Okay, you guys need to really thank The Heartless Wanderer for handing me the verbal bitchslap that got me working on this again, and not only him, but all of the others who reviewed. Seriously, go thank them. Now. Their inbox(s) need to be flooded with 'Thank you' messages by the 'morrow! Also, about that lemon scene, I'll either redo the chapter and add that in, with a warning of course, or I'll make a totally separate chapter. Either way, no more review-requirements. :3 Though, if you want to leave a review, I won't stop you. XD
Anyway, enjoy!
Though, do be warned as the chapter does technically CONTAIN SPOILERS, though to even know who Naoto is/have an S.L. with her, you'd be way past that part in the story, but whatever.
You have been warned nonetheless.
The entire group had gathered during lunch on the rooftop to discuss the recent showing of the Midnight Channel, the small beams of sunlight barely piercing through the dense sheet of gray clouds that blanketed the sky
"That Shadow reminded me of a new classmate of mine. He just got here today. 'Course, I can't tell you for sure, though with what we know about how the victims are chosen and the fact that he was the guy on the news yesterday, I'd say that it was his Shadow on the Midnight Channel." Kanji initiated the discussion through ramen noodles
"Well, duh. We know that. I'm more interested in what he was saying. It was something about being 'free', I think." Chie thought aloud
"It was in English, I think. Kinda weird, don't you think?" Yukiko asked
"Yes. I could only understand some of what it was saying."
"I know, right? If you're gonna live in Japan, speak fucking Japanese!" Yosuke exclaimed
"Some parts of the Midnight Channel were just downright creepy, though. Didn't you guys see all that stuff in the dungeon? Seriously scary if you ask me." Rise shuddered
"You mean the Iron Maidens and pendulums? And all those chains laying around? Ugh." Kanji shuddered
"I didn't see any Iron Maidens. I was talking bondage gear and stuff like that. I never saw any torture devices, Kanji..." Rise shuddered "I'm able to understand what he says, though I didn't know you'd be unable to understand it yourself, Senpai. Maybe you could come over and I'll translate it for you, if you want..." Rise blushed lightly when she looked over at Yu
Yu looked over to Naoto, trying too see what she thought
"Do you mind, Nao-?" Yu asked her outright
"Nope." Naoto cut him off "If it's for the case, then I don't mind." her voice said, though her body language and tone practically screamed otherwise
"See? Nothing to worry about, Senpai!" Rise smiled happily, oblivious with joy at getting Yu to come over
"Anyway, onto a topic that's less likely to result in a fight, it's quite the stroke of luck that the rain stopped long enough for us to eat lunch up here, no?" Yu quickly shifted the topic, hoping someone would take the hint
Yosuke was about to pose the question as to why one would stop a catfight, but quickly decided against it. He liked his head right where it was:
On his shoulders.
"Yes. The gods have really smiled on us, haven't they?" Yukiko smiled happily (A/N: Yes...Gods...Of course...)
There was an awkward silence drifting about after that last comment
"Is there anything left to talk about? I'm fairly certain that Lunch is about to end." Chie asked politely
"What! Why didn't you mention something sooner!? I still have half a thing of sushi left!" Yousuke exclaimed
"Well, since we've done got about three minutes left, I can help you eat it."
"But you don't have any chopsticks!"
"Well then, you'll just have to feed me."
Yu started on his way to class with Naoto. They could never stand PDA's.
Besides, if King Moron caught those two, he'd-... Oh yeah.
King Moron wasn't there anymore.
That's why they had to solve the mystery, so that there wouldn't be any more victims.
And anyway, it took a while to get to the roof, and they'd rather not be rushed to get to class.
Dear lord, I had intended for this update to be so much longer, but I feel as though I can't seem to get the right words for the next scene, so I'll just give you guys this for your update.
I really do feel incredibly bad for leaving you guys hanging for so long. It had even gotten to the point where it felt like there were new reviews every day, so I thought: 'Hell, they've been waiting for far too long, so I'll give them what I can for now and hopefully I can get some serious work done in all of the following chapters.'
With Sophomore starting in two weeks, I'll probably be getting into a routine and you guys can enjoy either weekly or bi-weekly updates, depends on my workload. Hopefully it won't get serious until about a few weeks in, but I'm not sure with Psychology... Or ROTC... Or Chemistry...
Anyway, in the next chapter, expect some serious plotty goodness. :D
Now, to work on Eight Days of Christmas... D: