Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC(s).
Genres: Friendship, Adventure, Humor, Mystery
Notes to make: I don't do romance in general, but I have a bias for Joker as my number one favorite character in the entire Persona franchise (despite not knowing the other games as well but meh). So I will be pairing OC X Joker but not explicitly. So maybe a slow burn relationship? The slow burn that makes you wish the actual romance would come? Yeah, hence the lack of romance genre, since that's not the main focus.
Do expect a lot of interaction with everyone! There are perks to having a shape-shifting buddy.
Joker will be known as Akira Kurusu in this fic. I'll admit, I was a bit salty with his official name Ren Amamiya but now I don't mind it as much. I still prefer Akira since the whole name just sounds edgey for this dude and rightfully so. I think it's b/c of the Ks when you pronounce his whole name. That's part of my reasoning.
Sporadic updates! If I don't update in half a year, I may post a notice chapter. Yes I know how ridiculously long the story and content is that Haru was sadly crammed in without as much development when the story is 3/4 finished. But I'll do my best!
Now let's move on to the actual story!
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So noisy.
Blurs of shiny monochrome beetles purred and zip across one path while pedestrians stampede the other. Horns blared in riot, chatters flood the environment mindlessly and boisterously.
"Humans are weak."
Eyes obscured under a black cloth roamed the many faces of Earth's inhabitants. The same blank, ignorantly blissful, and disappointed visages that are the face stamps of humanity.
"Humans are boring."
A thick miasma hung the tip of the tongue. Black wisps danced the contour of all those in immediate vicinity, some dyed darker than others.
"Humans are disgusting."
But...
A lone girl stood in the crossroad of the street. Not a single glance was spared her way as humans traversed lanes. Rather, the lack of her presence rendered the naked eye immune.
That makes it all the worthwhile to sniff those special souls out.
The game begins...
[Where Have You Been?]
She had no memories upon her arrival. Yet the moment she had manifested on the streets of Tokyo, a buzzing land of human civilization, she instantly knew she had a peculiar power in the back of her hand. It was nothing a human would possess, but a supernatural creature of fiction.
It turned out she's not truly human. If she were, her "fellow" human "brothers and sisters" (as those delusional men called prophets would say) would have seen her, much less physically come into contact. Instead, a body or a shoulder would phase through, as uncomfortable she would be everytime.
She was also conscious of another world; one inhabited by creatures who may be considered her "siblings": the Shadows. After countless (almost civilized, surprising enough) interrogations about her identity, existence, and the world around them, the enigma had come to the conclusion that she is a Shadow herself. The creatures seem to treat her as such like she was already a part of their friendly circle, hence the lack of hostility between them.
To borrow the language of man, a Phantom may be more appropriate for her ability to traverse between the Shadow world, known as the Metaverse, and reality.
With the Shadows as her only interaction, she had learned of these humans who are said to be incompetent, foolish, and even more monstrous and filthy than the Shadows themselves. At first, she failed to recognize the hatred and discrimination they had treated humans like inferior creatures. As she watched the denizens of Tokyo live their lives, she had witnessed countless incidents of man's corrupt nature. A disappointing fact among Shadows had appealed her to think the same.
Yet a piece, however small it may be, of hope remains in her heart. She wanted to believe the world is not absolutely bad as they say. Surely there is someone out in the vast world that would have virtue to make a difference for the better good.
The Shadows would laugh as though she made a hilarious joke of the lifetime. How "cute" the hope was, they would say and slap her back jokingly.
Despite those words, she continues to have faith.
That was two years ago. Recently she is capable of interacting with the human world in the form of an animal they call a tanuki (1). She was not sure why a raccoon dog, but regardless, she gets chased by humans left and right. Apparently a tanuki is believed to grant good luck and money among them, especially an albino whose white fur further guarantees fortune.
It became too bothersome for her that she only wills herself into a tanuki when she is required to interact with the environment. Rumors and sightings on her slowly but surely attracted many eyes on Tokyo and became a legend of sorts.
Humans are such curious beings.
In her human form, she identifies herself as "Luxu." She was subconsciously aware that is a given name when she was born. Though she still suffers from amnesia and sometimes wonder what that meant or who gave it to her.
Perhaps the clues to her memories are found here in the human world. Perhaps the opposite for the Metaverse. Or maybe...
