AN: Heeey it's been a while since I put the AN first! But that's for a perfectly good reason. If you want something to listen to then… The Last Fight by Bullet For My Valentine. :3
Plz box me yo thoughts and imma see ya guys later!
Reviewer of All: Believe me I was super sad writing that and doing that to Yashiro.
Kanashi's cruelty was at a pretty big high, and yeah. That beat down will never amount to what I have for this chapter.
Indeed. You got it sir.
Yoshikunitsu: Yes. Yes they have. Well… I dunno whether it'll be Minato that'll be saving the day this time. It can't always be our favourite blue-haired messiah.
Raidou: Yes. I was sad too.
Nights: Oh don't you know it! I would never have guessed that would've happened but that's where the moment led. And yes. Bridge. It shall be.
Hell to the yes.
Q/A SECTION
(Minato and Nyx) Question 1: Yoshikunitsu
Minato: I'm not completely sure. I just wanna stay with Nyx for as long as possible.
Nyx: I wish for the same.
(Nyx) Question 2: Yoshikunitsu
Nyx: There are plenty of other gods, some like me, some not. But I'm not particularly in the loop considering how much of my time I spend hibernating. Which used to be a lot.
(Erebus) Conversation 3: Yoshikunitsu
Erebus: I'm not one to underestimate. But this is only based on what I've seen. If he wishes to keep Nyx safe he must simply put up a better fight. But who knows? Perhaps he won't even live to see a fight against me.
Yashiro breathed in and out slowly, looking down at the sea below him. It shifted with the wind, he mused. He idly listened to his music through his earphones, and he held onto the rails of the bridge when he sat on them.
Kanashi had his hood on, and he too was listening to music. Yashiro looked up to the soft footsteps throwing Kanashi a 'yo', prompting him to remove his hood and earphones. "So you came," Kanashi asked.
Yashiro gave him a half smirk and replied, "Of course. What'd you expect?"
Kanashi just shook his head. "I dunno, I thought you'd be arriving late since you'd be spending your final moments with your loved ones," he shrugged before giving Yashiro a frown. "Oh wait, you don't have any, do you?"
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"Where are they?" Minato said frantically. "I dunno, but something's obviously going down and I don't know what!"
"Minato, you have to calm down, you aren't going to find them like this," Nyx sighed. "Come on, just slow down and focus…"
Minato stopped in his tracks, breathing in and out to calm down. "Alright…" he shook his head before beginning to concentrate.
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"Tch," Lies muttered. He looked on at Kanashi and Yashiro from afar with Illusion and Night.
"What's the problem?" Illusion asked.
"They're seriously going to fuck each other over, that's what," he growled.
…
Yashiro glared at Kanashi at that jab, hopped to the ground, and got into his face, baring his teeth. "Shut up!" he snarled.
Kanashi shoved Yashiro away and shouted at him, "Shut the fuck up!"
Yashiro's eye twitched. "You think you're better than everyone else!?"
Kanashi tilted his head, almost playfully with a smirk, "Everyone else? No. You? Of course."
"Do you have any idea what kind of shit I've been through!?" Yashiro snarled.
"Do you really think I give a shit about that!?" Kanashi countered.
"Then why!? Why me?" Yashiro yelled.
Kanashi looked at Yashiro blankly, "Because…" The corners of his lips turned upwards and his eyes shone with a malicious glint. "You're pathetic."
"Fuck you!" Yashiro rushed towards Kanashi, throwing a straight at his chest.
"No, fuck you!" Kanashi threw a punch to counter Yashiro's and the two of them connected simultaneously. Yashiro recoiled from the force of the punch, but he raised his guard.
"Come on Kanashi," Yashiro beckoned. Kanashi too staggered away from their punches, but he shook his head.
"This night, you die Yashiro," Kanashi said darkly.
Yashiro gave a smirk at that. "So be it," he answered. He ducked and charged forward, throwing an uppercut with his right.
"Hmph. I'll be your nightmare," Kanashi muttered as he sidestepped, aiming his knee to Yashiro's gut. The boxer quickly stepped back from that and proceeded to throw a long, right hook at Kanashi's face. Kanashi took the hit, staggering to the side. He cursed under his breath before spitting out blood onto the ground. "Thank you for that! You reminded me why I want to see you dead at my feet!"
