Persona 5 Royal: tmdrago Special Edition
By Tayla Drago
Episode # 30 - Arts, Crafts, and Modeling
From finding Madarame's Palace in the Metaverse for Keiko/Joker, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, and Ann/Panther to enter in it to find more clues about Madarame' plagiarism was true or not to his students to do the same on Yusuke. Could it be all true and the target they've to stop might be telling the truth? Well, besides changing into their outfits to enter into another world has worked.
Keiko: Team, let's move out. Suit up! Code name – Joker!
Morgana: Suit up! Code name – Mona!
Ryuji: Suit up! Code name – Skull!
Ann: Suit up! Code name – Panther!
All set with it, and...somehow for Keiko to type in the museum to work and right away to be dress up in time just happened in seconds for what Morgana could tell.
Morgana: We're here already?! Wow...! Joker, how did you do that?
Keiko: Do what? What did I do wrong?
Morgana: Nothing wrong, but something incredible! You start the Nav to catch me by surprise.
Instincts just kicked in to Keiko to do so.
Ryuji: It just happened I guess.
Morgana: But what if we were caught by an enemy in their territory?!
Ryuji: It's fine...
Seems like it for Morgana should know about it to sneak around the Metaverse on his own.
Ann: Yeah, Mona, you sneaked around the place in the Metaverse without getting caught, right? So we have nothing to worry about.
Morgana: I'm just saying the distortions can be hard to just be careful...
Just then, Ryuji speaks out to point to their destination right next to them.
Ryuji: Forget that! Look!
And for the Phantom Thieves to see, a huge building of the museum was for them to go to, for it's really Madarame's Palace place of fine arts to hide the darkest secrets to look for. Seeing the place is what Madarame himself to see his shack as, which it's sort of a little sad when you think about it like this. Just saying...His Museum Palace.
Ryuji: That shack is suppose to be a museum?!
Keiko: If that's what Madarame thinks about his shack? It looks like he owns the business place himself! (That would be hard for someone in real life to own it all.)
Ann: Let's go check it out!
Keiko: Okay, then let's be on our guard.
Arriving to the place of the entrance to see...lots of people 'who weren't real but only as Cognitive beings' to be in line waiting for the place to open 'for it kind of looks like it'. For the Phantom Thieves to see it has tons of fans for Madarame to see and to love his work for all time.
Ann: It's so extravagant...to the point that it's gaudy. It's a museum, right?
Ryuji: This is Madarame's...?
Keiko: It looks like it to my point of view.
From before, but a little different for someone else's Palace to be in the world of art of the Metaverse.
Morgana: A Palace is a scenery driven by desires, just like how Kamoshida's Palace was a castle.
Ann: Madarame's artwork is on display at museums in reality too, though...His exhibit was popular, and people already respect him. Why would he fantasize about a museum?
You see? Why would someone like Madarame fantasize about this if he was already famous? Something was very off.
Keiko: I can feel something far more than being famous for Madarame...Far from it to pick up on, but that's it. I can't tell from here until we see for ourselves.
Morgana: Good point, Joker, there's no telling what your powers can feel it from others' hearts until we know more for sure.
Keiko's powers can do a lot more for them to be very useful.
Ryuji: You got a point too, Panther...it ain't related to plagiarism or abuse either.
Morgana: Let's try looking around. Racking our brains here won't do us any good.
Ann: Good idea.
Ryuji: Right...That aside...ain't a museum a must for phantom thieves?
For them to steal the mean type of things from bad people? Something along the line maybe...
Keiko: Like how Lupin and his gang do it. Good point there, Skull. But remember...All things to steal from bad guys always has some bad traps inside.
From Monkey Punch's Lupin the 3rd series, ladies and gentlemen.
Ryuji: Yeah. All those old man's fans were super strong and all.
Morgana: That has nothing to do with this.
Ryuji: But man, just look at that insane crowd...
Ann: We'll just have to make it inside somehow without anyone noticing.
Trying to do that might be a bit hard to do...For going to the entrance will be a dumb idea to move, and climbing all the way to the top might be a bit dangerous; from Keiko leads the others to a better route from climbing on top of a truck to climb over a wall of the place, getting across on the other side to going through the garden and jumping on top of the pillars, run across a building side, and walk up top of the roof spots of the museum building. They've done it! What luck for a window to be left open for them to sneak inside to go in this way.
Keiko: We've made it!
Ryuji: And look, a skylight's open. We can get in from there.
Ann: But what if we can's get out from where we came in...?
Already got it covered thanks to Morgana and Keiko's tool makings.
Morgana: I got a rope both Joker and I made, I'm a tool making expert after all. Ready to go, Joker?
Keiko: Let's climb on down.
They do so for Keiko to climb down from the ropes carefully to wait for the others next, for Ryuji goes down first.
Ryuji: We feel like real thieves with reasons to do all of this, huh?
Keiko: It does for us to solve a mystery at the same time, Skull-Ah!
For Ryuji to start hugging Keiko from behind to have a moment with each other again, oh no...
Keiko: Skull...! What are you doing to me now?
Ryuji: Like you can't already tell, Joker, I want to keep you company by holding you like this.