Luxu stands before a school whose sign read Shujin Academy. Her nose scrunched distastefully.
'Reeks of malevolence...'
She analysed the many faces of teenagers wearing identical uniforms, save the alterations for girls and boys. Of course, none of them noticed her presence as they leave the building.
'I should investigate.'
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Luxu had no luck finding anything that would trigger her memories to revive, but to say this academy was not intriguing would be wrong.
The principal (whose head reminded her of an egg) is undeniably incompetent. Perhaps it is because of him that the rest of the faculty staff are foolish. There was a lack of passion, the fire that humans burn with determination to strive to live their days like no tomorrow. Luxu wished to see someone like that, just for a change of pace in the usual boring bland faces.
The humanoid Phantom finds a girl hiding behind the corner of the wall aside from her protruding head. Luxu traced her line of sight and landed on an unsuspecting boy chatting with his friend a safe distance away. When she returned her gaze, she concluded the girl has a desire that may very blossom into a much twisted obsession. Somehow no one bothered to recommend a therapist.
Despite being aware of her empty presence, Luxu still walked around her while keeping a distance from the eery giggling and mumbles.
Luxu leans her back against the space beside the vending machines in the courtyard, the area currently vacant. Even in a small space, the miasma is very thick that she could swat away the air and it still would never leave.
"I don't remember this neighborhood being so suffocating before..." Luxu mused. What could be the cause?
A pair of footsteps entered. A lone girl dressed without the black blazer has a black leg brace on one leg and white running shoes. A gloomy dark shadow was visibly evident, screaming miserableness.
Luxu furrowed her light brows and frowned upon the sight of the bandages on her leg. A victim of the malevolence, most likely.
The dark ponytail teen sits on the bench across Luxu and hung her head to the floor. Her fists on her lap tightened to white. If it were not for the Shadow's sharp hearing, Luxu would have failed to hear the student utter a ghost of a mumble, "I can't fail... Volleyball is all I have..."
A thin black layer outlining the contour of her body leeked into the atmosphere. Luxu lifts herself off the wall and widened a fraction of her eyes.
'Her Shadow...!'
Luxu hesitated. What can she do before the face of negative emotions piling up? She can't leave knowing such a danger.
The human continued to mumble incoherent lines until she caved in and veiled her face from the world with her hands. "Ann..."
A high pitched whine followed afterwards. It was not from the girl, however.
She opened her dark eyes to meet a furry body of pelt white as snow. A pair of squinted eyes stared at her.
The girl lowered her hands, bewildered. "A... tanuki?"
Luxu slowly pads her paws to the stunned teen as to not startle her out of her seat. She watches her frame stand rigid before nuzzling her muzzle to her lower leg, uttering a whimper to convey concern.
The muscles in her leg loosened. Luxu looks up only to be lifted under her front limbs and settled on the human's lap.
"You are a tanuki... Right?" She asked, "Could you be the one people in the internet posted about these days?"
The raccoon dog tilts her head.
"I wonder why you're here in a school all of a sudden..." The human said aloud more to herself. "It's dangerous, you know?" She gently rubs Luxu's back in one steady motion. It was rare for a human child to not leap on the chance of a rare sight. Luxu was not complaining, though.
A faint twitch of a smile lifted her lips. In that instance, Luxu was awed. She looks more beautiful with a smile.
"Your fur's so soft and fluffy. You actually look more like a pet dog than a wild tanuki." She remarked and cuddled the animal.
Luxu remained still in her hold. How can a human's body be so warm yet cold at the same time? Could the coldness be the darkness clinging to her heart for however long it has been?
The pitch black flames died down. Luxu could no longer see it, however it still remains burning alive inside.
"Did you appear to console me?" The girl asked. In response, Luxu rubbed her head against the human's. A giggle chiming like soothing bells was elicited.
"That tickles." Luxu was pulled back to face her. She was surprised to meet glazed eyes.
"Thank you. No one besides my best friend has been so nice and there to be by my side like you." The girl hugs the albino tanuki with a much firmer squeeze yet not strong enough to suffocate her.
Luxu frowned. 'Really? Has it been that tough for you to be so vulnerable? How hurt are you?'
The animal tentatively licked her cheek. She did not seem to mind as she buried her head deeper.
"Thank you..." Her voice cracked in the end.
