Hello everyone. Welcome to my first ever story published in my whole life! It's a lifetime event for me.
It was a headache of how hard it is to write a story even if you've played the game and knew every events occured. An hour had passed and then you didn't even reach 300 words. I guess that's how newbie starts. You start slow and continuously grow as you write. I need to broaden my vocabularies also.
Before we begin, do note that I'm not intended to fully work on this story because this is a concept. I'll explain on how I'm going at the end.
My intent is for you readers to give me anything that you pointed out as an author/writer. I appreciate your criticism (not too much pls. I'm not that M).
This'll be a two-chapter fic. For both Persona fans and Visual Novel veterans, this is a P5 x Ambitious Mission! x Kin'iro Loveriche crossover.
With that out of the way, let's go. (If these line breaks are too many, well, let me know.)
Last name, first name for Japanese. The rest are reversed.
Disclaimer: Those are not mine. These are ATLUS and SAGA PLANETS works respectively. Give them support.
It was nighttime in Sahoro City, located in the region of Hokkaido, known as the country's coldest region since it was in the northernmost of its geography. It is a city with a longtime history since the time of the Warring States era.
"Quick! Search for that phantom thief. He's not that far away!"
Police sirens were heard around the center of the city. Policemen give out orders and search for every vicinity they thought of. They scattered all around hoping to find the cunning thief.
"Geez. It's been two months since we last saw Miss Arte. Is this Midnight guy really her accomplice?"
"He should. Those two had the same objective and steal those jewels that were in the museum. There's no way they aren't accomplices."
"Yeah. That explains the calling cards being the same, sans the color and the sender."
"Have you found anything?"
"Nothing to report, sir. We are still searching around, over."
"Same here, over."
"... Let's hope that Yeaze-san found him at least. She's that incredible."
The city's now filled with thieves stealing jewels that are found in museums. It is said that they, or at least she, started the activity since January. The thing is: Why jewels?
"What is it you're looking for? What's on your hand that you're stealing for, nii-san?"
A woman in her late twenties wearing a grey suit look up as she muttered quietly in the sky while observing the situation around her. Specifically, her eyes were focused on the TV tower that was still in construction. She had a feeling that this is where the phantom thief rests and look down on top of it.
"Wait for me there. I hope I'm not wrong about this..."
She starts running straight toward her destination.
Steal.
A quick internet search tells you that they take a person's property without permission and with no intention that they are going to return it. This act is considered a crime by many people around the world.
Doing an act that goes illegal towards the law, is a bad thing for the society.
But.
If there is a bad, is there a good?
There are no such fundamental answer whether or not they did something right. You can always ask them about what is their objectives toward stealing.
What are you stealing for?
Why did you steal?
Whose right is the object?
Your hands are capable of taking them, holding them, and throwing them. They are supposed to be precious. So precious that you have clench your hands like you mean to.
So, whose hands are they? Yours? Theirs? Or is it both? Are they meant to? If it is, then they shine.
They have their rights to hold the object they were meant to be. They sought for owner's hands as they are carefully took them and use them for its purpose.
Because if they are not,
"MIKAGE!!!"
They rot.
*BEEP*
Long beeps came from the alarm clock that was sitting on the bedside table. A hand stopped it by pressing the button on top. The time read as seven thirty in the morning.
"Ngh!"
A frizzy hair young man stood up from his bed and stretch until the cracking sounds satisfy him. He took out his towel hanging on the wall and walked out of his room, leaving the door open a little.
Living Room, apartment
"Good morning, Akira."
"Morning to you too, Morgana."
I greeted a cerulean-eyed cat as I prepare for breakfast (canned tuna for him) in the kitchen. The apartment is easily comfortable for at least two people living in. Kitchen, dining, and living room are grouped into one room.
I brought down his food in front of him and he starts eating. I also brought mine to the dining table, sat down, and clapped my hands together.
"Time to eat."
Later at that time after finishing preparing for school, I go out and close the door of my room. I walk through the hallway, with Morgana waiting at the front door.
"You good to go?"
With Morgana's prompt, I take a last look at myself in the mirror. The school uniform I wear right now consists of black material color. With white polo on the inside, the black blazer came with blue collar and gold outline and buttons. I still retain my non prescription eyeglasses.
"Let's go then."
After Morgana plopped himself on my bag, wore my shoes, and head out to the school.
"I'm off."
Outside, on the main street
I walk along with students on the way. This place is famous for us students heading on the same way, including those university students.
We cross the street that serves its aorta of the city.
Then, after passing the TV Tower that was still under construction, many businesses are opened. I guess it's to lure to those gluttons. The smell attracted them, including me of course.
After cutting across the plaza, there comes the station. University students went along the way there while we're on the opposite direction.
Sahoro is a pretty big city in the Hokkaido region, just northernmost of the country. The school I go to right now has an impact regarding to this city.
I walk just a few meters until I finally arrived at the destination.
Sahoro Academy, Entrance
Sahoro Academy.
It is pretty big. It's not weird for me to say this is huge compared to the last school I attended, which is mediocre to say the least, including the shaky reputation it got.
The school placed itself in the center of the city, geographically. It has a hundred years of history.
This school is close to the central district connecting the station, where university students went to if you continue along the way. The students had to take another road for the university they attend to, just the opposite side of our school.
