Disclaimer: I don't own the Persona series or High School DXD.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Dawn)

Arisato Minato slowly opens his eyes as he felt a soft weight ontop of his body.

He look down and saw Aigis laying her head and upper body on his chest.

"..."

Remembering last night, the bluenette reached for his yellow-haired lover.

The girl shuffled in her sleep.

"!" Minato briefly panicked as he put his hands back down.

The girl stopped shuffling.

He paused.

"..."

He then sighed before reaching his hands to her again and shook her awake.

"Aigis, wake up. It's morning." He tells her softly.

"Mmm..." The blonde maiden slowly opens her eyes as she clung to his body.

"It's time to go to school." He continued.

Aigis hestitantly wakes up and raised herself up as she rubbed her eyes.

Minato did too as they stretched together.

"You go ahead first, I'll ready everything here." The bluenette told her as he get off the bed.

His lover nodded as she get up as well before taking the school uniform with her as she walked to the bathroom.

(Click)

Minato perform the same thing he did yesterday as the sun gradually rise.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Entrance—Early morning)

(BGM: Want to be close)

"Good morning!"

"Good morning!"

The birds chirped in the sky as students greet each other as they walk/run toward the main building.

Two particular students, Minato and Aigis, this time, without the corset and cape, walked closely beside each other as they hear two 11th grade girls talking.

"Hey, Ryouko, hear this one out, the police and ambulance are on my neighbor's house early today."

"Eh?! Seriously?! What happened?"

"I don't know, they said their son can't wake up, no matter how hard his parents tries to woke him up. They say he's still breathing, though."

"Poor thing, I hope he wakes up soon..."

The day continues.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Class 3-B—Early morning)

"Minato, can I talk with you privately?"

The first thing Sakato do after he enters the classroom was to approach the young couple as he asked the bluenette with a troubled look.

Aigis blinked at him while Minato stays passive.

"Sakato-san, what's wrong?" She asked him in concern.

The black-haired male looked at her. "...Something happened last night..." He trailed.

"...And...?" The girl prompted.

The two noticed their friend biting his lip for a while before talking again.

"Look, something has happened to me last night, and someone mentioned him," Sakato pointed at Minato. "That he can help me with my problem."

Aigis frowned at the answer as her boyfriend spoke.

"Fine..." He said.

The taller teen brightened up.

"Thanks." He nodded in gratitude. "Meet me at the school rooftop during lunchtime."

With that, the blackette walked to his seat.

Minato looked at his lover. "Aigis..." He spoke.

"Yes?" She looked at him attentively.

"If Sakura-sensei comes, can you tell her that I'm in the toilet?" She blinked at her boyfriend's strange request.

"Sure..." The girl looked bewildered.

"Thanks." The moon-colored-eyed boy walked to the door.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—3rd floor toilet—Early morning)

(BGM: Troubled)

There is nobody in the toilet except for him. That's good.

Minato closes his eyes as he began to think.

'I don't have my Evoker with me to help the summoning process, but I guess that's good considering that thing is way too loud to use now, the least I can do is...' The blue-haired boy starts to focus.

A blue aura surrounds him as a glass being broken were heard around the bathroom.

Orpheus materializes behind him.

Minato tries to subside the headache on his head.

'It seems that I also need to get used to summoning without the Evoker, the mental strain is way too much for this body.' He thought.

Orpheus was about to speak with the loudspeakers on his body but the bluenette seen it coming and quickly interrupted him.

"Calm down, this is just a test to see if I can summon you all without an Evoker." The boy said.

The father of musics were silenced by his words but Minato could tell that he was not pleased in the slightest.

A familiar voice speaks inside his head.

"I believe I forgot to tell you to summon us when necessary, Minato." Thanatos said from his mind.

The bluenette shrugged nonchalantly as Orpheus dissapears behind him. "This is necessary." He replied back.

"Still, you had to be careful on summoning us here, the nonhumans could be watching..." Minato frowned.

"Just what type of creature are you referring to?" He asked.

"I'll give you a hint. They are the enemy of the divine." With that said, Thanatos cut off the link between them.

He frowned even deeper.

Enemy of the divine, that could refer to a couple of things... Demons, Devils, Spirits, etc.

The Wildcard sighed. Why can't anyone give him a straight answer to everything? Igor... Elizabeth...

With that, the bluenette walk back out.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Class 3-B—Lunchtime)

(BGM: Afternoon break)

The students chatted inside as the first break started.

Minato and Aigis stood up from their desks as they head for the classroom door.

The male slid it open as his girlfriend walked out before following suit.

He slid the door back as Sakato suddenly approached them from the hallway with two 2nd year students behind him.

"Yo! Minato, Aigis." He greeted cheerily.

The couple raised their eyebrows at the two 2nd year girls.

"Sakato-san, who are they?" Aigis asked curiously.

"Oh, them?" The tallest of the five looked at their juniors. "Their name is and Katase and Murayama." He introduced them. "They are apart of the Kendo club I told you about."

"It's nice to meet you, Arisato-senpai, Watanabe-senpai. I'm Shironobu Katase, 2nd year." The left chestnut-haired girl gave a formal bow.

"And I'm Otsuka Murayama. Same year." The right brunette girl gave a smaller bow.

Aigis, for some reason, looks embarrased.

"Please, call me Aigis." The girl says to them.

Minato eyed the wooden swords in their hands. "What's with the swords?" He couldn't help but to ask.

"Ah," Sakato looked at them. "Remember what I said yesterday about three perverted students?"

The couple nods.

"These two here, are a constant victim to their lecherous acts, and I asks them a favor to guard your girlfriend as we talk in the rooftop." The taller teen explained.

Murayama nodded. "That's right!"

"Don't worry, Aigis-senpai, we'll protect you from them." Katase spoke the last word with disdain.

Aigis blinked.

"O-Oh..." The older female gave a polite bow. "I'll be in your care..."

Sakato opens his mouth. "Anyways! Minato, follow me." With that, the blackette walked away.

The bluenette followed closely with his hands inside his pockets.

Katase spoke up.

"Since we'll be guarding you until the end of the break, why don't we hung out in the club house?" She offers.

Murayama added in behalf of her friend. "That's a good idea! We'll also be a lot more safer considering there's more of us."

"How about it? Aigis-senpai?" The two juniors looked at their warden/senior.

Aigis spoke softly. "Umm... Minato-san and I live in a hotel together, so we don't have the luxury of bringing a bento with us..."

The two friends looked at each other.

Then, as if reading each other's mind, both have a devious glint in their eyes, confusing the blonde maiden as she noticed the change.

"Oh, that's alright, we could go downstairs and buy you a meal." Katase smiled slyly.

"But! You have to tell us what's going on between you two." Murayama nodded wholeheartedly.

"..."

Somehow, Aigis knew this is going to be a long and exhausting day.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Rooftop—Lunchtime)

(BGM: Troubled)

(Click)

The door to the school rooftop were opened as Sakato and Minato stepped out.

