Here is chapter 4 of Bonds, Family and Trust. Ryouta finally wakes up and makes a decision to join SEES.

Pairings: Ryouta/Mitsuru, Ryonaka/Akihiko, Tsuna/Kyoko, Hayato/Haru, Chrome/Hibari, Shinjiro/Suzu(OC) (In later chapters)

Disclaimer: Persona 3/Persona 3 Portable is own by Atlus
Katekyo Hitman Reborn own by Akira Amano

Chapter 4

Velvet Room

Wha… this is the… "Velvet Room," I think…? You're Igor… right? Igor smiled "Well its nice to see you again. You've became unconscious when you awakened to your "power. It apparently seem's that it was Orpheus that heeded your calling. the power you used is call a Persona… it's a manifestation of your psyche." Ryouta gave a confused look. "Persona? What do you mean?" Igor laughed. "A Persona is a facet to your personality that surfaces as you react to the external stimuli… You could think of it as a mask that protects you when you face many hardships." Ryouta gave another thought. "So that's what Orpheus is." Ryouta looked back at him. "You must use your Persona's ability and channel your inner strength. That ability evolves when you devolop your bonds, the emotional ties with others. Stronger the bond, stronger the Persona's ability of becoming powerful. Be sure to remember this. Now then I must let you go, time is different here than in your world. Next time we meet, you will be the one to come here on your own. Until we meet again."

Tatsumi Memorial Hosptial

Everything turned white and Ryouta began to wake up, he looked around his surrounds to find that he was in the hospital. He heard the door open. "Oh hey your awake, so how do you feel?" It was Yukari, Ryouta got up in sitting position. "How long you been here?" Yukari sat down in a chair next to Ryouta's bed. "Thank goodness your awake, I was beginning to worry that you wouldn't wake up… The doctor said he couldn't find anything wrong and said that you were exhausted. But your power is amazing." He looked confused. "What in the world did I do?" Yukari looked at him with a serious face. "It was a shadow and your persona killed it. We're fighting against them. I um… wanted to tell you that… I'm the same as you…" Ryouta didn't understand what she meant. "What are you talking about?" She had a sad look on her face. "Back in 99, my dad died in an explosion when I was little. Mom and I aren't really exactly at good terms… He worked for the Kirijo Company, so I thought I might find something out if I stick around. So to be honest, I had already know about your past, so it didn't seem fair that I know yours and didn't know what mine was. I thought I let you know. We're both second year's so we gotta stick together, I'll let the other's know your awake." Ryouta then stopped Yukari. "Wait, is my sister okay?" Yukari turned around. "Yea don't worry she's fine, she's back at the dorm." Ryouta was relieved that his sister was okay. "Alright then I'll see you later's" With that Yukari went out. Doctor came in to examine him and found nothing wrong with him, told him he can leave anytime. Ryouta left the hospital and back to the dorm, but didn't find his sister in the lounge. So he went upstairs to her room and found her door was open abit, Ryonaka was asleep in her bed. Ryouta went in and put a blanket over and went out to his own room to go to sleep.

Gekkoukan High

The twins were stopped by Junpei at the front gates of the school. "Hey, long time no see. How've you been? You were out of school for a long time, did you get a stomach ache or something? Anyway's I got something cool to tell ya. " They gave him a weird look. "What you eat something funky?" Junpei gave them an angry look. "What! No! Actually, well wait, I'm not suppose to tell." Suddenly another familiar voice was heard. "Geez Junpei, I can hear from so far away, can you be any louder?" Junpei laughed at her. "I thought you 3 lived in the same dorm, why come separate." Yukari glared at him. "I left the dorm alittle late. Anyway's I have to talk to them so buh-bye" Junpei gave a sad look. "Whaaaaaaaaat… alright then laters then." Yukari sighed in relief that Junpei was gone. "Hey feeling any better? Afterschool, come to the forth floor, Ikutsuki-san wants to talk to you." The twins nodded and went to class. Mr. Ono was teaching, talking about mammoths that looked just like elephants but huge. "This is boring subject, I rather talking about the Sengoku era!" Mr. Ono said. "But I'm paid to do this, next up is the Jomon Period? When do the samurai get their day in the sun! Hmm I'll asked a question to one you. Junpei! What style was the houses in the Joman Period called?" Junpei looked at Ryouta and gave him the answer. "It was the Mud Huts" Mr. Ono said he was correct. "That's right, mud huts were built by digging a hole in the ground and by supporting the roof." The class looked around and whisper about Ryouta being smart. Class went by and ended, the twins went back to the dorm and up to the forth floor.

