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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

(Author side notes/PoV change/scene change)

I really just have these good days where I get really inspired don't I? It might just be that I have wanted to write a Persona story for a long time. Well whatever the reason, I hope it continues.

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Chapter 2: The First Day

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(The next morning)

It was six in the morning the following day with Suigin in the kitchen making breakfast. He didn't know whether Kikoeru or Atama were morning people so he made breakfast for everyone.

He heard mumbling and turned to see Kikoeru with bed hair wearing pajama pants and a sleeveless shirt. She looked like she wasn't even fully awake yet.

"Good morning Kikoeru" Suigin greeted.

"Good… Good morning Suigin" she returned with a yawn interrupting her.

She sat down at the table and laid her head on top of her arms. Suigin finished making a stack of pancakes and put some on a plate before walking over to Kikoeru.

He set the plate a little in front of her and went to getting the other plates ready.

Kikoeru lifted her head up having smelled the pancakes and started eating.

Atama walked into the kitchen dressed in sweatpants and a t-shirt and looked like he was mostly awake.

'He looks more of a morning person than Kikoeru' Suigin thought.

"Morning Suigin. Did you make the breakfast?" Atama asked.

"Yeah. I didn't know if you guys would really be awake at this time so I decided to make breakfast for all of us. The kitchen had the ingredients but there's not much so we'll have to get more soon" Suigin answered.

Kikoeru had just finished her stack before turning to Suigin "That was great! How did you learn to cook so well?"

"I had to learn to cook for me and my sister. I mainly learned through trial and error. My Grandmother helped a lot too" he answered.

Atama and Kikoeru nodded at his answer. Atama accepted an offered plate of breakfast while Kikoeru got a few more. Suigin got his own plate and joined them at the table.

As they ate, Suigin was thinking about the dream he had again. He still couldn't think of what it meant or the danger in the city or even the power he was supposed to have. He was up a creek without a paddle or canoe.

After some mental debate, he decided to ask his friends.

"Hey guys, have you ever had a dream where you knew it was a dream but it just seemed important?" Suigin asked.

Kikoeru shook her head. Atama shook his also "Why, did you have a dream?"

"Yeah, yesterday on the train. I was on a boat in the sea with a lot of fog. This strange man was talking to me about some kind of danger in this city. He also said that I and a few other people had the power to stop it. I know it was a dream but I can't shake the feeling that it really meant something" Suigin explained.

All three of them thought over it for a few moments.

Atama was the first to speak "Maybe your just reading too much into it"

"Yeah, maybe your right" Suigin replied.

Kikoeru stood up and took her plate to the sink "Maybe, wouldn't hurt to be careful though"

"Sounds good. School starts at 8 so we should start getting ready" Suigin agreed.

Kikoeru went up to her room as Atama and Suigin put their own plates into the sink for washing later and started walking upstairs. "So how do you think school will be?" Atama asked.

"Don't know, I had strange teachers back in Inaba. They weren't bad, just odd" Suigin answered.

"We'll just have to wait and see" Atama stated as they made it to their floor.

"Oh Atama, could I ask a favor?"

"Sure" Atama replied waiting.

"I want you to take a look at something. Don't freak out, but I brought an old type of gun my Grandfather gave me before he died. It seems different from others and the chamber won't open. So I was hoping that you could help find out what's wrong with it" Suigin asked.

Atama didn't seem worried about the gun "Sure, we can look at it after school today. As for bringing a gun, I did too. I have it under my mattress for self-defense. My parents taught me how to fire it. I don't use it other than at shooting ranges or emergencies"

Suigin rose an eyebrow "So your parents know about the gun?"

Atama nodded "They recommended it. They know that you can never be too careful. Well I'm going to get ready, I'll meet you downstairs"

With that they walked into their rooms.

Suigin went over and pulled out the boy uniform. During and spring it was a white short sleeved shirt and black pants. A dark blue jacket would join the uniform in the fall and winter.

He put on the uniform and walked back downstairs. When he got back to the lounge he saw Kikoeru there wearing the girl version of the uniform, a white blouse with a long skirt that reached to just under her knees. She seemed to be picking at the skirt in annoyance.

"I HATE skirts!" she growled.

Suigin rolled his eyes. Atama came down a few minutes later in the same uniform as Suigin. They picked up their bags and headed to school.

They made it to the front of the school by 7:25.

"While we have the time, let's see where our classes are" Atama suggested.

Suigin and Kikoeru nodded in agreement and headed inside.

It turned out that Suigin and Atama both had the same class on the second floor. Kikoeru had a class on the first floor.

At 7:50 they started heading to class.

"We'll meet you at lunch Kikoeru" Suigin said.

"Alright, see you guys later" she replied before going to class.

Suigin and Atama went to their class and sat next to each other. Some students came in and a huge rush happened just before the bell.

A minute after the bell, Ms. Chishiki walked in.

