Other than the taste of my salty tears that reached my mouth, I was parched. Hungry, and astonishingly, tired. I figured it was time to take my first step forward in my new life and make an attempt to get out of this hole. Through the process of trying to escape from where I was buried I couldn't help but wonder as to why my burial ground was dug up in the first place.

Elizabeth… Could she have done this? Was her plan so elaborate. Wouldn't put it past her, knowing how her mind worked in a logical fashion. What do I do? What is left for me here?

Thinking in this fashion made it easier to get used to being in a physical body and remembering how to work my muscles. For a time as I was trying to get out of the hole, I felt like a newborn baby. Completely helpless and nobody around to give me a hand. However, with a number of failed attempts came a success.

Stumbling in the dark night I felt around in my pockets looking for something that was useful in any way possible. I was beginning to feel cold and my body shivered which in all honesty felt good considering I spent an unknown amount of time in a separate world disconnected from anything. It was hell, not feeling the warmth of another, not being able to speak to somebody, it was nothing.

A vibrating sensation emitted from my pocket and I immediately reached down to find my old cellphone. This in itself raised suspicion within myself.

How long have I been gone? How is it possible that my device is still in connection. Wouldn't of it been disconnected once my death occurred? This isn't making any sense… It really is like I was given a do-over.

More than anything I just wanted somewhere to sleep, anywhere for that matter. I could feel my limbs getting heavier as time passed as I wandered street to street trying to navigate myself back into the city.

I hope I don't run into any overnight officers, I think to myself.

I'm sure it would do nothing but raise questions as to why a student is wandering around covered in dirt in the dead of night. If possible, I would like to avoid any sort of confrontation.

The only thing I could here during the trip was the constant sound of my stomach and the tapping of my feet. Never once did I wonder as to why I woke up fully clothed in my uniform, never once did I wonder what everybody is doing or where they may be. I just walked, and walked until finally I found myself in front of the apartment complex where I lounged for a year.

A grimace found itself forming on my lips. However, I couldn't help but move closer and reach for the knob slowly beginning to turn it.

I can't just walk in here, there is no way it's even-

click

Again, the feeling of fear transformed my legs into cement. Dry throat, cold sweat, entering a space in which I no longer felt like I belonged. Unclear as to how long I've been gone, I never know what I would find here. The unlikely event that this door was open, could it be fate?

A dim light was being emitted near the staircase and timid footsteps descending from the stairs, and a familiar voice follows.

"W-Who's there!?"

I didn't reply. I only walked forward slowly until the woman finally made it to the bottom of the staircase and face fills with surprise. Studying her figure, she looks more or less the same. Dressed in what look to be athletic shorts and a button-up from my closet which I would wear under my typical uniform. Slight changes in her hair style, but mostly as I remember her.

I'm almost certain that belongs to me, but I don't think asking that sort of question would create a response that would be good for my safety.

Giving a small smirk, I noticed her tension slowly begin to fade. Yukari's eyes began to soften and fill with tears.

Yukari choked on her own words as she spoke with a quivered lip, "Y-You are dead… Are you real?"

I still remained silent as I took steps closer to her and leaned my head on her lean shoulder as she slowly wrapped her arms around my waist and brought me into a tight embrace. Howling sobs echoed throughout the lobby of the dorm in which we stood, in complete darkness aside the small dim light emitting from the staircase that she came from. I could feel her skin rub across my face and her wet tears come into contact with my cheek.

"I waited for you!" she sobbed.

"It was so hard, I felt so alone… I hated it. Every second of it! We couldn't even give you a service…"

She continued to voice her pain, but it all drowned out. I couldn't give my attention to it, the sensation of touch was stealing all focus I had left from exhaustion up to this point.

It's warm.

I found myself relishing in the warmth of her embrace, and her frail figure. So strange to find somebody I know to be so ferocious and head strong to be so vulnerable. Time stood still as I listened to the cries from Yukari that resembled a baby, her clutches digging into my dirt stained clothes.

"I'm home."

a/n: I'm alive. College sucks ass, so I do plan on coming back and working on this. I personally hate things that I do that are left unfinished. However, I had a list of pre-requisites that I needed to attend to before I moved along with this. They are as follows:

Rewrite how I began this. This typically involved adding a bit more length of internal dialogue as well as character dialogue. Hard to call something a "chapter" if it's less than 300 words lol

Change Arisato's name to the movie name. This is obviously fan work but it wouldn't feel right if I didn't adjust such a major issue. It's strange to think how much the canon Persona universe has been adjusted since I first uploaded this in like 2013. Boy, do the times change.

As far as new content goes, for those that still follow this, please be patient. I don't intend to die again, but I am a college student so time can be sort of scarce but in light of it moving closer to the holidays I find myself with more time than usual so I'll do some thinking as to where I want to move this and probably have something shortly after Thanksgiving. I've become really articulate in all the things I do so I feel like for the scarcity of uploads, I want to give some girth to what I upload. Feel like that's somewhat fair. In all silly fun, pls enjoy.

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