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I've skipped the month and this striaght up starts the Avatar battle! Ryoji will be referred as Nyx/Death/Avatar/Ryoji. He is kinda small right now but I assure you, a surprise will come soon.

The gore will be out of the fic in the coming chapters :P. Also tell me if you want a great end in which Minato lives again or would that be way too damaging to his messiah character?

This is probably one of the last chapters. Thanks again for sticking around the fic. I hope you enjoy this.


Minato dragged himself to school. This might be his last month here.

"No." Minato shook his head, "Not at all. This world won't end." He put on a cheerful smile and greeted every one of his peers.

He sat on his seat and actually concentrated on the lecture. Minato also sent a flying kiss at Maya, "She needs some happiness to." The teacher nearly tripped but held on. She gave a embarrassed smile to Minato.

"Hey." Junpei came to Minato during lunch break.

"You busy? Mind coming with me for a sec?" Junpei asked.

"Go to hell." Minato joked.

"Yeow. Rejected, but seriously come on man! It will just take a few minutes." Minato smiled, "Sure, let's go."

"Cool." Junpei started walking, "Let's go to the rooftop." Minato nodded.

The two best friends soaked in the chilly winter air. For all they knew, this would be the last winter ever for them. Minato sighed as he stared at the wonderful city he grew to love over the year.

"We never ready had a chance to talk have we?" Junpei asked.

"Yeah, you were busy hitting on Akihiko." Minato joked and Junpei groaned.

"Shit's been weird lately. People have been passing out and others have gone missing." Junpei sighed.

"Must be because of Nyx." Minato replied.

"Yeah but we just won't sit and wait for it to happen." Junpei growled, "And those two members of Strega are still alive."

"We'll crush them." Minato waved his hands.

"Yeah." Junpei smiled and looked at Minato with a real smile, "This is all so hard to believe." Junpei laughed lightly.

"You're pretty cool man." Junepi smiled again, "That thing was inside you for ten years and you harnessed its power and made it your own."

Minato smiled back.

"Going even so far that you wasted Nyarlathotep and saved the world." Junpei sighed, "I've run my mouth a lot since the day we met, I admit, I was jealous of you for everything you are but you're the type of friend whom I trust my life with."

Minato smiled wider.

"I'm glad to kn-" Before Junpei could complete that sentence, Minato plunged forward and drove his fist right onto Junpei's face. The cap wearing persona user flew a good distance before landing on the ground.

"Aw come on man." Junpei groaned.

"Oh come on asshat! You were totally out of character." Minato smiled, "Lets do this for old times sake." Junpei grinned as he stood up, readying his fists.

"Come at me bro." Junpei yelled.

…..

Minato sighed as he rested his back against the railing. Junpei was lying on the ground, badly bruised but even with that, he was laughing like an idiot.

"You see, that's why I can trust you with my life." Junpei spoke.

"Yeah, I'm glad I met you too Junpei." Minato grabbed his arm and lifted him up, healing his every injury with a Salvation.

"Phew. You held back at the shadow fight right?" Junpei asked and Mianto smiled and nodded.

"Makes sense." Junpei laughed, "Thanks man."

"No problem." Minato smacked him on the back, "Let's kick ass like always."

….

The days flew by. SEES was busy preparing them selves for the final opponent Nyx. The last block of Tartarus according to Fuuka had opened up.

"Trace…. On." Minato yelled as he materialized thousands of blades and launched them towards the three Noble Seekers, outright ripping them.

..

"Diamond Dust." Minato summoned Artemis who did a small dance. Ice started spinning around the fire snakes and moments later, they were enclosed in ice. Minato followed it up by throwing Cadabolg II towards them, resulting in a huge explosion that reduced them to pieces which eventually faded into mist.

….

"The World." Minato yelled as he channeled the energy into his body. He stared at the World Balance and let a smirk slid into his face. He summoned Archer's twin blades and charged towards him. There was a blinding flash of light and SEES could barely make out Minato dashing from one place to another until the light disappeared. The shadow fell onto the ground, in a million pieces.

"Jotun of Grief." Fuuka warned but the next seconds, the shadow on the ground, with millions of spears sticking into its body.

