Awakening

[Author's note: So I'm completely reworking this whole story mainly the beginning before Minako arrives because after reading it over, it was really terrible. So forget almost everything that happened in the original version (well some stuff is going to be the same but improved upon) for several reasons which will be explained at the end of each chapter. One major reason and it happened throughout the whole story was that there was a crap load of spelling errors since I didn't really spell check (I know I did the number one thing you're not supposed to do as a writer). Anyways, this story is still going through P4 and the two arena games but they will be continued in separate stories instead of just one huge story. So hopefully the current readers of old version enjoy the changes that were made and yes I changed Minato's persona from Vishnu into someone from Greek mythology because this game's story is Greek mythology themed so it wouldn't make sense to have Minato's new persona be from Hindu mythology.]

In the late hours of Iwatodai, a young boy got off the train at Tatsumi Port Island Station. He had short blue hair that covered his left eye and he was wearing a plain white T-shirt with blue jeans. He also had a bruise on his cheek and a couple on his arms. The small amount of people still at the station looked at the boy with concern but went back to what they were doing.

"Stupid dad…" grumbled the boy, "It's not my fault mom died." He looked down sadly, "Maybe it is…."

The boy sighed and started walking towards Gekkoukan High. He was walking for about thirty minutes when his watch started to beep indicating that it was midnight, "Well, here we go again…" He whispered to himself.

The world turned green and everything that was running on electricity stopped working. Everyone that was still out on the streets was replaced with coffins and there were puddles of either blood or water that was red. The only thing that had some color to it was a giant tower further away.

A normal person would've been freaked out about the change but the boy was used to this atmosphere, "Yay, my favorite time of the day." The boy muttered sarcastically and then shook his head, "Geez, I sound like a crazy person." He continued walking towards the school now turned into a tower. Since the tower was so tall, he was able to see it from where he was at and that it looked like a bunch of sections of other towers built on top of each other that some twisted artist would make.

After a while of walking, the boy finally made it to the road the high school was on but to his surprise, he noticed seven people walking from the other direction, "W-Who are those people?" He hid around the school's border wall and peeked around the corner. Now that he had a better look at them, he saw six men and a little girl that looked about his age. Four of the men were wearing black tuxedos. One of the men had glasses and a large white coat which made the boy think he was a scientist. The last man was wearing a brown tuxedo with short gelled hair but what made the man unique was that he was wearing an eye-patch. But, what confused him the most though, was the little girl who had red hair done up in twin curls that was wearing a fancy white blouse with a red skirt.

"Who are those people and why do they have that girl with them and why aren't they in those coffins like the other people and why does that man have an eye-patch? Is he a pirate?"

The group of people stopped in front the gate and the eye-patched man grabbed what must've been a key from his suit unlocking the gate and they proceeded to walk up the stairs and into the tower. Once the boy saw them go into the tower, he ran to the gate and opened it. He then walked up the stairs and opened the door quietly but just enough for him to peek inside. He started hearing voices and since there was an echo in the mostly empty lobby of the tower, he was able to make out most of what they were saying.

"Useless against shadows…potential developed…devoured…" The boy assumed it was the scientist that was talking since he saw his lips moving.

"I can barely hear them even with this echo but what did he mean by shadows, potential, and…devoured!?" The boy thought a little worried.

"Do all scientists that work at…are a bunch of psychopaths..." One of the men said with the black tuxedo.

"….Sir, is it alright to bring your daughter here?" Another one of the men asked.

The girl looked at the man "….don't mind at all….I requested to come here."

The brown suited man looked at the same man "….you heard her."

The boy looked away and started thinking, "So that man with the eye-patch is that girl's father? But why would he bring his daughter somewhere this dangerous though?"

"Ngh…Agh…Aaaagh! Gaaaaaah!"

The boy was taken out of his thoughts when he heard the screaming and looked back inside. To his horror, he saw one of the men melting into a black gob. It proceeded to form red eyes and grow four arms, "W-what is that thing!?" The boy started shaking with fear seeing the monster.

The remaining men ran by the family and started shooting at the monster but it was having no effect. The monster crawled towards one of the men and slashed him out of the way making him die instantly, scaring the other two guards and leaving the family wide open. The monster looked over at the two and started crawling towards them. The girl ran in front of her father and held her arms out to her sides intending to protect him no matter what, "Leave my father alone!" She screamed.

The eye-patched man looked in horror at his daughter, "Mitsuru! What are you doing!? Leave now!"

The boy was going to run in and try to help but something happened making him stop because something appeared in front of the girl.