Forth Floor Command Room

Ryouta opened the door and found Ikutsuki-san, Yukari, Mitsuru and 2 unfamiliar students. The Ikutsuki-san look at the twins. "Hello there, why don't both of you sit down. I'm glad to see your up and about Ryouta, I wasn't sure what I do if anything happen to you. There's a reason I asked you to come here, it was because I needed to talk to you. But before that, I thought introduce you these 2, the boy with the silver hair is Akihiko Sanada and the one with brown is Shinjiro Aragaki." Akihiko greeted him. "Hey there." Shinjiro just gave a nod to Ryouta. Iktsuki-san then started to talk. "Would you believe a day consisted more than 24 hours?" Ryouta shook his head and said no. Mitsuru began to talk. "I'm not surprised by your reaction, but you have experienced this truth first hand. Do you remember when you came here during the night? I'm sure you noticed the signs… Everything outside went out, all electronics not working… and coffins everywhere. Did you not feel as if you were in different time…? That is call the Dark Hour, a time period hidden between one day and the next." He looked confused at Mitsuru. "I guess its more like something people are aware of." said Ikutsuki. "But the Dark Hour exist and occurs each night at midnight. It will happen every night to come."

Akihiko then started to speak. "Normal people don't realize the Dark Hour since they're all sleeping inside the coffins, but that doesn't what make's the Dark Hour interesting, you saw those thing you fought, we call them Shadows. They only appear during the Dark Hour and attack anyone who isn't in a coffin. So its our job to defeat them. Sounds exciting doesn't it huh?" Mitsuru glared at Akihiko. "Akihiko! Why are you always like that? Both you just got hurt the other day with Ryonaka!" Suddenly Ryouta got up and with an angry look on his face. "Wait what! Ryo-nee you got hurt! Before that shadow climbed up the roof that attacked us!" Ryonaka looked at her brother. "Yea I won't lie to you, Senpai asked me to go patrolling with him around town and then while we were in town we heard a shadow coming and it attacked us, stop worrying I only got a scratch on my arm." Ryouta glared at Akihiko for getting his sister hurt. "Why'd you ask my sister to go with you! she could have gotten killed!" Suddenly Ryouta started to realize something. "Wait a minute, Ryo-nee are you aware of the Dark Hour?" She nodded. "Yes, I've been aware of the Dark Hour since the accident 10 years ago, so I've had my ability to summon persona and I've been trained to learn how to use it If I ever came back home late during the Dark Hour." Ryouta sigh. "So you've been active in the Dark Hour, even back in Nanimori too huh? I see, But don't try getting reckless, I can't have my only sister getting killed." She looked back at him "I'll be fine, I've been trained to fight for over 10 years by Papa and Master Fon. Stop worrying about me or you'll die worrying about me." Ryouta nodded.

