Salmane's Home Alone

With new found strength, Cyril would grip his katana tighter and look at Gabishi with a smile. "Thanks man!" he would all out before holding his hand up above his hand, quickly crushing the card as it went down, bringing the hand back to his katana. Once his Persona would appear behind him, he would again send a gust of wind toward the Shadow. It had to be dying soon. "Cmon! You'll cave eventually!" he shouted. He almost felt eager to rush back in and smash that monster, but careful strategy was needed, and even though he was all better in terms of vitality, he was running out of stamina for his Persona, he had to make these last attacks count.

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After healing up Cyril, it was time for Gabishi to attack the shadow once again. He quickly punched the blue card and Maahes appeared again. Gabishi was sweating all over the part, this was become a long fight but Gabishi can still fight. He look at Maahes that it jumped quickly towards the Shadow to attack her, the Shadow made another two strikes towards the Shadow.

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He had to cool off the attacks, but really his only choice was to use his Persona once more, considering his katana did very poorly, and the wind seemed to be working. He would call forth his Persona to do probably the last blast of wind he would be able to do for a bit. He called down his Persona, this time, making a decisive strike through the card with his sword, however almost missing. Agreeing to never do that again, he would point his sword at the Shadow, as his Persona pointed his finger at the Shadow. "Go, Aurai!" he shouted, a wind blast following him, heading straight to the Shadow.

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Gabishi was getting ready to receive the attack from the Shadow. The Shadow attacked Gabishi with a fire spell, luckily it didn't hurt Gabishi so much. Now the problems was that Gabishi was running out of stamina. He had to keep up if he didn't want to fall down. He decided to heal himself. He called Maahes that heal up Gabishi's wounds. He just hoped that this fight was going to end soon.  

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His grin was returning as he and Gabishi were hitting the Shadow. It was amazing, he was feeling the thrill of battle, and the fact that they were winning. Even when he was knocked backwards a bit by the Shadow's extending hand, and even as blood seem to drip even more of his mouth, he was practically shaking with the intense feeling. "Don't let up man! We got this! Keep fighting!" he shouted a bit hoarsely in an attempt of sorts to boost morale for him and Gabishi. He prayed he was close, and was ready to face her, save Salmane, and help Gabishi. "Cmon! You wanna try that again?!" he would taunt. However despite his taunt, he realized that for the time being, he had no bite to his bark. He couldn't use his Persona, unless he took a few seconds to breath. As much as he wanted to keep going, just charging in would be reckless, stupid, and get him killed. He held himself down on his rational side, and realized the best course of action for now was to hold back and guard. He would put his left knee a bit closer to his right, holding balance, but not too stiffly, lest he would fall if he got hurt. He would also bring his sword in front of his upper body, preparing for any attack that might come his way. "Gabishi! Do what you can! I have to sit back on this one for a bit!" he shouted, starting to open his mouth a bit wider to take in as much air as he could, while preparing for the Shadow's next strike.

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Gabishi ran towards the Shadow since Cyril decided to guard himself. He had to end this or they would be in much big problems, he also didn't wanted Salmane to be here any longer. This place was dangerous especially to the people without a Persona. Once again Gabishi crush the blue card with strong right punch and Maahes made a huge roar. The red robotic lion look at the Shadow with a furious look. Let's finish this!!!! Gabishi yell as Maahes jumped once again towards the Shadow dealing two strikes. Gabishi look at the Shadow hoping that she will die from the last hit.

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After the battle was over and done with, Salmane would step forward. The creatures her friends had displayed had not frightened her, not even at first glance, as if she knew what was going on and understood it fully. She would look towards Cyril; she would smile at him before looking to Gabishi and doing the same. After a moment, her gaze fell on the shadow as she began to walk towards it slowly. “Now that was quite a display of power…” She would slightly laugh before continuing. “Now when I had denied you of being me, I could feel your entire rage spill out, I never pictured myself with that much anger built up.” She would now stop a foot away from where the shadow lay in the ground. She would smile at her copycat “I didn’t deny anything you said, all you said was true. I just didn’t think it was philologically possible for someone to wear my face and know so much about me without being…” She would pause, staring down at her shadow, “Unless they were me… If that is the case, you must be me and I just didn’t see it.” She would reach her hand down to her shadow to help boost her up off the ground.

