I present to you, newest installment in Persona - Monochrome Soul. In this chapter, we're going to start the plot (finally), and by that, we're going to see the first supernatural sighting in this story (by the chapter title, I'm sure all of you already know what the supernatural thing is, hahaha). Happy reading.
Chapter III
Missing People and Will-o'-The-Wisp
Tuesday, 8th April 2014
I'm walking alone to my school when that kid from yesterday, Kirizuchi Kira, comes and walks beside me. "Oi, Kurogane-kun, good morning," said Kira. "Hm, oh, good morning, Kirizuchi-kun," said me. "Uh, you know what, screw those –kun, just call me Kirizuchi alright. Those –kun sounds weird on my name. In exchange I'll also call you just Kurogane, alright?" said him. "Oh, sure, I don't mind," said me. Kira is wearing a yellow shirt, a yellow hoodie, black jeans, yellow sneakers, and a yellow bandana with a black cloud-like motive on it. 'So much for the Yakuza Kid, huh,' thought me. Well, saying that, what I'm wearing is just a black shirt with white long-sleeve with white stripe-like motive on the shirt, black hoodie, also with white stripes, black jeans, black sneakers, and my usual black scarf.
"Alright then. By the way, Kurogane, why isn't Hakuran-san with you? From what I heard, the two of you live together at the church, right?" asked Kira. "Well, actually, last night she told me that this morning she has to go somewhere else first and that she will catch up with me later, so we split up a little while ago," said me. 'By the way, I know yesterday she told me that I'll be the one to cook from now on, but seriously? When we just got home, she told me to cook right away. I know I'm supposed to be cooking dinner, but at least give me some time to relax, geez,' I thought about last night's dinner. While thinking about her, I remembered that yesterday I also heard something about Kira being a "Yakuza Kid".
"Hey, Kirizuchi, I have a question," said me. "What is it?" said Kira. "I heard yesterday that some students called you 'Yakuza Kid', mind telling me the reason?" asked me. "Oh, that, well, I'm not exactly a yakuza. My father is, but even though he is, a Yakuza, he doesn't do any illegal stuff. The business is usually just keeping peace in the neighborhood, security money, dealing with governments and something like that, but in a good way, like the security money, he just asks for any amount of money the shopkeepers willing to give, without any coercion. My father actually has a really good reputation you know, that's why the government doesn't even try to bother with my father," said Kira.
"I see, so those kids just call you 'Yakuza Kid' because you're the son of a Yakuza boss, but without they even know about who your father actually is, don't they?" said me. "Yeah, kinda like that," said Kira. "Tch, figure, humans," whispered me. "Eh, did you say something?" asked Kira. "Ah, no, I didn't say anything," said me. "Okay," said Kira as we keep walking to school. 'What is that? I feel like there's something familiar just before. Like I know what I'm talking about. Humans? What I know about humans? Ugh, my head, it hurts again, is it, my memory? Ugh, the pain, it's gone,' thought me. "Hey, what is it?" asked Kira looking at me from ahead me. "N-no, it's nothing, just a headache," replied me as I continue walking.
"Ah, I see. Oh yeah, you're the one that caught that thief from a week ago, aren't you?" asked Kira. "H-huh, oh, that thief, yeah, I'm the one who caught him, why?" asked me in return. "Well, I want to thank you for catching the thief. As I've mentioned, one of my father's work is to ensure the town's safety, so when we heard that there's someone who caught the thief from the police, my father wanted to thank him personally. But, since the police didn't know his name, only knew that he's a white haired young man, my father told me that if I find someone like that in my school, he wanted me to give his gratitude to the young man, which I did," said Kira.
