A/N: Nothing much, except to humor that goober Frenchie Geoffrey... I don't really care about Aigis. okay? so you can do two things for me... one, go away and get a life or go back to watching game of thrones, sport. The rest of my response to you is below, kid.
Now then! That aside, I can safely say that I will be ignoring that fool. Not all Aigis fans are bad. In fact, a lot are quite decent. If Aigis was a human, I'd like her a bit more, but I'm a bit of a realist, and that's one of my flaws, sadly. I apologize to any I offended, except the ones I'm meant to offend, but I really don't take lightly to being attacked.
(1/25/11)
Friday...
I had another dream.
I was in the seedy part of town. Sensei was in a wheelchair, waiting with Guardian.
"You sure he's coming?" Sensei wheezed.
"I'm sure about it," Guardian said impatiently.
"Watch your tone." Sensei chided, "I am your master's master."
"But you yourself aren't my master. I don't take orders from you." Guardian spat.
"Glad to see you two get along." Elder's cold voice resonated from the alley as he limped towards the two.
"You're hurt." Sensei observed.
"I'll live." Elder insisted. Instead of the zwéihander, the Blade of Hell was now in katana form.
"Your sword." Sensei mused.
"My apologies." Elder said quietly, "I'm trying to be balanced in my weapons."
"Good choice being balanced." Sensei remarked, "The Messiah is renown for his proficiency in regards to weapons in the Persona User's society."
"There are... others with powers like him?" Elder asked.
"Of course." Sensei said smugly, "Thinking you're the only Persona users is like an aquarium fish thinking there are no others of his kind."
Elder grunted, "Whatever. I tried reasoning with him."
"Did it work?" Sensei asked excitedly.
Elder pointed to his wound I inflicted with the knife, "I asked him to join us and he gave me a stab wound as a reply."
"He's being stubborn, eh...?" Sensei mused.
"Not only that..." Elder mumbled, "He stole my powers..."
"Being a Messiah, he can hold both the powers of Light and Darkness... If that's true... You're gonna need some more powers."
"He completely negated the powers of Time! How can I stop him!?" Elder flushed.
"He is proving difficult..." Sensei thought deeply out loud.
"Why don't we just throttle him?!" Guardian fumed, "It's much quicker!"
"No. I think we should offer him more chances." Elder said, "His weaknesses are his friends. We shall exploit that."
"First, you need more powers. I suggest taking down Zythos. The time is utterly ripe!" Sensei cried, "We shall deal with Messiah some other time."
"Agreed." Elder mumbled.
"Alright, meeting adjourned-" Sensei said, but perked up at a figure behind Elder, "It seems we have guests."
Guardian snickered as he cracked his knuckles menacingly. Elder seemed unfazed, "Indeed?"
Two figures, young thugs, in their late teens, had a switchblades and waved it around, "Alright you freaks! Give up the money and maybe we won't kill any of ya!" The first one warned
Guardian strode forward, but Elder stopped him, "I'll handle this."
Elder turned slowly around and faced them, "Word of the wise to the unwise... Run now while you still can." His hands fell to his sword scabbard and hilt.
"Oh, look, someone who still has a katana!" The first one jeered, "Careful! This Rōnin is strapped!"
"Been watching Samurai Jack, Master Yojimbo?" The second one mocked, "A katana, really?"
"I bet it's just a kendo stick." The first one said.
"And what's with the strange getup? The cloak looks retarded, like you're some Organization XIII fan."
"He even has the boots to match... He thinks he's as evil as we are!" The first one laughed.
"You fools... You dare call yourselves evil?" Elder said quietly, but menacingly.
The two laughed, loud and wheezily.
"Your time has come, cosplaying-" he poked Elder.
Elder, with the speed of a Devil, cut off the punk's head with a clean, swift fashion and an audible sound and coolly sheathing it with the same fluid motion. The punk's head fell back and a jet of blood gushing from his headless body while his friend scrambled back.
