Culture Festival

Shujin Academy, Festival Day 1

Akira was standing in the front entrance waiting for Ann; "I knew Akechi was going after Okumura and I wasn't able to stop him!"

"Relax Akira, there was no way to know that Akechi was going to kill him, if we stayed there longer we would have died."

"I know but still…Haru is still hurting from her dad dying…"

"Well that's why Yusuke and Morgana are trying to help her feel better, though I feel bad about Goemon because that Milady is truly a sadist…she even scares Carmen even when Milady said that she wanted to shoot me and lick the wound…"

"Yeahhh, that was pretty messed up. Well at least Morgana moved on rather fast, I guess our friendship means more to him than petty jealousy plus he did save our lives so he's good now…Zorro is still an asshole, he even wanted to accept Shadow Okumura's offer. I did laugh when you and Carmen turned him into a giant dark fire furball and threw him at Okumura . Oh and also, when Ryuji and Yusuke kept on asking me what sex is like for 'future references', Carmen must have told Ann to say something to Makoto because Makoto couldn't look me in the eyes throughout the whole palace without blushing!"

"Yeah that was…how does Ann say it? Totes hilarious?"

Akira starts laughing hysterically making the other students look at him like he was crazy; "I-I can't believe you said 'totes'!"

Arsene laughs hysterically as well; "I thought it would be funny to say something I don't usually say."

Ann walks up to Akira with a beaming smile; "What's so funny, Akiree?" "Yeah Arsey, I rarely hear Akira laugh like this. Come on! Tell us!"

He calms down and wipes a tear from his eye; "S-Sorry, Arsene said 'totes'."

Ann starts laughing; "Did he really?! That's hilarious!" "Oh dear…now my darling is starting to say it…"

"Aw don't be like that, love."

She calms down and grabs Akira's hand; "Come on! Let's go have fun!" "Okay…I guess it would be funny if you said it."

Surprised, he looks at their connected hands; "Are you sure we should be holding hands? Wouldn't people talk?" "Akria…"

"Don't care!" She hugs his arm going the extra mile; "Nothing is going to stop me from making sure everyone knows that you're mine and mine alone!" "Oh yes! That's my darling Ann."

"Well that's great to hear." "It's about time that you're finally not afraid to hide your courtship."

She lets go of his arm and hugs him fully but she also nibbles his earlobe then whispers in English; "And hopefully someday, I will show you off as my husband." "Aw! I only know Spanish and for some reason Japanese..." "I'll tell you later."

He didn't know what she said but her nibbling his earlobe made him shivered; "T-That's good..." "You or I don't even know what she said and you just said, 'That's good.'"

Laughing, she grabs his hand again; "Don't worry so much, Arsene. I hoped he would say something like that anyways. Now let's walk around!" "Yes! Finally a date! It's been forever!"

He nods and they were walking hand in hand throughout the hallways with everyone staring and whispering between themselves making Akira tense and tries to let go of Ann's hand but she had an iron grip on it; "Stop worrying about what everyone thinks and just focus on me." "Akira! This is a time to be happy!"

"Ann and Carmen are right, Akira. Didn't you say that the gym will have tons of games? Try to win something for Ann." Arsene whispers. "Yeah...I should." "Do you want to play some games, Ann?"

"Yeah!"

After she agrees; they walk into the gymnasium which was filled with students either playing games or talking. Seeing something that Ann wanted to try, they walk to a frog flipping table and the teacher running the stand notices them "Ah! Would the young couple like to try to win a prize?"

Akira nods; "Yeah, but how do you play?"

"It's quite simple really! All you have to do is flip the frog with a catapult and make it land on the lily pads! Land one, you get a small prize! Land two, you get a medium prize! Land all three, you get one of these dolls." The man points to the dolls above which they look up at; "So would you students like to play? It's only 235 yen."

"Sure." Akira tales out his wallet and gives to the amount to the teacher who then gave him the frogs; "You want to help me, Arsene?" "Don't rely on me, Akira." "I know, but I just wanted to ask." He then grabs one frog and puts it on the catapult and activates 'third eye' making everything go slow. Once he sees one of the lily pad go in front of the catapult, he hits it with enough force to land in the middle of the lily pad. He did this for the other two and deactivates 'Third Eye'; "Oh look, I didn't need your help." "Yeah, but you still didn't use your own skill." "What can I say? I'm just a trickster." "Touché."

