Created by Shonenx
Persona 3 Portable: I'll Meet You There...
Chapter 1:The Fools' Beginning.
She ran across the platform, her bag banging against her back as she bolted toward the train. She could see the doors closing and felt a sudden dread wash over , no, no! You are not leaving without seemed to encourage her to go at full speed and jam her foot into the doors, stopping them from closing and also giving her a throbbing just isn't my day,she thought as she boarded the train.
She sank down into a seat gratefully, throwing her bag down next to her as she began to inspect her , it's beginning to bruise.
She sighed and by accident looked out the window and saw her reflection. Her hair was windblown, her eyes a bright eerie red and her cheeks were pink from lovely, Minako,she thought sourly to herself.
Minako wasn't usually grumpy and critical, she was mostly happy, energetic and friendly but not this evening. This evening was a exception because she had to take the late train. And she hated traveling in the dark.
Suddenly, she heard a clatter as someone sat in a seat a little away from her. Minako peered over the seats to have a look. There was a boy slumped in the seat, looking like he was half asleep, with a unnatural shade of blue hair that was cut in a kinda emo style that covered half his face. She also noticed his eyes were much like the color of his hair, but something told her those eyes had seen bad stuff and as she looked more she could see what drew her to them: they reminded her of the way her eyes looked when she didn't focus.
The boy's head snapped up and Minako ducked down, hoping to god he hadn't seen her. He then shook his head and put his headphones on and resumed the position he had been in. Minako peeked at him again and noticed something else: he was wearing a Gekkoukan same uniform as she was wearing. She sighed in boredom and glanced out the window and sent a silent pray up to whatever god was out , for once could something go right for me? Please.
Suddenly the intercom came on," Due to a malfunction in the switching system, today's rail schedule has been greatly altered," announced the train conducter, " We apologize to any customers who are in a hurry."
Minako felt her jaw ?! No, I don't want to be here late! No please!
" The next stop is Iwatodai," the train conductor informed them, making Minako calm down a bit because that was her stop.
The train came to a halt and Minako reached for her bag and stepped off the train lightly, delighted to get off that hell-bound vessel.
Minato yawned as he got off the train, tired and cranky. He pulled his rug-sack over his shoulder and noticed a girl looking at map diligently. The only reason he noticed her was because of her reddish-brown hair and when she turned around he was gob-smacked.
The girl had bright red eyes which seemed to hypnotize him and her face looked beautiful. Like a angel's. She was of medium height and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail.
Minato realized he had been staring at her and drawn her crap!
She smiled at him and is she waving?He looked at her and saw they were wearing the same uniform. That made him pissed and no matter how pretty she was she had only waved to ask for help. Well, she would just have to ask someone else wouldn't she?
Minako looked at the boy hopefully, but the boy just walked in the other direction. Had she offended him? All she was going to ask was would he mind walking with people are just to uptight,she thought. And it was too bad really. He had looked kinda cute too.
Suddenly, all the lights turned off and red blood lined the streets as she walked out of the station. She wasn't scared because she had seen this time since she could remember. She wasn't scared of it anymore. All she did was follow her gut and began to make her way to the dorm and tried to ignore all the coffins that were on the streets, which she did by listening to her MP3 player.
Minato, on the other hand, was having the same success as her. More or less. He was cursing himself for being so rude to the pretty girl in the station, but he couldn't worry about that problem to much because he was busy tryingnotto land on his ass because of all the blood. This time annoyed him more than anything else and instead of looking at his map he was just wandering aimlessly, trying to find the dorm in a casual way that a sloth might.
He spotted a dorm-like place as he began to really get tired and strolled over and opened the door. He slammed it shut and then heard a soft voice say,"Ow."
Huh?
Minako had been pelting toward the door and shouting at the person who was going in to hold the door and, like a idiot, had crashed into the door. She opened it with more force than what was needed and saw the boy from the station. And the out of nowhere appeared a small, fragile looking boy in striped pyjamas.
" Welcome," he said in a rather high pitched tone. " Your late. I've been waiting a long time."
The boy smiled eerily at Minato and Minako. That smile looked lonely and cold. It sent shivers up there spines.
The boy held out his hand and in it was two pieces of paper. "If you want to proceed, then please sign here. It's a contract," he sent them another bone-chilling smile and said, in what was supposed to be a reassuring way," There's no need to be scared. It only binds you to accepting full responsibility for your actions." The two teens noticed their was something written on the paper, "I choose this fate of my own free will."Below it was a blank to sign their names'.
Minako, being the braver of the two of them, took the piece of paper and wrote down,"Minako Seikatsu,"inneat handwriting. Minato, following the brunette's example, grabbed the paper and wrote,"Minato Arisato,"in rather unreadable writing. They both handed it back to the pale boy and looked at one other in surprise, they hadn't really noticed each other until that moment, then shared a worrisome have we just done?They thought in sync.
" Very well," the boy said, interrupting the brunette and bluenette's thoughts," Time is something no one can escape. It delivers us all to the same end. Wishing won't make it go away. And so it begins..."