Yashiro grinned at that. "Then come and kill me!" Kanashi smirked back, pulling out his pistol. "Aww…" Yashiro mock pouted. "I thought you wanted to make me suffer."
"Oh, that I can, with three words," Kanashi shrugged before pulling a smirk. "You're alone Yashiro."
Yashiro faked a defiant grin at his words, spreading his arms so that he was wide open to shoot. "Well, then shoot me. Come on!"
Kanashi walked over to him slowly, still pointing his pistol at Yashiro. "How do you sleep at night? Knowing that you're alone in this world?" he asked, slowly circling him.
Yashiro silently grit his teeth with that same grin. "Shut up and just kill me already…"
"Do you really want to die?" Kanashi asked, pressing the cold touch of the barrel to Yashiro's temple.
"Do you really want to kill me?" Yashiro countered.
"Yes. I loathe you Yashiro," Kanashi replied.
"I asked if you wanted to kill me," Yashiro spat.
"Yes, I do," Kanashi narrowed his gaze.
"Then do it. It's just the work of pulling this fucking trigger," Yashiro said, hooking his thumb around the trigger, slowly putting pressure onto Kanashi's finger.
"Don't you fucking tell me what to do, peasant!" Kanashi growled, snatching back his pistol and smashing it onto Yashiro's head. "Just shut the fuck up little homeless boy!"
Yashiro's head snapped back from the attack, however he did not cry out in pain. Instead he laughed. And he came back with a Smash uppercut to Kanashi's chin. Kanashi grinned at that, backing away and throwing his pistol to the sea. "Psychotic asshole resurfacing eh?" he mused, rushing into to meet Yashiro. "I'll beat you to death with my own fists!"
Yashiro attempted to stop Kanashi mid-rush with a chopping right. "Just admit it! You never had half the balls enough to shoot me!" Kanashi promptly dodged the fist and slammed his own into Yashiro's gut.
"Oh, I do. It's just not fun," Kanashi mocked. Yashiro took the attack and grinned before kneeing him in the stomach.
Kanashi took the hit before head butting Yashiro, however he dodged by swaying backwards and kicked Kanashi in the face. "Fuck you!" Kanashi yelled in hate as he took the attack before tackling Yashiro to the ground, nailing him with a series of punches.
Yashiro took a few of them before recovering, heel kicking Kanashi off him. He wiped the blood that trickled down the corner of his mouth as Kanashi got up slowly. "I'll slaughter you!" Kanashi growled, charging at Yashiro once more.
"I wanna see you try!" Yashiro taunted as Kanashi came forward with a cobra punch. Yashiro swayed back once more, returning with a wild haymaker to Kanashi's face. Kanashi recoiled from the attack, stepping back. Yashiro came forward and thrust his foot towards Kanashi, again tanking the hit.
"Come on Yashiro! Or are you too scared to charge at your death!?" Kanashi taunted.
Yashiro merely laughed in return. "You think I'm scared of death!?" He lunged forward, trying to hit a long, right straight.
"Oh you'll fear me…" Kanashi muttered as he took the hit and just shook his head, before smashing Yashiro back with a punch. "In the grave you will, I swear…" Yashiro's head snapped back from the hit, and Kanashi took the opportunity to lock him in a clinch before flooring him. "Fuck you!" Kanashi hit Yashiro's side with several knees, and Yashiro struggled against his grip to break free as he took knee after knee.
Kanashi took his left arm, taking it into a kimura lock. "Scream out! I want to hear you suffer!" Yashiro growled defiantly, finding no way to break free. With his free hand, he summoned Vayu to assist him. His Persona performed an axe kick on Kanashi's head however he finally released Yashiro in order to dodge. But, Vayu's bladed feet managed to gash his back regardless. "Gah!"
Yashiro laughed and charged at him, grabbing his throat with one hand and pushing him onto the ground. "Get off me!" Kanashi yelled as he tried to break free. However Yashiro just grinned and punched him hard with his free hand. "Damn it!" Kanashi cursed as he coughed out blood. He took a hold of Yashiro's wrist and pulled his hand away from his throat.
