AUTHOR'S NOTE
I dunno if this could be considered an AU or not so of yall could be a dear and tell me that, that would be fan-diddly-tastic. Aight thanks
4/5/2015
The members of the shadow operatives gathered in front of the operations room, waiting to be called in by orders of Mitsuru Kirijo which they followed without query as to avoid 'execution'. Though upon looking around Junpei, a now all star baseball player noticed someone wasnt there "Hey, where's Fuuka?" causing the others to look around, unable to find her too "I dunno, she must be helping Mitsuru with the meeting" Yukari said while flicking through her feed of fan messages. Akihiko looked around to find Ken, now a high school student lying back with Koromaru on his lap "So Ken how's high school treating you?" catching Ken off guard and giving him a fright "It's okay but it's a pain" "Hey Ken didn't you say you were leavin' the shadow ops" Junpei asked in confusion "Yeah but Mitsuru called me personally saying its not shadow operative business but it's still important" the group chatted for a while, catching up with each other and even Labrys joined in but Aigis sat there in silence, something about this didn't sit well with her. About ten minutes later Fuuka came to the group "Ms. Kirijo will see you now" she had a slight expression of pure happiness and excitement.
After walking down a long hallway they came to the operations room and upon opening Fuuka opening the door a thin young man sat at the end of the low table which was the centrepiece of the room, Mitsuru sat close to him, attending to him with more care than she would afford anyone else, applying the oxygen mask from the tank when needed and aiding him when he tried to stand despite the cane he was using to hold him up. He was an enigma, he wore a black suit with a blue hood, a pair of sunglasses and a contrasting yet familiar yellow scarf which agitated Aigis causing her to activate her gun but not yet unveil it, he spoke quietly with Mitsuru before pulling back his hood causing a torrent of grey hair to flow down "Hello again friends" no one reacted to this "Do none of you recognise me?" forcing Junpei to ask "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" he spoke again with Mitsuru before unravelling his scarf and taking off his sunglasses "It's me, Makoto Yuuki" causing them to fall silent once again, Makoto wondered if this was out of confusion or of shock, it turned out to be the latter when they yelled out in joy and rushed towards him which Mitsuru quickly stopped as she held him closer and held out her other hand "Stop! Do not touch him, he is currently in a weakened state." Mitsuru guided him back to his chair and offered the others to sit as well. "How the hell are you alive dude?" Junpei asked, clearly being the elephant in the room "Well to make a long story short, being able to use multiple personas apparently is the ultimate sin according to the guys upstairs and would normally be an eternal sentence, but because of some weird inter-dimensional math and some strings being pulled my sentence was cut down to five years" silence penetrated the room "Okay who here had that go entirely over their head?" all members of the shadow operatives except for Aigis nodded in affirmation, Aigis knew generally of what Makoto was talking about as she was a wild card too. "Aren't you supposed to be the seal for Nyx though?" "Nope that's Messiah, my persona. That's what I meant by strings being pulled. Ho-" Makoto's monologue was interrupted by a coughing fit and Mitsuru rushing over to apply his oxygen mask, sputters of blood coming up with each cough until he had calmed down, taking deep drawn out breaths before speaking once again "However, it was a double edged sword. I was left in a void for those five years, my muscles atrophied to near complete uselessness and I lost my ability to summon a persona." Akihiko saw this as a ray of opportunity and offered to Makoto "Hey, work with me and I'll get you right back into fighting shape!" a look of fear and despair cast over Makoto's face as memories of Akihiko's training flowed through his mind like a searing flame "I'll.. uh consider your offer, but first I'll work on being able to stand on my own" managing to force out a laugh setting off a stream of conversation in the group like nothing had ever happened, like when they were back in S.E.E.S all those years ago. The conversation went on until heavy and fast footsteps were heard coming down the hall and Mitsuru quickly unsheathed her rapier ready to defend Makoto until a grey haired young man walked through the door clearly out of breath "Oh, you're late Narukami" Mitsuru said while she returned her rapier back to it's sheath "Sorry, my bike broke down on the way here. So what's the meeting about?" "It is to discuss our new recruit" Narukami looked around to find him until he spotted a thin shrivelled man being smothered in Mitsuru's coat, yet he was emanating an overwhelming power "Who's he?" Mitsuru took the coat off of Makoto who was clearly struggling "This is Makoto Yuuki, old member of S.E.E.S, and my boyfriend" this was a bit much for Narukami to take in "Well hey, I'm Yu Narukami, previous leader of the Investigation team and wild card. Do you mind me asking but what's your deal?" "TL/DR I saved the world, and because I was a wild card I was cast into the void where this happened for five years. Oh yeah and I died." Makoto said matter-of-factly which shocked Yu.
The team talked further, about trivial things and how Makoto would fit into the structure of the shadow operatives, it was quickly decided that he will stand by for strategy support and consultation as he lacks a persona. Soon it got late and everyone left to go home, Mitsuru and Makoto slowly but surely went up to their room inside the Kirijo Group building with Makoto losing his grip multiple times and being supported up the way by Mitsuru, Makoto was genuinely surprised by her patience for him. They eventually got up to their room and Mitsuru helped Makoto change and get into bed before she joined him and she held him closer than she had ever before, but she was not prepared for what Makoto would ask "Mitsuru, am I a burden?" this shocked her "I've never seen you care for anyone this much before, and I'm genuinely confused by it" Mitsuru took a deep breath before answering him "Makoto, I have been living without you in my life for five years now, being able to live with you now and the pain you went through in those five years. You deserve this." Mitsuru held him closer, tears beginning to form in her eyes and Makoto wrapped his fragile and destroyed arms around her and slowly fell to sleep.