Chapter 35

Unaccepted

June 4, 2021; Monday

Kyuto High; First Years' Building

(Lunchtime)

Yuriko plopped into her seat, already feeling exhausted. The heist that she pulled off earlier that day had tuckered her out, not to mention Mr. Jaaku was her homeroom teacher. When she arrived to class late after P.E., he was nonetheless too pleased to see her.

"Late again, I see? Mind explaining why?"

That and her test scores for midterm both weighed heavily on her mind. Yuriko grimaced as she hid her face in her desk; Yes, today was not one of her best days.

"Maybe I can just lie here with my face on the desk and nobody will notice me…", she said to herself.

Apparently, fate had different ideas for her. Someone called out to her from the doorway, but she didn't want to look up; She already knew who it was.

"Hey! Look at me when I'm talking to you!"

Yuriko sighed and brought her head up to face an arrogant looking third year. He had a nose that looked several times broken as well as slicked back midnight hair. Next to him were two second years that looked equally rugged as he did.

"Well, aren't you gonna come over here? Follow the orders of your senior."

"Even when they try to look like they're part of the Yakuza?"

"What was that?"

Yuriko did her best to look respectful.

"Yes, Soratsu-senpai?"

The third year crossed his arms and spoke.

"Well then, I think that we need to have a talk. Somewhere private, perhaps?"

Yuriko cursed under her breath, but followed them. Eventually, they stopped in an abandoned classroom. Soratsu jerked his head for her to go inside. Then, they followed right after her.

"What do you want now?"

"My my, this is definitely a different attitude from before, but I'll overlook it."

Soratsy started to pace around her.

"Tell me, what happened to you? You should be in your second year right now."

Yuriko gritted her teeth and tightened her fist, but said nothing.

"Oh wait, I remember. Something with you and that hot little number. What was her name again? Hinami? Akari?"

"Hikari", Yuriko said under her breath.

Soratsu feigned remembrance as he slapped the side of his head.

"Oh! That's right! Hikari! She really was beautiful. Also one of your good friends."

Yuriko watched him pace by in front of her once again; Soratsu wearing a smug grin on his face.

"Man, I believe I used to go out with her for a little while back-"

"You wish you did."

Soratsu looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Ah, so you do remember? Well then, I guess you can draw the conclusion as to why she's not here anymore."

Yuriko looked down on the ground, her teeth clenched, not making a sound. Soratsu frowned, but then continued to pace.

"Well then, if you're not going to say anything, then I guess I'll have to recall it all on my own. You boys remember how she was almost mine, right? Then you just had to get in the way."

He stopped pacing now. Instead, he faced her with his arms crossed.

"Such a shame. You are quite a sight as well, I'll admit that. Unfortunately, you favor women; An absolute stain on humanity."

Yuriko suddenly felt a fresh surge of anger flow through her chest. Soratsu stepped towards her.

"Well, if I can't have her, I guess I can always take the time to straighten you ou-"

*PAH*

Yuriko sent a fist towards Soratsu's face and sent him back a few steps. He held the side of his head and noticed that he was slightly bleeding.

"You bitch! You dare raise a hand to your senior?!"

"It's your just dessert", she said as she rubbed her knuckles.

"She never wanted you. She never wanted you at all!"

"You're wrong!"

*POW*

"Ah!"

Soratsu sent a punch to Yuriko's face and she flew into the wall. He advanced once again and continued punching her.

"She was gonna be mine! Mine! And mine alone! You got in the way you god-damned whore!"

The brutal assault continued until Yuriko was bruised and bloody. When she could barely speak, Soratsu stopped.

"And one last thing before I go. I still need to straighten you."

His two cronies at the door started to chuckle as he undid his belt. Yuriko watched in horror as he proceeded to remove his pants.

"Wait, boss", one of the second years said.

Soratsu stopped what he was doing and turned.

"You better have a good explanation for this."

"Aniki said he needs us to help out in a gang war. It starts in ten minutes."

Soratsu frowned, but put his pants back on.

"You're lucky I didn't kill you this time around. My advice: Don't show your face around me or any of my women."

He walked out the door while he fastened his belt.

"Burn in hell you lesbian!", the other crony spat at her before he shut the door.

Yuriko spat out some blood onto the ground. She couldn't feel any broken bones, but it still hurt like hell. Reluctantly, she tried to get herself off the ground, but failed to do so and fell again. Suddenly, she heard someone at the door.

"Crap", she thought to herself

"He's back for more."

