Hermit part 2

     “I summoned you, Cu Chulainn! Power charge!” Cu Chulainn appeared and cast a spell to make my attack higher

     “Eithodea! Protect them!” Aria shouted casting a spell to increase our defense

     “Akihiko-senpai! Make it defense low!” I said                           

     “Roger that! Polydueces!” Akihiko summoned his persona and cast a spell to make the enemy defense low.

     Me, Koromaru and Shinjiro-senpai went straight to the enemy. I cut through its tentacles to let Cu Chulainn make a powerful blow. He pierces through the shadow using vile assault skill, making the shadow scream. Koromaru jump on the shadow tentacles and give a nice slash and quickly summoned his persona Cerberus. Cerberus cast fire magic towards the shadow. Shinjiro-senpai was strong, he summoned his persona and make the shadow down! Man his good…

     “Alright! Let’s kick some ass” He shouted and all moving towards the shadow and do the All-Out Attack!

    

     After that, the shadow felt annoyed. It burst out a cry and makes us fly away to not nearing it. Then it cast powerful electricity around its body.

    “Fuuka what’s it doing?” I said feeling a bit restless

    “Guys, the shadow has a lot of electricity charged up! Dodge it tentacles!! Don’t let it get to you!” Fuuka shouted

    “Minako!!” Aria screams seeing her and Eithodea being caught by the shadow tentacles “Urrgghhh!”

    “Aria!! Changed! Uriel go and save her!!” I said using my evoker to summon my persona. Uriel dash straight to Aria and slash the tentacles. Aria and Eithodea were saved but the tentacles caught me while I was focusing on Aria safety.

     “Minako! No!!” Aria screams after Uriel put her down to the ground

     “Tch!Uriel!” I said. She’s trying to save me but it was too late. The shadow already use it skill to shock both me and Uriel. “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

     “Minako!” Fuuka scream

     “Polydeuces!” Akihiko said summon his persona to save me but unfortunately his persona got caught by the tentacles and also received the damage. “Nnghh!”

     “Tch! Aria go save Aki! Me and Koromaru save Minako!” Shinjiro said going straight to me by dodging all the tentacles

     “Already on to it! Eithodea cut those tentacles!” She said

      Eithodea quickly slashed through those tentacles using her water skill to quickly free Polydeuces. Koromaru then quickly run towards me and slash through the tentacles. Me and Uriel are finally free from the electric shock. Shinjiro-senpai quickly catches me and run away from the tentacles. I finally regain my consciousness and saw everything. That thing keep charging and charging. It’s hard for us to attack it. It only wastes our time to kill it. Shinjiro-senpai still carrying me even so he knew I already awake.

     “Hey! Put me down! Don’t worry about me, you’re gonna get killed if you keep on carrying me!” I said forcing him to put me down

     “Then let you get killed? No way! Not a chance! I’m not gonna let anyone get killed anymore.” He said refusing for letting me down.

      Akihiko, Aria and Koromaru are trying to get the shadow intention, suddenly they caught by those tentacles.

     “Shinjiro-senpai look out!” I scream seeing one of the tentacles is attacking straight to our direction.

     “Shit!” Shinjiro tried to dodge but got hit by other tentacles. Both of us fell and got caught by the tentacles.

     All of us being shocked at the same time, me and Akihiko-senpai still can resist it because of our persona. But for others can’t, Shinjiro tried to pull out his evoker. But couldn’t, the electricity is too much for us to handle.

 

    “I’ll call out the other’s to help!” Fuuka shouted

    “Don’t…nggh! If you do that…they also will get caught.” I said trying to resist it

      I have to do something…think Minako! Think!. What should I do?  If I don’t do something…they gonna die! Wait, I remembered what Theo told me back at the Hospital. Saying about fusion spells. That’s it! But I need to reach out my evoker!

      “Now!”

      That voice! Mitsuru!

   

      “Minako!” Yukari shouted quickly aim her bow towards the tentacles and free me.

      “Initiating summon sequence! Swift strike!” Aigis said summon her persona and cast a spell to cut all the tentacles. All of us were freed by them

      “*scream*” the shadow scream

      “Are you guys alright?” Mitsuru and Fuuka run towards us

      “You guys…” I said surprised by the help of other’s

      “I’m sorry for disobeying your orders Minako. But I can’t help seeing you guys hurt. That’s why I call out for them to help.” Fuuka said felt relief after our release

      “We can talk later, we need to kill before it captures all of us” Mitsuru said slashing the tentacles while her persona blocks all the tentacles with her ice magic.

     

       I was happy when seeing everyone join the battle to help other’s but this time I won’t let it lay a finger on them anymore!

      “Minako…?” Aria said seeing me walking straight to the shadow

      The shadow make’s its move by using its tentacles towards me.

 

      “Look out! Minako!” Akihiko shouted

      “That won’t work…” I said suddenly a blue circle of magic underneath me blocking the tentacles away “I won’t…let you hurt them anymore!”

       The blue circles suddenly shining bright.

      “I sense a massive of energy coming from Minako” Fuuka said using Lucia to search “This is incredible, where she get so much energy from?”

      “Ah…” Shinjiro surprised while his widened

      “Let’s do this! Fusion spell! King and I!” I shouted summoning two personas’s using my evoker

      “No way! Two personas!” Ken said surprised

     

      King Frost and Black Frost appeared and used their ice magic to completely freeze the shadow. Making the shadow immobilized. 

  

     “Ah!? The shadow can’t move! This is the right moment! Finish it off!” Fuuka shouted

   

     “Eithodea!”

     “Polydeuces!”

     “Io!”

     “Castor!”

     “Palladion”

     “Auwoo~”

     “Kala-Nemi!”

     “Penthesilea!”

