YAY! The 12th chapter is here. OMG. I know this is exciting isn't it. This is the battle of the Shadow Priestess Arcana thing which looked really ugh. I don't want to imagine that right now, on the monorail. And after that we will save Fuuka, battle the emperor and empress, battle in Shirakawa boulevard with the hierophant, have the little shower scene, battle the lover, go to Yakushima, meet Aigis, etc. Let's go! Oh yeah disclaimer time... WHEE!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERSONA 3/FES/PORTABLE IN ANY WAY THEY BELONG TO ATLUS. THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY OC NOAMI AND A COPY OF THEIR GAME OF P3P.

Minato: Why do we have a hyper active author?

Minako: I don't know...

Junpei: She's probably high on something.

JPR8686 (me or justplainrandom8686): I'm not high I'm just bored. I've been sitting on my ass for so long typing this story up for the past month and this is how I get appreciated by you guys. Plain rude, maybe I should stop typing this then.

Akihiko *on stage*: Come on you guys the chapter is about to begin we can't keep the readers waiting!

The Three: Coming Sempai! *Runs towards the stage and ended up crashing down*

Junpei: WHAT THE HELL? THAT HURT!

Minako: JUNPEI GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!

Minato: BETTER YET HOW 'BOUT YOU GUYS GET OFF ME!

JRP8686: Whoops. ^^' I accidentally press the trap door button instead of the spotlights! Sorry! Hehehe :D Serves you guys' right for saying I'm high. So let the stories begin!

~May 9, 2009 Morning~

Going to school, Akihiko-sempai greeted us at the school gates.

"Hey have you been training in Tartarus?" The senior asked.

"Yup! Don't worry about it Sempai," the twins answered while I was minding my own business.

"Great. Once my wounds heal up I'll be back in action. Just don't rely on me alright," with that said the bell rang to signal all students to get to their respective rooms. So we decided to casually walk there talking about different things besides Tartarus.

~Dark Hour, Command Room~

No karate club today, but we all have to be back at the dorms early since this is a full moon operation. Mitsuru-sempai and I are in the command room trying to get signals outside of Tartarus. But all we hear is static from the small portable device. Sometimes I wonder if this is much of what the red-headed personas, Penthesilea can do, along with mines. My persona wasn't much of a scanner persona more of a battle type. Mitsuru-sempai then sighs out of frustration as Akihiko-sempai entered the room.

"You guys are still at it?" Sempai, shocked to see us still tampering with the radio.

"Yeah. You never know when the enemy might appear," Mitsuru-sempai being cautious.

"But, I thought you couldn't scan outside of Tartarus? Even if you had help from Naomi," the male senior retaliated on Mitsuru-sempai's efforts.

"To be honest, I lack the power..." she looked down clutching her shoulder arm tightly, "Maybe this is the best Penthesilea can do in terms of data gathering. Although, the power of Persona seems to be much broader than I thought. We've even got someone who can switch Personas in the middle of battle."

She has to be referring to the Arisato Twins. Though I do admit when Mitsuru-sempai and the others saw how they battle from time to time when we went to Tartarus she sense the ability of how they could summon multiple Personas, which I am sometimes jealous of since I can only summon two. My contract was nullified 'cause of some circumstances that happened long ago. I couldn't complete the task at hand.

"There's something special about their ability. It hasn't been that long since his awakening, either," Mitsuru-sempai finished.

"I got to admit, I was surprised too," Akihiko-sempai then added. "But in the end, it's up to them whether or not they can reach their full potential."

After hearing that I went back to work on the radio device and searched for anything while the seniors are still talking. Turning different knobs on the communicator I somehow got it to locate a Shadow nearby.

"I think I found something!" I exclaimed bursting up from my seat.

"Huh?" Mitsuru-sempai then closed in seeing that it was a Shadow that the cruddy device located. "It really is a Shadow!"

"What? You actually found one?" Akihiko-sempai ran to our spots peering onto the communicator.