Keiko: But I told you, I have a boyfriend and you and we're just friends! And Panther-!
Ryuji: What about her? She wants to tell me that she likes me, then it's her business...Joker, I really have fallen in love with you to know that I would do anything to protect you from danger...even from Kitagawa himself. Only your so call boyfriend and I can do this. To have my arms around your waste to fill you out from the touches...
This feels really weird watching this, for then Ann and Morgana get down to be the last two to stop Ryuji from getting closer to Keiko again.
Ann: SKULL! YOU PIG!
Ann uses her whip to his Ryuji a lot.
Ryuji: Ouch! Panther, what was that for!?
Then Morgana jumps in to scratch, punch, kick, and slings shooting Ryuji a lot.
Morgana: What did we say about making your pervert moves on Joker?! Stay away from her!
Nice one! As Ann checks on Keiko to be fine to get the feeling there out of her head to touch her neck, hands, waste, and such to have his hands running down her body almost all the way.
Ann: Joker, are you okay?
Keiko: I'm fine, Panther, he knows not to do those things to me... (When will he understand?) Listen, Panther, Skull and me-!
She gets the picture to get mad at Ryuji, and never take it out on Keiko.
Ann: I get it, he such a dumb ass for not understanding...
Keiko: (She's mad a Ryuji more than me...Good, I wouldn't want to ruined Ann's true love.) I'm glad we both have an understanding then. Just don't give up.
And she won't...On some parts Ryuji does listen to just stay as friends with Keiko, no kidding. Well, after a beat down he has gotten – they were all inside of the the museum to be all too quiet in the room the sneaked inside of it. To have a look around from the many art works on the walls to be all belong to him and was...wave-like of an illusion to have trouble fading away from the looks of it.
Morgana: Say, you guys notice something? It's quiet...Too quiet...
Ann: Hey, this room...Look the paintings' are moving.
All of the painting frames were doing it all over.
Keiko: It's like looking at some aquarium tanks with no fishes in any of them.
Ryuji: We're in a Palace, so there's no use freakin' out a lot. Not anymore.
Morgana: The portraits of the Palace is affect from the ruler's heart...Let's check these paintings out first.
A plan to go into motion.
Keiko: Sounds like a plan, let's check each of them out.
That could work to see something were all off from it to be all over the room before they could go any further. From seeing each different paintings on the walls, they can find out why they were all wave-like to feel and look alive. They start with the first one with a person in a strange background type of portrait art, but with no age or someone's name on it.
Ryuji: Oh hey, there's some kinda explanation here...Lemme see...It's someone's name and age? What the hell?
Ann: That can't be the title of the painting…right? Do you think it's the artist's name?
Morgana: …Let's check out the other paintings too. I think there might be something important about them.
On to the next one! From the small room didn't get them anywhere; nor did the hallway rooms next to show more people in a strange background to have no name or age from males or females to be very weird, right?
Ryuji: This one's got a name...and an age.
Ann: These all look so similar, even down to the composition...
All over they've found nothing for the next room to be the same thing to get them nowhere.
Morgana: No names or ages on any of these paintings...
Keiko: Are we doing something wrong?
There has to be more to it than looking around maybe...
Ann: How is any of this making sense? Madarame's famous with all his art work to be hiding something from his fans...They all look the same-
Well, not did for Ryuji to catch on to be one portrait from behind.
Ryuji: Wait a sec!
They turn around to see the man they've targeted and stopped to change his heart to be the second one from the Mementos. For this painting of the man Nakano one was all covered in bloodstains. Huh...?
Keiko: Isn't that the man we stopped who was stalking a girl?
Ryuji: I think so, Joker...From that Mementos place, right? He was talkin' bad shit about Madarame to say to change his heart next and all that crap.
They remember the name of the man.
Morgana: It was "Natsuhiko Nakanohara". And look, his name's written on the plaque.
It was all there...But what was wrong with Nakano's one?
Ryuji: Dude, I don't get it! Why's there a paintin' of him in here?!
Keiko: I know...And more importantly, why's his name written under it?
The others see it too for this one was hard to figure out on what it meant.
Ann: You two are right...Doesn't art usually have like, the title of the piece or that artist's name?
Morgana: Hmm...This is quite the mystery...Let's keep looking around some more.
While they look around some more in the rooms to go in deeper and be so quiet a lot to come across another big painting the four already know of, another one of Madarame's student to be known other than Yusuke himself? But nothing's happening to him to still be a portrait on there walls, so why is that?
Keiko: (Oh, no...Yusuke.) Looks what I just found, team.
All four of them see it together.
Ryuji: Hey, isn't this a paintin' of that guy...?
And Morgana reads Yusuke's name to be on there as well.
Morgana: It says "Yusuke Kitagawa". There's no mistaken it.
So why was Yusuke's on there and Nakano's too? Ann then they discovered something else from it to be Yusuke's the most.
Ann: Huh...? Wait a second...What do you think these paintings are...?
Right on the dot for Keiko to put the pieces of this type of puzzle all together.
Keiko: Hmm...From Nakano we stopped to tell us about Madarame a little, Yusuke here, and the other people...They all must be Madarame's pupils. (That has to be it.)
