"Come out, come out wherever you are," Minato hummed cheerfully, searching every corner of Port Island Station once again. "Oh come on Eris, this is no fun..." he tried to laugh cheerfully but he was really just pissed off laughing.

"Hahaha..."

"Haha..."

"Ha..."

"SHIT!" The blue haired Fool yelled out in frustration. He had been visiting the back of Port Island for days and yet there was no sign of Eris here. Hell, he even broke into the old apartments but nope, the black haired female was nowhere to be found.

Minato stomped and cussed horribly at the backstabbing female before taking off towards the dorm. It only took a couple of minutes and he was standing right outside his lovely home... and for the looks of things, someone was already waiting for him.

Minato shrugged his shoulders and stepped inside, it was still the Dark Hour so the lights were shut but he could clearly see a redhead pacing around in her pyjamas.

"Oh," Mitsuru caught the blue haired junior and let out a sigh. "You're finally here. Are you alright?"

Minato smiled, usually he would have flirted but he couldn't bring himself to do that anymore. "Yeah, I'm alright."

"You need to stop roaming around at night, Arisato," Mitsuru sighed, clearly concerned. "The place is dangerous and you know that."

"I just want some payback," Minato muttered, feeling a burning sensation on the scar that Eris left on his chest. His features hardened. "Kind of a new feeling, senpai.."

"I understand," Mitsuru smiled. "We'll take revenge on her, no matter what but we'll do it together."

"Yay!" Minato closed the distance between them and hugged Mitsuru who heated up but she didn't push him away, he surely wasn't doing this for teasing or trying to grope her.

"Arisato," Mitsuru muttered, blushing faintly as Minato pulled away.

"We should get some sleep now," he smiled. "Good night-" the farewell never came as Minato's head snapped back towards the door seconds later. Mitsuru did the exact same thing, her brows furrowed.

"..."

"..."

"Did you sense it too?" Mitsuru asked, not taking her eyes off the door.

"I don't need a support persona to sense that," Minato replied. It wasn't a shadow, it was just... pure unadulterated malice. "What the heck was that?" it wasn't Joker, he never had such a frightening aura. And he was most likely gone forever after the last battle.

Minato relaxed his stance but kept his gaze on the door. "..."

"Its most likely gone," Mitsuru said. "... Do you think we should wait here?"

"No," Minato replied. "I think he or she is gone.." he replied. "Let's get going senpai, try to sleep, alright?"

Mitsuru nodded and the two made their way up the stairs. Minato took one last look at the door. What on earth was that? He felt something, and that something was going to smash through the door but it just disappeared soon after.

With a sigh, the blue haired male went up the stairs.

Junpei was already there and he was drenched in sweat.

"Oh, senpai and Minato..." there was a little something in his tone when he said the male's name but Minato didn't catch it, neither did Mitsuru.

"What up man?" Minato asked. "Seems like you had a nightmare."

"I did, man," Junpei sighed, the slightly indifferent tone vanished as he relaxed, taking off his cap. "It was weird as all hell too."

Mitsuru was listening closely.

"A dude who looked exactly like me started talking shit," Junpei said. "It was pretty weird, he was pretty much hitting all my weak points and I'm bummed out."

"Huh, that is weird," Minato rubbed his chin. "Well, I hope-" someone came down the steps this time and it was Yukari in her pyjamas and she looked pissed... and a little scared.

"What are you guys doing here?" Yukari asked, her brow twitching slightly when she stared down Mitsuru.

"We were jus-" Minato was cut off once again when Akihiko staggered towards the group, pissed off much like the other two teens.

"Don't know what I ate that give me such a nightmare," Akihiko mumbled. "Something going on guys?"

Junpei and Yukari blinked. "A nightmare?" the two said in unison and then looked at each other in surprise. Akihiko stared at both of them and the conversation was going nowhere.

"... So, a look a like was talking shit about you, right?" Junpei asked.

Yukari snapped her head back at the capped teen while Akihiko frowned.

"Thought so," Junpei nodded, turning back to Minato and Mitsuru. "What about you two?"

"I just came back..." Minato replied.

"And I was the one waiting for him," in normal times, Junpei would have teased Mitsuru but they were in a screwed up predicament. Three of them saw the exact same dream, and that was weird. Too weird and definitely not a coincidence.

"H-How!?" Yukari yelped. "How did you know?"

"I saw the exact same thing, Yuka-tan," Junpei sighed. "Golden eyes, right, senpai?"

"Yes," Akihiko groaned. "Damn, never knew I had such a punch-able face."

Minato snickered but paled upon Mitsuru's stern gaze. "Sorry..." he coughed into his fist.

"..." Minato faced the stairs once again as a familiar teal hair girl gingerly made her way down the steps, Fuuka wasn't pissed like the rest but she was definitely the most afraid of the lot, hell she was even holding onto her pillow.

"Let me end it right now," Minato spoke up. "You saw the same dream as these guys, right? A look a like harassing you, right?"

Fuuka opened her mouth in shock but nothing came out.

"Thought so," Minato said, turning to Mitsuru. "This is... weird."

"... I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the presence we felt earlier," Mitsuru bit her lower lip.

"What presence!?" Yukari shrieked. "W-Was it a ghost or something?"

