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After waking up from his slumber and getting dressed, Yu headed straight to the headmasters office where Ozpin awaited. The man stood in the centre of the room taking a sip from his mug before setting it down on his desk. He'd gotten a message from the headmaster on his way here. The Council had watched the footage of his S-class exam, including his slaying of the King of the Emerald Forest.
Ozpin had told him in the message that the Council will no doubt wish to speak to him. The cover for his Persona's would be that they are a very rare summoning type Semblance. Very distinct from the Schnee family semblance which allowed them to summon defeated foes via their Glyphs. His persona's were explained as being far more autonomous and powerful than ordinary summons but guzzled aura in return. It wasn't entirely a lie. Summoning too many Personae or leaving one summoned for too long would put a drain on his mental energy, however Margaret had said that if he exercised it, then like a muscle his ability to sustain them would grow. Which he done multiple times throughout his journey through the TV World.
"Ah Mr Narukami, I'm glad you've made it on time." The headmaster greeted standing next to a large holographic screen with three silhouetted figures on it two males and one female. "The Valesian Council has seen the footage of your exam and wishes to speak with you."
"Greetings young man, We've seen the footage of the battle." A male Councillor said, though Yu could not tell which one.
"Indeed, the King of the Emerald Forest was a menace, but you slaying him will be good news for the public they will be especially pleased to know that our kingdom has produced such a prodigy." The other man stated sounding pleased.
Ah yes, part of the cover story was that Inaba had been nomadic village who moved wandered around the Vale region of Sanus, they'd, unfortunately, wandered into recently expanded Grimm territory and had been wiped out.
"True, the more positivity before the Vytal Festival, the better." The woman agreed. "You have our deepest sympathies about the fate of your village and we do hope you find some survivors."
"Thank you Councillor, I'm sure I'll find someone, it's what I was doing before Ozpin found me, wandering from place to place just trying to find anyone." Yu lied smoothly.
"Polite, you could learn something from him Ozpin." The first man jabbed, though the headmaster did not rise to the bait. "I do have some concerns however, he's young, the same age as the incoming first years, is he truly ready to become the Headmaster of Beacon it's a large responsibility after all."
There was a moment of silence as Ozpin took a sip from his mug. "You make a good point Councillor, Beacon is known as the greatest Huntsman academy in the world for good reason, if you believe it to be too much for your liking I'm sure Leo would be delighted to have a successor he is getting on his years after all."
'Oh ho, that got their attention.' Decarbia chuckled.
Indeed, all three Councillors seemed to straighten up as if ice had gone down their spines.
"N-no no I was merely voicing my concern about him being forced to deal with your workload all at once." The first counsellor said nervously, which might have something to do with the glares the other two were no doubt giving him if the way their heads were turned to look at him was any indication.
"Worry not councillor, I have a plan to ease him steadily into the role, first as a teacher of a small class mostly focusing on semblances." Ozpin told him, hiding a smirk behind his mug.
"Allow me to be blunt," The woman cleared her throat and said in a serious tone. "You may not be headmaster, know that even though we have not shared the footage with the other kingdoms yet, there is no doubt that they have likely already seen or will see it soon, in which case you are likely to be swarmed with certain individuals hoping to toady up to you or try to find out your secrets. The position of Headmaster of Beacon possesses great power and influence in the world after all and there are advantages to cosying up to the next headmaster. So I do hope you are good maintaining appearances because not all of attempts will be friendly or subtle."
"Ozpin we'll leave the rest to you, good luck young man we look forward to working with you in the future." The screen then vanished, ending the video call.
"Well, that went better than I expected," Ozpin commented before pulling out a sheet of paper which was a very familiar shade of blue.
"Ok seriously that desk doesn't have any drawers, so where did he get that?" Cu Chulainn asked with annoyance.
"Just sign here," Ozpin instructed him offering a pen.
Yu took the pen and read over the paper. The gist of it was that he would, agree to teach a select group of students to use Persona's to the best of his abilities, that he would protect the school and students to the best of his abilities in an emergency and that he would agree to keep any secrets he was told to himself.