Ikutsuki then continued on. "Okay now that we're finish talking about that, we wanted to ask you and your sister since she hadn't decided to join yet til you made your decision. We're the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, also known as SEES for short. On the paper, we're classified as a school club, but in reality, the group is dedicated in taking out the shadows and the Dark Hour. Mitsuru is Leader of the club and the club advisor." Mitsuru then explains the rest. "The shadow's you fought feed on the minds of the victim and becomes a living corpse, also known as Apathy Syndrome. They are responsible for the most incidents on the news." Ryouta got up looked at them. "So by having this meeting you want me and my sister to join your group right and use the persona's to defeat the shadows and rid of the Dark Hour." Everyone looked at him. "Yes that's what we wanted to ask you. Its your decision to join us." Mitsuru said. Ryouta looked at his sister. "Don't worry, I'll join if you join Ryo-nii' She said smiling at him. Ryouta then made his decision. "Alright then I'll join as long my sister isn't put in too much danger, we'll both join." Everyone sigh in relief that he joined. Mitsuru handed him a case with his evoker inside it. "Here is your evoker to use for summoning your persona." Yukari smiled looking at both the twins. "Phew I'm glad you decided to join, welcome aboard." Shinjiro stuck his hands in pocket and looked at them. "Whatever are we done here?" Akihiko then said "Wait we got one more member coming first before we finish. Come downstairs." Everyone went downstairs saw Akihiko went outside and came back inside. "Hurry up with your things." A familiar voice was heard. "Hold your horses, this stuff is freaking heavy." Ryonaka then looked worried finding out that the new member was non other then Junpei. "You gotta be kidding me, this dork as the potential." Yukari nodded in her response. "So that mean's he's staying! What you serious, Junpei you have the potential!" Junpei grinned. "Yup, Akihiko-san found me crying at the store like a baby. He said that it was completely normal for beginners. Like being confused and not remembing anything, did you guys know that?" Ryonaka and Ryouta looked at him. "Nope didn't happen to us at all." Junpei looked at them both. "What really, are you guys sure you ain't hiding the fact you were scared." Ryonaka gave him a serious look. "Junpei… I've been aware of the Dark Hour for 10 years, and I'm not afraid of afraid of stupid shadows and Ryouta is more calm then you crying at the store of being scared of whats going on. The only thing he ain't calm about is worrying about me." Junpei then looked scared. "So then your stronger then all of us?" She looked at him. "Maybe, maybe not, got a problem with that blue cap dork?" Junpei shook his head. "Nope nope nope not at all."

With that done Akihiko started to talk. "Now that we have enough members, we can go there." Ikutsuki walked up to them. "Yes now that we have more members, we can go explore Tartarus. It had been only Mitsuru, Akihiko and Shinjiro in the group, but now that number has jump to 7." Junpei then looked at Ikutsuki. "Wait what's that, some kind of toothpaste?" Ryonaka wonder how a person like him was able to have the potential. "Tartarus is a giant tower that only appears in the dark hour, just wait til you see it. Its not hard to miss." Akihiko looked at her with a confused look. "Wait when did you see Tartarus?" She looked back at him. "Oh on my way from the station before me and Ryo-nii arrived here, you have to be blind not to see the tower." Shinjiro got up looked at them. "Anyway we going or what? We should go if your going to show them when the tower transforms." Mitsuru agreed. "Alright but first you guys needs weapons. Ryouta you can use this sword here since you seem to know how to use it. Iori what weapon you'll use?" Junpei wonder and thought what weapon he used. "I'll take a 2 handed katana." Shinjiro went and got the weapons for them. "Wait, Ryo-nee do you have weapon already and a evoker?" Ryouta asked. "Yea I already have one… See?" Ryonaka got her evoker and showed it to her brother and saw that it was different from the other members. It had a wolf on it with a giant X over and a word on it that said Vongola. "How come your evoker looks different from ours?" She looked at him. "This was a gift from a family member in order to protect myself when I lived in Nanimori. After that, she went and brought out her weapon, a scythe, it had long chain around the handles. "Why do you look scared Ryo-nii? This is just one of my favorite weapons." She gave an evil smiled at her brother. "Uhh I don't think I wanna know on who ever trained you, but don't go trying to reap me Ryo-nee." She laughed at him. "Haha don't worry I won't… well not yet… hehehe." Ryouta laughed along with her. "Then I'll better keep an eye out hehehe." Everyone looked at them wondering what was funny about. "Okay is this some twin thing you 2 have or what." Shinjiro said. The twins turned around with a smile on their face, looked at everyone and spoke in unison. "Hehehe ya it's a twin thing alright, just something between us, you guys have nothing to worry about…. Hehehe." Everyone had gave a scared look at them. "Alright then lets head to Tartarus before the dark hour starts" as Mitsuru told them, they all headed out on their way to the tower's location.