Note: By the way, if you've already noticed, perhaps you don't need to look at this, but just in case, here's how the characters reflect the P3 characters:
Riki - P3 Protagonist
Kyosuke - Akihiko Sanada
Rin - Ken Amada, more or less
Kanata - Mitsuru Kirijo
Masato - Junpei Iori
Kengo - Kazushi Miyamoto
Little Busters: Persona
Chapter 3: The Magician part 2
…?...
…Darkness is the only thing you can see here. One person is standing amidst the darkness… He's the only one visible in this dark place.
"…" Riki is standing still with his eyes closed. "Hm," Then he opened his eyes, "…" He looked about. "This place is…"
"Are you well?" A voice behind him asked. It's a familiar presence…
"…Other me?" Riki could tell that his Shadow's back is facing his and the Shadow is speaking while not looking at Riki himself.
"You found yourself lost in your dream and you stumbled upon this place."
"Where is this?"
"The corner of your mind. But enough about that, it would seem that something urgent has come to our attention."
"Urgent?"
"Yes... Abominations are roaming the corners of the place that you are staying at. Go save her… She's waiting for you. She will need you."
"She? Uh… Who?"
"Komari Kamikita." Everything was engulfed by a blinding light after the Shadow said that name.
…
…
…At Riki's room…
"Hm!" Riki opened his eyes widely, he's fully awake now. The first thing he saw was the ceiling of his room, it's colored green for some reason. Riki blinked twice, "Huh?" He rose his body up, "What the…" He looked around his room. Everything is greenish for some reason. "What happened?" He then turned to the window, "Huh?" He stood up from his bed and decided to check outside through the window. "Hm," He's looking about on the street below. There are… …coffins. Riki blinked, "A coffin?" He remembered the coffins that he saw when he first came into town… "…Those are the same coffins much like before…"
Sharp-!
"Ah…" Riki felt a slight pain on his head. Like a worm squirming into his skull… He touched his forehead. "What… the…"
...He suddenly started hearing some eerie voices…
"The humans… Their minds are delicious… Those minds that are filled with endless darkness… They give Mother eternal power." This voice sounds malevolent and wicked, and feels unnatural. Supernatural, in fact. "I will have this girl, Komari Kamikita. She is OURRRSS-! GROOOAAAARR-!"
Sharp-!
"Garrgh!" Riki knelt down in pain, he cannot hear the voice anymore. "huff, huff, ah." He touched his forehead again. "What was that…? Is that girl Komari…" He remembered that girl that he saved from punks recently… She's in trouble… danger. "…" Riki stood up with him touching his forehead still. "I… I…" He slightly lowered his head and removed his hand from his forehead. "… …" He slightly raised his head as he stared at the window with an expression that tells that he has a premonition that something bad will happen soon… to Komari Kamikita. "I better go to her."
...With that, he dressed in his school uniform and he headed out of his room to find that girl, Komari Kamikita.
…
…
…At the riverbank side…
-tap, tap, tap, tap-!
Riki arrived here after running for a while. "huff, huff, huff, ah." He's catching his breath with his hands on his knees after all that running. "Ah." He straightened himself up. "Ah, where…" He looked around. The river is just at the side-on the right side-and there's no one within the vicinity. "Hm," He looked up. There's a full moon tonight… But looking at it feels eerie for some reason. "What in the world is going on here…?"
…Meanwhile, at the command room at the dormitory…
Everyone, with the exception of Kyosuke, is still here, doing whatever they wish. Masato is working out with his dumbbells at the corner, Kengo is sitting on a meditative state at another corner, Rin is feeding her cat with a cookie on the sofa, A-chan is drinking tea still, Kurugaya is reading a book on the sofa as well, and the same goes for Kanata who is seated on the same seat earlier.
"Say, where did Kyosuke go?" A-chan asked after filling up a cup of tea.
"He said he'll be training himself for a while. Hm, why didn't you want to go with him, Inohara?" Kanata asked without diverting her attention from her book.
"Heh, Kyosuke thinks Tartarus is just a training ground. But if you ask me, there are some things that are best left untouched." Masato said without stopping on his work out.
Kengo opened his eyes upon hearing that. He turned to Masato, "Hmph, I'm surprised to hear that from you. I guess you're not entirely devoid of cognitive functions."
