Note: ...I'm sorry if this kinda breaking my promise-which is still somewhat absolute even now-but I'll be submitting this for now, with a little message as well-there would be a new story that is mid-sequel of this story, which still revolves around Riki without Little Busters, as Riki... no, I better not get there for now, since it will be spoiling the story. But for now, even though the rest of the chapters may be submitted altogether, the reason why I'm submitting this chapter is due to complicated reasons because of the mid-sequel story of this story, which is a separate story from this. Anyway, the rest of the chapters of this story will be submitted and then, this story is finished. Anyway, what I'm saying is-bottom line-is because of the new story that is a mid-sequel of this, thus, I am forced to submit this chapter for now. Sorry, if this breaking-a bit-the promise that I made. But I'll still onto it.
Little Busters: Persona Intertwined
Chapter 31: Into The World Of Yellow Fog... ...
...At the boys' room, where there are no lightings about... ...
...Riki has arrived, having have taken a bath at the hotspring, along with Saya, who bids him farewell, after their bathing-and Riki ought to go straight to bed-for tonight. "Sigh, what a long night... well, before I... Ah," He suddenly remembered about that t.v. suddenly turning-itself on, for some reason... ..."What was that...? A Ghost... ...?"
...Later, at the dining room, with everyone present... ...for breakfast... ...
"""What-!?""" Everyone responded after Riki told of the story last night-"""Television turning itself on...?"""
"Wha-What are you saying, Riki-kun-!? G-Ghosts do not exist, at all-! Yahahaha~~!" ...Kanata and A-chan sweat dropped at this, with different demeanors, and it seems Kanata recalled that Haruka isn't fond of the occult stories just like when they were younger, and Kanata has to console Haruka, as a result, and would only result in her avoiding such stories books, and Kanata assuring her that they're just fictions from the imaginations of horror author people, who just thinks of exciting some people, albeit they can be careless, at times... ...
...Kanata sighed at this, "Anyway, Naoe, what you are saying is... ...you heard—and saw—the television turning on by itself, during the dark hour... Do you have anything that could support this claim—of yours?"
"Ah... well... The truth is, it seems like there's something else about it... It turned itself off after it was activated, for some reason, and... and, well... ... the only thing I could think of... ...is telling this to the rest of you,"
"Hm," Kyosuke, pondering about, caught everyone's attention at that pondering "hm" sound, which he's thinking of a certain ghost tale... "You know, that sounds like something I know..." He said, with a raised index finger, for some reason... ...
"""Eh?"""
-The girls said in unison, in response to that,
"What do you mean... by that...?" Rin asked, conspicuously...
"Well... Do you really want to know...? There was this girl... She had friends... or so she thought, her friends were always teasing her—to the point of bullying her, so while blending in, she's also filled with vengeance on her heart, one day... ...when she thought of doing something drastic for a change, in order to show her so-called "friends" of what she really felt... ...well, there is a saying... ...of solding one's soul to the devil, which... she... committed suicide, or so that they believe that it was because due to financial difficulties, and that of having poor performance at school... ..."
"""Eeehhhgchh-!?"""
-The girls were startled at that, at that point of scary point, that is—
"What is the meaning or point of this occult story, Natsume Kyosuke-san? Quit wasting our time, with—"
"Why? You're scared already...?" Kyosuke mocked, a bit, Kanata at that,
"Wha... I'm not scared... ..." ...She retorted, in a tsundere-like manner, which is very cute, for some reason...
"Hm, well then, I'll continue... ..."
"Eghhch~~ Must~~ we~~ continue...?"
"H-Hey, Komari-! You don't have to be scared, my stupid brother is just making all this up, so it's all nothing but fringes of his stupid imagination-!" Rin retorted at that, commenting on Kyosuke's own intelligence, in the process... ...
"Ah, so... ...so if this is all nothing but bullshit, I'll get to the point... ..."
""Eghhch~~... ...""
"...Ahem, now then, I'll get to the point... ...when this girl committed suicide, one may wonder if her so-called "friends" did felt remorse, and there are boys who told them that they will regret not respecting the moment, and they just worsened the situation... ...Then, one story spread through the ranks... ...or the entire school district... everyone kept whispering about the disappearance of a girl—who is actually one of the so-called "friends" of hers... they were all taken to the hos—Oh, ahem, I mean... They were sent to an hospital—with a rumor spreading that a certain ghost story may have been involved... ..."
"Ghost story...? Isn't that something we all did—no, wait, you guys were the only ones who saved Kud-san that time, so... Ahem, please continue, I would like to hear the rest of this story, it may sound interesting," Saya said, with her leaning closer, to listen intently—
"Agh, ah..." Riki blushed a bit, as he slightly looked away, recalling last night bath... ...
"Hm...?" Kanata noticed that blushing expression of his, which seems to be something in the air... ... "... ... ..." She frowned, a bit...
"Well then, to continue on... ...various strange things have begun to occur, and one by one, it seems like something is missing, gone astray, gone without a trace, and more importantly... ...at one time, when it was already evening, one of the so-called "friends" was going to the washroom... ..."
"Uwa...! Y-You're talking about a bathroom-! Pervert, I didn't know you were like that, Natsume Kyosuke-senpai-!" ...Haruka accused all of the sudden, with the story still ongoing in Kyosuke's mind, which he's still going at in it... ...
"...Shut up, listen up, this is now the most completely important part, this is where it gets interesting... You see, that someone... ..."
...In the story scene of a bathroom, inside a cubicle... ...
...The girl in-question is intending to use the cubicle, but—
-Drooopp-!
-Something dropped "dead" from the ceiling—"Heekheekheekheekheekheek-!" A witch of the netherworld-
"Wooohoooohooogchooohoooh-!" ...This is a nightmare-! This is a NIGHTMARE-!
..."And right then, no one spoke of this again... ...and again, no more were heard, nor seen, of it... because it was nothing more... ...in a sad tale... THE END-!" ...Kyosuke concluded the story, and-the lights were turned off-
"""KYAAAAAAAAGGGGCCCGCHT-!""" ...All of the girls gathered around-or hugged onto Riki,
-THUMBCHT-! THUMBBCHHGCHT-!
-Both A-chan and Kanata hit Kyosuke on the head-for thinking, and telling, or a ridiculous tale that is comedy-slice-of-life kind of thing, that turned out, to be a thinking-of comedy-thirian.
"Owgcht-! H-Hey, what was that for-!? I tried my best on that story-!?"
"Stop thinking and telling of something that is nothing more but to insult everyone's dignity-! All right, this foolishness is over, everyone, get to your own rooms-!" Kanata ordered, but-!
"...B-But... I-I don't want to... get to that room that Riki-kun mentioned~~... ..." Komari said, frightened after hearing that story... ...
"M-Me, too, wafuuuuuu~~ I don't want to-"
"H-Hey, Kud-! Don't howl like a wolf, it's like it's already night-time and that the lights are turned on-earlier. But now-"
"That's ENOUGH ALREADY-!" SLAM-! Kanata slammed on the desk, to get everyone straight, "Naoe, I'm not sure of what to make of this, but, there is no sign of deception from you, and you're always earnest in your usual times... very well, we shall investigate this, later. But for now, I advise you all to take recreational activities for now. No one is to go to the second floor, for now. Tokido, A-chan, with me-! The rest of you, you are free to do all as you wish, you only need not get to the second floor-got it-!?"
"""Hai-!"""
-Everyone responded in unison, at that-
...
...Later, by the beach... ...
