Author notes: This will be my first fanfiction published so I'll ask you to comment and review about any errors that I may make. This story will be a based (a little) in 'Starting Anew' From Weirdo Level 3 (It's abandoned, so why not?). Anyways, before we start, let me say some things. First, there's no such thing as a OCC Minato, so don't complain about that, because I'll ignore it. Second, don't leave flames (I dont care about them, but even so I'm a newbie at writing, so be nice). That's all, I guess.

Disclaimer: I don't own Persona 3 or To love-ru. They both belong to their respective creators.

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"Hey." Normal Talk

"Hey." Thought

"Hey." Loud Sound

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Prologue

(General POV)

"Finally, I found a way to free you from your duty as the "Great Seal" sealing away Nyx, the Greek Goddess of Night and preventing her from meeting and bringing forth "The Fall" with her husband, Erebus, the Greek God of Darkness, Minato-san. Soon, you will have the chance of have a normal life that you deserve, so don't worry my dear guest, it will be over soon…" thought Elizabeth as she glance up with teary eyes at the large golden double doors that had the statue of a young boy in a crucified position in the center of the door.

That boy was Minato Arisato, a young man user of the wild card. He endured various hardships against shadows in order to protect humanity from the Apathy Syndrome. In his last battle, he fought against Nyx, the Greek Goddess of Night, winning and losing at the same time. He became the "Great Seal" with the help of the Universe Arcana and the bonds that he made with his cherished ones to protect humanity from "The Fall", sealing Nyx until the humans stopped wishing the end.

Elizabeth watched over him every day during the last four years protecting him and the seal from Erebus. It pained her to see his friend, his dear guest to suffer that way, but that only made her more determined to find a way to release him from the Seal. But now, she finally found a way...

Taking a deep breath, Elizabeth closed her eyes and opened the Compendium and extended it in front of her, channeling her power through it.

Soon, tarot cards appeared from the book and started spining in a circle at high speed above her. A golden and silver sphere then appeared in the center of said circle, formed from the bonds that Minato made with his friends and acquaintances and a part of the Elizabeth's power. The sphere shot straight forward and struck the stone statue, shattering it and breaking free the blue haired boy's soul confined within. Elizabeth rushed forward and grabbed hold of his soul, while the golden sphere mended the statue up until the statue was intact again.

Making a waving gesture with her hand, the Velvet Room attendant summoned the body of her guest and slowly inserted the soul back into the body. She then waited for a few moments before she saw Minato take a deep breath, slowly opening his eyes and getting up. Then she hugged his friend, feeling happy that the process was a success.

"Hello, and nice to see you again, Minato-san." said Elizabeth as she smiled at him.

"Y-yeah… Wait a second, if I am here, then the seal is-!" said an alarmed Minato in a strained tone of voice to Elizabeth.

"You don't have to worry about that, Minato. The seal is intact because I've managed to find a way to use all of your strong bonds with your friends, plus a chunk of my power to freed you from your duty." Said Elizabeth calmly to Minato, making him sigh in relief.

"You don't know how much relief gives me hearing you say that…" said Minato relaxing in a seated position. "So, how many time happened while I was sealed?"

"Around 4 years, I think." said Elizabeth while placing a hand in her cheek.

"I see. So now that I'm not a part of the seal, what now? Will I return with my friends?" asked Minato while looking at her in the eyes.

"Unfortunately Minato, you can't. I'm very sorry… However, I can send you to another dimension so you can live your life the way you want." said Elizabeth with a faint sad smile.

"This... is a joke, right...? If that is the case why did you release me...?" said Minato looking downwards, his hopes of seeing his friends crushed.

"Because you are suffering here, I can't bear to see you like that anymore! Your friends can't either!" said Elizabeth with a sad voice.

"I see... Do they know about this? Did you told them about releasing me from the Seal?" asked Minato while looking upwards.

"Yes, I did. They all approved and supported this. Aigis-san was the most skeptical, but she accepted too." answered Elizabeth with a calm voice, putting a hand in his shoulder to calm him.

"So they do... Did they say anything else?" asked Minato to her friend.

"Yeah, they said that you may be too hard-headed to accept this, but they have confidence in that you will do well." said Elizabeth while helping him to get up.

"Heh... I somewhat expected something like that... So, Elizabeth... will I see you again, my friend?" asked Minato while looking at her in the eyes.

"I don't know... But if that's the case, I hope we meet again, my dear guest. And good luck. Here, take this." said Elizabeth with a smile as she handed him the Persona Compendium.

"This is…! Thank you." said Minato. Then the compendium disappeared in a faint white light that enveloped him. Minato hugged her and started walking away slowly. "Well, here we go, I guess..."

Looking at her one last time, he started walking faster. And then, everything went white...

