As soon as Ren and Mika left the classroom, hordes of students began charging out of the classrooms like a group of zombies. Mika and Ren struggled to stay together in the crowd, and they both agreed to meet each other when they escape this pool of schoolmates. Ren was slightly ahead of Mika, as he was going through the right side of the hallway, where there weren't a lot of students. When Ren was about to head to the stairs to the left, an arm suddenly grabbed him into the nearby classroom, and the door slammed in front of the horde. Mika couldn't hear this because there were thousands of loud voices around her, and about 3 slamming door sounds every second. Not suspecting anything, she went down the stairs, while Ren was about to have a 'conversation'.

The arm dragged Ren along the floor of the dim classroom with the tables and chairs arranged neatly in the edge of the room, and the arm threw Ren to the middle of the classroom. "Ugh..." Ren said as he rubbed his arms. "Was it really necessary to stop the blood flow in my arms for 20 seconds?" Ren said. Two footsteps got near him and stopped in front of his eyes. "So, trying to bail out of your crime?" A voice said. Ren recognized the voice but somehow couldn't recall. "Uh...This is a bit awkward, but who are you?" Ren said. Although Ren couldn't see his face, he looked a bit disappointed and shocked.

"h-How dare you do not remember your superior?!" The voice said. Ren still couldn't get a hint of who he was. "Nuh-uh. Still, don't know." Ren said. The person lifted a fist in the air, and Ren smirked until he realized he shouldn't do it because he's in the student council. "You are one load of thick paste to get through, aren't you?" The voice said as he kneeled down to Ren's point of view. Ren looked at his face and chuckled. "Darn, I was really close from you hitting me there. You almost got stuck in your own trap there, friend." Ren said as he stood up and dusted his uniform, but the boy behind him pressed him down on his shoulders, making Ren sit back down. "Sit down, you damn mongrel." The boy said. "As a student council rep, it's my authority to make sure you don't do anything dangerous to the other students." The boy said. "Oh, so framing me for smoking wasn't enough, so you're going to frame me for hitting someone else, something that YOU were going to do just now?!" Ren said as he stood up. "Well, I had enough of you guys. See ya!" Ren said as he walked towards the door, and the student blocked it.

"...I guess I should take the back door then." Ren said as he bent his direction towards the back door and walked until another student blocked it from him. Ren, a bit annoyed, looked at the student council representative. "Okay, what do you want..." Ren said as he took off his glasses and began wiping it furiously with his cloth. The boy snickered and crossed his arms. "Well, we were only trying to-"

"Nope, too late. I really don't care though." Ren said as he kicked the table which was holding multiple chairs, and the chairs fell between Ren and the Rep and his gang. The student council Rep tried to get to Ren but was blocked by the wave of the chair in front of him, and the two boys were too far away from him as they were guarding the doors. "YOU HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!" The boy said as he attempted to slap the chairs away from his legs, but failed miserably as the force of the chair was stronger than his hands. Ren opened the window, and witness the height in front of him.

"Around 10 meters..." Ren said, a bit hesitant. But he glanced a bit forwards and noticed something. "Well, isn't it my lucky day." Ren said as he smirked. He looked back, and the three guys, including the Rep, was struggling to clean the chairs that were blocking their path. "Think about it again, man! That ain't a good idea!" One of the guys behind the student council Rep. said. Ren jumped on the ledge of the window and turned to have one last look. They were nearly there, which meant that it was the curtain call for the show. Ren jumped straight out of the window, held his breath, and hoped for the best.

Mika continued to wait downstairs and she continuously began tapping her feet because of her impatience. The horde of students all left at this point and the ones that were coming out of the school were the ones that were just finished cleaning up the bathrooms or just stayed in school longer for some unknown reason. "Geez...where is he?" Mika said as she gritted her teeth and continued looking around until she saw something odd.

