Persona: Their 'Will' [Completed]

Battle on Tokyo Bay Bridge (part 2)

I had summoned my ultimate persona, Messiah. Minako is in my arms, her clothes soaked in blood. Show was still unconscious, and Chidori slowly headed towards us, with heavy injuries. Blood was oozing out of Minako's body. I couldn't stop it.
"Minako! Minako! Hey! Stay awake!" I tried to make sure she is alive. Her eyes opened, slowly. A tear dropped down from my eyes to her cheeks.
"Why are you crying?" She gave a warm smile. She wiped away the tears at my eyes. She was crying.
"Wait, I'll save you." I didn't know what to do. The bullet was in her chest, a fatal injury. I panicked.
"Don't. You promised we'll get out of her right? Together?" Her voice became shaky. Her skin was getting paler.
"Don't break it." Her eyes became dead. Her body became heavier like it was dead. I checked her pulse. She was gone....
"Ah... Ahh.... Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!" I screamed in pain. The agony of losing her. I loved her. Now I feel this raging feel of anger and sadness. I cried, tears streaming down like a river.
"Why! Why must it be her!? Ahhhh!" I screamed. I kneel down. In the midst of that, I saw Takaya and Jin in the distance, they were closing in. I didn't care. I just wanted to hold her. Just why-
"Its because you're weak." A boy said.I was suddenly in a black place. There was no chairs tables or any such thing. I heard droplets of water. A young boy was in front of me. A boy I was familiar with.
"P-Pharos?" I said. I wiped my tears and looked at him.
"You know why she was taken?" He said.
"Because you are weak." He continued. I gritted my teeth.
"I'm not we-." I was cut off from him.
"You are, and you know it. You just don't admit it." I clenched my fits when he said those words. Its true. I am weak. Weaker than cockroach. I just didn't admit it.
"Well, do you have anything to say?" He smiled.
"I... I don't know." I looked down. My eyes are dead at this point. The boy disappeared, leaving me alone.
"What do I do now?" I scratched my head. I panicked. What do I do? I'm tired and I'm in despair. In don't want go thorough this again. I... I just want to leave. Is that it? No. That's not what I want. I want.....
"I want to die." I finally said it. That feeling in the bottom of my chest. It was death. I didn't want to go through this suffering anymore. I curled myself into a ball and put my headphones on.

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I've been for an hour. I've stayed at the same position for an hour. I was just trying to comfort myself. I was supposed to be fine... So why?
"Its sad to see you like this." A familiar voice said. I took my headphones and put it on my neck. I stood up and looked behind.
"Hey did you miss me?" A teenage boy, about my age. He wore a white shirt, long black pants and a yellow scarf.
"Ryoji..." I immediately ran to him and hugged him.
"You look like a mess." I pulled away.
"And you look good, even in death. How ironic." We laughed for a bit. We sat down and Ryoji just stared at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Do you have a crush on somebody?" He asked. I was startle.
"H-Huh!? N-No." I lied.
"Huh, really. I guess that is normal since you are... Bland." Ryoji teased.
"Oi, I do have someone!" I blurted out.
My face blushed a little.
"Oh ho, so you do. I'm guessing the auburn haired girl?" He was spot on.
"Y-Yeah, so. Shut up." I punched Ryoji at the shoulder.
"Hahaha... Sorry. Anyway, do you want to know a secret?" He said. I came closer.
"Me and her have dated before." He whispered. I looked at Ryoji and thought,' yeah, it is Ryoji' but I didn't know how far they went.
"Umm.." I didn't asked.
"Well... We already did it." He said. I bit my lip and cursed myself. I was about to say something when...
"Just Joking! She wouldn't do it until she graduated first she said. And she knew I wasn't the one meant for her." Ryoji said. My mouth gaped open.
"Well... That's better." I sighed.
"Anyway, what are you going to do?" Ryoji asked.
"I... Don't know." My eyes was still dead.
"Well, what do you want to do?" He asked again.
"Didn't I already told you?" I said.
"I mean, from the bottom." He said.
"The person who save the world and killed Nxy couldn't have an answer. That makes you pathetic." He was serious.
"I-I... Want to.... Save them." I spoke up.
"Anything else?"
"I want to save her and them. Get them all to safety..."
"I want to be true to myself." I said. Looking Ryoji in the eye. My eyes gaining back its life and having a flame of determination.
"Then go." My memory was fading away, I was about to take hold of Ryoji but couldn't.
"We'll see again soon. I promise."