The teacher had the look of surprise on his face; "W-what just happened?" He then sees the three frogs on lily pads; "…Well I guess you got all of them. Go ahead and choose then."

Akira looks over at Ann; "So which one do you want, Ann?"

"Are you sure? You're the one that won." Akira smies and nods; "Well, can I have the Jack Frost doll?"

"Of course." Akira asks for the doll and the teacher gives it to him; "Thank you, sir." He then gives the doll to Ann.

Ann grabs it and hugs it closely to her chest; "Thanks Akiree!" "Aw, this is so sweet!"

"Of course, Anki." They start walking around more while talking but Arsene shushes them. "My apologies, but I can hear Kidd yelling."

"You can actually hear Kidd over all this noise?" "To be honest, I can hear him too."

"It's Kidd, I'm pretty sure the whole Metaverse could hear him." "Well let's find Ryuji then." They start walking towards where Kidd's voice was yelling and they see Ryuji and Hifumi with the former trying to knock down five sets of bottles in groups of three on top of each other with baseballs but he was failing horribly; "Aw look at that, Ryuji is trying to win something for Hifumi." "Unfortunately, he's not doing so well."

"Well at least he's trying. Can't Kidd help him?" "I don't think Kidd realizes he can…"

"Well, come on, lets go say hi."

Ryuji was having a hard time hitting the bottles till he ran out balls and mumbles 'Dammit'

Hifumi puts a hand on his shoulder in comfort; "Its okay Ryuji, you don't need to win me anything."

He scratches his head sheepishly; "You deserve a prize for actually dealing with me and for some reason, going out with me, ya know?" "Will ye stop wit' the self-pity lad, lasses don't like that."

She smiles; "But, I already have a prize and that's you." She then coughs nervously thinking it was too cliche; "Um...was that too much?"

"Nah! That was cool." He shakes his head quickly; "Wait no! I mean sweet!" "'n ye're nervous…"

Hifumi giggles; "That's what I like about you Ryuji, you always speak before you think. It makes me remember when you yelled out encouragement to me when I was in the shoji tournament and you got escorted out. It made me want to win for you even though I had to concede. You were like a knight to me."

Ryuji looks at her wide-eyed from her calling him a knight; "I-I'm like a knight to you!?"

Hifumi nods; "Mhmm, and I'm glad it's you." She walks closer to him and kisses his cheek; "You showed me new things beyond Shoji, like when we went to your favorite ramen place and the arcade, I really appreciated that."

Ryuji blushes from the kiss; "For real!? I didn't know you thought of me like that! And, uh...you make me want to try to be smarter!" "That's good o' ye, lad."

"I like you the way you are now, Ryuji-kun." She smiles; "Um...would you like to walk around some more?"

"Yeah!" Ryuji lightly grabs her hand then turns around but jumps back seeing Akira and Ann standing there smiling; "Whoa! How long have you two been here!?"

Ann smiles big; "Long enough for us to see you actually be a romantic! Well your version of being romantic." "I thought it was cute."

"Don't be so mean Ann; I think Ryuji's doing a great job." "Have you been helping him, Kidd?"

"Hey! I think I'm doing good! I think?" "Um, aye?"

Hifumi looks at Akira confused; "Um, there's a right way to act romantically?"

"Nah, Ann's just messing with him." "Was that a question or an answer?"

"We can't be like you two, eating each other's faces!" "Both?"

Carmen was confused not understanding what Ryuji said; "Why would you each other's faces?" "It's another way of saying making out." "Oh…you kids are weird."

Akira was about to respond but then he shivers; "Um...Arsene...do you feel a chill as well?" "Now that I think about it I do feel a chill…oh god is she here!?"

"Why in the hell are we here anyway...? Just looks like a bunch idiots getting conned into playing shit that they can't even win! I think it will be better to kill them all and just take their money! Much better that way!"

"It's Milady..." "Hey...you guys want to get out of here and get something to eat?"

Ryuji and Ann were the same way, "Y-Yeah!" "L-let's go!" "I rather be in the gallows again!" "That vile woman! I don't what her anywhere around me!"

Hifumi was confused on why they were acting the way they were; "What's going on with them?"

Random Classroom

The two couples were sitting in the closest classroom restaurant near the gym eating.

Akira was surprising impressed by the food; "Wow! This definitely beats our classroom's terrible food." "It does taste kind of good."