She looked up to see a boy with short black hair walking towards her. He spoke to her, but she couldn't hear him at all.

"Strange, that's not Soratsu... ", she thought before ebbing away.

(After School)

Nuzoku Hospital

Everyone was waiting outside the room Yuriko was in to her what had happened. The group looked solemn.

"Hey, Tyr, can you go and check to see if she's doing okay?", Kazuhiko asked.

Tyr checked the room and came back.

"She doesn't look so good, but she'll be able to come back in a few days."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Iselin looked down at the ground, still looking worried.

"Who would do such a thing? If anyone should have been angry at her, it should be us, but we wouldn't do something this bad."

"Oh yeah?", Johei said.

"My face is covered in stitches and my nose is broken all because you thought I stole your underwear."

Daichi elbowed Johei in the ribs and shook his head.

"Not now, numbskull."

"Still, I wish we could do something more to help her", Skadi said.

"I know, I feel the same way", Tyr said as he looked at Yuriko through the window of the door to her room.

"Well, there's nothing we can do for her right now", Daichi said.

"Let's just go home for today. The nurses don't want us to bother her."

"Whoops! Sorry, excuse me", a voice said.

Everyone turned around to see a boy in a leather jacket walking towards them with his posse. He had a few cuts and bruises as if he had just gotten out of a fight.

"'Scuse me, I need to go in there and talk to her."

Yoichi shook his head.

"Sorry, but the nurses said that she isn't well enough to have any visitors."

The boy just brushed the comment aside with a wave of his hand.

"Don't worry. I'll just pop in real quick. The doctor won't know a thing."

Mikan looked at the boy with a confused expression.

"Wait, who are you?"

The boy put his hands behind the back of his head.

"Names Ryunosuke Soratsu. But you can just call me the man of your dreams."

"More like a nightmare", Nanako muttered under her breath.

Soratsu glared at Nanako, but ignored the comment.

"I need to see my girlfriend pronto. She needs me by her side, so if you'd just let me go, that would make my job a bit easier."

"You're not going anywhere near her", Kazuhiko said.

Soratsu raised an eyebrow towards Kazuhiko.

"You want to say that again pretty boy?"

"Are you deaf or plain stupid? I said you're not going in there."

The two sidekicks cracked their knuckles, but Soratsu shook his head towards them.

"Well why not? I am her boyfriend after all."

Kazuhiko sent him a look that made him want to take a few steps back.

"First off, you're not dating her", Nanako said.

"It's pretty obvious since we found out she's lesbian. Besides, you just flirted with senpai as if you were single. Second, you smell like cigarettes, which the nurses won't even let you into her room no matter what. Third, I'm willing to bet that you're the reason why she's in there in the first place."

Soratsu withdrew.

"Y-you don't know that for sure."

"Actually, I agree with her", Kazuhiko said.

"Yuriko-san looked like she had cuts all over her face, as if she was punched repeatedly by someone with a ring on. Also, you seem to be wearing some with blood on them."

Soratsu looked at his fingers and cursed.

"Y-yeah, but I just got out of a fight at the street a few minutes ago. You can't pin me down!"

"I never said I was completely sure about you being the culprit, but the constant denial and excuses are definitely making you look suspicious", Nanako said.

Johei stood up from his seat.

"Tell me, what exactly are you here for, Ryunosuke Soratsu?"

Soratsu turned to Johei who had his face down.

"Well, I'm not the one who did that to her, if that's what you're saying, but I am here to teach the lesbo a lesson."

Johei clenched his fist, but Soratsu didn't seem to notice.

"She needs to know that what she is isn't okay. Besides, she stole my actual girl from me- UGH!"

Johei, faster than the human eye could see, had picked him up by the collar and held him a few good inches in off the ground.

"I already know who you are."

Soratsu's thugs were about to rush in to help out their leader, but Mikan and Daichi sent them a look that made them stop in their tracks.

"You think that because something didn't go your way, that some girl wouldn't go for you, you had a right to take it out on her friend?"

Johei finally lifted his head up to face Soratsu.

"I swear, if you lay another finger on her, I will make sure you suffer a fate even worse than death."

He finally set Soratsu down on the ground, petrified with terror. Then, he recovered and turned around.

"Fine, have the bitch to yourself. S'not like I care."

The two thugs followed Soratsu and they left the building. Johei finally let out a deep breath and relaxed.

"Sorry guys. I just really hate that kind of person."