(BREAK)

After regaining consciousness, Minato found himself under a tree in a park. He slowly got up and looked around. Then, a wave of information appeared in his mind telling him about the area where he was. "So, another dimension, huh? It seems that there is no Kirijo Group here and best of all, there's no Dark Hour. That means that I can live normally now. So, Elizabeth did it… I don't know what to feel…"

Patting himself, he found that he was wearing the Gekkouhan School Uniform with his MP3 with him and a black bag. Looking inside the bag, he found some clothes, a black box and the mementos that his friends and acquaintances gave him inside a plastic bag. "Thanks, Elizabeth." Then he checked his wallet, finding half the money he had before being sealed, but that was more than enough for him.

Minato then started to make his way out of the park he was in, until he found something interesting…

(Yui Kotegawa's POV)

Strolling through the park, I'm looking for the group of cats that frequently scour the park for food. Work on the disciplinary committee is very tiring, especially with Yuuki Riko groping every girl she accidentally tries to hold on to when she trips. Seriously, how does someone trip on nothing?

While I was passing by the fountain, I heard meowing behind the trees in front of me.

Excited to see the cats again, I rushed forward only to see an expected sight but with a few key differences. There is a blue-haired boy that I don't recall meeting surrounded by the cats I was looking for.

The boy seems to be at a similar age with the boys of my class, although frail-looking, and is wearing a uniform from a school that I have no knowledge about.

As I was observing him, I unconsciously took a step back. The sound alerted the boy and the cats about my presence. I also noticed he has startlingly gray eyes.

"Are you the one taking care of these cats?"he asked with a blank face.

"Yes… but I'm not their owner." I stated with a wary tone.

"I could tell. They are oddly healthy for a stray." He stated his very accurate observation. After his observation, some of the cats he was stroking came over to my side of the area.

"They also seem to be very attached to you. You must really like cats to be this dedicated to taking care of them." Great, no he knows that I like cats. Good thing that he is not a student of Sainan High or else my reputation as the strict disciplinarian would go downhill.

"Do you like cats as well?" I asked, knowing that my love for cats is pretty much a fact that he recently gained knowledge about.

"Not really." he answered vaguely. I suddenly felt a pang of disappointment. "But I started to like their company after a request of a good friend of mine." He added. I listened intently, interested in learning what his reasons are.

"Back when I last showed her around the area, she noticed a sickly looking cat at the back alley. As much as she wants to help, she cannot because she was very busy. The day after that, she requested that I feed it everyday until the cat is well." He then abruptly stopped, probably trying to gather his thoughts. Then he resumed his story. "I accepted the request, in exchange, I get some useful things for my work. At first, I was annoyed but kept doing it due to the high pay. But afterwards, I started to like it, I was even starting to talk to it like I do with other people." I giggled a bit because the idea of a person like him talking to a cat was very funny and odd.

"But I learned something important that day." He then smiled brightly towards me. "I learned that bonds can come from the most unexpected of situations."

I was just silenced by that bold proclamation, not knowing what to say afterwards. And he suddenly held out his hand.

"Perhaps we could be friends as well. My name is Minato Arisato, and you are?" I looked at his open hand, waiting for my hand to join it.

"Then I am Yui Kotegawa. It's nice to meet you, Arisato-san." I slowly reached out to shake his hand. When I accepted his offer, he made a smile so radiant it could rival the sun.

After that, he looked at the sky as if lost in thought. Then he looked back at me and said "It's getting late now. I better get moving. I hope we meet again, Kotegawa-san."

After he said those words, he turned and went the other way. As I looked at his retreating form, I realized that I talked to a boy without giving in to my hate for the opposite gender, even more, I got a male friend now. My brother can't call me a disciplinarian with androphobia any longer, so that's a nice bonus.

Perhaps this walk was worth more than what it was supposed to be.

(Riko Yuuki's POV)

I wish I wasn't born with this amount of misfortune and bad luck. The entire day was just full of me tripping over nothing. Luckily, I learned how to adjust my sense of balance but that is only possible if I'm very focused. I seriously want some good luck in my life for once. But I guess I can't complain, since I can't really choose what I will get when I was born, now that I think about it. It was currently 5:17 p.m. judging from the time indicated in the alarm clock.

"Onee-chan! Can you go get the groceries? I'm running out of ingredients here." that voice came from my younger sister Mikan who is much more mature than me. As much as I want to say that I'm the older one, I keep remembering that my younger sister was the person doing all the chores in the house.

"Sure!" I answered loudly. If I just sit here, waiting for dinner, I would just feel depressed that I, the older sibling, am useless in the house compared to my sister.

As I moved to my cabinet to change, I looked outside the window, remembering that the weather forecast said that there probably will be heavy rain at night. That means I better bring an umbrella just in case.

