May 14, 2010
A new day has dawned, people mindless going about their day, going to school, going to work, some happily, some not so much.
All of these people have come from different occupations, but they all share one thing; they are all oblivious to one thing.
Less than several months ago, the world almost ended.
This world yearns for oblivion, and a powerful goddess was willing to grant that wish, but the promised end did not come.
A group of people who had hopes for the future stopped the end, they stopped the goddess, putting her back to sleep, but they did so at a price.
They lost one precious ally.
This ally was their leader, a messiah, who willing sacrificed themselves so that this world could go on, even if it meant it would move on without them…
A few months have passed since that fated day, Aegis remembers it as if it were yesterday, those final moments with their leader on the rooftop cradling her head on her lap as they closed their eyes for one final time.
She remembers the sound of their friends running up the stairs after regaining their memories of what had transpired on January 31, only to arrive too late.
Her eyes, Haruka Arisato's eyes, closed for a final time, and she entered a deep sleep, one she would never wake from, her body slept but her soul was gone.
Her soul would not know rest; instead, it would become a seal to keep Erebus, the manifestation of all human suffering at bay, for if he were released he would awaken Nyx, who in turn would destroy all humanity.
Haruka's body had not died, but required the use of machines to stay alive, her distant relatives believed it was best to pull the plug, but through negotiations and strings pulled by Mitsuru, Haruka remained on life support and within the custody of the Kirijo Group. After all, maybe one day Haruka could return, a sad wish as they knew the day she could return would be long after their lifetimes or even longer, but hope was all they had.
Since then the rest of SEES has tried to move on with their lives, living them to fullest as they promised they would in order to lessen the burden of their fallen friend. As expected Mitsuru and Akihiko graduated and went on to college, Mitsuru attending a college in England, while Akihiko stayed within Japan and attends Tokyo University, and their fan girls/boy mourn the loss daily.
Shinjiro's condition since incident last year had changed for the better, he was no longer in a coma, he woke up shortly after Haruka fell into her sleep. Breaking the news about Haruka was in no sense pleasant, it was in fact quite painful to do, especially watching the older teammate fall apart when he thought he was alone.
He had loved Haruka and she felt the same, but painful as it was he pulled it together and has since been undergoing physical therapy and medical treatments in order to get him back on his feet and help him recover from the horrific side effects from Persona Suppressants he had been taking.
Mitsuru says once he's in better shape he'll be attending school to finish where he left off at Gekkoukan.
Junpei, Yukari, Fuuka, and Aigis herself were now third year's, so far things were going smoothly. Yukari was now Captain of the school's Archery team, and was gaining quite a large group of fans, she's also begun repairing her relationship with her mother, she even attended her mother's wedding, and was happy to say that her mother has definitely changed and her new step father is an alright guy.
Fuuka was still in the cooking club, and it even had a few new members, although her skill in the culinary arts was still to be desired despite being the head of the club. Junpei has not changed much, he is still the same for the most part, and still a class clown, still lecherous, although his dirty comments and flirting is mostly directed at his girlfriend Chidori.
Speaking of Chidori, the former Strega member and persona user is now living a normal life, attending a High School specializing in fine arts in Iwatodai.
Chidori has yet to recall her past and probably never will, much to the relief of Junpei who believes her remembering her past would be far too painful for her, especially now that she's happy.
Ken and Koromaru for the most part are the same. The young boy has moved up a grade and seems to be getting along well with kids his own age, he does miss Haruka often, but he's trying his best to move on like the rest of us. Koromaru hasn't changed at all, he's still the same smart, loyal, and happy dog he was when he first joined them, and doesn't look like that'll be changing anytime soon.
Speaking of Koromaru, he probably wants to go on a walk tonight, say his respects the respect who once lived their with him and frolic around for a while.
Aegis wonders if Yukari or Junpei will be free, Fuuka wouldn't be available tonight on account of staying at her parent's place that night.
She remembers when she would go on walks with her and Koromaru, they way they would chat over silly things, mostly her trying to explain human ways to her, so she could become a more convincing person.
It's all because of her, because of her each day she became more human, Aigis learned to laugh, love, and to cry.
