Chapter 4
To Know The Real You
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Class 2-C,7:30 AM
"Yo,what's up?"Ryuuji asked Yosuke.
"I'm fine..."Yosuke replied while trying to camr up with a plan.
"Okay. By the way,do you want to hang out again tommorow?"Ryuuji asked.
"Oh, sure."Yosuke replied.
"Great!Then i'll see you later. I better prepare for P.E."Ryuuji leave him alone.
"That's it! P.E. Class!"Yosuke suddenly thought of an idea.
Gymnasium,7: 45 AM
The plan is simple. Today in P.E. we have basketball practice.
For the matches,the boys and girls play separately.
But,before the match, everyone does warm-ups together.
The muscular P.E. teacher doesn't care who you pair up with,you could pick your own partner.
"You're going to pair up with Kitamura,end of story." Yosuke said to her.
"Huh? What are you talking about pairing up with him? No girls ever pairs with the guys."Taiga replied.
"Is that so?"Yosuke asked confused.
"I normally pair up with Minorin. But how would i pair up with him? It's not something i would asked."Taiga said asked
"That's the point. Listen,if you want to pair up with him,you must pair up with me first."Yosuke replied while helping her tying her hair into two long braid.
"..."Taiga stared at him in disbelief.
"That way,Kitamura must find a different partner. Halfway through,through i accidentally hit him with a ball and take him to the infrimary,then who is left without partner?"Yosuke explained.
"Kitamura-san and me..."Taiga answered with a blush.
"See? That was easy."Yosuke smiled.
"What kind of retarded plan is that? Will it even work?"Taiga asked.
"We will make it work!" Yosuke replied with confidence.
"Allright, let's start the warmup."the teacher said.
"Okay...let's go!"Yosuke nodded at Taiga.
"Now,let's pair up like usual."the teacher said.
"Aisaka! Hey!" Yosuke called.
"Over here! Let's pair up Hanamura-kun!"Taiga replied.
"Yeah! Let's be partner!"Yosuke shouted and walked to her.
"Looks like some people really pumped up..."some students began to spread some rumors.
"Wow...Hanamura is really brave..."a student said.
"He is like the Paltmtop Tiger's pet..."another student added.
"Anyway,the first step is a success..." Yosuke whispered.
"Yeah..."Taiga replied.
And then all of the students decided to pair up. Boys with Girls,Girls with Boys.
"Maruooo! I mean...Kitamura-kun! Let's be partner!" a beautiful female student pairs up with Kitamura.
"What! How could Kitamura ended up with that weirdo!"Taiga said while pinching Yosuke.
"She's not a weirdo...she's Kihara-san! You should at least know the names of our classmates...but this is not what i expected."Yosuke sighed.
"How come you didn't think of this?"Taiga asked while staring furiously at Kitamura and his partner.
"I don't know if this going to happened allright!Besides you agree with this plan too!"Yosuke replied and touched her shoulder.
"Grr..."Taiga glared at him furiously.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!"Yosuke apologize instantly.
"Tch!"she walks away in anger.
"I just touched her shoulder and she got pissed off...it looks like she will bite anyone who try to get close to her except Kushieda-san and Kitamura-san...i guess that is how she got the nickname Palmtop Tiger."Yosuke thought to himself.
"Okay everyone,let's do routine!"the teacher said.
The students then began the warm-up with a stretching.
Yosuke then stare at Taiga while strectching his arms.
"But,the Taiga Aisaka i see in front of me...long eyelashes,big eyes,straight back and long hair...shapely arms and legs..."Yosuke stare at her curiously.
"She is like a doll. No matter how you look at it,she has nothing in common with a fierce tiger. When i saw her for the first time,i thought she was the prettiest and cutest girl in school...Wait,what am i thinking about again?"Yosuke began to space out.
"Hey retard! What are you looking at? Do you have a brain damage or something?"Taiga asked furiously.
"I don't know the meaning of whatever you just say."Yosuke replied.
"Hmph!"Taiga take off her sports jacket and tie her shoes.
"Well...appearence is only appearence...but i wonder is there something that made her become like that? Maybe the stuff that i saw in the TV World have the answer...but,i promise her to forget it so...whatever..."Yosuke sighed.
"Damn it...why do i have to do the warm-ups with you? This plan better work!"She sit down and stretch her back,with Yosuke helping her by pushing her body.