"Yayy~~! Alright, here, catch up, if you caaaann-! Haha~~" Haruka said, tossing the ball as they swam at the beach ocean, with Kud and Komari in tow.
"Wah-! That was a nice bounch, Wafuuu~~!"
"Here, Kud-chan, I'll teach how to bounce, and bounce all the way~~! Aha-!"
-Riki has been sitting by the beach coast for a while, with Kyosuke then joining him-
"It's quite a peaceful sight, but... ...there is also a very unrest, don't you think...?" Kyosuke asked Riki, as he stood up, again.
"A-Ah... Yes, huh...? It's like... everyone... is only thinking of themselves..." He said, with a bit of melancholy expression,
-And Mio is by the side, sitting on the sand coast by herself-and she's wearing her greenish-swimsuit with her just eyeing the beach-that is like reflected on her own very nature, as she eyes it with her own crimson eyes-!
"Ah... I agree... It's like... no, never mind, Riki, be mindful of your own actions, your own actions alone may stimulate this place-or these guys, into thinking straight, before they go on about their own course to follow-"
...Mio is eyeing the beach, still... "...You'd still think of that... but... When there was a girl who was called a bookworm, and... she is still looked down... ...as she also looked down on others, where everything was merely going her own way, where she would just looked down, without any sign of kindness in her, at least... ...when there was a boy, where she'd think that she could toy with him, and could toy or mess with him, to spend all the frustration out, out of desperate measures, chasing after the "future", where is none existent... Perhaps then... she would forget about pain and suffering, but... ... ...Not in blinded, that... that one may forget even one's self... ..." Mio sees "Midori", whom is smiling, and yet... bitter. Because she had forgotten about her, and to that... ...it seems the one who was getting toyed at was... was me... by my own emotions... I toyed with a boy who was more than he appears... ...at least, I thought I could just mess with him, tease him, make him our toy but... ...he appears to be more than what he appears..." ..."Yami Riki" appeared out in this series of images she's seeing... ...Yup, Riki did surpassed her expectations beyond measure-"What right did this girl who was always by the tree, writing poems as she feeds the birds... using a parasol everyday, and now it is up to... ..."
... ..."Nishizono... Nishizono-san..."
..."Eh...?" Mio turned to her right, to see Riki extending out a hand towards her, "...Naoe. What is it? I wasn't noticing your presence until you called out to me."
"W-Well, I was worried about you... ...You seem to be always locked down in your own world, and... well, no one would leave a girl alone in such-"
"...So that you may see me in this one-pieced swimsuit with every inch of my body-" She interrupted, nonchalantly.
"Eh...?"
"...Your private and prior motivation, I assumed."
"E-Eh-!? Uh, n-no, that's not..."
"You demon. Shameless. To think you have such motivation and intent on my... ..."
"Egh, no...! It's not... Gagch-" -Switchgcht-! ...a switching sensation- "Ugh... wha... Thi-This is... ...my "other self"... mou hitori no boku... ...I..." FLASH-! ...This is now "Yami Riki" in control... ... "... ... ..." He turned around, and walked away-Seeing that Mio wasn't willing to take him seriously, he decided to give up on it-
"... ..." Feeling guilt running through her, she just had to say something-"It's just a joke. So, please... ..."
"...Hmph, ah, I have a friend who treat my care or respect of her, as nothing but a joke, that I would want to get in her chicanery no more, and more to that-despite all of my caring approach, or even slight of respectful approach towards her-it's all happened to be nothing but a joke, anyway, and at this-Our friendship to one another is also nothing but a joke-! Where each of us have no dignity over showing care for one another-!"
"Ah...!" Mio was greatly shocked at that-
-As "Yami Riki" then walked away, feeling like he did also waste his time in this trivial task,
"... ... ...I joke be that of because I cannot take things seriously... ...I made fun of you... or at least, that was my intention, but... ...you there-to blow away my expectation out of you-where you've already show'd me your mettle... ...but, not anyone can be as strong as you, perhaps in making jokes, making fun of others, that we may receive comfort in our time of needs, not knowing of what awaits us... ...is divine retribution, where god has punished humans for taking the forbidden "fruit", where I too did partook in teasing you, and yet... It seems like god did not agree with us-" Still recalling that "Purgatory" that was performed by *it*, The Winged Dragon Of Ra, which was intensely painful-at that. "Gr," Mio hugged herself, a bit, as the others are still enjoying themselves by the beach ocean, 'I don't deserve any of the fun, but... ...it's because I met you... ...' Eyeing Riki's back... ...'Why did it turned out this way...? ... ...Why must people become full prey to their lesser nature...? ... ...Did humans had fallen natures...? Just like how it was said...? ... ...Were we destined to fall to our lesser natures, at that...? ... ...Why is it... ...?' ...She begun to weep with the only one noticing is actually... ...Riki... who turned around-Swittchhtch-! ...and switched back to his usual personality... ...
"... ... ...Hm, I should leave her be... ..." Riki said, before turning around, to leave Mio be... ... ... with him feeling like he would just be wasting her time, anyhow, unless... something drastic does occur... ...
-Later in the afternoon, at the dining room... ...-
-"""Itadakimasu-!""" Everyone is gathered for dinner-
"Ooh~~! This looks great-!" Pow-! "Agh-!" Haruka is hit on the hand by Kanata, for being impolite in her demeanor, and manners-something A-chan giggled at,
"Haruka, that's not the proper etiquette in the dining table, you have to use your chopsticks like this... ..." She said, instructing her younger sister, twin sister, too, at handling a chopsticks.
"""Hahahahahahahahaha~~!"""
-Everyone, but one, Mio, laughed at this development... ...
"... ..." She eyes the twins, and remembered the days she spent with her Sister whom she was fond of, and yet... she had forgotten about her... ... "... ..." Mio closed her eyes, in shame, at that thought... ...
...
...Later on, back at the Futaki manor... ...
"""Cheeeerrss-!""" Everyone toasted-or raised their drinks-as they begun to have a lively supper with a lot of dessert-like foods, and drinks, about-
"Haha~~ This sure is fun~~! Nothing like a summer vacation to-~!" Haruka boasted, but-Twacht-! "Gyow-! Ow~~! Moh~~! Onee-chan is so mean-~~!" She is hit on the head by Kanata, who is observing along with the other two senior-like demeanors, Saya and A-chan, around the environment, for any proper disbehavior that needs discipline,
"Haruka-! Don't stir up any ruckus while eating, or else..."
"""HahahahaHahahaHaha-!""" Amidst the laughter of the others, Riki is looking out the window, as if the moon that is crescent outside, is like staring at him for some reason, which has something to do with the sea-where Mio is current sitting by the sea shore... ...
...At the sea shore... ... ...
"... ..." 'What am I doing... I...' Looking downcast, she recalled the times she spent with Riki, with the latter being able to surpass her expectations from time to time, recently then, she did thought of Riki as 'girlish' or someone who can be easily toyed around, but... ...time doesn't wait, no matter what you do, it escapes you... ...Yes, she did thought of Riki as girlish, but, time will catch up to anyone, and when it does... ...only suffering awaits, perhaps to lessen the tension or the suffering, they toyed with that boy, Naoe Riki, but then... ...only retribution awaits as time moved on, and only then, that only through hell that one may gain sense... in other words, the more you goof around, the more the penalty for you will be inflict upon, will become worse- "... ...What am I doing... I... I..."
"Huh... Wallowing in your sorrows, aren't you... ...?" ...A familiar voice-who is in "Yami Riki" mode, at the moment-spoke up,
"Eh...? Ah...!" Turning around, Mio sees Riki approaching, "N-Naoe... -san...!" ...She said, as the latter sat beside her, at this beach shore... ...