…
"This seriously isn't as fun as I thought it would be to watch," Lies muttered.
"You thought it was going to be fun?" Illusion raised an eyebrow.
"Well duh. We are watching our enemies beat each other into bloody pulps, right?" Lies rolled his eyes, however when he turned back to the scene he couldn't really enjoy the sight.
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"Lie down and die already!" Yashiro roared as he attempted to floor Kanashi once more. He was stopped once Kanashi pulled a knife out of his pocket and dug it into his arm.
"You die!" Kanashi growled as he kicked Yashiro off.
Yashiro's eyes widened as he took the knife into his arm. He tried to reach for the knife and remove it. Kanashi threw a fireball at Yashiro, wincing from the pain that was searing at his back. Yashiro took the attack, falling to one knee as he clutched his injured arm. "Not… again…" he mumbled.
"Yes!" Kanashi grinned as he removed his bloodied hoodie. "Get on your knees!"
Yashiro hung his head, still holding onto his bleeding arm. "Not again…"
Kanashi rushed towards him. Yashiro bit his lip until it started bleeding, but he was interrupted and let out a cry of pain as he was kicked and knocked to the ground. Kanashi lifted him up by his cap and slammed him head first into the railings. "Haha! This feels fucking great! Come on! Get up Yashiro!"
Yashiro struggled to his feet using the railing as support, panting heavily. Kanashi spit out a glob of blood onto the ground. "You've lost Yashiro…" he shook his head before smirking. "Pathetic as usual."
"Then… come on… finish this already…" Yashiro groaned.
"Pft," Kanashi blew his bangs up. "You're not even worth my time now. I pity anyone who had you as a friend. Well, if anyone stupid enough indeed did."
"Tch…" Yashiro clenched his teeth, walking painfully towards him.
Kanashi stuffed his hands into his pockets and waited for Yashiro to come closer with a condescending gaze. "Hm?"
Yashiro pulled out the knife that Kanashi used to stab him earlier from his sleeve and stabbed him with a twisted, red smile marking his face as Kanashi barely brought his forearm up to block the strike. The knife sank deep into his arm, and Kanashi screamed in pain.
Yashiro tilted his head with that same, sick smile on his face, chuckling lowly despite the pain that he was in. "Right back at you…" he grinned as he clinched Kanashi and threw him onto a wayward car, driving knee after knee into Kanashi's face.
"You fucking coward!" Kanashi rasped as he coughed out blood, taking the attacks continually. Yashiro took Kanashi's hair and used it to slam his face into the car hood before finishing with a vicious, wind infused uppercut, sending him and the car thumping back. Yashiro walked back towards Kanashi and threw him onto the ground, stomping on his chest.
Again, Kanashi spit out more blood, but he smirked. "Hehe… is this the end…?"
Yashiro laughed. "Indeed it is," he smiled, pulling out the knife that was embedded into Kanashi's arm. He hung it over his face, so that the blade pointing down would drop into his eye if he dropped it. He goddamned planned to. "Any last words?"
"I can't die yet…" Kanashi growled.
Yashiro crouched down, still pinning Kanashi. He held the knife to his throat. "And why is that…?"
"I've got promises to keep! Fuck you! I ain't gonna be killed by a homeless hobo like you! I've gone through shit but my life isn't ending here!" Kanashi exclaimed before brutally kicking Yashiro in the nuts.
"FUCK!" Yashiro took the kick and dropped the knife.
Kanashi barely avoided the knife and got up before running towards him, lifting Yashiro off his feet. He rammed Yashiro into the railings before smashing his head right into the metal. "I'll die with no regrets. And you're going to regret this, all the way to your fucking grave!" Yashiro panted, and slumped over the railings, barely conscious.
Kanashi dropped to a knee, trying to stop the bleeding. "Ugh…" he groaned. "Still fucking equal…!"
Yashiro recovered by that point with heavy breaths before grabbing Kanashi by his hair and beating him on the railings before kicking him in the nuts from behind. Kanashi yelled out, spitting out blood down into the sea below. But he wasn't done. Kanashi removed Yashiro's grip and threw him onto the same car that Yashiro had used to wreck him before, ramming him into it. He kneed Yashiro multiple times into his face, sandwiching him against the metal. "Just die already!"
