A building in Shirakawa Boulevard near the Iwatoudai station was receiving quite some attention lately. It was SEES's next operation location. There were people appearing as The Lost in pairs on that location. And on the begining of today's Dark Hour, Fuuka sensed the abnormally strong Shadow in there. As it was a full moon, they were expecting something like that to happen, so they're prepared to fight.

- I sens a powerful Shadow on the 3rd floor. Please head over there immediately! - said Fuuka on their minds as they entered the building. There were coffins in pairs everywere they looked.

There's this distinct smell in the air. Something's wrong. They don't see any Shadows around. It couldn't be so easy, somehow, Minato felt like they have been leading into a trap.

Suddenly they came across a door with many adornments on the third floor. - I sens a large Shadow behind that door! Are you ready?

- We're ready. - said Minato.

Indeed there was a large Shadow inside.

- What the hell?! Of all places! - said Yukari - Let's get this over with!

The battle itself was strangelly easy, the Hierophant Arcana vanished after Akihiko landed the last hit.

- Good job, you guys! - said Fuuka - You succeeded once again. I'll be waiting outside for you.

Yukari went straight to the door - Good, I don't want to spend another minute here. - She pushed the door, but it won't budge. A strong force seemed to be holding it shut.

- Wait... I still sense a Shadow on that room. It's NOT the same one you defeated!

- Well, that would've gone too easy, right? Where is it hiding, Fuuka?

- I don't know, please be carefull.

Uppon closer inpsection, the room was quite fancier then the Hotel itself. It had a king size bed in the shape of a heart and on the other side a mirror, that caught Yukari's attention.

- Hm? Is it just me, or is there something strange about this mirror? - All of a sudden, a bright light eveloped Minato, and he lost consciousness.

All Minato could recall is him sitting in a bed on a room. He could hear someone on the shower.

- What was I...? - It felt like he had to do something important. A voice inside his head speaks.

- Embrace your desire... I am the voice of your inner self... Enjoy the moment... That which cannot be felt is merely a dream... The present is all we have.

- That's not true. - Minato said to himself.

- The future is but a fantasy, memory a fabrication... Let your desire free you from you shackles... Such is my wish...

- I can't give in...

- Pleasure is what you truly want. You stand before the doorway to bliss. You cannot deny your instincts... Embrace your desire...

- No! Now's not the time... - Minato's mind became clear. The voice vanished without saying another word; Minato's thoughts were under control again.

The shower in the bathroom turned off and from the door came out a disoriented Yukari, wearing nothing but a towell.

- ...Uh... What was I... ? - She looked at Minato, then looked at herself and screamed. She was blushing hard and ran into Minato with a slap. After that she ran into the bathroom again.

- Hum... Seems like Yukari's thoughts were being manipulated as well...

- Oh, I can finally reach you! - it was Fuuka. - Can you two hear me?

- I hear you, Fuuka. What's going on?!

- I'm sorry... I couldn't contact you sooner... The Shadow was interfering with your thoughts... And you all got separated. The enemy is still on the same room. Please regroup and hurry there.

- Understood.

- Yukari-chan? Did you hear that?

- Yeah... Yeah... I heard you.

- Did something happen?

- Nothing! - Yukari came out of the bathroom, dressed and still blushing a little. - Come on! Let's go. Oh... If you tell anyone... I'll never forgive you.

They ran outside their room, and Fuuka contacted them again.

- There's a problem. The room on the third floor is shielded. You can't enter unless you destroy the barrier. There's a trick to do so. In four other rooms there's unique mirrors which do not reflect persona users. They need to be destroyed simultaneously.

- Okay, we'll split up then. And you can sync us so all mirrors are destroyed at the same time.

- Understood. Mitsuru and Akihiko are up in the 2nd floor. They'll take care of the mirrors up there.

Minato found his mirror first and had little time to look in it. It was pretty dark, wouldn't reflect anything... Or was this because they were in the Dark Hour? There's no way of knowing it, because after 2 minutes Fuuka synched them up and they destroyed all shield barriers essentially leaving the Shadow open.

Minato and Yukari met up with Mitsuru and Akihiko on the third floor.

- So you guys were on the first floor, huh? I'm surprised there's another Shadow... - said Akihiko - Anyway, are you alright?

- Uh... We're fine... How about you guys? - said Minato.

- W-We're fine! Nothing happened! - answered Mitsuru which was blushing quite hard. Somehow, Minato doubts it.

Uppon entering the room, they saw an enormous heart-shaped Shadow floating above the bed.

- Because of you... I had to come to this disgusting place! Now you'll pay!

The battle like the last one was pretty easy, which was a bit strange by that time.

- You think he went down that easy because he wasn't expecting us to discover his mirror seal? - asked Yukari which lead the group to think if the Shadows weren't also forming a strategy to counter the Persona users.

They were leaving the building, but Minato still felt a strange sensation. Like he was being observed. He looked up the building and though he saw three shadows looking at him. But as soon as he looked they vanquished. Could it be his imagination?





Alroght, this one was finished a month ago, and I had planned 2 for today but I couldn't do it, so...

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