A/N: Bad writing ahead. Do not read with high expectation.
A/N/2: Considering there is barely a complete lore within the Yandere Simulator universe, I had to make up my own, so don't go full Midori on me. Also, no Taro Yamada here. Akira will be replacing him. There should never be two chick magnets in the same school.
"Senpai…"
Akira Kurusu is on the way toward his school, the Akademi High when somehow, out of nowhere, a voice is heard from his side.
He quickly turns his head around, toward where the voice could have come from. Unfortunately he did not see the owner of the voice, nor did he see anything that could have make such noise.
"What is it, Akira?"
Ah, he knows that voice. That's just his talking cat.
Yeah, a talking cat. One word and people would have assumed you are a nutjob.
Though, a talking cat is nothing if you've ventured into a different world based around cognition, fighting beings called Shadows with a personality taking in a form called Persona, even beating a giant drinking cup that turned out to be a god that is now defeated by a Satan after both of them having somewhat a role reversal.
No, that's not sarcasm. That's literally what happened in the life of Akira Kurusu last year.
Who would've thought that a simple student like him would end up founding a famed group of thieves against a corrupt politician?
Definitely not him.
"Nothing," he mutters as he keeps on moving forward, signaling the cat inside his bag right now to not being worried as he goes on into his long abandoned class.
Of course, not knowing that a girl in similar uniform like the other girls around her with black hair tied up in a long ponytail just stares at him, mumbling, "Senpai… you're finally home…"
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"Hey, did you hear that Akira-senpai has finally returned?"
"For real!? He's finally here?"
"I heard he got transferred to a different school because he assaulted a man before."
"No way! There's no way he would do that! He's such a nice guy!"
Akira simply ignores the words around him, as he keeps on moving forward toward where the teacher's room is.
"Ah~, so you must be the transfer student people keep talking about."
Hmm? He has never seen this female in this room before. Is she a new teacher here?
There is no way he wouldn't recognize this voluptuous educator, not in this school with very little numbers of people in it.
"I am Mida Rana. I'll be your substitute homeroom teacher for this year."
Owh, a substitute teacher. That makes sense now.
The teacher seems to be grinning at him for some odd reason, "I've heard that you used to be a student of Akademi High, is that right?"
Akira slowly nods.
"But you were transferred out for assaulting a man."
Again, he didn't do that. The judge just decided that he did. It has been resolved, though.
"You might feel uncomfortable, what with people around here constantly talking about you and the teachers might show a slight discrimination on yourself."
Not like that's the first time he got that treatment. He's going to be fine, that's for sure.
"But I'll assure you, I won't give you the same treatment like they give you."
Oh? That's the first time. Is this teacher the type that gives equal treatment to all of her students?
"After all, I like bad boys…"
…
Not sure he likes where this is going…
"Especially the cute one…"
DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!
Goho-M! Goho-M!
Mida chuckles as she now mutters, "We should be going to your class. I'm sure your friends are dying to see you."
Crisis averted… for now…
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"Class, you have a transfer student joining you starting today," Mida mentions before the whole class of 3-2.
With that short announcement, mouths quickly speaking up before her with words flying all over the place.
"Wait, could it be that transfer student?"
"Why here of all places?"
"Could it be because of how Kurusu-san used to be one of us?"
"I'm scared! I'm gonna report this to my dad! He's the board of director. He knows what to do!"
Wow, first day of his return to this school and one of them already plotted his expulsion. They are even more savage than Shujin.
Though, it is understandable that these kids have no choice but to go here after all. If they could, they could have just asked for transfers from here, but this is a private school.
A private school that their parents paid way too much just to get them to enroll. Some of them here are from wealthy families who only care about exam results and nothing else. Some wealthy students are here just for show. Some aren't even that wealthy, joining the school thanks to welfare just for the sake of being part of the 1% group.
As such, even if a murder may take place, the parents are most likely to ignore this and just ask for the police to do their job.
It is said that the school isn't even care about the students' safety, instead focusing solely on taking care of its good name.
This is pretty much why Akira Kurusu got thrown off from the school directly after being convicted of a crime. They just wouldn't accept juveniles.
Now that his crime has been cleared thanks to the events with the Phantom Thieves, this place, possibly fear of more scandal issues, quickly pull him in back to this school; not even asking whether or not he wanted to be here.
