AN – Sorry about the late update, I had a lot of stuff to do for going to University. Somehow I'll try to balance this and the University work.

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Minako's POV

When my eyes reopened, I was in an unfamiliar place. I was tucked into a comfy single bed. When I started to look around a bit more, I realised where I was and that I was alone. What I don't know is, why am I in a Hospital for?

The last thing I remember was that I stopped the monorail from colliding into another train and then I... I can't remember.

As I tried to sit up, I felt pain rushing through my body. I quickly retreated back into the position from before. When I raised my body again, I pushed past the pain and found out that I had bandages covering my left arm, (The arm where I... I... tried to end the pain for good) and from my waist to the top of my breasts. I also noticed that my arm and body wasn't only covered up in bandages, some parts were heavily bruised as well; However, the bandages and bruises didn't stop there, when I mustered up my courage to ignore the pain, I pulled the bed sheets off of me, to see how far the bandages reached; In the end I discovered that it spread to my legs as well. I tried to touch my legs bit the pain in my arm and chest forbid me from doing so. I immediately pulled back the cover over me.

The only part of me not covered in bandages was my right arm and my face. To anyone else I must have looked like a mummy.

"W-What? Where did these come from? Why am I here?"

As I spoke, a nurse rushed into the room checking the bandages in my arm first. "How are you feeling, Arisato-san?"

Not wanting to lie to a nurse, I spoke truthfully, yet still nervous. "Just some aches and sharp pains in my chest and in my arm."

As she was redressing the bandage on my arm, she asked. "May I ask; how did you sustain these injuries?"

I was hesitant to tell her the truth, but how was I supposed to explain the bruises. "Uh... Well... I got into an accident. Then the next thing I knew, I'm here"

"Is that all? Kirijo-san said it was during a Shadow attack".

"I uh... Don't know what you mean. W-What's a Shadow"

"Come on! Do you honestly think that The Kirijo family would have let you kids fight Shadows by yourself; The Kirijo group hired a select few to help you end the Shadow threat in whatever way possible." She said as she finished dressing the bandages on my arm.

The thing that made me calm down for her was, that she didn't mention what the long and jagged cut on my wrist was? before she bandaged it up. For that I'm thankful for. Kirijo-senpai must have told her about my... situation. She then moved over to the area around my chest. She gestured towards the area in question, "May I?" I nodded then she let out a small grin.

As she started to take the bandages off, I felt a cold breeze sweep onto my bare chest. "Um... Can I ask you something?".

"Of course".

"Um... Has anyone visited me since I came here?"

"Three boys and a girl visited you, I'm guessing they are other Persona users. The boy with blue hair, another boy with a cap, an older boy with silver hair and finally a girl with brown hair." She said as she finished redressing the bandages. "However, Mitsuru wasn't there with them, but she contacted me later, to ensure that you received the best help possible, and that she will talk to you later about what happened during that attack".

Of because she wants to see me, probably to scold me for not looking after myself. "Okay." With that she told me to lie down and to get some sleep, however before I could state otherwise my vision started to blur again.


Once I awoke, what seemed like hours later to the sound of a person trying to calm down three other people; however, because of my lucid state, I could barely make out some voices and some words.

"He... Note... Back..." As I stirred in the bed, trying to wake myself from my lucid state, I was trying to think who those voices belonged to and what they meant. After a while of stirring in the bed, I slowly opened my eyes to see Sanada-senpai, Junpei-kun, Onii-chan and Yukari-san huddled around each other.

"Um... Hey guys. What are you doing here"?

The four of them were snapped away from their conversations and turned around to face me. The four of my friends turned with a long wide smile on each of their faces. Two faces in particular seemed to be overjoyed.

"Minako" Yukari-san and Onii-chan cried out. While Onii-chan stayed near my bed, Yukari-san leaped next onto an empty space on the bed to my left, cradling my body tenderly.

"Minako, I-We missed you. You had us all worried" Yukari-san said, with tears starting to form in her eyes. I looked around the room, I could see the same expression on all of their faces. Being Thankful that I recovered but I can see the hurt in their eyes as well, because I didn't tell them about me being hurt.

"Hey Yuka-tan don't ya think that's a bit close. N-Not that I'm complain'en."

Yukari-san then gave Junpei-kun the angriest look ever; A look that could even scare a ghost away. Sanada-senpai noticed it as well.

"Uh, Junpei. Why don't we look around for a bit?" Sanada-senpai said as he placed his arm on Junpei-kun's shoulder.

"But I wanted to ask Yuka-tan and Mina-tan something." Junpei-kun said, while being ushered out of the room by Sanada-senpai.

"Well you can ask them later."

"Well, I might as well ask, why did you need the class roster for 2-E?"

"I'll explain later." Then the door shut tight, so we couldn't hear any more of their conversation. All of them watched them leave.

"Thanks Senpai." Onii-chan said, as he sat on the right side of the bed. Onii-chan and Yukari-san then looked at me with worry in their eyes.

"Why didn't you tell them you were hurt."

I took a deep breath, then spoke. "T-To be honest I didn't know I was getting hurt until I woke up here covered in bruises and bandages. I guess I was so focused on the operation and full of adrenaline; because of that, I didn't notice until I woke up."

