„Who am I?... What am I?..."
„You'll find out soon enough."
Before i began my fight with Naoto, I heard these voices. Both of them seemed male, but more like a child nearing it's adolescence. But I had no time to think about it, as Naoto decided to go all out.
-Persona!
Megidolaon
A gigantic ball of purple light exploded. But I felt barely any impact. That Gekkoukan High uniform somehow absorbed the damage on impact.
-What the...?
-Rise, scan, now!-Yosuke said.
-If you try to order me around one more time...*sigh*... It seems like this armor nullifies most if not all of the Almighty damage. Also it seems that his persona is strong against physical attacks(with slashes being completely blocked) and He cannot be hurt by light or... WHAT THE HELL?
-What did You find out?-Naoto asked while pointing her gun at me(I didn't do anything since the beginning of battle.).
-It's strange, but it looks like this protection from light and darkness, comes not from Susano'o but from Ankoku himself. It's like he's under permanent protection from these!
-But that's impossible! Only Persona's have weakness and advantages. A human being possessing such protection?
-A human being...-Naoto looked at me. But this time these eyes were cold like steel. She made her mind. She decided to kill me. I drew my card.
-I ask thee of thine help! Persona!
Heat Riser
-What Are You, Hikari? A Shadow, or something else?
-What are you talking about?
-No human being posses such protection against light and darkness, so what are you?
Deathbound
My Persona absorbed all of her attacks. Even though she knew it was pointless to attack me with slash type of attack she did it. Is she afraid? Of what, me? What the hell is going on here? No human being? Then What am I?
-I shall answer that question.-I heard someone's voice. At the same time, the time itself stopped, and Theo appeared out of nowhere.
-You can tell me what am I?
-I can only tell You what is your task as a Wild Card user. You will have to find Your true self by Yourself.
-Then, what is my task?
-You have to save the saviors. You are probably aware about the battle that took place few years ago in this city, right?
-Aigis spoke something about it.
-Yes, If You would be so kind as to walk with me a little.
-But, the battle...
-The time stopped for them, and so they won't find out that You left. Please this is important.
I don't know if I imagined it, but Theodore's voice was... nearly begging me to walk with him. He led me to the lounge where now was huge gate on the floor. Theo pushed me towards it. I touched it and landed in an empty space. I saw only darkness.
-Don't worry, it's temporary.
-When my eyes adjusted to darkness, I saw another huge, golden gate, with a statue of a man on the top.
-As You know one of the S.E.E.S. Had to give up his life to save the others, but we had to interfere as well. We had to erase „her" from their memories.
-Her?
-The savior wasn't one, they were actually twins, a boy and a girl. Both of them being marked by Death itself.
As Theodore spoke these words, the statue changed it was now showing two people, a man and a woman holding a greatsword, and pointing it towards the gate.
-You have the power to affect the world from both sides. Only You will be able to break the time one day, and change the past. But please don't forget about her. She was important to me... More than anything. She gave me this before our final goodbye. Please take it.
He gave me a small hairpin that looked like latin number 22. After I touched it, two cards appeared before my eyes, and both of them spoke.
Thou art I and I am Thou. Thou hast established a new bond. Thou shalt be blessed when fusing Persona of the Fool Arcana. Thou shalt also be blessed with power that comes directly from the Universe.
Social link
The Fool: „The forgotten twin"
Universe: „The savior"
I felt my power growing rapidly, and suddenly stopping at one point. Before I realized it, Theo disappeared and I was standing in front of Naoto. The time started again.
Agidyne
-Not gonna work!-I shouted.
From the depths of Universe, I call upon thee! Come!
Blade of Light
Susano'o waved a greatsword that appeared instead of his normal sword. The impact destroyed the floor, and tossed Naoto. She fell out of the roof. I immediately thought of something both cool and stupid.
-Susano'o! Create a path of Tempest slashes that will lead me to Naoto!
As soon as The first slash appeared, I jumped on it and began running. I managed to grab Naoto, before she hit the ground, and returned to the rooftop. She snatched away immediately, and decided to switch to defense, but before any of us moved, Chie screamed.
-The hell is that!?-She was pointing at something lying in the center of a crater created by blade of light. It was a steel coffin. Naoto slowly walked to it. I tried to walk as well, but she pointed her gun at me.
-Stay Still!
She opened the lid. Inside was lying... a robot. She looked a little like Aigis, except she had longer hair and they were orange like a carrot, and they were tied into ponytails.
-What...
-The...
-Heck...
-Is...
-This?
Naoto, Chie, Rise, Yukiko, Yosuke and Kanji said the same thing almost simultaneously. I walked to the coffin as well. And I kinda, slipped and accidentally fell into the coffin, what probably activated the robot. She opened her eyes, they were green(Green and orange? Seriously?).
-Are You one of the anti-shadow weapon project?-Naoto asked her.
-I am the latest generation of anti-shadow weapon, type Omega, Codename Kusanagi.
-The „grass cuter"?-Yosuke laughed. Kusanagi turned red, and walked to him.
-If You have some problem with my name, You don't have to show it to everyone, Meany!-And she burst into tears.(Okay, that was weird in more ways than one.) Chie, Naoto, Rise and Yukiko, looked like they were trying to kill Yosuke by looking at him. I walked to Kusanagi and gave her my handkerchief.
