Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 3 or High School DXD.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Dawn)

Remembering he and Aigis have to go to school, Minato set out to prepare themself, despite being filled with negative and dreary thoughts.

First, he orders a room service to bring the ordered food to their room, then, he goes for the bathroom.

After that, he changed into the new Kuoh Academy uniform. He thanks his sleeping lover for placing them neatly on the table as he wears it like he usually do in Gekkoukan.

After that, the Room service came, waking Aigis up as he tells her to go into the bathroom. The girl complies without any complain and he handles the service smoothly.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Early morning)

The birds chirped outside as the bathroom door were opened by Aigis with only a towel to cover herself.

Minato froze as he paused in bringing the grilled fish into his mouth as he stared at her.

The blonde girl blushed a little as she put a hand on her chest to cover her cleavage and goes for her school uniform before going back to the bathroom.

(Click)

"..."

The bluenette felt hot in his neck as he loosen his tie a little bit before going back to eating, this time, faster.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Early morning)

The bathroom door opened again and Aigis came out wearing the full uniform of the school, with the corset and cape and everything.

Minato frowned and narrowed his eyes a bit as he stared at her.

The girl looked nervous when he did that. It was the look of when he disapprove of something. "What is it?" She nervously asked.

"...The skirt seems a bit too short for my tastes, and those corset doesn't seem to suit you well..." The boy judgingly answered.

"O-oh, I see..." Aigis look down to herself.

"...However, I do like the ribbon and the headphone." Her bright blue eyes instantly got even brighter at that.

(Knock knock)

"Aigis-sama, Minato-sama, are you two ready?" The familiar voice of Butsuma calls them from behind the door.

Minato answered him. "Aah." He looked toward Aigis again. "Let's go." He goes to grab his stuff and most definitely, his Sony NW-S205F MP3 player and the ATH-EQ300M SV earphone as he attached them together and put them on his neck.

"Mmm..." His lover nodded and goes for hers as well.

Minato pressed the button that calls the housekeeper before opening the door.

The face of their driver and guardian greeted him as he bowed. "Ohayo gozaimasu, Minato-sama, you too as well, Aigis-sama."

They nodded in acknowledgement. "Ohayo./Ohayo, Butsuma-san."

The other man, still wearing his shade and suit, scans their surroundings carefully.

"Now then, shall we get going?" Butsuma asked.

The two nodded again as Aigis goes first with the shaded man soon following.

Minato closed the door behind him as he and the older man followed closely.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh—City—Morning)

(BGM: Want to be close Reincarnation)

The car drove forward on the road as Aigis took in the sights of the new city.

"Wow... it's really felt and look different from the town of Tatsumi..." She said with awe in her voice as she looked from the window. "I don't know if I could get accustomed with all of this..."

Minato, despite currently hearing his favorite Burn my Dread music, heard the words of his lover as he frowned.

'Tatsumi town? Not Tatsumi Port Island?' He thought worryingly.

He felt his phone buzzed inside his right pant pocket.

"Wait till you see the school, Aigis-sama, it's a wonder to behold, I have to admit." Butsuma said as his eyes never left on what's in front of him.

"Ehh... then, I look forward to seeing it." Aigis put her hands on her lap as she turned towards her boyfriend who seems to got a message from someone.

"Who is it, Minato-san?" She asked him.

"...Mitsuru." He answered.

The girl leaned her head toward him.


Mitsuru

"Arisato, how are you and Aigis? Butsuma has already told me last night that you've made it safely, but I'd like to see it with your own words."


Aigis looked at the message for a brief moment before turning at him.

"What are you going to say?" She asked.

"..." Minato just typed.


"We're fine, Mitsuru, the train's got delayed for a few hours but we reached the city before it gets too dark, we had a good night rest after that and we are heading towards the new school as we speak."


His girlfriend pressed her head against him as they wait for their friend's reply.

"..."


"That's good. I feared that something has happened when Butsuma called me you two haven't made it yet. ...Say, how do you like the hotel that I gave you...?"


Aigis smiled sweetly at the message as she put her hand on Minato's.

The bluenette didn't push her off. Somehow, robot or not, Aigis always managed to calm his nerves with just her presence when he was troubled with something.

"..."


"It was great."


"..."


"I'm glad to hear it, then. Keep us posted if anything happen, we would be very troubled if you didn't, especially me. I'm sure you don't want to see me upset, right?"


A shiver made up to his spine as he resist the urge to sweat bullets. Aigis helps him in calming down with only a squeeze of her hand.

Usually, he wouldn't react like this to a simple warning, but Mitsuru is just that scary. Especially when angry.

"..."


"Anyways, I hope you two have a great few years, especially college, Arisato, I know that you're smart and all, but it's not enough, make sure you and Aigis study hard, but don't push yourself. After all, it's alright to have a break from here and then. I have so much advice to give you two, but remember this one the most."


"..."


"Whether it's relationship, work, or even personal life, never lose grasp of what your true sight is. Living life to the fullest is not just about doing what you like the most, it takes hard work, sacrifice, and even love."


Aigis squeezed her boyfriend's hand even more at that part.

Minato ignored this as he keep reading.


"That's why, I want you two to never lose sight of yourselves, even if death seem to be the only viable option left."


The bluenette squeezed his phone at the reminder.


"Even if we're somehow been separated, keep on living, no matter how hard it took. For the sake of your future. That is all."


Aigis spoke up as she smiles. "As expected of Mitsuru-san. Despite already graduated, she still keep looking out for us."

Minato slowly nodded in agreement. "...Yeah..." That was the reason why the redheaded heiress is of the Empress Arcana. A melancholic smile made to his face as he remembers their time with each other.

The car made a turn to the right.

