Early the next morning, being afraid of Mitsuru's famous Execution and wanting to wait for her to let out some steam, I snuck out the dorm and went to the branch. I hope they'll be gentler, at least.

…

"The story made the front pages in one night! Look: Terrorist attacks monorail at midnight!" Rekka yelled at me as he threw the newspaper angrily on the table. "The media's even got a name for you: Midnight Assailant!"

Still a bad greeting, but a gentler one than Mitsuru's Execution. I hope.

"It fits her, if you ask me." Hiro commented.

I smirked. Win.

Rekka sighed. "Little Minako, I know you're angry, but you have to at least control your anger."

"Hey, you know I was listening that time, and you didn't stop me." I pointed out.

"That was because I didn't know that you were going to blow a monorail up!" Rekka said with a gentler voice. "I thought you were going to blow up their headquarters. You do know they have their headquarters here in the city, right?"

I stared at them with wide-eyes. "And why didn't you tell me that time?"

"You're not the only one who was spying on us that time." Rekka informed. "If you were able to spy on us, then others might have been able too."

"Hm. Then that's no reason to tell where the TNT will be, right?" I said with thought. "And if what you say is true, then I will have to hunt him or her down."

"You know the rules-"

"I know the rules, of course." I said back. "But hey, how come I don't get special treatment? And isn't that overwork?"

"Those rules are to stop getting you dead, Little Minako!" Rekka hissed with a strict tone.

"Hmm…" I said, amused. "Then how about you do it? I'll be your client, there's no rules about that, right?"

Rekka sighed. "Nope, guess not. …Fine then. So." he turned on the computer. "How many?"

"One month." I challenged. "Good enough?"

"Good enough for me. So, hospitalize or-"

"You know me well enough." I said. "Did you have to ask?"

Rekka smiled and walked towards the door.

"Oh yeah, I got a request." I said, stopping Rekka in his tracks. "Use the media's name for me, will you? Makes things easier, and I don't need that name for now."

Rekka nodded, walking out the branch. "You're in charge for the while, Hiro."

"Sure!" Hiro called out and Rekka closed the door. "Nyehehehehe."

I glared at him. "What do you have in mind?"

"Well-"

"Never mind, I shouldn't have asked. I know exactly what you're thinking." I said. "And no, you can't do it."

"What- You don't even know what I-"

"You can't bring over Mitsuru-senpai, or any other girl you're cheating with, when I'm not here." I said sharply. "And anyways, Mitsuru-senpai knows better than to accept an offer from a pervert like you. Speaking of Mitsuru-senpai…"

"…What?" Hiro said with an expressionless tone and face.

"I just remembered. I have to get back." I said, walking to the door. "You want to come and see your girlfriend do an Execution?"

Hiro paled. "…I'd rather not. …Good luck."

Was it really that bad?

"…Thank you very much." I replied slowly back. I reluctantly stepped out of the building and snuck my way back in the dorm.

As soon as I climbed in the room through the window, there was a knock on my door. I figured it was Yukari, so I ignored it and went to close my window slowly.

"Arisato? We need to speak with you."

OH SHIT! WHAT HAVE I DONE? …I see ice in coming out of the door's keyhole. This is not good…

"Coming Mitsuru-senpai!" I scrambled to the icy door in record time without showing any exhaustion. "Yes?"

Mitsuru glared at me with piercing, cold eyes. "Come with me, Arisato, the others are waiting."

I mentally sighed and followed her to the lounge, where everyone, including Ikutsuki, were waiting for me. Mitsuru and I took a seat. Mitsuru seems to be trying hard not to pounce at me and do her Execution though.

"Minako." Ikutsuki started. Thank God he's here, he's the only thing-person that's keeping Mitsuru from Executing me! "We were all worried about you. What have you been doing?"

"Well, I was visiting my relatives." I said innocently.

No one bought it, of course. But they didn't press the matter any further.

"Where did you get the explosive from?" Junpei asked.

"My relative gave it to me as a 'gift'." I answered. It was true.

