Just a reminder "Regular Speech" Yu's thoughts Persona "Other" Velvet Attendent/Social Link Voice

*APRIL 19th, Tuesday, Early Morning*

Yu woke up after a soft knock on his door sounded. "Breakfast is ready!" Came Nanako's voice, slightly muffled by the wood. The Fool rolled off the bed, and slowly got dressed for the day. Once downstairs, his nose was embraced by the smell of 'sunnyside up' eggs and toast. She's the best. Oh, I should probably teach her how to make something!

"Nanako-chan, you said last week that you could make eggs, right? Can you make anything else?" She looked kind of surprised that he was talking to her.

"Oh… um… I can make eggs, toast, and instant ramen!" She proudly declared. It's not exactly a big list, but she does seem pretty proud. She's adorable…

"Well I was thinking - if you're not busy after school today - I could teach you some more things to make. If you'd like, I mean." Nanako's eyes lit up. He hadn't seen Nanako look this excited since he promised to go buy a new Kotatsu for them.

"R-really? Like what?"

"Well I was thinking something like Curry for tonight, so I could teach you that tonight. And tomorrow I could teach you how to make something foreign. I did spend some time in America, and I could teach you a few dishes." Yu offered. She smiled, and agreed to the lessons. Soon enough the breakfast was devoured, and the two went to school.

At the Samegawa Riverbed, Yu ran into Hope. Or the otherway around really. "Watch out!" Hope called, as he flew out of the tree line and directly into Yu. The two collapsed and laid on the pathway, one confused and the other laughing. "That… was… AWESOME!" Yu slowly got up and put his out for Hope to grab. He noticed and took his hand, pulling himself up in the process. "Yu-sama! You gotta see this!" The Fool just laughed.

"What do I have to see Hope?" He was answered by Hope creating a blue orb.

"Blizzard." Hope then put the orb on the bottom of his left shoe, covering it in a sheet of ice. He then placed the now iced shoe on the pavement, and pushed off with his other shoe, effectively letting him slide forward. He continued to push, gaining speed all the while. The Amnesiac Fool crouched, and put his left hand on the ground and turned around to go back towards Yu. Hope let his other foot drag to start slowing him down. "Pretty Awesome, right?!"

The smile on his face was wide and it was the happiest he had seen him.

"How'd you learn that?" Yu replied with a grin. "And more importantly, can you do it on my shoes as well?" Hope chuckled.

"I'll tell you about it on the way to School." And soon enough they were off, speeding towards Yasogami.

"We could definitely use this in the TV." Hope nodded in agreement.

"Definitely. So yesterday, Marie was complaining about there being nothing to do without you there to keep her busy so Margaret suggested that, since I'm considered 'One of the Community out here' that I could go get her something for entertainment. Marie wanted a bunch of paper and pencils, and Margaret gave me some Yen. And a Time Limit. I had to get to Junes and back in fifteen minutes, and since Junes and the Shopping District are so far away, there was no way I could make it in time. But then I saw something… I think it was of my past. I saw a boomerang that looked strangely familiar to me, and I saw a light blue orb come up to the boomerang, and then it was coated in ice. So I tried to summon the blizzard magic, but once I did summon the magic up, it made a block of ice, like a projectile. I think that my magic is intent based." As an example he rose up his arm. "Blizzard!" The light blue orb appeared in his gloved hand, and he flung it towards the river. Just before the orb reached the river, it exploded into a small block of Ice. The block flowed down the river as Hope looked to Yu. "See?" The Fool nodded in acknowledgement. "I call it Enfrost. I think I would also be able to use the Fire version, Enflame. It might be a huge help for our weapons in the TV too…"

"Definitely, we should go in with Yukiko with us too so we can start seeing how we can work as a team. Thursday sound good for you?" Hope nodded. "Good. Alright, that will be the day we surprise the other three. By the way Hope, when does this usually go away?"

Hope's face turned thoughtful. "After around a three minutes of use." A pause. "Oh no." Before Yu could even ask Hope what happened, the Enfrost on his shoe faded away, and the sudden stop of motion made both Yu and Hope stumble and fall, Yu rolling from the motion, being flung from the from the forces upon him. Hope however, was more slightly more graceful, as rolled forward and immediately stood up.

Well, at least I'm on time today. Yu thought as he saw Yasogami in the distance. Hope went over to him and and stuck his hand out to help him up. Yu smiled and accepted his hand.

*April 19th, Tuesday, After School*

Yu and Hope were tasked with taking down the Goal nets while most of the team left to go home. The Captain, Daisuke Nagase, had just come back from talking to the Coach.

"Hey Guys, where is everyone?" Daisuke asked.

"They went home." Hope replied, as he finished taking down his goal. Yu was walking back with the other net.

"Hey Daisuke! Where are we supposed to put these Nets?" He just shook his head.

"I'll take them. Sorry about the rest of the team guys, they are kind of assholes." Yu just shook his head.

"Don't worry about it. We'll just show them up whenever we play next."

