A/N: I'm currently having trouble with FF, and I don't know why. I had to use coding, just so I can have my stupid author's note written like this. I'm not sure if I used the right codes though... on the bright side, I might find a useful way of making a story mroe interesting if I wrote on code form. Anyways, this story is something outside the walls of P3P. It's close, but not really following the original plot of the game. Some of them might turn out to be OOC, so I'm really sorry about that.

Disclaimer: ATLUS is the rightful owner of the Persona Series and I am but a mere fan who loves playing it and writing the useless fanfics.

4/6

"Iwatodai." The speakers rang when the Arisato siblings had finally reached their destination. The train ride took longer than expected and they had arrived in Iwatodai almost at midnight. They were walking side-by-side, each of them blasting music from their individual earphones, when the clock had struck 12. Everything electronic suddenly stopped working. The two looked around and the atmosphere had drastically changed from normal to creepy.

"My player stopped working." Hamuko muttered pulling the red earphones out from her ears.

"The battery must've died. The same thing happened to mine." Her brother replied and looked around observing the whole area. "Let's just hurry." He suggested and walked ahead of her sister, who had followed suit.

The walk towards their assigned dorm was not pleasant. Coffins were lined up on the street and the moon had an eerily green glow. "Where's everyone?" Hamuko asked after seeing the ghost town.

They kept on walking and apparently arrived at the said building. None of them bothered to knock on the door and decided to just let themselves in. They were greeted by a young boy in jail clothes and made them sign some sort of contract. After mere seconds he disappeared into thin air.

"Who's there!" A girl's voice had shouted out of nowhere. "How did you…?" Shock was scribbled across her face and she moved her hand to a gun just hanging from her skirt.

Minato and Hamuko's senses were on full alert. What the hell was this girl gonna attempt to do anyways?

"Wait!" Another voice had interrupted. Right at that moment the lights turned on and the moon went back to normal.

"-nato… Minato!"

Minato's eyes jolted open and was greeted by his younger sister's unusually red orbs. "We're here." She said before standing up.

He stretched on his seat and remembered his dream. What was that all about? Maybe he'd been watching too many horror movies back at Tokyo. He scratched his head and looked up. He saw the stern eyes of his sister boring holes into him. He stared at the figure of Hamuko in front of him. Her hands were placed firmly on her hips and she was patiently waiting for her brother to stand up. He looked around and saw that they were the only ones left inside the train.

"Let's go." His sister demanded before grabbing hold of his arm. She yanked him out of the train and dragged her across the station.

"I can walk." Minato grumbled and took his arm from his sister. "So where is this, Gekkoukn High Shcool, Iwatodai Dorm anyway?" He asked her while rubbing his sore arm. She may not look like it, but his sister was strong in many ways than none. She is such a tomboy and a girly-girl at the same time or as Minato puts it, she has a screwed up brain. Which was highly unusual for someone who has a one-track mind like hers.

"I have a map here, so calm your nerves." She retorted.

They walked together in silence looking around the atmosphere of the place. It was a beautiful afternoon and the spring breeze was slowly blowing through their faces. Tangling some fine auburn strands on Hamuko's auburn hair. "It's been a long time since we came here, huh?" She said in a soft voice.

Minato nodded in agreement. They never came back here in Iwatodai ever since their parents died in an accident 10 years ago. Believe it or not, their family was well-known, respected and filthy rich. They owned a trading industry and had imported all sorts of goods from Japan. Of course, when their parents died, the top lawyers and executives didn't know on who should take the company temporarily, since both the Arisato children were still very young to run their own franchise.

So how did they solve this problem? They searched for their father's long lost brother and made him run the company. He was doing a great job so far and because he didn't have a family, he concentrated well on his work and the well-being of his nephew and niece.

The decision to go back to Iwatodai was mostly Minato's. His sister wasn't that much up to it as the memories would still give her sleepless nights, but she couldn't just leave his brother alone, so she agreed.

"Ne, Hamuko… do you think…" Minato started but trailed off. His sister stared at her with worried eyes, but said nothing. He just gave her a reassuring smile which she gladly accepted.

The Arisato siblings were two very different people. They have the same features, but would look totally different because of the hair, the eyes and the complexion (A/N: for the people who had played P3P and didn't notice; the female protagonist is much paler than the male protagonist), plus they also act differently. Hamuko was cheery and smiles even when everything is down, while Minato has a tendency to show he did not care even though deep inside he does. His sister is also much capable of making more friends and be closer to people due to her friendly nature. Minato on the other hand, only speaks when needed and stay silent through a whole conversation unless someone asks for his opinion.