(Click)

The bluenette looked around the place to see it empty. His silent question were answered by the taller boy.

"We're the first one to made it here, that's why I left the classroom early to get those two." The blackette head over to the railing. Minato followed.

"...Minato," Sakato started as he look down at the ground below.

"..."

"Do you ever met a short guy wearing a butler outfit with a long nose?" Minato turned at him in slight surprise.

"...I do." He answered after a brief moment of silence.

"So he's not lying..." Sakato sighed. "Do you meet him in a place called Velvet Room?"

Minato nodded. "Yes."

"...When did you visit that place?" He continued.

"Last year." The bluenette answered briefly.

"And lastly," Sakato turn around to face him. "Do you wield a power called Persona?"

The moon-colored-eyed teen looked at the taller student without blinking.

"...Yes."

Sakato sighed as he began to explain everything. "Last night, I had a strange dream, I was sitting in a blue ballroom together with someone named Igor and a maid called Victoria, outside the place, chaos like you never believe was raging outside."

He continued. "Igor told me that I was chosen to stop Destruction, whatever that means, he gave me this key..." The senior 3rd year student reached inside his pocket and showed the transfer student the blue key.

Minato recognized the object. The Velvet Key...' He thought in wonder.

Sakato put the key back inside his pocket. "After that, he told me to take full responsibility on every actions I take."

'That's definitely Igor, alright.' The bluenette thought dryly.

"I don't know what's going on then, I just brush it off as a weird dream, until I woke up..." The taller teen narrowed his eyes.

Minato just stared at him as he listened.

"When I woke up, I..." Sakato began his tale.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Tsukumi's residence—Sakato's room—?)

(BGM: The voice that someone calls PQ ver)

Tsukumi Sakato opens his eyes and saw a white discolored version of his ceiling room.

He blinked.

'Huh? I don't remember having that kind of ceiling in my room...' The teen thought as he sit up on his bed.

"...!?"

The 17 year old widened his eyes as he look around.

'What...? What happened here?' Sakato frantically move his head.

A quick thought crossed his mind.

'Okaa-san! Otou-san!' A worried and panicked look formed on his face as the black-haired teen jumped out and runs for the door.

Sakato opened and pushed the door out of the way as he head for his parents' room.

"Okaa-san! Otou-san-gurk!" After the teen forcibly torn the door open, he cover his eyes as a bright light comes from inside the room.

(BGM: End)

(BGM: Suspicion)

Once his eyes adjusts, Sakato slowly put his hand away from his face and blinked at what's in front of him.

"..."

Stepping inside the room, the 17 year old looked around.

'What the hell is this...?' Sakato thought with a bewildered look.

What he is seeing was not his parents' room, but rather the inside of a medieval royal prince room.

He blinked again.

The teen turned around and saw the door leading back to his house are nonexistent and is replaced by a bed befitting of a prince.

A brief feeling of panic crossed his heart for a moment before he calm himself down.

'Okay, Sakato, calm down. First, what happened?' The high school student began to collect his thoughts as he questions and answer himself. 'I go to bed and sleep, encounter a strange dream consisting of a blue ballroom, a creepy butler and a maid who tells some nonsense, wake up and seen even more strange things, going to my parents room and find myself here.' An idea hopped in his mind.

'That's it! This could be a dream! Lucid dreaming!' The teen pinched himself and winced as he let go.

'Huh? Okay, I didn't know that my dream is that immersive.' Sakato look around and spot something on a wooden bedside table. 'It seems I'm a prince in this dream,' He pick up a picture of him and his family. His father, the king, his mother, the queen, and little old him in the center.

He look down at himself.

'Huh,' He gave an amused chuckle. 'This clothes doesn't seem to fit in this place, time to change!' Sakato pictured a medieval prince outfit and him wearing it.

However, nothing happened.

'Huh?' He blinked before trying harder.

Still no progress.

'Okay, maybe the dream is not that immersive, it's look like I have to wear this for the time being...' The 17 year old look down at his casual clothes.

(BGM: End)

"...No!"

His attention were grabbed by the familiar voice.

Sakato blinked as he turned at the door.

"...Kaa-san...?" The teen stayed still and listened.

"...No!"

(BGM: Desire)

The boy immediately rushes towards the door and slam it open.

(SLAM)

Sakato looked around frantically and listened for more voices as he ignores the stone hallways filled with pictures of his family.

"..."

"..."

"...Please! Don't do it!" His mother screams.

He runs towards the voice.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(?—Main hall—?)

(SLAM)

Sakato burst through the large double-door as he goes for the railing and widened his eyes as he look down.

Dead bodies covered the stone ground as ruined objects littered the place. Fires can be seen outside the castle window as battles and screams were heard.

"Hmm...?" A red armored knight look to the railings and saw a black-haired teenager looking down at them on the ransacked main hall. "Ah, there you are..." The red knight said as he order his men to let go of the king.

"Sakato..." His father, Tsukumi Karada looks at his son in despair. "Why do you come here?!"

Sakato flinched as the ordinary knights appear behind him and took hold of both of his arms as they drag him away from the railings.

"Sakato!" His mother, Tsukumi Kokoro screams as the knights push her down along with the king.

The red knight walked up the stairs.

His men kicked Sakato off his footing as he fell to his knees.

"Gah!" The teen gasped in pain as the iron feet made contact with his back.

The red knight stopped in front of the kneeling boy as he pull out his sword.

"Behold, King Tsukumi! This should teach you to not mess with the Aoyomi Kingdom!" The red knight raised his sword and swung it at Sakato's head.

The black-haired teen shut his eyes tightly as he prepares for the sword coming towards his neck.

(BGM: End)

"Wait!" His father called out.

The knight stopped his swing.

"..."

"..."

Sakato slowly opened his eyes and blinked a few times.

The red knight looked at the middle-aged man.

"I, Tsukumi Karada, step down my position as king of the Tsukumi Kingdom and surrender this land to the Aoyomi Kingdom." His father took off his crown and look down as he says this.

The red knight was silent for a few moments.

"...Very well, we'll accept your surrender, however..." He point his sword at the former king. "We cannot do that until your head falls to the ground."

(BGM: Blood of Villain)

A horrified gasp escapes his mother.

"You monster!" She shouted.

Sakato widened his eyes.

The red knight ignored her as he walked down the stairs and goes for the fearful king.

The black-haired teen thrashed around the knights' hold as they put him down to the ground.

"Agh!" Sakato grunted as his body were slammed to the hard stone.

He looked desperately between the gaps of the marble railings as the red knight marched closer to his father.

'No... this is not real... this is just a dream, a nightmare!' The 17 year old gritted his teeth as he clenched his eyes shut and tightened his hands.

Then...

"Do you want to save him...?" A smooth male voice rang inside his head.

