Persona 5: tmdrago version 2.0
By Tayla Drago
Episode # 25 - A Painting's Worth a Thousand Words
Year 20xx
Day # 32 – May 5/10h – Tuesday
Another day to use the train to get to school for Keiko to be ready and studying really hard 'and Morgana in her school bag'. While waiting for her stop, who else would bump into her but Makoto again to try to ask her about something. Again?
Morgana: Oh, no...Madame Keiko, here comes trouble.
Keiko: (Makoto?!) Morgana, I'll handle this.
And hopefully she does with this top student at her school.
Makoto: Well, if it isn't Keiko Amamiya herself. We meet again.
Keiko: Hi, Makoto.
She sees Keiko was ready up well to be studying carefully.
Makoto: Likewise. It looks like you're attending school seriously. You also seem very close with both Sakamoto-san and Takamaki-san if all of you guys are coming to school together. You and Sakamoto-san seem to be close, but you see him as a friend like Mishima-san is with you. They love you a lot, but you care for them as very dear friends of yours. And Takamaki-san...A good person as she is for the rumors to be true or not, you two seem to become best friends for her to and Sakamoto-san to hit it off better.
Keiko: Yes, well they are. I love them all as my friends. And...I already have a boyfriend. (Akechi-Cun...) We're just people who understand each other. Like Yuuki to get us, both he and Ryuji are just friends to me. For Ryuji and Ann are great together in a strange love kind of way, it's what love does to some people.
Makoto: I see, you're not one of those girls. Good...It would be bad for our school to have those to ruining their lives for nothing. It just you, Keiko, you transferred here though...I guess you three really click as friends.
Just as friends for Keiko, Ryuji, and Ann.
Keiko: It just happened I guess. (This girl is too smart to talk out of, and yet she keeps on trying. Someone's making her do all of this to us. Is it one of the teachers...?)
Keiko might be on to something about Koba to have Makoto to be doing all of this for him.
Makoto: I see...You hate being alone to try making some friends, it would seem that you have. I heard that both you and Takamaki-san were victims of Mr. Kamoshida, but was that all there was to it...? Either way, closer inspection should clear everything up...I just wanted to tell you, Keiko, and take care. Goodbye.
Off she goes and Keiko on to the train to get through today.
Keiko: Morgana, does Makoto hate me? Ryuji? Ann? Or just all of us?
Morgana: I don't think so, just someone to keep her head out of out business.
Keiko: Then I was right, she's being used by someone. Makoto's not a bad person. I can feel it...
Seems like it, and off to the train to school for Keiko to learn a lot more in Mr. Inui's class of in history class. Either way – Keiko was ready for the exams to do well, and she hopes for other two friends were the same thing; for Ryuji asks Keiko to help him train for track running again to do after school, besides the gym sometimes. It was hard to do it at his favorite spot not as much. Just then, they hear a familiar voice.
Ryuji: Nakaoka?
Keiko: Wait, he's here in our school?
The two check it out to see Ryuji's other form three teams were giving Nakaoka a hard time with them, like they were going to be having a big fight or something.
Keiko: (Those guys again? This can't be good.)
Ryuji: Takeishi? The hell are you guys doin'...?
Takeishi: Just asking our old friend here some question. It's none of your business, Sakamoto!
Ryuji: By asking him with your fists? Talk about being a coward!
No kidding, it was!
Takeishi: It's because of Nakaoka told Mr. Kamoshida lots of bull shit to ruin our track career. It's all his fault!
Ryuji: Huh? That's a load of bull!
This was bad...Soon Keiko speaks up to tell the boys to stop with all of this craziness.
Keiko: What happened in the past, stays there! You boys should know better. Kamoshida made Nakaoka spill the beans by force! You all should trust him since Kamoshida's finished as a gym teacher. Shame on all three of you.
Nice words from Keiko to not take crap for Ryuji to love her style and her hot looks.
Ryuji: (Damn, Keiko...) That's right! You guys have been trainin' together for freakin' forever! Plus, ain't the track team comin' back? You don't gotta fight!
Takeishi: ...Sh-Shut up! I'm telling you guys, this piece of shit sold us out! What he did to us and you when Kamoshida back mouth about your parents, remember?!