"Well, we're here, Aigis-sama, Minato-sama." Butsuma says as he stopped the car in front of the gate.

The two teens look in awe at the sights and design of the school.

"You are right, Butsuma-san." Aigis nodded in amazement. "It's definitely something to look at."

Minato just stayed silent as his silver eyes gazed at the Victorian-styled school with quiet appreciation.

He noticed that the students, old and new, began to look at them when Butsuma and the shaded man came out of the car and open their doors for them.

The blue-haired boy turn his music off and took out his earphone as he grabbed his stuff before getting out with his girlfriend.

The students murmured with each other as they get out as some of them comments on how handsome he is and how beautiful Aigis is.

The blonde girl walked to his side as the older men bowed to them before going back to the car.

The two then made their way to the main building as their guardians drove away.

As they goes, Minato got a light headache that can be easily brushed off as everyone began to talk about them due to how they made an entrance and because of how different their looks are from the rest of the other students.

"Wow, he's hot." One of the girls said.

"Who do you think they are...?" Another asked her friend.

"Dunno, but I bet they're important."

"Are they together? I hope not..."

"But they look so cute, though..."

The boys on the other hand...

"Whoa... what a babe..." One said in amazement as he gazed at Aigis' goddess-like form.

"I know, right?" His friend nodded in agreement.

"I wonder what her name is..."

"They must be rich as hell if they have a driver like that..."

"Too bad she's taken already..."

"We don't know that, yet."

"Pretty sure she would get unwanted attention by them."

"Oh, man... hope that didn't drive her away..."

They keep on talking as Minato and Aigis enters the building.

(BGM: End)


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Entrance—Morning)

(BGM: Want to be close)

The two were surprised when they saw the usual Japanese Getabako are nonexistent in this school and is replaced by the westernized lockers that covers the hallway walls.

Minato scans the inside of the school along with Aigis.

"...You're right, Aigis." He spoke as the girl curiously looked at him. "This is going to be hard to get accustomed to..."

The blonde tried to helpfully smile as she took his free hand into hers. "Don't worry, Minato-san. We'll make it through for the next couple of years." She began to pull him as students starts to flood in. "Now, let's see our homeroom assignment there." They walked towards the bulletin board.

Aigis immediatedly saw their name despite of how much filled the board is. "Ah! There's our names, Minato-san." She pointed at the A and W section.

The bluenette carefully looked at where she was pointing at. There.

Arisato Minato. 3-B.

Watanabe Aigis. 3-B

'Watanabe? There it is again, I don't know anything other than the Dream? prior to coming here.' Mitsuru's advice has helped him somewhat. It made him feel indifferent and unbothered again like he usually do.

"I'm glad that we are in the same class... now, c'mon, let's find the faculty office together." His girlfriend pulled him out of his thought as she drags him through the hallway.

After several minutes of walking, the two finally managed to found the office.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Faculty office—Morning)

The door were opened as the teachers turn their heads towards the two new individuals.

Minato came in with his hands inside his pockets as Aigis strudged beside him.

One of the teachers, a female one walked over to them.

"Ah, so you're the transfer students from Gekkoukan?" The young woman introduced herself. "I'm your homeroom teacher, Sakura Hanako. I teach history in class 3-B."

A male teacher sighed in exasperation when he noticed their hair color.

"Great. Another year filled with new delinquents. Seriously, why does the principal have to be so lax...?" He complained loudly.

Hanako gave him the stink eye as she defends the students. "I assure you, Takeda-sensei, these 'delinquents', as you called them, has natural hair color, otherwise, we wouldn't let them enroll in our school."

"Bah," Takeda just scoffed at her. "I find it hard to believe that this country is filled with multi-colored people, this is not some some kind of Anime, damn it."

"Language, Takeda-sensei." Another teacher, a female, reprimands her colleague.

The teacher scoff again before going back to whatever he's doing.

Hanako turned towards the boyfriend and girlfriend duo. "Now, as you may not know, we, the staffs, realized what kind of relationship you two are in. If this is any other school, we would've told you to break up immediately. But, as Kuoh has it, you two are allowed to do whatever you wish as long as you managed to set an example for the other students."

The two seems fine with that as they nodded.

Satisfied, the young woman looked at the clock.

"We're done here, you two should head back to the entrance for a tour. The Student Council is waiting for students that have already gained their locker keys." At those words, another teacher came to them and give her two sets of key.

Hanako gave them to the two.

"Here. These keys belong to the last third years that were here before, makes sure you don't lost them accidentally, otherwise, you will face repercussion." Minato and Aigis look at the number on the keys.

20.

7.

They then nodded in understanding.

"We understand. We promise to never lose them." Aigis vowed.

Minato just stayed quiet, but he silently agreed to keep the key safe until graduation.

"..."

Their homeroom teacher nodded in satisfaction. "Good. Now, off you go, then."

The two transfer students nodded as they leave the faculty office.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Hallway—Morning)

Minato and Aigis walked side by side as they made their way back to the entrance.

"See? Minato-san, I told you we could make it through together." His girlfriend smiled at him.

"Maybe you're right... Aigis..." He said with his usual tone as his hands were inside his pockets.

"Still, the Student Council, huh? I wonder what they are like in this school..." The girl wonders in curiousity.

"I'm more interested in their President more than anything else, really." Minato shrugged his shoulders without shame.

"Minato-san, you know you can't go around comparing everyone in this school with the people we know back in Gekkoukan." Aigis chided him.

He shrugged again. "But it helps you adjust, right?" He said as a matter of factly. "That Takeda-sensei, he reminds us of Ekoda-sensei."

Aigis bit her lip as she couldn't the deny the personality resemblance. "Well, I guess you're right." She turn back to look forward.

