The next couple of days dealt with mundane things. First, Yuki decided that a necessary shopping trip was in order. After leaving the hotel and heading into town to open a new account at the bank (and using his overflowing charm to convince the lady there that the 1994 birthdate on his school I.D. was just a prank his school friends had played on him and to ignore the large deposit), he and Elizabeth went to the mall to find new clothes first. She stood out with her unusual appearance and Yuki didn't feel like wearing the same uniform he'd died in, so they visited the various stores in Paulownia Mall looking for clothes. As much as he had expected Elizabeth to come back with costumes not meant for everyday wear or scandalous, ridiculous clothing that would get her more odd looks than her normal outfit, she had mostly stuck to normal types of shirts, skirts, and pants. Aside from the lack of any colour other than blue, he mostly liked what he saw. But as he scanned his girlfriend up and down, he noticed something. "Mmm… I think you should lose the hat."

Elizabeth's eyes drifted upward. "But I'm so used to wearing one." She mumbled as she hesitantly took it off, gripping it tightly in front of her with both hands. "Do you really think I look better like this?"

He reached up and smoothed her hair with one hand. "Without a doubt." Yuki smiled widely as he nodded.

"Thank you." She responded with a small smile of her own, letting her arms drop to her side. "What do we need to purchase next?"

"Small stuff. Toothbrushes, shampoo, deodorant, that sort of thing. When we finish with that, we need to get phones, and then we can go back to the hotel. I'll buy the V.I.P. tickets there and then we can buy train tickets in the morning. As long as nothing goes wrong, we'll be out of Port Island by tomorrow afternoon." He explained. "There is one thing I want to check on; follow me." After paying for their new clothes, he led Elizabeth back to the entrance. "Wait here for a moment." Elizabeth nodded and sat their bags down, and Yuki walked over to the police outlet and went inside. "Excuse me." He addressed the officer behind the counter. "Does Officer Kurusawa still work here?"

"No. He retired about four years ago." Was the gruff response he got back.

"Oh… I see, thank you." Yuki left, putting his hands in his pockets as he looked at the ground in front of him. "He was old ten years ago, so I guess that makes sense." He thought to himself. He walked over to Elizabeth who was standing and staring into the mall, and tilted his head a little bit. "Elizabeth?" She didn't respond, and he frowned and waved a hand in front of her face. "Earth to Elle-p, hellooooo? Elizabeth!" He raised his voice a little and stepped in front of Elizabeth, a concerned look on his face as he gripped both of her shoulders. "Why aren't you answering me?"

Elizabeth looked at him like she was only now aware that he was in front of her. "They're there…" She muttered, looking past Yuki. "My siblings…"

Yuki turned around, but saw only a couple of normal people giving them strange looks. Then he saw what Elizabeth must have been referring to; the way into the back area of the mall where the Velvet Room had been. "Is the room still back there? Do you want to-" That's when he felt it, an ominous force like nothing he'd ever experienced before pulling at him, as though it was trying to draw him in. He started walking forwards without realizing it, until he was pulled off balance when Elizabeth grabbed his hand and started pulling him back.

"Let's go." She barely stopped to grab their bags of clothes before they bolted out of the mall together.

They ran all the way back to the train station and boarded the first one back into the city, ignoring the looks they had received. Yuki took a seat, panting as he asked, "What was that? Did you say that was your siblings?"

Elizabeth sat across from him with a despondent sigh. "I'm afraid it was. It seems they've finally come to take me back." At his confused look, she cleared her throat. "Do you remember how I told you I abandoned my duties? There are consequences to doing such a thing. I'm not human, nor a natural part of your world. Staying here without purpose is forbidden for one such as myself." She paused and looked away, drumming her fingers against her thigh. "I think my siblings left me alone because they assumed I would return once I had found a way to free you. But now that you've returned, they've been ordered by my master to bring me back." She said softly. "I have no intention of returning right now. Honestly, the thought alone makes me fear for my life. But the day will come when I am forced to confront them, and I'm not sure what will happen then…"

Yuki swallowed hard, unsure how to comfort Elizabeth. "I don't know anything about her siblings. Or Igor, or what it's like to be a ruler of power like Elizabeth is. I guess they would have a hard time understanding Elizabeth's motivations without her experience." He took a deep breath, causing Elizabeth to look at him. "I suppose they'll follow us until you give up and go back… But that doesn't matter. If you say you're not going with them, then you're not going with them. We'll do everything in our power to help you live your life."

"...'We'll'?"