"Yeah *chomp* it's *chomp* actually *chomp* good!" "Please dear, either chew or talk but not at the same time, it's not very ladylike." Ann swallows; "Eh, Akira's used to me doing this anyways."

Ryuji laughs; "Yeah! Ann always did this in middle school! I'm surprised that you don't care, Akira." "Look who's natterin', like ye're the perfect lad."

He smiles at him; "Well loving someone means you love everything about them. Besides, I think this side of Ann is cute." "You're absolutely right, Akira." He then looks at both him and Hifumi; "I'm sure you're like that with Hifumi as well as Hifumi is to you."

He scratches his nervously; "Y-Yeah! I can't find anything bad about Hifumi, she's really great!" "Ye actually said somethin' right fer once!"

Hifumi looks at him in shock; "T-Thank you…Ryu-kun." She then becomes nervous; "U-Um...I think the same for you Ryuji, even when you sometimes get kind of loud…I'm sorry."

He puts his arm around her shoulder lazily while smiling; "Don't apologize! I know I can get loud a lot!"

"He is kind of obnoxious but he's a good person." "Carmen!" "I don't mean it like an insult; I'm just being truthful, like I promised myself I would be."

"Uh, thanks Carmen...I guess?" "Don't mention us!" His eyes go wide realizing his mistake; "Oh crap!"

Hifumi was confused; "Who's Carmen?"

Akira answers calmly used to Ryuji's blunders; "It's our nicknames for our little group of friends." "Nice save."

"Oh okay..." She then looks at her phone because it felt they were here for a long time; "I'm sorry but its getting late, I have a match tomorrow so I want to get some rest." Hifumi then Ryuji gets up.

"See ya, you two! Don't have too much fun!" "Goodbye, Akira and Ann." "Fortune with you and yours, Arsene and Carmen." They started walking away once the other two say their goodbyes.

Akira smirks thinking about a way to mess with him; "Hey Ryuji! Don't keep her up all night!" Ann, Arsene and Carmen started laughing.

Ryuji stumbles and looks back at him with a full-on blush; "D-Dude! Shut up!" Hifumi was blushing as well but had a smile on her face and after he calms down, they leave.

Ann smiles seeing Ryuji finding someone; "I'm happy for Ryuji; he found someone who can stand his loudness and likes him at the sametime." "Good thing she doesn't hear Kidd's voice though."

"Yeah, they're great for each other. He's loud, headstrong, speaks his mind and vulgar. She's quiet, reserved, thinks logically, and polite. They're like the perfect example of opposite attraction in a good way." "That's actually a perfect observation."

Ann's smile turns into a smirk because this was a chance to figure out what he thought of their relationship; "Oh? And what do you think of our relationship." "Ooooo, now it's getting spicy!"

Akira thinks for a moment; "Well I think we're great together and that we really love each other, am I right?" "Oh please, anyone can see that." Arsene whispers.

"You don't even know how much I love you yet..." "Of course! Now what elseeee?" "Come on! Come on!

"Well, we will always be strong for each other and we'll always be able to rely on each other." "Good, good."

Ann looks down in sadness, "Y-Yeah, y-you can rely on me..." "Why are you hesitating? Why are you hesitating!?" Carmen whispers harshly. "I-I don't think I'm strong enough for him to rely on me…Especially since I'm scared to tell him about his parents..."

Seeing her look down in sadness; he puts a hand on her shoulder in comfort; "Anki? What's wrong?"

She instantly looks up at him in with a fake smile; "Nothing! It's getting late, are you ready to leave?" "But, I don't want to go…" "We are going." She quickly gets up

Akira gets up as well but was confused on why she wanted to leave so quickly; "Uh, sure, let's go." "What was that about...? "Hmm…"

Ann's Room

Ann was pacing back and forth in her room staring at her phone, "Come on…I can do this, I can do this…"

"Is it really that hard to call his parents?"

"Of course it is! I mean, what am I going to say? 'Hey, this is Akira's girlfriend; I just wanted to call to tell you that you're bad parents…' or 'Hello, this is Akira's girlfriend, I just wanted to know if you hate your son…'"

"I guess you're right…but shouldn't you tell Akira first?"

Ann sighs; "I know I should but I need to know first before I can tell him, just so I can tell him the whole truth not just what Sojiro told me."

"That's understandable. But, be warned dear…once you talk to his parents you must tell him the truth tomorrow. Else, they will call him and Akira will not only be depressed from hearing about his disownment but also feel betrayed by you knowing about his disownment for so long without telling him and for calling his parents without him knowing. Are you sure you're ready for this?"

