DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Persona series or other characters from their respective franchises. They are owned by their respective owners. Also, the OCs that appeared in this story are belonged by their respective owners.
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Hello again, readers.
Welcome to my first story of the Shin Megami Tensei series. Well, technically the second.
You see, this is actually the reboot of my previous Persona fic with the same title. The story remains the same, but to those who are new to the fic, it's basically based on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, but with mixture of Original Characters owned by different authors and canon characters from different series.
The main characters will be seven Original Characters and seven Canon Characters.
Like my previous fic, I opened the OC submission for authors to have their OCs star in the story. However, the submission is now closed.
For this chapter, it's merely an introduction chapter so not much characters are introduced here.
So without further ado, let's get it start it!
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Time never waits.
It delivers all equally to the same end.
You, who wish to safeguard the future,
however limited it may be...
You will be given a year...
Go forth without falter, with your heart as your guide...
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{Persona}
-New Revelations-
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Prologue: Contract
It is late at night.
You may think it's very dark, but not for a certain city. The lights from lampposts, the buildings, and traffic prevent it from being too dark.
That is where our story begins.
Even at such late hour, the city is quite crowded.
Countless people roam around the streets and cars race across the roads. Many of them are coming out from malls since it's closing time though some stay outside the buildings. Other people hang out at other streets, mainly back alleys and suburban areas.
At the local train station, a young silver-haired boy in a yellow T-Shirt with gray linings and gray short shoes exits from a bullet train. Other than his clothing, he wears a pair of sport shoes and a short gray scarf around his neck. He also carries a bag around his back and a luggage in hand. Lastly and not least, he wears an analogue watch on his left wrist.
The silver-haired boy pulls out a small map from his pocket as he makes his way across the train station into the big city.
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In an unknown location...
A girl with a medium length brown hair in a school uniform is panting heavily. She is in her room leaning against a wall with a tensed expression. What's surprising is the thing she's holding in her hand... A gun.
The girl suddenly lifts the gun and aims it directly at her forehead, seemingly wanting to commit suicide. She closes her eyes preparing to pull the trigger with her index finger though she is hesitated to do so. Her finger slowly moves.
Before the brown-haired girl can pull the trigger, her other hand suddenly raises and pulls down her hand. Shortly afterwards, she drops the gun. The girl drops on her knees as she sighs out of relief.
The brown-haired girl then turns her attention to the gun on the floor. "I... I can't do it..." she whispers to herself as she picks the gun up and puts the weapon onto her pocket.
Suddenly, someone enters the girl's door.
"I need you to do something for me."
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The boy's destination leads him throughout the city until he reaches a suburban street, where it is much quieter than the rest. Not to mention, it's less crowded.
As soon as the boy passes the middle of the suburbs, his watch reaches midnight. From that very moment, the lights in the street and the houses around the boy suddenly go out.
"Huh?"
The boy immediately notices, not just the sudden light out, but the environment around him. The sky and the third quarter moon turn shades of green. While the boy is disturbed by the sudden changes, he's unaware that the people he passed by have transformed into coffins.
He doesn't turn around to inspect the phenomena. Instead, he moves forward to his destination.
In fact, he's getting closer according to the map.
It takes a few minutes to reach his destination. There he is, the boy stands in front of a large gate. Beyond it lies an incredibly large campus; an academy to be exact. This place is known as... Marahara Academy.
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Strangely enough, there are no guards stationed in front of the gate. That leaves the boy wonder the guards' whereabouts.
Placing both his luggage and bag on the ground, the boy inspects the gate. It is locked up tight. There's no way he can get in without someone like a staff member to unlock it. By looking at various buildings beyond the gate, he notice that the lights are also out similar in the streets.
All the sudden, the boy feels a presence behind. A shadowy figure stands right behind the silver-haired boy not too far. Quick to react, the boy bravely turns around with his hands up close his face, preparing to defend whatever is behind him.
Nothing is there.
The boy is quite surprised, especially the presence suddenly vanished. What was it, he thought.
