Full Moon, Thursday, 6th of August.

On a phone call, early morning.

"They don't try to force you to summon your Persona ever again right, Lisa-san?"

"Nope, Actually I was really nervous too at the first time I arrived here, Aoi-kun. Mitsuru-san said they would never allow the same process, so don't worry... and... they focus on my physical strength while finding another way to trigger my Persona. Ooh-ooh! Me and Aigis shares the same scientist team and that's fun you know, so whenever we met she told me a lot about you. *giggle*"

"I am really glad to hear that Lisa-san, but more importantly... why suddenly they allow you to make a call... to me? I mean I am really and seriously glad they allow you to contact me, but why so sudden?" Because since Kirijo Group decided to take back Labrys to the lab and do tests on her Persona-summoning and all, they never allowed me to see her yet.

"*chuckles* Yep... I am happy too! Actually THEY asked me to make the call. I am glad I can once more hold on to this cell-phone you gave me Aoi-kun."

"Eeh? They... aked you to call me?"

"They said... It's to learn my behavior and interaction toward the person I care the most."

"You... care... the most?"

"DON'T ACT ALL CUTE AND INNOCENCE YOU BAKA! Because you're not innocent at all! Remember? You. Have. Touched. Me!"

"Wha... t-t-touched? You made that sounds wrong in a way Lisa-san... um... I... uh... *clearing throat* to learn your behavior? Doesn't that mean they are listening to our conversation right now?" Suddenly I am imagining scientists team whispering one to another while scribbling on their note pads... writing every words from our conversation... ugh... that's just annoying... and I can no longer discuss everything about Ikutsuki with Labrys right? But, I have told her anyway. I told her to don't trust him and be aware.

"Aww... don't tell me you want to talk about something private with me Aoi-kun?*giggles* don't tell me you were itching to do another maintenance on me?" She said that teasingly! She did that on purpose!

"Uh... *clearing throat* anyway, we will deploy for an operation tonight. So... I just wish you were here with the team, Lisa-san."

"Aww... you poor thing, you really miss me don't you? Me too... it's such a long time I don't beat you to a bloody pulp. *giggles*"

"*frightened chuckles* yeah... so please join us right away, okay Lisa-san?"

"I promise! I wanna see you badly baka! Um... you might be busy at this hour don't you, honey? Please... be careful on your deployment tonight. And... next time I call you, pick it up, okay!"

"Yep! Please take care, wifey!"

"*SMOOOOOCHHHHH!*"

"What was that?"

"Hm? What was what? That's what a lover do isn't it?"

*blush* "*clearing throat* Uh... you know, bunch of people are listening to us right now... *embarrassed chuckles* don't you..."

"Like I care! Let them LEARN about us! *SMOOOOOOCHHH!* *giggles* alright, bye!"

"See you soon, Lisa-san." -Click-

Minutes before Dark Hour

We gathered in the command room for briefing and preparation, because tonight is full moon. I wonder what kind of Arcana shadow would appear tonight. I'm not as afraid as the previous battles, maybe because Ao-chi is by our side right now.

Well... after Ao-chi joined SEES, the investigation of Tartarus went... how do I put it... Um... like a flash! Everything went very quick and efficient, mostly because of Ao-chi's contributions. During the exploration, Ao-chi acted passive but effective; he let us acted first, then if we messed up or in a pinch he would fix things up real quick. Although Ao-chi hold the strongest Persona, he never summon him a lot, he said summoning made him tired and weak? I was not sure. He was able to use any kind of weapons; he fought calmly and wastes no energy. And... Everybody's response to him was... Aigis and Junpei respect him a lot, Yukari was all over him whenever he was scratched a bit, Akihiko-senpai often asked him to spar, and Mitsuru-senpai... has this I-know-this-guy-knew-something look all over her face. In conclusion our team was on a roll.

Dark Hour

Yo! It's Minato. This lame author keeps changing point of view isn't he? Ugh... I'll kick his ass with Megidolaon real soon.

Tonight Strega would interfere our operation; locking us up in an underground shelter, literally, fed us to the arcana shadows so their Revenge Website business could carry on. Such a puny way to die if we failed the operation. I still remember that mocking face of Takaya... ugh, that gay looking sicko.