They quickly made it to their destination in no time as they now know the correct path to take when they were searching for the faculty office.

The boyfriend and girlfriend duo then saw the whole Student Council standing in front of a group of other students as they made their way to them.

Shinra Tsubaki, the vice-president of the student council saw two different colored individuals walking and joining the group.

She made her way towards the candidate president and whispers to her.

"37 students have gathered." The candidate president, Shitori Sona nodded at her words.

"Tsubaki, could you please go ahead and give the 24 students a quick tour? We will wait for the other 11 to join in." The third-year student nodded before walking forward to the chattering crowd.

Minato felt the headache again, this time, a little bit bigger as a 17 year old looking student clapped her hands to gain the others' attention.

"My name is Shinra Tsubaki, the vice-president of the Student Council. Could 24 students form up a line formation? The tour will start soon." The bespectacled girl commanded with an air of authority over her.

At that order, 24 people including Minato and Aigis form a line formation as the students stand side by side of each other.

Nodding in satisfaction, Tsubaki opens her mouth. "First things first, I want to say something important to all of you." She began. "The old school house located in the back of the Academy are off limits. Anyone who don't have permission will be severely punished."

Minato felt the headache suddenly disappear as he frowned.

His girlfriend noticed his look as she looked at him in concern.

Tsubaki gestures her hand to her left. "With that said, on your right, are the Assembly hall, we will all go in there once all of the new students get their locker keys from the faculty office."

She then gestures her hand to her right. "To your left, are the Club house, it will be available for the students starting from tomorrow."

She stepped to side and move her hand toward the back of the school. "Behind me, are the sports ground. The school can provide you with all sort of games such as soccer, baseball, tennis, and even tracks."

She return back to her last position. "And that concludes the first part of the tour. Everyone that has gathered up, please follow me and don't push each other." Her eyes sharpened at the last part.

A couple of students gulped at her expression as the vice-president of the student council walked past them and goes for the entrance.

The other 22 students scrambled to follow her as Minato and Aigis calmly walked in the back.

Unknown to the bluenette, Sona looked at him with interest as the bespectacled girl scans him over.

The tour continues without problems.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Assembly hall—Morning)

The Assembly hall was filled to the brim with teachers and students alike as everyone hears the principal's speech.

Minato clutched his head as he felt the headache appears again, this time, even more bigger as he hold back a groan.

Aigis looked at him with obvious concern as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Minato-san, do you want to go to the infirmary?" She asked him with clear worry in her voice.

He shook his head. "No. It's alright, Aigis. It'll disappear soon." At that word, the pain in his head removed itself as if it didn't just take place. He frowned in confusion.

His lover seems hestitant, but hold herself in.

"If you say so, then." Aigis turn her head forward again.

As his girlfriend listened to the principal's speech, Minato begun to think.

'Just what is with the headaches?' He thought in wonder. 'Ever since I came to this school, it keeps appearing at the most random times...'

The bluenette suddenly felt naked as if he was being watched by multiple people.

The teen look around the hall, trying to find the source of the feeling.

Aigis looked at him again.

"What's wrong?" She asked him with wonder in her eyes.

"...Nothing..." Minato slowly lean back to his seat as he felt the feeling dispersed by itself.

The blonde girl frowned at her boyfriend for his secrecy but didn't say anything else.

'Minato-san, what is bothering you? Ever since yesterday, you've been acting all weird and strange.' Despite only knowing each other for ten months and being a couple for four, Aigis could easily tell that something is wrong with her boyfriend due to their time together living in the same dorm.

'What happened to you?' She thought in concern.

The speech continues.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Class 3-B—After school)

As soon as the school bell rang, Minato and Aigis picked their stuff up and was about to leave the classroom but was halted by a male third-year student.

"Yo!" He grinned as he raised his hand in greeting.

The blonde girl widened her eyes in surprise while the bluenette merely raised an eyebrow at him.

"Dare da?" He asked the unknown teen, feeling a sense of deja vu as he said so.

Still grinning, the student introduced himself.

"The name's Tsukumi Sakato, and I came here to talk to you guys." Sakato made his objective known.

"Well, you got it, you have our attention." Minato put his free hand inside his pocket.

"Hehe," Still with that stupid grin of his, the taller boy open his mouth. "I wanted to ask you two, are you really a couple?" Came the question.

"..."

"..."

Uncomfortable because of the silence, Sakato continued.

"...Umm... what's with the silence? I didn't offend you guys, didn't I? He asked uncertaintly.

"...No. You just surprised us with that question." The blue-haired teen answered.

Aigis nodded. "To answer your question, Sakato-san, yes, we're a couple, we have been since four months ago."

Some of the girls and boys overhearing their conversation looked disappointed as they turn their head away.

"Eehh." The black-haired student nodded as he scans her up and down. He then grinned again, surprising her.

The taller male looked at Minato and says. "You da man!" He gave him a thumbs up. "Makes sure you take good care of her, okay?" He winked.

'Well, here's this school's Junpei.' The bluenette thought as he scoffed coldly.

"You don't need to tell me that." He says.

Hearing that, Aigis feels warm on her chest as a small smile grew on her face.

"Oh, right, right." Sakato put his hands up defensively as his grin turn sheepish. "Gomen."

"Ne, Sakato-san," Aigis spoke up, causing the other two to look at her.

"Hm?" The tall teen blinked. "Doushita no?"

"I wanted to know," She started. "Why do you ask such weird question?"

"O-oh." Sakato nodded in understanding as he grinned again. "Well, you can say I'm just curious, as you might already know, the majority of students in this school are more girls than boys, and girls loved to gossip. So... I kinda want to know what the fuss is all about." He shrugged.

