Sorry I didn't reply properly last time...I was quite busy but now here we go.
Vince: Thanks its natural to hate Yukari, but I think this chapter will lessen it. Thanks for pointing it out glad to see I make so few compared to the start.
Zeph : Yup add to the fact that Minato saved her a few days ago. I see so I think you like Minato x Elizabeth as well...since Minato is single...there might be a scene between the two.
1dmp2 : Thanks alot.
Guest : I was quite angry while writing this...but man Yukari is sure unpopular her lol and don't worry Fuuka x Minato moment will come very soon...he has to be close with her as well.
Stardust : Thanks nyarly was from p2 so its fair that we include Tatsuy and Maya.
Blac : Thanks alot, I see well I did add just enough info about nyarly in this chapter but I suggest you check him out on the wikia.
randomdood : That all depends everything has a plan either if its Minato x Yukari or Minato x Mitsuru.
Guest : But what if Mitsuru shows more interest in Minato? Well all depends on you guys shape the story by voting on the poll I already have the plans ready for each choice.
Note : Nyarly's past is heavily altered in this fic...The team with help from philemon banished him in the end of Innocent Sin, Eternal Punishment did NOT happen here.
Minato groggily walked inside the dorm rudely awakened by Mitsuru who for some reason unknown to Minato was blushing. With a sigh Minato dragged himself into the dorm, yawning.
"Minato-san?" Aigis's eyes widened in concern as she stared at the torn clothes of Minato. Shinjiro sighed "Another fight?" Minato dumbly nodded not really getting what he was saying.
"Mina..." Minato turned around to see Yukari staring at him with the same gaze that she used to before Yakushima. Minato shook his head "You don't need me right?.." He whispered loud enough for Yukari to hear, she teared up and for the first time, Minato didn't calm her down as he just walked up the stairs. Sighing Minato dragged himself to his room, dropping on the bed he instantly slept.
Minato got dressed early and went to school, today he would meet up with Tatsuya and finally learn who the heck they are. A horde of fangirls assaulted him during lunch, apparently the rumor of the fight between the two spread quickly. Minato was saved by Mitsuru who scared the fangirls off.
"So your going to meet them?" Mitsuru asked and Minato nodded "Yeah I might learn something about him."
"Can I come as well?" Mitsuru asked and Minato frowned "Don't you have student council stuff?" Mitsuru shook her head "That can wait. I have some questions as well." Minato sighed "Alright." Yukari passed by giving a glare to Mitsuru behind her back.
"She just doesn't learn." Minato sighed inside his mind "Alright lets meet after class." Mitsuru nodded "Very well."
Mitsuru waited outside of class 2-F, and for sure there were chatters about Minato now 'going out' with Mitsuru something that made Yukari yell at them to be quiet. Minato walked out of the classroom, meeting with the redhead "So we ready?" Mitsuru nodded "Yes." Normally Minato would tease Mitsuru about bringing in Akihiko for a group date, but today he didn't feel like it especially with his failing love life. The two walked out of the school gaining looks and starting new rumors. The trip to the cafe was relatively quiet just a few quick questions and a few jokes. They arrived inside the cafe and everyone gawked at Mitsuru, the heiress just stepped into a cafe!
"All hail the empress." Minato mumbled.
"Excuse me?" Mitsuru glared.
"N-Nevermind." Minato looked around looking for the party.
"HEY OVER HERE!." Minato turned around to see the party from tomorrow waving at them except for Eikichi who was fawning over Mitsuru who was totally oblivious. The two teenagers walked towards them.
"Glad you could come." Tatsuya smiled
"HEY!." Maya cheered "Its really nice to see you again."
"Yeah." Minato answered.
"Hey there babe, I'm pretty sure you know me right?" Eikichi shot a lecherous grin at Mitsuru who was visibly uncomfortable "Woah back off her now." Minato glared at Eikichi who backed away "Whoa so she's your girlfriend?" Minato tensed at the mention of the word "No..."
"Yukari is his girlfriend and before you ask I'll tell you that you have absolutely no chance of scoring with her." Lisa glared and Minato had to control the anger inside him again but this time he did.
"Did you forget who are you talking to Ginko? The Great Eikichi Mis-"
"UNDIE BOSS!." Lisa yelled.
"Why you little..." Eikichi glared at Lisa.
"Break it up." Tatsuya hissed making both of them go quiet but continued to glare at each other.
"So we had something to talk about." Minato looked at Tatsuya "This is my friend Mitsuru Kirijo." Everyone gasped at the mention of her name.
"The daughter of Takeharu?" Maya said in awe and Minato nodded "Yeah."
"Wow." Maya ran upto Mitsuru "We would love an interview from you Maya Aman-"
"Ehm..lets save that later." Tatsuya added "We have something to talk about." Minato nodded taking a seat so did Mitsuru "So who are you guys and what do you know about that sonnova bitch?" Minato cursed.
"Nyarlathotep?" Tatsuya's expression hardened "The shadow of humanity." Minato nodded "We know that already but what exactly is he?"
"He's a being born from chaos." Tatsuya answered "He has existed from the dawn of humanity."
