AN: Thanks guys for the reviews. It may be a few, but hey, it's a start. For the schedule of updates for this will be like 1-3 chapters every month unless my attention span was suddenly taken over. Never really expected this to go well at first, because this was just a story I thought of while trying to sleep. Kind of like a bedtime story turned reality. I don't think I'll hold up polls for this cause my mind and classmates took care of that. For the guy that asked for a harem, you should know by now that it is a To Love-Ru story, so that's expected.

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters depicted in the story. They belong to their respective creators.

CHAPTER 2

Letters for a New Day

Minato Arisato's POV

I opened my eyes to see an unfamiliar ceiling only to remember that I have a new home now. The Yuuki household has been quite accepting of my presence, to the point that the parents went away to do their respective jobs, leaving me, Riko and Mikan behind. I decided not to go to school immediately and adjust to the lifestyle here first. I sat up and opened the curtain, hoping to determine the time using the position of the sun.

Judging from the looks of it, it seems to be 10:00 a.m. This is perhaps the best rest I've ever gotten ever since I became the field leader of S.E.E.S.

I went down to have breakfast which was already prepared by Mikan. After doing that, I decided to clean the house to at least help lower the burden of the other residents of the house. I returned to my room after the since I have nothing else better to do.

I inspected the former guest room and remembered when they gave it to me, I was surprised that they kept it clean. It just enforces my assumption of them being hospitable people.

Looking at the corner of the room, I saw the bag that Elizabeth gave me. I realized I didn't take a closer look inside so I decided to check and find out.

I brought the bag to the living room and opened the bag to see the expected sight of the stuff my friends gave me. No matter how many times I see these, I can't help but smile. While I was looking at the stuff everyone gave me, I noticed a shiny glint at the deeper parts of the bag. I grasped for it in the middle of the precious gifts given to me only to pull it out and find out it's one of the said gifts as well.

My Evoker.

It still has that shine that makes it look like it has been well taken care of. I have a good guess on who took care of it. Just as I was about to put it back, I noticed a small bulge at the front pocket of the bag. I opened it to see envelopes and a small velvet blue handbook.

I looked at the sheets of paper and what I saw truly astounded me. They were all letters from my friends. Elizabeth must have taken the liberty to inform everyone about my ordeal and hastily made everyone write letters. Upon the realization of what I was actually holding, I quickly opened up the first one to read.

'Yo dude,

I just heard from the weird lady with a freaky obsession with blue that she found a way to free you from your Seal. At first, I was excited that I could finally see you again after all these years, but then she told me that we won't be able to see you again if that happens. The entire S.E.E.S. did a meeting and we got an answer. We let her free you but she has to let us give letter to you. I don't know where you are now, but I hope you didn't end up in some kind of wasteland. Well then, now that your situation is explained, let me tell you about what happened to me if you don't know. I became a professional baseball player now! It's the only thing I'm good at anyways. Well that and Shadow busting. Mitsuru made a group called Shadow Operatives to counter any remaining shadows in the world. She'll probably tell you about that in her letter. Anyways, be sure tell women about the tale of Junpei. It would probably net you some ladies. Well, more than what you used to have.

Junpei, the Incredible

I felt a tear run through my cheek. I hastily wiped it. I randomly opened up another to continue.

'Dear Minato,

I heard from Elizabeth that you are going to be free, but in exchange, we won't see you again. At first, I was skeptical, but then I remembered every moment Erebus wakes up, you suffer. So I steeled my heart and went along with the decision to free you. We also asked her to give you a bag filled with the stuff we gave you, Evoker included. She happily agreed, stating that it would make things easier. Wherever you are, please do not worry about of us. All of us are living our lives to the fullest, just like you wished for. So please, heed our last request. Live your life as you wish it to be in the new world. Whatever decision you make there, S.E.E.S. will support you all the way. I don't know if I'll be able to see you again, but I will at least try.

Good luck and with love, Aigis'

After reading the letter, I noticed that the paper feels a bit weak, as if it was previously wet. It must be either the rain seeped through the bag or Aigis cried while writing. Don't worry Aigis, I'll take my own advice to heart.

