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Oh that reminded him, he had actually had something she need her for. Though he had been pretty mindless when it came to his departures in question, (though not completely of his fault in some occasions), he had realized himself that he had been leaving her behind two times out of two now. Sure, he hadn't intended to do so, but it still rude. So, he had done something for her. It had taken him a while, but now all he had to do was-

"Huh?"

His train of thought screeched to a halt at her question. She wanted to talk to him about something? By the look on her face, it wasn't exactly a pleasant topic of conversation either. He do something wrong? Was she mad that he ran off to beat on those kids? They totally had it coming to them though, even she couldn't deny that.

"Uh, yeah sure. I got time. Today's pretty slow, so let me just close up shop here, and then we can leave."

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After already being left in a certain sewing punk’s dust more than one time, Yukari decided she needed to talk to him about it. So after making sure to leave her weapons at home, lest she be tempted to use them on him, she made her way to the Tatsumi Textile shop.

Hm…maybe this is a little weird after all? But…this kind of thing really bothers me. It shouldn’t hurt to at least talk to him about it.

So with this resolve she stood at the entrance of the store and stood there.

“Uhm hello, is anyone there?” How awkward.

Kanji stood near the front, his normal style of wearing a coat abandoned and an apron tied around his waist for the sake of looking proper to customers. With the teen as busy as he was, setting up more displays for his dolls, he didn't really recognize the voice at first, and with his attire as different, it was difficult to recognize him, until he spoke.

"Yo, welcome to Tatsumi Textiles, how can I-"

He turned around, finally taking notice of the person who had actually arrived at the store, doing a double take as recognized the older woman within moments. It had been some time since he had last seen her, but he expected that came with the territory; she had come to Inaba for a reason obviously.

"Oh, Yukari-Senpai! Hey, I was wondering when you'd show up again!

#sewing-emperor #closed

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Inwardly, Yukari laughed because she could tell that with each compliment she had given Kanji he got more and more flustered. In that way he reminded her of Akihiko. Well, it’s nice to know that he really isn’t as bad as I thought he was. Not if he can make all of these and be proud of them. Man, I wish I could make something like this. As she continued to clean she noticed some unfinished work but considering how much she put him through today, Yukari decided to keep quiet and just put them on the shelves. Her eyes brightened though when Kanji mentioned he wouldn’t mind making her some things. “Really? That’s great! Well, I’m staying here for as long as needed which might be a while anyway. So, I’ll be sure to ask you for a lot of commissions.” Though money really doesn’t matter, despite all the troubles and battles in Tartarus it did provide a very nice cash profit.

“Oh, is that right?” She asked while he was stumbling on what to say to her implication of the Persona doll. Yukari continued to play items on some of the higher parts of the shelves, although she did have to stand on the tips of her toes to do so. “Well, yeah I think so. Sure, you’re a bit rough around the edges but you’re a good guy. Especially since you always take such care and detail into all of these dolls. Not to mention you made some of these just to show gratitude to your friends. I’m sure that the girl you like also knows what great of a guy you are so hopefully things work in your favor.” She really did hope so, for even though she just met him she could tell that he really liked whoever it was. Besides, everyone deserved some happiness and love or well mostly everyone. As a Lovers Arcana she liked being able to see that people were happy and in love. Then just like the mess had all been cleaned up. “It’s no problem Kanji-Kun, I’m still really sorry about earlier though.”

"Oh jeez, don't worry about that! It's fine! It's what I get for sleeping in." Yes, the whole shelf falling on top of him thing was "sleeping in" to him. "Besides, you helped me clean this up, so there's no reason to hold it against ya. Thanks again, Yukari-Senpai. But, if it's all the same to you, I'd rather not stay in here too long. I feel like shit is going on when I'm not paying attention, and it pisses me off." He had felt quite a bit of that when he woke up, though it was beaten into submission thanks to Miss Takeba. He quickly motioned for them to head back outside. So far, no sign of anything at all. He let out a sigh, a bit relieved and a bit disappointed at the same time. That was until a couple of his classmates passed by on the street, noticing him and Yukari as they emerged from the building.

"Yoooo, Tatsumi! What were you doing in there with an older woman? That's pretty dirty of you man, taking advantage of your mom not being there!"

"Well at least it's not a dude..."

"WHAT?! NO, IT AIN'T LIKE THAT I SWEAR! SHE WAS JUST HERE TO-" Wait what was that last part?