"Uh...what's with the haystack?" Mika said as she looked at Fuuka, who all of a sudden popped up out of nowhere and came rolling in with a cart full of hay. "Oh! It's for our biology class. I heard the teacher wanted me to bring it, so I'm taking it to the classroom!" Fuuka said energetically, although she sounded really fatigued from all that pulling. Mika sighed and helped her pull it. "Alright, I might as well-" Mika was about to pull it until a loud noise was heard behind the two girls. They both looked back in unison, and Fuuka gave a look onto Mika, and Mika nodded.

"THIS IS FUUKA'S HAYSTACK YOU PIECE OF SHIT! WHO ARE YOU!" Mika couldn't believe she just said that but nevertheless screamed as she jumped onto the cart and started pulling the haystack, which was also the OPPOSITE of what Fuuka wanted Mika to do to the haystack. Fuuka watched in horror as the haystack began flying everywhere in front of her eyes. Mika finally got a grasp onto his arms, and pulled him out, ready to blow a fist into his face.

"Woah, Woah! Wait!" Ren said as he covered his face with both his hands. Mika already raised her fists into the air and was about to break a few bones of his face if he didn't say anything. "Jesus Christ, what the hell are you doing here?!" Mika said as she gave a half shocked and half disappointed look on her face. Ren was about to say something until he heard a noise next to him. Mika also stopped and looked next to her, and the view wasn't something both expected.

Fuuka was sobbing because all of the hay that she worked hard to bring was all on the floor right now. "I-I..." Mika studdered, and Ren put a hand up to tell her to be quiet for now. Mika somehow agreed, and Ren hopped off the cart and walked towards Fuuka. Ren put a hand on Fuuka, and Fukka shook a little in surprise. "r-Ren?! But how?" Fuuka wasn't aware Ren was even here, as she only saw something land on her haystack, and when Mika began throwing the hay around, Fuuka didn't know what to do and began crying in hesitation of not knowing what to do. "Look, I think I told you this before already, but you've got to speak your heart out if you want something to happen. Staying silent isn't going to change anything, especially if it's something that's hurting you internally." Ren said. Fuuka put her head down, and Ren sighed. "Let's begin by putting that head up." Ren said as he put a hand on Fuuka's chin and raised it, which made Ren and Fuuka's eyes meet. "Look at those eyes, you have so much potential in you. Don't you remember when you literally crushed the opponent batters in that baseball game?" Ren said as he leaned against the cart. Fuuka nodded, but not in the right tempo. "Well, then why don't you act like you're the person who can get into the main squad of the baseball team?" Ren said. Fuuka looked a bit shocked and shook her head vigorously. "I-I don't know what you're talking about-!" Fuuka said. Ren shook his head. "Nuh-uh. You KNOW what I'm talking about." Ren said. Fuuka was about to speak, but Mika jumped off the cart and walked towards Fuuka, and tapped Ren on the shoulders. "I'll take it from here. You can clean up the mess you made over there." Mika said as she pointed backwards. "But you're the one who ripped through the haystack..." Ren said. "And you're the one that jumped off 10 meters into the air into one of Fuuka's job." Mika said. "I-Nevermind I'll explain it later..." Ren said defeated and walked towards the cart.

"Look, Fuuka." Mika said as she crossed her arms. "You're different compared to the other girls. You know why?" Mika said. Fuuka looked confused and shook her head. "Cus' you're a persona user, dummy. In fact, you're even a supporter, which means you get to do things that even Ren and I can't even do." Mika said. Fuuka looked at Mika straight in the eye, and Mika gave the warmest smile that she didn't even give to Ren. Ren, who was watching as he was organizing the hays, smiled at what he was seeing.

"Well, feel better yet?" Mika said as she put an arm around Fuuka. "Yeah." Fuuka said as she responded with a smile. Mika smiled back and nodded. "Well, then you have stacks of hay to get back to, don't ya?" Mika said as she looked back at the cart. "Hey! You done yet?" Mika screamed as Ren was struggling with some tangled hay. "Shut up!" Ren said to the top of his lungs as he continued to untie the hay like a ball of tangled earphones. "He looks like he needs our help." Fuuka said. Mika nodded. "I never did want to admit this, but I guess we need to help him. For now." Mika said. Fuuka was a bit confused on what those last two words meant, but she let it go and both of them went to help Ren.

