Chapter 2: Full Moon
Iwatodai Dorm:
In that evening, Junpei, Yukari, Minato and a girl with blue hair chatted over fast food they had brought from the Iwatodai Strip Mall.
I, though, sat down on the sofa near the door and started thinking about what had happened.
'Who's that girl? I-I can't seem to grasp the memory of who she was… Wait, maybe an item that I have might tell me something…'
I then hurriedly scanned my bag and found nothing.
'Where is it? It should be in here…' Then I got an idea after staring at the item, 'The headphones! This must be it!'
I then picked up the headphones and read a tag on it and it said, "Fuuka Yamagishi…"
And at that instance, Junpei had started talking, so I decided to watch the conversation with Yukiko.
"How was that!" Junpei then put his right foot on a chair, "I'm done baby!"
"How was what? I swear, you get dumber by the years pass… Stupei. And tomorrow is the last day, not today." Yukari shrugged.
"What should I do now?" He said happily.
"I'm sure you'll think of something." Fuuka suggested.
"Ooh… De ja vu…" Minato commented on the event that had taken place.
Yukari then stood up, and walked to Yukiko, "When's Souji-san and the others going to be here?"
"I believe in a few days from now… Rise said she'd be here in a few minutes. She had sent me a message a while ago." Yukiko had replied.
"That's good." Yukari said.
Minato then moved to the sofa near me, "You seem worried, nee-san."
"Oh no… It's nothing. I was just wondering about something. Thanks nii-san." I then took a book in my bag; it was a manga.
'I remember buying this manga 5 years ago… It was about a love story, how a boy and girl got together and lived the rest of their lives happily…'
"Hey, Minato-san, you call your sister by nee-san right?" Fuuka brought a question up.
"Yeah." Minato nodded.
'Yeah, Fuuka-san.'
"So does that mean one of you is older? Not to pry or anything." Fuuka asked, yet again.
'I thought we resolved this issue 5 years ago! How come you don't remember!'
"No, we just got used to it, nothing special." Minato then took a book of his own and started reading.
'Yup, nothing special.'
A while later, two figures had entered the dorm: it was Akihiko-senpai and Mitsuru-senpai.
'I'm sure that their names are those, it matches the items given to me; a rabbit doll and a pair of motorcycle keys.'
Mitsuru and Akihiko immediately rushed to me and gave a sigh of reassuring.
"I'm happy for you… But…" Akihiko had stumbled upon a few words to say.
"Don't worry about that Akihiko." Mitsuru put a slight grin. "We're finally reunited; Aigis though has a lot of things to do, so she'd be here in a few weeks."
Another figure, with brown hair, quite tall and reliable looking came in.
"I-Is that…?" I staggered back and forth through the words.
"Yeah, Hamuko-chan. That's Ken alright." Fuuka then sat down to start eating.
"I heard about it, so I decided to arrive home as quickly as possible." Ken said, with a deeper voice then what I had remembered.
'That's some nice deep voice there, Ken-kun.'
"Did you know, at the time when you were gone, Ken started studying in Gekkoukan?" Minato put a confident grin.
"I'm impressed." I thoughtfully said.
"It was nothing really." Ken put his two hands behind his head and sat down near Junpei.
And yet, another figure had entered the room.
'Four hit combo!'
"I'm here! Risette Kujikawa, reporting for duty!" A girl with brown hair entered the area.
"For some reason, you sounded a lot like Naoto." Yukiko commented. "Make yourself at home."
'Who the heck is Naoto?'
Risette walked to Mitsuru and started a conversation, and at the same time, the others continued theirs.
I then gathered everybody's attention and said, "If I may, can I go out for a while?"
Mitsuru then responded, quite with record timing, "Just be careful out there."
*Tick tock tick tock tick… Dong!*
Tartarus: The Dark Hour
'I knew it would still be here, the dark hour, Tartarus, everything. My revival would mean a lot of change in the world, whether it'd be good or bad.'
