Okay hopefully the previous chapter was updated slightly sadly I couldn't use all of Azure Lines epicness because I went to editing it after I finished chapter so I couldn't put in out of pure continuity issues even though I've no doubt have put contradictions in this D: I'm sad I couldn't use all of it DD: Anyway because I feel guilty I highly suggest you read Tearing the Arcana because it's the best! Drop a review in there and I sent you if you could that would make me happy :D

Maybe he was wrong to do such a thing. After all wasn't he just causing her the same grief that occurred to him. No he wasn't causing the same grief. What she caused was more then grief. It was all consuming utter despair. It destroyed his dreams of ever being with her. So he supposed he may have done that out of a selfish desire for revenge. Hopefully she would grow strong like he had through his ordeal.

He needed to move on. At least for now. But he knew however she would always have his heart even if she was an imperious queen of executions. He laughed at the ridiculous title he just gave her. It was good to laugh after acting so cruel and unfeeling. But it would be better for him to ditch his emotions and act towards logic. He'd be a much better warrior for it. But what good is a warrior with out a war?

Maybe he'd have a war on his hands very soon. After all there seem to be more then just shadows haunting Tartarus. It also seemed that fate wasn't having it's way. Like things weren't going the way they should have. Maybe be fate was a weak thing something that could be interrupted easily by a simple choice difference.

Well at least he was finally infront of Tanaka's building so he could get something productive done. Well perhaps the pain he had caused was productive if it came to proper fruition.

Now was the time to release his pent up feelings in songs and lyrics. To divulge his inner desires.

"It would seem our young guest's destiny is being distorted" Igor said calmly.

"How is that possible destiny can be changed but not distorted. Only beings of the highest class can do such a thing. Yet even they would struggle at the costs of doing such a thing." Elizabeth said with disbelief.

"Yes changing your destiny is fairly easy as you say. It's just changing the destination after all. No matter what there are a limited amount of destiny possibilities for each individual. However distorting destiny changes everything bending the very fabric of destiny to your will in order to have absolute power. However even though I the all seeing Igor can see the distortion. I can not see who is behind this" Igor said heavily.

"But who would do such a thing. Master Philemon is not even capable of doing such a thing." Elizabeth said.

"Power is only limited by morality. Philemon can't do such a thing because he won't. Simple as it is he refuses to physically meddle in the human realm. Even if his evil counterpart will constantly meddle" Igor said explaining the morality power limit.

"Then would that mean that the crawling chaos has returned" Elizabeth said drawing a conclusion.

"I doubt the crawling chaos would have enough power at this time. Perhaps in a few years time. he will return to meddle in the world of the living. But this time for his return. At his current power level even he is scared of Master Minato's potential" Igor said with a smile.

"But Master I do not understand. Who would do such a thing?" Elizabeth said a concerned look on her.

"It could be someone good or someone bad. All I know is their power is immense and they are not only distorting Minato's destiny but also our guests past present and future" Igor said bringing his thoughts together.

"You mean this could be why the boy with the earring disappeared? But how would they bring the red hawk into this he would be all but impossible to bring into this matter." Elizabeth said growing concerned with the level of power they were dealing with.

"Perhaps he is also but impossible to distort. But remember The crawling chaos is nothing but one of the weakest of the great old ones. They are imprisoned outside of normal space in time. Which means their power could be very strong indeed. However all I know is that we are potentially dealing with a universe ending power and not even I can help Minato with his fate" Igor said sadly.

"We have to at least help in some way master" Elizabeth pleaded.

"When has that ever stopped us before. Gather your siblings it would seem would we have some planning to" Igor said with a smile.

Mitsuru hoped they would accept her apology for wasting so much time that SEES required. Over her own petty notions. Maybe if she had actually rationalized this all wouldn't have happened. Maybe if she kept or feelings in check this wouldn't have happened and maybe just maybe she could've been with him.

All that mattered now was that she get SEES ready because no doubt Minato would want to blast through the whole tower. It made her have a sad little laugh. What he said hurt her to her very core. Only being known as acquaintances and not even being friends with him hurt like a ton of bricks. But perhaps she deserved it after all the pain that she had created. However she only wished she could've been with him. Together like she dreamed. This caused a lone tear to fall down her face.

She quickly arrived in front of the dorm. Where she took a deep breath in hopes to calm her nerves. She also removed any signs of her crying. She silently opened the door in hopes of composing herself.

"I have an announcement to make" Mitsuru said barging into the lobby where everyone was already gathered.

"What is it Mitsuru?" Akihiko asked curiously.

"Well first I would like to give some of you some gear" Mitsuru said tossing Koromaru a kunai and giving Akihiko weirdly shaped knuckle busters. Which he realized where blast knuckles. Which in basic principle are tazer knuckle busters. Only then did he notice that Mitsuru was wearing a black sort of light armor that seemed to fit her perfectly not doubt custom made for her and her endeavors.