Minato sighed. "Teenagers." He utters. "Always making rumors..."

"You got that right." Sakato nodded as he agreed wholeheartedly before he grinned again. "Still, they said you two come out together from a fancy car with a fancy driver and bodyguard. Is that true?"

Aigis nodded as she answers. "Yes, that is true."

"Eehh." The black-haired teen nodded with an impressed look. "Then that means you two or one of you came from a wealthy family. Makes sense, considering how prestigious this Academy is..."

The blonde girl shook her head. "No, Sakato-san. We're not from a rich family." She revealed.

"Eh?" Sakato blinked in surprise. "You're not?" He asked.

She nodded. "Yes. Minato-san and I transfer here from Gekkoukan with help from Mitsuru-san."

"Mitsuru? Gekkoukan?" The tall teen furrowed his eyebrows as he remembers those names. "I'm sorry, but do you mean Kirijo Mitsuru?" At those words, everyone in the class looked at them.

"..."

"..."

"...How about we talk about this as we head home?" Sakato offers.

The two nodded without hestitation.

(BGM: End)


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Third floor—After school)

(BGM: When the moon's reaching out the stars Reincarnation)

The three walked through the hallway as they made their way to the stairs.

"Sorry about that, I just had to open up my big mouth." The taller teen apologizes to the couple beside his right.

Aigis shook her head as she smiles a little. "No, it's alright, Sakato-san. It happens to all of us sometimes."

"But, still," Sakato look away from the girl before he could trip down the stairway. "I feel like I had to make up to you guys for that small slip up..." He began to think of something.

Aigis was about to say that there is no need to but she was just a second too late.

"Wakkata!" The black-haired third-year exclaimed loudly as he grinned.

Surprisingly for the other two, the students around the area didn't look at them this time. It seems that Sakato's loudness is nothing out of the ordinary for the school. Though, they could hear the whispers and rumors about the two of them as they walked down.

They also heard a little something about their new friend.

"Sakato, that guy, already made the first move on those two..."

"Yeah, there's nothing stopping him from becoming friends with everyone, huh?"

It seems that he was popular among the students' body.

Aigis looked surprised.

"What is it?" She couldn't help but to ask.

The taller teen looked at her again. "If you have any favor, just ask! I'll get it done quickly depending on the condition."

After hearing the students' chattering, Minato brought his question up.

"Do you always grin like that all the time?" He raised an eyebrow at the blackette.

Sakato blinked as he drop his grin and enters an expressionless look. "Well, not all the time, but I prefer it since it helps me socialize with people." His voice also changed into the opposite of his other tone.

At those words, the blonde girl giggled as she put her hand on her mouth.

Confused, the boys looked at her with different expressions.

"What is it, Aigis?" The bluenette asked his girlfriend.

"I'm sorry." The girl apologized through her laugh. "But imagining that look on Minato-san's face tickles me." Her boyfriend deadpanned at her.

Sakato smirked as he looked at the shorter boy.

"Well, he seem to be the type of someone who almost never show his emotions, so I guess I get why you cracked up like that." Now on the first floor, the three continue walking through the hallway.

"Do you always have that look all the time?"

"..."

"I'll take that as a yes, then." The three walked out from the entrance.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Academy—Gate—After school)

"Right. We haven't finished our conversation when we were in class." Sakato remembers as they slowly made their way to the gate. "So is this Mitsuru person's last name is Kirijo?"

The two nodded.

"Hai." Aigis said in confirmation.

"And from Gekkoukan, eh?" The taller boy mused. "What made you two transfer from there to here? I hear it was a good school..."

The blonde girl answered in behalf of her quiet boyfriend.

"It's because the education in this school is much better than the ones in Gekkoukan, it also doubles as a college for Minato-san and I to get into." She says.

Sakato nodded. "I see."

Aigis shrugged her shoulders. "Actually, Minato-san is supposed to be the only one to transfer here, I tag along with him because I want to stay by his side."

The bluenette couldn't help but smile a little as he hear those words again. Thankfully, nobody noticed it except for his lover.

"Oh?" The taller boy raised an eyebrow as he look at the couple.

The three is now outside the gate as they turn to the right.

"...You know, when I was back in 10th grade, Kuoh Academy is actually not my main school to transfer in." Sakato said.

"Eh?" Aigis blinked in surprise as they head to the Academy's parking lot. "Your first year? What happened?"

He shrugged. "I just didn't like it." He answered simply. "That school felt more like a prison than a place where teenagers could go and learn."

"What's the name of the school?" Surprisingly, Minato is the one who asked that.

Sakato answers. "Shujin Academy."

"Shujin?" The blonde girl said in surprise. "So you're from Tokyo? Sakato-san?"

"Correct!" The blackette grinned. "Say, where do you live around here? Mine is a bit away from the school."

Aigis was about to open her mouth but Minato beats her to it.

"Do you know any more five-star hotel in this city?" He raised an eyebrow.

"O-Oh." Sakato realized what the shorter teen is trying to meant. "So Kuoh Central Hotel. That is one expensive place to live in." He grimaced at the thought of the price. "And you two plan to stay there for the next few years...?"

"Well, Mitsuru-san said she's going to handle all the financial cost, no matter what it is, I still don't like her decision, though." Aigis look down to her feet.

"...I think you shouldn't let that thought bother you..." The black-haired student told her.

"Eh?"

"With the way she treated you two, I'm going to guess she put you both on a high pedestal, given with how much trouble she put herself into just to give you the best." Aigis looked at him carefully.

"What are you trying to meant? Sakato-san?" She queried.