"Oh my goodness!" Sensei cried and averted his eyes as Guardian laughed. Elder grabbed the other punk pleading for his life and used the power of Time against him. The punk was turned to a supercentenarian in mere minutes. He threw him to the ground, where it was likely his neck was broken by the five foot fall.
"Really Elder! A little warning would suffice before you would decapitate disease ridden delinquents, please?" Sensei said haughtily, "His dirty blood nearly touched my robes!"
"My apologies, Master." Elder said quietly, "He annoyed me."
I woke up with a start. I rubbed my eyes woozily as I recalled what happened last night...
I teleported in Narda, where Minako was. She was making a house of cards, but it collapsed when she jolted at my unexpected return.
Minako stared at me, shocked by my teleportation, until she greeted me warmly.
"Dude, what the fuck?!" Minako cried as she swept the fallen cards in fury, "I've been working on that for hours now! And where have you been since yesterday?!"
I was about to answer, but I was so overcome, I just hugged her and started crying. Minako, thoroughly taken aback by my actions, just patted my back awkwardly, "Wanna talk about it?"
I sniffed loudly, "Yeah."
We sat down and I talked about it. After I related everything, including the fight with Elder, she was shaking with anger, "That little bitch!"
"I know..." I mumbled thickly, "Elder is not a very nice person..."
"I'm not talking about him!" Minako snapped, "Yukari... That no-good skank!" She said through her teeth.
"Minako Arisato! Such language!" I cried with faux shock.
"It's true! Goddamn, I feel like sleeping with you to get even with her!" Minako said loudly.
It was hard-pressed for me to keep a straight face, "Uh... So..."
"That was a joke!" Minako cried in exasperation.
I nodded.
"I mean, if she really needed you, then why did she go with that other guy?! I'm so pissed!" Minako spat.
"Don't. I wasn't there for her..." I mumbled.
"That's nothing. Why did she lie to you then? Why didn't she tell the truth?" Minako asked.
To that, I had no answer.
After badmouthing Yukari with Minako for a while, Minako decided to sleep. I decided to do the same, since we weren't required to go to school anymore.
Today, we hung out by the house. Akihiko was eating ramen while lifting a dumbell, Leah was doing housechores while humming 'Old Mcdonald', with weapons instead of animals, Junpei was playing with his PSP, Minako read Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero, I reread Deathly Hollows while Koromaru slept peacefully by the fireplace.
Suddenly a loud knock echoed through the hall.
"Who could that be?" Leah wondered out loud as she moved to open the door. I knew exactly who it was.
"I'll get it, Nee." I said, intercepting Leah and getting the door.
It was exactly who I thought it was.
"Hello... Minato." Yukari's cold voice pierced through the morning air like a lance.
"Hey Yukari." I greeted rather warmly, "Uh, want to come in?"
Yukari glared at me, until Junpei saw her and said, "Hey Yukari. Good to seeya. When did you get back?"
"Hmhm... Around thirty minutes ago, actually... Before which, I flew a hundred miles away, with my sister, and went straight here. To talk to someone." Yukari seethed, "In private."
I nodded and took her up my room with me. When we got situated, she glared at me for a while.
"Talk then." I said crossly.
"Why'd you leave me, Minato?" Yukari demanded, "I was vulnerable, desperate and I just lost my moms. You had to make things worse by leaving me in the middle of the night?"
I snorted, "You act like I knocked you up and left you in a motel in the middle of nowhere with no money. I left you a lot of yen. And plane tickets."
"That's not the point!" Yukari snapped, "You left me in the midst of my sorrow! You know, I barely had money to bury my mom, that was fun." She said sarcastically, "Now I have to take care of my little sister, since my faggot stepdad ran off with some trailer park whore. To top it all off, the only person who matters to me wasn't there for me."
"You sure she weren't making out with him?" I said crossly, beginning to feel intensely annoyed.
