"Are you alright man?" Minato asked, sitting down next to his newest friend.

"I guess so," Hibiki gave out a heavy sigh. "So, why was it that you wanted to talk to me, Minato-san?" he asked with a nearly curious smile. It seemed to Minato that he had been mulling some things over and that was why he seemed to be so quiet.

"I just wanted to discuss the attack and that other thing that you may or may not have blurted out while we were high last night," Minato said with a small but amused smile.

"Oh um… okay then," Hibiki laughed nervously but his chuckles slowly died and locked up in his mouth, leaving only a grimace on his face.

"Where to start…" Minato sighed. "Welp, I guess I'll talk about the guys that we were beating up before."

"Oh uh yeah! Who were those guys, and you guys were doing some pretty cool stuff while you were beating everything up!" Hibiki exclaimed.

"Firstly, the things that we were beating up are things called Shadows," Minato explained. "They were shaped like guys, but you know when we beat them, they kinda turned into a whole lot of gloop and red misty stuff? Yeah, those're Shadows, and they're annoying buggers."

"Ohhh. So that's why there was black inky stuff all over the place…" Hibiki nodded slowly, almost as if he was having a hard time trying to wrap his head around it. But somewhere, Hibiki knew that what Minato was saying wasn't a lie. He was there to see it after all.

"Yeah, and we can only beat those things if we have these things that we summoned, they're called Persona," Minato said. "With them, we could do a whole lot of stuff like making fire, and ice, electricity… shit like that. Stuff you'd find in a video game."

"Oh cool," Hibiki smiled a bit.

"I suppose. I never considered them to be that cool," Minato shrugged. "You can only have one of those if you have the potential. The requirements are arbitrary, but usually you get the potential when you make a resolve or some sort. The resolve manifests as your Persona, and it protects you."

"You mean… I could have something like that as well?" Hibiki asked.

"Strictly speaking, I think all people have Persona. It's just that the potential allows you to actually summon it," Minato said. "So yeah, maybe you might be able to summon one. If you may or may not have noticed, all of the people in our group are able to summon Persona. That's why we're bunched up all the time."

"That suddenly makes a lot more sense," Hibiki nodded. "So uh, what about the other, more dangerous looking people with the weapons?"

"They are assassins," Minato said simply, earning him an incredulous look from Hibiki.

"Wait, what the hell did you guys do to get assassins after you!?" Hibiki exclaimed.

"Well, it wasn't exactly our fault," Minato said with a troubled expression. "Okay, maybe it was a little our fault, but we're… Ugh, well, it's a long story."

"You're going to tell me right?" Hibiki asked with a laugh.

"Uh yeah. Put simply it had something to do with me, being with Nyx, us being brought back to the human world, and then the attraction of evil forces due to Nyx's coming," Minato said, only getting a confused expression from Hibiki. "Um Nyx is the goddess of night, and she has the power to bring the end of the world. So no, she isn't a Persona user."

"Ohhh uh… I guess I kinda get it. So the evil guys want her so that they can bring the end of the world? And that's why the assassin guys were coming after you?" Hibiki tried to go through everything that Minato had said.

"Yeah, that's basically it," Minato nodded. He was impressed that Hibiki managed to sift through that mound of information that he had just spewed out. "G-Good job Hibiki…" Minato chuckled. He felt extremely stupid saying that.

"Uh right," Hibiki nodded slowly. He thought that Minato was being awkward as well.

"Um to continue… well actually, that's basically it. The last thing is that if you meet someone called Erebus, you should probably run," Minato advised.

"Why?" Hibiki raised an eyebrow.

"Because. Erebus is scary mad powerful. If he manages to kiss Nyx well… our world is basically kaput. He's the evil force that we want to keep Nyx away from, not saying that she can't defend herself, but I'm just saying," Minato gushed worriedly.

"You aren't just protecting her because that meeting would basically spell out the end of the world, aren't you?" Hibiki said after a few moments.

"No… I love her," Minato said quietly, a light blush starting to spread over his cheeks as he looked down at the ground.