Hope chimed in, "Yeah! We'll just have to train really hard." Daisuke grinned at their enthusiasm.

"That's what I'm talking about! So you guys have played Soccer before?"

"A few times." Yu confidently told the captain.

"Not even once." Hope happily smiled. Daisuke just shook his head.

"This is gonna be a looooong day. Let me go get Kou, so we can work we you both individually."

Once Practice was over, the four teens went to Aiya's for a snack. "You have really improved, Estheim-san! Are you sure you aren't a prodigy?" Daisuke managed to get out before immediately diving back into the bowl.

"Dude, swallow before you talk next time! You're gonna get food everywhere…" Kou grumbled. Daisuke continued to completely ignore him.

"I might be one, I'm not to sure. It just seemed to come naturally to me." Hope blushed, not used to the praise the boy was giving him.

"Yeah, you sure seemed focused whenever you do something. It's pretty impressive."

"As long as I have a goal, I can keep moving forward." Hope said, a small smile on his face. For a brief second, Hope's face went blank while his eyes turned unfocused, and he seemed to mumble something. Yu decided that now was the time to try and prevent anything from being said about the change in Hope's attitude.

"Well, I promised Nanako, my little cousin, that I would help her make dinner tonight, so I better get going. Hope, shouldn't you get going to your guardian's soon? Margaret said she wanted to tell you something right?" The Fool seemed confused, but took the hint.

"Oh damn, you're right, I need to get going. Sorry guys, see you later!" Hope said, as he rose his hand to wave good-bye only for Daisuke to give him a highfive. Yu got one from Kou, and the second both of the high five's connected, time seemed to stop around Yu and Hope. There was the sound of glass breaking.

"I am thou… and thou art I… Thou hast established a new bond… It brings thee closer to the Truth… Thou shalt be blessed with a new ability for your Personas, Power Slash."

Both Yu and Hope walked out of Aiya, and Yu turned to the other Fool. "Did you get a Social Link?"

"Huh?" Hope looked surprised for a second then the surprise vanished. "Oh yeah, you've been doing this longer. Mine seems to be different from yours though…"

"I would assume so, as mine increase the strength of my Personas, and you said that you don't have any Persona's."

"Yeah. I just Maxed out the Strength Social Link." The other Fool stated.

"Maxed Out!? Already?" Yu questioned, "That's different. Hmm… Did you get anything for maxing it out?"

There was silence on Hope's part, and it seemed empty… and sad. "I get some memories back."

Oh… "I see. Was it a good memory? Or a bad one?"

"A little of both really. It was two memories. One was me in a forest with a woman. She said, 'As long as I have a goal, I can keep fighting. Because it isn't a matter of can or can't. There are something's in life we just do.' The other Memory was in this… city area I think. But there were explosions… and… my Mom… she died. Was wounded and fell of the bridge. She was… fighting someone? That one is really fuzzy." Hope dejectedly told Yu. "But I did learn a new spell. Aero." A pale green orb appeared in his hand. Hope just stared at the orb, gazing at the lightning storm inside it.

"Alright, that's it. You're coming with me. We are gonna get you to do something today besides sitting in the Velvet Room." Hope looked surprised, before being tugged all the way to the Dojima Residence.

*April 19th, Tuesday, Evening*

Nanako was kind of surprised when Yu brought someone home, but didn't object to it. Yu told Hope to go wash up while he talked quietly to Nanako. "Nanako-chan, I'm sorry, but I had to bring him with me. His name is Hope and he doesn't have his memories. Hope is slowly gaining his memories back, but some of them aren't good, okay?" Nanako's eyes filled with concern.

"He doesn't have his memories… but the ones he is getting back are bad?" Nanako looked over to Hope who was washing his hands.

"Yeah, so you and me, Nanako? We are going to give him some good memories. Is that okay with you?" Yu cautiously asked. The six-year-old looked at Yu and nodded determinedly.

"Yeah! Let's give him lotsa memories!" She then walked over to Hope and started washing up next to him. "So, your name is Hope?" Nanako asked, trying to make small talk with the amnesiac Fool.

"Yeah. My name is Hope Estheim. And you're Nanako?" Hope asked, gazing towards the young girl.

"Yeah! Are you gonna teach me to cook with him?"

"I think he's gonna have to teach us both, I don't really know how to make anything." Hope said with little mirth.

"Oh? I can teach you how to make eggs!" Nanako gave him a smile. Hope's heart melted, as he smiled back to the adorable child next to him.

"I'd like that." Hope replied as he finished washing up.

Let's hope we can make these memories stay when he gets the rest of them back. We don't know if the rest of his memories or bad or not.

We will do everything we can. We won't let our Hope down.

Was… was that supposed to be a pun?

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Snrk…

Shut it.

AN:/ I feel like this is going a bit slow, but it should speed up soon. Any (Actual) Criticism? Leave me a review. Let me know, cause if you don't, it's just gonna keep going like it is.

Keep Moving Forward.

TheFallenAlphaAngel