"The ocean is that of a calm mind... or rather, one with an uncleaned mind can be cleansed at, or one may say, that they don't want people turning into their ugly selves... where they may deem themselves as superior and would only change over time, no, they are wrong... they just make things worse... and to that, we all endure... and the loser suffers... simple as that." Riki said very coldly, as per the nature of his "Yami Riki" mode, at this moment, with him staring at the ocean-
"... ...Hmgh," Mio turned to the ocean, "Neh, Naoe-san... What would you do, if... uh... If you find a girl, who is a bookworm and is mostly isolated by others, would she be lonely if she was... ...if she was... if she were to imagine that someone else is there, and yet... she... forgot about her... ...and had led a life of loneliness... Only to be fallen to her fallen nature, where she looked down on others, toy with others... ...toy with others... ...until time itself caught up with her, and only then, she realized... ...that... ...that everything that she endured, may have been... for nothing... ...*weep* *weep*" ...Mio has already started weeping, at this... ...
"... ...Come on, it's not like... It's not like... ...The real you, just who is the real you, Nishizono-san... ...?" Riki asked, politely, at this... ...
"Eh...?" Mio turned to Riki with tearful eyes, at that-
"...Let's say, someone who is pure, but became ungrateful, but... someone was there, to straighten herself up, and only then-that when time caught up with her, that she realized that everything is in for the sake of Justice, and that when it's done... perhaps she is still vulnerable, but that... hardship is... ...is a necessary... ..." Riki said, without averting his eyes from the sight of the ocean, ...
"...Naoe... -san... ..." The calm waves is making a serene and soothing environment, with both Riki and Mio sitting by the sore, with it then—it occurred to Mio that seems like a romantic scene or something... "Ah... ...Ah..." She blushed, and looked at Riki, who is having the mixture of serious and emotionless—but then, under the light of passing boat nearby, his expression returned to that of being meek, his usual personality—in other words—as they are still looking—with Mio staring at Riki's direction—at the beach ocean,
"...Nishizono-san... I'm not smart, nor am I capable of astounding or even good academic performance, I'm a dimwit who is not capable of subtract subraction or addition, huh." ...He's using words-play, now, of course, he can use addition and subtraction—just kidding, at that.
"Naoe-san... What are you... What are you talking about...?" Mio is curious at that,
"...Naoe Riki is sometimes can sound feminine, right...? Is that why you keep pairing me with various males, about...?" He asked that, and Mio remembers that one last time, where Riki—set her straight, in one way of putting it—where he rang a very loud, echoing sound into Mio's senses to snap her out of her stupidity, as a mild way of putting it—
"Ah...! Th-That's... ... ... ..." She turned back to the ocean, "Please do not mention that, I'm... I've grown tired of living out of selfishness and out of self-interest, only... ...To tell the truth, I suppose... the reason why I've read BL in the first place, was because... ...was because I find other people to some things I could get ease in tension—"
"Oh, in other words... some people to play with, or toy with, right-?" Riki asked, getting to the point, at that...
"... ...You're... ...You're right... ..." She said as she has turned to the sight of the ocean, again. "But... I'm tired of it, I... I sold of it... the BL magazines in my room, and it's now... clean. Right now... ..."
"Clean, huh... ...Hm, all right... Well, I'll be going now." Riki said, standing up and turning around to go to the other direction—
"Eh...? N-Naoe...? W-Wait...! Where are you... ...?"
"...To the manor of Futaki, of course... You shouldn't stay here long, too long, for it might become cold much later, then, see you later, Nishizono-san." Riki said, bidding farewell, as he left...
"... ... ..." Mio looked after him, as he kept walking forth and forth, with her remembering that he has a dual/ personality as one can put it, and right now... is he the meek Riki, or the emotionless or serious Riki, right now... ...? "... ...Naoe-san... Hmgh," She turned back to the ocean, "You are... ... ...You are... ...my scabbard, like a knight-in-shining armor... ...Oh, then... ..." She thought of running a poem in her book about that, about a knight-in-shining armor coming by the sea—ocean, in order to save a soul who is absorbed into her own world, where she was selfish, stupid, and self-centered, but now... ...Perhaps due to various noble deeds, a boy changed her perspective, which she is at least more honest to herself, now, and... ...Perhaps in way or the other, she is now more or less reserved, and more outgoing, along with the others where she is now with trusted friends, of her own... ...but, there is still one thing... with her Sister and all of that... ... ...! "...Midori... ...Nishizono Midori... ..." She muttered under her breath... ...
...A while later, at the manor... ...
...Everyone is now gathered at the living room, having a merrily party, where they're all drinking some grape juices, with Kanata and the other senior-like two personal co-workers of hers, Saya and A-chan, taking the last three prepared glasses-/ "Well, then... Everyone, there's no need to hold back. Your feast has been prepared, there's no need to hold back, drink and eat as much as you want. Hmmghh, siiiip." At that, the three of them who are the senior-like members started drinking first,
"Yosh, then I'll have... THIS-! Yaayy~~!" Haruka picked one grape fruit, with the others squealing, as they usually would, and started eating altogether, with Riki picking one apple and one fried chicken, along with some condiments of black serup, at that—
-Kyosuke and the boys are seated altogether, even though Masato really wish to sit right beside—Riki, with an empty chair there, but then—"Riki-kuun~~! Do you like this fruit of mine, it's really delicious~~! Here, taste it, aaahhh~~" ...Komari beat him to it, as she just sat there, and offered to spood feed Riki at that,
"Eh...? N-No, that's... ...that's embarrassing, Komari-san... ..." Riki felt embarrassed, while some prying eyes, Rin's and Kud's, are eyeing this with envious feelings, like they feel they've been beaten to the punch at that-!
"N-No~~ Come on, it's really sweet and tasty~!" She insisted, which Rin pouted a bit, and took her plate and decided to sat at the corner for some reason, with Kyosuke, her older brother, noticing her action—and much to him wondering about that, with him wondering then—that he spotted two empty seats there, with him imagining—or it came to him—that perhaps she likes company of her dear, older brother—She likes her dear, older brother more proper, and more cuter welco-!
"Kyosuke-! You're not sit here, this is proper seat for proper people, not for idiotic brother like you, who keep eating some peesy wasabi-!"
-Shooooooccckkkkk-!
...Okay, that got Kyosuke complete in a state of shock, at that, with him turning pale like his spirit just left his body—much to Kengo's and Masato's sweat dropping, at that—
"...You know, this siscon business is much more serious of a handler of dilemma than I thought," Kengo said to Masato, who just nodded in agreement with a "Ah" response, at that. And they both turned to Kyosuke, "Geez, how much more insulting can you get... ..." Kengo said, as he and Masato decided to help out Kyosuke—sort of.
"Come on, Kyosuke, we're goona grub out out of the kitchen, right, Kengo...?" They said, taking both of his arms around their shoulders, to get him to be dragged about-/
"Ah, before your lolicon goes loli-hunter for another hunting season, of loli bastards—" Kengo sarcastically noted,
"""HaHahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha!""" """HaHahahahahahahaha!""" """HaHaHahahahahahahaha!""" Everyone laughed at that, with Riki just sighing, seeing that Kyosuke still has not recovered from the siscon thing, or something like that... ...
Kanata and the other two senior-like members are eating in a formal manner, but then—A-chan thought of recommending something, "Ah, that's right-! Neh, Kan-chan, why don't you introduce the former entertaining coercing activities around here, so that everyone might not—"
-SLAM-!
