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Fushigi no Persona

Chapter Two – Road Twist

"Mi-na-mi."

A whisper to her ear and a long slender finger dancing down her back made her straightened up from her seat. Still dazed from being rudely waken up from her sleep, she looks around to find the perpetrator.

"Ohayou, Takamina! Still squeezing a sleep before class started?"

Her classmate slash friend greeted her with vigor. As much as she wants to give this certain friend some piece of lecture, she stopped herself. Still early for that…she decided. Rubbing off the sleep on her face.

"Mou, Sae. It's still so early to be genki. "She yawned, covering her mouth in the process. Her friend Sae just grinned, plopping to the chair in front of her. But the girl turns her chair around to face the still sleepy girl. She was thinking what made the perfect straight A student sleep before class or why she was sleeping in the first place. Isn't she the one who always says that it's not good to sleep in class before the said class started 'cause it'll make you feel lazy the whole day?

"Cause I'm genking, what'd you expect?" Minami rolled her eyes at her friend's lame response. She knows and heard it a million times already she lost count of it. No more, please.

"I know, though I'm surprised you're not late…..like you know, the usual?" She smirked at the now scowling claimed genking. Oh she loves getting the upper hand.

"Well…" She started; looking away from Minami as a light blushed crept on her cheeks.

"….Sayaka woke me up." She finishes as now a full blown blushed adoring her cheeks. It was so cute when Sae was acting so shy, her girly features coming out, overriding the boyish look she's parading around the school. Wait! Back track a little….Sayaka woke her up?

"Sayaka? As in Akimoto Sayaka-senpai the student council president?" Minami blurted out so loudly, eyes widened at the revelation from her friend.

"Ssh….shut up, Takamina!" Sae hissed, covering her friend's mouth as their classmates looked at their direction, trying to see what's the commotion all about.

"Nothing here, just trying to kill Takamina as usual." She shouted over her shoulder to regard the on lookers. Their classmates, already familiar with the playful squabbles of the two continued to chat with their companion.

Swatting her friend's hands, Minami…

"Okay, off with your filthy hands from my mouth." She said though the sound was muffled by her friend still covering her mouth. And alas, Sae removed her filthy hand…I mean just hands.

"Alright. Fresh air welcome back to my lungs." Minami exaggeratedly inhales as her friend rolled her eyes on how silly the much shorter girl was acting. Besides, she wouldn't have suffocated the girl if she didn't suddenly blurt out about Sayaka waking her up.

"And Miyazawa, don't you ever do that again. Who knows where that hand of yours just came from."She added, grimacing at the thought while wiping her mouth. Her friend's widened eyes looked comical. Oh, the glory of seeing your friend squirmed before you. Not to mention the tomatofied cheeks Genking has now. I'm becoming a sadist, aren't I? Or did I just hit the nail?

"Sae, breathe. I was just kidding." Minami shook her friend's shoulder seeing she was in a catatonic-like state. And slowly the taller girl regain her composure, averting her gaze away from Takamina who was looking at her worriedly, though you can see in her eyes she was still amused by Sae's reaction. She didn't really mean to say that, just a little teased to gauge her friend. Or, she's really evil and just getting back at her for waking her up.

"But Akimoto-senpai? Wow! Should I start building you a statue now?" She can't help but teased Sae one last time before finally giving her a rebreathing time she needed. She doesn't want her to be axyphiated or something. She got loads of problems already hanging her back and she doesn't want to add more to it.

"Yeah, you should." Sae laughed lightly whilst still blushing from the teased she received. What on earth has made her reveal to Minami that little info, she doesn't know. Or maybe she just wants to brag she managed to snag the famous third year. Eat that fangirls…

"It's really shocking, you know? You dig her and Akimoto-senpai totally digs you back. Way to go, Genking." Minami playfully patted Sae's shoulder, proud her friend finally succeeded in achieving her goal. Which is or more likely who is the most sought senpai, Akimoto Sayaka.

Sae on the other hand shook her head and shove Minami lightly. She doesn't really like when their conversation turned out like this, like she was hunting girls. She, the predator nonetheless who is also famous make it looks easier to lure her preys. Which of course actually true, with what everyday having a confession from different girls, asking her to date them.

"Alright, Takamina. I get it." Sae said, trying to get serious but her red cheek says otherwise, making Minami smirked at her. And that smirk made her want to choke her friend. But no, she wouldn't do that if she wants to pass and reach her senior year. Minami was like her tutor after all, being the goody-good two shoes and candidate for the next student council president.

Glancing down to avoid Minami's eyes full of mischievous glint, her eyes caught something on her friend's desk. A magazine that slightly crumpled since obviously Minami had been leaning her arms on it during her entire nap, and a smile slowly creeps into her mouth…

"Still denying you're a Persona fan, huh?" Sae said while pointing at the magazine. It was open to a certain page the Persona was featured. And her smile widened when she saw the shorter girl's brow furrowed. Hah! Take that…

"I'm not. I just saw this laying on the floor and picked it up." Minami replied nonchalantly. Not falling victim to Sae's mocking teased about her being a fan of the famous band. True, she really did pick up the magazine and opted to return it to the owner later…if she did find whoever she or he is and if not, then she'll keep it for good, but of course Sae doesn't have to know that. And there's no rule or law that's prohibiting a person to browse someone's magazine, right?