Luxu stared into the distance past her small hunched shoulders with musing eyes. Suddenly her ear twitched to life. Someone is coming.
Luxu released a small whine and squirmed in her embrace before slipping out and dashing from sight. She heard the human cry out for her but the phantom did not pay heed after hiding from the public eye and instantly shifting into her Shadow form the next.
Luxu leaped atop the blue roof and watched as another human girl entered. A curious outlander unlike most of this land's denizens, with light blonde hair and bright blue eyes (a stark contrast to the gloomy child) inquired the ponytail girl who replied with a feint air of obliviousness. Luxu discovered the latter's name to be Shiho while the former is Ann.
'Could that be the best friend she mentioned? Why doesn't the human tell her what she said to me?'
Luxu was puzzled on human behavior. Why do they not get straight to the point and tell each other their problems? They are only hastening their doom by doing that.
The phantom decides to leave for the day and return to Mementos. She will find Shiho's Shadow and confront her about it herself in hopes to quell the concerning miasma belonging to the human.
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Luxu sniffs the air before a distorted portal where wooden train tracks spiraled into the core and black webs surge inside. This scent is just like Shiho's. This has to be it.
Luxu leaps into the portal that sucked her in like a vacuum. Her body swims through the scarlet dimension until she crossed to the other side. Upon landing, a single figure standing in the center can be seen.
The shape-shifter approached. "You must be Shiho, right?"
Said girl turns. Glowing golden yellow eyes stared, casted by a dark shadow. "Who are you and why are you here?" Shadow Shiho asked in distortion. The inky wave of darkness danced and swirled by her feet actively.
"I'm Luxu. I met your other self once before. What's happened to you to harbor such black emotions?" She asked.
Shadow Shiho was mildly confused. She does not recall meeting an albino girl before. "It's none of your business." She retorted. A flicker of irritation deepened her visage before she crestfallen. "Please... Leave me alone..."
Luxu stepped forward. "You're clearly suffering. When was the last time you smiled and forgot the hardships of reality for a single moment? Will you tell me you do not seek help after all that torture?"
Shadow Shiho chewed her bottom lip almost that it bled. "I... I..." She clutched her head and sunk to the floor. Sobs escaped her.
"I can't... It hurts so, so much... But I don't want to lose my passion for volleyball. If I lose my spot in the team, then I can't do anything. Volleyball is all I'm good at. I might as well just die!"
Luxu closed her eyes and breathes in.
"Idiot."
Shadow Shiho looks up, wet tears flooding her eyes. "Huh?"
"If you give up that easily, then there's no guarantee you would even make your dream come true. How hopeless."
"Wha..."
"'Might as well die'?" Luxu echoed with a snarl, genuinely upset. "People who say that nonsense are those I hate the most. How could you submit to evil without a fight? How could you degrade yourself?"
Luxu kneels before the collapsed Shadow and meets eye to eye. "It's not the end of the world if you lose the spot. Plus, you have someone who worries about you constantly, no?"
Luxu awaits her response.
"...Why are you doing this?" Shadow Shiho asked. "I don't know you. You don't know me. We're just strangers to each other. Yet why?"
Luxu hated to admit she had no idea of the purpose to her meddling. It was the spur of the moment. Saying it was to satisfy her guilt is not the wisest response.
The albino rubbed the back of her head while searching for an answer. "I guess... There's no reason why I should be helping someone in need. I just didn't want to see someone so sad and pretend everything will be all right."
Luxu returns her gaze now albeit sheepish. "If I had to give an excuse... Then would it be wrong for me to believe that meddling in others' problems is a natural thing for a hero to do?"
Shadow Shiho widens her eyes. Suddenly, the Shadow leaps onto the albino and wrapped her arms around her, taking the latter by surprise as she fell on her behind.
"Thank you..." Shadow Shiho's voice cracked as she said this.
Luxu stared at her head, arms hovering over her until they slowly and awkwardly embraced back. She pats her trembling back and rubs circles. The sobs of one teenage girl was all that was heard in the wide black chasm that is Shiho's heart.
'I may not have a real form, but if not even a real existence can save a girl from hell, then I will with my own hands.'
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Luxu searches for Shiho through the vague traces of her scent amidst the palpable fog of impure emotions until she finally spots her in the hallway.
Talking with her Shadow does not change the other self's behavior, but Luxu would not have known the anguish otherwise.