"…"

"Oh! It's a Sunday!" I exclaimed, breaking the cold aura (mostly given off by Mitsuru) in the room. "Yukari-chan, do you want to go to the florist?" It has been a while since I was this cheery, but I guess the aura around here needs the cheery atmosphere.

"S-Sure!" Yukari said, running upstairs. "Just wait for me to get changed!"

The others stared at me. I looked away from their stares and ran away to the third floor. I walked past Yukari's room and Yukari came out of the room, neatly changed.

I was trying hard to clamp my mouth shut.

It was not because of Yukari's clothes.

It was because Minato was following Yukari out of her room.

Yukari, of course, didn't know anything, but I glared at Minato. He shrugged. Perverted ghost.

"Oh, why didn't you wait downstairs?" Yukari asked. "I'm not going to be that long, you know!"

"I forgot something." I said shortly. "I'll meet you later." I said, going in my room and I waited for a few minutes. I then went out and followed Yukari to the florist.

"Hey, I'm thinking of decorating my room with gerberas, which color do you think I should get?" Yukari asked me, pointing to a bunch of flowers.

I scanned her clothes. "Pink. They look cute!"

"You're right, I'll get those!" Yukari called out to the cashier. But she then sighed. "But then, I think gerberas are a little plain, maybe I should get another type of flowers…"

"Well, if you think so." I said, "I never saw your room, but I guess it's the same as mine, right?"

"Yup! No changes!" Yukari exclaimed.

"It has more pink than your room." So him peeking on Yukari might be useful.

"But then won't your flowers blend with the room and become unnoticeable?" I pointed out. "Then it'll look as if there's no flowers at all!"

"…You have a good point there, Minako-chan." Yukari sighed, but then giggled. "But then, I just love pink!"

I acted out a natural-looking giggle. I didn't find it amusing, but Yukari does, so why not?

Thou art I… And I am thou…

Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create a Persona of the Lovers Arcana.

The Lovers Arcana is now level 3.

So Minato was right. I have to take a mental note of this. I'm guessing there's more than two Social Links, I need to find them, and fast before the year ends.

…

Apparently, having a conversation with Yukari took longer than I thought. Once I got back to the dorm, it was already evening. Too fast. Which reminds me, I need to catch up on Tartarus, I think I'm behind by some floors.

…

Nothing happened much in Tartarus, except for Theo informing me of the Persona Compendium and the massacre of the Shadows. We have entered the new block called Arqa, for some reason, but have not finished it. You can't expect us to finish it in one day!

I haven't showed off or told anyone else that I can change Personas. I know that only I can do it in S.E.E.S, seeing as Junpei hasn't showed off yet, but I don't really need to change Personas yet. Orpheus is getting quite tired, but I don't think I need to call out Surt or other Personas that I have encountered. I'll try it out later.

…

"Minako…"

"Please! Brother! Don't!"

He laughed. "They're right, Minako… You're the walking devil. Go back to hell!" he cursed at me in English.

"Brother Jack… Don't believe them!"

He laughed even more, grabbing the hammer. "You're hell, Minako. Father and mother should have never taken you in!" he laughed again. "Look what it did to us!"

"Brother Jack…"

"Die, Minako."

I gripped my knife. "I'm sorry, brother Jack."

…

I woke up with a start in cold sweat while shivering. "Brother Jack…"

"Minako."

I turned around to see Minato looking worried. I smiled at him, trying to look reassuring. "It was a nightmare."

He walked towards me and sat on the edge of the bed. "Brother Jack's family was the first family that adopted you, right?"

I nodded. "They were kind…they took me in when nobody else wanted me." I laughed a dry laugh. "Look what I did to them!"

Minato couldn't do anything other than looking at me with a straight face.

"Brother Jack was only ten! He should have never been like that! He was kind and caring!" I cried out. "Mother and father…they didn't know what was coming…"

"…"

"And look what I did to them! It was all my fault! I…brother Jack…" I muttered. "And yet, mother and father were still willing to take me in…I shouldn't have accepted…they…"

"…"

"I don't want to involve S.E.E.S in this any more." I said, burying my face in my hands. "They'll end up like brother Jack…"

"They will want to involve themselves, I'm sure. They already are, they just don't know it yet."