"Hmm….who do you like amongst the boys?" Sae asked, not paying heed from her friend's response as she pretended to play with her invisible beard. Smirking face on as she eyed her friend.

"No one." Minami replied in a deadpanned tone.

"Is it Riku? The pretty boy next door that plays the bass guitar?"

"…or is it Kuu? The charming mood-maker drummer of the band?"

"I said no one." Minami gritted her teeth, eyes twitching. This made Sae grinned ear to ear. How did the tables turn so easily? Awhile ago she's making Sae squirmed before her and now…Bah! This is not so fair. Why did her friend turn to be so smart when it comes in riling her up and pretty much dumb when it comes to their lessons?

"Or maybe Kai? The brash blonde bad boy who can make your dreams come true that plays the guitar?" Sae continued, ignoring Minami's grimacing face as she mentioned the third one. Or was it an irritated look? A disgusted one? She's not sure; it's really hard to read the girls expression sometimes. Plus, Minami was not really the kind of friend who shares personal feelings and mushy what-not things to her.

"So, which one of the three Minami-chan? Was it Riku, Kuu or Kai?"

She added mockingly as she pointed to each picture as she said the name of each member to the magazine. Eliciting yet another twitch of an eye from her somewhat active volcano friend. Preparing to spit its lava towards Miyazawa.

"I don't understand where in my response you didn't understand. Should I spell it out to you, Miyazawa? It's N-O O-N-"

"Or it's Atsuko-hime, the lead vocalist that captures everyone's heart that you like?" That made Minami stopped from her ranting. Her mouth agape towards Sae who was looking at her with her all too knowing smile. I think I nailed this one. Got you!

True, Takahashi Minami was a Maeda Atsuko fangirl. Not the crazy one who wants to stalk the princess if they had a chance. She categorized herself under who idolizes Atsuko, using the lead vocalist as an inspiration. Yeah, that type of fan though she admits the girl was extremely beautiful. And it would be a dream come true if she will meet her idol in person.

"Uhm…excuse me, Takahashi-san?" Minami closed her mouth as she turns to the person who unknowingly saves her from Sae, or whatever she was assuming. Though her friend was right, it would be the day of apocalypse that she'll admit that.

"Y-yeah?"

Damn I stuttered…

From her periphery she saw Sae chuckled.

"Ano, I believed that magazine belongs to me."

"Oh? Of course, here you go."

She flipped close the magazine as she discreetly smoothed out the little creased on the page and finally handed the magazine to her classmate. She smiled apologetically.

"Thank you, Takahashi-san. This magazine is important to me since it featured Persona. Though a lot of fans were wondering why they're not appearing to any shows at all. It's been a week now."

A sad smiled appeared to her classmates face as she mentioned the Persona fan crisis happening right now. Some were already rallying outside the Kamonohatsu Agency, demanding for the Persona to perform. Or just have a press-con to inform their wilding fans why they're not performing at all. She too, was wondering the sudden disappearance of the famous band.

"Uhmm…yeah. I know right." Minami laughed lightly though it came out an awkward one so she faked a cough and nodded to her gloomy classmate. Chastising herself for being insensitive.

"Well, thank you again, Takahashi-san." She bowed, clasping the magazine to her chest and was about to leave when…

"Ah! I almost forgot. Rena wants me to pass a message to you. She said 'Be there at the clubroom after class or else'." Minami sighed. Right, she was totally ignoring her club responsibilities for a week now, ever since that incident happened…

"Er, thanks for informing."

"No problem, Takahashi-san."

"And Akicha…." Minami called when her classmate Akicha already reached her designated seat.

"It's Minami, call me Minami." She smiled and the bell rang, signaling for the morning class to start. And she can't help but chuckle when she heard Sae groaned.

'Be there at the clubroom after class or else'. And when she decided not to show up again, what could be that 'else'? It's not like she didn't received a threat from Rena before for skipping club activities again and again. It was almost every day, though she hasn't done any drastic measures yet. Just a reminder here and there and a little scolding. But it doesn't mean she didn't care about club activities, it's just she has pressing matters to attend to.

So, what could be that 'else' today? She thought. Well, the 'else' was just Minami found herself being chased around the campus after their class ended in the afternoon, by none other than Matsui Rena. The girl was waiting at the exit door. Preparing to force her attend the club activities, totally blocking her way out. Though Rena's plan was planned perfectly she forgot the little tidbit about the room having another exit door. And so, here she was out of breath as she chased her elusive member around the campus.

"Takahashi, you know you can't run away from me forever." Rena yelled after the runaway girl between pants. Their distance already increasing and she knows in no time the little sneaky girl would slip out from her sight soon.

"Gomen Rena, I'll just quit the club so you don't have to worry about it." Minami yelled back over her shoulder, almost tripping over from the small stone she steps on. She cursed inwardly.