"What are you talking about?" She asked quietly.
"Don't play coy." I warned, "I saw you making out with that fool from the funeral!"
Yukari looked shocked, then stiffened her upper lip, "Only because you have Minako-"
"You're missing the point!" I snapped, "You lied to me. You weren't honest with me. And you had the gall to say you love me and kiss another guy in the same week? Wow Yukari... Just... Wow." I said sourly.
Yukari rolled her eyes, "Great. The worst week of my life, with a side-order of guilt, please?!" Yukari said sardonically.
"This isn't about you, Yukari." I said grimly, "You know, I don't really remember you rolling out the red carpet when I came back from beyond. All you did was go tsundere and giving me the cold shoulder."
"You know what? I think you're jealous." Yukari said smugly, "You're jealous that you'll never amount to James' greatness!"
"Oh, yeah, cause you got it all figured out and-" I raised my eyebrow, "James? JAMES? Teen model James? From New York?!"
"Yeah! You're just jealous that he's greater than you'll ever be!" Yukari said triumphantly.
I laughed so hard, my sides began to get sore. I almost cried and wet myself, "That little shit is probably being banged by his manager in the ass! How can he be possibly be better than anyone else?"
"Well, because-"
"Yukari, that fool is only a pretty face." I said, "But one thing is very clear. There is no way we're getting back together."
Yukari looked shocked, "Minato!"
"You heard me. I'm not jealous, really!" I said sincerely, "I'm just hurt and shocked you weren't honest with me. After all we've been through, I thought we'd be a little more trusting with one another. But turns out, I was wrong."
"Minato, it's not my fault." Yukari said bitterly.
"Whose fault is it then, Yukari?"
"Yours." Yukari said, "Its your fault for not being there for me!"
"'Not being there for you'...?!" I whispered in wrath, "What are you talking about?! I was there! I chartered a jet immediately after exams to be there for you! And I saw your little kiss!"
Yukari seemed shocked, "Minato..."
"You know what, Yukari? Save your breath. Get out of here." I said quietly.
"Minato... Why are you doing this to me?" She demanded.
My patience, that I held back for two years, finally snapped, "Why?" I seethed, "Two years, Yukari. It took two fucking years for me to figure you out. Twenty-four months for me to understand how you could love me and wonder what's wrong with you. How you can say you love me, yet act like you don't give a shit about me. I spent my Days of Summer trying to get over you and I thought this school year would be okay, with Minako as my friend, and if I see you occasionally, I really wouldn't care. But you... When you saw that I was happy and content with Minako, you didn't like that and if you can't have me, then no one could."
Yukari fidgeted uncomfortably.
"But as much as I try to deny it, I still loved you. You were my first love. And my first heart break too. And everytime I see your face, I feel angry, enraged and pissed off. You act like you don't know me. Like all the times we shared before mean nothing to you. I'm mad that you destroyed me like that and don't even notice. Lastly, I'm really sad. Sad that I'm finally coming to terms on the fact that we will never ever get back together. Never will like me. Never to love me as you did before. I'm happy now that I have Minako. And now, you're standing in front of me and you have the gall to ask me why I'm doing this to you? No. I don't want you to give me another false apology and we can go back to lying to one another or even worse, bring back the memories. Worse than memories, you'll bring back my feelings for you. I tried to be civil, but you forced my hand. So just turn around, and walk away before you add more emotional damage to me." I said fiercely.
"Minato... I never-"
"Out, right now!" I snapped.
Yukari flinched and turned around. She looked back and shook my head. She opened the door and went out.
I took a deep breath and went to get some tea from Narda, but when I opened the door, Minako, Akihiko, Leah, Junpei and Koromaru jumped back from the door and tried to act normal.
"Did you guys hear that?" I asked sullenly.
"No..." They said sheepishly.
"The truth." I said sternly.