Yashiro took two of the knees but cross blocked the third, screaming from the pain that was inflicted on his injured arm. Then he rolled to the side, grasping a blue Tarot card in his hand. "Vayu!" The god of breath and air appeared to blast a vicious Garudyne at Kanashi.
"Agni!" Kanashi countered. The Vedic god of fire raised earth from the ground, blocking the Garudyne.
"Ziodyne!" Yashiro commanded. With that, Vayu raised his arm to the sky, summoning a bolt of lightning to crash down on Kanashi, however he countered with an Agidyne to the electricity to nullify it.
"Burn him!" Kanashi yelled. Multiple waves of fire shot towards Yashiro, and Vayu stopped as many of the Agidyne attacks with Garudynes. Yashiro dodged the rest as best as he could. "Don't stop! Crush him!" Agni raised his arms, summoning boulders to rain down on Yashiro.
Yashiro charged Deathbound in his own hand, punching a boulder that was coming his way, shattering it to dusty, dry pieces. "Go!" Vayu rushed towards Kanashi, performing a spin kick with his bladed feet. Agni caught the blade in his hands, causing a shock wave to rock the bridge. "Ugh!" Kanashi leaned onto the bridge railings to stand straight while Yashiro hung onto a nearby pole, feeling light-headed due to his continuous Persona usage.
"Now!" Vayu dug his hand into Agni's gut, making Kanashi double over from the transferred pain.
"Burn!" Agni exploded into a series of flames, engulfing everything in its range and spitting fire all over the bridge. However, Kanashi dropped to a knee as the fatigue of the power used for the explosion caught up to him.
Yashiro was blasted back by the wave of flames and crashed onto the railings. He too dropped to one knee, clutching his injured arm; in his words, 'hurt like fuck!" and hung his head, grinning.
"Haha, fire everywhere!" Kanashi shouted, laughing at the burning bridge. "Fuck this, you still dying you persistent son of a bitch!"
Yashiro gathered his voice and replied. "I should have killed you… when I had the chance…" He smiled. "At least I went down fighting…"
"I should have fell for that cowardly move," Kanashi scoffed. "Come on! We're still standing!" he taunted. Yashiro chuckled inwardly, making step by painful step towards Kanashi. Kanashi did the same. Yashiro threw a weak punch with his uninjured arm at Kanashi's face. Kanashi staggered back from the attack, replying with a punch to Yashiro's jaw.
Yashiro stepped back to gather himself although he nearly felt like collapsing, trying to grab Kanashi's throat. Kanashi removed Yashiro's hand as fast as he could, head butting Yashiro before falling to his knee from the pain that was coursing through him.
Yashiro fell backwards from the force of the head butt, but used one hand to keep himself from lying on the ground. But it wasn't long before his strength gave out and he landed with a small 'thud' to the ground, exhausted.
Kanashi leant against the bridge, trying to keep himself from falling. "Aren't you going to finish it…?" Yashiro asked weakly. Kanashi laughed as he slowly stood up once again.
"Fucking Kamikaze," he yelled with as much strength as he could muster.
Yashiro looked around, musing how much the bridge was wrecked by their attacks and the fire that was yet creeping around the road. "We did all this… huh…" he chuckled.
"You won't survive this Yashiro!" Kanashi growled as he summoned Agni once more, falling to the ground. "Agni, help me!" The fiery god called upon a vortex of flames to surround Kanashi, throwing more wayward sparks of fire everywhere.
Yashiro used Vayu's wind to help him stand up before summoning him. "This'll hurt tomorrow," he mused. As for Yashiro, wind began to surround him, partly putting out the fire on his side of the bridge. Damn it was draining on him.
Agni dissipated once he had gathered enough power, and Kanashi was cloaked in a thick layer of flame. The fire wielder grinned and laughed. "Your death is near!" he declared.
Yashiro grinned as well, despite his body screaming out in protest from the pain that he was feeling. "We'll see about that!" he shouted back, lunging forward as he was surrounded by wind and lightning.
Kanashi gave one final laugh before bolting towards Yashiro. "Grr…."