The boy began to fade into the darkness, like fog, then all at once disappeared.
" Is it just me, or do I get the feeling I've signed my soul to the devil?"Minako said aloud, breaking the silence. Minato, who had been frightened she would glare at him, broke into a smile. It was rare that anyone could make him smile. People said he might as well be made of stone. Oh, how right they were.
The brunette smiled back (she had a adorable smile) and Minato's smile grew into a grin. Minako thought it suited his face more than that type of I-don't-give-a-crap/let-me-go-to-sleep look.
" Who's there?!" shouted a unknown voice.
"Aw crap, don't tell me he came back!" Minako took a defensive stance, like the one she had learned it karate, and got ready to kick some major butt, but she only saw a brown-haired girl in a pink jumper who looked scared. And who was also holding a gun.
"How can you be... But it's...!" she said fearfully (and rather bitchy)," Don't tell me.."
The girl began reaching for the gun.
" Wait!" ordered another voice.
Where are these people coming from?Minato thought feeling very confused.
Suddenly the lights flickered and came back on. " The lights..." commented the brown-haired girl.
" I didn't think you two would arrive so late," said a red-haired girl who had told the other girl to stop," My name is Mitsuru Kirijo. I'm one of the students who live in this dorm."minako thought she seemed kind of nice but also... a bit pampered. Well, she had saved their lives' from the pretty yet crazy girl behind her, so maybe looks weren't everything.
" Who're they?" asked the brown-haired girl. She kept looking at Minato and sending him goo-goo ,thought Minako truthfully.
" Their transfer students. It was a last minute decision to assign them here," answered Mitsuru," They'll eventually be moved to rooms in the normal dorms."
" Is it okay for them to be here?" she inquired, still eying Minato, who liked being looked at by the pretty girl. Minako, like any normal person, thought this brown-haired girl was a flirt.
" I guess we'll see..." said Mitsuru, amused," This is Yukari Takeba. She'll be a junior this spring, just like you two."
"...Hi, I'm Yukari," the girl said distrustfully.
" I'm Minato Arisato," said the bluenette.
Minako didn't say anything. She was in a bad mood. " Whats yours?" asked Mitsuru, though she already knew, but she was afraid the girl was shy.
"Minako Seikatsu. Nice to meet you," the brunette said, trying to sound as happy and confident as she could and pulling it off.
Mitsuru smiled at her. Minako decided that the red-haired girl was nice.
"Oh, and why do you have a gun?" asked Minako, she wasn't trying to be a bitch, which she wasn't, she was just trying to figure out what the hell she was doing with that thing.
" Huh? Um, well, it's sorta like a hobby.." she replied without much success," Well, not a hobby, but.."
" You know how it is these days...It's for self-defense. It's not a real gun of course," Mitsuru answered smoothly. Minako and Minato didn't believe her but they didn't want to cause a argument, so they kept quiet.
"It's getting late. Yukari, show them their rooms. Your things should already be there. I suggest you both tuck in for the night," ordered Mitsuru.
Yukari nodded and brought Minato and Minako up the the hell is up with these people?Minato thought, trailing behind a silent Yukari. First stop was Minato's room on the second floor. "This is your room," announced Yukari to Minato with a flutter of her eyes, which Minato didn't notice. " Easy to remember since it's at the end of the hall, eh?" she said, trying to get his attention, but had little success.
Yukari turned to Minako and said, " So, any questions?"
"We signed a contract..." Minako trailed off when she saw the brown-haired girl's expression.
" Huh? What's this about a contract?" asked Yukari, her eyes sliding from Minato, then Minako, then back to Minato. There was clear distrust in her eyes.
" Um, can I ask you both something?" That got Minato's attention and he turned to look at Yukari, just likeMinako. " On your way from the station, was everything okay?"
"What do you mean?" asked Minato, playing coy because he didn't want to tell this girl about the coffins and blood.
" You know what i mean-" the brown haired girl began, but stopped. "... Never mind. Come on. Let's take you to your room," she said, talking to Minako surprisingly.
Yukari fled up another staircase, but Minako didn't follow her. Instead she turned around to Minato and said," Goodnight." The brunette muttered it back and then Yukari came back down."Go up ahead of me," she said. Minako gave a sigh and waved goodnight to Minato.
"Listen. Don't tell anyone what you saw, okay?" Then she left without saying , thought Minato and he slammed his door and fell on his bed.
Hamuko was waiting for Yukari and then thought about how she was probably flirting with that guy am I so jealous? I didn't care about things like this before..
Suddenly, Yukari came and said one single thing before entering her room,"Um, I'm sure you still have other questions but let's save them for later, okay? And don't tell anyone what you saw, okay? Goodnight!" then slammed her door.
Minako gave the door a strange look, then entered her own room and closed her door quietly. She plummeted on her bed and said," What weird people."
Minako glanced at the moon outside her window, then sighed.Lights out.