Hey guys! This is my first fanfiction of Persona 3 Portable! 1st chapter is up! please enjoy! (R&R please)

Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 3 and all other properties in it

The Answer to Life

This ordeal, it may be that we brought it upon ourselves.

The fact that the future exist and being able to access it are very different things.

We did not understand such an obvious and natural principle yet.

Indeed, we understood very little.

We know nothing about using the key to open the path to the future.

And yet, we open those doors without knowing the outcome

March 31st 2010, 1:30 PM- 1st floor lounge

It is a day like any other day. But for the members of SEES, this is the last day that they get to spend time with the others. Because the dorms are closing the day after. Everyone is sitting in the lounge, almost everyone.

-ring…ring…-

"…hello?"

"Ah, Yukari-chan! It's me...um…are you coming today…?"

"Oh, uh…didn't you see the message I left on the board? I have cram school today…"

"Yes, I know...but…"

"I left all the stuff at the dorm, so I don't have to actually be there in person right?"

"I suppose not, but…are you okay with that?"

"Yeah…I'm gonna pass. Oh sorry, break's almost over I gotta go. Tell everyone I said hi, okay?"

-closes-

Fuuka closes her phone as well, she sighs. She's been trying to get everyone together today. It seems that not everyone is in the mood. She walks to the sofa where Junpei, Mitsuru, Ken are sitting. Koromaru is there as well, sitting nicely on the floor wagging his tail just like he always does.

"Yukari-chan's not coming after all." She says in a sad tone.

"Sanada-san said he's busy at the gym, so I doubt he'll be here in time either…" Ken informed her as well. "Shinjiro-san's nowhere to be found. I tried his cell but he's not answering so I doubt he'll come." He continued.

"Man, what's up with them? The dorm's closing down today. With all our memories of this place, you'd think they'd want to see it off…right?" Junpei complaints. The three who is absent, Yukari, Akihiko and Shinjiro has been busy doing their own activities. The rest don't see them very often anymore. Koromaru whimpers, he understood the situation as much as Junpei does.

"It can't be helped. They just see things differently. Everyone's started down their chosen path…it's a good thing." Mitsuru replied. She seems as calm as ever, even though there are feelings of uneasiness somewhere.

"…You're right." Fuuka agreed, reluctantly agreed that is.

"I can hardly blame them." Mitsuru continued. "I seem to get busier and busier…if I didn't have to reclaim these, I might not have made it either." Mitsuru looked at the coffee table, she was referring to the SEES equipments: evokers, holsters, armbands...

"So we finally gotta give up our evokers. I hate to let it go, but it's not like I got a use for it anymore." Junpei also looked at the equipments, remembering the times they were at use. "Lessee…two, four…wait, how many are there supposed to be?"

Suddenly, there are footsteps coming from the stairs. Turns out it's Aigis, she is holding an evoker in her hand. She walks to the sofa and placed the evoker on the table.

"Aigis…" Fuuka greets her

"I believe this is all of them." Aigis says, in her usual monotonic voice.

"Huh…? You had one too, Aigis-san?" Ken asked. He didn't recall Aigis had an evoker before, since Aigis doesn't need an evoker to summon her Persona.

"I'd forgotten…you had hers for safekeeping." Mitsuru recalled.

Everyone gasped, they remembered. The original owner of the evoker. A transfer student who first came in May. A girl who smiles as the shining sun. A girl with red hair and ruby eyes that strikes everyone who sees her. A girl that changed each and every one of their lives. A girl they once called leader. Her name is Minako Arisato. They remembered her, and what happened to her. Fuuka, Ken and Junpei are silent, until Junpei broke the pause.

"H-Hey, c'mon…don't get all gloomy again. I don't think that's the way Minako-tan would've wanted to see this end…I'd figured she rather see us being positive than being all sad again."

"I'm sorry…you're right. We all said our goodbye's to her…"Ken apologized. "But I still wonder…why did it happen?" he questioned. "The doctors didn't find anything wrong with her afterward…it just seemed like she fell asleep, didn't it? And the next day she…" Ken stopped, he turned silent.

"She must have used up all her power to protect us…at that last battle."

