Ar Tonelico x Persona Series

I do not own neither one, They are Respectively owned by GUST and ATLUS

PHASE 01: Gamma Sublime

(Morning) Blue Canyon Hamlet

"Yo! Aoto!" A middle-aged man, with black hair and red robes, came into a room only to find a young man with white hair sleeping on his bed, snoring... very loudly. "Son of a..." The middle-aged man came up to Aoto, still laying on his bed. "What do you think your doing, slacker!? You're burning daylight!" he said, smacking him on the forehead.

"Ow!" The boy, Aoto, got up from the pain, glanced at the middle-aged man and then glared at him. "What the...!? Steeps!" the boy yelled at the middle-aged man named Steeps. They seem to be having a nice conversation...

"Don't you talk back to me. I must of ruined a really comfy nap. You were snoring pretty loud there kid." Said Steeps, who was in a very choleric attitude. "Now why aren't you busy working on the temple!?

"I finished it a long time ago!" Aoto said, peeved at Steeps.

"You what!? That's pretty fast..." Said Steeps, with one of his eyebrow up, surprised.

"Hmph, I've been a steeplejack for 5 years now." Aoto boasted, with confidence. "It was a piece of cake. I finished it before breakfast.

"Hmph, Looks like you've gotten a little cocky, too. Alright, kiddo, I'll give ya something else to work on." Said Steeps, getting choleric.

Aoto was dumbfounded of what Steeps said next. "... Huh?"

"... Go fix the damage to Paper Scissors that was cause by a mudslide we had last night." Steeps ordered.

"What the hell? You just came here to give me more stuff to do?" Aoto retorted.

"You said you liked heights, right? It's just outside in front of the house. Look, I have to check on my guest back at the Inn, just go fix, alright?" Steeps said with stern attitude and left.

Aoto, sitting on his bed, groggy from working last night, did not budge an inch. "Damn... this is annoying. *yawn* I'm so tired... Alright, I'll get on it, right after I take this nap..." He said, oblivious of what will happened...

In this world, it has been said that in ancient times, "Lyrics" possessed extraordinary might. People belived that these "Lyrics" were the hands their mother used to embraced the world, so the continued singing. However, all of that is ancient mythology now.

(Earlier, last night) Paper Scissors

Yosuke was lying on the ground, face flat, on the stony surface. "I'm done..." He said dozing off. He still has the basket of ingredients. He was about to shut his eyes, until he heard someone yelling. Yosuke's eyes widen, got up in a few seconds and saw a Pesce shadow coming for him. "What the?! It followed me?" He said, he drew his kunais, but the Pesce rammed Yosuke to the side by surprise and knock both Kunais away leaving him unarmed. The shadow flew around Yosuke and readying to dive at him.

"I don't think so!" Yosuke crushed the tarot card in his left hand and opened it to form a green spiraling sphere in his hand. He charged at the pesce, connecting the sphere to the shadow. "Garudyne!" He use the skill and blasts the pesce to a wall, smashing the shadow, splattering dark specs in the spot.

There was no more enemies left, to that, Yosuke dropped on the ground. "Dammit, I can't keep this up..." His vision was about to fade until he was disturbed by someone.

"Hey boy, what are you doing on the ground?" The man said. Yosuke looked up and sees a a middle-aged man, with black hair and red robes. "It's not healthy to sleep around here." He said.

"Easy for you to say." Yosuke muttered. "I don't have a place to sleep and I have to take this to someone here." He added, holding up the basket of ingredients.

"Huh? Hey, I was waiting for that!" Steeps yelled.

"Whoa, this is yours? From a person named Auntie Leu." Yosuke said, flinching from the yelling. He handed over the basket of ingredients.

"Leu... I see..." Steeps muttered. "Hmph, it took you long enough, why were you late?" He said, coldly.

"*Groan* I had to walk from Eternus Shaft, it took me the entire day to get here, actually..." Yosuke replies.

"You did what? Couldn't you have gone on the airbus, instead?" Steeps mentioned.

"An airbus... W-what?" That shocked Yosuke.

"Yeah, the was an airbus terminal at Eternus shaft. Didn't you know that?" Steeps inquired.

"I... did not..." Yosuke answered simply.

"Geez... Well, those things were harassing us. We were able to kill those and you killed the last one..." Steeps said, directing to the mudslide. "Small damages like these should be repairable... Go to Sakura Village Inn, you can find a bed there, just head back into town and to the building to the right."

"Um... Right... Thanks..." Said Yosuke, wincing. He then headed to the inn to sleep.

(Time skip: Morning) Sakura Village Inn

Yosuke was refreshed the next day. He's eating breakfast at a table. To his surprise, the meal was awfully cheap. He's in deep thought, thinking of the current situation.

"I slept overnight and ate breakfast in the TV world... Or is this place even the TV world at all? He thought. The best thing he could've think of was that this could be another world perhaps... But that would be over thinking it.

As Yosuke was finishing his meal, Steeps came in looking for Yosuke, he spotted him at a table and walked up to him. "There you are." He said.

Yosuke look up seeing Steeps taking a seat. "Your that man from last night. Yeah, thanks for the directions. I'm Yosuke Hanamura." He introduced himself

"I'm Steeps if your gonna ask. A head steeplejack of this town." He too, introduced himself. "By the way, how did ya get here? You must've came here with someone..." He inquired. He ordered a cup of coffee.

