Disclaimer: I do not own the Persona series

Disclaimer: I do not own the Persona series.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

(Author side notes/PoV change/scene change)

3 chapters in 2 days… again I have good days and bad days.

Well let's not jinx it ON TO THE FANFIC.

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Chapter 3: I art thou and thou art I

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The next morning it was Suigin who wasn't much of a morning person.

After the strange happening with the gun he couldn't stay asleep. He wasn't really awake enough to make breakfast so he just re-heated the leftovers from yesterday morning.

He tried to find a reason what it could have been when he pulled the trigger. But nothing made sense. The whole day he felt great, so it wasn't that he was sick. It just didn't make sense.

Kikoeru came down and to the table and piled a few pancakes on her plate.

She stopped eating, noticing Suigin thinking "Are you alright?"

Suigin nodded "Yeah, I'm fine"

Atama had just sat down when Suigin answered "Another weird dream?"

"No, it's nothing" Suigin replied as he ate.

Atama didn't seem to buy it but let it go.

After they ate, they got dressed and left for school. When they got there they saw Dokeshi waiting for them.

"Hey guys, how's it going?"

"We're good Dokeshi" Kikoeru answered.

"So any pranks planned today?" Suigin asked with a grin.

Dokeshi shrugged "I usually come up with them on the spot. Some of the bigger ones I plan ahead"

"Give me a heads up when you do one. I want to help" Kikoeru stated.

"I'll be sure to" Dokeshi returned.

After that they went to their classes. Today was just a review on what they were told yesterday and that regular classes would start in two days. Tomorrow would be going to each class to meet the teachers and see the other classes. Suigin and Atama perked up when Ms. Chishiki mentioned that there would be a music club and sports clubs within a month to let them set up. They made a note to make sure that Kikoeru knew about the music club and to see if Dokeshi played an instrument.

At lunch they asked and it turned out that he could play a bass guitar.

"So we are going to join, right?" Kikoeru asked in excitement.

"If every one of us wants to" Atama answered.

Kikoeru jumped up "YES!"

The kids around them turned to look at her. She realized what she did and sheepishly sat down again.

"What sports clubs will there be?" Dokeshi asked.

"They haven't been announced yet, I hope soccer or basketball is one of them" Suigin states.

"We should both join if they do" Atama suggested.

"Definitely" Suigin replied.

After talking about the potential sport clubs for the rest of lunch they headed back to class.

Suigin was sitting in class when he grabbed his head at random. The same pain from the night before was repeating itself, but more intense. He almost felt like screaming but bit into his palm to prevent himself from doing so.

'What's going on!' he thought.

Atama noticed and was starting to get worried. He was about to get the teacher when Suigin stopped gripping his head and biting his hand.

Suigin looked over to see Atama's worried look.

He mouthed 'I'll tell you later' before they both faced forward.

'What was that? It felt just like when I pulled the trigger last night. What's happening to me?' he thought to himself.

After class, Suigin retrieved the key copies from Ms. Chishiki and walked outside to see Atama.

"Alright, what happened in there? One moment you were fine and the next you looked like you were about to scream in pain"

Kikoeru had walked up to them while Atama was asking and looked surprised.

"I…got this really intense headache. I don't know where it came from" Suigin answered.

"Does it have anything to do with you not sleeping well last night?" Kikoeru asked.

"…Yeah" Suigin quickly turned to see if anyone was nearby. Seeing no one he turned back to his friends.

"I was holding my Grandfathers pistol last night wondering about it and made a joke of shooting myself with it. Nothing happened at first but then I felt this huge headache. I have no idea why it happened though" Suigin explained.

Atama and Kikoeru were trying to think of a reason for it.

"Has it ever happened before?" Kikoeru asked.

"No, last night was the first time it ever happened. In class was the second" Suigin answered.

"Alright, but if it happens again I'm personally taking you to the nurse myself" Atama stated.

Suigin nodded "Alright, thanks. Now why don't we head back to the dorm? But we should drop by the store on the way to get some food"

"Sounds good, we should get enough to at least last a week or two" Kikoeru offered.

"I have the money covered" Suigin stated as he held up a debit card.

"How much money do you have on there? We don't want to spend too much" Atama asked.

"I have plenty. My parents may forget me and Rozu, but they did remember at one point to leave us a way to pay for ourselves. I also did a few side jobs here and there" Suigin explained with a slightly annoyed look at the mention of his parents.

Seeing his reaction, Kikoeru quickly asked "What is Rozu like?"

Suigin brightened up at the question "Rozu is a sweet little sister, very smart for her age too. She isn't snotty, rude, or bratish at all. I've heard nothing but praise for her from her teachers and friend's parents. She's always trying to find ways to help around the house that I sometimes have to tell her NOT to work. She's the best little sister I could ask for"

"How old is she?" Atama asked.

"She's six years old" Suigin sighed heavily "Our parents really robbed us of a normal childhood. I'm not complaining for myself but they should have at least remembered their daughter. I honestly can't say that I can forgive them"

Atama put his hand on Suigin's shoulder "Suigin, I'm sure that you taught Rozu the life lessons she needs. Some people are just dealt bad hands in life"

Suigin nodded and smiled "Your right, can't really dwell on it. Just need to keep moving forward"

After that, they headed to the store and picked up 2 weeks' worth of food before heading to the dorm.

