Hello everyone, eh, I'm sorry if my English and writing style are a bit bad, it's not my first language you know and this is my first fic. I and my friend suddenly got this idea while we're following a competition back at our school and we've been trying to write this since that. Well, it's been described in the summary, so I think it's better for you to just read it. Any kinds of reviews are accepted, I'm still new after all *Nervous laugh*. Now, I present to you, Persona - Monochrome Soul. I hope you like it. Happy reading.
Prologue
I wake up upon the sound of wheels screeching against the road. "Have we arrived yet?" I ask. "No, we haven't, Sir. The Seishina town is still a couple miles away. There's just a train passing by. Please, if you want you can continue your rest," the taxi driver reply. "Heh, alright," said me as I start to continue my sleep. "Oh, the barrier has been lifted," the taxi driver say. I ignore him and continue to sleep. 'New town, huh. Guess with me living this way, this will always happens to me,' I think. 'Keep moving from one school to another. Sometimes too short that I even haven't made a friend yet. Well, not that I care about it. After all friends are useless, the only thing they can do is just to drag you down and make you unable to forward. So maybe it's a luck that this happened to me. But still, living a life like this is too boring even for me. Even though I have this "power" it's still boring without any decent "enemies",' I think.
'Hell, I don't even need any friends, moreover this life. I just wish that all of this will end quickly.'
'Hm, as you wish.'
'Huh, whose voice is that?' I think, surprised by the sudden voice. "Huh, w-what happened? The barrier," said the taxi driver, making me more confused. But I don't have any time to think, because in an instant some red lights are going quickly towards me without I even know what that is. When I know it, it's already too late. 'Shit, the train,' I think as the train just crash through the rear part of taxi. And the next thing I know is just some red lights and more red color, and then, darkness.
'Is, is this how I am going to meet my end? Just like this.'
'But, but I guess it's alright.'
'Are you sure?'
'There's still much more opportunity in front of you, you know.'
'Ugh, who, who are you? How do you can know so much about me?'
'Me, oh, of course I know many things about you. After all, I am you, and, you are I.'
And then, I see some sort of scenes like a memory. I don't know whose memory is this but with me in each of them I guess them are mine. 'A-are they mine?' I ask. And then I notice, in majority of them is a girl with long dark brown hair, brown eyes, white skin and always smiling when she is with me. 'W-who is that girl? Why is she always smiling when near me? No one has ever smiled when I near them because of my attitude, even my parents that I rarely meet. So, why is she always smiling? Moreover, why can she smile like that?' asked me.
'Who she is, I can't say. The only thing I can say is that she is one of your greatest and only opportunity and chance on achieving happiness.'
'W-what?'
'That's all I got to say. The rest is up to you. So I ask you once again. Do you really just want to accept your fate and die?'
I think of all my past current life and I think that it's better to end it. But, when I see that girl, I just have some sort of feeling that I just can't let go this life, that I must find and know that girl. With that in my mind, I finally make up my decision.
'My answer is, no. if there's a chance that I can get out of this life I will find no matter how dangerous and perilous the journey to it. That's my answer.'
'Are you sure? Is that your final answer?'
I notice that this voice, which is a male I'm sure, is chuckling, hoping to test my will. So, I will keep my will.
'Yes, that's my final answer.'
'Then, so be it.'
Suddenly, there is a light that shines upon me. So bright, that I have to shield my eyes with my hands. Not knowing that the voice is starting to disappear.
'May we meet again, "partner".'
'W-what?'
And then, I lose my consciousness once again. But instead of darkness, I was surrounded by light that is starting to turn into velvet colored one.
When I regain my consciousness I am sitting in the middle of a room that is surrounded by many shelves that is filled with velvet colored books. So many that I'm sure that this is bigger than the national library.
Then I notice that there are two people in front of me. The one that is in front me is a short old man that is dressed like some sort of a high class gentleman, but the bizarre look and long nose ruin that thought, making him more like an eccentric mad old gentleman. While that is for the man in front of me, the woman on his left is nothing like that. She is wearing some sort of dark blue coat with black socks and blue high-heels. She is quite young with pale skin and platinum blond hair, but her yellow eyes and how she looks ruin that. It's like she is some kind of a cold empress. But I have no time for that because the man is starting to talk to me.
