Chapter 9: The Princess Hot Stud

After School

Once the quartet arrived at Junes they explained (in detail) to Chie on what happened last night. Yosuke then interrupted by saying "O-Okay, I think that's more than enough about my sorry escapades." "If I hadn't seen the place first hand… I'd never have believed a story like that." Said Chie, "Yeah, no kidding." Replied Yosuke "Anyways, we need to know what's going on inside-" he then looked around to see if anybody was looking. "Wh-How? By talking to that Teddie guy?" said Chie, "Yeah. Too bad there's so many customers around… I forgot there's a sale in the electronics department today…" said Yosuke, then "I got and I need guys' help." Said Josuke.

"No doubt that Teddie is somewhere around the entrance. I'll try sticking my hand and get his ttention." Thought Josuke "Hey guys, stand behind me right here. Make a wall with me." "A wall?" questioned Chie as she walked over to Josuke. Josuke sticks his hand inside the TV, and tried to beckon Teddie over. "Oh now I see." Said Yu, "Yeah, yeah. Same here." added Yosuke.

*Chomp*

Josuke then felt like someone or something bit him. "AGH!" yelped Josuke before quickly taking his hand out. "Wh-What's wrong!?" asked Yosuke as some of the customers looked at where the noise was coming from, "Shhh! Not so loud, you idiot!" said Chie. "Ack! He bit me." Said Josuke, "Yowch. You okay?" asked Yu. "I'll be all right." Responded Josuke.

"Wow, that looks like it hurts… Sheesh, that stupid bear must've done it." Said Chie "Hey, you! We know you're in there!" "Ooh ooh, is this a game?" said Teddie who's voice is only coming from the TV while the screen starts doing a strange ripple effect.

"No, it's not a game! Can you sense anyone inside there right now?" said Yosuke, "Who's 'anyone'? I'm a lonely little bear like always." Said Teddie "This land feels so bear-ren…" "Shut it!" said Chie "So there's no one inside…? You're sure?"

"I-I'm not lying! My nose is running as good as ever!" said Teddie, a brief silence was felt between the group "I'm gonna go warn Yukiko anyway." Started Chie "Since she'll be busy this weekend helping out at the inn, I doubt she'd go anywhere alone, but still…" "Yeah… You'll walk with her to school on Monday, right?" asked Yosuke.

"Sure, I'll go pick her up at her house." "We may get more info on the Midnight Channel tonight." Continued Yu "Let's just hope this isn't true." "What's your cell number? I'll call you when I watch it tonight." Said Yosuke with Yu replying with a "sure".

While that's happening Josuke is checking his pockets to see if he has a cell phone. Much to his dismay, he doesn't.

"Alright, don't forget to watch tonight." Said Yosuke. all three of them nod their heads. On the way back home Yu wondered if Yukiko really did appeared last night. Hopefully for him and Josuke, tonight's Midnight Channel broadcast will hold the answers.

Evening

On a certain street in Inaba. Dojima is overseeing a crime scene, then the [Young detective that vomited earlier] walked up to Dojima and said "Looks like we've found all we're gonna find here. And we've still got nothing that points directly to a suspect…" "We don't even know if this is a homicide." Add Dojima, "Well, what else could it be? There's no way a body could end up like that by accident!" said the [Young detective], "…I know." Said Dojima "We haven't found the cause of death for the first vic, and now we've got a second one just like it… If this is a murder case, there's no doubt we're dealing with a single perp. But if that's true… what the hell is going on?" "You know, I thought at first that this all spun out of that love triangle." Said the [Young detective].

"No. That singer—Misuzu Hiiragi—has a solid alibi. She was performing overseas, and her phone records prove it." Dojima pointed out "And remember, the only reason the scandal went public was because Hiiragi herself broke it to the media. No one would put themselves under suspicion that way if they had murder on their mind." "Got a point there…" said the [Young detective].

"Same with Taro Namatame, her husband. No matter how much we shake him down, nothing links him to the murders." Continued Dojima "he's been working in the city for the six months. Seems he was here recently because of the scandal, but he was swamped with work back home at the time of the incident. There are eyewitnesses and other evidence placing him at his office the night that Mayumi Yamano died. And we can't find anything that shows Yamano making contact with Namatame before or after her disappearance…"

The [Young detective] chimed in with "You hear Namatame's career has also been killed stone dead? He's been fired from his position as secretary. He's practically as much of a victim as the Yamano girl." "Yeah, I agree…" said Dojima "Then we have the second case, regarding Saki Konishi… She's the one who discovered Yamano corpse… But I don't buy killer shutting her up as a possible motive. She was killed well after she reported the body, and the culprit didn't hide her. It's like they were meant to be found. The only other connection is same school as the daughter of the inn where Yamano was holed up. But that hardly points to a motive. Coincidences like that are common in a town as small as ours."