Sakato widened his eyes as he heard it.

'Who are you?' He answered back, wondering if he's hearing things.

"Do you want to save him...?" The voice ignores him as he repeat the question.

'He's my father, of course I want to!' Sakato thought/yelled.

"If so, call for me..." The voice said.

'What?' The teen looked confused.

"Call for me..." The voice repeated again.

'Call...?' The blackette trailed.

Then...

(BADUM)

Sakato widened his eyes as he felt like his heart was being shocked.

The boy could only stay still as his eyes continue to bulge when the pain intensifies. His body shook.

The knights finally noticed his state.

"Taicho!" The right one called.

The red knight stop his march as he look at the nameless soldier.

"There's something wrong with him!" Sakato's body continue to spasm as he yelled this.

"Sakato..." Kokoro covered her mouth as her husband look on with a horrified expression.

Then, the teen's body stopped spasming as he lay still, unmoving. His eyes stared blankly at the dead space as his mouth opened slightly.

(BGM: End)

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

A minute has passed, and Sakato's body still being hold on the ground by the knights who slowly let him go.

"...Is he... dead?" The right one asked unsurely.

"I think so..." The left one nodded as he stand up.

The red knight turned around to face the former king again who seem to be quite shooked.

"Hmph, didn't know that the prince has a problem, maybe I should have put him out of his misery instead of letting him suffer through it..." He said unsympathetically. "Now..." The knight continue his march to his target.

"..."

"..."

Then, something happened with Sakato's seemingly dead body.

"Hmm...?" One of the knights that hold the boy down noticed a bright light coming out from the teen's chest as he crouch down to inspect him. "What in the...?" He spoke with a bewildered voice.

The other knight follow suit.

Then...

(BOOM)

A tower of light burst forth from the body, disintegerating the knights as they scream in agony and creating a hole ontop of the castle.

Everyone's attention, inside and outside were fixed on the tower as they watched in shock.

The ones on the inside saw the light disperse, and someone stood up with his head hung low. It was Sakato.

His parents were slack-jawed.

"...Sakato...?" Karada let out with a hopeful tone.

"..."

The teen slowly raises his head up.

His mother gasped when she saw his eyes.

(BGM: Awakening P5 ver)

They were bright yellow with black pupil as he glares at the red knight.

The knight unconsciously took a step back when he realized this.

White particles surrounds the 17 year old as it formed a clothing for the teenager.

His hair began to lose color as it turned white.

Sakato jumped on the marble railing and jump again as he do a frontflip before falling down to the ground unharmed.

Everyone check his new appearance as the teen slowly stood up straight.

Aside from his eyes and hair that changed, Sakato now wore a white and gold two-tailed long coat with a straight collar and a golden circle on where his heart is with a white underclothes, scarf, and a white padded gloves. A white gauntlet with gold and black blade on the forearms were equipped on each arms as well as a white and gold greaves.

The knights in the area readied their weapon and shield as they slowly approached the transformed boy.

Sakato's bright yellow eyes scans them without blinking. This unnerved the soldiers a little bit.

The red knight soon join in.

"Boy! Who do you think you are?!" He shouted angrily.

The now white-haired teen stared at him.

"Then I should ask what the hell are you and your men?" Unblinking, he continued. "Kaa-san is right literally, you are a monster."

The red knight as well as the others choked in shock.

"You... how did you...?" The ordinary knights glowed into a red color before they all changed into a crimson humanoid demon with armors, much to the shock of his parents.

"It doesn't matter now..." Sakato took a battle stance as he stretch his gauntlet hands forward. "I'll make you all pay for messing around with my family, dream or not."

(BGM: End)

(BGM: Will Power)

"Charge!" The red knight turned demon cavalry roar out as all his men on the main hall stampeded at the teenager with their weapons at the ready. The battle outside also continues.

Sakato counts the number of enemies attacking him.

'31, including the leader...' He throws a quick but powerful right punch at the demon coming at him and knocking it a few feet away.

He followed by spunning around and back handed another charging demon as he jumped a bit, spin, and kicked an incoming demon as it flew a few meters away and knocking three others behind it.

Sakato jumped high to dodge a lance from the leader as he perform a backflip and lands ontop of the horse.

The horse whined and thrashed about, forcing the teenager to let go and land in the middle of a small group.

The demon soldiers cried as they swung their weapons at him.

Sakato stepped to the side and dodged a sword as he counter it by pulling the demon's arm toward him and slammed the back of his hand to its chest.

The demon soldier gasped for air as Sakato used its body as a shield for an incoming club heading towards him.

The club struck his meat shield's head as the white-haired boy kicked the demon to the one that accidentally hit him as they flew away together.

Sakato ducked a sword as he uppercut his assailant to the air.

The whole squad of demons roared at him as they run and flank him from all sides.

His bright yellow eyes just stared at them calmly. "Come..." Sakato pressed his right hand to where his heart is. "ADAM!" He stretched the hand to the side while spinning as a trail of white comes from his heart as if he was pulling it.

An explosion of light burst forth from the 17 year old and blinding the demons.

Once the light dissapear, they retract their hands away from their face and saw a white humanoid floating behind their enemy.

Sakato and the humanoid spoke together in synch.

"Thou art I... and I'am thou..." They stated. His eyes coldly glare at the soldiers around him. "Dissapear, Mahama!" The teen called out.

Hundreds of talisman rose from the ground as they formed a pillar around each demons. The talisman glowed with light as some of the demons screamed and dissapear from existence while a few others somehow survived.

Adam also dissapears as Sakato count his enemy.

'8 left...' He thought as he raised his hands and clenched it as the blades extend themself.

The remaining demons, now scared on making the first move after what the boy had done to their comrades, group up together with their captain and perform a defensive position.

'Like that will help you...' The teen thought coldly as he run forward.

The captain and his men prepares themself as the boy turned terror quickly closed the distance between them.

Sakato jumped high to the left side of the squad and drives his fist into the sword of one of the demon who tries to block him, breaking it and punching its face in as he followed by stabbing the end of his right blade into another's armored chest and mercilessly spin to the right with the blade still stuck on the demon's chest as he blocked a sword with his other arm.

He jumped and released the now dead demon to avoid the captain's lance as it struck the other demon, killing it as Sakato lands harshly on one of his men on the other side the group and began tearing through the last 4.

Sakato perform a bicycle kick to another demon, the last kick is revealed to be more powerful than the first as he could hear its neck crack before it flies to the castle roof and dropping back down. He continued by standing up and spun as he kicked a demon in the head and into the ground as he dodged the captain's horse's stomp and jumped as he kicked the animal out of the way.

The horse whined as the demon knight cries.

The gauntlet on his right arm adjust itself so that the blade move closer to his hand as it flipped and creating a blade meant for stabbing.

The white-haired teen stood in place as he stared at the last 2.

The demon soldiers exchange look at each other briefly before turning back at him and charge together.