"I would like to apologize for what has happened to Minato. I'm sure you all have noticed a slight change in him. I would like to let it be known that it was my entire fault for this incident. I am now trying to rectify my mistakes. Now I know I haven't been a good leader as of late and I know I'm not as good as Minato when it comes to taking charge and leading as to victory. I wish none of you the harm that Minato has faced. Not because you guys are my teammates but because you guys are my family. Now let's go to Tartarus" Mitsuru said drawing upon their resolve.

"Let's take that bitch ass tower down" Junpei said raising his fist in the air.

"Let's do this" Akihiko said with excitement.

"Usually I don't agree with Stupei. But let's take that tower down!" Yukari yelled.

"Where ever Aki goes I better follow who knows what stupid things he'll do" Shinjiro said calmly while Koromaru barked in agreement.

"L-let's do this" Fuuka said shyly.

"It's good to see everybody working together again" Ken said happily while Aigis nodded in agreement.

With SEES finally together again they marched off to Tartarus.

"About time I was starting to think you guys wouldn't show up" Minato said jumping down from his spot on top of the school gate.

"You think we wouldn't wanna clear out Tartarus. We all have a grudge against it" Junpei said.

"Kirijo I thank you for bring them here. Now everybody we shall embark on Tartarus destruction." Minato said rallying his troops.

They quickly arrived inside the tower of shadows. To find that Minato wanted to change things up for once.

"Junpei you'll be leading Ken, Aigis and Yukari. They'll all have a valuable in your group. If it helps think of it as an rpg" Minato said giving his friend a thumbs up.

"You sure dude. I haven't exactly been great the whole time I've been in SEES" Junpei said with a sigh.

"Don't worry dude you'll learn. You have probably the most potential out of the all of us. Plus take my sword if it helps in anyway" Minato said tossing Kusanagi towards Junpei.

"I'll try my best dude" Junpei said quickly rallying his courage.

"Okay I'll have Akihiko, Shinji, Koromaru and Kirijo" Minato said purposely naming Mitsuru last.

"Let's get this started!" Akihiko said amped as ever.

"As long as I get to kill shadows" Shinjiro said happily.

"Very well then Minato" Mitsuru said solemnly.

"Off we go then!" Minato said as both squads departed.

Things were already getting heavy for Junpei. Well at least for Yukari and Ken it was. Aigis and Junpei seemed like a well oiled machine. Was this the difference Minato's training could do. Maybe it had just been a while since Yukari and Ken had last been to Tartarus.

"Okay Yukari I need you to heal up Ken because were probably going to need access to Hamaon soon. Me and Aigis will cover you until your done." Junpei said barking order efficiently.

"Roger that Stupei" Yukari said as she rushed to Ken in order to heal him.

Just then Multiple shadow showed much Junpei thought they would. He did a simple hand gesture to Aigis which got her to give him covering fire in order for him to make up the distance gap.

"Blade of fury!" Junpei yelled as the familiar sound of shattering glass echoed around the labyrinth. As Hermes appeared to do his attack. Junpei quickly jumped on top of the messenger of the gods. Junpei knew if he fell off going at such a high speed it would probably leave burns on his skin.

So he quickly jumped off when he noticed a shadow that he could use to soften his descent. He loved the air running across his body but he knew this couldn't last forever. So he quickly sunk the Kusanagi into a Shadow's mask. Causing the shadow to fall over backwards. It seemed at first Junpei only pissed of the shadow. However the Shadow then exploded into a fine mist. He couldn't believe this sword. Like serious how strong was this sword. Junpei was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't notice the shadow behind him.

Almost.

He swung the sword with such lethal velocity that only a baseball player could do. Which would've surprised the shadow if it could show emotions. If he didn't know any better we would have thought the shadow just floated there in disbelief. That's when the bisection became noticeable then it finally blew up in a ichor explosion. This caused Junpei to be temporarily blinded. He knew he was done for if there were shadows nearby. Even if Hermes took down a noticeable amount of shadows he could still the many that were still around.

He finally got the muck of his face to see what was probably going to be the last sight of his life. Their were about five shadows already striking towards he was finished.

In that moment everything went black.

Minato's squad had nearly made it up to one of the boss floors no doubt the last one for this section. However he didn't feel at ease knowing this. The atmosphere was tense and he didn't know why. The reaper was no threat to him yet he almost found it hard to breathe almost like the world was shifting around him.

He looked towards Akihiko to see if he also felt it. However Akihiko looked completely at ease. Maybe he just felt protection with his new persona. Maybe it was just all inside Minato's head.

He quickly returned to the battle at hand. There was no major shadows involved in this fight. Just a unholy horde of them.

"Fuuka give me some deets" Minato said quickly.

"I'm a bit busy now dealing with two squads at once is a bit hard for me" Fuuka said barely able to hold her concentration on Minato.

"Okay then focus on Junpei's squad. They'll need your help more then us" Minato said.

"Akihiko use Maziodyne" Minato quickly barked.

"Caesar" Akihiko yelled as he fired his evoker. This caused the giant persona to appear behind him and call lightning from the heavens.

This destroyed many shadows that covered the floor. However there were some who were unaffected by such a powerful move.

"Mitsuru this might be a weird request but can you try scanning them" Minato said as he ducked a shadow's attack.

