Hey guys! It's been like half a decade already, been very busy. I bet this story won't have the same touch as my older stories did but I still hope you like this one!
Disclaimer: I do not own the persona franchise or anything directly related to it.
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"Is that everything?"
Yuu looked at the tall, platinum haired man who just appeared at his room's doorway before picking up his bag and nodding.
The man walked closer to Yuu and gave him a small box that looked like a present.
"What's this, dad?" Yuu said as he took the box and looked at it from all sides.
"Try opening it" Said the dark brown haired woman who just appeared at the doorway, smiling.
Yuu undid the ribbon that was holding the box shut and lifted up the cover from the box.
It was a platinum pocket knife with a leather case. It had his last name, "Narukami" engraved on its handle.
"It's really nice. Thanks dad, thanks mom" Yuu said while flipping the knife.
"An engineer over at our workplace made it" Yuu's mom said.
"It's made from some kind of new alloy, one of a kind. Take good care of it." Yuu's father said as Yuu placed the knife back into the box.
"You take care too, okay? I know it's not easy to transfer schools again but it can't be helped" said Yuu's mom.
Yuu was pretty much used to transferring schools whenever his parents transferred location. But this time, Yuu's parents had to conduct their research abroad, or so they said.
All Yuu knew was that they were researchers working for the Kirijo group, which always bothered him since Kirijo is known as a trading company and his parents were doctors who switched to the medical research field when they entered Kirijo, a company not known to be related to the medical field.
"look at the time, let's go or you'll miss the train" Yuu's mom said before giving a box of cheesecake to Yuu "Have this as a dessert at your uncle's house, your uncle loves cheesecakes"
*We have arrived at Inaba, all guests-*
Yuu took a glance out the window as the train slowly took to a stop.
The train station wasn't as densely packed with people like the ones at Tokyo, there isn't even that much advertisements as it did there.
Yuu took his bag and slowly headed out of the train and out of the train station while holding the box of cheesecake on his left hand.
*swoosh*
A girl wearing striped stockings while donning a blue hat walked past by in a rush
"Must be in a hurry" Yuu thought to himself as he noticed a man accompanied by a little girl walking towards him.
"It's Yuu!" The man exclaimed.
Yuu scanned over the man, he had the same hair color as his mother did, he also had a sturdy build. The little girl beside him had pigtails and was wearing a pink dress.
"You were just a tiny tot when I last saw you! how's your mom?" the man asked
"Oh, I'm your uncle Dojima and this shy little kid here is my daughter, Nanako" Dojima patted Nanako's head before she slapped him in the butt.
Yuu laughed at the sight.
"So you'll be here for a year huh? it's pretty quite here, just the way I like it. Hope you enjoy it here" Dojima said as the three slowly walked back to the car.
"Let's stop here for a while, Nanako needs to go to the bathroom" Dojimia said as the car slowed down on a gasoline station.
Yuu got off the station to get a better view of the rustic surroundings.
"From the city?" Yuu immediately looked at the gasoline attendant who approached him. Upon close inspection, the attendant looked like a girl who had a pretty set of eyes.
"Tokyo" Yuu replied.
"Well, there's nothing really much here. For now. I bet sooner or later, things are gonna happen here" The attendant said while taking a breath of fresh air.
"For the meantime, why don't you drop by here on your free time? We're always in need of part timers you know" The attendant smiled and offered her hand.
The moment Yuu shook her hand, he felt as if the world spun around.
"Are you alright?" the attendant asked with a worried face.
Dojima, who just got back with Nanako, looked worried when he saw Yuu's pale face.
"Let's get you home right away, you look like you need some rest" Dojima said as he opened the car to the driver's side of the door.
The drive home wasn't really that eventful, well at least Yuu wasn't feeling dizzy anymore, but he was still tired.
"And here's your room" Dojima said as he opened a door to a room that was roughly the size of Yuu's room back at Tokyo.
"For now, take your time and rest on that futon over there. We'll call you when it's dinner time" Dojima pointed at the futon he already prepared in advanced.
"Thank your mom for me for the cheesecake too" Dojima said before closing the door.
It was still bright outside but it was a really long day for Yuu, it didn't really take more than a minute for Yuu to fall asleep.
*Gasp*
Yuu gasped for air as he was awoken by Nanako.
"Are you okay?" Nanako asked with a worried face.
"I'm fine, just had a nightmare" Yuu calmly said even though he was clutching his chest and he had cold sweat all over him.
He can't explain his nightmare, he was chasing some entity and from there on, his memory got hazy.
"Well, we're about to have dinner. You should join us" Nanako said as she waited for Yuu to get up.
Together, the two descended the stairs. Yuu immediately recognized the smell of grilled beef as he got near the table.