And she was good guessing it for the others to see where Keiko was getting at.
Ann: Joker, I think you're right. They all might be Madarame's pupils all over the portraits of them.
Ryuji: For real?! All of 'em...? But it was only Yusuke when we went to his place before...
True, but there was more to it than just Yusuke's one.
Morgana: This must include former pupils as well. Only one remains now...From what Nakanohara from before, things are starting to make much more sense.
Keiko: Yes, more clues would be helpful for all of us.
More searching to be done...
Morgana: Come on, let's look around a few more rounds. Just to be sure before we call confirm with anything else that this Madarame man is doing plagiarisms to his students' work.
Good thinking...Looking around the place some more to come the front entrance of the museum at the desk to look empty, with no one else around 'which was a very good thing' for Keiko spots something very important on one of the shelves to see it.
Keiko: (There seems to be some kind of pamphlet here...)
Keiko spots something very good.
Ryuji: Hey Joker, you spotted somethin'?
Morgana: Investigating is what we came here to do for today to find anything big that catches our attentions. And I think Joker might've found something good.
Looks like they'll look at them after opening up a few treasure chests to keep some things from inside of some of them, and jackpot! As for the pamphlet to be next on what was on there.
Ann: Is this...a pamphlet?
Ryuji: And they make something like this for the entire Palace why...?
Morgana: And there are some museum guides on here too, let's take one to use to find our way around this Palace.
Keiko grabs one to use.
Keiko: I got it.
With it, to take them one step closer to the treasure later on in this map of the entire Palace of Madarame's.
Ann: Yeah! We'll find everything we need to get us to the Treasure when the time comes! But it's only half of the map we've under covered.
For the time being, yes. But all's not loss, and leave it to good old Morgana's navigation skills to help out the team again.
Morgana: I see...It says it's one out and two.
Ryuji: That means we need to get to the two's location, right? Just how big is this place...?
Very big from the way the map was showing on what was inside the whole thing.
Morgana: More on that later...Remember, we're all here just for today to look at Madarame's cognition to finding it. Once we find that something, planning it out will come afterwards to talk about.
Ryuji: But isn't havin' a Palace seem fishy enough to know about Madarame's up to something bad?
Not all of it - for looks can happen like so, there was a lot more to it.
Keiko: I think we're thinking ahead of ourselves, Skull. Let just keep on looking around. (I hope it'll lead us to somewhere to solve this mystery.)
Looking around some more of the Palace they go to continue on. Moving around to another hallway to leave into the nest room to be...a bit bigger this time to have, including on what the Phantom Thieves come across with was a huge golden-type of statue of people falling down from something. Another important clue to discover? Let just hope so.
Morgana: Hm...Well now, look at this...
Keiko: A bigger statue made entirely out of gold completely...But what is it?
Having a closer look at it, showing random people standing near running waters to be coming down on them 'like I said about them falling down from it'. With a title name on it written below the statue for Ann to read it to the others.
Ann: "The Infinite Spring"? "A conglomerate work of art that the great director Madarame created with his own funds. These individuals must offer their ideas to the director for the rest of their lives. Those who cannot do so have no worth living?!"
Keiko: What...? This is not art, this is more like a threat!
It does, meaning that this was the most important clue of them all for Madarame to have some power from the statue on what it was and what it says, really bad ones.
Ann: Hey...This is most likely about the plagiarism, right?
Now they know Madarame's a liar of an artist to use other people's work to have more credit of their work instead of them.
Ryuji: Dammit, what a phony geezer!
Keiko: He's a fake and a liar. (He's going to hurt Yusuke like Nakano was! We can't allow for this to continue!)
Morgana: In other words, his pupils are his property. He doesn't even qualify as an artist if this is true. He's stealing the ideas from talented students in exchange for securing their livelihood. I wondered about those portraits on display...They must all be his "pupils" through his cognition. This even says that they have no worth. Couldn't this be about the abuse? Madarame will keep them around as long as they're useful to him, but the moment they're not...
Yep, Madarame wants their work to keep them around until they're not worthy to him anymore to throw them out like trash to have only them lose it all. Their home, life's work, to become mad, and to have their talents be taken away.
Ann: He's treating them like slaves or tools!
Keiko: And Yusuke will be next if this continues on...He'll be thrown out once Madarame's done with his work. If there's nothing that makes me mad more than people hurting themselves, is for them to be lied to from others to be nothing to the teacher! I think Yusuke knows of this to be lied to, I can just sense his heart.
Wow, Keiko is serious to be sad and mad for Yusuke to be one of them to not see this for himself at all. And yes...Yusuke might be suffering next.
Ryuji: Why's Yusuke keepin' quiet about this? He's got no reason to cover this up!
More like Madarame saved and took Yusuke in after losing his parents to be one of them to keep the poor boy in denial.
Ann: He did say that he owes Madarame his life for being taken in to his shack-like home...
Ryuji: But still...!
There was also one other thing for Ann to notice one art work for Yusuke to not like at all.
