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"My name is Chifuyu Orimura. I will be looking forward to having you in my class." The woman, Chifuyu said.
I looked back to Tabane, but all she did was smile back at me.
...I was about to be sent off to an all girl's school... This...would...interesting to say the least.
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I walked slowly behind Tabane's old friend and my new teacher, Chifuyu Orimura. She was strict but, was kind at the same time...Well, at least to Tabane. She acted like Mitsuru when she was around me, all business.
Anyway, after getting over the shock that I would be going IS academy, Tabane told me that my first day of school would two days from now. So, she gave me a bunch of money and sent me to go shopping for things I would need for school. Once I finished that, returned and finally was able to try out my new IS, which Tabane had named, "Persona".
That was certainly a time I wouldn't forget, especially considering what Tabane was able to accomplish.
"...Tabane....What is....?" I asked, shock evident in my voice.
My IS, being a fourth generation IS, looked newer and the color scheme was strangely... the same as my first persona, Orpheus. The IS consisted of robotic-like armor from my torso down to my waist, which was light blue in color. On my chest, there seemed to be a speaker, much like what Orpheus had on him. The arms and legs were like a normal IS's, but were silver, almost white in color. I felt something warm around my neck, and when I reached up and was shocked to find out it was a red scarf that looped around my neck and attached itself on my back. I looked behind my right shoulder to see another part of the IS. It hovered just behind my shoulder and arched around to three separate "feathers" to make what looked like a robotic wing. The same was behind my left shoulder, but that wasn't all that was behind me. Right behind the robotic wings, hovered what looked like....Orpheus's lyre...
I reached behind and grabbed the lyre, but I didn't expect it to start to change. My eyes widened in shock as the lyre started to wrap around my hand and turn into a silver rifle. I pulled the rifle from behind me and marveled at it. It felt like Orpheus's powers were in here.
"Oka-san...How did you..." I ask, still marveling at the rifle.
"It wasn't easy. First I needed to find a way for a persona to function with an IS, but I had no data whatsoever. Soo.... I decided to take another peek into the Kirijo group's archives again. They had all the information I needed. Your IS will only merge with any persona that has a deep connection to you, so only the three persona you told me about will work. Form: Orpheus is a long ranged IS capable of changing its weapon into any gun to suit your needs." Tabane explained.
I looked back at the rifle, closed my eyes, and concentrated. The rifle in my hands then started to change form once again. When I opened my eyes, I saw it change into a sniper rifle. This would be good for long distance, but would leave me wide open to close combat. When I concentrated again, it changed into two hand guns. These would worker a little better at close combat, but I would still be at a disadvantage.
"Now, your ammo is special. You may recognize it as Agi, Bufu, Zan, Zio, and so on. You may change the type of ammo with your mind, but I wouldn't really know about that part. Orpheus's weakness, as you may have noticed, is the fact that Orpheus lacks any type of close range weapon. The way to make up for that, is summon a persona to fight your opponent while you snipe at them from a distance." Tabane explained again.
"Wait... I can't summon persona. There's no dark hour." I tell Tabane.
"True, but I was able to recreate the conditions necessary to have a persona summoned. There were even reports where people were able to summon a persona without the dark hour, and I know that you used that evoker gun, but apparently, there is a way to summon a persona without it. Plus, I was able to integrate some of the same mechanics of the "Evoker", into the IS, just in case you needed help summoning, but be careful. The only way I was able to allow a persona to materialize, was to have some form of energy keeping the persona in the world... The energy from your shields." Tabane said, finally done explaining.
"That's amazing, Oka-san.... But you really need to stop hacking the Kirijo group. They'll catch you sooner or later." I scold her.
"Don't worry, Mina-chan. Your mother is an expert hacker." Tabane says, while rubbing her back of her head.
I sigh and shake my head at her. She didn't even promise not to do it again. I focus my attention back to the IS, and realize something.
"Oka-san... You said that the IS will change form, only for the three persona connected to me, right?" I ask, just to make sure.
"Hmm...That's right." Tabane answers, tilting her head.
