"Come forth, Persona!" That voice… shouldn't sound that panicked. "Salvation!" She never should have to use that ability. The only reason she would is if something drastic happened like… Yu opened his eyes to see Yukiko Amagi use her strongest healing ability on Chie. But why is she using it on Chie? And why is… oh no… The answer to his question came quickly, as he saw Chie Satonaka lying in the middle of the fog infested road, one leg bent at a very unnatural angle and the other one was… not there… It took all of Yu's willpower not to throw up at that time. From the battles they had in the T.V. world, to even the Hospital he worked part-time at, he was not prepared for that amount of blood to be surrounding his friend.

It wasn't surprising that Chie was the first to go down on that day. She was always the Glass Cannon of the Investigation Team, always demolishing shadows that came her way, but also always taking the most damage. That was one of the bad points of being on the front lines with him. And he could do nothing, his body couldn't move. He was frozen in place, watching his friend, his Chariot, crumble before him.

"Why. Isn't. It. WORKING?!" Screamed Yukiko, doing everything in her power to stop the blood from pouring out of her best friend. Even the mightiest healing spell couldn't save Chie's life. They would need to go to a hospital. But they couldn't. They were the only ones left. Them and the Shadows.

As Chie's body fell limp, Yukiko let out a blood-curdling scream. As she rose from the corpse's side, and as the tears rolled down her face, the Shadows around them began to burn. The Amagi Inn's Heiress crushed her Tarot card once more, but instead of her original Persona, it was different, even ugly to a certain point. If one looked hard enough, they could see Konohana Sakuya as the base of her new Persona, Hisa-Me. It was terrifying to look at, and its wake of destruction was on a whole new level. Even Yu's Ragnarok after a Fire Amp was nowhere close to making that kind of damage and destruction. With every toss of her fans, new flames appeared in their wake. Her death was the second one that day, getting hit time and time again from the Shadows' Bufudyne spells, eventually being frozen solid and then destroyed and scattered everywhere. And, once again, Yu was powerless, unable to protect his Priestess.

Teddie was the next to go. While Ted wasn't necessarily the worst physical attacker of the group, he was definitely the most innocent of the group and didn't seem to understand that Samarecarm only works on unconscious people. It wasn't really his fault that in the chaos of everything that he didn't know that they wouldn't wake up again. He wasn't prepared for the Megidolaon that slammed into his back, sending him flying into the nearby Samegawa. Teddie's suit sank to the bottom like a rock. And Yu's Star ceased to shine in the heavy fog.

No one was prepared when Kanji perished. It had just seemed as though the fighting had slowed down, and the sun had begun to set when one of the muscular shadows emerged from the treeline and went straight for a dazed and exhausted Naoto. The way Kanji saved her was pretty badass, and Yu just wished with all his might that he could move so he could do something besides stand there and see his Kohai sacrifice himself. The soft-hearted boy, no soft-hearted man - Kanji deserved that much at least - had drop-kicked Naoto out of the line of fire. And Kanji took the hit like a champ, letting the Shadow's first slam directly into his forehead. The dyed-blond retaliated and with a single punch, the Shadow was defeated. That blow that Kanji took to the head, however, rattled his brain too hard against his skull, and soon Kanji was out of commision. His body was failing him, each blow getting sloppier than the last, and Naoto finally ended Kanji's suffering per his request. Kanji's last moments were of him smiling, saying he was proud to have fought with them all, and that he was sorry that he wasn't strong enough to protect his brain from damage. Naoto said it was a terrible day for rain, although the only water nearby was the riverbed, and it was far too light outside for there to be clouds in the sky, even with it being close to sunset. Yu's Emperor was dethroned.

