Persona ReTuned
Chapter 3: The reason why He was there
Having Personas is definitely not an easy feat. Summoning them, commanding them to attack is mentally tasking. Unfortunately, the trio had to learn this the hard way. With their Personas awakened, they now have to ability to see another layer of things - the demons, which were unseen-able with the naked eyes. However, even though normal people can't see them, they may accidentally knock onto these monsters and enrage them, causing the "supernatural" incidents. Once Personas are awakened and the people get to see them, these demons will want to hunt them down - to take away the energies of the Personas. Hence the situation the trio are experiencing now.
"Per... Perso... Persona," Lisa managed to squeeze the word out of her mouth and summoned her Persona to defeat the Pixie in front of her, which had been teasing her by kicking on their feet constantly. Sweats trickled down from her forehead and she struggles to continue walking, despite the aid of Tatsuya and Kaoru. Tatsuya would attack the demons physically whenever possible(he couldn't bear to hit the cute pixies) and most had to be combined forces of his punches and Lisa's Persona. Kaoru would back them up by healing them and was actually the least tired one.
"Did this door... Even exist before?" Kaoru had noticed a strange door in the end of the 2nd floor corridor, and hence asked the other two.
"There seemed to be music coming from inside... Furthermore... This door shouldn't exist! We should check it out, since it may be due to our Personas' abilities that let us see it," replied Tatsuya with the classic detective slang.
Cautiously trying not to make any loud footsteps, they sneaked to the doorside and got into position. Just as Tatsuya was about to touch the doorknob, the door swing opened and hit him right on the nose, casing him to jump around.
"Ah, Mr Tatsuya. Finally I get to see you. My name is..."
Tatsuya wasn't in the mood to listen to this man talk and instantly went to grab the man's nose, which was long and resembled that of Pinnocho's. Tatsuya pulled the man around ,spin until the man turned all unconscious and exclaimed.
"Do you know how painful this is? Gosh, luckily I ain't bleeding."
"It is indeed my fault, Mr Tatsuya. Before any further explanations, please hurry into the room. Demons are starting to notice us."
The long-nosed man led the trio inside, where 3 other weird looking people was inside - A man who seems to be an Artist, A man blind folded and playing a piano and a dance-dressed woman who seems to be singing. These bewildered the three as they took their sit in front of the big sofa that the long-nosed man had sat down.
"Welcome to the Velvet room, where time does not matter. I have overheard your appearance from Sir Philemon, and would be happy to help you out. My name is Igor."
The three noted his name and asked for the other's name, but Igor would not reveal their name because it does not matter at all. An identity is not necessary at this room, thats the reason Igor gave. But before the three could do any exploring, Igor had specifically instructed each of them to go to one of the remaining three person in the room. Tatsuya goes to the pianist, Lisa to the singer while Kaoru goes to the artist. Tatsuya didn't feel very comfortable about the pianist, especially his blindfold.
"I am Nameless, one who can peer through the minds of the people and look in the past. Sir Tatsuya, would you like to visit the past? I can see one very important factor that you might have forgotten so you might want to revisit the scene so that you can understand it."
Tatsuya was rather shocked by the way Nameless had acted, as he was able to know Tatsuya's position even though he wasn't able to see. However, Tatsuya put aside his worries and replied with a "Yes" , as he is rather curious about his past and what was important. Nameless gave a smile upon hearing it, and took off his blindfold while he began to play the piano.
"The heart of one wishes to visit the past, which can never be changed. Put him back into what he was, and let him see it once more. "
Once again, Tatsuya most hated effect happened - the whirls , for they never fail to urge him to puke. But unlike the previous swirls, this time it ended really fast and Tatsuya was plunged into a fast moving tunnels as he headed for the exit.
