Time passed on to 7/7/09, the night the sixth full moon arrived and the sixth and seventh Shadows came that time. Minato, Minako and Ryoji agreed that they should just kill the seventh since S.E.E.S would mark the behavior as abnormal.
"And it's just one Shadow! How bad can it get?" Minako said as she was slurping her ramen at Hagakure.
"…"
The three finished their ramen quietly and left Hagakure. Ryoji was forced to accompany the twins to Bookworms and the music shop to pick out some songs for the their Mp3s. But to the twins dismay, they have to leave early since Mitsuru had reminded them to get back early for the full moon, and since they are now officially S.E.E.S members, they have to be present for every meeting and outing to fight the Shadows. They went back after telling Theo and Elizabeth that they would need their help again, though they were quite disappointed that Theo and Elizabeth will be late, and the three went back to see S.E.E.S already present and waiting.
"Where's Fuseus?" Mitsuru asked almost immediately.
"He's gonna be late." Minako said. "But he's gonna come, maybe in the Dark Hour."
"Fine then, as long as he's going to come." Mitsuru said, relieved. "Now, we need to locate the Shadow."
Fuuka has already summoned Lucia and already searching for the Shadow. "I found it!" Fuuka shouted from inside Lucia. "It's inside a building on Shirakawa Boulevard."
"Oh, Shirakawa Boulevard." Minako's face dropped.
"What's on Shirakawa Boulevard?" Ryoji innocently asked.
"It's where THOSE hotels are." Junpei said. "You know… where lovers do… stuff…"
Fuuka blushes while Ryoji just smirks, and Junpei joins him when he saw Ryoji smirking.
Minako elbowed Ryoji and Junpei, "Keep that up, and I won't let you two join today's mission."
"Aw man!" Junpei complained. "Fine!"
Ryoji smiled, "Well, then, if you say so. But don't you think that something will happen if it's a hotel like that?"
Minako and Minato blushed slightly when they recalled their memories of the events at the hotel, but quickly shook it away, but not fast enough that the S.E.E.S members didn't catch their faces.
"…What was that?" Minako asked Ryoji.
"N-Nothing!" Ryoji threw his hands up in defense, "I'm just looking out for my cousins is all!"
"Then we have to start with our mission." Mitsuru ordered, "Let's prepare ourselves by going to the hotel first."
"But, Mitsuru-senpai!" Yukari said out loud, "What do you think other students will think if they see us in front of a hotel like THAT?"
"Hm…True. We'll just be careful not to stand out between the crowds." Mitsuru said, "We have to go now to the hotel or we might not be able to catch any kind of transportation there."
The others followed Mitsuru to the Shirakawa Boulevard and waited there, trying not to arouse suspicion by the some passerby.
"Hey look! They're in a group!" A passerby told her friend.
"I know! How can they do THAT in a huge amount of people? Especially when they look like they're only in high school?"
"…" Was all that S.E.E.S could think of when they heard the comment. Fuuka and Yukari blushed a deep red. Minako and Minato slightly blushed. Mitsuru acted that she didn't hear anything. Akihiko didn't know what the passerby was talking about with her friend. Junpei and Ryoji was trying to hide a wide grin at their fantasies, but failed miserably and they both ended up getting another blow on the stomach.
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Dark Hour
"Finally!" Yukari said, "I was getting enough of the stares from people."
Fuuka called out Lucia, but the rest could see that she was still blushing. Minato and Minako chose out some people, Yukari and Ryoji, to join the group, and the twins, of course, knew what was going to happen. They were blushing madly, but they hid it well from S.E.E.S.
'…'
"You wanted Akihiko to be in the team, don't you?"
'…I hate you.'
"Hey! Yukari insisted! And Ryoji is the best person other than us! Mitsuru would be suspicious if we don't pick him!"
'Fine… Just for now. Brother.'
"Of course, sister."
The two twins huffed at each other and looked away, but both were still blushing. When Mitsuru commanded them to enter the building to search for the Shadow, they went inside and immediately went to the top floor of the building, immediately killing the Hierophant Shadow in one of the rooms there without any difficulties.
"I still sense a Shadow!" Fuuka told them from afar. "It's in the room, but it's not the same Shadow!"
Minato and Minako knew what to do and touched the mirror, and they were split and transported to different rooms.
(A/N: Hehehe, I'm sorry to everyone that wants me to write the shower scene! But with my imaginations, the story will get an M rating, so yeah. I'll try to make it as low rating as possible, but I won't include it here, since I have a small writer's block with it, and maybe you want it with different people, etc. Then I'll make it on a side-chapter, so tell me if you want to.)
