7/8 Wed, Gekkoukan high, Rooftop, Lunch

I came up to the roof to find M.G. meditating on the floor. "You seem to be at peace, which is natural for you of course." "Do you need something Kazuki?"

I began to let my mind drift for a minute... "Kazuki, why are you here?" "I need to ask you something." "...And that would be...?" "The night of the third full moon, did you see what happened!?" "Yes..." I knew it... She must've been watching the whole fight then.

"You're going to ask me why I didn't stop Katsu, is that correct?" "Originally I was, but I decided not to." "That's a surprise..." "Is it really?"

A few seconds after M.G. goes back to meditating, the door flies open. "Kazuki-kun, are you here?" "Yeah...I'm here." "Huh, where is he?" "He's behind the door." "OH!" Fuuka moves the door away from my body. I forgot to mention that upon her opening the door, Fuuka hit me with it. "Kazuki-kun, are you alright!?" "(Exaggerated) Haha, I'm fine, no problem at all." For a girl like her, she sure is strong!

"What do you have in your hands Yamagishi?" "Well..." Yamagishi unwraps the bag that was in her hands... "I see, bento boxes..." "Wait, bento?" Kazuki pushes off from the wall with excitement for the fact that she made some lunch.

"Aw, man, Fu-chan you rule!" "Thank you, Kazuki-kun." "Hmm..." "Is something the matter Rin-chan?" "Nothing, it's just..." "...I can just smell the goodness from here!"

There's something wrong with this whole thing. "M.G. you look tense..." "Oh, I was just thinking something." "Must've been something important." "Y-Yes..."

Yamagishi opens the bento boxes, showing what one would regularly pack inside a bento. But... "Oh my god, this looks really good!' "I hope you all enjoy it." "You know I will."

Why do I have a strange feeling about this entire thing; there's something strange about this bento...

"Here, Kazuki-kun...this one is...for you..." With her cheeks covered with a hue of red, she hands Kazuki a specific bento box. "Thanks..." I look at the box; it has a unique design about it, something you would give to a person dear to you.

I grabbed one of the bento boxes and opened it. ...It appears to be normal so far. Still.

"Wow, this is so cool!" I look over to Kazuki's bento. Everything in it seems normal. (as I said more than once before.) It seems to have a heart shape formed right on top of the food. She must've put a lot of time and effort into this.

"What do you think, is the heart shape a bit too much?" Kazuki leaned towards Yamagishi's forehead *Smooch* "It's great..." Yamagishi turned around and began blushing intensely. (While she was mumbling.)

"Well, time to eat!" Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I don't sense anything dangerous about Yamagishi. ...However, I'm still gonna keep my guard up.

I open my bento and I try to smell the food in question. "*Gasp*" This foul smell it's... TOXIC!

"This is gonna taste good!" I look over to Kazuki, who has the food in his mouth. "Kazuki, wait a moment!" It was already too late, he swallowed it down. "What's the matter M.G.?" "Nothing, it's nothing important." That's odd, I'm sure that I smell something foul within the food. Maybe it was my imagination?

"Kazuki-kun, are you okay?" "..." "Kazuki, do feel like your organs are shutting down?"

In a silent reply, Kazuki puts down the bento and he begins to unwrap the hoodie around his waist... "Kazuki-kun, why are you going towards the door?" "...Because I need the bathroom..."

Kazuki places his hoodie on the bench I'm sitting on, nice and neatly. "Hey, if I don't come back for my hoodie before lunch ends, can one of you take it with you back to class. Thanks."

Kazuki looked at the door for a minute before walking to it. Then, he started running while putting his hands to his mouth.

"Oh, the food wasn't poisonous, it just tasted terrible." "WHAT!?" "Did I say something out of line?"

Tatsumi hospital, Afterschool

Fuuka and I went over to the hospital after school, so we could talk to Mitsu-chan about Fu-chan's room placement. To be honest, I don't see this going well...

We arrived at Mitsu-chan's hospital room. We were standing there with nervous hearts.

"S-So, which of us sh-shou-should ask her?" "Calm down Fu-chan. I thought of our reason...it should be good, enough." "You don't sound so confident..." "...Because I'm not."

I slide open the door to find Mitsu-chan staring at us. Did she hear us? "Yamagishi, Kazuki...is something the matter?" "No, nothing's wrong..." My voice was cracking under the pressure "...It's just...we..." "Is there a problem with the dorm?" "Not at all, all though, we do have a request for you." Fuuka's voice squeaked. "...That would be?"

It got quite real quick for at least what I think would be for a minute until... "Screw it, I might as well say it." "Be careful, Kazuki-kun." Why is she telling me that n- Oh, I get it...

