The next day…

Once Keiko, Mallory and Morgana woke up from their slumbers, change out of their pajamas and put on their uniforms and grab their school bags, went downstairs to greet Sojiro before they ate and finish their curry breakfasts then Keiko let Morgana get into her bag before she and Mallory bade farewell to Sojiro then she, Mallory and Morgana left the cafe to head toward and into the station, head into the train and managed to find and sat on 2 empty seats.

"Even if it's crowded, looks like you 2 can still grab a seat if you 2 are lucky enough… While we're riding the train, we've got some downtime. I wonder if we could put it to good use…" said Morgana.

"Hm, if Maly and I got lucky and managed to find empty seats next time then maybe we'll bring and read some of the Narnia books to pass the time, Morgana." said Keiko.

"Yeah, Keiko." said Mallory as she nodded at Keiko.

"Narnia books? What is it about, Madame Keiko?" asked Morgana curiously to Keiko.

"I'll tell and show them to you after school later, Morgana." replied Keiko to Morgana before they fell into silence and both Keiko and Mallory got off the train once it arrived in Aoyama station, head toward the school and they stopped in their tracks when they saw 2 female students standing and talking in a small area that had 4 vending machines and decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"What's wrong? You don't look so good." asked the first female student concernly to the other female student.

"I haven't been feeling well lately. My head's all foggy, and I have no energy…" replied the second female student weakly to the first female student. "I've tried every drug in the pharmacy, but nothing works. Do I have some new virus?… Or is this the onset of a psychotic breakdown? W-What should I do? Am I going to die!?" added the second female student worriedly.

"Calm down, calm down! Let's go to the clinic, come on. I'm sure the doctor can prescribe something that'll fix you right up!" said the first female student reassuringly to her before they left the small vending machine area together.

"Doctors have the best medicines, huh…" said Morgana as he glance at Keiko.

"Yeah. Strong medicines that can be useful to us in the Palace, huh?" said Keiko as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Come to think of it, didn't Sojiro-san said that there's a clinic somewhere near Leblanc that is run by a female doctor named Takemi-san. Maybe she has some medicines that might help us." added Keiko to both Mallory and Morgana (who nodded to her) before they turned and head into the school.

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Inside the classroom…

Keiko, Mallory and Ann felt their phones vibrating and they discreetly pull it out to see and read the message under their desks (same goes for Morgana).

RS: Hey. We're meeting up at the hideout after school, right?

AT: Don't text us now. We're in class.

MC: Yeah, you heard her, Sakamoto.

RS: Woah! You mean you girls are actually listening to this crap!?

KA: It's not crap, Ryuji-kun. Whatever we learn today or tomorrow can helped us in the future.

AT: Yeah, but none of it is really sticking today…

RS: I know right. Anyway, hideout after school?

AT: Where exactly is this "hideout"?

MC: The school's rooftop, Ann.

AT: Wait. We can still go up there?

RS: Yeah, I'll let you guys in. Welp, I'll be waiting, just come on up once school's over.

MC: Right.

AT: Sure.

KA: Understood.

RS: I'm gonna fine you girls if you're all late!

"Hey, transfer student!" yell Ushimaru-sensei quite loudly and angrily at Keiko when he saw her not paying attention to his teaching (which surprises Keiko before she quickly put her phone back into her pocket). "You! Pay attention! Is that how you listen when someone's talking to you!?" added Ushimaru-sensei angrily to her before he grabbed and threw a white chalk toward her but before the white chalk could hit her forehead, she saw Mallory suddenly threw a roll up piece of paper toward the white chalk and knock it away from Keiko.

"Oh no, you don't, Ushimaru!" thought Mallory as she glance and narrowed her eyes at Ushimaru-sensei.

"Thanks, Maly." whisper Keiko as she glance and nodded gratefully at Mallory.

"Did you see that? The other transfer student help her out!" said a male student.