Since the beginning, I don't plan to prevent SEES from killing arcana shadows. I knew, if we allow arcana shadows roam free, the Appriser would never arises, and the Fall would never happens, but what about the Apathy Syndrome victims? They would forever zombies... everyone will be zombies and that would only results another way for the Fall to descends. And to my luck, my reminiscent was disrupted by the sudden appearance of... Ikutsuki. *sigh*

"Well, it's a full moon once again." The shit spoke.

"Any luck, Yamagishi?" Mitsuru seemed restless and everybody shared the same looks, they were looking at the direction of Fuuka who was concentrating within her Persona, Lucia.

"Yes, I've located it... and this time, it's not just an ordinary one." Oh! What a surprise! "It's by the deserted houses in the northern part of Iwatodai. But, there is one thing that's strange... It seems like it's underground... almost 10 meters."

"It must be in some kind of basement..." Yukari tried to figure out Fuuka's riddle.

I peeked at the direction of Aigis, she was about to say something, "According to my records, there is no structure in the area that matches those criteria. However, in the past there was underground facility that was used by the military." Yep, Aigis knew.

"The military? ...Is that true?" Yes it is true, Yukari. There were secrets here and there in our beloved city Iwatodai. Deal with it.

Ikutsuki complied, "Well, the architectural and geographic data for the area were uploaded into Aigis's memory bank. Then again, the information hasn't been updated in a decade." Nice info, sir! That is VERY important. Why don't we move our asses, NOW.

I stood up to catch everybody's attention. "So... It would be best if we proceed immediately, right everyone?"

Mitsuru spoke up, "Kamina is right. The situation is still unclear at this time. Therefore, we will wait until we arrive to determine who should be deployed." Everybody nodded in agreement and we deployed.

Using one of Kirijo Group's Dark-Hour-oriented van, we arrived at Iwatodai northern harbor, there sat an underground facility entrance.

Everybody entered the entrance, I stayed outside, pretending admiring the full moon.

Minako noticed my strange behaviour, "Come on in Ao-chi. What are you doing?"

I was on the edge of a ledge, I kept looking up the moon, You'll know real soon Minako, be prepared. God, please protect everyone. And here we go...

I noticed Takaya and Jin appeard from nowhere; they are getting closer to me. Everybody noticed to.

"Stop. Right. There." I said to Takaya and Jin, they looked surprised. I got closer to them and stood arm-length. The other member of SEES come to our way. "NO! Proceed with the operation! Let me handle them!"

Mitsuru spoke up' "Who are they?"

"I don't know Mitsuru-san, but one thing is obvious, they are here to interfere our operation." I said that without looking away from Takaya and Jin, and gestured SEES to back away to proceed the operation.

"Ch! How would they know we're here!" Jin spoke and produced grenade from his metal-case and that action proved their hostility. SEES were shocked and readied their evokers.

"Use that shitty grenade and I'll cut your pitiful wrist clean off." I said that grimly looking at Jin straight in the eye. To my surprise, Takaya snatched his revolver real quick and shot.

BANG!

"NOO NOOOO! AO-CHIIIII!" I can imagine Minako struggled to get loose while everybody was holding her back from the scene. I could hear different gasps and whines from the others.

Takaya stood still awe-struck. "What? Never saw Tetrakarn before?" I said that while showing a 38-44mm bullet between my fingers.

"Infinity." Still displaying the same grim face, I built invisible wall between me and the strega-duo to avoid them attacking SEES.

"I got this! Please proceed with the operation! Dark hour won't last forever!" I said that through my communication device while forming stance with my katana and pointed it to the strega-duo.

I sensed that Minako was about to say something, so I spoke to her once more through the communication device, "Minako, you are the leader aren't you? So I believe in you. Your team believes in you. It's your call."

Minako clenched her small fists and gritted her teeth. She lifted her face and spoke, "Everyone let's get in the entrance and pursue the arcana shadow! Aigis-chan, back Ao-chi up! We will be here right away after we beat the arcana shadow!" With that the team spread out and proceed according to Minako's plan, I could hear her spreading orders and strategy while entering the underground facility.

"Good luck, Mii-chan, Everyone." I continued to watch over the strega-duo which was also looked steady with their fighting stances.

I was a bit disagreed about Aigis backing me up... but... Alright, I whispered through my communication device to contact Aigis, "Aigis-san, just do what you think is necessary, okay. Let me handle them alone first, if things went ugly, I'm in your hands. Watch over the one with glasses, he has large amount of grenades." I peeked at Aigis, she nodded and formed her signature stance.

