A/N: (un-)Happy april fools! Whether you screwed someone over or are on the receiving side, it's 364 days to go for the next April fools. Personally I saw some rather fucked up shit yesterday (Something about a character being friendzoned), anyways, let's get on with the story.
RosyMiranto18: Reading your comments makes me wanting to get someone the beta read my chapters more than ever lol, guess I better get less Myopic if I wanna see this through XD. I hope this chapter wouldn't break the Eisaku in your mind by too much, since I plan to bring him towards an entirely different direction than what you had guessed.
2019/4/8
I spotted Eisaku in his seat, and went over to greet him "Hey Eisaku-san, are you feeling better now?"
Eisaku thumped his chest in response, "As good as I'll ever be." Suddenly he stammered towards the end "By the way, about that uhh, horse..."
"Ah, right." I got what he meant in no time "Is lunchtime ok? I already contacted Shika beforehand to meet at lunchtime."
"I would like that. Also I broke up with my friends yesterday, so I really have nowhere to go." he chuckled lightly at his loss.
"I guess we are open to refugees."
Eisaku and I arrive at the meeting place to find Shika already waiting there. She turned around and asked "Miura-kun, are you alright?"
He smiled "I am, thanks to you. Though I want to ask about my horse."
Shika raised a finger at him. "It's a Unicorn. And I wanna ask about what your shadow said back then, since apparently we are "The reason for your troubles", what exactly did he-you mean by that?"
Eisaku frowned after hearing her question, but got back to being himself quickly. "Yes, that's something I should tell you. I'm going to warn you first though, it's a long story."
"Is it as long as last time?" I asked.
"About double of that."
"Well, I did expect that at least. But if you don't want to say something, you can leave it out. I mean, we'd be none the wiser." I reminded him.
"Thanks Akane-chan. I was born in Sao paulo, Brazil to a Japanese Family. And I moved over here just this year."
"So you are not really a local as well." I heard Shika mutter to herself. It made Eisaku look at her wide-eyed "What do you mean?"
What followed is the two having a conversation in English. I didn't understand all of it, but I can at least understand that Shika was telling Eisaku her background. Which made Eisaku ask more and more questions. Eisaku's accent is rather thick, like myself but in a different way, but Shika doesn't have an accent? Is she still hiding something?
I decided that enough is enough, and stopped them. "I'm sorry to be rude, but I am pretty much excluded here." Which made Eisaku apologize "Sorry, but I haven't said English in a while, it's actually rather refreshing."
Shika on the other hand, didn't. "Oops, sorry about that, I got carried away. It's just that we have established a secret way of communicating with each other, things are going to be fun."
I glared at her, puffing my cheeks in protest "That's so not fair. I'm gonna get left out." Shika poked at my puffed up cheeks "How about this, since I am going to ace the English classes even if I did nothing, why don't I use the extra time I had teaching you English instead?"
Hmmm… I guess why not. "Deal." I decided to accept her offer.
Suddenly the world stood still for me, and a tarot card suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
Thou art I… And I am thou…
Thou has established a new bond…
It brings thee closer towards your answer…
Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Lovers Arcana…
This again?
I spoke again after time had resumed "That's enough of a detour, Eisaku please."
"Ah right. Where was I? Right. When I attend the school on day one, I am honestly lost, and the only thing I have in mind is football. I did find some friends who I can chat with about athletics and sports, but they are rather pervy for my taste."
Shika glared at him suspiciously "So you are really not going to rape me"
To which he answered frankly with a straight face "I only have my eyes on football. So I will maybe rape you if you dress yourself like a football. But even then I'm honestly not sure"
What did I just hear? I giggled at his rather imaginative situation, and calmed Shika down "Come on, leave him alone already."
I signalled him to continue "Yeah, she is smaller than Akane, which heavily suggests that she is a first year. But I honestly didn't think they would be stupid enough to advance on Shika like that, and I did anticipate you to flat out deny him. But what I really didn't anticipate was the beat down, And then you both know the rest."