-Kanata slammed on the desk, with a spoon in hand, since she was just referred to as "Kan-chan" earlier, where she kinda choked on her food on her mouth, a bit, but, she decides to announce something, "Everyone, I almost forgot to tell you. You all can participate in a wide range of recreational activities around here, there are the tennis court, the vending machines and even the karaoke box club." She noted of various recreational stuff about—
"Wow-!" """Wow-!""" She said that as the girls seem to squeel a bit-
"Well then, enjoy your stay while it lasts in this manor, we're all going back to business once we all get back at the dorm—" Kanata further announced,
"""YEAAaaaaaahhhggchhgcch-!""" """YEEAAaaccggchhgccgch-!""" """YEEAAaaccggchhgccgch-!""" And now, they're even louder than before-!
"All right, I'm gonna go and hunt some White Teddie bears at the vending machine, and got some furs for lolipop dinners-~!"
"""YEAAAaarrggccghhaagchh-!""" Haruka was the first one to hop out of the dinner table, with the only ones left are the senior-like members, and Riki, who is eating quietly by himself at the side-
-Everyone had fun, with the girls going all out on their recreational activities, with Haruka singing by herself at the nearby buzz radio, with Kanata and Saya wearing earphone-blocks, which they're not earphones that is meant for music entertainment, but for blocking out all the joyous, buzzing-like echoes-and noises of the blissful girls about,
A-chan is at the kitchen, cooking some sandwiches about, which are all ham and some cheese condiments, while some are just plain hotdogs-for everyone present in this very room, and all the while... ...
...
... ...Outside, near a van vehicle that is where Kengo, Masato and Kyosuke are gathered, with them having grabbed a pot of lobsters inside-which Kengo opened up-and they smelled the sweet aroma of the rising smoke combined with the aroma of the lobsters inside-
"Whooah, NOw that's what I'm talking about-! Hey, let me-!" TAPPCHGCT-! "Gyow-!" He got slapped by Kengo, on the hand-!
"Go wash your hands, first, before you touch any of those, hey, Kyosuke, how are you doing?" Kengo asked, Kyosuke, who seems to be just fine... ...
"Ah... Ah, well, I wouldn't mind letting off on protein for now, and get something to handle the natural balance-diet where we could-"
"Never mind that-!" Masato interjected, "Say, where are all the waters here," There a bunch of drum bottles that is full of water supplies inside-
"At the back, go wash your hands first, h-hey-! You, too-!" He also slapped Kyosuke's hand-
"Geez, you're so stingy... Fine, let's go... ..." Kyosuke said standing up to wash his hands...
...Later, as they wash their hands at the back, with Kyosuke and Masato being present as the only ones here, with Kengo coming to pick up some more boxes, which is full of peppers for the heat resistance in their food competition-of sort.
-Back inside, at the Futaki Manor-
Everyone is still partying about, with the girls having a blast, and Riki is reading a book at the corner sofa that is formed in a circle-like formation, and Kanata and Saya are still reading books at the other corner where comfortable seats are provided-/
"Everyone, your sandwiches are readyyy-! Please grub some, and make sure to eat them whole-!" Saya's friend, A-chan, announced and said loudly with a tray of the sandwiches she just cooked for everyone, with her carrying it like in a cafeteria scenery where she's a cafeteria girl, delivering food-sandwiches-to everyone.
"""HAAAAIIII-!""" ""HAAIIICCGH-!"" ""HAAIIGCGH-!"" The girls took one for each, and Riki decided to have one, as well as the other two-Saya and Kanata.
-Back outside, at the van inside- -
The three guys are eating soup, after grabbing some lobsters and some small crab foods, and then-"Yosha-! That should fill our empty stomaches, and now-for the heat-the-resistance-!" Masato grabbed three peppers from the nearby box, and gave each to Kyosuke and Kengo, and one for himself-"All right, no chickenin out, on this-Whoever gets teary eye first, loses-! Got that-!?"
"Huh, bring it on, I wouldn't mind accepting a challenge-where the deeper penalty is, the more interesting it will get." Kyosuke said, accepting the challenge of Heat resistance-
"Huh, bring it on, I wouldn't mind proving I'm the stronger between us, once and for all-" Kengo said, adamantly at that,
"What was that-!? You think I'll make you make a fool out of me-!? Like-!" Masato and Kengo were about to bicker-and probably brawl out, again-until, Kyosuke grabbed both by the shirt from behind-
"Now's not the time, for this, the ring is set, the referee is set, and... ..." Kyosuke put a referee badge on his pocket, signifying he'll act as judge-and/or a contender, as well- "Well, we're gonna see just how far can our tongues reach the meat dimension, with enough knowledge, we can gather enough how depth the entire vicinity of the crab-and adding more courage, to go see how far deeper, we can reach an understanding that we may see to it that endurance is necessary when braving hardships-and finally, when it comes to diligency, comes endurance, as well-Now then, here~~we~~GOOO~~~!" They all took the peppers onto their mouths, and started munching-at them-! (Note: A reference of the Meat Bowl Rainy Day Challenge in Persona 4, where it's something Yu Narukami or Souji Seta kinda made reference of during that one episode in Persona 4 The Animation when it was during the Mitsuo Arc.)
-* munch, munch, munch *- Everyone has started munching on the peppers, with Kengo started to tear up, at the start-gasping for air, not to refreshen his mouth, but to light up or refreshen up the heat, he's feeling right at this moment-
"HaHahahahaha, you-" Kyosuke revealed he has not yet munched on his pepper, with him drawing it out of his mouth, like a cigar or tobacco, which infuriated both Masato and Kengo, with the former now tearing up himself, for the intense heat that they're both trying to maintain resistance at it-!
"Hey, no FAiR-! What's the matter, C-Hic-Ken-!?" Masato mocked, trying to gasp for air, as well-
"Gr, heck no, *munch*" Kyosuke swallowed the pepper, this time, for reals-!
-But then-! Swaaammrrggcchhmmgcmmgnch-! ...Suddenly, however, they started to pour out steam out of their mouths, as well as their ears, since the heat is unbearable, as Kyosuke just read that this is of a country that is rich with the hottest pepper plantation where he is currently reading it's from North America-where it's rich of plantations, especially the hottest peppers, in such region-where one may suffer a tongue-tied, at just a pinch of the sprint of the fire-!
"GYAAAAGGCCHHAAAAAGGCCGCGH-!" "GYAAAAAAGGCCHHAAAAAGGCCGCGH-!" "GYAAAAGGCCHHAAAAAGGCCGCGH-!" They all ran out of the van to get something to drink-which they all ran for the nearby pond of water, to get something to drink on-
chug,'
chug,'
chug,'
chug,'
chug,'
chug,'
chug,' ...It's almost midnight now, and it's... Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock... Tick-Sharp-! Daaaaaaaaarrrrrrkkknnneeeeessss-!
-The environment begun to change drastically-now. With it then, a strong gusts of winds, begun to brew about, and some weird, and strange light kernel just poured out of the sky, under the crescent moon, and goes to the pond where the boys are drinking on-
"Gyuoowch..." "Gyuoowch..." "Gyuoowch..." The boys seem to have managed to beat the heat resistance challenge, but-
-Liggghttggccghhcghh-!
"...Hm...?" "Hm... ...?" "Hm...? ... ..." With their heads still dove underwater, they see the light entering the ground on the pond's underlevel-and-!
"Grooooooaaaaaarrr-!" "Groooaaaaaarrr-!" Shadows are about-!