"Raagh!" Yashiro smashed into Kanashi's fiery cloak. Kanashi tried his hardest to overpower the stormy cloak that Yashiro had built up.
"Die already!" Kanashi demanded.
"Go to hell!" Yashiro roared back.
"Fuck off!" Kanashi snarled, aiming a punch at Yashiro. However, he caught the fist in his hand, and he threw a punch with his free hand at Kanashi, laughing all the while. Kanashi caught it in his palm as well, grinning just like Yashiro was. "You stubborn little asshole!" he growled, still yet trying to overpower Yashiro.
"You persistent motherfucker!" Yashiro exclaimed as he fought back. Kanashi head butted Yashiro once more.
"Shut the fuck up!" Kanashi commanded.
Yashiro replied with a head butt of his own once he recovered. "You're the one who'll shut up!" he declared. He smiled inwardly. Was he going to die here? Heh…
Kanashi clenched his teeth as he ignored the burns and shouted, "Explode!" The flames that once surrounded him detonated, causing a fiery, hellish blast of searing heat and flame to go forth.
"Vaya Viya!" Yashiro countered Kanashi's attack, by sending the wind and electricity around him to burst, creating a huge fire storm to erupt.
The mass of energy exploded, blowing the cars away, and absolutely decimating the bridge. Yashiro was sent flying back by the force of the attacks, and Kanashi collapsed as his burns and wounds took their toll on him. "Did I win…?"
Yashiro collapsed onto the ground near Kanashi, panting heavily as the pain fully kicked him.
Kanashi laughed a little. "Still alive?"
"Yeah, unfortunately…" Yashiro laughed along with him.
"Pfft. We're still fucking equal," Kanashi said.
"You can say that again," Yashiro nodded a little, grinning.
"Man, fuck you! You're making me respect you!" Kanashi growled, although the hostility in his voice was just a joke.
Yashiro laughed at that. "Where's the almighty Kanashi now?"
"Oh, he's a mass of broken bones," Kanashi replied. "Where's the deadpanning jerk?"
"He's busy being in an insane amount of pain. Want to leave a message or something?" Yashiro asked.
"Well, yeah. After this, I sorta respect you," Kanashi said.
Yashiro breathed out. "Hey Kanashi…"
"Yeah?" Kanashi asked.
"Even after all that… do you hate me?" Yashiro asked.
Kanashi stopped for a few moments before his expression turned into a soft smile. "Nah. It's kinda dying down for some reason. Maybe it's because we beat each other senseless and yet both of us are still alive. Not a lot of people can hang at this level, but… you did."
"Heh…" Yashiro chuckled. "So… are we friends?"
Kanashi blinked a couple of times, musing on his question. "Unfortunately, yes," he said, almost as if he was disappointed. Not that he was.
Yashiro laughed a little at that, closing his eyes with a smile. "Mitsuru'll excute us… when she finds out what we did to the bridge…"
"We can't exactly crush her skull using the bro-fist either. Welp, more pain awaits us," Kanashi said with an anxious expression.
"I can't wait…" Yashiro said, passing out.
"There shouldn't be any… freaking SP…" he mumbled before blacking out, faintly hearing Minato screaming at the both of them.
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"Damn, I thought that would work," Illusion cursed.
Lies stayed silent, looking on at Minato and Nyx tending to Kanashi and Yashiro. "I thought it would too…" he mumbled, sounding strangely calm as he said that. With that, Night disappeared into white feathers.
"Whoa, what happened to Night?" Illusion blinked at Lies. "And what happened to your enthusiasm?"
"Ayumi, I can't do this anymore," Lies growled.
"What do you mean!?" Illusion asked. "I thought you were with us!"
"I thought I was too," Lies said, removing his hood and running his hands through his hair. "You know how I am. You've seen both sides of me now. Night is me. I am Night. As such, he is my lie."
"W-Wha?" Illusion gasped.
"Tell Erebus that I'm leaving your order," Lies said. "And tell him… that he can go and suck my dick! Sayoonara, Ayumi!" he declared before disappearing in a bright flash of Hamaon.
"Daru… why?" Illusion asked as the wind blew by.