Gekkoukan high, Outside of the gym,?
Were trying to break the frozen door. None of our efforts were paying off. "Skeith!" My Persona punched in the door and nothing happened. "Damn, if only we had our Evokers," Junpei yelled out. "Punch faster!" "On it!" I didn't want to argue with Minako, so I had Skeith punch faster But alas, the door was still frozen. "Fuck!" Minako was mad at what I was able to accomplish.
"Hmm... Yamagishi, you told me that you have an Evoker, right," Mitsuru questioned Fuuka. "Yes." "I see. Let Lori use it." "Okay." Fuuka handed over her Evoker to Junpei. "Oh yeah, baby! Hermes!" *Bang* He engulfed the door in flames... The flames cleared up, and still, nothing happened. "What the hell!?" "This is troubling..." No matter what we did the door wasn't gonna break...
"Okay, we need a new plan," Akihiko stated. "Kei, Fuuka, since you two went through one of the three doors that appeared in the school, do you guys know anything that might help?" "Hmm..." "Not really, Kio. We might need to-" "Wait, I think I do! When we were in there, we met a person named Juro Manabu-the guardian of that place. He said something like this, 'Guardian of half of the shards'..." "Yeah, I totally forgot that!" "What the heck does that mean," Jun asked while he was breathing into his hands. "I don't know. Maybe we should pay the guardian a visit..." "Maybe we should, Kio..."
Gekkoukan high, 2-F,?
We all were in class 2-F, the door was still there. It gave off a relaxing wave when you get near it...
"So, umm... How the hell are we gonna do this? We don't have weapons." Jun had a good point. I can summon my Persona and use shadow-mog at the very least. But as for these guys...
Door slides open* "Kazuki, Yamagishi!" I turned around to find M.G. behind us. "Shizuka-chan!" "Rin, where have you been," I asked her. "I was unconscious." "How did you wake up," Jun asked her. "I realized the world I was in wasn't real, so I broke away from the dream." "Amazing, you're truly exceptional Shizuka," Mitsu-chan praised M.G. "Think nothing of it."
While we were all amazed at how M.G. got out of her own dream world, I saw a blue door in the upper right corner of the room. "What the..." I walked towards the door. "Huh? Kazuki-kun," Fu-chan called. "A blue door...?" Minako seems to see it too.
I knocked on the door. *Knock* *Knock* "Hello..." *Door opens* "Ah, my esteemed guest, please come in!" "That voice." Suddenly, a hand pulls me through the door. "AHHHH!"
Thud* "Ugh!" I was on the floor after I was dragged off to god knows where.
"Ahh... Okay, who wants a piece of me now?" "Welcome to the Velvet room." I saw a very familiar looking woman standing in front of me. "Welcome." "Y-Y-You!" "Ah, I see you remember me." "Of course I do! I could never forget someone like you!" "Oh my, am I partaking in the ritual of a woman being hit-on?" "No, you aren't! And the only reason I remember you is that you nearly knocked my head off the last time we met!" "My apologies, but that was for your own safety." "You're not wrong, but still!" "But I do need your undivided attention. Please, take a seat..." "Oh, okay."
I sat in the seat that Elizabeth wanted me to sit in. "I brought you here to give you this..." Elizabeth then unveiled an Evoker. "How did you get this!" "I am capable of many things." "I see... Welp, I'll be taking that now, so..."
I tried to grab the Evoker from Elizabeth's hands, she moved it away from me. "This does, however, come with a price." I do need that Evoker. "Fine, name it." "I want you to fulfill a request for me." "That being?" "Hmm... I have a brother named Theodore, but I and my sister dubbed him 'Theo'. But lately, I was thinking of a second name to call myself. (I was envious that he was able to have one oh so easily.) So, for this quest: I want you to give me a nickname!" "Huh?" I was thinking she wanted me to do something a little more...grandiose. "Is this an issue," Elizabeth questioned. "No, in fact, this is gonna be a piece of cake. Hmm, will Beth do?" "No." "Okay then, how about Lizy?" "I don't believe I am reptilian." Now I think about it, that does sound ridiculous
"Hmm... This is a challenge..." I snapped my fingers. "I got it! How about Liz? It's short and it definitely comes off as cute." "Yes, this name makes me feel as though I have been reborn as a new entity. This will work as a new name!"
