Persona 3: Ultimate

Chapter 3: Joining SEES

(A/N: I recieved a review questioning Philemon's death, so to that reviewer and any others I got the idea from Persona 3: Fairly English Story. If you have any questions check it out since my version of Philemon's death isn't much different.)

When I woke up I was in the velvet room. "It's so nice to see you again." Igor said. "Hi Igor, hi Elizabeth-san." I greeted. "Hello." Elizabeth-san replied. "You becae unconscious after awakening to your 'power'." Igor told me. "So that was Persona, nice." I said. "Indeed. I see that it was Orpheus that heeded your calling. The power of Persona is a anifestation o0f your psyche." Igor explained. "So you finished the speech." I said. "Yes, may I continue?" Igor asked. "Sorry, please continue." I replied.

"It may take come time to fully comprehend. A Persona is a facet of your personality that surfaces as you react to external stimulai. You can think of it as a mask that protects you as you brave many hardships. That being said your power is still weak." Igor continued with his speech. "What do you mean weak?" I asked. "No offense meant. When you use your Persona ability you ust channel your inner strength. The ability evolves as you develop your Social Links; your emotional ties with others. The stronger your Social Links, the more powerful your Persona ability. Please remember that." Igor explained. "Alright. Sounds similar to demon summoning, but with socialization added." I said. "It is more complicated than that, but you get the gist of it." Igor said, "Now then time marches on in your world. I shouldn't keep you here any longer. Next time we meet, you will coe here of your own accord." Igor said. "I certainly will." I replied. "Until then, farewell." Igor said his goodbye as everything went black.

I next woke up in a hospital bed with Yukari-san sitting in a chair next to me. "You're awake!" Yukari-san said exitedly, "Um, how do you feel?" "Not bad, except for this irritating suspicion that i've been asleep for a long time." I answered. "Well, you have been asleep for a week." Yukari-san said. I lost it. "A WEEK!" I yelled, "I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR A WHOLE WEEK!" "And this is why I didn't want to tell you." Yukari-san said a little cowed,"I told Mitsuru-senpai that I didn't want to be the one to tell you, but she thought you'd react better if it cae from a friend." And that calmed me down. "Sorry, I don't like being asleep for so long. I'd have been pissed if I slept for a whole day, let alone a week." I apologized. "It's okay. The doctor said that you were just exhausted." Yukari-san said, "I'm sorry I couldn't do anything back on the roof." "No problem, performance anxiety happens to everyone." I said with a grin. "It wasn't that! I just got so scared." Yukari-san said embarrassed, "By the way, there's someone here to see you." "Who?" I asked right before the door opened.

"Nii-san!" said a girl the same age as me with auburn hair and a friendly smile ran up to the bed and pulled me into a big hug. "Minako, what are you doing here?" I asked the girl. "Mom said I could come visit you in the hospital. She had to work so she couldn't come." Minako said. "Minato-san, who is this?" Yukari-san asked. "Allow me to introduce myself, Satomi Minako, Minato's cousin." Minako introduced herself and grabbed Yukari-san in a giant hug. "Sorry about this Yukari-san, Minako's very affectionate." I said smirking, "and a hugger." "Could you please let me go, I can't breath." Yukari-san said. "Sorry, I get a little too exited sometimes." Minako apologized. "Hey Minako, Yukari-san experiences coffin time like we do." I said still smirking, this is too funny. "Really, a new friend!" Minako said right before she started hugging Yukari-san again. "Ack!" Yukari-san said when she realized she was in one of Minako's hugs again.

Later after my sadistic glee died down. "So you experience the Dark Hour too?" Yukari-san asked. "Yep. Seeing all that scary stuff made me realize that we have to enjoy the time we have." Minako said with her arms tied up to prevent her from hugging Yukari-san again. "Hey Minako, remember Mom's friends that talked about Persona?" I asked. "No Way, you've got the power of Persona?" Minako asked and I nodded, "That's so cool. Have you met Igor?" "Yep, he's as weird as we were told." I replied. "Wait, there are others who have the power of Persona besides those here?" Yukari-san asked. "Yep, Mom had a brief run in with the power herself and there are others who saved the world with it." Minako said, "Hey, do you think I could develop it as well?" "Probably. I'll talk to Ikutsuki-san when I see him next, maybe you could get transfered here as well." I said still wary of Ikutsuki-san and his painfully bad puns. "That'd be great Nii-san." Minako said excited at the prospect.

When I got discharged that night Minako walked me back to the dorm. I called Mom, told her what happened, and asked if Minako could stay until Ikutsuki-san made a decision and she said that it was alright as long as I protected her from the Shadows. "So who's this?" Sanada-sempai asked, I met him on the way to my room on the night of the attack. "My cousin, Satomi Minako." I told him. "Nice to meet you." Sanada-sempai said. "Hi, thank you for taking care of Nii-san." Minako said with a slight blush on her face. "Hey Sanada-sempai, can you take Minako up to a free room? She's staying here until I can talk to Ikutsuki-san about her joining." I told him. "Alright, this way Satomi-san." Sanada-sempai said. I went to my room to study until the Dark Hour passed and I went to bed.

The next day I went back to school. Minako decided to keep me company until I could talk to Ikutsuki-san, since Mom said it was okay. I encountered Yukari-san at the front gate. "Mornin'. You seem to be doing pretty well." Yukari-san asked. "Yeah, I'm alright." I said. "That's good. Oh, Ikutsuki-san wants to talk to you today." She said. "That's fast, I can ask him about Minako joining then." I said. "Are you sure you want her to join?" Yukari-san asked. "Yes she's my cousin, practically my sister. We're even going to join the Kuzunoha Detective Agency together." I told her. "Meet at the 4th floor after school, alright?" Yukari-san asked. "Sure." I replied.

