Special thanks to Miss Hanamura for correcting my story.
I would like everyone know that I put another poll on who Minato should be paired up with since last chapter Ken mention Minato dating someone before he died. Also I would like to thank everyone who has enjoyed my story so far and all the review you gave me. I appreciate it :)
Also here is Kai's current Social Links status:
Fool Social Link(S.E.E.S Social Link): Rank 2
Magician Social Link(The Kai Akira Social Link): Rank 1
Death Social Link(The Rin Hitoshi Social Link): Rank 1
Judgement Social Link(The Morrgian Social Link): Rank 1
The World Social Link(The Minato Arisato Social Link): Rank 1
Justice Social Link(The Ken Amada Social Link): Rank 1
I decided to call the Magician Social Link 'The Kai Akira Social Link' since it revolves around Kai hanging out with everyone in Gekkoukan High and enjoying whats best in life outside of S.E.E.S. Well anyways enjoy this new chapter :)
Chapter 8
The Fool and the Fool
"I bid you farewell..." The blunette said to the Fool who fell asleep and slowly faded away from the Velvet Room. He placed his compendium on the table and stared at it smiling. "So, this is the true power of the Fools..." The door to the Velvet Room then opened, catching the bluenette by surprise. He thought that it was Kai, but instead a girl that slightly resembled him appeared, curiously looking around the room.
"Where am I?" She asked. The Fool still looking blankly at her then stopped spacing out and looked a bit interested. The girl had crystal turquoise eyes like Kai and black hair that went down to her back. She wore green clip-on headphones and was wearing an England school uniform; she was about 5'2'' in height.
"It seems two Fools will be taking the journey instead of one." He then opened his compendium and three cards brighter than the others appeared, showing the Fool, the Aeon, and The World Arcana. He smiled lightly and welcomed the new guest.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room..." He greeted the crystal-eyed girl. The girl looked at the blunette with a curious look and simply tilted her head.
"Who are you?" The girl asked him.
"My name is Minato Arisato. Pleased to make your acquaintance." He then bowed down and grabbed a set of cards, placing them on the table. "Do you believe in fortune telling?" The girl simply shrugged and he chuckled.
"I see. Well, allow me to tell you your fortune." He then waved his hand up and the Fool Arcana appeared in the upright direction. "Ah... the Fool Arcana. I believe a new journey awaits you." He then waved another card up and the Tower Arcana was shown upright, as well. "... Hmm, it seems this journey will be filled with ordeals and difficulty, as well." He waved his hand one last time and the card was the upright Death Arcana. "At the end of your journey, you will feel a significant change to yourself and transformation. However..." One final card was flipped up and he didn't he wave his arms. It was the reversed Magician. "A loved one of yours will suffer before you can move on..." The cards then floated up and with the snap of the blunette's finger, the cards shattered and began forming into the shape of a contract.
"Before we continue, I would like you to sign a contract to abide by; do not be afraid, it only states that you will take full responsibility of your actions." He waved his hand once again and a inkpot with a feather appeared next to her. At first, the girl was hesitant, but then as a cautionary measure, began signing the contract. When she finished signing it, the contract disappeared and Minato simply smiled before snapping his fingers.
"Hold on to this..." A floating Velvet key appeared in front of her. The crystal-eyed girl then took the key and stared at it for a while before looking back at the blunette. "It seems we must part for now, dear guest..."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Time slowly flies in your world. I wouldn't want to keep you waiting..." The girl then began to get tired. "The next time we meet, you shall come here with your own accordance along with another guest... Till we meet again..." The girl then fell asleep and slowly faded away back to her own world. Meanwhile, Minato snapped his fingers and looked over the contract and saw the name of the crystal-eyed girl. The Former Fool simply smiled at what was written. "It seems I will need Elizabeth's help with this one..." He looked at the paper carefully at what it said.
By abiding by this contract.
I chooseth this fate of my own will
Signed, Hitomi Akira
Thursday, April 19 2013
Afternoon
"Mmm?" The crystal-eyed girl slowly began to wake up and look around the plane that was heading to Tatsumi Port Island. The sound of an engine could be heard, as well as the faint sound of music by Shoji Meguro coming from her headphones. 'Was it all a dream?' She thought to herself. A voice was then heard from the speakers of the plane.
"Attention all passengers! We will now be stopping at Tatsumi Port Island in a few minutes. Please head back to your seats and fasten your seat belts." It then shut off. The female then looked outside the window next to her and saw Port Island. Starting on Monday, she would be a Junior at Gekkoukan High and would be moving into a dorm somewhere around Iwatodai. She then looked at her phone and looked at a picture that was taken 10 years ago, showing Hitomi, her brother, Kai and her childhood friend, Rin. It was taken at the park at Naganaki Shrine. In the picture, Hitomi was wearing a little kindergarten's school uniform and her hair was tied in a ponytail. Kai was shown wearing a white t-shirt and short blue pants. He had shorter black hair and a calm smile. Finally, Rin was wearing a small black jacket and a white shirt with short blue pants like Kai and his bangs weren't covering his eyes just yet. He had a red face when he took this picture. She then smiled lightly and closed her phone before the Plane began to descend down to the ground and to Tatsumi Port Island.
