Disclaimer : well you know, 'disclaimer' thing... If Persona 4 were mine, I'd make a live-action movie series of it... xD
Author thingy : This is a second attempt of writing a fanfic... my first one got somehow uncontinued... :D but i'm currently gathering ideas to try to do something about it... i'm still kinda bad in vocab and grammar, so, yeah...
Summary : The year of 2024 needs year 2012's help. Uhhhh... does it worth to be a summary? xD
? | ? | Year 2024
Their surrounding suddenly becomes very bright by golden and white light. As if they were inside a dome , preventing them to see what's behind the 'wall' of seen gold and white. The air is thick, very thick, bit still breathable. One of them tries to open his eyes slowly to keep track of the 'source' that radiates such a bizarre atmosphere, while using his left hand as a shield to the intensity of the sudden light. He put his left hand down to the side then focusing strength at his right hand gripping the handle of his katana.
"This is crazy! What the hell's going on!?". He hears someone shouting from the right. He turns his face to see where the shout is coming from. It seems the shout belongs to a brown-haired man in his early thirties holding a pair of modified kunai. The brown-haired man gets up to his feet. "Partner, you alright?"
"Yeah…"the man holding a katana answered weakly but stern. He then quickly looks around, desperately searching for something, until his eyes found a long black-haired woman lying unconscious on the floor surface of the 'dome'. "Yukiko!"he runs towards the woman and immediately kneel near her. He lets go of his sword and picks the woman named Yukiko up on his lap. "Yukiko. Yukiko!"he shakes her shoulders trying to wake her up.
"What is it? Is she alright?"the brown-haired man asks while readying a stance in case a sudden attack comes approach him, his eyes focusing on the 'source' as it, or rather, she, radiates a more blinding light.
A shining card suddenly appears in front of the man holding Yukiko, and slowly flying down to his chest level. The card has a big pink heart picture printed on one side of it, and the other has an oval face with black and white color on either each side. He crushes the card with his right hand. A shattered glass sound is heard, a figure of a woman with long wavy hair and two horns on her head manifests behind him. "Ishtar, diarahan."he says in a low tone. When the figure fully manifested, it raises its right hand pointing at the woman. A crystal blue-ish light come out from its hand towards Yukiko. The light expands enveloping Yukiko's whole body. The figure then slowly disappears as it has done its job. The crystal light fades into Yukiko's body. After a few seconds Yukiko starts opening her eyes, blinking a few times.
Yasoinaba Station | Morning | Year 2012
A soft breeze of wind waves through a 8-year-old girl's deep brown hair as she walks happily up the stairs of the station building. Though it is only a few days since the school break of summer vacation, the sun heat is starting to get to most of the people. Smile and a hint of blush never leave her face as she hums a 'la-la-la' melody in her throat. This makes the three teenagers walking together with her smile and giggle a little as well. One of them is holding the girl's hand and is humming the same melody as her, while moving her head side to side.
"You both look happy."a light brown-haired female teenager says while looking at them singing a lyric-less melody.
"I am!"the young girl answers with a cheerful smile.
"I am~! Right, Nanako-chan?" other female teenager holding the young girl named Nanako's hand also answers playfully. The teenagers giggle.
"I feel bad for Teddie. He looks like he wanted to come along together."Nanako says a little disappointed.
"He can't. He got 'work' to do."a male teenager says with a proud smile across his face.
"But it's still very early."
"Exactly. That's why this Bro Yosuke here made him work in his place."the brown-haired teenager places her hand on the male's shoulder.
"That's not fair."Nanako pouts.
"Well, it's just…a little advantage of being a higher-up."the male called Yosuke looks up to the ceiling.
"But still not 'higher' than Senpai!"the female teen at Nanako's side waves her hair to the back with her left hand.
"Hey, he doesn't have anything to do with this subject."
"He does now."the brown-haired female teen teases him with a small laugh. Nanako and the female teen giggle. Few minutes later a jiggling train is heard from far away. Nanako lets go of her hand and walks forward near the yellow line.
"Nanako-chan, be careful."the female teen says, and moves forward getting hold of Nanako's shoulders to keep her stay calm.
"Here he comes."the brown-haired female teen says. With that said, everyone is practically smiling, not to say that Nanako's smile can't get any wider or she'll have to ask for a sewing operation to be done. The train's silhoutte is seen, getting nearer and nearer. And then, finally put a stop at the platform.