"Yeah… I heard about that angle on the news, too." Said the [Young detective], this information surprised Dojima "What!? Is the story about the inn out already?" this also made him more frustrated "Okay, I got it! How's this?" continued the [Young detective] "Maybe there was something about the corpse that only Saki Konishi knew! And our perp killed her to keep whatever it was from leaking out!" Dojima responded with a sigh and said "Either way, all we can do now is keep investigating anyone involved with the victims… Our perp… It has to be someone in Inaba."

"Ooh, is your detective's intuition at work?" said the [Young detective] slyly which cause Dojima to look at him with an annoyed glare.

Both Yu and Josuke got back to the house where they were greeted back by Nanako. She looks to be watching a game show and getting into it "Hmmm…This answer is hard…". The question was; Which famed aviator became Time Magazines' first "Person of the Year".

Afterwards both Yu and Josuke head to their room to check out the Midnight Channel. "23:59" said Josuke holding a clock; he's been counting the time, while Yu looks out at the window looking at the rain in which the sounds of raindrops hitting the roof were clear. "Okay." Said Yu under his breath "What will appear…?"

"18 seconds…" thought Josuke. Yu and Josuke then looked at the television.

When the clock hit midnight the screen came on with Yukiko in a….pink princess dress and holding a microphone. Seeing this made both Yu, and Josuke raise their eyebrows. "Good evening!" said Yukiko in a cheery fashion "Tonight, Princess Yukiko has a big surprise, I'm gonna go score myself a hot stud! Welcome to 'Not a dream, not a hoax! Princess Yukiko's hunt for her Prince Charming!', and I came prepared I've got my lacy unmentionables on stack from top to bottom! I'm about to catch a whole harem, and the best of the lot is gonna be all mine! Well, here I go!". She then runs off into a castle where the opening has the same red, and black vortex they saw back at the TVWorld!Shopping District.

After that the looks on Yu, and Josuke's face were that of dumdfoundment, and shock. "What the…" said Yu before his cellphone rang "It's Yosuke." said Yu "Put it on speaker." Said Josuke. "H-Hey, did you see that!?" asked Yosuke over the phone. Josuke replied with a "Yep." as for Yu "I only wished that I had recorded it." Which caused Josuke to look at Yu with his eyebrow raised. "Hey enough jokes! That was Yukiko-san for sure! It looked like her, and I mean, she even said her name! But didn't the stuff she was saying sound weird!?" "Yeah; Hot studs, lacy unmentionables. It was pretty strange." Replied Josuke "And sho looked like she was on some low-budget TV show… Was it like this before, too?" "No. Not at all!" replied Yu.

"What's on going on…?" said Yosuke "Yosuke, try to contact Chie." Said Yu "Y-You're right! Let's get her to contact Yukiko-san" "Tomorrow's Sunday, we should meet up at Junes in the morning!" said Josuke "Okay! See you two there!" the two of them hung up.

"Okay that's our game plan tomorrow. We should head for bed now." said Yu. The two youths then fell asleep early. Waiting for the morning.

Sunday, April 17th 2011 weather: Sunny

Both young men head down stairs ready for the day. Yu is wearing a black jacket and gray turtleneck shirt along with black pants.As for Josuke, he's attire is his signature sailor suit with the wide cut above the belly-button, and Dixie cap. Along with long pants were the ends rolled up slightly below the knee. But the color of it was black, and yellow, and the emblems of the anchor and compass rose that was on the suit was replaced with a silhouette vector (front) of a boat, and a silhouette of a lighthouse that were both colored hot pink.

They look to see Nanako sitting by herself at the table with a juice box. They walked over to where she is "Oh, good morning." said Nanako. Yu, and Josuke replied with a "Good morning". "Hey where's Dojima-san?" asked Yu "He left already. He said he's gonna be late." Replied Nanako.

