And hence this is how the end of the arc comes up to be…with ANOTHER ARC~!

/= [DAY 80] =/

"Hey, Charice! You're all right, da ze!"

"I know I am, cause- HEY!"

She smacked Yong Soo in the face as they went to the rehearsal for the musical. They were nearing the actual performances (shown to the general public and then there's a private screening for their bosses…god help them) and every day had to be a tune-up. Fortunately for her, it meant a tune-up for the main cast, so she didn't have to do anything for the time being.

"Yesterday was freaky, da ze!"

"I know, right? Especially with that war and all…"

"By the way, did you wake up with anything weird?"

"Da ze? Oh, yeah! Check this out!"

Yong Soo pulled up his sleeves and revealed to Charice what he meant: markings on both of his arms, looking like the Korean mark on his flag being surrounded by lines and what looked like fish. She didn't have to say anything, instead pointing to her face to reveal the marks on her scalp. He stared at her arm and she realized something: the mark she used to form a bond with Matthew was still on her arm.

"Whoa." She blinked. "Didn't see that one."

"Do you think it was because you were a master, da ze?"

"Maybe. I had a talk with Doitsu-ki and he said he had a mark on his shoulders, but he didn't mention anything about his arm…" Charice rubbed the back of her head. "Then again, I haven't brought up the topic with everyone else yet."

"That's the weird part, da ze! I had a talk with Aniki and he has marks on his arm and his back! They look just like Chinese marks and stuff, da ze!" Yong Soo's arms started waving up and down. "It's so weird, da ze!"

"I guess it's because he was a master, then…" Charice looked through the window. "Well, it looks like I got a good pattern of these markings…"

"You can say that again…"

She turned her head and saw Roderich walking toward the auditorium, already in his prisoner robes and holding his other attire. He placed it down on the table and faced them, revealing two marks that looked like music notes and bars mixed in with the Austrian coat of arms on both his arms. Yong Soo whined.

"Awww…that looks cooler than mine, da ze!"

"If it hadn't been for the fact that I can dismiss them when I need them too, I would be fairly annoyed." He answered, lowering his arms. "As for you, Charice, do you think the difference in marking locations deal with the fact that you were a master and not a doji?"

"Maybe. That's what I'm getting from the information I'm hearing about." She rubbed her chin. "Doitsu-ki was worried about it, and he had markings on his shoulder…though I don't think he has one on his arm…"

"This is getting strange…both Elizabeta and Anri told me that they had markings as well." Roderich rubbed his chin as well. "Isn't it true that Arthur completely reversed his magic?"

"Well, Doitsu-ki is about to interrogate him about it later, so…" Charice shrugged. "Maybe he already did."

"I see…well, I can't help but feel a little worried about these things." Roderich looked at them. "It's as if looking at them stirs something in me…"

Stirs something…? She blinked. What does that…?

"Let's not think about it, da ze. Rehearsal is starting." Yong Soo pointed out. "We'll talk about it later."

"Yes, that's a good idea…" He looked up. "Charice?"

"Yeah."

/=+=/

After the dress rehearsal, Charice was led by Ludwig to a small room where all the fellow Persona users (she had to find a good name for them) were sitting in. Seeing as how the majority of them were in their costumes, Charice couldn't really take this seriously. Sitting down next to Arthur in a dress didn't work either.

"So do all of you have marks?" Ludwig asked.

"I do." Gilbert lifted up his arms, showing markings that looked like black birds connected by chains and lines. "I joked that I got a tattoo and the girls love it."

"The…few girls that we have." Charice sighed, showing her markings.

"Mine aren't as big as yours…" Matthew lifted his arms, revealing the same markings that were on his chest when he was a doji: maple leaves connected by red vines. "They disappear when I will it to…"

"So we all obtained two markings…" Kiku rubbed his chin. "There seems to be a pattern."

"I have a theory on that, but I need to see two people." Li Xiao looked up. "Arthur, Alfred. Let me look at yours."

The both of them sighed. Arthur stood up and turned around, revealing a crest that looked like the royal family on the back of his neck, and on his right arm were dancing lines in the colors of his flag. Alfred lifted his arms and revealed white stars and lines on both his arms: red on one side and blue on the other. Li Xiao nodded.

