(A/N: Time passed to 5/29/09. The twins have gotten the highest scores in the grade, since they got the scholarship anyways.)
The twins were walking by some girls with Yukari. The girls talked about teasing someone, with Yukari complaining that she can't stand girls like that. They went to Paulownia Mall and the next day went. Then, Minato and Minako heard about the rumor that an eleventh grade student who collapsed in front of the school gate.
"'Fuuka.'"
And from that one word, they knew what was coming next. Junpei came to the twins to tell them about the rumor, but they told him they knew about it already.
"Man, that was fast." Junpei said. "I didn't know that you two were that kind of guys."
Minako squinted her eyes and glared at him. "What the hell are you talking about, Junpei? Those students were talking so loud we could piece together what they were talking about."
"Well, anyway." Junpei said, "I can't even find out about what happened to the poor girl, even though I'm Junpei, Ace Detective!"
"More like Stupei, Ace Defective." Yukari sighed, listening to their conversation from the start. "Anyway, I saw the girl on my way from practice yesterday, she looked fine then."
"Whoa… Now that's really strange." Junpei said with a chilly tone from his tone.
The four went back to the dorm and Yukari told them that she was not feeling well, so she excused herself from the group and went to her room. The others went back up to their rooms as well, since there was nothing to do if one of their team members won't be able to join in the fight. And they didn't go to Tartarus the following day since Yukari was still sick and Junpei caught her sickness, though Junpei recovered immediately the next day and Yukari had passed out from her cold (no, she did not die. But she was supposed to anyway the last chapter, she was lucky Fuseus came) and was taken to the hospital. But after drinking some medicine, she recovered and was able to go back to the dorm in time for Junpei to start his new episode of Junpei's Believe it, or Don't.
"…What do you think, Akihiko?" Mitsuru asked after Junpei had finished his story.
"I think it's worth investigating." Akihiko replied.
"Wow, I didn't know you were afraid of ghosts, Yuka-tan. That's kinda funny." Junpei snickered and laughed at her for a little while.
"Hey, watch it!" Yukari said in defense, "…F-Fine, then let's investigate. We'll each ask around for the rest of the week. I'll prove to you that this ghost story is just an urban legend!"
"I appreciate that. That story is a bit unnerving." Mitsuru agreed.
"Then, I'll let you guys handle it. Just make sure you sleep with one eye open…" Akihiko teased and the twins glared at him, to send him a message to not scare Yukari anymore.
"Good night then, everyone." Minako said with a bored tone.
"Y-You're not scared, Mina-tan?" Junpei asked with a fearful tone.
Minako scoffed, "Of course not! Who would from a crappy story like that?" Minako glared at Junpei, "The next time I have time, I'll teach you how to tell a real horror story."
"Minako, don't." Minato half-stated, half-commanded.
"Is it that bad?" Yukari asked.
"Yes." Minato said, "Last year, she made all of the jocks cry themselves to sleep. And they have endured more training than Sanada-senpai. Most of them break their bones, and they never cried a single tear. It's that bad. Believe me, I've seen it."
"…That is…scary…" Akihiko said as he shuddered at the thought.
The mirage Thanatos appeared from behind Minako as she turned around to face S.E.E.S and her brother with a creepy and evil-looking smile, the smile was a true imitation of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. "Of course it is. It's meant to be." And she went back up to her room.
The others looked at her trail with either an open mouth or wide eyes. But they immediately dismissed the topic and went up as well to their rooms and went to sleep. Minato was the last to come up to his room and found Minako already waiting for him in his room.
"What are you doing?" Minato asked.
"Waiting for Pharos." Minako said as she shoved a cookie to her mouth, "Wanna cookie?" she said as she passed the jar of cookies.
"Yes." Minato said calmly. "Yay, cookies!"
Minako glared at him.
"What?"
'Your telepathic line was on.'
"…"
"Oh well," Minako said, "It's almost the Dark Hour anyway, he's gonna be here in a few minutes."
The clock ticked slowly as the time was reaching the Dark Hour.
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Dark Hour
Pharos suddenly appeared in front of them. "Hello, Minato and Minako. It has been a month since we saw each other."
"Hey, Pharos." Minako greeted, "Did you find out anything yet?"
"No, not yet." Pharos apologized. "I'm sorry, Nyx won't be fully awake until you defeat six full moon Shadows. To ask Nyx, you have to defeat six, and leave the other six behind."
"That's relief." Minako said. "But during the other six, we just have to stop Strega, correct?"
