Eivexst: Hello every one, it's been quite a while, I know I said I'd get a chapter out sooner, but I've been trying to arange some meetings with friends of mine and really got into this book I was reading, so all in all, I can certainly say, that is procrastination in a nut shell.
Any way, I don't own any of the Persona series.
Soji: Now on to the story.
Soji's pov: We were all sitting in class, it was a bit of a slower day and I couldn't help but let my eyes wonder a little bit, I looked over at the right of the room, some of the students were napping behind their books, and then I looked over to the left, some of them were just barely paying attention, one of the few actually paying attention was Nazo, who was writing down in a small book from time to time, I guess he was taking notes.
But then I looked a little lower and noticed he was holding a manga there, he was reading AND taking notes on the lesson, even I had to admit that takes some pretty good brain power.
Once we were given a group assignment, I noticed he had sat down with two girls who were in our class, one of them had brown hair cut down to her neck and was held back by a hair clip, she had just a light smile on her face but a faint blush as well, guess she was an admirer.
The other one had hair that was dyed blue, it was tied back into a high hanging pony tail, she had a couple freckles on her nose, but even I had to admit that was just a little cute. She must be the other girls friend and was trying to help her since she didn't seem to care much for Nazo's company.
"Okay, so the legend of Izanami and Izanagi huh? Cool, this should be pretty easy." I heard him state as he wrote down along with the other two some of the basic information over it, the girl constantly trying to strike up a conversation with him, but being a little too nervous to do so, I couldn't help but wonder why it was she was nervous though.
After a few minutes of this they had finished the lesson and Nazo took them up and handed them to the teacher who was a little surprised and looked it over again and again for any sign that they ahd cheated, after realizing they couldn't he shouted at Nazo about why he shouldn't hound the two girls, the shy one being Hinako and her friend being Emi, so they would give him the answers, he just shrugged and took his seat after taking the papers which were marked for the best grade.
He just spent the rest of the hour talking to the two of them, I could see it, he was acting as himself, but, he was also having trouble with it, he was tempted to put back on his mask but ignored the urge to do so, he was facing himself.
A few minutes went by and I smiled as I finished my part of the asignment just as the bell went off, I guess I was so focused on the work I didn't notice. "Hey Kohai, mind if I talk to you?" I looked up to see that it was Nazo.
"Oh, sure thing, to the roof again, right?" I asked him as he nodded, the moment the bell rang we started to head up there, my mind racing over what it is that could be going on inside his head, he seemed troubled after all.
Once we were up there, he pulled out a small bar of ice cream, the wrapper for it read Strawberry bar. "You know Kohai, ever since coming here to Inaba, even though it wasn't by my own choice, I can't help but feel an odd sense of content... This place to me, is like I'm walking back into my dreams." He stated as he took a small bite out of his ice cream, twitching only slightly due to the cold feeling likely shooting down his throat since I didn't really notice any chewing motion.
"You see, unlike with many other people, or like with many theories, my dreams act as if they were a story, one chapter comes on one night, then another comes the next night, continuing on from the previous dream..." He took a pause, seeming to think over what to say next.
"When people dream, their mind attempts to cope with the things that has happened in their daily lives, that's what I always thought... But after seeing the things in the Midnight channel, I can't help but wonder, what if our dreams, are actually our subconscious going to a place similar to the TV world?" He asked before chuckling a little and continuing. "When I first thought of it, I was horrified, but then it made me realize, that deep inside, we must have already accepted our selves, because, I once dreamed of a long open frield, leading down to the ocean with a long flowing stream..."
He stood once he finished the ice cream, tossing the stick from where we were with what looked like a practiced hand as I saw it land in a trash bin down bellow. "I still wish to this day, to change that dream into reality." He stated before walking away, I couldn't help but feel like I was starting to understand Nazo a lot better now.
Naazo's POV: When SOji and the others came to school, I was actually wondering if one of them could answer a question that had been on my mind. "Excuse me, can some one please answer a question?" I asked them, Yukiko stopping as Chie did a couple seconds after. "Yeah, what is it?" Chie asked curiously.
I smiled a little as I scratched my cheek. "Who is Risset?" I asked, due to having heard some people who were walking around say that this person was a student here.
Chie went wide eyed. "Oh, that's right, I forgot you're not from around here, well you see, she is-" But before she could finish her statement, a woman with two brown pigtails bumped into me and ended up falling down onto her rear, I looked at her with a slightly blank look I'd imagine and held out my hand.
"Hey, you alright? Here, let me help." I stated as I helped the girl to stand up, I had to say, she was a little pretty, not quite my type, but pretty. "I'm sorry about just stopping like that, did you drop anything?" I asked her.
She just gave a little bit of a smile and shook her head. "No, I didn't drop anything, but thanks for helping me up, see you later." She stated as she walked off, she was a perky one, but why did she seem familiar?
