Live To Die

By: TheWildFool2011

(I do NOT own Persona 4, nor do I own the characters. And no I do not hate the main character, on the contrary, I love him very much. (Especially when he was in the P4 Animation, hilarious!))

(Another reminder, you guys should really listen to the song Live To Die by Evans Blue. Really good, it gave me this little idea, if the MC were to get shot by Adachi-baby.)

Quote: This Is My End

A shot rang out in the twisted world of Inaba. Souji stood there face to face with Adachi. Smoke came from the barrel of the gun. Souji only stared up at Adachi.

Everything went almost in slow motion as the Investigation Team members watch their leader fall to his side with a dull thud. Adachi fire off again hitting Souji in the side; he laughed manically.

"Partner!" Yosuke yelled out, but his call fell on death ears. Souji coughed up blood and glanced at Kanji, who was behind Adachi about to tackle him to the ground.

Before Kanji could even take Adachi down, he managed to fire another shot. This last bullet grazed Souji's heart, he began to desperately gasp for breath.

"You're gonna pay you bastard!" Kanji broke Adachi's arm, from bending it to far back. Adachi gritted his teeth but stared manically into Souji's dying eyes.

Naoto held her gun to Adachi's head as soon as she made it to where Kanji was. "Senpai! Stay with us! Rise-chan, Yukiko-senpai try to apply pressure to his wound."

Chie stomped on Adachi's back, "You will pay, you damn asshole…" she was burning up with anger.

Yukiko tore a piece of her skirt off and applied pressure to the wound near his neck. Rise slid her way over to Souji's side and put both of her hands on the bullet wound in his chest.

"Sensei, please don't go!" Teddie yelled out as he cried to himself. Yosuke walked over the Souji, "P-partner…? No…no, no, no…this wasn't supposed to-! It can't end this way!"

"Ted, stop shittin' around and make an exit!" Kanji yelled as he bent Adachi's arm further back. Adachi grunted and lashed out only to have Naoto shove his head to the ground, "Be still bastard!" she yelled at him with her gun aimed straight at his head.

Teddie mustered up his feelings enough to make another entry way to return to their ground location. Naoto forcefully yanked Adachi to his feet and pushed him through the TV followed by Kanji and a very fired up Chie.

Yosuke picked Souji up bridal style. Yukiko stood right beside him and continued to apply pressure. Rise and Teddie followed soon after.

"We should appear at the location we normally do when we enter the TV from Junes…" Teddie muttered under his breath. They all came out at the same place they all started at. The exit/entry way to Junes was right there.

Yosuke looked down at Souji, "Don't worry bud, we're gonna get you to safety and you'll be just fine…" they all spilled out on the floor of Junes. Souji's breathing began to slow down and Yosuke hugged him closer to his chest, "Help! Someone get help please!"

Chie watched as Souji bled out, "God dammit! For the love of Christ someone help! We need help!" she yelled to catch someone's attention. A child was nearby who ran to get a grown-up.

"God…" Yosuke muttered to himself. He pulled Souji up closer to himself and rocked back and forth, "You'll be alright. You'll be just fine, I swear…"

A crowd had gather to the back at where the Investigation Team was. Multiple people in the crowd made phone calls to the police. Most stared on at the group. Naoto yank Adachi to his feet. She slapped a pair of handcuffs on him, rather tightly.

"You, Tohru Adachi, are under arrest for the murders of Saki Konishi and announcer Mayumi Yamano." She replied angrily. "Not to also mention assault on a Detective and teenagers with a deadly weapon." Unknowing to her, a blood spot grew larger on the side of her shirt.

She shoved him forcefully against the side of the food stand nearby, "I assume you know your rights? Good now shut up and stay the hell down." She continued to hold the gun against his head.

Kanji pounded the floor with his fist, "Fuck! This is bullshit…complete fuckin' bullshit man…" he looked over at Souji who was struggling to stay alive. He took his jacket off and put all his muscle into applying pressure to Souji's mortal wound.

Souji laughed wearily. "I'm going to…die aren't I…?" he whispered to Yosuke. Yosuke shook his head, "Hell no, I'm not gonna let that shit happen to you partner…" he brushed Souji's hair to the side.

Kanji had overheard his statement and grinded his teeth together. "Shut the hell up! You ain't goin' anywhere Senpai!"

"Make way people!" a group of emergency workers came to rushing through the crowd. The scene before them was grizzly. Most of the Investigation Team was injured but not as bad as Souji.

With a shaky hand Souji touched Yosuke cheek lightly. He smiled sadly, "I'd…never imagine t-this would happen…" he struggled through breaths and coughed up more blood.

Not too long after Souji was rushed off, the came to grab Adachi. Naoto was speaking with the officers as she was being tended to her bullet wound she had taken to the side. Rise buried her face into Naoto's shoulder as she continued to converse with the officers.

The others got checked on also. Chie had refuse to answer any of the cops and muttered curses under her breath. Yukiko cried herself into Kanji's chest. Teddie refused to get checked out saying that he was worried about Souji.