Ann: When we were at the exhibit, I praised one of the pieces on display. But...Kitagawa-kun acted strange. Maybe that piece was plagiarized too...
Ryuji: What's the call, Joker...?
This made Keiko crush own her hand to turn into a fist to almost made herself bleed a little.
Morgana: Joker?
Ann: Easy! Your hand's bleeding!
She stops to have her hand covered with a hand cloth.
Keiko: Oh, sorry...It just seeing people suffer from someone else to take the work from others really gets to me and those who are suffering.
Keiko will be fine to stop it to have the other three worried on what their leader tries to do. Having Ann and Morgana a bit freaked out, Ryuji makes sure that Keiko's hand will be fine.
Ryuji: Don't scare us...! Luckily, its nothing too serious.
Keiko: I shouldn't have done that.
Ryuji: It's cool. Anyways, Joker, what's the call? Ain't this enough to target Madarame?!
Sounds and looks like it to Keiko to make the call. For the Phantom Thieves have got their next target - Ichiryusai Madarame.
Keiko: Let's do it.
Morgana: A wise decision, Joker. But before that, we should confirm these facts with Yusuke first.
That's sounds like a good idea to do before going any further in the Palace.
Ann: Yeah...
Keiko: Understood.
Just one problem...
Ryuji: Confirm what though?!
Morgana: It means we should get solid evidence that such crimes actually took place.
We know Morgana's right to think of doing first, and Ryuji hates the idea.
Ryuji: What a pain in the ass...
Morgana: Besides, there's too much we don't know about Madarame yet.
Ever heard of – never jump to conclusion so soon?
Ann: ...Mm, you're right. I'll try contacting Kitagawa-kun. I might be able to get the truth out of him if I accept his modeling offer.
Seeing from the issue to get some more answers about Madarame's crimes, Ann had to accept to model for Yusuke to get some more information about it from the student of Madarame's himself. Well, that and before his life gets ruined to get hurt next and to lose his dreams of becoming a real artist.
Keiko: Wait, what?! Panther, you're really going to do it?
Morgana: Wait, you're gonna do that?!
Seems like it...
Ann: You all better come with me, OK? I'm scared to go alone...
Keiko: If you want for us to make sure Yusuke models you right, then okay.
Ryuji: A famous, renowned artist, huh? This This might be tougher than Kamoshida. Well, we'll just prep ourselves until we get confirmation from Yusuke. This is our first mission as Phantom Thieves. We're gonna succeed no matter what!
And they will too, much different from the first one to this part will be much different for them to handle, the Phantom Thieves were on the case. Returning back to the real world to call it a day for Keiko and Morgana to be ready to go with Ann and Ryuji to tag along after school tomorrow to talk to Yusuke and Ann to do the modeling part, to be more supported. Back at Cafe Leblanc for the other two talked to hope for Yusuke will be fine for a bit and save him before Madarame's doe using Yusuke's work.
[Ann: Would you really forgive someone unconditionally if you owe your life to them? I'm not so sure anymore.]
[Ryuji: What're you bringing this up for?]
[Ann: According to Kitagawa-kun, Madarame isn't a problem.]
[Keiko: What do you mean, Ann?]
[Ryuji: Something wrong?]
[Ann: I mean, I know Madarame is a bad person, but still...Maybe I'm so hesitant because I haven't actually met any of his victims.]
[Ryuji: Yeah, I guess that part's totally different from what happened with Kamoshida.]
[Ann: This might be an extreme line of thinking...But if an evil person isn't causing any trouble now...Is there really a point in us stepping in?]
[Ryuji: Well...you got a point. So we're gonna let Yusuke decided if Madarame's worth going after or not? I dunno...If it were me, I'd never forgive that bastard!]
[Keiko: But lets see how Yusuke feels first, just in case.]
[Ann: Yeah...I guess we could talk some more after that. OK. Let's meet in Shibuya after school tomorrow.]
Let's not let it happen at all!
Morgana: Madame Keiko...As hard as it all is, we'll find something to save Yusuke from Madarame in time. So please don't stress yourself over this. All of us know what you're feeling right now.
From the hand bleeding part and slapping Yusuke in the face was proof enough.
Keiko: I know, Morgana. That was dumb of me to do such a thing, but you're right. We will do this. (And it has nothing to do with Ryuji trying to touch me...I don't want to think about it again!)
She was fine, Keiko was lucky for Ryuji loves her but Ann loves him for her and Morgana beat the crap out of him again twice as hard.
Morgana: And there's a good reason why Yusuke's hiding the entire truth, all of it...
Getting a text message group from Ann and Ryuji to be doing fine, Morgana and Keiko got cleaned up to go straight to bed afterwards for the next day to come. As Keiko gets a call from Ryuji to see how her hand was, she was fine to feel the pain she was going through to do something about Madarame real soon once they talk to Yusuke, to really feel bad for him. For them to keep to themselves, they hang up to leave that part be on what they said.
Keiko: (Ryuji does care to know that we're friends to hopefully like Ann soon, I'm with Akechi-Cun. Still, he does have a point for adults like Madarame shouldn't do this to people even to Yusuke. It just wrong. I just want for Yusuke to follow his dreams to saving him while we still have time.)