"What I mean is..." Sakato turn his head to her. "You should be happy for her, as a friend and as a person, it's natural for one to feel happiness when they help someone they care about, no matter the difficulties."

The blonde girl began to think at his answer.

"...Maybe you're right." She said when she thought about it. "Maybe Mitsuru-san is happy on helping us. She seems kind of desperate when she insisted, don't she? Minato-san?" Aigis turn her head toward her boyfriend.

"..." As he can't remember the event, all the bluenette could do is nod slowly.

The girl looked forward again, this time, with a happy and somewhat relieved expression.

"Strange, I feel more at ease now when I think about it." She said as she turned toward the taller teen. "Thank you, Sakato-san." She smiles kindly at him.

"Heh," The black-haired boy gives another grin. "Don't worry about it."

Minato turn his head toward him. He feels like he was hearing himself talk just a moment ago.

(BGM: End)

The three was now in the parking lot, and the couple spot a familiar car among the many bicycles and a single jet-black touring motorcycle.

The two head over towards the car while Sakato walked to the bike.

Butsuma and the shaded man came out from the car and opened the back doors for them.

"Minato!" The taller teen called out from his sports bike.

The bluenette in question stop himself when he was just about to enter the car. His lover did too as they looked at him.

"Tomorrow, if you saw three perverted students in the school, keep Aigis a good distance away from them. Trust me, you absolutely do not want her to be around those three." He stares at them seriously as he said those.

Confused at what the blackette is trying to meant, Minato just nodded.

"And Aigis!" He looked at the girl. "If you see those three approach you and Minato isn't near, find a group, fast. Preferably, the teachers or one of the girls from the Kendo club if you saw one. That's all."

The blonde also looked confused, but nodded at his advice.

Satisfied, Sakato wears his biker gloves and put the helmet on his head.

"Aigis-sama, are you going to come in?" Butsuma's voice asked her.

The girl snapped herself back to reality and saw Minato waiting for her in the car.

"O-Oh, right." Aigis nodded as she step inside.

The door closed behind her as the shaded man walked to the front door.

Once inside, Butsuma starts the car.

He then put his right feet on the brake and step on it before shifting the gear back to the end. He slowly ease his feet off the brake as the car began to reverse.

The middle-aged man checked the mirror to see what's behind him and turn the wheel to the left.

He put the gear back to 0 and raised it to 1 as he step his feet on the pedal.

The car began to move forward.

A honk was heard as Sakato ride his bike close to the window and gave them a salute before revving his bike up and drove out of the school grounds.

Butsuma spoke up. "A new friend, Aigis-sama? Minato-sama?" He asked the two.

The bright-eyed girl nodded. "Hai, he is." She answered as she smiles at the older man.

"I'm glad that your first day has gone easy for the both of you, Mitsuru-sama will be pleased when she heard of this." His eyes never left the road as he said these.

Minato stared out the window.

"...She will..." He mouthed.

Aigis was about to open her mouth but stopped herself as she thinks.

Apparently, Butsuma noticed from the mirror. "What is it, Aigis-sama?" He asked.

The girl shook her head as she smiles politely. "No, it's nothing, Butsuma-san." She said.

It seems her boyfriend knew what she's about to say judging by how his eyes turned toward her but didn't say anything.

Their drive went smoothly after that.


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Entrance—Evening)

(BGM: Iwatodai station)

The doorman opened the entrance for the four as they made their way inside.

Once in the elevator, Minato and Aigis' phone buzzed at the same time as they instinctively move their hand to pick it up.

It was a group chat invitation from Junpei.

The two looked at each other as the bluenette raised an eyebrow.

Aigis shrugged at him as she accept the invite.

Minato did too, albeit, a few seconds late.

The four starts going up courtesy of Butsuma pressing the button.


Junpei.

"Yo! How are you lovebirds doing?"


"..."

"..."


Minato.

"Fine."


Aigis.

"We're doing fine, Junpei-san."


"..."

"..."


Yukari.

"How was your first day?"


Kirijo Mitsuru has joined in.


Mitsuru.

"I would like to hear that as well."


Sanada Akihiko has joined in.


Akihiko.

"Anything exciting?"


"..."

"..."


Minato.

"It went well..."


Aigis continued when she saw her boyfriend's answer.


Aigis.

"That is true, we become the talk of the school when everyone sees us walking together."


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Floor 8—Evening)

"..."

"..."

(DING)

The elevator slides open as the two teens look up from their phone and stepped out with the older men.

A notification sound rang from their phones and the couple raise it again as they walked to their room.


Mitsuru.

"I see..."


Junpei.

"Told ya you stick out like a sore thumb. Anyway, Minato, how's Kuoh? See any cuties there?"


Yukari.

"Jeez, Junpei! Do you always think of anything else other than girls?!"


Junpei.

"I can't help it, Yukari-cchi. I'm a man, after all."


Yukari.

"A bad example of one. Jeez, I really hope Amada-kun didn't turn out to be like you do when he grows up..."


Yamagishi Fuuka has joined in.


Amada Ken has joined in.


Fuuka.

"I'm so sorry everyone! Amada-kun and I has to do something first, so we can't made it in time. I hope we didn't miss anything..."


Ken.

"That's right. We're so sorry..."


Junpei.

"Nah, that's alright. You did miss out something, but not too big or anything."


Fuuka.

"I see..."


Yukari.

"Well, looks like the gang's all here, except for Koro-chan, of course. And Fuuka, Amada-kun, to keep everything brief and short, Minato-kun and Aigis become the talk of their new school because of their appearence and relationship."


Fuuka.

"Oh."


Ken.

"I hope it doesn't bother you both..."


Akihiko.

"Anything else? Like Amada just said, usually with a day like that, it always a bother, but Minato said "It went well", that means something interesting must've happened."