The cleaning went pretty fast with 3 people at work at once, except for the fact that Fuuka had to listen in on Ren and Mika's arguments, sometimes even take sides on who's right, which Fuuka tried to talk her way out of, and somehow managed to at most of the times. After they all managed to clean it up, they all wiped their sweat and leaned against the wall of the school. Ren cleaned his glasses, as the increased body heat made his glasses fog. Mika just stared at the blue sky aimless and was breathing so hard that you could mistake that she's doing something else to herself. Fuuka was wiping her sweat with a handkerchief. Fuuka looked over at the two, and they looked dead tired from all the carrying and 'preventing-the-hay-from-flying-away' thing.

Fuuka offered Ren her handkerchief, and Ren nodded with thankfulness. As he was about to grab it, Mika leaned in front of Ren and grabbed it before Ren's sweaty hands could. "Mika...you...!" Ren was out of breath and couldn't even go against Mika this time. Mika was also in a similar situation, and she used most of her power just now to grab that handkerchief. Both of them called it quits, and continued to lean back against the cart. Fuuka smiled at the two and giggled a little. "You two are like siblings. So cute!" Fuuka said. "Well, I guess Mika's the little sister that you'd want to replace every second of your life." Ren said as she glared at Mika with his tired eyes. Mika snickered. "I guess we're on the same boat then." Mika said. Ren and Mika continued to shoot laser eyes at each other until Fuuka looked at her watch and noticed she was running late on time. She also found this as a chance to lessen the tension in the atmosphere right now.

"Um...I'm running late, so I might need to go..." Fuuka said as she stood up on both her feet. Ren and Mika both stood up like an old couple with knee joint problems and gave the most tiresome smiles that Fuuka has seen in her life. "Yeah...sure..." Mika said as she put her head on Ren's shoulders, and her sweat dripped onto Ren's shirt, which Ren swiped Mika's head away from his shoulders, and Mika just hung her head down for the rest of the conversation. "You can go first... we'll take care of ourselves." Ren said as he looked at Mika, who was about to pass out. Fuuka nodded worryingly but left towards the science department as she pulled the cart. Ren and Mika slowly made their way back to the dorm as they held onto each other for support, because they couldn't even walk properly by themselves due to the fatigue.

Ren and Mika held each other tight, and Ren was just hoping that he could get to the dorm as soon as possible so he could rest, and Mika, like last time, was noticing the energy intake in her body due to being in contact with Ren. Mika stole a glance at Ren and Ren began to look more and more tired. Mika hesitated to hold on to him because she was taking away his energy. She remembered last time after swimming, that she was able to take away Ren's energy through physical contact, and it was happening right now even though Mika didn't want it to happen. "Um..." Mika quietly said to Ren. Ren looked next to him, which was Mika looking down with a slight hint of guilt in her face. "...What's wrong?" Ren said in a noticeably tired voice. Mika fiddled with her left hand's finger a little (as she was using the right to hold onto Ren's shoulder), and she continued to hesitate to answer. Mika continued to do the same thing as she didn't know how to put this in words, and move away from Ren. Mika made a bit of distance away from him, which made Ren a bit confused.

"Uh...something up?" Ren said as he barely let out a breath. Mika nodded. "I was...draining your energy..." Mika mumbled quietly to the side, as she puffed her cheeks in irritation. "I just...didn't want to be a nuisance..." Mika said as she put her head down and began tapping her feet in a hasty manner. Ren rubbed his chin in thought. "So...you're acting cute...on purpose...?" Ren said as he talked and walked towards a nearby bench at the same time, as his energy was drained. Mika shuddered and shook her head. "n-No! I-I just become like this when I'm...embarrassed...and make a mistake..." Mika said as she continued to look dejected. Ren sighed and put a hand over both of his eyes in tiredness, then put his hands down to his knees, and looked at Mika straight in the eye with his tired iris looking at Mika's face.