Smooth like a ghost, Sakato easily passed by them and their weapon as he stab one in the back of its neck and pull out as he spun to the other's front and stab it in the jugular and through its brain.

He pull out the blade as the bodies dropped to the floor.

His parents watched in horror at what their son had done.

"..."

"..."

Sakato turned around to face the captain who is struggling to free himself from his horse as his gauntlet adjust itself back to its default form.

The teen jumped high in the air, nearly hitting his head on the castle ceiling in the process as he perform a flying kick to the last demon.

The demon knight saw the boy coming at him from the air with his right leg outstretched as he screams and cover his head with his hands.

But that's not the place Sakato was going for.

The gold on his greaves glowed with power as he yelled.

"HAAAAAH!"

"AAAAAAAH-"

(BGM: End)

A metal crunch, and then silence...

Sakato's right foot completely went through the knight's chest armor as everything went quiet.

The white-haired teen panted as he pull his foot out and tries to regain his breathing.

"..."

Then, something happens with the bodies laying on the main hall.

"!" Sakato went back to high alert as the demons' body glowed bright red.

They continued to glow for a while before completely dissapearing.

"?" He blinks in confusion at what just happened.

Then, the same thing also happen to him as his body glows white.

"!?" Sakato raised both of his hand in shock.

His parents widened their eyes as they exclaimed.

"Sakato!/Sakato!" They stand and run to him. He turned and looked at them.

Soon enough, his body dissapears before they can get to him.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Tsukumi's residence—Sakato's room—Dawn)

Tsukumi Sakato snapped his eyes open as he stared wide-eyed at the now normal-looking ceiling of his room.

"..."

He sit up and rubbed his eyes as he blink a few times.

'So it's really a dream...?' He thought. 'That's a relief, but, why does my body feel so tired?'

The black-haired teen looked at the clock. 'Right.' He drawled dryly. 'Of course, I have to go to school...'

Despite clearly not wanting to due to his tired form, the 17 year old stand up anyway and make his bed before heading downstairs.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Tsukumi's residence—Living room—Early morning)

(BGM: Tranquility)

Sakato was almost finished in making breakfast for his entire family who is still sleeping.

Footsteps came down from the stairs.

"Ah! Sakato, how's it going?" The voice of his mother asked from behind him.

Speak of the devil, and he shall come.

"Almost done." The blackette then turn off the stove and raised the pan.

"I see..." Kokoro nodded her head. "Then, I'll go wake up your father." She said as she walked off.

Sakato nodded in appreciation as he untied the apron. "Thanks." After that, he pick up the tray and goes for the almost filled dining table as he put the plate and bowl neatly.

"Karada-kun! Wake up! Breakfast is ready!" The teen heard his mom's voice as he sit down.

"..."

"Jeez..." Kokoro shook her head in exasperation as she make her way upstairs.

Two minutes later, the two adults walked down the wooden stairs.

"Glad you can join us, Tou-san.' The 17 year old snarked dryly as they came over and sit down.

"Well..." Karada scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I got this cool, but strange dream that is so in depth, I want to continue sleeping to see what happens next." He gave his excuse.

His mother raised an eyebrow at him.

"What kind of dream?" She asked curiously.

"It's very bizzare to explain, but, it's about a castle, the Aoyomi attacking us, knights turning into demons, and Sakato gaining unbelievable power and beating the crap out of them." The middle-aged man answers.

Sakato stiffened.

Kokoro gasped. "That's what I was having, too!" She exclaimed.

"..."

"Really?!" His father's jaw turned slack. "That has to be a coincidence!" The man looked at his son. "Sakato, did you have the same dream as well?" The two adults waited anticipatedly.

"H-Huh?" The teen snapped back to reality before quickly answering. "N-No. I don't..." He lied.

"Oh..." Karada looked dissapointed. "So it is a coincidence, after all..."

After a brief moment, Sakato shrugged off the weirdness that is starting right now as to focus on eating his food.

"Anyways, shouldn't we start eating instead of talking about dreams...?" He asked.

"Oh, right." The three family pick up their chopsticks and clasped their hands together.

"Itadakimasu!/Itadakimasu!/Itadakimasu!"

The morning goes on.


(BGM: End)

(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Tsukumi's residence—Garage—Early morning)

(BGM: Want to be close)

Now wearing his school uniform with his father, Sakato walked to his bike while Karada goes for his car.

Just as the teen was about to sit on his beloved bike, he stopped himself midway.

"Ah, right." He drop his foot back down and walked to the equipment rack.

"What's wrong?" He heard his father asking him.

"The chain needed to be lubed, Tou-san, you go on ahead, this could take a while..." He pick up the oil can.

Karada nodded. "Okay, take care of yourself." The man open the driver's door and went inside as he close it again.

"You too." Sakato walked to his bike with the can in hand.

"Ittekimasu!" His father called.

"Itterasshai." The teen answered with an uncaring voice as he crouch down.

With that, the car drove forward.

Something blue dropped from his pant pocket.

(BGM: End)

"Hmm...?" Sakato stopped oiling his bike as he look down.

It's a familiar blue key.

(BGM: Troubled)

The blackette widened his eyes as he quickly put down the oil can and pick the key up.

Memories of the dream came back at him like a bullet train as he stared at it.

"..."


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Rooftop—Lunchtime)

"...And that's how we ended up here..." Sakato looked at his blue-haired friend beside him. "Crazy, huh?"

"..."

He chuckles. "As I thought, you're one of those cool guy who didn't speak much." He continued. "How about you? What's your story?"

"...It's rather long to tell..." Minato feels conlicted on the inside as the taller student finished his tale.

Sakato raised his left hand and check the watch on his wrist.

"Hmm... we still have a little bit more time until the end of the break." He answered.

"But what about the other students...?" The bluenette looked at the door.

"They won't care, and even if they did, I will tell them that it's rude to eavesdrop." The blackette assured him. "So how about it? I'm pretty curious, since you got the same dream before I did, is everything the same? Or is it different?"

"..."

"..."

Minato open the link with his Personas.

"What should I do? Should I tell him...?" He asked in his mind.

Messiah choose to answer.

"I believe so, he seems to be confused on what is happening with his life, just like you do when you first start, and if he's the Guest of the Velvet Room, this Destruction must have the same impact as the Fall, or greater..." The angelic Persona said.

Thanatos helpfully came up.

"Or weaker, but if that's the case, you still need to tell him of the burden he didn't know he have, you don't awaken to the power of the Wildcard for nothing."

Orpheus followed.

"And his dream, perhaps that place is connected to this Destruction..."

"Just like Tartarus." Minato finished.

"Indeed."

"But different because those knights are definitely Berith and his men."

"And not Shadows..."

The blue-haired Wildcard begun to think.

"..."

"...to."

"...nato."

"Minato!"

The bluenette flinched as the blackette yelled at him.

He look up.