"Probably." Minato said. "Since they aim to bring Nyx to the world."
"Yes. That is all I have to tell you for now. Other than the next full moon, but you should know by now." Pharos told them. "As I had said earlier, I might be visiting you more often, so don't worry if I appear in front of you before the scheduled time." And then he disappeared into thin air like always.
"We should probably get to sleep, Minato." Minako told her brother, "We have school tomorrow."
"Yes, good night Minako." Her brother said and Minako left her brother's room and went to her own room.
Four days later, they met up at the dorm lounge and gathered up their information together to come to a conclusion about the rumor.
"…Well, today's Friday. Did you three ask around, like we said?" Yukari asked curiously, eager to find answers from the three of them and hoping that the rumor would be false.
"Huh? We had something planned for today?" Junpei asked dumbly.
Yukari glared at him, "Well, you're here, aren't you?"
"Okay, okay, I get it!" Junpei said quickly, "Geez, you don't know a joke when there is one, do you?"
"You didn't sound like you were joking." Minato stated, obviously on Yukari's side.
"I agree." Minako joined.
"Anyways, I got some good info about the rumor." Yukari said, "It turns out there was no angry ghost that was actually involved."
"Oh, so THAT'S important, huh?" Junpei snickered.
Minako elbowed him on the stomach, "Stupei."
"Fine, you win!" Junpei said, raising his hands in defense with a look of pain on his face.
"There were three victims and they hung out a lot." Minato said, answering even before Yukari asked anything.
"…Oh, that's good info you got there, Minato." Yukari said, "Actually, I was about to say the same thing, since it's the only thing that you can actually get out from the girls in school."
"Oh, as if you know anything about the rumor, you-know-it-all-actor." Junpei said, obviously annoyed.
"As if you know ANYTHING, Stupei." Yukari said back.
"Ooh, that's harsh." Minako muttered.
"Fine, sorry, continue please." Junpei said.
"Good." Yukari said, "Well, these three victims hung out with a bad crowd, and we're going to have some field research."
"You don't mean-" Junpei said, eyes wide.
"Oh, so you are already familiar with the place?" Yukari said, "Oh, we are going to go to behind Port Island Station, that's where all the bad crowds go." She explained to the twins.
"You can't go there! I heard some nasty rumors about that place!" Junpei said, his voice rising unintentionally.
"Is that so? Well, all the more reason we should go together!" Yukari said with a cheerful tone, and faced the Arisato twins, "You two will come too right? Even if you don't join S.E.E.S, this is still an investigation of Gekkoukan High."
The two nodded.
"Are the necessary preparations done?"
'Yes. I have the Aigis' machine guns, my naginata, and your sword ready.'
"Hey! We're not going to kill any Shadows then!"
'True, but that doesn't mean that we're not going to kill any humans.'
"No, we are not going to kill any humans."
'…Aw.'
Minato glared at his sister with suspicious eyes and shook his head, dismissing the dangerous subject.
"Forget it. That place is bad news. I mean, don't you think we're getting in over our heads?" Junpei asked quietly, but he had that nagging feeling that there was no reasoning with Yukari when she became so determined.
"Up until now, all we've done is to take orders. Does that feel right to you?" Yukari asked with a determined look in her eyes.
"I know what you mean, but… Man, do you have to say it like that? I guess I don't have a choice, do I?" Junpei sighed at the ridiculous decision.
"Okay, we'll go tomorrow night, then." Yukari decided.
The meeting was over and everyone went to bed. After they have arrived from school the next day, they immediately arrived at the lounge. Minako and Minato had both been readily prepared, with both twins had their Evoker with them, just in case.
"I called Elizabeth and Theo already, if we ever have to change into Fuseus to help them."
'Good thinking, Minato. I already hid some weapons behind Port Island Station, unfortunately, I cannot hide Aigis' machine gun since it would be too obvious. And remember to bring your sword.'
"Of course, how could I forget?"
"If everybody's ready, then let's go." Yukari called out to them.
"Just a moment, Yukari. I have to get something from my room." Minato said and he went up to get his best sword available and hid it inside his jacket, "Okay, I'm ready."
"Then let's go." Yukari said, "Can't keep the truth waiting.
"Oh man," Junpei sighed, "I still think that this is a bad idea."
They walked over to the station, but since Minato and Minako realized that they wouldn't be able to get out of the situation without summoning Fuseus, they let Yukari and Junpei go first and they waited behind for Elizabeth and Theo, with the twins already holding their Evokers to their heads.
