Note: Sweet! Chapter two is up now. Well...it took me long enough, but you wouldn't believe what school is doing to me. -_-....So in this chapter you will be able to experience some P4 point of views. I plan on using Seta Souji right of the bat. Again, I'm sorry this chapter took so long to put up. You see, it's very long and needed a spell/punctuation check.
BlackSakura13: Well I love you for reviewing! I have never written a Persona fanfiction before(as stated in chapter one's foreword), but I guess I'm good at it then. I really enjoyed reading your review. ^_^
Just a forwarning: Big cliffhanger...
Disclaimer: Persona series copyrighted to Shin Megami Tensei
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"Aigis-chan, this is...!?!?!?"
"Yes, Minato, I managed to gain the power of the wild card after your leave. This is a key to the velvet room. I hope this will give you comfort, along with the job I am currently employed at to support us living here."
"Aigis...Thank you so much ."
"Minato...be careful."
Seta Souji's P.O.V.:
Bad? Yes, I felt horrible. We had failed to prevent Rise from getting thrown in. I slumped down at my desk heaving a depressed sigh before eventually grabbing my textbooks up and reviewing once more for a test we had on our mathematics today. It seemed like a trip to see Teddie after school was all but the only option.
The classroom door opened once more, and Yosuke trudged in. He seemed even more depressed than me. He sat in his usual spot behind me, letting his head fall on the desk. "Watch it." I warned. "You could hurt your head if you hit it too hard."
"Man, if I had a choice in the matter, I wouldn't be feeling like a failure and be going to see how Risette was after school." Yosuke grumbled.
"I'm sorry..." I stated, "for everyone, because we failed at preventing her from being thrown in." I tried to sound comforting and apologetic.
"Come on! Aren't leaders supposed to be more optimistic?" A female voice called from behind my head making Yosuke and I both jump.
"Chie! What the Hell? Could you give us more warning before sneaking up on us like that?" Yosuke complained.
"Oh cheer up!" Chie huffed. "I mean, we haven't lost her yet. We could just go in there, and if worst comes to worst fight her shadow and hope she accepts herself."
"Absolutely!" I cheered.
"Ha ha! Now there is that optimism!" Chie beamed.
"Chie?" Another female voice seemed to ask.
"Oh! Yukiko! Hey!" Chie said, turning.
"Before we go to our headquarters, could you go with me to pick up some new maid uniform's from Kanji-kun's mother's textile shop?" Yukiko asked. "My mom wanted me to run some errands for our inn."
"We can all meet up around three hours after school." I offered. "Is that enough time?"
"Plenty!" Yukiko nodded.
The door slid open, and the infamous 'King Moron' entered. "All right, you pathetic whelps! We have two more nuisances in this classroom. These ass-holes have been transferred from the city like our last transfer students, and I bet they will be just as much of losers as the last guy."
"Here we go again..." A student muttered in the back of the classroom.
"I heard that! what do you take me for, a moron?" Mr. Moroka snapped.
The class snickered at the use of his over-spoken nickname.
King Moron looked up. "It looks like the newest annoyances are here now..."
Myself, along with the rest of the class focused our eyes up onto the classroom entrance. Sure enough, two boys stepped through. To describe them wasn't that hard. The first guy who entered had slicked back dark brown hair, and pale blue-grey eyes. The second boy had blue hair that hung down in his face. His eyes were gray. I felt a nudge in my side. "Chie!" I hissed.
"Aren't guy number one and guy number two hot?" She asked, gaping.
"I'm a guy..." I reminded her, rolling my eyes.
Chie blushed. "Oh yeah! That's right, isn't it?" She continued to poke Yukiko in the back, and they exchanged sheepish smiles.
"You can introduce yourselves now." King Moron grumbled.
The boy with slicked back dark brown hair stepped forward. "Hi everyone. My name is Mochizuke Ryoji." He gave a smile, placing a hand onto his chest. "It's nice to meet you all."
The second boy seemed to know his cue, stepping up as well. "I'm Arisato Minato." He stated. "I would say the same. Nice to meet you all. We are only going to be here temporarily, but we'll try to fit in."
I took in a note that Minato seemed really laid back. His hands were in his pockets, and his face seemed calm and unphased. Although, this could also signify him not wanting to be at school and having a lazy personality.
Ryoji seemed similar in personality to Minato, all though his hands were out of his pockets and he smiled a lot more. Maybe Minato didn't want to put the effort into making his lips move.
Mr. Moroka directed them to seat's directly across from me on the left side of the room. The two previous students sitting there had transferred out, due to their parents worrying about murder cases and such.
I made a note to possibly be able to introduce myself later. I glanced at Chie and Yukiko, sighing. I'm sure that they would appreciate it.
I made a final turn to glance at the newest students to attend Yasogami high. My eyes were distracted by a gleam from something hanging around Minato's neck. I squinted. It looked just like me velvet key. I shook my head. What was I thinking? That had to be coincidence. I was the only guest there anyway, just as Igor had informed me several times.
It was kind of different though. Two transfers at once didn't usually happen. It definitely seemed that those two were hiding something.
Arisato Minato's P.O.V.:
I didn't plan on having us attend this school for very long. We were just going to fit in as high school students until we could find out our exact location and head back to Port Island. This town was peaceful enough, excluding the fact it was undergoing a murder mystery. Something was off though. Of all places, why would we show up here? It had to mean something. If I truly wanted to see everyone again, maybe I should just play along. That's what I told myself.