Still going on with hating this whole thing from the past to never end, huh? True, but it was time to move on.
Track Member # 1: He has to be the snitch!
Now this has to stop!
Ryuji: H-Hold up!
Ryuji then goes up to defend Nakaoka for Keiko to watch all of this for the other boys told him to move away or else.
Keiko: (Ryuji, be careful...)
Takeishi: Sakamoto, move it! Or we'll beat you up with Nanaoka as well!
He won't move at all.
Ryuji: Go ahead, I can take it than Nanaoka will. But it won't do you any good for me to know that already. Trust me!
Now he has said it to make the three boys stop.
Track Member # 1: Huh?
Ryuji: Look...If Nanaoka was working for Kamoshida, it's fine now, right? The bastard's finally gone to jail and you can put all of this behind you. There's no reason to fight anymore, yeah?
Takeishi But what if it happens again to destroy our team for good?
Then Nanaoka finally says something.
Nanaoka: But...I didn't do anything...I wasn't even working with Kamoshida in the first place. Go on, hit me. No matter what you guys try to do to me, my answer will still be the same.
Takeshi: Oh, yeah? Well, we've got proof! Yamauchi told us all about it.
Once that name was told, Ryuji recognizes it.
Ryuji: ...Yamauchi?
Keiko: Who's he?
This was getting pretty bad for one of them to stop this whole thing right away to be another track member to say so.
Track Member # 2: C'mon, Takeishi, let's go before someone sees us.
Guess the three have to retreat for now.
Takeishi: Shit...! They might tell on us to be much worse, let's go. This isn't over yet, Nanaoka! We're out of here...
And they flee like real cowards they are, and jerks. Ryuji checks on Nanaoka on how he was doing and Keiko does the same thing.
Keiko: I'm glad that's all over with.
Ryuji: Me too...Hey, Nanaoka, you OK? I mean what the hell was that al about?
Seems like he's going to be just fine to not let this bother him. But he couldn't admit it to them to just leave it be, really?
Nanaoka: Sakamoto, stay out of this please! It has nothing to do with you!
Ryuji: But...
Nanaoka; The way you punched Kamoshida to really want to beat him up badly back then. It must've been hard on you to endure his bullshit. Lots of it...I could've been somewhere I belonged and I've lost it all because of you have to stop him! Even what he said to you about your parents.
Even he was left down and sad...
Ryuji: I get it, really. I wasn't myself then and now I know. I'm over the whole parent thing now since that day. Also I realize something, Nanaoka...I might've did and say stuff at Kamoshida back then, but hangin' on to the past won't do anyone any good. For now on, I'm focusing on myself to be myself to track and nothing else.
Keiko: Way a go, Ryuji!
Good, for Ryuji to learn something a while back is a good thing to move on with friends.
Nanaoka: What the hell are you talking about?! Be yourself, ha!
And he just leaves after so much he just went through with a no thanks to sit through all of that crap for nothing.
Ryuji: Hey, Keiko. Did you get what I was tryin' to say?
Keiko: (More than I know of from watching the whole thing.) Yes I do.
Ryuji: I know, right? He wasn't the one who wasn't listening. Stopping fights to not being thanked for nothing. Oh, well...What can you do? But becoming a new you feels free and such. You know?
Keiko: Kind of...
Ryuji: Come on, Keiko, don't leave me hanging.
Keiko: What? Hearing you explain something is like saying free from what? Flying?
Ryuji: Or a fart.
He let's out one for Keiko to find that to be gross.
Keiko: Ryuji!
She hits him.
Ryuji: I hate getting hit, but I can take your slaps anytime, babe.
This makes Ryuji to laugh and then Keiko joins in to see a good friend he was to her.
Keiko: (Oh, Ryuji...A pervert and silly you can be, I do understand how you feel to call you a dear friend of mine.)
Ryuji: Come on...Let's do some rounds, get clean up when we're done, and get some ramen on the way home.
Keiko: Okay!