"We have now arrived in Tatsumi Port Island, Iwatodai. Please board off immediately and thank you for riding the Kirijo Airlines. We hope you travel with us again." The voice said before fading away. She grabbed her belongings and headed out of the airport, deciding to travel around Iwatodai. Her first stop was the Naganaki Shrine. She headed to the old shrine and saw that it was still the same as it was ten years ago. The playground was still there after all this time. The same playground that she used to play in years ago. Hitomi then decided to make a prayer and headed to the offertory box. She placed 500 Yen in the box and clapped her hands twice before making her prayer.
"Please great God, help me find my brother and my childhood friend, Rin." She prayed and finished up. She grabbed her bags and continued to look around the city, hoping to find Kai and Rin, as well as the dorm she would be staying in.
Meanwhile, back at the Kirijo Dorms
"Kai, hang in there!" Rin shouted at his dear friend who was incased in a block of ice. The S.E.E.S, members had gotten Ken out who was shivering and freezing, trying to warm himself up. Daiki was casting an Agi spell to thaw the Fool out of his ice prison. Rin was using an icepick to break the thawed ice out, while Michiko helped out by making hot chocolate to warm up the Justice and the Fool when he gets out. She then handed Ken another hot chocolate.
"Thanks a lot, Senpai!" Ken drank the hot chocolate, ignoring the fact that his tongue will be burnt later on. She then nodded before crossing her arms.
"You're welcome..." She simply said. All of a sudden, the frozen Fool opened his eyes inside the block of ice and in an instant, the ice cracke and the Fool was standing, shivering.
"Kai! Are you alright?" The Death asked his cold friend.
"Yea-h-h-h-h. I-I-I t-th-think I'll be fine..." He said, still cold. The Lover then handed the Fool a hot chocolate.
"T-Thanks K-Kawazoe-san." He smiled and drank the hot chocolate, ignoring the pain from the hot drink. For some reason, out of all the boys in this room, she gave Kai a light smile for a short time before she changed back to her regular expression.
"You're w-welcome..."She said with a light red on her face. Mitsuru then appeared in the living room, glaring at both Kai and Ken. Instantly, both of them got scared before she stopped.
"I see both Akira and Amada have survived my execution..." She then turned over to Kai.
"Akira, I would like to speak with you in private." The red-hair heiress requested. The Fool then nodded and headed to the fourth floor where the both of them sat down and a cup of hot tea was poured for Kai. The Fool was a bit scared, but didn't have a choice since if he started to run away, he would only be executed again. So, he had no other choice, but to just sit down.
"Is there something you want ?" He asked. She nodded and took a sip of tea before speaking.
"I heard from Amada that you summoned another Persona..." She paused for a bit. "The Persona that once belonged to 'him'." She said with a crestfallen look. Kai simply nodded his head and heard the voice of Armegin ring in his head.
"The Persona Orpheus you mean?" He asked. She then nodded.
"Yes, I was a bit surprised that you could summon multiple Persona. But after what Amada told me, Orpheus transforming into a new facade and form..." She trailed off.
"Armegin. That's the true form of Orpheus..." The Fool replied.
"I see." Mitsuru then looked at Kai with a serious expression.
"Akira... The power you hold within you is an even more unique power than 'his'... If it isn't too much trouble, I would like you to become the field leader for our operations in Tartarus and Tir Na Nog." The Kirijo group heiress offered him. Seeing that Kai had no choice, but to accept, he just nodded his head and Mitsuru smiled.
"Thank you, Akira. I appreciate your cooperation." She responded.
Kai then felt as if he had grown closer to both Mitsuru and the S.E.E.S; the sound of glass shattering was heard next.
*Crash!*
"Rank 3 Fool Social Link!"
*Crash*
The sound of glass shattering was heard from Hitomi. 'Huh? What was the sound?' She thought, looking around to see what made the sound and found nothing. She was at the Strip Mall in Wild-duck burger, sitting down and eating. She had already ate about 10 large fries, 5 large sodas and 25 mystery burgers, yet she wasn't full, nor gain any weight. 'I wonder what school Kai goes to? Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be able to see him at Gekkoukan.' She giggled while eating her 26th burger and the people around her stared; their mouths were gaped at seeing how she could eat this much.
"That girl is not normal..."
"I thought girls ate a lot, but this is ridiculous!"
"She eats as much as that kid that goes to Gekkoukan High... What was his name?"
Chattering continued around her as she chomped down her food. She didn't mind the peoples' comments and just continued to eat.
The bond of the S.E.E.S. and Kai has gotten briefly stronger once again. A knock on the door was heard.
"Hey, Senpai! The new tenant's here. He's seem to arrive earlier!" Rin's voice was heard behind the door. The two of them rushed down along with Rin and saw the foreign student standing in front of them. He had short black hair that was untidy and a blank expression on his face. Just like everyone else, he wore the Gekkoukan school uniform, as well had a long-sleeved shirt under the regular shirt. Around the collar were earbuds hanging from off his neck. He then waved at them.