I was supposed to deliver your stuff here with my reyvateil friend, but she disappeared half way over to this town. I'm kinda worried..." Yosuke said, with a troubled expression.

"A reyvateil? She not with you? Hmph, they're still aren't that reliable these days..." Steeps commented. He then took a sip from the mug.

"Unreliable? What do you mean, is there something bad about them?" Yosuke asked. It seem these reyvateils have some sort of a bad reputation...

"You don't know? What, you got amnesia or something?" Said Steeps.

"Well sorry for not knowing anything..." Said Yosuke with sarcasm. "Seriously, what do you mean by that?" He asked.

"You're not from around here aren't you?" Steeps wonder. "All you should know, that Clustania is the top dog of this tower, of Great Fang." He mentioned the tower at the distant. "I suggest that you keep a low profile, if you don't want to end up like Leu's husband."

"Huh? Did something happened to them? I didn't catch what happened when I got there actually..." Yosuke said.

"It happened a few days ago." Said Steeps. "That idiot was hoping to join a rebellion group, but was killed by Clustania's assassin." He said which made Yosuke sweat drop. Steeps stood up, tossed a bag of more cole in it and was about to head out. "Thanks for the package and be careful out there. Seeing that your not from Great Fang my suggestion, keep a low profile or something..." He added and he left.

Yosuke was still sitting collecting and connecting thoughts. "... And I got myself into a heap of trouble. I didn't even ask him about my friend..." He thought. He got up and pulled some cole to the table and headed out. "... Well, better than nothing, I guess..."

And Yosuke Hanamura went out into town to search for his friend.

(Time skip: Daytime) Paper Scissors

Yosuke Hanamura, still has not made any progress.

"Agh, What the hell!? frickin' narrator's jinxing me?" Said Yosuke, fuming steam out of himself.

He was staring out at the sky thinking what he should do next, since no one knows the whereabouts of Teddie. In details, an idiot in a bear costume. He was gazing at the tower in the distant. "Damn, nothing here... I guess I made an effort to even inquire something..." he said to himself. "Someone said there's more places than this Hamlet and Eternus Shaft. Ciela Gate and... Archia...? I guess I'll try those places..."

When he turned his head, what he saw widened his eyes. A man, in a lab coat was lying face flat on the ground and a girl wearing a pink smock, on her knees in an attempt to treat the severly wounded man.

"Kh... I regret... that this is the end if the line..." Said the wounded man, struggling to speak to the girl.

"Mr. Kiraha, please be all right!" The girl. The man was hardly breathing gasping for air.

"What the... Uh, hey is he going to be alright!?" Yosuke said running up to the wounded man. He looked at the man's wound. "Damn, that looks serious...!"

"... Run away..." He said, coughing up blood.

Another voice dropped in. It sounded like some girl was talking in a deep tone. "Give it up already! It's over..."

Before Yosuke could look, a leg came right at his side, sending him sliding towards the wall. "Gah...!" Yosuke slid toward some toolboxes, surviving the force that sends him sliding on the ground. He got up, the kick wasn't that lethal, as he looked at the attacker, he was disgusted at what he saw. "Oh... god, what the hell...?"

What he saw was a big person with bulging muscles in... a girly dress. A muscle bounded guy, cross-dressing... Even his face was... distinguishable. "Out of the way, punk. I'm on a busy schedule, so buzz off!" He said.

"What? You kicked me to a distant before you say that? Not very lady like, you friggin' cross-dresser...!" Said Yosuke, in retort.

"C-Cross-dresser?! You... Asshole...!" Said the cross-dresser, two more reyvateils arrived.

"Sgt. Mute. What are you doing? We got orders to capture the girl." Said one of the soldiers.

The big macho cross-dresser was named Mute.

"Stop bossing me, I know that! It seemed this little brat needs to be taught a lesson!" Said Mute. "I don't know who you are boy, but your dead when I'm through of you. He said, cracking his knuckles.

"Uh, I'll pass..." Said Yosuke, panicking. He stepped back a few steps and surveyed the area for a weapon. He seemed to dropped his kunais last night. "Shit, my weapons, where did I dropped them?!" He thought. He looked to the girl, only to see a blond swordswomen, drawing her sword.

"Be on your guard, sir, they are getting ready." She said.

"Huh?" Yosuke wondered what happened to the other girl.

Just before the situation heated up, a person came out from his house "Hold it!" The guy said, and rushed towards Yosuke and the girl's aid.

"Huh?! Who the hell are you?!" Said Mute, everyone in the area directed their attention to the boy.

"That's my line, bro." The boy said. He seemed to be the same age as Yosuke himself. "Noble Clustanians, all aloof inside the Tower... Whattaya want in our Great Fang village?

"Clustanians...?" He said quietly. "Crap... Are they after me...?" he thought.

"That's none of your friggin' business, you little pipsqueak! Just get the hell out of my way and you won't be next in line!" Mute said.

"What!? You're the one who's WAY TOO GIANT, moron! A man's worth isn't only measured by their size, you know!?" The boy argued, in retort.

"... Yeah, he's right..." Yosuke followed. "Your huge. I mean, a guy, cross-dressing...? Kinda lame, dude..."

"Man... guy... cross-dressing...?" Mute is processing what the two said and came to an conclusion. "You guys calling me a dude...? Do you cretins need your eyes peeled!?

The boy: "... Huh?"

Yosuke: "... What?"

Mute was getting more annoyed... "What makes you think such a beautiful and graceful girl could be a dude, you punks!?"

"Dude, your muscle are way huge, that dress is so small, and your face is dead give away! Save your hairstyle, to say the least." Yosuke commented.

"I call 'em like I see 'em!" the other boy answered quickly.

"I'm a girl, you little pantywaists!" Mute angrily admit it in retort.

Yosuke wasn't sure... I mean, comparing 'him' to Kanji? "I seriously doubt it..."

"Butch, don't make me have to settle this the old fashioned way!" The boy said getting ready.

Yosuke looked to the boy next to him. "Man, you're really gonna go through with this...?" Yosuke said with a troubled look.

"Y-You guys are..."

Huh? …Oh, I'm Aoto, I'm just a good samaritan." He introduced himself. "I don't know what's going on here, but I can't allow a Clustanian to trample over our sacred soil. So...I'll help you out."

"Yosuke Hanamura... if anyone ask..." He, too introduced himself, seeing not a lot of people paying attention to him.

"... I appreciate the reinforcements. May I ask a favor of you both?

"Umm..." Said Aoto and Yosuke was listening in.

"My limit draws nigh. Can you help me vanquish my enemies? Afterwards, I ask that you two look, after... this maiden." The swordswomen requested.

Yosuke: "Maiden?"

Aoto: "Who are you talking about?"

"You will know soon enough. Can I count on you two?" She asked.

"Alright. I don't know what's going on, but we won't let you down." Said Aoto with confidence.

"Right, I have no idea what's going on... Wait, what?" What Aoto said caught Yosuke off guard.

"Dude, you were getting your ass kicked. Didn't you need help?" Aoto asked.

"Yeah, I guess... She did kick me in the arm." Yosuke mentioned. "Alright, I'll give you guys a hand." He whispered back to Aoto.

"What the hell are you punks mumbling about!? Mute yelled at the three, catching their attention. "Bring it on already!

"Huh... Ah, crap!" Yosuke saw Mute coming towards them.

*EXEC_CUTYPUMP/.

The song coming from Mute was... very extreme... the sounds of electric guitars drumming around.

"W-What the...? Is this Punk rock or something?" He thought. It did came out by surprise. "What is that, Song Magic?" But before any answer came to mind, Mute picked up a boulder and threw it at Yosuke.

"Yosuke, Heads up!" Aoto yelled at Yosuke, seemed to be spacing out.

"Huh? ... Aaahhhh!" The boulder crashed land at him but he dodge out of the way. The boulder is huge, enough to crush someone. "...Shit, he's serious...!"

Aoto charged head on and kept swinging his tool at Mute, Mute in return lobbing punches and kicks at Aoto. "Wow, they're really duking it out with each other..." He thought. "Maybe..." Yosuke opened his left hand having his arcana appear, crushing it. "Masukukaja!" sound of breaking glass in the air. The effect went to Aoto too.

"Huh? Whoa!" Aoto felt a refreshing breeze coursing around him. "I feel lighter than usual..." He thought.

"Aoto, I'll get him on the back!" Said Yosuke running head on towards Mute with flashing speed.

"What the Hell!? Mute yelled. He tried to punch Yosuke, but he vanished in front of him and Yosuke had the jump.

"Gotcha!" Yosuke jumped behind latched himself on his back. "Aoto, now's your chance! Get him while he's... uhh..." What he felt in his hands were very soft on Mute's chest. "Huh, what the... Ugh..." What he felt was his breast... "Wait... these are..." Before he says anything else, he was caught and pulled by his hair. "A-AaHH!" The pain was awful.

"How... Dare... You!?" Mute grabbed him with his one big hand, lifting Yosuke by the hair. "I said I was a girl, Asshole! Didn't you catch my drift!?" He sai- screw it, "She" said.

"Guh! Ah! Okay, my mistake!" Yosuke said while struggling.

"Let go of him!" Aoto bashed his weapon in Mute's stomach, releasing Yosuke from Mute's grip and they both got some distance from her. "That looked painful..." He commented to Yosuke.

"Ow... No kidding... I thought He- Uh, She was gonna pull my head out...!" Said Yosuke, agonizing from pain. "... Okay, you wanna charge at her again. You do feel lighter, right?" He said as he recovered.

"I'm game, ah, so that was you?" Aoto asked. "Keep it up!" He ordered as he charged at Mute again.

"Alright!" Yosuke got the idea and crush the Tarot card as it appeared.

"Why you!" Mute charge at Aoto, attempting to punch him but Aoto veer off to a different direction, due to the Sukukaja effect. "What?!" She thought she got Aoto but he vanish and kept slashing away around her. She then, suddenly got kick from the back. "Dammit, I'm not falling that aga-!" She believes that Yosuke was going to do the stunt again, but what she grab was leg of something taller than her. "Huh, What!?"

Everyone was caught by surprise. Aoto, the swordswomen, and the other reyvateils.

"Uh... That is... What is that?!" Aoto stuttered, looking at the giant with a flimsy suit with a golden V on its chest, a red scarf, frog-like ears, and pairs of golden ninja stars on its hand and eyes.

"My... Persona. Ah, my leg... Ow..." Yosuke said, feeling the pain that was transfered from his persona. "Jiraya!" He called out to his Persona. Jiraya lift his leg up in the air while Mute still had hold on him. He started to shake her off.

"Aoto, I'll blast her to the air. Wanna finish her off?" Yosuke said to Aoto.

"Alright, shoot." Aoto replied. they both agree for a plan of attack.