-SpLaaaAsh-! -SpLaaaAsh-!
-They all dug out their heads from underwater, as Shadows begun to pour out of the pond, that became bloody in this time, of the Dark Hour as it becomes red as blood, and the Shadows are pouring about-!
"Wh-What...!?"
"Yikes, S-Shadows...!?" Kyosuke and Masato exclaimed-!
-All of the sudden, Riki is about, about to deliver some hot soup for the boys-"Ah, everyone, what the-G-G-GUUUAAGAGHHH-!" He was startled at the sight of the Shadows, pouring out of the pond of water-that is now bloody as in the color of blood itself-with the Shadows then, jumping out, making dirty and erotic postures, or bodily postures about-! And they're all... ... ...Oh no... ... ...
"Huh... ... ...?" "Huh... ... ... ...?" "Huh... ... ...?" "...Huh... ... ...?" All of the boys said in unison, in response to all of this crazy development, so far-
"Graciiaaasss-! ... ... ..." ... ...This is a Nice Guy, Shadow... ...
"Hold me tiiight-!" ... ... ...This is a Tough Guy, Shadow... ...
"Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-~~!"They begun to move in a rather strange, and very inappropriate manner, where they're all acting weird-! And all huggy-! And squimish-! "Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-~~!"""Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-~~!"" """Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-babooooohgch~~!""" ...Okay, now THEY-the boys-have seen everything-!
"GYAAAAAARRRGGCCHHGAARGCGCH-!" "GYAAAAAARRRGGCCHHGAAAARGCGCH-!" "GYAAAAAARRRGGCCHHGAAAAARGCGCH-!" "GYAAAAAAGGRGCCGRCH-!" The boys screamed in unison, at this everything sight, right before THEM-!
"H-Hey, Kyosuke-! What the hell is thiiisss-!?" Kengo exclaimed, in mild confusion at this entire matter-!
"How the hell should I know-!?" Kyosuke retorted back, at that-
-Then, suddenly, the Shadows begun to make their move-which frightened the boys, at their sudden movement-then, Nice Guy begun to shake his hips for some reason, then, begun to pose a dance that is like a ritual dance-Which is-*Confusion-!*
-He casted it towards Kengo-!
"Guah, Gueeeh-!" Before he could react, "GUAAAAAGGGGCCHHGGCHT-!" He's hit, with Masato who is beside him getting frightened at that-!
"K-Kengo-! KEEENNGGOOOOOOOOOO-!" Masato, holding Kengo on his arms-begun to shake him, and demands of him to wake up-! "KENGOOO-! COme on, don't die on me now, man-! I still have a score to settle with you-! I haven't told you this, but-! I always...! I always...! I always wanted to don't care if you kick my ass-!" Masato said proudly-!
-Tuck-!
"... ..."
"... ... ..." ... ...That, however, stupefied both Riki and Kyosuke who are watching this entire scene-
"...Um, he's not... ...down..." Riki said, informing Masato, and...
"Eh...?" Masato is snapped back to reality,
"Wake up, you moron... ..." Kyosuke said to Masato with him being very stupefied, even more so than the latter, Riki... ...
"Agh... Agh..." Suddenly, Kengo stood up with all-knowing-look for some reason, and... ...
"...Eh... ...?" "...Huh... ...?" Much to the wonder of both Riki and Kyosuke, and Kyosuke ought to ask-"Hey, Kengo, snap out of it, what are you-"
"... ...Ha, hahaha... GYAAAAGCCCGCHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGCGGCHT-!" Suddenly, Kengo begun to yell out with pillars of light, coming out of his eyes and ears, as well as his nose holes-for some reason, sweatt drop, with him being hit by that *-Confusion-!* spell of the Shadows-!
"...Ehhgch... ...?" "... ...Hey, Kengo-!... ..." "H-Hey, snap out of it, man-! Just what are you-! You're all... ..." The other three were confused, at his reaction, as in he's acting weird, all of the sudden, and... ...
"Hehehahahaha, MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-!" He suddenly started stripping for some reason, with him bare bear naked-right now, much to the shock of the other three boys-
"Wha-K-Kengo-san...?" Riki asked, frightened at this development-!
"H-Hey, Kengo... ...What are you... I'm disappointed in you, I thought I told you to eat more proteins for now, and go diet on something like the Sengoku era of where they invent the boomerang-like a split personality of one's own ego and real self-!"
"Hey, Kyosuke, I don't think... He's hearing us, or... ..." Masato informed,
-As they discuss this over, Kengo is suddenly-acting-weird, for some reason, like-four pillars of light has just erupted his eyes, nose and ears, and even at his mouth-!
"... ..."
"... ... ..."
"... ..." The three other guys sweat dropped, big, as they just gulped at all of this-!
-SPRIIIINTT-!
-They all ran for it,
"Guah, Kengo, you're freakin me out-! Get the hella out of mysight until I see space mountains-!" Masato exclaimed as they ran for it,
"What the heck are you talking about now, Space Mountain-! No, SPace Idiot-!" Kyosuke retorted back, after that laim pun joke of Masato-!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHGCCHGAACT-!" Kengo, due to being in a state of "confused" state, right now, in terms of rpg-element data analysis, is doing really eccentric, right now.
"Guaaahh-!" Masato yelled out loud, as he, Riki and Kyosuke ran for it-!
"Just what the heck is going on here-!?" Riki asked, as they kept running-!
"Ah, well... Well, you could say that we got out of hands-after leaving us there, Riki-! I know you did it for our sake, Riki-! But you couldn't attend our manliest of meeting to be finally able to get to know and hang out with one another for the whole day, I'm HURT, RIKI-!" Kyosuke said, being in anguished with his hands over his head-as they kept running,
"Eh-E-Eh, n-n-n-no, it's-!" -Switch-! ...Riki felt a switching sensation, "Eh...? ... ...Wha... What is this... ...?" ...He begun to feel emotionless-and then, to something of a serious expression-!
-Switch-!
-FLaaaaaassgch-!
...Riki switched to "Yami Riki", right now-!
"...Huh, but, Kyosuke-" He said, in Yami Riki, as he suddenly spoke up, while running altogether-!
"Whatever, I'm not gonna listen, Riki, not unless you make us go a promise that you'll hang out with us for the entire day-!" Kyosuke, with him being in anguished still, said running, with his hands over his head, still-!
"Does that matter right now, you idiot-!?" Masato retorted, in a rather-out-of-character manner where he acts a voice of reason, right now, just like in other casual times-"Hey, Riki, we got to do some time-catching the moment this business is over, right now-! Promise us that, okay-!? We're gonna have muscle sensastion, for mucles will make us go through over whole the entire level of manliness, and our roomate-!" Masato kept rumbling nonsensical words or quotes, about muscles and stuff, with Masato and the other Shadows giving chase-! With them going on a parade-on a feast-! TOO-!
"""Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-babooooohgch~~!""" It's a nightmare collision-! Where Kengo, head of these Nice Guys and Tough Guys, are chasing after these other guys-!
"Huh...?" "Huh...?" "Huh... ...?" They turned around, and sees Kengo stripping his clothes-upper clothes, only-for some reason, as he kept running in a fast pace-!
"Gwah-!"
"...!"
"D-Dammit-!" Masato, Riki, in "Yami Riki" mode, and Kyosuke ran more faster now in pace as they kept running from Kengo who is after them in his "confused" state, right now, with them not wanting to get near him whatsoever-!