Tatsuya opened his eyes to see himself in a city that has been badly damaged and is still burning. Dead bodies littered everywhere and the demons were greedily eating up the remains - eye balls, brains, intestines and such. Despite the gory scene, something managed to catch Tatsuya's attention - a group of 4 people had jumped into a hole opened up in the middle of the road. He went forward to check it out and realized the hole leads to a very deep portion of earth as he could not even see the end from here. As the cold winds blow, he managed to catch a brochure and was totally freaked out when he saw that it was a tourism brochure - about Samaru City. This was a fact he couldn't understand, since Nameless said it was his "past" , and since he was a kid, he doesn't have any memory of the city being destroyed in such a manner. The only survivors in this town appears to be the 4 who had jumped down into the hole. Even though it is a risk to do so, he jumped into the hole, in hope to look for the 4 people and understand what has happened.
The whole trip down was quick and brief, despite the distance. Tatsuya found himself in a place that is basically full of blood - demon blood. Several big demons lay on the ground, with a portion of their head gone, probably where their brains had been. Another reason that spurred Tatsuya to run while following the foot tracks on the ground is the incredible foul stench due to the dead bodies. Within 5 minutes of run, he found himself a big room, with a big red being linked together with vessels that resembles blood vessels. The whole red being, upon sometime, look like a fetus - and it seem to be coming out anytime.
"Well, looks like we are late eh? Wonder what we can do about it now."
A voice came from the other side of this rounded room. Tatsuya walked over and saw the 4 person who had jumped into the hole. There are 2 ladies and 2 males - both the men wore sun glasses, while one seemed to play with a coin while the other loading his gun. .The one loading the gun had a very unusual side fringe. One of the remaining two ladies had a oddly dyed hair - red and white in alternating lines. But of all these 4 persons, the last lady caught his attention most. She resembles the deja vu lady he saw on the train earlier the(or rather, his) morning and was tempted to move there and ask her what had happened.
"My my, Mr. Cop, your little brother seemed to have caught up with us," the one with the coin spoke.
The four of them ran towards Tatsuya while the "Cop" came forward.
"Tatsuya, why are you here? I instructed you to stay at home while I deal with this matter. Why have you come along?"
"What are you talking about? Do you even exist in my "past"? I don't remember anything about this city being in such miserable state! What is this place? Where am I?"
Tatsuya spoked back at the "Cop" , who appears to be rather taken back by his words.
"I am your brother, Katsuya! Oh wait, could you be... Tatsuya from the Other World?"
Tatsuya was rather dismayed at the answer, for it had made him even more confused than he is now. However, he did not have the time to argue back as Demons had began to spawn out of the fetus-look-a-like being. These demons resembled a lot like the ones which had their brains been eaten, but this time, they are totally covered in blood and have only one big eye.
"Darn, what a time for these! Eat my persona, you ing bitches!"
Strange colored hair lady stormed forward and summoned her Persona and managed to destroy the surrounding demons, but were quickly overwhelmed when the 2nd wave arrived. Then, the four immediately began to summon their Personas as well, attempting to clear out as many demons as possible. They were about to cast something called fusion spell, one of the 3 caster(the red/white hair lady) was injured and could not summon her persona due to her seriously weakened state.
"We have to try our best! Maha Aquadyne!"
The lady which had never spoken before cast upon this spell while Katsuya casted Maha Agidyne, seemingly as powerful as the water spell. However, when the 2 powers combined, a huge powerball was formed, but not as powerful as before, as though an important element was missing.
Tatsuya was not prepared to do anything, but he summoned his Persona anyway. He wanted to take a gamble.
"Zan!"
He cast an attack spell which fused with the powerball and caused it to explode, sending energy rays all over the place, killing all the demons at one shot.
"This is over for you demons, hows is this Infinite Energy blast?"
Tatsuya was rather pleased over his aid, but the other 4 only stared at him with puzzled look.
"Isn't his Persona supposed to be Apollo? What happened?"
Strange hair color girl spoke, and the four moved to Tatsuya once more.
"I am Ulala, and she is Maya. Get it? Ma-Y-A . "
Tatsuya looked at Maya , as she still reminded him of his deja vu girl. The coin man flipped a coin and introduced himself as Baofu. Apparently, they four had realized that the Tatsuya in front of them was not the one they know - not from the "other world" . They questioned Tatsuya, who could only groan upon their mass questions.
