In the next moment the duo were standing on a sidewalk in the open. "Did we make it?" Andrew asked Ren who was now back in Kira's body. "You have returned to the real world. Welcome back." A robotic voice said from Kira's phone causing Ren to take it out before Andrew whispered to him.
"Should I refer to you as Kira now that we are back?" Ren nodded before whispering back "Yeah, only call me Ren when we are alone, and I'll write Kira to let her know that we are cool." Andrew nodded before giving Ren a thumbs up and a genuine smile.
Just then a couple of police officers walked over to them. "What's with the whispering? Are you two students of Shujin?" The first officer asked. "Yes we are, me and him were just on our way there." Ren said with his best imitation of an innocent voice.
The two cops looked at each other before the other one spoke up. "Cutting classes, are we?" The duo shook their heads before Andrew blurted out. "N-No I was just showing her the way to school. S-She's a transfer student and today is her first day of school."
He said nervously as the duo prayed to whatever god they could that the officers would believe them. Luckily the officers seemed satisfied with their answer and quickly left them both alone. Once they were sure that the cops were gone they both let out a sigh.
"You really suck at acting, you know that right?" Ren said, chuckling at Andrew. "Oh hush up, let's just go to school before we get into any more trouble." Andrew replied, punching Ren in the shoulder before the two left taking the same route they took that morning they successfully arrived at the school.
"What the hell? Where did the castle go?" Andrew asked before turning to Ren. "How should I know? What's going on?" Ren responded before someone interrupted. "That's exactly what I wanted to ask you. We received a call from the police."
"Darned cop snitched on us after all." Andrew snarled. "Of all people I didn't expect you to be late. Where were you up until now?" The counselor asked Andrew "Uhh… a ca- a castle?" Andrew answered honestly, while Ren just facepalmed.
"So, you have no intention of giving an honest answer?" The counselor asked before a familiar voice interjected "What's this about a "castle?" The voice asked before walking into the vision of the pair.
"Kamoshida!?" Andrew asked with a gobsmacked expression on his face before Kamoshida spoke up. "You seem so carefree, Takamaki. Quite a difference from when you did morning practice from the track team." He taunted before Andrew spoke up.
"It's your fault that I-" he tried to say but was quickly interrupted by the counselor. "How dare you speak that way to Mr. Kamoshida!" She yelled before sighing. "…There's not much leeway left for you, you know?" Takamaki growled but said nothing. "Do you really want to be expelled!?" The counselor warned before she continued.
"In any case, you'll have to explain yourself! Follow me!" She said while looking at Andrew who just raised his hand into a fist. "Come now. I should have been more considerate, too. Let's just say we were both to blame."
Kamoshida said to the counselor who responded by saying. "Well, if you say so… Still, you're coming with me. It's undeniable that you're extremely late." Takamaki lowered his head before Kamoshida looked at Ren before asking.
"By the way…you're that new transfer student, correct? Kira Kurusu?" Ren tried his best to give him a fake smile before watching Andrew silently glare at Kamoshida on his way up the stairs. Turning his focus back to Ren. "…Have we met somewhere?" He asked the teenager who nodded.
"I saw a girl go into your car this morning and you offered to ride me here." Ren explained before Kamoshida nodded. "Well, how about I cut you a deal…" In an instant, his mind was filled with alarm bells and red flags going off, hell, even Arsène seemed to shift from within his mind.
"If you start seeing me after school, I'll keep your criminal record under wraps." Ren was absolutely stunned, his jaw was practically on the floor, was he really getting blackmailed by a teacher. Ren cleared Kira's throat before responding.
"Never! Not now, Not ever in a million years! You can leak my damn records for alll I care!" He said as he thought about Kira. If she was him from another dimension, Ren knew that Kira would never let herself be sexually harassed by a teacher.
Kamoshida was both flabbergasted and enraged. "Tch, suit yourself bitch." He snarled before continuing. "I'm sure that you've heard from the principal, but cause any problems and you'll be expelled. Is that clear?" Kamoshida asked before Ren responded "Crystal."
Kamoshida then continued talking as if that whole exchange never happened. "At any rate, hurry up and go to the faculty office. I'm sure Mr. Kawakami is tired of waiting." He paused before putting on the fakest smile that Ren has ever seen and adding. "Good luck trying to enjoy your new school life." He said before re-entering the school.