Shika apologized to him, "Sorry, I didn't think that he would keep on pursuing me like that, even after I got psychopathic on him."
Eisaku waved his hands in front of himself, "Nah, it's fine. It's more that guy's fault for not knowing when to back off."
Shika giggled in approval, "Thanks. Now we need to explain your unicorn right?" Shika and I then told him all we know about Personas.
"I think I got the gist of it. So you say that personas take the form because that's what we are thinking deep down?"
I confirmed with him "That's how it works essentially."
"Right, so now that I understood that, what's next?" Eisaku asked
I don't know about making this group bigger, since it's actually rather dangerous there…
But my worries are for naught, since Shika asked it in my stead "Do you want to join us to keep other people from being taken over by shadows?"
I was shocked that she asked, "How do you know what I want to ask? Mind reading?"
She feigned horror "Oh my god! How did you know my biggest secret?"
"Argh, stop it!"
Eisaku laughed a bit at our antics "Yea, why not? I can also train my stamina that way."
Before I can even say otherwise, Shika shot her hand up to grab attention. "Ok! Now I think we need a team name."
I guess we're big enough for that now. I sighed in defeat "I don't disagree, but this is not going to be fun is it?"
Shika countered "Might as well get this over and done with."
I rolled my eyes "Fiiiiinnnneeeee."
Shika giggled "Good, so the first one. Flu doctors?"
I denied her instantly "What the heck was that? Next."
"Hmmmm, what about The Investigation Team?"
Eisaku sweatdropped "I am pretty sure we are not the investigation team if we pick this name. Next."
Shika took a little bit of time to think "Uhhh, The Antivirus?"
"Hmm, now we're going somewhere. Eisaku, what do you think?"
He added "I think The Antivirus Squad would be better."
Sounds good enough. I then announced "Alright, I announce the name of our group shall be The Antivirus Squad."
Shika then announced "With Akane being the leader!"
W-what? I blushed immediately "B-but, you are better at fighting!"
"But you are more knowledgeable at Personas and Shadows." Shika retorted.
Even Eisaku added fuel to the fire "And you are the older one to boot"
"C-come on Eisaku, not even you too!" I think I'm as red as an Apple right now. noting the futility of my argument, I acquiesced "Ok ok, fine. I'll be the leader then."
As the world stood still again for me, and a tarot card suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
Thou art I… And I am thou…
Thou has established a new bond…
It brings thee closer towards your answer…
Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Fool Arcana…
Right, I REALLY need to ask Igor now.
Shika slapped her hand on my shoulder "I'm glad you understand."
Eisaku then suggested "How about we hang out after school to get to know each other?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "I'm up."
"Nice Idea, Eisaku!" Shika gave her greenlight enthusiastically.
The last bell of the day rang, and all three of us assembled at the school gate.
Eisaku asked first "Where are we going today?"
I suggested "Maybe Nijou park? It's close enough, and the park is very scenic."
Shika agreed "Never been there, might as well take a look."
Before we stepped inside the park, we stopped in front of the entrance, and noticed some music was coming from inside the park. I looked at both Eisaku and Shika in confusion before we entered to see a boy busking inside the park, with a number of audiences surrounding him.
"The song he plays is pretty good on it's own, but is he singing something? I can't understand it." I asked out loud.
Eisaku replied "I think so, but I don't understand a single word."
Shika was deep in thought "Hmmm, it's not Arabic, maybe Turkish or Persian?"
Eisaku was interested. "How do you know?"
Shika explained "He uses some sounds that are not in Arabic, but it sounds close enough, so I just guessed the languages nearby."
We went in to see the boy in question. He looked foreign, with tan skin, but not as tan as Eisaku, playing his guitar and singing in some foreign tongue, while his eyes are closed as he sings with absolute concentration, he does look quite handsome for his age.
The song he is singing also feels jazzy, but while there's some ups and downs with the lyrics, it still ends up soothing like other jazz. He seems fully engrossed into it, and enjoying every second of it, his body moves along with the melody, but his focused face stays constant. As the song ended, he opened his eyes again, to a round of applause from the audience and us three. He slightly bowed in appreciation, and began to pack.