"What? I won't let you do that." Rena yelled again, still running after Minami. Too busy to notice she startled the first years she had run passed. She doesn't really care about that right now anyways.

"Eh? Whatever! But I'm sorry I really need to do something important than playing Robin Hood." Minami slowed down upon reaching their school gate and seeing Rena already stop running after her.

"I'm really sorry but I need to do this." Minami said in her normal voice. But she was sure Rena could hear her despite their distance. She smiled at her captain and friend before sprinting again towards outside the campus.

"You're aim is much better than Robin Hood though." Rena muttered to herself, sighing dejectedly as she dragged herself back towards the archery field.

Adrenaline still high from running, Minami continued to run with destination engraved in her mind. Dodging people after people she encountered in her way while glancing to her wristwatch once in a while. It seems the girl needs to be somewhere important very soon.

Remembering how important this task she promised on achieving, she hasten her pace even more. Not minding if she bumped on people or not anymore. But alas, she did. And being raced as a polite girl, she stopped running momentarily, faced the person she bumped into, bowed and muttered an apology before resuming her run again. Not waiting for the person's reply anymore, missing the cryptic words that left its mouth.

"I guess solution has presented itself to us."

When Minami finally arrived at her destination, out of breath and panting, she readily swiped the sweat on her forehead using her pink handkerchief. Inspecting herself quickly as she smooth out her lightly wrinkled uniform and nodded to herself before stepping inside the building. But before she even makes her first step, the automatic sliding door suddenly opened. Revealing the person she was looking for.

"Kanzaki-san." She greeted politely, doing the customary bow as well.

"Minami-chan, what do I owe this pleasant visit again?" Kanzaki-san, the middle aged man replied, a smile adoring his face. One can say that this man is a respectable person as he wore suites. With two tough looking body guards you can see in movies guarding a high profile person flanking both his sides. But a certain person who knows him very much may say otherwise.

"Kanzaki-san, I came here to confirm about what we talked about the other day." Minami fidgeted a little. The man was intimidating after all despite the smile on his face.

"Ah! About that Minami-chan…" the man trailed off, a sad smile appeared on his face as she looked at the forlorn face of the girl who already anticipated a bad news.

"I'm sorry to tell you but I can't lend you money that big."

And she was right. Bad news, just like that.

"Can you do something about it? Even if you can't lend me Two hundered thousand yen, can you at least lend me anything? Please, sir?" She pleaded; hopefully this man would understand how dire of a situation she was in. And that money is the only way she can pull through with the crisis she's facing on.

"Please. I'll do everything to pay the money back." She added, cringing at herself for what she was doing right now. Begging is a no-no to her dictionary after all…but this one is an exception. She would do anything for that person even if-.

"Everything?" Kanzaki-san asked, smiling at the girl who nodded back at him. You can see the determination in her eyes as she didn't mind the suggestive smile thrown at her by the man.

"Yes-…"

'Smack'

"Aw!"

"Kanzaki-san, right? I'm sorry about my niece. She loves playing pranks on people."

Kanzaki-san looked confused at the woman who suddenly appeared beside Minami. The one who hits the girl with a folded newspaper on the back of her head before she could finish of whatever she was going to say to the man.

"W-what are you talking a-hmmpph…"

"Please excuse her behavior. She's just being a teenager and you know how teenager now a days. So, if you don't mind I'll take my niece now." The woman bowed to a still confused Kanzaki-san while her right hand still cupping Minami's mouth to silence her.

After the not so polite retreat of the aunt-niece duo to a secluded alleyway, Minami swatted the hand on her mouth. What the? Is today put your hand on Minami's mouth day or what? She screamed inside her head.

"Who do you think you are? Did you know you just completely ruined my chance in loaning some money from him?" Minami fumed at the woman who turned out to be the person she bumped into awhile ago. But right now, that certain piece of information bypassed Minami's mind as the girl was currently furious.

"I can give you the full amount you want right now if you work for me." The woman replied, not caring if the girl was mad at her. Though her smirked irked Minami who took a few steps back from the infuriating woman.

"What? Oh, hell no. You looked kinda creepy and suspicious enough compared to that old fart Kanzaki." Minami replied, still seething. Though she regretted cursing in front of the woman even if she doesn't know the said woman and a complete stranger to her. Cursing is not her forte after all and if Rena heard her right now, she would probably be sitting seiza style already and for hours as a punishment for her bad language.

Turning her back from the woman, she failed to notice the evil glint on her eyes. And before she knows it, she suddenly felt sleepy after inhaling something from the handkerchief now covering her mouth and nose.

Kidnapping?

"I always think this may come in handy for future use and now it serves its purpose." The woman chuckled, glancing down at the half lidded girl on her arms, brushing away some stray of bangs on her face. And before Minami completely pass out and welcome the world of darkness, she heard the woman said something which she totally didn't understand at all.

Author's note: I don't know when to update this thing so pls. forgive me...those who were reading this.

And, I'm actually looking for a person who wants to prof-read the rest of the chapters...just PM me, if you're interested.