"That's reassuring."

"But they'll be able to support you."

"…"

"If they don't, then at least I will."

"…Thanks, Minato."

"…I'm your twin brother. Remember that."

"…Thank you. …I'm going back to sleep."

"Goodnight."

…

"The Shadow you killed with the TNT was intense, huh?" Junpei said as I reached the school gates. "I could have killed it! But man, you got it before I- …Never mind."

I still glared at him. "Just remember that you still owe me."

"…Well at least you saved the city!" Junpei cried out. "Isn't that reward already?"

"From the city, yeah." I said. "But not from you."

"Sly…" Junpei muttered. "Fine! I'll treat you to Hagakure later!"

Hagakure? Oh, that ramen shop. I heard they got a new special. I nodded, curious of how it tastes.

"'Kay then, that's settled!" Junpei shouted in victory. In what victory, I do not know. "Oh hey there, Yuka-tan!"

Yukari glared at him with annoyance. "What, Stupei?"

Ooh, harsh.

Junpei sighed. "What's with you, Yuka-tan? Man, today's a lovely day, but you're totally ruining it!"

Yukari ignored him and turned to me. "Oh hey! Guess what! During Akihiko-senpai's last checkup, we were asked by senpai to bring him the class list for 2-E!"

"Actually, he only asked me…" Junpei muttered.

Yukari ignored him again and continued. "It seems that someone from 2-E called Fuuka Yamagishi might have the 'potential'! But we're not sure yet, though."

Oh? So another person might be joining S.E.E.S. I saw the person called Fuuka a couple of times in school, but she seemed so fragile, I wonder if she can keep up with S.E.E.S. I'm worried if she does join.

"And we met this creepy dude with a beanie!" Junpei added. "Akihiko-senpai said that he was a friend from school that knew a little about the Apathy Syndrome."

That person called Shinji I met a while ago? A friend from school that knows about Apathy Syndrome? Sounds too coincidental, I need to dig in more about this.

"Oh! Bell's ringing! Better hurry!" Yukari said as the bell rang.

We rushed into class. Thankfully, the teacher was not there yet. We sat down and got through the boring class.

…

Right after exams, we were finished with Arqa. It was quite the trouble to get past the guardians, though I relied on physical attacks and my teammate's Persona, so all was well in keeping my secret. Rampage Drive wasn't kidding when they said that the other guardians were not going to hold back on me. In the next block, I will need to change my Personas, I can't keep this up anymore.

I went to the shrine the next day. It has been a long time since I had prayed, so I figured that this would be a good time.

And after I prayed, I saw a little girl playing by herself. She seemed a little sad, so I paid her a little visit.

"Hello there!" I said, approaching the little girl.

"Oh hello…my mother told me not to speak with strangers…" the little girl muttered. At least she was brought up right.

"Oh! My name's Minako. Nice to meet you!"

"I'm Maiko." the little girl said back. "I'm hungry! Do you have something for me to eat?"

I should have known that she'd whined. I searched my pockets and realized that I have that weird takoyaki I bought along the way from the strip mall. I was kind of hungry as well, so I shared it with Maiko, her eating most of it.

"Thanks!" the little girl said cheerfully. "But now, I'm thirsty. Do you have something for me to drink?"

Maiko's quite whiny. But it can't be helped, I suppose. I took out a drink that I have bought from the dorm called Mad Bull. I wonder if she's interested in this. "Here you go. Do you like this?"

Maiko inspected the can and brightened up. "Yeah! This is my favorite drink! Thank you!" and she gulped down the drink.

"Now, what are you doing here alone?" I asked, worried for the little girl. "You're not supposed to be out here alone. Where are your parents?"

Maiko looked at the ground. "My parents are fighting. I don't usually come here today, but I guess today's special." she sighed. "I don't like it when my parents fight, I wish they never fight. I wish it's going to be like the old times!"

"We wish a lot of things, but unfortunately, some don't come true." I told her. "But maybe, this one wish might come true."

"Wow! How do you know that?" Maiko asked me in awe.

