The Fallen
Kitty: afsfhahsafjsfhg instead of updating my stories I decided to post this new story up. e.e;; I'm a bad person. Yes this will be a yaoi and OC centric. If you hate either of those please leave for this story is not right for you.
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Disclaimer: I do not own persona3 or any of the other personas. Just my character and my plot.
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Warning: beware of the usage of scenes and battles from the game. I put a disclaimer on those as well.
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-first time writing out a story on my phone. Feel free to point out mistakes I made.-
Begin!

Scared. That's how he felt right now.

Scared and alone. He wanted to cry out for help. Call out for a hand to reach out and help him. H e didn't know how to explain what was happening though, what was going on with him. He couldn't explain what exactly happened that night, but it seems whatever happened kept repeating itself every night since the day it began. It sounded too bizarre even to himself, so why would anyone believe him. Now he was scared. He dreaded the next night and the next. Dreaded those...those nightmares. Why is this happening to him? He wasn't exactly the bravest kid. He wasn't even a brave kid at that matter.

Soru took a look around him. He had unconsciously dragged himself up to the roof of Gekkoukan High School and he knew why he was here. Gulping down his fears he walked over to the railing and looked down. That would be a high fall.

High enough to ensure instant death.

A coward. That's all he was. That's all he'd ever be.

He was a coward; a coward who resorts to self-inflicted death as a means of getting away from this nightmare. He would do anything to get away from that. To not see those horrible things every night. To never fear for his life every night. Taking one last look over the railing, he swallowed his breath.

'I should do this before I chicken out' he thought to himself as he swung a leg over the railing.

It's ok. He thought to himself. There's no one who would miss him. He swung his other leg over the railing.

No relative that would miss him. No Parents. He was truly alone.

"I'm such a coward." he whispered to himself as he pulled his body over the railing until he was standing on the other side of the railing, inches from what would be his fatal doom. He gripped the railing with all his might until his knuckles turned white. Tears sprang out of his eyes as he trembled. He was such a coward.

'This isn't right.'

But there was no turning back now. He was already up here… he might as well do it.

He didn't noticed the alarmed voice calling out to him as he let go of the railing, his heart pounding too loudly. He didn't hear the footsteps running closer to him as he let himself fall forward. He didn't register the strong arm wrap around his torso before he passed out. The arms gave him a weird feeling though. But there was only one thought that ran through his head as he passed out.

'I'm such a coward.'

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The darkness.

That dreaded darkness. It's all he could see. It was all he ever feared. It scared him to the core how dark the world was sometimes. How… how cruel the world was.

The darkness that he was currently in. He wanted out…

He wanted out so badly.

In the darkness he saw surrounding him, he heard hushed voices. What they were saying he couldn't hear. He was too focused on the fear he felt. He felt himself wanting to shake in fear, but felt himself too scared to even move at all. What he was more worried about was the darkness surrounding him rather then what he was hearing. They reminded him of those things. As he took a good look around him, one question ran in his head. Did he die? Is this what happens when one dies? They live in the thing they fear?

Suddenly he saw eyes. Those dreaded red eyes of a creature he came across too frequently. The creature that took everything away from him; the creature of his nightmare. It stared at him sizing him up before slithering its way to him at its fast pace. He couldn't move. He was too terrified. It got closer and closer as Soru's heart quickened in panic and fear. It latched itself onto him. Soru cried out. It stared at him before trying to swallowing him up.

Just like it did to do to his parents, who disappeared after obtaining the dreaded Apathy Syndrome.

Soru struggled and whimpered. He was a coward. And he was terrified.

Suddenly he felt a jolted. Suddenly the black world he was in was beginning to get brighter. The monster had let go of him and slithered back into the darkness as the world around him started to brighten.

What…What's happening?

A voice. He heard a voice. Soru struggled to hear what it was saying.

Wake up…!

Wake up? Where was he? Is he going to heaven now…?

Soru…! Wake…. Now!

That sounded like sempai's voice. It was sounded closer.

"Hey! Wake up!" cried a voice familiar to him. 'Huh?' he felt an earthquake. Was someone shaking him?

"Soru! Wake up! It's just a dream!" cried the voice. Then white light started to fill Soru's vision.

As he opened his eyes, Soru screamed as he jolted up, his vision still overtaken by the brightness. Soru waited a little for his eyes to adjust before looking around He was at the school's nurse's office. . It was a dream… A horrible dream. Terrifying even. But it was still a dream. Soru didn't know whether he should be relieved or disappointed. He's not dead… he'll see those terrifying creatures again. He'll have to live in fear for another day. And the next day, and so on.

He could have sworn he was dead though. He remembered jumping. He remembered the wind rushing passed his ears as he jumped off. But then he remembered, for a split second, the arms can saved him from his early demise.

The arms that would soon save his life a few too many times.

"Soru.." said a familiar voice in a low tone, as Soru turned his head to the left to see...

