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Persona 4 ~ Guilt	By : Dragonprayer Category: +S through Z > Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (all) > Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (all) Views: 2311 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction.Persona 4 and its characters ( Tohru Adachi, Souji Seta and Ryotaro Dojima ) are copyrighted by their respective owners. I do not seek to make any profit/money out of this story.

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" Nobody said it was easy..."
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Guilt.
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That night he didn't get much sleep. Every dream he had received that night had shown him several gruesome ways of how he should and could kill Naoto. In the first dream he had shot her in the head, the second he had strangled her and in the third he had her ripped apart by shadows. After the fifth dream or so he woke up screaming so hard that Dojima stumbled into his room looking confused. Even then he couldn't stop screaming but when he felt the gentle arms of his uncle around him he finally began to calm down. Those eyes! In each dream he had seen her big eyes filled with pain and disbelief. Even now when he was fully awake he felt like those eyes continued to haunt him.
After being held for like five minutes Dojima let go of him and asked the boy if he was alright. Souji gave him a weak smile and explain that he had a bad dream, and that the weird fog was probably the cause of it. Thankfully, the detective ate that lie. He even replied that he had been having some weird dreams as well, but sadly he didn't say anything about it's content.
After a short talk about random things ( and making sure that Souji was ok ) Dojima headed back to his own room.
Souji gave a long sigh and placed his head on his pillow. With sleepy eyes he found himself staring at his clock, and to his disappointment he saw that it was only four in the morning. Afraid of going back to sleep he got out of bed and turned the light on of his desk lamp. He rubbed his eyes and eventually he sat down on the chair behind his desk. He grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil, and he began to write down his thoughts. Everything that had happened from the first day he had arrived here till now were written down. While he was doing so he found that he was calming down bit by bit. There were so many thoughts and feelings unanswered that he felt like his mind was about to explode. But now by writing things down it felt like a weight was taken off his shoulders. When he was finished though, he had to burn it in case Dojima would find it.
~*~
Around 9 o clock in the morning the doorbell rang. From downstairs you could hear how Dojima opened the door and the voices of the older man and Naoto filled the hall. Souji was still upstairs in the bathroom brushing his teeth.
He looked like shit.
A pair of black colored bags under his eyes and his pale looking skin gave him a sickly appearance. Well, that wasn't odd since he had slept only a few hours last night. And his skin? Well, he hadn't seen much daylight the past few days. The fog was doing a great job of blocking out the sun.
After washing his face several times he went downstairs. However, he froze in his tracks when he saw the blue haired girl sitting behind the table in the living room. She was in conversation with his uncle and didn't seem to notice he was standing on the stairs. The girl had changed a bit. In the few months her hair had definitely grown longer, and she was no longer wearing male clothing. Actually, she wore a tight white blouse that made her bust look very big.
" Souji there you are, come down and have a seat so we can begin. "
Dojima signaled to the boy to come down and sit next to him, and so he nodded and did what was expected of him.
Naoto seemed somewhat happy to see him...somewhat. She gave him a few smiles and asked him what he had been up to in the few months he had left Inaba. He told her that he had hung out with several friends, and that he was studying criminology. She nodded at that, and soon her attention was back on the older man. Souji frowned at that. She had asked him how he was doing, yes, but that was only to be polite.
' really? ' Said the voice in the back of his head. ' Were you really expecting that she would listen to your pathetic story? By now you should've know how she works. She is only interested in things that concern her, so why bothering wasting your breath? Instead you should be listening very closely to what two are discussing. If you hear anything that might be connected to you you have to step in. '
Souji's frown deepened and he shook his head slightly. He knew this... that stupid voice didn't have to remind him.
Thankfully, Naoto and Dojima hadn't found anything serious (yet. ) They had been reviewing Namatame's diary down to the last letter, and then they moved to how he had acted in the hospital. Naoto said that the whole scene she had witnessed there made her doubt many things. The way his shadow had acted clearly deviated from how the real Namatame felt. the girl couldn't prove that of course, but it was enough to keep her busy.
While they were in the heat of the discussion, they almost didn't notice when Dojima's phone began to ring. The man raised an eyebrow, stood up, and walked to the kitchen. After humming and saying yes a few times he headed towards the hall. Shortly after he hung up.
" I have to go. " He said. " Duty calls. Can you let yourself out Naoto? "
" Yes Dojima-san. " She replied while staring towards the hall.
" I don't know when I will be returning, so don't stay up for me. And Souji, this time I am serious. You do yourself good if you hit the hay early. Well then, I am off. "
Well then... This was pretty awkward.
For a while the two teens just sat there drinking their coffee while they tried their best not to have eye contact with each other. However, it was Naoto that eventually managed to break the awkward silence.
" Uh... Things haven't changed much since you left, right? "
The silverhead nodded.
" Somewhat. The fog is still here, yes, but that's about it. "
Naoto frowned.
" And well... some of us were forced to leave. Chie and Yukiko are still here though... maybe we should inv--"
" No, I am not going to call them. Actually, why should I? It's not like they have tried to contact me when I was back home. "
And now he was staring straight into her eyes. Her cheeks were a little red and her eyeballs went from the left to the right. She clearly felt embarrassed, and that's something he had been hoping for. Because that contacting part was also a direct attack to her. She hadn't tried to call him too, right?
The girl sighed and stood up. She slowly walked towards the big windows at the end of the room, and she absently touch the glass.
' She's showing her back at you. Why don't you grab your gun and land a bullet in her head? You have your gun hidden in your jacket right? Why shouldn't you use it yet? You have only a few hours left till judgment time. "
No not yet. It seemed like she wanted to say something, and he was really curious what she had to say. So he tried his best to relax and sighed softly.
" Senpai... " Began the girl. " Do you remember the day when you, Yosuke and me were talking outside of that restaurant? We were guessing who might be the killer. "
" Yes I remember. " He said bluntly.
" Back then, you stayed so quiet that it made me feel uneasy. And as of today it still does... Because it felt like you knew who the real killer was. I was so certain you were going to say something, and yet you didn't. "
The boy frowned. " I didn't say anything because there wasn't anything to be said. Like I told you before I have no idea who's the killer. As far as I'm concerned it's Namatame and he's dead. It would be better for all of us if we just dropped the case and went on with our lives. "
After he said that he saw a disappointed look on the face of the girl.
" I... had really hoped you would've told me more senpai..."
She reached for a pocket and from there she retrieved a small crumbled piece of paper. Souji narrowed his eyes and stood up from the chair he had been sitting on. He walked towards Naoto and stopped in front of her.
" Remember the threatening letters you received in the past? Well, since it was important evidence I decided it would be better if there were to be at least one copy of each. "
" Really? " Asked Souji uninterested. " You actually of copies of the two letters? Isn't that like, a waste of time? there are no fingerprints, no tufts of hair or skin flakes on it. How can you trace the killer back to this letter? "
" Because of the handwriting. " Replied the girl coolly. " If you look closely you can see that the killer has been forcing his hand to write differently. After I noticed that for the first time I headed for the lab and let them run several scans. Strangely though, they couldn't find anything. After searching and researching I met a dead end. But just as I was about to throw the letters away I found something interesting. I found Adachi's shopping list on a chair at the police station. I would've ignored it and continued my way, but when my eye fell on the B I froze in my tracks. the B on his list, and the B on the threatening letter almost look identical! I grabbed the note and the letters and headed back home. Together with my grandpa we have been studying the letters, and no matter how often we got into an argument, we stayed with the fact that... Adachi might've written the letters. "
Souji began to laugh.
" Adachi? You really think that Adachi is the killer? Really, do you know how weird you sound? Like, are we even talking about the same person?... "
His mind was racing...
"...You know, the guy had been aiding us on our mission remember? If he were the killer, why would he do that?... "
His heart was beating hard...
"...Namatame confessed didn't he? The guy was mad! Sprouting nonsense that he had to 'save' people. I am sorry Naoto, but for once you have to accept that you are wrong..."
His mouth was dry...
" So lets just drop the case. We have better things to do, like getting rid of the fog or something. "
They both just stared out of the window. It was getting dark outside...
" You knew, didn't you? " Whispered the girl so softly that it was almost impossible to hear.
Souji took a deep sigh and then his eyes slowly went to the right. She looked sad, betrayed...
" Yes... " He replied eventually.
" H-how.... long? "
Silence.
" Pretty early actually, though it was not me who got wind of it. It was Izanagi who sensed it, and those feelings were send to me "
The girl turned around so she was facing him now.
" Why Souji...? You were our leader, we trusted you. Why didn't you tell us? Back then you should've told us that Adachi was the killer. We could've saved Namatame! You let an innocent man die for your lies! Do you have any idea what you have done? "
His face darkened.
" Why? Really Naoto, you should know the answer to that. "
his hand reached for the gun and with a smile he retrieved it from his pocket. He aimed it at the girl and turned the safety off.
" I have been alone for almost my entire life. My parents hate me for reasons I cannot comprehend, and my friends... well... they just want something from me. And once they have gotten it they throw me away like I am garbage. Isn't that the same with you guys?-- "
He did a step forward, and she did a step backwards.
" --I have helped all of you face your Personae and helped you in your personal lives. And what was my reward? I was thrown away! No phone call, no letter, nothing! Each of you went your separate ways and you didn't give a damn about how I felt!--"
another step...
"--However, there was one person who was honest with me. That one person kept in touch with me... maybe not the way I'd liked, but he acknowledged my existence. So here's my question... wouldn't you rather be loyal to the bad guy who acknowledges you, or would you stay true to your 'friends' who don't give a shit about you? Well, I most certainly knew what to pick. "
Her back touched the front of the television.
" Souji, please..." A tear rolled down her cheek.
a smile came upon his face.
bang.
To be continued~~
- 5
- 6
- 7
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