"Augh...god..." Ren said as he stood back up on his feet and walked towards the direction of the dorm. "Uh..." Ren said as he kept trying to walk in a straight line. Mika looked at him in a curious way, wondering what's going on. "I thought his energy's going to stop draining...?" Mika said as she looked at Ren in a very worried manner. Ren was walking like an old man now, about few meters away from Ren. Then suddenly he tripped on a stone that he didn't see on the floor and was about to crush his face onto the warm and heated concrete sidewalk. "Shit...!" Mika quickly jumped forwards as fast as possible, and she found herself jumping several meters towards Ren, a speed she didn't even realize she could reach. She grabbed Ren by his back, and then by the back of his legs, and held him like a princess. Mika looked a bit disgusted that she had to pick him up in this position, but either way, she prevented Ren from smashing his skull to the floor.

Ren was suddenly fast asleep, and Mika held him quickly and laid him on a nearby bench. Mika didn't know what to do now because first, if she touches him again, then it might get to a point where he would die because of her. Second, no one was around here to help, because it was right after school and everyone was either at home or at school doing something else. Mika sat half a meter away from Ren and looked at the sky and contemplated.

Mika took a deep sigh towards the blue sky that was flocked with white milky clouds. She put both her hands behind her head and leaned back at the bench, and closed her eyes for a little while. She listened on to her surroundings: the trees around the park dancing around to the rhythm of the wind, kids playing with their parents...

...And the sound of Yukari and Junpei arguing in the distance like two siblings on an adventure. Mika could hear them from far away, and they both basically killed off the atmosphere as Mika could hear the parents telling the kids to stay away from them, and even the winds getting a bit stronger, to a point where it wasn't passing by the trees, it was practically slapping its force against them. Mika put her both her hands to her eyes and grunted in irritation.

"God...they just know when to perfectly ruin a moment, don't they..." Mika said as she continued to stare at her two hands that were blocking her view. Junpei and Yukari got closer to Mika soon enough, and Mika lowered her hands from her face and slowly turned around to look at Yukari and Junpei, who were still arguing while getting a tad bit closer to Mika and Ren's bench.

"What I'm saying is, you shouldn't just flirt with the seniors like they're in deep love with you or something, because that makes you look like a CREEP!" Yukari exclaimed towards Junpei. Junpei responded with a grunt while rubbing his cheeks with the red hand mark, presumably from the same senior he tried to flirt with. Junpei sighed and looked at Yukari with a tired face. "Geez, it was just a try...A man needs to try everything before he dies, you know?" Junpei said in a tired tone, which made Yukari thought he himself even considered what he just said was ridiculous.

"...Alright, fine... I guess you win this time..." Junpei said as he grabbed Yukari's wrists and raised it in the air. "h-Hey, what are you-" Yukari was cut off because of Junpei loud scream. "1 WIN FOR YUKARI TAKEBA!" Junpei screamed, and his voiced possibly reached the edge of Japan. Yukari looked around with a red face, panicked until she saw something very red coming towards Junpei.

"JUUUUUNNNNPPPPEIIIII!" Mika screamed as she was charging at Junpei at full speed, and Junpei yelped and let go of Yukari's wrists, and made a rush. "YOU'RE MAKING A GODDAMN SCENE WHEN REN IS ASLEEP YOU IDIOT!" Mika screamed as she continued to chase Junpei, to a point where they would both disappear into the distance. Yukari stopped for a moment to take everything. "Mika was making more of a scene then Junpei though..." Yukari said as she sighed and scratched her head in frustration, conflicted on how to explain this to Mitsuru-senpai if a student reports to her about a bunch of Gekkokan High School students causing a scene in the public park.