"The truth? Man, you keep talking about the truth, then they'll make another game soon enough..." Junpei muttered as everyone looked at him, "What? I'm talking to someone on Vita."
"Fine, we did..." Minako muttered.
I nodded, "Mind passing me some tea, Nee?" I asked Leah, who was nearest to the fridge.
"Sure thing." Leah said as she opened the fridge and tossed me some NasTea.
I drank some of the tea to flush down the bile from my throat.
"Nice speech you made, bro." Junpei remarked, "Very emotional. I admit, I know how you feel."
Akihiko looked at him dubiously.
"What?" Junpei said innocently, "I get that a lot."
"Nothing. I'm just wondering when your psychiatric report comes in..." Akihiko muttered.
"I keep telling you, my mother had me tested before." Junpei said, "The results were partial though."
We spend the day in Narda. With some effort, the guys helped me forget about Yukari, at least for the day, with gentle words and a bottle of Jack.
(1/26/11)
Saturday...
Today, since classes were on hiatus, Kenji and Rio decided to drop by. Usually, we'd hang by Pink's, but there was a chance Yukari is there, and Minako and I wanted to hang with Leah and Akihiko. Junpei went with the flow and stayed at home as well.
We were engaging in a intelligent debate regarding the A.I.G.I.S. super-soldier program, with Minako, Leah and Rio as the pro side, whilst Akihiko, Junpei, Kenji and I were fiercely against it, since their methods were... questionable, such as castration and emasculation as a mean to create the ultimate soldiers.
"That's unnecessary!" Junpei cried, "Japan swore never to make a military again! Only a Defense Force."
"Yeah, well, you have to admit, no one will think of invading." Rio said.
"Who'll invade us?" I countered, "The U.N. would be all over their asses if they invade. If other countries find out, either the U.S. or North Korea would nuke us."
"That's a lie. Japan will never be conquered! Just ask the Mongolians and the Chinese." Leah said.
The phone rang as Minako stood to pick the phone up.
I had long given up on reminding her not to pick up the phone on other people's houses.
"Arisato, Arisato, Iori, Otsuji and Sanada residence, Minako Arisato speaking, how may I direct this call?" She said sweetly, "Uh huh... okay... I see..." She nodded and covered the receiver.
"Yo, Minato, it's Yuka-tan!" She said.
"Tell her I'm not here." I said flatly.
"What?"
"I'M NOT HERE!" I yelled loudly.
She nodded and put her ear back to the phone.
"Yukari, I know you heard that." She said as she slammed the phone.
Everyone cheered.
"Nice one!" Kenji cheered.
"Too bad Fuuka and the rest of our females in the clique, except me and Minako, are consoling Yukari." Rio said.
"All right, kill the applause, because we all know this fool is gonna crawl back to Yukari." Junpei said.
"Bro, don't make me shove my boot up your ass." I warned.
"I'm just keeping it real, dude. Eventually, you're gonna accept another fake apology from Yukari and it's gonna happen again. History repeats itself."
I was shocked Junpei came to that conclusion. It was true. Very true. I was bummed out. Really bummed out.
I guess my obsession towards Yukari is pretty noticable. I mean, on one hand, I do cherish the times we shared, but on the other hand, I detest the way she treats me, as if I'm a lost puppy that'll come back to her whenever she wants.
I went to the kitchen to grab a margarita. I was done with my second, when Minako went in.
"Hey- whoa, okay..." Minako saw me drinking, "That's enough drinking, buddy." She said as she took the drink.
"Hey, give that back..." I mumbled weakly, "I need a drink to help."
"Forget?" Minako suggested.
"To remember." I said as I reached out for it.
"No way." Minako said, spilling the margarita into the sink, "The sauce will kill you. Besides, how'd you think Yukari will react if she finds out that you drink for her?"
I made a face at Minako, "Whatever..." I mumbled.
