Blackeclipse: Hey guys~!! I'm back!! I would like to thank those who leaves reviews for this Fanfiction! It really improves me a lot~! I would like to apologize my grammar errors or typing errors of misplaced words, I type too fast that I didn't even bother to see the error, like when I am suppose to type 'me' I typed 'my'…hahahah~

Anyhow~! Thank you anyway and please read on!!

And yes, the story may also change its ratings, it's going to be a bit more dramatic or tragic, but through those tragic times, is when we all grow stronger right?

Raigis is the male version of Aegis, and how a realize it, he seems a bit more mature somehow, even though Raigis is actually younger in the year of when he was made, of course the others don't know that.

And no, he won't, I won't really make him a dog that follows his master around (Serein)…………………………*thinking*…………………..*begins to smile*…….or will he….?? *Evil Smile* *the smile of the lunatic Chairman*

Akihiko: …….Blackeclipse….that is just too…………….

Junpei: Yikes….scary…!!!

Shinjiro: Heh, suits you.

Chairman: Oy, oy! I'm not a lunatic---*founds a joke*------ Don't crack up a joke to Luna the Lunatic!! Bwahahahaha--------- *Gets knocked out by Aki and Shinji*………

Pharos: ………???.........What's this? A smiling game!? I'll join in too~!! I'll give out my other self's smile!! *the image of a monster smiling (see the manga when Minato touched Pharos' hand)*

Everyone in the room: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Minato & Serein: …………….*Listening to their headphones with mp3 players*……………………………………….

Disclaimer: I…….BLACKECLISPE….DO NOT OWN ATLUS/PERSONA 3/PERSONA 3 PORTABLE NOR ANYTHING RELATED TO IT…………………….*cries*……Why did I have to say it so strongly?!?! Waaah~!

Pharos: *smiles*

Everyone: QUIT SMILING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Minato & Serein: *still listening to their headphones*………………………………………

Chapter 11: Don't Fear The Unexpected, Embrace it.

"Dammit…!!" Minato began to kick the huge log by the share, he was scared, was there no other way?...........no other way t----

"Minato!!!!!" Serein called out as she ran towards him, panting. "Minato! What's with you?? What's wrong?!"

"…………." Minato averted his eyes away, silent types are scary when they are mad or sad. "…..I…I…" he sighed. "…….I guess I have to tell you……."

"Tell me what?" Serein begins to calm down, but she was grabbed by the cold and straight glare Minato gave her.

He pointed to the direction to where it leads to the residence,

"You see that guy? Mr. Takeba?? ……………….He isn't suppose to be here…" Minato said.

It finally hit her, her eyes widened. "W—what…? What do y--"

"HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DEAD SEREIN!" Minato yelled it out instead of saying it firmly.

"Dead……!?.........as in……"

"Yes, dead, died, gone, passed away, hit the bucket, off to heaven,…..shinda..(died)" Minato said it again for it to be clear, "….at least……in my time…."

"…Minato…" Serein muttered,

"Don't get be wrong though…" He slowly calms down. "I'm happy at some point, that Yukari's father is alive and that she was finally be able to see him but……..This fear….this weird fear…..that….that……..that……that….!!!" he holds head a bit that it covered his right eye, "….I'm afraid…dammit all!!!...I can't do anything!!! Nothing changes even if I came back to life!! Not even when Aegis comes with me back to life!!! This Second chance is useless if things will grow worst every second!!"

"…Minato..!...hey wait..! wait, calm down!!" Serein tried to calm him down but he wouldn't listen, he was laughing at himself, then he looked back at her.

"..People will die Serein………….. " He said again. "PEOPLE WILL DIE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP IT!!!! NOTHING!!! NOT A DAMN T--------*BAM!!!*---k…KH…!" Minato's head snapped to the side once something hard hit it.

His bangs covered his right eye, but his other eye clearly reveals his shock.

Maybe because he was expecting it to be something else,

"Sorry……But unfortunately, I think a punch in a face is suited for guys like you…..for you to stop….." Serein said as she released herself from the stance she was left in when she had punched his face. "…….Didn't I tell you before? That you are not alone….So get a grip Minato!!"

Minato blinked, and when he did, his expression on his face calmed down, he slowly looked back at her.

Serein was not angry, she was still calm but clearly serious,

"….Please…You are never alone…. Aren't I suppose to be you? Am I not you?....Aren't I you!? The one who also shares the same fate as you!?" Serein yells out as she raised her hand to plant another punch.

