Silent Savior Chapter 1
9/ 5 Sa
Dark Hour
Full
We had just defeated the Shadow that was plaguing the night club. Of course, I wasn't exactly in that fight considering Minato figured it used electricity. He's incredibly resourceful in picking his teams. As we walk back to the dorm before the Dark Hour ends, I can't help but wonder about all this. The Shadows, Strega, and apparently why Junpei didn't show up tonight. We arrived at the dorm only to find out that one of the members of Strega captured Junpei!? After Junpei managed to free himself and tackle her, I grabbed the Evoker before she had a chance to make a grab for it.
"Sorry, but we can't let you use this."
"Medea!"
Everyone starts talking about this girl, Chidori I think Junpei called her? About how Fuuka couldn't sense her, how she's a Persona-user, how she's part of Strega. After the whole fiasco ended, Mitsuru asked me to accompany her the next day to 'talk' with her. Of course, who in their right mind would say 'no' to Mitsuru Kirijo?
9/ 6 Su
Daytime
Next: 28
Mitsuru and I were trying to get a response out of this girl, but she wasn't yielding. Of course, things don't always go to plan when Junpei busts into the room demanding to see her. And of course, Mitsuru does the one thing I told her not to do: mention Chidori's Evoker. All that did was upset her and once again, we are back to square one.
"…Yukari, call a nurse. We're done for today. I'll inform Ikutsuki-san of the difficulties we're having."
The trip back to the dorm was again, less than exciting. Mitsuru was frustrated with the lack of results, as was I. I knew we would be going back that night. Though right now, we both needed to calm our nerves. We were still high-stung from the Shadow last night and everything that happened afterwards. We got back to the dorm and the only ones there were Shinji and Koromaru. It looked like everyone else found something to do for the day.
"Akihiko, I'm going to my room to relax for a few hours. After, I would like to go back to the hospital to try talking to her again. Is that acceptable for you?"
"That's fine Mitsuru, I'm just going to hang out here for a bit or train some more. Just come find me when you are ready to go back."
With that said, Mitsuru nodded and proceeded to walk up the stairs after saying hi to Shinji. Since he was here, might as well talk to him too. He was sitting at the table eating some ramen. It looked good but I didn't really feel like eating at the moment. I sat in a chair across from him since I know how Shinji likes his space. I didn't really look at him or try to talk to him like I originally planned. I was thinking about all the things that had happened recently. All of these new Persona users, including Strega, last night's Full Moon Operation, the Shadows; everything. I guess Shinji didn't like the faraway look that must have been in my eyes, because he reached over the table and smacked me.
"What the hell, Shinji?!"
"Stop that Aki, thinking isn't your thing. You'll end up hurting yourself. Stick to what you're good at: being a thickheaded idiot who charges headfirst into everything."
Shinji got up after that and took his bowl to be washed to the kitchen. Shinji never did like it when I got lost in thought. He would always tell me I don't think about anything, but if I got lost in my thoughts he got worried. I guess that's just his way of caring. I got up with the intention to go to my room and train a little. Once I got there however, I just laid down on my bed and started thinking again.
I must've been thinking for some time because the next thing I knew, Mitsuru was knocking on my door asking me if I was ready to go. I shook the thoughts away and opened the door for her. She must've seen something in my expression because hers instantly changed.
"Is everything alright, Akihiko?"
"I'm fine, Mitsuru. Just a little tired I guess."
"Well, if you're sure you are feeling alright shall we go?"
"Yeah, just give me a minute and I'll be right down."
Mitsuru nodded and walked away. I closed my door and composed myself. Getting myself together, I walked downstairs where Mitsuru was waiting for me. Once I was there, we began our trip back to the hospital. Needless to say, it was going to be a long night.