"My relative told me that." I said shortly. "There might be some things that you can do to help your parents not to fight, or there might be none. But I guess, you have to give them time."

"Yeah! You're right!" Maiko giggled. "Thank you, onee-chan!"

Sister…I wonder how long anyone has called me that…

Thou art I… And I am thou…

Thou hast established a new bond…

Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create a Persona of the Hanged Man Arcana.

Oh, another Social Link. Hanged Man this time, I wonder what Personas it can create.

"See you next time, onee-chan!" Maiko called out as she ran away from the shrine.

Well, at least I know that I'm going to be visiting Maiko next time.

…

Today was kind of rough. I think I just saw a bullying in process. Some girls were laughing about bullying someone. Shameless. But one girl kept zoning out, there's something wrong with this group, but I don't really intend to find out what, I just want to know who the victim was. Hopefully, she would be okay.

…

I knew I was wrong the next day.

I overheard the gossipers (Junpei told me as well, but I was half-listening to him), talking about a girl passing out. It might be either the victim or the girl who was zoning out. I need to find out more about this.

I headed to the branch right after school. I needed some answers, and I hope that I could get it then. I needed to find out about the guy called Shinji and the girl.

"Oh, Yaku!" I greeted. "Welcome back! So does it still hurt?"

"Hey!" Yaku greeted back. "Doesn't really hurt as much, but still. Though the doctors can't get rid of the scars."

"Not a surprise, seeing how deep those wounds are." I pointed out. "At least be grateful that you're not dead."

"I don't think they wanted me dead." Yaku said. "Probably just a warning. I have to be more careful next time."

"Yeah." I nodded. "Oh yeah, can you search up for a guy called Shinji in the database of Gekkoukan High?"

"Do you have the full name?"

"Nope."

He sighed. "Fine. I'll try."

"Thanks." I nodded. "Hey, where's Hiro?"

"Off." Yaku responded, searching through the computer. "Five days. He'll come back on the first day of the next month.'

"…" I stared at Yaku. "I'm getting worried, seeing as how you've been targeted."

"Eh, don't worry, they're better than me." Yaku replied in English. "I'm sure they're fine."

I raised an eyebrow in worry. "Sure, but why English?" I responded back in English.

Yaku picked up his deadly boomerang and threw it at the window without even looking behind him. A slice was heard and a short yelp came. "That."

I sighed. "Thirty-one. They don't give up, after all. Let's talk in English for a while then."

"Fair enough." Yaku said, sipping his tea. "So I heard that you sent Rekka off. Did you check the newspapers yet?" he handed me the day's paper.

"I see that the Midnight Assailant reached the day's headlines. I'm sure the police is trying to track him down." I said, reading the paper. "He's bombed an office? Show-off."

"Well, you did tell him to take up your media's name." Yaku pointed out. "It's no surprise that sooner or later, he'll do it anyways. He has to chase them away from hiding. I bet he knows where the next attack is, he'll tell us later."

"Yeah." I said, checking my watch. "I need to go now. It's evening. Be careful, Yaku."

"You too."

…

Junpei's rambling some nonsense about a ghost story. It might have been interesting, if he was not the one that had told it. But it seems that Yukari is still pissed-off though, I can understand why. I was dragged in to investigate the matter, I think Yukari might be good on her own, so I didn't really bother.

…

"So, what did you two found?" Yukari asked me.

"There were three victims and they hung out a lot together behind the station." I answered. I didn't research. All you need to do was to hear the gossips and take out the unrealistic facts. That was it.

"Correct!" Yukari exclaimed. "So that's why we're going to have some field research!"

"Behind Port Island Station is bad stuff, Yukari!" Junpei exclaimed. "You can't go there! I've heard some nasty rumors about that place!"

"That's why we're going together!" Yukari said. Then she turned to me. "You're coming, right?"

Field research? Alone, I can. But with Yukari and Junpei? No way in hell. But Yukari will probably go even if I don't, and she might get raped, so I nodded. Junpei has no other choice than to go with us anyway.

