Author's Note: Alright, this here is the start of a new series of snippets starring Minato and Ophis as a main pairing. I already have a basic plotline thought up so I have an idea on where to take this.

Feel free to share your own ideas for snippets or general set ups for this duo and if I like them I'll see of including them in the series of snippets or in one shot Omakes.

Two souls without a home

It had been two months since he found himself in this new world.

Minato didn't know what miracle Elizabeth was able to bring about but he was freed from the seal and granted another chance, what felt like his third chance to enjoy life. Though his return was bittersweet, as he was in a world not his own. He managed to deal with his emotions by focusing on finding money and a place to live but once those were sorted it, it became impossible not to cry.

However, even if they weren't with him he knew what they would tell him at the moment and used it to push forward. Living the best life he could in this new world, and hopefully a normal one.

A hope that was snuffed out late one night.

He was walking home to his apartment when he felt something off, an unknown presence he couldn't place was coming closer to him. Looking down the road Minato saw a young couple walking behind a woman with their heads hanging low, he turned to the woman and felt the presence coming off of her. He turned to look over the couple again when he saw it, their eyes were empty like those without potential drawn into the Dark Hour.

He waited for them to pass him before following after them, when they reached an old warehouse he saw what the woman truly was.

A chimera mix of human and beast, the head and torso remained human while it's arms slipped apart into four spider limbs that ended in hands with razor sharp nails. It's legs morphed into the body of a spider with eight spider legs.

Once it saw him he already had his evoker ready, there was surprise on the creature's human-like face before it morphed into a vicious smile as sadistic delight lit it's eyes as it approached Minato, mockingly slow.

Raising the evoker to his head the creature's smile grew and became inhuman, he already knew what it was.

Minato pulled the trigger as the denizen of Hell watched as the sound of shatter glass rang out.

I am Thou, and Thou art I.

I am that with no beginning nor end.

The embodiment of eternity and cycles, of life, death and renewal.

I am the Infinite, Ouroboros.

The winged serpent said as it appeared above Minato, the serpent looked around for the monster "Where'd the creature go, is it hiding?"

"No," Minato said as he pointed to the smoking remains of the demon, little more than the tips of it's spider legs that were already starting to fade away.

"That's anticlimactic" Ouroboros said as Minato rushed over to check the young couple, Ouroboros looked around to see if there was a hidden enemy or anything to do. They moved beside Minato to see the couple were completely fine. Seeing the couple begin to stir Ouroboros returned to the Sea of Souls, ready to take action at a moment's notice.

Ouroboros wasn't alone in anticipation, for within the endless sea did countless others begin to stir. Gods, Demons, Heroes and Monsters. All were united in what was before them.

Because this world wasn't so normal after all.

Ophis was very displeased.

She had given some of her power to those who said they'd help her defeat Great Red and reclaim the Dimensional Gap, while they hadn't shown much progress she'd kept a close eye on those she had given out power to through her snakes

Snakes she called back to herself to look over and sent back when it was clear they weren't tampered with, leaving one option remaining.

Someone was able to steal a portion of her power without her knowing.

With a very displeased frown she left her room and pushed by several beings that came to her, she ignored their questions as she left for the human World.

She will find whoever managed to steal her power and make them answer for what they have done.

Did coming to this world change him, or perhaps obtaining the Universe Arcana was the source of his change?

This was the question that had popped into Minato's mind several times since his encounter with the demon, the cause of this question was due to his healing of the young couple.

Nothing negative, they were fine. Better then fine as all their injuries and illnesses were gone, they stopped by the cafe he worked at to thank him as they glowed with health. During his break they told him of their visit to the doctor after their fainting spell, the doctors ran several tests on them back to back before confirming without a doubt that they were as healthy as they could be for their age.

The thing was, Minato was sure the healing magic he used wasn't that powerful. He used Dia on several plants and even some injured or sickly animals after the plants, the plants were rejuvenated from withered states with flowers coming into full bloom or growing nuts and fruits that were more delicious than they should have been. The effects were more pronounced with animals as any disease or injury were undone, a particular case of a dog missing one of it's legs having it returned to full health came to Minato's mind, with some older ones even de-aging with some of the more powerful magic.

And all without manifesting a Persona.

He could use Persona skills without manifesting a Persona but the skill would always be weaker without a full manifestation, SEES rarely used it while battling Shadows unless weak Shadows were blocking the path to someone dragged into Tartarus, otherwise full manifestations in life or death fights were the standard procedure.

But now those weakened skills were far more powerful, at least with healing as he had yet to try any other, and since Ouroboros mere summoning was enough to destroy the demon it wasn't a stretch the same could be applied to his Personas.

Still, there wasn't much he could do for now, he could go out later that night to train and see what he could do in the woods or in a particular deserted part of the city. But for now he had more pressing concerns.