"I'M TAKING YOU DOWN, PUNKS!" And there he goes, racing down the streets after the now fleeing classmates, leaving Yukari, yet again, to her own devices as he chased after insulting brats with all the force of a truck. It wasn't likely that he would stop for long time, so if she wanted to follow, she would have to match his stamina. Best of luck.

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She smiled at him. “You’re really good! I’m sure that you get plenty of customers and custom orders when it comes to these, well at least I would order a bunch of these.” Yukari would probably order a bunch to put in her room. In fact, she really wouldn’t mind having dolls of all the Personas and their users of her friends from S.E.E.S. it would be a nice little reminder of them and their friendship. Maybe that’s why he made all of these dolls of his friends Personas. Well she was sort of right, they were a gift to them and in a way a doll of their respective Persona would also remind them of the bond that they shared.

“It’s no problem, it’s really just my honest opinion after all.” She giggled a little, “Maybe I can ask you to make a few things for me? Of course as long as it’s not too much trouble!” And then she was brought back to the words he had said about the doll she pointed out. “A special one, hm?” With that she couldn’t help but give him a knowing smile. “Someone you like? They’re lucky then, considering your skill in craftsmanship and how much care and kindness you’re showing them.” Yukari meant that. Sometimes she wondered if she would ever meet someone like that, but the fact is she had and he was gone. For a moment she let herself be sad about it but she mentally shook her head, making sure to put a smile on her face once more. “Well, it looks like that we’re making some good progress here Kanji-Kun. I can already see the floor again!”

Two people really do work faster than one.

His pride slowly built up at her compliments, and some of his former bluster returned to him. "Y-Yeah! They sell like hotcakes! People love them, but its rare that people give me special orders though. I guess they just can't think of em." Or perhaps they were still too afraid of them to ask. Even as he became more sociable with the general public, he was still seen as something of a general menace due to his easily flared temper. But his dolls redeemed him quite a bit in their eyes, the care he put into the dolls apparent, even when he was making multiple versions of the same one. "Well I don't see why not. If you're staying for a while, I can make some. I don't usually charge for first-timers."

'And then his proud demeanor crashed down in flames as she (correctly) guessed at why that specific Persona was special. He choked on his words and continued to work on picking up the thread bundles. "What ar-N-No, it's no one that I li-You think so?" He couldn't decide where to land on there, so he just stuck with that one. Well it's not like she knew her, so there wasn't any point in worrying about such a thing. He didn't pursue the topic any further though, going back to the original reason why they were there. Soon the bundles were properly placed and cleaned. He let out a little sigh of contentment and nodded. "Thanks. I appreciate the help, Yukari-Senpai,"

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Yukari sort of just stood there for a moment as she looked around the room, looking carefully at all of the dolls. Seeing as they were knitted and apparently this was his room or workspace of some sort, she came to a conclusion. “Did you…make all of these?” She started to walk around the room, looking more closely at the dolls as well as picked a few of them up gently to feel the material and then neatly putting them back in their place. “These are really well-made, they’re also really cute,” Yukari couldn’t help but say. Then she came across the dolls that were on a shelf that was nailed to the wall. “Are these Personas? Your friends Personas, I’m guessing if they are.” And of course she came to look more at the one made for a certain detective prince. “This one seems to have a lot more detail and care than the others…” she mused aloud before moving away from the shelf.

“Alright then, let’s get cleaning.” And so she did.

"Y-Yeah. They're mine. I make some of them to be sold. Others I make as gifts. It's what I do..." His voice didn't hold the usual confidence or bluster, nor did he ever turn to meet her gaze, his face red hot from blushing too hard. He had accepted that this was what he enjoyed; he wasn't going to hide it anymore. But at the same time, he feared other people's reactions about it. It didn't fit the bill for him was all. The big bad punk working on dolls and threads and dresses? He was surprised people hadn't laughed at him for it.

"H-huh? Well thanks." Well, at the very least, it didn't seem she was rejecting the idea. He was consoled by that fact. Actually, it made him rather happy. But, that happiness was tided over by embarrassment shortly afterward as she came upon the others. "Y-Yeah. Everyone in the group. They're all my friends so...I feel they deserve it. They're important to me." As she pointed out a specific one however, he nearly choked on his words. "T-T-That ones special. I-I-It took me the longest out of all of them...But it was worth it." He coughed a bit to try and clear the awkward air as he began picking up the rolls of thread on the ground, setting them back up.

"Alright."

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Of course, Kanji had no reason to freak out. While Yukari had been walking over here she had noticed that the streets/roads were clear and all the windows had been shut and covered. The people who live here must be really freaked out by what’s going on… In any case, she noticed that there was no one around and no one going to be walking around which is why she knew it was safe for her to call out Isis. Before she was quickly pushed into the store she saw the look on Kanji’s face when she brought out her evoker. I guess him and his friends don’t need mental stress to call out their Personas just like Maya. Just a little bit she was envious of that, it’s not like she particularly minded the requirement of mental stress but sometimes she didn’t like the idea or the fact of it. But there was no helping it for her or the members of S.E.E.S. since it’s just how it worked out for them.

“Alright, don’t worry. I know how to keep a secret, but what is it that you have in here that you seem to be shy about?”

He opened the door, and lo and behold, knitted dolls. Off to the side were a box of them, mainly pandas, in a box for them to be sold later. Along the dressers were several specially made ones that he was particularly proud of. On a wooden shelf, nailed to the wall, were a set of especially fond dolls, all resembling the Persona of his friends in the investigation group, though it seemed a certain one had been made with especially serious care, the thread seeming to be quite a bit more expensive than the rest. Off to the side of the fallen shelves was his workbench, with a few pieces uncompleted upon it. However, it seemed that something was absent from them. Hopefully, she wouldn't notice, as Kanji quickly moved to right the shelves back up.

"Let's just pick this up..."

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“…” She was speechless for a moment but it didn’t change the fact that he was right. They were teammates and so she shouldn’t be inflicting so much pain on him. Just as much pain as used to give Junpei should do. Sighing, she had an apologetic expression on her face. “I’m sorry, with everything that’s been going on I guess I’m just really on edge lately. Here, I’ll heal all the injuries I gave you.” Reaching for her holster, she pulled out her evoker and aimed at her forehead. “Isis, Diarahan!” And with that, her Persona came out to completely envelop Kanji in a healing light and disappearing soon afterwards. “Let me make it up to you, I’ll help you clean the mess.”

"H-Hey! Do you think you should be-" Well too late now. It simply seemed like it was bad idea to be using a Persona out on the street, especially when bringing a gun up to her head was required. That part still creeped him out. Why couldn't they just call up their Persona like the group here did, but breaking the Arcana Card? Could they not see it? It was a bit distressing so he quickly ushered her into the shop, the place having doubled as his home as well. So her Persona was Isis huh? He got a good look at it, and it seemed rather...what's the word, support heavy. Its form certainly didn't look combat capable like Take-Mikazuchi. He'd have to keep that in mind. He lead her inside, but as they reached his room, he stood in the doorway first.

"A-Alright, but whatever you see in there, you keep to yourself, got it!?"

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“Hmm…” She looked him straight in the eye to see if there were any telltale signs of him lying. Though when she came to the conclusion that he wasn’t she was ready to apologize for her use of violence and even offer to help clean up the mess that was still there. In fact, she was even a bit sorry for hurting him so much that she wasn’t even going to get angry at the fact he was telling her that she had no reason to know what it was that he went to get and made her wait for. Then of course he still had to speak. Chair from the-…but he…it was like… And so her thoughts consisted of more incomplete sentences like that until she got to one conclusion. It’s all his fault!

“Just shut up!” And with that she stomped her foot onto his, with all the power that she could put into it.

"A-AHHHOOOOOWWWWW!!" He wasn't going to get a break, it seemed. No matter what he did, there was no way out of this mess without pain. His body was sore, his face stung, and now he had a pain in his foot. He wasn't really sure if he liked this woman yet. It just seemed as though she was an extremely abusive person all around. He wondered how Akihiko-Senpai dealt with her. Oh, right, back to being in pain. He stepped back, hobbling on one foot for the moment. "Dammit, aren't we on the same side?! Are you always this violent to your team-mates?!"

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Are you proud of yourself Kanji? You have unleashed the wrath of Yukari Takeba, which maybe isn’t that hard to do but it’s pretty hard to make her as mad as she is at you right now. When she neared him, she realized that maybe she did throw that chair a bit too hard. After all he was still nosebleeding, Yukari really didn’t show any mercy when she aimed at him. But, she didn’t like to be kept waiting especially by someone who she just met and who was super rude.

Glaring at him with a huge intensity, it was as if her eyes were telling him to shut up. “Knocked out by your shelf, huh? Just how exactly did you manage that? In fact, what was so important that you had to run all the way home for and then never come back?” Her words, although she wasn’t yelling, were said in such a straight tone that maybe she was just waiting for the right time to hit him again.