"Welcome, to the Velvet Room. Long time no see," said the man. "L-long time no see, w-what do you mean?" I ask. "Ugh, m-my head. Grah," I say while holding my very painful head. "Ugh." "Hm, looks like, you've encountered an anomaly in your life. But, I don't know whether this is luck or not. Looks like this anomaly has set you into a journey," said the man. "J-journey? W-what do you mean?" asked me, still clutching my head because of the pain. "Hm, looks like your pain is making you can't comprehend any of this. Here, let me help you," said him while moving his right hand. Suddenly the pain is gone, but I still can't hold the feeling that something is missing from me. "Tell me, what is this place? And who are you?" asked me. "Hm, looks like we have to introduce ourselves again," said the man.
"Alright, my name is Igor, one of the residents of this place, the Velvet Room. And the one on my left is my assistant, Margaret," said Igor. "Long time no see, and nice to meet you," said Margaret. "N-nice to meet you too," I reply. "What is this place actually?" I ask. "This is the Velvet Room, a place between reality and dream, light and darkness. Because of the anomaly, you're able to come here. But after all, you still the one who signed the contract, so you always can come in here anytime," said Igor. "Contract? What contract?" I ask. And then, suddenly there is a paper on the table in front of me. On it written, "I chose this fate of mine on my own free will". But the place where my name is supposed to be is blurry. I don't know why, but even if I move my head I still can't see my name. "Why I can't see my name?" asked me. "Because that's not our right to tell you," said Igor. "I see, then what else you can tell me? What about the journey you mentioned before?" I ask. "Ah, yes the journey, as I said before you will face a journey after this. You will be given a year to find the truth behind the anomaly that is the source for your journey," said Igor. "O-one year?" asked me, surprised. "H-how can I complete a journey in only one year?" asked me. "Do not worry, there will be some helps to you along the way, even though the way you will face is filled with peril and danger, with the help you receive you will surely able to pass it. But that is still depends on yourself," said Igor.
"A-alright, then, looks like it's my time to go," said me, while standing and turn to go. "Ah, before that, this," said Igor, while throw a card towards me. When I catch the card, I see that the picture on it is blurry and keep moving. "What is this?" asked me. "Because you lose your "power", then I guess this will suffice for now," said Igor smirking. "Power? What power?" I ask, confused. "That, you must find out yourself. Now, until we meet again," said Igor, while moving his hand and suddenly it becomes dark again.
"U-ugh, my head," I say while waking up, holding my head with my right hand. 'Ugh, w-what is that dream?' I ask in my mind. When I open my eyes, I see myself in a white and green room that I've never seen before. "W-where am I?" I ask. "Ah, finally you awake," said a voice beside me. When I turn my head to see the source of the voice, my mind stops working. There sit a beautiful girl which I've never seen before, but I just have a feeling that she is familiar to me, even though I can't remember the reason. She is very beautiful, not the pretty ones, but naturally beautiful. She has long brown hair, down to his back, warm brown eyes that melt my heart when see her, pale white skin, and the smile, the smile that she gives is making me feel like it's the brightest thing in the world. "It took you long enough to wake up," said her, smiling. "Ugh, who are you? Where am I?" asked me. "Oh, I haven't introduced myself, my name is Kaguya, Hakuran Kaguya. Nice to meet you," said the girl named Kaguya. "N-nice to meet you too," I reply. "This is the Seishina hospital, I found you unconscious and injured near the railroad while going on errand near the outskirts of the town," said Kaguya.
"Found me?" asked me. "Y-yeah, while walking, I suddenly heard a loud noise like two metals crash each other, and when I was there I found you lying on the ground near some kind of taxi's ruins, unconscious and injured very badly. Luckily, the driver was okay as only the rear part was destroyed, so I, him and some of the train's passengers decided to call for another taxi to bring you here," said Kaguya, a bit trembling. "W-what happened then?" I ask, forcing her a bit. "Well, after you got here, the doctors quickly did an operation to save your life. I-it really scary you know, seeing you bruised, battered and bleeding like that. E-even the doctor said that the chance of you surviving was nearly none. I, I'm really scared because of it you know, thinking that I was going to see someone dying in front of me," said Kaguya, now trembling and starting to cry. Seeing her like this makes me soften my voice, "But, I still survived, didn't I? So, please, stop crying, it makes me feel like I'm a bad guy," I say apologetically. "S-sorry, it's just, when I saw you for the first time I just felt like 'I have to help him'. Like that, even though I don't even know you back then. When I saw you, I like had a feeling that you are a kind man, so I decided to help you. And it proved to be right. So, thank you, ….," said Kaguya. "U-ugh, my head," said me, suddenly holding my painful head after hearing her said my name.