"!!!" Minato's eyes widened as he quickly knew, he grabbed her wrist, stopping her hand before it planted her first to his face.

He saw her eyes, they were beginning to water.

"Don't you think… ….that I can't feel what your feeling?! What about Aegis and your other friends!?"

She glared at him, "Don't avoid us!!"

"……..." Minato looked down painfully, "……..I'm…sorry…" he finally said as he closed his eyes. "I am such a coward…..I was so afraid that, since things are different…they way they might handle ordeals might be different….Like deaths…I am so afraid that what if I can't prevent it that things goes horribly wrong??.....It's just too much to bare that it is killing me………This helplessness of just sitting there and watching things replay….is worst than ever before…!"

He sat down, feeling exhausted as he held his face. "I don't want them to suffer anymore…But the feeling that I can't do anything to prevent it from anything to happen…it's just scary." He began to say. "..What if…What if I can't prevent it? Everything will just lead to the same end, but even more tragic than I experienced."

His eyes looked at Serein, sadly, then it closed, "And you, now being in my place…Will have to face it……I just….I just don't want anyone to suffer anymore…!!" he said loudly, "…Aegis, when she found the answer, she thought she had died, but then…she didn't, and the story was suppose to continue, but I found myself back here…then you…you showing up….What is going on?....What mistake have I done??"

"Minato………" Serein joined and sat beside him. "….Don't fear what is unexpected, rather, just embrace it!....You won't know what will happen till it comes, and you can't do anything to know it ahead before time, because it will happen…and when it does, you just do what you have to do….right?" she smiled at him at the last word she said.

It called him down a bit, but he ended up looking at her and away, "Aah…." He nodded slightly.

"…Besides, you did say this was a second chance…and Minato, didn't I tell you before?" she asked him more calmly. "That we are going to make things different?.....So, where this story is going, is written by no one but us………" she smiled up to the stars, that beautifully glittered at the night sky.

"….To write a new story….of our own…..Ishioni…" (Ishioni' means= Together) she said clearly to him and smiled.

Minato knew those words, and those words are the one that triggered the bond they had forged together.

Existence

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But none of them said anything of the level up,

It was silent, and he knew, she was waiting for him to answer,

It was weird, for himself to confide himself, but then again, things have changed.

"…..Aah…." He nodded and smiled as well as he looked up.

"OOOOYYY~~!!! MINATO~! SEREIN-CHAN~!!" Junpei called out to them, "HEY LOVE BIRDS!!! IT'S TIME TO GET GOING~!!!"

Serein sighed and felt pissed, "Ugh, that dimwit—COMING!!! SHUT IT IORI!!" Serein stood up and faced him. "Come on….let's go, don't want any more trouble right?" she smiled, "Hurry up Minato." And went off.

Minato stood up, he saw Aegis nod to him, it seems that she was listening from far away, and smiled to him. She followed Raigis who came and followed Serein, who followed the dimwit as they walked back.

Minato looked up once again, through the stars, he saw the beautiful crested moon,

And then he smiled. And thought to himself again, the magic words that seems to keep on resonating within him, since ever before.

He smiled again. As he closed his eyes and felt the wind.

……..Ishioni…….

+++++++++++++++++++++++Iwatodai Dormitory++++++++++++++++++

"Ah…Welcome back.." Ken greeted them all, "How was your time there?"

But everyone was too tired to reply and ended up either dropping themselves to the sofa, or completely ignoring Ken and proceeds back to their room.

Well, that was Shinjiro thought.

Ken had noticed, "Is there something wrong with Aragaki-san?" he asked them, and they all shrugged their shoulders, but there was a moment of silence, and everyone points to Junpei.

"W—What did I do?! Aaah! Forget it!!" he said, too tired to even start another argument.

When Serein came in, she did the same and went ahead to her room, Raigis did as well,

"? Who was that guy following Aries-san?" Ken asked him, then Aigis followed in with Minato, Ken scratched his head again. "Umm…who are they??"

As Mitsuru and the Chairman explained once more, Fuuka and Yukari both halted Raigis not to enter Serein's room.

"Why is it that I am not allowed to enter Aries-san's quarters when I am her protector?" He asked them,

"A—Ah, well, you see Raigis-san, it is not proper for guys to enter a girls room," Fuuka explained to him clearly, "B—because, it would make a lot of people think…of the wrong thing."