"I ran into it on the way out. What? Do you want to go check it yourself? The mess is still there, I just got back up." He still felt rather sore about and from that, and he wasn't looking forward to cleaning it up either. Of course, that was still a distant second concern in the back of his mind, considering that, even though she wasn't yelling anymore, there was still a very loud and very angry Yukari Takeba in his face.

"T-That's none of your business!" His face was going beet red at the thought of remember why he had come back. He then recalled that he had picked them up before falling to the trap of the shelf. Were they still in good condition? Of course they were. Wait... Oh so he still had them in his coat then? Good. Jeez, he was so scatter-brained right now. But now to get off the subject. "A-Anyway, why are you stealing chairs from the food court?"

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She had a slight satisfaction while she saw Kanji go down from the chair she threw. All those years of strengthening her arms for Archery seemed to do well with chair-throwing too. Perhaps she would keep that in mind if she was out and about in the food court or something with her weapons still at him. Those Shadows wouldn’t know what hit them. But right, that’s getting off track so back to the current situation.

“A FEW HOURS!?” She yelled at him, approaching him quickly and with a force much larger than her size surrounding the air around her. “Do you know what day it is Kanji-Kun!? It’s the day after the one you ran home saying that you would be back soon! I waited for two-three hours before I realized you weren’t coming back! So don’t you ‘what the hell me’ because I should be asking you, WHAT THE HELL!?” Wow, it’s been a really long time since anyone has ever made Yukari THIS mad.

Oh boy there she goes. Jesus, she was fucking terrifying. It might have been because she was older, but she scared him more than any of the other girls in his group. She had a wicked arm too; that chair toss wasn't exactly something he could shrug off. But there was a distressing fact in the midst of all her yelling, the reason for her anger that really caught him off guard.

"I was out for a day...?!" Kanji was a bit too shocked by the statement to register her anger. Holy crap, was his mom worried about him for not checking in last night?! Yeah she was out on a business trip and all, but he still needed to check in on her from time to time. He was glad she wasn't here to deal with this mess, but still. Wait, get back on track man. You got a very angry woman in your face yelling. "H-Hey, I was knocked out my th- m-my shelf fell on top of me! I was out cold! What could I do about it?!"

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After the events at the school with Maya as well as discussing what their next plans would be, she had went back to her room to trade her bow and arrows for a chair that a certain someone dropped the day before. Well, seeing as how I need to talk to him about what happened and getting him to contact his teammates I might as well also return his chair. Although she didn’t know where he lived, though Maya had suggested that perhaps the Tatsumi Textiles place was it, she decided to just try the food court. The road she would take would pass by the textile store so it worked out. In any case, it didn’t take too long for her to near the store. I’m glad no one’s questioning why I’m carrying this chair around…though that’s probably because of what’s going on. Then, she spotted the little punk who in a way stood her up.

There he is, the little… And so unable to keep her temper in check, she threw Kanji’s chair right at him.

"Hmmm. Well I should go probably look for Takeba-Senpai. It's...not going to be easy to explain to her what happened but, she deserves that much I guess." He grumbled beneath his breath as he turned, his expression lightening as he saw whom he was looking for already. "Takeba-Senpai! I was just going to-"

And down he went, bleeding heavily from his nose as the chair collided with his face. Oh the bittersweet irony behind it all. He hit the ground hard. What an arm this woman had. Probably came with the territory but still, it stung like a bitch. He slowly got to his feet, clutching his ferociously bleeding nose. "WHAT THE HELL, TAKEBA-SENPAI?! I WAS ONLY GONE FOR A FEW HOURS!!"

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It was a shaky awakening, one filled with confusion and pain as Kanji slowly recovered. What the hell happened? Why was the ground shaking? And what was pressing on him so har- Oh shit, it was his thread shelf. How did that happen? He run into it and...It fell on him. Wow. Smooth. Thank god no one saw this. He couldn't have been out for more than a few hours, right? Oh boy, Takeba would be pissed with him. He pushed up, lifting the structure up and off. God, what a mess. He'd have to clean it up when he got back home. At least mom wasn't around, or she would have been worried. He quickly moved back outside to find some of the people in distress, as though something bad had occurred...

"Ugh. What happened? What's going on?"

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She stared at him as he suddenly punched his fists together and talked. In a way he reminded her of Junpei and Akihiko combined, though she wasn’t entirely sure if that was a good thing. But either way, it was nice to see some enthusiasm especially in times like these. Yukari had enough of seeing people down or depressed, she herself had it with feeling that way too. So she smiled at seeing his energy.

