The fool left the plane after a ride of nothing but listening to music and playing some emulated games. While people like to claim, it's stealing, Minato simply disagreed with the matter.
If one already owns a copy of the game itself, then what is exactly is the problem? Not to mention most of the games are fairly old and would not impede in nonexistent sales of said game.
Nothing of interest happened while being in the plane besides that nervous looking blonde kid puking a bit over Yang's boots and some arguments that lead into a brawl at the food area.
Minato hesitated to call it a food court due to its significantly smaller size.
Turning his gaze at the academy, Minato couldn't help but be taken back by its scenic design.
He was certain he would be wandering the school grounds at night to see it in a different light.
He would also appreciate heading to the dorm rooftop to go star and moon gazing. The broken fragmented moon of Remnant gives off a transient and ultimately fragile beauty that is only rivaled by the full moon in the Dark hour.
Both of them give the Blue haired teen a calming yet chilling sensation that can't be replicated or duplicated.
The messiah always liked how things looked in the darkness of the night sky, with the only the moon and the stars as a source of dim light.
Takaya Sasaki loved the Dark hour and so did he but it was ultimately two very different reasons.
Takaya loved the twisted unnatural phenomena because it gave his fragmented life a reason no mattered how flawed it was.
Minato loved it because of how relaxing and liberating it felt. It was a safe haven for the teen, no more did he have to put up masks to fit in… to try to understand what he simply could not comprehend.
No longer did he have to act like a human just to not draw attention to himself and most of all to not see his so called "family".
The one thing he understood in those ten years was that they cared nothing for him and only took care of him out of familial and social obligations.
At the time, he simply didn't care but the more he regained his humanity during his interactions of his previous world's social link, the more he realized how lackluster his life had been.
If only he could have done more in his life when it mattered instead of a few but precious months. He doubted any of them have taken time out of their day to attend his funeral either.
Sighing internally, Minato continued to walk towards the school and watched the reactions of the other soon to be students' reactions.
They all had the same awed looks and were enthusiastic expressions on their faces.
This practically confirms just how much more prodigious Beacon was even over the three other main Academies and prerequisite schools.
Similarly, how Minato spotted the two siblings before and in the plane, he saw them doing some usual sibling banter.
Ruby was going so fast that she practically teleported everywhere. That just showed how much superior her speed semblance was compared to his own.
The downside of his if he keeps using it past a few minute his body begins to hurt like he had heart burns along with it having a cool down time of one and a half times the amount used. She had stars in her eyes and acted like a child on a sugar rush.
Unfortunately, that wasn't too far off from the truth. Ruby Rose was practically fawning over weapons people had as they passed by.
Minato already somewhat eavesdropped on them on the plane even though he didn't hear their conversation due to his music player blasting, decided to try and nip that habit in the bud and keep moving forward.
Especially since he had an idea about what the conversation was going to be about. And because of that singular decision the fool had missed an iconic explosion moment and the meeting of a cat girl former terrorist, a blonde vomit boy, and a white haired noble heiress.
Reaching the auditorium was a simple enough task, but the amount of people stuffed in here took a few moments to adjust. He was not someone who liked settings like theese. Groups of 10-20ish, he could handle but hundreds?
Clicking the pause button on his music player, Minato took off his headphones and placed them in their usual place directly resting on his chest a few inches below the collarbone. Minato hated speeches especially school speeches since they basically say the same thing over and over.
As great as Mitsuru's speech was, it basically boiled down to stop being lazy and don't overwork yourself or you won't get a job.
The school principle of Gekkoukan simply just stole and reworded the crimson ice executioner's speech and somehow made it even more of a burdening task to stay awake.
"Holy shit it's you."
A voice from behind suddenly caught his attention.
It was a habit Minato developed during his 10 years of being an orphan to become lost in his thoughts.
Daydreaming made social events more bearable and was a substitute to his music if it wasn't accessible.
Turning around, Minato found himself looking at a familiar wildish golden blonde hair and lilac eyes staring at him.
"…Hello Yang Xiao Long." The fool greeted casually and stuffed his hands back into his coat pockets. He found it strange that Yang had a Chinese name despite having little to no Asian features. But at the same time relieved that some semblance of Asian culture exists on Remnant.
"Before I ask why you're here… why do you wear 2 jackets and 2 belts." Apparently Yang found Minato's style if you could even call it that strange.
Tugging at the white and gold trimmed jacket he draped over his shoulders, which sat on top of his Thanatos themed coat, Minato looked at the blonde with a raised eyebrow.
"Compared to everyone you know and yourself included, apparently, my clothing stands put to you?"
