Strega, how will Takaya strike back? Read and find out.
Tensions are sure to rise in the next chapter. And uh, TRY to review or else we get the impressions that no one liked this. :P So yeah, help us out.
I'll reply with the reviews later since its pretty fucking late but I have a question for you guys : Would you like to see a oneshot where the roles are reversed? with Minato being nice and Hamuko being rude? Tell me if you'd like to see that.
any typos will be fixed later. fucking sleepy now.
Anyway, sadist group *snrk* out.