While this group discussion continues, an eye opens up. A being in the fetus begins to awaken and looks at the 5 people. Baofu was quick to notice it, and immediately called the rest to be ready.
"We don't have a chance against this thing. If he awakens, the world will end - the whole universe!"
Baofu seemed rather panicky, while Katsuya loads his gun worriedly. Ulala paced around the area while Maya just stood aside, taking glimpses of Tatsuya now and then. Finally, someone broke the silence - Katsuya.
"Baofu and Ulala. We have to sacrifice ourselves this time to save Maya and Tatsuya. Don't ask me why, but I feel as if this is something we owed them, perhaps in the "other world". If we sacrifice ourselves, we might be able to stop this demon from awakening. Only then, we can save this two!"
His speech was rather stunning, for He actually wanted to save this Tatsuya he didn't know, and wanted Maya to go with Tatsuya. Although this sounded absurd, Ulala and Baofu nodded their head in agreement. Not giving Maya a chance to argue back, the demon lets out a loud growl and the fetus slowly breaks open.
"Maya and Tatsuya, take care of yourself."
A huge light is formed as the three who wishes to sacrifice themselves hold their hands together.
"Please... Take care of yourself Maya. We shall be the best friends ever!" Ulala said as tears flowed down.
"You two better take care of yourselves, or else I might come back and haunt you."
Maya could only stand at her position and watch as the 3 slowly being to disappear.
"Maya, I think its actually quite romantic for me to die in Baofu this way."
"I am all willing to give up my life to stop this demon. Tatsuya, please take care of Maya. Don't let any tragedy happen again."
When the 3 of them disappears, the light they form surrounded Tatsuya and Maya and covered the fetus.
"Tatsuya, you must have been confused, don't you? But we are going to Philemon and settle this problem. We cannot afford to let their effort be wasted."
But Tatsuya's vision began to blur and he could no longer see Maya in just seconds later.
He was back into the purple time tunnel.
Author's notes:
Sorry if I wasn't able to portray any of the 4 characters correctly, since I don't really know their personalities very well. Please do make a comment at my blog if you can(at the tag-board) located at .
Chapter 3: The reason why He was there
Having Personas is definitely not an easy feat. Summoning them, commanding them to attack is mentally tasking. Unfortunately, the trio had to learn this the hard way. With their Personas awakened, they now have to ability to see another layer of things - the demons, which were unseen-able with the naked eyes. However, even though normal people can't see them, they may accidentally knock onto these monsters and enrage them, causing the "supernatural" incidents. Once Personas are awakened and the people get to see them, these demons will want to hunt them down - to take away the energies of the Personas. Hence the situation the trio are experiencing now.
"Per... Perso... Persona," Lisa managed to squeeze the word out of her mouth and summoned her Persona to defeat the Pixie in front of her, which had been teasing her by kicking on their feet constantly. Sweats trickled down from her forehead and she struggles to continue walking, despite the aid of Tatsuya and Kaoru. Tatsuya would attack the demons physically whenever possible(he couldn't bear to hit the cute pixies) and most had to be combined forces of his punches and Lisa's Persona. Kaoru would back them up by healing them and was actually the least tired one.
"Did this door... Even exist before?" Kaoru had noticed a strange door in the end of the 2nd floor corridor, and hence asked the other two.
"There seemed to be music coming from inside... Furthermore... This door shouldn't exist! We should check it out, since it may be due to our Personas' abilities that let us see it," replied Tatsuya with the classic detective slang.
Cautiously trying not to make any loud footsteps, they sneaked to the doorside and got into position. Just as Tatsuya was about to touch the doorknob, the door swing opened and hit him right on the nose, casing him to jump around.
"Ah, Mr Tatsuya. Finally I get to see you. My name is..."
Tatsuya wasn't in the mood to listen to this man talk and instantly went to grab the man's nose, which was long and resembled that of Pinnocho's. Tatsuya pulled the man around ,spin until the man turned all unconscious and exclaimed.
"Do you know how painful this is? Gosh, luckily I ain't bleeding."
"It is indeed my fault, Mr Tatsuya. Before any further explanations, please hurry into the room. Demons are starting to notice us."
