Chapter Thirty-One: "Rebound"
Incep: hello readers... if any, my bad for not updating, man the summer flies by, i haven't really worked on any chapters lately, i have up to Chapter 36 done... and they have been since January-ish, i also just got Persona 2:Innocent Sin PSP and Persona 3 Portable, so i've been pre-occupied :/ my bad
~~~~~~ Morning
Kagi and Ruki where on their way to school...
Ruki-"Kagi, you know what tomorrow is, right?"
Kagi-{...crap, i honestly have no idea... *mind gulp*} "uhhh... no..."
Ruki giggled "The school talent show!"
Kagi sighed "Thats it?, next to no one preforms, so i thought the school stopped doing it *sigh* money down the drain..."
Ruki-"well i know atleast 2 people"
Kagi-"Who would... no, no way, i am not..."
Ruki cut him off "you're half right, but it's me and Wato-san"
Kagi-"Really?"
Ruki nodded "Yup, and i'm not telling you what it is"
Kagi-"thats fine, Wato would tell Mino anything, down to what she was wearing if he asked her"
Ruki-"you can see what she's wearing easily... its very visible..."
Kagi flashed a sinister smile "not 'Everything' hehehehe"
Ruki smacked Kagi in the back of the head, and looked away blushing "Pervert!"
Kagi-"if i said i was thinking of you, would that make you feel better?"
Ruki's blush deepened "K-Kagi!"
Kagi laughed a bit "Fine, i'm sorry..." he chuckled
~~~~~~Mid-Day
Ruki, Terry, and Kagi where sitting at the lunch table as usual
Kagi-"Terry, you know anything about this whole Talent show thing?"
Terry-"they still do that here?"
Ruki-"is it really that hard to believe this school has a talent show?"
Minoji walked in, Wato surprisingly actually not clinging to him, but barely visible standing behind him
Mino-"Hey guys"
Ruki-"hey Ariseta-Senpai, Wato-san... you haven't said anything have you?"
Mino-"oh trust me..." he stepped aside, Wato had duct tape over her mouth...
Ruki-"Uhhh... Wato-san... don't you think thats a little... uhhh"
Kagi-"Extreme?" he finished
Wato wrote on a piece of paper, and handed it to Ruki
Ruki-*Reading the letter* {Wato: Ruki, ITS SO DIFFICULT!, i want to tell Senpai! but i can't... ARGH! why'd i agree to this?}
Kagi snatched the note and read it out loud
Terry-"i still don't get it..."
Mino-{Kagi, Minoji to Kagi, do you read me?, over}
Kagi++ don't ever do that 'over' thing... EVER++
Mino-{My bad, so, i think they have some surprise for us planned, the only reason... hey, can't you just peer into their thoughts or something?}
Kagi++...damnit!++
Terry-"Kagi... didn't i say cut the bromance, this staring to each others soul is freaking me out..."
Wato flipped and tore off the duct tape "Ariseta-senpai isn't like that! Ouch!..."
Mino-"...are we assuming something that isn't true Wato-chan?"
Wato-"O-of course not senpai!"
Terry-"You're one odd girl Wato-chan"
Kagi-{i can peer into Ruki's mind later, but, i wonder how Azukina-Senpai is fairing} "Speaking of girls, how's Azukina-Senpai?"
Terry-"getting better, thanks to Gar...!" he stopped himself
Ruki-"Gar...? go ahead finish"
Kagi-"Garaka, right? the herb researcher that lives in the house next to Azukina-Senpai?" he said nervously
Terry chuckled nervously "Y-yeah!"
Ruki-"Did she get sick?"
Kagi-{ARGH!, why must you WANT to know stuff?, lying to you is difficult... but... i suppose relationship wise its a good thing it's difficult} "Was she Terry?"
Terry-"You were there, remember Kagi?"
Kagi++Stop passing this off on me!++
Terry-"WHAT THE HELL? how'd you do that?"
Kagi++ Telepathy, and THINK your responses!++
Wato-"Umm... What was what?"
The awkwardness hung around the remainder of lunch that day...
~~~~~~ After School
Ruki-"Seeya Kagi!"
Kagi-"Aren't you coming home?"
Ruki-"oh, we'll just be in the Chorus Room practicing... uh-oh, i think i gave it away" she giggled and headed down a flight of stairs, leading to the Music Area of the school
Terry and Minoji approached Kagi
Kagi-"you know, sometime you forget this school used to be a Feudal Japanese Fort... and then you realize that there's a Basement floor..."
Terry-"funny how that is..."
Mino-"Really? never knew..."
Kagi laughed "Well on your first day you DID get hospitalized for a gunshot to multiple organs... and then you had jailtime"
Mino-"holy shit, you remember that... oh crap i never served that jailtime yet... no wonder Adachi has been stalking me...""
Terry-"For reals? you guys gotta fill me in on this stuff"
Kagi-"oh right, you only got your persona yesterday... i forget since we told you about them awhile ago"
Mino-"Yeah, lets have a Manventure!"
Terry-"no offense... but that sounds... VERY questionable..."
Mino-"Uhh... well... a Bro-fest?"
Kagi-"i suppose thats better... but sounds like something from Terry..."
Terry-"Brofest it is!"
Kagi sighed {i'm not liking where this is going...}
Terry-"oh yeah, Kagi, who're these other persona users you're talking about yesterday?"
Kagi-{oh right... wait a minute i could... heh heh heh} "follow me!" Kagi ran off
Mino-"right behind ya!"