            Their entire persona’s quickly cast their spell and aim to the shadow. I quickly returned back King Frost and Black Frost, again summoned my favorite persona.

      “This is the end! Go for it! Orpheus!” I said summoning Orpheus. Orpheus casting a fire magic and aim it to the shadow.

      It was a successful plan, the shadow finally been defeated. It slowly disappears to thin air. All of us were relieved, that it’s gone. I smiled seeing them jumping of success, I’m proud of them. Even so I stop them from nearing but they brave themselves and save all of us five that were in danger. Like in the movies three musketeers, all for one and one for all. Together till the end. But, sheesh Theo or Igor could have told me about that skill. It totally worn me out, I can’t even lift my body. Suddenly someone carries me from behind.

      “Ha?” surprised by being lifted by someone

      “You can’t move right? I’ll carry you till we get to the dorm.” Shinjiro said carrying me in his arms.

      “B-but…I’m heavy…” I said embarrassed

      “*smiled* idiot…I already carried you two times now. You’re not heavy.” Shinjiro said smiling “Also, sorry what I just said back then at the dorm. Didn’t mean to make you angry, I’m just worried…that’s all.”

      “I-It’s fine…” I said my face is bright red. This is really unusual from him. It’s like this is the real him. He usually acts all cool and tough but this time I able to see his true personality.

      “Minako!” Aria shouted run towards me “You were awesome back then. How did you summon two persona’s at once?”

      “I don’t know myself…haha…haha…” actually I know it’s just too complicated to explain

      “Well this is so gentleman of you to carry her Shinjiro?” Mitsuru said smiling

      “W-Well I was just helping, because she couldn’t move after summoning to many persona’s” He said look’s away with his face gone red

      “Guys, I think I’ve found Junpei. “ Fuuka said using Lucia to search for Junpei

      “Where is he?” Mitsuru asked

      “He’s back at the dorm, but something’s strange…The Chairman’s is there too, so he should be okay. But, let’s hurry back just in case…” Fuuka insisted to go back to the dorm

      “Alright, let’s go everyone.” Mitsuru said walks out the door with everyone

      Shinjiro-senpai still carrying me but I don’t want to be a burden…

     “Senpai…you can put me down. I walk..” I said embarrassedly

     “O-Oh okay…” He said put’s me down

     “Thanks” I smiled

     “You’re welcome” he replied  

    

                                                                                                               

       Both of us quickly catch up with the others. Finally we get to detect that guy. I wonder what did he thinks to ignore the mission today. Also I’m a bit worried, I need to get to the dorm fast.

 

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       Meanwhile, on the dormitory rooftop…

       “It’s seems they already completed the mission…” said the unfamiliar voice

       “What!?...You can tell!?” Junpei surprised while being tied up

       “Yes…through Medea’s eyes” said the unfamiliar voice

       “Medea…?” Junpei asked

       “My friend…” replied

       “Chidori…” Junpei said revealing the name of the unfamiliar voice

       “That’s not important…Why you didn’t called of the mission” Chidori said feeling upset “Is it worth your life? Dying is what people fear most…isn’t it?”

        “Well…I’ve never actually given anyone order’s before…They wouldn’t listen to me anyway…You see..I’m not the one in charge..” He replied

      “You were lied? Why?” Chidori said feels sad “I don’t understand…”

      “Hey…answer me this was it all just an act?” Junpei questioned “Us, meeting, your wouned, the picture…Were you just setting me up? Now that I think about it, that cut healed pretty quickly…Haha…I see how it is…”

       “That was…” Chidori said about to say something but we manage to get to the roof top quickly

   

        “Junpei!?” Yukari said seeing Junpei being tied up

        “Tch! They back already!?” Chidori surprised

        “*gasp* She’s a persona-user!?” Mitsuru said surprised

        “Let him go now!” I said was about to summon but my body still feels weak

        “Medea, come…” Chidori putting her evoker to her throat

        “Chidori! Stop!” Junpei tackled her causing her to drop her evoker “Senpai! Get her gun!”

        “No! Give it back!” Chidori shouted reaching for her evoker

        “Sorry, but we can’t let you use this.” Akihiko said snatched away her gun

        “Hm!? When did she…!?” Ikutsuki-san said

        Ikutsuki-san arrive to the rooftop, despite being inside the dorm all along, he didn’t seem to have noticed anything until now. Weird…

        “Aigis restrain her.” Mitsuru said ordered Aigis to hold her

        “Understood” Aigis replied

        “Medea!!” Chidori yelled

        “I…I didn’t sense her up until this very moment…This is my only power and yet…” Fuuka said feeling sorry

        “If even Fuuka couldn’t sense her, then she must have some sort of power to conceal her presence…I didn’t have the slightest clue she was here…” Ikutsuki explain

      

        Then Mitsuru started to question her about the new group call Strega.

        “Are you a member of the group that goes by the name Strega? I have a number of questions for you.” Mitsuru said

        “…I’m not…afraid…of dying…” Chidori said mumbling something

        “C-Chidori!” Junpei shouted

        “*gasp* Is..she talking to her persona?” Aria said quietly not letting anyone sees

        “M-Medea…I..” she said fainted

        “Clearly, she’s emotionally unstable. We’ll let her rest and save our question for later.” Mitsuru said

        “Chidori…” Junpei feeling sorry towards her

        

         That girl, is really something. The next day, Aria told me that she hear Medea’s voice. Saying rude things to her. Chidori can speak to her persona like Aria speak to Eithodea.  Mitsuru and Akihiko is put in the hospital and keep her there so they can ask question about Strega. It’s a good thing that we saved Junpei. But me, Aria and Yukari are worried about Junpei. He feels off and sad. I decided to talk to him after I go somewhere that I need to visit. 

 To be continued....