By the time he entered the school, people were already talking about how the school let a "criminal" into the school. At that moment he couldn't help but wonder if that was really what Kira would have wanted before deciding not to dwell on it any longer.
When Ren entered the faculty room it didn't take him long to pick out Sadako amongst the other teachers. Ren sighed before walking up next to him, and as soon as Kawakami noticed her, he sighed before saying. "Unbelievable…Being over half a day late on your first day? Can you explain yourself?"
Ren quickly decided that telling the truth would probably make Sadako think that he was doing drugs or something so he just responded with. "I got lost." Which caused Sadako to raise an eyebrow at him before asking.
"How could you have been lost for this long? It's almost lunchtime. Well, it's probably true that you're not used to the area yet… but you're still way too late." He sighed before continuing the lecture. "Will you pull yourself together? You were given fair warning yesterday, but more importantly I heard that you were caught along with that Takamaki-kun?"
Ren tilted Kira's hand and gave him a confused look "That Takamaki-kun?" He parroted as Kawakami let out a big sigh. "Don't get involved with him, okay? He's nothing but trouble. He wasn't like that when he was devoting his time to track and field though…"
Kawakami said trailing off before shaking his head and continuing. "…Anyway. Break is almost over. Classes will end after fifth period today because of the subway accident. I'll have you introduce yourself when class resumes. Follow me."
Ren does as he was instructed by Kawakami and outside of the classroom Kawakami turns to him before saying. "By the way, when you introduce yourself…Be serious about it even if you're lying to the class, okay? Do NOT say anything unnecessary." Ren nodded before the two entered the classroom.
As soon as he entered his ears were bombarded by gossiping students, all of which were very nervous about getting slugged by him, or rather Kira. (Boy, does Kamoshida ever work fast on his threats) he thought to himself before feeling Arsène nod from within his head.
"Okay, Okay, Settle down." Kawakami instructed before resuming "…Well, I'd like to introduce a transfer student: Kira Kurusu. Today, we… had her attend from the afternoon on since she wasn't feeling well. Alright, please say something to the class."
He bowed politely before saying. "I'm Kira Kurusu. Nice to meet you." Kawakami then pointed to a desk that was empty right behind the student that Ren saw get into the car with Kamoshida that morning. "Oh, and can someone please share their textbooks with him just for this morning?"
Kawakami asked, receiving a groan from the student sitting next to his new desk. Ren then slowly sauntered over to his new desk before hearing the girl whisper to him. "…Bullshit" but Ren just ignored it.
Class was as boring and typical as Ren expected it to be. He made note of the lady who was on duty, a long raven haired girl with scratches and cuts all over his face, only one was covered by a bandage.
When class was over, Ren walked into the hallway to see the halls waver for a bit before turning into the hall of a castle for a few seconds before getting a dull headache and clutching his head just as Kawakami came out. "Hm? What's wrong?" he asked curiously.
"This might be a stupid question but… Is this a school?" Ren asked the concerned teacher. Kawakami just looked at him as if he had grown a second head. "Are you sure you're okay?" She asked before Ren nodded.
"Also, I'm not sure if you noticed, but it seems like people are already talking about you, and I'm not the one who told them." Ren nodded before speaking up. "Yeah, I know…" He said putting Kira's hand on her neck. Kawakami nodded before adding.
"You should go straight home, Sakura-san sounded pretty disappointed. Oh and about Takamaki-kun. Don't get involved-" He was about to say before he was interrupted by the arrival of Takamaki. "Speak of the devil…" He said before continuing.
"What do you want? I heard the police caught you cutting classes today." Kawakami said to Andrew who sighed before responding. "It was nothing'" before he sauntered over to Ren and whispered in his ear before leaving. "Meet me on the rooftop."
Kawakami just sighed and shook his head disapprovingly before leaving. Ren then overheard a conversation between Kamoshida and Kobayakawa about Kira, the only noteworthy thing that he overheard was that the principal seemed to be worshiping the ground Kamoshida walked on.
Following that conversation he made his way to the rooftop to meet with Takamaki. "There you are." Andrew said as Ren stepped out onto the supposedly off limits rooftop. "Sorry for calling you up like this. I bet Kawakami already told you to not get involved with me, huh?"