"I cannot guarantee any results" She said as she concentrated with her persona.

"Shinji guard her flank. Me and Akihiko will try to hold them off" Minato said improvising a plan.

"Will do" Shinji said retreating from his foray into shadow territory.

"Orpheus Agidyne" Minato yelled with his persona appearing behind him.

"Minato there's more coming on your left. I'm currently busy with this lot" Akihiko yelled across the hall.

"Thanks Akihiko" Minato said as he flipped over impaling it's nearby companion.

"Mitsuru any details yet?" Akihiko said getting visibly tired from the many shadows attacking him.

"Almost there Akihiko" Mitsuru almost whispered.

"Well Shadows are advancing from all angles and I'm not sure if I can hold them off you for much longer" Shinji said as he cleaved through hordes of them with his mass destructive power. Even though Shinjiro made it sound grim only a few stragglers would make it through his monstrous offense.

"Mitsuru a giant shadows coming and we're all busy. Now what is their weakness" Minato said with a sense of urgency in his voice. So much urgency that even called her by her first name. However he didn't get a reply all he saw was massive ice crystals emerge from the ground destroying almost all of the shadow.

Almost all of them.

"Mitsuru!" Both Akihiko and Shinjiro said as they noticed a particularly deadly Maragidyne fly through the air nailing both of them. They were both quickly disabled from the attack. They were not finished but they knew neither of them could react in time to protect Mitsuru.

Mitsuru felt like her life was finished. However she felt at peace with herself and the universe. Until of course she remembered that she never got to be with Minato. Which caused a lone tear to fall down her face.

"What did I say Mitsuru!" Minato said as the fire just narrowly missed thanks to the wall in front of her.

Wall?

There was no wall only Minato. The fire diverted by Minato's mere presence his arms spread out as if he didn't know this would happen and maybe he didn't. The torrent of disastrous fire escaping into the nearby hallways.

Mitsuru was glad that Minato came to save her. That's when his words from earlier came to mind.

"On the battlefield I'm your teammate. I'll listen to you; take damage for you and possible sacrifice my life for you. But outside of the battlefield we're only acquaintances you don't come to me with your problems. I'm not your best friend or even a close friend. We could be friends if you stretch it. You may not talk to me in anyway. The only way you can is if I talk to you first or if it's business"

He had remained true to his word. However the look on his face was extremely surprised. Maybe he was surprised that he decided to save her. All she knew was that even through all the pain he had been through. Her thoughts were interrupted with the voice of Akihiko.

"Nice one Minato. How'd you know that would work what ever you did?" Akihiko said with a happy grin as he noogied Minato's head. Shinji was off stomping what remained of the shadow that attacked them. He did so in an extremely pissed of matter. Maybe it was the fact he nearly lost one of his close friends.

"I don't know what happened in all honesty" Minato said as he sheepishly laughed while scratching his neck nervously.

"But it looked like you were reflecting the fire away" Akihiko said.

"Well the thing is Orpheus is only weak to zio and mudo. He has no strengths" Minato said averting his eyes.

"Wait you didn't know you were going to save Mitsuru?!" Akihiko said shocked.

"No I didn't" Minato said casually as he noticed not one but two tears rolling down Mitsuru's face. "Hey is Kirijo fine?"

"What's the matter Mitsuru?" Akihiko said quickly noticing Mitsuru tears.

"N-nothing" She quickly said as she stared off into space.

Everything was black for Junpei at least it was. Maybe his brain was just processing things slowly. He agreed to the idea when everything came back to him. He had not died Nemesis just came flying over his towards to no doubt defend Junpei.

He then saw bullets stream across the sky with pinpoint accuracy nailing every shadow in it's weak spots. Only then to see Yukari come flying over head with a garu boosted jump quickly running to his side.

"Hey Stupei you okay there?" Yukari said obviously concerned for her stupid teammate.

"Yeeaahh just fine Yukari" Junpei said with a grin.

Maybe just maybe he was on his way to being a good leader.

"Okay everybody!" Junpei yelled gaining the attention of his friends.

"What is it Junpei" Ken said.

"Let's catch up to Minato's team and show them who's boss" Junpei said excitedly.

After the mishap earlier things had been going smoothly for Minato's squad. They had gone through many floors after that. Minato however didn't call upon Mitsuru's scanning after that. Deciding to instead just go on the full offensive leaving alone shadow ichor in their wake. Ichor was painted across many of the Tartarus walls.

"It would seem we're at a boss floor" Minato said with a smile.

"So this is probably the last one floor for this section aye?" Akihiko said with a grin.

"Let's take this sucker down" Shinjiro said readying his axe.

"Agreed" Mitsuru said calmly.

They slowly walked to where the gigantic shadow resided. It's mere appearance annoyed Minato to all hell. Especially with the feeling from before returning to him. The shadow was one of those stupid dancer types. However he couldn't exactly remember it's moveset but he felt like should've at least remembered for this fight.

"Can we take this down quickly" Minato said. Mitsuru quickly noted his discrete annoyance in his voice at the mere sight of the shadow. It was most likely because of it's giant heart shape balloon head. The shadow made Mitsuru herself feel sad at the sight.

