The Life of a not-so-ordinary Girl
By NJAM
Ha! My computer's finally fixed (Again). Didn't start on this right away though since I had school work and was catching up on stuff I missed for one week T. T
Anyways~ Time to reply to reviews~
Is it like an RPG game with bosses and stuff? Maybe~
Ah- There's typos in the whole story o. o must fix soon-
Actually~ While my laptop was being fixed (The screen went wacky) I was stuck with my PSP... I didn't feel like typing there though 'cause I was playing som interestin games that I put xD Hakuoki so addicting -I finally managed to get one of the guy's routes~ Might play it again...
Anyways, Sorry it takes me so long to update lately T . T Blame school and my laptop -which apparently hates me owo
Well~ I better stop makin long author's notes, so~ I'll start now xD
I do not own Persona, its characters, or certain OCs that appear here. All things belong to their rightful owners and I only own what I own, which includes the story and some OCs~
...I wonder why we have to type that every page? xD
Anyways~ Here ya go guys!
P. S. Around the time I'm typing this... hehe~ My Bday~ xD The other parts over weekend and the story started the day before xD Anyways~
Chapter 33: Next is?
July 27, 2013 - Saturday, in a Restaurant
Later on, I found out that Sakurai-san was able to go back to normal. The boy I had seen in her memories, Yuuya, was there when she woke up... and to his relief, she was fine, except for a few minor injuries, she was pretty much normal... At least, judging by how Yuuya-san reacted, I think she is anyway... He must like her though, cause I think he was blushing abit... he suddenly stopped hugging her when he realized what he was doing.
I for one... still didn't manage to find everyone else's memories. I would've searched the whole day... but I knew Yu might start looking for me after awhile. Besides, there were still some things I had to do... technically, scouting the Mirror World was just a part-time job after all...
As I sat there, absently playing with a lock of hair, a familiar voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Mind if I join you?" He said.
"Hmm?" I looked up, violet eyes meeting a pair of gray eyes that I instantly recognized as Yu's. I nodded. He smiled at me, sliding into the booth beside me.
"Working hard, or hardly working~?" Yu asked me once he was comfortable and the waiter had finished taking his order. I laughed abit at that.
"In the middle I guess?" I smiled "How about you? Managing those classes just fine?" I asked, remembering that he taught the Art Classes at Aeon. Yu folded his hands.
"Pretty fine, but I'm more worried about you, honestly" His reply took me by surprise.
"Huh? W-what do you mean?" I stuttered.
"I think you're rushing this investigation a bit. C'mon, relax a little~"
"Yeah... but... Yuki's still missing..." My hands automatically played with a lock of hair.
"I told you, everything will work out alright" He touched my shoulder lightly, comforting me "We just have to believe in her"
"Y-yeah... y-you've got a point" I smiled, trying to convince myself that she would be ok, trying my best to shoo away all my negative thoughts on the matter "I guess she changed abit too... she sure has alot of friends now..." I added, remembering how worried Naoki-san was just yesterday when I told her what may have happened to Yuki.
"Well, she is very popular~" He smiled back. Yu would know of course, she must've been in his Art class "You're a lot alike, you know?"
"We are?" I asked, startled "It doesn't seem like it to me"
And it never did occur to me that we were alike, aside from our looks. We both had Dark Brown hair -or Brown-black, since the shade looked like it was black unless under sunlight or ordinary lighting that wasn't colored-, although my hair must've gone a few shades lighter since I moved to Inaba, and we both had Dark Violet eyes too. And we have the same... body size as well. At least, since the last time I saw a picture of her on Facebook anyway... But that was just looks. To me, our personalities are very different... She always had more courage than me, and I was always the one who was too shy.
"Trust me on this one~" Yu replied "Call it... Ah... A leader's intuition~?" I laughed at that last part.
"'Leader's intuition' huh?" I couldn't stop the smile from breaking out on my face "You sound unsure"
"W-Wha-Hey, am too!" I guess I caught him off guard. He crossed his arms, and pouting lightly as I laughed "So, have you spoken with the others yet?" He asked, casually changing the subject "The old Investigation Team, I mean"
"Hmm..." I thought about it "Now that I think about it... only the ones that are here... but Erin and Taiga and everyone else..." I played with a lock of hair "No, I haven't talked to the others recently" I answered.