"Hey, Kengo-! Get the hell outta my way-!" "Hey, Kengo, get those guys out of the parade to limbo-or something, or dwarf rombo-! Or somewhere where the Sun is smiling," "What the THE HELL ARE YOU SPOUTING NOW, KYOSUKE-!"
Masato exclaimed outloud-as they all ran for it from these crazy develompents-!
...All the while, at the Futaki manor, with it being the Dark Hour now at this point, with the red-sea of blood having nice waves blow just by the coast-Mio is standing by here, wanting to see the ocean, but forgot that the ocean becomes red-as-blood when during the Dark Hour, and she looked at the ocean-still. She sat at the coast, "This scenery... ...it's like... ...related to me, perhaps... Hm, Midori... Once, we were together... always... but, through various circumstances, perhaps due to various handicapping situations, I have... forgotten about you... ...the girl who is always a bookworm, and is not even attempting to commune with others, looking down on others, especially towards a boy... I doubted his abilities at first, but, he proves to use more than once, that he seems to go through principles which can act as his own footsteps to getting one step-ahead of us. Haha, he's pretty... cool, almost like... ... ... ..." Mio is like blushing madly, right now. She's in love... ...well, yes, in love... ...with that someone who is at least understanding, and is always abiding by his own emotions on what is right, being able to save Futaki-san, Tokido-san, and from what I heard, Sasasegawa-san, from that... Hm, this place... I wonder what... ..."
"Nishizono-san-!" Riki's exclaiming voice is heard-
"Eh...? Wha-" Turning to the side,
"Hurry up, and get away from here as fast as you could, and on the double-!" Riki, who is running away from some muscular shadows, yelled outloud-!
"Eh-E-E-EEEEEHHGGCCH-!" Mio shrieked at this, as Riki, in Yami Riki mode, grabbed her in bridal style, and ran for it-and they ran back-Riki carrying Mio while he runs-back to the manor, "Guaah-! N-Naoe-Wha-Wha-What's going on here-!?" She exclaimed, thoroughly confused.
"I don't know either! But, there are all over the place-! We got to inform Futaki-san-!" He said as he kept running-!
"Ah-!" Mio is puzzled, as they run towards the manor-
-Meanwhile, at the middle of the forest-
-Flash-! A elastic light emanated all of the sudden, with Kyouhei and Makoto suddenly appearing, with Makoto actually using a teleportation crystal which he explained to Kyouhei, of course, of how it works, then, he threw it down on the ground, which created a magic circle, then, he simple imagines what places they would go-Yakushima isle. And here, they are, -
"Well, here we are, this is where I first met, Riki, and-" As Kyouhei approached a nearby bushes-Twachgtch-! "Huh...?" Something jumped out-!
"""Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-babooooohgch~~!""" A Nice Guy just showed up, and had jumped out of the bushes-!
"WHAT THE HELL-!?" Kyouhei exclaimed, upon being taken by surprise, he was given one of the protection rings by Makoto eariler, to make sure they're fine, supposedly, it takes one month to produce this, with Makoto asking his sister, Kaede, to produce some-which she promised, under Igor's permission-
-All the while-!
-Twachtssulle-! "D-Dammit, dammit, Riki, I'M HEAR BROKEEEENN-! I know people can change over time, but to me that to be changed over for this-! That I'm no longer worthy of being like something to be occupied in your mind, I'M HEART-BROKEN, RIKIIII-!" Kyosuke exclaimed outloud, in the forest, to which earlier, when he, Yami Riki and Masato were running away from the Shadows, and a "confused" state, Kengo, they all split up, to slow them all down-Both Masato and Kyosuke hoped that Riki would follow, only for him to jump through a log, and ran towards the coast-"RIKI-!" "RIKIIII-!" ...That's how Riki met up with Mio, and he was being pursued by those muscular Shadows, with him grabbing Mio in bridal style, and ran for it-!
-At Masato's part-!
"Haaaarghhcgcht-!" Masato, "Space Idiot", is running through the forest, being chased after by the "confused" state, Kengo, along with some Tough Guys who look all nasty, and muscular, like "Space Idiot". "Dammit-! Riki, how could you do this to me-! Why are you being so cold to me-and-!?" Suddenly, he spotted Yami Riki, carrying Mio in bridal style, and-a bright emanated, at, Masato's face-! "RIKIIII-!"
"Hm...?" "Huh...? Ah, it's Inohara-san... ..."
"Riki, what are you-" Suddenly, however, Riki just jumped high-while holding Mio in bridal-style, still-and he drew out his evoker, while being pointed at his temple-"Sorry, Masato, maybe next time-eh. Then, per-so-Na-!"
-BANG-!
-He fired his evoker, at his temple-summoning Red-eyes Black Dragon, "Groooooooaaaaarrr-!" *Dark Mega FLare* Then, it charged up a meteorite attack-BLAAAAASRGCHT-! It fired towards the forest level-below-!
-BOOOOOOOMMMRRGGRGCHT-!
-Which it has caused a massive fire-breakout, but it's only actuallly harming the SHadows about, not the forest or anything else here, with the Shadows acting in a very eerie, and very *inappropriate* manner, which they find the flames of darkness to be very *incenerating* like being in an hotspring-!
"Gwaugh... Gwaugh... ...Agh... Aguch... ... ... ..." Masato was speechless at Riki's action, just then-
-Riki landed back on the ground, carrying Mio still-"That should buy us some time." He said, then, he ran for it-with Masato being shocked at that, oh, and-
"H-Hey, Riki-!"
"Sorry, Masato, maybe another time, then, eh. See ya-!" He said, running off with Mio.
"""Halehalehaleleoleoloooeeoowwggch-babooooohgch~~!""" More Shadows came out of the bushes-!
"Gaaarrggccghhcchct-! R-RIKI-! RIKIIII-!" Masato is swarmed by a bunch of Tough Guys, and some Nice Guys, though there are only a few them-compared to the Tough Ones.
...
...Back at the manor, where the party is still ongoing... ...
...Haruka is singing and dancing, along with the other girls, with the senior-members reading books at the side, but-
-As Haruka kept singing -SLAMCGCGHCT-!
-"Hm?" "Hm...?" Both Kanata and Saya were the first ones to react, they are wearing ear block phones, so they're not really bothered by sudden slamming of the door, unlike the others-Rin and the others-as Riki just burst through with Mio being carried in bridal-style.
"Wha-R-Riki-kun... What are you... ..." Haruka is the first to response, while the others just regained their composures a bit,
"No time to explain, you see..." Riki has started explaining, and... ...
...
...
...A while later, after explaining... ...
"What...? Shadows...?" Kanata asked, after hearing the whole story-
"There are Shadows outside, and are after the others... ...?" Saya asked, with a bit of tilt-
"There are Shadows outside, and that Space Idiot and Kyosuke are-" Haruka started speaking, but-
"GYaaaaaggcchtt-!" A loud exclamation or yelling outside, caught their attentions-and they looked through the window.
"Wha-What was that...!? Was that, just now was...! What the heck was that-!?" Haruka exclaimed.
"Calm down, Haruka, Naoe, what exactly did you see-if these Shadows are outside of Tartarus-" Kanata said, unfinished,
"I'm going to get our evokers. A-chan, let's go-!" Saya said running to the stairways at the back-
"H-Hai-!" A-chan followed after her,-!
"Riki-kun, I'm going to get yours, so be ready for you're the wild card on our group, and I'll be cheering you all the way-!" Saya said that, as they run for the stairways.
"Hehe," A-chan just gave a cheerful wave towards Riki's direction, as the latter then turned his attention back to the situation outside-along with the others, who are watching out for Shadows outside-
"What's going outside-!? Hm, what the..."