Before reading the other letters, I decided to look at the pocketbook to check what's inside. It looks exactly like Elizabeth's Compendium if not smaller. Due to the odd presence of it mixes with everyone's letters, I got curious and took a look inside. The first page shows the picture we took after beating the Hanged Man Shadow. I turned the page to see a more new picture with an odd setting.

It's everyone that I had a Social Link, all of them probably 4 years older and smiling, along with S.E.E.S. and Elizabeth with my grave in the center. I see Elizabeth and S.E.E.S. behind my grave. While Maiko, Mutatsu, Kenji, Yuko, Chihiro, and Mamoru at the left side of my grave and Bebe, Ms. Toriumi, Hidetoshi, Bunkichi, Mitsuko, Kazushi, Nozomi and Keisuke at the right. There's even a faint outline of a person at the back which looks vaguely similar to Akinari's body.

After a few moments of looking at the picture and remembering fond memories, I turned to the page to continue looking at what's inside the book. The next page contains my information. So my birthday is January 31, huh. How Ironic. But I noticed one part of the information about me that is wrong. The age written here is 15. My real age is supposed to be older than that. Elizabeth is not the kind of person who changes someone's personal information, especially one of her former guests'.

Although I was still perplexed from the odd age difference, I decided to continue reading. The multiple pages afterwards include details about my Personas including some new additions that I haven't seen before. Starting with the Persona I began with, Orpheus, to the strongest ones.

After passing the last remaining Persona information pages, I realized the book was coming closer to an end. I continued further until I reached the last page where a blue note and letter was waiting for me.

I first checked the note to see what's written on it.

'Dear Minato,

If you noticed a difference in your written age, there's a good reason for that. Elizabeth's letter will explain the circumstances. In case if you didn't know, Elizabeth's letter is the blue one.

Mitsuru'

I guess that just makes the letter more noticeable then. I inspected the letter and then opened it. The paper is light blue with dark blue letters. I guess Junpei is right about that blue obsession.

'Dear former guest Minato,

Are you happy now that you are free from the seal? I suppose not much due to being away from your dear friends, but this is the only way to free you after a long journey about searching for a solution. I cannot say how to do it for it seems to be a technique only available to a being like me. Although come to think of it, you are just like me now too. So where was I? Right, the technique. It appears to have side effects upon closer inspection. The target of the technique is transported to a random alternate universe. But the target gains information about the world immediately upon transport, so you don't need to worry about that. But the more serious effect is the age. Not only does it send you to a random location but it also turns you into a random age. It can however be mitigated by what the target feels to be his current age. I have full trust that you believe yourself to be suspended in time, thus making you feel like you are younger than how old you really are. I hope this explains what the reason about your age really is. I deeply apologize for freeing you so suddenly so please forgive me. On a much lighter note, the book is one of my discoveries during my journey. It was said to be a cursed book, but I'd say it's terribly useful for explanations like these. Your friend, Aigis, joined me in a new journey. If the last one was to free you, this one is to see you again. I wonder what kind of world you are in right now, how exciting.

See you in our next meeting, Elizabeth.

I read the last part and realized what her next plan of action is. If that's what she is determined to do, then even I can't stop her. After reading Elizabeth's letter, I read the others' letters.

It was really comforting that everyone is cheering me on to live my life, like they did to me when I was battling Nyx. After reading everyone's letters, I looked up to see the time was already 1:37. I guess I might as well watch TV if there's nothing else to do. Damn, there's nothing good going on. It's not like I know which channels are good anyways. I don't even watch TV. The only time I use the TV is to see how well Tanaka is doing right now.

I guess deciding to get used to this first before going to school was a bad decision but it did give me the time to read their letters. Speaking of those letters, I placed them at the drawer nearest to my bed instead of leaving them at the bag. I also removed the Kirijo Group tag from the bag so that no one would try to search for a nonexistent company.