"I scanned it just now!" Fuuka shouted from afar. "It's in the mirrors! Please destroy it and the seal around the room will break!"
"I took care of it already." Minato stated.
"When…?" Mitsuru cut in, taking the earpiece from Fuuka.
"Just now." Minato answered.
"Oh… So that's why you were breaking the mirrors…" Yukari muttered.
"W-Well, I haven't scanned the room since you gotten out of the trance, so I'll check again…" Fuuka scanned the room. "Yes, you're correct Minato-kun. The seals have been destroyed. Now please go in the room and defeat the last Shadow!"
"Wait!" Minato said, his phone ringing, "Fuseus is calling."
"How is your cell phone able to operate on the Dark Hour?" Mitsuru asked.
"How are the machines on the command room able to operate?" Minato asked back.
"Hm… Touche. Get Fuseus and come back." Mitsuru commanded.
"Yes, Mitsuru-senpai." Minato and Minako said and they went inside of a random room and fused. Elizabeth and Theo were already waiting in Minato's and Minako's forms and the three went out to join the group again.
"I'm your temporary supervisor for the while." Fuseus 'greeted' the group, "I will be watching your every move and join when forced to, but I will let you four battle first. I will answer your questions later, for now focus on defeating the Shadow."
The group nodded and they faced the Shadow head-on. It was quite the easy battle with Ryoji's (super-)strong Alice. But the battle wasn't over yet.
'Seriously, what were they thinking about, putting Armageddon and Last Judge in Alice?'
"I have no idea, but if they did, then Ryoji must have been VERY weak indeed."
"Hey! I told you before that I'm not that weak!"
"Oh really? Then show me your power WITHOUT your Persona."
"Fine!"
Ryoji called back Alice and took out his throwing knives. He threw one of the knives, aiming at the Shadow's weak point. Unfortunately, Ryoji missed the Shadow and the Shadow knocked Ryoji back with an unexpected Holy Arrow.
"May I?" Fuseus asked, putting his hand out. And Ryoji gave him one of his throwing knives. Fuseus aimed closely and successfully, and fatally, hit the Shadow on its weak point with the throwing knife. "…Shameful…" Fuseus muttered.
"Hey! It's not my fault that I missed that thing!" Ryoji said in defense.
"…Just train your accuracy and dexterity, and you should be fine…" Fuseus adviced.
"…Fine…" Ryoji muttered in defeat.
"I don't sense a Shadow anymore." Fuuka informed them from afar. "Well done! Please return back to the entrance!"
"Fuseus, I wish that you could stay back for a while. I would like to ask you some questions…" Mitsuru said through the earpiece.
"Sorry, Mitsuru." Fuseus apologized, "I told you that I'm going to answer it when I meet with your father, so that I can answer both of your questions in the same time. I need to be going anyway. Until we meet again." And he vanished like always.
The group went back to the dorm, while Ryoji, Elizabeth and Theo held back at the entrance to meet with Minato and Minako who was hiding at the entrance.
"Thanks as always! Theo and Elizabeth!" Minako thanked them again as always.
"No need to thank us, Master Minako." Elizabeth and Theo said, and reverted to their original forms. "Well then, until we meet again." And they vanished.
"It's good to have someone that supports us from the shadows." Minako sighed.
"Shadows…?" Minato asked curiously.
"It's a figure of speech." Minako explained, "Don't make this more complicated than it already is!"
"Well, then, let's get back to the dorm!" Ryoji told them. "They must be waiting for us already!"
Minako and Minato took a glance at him, "…Shameful…" they both muttered with a low voice and came in the dorm with a laugh.
"H-Hey!" Ryoji said in defense. "I'm incomplete, okay!"
But they failed to notice the red dot on top of the door, which was watching their every move.
Meanwhile… in the command room…
"It has been a long time since I handled the consoles." Mitsuru told herself as she approached the machinery. "I wonder what Ikutsuki changed on the consoles. I hope it's nothing important…"
Mitsuru typed on the keyboard of the consoles and saw something interesting. "Hm? What's this? It wasn't here before since I last checked the consoles."
Mitsuru checked the file and began to watch it. "…This is…!" she gasped in shock. "…No, I can't tell them yet. I have to wait until the appropriate time to tell them. Maybe I can visit father about S.E.E.S, though I hate to bother him. I think his secretary said that he would be going to Yakushima for a vacation, I wonder if I can set up an appointment…"
July 13 2009 (Six days later…)
It was in the evening that everyone was gathered around the lounge dining table. Everyone has finished eating Minato's and Minako's special dinner and has gathered around to share their thoughts about summer vacation.