Mitsuru.

"Good point."


Yukari.

"True."


Junpei.

"C'mon, spill the beans."


Aigis typed.

"..."


Aigis.

"An... interesting guy came to us just as the school ended and want to ask us if we're actually dating. He seem to act similiar toward Junpei-san but not at the same time..."


Junpei.

"A... guy that acted like me but not at the same time...?"


Yukari.

"Introducing himself by asking you guys if you are a couple or not. Sounds a lot like Junpei, alright. But what do you mean by "not at the same time"...?"


The blonde girl continued.

"..."


Aigis.

"Well, for instance, he doesn't seem to have a dirty mind like Junpei-san. He also seems to act like a more talkative and social version of Minato-san and, is popular among the student body for being friendly towards almost everyone."


Minato saw her text on his phone as he sent an annoyed look at his girlfriend.

Aigis saw the look being directed at her as she just smiles like an angel towards her boyfriend.


Yukari.

"Hear that? Junpei? Perhaps you should take some notes from this guy...~"


Junpei.

"She just laughed out loud and then type it. Can you believe her...?"


Fuuka.

"What's his name...?"


The girl typed.

"..."


Aigis.

"Tsukumi Sakato."


"Aigis-sama, Minato-sama. We're here." The voice of Butsuma rang through the long hallway.

The two look up from their phone as Minato nodded and left the chat as he took out the key.

The blonde girl look back to her phone and quickly type.


Aigis.

"We have reached our room number. We will be back in a minute."


With that, Aigis left the group and put her phone down as Minato opened the door.

Butsuma spoke up.

"Well, then, I bid you good night, Aigis-sama, Minato-sama. Knock on our door if you need anything." He and the shaded man bowed before taking out his key and unlocked their door.

(Click)

The couple nodded.

"We understand." Aigis bowed to them before entering their room with her boyfriend.

(Click)


(April 5—2010—Monday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Evening)

(BGM: End)

The two sighed in relief as Minato turn on the lights and made their way to the bed as they sat down.

They then take off their shoes and socks.

"...I'll be using the bath first, if you don't mind." Minato looked at his lover for an answer.

Aigis shook her head.

"No, I don't mind. Please help yourself, Minato-san. I have to ask Mitsuru-san about something first." She pulled her phone out again.

Remembering Sakato's advice to her, the bluenette nodded as he stand up and goes for the closet to pick up his clothes.

Once her boyfriend is in the bathroom, Aigis opened the group chat again.


Watanabe Aigis has joined in.


Junpei.

"Welcome back, beautiful. Where's Minato?"


"..."


Aigis.

"In the bathroom."


Yukari.

"Junpei, don't you dare say anything."


Junpei.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"


Yukari.

"You know what I meant...!"


The blonde ignored them both as she focused in asking the red-haired heiress her question.


Aigis.

"Mitsuru-san, can I ask you something?"


"..."


Mitsuru.

"What is it?"


"..."


Aigis.

"It's about your help. Are you... happy with giving us all this luxuries? Please don't take this the wrong way, but when we accepted your help, I felt... bothered until Sakato-san told me to think that you're happy with this. Is... that true...?"


A minute without a reply later, Aigis was worried that the heiress might have taken it the other way, but the text from her eased her out of it.


Mitsuru.

"Of course. You and Arisato are my friends, I would do everything I could if it means the best for you two."


(BGM: Memories of the city)

The blonde girl couldn't help but to smile at her answer.

'Mitsuru-san...' She thought as her eyes began to water.


Junpei.

"Heh, heh, does that mean it counts to all of us?"


Yukari.

"Don't ruin the moment, you idiot!"


Mitsuru.

"Of course. Well, except for Iori and Akihiko since they knew how take care of themselves..."


Junpei.

"Eh?! Uso!"


Akihiko.

"Oi, oi, Mitsuru. What's the meaning of this?"


Mitsuru.

"Relax, you two. I'm just joking. Do you really think I would left the both of you to dry? Though, Iori, I suggest you study hard from now on. After all, you, Takeba, and Yamagishi are now third-year students in Gekkoukan."


Junpei.

"Hai, hai. You don't have to remind us all here..."


Yukari.

"Tell me about it. Just thinking of how much homework there will be makes me all sleepy..."


Fuuka.

"I'm currently doing good on my lessons, so I think I'm going to be alright. I think..."


Ken.

"Is the final year really that hard...?"


Yukari.

"Like you never believe..."


Akihiko.

"Now, now, it'll be alright. As long as you all stick together, you can overcome any obstacles."


Junpei.

"That's... sounds weird coming from you, Sanada-senpai..."


Yukari.

"Yeah, what did you do to our real senpai?!"


Akihiko.

"Oi, oi, I'm just trying to help you guys here..."


Aigis smiles as she stared at her phone. Times like these was the moments that she would cherish through her whole life. If only Minato-san could join them...

'That's right. Minato-san...' She remembers his weird behaviour since yesterday.

(BGM: End)

Just as she was about to inform the others of his strange behaviour, the bathroom door were opened and Minato came out fully dressed in his casual clothing.

He looked at her with his usual expression. "How did she take it?" He asked her as he closed the door behind him.

Aigis answered. "Very well..."

"Of course she is..." The bluenette walked toward the table and grabbed the remote laying there as he turn on the TV.

"Are you going to join us?" His lover asked as he switched to the news channel.

"Shouldn't you be in the bathroom right now?" He told her without looking.

"Ah, right." Aigis' eyes turned mellow as he said this. "I understand." Her voice changed into a more robotic tone. Cold and emotionless, with a twinge of sadness in it.