It all started days before. March 5th 2010, Graduation day. As promised SEES gathered at Gekkoukan High School's rooftop. Minako and Aigis where there first waiting for them. But by the time they got there, Minako collapsed. At first, they thought it was just exhaustion. Exhaustion from the last battle, the last battle with the maternal being: Nyx. She rise when the rest are on the ground. She faced Nyx alone, but came out victorious. Thanks to all the voices of her friends and loved one, Minako was able to defeat Nyx and seal it for eternity. But with that, comes a great cost. They brought her to the hospital where she was left to rest. But the next day, they lost her. There were no disease nor cause, she just left without a warning.

Aigis shook her head. "It's useless to try and guess at the reasons why." she says. "I am certain she didn't blame anybody for what happened. It is Minako-san after all."

"Yeah…Ai-chan's got that right." Junpei agreed. "Hey, but I'm glad to see you're still hangin in there Aigis. Back then, it was like she was all you could think about. We were worried about you y'know." Junpei continued. Aigis looked at Junpei and thought he's right. Since her death, Aigis wasn't her normal self. She was depressed, and couldn't accept the fact that she was gone.

"Yet again, the same goes for everyone. Even I was down in the dumpsters back there." Junpei talks again. "But for some of the guys it's worst. Especially Akihiko-senpai, after all she is his…" he didn't continue, he's afraid that it'll create more depression for the others.

"I know Junpei-san, and I'm…somewhat surprised as well. It's possible that I will not feel the full impact until I am alone tomorrow at the lab." Everyone was confused by what Aigis informed them. What does she mean by the lab?

"Huh? The lab…? Are you planning to commute to school from there next semester?" Fuuka asked her. Only to receive a disturbed answer from Aigis.

"Oh…no, I…"

"Aigis is returning herself to the lab tomorrow. She…won't be enrolled as a senior." Mitsuru explained to them on Aigis' behalf.

"Wait seriously! Why! Can't she stay in school like before?" Junpei is the first one to raise the voice.

"The decision was mine. I'm sorry I didn't mention it sooner…" Aigis explained and apologized. "I enjoyed being with you all, but I need to find my own way of life." she continued. "…Oh but you can come visit me anytime."

"Aigis…"

"Think of it as a new beginning for her." Mitsuru cheered everyone up. "Anyways…we seem to have gotten on the wrong track, but today's not meant to be a sad occasion." "I've ordered excellent sushi for us all. The same as before actually." she claims, and room lit up ( who wouldn't lit up for sushi ). "We may not have been able to get everyone together, but we should all have dinner here tonight."

"Th-That would be great!" Ken agreed.

"You got THAT sushi again! Sweet! No objections here!" Junpei's all excited. Since he only got the "leftovers" the last time SEES had sushi together. "You're gonna join us, right Aigis?"

"Of course. I couldn't miss spending time with you all." Aigis gladly answers. Any time together with SEES is precious to her.

"But hey Mitsuru-senpai, I have to go somewhere today. I need to check up on Chidori. I'll be back before dinner though." Junpei asked Mitsuru. He's afraid he'll receive and execution if he turns out late for dinner.

"Ahaha, course Iori. Take your time but be sure to come back on time."

"Sweet! Well, I'll be off now. Later dudes." Junpei gets up from the sofa to the door and goes out the dorm.

Fuuka gets up as well. "I'll try to inform everyone else as well Mitsuru-senpai, though I won't promise they'll be here."

"Thank you Yamagishi, I appreciate your effort."

"Then I'll be excused as well Mitsuru-san. I'll be in my room if you need me." Ken stands up and walks up the stairs to his room.

"Then I shall excuse myself as well Mitsuru-san." Aigis excuses herself.

"Of course Aigis, I shall be here if you need me."

Aigis walks towards the stairs, then she stops and turns around to Mitsuru.

"Mitsuru-san, may I ask a question?"

"Of course, what is it Aigis?" Mitsuru answered while reading a book.

"It's about the Command room. I think I left something in there. But when I tried opening it, the doors are locked. Why is that Mitsuru-san?"

Mitsuru paused as she was going to turn the page. She had a disturbed look on her face, then she turned to Aigis.

"Well since we don't have any use of the Command room anymore I locked it to reduce cleaning space. Don't worry though, I put all the objects in the Command room in a room on the 3rd floor so try looking in there."

"I see, thank you Mitsuru-san. Then please excuse me."

Aigis saw the look on Mitsuru's face. She is hiding something she thought. But she doesn't want to bother Mitsuru with things she doesn't want to talk about. She walk straight ahead to the 3rd floor trying to guess what is Mitsuru hiding from the rest of the SEES.

So, what do you guys think? I'll try to make it better in the next chapter so please R&R all comment accepted! ^^