...Outside the manor... ...
...There are weird "trees" at the side corner, with them jumping, and then disguising back as "trees" again, they are Shadows, no doubt... ... ...
...
...Riki and the others saw them, and it's quite obvious despite their disguises that they are Shadows, much to their sweat dropping. "...What kind of Shadows are they...? Nishizono-san, have you scanned them?" She asked Mio, as she turned to him.
"Eh...? O-Oh, that's right... Then..." Mio ought to concentrate, and she summoned her persona, which she used to scan them-the Shadows about, that is, that are closing in, on the manor-
"Geeeeecggch-! Th-They're closing in," Haruka shrieked,
"What are they doing here-!? And besides, can't-" Rin was about to speak up, but-
"Naoe, you and the others grab whatever stuff you can, and shut the doors and windows about-" Kanata ordered,
"Eh...?" "Eh-?" "Huh...?" "Eh-?" "Eh...?" "Eh-?" Everyone responded in unison, at that-
"...Futaki-san, you're gonna... You plan to barricade this place, and let a battle-take place right here-!?" Riki asked in great disbelief,
"No... I... I rather plan to take this outside, but-there are too many of them, it might come to that of eradicating the entrances so-No, I mean, GET TO IT-! ALL OF YOU-! GET TO YOUR POSTS-!" She commanded with great authoritive aura-!
"Hai-!" "H-Hai-!" "H-HAIII-!" "HAI!" Everyone obliged to her command, and started packing stuff, and started closing all doors and windows about, as the Shadows keep jumping-then disguising back as trees-which they then started going impatient, and-
"""OhOOOOOOgchhaggcht-!""" They started marching, and doing intrusion around the place-which they're trying to bang on the door, on the windows and any other entrances!
"Gyaaagchtaagch-!" "Gyaagchtaagch-!" ""Gyaaagchtaagchagchta-!"" The girls shrieked, at this creepy development, with Riki trying to overpower the Shadows, by pushing back with all the stuff barricaded by the door-
Kanata is doing the same, gr, "Gr, what's up with A-chan and TOkido-san-!? What is-"
"Sorry for the wait-!" Saya's voice is heard, all of the sudden-
"Huh...?" Kanata turned around, and saw Saya and A-chan running back with evokers at hand-
-They are running back towards them at full-speed-! "Sorry for the wait, it kinda took—" A-chan tried to explain as they actually had a hard time finding everyone's evokers, due to the misplaced stuff, since they left earlier for Yakushima isle while they were at the dorm-
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG-!?" Kanata shouted or scolded them, for that—
"Geerghgck-!" A-chan shrieked at that, with Saya being slightly startled—
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG ENOUGH, TO RESPOND TO THE DANGER AROUND US-! Hurry up and distribute them to everyone-!" Kanata ordered them to do just that.
"H-Hai-!" "Roger!" A-chan and Saya said altogether, with a salute—courtesy of their positions as Kanata's somewhat cohorts or committee members.
"Ah, Riki-kun, I couldn't find… …" Saya was about to inform that she didn't found his, but then, he revealed that he has his—already. As well as the other three, Kengo, who is still in a state of "confusion"— "EEEEHHH-!? Y-You already have… Moo~ Let me at least get worried about you, and so then I can save you, too-! Hm, but, oh well, as expected of you, you really are lucky!" ,and then, there's also Masato and Kyosuke who each have their own evokers with them.
"Eh…? U-Uh, no, I…" Riki stammered at Saya's own choice of words,
"Don't go dallying around here, now then—" Kanata, with evoker in hand, said—"we better get to—"
"ONEE-CHAAAAAANN-!" Haruka exclaimed, all of the sudden—
"Eh?" Kanata and the others turned to them, and saw— …and then… …
"We can't hold them out for much longer-!" Haruka yelled outloud for everyone to be informed and of noticed that the Shadows are about to break in-! And they DID IT-!
"""Gyaaagoooccggccghcgt-!""" The three girls, Kud, Komari and Rin, all shrieked in fright at this development—
"Gr," Saya pointed her evoker at her temple—"Come forth, Elemental Hero, Neos-!" Bang-! She pulled the trigger—gathering a lot of blue mists about, and then, her persona, Neos, is finally summoned—"Go, Neos, get rid of them all-! Wrath of Neos-!" She said, obliging her persona to attack.
"Huooogaacgaach-!" Which he marched—or thrust—towards the Shadows with a energy wave surrounding him, and is about to throw a punch-!
BOOOOMMM-!
"Uoooouuggoochhgh-!" "Uoooouuggooooooouugcgcchgchhgh-!" """Uoooouuggoooooochhgh-!"""
"""Gyaaagoooccggccghcgt-!""" The trio of cute girls shrieked at this development, with it then, Riki ought to summon as well—but then, he realized that summoning a large—at least not fit for the size of this room, anyway—persona might cause more damage than aid, so… he best use another method.
'…I see… Then, I better…' The image or thought of using Celtic Guardian came to mind, "Hm, yosh… Per-so-Na-!" He said, while about to pull the trigger-!
-BANG-!
He said, firing his evoker, which then summoned forth Celtic Guardian—who faced the Shadows, and it lunged towards them while slashing one of them, dispatching it. Then, all the others came to forefront around him—only for his barrier to work on with Riki getting closer to get inside the barrier, as well. Stopping the Shadows from advancing.
"Naoe-!" "Riki-kun!" "Riki-kun-!" Kanata, Saya and A-chan said.
"Riki-!" "Riki-kun-!" "Naoe-saaan-!" Rin, Komari and Kud exclaimed.
"Riki-kun! Anego and Mio-kun just ran upstairs-!" Haruka informed.
"What-!? Oh, wait, that is… that is good. It's a good thing Nishizono-san is upstairs, but where's—Where's Kurugaya at-!?" Kanata asked,
"Um, well… Uh, she was getting tired so… …she went to bed, I guess… …" A-chan informed. … …Well, Kurugaya is indeed in bed, but it seems she was awoken by the commotion about.
"What-!? Then… Then, no, well… I suppose… Hmgh, it can't be helped. All right, now, get them with everything you got-!" Kanata ordered, now that everyone has their evokers-!
"""Hai-!""" "Okay." ""Roger-!"" "Roger that-!" They all said in unison, altogether.
-Meanwhile, at Kurugaya's room-
...Kurugaya is sleeping soundly in her bedroom, with her rolling about in this bed-and it seems like she's dreaming about something... ...
"...Ri... ki... -boy... ..." ... ...It seems she is dreaming of Riki in her dreams, as she keeps rolling slightly on the sides of the bed, and she muttered his name just then-;
...Kurugaya's dream... at the classroom of Riki and the others... ...
...Riki is sleeping in his desk, seemingly very sleepy, "Hey, boy, wake up... Class has already ended a while ago." Kurugaya approached him, and gently shook him, waking him up. Which she finds his sleeping posture to be very cute. "Haha, your sleeping face was very cute when you were sleeping~~" ...That surprised Riki a bit, realizing he's been asleep the entire time... ...
"...Agh... Agh..." Riki just mumbled that, as he straightened himself. "Then, I'll be on my way." He said, grabbing his stuff,
"Oh, you're already leaving... ...? You're just gonna leave this onee-san by herself," She teased a bit,
"Go home, Kurugaya-san. ...Besides, I don't think... ...I don't think I am what I may represent, not to the... ..."