"Like what?" Raigis asked.

"Uhh, like…stuff…y'know, bad stuff…" Yukari added in,

"And those are?" Raigis is obviously wanting a clear answer.

"A—anyway, it's not good!" Fuuka said, feeling very uncomfortable in telling him.

"I still do not understand. I am not human, however I am designed to act like them as well as their appearance. I appear to you in an appearance of a male gender, but in fact I do not have a gender." Raigis said. Stating it clearly to them,

"B—but…" Yukari muttered, but before hand, she saw him placing his hand on the door knob, but it seems to be locked, Fuuka and her both sighed, thank goodness.

"It seems to be locked…" Raigis stated, then they heard something, it looks like his mechanical fingers have a hole at their tips, it turned into a---"Target…locked on.."

Before Yukari and Fuuka called it out, someone came by.

"What is going on here?" Aegis came by, seeing all the commotion. Then she noticed, and realized. "Raigis…….Please stop your actions at once."

"Aegis…?" Raigis halted before he did, "However…it is my duty to…"

Fuuka and Yukari shifted their heads to Aegis, it was like seeing a intellectual conversion between androids.

"True…we are to protect them but…We must respect their space…human's 'room' is translated to them as their 'sanctuary'…a place to think and rest, it is proper to not enter when it is not needed…we must respect their privacy, it is the utmost importance." Aegis said.

Then they look back at Raigis.

"Utmost importance?" Raigis repeated as his hands went back into being normal, "…So you are saying that I should a by the rules of Aries-san's dormitory and human rules because she lives and is such?"

Aegis nods her head. "Affirmative…"

Raigis to sometime to consider it, but he nodded as well. "It is understood sister."

Fuuka and Yukari both sighed of relief, it was finally o---

The door suddenly slammed open,

Raigis didn't do anything.

Serein was there, she was the one who opened it, and she seemed extremely restless.

"ALL OF YOU……………………….GO BACK TO SLEEP……..THIS IS AN ORDER…..!!!!" at the other hand, she brought out her rod and gripped the middle to extend it. "OR YOU SHALL ALL DIE….."

Yukari cried out "RUN FUUKA!! RUN TO YOUR DORM!!!"

"I—I AM!!!" Fuuka cried out as well as they both slammed it, Serein too slammed and locked the door shut, and in to time, she went back to sleep.

"Aries-san is easily awaken by noise and is easily annoyed…New information. Stored." Raigis had announced.

Aegis just smiled at him, she remembers when she was just like him, not to be able to know the real truth of how it is to feel,

"Come, Raigis, your quarters is just below from here…."

"Affirmative."

"Oh…and just say 'alright' or 'okay'"

"Affirmative……I mean….Yes…" He blinked, "I apologize for the error."

"Just say 'I'm sorry'"

"Affirmative…Ah…." Raigis blinked again, "…Changes shall be made tomorrow."

Aegis felt herself sigh a bit, "….Don't worry…I'm sure Aries-san…will do the samething.."

"??" Raigis tilted his head as they stopped infront of his room.

"No it's nothing…..goodnight Raigis." Aegis nodded a bit and walked away.

"Good night, Aegis." Raigis said robotically.

Now Aegis knew how others felt when they first talked to her.

+++++++++++Early morning++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Serein suddenly felt her sheet covers removed and someone waking her up,

"Aries-san……..Aries-san…!"

It was a guy's voice. "…Mmph….?.....Minato…?"

"No…it's Raigis…"

Serein's eyes opened wide as she sat up, "R-RAIGIS?!?!"

"Affirmative…Ah…..I mean, Yes…" Raigis nodded, "I apologi—I mean, I'm sorry for the lack of courtesy however, you only have about 50 minutes before school begins…that means you are 10 minutes behind schedule,"

Serein began to feel a head ache coming. "Oh noo….!"

"49 minutes…you have now 49 minutes remaining before school, please hurry."

"I know!!"

++++++++++++++++Bathroom++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*sounds of the shower and Serein taking a shower*

"You have about 29 minutes left, please hurry"

"UAH?!!?" Serein gasped as she grabbed the curtains to cover her.

He did not flinch. "Shall I assist you?"

"NO!! GET OUT!!!!!"

+++++++++++++++++Room+++++++++++++++++

"You have about 26 minutes left. Please hurry."

"RAIGIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Serein kicked him out of her room as she covered herself with her clothes.

