Well here is chapter 2. When you are reading the chapter, I know the event with Chidori in it never happens in the actual game but it's something that I thought would happen in my first play through. Since this is a fanfic I thought I would go ahead and put it in for added drama. Okay. Enjoy!

It was another chilly September day. Minako was sitting in class, her head sitting in her hand. She was listening to the lecture on ancient Japan with half of her brain, the other was figuring out what to do. It was getting closer and closer to the next full moon. She bit her lip. She was always apprehensive during this time but it looked like the others never seemed to pick it up. That was good. She didn't want to worry the others. She had to be the big bad leader who can take on anything with a smile.

A small sad smile slipped out of her mind and onto her face before she could stop it. She would never be able to tell the others how scared she was during some of the battles. Scared for the others as well as scared for herself. She was even scared that one day she would not be able to keep everyone safe.

"Whoa Minako! Way to think positive." She shook her head and focused on the lesson. It was weird but it seemed like she did most of her deep thinking during class. At least she was a pretty good student so her grades didn't suffer too much from these moments. Unlike Junpei who decided to catch up on some sleep during class again.

She sighed. Somehow she felt that he was going to beg for her notes again. Maybe she should put Aigis on Junpei watch. That would make it much easier to deal with him. She smiled at the thought. That would be hilarious to see and knowing Aigis she would go to any lengths to get the job done. Maybe she should try it after all.

It was then when a small piece of paper landed on her desk. A quick look told her it was from Yukari who gave Minako a small wave before returning her attention to the board. Minako checked the teacher's position before opening the note.

"I'm going to visit Chidori today. You should come too. Mitsuru thinks you might be able to get a reaction out of her since you are our leader."

Minako looked up from the note and saw Yukari was glancing back at her. She nodded to signal that she was okay with it before returning her attention to the board again. Great. With this plan, her whole afternoon plan was messed up. Oh well, it couldn't be helped. If by Minako being in the same room as Chidori could help them learn about Strega then she would do it. She felt like SEES would need any lead they could get.

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After school let out Yukari and Minako headed for the hospital. Junpei, Mitsuru and Akihiko were going to meet up with the girls later.

"I can't wait to see Chidori actually," admitted Minako as they crossed a street. "I mean, the last time I saw her was during that last Shadow fight."

"Well you didn't miss much," replied Yukari. "She's pretty much a zombie now. She's been asking for Medea a lot. Oh. There it is."

As they got closer to the hospital, Minako felt her stomach hurt a bit. She didn't like hospitals that much. It was at one that she learned that her parents had died before the doctors could save them. But like always she didn't let it show. She kept up her usually perky attitude as they rode the elevator.

"Well I just hope she says something useful," said Yukari as the doors opened up.

Minako braced herself and followed Yukari out. The hospital floor was full of doctors and nurses going about their daily business. The smell of the hospital made her slightly sick. She wondered how she had managed to sleep here for a week after her collapse after her first persona summoning.

She slowly sucked in another breath. Deep breaths Minako. Calm down.

"Here's Chidori's room," said Yukari as they stopped before one of the doors. Before they could walk in though Yukari's phone rang. "Darn. I thought I put it on vibrate." She checked the number and an annoyed expression crossed her face. "Sorry Minako. It's my mom."

"You can answer it," replied Minako. She knew Yukari was having problems with her mom wanting to remarry. Any instance for them to make-up was good for Yukari. "I'll go in by myself. You join me when you're done talking to her."

"But…"

Minako shook her head. "Yukari. Your mother is trying to reach out to you. Just pick it up and talk to her."

Yukari shot Minako a grateful look before picking up.

Knowing this was a private mother-daughter moment, Minako slipped into Chidori's room. Like all other hospital rooms, it was mostly bare in the decoration department. Of course the girl sitting up in the bed made up for it. Even though she was in a hospital gown she still had the weird headpiece that made it seem like a dagger was going through her head.

"Who are you?" she asked. She stared at Minako with dull brown eyes.

"I'm Minako," replied the brunette as she made her way over to the bedside.

"Minako," Chidori repeated slowly. Emotion seemed to flood her face. "The leader Minako then?"

"Um yeah," replied Minako.

"Then you lead the fights against the Shadows."

"Uh, yeah," Minako wasn't sure where this was going.

Chidori lifted her hands out from under the covers. It was only then that Minako noticed that one of her hands was bleeding. She remembered Mitsuru mentioning that Chidori injuries herself. She could not do anything about it though for Chidori moved with almost inhuman speed. Her hands wrapped around Minako's neck and she squeezed with what Minako felt like was supper-human strength.

"If I get rid of you then the Dark Hour will not disappear."

