NO! I shan't let it end just yet! Not when there's finally a sequel of sorts in the form of Persona 4 Ultimax! So bare with me a little longer, faithful readers of mine. I hope you won't be disappointed though.

Persona 3 FES: Episode Yukari

Act 21.5: A New "Hero" Is Born

"Wait what? You want me to… what?"

"Yes. We want you to be an actress, Takeba-san."

It has been two years since then. Yukari had already successfully graduated from high school and went on to college, where, she had to live on her own from then on as Aigis had to return to the lab on Mitsuru's sudden command. She then applied to work as a model after finding out from her college mates that a certain fashion agency was in need of models.

And as expected, due to her charms and personality, she was accepted in a heartbeat and used modelling as a means to survive through her days even though her mother, who was in better terms with her nowadays, still does send funding but insufficient as her mother wasn't doing a job that could fetch her a good pay for her daughter's studies. Her stepfather did help in the supplying of money but money just did not come in fast enough thanks to his slow business.

And so came that one day, Yukari got scouted to be an actress by a manager of a certain Tokusatsu company (a company that works on Superhero films).

"We heard from some of the staff who works here that you're capable of handling a bow as if it were second nature to you correct? And that you were the captain of the archery club back in high school," the manager explained while flipping through the paperwork in his hands.

"Y-Yes. That's true," Yukari said, shaking nervously while trying to understand what's going on around her at the moment, "B-But… umm… what does that have to do with—"

He cut her off and handed her a form, "We would like you to play the role of the Pink Argus of the 'Phoenix Ranger Featherman Victory' series. She has been scripted to wield a bow and so we need someone who has the looks and is capable of making bow-wielding a natural thing."

She took the form nervously into her hands and read it through once, seeing a line to where her signature would be on if she were to agree to this whole sudden turn of events.

"B-But I don't really act!"

"You work naturally on camera do you not? As a model, you should be fully exposed to camera work am I not correct?" The manager retaliated.

She was rendered speechless and only let out a short nervous laughter.

"At any rate. Do sign those papers for us please. We will assure you, you won't regret this. Plus, imagine you being able to bring a smile to the faces of children."

The first boy that popped up into her mind was Ken with a big, excited smile on his face as he was a huge fan of said series, and she did like the thought of that. She let out a sigh before taking the pen given to her and signed the papers.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Takeba-san! Welcome to our agency and we would be looking forward to working with you," the manager said with gusto in his voice.

Yukari bowed slightly as she was sitting down and had a worried smile on her face, "Y-Yeah… Looking forward to working with you too… Sir."

...

"I'll banish the evil. Victory!" The brunette, in her pink default casual outfit for her acting, was already in her stance, ready to transform, "Let's go...! Feather… Change!" and she pressed on the button of her 'transformer watch' before a cut was signaled for her to change into her actual superhero costume.

"Nice job, Takeba-san!" The director called out to her as she walked towards the changing room with her costume handed out to her before reaching the room.

"Gosh this is really tiring work… all the feelings and emotions… seriously. I admire the people who work in this line of work," she let out a breath of air before quickly changing into her tight-fitting, Pink Argus costume, and went back on set with her bow and arrow in hand.

"Lights, camera, action!" The director yelled, signaling Yukari to begin and she ran towards a plastic monster that was twice her size made for the TV series and shot at it. That was when…

"Yukari-han!"

Someone burst into the room and ran to where Yukari was. The director, in frustration, called off the shot and started yelling at the person and security closed in on her.

"Yukari-han, Mitsuru-han, Fuuka-han, Akihiko-han and my legitimate sister model, Aigis has been caught by baddies! I need'cha help!" she exclaimed in a panic while being restrained by security in which Yukari gestured she wasn't a person who meant any harm and they let her go.

"Caught by… wha?" asked Yukari still trying to comprehend.

"A-Anyways! Please hurry! If not… the Shadows will…"

That was what really snapped her back into action as she gripped tightly onto her bow, "… Heh. No need to say any more. Bring me there. Immediately," she then turned to the director and bowed, "Sorry Sir I have an urgent matter to attend to."

"Wait, stop! Takeba-san, you haven't finished your work for today! TAKEBA-SAN!" he yelled to no avail as Yukari dashed with the girl to a helicopter awaiting for them on the rooftop.

Inside…

"So, where are we going to? Umm… who are you again?" Yukari asked casually while buckling up for the ride as the helicopter started to take flight.

"Yukari-han… Gosh, ya forget fast. Da name's Labyrs. Hopefully ya'll remember from now on," the metallic sky-blue haired girl shrugged while Yukari gave her an apologetic look on her face, "… And we're going to Inaba."

"Inaba…? Right," she took note with a serious face.

Upon arrival, they arrive to a shocking scene when the helicopter pilot told them to look out of the window. The town was painted red, or at least, shrouded in red fog as they arrived overhead of the town.

"…What the heck… is happening in this town…? It's like as if… the Dark Hour's taken over or something…"

"Yukari-han?" Labyrs called out to her.

She gave her a confident grin, "Labyrs, I'm going to go save everyone. I'm a hero of justice after all!"

Right after that, she attached a parachute pack on her back and dived into the red, ominous fog beneath her.

"Mitsuru-senpai… Akihiko-senpai… Fuuka… Aigis! I'm coming to save you… wait for me!"

TO BE CONTINUED?

Author's note:

Jyan jyan! Bonus complete! Of course, not much knowledge on what's going on in Persona 4 The Ultimate's sequel so please don't flame me on what should or should not happen. This is just what I think may have happened or just things that pop up thanks to imagination. Also, Labyrs using "-han" instead of "-san" is my interpretation of her Kansai-ben (the accent) as she uses in Persona 4 The Ultimate. Anyways, this is really the last chapter of Ep Yukari, and a short one at that. Thank you all for reading and following me through! Thanks for all the support all these years and please do continue supporting my other fics that will be updated soon… I hope.