Special thanks for Miss Hanamura for correcting this chapter for me.

Before I start this chapter. I would like to let you know that this chapter is about The two Fools path(Minato and Kai) and what events occurred during that time. I will be adding another Past event chapter like this every time a Arcana Shadow is defeated and will display a memory of their past.

Also I'll be ending the poll tomorrow around at 3pm pacific time. On who Minato's lover is and this will sort of impact Minato a bit. Since he cares about that person.

Well enjoy. :)

Chapter 9

The Fools' Pasts

(Magician)

Friday March 5, 2009

Morning

The voices and footsteps of his friends could be heard, getting closer and closer, as the Fool began to get sleepier and sleepier.

I guess my time here is up... The Fool thought, as his eyelids began to get heavier and heavier. He looked up at his dear beloved as she was next to him. The blunette then mustered up the last of his strength to say his final words.

"...I'm feeling tired. Do you mind?" He asked. She shook her head and smiled at him whom smiled back and slowly closed his eyes, as a blue butterfly passed his way for one last time. I'm sorry...I guess I couldn't keep my promise. He thought before he breathed his last breath.

"I'll always be with you..." Was the last words he heard before the breath of his life could be heard no more. A blur of light was seen before him and when he opened his eyes, a huge golden door was standing in front of him.

"So, this is where I'll be spending my eternity... Guess I gotta get comfy." He said before lying down on the soft, cloudy floor and fell asleep once more, becoming the seal to prevent Erebus from coming out.

November 4th, 2012

The blunette felt that he lost count of how long it's been since he became the seal. For some reason, even though he was dead, he still aged. He was now a nineteen year old; he still had his same old hairstyle, but his fringe was much longer and had gotten a lot more scruffier, yet his hair remained soft. His eyes were a lot sharper and he grew up to be about 5'10'' and his school uniform had overgrown him. Since he had to do nothing, but stand next to the door and prevent Erebus from escaping, all he did was lie down and simply sleep, doing nothing else. He would sometimes wake up at certain points and stretch, but he would just go back to sleep.

"*Yawn* Man, its felt like an eternity since I've been here." The Fool got up and stretched. He looked up and began to wonder how everyone was going on with their lives.

"I wonder how everyone is doing." He then smiled. "I'm sure they're fine! After all, they promised that they would carry this burden by making the most out of their lives." The Fool tried cheering himself up. He looked at the door and saw it opened slightly, giving him a bit of a shock.

"What the?!" He exclaimed. The door began slowly opening up and Minato got into a cautious stance and was prepared to fight with his Persona. That is, if he still can summon it. The door was then wide open, but to his surprised, nothing came popping at him. Instead footsteps were heard walking towards him. It slowly got closer to him and coming inside the door were two familiar figure. One was Igor, the other one was Elizabeth.

"Igor?! Elizabeth?! What are you two doing here?!" The Fool was shocked, yet glad at the same time. Igor stepped forward to him and gave him his stilled smile.

"We have come to get you, Minato." He said. The Fool looked confused.

"What do you mean?"

"It seems that over the course of time, Erebus and Nyx's powers were slowly being drained by you and has now been fully consumed... Do you understand now? You are now the Master of Death. Look at your right hand." The blunette looked at his right hand and saw a tattoo on his hand, showing the arcana number "XIII" Death. "We have come to retrieve you in a need of assistance. It seems that a new Fool will be taking on a new journey."

"A new Fool? But I stopped the Fall a long time ago. How can..." Minato paused for a moment, as both Igor and Elizabeth were silent.

"I'm afraid... That an ancient evil, even more ancient than Nyx and Erebus, has awoken and the Fool that will be taking this journey has an even greater power than you, Minato." Elizabeth broke the silence.

"A power greater than mine?" Minato was in shock. He still couldn't believe that the ordeal was not over and that a new Fool will be carrying the burden instead of him.

"Can't I carry the burden for him...?" Minato asked. They both shook their heads.

"Your journey is already over and even if you could, I'm afraid that your power has not been fully recovered..." Elizabeth replied.