A tall woman-like figure holding a rapier in one hand and ceremonial dagger appeared in front of the girl.

The boy's eyes went wide with shock, "W-what is that thing!? D-did she just summon that!?"

The woman-like figure looked down at the shadow and stabbed it with its rapier. It then lifted the rapier with the shadow throwing the monster up and then used the dagger to slash the monster. The monster screeched out after getting slashed and it disintegrated. The figure turned around and nodded at the girl then disappeared.

The girl looked back at her father. "I'm glad you're safe…Father." She then collapsed.

"Mitsuru?!" The eye-patched man knelt by the girl and held her against him.

"Ah…That was a persona! She was able to summon one! This is magnificent! You should be excited that your own daughter has persona!" The scientist was practically bouncing with excitement.

"Why are you happy about this!? Now, she's going to be stuck into our family's curse!" The eye-patched man looked down sadly at his daughter, "All I wanted for her was to find her own path, to be a normal child, not to be stuck with this burden…"

Mitsuru looked up at her dad "it's alright father I'll protect you…" and she passed out.

"Mitsuru…"

The boy looked away from the door "So her name's Mitsuru… but I wonder what the family curse her dad was talking about…well it doesn't matter, I should leave." But, as he was about to leave, he heard the horrifying screams from before. The boy quickly looked back inside and to his horror; the other two men with black tuxedos became the same kind of monsters as the other one.

Both of the monsters started crawling towards the father and daughter. The man looked around him and noticed the dead guard's gun was right next to him. He reached for the gun and started shooting at the monsters. Even though he knew that guns did nothing to these monsters, he would've tried anything to protect his daughter. He kept shooting at the monsters till the gun ran out of bullets. Out of frustration, he threw the gun at the shadows but missed making it bounce towards the entrance of the tower. "Stay away from her!" He turned around to protect his daughter by using his body. Even though he knew it wasn't going to stop the inevitable, he rather die first then let and see his daughter die first.

The boy looked on in horror "I have to help them but how!?" He looked around and saw the gun the man threw. He ran into the tower and with all his might, he threw the gun at one of the monsters that was closest to the family. The gun hit the shadow having the desired effect by getting the monsters attention, "H-hey u-uglies! Come and catch me!" The monsters started crawling at full speed towards the boy provoked, "Good thing, I can run fast."The boy started to run around in the lobby away from the three with the shadows chasing him.

The eye-patched man looked back in confusion and noticed the boy was getting chased by the shadows and he shouted at the boy while getting up still holding Mitsuru, "What the hell are you doing Kid!? Get the hell out of here before you get yourself killed!"

The boy slowed down and looked at the man, "Don't worry sir! I got this! Just try to get her to safet-" But that was a bad move and one of the shadows caught the boy with a small scratch right in the leg. It wasn't a terrible scratch but it was enough for the boy to trip and fall with a yelp.

"Kid!" The man wanted to help him but he didn't know what to do. Not only that, he still had Mitsuru to look after so he looked at the scientist hoping he would actually do something, "Go and get him!"

"It's…fine sir! Just go! Forget about me!" Minato quickly flipped over and started to crawl backwards until his back hit the wall. He looked at the two shadows slowly going towards him, "So, this is how it ends huh? Maybe this is what I get for what I did to my mom, now my dad can be happy now…" He just sat there waiting for the inevitable while the shadows slowly came closer. Just as the shadows were about to reach him, the boy held his head like it was in pain, "W-what is going o-on with my h-head!? It feels like it's gonna split open!"

"Thou art I, and I am thou. From the sea of thy soul I cometh for I am Aeolus, God of the Winds!"

"W-what!?"

A tall dark skinned man-like figure with green eyes appeared in front of him. He was wearing a green chalcidian helmet. On his body, he was wearing a green royal muscle cuirass over a black tunic with a green armored royal belt over the waist of the tunic and on his legs; he wore green armored greaves that covered the shins and calves with green boots. Lastly, he was holding a black Greek hoplite sword.

Aeolus looked at the two shadows with a smirk and slashed horizontally at the two shadows instantly destroying them. He turned around and gave the boy a thumbs up before disappearing.

The boy smiled weakly and whispered, "Wow, I can summon one of those things…too…" he then passed out.

[End Notes: So I ended the chapter with Minato passing out because this chapter was supposed to be from Minato's perspective, so he shouldn't hear what happens after he passes out and also Takeharu's thoughts but you'll hear his thoughts about Minato having the potential in the next chapter. About Aeolus as Minato's new persona in this story, I chose him because well he's the god of wind in Greek mythology and Minato's main strength is speed and he uses wind moves and Sukukaja.]