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Not only was Nix hating this tournament but all of these invisible walls as well. They seemed to block her path at random, making her unable to avoid them and having to run face first into them. It was hard enough walking through these confusing hallways in the condition she was in. Patches of frost were on her skin and clothes, bruises and many cuts could be seen as well. She barely won in the fight against Chie so it was obvious that she was in bad shape. 'I have to keep going.. I need to find the others and make sure they're okay. Though I don't know if I can win this next fight..' The snow haired girl thought as she finally reached a room without hitting a wall.

Nix glanced around at what seemed like a music room but very different from the one at the real Yasogami high. "The layout of this school is nowhere near close to the real one.. I hope we get out of here soon. Before I have to fight again I should patch myself up a bit." A warm feeling washed over the girl after she summoned her Persona, some of her minor wounds healing and the frost fading. Though she was still very much in pain and a bit tired, at least she wouldn't bleed to death or anything like that. "Maybe I'll get lucky and my next opponent is just as beaten up as I am.."

Hearing the door open again made Nix jump and turn to see who it was. Her heart ached again when she saw it was yet another team mate, and Minori no less. 'Why did it have to be Minori?.. I'm still in bad shape from the last fight and how can I bring myself to hurt her? She helped me when..' The girl shook the thought from her head after hearing the blond speak to her, forcing a small smile on her face. "Fight them?.. Unfortunately I had no choice. I've seen Genji and Chie so far and I'm hoping that I can find the others as well so I can tell them that this General Teddie is a fake. The real Teddie has to be around here somewhere."

The snow haired girl stopped when she saw that her friend wasn't in perfect shape herself. "I guess we can say we're alright but not in the greatest shape huh?.. Heh.. I barely won again Chie even though I think it was an accident. But who else is in here? I thought we were the only ones who could enter the TV."

When Minori didn't answer Nix when she asked who the other people inside the TV she got concerned. That same feeling came up again where things just didn't feel right. Her friend had this look in her eyes, something she was never able to picture before. "Minori, are you-" "Oh you pitiful thing.." Wait.. What? That was something the girl didn't see coming and it only got worse from there. "Mistreated all your life when you moved here to Inaba.. Beaten and knocked around, being too weak to do anything about it. Truly we all pitied you. That's why we became your friends, merely out of pity."

Nix's chest started to hurt as she heard this, they only became her friends out of pity? She shook her head as if that would help her in any way, which it didn't. "That's not true! You don't mean what you say! This isn't the real Min-" "But we never expected you to be a cold blooded b***h. You house exploded in a accident and your adoptive parents died.. At first I thought you were very torn up about it with how you were in a state of shock but.." A cruel smirk came to Minori's lips as she narrowed her eyes.

"You were happy weren't you? Happy they were finally gone and out of your life~.. You know what? I bet you killed them. You finally got enough of a backbone to kill them didn't you!?" Nix's eyes widened, hardly believing what she was hearing. Did Minori really just accuse her of murder? Of being joyful that people died in that accident? Something was very wrong here, she would never say things like that! Minori helped her that day, comforted her in that time of need and was one of the reasons why she was able to get through it. A true friend.

"I'm sorry, Minori.. I truly am. After this is over I pray that we can still be friends. Win or lose I know that you don't mean a single thing you're saying!" As much as Nix knew that it didn't change the fact that those words hurt her deeply.. ".. Blade of Fury." She shattered the card in her hand as her Persona appeared unleashing two attacks upon her friend.

Seeing the gashes caused by the attack bleed out made Nix shudder as guilt settled in her stomach. Minori helped her in a great time of need and here she was attacking her in return? "Heh.. Looks like you're losing your backbone again. Why don't you run on back to your parents~? Oh that's right.. they're dead too." The snowy haired girl's squinted as if in pain as she heard that. Over and over she had to repeat in her head that the real Minori would never say that but all that venom she was spitting out.. Something was terribly wrong here. The blond was sounding like that imitation of her Shadow.

"Why don't you give up? The others don't want you back anyway.." Before Nix had a chance to move the familiar white talismans surrounded her. She recognized these from the fight against Shade Minori and knew what was coming next. A pained scream passed her lips as the light did it's damage to her. Luckily the girl wasn't knocked out instantly but that didn't mean it wasn't a close call. Her breathing was ragged as she physically looked near exhausted. The fight with Chie took a lot out of her and Minori was no push over in a fight herself. This was going to be bad if she couldn't think of something and quick.

"This is bad.. I promised I would help the others. I can't afford to lose yet when.. the others still need help." All Nix could do was pray that her body would hold out long enough to pull this plan off. She summoned her Persona to send a wave of energy at Minori to break what resistances she would have against her element. It was risky but she needed to make her attacks count. 'My legs are getting weak.. That healing spell didn't do much to help but I just need to give it my all.'

Nix stood where she was, not knowing what Minori was going to do next. Was she going to use another Light attack? If it was going to be another Judgement of Light then her chances of winning were very slim. "Is that all you can do? How pathetic." It seemed Minori wasn't going to back down and took a fighting stance as she verbally rubbed salt into her wounds. Was she really going to attack with her weapon? What the blond was saying may have been fake but that spear was completely real.

When Minori rushed towards her, Nix tried to step away. Sadly she wasn't fast enough and pain shot through her whole body as the blade cut into her midsection. Blood gushed out from the wound, falling to the group to forming a small puddle. Quickly the snow haired girl reached up and tightly grabbed the naginata in her hand to stop it from slicing all the way to her shoulder. She winced in pain as her new wound throbbed, still bleeding out. 'This is bad.. Very bad. I'm going to bleed out at this rate.. I have to do something! I made a promise and no matter what, I have to help the others! Minori isn't acting like herself, I have to break whatever spell this is!'

The blue tarot card appeared in Nix's free hand and was crushed as she held out her arm to unleash a powerful bolt of lightning towards Minori. She needed to put some sort of space between them so she could have a chance to heal herself to prevent herself from bleeding to death. Already the girl could feel what strength she had left starting to drain. "I won't.. give up.. as long as I can stay on my feet.. I'll keep going." Though who knows how much longer she could stay on her feet..

Nix did her best, truly she did. It seemed she just wasn't strong enough to go any further. Minori won in the end but luckily it seemed she went back to normal afterwards. They were able to talk about what happened and discovered they both heard different conversations, not that they suspected what they heard was true to begin with. Since only the winners were able to move on in the tournament the girl asked her friend if she could aid the others in her place. Someone needed to continue on in the tournament and ensure the others were okay.

Minori left to go find her next opponent and she prayed that it wasn't another friend she had to fight. Nix had to fight her friends in this so-called Grand Prix. It was a horrible experience that she hoped would never happen again. The girl also hoped that they would still want to be her friend after this was over.. Would they hate her for raising a hand against fellow teammates? "I can't think like that.. We're all friends.. I need to go do what I can. Some of the others must be stuck in rooms."

Nix got to her feet, wincing in pain as she did so, and walked towards the exit. She expected a wall to greet her but surprisingly nothing stopped her this time. "Does this mean we can all move around?.. I should start making my way towards the Gym then. Maybe I'll find the others on my way there.. Hang on everyone.. I'm on my way." After taking a deep breath to try and ignore the pain the snowy haired girl walked out of the Music Room.

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