*Ding!*

"Welcome, how may I serve you this fine day?" Minato asked as he bowed towards the high school girls that just entered.

He still had a few hours of work at the maid and butler cafe, when the kindly old couple offered him a place to stay and work during his first week in this world it wasn't the first thing that sprung to mind.

Ophis looked down at the human city as she scanned for any sign of the one who managed to steal her power, it was unremarkable all things considered. Just a normal city with Devil's claiming territory with a small group of Fallen Angels. The only thing of any real note was a Devil with the Welsh Dragon's power but they were far too weak to be useful for now, Ophis was beginning to become frustrated with her lack of progress.

She knew whoever stole her power was in this human city, she could FEEL it all around here and even found the place where she sensed her stolen power was used. Tightening her knuckles, Ophis decided she'd sent out her snakes to comb the city for the thief, as she was about to unleash them when she felt an odd surge of power.

Deciding to pause in her pursuit of the thief, Ophis went to observe what was the source of the new power.

She found herself on the outskirts of the city near a forest, she focused on the only two beings present there beside herself.

A Stray Devil was battling a human with his left hand engulfed in flames while his right was covered in ice, the Stray attacked with wide slashes and throwing it's massive bulk around. Other than knocking down several trees it did nothing, the human dodged it's predictable attacks and either froze limbs or severely burned them.

The human crossed his arms as he pointed his fists towards the Stray Devil, from the flames and ice came two creatures. From the ice came a creature of snow garbed in blue while from the flames a pumpkin headed creature holding onto a lantern emerged, the creatures moved together as one despite their differences and faced the Stray as a microphone appeared between them.

Ophis tilted her head, confused at the sight. The Stray did so as well as it looked at the two creatures playfully dancing before they seemed to talk to each other, without warning the Stray threw its head back and began laughing uncontrollably. It fell to the ground moments before the human slammed their ice fist on the ground and encased the stray in ice before swinging his other arm to engulf it all in a tornado of flames.

Several moments later, the Stray Devil was no more with all remaining was a single Rook piece. The human picked up the Evil Piece and looked it over before crushing it, Ophis was unable to see their expression as they walked to a nearby tree and placed a hand on it, a faint glow from his palm spread across the tree and into the forest around them as overturn trees and gouges in the ground were undone.

By the end the forest was restored to a pristine state, even the animals killed in the battle returned to life.

This peaked Ophis's interest, while not uncommon for beings to use elemental magic it was unheard of to use them without manifesting a magic circle outside of those with special affinities from lineage or Sacred Gears. Being able to use two elements along with powerful restoration magic was highly unusual, and potentially a powerful asset against the Great Red.

Ophis was about to approach the human when she sensed it, her own power could be faintly sensed from the human. Far too weak to be the thief, but perhaps an ally or someone they interacted with regularly.

Ophis teleported away when the human turned in her direction, while it wasn't her plan originally she would follow the human to uncover the truth of the matter. If there was one thing Ophis was, she was patient.

Minato felt like he was being followed

For the past few days he constantly felt a pair of eyes on him and whenever he turned to where he thought the stalker would be they would move somewhere else, so far they didn't seem hostile but Minato knew that could change at a moment's notice. He stayed up the first few nights waiting to see how'd they act, relying on Ouroboros's power to stop him from feeling tired helped him get through seventy four hours without sleep but when he became clear his stalker wasn't going to do anything even if he did sleep meant they were waiting for something or collecting information.

For now he needed to wait and prepare for who or whatever was following him.

"Minato, dear, table 8 is looking for their check"

"Right away Ma'am'' Minato answered the co-owner of the cafe, he gave the kind old lady a smile as he went off to the table in question. Thinking about it he was really lucky to run into Mr and Mrs Nakajima when he first arrived in this new world, the couple gave him both work with their butler and maid cafe along with a place to stay with the small apartments connected to the back of the cafe. Working with them brought back fond memories of the time he spent with Bunkichi and Mitsuko, though he was a bit curious at how fast they were able to get him documents.

It was almost as if they had more than a few criminal connections. Even if they did, Minato knew in his heart they were good people, and not just because they took him in thinking he was a homeless run away.

Near the end of his shift Mr called him to his office, saying it was urgent. The office itself was rather spacious and well organized, two desks pushed together with photos of the couple's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren alongside photos of former employees. Mr Nakajima gestured to Minato to sit as he took out a file "Got good news, your transfer to Kuoh Academy is all finished up. Even got your uniform ready, all we needed was your measurements but we already have those when you got fitted for your uniform"

Minato took the file and looked over it's contents, smiling as he saw he was being transferred into 3rd year and wouldn't need to repeat his second as he feared "Thank you, I don't know where to even begin paying you back-"

"Ah, think nothing of it" Mr Nakajima said as leaned back into his chair "It was no trouble at all, besides it's the less we can do after all the new business we're getting" Mr Nakajima's eyes held a great deal of mirth within them "You a bigger magnet for the ladies then I thought, no doubt those Kuoh Academy girls are going to be happy you'll be going there too"

Minato didn't have a response for Mr Nakajima's teasing so he just smiled.