"Nope," Minato shook his head, relaxing the brunette. "Something far worse than that."

"This isn't a coincidence," Akihiko said. "It can't be one. He punched me on the face and hell, it was hurting too."

"She pulled my hair," Yukari winced. "It did hurt... even if it was a dream."

"This is spooky," Minato said.

His statement resulted in silence from the rest but a loud bang rang out moments later, snapping the teenagers back to attention.

"What the hell was that?" Junpei said, looking around.

Another bang.

"There is someone in the dorm," Mitsuru pulled a rapier from under the couch. "Everyone, be on guard."

"AIGIS!" Minato yelled, concerned for the mechanical maiden. On cue, the door to Aigis' room slammed open and the android came running down the steps, and for the first time... Aigis looked worried... and a little scared.

"Minato-san," Aigis said. "Are you alright? I cannot get a clear reading but there is someone in the dorm.."

Minato summoned a sword and tossed it to Junpei who caught it. "Take Fuuka and Koromaru, check around the dorm. Yell if you need help."

"Gotcha!" Junpei ran down the steps and Fuuka followed him.

Mitsuru turned towards Akihiko. "Take Aigis and check the third floor and roof, and call for help if you run into trouble."

"You got it," Akihiko went up the steps along with Aigis.

"Can you sense anything?" Minato asked and Mitsuru shook her head.

"Shit, what the hell is thing... thing!?" the blue haired male cried, growing restless.

"Minato, look!" Yukari shrieked, pointing at the far end of the hall. Minato whipped around and the door to his room opened, and out popped a figure in black hood. Mitsuru gasped, the aura he was giving off was familiar, much like what she sensed earlier in the lounge.

"Hey you!" Minato yelled, catching the hood's attention. The Fool made a run for the intruder and quickly got close enough to punch him right in the face, snapping his head back but the stranger didn't yell in pain even though Minato punched with all his might.

Minato ducked underneath his elbow and rammed the intruder against the wall and followed it up a couple of knee shots to his gut. The intruder tried to attack again, his movement was sloppy and Minato easily dodged, summoned a dagger into his grip and dug it into the shoulder of the intruder, pinning him against the wall.

"What is going on- WOAH!" Akihiko and Aigis came down and took a moment to let the scene sink in. Soon enough, Junpei, Fuuka and Koromaru came back to the second floor as well.

"Who is that?" Junpei yelled, running towards the rest.

"Who are you?" Minato yelled but received no answer.

"I asked you something," he punched the intruder on the face but like before, he didn't even wince from the pain.

"Take his hood off, Arisato," Mitsuru ordered, gripping her rapier tightly.

"Pleasure," Minato easily tore apart the hood and what came next was something he never expected. Everyone, sans Minato, Aigis and Akihiko gaped in horror since the intruder was... entirely faceless. He had no eyes, nose or ears. His face was completely blank.

Minato widened his eyes, the piece of cloth in his hand was starting to burn him.

"What the hell..."

"Hahahaha," even though the intruder had no mouth, it gave off a devilish laugh, making Minato take a step back as black mist began to spiral around and his frame started flickering.

"No, he's running away," Minato stepped forward to stop him but his hand went straight through him, like he was a ghost.

It also burned him a little.

"Ow," he pulled back as the figure gave a cruel chuckle and vanished away, leaving the group dumbstruck. Minato tore his eyes away and looked towards the half open door of his room. The Fool quickly made his way inside and observed that his closet was open.

"What the hell did he take!?" he yelled in annoyance, rummaging around as the rest came inside his room once again.

Minato kept rummaging through his stuff until his eye fell on something that was lying on the ground, a photo of himself and Hamuko. Minato cringed and bend down to pick it but he immediately let it go as the frame burned his hand. "AAHHHH!"

The picture hit the ground once again and started giving off smoke.

"Arisato... your hand is..." Mitsuru gulped, it was burned black.

A round of obnoxious and somewhat demonic laughter caused the teens to cringe. It was surely coming from downstairs. Minato was already pissed so he brushed past his friends and ran across the hall. He needed to vent this out.

The rest followed him. They heard a couple of cusses from Minato and more laughter before it finally vanished.

Mitsuru was the first one down the steps and Minato was sitting on the couch with a very familiar cap in his grip. Junpei's eyes widened to comical proportions. It was the same cap he was wearing right now!

Minato also had a cut on his cheek, along with pink nail-polish.

Yukari blinked, coming down the steps.

"..." they remained speechless.

"Oh hey," Minato greeted them. "Junpei tried to wrestle with me but soon ran away and I got a hold of his cap..." he pointed at the cut on his cheek. "Oh, and Yukari dug her nails into my cheek, it hurt..."

"How..." Fuuka was ghostly pale.

"I think..." Minato bit his lip. "The dreams you guys had... they actually gave birth to a look a like of you.."

Everyone froze.

"We've got another problem on our hands..."

Over a year it has been... wow, I'm extremely sorry whoever was waiting (prolly not much) I was looking to update any fic of mine and eenie meenie miney mo, got this one... and I kinda liked writing this... maybe because there is no Minato and Hamuko interaction, I think I've written too much of that.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed it. I'd love if you could pass some feedback and hahaha, well, your choice and all.

Bye.