Jiraya kept shaking his leg until he sent Mute flying upwards, spinning in mid-air.

Aoto jumped into Jiraya's hand and gave Aoto a boost in the air. Aoto struck the spinning Mute down to the ground, making a small crater.

Aoto and Yosuke are victorious, cutting the Song Magic to a close.

(After the battle)

Mute was down on her knees, humiliated after her defeat.

Damn! What happened...!? These punks are no ordinary kids!" She said, and then glared at Yosuke and Jiraya, floating behind him. "That thing! It's with that human?!" She thought.

Aoto was breathing roughly. "*huff* *huff* What's wrong? Out of Song Magic? A Reyvateil without Magic is pretty useless." He said, languid in fatique.

Mute was getting pissed. "Urrrgh! Don't underestimate me! Come on! I'll kill you both with my magic!" She said trying to get up, but was so unbalanced.

"You sure about that? You look pretty beat..." Yosuke mentioned, with minor hostile tone.

One of the other Clustanian soldiers was assessing the situation. Two humans were easy picking, but with that big thing backing them up, they weren't ready for this, a strategic retreat is good option.

"Sgt. Mute, please stop! If you keep this up, we're all going to be put in the brig!" Said a clustanian soldier.

Mute darted back at her with a blackish expression. "Shut up! You don't give me orders!" She yelled in retort.

"This is not good! Don't let her ruin our mission! Retreat! Retreat!" the other soldier ordered. The two grabbed Mute in both arms and retreated.

"Hey guys! Let go of me! Let go of my hand! You brats, you're not gonna get away with this!" Mute threatend them with a serious tone. She even loosen an arm and threw a stone at them, but where she aimed at, missed the boys, but directed at Jiraya's... crotch.

*smack*

"Uuh-huuuh!" Yosuke made agonizing sounds, pressing the pain at his own crotch, dropping down to his knees, and his forehead face flat to the ground. Again, the pain was transferred from the persona to the user.

"Whoa! Yosuke, it actually hurts you, too?" Aoto asks, sweat-dropping about what he witness.

"Yeah, no duh..." Yosuke said in different tones in each words, still in pain.

The tension wore off...

"Who are they?" Aoto wondered.

"You... got me..." Yosuke replied, recovering.

"Please take care of the rest." Said the Swordswomen.

But before the boys said anything else, a bright light flashed from the swordswomen, The woman in armor vanished in a burst of light, and the other girl was in her place.

"Whoa...!? What's going on!?" Said Aoto, getting caught by surprise.

"This girl... It was her?" Yosuke thought out loud, and went to aid her.

Aoto didn't have much time to worry about that right at the moment, though, because her companion was in even worse shape.

"Yo, hey Gramps, are you okay!? What's your name, mister!?" He asked.

"I'm... Kiraha... *cough* *cough* *cough*" the old man was coughing out a lot if blood.

"H-hey! You're gonna be alright! I'm taking you to the hospital..." Aoto said, trying to lift up Mr. Kiraha.

Don't waste your time. I won't survive anyway. Just...take care of...Saki.

"Saki? Is she this girl here?" Aoto asked.

Yosuke was caught by surprise. The girl's name was the name of someone he once loved and passed away. "S-Saki...!?" His voice stuttered to name. "Ah, shit... that name..." He thought in depression. "So... that her name, huh..."

"... Indeed. She's on the lam... The Clustanian Army is after her..." Said Mr. Kiraha.

"The whole army...!? Why!?" Said Aoto by surprise.

Even Yosuke sweat-dropped. "W-whoa, and for one girl? That's practically overkill!" He exclaimed.

"... Oh... I must give you this..." Mr. Kiraha brought out a necklace and handed it to Aoto, who is somehow familiar with it.

"This necklace is the same as my father's keepsake... But why!?" He thought.

"Uh, hey... Is he going to alright...?" Said Yosuke, worried sick.

"... Please... give this to my... son..." Mr. Kiraha said with his dying breath.

"Son...? Who is he and where can I find him!?" Aoto asking him, the question was wasted since Mr. Kiraha was not moving an inch.

"Oh god..." Yosuke murmured. Seeing Kiraha's in that position, obviously that he's...

"Hey, Gramps! Hang in there! Hey!" Aoto started to shake him, but it was no good. "He's dead... What should I do...?"

Before they could think things through, though, the girl began to wake.

"Huh? Oh hey, she's awaking up..." Yosuke said, feeling somewhat relieved.

Saki: "Hmm..."

"Hey! Are you alright!? Who are you...?" Said Aoto, asking the girl as he walked to them.

Saki: "... Hmm...?"

There was an awkward moment. As confusing as things were for the boys, they were even more so for the girl. "... Kyah...!" Saki palmed Yosuke in the nose and fell on his rear.

Yosuke: "Gah... Ow..."

"Wh-who are you two? Wh-where am I?" She questioned, agitated by surprise.

"Don't you know anything?" Aoto tried to inqure.

Saki, surveying her surrounding, then glancing at Mr. Kiraha's body, widening her eyes of the shock. "Mr. Kiraha...? Mr. Kiraha! No... Please don't die! *sob* Wahhh!" Tears began pouring out of her eyes.

"You... Was he your..." Aoto tried to get what Mr. Kiraha was to her.

"... He was always protecting me, even all the way out here. He's my savior." Saki said crying in dispair.

Yosuke was adjusting to the atmosphere. "We... couldn't do anything to prevent his death. I'm sorry..." Yosuke apologized in a despondent frown. Even Aoto was speechless.