"If we leave her here alone no one will look after for her." thought Yu "But on the other, we do have important business with Yosuke, and Chie today…"

"Are you going somewhere?" asked Nanako "Y-Yeah, but I'm having second thoughts right now." replied Yu "Don't worry. I'll be fine by myself." said Nanako, then she turned on the TV to the news "-So the weather this weekend will be perfect for going out. As for next week's forecast…" said a weather announcer. "Oh, the sun's gonna come out. I should do some laundry." said Nanako "Uh… Weren't you going somewhere?" she said looking back at the two. "Yeah, we are. Let's go Yu." said Josuke starting to walk out. "Well. See you later, Nanako." said Yu as he walks out. "Bye." said Nanako.

Daytime

At Junes where both Yu, and Josuke were waiting for Yosuke (wearing a white jacket with an orange V-neck shirt, dark green pants and brown combat boots), who walked up to them and said "Sorry for the holdup. I found some stuff we can use in the closet at home. Take a look at these!" he then pulls out a kitana, and an aikuchi (a dagger). This sight causes a woman from the other table to look at the scene that is transpiring. "We've got our Personas, but a golf club's not that reliable of a weapon. So, which one strikes your fancy?" Yosuke asked Yu. Yu (who shaken about Yosuke pulling out real weaponry in public) picks the sword.

"Ahh, you've got discerning taste. This is a Junes exclusive." commented Yosuke "The blade's fake, though…" hearing that cushioned the whole "pulling-weapons-out" thing, but not by much.

"As for me… Wait, maybe both would be good, too." Said Yosuke, he then posing his body with the two (fake) blades in hand "K-Kinda like this!?" he does bunch of-uhh, "martial art" movements with the weapons "Or like this!?" his…"sword performance" continued. Both Yu, and Josuke looked on in embarrassment as they continued watching their partner making a bigger fool of himself. "What about this!?" as Yosuke was continuing his attempt at doing a fighting game special move. A patrolman looks at the oddball display just when Yosuke finished.

Josuke then took a glance at the patrolman walking to their direction and says "Yosuke-san, tone it down a bit will you." "Wh-What!? Why!?" responeded Yosuke. the patrolman said "Three suspicious young males found, one armed with multiple weapon. Requesting immediate backup." They then jumped at the sight of the patrolman coming towards them "Huh…? Ohhh crap, I mean…" said Yosuke "No… No no no no, this isn't what it looks like. We didn't steal it… Uh, I guess that's not what matters… A-Anyways, we're not doing anything bad! We're just three ordinary kids who like weapon and… Ugh, that doesn't sound right either. Ahaha…" "Well this is gonna end bad." said Yu.

"Put the weapons down now! We'll listen to your story at the station." Said the patrolman "Hands where I can see them, too! I said now!" Yosuke then holds out his hands and starts waving them around (completely forgetting that he still has the weapons in his hands, mind you), and says "B-But.. This isn't" with fear in his voice at the sight of a sixteen year old waving his hands (while yet again still those blades) in a form of "Please hear us out". The patrolman says "Are you resisting an officer of the law!? Y-You're under arrest!" after he said that, two more police officers arrived at the ("crime?") scene. Yu sighs then put his hand to his face, and says "Yep… It ended badly."

The officers then took the three boys to the police station where they were lectured by Dojima (who didn't believe that; his nephew, the son of a good friend of his, and the son of an owner to a branch of a very successful superstore chain would do something so idiotic). "…You didn't seem the type to pull a stupid stunt like this." Hearing this, the three young men lowered their heads in shame while Dojima continued "You know what's been going on around town. We got men stationed everywhere. For god's sake… You're lucky I was around, or this would have end up on your permanent record."

"We're sorry…" said the three youths in unison. Just then Yosuke remembered that he didn't got a chance to ask Josuke which weapon he would like, but since those have been confiscated, that idea has been scrapped.

Then the three overheard a conversation between two men. "Wait, so the one that disappeared is the Amagi girl…?" said one guy "Seems like it… But she's just a high schooler, you know. Could be that she decided to run away from home…" responded the other. All three of them started to notice something "Hey…" said Yosuke "Did he say Amagi…? Then… she really is…" "Yukiko…" thought Josuke.

"Hm? Who's what now?" said Dojima "N-Nothing Dojima-san…" responded Josuke "I'm sure you've seen on the news that there's an investigation in progress… We're sensitive about certain things." said Dojima "You're free to go. But this better not happen again." The three nodded, and started to walk off until they ran into the [Young detective] from earlier carrying a hot coffee "Whoa… Pardon me." said the [Young detective] "Huh? Aren't you two are the kids staying at Dojima-san's place?" "Uh hey! Is it okay if we ask you something?" said Josuke

"It's about Yukiko Amagi of the Amagi Inn... Did something happen to her?" asked Josuke "Huh? Oh, umm… Am I allowed to say…?" replied the [Young detective] "Well, if you're friends with Ms. Amagi… Keep this between us, okay? We got a call from Ms. Amagi's parents yesterday evening saying they couldn't find her anywhere." This was a stock to the three men.