-It's fine, don't mind him. I don't know him well, but I'm sure he didn't mean to make it sound like that.
-*sob*You think so?*sob*
-Yeah, he just never had a girlfriend, so he's awful with girls.-Chie decided to take revenge for her sandwich from few hours ago..
-Hey!
-It's true. He really is hopeless when it comes to being a gentlemen.-Yukiko fired off her weapon as well.
-Now I'm gonna cry...
-Here, let me help You.-I helped her stand up. Fortunately, she stopped crying.
-Thank You. Ooops!
-Ouch!-she fell again, this time holding my hand. As I was falling I saw Naoto's face. She looked like she couldn't believe something. Kanji saw that too.
-What's wrong?
-If he is not a human, then why she won't recognise him as threat?
-Maybe, he isn't one. I mean, come on, we all tried to stop You, but You decided to see if he's human or not. So what if he isn't? Did You forget that our „Beary" best friend isn't human too? Maybe it's something like that.
-Maybe...
-Wait a sec. So You have someone who isn't human as Your friend, and You were trying to kill me?
-I told You that we fell cold when we approach you, it's just the same as with Shadows. We couldn't risk. But I guess I did went overboard. I'm really sorry.-She bowed in apology.
-Well, I guess, that no one got hurt, so, we can all forget about it right?
-Right, but first let's have a little chat with Ms. CEO.-Naoto pulled her mobile from her pocket and dialed a number. After a while she turned on the speaker, so we could all hear.
-Oh, Naoto? I didn't expect to hear You so soon. Did something happened?
-Hear for Yourself.-she gave the phone to Kusanagi.
-Hi, Ms. Kirijo.
-Oh my... Omega? What happened? Why did you reactivate?
-Well, This and that happened...
-Give me Naoto.
-Yessir!
-Hello?
-Naoto, I know that You can think that we used You but, Your objective was to protect the Dark Hour's only place of existence. We hid Omega, that is true, but we did it before I asked You to come here. She really was never meant to be reactivated. This is bad...
-What Do You mean „She was never meant to be reactivated"?-I asked without hiding a little bit of anger.
-Who's that?
-Oh he?-Naoto explained who(or rather what) am I.
-I see... And Omega didn't recognise You as threat? Well, that means, You're not a Shadow. It detects all Shadows but attacks only when in danger. And her project was called „The Ultimate Sword"
-Stop dodging my question. Why Kusanagi was never meant to be reactivated?
-*Sigh*, You just don't know when to give up? Just like him...
-The Savior?
-Wha... How did You know?
-I'll tell You if You tell me.
-Grrr. Fine. Not that it changes anything anyway. You see, Omega was supposed to be part of a twin set of weapons. There were supposed to be Omega, The Ultimate Sword, and Ultima, The ultimate shield. But, some idiot stole ultima's heart and damaged it. We were able to create Omega, and she needs someone as her „owner" so to speak. But don't get me wrong. She have free will and anything, but in order for her to work properly, she must have someone she wants to fight for. That's what I meant. So we hid her, so that no one will ever try to reactivate her, since, she could easily go haywire. But, seeing You all alive and in one piece, I think she choose someone. Go on, tell me who is it?
-Is this why she's holding my arm this whole time?-I asked
-Yup. You're officially her „owner", or as most of non scientist people would refer to as „love interest"
-Wait, what?
-Oh, and seeing things as they are, i have to enroll her in Yasogami high as well. Of course, it's better to use some kind of fake name, so that no one would laugh at her name.
-By the way, Ms. Kirijo, who picked that name for her?-Yosuke asked
-No one, She picked it up herself. She also named her high-frequency blade like that.
-High-frequency what?
Kusanagi opened a small compartment in her arm, and pulled out a handle. She then pulled the blade out of the coffin she was in, along with the blade's sheath. She connected the blade with the handle. The blade created sparks around itself, shining like a moon. Kusanagi then handled the sheath and sword to me.
-The high-frequency blade is a sword imbued with electronical impulses which greatly increases it's cutting power. With it, You could easily cut a steel block.
-The handle is also connected with me, so whenever You unsheath the weapon, I'll know it.-Kusanagi said.
-Yeah, but we really need, to make her a normal name. Hmmmm... How about Nagi?
-Well, it does sound a little more normal. But what about the surname?
-Oh, I already thought of that. Everyone please meet Nagi Hikari, Ankoku's Younger sister.
-Wait, WHAT? I disagree!
-Too late, I already signed her papers. You're now officially her older brother. Have fun.
-Wait...
Beep Beep...
-She hung up.-Naoto said
-But what about my opinion, and most importantly, what about Kusanagi's opinion?-I looked at her. She was looking in my eyes.
-Please take care of me Onii-chan.
-My life couldn't get any weirder. In just five minutes, I found out that I'm not a human, and I'm also an older brother to an anti-shadow weapon. Great. Inaba, here I come.
-It's gonna be fun-Rise laughed.
-I am soo jealous of that guy.-Yosuke sobbed
-Dude, You know she's a robot, right, and it's basically illegal.-Kanji said
-Well, that being said, who wants to order some food?-Naoto asked
We all decided to have few big pizzas. Two days later, we were finally in train leaving for Inaba. Let's hope my life won't get more messed up. Who am I kidding?