Inside Shujin Academy…

After Akira, Morgana and their two friends left both Minato and Ken to deal with the suspicious guy who follow Ann arrived in Shujin Academy, they quickly went into their classroom, sat down and as they put away their bags and prepared themselves for their final exams of the day, Ken quickly came into class, went to his seat, sat down and put his bag away before the bell started ringing and Kanakubo-sensei entered the classroom with a stack of their exam papers tucked securely in his hands.

"Today's the last day of exams, huh, Akira." said Morgana quietly to Akira (who nodded silently to him) from inside the desk before he fell silent when Kanakubo-sensei came and hand a piece of essay paper to Akira. "Whoa, I can see you spared almost no time in doing and get through the exam… I'm pretty sure that you can passed the exam and get a good score." added Morgana quietly to Akira after Kanakubo-sensei walked away from them.

"We shall see whether I or the others will passed the exam or not, Morgana. Then after school we'll meet up with Minato and Ken to asked them about the stalker who follows Ann." replied Akira almost quietly to Morgana as he picked up his pencil and began writing the essay in front of him.

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A few hours later, in Shibuya station…

"Mmmmmm, it's over!" groaned Ann in joy and relief as she raised and stretch her arms above her.

"It's over…" said Ryuji in a despair tone of voice before he glance at Akira. "How 'bout you, Kurusu…?" asked Ryuji.

"I'm feeling confident, Ryuji, thanks for asking." replied Akira with a smug smile on his face.

"You traitor!" hissed Ryuji as he scowled darkly at Akira before he, Akira, Morgana and Ann noticed both Minato and Ken approaching and stopping near them. "And what about you two, Arisato, Amada?"

"The same as Akira, Ryuji-kun." said Minato calmly to Ryuji.

"Me too." said Ken.

"Ugh, I hate you guys, leaving me out to dry." said Ryuji as he scowled at both Minato and Ken now before he look away from them, pull out and glance at his phone instead. "Anyways, can we stop talkin' about the exams? Like it or not, they're gonna come back graded next week. Rather than focus on stuff that's over with…"

"If you say so." said Ken as he shrugged his shoulders.

"What're you looking at?" asked Ann curiously at Ryuji.

"The usual site, Takamaki." replied Ryuji as he briefly turned and raised his phone to show them the Phantom Aficionado Website on it before he glance back at it. "…It's no use. There ain't any new useful info. The number of posts are getting' less and less too…" added Ryuji as he frown in disappointment.

"I'm not letting this end as a one-hit wonder, OK?" said Morgana as he popped out of Akira's bag with a scowl look on his face.

"Geez, inpatient and antsy much, you two?" thought Minato as he rolled his eyes at both Morgana and Ryuji.

"There's no point in getting antsy though." said Ann. "I know! Why don't we go eat lunch somewhere? We still have some money leftover from the other day."

"Hm? What does she mean by that, Minato-san?" said Ken as he glance at Minato.

"I'll tell you later, Ken." said Minato.

"Fine." said Ken.

"I want sushi then! Or domestic-raised eel!" suggested Ryuji with a wide grin on his face.

"Sorry to burst your happy mood but we don't have THAT much left, Ryuji. We only have enough for us to go to a fast-food place or a small diner." sighed Akira before he glance at both Minato and Ken. "Also, we wanted to know about the stalker who follow Ann from you two." asked Akira.

"Yeah, we know, Akira." said Minato as he and Ken nodded to him. "They'll surely be surprised at knowing that the stalker is mine and Minako's younger brother and cousin of Naoto, Yusuke Kitagawa." thought Minato in his mind.

"Yeah, they sure will, Minato." said Pharos in agreement with Minato.

"Then what're we waiting here for? Let's go to either one of those places that Akira's just suggested to us." said Ryuji excitedly to them.

"It's settled then, let's go!" said Morgana as he smiled at Akira before they left the station, think and made up their minds and head towards Big Bang Burger restaurant in the central street in Shibuya.

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A few minutes later, in Big Bang Burger…

"So… you're telling us that the stalker who follow me is actually the younger brother and cousin of you, your twin sister and your cousin Naoto Shirogane named Yusuke Kitagawa and the reason why he follow me is because he wanted me to be his model for his art?" said Ann in a surprise tone of voice to Minato after he and Ken's done in telling her, Akira, Morgana and Ryuji about Yusuke Kitagawa.

