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"All right... Sekai no Kami." Rednal murmured, focusing his thoughts. He still wasn't very used to this, and the time he took to break his card and summon his Persona was a little longer than it was for the more experienced people around. Which was almost everybody, of course. "Black Viper." he lunged forward with the extremely powerful Almighty-element attack, one of his two real offensive powers to date. This was something he had learned. There wasn't much defending able to be done against that particular attack, and he didn't know if the thing was resistant to fire. Hence going the safe route and unleashing something he was fairly certain would work. Unfortunately, it was a fairly draining power, and this fake wasn't quite like everything else he'd fought so far... it was more... durable. Rednal was fairly confident that he could take down almost any normal Shadow one-on-one, but he was a very practical person. There was a whole team of people here fighting, and there was no need to try to do everything himself. He'd just trust them to do their part... as he intended to live up to their trust that he do his.

"Why do you try to stop me? It is useless." the shadow spoke, as the wind attack came its way. It hit, though, the shadow just flinched. It will take more than that to finish it off. Then, the physical attack came, causing little damage. The one attacking seemed tired, and moved slower than the rest.
Recieving two attacks on a row, the shadow couldn't let one more to hit. So, as the almighty spell came its way, the shadow moved swiftly away from the attack's range.
The shadow moved the sphere it held in its hands, preparing for the counterattack. It stretched its arms, the crystal sphere hovering just above the shadow's fingers. The spell raised the shadow's aim and evade, making it faster.
As the physical attack came its way, it tried moving away, but God's Hand was even faster than the shadow could take. It hit, causing great damage to the shadow, since the attacks were very effective against the girl's shadow. But still, it could still move.
Once again, the sphere in its hands began moving, but now in a different fashion. It directed towards the girl with black hair, casting Bufudyne against her. Almost as if knowing her weakness. And it was able to, but only in a small extent. As it if was a blurry image.

Chie had turned at first, as the thing attacked Yukiko, but she turned back when given orders. This thing was messing with the wrong people.
Chie bounced a bit in place as she summoned her card, and then broke it, as another hand came crashing down towards the shadow. Given, this one wouldn't be as powerful, but it would still hurt. Especially if Souji's Spell hit as well.

The gem touched the shadow, draining it from any boosts it had obtained a way back. Just then, three more powerful attacks came it's way. Unable to dodge them, the shadow recieved a great amount of damage. Enough to make it crumble to the ground. Giving out a chilling shriek, the shadow returned to its human form.

Just minutes before the battle was over, the girl opened her eyes once more, seeing her 'true self' succumbing to the ground. She turned to look at the investigation team, still not understanding how had they find her...what were this things...how could they fight against it...how could they move in this bizarre world without feeling totally exahusted and being able to see around in this thick fog.
Many many questions ran through her mind, but was snapped back to reality as the other her stood in front of her, her golden eyes piercing her emerald ones. Minori stood weakly, returning the stare. She let out a sigh, taking a quick look at Kazuma, before turning back to her shadow. She didn't know what to say. This thing vented all her darkest thoughts, even when some weren't accurate. "I..." the girl began. How could she ever talk with any of them now that they had seen the little tantrum she had caused?
"I'm sorry..." Minori said to the shadow, lowering her eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't accept this part of me. Because that is what you are. Even though it is hard to accept this..." she paused, gazing at the team. "...there were times when I try controlling your life, Kazuma. I felt angry with myself. Why didn't our parents see that Kazuma was no different than me? He always gave his all, but he was nothing to them. And I... I-" tears began rolling down the girl's eyes. "...I tried to change him, try to make our parents notice him, for me not to feel guilty. But, now I know he's who he is...and I am who I am." she finished, her voice wilthering into a whisper, unable to look up. She really felt ashame...and tired.
The shadow just smiled, as it closed its eyes. A bright light surrounded it, before shifting shape once again. Then, it disappeared, a blue card appearing instead. The girl took it in her hands, listening to what her newly obtained persona was saying. "I'm Moriae...and I'll protect you."
The girl turned to look at the group, bowing down slowly. "Sorry you had to do that much." she muttered, seing at the exhausted team. Some were even covered in blood, clothes tattered. She wondered it her shadow had made so much damage. "And sorry you had to heard that..." she said, her tone even lower. She started walking towards them, really hoping to get out of this place.