Important note: I attempted this fanfiction once before, but the thing is that I believe I had a short amnesia and got almost every fact wrong. So I have now renewed my memory, amnesia free and am destined to re-write this first chapter better by 1,000 fold. This takes place after the events in Persona 3:FES. Yes FES. This includes the answer. So have knowledge of those events okay?

Part 2 of the note: This is a crossover of persona 4 and 3. I plan to write it in first person with switching viewpoints. However, the main focus of such a story is Minato-kun. He is the main character....if you will...When these guys enter, it will be on the exact same day that Persona 4 characters fail to kidnap Rise. 0.o

Disclaimer: Copyrighted to Shin Megami Tensei

Second attempt at a first Persona series fanfiction....

Chapter 1: Presence

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Aigis's P.O.V.

The strange satisfaction that comes with being alive is one to cherish. It is not something to lose grasp of or throw away with foolishness. I had earned such a life, and found my answer. Bonds and friendships had made me real. I had no reason to analyze my past ever again.

I was in Port Island walking with Fuuka. She was talking to me. Telling me stories of this stupid thing that Junpei did yesterday at the Palowinian Mall. I could not help but laugh at it. That was so like Junpei. Even though he was out of high school now, Yukari was correct in saying he had the mind of a little kid. Some things never were going to change.

I had my bag that I always carried with me over my shoulder. It was normal, and then....

We got separated. I remembered stumbling and falling away from her into a hole. Now I was here.

For some odd reason I had been dragged back to the gate of Nyx. I knew not why I would be in such a place. I had no need to even be here. I stood there in a confused state. No reasoning of either human or machine could comprehend what force had taken me back.

My expression gazed up to Minato. He was still a statue, but I had not expected differently. He had sealed himself for others, and that was enough of a comfort. I decided to sit by him and try to figure out how to get back to Fuuka.

Warily I still watched every outer level of the gate. If a monster of malice attacked the gate I would not be able to defeat it alone.

Then the oddest of occurrences began. I had not expected Minato's stone body to do one thing, but it glowed. I jumped up and backed away. It was emitting blue light from every surface. Confused I watched as a body spilt apart from it's thresh holds. The body seemed to be using Minato's form to break through the gate. The thing I knew for sure was that this presence wasn't Minato's own. The aura of light shaped like a body made a few more struggles before braking free and taking a true form. "Who..." I wondered. "What is it?"

My answer came in the form of something that had been lost in the past. He sat there in a daze. His eyes still seeming lifeless, and his hair slightly in his face even though it fell backwards. How could I forget such a thing that at the time I thought of as a threat, who turned out to be just a pawn in the true nature of Earth's enemy.

Ryoji's human form lay crumpled on the ground, and my confusion deepened. How could he be here in a form that was not his true one? He made an uncomfortable groaning sound, and life showed in his eyes.

They opened revealing their pale blue color. He gazed up at me. "Aigis-chan?" He muttered, still very dazed.

I knew now that he had no idea of anything going on within himself. His expression cleared from dazed, and he sat up. "Where am I?" He groaned. "Where are we?"

Was he playing stupid, or did he really not know? "We are at the gate where Nyx is sealed." I explained.

"Nyx..." He murmured, looking up at the gate. His eyes widened, and he managed to jump up. "Minato-kun..." He gasped. "What happened?"

He really had no idea. It was as if after he had taken on his true form then he had lost his consciousness. "He gave his life to create the seal that protects everyone from reaching to Nyx." I told him. "That was his purpose."

"No way..." Ryoji whispered. "Is this all my fault?" Hurt etched on his face.. "Why am I even here in a human form? Why am I like this? I mean, why do I have to see things this way?" He poked a finger into Minato's cold shoulder. "He's a complete statue, huh?"

His eyes narrowed. I could see that there was something he was getting that I wasn't. "What is it?" I asked, hoping it was not human malice.

"This statue..." Ryoji said, "still has some kind of life energy pulsing through it. This could be Minato's life..."

"That's not possible." I objected. "He is dead..."

"Maybe from the outside..." Ryoji said, tapping the statue, "But I think his soul is bound..."

"Don't do anything..." I warned. I didn't trust his intentions.

Mochizuki Ryoji's P.O.V.:

I was still in utter shock. My body had somehow broken apart in a weird way. The malice and servantry to Nyx as the appriser seemed to have completely vanished. Could this be the mere presence of Aigis-chan that was doing this? I could trust myself somehow. I gazed up at Minato. I decided that I would bring him back, and make up for my past mistakes.

Placing one foot in front of the other, I approached him. "Stop!!" Aigis shouted. She charged at me, but I blew her away. She collapsed on the ground yards away from me. "Forgive me..." I muttered. She was out cold.

I placed my hands onto Minato's shoulders. I was so very right about this. His soul had, for whatever reason, decided to stick around. I closed my eyes, temporarily connecting my soul to his.

When a soul is lost, it wanders in a time loop, which is basically an area for the soul to feel at home and not have to suffer. I was going to enter his time loop, and forcefully drag his soul out of it.

My vision faded to black, and reappeared as the lounge to the S.E.E.S. dormitory. I figured that this was where he would take comfort. It looks like I was right. I looked around. He wasn't the only one there. I saw Yukari, Junpei, and Akihiko...everyone else talking and laughing amongst each other. Minato was there too. The others were not real though. They were just memories.

However...

Minato gave of a smile, and offered Yukari to try his milkshake he had just made. She nodded, taking a sip. "Wow! this is great Minato-kun!"

Minato beamed, and Junpei butted in. "Hey Yuka-tan, getting comfy are you?" He gave off a smart-assed grin.