"Every negative emotion, thought or deed gives him energy." Maya said her expression utterly serious.
"The crawling chaos." Jun looked down "He's the most vile creature ever known."
"He can shapeshift, manipulate, possess and what not." Eikichi said through clenched teeth.
"He put us through hell." Lisa said.
"You fought him before?" Mitsuru asked and Tatsuya nodded "Yes we met in Samaru city." He looked over to Jun "Chaos manipulated him into a monster."
"We fought against demons, shadows, our shadows and what not...we finally managed to get him." Maya said.
"That battle was difficult...fucking hard." Eikichi hissed "He was just too strong.."
"No matter what he did he wouldn't just die..." Jun continued "That is until Tatsuya awakened to The World.." Minato's eyes widened.
"Yes then I was able to match him...but.." Tatsuya gritted his teeth "I wasn't able to defeat him."
"So how did you survive?" Minato asked.
"Philemon helped us." Maya answered making Minato raise a brow "Philemon?"
"You don't know him?" Minato shook his head.
"Have you played the persona game?" Lisa asked and Mitsuru tilted her head in confusion "Philemon? Persona game?"
"How do you have personas then?" Eikichi asked, eyes wide. Minato shrugged "We just have."
"But he's dead." Mitsuru spoke causing everyone to turn towards her "I know that Arisato killed him."
"What?" Maya was shocked.
"Well...both of the times something else took control of me.." Minato answered "He attacked us twice but the last time, I managed to rip through his stomach, he slowly disappeared into dust."
"But Philemon can't help him in this world." Lisa whispered.
"Did you see someone wearing a butterfly mask?" Maya asked and Minato pondered it "Nope." He spoke after awhile.
"But how do you know he's alive?" Mitsuru asked and Tatsuya hesitated, slowly putting his right arm on the table, he rolled up his sleeve, Mitsuru gasped as Minato's eyes widened, there was a black mark on Tatsuya's hand.
"The hell is that?" Minato asked and Tatsuya gritted his teeth "That bastard gave me the mark, it serves as a sort of bond between us." Tatsuya covered his wrist "We battled years ago...and finally from Philemon's help we managed to banish him from this world." Tatsuya took a deep breath "He was defeated and we won...for years the mark didn't do anything but months ago it started aching once again...that's a sign that he's still here."
"That can't be, he was reduced to dust before my eyes...if he would have been alive, he could have come to kill me." Minato argued.
"This is all so confusing." Maya bit her lip.
"You managed to defeat him before right?" Mitsuru asked and Tatsuya nodded "Can't you help us if he's still alive?" Tatsuya bit his lip in frustration "I would...but I lost The World...without it I can't defeat him."
"I have The World." Minato added in, making everyone turn to him.
"What?" Maya was shocked.
"You must be joking right?" Jun asked and Minato shook his head, he quietly summoned the card into his finger, showing it to them "This is it right?" Minato asked and Tatsuya's eye widened "Yes..." He took the card from Minato hand "This is The World."
"Arisato has used it countless times.." Mitsuru answered making them even more shocked.
"Then there's no doubt." Tatsuya smiled handing the card back to him "Your the only hope." Minato shook his head "I can see that but he didn't make a move since then...if he's so vile...wouldn't he have killed me?"
"I bet that asshole's waiting." Eikichi said "He's calculating...waiting for the right time to strike."
"If you do fight him Minato." Tatsuya said "Be warned he can take the shape of anyone he can sees." Minato gritted his teeth at his words "I already went there...the bastard took the form of my dead sister." Minato shook his head "I don't know if he's alive or not...if he comes I'll beat the crap out of him.." Minato clenched his fist.
Tatsuya smiled "Yeah., if he do comes, I know you'll be able to stop him this time...after meeting you I got hope." Minato looked at him with a smile "Count on it."
"Good luck believe in yourself and your friends." Tatsuya advised "I may not be able to fight him now but if you do meet him you can bet we will be praying that you win."
"Thanks." Minato smiled again "It was nice meeting you...I hope we can meet again." Tatsuya nodded with a smile "Ofcourse...come to Samaru sometime again we live there." Minato nodded "Sure."
"Good luck." Maya squeezed Minato and Mitsuru into a tight hug, shocking them both.
"See you guys." Lisa waved so did Eikichi and Jun as they walked away. Mitsuru sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose "We have yet another problem now...he's alive." Minato shook his head "We can't say for sure...unless we see him again...we shouldn't worry about him, the full moon is near." Mitsuru nodded "Exactly...should we tell the rest about this?"
"I don't think so.." Minato replied "They would worry even more."
"I see..." Minato sighed inside "Looks like my worst fears keep getting true...first my shadow and now them...even Liz is unsure." He thought but then looked at Mitsuru "But I have changed that asshole isn't walking in the park."
"Lets go senpai." Minato asked and Mitsuru nodded "Yes."
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DREAM
"Oh Minato." Yukari's eyes opened in shock as she saw Minato's lips being locked onto Sakura's. The two were kissing infront of her, Sakura's arms wrapped around Minato's neck. Yukari stood up, crying. She ran towards them but suddenly her body went rigid.
