Special thanks to Miss Hanamura for correcting my story

Like I said from last chapter; this chapters going to be more interacting and social links oriented as well the poll ended and the pairing for Minato will be MinatoXFuuka. Just to let you know. Another thing is that next chapter I will be doing some time skipping to get the story progressing.

Anyways Enjoy :D

Chapter 10

The Fool's Friends

Friday, April 20 2013

Morning

Today was both Kai's sister and the transfer student's first day at Gekkoukan High. The Fool had just woken up and got dressed before heading downstairs to see everyone except his sister eating breakfast.

"Where's Hitomi?" Kai asked.

"She's still getting dressed. I don't know what's taking her so long." Rin responded. They then heard footsteps coming downstairs, whom belong to Hitomi and when they saw her they were a bit surprised. She had her overcoat unbuttoned and instead of a black ribbon, she was wearing a black tie. She still wore her headphones on her uniform too.

"Well, how do I look?" She asked, doing a peace sign. Everyone was a bit agaped on what she was wearing. Was it even allowed for a girl to dress this way?

"Um... Mitsuru-senpai, is Hitomi-senpai allowed to wear that?" Ken whispered to the redhead.

"Unfortunately, yes, Amada. As long as she's wearing her regular uniform, she's allowed to wear anything else with it." She said, still a bit surprised on what she was wearing.

"She makes us girls look out of fashion..." Michiko sighed.

"I think she looks great." The Fool countered. Everyone was shocked on what Kai was saying.

"I agree. She does look pretty good to me." The Death added on, leaving their mouths even more agaped. All of them just soon gave up on Hitomi's fashion and they decided to just continue eating breakfast before heading to the monorail that would take them to the school.

Daytime

Classes began with chattering among the students, mainly rumors of the two transfer students that'd be in 2-F and 2-E, respectively.

"Hey! Have you heard?"

"About the two transfer students?"

"Yeah, I heard one of them is a girl and she's pretty cute."

"Seriously?! Which class is she transferring in?"

"I heard she's transferring into class 2-F."

"Sweet!" The chattering continued among the students that were mentioning Kai's sister, which the four of them heard.

"They must be talking about your sister, Kai." Michiko turned to the Fool who was about to fall asleep and trying to stay awake.

"Huh, what?" He asked, not paying attention to what she said a few seconds ago. Ms. Toriumi then entered the class a few minutes later and took attendance before she made an announcement.

"Alright class, today we have a new transfer student that recently moved here from Europe. Why don't you introduce yourself?" She turned to the door entrance. Hitomi then entered the class and introduced herself.

"I'm Akira Hitomi. Pleased to meet you all!" She said, putting up a peace sign; chattering was heard once again in the room.

"Did she say Akira Hitomi?!"

"Akira? Isn't that the surname of Akira Kai?"

"Wait, could those two be..."

Ms. Toriumi then spoke again. "As you may have already figured out, Ms. Hitomi is related to Kai. They are both siblings—twins to be exact. It was a bit of surprise for me, as well. But please welcome her and try to make her comfortable to her new surroundings." She said before everyone gasped. "Hitomi, why don't you sit at the desk in front of your brother?" Hitomi simply nodded and walked over to her desk that was near The Fool, The Lover, and The Hanged Man and took a seat before Ms. Toriumi started her lecture that lasted 'til break.

Lunchtime

Break had finally started and a huge commotion was going on at class 2-F. All the boys began to talk with Hitomi while the others just stood away from the crowd and watched.

"Hitomi sure got popular in just a day." Rin mused. The Fool simply nodded and smiled.

"I'm glad that she isn't getting bullied like she was when she was younger." He responded. Ken then arrived into the class and approached the Fool.

"Senpai, are you going to come to practice today?" He asked him.

"Yeah. I got nothing else to do, so why not?" The Fool accepted his request and Ken smiled.

"That's great! I'll see you after school then." Ken then left the classroom and headed back to wherever he came from.

Guess I got plans this afternoon. The Fool thought. He then turned to Rin.

"Rin, can you escort Hitomi back to the dorms?" The Death nodded and soon break was over.

Afterschool

Kai went to the music club and played elegant music with everyone else. Strumming the harp with great passion and refinement, he felt that his expression had slightly increased. They soon finished up and everyone left. Ken and Kai stayed after to clean up.

"That was amazing senpai! I never knew you could play music with such grace!" Ken praised The Fool and he got embarrassed.

"Thanks Ken..." The both of them stayed silent for a long period before Kai started the conversation once more. "You actually did well too, Ken, playing the violin with no problem. I bet your mom must be proud." Hearing those words, Ken looked downed.

"My mom's dead. She passed away 5 years ago." Ken said depressed.

