May 15, 2011

Forecast… Cloudy in the morning, and rain into the night

"Sorry it took me so long…" I sat down next to Chie and Yu at our table in the food court. I was trying so hard not to yawn with tired I was, Will kept me up until two, so I ended up over sleeping until almost noon, which was actually when they wanted to meet up. "Will kept me up… he, uh… saw the Midnight Channel last night…"

"What!?" Yosuke started to freak out. "You didn't tell him anything did you!?"

"Only that the Midnight Channel wasn't showing you your soul mate." I shrugged and looked at the table… Yosuke just shrugged as he cleared his throat.

"Ahem, we will now hold a meeting on our investigation of the serial kidnapping-slash-murder case here in Inaba." Yosuke was trying to sound professional… it didn't work. Yet Yukiko's face lit up.

"Dude, take a breath!" Chie tried to get Yosuke to slow down. It was actually something I think we needed to do.

"Yeah," I pulled out a melon soda from my backpack (yes, I always care it, it has my baseball bat in it.) "That was a mouthful."

"Oh," Yukiko finally spoke up. "Then does that make this place our special headquarters?" No, not really…

"Yes! Exactly!" I was gonna hit Yosuke… "Nicely put, Yukiko."

"Special headquarters…" Chie… not you too! "Hmm, that does have a nice ring to it…"

"Screw it…" I through my hands up and smiled. "Well, the Persona investigators have a special headquarters of a food court… not exactly what you would think, but what the hell, why not!?"

"I like it too." Yu smiled as he took another sip from his drink. Yosuke finally decided that it was time to get on topic.

"Anyways, as for what was on last night…" Yu was the first person to respond, which was a freaking miracle in its own right.

"Did you watch last night?" He didn't seem concerned about it what so ever.

"I saw it too!" Chie looked right at Yu; I started to rub the bottom of my chin. Something still didn't seem right about my TV screen changing, but Chie didn't see it… so I left it at that. "I couldn't get a good view of the person's face, but it was a guy wasn't it?"

"Yeah, it was…" That's when something came to my mind. "He kinda looked like a high schooler if you ask me, but he also seemed familiar now that I think about it…"

"I thought the same thing." Yu nodded in agreement with me.

"So that's how I looked on TV…" I had just remembered that it was Yukiko's first time seeing the Midnight Channel. "Hm? Wait a moment. Didn't all the victims have one thing in common? That they were females with ties to the first incident?"

"Technically that's two things, but yeah." I sighed a bit. "This throws off your first guess about what the victims had in common…"

"True…" Yosuke sighed as well, this was troubling for us. "But we still don't know who exactly we saw."

"Doesn't mean that we're wrong either…" I looked up at the sky. "The victims could have a tie to the announcer and not be female, but until we know for a fact who the current victim is will be we cannot truthfully make an assumptions…"

"That's true." Yukiko nodded at my statement. "In my case, the image on the Midnight Channel changed after I was kidnapped, right?"

"Yeah," Yosuke was starting to catch on to what Yukiko was getting at. "The screen got clear all of a sudden and the program looked like some low-budget TV show."

"I very scary low-budget TV show…" I shivered just thinking about the first time I saw someone on the Midnight Channel.

"Come to think of it," Yosuke and everyone, including me, were starting to understand what that world really was… kinda. "Maybe Teddie was right… Maybe we were seeing the other Yukiko from that world."

"Yet," I pointed my finger into the sky. "Since we couldn't get a good view of who the person was…"

"Could that mean…" Yukiko was trying to figure it out, and was right on the money. "He isn't inside the TV yet? If so, then…"

"He's still safe for now." Yu nodded in agreement with where Yukiko was going with this.

"Uh-huh, I think that's safe to assume." I was beginning to think that we, a rag-tag group of teenagers, could finally catch the killer. "If we can figure out who he is, can we prevent him from being taken?"

"Yeah…" Yosuke spoke up now; we were all on track with this subject. "And if all goes well, we might catch the killer in the bargain. But to do that, we need to know who the latest Midnight Channel star is… I hate to say it, but I guess we'll have to wait another night and see what happens."

"Yep." I sighed and downed the rest of my melon soda.

"Ahehem…" Chie cleared her throat causing me to stop with the can still to my mouth. It looked awkward. "Well, that means if my deductions are correct… Though the image was hard to make out, and we can't say for sure who it was, it was definitely a young male. But if that's the case, it goes entirely against our prior assumptions… Since we cannot identify the person at this time, we have no choice but to wait and see what happens!"

I raised an eyebrow at Chie, yes; my girlfriend was just trying to be funny, but still… It took me a moment to realize what she said. Yet, Yosuke beat me to the punch. "That's exactly what we just said."

"Shut up!" That's when we heard it… Yukiko started to chuckle!

"Heehee, aha, ahahahaha!" You know how they say that laughter is infectious… not this time… this time I was just confused… "You're so funny, Chie! Ahahaha, oh no! M-my funny bone…!"

"Not again…" Chie knew that this was gonna go on for a while.

"What even so funny this time…?" I leaned back in my chair again, this time… I put my feet on the ground. "I miss a joke or something?"

"S-sorry, heeheehee!"

"This is how Yukiko really is, huh…" Yosuke seemed surprised by this… to be honest, I wasn't, I knew that no one was that up tight! "Who'd have thought?"

"By the way, about that guy we saw?" Chie totally just blew past the laughing Yukiko and was back on the case… Sorry Yukiko, you will have to suffer. "I get the feeling I've seen him before… Pretty recently, too…"

"He did seem familiar…" I shook my head, man… now the case got me thinking about my nightmare again! "Though, I can't quiet place my finger on it…"

"Yeah," Yosuke knew exactly what we were talking about. "I've been thinking the same thing since last night… Well, let's check the TV again tonight and think about it more tomorrow."