When she came back from fighting Nyx Aigis cried, a bizarre instance, Robots weren't supposed to cry, they couldn't cry…
She gave her humanity, but Aigis couldn't give her anything in return. She wishes she was as bold as Theodore who during Aigis's final visit to the Velvet Room stated he would not rest until he found a way to free Haruka. She wishes she followed him, maybe there really was a way to free her from her binds.
She misses her...
Every single day...
It's just not the same without her, without her smile, without her voice, without her eyes, it's wrong without her here. But- Aigis knows better than to go on like that, because if she despairs IT will return, and she can't break her promise live happily. To add another weight onto the already tremendous burden she must carry would be selfish and wrong.
But sometimes Aigis just can't help but wonder why everything had to end like this. Aigis rose from couch she was sitting on in the dorm lounge and began moving over to Koromaru who eagerly sitting near the door.
"Are you ready to go out for a walk Koromaru-san?" Aigis asked while bending down to meet his eye level.
"WOOF!" which was his way of saying "yes" and began jumping and wagging his tail in delight. Nothing could ever keep this dog down. That brought a smile to Aigis's face, if only everyone could be like Koromaru, so happy and carefree.
If everyone were like him then there wouldn't have been a need for…that
Aigis and Koromaru exited the door to be welcomed by a soft breeze, it was still cool but had a touch of the upcoming summer's warmth, yes, Summer would be here quite soon. Will everyone be going to Yakushima again? Probably not.
SEES disbanded, everyone was pretty much doing their own thing.
Although she would never wish the Dark Hour back the bond that was forged during them was missed. She misses the togetherness, sure they keep in touch, hang out occasionally, but it's not the same.
2:50 AM, Port Island Station, Alleyway
"Wait!" said a mysterious voice
"Why? You aren't who we're looking for….it's only business." replied a deep raspy voice back to the fleeing figure
It was a man young within his twenties, he looked pretty well to do with a fancy yellow Aramani suit and snake skin shoes which were both smudged with dirt and alleyway grime. He was running, running a shadowy looking man, he couldn't see his face, all he saw was a bright white cloak and he was carrying a chain of sorts in hand.
The man tripped suddenly falling flat on his face, he scrambled to get up, breathing heavily, sweating dripping wildly off his brow, but before he could rise his pursuer caught up with him and was now standing above him.
The man's eyes were wide in horror at the sight of long shiny coal black hair, sheet white skin, and a pair of steely blue eyes staring back at him, eyes that lusted for blood, his blood.
"Please! I have mone-GYURAK!" The voice of the person being pursued tried to reason with the other voice, but was cut short when a chain scythe wrapped out his neck, the blade was not near his throat but a simple twist of it's owners wrist on the chain could change that.
The person tried wriggle free but couldn't find the strength his windpipe was being crushed, he was choking on his words, making sickening gurgling sounds while trying to breathe. It was over. If he doesn't from suffocation, surely what's coming next will..
"You have nothing! You served your purpose, you provided us with a lovely collection, and we thank you dearly for it, but…you're just not needed anymore…DAHLING!"
With that the man jerked his wrist ending the poor man's life.
Unwrapping the chain from the man's neck his pursuer took a deep sigh.
Slowly cleaning the blood that on the chain with a small cloth he removed from his pocket, rubbing the chain and blade clean, he began to hum a tune.
Dmitri Ryuugamine, loved his job.
Working for Club Alighieri was a dream, and soon everyone would know what a dream it truly was.
This sinful world would know.
Starting with Iwatodai.
His eyes shifted from his chain to the moon, a full moon, the only light source in this dark alley. It was beautiful, so beautiful, and these people were unworthy of her beauty Dmitri thought.
Pushing his long dark hair behind his ear he left the scene of his handiwork.
Moon river wider than a mile…
I'm crossing you in style someday….
Hello! My name is Montblanco
This is my first story, and to start things off I do not own Persona 3 or it's characters. That's all Atlus!
I only own the characters of my own creation such as Dmitri
I know the pace is kind of slow, but I give it time, I'm still sorting a lot out about this story.
The other characters will make an appearance next chapter which I may have up by the Saturday or Monday.
I would love your ideas on how to make this story blossom into something really good.
I have yet to decide on pairings but I will say that Shinji/FeMC and Junpei/Chidori will be mentioned and may or may not play an important part to the story.
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