"Her body is so soft...it feels like her back is going to break...and i could see her bra line from here!"Yosuke thought nervously while blushing and pushing her more accidentally.
"Wait! Yosuke...you are too much pushing me!"Taiga said.
"Maybe i give a wonderful gift to the guys..."Yosuke spaced out.
"You're...hurting...me!"Taiga shouted at him.
"Huh? Why do you look hurt?" Yosuke stopped and ask,he don't realize what he just did.
"You...you'll soon find out...let's switch."Taiga glared at him and give a dark smile.
After Yosuke get into his position,Taiga took a few steps behind.
"Huh? What is up with her?"Yosuke asked himself.
Taiga then run with a high speed at him.
"Hey...wait!"Yosuke shouted,but Taiga kept running at him and kicked his back with her full power.
"Ouch! Crap! That's hurt!"Yosuke shouted.
"You hurt me too,so we are even."Taiga replied and turned away.
And then it's time for passing practice.
"I know the plan is easy...i must accidentally hurt Kitamura's partner so she had to leave but...how could someone hurt a fine and kind girl like that?"Yosuke thought to himself while picking a basketball.
He then decided to do a normal pass to Taiga.
"What is this...why are you passing the ball to me?"Taiga asked while glaring at him furiously.
"I...i'm waiting for the right opportunity?"Yosuke lied nervously.
"Okay pass it!"Yosuke received the ball and pass it back.
"One more time!"Yosuke do the same thing again.
Taiga then throw the ball to his face in anger.
"Ouch! That's hurt!"Yosuke rubbed his face.
"Come on Yosuke! Pass it here! Hurry!"Taiga shouted and give him a dark smile.
Suddenly, a ball stopped next to her.
"Ah Kitamura,you throw it too far."Kihara voice was heard.
"Sorry,sorry." Kitamura replied.
"Hey~ pass it back Aisaka-san~" Kihara said with a cheerful tone.
Taiga turned back and glare at her furiously,somehow there is a dark aura covering her which scare the crap out of Yosuke.
"What's with the dark aura all of sudden?"Yosuke sweatdropped.
"Sorry~ Are you angry? I'm really sorry~" Kihara winked at her.
But,it only made Taiga got angrier.
"Is this the trust between girls? Doesn't she realize what she's saying.
"Hey, my shoelaces are untied."Kihara sit down and tie her shoes.
Taiga then suddenly raised the basket ball and aimed it at her.
"Ca- Calm down, Taiga?"Yosuke replied.
"Aisaka-san! Can you bother pass he ball to me?"Kitamura voice was heard.
Suddenly,Taiga's expression change and she start to move slowly.
"Good,even though it's random this is a great oppurtunity."Yosuke thought to himself.
She walked slowly to Kitamura.
"She's walking like a robot!"Yosuke stare in shock.
Taiga then gently throw the ball to Kitamura.
"She is like a broken- ball tossing machine...and i thought this will be easy..."Yosuke sighed.
"Okay! Thanks!"Kitamura saluted at her.
Suddenly, Taiga froze at her spot.
"Umm...are you okay?"Yosuke asked.
Taiga began to shivers and start drooling.
"Heh...heh...heh...heh...heh."Taiga began to giggle.
"Uhhh...What is wrong with you?" Yosuke asked in disbelief.
"I...i got to practice passing with Kitamura-san! Hehehehehe!"she giggled and smiled widely.
"But... that wasn't practicing. You only passed the ball to him once. And are your goal is just to practice passing with him?"Yosuke asked,somehow his heart began to beat faster when he saw Taiga giggled and smiled.
"Eh? What do you mean?" Taiga asked.
"You don't even say anything,and all he did is that stupid salute and say thank you."Yosuke explained.
Taiga suddenly take the ball from Yosuke and throw it to his face.
"You are right...i guess you do say something useful once in a while...Let's stick to the plan."Taiga said to him.
"Say,about the plan..."Yosuke said.
"Hurry up damn it! The time is almost up!" Taiga shouted at him and go to her position.
"How could i possibly hit a girl! Even softly!" Yosuke thought to himself.
"What is taking you so long! Pass it!" Taiga shouted furiously.
"I guess i just keep passing her until it's over...i know that she will be mad but whatever...she can't be more scary than Izanami."Yosuke thought to himself.
"Now!" Taiga said.