"I'm so sorry, Ken..." Kai replied, feeling guilty.

"No... It's fine, senpai! It was a long time ago, so its not a big deal." The Justice reassured him and smiled once more. "You know, senpai, I'm actually kind of glad you pulled up the subject. It feels better to tell someone about it rather than hide it. Thank you!" He replied.

The Fool felt his bond with Ken got stronger. The sound of glass shattering was then heard.

*Crash!*

'Rank 2 Justice Social Link'

The both of them soon finished cleaning up and headed back to the dorm.

Evening

"Welcome back." Mitsuru greeted the both of them once returned back to the dorm. Everyone was in the living room doing their own things: Rin, Mitsuru and Michiko were reading books, Hitomi listening to music, Daiki playing with his PS vita, and Terry writing down stuff in a blue notebook.

"So, how was practice you two?" Rin asked.

"It was alright..." The Fool replied.

"Great! Senpai played the harp so elegantly and with so much passion. You should've seen him." Ken boasted about Kai.

"Is that so? Then I would like to hear Akira play some time." Mitsuru said. The Fool nodded and went into the kitchen for a cup of milk and headed back into the living room drinking it. Ken was a bit disgusted on how he could drink it without any problem.

"How can you drink that stuff without getting sick of it?! I tried drinking it all the time to get taller." He said in disgust. Kai simply shrugged.

"I just like milk. That's all..." He continued drinking the cup of milk.

"At this rate, the carton of milk will be gone in only two days." Rin teased.

"I prefer anything other than milk. I don't like it at all." Hitomi said. Kai then looked at his sister with concern.

"If you don't drink it, you won't grow..." The Fool said. The Female Akira then looked at her brother, ready to protest.

"That's not true! There are different things to help you grow taller!" She shouted. Kai simply looked down at his sister and began to argue with her.

"Just drink it. It's good for you..." Kai replied.

"Milk tastes like crap!" Hitomi shouted. The two continued to argue over something so little. Terry decided to head back up to his room to get some peace and quiet. Rin face-palmed at the sibling quarrel. Michiko covered her ears to protect her hearing from the roaring Akira's voices. Daiki couldn't hear anything and was simply playing a video game on his portable game device. Mitsuru then stopped the siblings' argument.

"That's enough you two!" She shouted and the two of them stopped after hearing her. Hitomi then stuck her tongue out at her brother and turned away from him while Kai looked at her with concern. The night ended by fast and the day was over with the twins still a bit mad with each other.

Saturday, April 21 2013

(Morning)

The next morning everyone was awake except for Kai's sister which made the Fool wonder where she was.

"Where's Hitomi?" The Fool asked the group of Persona-users excluding Terry.

"I think she's still asleep. When I went to wake her up she just said something about there being no school today?" Ken answered. Kai probably knew what he meant since his sister's old school must have had both saturdays and sundays off. He turned to Mitsuru.

"Ms. Kirijo. Is it alright if I go wake up my sister?" He asked and she simply nodded, giving him permission to head upstairs to the third floor in her sister's room where he saw her covering herself with her blanket, still sleeping. "Come on, sleepy head, wake up." He tugged on her blanket cover. She then mumbled something to him.

"Go away. I want to sleep in since there's no school today..." She said lazily.

"Actually, Otouto, there is school today." As soon as she heard her brother say that there was school today, she popped out of her bed, looking at him with opened eyes.

"What?!" She exclaimed before her brother began explaining it to her.

"Japan's school system works like this: School is six days a week with Sunday being our only break day. While probably your old school back in Europe is five days a week and you got to sleep in on Saturday too." Hearing that made Hitomi sound surprised as well as disappointed, seeing as how she couldn't sleep in much anymore. "You should probably hurry and get dressed." Kai said before leaving the room and heading towards the lounge where he still had a few more minutes before he had to head out to school. The Fool decided to watch the news for the remaining time he had and saw that the news report was on the Apathy syndrome.

Today a number of people are coming in contact with a returning syndrome known as the Apathy syndrome, which has returned after the epidemic back four years ago. Civilians are recommended to stay within their houses during the evening and to keep all areas of the house sanitized in case this syndrome is contagious...

The Fool continued to watch the news until it was time to leave. His sister rushed down the stairs at the last minute with sleepy eyes and bags around it and joined up with the rest of the dorm members to the school; everybody began to chat.

"So, did you guys see the news?" The Death asked. Kai nodded his head.

"It seems like the Apathy syndrome is coming back..." The Fool added.

"Sounds creepy..." Hitomi replied, who began to shudder a bit just thinking about coming in contact with the syndrome.