The statue in front of the entrance is the famous man in this city, who was the leading actor in opening the school. True to his words, "Young men, embrace the ambitions" as he left the country, the city continue to grow splendidly until to the point of where we are right now. Sahoro became modernized. There are no old buildings that you were expected to see.
The school's also not so shabby anymore. It got repaired, modernizing for surviving the harsh winter season. One thing for sure is that small clock tower on the side, for history sake I guess. No people were allowed to enter, except the school staffs.
That's how I learned about this city, though.
Class 3-1, school building
The windows inside are double-layered to protect from cold air and storm. Air conditioners were set into a comfortable temperature to ease from the cold outside.
"Good morning, everyone."
I greeted them as I entered the classroom. They greeted back. I took my seat and sat down, prompting Morgana to jump onto under desk before sleeping in.
"Cat sure have a relaxing day, huh."
I turn around to the source and found the girl waving as she sat down her seat behind me. Girl's uniform is preactically the same except for skirt came with red checkered pattern and red collar, emphasizing the different gender by color.
A short-brunette hair stare at the sleeping cat from her emerald eyes. She then yawned.
"Good morning, Hanasaki-san."
"Good morning too, Kurusu-kun." She groggily greeted back.
"Did you watch the drama until late?"
"Yeah. I can say that it's shit."
...
"How was it...?"
"In the end, the childhood friend never wins, hahahahaha! Why can't he see her that she worked hard to profess her love to him? Argh! If only that gyaru bitch didn't come..."
Hanasaki Reina. My neighbor classmate since I transferred into this school. I got roped by her whenever she wanted to ramble about childhood friend this and that at the expense of keeping quiet about Morgana sneaking in under the desk.
She's the type who wants the childhood friend to win, literally in a romantic sense. She has the big collection of dramas focusing on that, since she got-
"Shush! I'm trying to sleep. Don't remind me anything."
"I didn't even mutter from my mouth. Rather, I didn't open my mouth at all."
"I can tell the way you look at me. Your handsome face won't beat my heart."
She plopped her head on the table.
Actually young lady, you're miles away from what I thought.
"Oh, I forgot to mention about this." She shot up.
"What is it?"
She's that incomprehensible girl.
"Apparently, we'll have a transfer student. I heard it while I'm on my way to the class."
"Hanasaki-san, you should know that eavesdropping is bad manners."
"It's not my fault that they talked so loudly for me to hear."
"So much that your ear got bigger?"
"Yes!"
Why so proud of it? I hold the urge of facepalming to my face.
Though I pretty much knew about this beforehand. My dad talked to me that I would have a roommate who will transfer to the academy weeks after the opening ceremony. I guess it's related to the company he work at, since they got partnered from some Europeans.
All I knew is the picture he gave me. It's a wealthy European girl and she have attended at Noble Academy. This school year will be her last before returning to the home country.
The problem is that I have a part time job after school today. I'll have to talk to my manager before showing her the way to the apartment.
*Ding Ding!*
The warning bell. Students went to their seats before the first homeroom class starts. I return my sight on front to the blackboard.
"Okay class! Go to your seats. Kurusu-kun, it's your turn today."
I stood up and took the lead for the class.
"Stand."
"Bow."
"Sit."
They follow my command before sitting down. The teacher went to the podium and make an announcement for the day.
"Okay. Good morning, everyone. Today, I'm announcing for the transferee from Noble Academy. She's here at least to experience winter for her last year in Japan before going back to her home country."
Murmurs were heard across the classroom. The most notable is the academy she mentioned. It is an institution for wealthy, rich people as stated by name. It got its own curriculum focusing more on independence. Classes were scheduled on the mornings while individual exercises took on half a day, basically operate like those club activities.
"Ahem! Now, without further ado, let's welcome her in. Caminal-sama, Please come in."
The door opens and the first we saw is the silver braided hair. A wealthy aura walks in to the side of the podium. Her modest body figure made most girls here jealous. Her height is around a hundred fifty-three centimeters at best. Her tareme eyes exuded with confidence and refined. Another thing is the Caucasian beauty made all male students here (including me and the cat) attractively focus their eyes on her.
"Please introduce yourself."
"Yes."
She turns around and writes her name in the board before returning back to face in front of us.
"My name is Caminal le Pultaia Sortilége Sisua. Call me Mina for short. I am the tenth princess of Sortilége. I came here to experience winter here as this is my last year of living here in Japan. Please treat me well, my classmates."
She bowed.
"If you have any questions for her, please do so during break time. I don't want you guys to interrupt during classes. Kurusu-kun, raise your hand."
I figured as I have an empty desk beside me. It makes things pretty both hard and easy for me if you know the situation later on.
"There is an empty desk beside him. You can take your seat there... Mina... san."
"Fufufu. Thank you very much, sensei."
She bowed to her before making her way to her seat. As she sits down, she greeted me.
"Hello there, Akira-kun."
"Hello, Mina-chan."
"It's been a while since we've last seen each other, yeah?"
"Yes."
I forgot that I had met her beforehand. It was that spring vacation days after I came back from Tokyo.
Guess I'll leave at that.
Again, I'll appreciate your criticisms as an author.
One more chapter until I'll finally close this. Thank you very much for reading!