"Here's your pass!"Yosuke said and throw the ball.
"Ah! Achoooo!"Taiga suddenly sneeze and didn't see the ball coming.
"This can't be good..."Yosuke sweatdropped.
"Bam!" the ball hit her in the face.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Yosuke shouted in panic.
Taiga then fell unconcious to the ground with a loud thud.
"Sorry! Are you okay?"Yosuke picked her up and asked.
Yosuke then saw Kitamura is walking towards them.
"I should ask Kitamura to get her to the Infrimary..."Yosuke thought of a brilliant idea.
But,when he saw Taiga's nose is bleeding,he decided not to show her face in front of any other students.
"Oh no...Palmtop Tiger get hurt by Hanamura..."a student said.
"Is this going to cause a commotion?"another student added.
"This is bad...I'm going to take her to the nurse's office!"Yosuke shouted and dashed to the nurse's office.
2-C Classroom, 11:30 AM
It's lunch time.
"What is wrong with me! How did i do something stupid!" Yosuke shouted while slamming his face to his draws the attention of the students to him.
"Even if she is a tiger...hitting a girl in the face with a basketball is unforgivable!" Yosuke thought to himself.
"Hey Yosuke,are you going to eat?"Ryuuji approached him and asked.
Taiga then entered the room.
"Aisaka!" Yosuke stood up in fear.
"Ah Taiga!" Minorin suddenly appeared from behind and wave her hand at Taiga.
"Wha-" Taiga said with a red face.
"I want to apologize! Let's have lunch together! With Ryuuji,Kitamura,and Kushieda too!"Yosuke came up with a brilliant idea.
"What are you trying to do now? You retarded bastard!" Taiga replied furiously.
"If we do this,you can eat together with Kitamura,get it?"Yosuke whispered.
"Since we don't need 4 desks,we could use 2 desks and 2 people can share a desk,while the last one will sit in alone."Kitamura dragged 2 desk and combine it.
Suddenly,Taiga become nervous again.
"I'll sit on this side!" Minorin said and sit down.
"Then i'll sit here."Kitamura take a seat.
"Umm...if it's okay i will sit here."Ryuuji nervously take a seat next to Minorin.
"Listen Taiga,this is your chance if you want sit together with Kitamura..."Yosuke whispered and Taiga nodded.
She then carefully walked and sit next to Kitamura.
They then began to eat their lunch.
"Looks like we're having chicken wings today!"Minorin shouted cheerfully.
"Her voice...her smile...is like a song in my heart..."Ryuuji said quietly,but Yosuke could hear them.
"Ohh man...this person is somehow need my help too...i guess i must help him next time..."Yosuke sighed and stare at Taiga.
He was shocked when he saw Taiga's face,she seems too stiff aroung Kitamura.
"By the way Aisaka-san,your have your own bento,did you made it by yourself?"Kitamura asked.
"Eating together all of a sudden. Isn't this going too fast?"Yosuke thought.
Taiga then nervously pointed at Yosuke.
"Eh? Me?" Yosuke pointed at himself.
"Hanamura-kun made your bento?"Kitamura asked.
"Oh crap!" Yosuke stand up and shouted.
"What is it?"Ryuuji asked.
"No..it's nothing..."Yosuke lied.
"I forgot the contents are the same...if they saw this,there might be a misunderstanding...what am i going to do?"Yosuke thought in panic.
Suddenly a student appeared and said something to Kitamura and Minorin.
"I'm so sorry guys,it's an emergency club you later!"Minorin saluted and walk away.
"Let's eat together next time."Kitamura followed her.
"Good...they are gone..."Yosuke sighed in relief.
"Hey Yosuke-"Ryuuji asked.
"I'm sorry! We have to go now!" Yosuke replied,take his lunch box,and leaved the room with Taiga before Ryuuji could finish his sentence.
"Ahh great...i'm alone again..."Ryuuji sighed and eat his food.
Rooftop.
"Why...this chance...my luck sucks...i can't accept this...why,i don't get it..."Taiga sighed.
"Hey,how about we eat with them tommorow?"Yosuke try to cheer her up.
"Tommorow? Are you going to hit me again in the face tommorow?"Taiga asked.
"Who said i'm going to do that? Geez..."Yosuke replied.
"Because if you don't...isn't your excuse to eat together with them is to apologize to me? Or is it that you have something in your mind...i reall don't like this..."Taiga began to cry.
