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Sora POV:
4/19 Sunday:
*Yawn* What a good night of sleep… still, a bit boring for my taste, nothing interesting had happened since I arrive, but I guess that's not bad at all. Well, better get ready to accompany Yukari-chan to the hospital to visit Minako-san… I hope she awakes today she had been like that for two weeks already.
After some minutes, I go down stairs only to find an empty lounge. No way, she already leave, but she was the one who asked me to with her… Oh well, I guess I have wake up a bit late, maybe I'll be able to catch up with her if I hurry. As I reach for the knob of the door a voice called me:
"Ah, Sakuraba-san, good morning" I turn towards the voice and find Ikutsuki-san sit in the couch.
"I-Ikutsuki-san, g-g-good morning" He surprised me, was he always there? I don't remember seeing him there just a second ago.
An awkward silence fills the air.
"Well, um… I gotta go now so… see you later…"
"Please wait, I have some matters to discuss with you, I even manage to make Takeba-san leave without you so we could be alone, only the two of us" This guy creeps me a bit out, but he looks serious… I don't like this.
"Is that so, then what is it?" I try to remain calm.
"Lets not discus this here… come on, follow me to the command room in the fourth floor"
I follow him to the room where they received me the first time, there Ikutsuki-san show me some footage of the first night I arrive at the dorm, given specially importance to the neoshadows... oh no, I already see where this is going to, and I don't like it, if there is something I hate is give explanations and even worse, give explanations to people that don't fully trust me.
"So, Sakuraba-san, do you know what those creatures were?"
"They… were… shadows?"
"Is that really what you think? Are you sure you are telling me everything you know?" "…" He does not believe me, does he?
"I see, well I can't really blame you for not trusting in me, but I thought that you may be able to help us, guess I mistake" This is not good if I lose the little trust they have in me, they will take me out of the dorm and that will only make more difficult to protect Minako-san
"H-hey Ikutsuki-san, don't get me wrong I do know what those things are, and obviously I will tell you, but I think we should wait until everybody is together after all those creatures are something really hard to explain and I would rather explain them just once" I tried to sound the most polite I could.
"Oh, is that so? Then how about tomorrow, I will plan a meeting tomorrow, also to celebrate the recovery of Arisato-san"
"Ah! Is she already awake?"
"That's right; I was informed of that just some minutes before you wake up"
"That's great!"
"*chuckles* you don't even know her at all, still you are happy for her recovery"
"Well… that's…"
"Hey, Sakuraba-san, I know you have your own questions just as me but for know I would only like to know will you lend us you power to fight the shadows?" He said stretching his hand towards me.
"O-Of course I will" I say as I shake his hand.
Then suddenly the time stop again, and a voice rings in my head:
I art thou
And thou art I
Thou hast form a new social link of the Jester arcana
These bonds shall guide you in your path
You have obtain the persona
Armor of the Traitor, the one who lost his path.
That voice again I must make sure to ask Philemon about it.
"Well I don't want to waste your time any longer so, just remember to come here tomorrow directly after school, so both of our questions may be answered."
With that I leave the command room and head down stairs, guess I wont be able to catch up with Yukari after all, *sigh* I just hope she manage to tell Minako-san how she feel.
So as I was in the first floor seeing the news, without anything better to do Yukari enters the dorm and as soon as she notices me she informs me of the recovery of Minako-san, also seem their talk went pretty well and now they are more closer than before, that's good, she tells me that tomorrow Minako-san will return to school and thanks me once again for helping her made up her mind, I seriously didn't do that much but…
Anyway we chat for a bit more and then she head to her room; I also do the same… Oh! That's right tomorrow I will have to wake up earlier than ever so I can search for a new place where to sit, and I can´t forget the meeting after school, *sigh* tomorrow will be a long day.
4/20 Monday:
Can't believe it! First day! FIRST DAY! I wake up early for school and it's closed! This is just my luck, but seriously so much a bad luck, *sigh* well, can't do anything about it I guess ill go visit some place in town.
Naganaki Shrine (some minutes later):
Is it really this early? This is the only place open for public, in the whole town but I guess is better than nothing, now that I think about it I have seen Minako-san only once I wonder if she remembers me… suddenly I feel an ominous presence near me.