I had History this morning, Ono-sensei was bored wishing he was talking about the Sengoku era. Suddenly he called on Junpei, "What was the style of houses in the Jomon period called?" "Uhh, how am I supposed to know about something way back then? Quick, Minato! What the heck is he talking about!?" Junpei asked me. "Mud huts." I replied bored. "Correct." Odo-sensei said.

I stopped by the mall on my way home. It seemed fairly busy.

When I got home Minako welcomed me with one of her usual hugs. "Let's go to the fourth floor, I'll ask about you joining then." I said. "Alright." she said with her usually chipper voice. When we got to the fourth floor we saw Yukari-san waiting outside the door. "Oh! There you are! Everyone's waiting. You'll have to wait out here Minako-san." Yukari-san said. "Okay." Minako said. Yukari-san and I then walked into the room.

Ikutsuki-san was sitting in a chair at the head of the table in the middle of the room, Sanada-sempai was sitting on an ottoman to his right, and Kirijo-san was sitting on his left at the end of the couch. "Ah, there you are. I'm glad that you're okay." Ikutsuki-san said. "Hold on," I said interrupting him, "I know you're going to explain this club and it's activities and ask me to join, but before you do I have a condition. My cousin has to join as well, she's been experiencing the Dark Hour just as long as I have, so it's either both of us or neither of us." I gave Ikutsuki-san my ultimatum. "Fine then, bring her in here." Ikutsuki-san said. I opened the door and told Minako to come in. She walked up and stood on my left with Yukari-san on my right. "Continue." I said. "The reason I asked you here is because I needed to talk to you. Please have a seat." Ikutsuki-san said. I sat on the ottoman at the end of the table, Minako sat on the ottoman between me and Sanada-sempai, and Yukari-san sat one cushion away from Kirijo-san. "Oh, before that, this is Sanada Akihiko." "Yeah we met the night of the attack just after you went upstairs to meet Kirijo-san." I said. "Minato introduced us last night." Minako said, "I ran into Mitsuru-san when Akihiko-san showed me to my room." "Ah, alright then. Let me start off by asking you this, would you believe me if I said a day consists of more than 24 hours?" Ikutsuki-san asked. "Of course, the 24 hours everyone experiences and the Dark Hour which we experience. It happens at Midnight here, but happens in other countries at different ties due to the time zones." I replied. "For example it happens at 3:00 pm in London, 10:00 am in New York, 7:00 am in Los Angeles and 11:00 pm in Hong Kong." Minako said. Minako is nearly as smart as she is exciteable.

"Um, yes. You two are more knowledgeable about this than I thought." Ikutsuki-san said stunned. "Well, we have been active during the Dark Hour for 10 years." I said. "So then you know about the Shadows." Sanada-san said. "Shadows?" Minako asked. "Actually the attack on the dorm was the first time I saw them. They probably congregate here naturally." I theorized. "That's weird, they usually attack anything not in a coffin. But regardless it's our job to defeat them. Sounds exciting, huh?" Sanada-sempai said. "Akihiko! Why are you always like that? You just got hurt the other day!" Kirijo-san scolded him. "Actually it does sound fun, and good practice." I said. "Practice?" Sanada-sempai asked. "Yeah, Minato and I are going to join the Kuzunoha Detective Agency when we graduate. Every agent there is a Devil Summoner, one who makes a pact with a demon for that demon to work for the summoner." Minako explained. "Wait, you mean demons are real!?" Yukari-san asked freaked out. "Demon is a catch-all term for any supernatural entity that will bring harm to human beings or interfere with their lives in one way or another. That means deities, devils, fey, and even angels." I explained to the others.

"Can I continue now?" Ikutsuki-san asked. "Oh right, go ahead." I said. "Long story short, we're the Specialized Extracuricular Execution Squad - SEES for short. On paper, we're classified as a school club. But in reality, this group is dedicated to defeating the Shadows. Mitsuru is the leader, I'm the club advisor." Ikutsuki-san explained. "A Shadow feeds on the mind of it's prey; the victim becomes a living corpse. They're responsible for most of the incidents on the news if not all of them." Kirijo-san said. "And you use Personas to fight them, right?" Minako asked. "Right. The Shadows can only be defeated by Persona-users. Which means, it's all up to you guys." Ikutsuki-san said. "I may not have a Persona yet, but I'm certain to when I encounter a Shadow." Minako said with conviction, I swear you could practically see flames burning in her eyes. Kirijo-san put a briefcase on the table and opened it, inside was a gun and an armband with SEES printed on it. "So are you in?" Kirijo-san asked. Minako and I looked at each other and said at the same time, "Yes."

(A/N: This chapter practically screams who Minato's Mom is, and yes Minako is the Female Protagonist from Persona 3 Portable, but the story doesn't follow her. Incase you haven't noticed this story follows Minato's point of view, so I won't be doing sceens that he isn't there for. I also won't be doing one following Minako since I haven't played Portable. Also this is being written on wordpad, so there is no spellcheck, if a word is misspelled I probably didn't notice during the writing. I do want reviews telling me how good this story is and where I can do better in writing it, but the plot won't be changed. Also Minako will date Shinjiro since he's my second favorite teammate, Aigis is first and Kuromaru is third.)