"Oh, I see, well, you're welcome then," said me. "Actually, I only caught the thief because Hakuran-san tried to stop him, seeing that the thief was trying to hurt her in order to escape her I just couldn't sit idly. And the rest is history," said me. "Talking about Hakuran-san, what is the relationship between you two actually? I also hear that you live under the same roof, is that true? Have you two actually done the 'deed'?" asked Kira grinning. "Wait, what? Of course not! What makes think that incredulous thought? I'm just an acquaintance of Father Hidemoto, so for the time being I'm staying at his church, that's all!" said me, a bit pissed. Kira tried to suppress his laugh, but in the end, he still laughs very loud. "S-sorry man, sorry. I-I'm just kidding you know, pfft. Look at your face," said Kira while still laughing. "Hah, just shut up, alright. Me and Kaguya are just friends, no more no less," said me. 'Friends, what a joke.' I suddenly hear something, but it's just gone as sudden as it's coming. 'What, is that?' asked me in my mind.
"Hey, c'mon, don't slow down, we're going to be late, you know!" said Kira, a bit far from me, that woke me up from my thought. "Huh, oh, hey, wait for me!" said me, while running to catch up with him.
Upon arriving on our school, and our class, which fortunately we don't late, we're sitting on our seats. While waiting for the bell and Kaguya, I'm hearing some female students talking about something. "Hey, do you know? Apparently, another people have disappeared. I believe it's 2 this time." "Yeah, I watch that on the news, it's said that the one that have been disappearing until now always a female." "Brrr, so creepy, I think this is maybe caused by a man you know, with the victims always being a female. Who knows? Maybe the culprit is probably doing something disgusting to them. They might've been sold as a slave or even killed by now. It's so scary." "Yeah, you're right. Who knows what scary thing that might have befallen them? Brr, I can't imagine it."
'Missing person, huh. Hm, I think I should ask Kira on this matter,' thought me. "Oi, Kirizuchi," called me, waking towards his seat. "Hm, what is it?" asked Kira, turning his head upwards from his game console that's being played. "Do you know something about those rumors?" asked me, pointing towards the gossiping girls behind me with my thumb. "Oh, you mean about the missing people? Yeah, I know about them. The first one happened around a month ago, sometimes in the middle of March. Hell, my father has been frantic searching for something that may be a clue about this case," said Kira. "Oh, yeah, public security, huh?" said me. "Yup, even I sometimes help him by asking around town. But in the end it's meaningless, even the last person to saw them don't have a clue to where they might have been missing. It's really frustrating you know," said Kira while running a hand through his blonde hair. "I see," said me. "Hey, don't worry, no one is gonna suspect you, alright. Look, even they don't suspect me, the famous Yakuza Kid. Relax, man," said Kira grinning. "No, I'm not worry about that," said me.
"Well, forget about that. I want to know something," said Kira. "What is it? If it's about my relationship with Hakuran-san, I don't want to answer," said me coldly. "Well, close, but no. What I want to know is why Hakuran-san hasn't come yet. I mean, the bell is in 5 minutes, you know," said Kira. 'Now that he has mentioned it. I haven't seen Kaguya anywhere either,' thought me. "Hm, I don't know. Probably her errands take longer than she expected. Let's just wait and see first," said me. "Hm, alright, let's wait and see," responded Kira.
But even though we wait, she still doesn't arrive. Even after the school ends, she still hasn't come up yet, making us quite worried. Even some of the teachers and students, especially the fanboys, have already asked me many times where Kaguya is, seeing that we live in the same church, but because I don't know where she is, I just answer honestly that she said she had some errands to do but I don't know exactly what. Seeing that she may not come to school at all, I decided to ask a senior that I saw talking with Kaguya yesterday after school.
"So this guy, what is his name?" asked Kira while we're searching for the senior. "Hm, if I remembered correctly, his name is Yokubo or something like that," said me. "Oh, you mean Yokubo Mokuro, I know his class, follow me," said Kira while leading the way. Upon arriving in front of class 3-C, we saw some of our classmates in it.