She put the Evoker right in front of me again. "Your just reward." "Thanks." I grabbed the Evoker... "I can give you more of those silver-clad guns, or maybe more, if you like" "Yeah, that would be great." "Good, then I'll give you your next quest, now..." Liz continued to tell me about the next one in mind.
Gekkoukan high, class 2-E,?
After I was done talking to Liz, I left the Velvet room. "Kei, why are you just standing there?" "N-No reason," I mumbled my words
I gather my myself and I walked towards everyone else.
"So, we going in there or what," Jun was getting excited about this. "No, only people who can summon. Which would be, Fuuka, Aigis, me, and..." I threw the Evoker I had in my hand over to Yuka-chan. "And Yuakri." "Huh, why me?" "Yeah, that ain't fair," Jun complained, "She can heal ailments, so it would be good not to worry about falling prey to sleep spells." "That is a sound reason," Mitsuru told me.
"Wait, before we go, we'll need weapons." M.G. pulled out a bag of weapons from the teacher's stand. "Where did you get this," I asked her. "I bought them." "From who," I Jun questioned. "There were certain rooms in the school that turned into stores." "Really!?" "Yes, but don't let this hinder us. Let's get going." "You're coming with," Kio said. "Yes, I am." She drew an Evoker out. Why did she bring hers too?
Yuka-chan and I grabbed some weapons from the bag, then we went over to the door. "Let's go!" "(Unison) Right!" I pushed open the door to the dungeon of Hypnos...
Hypnos dungeon,?
We were fighting like crazy while we were exploring in the dungeon. monsters were popping out of nowhere; they were pretty tough to fight too... (They were also smarter than shadows are.)
"Hey, Fuuka." "Yes?" "I need to know how your new ability works, for real." "All right, but I'll tell you telepathically, just in case.." "Cool." Fuuka then made a connection between her and me. "I can only use it two times a day. Also, when the countering factor happens, it's completely random." "You serious!?" "Mhh." "Well then, we got extremely lucky when you hit him with a fire spell." "Indeed we were..."
We continued down the hallway. I was still thinking about Yuka-chan's dream world. She knew about my mother... I wanted to know why. "Everyone, these two rooms." Fuuka pointed to two separate doors, one near us, and another one down the hall.
"What about them?" "They're filled with something inside them, probably items." I hoasted my sword to my shoulder. "I'll go in this room," I told everyone. "I'll go with him.," Yukari declared. "Then we'll be going to the other room," Shizuka stated. "Meet up with us after you're done." "Right."
The others went to the other room, Yuka-chan and I entered the room we were checking out. There were chest in this room, most of them had money (going into dating money) and better weapons than what we had...
"Oi, Yuka-chan." "Yeah." "I need you to tell me something." "What is it?" "...How did you know about my mother?" "Oh..." Yuka-chan went quite after I asked her. "Well...I took a peek at the files we had on you." "On me?" "I wanted to know how you were able to relate to me back on Yakushima..." So, she got curious about me, huh. "I'm so sorry!" "Nah, it's alright. You poured your heart out to me when you didn't need to, so it's fair that you got to know about me." "Are you sure?" "Yeah... But next, ask, and you'll receive." "*Giggle* Okay, I will." Yuka-chan held her hands to her back while resting her bow on her shoulder.