…

I remembered to put on my good-luck shoes and 'backup', in case they come. I'm not worried about the gangsters, those guys are easy. But just in case, I made Minato go on look-out to find someone reliable in case anything happens.

"Look!" a gangster announced. "Some crap from Gekko High's coming!"

"The hell?" the gangster's friend said. "Look, Goatee, beat it. This isn't your place. Go back to your wormhole."

"G-Goatee?" Junpei asked, both curious and frightened. "Oh, you mean me."

"We don't need your permission to be here!" Yukari shouted. "Come on! Don't get intimidated by these scum!"

Yukari's getting herself a death sentence. Whether she likes it or not.

"What the-hey! Let's get them! Who cares where they're from!" the gangster yelled to his friends.

"Let's take some pictures of her that will make her daddy cry!" the gangster's girlfriend called out. "We'll make her wish that she was never born!"

"These guys are the worse!" Yukari muttered.

"Whoa, I feel sorry for you, Goatee." the gangster said as he approached Junpei. "This bitch is the worst!" he punched Junpei and Junpei yelped in pain.

"Junpei!" Yukari said in surprise.

You know, this is all your fault Yukari.

"We'll start with that chick over there!" the gangster said, pointing at me.

You wish.

The gangster approached me, but gave himself some distance from him and me. "What do you say, little girl? You want to come with us?"

I walked towards him, with Yukari and Junpei shouting "No!"

My good-luck shoes are Heelys, shoes with a wheel on the heels. They're good in speed, so I can always run away from impossible situations.

And they make good deadly weapons as well.

I kicked the gangster across the face, making sure to wheel the shoe's way across the face. His nose broke and he fell down. At least I didn't turn his eyeballs inside out!

I crouched in front of him and took off my contact lenses. "Hey. Ever heard of P.U.M.A?" I hissed, my red eyes piercing into his eyes.

The gangster yelped and scrambled to his feet. "W-We're going! We're leaving!"

All the gangsters at the place ran away, leaving me with Yukari and Junpei. I stood up and smiled at the two.

I knew they were going to come. I didn't know when. There were too many footsteps. They're coming.

"There's the guy called Shinji outside the place. He seems reliable enough."

"Thanks Minato." I whispered.

"Let's go, Minako!" Yukari sighed. "We didn't find out anything here."

"Yukari, Junpei." I said to them. "On three, you two run away. There's going to be the person you two met at the hospital, his name is Shinji-senpai. Tell him to get Akihiko-senpai and Mitsuru-senpai."

"What are you talking about, Minako?" Yukari asked, Junpei was already able to stand up normally, so I'm not that worried about them.

"One…Two…" I counted. "Four…"

I can feel the curious glares from every direction. Now! "Three!" I shouted at the two. They were confused, but they walked to the entrance.

Knives. Dodge and kick face. I took the knife and stabbed him in the heart. "GO!" I shouted at the two. "I'll take care of them!"

The two shakily nodded, but ran out anyway. I threw away the knife and took out my own knives that I had hidden between my sleeves. The second came at me. Throw knife. Two dead. Stab person behind me. Three. I heard more footsteps. Backup, they're coming.

"Little Minako!"

Good, I have my own backup.

"Here!" Yaku handed me the naginata and the replica. Slice two in front of me. "Hiro and Rekka are coming! Just wait! The leader's here as well!"

Yaku threw his deadly boomerang and it sliced through a person and came back. He threw it again and it sliced through again.

The massacre begun while waiting for Hiro and Rekka. Both me and Yaku had finished ten people each. A total of twenty. Just how many are there?

"Well, well, well. I see the leader has made her appearance." I looked up to find a man, waiting to fight. "And hello, dear Yaku. I hope you haven't forgotten our last meeting?"

"You…" Yaku spat out in English. He threw a boomerang to the man's head. The man dodged and approached him. Yaku received his boomerang and defended himself. He fought the man's sword, but seemed to be struggling.

"Why do you fight when you have the option to run away?" the man hissed. He side-stepped, facing Yaku's back and stabbed him. "You're pride holds you back, even if you don't show it. …'Near', we warned, and we wrote it in English, and yet you still haven't learned your lesson."