"...What?" He asked simply.

"Time's up, you better make your decision, Minato..." Thanatos said.

"Easy for you to say." The moon-eyed teen made a comeback before cutting off the link.

"Are you serious...?" Sakato looked at him incredulously. "Did you not hear what I said?"

Minato stared at him.

"...No."

The taller student sighed. "I said that if you don't want to tell me, that's okay." He repeat.

"..."

He sighed again. "I guess that's a no, then-"

"No." Minato interrupted.

"What?" Sakato was taken aback as he look down at the shorter male.

"I will tell you my story." The bluenette closed his eyes. "...April 6, 2009..."

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Rooftop—Lunchtime)

(BGM: Living with Determination)

"...Wow." Was all Sakato could say as Minato finish his story. "That is... impressive and... sad..." The taller teen said in sympathy. "Are you sure there's no other way...?"

The bluenette shook his head. "No. I Only recently got the power of the Universe back then, my mortal body doesn't have the chance to adjust the amount of power the Arcana gave me."

"And next year, you're going to travel back to your reality and re-switch your soul with this reality's version of yourself." The blackette cursed. "Damn."

"..."

"If you're going to do that, what about your girlfriend?" Sakato asked as he looked at him. "A year is quite a long time, Aigis would've noticed something by then."

"She already did." Minato spoke.

"...Oh..." The black-haired Wildcard goes silent after that as he slowly look to the front.

"And I already told her about it, but she doesn't know that it's real." The moon-eyed teen finished.

"And...? Are you going to tell her that? I mean, she deserves to know." Sakato looked at him again.

"I'm thinking about it." Minato nodded.

"I see..."

The two were silent after that.

(BGM: End)

"Wait, since you were visited by those two and gain such power, does that mean something similiar will happen here as well?" The blackette asked worriedly. "I mean, Igor did say I was chosen to stop Destruction..."

(BGM: Fearful experience)

"Smart boy..." Thanatos commented.

"What if I have to do something similiar like you do? I don't know if I have what it takes to gave up my life just to become a seal for something." The teen looked scared.

Minato chose to give him his honest thought.

"It's possible, but you never know." He said.

The blackette calm himself down at that. "You're right..." He agrees as he nodded. "It might be different than what I think." The taller male calmed down a bit but there is still a sense of uneasiness around him.

"...Hey, since you faced this kind of situation before, will you help me?" He asked.

The bluenette looked at him.

Sakato looked panicked. "Ah! You don't have to, if you want. I'm sure I can take care of this by myself. Still, it would be nice to have someone with experience watching my back..."

Minato stared at him.

"...Alright." He says.

"Really?!" The blackette widened his eyes. "Sweet! Thanks, man!" The grin returned to his face.

"Back to topic, though." His expression turned serious as he crossed his arms. "Kuoh Central Hotel. That's where you both live, right?"

Minato nodded.

"Which room are you in?"

"Floor 8, room 78."

"And Aigis...?"

"..."

(BGM: End)

"Wait, don't tell me you both live in the same room?" Sakato looked surprised.

"..."

(BGM: Joy)

"How?" He asked the shorter bluenette with a baffled voice. "Unmarried couple shouldn't be living together in the same room yet. How did you pull that off?"

Minato shrugged.

"You have to ask Mitsuru that. When Aigis and I came here, the room has already been readied for us."

"Seriously? That's crazy..." Sakato shook his head in amazement and disbelief. "To think that you two were that close..."

(DING-DONG—DANG-DONG)

They heard the bell rang.

"!"

"!"

The bluenette looked on with attention while the blackette widened his eyes.

"Shit!" The taller student cursed as he smack his hand into his forehead. "I forgot the time!"

The moon-eyed boy sighed.

"Sorry, Minato! I didn't know that our talk would take this long!" Sakato apologized as he bowed to him. "I'll make it up! I promise!"

Minato sighed again. "Forget it, let just go back to class now." He walked away.

"Y-yeah..." The taller teen followed.

(Click)

"Still, it was a surprise that nobody came up here, this place is usually a hotspot for the students..."

(BGM: End)

A voice rang inside his head as he closed the door.

(Click)

He listened to it closely as Minato turn around to look at him.

"What's wrong?" He asked the taller male.

"..."

(BGM: Power of the Heart)

Thou art I... and I'am thou...

Thou hast formed a new bond...

Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Fool Arcana...

(BGM: End)

(BGM: Joy)

The voice dissapeared.

"...i."

"...Oi." Sakato snapped back to reality as he heard his friend's voice.

"Huh?" He look down at the stairs to saw Minato staring at him with a sense of familiarity. "What?"

"...Did you hear a voice in your head?" The bluenette asked.

"Wha...?" The blackette blinked in surprise. "How did you know...?"

Minato straightened his thumb and index finger to form a gun and put it on the side of his head. "Wildcard, remember?"

"Oh, right." Sakato's eyes shined in realization as he walked down.

"What did the voice says about my Arcana?" The bluenette step aside to let the taller student lead.

"Fool." He answers.

"Of course..."

The two continue on their way.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Class 3-B—After school)

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

(DING-DONG—DANG-DONG)

The school bell rang the end of the day.

Minato and Aigis grabbed their stuff as they stand up and walked for the door.

Once in the hallway, they were soon joined in by Sakato.

"Oi! Wait up! You two!" The black-haired student called as he catch up to them.

Aigis smiled at him. "Sakato-san." She greeted kindly.

Sakato smiled at her too. "So how do you like the school so far?" He asked as the three walked side by side while the other students around them hung out and chat together or walking home.

"It feels nice." The blonde answers. "Katase and Murayama is exhausting to talk with, but it has been fun."

"Yeah, I know. Please pardon their behaviour towards you while we were talking." The black-haired Wildcard rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

Aigis shook her head. "No, that's alright. How about you, Minato-san? Do you like it here...?" She turned to her boyfriend.

The bluenette shrugged. "I don't know yet."

"Well, that makes sense, considering I took most of your time..." The blackette looked apologetic.

"Speaking of that, that reminds me... what did you and Minato-san talk about? You said you have some kind of trouble..." Aigis turn to look at him.

"Well..." Sakato paused to think on his words. "I just need some answers, that's all."

"Answers...?" The girl looked puzzled. "What kind of answers...?"

The blackette look around. "I don't think if this is a good place to talk about it. How about tomorrow next lunchtime?" He offered.

"Oh, alright. " Aigis agrees.

The three is now on the stairs.

"So! Have you been thinking on what club you should join?" Sakato asked as they walked down.

"Hmm..." Aigis began to think. "I haven't decided yet..." She answers.

"I'm thinking of joining Kendo." Minato said.

"Kendo?" The blackette looked at him in surprise. "You do swords?" He asked curiously.

"I remembered that Kendo is also available on Gekkoukan." The maiden smiled at her lover. "Are you trying something new...?" She asked.