He decides to turn around facing back at the gate.
"You're late."
The boy jumps when he finds someone standing in front of the gate, staring down at the former. "I've been waiting a long time for you," The figure appears to be a small boy with short black hair, carrying a red notebook in his hands. Hey may appear as an ordinary boy in the eyes of a man, but there's one distinct feature that clearly shows he's not human; his eyes have no pupils.
"No need to be alert," the little boy smiles prompting silver-haired to calm down.
"Now if you want to proceed, please sign your name there," the notebook suddenly disappears from the little boy's hands as it appears in front of the silver-haired. The red notebook is levitated in midair air.
"Contract?" the silver-haired boy asks.
"Don't worry, all it says is that you'll accept full responsibility for your actions. You know, the usual stuff," the small boy said to the silver-haired.
The silver-haired boy is quite disturbed by the mysterious figure. Not to mention, he is suspicious with the so-called 'contract.' Eventually, he decides to play along. He takes out a pen from his bag and writes his name on the red notebook...
Kyros Tazanuki
That's his name...
After writing his name on the page, the notebook suddenly disappears right before his eyes. He soon notices that the notebook has returned to the small boy's hands.
"No one can escape time. It delivers us all to the same end," the little boy still has the disturbing smile written on his face, "You can't plug your ears and cover your eyes." Suddenly, darkness begin to appear behind the little boy as it slowly envelops his body but his right hand.
The mysterious boy raises his hand and directs it at the silver-haired boy, Kyros. The former disappears, but not before saying the following.
"And so it begins..."
Kyros stares blankly, not so sure of the event that has just happened. From that moment, the sky turns dark once again and the lights are back.
The silver-haired boy is befuddled upon seeing his surroundings revert to normal.
"Hey, you there!" a voice suddenly shouts. Kyros turns to the front and finds a security guard, who appears in his late twenties, approaching the gate. "Is your name Kyros Tazanuki?" the guard asks.
"Yeah, that's me," the silver-haired boy answers.
"Ah, good. Glad you made it," the guard said as he unlocks the gate.
"Sorry if you've been outside for too long. Our boss just called us and he told us to watch out for a new student," the guard tells Kyros.
Once the gate opens, the guard allows Kyros to enter with his bag and luggage.
Kyros takes the time to look at the huge place in awe. There are four buildings surrounding a single building that is a bit larger than the said buildings. Beyond the five buildings is a small district. For an academy, this is surprisingly a huge place.
The guard then tells Kyros that the four buildings surrounding the center building are actually the dorms: West, East, North, and South. The center building is none other than the school building.
If it's this big, who knows how many students, teachers, and staff members are in the academy.
The guard soon notices a girl approaching the gate. Even though it's quite dark, the lamppost lightens the area a bit. Once the girl is in clear view, the guard is able to recognized her, both her face and her appearance. In terms of appearance, she is quite normal and not so special. People tend to call her plain, but that's something she dislikes the most.
"Is he the new student?" the girl asks the guard as she points at Kyros, who in turn, looks at her.
"That's right," the young security guard replies.
"Uuhh... Hi," Kyros waves his hand at the girl, "My name is Kyros Tazanuki. You are?"
The girl smiles.
"Kurumi," She reaches out her hand prompting Kyros to shake hands, "Kurumi Momose. Welcome to Marahara Academy."
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End of Chapter
A/N: That's the end of the prologue. Hope you enjoy it. Sorry if the prologue is quite short, but the next chapter will be even longer as we'll be introduced to various characters that appear in this fic. Not to mention, some of the main characters.
So far, the characters that make their debut in this chapter are:
- Kyros Tazanuki, my OC
- Kurumi Momose, a character from the manga series, Pani Poni
So until then, see you next time!
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Preview
I am a new student of Marahara Academy and the first semester is about to begin.
Quite an interesting one, I must say. The students, the teachers... They're all pretty interesting.
What I don't know is the strange phenomena surrounding the academy and the city. The secrets that await me to discover them.
Next chapter: Welcome to Marahara Academy.