For Yosuke everything was as if a bullet was shot right next to his ear. He heard nothing, not any questions from the cops. Even as he was shook by one of the annoyed cops, he still kept his mind on one thing; Souji.

"Hey! Your Hanamura right? Son of the man who works here, correct?" the aggressive officer asked. Yosuke only stared forward. Another cop tapped the aggressive cops' shoulder.

"He's probably in shock. Just leave him be. Let him get checked out…"

After getting questioned, the other severely injured members of the Investigation Team was rush off. Teddie was part of the few who were rushed away, no matter how much he refused.

"Yo, Yosuke-senpai." Kanji yelled at his older peer, trying to catch his attention. "Me, Rise and Yukiko will be there. Promise…we'll…try to get a ride or somethin'."

The three members who stood outside, watched as Naoto, Chie, Teddie and Yosuke was rushed off to the Hospital. Yukiko continued to cry and Kanji patted her up, "C'mon, now Yukiko-senpai…he'll be alright. They'll all be good and then we can go for another round of that stay at the Amagi Inn…"

Rise stormed over to a lingering cop who was asking civilians question. "Excuse me!" she yelled at the top of her voice. The officer turned to her. "I…we…" she couldn't keep herself composed as she felt her shoulders shake.

"Yo, cop. We need a ride, man. To the hospital. Think you can do that." Kanji demanded as he guided Yukiko over to where Rise and the cop was.

"Well we aren't supposed to-" the cop started off. He was quickly cut when Kanji grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, "W-what are you doing?!"

"Dude, OUR fuckin' friends just got carried off to the damn hospital! You drive your ass up, along with all these other sorry ass cops, just to ask a bunch of clueless civilian's questions?!" Kanji lifted the man off his feet. "Then you just gonna go back to your damn office and fill out damn paper work. YET you can't take a couple 'o teens to go be at their friend's side!"

The struggling cop stopped, once he was put to his feet. He brushed himself off and looked at Kanji. The teen was shaking as he begged. He got down on his hands and knees in front of the cop.

"Please…" Kanji managed to say through a cracked voice. "My friends…they need me…I can't just-"

An officer more familiar with Kanji walked over to see what the commotion was about. "Tatsumi?! Wha-? What in the hell are you doing here…?" the officer asked. He stooped down and tapped the teen on his shoulder.

Kanji didn't budge. Yet he continued to beg. This was a rare site, the great Kanji Tatsumi begging. "Son, c'mon now…get up." The officer held Kanji up to his feet, "Now, I overheard from not too far. You want to see your friends?"

-Inaba Municipal Hospital-

The doctors had started working on trying to save Souji's life immediately. Their second major concern was Naoto, she was falling in and out of consciousness from the blood loss and would not respond to any of the nurses or doctors.

Chie was treated for a sprained wrist and broken ankle, along with a dislocated shoulder. She had not realized this until her adrenaline rush crash when she entered the hospital. Teddie was treated for minor injuries, scrapes and bruises.

Yosuke was treated for a grazed gunshot wound on his shoulder and a few cuts. He waited outside of Naoto's hospital room along with Teddie, who was deeply distressed. It wasn't too long until Chie came limping down the hall.

She sat herself between Yosuke and Teddie. Sighing heavily she laid her head back. "Anything yet?" she questioned worried about Naoto's well-being.

"Nothing." Yosuke replied in a slightly dead manner. All the life had been sucked out of him when he had Souji in his arms dying. "I'm so weak…I couldn't even protect him…"

A strong silence settled between the three, until they saw a familiar threesome run towards them. "Chie!" Yukiko yelled out. Chie stood up and was almost knocked to the floor by her friends' hug. Chie, however, stood strong and held Yukiko close, "It's alright Yukiko. This whole ordeal with that bastard is over…"

"Yosuke-senpai!" Rise grabbed onto Yosuke's shoulder. She shook himself slightly, "Where's Souji-senpai and Naoto-kun?!" he only stared at her with lifeless eyes as if he was dead on the inside.

"Nao-chan is in this room…" Teddie spoke up meekly. He looked straight at the door, "They said, she lost a lot of blood…and she kept falling in and out of consciousness…"

Kanji's eyes widen, "Wha-?! She was fine when they took her!" Teddie shook his head as tears rolled down his face, "She got injured…?" he asked in disbelief. Teddie didn't have to say much or even do much for Kanji to get the point.

Weak in the legs Kanji fell to his knees staring at nothing. Tears rolled down his face, but no sound came from him. He just looked surprised at the whole fact this was the end. This was what they got for chasing Adachi down. Nothing but more death and disappear.

Chie sat down on the bench along with Yukiko. She held her close and continued to comfort her. Rise let go of Yosuke and dropped to Kanji's level. She pulled the delinquent into her tight loving grasp.

The moment had only worsen for the group. None of them were directed to where Souji was, and none knew of his condition. They all felt as if finding the truth lead them straight into darkness.

"The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate... Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope. Yet, the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed. Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are... Death awaits you."~ Nyx; Persona 3