Yukari was continuing to think until she coincidentally saw Ren sitting on the bench, knocked out. She flinched in surprise, to see him with his head lying on the back of the bench. Yukari quickly ran towards where Ren was sitting and shook his shoulders around for a response. "Hey, are you okay?" Yukari asked in a rushed manner. Ren didn't respond for a brief moment until he groaned like an old man under his breath and finally opened his eyes.

"What happened?" Yukari asked as she finally relieved herself and sat next to Ren. Ren rubbed his eyes in tiredness and put his head back against the bench. "...Mika happened, that's all." Ren said. Yukari sighed as if she expected that answer. "Well, I'm not surprised, considering her behavior these days." Yukari said. "But she seems to be getting you in trouble a bit often these days. Are you sure you're okay with this?" Yukari said as she crossed both her arms. Ren nodded. "It's fine, you know, as long as she doesn't kill me." Ren said as he snickered. Yukari smiled with a bit of worry. "I guess you're right..." Yukari said as she looked up at the blue sky.

The two continued to look up until Ren decided it was better to leave now, as he didn't want to worry his senpais one more time. "I think it's better for us to leave now." Ren said as he picked himself up from the bench, and dusted his pants. Yukari nodded and stood up. "Say, do I even have your phone number?" Yukari asked. Ren looked at the sky in thought. "...I don't...think so." Ren responded with a fake laugh. Yukari scratched the back of her head and was kind of lost for words. "Geez, you or Junpei, you guys are both sometimes not much different from each other..." Yukari said. "Here. Give me your phone." Yukari said as she put her hand out. Ren dug into his pockets and gave Yukari his flip-phone. Yukari tapped on the phone for about a few seconds, and a short jingle came up, signaling that the contact was saved in Ren's phonebook.

"There. Hopefully, you don't lose your phone like Junpei did last week." Yukari said. Ren shook his head reluctantly. Yukari sighed in response. "Please don't be like Junpei..." Yukari said as she looked at Ren with an exhausted face. Ren laughed and nodded. "I'm just kidding." Ren said as he put a hand on Yukari's shoulders. Yukari was a bit surprised, but she slowly responded with a smile. "Yeah...I'm pretty sure you're-"

"I GOT YOU BITCH!" A scream was heard about a few meters away from Ren and Yukari. Another scream, a painful one, was heard a few seconds later, and both of them already knew what's up. Ren and Yukari both ran towards the source of the screams, and what they saw was mesmerizing at best.

Mika was holding down Junpei on the floor, and Junpei was struggling to get himself back up because Mika was pushing him down with full force. Mika continued growling until Ren ran towards her and tried to loosen her grip. Mika, unaware that Ren was already awake, was a bit surprised. "Wait, when did you-"

"Yukari took care of me while you chased Junpei for no good reason whatsoever..." Ren said as he scratched the back of his head. "I guess it's partially my fault...and also yours." Ren said. "Yeah! Ren, please save me from this-AHHH!" Junpei was cut off as Mika pulled his arm strength, and Yukari was behind Ren, secretely recording all this while trying to hide her laugh due to how ridiculous Junpei was looking like.

Ren knew enough is enough, and decided to take action. "Mika, I think we should go..." Ren said. Mika looked up at Ren with a bit of fury mixed in her eye and then gave a sigh. "...Fine." Mika said as she finally let go of Junpei's arms and legs. "...!...!...!" Junpei rolled around the floor silently (surprisingly not saying a single word, unlike his character), and also spasing out possibly due to Mika suddenly letting him go, which might've caused cramps all over his body. Ren cringed as Junpei wrestled the floor in pain, while Mika crossed her arms and was staring into the distance, and Yukari was recording it again, but with a bit more tension on her face.