"Um, Sempai, something's not right. It's way too big for it to be a normal Shadow," I muttered as I watched the readings of the Shadow escalating that reaches over the charts. "We've never encountered anything like-" Oh no. Soon realizing how bad it was, I remembered it was one of the battles on the roof when the dorm was attacked. Damn it. It's one of them again.

"You mean it's one of those!" Akihiko-sempai screeched (not literally) in astonishment.

"I guess so," I muttered again while Mitsuru-sempai said it must be.

"Well then, this is gonna be fun," Akihiko-sempai being again amused by the sudden danger that might lurk when battling the big ol' bad Shadow. "I'll wake up the others." With that said he ran to the monitor and pressing the warning button.

For a little while the quad finally made it as I watched the monitor of where the Shadow might be. This will be a long night as always when it comes to the Dark Hour. Maybe not long enough. I didn't want to deal with anything else right now, but this is my top priority to stop any Shadows lurking in the city.

"We're here!" Yukari announced.

"Where is it? I'll rip it to a new one!" Junpei exclaimed.

"We've detected a Shadow outside of Tartarus," I informed the group. "We don't know for sure, but we think it's another big one."

"We have to defeat any of them we find, as quickly as possible," Mitsuru-sempai added in. "Most people don't know the Dark Hour exists. But, if half the city is destroyed, there will be panic."

"That must be avoided at all cost," I finished for her.

"In other words, we need to kick some ass, right? Well count me in!" Junpei is again being ecstatic on the idea. He really likes being the hero even though no one would recognize us for it which is a shame. Yukari sighed and muttered Junpei's name.

"Akihiko, you stay here and wait for the Chairman," Mitsuru-sempai ordered.

"Wha-! Are you kidding! I'm going!" He complained childishly.

"You still need to recover. You'll just be a hindrance," Mitsuru-sempai argued back. Okay that must really hurt his pride by striking that poor little nerve of his. He muttered an "I can't believe this shit."

"They'll fare better than you, in your current state, Akihiko-sempai," I placed my arm on my hip as I slightly leaned on my left leg. "Have faith in them, Sempai... They're ready. You'll get your chance. But for now, wait for the Chairman."

Akihiko was still reluctant about letting them go but has to agree to it. He then muttered, "Damnit..."

"Relax! I've got it covered!" Junpei took over the conversation.

"I guess I've got no choice..." he turned to the Twins, "You two are in charge."

"Them again...?" Junpei complained that he didn't get to be the leader like last time. Like I said before he is unreliable source to have the thoughts of jumping into action without much thought to it. That's why he should never ever be the leader in anything at all.

"We're counting on you..." Mitsuru-sempai glided up to them placing high hopes of them to be safe.

"We'll do it," they said in unison.

"Heh, looks like you're stuck plain' the leader again... sucks to be you." Junpei sarcastically remarked.

"You should let the three of them go first, Sempai," I added in. "If you're providing backup out there you'll need time to get ready, right?"

"Wait for me in front of the station. I'll be there as soon as I can." Mitsuru-sempai ordered.

"Got it. Alright, let's go!" Yukari led the group out the command room.

~Port Island Station~

We were waiting for Sempai to arrive with her equipment outside the station. Minato and Minako were sitting on the stairs on one side with Mad Bull to drink. Junpei was on the other side of where the twins were sitting, drinking an energy drink. Yukari was standing doing a look out of the area. I was on the tip of the stairs looking out to the world. If only the Dark Hour didn't exist. This would have been one of the most beautiful nights ever. Turning away, down the stairs, I sat down right in front of Minato. For some reason I ended up leaning up against his shin. I guess staying up till midnight really made me a bit tired. Minato looked down at me which I had the feeling he did. He didn't shuffle or anything. I guess he must have known that I didn't get any rest when we were waiting for the Dark Hour, seeing if we could find anything since I got back to the Dorms to help Sempai. 'She must be really tired. If only I could tell her to at least take a quick nap. Even my sister ended up taking a quick nap on my shoulder.' Minato thought as he stared at us two for leaning against him as if he were some kind of pillow.

"Where is she?" Yukari worriedly asked as she scouted the area.

"She'll be here soon," Junpei reassured.