"Done." Minato replied.

He walked ahead along with his shell shocked team mates following behind. Minato walked up the stairs and sighed once he reached the top.

"Blockage." Minato announced as he turned around to face his team.

"This might be the top for now, until January 31st." Minato stated cheerfully.

"Yes, we can do it. Considering what you have done so far, we can beat Nyx and save the world." Minato smiled as he watched the Judgment Arcana reaching its maximum.

"We will." Minato smiled, "Strega can come at us." He did find out about the Cult that the two started when they were eating ramen.

"I'll rip those bastards apart." Sakura yelled, earning shocked stares from everyone. The gray haired girl blushed from embarrassment after she realized what she said.

"Sakura cursing again." Minato laughed.

"H-Hey, that was sudden." She protested.

"It's okay." He took a deep breath, "We've been through hell and back countless time, lets just do this one more time." All of them fist pumped.

…..

"I'm gonna make out with a robot?" Minato asked himself as he stared at his hand which about to burn the DNA and its cells right onto Aigis's heart which was on her neck.

"Untie my ribbon?" Aigis blushed and Minato did what she said.

…..

"This cult will burn in hell." Minato viciously tore the news paper apart.

…..

10 days left." Akihiko smiled as Minato entered the dorm.

"We'll kick ass. Shinji will be with us." Minato smiled back.

"We sure will."

"Yeah, I'll never forget about the time we spent together." Minato smiled as he clasped Yukari's hands.

Yukari blushed, she leaned in and gave a small kiss on his lips.

"Neither will I."

"Be sure to listen to Burn my Dread through them." Minato smiled at Fuuka listening to music through his original headphones.

"I'll treasure them." Fuuka smiled and Minato hugged her, quite unexpectedly.

"Thanks for everything so far." Fuuka blushed at his words but returned it.

…..

There were 2 days left. Minato hugged everyone of his school friends. Most of them were shocked but they didn't care at all.

Minato stepped into the dorm and was greeted by Mitsuru.

"Welcome back." Mitsuru smiled."Two days are left. You should be careful. You don't want to catch a cold now." She let out a breath, "Spring will be here soon."

"Want to watch a movie in my room?" Minato asked and Mitsuru happily nodded.

Minato and Mitsuru watched a romantic movie with the same position. Minato's head was on her shoulder. After an hour, the movie finished.

"You seem tired." Mitsuru noted as she massaged Minato's shoulder making him feel a bit relaxed. She edged her face closer to him.

"Want to….." She blushed, "Spend a night we me?" Minato blushed too.

"Sure." He whispered into her ear as he removed his jacket.

Minato spent time alone with Mitsuru.

"Today is the day." Minato whispered to himself, "I'll finally be able to confront Nyx." He took out the hair clips from his closet and softy kissed them.

"Mom, Dad, Nee-san… Watch over me. This will be my last battle." He moved to see the lounge empty. No one was there. He smiled to himself and walked out. Grabbing a laptop, he wrote an email to Shirogane at the café.

"Thanks for everything gramps." It was short but that's all that Minato could write right now.

He stayed a bit at the café until night fell… It was time.

"I can feel it." Minato muttered under his breath, "The dead are calling for me tonight." He looked up towards the moon.

"I'll die for sure today." He tilted his head, "But, I won't let Nyx have her way."

….

Yukari was shaking, she wanted to cry but she held it in, "For daddy." She grabbed a quiver of arrows.

Akihiko gulped, his heart was about to burst from his chest, "For Shinji." He drew his leather gloves.

"For the curse to end." Mitsuru said despite the sweat dripping down her forehead.

"For Natsuki-chan." Fuuka spoke, she was barely able to summon her persona due to the anxiety and fear.

"For righting the wrongs." Sakura cleared a couple of tears from her eyes and gripped her lance tightly.

"For humanity." Minato declared as he stared at the sky from the window.

…..

"Everyone's ready?" Minato asked the team as he opened the door to the outside. He took a deep breath.

"I'm sure most of you are scared. But this is the THE fight, last time, after this, we can rest." He smiled at them.