"We apologize that we have arrived late." Elizabeth said as she bowed.
"It's okay, Elizabeth." Minako reassured. And the two residents of the Velvet Room wasted no more time and took on the appearances of Minato and Minako, while the two twins fused into Fuseus.
"Shall we?" Fuseus said as he became invisible and flew up above Port Island Station, overlooking Yukari and Junpei and the thugs behind Port Island Station.
Elizabeth and Theo met with Yukari and Junpei and went behind Port Island Station.
"…The hell?" a punk said when he saw the group enter.
"Check out those rags… They're from Gekko High." Another punk said.
"Hey, you, I think you're in the wrong place." The punk warned the group.
"Uh… Well… I…" Junpei muttered, unable to say anything else.
"You don't belong here… Get it? Beat it, Goatee." The punk threatened.
Junpei muttered a few more words until Yukari spoke up bravely, "We don't need your permission to be here."
"Hey! Are you nuts! Look around you…" Junpei whispered to Yukari.
"I'm not blind, ya know. Come on, don't get intimidated by these scum!" Yukari said to Junpei, unaware that the punks were listening in to their conversation.
"What was that?" the punk asked, standing up to face her.
"She just called us 'scum'." A tough-looking girl said.
"Let's get them. Who cares where they're from?" another girl said.
"We'll post some pictures that will make her daddy cry! She'll wish that she was never born!" the first girl said. "Hahahaha, that's so clever!"
"These guys are the worst…" Yukari said, hiding the tone of fear that Fuseus/Minato can see through so well.
"You oughta learn to shut that trap of yours. Man, I feel sorry for you, Goatee. This bitch is a pain in the ass." A punk said and punched Junpei in the stomach.
"Guh!"
"Junpei!"
Elizabeth reached out for the hidden stick and hits the hand of the punk with it, while Theo took out the hidden sword and cuts the skin of the other hand of the punk a little. But the more thugs came out from the darkness and surrounded Elizabeth and Theo.
"…Wrong move." Fuseus said from above, noticing Elizabeth's and Theo's situation.
"Who's there!" the punk demanded.
Fuseus landed on the ground and appeared from a dark corner.
"Who the fuck are you?" the punk asked harshly.
"Fuseus!"
"Fuseus? What kind of shit is that?" the punk sneered.
Fuseus immediately materialized a double sword and quickly sliced at thin air precisely one millimeter away from the punk, intending only for fear to rise up in the punk, but the force of the slashes created two cuts on the punk's face in a huge "X" shape, nearly hitting his eyes and the punk fell down on his butt.
"What the fuck! What the fuck are you doing!" the punk shouted, clutching his face in pain.
Fuseus didn't answer, but the double swords disappeared and he materialized his red Evoker and pointed it at the punk's head.
"Get out, and don't come back." Fuseus commanded with a simple sentence. The punk immediately scrambled to his feet and nervously ran off from the place. Fuseus didn't even look behind him to see if the punk had really ran off or not, but he glared at the rest of the thugs there, the Evoker was gone and a naginata was in it's place, "Who's next?"
The other thugs ran off too, and Shinjiro walked in, confused of why the thugs ran off.
"Oi! What did you do to the punks 'round here?" Shinjiro asked to the group. "But this place is still unsafe, get outta here."
"Wait! We came here for a reason!" Yukari said, persistent to get a fact from Shinjiro.
"You guys… you were at the hospital." Shinjiro said, and faced at Fuseus to glare at him, "Except for you, of course."
The naginata disappeared and Fuseus turned around to face Shinjiro. "I've heard about you from Aki. Your name was Fuseus. Did Aki tell you to come here?"
Fuseus shook his head, "I'm just watching out for these two idiots." Then he turned to Yukari and Junpei, "If the Arisato twins didn't tell me that you were going to come here, then all of you might get into trouble. Or worse."
"Hey!" Yukari pouted.
Fuseus shook his head again, and with Minato taking over, he laughed and messed up Yukari's hair, acting like her older brother.
"Hey!" Yukari shouted in defense and Fuseus retracted his hand, looking at Shinjiro.
"Shinjiro, I'm not your enemy." Fuseus told him with a determined voice, "And I'm not supposed to be."
"…That's for me to decide." Shinjiro said, "But what do you two need to know? Is this about the ghost story?"
"How'd you know?" Yukari asked.
"It's a rumor. Those girls who wound up at the hospital were talkin' shit every night…" Shinjiro told her, "About all the things that they'd done to some girl name Fuuka."