And they do that for Ryuji to be a good guy on what he try to do today, and for Keiko and Morgan to return back at Cafe Leblanc to then going out for a bit again. Where at? Near Shibuya Station Square again. Hanging around to see Yoshi was still doing okay so far, to go to the beef blow place real soon to aid Yoshi on his speech some how...It might take a little bit more time. Then they headed back to Leblanc to call it a night, once they made more tools to use for later on.
Morgana: I think we got everything covered for today, huh Madame Keiko? Let's call it a day.
And they do for the next morning to happen...
Year 20xx
Day # 33 – May 5/11th – Wednesday
School start off well on a rainy day to have lots of rumor about the Phantom Thieves to be doing good and the bar to raise little by little, to be good for Yuuki to see. Other than that – it was exam day in Mr. Inui's class for Keiko to do pretty well to remember the things she has learn from the things in classes so far, so she had no trouble thanks to Akechi and Morgana helping her out from the past few days to go by quickly. From biology...
Morgana: Keep it up, Madame Keiko. I think you're getting somewhere.
Keiko: Yes.
Year 20xx
Day # 34 – May 5/12th – Thursday
Next was history exams in Mr. Hiruta's class on day two to have Keiko get the others right the way she has learned it so far, to hopefully Ann and Ryuji were doing the same thing too. And from a few questions to write down, it wasn't so hard than yesterday's answers from science class.
Keiko: (I think I can do all of this little at a time.)
Sorry, but I have to speed up on the exam parts here...And if I mess up the day times, sorry. Sometimes I try not to get it mix up to be too late to fix it.
Year 20xx
Day # 35 – May 5/13th – Friday
And next was social studies in Ms. Chouno's class and a bit from math as well for Keiko, Ann, Ryuji, and other students to do on the third day of their exams 'and final one too', for once again Keiko does very well on for Morgana to see.
Morgana: Madame Keiko, I think you did very well.
Keiko: Yeah, I did good.
Morgana: And between you and me, I hope both Lady Ann and Ryuji have done better as well. Have to study hard to remember well for better grades.
True, so very true.
Year 20xx
Day # 36 – May 5/14th – Saturday
Well, they've survived and done it all for three days of exam taking for Keiko, Morgana, Ann, and Ryuji to meet up and talk about it at the train station. For a weekend to happen to take a break from school, it was hard to get through this week almost.
Keiko: Well, I sure did good on my exams. And you, Ryuji?
A bit tired, but he lives.
Ryuji: I'm so sleepy! I manage to study well from the exams the day before the three big days, and I'm so happy to be alive to be all over...For now!
Morgana: Ryuji studying?! That's new! I'm surprised.
Hard for someone like Ryuji to try to do but he did it anyways.
Ryuji: Shut it, cat...! Look, Keiko, it was had for me at first. I tried, almost gave up, play some games, try to clear my mind, did it again, and I remember some of them to get right back on paper.
Keiko: Then you did some good on it. I'm sure you'll pass with flying colors.
Ryuji: Hey, Keiko, maybe we can be studying partner at my place if we were to take another one together...! Ouch!
Morgana uses his claws again to keep Ryuji's hands away from Keiko's waist to not touch at all.
Morgana: She's dating someone already, you pervert!
Ryuji: Fine...! How about a group studying the next time we take on?!
Keiko: If it happens again, let's try that. You, me, Ann...And you too, Morgana, to test us.
Sounds like a plan when and if another one happens again in the future.
Morgana: I would be more than happy to lend a hand, Madame Keiko. Anything to keep you safe and Lady Ann from Ryuji's perverted ways.
Ryuji: Shaddup!
And then Ann joins with them to feel tired, and knowing her to do the trust well to pass just like Keiko did. Even for Ryuji to get some good score to pass like they did.
Ann: Morning, you guys...
Keiko: Hi, Ann, are you feeling well?
Ann: I've been through worse to remember what I've learned, but I'll be fine.
Seems like it, Ann was a brave one.
Morgana: Lady Ann...You never stop doing such amazing things to still be more wonderful to me...Compare of you and Madame Keiko to be fine from your exams, unlike a certain dumb pig I know of.
Ryuji: I'm not a pig!
Not a good way to get in to a fight like this.
Ann: Knock it off! Both of you!
For Ann and Keiko pulls the boys away at one another.
