♫ ichiro ♫
" Akuryo Taisan!"
A thin white strip of paper flew in the air, black bold kanji written on the front. It zipped through the air with unnatural speed until it reached it's destination- smack dab on Akito's forehead. " Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen!" A voice cried out, the bold Japanese letters lighting up with a blue glow before electricity shot out from the seemingly harmless strip of paper, leaving Akito unconscious for the time being.
After the coast was clear, Ichiro dropped down from a random rooftop, running over to Subaru. He had been on his nightly walk during the Dark Hour, patrolling the rooftops of the city in search for shadows, when he saw two figures in the distance. Neither of them were in coffins, leading him to believe that he probably knew them, seeing that he knew the old SEES team and was currently in a new persona team. But as he got closer to the edge, Ichiro was greeted with a horrific scene. Subaru, his fellow colleague in fighting shadows, was in the arms of Akito, one of Ludwig's evil henchmen. Subaru was bleeding furiously out of his neck, no doubt the work of Akito's well known claw like weapons. In fear of Subaru's life, Ichiro whipped out an ofuda from this coat and whispered a spell on it, throwing the sheet of paper towards Akito.
Ichiro avoided stepping in Subaru's blood as he approached him the best he could, but he couldn't avoid it any longer when he got closer. Pulling another ofuda from his coat, he closed his eyes and whispered an entirely different spell, a closing spell. He brushed the paper across the slit across Subaru's neck, all the while whispering the spells of his dead ancestors. The spell wasn't powerful enough to close the wound completely, but it was better than nothing. Finishing his spell, Ichiro placed the talisman over the cut and the letters on it turned light green. At most, it would stop the bleeding.
Since it was the Dark Hour, the hospitals wouldn't be open, leaving Subaru's life in his hands. Rather then panic, Ichiro took off his jacket and placed it around Subaru, covering his blood stained shirt. Then, as gently as he could, he slid his arms under his legs and back and hoisted him up, bridal style. He had to find Katamari. He was their healer back in highschool and although they hadn't really spoke since highschool, he was the only person who could help them. Praying that Subaru and his spell would hold on for a little longer, Ichiro began his journey towards the local library, knowing that was the place to find Shino. Shino and Katamari had been pretty close in the old days, so he figured if anyone knew where Katamari was, it was him.
♫ mizuki ♫
Mizuki shared one of her rare smiles when Kieran summoned his personas. She was quite fond of the two bunny like creatures, although she would never openly admit it. With Kieran handling the blond guy, Mizuki grabbed Kyoya's hand, pulling him out of danger. If this was any other situation, she would've fainted from merely touching Kyoya's hand, but when in the face of danger, such as now, she sobered up. " Here." She took the green eared bunny off her head and handed it to Kyoya. " He'll protect you if you need it. Just let us handle this guy."
With Kyoya out of the way, Mizuki could go back to thinking straight. And that meant getting revenge. Calmly, she pulled the evoker from her jacket pocket but didn't immediately press it against her head. Instead, she stood next to Kieran and watched as the man shielded himself from his attack. Actually, now that she thought about it, this blond guy seemed...familiar? Like she had seen him somewhere before. Exactly from where, she didn't know. She didn't even know this guy's name after all!
♫ gabriel ♫
Gabriel's eyes widened as the dark haired man summoned his persona. Instead of one, this man had two; twin bunnies infarct. One went back to the girl and the other stayed with the man, making Gabriel wonder if they shared the personas. He had never heard of two people sharing a persona, but nothing was impossible!
He was brought out of his thoughts when the guy, apparently called Kieran, ordered his persona to attack. Large ice particles appeared around the persona and flew towards him. Bracing himself, Gabriel pulled his evoker from his pocket and quickly pressed it against his head, pulling the trigger. To avoid confusion, his evoker was painted bright pink while his actual gun was black. There was no way he ever wanted to confuse his evoker for his gun. Once the trigger was pulled, Gabriel felt something within him unlock and his soul opened, his persona emerging from it. A long bodied unicorn appeared, it's fur the color of a rainbow and a horn placed in the middle of it's forehead, and it giggled happily, unaware of the current situation.