I had heard rumors of the killings from people around town. Apparently the victims were all found entangled in a telephone wire with no signs of physical contact. That didn't seem human; it seemed like shadow's doing. I shook my head. Why would there be such a thing here? It didn't fit the profile.
Ryoji frowned. "You're blanking out, and you're upset. So what's up?"
"How do you even know for sure?" I countered.
"Well for one thing my body was created in the envisioning of yours. I think I know you better than any other person on the face of the planet in my opinion." Ryoji pointed out, letting out a breath of air. "This sucks. You and I should have come back as seniors, but couldn't get into a senior homeroom. We got stuck with sophomores." He leaned back in his chair. "Now you should talk to me."
He was absolutely right. There was no way that I could hide anything from him, because he did know me best. "It was the local murder mystery." I stated. "It doesn't sound like a human is doing the killing."
"So it's a shadow?" Ryoji questioned.
"It couldn't be. The dark hour has vanished." I objected.
"Do you have amnesia?" Ryoji muttered. "You don't remember that the dark hour came after shadows right? It was created from scientists experimentation on us. Even I remember that."
"Of course I remember." I stated, "but I try to block out what I don't want to hear. If no one goes after them, I'm worried about this town." This all seemed very unreal. I had just gotten my life back, but was already subjected to something that I knew only a shadow could do. We needed to investigate a little.
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School ended, and Ryoji decided for the both of us that we were going to finally look around Junes. Before this Aigis did all the shopping while Ryoji helped me recover for the last four days. We walked into it's opening lounge with hallways to some shops and elevators surrounding us. Their theme of "Every day's great at your Junes" hummed out of the speakers.
Ryoji grabbed me, and pulled me behind a trash can. "Ryoji!" I hissed. 'What are you doing?"
"Look!" Ryoji whispered. "Those are some of the kids from our homeroom. They have some other people who I don't know with them."
"So...?" I asked.
"Let's follow them." Ryoji said, with a sly grin. "Those two girls are really hot!"
"Is that you're only reason?" I shot back.
"Well...I came from you, so don't deny it...you think that they are hot too." Ryoji snickered.
"Ryoji!" My face went bright red. I tried letting my hair hang in my face to hide my embarrassment. That was going way to far.
"Well then it's decided!" Ryoji whispered. "Crap! They're already in the elevator. Just watch the lights, and where they stop is the floor they're getting off on." I grumbled indistinctly behind him. "They're on the top floor." Ryoji continued. "Up we go!" And so I was dragged into the elevator. "I've decided that one way I won't be like you is that I'm not going to be lazy about girls!" He stated. "All though you procrastinate and sleep in school, procrastinating on a subject like this is unacceptable. Well, here's our floor."
I was then dragged out of the elevator. "Target spotted." I muttered, pointing to the food court. Might as well play along...
"Excellent work Minato-kun!" Ryoji encouraged me, giving me a salute.
"Targets are now on the move." I informed him.
"Then let's go get em!" Ryoji motioned. We followed them all to the electronics department. "That's a really big Television!" Ryoji said, looking at the huge screen our targets were standing in front of. Suddenly something very unexpected happened. They went inside of the television! "Did you see that?" Ryoji gawked.
"You're plan..." I muttered. "Let's go after them."
"How?" Ryoji asked.
I walked up to the television, and he followed. I pressed my hand up against the large screen, honestly not expecting anything, but it went through. I lost my balance falling in and dragging Ryoji behind me. We didn't yell and scream about it, but we hit ground. I looked up to see us in a stage-like area with lights. Our classmates were there, and their heads jolted up.
"What the hell was that?" One of them with white hair asked. "Two more people just entered." He saw us and instantly grew all tense and started yelling. "Well!? Who the hell are you!?"
"Cool it Kanji." One of the guys who I knew was in my homeroom told him. He was the one with silver hair. "Aren't you two the transfer students?" He asked.
"Yeah." I answered, "So where are we?"
"How did you get here?" The one girl with long black hair asked, "Chie, I thought only people who had personas could get in!"
"I know!" Chie put in. "Kinda creepy..."
"Persona!?" I questioned standing up. "You guys can all use persona?"
"Yeah man..." A boy with brown hair started. "How do you know about that?"
"I also have that power..." I confessed. "Ryoji..." I said, noticing he was silent. "Hey!" I turned around, seeing him not look so good.
"Sensei!" A new voice I hadn't heard yet. "Look out!" The silver haired kid turned, and I just noticed a huge teddy bear that was probably there the whole time as well.
"Teddie? What is it?" The boy asked.
"There's a really powerful shadow over there...." He whimpered, cowering behind him.
"A really powerful shadow...?" I wondered. "Shit!!! No..." I freaked out, but Ryoji was still there. He was just splitting in two. Out of the other him appeared another familair figure. Pharos....
"What on earth?" The girl with short hair questioned. "What is going on?"
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I should get started on chapter two right away on chapter 3. Anyways here's Ch.3's preview:
That couldn't be the same boy who visited Minato in his room. Why does he keep trying to reveal things on Ryoji? Ryoji don't deny it! That really is Pharos, and he really is you!!!
