Persona ReTuned by Okinawa

Tuned 2 - Persona Called Upon

School was supposed to be closed at 3 PM - which is rather early for a High school. But after the principal killing since many years ago, the new Principal set up this rule, as if it was to protect himself. Hence, there was no one around at 4 PM , except for the three students at their classroom and the drunk janitor. Of course, the drinking act was planned by the students.

Inside the classroom, curtains were closed and doors were closed. Lisa and Kaoru slowly placed candles around the center of the classroom, with the tables pushed away to make space for it. Tatsuya did not do anything other than just looking at the girls as they lit the candles. He fought trying to stop thinking of 'Maya' and the lady, and why these 2 keep giving him a strange feeling.

"Ready to go, Tatsuya, can you come here please?"

Three candles had been lit and a star had been drawn in the middle, albeit like as if they were summoning some demons. Tatsuya hesitated for a moment, but gave in when Lisa and Kaoru began to mumble about how he doesn't keep his promise.

"Repeat after me, the two of you. The unconscious mind of us, one which know, the other which we don't. We call upon you to bestow your power over us, let us fear your wrath, let us feel your warmth. Personas, we call upon you!"

Tatsuya shrugged as he hear such words. Could he be really dealing with something he cannot imagine? This is a risk he would not take if he knew what he was going to do, but since he cannot back out now, he recited with the 2 other girls.

"The unconscious mind of us, one which know, the other which we don't. We call upon you to bestow your power over us, let us fear your wrath, let us feel your warmth. Personas, we call upon you!"

The candles' flame seemed to flicker, but nothing appears even after so. The three look at each of them and this ended when they looked into the flames.

"So... Did you two feel anything different? I sure don't. Lisa, are you sure this experiment works?"

Tatsuya asked, unable to hold off the silence anymore.

With this questions, the three began to pack up the candles and re-arranged the tables. Whist doing this, they heard a horrible scream. One that shocked all three of them, as that is what they least expected at this hour. In a flash, they hurried down the corridor, attempting to follow the the path where the sound waves came from. As they turned the corners from the corridor, the screams stopped and the three found themselves in front of the principals office. Sweat dripped from all three's faces, and they could only wonder what had happened.

The principals door slowly creaked open, and a man in white tuxedo came out. He seemed to be in his thirties has tied up his long hair with a pink ribbon. The sunglasses he wore made him even look more outlandish. His appearance did not really matter much at this moment, for all the student's attention was turned to something he held on - their own principal. The man let out a devilish laughter before throwing the principal right in front of the trio. There was no hope for the principal - his eye balls fell out, exposing his sclera, which continues to bleed. His neck was squeezed until it became flaccid - the bones were all broken and the interns did not escape as well. The most gruesome part was his part being dug out, leaving one hole there with the blood dripping on the ground, and slowly filling the whole floor.

"My, my. The potential of the 3 of you have yet to be unlocked, so I should give you a hand, don't you think? "

The man spoke as he moved over to the trio, who nows senses danger and began to fall back. But their retreat routes were blocked by a few beasts with the most disgusting features - literally. They each held a weapon filled dark blood and looked at the 3 of them, as if they were out for blood.

"This scene is so familiar, with different characters though. But never mind, let me awake the powers within you! Hel, attack!"

The command was issued from the man , and the demons swiped their weapons down, towards all three of them. The very moment the weapons were going to touch their necks, a stream was light came out from each of them. A being first came on top of Lisa, with the look of a female warrior, holding a sword.

" I am Bishamonden, maiden warrior of strength and tears. The other half, I will leave the rest to you."

Bishamonden slashed at the Hel in front of Lisa, destroying its form immediately. The remains flew into a scythe which the man held, somewhat appearing out of nowhere. Following on, another being appeared on top of Kaoru.

"My name is Indra, Warrior of truth and false. The other half, I will leave the rest to you."

Just like Bishamonden, Indra slashed at the Hel and destroyed its form , which also returned back to the scythe.

Tatsuya felt a energy surging within him, surging to be let out. And as the energy is slowly let out, a being forms upon him - his own creature, just like Lisa and Kaoru.

"You have finally called upon me, my other half. Let me, king of the dead, Yama to protect you!"

Yama has a special weapon - A circle with a swirl in within, representing the Sun. The slash it gave to Hel was much more furious than the other two, effectively destroying its full form that the scythe cannot take it back in.

With the Hels disposed, Tatsuya, Lisa and Kaoru stood up once more and took a fighting stance against the man, which is actually chuckling.

"I never really imagine things would turn out so successful, but for now. You three cannot defeat me, so you have better take a rest. "

The man summoned his own creature - an angel with a spear that let out a gust of light, causing all three of them to fall on the ground, unconscious.

A gold plated structure came into sight. Just like before, Tatsuya slowly moved towards it and landed in the exact location he was before. He thought to himself. This place, could it be...? He turned to his back, and saw Lisa and Kaoru landing as well. A familiar footstep rang again in Tatsuya's ear, and he immediately called out for Philemon. Somehow he thought he had forgotten all about this dream, but all came back the moment he saw the building again.

"Welcome back, Tatsuya. I believe you have seen the unconscious side of you already, which is to say, your Persona?"

"My persona? Did I?" Tatsuya couldn't really understand what Philemon was asking, while Lisa and Kaoru could only stare at Tatsuya and he converse with this strange man.

"The creature which you have called upon just now, is actually your persona. Same goes for you, Lisa and Kaoru. Each of your persona represents the other you, which you can choose to accept or deny it as a part of you. "

Tatsuya clenched his hands and loosen it. This is his habit whenever he feels something stressful is heading towards his way, and yet wishes to go head on with it. He looks at Philemon, and with a call of Persona, Yama raised upon him.

"This is my Persona and I will learn all about it, whether I may or may not accept it. Hence, I may need your help, Philemon. I don't care whatever is happening now - the deja vu , and feelings I felt. Was it one of the things you said that would cause a drastic change in my life? You don't have to answer me, but I will go and seek an answer for them! "

Lisa and Kaoru patted on Tatsuya's shoulders and pinched his cheeks, making him moan in pain.

"Er, is your name Philemon? We two have decided, we will follow Tatsuya wherever he goes, until we find a target in our life. And we can't just let him become a hero for himself, eh?"

Tatsuya nodded upon Kaoru's words and smiled at Philemon, who in turn smiled back as the trios vision began blur and swirl.

End of Chapter 2.