The devils and demons amongst his personas saw no secret clauses or loopholes or malicious tricks and so he signed the dotted line. When he finished doing so the paper gave off a bright blue glow. It was then that Yu felt secure, as though he was part of Remnant and no longer in danger of being dragged away, it was a feeling he'd had since he'd woken up, one of uneasiness like he was standing on a boat in choppy seas.
"Excellent." The headmaster said picked up the paper before stowing it away and typing something into a Scroll, after a moment Yu heard his own scroll beep in response. "There I've set you with a bank and a decent amount of lien, I think you should probably go into Vale and buy yourself some clothes and perhaps some furnishing, that bedroom is rather sparse after all. Oh, and the Scroll has a map function so don't worry about getting lost."
Yu nodded and then entered the Elevator and pressed a button to go to the ground floor.
"I still don't trust that man." Morgan le Fay commented as the doors closed.
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After taking a bullhead from Beacon to Vale, Yu currently found himself wandering around Vale on a hot day. The new students were due to arrive tomorrow and initiation the day after, as such the boy now teacher found that he was curious about this worlds culture, delicacies, art and other such things.
But first, he needed some new clothes, as such he sought out a store, after asking around he found a that a specific store which catered to hunters. These kinds of stores were needed because civilian clothes didn't really serve hunters well in their line of work and thus they needed clothes with durable fabrics.
The name of the store was Avant Garde. When he entered he was surprised to see that mostly like a normal clothing store, with shirts, trousers, jackets of different styles and colours all on racks and shelves. It was also almost devoid of people save for a girl around his age
She had fair skin, short dark-brown hair, covered with a brown coloured beret and sunglasses over her eyes. Her hair consisted of wavy locks on one side of her face, dyed with a gradient that starts in dark brown and transitions to caramel. Her clothes consist of a long, cocoa-coloured shirt with a dark brown waist cincher. Her long, dark brown trousers had ribbons on the left side and a brown belt with bullets. Above it, she wore another cocoa-coloured belt of bullets with a gold crosshair buckle with what seemed to be a drape of black skirt hangs on her right side. On her feet were a pair of dark brown, high-heeled leather boots with buckles. The look was completed by a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which was held by a bandolier strap.
Before he could say anything she turned to face him and looked him up an down examining him.
"What is that you're wearing?" She asked with disgust.
"It's my previous school uniform, I came here to get some proper huntsman class clothing."
"Starting at Beacon are we?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, my last school was pretty strict about uniforms and were pretty cheap so civilian clothing only, it builds character apparently."
"Pfft, well your old school clearly had no taste, that uniform is so bland." She scoffed shaking her head. "Oh the names Coco, by the way, Coco Adel."
"I'm Yu Narukami, it's a pleasure." Yu returned her introduction and shook her hand.
'Strong grip.' Oni commented.
"Well, Yu Narukami it's your lucky day, how much do you have?"
"My budget is about five thousand Lien for clothing," Yu replied.
It sounded like a lot because it was, Hunters were paid well for their profession and had to have large budgets because things like weapons and clothing to fight Grimm in weren't cheap to make hence why Ozpin had given him a very generous advance on his salary.
"Five thousand, ok I can work with that." Coco hummed and began wandering around the store. "Any preferences?" She called from behind a clothing rack as she began shuffling through various items of clothing.
"Something practical yet tells people that I'm serious and mean business."
"You do seem to be the stoic type," Coco said before peaking her head out to look at him again "Let me guess, grey's your favourite colour?"
"How'd you know?" Yu asked causing her to smirk and pull her head back.
"Lucky guess." After a few seconds, the shuffling stopped and Yu felt himself being forcefully moved towards a changing room. Before he knew what was happening Coco had shoved him into a changing room and pushed some clothes into his arms. "Here put these on." With that, she shut the curtain leaving a slightly bewildered Yu alone.
'Something tells me she prefers being on top.' Incubus commented lewdly, some Persona's had a one track mind.
Looking down at the clothes Yu eventually shrugged began to change into this new set she had picked out for him. As he did so he heard a set of footsteps grow louder, judging by how gentle they seemed to be it was clearly a woman.
"Hey Coco, new customer?" A female voice asked.