I might as well go to school tomorrow rather than just stay here and act like a slob. Totally not something the former field leader of S.E.E.S. would do. Should I tell the other residents about my plan of action? Nah, might as well keep the surprise factor. Sigh. I guess I got a bit of a sadistic side, don't I?

Yui Kotegawa's POV

'Stupid brother!' Those words were reverberating throughout my head while I was walking to school. I initially thought that when I tell him I have a friend from the opposite gender, he would stop teasing me about having androphobia but now that I told him, I regretted my decision. Now he keeps telling everyone that I have a crush! Mom and dad are not helping at all with them saying about how proud they are that their daughter is finally grown up. I was really tempted to retort but I decided to keep my mouth shut or else they would just tease me more. Even at morning, they keep teasing me about it. Seriously, can't they just stop teasing me about Minato?

I went in our class in a bad mood and sat down in the seat I was assigned to. I looked out the window and wondered about what he is doing right now. I guess it was the right call to go to school earlier than normal. It's definitely better than being teased about him. After minutes of waiting for class to start, the teacher finally entered the room. Before he could start the lesson, another teacher suddenly entered the room and whispered something to our homeroom teacher. Well, this is new. Our homeroom teacher nodded to the intruder in understanding while the intruder just went out of the room.

"Alright class, we got a sudden late enrollment here." The entire room broke out into a series of whispers and murmurs about the new student. I could honestly care less about why there is a new classmate. If it's a he then that means I just have more perverts to take care of.

"Come in, Minato." The teacher said. That name made me reminisce about the boy I met a few days ago. Maybe he's in school right now. Back then, he was wearing a Gekkoukan High School uniform? I haven't heard about that school before… Why can't I remove the picture of him wearing this school's uniform?

I shake my head, trying to dispel the picture of him in a uniform. But when I look up again, I could still see him, writing his name on board. Wait… the teacher said Minato. Don't tell me…

"My name is Minato Arisato. Please take care of me well." He said while bowing and gave a small smile. While I sat there in a state of shock, someone's voice broke me out of my stupefaction.

"You didn't tell me you were going to school today!" That voice came from Riko Yuuki, the "accidental pervert". They know each other? I narrowed my eyes in suspicion, trying to find the subtlest hint that they know each other well.

"It must have not crossed my mind." He said with a smile. I could sense a bit of amusement from him.

"Not crossed your mind!? You could have told me back at home! There were plenty of opportunities to do so!" She replied. Back at home? I could feel the girls' piercing stares at Riko while the guys at Minato. That statement would only mean that they live with each other or they know each other really well.

"Alright. Alright. I get your point. But it just seems more interesting this way." That reply made the girl give off an air of gloom.

"So there's now a 2nd Mikan in the house, isn't there?" She muttered, trying to be silent but the whole class heard it. That statement is just further proof that they live with each other. Before the classroom would suddenly explode with multiple questions, the teacher stopped it from happening.

"I know that you two are probably friends by now but we still have class to commence. Minato, you can take the seat beside Kotegawa-san over there." The teacher said before preparing his lesson plans. Minato just bowed, picked up his black bag and went towards me.

"Nice to see you again, Yui-san." He said while sitting down on his new seat. I could feel the teasing I am about to get at home for this. Better keep quiet about these circumstances.

"Nice to see you too." I said, looking away. I overheard someone say 'tsundere' in front of me. My eyes dart forward in an effort to look for the one who said those words. Everyone save for Minato looked away. Suspicious…

During the lesson, I was wondering about the relationship between my seatmate and Riko Yuuki. Were they really just friends or something more? Perhaps it was just a misunderstanding from mispronunciation. While I was thinking about the relationship of the two, my teacher suddenly called me to answer a question, making me stand up in shock.

"Kotegawa-san, 90% of the atmosphere of Jupiter is composed of what element?" The teacher asked, hoping for an answer. As I racked my mind to remember which part of the lecture was this noted, Minato tapped on his table to catch my attention. I saw from the corner of my eye that he was mouthing the word 'hydrogen'. I quickly repeated the words mouthed by Minato and the teacher nodded, accepting my answer as correct. I sat back down, sighing in relief. I turned to Minato, whispering the words 'Thanks.'. 'No problem.' He replied, shrugging. I smiled, happy that the 1st male I have as a friend was not at all like the rest of them.