"There's a full moon tonight..." Yukari added in as she looked up to the sky. Everyone in turn did the exact same thing. "But, it looks even creepier during the Dark Hour..." And there she goes, whining about everything. And yes I do admit it... I hate whiny people. While we were mesmerized by the moon we hear motor running in the distance.

"...Huh? What the…?" Junpei looked around to find the source, as everyone else. That is... until he saw something really surprising for him to see. Mitsuru then revved up towards us, me jumping back before I could get run over. Which I do have to admit is not a pretty sight to see. One thing is how the Kirijo group can make something for the Dark Hour so easily. That I will never know.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Mitsuru-sempai said after she removed the key from the ignition and removing her helmet. Someday I will get one for my own. Motorcycles are so cool. "Listen carefully. Tonight, I'll be providing support from here. Everything else is the same. The Shadow is currently located inside the monorail, not far from the station. To get there, you'll have to walk on the tracks."

"Are you serious? Isn't that dangerous...?" Junpei panicked at the idea of walking on the tracks of the monorail. I think he just forgot that nothing works in the Dark Hour... I anime sweat dropped. Idiot.

"Don't worry, no electrical equipment is operable during the Dark Hour, including the monorails," Mitsuru-sempai reassured.

"But, your bike..." Junpei still can't believe of the idea, and wasn't sure if there were other electrical devices might work during this hidden hour.

"It's special," Mitsuru-sempai lightly smiled at the handy device on how it could operate in the Dark Hour unlike any other. "Now, if circumstances change, I'll notify you immediately." She turned back to being serious as the communicator beeped. "Let's get started."

"Okay," Yukari nodded her head.

"L-Let's do this!" Junpei seemed a bit reluctant, but agreed as we all left to pay a visit to our little "friend:" the Shadow.

~Tracks to Monorail Train~

We were in our battle stance on the tracks. Mitsuru-sempai informed us about the Shadow being 200 meters ahead. Confirming that we got our Shadow locked we started to run towards the train which wasn't very far.

"This is it... right?" Yukari looked at the train ahead of us.

"Can you all hear me?" Mitsuru-sempai spoke trough the communicator.

"Yes, we can hear you loud and clear, Sempai," I answered. "We just got here, but we don't see anything out of the ordinary..."

"The readings are definitely coming from that monorail. Proceed with caution and stay together," Mitsuru-sempai warned and signed off.

"Alright," I respond and turned to the quad.

"Heheh, my Persona's just beggin' to be used!" Junpei is excited again. Nodding our heads we headed towards the ladder where the opening was. Yukari climbed up first.

"...Don't look up," Yukari paused half way and turning back to the two guys that was standing to the side. Almost forgot about that. Good thing Yukari warned them or else they'll get a good look. They nodded and Yukari went up then Minako then me. When all the girls are up the guys went with Minato first then Junpei.

~Monorail 10th/11th Carriage~

"This poor stiff must be a passenger..." Junpei spoke as he saw the black coffin sitting there with its eerie red glow. "He's been Transmogged, huh... creepy." He admitted it. "So... guys like him don't remember a thing, right? It's probably better that way."

"Huh...? Wait a minute. We're not at a station, but the doors are wide-" Yukari notice the flaw, but was cut off when the door closed off on us while Junpei ran towards the door only to get his finger caught in a bad place.

"Damn, it won't open!" Junpei trying to pry the door open along with his fingers. "Ow, my fingers! Will you look at them! They're all jacked up!" Junpei's finger throb a light red. Damnit all and its irony. Growling under my breath I cursed colorful words of how stupid that I didn't notice it before. It's a damn trap that the Shadow planned out. It forced open the door and to lead us in here to probably kill us or suck our brains dry to a raisin.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Mitsuru-sempai spoke through the communicators again sounding worried.

"It looks like we're trapped inside..." Yukari informed the support senior.

"It must be the Shadow... It knows you're there. Be ready for anything! Proceed with extreme caution!" She then signed off.

"R-Roger!" Yukari stuttered a bit.

"Right!" I confidently spoke.