"Hey Noire, yup newbie going to Beacon this year, he needed some help, so I did your job for you," Coco replied in a tone that Yu could just hear her grin.
"What discount do you want this time?" Noire asked with a long-suffering sigh.
"Just twenty percent will do fine for my services."
"Oh, only twenty? whatever would I do without the great Coco Adel and her breath-taking knowledge of fashion," Noire asked sarcastically.
"Probably fall apart at the seams."
"Oh ho ho, a clothing pun how droll," Noire said, her voice suggesting she was rolling her eyes.
"I thought it was," Coco replied unrepentantly.
"You would, having a clothing store where your brain should be." Noire quipped
"Oh someone's snarky today."
Before Noire could reply Yu opened the curtain and stepped out of the changing room, having finished changing. Now he was wearing a dark grey collar shirt with black tie, a black heavy trench coat with a yellow trim, black formal trousers, and black leather boots.
"Hmmm, interesting choice, not very flashy like most his age these days," Noire commented looking him up and down. "What were you going for?"
"Practical yet serious" Coco answered for him.
Noire hummed to herself and nodded for a few seconds before she abruptly smacked Coco upside the head.
"Ow, what was that for?" Coco complained rubbing her head.
"Your discount is only ten percent now," Noire stated with annoyance.
"What why?"
"You idiot, the trousers, they're too serious, plus they belong with a full-on suit, AND they clash with the boots!" Noire yelled with irritation.
"He said he wanted something serious and meant business."
"Yeah, but not too serious that he's unapproachable right?"
"Uh…yeah," Yu confirmed slightly taken aback by her sudden anger.
"Ok, I'll fix this, first what's your budget?"
"Five thousand."
"Can you go ten?" Noire asked seriously. "I have a special offer for you if you can."
'Well, the clothing is going to be important in this line of work.' Seigfried commented.
'Yeah, it's essentially the armour you're gonna be wearing don't wanna be stingy about it.' Cu Chulainn agreed.
"Sure, I can go ten thousand," Yu told her agreeing with the two Personas.
"Good, one moment." Noire then zoomed off through a door. She returned a few moments later with another pair of trousers and a collared shirt which was a similar shade of grey to the one he was already wearing but it seemed to be made of a different material. "Here change into these."
Yu walked back into the changing room, he looked at the shirt appraisingly for a moment before changing into the new shirt and trousers. When he walked out Coco's sunglasses briefly slipped down her nose before she quickly corrected them.
"Hey is that-"
"Yup, that shirt is Arachne silk," Noire said proudly with a smile.
Arachne, a legendary weaver who had challenged Athena to a contest of weaving, the outcome of the contest tends to vary but in the end, Athena tore to shreds Arachne's tapestry which depicted a harsh critique of the gods and turned her into the first spider after she committed suicide.
But how did the name become known on Remnant?
"An Arachne is a spider Grimm about the size of a dog," Coco explained breaking him out of his musing. "They're fast but their webs are stronger than steel and really valuable because they can be made into really durable clothing."
"Yeah, but the problem is actually harvesting it." Noire continued "Arachne's are defensive of their webs, plus most people try for Alpha Arachne web's which are even more valuable, with Ancient Arachne's webbing being the most valuable."
"You forgot primal Arachne's" Coco pointed out.
"I don't believe in myths Coco" Noire scoffed. "Besides even if one exists no huntsman would ever be able to get its webs, most idiots who hear about the value of the webs die trying to get Ancient or Alpha Arachne webs. Because its just normal Arachne silk, it's one thousand Lein per shirt, with Seven, one for each day that comes to seven thousand, but because I'm in a good mood I'll give the seven pairs of the other stuff for the remaining three thousand."
"Alright sure." Frankly Yu thought he was getting a good deal, even before Coco had pushed him towards the changing rooms he'd grimaced when he'd seen the price of some things for sale, he knew why they were so expensive, hunter clothing had to be more practical and durable than civilian clothing, add into the mix the fact that more than a few hunters and huntresses wanted to look stylish too and the price rose even further.
So after paying Yu changed back into his regular clothes, Noire promised to have his purchases delivered to Beacon where they would be waiting for him. Coco was staying behind to keep looking for clothes so Yu left, he had more to do.