"You and me both, dude. I was gonna pummel the shit out of him but Tyr was holding me back", Loki said.

"I too admit that I was tempted to tie his manhood to a train ready to depart the station", Skadi said.

"I wouldn't do exactly that… but still something equally painful", Mikan remarked.

Everyone seemed to be in a bad mood after ranting on ways to defile Soratsu, so they decided to call it a day.

Meanwhile inside the patient room…

Yuriko was in the hospital bed, crying. She had heard what the others had said outside of the room, but was too weak to say anything. They were complete strangers who had protected her, yet all she did was steal the girls' undergarments.

"God, what the hell did I do to deserve this."

Even though she asked, she didn't want to hear the answer. She had the vague feeling that God was not on her side in these moments and would probably strike her down if he were more merciful. She resorted to crying herself to sleep to forget about the day.

June 6, 2021; Wednesday

Kyuto High; Hallways

(Morning)

Yuriko seldom spoke to anyone. Not her classmates or even her parents who had already known the fact of her sexuality. This was due to her mishap last year; She was already known by most of the school as a black sheep. She felt that she was living a punished life that God had planned out for her: Alone and unwanted.

She had just gotten out of the hospital last night, but still felt as if she didn't want to go to school the next day. Although one good thing came up after this whole thing: She didn't hear any insults thrown at her. It was just an entire day of silence. That was, until she heard someone call to her.

"Hey! Ikebukoro-san!"

Yuriko turned around to see the boy with black hair from the second-year class who had gotten her to the hospital. She didn't know why, but she had the strange urge to run away from him; To bury her face in her books and disappear from the world. Pretty soon, his voice was just a distant memory when she arrived to her class.

Ryunosuke Soratsu POV

(Lunchtime)

Soratsu cursed under his breath. He was walking down the hall when he caught glimpse of a certain somebody.

"Damn that Shiroka punk!", he thought to himself.

"Now I've gotta find some way to make sure that bitch gets what she deserves."

He continued walking through the hall until he bumped into a student.

"Hey, watch it small fry!", he said to the student on the ground.

The student apologized to him and continued walking to class. Suddenly, Soratsu felt his phone vibrate.

"*sigh* what is it now?"

He checked his phone and surprisingly found it unlocked and open to a page.

"Goddamnit. Hey! You!"

Soratsu turned around but didn't find the student anywhere. In a huff, he turned back to his phone to check it. But then, his eyes opened wide.

"This site... it's... "

His face changed from a look of shock to a mask of delight.

"Perfect."

He said as he typed in Yuriko's name into the enter box.

Yuriko Ikebukoro POV

Yuriko was simply walking down the hallway when someone crashed into her.

"Wh-hey!"

She dropped her stuff onto the ground, but the student didn't stop to help her. Then again, it wasn't like she expected him to. Sighing, she got down on the ground and picked up her books. Then, she found something on the ground that looked out of place.

"Is that a… QR Code?"

She picked up the card and turned it around. There was nothing on the card, save for the scan code.

"Hey, move it!", she heard someone say.

Without thinking twice, she stuffed the card into her pocket and stepped out of the way; making a mental note to look at the card again some other time.

(After school)

Kyuto High; Club Room

"Just a little bit more... ", Maeko said as Kazuhiko tipped the tea pot.

Kazuhiko had to admit, this activity was quite calming. Definitely something he should do after exams. Once he finished pouring the tea into the bowl, he set the teapot down on the table. Maeko smiled at him upon his success.

"Perfect posture, Sukima-san. And in such a short time too. I admit, I'm quite impressed."

The praise made Kazuhiko smile for a bit until Maeko moved onto Natsuko.

"Alright Natsuko-chan. Remember, there's no need to rush this. Just take your time and everything will be alright", Maeko told her.

"O-okay senpai! I know I can do it this time!", Natsuko said as she picked up the pot.

She started to slowly tip her teapot so that the tea would pour out, but nothing happened.

"Um, maybe a little more?"

Natsuko tipped the teapot at a steeper angle before realizing Maeko sighing.

"Natsuko, you're supposed to fill the teapot first."

The girl's cheeks slightly reddened as she refilled the teapot and came back to the table.

"Alright, I'm ready now!"

This time, she tilted the teapot a little bit too much so that the tea came gushing out of the spout. Surprised, Natsuko quickly tilted back the teapot to stop the flow, but touched the main body of the item.

*tss*

"Ah!"