The long-nosed man led the trio inside, where 3 other weird looking people was inside - A man who seems to be an Artist, A man blind folded and playing a piano and a dance-dressed woman who seems to be singing. These bewildered the three as they took their sit in front of the big sofa that the long-nosed man had sat down.
"Welcome to the Velvet room, where time does not matter. I have overheard your appearance from Sir Philemon, and would be happy to help you out. My name is Igor."
The three noted his name and asked for the other's name, but Igor would not reveal their name because it does not matter at all. An identity is not necessary at this room, thats the reason Igor gave. But before the three could do any exploring, Igor had specifically instructed each of them to go to one of the remaining three person in the room. Tatsuya goes to the pianist, Lisa to the singer while Kaoru goes to the artist. Tatsuya didn't feel very comfortable about the pianist, especially his blindfold.
"I am Nameless, one who can peer through the minds of the people and look in the past. Sir Tatsuya, would you like to visit the past? I can see one very important factor that you might have forgotten so you might want to revisit the scene so that you can understand it."
Tatsuya was rather shocked by the way Nameless had acted, as he was able to know Tatsuya's position even though he wasn't able to see. However, Tatsuya put aside his worries and replied with a "Yes" , as he is rather curious about his past and what was important. Nameless gave a smile upon hearing it, and took off his blindfold while he began to play the piano.
"The heart of one wishes to visit the past, which can never be changed. Put him back into what he was, and let him see it once more. "
Once again, Tatsuya most hated effect happened - the whirls , for they never fail to urge him to puke. But unlike the previous swirls, this time it ended really fast and Tatsuya was plunged into a fast moving tunnels as he headed for the exit.
Tatsuya opened his eyes to see himself in a city that has been badly damaged and is still burning. Dead bodies littered everywhere and the demons were greedily eating up the remains - eye balls, brains, intestines and such. Despite the gory scene, something managed to catch Tatsuya's attention - a group of 4 people had jumped into a hole opened up in the middle of the road. He went forward to check it out and realized the hole leads to a very deep portion of earth as he could not even see the end from here. As the cold winds blow, he managed to catch a brochure and was totally freaked out when he saw that it was a tourism brochure - about Samaru City. This was a fact he couldn't understand, since Nameless said it was his "past" , and since he was a kid, he doesn't have any memory of the city being destroyed in such a manner. The only survivors in this town appears to be the 4 who had jumped down into the hole. Even though it is a risk to do so, he jumped into the hole, in hope to look for the 4 people and understand what has happened.
The whole trip down was quick and brief, despite the distance. Tatsuya found himself in a place that is basically full of blood - demon blood. Several big demons lay on the ground, with a portion of their head gone, probably where their brains had been. Another reason that spurred Tatsuya to run while following the foot tracks on the ground is the incredible foul stench due to the dead bodies. Within 5 minutes of run, he found himself a big room, with a big red being linked together with vessels that resembles blood vessels. The whole red being, upon sometime, look like a fetus - and it seem to be coming out anytime.
"Well, looks like we are late eh? Wonder what we can do about it now."
A voice came from the other side of this rounded room. Tatsuya walked over and saw the 4 person who had jumped into the hole. There are 2 ladies and 2 males - both the men wore sun glasses, while one seemed to play with a coin while the other loading his gun. .The one loading the gun had a very unusual side fringe. One of the remaining two ladies had a oddly dyed hair - red and white in alternating lines. But of all these 4 persons, the last lady caught his attention most. She resembles the deja vu lady he saw on the train earlier the(or rather, his) morning and was tempted to move there and ask her what had happened.
"My my, Mr. Cop, your little brother seemed to have caught up with us," the one with the coin spoke.
The four of them ran towards Tatsuya while the "Cop" came forward.
"Tatsuya, why are you here? I instructed you to stay at home while I deal with this matter. Why have you come along?"
"What are you talking about? Do you even exist in my "past"? I don't remember anything about this city being in such miserable state! What is this place? Where am I?"
Tatsuya spoked back at the "Cop" , who appears to be rather taken back by his words.
