-P3-

AN: Sorry for the late update guys, I was busy with my midterms so I'm back to the regular schedule now.

-Fight Night I: The Boss-

As the exhausted trio arrived to the ground floor of Tartarus, they were met with looks of approval from their upperclassmen and chairman.

"Magnifique, all of you, truly," the redhead gave a round of applause.

"We saw the whole thing, good job," Akihiko displayed a rather clichéd thumbs up.

"Good work you three, thanks to you we were able to get a lot of data from that fight," the chairman reported as he kept all the observational equipment in a small briefcase.

"I'll be escorting the chairman to the dorm along with the equipment, you guys must be tired," Akihiko informed the group.

"Okay senpai," the bluenette gave a false salute that made his other companions snicker.

"Funny," the champ said with a dead look in his face.

Akihiko and the chairman excused themselves and exited the dark obelisk that was Tartarus. With their departure, the active team awaited their debriefing from the young Kirijo.

"Right now, we have a lot of data to go through so I'm just sending it to our scientists in the company, I see that none of you are grievously injured so you may leave and enjoy a good night's sleep," Mitsuru said informatively.

"Okay, see you tomorrow Yuka-tan, Kirijo-senpai, Boss," Junpei added a little venom to the last one.

"'Night Stupei," the brunette said snidely.

"Later Asshat," Minato added.

Junpei made his way to the large doors of the structure and attempted to open them, to his surprise the doors wouldn't budge. Thus, Junpei struggled harder to pull the door which resulted in him tumbling over due to the sheer stubbornness of the door to open.

"Hey, if this is a joke Junpei I'm flushing your hat down the toilet,"Yukari was growing irate.

"I'm not joking, the doors just won't budge," Asshat defended himself.

"Iori, try pushing the door," the young Kirijo requested.

"I tried that sempai, they still won't move an inch," Junpei said in surrender.

"Oops…heheh," a disembodied voice suddenly spoke.

"Ehem, Giiiig, is there something you want to tell us?" the bluenette prolonged the name for emphasis.

"Okay, so I kind of over did it with the Shadow bait, back there" the Master of Death admitted.

"Which means what exactly?" the pink-clad girl wanted a straight answer.

"There's one Shadow left, its just ridiculously more powerful than the small army you faced back there…Put together. " Gig gave a small sigh in the end.

Mitsuru's face grew pale in stillness.

"You okay senpai?" the young Arisato inquired in concern.

"The Shadow is coming," Mitsuru held her hand on her head, "from above!"

On cue, rattling chains could be heard as a massive visage descended from the stairway. The Shadow that appeared possessed a massive gun in each hand and floated eerily over the ground, its face was that of the Grim Reaper himself, which the group decided was an appropriate moniker.

"Oh crap," Junpei fell straight to the floor in fear.

"What is that thing?" Yukari gawked at the sight of the horror.

"It's a big Shadow, we're injured and screwed for the most part." The bluenette tried to say analytically.

"Thank you Captain Obvious," Asshat leered at the leader and raised his sword defensively.

"Stand still for a bit. All of you," Minato spoke firmly as he raised his Evoker.

"What are you do-?" before she could finish, Mitsuru was cut off by the sound of a gunshot.

"Apsaras!" the Junior yelled as an eerily beautiful maiden brought forth a healing light that restored the group's lost strength.

"Another Persona?" the young Kirijo was in awe of the display.

"It's healing power is even stronger than Io's!" the brunette exclaimed.

"I haven't figured it out how it works yet, but I'm working on it." The leader admitted.

"Enough with the asides and soliloquies already, you're all healed up so you should get to the skull-bashing and the neck-snapping part," the psychopomp goaded the team into action.

"We don't even know how it fights, how can we be sure it won't kick our asses?" Asshat complained.

"I'm not the strategist here!" Gig said defensively.

"Everyone, run through all your magic and see if that works!" Mitsuru blurted out.

"Here goes," Junpei charged his power as he drew his Evoker, "Agi!"

The Reaper was singed by the attack, but did not halt its advance.

"My turn," the pink clad girl mentally told herself, "Garu!"

The Reaper's cloak was blown upwards and the creature itself slowed down, if only a little.

"This isn't looking good," the young Kirijo sighed, "Bufu!"

Mitsuru had aimed for the abomination's legs in the hopes of freezing them. However, her success was only short lived as the creature broke free from frozen prison and once more proceeded to the general direction of the group.

"Looks like it's up to us kid," Gig said hesitantly.

"There's no helping it then, huh?" Minato groaned.

The Shadow sensed Gig's unusual presence and increased its pace, readying its guns.

"Point blank kid, aim for the eyes!" the Master of Death ordered.

"Let's go, Megidolaon!" Gig/Minato said in unison.

With that final cry, a great stream of light erupted from the ground and the monster fell. Its existence no longer maintainable, the Reaper slowly began to fade.

"That Shadow was on a different level from the others," the redhead panted.

"We gave it our best shot and even he barely killed it," Asshat stared at the leader in awe.

"We really should get going before Tartarus gets closed up.

The group agreed and exited the Tower of Demise. However, before they could leave the Gekkoukan complex, something terrible appeared.

"Huh?" Gig wondered aloud, "Kid, behind you!"

Minato failed to react in time and was caught off-guard by a fatal strike by the Reaper.

"No…" was all Mitsuru could say.

"How is it still alive?" Junpei's fear had grown.

"It's fading again…" Takeba had observed.

"Uh, guys," Gig called out, "get me to a fucking hospital before I rip out your guts and choke you with them!"

Minato fell into a deep sleep.