Natsuko accidentally dropped the teapot once again. Time seemed to flow a in slow motion until…

*thunk*

Kazuhiko held out his hand with a cloth on it and caught the teapot before it crashed onto the ground.

"A-ah! Senpai!", Natsuko said as she tried to help Kazuhiko, but he shook his head and smiled.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. The cloth helps a bit."

Maeko let out a deep breath as if she was on pins and needles during Natsuko's presentation.

"Thank you, Sukima-san. Natsuko, help take the teapot off his hand. I think this'll be the end for our meeting today."

Natsuko nodded and carefully took the teapot off of Kaz's hand.

Later…

"Thank you for earlier, Sukima-san", Maeko said as she put the tea bowls away.

She closed the closet doors and gave a slight bow to him.

"If not for your quick reflexes, we would have to widen our budget. Where did you get so fast anyways?"

Kazuhiko lightly sweated at the question.

"Well... "

Flashback

"Johei, look out!"

*SHOVE*

(...)

"Zionga"

"Yipes!"

*KRAKOOM*

(...)

Kazuhiko held his katana sheathed with four shadows in front of him. The one at the front was poised to strike until…

*SHING*

Kazuhiko appeared on the other side of the shadow while sheathing his blade. When it was fully sheathed, the shadows had split into five separate pieces individually.

Flashback End

"I lived in a tough neighborhood."

Maeko looked concerned, but didn't press the matter.

"Well, either way, we won't have to worry about Natsuko-chan breaking a lot of pots now."

Tyr chuckled to himself upon hearing this.

"Anyways, I want to tell you that Natsuko herself seems to be improving as well. That is, in terms of her enthusiasm", Maeko continued.

Kazuhiko raised an eyebrow in confusion. He hadn't noticed something like that, but Maeko didn't bother to elaborate. She was chuckling to herself.

"You should go to talk to her; I'm sure she's more than willing to."

Even more confused, Kazuhiko nodded and walked out of the classroom. Upon coincidence, Natsuko was just walking outside in the hallways before stopping in front of Kazuhiko.

"Oh! Sukima-senpai!"

Kazuhiko nodded to her and decided to talk to her while walking.

"So, how do you feel?", he asked her.

Natsuko looked contempt.

"I… I still need a lot of work..."

"She can say that again", Tyr said, which made him receive a disapproving look from Kazuhiko.

"Well, there's no rush; It's not like we have a deadline or anything."

Natsuko nodded sadly and continued to walk in silence.

"Okay, looks like I'm carrying the conversation here", Kazuhiko thought to himself as he cleared his throat.
"So, what made you want to join the club?"

"Well, it's probably because of my older sister. She loved that club so I felt obligated to join", Natsuko answered.

"Alright, now we're getting somewhere", Tyr thought aloud.

"She was the Club Leader in her second year until she graduated. Not only that, but she got a bunch of other awards too and got to study abroad."

"Definitely a lot to live up to, I'm guessing", Kazuhiko said.

Natsuko nodded in agreement. They both continued walking in silence until they reached the door.

"Thank you for what you did, Sukima-senpai, I really appreciate it."

Kazuhiko waved his hand as if to brush off the gesture.

"Don't mention it. Besides, we're supposed to be partners, right?"

"Yeah", Natsuko answered.

She waved goodbye to him and then walked off.

High Priestess Rank Up!

(I'm just going to use this from now on because typing the tarot card and Kazuhiko whispering it to himself is getting kinda annoying)

"Well then, that was interesting", Tyr said.

Kazuhiko raised his eyebrow.

"What are you talking about? What's so interesting?"

Tyr chuckled as he danced around the subject.

"Oh nothing. Although, you might have some trouble on a certain day next year with all the popularity you're getting."

"What?"

"Nothing. It's nothing."

(After School)

Yuriko's Room

After putting her bag down onto a heap on the floor, Yuriko fell onto her bed and face-planted into her pillow. Suddenly, she had been reflecting more on her decisions in the past; Not that she didn't do it on a regular basis, but more than usual.

"Ugh… what the hell is going on?"

She took out her phone and opened up her contacts list. She scrolled down until she found a certain contact that made her mood stoop even lower.

Hikari Amano

Yuriko's finger hovered over the call button, but by some supernatural force, she couldn't come within an inch of the screen. Sighing, she put her phone away and laid on her back.

"I should call her, but will she even pick up?", Yuriko thought to herself.

After laying their for several more minutes, Yuriko got up and decided to change. She was about to change into some shorts until she felt something strange in her pocket.