+++++++++++++++Dinning Room+++++++++++++++

"Umm…….Aries-san…." Ken muttered.

"You have about 20 minutes left…please hurry"

"RAI…GIS….!!!!!!!! *Throws her bowl to his face*"

++++++++++++++By the door+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"You have about 10 minutes left…." Raigis announced, Serein noticed something was different, he was wearing their school uniform, but before she could say anything.

She found herself being carried like a princess by him, and she hated it.

"PUT……ME………DOWN…….NOW……." Serein commanded but he did not obey,

"It is faster for me to carry you there…" Raigis said as he bursts through the door.

He was not kidding, they just passed Akihiko who was having his morning jog.

"What the………!?" Akihiko panted as he stopped for a while, "Was that just…??"

"Yeah, it's them." Minato said he passed him with Aegis beside him, "Morning, Sempai."

"Ah…mor—what the……Even Aegis is going to school!?"

"Is there a problem, Sanada-san?"

"Ah…no…there's none but…" Akihiko trailed off as Yukari and Fuuka coming in, together wit Junpei who was running behind them.

++++++++++++++++Classroom+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"Oh I see, so you two are brothers and sisters…makes sense, you guys look like twins." The teacher smiled as she pointed each on to their seats,

Minato smiled, the empty seat to his left was finally occupied by Aegis, the person who know who would sat there, and beside Aegis to her left was Raigis.

Minato began smile again, and to realize Serein was right, there is nothing to be afraid of, and everything does happens for a purpose.

"Hmm…and it also says here….you guys are….huh?" the teacher looked at it closely, making sure she was really seeing those words on the piece of paper. "You guys are weapons of mass destruction…..?"

Yukari's eyes widened, "W—wait..that...is…!"

But before the teacher noticed, she shook her head, "Hah, this must clearly be some kind of mistake……Well then, let's continue along with our lessons!"

Yukari began to sigh, "Geez… that was close….too close" she said softly.

++++++++Lunch Break++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Again, when Akihiko peeked through the door of Serein's room, she was not there, but something was different now.

Minato and Aegis, Junpei and Yukari was there, but Raigis was no where to be found, and Serein too.

"Ah, Sempai…Konnichiwa…." A soft voice came out from the hall way, from the starring girls, it was Fuuka greeting him with a smile.

"Ah, Yamagishi….hi" Akihiko nodded his head.

"Looking for Aries-chan?" Fuuka assumed, and once again Akihiko nodded.

"Yeah, looks like she isn't here again…..Mitsuru isn't around either…" He added, for him not to sound suspicious, or like a stalker.

"I see…..She was with me when I was cooking here but….She went off and Raigis said 'I have located you at last' and she went off running…..again." Fuuka said, "Perhaps…in the roof? Maybe?"

"Oh okay, thanks anyway Yamagishi…" Akihiko grinned, having the slightest idea into where she must have retreated. And in to time, he started to walk off.

"…….I wonder what's wrong with Sempai…?" Fuuka wonders as she watched him off, and every girl he passed faints. As usual.

+++++++++++++Roof Top++++++++++++

"It's very cold here…." Raigis stated as he looked around, he wasn't at all annoying now, which seemed a bit odd for some reason.

Serein was listening to her head phones as she looked far off from view.

"Hey Raigis, look…" Serein pointed and he obediently did. "You can see the dorm from here….its very small."

"Of course…it is because of the distance from this area to there…" Raigis said, literally speaking of the reason why it is small. Which somehow ruined the peaceful moment for a second there,

But she didn't mind it much, "Hey Raigis, come over here."

"Understood." Raigis nodded his head as he obeyed her command and stood by her, and what he receives was a push for him to sit down on the bench. "Aries-san?"

"Don't be so stiff.." Serein smiled to him, as she went on back looking off to the place. "…From now on, you don't say to me 'affirmative' or 'it is understood' or whatever robotic terms you use….and you can just call me Serein, okay Raigis?"

"It is understood Aries-san."

Serein sighed, this was going to take along time. "Hey….You know, being an android….can you feel emotions?"

"I am designed to have such…..Yes…I do." Raigis replied and looks down a bit, "However, there still so much I do not understand in human behavior…it seems my sister knows it all, and can conjure so many things so easily…."

"Can you eat?"

"Unlike my sister, I can."

"How about smell?"

"No I cannot smell."

"Taste?"

"Yes."

"Hear?" that was a stupid question but she was just so damn bored.

"Of course."

"Memories?"