"Hey, what's your mom like," Yuka-chan asked. "Oh, I really can't remember, I was only with her for three years before she died." Yukari didn't comment on that, we were quiet for a moment. "I'm sorry," she apologized. "For what?" "For being insensitive." "You weren't being insensitive on purpose, so it's alright..." She had her head facing the ground, I couldn't see her face past her hair, but I was able to see her mouth, I think she was smiling. "What about your mom, Yuka-chan?" Her smile turned into a sullen look on her face. "...My mom and I aren't really on good terms." She turned around and leaned against the wall. "She and I don't really talk much, well, I don't try to talk to her." "Why not?" I sat down on the floor. "It was after my dad died. Before I liked my mother, she, my dad and I were pretty happy together. But after my dad died, she became a mess. She began jumping from guy to different guy; failing on most of the engagements she gets into..."
She put her hand to face, wiping it repeatedly. "*Sniff* I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get all emotional. I just... Remembered better days." I had lowered my head. I would've never guessed that she had that much baggage. "I'm sorry, that sounds terrible." I couldn't say anything more than that; I didn't know what to say. "Yeah, I just wish she understood how this would make dad feel..."
I looked at my phone clock. We had to get going now. "We should start heading out now." "Oh, yeah." I got up from the floor, wiping my pants of dust. "Hey, I don't know if it helps, but if you wanna talk, I'm willing to lend an ear." Yuka-chan gave me a thumbs up. "Thank you, I'll try not to be a bother." She was smiling although looking a bit forced, it was something at least.
We went down the hallway, but we stopped dead in our tracks when we saw someone in front of us.
"So, you brought more people I see..." "Yeah, we did." "This is foolish, we all know how that'll end! You might as well not have come or had wakened up from your dreams." "We came here so we get out of the school! And I'm glad I woke up!" Yukari seemed determined. "Oh, why are you telling me that? Didn't you enjoy the dream you were in; I know you did, so don't lie." "You're right, I did. But we can't live there forever, I have a life to live! So I can't be there forever!"
Juro seemed displeased by what Yukari said. " 'A life to live'! So, you think all dreams should be something to be awakened from?" "Yeah, so what!" "Tch!"
He turned around and started walking away from us. "Fine! If you want to continue with this foolish exploration, fine! I'll be waiting for you all in my domain!" After that, he disappeared...
"What was that all about?" Yuka-chan took out the arrow she had in her bow. Fuuka remained quiet, she seemed as if she was deep in thought.
"Hey, we need to keep moving." "Shizuka-san is right," Aigis moved in front of us. "I will lead the way," she stated. "Aigis, I'm in charge here," I told her. "That may be a fact that can be used for the Tartarus exploration, but this is a different scenario." "Seriously Aigis, we don't have any time for this," I rebuked. "Why are you in a hurry?" "Because we just don't have any time for this!" "Last time I checked, there were no time constraints."
This argument was going on for a nearly a minute now, and M.G. seemed to have been getting fed-up with it. "Enough! You two are so stubborn. I'll be the leader for this, and that's that!" M.G. turned to us. "And if you have a problem with this decision, then feel free to remain quiet!" "Yes, ma'am!" She was acting too serious; it was some scary shit I tell you...
...
I was chasing demons around the dungeon as Shizuka ordered everyone to look around the floor to find a door or some stairs. I was standing in front of a door with stars decorated on. There was a more welcoming breeze to it than any other door here. I opened the door, slipping through it. It was dark inside, nothing in sight; just darkness...
"What's this?" There was something glowing in the middle of the room, I went over to touch it, but when my hand was close to it the thing just suddenly exploded. Images were flooding my mind, violently showing me things, blood, a dead body, and a demon. "Use me!"
"W-what the hell is this," I yelled as I was stumbling backwards, trying to make the visions go away. I tripped towards the door to this room. When I was out of the room, the visions went away. But my head was still pounding... "Shit, that was- what was that!?" I couldn't think of an answer, my mind was cluttered up.
"I need to find the others!" I got up from the floor, I used the wall to support me...
...
I was walking by myself in this hollow corridor, searching for Kazuki. Yamagishi can't get a hold of him so she's sending me to his last known whereabouts.