Moments later a couple men arrive looking for Saki.

"Saki!" a man called out to her. An acquaintance of Saki's.

"Saki, run! The Clustanian Army is already looking for you in the village!" Said the other man, frightend. He then notices a body lying down. "Um…? Whoa! Someone's dead…!

No proper descriptions were on these men. So I'll add A and B to them.

"This is... Mr. Kiraha! Wait... th-this can't be true! ... He's dead!?" Said Man A

"... He was... killed by the Clustanian Army..." Yosuke shamefaced. To see someone die in front of him is just terrifying.

"... Damn those skunks...! They'll stop at nothing...!" Man B grunted

"... Please take care of Mr. Kiraha...!" Aoto told the men with a determined look on his face.

Man A: "What…!?"

Yosuke: "H-huh?"

"Let's go! We have to get out of this village!" Aoto suggested.

Saki wasn't sure though. "But..."

"Just come with me! I'm Aoto! He entrusted your safety to me!" He quicly introduced himself.

"! Aoto..." With no other choice, she agreed to his plea.

"Hurry! You can still catch the bus!" Said Man B. "Go to the Bus Terminal!"

"Right." Aoto confirmed, he then turned to Yosuke. "Yosuke, your coming with us!" He ordered.

"Huh? Wait, why?" Yosuke asked. That came out from Aoto unexpectedly.

"Dude, your obviously not from around here and that giant... thing..." The word sliped Aoto's mind.

"... My Persona." Yosuke reminded him.

"Yeah, your... Persona... Anyways, you might as well come with us. With the Army swarming around..." Aoto added.

"I... think I got the picture." Yosuke said, getting the picture.

Blue Canyon Bus Terminal

Yosuke agreed and tagged along. They rushed through town to where their means of transportation should have been waiting, but there was nothing there.

"Uh... this place is the bus terminal, right?" Yosuke asked Aoto.

"Yeah but," Aoto answered, coming up the steps, but something wasn't right. "... Huh? That's weird. There's usually a bus or two waiting to go.

Yosuke groaned. "Aw man... what should we do now...?"

They weren't alone however.

"What's up, Aoto?" Another teenager came up to them wearing a set of headphones, black and yellow color cap, a black long-sleeve with yellow strides on it, and mixture of white and gray colors on his pants. He seems to know Aoto.

"Tatsumi." Aoto

"T-Tatsumi?!" Yosuke was surprised, Aoto having a friend with his friend's name and all...

"... Do I know you?" Tatsumi asked.

"Um... No, Not really..." Yosuke replied, quietly.

"Who're these two Aoto, lovebirds or something?" Tatsumi asking Aoto.

"No idiot! I just met them." Aoto retorted.

It even annoyed Yosuke as well. "N-Not even close!" He exclaimed. "I just met them both as well." He retorted.

"He's Yosuke and her name's Saki." Aoto introduced them both to his friend. "She seems to be in some trouble." He added.

"Oh yeah? ... She doesn't look happy. Are you alright?" Tatsumi asked, but Saki said nothing.

"Let me introduce you guys to Tatsumi." Aoto said.

Saki: "Tatsumi...?"

Yosuke: "Hey there."

Tatsumi: "Sup."

"Friend of yours?" Yosuke asking Aoto.

"Well... kinda..." Said Aoto, smiling wryly. "He's sort of... an acquaintance of mine. He's been V-Board training here for a month." He included.

"I see... Nice to meet you…" Saki said quietly.

"V-Boarding...?" Yosuke whispering to himself.

"You guys waiting for the airbus?" Tatsumi asked.

"Yeah... But I don't see one..." Aoto answered, looking around.

"Hey, have you seen any Tatsumi?" Yosuke inquired.

"I've been surfing here all day, and I haven't seen one today." Tatsumi answered.

"What? Was there an accident or something? Are the drivers on strike?" Said Aoto.

"How am I supposed to know?" Tatsumi complained.

"Aw, damn... we gotta get out of here before they catch up with us!" Yosuke grunted.

"They? Someone's after you guys?" Tatsumi asked on the subject.

"Uh... Well, we're kind of in a real big jam here." Said Aoto.

"What happened?" Tatsumi questioned.

Before any answer was given, a couple clustanians soldiers spotted the group.

"There she is!" One said as they both confronted them.

"Crap, they found us!" Yosuke muttered.

"Hey, brats! Give us that girl!" The soldier ordered.

Yosuke: "Uh..."

Aoto: "Request denied."

They all turned their heads to Aoto, confused in a matter.

"What did you say!?" The other soldier said, surprised.

"I said, 'I won't let you lay a finger on her.' I'm not gonna repeat myself." Said Aoto, glaring back at them.

"... A-Aoto." Said Saki, worried about him.

Yosuke somehow knows what's gonna happen next. "Oh boy..." He murmured.

"You dare defy us? You surprise me." Said the Clustanian Soldier amused of what Aoto said. "Alright, we'll take her by force."

One loud whistle from her mouth and few more Clustanian soldier arrived to the scene.

"Shit... They're like a swam of bees!"

"Yeah, obviously!" Yosuke wincing at Aoto annoyingly, thinking this was his fault.

"Want me to help?" Tatsumi asked.

Aoto: "Uhh…?"

"I don't know what's going on, but I hate when a bunch of people gang up on a few." Tatsumi quoted. "Plus, you always help me find good V-Boarding spots." He added.

