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The punch hit, but it did not went through Mairu's block. Instantaneously, he jumped back and clumsily landed butt. He was slowly losing control of his body, but he was determined to not give up. He quickly got back up and prepared another attack and exactly an attack hit his persona. He felt countless of blade lightly cutting him everywhere and right where his Persona were, a huge gusts of green win engulfed it. It ended soon, though, but the damage wasn't as painful as a bufu. It seems like bufu is his Person'a weakness. He didn't have the time to note down anything on his mind.

Immediately, he stood back up, his left hand holding his right arm. The pain was so intense that he wanted to just faint right here right now and just forget about everything. But he couldn't do that. Something tells him that he can't leave this berserk Persona alone, and Ryuka is not in the condition to fight a berserk Persona. He became berserk once, and he had a feeling that it somehow increased his powers in exchange for his consciousness.

He motioned his hands up and the towering Persona jumped back and did the same motion. Moments later, black clouds were surrounding the arena and lightning were present. He threw his hands down and shouted, "Zio!" where then the Persona followed. A single line of yellow lightning struck right down on the flaming bird, and while it ended quick, it should had seemed to be extremely effective.

Mairu was still standing, albeit the lightning strike took the toll on her. Kayama knows that his previous attack wasn't able to knock her out. He spread out his legs in a readied stance that most martial artists take. He took a deep breath and close his eyes. He concentrated and when he was done, he opened his eyes. "Tarukaja!" The Persona shouted into the air. A small light surrounded Kayama and the Persona. He felt as if his punches were stronger somehow, and taking the bet that it is, he charged.

Both him and his Persona was charging towards their respective opponents. The Persona reached first as it attempted to swung once at the flaming bird. It dodged abruptly as it was still recovering from the Zio attack earlier. His Persona turned and continued its attack shortly. Kayama was then really close to Mairu, and assuming that she will either dodge or try to block his attack, he stopped his movement at the last movement and threw his punch to the right, hoping that it would confuse her and have her jump to the right where his punch would hit directly.

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It was all quite a blur, fear and adrenaline have rather potent effects on the body and the mind. The feeling of being hunted and unsafe was enough to propel Mai through the halls behind her seniors who seemed to be equally uncertain of what exactly was happening in this old abandoned building. Before she knew it they were in a classroom that was for some reason deemed safe, though Mai wasn't convinced of this she felt compelled to simply stay and follow the suit of her seniors.

The Prez and one of the boys she hadn't gotten the name of seemed to have discovered something in the room, an old pocket mirror. The boy was intent on retrieving the small item, and just as Mai was moving up to her feet to check it out as well he shouted out and almost as quickly seemed to just pass out, the Prez quickly falling as well. Though she wanted to scream all that came out was a gasp as she bolted towards the two limp bodies, she however would only make it about half-way through the room, brought to her knees by a ringing pain in her ears and in her head, a garbled voice speaking what sounded like gibberish to her dominated all of her focus as it rang out in her mind.

The gibberish slowly seemed to turn into something that sounded like language, but not one Mai had ever heard. The voice also didn't seem to be something threatening or dangerous, it almost sounded to be pleading with her. Mai shook her head fiercely and the voice began to fade, as did the pain and disorientation. In its place however was the strange feeling that she should go look at the mirror as well. After heaving a deep breath Mai rose to her feet and approached the small mirror, her hand visibly shaking as she reached out to take it. With just a moment's hesitation she fixed her gaze upon the reflective surface, but what stared back at her was most certainly not her. What she saw were flames, but it was more than that, the flames had a shape resembling a large bird of prey. "Wha?..." That was all she could muster before darkness overtook her vision and she fell to the floor unconscious.

She woke with a groan a few moments later, struggling through some lingering pains to move on to her knees. She felt a sharp pain through her head as she looked upon the alien and barren landscape around her, her gaze lingering on the red moon in the otherwise pitch-black sky. After spending several moments collecting herself she finally moved up to her feet and began scanning the area desperately for any sign of the Prez or that other boy. The place was barren, there wasn't a soul in sight... The only thing out of place that she had spotted was a strange blue door in the distance. Lacking much of any other direction she began her way towards the solitary door. It felt like she was walking forever, but she finally arrived at the door and reached out towards the handle, taking hold of it and swinging the door open with no small deal of force.

Her eyes shut instinctively as a bright light enveloped her vision, but as the light faded and her vision returned she found herself in some sort of arena. At this point she didn't even bat an eye at the odd transition, considering everything else that happened this day. Immediately the presence of a large blue wolf caught her attention, the wolf however seemed to be preoccupied with something else... That something else being the Prez, standing over the unconscious body of the boy from before. "Wha... What's going on here?!" She wasn't sure Ryuka would have any answers for her but she had to ask. She felt her hands ball into fists, she wanted to feel relieved at finding them but all she felt was... Angry, confused, upset. Why were they here? Was this the President's plan all along? "Tell me! Why did you drag us here?!" As she shouted and seethed an incredibly hot and dry gust of wind poured through the arena. Her usual cold blue eyes were usurped by a burning red as the fiery form of her Phoenix burst into existence behind her.

The Phoenix let out a loud screech as Mai raised her hand to point at Ryuka, "I'm going to make you pay for this! I won't let you get away with all this selfishness! AGI!" As the strange word left her mouth flames billowed forth from Phoenix' mouth towards Ryuka.

         The PA system went off, signalling to be silent. The voice came on soon, the voice of the principal as he spoke. "All Teachers please stop your classes and come to the faculty for an emergency meeting. All students, please remain in your seats and wait for further instructions." There was a pause before the message repeated clear once again. The PA let out another ding noise to signal the end of the announcement. All teachers filed out of their classrooms, reminding students to wait quietly and patiently until they came back.

The only teacher that did not leave was the class teacher for 3-A. Mainly because the teacher didn't show up for the homeroom. Students then began talking once all the teachers were out of the classroom. Rumors began floating around, about how the teacher of 3-A had passed away because of the new disease that was going on. At 8:30, the student news came on. Along with the daily announcements, the student reporter read a message from the Student president.

"Attention all seniors and student council members! Please remember our special event this Friday! Along with our event,there will be spooky stories tell, so please report to the tree boundary by 8 PM! All Club leaders, Student Council, are required to go! Thank you!"


With the last announcement said, the ending played out the daily show. It was 8:45 AM when the PA came alive once again. "Students, please report back to your dorms. Due to an emergency, School will be started next week monday along with the orientation . We are sorry for the delay." The message played once more, and students all but cheered. They quickly filed out, heading back to their dorms.