Sorry for the hiatus. I wasn't really in the mood for writing for a very long time. If you sense a change in writing style, sorry but you'll have to adapt to it. It's been very long since I have written anything.

Chapter 4: It is down to one+

"I can sense a force slowly gathering its power – but whether it is good or bad, I am unable to tell."

Those were Igor's parting words to Tatsuya, Lisa and Kaoru. It held little significant as their minds were occupied with the things they have seen earlier. Even though none of them spoke about their vision, they were pretty sure that the other two won't be seeing happy-go-around visions. Solemnly they took the quickest exit out of the school building.

It would be perfectly okay for people to walk in a street alone late in the night, but never so for Persona users. No signs of any demons could be seen anywhere along this street – not even those wild cats. Yet the trio didn't notice any of that. Apparently they still have much to learn when it comes to dealing demons.

"Yo."

It would be perfectly normal for one to be startled when someone says "Yo." to you while you are walking alone in a quiet street. Perhaps the reverse is true again for Persona users. The man who waved his hand to greet the trio was given total ignorance. Or rather, they didn't know he existed.

5,6,7,8,9,10… The steps between the man and the trio slowly increased every passing second.

"Hey. Hey hey. Hey hey hey. HEY!"

13,14,15,16,17…

"Eat this!"

Feeling ashamed for having his presence not recognized, he summoned his Persona – a Scorpio like demon and launched a fireball which hit the space in front of the trio.

Tatsuya : "Where did he come from?"

Lisa : "No idea!"

Kaoru : "A ghost, perhaps. Can ghosts use Personas as well?"

You can say that triggered a reaction between Francium and water in the man's face. Except that it didn't blew up.

"You three are truly… seeking for death, no?"

As if it was another attempt to mock the man, the three of them shook their heads at the exact timing and movement.

"coughs NEVERMIND THAT. I am just here to tell you that I am here to claim your Personas!"

Tatsuya, Lisa and Kaoru: "WHAT!"

"Now now, little children. There is nothing for you to fear. Just don't resist and I can assure you that it is going to be painless."

Lisa flashed her tongue, before pointing her finger at the man.

"You know, we have learnt never to trust someone who wears a white tux!"

"Man, you three are really super at being hopeless. I hope this will wake you up!"

Waves of fireball headed towards the trio, forcing them to dodge to different places. The street was rather wide, so it had no problem accommodating three of them. It was a three on one, so it is almost impossible for them to lose. At least that was what Tatsuya thought.

The man gave no chance for the trio to attack at all. His attacks forced the three to continuously dodge around which cut them of any chance to counter-attack.

"There, I told you three not to retaliate."

2 other men, for some really weird reasons, wear white tuxedo had their hands on the two girls' arms, disallowing them to escape. Their grip was simply too strong for the girls.

"Let go of us… Ouch! That hurts!"

Tatsuya could have risked an attack on the two other white men to rescue the girls. He could, if not for the fireballs that was still fired towards him. The fireballs did stop after a while, but by then there was no sign of Kaoru and Lisa at all.

"You… Who are you? What good does it do to you to take them away?"

"Ahh. Finally you asked for my name. Among the 24 stars I am Scorpio, director of the Mind."

"You have yet to answer my second question."

"Patient, little boy. Apparently my Boss issued to me a command before I started to attack the three of you. And so you should know what he wanted – the 2 other girls. Opps! Look at the time! I've gotta get back now, so I'll leave you alone here to cry as much as you want."

Scorpio cast a teleport spell and disappeared from the place, leaving a laughter that roamed the place while Tatsuya remained there.

"Lisa… Kaoru…"