I advanced to the dazed Takaya, he was startled to my sudden movement and shot carelessly. Aigis was behind me, I was a bit concerned about her being shot down, but I tried to focus on disarming Takaya and Jin.

I spammed Masukukaja to me and Aigis so we could move faster, I counted Takaya's shot. 5, 6! I advanced closer to him from his right side, using the blunt side of my katana I was aiming her neck but he managed to block it with his palms, I could hear nasty cracking sounds there. Sorry Takaya, it seems you won't be able to clean your ass for a while.

Takaya gasped and grimacing from the pain, he made distance from me while Jin was nowhere to be seen, I know what does it mean.

"Grenade at 2 o'clock!" Aigis's voice spread through my earpiece. I knew Aigis attempted to prevent Jin from throwing grenades at me, but it seemed she couldn't manage it. I jumped away from my spot, but unfortunately not quite far away. The grenade exploded only around two meters from me, I thrown away violently, although I have spammed Infinity, I can still feel the grenades projectiles all over my body.

I fell down the ground with loud thud.

"Aoi-san!" Aigis looked at me while dealing Jin in close combat. Jin probably has learned that Aigis uses guns and to give her no chances to shoot him, he kept Aigis in tight hand-to-hand combat. Damn that smartass!

"NO! STAY FOCUS AIGIS! I AM OKAY!"

Tiny burnt holes from the grenade projectiles were all over my attire, If I wasn't using Infinity back there, I might be dead already. I tried to get up and noticed Takaya have done reloading his gun and shot. This time his shots were composed and aimed perfectly, I got shot on my left leg and right shoulder, the next bullet aimed to my head but I managed to spam another Tetrakarn before it hit me. He didn't give me any chances to heal myself and charged at me to pin me down. He did it. I pinned down and Takaya aimed straight to my head, point blank. I kicked his ball a mere seconds he was about to pull the trigger, he rolled on the ground in pain leaving his gun. I got up, picked the gun and slipped it under my belt after throwing out all the remaining bullets.

This time I am the one who pinned down Takaya. I checked on Aigis, she was alright. Jin was already out-cold, I released a relief sigh. It seems Jin's strategy was backfired because Jin was unable to throw another grenades during the tight hand-to-hand combat with Aigis, and sure ASWs are physically strong.

"*chuckles* I thought you were a girl, Takaya. I am sorry I cracked your tiny balls." I said that mockingly while holding my bleeding wounds.

"Pheh! Kill me why don't you." Takaya tried to spit on my face but I dodged it. He was trying to hide his fear.

"Kill you? Sure! But not now, you have interrogation waits. Now, please go to sleep!" I gestured Aigis to hold on Takaya, I produced syringe and a bottle of sedative from my leather Jacket and give him many shots. During the process, Aigis struck up a coversation;

"Aoi-san, I noticed that during the battle, you could casts wide range of different techniques, are they from a single Persona?" Err... what I should say...

"Yeah, what's so surprising about that Aigis? I thought you could do the same."

"Um... it was very interesting that a single Persona is able to cast very distinct techniques, that was as if you hold the similar power with Minako-san." She said that in very humanly tone.

I have done doing the shots and sat down to ease my pain, I interacted to Aigis's opinion, "Hmm... is that so... I guess it just because each Persona is unique, so maybe it's natural for my Persona to have such power?" I acted lost for ideas, Aigis's attention is now to my wounds.

"*gasps* those are nasty wounds Aoi-san, let me take care of that!"

"*chuckles* that is not necessary, Aigis-san. That's just the remaining blood, I have completely healed the wounds with Diarahan. Um... why don't we check on the others?"

We couldn't leave Takaya and Jin. Furthermore, I didn't want to give them any chance to escape, so I decided to check only through our communication device, "Fuuka, come in. How is everyone doing there?"

"Aoi-kun?! We are fine! The arcana shadow has been defeated, actually we are now running upward to see you and Aigis!"

"*chuckles* take your time guys. We are also doing fine up here and..."

"AO-CHIIIII! wait for us!"

"No need to hurry Mii-chan, watch your steps, you might be tripped on skeletons there."

"Huh? How do you know there are skeletons lay everywhere! Ao-chi you're amazing!" Oops!

"Huh? There is?! Wai-I-I was just joking, Mii-chan." I pretended to be surprised. Me and my big mouth.

Then, the dark hour ends, I sat down enjoying the full moon with Aigis sat next to me. I feel a bit nostalgic.

Up next: #11 The Great Teacher Kamina Pt.2