"Since it was the weekend, the workers at the inn were extremely busy, and no one saw Ms. Amagi around that time." continued the [Young detective] "Oh, but that doesn't necessarily mean this is a case just yet! But, people've been turning up dead on foggy days… So we're really sensitive to stuff like this. By the way, did she say anything to you guys about maybe going through some hard times?"

"What do you mean by 'Hard times'?" asked Yu "Well, that announcer, Ms. Yamano, was staying at the Amagi Inn before the first murder." Responded the [Young detective] "Seems Ms. Yamano had some harsh words for the manager about the staff's attitude towards guests. The stress of it caused the manger to collapse. And with Ms. Amagi being the manager's daughter… She must've felt pretty strongly about the incident, y'know. By the way, did Ms. Amagi ever hint that she might be leaving the house? 'Cause if not, there's been some theories floating around that she's laying low for some reason or another…Crap, I think I've gone too far. You didn't hear that, okay?"

"Adachi, what the hell are you chatting with civvies for!? And where's my coffee!?" said Dojima
"S-Sorry! I got it right here!" said the [Young detective named Adachi] "Psst! Forget I said anything! Please!" He scurried off to Dojima, and the three boys followed suit.

They walked towards the front desk, and Yosuke turned to Yu and Josuke, and said "Hey… Does that detective think that Yukiko-san-"

Before either two could say something "There you are!" said Chie (wearing a white top and underneath two colors: one black and white stripe and second a blue top, with high collar lighter green jacket with purple crystal necklaces, navy jean skirt, and lighter green boots) who was in the station with them, they walked up to her "Sheesh, what're you guys doing!?" nagged Chie, "Right we didn't see her at Junes. Though we would of if Yosuke hadn't gotten us in trouble (but then again he still would have)." "I've been looking everywhere!" "Sorry about that Chie. There was a silly misunderstanding..." Said Yu "But that's later. Something happened with Yukiko-san!"

Chie was shocked when she heard that "Huh? You know already!? I kept calling her cell, but she didn't pick up… So I went to her house, and it turns out Yukiko really did disappear…!" "I guess we've got no choice but to go now…" said Yosuke "Apart from that, there's some rumors going around, saying that Yukiko-san is 'laying low'…" said Josuke "They also said the Yukiko-san's mom collapsed because that announcer woman chewed her out. They believe that was her reason, and since the announcer died afterward it made her even more of a suspect."

"What!? They think Yukiko did it!? What the hell is wrong with them!?" complained Chie "I didn't do anything" said Josuke holding his hands up "Yukiko's the victim here, dammit, not the suspect… " said Yosuke who is just as agitated as Chie.

"Look, we need to save her." Said Yu in attempt to cheer them up "R-Right! That's the important thing!" said Chie "With the police totally on the wrong track, we've gotta handle it ourselves." said Yosuke "I'm going too!" added Chie which caught the three youths off guard "And that's final! I'm going to save Yukiko no matter what!" "Are you about this…?" said Yu "But thanks to Yosuke, they still got our weapons, and fighting bare handed is hardly a good idea." "Weapons…? I know just the place!" said Chie that caused the teens to say "Huh!?" "C'mon, follow me!" then the three teens follow Chie to whatever she was taking them.

They head into a store where they saw weapons and armor of different kinds; it even has an area for blacksmithing.

"Here we are!" said Chie, both Yu and Yosuke were weirded out by the shop. As for Josuke, he was perplexed by the existence of this place. "Wh-What kinda shop is this…?" asked Yosuke "Yeah this place looks sketchy…" add Yu "A metalworks… I guess? They sell all sorts of metal crap… like katanas and stuff." Answered Chie. "Doesn't that seem weird to you!? Why would you know about a place like this anyway?"said Yosuke, while this is going on, Josuke takes a good look at the weaponry. Yosuke continued with "Oh, I get it… You watched one too many kung-fu movies, and…" "It's not that at all! I overheard some guys in our class talk about it. They said this place sells weapons and armor." retaliated Chie.