"Hi, my name is Terry Sheffield." He said. Kai then approached him and shook his hand.
"Akira Kai. Nice to meet you..." He let go of his hand and let everyone else introduce themselves.
"I'm Hitoshi Rin. Nice to meet you!"
"Ito Daiki. Pleased to meet you..."
"Kawazoe Michiko..."
"Amada Ken. It's nice to meet you Senpai!"
"I'm Kirijo Mitsuru. I didn't expect you to arrive so early, Sheffield." She said.
"Well, a few things changed. So, I had to arrive to the dorm today; sorry for not letting you know." He replied.
"Akira. Would you mind showing Sheffield his room?" The Fool simply nodded and escorted Terry to his room which was on the second floor, the first door to his left.
"All of your stuff has arrived, so all you need to do is unpack." He nodded his head at Kai. "Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to head back downstairs." The Fool added and headed back downstairs, where he saw all the S.E.E.S. members grouped together, discussing something.
"Um, is there something I missed?" Kai asked. They all shook their heads.
"No Akira. It's nothing important." Mitsuru replied. The Fool nodded and decided to join them all. Then the door opened once again and the one who entered was a familiar face to both Rin and Kai.
Evening
"Is this the dorm?" Hitomi looked at the coordinates written down on her paper that led her to the Kirijo dorm. "Guess this is where I'll be staying." The crystal-eyed girl approached the door, carrying her bags with her and opening the door. She entered the building, where she saw a group of people sitting in the living room. Two of them looked familiar to her.
"Um, hello?" Everyone looked at her, especially two of them. They looked at her and were surprised, as well as happy.
"Hitomi-chan! Is that you?!" The Death shouted. It took awhile for Hitomi to realize who he was, but then it popped in her head and she remembered.
"Rin-kun! It's so good to see you again." The two of them hugged and let go and the entire S.E.E.S. members were shocked at what they were seeing. Hitomi then turned to Kai, who she knew in an instant.
"Oniisan! Wow, you've changed a lot. Your hairs gotten longer and you got taller!" She then hugged him and Kai hugged her back.
"It's good to see you too, Imoto." Kai replied. The rest of them looked at Kai and Hitomi.
"Wait a minute? Did they say 'Oniisan and 'Imoto'?" Ken asked. Rin nodded his head.
"Yep. These two are siblings, twins to be exact." Rin replied. Hitomi then introduced herself to the entire S.E.E.S. group.
"I'm Akira Hitomi. Pleased to meet you all; I'll be living here starting today." They were all a bit confused.
"Huh? I thought we only had one transfer student?" Ken asked.
"Actually, that's my fault. I forgot to tell you that another transfer student was going to move in today and I must've forgot about it. But still, I never expected it would be Akira's twin sister." Mitsuru answered Ken. She then turned over to the female Akira.
"Akira. Allow me to show you where your room is." The female twin nodded her head and followed her to the third floor while the chattering continued down in the living room.
"It's a been long time since we've see Hitomi-chan." Rin mused. Kai nodded his head.
"What do you guys mean 'a long time?' I thought Hitomi-senpai lived with Kai-senpai, since they were siblings." Ken said.
"My grandfather asked Hitomi to live with him in Europe when she was at a young age. She was constantly bullied by the kids at school and me and Rin always protected her. But when our grandfather found out about her being bullied, he didn't even care that we protected her; he took her to Europe and she's been living with him ever since. I've been separated from my sister for about 8 years now. I don't think she even knows..." Kai explained.
"I'm sorry, Senpai..." Ken responded.
"It's fine Ken. At least she's back." The Fool smiled.
"Also, I don't think she even knows anything about Personas." Rin added. Everybody nodded their heads.
"Yeah, we should keep that private around her." Michiko replied. Hitomi and Mitsuru then went back down to the living room with a surprised Terry.
"Oh, did you guys find your room alright...?" The Fool asked. They both nodded their heads.
"I would like to let you know that you'll be starting school tomorrow. So for tonight, I would like the both of you to sleep well." They both nodded their heads and the Fool yawned.
"Well, I'm tired. I think I'm going to bed." He said before heading upstairs.
"Sleep well, Oniisan!" Hitomi said to her brother, before he headed up and fell asleep instantly, sleeping away all his worries from today.
Before people start asking me things about this chapter. I will clarify some of them up before anyone starts to asked me.
*Yes I did planned the female protagonist ahead of time. Since both of them will affect a specific role in the story.
*They will have separate social links. However they will still share the bonds of the Fool Social Link; as well as having different Personas to unlock at the end of each social link including the Fool Social link. Also another thing is that one of the siblings may have to reach a certain rank for a social link before the other can form the social link. (i.e. Kai must have a Rank 5 Death Social Link before Hitomi can start the Death Social Link with Rin)
I think that's all I have to say. To clarify some people questions about it also if your still curious about some other stuff that I didn't include. Feel free to put it in the review or PM me and I will reply it on next chapter.
I thinks thats all. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please Review it; Its most appreciative if you did. :)