"What do you mean?"

"It seems that after you became the great seal, all of your Persona merged together to become the key to prevent Erebus and Nyx from coming out and since your power has recently been recovered, I'm afraid that you will only be able to summon Orpheus Telos." Igor replied. "I would also like to let you know is that you no longer have the power of the Fool nor the Wild card. However, you've still maintained the power of The Death and the Judgement Arcana, as well..." Igor snapped his finger and a card appeared, floating down in front of the blunette.

"I bestow upon you the power of The World Arcana. Use it wisely..." He added. Minato slowly reached for the World Arcana and when it was in his grasp, he crushed the card and the sound of glass shattering was heard, followed by a small gust of wind that surrounded him. The glowing, shattered glass began to envelope all over his body and his clothes changed. No longer was he wearing his Gekkoukan High outfit, but rather a black suit that was left unbuttoned like how he did with his old uniform. His hair was also neatly done, as well. No longer was it scruffy and his fringe was neatly straight, along with the rest of his hair that looked like his old hairstyle three years ago, but much longer.

"Talk about fancy, don't you think?" Minato said sarcastically. Elizabeth simply chuckled while Igor was still smiling.

"You look charming, Minato." She complimented him, leaving a hint of red in the blunette's face. "Well, shall we get going to the Velvet Room? Your training begins."

"There's training?!" Minato had a opened mouth expression. Elizabeth simply giggled.

"Of course. Both me and sister had to take the training, as well." The blunette didn't want to do the training, but simply nodded his head and with a snap of finger, they instantly disappeared from the great seal, as it slowly disappeared into a void of nothingness, since their was no longer anything to seal. It was the beginning of the blunette's training.

November 4th, 2012

"I'm finally almost done. I just need to add a few more adjustments to this and that..." Kai was sitting in his room, tinkering on and making what appeared to be green clip-on headphones and what else is that it seemed to be for someone. "Anddddd done!" He exclaimed and held the music gear up in the air and cautiously wrapped it in a small package that he covered with colorful wrapping paper that had Jack Frost and Pyro Jack on it. He wrote down the address to be sent to Europe, London from his home of Tokyo. Before heading out of his house and heading over to the post office, he wrote down important notes, such as it being a fragile package and for it to be handeled with extra care. He ended up paying for it using his extra allowance left over that he spent to make the parts for the headphones. Once he finished all the paperwork and asked them to sent it on fast express, he looked at his phone and saw that it was already 7:50 pm. He decided to head home and when he entered the house and into the living room, he was in for a surprise.

"Happy birthday, Kai!" He saw his mother and dad, along with a few of his friends from Tokyo High, standing in the living room popping confetti and blowing party whistlers; on the table there was a cake with a lot of fruit as the topping.

"Oh, everyone..." He said calmly.

"Hey, man come on. You should look a bit more surprised. I mean, it's your 16th birthday!" One of Kai's friend said to him. The crystal-eyed boy then joined everyone and simply blew up the candles before cutting slices and giving everyone a piece.

"So, Kai, what were you doing while you were out, because you seemed to took a while." One of his female classmates noted. He simply scratched his head and answered.

"Well, I was at the post office and it was pretty busy over there. So, I was stuck there for about three hours or so. I was sending my sister a birthday present." He answered and took a bite from a slice of a cake.

"Oh, yeah. You mentioned her one time; so, what does she look like? Is she hot?" One of his male classmate asked him, which caused him to ge a smack from his girlfriend.

"Ow! Hey! I was just asking!" He shouted. Kai then took out his phone and looked for the picture his sister sent him recently and showed everyone. To their surprise, the both of them looked almost identical.

"Oh, wow! She almost looks like Kai, but more feminine." A female classmate stated.

"Dang... What do you know, she's pretty cute!" The male student said, and was once more smacked in the head.

"So, she's living in London?" One of the other male students asked. Kai nodded his head.

"Yeah... I haven't seen her for about 10 years now..." He paused, but then smiled even brighter. "But still, I'm glad that she's alright... Also I want to tell you guys something." He had a bit of a sad look. "I'm planning... To move to Iwatodai." Kai finished, which surprised not only his classmates, but also his parents.