"How about we go to Yakushima in the summer vacation?" Mitsuru asked, almost eagerly. "It's a way to celebrate our victories and a welcoming party."
"NO WAY!" Junpei cried out. "THE Mitsuru asked us to join her on a vacation! Are my ears' deaf or what!"
"I need to meet with father, and I have arranged it." Mitsuru explained. "We will need to talk about S.E.E.S with my father. Arisato twins, I would appreciate it if you could get Fuseus to join us for the vacation."
"He might only be able to visit us for one day." Minako said. "Since he has a lot of work to do, but I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you." Mitsuru said. "Now then, I would like all of you to study for the finals, and then pack up. Even though it's still a long way to the vacations, I would like everyone to be prepared so we won't be late."
"Woohoo! The beach! Hot babes, here I come!" Junpei cried out.
Minako elbowed him in the stomach, "Not so fast, Stupei!"
"Ow, ow, ow! Yes ma'am!" Junpei replied in pain.
"Well, I have to buy a new swimsuit." Fuuka told the group, "My ones now don't fit anymore. It's been a long time since I went to the beach…"
"Hey, don't worry, I've got an extra pair you can borrow." Junpei smirked, immediately over the pain when he heard Fuuka's sentence.
"And if you don't like his, you can borrow my extra pair." Ryoji said as he joined smirking with Junpei.
Minako punched Ryoji and Junpei in the stomach. "Not this time, perverts!"
"Not this time… But maybe next time!" Ryoji managed to cough out.
Minako punched him again. "Not this time, and never again!" Minako stared at them, disgusted, "Come on, Fuuka, me and Yukari will find you a swimsuit."
"Hey, no fair!" Junpei cried out, "How come you get to choose her swimsuit, but I don't?"
Minako punched him again as well, "Because I'm not a pervert like you! Fuuka, meet me and Yukari after school and we will definitely find you a new swimsuit, and a swimsuit that isn't a revealing one like what those perverts have in mind."
"No fair…" Junpei and Ryoji muttered, as they clutched their stomachs in pain.
"Go and study, S.E.E.S." Mitsuru said. "You don't want to study in the Dark Hour, do you?"
"Yes, Mitsuru-senpai!" the group replied and they went to their rooms to study for the upcoming final exams.
Mitsuru sipped a little bit of her tea that Minako had prepared for her earlier, "The sweetness and bitterness is even. Minako is certainly the cooking prodigy." She said as she rated the tea. She finished her tea and went up to her room as well.
DLWolf: I finally got this story finished! Yay! As I had mentioned earlier, I would make the shower scene, but it might be M rated, so I need to have some ideas to make it T rated, so it might take a while if anyone wants me to do it.
Yukari: You're just as perverted as Stupei!
DLWolf: No, I'm not! Don't compare me with that Stupei!
Yukari: *Shows recording of DarknessLightWolf's fantasies on a T.V*
DLWolf: What the hell? Did I really imagine that? Okay, maybe I'm rivaled to Stupei… But that doesn't mean that I make you do perverted things! If I did, then this story would have been M rated from the start! And don't worry readers, I won't make this story M rated!
Yukari: I should be grateful that you didn't make me all those stuff *shivers*. So I guess I owe you one.
DLWolf: You owe me one, eh? Fine then, do the disclaimers!
Yukari: Well, I guess I did owe you one. Disclaimers: DarknessLightWolf does not own P3P/P3 or any characters in it.
DLWolf: …Though, it might get a little M rated in the shower scene if I write it…
Yukari: Hey! You promised! I won't forgive you! *Goes away*
DLWolf: *Laughs* She is so easy to trick.
Yukari: *Comes back while loading a shotgun*
DLWolf: What the fuck? Hey! I'm just kidding Yukari!
Yukari: DIE DARKNESSLIGHTWOLF!
DLWolf: Hey! Hey! Take it easy! Anyways, thanks to all the readers, as usual, for making this on alerts and favorites, and most of all, for reading it. Thank you Anime-VGsUltimate00, I never intended to be an inspiration, so thank you! Haha, yeah, finally, Ikutsuki gets what he's deserved, right BlazingFireAngelXXX? Yeah, Alice was supposed to be overpowered since Igor didn't think that Ryoji would be strong enough to handle any Shadows if Igor didn't overpower it. Thanks readers! Please continue to R&R and no insults please! Now then, how do I disarm a shotgun…?