Summary: This is a reprise version of Persona 3 FES: The Answer / Episode Aegis. Instead of Aigis, the main character of the story has been changed to Yukari Takeba, one of the members of SEES who wants to move forward and forget about the past. Well… enjoy!

P.S.: This is especially for those who want Yukari to inherit 'his' powers instead of Aigis, so… well anyway, anyone can read it! But surely… you all might have question marks on your heads… trust me…


Persona 3 FES: Episode Yukari

Act 1: The Promise

"Now let me ask you this… what if… 'he' died… but I was the one who had heard his last words and also… inherited 'his' 'powers' instead of Aigis…? Well… let's just say… it actually happened. This is the beginning of 'my' story. And I, Yukari Takeba, am the main character of it. This is fully taken… from my perspective."

At a cram school sometime before the 'incident'…

March 31st, 2010, 1:30p.m. …

Yukari was having her lunch break at the cram school…

"sigh… break time again…" said Yukari with a sad expression on her face.

ring…

"Hmm?"

The ring tone 'Burn My Dread' was played when Yukari's cellphone rang. She quickly took her cellphone out of her pocket and looked at it. Fuuka Yamagishi's name appeared on the screen.

beep.

"Hello?"

"Ah, Yukari-chan! It's me… um, are you coming today…?" asked Fuuka.

"Oh, uh… didn't you see the message I left you on the board? I have cram school today…" said Yukari with a sigh after her sentence.

"I know… but…"

"I left all the stuff at the dorm, so I don't have to be there in person, right?" she added before Fuuka could continue her sentence.

"I suppose not, but… are you okay with that?" Fuuka continue asking.

"Yeah… I'm gonna pass. Oh, sorry… break's almost over. I gotta go. Tell everyone I said hi, okay?"

Yukari hung up. After setting her cellphone to silent mode and putting it back into her pocket, her cram school classmate, Tazusa Sakurano, walks over to her seat. Yukari looked at Tazusa and tried her very best to smile.

"Hey Yukari! What's with the long face? It's supposed to be a happy and lucky day today, you know?" said Tazusa while smiling.

"Ah… yes… happy and lucky… h-haha…" said Yukari while looking away from Tazusa.

"Man… what's the matter with you…? You've been out of it lately…"

"N-Nothing's wrong… I just… nevermind…"

"Oh come on! Tell…"

bring…!

The bell rang right before Tazusa could finish her sentence which saved Yukari. Then classes began again as usual but Yukari doses off during class…

"yawn… Minato… kun…" said Yukari while putting her head onto the book she put on top of her desk.

After a few minutes… At an unknown place which seemed like Minato's room, it was completely dark. Yukari was sitting on a chair beside his bed, and tears were about to flow right out from both her eyes…

"Minato… kun… you're not… going… to… right…?" said Yukari who was in tears.

"…"

"Please… wake up… d-don't leave me… please…"

Yukari was given the silent treatment from Minato but it was truly logical. He was already in a coma but Yukari and Aigis were the only ones to use the time they had to take special afternoon and night shifts. Yukari took care of the night shifts… not knowing it was the last shift that she'll ever take.

Yukari then took his left hand and held it with both of her hands tightly…

"Please… I beg you… wake up… for me… please…" said Yukari while crying.

"… Yukari… san…"

There was a reply from Minato, but he replied with an extremely weak tone of voice and slowly opened his eyes to look at her. Was it a miracle? He woke up from his comatose state…

"gasp! Y-You're… awake… you're okay… right Minato-kun…?!" said Yukari while crying but was trying to smile.

"… I'm… fine… Yukari… can you promise me… something… before I… go…?" he said with his right hand reaching for her left cheek.

"B-Before you go…?! D-Don't say that…! P-Please…!" Yukari continued crying.

"P-Promise me… that you'll stop… mankind from wishing for… the return… of Nyx…" Minato slowly closed his eyes.

"M-Minato-kun… I… no… come on… stay awake…!"

"Come on… let me see you smile… before I go… I… trust you…" he said while putting his hand down and closed his eyes completely.

"No… Minato-kun… wake up… please… s-see…? I'm… smiling…! I know that… you're just… playing around right…? Please! Wake up…!!" Yukari smiled for a brief duration and went back to crying.

"……"

There finally wasn't a response or a voice coming out from his mouth. The hand which Yukari was still clinging onto became as cold as ice. It started raining, so Yukari used that as a reason for his hand to be so cold… but even so, Yukari knew it all too well… that he had already passed away.

"… I… I was… the only one who… truly heard… his final wishes… not Aigis… so I will… do whatever it takes… to fulfill it… I'll… I'll do it for you, Minato-kun…!" she said while sobbing and held on to his cold hand tightly.

Back to reality, she woke up in tears when the teacher called her name and the student shook her around to wake her up.

"Yukari Takeba. Are you alright? You were somewhat… mourning… in your sleep. Was it a bad dream? Or were you dreaming about me giving you very low conduct marks?"

The students in class started laughing after hearing what the teacher had said to Yukari. They also saw the blur expression that Yukari had on her face when she just woke up. That made them laugh even more. She quickly wiped her tears, stood up and then stared at the teacher with sleepy eyes.

"I-I'm so sorry, sir. I guess I really… had a nightmare…" said Yukari with a smile on her face.

"Hmm. You really are an odd one, Takeba-san. Still smiling after a nightmare, hmm? sigh… I'll let you off the chain this time, but the next time, your conduct marks will be heavily deducted by me. Understood, Takeba-san?" the teacher shook his head but weird enough, with a smile on his face.

"Thank you sir… and… I guess I have to admit… but I'm truly an odd person."

After approximately an hour and a half, it was already the end of school. Many of Yukari's classmates and schoolmates, even a few boys from her so-called 'fan club' asked her to go out with them, but she turned them all down and said…

"Sorry guys. I… sorta have stuff to do back at the… Iwatodai Dormitory… I'll go out with you guys some other time… alright…?"

When Yukari said that, she had a sad expression on her face. She really didn't want to go back, but her heart made her want to go back. Could it be because of the dream? Or because of her own desires to go back? No one could understand her closed heart that was once opened…

She strolled around the Port Island district for some time before returning back to the Iwatodai district. And she arrived at Iwatodai late at night. Once she has reached her destination, that is when… 'it' will happen……


Author's notes:

Here it is! The first act of the story! So… how was it? Too much dialogue right? Too short right? I ADMIT IT… well… it's also due to the fact that I followed the game script to do this story. Act 2 will be posted once I'm done polishing and typing it into the computer, so till then, please wait! Thanks for reading Act 1!!