"Yeah! Me, Yukari, Mitsuru, everyone! We saved the world from Nyx after all, so surely we can save you from your family trying to uh- take you back to the other side." He wanted to avoid the word 'kidnapping' even though that's almost certainly the category it would fall under. "I guess we should get out of Port Island sooner rather than later. If your siblings know you're here, then it won't take them very long to find us.

~A Few Hours Later, Elsewhere~

"Hey, Ms. Takeba! Good news! Someone's actually bought those V.I.P. tickets for the convention!"

Yukari sighed and looked up from her magazine. "Someone always ends up falling for that scam, and never a nice, polite kid. It's always a thirty year old loser who watches shows meant for children or children whose rich parents think they own me because they bought a ticket… It's not anyone from the blacklist is it?" She asked, crossing one leg over the other.

"Uh, nope!" Her manager answered. "And hey, you're in luck! No thirty year old weirdo or snobby kids! A girl named Elizabeth… Uh, no surname, that's weird, and a guy named Yuki Makoto. Looks like they're both in high school-"

"What did you just say!?" Yukari stood up and crossed the distance between them so quickly that her manager didn't even have time to react until her phone had been swiped away. "It can't be… It's just a coincidence, someone with the same name, it can't be…" Yukari suddenly felt dizzy and nearly fell to her knees if it hadn't been for the support of her manager. "The home address on the payment… is Gekkoukan High… It can't be…" Yukari stood up slowly, letting her manager guide her to a nearby chair so she could sit down.

"Uh… Alright, I'll cancel this purchase and add them to the-"

"No, don't!" Yukari quickly cut off her manager. "I just- wasn't expecting to see my step brother's name on this list. You know, my mom remarried when I was in high school and it was to a single father so, you know-" Yukari forced out a laugh to hopefully make the lie seem make believable and rolled her hand in the air. She cleared her throat and then said in a calmer tone, "It's fine, really. I need to call my mom and let know that I'm not gonna be surprised by this. Can you give me a minute?" The moment her manager left, Yukari pulled her phone out and began looking up anything related to ten years ago popping up again; victims of apathy syndrome, people going missing, anything strange in Port Island, but she wasn't finding anything relevant. She hesitated for a moment, before swallowing her nervousness and calling Mitsuru. It didn't ring, instead going straight to voicemail.

"You've reached the voicemail of Mitsuru Kirijo. Please direct business calls to my assistant. If you are making a personal call, please-"

Yukari hung up before the recording could finish, resting her head in her hands. "What am I doing?" She asked herself. "I'm getting ahead of myself. What if it's not him? I'd worry Mitsuru for nothing, and drag up a bunch of bad memories…" Yukari sat up and shook her head. "Now's no time to get rattled. I have a convention to be at soon, and I have to be ready for it. There's going to be over a thousand people there, I can't afford to fret over just one!"

~A Few Days Later~

Yuki and Elizabeth had found another hotel to stay at after the long days of travel, although this one of much nicer variety than the previous one due to it being much closer to a convention. After settling in, Elizabeth noticed that Yuki was studying his phone intently and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm reading Yukari's wikipedia page." He answered back, turning around but keeping his gaze on his phone. "I wanted to find a way to break the ice with her after so much time has passed, so I looked up how long she's been doing the whole Pink Featherman thing. For quite a while, it turns out." He held up his phone and began reading out loud the information on his screen. "She started doing modeling in college but she still kept with her archery, and she was scouted out to perform in the role. She's done the T.V. show for the last six years, some live action plays, a musical- ugh, a couple of movies, voice acting for cartoons, she's an action figure, and she's also been in movies and T.V. and stuff outside of the Featheman Rangers. Apparently, she's the second most popular Pink Featherman ever according to a recent poll, but the most popular of the current cast, and- what are you doing?" He stopped as he saw Elizabeth striking a pose while standing on the bed.

"Velvet Blue, at your service!" She declared triumphantly. "Fate itself cannot even stand against me!"

Yuki stared at her silently for a moment, then slowly stood up from his chair, setting his phone the desk behind him.

"And her partner, the Sapphire Magician, Master of Strings! My music will blow you away!"

Elizabeth grinned as Yuki struck a pose of his own, like he was holding a guitar, but both of them stumbled when a voice yelled through the wall, "The con isn't until tomorrow!"

"Sorry!" They yelled back, then looked at each other and started laughing.

Once their laughter subsided, Yuki put his coat on and grabbed his phone off the table. "Let's go get dinner. We can go somewhere else after that, so we aren't stuck in the hotel room all night."