I was about to look at Yaku's way, but focused at the underling trying to kill me.

"A…venge me…" Yaku muttered out.

The underling got distracted and looked at Yaku's way. I decided to take my chance and sliced the underling. Yaku's red eyes shot up in the black, night sky.

"A…venge… me…" Yaku whispered. "Per…so…na…"

CRACK

"HWAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! MONSTEEEEEER!"

"Goodbye, Yaku. Until we meet again."

Once I heard the sound of shredding flesh had stopped, I looked at the puddle of blood that has once been the leader. The puddle of blood was filled with shredded flesh, and the only parts untouched were the eyes of the leader. I looked beside it to find Yaku lying down, dead, with his eyes open. I closed his eyes and stood up, only to find there were more of them than I have expected, looking in terror.

"Little Minako! We're finally here!" Hiro called out. He looked at the puddle of blood and Yaku. "So, Yaku's done it. What are you going to do with them?"

"You know our rules, Hiro." I said. "Kill anyone that has seen. Don't let anyone get away."

"I thought you were going to be more caring towards them." Rekka said.

"I'm the leader. I'm supposed to be crueler." I said, readying the replica that Yaku had given me. I aimed the replica at my head and pulled the trigger. "Surt! Ragnarok!" the flames incinerated two men. They now looked scared. Finally.

"That's our leader!" Hiro smirked, throwing a special red dart at a person. "Seiryu! Mazionga!" Glass appeared from the head of the dart and the dart turned into the dragon, Seiryu and struck the ambushers dead with thunder.

Rekka flicked on his red lighter. "Suzaku! Agidyne!" Glass appeared from the tip of the flame and Suzaku appeared behind him, scorching the enemies.

"I see everyone's getting better!" I said. "Let's get to work then!" I made Surt incinerate more people.

"So how many already?" Hiro asked as he struck more people down.

"About thirty to forty." I shouted back.

"Have you even thought about how to hide these many bodies?"

"Nah. I thought you had a plan."

"You're our leader!"

"Yeah, but you're my subordinate!"

"Quiet, you two." Rekka growled as Suzaku breathed fire on more people. "I'll ask the others to come and help out. I'll find a way. Just focus on killing for now."

I sliced a man through. "That's what I'm doing! So how many more?"

"Ten, unless there's any more backup."

"Nah, I think they're finished." I said as I sliced the last person. "No more."

We heard the shuffling of feet. We turned around to face them. Mitsuru and Akihiko. We lowered our weapons and sent away our Personas.

"Arisato…Hiro…" Mitsuru muttered.

"You can't hide it anymore, Minako."

Do you think I don't know that already?

"Let's go back to the dorm, Mitsuru-senpai, Akihiko-senpai. Hiro, Rekka, come as well." I told them, leading the way. "I'll explain everything with everyone."

DLWolf: Okay! Minako will explain why my OCs have Personas in the next chapter! Thank you for all the favorites, alerts and reviews!

Junpei: Woah, a ruthless Minako!

DLWolf: Yeah, from a ruthless author if you don't get back in place!

Junpei: You can't make me!

DLWolf: If you do the disclaimers and go back in place, then I promise that I won't make you dead in the next chapter!

Junpei: …Ah, fine! Disclaimers: DarknessLightWolf does not own P3P/P3 and any of the characters in it. Except for the OCs.

DLWolf: Eh, I can't make you die anyway, you're too much of a Stupei to do that.

Junpei: …

DLWolf: Okay, go, shoo.

Junpei: …

DLWolf: Going along… ledah13, no they are not poor saps, you'll understand why later, and I don't think they're supposed to be invulnerable in the coffins, it's impossible if you're caught in a bomb attack and not die, so I don't think so. Soulswallows, well the OC's dying can't be helped, it's the storyline, and there will be more exposure in the next chapter, it may as well be a sequel. Fan of fanfics21, yes I will make it humorous and unbelievable, it has to be anyway, it's quite impossible for Hiro to meet Mitsuru in the first place.

Junpei: …

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Junpei: … *Runs away*

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