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Eventually after a few hours spent buying a bookshelf and some other things Yu found himself at an Ice Cream parlour named 'Vale Ice cream' which seemed to be a rather bland name in Yu's opinion but he was hot and decided to walk in. The store had a surprisingly sparse amount of people in it but Yu remembered that it was one in the afternoon on a weekday.
"Look I'm sorry, but no lien means no ice cream," the clerk said apologetically.
Yu raised his eyebrow when he saw the girl that the clerk was talking too, who was pouting but saying nothing. Instead, she pointed insistently at a particular ice cream that he couldn't see. But what stood out most about the girl more was her appearance.
The girl had three different hair colours, half her hair was pink and half was brown, with white streaks in the pink half. She was wearing a white jacket with a pink interior, brown trousers, and grey high heeled boots. Under her jacket was a black corset that was curved in the middle of the bottom, exposing her hips. She was also wearing a multitude of necklaces, which hung haphazardly around her neck.
Yu sighed, he wanted Ice Cream and saw no reason not to do something nice and so strode up to the counter.
"Hey, I'll some chocolate Ice Cream and I'll buy hers too," Yu said
"Ok one Chocolate and one large Neapolitan coming up" the clerk shrugged.
Yu felt a tug on his sleeve after he paid and looked at the girl who seemed to be smiling gratefully at him. She still didn't say anything, Yu got the feeling there was a personal reason for this and decided to just leave it be.
"So since I'm paying why don't eat together?" Yu offered to which the girl nodded.
After taking a seat at an empty table in the shade away from the sun Yu watched looked at the girl who apparently liked her ice cream. If the way her face seemed to brighten when her ice cream was brought to their table was any indicator. She put her umbrella down and leaned it on the wall nearby.
"So I'm Yu Narukami," Yu said introducing himself "What's your name?"
The girl didn't speak but rather gestured to her ice cream with her spoon, it didn't take Yu long to catch on.
"Your name is Neopolitan?" Yu asked for confirmation which he received in the form of a nod.
Yu was about to begin eating his own ice cream when he felt Loki stop him.
'Hold on, it's an illusion' Loki interjected 'That girl's trying to pull a fast one on you. She put an Illusion on your Ice Cream so it looks like your ice cream is in a different place than it actually is, it's probably her semblance.'
'Well, why don't we give her a little payback.' Yu thought to the trickster 'Can you cast an illusion over her illusion?'
' Please…remember who you're talking too' Loki chuckled casting the illusion.
Neo silently chuckled to herself as she kept eating her ice cream. Yu would be in for a surprise when tried to eat his ice cream only to find thin air, at least that was what she thought until Yu's spoon went into the illusory Ice Cream which did not shatter but instead allowed a chunk of chocolate ice cream to be removed and entered Yu's mouth without a problem. Neo felt her jaw drop and dropped the Illusion and sure enough the real ice cream was no longer concealed by her illusion and yet Yu was still somehow eating into the Illusory Ice Cream that she had conjured up using her semblance.
Yu contained a smirk as he heard a number of his Persona's laughing at the expression on Neo's face as he 'ate' the illusory ice cream. Using Loki's power's as a trickster it was pretty simple to cast an illusion over an illusion thus making it look like he was eating a non-existent Ice cream.
"If you keep your mouth open like that you're going to catch flies" Yu chuckled causing Neo to go snap her mouth shut.
Luckily for Yu, more than a few of his Persona's could read face and body language, not that he needed that skill to know confusion when he saw it.
"You're wondering how I did it," Yu asked the girl who nodded in confirmation.
"Well, how I did it is..."
Neo leant to hear his answer.
"A secret" Neo promptly face faulted and almost smacked her head into the table doing so causing the short girl to give Yu a glare when he chuckled at her reaction.
"I'm kidding, it's a trick I learned from a master trickster" It wasn't a lie Loki was very skilled with illusions "He's very good at spotting Illusions and we spent a lot of time together so I learned some things from him."
Again Yu avoided lying; he simply bent the truth a bit. With that their 'conversation' continued and Yu learnt a bit more about Neo.