“That’s right, there’s no way that we can let them do everything. It’s better if everyone works together!” It was because everyone was cheering for him on that day that everything worked out. She raised her eyebrow slightly though when he grabbed his chair.

With the way he’s holding that thing, it’s like it’s a weapon…it probably is his weapon. Alright so maybe it wasn’t the strangest thing she’s seen, after all Koromaru had wielded a kunai and Ken used a spear that was much taller than he was. But still…it was a chair. She wondered just how much damage that causes on average. Well back to the matter at hand, “Alright, then lets head on over to the school and check the area out a bit. Don’t worry if you get hurt though, I specialize in healing spells and I’m pretty good with wind spells too.”

"Alright! Then it's a deal! We'll figure this out!" This was great! So the old investigation team and the new one would be working together to deal with this mess! It was perfect! If the group that Yu lead was strong enough to save this town before, with the Shadow Operatives helping out, was there anything they couldn't handle? They were a pretty big deal on their own, so was it possible that they could bring that tablet down on their own? Considering his Senpai-

Oh shit.

He dropped the chair on the drop of a dime and broke into a dead run."I'll be right back! Don't go without me!" He quickly sprinted off in the opposite direction, leaving no word as to why he ran off in such a hurry. How could he forget about that?! As he rushed back to his house, cursing every step of the way, he eventually made it back, sliding to a stop. "Okay okay, I know I left it around here somewhere." He went straight to his room, an organized mess waiting for him there. Not to say it wasn't tidy, it's just that his workspace wasn't. However, luckily for him, he did find the object he sought, holding it in his hands like it was the Holy Grail. "Whew! Okay! Now when Senpai shows up, I'll be rea-" In his haste, he ran into his thread shelf. He rubbed his forehead sorely, cursing yet again. Distracted by the pain, he didn't notice that the sudden action had actually caused the structure to tip over...

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So he’s part of an investigation team too. It makes it feel like most of the good Persona users start up an investigation team. Though that’s not good considering that means there’s something bad to look into. She was getting off track but she was brought back when he mentioned how the leader of his group had the Wild Card ability. ”Use different personas…” She couldn’t help but repeat that. That means…he’s just like him and Aigis after he disappeared. Is that possible? Well apparently it was.

“…” Yukari stayed silent as Kanji talked about everything that seemed to have happened in this town where her own friends had been involved. Although there was a lot he was saying she could understand it, but it was still a bit weird to believe. So not only Akihiko-Senpai, but Mitsuru-Senpai and Aigis as well. Though I don’t know who Labys is but she’s someone like Aigis? I thought Aigis was the only one left…and then he’s saying something about going into T.V.s Although that’s kind of weird, I guess it’s not much different from the Dark Hour and Tartarus. ”Yeah, Akihiko-Senpai and Mitsuru-Senpai always seemed to be on top of things and Aigis can handle things pretty well too. Although I don’t know what’s going on, I’m sure that they’re here which means eventually we’ll bump into them and see what they know.”

He caught her repeating that simple part of the sentence, giving it a bit of thought. Was it that unusual? He knew Yu-Senpai was special in that aspect, but he figured they were a dime a dozen. There had to be others with that ability, right? It seemed like a serious stretch to believe that he was the ONLY one that could use multiple Persona. Or maybe that's why it seemed so important to her; perhaps she knew another person like that. Might be worth asking later. If the guy was part of the Shadow Operatives though, he could be really useful here. He could just imagine it; that guy (or girl) and Yu-Senpai working together, switching Persona on the go, covering each others weaknesses. It was like something out of an action movie! "You might be right..."

The thought suddenly spurred Kanji into action himself. He couldn't sit by anymore and watch his town go to shit. He was weaker without his friends but he wasn't powerless, dammit!! He punched his fists together, his sudden vigor apparent in his form and demeanor "But that doesn't mean I can sit by and let them do all the work! They're strong, but everyone needs help!" He stood up, grabbing the very chair he sat on moments before, holding it over his shoulder with the look as though he did this kind of thing all the time (which he did). "So let's go! If you need to investigate that tablet, I got your back! Let's see what we can find!"

#Yukari Social Link #Go!

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It was like they let the world slip through their fingers and collide with calamity head-on. The Chariot felt uneasy to begin with ever since she saw what had happened.. And even though she didn’t like school, or the teachers and the work and everything involved with it, the reaction that it warranted from the mass of people who lived in Inaba was enough to send her reeling. All she wanted to do was fix things.

The only question was.. How the hell did this happen so fast? It was like in the blink of an eye they went from being content with their given situation to being in the eye of destruction yet again.