The phantom came to a stop upon seeing a boy conversing with Shiho. Like the human girl, he also has a strained face that seem to fall to the floor in gloom. A band-aid and faint yet visible red bruises plastered his cheeks. One of his two forearms was wrapped in bandages.
"Well..." The well-mannered boy began, looking at the floor all the while. "I have to go."
He left Shiho to her own devices with a message Luxu may have missed prior to her arrival. She watched the girl's eyes clouded. Was there a swollen bruise above her eye before?
Ringing beeps came from Shiho, who pulled out her phone. "Ann..."
Luxu follows the student while having a terrible feeling in her gut gripped by an unseen force.
After traversing to the other side of the academy called the practice building and a floor, Shiho arrived before a door. The yellow sign read PE Faculty.
Luxu assumed she was meeting someone until Shiho lingered in her spot longer than needed. The albino stared at the girl as she opened the door and entered. "Please excuse me..."
A single man was sitting by his office desk until he heard the footsteps come to a halt. He turns his chair to face her and crossed his arms, a casual smile on his face. "Sorry for suddenly calling you here."
Upon his presence, Luxu's breath hitched.
A flicker of gold replaced his eyes before it disappeared the next instant.
'His Shadow has assumed a form unlike any I've seen!'
Shiho rubbed her arm. "What...did you need me for?"
The man began, "Suzui, from what I've seen, it seems that your performance has been dropping quite a bit lately."
The ponytail girl lowered her head. "Yes..."
"If this goes on, I might have to rethink making you a starter at the next meet."
"Y-You can't!" Shiho cried in distress.
Luxu does not understand what that meant, but she assumes it supposedly threatens her position as a player.
"Don't panic. Whether I actually make you a starter or not still depends on you." He said.
The phantom notices the teacher's line of vision was directed to her chest.
He smirks maliciously. Luxu watches dreadfully as black ribbons leak from his countour and dance at his feet. "As long as you keep quiet until I'm finished."
Shiho steps back alarmed. "Kamoshida-sensei?! What are you..."
Luxu instantly morphs into her tanuki form and leaps for the hostile threat.
Both humans widened their eyes, one of recognition and the other bewildered. Where did it come from?!
The Kamoshida man held his arm up reflexively in time for Luxu to dig her fangs in hairy human flesh. Blood trickled from the puncture.
"A tanuki?!" Kamoshida cursed under his breath before lifting Luxu with his arm up. "Get the hell off me, rodent!"
Luxu braced for the swing. Pained whimpers escaped her upon hitting the concrete floor. Every part of her body was reverberating in agony. Even as an animal the man showed no mercy.
A distressed cry called out for her. Luxu lifts her head weakly and was lifted from the cold floor and into a warm embrace.
"No..." Shiho cradles the whimpering critter, her heart sinking the more she heard its suffering. She swerved her head to Kamoshida. Her brows trembled in mixture of anger and fear. "How could you?!"
'No, run, Shiho... He'll catch you and satiate his desires...'
Luxu squirms and growls at the man while held back by the girl's arms.
Kamoshida scowled. "Quit the yip yapping, damn tanuki! You're not supposed to be here!"
Shiho quickly steps back until her roaming hand grabbed the handle behind her. She slid it open and flees from the office. Kamoshida did not seem to be chasing hot on her trails, which would have attracted attention in the school building.
Luxu watched as Shiho continued running to who knows where before losing unconsciousness.
Being in a tanuki's body is so frail.
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A vague whiff of savory aroma stimulated Luxu's keen sense of smell.
'How familiar... It's almost nostalgic...'
Luxu lifts her head. She was lying on a soft bed in an unknown room. Looking out the window, it was nighttime. Her squinted gaze rested on a picture frame sitting atop a desk beside the bed.
It was a photo of Shiho and the familiar blonde pigtail girl smiling together. The line in Luxu's eyelids curved gently.
She could sense a close knit bond of friendship from the simple yet sweet picture. How nice it is to have a friend to always think of.
The door to the room opened and clicked close quickly. Luxu watches the owner of the bedroom approach with a plate of chopped meat and another plate with water.
Shiho smiles and sets them on the floor before the tanuki. "You must be hungry. Here." She beckons Luxu closer and waits patiently for the albino to come.
While Luxu is a Shadow, her interaction with the real world affects her body. Thus, she is not immune to the desire of hunger rumbling in her belly.