Masato turned to him. "Huh? Cogniwhat now…?" Even though Kengo's statement was a bit insulting, Masato is so much of an idiot that the insult didn't even reach him…
"By the way, I heard-"
Teeerreet, teeerreet-!
Before Kurugaya could continue, the console sounded. Kanata stood up and approached the console, she pushed a red button. "Command room. …Is that you, Natsume Kyosuke?"
"*static* *static* You're not gonna believe this, this thing's huge! Unfortunately, I don't have time to talk, it's chasing me… I'm at the Riverbank, I-What the- W-Wait, G-Gaaauurrgh-!" Kyosuke's line was cut-off with a loud static.
"""*gasp*!"""
The girls gasped at that.
"K-Kyosuke!" Rin stood up from the sofa, agitated.
"Meow!" Her cat is on the sofa still.
Masato put his dumbbells down. "What was that? It sounded like he was in trouble."
"That thing is huge…? What was he referring at?" Kengo asked.
A-chan turned to him. "Duh, it's the dark hour. That means-"
"Kyosuke is under attack by a Shadow!?" Rin asked, agitated.
Everyone else felt alarmed and alerted.
Kanata faced all of them, "Prepare yourselves. Natsume said he's at the Riverbank, and if our suspicion is correct, a battle may be unavoidable." She turned to A-chan, "A-chan, prepare everyone's weapons. Make sure that dorm is secured and make sure Naoe-kun is safe."
A-chan felt nervous for a moment, but she nodded. "R-Right. Be careful!"
…
…At the Riverbank side...
...tap, tap, tap, tap…
Riki found himself wandering around here. "Where exactly am I supposed to go?"
"Grooooaaarr."
"Huh?" He heard something… a roar… He turned to his left-"Wha…?"
"Groooaaarrr…"
"Groooaaaarr…"
"Groooaaaarr…"
…Monsters are crawling… They're using their arms to drag their bodies to move… They're colored black and greenish… They have red eyes and they're all staring at Riki.
"What… the…" Riki took one step backward-
Shaarp-!
"Other me." The voice of his Shadow.
"Huh?" Riki is summoned inside his mind and his Shadow self appeared behind him, "Other me?"
Much like before, the Shadow's back is facing Riki's and he's not facing Riki himself. "You are now facing the mere fragments of human ego, as they call them. The Shadows. Prepare yourself, other me. And use the given power to you to destroy your enemies... Fusion Spell!"
-Everything is engulfed by a blinding light inside Riki's mind.
"Ah." Riki's focus is back to the real world once again. These monsters, the "Shadows", as Shadow Riki referred to them as such, are approaching with menacing expressions.
"Groooaaarr…"
"Grooooaaarrr…"
"Groooaaarr…"
"Ah." Riki just stood on his ground-
"Use the Fusion Spell, other me." Shadow Riki's voice is heard. "That bond that you share with that oaf, Natsume Kyosuke, should help you. Use it!"
"Ah," Riki felt a soothing light-
Flaash-!
A card appeared in a flash of light on his right palm. The Wheel of Fortune Card.
"Ah." He stared at the card, "This is…? The Wheel… of Fortune?"
Flaash-!
"Huh?" He turned to his other palm, another card has appeared in a flash of light there. The Fool. "The Fool…"
Flaassh-!
Flaash-!
Both of the cards he's holding glowed brightly. Then they floated upward and both of them rotated in a spiral manner as they ascended-this is a fusion.
Sharp-!
"Fusion… Spell?" Riki said looking up as he watched cards ascend, he felt a sharp sensation and he knew immediately of what is happening… "...With this, I…"
FLAAASH-!
The two cards merged.
Fusion Spell: Infinity!
Flaaashh-!
A barrier formed around Riki. "Infinity." He said looking up still, then he turned to the Shadows in front.
"Groooaaarr!"
"Groooaaarr!"
"Groooaaarrr!" They all lunged towards him-!
Block, Block, Block-!
The Shadows found themselves unable to reach Riki due to the invisible barrier around him.
"It worked. Hm," Riki readied himself. "Alright…"
-Flash-!
He summoned his persona card, it's floating and rotatin in front of him. Then he reached it out with his right hand-
Flaash-!
