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PERSONA 4 ASTRAL SKIES

14th Night: "Something Is Seriously Wrong With Minato"

Date: 12th April 2013

Weather: Cloudy

Time: 07.00 A.M

Location: Study Hall

"*Yawn* Fuck…" Shinn rubbed the back of his head lazily. Last night was an intense battle which fatigued ASDA's members and everything is back to normal. At least for now. "Well, you don't have to study today if you want to." Yu asked his roommate with concerned look in his face. Shinn couldn't say anything but smirked at him. He only slept for 3 hours; Now that he's really tired, things couldn't have gotten any better!

"Dude, I'm new to this Persona thingy. And I've only went to that side like 3 times. I need time to adapt, you know." Shinn yawned again so he covered his mouth with his hand. 'At least I didn't forget to brush my teeth this morning and if I don't, my breath will smell like shit' Shinn thought to himself.

"Take your time, Rome wasn't built in one day" Yu smiled as if proud to be able to say such proverbs but the effect was counter-wised by Shinn who thought that he sounds like some old man. "Talk about cliché Yu, you suck."

As the two chatted and laughed, someone followed them from behind. Well, it's Minato and he looks totally like shit. Just look at him! He's pale, hunched and he had circles around his eyes. Long story short, he looked like a zombie. Shinn turned around to see the blue haired fellow.

"Well, well, well. Look who's here. How's it going?" Shinn asked with a smile while Yu just narrowed his eyes.

"…" Minato gave no answer and walked past through the two confused teens. Shinn scratched his head and sighed. "The hell's wrong with him?" Yu asked Shinn and he just responded by raising his shoulders.

Minato's odd behavior invites a lot of people's curiosity. He's attitude worsened since this morning and he's now sitting in the class, sitting cross-legged on the table. "The hell's that idiot doing?" a boy whispered to his companion from afar but Shinn's still able to hear them. Shinn's face turned bright red as everyone kept staring at Minato and Shinn, back and forth. 'Crap, I shouldn't have made up the relative stuff concerning HIM! Now, they keep starin' at me as if I was some retard. For god's sake, what the fuck is Minato doing?!' Shinn gritted his teeth with annoyance. Shinn stood up and said, "S-sorry guys, Minato hit his head onto a lamp post last night. No worries, I got things under control." Then, he looked to Minato's expressionless face. "Now what do I have to do? Man, you gotta be fucking joking…!" Shinn put a palm on his forehead.

"There, there calm down, Shinn. Maybe he's just tired; why don't you take him to the infirmary?" Yu tried to cool his hot-headed friend and surprisingly…. It doesn't work.

"Why does it have to be me?! Fuck these shits, I've had it!" Shinn grumbled angrily. But despite his annoyance, he dragged Minato anyway. In the hallway, every time when Minato laughed like a retard, Shinn will either smack him in the head or just leave him in the hallway alone but the 'leave him alone' part didn't go well because Shinn just don't have the guts for leaving Minato.

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In the infirmary, Shinn laid Minato on a bed and a nurse came in. Her hair is black and tied up into a small bun behind her head and she had a beauty mark on her cheek. Shinn couldn't help but blushed; he didn't want to admit it but the 'rarely praising Shinn' thinks that the nurse is pretty.

"Hi, need any help?" the nurse walked towards the blushing teen.

"O-oh yeah, my friend's kinda strange today. Maybe he got some mentality problems. I-I think he need insulin." Shinn looked away trying to avert his attention from the beauty in front of him.

"Insulin is for diabetic issues. *chuckle* Why so nervous?" she looked behind her shoulder and then turned her attention back at the pharmacy box.

*gulp*

The sound of Shinn swallowing his saliva was heard throughout the room. Though it supposed to be lecture time, Shinn just stood there. Dumbfounded.

"You're a really interesting fellow you know that?" the nurse gave him a naughty wink and Shinn's throbbing heart was about to stop at that moment.

"R-really? I-I'm Shinn Masakado, nice to m-meet you." Shinn took out his hand for a handshake and was welcomed by the nurse.

"Introduction, huh. My name is Sayoko Uehara. I just came back from Africa last month so my Japanese is kinda mixed up, so tell me if I started to speak some African voodoo spells. Haha." The nurse named Sayoko smiled at Shinn which resulting his face getting redder by seconds. "Anyways, the lecture is about to start, right? Why don't you go back now? You can pick him up after the study session."

"R-really? O-okay, I'll leave my friend in your hands, miss Sayoko!" with that, Shinn ran out of the room to his class.

Time: 09.00 A.M (Break time)

Location: Class 1-A

"Heee….Heeee" Shinn giggled while staring at the ceiling. Yu raised his left eyebrow and asked, "You're grumpy just 2 hours ago and now you're happy as hell. You got a good service at the infirmary?"