Luxu hops off the bed and warily pads over to the meat. With a sniff, she bites a piece of the tender meat (is this pork? Or maybe beef...) before wolfing everything down until the plate was licked clean. She heard the amused giggling elicited from the human but did not pay mind as she savored the delicious juiciness of meat.
Luxu eagerly looks up at Shiho, oblivious of her fluffy tail wagging behind with a mind of its own. She wanted more of that tasty meat, preferably something different to spice her tastebuds.
Shiho was pleased to have satisfied Luxu's appetite and cooed. "So cute!"
It was then Luxu realized her behavior was deviating from her normal self and bit back her excitement. Being a tanuki can sometimes take control of her emotions when she lets it slip, much to her embarrassment.
Her line of vision spotted a white ball propped beside the bed.
'Is this...?'
Luxu approaches the object and placed a paw on top before rolling it side to side. It was a volleyball Shiho highly spoke of.
She doesn't understand why humans would go so far for sports. Risking a limb for entertainment is not something she would be willing to prepare for, Shadow or human. If it was for a battle, that's a whole other story.
The ball slipped from under her pads and rolls away from her. Luxu leaped for it before it would leave its former position and laid her body atop, her hind paws the only support she has from slipping off the floor. For the human eyes, it was watching an animal react to the ball and playing with it.
A mechanical snapping sound was heard.
Curious of the noise, the tanuki looks back but rolled off the wrong side and clumsily toppled onto the carpet floor. The next moment she was on all fours and shook off the fall nonchalantly. Shiho seemed to be enjoying the spectacle.
Luxu examines Shiho up and down before deeming her stay has been long overdue. Now that she's safe in her home, Luxu will not intrude any longer.
The tanuki inclines her head to the window.
"Oh, you want to leave, don't you?" Shiho said. She nodded once in understanding. "Okay."
Once the window was open for Luxu, Shiho pets her head. "Thank you. Things would've gone for the worse if you weren't there to save me. I hope to see you again. Be careful of the bad guys coming after you, okay?"
'I should say the same for you.'
The soft warm hand slipped from her head and fell limp by the girl's side. Luxu, who was perched on the window sill, solemnly met her eyes until she turned to the outside world and climbed down the discrete pathway to the ground. Luxu looks back to see Shiho waving farewell from the window. The phantom hops atop the concrete fence before vanishing beyond the border from sight.
As human Luxu treads back to Shibuya with all the time in the world, her expression gentle with a hand lingering on her stomach.
The warm meal lingered inside and touched her heart.
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The next day, Luxu was investigating the labyrinth of the Metaverse examining every corner and branch leading her into dead ends. She was not looking for the next level like one would expect. Instead, she was searching for any patterns this dungeon paved for her.
It was merely out of boredom that she decided to take her sweet time counting the times she faced a wall and multiple fork in the road instances. She had gone as far as she could within the Metaverse, which isn't much of an accomplishment. Luxu has no clue what would trigger the wall to collapse and rid itself of being an obstacle in her path. As vain her attempt is, she had no bright ideas at the moment.
A pair of footsteps marched over to the black-cladded individual from behind, their shadow casted above her head.
"What are you doing, Luxu?" They asked curiously.
Said girl continued roaming her hands across the wall without sparing a glance past her shoulder. "I'm checking for any hidden passages."
"Hidden passages?" The black humanoid Shadow with numerous masks attached on their body echoed and tilted their head, seemingly confused. They watch Luxu knock, tap, graze, and pound on the brick surface to no luck. She heaved her shoulders with a sigh and turned her back to the wall. The unnamed Shadow who approached her follows behind her trail. She paid no mind as she shared the sentiment of having nothing to do in this universe. Unlike the standard Shadows, Luxu can traverse to the real world and even interact with it. That's what makes her popular here.
Luxu kicks down a metal barricade nonchalantly and continued onwards with a new companion tagging along.
"Have you been hanging out with a human of the human realm?" They asked, adding, "Your scent is rubbed with human all over."
Luxu sniffed herself. "Huh, I didn't realize."
"So you were? Did they look tasty?" They innocently asked with eagerness.
Such inquiries were nothing new in the Metaverse. Luxu may be a Shadow sharing common beastly instincts, but she's not prone to hunger, especially for humans. She is only hungry if she realizes it. Only then would she be required to scavenge for food like an actual rodent, as much as her refined tastes didn't match up.