"………"

"?"

"……"

"Raigis?"

"Ah.." he blinked, "Forgive me, it's just that my memory is somehow, unclear, static that no matter how hard I try to reboot it, it's not clearing…..Perhaps I shall let it rest for awhile…"

Serein watched him as he talked about other stuff, indeed he was different from Aegis who moves so humanly. Perhaps at their time, something occurred that made her change, it seems like Raigis might even experience the same too, and if he did, she will as well.

"…?" she felt herself sink for some reason, like she has a bad feeling when she thought of the very idea. She will face what Minato face, but she won't be alone, so there is nothing to worry about right?

Serein nodded to herself, "….It will be alright…."

"??" Raigis stared at her sudden words that made Serein blush and shook her hands to gesture that it was nothing.

"Oh, so this is where you guys were." A friendly voice came it, as the silverette came to the roof, his jacket being held over his left shoulder.

"Sanada-sempai?" Serein noticed him as he approached both of them.

"Good Afternoon, Sanada-sempai…" Raigis nodded his head politely.

It just felt weird when he did that, Akihiko just sighed. Somehow he didn't know why, perhaps he wasn't used to it when an android greets him so human like, when you look at Aegis' and Raigis' hands, they look like colored gloves, at times, if you don't know what they really are.

He even bets that people would try to knock off the headphones on their heads and wonders why won't it get off.

"Sempai?"

"Ah…Gomen, I was thinking too much again…" Akihiko snapped out of it and blushed out of embarrassement, "So…..How's your first day here Raigis?"

Raigis faced his human Senior and nods, "It seems to be working out fine….Except for the fact of the continues high pitched voices I hear everytime I walk in the hallway by the female kind….."

Serein sighed, Oh yeah, that time, she was sick of hearing girls like that, and to think she would be hearing it everyday because of Raigis following her around, having Akihiko's fan girls was enough, but for Raigis's new fangirls coming up, it was like heck to her.

She knew she has to get used to lots of things, especially when the weird or unpredictable things are beginning to flood in.

"Areh……Aries-san, Raigis and Sanada-sempai seems to be up here as well." Aegis said as she opened the door of the rooftop, Minato following behind her.

"Oh, hey Arisato." Akihiko greeted his Kohai as they all came in the roof,

It kind of reminded Minato a similar time like this, but he shook the thought away,

Serein smiled a bit, and sighed because Junpei also soon followed up, together with the loud mouth Yukari and the scary valedictorian Mitsuru to reprimand them from shouting and yelling too much, and Fuuka who is trying to calm the two down.

Raigis and Aegis were talking together, who knows what they are talking about.

Minato and Serein just stood beside each other, watching, all of them, even though not all of them are there, it felt…. What you can say…. Peaceful for some reason despite the huge noise,

Minato sighed a bit as he looked down, ……A few more months left……

"?" Serein moved her eyes away from him the moment he felt her look at him, she didn't want to start making conclusions again, despite her, feeling the same thing he felt.

….Was this…fear again…?

Or was it only sadness instead?

++++++++++++Naganaki Shrine+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"*Puff* *Puff* Let's--*puff*-- Let's take a break…!" Akihiko panted as he sat down at the benches of the playground by the shrine and sighed.

Serein followed by him, not looking at all affected from the long distant jog, not to mention race they had together,

Serein though, minded that for fairness, "*Puff*…phew…Yeah…y—your right.." she grinned as she sat beside him.

Well she had to pretend she was tired.

It wasn't fair, plus, she doesn't feel like boasting about her skills saying.

'HAH…Tired already Sempai?'

That was a stupid thing to say to your seniors.

……………..

…………….

Then again………..

She is the Leader…………….(joke)

"Hey, can you do those?" Akihiko was able to catch his breath and point to the bars, and Serein grinned.

But she stopped, and sighed. "Even sempai can't do it!" she lied.

This brought him to chuckle a bit. "Hahah, sorry to disappoint you but I'm very good at it!" Akihiko smirked, he seems very proud of himself, at least give the guy a credit, despite knowing that Serein is better at him with personas,

She has to let him feel better than her when it comes to strength,

At least that what she can do.

Minato was off somewhere else though, dating Yukari she guessed while Raigis and Aegis hanged out together somewhere off the place, Aegis being the tour guide for him.

Actually, it didn't start out as a jog when she went with her senior, it came out first as a race, Serein going first place, but letting him win in the end.