Ann nods in determination; "Yes...I have to do this." She hesitantly goes to her contact list and hovers over Akira's home phone number. Sighing, she presses it and then on the next screen, she presses call and puts the phone to her ear. The phone starts ringing making her heart start beating faster but after a couple of rings, it goes to voicemail making her sigh; "Of course they won't answer… I'll just leave a voicemail, just in case." After she's done, she puts her phone on her nightstand and plops on her bed; "I can't believe how hard that was…my heart was beating fast…"

"I know that dear but I've wanted to ask. Why are you nervous about talking to his parents?"

"It's not that I'm nervous about talking to his parents, it's just I'm scared to tell him…"

"You have to do this dear, just think about it this way. This is an obstacle in your relationship just like with me and Arsene being afraid to tell each other our past. Once you tell Akira the truth, yes he'll be depressed, but that's why you show him that he's not alone and he has a family here."

Ann smiles because she was right; "You're right Carmen! Even though Sojiro acts like a stern old man to Akira, I think Akira thinks of him as a father figure and Futaba as a sister to him. Not only that, he has Ryuji, Yusuke, Morgana, Makoto, and now Haru as well as you guys." She smiles big; "Lastly, he has me! The one person who will love him no matter what happens!"

Carmen squeals; "Exactly dear! Now tell that wonderful man the truth so you can comfort him and ravish him all night long!"

Ann laughs then smiles mischievously; "I'm going to wait on ravishing him, but there may be other things we can do."

"Yes! Now I can finally teach you things that can get him riled up for you!"

Shujin Academy, Festival Day 2

Akira and Ann were walking to the gym going to the post-festival party. They just got done talking to Akechi since he had figured out that they were the phantom thieves. But to their surprise, he wanted to join them instead of reporting them to the authorities. But that didn't stop Ann from worrying about it and Akira figured that was the case because she didn't stop sighing; "There's no need to worry Anki, me and Morgana already came up with a plan to deal with Akechi; we just need to talk to Futaba. Let's just enjoy our time together." "Still, we have to have a backup plan." "You guys worry too much."

"I guess you're right, you usually have a trick up your sleeve." "He uses tricks from his sleeves?" "Really Carmen?" She sighs in annoyance; "I'm just going to have to give you a list of sayings."

They soon make it to the gym and stood on the sidelines seeing that it was already crowded with people. But even with a lot of students in the gym; everyone could still hear the MC was doing his usual crowd riling up talk. But while Akira and Ann were talking they hear him ask for a volunteer and the spotlight just happen to land on Ann; "Oh! Why if it isn't the lovely Ann Takamaki! Come on up!"

Hearing the MC call her name and seeing the spotlight on her made her eyes go wide and she instantly becomes nervous; "W-W-What!? I don't want to go up!" "Why are you nervous dear? You're a model; you're supposed to be calm in front of crowds." "This is not the same thing!" She looks over at Akira in silent help.

Akira smiles; "Relax, if it gets to be too much. I'll save you, alright?" "Believe in Akira, Ann."

She sighs deeply; "Fine…I'll go." "That's my darling!" She slowly walks up to the stage and the crowd becomes filled with cheers and whistles while Akira goes to sit down in the crowd.

"Now! Does the beautiful and foreign, Ann Takamaki, have anything to say to the crowd!?" The MC puts the mic in front of her mouth.

Ann was blushing while scratching her head; "Um…no? What am I supposed to say?"

"Well let me help you then! Now, yesterday, the charming detective Akechi came to our school festival and was about to announce who the phantom thieves were, but was unfortunately called away! Butttt, Akechi said that the phantom thieves were going to this school, and today everyone has been guessing who they can be! Now, here's my question to you Miss Takamaki! Do you think the phantom thieves are going to this school?"

Ann's eyes go wide; "W-What!? U-Um, I don't k-know…"

The MC looks at her confused; "You don't know? You just have to state your opinion."

"M-My opinion…?" Ann looks over at Akira silently pleading for help.

Akira quickly shoots up; "I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABIES, ANKI!" "That…That doesn't make sense at all…"

Everyone except Ann was staring at Akira in shock and confusion even able to silence the MC. But he starts to hear whispers throughout the crowd while Ann was having a hard time from busting out laughing.

