Chapter 1: Revival and Memory Gathering

"No!" I heard a voice which began to fade, "Were we too late! C'mon! Answer me!"

Unknown: ?

'Where am I? And what happened?'

This, of course I did not know, but one thing is for sure, I know I died. I looked around; it was a blue room, nothing else but a few chairs.

"You must be awake." A man in blue clothing approached, "please, take your time… The seal has been replaced, no need to worry."

'I cannot remember much… Who is this?'

I did not know of this also and decided to get some answers. "What happened?"

"Ah… Our most precious guest has awakened." A woman in blue clothing approached.

'Blue clothing must be in…'

I decided to sit down on a chair nearby. "What do you mean by most precious? And where are we?"

"You must be unstable from waking up. Please, take some time to rest. Our time might not be sufficient to take care of you, but we are trying." The man sat down in a chair calling outside, "Our guest has awoken."

A man with a nose so long even I do not want to ponder how long it was, entered: "Ah… Our guest has awakened, I am Igor and I am delighted to make your acquaintance."

'I can't take my I eyes of that foot long nose!' But I had to reply to be courteous given the situation, "N-nice to meet you, Igor-san. M-my name is…"

"It is okay to not introduce yourself, for you have introduced yourself a long time ago. It says here." Igor placed a familiar document on a table the woman in blue next to him brought, "Even though you had completed your contract, it is baffling how your contract is back up."

'That chair looked so heavy that it would take a man with muscles to carry it.' The document had seemed familiar, despite I had a feeling that I did not know what it was. 'That document…'

"I see you recognize it. Please remember what it says, I chooseth this fate of mine own free will. Don't worry, which ever path you choose, I will respect it. But only you will bare the consequences. Please, remember this." Igor had taken away the document and my vision had started blurring to a color white.

In a dark alley: ?

'Why am I here?'

A figure had approached, it seemed like a girl with black hair and carrying a fan, "Who's there?" And she took out a card that looked awfully familiar like the document.

"Ah!" I noticed something and reacted, and I covered my mouth as soon as I can.

'What's with the sense of familiarity with the current events?'

I don't think that she was going to help me, but I had no choice, so I moved to the light.

"Huh? A girl here at this time of night, could it be…" She thought to herself for awhile then, "Come with me, a girl like you shouldn't be out here at night."

She then dragged me to a place that looked familiar also, an inn.

'I'm not even going to bother pondering all this nonsense.'

"This is an inn that was run by my parents. And it didn't seem like you had a place to stay, judging from where you were at the time of night." She started talking as we entered the inn and then decided to look at me, "You! Could it be…?"

'Yes yes, the Inn was an expensive one, one might be dazed by the glorious sight I have in front of me.'

Amagi Inn

'Damn… Why does everybody know me but I don't know them! Am I famous or something?'

There was no way I could escape the conversation, so I decided to talk, "Me? I'm sorry but I don't know what you are talking about…"

"If I may, can I get your name?" She stared at me for awhile, "Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Yukiko Amagi."

"My name…" I looked down.

'What is my name? I don't remember…'

I took my choker and looked at it to find if it had my name, fortunately, it did. 'Hamuko Arisato… That's my name? And this choker… I feel as if I didn't buy this myself.'

Yukiko stared at me while I stood there at the entrance wondering about the choker I wore. "It's okay if you don't want to tell me today. We should talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay, and thank you." I gave thanks and bowed.

After saying that, Yukiko took a pair of keys and dragged me to a room on the second floor, "Please rest here for the night. All fees are on me, so take some time off."

I entered the room and immediately fell asleep as my head touched the pillow.

The Next Day

*Knock, Knock, Knock*

"Are you awake?" A voice came from outside.

'What time is it?'

I looked around for a clock and once found, it read: "7:00 PM, Tuesday, March 3, 2015."

I then opened the door to let the person in, and as expected, it was Yukiko. "How was your rest?"

'Great! Except for those faces on the windows, loud noises from other rooms and the thought something bad might happen!'

And to not disappoint Yukiko, I said: "I feel refreshed!"

"What were you doing outside at night?" Yukiko struck up a question.

"I-I don't know… I can't recall anything but be outside at night yesterday…" I replied with much hesitation, but with a lot of truth behind it.

'How did I end up there?'

"About your name…" Yukiko looked off to the futon I slept on, "It says Hamuko Arisato, and is it your name?"

"I believe so…" I looked at the clock and read off it: "March 3, 2015…"

"Yes… I believe this is the time I tell you this; you were familiar with the incident 5 years ago, right?" She switched to a serious tone, "Do you or do you not know what you did?"

'So straight forward, my memory revision can't keep up!'