I then took a peek inside, and as expected was; a door to the right and the left, a teleporter and a huge entrance door up the set of stairs.
'I'll just take a peek inside…'
I approached the entrance door and it wouldn't budge.
'I'll use the teleporter then…'
I looked at the teleporter and all it said was: "Go to the 263 F?"
'I know this will be hard going in there alone, but I'm curious as to what's there.'
So I stepped into the pad and had teleported…
Meanwhile…
"Are you sure we should be spying on her like this?" Yukari questioned.
"Yeah, I don't like this at all, especially to nee-san?" Minato crouched down to get a better view.
"Her purpose and how she revived are still unknown, Takeba and Arisato. We have to monitor her to ensure her motives are well good." Mitsuru replied.
"This might feel bad inside, Yukari and Minato, but we must know this for our safety." Akihiko assured the others.
Tartarus: 7th Block: Heaven's Gate
The sight was stunning; it was like a ruin all the way in the sky. The clouds could be touched and the floor seemed so old that you'd think it would break any second.
'As expected, shadows are roaming everywhere… The view is breathtaking, literally. I can't breathe well at this height. All I see is a giant Maya and a… Just a Maya? With a cross shaped mask? I've never seen anything like this.'
The view shatters…
The Maya then confronted me with God Hand, but fortunately, I dodged to the side. At that time, I nearly slipped into the abyss.
'Finding a good footing here is harder than dodging this oversized Maya! I have to find a way to extinguish this Maya and fast.'
I then thought for awhile and something was missing.
'What is missing… I think it's something you bring into battle… It's my Naginata!'
I then took my Evoker, but this time, I'm using a card. So I threw the card in the air and broke it using my SEES Evoker. The card then shattered into blue glass shard pieces and…
"Persona!"
A figure, with a tint of orange appeared, similar to that of Orpheus; Master of Strings and indicator that the journey to find the answer to life has begun. This time, had a gold lyre, yellow hair and an orange red body frame.
"Thou art I… And I am thou… From the sea of thy soul I cometh… I am Orpheus Telos, Master of Strings… By bonding with many people I was born from the seal of the soul once again. This time, with the power of Cipher, which holds endless possibilities. "
Orpheus Telos then raised its harp and struck its strings to create a wonderful tone, one that summoned a huge explosion from the heavens.
"Morning Star!"
The Maya then disintegrated into thin air.
You've obtained a key of some sort!
'That was simple. I wonder what this key is for…'
I then proceeded to the next floor, which was right behind it.
'That stair looked so close… But it's actually so far… I'm exhausted…'
"Traesto!"
As soon as I got out of Tartarus, I went immediately to my room and rested for the night.
'Man that was some short stroll in Tartarus.'
Iwatodai Dorm: Wednesday: March 4, 2015
Once changed to my everyday clothes, I then hurried downstairs.
"You slept for quite awhile, um…" Risette sat at near the computer.
'What the heck is she asking from me! Recall what happened yesterday…'
And yet, another figure had entered the room.
'Four hit combo!'
"I'm here! Risette Kujikawa, reporting for duty!" A girl with brown hair entered the area.
"For some reason, you sounded a lot like Naoto." Yukiko commented. "Make yourself at home."
Risette walked to Mitsuru and started a conversation, and at the same time, the others continued theirs.
'I see… She didn't get to ask me my name.'
"Hamuko Arisato. You can just call me Hamuko, Risette-chan." I finished her sentence.
"You don't have to call me by that; everyone just calls me by Rise." Risette then started surfing the internet.
"Where's everybody?" I asked a question that should've been obvious but I just got lazy.
"Everybody's at the Graduation Day ceremony. Yukiko-senpai though had some plans for today, so she left early also."
"Well, I'll just be over there watching the Television for the rest of the day." I started moving for the remote on the sofa.
After a silent day at the dorm…
"We're home!" Junpei bust the doors open and immediately ran for the table for another go at fast food.
'Fast food again…'
"There's no place in the world that Stupei would be considered a non-problematic person." Yukari walked in to sit at the table where Junpei went.