Keiko: What can we say, Ann? Boys will always be boys.
A good moment time to know, their teenagers still to make the best out of it. Soon, Ann looks around the train station for her to see someone to have a very strange feeling.
Ann: Am I imagining things...?
Ryuji and Morgana stopped fighting with each other for them Keiko needed to know if Ann was feeling well.
Keiko: Ann? What's wrong...
She soon felt someone was near by from her eye to sense a odd feeling around her type of thing again.
Keiko: (This feeling I'm getting again who's stalking Ann!) Is it him?
Ann: I don't know...
Ryuji: Is someone try to group you?
Ann: No! It's...It might be a peeping tom...I I don't know.
It was hard to say, but it looks like Ryuji and Keiko have to stay by Ann's side form the pervert trying to follow their friend.
Morgana: Just stay by Lady Ann's side and get on the next train. We'll try to lose him there. If not...Madame Keiko. Ryuji. You two know what to do.
They will do their best.
Ann: But I can still fight.
For them to get on a train to leave to their next stop 'try' to hang out for Keiko and Ryuji 'with Morgana on guard' to keep Ann safe from any danger. For this person keeps on following them from behind to get out of the underground train station and up the surface part of the town next.
Keiko: Ann? (He's still following us...)
Ann: Oh my god, that guy got off. Isn't this bad?
For Ann to ask Keiko and for her to look at Ryuji, all he did was yawned.
Ann: Hey! At least act like you care!
Ryuji: Fine...Come on.
He goes up first for the others to follow him.
Ann: Huh...?
Looks like Ryuji has a plan to do for the others to go along with it. For Ann to be standing around waiting for the stalker, he shows up to climb upstairs to find her. For he walks up to Ann to catch her by surprise...Only for Keiko and Ryuji to lead him to a trap for it...was a teenage boy who was the same age as they are. But who was he? And what does he want with Ann?
?: …?
Keiko: Hello, sir. I see you like stalking girls like Ann, huh? I don't like pervert men! (This is a guy, to be the same age as the rest of us are.) Shame on you!
For Keiko to stand up for Ann to catch the boy by surprise to stop fro Keiko's strong will. And then...she and Ryuji looked at each other for the stalker on what he really looks like.
Ryuji: Hey, uh...are you sure it's him, Takamaki? Or are you just that self-conscious?
He sure made Ann mad.
Ann: Rgh, I'm not that-
Then the boy speaks.
?: Is there something you want?
Okay...? Weird responds for Ann gets mad to talk to the boy next.
Ann: That's my line! You were the one stalking me!
But, they all got the whole thing wrong.
?: Stalking you...? That's outrageous.
Ann: I know you've been following me! Ever since the train!
?: That's because...
Before the boy could say anything, someone he knows of comes driving by to be very popular in his limousine type of car.
Keiko: (Who's he?)
?: My goodness...I had wonder why you left the car. So this is were your passion led. All is well that ends well.
The man just laughs to know of this teen boy's work to be proud of him in some way. So, what was going on...? For the man to wait for this boy to come back, he explains to the three 'and Morgana to hear' on who and what he was to be seeing Anna a lot with a good reason why he wanted to see Ann in person.
Morgana: (Who is this guy?)
?: I saw you from the car...and I couldn't help myself from chasing after you. I didn't even notice the calls from Sensei...But thank goodness, I caught up to you.
Weird, huh...? This leaves everyone else very confused.
Ann: OK...
Ryuji: What?
Keiko: Come again?
?: You're the woman I've been searching for all this time! Please, won't you-
You got the wrong idea, dude! Plus Ann and Ryuji are slowly becoming a couple!
Ann: W-Wait a minute, I-
The boy finishes what he's trying to ask Ann to do something for him.
?: -Be the model for my next art piece?!
Oh, so that's what he wanted to have Ann do for this boy and to help him out with it. She was modeling to be one of them. For she, Morgana, Ryuji, and Keiko didn't see this one coming at all.
Ann: ...Model?
Keiko: Her a model...? (Judging by this strange man, he must be the boy's teacher...They're artists!)
Well, Keiko got those few parts right.
?: All that I've drawn till now has been lacking, but I feel a passion from you unlike anyone else.
