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...