"We there yet?" Minato asked.

"Yeah… we're here." Hamuko answered and stopped walking in front of an old building. She approached the nameplate engraved at the side of the door and read it out loud."Gekkoukan High School, Iwatodai Dorm. Yup, this is the dorm mentioned in our admission pamphlet." She said and opened the door.

"Welcome." A lucid voice had greeted them. It belonged to an attractive redhead who was sitting on the couch comfortably with a book in her hand. She stood up and approached the siblings. "You must be the new students transferring from Tokyo High." She said pointing out the obvious.

"Yes. I'm Hamuko Arisato and this is my brother Minato." Hamuko replied pointing a finger towards his brother who had just entered the premises.

"Arisato?" The girl's eyebrows quirked up at the familiarity of the surname. Never the less, she shrugged the thought off and proceeded to introduce herself. "I'm Mitsuru Kirijo."

Minato cocked his eyebrows. 'Kirijo huh? No wonder she had that air of dominance around her… tch' He had thought.

"Uhm, senpai, what time are those new students arri… oh."

All three of them looked towards the direction of the staircase and saw a pretty girl descending from it.

"That is Yukari Takeba. She will take you to your rooms at the 2nd and 3rd floor." The Kirijo heiress introduced.

"Uhm…" Yukari analyzed the two new people in front of her. They were very attractive, no arguing with that. They will surely gain instant popularity with the students in Gekkoukan in an instant. "Follow me." She motioned for them to follow and the two did as told.

"Here we are." She said and stopped at the end of the second floor hallway. "Pretty easy to remember since it's at the end of the hall." She chuckled lightly expecting them to respond, but her laughter died down when she didn't receive any reaction from either of the two. "Yeah… uhm… I'll take you to your room next."

She escorted Hamuko to the third floor and guided her to the last room at the end of the hall also. "So I guess, you must be really tired from the trip. You should get some rest." She suggested and left Hamuko alone.

Hamuko thanked Yukari before closing the door to her room. She looked around the bare walls and the plain furniture and sighed with frustration. "I need to do some shopping." She said as she fished her phone out of her skirt pocket and dialled her brother's digits.

"What?" The voice on the other line said when the ringing had stopped.

"Do you plan to eat dinner?" She asked him.

"No." He simply replied and hung up. If Hamuko was a different person right now, she would say that Minato was rude. But she was not a different person and she was Minato Arisato's younger sister, making her immune to his stoic, straight to the point(sometimes annoying) and one-word answers.

She sighed and closed her phone. She placed the small device on the bedside table and lay on the soft bed. She suddenly felt tired when she felt the soft texture of the matress. Slowly, she closed her eyes and let herself drift off to sleep, actually forgetting that she had to change.

4/7

"Good Morning. Did you sleep okay?" Yukari asked after barging into Hamuko's room. The latter didn't even bother to answer the question so Yukari continued. "Mitsuru-senpai asked me to take you to school. Are you ready to go?"

Hamuko was surprised. She didn't want to trouble Yukari by letting her wait for her to get ready. Besides, she should wake up her brother since she was the only one who knew how to wake him up properly. The last time someone else did that, they ended up hanging on a tree branch just outside Minato's bedroom window, which by the way was in shambles after the event. "I'll be okay on my own." She answered and went to her closet to pull out a new school uniform that was already provided when they had enrolled in Gekkoukan.

Yukari's face dropped. "Oh… Are you sure?" She seemed disappointed at Hamuko's reply, but in mere seconds her face lit up once more. "But, you don't wanna risk being late on the first day, would you?" She reasoned and apparently Hamuko gave in.

"Okay fine." She replied. "But I'll wake Minato first."

"Come on hurry up!" Yukari quipped in a cheerful voice.

Inside the New City passenger train "Anehazuru"

Yukari was talking none stop inside the train and Hamuko listened to every bit of word she had to offer. She said, they had to take the monorail to get to their school and even gloated that their last school was not like that. Hamuko fought the urge to say, "We usually take the limo" so her cheery mood wouldn't be ruined. She pointed out her favorite part and told them that their stop was at Port Island Station.

Yukari looked out the train's window and eventually just kept on talking. Hamuko turned to check on her older brother and saw that he was silently gazing at the bridge from a distance. "Minato-nii…" She started catching the attention of her sibling.

He gave her a reassuring smile and took hold of her hand. "I'm just enjoying the view." He told her and smiled.

Hamuko nodded her head and took her hand back. Her brother might say this, but she knew all-too-well that he was reminiscing the past explosion that happened on that very same bridge. He wouldn't just admit this to his sister, because he knows that the memory still pained her.

