madimpossibledreamer

Main Points:
Doctor Who/Persona 2 Crossover
Summary: Tatsuya is unimpressed.
Word Count: 742
Rating: K
Author's Notes: I have at least one chapter after this, so don't despair, ~lonelysouls! I might update once in a blue moon! (I also need to apparently watch 5D's more. It's inspirational. For this story, anyway.)

They arrive in time to hear Eikichi’s goons talk about Tatsuya showing up, and Lisa asks, “Was that what this was all about?”

Tatsuya can’t help but roll his eyes. It was rather obvious that’s what this was about, considering they even bothered to give a note. The girl on the couch doesn’t look particularly distressed, though, which means that this was all a rather elaborate waste of time. Yare yare.

“Tatsuya?” Eikichi asks, looking utterly shocked. So it wasn’t even his idea.

Rather than facepalming, as his instincts are telling him to do, he just plays with his lighter and lets Lisa talk.

His wannabe rival likes to hear himself talk, too, and is just about as unconsciously self-centered. He’d almost walk out, if not for the fact that he’s—just the slightest bit—curious as to the true extent of the utter idiocy.

That, and Lisa wastes no time putting her foot in her mouth. He probably has to stick around just to make sure she doesn’t get beat up for being a loudmouth. Annoying.

Fortunately, the goons distract the blue-haired thug—by explaining their grand plot. To form a band, apparently.

…Well, he was curious. He got his answer. This has to be one of the dumbest things he’s ever heard. Still, it’s confusing how they even knew he played an instrument. As far as he knows, the guitar’s sitting in his closet gathering dust, and he’ll probably need to replace more than a few strings on it before he can even touch it, let alone play it. They’re old enough they’ll probably just break on touch. Yet another thing Katsu’s been on his back about, but it’s not like he’ll make it into any of the school bands, and he doesn’t plan on that for after high school.

Still, he’s feeling a little unsettled, watching. It takes a minute before he realizes something. That’s loneliness, he’s feeling. Those idiots aren’t just minions the ‘boss’ doesn’t care about. They’re actual friends. Why he picked today of all days to worry about being alone when it had never bothered him too much before, he’s not sure, but it might have something to do with that dream earlier.

He watches with a stoic face as the other two move away, but before he can turn away Eikichi calls out. “I hate to stoop this low…But for the sake of my bros, I can’t let you go that easily. For my honor as the Death Boss, I’m dragging you into my band!”

What’s he planning to do? Try to take Tatsuya captive? It’s not like he enjoys fighting, despite the fact that he’s good at it. He doesn’t actually enjoy much, now that he comes to think of it. But he’s not about to let someone just walk over him if he can help it. And how’s he planning to run a band with a captive guitarist?

And then Lisa just has to open her mouth again, and this time they’re really not walking out of this thing without a fight.

I swear, Katsu, I don’t go around looking for fights. They just happen.

And then he staggers a little, feeling that weird feeling from before, with those thugs. It’s louder and stronger this time, and it’s all he can do not to pass out. What’s going on…?

It takes him a minute to realize that he’s not the only one feeling off. Lisa muttered something, too, but his brain isn’t capable of deciphering what she said at the moment. Please, if I have to share insanity, can it be with anyone but her?

And then Eikichi attacks them, but not with his fists. He calls out for a “Deathbringer”, and something appears above him. A humanoid, but it’s clearly not human.

What the hell? …How do I fight something like this?

It attacks Lisa, but something appears above her, too. And then she passes out.

“H-How can you use it too?” Eikichi stammers. It’s a good question. Out of all the people who he’d expect to have a weird power, she’s one of the last of them. Eikichi passes out. Maybe the shock is too much for him.

Fear not. Take my hand. That voice…! He’s heard it before.

I am thou. Thou art I. From the sea of thy soul I cometh…The bearer of the inferno that burns away impurity, Vulcanus!

This power…it’s his.

And then he passes out, too.