"What do you mean, Kai?" His mother asked. He turned over to her.

"It's just like I said. I want to move to Iwatodai and attend Gekkoukan High." The response brought more of a shock to everyone.

"Gekkoukan High?! Isn't that a prestigious school that you can only apply to if you either have a lot of money or special expectations?!" His male classmates exclaimed in shock. Kai simply nodded his head.

"Yeah. I'm planning to get accepted by getting high grades in my academics." He replied.

"Seriously?! But dude, you would have to get straight A's and nothing else. Isn't that difficult?" He shook his head.

"It isn't for me. I'll be sure to get accepted there once I become a Junior." Kai's parent then took a look at him with concern.

"I don't know, Kai. Even if you do get accepted into Gekkoukan, I'm still concerned about where you're going to live and how you're going to take care of yourself." His father said, as if he didn't think he was responsible enough to handle this.

"Don't worry, dad. I'll be living in one of the dorms over there and besides, I can cook decently and I'm pretty mature and responsible enough." He reassured him.

"Well, we need to think about it before we can come to a decision. If you can prove that you can be responsible, along with getting accepted into the school, then we may be convinced." Kai's mother said to him and he simply nodded.

"Okay... That's fine with me." He replied and ate another piece of his cake.

"Also if you do go to Gekkoukan High and somehow get yourself a girlfriend, you should introduce her to us." His father teased him and Kai looked at him, tilting his head in confusion.

"What's a girlfriend?" He asked and just when his father was about to explain it to him, his mother smacked him in the head.

"Just ignore him, dear. He can be such a kidder." She faked a laugh and Kai shrugged and just continued eating his cake.

"Oh come on, dear... He has to found out sometime soon. I think now's the time..." Kai's father pleaded to his wife to tell him about romantic relationships. But his mother refused.

"We'll tell him about it when he's 18. But right now, he's still too young to know."

"Says who?"

"Says my father. He didn't teach me about relationships until I was 18." The Akira couple continued to argue about whether or not Kai should know or not. Which was unknown to the young Akira, as he just shrugged his shoulders and continued eating his cake.

"Wow, so Kai must be one of those pure beings!" A male classmate said.

"Yeah and he looks so mature. But I'm surprised he never knew what a romantic relation with a girl is." Another male classmate chimed. Time slowly passed and it was soon 10 pm and all of his classmates soon went home while Kai went back to the house and decided to clean up the mess that was made. Afterwards, he got a message from his childhood friend, Rin. He took out his phone and looked at the message.

To: Akira Kai

From: Hitoshi Rin

Subject: Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, man! Can't believe it's already been four years. So, what have you been up to? Reply back as soon as possible and text Hitomi for me that I said happy birthday to her too. :)

He smiled at the message Rin sent him and closed his phone, putting it back in his pocket and continuing to clean up the mess from the party. Right after he headed up to his room, he replied back to Rin.

To: Hitoshi Rin

From: Akira Kai

Subject: Reply: Happy Birthday!

I'm doing fine, Rin. Also, happy late birthday to you too. Your birthday was 4 days ago, right? Sorry for not texting happy birthday before. I'll make sure to text Hitomi happy birthday for you. :)

He then sends the message and lies down on his bed, thinking of a plan to keep his grades high while still being able to have time to hang out his friends. But after thinking about, he soon fell asleep 15 - 20 minutes later.

Velvet Room

"Focus, Minato. Imagine your inner self and transform it into a physical form." Elizabeth said to the blunette who was trying to focus on summoning a Persona without an evoker, which had proven difficult for him, since Minato always has trouble thinking hard and soon just ends up failing the summoning once again.

"I can't do it. It's hard to imagine something when you have to imagine it." Minato sighed and sat down on a chair, stared up at the ceiling. He had a concerned look on his face, as if he was worried about something.

"Is there something on your mind?" Elizabeth noticed Minato's look and seemed worried for him. He turned over to her and shook his head with a reassured look.