"No, they didn't." Luxu replied nonchalantly.
The Shadow slumped in disappointment. "Aw..."
Luxu rolled her eyes behind her black blindfold. Some Shadows of this area can be so gullible at times.
She encounters a treasure chest glowing radiantly as though begging to be opened. Upon opening it, she was once again disappointed.
"Another filthy, weak sword..." Luxu closed it and returns back to the fork in the road she had diverged from.
The Shadow looks from Luxu to the chest before to Luxu again and scurried a few paces behind her. "You're not gonna take it?"
"Some treasures are just not worthy to bring along. Plus, what am I going to do with it? My weapons are good enough." Luxu replied. She has collected countless of copies of the same treasures like the sword from before. She would have sold them as humans would to get rid of items in exchange for equivalent value, but there is no purpose for her to carry money. Only humans engage in that practice.
"Ah, okay..." The Shadow said before falling quiet.
Another few turns and examinations of solid walls later, the results were not surprising: not a single progress was made.
Luxu knew her time spent is going down the drain, but her situation regarding the damn wall rendered her hopeless. She could have wandered in Shibuya from the human world, but she would be reminded of Shiho every time. If that was the case, staying here is the better choice for both her and Shiho.
'A phantom shouldn't be attached to something real...'
Luxu looked back on the memory of a sweet girl who acted like any other teenage girl and expressed anticipation for their next encounter.
She scratched her head. How long has it been she felt platonic affection? The answer is never, as she had no means to interact with humans until recently. At least, from what she knew during the two years she has existed.
Luxu found herself conflicted. Why does one human girl make her feel sentimental for the real world? She shouldn't be so invested in a world she can't hope to coexist with. She just can't.
Waving the Shadow goodbye, the albino climbed down the next level. She sensed a formidable presence empowering the rest of the mob Shadows of this floor.
Curious, Luxu heads to the source. What she was surprised to discover was the familiar scent of the girl she had only met recently.
"This is Shiho's..." Yet the negative energy emitted from the vortex was far more stronger than before.
Luxu pursed her lips into a frown. She had a feeling she won't like what may come after this.
Despite that, she leaped into the red and black void with a weary conscience. What happened to Shiho while the Shadow was absent?
Luxu comes face to face with Shiho's Shadow once again. However this time, the greeting was not what she had anticipated.
Golden yellow eyes contorted in despair, tears cascading upon hollow cheeks.
"I...lost it..." Was what Shadow Shiho uttered ghostly.
Luxu parted her lips in gradual dread. Her brows twisted as the cogs in her brain attempted to comprehend her words. "What...do you mean?"
"My dream... I can't continue living anymore..." The girl said.
From behind Luxu's blindfold, her eyes dilated wide upon hearing the dreadful words.
"Kamoshida... He broke my arms and now they're paralyzed! I can't play volleyball anymore!"
The black energy surrounding her erratically swirled into a storm, whipping her hair against her face of despair.
Luxu attempted to stand her ground from the mighty force. From it, she was hit with tremendous negative energy. Her brows scrunched as she gritted her teeth. 'What overwhelming despair!'
Unfortunately her feet was swept away like a feather and was sent flying backwards into the void she had entered.
Luxu's back landed on the ground unceremoniously. She winced slightly from the impact and stands. Now the entrance has put up an invisible barrier that repelled physical contact that tries to enter the closed off heart of Shiho.
Luxu remained still as she stared at the blocked void that endlessly spiraled black webs into the center.
"That can't be..."
Shiho's future of playing volleyball was robbed. And it was Luxu's fault.
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(1) - A tanuki is a raccoon dog associated with luck. These mythical tanukis are mischievous shapeshifters. One exaggerated feature is the tanuki's giant scrotum which represents good luck with money. Tanukis are close relatives of foxes. Apparently in 2013 there was an all-white tanuki with blue eyes discovered and was assumed to be good luck because it's white.Aw, it's not your fault, Luxu! It's all Kamoshida's fault for being scum and ruining Shiho's life without a sense of humanity!
Luxu is still in shock that she's persuaded that her interacting with the real world led to someone's future stolen unfairly. All simply because she wanted to help. Now she'll feel extremely guilty for who knows how long. What will happen from here on?
'Til next update!