'So, my counterpart in this reality didn't touch a weapon, huh?' Minato thought. 'Make sense, considering there's no need for it.'

He shrugged. "Yeah." He answered.

"What club did he join last year?" Sakato asked the girl.

"Track. " Aigis answered. "What about you, Sakato-san?" She look up at him.

"Me? I'm on the Martial arts club." He grinned proudly at himself. "Everyone says I'm the best at it. Want some proof...?"

The girl smiled. "No, that is not necessary." She said before muttering. "Martial arts, huh? So just like Akihiko-san..."

"Akihiko?" The black-haired teen blinked as he heard her. "Who's that?"

"One of our senpai, he joined the same type of club as you do. However, instead of Martial arts, it's Boxing." Minato is the one who answered him.

"Oh, " The teen chuckled. "I would like to meet him, then. How about you, Aigis? What club did you join?"

"Eh? Me? Well..." It seems Aigis doesn't know how to reply to that question.

Minato remembered that Aigis back in his reality wasn't allowed to join any club out of fear of anyone realizing what she actually is. Perhaps this reality's Aigis is the same, only with a different reason.

"She hasn't join any club yet." The bluenette answered in her behalf.

"Eh?" The blackette blinked in surprise. "Why?" He asked as he turned to the blonde.

Her boyfriend also seem to be interested in her reason as he listened closely.

Aigis answers. "I guess it's because I feel like the clubs in Gekkoukan are not meant for me..."

The two males blinked.

"What do you mean?" Sakato asked in confusion. "Did you even tried them yet?"

The girl shook her head. "No, but everything I've seen doesn't seem to interest me the least..." She sadly spoke.

"Ehh..." The tallest of the three nodded in understanding. "Then what do you excel at the most?" He continued as they made it to the first floor.

Aigis looked straight into his eyes.

"...Guns..." She answered casually.

Sakato choked on his own saliva in shock as he stared at her incredulously while Minato fortunately keep his cool.

"...What?" He asked, wondering if he heard that right.

"Guns." She repeated. "I excels in the art of firearms better than anyone at the result of my father's teaching." The blonde maiden explained.

"Wow..." The taller teen said in amazement. "Most girls here usually excels at mundane things such as cooking, cheering, sports, etc. But guns?" Sakato praised her. "You're one of a kind, Aigis."

Aigis blushed in embarrassment as she tries to cover it. "It's not something to be amazed at, really. Like I said, I got it from my father who introduced and teach me about firearms since I was young..."

"And that makes you a one of a kind," He told her while smiling. "Seriously, how many teenagers around here who knows how to properly handle a gun? 0. that's the answer."

"Please..." She pleaded. "You're giving me too much credit."

Sakato shrugged. "You want me to stop?" He asked. "Fine. But let me tell you something true. Girls like you are very rare in this country. You're young, beautiful, and can wield a gun. That's something to be admired at."

Minato decided to join in.

"Alright. How about we put an end to this momentarily and go to each of our lockers?" He said that to them.

The blackette blinked his eyes a few times at him.

"...I didn't made you jealous, did I...?" He wonders.

Minato narrowed his eyes at the taller male.

"!" Sakato looked panicked. "Right." He automatically said. "I'll meet you both at the entrance, then..." The teen walked away.

After he left, Aigis couldn't help but to let out a soft giggle, causing the bluenette to turn and stared at her.

A moment later, the maiden spoke.

"Minato-san, you don't have to worry about me being unfaithful. After all, I've made a vow to stay by your side forever." She gave him that familiar sweet smile of her's.

Minato look away. "I know that. I just don't want to stay here any longer than it need to."

"Ah, right. We have to go to the hospital to check on your head." She remembered.

The blue-haired Wildcard immediately turned to her.

"About my problem..." He started.

"Hmm...?" Aigis blinked in confusion. "What is it?" She asked.

"Let's cancel our schedule today." Minato said.

"What?!" The girl looked shocked. "But, why...?"

The bluenette stared at her seriously. "I have something important to tell you." He told her.

Aigis blinked again. "Eh?"

"But not here." He looked around. "We'll talk about it in our room." He finished.

The blonde maiden looked unsure, but nodded in acceptance. "If you're so sure about this... then, alright." Aigis concedes.

Minato nodded in satisfaction. "Let's go, then." He put his hands inside his pockets and walked away.

The girl followed behind him.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Entrance—After school)

The three were reunited after a brief walk to their lockers.

Sakato spoke up.

"So what's your past like? Aigis?" He asked the only female of the group as they passed by a bright red-haired student and the candidate for the school president who turned their heads toward them.

"Me? I'm nothing special, really," The girl says. "I'm the middle daughter of an ordinary family who managed to get a job under the Kirijo Group as a researcher. My mother included."

Minato couldn't help but to chuckle inside as he listened closely beside her.

"Ehh... so you're actually rich, huh? Man, why do you have to be humble when we first met yesterday?" Sakato spoke.

"I'm sorry for lying to you." Aigis bowed her head.

"Ah, no." The blackette waved his left hand around. "It's alright. I get the reason why you did it."

They then heard a couple of angered screams and shouts.

Three 2nd year students hastily passed by the group of friends as the whole members of the Kendo club including Murayama and Katase chased after them.

"Get back here!"

"Going back to your acts just as the new school year starts! You perverts have no sense of shame!"

"If you're a man, then face us like one and take responsibility!"

Minato and Aigis blinked in confusion and surprise as the three were driven out of the grounds.

Sakato deadpanned. "Those three... would they ever learn...?"

"What was that all about...?" The blonde maiden wonders. "Who are they...?"

"They..." The taller teen sighed. "They are the three that I told you to stay away from... they're 2nd year students, the one with brown hair is Hyoudou Issei, nicknamed, the Oppai-Baka due to his large obsession towards breasts, especially the big one. He strives to achieve the impossible dream of becoming a harem king. He's a good person, though, despite his idiocy. I've seen it myself during my time as a 2nd year here, and even helped him a couple of times during exam." He explained. "The bald one is called Ogore Matsuda. He's a member of the Photography club, nicknamed, The perverted Baldy, or, Sexual-Harrasment Paparazzi. He's also a former Track member like Minato, but quit due to reason as well as a self-proclaimed lolicon, so, Aigis, when he come over to you, please ignore him as much as you can."

The girl nodded. "I understand." She replies.

"Though, despite being a damn pervert that takes pictures of girls, he's a pretty good photographer, making him a precious member of the club. He would've make quite a fortune with his life if he just tone down his lust a little bit..." Sakato mused.

"What about the one that wears glasses?" As Minato continue to listen to the teen's words, the more and more wary he grew for the three.

"Oh, he's Jirou Motohama. He's the smartest and the most cool-headed of the group. He is nicknamed The perverted Glasses and The three-size Scouter for his strange ability to analyze a female's measurements with just a look." Aigis let out a cute, embarrassed squeak at that as she blushed a little and instinctively move her hand to her chest.