"Shizuka-chan." "Yes?" "Is it okay if I ask you a question?" "Go ahead..." "Um, what did you dream about? I'm sorry, I-I don't want to make you uncomfortable," Yamagishi stammered. "Because to be honest, I feel as though we know less about you than you know more about us..." She's right but I wanted it to stay that way, in truth it doesn't really matter; once the Dark Hour is gone, so will I. So what will it hurt to tell her?
"...A playground." "Huh?" "I dreamt of a playground. It was pretty quiet for a place for children, but I think it was because it was sunset. However, there were two kids there, one was quiet for most of the time the other was easily excited about almost anything. Both of them sitting on the jungle gym when they wanted to take a break. When they were up there they thought they were on top of the world..." "Were you one of the kids," Yamagishi asked me. "Yes, I was the quiet one, obviously enough. As for the other one...I couldn't see his face; it was as if something was preventing me from doing so." The face was all blurry. That dream wasn't just a dream, but a compilation of memories, of greater days...
On the other end, I heard Yamagishi laugh. "What, what's the matter?" "Nothing, I just thought it was funny you would dream about something as cute as that." "Why is it such a big deal, am I weird for it?" "No, in fact, I think it makes you seem more like a girl." "Huh, what does that mean," I asked her, feeling somewhat insulted. "Um, I didn't mean to insult you, I just meant you don't..." Yamagishi went quiet for a moment. "Hold on a moment, I found Kazuki-kun. He's right around the corner!"
I ran around the corner, I saw Kazuki was leaning on a wall. "Kazuki!" I reached him, he seemed to have been dreary. "Kazuki, are you okay," I yelled as I tried to use my sensing ability on him. He seemed to be okay, he just seems like he just woke up from something...
"Sup, Shizuka *yawn*, where are we?" "Still in the dungeon, I'm afraid." He shoved off the wall. "Well, in that case, we should get going to Juro and to the true guardian of this place." What Kazuki said raised an eyebrow, but I didn't really feel like asking; we'll see what he means soon...
...
After a half an hour of M.G. giving out battle instructions and doing navigation, we finally arrived at Juro's domain. I can feel a very relaxing wave of air coming my way.
"This looks pretty cool!" "Careful, we don't know what's on the other side." "You're right." I put my hand on the door. "Kei-kun, what are you doing?" "Hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained..." "The threat makes a point," I growled at that remark. "Whatever, let's do this!" I opened the door...
Juro's domain,?
We all walked in to find that the room is pitch-black. "I sense no lifeforms in this room," Aigis stated. "Ditto," I added.
When we were walking down a random path, the walls, the floors, and the roof changed the scenery. "What the...!?" The whole room looked like the cosmos of the universe; this was breathtaking to look at. "THIS IS AMAZING," I yelled, amazed by the cosmos scenery. "Quiet down," Shizuka reprimended me. "Sorry..."
My voice echoed along the vast domain... I saw someone walking from the other side of this vastness.
"So, you finally arrived..." "You!" "Yes, me." Yukari cocked an arrow into her bow. "You seem jumpy?" "Well, I don't take kindly to people that mess with me!" "I guess you would be the person with the most spunk," Juro pointed out. "You wanna see spunk!" "Yukari, wait, I need to-"
She shot an arrow at Juro. "Io-Garula!" *Bang* She shot a burst of wind against the arrow to make it fly faster. "Western blow." Juro's Persona destroyed the arrow in one go. "Tch, lame!" "Rise up!" Aigis summoned her Persona, and so was I. "Skeith!" My Persona was behind Aigis's Persona. "Kill rush!" "Hit em hard!" "Flurry stab!" The Personas interlocked attacks.
"An opportune time!" Aigis rolled out her barrels... "Aigis, don't do that, Kei-kun-" "Firing!" Aigis shot at Juro's Persona and mine. *Stab* *Stab* "ARGGHHHHH!" "KAZUKI-KUN!" "Kei-kun!" I felt the gunshots impact on my back and my side. "AGHHHH!" I was in intense pain, and it was because of Aigis...