"We'll handle this!" The twins finally spoke. With everything said we ran down the train getting into the next cart. I felt bad that most of the passengers won't be able to escape during the hour, since they might get hit with any battles that might go on. Let's hope they don't get in the way.

~8th/9th Carriage~

"What the there's no Shadows!" Junpei exclaimed of the weird phenomenon. So we continued down the carriage without any trouble. Though, I feel like something is wrong here. This is my instincts talking mostly. Things have been way too easy from the start. No Shadows attacked when we were in the last cart or this cart. This doesn't make any sense at all.

"This is really creepy," Yukari then complained as we continue down the carriage to only be jumped by a Shadow that's in front of us. Yukari gasp as Junpei yelled as he tried to go after the retreating Shadow. I knew something is wrong.

"Wait. Something's not right... The enemy is acting strangely," Mitsuru-sempai finally spoke.

"But, if we don't go after it, we're gonna lose it!" Junpei was frustrated for not going up against the Shadow.

"Minato, Minako, you're in charge over there. What do you think?" Mitsuru- sempai asked the two leaders of the group for any suggestions.

"I think we should be careful," the twins responded.

"Yes, I agree."

"But, why would it retreat after revealing itself? It doesn't make sense," I added in with a confused tone as I thought about the event that took place a few minutes ago. It's not right. Something is really wrong. But, what is it? I'm thinking he's trying to lead us somewhere.

"Who needs your advice?" Junpei stomped his foot on the ground and yelled at the leaders out of frustration. "We can beat that thing no problem! Hell, I'll do it myself!" With that said he ran off.

"Junpei! Wait!" Yukari panicked as he watched his figure disappear to just a mere shadow.

"Watch out! Behind you!" Mitsuru-sempai exclaimed as she sense the Shadow stalking behind us. The shadows dropped down on us and thus the battle began.

I took my place at the side of where Mi-chan was. Minato next to her and then Yukari surrounding the two enemies. With four against two this should be no problem.

"Sempai, scan the target, please!" Minako ordered.

"Very well. Give me a moment," Mitsuru-sempai said as she went to tracking the Shadows weakness. The enemy looked like floating tattered beds of sheet with a brown book hanging from a light blue to aquamarine colored basket like crown. And of course the red mask to go with it.

Minato started off with summoning Omoikane, a Persona of a brain with jellyfish like tentacles for arms. I heard of this persona that has the knowledge of everything. Which I'm very impressed that they do actually have knowledge of things they worked out, which he attacked with zio, an electrical attack which was strong so it killed it off. Minako went next in turn and summoned Yomotsu-Shikome. She tried a mudo attack which didn't help much considering its low chances of killing it. Then the last enemy attacked with a simple slash attack on me which I easily dodged. Then the next turn is Yukari who went with a garu skill and was able to take little damage. Yukari is a bit weak since she has the lowest HP and SP out of everyone. So we try to make sure she doesn't pass out first. I was last and I used my fan and threw towards the Spurious Book. As the flying metal fan flew in a fast pace, The Spurious Book took heavy damage and killed it off to a black smoke.

"Hurry! I'm worried about Iori," Mitsuru-sempai warned as the battle ended.

"This is just what the enemy wanted..." Yukari sighed as she spoke to us.

"We have no choice," Mitsuru-sempai spoke. "You have to go after him, or you'll be picked off one by one." That's just great. A nice welcoming present to only be taking out one by one by Shadows. Like those scary movies when you're cursed for entering a house. It's the grudge all over again. Whoopty freaking doo.

"Damnit, Stupei! What are you thinking?" Yukari yelled at thin air as she stomped the monorail, using a new nickname she made up for the capped persona user.

"From what I can tell, he's only a few cars ahead," Mitsuru-sempai informed.

"Okay, we'll catch up to-" Yukari began as we ran but only to be stopped short on more Shadows that appeared from the next carriage. Just my luck, it's just one battle to the next. Really now! REALLY! "Gah! Get out of our way!" Yukari is now furious.

Knowing now we have three enemies. Two are the same like last time and a new enemy that looked like a cross and a red and blue scale at the same time. Of course like last time we attacked normally with zio, garu, my fan/sword, and buff/de-buff attacks. After the battle we continued down the cart.

