I forgot to save the edits. Here's the better (maybe there's not much difference) version of this chapter.
"Mitsuru-senpai's coming here tonight?" Minako, whose eyes were still glued on the TV screen, asked Aigis.
The wild card was watching Phoenix Ranger Featherman R with Koromaru and Ken when Aigis joined them. Aigis sat beside Ken, while Minako sat on the floor, a meter away from the TV with Koromaru beside her, acting as an armrest. Labrys, sat quietly on the armchair nearest to the main door, reading a book. When the commercial break started, Aigis began to explain what Mitsuru told her.
"Mitsuru-san and the others think that it is time you answer their questions. But if you are not ready I cou-"
"I'm ready," Minako interrupted. "I'm tired of hiding anyway. Besides, it's getting annoying." To Aigis, she sounded nonchalant. But when Minako turned to her, she saw determination and resolve in her eyes. "I'm not backing down anymore."
Minako grinned at her, giving both her and Ken a strange sensation. It was warm and nostalgic. It's as if they've seen it a long time ago but they don't remember when. The girl was indeed strange, they both thought to themselves.
"Oh, it's back," Minako said happily as she petted Koromaru. Ken smiled at her childlike behavior. "GO FEATHER HAWK! BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM!"
From the second floor, Shinjiro yelled at Minako to keep it down. "I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!" The girl either didn't hear or ignored the male. She continued to cheer even when the heroes already won. Ken and Aigis did the same in their own way, the former stuggling to hide his excitement. Labrys abandoned her book to join them. Shinjiro groaned and decided to leave his bed - one of the most difficult jobs in his life. That was how they spent most of the Sunday morning.
"Why are you following me?" Ryoji asked Teddie. The blue-eyed boy came out of his hiding spot behind the pole.
"How'd you know?" Teddie laughed awkwardly and rubbed theme back of his neck.
"You really think a pole that thin can hide you from me?" Ryoji can't help but think how anyone could be so dumb. He was starting to understand what Shinjiro feels when he kept annoying him and involve him in the childish games he created with Minako. His respect for his friend grew even more.
"Not really..." Teddie walked over to Ryoji and eyed him with suspicion. "What are you doing? You sure are acting beary suspicious?"
"None of your business." Ryoji decided to leave and to continue where he was headed. Teddie ran after him and kept pressing him for answers.
Ryoji sighed and turned to the boy. "Just make sure you keep your mouth shut about this, got that?" Teddie swore. With that a friendship finally blossomed between them.
"Uh..." Minako shifted uncomfortably on her seat. Even though Shinjiro and Ryoji sat beside her to give her support she still can't calm herself down. Not when almost everyone was towering over her. She decided to stand and ask them to sit down. They all sat, some on the sofas and some on the chairs in the dining area. Shinjiro made sure to save the girl her seat.
"So what do you want to know?" Minako asked calmly. She knew it was a dumb question but she still asked anyway.
"Tell us who you are first," Naoto said immediately. She sat across where Minako stood.
"As I've told you before, I am the field leader of NAT, previously known as SEES. But of course you didn't believe that."
"I believe you." Minako eyes widened at what the young detective said. She gave Naoto an incredulous look.
"If you were the field leader of SEES, that means that you've studied in Gekkoukan High before." Minako nodded. "Tell me; were you a member of the Tennis club?"
"Yes," Minako replied, not sure where this was going.
"Then that means that you have met Yukiko-senpai at least once, or even seen her." Minako stared confusedly at Naoto before looking at Yukiko who sat on the chair in the dining area.
"Yeah, we went to Inaba for a training camp. After our practice with Yasoinaba High School's tennis club, Yukiko-san came to pick us up. I remember that she accidentally brought their car keys with her instead of the house keys. I think a waitress from the inn came after her... That's all I remember." Minako inwardly praised herself for having a "sharp" memory.