"Just back me up… I'll take care of the rest." The team smiled back through sweat and fear.

"We're going to hell for the last time!" Minato yelled as he kicked the door open, blowing it off its hinges.

"FOR HUMANITY!" Minato repeated again. A certain power and persona swelling inside him.

SEES reached the tower and soaked the scenery in. They might walk out with this gone or just die trying.

"I can sense Jin and Takaya." Fuuka announced. "At the top I can sense…"

"Ryoji." Minato whispered. He wiped his brow from the sweat and ordered them to move.

"Everyone will explore. Ignore all shadows." Minato issued orders, "Move like bats out of hell."

"NO RUNNING AWAY! WE CAN DO THIS!" Minato shouted and everyone returned his sentiments.

"YES WE CAN!" The rest shouted in unison.

….

"Death is calling me." Minato whispered to himself as he killed a Jotun.

"It's mocking me." Minato continued.

"For being a human." He clenched his teeth.

"I'll show that son of a bitch the power of humanity and their will." He swore.

SEES tore the shadows apart and zapped through the floors. There was no time to lose.

They reached a floor where an old friend was waiting for them. Jin.

"So you came along with the bitch?" Sakura glared at him.

"Watch it." Minato waned. "I don't like to kill so just move and run away."

"I can't let you interfere with Takaya's wish." Jin gritted his teeth.

"Just move away." Sakura advised.

"Who asked for your opinion? YOU SLUT!" Jin shouted and Minato had enough. He quickly appeared in front of Jin and delivered a devastating punch that instantly turned Jin's face into a swollen tomato.

"What did you call her!?" Minato asked as he pulled him onto the ground and pounded him into a pulp.

"You bastard. She went through the same pain that you did and yet she fought and became a better person while you relished the chance to kill innocents through that stupid website."

"Are you his gay partner?" Minato mocked, referring to Takaya. He grabbed Jin by the hair and lifted him up. You could for sure say, one punch and Jin would die.

"Go to h-h-hell." Jin tried to spit in Minato's face but thanks to Minato's quick reflexes, he dodged it easily.

"Too bad." Minato summoned Gae Bolg and impaled it right through Jin's heart.

"This is all for the little children and people you killed just for money." Jin began screaming out in pain until he finally was silenced. Minato dug the spear out and it changed into Cadabolg, he launched it towards a on coming mass of shadows, reducing them to pieces.

"Let's go." Minato announced, "No hesitation, they might interfere with the final battle." SEES nodded with no hesitation.

A couple of floors later, they ran into Takaya. The pale young man was still shirtless.

"Man you disgust me." Minato made a puking gesture.

"I've seen that you defeated Jin." Takaya mused.

"Yeah, move or I'll kill you too." Minato warned again.

"You do not see the lig—" He was cut short by a furious Minato.

"NO, NO! Shut the fuck up!" Minato thundered, "Death isn't a salvation you bloody son of a gun, that's your mentality because you have nothing left to live for. I went through pain as well and it was millions times worse compared to you but in the end, I sticked to my beliefs and that's why I'm here fighting for the world and have lived my life to the fullest with them."

"You delusional little bitch." Takaya was silent as Minato didn't even give him a chance to speak. "When Death comes near you." He summoned Thanatos, "You piss your pants."

"I'll crush your false dreams along with YOU!" He shouted and Takaya began shaking, probably in fear and anger.

He dropped to the ground and smacked his forehead, summoning Hypnos.

"Tear it." Thanatos easily overtook Hypnos and absolutely massacred his brother. Horribly beating him onto the walls and ground, driving a the huge sword right through the skull. Takaya began screaming from the pain.

"Futile." Minato whispered as he easily avoided Takaya's blow and quickly finished him off with two blades sticking right onto his chest. Hypnos disappeared and Takaya dropped to the ground in a bloody mess.

"For Shinjiro-senpai." Minato muttered.

He eyed the staircase. Without a word, he walked ahead with the team following them.

"This is it! The next is the top." Minato announced. "This is the mother of all battles."

"We can do this! I'll beat the hell outta Nyx." Junpei shouted.