Elizabeth nodded, and they left their room and made their way outside. "I must say, I am very excited to meet your friends. When we first started spending time together all those years ago, I became more and more invested in your personal life rather than your world as a whole, but I neglected to ask to meet your friends, which seems a little counter intuitive considering how vital a role they played in all aspects of your life. I only saw them once very briefly after your death when they appeared in the Velvet Room, so I do not know much about them. What else can you tell me about Yukari?"

"Wait, when did my friends go into the Velvet Room?" Yuki asked, looking at Elizabeth shocked.

"Hmm… I believe your friends will be able to tell you more about that than I could." She answered after a moment of thought. "They were all dealing with the aftermath of Tartarus disappearing when my master called Aigis into the room, and your friends were all transported along with her." Elizabeth put a finger to her chin and muttered more to herself than to Yuki, "I wonder if they will remember me… They were more concerned with Aigis at the time, and they were only present for a few minutes, plus I didn't speak to them myself, so I doubt it." She shrugged, dropping her hand and lacing her fingers with Yuki's. "Regardless, I will do my best to forge a strong bond with each of them, just like you did."

Yuki chuckled. "Well, don't come on too strong with Yukari. She's more about slowly and steadily building a relationship with others. She won't tell you anything incredibly personal and she won't respond well to those types of questions, either. She's not the type to make small talk with strangers, either. I think the best way to get along with her is to just be honest. She can be a bit hard to read sometimes, but she isn't going to be incredibly rude to someone she's just met. Unless you give her a reason to." Yuki blinked, wondering why he was feeling butterflies in his stomach. "I guess this is what it's like introducing a girlfriend to your family and friends for the first time…" He thought to himself. "And it's also a little strange considering Elizabeth isn't exactly normal." He sighed and rolled his shoulders. "But it doesn't matter. Elizabeth might come off as a little strange at first, but she's still a very genuine person. Once the others see that, I'm sure that we'll all get along." He nodded and smiled a little, slowing to a stop as he pointed across the street. "There's a restaurant. Let's go there."

Dinner passed mostly without incident, aside from the fact that Elizabeth ordered an absurd amount of food for herself ("I haven't tried this or this or that" she explained to the horrified chef) and ate it all, shocking all onlookers in the vicinity. After dinner, they walked around town, Yuki listening to and answering Elizabeth's musings and questions as she stopped to look at a myriad of things in shop windows. The sun was already sinking when they had left, but when they returned to the hotel, it was well after dark and the crescent moon was visible in the sky. After switching into pajamas and bidding each other goodnight, Yuki turned out the lights and closed his eyes.

"Tomorrow's the day. I hope everything goes okay."

~The Next Day~

"Are you alright, Ms. Takeba? I don't think I've ever seen you so unfocused."

Yukari took a deep breath and squared her shoulders. She was staring at the door leading to the backstage area, having just finished a Q&A with her fans and admittedly not having done a good job. The anticipation had been building up for days, she had been staying up till midnight with evoker in hand in case the Dark Hour suddenly occurred again, and now the moment of truth was finally here.

She opened the door and stepped through it, and her gaze was immediately drawn to the head of blue hair that stood out against the otherwise not so colorful room. A deafening silence filled the room as Yukari went numb from the realization. It felt like the wind had been knocked out of her as she stood there in complete disbelief at the sight in front of her. Yukari tried to say something, but her voice had abandoned her, and it wasn't until Yuki turned to face her fully and gave a small smile did she finally manage to get out, "I didn't think it was possible… I- I saw the name, but I thought there was no way…" She took a step forward, nearly staggering as she closed the distance between them and reached out to place her hands on Yuki's shoulder. "Is it really you?"

"It's nice to see you again, Yukari."

Yuki smiled and Yukari laughed upon hearing her old friends voice again, pulling him into a tight hug as she slumped against him, all the energy leaving her, the anxiety and worry and fear, everything but that small spark of hope that she would actually be seeing her friend again. "It's really you!" She cried out, burying her face into his neck and hugging him tighter as all the memories from ten years ago came rushing to the front of her mind. Tears started rolling down her face as she broke down, repeating over and over again, "You're really here! You're okay!" She stayed like that for several minutes, clinging to Yuki until she pulled back and turned away to wipe away at the tear tracks on her cheeks. Her manager had politely excused herself after Yukari asked for a moment alone with Yuki, and after taking a moment to compose herself, she turned back around to face Yuki and they sat down across from each other. Yukari wasn't sure what to say, but eventually cleared her throat and decided on, "So, how are you feeling now that you've… returned? No amnesia, dizziness, insomnia, anything like that?"