"Yeah, it's nothing. I'm just wondering how 'she' is doing..." He said. Elizabeth then knew what Minato was talking about and answered in a discreet manner, as best as possible.

"Ah... Could you be talking about the woman you love, Minato?" The blunette simply nodded.

"Now that I no longer am the great seal, I've been wondering if I can see her again. I miss her very much. But then again... She could've forgotten about me and moved on, got a new boyfriend, got married... Hell, she may even be pregnant." Minato said in an not so reassured voice.

"You must miss her very much..." She said to him and he simply nodded.

"Yeah, I want to see her again and see how she's doing." Minato replied. Elizabeth then gave him a reassured look and answered him.

"Well, once the ordeal is over, you will be able to return to your daily life before this, as both a mortal and the Master of Death. You will see her again soon..." To Minato, this was a shock. Once the Fool's journey is accomplished, he would be able to get the life he was never supposed to have and live peacefully? But hearing her gave him a wide grin.

"By the way, I sort of lost track of time; do you know what today is?" The blunette asked the guest of the Velvet Room.

"Why yes. Today is November 4th, 2012. It has been three years since you became the great seal. Today is also the soon-to-be Fool's birthday."

"His birthday?" Elizabeth nodded. Minato then looked around the ceiling and saw that the Velvet Room needed to be caught up to date. "Hey, Elizabeth. Remember when you wanted to make a club for the Velvet Room?" She nodded and Minato had a fiendish smile. "Well, I have an idea..." He approached Elizabeth and whispered in her ear, giving her a glow in her eyes.

"That sounds brilliant!" She said and with the snap of her finger, a bunch of materials appeared in an instant and the both of them began to construct something in the Velvet Room. They first began to tear down the wall paper color and changed the velvet tone with a different wall paper. They then decorated the floor a bit by adding a few flashing tiles and so on and so forth until they were finished by the time Igor returned back. He was shocked, but still kept his smile.

"Oh my... Elizabeth, Minato. Mind explaining what happened?" Elizabeth then explained everything to Igor.

"Oh, it was brilliant, Master! Minato had this idea of decorating the Velvet Room by making it look like a club from the ones back at Earth. Isn't it wonderful?!" She asked with glee. Igor turned to Minato who stared at him with his scary bloodshot eyes and smile.

"Ah, is that so... Well, the Velvet Room needed some changes, so I guess this should be fine." Igor then took a seat next to what seemed to be a bar table. The both of them decided to continue practicing and perfect the summoning for Minato, since he was having trouble summoning his Persona without an Evoker. Then again, how would be able to summon his Persona back at the great seal if he didn't have his evoker? Before you know it. time flew by pretty fast and it was already the time for the new Fool to appear and accept his fate and so on and so forth.

April 19th, 2013

Velvet Room

"It seems I will need Elizabeth's help with this one..." With a snap of his finger, a phone appeared and he began to dial Elizabeth, who somehow knew her phone number. It began to ring a few times before reaching her line.

"Hello? Elizabeth speaking." The voice replied.

"It's been awhile, Elizabeth." Minato said.

"Oh, Minato! How have you been? Have you treated the Master right?" She asked with glee to hear from him.

"He's doing fine. Also I need your help, Elizabeth. It seems that two Fools will be taking the journey. What's more is that they are both twin siblings." He replied.

"I see. I'll be there as soon as possible." She then hung up and Minato simply smiled, as he saw a blue butterfly pass him.

"Philemon..." A voice whispered in his head before fading away. He looked around to see where the voice was coming from, but saw it coming from nowhere at all. Was I just imagining things? The blunette thought before sitting down and lying down to fall back to sleep. He was still trying to figure out if he was dreaming or not.

Andddd done. The past event chapter is completed.

The next chapter will be more social oriented and having Kai increase his social link. Also I'll be ending the poll tomorrow like I said at the beggining of this chapter. So you might want to hurry up.

As always. Thank you everyone who has read my story even if this is my first persona story. I feel as if I improved a bit with your guy's help. So thank you and I hope you review this chapter. :)