Personally, he would love to just stay in Shujin. There, his reputation as a criminal has already been swallowed by his achievement in education. He is the teachers' pet and he has friends back in Tokyo; ranging from his schoolmates to a politician working in Diet as of now.
A life truly for the holder of the World Arcana.
And now he feels like he is back as a Fool Arcana, with no friends around this now-estranged school of his.
His inner monologue, which somehow able to run for minutes in a short period of seconds, is finally halted by the teacher's sultry voice, "Please come in and introduce yourself."
Moving into the class, he bows toward all fourteen students before him as he speaks to all of them, "Good morning, everyone. I am Akira Kurusu. I am pleased to meet all of you."
"Why are you so formal with us?" a black-haired boy with a bandanna sitting in one place calls him out, "We were classmates before, right? Loosen up!"
"Budo-kun, I don't think…"
"He's already been proven innocent before right? What else do you want from him?"
"But… he is a deli-"
"He is not one! I know Kurusu-kun and I know for a fact that he would never hurt anybody for no reason."
A purple drill haired girl among them suddenly speaks up to him, "Then, Kurusu-kun, why don't you tell us what happened before? Maybe that will help stop the rumor?"
Good idea. If those who have their hearts changed can be truthful to others, why can't the victims?
Sighing slowly, Akira opens up his mouth, "I saved a woman from being molested, but that man threatened her to tell the police that I am the one who assaulted him for no reason."
Of course, he omitted the part where the man is the recently elected-then-stepped down president of Japan, Masayoshi Shidou, but nobody here needs to know the full detail. There's already more attention on him as it is.
"That's coward!" the student with the bandanna screams out in anger, "That man should never be allowed to roam free!"
"It is fine," Akira mutters, "The Phantom Thieves already made him have a change of heart."
"Phantom Thieves?" the drill-haired girl looks surprised, "They helped you out, Kurusu-kun?"
"It's more like; they helped me along with others."
Now the class starts chatter about how the Phantom Thieves involved with one of their classmates (yes, somehow even they had the change of hearts on how they view Akira) that the teacher had to speak out loud.
"Now, now, kids, I should be getting your attendance before your first class begins."
She then turns toward Akira, motioning toward a desk beside the drill-haired girl, "That seems to be the only empty spot. How about you seat there?"
With a nod, he obeys her, moving close toward the desk and slowly putting his bag into the desk.
Morgana quickly slid out of the bag, shaking his head as he purrs slowly, "Wow, the rumors of the Phantom Thieves even arrived here? That's impressive!"
Apparently, he is sitting beside the drill-haired girl as she tries to open up a conversation with him, "Hey, did you remember me? We sat side by side last year before you moved."
"Kokona Haruna, right? You are in the same class with me even in the first year."
The girl seems happy, "That's great! You should know that I am the Class Rep here, so if you need anything, feel free to ask for my help."
"Will do," he smiles at her.
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?1: You're right! Senpai is here!
?2: Am I? You shouldn't underestimate my information searching ability after all.
?1: Really? Then explain why aren't you able to find out where Senpai lives when he transferred before.
?2: That… I do not know why. I am so sure that I've hacked his phone before. But something seems to be interrupting me when I tried to hack his phone again after he's moved. Probably because he is too far away from us.
?1: If only I know where is his new school was… I get to be with my Senpai without anybody on our way.
?2: You have a chance now. Still, you need to hurry up. Since Senpai is here, that girl will probably not gonna waste her time as well.
?1: Ah… that bitch… it will be years too early if she think she can be with Senpai.
?2: Then, is it a deal?
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It's lunch time.
Morgana is up to his normal antic of going out and checking out the building from top to bottom, so he is not with him at this time.
At this time, he would have go to the cafeteria and buy something to eat, if not for the number of students hoarding toward him asking for so many questions, a.k.a. the treatments for all transfer students in their first day.
"Have you met the Phantom Thieves?"
"How are they like?"
"Is the school the Phantom Thieves first appeared in is your school?"
"Do you know any of them?"
Okay, those are definitely not the questions asked toward the transfer students.
Maybe he should have just kept silent about the Phantom Thieves. That topic, after all, is still fresh on everyone's mind.
Kokona quickly speaks out loud toward them all, "Everyone, I don't think Kurusu-kun can answer any of those questions. Maybe you should be asking about something else."