I smile and concentrate once more. I allow Orpheus to recede back into my Sea of Souls, and switch to the only other persona I have at the moment that is connected to me....Thanatos. What happens to the IS afterwards, was amazing....
(Back in the present)
A small girl is walking through the hallways, her attention focused on the book she's reading. This girl had black hair, but with blue highlights and black colored eyes. She is so entranced in her book that one would worry that she would bump into people, but for an odd reason, she is able to move just before her body would hit someone else.
She stops in the hallway and closes her book, having finished it, and wonders what other book she would read. Just as she is about to start to walk again, she sees something that catches her eyes. A familiar blue mop of hair.
She stares as the boy walks past her with what she would assume to be his teacher, seeing as how he was wearing a uniform. She was a little surprised to see that boy here. Not because of the fact that he was male, but because she was certain she had seen him being taken away by a small girl with robotic bunny ears. There was no doubt, that was the same boy.
....Why was she wondering about him? She had no interest in him. It wasn't like they were going to ever meet or be friends. Pushing her thoughts away, Henaru Shizaku, starts to walk in the opposite direction the boy was walking.
(A classroom at IS Academy)
"Ichika-san, have you heard the news?" A girl asks the boy of her affection.
The boy turns around to look at the girl, who is a little than him, and tilts his head in confusion. The boy has short black hair that is parted down the middle and has dark brown eyes. He wears the only male uniform of IS Academy. This boy is Ichika Orimura.
The girl in front of him has long blonde hair that reaches to her lower back with some parts of her hair curling at the end. She has blue eyes and wears a blue headband. She wears a slightly modified version of the school uniform, having a skirt a little longer that the rest with black frills at the end of it and at the end of her sleeves. Any who would look at her would describe her as cute, but with an air of dignity. Cecilia Alcott was her name.
"What news?" Ichika asks.
"Well, there are rumors floating around about a new transfer student." Cecilia informs him.
"Really? I wonder if it's another of Chifuyu-nee's fan." Ichika wonders, sweat dropping at the amount of girls that worship his sister.
"That's the thing. Many students have claimed to have seen this new transfer student and everyone one of them agreed that the new student was male." Cecilia says.
"Are you serious?" Ichika says, a little shocked.
The rest of the class, having overheard, starts to whisper amongst themselves, even drawing enough attention to another one of Ichika's friends.
He had been the only male in the school ever since he enrolled. Having another would certainly be helpful, not only for getting the mob of girls of his tail for a new target, but to also just talk and do guy things with.
"When is he transferring?" Ichika asks, excited at the possibility of not being the only boy in school.
Before Cecilia is able to answer his question, the door to the classroom opens, and their teacher, and Ichika's sister, Chifuyu Orimura, as well as their assistant homeroom teacher, Maya Yamada, walk in. Everyone quiets down and finds their seat, though some still continue to stare at their teacher in wonder and amazement. Maya walks up to the podium and smiles to the class.
"Everyone, I know you may have already heard, but I have a new transfer student to introduce today." Maya announces, confirming her student's suspicions. "You may come in now."
Everyone holds their breathes and looks towards the door as it opens. A boy, as tall as Ichika, but a lighter build, walks in, his hands in his uniform pockets. His hair is long enough that it covers one of the boy's silver eyes, but doesn't go past his neck. On the boys chest lay two headphones that connect to the mp3 hanging around his neck. Everyone stares at this boy, their reactions all different, but the boy just stares back impassively, with no emotion.
"Now... I would like everyone to settle down... and not overreact to what I'm about to say... This is Minato Shinonono... The son of the person who invented the IS, Tabane Shinonono...." Maya says, and waits for the impending reaction.
The class freezes at the news, one in particular could only stare at the boy. It takes a few moments to digest what had been said, but after getting over the shock, the whole class reacts at the same time.
"EEEEEEHHHHHHH!?" Everyone in the class yells.
Minato, on the other hand, just takes his right hand out of his pocket and raises it in greeting, revealing a light blue bracelet on his wrist.
"Yo." Is all he says.