Ren nodded and said "He said you are trouble and to not get involved." Takamaki chuckled before adding. "We're pretty much in the same boat… I heard Kira's got a criminal record. Everyone is talking about it." Ren nodded before answering. "Yeah, both me and Kira have one."
Ren walked over to the pile of unused desks and sat on one before Andrew spoke up. "…What was that all about this morning? You know, how we almost got killed at a castle…" Ren shook his head before responding. "I'm not sure, all I know is that I can feel Arsène's presence now."
"So it wasn't a dream?" Takamaki asked Ren, who simply just nodded before speaking up again. "Well, just because we both remember it doesn't mean that it wasn't a Dream though…" All of a sudden Ren felt Arsène move somewhere else within his mind before Ren's eyes turned red and he blurted out in his voice.
"That wasn't a dream!" Before Arsène returned to his spot. Ren's eyes then returned to normal and he quickly put Kira's hands over her mouth before thinking to Arsène. (What the hell did you do!?) Ren felt Arsène shrug before responding. "I simply made a point. I controlled Kira's body for a moment."
Andrew had turned his attention to Ren who was still shaken up about being possessed. "Uh… What was that? Your eyes turned red for a moment and your voice deepened." He asked in confusion before Ren lowered his hands from his mouth.
"Arsène just possessed my mind and Kira's body to prove a point to you, because apparently he can do that." Ren answered slightly agitated before Andrew almost fell off the chair he was sitting on before responding. "Okay, I believe it now, but back to the topic at hand, you totally saved me from Kamoshida. Thank you!"
Ren then gave Takamaki a genuine smile and replied. "Hey, what can I say? I have a hero's complex, whenever I see someone who needs help I intervene." Andrew nodded before explaining to Ren that nobody says anything about the abuse that the students endure because he led the volleyball team to nationals, which caused Ren to squirm before Andrew spoke up again.
"I wonder if we can go back to that castle again…" he said before getting up from the chair that he was sitting on and continuing. "Sorry to drag you up here like this. That's all I have to say. Oh, I forgot to tell you my name is Andrew Takamaki." Ren nodded before waving goodbye to Andrew and watching him leave.
Ren then sighed before making his way to Maurice's, When Arsène suddenly spoke up. "About what I did earlier, I'm sorry… It's just, without that world I wouldn't exist." Ren nodded before thinking to Arsène.
(It's fine, I understand what you're getting at, just promise me that you won't possess me without asking first.) Ren felt Arsène nod from his spot inside his head before responding with. "You have my word."
Once Ren arrived at the café that he was lodging in he took a deep breath before entering and finding Nobuko with her arms crossed behind the counter. "Do you know how much trouble you're in? I got a call from the police saying that you were skipping school." Nobuko lectured before Ren sighed and answered.
"Yes, I know… I got lost and lost track of time, I promise it won't happen again." Nobuko sighed before patting Ren on the back and whispering "Just promise me that you'll call the school whenever you're planning on being late…" Ren nodded before answering quietly. "I Promise" before going up to Kira's room and writing to Kira for the next day.
Dear Kira Kurusu,
It's been a long day… It started off normal enough, I met a girl, saw her get into a car with a perverted and abusive teacher named Kamoshida. I met a guy named Andrew Takamaki, before we ended up in a castle that was supposed to be the school, I became myself gender and all. Got kidnapped and thrown into the castle dungeon before a doppelgänger version of Kamoshida with yellow eyes came and sentenced us to death, before I awakened something called a Persona, who called himself Arsène, causing me to gain the power to fight back against the guards and give me a cool new outfit. We escaped with help from an anthropomorphic cat-like being named Morrgian before showing up at school and meeting the piece of shit Kamoshida who decided to blackmail us for after school time in exchange for withholding our criminal record from the school.
PS: To answer your question about what my Persona looks like, he has a black top hat, two black and red horns, a black corset with a red long sleeved blouse, a white scarf around his neck, large black claws, long red boots that end just below his thighs that have jagged black heels and two large black angel wings.
From: Ren Amamiya
Once he was finished writing, he put the journal back underneath Kira's pillow for her to find it tomorrow, filled out Kira's probation journal and sighed before falling asleep, oblivious to a figure watching him fall asleep from the other side of the window yet again.