"YESSSSS! A SERVICE THAT ONLY A GODDESS CAN DO!" Shinn pumped his fist and tears of joy flowing out of his eyes. This is a really surprising scene; even Yamato did a spit take to Aizu.

"What service exactly? If it's good I wanna pretend to be sick!" Asuka looked at Shinn excitedly. Yeah, typical Asuka to be excited over a small stuff like this…

Shinn cupped his chin and smiled, "Heh, you won't believe this. Sayoko-san is really pretty!"

"WHAAT?!" Asuka screamed in anger and quickly dashed out of the class, "You're going to pay, SHINN MASAKADOOOH!"

As the lass ran out of the class, everyone just stare blankly at the doorway. "What's the deal getting all fired up by this stuff?" Shinn scratched his head.

"Well, you burned her." Yosuke said calmly while drinking his orange juice.

"What? I didn't put a griller on her!" Shinn felt annoyed and scowled at Yosuke.

"But literally, you are." Yu rolled his eyes. "Sayoko-san, huh. It's been awhile."

"You know her or something, Yu?" Shinn looked up to the silver haired boy.

"Yup, uh… how do I put this? She's my ex." Yu closed his eyes and smiled nervously. (A/N: DON'T WORRY! This won't be a Yu x Sayoko fanfic, dattebayo!)

An awkward silence filled the air when suddenly Yamato drunk his coffee and quickly spit it to Yu's face.\

"WHAAAAAAAAATTTTT?!" everyone shouted in unison.

"I don't know that you're into MILFs Yu-san." Yamato rubbed his chin.

"No, it's not something like that! We never went out but we're kinda close, though." Yu explained the situation and finally Shinn's doubt has been cleared. HE CAN'T WIN SAYOKO-SAN'S HEART! Shinn did a 'DAFUQ?!' expression after that.

Time: 12.30 P.M

Location: Still in the same setting…

"I'm gonna get Minato now." Shinn said gloomily. "C'mon, man. Don't be too depressed." Yu patted his friend's back.

"That's right! At least I can see Sayoko-san again!" Shinn said happily and began to rock his chair

"H-hey, mind if I come along?" Yosuke asked the excited Shinn and he gave Yosuke a thumb up. "Yessss! Let's goooo!" the two boys walked to the sliding door, ignoring Asuka who's clenching her fists.

"Why do boys have to THIS perverted? *sigh*" Chie sighed and pinched her forehead. Then, the two boys stopped on hearing those comments coming out of Chie's mouth and looked behind their respective shoulders and gave a peace sign, "Because this is the essence of youth…" (A/N: Sparkling effects!)

"Inspiration! I'm coming with ya!" Yamato jumped from his seat and joined the two boys. "Not you too, Yamato-kun! Geez…" Aizu sighed as the boys are out of the room.

"Why…?"

"Huh?" everyone heard the voice which is from Asuka.

"Um… you okay, Aozora-san? You're trembling." Yu asked the trembling Asuka.

"I'm trembling out of ANGEER!" Asuka looked up the team with a carnivore's face printed on her. And she picks up her table and throw it out of the window furiously. "AAAAAAAARGH! WHO'S THIS SAYOKO BITCH!? C'MERE, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!" Asuka gone wild and everyone tried to calm her but no result. In the hallways the three boys are in, a desk is shown flying from a class from the hallway's window but… the three don't give a flying fuck about it.

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"Sayoko-saaan~" Shinn came into the infirmary and caught the scene of Minato sat across Sayako. "Oh, it's you. Umm, your had a little problem with-" before she even finished her sentence, Minato cut her words.

"Heeeeyy, may I fondle your breasts, plizzzz! Hahahha…" Minato's words made the trio boy's jaw fell to the ground and Sayoko gasped at it.

"Well, a big problem to be exact…" Sayoko sighed.

"Don't you dare, Minato-kunnn…" Yosuke crackled his fist. "There's no way we're letting this beauty fel into-" "Calm down, he didn't do anything." Sayoko's words finally calmed them down but strangely, Yamato still kept his pokerface (A/N: like this….:-3)

"So…? What's the problem?" Shinn kept his cool and asked the nurse.

"I think he's exhausted and it eventually affects his mentality. He also had a fever… it's almost like his soul's half is not in his body anymore…" Sayoko looked at Minato with seriousness in her eyes.

"*gasp* could this be…" Yosuke bit his lip "It's like the apathy syndrome stuff back at 2009 but the symptom is just like the fog disease back at Inaba. The heck is going on?" Yamato frowned and put a finger under his lips. "Sayoko-san, thanks for taking care of him. I'm taking him okay." Shinn said and dragged Minato out of the room.

