It's been quite a while since anything major happened in Inaba. No fog, no kidnappings, it was quite peaceful.
Well, of course it's not like I WANT anything major to just happen. I just feel like something is off.
It's been months since the incident with Ragna, Hyde and Ruby. I don't know what happens in their world, but I really hope that they're doing well. They were comrades after all.
Ragna was just... I can't really describe it. If you take one look at him you'd think he's a bad guy, but he's quite the opposite. He's got a foul mouth, but he's nice.
Hyde was a high school student, just like I am, but is capable of fighting. If you just met him, you wouldn't think he'd be the fighting type. I suppose that goes for Ruby and me too.
Ruby was the youngest out of us all. Energenic, fast, and wields a scythe like no other. She makes the Investigation Team look like nobodies when compared to her actual combat skill.
"Hey, partner. You doing ok?"
I was spacing out. I hadn't noticed Yosuke was speaking to me.
"Narukami?"
He spoke loud enough to snap me out of my sea of thoughts.
"I-uh, yes? Were you speaking to me the entire time?" I stuttered, making it obvious that I was a little out of it.
"No, I wasn't," Yosuke chuckled a little bit. "but it seemed like you were thinking really hard about something. Your facial expression kept changing."
It was?
"Well, it's fine." Yosuke just shrugged it off. "You go to a new school, so of course you'll be troubled a little bit."
I commended Yosuke for at least trying to guess what I was troubled with, and laughed a little bit in the process.
"Thanks for trying, but that's not why I was spacing out."
The rest of the investigation team (minus Teddie and Rise. Rise is doing idol stuff, while Teddie wanted to do situps in the TV world.) joined in on the conversation.
Chie was just eating steak, but that didn't mean she couldn't join in. "Well, then what was the reason?"
I coughed once, not expecting to talk about the matter. "Well, um... Remember that time when we were all sucked into that one world with Ragna, Hyde and Ruby?"
Naoto replied rather quickly. "Yeah, of course. To think that other worlds existed was a lot to take. Where are you going with this?"
"Well, how do you think they're doing?" I don't think I hit them with a hard question at all, but it seemed like they never thought that after the incident. "Do you all wonder if they managed to defeat the enemy in their world and live out their lives normally? Or if they're dead?"
Yosuke seemed kind of taken aback. "Dude, do you always ask deep questions when you space out?"
It was a relatively cold rainy day, so not very many people went outside. Windy and cold nights make it a little easier for me to space out like this.
Oh, we all thought we should still be outside the Junes food court. Nostalgia, and stuff, apparently.
"Not usually, no."
Yukiko spoke, "I wouldn't worry about them, Narukami. We were able to survive there because of them, and I bet it's the same for everyone else too. They're strong, and probably stronger than us."
At the same time, we heard a little bit of screaming, as if someone was falling. The thunk of metal hitting the ground, and all of it happened behind us. As if someone hit the ground.
Chie spoke up. "Goodness, are they alright!?"
Each and every single one of us went up to the figure, and it turns out there were two people.
It wasn't about what happened to them at this moment.
It was about who they were.
And it seemed like my eyes were deceiving me, but...
Hyde and Linne were both laying on the floor, and both seemed hurt.
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Author's Note: Hi there! From now on, each chapter changes POVs between the 4 protags.