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=May 1 2009=

"FYI, Sanada-senpai's at the hospital getting a check-up." Junpei inquired as he sat down on one of the chairs while looking at his 3 friends.

"Is he okay?" Minako asked in concern. She knew that Akihiko is strong, but it doesn't help her from stopping to worry about her senpai. After all, Akihiko's her teammate, friend and someone you can lean on.

"Huh...I'm not practically worried 'bout him since he said that having a broken rib cage is a MINOR damage...you guys know how his brain works...and...he's strong." Naruto said while pulling out a cookie from Minako's heavenly snacks. "Woah! This cookie's awesome!"

Minako blushed and sank down on her seat. "W-Well, I-I...u-umm..t-t-t-t!" Minako fainted as Naruto adviced her to calm down and patted her head. This made Minako blush even more. Naruto was shouting "Oi! Oi! Oi!" repeatedly.

'Minako...is so...deeply...in love with this...blonde idiot...' Yukari thought while sweatdropping at the scene.

"Well...anyways..." Junpei faked a cough. "He called me earlier, asking me to bring him something." Junpei said before having a grin. "Yup. He knows who to count on." Junpei smiled smuggly.

"Yeah right...he probably asked you because he knows that you don't have anything to do after school." Yukari said a matter-of-fact. Junpei pouted as Yukari shrugged her shoulders. "Just...kidding!" Yukari giggled. "So...what did he want you to bring?" Yukari asked.

"Probably some leather gloves to practice right after his check-up." Naruto said while carrassing Minako's back as Minako sighed and apologized to Naruto repeatedly.

"Hmm...might not be too far from that..." Yukari said and giggled. Junpei shook his head as Yukari's giggle died down.

"Nope. Too far. It's the class roster from 2-E." Junpei said and shook the piece of paper showing that he did as what their senpai told him.

"Eh? What does he want that for?" Yukari asked pointing at the paper Junpei was holding. Junpei hid the paper and rested his chin on his palm. "Well, I don't have practice today so...I'll go with you." Yukari added. "You guys are coming too, right?"

"I don't have my Kendo practice...so...I'm free." Naruto grinned his infamous fox-like grin that makes the girls swoon at its cuteness. Naruto chose Kendo since he uses a sword. Might as well practice in daylight too, right?

"I don't have Tennis today!" Minako chirped happily. Minako chooses Tennis since it includes swinging and hitting the ball. It is also a good practice for her naginata since her naginata includes swinging and hitting.

"Awesome! Let's go!" Yukari smiled and got up from her seat heading towards the door with Minako and Naruto following her.

"Hey! Guys! Sanada-senpai asked me! Not you guys! Only me! H-Hey! HEY!"

Upon entering the designated room, the 4 saw a man with messy gray hair that's mostly covered with a beanie cap, long scarlet leather tan coat and some winter boots, sitting on Akihiko's bed.

"U-Um? Is Sanada-senpai..." Junpei gulped as the man glared at him sending Junpei to shake so much in fear. "I-In this room? By any chance?" Junpei asked in a panick tone.

"What are all of you guys doing here?" Akihiko asked as he came out of the doctor's office.

"We came to see you!" Yukari said cheerfully. Oblivious to the glare the man with the beanie cap was giving off. "But, it doesn't seem like anything's wrong with you."

"Haha." Akihiko chuckled. "Thanks." he said. "But, I'm just here for a check-up." Akihiko added as he grinned at the beanie man. The beanie man scoffed and stood up.

"Is that it, Aki?" he asked heading for the door.

"Yup, thaks again."

"Tch." the man clicked his tongue. "I don't have time for this shit." he said as he left the door with a click.

"Who the hell was that bastard? Did he do somethin' bad to 'ya senpai?! I'll kick his ass!" Naruto exclaimed cracking his knuckles and neck.

"Heh." Akihiko grinned. "No kiddo." he replied shortly. "And I'm okay taking care of myself." he said with a smirk. "Still, thanks for the concern." Akihiko ruffled the blonde's hair. "For that, I'll treat you to some Hagakure ramen at the 'Iwatodai Strip Mall'." Akihiko grinned. Naruto beamed happily but soon was stopped by a word. "But." But's arent always good. "Only 5 ramen bowls." Akihiko scoffed as Naruto pouted and nodded sadly.

"By the way senpai, here's the thing you're asking me to bring." Junpei handed the paper to Akihiko who sat down on the hospital bed and scratched his head.

"Good. Sorry for the trouble." he apologized as he raised the paper.