"Can we go now?" Mika said as she looked at the time. Ren shook in surprise, as he was so into watching Junpei's movements. "Huh? Oh, right. Yeah, we should go now." Ren said as he looked back at Junpei, as his cramps seemed to get relieved. Ren looked at Yukari, and Yukari looked back. "Can you take care of him?" Ren said. Yukari sighed and nodded. "I guess..." Yukari said as she looked at Junpei, who was planking face-down onto the floor because of embarrassment. Yukari picked Junpei up by his left arm and signaled Ren and Mika to go back to the dorm. Ren and Mika both nodded, and Mika bowed towards Yukari to show her thanks. Yukari smiled and waved as they both went back to the dorm, then turned back to Junpei, who was mentally scarred from Mika's attacks just now.

Ren and Mika made their way back to the dorm, and as they opened the door, the two heard two loud noises coming from the living room of the dorm. As Ren was about to open the door, he stopped when he opened it about a 1/8th length, just enough to be able to look at through the door with one eye. "What is it?" Mika asked. Ren gave a finger on his lips, signaling her to be quiet. Mika followed his gesture and stayed silent. Mika went below Ren's head and began staring into the small space between the doors.

"Akihiko...this must stop." A voice said. It sounded like Mitsuru to both of them, and they could hear the TV playing in the background. "The more often you leave the dorm during the dark hour, the more often you get hurt." Mitsuru said as she was crossing her arms in frustration. Ren kept a close watch, while Mika continued staring without any thought. "What's the point..." Akihiko said as he stood up, presumably from a chair. Mitsuru snapped as Akihiko seemed to miss everything Mitsuru just said. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'POINT'? HAVE YOU IGNORED EVERYTHING I JUST TOLD YOU!?" Mitsuru exclaimed. The footsteps of Akihiko stopped, and there was silence for about a few seconds. "A child...huh." Akihiko said as he turned towards Mitsuru. He then laughed quietly to himself, then looked at Mitsuru with an angry glare.

"PROTECTING PEOPLE ISN'T SOMETHING THAT NORMAL KIDS DO!" Akihiko screamed. "WHY WON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Akihiko said as he threw his coat onto the floor in rage. At this point, Mitsuru was shaking in utter anger, but the more they argued, the weaker and more pained Mitsuru became. Ren and Mika gulped and watched, seeing how interrupting this will just make things worse. "Akihiko...I just..." Mitsuru said as she put her head down. "I just...wanted you to be safe..." Mitsuru said as she clenched her fists. But Akihiko completely rejected her feelings and responded with something that he shouldn't have said.

"Leave me alone for fuck sakes." Akihiko said. Mitsuru put her head up in shock, then her face turned from a surprised look to rage once again. "You...!" Mitsuru put her hand up high in the air and swung it across Akihiko's face. "DO YOU THINK I LIKE SEEING YOU GET HURT EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK?" Mitsuru said with anger and disappointment mixed in her voice. Akihiko spat on the floor, which only worsened the situation. Mitsuru slapped him again, and this time with more emotion put into her hands. Both of them didn't say anything until Akihiko opened his mouth again. "Maybe Shinji was right all along...that you really are an idiot." Akihiko said as he was avoiding Mitsuru's gaze. Mitsuru couldn't open her mouth and instead was going for another swing.

"Ren...!" Mika whispered to Ren as she looked at Ren for an answer. Ren was looking in shock and helplessness and shook his head at Mika. "I...there's nothing we can do." Ren said. Mika looked at him in disbelief, then looked at the two senpais who were about to brawl in the middle of the living room. Mika gritted her teeth in irritation, then made up her mind.

Mitsuru's hand was about to go towards Akihiko's face, and Akihiko prepared for the worst. He looked hard on the outside but was soft like a half-boiled egg on the inside. "I'm..." Akihiko whispered under his breath as Mitsuru's final slap was coming towards him. "...Sorry." Akihiko said but wasn't heard by Mitsuru, who was already in a disarrayed situation. As the hand was about to hit Akihiko's face, it instead hit something else, or rather, someone else.

