Auhor's note: I am trying another multi-chapter fic, however I am serious about the completion about this one. I am currently writing chapter 8, so yeah. I actually decided to be smart and write a lot of it already. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this.
Warnings: character death, shounen-ai (boy/boy)
Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 4 or any of the characters mentioned, I only own the angel who has no name and only appears in two chapters.
Souji tried to keep his eyes open. He was in the train, right after he left Inaba. It was night and he was really tired, but he wanted to stay awake until Yosuke had sent the answer for a message he had sent.
I'll probably come back in the summer, so wait for me to arrive with the others, alright?
Souji knew that Yosuke didn't had to reply, the message could be the last one for this night and it was late, Yosuke could be sleeping right now. He yawned and closed his eyes for a bit until he heard and felt something buzz in his hand.
He grinned when he realized it was his cell phone and read the message. His grin only widened and he wondered if he should reply, but the brunette would probably be too tired to answer again.
Suddenly there was a crash and Souji fell forward with a startled scream. His cell phone fell out of his hands and Souji could read the message one last time before his suitcase came clattering down and cracked the screen.
I'll be waiting for you, Partner. So you better come back.
He woke up and immediately closed his eyes again when he saw white, a sharp white, so brightly that it hurt his eyes.
"Come on, wake up," a voice said and Souji slowly opened one eye again. He waited until it focused before he opened his other eye. Before him stood a woman. She had black hair that ended right above her shoulders and she wore a long white dress.
But the thing that drew his attention were the large feathery wings on her back.
"About time," she said when she saw that the boy was wide awake.
"Who are you?" Souji asked. He looked around and saw that he was in a white space. There was nothing else, no birds, not other people, only white.
"I am an angel," the woman answered, "and you died."
Souji stared at her until he finally asked: "what?"
"It's like I said," the angel said and she crossed her arms, "you died in an accident, but you are a guardian angel now."
"I'm sorry, but can you explain this?" Souji asked. He had no idea what was happening and he wanted all the information he could get.
The woman sighed before she said: "listen carefully. You died somehow, in your case an accident, and you arrived here. This is the turning point between earth and heaven. Everybody who knows someone with big problems come here."
"Big problems?" Souji repeated.
"Yes, an example is someone who had almost no luck, like he or she would die immediately because of that bad luck when you're not there to protect them," the angel explained, when Souji nodded she continued: "you can choose to be the guardian angel of that person or you can go straight to heaven."
"A guardian angel?" Souji repeated again. The angel pointed to him after she nodded.
"You have to choose if you want to help that person or go straight to heaven," she said again, but then she raised a finger when Souji wanted to talk, "you can't take this choice lightly though. If you choose to go straight to heaven, you will never be able to help him or her again, but if you choose to be their guardian angel you have to solve their problems and keep them save. That also means that if that person dies in a way that is not natural, you can never return to heaven and have to wander around earth for an eternity."
Souji thought about it. He wasn't selfish enough to let the person suffer, while he was here. On the other hand he wanted to know who needed his help, he didn't want to help someone like Adachi.
"Who is that person?" he asked and the angel looked at him.
"I can't tell you," she simply said. Souji groaned. Well, it was one big gamble then.
He took a deep breath and said: "I want to go back."
The angel smiled and said: "that's a wise decision." She pushed him in a direction. He wanted to tell her that he couldn't go further back, but when he wanted to open his mouth, he fell.
Author's note: I actually read this chapter before I posted it, I am so proud of myself now. Anyway I'll update this thing whenever I want, so yeah. Expect updates whenever you want to expect them!