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Gossip, Rumours, and Fish eyes

Alyson was eager for class to be over. She could feel the pitying stares of her classmates, which just made her even more embarrassed. She just wanted to go back to Sayoko-san's and forget about what had happened earlier. Unfortunately, she didn't always get what she wanted and today was just going to be one of those days.

The minute Morooka had announced that the day was over, the blonde had jumped out of her seat and was about to make her way out of the classroom when someone spoke on the intercom. She groaned. There went that chance to get away from her peers unnoticed. Already several people were staring at her; one of them happened to be her neighbour.

"Attention, all teachers." A smooth female's voice announced. "Please report immediately to the Faculty Office for a brief staff meeting. All students must return to their classrooms and are not to leave the school until further notice."

Snorting in disgust, Morooka basically told them the same thing before exiting the room.

Outside, sirens could be heard. Students ran to the window to try and see what was up. Too bad the fog was pretty thick, concealing the view of what might be happening. They murmured amongst themselves but agreed on one thing; the sirens sounded pretty close.

Disappointed that she wasn't going to be able to leave the classroom until they were told to, Alyson trudged back to her desk in time to hear students gossiping. They were talking about a TV Announcer named Yamano Mayumi. Now that she thought about it, that name sounded familiar. Maybe she heard it on the television or somewhere.

As she tried to remember where she heard the name before, the announcer on the intercom spoke again.

"Attention, all students." It was the same voice from before. "There has been an incident inside the school district. Police Officers have been dispatched around the School Zone. Please stay calm and contact your parents or guardians as soon as possible, and leave the school grounds. Do not disturb the police officers. Head directly home. I repeat..."

No one could hear what else was being said over the intercom as the students in the class buzzed and murmured in excited tones. The warning had had the opposite effect of what it was suppose to do as most people didn't even seem to be listening.

Alyson shook her head. Standing up and taking her bag, she was about to head out the door when she heard someone calling her. Sighing again, she turned to see the brunette who had asked if one of them could sit next to her waving her over. Was she ever going to get home? With great reluctance, Alyson walked over to them.

"Hey, are you two planning on going home by yourselves?" The girl asked when Alyson joined her.

"Yes." Souji and Alyson replied at the same time. They shared a glance; Souji shrugging and Alyson just sighing.

The girl standing next to the one who just spoke was the exact opposite of her friend. She had long raven hair and was wearing a headband over it. Over the regulation uniform, she wore a red long sleeved top. This combined to give her a prim and proper air unlike her friend who had tomboy written all over.

"Why don't you come with us?" The girl who spoke first offered.

Before either of them could accept or decline, she had immediately jumped in to the introductions.

"Oh, nearly forgot! I'm Satonaka Chie." She said, holding out her hand. The two transfers both shook it just to be polite (in Alyson's case). "Well, nice to meet you!"

Chie introduced the raven haired girl next. "This is Amagi Yukiko."

The raven haired girl's head snapped up when Chie elbowed her. She didn't seem to be paying attention to them; staring down at the floor, her eyes glazed over as if she was thinking about something. She stared at her new classmates in confusion before realizing that she was suppose to say something.

"Oh, nice to meet you..." She said slowly. "I'm sorry that this is so sudden..."

"C'mon, don't apologize like that." Chie complained. "It makes me look like I got no upbringing."

It was very tempting for Alyson to reply that her appearance to her forced introductions DID make her look like she had no upbringing. But she remembered that she was staying in this place for two years and that making enemies on your first day of school was one of the dumbest things you could do. Even though just earlier she had condemned herself on being on her homeroom teacher's "shit list".

So Alyson just kept her mouth shut.

Oblivious to Alyson's train of thoughts, Chie continued. "I just wanted to ask some stuff. Really, that's all."

As Chie asked them more questions, a boy who looked like he was going to regret something came up to them.

Alyson realized that this was the same boy she and Souji had encountered earlier. The same boy who had tried to ride his bike and hold an umbrella at the same time. The same boy who had crashed into the pole and had ended up injuring his...

She giggled at the memory and everyone besides Souji stared at her in confusion.

"Uh, umm, Miss Satonaka...?" He sounded very apprehensive. "This was really awesome. Like, the way they moved was just amazing to see..."

Reaching into his bag, he shoved a DVD case right in front of Chie, bowing at the same time. "And... I'm really sorry! It was an accident! Please have mercy until my next paycheck!" When Chie took it from him, he said a quick "Seeya thanks!" before running as fast as he could towards the door.

Unfortunately for him, Chie wasn't going to let him get away. Souji, Alyson, and Yukiko watched the scene unfold in front of them. It consisted of the boy suffering another hit in the nads and Chie discovering that her DVD had cracked.

The minute she had laid eyes on him, Alyson's first instinct was to walk away as fast as she could. Or grab a baseball bat and hit him over the head with it. He was creepy! Creepy! He looked like the type who stalked girls he had crushes on. But the creepiest part of him were the eyes. They resembled a fish's!

One minute, they had been walking down the hill; the next, fish eye boy had come up to Yukiko calling her Yuki and asked if she wanted to hang out. Alyson took this chance to hide behind Souji who chuckled in amusement. Fish eye boy didn't even seem to notice.

Yukiko was surprised by the fact that the boy seemed familiar with her even though she didn't know him.

To make a long story short, it ended up with Yukiko rejecting his offer outright and him running off in a similar manner to a child throwing a temper tantrum. They watched him run off in the distance.

Flustered, Yukiko asked all of them a question they didn't have an exact answer to but could only guess. "Wh-What did he want from me?"

"A date?" Alyson suggested. It was the first thing that came to her mind.

Chie nodded. "Obviously, he was asking you out on a date."

"Huh? Really...?" Yukiko seemed confused.

From behind Souji, Alyson rolled her eyes. It appeared that Yukiko was the oblivious beauty; very pretty but not aware of the fact that she was, thus leading to confusion whenever boys came up to her and asked her.

Chie seemed put out by Yukiko's cluelessness, something she didn't hesitate to point out. "But then again," She added. "That was way over the top. It was creepy how he called you 'Yuki' all of a sudden."

The boy whose name they never got and who kept getting hit in the nads came up to them, walking his bike. He was already informed about the situation. "Yo, Yukiko-san. Turned down another lovelorn fool, huh?" He asked with a grin. He noticed that Alyson was hiding behind Souji. "Um... what are you doing?"

"Er...." Alyson quickly came out from behind her neighbour as her face flushed. Unable to find an excuse without being laughed at, stammered. "N-nothing."

He turned back to Yukiko. "Man, you're cruel... You got me the same way last year."

"I don't recall doing that." She said flatly.

"Woah, you serious?" He seemed absolutely delighted now. "So then, you wanna hang out sometime!?"

"...I'd rather not."

He sighed in frustration and muttered something underneath his breath before speaking out loud again. "Anyways, you better not pick on the transfers too much." He grinned before biking down hill.

Chie stamped her foot before shouting. "We're just curious, is all!"

When people began to stare at them, they walked away as if nothing had happened. Too bad they were in for more excitement.

This was the shortest chapter so far. Oh well, I had to split up this part as well as the next. The few chapters is going to be talk, and then we get to the action of Personas! Yay!