She had noticed at some point, as she watched him asking himself if he could even sit down at the thing work his way through it, that he had this thing, about wanting to be stronger fast.

Then she heard him mutter a bit, "…I have to be stronger…I have to be even more stronger…" he said it silently, but the wind gave his voice away. "I couldn't save anyone….I couldn't save anyone…"

Serein didn't comment on this, "……………." At times, even she has times when she talks to herself and feels pissed off when someone ask her if she was crazy.

It took awhile before they went back to the dormitory, both saying nothing but racing once more back to the dorm.

She won.

Yeah. She did.

Guess she was sick of letting him win.

++++++++++++++++++Evening+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Despite her eagerness to train, it seems, somehow, that her members were incomplete.

Akihiko went off to the police station to get the gloves he newly ordered as Junpei was still eating at Hagakure with Ken who seemed depressed.

Shinjiro on the other hand was at the corner, while Fuuka at her laptop, beside her was Mitsuru reading a magazine, saying that she wasn't allowed to go.

"I see…." Was the only reply Serein gave with a sigh. She walked around, wondering what should she do to ease her boredom,

She practically memorized every song in her mp3, it was really boring her now,

She went up to her room and let herself lay on the bed, but she couldn't sleep,

"Kaze no koe, hikari no tsubu….Ma-do-ro-mu kimi ni sosogu~….wasu-renai..~" Serein stopped instantly when her mind picked up what she was doing, she was singing again. Well, it was a long time since she sang, it was when she was back with them wasn't it?

"Wasurenai~….itsu ma…de mo~…. kesshite….until my…. Life…. Is…. exhausted….." she sang again and sighed, this wasn't really going anywhere.

Oh well….better do something or die out of boredom, is what she thought as she began to sing.

"Hakanaku tayutau sekai o kimi no te de mamotta kara ….Ima wa tada tsubasa o tatande yukkuri nemuri nasai,..!" she began to sing out loud. "Eien no yasuragi ni tsutsumarete love through all eternity……" she begins to stand up as she put on her mp3 and begin to dance.

Yes, she was that bored. It was a good thing she shut her room closed.

"Yasashiku mimamoru watashi no kono te de nemuri nasai….Waratteta naite ita okotteta kimi no koto oboete iru!" she smiled as she sang every word with accuracy and tone that it was like Kawamura Yumi herself in there. "Wasurenai itsu made mo kesshite until my …..life…. is….. exhausted…~!"

"Kousaten kikoete kita… ki-mi-ni yoku nita koe…..Furimuite sora o aogi mi-ru! koboresou na namida koraete…..~!"

Her voice, unknowingly could be heard from the 2nd floor, where Shinjiro just happened to be at the moment and heard it.

"The fuck…? Who left the tv on upstairs so loud at this time?" Shinjiro muttered as he came up to the girls floor and followed it.

To his surprise, it came from Serein's room, she usually, well actually, never watches television at this time, it took some time to realize it was her who was singing.

"Ashita koso (itsu no hi ka) mou ichido kimi ni aeru to shinji hitori mayoi….Ame no yoru (hareta asa) machitsuzukete……"

"Wasurenai yo kakenuketa yoru o…~!"

"……………………….." Shinjiro, unknowingly found himself listening to it all the way, he didn't know that this weird Leader of the S.E.E.S. can actually sing.

"Mabayuku kagayaku hitotoki minna to issho datta!!....Kakegae no nai toki to shirazu ni watashi wa sugoshite ita…."

"Ima wa tada!! taisetsu ni~! shinobuyou I… will… embrace… the-feeling~!"

"Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita!--Itsu datte itsu datte itsu datte sugu yoko de waratte ita~!"

Wow, her voice was fast, and not to mention she can hold her breath for that long

"Nakushite mo~!! Torimodosu~! kimi o I will…. Ne~!—ver…. Leave~… you~!" when she finished, she let herself fall on the bed, now she was exhausted. She smiled, she never sang in such a long time. "Bwah…~!!..." it somehow felt good.

And there was something else.

She stood up and glared at the door, "Who's there!?"

Shinjiro sighed, "It's me…Calm the hell down…"

Serein blushed a bit, "D---Did you hear it!?"

Shinjiro of coursed lied, "Hear what?? You talking to yourself??"

Serein sighed a bit as she lowered her guard, "Nevermind…" so what if he did hear it? Shinjiro was just Shinjiro, nothing more, nothing less.