She walked towards to one of the produces-which is a knight chainmail armor and said "Here, this one looks good. Oh, but it might be too heavy…" Yosuke responded with "I dunno, Chie… I still think it's too dangerous. I know how you feel, but-" "You don't!" Chie Interrupted "You don't know shit about how I feel… Yukiko might die from this, for crying out loud! I'm going, and that's that!" "Then if that's the case. Then stay behind us…"said Yu "Psh, I'll be fine! My reflexes are second to none!" replied Chie, Josuke is still looking around the store checking out more of the products "Listen… I'm not kidding around." said Yosuke "You don't know what it's like in there! If you're not gonna listen to our warnings, we're leaving you here! If you insist on coming, just make sure you have something to protect yourself.

Chie was annoyed by that, "Alright…" agreed Chie. She walked towards the shopkeeper asking about the inventory. Yosuke turned to Yu and said "But man, what should we get…? Hey, Yu. Mind out something for me, too? You and Josuke are our main asset in battle right now, so I think you should choose whatever makes it easiest for you." he hands Yu 5,000 yen.

Walked up to Yu and Yosuke said "I got my stuff all picked out! How about you guys?" "You know… if we wear this stuff around town, we'll just get picked up again." noted Yosuke "And people will stare at if we walked into Junes all nonchalant like, as well." added Yu "How about we hide them in our uniforms? Then no one will notice." said Josuke holding a piece of chainmail.

"Hey that's what I was thinking!" said Chie "Okay… Let's try that." Yosuke agreed "Alright, let's split up and get ready. The store'll be crowded until the afternoon sale ends, and if we walk around together, the cops might get suspicious." Chie nodded, and said "Then I'll see you guys at the Junes food court!"

After the four got what they needed they separated for now. As both Yu and Josuke were walking towards home, they both saw a ｢bizarre｣ looking door. "Huh? Where does this led?" said Yu, Josuke looks around a bit "It seem that no one can see the door." noted Josuke.

"So it finally begins…"

"Now, if you'll give me a moment of your time…"

Suddenly their Velvet Keys in their pockets are shining. Both men were teleported to The Velvet Room.

"We have been expecting you." greeted Igor "The catastrophe that is headed both your ways… It has already taken human lives in its approach towards you two… But you have nothing to fear. You already have the power to fight against it. It seems that the time for you two to use your Personas has come… *chuckle*" Margaret points to both of them and says "Your Personas ability is that of the wild card. If you strengthen your bonds properly, their power will help both of you overcome any ordeal. Our role is to facilitate that."

"My contribution… is to give birth to new Personas." Said Igor "By mixing together multiple Persona cards, I can transmute them into a new form… this, in other words, is the fusion of Personas. You two have the power to hold multiple Personas and to use them accordingly. When you two defeat an enemy, the seeds of possibility you two attain will appear before you as cards. At times, they may be hard to grasp… but you two must master your fears and reach out to them. When you two obtain new cards, please do not hesitate to bring them here. If you two have been developing your Social Links, then your Personas will gain even more power… They will be one of your chief sources of strength… You two would do well to take this to heart."

They remembered that Yosuke Social Link is of the Magician, and if any Magician Arcana is fused, that Persona will be even stronger.

Igor looks to Margaret, and nods. Margaret then holds up a book and says "The tome you two see in my hand is the Persona Compendium. Registering the Personas you two hold will allow both of you to recall them at any time. Please see me when you two wish to use it."

"*chuckle* Do you two recall my words to both of you before?" asked Igor "'The coming year is a turning point in your destinies… If the mystery goes unsolved, your futures may be forever lost.' I meant precisely what I said. Defeat in battle to both of you is not the only way your journey may come to an end… Please do not forget this. When next time we meet, you will come here of your own will. *chuckle* I took forward to it. Until then… Farewell."

Both men found themselves at where they were. Aware that their experience with continue.

To Be Continued

Author's Notes: Guess who's back? Back again. Captain's back. Tell a friend (please do). Well it's been a while (too long really), but I'm back with more Personalion. Also I have a new story that came out! For the three of you guys who like Mobile Suit Gundam (in the UC timeline), the story is called "Mobile Suit Gundam Tamlin". The new story is about an University student aristocrat named "Wolf Waynonix" who joins the Earth Federation for the sake of revenge . He would later pilot the Gundam Tamlin. With this Gundam, he use it to take down a pro-Zeon radical group. Sounds great right? If you want to see it then go find in the anime category under Gundam UC. We're getting close to the the special Q&A chapter. Just remember that once chapter ten is released stop sending me new questions. Also questions for other things not related to this Fic send will be answered in the Future Fanfic catalog. Welp! Captain out!

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