"Yeah, I did! Plus her aim is accurate too!" said another male student.

"Tch, whatever. Let's carry on." said Ushimaru-sensei to the class as he turned back to the blackboard, feeling annoyed that Mallory helped Keiko out.

"Miss Mallory have really good aim, Madame Keiko. You've a good friend." whisper Morgana as he gave a small smile to Keiko.

"Yeah, she is and I appreciate your compliment then, Morgana." Keiko whisper back to him before she, Mallory, Ann and the other classmates resumed listening to Ushimaru-sensei's teaching in silence.

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On the school's rooftop…

"Looks like we're all here. Mkay, let's get goin'!" said Ryuji impatiently to Keiko, Mallory, Ann and Morgana after they gathered and meet up on the rooftop.

"Hold on, it's still too early for us to head into the Palace." said Morgana.

"But why? Don't we just gotta steal that Treasure thingy?" asked Ryuji in confusion to Morgana.

"Don't underestimate the dangers of that place. We need to prepare first." replied Morgana as he scowled at Ryuji.

"Ain't that Persona shit we got enough to deal with it?" said Ryuji as he scowled back at Morgana.

"That's exactly what I mean when I say don't underestimate it. You'll end up dead if you mess up in there. So again, we need to prepare before we head in." said Morgana.

"But… how exactly are we supposed to do that?" asked Ann.

"I'm glad you asked, Lady Ann. First we need to find and purchase better equipment for all of you." replied Morgana as he glance and gave a small smile to Ann.

"You talkin' about weapons? I know a kick-ass place!" said Ryuji with a wide grin on his face.

"In that case, you can handle that side of things, Ryuji." said Morgana approvingly to Ryuji. "The only other thing would be stocking up on medicines since fatigue is unavoidable for us in the Palace… Now that we told you all and got that out, Madame Keiko, Miss Mallory and I'll be leaving for Yongen now, so meeting adjourned for today!" said Morgana before he, Keiko and Mallory bade farewell to both Ann and Ryuji and they left the rooftop and the school, head toward the station and take the train to Yongen-Jaya. Once Keiko, Mallory and Morgana arrived in the station near Yongen-Jaya, they got off the train and Keiko proceed to lead and bring them to the clinic building between a fitness center building and a small apartment.

"Well, Maly, Morgana. Here we are in front of clinic of Tae Takemi-sensei." said Keiko to both Mallory and Morgana before they head into the building and walk up the stairs to see the doctor.

"Wonder what kind of person is doctor Takemi?" thought Keiko slightly skeptically in her mind about Doctor Takemi.

After Keiko, Mallory and Morgana went into the room, both Keiko and Mallory take a brief look around the small brightly lit waiting room before they glance at a fair-skinned, short dark blue hair, brown-eyed, punk-looking woman sitting behind the receptionist wearing a sleeveless short black dress with a red belt tied around her waist, a black studded choker around her neck, a white lab-coat over her dress and black platform high heel shoes on her legs.

"Hm? Oh, hello again, Keiko-chan and Mallory-chan." said the woman to both Keiko and Mallory when she lifted her head and look up at them.

"Hello, Takemi-sensei." said Keiko politely at the woman.

"Hey there, sensei." said Mallory.

"Relax, you two. I'm just kidding." said Takemi-sensei as she chuckle for a short while at them both before she glance at Keiko. "So, is this you 2 first time coming here, miss?" asked Takemi-sensei.

"Uh, yeah, that's right, Takemi-sensei." replied Keiko politely to her.

"Hmmm… Well, whatever… so, what are you two here for today?" asked Takemi-sensei again to them both.

"Well, I've been having some really awful nightmares lately, Takemi-sensei." replied Keiko.

"And I'm just here to give her some moral support, if you don't mind." said Mallory.

"…Fine. Please head to the exam room, you two." said Takemi-sensei before she stood up, walked out of the receptionist and slowly ushered both Keiko and Mallory into the exam room.