She couldn't tear her gaze away from those blank, inhuman, monstrous eyes. She couldn't stop thinking about the way even their Personas hadn't been able to hold them all off, the way they all had screamed..... How was he supposed to face them now, when even her Persona hadn't been able to do anything--when all of them together hadn't been able to do anything? How could she, after.....?
Xikkuyo nodded in understanding, breathing deep to try and steady herself, hands shaking. A few petal fell from the trembling fan to drift down to her feet; a pale blue glow licked at them both, soft and warm and reasuring, accompanied by the faint smell of sakura blossoms. Axel was right..... she could do this. She had to do this. That was what she was here for, what the Organization was here for. Things would be different from now on. She just had to treat this like going into the TV. These things were no worse than normal Shadows.....
.....No. No. They're much worse than normal Shadows. Normal Shadows didn't endanger people who aren't supposed to be in there! They didn't attack ordinary people! It's creatures like these that had endangered Inaba and hurt her friends. Creatures like these--!
"The hell with you!" Maybe she couldn't properly be angry, but she could look it. She could remember it. And once he was over her fear and hesitation, she was over it, completely. She dashed at the Shadow without any of the hesitation a normal civilian ought to have, went on the offensive with a grace and certainty that there really wasn't normally any use for. A flurry of vicious slashes with her fan, far harder than simple feathers ought to be capable of, and the Shadow went up in a burst of flames, leaving behind a haze of smoke and Darkness.
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Xikkuyo nodded in understanding, breathing deep to try and steady herself, hands shaking. A few petal fell from the trembling fan to drift down to her feet; a pale blue glow licked at them both, soft and warm and reasuring, accompanied by the faint smell of sakura blossoms. Axel was right..... she could do this. She had to do this. That was what she was here for, what the Organization was here for. Things would be different from now on. She just had to treat this like going into the TV. These things were no worse than normal Shadows.....
.....No. No. They're much worse than normal Shadows. Normal Shadows didn't endanger people who aren't supposed to be in there! They didn't attack ordinary people! It's creatures like these that had endangered Inaba and hurt her friends. Creatures like these--!
"The hell with you!" Maybe she couldn't properly be angry, but she could look it. She could remember it. And once he was over her fear and hesitation, she was over it, completely. She dashed at the Shadow without any of the hesitation a normal civilian ought to have, went on the offensive with a grace and certainty that there really wasn't normally any use for. A flurry of vicious slashes with her fan, far harder than simple feathers ought to be capable of, and the Shadow went up in a burst of flames, leaving behind a haze of smoke and Darkness.