"..." Mika fell back towards the floor due to the shock of the slap. Akihiko looked back in surprise, as did Mitsuru, who widened her eyes in shock. Ren crashed through the door and ran towards Mika, and Mika slowly sat up and put a hand towards her cheeks, which was glowing red and bright. The three stood, except for Mika, for a solid minute, silent.

Akihiko looked at Mitsuru, who was in a slight shock of hitting her junior and confronted her. "Look what you've done." Akihiko said. "You hit your own member-"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" Mika screamed as she was still on the floor with her hands on her cheeks, and Ren was gone to get medical supplies for the pain. Mika was turning red like last time, and she stood up on both her feet and looked at both of them in heat. "Mitsuru-senpai." Mika said as she looked at Mitsuru. "w-What?" Mitsuru said as she tried to stay calm, but Mika's look was frightening her a bit. "If you truly cared for Akihiko then you should've treated him like family, not a soldier. You let your emotions take over your actions, and now look what you did to my face." Mika said. "I..." Mitsuru was speechless and didn't know how to respond. "...Can't respond because everything I said was true? Right." Mika said in a sassy and cocky tone. But Mitsuru couldn't do anything because everything she said was indeed true. Mika then turned to Akihiko, who had a bit of a prideful look in his face, which made Mika's red glow more brightly. "And you. Snow hair." Mika said as she frowned. "You...!" Akihiko was about to go towards her until a hand blocked his way. "Who the hell-"

"Trust me, you shouldn't mess with this girl when she's mad." Minako said as she dropped her stuff onto the couch nearby and stopped Akihiko from getting anywhere near Mika. Mika crossed her arms and nodded. "At least someone in the room seems to have some logic." Mika said as she winked at Minako, who responded with a thumbs up. "Well, it's hard to believe, for you at least, but Mitsuru did this because she cares." Mika said as her red glow got a bit weaker. "If not, then she would've just let you roam around the city during the Dark Hour like a dog without a leesh." Mika said. "And trust me, as a person who nearly died two times during the Dark Hour, even with reinforcements, that's not the smartest life decision you can take." Mika said as she turned her back against both her senpais, and both of them stood in silence, hurt with facts.

Akihiko then left to the entrance of the dorm, and no one stopped him (for obvious reasons). Mitsuru then left to the bathroom, and Minako sat on the couch, tired. The TV was still on, and Morgana jumped on Minako's lap. "Something troubling you?" Morgana asked as he groomed himself. "Yeah...something isn't right." Minako said as she stared into the distance in thought. "What is it?" Morgana asked.

"If this is the same timeline, then Mitsuru-senpai and Akihiko-senpai wouldn't be fighting...almost never." Minako thought to herself. "Is it because of Mika's existence that there are differences between what I experienced and what we're going to experience now?" Minako said internally once again, and Morgana looked at her in deep curiosity. "What is it, come on!" Morgana asked. Minako smiled and shook her head. "No, it's nothing. Just being a bit paranoid." Minako said as she patted Morgana on the head. "But I want to know..." Morgana said. "The curiosity killed the cat, Morgana. Remember that." Minako said. Morgana's fur stood up after she said that, and Morgana stood up tall and proud to pretend like he wasn't scared. "n-Nothing can kill this ca- I mean, human!" Morgana said. "You're clearly a cat, Morgana." Minako countered Morgana's statement. "I-"

"I miss anything so far?" Ren said as he walked over to the front of the TV. "Nope. Nothing too big." Minako said. "Except this little cat is trying to argue he's a human again." Minako said as she giggled. Morgana groaned in response. "I swear I will be the one making orders when I turn human..." Morgana said. Minako scratched Morgana's chin and Morgana accidentally purred. "Well? Seen any human that does that?" Minako said as she crossed her arms with confidence. "...Actually, Mika kinda likes that." Ren said. Minako and Morgana both looked at Ren with a surprised look. "What? Don't look at me like that, she's the one that told me, I never actually did that to her, alright?" Ren said.