The remaining four gathered together, forming a triangle around Rise, keeping the Navigator safe from harm. With Naoto mentally exhausted from casting Mudoons and Hamaons back to back with no breaks, and their source of restorative items falling quickly, it was decided that they would need a place to recuperate, and they would need someone to go get supplies. The group decided that Rise's home was the closest to any nearby place with the usual Soul Drops they used to revitalize themselves. Once in the tofu shop, they sealed off the whole place, leaving the upstairs window to Rise's bedroom the only thing left unblocked. With Naoto barely conscious, and Rise unable to fight, it was decided that Yu would stay with them and that Yosuke with the ability to use Sukukaja would be the best one to run to Junes and get some supplies. Once Yosuke opened the window, he turned to Yu with the smallest smile on his face. "Later, Partner." and without another word, he left. Fifteen minutes passed and the ground started to rumble, and Yu ran back to the window, ready to face resistance. In the distance, he could see Junes, and after a blink, the building started to fall apart, as if it collapsed on itself. Naoto, with her last bit of strength, flew up from the bed and pushed Yu away from the window with a shout of "Senpai!" There was a loud bang, and Naoto fell to the floor, a gaping hole through her skull, in the exact same place she shot Kanji. And Yu's Fortune was crushed. He was unable to act once again.

With a look outside, Yu saw the culprit, a bear Shadow, dressed as a police officer holding a gun. He moved away from sight, and just as he did, the bear shot the window once again, shattering it. Yu turned to Naoto and took her gun off of her, and counted the remaining bullets in the chamber. There were only five of them left, but soon the number went to four as Yu shot the Shadow that killed Naoto. It took an hour for Rise to stop crying. Soon enough, they left the tofu shop to head to the destroyed supermarket. They were still going to need supplies if they were going to try to live through all this after all, and Junes had a bigger medicine department than everywhere but the hospital, and the hospital was pretty far away. Just outside of the wreckage of Junes, they found Yosuke buried underneath some rubble.

"Good to see ya…. partner." How are you still smiling? Your body is practically destroyed and Rise and I are the only ones left alive now! The whole town was swallowed by the fog ten hours ago, and the whole country is probably gone now too! "Partner… Yu… please. It hurts. Everything hurts Yu… I can't stand it… make the pain… stop... please…" Yosuke coughed up a large amount of blood. Yu couldn't hold in his tears.

"Later… Partner." And with a loud heart-wrenching bang, the Magician played his last trick.

Yu wasn't prepared for a second bang, and neither was Rise. Yu turned around only to see Rise fall to the ground, hands flying to her chest as it was slowly growing more and more crimson. There was no longer a Lover. In a second, only the Fool was left. The Fool… And the Jester.

"How does it feel, now that I beat you? Are you pissed? Miserable? Frustrated? Hahaha, that's what its like to lose! All of your miserable friends? Dead! All of your power? Gone! Hahahaha! HaHaHaHaHa! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The Jester laughed manically, throwing his head up towards the now dark sky, only a faint visible street light illuminating them both. In his hand, his revolver spun around lazily, the other resting on his hip. "Go on, try and stop me." Yu reached out with his katana and broke a card floating in front of him.

"Surt!" He called out. Nothing happened. Adachi just smiled. With determination he cried out again, breaking another card, "Tzitzimitl!" Once again nothing. Fear started to take place in Yu. "Pabilsag!" "Thor!" "Norn!" "Helel!" "Ishtar!" "Loki!" Not a single one answered his calls.

"You know why those Personas of your's aren't coming to you kid? Because they all represent your bond with one of your friends, with your little investigation group or whatever. And guess what? Your friends? DEAD! And it's not really a group with one person now is it?" Adachi yawned. "This is boring me. I'll give you one last shot, how does that sound? I mean, at least you get a chance to prolong your death."

"IZANAGI!" And this time, when the card broke something appeared. It was his first Persona, His own Persona. It didn't stay long out too long though. Yu's spirit was out, completely run dry from the constant fighting all day. He collapsed to his knees, barely able to remain upright. But he wasn't done, not by any means. He rose Naoto's gun and fired once, shooting Adachi's gun out of his hand, twice, shooting Adachi in the throat, killing him instantly. And then, as Yu's eyes began to close, and as his body started to fall the rest of the way down, the gun went off a final time, going straight through Yu's head, with one last thought going through his mind.

Per…. So…. Na

AN:/ (11/27/2018) Fixed minor errors

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