"Sure thing Minato" Akihiko said raising his evoker. A massive lightning bolt struck the massive shadow. However the shadow was hardly even fazed by such a thing.

"I guess today's just not your day Aki" Shinjiro said with a chuckle as he quickly advanced on the shadow. Minato remembered how his apperance deceived most. While it looked like he wasn't that fast. Shinjiro was fast enough to keep up with gekkoukan's best boxer. Not only keep up with him but give him a run for his money.

"Just shut up and hit the thing Shinji" Akihiko said with a hint of annoyance.

Shinjiro got into close range within seconds. He quickly swung his axe with the destructive power he was known for. However the dancer shadow nudged his attack slighty with it's rapier causing it to miss entirely.

This reminded Minato that no one could really block Shinji's attacks. However if they moved it or dodged it. All of the power behind his attacks are put to waste. However when Shinjiro did hit he practically destroyed his enemy.

However it seemed Shinjiro learned a couple things from the previous floors. This became clear when everyone heard the sound of shattering glass after his vicious attack summoning his new persona Brutus.

"Fatal end" Shinji yelled causing his Persona to swing a dagger that at first didn't seem to have much power. How wrong Minato was wrong. Brutus quickly sent the shadow to the other end of the hallway with such an attack.

"Take that you son of a bitch" Shinjiro said with a smile.

It seemed the attack did some decent damage as it took the dancer shadow sometime to get get as it sent sent a bufudyne towards the party.

However Minato quickly donned his mask. Causing him to obliterate the ice just from the transformation alone.

"I'm sick of this shadow's face" Minato said readying his sword before charging towards it. This fight would have been easy if he got to the shadow. However it just summoned two more of it's kind which only pissed Minato off more.

However he saw a familiar grey flurry came into his view quickly attack the one in front of him. He remembered who it was. It was the lovable dorm pet Koromaru. He had completely forgotten he had told Koromaru to go find treasure and it would seem he found some armor. Well armor was a bit of a stretch. Koromaru was clad in a rather dapper suit if Minato could say so himself. How he managed to put it on he didn't know. Mind you the dog could summon a persona so he guessed Koromaru could do the impossible.

Shinji quickly joined Koromaru against the shadow. It seemed weird Minato swore maybe Shinji was going to get a persona from the underworld when he gave him the card. Maybe his theory about persona's linking up to their user was wrong?

He then turned his head to see Akihiko and Mitsuru engaging the second shadow in combat. This left him completely free to deal with the last one.

He rushed forward with his companions dealing with shadows to his side. He was thankful to his teammates being so reliable. He could hear the explosions of power marking the showing of power.

This goddamn dancer shadow was going down. He didn't know why he hated it so much all he knew was that he hated it a lot.

He swung his musical blade at the infernal being that was a shadow. However it quickly dodged with it's dancer like qualities. However Minato channeled an Agidyne into his fist quickly going for an uppercut. This time the shadow had not time to react. It obviously didn't learn from it's encounter with Shinjiro. However it only stunned it for all but a few seconds. It did do considerate damage however as he noted from the amount of ichor pooling on the ground.

However it would seem Minato would not be prepared for its Bufudyne charged rapier. He reacted as fast as he could. However it wasn't fast enough to completely avoid harm as it grazed his shoulder and neck. He suddenly felt sudden and incredulous pain. Even though he dodged what would have been a fatal and life ending strike. It would seem Orpheus's weakness had evolved and of course it was ice that was his weakness.

"Fuck you" Minato yelled as he grabbed his sword and instead of using it for it's practical use. He strummed the strings on his sword much like Orpheus would his lyre.

He begun a deadly melody of death. Each chord made power grow and cackle of the blade. White hot energy sparked to life on the blade and a blue aura came off. Showing the power bountiful power that was music. Bending even power to it's will.

He swiftly swung the blade upwards unleashing the massive cackling power as he dragged it up towards they annoying floating head of the shadow. Bisecting the shadow in half as he ran up it's body. However as he neared it's head he noticed a the shadow preparing a strange attack.

He quickly finished his assault in hopes of stopping the attack. However even with the shadow fading into oblivion it barely managed to send off the attack. He quickly rushed off in hopes to intercept the attack. However he quickly realized the intended target.

Mitsuru. Just after he already saved her for once today.

He rushed as fast as he could delving into Orpheus's own resolve to save a loved one. He maneuvered with new found speed. He really wondered if she knew she was under attack. He was going to cut this close.

So in what seemed like aching slow time he barely managed to tackle her in time. Turning his body to take on the attack. He only smiled at her. He didn't know if he was going to be so lucky with this attack. Mitsuru face was that of pure horror as she saw the attack connect with Minato. This was the second time he had saved her. Yet she felt heavily on guard as they both fell to the ground. She had initially landed on Minato till the impact cause her to bounce of slightly having her roll to the side slightly.

It would seem this was going to probably be his last good gesture of the night. He didn't want this to happen but he knew he could do nothing as his vision changed to that of a pink tint. That was when everything came flooding back. This time he didn't feel pain he only felt anger.