Yukiko gasped. "I remember that! Kasia-san even told me that you needed help with your homework, Chie. I told you about that, right?"
"Wait... OH, I remember. You kept talking about scaring them, I think, and this girl with beautiful, red eyes... No wait, I'm not sure."
"It's okay, senpai," Naoto said. She turned to Minako again. "Do you want to know why I believe you?" Naoto didn't wait for an answer. She placed multiple folders on the table. Minako sat and took one of the folders. She skimmed through the files.
"These were reports made by Shuji Ikutsuki," Naoto said carefully. "From your performance at school to your performance on shadow fighting, He wrote them all here. How your grades were, how you behaved with others with comparison to the people you were with at your dorm – everything about you are written in these.
"Since your files were almost identical to Makoto Yuki's we began to think that it might have been some kind of mistake. But..." Minako looked up at her with her brows slightly furrowed. "Just now, you were able to prove that you were a student of Gekkoukan High.
"Yukiko-senpai remembered what happened before with what you said. Chie-senpai even spoke about Yukiko-senpai praising a girl for her 'red eyes.' I studied every profile and id pictures of the students who went to Inaba after hearing what Yukiko-senpai said the other day. Apparently there was only one student who fits the description of both eye color and trip to Inaba - you."
They all stared at Naoto in awe. "If the reports about you studying in Gekkoukan High are true," she continued, "then that means that you stayed in a dorm. According to Shuji Ikutsuki, you have no relatives in the area, and at the time that you transferred the other dorms were full. That only means that you would have to stay at Minatodai Dorm, the dorm with the least tenants, until another slot will open for you at the normal dorms. But you ended up staying there when he found out that you can summon a persona and change one between battles."
"But Naoto-kun," Yukari interjected. "We would've known if she did stay in the dorm."
"Then why don't we ask Aragaki-san," Naoto suggested. They all turned to Shinjiro, waiting for him to answer.
Shinjiro wasn't sure what was really happening; he wasn't sure were the female detective was going. But, nonetheless, he chose to answer, "She did."
"How is that possible?" Fuuka asked standing from her seat next to Yukiko. "Why didn't we know about this?"
"Because I'm not from this world," Minako said calmly with a smile. "Remember, I told all of you that the world, the universe maybe, is in great danger. I've come from my world to prevent the extinction of all that exist."
"But why come here?" Mitsuru asked. "Isn't your world in danger as well?"
"It is," Minako said sadly. "In my world, I was the barrier between Nyx and Erebus." Most of them looked at the girl with eyes slowly widening. Shinjiro and Ryoji just listened to her, preparing their selves for the time when they should step in and take the floor from the girl.
"If you're here then what about your world?"
"In order to protect my world from Nyx, Makoto and I fused the two parallel universes. That way, my world would be safe. While he serves as a barrier, I will remain here to make sure that this problem will be fixed."
Yukari stood and stared at the girl in shock. "So you're saying that Makoto could have been here?" Minako nodded. Tears slid down Yukari's face. "...then why... Why are you here!? Why not him!?"
The words Yukari said stabbed Minako's heart painfully. She could feel her tears threatening to come out but she forced them in. She would not be weak now.
"So in your world you lived with us… so what!? In this word no one knows you so why bother coming here!? To me you're just a stranger... YOU DON'T EXIST IN OUR WORLD!"
"Calm down, Yukari," Ryoji almost begged to the girl. "It's not her fault."
"Yuka-tan's right though..." Junpei walked closer to where Minako was. His eyes landed on the girl's. "Why are you here? Why not our best friend?"
There's no reason to cry. They're just confused. Minako repeated in her mind to assure herself.
But it was not working.
Hi guys! So I did my best in trying to make Naoto sound cool and smart (in which, I think I failed - I hope not, though). Anyways, please tell me what you think (if I messed up this whole revelation stuff or not, etc).
Lastly, thank you to my readers and Rosalinda Lancaster Leonhart (for the review/comment/whatever they call it).