"I see," Hibiki nodded slowly, kicking his legs back and forth under the seat.

"Why were you jealous of Nyx and me?" Minato finally asked.

"W-Well… um…" Hibiki stammered, not exactly sure where he should go to explain himself.

"Haha, I'm not going to think of you any differently man, just tell me," Minato chuckled, trying to reassure Hibiki by patting him on the back.

Hibiki recoiled away from Minato's hand but relaxed finally. "Y-You see… I was jealous that you guys seemed to be really close and everything…"

"Oh…" Minato said after a few moments with a small smile on his lips. "That makes sense…"

"Um yeah…" Hibiki finished awkwardly.

Minato began, "Welp, I see-"

"That and Nyx is uber pretty and she seems pretty nice," Hibiki blurted out.

Minato looked at Hibiki with a raised eyebrow, but eventually he just laughed. "You like Nyx?"

"Y-Yeah…" Hibiki nodded. "She's pretty famous around here and well…"

"Haha, you don't need to explain, I get it," Minato placed his hand on Hibiki's head and ruffled his hair. "Everyone seems to want to get close to Nyx… I guess I was just lucky."

"Lucky?" Hibiki echoed.

"Yeah. Anyways, it's not something to dwell on man. There are other ways of finding happiness out there," Minato grinned. "Like watching Kanashi and Yashiro bicker. Like seeing Junpei draw to Nyx first time on Street Fighter. Like finding out that your homeroom teacher actually has a huge crush on me, not that she'd ever admit it aloud."

Up to that point, Hibiki had been nodding along with a fairly pleased expression, but it slowly turned to disbelief once Minato finished his spiel. "Excuse me?"

"Yeah, Toriumi's maaaad in love with me," Minato chuckled amicably. "So yeah. There are plenty of other things that can make ya happy. Love is one of them. Friendship's another."

"Right," Hibiki nodded, feeling a lot lighter now that everything was off his chest.

…

MLight: Goddammit, that did not go well.

StoppingNight: I heard from Raz.

MLight: Oh hey Night! I don't see you around often!

StoppingNight: I don't like coming around here a lot, you know that. In any case. I'm disappointed in you guys. I thought you might've stopped them even a little with Lies' help.

NightLies: Sht it Night. Fvck off. it isnt my fult tht the Kana dude woke up whle I tred to get hm.

MLight: *rolls eyes* Of course it wasn't Daru-kun. Of course it wasn't.

NightLies: i thot I told u to stp caling me that bitch!

StoppingNight: Haha, how lively. Anyways. Might I suggest that you girls start getting his dear lady? I believe that Lies found something of much importance earlier…

MLu: ohh. You meann we're actually doinng that? Pfft. Alright, I'll start it. This'll be funn. Annd lies cann watch annd be hhappy.

NightLies: Sht up Illusion.

MLight: Yay, I can't wait! This'll be fun!

StoppingNight left the chat.

NightLies left the chat.

MLu: You know, I always finnd it funny that they always leave the chat at the same time.

MLight: Oh, like brother, like brother.

MLu: You thinnk that they're brothers?

MLIght: I dunno, my only likely explanation. Night is a fairly new member, but Lies has been around awhile. Maybe Lies somehow roped him into this stuff earlier.

MLu: Maybe. See ya Lightning.

MLight: See ya Illusion!

…

Kanashi once again was not sleeping soundly that night. Somehow, somewhere he felt that something bad was going to happen. Maybe it was because of that he was woken by sleep paralysis. He was familiar with that irrational fear, and by now being afflicted by that injection of 'oh god I'm fucked' didn't make him scared as much as it made him angry.

But what he wasn't expecting was to see an actual thing hover above him after the Emily Rose apparitions and that accursed hag that crept up onto his chest and sat there all jolly. If only he could move he would fucking knock that codger's lights out and it wouldn't be sitting so pretty there. Would be nice, to wipe that goddamned smirk from her face.

