Hello guys! Another chapter!
And let just begin, it's the fourth chapter!
Disclaimer : I don't own Persona 3, Persona 3 Portable and the ATLUS as well.
-THE TOWER, THE EMPEROR-
Minako was typing something in her laptop. She seemed serious, and sipped her cup of tea. The laptop's monitor showed a data base of the last year accident. "The SEES..." she muttered and then grabbed the letters beside her laptop. "Nii-sama, I knew that you didn't like it. But I must do it, or I can't move from this state." She read the letter, "We just met 5 years ago, I wonder why our grandparents didn't take you while they took me to live with them, when we lost our parents. I never contacted you, nor did you..but 5 years ago...we met again and we promised to write a letter. I insisted you to write because I love your writing." She tapped her temple...Is this has connection with The Great Seal..? she thought.
She sighed and closed her eyes, "For what sake you keep our relationship as sibling as secret. I read your data base at SEES, you wrote didn't have any sibling...? Nii-sama..." She took a deep breath, "But...I hoped that I found the answer, I just met with one of your friend...The Emperor..." She smiled and unconciously her cheeks got pink.
She looked at her watch, "Crap! I'll late!" she stood up and grabbed her bag, suddenly she bumped the table and a set of cards fallen. She sighed and picked it up, bit suprised she looked at the cards which one not inversted. The Tower...something bad will happen...she remembered the card's meaning. "Well, who believe with the fortune-telling thing..." she said with annoyed tone.
Minako did her duty at the lab, she wore the white lab coat and the lab googles as well. Her friends looked at her gestured as she carefully mixed the chemical solution. "Cool Arisato! You got A again!" shouted one of her friend as she walked out from the lab with them, she just giggled and gave her friend a warm smile. "Study hard," she simply said.
When Minako reached her locker, she saw a paper tucked on it, she took it and read it, "What's wrong Minako?" asked her friend, Saori. Saori then looked at the paper and sighed, "One of them again right? That person fans"
"Yeah, I wonder why they acted like a high shooler fangirls," Minako sounded little angry, "Me and Sanada-senpai JUST A FRIEND!" She claimed as she took her chemistry book.
Saori nodded, "Yeah...I know. But, how did you know him? And you two are really close, aren't you?"
Minako rolled her eyes, "Well...we just met at library and unexpected our apartement was close..." She sighed, "Let's go to the class.." I can't deny that he was the emperor arcana after all, no wonder if he had a good charisma....
"Hey, Minako." Saori patted Minako's shoulder, "You always bring a set of Tarot Card right? Would you like to foretell my fortune, please?"
"I'm not a fortune-teller, for your informantion.." she answered with annoyed tone.
Minako, always bring her set of tarot card but not to do a fortune telling thing. She got it from a strange room in her dream,all of the room was blue, a pale white haired man on a blue suit, gave it to her when she was in high school and told her that as lucky charm. She thought that it was only a dream but when she got up, her right hand, grabbed the card's case.
The chemistry class done unpredictable, the lecturer just gave a new assignment and went out the class. "Maybe I'll just go home then. Before it getting dark," She muttered to herself. Suddenly someone stood up in front of her, she looked at the person, "Please, let me through..." she asked.
The girls looked pissed out, "You're Minako Arisato right? Come with us." The girl grabbed Minako's hand harshly.
"Hey..." Minako tried to release it, but the girl's friend forced her out the class.
Akihiko walked at the corridor as he talked with Ryou, "So, Ryou anything new about the Apathy Syndrome?" he asked.
"Nope, but Eiko tried to help the research." Ryou answered.
"Ah, Nikaido-san..." Akihiko said as he remembered the person that Ryou mentioned, "Nikaido Eiko from the faculty of medicine right?" he asked. Same with Minako...he thought.
Ryou nodded and then he read the paper on his hand again. Akihiko knew about Ryou's behavior. His cold attitude, toneless words, Akihiko get used with that thing already. Ryou resembled his friends who already gone, Shinjiro and Minato. Akihiko only sighed and then he heard a loud voice of the girls. And looked at them who walked passed the other corridor, they seemed bring someone.