'If you think he's problematic, why'd you go to him then?'
"It's okay; it is the last day of school." Fuuka walked with Yukari.
"It's summer time!" Minato shouted in the whole of the dorm.
'It's summer time?'
Akihiko and Mitsuru though, just sat down on the sofa and took a sigh.
"Anything wrong Senpai's?" I asked, wondering what had happened.
"No, it's just that it was a whole load off our backs. You'll see it next year." Akihiko gave an assuring answer.
Ken then entered the room, "I can't wait to do something."
"Why don't you play poker with us?" Junpei brought up an idea.
'Poker huh? I remember that game.'
"Don't teach Ken-kun those games!" Yukari sounded angry.
"Crap! Yuka-tan's enraged!" Junpei had a wide-broad look in his eyes, "And besides, you always win."
'Me, Junpei-san, Kenji-san and Yukari-chan playing poker… Minato and Aigis were sleeping though. Good times…'
"Ah, whatever, let's do this." Yukari then gave up on her idea to play with Junpei.
'I'm not going to play this time.'
"I'll play too." Minato then walked over to the area and then whispered to Junpei, "We'll never win at this game right?"
"What are you talking about?" Junpei had a grin, "Let's go for an all out attack."
"This seems fun." Ken decided to join in.
'Of course it is Ken-kun.'
"Alright!" Junpei then whispered to Ken, "Are you ready?"
"Let's do this." Ken gazed upon Yukari.
"Ugh… Men." Yukari sighed as she looked at Ken's gaze.
'I see Yukari-san…'
And finally, Yukiko went inside the room.
"Yo! Yuki-chan!" Junpei greeted as Yukiko entered the room.
'Aw… It's just a three hit combo for today…'
"I brought some ingredients for the kitchen." Yukiko said as she stepped foot inside the dorm.
'Ingredients for what?'
"That's great, just put them in the kitchen, Amagi." Mitsuru ordered while reading a magazine.
It was getting near midnight, so I wanted to look around.
"Can I go out?" I asked, hoping it would be yes.
"Just be careful." Fuuka, this time, answered.
"I have some errands to do, so I'll go as well." Rise then stood up from the computer and ran out the door ahead of me.
Moonlight Bridge: Dark Hour
'Why'd I end up here? I thought I was going to Tartarus.'
At the eerily green full moon, I walked on the bridge. And to my surprise, I saw what seemed to be a Persona I've seen before, in my compendium. There was one thing though different about it…
'That's definitely a Yurlungur! Except… The ends… It seems as though it had cross shaped masks…'
I then remembered what had happened yesterday…
'As expected, shadows are roaming everywhere… The view is breathtaking, literally. I can't breathe well at this height. All I see is a giant Maya and a… Just a Maya? With a cross shaped mask? I've never seen anything like this.'
'It must be a shadow… I'm so lucky to have brought my Naginata with me.'
I then heard a voice from behind, it was Rise.
"I'll help you from here, that's a shadow right? I'll have to go as soon as you're done with it." Rise hid behind a car in the bridge.
'Why in the world did you end up here?'
"Thanks for the help." I then rushed into battle.
The view then shatters…
As soon as the battle had started, I asked Rise to scan the enemy, "Scanning the enemy."
I then took out a card and shot it with my Evoker.
"Debilitate!"
The opponent's movement had become slower, its guard went down and its strength went down.
The enemy then used a Bufu type skill, which was Niflheim.
I then got hit with it and decided to counter Niflheim with a Zio type skill.
"Thunder Reign!"
It then repeated the same skill; Niflheim. It had more power due to stacking chills across my body.
'If this gets any colder, I'm going to freeze to death!'
And that time, Rise had finished scanning.
"I… Feel power on this scan…" Rise said as she used Full Analysis, "I didn't know I can do this."
'Don't copy Fuuka-chan.'
Lv. 112 Name: Temperance
Temper.
HP: ?