"Mitsuru-senpai, this gonna sound...wild, but may Fuuka Yamagishi room with me?" "WHAT!?" Mitsuru-senpai jolted up. And doing so resulted in some of her wounds opening. "ARGH!" "Mitsuru-senpai, take it easy. You're still hurt!"

Mitsu-chan lays back down on her back..."Why would you ask me if that, you both know that it contradicts the dorm rules!?" "I know, but..." "...He's trying to protect me!" Fuuka suddenly just yelled out. "Excuse me Yamagishi?" "Kazuki-kun is just trying to protect me from whoever is trying to destroy SEES." "..." "I also promise nothing inappropriate will happen if you allow us to sleep in the same room together. ...So please."

We both bowed our heads in a pleading manner... I don't know what to expect from her at this moment.

"This is quite a troublesome request you two are making..." "..." "...However, your reasoning is acceptable..." "Does that mean yes...?" "...It means I'll allow this to happen." "Re-really!?" I look at Fu-chan with a victories smirk on my face. I can't actually believe she said yes to our request! "But before you leave Kazuki, a word..." "It's okay, Fuuka, just wait for me outside of the room." "Okay..." Fuuka walks outside of the room...

"Kazuki, I heard you two were attacked last night, during the operation, is that true?" "Yeah, it is..." Mitsuru looks out the window. She looks over to where the helicopters are circling around; near Shirakawa Boulevard. "Our enemies don't care who they hurt, they'll destroy this city if they're left alone." "I know..." "...The one is responsible for all of that destruction is nothing short of a monster!" "..." I felt a pain in my chest when she said that. "Hehehe, Monster now doesn't that word sound familiar." " (Quietly) Shut up!" "Hmm, did you say something Kazuki?" "No."

"Kazuki, I also wanted to ask something else." "Shot." "What is your relationship with Yamagishi?" "Our relationship...well I guess you can say - we're a couple." "Is that so..." "Is that a violation of the rules as well?" "...No, no, it's not...it's just..."

Mitsuru looked over at me in a serious way, so serious, it sent shivers down my spine. "Our enemies want us dead, that much is clear now. ...Albeit they seem strong, we have cards up our own sleeves." "...And that would be..?" "You and Arisato." I hate to admit that she's right, but she's right. Minako is a lot stronger than I am. "But why me? You and Kio are pros?" "...You have a certain strength about you that most people don't have." "Really?" "Your Persona powers are nothing but a mystery to me." "Is that so." "It is indeed."

I slide open the door, I see Fuuka's head near the door for some reason.

"Oh, before you two leave, I have a couple things to say about your room placement for you and Yamagishi." "Okay, what is it?" "One: You two are not to partake in any type of inappropriate actions that go beyond a kiss." "Alright." "Two: You two are not allowed to tell anyone about this arrangement." "Of course we won't Mitsuru-senpai."

Mitsu-chan takes a deep breath and then sticks up a third finger. "Third: If I find out that the both of you disregard these conditions, an execution will be the proper punishment for the both of you, is that understood...?" "(Unionism) Yes!" I felt a sudden skip in my heartbeat; she nearly killed me by just saying "Execution"

"Finally, condition four: Protect our support no matter what...is that clear?" "It is, Kirijo-senpai!" I give her a thumbs-up and she nods at us. I closed the door behind us

I pull out a folder from my pillow... "(To herself) Kazuki kei, Arisato Minako, and Yuki Makoto. I need to gain more information on all of them, especially Kazuki. ...And I also need to figure out who the traitor is...maybe then we can finally make sense of who our enemies are. I also need to have a search party look for Yuki.

Iwatodai dormitory, Kazuki/Fuuka's room, Evening

I opened the door to mine/Fuuka's new room. I left the room before so I could go change into something more comfortable. Although the room is only meant for one person to sleep in, which in itself would've been a problem if I hadn't bought a futon already. And as for clothes, were sharing one closet. (Obviously.) But other then that, I think I'm gonna have to go to Tartarus to grind up some money.

"Sup, Fu-chan." "N-Nothing!" "Why are you so jumpy?" "I guess it has to do with the fact that we're sharing the same room." "I guess…"

I look over at Fu-chan's hands… She seems to be holding a manga in them. "Well, what are you reading?" "…It's a manga about mecha, the air turning into waves, and it's also a love story." "Oh, I know what you're talking about."

I sat next to her, looking at the page she's on. "I only saw one volume of this, in your collection…" "Let me guess: you want me to buy more volumes." "…If you can." "I'll try."

I get up from the bed, and I turn on the TV...