"Yeah, a number of people back when I was in middle school caught the syndrome and were very pale that they almost look like zombies." Rin had added.

"Me too. I've actually witnessed some of my friends catching the Apathy syndrome and they wouldn't speak to me and just groaned like zombies. It was scary..." Michiko added s they continued to talk about the syndrome that was affecting the whole city. Kai's phone began to ring.

"Um, excuse me, everyone. I gotta take a call..." The Fool then distanced himself from his friends before checking who was calling. The caller was unknown and the Fool was curious on who it was. So, he answered the call to hear who it was.

"Hello? Kai speaking." The Fool said.

"Oh, Kai! It's me, Minato..." The voice replied. Kai wondered how the blunette had gotten his number, whether he'd guessed it or it was some sort of communication between the Velvet Room and him.

"Minato, is there something you need?" Kai replied.

"Yes, actually. I would like you to come to the Velvet Room after school; there is something I need to discuss with you." Minato replied.

"Okay. I'll make sure to come." The Fool said, before ending the call and rejoining his friends as they all arrived to the monorail.

Paulownia Mall

(After School)

The Fool decided to head to the Velvet Room to hear what Minato wanted him for. He headed towards the alleyway next to the karaoke bar and in front of him was the Velvet Room. He took out his Velvet key from his pocket and unlocked the door and entered, where he saw the blunette sitting down, waiting for his presence.

"Ah, you're here. Have a seat." Kai then took a seat that was seated in front of Minato who had a bit of a concerned look on his face.

"What was it that you wanted to talk about?" He asked. Minato then nodded his head and opened his compendium and two glowing cards appeared, floating up. Both were the Fool Arcanas. One of them floated over to Kai and landed on his hand as he looked over at it while the other Fool card was still floating on top of the compendium.

"It seems that fate has made an unexpected turn of events..." Minato said.

"What do you mean?" Kai tilted his head and asked him as he was confused on what he meant. Minato took a deep breath before speaking once more.

"It seems that fate has decided... That another Fool will take the journey along with you!" Minato responded which shocked Kai a bit.

"Another Fool?!" The blunette nodded his head before continuing to speak.

"Yes, indeed another person who wields the same power as you will be joining you along your journey of ordeals. However, I cannot say thou name since thy time has not cometh." Minato replied using a bit of old English. "But I know one thing for sure, that this person is closer to you than you think." He added which confused Kai, making him tilt his head at what Minato said.

"I see..." Kai responded before taking a deep breath. The both of them were both silent, as they tried to think of something else to say. To their surprised, both of their stomachs began to growl in hunger and their faces became red with embarrassment at the same time.

"So, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Minato said and Kai, who seemed like he knew what he was going to say, nodded. The both of them smiled and both said in unison. "To Hagakure Ramen!" Both of them then left the Velvet Room and outside to Iwatodai to grab themselves a couple of bowls of ramen.

"Man, it feels great to get some fresh air!" The blunette said, stretching his legs before the both of them walked over to the Strip Mall while talking to each other.

"So, Minato, not to be rude or anything, but how old are you?" Kai asked Minato in a discreet manner. The blunette then began to think for a bit before he answered him.

"Well... I'd say I'm around twenty-one years old." He answered.

"Wow, you're still young then..." Kai replied.

"Now, let me ask you a question." Minato said as if it was payback for Kai asking about his age. "Your eye color. I don't think it's common to see someone who is Japanese with those colored eyes, so are those just contact lens?" He asked, thinking that the color from his eyes were actually colored lens. Kai then shook his head.

"These are my natural colored eyes that I've gotten from my mother. I'm actually half-Japanese; my mother was a foreigner from Europe that became a citizen of Japan after she got married to my dad who is Japanese." Kai explained about his origins to him.

"Oh really?! I'd never thought you'd be half-Japanese. It's a bit of a surprise for me." Minato said with a hint of awe.

"I sort of get that a lot." Kai replied. The both of them began to laugh after talking about themselves towards each other as if they were close friends and that they could relate with each other because of their similarity. The both of them soon arrived at the Strip Mall and headed to Hagakure Ramen, ordering two specials. As the two entered, the owner noticed them from their last visit.

"Ah, its you two! I see you've come to eat some of our deluxe specials once more. Well, you two make yourselves comfortable and be ready with your bowl then you count your sheeps." The Owner said jokingly, which the two didn't understand, but they just nodded their heads anyway before heading off to prepare their ramens.

"Man, I can't wait..." Minato said, drooling again like the last time they were here and then smiled simply. "I haven't eaten here for ages ever since I died." He added. Hearing that made Kai a bit confused.

"Died?" Kai asked lost. Minato looked over to him and began to reassure him.