~6th/7th Carriage~

Of course Junpei isn't here. You know what I'm going to start calling him Stupei too. That idiot. We ran until Yukari spoke about Junpei knowing that it's reckless for going on his own like this and blah, blah, blah. Nothing much, but coffined people. No Shadows in the area too. But I bet there's some in the next cart.

~4th/5th Carriage~

Almost there. Oh wait I stand corrected. Make that we are here. Junpei was facing off with three shadows on his own. It even looks like he's struggling. I might as well go help him. Idiot. No joke.

"Junpei!" Yukari yelled his name as we approached.

"...I've got it under control!" Junpei fought off the Shadows, but still getting beaten up a bit.

"Yeah right! Even if you got it "under control," you still need our help!" I yelled back at his idiocy.

"Take this, you freak of nature!" Junpei swung his two handed sword around trying to defend himself and attack at the same time. How long can he keep this up? I sighed frustrated. We ran up to him so we decided to help out.

The enemy has the scale shadow, the floating sheet shadow and a pink hand like shadow with a ring... I don't know who comes up with these forms. Of course we do the usual with Minato with zio, Minako with buff/de-buff, Yukari with garu, Junpei with physical attacks with his Persona, but take down his health, and mine the usual fan/sword. It wasn't hard since we trained in Tartarus for a while. So we're strong enough to take them out with one attack. Once the battle is over we walked up to Junpei who was on the floor wiped out from the attacks the Shadows made.

"See! That's what happens when you don't listen!" Yukari scolded. "...So, are you alright?" Yukari turned too concerned.

"O-Of course I am..." Junpei muttered. "I was doin' just fine..."

"Excuse me!" Yukari took the meltdown.

"Be careful you three!" Mitsuru-sempai finally spoke warning us about something. "I don't detect any movement, but stay alert!" We took our stance and watched our surroundings. That's when we heard a screeching rumble in the system. Wait, are we moving? The handles that hung from the bar swung back and forth and the train vibrated.

"Ugh! The train is moving!" I exclaimed as the quad looked at me with a shocked face.

"It seems the monorail is under the enemy's control..." Mitsuru-sempai spoke calmly. Why is she calm about this? Next thing we know we're going to crash! This is bad really bad news.

"Whaddya mean "it seems," Yukari remarked as we looked out the windows.

"This does not look good..." Junpei muttered, as the scene pass by out the windows.

"...If we can't stop that thing it'll crash into another train!" Mitsuru-sempai exclaimed. Oh now you thought of it. A little late don't you think?

"NO!" Yukari screamed.

"Calm down and listen. Even though my Persona is kind of a scanner, there is a strong presence in the front car. That must be the reason why this train is moving and the one we are after," I explained to them as naturally as I can. But I'm kind of scared right know seeing how fast we are going. Calculating that, it must be... at least 40 mph. At this rate it's about 5 minutes. Yup. What a beautiful night it is, huh? But, after I said that, three more enemies appeared. Two pink hands and a table with floating kitchen knives and other utensils.

"What kind of crazy ride is this?" Junpei yelled as he ran towards the Shadows in hoping to defeat it. And of course we did and continued on. (Sorry got too lazy to explain the battle scene here. You get the point already).

~2nd/3rd~

This wasn't much besides battling out Shadows and what not.

~Front Cart~

Running up Junpei exclaimed, "There it is...!" Then saying, "What the hell?" And from the looks of it the Shadow looked like a lady, with a baby blue cloth on the bottom with her legs spread out. Half her body is black and white with a pink butterfly mask. The weird tentacles spread around the cart that's also black and white which seems like her hair. This is the Shadow of the Priestess Arcana.

"Is this the friggin' Boss?" Junpei did not believe on what he is seeing. And I got to admit. I agree with Junpei for once.

"We're in the front car: it's gotta be!" I yelled back at him.

"Hurry!" Mitsuru-sempai commanded. With that said we rushed into battle. With the time ticking down and the boss is in front of us, this is our lives at stake when the car is speeding down the track at a lightning pace. (AN: Too lazy to describe the battle scene again sorry... on to the story ^^').