I don't know why it hurts so much or why it's sounded like a screech to me, 'It's just my name, …, isn't it?'. Then I try to remember my name, but instead of memory what comes to me is an excruciating pain in my head. 'U-ugh, w-what happened? Why can't I remember my name?' I think. I then trying to remember other things but the only thing that comes is just more pain.
"W-why I can't remember anything?" asked me, confused, while still holding my painful head. "Easy, easy," said Kaguya, while hugging me. Somehow, with she holding me like this, the pain seems to go. After I calm down I ask, "What happened?" "The doctors said that maybe this will happen. You were unconscious for four days, a lot of things happened during that. You hair is starting to turn to white and your left eye turns to blue. The doctors said that they maybe the effects of the stress that you experienced during your coma. The doctors also said that you experiencing memory loss are one of the effects of the heavy accident and stress. But still, I'm glad that you wake up," said her with a weak smile. "W-white hair?" asked me surprised. Then I pull my hair that cover my left hair and see that my hair now indeed white. "Don't worry. The doctors said that your hair will regain its color," said her. "What is my original hair color?" asked me. After all I nearly forget everything that has happened to me during my life. The only thing that I remember is that strange dream. "Black, pure black. So it's a bit strange to see you like this after the accident, but still, I'm glad that you live," said her, now smiling. "Oh, I see. And, the left eye? You said that it is blue, what color was it before?" asked me. "Um, for that, I think you should see for yourself," said her while giving me a small mirror.
There, I see my face for the first time. Besides that it is white, my hair is pretty long, down to half of my neck and the front part is covering my left eye. When I shift it, I see my left eye. It is blue, like what she said before, contrasting with my black right eye. But what make me feel surprised are the horizontal scar that goes from the left of my face to the right through my nose and the vertical scar that goes from a bit on the upper side of my left eye through my left eye to the cheek, making it like a cross-shaped scar when combined. 'But, still, I can cover it with my hair,' thought me, shifting my hair back.
"So," said me. "How do you know my name?" asked me. "Oh, well, the police told me to gather whatever that is left from the accident. And when I got there, I was surprised, nearly all of your things were there and unscathed. Well, the suitcase is a bit dirty and scratched and the cellphone is a bit damaged so some numbers in it are gone but at least it can be used. So I took that time to look up your name. Sorry," said her apologetically. "Don't worry. It's okay," said me. "Thank you. Here," said her, smiling.
She gives me my phone and wallet. When I check my phone, some numbers in it are indeed gone, not like I know whose numbers are them. The only numbers left are mine and my parents, I presume that they are my parents from the family name. When I see mine I see my name.
'Kurogane Shini, huh.'
'So, that's my name,' thought me. "And, what about my suitcase?" asked me. "Oh, it's in the patient's belonging shelf on the receptionist. You should be able to take it when you're getting out after they check you up," said her. "I see, but, when I'm out. Where will I live? It's not like I know anyone here," said me, frowning my forehead. "Well, you know me. So, how about you stay with me in my home? It's only me and Father after all," said her. "Father? Where do you live actually?" asked me, confused. "At the church, I've lived there with Father, since, since my parents' death," said her, suddenly became gloomy. "I, I'm sorry, I didn't know," said me, afraid that I've hurt her feelings. "Don't worry," said her, becoming cheerful and smiling again. "Sorry, I became like that, it's just, they are very dear to me," said her. "I see. Well, look like I have to accept your offer," said me smiling. "W-what? Oh, okay, I've talked to Father about this and he agrees with me. Then, I'm going to tell the doctors about you regain your consciousness and bring your things to home and prepare your room," said her while standing. "Wait, what?" asked me, confused. "You should see the clock, it is 4 o'clock in the morning and the doctors usually do the inspection at 9 o'clock. So, if you are already healthy they may let you go in the noon," said her chuckling. "Oh, alright, then see you at noon?" asked me. "Okay. Then, see you at noon," said her smiling while opening the door and flailing her hand. "Bye," replied me, flailing my right hand. After she has gone I think to myself. 'So, my name is, Kurogane Shini, huh,' thought me. 'That girl, Kaguya, isn't she? Huh, looks like my life as an amnesiac starts now,' I think to myself while smiling, not knowing the journey that awaits me.
How is it? If it's good or bad, let me know. I'm sorry if my writing is bad, as I mentioned before, this isn't my first language and this is my first fic, so once again I apologize. I will try to update this whenever I can, I'm still at high school after all. So, please, rate and review and also, May We Meet Again. See ya.