"... Alright. I'm counting on ya, Tats!" Said Aoto.

"You've got it." Tatsumi replied. He took out a what looks like a one-hand buster sword...

"Yosuke, can you cover us with your Persona?" Aoto looking back at Yosuke.

"Persona... what...?" Tatsumi thought.

"Got it! Persona!" Yosuke yelled out, summoning Jiraya. He pulled his headphones over his ears.

*Chaotic Dance (Headphones on)

"Who- that boy! He can call out that thing! Take him out!" A clustanian soldier ordered. One loud whistle rang in the air and Type 1's appear flying everywhere surrounding the boys.

"Huh!? Mechs...?" Aoto shrugged with his tool in hand.

"We'll see about that! Magarudyne!" Yosuke and Jiraya simultaneously flick their fingers and Green air compressed within his group and then a huge blast blew away most of the Type 1's and some Clustanian soldiers. More soldiers arrived and counter-attacked.

The Clustanians produce song magic and fire beams of light at Aoto and Tatsumi, as they both braced for impact. Yosuke had Jiraya jump on front of them and blocked the attacks.

"Ow...!" Yosuke pressing the pain in his chest that was transferred from Jiraya. Even his Persona was breaking down in static. "Hold on! Masukuksaja!" He boosted his allies with speed before he withdrew Jiraya.

Tatsumi, let's go!" Aoto yelled and they both charged at the Clustanian soldiers. Hacking and slashing at them while on their toes.

Yosuke still standing waiting for an opportunity to appear... "Huh... Whoa!" A soldier came from the side so suddenly and started attacking him. She kept kicking and charging up her song magic.

Yosuke manage to dodge all her attacks, funny how he knows how to dodge Chie's kicks, back then. When an opportunity arises, Yosuke crushes the tarot card and produces a green spiraling sphere and rammed it into her stomach.

"Sorry...! Garudyne!" He called out unleashing a blast sending a soldier flying in the air. In a fight for his life and he kinda feels bad. The atmosphere is very different from fighting shadows. He looked at Aoto and Tatsumi fighting away at the soldiers, they're serious about fighting. "Ah hell... Magarudyne!" The blast sent more Type 1's flying, but more mechs and soldiers kept spawning around them.

"Not bad, you kids. I can see how you guy beat Sgt. Mute. But, how much longer do you think your spunk will last?" A soldier asked.

"Hmph! Bring it on, morons!" Aoto taunted them.

"Geez, they're like a endless stream!" Yosuke quoted.

"Would you still say that knowing that your continued defiance will make your entire village suffer? Said a Clustanian soldier said, looking down on them. "If you keep disobeying us, then you're going to force our hand." She said with additional Type 1's appearing.

"Crap, more mechs…?" Yosuke complaint.

"What!? You cowards…" Aoto glared at them.

"This is your last chance. If you don't want to become hamburger meat, I suggest you give her to us." The Clustanian soldier warned them.

"Aoto..." Saki looked to Aoto, worried.

"Dammit... once I've decided to protect someone, I can't just cop out on them!" Aoto stated.

"Easier said than done, Aoto! Even we can't hold out longer!" Yosuke whispered to him, mentioning the condition of his persona.

"...Hey guys, we hafta..." Tatsumi tried to mention the situation but...

"W-wait! P-please let me help you! Saki is a Reyvateil. I can help you!" She informed them.

"You're what!? A Reyvateil!?" Said Aoto, surprised

"A Reyvateil? That's nice and all, but their's a huge army in front of us!" Yosuke alerting Aoto and Saki, about the army in front of them.

More Clustanian soldiers and Type 1 mechs piled on the platform, surrounding the four into a corner.

"Wha- Damn! This is getting us nowhere!" Aoto grunted.

"They outnumber us a millionfold! We're kind of screwed here." Tatsumi reminded.

"... Aoto... Yosuke... Tatsumi…" Saki, feeling guilty, because of her these men are in danger. She was thinking of what to do next. "... I'm sorry, Everyone!"

Aoto: Saki?

"... I can't cause any more trouble for you guys. I'll hold these ladies off, so please escape in the meantime!" She suggested.

The boys confused of what Saki was saying. "You can hold them off!? I understand that you're a reyveteil, but how!?" Yosuke asked.

"I'll say a prayer!" Saki answered.

"A... prayer!?" Tatsumi replied

"... Saki, we're fine. I'm not going to lose to these..." Said Aoto, but was cut off when Saki clasped her hands together.

"Please... give me power..." Saki prayed "Please give me power!"

*Song end (Headphones off)

A bright light flashed after. They witness Saki's prayer in action, but what they saw was jaw-dropping. Pieces of her clothes disappeared in the light starting with her smock, then her pink tank top, and finally, most of her undergarments leaving her stripped down to bra and... panties.

Aoto and Yosuke's eyes widen, their jaw hanging and their speech stuttered.

Aoto: "H-huh!?"

Yosuke: "What the-"

"Please... Please save us!" Saki plead everything around them was blank white.

They all flinch from the flashing light and the next they knew, Saki was lying on the ground with barely all of her clothes off.

Not all of them, that would've been an overkill.

The boys turned their attention to the army that was actually a huge pile of pieces of cakes. What ever Saki did, turned most of the Clustanian soldiers and Type 1's into cakes.

"What!? They've all been turned into cakes!" Said one of the surviving soldier, gravely shocked.

"Uh... We better retreat for now!" Said another soldier and they both left.