"Listen, his mental stability and his sickness is out of the question but could it be the Midnight Channel? Yu ever mentioned that the place is different from the one he's been. Maybe it's the 'Dark Hour' thing Yukari-san's been talking about?" Shinn whispered to Yamato and Yosuke.

"That's it! I got now! Maybe it IS the Dark Hour." Yamato exclaimed.

"What's a Dark Hour?" Yosuke asked out of his curiosity.

"It's the hidden hour and it covers the Midnight time. Only people with Potentials can experience the Dark Hour and the rest became Coffin. It's a time when Shadows conquer and people who haven't awakened their Personas, got their mind eaten by the Shadows and there goes, Apathy Syndrome." Yamato explained seriously and the two seem to get it by now.

"That means that…"

"Yeah, the Dark Hour is inside the Midnight Channel" Yosuke's eyes widened and smiled. "Now why don't we let Chihiro-san look at Arisato?"

"Good point." Shinn said and they walked through the hallway silently…

Time: 08.30 P.M

Location: ASDA HQ

The room's noisy with Minato's moans. Only Shinn, Yamato and Yu along with Minato is present. Oh, the chairman, too.

"Chihiro, please look at Minato; he's getting crazy." Yu pointed at Minato who's performing a Cha-Cha dance. Everyone sweat dropped. Chihiro walked to Minato and looked at him intensely while holding her Electromagnetic sensor. "Yes, his signal is lower than yours. Can you let him stay here? I'll have a check up.

"Sure. By the way, about this Midnight Channel, I guess I had a theory that Dark Hour is inside it." Yamato stated his thoughts and made Chihiro and the Chairman shocked as hell.

"That's why it feels different in there. What's a Dark Hour?" Yu asked Shinn whom he thought has the answer.

"I'll tell you later. Now, hear Yamato's explanation." Shinn said in a cool way.

"I felt the Dark Hour inside there. Everything is the same except for the fog. The question is how it 'transported' into the Midnight Channel…" Yamato shifted gaze between the people in the room. Shinn suddenly got a brainwave and stated it immediately, "Why don't we test it? We don't have enough proof that it's really the Dark Hour."

"Test?! How?" Michitsuki, the chairman sttod up from his seat and emitting cold sweat from his body.

Shinn smirked and said, "We put a person without a Persona and see what happens. If he turns into a coffin, it will be the Dark Hour."

"You're using an experimental guinea pig for this?! And more importantly, it's too dangerous! What if he finds out about the 'Other side?'" Chihiro exclaimed.

"We will brainwash him right after that." Shinn muttered darkly.

"Brainwash?! We can't do that! I know you have the Persona to do it but still-" Chihiro's sentence was cut by Shinn's.

"Sometimes, sacrifices need to be made to reach out for the truth. You have to believe in us! We are comrades right?" Shinn smiled at the spectacled lass and she suddenly calmed down. Then she sighed.

"No objections." Yu crossed his arms.

"Me neither." The chairman followed Yu's words and soon followed by Yamato

"Me three."

"But the current priority is Minato-kun. We'll commence the operation after his problems are finished. Okay, that's it for today."

Time: 09.00 P.M

Location: Room 202

Shinn has done explaining about Dark Hour to Yu and he seems to get it now. The conversation turned over by some small talk when suddenly this word Yu said surprises Shinn, "I think Aozora-san really likes you."

"Wh-what?! That's impossible I know what kind f girl she is. I'm not her type."

"But when you spoke of Sayoko's name, she went on a rampage. Though, it's scary to have a wife like that, poor Shinn…" Yu scoffed at the flustering Shinn. The weird headphone wearing boy seems to be lost in words but he simply didn't believe a word Yu says. I mean, they just known each other for a week. How does it turned this way? Well, girls' feelings are mystery to men afterall but it will be no fun if men can easily win girls heart, right?

"J-just see things out. If she likes me I would've sensed it. I think it needs time for developing…. 'Night." Shinn yawned and jumped to his bed.

"Well, I guess what's left is waiting for things to be unfolded by itself. I guess you've unlocked a new title for yourself." Yu smirked.

"What?" Shinn asked while not looking into Yu.

"Ladiesman Shinn"

"Shut the fuck up!"

To Be Continued…

Next issue: "Asuka Special: What does the carnivore thinks of the blue rabbit?"

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahaahahah! I'm getting goosebumps already. So, as the chapter says, the main pairings will be ******************* I guess you knew already but I can change my mind you know! Thank you for your time reading this chap. Please R&R and no flame please. The problem with Minato will be settled on the next 2 chap 'cuz I got a spin-off but it won't be that long. I'll go back with the main plot after the 'quite short' Spin-off. One more time, Thank You! I'm going to need your supports!

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