Persona: Unforgotten Sacrifices

I do not own the Persona series, nor any of its characters and/or places depicted in this store. Any relationship to real life is purely coincidencial. This is a work of fiction.

Author's note: Hellow everyone once again. I, and other readers found my previous versión of this same store to be rather… you know, badly written. I apologize for that. I'm going to redo the story. It will not be the same as the previous. Characters and places will stay the same, however the story will change.

Chapter 1: And so it begins…

Thursday, March 31st

It had been a long trip. Karosu Midori had come all the way from the USA to Japan as an exchange student. The flight had been delayed uncountable times, and it was practically midnight in Japan.

''So where are you from?'' said the driver of the Taxi. Karosu decided to take a taxi instead of the monorail towards his dorm, since the monorail had to make four stops before arriving at his. ''I'm from America.'' Said Karosu, looking out the window. It was a bumpy ride.

''The US, huh?'' said the taxi driver, who had a rather raspy voice. Karosu was looking at his reflection in the taxi's window, wondering if he'd fit in… he was quite nervous.

He had orange hair, shaved at all sides except the top, where his hair was longer than the sides. The front part of his hair was the longest, nearly covering his right eye. His eyes were a mix of brown and green, and he had received many compliments for his eyes throughout his life.

''So what school are you going to?'' said the taxi driver, as he turned left. ''Ummm…Ge…Gou…'' Karosu was struggling to remember the name of the school. ''Gekushu High?'' said the taxi driver, grinning. ''Yeah, that's it.'' Replied Karosu, not looking away from the window.

''Well, here we are. Gekushu High's dorm. Welcome to Tenshi.'' Said the taxi driver, looking back with a smile, welcoming Karosu to the city. ''By the way, let me tell you about how to get to school, just in case you get lost tomorrow.'' Said the taxi driver, with a serious face. Karosu accepted his offer.

''Well, first you gotta go to Ressha Station, not so far from here. See, Tenshi is componed of three man-made islands. It used to be one island years ago, but as you can see that has changed. Anyways, we're in the far-left island, you wanna go to the middle island. After arriving at the middle island, you just look up, and the highest building you can find, that's Gekushu High. You can't miss it.'' Explained the driver, with the help of a map.

''Here, keep the map.'' Said the man, as he gave Karosu the map. ''Alright, thanks.'' Replied Karosu. He tipped the man and after saying goodbye, headed over to the dorm.

He knocked on the door a few times, but nobody seemed to open it. After a loose sigh, Karosu brought out his own key and unlocked the door. As he walked inside, he saw it was completely dark. He searched around for a switch, until he eventually turned on the lights.

''Everyone must be sleeping…'' he whispered to himself. ''Well, it is pretty late...'' he continued. He approached the lobby, and took a look at a small clipboard that was set on top. On it were the names of the residents of the dorm, along with their room number. Karosu searched around for his name, eventually finding it.

''Alright then… room 201.'' Thought Karosu to himself, walking up the stairs. He unlocked his room, and locked it venid him again. After stretching a bit, he changed into his pajamas and hopped into bed. ''I'm beat…'' said Karosu, looking at the ceiling.

He didn't last a minute awake, and was sleeping like a log in a matter of seconds…

''Welcome to the Velvet Room…'' said a voice, that seemed to be rather close to Karosu. He immediately opened his eyes and found himself to be… not in his room. It was a velvet-colored room, and he was sitting on a chair. In front of him, separated by a coffee table, was a man wearing a butler outfit. But what was most amusing about him was the length of his nose.

Standing next to this man, was a woman standing. She was tall, and wore purple, like the room itself. She wore a mini-skirt and had long blonde hair as well as reading glasses.

''My name is Igor… It has indeed been a long time since I last received a guest…'' said Igor, in an eerie voice. For some reason, Karosu felt at peace, and found himself practically unable to say a word. ''This my assistant, Rose.'' Said Igor, obvious referring to the woman. Rose didn't say a word, and her eyes seemed as if about to cry.

Set on the coffee table was what seemed to be a contract. ''But, the reason I summoned you here is not for a friendly reunion… The true reason for why I have called for you is so that you sign this contract.'' Explained Igor. Karosu picked up the paper, and began reading it.

''I hereby swear to assume full responsibility for my actions.''

Below the paper was a blank space, as if it were for Karosu to sign his name. Igor hended Karosu an elegant-looking pen, so that he could sign the contract.

''I don't understand…'' whispered Karosu. ''You don't have to worry, for now. All you are doing by signing this contract is to assume full responsibility for your actions. It's simple.'' Said Igor, smiling. Rose seemed uneasy.

After thinking for a moment, Karosu signed the contract, handing it to Igor. ''Ah… Thank you.'' Said Igor. ''I'm afraid it's almost time to wake up in your world… So next time we meet, you will understand my purpose.'' Said Igor. ''Farewell.'' He finally said, as everything turned white.