-And he crushed it.
BLAASSTT-!
Blue mists burst out of the ground.
"Persona…!" Riki said.
BLAAST-!
"GROOOOOAAAARR-!" Seth is summoned. It hovered above,
"Hm," Then Riki extended his arm forward. "Destroy them." He spoke in a combination of his and his Shadow's voices.
"GROOOOAAAAARR-!" Seth obliged to that command.
*Maragidyne*
"GROOOAAAARR-!"
*ABLAAAAZZEEE-!* *ABLAAAAAAAAZZEE-!*
"Groooaaaarrr-!" The Shadows were burned to ashes by the wave of flames that Seth summoned.
"…" Riki watched as the flames dispersed,
"Grooaarr," Then Seth disappeared as well.
"Shadows… Hm, I guess my other me wasn't lying about them. But where do I-"
Sharp-!
"I will take this girl…" …Riki recognized this voice… It's that same wicked and malevolent voice that heard earlier at his room. "Komari Kamikita, your soul is mine!"
Sharp-!
"Grk!" Riki touched his forehead in pain as he could no longer hear that voice. "Gr," Then he opened his eyes, "Kamikita… Komari…" He removed his hand from his forehead-
Tap, tap,tap, tap-!
-Then he started running at the left direction.
"I have to get to her… Before that monster does! Kamikita-saaan!" He said running at full speed!
…Meanwhile, at the other side of the Riverbank…
-Tap, tap, tap, tap-!
"Dammit, dammit, dammit…!" Kyosuke is running away from something huge…
TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP-!
This freak of nature, a large Shadow, is using its multiple arms to walk-or run as he is chasing Kyosuke-and he's wielding multiples blades at the same time.
-tap, tap, tap, tap-!
"Dammit, what have I ever done to you!?" Kyosuke is already running out of breath as far as he could tell. He can't keep running forever. "Dammit, grr!" He took a detour and he ran at the alley way that is narrow in which the Shadow cannot follow him.
"GROOOAAAARRR-!" The Shadow was enraged by that fact as it just stood outside the alley, giving a loud roar.
"Tch, see you later, loser!" Kyosuke mocked the Shadow as he continued running throught he narrow alley way.
Riiing, riiing, riing-!
-His cellphone rang. He answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey, where are you!? We can't find your signal anywhere!" It sounded like Rin's voice. Kyosuke cannot mistake it for someone else.
"I'm at the Riverbank, at the southern side. Anyway, I'm still running, but… Gr, I gotta stop, I'm pretty tired." He stopped running and he put his hands on his knees to catch his breath. "huff, huff, huff, ah. huff, huff…"
"Hey, are you all right?"
He answered, "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, but I gotta rest here for a while. I'll send you a strong signal so you can detect me, if anything else-"
"GROOOAAAARRR-!"
The Shadow is heard from afar.
"Hey! What was that!?" It seems Rin is agitated when she heard that roar of the Shadow.
"That was the Shadow. I'll be waiting for you guys here, hurry!"
"Huh? But-" Before Rin could say anything further, Kyosuke hung up.
"huff, that damn bastard… What the hell is he doing now…?" He's catching his breath still. "I only hope he can't follow me here in this alley…"
…
…At the middle of the street, at the Southern Riverbank side…
One coffin is standing on the middle of the road…
-Shaade-!
-It transformed into a person-Komari.
"Hm," Her eyes are closed. Then she slowly opened them, the first thing she saw is a greenish environment with coffins on the street-there are two of them. Komari blinked twice. "Eh?" Her facial expression is groggy, she looked around and she saw more coffins. The river's color is that of a sea of blood. "Ah… *gasp!*" That sight alone was enough for her to be fully awaken. "Wha-Wha-Wha…" She looked around nervously and agitatedly, "Wh-Wh-Where am I!? Where is…" She turned to her left-
Sharp-!
"Komari Kamikita," An eerie voice called out her name.
"Huh?" Komari heard it, and she seems to be the only one who can hear it.
'Your life is mine… Your soul… is mine-! GROOOOAAAARRR-!"
"Gyah…!" Komari felt even more agitated and she immediately looked at her right side-and what she saw was-
-a large monster… coming out of the alley… It has multiple arms that are carrying blades and it's also carrying a mask.