But before Keiko and Morgana went to bed, Ryuji calls her up to say something in private.
Morgana: It's Ryuji calling you...What does he want now?
She just answers it.
Keiko: Hello?
Ryuji: [Hey, it's me, Keiko. I just can't forgive Madarame, but what Ann said made me think…To Yusuke, are we just a bunch of thugs?]
Keiko: Probably. I'm just saying, I'm not against you.
Ryuji: [I knew it…It ain't like he thinks it is! Pisses me off just thinkin' about it! Good people have to put up with so much crap while shitty adults do whatever they want. Makes me sick. I'm not wrong…am I?]
As if! Ryuji's odd but he's never wrong or does anything else wrong.
Keiko: Not at all, Ryuji. We'll take them down if we have to try even harder.
Ryuji: [Aww yeah! Don't tell Ann I called you, by the way. Seriously. Well, see you tomorrow, babe.]
Ryuji seems pumped. Good to know. After the phone call, Keiko and Morgana finally go to bed.
Morgana: Good night, Madame Keiko.
Keiko: Good night, Morgana. (And thank you for cheering me up again, Ryuji.)
Year 20xx
Day # 38 – May 5/17th – Tuesday
Texting during class time to know what to do for today, hopefully...
[Ann: All right, I contacted Kitagawa-kun about modeling for him. Still waiting for his response.]
[Ryuji: Thanks!]
[Ann: I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do as a art model though...]
[Keiko: Just don't cover yourself in paint, all right?]
[Ann: Like I would ever! And it's actually kinda hard on some people who do such a task like it.]
[Ryuji: Look, you don't gotta go all out for this. You're only doing it so you can get dirt on Madarame, remember?]
[Ann: That is true. It sounded like Kitagawa-kun wants this to be a private picture of his though...Well, I guess I'll let you guys know when he contacts me again.]
After going through school for the three and Morgana to meet up with each other outside of the school building. Thanks to Ann contacting Yusuke who doesn't mind seeing her today after school to meet up back at his place, they were all set to go; from seeing what Madarame might be up to no good and next to hear it from Yusuke himself in person on what he can tell them.
Keiko: Anything from Yusuke yet, Ann?
Looks like she does tell them the good news.
Ann: Yep! I got a response from Kitagawa-kun. He said he wants me to come over after school today.
This was their chance to try talking to Yusuke again.
Ryuji: Perfect. He prolly changed his plans immediately just so he could get you over there.
Ann: We need to find out from Kitagawa-kun if what we saw in the Palace was true...
Before saying anything else, Morgana sees and hears Makoto who was nearby to think she'll be spying on them again.
Morgana: Quiet...! I see and hear the Student Body Council President is here again.
But she doesn't see them, instead she does talk to Yuuki about something to know about Keiko and the others to try dodging all of her questions. This was not good, but he would never spill the beans on them. Smart move, kid.
Keiko: Makoto's talking to Yuuki? Is she on to him as well?
Ryuji: Yikes...she's gotta hold of Mishima today? It'll suck if she sees us like this. We better split up somewhere else to lose Niijima.
Ann: Okay, I think we'll meet at...
Once Ann tells them, they split up before Makoto could butt in again. They meet back with each other for Keiko, Morgana, Ryuji, and Ann at the inside bridge of a mall at Shibuya – Teikyu Building Access way. A close call that was – to now getting back about them as the Phantom Thieves to get their next target to go after Madarame.
Keiko: Good, this place will allow us to talk without anyone else noticing.
A nice spot for it too than the school roof top was.
Ryuji: This is so cool to get our next target to go after a fake artist. So much more dirt to find out from that Madarame shit head.
Keiko: We'll get somewhere with it, Ryuji.
Ryuji: Look, Keiko, I can't help but to see if you're doing well to show you how much I care.
Keiko: You keep doing it to me...
Ryuji: I do care for my friends and the woman I'm in love with.
Morgana: She's already dating with someone else and you're a pervert, Ryuji! Get it through your thick head of yours!
Ryuji: Are you calling me dumb, cat?! This boyfriend of Keiko's better be nice to her to be me or him and not Yusuke!
Yep, he was really jealous...
Morgana: Madame Keiko, just keep your guard up on your friend.
Keiko: I know, Morgana. I can handle him.
Other than part to not talk about right now, Ann talks about Yusuke's feelings for his teacher.
Ann: Other than that aside, Ryuji...Don't you guys think Kitagawa-kun has to be protecting Madarame? They're living together, right? So deep down for you, Keiko, to notice...He might know something of a dark secret from Madarame without saying a word. A lot to keep to himself for Madarame to keep being famous for others to admire his false work.
Ryuji: That is kind of weird...And are you sure you wanna go there to model for us to get some information?
Ann: I'm ready to prepare myself for this.
Seems to be too ready to do something for Ann to become a model and be drawn by Yusuke's doing of art.
Ryuji: Prepare for modeling how? Ah, Ann...Is there something different about you?
Ryuji moving up to Ann a bit closer for them to be a bit closer for their faces turn red for Keiko to see that they do love each other.