Minato stiffened as he heard the more recognizable voice of his girlfriend as she stood up and head towards the closet before walking inside the bathroom.

(Click)

"..."

(BGM: Troubled)

The bluenette slowly sat on the bed as he lay his body down to the soft mattress.

For the first time since yesterday, Arisato Minato let out his emotion as he groaned and put his hand over his eyes.

'I messed up, didn't I...?' He thought to himself. 'I've been too busy thinking about the Dream? to even notice her suspicion towards me...' He groaned again. 'What should I do...?'

Minato raised his hand up and turn his head to side to see his phone laying on the bed along with Aigis'.

He pick it up and start it.

The bluenette contemplates with himself as his finger float to the chat app.

He touch it.

(BGM: End)

(BGM: Joy)


Junpei.

"Well, well, look who's returned."


"..."


Yukari.

"Minato-kun! How are you right now?"


Junpei.

"What kind of question is that? Yukari-chii? Of course he is. After all, he's Minato."


Yukari.

"Well, sorry for being curious."


Mitsuru.

"Arisato, what is it that you need?"


"..."


Minato.

"I just want to know how's everyone doing."


"..."


Junpei.

"Everyone? You mean us, or the ones that is in Gekkoukan?"


Fuuka.

"I think he means everyone literally, Junpei-kun."


Junpei.

"Oh. Well, there's nothing really interesting going on here, everyone in our year tries to adjust to their new lives as a senior student. Me, Yukari-chii, and Fuuka-chan are placed in class 3-A. And Kenji and Kazushi are placed in 3-B."


Yukari.

"Speaking of class assigments, Aigis forgets to mention your homeroom..."


"..."


Minato.

"It's class 3-B. Our homeroom teacher is a woman named Sakura Hanako who teaches history."


"..."


Junpei.

"History, huh? Is she anything like Ono-sensei?"


"..."


Mitsuru.

"Iori, how's the Student Council doing?"


Junpei.

"Eh? The Student Council? Well, like I'd said, not much, everyone still adjusting, including the teachers..."


Mitsuru.

"That's not what I meant, what I mean is how are the members...?"


Junpei.

"Eh? Oh. They're doing well, Odagiri has become a candidate for the next Student President. That bespectacled girl Minato sometimes hang out with...? Err, what's her name again?"


Yukari.

"Fushimi Chihiro."


Junpei.

"Right, Chihiro-chan. If I remember, isn't she's the one who has a phobia of men?"


Minato decides to answer him.


Minato.

"Yes."


Junpei.

"But you cured her of it, now I remember. After you and Ai-chan left, I think she vowed to become a better student and Treasurer after the money fiasco. Some of the staffs even says she has a chance to become Student President next year."


Mitsuru.

"I see. Good for her, then, everyone knows her family needs it."


"..."


Minato.

"How about you and Akihiko? How are you two doing over there?"


Yukari.

"Minato-kun has a point. We already tells each other of our school life, now it's our senpais' turn."


Fuuka.

"I always want to know what's Tokyo U was like..."


Junpei.

"Man, I don't think I could get in to that type of establishment, even if I spend an eternity doing so..."


Mitsuru.

"Us? Well, it's quite... different than any other college, I tell you that. Akihiko here almost gave up during the lesson when he found a subject that he can't understand but I helped him out of it."


Akihiko.

"Oi, Mitsuru! I thought you promised to not talk about that."


Mitsuru.

"They are our friends and juniors, Akihiko. I don't see why we shouldn't tell them that."


Akihiko.

"But, still..."


Junpei.

"Eh?! Sanada-senpai can't understand a subject?!"


Akihiko.

"I'm still human, you know that, right?"


Yukari.

"Tokyo U, huh? I don't think I could apply there with my current level of knowledge..."


Fuuka.

"Yukari-chan, don't be like that, next year, I'm sure we'll pass the entrance together."


Yukari.

"No, Fuuka-chan. You will pass the entrance, I have my eyes set on a different college."


Fuuka.

"Oh..."


Yukari.

"Sorry..."


Fuuka.

"No, it's alright..."


"..."


Minato.

"How about you, Ken?"


"..."


Ken.

"Why do you want to know about my school life? You know as a 6th grader, there's nothing really interesting going on in my situation."


Mitsuru.

"I disagree. As a student from Gekkoukan, it is important for you to inform me about your daily lives in school. As the new head of the Kirijo Group, it is my duty to maintain our establishment and keep it in satisfactory state as possible."


"..."

(BGM: End)


Ken.

"Alright..."


(Click)

At that moment, the door to the bathroom were opened and Aigis came out wearing casual clothes.

(Click)

She turned and looked towards Minato.

The two stared at each other in the eyes.

"..."

"..."

'...What should I say...?' The bluenette thought as he put down his phone and sat up.

"...Aigis..." He started.

"...Yes...?" The blonde girl asked after a brief moment.

"I... want to apologize for my behaviour towards you just now, I had... a lot on my mind since yesterday noon on that tree..." He confessed.

"..."

"..."

"...That's quite alright, Minato-san. Though, I want to know, what is it that makes you so troubled?" The maiden finally asks him.

(BGM: Tranquility)

Minato sighed. "That's the problem, I don't know..." He answered.

Aigis furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"...Ever since yesterday, I've been getting this dream everytime I sleep." The bluenette began.

"What kind of dream...?" His lover prompted.

"It's... quite absurd, to say the least, but, to keep it short, I..." Minato tells his girlfriend about his Journey with enough explanation.

"...And after I woke up, I can't remember anything other than the Dream?, I can't even remember your last name until today..." He finished.

Aigis was silent as she heard her boyfriend's explanation. Right now, she was feeling confused, bewildered, sad, etc.