"*gasp*! Wah… Waa…" Komari was terrified at the sight of that monster. And she can't help but-"Gyaaaaahhh-!" Her scream echoed throughout the neighborhood.
…
…From afar…
"Ah!"
"Wah!"
"Huh?"
"What…!?" The group-Rin, A-chan, Kengo and Kanata, heard that scream.
"Wha-What was that!?" A-chan asked, agitated.
"That sounded like… Someone is in trouble!" Kengo said, alarmed.
"Tch," Kanata picked her cellphone from her pocket and she called-"Kurugaya-san! Is there someone else within the vicinity!?"
…
…At the command room…
"We just heard someone's scream nearby. Is someone else in here!?" Kanata asked.
"I'm looking on it." Kurugaya is operating the console. "Hey, Inohara, can you check up on the boy for me? We have to make sure he's safe."
"A-Alright! He's at the second floor, right?"
"Naturally. He's a guy, after all. Now hurry! I have to track down Natsume's signal. And it seems there's someone else-Huh?" Just then, Kurugaya detected a signal that is moving. It would seem that someone is running very fast within the vicinity. "What the… Another signal?"
"What's wrong, Kurugaya?" Kanata asked.
"I… I don't know. I'm detecting a signal. It's-"
…
…Back to Komari…
"GROOOAAARR-!" The Shadow is approaching her.
"Gyaaaahh-! S-Someone…!" She's backing away slowly from this monster.
"Kamikita-san…!"Someone's voice is heard.
"Huh?" Komari was surprised upon hearing that voice, she turned around to see…
… …tap, tap, tap, tap… …tap, tap, tap, tap… …tap, tap, tap, tap-!
"Kamikita-saaan!" It's Riki running at full speed!
"Y-You…" Komari remembered him from last time. Where he saved her from those punks just this morning. "What are you-"
"GROOOAAARR-!" The Shadow approached Komari-to the point that it's about to launch an attack on her-!
"Ah," Komari turned her attention back to the Shadow and she immediately realized she's in trouble. The Shadow raised one blade-then it swung it towards Komari-!
"GROOOOAAAAARRR-!"
"Gyaaaaaahhh-!" Komari covere herself in terror with her eyes closed.
"Gr, don't you dare to even TOUCH HER-!" Riki said as he ran in-between Komari and the Shadow, he said that last part with the combination of his and his Shadow's voice, by the way.
Flaash-! Flaash-!
Riki summoned two cards on his palms.
"GROOOOAAARR-!" The Shadow is about to hit its target-!
"Fusion Spell: Infinity!" Riki exclaimed-
FLAASH-!
A barrier formed around Komari.
"GROOOOAAAARRR-!"
BLOOOOCCCKK-!
The Shadow's attack couldn't reach Riki or Komari due to the impregnable barrier. The sound of the screeching blade annoyed Riki since it's so damn loud.
"Gr, why you…" Riki covered his ears since the screeching is so loud.
"GROOOAAARR-!"
Bloocck! Blooock! Block! Block! Block! Block-!
The Shadow didn't stop attacking and it's trying to pierce the barrier with its blades.
"Hm?" Komari opened her eyes and she found herself to be safe and sound. "Eh?" She stopped covering herself and In front of her, Riki is covering his ears due to the sounds of metal being very deafening. "You…"
"Gr, would you stop that already! Try as many as you like and the result will always be the same!" Riki said to the Shadow as he removed his hands from his ears, then-
Flash-!
He summoned his persona card in front of him-
FLASH-!
He crushed it with his right hand-
BLAASST-!
"GROOOAAAARR-!" Seth is summoned. It hovered and it turned its attention to the Shadow in front. "Groooaarr!"
*Myriad Arrows*
Tsing, tsing, tsing… tsing, tsing, tsing, TSIING-!
"GROOOOAAAARRR-!" A wave of piercing forces destroyed some of the Shadow's arms and they exploded in the process, the Shadow is also wounded on its middle.
"GROOOAAARR-!"
-Riki extended his arm forcefully. "Finish him off, Seth!" He commanded of his persona.
"GROOOOOAAAARRR-!"