(Minato Arisato's POV)

After the accidental meeting and short conversation with Kotegawa-san, I decided to go house-hunting. I never expected there to be a distinct lack of vacant apartments though. After 5 hours of futile searching, it rained all of a sudden. "Just my luck…" I thought while searching for cover from the heavy rain.

I should have paid attention to the clouds more. But then again, the skies were clear just a hour ago so it probably would be futile.

Finding cover under the roof at a bus station, being with wet clothes, I hoped that after a long time in the seal, I would be immune to any sort of cold.

"Are you alright?" someone said all of a sudden.

I looked to the front of the bus station and saw a short brown-haired girl. She was currently wearing a simple but very fitting dress and holding an umbrella and a plastic bag filled with ingredients for cooking.

"I'm fine. You should worry about yourself more, miss, it's already very late at night." I stated. No need to worry someone out of concern.

"No, you're not." I blinked in surprise at that statement. "Your clothes are currently wet from the rain and you might catch a cold at that rate. Do you have any home I could lead you to?"

"None that I know of. I was looking for a apartment, but I had no luck. Then, it started raining." I tell her.

"Then you can come with me to my house to at least dry those clothes of yours before you set out again." It's really good to see that there are still people that are willing to lend a helping hand to a stranger.

"Thanks. I am Minato Arisato. But call me Minato." I smiled at the kind stranger in front of me.

"Then I am Riko Yuuki. And call me Riko as well."

(BREAK)

"Nice house, Riko-san." I commented while we were going inside.

"Thanks, Minato-san." Riko replied after my comment.

"Welcome back, Onee-chan. Oh, who's him? Your boyfriend? teasingly said a younger girl that is holding a ladle.

"Mikan!" Riko blushed and glared at her sister.

"I'm Minato Arisato. Your sister found me in the rain and decided to help me."

"Minato-san, this is Mikan Yuuki, my younger sister." She stated with a proud smile.

"Perhaps you should change your clothes first or else you might catch a cold." The younger sibling observed.

"Crap, the clothes in my bag are wet..." I mentally curse my luck while looking at my bag.

"Right then. I'll get some clothes in dad's old room." Riko-san said and went up the stairs.

"Mhm. I originally readied the bath for onee-chan but you should use it now before you change your clothes."

"Thanks. I'll make sure to repay the two of you for your kindness someday. That's the least I can do." I said.

"Think nothing of it."

(Riko Yuuki's POV)

After gathering the clothes that would hopefully fit Minato-san, I went downstairs and saw that the male is not in the living room. I decided to ask my sister where he went.

"He's in the bath. You should give those clothes to him before he finishes… Oh, and don't fall on top of him." Mikan said with a teasing smile.

"I won't!" I said while going over to the bathroom. Seriously, from whom did Mikan get the teasing aspect of her personality?

Because of me mulling over her words, I forgot to knock and straight up opened the door and saw Minato-san beside the screen, naked save for his boxers, with a confused look on his face.

"Uwaah! I'm so sorry!"I tried to not look but because I was trying to run I didn't see a soap bar "how did that get there?" and tripped very far from my original position. Unfortunately, Mikan's joke came true.

CRASH!

"Onee-chan, what happened-" Mikan came in running but she just gave a flat look at the result of the accident. Perhaps from others point of view, I looked like I am holding down Minato-san. I tried to go to an apology, but when I looked at his face, I saw traces of surprise on his features.

I decided to run away as fast as I could from the bathroom, with fear of what the male will think of me now.

(Minato Arisato's POV)

After the accident in the bathroom, I decided to bath quickly and wear the clothes that Riko gave me. They are a bit loose, but it's better than walking around naked.

When I went back to the living room, I saw Riko with an air of gloom surrounding her. When she looked up and saw me, she apologized repeatedly for the accident.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. On a similar topic, you must have really awful luck for that to happen." I tried to be as understanding as possible or else she might apologize repeatedly again.

"You don't even know half of it." She groaned. Just then, Mikan looked in the room and when she saw the two of us, she smiled.

"Dinner's ready. You two lovebirds made up already?" she joked with a knowing smirk.

"Mou… It was an accident!" Riko vehemently denied although her blushing face does not help her defend her case. So Mikan has a teasing personality, huh.

Before Mikan could keep teasing the poor girl more, I decided to intervene. "Come on. Let's eat the food before it gets cold."

"Right." I nodded to the grateful look Riko gave me.

Dinner was a silent affair. It was very awkward, I have to admit that. After the meal and saying our thanks, Riko broke the silence.

"So… where do you live?" asked a curious Mikan.

"I don't know." I decided to be vague about it rather than trying to explain about my supernatural circumstances. "That would be a big hassle, and they wouln't believe me either."

"Then where are you going to stay now?" Mikan questioned.

"I'll probably go and find a place to live in after getting a steady source of income." The siblings took a look at one another and nodded.

"You could stay with the two of us." She smiled reassuringly.