"So are you a huntress?" Yu asked changing the subject.
Neo wiggled her hand as if to say sort of but not quite.
"Are you a Freelancer?" Yu guessed again.
Neo nodded in response, so she was a Freelancer. Yu heard that they were generally independent Hunters usually dropouts, who worked alone for cash and only took official missions when they had too. Otherwise, they hired themselves out to groups or people who could afford their services
"She lies." The voice was calm, stern and yet analytical, it was that of the first person to hold the title of Hassan-i-Sabbah', the founder of the Hashashin from where the word Assassin in English originated. He was considered to be both the first "Old Man." Even so, his actual identity was unknown. He was an Assassin without peer, to call him the King of Assassins would not be unmerited. "The way she moves, the look of her eyes, she is trained as an Assassin."
That put Yu on edge, sitting with an Assassin was unnerving, even with the Old Man, in his mind ready to protect him.
"Do not worry, I doubt you are her target. She's far too relaxed, she's probably just having time off." Hassan stated which assuaged his worries somewhat causing him to relax once more, albeit keeping a close eye on her.
"That must be tough," Yu said getting a raised eyebrow from Neo "If you'd like to just talk and get things off your chest I can if nothing else I'm a great listener."
Neo's smile got wider and she nodded in acceptance. After their ice cream was finished both of them stood up and began to leave. As they got outside Yu felt another tug at his sleeve and was handed a napkin with a number and a message something written on it. Yu read the message as Neo walked away and quickly vanished out of sight.
'Thanks for the Ice Cream here's my Scroll number if you want to hang out again -Neo'
Yu chuckled and put the napkin safely away in his pocket. That had been an interesting encounter, he had to admit he'd never sat with an Assassin before, he wondered what she was doing in Vale. Just who was she working for? He opened his scroll and went through the news, there had been no mysterious deaths recently, indeed if anything crime was low at the moment, if one discounted the recent dust robberies, but no murders at all. That was odd very odd.
Well never mind, now he needed to buy some books for that bookshelf. Thankfully there a decent bookstore nearby, Tuksons Book Trade.
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Tohru Adachi let out a bored sigh as he lay on his futon staring at the ceiling of his cell. It was rather spacious considering, probably because they wanted to keep him separate from the rest of the population, him being a former cop and all.
"Man, what drag, this so boring." he complained "I know I promised I'd follow the rules of this world, but sheesh. Not even a book to read."
Time passed slowly as he awaited his trial. He'd confessed to his crimes just as he promised which had exonerated Namatame...mostly. Frankly, he'd never meant for Nanako to get targeted, that wasn't his fault or Namtame's it was that dumbass politician's fault, interviewing kids and making Nanako a target of the town's curiosity.
"Perhaps I can be of service." Adachi sat up to see a woman standing in the corner. of the cell.
Her skin was a deathly pallor, covered with deep red and purple veins that run up her arms and face. The sclerae of her eyes were jet black and her irises glowed red. In the centre of her forehead was a black diamond-shaped marking. She was wearing a very long black robe with red designs resembling eyes. She also had a ring resembling an insect on her right index finger. Her white hair formed into a bun with six offshoots from which ornaments were suspended.
"You know, my grandma's dead and even if I dug her up I bet she wouldn't be nearly as ugly as you are." Adachi chuckled as he got a good look at the stranger "If you're a god I'm not interested, I'm done being a deities plaything." he promptly lay back down and turned away from her.
"No, I'm not a god" She chuckled not rattled at all by the insult. "But I am interested in acquiring your services, Tohru Adachi. Well, those of you and your Persona Magatsu Izanagi."
That caught Adachi's attention, causing him to sit back up and look at the woman.
"Who are you?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"My name is Salem." She introduced herself "I am from another world quite like this one, it is called Remnant."
"Remnant sounds like a shithole."
"It is far bloodier than this world, and quite a bit more advanced, in certain areas anyway. Recently things were going smoothly however a factor has caused my plans to hit some snags." Salem stated calmly "My enemy, Ozpin has enlisted the aid of a Persona user to help him, Yu Narukami."
Adachi barely stopped himself from reacting to the name.