"Minato... I know you need help..." Minako said with concern, "So here's what we're gonna do... We'll hang out together at Narda tomorrow. Just you and me. Okay?" Minako suggested.
I thought about it. It could be nice to hang out with Minako. In fact, it could help out my chances with her. And if Elder isn't making any moves, then I will.
"Sounds good." I said.
Minako nodded and I looked forward to tomorrow and what it might bring.
A/N: I know I promised you guys that it'd happen on this chap, but next time. I need to perfect it first. To the Aigis fams, that reference wasn't a diss. It was a reference to Devil Summoner, with the super soldier. I merely used her name, since her name is derived from Aegis, as many of you know, and Japan is only allowed to have a defense force. It fits.
To the Yukari fans, sorry for the heavy Yukari scenes. It's a kind of catalyst for the next chap.
And, yes, Minato can teleport now, since Elder passed it on to him during battle.
Well, hope you all enjoyed this chapter! You'll definitely enjoy the next!
Sayonara for now!
As always, review and the chapters will flow.
Q/A:
Aaron: Tell me about it. And yeah, they were too tired out from the exams to worry about Minato.
Hoshi: well, grammar is hard to understand indeed. We should just stick to whichever suits our style.
Also, exclaimation marks and questions marks combined is meant to implify both shock and a questionable tone.
Cutiekuts: Oh, no problem. You don't necessarily have to review every chapter, but it would be extremely kind of you if you could. :)
Well, I can't answer those questions, since they may reveal valuable spoilers...
Minato, like Sensei said, hold the power of Light and Dark and all that nonsense. You're correct, Elder passed it on to him.
Blablahblah6: You guess it's sad? I guess losing a mother is 'sad' but what would you know?
I dunno. I thought you weren't supposed to get off the asylum until 2028? Or do they let you use PC's there?
Joffrey: Aigis is an it because IT posseses neither male nor female genetilia, Lord Geoffrey, First of Its name, of the Hut, I mean House of Asseneon, King of the idiots- I mean Assdals- Andals! and the first Girls, Lord of the Seven Rapists and Protector of the Mall, wouldst thou want thy robot in thy posterior? 1 guy/hermaphrodite, 1 robot? You get the meaning. Shove Aigis up your ass, see if IT fits.
Also, dirty peasant? Lols, who talks like that? Delusional much? And I will refer to Aigis as it. Why? Because 'it' is the lousiest and unrealistic piece of shit in the entire game, no disrespect intended to the fans, but diss to Jeffy, who forced me to say it. I'd gladly debate with you, but you prove to be stupid and immature to grasp the basic concepts of a civil debate, squirt.
Sure, she exists in your heart, Jeffy. (Tries hard not to laugh) I'm sure you like to pretend to fvck a female cartoon robot in your head. Oh yeah, please grow up. Insults get you nowhere, bitch. Ooops. ;)
Humoring the mentally disabelled aside, you know we can track your IP address, right bozo?
Telling me to die? Bitch please, I'm allergic to Death, unlike that stupid waifu of yours, maggot. So don't think you're safe behind that dinosaur PC of yours, brain dead redneck. In fact, I think you're a little blablah we know and love?
That aside, Jeffy, do keep up with those disparaging comments of yours. Because I could either delete it or check it, since it both increases review count and/or makes a good laugh for others. Continue, Lord of the Assdals! Your idiotic review, again, proved to be worth five dollars of lulz. Especially your titles, Lord of the Assdals. Cracks me up...
Sorry if I seem harsh, but I don't like insults coming out of nowhere, and I don't take sh!t from anyone, especially from the likes of you. Besides, were I to give a fvck about what you say about me, I'd quit a long time ago, so go bother someone else, kid. You can't change my opinions, especially with your retarded comments.
Also, I think you're bipolar. Look into that, squirt.
Desotoroyah: Thanks. Just ignore that asshole. I do. Just remember that if stupidity were a crime, he'd get life in prison.