Minako clawed at the hands around her neck but Chidori seemed immune to the pain. Well the girl cut herself so that could explain it. She really wished she brought her evoker with her or something that would help stop this crazy girl. She turned her red eyes to the door but Yukari wasn't coming in. No way. "Yukari!" she screamed in her mind as she clawed away at Chidori's hands. She could not die here!

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Yukari clicked the off button and stared at her phone. Her mom was pretty much begging her to come back and support her decision to get married. "No way am I meeting one of your new boyfriends," she said angrily to the phone. It didn't help that she had recently found out that her father was behind the whole Dark Hour mess that was going on.

"Hey Yuka-tan! What are you doing out here?"

Yukari groaned and turned around. Junpei, Mitsuru and Akihiko had just left the elevator. Junpei was being his obnoxious self, which was nothing new. "What Stupei?" she asked as she put her phone back in her pocket.

"Where's Arisato?" asked Mitsuru. Even in her school uniform she looked like something out of a fashion magazine. No hair was out of place no unwanted wrinkles. Yukari wondered how she did it all the time.

"She already went in," replied Yukari as she walked over to the door to Chidori's room and pulled it open. She gasped when she saw Chidori's hands wrapped around Minako's neck.

"Minako!" Akihiko pushed past Yukari and rushed to Minako's side and began trying to remove Chidori's hands while Junpei was trying to pull Chidori away from her.

"Chidori! Let go!" yelled Junpei.

"Doctor! Come in quick!" Mitsuru yelled.

Yukari stood shell-shocked as a doctor rushed in and injected something into Chidori's arm. Chidori's grip on Minako slackened slightly and Akihiko used that to pull Minako out of harm's way. The leader of SEES bent over coughing forcefully while rubbing her neck. She sucked in a couple of deep breaths before lifting her head.

"That was surprising," she said lightly, chuckling slightly once she had caught her breath back.

"What happened Mina-tan?" asked Junpei as the doctor began fussing over Chidori. "She's never acted like this before."

"Hang on," spoke up Yukari. "Junpei. She was almost strangled to death. Shouldn't you wait with the questions?"

Minako waved Yukari's concern away. "Oh, I'm fine. Don't worry about it. As for Chidori. It was after she found out I was the leader. She says if she got rid of me then the…" She trailed off and glanced at the doctor before continuing. "that time will still be around."

"I don't think you should visit her again," said Akihiko.

Minako stiffened and she glanced behind her. "Oh Akihiko-senpai," she said in surprise. Yukari wasn't sure but she thought she saw Minako's face turn a slight red.

"I agree Akihiko," replied Mitsuru. She crossed her arms. "It would be a problem if this was to happen again. Even if someone was in the room to help Chidori looked like she would not let go."

"Alright," said Minako.

"I'll take her home," offered Yukari as she suddenly recovered her voice.

"Thank you Takeba," said Mitsuru.

"Be careful on the way back you two," said Akihiko.

"We will," promised Yukari as the two girls stepped out of the hospital room. "I'm sorry Minako," she said softly as they made their way to the elevator.

Minako looked at her in surprise. "For what?"

"If I didn't take the call from my mom then you wouldn't have been in that situation."

"No no!" Minako said quickly. "It's not your fault. I just didn't see it coming, that's all."

"How can you always be like that?" asked Yukari as they stepped into the elevator. "You always act like…I don't know…" Yukari scratched the back of her head. Okay. This wasn't working. Maybe a different topic? "Hey. Do you like Akihiko or something? I noticed that you stiffened when you noticed he was standing right behind you."

From the way Minako froze and was releasing small laughs, Yukari knew she hit it right on the mark. "Wow. I didn't expect that."

"Don't tell him please," she begged. "I'm still trying to figure it out myself."

"Of course not," said Yukari. "Girls honor." She was happy for Minako. The girl was always trying her best with the only reward being the destruction of those huge Shadows. In fact Yukari was sure she had never seen Minako truly upset before. Where did this girl put all the sadness and suffering anyway? Maybe it was good for her to feel love for another.

"Yukari?" asked Minako. "You okay?"

"Fine," replied Yukari quickly. "Just thinking."

"Alright then," said the leader of SEES as the doors to the elevator opened. "Hey, you want to go get something sweet? I know Mitsuru wanted me to go back to the dorm right away but still."

"Sure," replied Yukari. "And there we can talk about your little crush."

Minako looked horrified. "Do we have to?"

"Come on," teased Yukari. "You know you want to."

"No I do not," replied Minako quickly.

This form of bickering went back and forth as they left the hospital on the way to the sweet shop.

Ack! For some reason this chapter was so hard for me to write! I don't know why but it was. X-X. So sorry if it's not up to par with the last one.