Keiko: (So this is the type of relationship of theirs from the looks of it...)
Ann: Ah...Whatever do you mean, Ryuji? I'm still me...
Ryuji: Are we going to talk to Yusuke now or what?
Looks like they are for Ann was ready and the others were too.
Ann: Yeah! Kitagawa-kun seemed really happy when I agreed to be hid model. Now once we gets all happy, then at the right moment to ask him more about Madarame next.
Then it settles to do so very carefully this time.
Keiko: Then what are we doing standing around here for? Let's go! (Come on, Ryuji, can't you see on how much you're falling for Ann? Don't you notice from the way she feels about you like you really do deep down? I felt your heart racing when you were around her to be confused between Ann and me...)
It'll happen soon enough for those two. Once they walk to taking the train to the area to see the inside of Madarame's shack for Yusuke to be happy to see Ann and Keiko again. And besides having Ryuji to tag along to...not be caring much of other guys so much besides his teacher, for him to have a gentlemen side more on women.
Yusuke: It's good to see you again, Takamaki-san. And you too, Ms. Keiko.
Keiko: Hello again, Yusuke, I hope your face isn't too sore.
Seems to be better not to not bother the boy one bit.
Yusuke: I'm fine. Nothing on what you did, I would never be mad at you.
He then sees Ryuji was in the shack-like home to only have the two girls to come instead, but not likely.
Yusuke: Excuse me, but...I thought it would just be you coming, Takamaki-san. Having Ms. Keiko's fine since you two are friends.
For Yusuke wanted to be Ann and/or Keiko only was hard to have Ryuji around for Ann say something to make him change his mind.
Ann: Ah...Wouldn't you get nervous too, if it was just the two of us?
Keiko: I'm here to support my friend.
Ryuji: And I'm here to keep an eye on you, so don't try anything perverted, 'kay?
In other words, Ryuji's jealous at Yusuke if he doesn't do anything to Keiko and Ann. A hint of him liking Ann than a friend? Probably so...
Yusuke: Stop making such odd assumptions. I have absolutely no interest in Takamaki-san as someone of the opposite sex. Nor would I ever hurt the fragile someone like Ms. Keiko from her kindness.
For Ann? As Yusuke say that part to the others to hear him loud and clear.
Ann Huh?
Yusuke: Is there a problem?
On what he kind of said maybe...
Ann: ...No, not really.
Keiko: (Ah, man...I know he didn't mean to be rude, but describing it was still bad enough to say it still to someone like Ann.) Hey Ann, Yusuke didn't mean it like that. Ryuji thinks you're cute...
Now Ryuji was blushing like crazy.
Ryuji: Hey! Who said that I...?! Oh, come on!
There more proof there to make Ann happy and then she poses to start to model for Yusuke.
Ann: You got that right, Keiko, thanks.
And now for the artist to begin with his work.
Yusuke: Well then, let's get started.
While Yusuke was painting the modeling of Ann, she tries to talk to him since she can stay still while doing so.
Ann: Hey...Kitagawa-kun?
Yusuke: ….
Looks like Yusuke was working hard on his work than listen to help him.
Ryuji: You hear her?
Yusuke: ….
Nope, they weren't getting nowhere like this.
Ann: ...It's no use.
They hear Morgana talking to tell them that this was going to be harder than they thought it would be.
Morgana: This isn't what we planned! We were gonna catch him off guard and make him spill the beans, weren't we?
Keiko: His eyes is on his art work, that's the only problem. (Yusuke is completely staring into his line of work more than hearing us out. Still, that's incredible.)
Ryuji: How are suppose to know if this was gonna happen...? Guess we just gotta wait 'til he's done...What an effin' pain in the ass...
He then looks at Keiko to image her modeling for Ryuji and then some...Him and his dirty mind!
Keiko: Ryuji...? What is it?
Ryuji: You know, Keiko, I would like if you to model for me-!
Keiko uses her foot to kick Ryuji's leg really hard to make him stop.
Keiko: If you're thinking about something more than modeling, then you can forget it!
Holding in the pain he just gotten, Morgana laughs to getting out of Keiko's bag to do some investigation on his own for them to have a look around the place.
Morgana: Perhaps I should try going outside of this room...
Keiko: Morgana, don't get caught.
He was careful for cats to be like that a lot.
Morgana: I'll be fine, Madame Keiko. Just leave it to me to go scouting around the place. I'll be right back.
Ryuji: Good luck.
And off Morgana leaves very careful to look around the room, to be nice and all until...He discovers a strange looking door to be locked up, and to look all flashy like for him to spot.
Morgana: It's weird how flashy that door is…And…is that a lock? A door with a hefty lock…What could be in there?
While that was going on, and a few minutes to go by for Yusuke to finish modeling Ann, he seem to stop a bit early.
Ryuji: Are you done?
Nope, but something was making him stop a lot.
Yusuke: It's no good...
For Keiko, Ryuji, and Ann were all confused to hear Yusuke say 'it's no good'. Really...?
Ryuji: What?!
Keiko: Are you calling my friend ugly?
Not really...
Ann: I'm sorry...Am I the problem?
Ann wasn't the problem for Yusuke to tell her so in his own words.