Then again, she is bored again, and the social link of his hasn't been raised since,

She stood up and opened the door, a bit surprised to still find him standing out there,

Shinjiro blushed a bit, "W—what??"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Nothing, everyone's out today, want to go somewhere?"

He blinked, he wanted to say 'no fuckin' way' but…….

++++++++++Hagakure Ramen Shop++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Weirdly enough, the ramen shop was still open at this time of night,

Serein looked around after Shinjiro ordered their food, no one but them was around, it was pretty quiet, a few hours before the Dark Hour, and she hoped their order would make it till then or else they'll really have to wait.

And it seems the guy is faster when the aren't so much people, the order suddenly stared at her in the face.

"Ow…" Shinjiro flinched as he put his mouth away from the noodles he picked up with his chopsticks.

"Ow'?" Serein repeated as she face him, "Are you alright Sempai??"

"Huh? Uh, yeah," Shinjiro muttered as he didn't mind a bit, "….kh.."

"??" Serein noticed something against his face "Where'd you get that hit?" and absent mindedly, she placed her hand at the side of his face, gently brushing her thumb on the scratch or punch line or whatever you call the mark.

Shinjiro blushed a bit but brushed it off, "Quit it dammit..!"

"Did you get into a fight?" Serein asked curiously, of course, it wasn't out of the ordinary for men like his age to have fights. But somehow, for some weird reason, she was worried.

"Mind your own business…." Was the answer she got from him.

She just sighs, "Alright…..Just…Just be careful, we don't want to have one of our most strongest members getting hurt" she muttered, attending to her chopsticks.

"Keh, this shitty wound won't get me down…" Shinjiro smirked as he began to eat, ignoring the small stinging pain, trying to hide the fact that he was actually kinda happy she worried about him.

He began to talk for some reason, "When Aki and I were young at the orphanage….." he began, and Serein turned her head to him. "We would always get into fights, and as we grew, the fights get tougher and tougher till it's knocking the crap out of each other…." Then he began to chuckle nostalgically as his hand placed down his chop sticks to the bowl. "Honestly, a punch from the school's champion boxer….!"

Serein chuckled with him, she too found it a bit funny, "Well….that's Sanada-sempai for you."

"Yeah……" Shinjiro muttered, returning his attention to the half empty bowl. "…I used to do stupid things for his sister…just for her though."

"?....Like what?" Serein asked as she drank some soup from her bowl.

"…Stealing," Shinjiro said plainly, as if it wasn't bad.

"Stealing what??"

"A toy she was starring on and on for days…." Shinjiro continued, "Although she didn't say anything………….She didn't have any toys….and her birthday was nearby so….I want to give that to her, but end up getting caught by the damn shitty police…" then he began to chuckle a bit. "Then I ended up getting a scold from the nun in our foster home and by Aki……………Even Miki, but she was still happy that I tried…….We were all both too young then, can't see what was right or wrong."

"…..That's what makes kids innocent, Aragaki-sempai…" Serein grinned as she remembered her old siblings, "Yuki and Himeno……..were also very innocent…I just really wondered….." she began to finish her bowl as she stood up from her seat.

Shinjiro faced her, also finishing her bowl.

Serein continued as she looked up a bit, "….I really wondered why did they have to die…is such a young age, when they did nothing wrong….?"

"……………………" Shinjiro didn't say anything to this, or rather, he didn't know what to say to her. "…huh…" he muttered, finding himself in de ja vu.

Serein began to smile, making sure this doesn't lead to a sad and dramatic scene. "Let's head back……Sempai…."

Shinjiro groaned, "Seriously, drop the Sempai bullshit!" he stood up as he scratched his neck, "Just call me 'Shinji'!"

"Aragaki-sempai." Serein deadpanned.

"Shinji!:

"Sempai"

"Shinji!"

"Aragaki!"

"I said Shinji!!!"

"Gaki!" (Gaki" means= Kid)

"Uugh!" Shinjiro gives up, there was no point anymore.

Once he paid for the bill, he found himself following her to the shrine.

"Going to Koromaru?" Shinjiro asked her, and she gave a nod.

"Yeah, I forgot to feed him….I was gone for so long…." She nodded, but then she soon stopped at her tracks. "I forgot to get something for him!!"

Shinjiro blinked, "What!? Just when did you remember Koro-chan anyway?"

Serein blushed out of embarrassement. "Just now….it hit my head…"

Shinjiro complained, "Idiot!! The hell are we going to do now??"

