[Evening, Leblanc]

"Big bro... did the kitty just talked?"

As the atmosphere in the cafe basically dropped into a tense mess, Yu and Ren both stared at Nanako with widened eyes. How would Nanako able to hear Morgana talk? Why would Yu-San have this type of reaction?

A million train of thought rushed through his mind, Akira quickly tapped Yu's leg with his and gave him a 'don't talk about it' face. Even though confused, but the former leader of the Investigation team quickly nodded and played as if he didn't hear Morgana.

"H-hmm? I only heard it meowing."

Narrowing her eyes at him, Nanako pouted as she tightened her soul-crushing hug on Morgana. "You're so mean, big bro!"

"Wait, what?" Yu blinked, a droplet of sweat trailed down his face. "U-uh Nanako, I'm just telling the truth."

Sighing to herself, the little girl quickly changed her attention onto Akira instead. "Big bro Akira, do you hear the kitty talk too?"

"Uh... no, I just heard some meowing," Feeling his heart basically shattered at Nanako's sadden face, Akira tune the speed of his train of thought into one thousand before an idea popped into his mind. "But... maybe the kitty wants only you to understand it!"

"The kitty wants only me to understand it...?" Tilting her head in confusion, Nanako's eyes darted between Akira and Morgana for a few times before smiling brightly.

"O-oh, mister kitty, I'm not that special," Giggling, she released Morgana from her hug and handed him back to Ren. "Here, Big bro Amamiya, I'm sorry to bother your kitty for this long."

Snapped back from his momentary shock, Ren hastily nodded and took Morgana from her hands. Placing the cat back into his bag, he gave them a farewell before entering the attic, leaving the trio alone.

Coming back with three plates of curry, Sojiro's looked at them with a confused look. "What happened?"

"O-oh, nothing."


After a good mean with dinner and coffee (cold tea for Nanako, she asked for it), the three returned to Akira's apartment. Maybe it was because of the long train ride from Inaba, or just because it's late at night, Nanako almost instantly walked to the room right across Akira's for some rest.

Coming back after fixing her blanket, Akira sat on one end of the dinner table with Yu sitting right in front of him. "So..." He trailed off, lowering his head as the atmosphere became more awkward as time went on.

"Why would you and Nanako be able to hear Morgana talk in the real world?"

"The real world... huh," Yu nodded to himself, rubbing his chin in deep thought. "So, what kind of people can hear that cat?"

"The same kind of person who can see this," Snapping his finger, Akira let Moriarty appear behind him.

Seeing how Yu's eyes widened and looked right at his Persona, the amateur writer nodded to himself and made Moriarty disappeared again. "So you can see Moriarty... You're a Persona-user as well, Yu-San?"

"...Right, I am," Yu sighed, leaning back into the chair as Izanagi-no-Okami appeared behind him. "But no wonder... that's why Kirijo-San brought you to Inaba as well?"

"Huh? No, I asked her to come along," Akira replied with a shake of his head, letting Moriarty appear again. "And I awaken this guy less than a month ago."

"My name is Moriarty, a pleasure to meet you, fellow Persona," The blue gentlemen politely bowed to Izanagi-no-Okami, holding out a hand toward him.

"Izanagi-no-Okami, nice to meet you," Nodding, the steel kingpin took his hand and shook it. "Anyway, how did you meet him from the sea of souls?"

"That's... a long story, but I can explain-"

"Izanagi-nee-chan, you're talking with someone else without telling me?"

Widening their eyes in surprise (if there's one), Moriarty almost jumped in shock when a little blonde girl appeared next to Izanagi. Narrowing her eyes in suspicion, the little girl hastily hugged Izanagi, as if she was trying to assure dominance.

"U-uh... Alice-Chan, didn't I tell you not to come out-"

"Izanagi-Nee-Chan, but you're meeting someone new!"

"Alice? Wait, ain't you THE Alice from that wonderland story?!"

"Yeah, it's me!" The blonde girl, now known as Alice greeted him with an elegant bow. "My name is Alice, nice to meet you, Moriarty-Nee-Chan!"

"M-Moriarty-Nee-Chan?!"

"Uh... that was... Something," Unintentionally gulping, Akira decided to just ignore the three Personas as they did their own things. "Anyway, so... how did you awaken to your Persona, Yu-San?"

"To be honest, it's a long story," Sighing to himself, Yu rubbed a thread of his hair as he recollected the memories of that year. "...We found out a world in the TV, which we just called it 'TV World', and... it's about the murder case in 2011."

"The case was related to the TV World, and we had to save people from that world... In all and all, we used our Persona to solve that case"

"Oh, that murder case..." He trailed off, nodding to himself. "Now you've come clean with your's, I should come clean with mine as well."

Clearing his throat, Akira took a long, deep breath and started to tell him his story. Kamoshida, the metaverse and that castle, awakening Moriarty, finding out Ren's group (not mentioning his name). Finally, changing Kamoshida heart and his confession today.