"Why not give them a call?" He accepted his drink from the waiter, and took a sip before drinking "Maybe we could get the team back together"
"That sounds nice..." I smiled, but a thought bothered me "But... what if they're busy...?"
"Mmm, I hadn't thought of that..." Yu rested his hands on his chin as he thought about it "Well, it wouldn't hurt to try, right?" He smiled, looking at me.
"Let's see then..." I got my phone out from my pocket, looking through my contact list "Ah, should you call or I call?" Yu waved his hands, taking another sip from his drink.
"It's all yours~"
"Ehh? B-but I dunno how to talk to Katsu and what if I say somethin wrong?" Yu simply took my phone from me, picking one contact. He pressed the call button on my phone before holding it up to my ear.
"Eto..." I waited, the phone ringing three times before the person who Yu called answered the phone.
"Masamune speaking" The male voice on the other end was Kazuto's "Oh, Nakashima-san" He must've been smiling on the other end of our call "You never call me"
"Ahahaha... y-yeah..." Actually, It was sorta Yu who called you, not me... I felt my stutter coming back, as I rarely talked to the other members of the team. The ones I talked to the most was Erin and Yu... Although after my shadow, I started calling them by their first names, without honorifics. It might've been abit rude but... They're my friends. B-besides, I usually forgot to add an honorific anyway... "I-I was wondering if we could get the t-team together..." I stuttered "C-can you come?"
"Hmm? The old team...?" Kazuto sounded abit concerned, and he must've moved the phone to his other ear "Why, did something happen?"
" Eh? N-no," I replied, my stutter getting abit worse "I-I mean, i-i-it's been awhile since we last got together so Yu s-suggested it"
"I see... Alright, I'll see what I can do" His tone told me he was smiling "Should I be over there now?"
"Uhh... h-hold on" I covered my phone, looking at Yu "Um... when should we meet Yu?"
"Ahh, good question~" He stroked his chin, thinking "Hmmm... Does tomorrow work for you?"
"Hmm... I guess so" I smiled, remembering it was Sunday tomorrow "Ah, but where should we meet?"
"Why not here?" Yu smiled, and I smiled back at him.
"Alright" I stopped covering my phone to reply to Kazuto "Doesn't have to be now, Yu said everyone should meet tomorrow at..." I looked around and once I found a sign I told him the name of the restaurant "I-it's about a hour or so ride here from Inaba i-if I remember correctly..."
"Alright, I'll see what I can do~" Kazuto rpelied "Shall I call Naoto-san about this as well?"
"Ah, y-yes please" I replied quickly "C-could you call some of the others too?"
"Certainly, I'll get a hold of Yamashita-san, and Oda-san if it's alright with you" Relief filled me quickly, because I was sure to stutter even more if I talked to any of those two (Especially Narashino, because I remembered our last battle at the TV World every now and then).
"T-that's fine with me" I said, finishing my slightly warm tea "S-see ya tomorrow then?"
"Yes! Until then" Kazuto replied obviously happy, before hanging up.
"Ok, so Kazuto said he can come" I told Yu, smiling "Let's see... Um, who should I call next Yu...?"
-.-.-.-
July 28, 2013 - Sunday, Same restaurant, Afternoon.
"Ahaha, man! It's been awhile since we've all be together like this~!" Chie said, fist-pumping with Katsu.
"Y-yeah... how have you guys been since we last met?" I smiled.
"To be honest, it's been pretty quiet" Yukiko smiled as she replied "Ever since the case ended, things have returned to normal"
"Eh, mostly normal I guess" Yosuke said, remembering quickly that he was actually a teacher for a school of Persona users.
"'Mostly,' huh?" Seichi said, quick to reply to Yosuke "C'mon, we haven't seen each other in months, and that's all you could come up with?"
"H-hey teachin students are alot harder than I thought" Yosuke replied. Erin covered her mouth as we all laughed, not even trying to hold her own laughter in.