"There's your bowl over there" Dojima pointed to a bowl on the table.
"Thanks" Yuu said as he took the bowl and sat in front of the tv near Dojima and Nanako.
There was grilled beef on top of the bowl of rice with some veggies on the side.
"Everyday is great at your Junes" Nanako cheerfully chimed with the commercial on the television.
Moments later, the tv switched to a more serious news which reported the affair of a reporter and a local politician.
Yuu looked over at Nanako who was silently munching on her food then over at Dojima who just finished his bowl and was already slicing up the cheesecake in front of them.
Dojima place a piece of slice each on three plates before taking a plate.
"It's really hard to buy cheesecake here, they sell some at Junes but it's not really that good" Dojima said before he shoved a spoonful into his mouth.
Yuu noticed the glimmer in his eyes and the faint tinge of happiness that came through his serious face.
"Ah~!" Nanako exclaimed as she also took a bite of the cheesecake.
"Must be in the blood" Yuu chuckled to himself as he recalled how much he and his mom also love cheesecake.
Dojima then started to talk about Yuu when he was still a kid and with that, the night ended with a happy note.
Morning came and the alarm rang. Yuu knew exactly the routine he had to go through on this day. But this day wasn't really that special to him, there was even a time when he had to transfer school three times in a year.
Suddenly, a knock came through the door.
"Come in" Yuu said as he sat up from his futon.
Nanako's head peered in before she stepped in.
"Good morning" Nanako greeted her cousin in a soft voice.
"Good morning Nanako, what do you have there?" Yuu greeted his cousin as he noticed that she was holding some cloth like material.
"It's your uniform, dad asked me to give it to you before he went to work.
Yuu took notice that his uncle left for work really early and stood up to accept the uniform from Nanako.
"Thanks" Yuu said with smile before Nanako made her exit.
It didn't really take that much time for Yuu to prepare himself and after changing into his new uniform, Yuu noticed that he had messages on his phone from the classmates he had in his previous school.
Yuu replied to them as he carefully descended the stairs.
Greeted by the aroma of pancakes and egg, Yuu stared up from his phone and looked at the food on the table then looked at Nanako who was washing a pan then back to the food on the table.
Pancakes, scarmbled eggs, and toast. Not really grand but also not something you'd expect from a kid as old as Nanako.
"You made all these?" Yuu asked as he took a pancake and bit through it. It was good. Not fantastic but still good.
Nanako nodded as she wiped the pan dry.
"I had to do at least these since dad is always at work" Nanako said as she hang the pan on the wall.
"But dad said that he was't that busy today and he'd be able to get home before dinner today" Nanako's smile shone, the pure happiness that Yuu saw from her smile melted his heart in a snap.
The two had a light conversation over their breakfast before Nanako informed him that they had to leave for school.
The air was crisp and there wasn't much sound around other than the distinct chatter of the students walking around them.
Nanako tugged on Yuu's sleeves.
"I'm going this way and Yasogami's just a few minutes down that path" Nanako said to Yuu
"Take care Nanako" Yuu said to Nanako. Nanako gave a faint smile before she turned to her direction.
There was not much student around, not as much as to what Yuu was used to.
"Hey, is that a new student?" Female student A whispered to her group while looking at Yuu from the side.
"Looks like it. Seems like he's also from the city" Female student B replied.
"Really? if Saa-chan says so then he must be from the city! Ah! just like that Hanamura kid huh Saki-chan" Student A excitedly said.
"Seems like he'll be popular" Female student B said as she pushed her glassed in.
"He's really good looking, how about you Saki? you think so?" Female student A nudged Female student C who was right beside her.
"Well, he does look good" Female student C said with a laugh.
"How about we walk with him, huh? most likely, he's going to be an under classman. I mean, who transfers during their third year? right?" Student A grinned as she tugged the two other students with her.
"Hiya!" Yuu's train of empty thoughts was crashed by female student A as she appeared out of nowhere.
"Hello" Yuu politely said with a smile. He learnt from his past experiences that being at least a bit sociable would make life at school a whole lot easier.
"Are you new here?" Student A asked to which Yuu politely nodded, not forgetting to smile all along.
"ohhhh, well I'm Shinozaki Kanon and this two over here is Minamoto Sayaka and Konishi Saki" Kanon exclaimed while tugging Sayaka and Saki's arms.
Shinozaki Kanon had pink hair tied into a ponytail that reached her neck, lightly tanned skin, and an athletic build which was the opposite of Minamoto Sayaka who had dark brown hair that was let down and a really fair skin.
Konishi Saki also had the same skin color with shinozaki Kanon and had wavy light brown hair.
"Narukami Yuu" Yuu said putting on his best smile.