"I am your brother, Katsuya! Oh wait, could you be... Tatsuya from the Other World?"
Tatsuya was rather dismayed at the answer, for it had made him even more confused than he is now. However, he did not have the time to argue back as Demons had began to spawn out of the fetus-look-a-like being. These demons resembled a lot like the ones which had their brains been eaten, but this time, they are totally covered in blood and have only one big eye.
"Darn, what a time for these! Eat my persona, you ing bitches!"
Strange colored hair lady stormed forward and summoned her Persona and managed to destroy the surrounding demons, but were quickly overwhelmed when the 2nd wave arrived. Then, the four immediately began to summon their Personas as well, attempting to clear out as many demons as possible. They were about to cast something called fusion spell, one of the 3 caster(the red/white hair lady) was injured and could not summon her persona due to her seriously weakened state.
"We have to try our best! Maha Aquadyne!"
The lady which had never spoken before cast upon this spell while Katsuya casted Maha Agidyne, seemingly as powerful as the water spell. However, when the 2 powers combined, a huge powerball was formed, but not as powerful as before, as though an important element was missing.
Tatsuya was not prepared to do anything, but he summoned his Persona anyway. He wanted to take a gamble.
"Zan!"
He cast an attack spell which fused with the powerball and caused it to explode, sending energy rays all over the place, killing all the demons at one shot.
"This is over for you demons, hows is this Infinite Energy blast?"
Tatsuya was rather pleased over his aid, but the other 4 only stared at him with puzzled look.
"Isn't his Persona supposed to be Apollo? What happened?"
Strange hair color girl spoke, and the four moved to Tatsuya once more.
"I am Ulala, and she is Maya. Get it? Ma-Y-A . "
Tatsuya looked at Maya , as she still reminded him of his deja vu girl. The coin man flipped a coin and introduced himself as Baofu. Apparently, they four had realized that the Tatsuya in front of them was not the one they know - not from the "other world" . They questioned Tatsuya, who could only groan upon their mass questions.
While this group discussion continues, an eye opens up. A being in the fetus begins to awaken and looks at the 5 people. Baofu was quick to notice it, and immediately called the rest to be ready.
"We don't have a chance against this thing. If he awakens, the world will end - the whole universe!"
Baofu seemed rather panicky, while Katsuya loads his gun worriedly. Ulala paced around the area while Maya just stood aside, taking glimpses of Tatsuya now and then. Finally, someone broke the silence - Katsuya.
"Baofu and Ulala. We have to sacrifice ourselves this time to save Maya and Tatsuya. Don't ask me why, but I feel as if this is something we owed them, perhaps in the "other world". If we sacrifice ourselves, we might be able to stop this demon from awakening. Only then, we can save this two!"
His speech was rather stunning, for He actually wanted to save this Tatsuya he didn't know, and wanted Maya to go with Tatsuya. Although this sounded absurd, Ulala and Baofu nodded their head in agreement. Not giving Maya a chance to argue back, the demon lets out a loud growl and the fetus slowly breaks open.
"Maya and Tatsuya, take care of yourself."
A huge light is formed as the three who wishes to sacrifice themselves hold their hands together.
"Please... Take care of yourself Maya. We shall be the best friends ever!" Ulala said as tears flowed down.
"You two better take care of yourselves, or else I might come back and haunt you."
Maya could only stand at her position and watch as the 3 slowly being to disappear.
"Maya, I think its actually quite romantic for me to die in Baofu this way."
"I am all willing to give up my life to stop this demon. Tatsuya, please take care of Maya. Don't let any tragedy happen again."
When the 3 of them disappears, the light they form surrounded Tatsuya and Maya and covered the fetus.
"Tatsuya, you must have been confused, don't you? But we are going to Philemon and settle this problem. We cannot afford to let their effort be wasted."
But Tatsuya's vision began to blur and he could no longer see Maya in just seconds later.
He was back into the purple time tunnel.
Author's notes:
Sorry if I wasn't able to portray any of the 4 characters correctly, since I don't really know their personalities very well. Please do make a comment at my blog if you can(at the tag-board) located at .