"Akihiko-senpai?" Soru choked out in shock. He was the one who saved him? Soru flinched and looked guiltily away as he saw the anger that shone in Akihiko's eyes. Why the guilt? Maybe it was because Akihiko had witnessed him trying to kill himself. He felt ashamed for letting the temptation tempt him to do so. But he felt that it was the only way.

"What the hell were you doing up there?" Akihiko exclaimed angrily as he looked at his under classmate.

"I..." Soru started but he was unable to think of a logical response. Akihiko sempai had clearly seen him jump off the roof. There was no way to slide past this. He didn't know what to say. Should he start with an apology? But… what is he apologizing for? Akihiko continued to scold him.

"I go up there to enjoy some fresh air and I see my sparring partner over the railing trying the commit suicide!" Oh yea. Soru was on the boxing team with Akihiko-senpai.

"What were you thinking?" Akihiko cried angrily at Soru, who stared at the blanket in front of him looking ashamed. Akihiko frowned as he got no reply from Soru and he made to get up.

"I'm reporting this to Mitsuru." he informed as he started to walk away. Soru's eyes widened and his arm shot up faster then he thought possible and made to grip the silverette's wrist.

"Gah! No! Please don't Akihiko-senpai!" he exclaimed slightly in fear. He knew Mitsuru wouldn't be too kind with the questioning. She scared him a little. Something about her scared him. Akihiko frowned and sat back down next to the black haired boy.

"Then you better start answering my questions Soru. Understand?" he said firmly but tried to be gentle so that Soru wouldn't do anything stupid if he were frightened in the current state he was in. Soru bit his lip and nodded. Akihiko looked at him, clearly angry.

"What were you thinking?" he asked. Soru bit his lip.

"That I could escape it all..." he answered quietly to himself, but Akihiko heard him.

"Did you consider what would have happened if you succeeded?" he asked.

" You know how your friends would feel?" Akihiko asked sternly. Soru shook his head.

"I don't have any friends…No one would miss me." He really didn't. He said it quietly, but Akihiko's sharp ears picked up what he said.

"What?" Akihiko.

"Who wants to be friends with someone who has parents with Apathy Syndrome?" Soru asked back. Everyone was scared of Apathy Syndrome. So why talk to a kid who lost his parents to that illness? Akihiko sighed.

"Well I'm your friend. Did you think about how I would feel?" he asked. Soru was at a loss of words. The senpai he admired considered him a friend. Soru couldn't help but feel happy, but then guilty brought him back down.

"No..." he answered. He wasn't thinking about the outcome when he did that. He just...acted. He heard Akihiko sigh.

"Why did you try to do it Soru?" Akihiko asked. More to himself, but Soru knew he still had to answer this. But...what if his answer made Akihiko think he was crazy!

Noticing Soru's sudden silence, Akihiko decided to help him form an answer.

"Are you being bullied?" Akihiko asked, hoping for a response. He got a response as Soru shook his head.

"Family problems?" Soru shook us head again.

"Stress?" This time Soru shrugged. Okay so Akihiko got his answer

"Somewhat." Okay. Not really the answer he was looking for.

"Then what?" Akihiko's tone changed. Soru could hear the tone change. He sounded more worried than angry now. Soru shook his head.

"You'd think I'm crazy." Soru answered truthfully as he looked at the senpai he respected. Akihiko sighed and scratched the back of his head.

"It's not crazy if it drove you to try and commit suicide." Akihiko reasoned. "Do you have any idea how worried I was?" he snapped, his angry tone back. Soru flinched a bit.

"Why?" he asked quietly. When Akihiko raised an eyebrow, a mere sign that showed he didn't fully understand the question, Soru stared at the silverette in the eye and rephrased his question.

"Why are you worried about me? I'm nothing but a hopeless coward who would resort to such a low action to get away from things, and I'm not even a good sparring partner. I don't deserve to be cared about senpai." he said wincing at how true he thought those words to be. Akihiko furrowed his eyebrows and frowned at Soru's words.

"I worry because I care and because I'm your friend." he said. "Plus I think you are a great sparring partner. You think more with strategy rather than mindless fist swinging." Akihiko said. "I just wish that you used your brain this time." Soru looked at him sheepishly.

"I'm sorry Akihiko-senpai." Soru apologized. Akihiko smiled a little but then frowned.

"Tell me why Soru." Akihiko ordered rather then ask. Soru looked away.

"I was scared..." he said. Akihiko raised an eyebrow.

"Of?" he asked, coaxing Soru to give him his answer in more detail. Soru pondered on whether to tell him what he feared. He didn't want his senpai to think he was crazy. But then again, he didn't want his senpai to be angry at him when he doesn't answer. Soru sighed and looked straight into Akihiko's eyes.

"That green hour after midnight." Soru answered. He saw Akihiko's face register an emotion of shock as he stared at Soru in disbelief.

-TBC-
Kitty: well I was g persona when this spiraled into my brain and I was tempted to write it. I can't stop my temptation. I wrote this first chapter on my phone. At night. In bed. When I should be sleeping. e0e;;

Kiki: please read and review for next chapter? Criticize my grammar and spelling of you must. Never the plot or the character/pairing.