Imminent destruction.. Those words alone were enough to give her goosebumps. And so without further ado, Chie had ran off toward Junes in order to not only exert some excess adrenaline, but to also see if anyone else had the same idea. … Was the Investigation Team going to regroup after all of this?

It was only a matter of time before she could tell. And she arrived without any problem, swerving around the corner and almost slamming right into the back of the chair Kanji was sitting in.

“W-Whoa.. Since when was there a chair here..?”

#Hey #if it works #it works

He felt the solid bump of someone colliding with him. Of course, thanks to his large stature and physique, he was unmoved, but still, he was taken off-guard by the sudden force, quickly getting out of his seat to grab the chair he sat in, ready to beat the crap out of whatever was attacking him. To be fair though, his paranoia was at an all time high, especially considering "Shadows" were now out and about in reality. However, as he held the chair over his shoulder, he realized who it was.

"Chie-Senpai!"

Realizing his mistake, he put the chair back on the ground, promptly sitting back down on it. Hopefully, they could look past the fact that he was that close to actually beating the living crap out of her. Though to be honest, his senpai here was probably just as capable of beating him to a pulp as vice versa, perhaps even more so, but that wouldn't have stopped him. He crossed his arms, a slight glare showing in his eyes as he spoke/shouted.

"Where the hell have you been?! I haven't seen you since the school went down!"

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She hadn’t really expected to meet any Persona users other than her friends but when she thought about it there were others. After all, the Strega members were a hassle because they had Personas too. Yukari wondered what arcana and Persona he could have. Hmm…for some reason he strikes me as the Emperor type so he would be pretty similar to Akihiko-Senpai…maybe he specializes in Lightning-based magic as well? I guess I’ll find out eventually. Considering the fact they had both fought Shadows, it was highly likely that they were going to end up fighting together.

She looked at his hand for a second before smiling and shaking it. “Yeah, we’re on the same side.” It was a bit weird to see how greatly his attitude had changed towards her after learning they were similar but whatever. “It’s no problem, Kanji-Kun. I’ll do what I can. Are there other Persona users in Inaba?” Seeing as she was used to Persona users being in groups, she figured there were more here.

And then she was surprised. “You know Akihiko-Senpai? We were on the same investigation team three-two years ago. Wait, he’s here?”

"Yeah, me and the rest of the investigation team I'm a part of. Each one of us could use a Persona. Hell, our leader can use different kinds of Persona on the go, while the rest of us are stuck with just the one." No one really knew why, but eventually they just summed it up to Yu just being gifted with it. It seemed to fit too, as he was the one who lead the group through the murder case of the previous year, and hell even dealt with Izanami.

"I was hoping you could tell me that; Akihiko-Senpai showed up with Mitsuru and Aigis a few months back to deal with Labrys. She was one of those uh...Shadow Robot Killing things. But her Shadow got loose and raised all sorts of hell, sending me and my friends into the T.V. world to fight against each other. The other three of your group -what was it called, the Shadow Operatives or something?- came to get her back and helped us out a lot too. Or maybe we helped them out, I don't know. They seem to have this kind of thing down. "

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She glared at him a little with the way he was saying her name. It may have been said with a formal honorific but his tone sure as hell meant that he didn’t really mean it. Hmm…there’s a lot of them? I wonder what’s going on…is it like Tartarus? But I didn’t hear about anything changing into something like that tower so…I wonder if Mitsuru-Senpai would know what’s going on. I’ll try to get into contact with her sometime and ask.

“So…you do know about Shadows.” Obviously you’re not good at keeping things a secret though with how easily you’re talking about this. But oh well, works in my favor. ”Are you a Persona user as well?” She thought she might as well ask considering it was now certain that the both of them have dealt with the same kind of enemy.

So she did know? And now she was asking about his Persona? Well that really cleared the air quite a bit. He stood a bit straighter, realizing that he was speaking with another fighter against the Shadows; Inaba had some help. He wasn't sure just HOW helpful she would be, but considering just how split the rest of the investigation team was lately, he would take what he could get. He couldn't handle this mess on his own, not matter how hard he tried.

"Yeah, I have one. Well then...guess we're on the same side then." He extended his hand out to her, a sign of respect, not of age but of warriors, hunters of the same prey, all that other manly shit. "Inaba could really use the help, so thank you, Yukari-San." It was then that a simple question came up in his mind, that he was surprised hadn't come up earlier.

"Do you work with Akihiko-Senpai?"