Even the boys were in a state of confusion, between Saki being half-naked and her power to turn people into cakes.

"What was that!?" Aoto questioned.

"Dude, I have no idea!" Yosuke replied, shaking from the shock. "Who turns people into cakes, anyways!?" He added

Even Tatsumi was speechless, or probably assessing what's going on. Aoto turned to Saki who is still unconscious on the ground.

"Hey, Saki! Saki!" Aoto calling out to her, but no avail. Saki was still out like a light bulb.

Err... We better get out of here. Hurry!" Said Tatsumi getting Yosuke and Aoto's attention "We're gonna have to take a hike since the airbus is unavailable." He directed.

Yosuke: "R-right...!"

Aoto: "Y-yeah!"

Tatsumi led them off the platform with Aoto carrying Saki and Yosuke came up from behind, covering their backs still. Over several minutes later, they left Blue Canyon Hamlet.

Blue Heaven Trail

Tatsumi led Aoto and Yosuke to a small camp where Yosuke came by earlier.

"Huh? Oh hey, the camp site is still here." Yosuke commented.

We should be safe now. Let's rest here for a bit." Said Tatsumi

Aoto and Yosuke agree and went into the tent. Aoto laid Saki down on a mattress and gave her some space and led a conversation with the other guys.

"What the heck's going on? She turns the Clustanian soldiers into cakes and then she was... n-n-n-" Aoto tries to comprehend what he witness.

"Naked?" Yosuke fluently said to Aoto, saying what he was trying to say.

"... Y-Yeah..." said Aoto, blushing.

Later, they hear Saki getting up from the mattress.

"... Hmm..." Saki woke up finding Yosuke sitting on the ground and Aoto and Tatsumi standing around "... Ah, Aoto..."

"Oh, Saki? You're awake." Aoto said with relief.

"Wh-what did I do...?" Saki asked

"Don't you remember?" Yosuke inquired.

It seemed she didn't remember what has happened recently. In fact, the more they questioned Saki, She told them that she has lost a lot of her memories. The disguise as a swordswomen, the reason Clustania is after her, and even Mr. Kiraha. It seemed Saki couldn't remember quite a lot of things, in fact.

"... I'm sorry. I really can't remember..." Said Saki with a cheerless expression.

"Maybe she has partial memory loss from all the shock." Tatsumi suggested. Yosuke agreed as well.

Aoto was thinking, "She doesn't remember anything... hmm..." He decides to bring something up. "So... you don't remember saying that you were gonna pray and then getting n-n-n-naked, either...?" He asked.

Yosuke and Tatsumi gave off a dumbfounded, chagrined look at Aoto, with exclamation marks on their heads.

"*Gasp* … Aoto, you pervert!" Saki slapped Aoto in the face from the embarrassment. It was painful. "I-I'm really sorry, b-but, you embarrassed me so suddenly..." She apologized.

"Pffft... You seem to remember that pretty clearly..." Yosuke commented, laughing quietly.

"That's so boo of him..." Tatsumi said, disappointed at Aoto.

The conversation went on. Saki mention that she's a caretaker of children at a place called Ogai. She doesn't know where it is and no one else knows of Ogai either. Tatsumi recommends a Reyvatologist, medical doctor for Reyvateils, that hails in Eternus shaft. Before anything else Tatsumi had a question in mind "... I have a question."

"Y-yes. Please ask Saki anything." Saki waiting eagerly for his question.

"Are you some kinda special Reyvateil? I've never seen a Reyvateil who can turn people into cakes before." Tatsumi asked. Though, that question came by surprise to Saki

"Uh...!? Well... I don't know. All I know is that every time I say my prayers, the Goddess helps me." She answered. "I heard that Saki has the 'power to perform miracles.'"

"Miracles...?" Yosuke said, thinking back a while ago. "How is turning people into cakes a miracle...?" He thought.

"Well, whether the Goddess really helps her or not, it's a fact that a miracle did happen right before our eyes. Tatsumi stated. "But anyway, let's go to Eternus Shaft and see the doctor."

"Th-thank you very much! I'm sorry for the late self-introduction. I'm Saki! Pleased to meet you!" She greeted herself to them.

"Alright. I can take Saki home safe!" Said Aoto, smiling.

"It'll take a good while to get to Eternus Shaft, so why don't we camp here and head out in the morning?" Tatsumi requested.

"Good idea." Yosuke agreed.

Elsewhere...

A group of Clustanian soldiers were regrouping for a situation report, it looked like Mute sucking up to a younger women who seem to be the commanding officer of Mute's.

"I understand the situation. You made quite a scene and you have nothing to show for it." She said.

"I-I'm sorry, General. There was a couple extremely formidable men in the village. One was far beyond the limit of humans and the other one can summon that giant... Disco ninja frog or whatever it is...! Said Mute, trying to explain what happened.

"That's your excuse?" The General asked. "I entrusted you with the entire legion, and you were defeated by a couple of strangers?

Mute: "But... that was..."

"The mission I gave you was to secure Saki and bring her back to the mainland. Do you remember?" The General interrupting Mute. "I specifically told you to make sure there wouldn't be any casualties.

Mute was trying to explain but couldn't bring up anything...

"I don't want to hear your excuses. This is your last chance. Do not fail your next mission. If you do, I'll relieve you of command and demote you back down to private." She threatened Mute who was terrified of the punishment. "I have another matter I must attend to, so I cannot leave the mainland. You must bring Saki back."