"Anyway, one of our granddaughters will be taking you to the academy on your first day. Though, a word of warning" Mr Nakajima gestured for Minato lean in closer before whispering to the young man "Little Aika can be a bit perverted, so if she gives you any trouble don't be afraid to tell us"

Minato nodded, putting that little piece of information away for later.

Returning to his apartment Minato put a note outside his window before making himself dinner, he had a busy few days in front of him to prepare for his new school.

'To my stalker, I'm going to the park at midnight and would like to meet you in person there. If you don't show up I will search for you myself'

Dealing with his stalker being top of the list.

Within one of the parks of Kuoh Town was a picnic table with two individuals sitting across from each other. A young man wearing a winter jacket with a blue scarf and across from him a young lady wearing a gothic lolita dress with her torso bare to the world with her modesty spar only by a few strips of tape over her nipples.

'I was expecting someone odd, but I wasn't expecting this' Minato thought to himself. Taken aback by the girl's power and not her fashion decisions. Ouroboros was at the forefront of his mind, their attention squarely on the girl with a power oh so similar to their own.

"You're the one whose been following me the past week" Minato said, deciding to forgo the small talk and cut right to the matter.

Ophis nodded "How did you know? I was careful to remain out of sight"

"I can sense you" Minato said nonchalantly.

"?"

Ophis silently stared at Minato, her gaze intense as she took in everything she could, before a glint passed over her eyes as she summoned her snakes.

"You're the thief" Ophis stood, prepared to attack Minato.

Minato raised his hands in surrender "I'm sorry, I think there might be a misunderstanding. I haven't stolen anything"

"I can sense my stolen on you, if you didn't steal my power how else do you explain that?" Ophis's snakes inched closer.

'I shall settle the matter' Ouroboros said in Minato's mind, Minato's focus was on the infinite dragon for a moment before he took out his evoker and placed it against his head.

He leapt backwards as one of Ophis's snakes raced towards the evoker Minato had against his head "I believe this is a moment where actions speak louder than words, to clear up this little misunderstanding"

With the sound of shattering glass Ouroboros gazed down at Ophis, two dragons of Infinite staring each other down with a look of confusion for one and amusement for the other.

"Hello, my counterpart"

Ophis was very pleased.

In her search for a non-existent thief she had come across something unbelievable, another Infinite Dragon. Even though Ophis didn't fully understand this 'Persona' that gave Minato access to such power she knew enough that it would be essential in her battle against the Great Red, however there was a new problem.

How to ensure his loyalty?

Normally offering others a piece of her power, or other similarly small things, would be enough but since he held a power so similar to her own made things difficult.

Especially if those under her now switch loyalty to Minato after learning what she knows, making it all the more important for her to ensure his loyalty. For now she will continue watching over Minato, to learn what she can.

Though, after sharing with him her story of being forced out of her home by the Great Red, admitting to having no home opened up a new avenue of surveillance.

"Ah~ Come her dear, you can stay with us for as long as you need" Mrs Nakajima said as she hugged Ophis before leading the Dragon God to one of the tables.

Staying at the Cafe's apartments for a week or so should give her a chance for closer observation of Minato along with new opportunities to secure him as an asset.

"Here, a little snack while we sort out a room for you" Mrs Nakajima handed Ophis a small plate of cookies with a glass of milk before going back over to her husband, both beginning to whisper amongst themselves with Minato and some maids about Ophis's well-being as they thought see was a homeless human child Minato came across during his nightly walks.

'A week should be enough for what's needed' Ophis thought to herself before taking a bite from the cookie, she chewed slowly as she savoured every bit of the cookie.

'Then again, a few months wouldn't hurt' Ophis thought before devouring the sweets before her.

Omake Time:

Everyone is here!

Rias looked out to the picnic table where the subject of her interest for the past week sat waiting for them, she and her Peerage had been keeping track of the young man after Koneko saw him healing animals all over town.

"Okay everyone, just like we rehearsed" Rias whispered before she got ready to move forward when she saw move in the corner of her vision, turning around Rias saw a group of Fallen Angels looking back at her.

The two groups glared at each other before a hand got between them "No fighting here, at least not yet"

The two groups turned to see the new arrivals of Sirzechs, Azazel and Michael. Azazel turned to his fellow Fallen Angels "Raynare, what are you and your group doing here?"

The Fallen Angel stood like a deer caught in the headlights, she looked around to find anything to change the subject which was when she spotted several Yokai walking past them towards Minato.

As more and more Factions and groups appeared to meet with Minato, all of them following him at one point or another, none noticed Ophis sitting beside Minato at the table as they both watched the groups that thought they remained unnoticed argue with one another.