She then turns toward him, "How is life in Tokyo?"
"It's nice," Akira replies to her question, "I was forced to stay with a volunteer as part of the juvenile, and that volunteer happens to be a coffee shop owner. He let me stay at the coffee shop's attic and even give me the key if I were to go out at night."
"You must have a lot of friends there, right?"
He nods, "I do. We hang out at the attic and sometime we even used the shop to study together whenever the owner is on vacation."
"That sounds like fun!"
But then a male student springs a question, "Hey, Kurusu. Are you dating someone right now?"
And now all eyes are staring straight toward him.
"I-"
"It's true! You ARE here!"
Turning around, he sees a female student with a really long orange twin tails staring straight at him.
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"Y-you idiot!"
Osana Najimi.
As the name (unbelievably) suggests, she is his childhood friend ever since he was a child.
Also a tsundere, if anyone can't tell from the get-go.
Right now, she has pulled him straight to the rooftop, screaming at him with full force.
"Why didn't you called me before!?"
Akira just stares at how she seems really pissed off, as he now wonders something, "Why didn't YOU called me before?"
And now she seems shocked, "I-I was expecting you call, idiot!"
"Are you… perhaps… worried about me?"
"N-no! No way I am worrying about your sorry ass! You always put yourself into trouble like this! God, you are so nosy! Look at what happened to you!"
She sighs as she quickly shoves a box toward him, "H-here!"
"A bento? For me?"
"Just take it already! It's not like I'm doing this for you or anything, idiot!"
She must have heard of the news of him returning, and decided to make a lunch for him.
She is someone who is very easy to tell.
"Thank you," Akira takes it from her regardless.
He then goes to sit on the bench nearby, slowly munching off the food.
Osana now pulls out her own box (not surprisingly) and now having a meal beside him.
After some more bites, she opens up her mouth, "Seriously, why were you arrested before? I fail to see how someone like you ended up getting captured by the police."
Akira repeats the story toward her.
She snickers as soon as he finishes with his words, "You are so predictable, Akira-senpai. I knew you are getting yourself in trouble for helping someone. Why can't you just stay away like other people did?"
"And let her possibly getting raped by that man?"
Osana chokes on his word as he keeps on continue, "Would you do the same if the same thing happened to your friend?"
"Well…"
Akira keeps on muttering, "Then, you are no different than those students at Shujin, my previous school."
"Your school?"
"One of the teachers in that school abused his power as one and constantly pushing his volleyball team, even to the point of hurting them unnecessarily. On top of that, he views the female students as nothing but objects for him to enjoy, even resorting to sexual assault on one of them just to get into the pants of another."
His friend is now being silenced by his words.
Akira stares at him, "Do you want to know what's worse? Some people know about it. Even the principal knows about it. But did they ever do anything to stop it? No, they just walk away and ignore them."
Osana tries to speak up, "S-still… there's no need to be like those Phantom Thieves…"
"Maybe if people actually do something about their problems rather than ignore them that the Phantom Thieves won't be needed in the first place."
Osana is in total shock, "Are you…"
Owh… did she figure him out?
"Are you… a fan of the Phantom Thieves?"
…
Probably should have seen that one coming.
Akira sighs, "No, but I would like to thank them for clearing my name in the first place. That man is now in jail and that woman is no longer scared of him."
The twin tail girl now looks downward toward her box, mumbling, "Idiot…"
"Hmm?"
"You are an idiot! It's fine if you want to be a hero or anything, but did you have to endanger yourself like that!?" she screams out to him, "What if that man just straight up murder you, instead of going through the trouble of blackmailing that woman you saved?"
"That would be real bad, I guess…"
The orange-haired student now sits on that place, pouting, "Mou… you are always so reckless yet so kind… This is why I like you…"
"What was that?"
"N-nothing, you idiot! Just finish off your bento or I won't make one for you again!"
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Morgana find this place amazing.
Unlike Shujin, which seems to be overrun by students, this place has less students, and that gives him the ability to sneak in without getting caught by some eyes.
Not to mention, this place is quite big on itself. Then again, Shujin is also big for a building and he couldn't just compare the two.
Still, the fact that Akademi High has lesser students makes it looks like the place is spacious compare to the school in Tokyo.
Currently, Morgana is looking through what he could have sworn as an office; presumably the office of the headmaster.