"Gyah! Stupei! It's not like that, and you know it!!" Yukari yelled at him.

I couldn't help but be tempted to stay here forever as well. His memory had almost perfectly illuminated old times. I approached where everyone was. No one even saw me, not even Minato. I placed a hand on his shoulder, where he was sitting. Then everything else faded away.

Minato's head snapped up. "Ryoji?" He questioned.

"Listen." I said, being terse. "You know how I screwed up and went on about how Nyx couldn't be defeated an all of that. Well...you defeated him, so come back now. I'm not sure how much time has passed since then, but I want to make up for whatever happened, so please come back."

He listened to me finish, and began to reply. "I can't..."

"Why not?" I objected. "You beat Nyx, and prevented an apocalypse, so come on already.."

"I said, I can't." Minato continued. "My seal still has a duty..."

"What?" I continued.

"I discovered that people al have darkness in their hearts, and call for Nyx." Minato explained." So I made a seal to prevent them from reaching to her."

"That will not work forever." I objected again.

Minato shot me a confused look.

"The darkness in people's hearts...I know all about such a thing. It eventually builds up, and will over power your seal. However, you saved the Earth for a long time. The gate itself is almost impossible to break through. The amount of darkness built up to call her this time took millions of years to developed. This has been going on since the beginning of human existence. It just so happens that in 2009 it managed to break through. So the Earth should be safe for another million years or so. Do you understand that?" I finished my explanation.

"So...I was wrong?" Minato asked.

"Yes...kind of..." I admitted. "I can take you back though. If you follow me back through the time loop, I can use power to recreate your body from the stone. It will wear me out quite a bit though. Your soul remained attached though, so this should not be too hard. "

Minato pondered long and hard on the matter. "If I go back, do you think I will have a chance to meet every one else again, and it won't be a memory."

"I am not sure about every one, but in reality Agis is just outside. She didn't trust me and charged at me. I'm sorry, but I had to strike her down to bring you back. She's safe though...." I sounded apologetic.

"You shouldn't have done that..." Minato cautioned, "but in return you have saved me. Take me back to her." He had made up his mind.

My eyes snapped open, and back into reality. I had his soul with me now.

Aigis was regaining consciousness. "You!" She stood back up, enraged.

I backed up against the statue. I didn't need to explain. While she started to yell I began the process of restoring his body.

"You should go!" She started. "I do not trust you here, so please go back to the gate. It isn't safe anyway. I..." She paused, and noticed the color returning to Minato's body. "You..." she started. "What did you do...??"

"I fixed a problem." I stated. "You guys were misinformed. No seal was ever needed in the first place. I'm just fixing things up a bit."

Aigis could only stare in disbelief.

Arisato minat's P.O.V.:

I heard a commotion from the second I regained my hearing, and I began to feel again. It was Aigis-chan's voice. Was I already coming back? That was fast...My eyes lifted open and I was subjected to dim colors that surrounded where my body was. I felt weak, and the strings holding my arms in place vanished. With out my strength I collapsed. The Impact to the ground was painful. it wasn't because it was a long fall, but because my body was still in shock.

I glanced up, and through the corner of my eye I saw Ryoji was smiling. The next thing I knew Aigis was by my side. She was real this time. "Minato-kun..." She started. "It is you, isn't it?"

I suppose if she was rejecting me being called back before, those feeling were gone now. She was just glad to have regained a loss. I gave a whirl at speaking. "Aigis..." I tried. My voice was hoarse and raspy. It hadn't been used in awhile.

"Aigis-chan..." Ryoji put in. "Tell me how long has it been since the you know what?"

"A little over one year." Aigis replied.

I shivered, realizing that even though Ryoji somehow managed to come back with clothes I was very nude. "Cold..." I muttered still barely legible.

Aigis nodded, and fished through a bag by her side. "I have kept a bag of provisions with me for all emergencies. It is a precaution thing." She gave a slight smile, but soon frowned. "I do not have a blanket in here...They are too big to fit."

Ryoji looked up with an idea. He unwound his yellow scarf. "Here..." He said, handing it to her. The scarf was long. It was enough to wrap around myself well enough.

I gave a smile and nodd of thanks, because obviously my voice box was not cooperating. Ryoji nodded back, but then collapsed on the ground. "Heh heh, your bring back to life thing took a little more out of me than I originally thought." He gave a sly grin. "I'm just going to lie on the ground now."

Although his ways of going about rejuvenation worked, was still experiencing pain jolts as my body began to process functionality. My jolts of pain began to settle down, and the floor under us began to glow taking us through it into another location. I didn't even realize that the entire reason Aigis was summoned to the gate was to help awaken Ryoji so that he could get me back. I didn't even know that there was some one behind the scenes pulling these strings on purpose.

The white glow around us faded, and we were all laying in a patch of grass.. It was raining from the sky, and the only thing in my hazed vision was a sign.

Welcome to Inaba

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Author's note:

Well there was chapter one, and I do hope it was enjoyable. After every chapter will be a sneak peek of some sort into the next chapter which I will try to work on ASAP. If you have spotted any grammatical errors in this chapter, please do tell me. I'm aiming for literacy here.

At the beginning of each new chapter, I do tend to thank any reviews I have received. This is all the more reason to review in the first place. I enjoy these kinds of things. Please do, again, critique if you can.

Sneak Peek on chapter 2:

Two transfer students from the same place at once....is this really happening to a small country town like Inaba? Wait, Seta Souji, can you look again at the boy with the blue hair? Doesn't he look like he's hiding something that you know about? What is that thing hanging from his neck? Is he really just like you?