"Did he just say that he wanted to have Ann's babies?"

"I thought the girl was supposed to say that?"

"Hell, is that even possible…?"

Ann couldn't hold it in anymore and busts out laughing enough to start crying. "Now that would be interesting to see."

After the ceremony was over; Akira and Ann were walking out of the gym with the latter still laughing from what happened; "That was hilarious! It made no sense and everyone's reaction was priceless!" "I'm still interested in how a man can get pregnant."

Akira laughs; "Well at least it worked." "It really did, just in a weird way." And as they were heading up to the roof, they see Makoto walking towards them; "Hey Makoto." "Good evening, Anat."

"Hey, Bestie!" "Hello, dear Anat!"

Makoto smiles when they notice walking towards them; "Good evening, you two." "Good evening, Arsene-san and Carmen-san." "Where are you two headed?"

"We were going to go to the roof. How about you?" "I can't wait to see the moon!"

"I'm just patrolling the hallways, just in case a student is planning something." "It would be indeed nice to look at as well, Carmen."

"Do you need help? Ann and I can help you." "That's nice of you."

"Yeah! It would be nice hanging out together." "That does sound like fun."

Makoto looks at them confused about wanting to be around her during the festival; "Are you sure? I don't want to ruin your time together." "They wouldn't be asking if they didn't want to."

"Of course." "Totally!"

She smiles liking the idea after their confirmation; "It would be nice to have some company especially from you two. Then let us continue."

The three start walking but that's when Ann's phone suddenly starts ringing making her jump. She quickly takes out her phone and her eyes go wide seeing who was calling her which was 'Akira's home phone'; "I-It's his parents!" "Quick! Find somewhere private!" Carmen whispered loudly.

Akira and Makoto look at Ann in wonderment seeing her eyes wide; "You okay there, Ann?" "Is something wrong, Ann?" "Did you say something Carmen? It sounded like you said somewhere private."

Ann jumps a little forgetting that she wasn't alone and looks at them; "It's my model agency! U-Um, it's an important phone shoot!" She says a little too loudly "Y0-eah! W-What she said!" "I-I'm going to the roof, be right back!" She quickly runs upstairs.

"Um, that was weird." Makoto says watching her run off "Well it is Ann though, she is over expressive."

"Why did she lie about the phone call…is she hiding something from me?" "So she got a hold of them…" Arsene mumbles. "Got ahold of whom?" "Oh, a big name model agency, Ann wanted to tell you after she got ahold of them. You didn't hear about it because you were in the velvet room." Akira was suspicious about that but decided to let it go; "Alright then."

After a bit of wondering; Akira and Makoto decide to walk around the classroom building first floor then through the practice building first floor to wait for Ann but they were walking in silence. Akira decides to break silence; "It's been a while since we've hung out together since..." He coughs nervously; "The beach…"

She sighs because it was true; "Yes it has…I'm sorry I ignored your non-palace texts, I just needed time to think about things. I must sound like Morgana now..." "Um Arsene, is there a way for me to speak to Satanael?"

"Nope, you're not constantly flirting with me or hating Ann enough to try to kill her. So I don't mind if you have a crush on me." He says half joking "We can only switch in the Metaverse but I can talk to him in my mind, give me a sec…" After a bit; Arsene speaks; "He says 'How's my beautiful goddess doing?'"

"It's more than a crush." "Um...may I ask you a question?" Anat squeals; "Oh! Oh! Tell him that I'm upset because I don't get to see him or hear him everyday."

Akira smiles at her; "Of course you can." "Now I see why Akira gets annoyed at me and Carmen…" Arsene mumbles; "He says, 'I'm sorry my luscious goddess, next time I see you I want to kiss you for years!'"

Makoto lets out a deep breathe to calm herself; "If you never met Ann or weren't in love with her. Would you have reciprocated my love?" Anat squeals again; "Oh my god, oh my god. I need you to change into Satanael as soon as we get to the Metaverse, Arsene!"

He looks down then after a minute, he looks her straight in her eyes; "To be honest…yeah I would." She looks at him in shock not expecting that; "You're beautiful, smart, and kind. Which is why I would've gone out with you in a heartbeat. But, I love Ann more than anything and it's always going to be that way, I'm sorry." "Yeah, even though it's physically and mentally draining since he is incredibly strong."