Yusuke: No, not at all. It's just...I'm having trouble staying focused today. I'm sorry, but we'll have to resume this another time...
Artist work can be a handful to retry it again for Ryuji didn't like it one bit.
Ryuji: Oh hell no! How many hours do you think you made us wait?!
Keiko: Please forgive Ryuji here, Yusuke, he hates to be bored. It has nothing to do with you.
For Keiko to tell Yusuke the truth for Ryuji not to fight him, Ann gets down to the real details to tell him about.
Ann: I'm sorry...We had another reason for seeing you today...We needed to talk to you.
Ryuji: It's about the rumors regarding your sensei.
Keiko: If you can just hear us out please...
I don't think Yusuke will.
Yusuke: This again...
With Ann brings up the one painting she saw with Yusuke to not like it at all from the rest to hear about, for her to tell him about it.
Ann: That painting I saw that the exhibit...You're the one who actually painted it, right?
It would seem like he did.
Yusuke: That's...
From him having trouble saying something for Keiko could tell that it was his work, in other words - Madarame took it away from Yusuke himself. Why?
Keiko: (So that painting is Yusuke's and not Madarame's.)
Ann: I knew it.
And there's another proof.
Ryuji: Your sensei's seriously messed up. He just thinks of his pupils as his tools. That's why he doesn't give a damn whether he steals their work or physically beats them. I'll make this clear, there's no point in hidin' stuff like Keiko said to you from any of us.
It was from there that Yusuke was laughing about it like it was nothing, but Keiko could tell by looking at the others that he was hiding something to hurt poor Yusuke from Madarame taking all of the credit from his students like him.
Yusuke: Hahaha...I have no idea what you're talking about...
Keiko: (This proves of Yusuke's hiding things of his teacher.)
Ann: You couldn't go against him, could you? I'm sure we can help you out though...
But he just ignores the true facts to still leave it all be.
Yusuke: Stop it...It's just as you say. We're...our Sensei's "artwork."
Keiko: What do you mean?
Yusuke: Ms. Keiko, I'm not saying anything to place my anger on to any of you, or never to your friend Ann the most...Don't misunderstand me though. I offered my ideas to him myself. As such, it can be called plagiarism. Sensei is simply suffering from artist's block right now.
Was he just saying these things or making something up for them to buy something of a big fat lie?
Ryuji: Dude, still...!
Yusuke: …
He still wasn't saying a word.
Keiko: Yusuke, let us help you.
Ann: Kitagawa-kun...
Ryuji: Then why are you stickin' around?! All his other pupils ran away! Aren't you the only one left?!
For Yusuke wants to be useful to Madarame from the way he was trying to tell the others.
Yusuke: What's wrong with a pupil helping out his master?! There are no victims here! Stop pushing your self-centered righteousness on me!
Keiko: We're not! Madarame's stealing your work! And are you okay with all of this?! I doubt you are!
From Keiko's strong words got Yusuke's off guard again to see the caring and strong will from her eyes.
Yusuke: Ms. Keiko…! I'm supporting Sensei as a pupil. Where's the wrong in that? Don't ever come here again...If you do, I'll sue you for accusing a disturbance.
I think he means it for Ryuji tries to say something else about this whole mess.
Ryuji: Hold it! We're not done talkin' here!
Now he has done it...
Yusuke: Then you leave me with no choice...
Yusuke gets out his cell phone to call the cops.
Ryuji: Hey!
Yusuke: I'm reporting you to the police. I asked Takamaki-san to be my model today, but I don't recall ever calling you here, Sakamoto!
Lucky he's not having Keiko get into trouble.
Ryuji: What the eff, man?!
The two girls have to stop Ryuji to not make things any worse.
Keiko: No more fighting, you two! (Why's Yusuke keeping me out of this one?)
Ann: Ryuji! Stop it! Cam down, OK?
And so, he does listen to her.
Ryuji: ...Dammit!
Keiko: Yusuke, please forgive us. But if you take your anger out on Ryuji, then you'll have to do the same thing with me.
However, Yusuke does for the girls to have two things to say to not get Ryuji into trouble.
Yusuke: I won't report you, for Ms. Keiko's sake...But only under one condition.
Ann: What's that?
Yusuke: I want you to continue being my model, Takamaki-san.
Looks like she'll do so for him to have some trouble with it, might be something better in mind to fix it all?
Ann: But you said that it wasn't working out today...
Yusuke: That's because I was unconsciously being modest for your sake...However, I have nothing to worry about anymore. If you're willing to bare everything to me...I will put my heart and soul into creating the best nude painting ever!
Oh, no...Now Yusuke wants Ann to model while she was naked?! Now just mess up!
Keiko: Modeling Ann naked!? (Is Yusuke trying to be a pervert?!)
Ryuji: WHAT!?
Ann: Nude!?
I think he was being very serious...!
Yusuke: Ah, to think I'd be able to create a nude painting with my most idea model...! Of course, Sakamoto, won't be allowed in, and I ask you also forget about our discussion today, as well. But you, Ms. Keiko, if you wish to help Takamaki-san not to feel left out you can stay in the room. If I don't submit a new piece to Sensei soon, there will be some...inconveniences.