"Oh, yeah! Well, I was supposed to die, but due to some circumstances I was brought back to life and now I am a resident of the Velvet Room." Minato answered him.

"I see..." Kai simply said once more and soon their ramens came. But as they were eating, a small child around the age of 4 - 5 then began running into the restaurant excitedly as he began to call for someone. He had teal hair and a fringe that barely covered his right eye and the color of his eyes were a silver grey color. He wore the school uniform of a white collared t-shirt with a black ribbon tie and short black pants that seemed to belong to the Elementary division of Gekkoukan. Dangling around his neck were clip-on headphones that had the logo of the company Audio-Technica, model ATH-EM700 to be exact, but was tuned up a bit and hooked to it was a mp3 player attached to a lanyard. What else was that this boy looked almost exactly like Minato.

"Mommy! Hurry! Hurry! I'm hungry!" The boy shouted towards the entrance calling to what seemed to be his mother.

"Makoto! Please slow down!" The woman voice said with a hint of shyness. Minato eyes then widened at the voice.

"That's..." He said before standing up and running to the bathroom in a hurry which caused Kai to look at him with concern.

"Bad ramen I'm guessing..." Kai said, assuming that's why Minato was in a hurry to rush into the bathroom. He then looked back and saw a woman with teal green hair that was braided in the front and teal green eyes. She wore a white-colored sundress with sleeves, black tights, and white leather boots. To Kai's surprise, she looked pretty young, around 20 - 21 years old and seeing that she had a kid made it a bit surprising for him. The woman then noticed him and approached him.

"Oh, are you a student at Gekkoukan?" She asked the Fool and he simply nodded while continuing to eat his ramen. She then smiled and called the boy over to sit next to her. "I apologize if my son was causing trouble and interrupting your meal. I hope you can forgive him." She added.

"It's fine. He didn't cause that much of a ruckus." Kai replied which made the woman giggle a bit.

"I'm sorry if I laughed. You sort of reminded me of my late boyfriend from high school." She replied. She then took out her hand to shake. "I'm Yamagishi Fuuka. Nice to meet you." She introduced herself. Kai then shook her hand and introduced himself to her.

"Akira Kai. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." The woman named Fuuka then looked towards the teal-haired boy sitting on her lap.

"Also this is my son, Makoto Yamagishi." The teal-haired boy then quietly introduced himself to the Fool.

"Um... Nice to meet you." He said shyly. Kai then assumed that this boy seemed to be very shy around other people, but was still a very energetic boy. Fuuka ordered two orders of ramen to go and chatted with Kai a little bit more, telling her about his family and the current dorm he resided in.

"Oh, so you're half-Japanese?! That's really interesting. Plus I never knew you were staying in the Kirijo dorm. I actually lived there during my Junior year at Gekkoukan." Fuuka said.

"I see..." Kai replied. By the time he finished speaking, Fuuka's order arrived and she then stood up and grabbed the bag of food.

"Well, I should get going now. It was nice talking to you Kai-kun. Hopefully, we'll get to talk to each other again sometime soon." She smiled before heading out, holding Makoto's hand as the boy then waved goodbye to Kai. For some odd reason, even though Kai just met the shy boy, he felt a faint bond between himself and Makoto. The sound of glass then shattered in Kai's head.

"?!"

*Crash!*

Thou Art I...And I am Thou

Thou hast established an innocent and prosperous bond

Thou Shalt be blessed when thou chooseth to create Personas of

the Aeon Arcana...

Kai blinked at what just happened right now. Did he make a Social Link with Makoto? The Fool wondered. Just as he began thinking, Minato came back with his hand in his pocket, having his casual face once more and seated down next to him.

"Did the ramen get to you?" Kai asked him. The blunette shook his head.

"No. I just had to use the bathroom... I think I may have lost my appetite today." He then stood up and began to leave.

"I'll be heading back to the Velvet Room today. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine finding my way back." He smiled at Kai before leaving the Ramen shop, leaving Kai alone with two bowls of deluxe specials. Seeing as that Minato's bowl was going to go to waste, he decided to finished it with a look of satisfaction on his face before he left back to the dorm; he began to wonder what was wrong with Minato.

I wonder if Minato is going to be alright... The Fool thought as he continued on his way back to the dorm.

And end of chapter 10. Talk about a bit of a surprise for this chapter. Fuuka's got a son, Minato hid from her and the new Social Link between Kai and the boy name Makoto.

Like I said, from the beginning of the chapter. I would like to thank Miss Hanamura for reading over my story and correcting before I update it like always. So thanks :D

I hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope you guys will review this chapter. They really help a lot as well as helps me improve my story. Thank you and see you later.

~Peace~