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Hazy Sky

03/20/2012- Afternoon

The fog engulfed everything. Rise was crying, holding Teddie's slashed body in an embrace. The young blond had died protecting his Sensei from a mortal slash dealt by the decaying goddess Izanami. His trademark suit was wasted. Naoto was breathing heavily at her side with a large wound at the leg, having retreated from the battle by her Senpai's order, even thought she also wanted to avenge her fallen friend. She had carried Chie's body that became unconscious after running straight at their enemy in a fit of rage the moment Teddie died.

At the front line, Kanji was badly injured. Yosuke and Yukiko were tired from the long battle. Their leader was the only one that still was in condition to fight the goddess. But he knew that he wasn't going to win like this. They were physically exhausted and emotional unstable after everything.

"Everyone, retreat! We can't beat her like this!" Shouted the leader. Everyone started to retreat, being careful to evade anything she might throw at them.

"Do you really want to retreat after coming here? My true self had been awakened and the mist will engulf the world, bringing the so desired peace for everyone. But I will let you all experience this peace first-handed!!" Said the goddess, using an ancient spell.

"Oho Ikazuchi" Whispered the goddess.

Rise was the closest to the exit. Yosuke was right behind her, carrying Chie. Their leader was helping Yukiko, and behind them was Naoto shouldered by Kanji. The last couple was a little farther and was the target of Izanami. Kanji tried his best to protect Naoto, but the thunders had proven to be too strong to the already weakened petite girl. In a blind rage, Kanji lunged towards the goddess.

"I gonna reap you to shreds, bitch!!!"

"Giving yourself to your emotions is what makes you all weak. Only when one is at peace is that one can bring forth one's true potential. I will show you. Megidoloan."

The three bluish balls united and exploded, leaving no traces of the former delinquent after the bluish flash wore off. Everyone stopped.

"Humanity desires peace. I shall bring peace by protecting all from the horrible Truth. Envelop yourself in lies and you shall find peace. Live by your illusionary world and you shall find peace. Accept your own mortality and you shall find peace. Heed the end's call and you shall find peace."

"That's not true… One can only find peace while one can do something. The comfort that illusions offer is also only an illusion. In order to find peace, we must all strive for the Truth, and reach the end of the path without regrets. Only then one will be able to accept the end and go without regrets, at peace with oneself." Said the Fool who sought for the truth.

"So, you would say that you rather live with the Truth, no matter how harsh the reality is? Then, let's see if you will be able to accept the truth that the one that matters the most to you is only a mortal: Memento mori…"

"Thousand curse."

The atmosphere became heavy as shadow hands began to emerge from the ground. In a desperate attempt, the silver-headed boy pushed Yukiko out of the shadow circle and was grabbed by the hands. Yosuke reached Yukiko's side in time to hear the last order their leader would give: to take Yukiko and run as fast as he could. As he disappeared in the ground, there was a loud scream. Yukiko became desperate, calling out his name. Yosuke grabbed Yukiko's arm and began to drag the girl against her will. Rise was simple standing close to the exit, with a face that clearly showed disbelief. Yosuke passed by her and started to call her. She simple turned to the exit and ran, keeping the same face.

At the entrance of the temple, they stopped to rest. Chie was still unconscious, Yukiko was crying silently and Rise was with a chocked face.

"Teddie…..Naoto-kun....Kanji…Senpai…" She whispered before starting to cry uncontrollable.

Yosuke was still trying to process the fact that half of the team had died in one single battle after they beat all the previous fights. Yukiko was starting to stop crying and got up.

"I'm going back. I'm going there and I'm going to tear that bitch apart!!" Said the girl as she started to slowly walk toward the temple.

"Are you crazy?! That…thing almost killed us all!! You can't go there like that!" Said the Junes boy, standing in her way.

"Get out!! I'm not leaving until I have her head!! If you stay in my way, I will fight you too!!" Shouted the girl, despite being exhausted and close to faint.