"Ah crap...she's crying..."Yosuke thought and pat her head.
"It's okay...here eat up."Yosuke opened his bento and feed her with a fried tofu.
Her face then suddenly got red.
"Umm...it's too big isn't it?"Yosuke asked and handed a bottle of water.
"Stupid retarded dog!"Taiga shouted in anger while drinking her water.
"Hey...what is this food...there barely any meat in it?"Taiga asked while eating Yosuke's lunch.
"Just eat it...by the way, i have one more plan...listen carefully..."he whispered Taiga the plan.
2 PM,Last Session.
Taiga was standing still nervously while holding a bag of homemade cookies.
"Get a grip Taiga! If we do this,it will be good!"Yosuke shake her body for a few times.
"I'm nervous...i'm really nervous..."Taiga's face become red.
"Crap...here we go again..."Yosuke sighed.
"Don't worry...boys like to get cookies from girls,i think he will like it."Yosuke explained.
"Re- Really?" Taiga asked.
"Handmade biscuits made in EC Class...Remember!the plan is to give this to Kitamura..."Yosuke whispered.
He then remembered about the moments they bake the cookies.
They try to bake 20,but only 4 came out well...and the other 16 was...you know what i mean...
"Listen...don't try to be nervous...try to be as natural as you can."Yosuke said trying to calm her down.
"Relax...calm..."Taiga try to catch ehr breath.
"Remember,since Kitamura is busy after school with the whole extracullicular activities and many stuff i don't care about,you must gave him the cookies after school."Yosuke explained.
After the bell ring,Kitamura stood up and leave the classroom.
"I'm late...the president will scold me again..."Kitamura walked out from the classroom.
"Here's your chance!"Yosuke said to Taiga.
"Eh? Kitamura...Kitamura..."Taiga began to search for the cookies nervously,not realizing the cookies are in front of her.
"Ah damn it! He's leaving,hurry!"Yosuke take the cookies,handed it over her and pulled her out the class.
"Ah!I forgot the backpack!"she picked up her bag.
"Tch Damn it! Such a failure...How can i not care?"Yosuke thought and take her hand before he ran through the corridor.
After a while.
"He's there!" Yosuke found Kitamura is walking upstairs.
"Eh? Now?"Taiga asked.
"YES! NOW!"Yosuke pushed her and she ran to get Kitamura.
But suddenly,she fell from the stairs.
"No! She slipped! I must do something!"Yosuke thought and jumped to catch her.
He managed to catch her and his back bumped with the wall,but the cookies flew in the air and go through a window.
"Yosuke...the cookies are gone..."Taiga stared at her empty hands sadly.
"Guh..."he moaned in pain.
"Yosuke...are you okay?"Taiga asked in worry.
"I'm fine...go catch up to Kitamura..."Yosuke replied while coughing and hacking.
"But Yosuke...you..."Taiga asked again with a sad tone.
"Look i'm okay!" Yosuke stood up and smiled,hiding his pain.
"Ahh..."Taiga stare at him while almost crying.
"Hey, did you give him the cookies?"Yosuke asked.
"Yosuke...i...i..."Taiga began to cry.
Suddenly a voice was heard from the School's entrance.
"Hey who is it? Who's the hell throwing this thing from above!"a senior male student shouted in anger.
"Oh crap...how unlucky..."Yosuke take a peek.
"Ahh!" Taiga take a peek too.
"You should go and take it while there's still a chance."Yosuke said to her.
"But...umm i...should help Yosuke get back to class..."Taiga said while sobbing.
"I can go by myself! Now go!" Yosuke told her to go.
She then stared back at him sadly before she leaved.
A few minutes later.
Taiga rushed back to the classroom...it seems that the cookies was thrown by the student and stuck in a tree.
"Are you really okay?" Taiga asked Yosuke while staring at her cookies that is stuck in a tree.
"I said i'm fine,we already talk about this hundreds of times already..."Yosuke answered.
"That's good...i keep failing,it's not going well at all..."she sighed.
"Hey,it's just the first try allright! It's normal for there to be some difficulty."Yosuke replied.
"Is that the reason? Even you got caught up in this and nothing good happened at all..."Taiga turned to him and sit down.
"..."Yosuke could only stare at her.
"I've had enough...now i know how stupid i can possibly be...after the last 17 years..."Taiga buried her face in her hands.
