Yay chapter 5 is here. It's Sunday and I'm busy with school work, so It's going to be for a while till I post the next few chapters. Then I'll work out the rest of it. Edited version, sorry if the Day I posted is different from the original. Some times I keep forgetting to delete the day I worked on it even though I'm fixing them on different days.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERSONA 3/FES/PORTABLE. THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY OCs' AND A COPY OF THEIR GAME P3P. NOTHING MORE!

On with the story... WHEE Minato and Minako will finally wake up and Yukari's long ass speech.

~?/?/09 Velvet Room~

They glide through the checkered floor once more entering back to the Velvet Room. The two woke up sitting in the lyre shape chair in the never ending moving elevator room. Igor was still plastered in his seat greeting their return to this imaginary room. Theo, Elizabeth, and Clyde greeted there return too.

"It's so nice to see you again. You became unconscious after awaking to your "power"... It's nothing to worry about, though. So, just relax. By the way... I believe it was Orpheus and Eurydice that heeded your calling. And that power, my dear guest is called a Persona... It is a manifestation of your psyche," the bird-nose man explained.

"Persona?" The duo asked in unison.

"It may take some time to fully comprehend. A Persona is a facet of your personality that surfaces as you react to external stimuli... You can think of it as a mask that protects you as you brave many hardships. That being said, your power is still weak... but holds endless possibilities."

"Whaddya mean 'weak'?" Though they felt insulted by that comment, but wonder what the other different meaning of weak.

"When you use your Persona ability you must channel your inner strength. The ability evolves as you develop your Social Links- your emotional ties with others. The stronger your Social Links, the more powerful your persona ability." Igor explained a little more. "Please remember that. Now then... Time marches on in your world. I shouldn't keep you here any longer. Next time we meet, you will come here of your own accord. Until then... Farewell."

"I will await your next visit," Theo and Elizabeth said in unison. Clyde didn't say anything since his master: who is me, wasn't there to say hello.

Their voice echoed through their heads as they glided away to their own mind and body.

~April 17, 2009, Friday, Tatsumi Memorial Hospital, After School~

Waking up from their little visit to the Velvet Room they sense two presences next to them. Stirring just a little bit my head jolt up to hope they have awoken. To our luck their eyes fluttered open. What a relief. I was so worried that they have been sleeping for a long time. It even felt like I was going to cry.

"You guys are awake...!" said a familiar tone which belongs to Yukari. "Um, how do you feel?" Now being uncertain.

"Where are we?" Come Minako's response. Minato, who asked why we are here. That's very nice of you, Minato. We've been checking up on you and this is how you treat us, I growled in my head while trying to put a relived smile on my face.

"Thank Goodness, You guys finally came to..." Yukari sighed. "How much sleep do you guys need? It's been a whole week! ...I was so worried about both you..." She trailed off.

"You're in the Tatsumi Memorial Hospital. A short walk from the station," I said to them as I remembered faintly about my memories that happened to me before when I first summoned my persona during the dark hour, which tired me out completely. Even I was stuck in the hospital for a whole week, which I've missed a lot of school work that time. I had to catch up to the entire thing's I've missed. It took me days to do all my homework, classwork, and missed projects.

"The Doctor couldn't find anything wrong with you. He said you were just exhausted... But, you kept sleeping and sleeping. You know how worried we were? Um... I'm sorry I couldn't do anything... Even though I was supposed to protect you guys, I... But, your power... It was amazing." Yukari hung her head low, but then lifted up remembering about what happened last week with their Personae.

"Same here. I was... supposed to protect you three... since I'm a bit more experienced than you, but I... I have failed as a primary sempai," I admit my failure as a persona-user. Oh the shame of letting one big lone shadow to knock me down so easily. I can't forgive myself if they die all of a sudden. But their power was unbelievable. It's really strong.

"What were those things?" Minato asked looking at both of us.

It felt like his eyes are more focused on me than anyone else. It felt as his mind is nagging him to remember something from the past. A person that he knew for a long time but could not put a single finger on it. I can't blame him, but it's kind of happening to me too. What is with this person? It felt as if she's someone I know, Minato and Minako's inner thoughts and memories kept scratching their brains for the answer, which felt like brain damage to them giving more strain than usual.

"Those were shadows," I blankly answered. "They're what we're fighting for a while. And of course the power you used... is called 'Persona.'"

"Yeah, we'll explain everything later. I'm sorry we didn't tell you before..." Yukari added in. "I, uh... I wanted to tell you that... All of us are sort of like you."

"Why are you telling us this?" Minato inputted.

"Minato! That's not nice!" Minako exclaimed to her cold brother. "So, what do you mean Yukari-san?"