"Do you want to throw away the life he gave to you?! Do you think you're the only one who wants that monster dead?! Think! We couldn't defeat her being at full strength with everyone! What do you think you expect to do alone being in this state? For now, we have to do as he said and retreat. We can think about what to do next after we've rested."

Yukiko silenced. She knew he was right. She couldn't die now. She would need to live, to avenge her friends. They paid the fox and treated their wounds. Chie awoke and was shocked by the news. It was hard to convince her of not going back at the temple. After she gave up the idea, Yosuke brought up the unavoidable topic: What they're going to say?

"He was supposed to return tomorrow… Maybe he didn't want to go back to his parents and ran away with the help of Naoto and Kanji?" Proposed Yosuke.

"He died to save your sorry ass and you want to convince everyone that he would leave for such a stupid thing?!" Shouted Yukiko.

"I never said that! I would love to hear a better explanation from you! One that can convince them about how they had disappeared! We can't just come out of nowhere and say that they died fighting a goddess inside a TV, dammit!!" Replied the young boy.

"That's still isn't an excuse to say he left us all just because he didn't wanted to go back to his hometown!! I'm not going to let you say such things of him!!" Screamed Yukiko.

"You two just stop!! At this rate, we won't be able to decide anything! If only I wasn't so weak…I could have…" Spoke Chie, holding back new tears…

"Everyone, behind!! There is a Shadow coming here!!" Shouted Rise.

"You fucking son of a bitch!! Disappear already!! Garudyne!!" Quickly attacked the guy with headphones, killing the straw Shadow.

"Something is wrong. Shadows weren't supposed to get this close of the entrance, or they could…" Spoke Rise, as she realized something.

At this, everyone come to the same conclusion. They all rushed to the outside world, just to find it covered with the mist. They watched horrified has a clerk transformed into a Shadow and rushed towards someone else. They quickly dispatched it and helped the person. Despair started to took them as they decided to call their respective families. The Amagis were fine and had sheltered most of the town's survivors. Among them were Rise's grandmother, Yosuke's father, Ryotaro and Nanako. Unfortunately, Yosuke's mother had died and Chie's parents as well as Kanji's mother were missing. Yosuke said he would check on them at her house and the told the rest to go to the inn and protect the survivors. Reluctantly, Chie joined Yukiko and Rise to the inn while Yosuke hurried to her home.

When he got there, Chie's mother was screaming and her father was bleeding. He got just in time to save them. He took them to the inn and had gone back to check Kanji's house. He had regretted it later, since what he saw wasn't what he wanted to see. She had already passed away. Before heading back to the inn, he heard a scream and found Saki's brother, Naoki, running from a Shadow. He saved him, and they both headed back to the inn.

"I'm not about to commit the same mistake twice…"

After that, the survivors of the Investigation Group explained the situation for everyone. Some days later, outside help came. But to their despair, they were informed that the whole Japan was already in this chaotic state. Since Inaba was crawling with Shadows, they had to flee, leaving the town to another place. The team had been separated from the rest of the survivors. They travelled in another vehicle where they met a red-haired woman called Mitsuru Kirijo. She explained more about Shadows and the Personas, and asked for their help in fighting and research, since they were the only ones with the ability to summon their Persona without any help. They had agreed and joined the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad-SEES.

09/27/2012- Morning

The notice was half-shocking. But it came with a big joy. After 9 months, Yukiko finally gave birth to a baby boy. His legacy. She was young, but she still decided to keep the baby, and received full support from her friends. Her family was reluctant of her pregnancy at first, but decided to help her in the end. He was named Setsuna Amagi. His mother didn't want that her son end up fighting Shadows, but growing up at such world was something unavoidable. Still, she prayed that he will be fine and that the future shines bright to her son. She still hoped that he would return and fix things. After all, he always had saved the day…right?

A/N:…Well? How did it go? This is my first multi-chapter story. Hope it doesn't go too bad… Anyway, thanks for reading and please leave a review, if you have the time.