Amnesia

Chapter 5

"So… Do you remember anything, Naoto?" asked Yosuke while pulled out a chair and sat on it. The others also did the same as Yosuke. They just arrived at Junes Food Court. Naoto walked around and examine things there.

"Why do you bring me here? I mean… Did we often go here after school or something like that?" she narrowed her eyebrows and took a seat between Chie and Souji. The others looked at each other, "Uh… Well… I guess we did that most of the time," Kanji answered, rubbing his neck.

'Damn! How should we explain it to her? I guess it'll be better if we tell the truth but… It all doesn't make any sense and Naoto maybe will avoid us, thinking that we're all crazy,' Yosuke thought to himself and called Souji, "Hey! What should we do, partner? Are you gonna tell her or what?" he whispered.

"Uh… Naoto… Do you feel familiar with the word Persona?" asked Souji. They looked at Souji then turned to Naoto, waiting for answer.

"That word… sounds familiar. And it looks like I've heard of that word many times before, but… I still can't remember of anything." Naoto answered, she putted her right hand under her chin.

"You can't remember anything? Then, what should we do now?" Chie sighed and slapped her forehead.

"Why don't we go to the electronic department? Maybe Naoto will remember something if we go there," Yukiko suggested.

"Wow~ Yukiko-senpai sure suggested something sooo cool," Rise giggled.

"Then, Teddie will show you the way! Let's go, Nao-chan!" Teddie stood up and acted all like a tour guide. The others stood up and followed Teddie to the electronics department. But, Naoto just sat there and not moving. Souji realized that Naoto's not with them then looked behind him and found Naoto's gazing at the table.

"What are thinking about?" asked Souji.

"Eh? Seta-san? No… It's nothing," she shook her head.

"You can always count on us if you need a friend to talk to. You may not remember everything in the past. But, we're still your friends," said Souji. He grinned and patted Naoto's head.

"… Yes. Thank you, Seta-san," she smiled and nodded.

"Then, let's go to the electronic department. They must've been waiting for us." They went to the electronic department and the others have been waiting for them.

"What took you so long, Naoto-kun?" Rise crossed her arms and tapping her feet to the floor.

"I'm sorry, Kujikawa-san. Then, what do you want to show me in this electronic department?" asked Naoto.

"Well… Uh… Don't you feel familiar with this place? Or maybe… this TV?" Kanji looked at a TV in front of them, giving a signal, 'This one!' to Naoto.

"Well… Not really," she shook her head slowly.

"… Why don't you try touching the TV screen? You may remember something from it," Souji crossed his arms. They gasped and looked at him, "What? We mustn't hide anything from her."

"… Yeah… You're right. It's better for her, she may remember everything faster that way," Yosuke nodded. Chie and Yukiko also nodded.

"Eh? What are you talking about? Why should I―" Naoto approached the TV in front of her and tried to touch it. Her hand vanished into the screen, just like she put her hand into the water. The screen rippled exactly like water. She widened her eyes and mouth, "W-What's this!" She quickly pulled her hands back and examined her hand.

"That's our power. The power to enter the TV and to call Persona. Let's get inside and you should remember more," Rise pushed Naoto into the TV then followed by her, Chie, Yukiko, Yosuke, Kanji, Teddie, and Souji.

They seemed to fell from above into a different world. A beautiful and peaceful world, where water flows and warm atmosphere surround the area. "What is this pl― Ugh!" she held her head with her hands and closed her eyes tightly.

Come, Yamato-Takeru!

"! Naoto-kun! Are you alright!" Rise quickly put her right hand on Naoto's shoulder.

"I-I'm… alright, Kujikawa-san. I just… saw something," she slowly opened her eyes and looked around.

"Y-You remember something!" asked Chie.

"I can't say that I remember anything… I saw… a blue card… flying in front of me… and I shot it with my gun. A strange sound like shattering glasses rang, then a strange… monster appeared above me…" she looked at her friends for awhile, they seemed… happy and smiled. "Was that… the power you're all talking about?"

They nodded, "That monster is your Persona. We were trying to solve a murder case before. And the culprit is actually throwing people into the TV to kill them," Yukiko explained.

"… So, you're going to say that we're actually a team of solving this case? And Junes is our 'special headquarter'?" Naoto asked, she raised her eyebrow.

"Wow! How could you remember about our 'special headquarter'? I haven't used that word in a long time!" Yosuke said.

"I… don't know… That word just came to my mind," she lowered her head.

"That means Nao-chan will remember everything if we keep entering Teddie's world! Yay!" the blonde-haired guy jumped around.

"Teddie's… world?" asked Naoto.

"Yes. Teddie's someone from this world. We met him here. He's actually a bear, though," Souji smiled.

"Oh… That explains why his name's so odd and he didn't have any last name."

"Hey! Shouldn't we go back? I'm sure Naoto's pretty tired. We will continue this tomorrow, how's that sound?" asked Yukiko.

"Eh? Tomorrow? I'm sorry. But, Grampa and Yakukushiji-san want to bring me to somewhere so that I could remember something."

"No prob! We still had Sunday!" said Kanji.

"I don't have any objections if it's Sunday," she smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, and we will back to school on the Monday. Here comes hell…" Yosuke sighed.

"Then, Teddie… Please, we need to get back now."

"Right away, Sensei!" then three TVs appeared from nowhere, they entered it and teleported back to their world.

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A/N: because of my late update, I posted two chapters together. The next chapter may be late, sorry :P

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