*Megidolaon*
Three massive lights gathered above, then they slowly descended towards the Shadow while condensing altogether-
"Ah..." Komari is watching in awe, this is all so unbelievable and… …awesome. Riki is awesome… She's watching him from behind. She's watching Riki perform- "What is-"
*BOOOOOOOOMMM-!*
"GROOOOAAAARRR-!" The Shadow was completely blown away by that attack-All of its remains turned into black mists and they disappeared. The battle is over.
…
…From afar…
"Huh!?" Kyosuke heard that explosion from afar.
…Somewhere else…
"Huh!?" "Wha-!?" "Ah!" "Guah!"
Rin, Kanata, Kengo and A-chan heard that explosion as well.
"Wh-What was that!?" Rin asked.
…
…Back to Riki and Komari…
"huff, huff, huff. Ah." Riki is catching is breath.
"Groooaar," Seth disappeared from above.
"Ah…" Komari is completely in awe. The monster is gone… Riki defeated it. "That was… … … Ah…" She smiled brightly like the Sun. "Th-THAT WAS AMAZING!" She exclaimed happily and cheerfully.
…
…Later…
"Augh," Riki knelt on the ground. He's still exhausted from all that excursion, sort of speaking. "You're safe now." He told Komari who is behind him.
"You," Komari went in front of him and she knelt down as well, they're facing each other. "What was that? There was that dragon and-and-and-"
"Ah, it's… complicated." Riki said slightly looking down. "I'll explain… later…"
"Hm, you can tell about it all you want. Either way, this is now the second time huh?"
"Eh?" Riki slightly raised his head. "A second… time?"
"Hm," Komari nodded. "This is now the second time that you rescued me. From those bullies and now… from that monster."
"Oh, I… see." He said with his eyes looking slightly downward on the left side. "Hm, well," He tried to raise his body- "Gurk!" But he couldn't.
"Ah! You better be careful." Komari said as she placed her hands on his shoulders to support him.
"Ah, I'm tired…"
"Hm, yeah, I can tell that by looking at you. Say… Do you think I should give you a reward for rescuing me this second time…?"
"Eh?" Riki looked at Komari. "Hm, you don't have to do that."
"No, not thanking is a crime! I should give you something as reward!" Komari insisted.
"Ah…" Riki sheepishly looked down at his left side, it seems Komari is pretty adamant about giving him something in return for saving her this second time. "Well, you can do as you wish, I guess." He said not looking at her.
"Alright! Well then…" She said as she put an index finger on her chin. "How about…" …She placed her hands on Riki's cheek, grabbing his face.
"Eh?" He is forced to look at her. Then… She leaned closer… closer… … …chu. "…!" …He got kissed! On the lips.
"Hmm, hmm,"
"Hmm, hmm…!" Riki couldn't process immediately what's going on, but the taste of her lips is like orange, and he feels… tired, even more tired than before.
"Hmm, hmm, hmmm~"
"Hmm… hm…" Riki's eyes are becoming heavy now…
…chu…
Komari broke the kiss.
She let go of Riki's cheeks. "Hehe," She sheepishly laughed with her own cheeks blushing red.
"Ah…" Riki is slightly looking down, he can't look at her like this. "I… am… ah…" Then he started to lose all of his energy all at once-He fell unconcious.
"Ah! H-Hey! A-Are you okay!? H-Hey, whoever you are, I don't know your name yet, but…" Komari shook his body. "Hey, come on, answer me!"
…tap, tap, tap, tap!
…tap, tap, tap, tap!
…tap, tap,tap, tap!
"Hey, what's going on-Huh?" The group, Rin, A-chan, Kanata and Kengo, arrived at the scene. A-chan is the first to speak up.
"Huh?" Kanata saw Riki unconcious with Komari shaking him.
"Ah."
"Wha…" The next ones to react are Rin and Kengo.
"N-Naoe!" 'Naoe!"
"…" Riki could hear the voices of everyone from afar… Then… There was only… …darkness, afterwards…
End of Chapter 3
Note: If you must know, the scenes with Komari are reflecting the scenes in Persona 3 where Minato saved Yukari from the Magician Shadow. I'll stop here for now and see if I will get any reviews at all. I might get motivated to continue this if I receive some. Well, I hope you have enjoyed this. Farewell.