SP: ?
Slash-Strike-Pierce-Agi-Bufu-Zio-Garu-Hama-Mudo
-O-O-O-Str-Dm-O-O-Null-Null
Skills:
?
'Temperance Arcana! I've never fought anything with an Arcana like that…'
Freezing to death, I decided to cure it.
"Salvation!"
A white light then surrounded my body and I felt refreshed at that instant.
The enemy then used Mudoon to me, but then I dodged the area where the spell had taken place.
'I'm not sure if I have those Personas with me right now, but I might as well try.'
I then took a card and broke it the same time I shot myself with my Evoker.
"Armageddon!"
A huge beam came from the ground from which was being channeled by two Personas: Lucifer and Satan.
The enemy then stood up and I realized that the battle wasn't done. It then used an Agi type skill, which was Ragnarok.
I had managed to dodge it, but a piece of my shirt caught fire.
'No way…'
"Amrita!"
The burning feeling on my right shoulder had subsided and I immediately started to move again. I then shot another card, which summoned an explosion from the heavens.
"Morning Star!"
A huge beam from the sky dropped and started an explosion, to my surprise, Temperance had still survived.
'What is this!'
The snake like figure then started charging up for something, it didn't seem obvious what it was going to do, so I took guard.
'I wonder what this is…'
It started to expand and a huge explosion from it had appeared and wiped the surrounding area. Next thing I knew, the shadow was gone.
You've gained a level! Your stats have increased!
'I'm glad it wasn't that devastating… It was survivable… But I think I'm forgetting something…'
I then had a thought pop inside my head, "Huh!"
'That must be it!'
I faced backwards and ran in the direction that Rise was in. She was lying in the ground, motionless, but still breathing.
'Oh no…'
I then took my Evoker and shot a card to summon Orpheus Telos once more, "Please Orpheus… Use Diarahan."
Orpheus Telos then waved its harp and started strumming it, and a wonderful tone had flooded the area.
'It might take awhile till she wakes up, but I'm sure her wounds have healed.'
And out of nowhere everyone from the dorm was running this way.
"Why are they here!" I faced Orpheus, "Cloak mode!"
Orpheus Telos then blended with the colors of the green sky and was nowhere to be seen.
Everybody then watched the motionless Rise and Mitsuru then questioned, "What happened!"
Fuuka then came from behind Mitsuru and alerted, "I feel a strong presence…"
Minato asked a question immediately, "Where!"
"It's coming from… Hamuko-chan!" Fuuka pointed her finger towards the presence as if she was accusing it of something.
'She can sense with the cloaking now! I'm in big trouble… Um… What's my options?'
"It's a big misunderstanding!" I tried to persuade.
'There we go! I like that reversal, it never works!'
"Did you see what you've done to Rise!" Yukari had an infuriated tone.
"Everybody to battle station!" Mitsuru then took out her Rapier and pointed it straight at me.
"I know you look a lot like my nee-san, but my nee-san has been dead a long time ago! I've known this and accepted it! How dare you disguise yourself as her and do this! There's no way my nee-san would do this! En Garde!" Minato took his short sword and pointed it like Mitsuru.
I reach my MP3 Player and played the music "Heartful Cry" on it, then took out my Naginata to prepare for battle.
'There's no way out of this! I can't back down…'
Author Notes:
Just in case you don't know, the signs are as the following:
This is either a flashback, or scanning a shadow.
In a flashback, all words are in Italics.
This means places or time.
The sign means a message in a battle or a message to the character.
'These are the thoughts of the main character.'
"This has to do with quoting."
This is either a message indicating sound or going into a battle. Sound is included with *
The view then shatters… That means going into battle.
When in the scanning phase, there is a sign that is "O," that means an attack is neither nulled, drained or repelled, it means it's just "-" in the actual game.
I used - Because Editing this in , won't let me do spaces in it.
I'm pretty sure it's going all so fast, but I just started to remove the main points. Getting the main points done fast is great right? But then again... I don't think so...