"My dad died in an accident when I was little... And my mom and I aren't exactly on good terms... You guys are all alone too, right?" Yukari dismissively avoided eye contact. "To be honest, I already know about your past... But, it didn't seem fair, so I wanted you to know about mine... It was back in '99... There was a big explosion in the area. Supposedly, my dad died in the blast, but nobody really knows what happened... he was working in a lab run by the Kirijo Group. So I'm hoping that if I stick around long enough, I'll find out something. That's why I'm going to Gekkoukan High, and why I was there when this happened to you... Of course I panicked and wasn't much help. It was my first time fighting them too. I'm sorry... you wouldn't have to go through all this if I wasn't such a coward..." Yukari finally poured her little, whiny heart out of this little story. Which I got to admit was kind long. (A/N: It's the truth. While typing this out it was really long. Stupid Yukari and her long story speech thing. And not that I hate her or anything she's cool and all, but she's a bit whiny from time to time which I hate that side of her).

"I was scared, too." Minako smiled sheepishly at the tan haired girl.

"It's not your fault," Minato smiled lightly to Yukari.

I just sat there quietly listening to her story that reminded me of my parents. They just had to die in front of me. It was the only nightmare I can get during the Dark Hour. Or when I'm not in the Dark Hour it still haunts me. It would be just a plain old nightmare when I'm going to sleep. It just hurts seeing your parents die in front of you is just a scary thing for kids to witness. Oh, how irony loves to treat people with care.

"Thanks... but still..." Yukari was still being dismissive at the response given to her. "And here I am telling you all this the minute you wake up. While I was waiting, I thought to myself, "I've been hiding so many things from them... As soon as they wake up, I'll tell them the truth." So, thanks for listening. I've been wanting to share that story with someone for a long time." Yukari felt more confident now.

"What about you?" Minako asked me.

I sense the same aura that she's trying to remember me somewhere, but to no avail. I gotta get this off my chest too. Everyone at the dorm knows... well not exactly everyone now that Minato and Minako live with us. It might be possible if it could jog their memory. To find the answer they seek if they think I look like someone before. And hope it's them, the friends I've made ten years ago.

"Well, my parents died in a car accident ten years ago also. I was sent to the orphanage for most of my life. I even had two friends that left me all alone. They were adopted," I looked at them with a serious face, but then soften, wishing I never spoke of this. "I actually miss them both, Mi-chan and Nato-kun. They were almost like family to me."

"How did you-" Minako trailed off surprised.

"Know our nicknames?" Minato finished.

Realization finally decided to hit me full force in the face, like when someone bitch slaps you. I looked to both of them surprised. I was wrong, totally wrong. So it was them. No wonder they look familiar. They changed so much. Last time Minako's hair was short, chin long. Minato's was well, short too that barely covered his eyes to where you could actually see them both. Mines were shoulder length but I never tied it in a Chinese bun. It's always flowing when we were younger. But now their hair was either covering their eyes or held in a ponytail with a clip of XXII (22). No wonder I couldn't distinct them. And I always thought the names would have been used for other people too.

"Kari-chan!" They yelled in unison.

"Wait you guys know each other?" Yukari said confused being out of the loop.

"It's been ten years," I said feeling the nostalgia of this familiar hospital on how we became friends in this big foundation. And yes I did ignore Yukari there for a split second or so. But I'll explain everything to her later on about how I met them. I know rude much. But she'll learn a bit more about me as I did her.

"Yeah," agreeing that big time gap of separation affected us greatly on not realizing each other first hand. Though I did see them time to time when we were at school and at the dorms, but we barely talked to each other until now.

I should have talked to them in the first place. How much I regretted it to the last minute when they are in the hospital. Of course I did feel stupid. In truth it felt like I have forgotten who they truly are. But seeing them once again I can finally be at ease. I always felt out of place that I don't know much about Akihiko-sempai, Mitsuru-sempai and Yukari-san. Just the basic average Joe: that they are the most popular students at school. So, I kept myself distant from them, cooperate with them, have small talks, and then leave.

"Well we should let you guys rest. We can catch up on things when you get back," I smiled at them and motioned Yukari to come with. "We'll tell the others you guys woke up."

"Alright, be good patients now. Don't hesitate to call he nurse. See ya guys later," Yukari cheerfully bellowed.

With that said we left the two alone and went back to the dorm having small chat on how I've meet those two for a decade.

~Dorm's Lounge, Evening~

"How's the Arisatos'?" Mitsuru questioned.

"They're fine, they just woken up when we visited them," Yukari replied.

"I asked the doctor that they should be able to check out later on," I added.

"Alright. Thank you, both of you."

We retire to our rooms; I decided to study most of the time until I feel a bit sleepy. But what do I say to them once they get out of the hospital. I'll see them in class anyway. We also have a meeting once they get back to ask them to join SEES. I hope they do though. I can't do this without people I know. I started to feel sleepier, so I decided to close my eyes and hope for the best.