"Come on! Take her to the alley!" "Let her taste the dark side of this city!"
Akihiko seemed annoyed with their words, but he saw the colour of the reddish brown hair from the person that the girls carried. "Is that..." he tried to think positive, it can't be her...then he heard another voice from the chemistry class. "They took Minako away...what should we do?" the girl sniffed.
Akihiko shocked and he approached the girl who cried, "Where did they bring her?" he asked with an anger on his eyes.
"To..to...the alley on..on.. the side of the city.." she answered with a tremble voice.
"Thanks!" Akihiko ran and patted Ryou's shoukder, "Sorry, I've a thing to handle first!" Ryou just nodded.
The girls took Minako to the dark alley, and they pushed her down. Minako felt her knee hurt. "What's your problem!" Minako shouted to them.
"Hey you little chick, just realize your posisition, you're still new but you take everything. The grades, the guys's attention, and especially...Sanada-san's attention..." one of the girl grabbed Minako's collar and pushed her down again.
"We're just friend!" Minako shouted asshe tried to get up. But she can't.
"I saw you walked with him after the tennis game...he smiled at you and you loooked happy too..." one of the girl said.
"You..little..." Minako clinched her fist, "Would you like to mind your own bussiness! If you like him, just confess your feeling! And about my grade, you won't get it if you didn't study hard!" she shouted to them.
The girl looked pissed off and slapped Minako's cheek, "Huh...what an arrogant..."
"Come on the guys already here..." the other girl said, "let they have fun with her..."
Minako felt scared as the guys approached her and tried to grab her..Nii-sama...she closed her eyes
Suddenly she heard the guys's pained voice. Someone came...she thought and tried to see it clearly...it was the emperor, Akihiko Sanada. "Sanada-senpai.." she said weakly.
With his bare fist, the guys fallen down and his eyes full with anger. Then Akihiko looked at the girls, "If you try to lay your finger on her...I won't..forgive you..." he said. The girls looked scared and just nodded and ran away. Akihiko then approached Minako, "Can you stand up? Let's get out from here" he grabbed Minako's hand and walked away from the alley.
Akihiko took her to a park and they sat on the bench, he looked at her, "Are you alright? They didn't do anything strange right?" he asked Minako with a worry voice, as Minako kept quiet and her body shaked. Akihiko embraced her to make her feel safe, "It's alright...they won't do anything to you..you're safe now..."
Minako's tears fallen, "I'm scared..."
Akihiko's carresed her back, "Shhh...it's alright..."
"Minato Nii-sama..." Minako suddenly mentioned someone name and Akihiko's eyes widened.
Akihiko released his hand from her and looked at her face, "So...you related with him..."
Minako just nodded, "I...I didn't expect to meet you here...and I didn't plan to approach you..." she sniffed, "I..I...knew about all of you...a boxer champion...a popular guy...and..and..your pe..persona..."
Akihiko wiped her tears with his hand, "Shh...calm down...your brother won't be happy if he see you crying now.." Akihiko tapped her head, and then he looked at her knee, it bleeding and bruised. "Wait here," he told her as he went to the little fountain.
"Let me treated your wound first," he said as he wiped her wound with the wet handkerchief and then he ripped out his shirt and covered the wound. "Let me take you home. Can you walk?" he asked.
Minako can't say anything, because she felt worry right now. She tried to stand up but, her body suddenly felt powerless. Akihiko catched her to prevent her fallen and then he carried her with bridal style. "Se..senpai..." Minako bit suprised with his act.
"Keep quiet..." Akihiko said in serious tone, "I'll sure to make you safe..."
Minako just buried her red face and kept silent. She remembered the tower card, "Who will believe with a fortune-telling thing..." she muttered in a little voice.
I just realized that Akihiko in my story looked like a knight in shinning armor. But I realized his caring behaviour after played the P3P, so I decide to show it in my story... :D
End of chapter 4...
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