Terry-"Huh? Hey! wait for me!" and Terry followed
~ ~ Prae Anima
Terry-"HOLY SHIT!, this place is creepin'..."
Mino-"just beware the actual Creeps"
Off in the distance was Arimi, Souji seemed to not be around...
Arimi-"oh hey guys... Terry-Kun? what the fuck?"
Terry-"Arimi-senpai!" he ran up to her "Holy crap!"
Arimi-"Tempest, you'd better explain!"
Kagi-"Seahina, calm down, please!"
Terry-"A first name basis?, ahh... i see, so you're getting some on the side ehh, Kagi?"
Kagi blushed "N-No!"
Arimi got a mischievous idea "He would never cheat on a girl, or atleast i hope, he does this for our daughter!"
Terry's jaw practically snapped off "WHAT?"
Kagi++...Really?++
Arimi-{what, its not like turning your friends into your own toy soldiers is any better Tee Hee Hee}
Terry-"D-d-d-dude! Y-your a Dad?"
Arialim decided to appear next to Kagi "Yes he is!"
Terry-"Ar-are you his daughter?"
Arialim-"yes i am, my name is Arialim, nice to meet you!"
Terry-"B-but aren't you a persona?"
Arialim got annoyed "Yes i am, you have something against that?"
Terry-"W-what? No! N-not at all... its just Arimi-senpai and Kagi are humans..."
Arimi-"not here..."
Terry-"huh?"
Arimi-"this is just... my soul, the name 'Prae Anima', means 'in connection with the soul' i'm still in a coma"
Terry -"oh..."
Kagi-"thats what where fighting for, to fix all the crap thats gone wrong, did you honestly forget?"
Terry-"Yeah, sorry"
Arimi-"Tempest!"
Kagi chuckled "my bad Seahina, you see Terry..."
Terry-"i got this..."
Terry explained the events proceeding the Attack on the roof
Arimi-"well, Kagi told me a good amount of that, but... Sorotu-san is REALLY dating you... and i thought she had standards...!" Garuda tackled Arimi
Garuda-"Are you saying Master isn't good enough for her?"
Terry-"Stand down Garuda!"
Garuda chirped submissively and backed off "yes, master, if it pleases you"
Arimi-{touchy bird... urgh!} Arimi prepared her rocket launcher
Kagi-"Seahina, don't even!"
Arimi-"can't hear you, that bird over-protectiveness is to loud"
Kagi-{she sees it to}
Terry-"don't even Arimi-Senpai!"
Arimi-"Sorry Terry... but maybe this'll teach you to control your persona, Firing!"
She fired the 4 shots from the Rocket Launcher, Terry pushed Garuda to the side, Terry spun his Flail infront of him and destroyed the missiles
Arimi-"wow, your pretty good with that Flail...!" Arimi barely dodged Terry's Spin Rush attack that he used on DarkT prior "H-hey T-Terry..."
Terry-"i warned you..." Terry's tone changed into something more dark... more sinister...
Terry smashed the Flail into Arimi's Side
*CRACK*
Arimi-"ARGH!" she flew into one of the Skyscrapers
Kagi-"TERRY!"
Terry-"Garuda is my persona... my responsibility that and... she revived Sorotu... thats an asset we can't lose!"
Kagi-"Belial!" Belial appeared next to his side
Belial-"yes?"
Kagi-"Stop Terry!"
Belial glanced at Garuda "how so?"
Kagi-"Don't attack Garuda, thats how this whole this started!"
Belial nodded lunged at Terry, Garuda intercepted "no! dont hurt master!" she spreaded out her legs and wing-arms, blocking as much space as possible Belial stopped in his tracks
Belial-"out of my way!"
Garuda-"Make me!"
Terry-"it's fine Garuda, my bad, i suppose i did lose control... it's just... the atmosphere makes me feel so... bloodthirsty? is that the way to describe it?"
Mino-"Totally! i feel the same way occasionally!"
Kagi-"sure..."
Mino-"my therapist said that..."
Arialim had helped Arimi back to her feet
Terry-"you guys should leave... after, doesn't Ruki and Wato-chan have some big thing planned or something?"
Mino yawned "man, i really need to be here more often, i'm spent just from standing here... hey Terry, you still seem ok"
Terry-"i don't know... the place just feels... right... for some reason... empowering even... i think i'll stay here though... when Arimi-senpai comes through, i atleast want to say i'm sorry..."
Arialim-"No!"
Kagi-"Arialim..."
Arialim-"if this realm really makes him bloodthirsty... then... i dont want him here when Mom wakes up!, and if does and i find out, i'll protect her with all i got, even if that means taking you and your persona down!"
Garuda crowed with rage "those are big words for a little bitch!"
Terry-"Garuda Stop!,and Arialim, thats your name right? Could you atleast tell her i said sorry?"
Arialim-"i'll think about it" she pouted
And with that, Minoji, Terry, and Kagi went home
~Q~Q~Q~Q~Author's Corner~Q~Q~Q~Q~
Incep[4:19 AM 2/26/2012]: 5 HOURS!, and it STILL NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP!
Incep[3:07 PM 2/26/2012]: finished chapter 32, went over fixed up 29 and 30, and now this one's MUCH better than it was before
Incep[11:05 PM 3/13/2012]: oh man... this chapter isnt as bad as i originally thought...
Incep[10:38 PM 5/4/2012]: good thing i stopped and had to refresh myself with the plot, phew, i just saved future me some time
Incep[7:41 PM 5/29/2012]:i love how all this Author's Corner is, is an update log
Incep[12:51 PM 6/25/2012]: damn, 4 months... time does fly...
