Not them! Anyone but them!

"Aww, cat got your tongue?" One of them taunted her as they stepped forwards. Naoto only then noticed the angry expression on her cousins face as they stopped not to far ahead of them.

"Hey look! The pirate has her first mate back!"

"Looks like she's got a crew to!" She remained silent as one of them slammed their fist into their palm like Kanji did sometimes. "Now that, I didn't expect!" The others all seemed to glance about as if they could suddenly move however Noato just remained still and silent.

"Oh I know who these people are! Its the steak loving freak, the punk-ass biker slayer, the Barbie doll, the pregnant clown, the air head to Junes and queen frost of the raven haired witches!" One of them yelled tauntingly pointing to each of her friends except Souji, Minato and herself. "Well look-y what we have here. Its a no brainer city boy!"

"Don't forget the Pirate twins!" She scowled at the nickname as the others all stared in amazed offended ways at the four of them.

"Hey! I'm not a freak! How dare you say those things you creeps!" Chie suddenly leapt forwards only to slam into an invisible wall that stood inches away from her. Naoto remained silent. She knew damn well who they were.

"Aww, can you not get through the wall?" The eldest one spoke in a way that only a child talking to a small adorable creature could sound as he pouted at the Chie.

"Did you just call me a Barbie doll?! What the –" Rise was stopped as well by another invisible wall as she attempted to step towards them.

"What?! Air head of Junes? What the F man?!" Yosuke seemed just as annoyed as the others however only the two blue haired cousins weren't screaming at them. Naoto refused to say or do anything but to just stare at the floor near their feet instead whilst Minato watched her with a concerned expression.

"Ha ha! Look Kirai! They think we care!" The eldest grinned as he spoke to the youngest of the group.

"I know right?! What a bunch of kids! These guys need to get a life!" He chuckled in response.

"Hey Nao-chan! What's with the silent treatment baby?" She scowled at the speaker as he started to approach her. Minato instantly drew his sword only to find that he couldn't do anything beyond that because of the invisible walls.

"..." She remained silent.

"Come on baby! What did I ever do to you?" This time she scowled at him as her gaze met his from beneath the rim of her cap. If looks could kill...

"Stay away from her!" Her cousins threat went unnoticed by all but the rest of the team who were now staring worriedly at them.

"Don't tell me you don't like me anymore! After all, I was the one to get you that nickname." His hand cupped her cheek as she swiftly took a step back to avoid him. "Don't be like that! At least say something to me!"

"..." Why would she speak to them? She had nothing to say to them anyway...

"Come on baby! I bet you have plenty to say to me! You still love me right?" This time she leapt back as far as she could before screaming at him.

"I never loved you! I don't even remember your name!" He grinned in response before getting closer to her. He snapped his fingers before drawing a knife out of his pocket. She gulped as she found herself unable to move at all. This guy was a viscous blackmailer from her childhood that had threatened to kill her cousin if she hadn't become his girlfriend. The young detective made sure that she was never anywhere near him again after the agreement unless he demanded it. He only ever demanded it when he wanted to bully her with his friends though so luckily for her nothing to ridiculous happened. His name was Kuro Shiro. "I can always carry out that threat you know. After this anyway!"

"Don't you dare!" Minato screeched as he leapt forwards, slashing at her wildly only managing to wound her eye in the process! She cried out in pain as double the pain from the past scorched through her face! Once again unable to defend or counter she found herself on the receiving end of an uppercut that sent her flying onto the floor with ease! "Naoto!"

"What was it you had back then Nao-chan? Oh yeah!" The stupid fakes voice chimed as she covered her left eye with her hand to protect it from further damage. Suddenly she felt something appear in her hand that brought another scowl to her face. A black eye patch with soft padding on one side that was all too familiar to her now rested in the palm of her hand.

"You didn't!" She glanced at her cousin as struggled to see through her one good eye. Her gaze only just managed to make out her signature cap laying inches away from her and then the slowly approaching goon. Her eye widened before she gritted her teeth and tied the eye patch over her eye. Her sleeve wiped away any blood that had made its way to the over eye as she swiftly placed her cap in its rightful place. Now she stood, half blinded just inches in front of one of her childhood bullies. This wasn't good...

"And Captain Nao-chan makes her glorious return from the seven seas!" Kirai taunted excitedly as she glanced around for her friends with the eye patch just making her more short sighted then she could ever be. Drawing her gun she aimed at the closest target she could make out before the pistol seemed to just dissolve in her hands in the same way that defeated shadows did. She growled as she attempted to summon her Persona but to no success. The others were the same from what she could tell.

"Ah, ah, ah! Using Persona's and weapons is against the rules for you! And why are you all splitting up? Your target is Nao-chan!" She gulped at the fakes words. A team of four thugs against a half blind unarmed teen? How on Earth was that fair?! Well... It was possible in Warrior Cats she supposed...

"Naoto!" Souji called out to her as she was suddenly unable to move because of that stupid power they used before one of them slammed their fist into her chest knocking her backwards! Which one had that power?! Her eye narrowed as she focused on the four figures approaching her, waiting for one of them to snap their fingers so she could tell who was causing this.