(That night 11:50 PM)

Suigin had snuck out of the dorm for a late-night walk. He brought his Grandfather's gun hoping to think of something about why he had those headaches.

He kept staring at the gun, as if trying to will the explanation from it. Then he remembered how the first one was when he pretended to shoot himself.

So with that in mind he lifted the gun to his head and was about to pull the trigger.

"Suigin!"

Suigin stopped and turned to see Atama and Kikoeru running over to him.

"What are you doing out here?" Kikoeru asked.

"I decided to take a walk" he answered.

"And the gun?" Atama continued.

"… I was hoping that I would figure something out, and I thought that sense the first headache I had was because of me pretending to shoot myself, that maybe I could learn something"

"Well, don't do that alone in the middle of the night!" Kikoeru nearly shouted.

"I'm sorry, I just felt that I needed to do this alone"

"Well you don't have to! We're your friends and we will help you. All you have to do is ask" Atama stated.

Suigin looked at both of them, but before he could say anything, everything around them went darker.

All three of them looked around frantically. Everything seemed darker, even at night. They looked up to see that the full moon had turned green.

"What's going on?" Kikoeru asked, starting to get scared.

Suigin looked at his watch to see it was midnight. However the watch had stopped working.

"Atama, Kikoeru, check your phones" Suigin said while checking his own.

"It's not working"

"Neither is mine"

"Same here" Suigin stated.

"This is weird, all of our phones were fully charged. There's no way that all three of them are dead." Kikoeru said.

Suigin ran over to the clock in the middle of the park. Atama and Kikoeru followed.

When they got there, they saw that the clock had stopped as well.

"This makes no sense at all" Suigin muttered to himself.

"Guys" Kikoeru said quietly to get their attention.

They turned and were shocked at what Kikoeru was pointing at.

They saw a coffin standing in front of a bench.

"W-what the? What's going on" Atama stuttered out.

Before any of them said anything else, they heard something.

They turned and saw these strange black globs coming toward them. When they got within 20 feet, they rose to 8 feet tall, human like, gelatinous creatures with a white mask with only a mouth and eyes and one of the arms were disfigured blades.

They slowly advanced on the three students.

Atama pulled out his gun, having brought it in case of emergencies "Stay back!"

The creatures didn't stop.

"Stop or I will fire!" Atama warned.

Again they didn't stop.

Atama fired three shots into one of the creatures, hitting its shoulder, torso, and neck.

But it kept coming.

"What the hell!" Atama shouted.

Atama fired 4 more shots into its head and it finally fell. But there were at least four more left.

"I don't have enough ammo for all of them!" Atama yelled.

Kikoeru was shaking in fear.

Suigin was trying to think of some way to protect his friends when he felt a feeling in his head. But it didn't hurt like the last few times. Everything seemed to slow down and he could hear his heart beat.

Without realizing it, he started to move the gun to his head.

thumpthump…

The monsters were getting closer.

thumpthump…

If he didn't do something soon they would be killed.

thumpthump…

The gun barrel was to his temple.

thumpthump…

He took a deep breath and everything went silent.

"Per…so…na"

He pulled the trigger and the sound of glass shattering rang in the area. The wind picked up around him and the monsters stopped.

Small lights were spiraling around above him.

A 16 foot tall figure in a ripped black hooded cloak and black pants and a ripped black scarf covering the lower part of the face while the hood covered the top, only showing its blue and red glowing eyes. In one hand, the figure held a 14 foot long scythe.

I art thou, and thou art I. From the sea of thy soul I come forth. I am Azrael, Archangel of Death

One of the monsters lunged at them. Only to be intercepted by Azrael's blade cutting it clean in half. The monster splattered out and disappeared.

Another farther away tried the same thing, but Azrael stabbed the scythe's staff into the ground, an ice trail on the ground sped over underneath it and a spike made of ice impaled it. It disappeared like the last one did.

One of the remaining two had two blades like a claw and grabbed onto Azrael's arm.

Suigin cried out and grabbed the same spot on his arm that Azrael was grabbed on to.

The last one attempted the same thing but Azrael swatted it away. He then unhinged the scythe blade and switched it into a reverse grip before stabbing the one the grabbed his arm, killing it instantly.

He turned to the last one about 10 feet away and used Zio on it to finish it off.

After all the monsters were defeated, Azrael turned to Suigin, who had had his eyes wide in shock. Atama and Kikoeru had similar expressions.

"Did… did I summon you?" Suigin asked.

Azrael nodded. He disappeared and the gun glowed.

Suigin suddenly felt exhausted and nearly fell to the ground but Atama and Kikoeru caught him and guided him to a bench.

"What was that?" Kikoeru asked.

"I have no idea. All I could think about was getting us out of there and I just felt my arm bringing the gun to my head and Azrael appeared" Suigin answered.

"But… what WAS Azrael? I remember you bringing the gun to your head, saying Persona, then firing and he appeared." Atama stated.

"Persona? Maybe that's what he is, whatever a Persona is" Suigin offered, feeling tired.

"You look exhausted. Let's get back to the dorm and you can rest" Kikoeru stated.

Kikoeru and Atama helped Suigin up and back to the dorm.

After helping him into his room, Suigin fell onto the bed and fell asleep with a million questions on his mind.

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Well, Suigin now has his Persona. Plus the Dark Hour is back. I've been skipping through the school day because 1. I can't think of much for it and 2. It would seem kind of boring to write the school time.