"...So you can't remember anything at all...?" She questioned.

Minato shook his head. "No. It's like my memory has been replaced."

"Maybe we should take you to a doctor, check if anything is going on in your brain." The girl said.

The bluenette nodded. "Maybe so..."

"Then we'll make a schedule tomorrow morning." Aigis walked toward the bed and sit down beside her blue-haired lover.

"We should also tell everyone about this problem of yours..." She said as she looked at his phone.

Minato shook his head. "No, I don't want to ruin the moment we've made."

Aigis frowned. "But, Minato-san-"

"And besides," He interrupted her. "If my memories are restored, that'll avoid some unecessary concerns from them."

The blonde maiden looked terribly unhappy, dissaproving even, but decided to allow it. "If you say so..."

The bluenette looked at his girlfriend. "Why don't you join us? Everyone is asking Ken about his new school year."

"I guess I could..." Aigis resigned herself as she sighed and pick up her phone from their bed.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(?—?—?)

(BGM: Poem of everyone's soul)

Minato slowly opens his eyes and realized he's in an empty void.

"..."

The bluenette look down to his feet and saw that he was standing on a transparent glass. Under the glass, was a massive sea of blue energy.

He heard the glass crack behind him before something flies up from the bottom and smash through.

(CRASH)

The familiar sound of the glass being broken were heard as a familiar voice soon followed.

"Thou art I... and I am thou... from the sea of thy soul I cometh... I am Orpheus, master of strings..."

Minato looked behind him and saw the familiar, mechanical-looking, floating form of his main Persona.

'Another dream, huh?' The blue-haired teen thought with a calm expression. 'This one is different. Am I lucid dreaming?'

"This is indeed a dream, but you are partly correct, Minato." Orpheus said as his red eyes gazes over him.

The moon-colored-eyed boy widened his visible eye as he stared at the robotic musician behind him.

He slowly turned around.

"...What?" He said.

A bright light engulfed the void and once it subsides, everywhere around them, Minato could see hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of Personas. The boy saw some of the familiar Personas that he once used during his Journey in the crowd along with his friends' Personas that were standing/floating in the front row.

"It seems that fate hasn't finished with you." The father of musics stated.

Minato's eye sharpened.

"What do you mean?" Those words accidentally came out a little too hot for his tastes.

Orpheus doesn't seem to be deterred. "Something has happened to the remnants of your soul along with the main soul as you ascend to the Great Seal. This reality... this body... are not ours to reside."

The bluenette ponders on what the mythical musician had said.

'This reality... this body...?' He thinks.

"Yes." A new angelic voice came in as Messiah, his ultimate Persona floats toward them. "It seems that we have switched souls with your counterpart of this reality."

Minato looked at him. "Switched souls?" He asked.

"That's right." Orpheus nodded his head as the bluenette looked towards him. "Something or someone has transported the both of you to each other's reality. In your counterpart's case, his soul are what keeping the Great Seal active."

'Someone or something...?' The boy thought as he began to deeply think.

'So that's why I can only remember the Dream?, everything has started to make sense now, about why everything seems so different...' Minato frowned. 'And the other me is holding back Erebus...'

If he was another person, he would take advantage of the situation before him, but, like Orpheus had said, this reality... this body... are not his to reside. Plus, despite being the same person, his friends and lover are not the ones he spent his whole year with.

"...How do we go back?" He asked.

The father of musics answered. "We've figured you'll say something like that, but unfortunately, we don't know."

Minato counters. "What about the power of the Universe? With that amount of power, I'm sure traversing and switching souls wouldn't be a problem, am I right?"

Orpheus seems against the idea. "It is unwise to use such massive and difficult power after just attaining it, terrible things could happen to you if you use it now."

"But I've done it against Nyx." The bluenette reminded.

"And it took your life in the process." The familiar voice of Mochizuki Ryoji comes from Thanatos as the Death Persona flies towards them. "Sealing is a an easy yet difficult power to use. Your robot girlfriend, Aigis, seals me into you and it shuts her down for 10 years. Who knows what could happen to your soul if you travel through reality with the way you are now."

"So are you suggesting I train myself?" Minato crossed his arms as he frowned at the personafication of death. Despite his words, his voice showed no ill, and everyone could hear that.

Thanatos nodded his head. "And wait for your soul to adjusts, we've estimated the time to be around next year."

The bluenette sighed. "Somehow, I knew you're going to say that..."

The son of Nyx ignored the remark as his tone grew serious. "Also, fair warning." He said.

Minato tensed.

"Humans, are not alone in this reality." Thanatos gave his warning.

The Wildcard was about to ask the Death Persona about what he said but his eyes grew heavy.

The black Persona stared at him. "Summon us when you need it, Minato."

With that, the boy were thrown back into reality.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(?—?—?)

Blue, velvet blue.

That was the first thing Tsukumi Sakato saw as he opened his eyes.

"Hmm...?"

The second thing he has noticed was that he was inside a ballroom sitting with a short man with a long nose in a butler uniform across the table in front of him. A second person was standing beside the short man, a woman in blue and black maid outfit with white long hair and yellow eyes.

"..."

Then, the short man revealed his bloodshot eyes and grinned creepily at the young boy.

"Welcome, to the Velvet Room." He welcomed him with a high pitched voice.

(BGM: End)


A.N: Done! Damn it, that took a lot more time than intended, planning the two scenes with SEES and Aigis are hard, I tell you, so I just write it from the get go as I go on, that's why it took so long. For those that have waited for this chapter to end, I apologize for that, but this is the struggle of writing a story with quantity and quality. Alone.

P.S: I've recently discovered that Mitsuru and human-born Aigis are the hardest characters I've ever written yet.

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