'Snap!' Him! Kuro had it! She braced herself for another sharp impact to send her flying across the area. When none came she raced forwards straight towards the one who caused her partial blindness before throwing her fist in the general direction of his face and whilst he dodged into her blind spot she spun her body round to keep him in view! In an instant she had thrown another punch into his chest successfully hitting the mark as he hadn't expected such a speedy shift. However once he was hit another one of them slammed into her side sending her hurtling into Kirai who slammed her into the ground with another powerful blow! The fourth one who she remembered was called Hidoi rushed over to kick her against a stone wall.

Scrambling to her feet Naoto instantly fled from the crumbling wall only to run into Kuro again who only narrowly evaded another blow from! Glancing over at her friends she noticed how she was the only one who seemed to be able to move at all she took a deep breath and blinked to clear her fuzzy eye. This was bad!

Naoto gave a meaningful glance at the team and with an unspoken question came an unspoken answer. Spinning on her heel she bolted towards the team just moments before the goons followed suit! Minato instantly slashed his sword at the one that came closest to him whilst Souji did the same to another.

"Hey! That's cheating Nao-chan!" On the fakes cue Naoto was suddenly teleported back to her original position along with her pursuers. The team swiftly sprinted forwards only to collide painfully with another stupidly placed invisible wall. Damn it! This is it!

"Naoto-kun!"Rise called to her as she narrowly avoided another fist flying in her direction just out of her blind spot! Her hand hastily moved to under his arm which was the only place he had left unguarded and using all her strength she catapulted him into Kuro!

"Look out!" She couldn't tell who had warned her but whoever it was had just saved her from a fatal blow from Kirai. Using the handcuffs she had in her pocket for emergencies she clipped one of them to him as his knuckles skimmed her ears before she swiftly slapped the over part over one of the deformed lampposts rendering him unable to move from that specific spot!

Suddenly she was flung into a crumbling wall by Hidoi causing the wall to collapse on top of her! Scrambling out of the rubble she snatched up some of the stone used to build it and stuffed some of it into her pockets before launching some of them at her incoming foe! He fell backwards before the eldest thug took his place successfully reaching her! Her face slide into a sideways position so she had less of a weak area before she blocked one after the other of his attacks moving just as swiftly as him!

She dived to the left as his attacks grew in frequency before aiming a well timed blow to his side knocking him back slightly. She hastily spun to see her other opponent about to hit her! Her response came a moment to late as she was once again flung to the ground! This was getting ridiculous! Why couldn't they just leave her alone for once?!

Once again she leapt to her feet before sprinting directly towards the team with a new idea swimming through her mind! She halted abruptly as she was only a few millimetres away from the invisible wall and spun to face them as they drew closer. Naoto dived and rolled back onto her feet as the two of them combined an attack to punch her straight in the face resulting with them hitting the wall instead! She smiled slightly in triumph as they yelped and leapt back in surprise!

"Way'da go Naoto!" Leaping out of the way again she swiftly spun round to her attackers back before slamming her fist into it and sending him sprawling onto the floor! Ducking as Hidoi's fist rocketed towards her she slammed her hand into his abdomen before sending him to the floor as well! Panting heavily she turned towards the team again as her gun returned to its holster and her Persona pointlessly appeared behind her.

"Maziodyne." She mumbled before the four goons dissolved into nothingness. Wait... Her eye widened as she stared forwards. Were they her friends or not? To be honest she had just assumed that they were her team up until this point as she couldn't see much past her outstretched arm. Taking a step back away from the hastily approaching figures she aimed her gun at them the best she could causing them to stop dead in their tracks.

"Ace! We're not your enemy!" Minato called out to her making her relax slightly. "Can you even see us?" She shook her head in shame as so far they were still just blurry blobs to her.

"Not yet..." Her voice was hesitant as he slowly stepped forwards causing her entire attention to lock onto him.

"Short sighted?" She nodded at his suggestion. "Well where is my voice coming from?" This took a little bit longer to get a response as she tried to figure out where the voice had come from through her ringing ears. He sighed in annoyance before summoning his Persona to heal the young detective.

Lifting her eye patch curiously she noticed that the wound was gone and her vision had cleared along with the ringing in her ears and every other defect she had obtained during the fight. Her gun lowered in an instant as she covered her face with embarrassment. She probably would have shot him in a few moments if he hadn't healed her... Why she hadn't thought about doing that she didn't know either.

"I'm sorry..." She mumbled shyly as the team approached her.

"You can make it up to us by explaining what the hell that was all about!" The others all glared at Yosuke in annoyance before their gaze landed on her with the same curious expressions.

"Of course... You see,"

Authors Note!

Okay guys! I'll make this quick! So these guys are bullies from Naoto's past. There will be more about this in the next chapter! Don't ask where the wholed eye patch thing came from cause I honestly have no idea! XD Okay so I'll explain more in the next chapter! So Please Read & Review cause it gives me a reason to keep on going and it builds my entusiasm! It also gives me more opportunities to get better with my writting! On that note, thank you HeavensLuminousArc for the helpful review! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D