Suddenly, all that was heard was the sound of an alarm clock… He then stood up and scratched his hair a bit. ''What a weird dream…''

Friday, April 1st

Karosu followed the directions given to him by the driver, and sure enough, he was at school. He looked at everyone's uniform, and noticed how everyone had modified it to fit their personalities. He hadn't done much to his, which made him feel rather embarrassed.

All he wore was the basic dark-blue coat over a light-blue buttoned shirt. He wore black plants along with black dress-shoes.

He was worried. He still hadn't met anyone from the dorm nor the school, so it was a pretty lonely first day. As he entered the school, he found lots of people talking. ''So did ya hear? There's a new kid coming in today.'' Said a voice from afar. ''Oh yeah, I heard. He's a junior, right?'' replied the other voice. He also looked around to find teachers talking.

''Aw, man… what a way to start off the school year…'' said one of the teachers, looking sad. ''Really now? What happened?'' replied the second teacher, taking a sip of some coffee. ''My boyfriend left me yesterday night… By the phone. Pathetic. I'm never going out with a man ever again.'' She explained. ''Really?'' replied the other teacher, with a hint of sarcasm and a look of disbelief.

Karosu approached them, and waited seconds until he was noticed. ''Oh! You're Karosu, right?'' the first teacher said, approaching him. The other teacher eventually left. ''Well, first of all, welcome to Gekushu High. My name is Chiyoko Kazuko, and I'm going to be your homeroom teacher.'' As he spoke, she looked at a clipboard that she seemed to be holding in her hand.

''And according to this, you'll be in class 1-A. Class is about to start, so you should head there right now and pick a seat before the good ones are taken.'' She said as she laughed. Karosu nodded, and walked off between the big croad of students towards his class.

He picked out the middle seat in the third row, and sat there as the other students were whispering about him. Karosu felt uneasy, but somewhat special at the same time. Then, the teacher walked in and everyone went to their seats. ''Alright, everyone. Welcome to a new schoolyear. Boy, you guys are juniors already. I already know most of you, but those of you who don't know me, I'm Chiyoko Kazuko and I teach Physics and Chemistry.'' She explained, trying to smile.

''By the way, this year we have a new student who comes from the US.'' She continued. As she said this, the whole class started whispering and ''Wows!'' and ''Woahs!'' could be heard around the classroom. ''Alright, calm down everyone. You can ask him about America after class. For now, we're going to do one of my favorite back-to-school games!'' said the teacher, smiling.

''Alright, so everyone writes down their name, writes a bit about themselves and comes over here to read it out loud, so that we all get to know each other.'' Explained the teacher.

It was a rather boeing game, but Karosu tried to remember everyone's name. They barely did anytything important that day, and before he knew it, class was over. As usual, he walked out of school alone, and headed for Ressha Station. He casually boarded the monorail, and as he looked around to pick a seat, someone talked to him.

''Yo, you're in class 1-A, right?'' said a guy's voice. Karosu looked down, to find a boy wearing his same uniform sitting down. He was a dyed blonde, and wore a beanie. He had bangs covering his right eye, and had brown eyes.

He had modified his uniform as well. He wore his jacket sleeves rolled up, and the top buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned. He also wore various niquelases. ''Yeah…'' Karosu replied to the guy's initial question.

''Here, take a seat.'' He said, moving towards the window, making space for Karosu. Karosu sat down next to him. ''My name's Yoshio.'' He said with a smile. ''I'm Karosu.'' He replied. Karosu was rather shy. ''Man, you shouldn't be shy. I saw you walk all alone this morning and felt kinda sorry for ya.'' Explained Yoshio. Karosu was looking down at the ground as the monorail began moving.

''Hey, I'm also kinda new. I tranferred in this school in the middle of last year, and I was sorta like you. By the way, are you really from America?'' asked Yoshio. Karosu nodded, and looked at him. ''That's so cool, dude! Everyone was talking about you, and rumors have already started. Everyone's saying you're a CIA agent or some other crap…'' said Yoshio, laughing. ''But nobody takes those kind of rumors seriously, so don't worry about it. Anyways, how you liking Tenshi, man?'' said Yoshio. Karosu shrugged with a smile. ''Dude, I'd give you a tour today but… I've already decided to meet up with some friends, so it'll have to wait 'til tomorrow, alright?'' explained Yoshio.

Karosu nodded, accepting his offer. ''Okay then, tomorrow I'll show you 'round, and show you how we do things here at Tenshi, haha.'' Said Yoshio, grinning.

The train suddenly stopped. ''Alright dude, see ya.'' Said Yoshio, as Karosu got off on his stop.

He walked towards the dorm, and as he unlocked the door, found only one person sitting in the dorm…