Onii-chan sighed but tried to stifle a smile. "You never change. You were like this when were kids. Whenever you were hurt, you wouldn't tell Naoto or I. Even if it was just a grazed knee, you would power through the pain and not tell us."

I let out a light laugh, one that didn't hurt my ribs; However even that was futile. "Well you know how stubborn I can get, when I want to." I said then wince in pain.

Yukari-san however was not amused. "This isn't time to joke about what happened. Being stubborn almost got you killed."

I then looked at Yukari-san, giving off a serious vibe. I then moved my bandaged hand over to her cheek and lightly stroke it "Yukari! I'm going nowhere. I promise."

There was then a long silence between the three of us. Then about 10 minutes later Onii-chan spoke.

"Oh, yeah. I almost forgot, there were two girls that came up to me asking where you were, they must have been worried. One said that she is a member of the tennis team, you are a part of. Rio, I think her name was. The other, said she is in the Library Committee with you. It seems that you've made some friends here, other than Yukari and the others. I'm actually proud of you."

That left a smile on my face. It's nice since I only met Rio-chan and Saori-chan a couple of weeks ago. There was still something that was bothering me. "How long exactly was I out for."

Yukari-san finally spoke up again.

"Today is the 15th, so about 6 days."

I let that sink-in for a couple of minutes. "Wow. A full week". Then after a while, a sudden wave of realisation hit me, "Wait. That means that the midterm exams start on Monday, and I haven't done any studying." I let out a small sigh.

"Well I guess, I'm gonna fail them without even trying."

Yukari-san tried to comfort me a bit. "Well at least you have a good reason to fail. Unlike Junpei. He'll probably fail anyway."

"Kirijo-senpai is trying to get you back to the dorm by tomorrow, only if we promise that you will be under careful watch for the next week or so." Onii-chan said trying to cheer me up, even a little bit.

My mind immediately jumps next to exploring Tartarus. "

We then make small talk about what they have been doing over the past week. Apart from worrying about me, they were all busy studying for the coming midterm exams, we'll all expect Junpei-kun.

As it was getting closer to visiting hours in the hospital, Yukari-san and Onii-chan both got up. Yukari-san came over to me and gave me another tender hug, while Onii-chan came over and ruffled my hair.

"Oh, by the way, here" Onii-chan handed me a book. "I picked this up for you just in case you get bored, from that book store. They said that you went to their store when it opened. They asked me to tell you to get better soon."

With that, they exited my hospital room, leaving me alone to rest. While I had this time alone I was thinking of a possible explanation for Kirijo-senpai. However, I was too tired to think of one at the moment so I decided to go to sleep early.


In the morning I awoke to the sound of birds chirping, and the constant sound of a pencil scraping against a piece of paper. The nurse from before must be writing something down.

"Ah, Arisato-san, You're awake. How are you feeling?" She put down the what-ever she was writing and put the back of her hand on my forehead.

"Better." I answered.

"Good. Kirijo-san came by earlier to sign for your release forms. She's waiting with the rest of your friends in the waiting room."

"So, when will I be able to see my friends?" I asked.

"As soon as you get changed and get a physical exam to clear you to go home, then you can."

"Well then let's start". I carefully got up from the bed with help from the nurse, slowly, and put on the clothes provided for me on the chair to the left of the hospital bed. I didn't want to waste any more time in here than I needed to. I would rather be with my friends. Once I put on the clothes provided to me, with help from the nurse, I was put in a nearby wheelchair and then was taken to the rehabilitation area.

When we got there, I was put through a lot of tests. These tests involved how long I could stand and if I could walk unsupervised for a while. After they conducted their tests, I was allowed to go back to the dorm with my friends. However, since I could hardly stand never-mind walk, I was given crutches to use. The nurse then guided me to a wheelchair and handed me, my crutches.

When I was wheeled back to my friends Yukari-san, Onii-chan and Junpei-kun immediately leaped to my side. I was then flooded by hugs and them ruffling my hair. Kirijo-senpai let out a quite laugh and turned towards Sanada-senpai.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Sanada-senpai talking to Kirijo-senpai.

She turned to face me and walked forward. "Well Arisato, what do you say we get you back to the Dorm."

I nodded. "Yes please. I would like to be in my bed."


Once we got back to the dorm, Yukari-san and Onii-chan helped me back to my room, since I was still exhausted after this morning of physical tests. Both of them each got a hold of my shoulders and helped me up, step by step. Once I reached my room, Yukari-san gave me a long hug and then exited me room. Onii-chan stayed with me, to help me get changed into my evening wear. After I had them on, he wished me a good night and then went back downstairs. With them gone, I got under my covers of my bed and drifted to sleep.


Minato's POV

As soon as I got back from putting Minako to bed, I went down stairs to see Kirijo-senpai. When I got to the bottom of the stairs though, Yukari, Junpei, Sanada-senpai and Kirijo-senpai were waiting for me.

I know what this is about. Kirijo-senpai was the first to speak.

"Do we even know it was him?"

Sanada-senpai was next. "It seems like it."

Then it was Junpei. "I don't think we should wait to find out."

Next it was Yukari. "So we all agree not to tell her".

Then finally me. "For now." I turned to Kirijo-senpai, "Just keep him away from my sister, please."

She nodded and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I'll do everything I can. I promise."