Shards
The whole group was going through one of the doors of Cocytus. So far there was just small fry here and there and the hallway itself was just in a straight line. They kept on going until they reached another door. Minato opened the door and made sure Minako was behind him just in case something happened. It a room and inside was an orb of light. The orb broke into several different shards and was given to each members of S.E.E.S.
"Those are the fragments of each of your memories. Normally the hallway wouldn't be so linear and there would be a trial before you get those but it would seem that luck was on your side." Theo smiled.
"What do we do this?" Minako asked while holding the shard. Inside she saw the roman number I. "And what's with the number in this shard?"
"You put the shard nearby as you sleep. This shard is a part of your past memory in a physically form. Your memories somehow were attracted to Cocytus and was created into a physically form. Each number has the memories around the time when your past selves have fought that number. For example, number one is the Magician; you will have memories of what happened during the fight and the duration of the month after that fight. Of course, you are able to gain some other memories without these shards. But normally those memories won't involve with persona or shadows." Theo explained.
"GAHHHHH! I don't get what you just said! It's too much information all at once." Junpei was holding his head, trying to figure out what Theo was talking about.
"It is a bit hard to swallow. But… basically we just need to sleep and we'll get the past memories back to get rid of Cocytus." Yukari said her thoughts out loud.
"Theo, you said that there are more people that have the power of persona, but there aren't any more shards for the others. If we want to get rid of Cocytus, then shouldn't the others get their memories of that certain moment as well?" Minako asked.
"It seems that the memories about the Magician, doesn't influenced the others' past lives. Meaning that they haven't woken up their power of persona during that moment, therefore it should be fine." Theo tried to relieve Minako's worry.
"How many shards are there?" Minato asked.
"Oh! Good thinking Minato… If there's going to be a lot, it's going to be a long journey." Said Minako.
"Don't worry, there are going to be either 13 or 14 including the one that you have in your hands."
"We should get back. I don't see any enemies. There's so much to think about and we need to look into these memories." Mitsuru looked around seeing the tension around the group. Everyone nodded and went back to the entrance.
"I shall stay here and meet you all again." Theo bowed as a good bye.
Everyone left outside of Cocytus and the dark hour ended. "I wonder if we can trust that guy." Shinjiro voiced out his opinion. "He looks really sketchy."
"True, that man did know a lot about Cocytus… But then again, Aigis you know about him well enough to trust him." Mitsuru turned to Aigis.
"Yes, we do not need to worry about him. He is an ally." Aigis nodded.
"I trust him too. Although I still don't get the seal thing, but something about him makes me think of takoyaki. And takoyaki isn't one bit evil! Right Minato!" Minako gave out a determined look.
Minato nodded even though he wasn't a 100% sure what she was talking about. Everyone else just gave out weird looks wondering how a round octopus ball relates to a person.
Minato started yawning.
"We should all go back home and sleep. It must be tough to sneak out of the house." Minako stared at Akihiko.
"Don't worry about it; it wasn't hard to sneak out of the house." Akihiko smiled and waved it off.
"I am planning of having all the members of S.E.E.S. to live in the same dorm as you, Arisato-san, and Takeba-san as well." Mitsuru smiled to herself.
"What? I haven't heard nothin' of this." Shinjiro raised an eyebrow.
"It would be best to have all the members of S.E.E.S nearby each other. I'm also going to let Aigis stay at the dorm as well." Mitsuru added some more facts.
"You should've at least warned us beforehand." Shinjiro sighed.
"Sleepy…" Minato mumbled.
"Oh, sorry Minato. Well then, let's get back home and sleep. Good night everyone." Minako bowed and smiled. Everyone said their good byes for the night. Minako put the shard on her desk and fell asleep from exhaustion.
In Minako's dream, she remembered the day when she first time she awaken her persona. The next thing realized was that she was in the hospital bed with Yukari talking some of her family issues. The other things that were shown were the day she met Akihiko and Mitsuru. The day when Junpei first entered the dorm and the first time the group went inside of tartarus to explore.
When Minako woke up she saw that she woke up five minutes before her alarm. "Jeez! Really?" She scolded herself for waking up early and tried to fall back asleep but failed. She looked at her desk, only to see that the shard was gone. She left out of the dorm early and walked to school to quietly think about the dreams by herself. Half way she ran into Akihiko.
"Senpai, good morning." Minako smiled.
"Good morning. Did you dream last night? I saw you in my dreams." Akihiko laughed about it freely.
Minako blushed after hearing 'I saw you in my dreams'. "If these dreams weren't memories, I would think a bit differently about you. I would think you were just flirting with me or something."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Akihiko tilted his head.
Minako gave him a blank stare, forgetting that Akihiko was a dense as a rock.
"Anyway, it feels like déjà vu. In my dreams, I broke a rib, and now, I slightly hurt my rib. At least it's not broken but still. I don't know if fate is just playing tricks on me or that it just bad luck." Akihiko sighed.
"How is your rib? Mitsuru-senpai told you not to move as much because of it, right?" Minako looked at Akihiko's side.
"I'm fine; I'll be able to go back to the boxing club in less than a week. Until then, the teacher banded me to even step foot in the club room." Akihiko pouted. "It's too bad. I normally go there to eat lunch so I wouldn't get pestered by those girls. Maybe I should bring Shinji along when I eat. Everyone seems to leave us alone when that happens. I wonder why."
"You and Aragaki-senpai are really good friends huh? Aragaki-senpai seems to always worry about you all the time." Minako started giggling.
"Of course, he is my best friend. We grew up with each other and it seems that in the past life, we also grew up together. I don't remember much about my childhood from the past but… All I know was that, Shinji was like a brother to me, and even the present me think about him like that as well." Akihiko smiled.
The school bell rung. Both Akihiko and Minako snapped out of their conversation.
"I didn't think we took that long to get here. I'll see you later senpai." Minako waved.
"Yeah, see ya." Akihiko jogged back to his class. And Minako did the same.
Author's Note: So... Sleepy... Now I know how Minato feels. I need to sleep once I summit this... But... I'm so behind on my readings. Plus the mornings are so cold. I need something to warm me up or else I can't get out of bed... z...z...z... zuzuzu
LilLaoRyo704: Yep yep, we gotta get the other three and the strega members as well. I just love picking on Akihiko. I would most likely would do that in real life. I would torment him so much, I don't know if he would like me or not (as a friend) ahahaha.
CrAzY-SiLLy-Me: I just hope that Minato is still in character and but unique enough to be remembered how he's different from the other fanfics. Although I'm starting to regret leaving Minako's name as Minako. I should have written down Hamuko instead. I just keep getting mixed up.
Ryurieri: ... YAY Everyone is getting their memories back!... Don't worry, I'm sure I won't make any sense soon. I'm so sleepy right now. I have to post this up before it turns into nonsense.