"I see…my theory is correct." Li Xiao stated. "It seems as if each person that was associated with yesterday has been marked twice. For a doji, it is marked on both arms to symbolize their gauntlets. For their human counterparts, it's marked on the arm for which they bonded with the soul, and as for the second place…I'm not really sure why it's somewhere else."

"The theory seems to hold up." Francis lifted his arms, revealing what looked like swords pointing to his wrists as they were connected by colorful banners. "I've met with Anri earlier, and she had a marking on her right arm and cheek."

"I met up with Yong Soo and Roderich…the theory matches up with them too!" Charice leaned forward. "So we're all marked!"

"Ve~~~what do the marks mean…?"

"Ahahahaha! You guys are worrying too much!"

"Says you, tomato bastard! Why the hell aren't you worried about these? Knowing the murderer, he probably marked these up as bombs or something!"

"You guys are thinking too hard! Don't you think that it's something a little simpler than that?"

"Like…what?"

Antonio merely stood up and looked at the windows for a few seconds before rolling up his sleeve to reveal the green vines tattoo on his hand. Before their eyes he opened up his palm and revealed a Persona card, something that made them all jump. He crushed it, revealing Okuninushi behind him.

"I found out this morning, but he didn't do anything so I wasn't too concerned about it." He answered with that smile. "So what do you think?"

"I-It works…" Matthew lifted up his Persona card.

"I got mine." Lovino lifted his.

"Claim." Charice got her whole deck out.

"I have mine." Li Xiao turned his head. "Anyone want to say anything?"

"Ve~~~I don't have mine…"

"I think it's because you haven't activated yours yet in the other world." Gilbert grinned. "Don't worry about it."

"Ve~~~"

"I think you may want to rethink that statement."

They looked up to see that Francis had a Persona card in his hand as well, this time tinted a bright pink. He crushed it, and instantly the figure of a man with wings appeared behind him. Everyone gasped in shock as the Persona vanished from behind him. Francis could only smile.

"These marks are granting the bearers Persona."

"You mean granting them to those who haven't been on the other side." Arthur pointed out. "Seeing as how Feliciano doesn't have one."

"Does that mean that about twenty something people can now use Personas in the real world?" Kiku rubbed his chin. "This isn't good."

"This is NEVER good." Lovino spat. "Especially since half of them are idiots."

"Ah…don't tell me that you're talking about me, Lovi-chan."

"It's LOVINO!"

"Lovi-chaaaaan…"

"FUCK OFF, CHARICE!"

"Nah ;D"

/=+=/

"'Ey, Lovi-chan!"

"I told you Charice…it's Lovino."

"Lovino, whatever. I wanted to ask you something." She went up next to him. "Did you talk to Antonio?"

"About what?"

"That…mushy stuff that he was talking to you about yesterday…about being in love with you and how he was jealous of me and crap-"

"He did not say that he was in love with me!"

"He beat around the bush, but the same rules apply."

"…well, what am I supposed to do? Antonio's the only one who doesn't remember what happened yesterday! Like he slept throughout the entire thing!"

"He doesn't…?"

"Tomato bastard just woke up with those marks and went bragging to me about it." Lovino folded his arms. "He doesn't remember, so I'm not remarking."

"He's gonna remember one of these days."

"Not when I'm around."

"And when he does around you?"

"…"

"You could just…tell him the truth."

"What truth?"

"That you love him back and you secretly want him to-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP, CHARICE!"

"Awwwww…I thought you were one to hear recommendations…"

"Did not want to hear that…"

"You too shy to tell him?"

"NO!" He was blushing when he said that.

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…

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"I can tie him up to something and you can tell him there."

"What the fuck does THAT have to do with anything?"

/=+=/

Raphael is one of the four major archangels in the Catholic religion, the highest ranked one. He recites the history of the fallen angels and is the guardian of the Tree of Life…not the Tree of Knowledge. No, not that one. [Francis Bonnefois - LOVERS]

For those of you who don't know Les Miserables…now's the time to figure it out. Just listen to the music and you'll get it.