He swore that he saw a silver knife and he instantly tried to get himself to move. He was NOT planning on getting stabbed by some weird hooded asshole in the middle of all of it! He tried to wriggle around in his almost steel-like bounds, trying to get any inch of himself to move, even a little bit of it. He could do it!

…crap, that guy was getting closer! Move goddammit, move!

His arm. His hand. His legs. Yeah, that's it!

"You ain't getting me," Kanashi muttered as he finally broke free and switched the lights in his room on.

No wait. That hooded thing was real!

Was it the scrawny pencil neck bastard? He swore that he was not into voodoo!

"Magnadyne!" Kanashi yelled, rushing forward to elbow the assassin.

Just from under his hood, Kanashi swore that he saw a pair of grey eyes stare back at him with a vengeance. It was strange, because Kanashi did not recognise the assassin at all. He certainly hadn't seen a pair of eyes like that. "Hamaon," Kanashi barely heard the assassin mutter, and a bright flash of light and several talismans flew towards him at frightening speeds. They were almost like the cards that Yashiro had thrown like a ninja at him before when they first met.

Kanashi was pushed back by the powerful Light element attack, but he did his best to brush it off. Again, he charged, and he punched the assassin in the gut, earning him an audible grunt before a violet light filled his vision and the assassin was gone.

Who was that? "The fuck…?" Kanashi mumbled before shaking his head and deciding to play some music in order to calm down. He wasn't looking forward to getting sleep paralysis again. And hopefully it would keep him up a bit more before he went back to sleep.

AN: Arception go! BTW, you can send stuff to the assassins as well. Won't promise any information, but won't it be fun? XD

Plz box me yo thoughts and imma see ya guys later.

RomanceDagger: Well… he's not the only one, clearly. #*cough*Kurow*cough*

Raidou: Isn't that a mystery… it's for later.

Yoshikunitsu: It isn't all that random, you'll see, you'll see.
Indeed.
It isn't all that out of nowhere. As much as I LOVE doing randomness haphazardly I didn't do this without a reason. *dances* Suries!

Eivexst: Hahaha. Yeah, sleep paralysis (kanashibari) is bad.
Thank you. And hopefully.

Nights (59, 60): Indeed, it is.
Lightning is bubbly but conceited like that. Bites like static. Heh, perhaps.
Well, I tried. Bad blood has been made. There shall be more.
Thanks, and yup!

Reviewer of All: Haha, thank you!
Oh dear… I'm starting to think that they should've fought a little more as well. I tried to make it as realistic as possible.
Yes. Kurow is a bitch and an asshole. Perhaps, ne? I'm not good with foreshadowing. *sweatdrops* But I try to make people laugh with him.
Kanashi… yes, that's him and possibly the most fun character to work with. Thanks! Oh, we'll see about Kurow pretty soon.
Indeed, it is. The dynamics between Kanashi and Yashiro are always fun. Most of the time.
I definitely will.

Decode (58, 59, 60): lol, I absolutely LOVED writing that chapter. Probably my favourite humorous chapter to write to date! Kanashi was indeed being a badass, and his lines were so awesome. Oh, the song that Yashiro was singing is called 'The Bad Touch' by Bloodhound Gang. That song is so bizarre. And that HU song is fun, but I don't listen to it a lot.
Indeed it did. Hectic is my game. Yeah, Nyx using her sword, that was fuuuun. Hahaha, Yashiro ain't gonna go down that easily. And yeah. Being high while summoning Persona… not good idea.
You just don't. *shakes head* He can, and it doesn't help that Kurow was being blinded by his own anger as well. Thanks Codes!

Asher: Hah. Well, reviews in any form are nice, so it's okay.
Thanks!

Q/A SECTION

(Minato) Conversation 1: Yoshikunitsu

Minato: Don't you know it. Things seem to be getting really bad around here…

(NightLies) Question 2: Why does Lightning keep calling you 'Daru-kun'?

Lies: Fuck off!
Lightning: I call him that because it's a small nickname I made up for him.
Lies: Shut up. That's nowhere near my goddamned name!
Lightning: Why don't you tell us then?
Lies: No! JUST STOP CALLING ME THAT BITCH!