"Hm? Oh, this thing."

She took out the card from earlier that day. She turned it around a couple times for sport before stopping and sighing.

"Well it's not like I've got anything better to do... "

After retrieving her phone and scanning the code, she saw that a new app had suddenly appeared.

"Mirror Dimension Navigator?"

She checked around on it for several minutes until retiring for the day.

"I guess there really isn't anything I can do now, is the-"

Suddenly, she stood up and walked towards the hall.

"Wha-? What the hell's this?"

She tried to stop, but her legs would not listen; She steadily started to make her way towards the mirror at the end of the hall. Panicked, she tried to grab onto anything that was around her; Anything that would make her slow down or stop, but nothing was in reach. Then, she set foot inside the mirror.

"What the shit is this?! Somebody! Help m-!"

But Yuriko already disappeared into the mirror long before anyone would hear her.

June 8, 2021; Saturday

Kyuto High; Rooftop

(Lunchtime)

"Yuriko Ikebukoro is now in the Mirror Dimension", Kazuhiko read out loud for his team.

Everyone had taken their usual seats with their Persona behind them. Skadi looked pained, as if she had lost a dear friend.

"Poor girl… to think that she had to endure all of the abuse of that Soratsu boy. On top of that, she gets sent to that place. When will it end?"

Loki, however, was staring at Skadi attentively.

"Is it me or does Skadi seem… different?"

Johei raised his eyebrow with a questioning look on his face.

"What are you talking about? She seems normal to me."

"Shh!", Loki hushed him as he gestured to keep listening to Skadi.

"The poor girl, all of this pain that she has been bearing, it must have been eating her from the inside. The insolence of that man! I shall throttle him! I will hang him from his thumbs and make him bleed from his pinky toes! I will personally make sure that he dies a slow, agonizing death; Only when he is begging for death will I grace him with it!"

Skadi stopped to take a deep breath before noticing everyone was watching her.

"... What?"

Kazuhiko and Tyr were leaning back with wide eyes, Johei and Loki both had their jaws on the ground (well, Loki just had a jaw going off-screen), Yoichi and Mimir were ducking behind an air vent, Daichi and the crows looked terrified, and Mikan and Iselin were just staring at Skadi.

"Testify, sister!", Hildr replied to Skadi and then earned a few glances towards herself.

"Mika-senpai, I know we don't like Soratsu-san, but we didn't want to kill him", Johei said.

"Hey!"

"I must confess as well, Iselin", Daichi started

"Some things are okay to support, but this is not one of them."

"I wasn't in favor of it!", Iselin protested.

"We all know that our Persona are somewhat of a reflection of ourselves", Daichi said

"Admit it, you were thinking of that deep down."

"Although he is a horrible person", Munin cawed.

"We should send him to Asgard and unleash Ragnarok while chaining him down at the center!", Hugin added.

"You were saying?"

"Shut up."

"Okay, I see that she's a lot more violent, but what about that has changed?"

"Simple", Loki said

"She's sexist."

"What?", Mikan said.

"WHAT?!", Skadi shouted.

"I mean, come on. You always beat the crap out of me for playing pranks, but you don't do anything to her when she stole Mikan's tighty whities?"

"How do you know I have white underwear?", Mikan suddenly asked.

"From Johei's collection. He's even got some of Iselin's!"

The girls were about to pulverize Johei until Kazuhiko stepped in.

"We're going off task here! At least hold together until after the meetings over!"

The girls reluctantly sat back down and listened to Kazuhiko.

"We haven't been in Niflheim for quite a while so we'll be a bit out of practice. Yoichi, I'll lend you some of the Niflheim cash to buy some healing supplies. Johei, I'll leave you a bag of materials to sell to the shop, and I'd better see a receipt."

"Don't blame me for the missing cash, pin it on this guy", Johei said while pointing towards Loki.

"What use do you even have for money anyways?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know", Loki replied.

"Everyone else, get your stuff ready for afterschool. We'll rendezvous at four."

(After School)

Mirror Dimension; Niflheim, Floor 44

"Hey, Yoichi, you know how far she is?", Johei said between breaths.

"Not for a good while. She looks about 15 to 20 floors above us."

"15 to 20 what?!", Loki shouted.

"I can't take this anymore, can we call it quits for now?"

"Loki, we can go a bit further, I feel fine", Skadi said.

"*Mumble* *grumble* sexist *grumble* *mumble*"

"What was that?"