"Tch….. Chose a team already." Akihiko was impatient.

"Sorry to put you through all this." Mitsuru looked sadly at the floor, "After this, everything will be okay." Minato took a deep breath. This was it. The fruit of his fighting for a decade, he was going to fight Death itself now. He had to win. The world was on his shoulders.

"Let's go." Minato walked ahead.

SEES walked onto the top. Their destination. The place of the final battle. The place where Nyx would descend.

"Look at the sky. The moon's wrapped."Yukari commented and Minato had to agree.

Fuuka let out a shriek as she felt a load of dread coming from the sky, "Something's coming." She pointed towards the sky.

Minato smiled bitterly and looked towards the sky. A shadow was slowly descending down to the ground. It was Ryoji, Death, The 13th Arcana. The being which was sealed inside Minato.

Everyone shivered except for Minato who was feeling unimaginable hatred, "This thing killed my parents."

Death slowly descended to the ground. Everyone gasped at the look. Nyx a bit taller than Minato but it no way resembled Ryoji, it was covered in black, from the body to the legs. The face sent dread right into SEES. The face had a creepy mask and its eyes were hollow. On the back were two wings which were black, Minato was sure a gust could blow all of them away easily. Nyx was smiling at SEES, a type of crown rested on the head. The sword it carried was sharp and gigantic. This was indeed….. Death itself.

"Ryoji-kun?" Yukari shakily asked.

"Yes, that was my name for a time, I didn't mind it." The voice was so deep, it reminded Minato off the time where Death took control of him but this time it was even more horrific than before.

"Wait who are you?" Mitsuru asked. Was this thing Nyx?

"I am merely the harbringer of The Fall. Thought it would be correct to say that it is what I once was. I am one with Nyx, the most powerful being in existence."

"You're the second most powerful being standing here." Minato spoke through gritted teeth.

"There must be fear in your heart. Resistance is useless." Nyx Avatar declared. The mere voice of his making everyone shiver…. Except for Minato.

"Will you still fight me?" The Avatar asked.

"I'm scared but I've got too much to live for!" Junpei yelled.

"I'm not gonna live in fear anymore." Yukari declared.

"We're not gonna let the world end!" Akihiko shouted.

"I'll stop you even if I have to sacrifice my self to do so." Aigis loaded her guns.

"I see." The Avatar replied, flapping the wings on its back. Black feathers danced around as a vicious gust of wind blew, SEES struggled to not get blown away.

"Get ready everyone! Nyx, she's coming!" Fuuka cried, "I'm also sensing multiple shadows approaching from the lower floors."

"Aigis, Sakura, Akihiko and Ken! Pull back and engage the shadows!" Minato ordered and the team nodded at once.

"Fuuka, provide support!" The teal hair girl nodded, "I'll do my best."

"Everyone else! Get ready to blast this bastard to hell!" Minato opened his palm.

"Trace…. ON!" A bright light shone in hand. It glowed brightly for a few seconds until it formed a brilliant sowrd.

"The sword of knights. Excalibur. " Minato announced, "Its just an imitation but it can rip you to pieces."

"Come to me." Ryoji spoke and Minato shouted to him.

"You son of a bitch! I'm going to rip your head clean off." He let out a horrific roar as his eyes went pitch black, SEES were actually more scared than Minato right now. The ground began shaking and the pillars that surrounded them were cracked just by the force of Minato's horrific scream.

"Interesting…." Death spoke as Minato stopped.

"All 200 of my personas are edging me to rip your guts out." It was actually strange but Minato felt intense hatred for the entity standing there.

"Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters now who you are, Death awaits you." Death announced as he flapped his wings again.

Minato braced himself, "Not tonight." Minato smoke firmly.

"This is the final battle." Minato told his team mates, glaring at the Avatar, "Failure is not an option."


It's on! Minato's pissed more than ever! He will be going all out! The battle will take 2 chapters to complete along with huge surprises. Please review this since the fic in on its last legs and I need support to write the finger wrecking battle :3 Also do you guys think this will top the battle at chap 60? Give me your thoughts.

Have a good day and see you all soon!