And the conversation between Shinjiro, Junpei and Yukari started, and it ended with the two of them, plus the Arisato twins bowing to him.
"Tch… I have a feeling I'll meet you again later, Fuseus." Shinjiro said, "Waste o' my time." And he left the place.
"Then it's my time to leave too." Fuseus said, "Until we meet again." And he disappeared.
"Man, sometimes he makes me wonder if he's human." Junpei said.
"Is he human?" Yukari asked. "Oh well, I can ask him the next time. But for now, let's return back to the dorm. The Dark Hour's coming."
They went back to the dorm and Fuseus split off into Minato and Minako. Then, they went to sleep after their exhausting day.
(A/N: So to not write a lot of script, I would just say that they had rescued Fuuka, Akihiko was healed already, but they needed help from Fuseus in the battle against the Emperor and Empress Shadows. I'll continue the story from there.)
"Who are you?" Fuuka asked. "I cannot sense you unlike the others and Shadows."
"My name is Fuseus. I am different from humans and Shadows. I am something in between." Fuseus answered.
"Then what are you…?" Akihiko asked.
"I am a resident of the Velvet Room." Fuseus answered. 'Well, partly anyway.'
"The Velvet Room?" Mitsuru asked.
"It's time for me to go." Fuseus said, "Goodbye." And he disappeared and split off to Minato and Minako at the entrance of Tartarus.
"Oh! I sense two humans at the entrance of Tartarus!" Fuuka warned.
Minato opened the door and Minako greeted them, "Hey! I saw two huge Shadows going over the city and coming here, I thought you would need help, so I asked Fuseus for an emergency call."
"Thanks to Elizabeth, Theo and Igor for giving us an emergency power they saved, so we can fuse for three minutes."
'Yeah, we have to apologize and thank them later.'
"It's finished. Fuseus came and help us." Mitsuru said. Then Fuuka suddenly collapsed and her friend, Natsuki, was trying to wake her up. "Don't worry, she's just tired."
"Phew, thank God, Fuuka." Natsuki said, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Fuuka." And she quietly cries.
After taking Fuuka to the dorm, the others slept, while Minato and Minako stayed at the dorm since they were sick, partly because they were over-exhausted for being Fuseus too fast, for a few days until Fuuka joins S.E.E.S. They didn't bother to meet in the meeting, since they weren't members and there would be nothing new in the meeting, even though Ikutsuki asked-and almost begged-for them to be there so that he could convince them to join too. But they slept for another few days until 6/18/09, when they were able to leave the dorm just to find some medicine in Paulownia Mall, that wasn't the wrong one that Yukari keeps on bringing. But in the evening…
DLWolf: Woot! First cliffhanger, but it's not that much of a cliffhanger, so it won't be that interesting. So this is the first time Fuuka comes right? Maybe she could do the disclaimers.
Fuuka: *Bows down to DLWolf* I'm pleased to meet you!
DLWolf: Oh, she's polite as well. …Do you mind doing the disclaimers, Fuuka-chan?
Fuuka: Oh, no, not at all. Disclaimers: DarknessLightWolf does not own P3P/P3 and any of the characters in it.
DLWolf: That was fast. …Say, isn't that Lucia you called out? I just realized.
Fuuka: Oh yes, now if you'll excuse me.
DLWolf: Wow, she's very polite, too polite. I need more of those in later chapters. *Whistles away*
Fuuka: Minato, Minako! I found out DarknessLightWolf's weakness!
Minato: Done already? I didn't expect less from Fuuka.
Minako: *Loads Aigis' unused machine gun* Now then, let's hit DarknessLightWolf where it really hurts!
DLWolf: *Gulps and has a shiver coming up the spine* Odd, why do I have a bad feeling that I'll get shot down? Anyways, thanks for all the reviews, favorites and alerts!
LiLaoRyo704: Thanks! But it's so hard to do the separate personalities, since they have to be alike. Try to find out what happens next, okay?
Anime-VGsUltimate00: Thanks! I didn't know that I was that funny! No, seriously…
BlazingFireAngelXXX: Yup, Pharos remembers everything. And when he does, this happens: (read next chapter, chapter 9!)
Fan of Fanfics21: Haha, a great idea, but I don't think I can describe the event that well, sorry! I'll try to write it, and I'll tell you if I think it's good, but don't expect anything, okay? Sorry!
And please continue to R&R, no insulting comments please! Thanks readers!