"I..."Yosuke was speechless.
"You wouldn't have that injury if i'm not such a klutz...you probably think that too huh?"Taiga asked him.
"But...i messed up too you know."Yosuke try to cheer her up.
"I know you worked hard to bake those cookies to help me...but i just burnt it up in EC Class...and now i lost it..."Taiga began to cry again.
"And don't forget falling from the stairs and hurting other people."Yosuke said with a flat tone.
"And that's too..."Taiga shivered and cried.
"I'm sorry! I said the wrong words!"Yosuke try to apologize.
"..."Taiga kept crying.
Feeling sorry for her,Yosuke came up with another plan.
"Wait here okay."Yosuke said to her and leaved the room.
Yosuke walked to the tree and try to climb it up.
"Woooah!" he fell from the tree,got back up and try to climb again..yet he failed another time.
At his 9th try,he almost made it but he fell down again.
"Come on! One more time!" Yosuke shouted and try to climb again.
"Just...a little more..."he try to reach the cookies,but it seems that it's too far.
Suddenly,a small-palm sized Tiger appeared in front of him.
"Huh? What are you?"Yosuke asked curiously.
The Tiger bite the bag and landed on the ground.
Yosuke then got down and stare at it curiously.
The Tiger then turned into a Persona Card and fused with his body.
"Wait,a Persona? But if i remember...i never changed my Persona...that's must be a Sub-Persona! Maybe i could summon it even if i don't merge it with my body!Sweet!"Yosuke came up with a conclusion.
He then quickly ran to the classroom and sit in front of Taiga.
"Look! I found it!"Yosuke shown the cookies to Taiga,who stopped crying.
"You...get it..."Taiga stare at Yosuke whose body is full of bruises and his shirt is covered in dirt and leaves.
Yosuke then took one cookie and eat it.
"She must mixed up the salt and sugar...but somehow it's delicious..."Yosuke thought to himself.
"Um...is it good?"Taiga asked with a red face.
"Delicious! It's well made!"Yosuke smiled at her.
"Eh?"Taiga asked in disbelief.
"It's such a pity you could not give it to him...try your best next time okay! Now try mine!"Yosuke pat her head and took out some cookies he made.
"Wow...it's amazing...can i really eat it?"Taiga stared at Yosuke's perfect cookies.
"Of course!"Yosuke replied and Taiga eat it.
"It's...it's delicious!"Taiga said with a smile and cry happily.
"This is the first time i heard you call something delicious..."Yosuke replied in disbelief.
"It's even better than the ones they sell on shops!"Taiga smiled at him.
"Really?"Yosuke asked.
"Yes i really like it..."she eat the rest of it.
After she finished eating,she stared at Yosuke.
"Now i get it...it's because you didn't help out properly that it's been such a huge mess...you stupid dog!"Taiga gave him a dark smile.
"How am i supposed to say now? It seems she's back to normal...i guess i'll let her off"Yosuke thought to himself.
They then decided to go home.
Near the entrance,Taiga suddenly fell again.
"Ah,what are you doing?"Yosuke asked and helped her up.
"Shut up! It's none of your business!"Taiga replied.
"Look...if you don't clean it you will-"he cleaned Taiga's knee from dust and see some old scars there.
"What?"Taiga asked.
"It seems this idiot have fell many times when no one can see her..."Yosuke though to himself.
"What do you want for dinner?"Yosuke asked her.
"I will leave today's dinner to your choice..."she replied with a red face.
"Today i finally understand...this idiot is stubborn,but she also feels inferior and arrogant...She'll do whatever she adamant about. Also,there is a lot i worry about her. There's really no way i could abandon her..."Yosuke thought to himself and walked home.
A message appeared on his Phone.
From :Margaret
Magician Social Link,Rank Up.
A few days later, 11:59 PM,Night.
Taiga somehow overslept in Yosuke's couch,so Yosuke decided to sleep on the ground.
When he was about going to bed,the TV suddenly turned on.
"You!"Yosuke saw the same figure.
"Welcome to our very own...Midnight Channel!"the figure said.
"Grr...i will find you and bring an end to all of this..."Yosuke thought to himself.
"Let's start Round 2 shall we? Now who shall be the next player...who is it Yosuke Hanamura? Well...let's see on the next episode of our very own...Midnight Channel!"the figure laughed and the screen turned black.