"Aren't your parents going to worry about a strange and more importantly, a man's presence with you two?" At those words, Riko's face became horrified. "I knew it."

"Crap! Didn't dad say that mom is coming to visit soon?" At the moment Riko said those words, Mikan's face became ashen gray. And then there was the sound of the main door opening which made Riko panic. "Yep, I knew it."

"Oh no! I better-" Riko ran frantically which resulted in her tripping and tried to use the nearest standing object to keep her up. And that object is me.

CRASH!

"RIko. Mikan. We're back-" a woman with sunglasses at the top of her head and has striking similarities to her two daughters never finished her announcement because of the sight in front of her.

"Ringo, what's the matter?" a male voice on the hallway said and then a black-haired man with a headband peeked into the dining room and was also frozen cold at what he saw.

The sight was basically Riko lying on top of me with her hand holding my lower region. Riko moved away quickly and tried to defuse the situation before the damage was dealt.

"Wait! I can explain!" Riko shouted while waving her arms frantically.

"Oh my. It seems we are going to be grandparents now, Saibai." The woman named Ringo stated quite calmly but her husband, was very much not so.

"Riko! Don't worry! I'm going to get contraceptives right now!" The man Saibai announced with metaphorical fire in his eyes.

"Dad! Stop it! You are embarrassing me!" Riko said while trying to stop her dad in going out and buying protection. She is looking at me with pleading eyes. However, if I do anything right now, I would only succeed in making the situation even worse.

"I'm sorry." I mouthed those words to her. She frowned a bit but she pulled with newfound determination.

"Dad! I AM NOT PREGNANT!" She declared loudly.

"It never hurts to be safe!" Her dad said while trying to get through the front door.

"This is going to be one long night, isn't it?" I thought while looking at them.

(BREAK)

After the disastrous misunderstandings in the Yuuki household which was somehow stopped by Mikan and her mom, we all sat down at the living room, drinking the tea Mikan prepared for us.

"And that's basically what happened." Riko concluded after explaining how I ended up here. She is also twirling her short hair, which is a basic sign of nervousness.

Their father nodded and turned his head to look at me. "So, what's your story?" I sighed at that. "There's no way out of this, is there?"

I sighed again. I told them of my story back home, save for the supernatural parts. Unless there is any real threat, I won't be able to use them anyways. When I looked up from my recollection of memories, I saw the family, except Ringo, having traces of tears in their eyes.

"Sniff… to think that you were a boy with severe loyalty to his friends. To the point that he would give away everything he owns. You ran away, didn't you? So that they won't try to give back your belongings." Saibai stated with tears. How did my explanation ended up with that conclusion?

As much as I want to retort and take back what I said, the older man suddenly holds my hands in front of me and passionately said "Don't worry. In here, you won't have to suffer any longer."

"Well, I guess that means you can start living in our home." Ringo said and nodded. I looked at the siblings to refuse but they are looking at me with determined eyes and nodded.

"After all that, I can't really say no, can't I?" I said and then sighed. The siblings nodded once again with smiles on their face. Their mother nodded as well.

She then dropped a bomb that even I never expected. "But use protection if you're going to do the deed with either of the two. I wouldn't want to be a grandma this early." I could feel my face go pale at the realization of what she was saying.

I looked at what their father has to say about that statement but I only saw a sight that made me drop my stoic façade. "Sniff… They're growing up so fast. You know, Ringo, I'm proud that they found what path they're going to take."

"Dad!" The Yuuki siblings reacted vehemently to their father's remark.

While I was watching the growing chaos, I can't help but smile. They be a bit odd but I reminded myself that they have the traits of humanity that I sacrificed myself for.

As I looked out the nearby window, I suddenly realized that there is still a problem. How could I get a proper specialized occupation if I haven't finished my education yet?

"You know, since you look like you haven't finished your education yet, let's send you to school as well." Ringo casually said.

"Then he can go to my school, it's not as if there's any other high schools here anyways." Riko suggested. That sounds nice. I know that Mitsuru would berate me if I didn't finish my education.

"But how is he going to get in? It requires legal papers, right? So how could he do that if he doesn't have any?" Mikan pointed out. "You know, I never really thought about that…"

"Oh that's easy. Just show him to the principal and he'll be accepted." Riko stated with an expressionless face. How is that easy?

"You know, I haven't really met your principal yet but every time you talk about him, the more I feel like I don't want to meet him." Mikan said with a disgusted face. I'm starting to worry about what kind of education system this world has.

"Trust me, you really don't want to. It's not just girls around him he has a liking to, even the guys as well." Riko said with a shiver. As worried as I am right now, at least I actually can complete my education.

"You know, this is not turning out so bad after all." I thought while trying to look the bright side of this situation.

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Thanatos D.E.M out.

Edit April 13: Fixed a grammar error and changed the Release of the Seal part.