Unless he is hallucinating, he is pretty sure that he hears a voice coming out of the place.
"Y-yes… Please don't do that… This is a school, not a- I see… I'm sorry then…"
The man is seemingly putting the phone back to its place. He rubs his head, fixing his eyes with a loud grunting noises coming out of his oral, "She is getting more and more ridiculous…"
Owh? Sounds like a blackmail.
He knows that the Metaverse is no longer around anymore, but there is no way he could just stay silent after hearing this.
This is what he decided to do to become a human, after all. He needs to stay on course or else he won't have a chance to be one.
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The bell signifies the end of the school.
Akira now ready to pull his bag up to his shoulder before stopping.
He notices how his bag has put some weight.
"Hey, Akira, I have something to tell yo-"
Before his cat could even finish off his sentence, somebody else decide to interrupt him.
Osana appears behind him, calling out to him, "S-Senpai… would you like to… join me for a walk back home?"
Walking back home together? It has been forever since he last did that with her. She always just come in and asked for him to walk with her, or wait for him at the gate.
In Tokyo, since his friends goes to different areas after school, he simply walked home alone. The one that actually stays close to him is Futaba, but she isn't even going to any school back then.
His head slowly turning to his bag, making it look like he is thinking, but is actually waiting for a response from Morgana.
The cat slowly mumbling, "I'll talk to you back home. Just go with her for now."
Sure, why not? Nothing could go wrong, right?
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With that, the two actually walk together toward their home.
Osana seems to be trying to strike a conversation, "S-Senpai?"
"Yes?"
"H-how's… your parents?"
The spectacled student stares at her, "Still working."
"They didn't say anything about your… crime being proven false?"
He shakes his head, "They are as cool as ever. They might have felt guilty for not defending me before, but who knows. We barely speak to each other after all."
"I- I see… that's… that's pretty much them, huh?"
…
She asks him again, "Are… are you fine here? Did anybody bother you here?"
"They do ask too many questions about Phantom Thieves. I think I should have kept silent about that…"
"I see… that bad, huh…"
Why is she looking so nervous?
"Um… senpai… do you… do you know about that cherry blossom tree at our school?"
He nods, "It's a tree that supposedly makes two lovers have an eternal love."
"Do you… believe in that kind of stuff?"
Believe is a strong word. But the context of "the gentleman thief in the book is my mask" is a lot stronger than that.
"Sure. It could be true. Why?"
She suddenly steps forward rapidly before him, now turning toward him, "S-senpai… will you… will you meet me at the tree… tomorrow?"
Ah… so this is where this scenario is going…
"Huff…"
Slowly, the black-haired student pulls off his glasses.
His head moves up, looking straight toward her, "I'm sorry, but I have to decline that."
Osana seems shocked by his words, "I… I see… You must be busy then. Of course you are. You are still new here after a year in Tokyo. There is no way you have everything prepped out. You must have some stuff needed to arrange… Would you… when will you be free then? We can meet there some other day if you want to…"
"Sorry," Akira mutters, "But I am already in a relationship."
"Wha-"
This shocks her even more.
"Wh-when did you…"
"I met a girl in Tokyo. She's a lovely person."
"O-of course! It's Tokyo, after all… There is no way you won't find somebody attractive in Tokyo…"
Osana quickly turns around, head close to her body, "F-f-f-forget what I just said! I- I am way too busy with… with everything!"
"Baka…"
Kurusu swears that he heard her saying something, but he may have no idea what she said as she just run off away from him in a hurry.
Morgana's voice is quickly heard, "Are you sure about this?"
He simply nods, looking at her slowly disappearing from his sight.
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Osana keeps on running and running before she finally stops.
She found herself running back to the school. More specifically, she is now standing before a tree with pink flowers in the middle of the field.
Her eyes start to be filled with tears as she keeps on staring at the flowers.
Unknown to her, a girl with a ponytail hair is slowly moving close to her, sneaking with a knife inside her hand.
The orange-haired girl speaks out loud, "I am so stupid. Of course she is going to find someone else first! I am so slow!"
The ponytail girl seems to have her movement stunted, stopping on her track.
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"Blackmail?"
Kurusu mutters in question, wondering as he reaches a house, presumably his own as he is ready to unlock the door, "Are you saying the principal has been blackmailed?"