I faced Yukiko to tell the truth, "5 years ago, and a girl who bore the same name as I had passed away, if I'm correct."

"Yeah… I had met her around 7 months before she passed, in a fellowship held by the Gekkoukan School." She then let out a sigh, "I even visited her gravesite. And if I may ask, what's your background?"

'My background? What are you, a detective?'

I, in turn, let out a sigh, "I was a junior of Gekkoukan School 5 years ago, I'm 21 or 22, I think."

"Then there's no mistaking it!" She was in a state of surprise, "You are the girl I met 5 years ago! But I thought… you were dead."

'Aren't you jumping to conclusions? Well your thoughts are right. I was dead.'

I copied her, "Me too, I felt like I've met you before and I thought I was dead."

"Putting that aside Hamuko-kun, why don't you enjoy a nice day outside?" Yukiko switched to a more lively tone.

"I can't go outside wearing these." I looked at what I was wearing.

'It was the regular clothing. A Gekkoukan student wouldn't be seen without it. Except that it was winter clothing.'

"You have a point, why don't you come with me?" She then dragged me around, like she did twice, yesterday.

And at that point, we entered a room in the Inn and she showed me to a room with clothes in it, "Choose your clothing for today. Don't worry about the payment; I'll leave it as free."

'Clothing…'

I chose a rather, normal combination; an orange blouse with a white skirt. "Can we head out now?"

"You seem pretty eager, Hamuko-kun! I had some stuff to do at a place far away from here." She looked up to the ceiling, "Iwatodai was it?"

"It sounds familiar. Maybe I might remember a thing or two once we go there." I took my one and only belonging; a small bag with some cash in it and things that I didn't even know about.

'What exactly are these things? A silver key, a strap, a PA recording, a pig key holder and a lot more stuff I don't know about.'

I then looked at my phone, it was color pink, and I opened it.

'Yukari Takeba… Junpei Iori… Mitsuru Kirijo… Elizabeth… Theodore… Ken Amada… Aigis… Rio Iwasaki… Who the heck are these people?'

"You seem out of the current happenings, Hamuko-kun."

"Oh, I apologize for that, let's proceed."

Iwatodai, near a University

"Did you know the Kirijo group built this around 3 years ago? They purposely had this built for the executive of the group; Mitsuru Kirijo." Yukiko pointed at a building buzzing with students.

The University was an expensive one, it had students with uniforms colored white running around it, doing errands, studying and eating.

"Oh, if it isn't Yukiko, long time no see!" A girl with light brown hair, carrying a book approached, "And who might this—" She suddenly dropped her book.

'That was fast.'

*Thud*

"No way…" The girl stared in disbelief.

'No way is right girl. I don't know what the heck you are talking about.'

A man with a cap then approached, "Yuka-tan, Minato was looking all over for you."

"Good morning Junpei-san." Yukiko immediately greeted.

He then looked at the light brown haired girl's face and waved at it, and had no response, so he then looked at where she was staring at, "Are you kidding me?"

'No. You must be kidding me.'

"Junpei… I thought you'd tell me when you found Yuka-tan." Another man approached with blue hair, then immediately, he dropped what he had, which was a half-eaten sandwich, "Are my eyes deceiving me?"

'You mean: are MY eyes deceiving me. I don't know what you've seen, but to drop a sandwich; that's just despicable.'

"You seem out of this world you guys. It's like you've been staring at something that was dead come back to life." Yukiko pointed out.

'They're definitely out of this world, just like zombies.'

"Oh, I'm sorry. The girl who's with you resembled Hamuko Arisato." The girl with brown hair answered back.

'Shot in the heart! She's correct! I can't believe this.'

"Well that's a just a coincidence, Yukari-san, her name is Hamuko Arisato." Yukiko said without a care.

"You're kidding me right? If she was Hamuko Arisato, then she'd have a choker with her name on it." Yukari had said with confidence thinking that I wouldn't have it; but then, she stared at my neck, which clearly had a choker with my name on it, "That's just a coincidence. Okay then, it's your shot, Junpei."

'You're right. I have a choker on me.'

"My turn! Junpei the wise has come up with the hardest one! You should have a pig key holder that I gave you when I talked about my dad!"

'Junpei the wise! Yeah, right.'

He then watched me open my bag and take out a pig key holder. 'That's what this was for?'

"Damn, immediately shot down…" The man with the cap took a sigh.

"To know if you really are my twin sister, Hamuko-kun…" The man with blue hair approached me.

'I had the weirdest feeling when he approached me. I felt an aura that was easily recognizable, as if I knew what he was going to say.'

I then gulped, "I believe you will ask me what happened 5 years ago. I know the one word you're looking for: Nyx."

