Chapter Four
A few minutes later Minaru-kun came and Takaru-kun smiled
"Yo Minaru it's been awhile since we last saw each other" Takaru-kun said
"Never mind that how'd you get here in the first place?" Minaru-kun asked and everyone was as curious as he was
We all sat in the lounge while Takaru-kun cleaned his knife
"I was in the Paradox Tunnel investigating a case about this Italian girl with this powerful persona. Somehow a big accident happened in her home town and afterwards she died. But get this a few weeks ago her persona traveled inside the Tunnel so I decided to check it out" Takaru-kun said but Minaru-kun seemed annoyed
"That didn't explained why you're here" Minaru-kun said and Takaru-kun smiled
"I found the persona and fought it, it was too strong and it pushed me in a tunnel along with a fireball and boom I landed here starving and half dead. Satisfied?" He asked
"Yeah, so what will you report then?" Minaru-kun asked and Takaru-kun thought about it.
"Umm mind telling us about what's going on?" Ken-kun said and Minaru-kun looked at us
"Takaru Wanahime is part of our group he's a good mid-range fighter and he went to the same school I went to" Minaru-kun explained
"Yeah the good old days of going to school and exploring the Tunnels during the weekends" Takaru-kun said
Then eyed us one by one. A smile spread on his face
"So these are the persona users Professor said. Since our group is growing Professor took the suggestion to the President and he approved" Takaru-kun said and looked around us
"She not here?" Takaru-kun asked and Minaru-kun shooked his head
"Anyway, tomorrow you guys get a day off school trust me we go it covered. We got a teacher there that works for us so meet up at Minaru's house by the hour of the dog." Takaru-kun said and went out the door before saying another word.
"He seemed very tired. Anyway I'll tell that to Mitsuru-sempai and Akihiko-san." Minaru-kun said as all of us stood
"Umm what's the hour of the dog?" Junpei-kun asked and Koro-chan barked happily like the word made him proud
"The hour of the dog is 3 am" Fuuka-chan said and both Junpei-kun and Ken-kun looked tired
"Oh man first the dark hour that was 12 midnight now we have to go at 3 am" Junpei-kun complained
"Haha trust me we never go to the Paradox Tunnel at that hour all the time. It's the hour where the Paradox Tunnel is more stable and would stay in one place." Minaru-kun said and left
"So we start tomorrow huh?" Junpei-kun said and everyone nodded.
That night I dreamt about Minato-san. Before my dreams about him was painful enough to make me wish to go back to being a machine. This time he wasn't walking away from me
He looked at me with concern eyes and that made me confused
"I will protect your brother and I am sorry for not being able to protect you" I said.
His eyes only looked like he was in pain I wanted to comfort him but something held him back for saying something. I held on his hand and it felt so real but he spoke nothing. Then he smiled weakly
"Wake up Aigis, Wake up" He said then after a few second I opened my eyes and looked around it was 4 am.
I never thought of seeing him again in my dreams. But why did he looked like he was in pain? I closed my eyes this time a different dream came to me I was inside the velvet room. And Igor looked at me with a happy smile, the girl Elizabeth was nowhere to be found
"Ahh it has been a while now hasn't it" He said
"Indeed" I said back. Confuse by the situation Igor simply looked at me.
"Do know the reason you are here?" Igor asked and I simply shook my head.
Igor laughed and clapped his hands.
"Yes well neither do I know. But I do know is that shadows are not happy with the seal your dear friend has made" Igor said and I sat straight
Intent to listen I began to remember the seal Minato-san has made to keep humans from reaching towards Nxy
"We know that shadows are there to awaken Nxy but as long as he is there to make sure it won't happen again." I said but Igor only blinked
"Yes I know of that but are you sure that is enough to keep them away?" He asked and I was confused
"Well then I shouldn't keep you here for long. I have other things to care about. The next time we will meet you will know of the answer." Igor said and when I woke up it was already morning
Class went by like a blur the teacher also announced that exams will be two weeks from now. Junpei-kun was not to trilled about it after classes all of us went straight to our dorm.
Once there we saw Akihiko-sempai and Mitsuru-sempai at the lounge.
"We came the second we heard" Akihiko-sempai said having a huge grin on his face
"Very funny Akihiko this isn't funny" Mitsuru-sempai said.
All of us got ready and when it was 2:30 am we went to Minaru-kun home
"Glad you guys made it" Minaru-kun said and I noticed all four of them wore strange clothes
All of them have White jackets with a mask logo on the back and on their right chest. The mask logo have a half black side and a half white side. Minaru-kun had his wrist band Paradox compass on his left wrist, his sword on his belt, and his head phones.
Yazuro-kun was wearing the same Jacket with whip at his belt which had a buckle that looked like the Paradox Compass. Sakura-san had a double ended lance.
One end was long and the other is short. She wore a head band and her Paradox Compass was the shape of a brooch on her Jacket.
Lastly was Takaru-san who had his knife on his belt his Paradox Compass was on the handle of his knife. I asked Minaru-kun about the jackets
"Oh well Takaru brought them here this morning you guys also have one. The jackets comes with a badge of the group's name and it's symbol. Takaru and Kai-sempai talked about having a group name since the group is bigger" Minaru-kun explain.
After a while everyone was wearing the jacket.
"This is Awesome!" Junpei-un said trying out his new sword and jacket.
"I like the style" Akihiko-sempai added
"Paradox Persona Investigation Group" Takaru-kun recited
And we saw the name under the logo. And also on the badge
"Use the badge when you need help from the police they'll know instantly" Minaru-kun said
"Hey when do we get our own Paradox Compass?" Yukari-chan asked
"Well the compass are personalized for each of us. Professor would give you guys one once he meets you but for now we'll travel together." Minaru-kun said.
"Alright let's head to the place where the Paradox Tunnel power is the strongest" Sakura-san said and everyone headed out