"Yes, General!" Mute confirmed. As her general left Mute's sight she then punched a wall and made a small crater in it. "...Kh! Those little pipsqueaks I'll never forgive them!" She growled.

Back at the General perspectives she seem curious about the report of 'the human who can summon a Giant Disco Ninja Frog'. "This thing... could this be the similar to that other one that appeared back home...?" She thought.

(Time skip: Evening)

Yosuke, Aoto, and Tatsumi were waiting outside while waiting for Saki to finish brushing up for bed.

"Man, today was horrible... Are the Clustanians always like this?" Yosuke asked them. Though, Aoto and Tatsumi weren't amused from the question.

"Are you serious? You were there in the middle of the whole thing and you didn't know that?" Said Aoto, nagging at Yosuke.

"Hey, don't look at me like that!" Yosuke retorted back at Aoto. "I haven't been here before and it's been two days since I arrived." He mentioned.

"... Are you serious? You aren't from Sol Cluster?" Said Aoto, mentioning his world. He seem more curious about who Yosuke really is. "Okay then... where are you from? I never seen those clothes before..."

"Is my clothes a dead giveaway?" Yosuke, sweat dropped. When Saki came out, He describe to them where he's from, what he is; most of the details he can offer, but neither Aoto or Saki, knows a thing about it.

"Japan...? Inaba...?" I never heard those places before..." Said Saki

"Me neither." Aoto followed up as well. "Did you hit your head or something...? He asked.

"Right... this totally makes sense..." Yosuke sighed, since they don't get it at all...

"Alright, my turn." They turned to Tatsumi, especially since he's been quiet for quite some time. "It's about that Disco Ninja Frog you summon in battle, are you a Persona user?" Tatsumi asked.

His name is 'Jiraya'! Geez, Why does everyone call him tha-" Yosuke complained, but was cut shortly of what Tatsumi said. "Wait, How'd you know that!?"

"A... Persona user? What's that?" Aoto asked. Saki was also confused. "You know something about him, Tats?"

"A Persona user, a person who can use his other self for many things, like just recently in combat, he helped us with the situation back there?" Tatsumi mentioned. "What we saw out of him, was his manifestation of his psyche. Their specialty is fighting shadows, monsters and so forth. Also if his persona gets damaged in way, the user will get hurt too. Tatsumi added.

"Shadows, huh?" Aoto kind of got an idea... "Oh, so if his persona get hit on the head, the pain can transfer to him and his head will hurt?" Aoto said, snickering.

"Real Funny! What kind of reference is that, you Jerk!?" Said Yosuke annoyed by Aoto. "Ugh... Look, we should just go to bed, don't we have something to do?" He said to them.

"Alright, alright..." Said Aoto, laughing weakly. "Me and Saki will go in first." He said, Saki agreed and went into the tent first, though the rules were that they had to split the sides of the tent space since it's a mixture of a few boys and a girl.

As things quiet down, Yosuke and Tatsumi were still outside. Yosuke wanted to ask him how he knows something. "Not that I want to force you, Tatsumi, but how did you know about the shadows and persona." He asked. "I mean, two days here, and no one knows about me."

An answer came to mind with a small smile. "... No one of Sol Cluster, No one 'here', at this tower, knows of your existence." Tatsumi explained. "People at another tower hails a group of Persona users as heroes who help saved their land from destruction." Tatsumi told Yosuke.

That caught Yosuke's attention, "Wha- wait, You're saying another group of Persona users came to this world?" Yosuke getting to the point.

"... Yeah... But that was a couple years back." Tatsumi said with a sad expression. "They disappear on us and I haven't seen them since..."

It seemed that a group with personae were somewhere in this world sometime ago. It didn't stop Yosuke's questions"... Any ideas who they were...? he asked.

"It's been a long time, I don't know much... I think they call themselves... SEES...?" Tatsumi answered.

"Hm... Never heard of them, where I'm from..." Yosuke frowned. "Ah, we can do this later. I'm going to bed, night Tats."

I'll keep watch, then." Tatsumi replied. Yosuke went into the tent and Tasumi sat down and stared into the sky. "It's been a while since I seen a persona user. He probably has friends somewhere else too..." He thought.

A/N: (Sigh) Late a usual... Well I did my best to describe Yosuke's reaction to Mute and 'what a trap', I forget, did he really touch 'those' or are those muscles... I should've made some more comedic ideas... I didn't know ad-libbing would be difficult.

I got some ideas for inputting Arcana for Qoga characters...

To let the viewers know, I'm going along with the story.

Aoto: Magician - Not a bad idea right?

Luphan/Ayatane: Magician (Reversed?) - For some reason. I thought it'd make some sort of sense...

Sakia Lumei: Justice - "Knight of Justice!" ur thoughts?

Saki: Star - food for thought?

Finnel: Lovers - ... In a way... YES!

Mute: Empress - hmm...

Cocona/Tatsumi: Chariot - ...? Strong personality... I guess...

Akane: Strength - She is very emotionless, whereas emotions is not needed for her...

*EXEC_CUTYPUMP/. - Au (Gusya Ningen)

*Chaotic Dance - Motoi Sakuraba (Okay, I thought this battle theme would make the battle more realistic...)

R & R!

Btw: About Yosuke and the Wild card... Hate to say but, He will not be getting the Wild Card in this story, I actually got something else in mind for him... soon...

Thou may take a long time, but hang in there!

(... The part at the end of this chapter... Yep... Ad-libbing. Not really coincidence...)