Salmane would laugh as she saw her shadow turn into her new power. “Persona….” Sati was the one who answered her call, and maybe this call was mad without the girl realizing. This must have been fate, it was no dream, and this was reality. “Thank you guys, if you hadn’t come… I might be deceased. So I thank you. For showing me this new… power…” She would turn and face her friends. Smiling at them, she would pause. What was this feeling, she felt drawn to something, although she couldn’t really tell what it was? Reaching her hand behind her, she would grab the ‘gun’ that her father once owned, staring down at it. This feeling, came from the gun?
 
Without even thinking about it, Salmane would point the evoker to her head, closing her eyes and breathing slowly. A moment passed her before she pulled the trigger, the sound of breaking glass could be heard, and her eyes flying open. There was a blue mist that started to surround her before her Persona Sati appeared in front of her, staring at its owner.  The persona soon disappeared for the second time; Salmane lowered the gun and pushed it back into her pocket, walking towards her friends. “In any case, would either of you like to escort me back to the real world?”

Cyril only watched silently, not wanting to interrupt her moment. This Shadow, something that was part of her, he would leave her to it. When he saw the fiery figure covered in cloth and heat appear before her and then disappearing, he would smile nodding, noticing her mention the word "Persona". He breathed heavily relieved the battle was finally over. "I am just glad you are safe. I am sure Gabishi is too," he said turning his head to him. He didn't know him, but whether he risked his life for her, or the both of them was irrelevant. He still helped save them both. "Thank you Gabishi. You were nothing less than amazing for the fight," he said.

He looked back noticing Salmane had put a metal object to her temple. It was a gun. "Hey wait! Don't!-" he would shout before the gunshot was heard, broken glass akin to his own summoning came next, and her Persona would appear once more looking at her. Can she not summon it the way he can? Come to think of it, has she always had that gun? He didn't ask, but would sometime in the future. He looked at Salmane nodding at her request. "I got it. Gabishi. I can't thank you enough for saving my ass today," he said. He would look at the door leading into Limbo, that went straight into Nokawia, where Salmane's home resided. "I know where this door leads. We will have to explain all this to you another day...ha....ha..." his laughter trailed off. He was worn out, tired. She would join her as he would lead her out of the door and off to her home thanking Gabishi one last time before leaving. He would offer a handshake, and whether he took it or not he would nod and leave

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She would let out a sigh; this was a day she probably won’t forget ever. But something about her new ‘power’ made her think. She knew something about it, although it was hard to think of. What had happened back there, her past, all seemed to remind her of her parents. The memory of her father’s death kept flashing in her head; maybe it was that, something about it made her wonder, what if it wasn’t accidental. What if this gun was still her fathers, but he used it for the same reason she did. Come to think of it, did the gun even hold bullets? She trusted that thing to protect her and that is exactly what she planned to use it for. When thinking about it more and more, she remembered her father had given her that gun, he said ‘Use this to protect yourself, I have no use for it anymore.’
 
The word shadow struck her as well; it felt like she knew everything about this current situation. Shadows, Personas, they weren’t news to her for some reason. Her father’s death was still an image in her head, but it was all fuzzy, it seems he’s asking her for something but she doesn’t know where it is, she’s feeling scared and then he… he was stabbed as much as she can tell, her mother finds something and… That’s all she could get out of it, her stupid mind blocking out the memory of that moment. But she did see her mother point something to her head. Maybe, just maybe, her father was looking for his ‘evoker’ and realized he gave it to Salmane herself. If that was the case, then her father died at the hands of a shadow.
 
Snapping back to reality, Salmane would listen to her friends, Cyril offered to bring her home. She slowly walked towards Cyril a bit, stopping to hug Gabishi and thanking him before hugging Cyril and letting go, He said he would explain everything at a later time, although he didn’t need to, “I don’t really need an explanation, somehow I fully understand this subject, so thank you anyways.” She would follow Cyril to the red door and steep out, looking back at Gabishi and flashing him a smile. She waved a good bye before closing the door. Maybe, this was the start of something great. Either way, she would let her friend escort her home.
 
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