"Y-You shouldn't move your arm." Minako said in concern.

"Hm? Ah...you're right." Akihiko lowered his arm and looked at the paper with a stern gaze.

"Kiddo. We need to talk." Mizuki said in his mind as Naruto nodded mentally.

"Guys, just gonna go out for a bit." he said as he walked off the room.

"Well?" Naruto asked mentally as he sat down on one of the benches in the station.

"Kid. You're a ninja, yes?" Mizuki said a matter-of-fact. "It's not only Kurama you get to stay with." Mizuki said.

"Hm?" Naruyo hummed mentally and stared at the golden sky, since it's the sunset time.

"You still have your old skills back. Though, only Rasengan is the only option of your skill. I can't bring back the others since, they're your side skills while Rasengan is your main skill." Mizuki said as Naruto grinned.

"Yosh! I'm sure as pumped as hell! I'll be ready with the next big Shadow! Count on it!"

=May 9 2009=

Inside the Command Room, Mitsuru is working alone while sighing and rubbing her temples. Akihiko came in and asked.

"You're still at it?".

"Yeah...you never know when the enemy might appear..." Mitsuru replied while refocusing her eyes into the work she was doing earlier.

"But, I thought you couldn't scan outside of Tartarus…" Akihiko pointed out while sitting on the couch.

"To be honest…I lack the power." Mitsuru admitted. "Maybe this is the best Penthesilia can do in terms of data gathering…" Mitsuru looked down at her feet. Mitsuru suddenly raised her head. "H-Huh?".

"What is it?" Akihiko asked suddenly jumping out of the couch.

"I-It's a Shadow!" Mitsuru exclaimed while looking at Akihiko.

"Whaddya mean? You actually found one?!" Akihiko said as he walk towards Mitsuru's side.

"Wait. Something's not right. The reading's too big." Mitsuru informed. "We never encountered anything like-"

"You mean, it's one of those?!" Akihiko exclaimed.

"It…must be." Mitsuru replied while deactivating her Persona.

"Well then, this is gonna be fun." Akihiko grinned. "I'll go wake up the others." Akihiko said while rushing to the monitor.

"Indeed."

Naruto was woken up by the sound of an alarm. He knew what that means…it means that Mitsuru found a Shadow. He rushed outside before going back to grab his blazer and sword. While rushing upstairs he bumped into Minako who rubbed her forehead with a pout. Naruto carrased her head before muttering an apology and rushed upstairs.

'He's such a hothead…'

"Kirijo-senpai, Sanada-senpai!" Naruto exclaimed while rushing inside followed by Junpei, Yukari and Minako.

"We're here!" Yukari and Minako exclaimed.

Junpei looked around and exclaimed, "Where is it? I'll rip it a new one!"

"We detected a Shadow outside of Tartarus." Mitsuru informed. "We don't know for sure. But there's a possibility that it's a big one." Mitsuru said. "We must defeat them at all costs.". "Most of the people don't know that Dark Hour exists. But if half the city's destroyed, there'll be panic! We really need to eliminate them as soon as possible!"

"In other words, we need to kick some ass, right? Well, count me in!"Junpei cheerfully said and raised his hand like voluntering to answer a question in a class.

"Junpei…" Yukari sighed.

"Akihiko you stay here and wait for the chairman." Mitsuru instructed, oblivious to the cheery attitude Junpei was giving off.

"Wha-?! Are you kidding?! I'm going!" Akihiko exclaimed.

"You still need to recover. You'll just be a hindrance." Mitsuru pointed out. "They'll fare better than in your current state, Akihiko." Mitsuru pointed out. "Believe in them Akihiko, they're ready."

"Damn it!" Akihiko cursed. Akihiko sighed, "Naruto, you're in charge." Akihiko commanded.

Junpei sighed, "Him again? And here I am, getting my hopes up."

"We're counting on you." Mitsuru remarked, again oblivious to Junpei's sour attitude.

"Osu!"

"Where is she?" Yukari asked in a impatient manner. She leaned on the wall of the station.

"She'll be here soon…" Junpei replied boredly.

"There's a full moon tonight." Minako pointed out. "It looks even creepier during the Dark Hour…".

The four leaned on the walls sluggishly. They soon jumped out when they heard a sound of a motorcycle-! Motorcycle?!

"What the-?!" Naruro exclaimed while pointing at the motorcycle Mitsuru was riding on.