"So senpai doesn't know where Hakuran-san is?" asked one of the girls. "Sorry, but I really don't know where Hakuran-san is, forgive me," said an apologetic long light red-haired guy with handsome face which I presume is Yokubo. Seeing that the girls are asking the same thing as us we decide to eavesdrop on them. "Mou, but didn't Hakuran-san talk with senpai yesterday?" "Yeah, Hakuran-san did talk with me yesterday. But we talked because I'm the one who talked with her first not because of her," said Yokubo. "Eh, what did senpai talk with Hakuran-san?" "Well, I asked her to go out with me, but she refused, that's all," said Yokubo. "What? How dare she refuse senpai? Unforgivable!" "It's fine, really, rather, how about one of you go out with me? I think you are pretty." "Kyaa, senpai asked me for a date!" "No, he asked me." "No, me." Seeing that continuing much longer would be pointless, I left.
"Hey, I know you are jealous, but don't take it into your heart alright," said Kira while we're walking in the corridor, exiting the school. "I know that he is really handsome, has good grades, good at academic and sport, and really popular among girls. But that's not a reason to be jealous…, alright… Aghhh! I'm so jealous with him! Damn you, Yokubo!" shouted Kira. "I'm not leaving because I'm jealous, but because I know he is a liar," said me. "Eh, how do you know it?" asked Kira surprised. "Because I saw their conversation yesterday, I'm waiting for Hakuran-san after all. First, Hakuran-san was the one who initiated the conversation. Second, what they're talking about is Yokubo's bracelet according to Hakuran-san, that I saw yesterday but didn't see today, which makes me curious," said me. "Eh, is it? But if you know it why don't you ask him? Seeing you know the truth, he must be willing to tell you," said Kira. "No, I just have a feeling that no matter how hard we try he are not going to tell us the truth, and seeing that I don't actually know their full conversation, I just can't say that he's a liar and hiding something. Moreover…," said me. "Moreover what?" asked Kira. "N-no, nothing, just forget it," said me. 'Moreover, after seeing him up close, there's just a constant whisper on the back of my head saying, "He is dangerous. He is dangerous." Which make my head really painful. What is that whisper actually?' thought me.
"Well, now what are we going to do?" asked Kira, now walking in front of me while still looking at me. "Hm, looks like we have to look her by ourselves then," replied me while scratching my head. "But how?" asked Kira again, looking to the front. "First, we have to- Ugh!" said me, bumping to Kira. "Oi, Kirizuchi, what's that for? Why you stop so suddenly?" asked me pissed. "Um, well, look at that," said Kira, pointing to something. "Huh?" said me, looking to what he's pointing at. And there, in the middle of the road, I see it. A will-o'-the-wisp.
"W-what the hell is that?" asked Kira while taking a step backward. The will-o'-the wisp is white colored and around 5.5 feet tall with flame dancing all around it. Suddenly there's a voice, "Follow me." "W-what is that voice?" asked Kira surprised. "I think it's from the will-o'-the-wisp," said me. "What?" asked Kira, looking to me.
"Follow me. Follow me. If you want to save her follow me," said the voice again. "W-what? H-Her? Do you mean Hakuran-san? Do you know where she is?" asked Kira. "Follow me. If you want save her, follow me," said the voice. "Oi, Kurogane, what should we do?" asked Kira. "Of course, we can only do one thing. Follow it," said me. "Alright then," said Kira, taking a step. "Hey, are you stupid?" said me while grabbing his shoulder, stopping him. "We have to prepare first. Go back to your home, prepare anything we might need. With our warning actually being a will-o'-the-wisp then that means whatever danger Hakuran-san in is must be really dangerous. Therefore, we have to come prepared," said me. "Alright, then, I'll return to my home and prepare anything we might need," said Kira nodding, now with a determined face. "I'll try to stall Father Hidemoto from knowing the truth. After we finish, we gather here again. Now, let's go!" said me. With that, we split up to prepare to face anything that we might stumble into. 'Tch, what mess have I gotten myself into? Kaguya, hang on,' thought me as I run as fast as I can towards the church.
Um, so how is it? If any of you have problem imagining Kira's appearance just imagine Touji from Tokyo Ravens, except with yellow bandana, blue eyes, and blonde hair. Alright, that's all I got to say. Good, bad, make sure to tell me your opinion by reviewing. May We Meet Again.