"Did we make it in time?" Junpei still panic stricken. "Hey!" Why're we still moving?"

"We're going too fast!" We have to put on the brakes or else...!" Yukari yelled.

"What are you waiting for? There's a train up ahead!" I yelled as I used my persona's ability to scan a little bit on what up ahead.

"Damnit! I don't know how to stop this thing!" Junpei freaking out as the train up ahead closed in.

"Kyaaah!" Yukari screamed as the twins and somehow, I ended up pulling the brakes.

With one tug, there was screeching in the background as we started to tumble around the front, landing almost on top of each other, as Yukari and Junpei were trying to hide from the impact. Fudge... I closed my eyes and prayed that we're going to be alive. I swear how many times I will die during the dark hour. I don't mind being unconscious, but dying is a whole different story. As soon as the screeching of the monorail stopped, I slightly opened my eyes to take a peek. I'm alive? Sweet! I am! I got up to see that we're mere inches away from the other monorail. So~ freaking close for comfort... I sighed in relief. We got up and walked calmly to the two who were still cowering.

"D-Did we stop...?" Junpei muttered out.

"I-I think so..." Yukari added in.

"Is everybody alright?" Mitsuru-sempai spoke through the communicators.

"Don't worry, Sempai. We are," I calmly spoke to her to give her our status.

"Ha, haha... My knees are shaking..." Yukari faked laugh as she still trembled like a helpless pup.

"Dude... I'm like drenched in sweat..." Junpei got up wobbling at the process.

"I'm so glad you're safe..." Mitsuru sighed in relief. "I'm sorry I couldn't do more on my end. I don't detect any more Shadows. You guys did a great job, so come on home." She congratulated as we started to walk out the monorail.

"But, how did you guys know which one was the brake?" Yukari asked as we were walking.

"I trusted my instincts," Minato and I spoke at the same time.

"Women intuition," Minako spoke.

"You guys saved me again," Yukari mumbled. "...Thanks."

~Command Room~

BEEP! "Akihiko here," The silver senior answered as the Chairman stood right beside him.

"This is Mitsuru. We've successfully completed the operation. The monorail didn't sustain any noticeable damage," The red headed senior reported any causality.

"Thank you, Mitsuru," The Chairman spoke after her. "When I heard they'd hijacked a monorail I feared the worst. Well done. Now, I don't have to worry about tomorrow's headline."

"The team did a great job," Mitsuru reported. "They're learning quickly."

"But, what are the Shadows up to?" Akihiko muttered, contemplating on the Shadows motives. "Taking over a monorail... This is getting out of hand."

"I'll be looking into the matter," Ikutsuki suggested.

"Does this mean... It's begun?" Mitsuru asked about what she thinks of the Shadows.

"Hmmm... Let's not jump to any conclusions," Ikutsuki taking the info he had and trying to "piece it together." "For now we should study their behavior patterns or clues. We cannot afford to always wait for them to make the first move."

"If I had more power, things wouldn't be so difficult for the others," Mitsuru a bit deceived of her limitations.

"Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing fine," Ikutsuki reassured her. "More importantly... Do you have anything to drink, Akihiko?" The Chairman asked the silver senior. I guess that's why he seemed tired. He must have ridden his bike here. Serves him right... I still don't like him. He was panting a bit when he spoke to Mitsuru and I heard the whole conversation.

"Huh...? Why do you look so tired Ikutsuki-san?" The senior did not notice the wiped out advisor. "Wait... Don't tell me that bicycle outside is yours?" He realized the difference of why the bike was out in the dorms.

"Boy, am I gonna be sore tomorrow!" He placed both his hands on his knees faking the stance that he is alright.

Sorry peoples for the two weeks of no updating... I've been really busy with school... I know this is a lame excuse I do in almost every chapter but high school is tearing me down with projects, after projects, after projects. I barely get any free time. Well hoped you enjoyed this chapter. And I might say... this is the longest chapter I've made in so long. Over 5,000 words! What and accomplishment! :D okay till the next chapter or update peoples. :) BYE!