Mitsuru took off her helmet, hopped off her bike and smirked. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"A m-motor…cycle…" Naruto trailed off while looking astonished at the piece of vehicle.

"Listen carefully." Mitsuru said seriously while wiping off the smirk she wore on earlier. "Tonight, I'll be providing support from here. Everything else is the same." Mitsuru said. "The Shadow is currently located inside the monorail, not far off from the station." Mitsuru pointed on the tracks.

This made the 4 sophomeres gulped nervously.

"To get there, you have to walk on the tracks." Mitsuru smirked but quickly shook it off.

"W-Wai…isn't that…dangerous?" Junpei asked as he feared that he will die by his own Persona's element.

"No worries…no electric equipment is oparable during the Dark Hour. Including the monorails." Mitsuru replied while sitting on her motorbike.

"But your…bike…" Minako pointed at the vehicle Mitsuru was sitting on.

"It's special." Mitsuru smiled. "Now, if circumstances change, I'll notify you immediately." Mitsuru said as she looked at the 4 with a stern look. "Naruto take care off this speaker. I'll notify you via that speaker…now, move!"

"O-Okay!" Yukari said gulping.

"L-Let's do this!" Junpei followed.

"Y-Yeah." Minako gulped.

"O-Osu!" Naruto shouted while walking towards the tracks with the 3 following right after him.

"This…is it…right?" Naruto asked uncertainly as he panted. Suddenly, the speaker gave a ring. Naruto picked it up his pocket and pressed the 'Answer' button.

"Can you all hear me?" Mitsuru's voice asked.

"Well?" Naruto looked at his companions who gave him nods. "Yup. Clear as water." Naruto replied. "Anyways, we just got here and we don't seem to see anything out of the ordinary." Naruto reported.

"The readings are definitely coming in from that monorail. Just proceed with caution and stick to each other as always." Mitsuru adviced and ended the call.

"So we can't split up, huh?" Naruto said as he looked at the monorail and found a ladder. "Let's climb up!" Naruto announced and walk to the ladder but was stopped by Yukari's hand.

"Hold it." Yukari smirked. She grabbed Minako's wrist and pulled her beside her. "This time, girls take the first action." Yukari smirked and took the lead and climbed up the ladder with Minako right after. "Oh, and don't look up!" she warned deadly, eyeing Junpei and Naruto.

"Yeah, yeah." Junpei replied lazily. He smirked and pulled Naruto as he swung his arm on Naruto's shoulder. "But don't blame us if we happen to catch a glimpse." Junpei smirked as Naruto hissed.

'Oh. He's so gonna be dead.'

"Yup. I won't blame you guys…just DON'T FREAKIN' DARE…" Yukari warned darkly as she cracked her fists. Junpei gulped.

"Y-Yes…of course, ma'm"

"This poor stiff must be a passenger…" Junpei said while looking at the red bloddy coffin.

"It's so friggin' hot in here. I wish that the AC's can be used even without electrity." Naruto complained while flapping his uniform like it was caught on fire.

"Come on, it's not even Summer…" Minako giggled.

"Oh guys…please, let's be serious…" Yukari facepalmed.

Suddenly, the 4 sophomeres jumped in surprise when the doors shutted tightly.

"Oh…shit…gotta' call Kirijo-senpai…" Naruto gulped and took out the speaker and pressed the 'Call' button.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Mitsuru asked as Naruto frowned.

"It looks like we're trapped inside." Naruto reported, pushing and banging the door in case it opens.

"It must be the Shadow, it knows you're there." Mitsuru said slowly. "Be ready for anything! Proceed with extreme caution!" Mitsuru adviced, more like warned.

"Osu!"

"What the heck? I don't see any Shadows." Junpei exclaimed angrily. He was hoping for some action. Not just running around from carriage to carriage.

As if on cue, a Shadow apperead in front of them. Though, something's wrong, the Shadow…instead of charging itself to them, it just…ran away. Junpei prepared to dash to capture and fight it only to be stopped by Naruto's arms.

"Stupid, don't go rushing. It's not like we're in a hurry…err…I mean just take it easy, Dark Hour won't just easily fade." Naruto lectured him as Junpei glared at him.

"But-! If we don't go after it, we're gonna lose it!" Junpei snapped. Naruto released a little bit of killing intent that sent Junpei to gulp.

Minako and Yukari was taken aback by the sudden leak of killing intent. They rarely- more like, they hadn't expected that Naruto could do a killing intent, since he was more like a carefree and easy-going guy.

"Wait!" Mitsuru's voice interrupted.