"……..Can you make something for him?" Serein asked, and what was her answer?

"Gotta be shittin' me"

"Come on Aragaki-sempai!" Serein pouted, "Have pity on the poor doggie!"

"Shut it." He scowled, looking away. "Besides, they'll all be wondering where and why I am bringing food outside the dorm"

"Then give them your signature scowl!" Serein said. "Mind your own f—ing business!" she copied him,

"Haha, very funny Aries….But what if Kirijo asks?"

"Ugh…that is a problem…" Serein cupped her hand onto her chin and begins to think, "We can sneak Koromaru in….!"

"Yeah, right"

"But that's all I got!!" Serein pouted, her mind running out of ideas, "And Koro-chan maybe starving out there!!"

Shinjiro, actually, doesn't give a damn but… "….Look, I don't know alright?? Let's just get him something t---?!" before they knew it,

Everything turned darker and gloomier, the moon turned yellow. And blood was everywhere, all electronics shut down.

"Great…it's the Dark Hour…!" Serein sighed as she gave a gesture of 'I give up' with her arms flapped against her sides.

"Tch. Guess we better head back…" Shinjiro mutters, then he noticed a familiar voice from a far distance, it sounded like panting more than something else. "Aki?"

Serein turned around to see someone running pass them, it was Akihiko.

"Sempai?" Serein caught him by the arm and he shook,

"Ah, oh it's you guys…Sorry, I was hurrying…" Akihiko trailed off when he noticed something else, "…Wait…why are you guys out here??"

"That's the same with you Aki." Shinjiro answered him as he went closer to the two teens, "Why'd you run?"

"Yamagishi told me she found something….Like something with potential by the shrine…and I was told to go and see what it was…"Akihiko said as he caught his breath,

Serein blinked, that was the same place she was going with Shinjiro, then her eyes widened, Koromaru was there…could it be there cold be a shadow lurking?

"I'll go there ahead!!!" she called out as she ran off, to the direction of the shrine.

"What the—wait up dammit!!! Oy Aries!!" Shinjiro and Akihiko both ran after her, but it was strange, she was somehow faster then they are. "Dammit….!" It wasn't long before both of them lost breath and panted, resting on their knees.

"Geez…!!...this ain't freakin' Tartarus!...why can't she slow down for once?!" Shinjiro complained.

+++++++++++++++Naganaki Shrine+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"*Whine~*!! *Whine~~*~!!"

"??---K—Koro-chan!!?" Serein's eyes widened as he head moved to the direction of the pup's whining came from. He seemed to be injured from the leg, then she saw something else, a remains of a shadow. Did Koromaru just……killed it? She asked herself as she went to the dog. "It's alright boy…..come on, stay still"

She gently placed her hand on it's leg and summoned Orpheus, who gained the skill Diarama from a card she got from the antique shop.

He played a song and it had healed, she nodded, "I knew it….this is from a shadow, and you killed the one that did this…" Serein looked at the dog who was still looking cheery. She felt the same thing with the S.E.E.S members with the dog, she was right. "…You have a persona, don't you?"

"BARK…!!" Koromaru replied, feeling a lot better.

"Aries!!!" Akihiko called out as the 2 male teens approached her, it wasn't long before Serein told them her discovery, and it wasn't long before she reported to Fuuka from the radio he had.

Although Koromaru had to regain his strength for some time, it seemed that the dog's persona just awakened, this amazed everyone that even animals have potentials.

Junpei also picked up a weird topic, wondering if Lizards and cockroaches has personas, Yukari was disgusted and ended up hitting him again and again, who would want that to happen?

Even though Serein wasn't afraid of cockroaches, it was still a disgusting and disturbing thing to imagine a roach call out its persona.

Ken on the other hand really enjoyed it, at times in early morning, she could see Ken playing with Koromaru who was quickly recovering, Ken was really a high level member, together with Koro-chan and it was really good to have them in Tartarus, it was the same with Aegis, Raigis and even Minato, who asked her not to tell his level to anyone, and even Aegis's level because it would surely kill them all.

Despite all these changes, they must not forget.

……………………………

The full moon…………is tomorrow night.

Hey guys~! Another chapter finish and on to the next!! I'm really glad, that those who saw my post in youtube actually came here and read this!!! Thank you so much!! I read one of your fanfics and sorry I wasn't able to leave you all a review!! I'll try to soon~!!!

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