Maybe, this friendship was not a bad result after all.

Minato Arisato's POV

The lessons were boring. I literally already went through 1st year at my former dimension, no point in doing it again. But the principal registered me in first year without any questions, which was nice because I don't have to give identification. It was also unfortunate to turn 2 years younger but I can't really complain about that fact.

I was kind of happy that the bell finally rang but just as I was about to eat the lunch that I secretly prepared at the morning, a plethora of students surrounded my table and questioned me insistently.

"What is your relationship with Yuuki-san?" one of the guys asked. I looked at Riko to learn what kind of answer she will prefer. She shaked her head which probably meant she wants me to deny having any intimate relationship.

"We're friends that just met each other after some circumstances." I said while shrugging off the questioning gaze of the others. I could hear Riko breathing a sigh of relief. After a few more moments of being questioned, I excused myself and went to the rooftop for a hopefully more silent lunch. When I reached the rooftop, I heard some talking behind the door. When I held out my hand to open the door, it was suddenly opened by a girl with light gold hair accompanied by two others; one was carrying a shinai while the other was bespectacled. The one with gold hair suddenly stopped talking to her friends, and questioned me.

"Who are you?" That… was really straightforward. Judging from her posture, she seems to be a person of considerable wealth and status. It would be wise not to cross her.

"I am Minato Arisato. I am just a recently enrolled 1st year." I answered. It seemed to have been sufficient enough to satisfy her curiosity.

"Then I am Saki Tenjouin. These are my friends, Rin Kujou and Aya Fujisaki." She said, waving her hand to the shinai holder at the mention of the first name and at the bespectacled girl at the second. When she was about to walk past me, something happened.

"Saki-sama. Our lunch is about to be over soon." Aya Fujisaki said while looking at her watch. The sudden comment Saki Tenjouin jerk her head towards the bespectacled girl, resulting in her awkward balance and made her trip towards the stairs. I hastily took Saki's hand to prevent her falling but due to my shorter frame, I was pulled along. Even though I can't help much in stopping her fall, I would at least keep her from harm. I used the little foothold I have to bound myself in front of her and make myself the one to receive the most of the impact. I braced myself for impact but what I felt was a weak bump on the head. I opened my eyes to see what happened. I saw the Saki's friends running downstairs to help us out while Saki slowly sat up. She looked around but when she saw me, her face was suddenly filled with worry.

"Oh no! I'm sorry! We better send you to the clinic to get checked on!" Saki said, worried. Rin Kujou was trying to lift my shoulder to help me up but I declined.

"I'm fine. See." I said while smiling to ease their worries but Saki Tenjouin was stubborn.

"No! This is my fault. We are going to send you to the clinic so that you are alright." She said with determination. Seems like I cannot ease their worries if I don't go so I accepted. While walking there, the bespectacled girl continuously apologized to me and the gold-haired girl for starting the fall. We also continuously tried to tell her everything was fine but the girl also won't relent. What is with me meeting stubborn girls left and right? When we reached the clinic, the trio put me on the bed so that I could rest (?).

"I told you already, I'm fine. There's not even a bruise on me." I said. I don't know the case of why I have huge resistance to physical damage, but easing the girls' worries take top priority. Saki didn't relent and said that she will retrieve the nurse to check on me. She walked out in a hurry along with Aya Fujisaki. Rin Kujou just sighed and went to sit down in front of the nurse's table.

"Sorry about that. As Saki-sama's bodyguard, I was useless in protecting her in where I was needed most." Rin said with her head lowered. Bodyguard? At remembering her attitude and the shinai she's holding, she seems to be one. But after remembering the way Tenjouin-san introduced her, I realized that her apology was not necessary.