"So come to my world and help me even the score and in return, you'll be free of this cell." Salem said, "Well, is my offer agreeable?"
A few seconds of silence passed before Adachi finally answered. "Nah."
"Oh? Is my offer not enough?"
"I promised to follow the rules of this world, that means no jailbreaks," Adachi replied with a sigh resting his head on his arms
"Hmm...if that is the only issue, then I can make it so when you return to this world no time will have passed at all," Salem told him. "No one will even realize you have been gone. So, do we have an accord?"
"What do you want me to do exactly?" Adachi asked suspiciously looking at her know outstretch hand, her nails were rather sharp and claw-like. "Cause I don't really like taking orders."
"Mostly, spreading negativity amongst the masses, helping out one of my newest subordinates with her plans. I assure you as long as you aid her, you will have the freedom to do as you please."
"Fine, deal." Adachi stood up and took her hand.
When he did so he felt a searing pain on the back of the hand he'd used. On it appeared a red symbol which appeared to be centred around a stylized representation of an eye.
"Ah, shit what the f-" Adachi didn't get to complete his curse as he felt like he was being dragged underwater. The sensation lasted for a few seconds before he found himself a room with large windows and a long table with several chairs around it. "-ok?"
"We're here," Salem stated calmly
Adachi saw three people sat at the table, three guys, a large musclebound stoic looking person with his arms folded, a crazy-eyed guy with a scorpion tail and some nerdy looking old geezer. He felt it, like he was in the TV World again, and couldn't help the grin which crossed his lips as he Magatsu Izanagi growl in the back of his mind, the surge of power was intoxicating just like it had been before.
"Warn me before you do shit like that, queen bitch," Adachi grumbled as Salem simply walked away towards the head of the table.
"How dare you speak to the goddess like that!" The crazy looking scorpion guy screeched.
The man then leapt up onto the table and charged at Adachi, he was stopped partway as something painfully grabbed his tail causing him to fall onto his face. He looked up and whimpered slightly at the sight of Magatsu Izanagi glaring down at him. Then he was harshly slammed into the ground and then swung by his tail and slammed into the ground again, this repeated a few times before he was flung into a pillar and sent into unconsciousness.
"Arthur," Salem called out to the moustached man from next her seat ignoring what had just happened. She slid a small box towards Arthur which he took. "Please deliver this and the updated orders we discussed to Cinder, in addition, I'd like you to take Mr Adachi to Vale with you, unlock his Aura and help him awaken his Semblance. Then you may return to your other duties. Oh and do make sure that dear Cinder knows that Mr Adachi is an assistant and not a subordinate."
"Of course your grace." The man said giving a bow as he stowed the box away in a pocket and stood up. "I am Arthur Watts, now come along Mr Adachi we have a long trip ahead of us."
"Yeah, whatever nerd," Adachi said clicking his tongue derisively, earning a sigh from Arthur.
"Oh, before I forget here you go." Salem pulled a revolver out of her sleeve and handed it to Adachi. "A gift, it is made of a special metal that will allow it to channel the power of your Persona through it."
Adachi's smirk grew into a full-blown grin as he inspected the gun like it was a new toy. Then suddenly he aimed it at a wall and pulled the trigger, however instead of a bullet out of it erupted a large fireball which easily blew a hole in said wall.
"Oh I'm gonna have fun with this." Adachi chuckled putting the gun away and continuing to follow Watts out of the room.
When they were gone Hazel looked at Salem.
"With respect your grace, that man cannot be trusted, he will betray us," Hazel stated looking suspiciously after Adachi and Watts.
"I am quite aware Hazel. However, he will behave because if he gives me a reason to cancel our contract he'll be sent home and won't be able to help Narukami." Salem answered with no concern. "He won't be able to do any major damage anyway, by the time his usefulness has expired his replacement should be ready. Besides" Salem walked over to a window and looked out of it. "Adachi is not the only ace up my sleeve."
Hazel stood up and walked behind her, he looked out to see black ooze moving out of the spawning pools, very few new Grimm were being created, instead, nearly all of the pools were being diverted to something big, very big. It was humanoid shaped and was leaning lifelessly against one of the giant purple crystals which dotted the landscape.