"Hey there." I called out to him "That's some good music."
He smiled at me "Thanks, it makes me happy that someone is enjoying my music."
Shika chimed in "Do you come here often to perform?"
He answered courtly. "Yes, I come here almost every day when my school day is finished. Speaking of which." He looked at the three of us "Are all three of you attending Nijou High School?"
Eisaku replied, and introduced us to him "You are correct, I am Miura Eisaku, she is Hasegawa Akane, and she is Hinata Shika"
He also introduced himself "I am Evrim Arslan from Turkey. I also attend Nijou High, class 2D"
Shika made a wicked smile "Aha! I was correct! You are from Turkey. And you are also my senpai? Interesting..."
Evrim is visibly distraught by her "Huh? What are you gonna-"
Eisaku poked Shika's forehead just to get her attention "Cut it out, Shika." He then turned to Evrim with an apologetic smile "I'm guessing you don't know, but she actually isn't Japanese, she is rather hard to distinguish from a native."
Shika playfully slapped the back of Eisaku's head. "Hey, don't go expose a girl's secrets all willy-nilly, the least you can do is ask!" She then held her hand out to Evrim "Sorry about that, I just like to guess things."
That calmed Evrim down, and he shook her hand. "Well, you are spot on."
I added my piece as well. "Don't worry about it, I am so far above being judgemental of people just because of their race."
Evrim finally smiled again. "Thank you Hasegawa-san, I trust you guys are going to come in the future as well?"
Shika gave him a thumbs up "You bet!"
We stayed after Evrim left, and spent some quality time together in the park for the rest of the day.
**Bonus Scene**
Shika's POV
So you are not really a local as well. I did have my suspicions, but didn't think he'd be coming from some of the furthest places away from Japan.
Suddenly I heard Eisaku's shocked voice, "What do you mean?"
Did I just speak that out? Oh well, the secret is out anyway. I put on a smirk, switching my brain to the English channel (Not the Engrish channel mind you), before answering him in English, "This is what I mean."
It took a few seconds, but he finally responded back in coherent, albeit accented English, "I see, so where do you come from?"
"Hong Kong."
"Oh, that big city? I've been wanting to visit for a while. Is Kyoto too boring for you?"
That made me grin like an idiot, "Eh, I can manage. Besides, nowhere with an adequate internet can be boring for me."
He stared into the air, "Huh, I guess that makes sense, but are you adjusting well? Not even our ethnically Japanese family got out of it unscathed."
Awww, that's sweet of him. "Thanks for your concern, although I'm not sure how my parents are doing, but I got along quite well nowadays. Oh but I do need to attend English lessons."
"Huh? but aren't foreign students exempt from the class?"
"Well, they decide it based on nationality, and ONLY nationality, so I need to attend. They didn't even look at my IELTS certificate for fucks sake."
"Heheh, I guess you are right to be pissed off if that's the case."
Akane Suddenly butt into our harmonious conversation and yells about being left out. I guess that's true, I did forget her existence up until now. Oops, better give her back something as compensation. I stick out my tongue in my mind before replying anything back.
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Priestess - The terrible cook (Nomura Meisa) rank: 1/10
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Fool – The Antivirus Squad rank: 1/10
A/N: I got the idea of bonus scenes from another p3 sibling AU fanfic, if i ever find it again, I'll be sure to credit the author later on.
So Eisaku comes from BR, as I was told, people from BR are absolute football fanatics, please tell me if I'm wrong, but I guess it should be fine either way since Eisaku is just one guy from Brazil.
I think having a small story snippet at the end would be rather important in this fic, since this is one way to mitigate the cross language weirdness that would be present throughout the story, and to also flesh out their daily lives. Why didn't I add this in earlier you ask? Because I don't want it to get in the way of the start of the story, but since the story is in a more established point now (I think), here they are. These snippets will be in every chapter from now on, with some exceptions.