"What the…?" I mutter as something even more unexpected happen, out of nowhere glowing pink flowers petals appear.
"Cherry blossoms petals… no, these are different… they are… rose petals, but…" this is bad there is only one person who could produce this kind of effect, but even though I thought I was going to cross path with them I didn't expect it to be this earlier.
"Marluxia, number XI of the old organization"
"*chuckles* Well done, key bearer" He had change a lot since the last time I saw him, his smile had become scarier and his eyes had acquired a yellow glow that means he is now part Xehanort just like Xigbar or Saix.
"So you are now part of the new Organization XIII?"
"Well it was your fault that I end up like this; you released me from my prison in castle oblivion and allow Master Xehanort to capture me in order to use me as one of his vessels" I admit that I release him while we tried to rescue Ven's body from Castle Oblivion but its not my fault that he get captured, at least I don't think so.
"But don't feel bad Sora, they only gave me what I want… a chance to KILL YOU!" He moves towards me and points his scythe to my throat, he is faster than before and taking into account that now I can't summon my keyblade, this is not good… wait a second, his scythe is not real and looking him closer he… he is just a projection.
"You are not real"
"Oh, so you realized, yes the truth is we still can't enter this world but don't worry we will find a way, still what a pity to lose such a great timing to destroy you, but what can we do, right?"
"Wait Marluxia…!" What? Why am I feeling sleepy all of a sudden? A spell? No way…
"I´ll be honest with you, Sora we didn't expect to find you here, but I guess that's destiny right? You and the Organization are bound together for eternity… for now just rest, until we meet again, good bye"
With those words my consciousness fades away…
4/20 Monday (after school/afternoon):
Owww, what happened to me? Oh right, I lost consciousness, hum, what is this, something is licking my face? As I open my eyes I see a white dog with red eyes wearing a worried expression, I didn't know that normal dog could have such expression and I say normal because, well, I been traveling with a talking dog and duck for about two years and they are my friend but I was quite freaked out the first time I saw them. Anyway this dog, he seems relived I have waked up, and I try to talk to him:
"Hi there doggie, care to tell me your name? I'm Sora" Of course he would never answer but… then he suddenly moves towards the sand box, I get near him and see that he is actually writing something in the sand with his paw
"Ko-ro-ma-ru... Is that your name?" He is nodding with his head, which surprised me; this world is full of surprises.
"Then, it's a pleasure to meet you Koromaru" I say as I pet his head when suddenly the alarm of my cell phone goes off, right I put this alarm yesterday in order to remember the meeting in the dorm… wait if is already time for the meeting that mean I didn't go to school today, that just great! Mitsuru-sempai is going to kill me!
Ok, ok… calm down, the important thing right now is to get to the dorm fast, I´ll deal with sempai later. After that I said my goodbyes to Koromaru not before thanking him for waking me up and run at max speed towards the dorm.
Minako POV:
4/20 Monday (Dorm lounge, afternoon):
"I'm back…" There is no one in the lounge… oh, that's right there is something like a meeting in the fourth floor, guess is better get going…
"I'm late, I'm horribly late! Argh! I feel like that rabbit from wonderland…" There is a voice coming from outside and suddenly a teenager with our school uniform enters the dorm and bump into me, we both fall to the floor and there I can see him better that spiky hair, kinda familiar…he must be…
"You are Minako-san, right?" He starts, I was about to ask something similar, but this confirms it.
"Yeah, and you are that guy from the rooftop…Sakuraba-san?"
"No need for formalities, its just Sora, it's a pleasure to meet you" He say as we both stand up
"The pleasure is mine, Sora-kun" I said smiling.
"You must be going to the fourth floor, right? Lets go together that way maybe Mitsuru-sempai will let me live" I wonder what he mean by that, anyway we start climbing up the stairs towards the command room
Sora POV:
As we enter the command room Minako-san is greeted by Ikutsuki-san, Yukari-chan and Akihiko-sempai, while I get a cold death stare from Mitsuru-sempai, this is great, she IS mad because I didn't go to school today, I´ll get scolded later. However we end up sitting around the little tea table in the center of the room where Ikutsuki-san begun his speech:
"Okay, let me start off by asking this…" He is now talking only to Minako-san; I guess he thinks I know all about this after all, I did know about the shadow, but continuing with his speech "Would you believe me if I said that a day consists of more than 24 hours?"