Yuki laughed. "Nope, nothing like that. I feel perfectly normal; I get hungry, I get sleepy, bored, all that stuff. The only strange thing I can think of is that I can't think of anything unusual."

"I see… And, who's this?" Yukari, turning towards Elizabeth.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Elizabeth, and I once was an elevator attendant, although I haven't taken care of my duties in at least a decade." Elizabeth said, dipping her head politely.

Yukari raised a brow in confusion, then turned towards Yuki for a clearer answer.

"She's… Do you remember how I would occasionally go and get new Persona's whenever we went into Tartarus?" Yukari nodded, and Yuki gestured to Elizabeth. "Well, she helped with that whole process. She's not human, she's from a place called the Velvet Room."

"She's not human?" Yukari gave a closer look at Elizabeth. "But she looks normal to me…"

"But I don't look familiar? We have met once before." When Yukari gave her a bewildered look, Elizabeth stood and snapped her fingers. She was enveloped in a white light that lasted for a few seconds and when it faded, she was back in her Velvet Room attire. "Perhaps this look will jog your memory?"

"Woah!" Yukari exclaimed. She might've seen some crazy stuff in her day, but what Elizabeth had just demonstrated was something only a special effects team could do in post production. "Was that magic?"

"Yes, but hardly anything noteworthy. A simple change of clothes without undressing is far from what I am capable of." Elizabeth boasted.

"Hey, now that you mention it…" It was hard to grasp onto, but Yukari was remembering something. "You were with an old man in a blue room, right?" When Elizabeth nodded, Yukari said, "Yeah, we had just defeated Erebus, and the old guy said he was saying goodbye to Aigis, but we all ended up that Velvet Room, too."

"Yes, Aigis' journey had ended and you were free from the Abyss of Time, so just as my master had done for Yuki, he wanted to give a proper goodbye to Aigis as well."

"Speaking of this whole 'Abyss of Time' thing, can you tell me more about what happened?" Yuki asked.

Yukari nodded and explained the aftermath of Tartarus' disappearance and how they discovered Erebus and the truth behind Yuki's death. There was a pregnant pause in which everyone stared at the ground before Yukari spoke up. "I don't want to sour the mood, but if you're here, does that mean Nyx and Erebus are free to make contact with each other?"

"...Yes, but…" Yuki took a deep breath and explained how Nyx said that Erebus was gone for good, that he could leave whenever he wanted and that Yuki could return to being the seal at any time. "Plus, I've been back for a week and neither of us have noticed anything strange." He finished, looking towards Elizabeth.

"It's true. If something was threatening all of mankind on the scale of Nyx, I would have felt something."

Yukari sighed, then let her shoulders drop. "Okay, well…" She went silent for a moment and then pulled out her phone. "I guess we should let everyone else know that you're alive again." She giggled. "Let me guess, you came to me first because you were watching T.V. and saw me on the show, didn't you?"

"A commercial for the convention, actually. " Yuki said with a laugh. "How is everyone? What are they all up to these days?"

"Well, Junpei teaches little league… Akihiko is still boxing, Ken is going to college to become a veterinarian, Fuuka runs a small clinic in an equally small town, and Aigis works with Mitsuru to fight against Shadows wherever they pop up." She explained. "I was actually going to tell Mitsuru the moment I saw your name on that ticket purchase, but decided I would wait in case it was some kind if extreme coincidence. But now that I know it's really you… Give me a moment." Yukari walked to the other side of the room while she called Mitsuru again, this time leaving a voicemail explaining everything, and then asking the CEO to get Akihiko and Aigis together and to have them all meet together. "Oh, one more thing- don't tell Junpei, Ken, or Fuuka. I want to surprise them. I'll take a picture with Yuki and send it so you know I'm serious."

While Yukari was busy with her phone call, Elizabeth rested her head on Yuki's shoulder. "I wonder if I, too, looked that distraught when I first saw you after all those years."

Yuki snorted and turned his head to give Elizabeth a small kiss on the forehead. "You looked awful." He confirmed, causing Elizabeth to gasp indignantly. "But don't worry, I'll bet Junpei looks the worst out of everyone." He said with a laugh.

"Speaking of Stupei…" Yukari got their attention and they both turned towards her, "He doesn't live too far from here, just a few hours by plane. "Let's go!"

~The End~

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