So, some of my reviewers said that they would like to see more Minato x Yukari moments. You will, don't worry, this is a Minato x Yukari fic after all. I already have a different ending in mind, too.

Now on with the show!

Brand New Days (Part 2)

"Welcome back."

Their senpai's somewhat amused greeting made her jump away from the teen beside her, blushing bright red. They've been walking beside each other and staying close all the way back to the dorm yet she hadn't even noticed when he had grabbed her hand in his warm one. So warm...

"M-Mitsuru-senpai, you are still awake?" Yukari asked nervously.

"Of course." the look she got in turn made her remember that the Dark Hour would begin soon. A quick glance at the calendar she asked to be put in the lounge just to be safe also showed that tonight was a full moon. Which meant...

"I'm going to bed." Minato's emotionless voice broke the awkward silence that ensured after a while and, watching him leave up the stairs, Yukari couldn't blame him at all. But if tonight was the night when the Magician (she thought that it must have been that since she didn't remember seeing the Arcana with all the other bosses they had fought) was to show up ... yes, she had to protect him this time around on her own merits. She wouldn't let him get hospitalized again.

As Yukari mused over that in her head, an older man walked down the stairs and sat across from Mitsuru.

"Welcome back, Yukari." he said warmly. "Our guest has gone to bed and the Dark Hour is about to commence so let's go back to watching him, shall we?"

"I still feel bad about this..." she didn't even need to look to know who it was.

And this time, he won't trick her or anyone else. They would still have to kill the Full Moon Shadows but they would not be delusioned again.

- x -

That night, Yukari couldn't sleep.

She stared at the clock she had Akihiko-senpai put over her desk, counting down the moments until midnight. When it struck and Mitsuru-senpai's worried voice washed over the dorm, she got up and dressed in the blink of an eye.

The brunette was out of her room and heading to the room where they held their weapons before her senpai could even ask her to do so, grabbing her bow and a sword for Minato. Nodding to herself, she set off to wake him up.

- x -

"Are you sure we will be 'safe' here?"

Minato was slowly growing annoyed by the archer. She had woken him up, thrust a sword into his hands and didn't even let him get dressed before dragging him towards the roof of the building. Before he could keep demanding an answer from her, the walkie-talkie she had sounded with Mitsuru's voice.

"Takeba! Do you read me? Where are you?"

"Senpai, we are on the roof. I had a... feeling... that it was heading up there. I'm going to take care of it."

"What? Hold on, it's too stro-" but Yukari just turned off the intermission, leaving him half expecting to see the furious redhead march up to have a few words with her. But when nothing happened after a while except for the weird noises growing louder, he spoke up.

"... what are you doing?"

"What I should have... what I should do."

He noticed the subtle change in tenses. He didn't comment on it as he watched Yukari run towards that thing - didn't she call it a Shadow? - bow at the ready and gun in hand.

Something about the scene made him wonder why it felt so familiar.

While Minato was thinking about that, Yukari was dodging the Magician's attacks while hitting him back with her arrows. She was barely doing any damage and soon enough realized that she had to use her Persona. The brunette fretted over that, for she knew that their senpai were currently watching them. Even if they did expect her to bring out her Persona, they would have expected Io, not the new one she had now. She raised her bow once more when she heard him yelp.

Freezing for a moment, Yukari turned around to see that the Shadow had lost interest in her and was now heading towards Minato, who had been attempting to fight it off with the only sword she had been able to find for him at this moment, only to get hit in ribs and towards the fence. That scene awoke something dark in her as she began to see red.

"Hey, you pest!" she yelled, satisfied when the thing's attention was back on her now. "You can do whatever you want to me, but you won't hurt my friends!"

With shaky hands, more terrified of what her senpai would think than the notion of putting a gun to her head, Yukari reached for the Evoker strapped to her right leg and put it into place as the Shadow roared and began to advance towards her at a fast pace. Nothing else mattered, nothing else could be hurt other than Minato's indifferent voice wondering what she was doing, as she shouted.

"PERSONA!"

When the fog cleared away, her trusty Persona floated above her. She could almost feel Mitsuru, Akihiko and Ikutsuki's surprise from the command room but she didn't care as Isis hit the Magician hard with her Garudyne skill, evoporating it on the spot - it wasn't weak to wind but it wasn't strong enough to live after a third teer spell either. Breathing hard after not having used Isis in what felt like forever, Yukari fell onto one knee as she turned to look at Minato, who was staring at her in something akin to his own version of disbelief.

"You are... alright." she smiled. "... I'm glad."

Unsure of why she was so exhausted, the archer collapsed to the other teen scampering towards her.

- x -

"..."

Akihiko didn't blame Mitsuru for being speechless at all. When they saw Yukari use her Evoker - which they felt proud of since they knew how scared of doing that she used to be - they had expected Io, her Persona which they've seen only a couple of times thanks to her fear. But what had come out while casting what must have been a strong wind skill was no Io by any means.

"Well... this is... interesting."

Not even Ikutsuki knew what to say about what he just witnessed. All he knew was that he now had to keep an eye on Yukari Takeba, as well.


AN: I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, faved and followed this fic. It means a lot to me! :)

So yes, Yukari indeed still has Isis. Remember, this is new game plus (sort of) but instead of reverting back to Io, her Persona stayed the same. If you think about it a little, you will also realize why Yukari collapsed when she should be used to it. Hint: while she does come from the future and with all that knowledge, Yukari did revert back into her 16-year-old self's body. Also, she wont be using her Persona too much. As for Yukari's armor, she uses the basic weapons and armor but retains the Chakra Ring given to her by Minato before they had faced Nyx originally, as such, the SP costs for her skills will be halved. That's all. Yep, that's it.

Isis' skillset is:

Garudyne

Magarudyne

Diarahan

Mediarahan

Charmdi

Me Petra

Posumudi (replacing Wind Break cause this is a fanfiction and I find Wind Break useless in her skillset. Fanfiction powers! XD)

Samarecarm

Thank you for reading thus far and stay tuned!