"Did what to me again?" Mika said as she came back down the stairs. "Rub your chin like a cat." Morgana said. "Which is definitely not me." Morgana clarified. "Is this actually true?" Minako asked with genuine interest. Mika nodded. "Yeah." Mika said with the plainest answer in the entire history of mankind. The living room stayed silent except for the running sound of the TV. "...What, you want to know if I purr like a cat also?" Mika said with a look of disappointment. "I...no." Minako said, trying to get the group somehow get off this topic.

"Anyways, there's a ton of things we have to discuss." Mika said as she stood in front of the three persona users. "First, Ren's been targeted by a member of student council for use of tobacco in-campus." Mika said as she held up the sheet that the guy gave Ren. "I think I know who it is..." Minako said as she rubbed her chin. "Hidetoshi Odagiri. Harsh, strict, and pretty serious when it comes to doing his job." Minako explained. Mika, Ren, and Morgana continued to listen. "He's a member of the Disciplinary Committee. He would probably do anything to get his job done, breaking the rules or not." Minako said. "And I'm not surprised he's using Ren, because he's one of the new students so he would be more vulnerable." Minako said as she stood up and walked towards the TV.

"But one thing for sure, he doesn't have a persona. So we have the higher ground." Mika cut in. Minako nodded. "But how will we fix this is the problem..." Minako said as she looked a bit down in conflict. Ren smiled and dug his hands into his pocket, and took out the blue notebook.

"Pen's mightier than the sword, friends." Ren said as he flipped open the book. Mika nodded in agreement, while Minako and Morgana went to the kitchen to talk about their 'plan'. Ren and Mika continued discussing about their plans to take down the guy, but Ren also had to make sure Mika wasn't planning on killing him because that would cause more problems in the aftermath.

Meanwhile, the cat and the auburn-haired girl was discussing their plan to take down Ikutski. "Did you get the recording?" Morgana asked as he sat on the table of the kitchen. Minako grinned and shoved her hand inside her pockets with a prideful smile. In her hands was a grey recorder that Minako was shaking around with a bit too much confidence. Morgana nodded in satisfaction. "Right, right." Morgana said as he licked his paws. "But what are you planning to do with it?" Morgana asked. At the same time, Ren and Mika were cutting their discussion to see what Morgana and Minako were doing.

"Well, I'm planning to spread it to Mitsuru and Akihiko-senpai first, but-" Minako was about to finish her sentence until her confident shaking of the recorder brought karma upon her, and was about to crash into the floor. Not only that, it was in the pathway of where Mika was going to walk, so, therefore, Minako had to act quick. REAL QUICK, because she can't go into the chairman's office again without any good reason.

Minako quickly grabbed a roll of toilet paper nearby the table and threw it on below where the recorder was going to fall and prevented it from being damaged from the fall. "Yes!" Minako said as she clenched her hands into a fist in joy. But she then realized that Mika was in the path of the recorder, and Minako froze in the spot until Morgana quickly leaped forward and grabbed the recorder with his mouth, which surprised Mika and made her nearly fall on her back.

"w-What's going on?!" Mika asked, confused. Morgana went over to Minako and gave her the recorder back. "Here's your plan saved, miss." Morgana said. Minako forced a fake brave smile. "o-Of course! I already knew it was perfect." Minako said as she crossed her arms with forced confidence.

"Confidence aside...what even is in that?" Ren asked as he pointed at the recorder. Minako smiled, and this time it was real, and full of joy.

"This, kids, is the game changer." Minako said as she put the recorder on the table and pressed play.

Okay, that was probably the longest "next thursday" in the history of mankind...

But to keep you guys up to date, I was busy studying for the IB, so I got extremely busy with academics.

And then I started reading over the old chapters of this fanfic, and realized there were SO many mistakes prior to this chapter.

I felt so bad and crap for making you guys go through this terrible grammar, and I'll always try to get the quality best as possible.

Hopefully I post the next chapter at least less then 4 months (joke).

Once again, I'll be answering the questions and suggestions in the reviews, so spam it as much as you want.