"E-Eh? H-How…I didn't hear a ring…" Naruto muttered astonished.

"We could care less about that. Right now, you're right Naruto." Mitsuru said. "The enemy is acting…strange…" Mitsuru said confused. "Naruto, what do you think?" Mitsuru asked the leader of the group.

"We…" Naruto trailed off, planting his ocean blue eyes on Junpei. "Should…" this time, planting his eyes on the two girls. "Let Junpei handle the Shadow." he grinned.

Junpei looked at him shocked. Yukari did the same but with a hint of 'Is he crazy?'. Minako only smiled.

"…" Mitsuru gave no response. Seconds later, she chuckled lightly. "Very well. Iori, good luck." Mitsuru gave her regards as Junpei looked at Naruto for confirmation.

"Do you not want to?" Naruto asked while grinning.

"Are you kidding?" Junpei replied with a grin of his own. Junpei then looked at the door the Shadow had escaped before. He dashed at it and open the door.

"Well, he has an own party to have fun with…" Naruto smiled while turning his head at the upcoming Shadows. "We also have our own…let's start the party!"

"Congratulations Junpei!" Naruto cheered ad he scooped Junpei in his arm and patted his back.

"Heh." Junpei grinned.

"Congrats. Still, this is not the time to celebrate when you still haven't reached the first car. And, even though I don't detect any movement you 4 should stay alert." Mitsuru warned.

As if on cue, the train started its engine and moved at its normal pace.

"Er, why…are we moving?" Junpei panicked rushing at the windows to see they're moving…at a rather slow speed.

"…" Naruto squinted his eyes as he tried to think. It was that feeling! The feeling in his gut! He just knew it! Or was it? '…The feeling of danger…' Naruto thought. 'In the first place, why are we at a normal pace? I bet this pace will change…arrgh! Too much thinking! Shikamaru! I badly need you so much!' Naruto mentally cried.

"!" Mitsuru gasped.

"What is it Senpai?" Minako asked looking at the speaker on Naruto's pocket.

"Be care-"

They were stumbled down on the ground at the fast change of speed from normal to super fast. Heck, everything outside seems like a blur to them! Minako was stumbled to Naruto's torso.

"Argghh!" Naruto groaned. "Hea…vy! Hea-! Gah!" Naruto was knocked out by Minako's slap. Minako looked at Naruto with a red, teary face.

"Minako! You knocked out our leader!" Yukari shook Minako's shoulders as she looked at her with a 'Are you crazy?!' look.

"Hmph! Suits him." Minako pouted. "I'm not that…fat…aren't I?" Minako mumbled to herself and held back her tears.

~Lala Land~

Naruto woke up seeing that he was back…in Konoha. Naruto looked around him, which he regretted. He saw ALL his precious people dead, in his feet. Close to him was Hinata, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi and the rest of the Konoha 12 Gang.

"No! No!"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

~Real World~

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Naruto woke up and accidentally punched Junpei on the cheek. Junpei stumbled back with him touching his now bruised cheek. "Errm…?"

"Wake up already! We only have less than a minute before our train crashed into another." Minako said as she helped Naruto up who nodded in acknowledgement and thanks.

"Dude! Say sorry at least!" Junpei snapped as he stood up and fumed at Naruto who scratched the back of his head embarassed.

"Sorry bro…"

The four rushed inside the front car to stop and looked shock at the humongous Shadow sitting in front of them with its hair that has many cards stuck on it wave.

"This…is the boss?!" Junpei choked out.

"We're in the front car it's gotta be!" Yukari replied nervously.

"Be care-!"

"Orrrryaaaa!" Naruto roared as he plung his sword at its torso. He was blown away by his careless attack. "Gahuh!" Naruto groaned as he rolled on the floor but immediately stood up. "Thought as much…Persona!" Naruto pulled his evoker as he pull the trigger and came out was Kurama, of course.

"Agi!" Naruto commanded as Kurama whipped his 9 tails and sent a fire ball to the Priestess. It wad blocked due to her hair guarding her.

"My turn!" Minako dashed and stopped at the side of Naruto. "Orpheus!" Minako chanted as she pull the trigger and came Orpheus out. "Bufu!" Orpheus unplugged her lyre and whipped it to the side to send a ice attack on the Priestess. The Priestess was ready to block it when-

"I won't let you!" Yukari unplugged her bow and shoot an arrow to her hair. "It…worked…" Yukari stared at her arrow that stuck at the Priestess' hair. "It…worked! Yes!" Yukari cheered and suddenly, her confidence raised.