Minato narrowed his eyes.

"And with them together, they're called The perverted Trio." The blackette chuckled. "Don't worry, Aigis. He'll never be able to do that unless you give him the time to, so make sure you hide and blend in with the other students."

The girl nodded again. "Hai."

The bluenette stopped and look behind them to see the redheaded student and the bespectacled girl that he saw yesterday. They look away once his silver eyes landed on them. "Who's those two?" He asked the taller teen.

"Eh?" Sakato turned to the shorter Wildcard and saw Minato looking behind them. He stopped and turn around along with Aigis to see who's he talking about.

"They've been staring at us for a while after we walked out of the building." He continued.

"Really?" The black-haired Wildcard blinked as he look at the two girls. "Shitori Sona and Rias Gremory...?"

"You knew of them? Sakato-san?" Aigis turned her head to him.

"Yeah," He nodded. "Both of them are third-year students and is practically famous here in this Academy due to their look and intellect. You see, in this school, exist two 'Great Ladies of Kuoh', Rias being one of them along with her friend, Himejima Akeno. It's rare for them to not be seen together. Beside her, is her childhood friend and former Vice-president of the Student council. She's smart, smart like you never believe and is quite strict. I heard she's been chosen as a candidate for the Student President..."

Aigis spoke. "You seem to really know much about this school, Sakato-san..." She smiles. "We're glad that you approached us and become our friend, otherwise we would've been lost."

"Eh?" Sakato blinked as he looked at her. "Oh, yeah, I'm also glad that I approach you two because you and Minato seem to be an interesting duo to hang out with. I guess I owe the gossiping girls a thank you for that."

The blonde maiden smiled. "I guess so..."

They then heard a ringtone coming from the blackette's pocket.

The couple looked at him as Sakato pull out his phone and bring it to his face.

"...Sorry, can you hold on for a bit?" The teen asked as he walked to the side.

Minato move closer to his same, but different lover as they waited together.

"...Yes, what is it? Kaa-san?" They heard him speak.

"...Oh, right. Sure... Eh? Right now? ...Oh, right. I forgot it's today... Fine..." They then see Sakato turning off his phone as he walked back to them.

"Sorry guys, but it look like I have to go early," He apologized. "My dad's birthday is today and my mom ran out of ingredients for the cake, so I have to go buy some more." He explained.

"No. It's completely alright, Sakato-san." Aigis shook her head with a smile. "I think celebrating your father's birthday is far more important than hanging out with us."

"Still... I really want to stay with you two for a little bit more, but I guess you have a point." The black-haired Wildcard nodded. "I'll see you guys tomorrow, but first..." The teen raised his phone. "Can I have your numbers?" He ask as he smiled sheepishly.

"Ah! Of course." The girl bring her own phone out along with her boyfriend.

The day continues.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Academy—Parking lot—After school)

The two couple stepped inside the car as the shaded man closed Aigis' door before going back in himself.

Butsuma starts the car.

The girl spoke. "Butsuma-san, I'm very sorry to say this, but, can you cancel our hospital appointment and drive back to the hotel? Minato-san said he has something important to tell me about his memory problem."

"Of course, Aigis-sama." The man obliges without hesitation.

"Thank you so much, and we're sorry for the needless trouble." She bowed her head.

"Ah, no. It's alright, it's my job, after all..." Butsuma said while never taking his eyes off the road.

Aigis turned to her boyfriend. "Minato-...san..." Only to find him sleeping.

"..."

(BGM: Memories of the city)

The girl inside couldn't help but to feel irritated at her lover's acts, but on the other hand, part of her understood that he's just confused because of his memory loss, and so, she leave him be. For now.

Aigis stared at the window as the sun began to set.


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Car—Sea of Souls—After school)

"I wonder how would she react to your explanation," Thanatos said. "Would she be angry? Sad? Or concerned?"

"We don't know about it yet, Ryoji. But this is Aigis, I'm sure she'll understand." Minato replied without looking.

"But she's not the same girl that you and your friends has spent their time with, she's a human, born, and raised normally. She's bound to have a different reaction than you might hope." The Death Persona spoke.

"Hope, huh?" The Wildcard circled his tongue around the word. "I guess you're right."

"Also, I'm not Mochizuki Ryoji. I'am Thanatos." He reminded. "I'm a Persona, born from inside your psyche."

"But you say, and have the same voice, anyway, besides, it's hard to forget the voice that almost got me and Akihiko executed." Minato counters.

Thanatos chuckled. "I believe that Junpei is also to blame..." He recalled with amusement.

"Doesn't matter, if it weren't for me, then all of us would be freezed to death by Mitsuru." The bluenette snaps at his physical specialist.

"My, someone doesn't seem happy with his situation. " The Greek God of Death remarked.

"What would you do if you're in my position, then? I'm about to tell the girl that I love I'm an imposter and that her real lover is stuck somewhere between life and death, protecting a world that's not even his to begin with." The boy looked frustrated.

"Do you remember the phrase?" Thanatos asked. "Thou art I... and I'am thou... we, Personas are nothing but a part of your mind, we relied on nothing but your feelings, the emotion you're having, are also shared among us all..."

"Do not look back in fear, Minato." Orpheus, his single elemental specialist spoke. "Like I've done with Eurydice."

"Have faith in her..." Messiah, his almighty specialist said. "Human or not, people's cognition will not change, alternate reality or not."

Minato sighed as he hear his Personas' words and decides to cut off the link between them.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—Evening)

The 17 year olds entered their room as the bluenette closed the door behind him and turn on the light.

(Click)

Aigis turned around in the center as she stared at her boyfriend with a straight face. "Alright, we're here, Minato-san. What is it that you want to tell me?" She asked.

Minato looked at her with no emotion. He open his mouth.

"I'm not your real Minato." He spoke.

The girl blinked. "Eh?" She let out in genuine confusion.

(BGM: Seal)

The blue-haired Wildcard sighed as he prepared himself. "What I mean is... the Dream?, it's all true." He explained shortly.

"Minato-san, I don't get what you're trying to say..." Aigis began to wonder if complying to his wishes was a mistake.

Minato ignored her. "Something happened when I died," He continued. "Something or someone switched my soul with this reality's Minato, he's trapped as a barrier between Nyx and Erebus, condemned to an eternity of living as a stone statue."

"..." The blonde maiden were silent as she listened.

"I understand that whatever I'm saying to you right now is utter nonsense, but, let me show you..." The bluenette begin to concentrate.

Blue aura surrounds Minato and Aigis took a step back in shock as the familiar sound of glass being broken were heard around the room.

Orpheus materialized behind him as he floated and looked at the girl with his red eyes.

"..."

"..."

Minato send the Father of Musics back inside his Sea of Souls as Orpheus disappears.

Aigis sat on the bed as she went silent for a few minutes.