"I still can't believe you decided to be a teacher~" Erin said, smiling. Then she added "Well, all of you, I guess"
That's right... Yu, Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko, Kanji -Even I was surprised when he accepted the job-, Teddie -I wonder how his students even learn the lessons, considering his... personality- and lastly, Rise... they were all staff members of Aeon Academy.
"Well, it adds to the experience right?" Yukiko replied, interrupting my train of thought. She smiled. Taiga took a long sip from her cup of coffee before setting it back down on the table.
"And what about you, Michiyo-san?" Taiga asked me "Keeping out of trouble, I hope~?"
"M-me?" I laughed abit, my face is abit red as I rembered numerous injuries that I got from scouting the Mirror World "I-I guess I've been keeping out of too much trouble... h-how about you guys?"
"Ahh... I've been pretty busy, I'm afraid" Taiga replied, smiling sheepishly at us "I've been attending the university nearby"
"Ah 'ave been fine as well. When ah am not 'ere, ah am designing" Kagome said, looking thoughtful. Her accent was still thick, but since I was used to it by now, I managed to understand what she was saying "Being with you all 'as given moi a spark of inspiration for mah new line"
"Eh, same old, same old for me" Narashino said, shrugging "Takin' care of Rise-chan over 'ere is a full-time job" He laughed at the pout Rise shot him, although it was true... now that I think about it, I did see him around Aeon every now and then...
"I may only be speaking for myself here, but things have been rather..." Kazuto looked for the word he wanted so say before speaking "Dull, since our time as the Investigation Team"
"Y-Yeah, I... Haven't done much either, to be honest" Erin laughed awkwardly "My acting career hasn't exactly taken off..."
As I listened to my friends talked, my mind just wandered away. Absently I remembered the times we spent together at Inaba, before Yu moved away and the case was over. A part of me still listened to the team, but... with the lack of sleep I've been getting because of those... 'Dreams'... I end up waking up at around midnight, and I have a hard time getting back to sleep... I'm not sure if it was because of what I saw in those dreams, or if I'm just afraid I'll have them again once I go back to sleep.
As I sat there, drinking my almost cold tea, my eyes were drawn to a familiar-looking girl not too far from my table. She was sitting with a guy that -strangely enough- reminded me of Narashino. His looks, now that I think about it... looked alot... like Narashino...
W-wait a second... is it just me, or did that girl have the same shade of brown hair that I have? Maybe it was a little darker, as if she didn't spend much time out under the sun, but it was... just like mine...
The girl turned around, and I noticed she was wearing a pair of blue-framed glasses, that, strangely enough, looked alot like the pair I had, before Yosuke broke them a few years back. The light reflected off her glasses, but I got the strange, prickly feeling that she was watching me. I tried to find the answer in my mind, wondering why she looked so familiar... It wasn't until she stood up that I realized what bothered me so much about her.
Her face looked almost exactly like mine.
A/n: Yeah... pretty short huh? OwO I didn't update cause I wanted to add more but... I didn't know what to add xD Sorry about that~
Anyways, I ended up hitting a writer's block at the 3rd paragraph, so... I ended up RP-ing with Elisabeth xD It ended cause I had to go to sleep, but I wrote part of it in my notebook while I was at school so... I ended up transferring it here xD
I really wish I could add more though T. T
Oh well~ Oh, and I edited CH1 cause I realized it didn't sound like Yuki that much... so monotonous xD So if you were going to reread it, go ahead~ I'm gonna be editing all the chapters for spell checks and to fix some stuff xD
Again, sorry it took me such a long time to update xP I've been meaning to upload this soon but... yeah, I blame my laziness and me catching up with unread FF alert mails xD
Soo... um... yeah I got nothing else to say~ I'll just say my usual xD
Reviews please! xD Oh, and if one of my friends is readin this... yeah, review nya! xD Cause ya rarely review and I dunno what ya think about the latest chapters cause you don't say it on Skype! xD
...The next chapter will be a reunion... hmmm~ What kind of reunion will it be, I wonder~