"Thank you Yuka-chan!" Minako made a victory sign at her bestfriend who smiled and waved in return.

"Damn! It summoned allies!" Junpei clicked his tongue. He swished his katana and rushed and pierced his katana to the Priestess' stomach. "Ghh!" he gritted his teeth as he shook his head. "No! Must! Plung! It!" with that, Junpei was taken aback by the huge impact. He hissed and sat up to see the Priestess roaring in pain. He smirked weakly.

"Very smart moves!" Mitsuru complimented. The four smirked.

"Switch! Minako and I will take the defense range! You two, focus on offense!" Naruto commanded as he pulled Minako to rush at the back while the two rushed forward. "Sprint!" Naruto ordered.

"Persona!" the Junpei and Yukari (JunAri) duo both chanted and came Hermes and Io out of them. "Zio/Garu!" they both commanded as their attacks merged together. "Oh/Eh?" they both muttered out as the wind attack has some spikes on its sides.

"No! Don't be distracted! Minako!" Naruto pulled her and held her arm. "Throw thisss!" Naruto held back her arm and pushed her hand as Minako let go of her naginata on reflex. It was headed for the forehead of the Priestess.

"Oryaaa!" Naruto rushed forward and pierced the ally on the left side while he summoned Kurama to 'Bash', basically just whipping its tail or tails on the enemy. He grinned as Kurama dispersed as well as the enemies.

"Naruto-kun look out!" Minako warned as Naruto raised his head to see that one of the Priestess' hair was going to smash or maybe slap him instead he didn't feel any hurt because…

"Kyaaah!"

Naruto turned his head to see Minako slapped by the Priestess' hair. He was speechless as he was choked by his words.

"N…no…s-sto…" Naruto choked out.

"Kiddo, she's not dead…yet. Do you still want to lose your precious people? No right? Well then, go on…show your true skill…the one you carve to be perfect…"

Naruto panted as he looked at his palm and closed it, in firm determination. He opened it once again and focus his chakra on it.

'I can do this…no problem…for…Minako…' he thought as he focused all his chakra onto his palm. He squinted his eyebrows and closed his left eye. Minako and the others looked at him in shock as his palm started to glow blue and a sphere apperead on his palm.

'Why…am…I…so freakin'…tired…' he mentally asked angrily. He panted and held his wrist tightly. He dashed and pushed his blue sphere on the back of the Priestess.

"Or…yaaaaaa!" Naruto roared mightily as he pushed his blue sphere deeper on the back of the Priestess, sending it face-first on the ground and dispersed. Naruto panted and grinned weakly.

"We…" Yukari started breathlessly.

"Did…" Junpei followed looking astonished at Naruto's power.

"It?" Minako ended looking amazed at her…*ehem*.

"Haha…" Naruto chuckled weakly.

"What was that dude?" Junpei asked.

"Ra…sen…gan…" Naruto collapsed right after, stumbling down on Minako's lap as she sat up earlier.

"I…was also astonished…but…it still does not ends here…the brakes!" Mitsuru warned as Yukari flinched and stumbled at the controls.

'Oh Kami…which one!' Yukari thought in a panic. She had her intuition at the center brake, though her mind was doubting. 'Er…this one then!'

"Kyaaahh"

"Good job. You all did great…thank you…I'll call the chairman that you're stuck inside the train…for now, rest easy…"

MAN…PROBABLY THE LONGEST CHAPTER I'VE EVER MADE! I'VE REACHED 4K+ IN THIS CHAPTER. I'M SORRY IF THE ACTION'S…NOT THAT SATISFYING, PLEASE FORGIVE ME BUT! BELIEVE ME! I DID MY BEST! AND UM…NARUTO'S SO TIRED BECAUSE CHAKRA'S NOT FOUND IN THE P3 WORLD SO IT MIGHT TAKE ITS TOLL ON HIM…HEAVILY. OH, IT MIGHT TAKE FOR ME LONGER AGAIN TO UPDATE SINCE, HERE IN PHILLIPINES, WE'VE STARTED SCHOOLS. AND I'M A 4TH YEAR HIGHSCHOOLER SO…YUP. HEHE. PLEASE BARE WITH ME. SO NOW, I THINK I'LL UPDATE EVERY ONCE IN A MONTH OR SO? ANYWAYS, PLEASE REVIEW AND HAVE A NICE DAY/AFTERNOON/NIGHT.