"Kei-kun, I'm coming!" "ACK!" I was spitting out blood. "Diarama!" Yukari was trying to heal me up. "Kei-kun, are you okay, can you talk!" "*Groaning*" I was still spitting out some blood. "Aigis, what the hell!?" Yukari demanded an answer, but it didn't matter since Aigis was fighting against Juro.
"Is that better Kei-kun?" "Y-Yes. Thank you." "Your welcome."
I tried to get up from the floor, but I still felt kinda weak.
"Flurry stab!" "Evasive action!" Aigis dodged the attack flawlessly. She was gonna kick Juro. "Dark slumber!" A wave of black fog spread throughout the area. And for some reason, my eyes were getting all heavy. "Kazuki-don't-sleep!" I could barely hear M.G.'s voice. I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore, so, I closed them shut.
...
When I opened my eyes, I was lying on a black floor, it was cold and hard. I pushed myself up, now I was looking around in this dark void. Where is this, where am I...?
"Kazuki-kun." A voice called my name, somewhere in this place. "Kazuki-kun." My name was lightly called again, this time it came from behind me. "Oi, who's there!" I ran towards the voice, it kept calling to me and calling. After a while, the voice stopped and a figure appeared before me. The person had teal hair... "Fu-chan?" When I turned her around to face me, I had felt every sense in my body dull.
W-what is this, this can't be..." She had blood coming from her mouth and a stab wound in her chest. I desperately crattled her in my arms, thinking that it'll somehow stop the bleeding. "F-fu-chan, what happened." She wasn't answering. "Come on what's wrong, answer me, please!" My voice was breaking as her blood was spilling her wound and mouth onto my clothes. The blood was flooding the floor; like a sea...
"What the hell...!?" In front of me, there were other bodies in front of us. "Everyone," I cried as I realized that it was the SEES members bodies. All lifeless, nothing that would consider them alive. My breathing was accelerating, my body felt heavy, heavier than it ever was before...
"You lacked the power to protect them." "I did," I question, my voice cracking. "No, not 'lacked', you wasted your power. Use your power to destroy all your enemies; use me!" Something in my body was building, it was like a raging storm was happening inside me...
"I'm sorry Mr. Kazuki, you should've stayed out of this place." I heard Juro from behind me. "...The Dark slumber spell didn't work on anyone except you, I guess you fell for my trap on the lower floors." I did respond to him, I only stood up in silence. "I don't know what you saw in here, and really, its none of my business. But now is my time..." He lunged himself at me, putting his hand in front of himself. "...To have your body!" When his fingers touched my head something stopped him in his tracks. "What is this!" Something white was Shielding my head. It had looked like white flames in a way. "What is this, this isn't a Personas doing; what are you!?" He tried ripping through the white but when he used all his power it had repealed him away from me...
"That's impossible, why did it work!?" Juro was troubled by my resistance. I felt power coming to me. "Use me!" I felt shadow-mog! "*Gasping*" Juro was gasping and panting heavily. "Those eyes, they're the same as-" I dashed towards him but he snapped his fingers with a scared shriek.
...
Juro's domain,?
"Western blow!" I saw a blast go near me. "(Echoed) Garula!" "(Echoed) Kill rush!" I forced my eyes open.
"*Groaning*" "Kazuki-kun!? Are you awake!?" "Yeah, I am..." "Oh, thank goodness!" "Yeah, now I can get to fighting!" I ran over to Juro with me booting up my Shadow-mog." "Here goes...!" I dashed at Juro, readying my attack. I pulled back my arm, making sure that the impact of it would be heavy. "Huh," Juro's attention was on me now. "Palladion, pull back!" I drove my fist towards Juro's chest. *Thump* "UGH!"
I sent him flying and when he hit the ground he was rolling on the floor. *Thud* He seemed to be knocked out flat. I heard footsteps coming from behind me. "Kazuki, are you okay," Shizuka asked me, planting her hand on my shoulder. I took off my hood and I turned to look at her. "I'm absolutely fine," I told her as I gave her a small smile.