This makes Morgana get really jealous to keep Ann safe.
Morgana: This man's highly suspicious!
Ryuji: Ain't this a recruit for some shady business?
This was so much to give in to...
?: Will you cooperate with me? What do you say?
Keiko: Excuse me, sir! Don't rush a lady when we're thinking, so rude!
From Keiko staring at the boy to soon feel like he was blushing all over.
?: Sorry, I didn't mean to straddle.
But Ryuji was a bit too jealous to step in.
Ryuji: Hold your horses! Who're you anyways?
?: Oh, where are my matters? I'm a second-year at Kosei High's finest-arts division. My name is Yusuke Kitagawa.
So his name is Yusuke Kitagawa to be a high school artist type of student. He shoves Ryuji a side to get a better close up to both Keiko and Ann.
Ryuji: Wow! Watch it...Well, I'm Ryuji Sakamoto...Like you even care.
Yusuke: I'm Madarame-sensei's pupil, and I am being allowed residence at his place. I'm starving to become an artist.
And the man in the car is Yusuke's teacher Madarame himself. So, the name is told to see him in person.
Keiko: (Madarame...? Why does that name sound so familiar...? And this Yusuke guy really wants to draw Ann, since she's trying to become a model.)
Yusuke: I'm sorry, who are you two lovely ladies?
This leaves Keiko to introduce herself and Ann for Yusuke to answer back.
Keiko: I'm Keiko Amamiya, and this is my friend who you're liking to model name Ann Takamaki. (I don't feel anything bad coming from Yusuke, but something from it to be from another person locked up deep inside of this man for some strange reason.)
Yusuke: Keiko...what a lovely name.
Kissing Keiko's hand to make Ryuji to not like him already to be jealous over nothing again, and Morgana feels weird around this person.
Ryuji: Oh, hell no!
Keiko: (Ah! Another one?!)
And Yusuke does the same thing next with Ann's hand to kissing it. He seems to be a real class gentlemen to the ladies the most to show some matters.
Yusuke: And to you too, Ann, it's very nice to meet you and your fine beauty.
Ann: Huh? What do you THAT Madarame? The one who was on "Good Morning Japan" the other day?
So, this Madarame artist is very famous for Ann to know who he is.
Yusuke: The very same.
From that – Ryuji and Keiko had to ask Ann who Madarame was...
Ryuji: You know who that is?
Keiko: You seem to heard about Madarame...Who is he?
It would seem that Ann might know something about the man to hear the news a lot and see his fine works or art. Not only that, bu their target from the Mementos place said Madarame's name to them.
Ann: He was introduced as a super-famous Japanese-style artist who's been recognized all over the world. But we heard that name the other day in Mementos...
They did, for the other three to remember it well. Just then, Madarame tells Yusuke to get going to somewhere.
Madarame: Yusuke!
Yusuke: I'm sorry, Sensei! I'll be right there!
Now they know what Madarame looks like and for Keiko to remember hearing his name from somewhere before.
Keiko: So that's him...? (Yes, now I know! Our target mentioned his name a lot...)
Ryuji: That old guy's Madarame...?
For Yusuke to be leaving in a bit, he tells Ann about his teacher's work for the others to listen in.
Yusuke: Madarame-sensei's exhibition will begin at the department store near the station tomorrow. I'll be there to help out on opening day. Please come by. It'll be great if you could give me your answer in regard to being a model then...I bet you have no interest in the fine arts, but I'll give you tickets too. Ms. Keiko, I hope you don't mind if I call you that lovely address...You're also welcome to join too with your friend.
Keiko: Oh, thank you. I do like seeing fine arts from others. (That was nice of him.)
He calls Keiko by "Ms. Keiko".
Yusuke: Well then, Ann...I hope to see you there the most tomorrow!
And off her goes with Madarame to get back to their place since Yusuke enjoy painting a lot. For the four to see their stalker was an artist to like from Ann's looks to model her will be...Well, weird or just creepy.
Ryuji: That guy's as easy to read as a book...
Keiko: It can be easily seen from his entire face.
Ryuji: Takamaki, you're not plannin' on goin', aren't you?