"Hello, I'm Ms. Chishiki. I'll be your home room teacher for the year as well as your English teacher. I look forward to teaching all of you this coming year" she announced.

Suigin and Atama paid attention as she talked about the school rules and protocols until the lunch bell rang.

"Well Ms. Chishiki seems nice. I don't think we'll have a problem in her class" Atama stated.

"I wonder how Kikoeru's class was" Suigin wondered.

They got to the cafeteria to see Kikoeru waving them over to a table with her and a red haired boy.

They walked over and greeted her "Hey Kikoeru, how was your class?"

"The teacher was some old guy who looked like he was about to fall asleep. Plus some guy tried hitting on me before class. As he tried that, Dokeshi here saw it and switched the screws of the guy's desk with some flimsy screws. When the bell rang he ran to his seat and the whole thing fell apart. The teacher decided it was just the screws and the guy sat on the far side from me" Kikoeru explained while laughing.

Dokeshi scratched the back of his head "It was nothing, the guy was bothering girls at our last school so I figured I would mess with him. I'm Dokeshi Warau by the way"

Dokeshi had red-orange color hair that seemed to be all over the place and brown eyes. He was wearing the same uniform that Suigin and Atama were wearing but with the shirt untucked. He had a mischievous gleam in his eye that said that he loved pranks.

"I'm Suigin and this is Atama. We're friends of Kikoeru" Suigin introduced.

"Nice to meet you guys" Dokeshi replied.

For the rest of the lunch period the four of them just chatted, in which they did learn that Dokeshi was a prankster. Dokeshi was surprised to learn that they stayed in a co-ed dorm together.

"You guys might want to keep quiet about that. A lot of kids here could take it the wrong way or start some nasty rumors" Dokeshi warned.

"Agreed" Suigin, Atama, and Kikoeru said at the same time.

The bell rang and they returned to class.

(After School)

At the end of class, Suigin stayed behind while Atama went ahead to meet Kikoeru.

Suigin waited until everyone but he and Ms. Chishiki were left.

"Ms. Chishiki? Would it be possible to get a few copies of the dorm key?" he asked.

"Certainly, I'll copy the staff copy and give them to you tomorrow. How many do you need?" she asked.

"At least three extras. One for Atama and Kikoeru each and one for in case we lose one" Suigin answered.

"Alright then, you'll have them tomorrow after class" Ms. Chishiki stated.

"Thank you very much" Suigin said as he bowed slightly before leaving.

Suigin arrived at the front of the school to see Atama and Kikoeru talking to Dokeshi.

After agreeing to meet before school out front and exchanging phone numbers they went their separate ways.

When they arrived back at the dorm, Kikoeru dashed up the stairs yelling "I can finally get out of this skirt!"

Suigin went upstairs and retrieved the box with his grandfather's strange gun.

He brought it downstairs and set it on the table where Atama joined him.

Suigin sat there as Atama examined the gun for about 7 minutes before handing it back to Suigin.

"The design is slightly different from a normal 1870 colt peacemaker. There's no hinge to let the chamber out to load the bullets. Plus the barrel was made small on purpose. It's definitely not a replica, but it seems that it was never made to fire actual bullets either. Maybe it used a special type of ammunition. But that brings us back to the chamber not opening" Atama explained.

Suigin looked over the pistol 'What did you mean by I would know how to use it Grandfather?'

Kikoeru had joined them in shorts and had initially freaked out over the gun but calmed down when Suigin had explained the situation.

Atama picked up the letter and looked it over.

"I can't understand a word of it. It seems like gibberish to me" Suigin stated.

Atama opened and read the letter "It's in some sort of code. I can't figure it out. But the Kirijo Group, that I know something about. It's a company that is around my old school in Iwatodai. The next in line to inherit it went to school with me. Mitsuru. Other than that I have no idea"

Suigin set the letter and the gun back in the box "Thanks for helping. At least I learned something about the letter. Maybe my Grandfather worked with them"

Kikoeru yawned and looked at the time "We must have been looking these things over for a while. It's getting late"

With that they decided to go to bed.

Suigin was lying in his bed with the gun in hand still trying to figure it out.

"Why couldn't you just leave a manual or something?" Suigin muttered.

As a joke to himself he put the barrel to his head and pulled the trigger. Making a soft 'bang' sound with his mouth.

Nothing happened.

"Good thing I can't load it or…." He stopped as his head started to hurt and he put his free hand on his head.

He sat up and after a minute the pain stopped.

He looked at the gun in surprise.

'Did…did the gun do that? Am I going crazy? It…it was just a coincidence, the gun didn't cause that… did it?' Suigin thought to himself.

He set the gun back in the box on his bedside and went to sleep.

Little did he know that tomorrow would be an interesting night.

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And that's the second chapter done.

What could be the explanation of the gun and his headache?

Well, you'll find out next time.