"True it's just that I dunno you looked like you ripped off my mom's clothing preferences."
"You just need a hood and dye your hair black."
Should the fool be insulted that he was compared to a woman?
Minato realized a long time ago that, he wasn't the most manliness of men but he wasn't as girly thought he was... right?
He sighed. "That's purely coincidental, I just bought the white jacket because it reminded me of a friend."
Minato didn't know it at the time but he bought it because it looked like the ultimate persona of Yu Narukami Izanagi no Okami.
"Gay." Yang blurted out.
He didn't know how to respond to that. "where's your sister?"
"Oh, met up with some old friends and uh, got separated."
"Shouldn't you go look for her than?" Minato pointed out.
"She could take care of herself and sides, if I'm there she'll always fall back to me and never try to socialize with people." Yang replied.
"…That certainly sounds like her."
They made some small talk for a while before a little red reaper showed up.
Judging from the annoyed expression, she did not look like she was having a great day. Was the school not a right fit for her?
She looked extremely excited when she left Ozpin's tower and just before in the Bullhead.
"How's your first day goin lil sister?" Yang asked playfully.
That was a terrible thing to ask, Minato experienced Yukari's attitude on many occasions.
Then again people will always vent when they are experiencing something unpleasant.
"You mean when you ditched me and I exploded?!" Ruby snapped giving her half-sister a glare.
"Yikes, meltdown much?" Yang asked.
"No I literally exploded a hole in front of the school, there was a fire and I think some ice?" Ruby said in contemplation while she placed a hand under her chin giving her a speculating posture.
"Are you being sarcastic?" Yang asked being not at all serious. Unfortunately that caused Ruby to be more heated.
"Ugh I wish, I tripped over a crabby girl's luggage and then she yelled at me!"
"And then I sneezed, and I exploded and then she yelled at me again!" At some point during Ruby's tangent a white haired girl with narrowed eyes appeared behind her as she continued to rant and tell her sister Yang of her… unfortunate experience.
Minato thought such an event only happened in works of fiction like manga and anime… not to mention cliché. If he didn't know any better, he would say this was a scripted event for people watching. Immediately he brushed such a thought away from his mind.
It was ridiculous, it was not like they existed in a game or a form of animation with their fate already written. And its not like some bored college student took time out of his boring life to write their reality.
"And I felt really really bad and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!"
"You!" The Schnee heiress yelled out.
Her weapon of choice was a rapier which reminded him of Mitsuru.
Their resemblance was only superficial since she was not yet up to the Kirijo's grace and nobility.
He was a bit biased but not totally inaccurate.
Using such a loud tone would have been beneath Mitsuru to do so.
That tone caused Ruby to jump up into her sister's arms with her hands clutching Yang's neck as if it was a lifeline.
"Oh, God its happening again!" Ruby yelped. This was simply not a good day for her.
The white-haired girl was rather short but that didn't stop her from making people feel beneath her.
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" She stated angrily with her arms placed on her hips.
"Oh, my god you really exploded." Yang widen her eyes upon realizing her sister wasn't joking before.
"It was an accident!" "It was an accident!" Ruby repeated.
The Schnee simply held out a pamphlet causing the younger girl to become confused.
"What's this?" Ruby questioned with a slightly tilted head.
Upon hearing that she started listing off the terms of service of her company.
"Uhh?" Ruby mumbled out. "You really want to make things up to me?" The heiress asked.
"Absolutely!" Ruby nervously stated.
"Read this and never talk to me again."
Minato raised an eyebrow.
She came all the here just to state. "don't talk to me."
That seems like a petty thing to do in the fool's opinion.
"Look uhh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot." Yang stated trying to be a peacekeeper. "Why don't you just start over and try to be friends, okay?"
"Yeah that sounds like a great idea sis!" Ruby exclaimed. "Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby." "Wanna hangout we could shop for school supplies."
"Yeah, we could paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys like tall blonde and scraggly over there." Weiss said pointing to Jaune with a eyeroll.
The sarcasm was strong in this one.
"Hm?" the boy look understandably confused.
"Oh wow really?" Ruby asked hopefully.
"…No." Weiss stated bluntly.
Their sorry excuse of a conversation was interrupted by Ozpin. "I'll keep this brief." He began monotonously. "You have traveled here today, to hone your craft, and acquire new skills, and when you're finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But when I look amongst you… all I see is wasted energy."
He thought that was unfair, in the eyes of veterans… rookies make mistakes that they think is common knowledge. People will grow in accordance of their experience and that would require time, which is the exact point of going to a school like this.
