Author's Note: This one-shot is told from Tatsuya's respective, and is very short. Though, I hope anyone who reads it, enjoys it! On another note in a review Kicklash suggested Igor's point of view. Admittedly that would be funny, except for the fact Igor wasn't there... :(

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... , No Love

A What-If One-Shot

Tatsuya's POV


Lisa stood on the top of the stairs, her Shadow had been defeated, and they had all returned to the Taurus Room. Tatsuya observed Lisa's shoulders relaxed while she turned around. Tatsuya thought nothing of it until he saw Runa's smile. That kind of smile… is never a good sign…

"Good luck with your choice. This is it," Runa whispered to him.

She is way too excited! Geez, what is my life coming too? Tatsuya widen his eyes incredulously at her mischievous warning. He nodded to himself and thought. I'll just say nothing, that'll show her. Runa cannot force me to chose between them. I rather things stayed the way they are.

"Tatsuya… Don't worry about what I said earlier. I just had to speak my mind," Lisa announced to him. Blue eyes darted to the floor with anxiety, the girl calmed herself and said. "I don't want to be a drag on you… Aha-ha… Not the best time to bring this up, is it?"

Everyone's eyes were on him. Their eyes seemed to pierce his soul. Tatsuya remained silenced and fished his lighter out of his pocket. However the staring from the others still continued and pressure in the atmosphere built until…

He blurted this… "Eikichi, I like you!"

"Seriously, you chickened out with the joke option!?" Runa sighed disappointed.

You kept staring, dammit… Why do you get me into these situations!? Tatsuya glared at her.

"Oh, that's enough! Tatsuya, you're lousy at telling jokes!" Lisa snapped at him.

Guilty…Very guilty, Tatsuya winced inwardly.

"You're just trying to stall, aren't you?" Lisa placed her hands on her hips and grinned. She then vowed. "One day I'm going to become a great woman. I'll even make you turn your head, Tatsuya. You just wait and see!"

Eikichi whistled and then he commented that. "She's as passionate as ever. It's tough being a ladykiller, isn't it?"

Are you an idiot!? Lisa's already insanely jealous, don't help fed her imagination further! A bead of sweat travelled down his face as Tatsuya wished to leave the temple. Immediately.

"Hah-ha… Lisa's still as blunt as I remember her to be…" Jun commented. He sounded quite disappointed. Tatsuya couldn't ague with that sentiment. About now, I would sincerely want a rumour about a working time machine to spread. I would like to pretend none of this happened.

"Seriously! That was one hell of a confession… Even I was blushing!" Maya exclaimed.

Lisa winked and promised Tatsuya. "I'll have you know that I'm not letting a mopey guy nor an old lady get the best of me!"

"Oooh, are you declaring war? I'm not going down without a fight!" Maya countered.

Jun coughed to change the group's focus. He gesture to the position of the yellow-gold crystal skull and questioned. "Now… Shall we…?"

Lisa nodded her blonde haired head, and travelled to where the skull laid in wait. The skull seemed to sense Lisa and announced. "I am the skull of everlasting earth… If my slumber is disturbed, water will run rampant and wind will have no destination…"

"All done! C'mon, let's be going to the next temple!" Lisa got hold of the skull and shouted.

Finally, Tatsuya yawned nonchalantly at the announcement.

"Hi, just so everyone knows…" Runa began to tell everyone in the room.

Tatsuya brought a hand over her mouth to silence her, and gave her a glare. Don't stinking tell them that! They'll force a real answer out of me!

Runa removed his hand and nodded solemnly. However she immediately spun around, and she proceeded to announce. "Tatsuya, had the option to admit he has feelings for either Jun, Maya or Lisa! Which he does, I'm jus not sure who… But I'm certain you four could help with that."

"F#(%!" Tatsuya cursed under his breath and paled. "…We don't have to…"

"Tatsu, don't think even you can escape this fate," Eikichi stated in a thoughtful tone.

"Er… Persona!" Tatsuya summoned Apollo, casted Nova Kaiser. He turned his back, walked out of the room and left the temple. I might not be able to escape fate, but I'm sure as hell that I don't need to deal it now!

Unfortunately, a few hours later when Tatsuya was in the Velvet Room avoiding the others, a phone began to ring. There was no phone to be seen, until Igor snapped his fingers and a skeletal phone appeared to float in mid-air next to the long-nosed man. If he was man, Tatsuya doubted Igor was human. Igor answered the phone, and nodded in reply and said. "Actually, he is here."

Igor handed the phone to Tatsuya moments later by making it float over to him.

Why are you giving the phone to me...? Tatsuya raised an eyebrow at this.

"Answer the phone. Your friends need to speak to you... The Herald asked if I knew where you were. And so I told her you were here. Now speak to your comrades and her," Igor informed him.

"Huh? How they get your number?" Tatsuya questioned.

"The Herald, remembered that we of the Velvet Room commonly called upon their guests."

When Igor didn't elaborate, Tatsuya prompted him and said. "That means?"

"She called the last number that called your home phone," Igor responded.

Tatsuya sighed and answered the phone, accepting his fate whatever it might be. Apparently, it involved a significant amount of yelling and almost rendering myself deaf in one ear.


Well, that was the last of the what if one-shots for my fanfic. Thanks for reading it! Tomorrow or tonight, I'll start work on the last few chapters of my main P2IS fanfic... It's kinda sad to see it nearing it's end, but it's also exciting in a way as well.