Surprisingly, Ann says yes instead of a no to the others surprise to hear it.
Ann: ...I think I will.
Keiko: Really?! I hope you're sure about this, Ann.
She then looks at the time from her cell phone to have Ann look worried about something important.
Ann: Crap! Look at the time! I'll see you guys later!
Where was she going in a hurry...? Hm...For Ryuji and Keiko were both confused, and Morgana was mad at Yusuke to making his moves on Ann.
Morgana: How dare he go after Lady Ann...I've memorized that face of yours, Yusuke! And Madame Keiko's already taken!
Ryuji: And coming near Keiko...! Who the hell does he think he is!?
Yeah, this might be hard to say what's what and for Morgana to get jealous over nothing was...a bit too much.
Tayla: As we cut back to the present time for Sae to hear the next part from Keiko's mouth to see Madarame and his student Yusuke was only the beginning from their target mentioned the artist's name. From Keiko saying about hearing the man's name in the Metaverse of Mementos for Sae to still have trouble believing in it a little, she does understand about how a person's heart can change to the problems of the psychotic breakdowns to mental shutdowns of the train events. All of this to hear from Madarame to be famous to turn to something he did to be illegal and a big crime to hear more about it, all of it...Now back to the past...
Anyways...Ryuji, Ann, Keiko, and Morgana were enjoying their walk around town – to then start talking about what they have to do next from finding the bully and more targets like him as well for more requests to be done, and very happy to finally finishing their exams since yesterday and the last few days it has been. Yeah, I'm not doing weekend school days, sorry.
Keiko: Well, our first part is done...I think we're getting somewhere.
Ryuji: That was are, Keiko.
He checks up on the Phan-Site again.
Ann: What are you looking up for, Ryuji?
He shows them.
Ryuji: The usual. And...we got no good posts yet, but we'll keep on checking.
Morgana: We better find our next target and soon, OK?!
Ann: We'll get somewhere, Morgana, no need to worry about. So...Maybe we should eat somewhere to celebrate taking our exams well and doing great as Phantom Thieves?
For the money they still have on each of them, why not?
Ryuji: I wanna get eel or suichi!
Ann: We don't have that much...! Oh, wait. The tickets to the art place is tomorrow...
Morgana was having a bad feeling about all of this.
Morgana: Don't tell me...! It was love at first sight with Yusuke, wasn't it?
Not going to happen...
Keiko: I think you're getting the wrong idea, Morgana.
Ann: It's not like that...
Morgana: O-Of course not!
Good to know for Morgana's sake to be silly to think like that.
Ann: When I was watching something special on TV, I like Madarame's work to see more up close. Plus, we've got free tickets. And it might be related to what our target told us his name from the Mementos.
Yes, that's true to catch both Ann and Keiko to remember it very well.
Keiko: Yes, I do feel something a bit off from the artist himself...
Ryuji: ...Madarame, was it?
Morgana: I'm curious about the name too...
Seems like all four of them were.
Ann: Look, I can go and with two more will allow you, Keiko, and you too, Ryuji to come with me. Come on...What do you two say?
Ryuji: Fine arts, huh...?
Both Morgana and Ryuji were both way too jealous of Yusuke.
Morgana: I suggest, we should all go together! For you two ladies to keep safe, and enjoying the fine art works is fine, for us thieves of specialists that is.
Ryuji: Well, if everyone's going even Keiko...
Keiko: I want to see some art work too.
Looks like it was all set to go to the art museum.
Ann: Then it settled!
Keiko: I'm looking forward to it with all you guys.
Ann: Let's meet near the entrance tomorrow. This is going to be fun!
Keiko, Ryuji, and Morgana: OK!
And they will for Ann to set for tomorrow on where to meet up – they all go back home, and for Keiko and Morgana back at the Cafe Leblanc. For Morgana still wanted to make sure Ann and Keiko are careful from Yusuke's passion from modeling art of women, even Ryuji shouldn't beat him up either. From seeing the art works of Madarame up close and such for Ann to model for Yusuke 'or not', what was going to happen next? I guess we'll soon find out next time. I do love drawing for fun and seeing fine art works in museums. Or Anime fan art work. :)