"Class, we have a transfer student." Miss Kuonji announced.
"Transfer student?" Kako and I were in shock.
"This is Minako Arisato." a girl with brown hair in a ponytail and amber eyes walked in.
"That's the girl...!" Kako whispered.
"Oh, no! We'd better keep an eye on her!" I was in so much shock that's all I could think of to say.
"Hi!" She glowed when she smiled.
"Wait a second...Arisato? That's Minato's last name!" I whispered finally remembering something useful.
"Really? Weird...maybe they're lost brother and sister..."
"Woah..."
"Um, you can take that empty seat behind Kako. She's the one with pink hair." Miss Kuonji said.
"Okay!" she said energetically, sitting behind us. "Hi!" she greeted. Of all places she has to sit here?
"Hi..." Kako said. "I'm Kako Sato, and this is my friend Oka Fujiwara."
"Hi...nice to meet you..." I replied, hoping she didn't hear us talk about her.
"Nice to meet you, too!" She replied entergeticly. If they are brother and sister, Minato and her are nothing alike. He's calm, she's entergetic. Either way, we have to watch her. We decided to talk to the others about her after school. We met up at Hagakure.
"Okay, a transfer student joined our school today..." Kako started, "and she might be Minato's sister and the next victim..."
"My...sister?" Minato asked, more surprised than I was.
"Her name is Minako Arisato..." Kako pointed out.
"A...sister? I...I..." Minato didn't know what to say. All this time he beleived he didn't have a sibling. "And she's the next victim! We'd better keep a close eye on her..."
"I know...Oka and I already agreed on that." I nodded to comfirm with Kako's statement.
"This calls for a stakeout!" Yosuke said.
"Who said steak?" said Chie, who wasn't really paying any attention.
"I did. And I said stakeout, not steak." Yosuke said.
"Oh...but still, yay! I love stakeouts!"
"Who're we stakin' out?" Kanji asked.
"Weren't you listening at all?" Yukari asked.
"Uh...I wasn't sleepin'! I swear!" Kanji said.
"Kanji..." Naoto said, an annoyed look on her face.
"Anyways-wait! Here she comes!" I shouted. "Just act natural, you guys."
Minako walked in. Akihiko questioned her being our target. Mitsuru seemed to get upset. Minako sat at another table when she saw Kako and me.
"Oh, hi, you guys!" she walked up to us. "Are these your friends?"
Kako nodded. "Hi! I'm Minako Arisato!" she introduced herself. "You sure are popular," she whispered.
"Yeah...sure am..."
The big group intoduced themselves, finishing with a nice to meet you. "It's nice to meet you, too." she sat in between Minato and Akihiko. Most akward place to sit. "Did you say your last name is Arisato?" she asked Minato.
"Yeah..." he said. "And, apparently, we could be brother and sister." He really doesn't know. He told me he was an only child. And when we told him about her it hit him like a brick.
"We could be..."
"You do look a lot alike..." Junpei pointed out looking closely at their faces.
"I agree," said Fuuka.
"Yeah," Kako said. "You really could be brother and sister."
When we were done talking to Minako we returned Gothenburg dorm and Kako took out her laptop. She typed and clicked stuff and told us to take a look at an article. It said:
One of the greatest stories in Japan, the car accident taking place on Moonlight Bridge. What happened here? A boy named Minato Arisato, age 5, and his sister, Minako, age 3, were involved in a car crash with their parents, mother, Harue, and father, Isamu, and survived. But the parents didn't. Minako being two years younger, she was taken care of by her brother after their parents died in the car crash. Minato and Minako were found by a social worker, and Minako was adopted by Karin Okamoto, janitor of Gekkoukan High School. She says she adopted as a four year old and the sweet janitor took care of her, as Minato was adopted by Atsuo Takeuchi, one of the towns locals. Atsuo took care of him until he was sent to an elementary school and started going to a dorm. It seems they have both forgotten about this.
Written by: Cho Miura, local reporter
"I knew it!" I said.
"So did the rest of us." Akihiko said. Sometimes I want to slap him but I know he can knock me out with one punch. Let me have a moment for once.
"...Atsuo...Minako...I...remember..." Minato shook his head. "But my sister is the next victim! We have to save her!"
We nodded. "I'll bet she's still living with Karin. We should see if she's still there," Kako suggested.
"Yeah. Let's look up her address." Minato said.
She typed and clicked again and wrote the adress down.
"Okay, we go tomorrow." She said. "But first, Tartarus."
We went to Tartarus, and after 3 guardian battles, we got to the next blockade. We decided to open it tomorrow. We were gonna be on block four. I was worn out.