"You assume knowledge will free you of this. But your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
Minato agreed with him on this one. Knowledge when paired with courage and will can become nigh unstoppable. One's mentality is just as important if not more important as one's strength of body. He was physically inferior when compared to Yu, Aigis, Akira and his predecessor Wildcards but he worked hard to overcome that and became strong, stronger than anyone.
"You will gather in the ball room tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed!" Glynda stated before following the headmaster off the stage.
"…He seems kinda off." Yang said.
"Yeah, like he wasn't even there." Ruby agreed
"While rare there are cases of people dying in the initiation and during their 4 years in the schools." Minato replied which shocked the red reaper. "He's distancing himself while giving advice to avoid attachment."
"Oh God!, when did you show up Minato?!"
"…I've been the whole time."
"Oh didn't see you there… kinda got occupied with this here." Ruby said referencing the Weiss situation and Ozpin speech.
"Well in any case, I didn't know you were going to attend Beacon, I thought you were gonna join the Vale Police department." The reaper awkwardly said trying to get the conversation going.
"Yeah I was askin bout that when we got sidetracked by clothes." Yang nodded to herself.
"I'm here because Ozpin thought I had adequate training and a unique semblance that would surely be wasted in daily everyday life."
"Oh, You too!" Ruby exclaimed with a fist pump.
A half-truth, not necessarily a lie since his semblance and aura started to merge abilities with his persona abilities.
The coffin summoning semblance show influence of Thanatos or Death arcana in general. His regenerate and invigorate abilities started to work on his aura despite it only being meant for his physical and spiritual points.
"Hmph, if the headmaster acknowledges your abilities then, you must surely be fairly competent." Weiss stated.
"I would certainly hope so ." Minato said with a slight awkward smile. He wasn't one to boast about his abilities but he supposed he accomplished quite a bit as a persona user.
"I certainly wouldn't mind teaming up with you um…" "Forgive me i forgot to ask for your name."
"Ah introductions, Arisato… Minato Arisato." Minato bowed slightly.
"I see at least one of you have some manners."
I am thou, and thou art I
Thou hast established a new bond
Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create personas of the Empress arcana
The moment was somewhat ruined by an armored teen interrupting their little conversation.
"Ima natural blonde you know." He stated in a matter of fact way jutting a thumb to his breastplate.
Weiss simply placed a hand to her temples massaging it.
"Um, aren't you the person who kept vomiting on the ship?" Minato asked causing Jaune to slump down. He started to feel slightly bad about his comment after the blonde started to look rather downtrodden.
Ruby and Yang simply snickered amongst themselves... until Yang remembered him barfing on her boots.
After parting ways Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and that Jaune Arc, Minato placed his Evoker on his temple and traestoed back in to the alley near his home. There was simply no way the fool would ever sleep in a crowded ball room with no privacy.
Minato was an individual that simply enjoye
d a more homely feel comfort. His nostrils flared and his mouth curled out of disgust. The alley was smelled like urine and fecal matter. Whether or not it was human or animal was not something he wished to know.
Taking out his phone, Minato texted Ruby and Yang to text him back when they wake up. Showing up late to the initiation will just be plain embarrassing. "Mrreow?" Minato looking down saw a little black kitten with transcendent otherworldly silver eyes staring at him.
He looked like the cat that appeared in a game he once played. He even had a strange tribal like collar with 2 bells attached to it. His right ear was a light gray that contrasted the rest of his body. The cat looked malnourished and dirty beyond belief.
If it a was a pet at one point, then it certainly had been a long time ago. It was highly likely his previous owner just got it as a present and when the novelty wore off, he/she stopped caring.
It was strangely nostalgic in a sense, Elizabeth once gave a request for the fool to feed a stray back to health. It took several visits to the alley of port island but it was rather rewarding to have something dependent on oneself.
Their existence cannot survive without you and the sense of fulfillment is strangely pleasant. Minato slowly and hesitantly moved towards the little kitten, inching towards it with a snail's pace. It naturally started to shake and slowly backed up.
Being cornered, the black kitten hissed at the blue haired teen and had its claws unsheathed.
Minato casted a quick debilitate on the kitten to slow it down and quickly buffed himself with sukukaja.
The multicolored spell hit the kitten and expanded rays of purplish-blue, reddish-orange and bright neon green.
By the time Minato was only inches away, he outstretched his hands towards the collar of the kitten.
Despite it being debilitated the kitten managed to dash away faster than Minato has expected. With a quick use of his agility semblance along with his sukukaja buff, he quickly rushed toward the kitten and grabbed him by the scruff without too much force.
