Sorry, this time, it's an Arcana-gaining chapter, merged with a Normal Day chapter. I swear, I'll end it, but for now, fuck it. Here it is, Chapter 9!

Persona, once again, owned by Atlus and Index. Tyzell and the Trick Batons, however, owned by me. Feel free to review!

Chapter 9

Yasogami High: Class 2-2, Early Morning, 04/18

"Wonder how Chie's doing…Hope she's back to her usual self again…" Yosuke pondered. "Yeah, too much shit happened yesterday. I'd be surprised if she acts all normal after all that nonsense." I said, drinking ice tea from my thermos. I honestly think that. Given the circumstances, the Shadows, the fact that you have to accept your most despicable self just to gain a Persona, and the fact that Yukiko's still trapped there, (not that I'm worried, I checked the forecast, and it won't rain too hard till the 29th,) I'd be honestly shocked if she's still fine. And then, as if fate intervened, Chie showed up, and she…feels rather well actually.

"Oh, mornin'." Chie said. "Yo." I replied. "Did you sleep well?" Narukami asked. "Yup. Out cold till this morning." Chie replied, having a better mood than yesterday. "Um…thanks for helping me yesterday." she added with awkwardness. "It's really kinda embarrassing, ya know… you three were right there to see my hidden feelings and all…" "No prob, Chie. We accept it all. I mean, really, jealousy? Just another normal emotion." I said. "Yeah, so don't sweat it." Yosuke added. Chie nodded, and then asked "The same thing happened to Yosuke, right?" "Yeah…" I said. "So…what was it like?" Chie inquired. "Uh…how should I put this…" Yosuke stammered. "Hold him, Narukami." I commanded Narukami. "Wait, wh-hey, dude! What, wait, wait, don't!" Yosuke said, as he tries to struggle free from Narukami, failing. "So, here's the story…" I said. "NOOOOOOO!" Yosuke screamed, as we told his embarrassing story, with no details spared.

"You guys are the worst sometimes, you know that?" Yosuke said, after we let him go, a humiliated expression on his face. "Well, no secrets, man. Plus, she went through an equally, if not, a bit less degrading experience as yours was. I'm pretty sure your embarrassing story isn't much compared to that." I said. "Yeah." Narukami agreed. "So, Narukami awakened his Persona without having to face his true self? He does seem like an open book…I guess he has that charm that draws people to him or something like that…" Chie said. "That, or there will be like a hidden revelation later in the story, but for now, we just get that." I said, looking at YOU. At least, for a moment. "Want me to bare it all?" Narukami said in his deadpan tone. "Whoa, whoa, whaddya talking about?" Chie said, shocked. "Don't do it, you'll get arrested again!" Yosuke added. "Or worse, maybe even NTR'd." I said. "Okay, Tyzell, now that's just low." Yosuke retorted. "You'd know it's low, considering." I deadpanned. Me, Chie, and Narukami laughed while Yosuke just puts on a mildly pissed face.

"Anyways, what's important right now is to rescue Yukiko." Chie then said, with determination in her eyes. "This time, I'm dead set on coming. Remember, you promised." she added, reminding us of that. "Right, we got this, don't worry. We can never lose, yeah?" I said. Everyone nodded. Then a ring on the bell came. "Crap, forgot that I haven't gone to the bathroom!" Yosuke said, as he went out…and a silence from us came for a while.

"Hey, um…" Chie broke the silence. "Thanks for saving me back there, guys. I know Yosuke was cool, despite him getting his Persona in an embarrassing way, but I feel you guys won't let me down at all." she added. "Yeah, don't worry, we won't disappoint anyone. We ain't dyin yet. As the Trickster, it's my honor to slay foes, support the team, and taking names. Ain't that right, Narukami?" I said to her, hamming it up along with Narukami. "That's right. As the sole leader of this group, I promise I shall take down all enemies, whether their small or titanic. I, Yu Narukami, shall lead us to solve this case, once and for all!" Narukami added up the ham. "You know, you guys are weird sometimes, but yeah, let's do it!" Chie said, and again, time stopped as the voice came back once more.

Thou art I, and I am thou. Once again, thou has established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the truth, and the effects will-Seriously, you just got another Arcana after like, one day. Jeebus, I mean, I had to repeat the same process for your friend there, and it's mind-racking to do again for you but with different words. I mean, come on, even disembodied voices need some rest too, what with the whole mighty boom and all…You know what, I'll just simplify it for you: You got the Chariot Arcana, but it's locked, just like the rest. NOW LET ME REST ALREADY!

Jeez, complaining much? I mean, come on, you could just say it outright but no, you have to go do the whole prophetical kinda thing. Ah, whatever, another Arcana in the bag…seriously, I keep collecting these. I thought, as time started back again.

"Hey Chie, can I have your number? You know, for the whole investigation thing." Narukami asked. "Oh yeah, you guys will need this from now on, right? Okay, here." Chie said as we exchanged numbers. Dang, these phones are convenient. I thought. "We need to be careful of the fog that sets in after the rain, right? Let's save her before that happens!" Chie then reminded us. "Yeah, yeah. The earlier, the better. But then again, rain ends at 29th. So I guess if we rescued her earlier, we got a lot of time." I replied. "Okay, let's do this!" Chie said. We nodded, and we sat on our chairs as Yosuke arrived, and waited for class.