When they arrived at Tatsumi Port Island, they had to walk from the station to the school. It was a short walk and Yukari was usually the one who kept on blabbing. Minato was listening to his earphones to shut himself from the world while Hamuko kept a smile plastered on her face as she nodded with each and every one of Yukari's statments.

"Morning!" A female student had greeted Yukari when they first stepped inside the school gates. Turns out, this girl was actually quite popular with the students there.

"Morning!" She replied gallantly and turned to the two. "Well here we are… Welcome to Gekkoukan High! You're gonna love it here!"

"I'm sure we will." Hamuko replied with a warm smile.

They discussed a few other things until they heard a girl scream in the background. A few more screams followed after that, catching the attention of the three.

They turned towards the ear-piercing shriek and saw a few girls huddling towards a silver-haired boy with a blank expression on his face pretending(or maybe he wasn't) that the girls weren't there. He just kept on walking straight.

Hamuko followed him with her eyes wondering who this guy was. She believed he was just one of those jerky guys that girls would usually chase after because of his wild profile. She's had enough of those types and just shrugged him off and returned to her conversation with Yukari.

"Make sure to check your classroom assignments on the Main Hallway Bulletin Board." Yukari instructed before departing.

Minato nodded his head and motioned to his sister that they should get going.

They walked towards the main entrance together and earned a few stare and head turns from the students around them. Whispers and mumbles started to circulate amongst them. With their keen sense of hearing they were able to decipher every single one.

"Those are the new students from Tokyo High right?"

"Wow. They look hot. Do you think their together?"

"Check out that babe dude. I'm gonna get a score with her."

Minato's head turned at the last statement. He saw a boy approaching them with a devilish smirk on his face. "Hey." He greeted his sister.

Hamuko was surprised and backed up a little. "Hi." She replied politely, but with uneasiness.

"Bye." Minato intervened pushing Hamuko away when the boy was about to say something else. "Let's go Hamuko." He commanded from his sister.

"Gommenasai." She apologized to the boy before running to her brother's side. "Must you be so over-protective?" She asked when she finally caught up to him. They had entered the main hallway and saw a bunch of students gathering in front of the bulletin board. Mianto worked his way through the crowd, with Minako walking behind him.

"I'm your brother. It's my job to be over-protective." He replied plainly while pushing his way through the crowd of students. He was a bit forceful, making the students he pushed complain at his strength. "It seems that you are assigned in class 2-F." He informed when he saw his sister's name.

"And you?" Hamuko asked.

"3-D." He said and started to walk off.

(A/N: I decided to make Minato one-year older than Hamuko instead of making them twins. I figured it was appropriate since Hamuko was introduced to us a year after Minato/P3 was released.)

"Won't you come to the faculty office?" She asked him.

Minato waved a dismissive hand as a gesture of no and plugged his ears with his earphones.

Typical Minato to be too "good" to visit the faculty. Hamuko shook her hair lightly and decided to go to the faculty office herself. There she met Ms. Toriumi, her homeroom adviser. First impressions lasts and it seems as though Ms. Toriumi showed interest in Hamuko when she said a minor statement.

"Make yourself at home here in Gekkoukan. There are also several clubs you can join if you want." She suggested before Hamuko went out the door.

"I'll take note." Hamuko replied and closed the door.

After class…

Hamuko quietly stood up from her seat and organized her things. Class wasn't terrible and it was on the same level as her old school so there was no problem adjusting with school's curriculum. She was a top-notcher in her last school, and if she performs well on this one, no doubt she will also come out on top.

She was just about finished getting ready to leave when a funny-looking guy had suddenly blocked her path. "You must be the new student. Junpei Iori at your service." He gave out a huge grin and offered his hand to shake, but Hamuko just stared at him blankly.

"Stupei! Must you hit on every girl in this school?" Yukari interjected and pushed Junpei away. "Sorry about that." She apologized for him. "I didn't think we would be on the same class, talk about coincidence."

Hamuko giggled and surprised Yukari because ever since she arrived at the dorm, she never laughed and only gave a small smile. "I think so too. I'm gonna go ahead now. Wanna come with?" She offered but received a no in response. It turns out Yukari was in the archery team and that she had practice at the moment so she can't walk home with her.

"I see. Then I'm gonna go walk home alone then. That is if I don't run into– " Hamuko paused and answered her ringing phone. She took a second to check the caller ID, before pressing the answer button and pressing the speaker on her ear. "What is it nii-chan?"

"I'm gonna wait for you in the gates you got that?" He instructed and ended the call.

