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The village went quiet as the night came by. The moonlight shone through the areas, giving an extra light to the dark places. Naruto glanced at the dark blue sky, sprinkled with twinkling stars. Usually, the calm sight always soothe his heart whenever he was angry, confused, or sad. But, not today.

Well, the reason is because a stranger from an unknown world just suddenly shoved into him, and became his responsibility.

"Um, Uzumaki-san, where are we heading?"

Naruto's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. The blue haired man asked that to him with a straight, a stoic face, and that what annoys him most. That expressionless face reminded him of...someone. the blond shook his head to forget the thought. He just need to take care of this guy until they find a way to get him back to his own world. Who knows for how long? "To my place! Anyway, we are heading to Ichiraku's first. I need a fill to my stomach."

If not the sky that could calm him, then it's Ichiraku's special ramen. Definitely!


"Oh! Naruto! Have a seat! Did you bring a new friend?"

"Nah, he's a part of mission. That old Hokage wants me to take care of this guy. The usual please!"

"In a minute!"

Makoto's eyes stared at the small ramen booth. It brings back a nostalgic memories. He remember that he would hang out with his high-school friends to eat ramen, even with Akihiko-senpai and Shinjiro-senpai. Though the two of them would act immature sometimes, racing on who can finish the soup first. He doesn't mind, actually, it was quite pleasant as it brings laughter to the three of them.

He pulled out his phone and stared at the battery bar. It showed 34%, and he knew it won't last until morning. He couldn't contact anyone, but just in case, he typed a message and send it immediately. If he could get any signal, the message should be delivered right at the moment.

He lifted his head from the device and found a bowl of ramen placed in front of him. "Ah, I'm not eating. I don't have this village's money." He bowed his head in an apologizing gesture.

"Not having this village's money? Well, are you from other country? But it will be a waste if you don't eat it! Just gobble it, it's free for now. Since you are Naruto's friend!"

"Hey! He's not my friend!" The blond who sat beside him complained, but he continued to eat his own portion. "Uncle, if you gave him a free meal, you should give me one, too!"

"Not going to happen. Geez. But, I will think about it if you have a girlfriend."

Makoto smiled and he broke the chopsticks apart. The atmosphere felt really warm, calming, and comfortable. "Then, thanks for the meal." He decided to eat the ramen before it gets cold.

The familiar taste and smell brought a tear to his eyes, and he tilted his head upwards. Really.. why does this brings back memories that much? He really need to visit Iwatodai some more when he's back. It's been years since he got there, and he's eager to see the changes.

Naruto turned his head sideways and raised his eyebrow in confusion as Makoto ate very slowly, carefully savoring the meal as if trying to remember most of his past. "You okay?" The blond asked, and he replied with a nod.

"This is delicious."

"Heh, told you so! You have to visit this place again next time you got money."


In the morning, Makoto went to write the things he knew about apathy syndrome and anything that happened in his world before. He wasn't sure if the Hokage could read his writings, since they used different words and alphabets.

First of, the sudden appearance of the portals that threw people from his world to here, and how the victims suddenly caught apathy syndrome. There are a lot of possibilities that shadows were the cause. Probably, the portals appeared when a shadow attacked a human, but that doesn't happened to him. He could remember that he fell asleep while waiting for a bus.

Could it be that because he was a persona user?

But, no. He couldn't summon his persona anymore. He doesn't have Evoker with him, and Igor never visits his dream. He thought all of it was over and all the things about shadows already gone.

He gave a glance at his phone and sighed. The small device already dead when he woke up. The probability of the message being sent is zero now.

Makoto stared back at his papers and writings. It was neat and detailed. In any case no one could read his writings, he could just read it out loud so they could understand the contents. He removed his reading glasses and stretched his body, satisfied as the dull ache on his back starting to disappear, as he bend his body too much while writing.

"Hey, mornin'." Naruto walked out from the bedroom, still dressed in his pajamas as he went to sit across Makoto. The paler man gave a greeting back. "So, your world, tell me about it. You are so skinny, I doubt the people there barely fight."

"Well, any violence is forbidden there." Makoto replied with a shrug, and Naruto snorted. "But we did fight to protect people. Well, me and my organization."

"Huh? What kind of organization?"

The blue haired male wondered about how he could explain everything. It will not be easy to understand. "It's kind of peace-maker organization. We fight to protect people from the creatures like shadows. We even investigated some crimes. But, we didn't fight like ninjas. We just a human after all." Humans gifted with unnatural powers, Persona.

"Then, you guys really slow. You might get killed here, since there are a lot of bad ninjas." Naruto warned and Makoto nodded in agreement.

"We almost got killed a lot of times, too. But, I think I could handle few punches and stabs." Makoto lifted his shirt, showing a few scars and the cuts from his fights at Tartarus. Even Diarahan couldn't make it gone. The fights with Strega was the tiring one, since their power is the same as S.E.E.S, and their persona could easily went out of control and went berserk.

The fight with Nyx... though.. almost took away their life.

"Hey! You there? You've been spacing out since yesterday." Naruto waved his hand in front of Makoto's silver colored eyes. He blinked and scratched the back of his neck.

"Yeah, sorry. There's a lot of things going on my mind. Being suddenly thrown into a foreign place it's strange to me and my body."

Weird. Though he never felt this way whenever he went to Tartarus. Could it be that he lost all his powers and that last battle really made him a normal human? He felt powerless.

SLAM!

The two of them whipped their head to look at the source of the noise. The front door was thrown over with some kind of huge spear, and it disappeared into a thin air. "What!?"

A tall man walked inside the house, smirking from ear to ear and then he laughed. "Found you." The man's narrowed eyes stared at Makoto and he yelled.

"PERSONA!"


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