"Y-you really are!" He then approached me and hugged me with tears. "I-I thought you'd be gone forever!"

"I-it hurts…" I said as I got hugged.

"You really had us worried, Hamuko-san." Yukari walked near the person with blue hair, "But there is one thing I don't get: how did you revive after that incident? Your grave was in the courtyard, to remember us of your sacrifice for the world."

'Don't bombard me with questions. Even I don't know the answer to them.'

"Yukari-san…" I looked down after the person with blue hair released me from his grasp, "I don't remember much, but Yukiko-san found me yesterday and took me in."

"We can look into this later, Yukari-san." Minato reassured Yukari.

'Good. Like a good brother should do; let his sister have some space.'

"That doesn't matter much does it? All that matters now is that Hamuko-tan is alive and well! Right, Minato?" Junpei put a big grin on his face.

'Stop that creepy smile you pervert.'

"Yeah, I guess…" Minato had sighed, "Why don't we meet at the lounge tonight? We are done, since tomorrow's Graduation Day, so we can have fun!"

"Oh yeah… It's been awhile ever since we all gathered around the lounge right? It would be like an SEES reunion." Yukari had commented.

'SEES… Rings a bell somehow…'

*Ding Dong*

"Crap! The bell! We have to go, meet you at the lounge tonight!" Junpei started to dash to the University.

We stared at them leave, "Well, then. Shall we proceed to the destination?" Yukiko had brought up once again to make me realize we were doing something.

"Let's go then… Uh… What are we doing again?" I asked.

"I'm moving to the Iwatodai Dorm. It was kind of an emergency, so I had to pack light." Yukiko said.

"I think I know where that is… Why don't we go behind the University? I feel like it's behind there." I suggested.

"You're remembering more and more! That's great, Hamuko-kun! Why don't we visit your grave before we head there?" Yukiko suggested right after my suggestion.

We then approached my grave.

'It feels weird approaching your own grave when you're still alive. Wouldn't you feel weird if you were to drop a flower bouquet? I felt the same way; maybe this is prophesizing something… What do you do on a gravesite? You mourn. I'll try this…'

"Shall we go?" Yukiko then dropped flower bouquet on the grave, "I know you might be freaked out seeing such a sight as this."

"Wait. I want to try something." I stared.

"Oh I see…" She said with a sigh, "Go ahead, have your fun."

"W-why! Why did you die so early! You had so many things ahead of you!" I then knelt down, "Why do the righteous always have to die young!"

"Done yet?"

"Yeah, that felt great."

'Really. That did feel great, having visit your own grave, mourning and more…'

Iwatodai Dorm

"Want me to help you unpack?" I held on to one of the bags Yukiko brought.

"Thank you very much." Yukiko gave a smile and took one of her bags to her room.

We then unpacked all of the stuff in her room, which was near my room at the end of the corridor at the third floor.

'I don't remember having the dorm have more than 5 rooms in one floor… I see! It definitely must be the power of Kirijo!'

"I really appreciate your help!" Yukiko then took my hand and shook with it.

A voice rang in my head…

Flash!

Time froze, everything turned to a dim colored gray and a card began floating in front of me. It was with a color blue, with a black and white face in the middle.

The card then turned around. It had a blue frame, and had a circle in the middle; which divided the card into 4 equal parts. The bottom left was a picture with a bird, with a yellow background. The bottom right of the card however was a square within a square and had a background with blue green. The top right was an upside down triangle within a deformed triangle within a red background. And the top left was a cup with waves leaking out and had a blue background. The blue frame had a number in roman numerals: The number fourteen.

"Thou art I… And I am thou… Thou hast established a new bond… Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Temperance Arcana."

"This must be a social link… I wonder why it started all over again…" I sighed.

You have formed a social link with Yukiko Amagi! You may get a bonus for creating Personas of the Temperance Arcana!

The card then exploded into the air and everything went back to the normal color, then after, time started running once more.

"You might feel tired," Yukiko looked at me, "Why don't we rest until evening?"

'No. It's not that I might feel tired, is that I AM tired.'

"It was a long day, so… Yeah, we should rest."

Author Notes:

Just in case you don't know, the signs are as the following:

This is either a flashback, or scanning a shadow.

In a flashback, all words are in Italics.

This means places or time.

The sign means a message in a battle or a message to the character.

'These are the thoughts of the main character.'

"This has to do with quoting."

This is either a message indicating sound or going into a battle. Sound is included with *

The view then shatters… That means going into battle.

This is my first time writing one, so I'm not familiar to everything here. Reviews and Comments are very much welcomed!

"And in the five years of not being present, the characters of Persona 3 and 4 meet each other, at the gravesite of their beloved, Hamuko."