"It's fine. No one can predict accidents, after all." Before Rin could say something, I continued. "And also, you don't need to worry about failing as her bodyguard." At Rin's questioning gaze, I smiled and answered her unspoken question. "You're doing a good enough job as a friend as is." Rin could not think of a good enough reply in time because after those words were spoken, Saki and her friend, accompanied by a school doctor, entered the room.

"I'm here. So what seems to be the problem?" The doctor said. The doctor was a woman around 27 years old with green eyes and brownish red hair. She was also wearing a lab coat and a pink top that are both held together by a belt on her waist and a black skirt. Saki pointed towards me with a worried look. At the doctor's questioning face, Saki explained the circumstances of what happened. After hearing the explanation, she took a closer look at my state. She suddenly got a suspicious look for a second but it dispelled after a millisecond. Something must have happened to the doctor to make her look like that.

"He's shockingly well for a person who fell down a flight of stairs." She pointed out. Saki asked the doctor for reconfirmation to make sure. So she was actually a nice girl, the haughty attitude was actually just a mask. I know all about having masks, they could be useful socially, metaphorically and literally. After hearing the doctor's approval to leave, Saki sighed in relief. We all silently nodded to the doctor and went out the clinic.

While we were walking towards our respective classes, the trio suddenly went in front of me and simultaneously apologized.

"It's fine. Really. No harm, no foul, right?" I reassured the three of them but before they could come up with excuses, I continued. "But if you're going to insist for an apology, what about we become friends?" I said while holding my hand out. The words I said seemingly made their faces go into shock. After taking time to come into terms of what I just said, Saki took a look at her friends, both which nodded towards her. She then accepted my hand and said with a smile "Very well. I, Saki Tenjouin, and her friends, Rin Kujou and Aya Fujisaki, will accept your terms." Never mind about the personality being a mask. It's an actual part of her personality, which I could understand very well after befriending a wide assortment of people.

I genuinely smiled while shaking her hand and said "Then I'll reintroduce myself. I'm Minato Arisato. You can call me Minato." The trio smiled and walked away, intent on finding their respective classes. I as well walked away with a smile. Happy that not only I didn't get to my boring class, but I also found new friends, although with their weird quirks.

Well, there's two more hours before it's time to go home, so I might as well get to class.

Once school ended, I was immediately assigned to cleaning duty, which I was fine with. Cleaning was more fun than spending time in class. It was also a great coincidence that I was assigned to the same day with Yui and Riko, both of which are seemingly at odds with each other. I still cannot understand women, especially now that there is no longer a bond indicator which tells how much a bond progresses.

As we clean the room, Yui spoke up in the awkward silence we were drowning in. "So… Minato-san, do you live in the same house as Riko-san over here?" Yui asked. I took a look at Riko who was suspiciously humming while cleaning the board. Yui then continued after I looked back at her. "I know when Riko-san is lying as well as when as she tells the truth, so when I asked her about it, she showed all of her lying habits afterwards." So Riko is a bad liar.

After taking time to think of how to lie, I gave up, knowing I won't be able to escape this question after seeing her determination to know the truth. "Yes." I answered. Before Yui could continue asking, I continued. "They helped me out in a lot of problems that I had, so I'm staying there with them."

"What circumstances?" Yui questioned.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you when you have time." I said in reassurance.

"I have time. It's my duty as the head of the Disciplinary Committee to find out why a girl and a boy are living with each other." She said determined. After we cleaned the classroom properly, we sat down while I explained the same way I told the Yuuki family. Riko also stayed, probably to hear the explanation a second time. After I was done, I looked up to see that the two of them have the same look like the Yuuki family when I first told them.

"No matter how many times I hear it, it always so sad." Riko said with a sympathetic look and tears in her eyes. Yui nodded in agreement.

"I guess I could count this as an exception. After all, that's what friends are for." She said while smiling. Then after taking time to think about her own words, she suddenly looked away.

"It's not because you are a good friend to them. Not at all." She said. After thinking about who 'them' are, she was probably referring to the cats.

"No problem." I replied. Riko looked at the window and suddenly paled.

"Not again! I forgot about the time!" She then bumped on the table beside her, which caused her to fall on Yui beside her. I tried to grab them to stop the fall but I was too late to pull her back to standing position and fell alongside her.