He saw all but blurry images all to fast for him to interpret. But then it slowed down and focused starting from the very beginning again.

He saw himself walking into the familiar command room. He had been going to the command room rather frequently in hopes of fixing a glitch Mitsuru had been going on about. He hadn't been told to go check it for awhile until this very night. He found that the terminal had a new recording on it. He had tried in all his hopes to stop it's random recordings. However he thought he might have stopped them after all he hadn't seen anything for awhile.

Needless to say the recordings themselves were amusing. However he felt like they invaded his team's privacy. So he was a bit cautious to even look at it. However Mitsuru did tell him it had been acting up. So he supposed it would be okay for him to look right?

However he wasn't prepared for what he saw next. He felt pain much pain.

"Get down none of us can take him down" Mitsuru yelled as a rather potent Agidyne came flying towards the group. However rather luckily Koromaru reflected the attack back against their assailant. Not that that did any good as he they noted by his invigoration.

"Shinji maybe we can hold him off so Koromaru and Mitsuru can get away" Akihiko said readying his persona.

"Idiot not even me and you combined have enough power to take him down!" Shinji said reprimanding his protein junkie of a friend.

"What do you suppose we do then?" Akihiko said as he noticed the masked boy rushing towards him at fast speeds. He quickly dodged only barely dodging a fatal sword strike to the neck. He quickly went for an uppercut. Only for it to barely move the boy's head. He noticed the violent eyes just look him at him straight and honestly it scared him. He was quickly punched by his free hand. Which sent Akihiko into a wall. Causing him to groan in response.

"Aki! Get up man. We can at least hold him off until the others arrive" Shinjiro said bring Akihiko to his feet.

"Looks like we can't hold back. You alright with this?" Akihiko said with a smirk as he readied himself into a boxing stance.

"Tch I wouldn't have it any other way" Shinji said with a smirk as he clicked his neck.

The video started innocently. It was a recording of Akihiko's room. Which wasn't unusual considering there had been no video as of yet that was of his room. However it was the events that happened next.

Then there was a dull knock on the door and somehow Minato felt a sense of dread build up in his stomach. He knew exactly why when the door was opened to reveal the beautiful ice queen Mitsuru Kirijo.

"What's up Mitsuru?" Akihiko said. it would seem he was having a short power nap. It also seemed like he wasn't quite awake. However his question went unanswered when the Ice queen bared a gift for him. One that froze Minato's with icicles of pain.

She kissed him in one fell swoop. Enveloping Akihiko in a heaven Minato himself only wished for. She had her arms wrapped around his neck as she deepened the kiss. It became something of pure horror to Minato. He had craved for Mitsuru since the day he met her. This was his reward for all he had done for SEES all he had done for everyone. Helping them out with their problems. Helping them out instead of himself.

He found himself unable to stop the recording unable to stop the pain. He had prepared himself for rejection, for her to love another man. He was not prepared for this to see their most intimate of moments right before his eyes.

Things had escalated quickly between the two of them. With Mitsuru leading Akihiko in the endeavor. He could not blame Akihiko for wanting to enjoy the moment. But it seemed the he wasn't all there as if it was all but a dream to him. However the boxer offered no resistance and how could Minato be mad with that?

He wish he could've explained the things that happened between the two. But all he could think of was that it was like a citadel being conquered like putting the flag down on the moon. Being the very first and probably the very best. Knowing he wouldn't be the first hurt him deeply.

"Oh so the emperor thinks he can take me on aye?" Minato said with a dark voice. He quickly rushed towards the boxer with his sword raised. Akihiko went to quickly block the attack only for the blade to light on fire. Causing damage to the boxers hands.

"Only I can fuck with Aki" Shinji said kicking Minato with his signature power. However it only caused Minato to stumble back a few steps.

"The bad boy delinquent thinks he can take me on too. How cute" Minato said with a laugh as he merely chucked his sword towards Shinjiro. It seemed like the sword itself had a mind of it's own fighting as if it was alive. This gave Minato enough time to uppercut Akihiko with a agidyne charged fist. This caused Akihiko to hit the ceiling with a immense force and return to the ground into a crumpled pile.

"Aki!" Shinji said as he knocked the sword to the ground quickly running to Akihiko's side to find him knocked out. Shinjiro was purely enraged. He quickly tossed his axe to the side. He fought far better without any petty distractions or limiters.

"Looks like the big tough guy has feelings after all." Minato said with a sarcastic laugh. He seemed to provoke the right response from Shinjiro as he just cracked his knuckles in response.

"Brutus let's destroy this guy" Shinjiro with seriousness that the boy was well known for.

"Very well then. Agidyne" Minato said launching a ferocious fire attack that Shinjiro merely dodged with utmost ease. However it seemed Minato predicted such a move as his leg came swinging through the fire. The kick would have been deadly if it connected. However Minato had no such luck as Shinjiro caught the kick without as much as a second look. Minato then used this to his advantage as he used the momentum to launch another kick.

That kick of course connected however it did little to no visible damage to the destructive Hierophant. Minato then quickly escaped Shinjiro grasp.