"Do you really think Sakura shouldn't be kissing him?" A voice similar to Yukari called. Sakura tackled Minato onto the bed.
"Do you think your any different than her?" A few moans escaped from under the sheets.
"You..killed...him..." The voice laughed.
"NOOO." Yukari woke up with a jerk, her body shaking and sweating, she dropped on the bed once more, crying her eyes out "What did I do?" She screamed into her pillow "Why did I hurt him so much?" She screamed into her pillow again "I need him..I love him...I NEED YOU MINATO!." Yukari spent the next hours crying and beating herself over. She looked at her watch. School would begin in 2 hours, Yukari sighed and walked to her closet, taking her uniform out, she quickly dashed into the showers. She continued to cry in the shower freely, quickly changing into her clothes, school wouldn't begin for an hour and half but Yukari didn't care, she hastily put on her makeup and grabbed her bag and went out of the dorm.
Yukari waited for the school gate to open, she quickly ran into her classroom. It was empty, putting her bag down, she sat on her seat and dropped her head on the desk.
"Mi..na...to.." Yukari whispered to no one. Her mind flashed back to the countless time he had saved her, calmed her down and kissed her.
Students slowly began filling in making Yukari even more nervous. The bright and cheerful Yukari Takeba didn't greet anyone and kept her head glued to the desk, many of the students looked at her weirdly a boy even asked if she was sick but she denied that. Suddenly Yukari heard a bunch of squeals and she knew all too well who was coming Minato Arisato. Yukari didn't dare move her head up.
"Minato-sama." A girl squealed.
"Its hiding in the dark, its teeths are razor sharp~!." Minato hummed until someone pulled his headphones out, making Minato yell at him "The hell do you want?" The student pointed at Yukari who was still in the exact same position. Minato sighed, he really didn't wanted to talk to her right now...but the full moon was days away, he didn't wanted something bad to happen because of him, so he walked towards Yukari circling around her singing a song.
"Your love isn't fair. You live in a world where you didn't listen. And you didn't care. So I'm floating on air~!." Minato sang, right next to Yukari making her feel even more sorry.
"Are you fine?" Minato asked.
"I..I guess..s-so." Yukari stammered.
"I don't think so...raise your head when I'm talking to you Takeba." Minato ordered and Yukari flinched, slowly she lifted her head up, fully expecting Minato to curse, glare or even slap her...but that didn't happen, she gazed into the cold, silver eyes of Minato who was looking apathetic. A few moments of silence past as the two looked at each other until Yukari whispered "I'm...sorry.."
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry." Yukari said again.
"What?" Minato asked and Yukari stood up striaght, hugging Minato "I'M SO SORRY!." She shouted causing everyone to look at them.
"We're creating a scene here." Minato hissed as he looked around "Lets go to the...rooftop." Yukari weakly nodded and the two walked the stairs. Minato opened the door and there was no one present there. Minato walked towards the bench and sat on it with Yukari sitting beside him. Minato sighed "So your sorry?" Yukari nodded weakly.
"You expect me to forgive you for what you did?" Minato asked and Yukari didn't answer. Minato sighed again "I wish I could forgive you." Minato said as he looked down " But after what you did...remember what I said I gave it you only because you were special? Well I thought that but you ended up proving your pride is way greater than love."
"But I was controlled...it was the shadow." Yukari cried and Minato looked at her "Is your pride greater than me?" Yukari teared up "I know what I did...by all right you should even slap me...but please Minato.." She grasped his hand "I need you...I'm not strong enough..PLEASE." Minato looked at Yukari's pleading milky brown eyes, he sighed "I forgive you." Yukari's eyes opened wide, she couldn't believe he said that.
"R-Really?" She shakily asked, hoping she didn't hallucinate, Minato nodded.
"So are we together again?" She hopefully asked but Minato shook his head "No not for now." Yukari felt her world shatter.
"I need sometime...it was my first relationship...and it...ended badly." Minato chuckled but then sighed "I'll give you an answer someday soon...but until then." Minato wiped her tears away "Be my friend...that's all I can give you." Yukari started tearing up again but she grasped his hand again "I rather have you in my life than not having you at all." She smiled.
"Good." Minato stood up "The full moon's here...I want you to be attentive." Yukari nodded "You can count on me." Minato gave a weak smile "Good lets go." The two walked back, Yukari could feel her pain lessen but it was still too much, Minato in a way rejected her...but she didn't blame him, it was all her fault "I'll win you back Minato I swear." Yukari swore as she sat next to Minato who had got back to his original position.
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"Do you think he can win?" Maya asked as she walked beside Tatsuya "I hope so...but he can't be killed...I couldn't tell him.." Maya grasped his hand "Don't worry Tatsuya-kun..."
Tatsuya looked away "Watch over him Philemon.."
"But how and why did he come back?" Tatsuya wondered
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Yup there we have him Nyarly can't be killed coz he is humanity in one way...so what will Minato do? And why did he come back from the banished place? Read more to find out. Review this away please.
Minato : Am I going to die before Nyx
Nights: *shrugs* Who knows?