The bluenette spoke. "Next year, I'm planning to return to my reality and switch our souls back together." The maiden's head went up to him at that. "So you don't need to worry."

She finally opens her mouth.

"That's..." Aigis went back to his explanation yesterday and his recent words. "Sending yourself back into the Seal... are you sure you can't go around it? You said that the power of the Universe can make the impossible possible."

Minato brush the feeling of surprise that came over to him when she said that. "No. The Seal need a soul for it to continue existing, besides..." He shook his head. "Even if I did, I have no body to return to, and I can't create one, despite it's power, the Universe is limited to what it can do."

The blonde girl sighed as she put a hand on her head.

The Wildcard's eyes softened in concern as he walked over to her and crouched down.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he looked at her in the eyes.

"I'm fine... it just..." Aigis sighed again. "I just can't believe that things such as alternate reality and supernatural powers existed, I never thought that I would find myself in this type of situation."

"..."

"Minato-san... my Minato..." Her bright blue-eyes looked at him. "Is he going to be alright?" She asked worriedly. "Unlike you, he never seen and fought the things that you saw in your reality, he has to be feeling scared, confused, alone... broken..."

The bluenette answered. "He has to withstand it, unfortunately." He sighed. "Aigis," The teen started. "Does everything in this reality last year mirrors my own?"

The girl nodded. "With the exception of the Dark Hour and until my transfer? Yes, it is."

"Then he's going to be fine," Minato stood up. "As long as he remembered everyone..." His expression turned blank. "Remembers you... I think he could withhold Erebus back."

"I..." Aigis paused. "...I think I need some time to collect myself..." She said. "This is just too much..."

The bluenette nodded in understanding. "Take as much time as you need, I'll be heading out for a moment." As soon as he said that, he walked off to the door.

(Click)

Aigis stared at where her just-revealed not-lover was for a while.

"..."

Her eyes feel heavy.

"..."


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Floor 8—Evening)

"Well, that went far more smooth than some of us has thought." Thanatos commented inside his mind.

'Not a word, Thanatos. Not a single word.' Minato replied in his head as he walked through the long hallway with his hands inside his pockets.

(BGM: End)


(April 6—2010—Tuesday)

(?—?—Evening)

(BGM: The poem for everyone's souls)

The sound of an airplane jet engine was the first thing she heard before someone played a piano in her ears.

Aigis woke up from her slumber as she raised her head up.

"Welcome, to the Velvet Room, young lady." A high-pitched voice said in front of her.

"..."

The girl could only stare at the grinning short man wearing a butler uniform and a long nose sitting in front of her.

She noticed that a huge storm was raging outside as the plane flies through it.

She then noticed another person standing beside them, a white-haired man with bright yellow eyes wearing a blue and black Flight Attendant uniform and a polite smile.

Finally, she noticed that everything was colored blue and black, just like the Attendant's uniform.

She opens her mouth to speak.

"Is this... a dream...?" The maiden asked in confusion.

(BGM: End)


(April 7—2010—Wednesday)

(Kuoh Central Hotel—Room 78—?)

(BGM: The voice that someone calls PQ ver)

Aigis slowly stirred in her bed as she woke up.

"Erm...?" White coloring caught her attention as she rubbed her eyes.

"...?!" The girl widened it when she saw the state of their room.

She heard gentle snoring coming from beside her.

Aigis turned toward the sound and saw Minato sleeping, unaware of the changes that happened in their room.

She shook him awake.

"Minato-san," The blonde maiden whispered. "Minato-san...!" She tried again, a little louder this time.

"!" The bluenette's body jolted as his eyes snapped open and raised himself up in high alert.

Aigis flinched in shock at his fast reaction as she leaned back a little.

Minato look around the place as he saw the state of their room.

"It's been like this when I woke up." The girl told him. "Minato-san, what's going on?"

The Wildcard ignored her as he stays quiet.

'So this is what Sakato was talking about..." He couldn't help but to frown.

He looked at the clock. 'Past midnight.' He continued.

Then suddenly, they hear footsteps coming from the hallway.

The two tensed as Aigis widened her eyes.

"Quickly, hide." Minato commanded her with the voice that he used whenever he and SEES are in Tartarus.

The girl get off the bed and ducked down as the boy stand up and sneakily made his way behind the door.

They hear the footsteps getting closer and stopped in front of their room as Minato tensed and prepared himself.

Aigis watched with anxious eyes as the door were opened.

(BGM: End)

(Click)

A white-wearing person came in and Minato leapt into action.

(BGM: Opening Act)

The white intruder turned around and instantly foiled his attempt to subjugate him/her as he/she put his/her left hand toward the bluenette's neck.

"Gurk!" The Wildcard choked as he grasped at the person's hand.

"Minato-san!" Aigis shouted as she leapt up from her hiding spot and run towards the intruder.

Minato saw the person widened his/her eyes as he/she turned around and instinctively raised his other hand to grab her by the neck.

"Urk!" The maiden grabbed the intruder's hand as she choked.

The intruder raised them both high above the ground for a while before he/she realized what's going on.

(BGM: End)

"Aigis? Minato?" The white-wearing person said their name with a familiar male voice as he quickly put them down.

The two teens gasped for air as they fell and coughed.

"Shit! You okay?!" The person turn his body around and crouched to them as he exclaimed in worry.

Minato coughed as his hand grasped his neck. "Sakato...?" He wheezed in surprise and confusion.

"Sakato-...san...?" Aigis coughed as she looked at his form.

Tsukumi Sakato's yellow eyes are widened in fear and concern as he looked at his friends.

"You surprised me so I acted on instinct..." The taller male stood up and hold his hands for them.

The two accept his help as they stand together.

"Crap, I hope I didn't injure your throats." Sakato began to shake.

Minato rubbed his neck along with Aigis. "I hope so, too..." They winced.

"What are you doing here looking like that?" The girl asked as she looked at him. "And what's going on?"

The white-haired teen open his mouth.

"Uhh..." He seemed confused on what to say. "It's... complicated." He said as he scratched the back of his neck. "Let just say I came here to see Minato," He told her. "But I didn't expect you to be also one of us."

Aigis looked even more confused. "What? What do you mean?" She asked.

"Like I said, complicated." Sakato turned at the bluenette with a serious look. "Minato, follow me outside. There's something I have to show you." The white-wearing teen runs out of the room.

"Sakato-san! Wait!" The blonde maiden called.

Then, from the corner of her eye, Minato runs after him.

"Minato-san!" Not wanting to be left behind in an unknown version of their room, Aigis followed them.


A.N: 19 days later, it's finally finished. Well, at least it's not a full month. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, it took some work to get it done.

P.S: Another reason why I made this story was because I want to inspire and made you readers desire an Aigis x Minato crossover fic, because, let's be honest, these two are simply lacking in the crossover section.

Another thing. For those of you who don't know, you can write Fanfiction on your mobile phone.

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