"Seems like you can take a hit unlike your little friend over there" Minato said gesturing towards the still body of Akihiko.

"Tch just shut up and die idiot" Shinjiro said with his calm rage slowly advancing on the masked boy. He looked truly menacing with a big outburst of fire behind him with his persona ready for his master's command.

"Come at me then fool" Minato said with his eyes showing his smirk. Brutus quickly advanced on the boy with his dagger in hand. Minato went for the leg sweep only for a fist from the very heavens to smash him into the earth. Shinjiro hoped that was all it would take. Of course things never went his way he quickly realized when he saw Minato there in a crater in the ground. Minato himself was almost unscathed by the attack. He seemed to have blocked with his one hand in the air.

"You couldn't go down easily" Shinjiro said with a sigh.

"Where would the fun be in that?" Minato said with a mischievous look in his eyes. He quickly jumped and delivered a swift kick to Brutus. However like with Shinjiro it did no visible damage to him.

"To think you became so weak because of a girl" Shinjiro said with a smirk.

"Oh yeah I became the weakling? You used to be a pill junkie. How dare you just dismiss my problem as just a girl problem. I was betrayed by my own family. The ones I loved. Yet even after all that I risk life and limb to save her." Minato said visible mad as he pointed at Mitsuru.

"I was going easy you douchebag. It's time you died" Minato said solemnly as his sword returned to his hand.

"Minato don't do this!" Mitsuru yelled.

"You lost the right to call me Minato. You hurt me deeper then anyone has. No prepare for Shinji to die. Maragidyne!" Minato yelled as he unleashed an unbelievably powerful huge fire attack upon the tower. Shinjiro easily dodged the massive attack however the splash back managed to hit him.

"You think you can beat me like that" Shinji said.

"Maragidyne!" Minato yelled again clearly beyond talking to as he unleashed hell upon the tower hitting anywhere and everywhere. Shinjiro knew he couldn't last much longer against this onslaught even if he kept on dodging. However just as he was going to begin his final assault he saw his fellow teammates come into view.

"Dude what the hell happened!" Junpei said as he noticed the destruction.

"Tartarus look's more hellish then usual" Ken said.

"It would seem Minato has been charmed. I guess in his current state it acts differently on him." Fuuka said bringing everyone up to speed.

"The hell are we supposed to do against him?" Yukari said noticing Minato's pure power.

"Well Maybe if he all do a last ditch assault against him. We may just have a chance" Shinji said rallying his teammates.

"Sure thing Shinji! Squad you know what to do!" Junpei said effectively commanding his team. Aigis quickly fired her bullets with Yukari firing her arrows right next to her. However Minato just walked towards them as if he wasn't even fazed by such trivial things. He somehow was managing to dodge every single projectile.

"Ken go! Me, Junpei and Mitsuru will be right behind you!" Shinji barked as he got into a run with Junpei an Mitsuru at his side. Ken quickly approached Minato. Minato saw the spear coming at him so he quickly dodged the sharp object. However Minato wasn't prepared for the kick follow up to his face. Hermes then came quickly slicing him in the side as Junpei came flipping over Ken with a downward thrust. Minato however quickly spun out of the way and swiftly kicked Junpei away picking up his sword. He didn't see Shinjiro come from his flank and deliver a swift punch into his jaw. Which would have no doubt knocked Minato out if he wasn't wearing the mask. Ken then proceeded to combo with Shinji as he sweeped with his spear. Which Minato easily jumped over only to see Shinjiro rolling over Ken's back using the momentum too deliver a powerful punch to Minato which sent him sliding across the room.

"At least Kusanagi has returned to me" Minato said as he stopped his sliding by digging his swords into the ground.

"Come on guy's we have him on the run!" Shinji said with the group quickly regrouping.

"Oh I'm just getting started! Maragidyne!" Minato said applying the powerful fire move in a new manner. He launched forward with incredible speed as he spun into a fire torpedo wrecking devastation onto the forces called SEES. He came flying towards Yukari landing right in front of her causing an explosion which knocked her out cold from the impact. He quickly returned to fire form and proceeded to take down SEES Members until all but one was left.

"Ahh Mitsuru it seems we're here again except I'm going to be the one the brings the pain" Minato said as he grabbed Mitsuru by the face.

"Minato please" Mitsuru begged.

"How about I burn your pretty little face away huh. That way no guy will ever want you or maybe I should just kill everyone slowly right before your eyes." Minato said his eyes lightning up evilly. He quickly chucked her across the room causing her to hit a corner with a dull thud.

"Please don't" Mitsuru merely whispered.

"Goodbye princess. Fire of Olympus" Minato yelled generating an attack so powerful it put all others to shame. She had seen him use the move "Ragnarok" before, one of the strongest moves she had seen a persona user ever use. This attack really was the fire of the gods.

She prepared for the end of her life as Minato sent the devastating attack her way. She knew she should be glad she at least got save the last time.

"God's Hand" Shinji yelled as he stood in front of the attack as his persona Brutus tried to catch the attack. However it seemed even with the destructive power of Shinji would be unable to stop it.