Hamuko sighed. "I guess I'm going then. I'll see you later Yukari." She said and started to head out of the classroom.

"What about me?" Junpei complained.

"I'll see you too." She replied with a sweet smile before dashing out of the room.

"That is some killer smile she has…" He commented earning a smack from Yukari. "Ow! What was that for!"

"Keep your eyes to yourself Stupei!" She scolded.

"I was!" He defended rubbing the arm which she hit and walked away muttering things to himself.

Evening…

When the siblings arrived in the dorm, they were greeted by no other than Mitsuru. Just like yesterday, she was quietly sitting on the couch with a book on her hand. "Good Evening." She greeted them when they closed the door behind them. "Are you accustomed to Gekkoukan yet?" She asked looking up from her book.

"I guess. Me and Yukari are classmates." She mentioned and made her way to the kitchen.

Minato propped himself on the couch in front of Mitsuru and plugged his ear with his earphones.

Mitsuru studied the boy hard. It was only this morning when the teacher introduced him to her class. It turns out they were both classmates and it didn't take long for him to gain a few fans because of his cool and laid-back attitude. She didn't mind this at all first, but was fairly disappointed at him when he fell asleep during class. What surprised her greatly though, was the fact that when the teacher woke him up to ask him a question, he answered correctly without even knowing the discussion. "Beginners luck" She thought, but was again proved wrong during math when he was called to the board. It's like he knew the answer even right before he took hold of the chalk.

Minato felt the cold stare of Mitsuru and looked up. He stared back at her without saying anything and after a few heart beats she gave up and returned to her book.

He didn't feel the need to stick around with the student council president anymore, so he stood up from the couch and went to the kitchen to check on his sister.

"What are you doing?" He asked when he saw Hamuko rummaging through the fridge.

"I'm hungry." She said and took out a cold hamburger.

Minato chuckled lightly at his sister. If there was one-thing they had in common, that was eating. She might look small, but her stomach is like a bottomless pit that can take in any food.

Hamuko looked up from the fridge and saw that her brother was smiling to himself, obviously amused at her actions. "What?" She asked in an innocent tone.

"I'll go ahead upstairs. I'll say good night now so you won't need to bother me later." He said and leaned in to give his sister a kiss on the forehead.

She lightly nodded her head yes and he proceeded to ascend up the stairs.

Mitsuru noticed the display of brotherly affection and was hit with tinge of jealousy and longing for her own sibling since she was an only child. But she masked this feeling and tucked it at the inner depths of her mind and distracted herself with the book on her lap.

"Can I join you Mitsuru-senpai?" Hamuko asked holding her own book.

Mitsuru's eyes moved to the cover and read it. "Midsummer Night's Dream" She read out loud.

Hamuko nodded her head and took a seat on the reclining chair just beside the sofa Mitsuru was sitting on. "I love Shakespeare's works. This one's my favorite." She admired the hard-bound cover of the book and looked up to Mitsuru.

The red-head smiled. "Well, he is a fine writer." She commented.

Hamuko agreed and started to work on reading the book on her hands. They stayed silent for a good deal of minutes with only the sounds of their books turning to the next page and the occasional tapping of Mitsuru's foot on the carpeted floor. Yukari had arrived a few minutes later and acknowledged their presence, but proceeded to her own room seeing that she was exceptionally tired from practice. After that, no more disturbances ensued for a good hour until they heard footsteps descending from the stairs.

Hamuko looked up from her book and saw the silver-haired boy from earlier. He stopped on his tracks when he saw her and it seemed like he was expecting her to do something. Their gazes locked for a whole minute waiting for the other to do something, but none. It wasn't until Hamuko went back to her book that he started to walk again pausing a bit at the lounge.

"I'm going out for a bit." He said, probably to Mitsuru.

The girl didn't look up from her material and just gave out a simple, "hn" for approval. After that he started to walk towards the door, but sneaked a glance at Hamuko when he passed by her. He was expecting her to maybe come at him or flirt just as the girls(excluding Mitsuru and Yukari since they were used to him) at Gekkoukan would usually do when he was around. But he received no reaction from her. All she did was stare at him and then return to her book. He might not admit it, but he was intrigued. For some unknown reason he wanted to know more about this girl and possibly get close to her, but the question is how?

So there you go! Chapter 1 of Social Chain. If any of you found wrong with it in particular, feel free to tell me. I'm open to suggestions and corrections. Oh and by the way, I used Hamuko in this story instead of Minako, mostly because I got Minato and Minako confused while writing the story. I'm gnna use Hamuko in every story that has Minato in them. Just don't forget to REVIEW okay?