Makoto smiles hearing what he thought of her; "Of course, I will never get in the way of your love for Ann since you two are both dear to me. I was just curious." "Oh. You don't have to if you don't want to…" She clears her throat nervously; "C-can I have a hug or will that be considered cheating?"

He thinks aloud for a moment; "I'm pretty sure it's not cheating, we are friends after all and friends sometimes hug." "Its fine, besides Satanael won't leave me alone now…" He slowly walks up to her and puts his arms around her shoulders.

She instantly puts her arms around his back and sighs in contentment; "He's so warm and strong…I'm envious that Ann gets to experience this all the time…" She regrettably lets go of him; "Um...thank you..." "Thank you, Arsene."

Chuckling, he shakes his head; "You don't have to thank me for a hug." "You're welcome, Anat." He then looks up the stairs; "I'm going to check on Ann, she's been up there for a while. I'll be back."

She nods inwardly sad that he was leaving; "Okay, I'll be here then." He goes upstairs and Makoto sighs once he disappears; "At least I have my dreams about him…"

"I feel bad that I have Satanael…who happens to be one of Akira's other self."

"No, don't be. At least now I know why Satanael became infatuated with you right away. It's strange though, I'm oddly satisfied that I know now that Akira would of reciprocated my love for him…I just hope Ann keeps her promise of never hurting him…"

Rooftop

Akira makes it to the third floor and starts climbing the stairs to the roof; "You think Ann would get mad if I told her that I would have been with Makoto if we never met?"

"I highly doubt it especially since you said 'if we never met', but I wouldn't say anything unless she asks you."

"I guess you're right." He makes it to the rooftop door and was about to open it when he heard Ann screaming at someone; "Huh? I wonder who she's yelling at?" But that's when he hears Ann say his last name followed by Mr.; "I-Is she talking to my parents!? W-When did she get their numbers!?" Arsene sighs because the jig was up; "Akira…there's something I need to tell you…"

A few minutes earlier

Shujin Academy Rooftop

Ann finally makes it to the roof but was out of breath; "That's the most I ran outside the Metaverse…" "Nevermind that! Hurry up and call them back!" "R-Right!" She quickly recovers then calls his house again and after a few rings someone picks up.

"Hello."

"A man's voice? It must be his dad." Ann calms her nerves then speaks; "Uh...this is Ann Takamaki, I'm Akira's girlfriend."

She hears the man sigh in annoyance; "I know that, we heard the voicemail. Now would you like to explain to me why do you feel the need to call me about Akira?"

"This man is so rude! He can't be Akira's father!" "Yeah he is rude…" She starts gritting her teeth trying to control her anger; "I wanted to know if it's true that you…disowned Akira."

"Damn it Sojiro, I told him to keep his mouth shut." She hears him grumble; "Yeah we did, now anything else?"

She was slowly losing control of her anger just by how nonchalant he was about admitting to it; "How can you just disowned him like that!? He was your son!"

"Now listen here young lady! We disowned him because he dishonored our name now that he has a criminal record! After everyone heard about his arrest, they looked down on me and my wife and now that we disowned him everyone started respecting us again!"

"That's not fair! He saved that woman! You knew he was innocent and he thinks that you still love him! You care more about respect than him! You're terrible parents!"

"On paper, we are. But in reality, this is what we have to do! His criminal record is also a burden to us! He won't be able to go to college and find a great job so guess what we'll have to do!? Take care of him! Since he won't be able to afford his own house! That is another reason why we disowned him!"

She couldn't control her anger anymore and snaps; "You know what Mr. Kurusu? You're a fucking dick! Ever since he's came here he's always been helping people with their problems and he puts everyone else before himself! I can't believe you're his father! He's nothing like you! You're just a piece of shit that only cares about himself instead of his son!"

"Tch, it seems that your parents never taught you respect young lady! Now, it would be in your best interest if you leave Akira before he brings you down with him. I'm done talking to you." He hangs up.

Ann lowers her phone from her ear slowly and stands there in silence. "That man was terrible! I want to burn him alive almost as much as Kamoshida, right dear? She doesn't respond. "Dear?" She was just standing there clinching her fist till her palms started to bleed and suddenly she starts shouting out things that would give Ryuji a run for his money that was all towards Akira's father. "I-I don't even know half the words you just said dear…" After a few minutes, Ann stops screaming and was breathing heavily from not catching a breath between sentences; "I feel a little better now…now I need to just need to tell Akira…"

"Is there something that you need to tell me….Takamaki…?"