"Yeah, that's what he told me and Ken before he gave us and you three those tickets to Madarame's exhibition tomorrow. So are you guys interested in going to see the fine arts?" asked Minato as he take out and hand the 3 tickets over to them after he's done ordering, eating and drinking the huge burger and huge cup of Coke of the Big Bang challenge.

"I don't know. He sounds suspicious and what he wanted from Ann sounds shady…" said Ryuji concernly to them.

"I don't think so. I mean, he did say that he's the student of that Madarame, a super-famous Japanese-style artist who's been recognized all over the world, who was on "Good Morning Japan" plus there's a special program about his nice artworks on TV." said Ann.

"That's not all, he gave and told Minato to give the 3 tickets to us and besides, we heard Nakanohara mention Madarame's name and what he did to him in Mementos. It could be related." said Akira.

"…Madarame, was it?" said Ryuji as he munched on his beef burger.

"Hmm…" hummed Morgana.

"Take your time thinking about it, you guys. Also, the more I heard you guys talk about this Madarame person and about Mementos, the more confused I am, Minato-san." said Ken as he glance at Minato.

"You and the others will know soon enough, Ken." said Minato.

"… So how about it, you guys? Since Minato gave us the tickets for the exhibition tomorrow, you guys wanna go there to see and appreciate some fine arts for once?" asked Akira as he glance at Morgana, Ryuji and Ann.

"Fine arts, huh…" said Ryuji as he look down and twirled one of the french fries with his fingers a little.

"I suggest, we should all go together! Appreciating the fine arts builds character. A phantom thief who can't identify an original from fakes is lame." said Morgana smugly to them.

"Well, if Morgana say so…" said Ryuji as he pursed his lips.

"Guess that settles it then. We'll be going with you two to the exhibition tomorrow, Minato-senpai, Ken-san." said Akira to both Minato and Ken after he finish his double cheese and beef burger.

"Sure, Akira-kun." said Minato as he nodded at Akira.

"It's settled then." said Ann as she smiled cheerfully to them.

"Good. We'll be looking forward to it tomorrow." said Ken as he smiled at Ann.

"Yeah. Also, the phrase "going to an art exhibit" sounds kinda mature. Let's all meet at the art exhibit entrance tomorrow." said Ann as she finish her 100 plus soda.

"Yeah, we will, Ann." said Akira as he nodded to Ann.

"Now that it's settled, Ken and I'll be going home now so see you guys tomorrow." said Minato before he and Ken stood up, bade farewell to Akira, Morgana, Ryuji and Ann before they left Big Bang Burger, left Central Street and head down to the subway station before they split up and take different trains home.

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A few minutes later, in Niijima's apartment…

"Welcome back and how did you do on your tests today, Minato-san?" greeted Makoto politely to Minato before she asked him a question about his tests after he came home and entered the apartment.

"I'm back and I think I did well so far, Makoto-san." replied Minato.

"Is that so? I guess we'll see when the results come out." said Makoto.

"Uh huh. Well then, I'll be taking a bath before going to my room now, so good night, Makoto-san." said Minato as he walked down the hallway toward the bathroom to take a bath, dry himself up before leaving the bathroom, went into his room and put on his pajamas before he heard and saw his phone start ringing, picked up his phone from the table and see his cousin caller ID on it before he answer it. "Hello, Naoto." greeted Minato politely to Naoto.

"Hello and good evening to you, Minato. Are you doing anything tomorrow?" greeted Naoto politely back to Minato before she asked him a question.

"Hm? May I ask why, Naoto?" asked Minato slightly suspiciously to Naoto.

"Well, Souji and I received some tickets from Rise to an art exhibition to see the artworks created by Ichiryusai Madarame tomorrow so I was wondering if you'd want to go with us tomorrow, Minato?" said Naoto.

"I see. Thanks for the offer but my friends, Ken and I already received the tickets from someone who's very close to us, Naoto." said Minato.

"You already got the tickets from someone who's close to us? …I see. Guess Souji, Rise and I'll see you and your friends at the art exhibition tomorrow then, Minato." said Naoto.

"Yeah. See you all at the art exhibition tomorrow and good night, Naoto." said Minato.

"Uh huh. Good night, Minato." said Naoto before she dismissed the call and Minato turned off and put his phone on the table.

"Why didn't you tell Naoto that you met and talk to your long-lost younger brother a few hours ago, Minato?" said Pharos.

"Because I want it to be a surprise for Naoto tomorrow, Pharos." said Minato.

"I see. Look forward to your cousin's reaction tomorrow." said Pharos jokingly to Minato before he fell silent while Minato climb onto his bed and soon fell asleep.