Ann: Nude, meaning it'll be without any clothes , right?! Why are these things suddenly escalating like that?!
Well, it was that or have Ryuji get into trouble, it was still bad for Ann to nude for Yusuke naked.
Yusuke: Because those are my terms.
Ann: But that's-
Ryuji: Wait, ain't that bad?!
Keiko: Of course it is! Yusuke, I knew you were a pervert to do something like this to my friend Ann!
For Keiko to say this to Yusuke to defend her friend was all true.
Yusuke: No, Ms. Keiko, I'm not going to something sickening, I swear!
Keiko: Well, it looks and sounds like it to me! What if you made me do it?! Because I wouldn't allow myself to do modeling nude for anyone! It's sick!
Ryuji was thinking about it to find it hot if Keiko did, and for Yusuke to see more of her personality up close made his heart race even more.
Yusuke: (What is this strange feeling I'm getting...? My heart shows so much look and emotions Ms. Keiko has...Anger, caring, strong, and so much beauty that I can't with pain but to know more about this girl...Yes! I might be in love!)
Well, another boy like Yusuke falls for Keiko to also love his art work to make it happen for Ann.
Keiko: (What's with Yusuke...?)
Yusuke: Sensei is out during the afternoon while the art exhibit is on, so I can use this place freely...I should buy some more art supplies...
This doesn't change the fact on how Ann feels about doing all of this.
Ann: Will you give me a second here?!
Yusuke: Of course, I'm willing to wait. I'll make time according to your plans. But, please come before the exhibit ends.
I think Yusuke's missing the point...
Ann: No! That's not what I mean! Why are you not listening...?!
Yusuke: Sensei will be returning home soon...We're done for today. Takamaki-san, I'll be waiting for you to contact me.
He was really wants for Ann to model for him and to feel bad to do it naked.
Ann: No! No! No! We are not done talking here!
Keiko: Ann wants to talk about this first, please...?
Ryuji: Ah, hey...What should we do?
Keiko: I think we should leave here for now. (It's not like we can't do anything else for today.)
Until the next time and to decide how Ann will model for Yusuke might take a bit more time left.
Ryuji: Yeah...Dammit. He got us good this time.
Ann: Don't give up so easily!
Outside of the room of the door, Morgana waits for the others to leave to see Ryuji and Ann heading out the door first.
Morgana: Huh? Is she done being a modeling?
This has Yusuke hear Morgana's meowing.
Yusuke...A cat?
Not good...!
Ryuji: You moron!
Morgana: Mraow?!
Ryuji grabs Morgana to go back into the bag just in time for Keiko to keep Yusuke to not notice in the last few seconds.
Keiko: What cat...? There's no cat inside of your teacher's place, Yusuke. It's probably roaming around outside in the neighbor hood. Yeah, that's it... (Morgana, please be more careful next time.) Ah, we'll get going now-!
Yusuke: Wait, Ms. Keiko.
And out of nowhere, Yusuke hugs Keiko to be caught off guard for him to admit his feelings towards a girl like her for the other three to see.
Keiko: Yusuke! What's this all about?
For him to show Keiko a rose to admit his feelings.
Yusuke: Ms. Keiko, I knew ever since we first meant, it was your eyes and beauty that I can't stop thinking about. The one I can never model, because your beauty catches my eyes to never fade away...I might've fallen in love with you.
Oh, boy...Now Yusuke tells Keiko that to make her freak out. Same with the other three.
Ryuji: IN LOVE!?
Ann: No way...!
Morgana: (Yusuke likes Lady Ann's look to model her to now falling for Madame Keiko?! What's up with guys falling for this girl?!)
Keiko: In love with me...? Ah, no...! You too?! Just like Ryuji, Yuuki, and now you! But I'm dating with someone! Doesn't anyone get it?!
This was so hard to get together for poor Keiko, huh? She's already with Akechi to come down to not only another boy being two, but three of them!
Yusuke: I hope to see you more again, Ms. Keiko, at any time to help Takamaki-san to model nude for me. When it happens, that'll never change on how I feel about you.
OK! Time to go for now for Keiko marches right out of there for the others to follow her.
Keiko: Slow down, Yusuke! Please!
I feel bad for her.
Keiko: (So many boys liking me...)
Ryuji, Ann, and Morgana headed out to catch up with Keiko to see on how she was feeling. Besides trying to figure out Ann's problem to do, Morgana not going to like the other news to hear about next, Ryuji to be jealous of Yusuke to now be falling in love with Keiko, and for her to take so much in...So much for Akechi to be thinking about Keiko while hearing tons of rumors to be spread about the Phantom Thieves to learn more about them.
Akechi: (I have a feeling that my Princess's thinking about me right now. Whatever problem she has going on, she can fix it to have me in her life to be loved. I know it.)
It's true to be those two and not the other guys to get crazier, huh? More search on Madarame's dark secrets to try to find next will happened to prove Yusuke that he's being used to not hide it for much longer...But what was their next move? Hopefully, they'll work something out for some and solving this case to stop Madarame real soon.