"Maragidyne!" Junpei said digging deep. He was clearly pained by doing such a thing. However he fired his attack at Minato's Fire of Olympus. However they were just unable to break even against such an attack as they both were getting pushed back. They knew they couldn't hold much longer as Junpei felt the pain creeping in.

"Ruff" Koromaru barked bringing relief to Shinji and Junpei. Suddenly things were looking up for them as they could feel like they could dismiss the attack. However their joy was cut short as they heard a familiar voice.

"LIGHT" Minato began to say. It was obvious we was beginning to show some wear.

"OF" Minato continued saying taking a longer time to charge the attack. His Mask was beginning to crack in many places. What repercussions this would have he didn't know. All he knew was he wanted it all to end.

"Olympus" Minato merely whispered as he unleashed the attack in a dark red laser form. His endurance was wearing thin but he knew that he was probably going to win with this last attack.

"It was good hanging with you guys" Junpei said with a bittersweet smile as a tear rolled down his eye.

"Yeah I guess it was good. Even though your a chump" Shinji said with an uncharacteristic smile.

"Ziodyne!" Akihiko said at his teammates side with a smile. However it did little against Minato's weapon of pain. However it seemed that something mysterious caused a sudden power burst from an individual.

"Ruff" Koromaru barked as Cerberus roared a might roar causing a massive attack almost on par with Minato's absorb his attack and redirect it towards him.

I didn't want to meddle so soon but it seems someone else already has.

However no one heard such a thing aside from Koromaru. The explosion from such an attack blinded the currently conscious SEES members and awoke the other knocked out ones.

What stood before them was Minato standing there still as if ready for another round. Then the mask began to crack upon itself as Minato fell to his knees with tears running down his face.

That night on their return home. No one uttered a single word. Maybe out of fear of upsetting Minato or just out of exhaustion.

Shinjiro collapsed on entrance to his room. He had pushed it today using god's hand currently took a lot out of him with Brutus. Maybe it was his body still detoxing. But his first thought went was to sleep.

Akihiko groaned as he made it to his own room as he got on to his bed trying to find a position that didn't hurt. Before he fell into the sweet abyss that was sleep.

Ken just quietly grabbed a manga book from a bookshelf before lying down in bed. He was still a bit injured but he didn't have it as bad as the rest. So he at least decided to read some manga before bed.

Yukari herself felt her hands hurt upon touching her door knob. Today she made herself fire arrows fast then ever before so it left a sharp pain in her fingers. She decided she needed some rest and recovery before going to another archery training session.

Aigis decided now was a definitely a good time to some maintenance as well recharge after such a vicious fight she hoped one day she could become stronger. But for now she needed to charge.

Fuuka felt uneasy about what transpired in Tartarus. If only she was better then she could've stopped Minato getting charmed. She knew she might need someone to talk to about what Mitsuru did to Minato. But for now she needed to focus on sleep.

Junpei was just plain old beat so he was out when his head came into contact with the pillow.

Koromaru was being uneasy the whole night. He was pacing back and forth. However no one payed any attention to him because he was the least harmed out of SEES. He wondered what happened in Tartarus. However he was all but a dog so what could he do.

"Now now boy you should go to sleep"

Minato could no longer feel him. He was no longer there and for once Minato felt truly alone. But now was not the time to mope. He knew what he had to even without any power.

So he quietly got out of his bed. He knew everybody was probably going to be a sleep. Which was a good thing so he grabbed his bag and began making goodbyes.

He stopped off at Junpei's first noticing the door was unlocked. He slowly pushed the door in hopes of not alerting the others. He carefully placed Kusanagi in his room and woke him up with a shake.

"Wah?" Junpei whispered barely waking up.

"I need you to look after the others from now on okay?" Minato said with a smile.

"Sure thing dude" Junpei said barely understanding because he was still tired.

"Thanks Junpei you've been a good friend" Minato said as he stabbed Junpei with a card. This caused the boy to fall unconscious. He hoped he wouldn't draw upon it until he absolutely needed it. But some insurance was better then none.

Minato then made his way over to Ken's room and knocked on the door quietly. Ken of course answered straight away.

"Minato what's up?" Ken asked before a glowing card was inserted into him. This caused Ken great pain to the point where he was going to go unconscious any moment.

"Don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary" Minato whispered as Ken fainted. He quickly caught the boy and placed him onto his bed with a manga book on his head. This would make think he fell asleep reading. So he quietly exited the room and made his way upstairs.

He made his way to Fuuka's room to find she was out cold. So he placed the card into her palm as it was slowly absorbed. It would seem she would be the one least likely to abuse her power. So he continued his trip around and stopped of at Yukari's room. Things ended badly last time so he decided to at least be friendly. So he went to knock on her door.

He was quite surprised to see open the door quickly in her pajamas no less. If Minato was any other dude at Gekkoukan he would have just jumped on her. Good thing he wasn't.

"Minato?" Yukari said not quite awake. So Minato used this to his advantage and quickly hugged her. She was obviously surprised by the move. However he couldn't do it for to long so he stuck the card into back knocking her out cold. Being the gentlemen he was he swooped her up and tucked her into her bed. This time without a kiss. He quickly stopped of where Aigis was to find the android recharging. Dealing with her was a quick endeavor.

