chapter .2

The next day Minato, Yukari, and Junpei are talking in their homeroom till Minato's phone rings, it was a text from Akihiko.

"Fuuka is being released from the hospital. We'll talk to her this evening. Come to the command room as soon as you get back."

"What's up?" asked Yukari.

"Fuuka's coming to the dorm tonight, we're going to meet in the command room." Junpei was excited to add another girl to the team while Yukari still didn't know what to think. That evening came and all of SEES was at the meeting. Minato noticed the color in Fuuka's face return so that was good.

Ikutsuki spoke first. "You're Fuuka Yamagishi, right."

"Y-Yes."

"Relax, there's no need to be nervous. Why don't you have a seat." Fuuka bows and sits back down but still just as nervous. "Everyone, you did an excellent job uncovering the truth, I also wanted to let you know the three girls have all regained consciousness."

Fuuka let out a sigh "What a relief."

"From what I understand, they each came to school around midnight and waited for the security guard to leave. They were attacked by Shadows near the gate, as the Dark Hour began... However, the facts became twisted because of rumors concerning a ghost story.

"I knew right from the beginning that it wasn't a ghost!" nodded Yukari to which Minato shook his head in disappointment.

"It's all my fault." the teal haired girl mumbled

"Are you kidding!? You were the victim!"

"But, I made so many people worry."

"Hey, don't think like that."

Mitsuru gets up and stood next to Fuuka. "We could have lost that fight if you weren't there. You saved our lives you should feel good about yourself. You have a special power that you can use to help others."

Fuuka looked up to her. "A special power?"

"We call it Persona you could be a tremendous help to us. Will you lend us your strength."

"Are you asking me to join you?" the red head nods "Mitsuru-senpai."

Yukari looked at the smaller girl and tried to add some gravity to this "You know, we're not trying to pressure you, so if you need some time to think about it?"

Fuuka shakes her head and got up. "I'll do it! I'll help you!"

"A-Are you sure!? If you join, you'll have to live here."

Fuuka sat back down "That's fine. I'd rather live here than at home anyway."

Mitsuru smile at her answer. "We really appreciate this. We'll have the school talk to your parents, to resolve any issues."

"Thank you!"

"Wait a minute. Aren't we dragging her into this a bit fast!" asked Yukari.

"Um, it's okay, really."

Ikutsuki cleared his trout and spoke "Now, then... Those special Shadows showed up again. We still don't know where they're coming from. But, Akihiko is right about one thing... Their appearances seem to coincide with the full moon. We'll take that into consideration from now on."

Junpei grinned "So, they're kinda like werewolves then, huh."

So did Akihiko "It's a big advantage for us to know when to expect them. Now, on the day of the fight, we'll be ready to get in the ring." Yukari sighed as Minato knew she still wasn't comfortable with Fuuka being here.

Minato arrives at the school gate when again Yukari meets him there. "Mornin, hey Minato-kun... What do you think about Fuuka?"

"She's cute."

Yukari sighed. "That's not what I meant."

"I think she's very helpful."

"You think so too, I mean yeah, her Persona ability is great n' all, but... Doesn't it kinda seem like she was forced into joining us?"

"No, she joined because she wants to know about her abilities and how to use it to help others."

"I hope she'll be okay?"

Minato and Yukari walked to the school gates when he turned back to her "By the way, how long would it take for you to like the idea of Fuuka joining us?"

Yukari looked at him with confusion "What."

"A day, week, month. How long should we wait before we let them join?"

"I'm just saying it feels like we forced her in."

"Would you rather wait two or three days before she came to us?"

"Yeah I think so." The two stood outside the class room and the conversion ended.

After school Minato went to the faculty office to drop off some papers then saw the student records, handing off the papers from student council he looked through the books. It was easy to find Fuuka's since only four people in the whole school had a Y at the start of they're names. That evening Minato returned with a box in his hands, and as always was greet by Junpei "S'up, dude."

"Hello, hey where are the girls?"

"They're getting Fuuka's room ready on the 3rd floor. But, no guys allowed... It's cool though I'm just glad she's coming, she'll be here tomorrow you know."

Minato went to the 3rd floor and knocked on rooms till Mitsuru opened one "Yes Arisato?"

"Is this going to be Fuuka's room?"

"Yes, Takeba and I are getting it ready for her, as you can see the girls room are on the 3rd floor so males are not permitted."

"I know, I just came by to ask if you could put this in her room for me?"

Mitsuru took the box and weighted it "What's in it."

"I heard Fuuka was in the photography club so I got her a new camera as a welcoming gift."

"That's very sweet of you." said Yukari with a smirk yet he ignored her and went back downstairs.