"In recent news, a hotel located in Shirakawa Boulevard was destroyed due to unknown reasons…" "..." Although an investigation is underway, people speculate that the hotel and other buildings among that were attacked by terrorist. So until proven otherwise, this will be considered an unknown occurrence."

"….." I look at the TV in silence... "It's my fault, I'm the one who destroyed those buildings. I'm the one who hurt those people…" "That's not true…you didn't want to, but that other being did." "…With my body! With my-" "What is Kazuki-kun?" I was in deep for the words that popped into my head: "With my own attack."

"Fuuka, can you see something for me?" "What is it?" I thought about what I was about to say... No, this is too risky for her. Besides, I don't know if it's possible for her to even do it...

"You know what, forget it, it doesn't matter." "Was it related to the thing that took over your body?" "No..." "It was, wasn't it." "...It wasn't!" "Kazuki-kun, you don't need to lie to me. Just tell." "I said it wasn't, Damn it!"

I look over to Fuuka, after realizing that I raised my voice on accident. "Oh...well then...I'm sorry then Kazuki-kun." Fuuka walks over to the door without glancing at me. "Fuuka, wait!" Before I could say another word, Fuuka shut the door behind herself.

"Damn!" I slam my fist on my desk... "I'm such a god damn asshole."

Iwatodai dormitory, Kazuki/Fuuka's room, Dark Hour

Kazuki was sleeping on the futon again; he wants to stay away from me, so I don't get hurt. (At least that's what I think.) I get out of the bed and I knell down in front of him.

"Kazuki-kun, I'm sorry I ran away... I didn't mean to do that. I don't want to do that ever again to you." I get inside of the futon... "I know you don't want me to do this, but..." I put my hands on his head. I began to concentrate on linking my consciousness, with his soul. "...I'll find out what that thing was."

But before I do that..." I lean in forward and I kiss Kazuki-kun on the lips. "...That was me returning the favor for today."

I established the link towards Kazuki's soul. All I need to do now is focus, and I'm in. "When this is over I'll apologize to you." Everything in the room began to turn white.

Kazuki's soul; what will it look like...

The sea of Kazuki's soul,?

I open my eyes, to find myself inside of a sea… One would think that this would be real water, but I sense that it isn't. There seem to be some pretty tall buildings. I also see a bit of teal in this sea; is the color like this because of me…?

"This is Kazuki-Kun's soul…" "Incorrect." "Huh!?" "It's our soul." "You…!" "Me…"

"Why did you do all those things with Kazuki-kun's body!?" "Because it was fun." "It's not supposed to be fun to hurt people!" "Shut up, you peace loving, bitch!" "...I have a question for you...?" "I don't feel like answering any questions, ya free-loader." He began to pick his ear.

Knowing that this conversation is going nowhere, I summon Lucia... "Cute, you think that piece of shit Persona will protect you." The entity starts to laugh (at me) like this is some sort of joke.

"You know what, you're funny, make another joke. Oh, maybe something like, "Kazuki-kun will save me..." "Not this time, this time, I'll do this by myself. I'll help Kazuki!" "Hehehehe... AHAHAHAHAHA! GOD, NOW I SEE WHY I HATE YOU SO MUCH!"

He summons a white-clad sword to his right-hand... "I hate you, oh, I hate you so much with every fiber of my being!" "Why?" "Why...she asked why. Because you're so pathetic! Acting as if you can actually do anything, other then yell "Kazuki-kun", and act like such a coward!" "I'm not going to let you destroy me like that, I'm going to stay strong because that's what Kazuki taught me!" "...You know what, you're starting to piss me off, bitch!"

He begins to swing the sword, by its chain at a really rapid rate. "Time to die! I'll make sure to tell Kazuki what happened here when I talk to him."

He throws the sword at me... *Persona shattering* "*Grunting*" "Looks like it only took one shot, too bad." "I won't give up..." ...Who cares, you're dead already!"

He kicked me down to the floor... "Ugh!" *Thud* "What should I break first, your hands, your legs, or maybe a bit of everything?" "..." "Tryin' to act brave? ...Whatever, I'll just kill you here and now." He raised the white clad-sword above his head to only then bring it down to my head. "DIE BITCH!" "..." "She isn't destined to die today." "Huh?" "Damn it!"

A black figure goes flying towards the Kazuki-look-a-like... *Clang* He clashed swords with the enemy. "Miss, are you alright?" "Ye-Yes." "...Then stand back, far from this fight." "I can't, I need answers!"

The mystery person looks over at me in concern, why for though? "Then, in that case, stand back and help me in this fight." "Okay." "You think you pair of cunts can stop me, ha, don't make me laugh." The entity pushes away from the new arrival...

The evil entity begins to charge his SP... "I'll kill you all...!" "Let us go Yamagishi!" "Right...!"