"Uh, I mean, yeah! I can keep it up!"

"Heads up!", Kazuhiko shouted.

Everyone dodged a Polygon Brawler (think Polygon Ryu from Street Fighter if he was in the N64 SS Bros.) that sent a crushing fist to the ground.

"Garula!", Daichi said after getting up from his dive-roll.

Hugin and Munin flapped their wings to send a strong wind towards the shadow.

"Herculean Strike!", Iselin said.

Hildr drew her axes and struck the shadow at the (presumed) neck area, decapitating it. After picking up the spoils, Kazuhiko decided to retire the team to the safe spot.

"Man, I feel out of shape!", Johei said as he leaned his spear on the wall.

"We haven't been this far up the tower. That added with our long break would seem obvious to our state of battle", Mikan said.

Everyone seemed to be more worned out from battle than usual, mostly because of the new shadows that they faced.

"I think we should get to her in two weeks or a little more if there aren't any disturbances", Yoichi said.

"That's good. The deadline isn't until a month away", Kazuhiko replied while checking his phone.

"Hm? Without any disturba-", Tyr said.

Loki quickly covered his mouth before he could finish his sentence. Everyone looked at him.

"What? You guys don't know Murphy's law? Anything that can go wrong-"

"Will go wrong, yes we know it. But why are you so worried? It's not like we'll get any interferen-"

"Nope! Not happening!", Loki said when he covered Kazuhiko's mouth.

"Loki, look, I know you're a bit worried, but there's no reason to be so worried", Johei said, trying to reassure his Persona.

"Yes! Listen to your master!", Hugin cawed.

"It's not like the world will e- UMF!"

Loki clamped Munin's beak shut. Iselin started to get a wicked idea.

"Yeah! We're definitely not gonna-"

Loki moved towards Iselin but Hildr quickly interrupted.

"Get any barrier in our way!"

"Gah! Goddamnit!", Loki said as he held his head.

"*sigh* listen, Loki, there is no such thing as that kind of superstition. Besides, even if we didn't say it, I bet we'd have something in our way regardless", Kazuhiko said.

Loki still looked glum.

"Alright, go ahead and do whatever you want, but if we have something in our way that stops us, don't say I didn't warn you!", Loki said to everyone.

The team just shrugged it off and decided to go back for the day.

End Theme: Negaki no Refrain

Suggested by RosyMiranto18

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The Protagonists; Subject: Names and Games

Kazuhiko: So let me get this straight; Atlus forced you guys to have two names?

Yu: Yep. I'm Yu Narukami as well as Souji Seta.

Minato: Minato Arisato and Makoto Yuki.

Akira: Akira Kurusu originally until the anime came around. Then I was known as Ren Amamiya.

Minako: I have way too many, but official name is Female Protagonist.

Kazuhiko: Geez, what is up with the Japan branch?

Yu: Yeah, the names get kinda confusing at the time. What's even worse is the spin-offs.

Kazuhiko: Spin-offs?

Minato: You know, like the dancing games and whatnot.

Minako: Thank goodness I wasn't in any of them.

Minato: P3P was a spin-off, imoto.

Minako: …

Yu: Take it from me, being Atlus' golden boy, I had the most work out of us all.

Akira: Tell me about it. After you had your run through, it made a wave for all of us. I still can't shake off the horrors of our dancing game.

Minato: Well, at least the worst has passed, we all still have PQ2 coming up.

Kazuhiko: Oh yeah, that. Say, about PQ2, are we all going to be in it?

Yu: Well, only us of the official Atlus games, sorry Kazuhiko.

Kazuhiko: Well, about that, I recently got this in the mail!

(pulls out a contract)

Minako: What is that?

Kazuhiko: A contract that pledges my friends and myself to Atlus and the Persona Team! Yep! I'm gonna be an official member!

Akira: Wait, WHAT?!

Minato: Sukima-san, please think this through carefully-

Kazuhiko: Too late! Already signed it!

Yu: Damn it! Guys, quickly, let's get him to Atlus HQ to revoke the contract!

Kazuhiko: Say… what's with the world right now?

Minato: We're losing him!

*THUD*

Minako: Kazuhiko!

Akira: Crap! Sukima! Can you hear me?! Tell me! What's your name?!

Kazuhiko: Uhm… Sosuke Kishimoto?

Yu: SON OF A-!

JK, guys, I didn't sign a contract with Atlus.

Written by Dangstaboy and definitely not Atlus