Yasogami High: Class 2-2, Afternoon, 04/18

Our class today was English, with the teacher being Mr. Kondo. He's a guy in a full on gym outfit. He's normally the PE teacher, but, since no one wanted English, he decided to double up. "Don't be so disappointed. In fact, I studied overseas! One week of vacation time to be exact! But that's more enough to teach a class!" he said as he chuckled. We however, cringed a little.

"We'll start with the basics of the basics: the English alphabet! It starts with A, B, then C…maybe 23 more letters! Maybe that was a little too basic?" he said as he once again chuckled. He really knows English, huh… I thought, deadpan. "Alright then, I'll give you an alphabet-related pop quiz then! Let's see…Narukami!" he called out to him and he stood up. "The word 'alphabet' comes from the words 'alpha' and the other one being…?" he asked him. "Beta, sir." He answered, a soulless kind but an answer nonetheless.

"You're right! It comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta! Fun fact: any set of western European characters in specific order is called an alphabet! Here in Japan, we're talking about the English alphabet, but it doesn't always mean the English one!" he said, as Narukami sat down, with him pulling a deadpan face that said "Yay, I'm smart now."

Daidara Metalworks, After School, 04/18

Narukami and I went there for weapons. That, and Narukami sold some materials from Mayonaka to Daidara, who said thanks and went to work. He had made various accessories out of it which did various enhancements. Of course, after that, we left after I talked with Daidara, discussing about the art of crafting and such. Of course, such conversations were normal between fellow craftsmen and such, but Narukami, not being a craftsman himself, just looked at us with confusion, and checked the place a bit before leaving after me and Daidara ended the conversation. Then there was some shit about Narukami being gone for a moment, but reappearing seconds later. He tries to dismiss it by saying he went somewhere for a moment, but given the weird shit I've seen, I assume he went to the Velvet Room, probably asking the nosy old man for advice and such. What? It's perfectly logical, for all the shit I've been through. Then he left for a while, along with a girl…the same girl who me and Narukami met when we first came to Inaba…I'll suppose I'll leave it to them, as I went home too.

Brenwing Residence (aka My House), Evening, 04/18

"Oh, goddamnit. Why does Naruto keep doing this shit everytime?! I hate you, let's kickass, we talk, I relate to you, we're friends again, fucking hell, the shit I've been through is a lot more fucking better series to animate than this! At least the original, while filler-heavy, is a tons more fucking entertaining and has perfect logic sometimes. This…this is shit in art form, I mean, jeebus. Fuck you Shippuden, you ruined Naruto, fuck you." I said, ranting again against Naruto Shippuden for the umpteenth time. Seriously, that series has been my favorite since the first series, but now…god it's horrible.

"Agh, I swear…even One More Day was better than this, and it's the worst Spiderman arc of all time!" I continued, ranting. It's not my fault that this got my gears grinding, seriously.

After raging out, I went to crash on the bed going to sleep again just to forget that awful display of an episode I saw today. But then as I slept, it happened again.

The vision, again, while it's just fleeting, I manage to comprehend the things I saw again. I saw the home, only this time, I'm in it. The interior looks majestic, modern-like in design…and as I looked at the swimming pool, I saw a figure. It looks like it was a girl of my age, but it was too blurry to make out the features. What is she doing there? I wondered, looking at her. But as the vision was ending, I can make out a voice. This voice is a bit tomboyish, almost like I recognize it from somewhere. I can hear her as she said before the vision ended.

"Hey, who's there…"

I woke up, jolting over my bed. What was that? A girl, in my vision? Weird…and her voice…I know I've heard it before…the question is…what? Ah, whatever, I gotta stop it from distracting me. Honestly, it's a bloody vision, not a precognition or something. I need a bloody nap. I thought once again as I drifted to sleep, not minding the weird vision just happened.

Author's Note: Chariot Arcana get! Once again, fourth wall breaks are up the ass on this one a bit. Once again, we get to see what Narukami and the crew sometimes usually do everyday!

One note however: while certain characters, like Marie (and later, Adachi) are important, their Social Links will NOT be shown. I apologize but remember, Narukami's relationship with Tyzell will advance everytime the Fool advances, same with Chariot, and Magician with their respective characters as well. I'll dedicate some times to them but then again, I dunno how to separate each Social Link, so help would be a little appreciated.

Anyways, I've given you guys one RATIONAL reason to hate Tyzell. Honestly, his hatred of Naruto Shippuden is a bit of a Reality Check on my part. I hate Shippuden with a passion. Let me give you a reason why. I feel that, Naruto, as a series, is like a fucking line graph. Original series was AWESOME, Shippuden is shit of the highest caliber, and Gaiden and eventually Boruto: The Movie is good, but not close to the original series. Yeah, I'm a genwunner on Naruto, so what? Shippuden is shit. Plus, I need a reason to make a Spoony reference (if you guys found it, awesome!)

As for the vision plot-point, the girl IS familiar, but I won't reveal the twist just yet...but I just give you hints to theorize about who this mysterious girl could be...I be Scott Cawthon up in here!

So...with all that, stay tuned for Chapter 10, where we try to end the arc! For real this time! Stay strong! -TrickyFanWriter