"(Grunting) What was that!?" "That was my fist hitting you." No, I meant those flames and your eyes!" He was fuming with anger. It felt like a wrath-filled fire was looking my way...
"Hypnos-Makouha!" The Persona came at us with spears of light. "Everyone dodge!" I equipped Skeith's arms to halve the damage. M.G. dodged the attack but Yukari wasn't going get out of the way in time. "Yukari, move!" "Too late for that!" Yukari aimed an arrow towards the light attack. "Hya!" The arrow flew straight into the light arrow. But while it did hit the arrow, it just split into two halves. "The hell!" "Tch!" I had no other choice...
"Kazuki-kun?" I heard Fuuka say my name, but I already move away from her. And by the time I stopped, I was in front of Yukari and on the receiving end of the attack. "Kei-kun, get out of the way!" "Don't worry, I'll be fine..." When the two arrows arrived near me I swiped away at them at break-neck speed. "Whoa! How did you do that Kei-kun?" I didn't answer Yuki-chan's question. Instead, I ran right for Juro.
"Eastern impact!" The attack exploded in front of my face. It did damage but not much... "Megidola! The almighty spell was formed and was heading my way. "Tch!" I couldn't dodge the attack, so I tackled the attack head-on. *Boom* "*Grunting*" The attack hit me like a brick wall, but I won't let this stop me.
"*Grunting* I was passing through the spell, inch by inch... "Just give up already, you aren't going to be able to withstand this for much longer!" "*Grunting*" "...Did you hear me, I said-" "Shut..." I was finally able to get through the attack. "...Up!" I was about to hit him, but his Persona blocked my fist with its arm. "...!" The Persona then uppercut me with its left foot. "Ugh!" I was sent flying away. *Thud* "Thank you, Hypnos." It just nodded
I got up from the floor after that last attack. "Huh?" I felt the surge of power go away. "Shit!" "Did your power go away," M.G. walked up behind me. "Yeah, it did." "I see... However, your limit has extended." "Really?" "You didn't notice?"
M.G. looked over at Juro's Persona...
"This is not how I predicted the situation was going to go..." She draws her Evoker out. "Shizuka-chan, are you going to-" "Summon, yes." "Really, this gonna be so cool!" I pumped my fist and flipped my hood up.
She puts the Evoker to her head. "Aigis, Takeba, get ready!" "Right!" "Ready to initiate battle!" Yukari set her Evoker to her head, Aigis is starting her summoning sequence, and so was I.
"You all wish to combat me, fine... But I won't hold back." "Nor will we," M.G. retorted. "Summon!" "Skeith!" "Io" *Bang* "Palladion!" "...Sophrosyne." *Bang*
(Note: there were a shit ton of changes to this chap except to this AN because I wanted to preserve this, so yeah, you can ignore this if you want.)
Okay, just gotta get this part done and- Oh, hi, guys, didn't see you there. Hi, Proxy's saga, and I like to say that I am sorry that I wasn't able to upload for two weeks straight. (I am uploading this on a Sunday, so yeah.) I was feeling rather sick, so I couldn't muster the strength to do a chap those weeks. But don't worry, cuz now we can finally get back on track! But while I was sick, I was doing a ton of research for the series because I thought I should brush up on somethings. (So much research was done!) So anyway, Juro's Persona evolved from Hypnos: The god of sleep to the Greek god Morpheus: The god of dreams. This is due to Juro's new dream, or strong new desire to kill the man who killed him. Also, Shizu-chan is going to summon her Persona for the first time in the fic, took me long enough.
Shizuka: I think you didn't know what Persona I should've had.
Proxy: Shut up! They don't know that!
Shizuka: Just saying...
Proxy: Sure you are. Now shoo! Go away!
Shizuka: Fine...
Heh, heh, heh... Ignore her, she's just crazy. So, without anything else left to cover, I hope you guys had a good time reading this, and until the next chap; see ya...