Now he was up to his hardest visit. Mitsuru. He quickly knocked on the door in hopes of getting it over and done with. His heart stopped when he saw the Ice queen in front of him. She looked equally shocked to see him.

"Arisato what would you like?" Mitsuru said composing herself.

"I would like to speak with you privately" Minato said calmly.

"Come in then" Mitsuru said opening up her door behind her.

"I've come to inform you of something" Minato said getting straight to business.

"And what is that Arisato?" Mitsuru said.

"I can no longer fell my Persona. So I shall be leaving the dorm soon" Minato said bursting Mitsuru's bubble.

"That can't be possible?! You don't have to move" Mitsuru said obviously shocked by the news. She obviously wanted him to stay.

"I'm sorry Mitsuru I won't be able to make further contributions SEES" Minato said as he hid a plastic cover onto Mitsuru's DVD player.

"But the chairman makes contributions to SEES without being a persona user" Mitsuru said trying to get Minato to stay. However Minato's resolve was to strong to be swayed by her.

"We both know he's only on it so he this can function as a club. However I can make one last contribution to SEES" Minato said walking closer to Mitsuru causing her to sit on her bed. He then leaned closer to her face causing her to blush.

"W-what is that M-Minato" Mitsuru said obviously never having been in a situation like this before.

"Well let's see" Minato said with a smooth smirk as he lifted her leg so he was in between them. He leaned his face and body even closer to Mitsuru's until he could practically feel the nervous heat coming off of her.

"P-please" Mitsuru could barely mutter as Minato's lips crashed with hers. It was wracked full of intense passion and lust. However Minato knew he couldn't go through with so while Mitsuru was completely lost in the moment. Before he introduced the power of a wildcard into her. This much like the others knocked her out.

"Good bye Mitsuru" Minato said as he left the room.

However when he got to the bottom floor he found he couldn't draw upon the strength card as if it had already been gone. Then he saw someone he hadn't seen before in his life. It was like his mere appearance distorted memory. All he could remember as he saw the figure leave was a black longcoat and supernaturally blue eyes.

You were being a bit slow this time universe. So I did it for you.

Who the hell was that? He was on a whole different level. Even with Minato's wildcard power he seemed even stronger then Igor. Yet he found himself oddly at peace around and Minato didn't like that a single bit. How could he even hope to face that? He didn't even have anyway of defending against him because of Orpheus's disapperance.

We'll meet again and then the fate of the world no the universe will be decided.

A/N Oh noes much bad happened in this here chapter I wonder why? Minato never seems to catch a break does he :L Well anyway looks like things are set to get exciting so hopefully this well keep you guy's on your toes.

Who is this person? How does he know what Minato will do. How can you beat that if at all? So many questions.

Wait I just realized something you guy's might stop reading because Minato doesn't have a persona anymore D:

I hope I revealed enough for you guys because it was painful for me to write in that exact part D':

Anyway onto the reviews :D Which I'm kinda disappointed with the lack of D:

Azure-Lines: Your reviews are always appreciated bro. Thanks to your latest chapters I managed to write this because I was honestly bored with the idea for this. However I noticed how brutal you were with tearing the arcana. So instead of just changing event's in persona. I shall add new ideas for once. Because the message your fic taught through your ideas was go big or go home. So thanks for that bro. I'm glad you liked my basic description skills XDD Yeah Ken is a bit hard for since I didn't really talk to him or use him. But you can't snob character's sometimes. Yeah I really enjoy writing Shinjiro's and Akihiko's Manversation's it's fun. I just try to think of Ichimaru and Oodawa from Dangan Ronpa XD. Yeah I truly wonder if I threw the whole full circle thing out the window with this chapter :L Anyway I'll try to review tearing the arcana when I get the chance. Okay bro?

D'Michi: Welp here you go I hope this makes you happy :D Did a little Minasuru for you :D

Bboy46: Can't have him being perfect you know? My excuse at least XD You never know what might happen so far I've been going to plan until a certain person decided to meddle in my affairs powerful being he is. I guess your question maybe answered about Junpei soon you never know.

"NO our guest has lost his last persona. We can no longer service him" Elizabeth said sadly.

"This is where you are wrong Elizabeth. He still has quite a bit of a journey to go before it is time. We still have many services for we have yet to use the doors" Igor said as everything was going to plan.

"Master you said we would never have to use them" Elizabeth slightly shocked.

"Well the game has changed my dear Elizabeth. Plus Minato is not powerless. I do believe I have mentioned something earlier about him not being truly alone" Igor said with a smirk.

"Surely his journey is nearly finished he shouldn't have to go through anymore pain" Elizabeth said solemnly she truly cared for Minato as a guest and possibly more.

"Sadly it has only truly begun" Igor said closing his eyes.

With that I'm done. I'm pretty sure I made a reference on what would happen way back :L anyway drop a review it only takes to seconds and I'll make sure to answer it.

Also read Tearing the Arcana because it's the best Person you'll find aside from persona Q. :LL