"Excuse me?" She doesn't believe it, well I guess it's pretty hard to believe something like that but as for me I have experiment worst things.
"*chuckles* I´m not surprised by your reaction, however you have already experienced this truth first hand, do you remember the night you came here? You had to have noticed the sings… the street lights went out… nothing was working… there were coffins everywhere… Didn't you feel like you were in a different time? That's the dark hour—a time period hidden between one day and the next one" Mitsuru-sempai said, so that's that eerie green hour every midnight, its good to have a name.
"I don't get it…" well it is hard to understand, but I think I have a mayor idea of what's happening in this world.
"I know how you feel, who would believe such a history?" It seems like you want us to believe it Mr. Chairman "it occurs each night, as the clock struck twelve, it´ll happen tonight, and every night to come"
"Normal people don't realize it since they´re all sleeping inside their coffins, but that's not what makes the Dark Hour so interesting… You saw those creatures, we call them shadows" It's now Akihiko-sempai turn to speak "They only appear during the Dark Hour and attack anyone not inside a coffin, it's our job to defeat them… sounds exciting, huh?"
"Akihiko! Why are you always like that? You just got hurt the other day!"
"Now, now, he does his work well"
There is a brief pause, maybe to allow her to understand what she just learn, after that Ikutsuki-san began to speak again.
"Long story short… We are the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad—SEES for short… on paper we´re classified as a scholar club but in reality this group is dedicated to defeating the shadows, Mitsuru is the leader and I'm the club advisor"
"A shadow feeds on the mind of its prey the victim becomes a living corpse" So following what Mitsuru-sempai said this thing are not so different from heartless only they feed on hearts but on mind "They are responsible for most of the incidents on the news if not all of them"
"How do you fight them?" Ah, finally this is getting interesting
"Although rare, there are those who can function during the Dark Hour, some may even awaken to a power that enables to fight the shadows, That's a Persona—the power you used the other night, the shadows can only be defeated by Persona-users… which means, its all up to you guy"
"I see" Well seem like she is on board.
"I'm glad you are quick to understand to understand"
Suddenly Mitsuru-sempai pull out a case that's been under the table and opens it… inside it, a pair of silver guns gleams uncannily.
"What he is trying to say is, we want you to join us We´ve prepared an Evoker for you and we´d like you to lend us your strength"
"Alright" Even if she doesn't show it, I think she is excited by this I mean who could refuse an invitation to adventure, right?
"*sigh* I was afraid you would say no… welcome aboard"
"Thank you so much, I'm really glad" Now he turns to see me "Now about you…do you remember what we talk yesterday?"
"Heh, I thought you forget it, yes of course, do you want me to explain it today?"
"For now it's okay, but… will you also join us?"
"I am invited too?"
"But of course, abilities like the one you display during the first night will be much appreciated in our team"
"As long as I am doing something for the good of the world (or worlds in my case) I am aboard"
The time once again stops and that voice talks once again
I art thou
And thou art I
Thou hast form a new social link of the Fool arcana
These bonds shall guide you in your path
You Persona Roxas has obtain new skills
Zio and Double slash
But this time it's a bit different I look at my side and see that Minako-san is not affect by the usual time stop that means she also listen to that voice, however I have not time to think about it because the flow of time returns, and Ikutsuki-san says
"I guess you are all tired, why don't you return to your rooms, except you Sora-kun, Mitsuru here have something to discuss with you" And for a moment there I thought I was save
So after everyone left, Mitsuru-sempai gave me a lecture of how wrong is to skip class and all that, I swear she is a magician during the time she was lecturing me the temperature of the room start decreasing really fast that must be a new version of the spell Blizzard I didn't know about, anyway since I can´t tell anything about my reason for not going to school without breaking the balance of the worlds I could only accept my punishment, however when she is finished I return to my room and hit the sack I seriously didn't think this was going to be such a long day.
A/N:
Well, first things first, thanks for the reviews.
Second, this chapter seem so long to me don't know why but it just feels like it, I also decided to put organization XIII and Marluxia, just because, well at least for me Marluxia is a really cool character, anyways hope you enjoy it, review and until next chapter.