CRASH!

I looked up to see who I was lying on and saw a pair of closed eyes in front of me. After comprehending the fact about who I was on top of, I quickly stood up to see and assess the damage. Riko was lying down on top of Yui on the floor. When Riko tried to stand, she grabbed on Yui's breasts and pushed herself up, which resulted on a moan from Yui.

Yui then shouted "NOT THIS AGAIN! WHAT THE HELL RIKO!" and then the two of them started to bicker.

I just want to sleep already.

"We're back." After stopping the fight between Yui and Riko, we quickly headed back home so that Mikan would not worry about us.

"Welcome back. Oh… you already enrolled? So that's why I can't see you anywhere at this house." She said.

"Yeah. I was getting bored here to be honest." I said as I put down my bag. Mikan nodded in understanding.

"I was about to make dinner, so wait a while." At her words, I remembered the times with Fuuka. Although she did not succeed in making her cooking taste better (but she could at least make it a bit more than edible now), she did make me interested in cooking.

"I could help you out. I took an interest in it back then." I said, volunteering to help. Mikan did not reject the offer, so I'll count that as a yes. After changing clothes, I went in the kitchen and helped Mikan in cooking. After deciding that we're done cooking, I went up to tell Riko.

"Dinner's done, Riko-san." I said while entering her room. She then smiled.

"Thanks, and I'm sorry about not being able to help out." She said while fidgeting.

"Don't be. After all, you were the first one who accepted me here so this should be to pay you back." I said while walking in the hallway.

"It doesn't feel right though. I mean I'm the bigger sister and she's doing all the work." She replied. She is just like the teal-haired girl I befriended back then.

"It's fine. Why do you think she matured so much?" I said. At her confused face, I continued. "It's because you gave her the chance to prove herself useful to her beloved sister." I said while smiling at her. Her face suddenly turned red and walked slowly, probably so that she won't trip. Once we reached the dining room, we saw Mikan smiling at us.

"Come on. Hurry up before it gets cold." She said while holding the ladle.

"Alright."

"This is good. Even better than before. How did you make it taste better?" Riko asked after taking a bite at her food.

"I only got interested in cooking because of a friend of mine. She was horrible at it at first but she got better. Do you want me to teach you?" I said and asked.

"I would like that." She said. Mikan then giggled.

"Oh please… you just want to get better at something useful. She was always good at the most useless little things." She said, at first to her sister, then directed at me.

"Mouu… Mikan! You don't need to tell him that." Riko just pouted cutely at Mikan who just smirked.

"Oh… you don't want me to tell your future boyfriend about it? I'm so sorry."Mikan said dramatically. Then after a staring contest (?), I laughed. Laughed at the sheer ridiculousness of it all, as well as the happiness of having a normal life. After my laughter died down, the two siblings took a look at me.

"Well. At least he thinks you're funny, Onee-chan." Mikan said. Riko then sighed. "You're never going to let me live this down, aren't you?" She asked her sister who replied with a simple "Nope."

After dinner, I took a bath, and then proceeded to go to my room. I looked at my hand. Back then, when I fell down helping Saki-san, I only felt a weak bump on my head instead of a concussion inducing impact. Perhaps the Seal increased my body's durability without the use of Persona Equip. I tested it out on a piece of stray wood that I took outside. I punched it with the strongest punch I have. Instead of feeling pain, I only felt something like a tap. And also the wood snapped. It was maybe old but it was a thick one. Perhaps not only did I gain mental or magical strength, but I also got physical stat boost.

As I pondered about my sudden high endurance, I remembered. I'm probably in a world where there will be not much conflicts so it's not required, except maybe for some extracurricular activities. I cleaned the broken pieces on the ground and hopped onto my bed. Happy that I could live a peaceful life.

Maybe I should do Junpei's wish of being famous. Should I write a book about what happened to us? Come to think of it, it would be a good book if I did so. I better think about it tomorrow.

Thank you guys. Read and Review if you can.

Weirdo out.