"Let's hope my sister doesn't know about the Midnight Channel rumor…" Just as I finished talking… I heard Yukiko start to laugh again. "SERIOUSLY! If you're gonna laugh… let me in on the damned joke!"

"I wished she just stop!" Chie was just as mad as I was, but only because, there is a thing as laughing too much, Yukiko… had reached that point… "You crazy hyena!"

"Ahahaha! That's a good one, Chie!"

"Oh god… now I know I seem to other people sometimes…"

Time Change: Daytime to After noon

I was walking back home alone, as Chie went with Yukiko for a bit after she calmed down. I was at the Flood Plain at that point in time, and messing with my I-pod, just trying to find a song to listen too. After a bit, I looked up at the grey clouds, the rain would start in about two hours… at least that's what the report said… I was so focused on my thoughts, that I accidently loosed my grip on the musical device; it fell out of my grip and came off of the head phone jack. "Shit!"

I turned to try and grab it, only for me to trip after grabbing it and after that… I tumbled down the hill. "SON OF A BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!"

When I finally came to a stop I was almost at the water's edge, and I was in front of an old lady dressed in all black and a black veil covering her face… "I'm good… nothing broken… ow."

I wasn't saying it to anyone in particular, but the old woman laughed at me. "My, that was quiet a display. Are you alright, umm…?"

"Uh," I turned and looked around to make sure that she was talking to me. "Kreed, Kreed Richards."

"Kreed Richards…" The woman in black looked at me with amusement… It was a little weird, but still, I can't complain. "Kreed-chan, is it? Haha, a lovely name. It suits you."

"Hey!" I almost stomped my foot at her. "What's that supposed to mean!?"

"Whatever you make of it." She smiled at me gently. "Though, I've lived here all my life, but… I don't know you."

"I, uh…" I was confused about what to say to this woman, it's not like she was pissed or making fun of me, she was trying to be friendly. "I just moved here back in April from the states…"

"My, is that so?" She was still smiling at me. I was starting to calm down, there was something about her that seemed familiar, and to be honest… she kinda reminded me of my sister, the way she really acts. "If you're from another country, you may think it's a bit inconvenient here… But I think it's a nice town."

"Actually," I smiled now, damn, this old woman got me feeling sentimental… "I really like it her, it feels more like home then where I'm from."

"Haha, that's nice to hear." The woman was genially happy at that moment, I guess it was just having someone talk to her, I know that's how I felt with Yu and Chie. "It's good to hear pleasant things about your home."

"I guess so… uh…" I was trying to remember what her name was when I remembered that she hadn't given it to me yet.

"Oh, dear." She was still smiling, damn… I kinda felt jealous of her. "I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Hisano Kuroda… I am Death."

That stopped me in my tracks, Death? What the hell was she talking about? "I'm sorry. I'm saying foolish things. Kreed-chan, you're still not used to this town, are you? If you ever have any problems, I can give you some advice. Haha… Though I'm sure you'd rather spend your time with young ladies. Oh, it seems that the rain is gonna start soon, you better get on home now Kreed-chan. I hope we can meet again. Goodbye, now."

"Bye Hisano…" I bowed to show my respect and quickly ran home, just as I made it to the door… the rain started to poor… damn she's good!

Time Change: After Noon to Evening

Just before Midnight

"Come on clock, move!" I was staring at my clock, the time was 11:59, just before Midnight, but I had been staring at my clock for the last ten minutes! I was still nervous, I was also confused about Hisano… why would she call herself Death, well I had to focus, I needed to know who it was that was gonna show up on the Midnight Channel. Will, was in the living room playing one of the Mass Effect games, not sure which one… Em was in her room, I could hear her plucking at the strings on her guitar. I smiled when I heard it.

Finally the clock was literally seconds from Midnight, when… my door opened and Em came in, God really hated me… "Brother, can I talk to about-"

Em stopped dead, when the screen turned on and the same figure as last time showed up, only this time, I could see the Yasogami High uniform and the bleach blonde hair… Now I thought I knew for a fact who it was, I just could not for the life of me… remember the damned name! "Wh-what is this!?"

Em was staring at the screen with me, when just before the screen turned off, I noticed that the image changed again… I thought I saw a girl with blue hair, but the screen turned off before I got the chance… "Um… TV glitch…?"

Em, was still staring at the turned off TV screen when my phone went off… of course… it was Chie… "Chie… not right now, Em, in room, she saw it…"

I tried to whisper it to Chie, but Em beat her to the punch line. "Was that the rumor I've been hearing about…? What was it the Midnight Channel?"

"She what!?" Chie almost yelled it through the phone.

"Yeah," I sighed. "It was definitely a guy and can we please talk about this tomorrow…"

"O-okay… Night…" She still sounded like she wanted to talk about something, but she knew that Em couldn't hear too much…

"Night." I turned to Em who was muttering to herself. "Hey Em, I promise that I was explain what that was about, but what did you want to talk about?"

"I, uh…" Em was still way too shocked by the Midnight Channel, man my life was over. "I think it can wait… Good night Brother…"

Before I could even say a single word, Em left my room… "What did I ever do to piss you off so much God!?"

Okay, so I think I should warn you guys now... here soon I will be co-writer for a fanfiction with a friend of mine... I don't really know if I will be uploading the chapters or him, but it will be for Mass Effect, but don't worry this story is my focus and will be until completion! So, wish me luck and I hoped you enjoyed, please send me feedback!