Upon being grabbed by the scruff, the kitten quickly stopped resisting despite it being confused.
The fool had read that kittens associate being carried by the scruff with their mothers and will stop resisting.
Minato sighed when he smelled the kitten despite it being a foot and a half away.
It smelled horrible and probably been sleeping in the filth of the alley way.
Using his free hand Minato took the Evoker out of the holster and placed it on his temple.
The sound of a gunshot and breaking glass was heard from the alleyway but by the time people checked it out, the person responsible was already gone.
Quickly filling a tub with some warm water, Minato started scrubbing the kitten with some shampoo and soap. The kitten as it turns out seems to like water, unlike some cat videos Minato saw online.
After the cleaning was done, Minato dried the kitten with a spare towel and laid him down near the fire place. The persona user closed his eyes and unclenched his fist reaching deep into his soul.
Two cans of food appeared in his unclenching palms.
The ability to store physical items in the soul was a useful skill.
He never has to carry heavy groceries ever again.
They also never age in there as well so he could buy a lot of items in bulk when there's a sale.
The first can was a standard super cat food he had left over and the second was canned sardines in water.
The fool grabbed a paper plate, well technically some type of foam but whatever.
Walking towards the kitten, he placed the plate in front of it.
It stared at Minato with eyes filled with suspicion but quickly jumped back when he heard the cans being open loudly. Using a spoon, Minato began hitting the can on the bottom and caused it to drop down to the plate in a splat.
The kitten took a few hesitant steps towards the super cat food and sniffed it a few times.
The first bite was all it took before it started wolfing it all down.
It took less than 2 minutes for it to completely demolish the canned meal, Chuckling slightly Minato opened the sardine cans and used his fingers to hand feed it.
Disregarding any caution, the black kitten with a grayish right ear just plucked the fish from his hands and started eating even more ferociously than with the artificial food.
After feeding the rest of the sardines, the kitten started purring and ran to the sofa where he took a familiar beanie and placed it down on the floor near where he ate his meal.
Opening the beanie, it enter and turned around leaving the head the only part of the kitten exposed.
I am thou, and thou art I
Thou hast established a new bond
Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create personas of the Hanged man arcana
Huh? What's next a social link with a dog… a fox?
how can a cat be of the Hanged Man arcana? Perhaps there was more to this cat that meets the eye.
This was something hard to fathom, Koromaru while highly intelligent was not a social link for the blue hair fool.
Neither were any of the male SEES members, weird.
Many of his high leveled personas like Thanatos, Satan, Lucifer, Zeus, Mada, Varuna, Nyarlathotep, Apophis and various others like beasts, demons, and dragons roared in a primal and fear inducing manner. The gods and other divine beings were too prideful to let out a roar, though the war gods gave out a war cry.
If anyone other than the fool heard it, then they would've passed out in fear or pissed themselves… probably both.
The synergy and mixing of otherworldly sounds was both magnificent and disgusting.
"Right, right… You'll get to play real soon my other selves." Minato said smiling lightly while looking at his Evoker. The creatures of Grimm should keep one eye open from now on.
A black haired woman with bluish-green eyes was staring at the shattered moon with her beautiful goddess like face curling in disgust like someone just spat on her face. She fiddled with her dagger like headband and nail earrings.
Crossing her legs on a wooden chair, she took a sip of her drink which was held on a glass chalice.
"The first of your many trials shall now begin foolish young man."
"When you crumble and give in to the inevitable,you'll melt into my embrace, I shall be the one to comfort you... to liberate from your disgusting human self and force you to transcend to your rightful place."
"But first he must pay for his sins right?"
Her smirk widened slightly and a clear elegant chuckle erupted from her throat almost akin to a dainty bell ringing. "But of course... give him a bit of spanking will you?"
"Yes with the power that you given me, I shall match him, even if its just an imitation... he shall feel the wrathful raging flame of the gods with his flesh."
The scene with Ruby not noticing Minato was intentional and was homage to an abridged series I watched when i was younger and decided to binge watch again. comment if you know which abridged series.
Also Thanks for reviewing last chap, I felt a bit discouraged when chapter 9 got like 1 review. What new personas should Minato have? You could even use other series anime or fanfic or what not for the design and move set.
I know i kinda made Weiss a bit bitchy but cmon she didn't exactly made a good impression when she was first introduced until the end of volume 1. Even then i didn't exactly like her until Winter was introduced in Volume 3. She was the meh character fore me, i was indifferent until they introduced the rest of her family in Volume 4, my god that brother is annoying as fuck and looks like an ugly ass prick. It was only then could I truly appreciate her character.