"Yeah! It seems a woman of some kind is using the school for something, and the principal does not like even one bit of it."
"Maybe it's just an order from the higher up? He could have received ridiculous words from one of the board of directors intending to use the school for something for their own. It happened before when I was still here."
"Really? What happened?"
"Our exam is close by, but the last president of the student council wanted to make the previously cancelled school festival before she and everyone else could graduate. Needless to say, she pulled a string and her overly rich dad, who is also the leader of the board of director that time, told the principal to let her do as she pleases. I heard he is really mad about that."
"I see…"
The cat seems saddened about this, "It must have been an imagination of mine that it's a blackmail. Sometimes I wish our work as Phantom Thieves still not over yet."
"I know. I feel the same too. I just want everybody to be together like always. Honestly, it's quite fun to summon creatures from myth and shoot fireballs at monsters. It's like a video game."
The cat purred, signaling his agreement on that statement.
Akira continues, "Don't worry. If there is still a problem related to the Metaverse pops up again, I'm sure Igor and Lavenza will let us know."
He enters his home with his cat, not knowing that a female is staring at him, before quickly moving away from there.
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?1: So, have you learned anything about senpai?
?2: I can't. It looks his phone has a really strong firewall that someone with my level couldn't bypass. He must have gotten that from an expert hacker.
?1: So you couldn't find anything?
?2: Give me time. I'm sure I can hack his phone eventually. I only need to know what kind of protection he is dealing with.
?1: I do know few things…
?2: Owh? Care to share with me?
?1: Najimi said he already have someone else. She was crying at the tree earlier.
?2: Are you sure he is? Sounds like he's just rejecting her politely. He's probably just doesn't want to hurt her feeling too much.
?1: Really? That's great then!
?2: Don't let your guard down. You know you are not the only girl in Akademi.
?1: I know… I will never let anybody getting close to senpai. He is mine and mine alone.
"Owh, and he likes kitty too. He really likes kitty so much he brings him to the class and speaks to him passionately. Senpai is so dreamy~…"
"Meow?"
"Don't worry… you are safe… for now… Don't want senpai to see me as a cat-hater now, aren't we?"
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Err…
Why is there a police car entering the school?
Akira quickly runs into the school, running as fast as he could as he soon joins the student and witnessing what everybody sees at the cherry blossom tree at the back of the school.
Osana, hanged at a branch of the tree.
Wha- did she… commit suicide? Is it his fault?
He suddenly feels his phone shaken, as if someone is calling for him.
Akira quickly pulls out his phone, startling in shock.
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[Phantom Thieves Chat Group]
Joker: Guys, we have a problem. Someone died in my school and Metaverse Navigation App just popped up on my phone's screen.
Chapter end.
Why on earth did nobody ever think of this before? Persona and Yandere Simulator X-Over. It's perfect! Both are in schools. Both main male characters are "Insert Name Here" type of characters. One is a supernatural-filled story and one can have a supernatural involve. It's already a match!
In truth, this fic came thanks to YandereDev made a video about Persona 5 and compare it to Yandere Sim before and I was like, "Why can't we just combine both?"
Though, don't expect too much from me. My writing is as superior as an ant giving The Rock a German Suplex. Non-weird-metaphorically speaking, it's bad. Not the best for most readers here.
How this story is going to work? Ayano Aishi, our resident Yandere-chan will be given an arcana and a Persona. Is she going to be an ally, not sure yet…
Pairing? Not sure yet, but I am leaning toward Akira/Makoto at this point, not just because she is my waifu, but also for convenient sake. At this point, she should have already graduated from high school, so she has time for her "study" partner. Not to mention she's super smart and if she's around, Ayano can go yandere without having to go all the way to Tokyo to track her down.
But what about other waifu? Tell me if you want others to join in as well. Not full harem though. There is no way it would make sense if he ever have full harem and yet not adding Osana into the group.
Also, tell me if you want Akira/Ayano as well. We can have at least threesome if you want to. I don't mind.
About Ayano's Persona? I give you a hint. The demons.
Thank you for reading. Now, let's wait till a better version of this story by someone better pops up in the site.
Next: One of Akira's friend, Makoto, now pops up in Akademi, wanting to help Akira in the investigation of Osana. But where to start first? Maybe a trip to Memento could help out a bit?