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I was back from that place to the present, where time seem to move again. Minako was still in my arms.
My persona was out, Messiah, and everything was where it was. Jin and Takaya was already close.
"Its time I put  your misery to an end." Takaya cocked his gun and aimed at me.
"Not... Yet." I said.
"Messiah!" A bright light blinded Takaya and Jin's vision. They both groaned. After the light faded, our injuries was gone. Show was getting up by his feet and Chidori was shocked to what had happened. I then checked Minako's pulse. It was beating. She's alive...
"Thank goodness." She was still unconscious so I sat her down at the side of the road.
"Thank you... Ryoji." I said. I took my short sword and my evoker. Sho took a fighting stance.
"Let's do it." Sho said, summoning Tsukiyomi.
"I'll support." Chidori summoned Medea.
"Alright, go." I went immediately for Takaya, slashing my sword forward. He blocked using his gun and shot at me. All of the bullets missing, I went for a couple more slashes. Most of them missing.
"Arrghh!" I was then kicked by Takaya.
"Crap!" Sho then slashed at Takaya, which Takaya had dodge it.
"Now!"  Chidori then used a lighting attack against Takaya. He withstood it, but he fell on his knees.
"Traitor!" Jin got close to Chidori and punched her.
"Ahh!"
"Crap. I'll go help her. You take of the hippie." Sho said.
"Alright." I charged towards Takaya, and he summoned his persona. Blowing me away.
"Bastard!" Takaya said, reloading his gun and firing it. He hit me in my thigh.
"Ahhhhh! That won't stop me." I said. I took my sword and charged dodging all incoming bullets.
"Ah! Take this!" I slashed at him again. He was still able to block it.
"Too slow!" I was kicked again.
"Haaaaaaaaa!" Sho gave a barrage of slashes towards Jin.
"That should keep you stay put." Sho joked. He looked at me. Takaya had his gun on my head and I was kneeling down.
"Give up." Takaya said.
"Eurydice!" A fire attack was used against Takaya, almost burning him. I was able to get out without having a bullet in my head. I looked at my side to see Minako.
"Hey did you miss me?" She said.
"Yeah. Don't that again, idiot." I smiled.
"Go to hell both of you. You think you can escape from here. Try. I'll see does faces of despair later." Takaya cursed. We look at each other and nodded.
"Messiah!" We summoned the persona.
"You won't get out of here." Jin said.
"Megidolaoan!" A huge burst came from the sky, destroying almost all of the bridge that was the opposite of us. All of the rubble and cars was destroyed. After the dust cleared up, we couldn't see any sign of Takaya or Jin. I was standing at the end of the cliff.
"So, what do we do now?" Minako asked.
"We move on." I turned around and gave her a smile.
"This won't be the last time we see them." Minako was worried.
"I know, but we have a lot of time. We are here because we sacrificed ourselves to do save our friends." I said.
"Then, we..."
"Yeah, they may be finding a way to get us out and so do we." I looked at the sky. It was snowing. I noticed I had something in my hand. It was a yellow scarf with the word 'Memento Mori' sewn on to it.
"Is that...?" Her eyes widened.
"Yeah." I put it around her neck.
"So you knew." She said.
"Ryoji told me." I replied.
"I see..." She was about to fall.
"Hey."
"Sorry I'm just tired."
"I know." We both looked up at the snowy sky. The bright yellow moon. We thought about something's and looked at each other.
"I wonder what the future has in store for us....." Both of us said.

7 Years Later......