"Yasoinaba. Yasoinaba."an announcement comes on as the door slides partway revealing a grey-haired male teenager dressed mostly in grey and black, holding a big black bag on his shoulder.
"Big Bro!"Nanako runs toward the grey-haired teen when he barely step outside of the train.
"Woah!"the teen is caught off guard he almost slips back into the train. "Easy there."he smiles while holding Nanako's shoulders to balance both of their feet.
"Big Bro! Welcome back! I miss you very much!"Nanako hugs him tight, super tight.
"Yeah, I miss you too, Nanako."he pats her head softly.
"Yo, partner!"Yosuke greets him. "Good to see you again."
"Hey, Yosuke."
"How's it been, Yu-kun?"the brown-haired female teen walks forward.
"Been great, Chie."the grey-haired teen named Yu answers with a smile, and suddenly falls silent.
"Hm, what's wrong?"the teen named Chie asks noticing his sudden silence and...stare.
"Oh, nothing. It's just, you look...different?"
"Huh? Really? I...don't think so, hahaha."Chie laughs a little.
"You did a great job, Yosuke."he turns to look at Yosuke. Yosuke doesn't quite get what he means.
"Huh?"is what Yosuke manages to say.
"Wha...I-it's got nothing to do with him!"Chie says, yelling a bit, blushing a bit.
"What do you mean I did...ohhh..."Yosuke opens his eyes in 'realization'. He turns to Chie and hugs her on the neck. "Well, yeah, you can say that much."he says with a very confident and satisfied look.
"Wha...? L-let me go!"it has become very clear now that Chie's face is blushing.
"Awwww, you two always make me jealous!"the other female teen says. "By the way, Senpai,"she turns to look at Yu. "any compliment for me?"she asks winking.
"You look great too, Rise."Yu answers.
"That's it? Anything...at all?"the teen named Rise waves her hair on purpose to show her Senpai that she has done some makeovers on her hair, which seems to be a nihil try, because Yu only gives a smile as a respond. "Oh well…"
"Big Bro,let's go!"Nanako takes her Big Bro's hand and runs outside. "Everyone's waiting!"
"W-wait, Nanako! Where are we going?"Yu holds his bag to make sure it keeps 'staying' on his shoulder, contemplating the speed they both are engaging.
"To Yukiko nee-chan's house."Nanako says while keep running. The three teens look at each other and decide to walk behind them.
? | ? |Year 2024
"Ngh…"Yukiko adjusts his sight to the immense light.
"Yukiko."
"…Yu? Did I…"she gets up from the man named Yu's lap. Her eyes open wide as she realizes something. "Yuki…!? Where's Yuki!?"she gasps, a feeling of worry and fear strikes her. She instantly stands up and looks around.
"Yukiko…!"Yu follows her in case she gets dizzy from standing up so quickly.
"Yukiko-san, you alright?"the brown-haired man notices her movement. A glare sound roams their ear as a heavy wave of wind pushes them. The three of them lift their hands to protect from the hurricane-like strength wind.
"Aah!"Yukiko covers her face with both of her hands. She is being pushed behind a few steps. Noticing, Yu throws his left hand to the back to get hold of her.
"What are we gonna do!?"the brown-haired man shouts while crossing his hands in front of his face as protection. "Yu!"
Yu fists his right hand. "I can't decide."he thought to himself. He looks straight to their current enemy. The enemy is in the form of a woman, small woman with wavy hair, which now is waving upwards by a dark smoke surrounding her. Her face is not of a natural skin color, but a gloomy and creepy dark grey. Her eyes golden pure. "Rise..."he mumbles. He averted his eyes to the woman's right side. Something is floating towards her. "What..?". Another wave of wind pushes them. But they are still somehow able to keep their balance.
"Hmph. You are quiet persistent ones."a high-frequency mechanical voice is heard. They all turn their attention to the voice bearer, the woman. "No matter. You are not what I search for."she brings her right hand up, parallel to her shoulder. The floating thing as if ordered, speeds up. The closer it is to her hand, the more clearer its outline, its shape. Slowly two, and then four vertical line like appear. Follows a small roundish shape above those lines. Yu doesn't need another second to be wasted just by waiting for the thing to be full clear. It is not a 'thing'. It is a silhoutte of a child. "!?"Yu's eyes are wide.
Author thingy : *wide smile* well, there goes... My Mind Is On Fi~re!