"Huh...? ... ..." Kurugaya notices something like Riki is acting differently-which then, "Yami Riki" took over, and startled Kurugaya-
"...Like something to be proud of, the darkness of the heart may laugh or feel contented, or not... But not like that of the own fresh and start of... it's not like you're completely overwhelmed, but, at least, let your mind or soul be free of oppression from your own dark of the heart... ..." ...Riki said that, as in he's like a totally different person, right now, as in he's demeanor his emotionless and serious, like he's not meek, anymore-Just in-
"Ah...!" Kurugaya woke up, realizing also that it's now the Dark Hour, seeing the pale crescent moon through the window-"...A dream... Hm, but... Why the boy...? Hm, then... ..." Seeing and recalling that time when they both had "long time spending" that time during their stay at the church, Kurugaya just smiled mischievously.
"Oh well... Hm, perhaps I can go to the erotic part this time-be ready, boy~~" She said, drifting back to her sleep, and all the while, Riki felt a itch on his skin, like something mischievous has just penetrated through him, or thinking of mischievous things about him.
...Downstairs, at the living room... ...
"Hm...? What's wrong, Riki...?" Rin noticed Riki's troubled expression, and asked with concern,
"Eh...? N-No, it's..." 'That was... No, as long as I clear myself of the 'dark' of the heart, then... the rest shall be laid upon... ...' Riki thought to himself, with Rin and Komari still expressing concern, as they eyed him with concern expressions... ...
...Kanata, on the meanwhile, is waiting for those muscular Shadows to bust through, which then-
"Grooooaaaaarrr-!" Schwaaucgccgachgactgh-! "GROOOOOOAAAAARRR-!" They just go through-! With them storming all over the place-!
"Gyaaagchtaagch-!" "Gyaagchtaagch-!" ""Gyaaagchtaagchagchta-!"" The girls shrieked at their sudden appearances in this hall-!
"Now, attack with everything you got in your arsenal-!" Kanata signalled for the others to attack-at full force!
"Roger-!" "Roger, Futaki-!" "Roger, Kanata!" Riki, Saya and A-chan said altogether,
Bang-! Bang-!Bang-!!
Each of them obliged their personas-after they are summoned-to attack, with Riki's own Celtic Guardian offering a bit of offense, and most of defense, with its infinity barrier to protect everyone else-!
"Gyaaagchtaagch-!" "Gyaagchtaagch-!" ""Gyaaagchtaagchagchta-!"" The girls are protected as the barrier of Celtic Guardian prevented the Shadows from going any further, with them crouching away from the monsters-!
"Go, Neos-! Plus, Asssault-Armor-!" Saya obliged her persona, which a glowing fire-like aura emanated around it, (Note: A reference of "Power Charge" skill from Persona 3 and 4, and the card of "Assault Armor" in Yu-Gi-Oh Gx.) "Wrath of Neos!" Saya commanded of persona to attack.
-STRIIIIIIIIKE-! -STRIIIIIIIIIIKKE-! -*BOOOOOOOOOMMMMGGCGCGH-!*
Neos decimated the Shadows, with them exclaiming "Ahooooooo-!" as they are sent flying, Riki keeps oblidging Celtic Guardian, his persona, to just stay in defense for now, while both A-chan and Saya continue raining down attacks on the Shadows, which is also destroying the stuff around here-!
"Gr," Something Kanata herself groaned and gritted in waste, "Hm, I suppose it was too much to hope that they won't damage the premises, then... ..."
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...Meanwhile, outside... ...
...THUDCGHCT-! ...THUDCGHCT-! THUDCGHCT-! THUDCGHCT-...!
"OOORRRYYAAAAAA-!" Masato is pounding on some Tough Guys about, with them being sent flying all over-It's all over-! "Gr, damn it, damn it, Rikiiii-! Why are you being cold to me, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, WHY AM I GETTING TO THE BOREDOM LINE OF GETTING NOT MANLY COMRADE-!" Yeah, the borderline of Insanity... ...Where the other Shadows have begun making their move-towards Masato who is grief-stricken, and is on a foul-mood of having a blood-thirsty rage of wanting to tear out those-who cannot make him go foul out on all the mood-! "Come on, you blood-thirsty nuckers, come and get me, otherwise, I'll COME AND GET YOU-! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-!" Sweat dropp-!
-Suddenly, at that-
"OOOORRYYAAAAAAAGGGCCHHAA-!" Kengo, who is still under "confusion" spell, is looked upon by Masato, and he seems to be eager for a fight-
"Hey, Kengo-! It's you, well, how about we settle this now, I'll prove once and for all that I'm the strongest, right now-!" Masato lunging at full force, with a loud thud pounding can be heard all over the vicinity-! "Yeah, I win-Guaaaaarrgccgachh-!" Suddenly, a German suplex is applied on Masato-with Kengo seemingly to have German influences right now-
"Hey, achtung, your craft isn't late registry-So I'm afraid we're gonna sucker it up-!" He said, with his eyes being glowing-due to him in "confused" state, right now-said in a rather, very hilarious, and awkward, manner-
-Thud-!
...Masato suddenly grabbed his head, and headbutted him on the forehead, which seems to have fazed him... ...then, he goes to full-fury mode now, "Masato~~~! I'm~~gonna~~get~~YOU~~~!"
"Hey, we got the televi-Huh-?" Suddenly, from out of nowhere, as Kyouhei suddenly popped out of nowhere-along with Makoto-with them bringing a television set, for some reason, and Masato and Kengo having have brawled it out, with them being sent flying, are tossed towards the tv's direction, with there's another TV set at the other side, which was set up by Makoto earlier, just in case-which he seems to be planning something, as well. And Kengo is being tossed in that direction-waaaaaarrrrrrpppppggcchhgchhct-!
"Kwaaaaaaagggccchhh-!" "Gwaaaaaaaggccgchctch-!" ""Kuaaaaaaaggcchhgcht-!"" """Kuaaaaaaaggcchhgcht-!"""
...A while later, there was only the tv set on, and the boys... ...are gone... with Kyosuke passing by here, wondering what has happened as he actually heard them when they all exclaimed altogether-which led him here. "...Huh, what the... ...What happened here... ...?" He said, looking at both tv sets-
...Later on, at the second floor of the manor... ...
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...There is a tv set that is turned on, for some reason-which, Mio was planning to get something, here in this room, but then-she started seeing something on the screen, then-a wave of darkness suddenly erupted around her, which-it has pushed her to the tv set, which she actually went *through* the tv screen set, and she accident turned on it by accidently pushing the turn on-tv on. Which explains why the tv set is on, right now-!
...Then, Riki goes here, apparently, during and amidst the commotion, Kanata ordered him to fetch Mio-and make sure she's safe-but it seems, he was too late-as Mio was thrown "inside" a tv set. And, it seems he has switched to "Yami Riki", once again, in this moment, with him slowly entering and peeking through the small gap by the opened door of Mio's room-"...Nishizono...-san...? ... ...Huh...?" He looked around, but finds no trace of Mio-anywhere, except for the turned on, tv set. "...Huh...? T-Tv...? ... ... ..." Riki approached it, and then-he felt like being dragged in, as in something is like provoking or tempting him to lean closer, and... ...he turned it off, and tried to touch it with his finger-dipp. "Huh...!?" ...Riki was surprised at that, when he touched the screen, his hand felt like it just dipped into a pool of water-! "Huh...!?" That startled him, for a bit, or maybe a lot, as he just-"Wha..." He put his hand on the screen-which pulled him in, "Grurgucgcghgct-! Ga-Gaagch-!"
End of Chapter 31