" Defend!" Gabriel ordered. Rainicorn, his rainbow persona, wrapped it's long body around Gabriel, creating a dome around him, protecting him from the relentless ice attack. After the ice faded, Rainicorn unwrapped itself, sending Gabriel a happy smile. Since Gabriel was older then the dorm persona users, he could keep his persona out for a longer period of time without having to constantly summon it with the evoker. " Rainicorn, att-!" He was cut off when his persona let out a terrible screech, her multi colored blood splattering against the pavement, making Gabriel wince. Before him stood a sharp toothed, red haired man, digging his equally red chainsaw into Rainicorn's body. " W-what?" he stuttered, surprised by the man's sudden appearance. He looked human for the most part, excluding the shark-like teeth in his mouth, but Gabriel knew that he wasn't.
♫ mizuki ♫
" This is pay back," Mizuki smirked, twirling her evoker around her finger, sending Gabriel a smug look, " for touching my beautiful hair." She gave her persona a hard glance and he smiled back at her, forcing his chainsaw into the unicorn's body even more. The poor persona cried out in pain and tried to get away, but Mizuki's persona had the heel of his stiletto pierced through the unicorn's tail, keeping it grounded. The blond guy was obviously feeling the effects of his persona being hurt in such away and this gave Mizuki more confidence. She walked past Kieran and and walked over to Gabriel, kicking his gun out of his hands. He was already on his knees, clutching his heart, and Mizuki laughed gleefully, her persona following her example.
She knew that Akito had warned her not to make an enemy of Kyoya and simply hold off Gabriel, but this bastard had tried to kill her! She simply could sit back and let him go! Especially not after touching her hair! Crouching down, Mizuki grabbed the disregarded gun and cocked it back, pressing it against the space between Gabriel's eyes, " Lets see how you like being shot at." Her finger stroked the trigger and she was ready to press it until-
" IT'S YOU!"
Caught off guard, Mizuki lowered the gun, " What?" It was as if the man was reborn, the pain from before seemed to have disappeared and there was determination in his eyes. Behind them, Gabriel's persona disappeared and with it, Mizuki's demon faded as well.
" It's you! You're the mother of my child!!"
Mizuki blinked. What?
♫ gabriel ♫
Gabriel knew he had seen her somewhere before! And it wasn't until she was within an arms length from him did he recognize her! She was Tristen's mother! There was no denying it! Her hair was a different color then five years ago, but she could've dyed it! And her personality had done a total 180 since the party all those years ago, but people change all the time. Yes. This girl was defiantly the woman he had been searching for all this time!
" It's me! Don't you remember me? Sure, I changed a little since the last time, but don't you remember me?" He took Mizuki by the shoulders and shook her, as if it would help her remember. " Don't you remember all those years ago in France?"
♫ shino ♫
Shino had just finished cleaning the blood from his nose when there was a knock at the door, making him jump. It was the Dark Hour and everyone he worked with where in the shape of a coffin right now, which meant there were only a few select people who could be on the other side of the door. Carefully, Shino made his way through the darkened room to the tall wooden door, hesitating before opening the door. He had been expecting someone from highschool, since they were the only ones who were awake during the Dark Hour and knew he worked at the library, but what he hadn't been expecting was Ichiro carrying a man with one of Ichiro's talismans wrapped around his neck.
" Um." Shino frowned, confused about this whole situation, " Ah, er, Ichiro...hi?" He stumbled over his words, shuffling his feet, trying to avoid looking at the bleeding man in his arms. Why was Ichiro here with a man bleeding to death? It wasn't like Shino could help them!
" I need to find Katamari." Ichiro explained, pushing past Shino. He kicked one of the desks people used to study on, making all the books that had been on it fall to the ground, and carefully laid Subaru on top of it. He pulled another ofuda from his pocket and repeated the sealing spell, placing it over the first fading talisman.
Shino awkwardly stood behind him, biting his fingernails worriedly. " K-Katamari? W-w-why do you need him?" He could see the man's blood drip off his neck and onto the floor, making Shino feel sick. Ichiro didn't answer his question and said, " Shino! Just tell me where he is! This isn't the time to be fooling around!"
Shino yelped and bit his nail even harder, his eyes going anywhere but meeting with Ichiro's intense gaze. " H-h-he was gonna c-c-come over and walk me h-h-h-h-home." His fingers shook as he spoke, finally deciding that the floor was the best thing to keep his eyes on, " H-he should be here...any minute." His voice got quieter as he spoke until it was barely a whisper.