After hearing Akira's story, Yu couldn't help but feel really bad about him. "...This must suck, but I'm glad that- Wait, you're that one 'Phantom Thief of Heart' the news mentioned?"

"Um... Not exactly me, but it's the other group of Persona users... It's just a very complicated situation."

"Complicated Situation... okay then, I'm not going to ask too much about it," Nodding to himself, Yu rubbed his chin in deep thought. "Just... take care, okay? If the journey is going to repeat itself, things are just going to be more and more dangerous from here on out."

"So Kamoshida won't be the last... Kinda guessed that," Leaning back to his chair, Akira glanced at the room Nanako slept in and remembered the reason this meeting even started in the first place. "Oh right, how did Nanako was able to hear Morgana too? She doesn't have a Persona, right?"

"O-oh, she doesn't have one, and I wish she wouldn't have one," Looking down, the silver hair boy bit his lips to control his emotion. "B-but... she entered the TV World during that murder case..."

"Nanako! Hang on! Dojima-San is coming!"

"Big... bro... I'm... Scared..."

"Nanako! Nanako...?"

"I-I'm sorry, Dojima-San..."

"It's fine, Yu... Nanako, let's go to Junes together."

"Nanako, it's Junes, your favorite place."

"Nanako, just wake up!'

"NANAKO!"

"Yu-San? You just stopped talking all of a sudden."

Snapping out from the sudden surge of memories, Yu hastily flashed a reassuring smile. "N-nothing, it's just... that day was the worst day of my life."

"I understand," Akira nodded, crossing his arms as he pondered. "We all have that day where we don't want to remember."

Feeling an awkward silence came upon them, he finally noticed something out of place with Moriarty, Izanagi, and Alice "...Wait a sec, who is Alice's user?"

"Huh?"

"There's only two of us, but three Personas..."

"O-oh right, I forgot to ask you about it," Widening his eyes in surprise, Yu quickly straightened himself and leaned forward. "Do you see anyone who can use multiple Persona in that 'other group'?"

"Yeah, I did know one," Akira nodded, raising an eye in slight confusion. "But... is that important?"

"It is," He nodded. "That means it's a Wildcard's journey..."

"Wildcard?"

"This is the name given for people who can wield multiple Persona," Yu explained, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "As you can see, I am a Wildcard myself, and I knew there's one before me too."

"Okay... so there are more Persona users... and people who can use multiple Personas too..." Trailing off, Akira stared at the table as he noticed footsteps noise beside them.

"Big bro... What are you talking about..." Rubbing her eyes as she's still half asleep, Nanako took a few steps forward and sat on the chair next to Akira.

"N-nothing, Nanako," Quickly telling Izanagi-no-Okami and Alice to return, Yu quickly replied with a shake of his head. "If you're tired, you should get some more sleep, we'll decide where to go tomorrow."

"But Big bro, Tokyo is so big-" Before Nanako could finish her words, Paff came out from nowhere and leaped onto her laps and sniffed. "Oh, a puppy!"

"O-oh, I forgot to introduce Paff to you two," Mentally facepalmed to his forgetfulness, Akira clapped lightly and called Paff to him, holding her up and showed her to the two. "This is Paff, a puppy I found on the street a while ago."

"Paff? That's a weird name," Yu commented, tilting his head in slight confusion.

The amateur writer just shrugged in return, letting the puppy return to Nanako's lap again. "I'm not the one who made the name for her, so I couldn't say anything about it."

"I think Paff is a cute name for her!" Nanako beamed, tightly hugging the small puppy to her heart. "I am Nanako, nice to meet you, Paff!"

Paff barked and shook her tail happily in return, proceeding to lick her face. "P-Paff! It's ticklish!" She giggled in return, a sheepish smile crept onto her face.

Even though the scene was exploded with cuteness, but Yu kept the urge to leave them alone under control and patted Nanako's head. "Nanako, we have a long day ahead of us, let's go to sleep."

"But big bro..."

"You can play with Paff tomorrow too, Nanako," The silver-haired boy smiled. "Now let's go to sleep, we'll go and buy souvenirs for Dojima-San."

"But also you too, Nanako-Chan," Akira added, giving her a bright smile and a thumb out. "I got an idea, let's go to the Underground Mall and buy you some clothes, then we'll find more things to do after that."

Widening her eyes and her smile, Nanako nodded eagerly.


[3rd May, Underground Mall]

Leading the two to the Underground Mall, Akira showed them the clothes and other accessories stores. Looking around in awe, Nanako quickly rushed to a clothes store and beamed.

"Big bro! What do you think about this dress?" She asked, holding a pink dress on her body.

"You looked fantastic, Nanako!" Yu answered with a thumbs up, picking another dress and showed it to her. "How about this one?"

"Mmm... This looked great too! Let's try some more!"

Watching the two from afar, Akira couldn't help but smile faintly. "I should leave them be for now-"

However, his word was interrupted as a familiar voice rang from his side. "Akira?!"

Turning around, Akira saw Shiho walking over with a bright smile, and hastily returned with a faint smile. "O-oh hey, Shiho. Didn't expect to see you here too."

"What brought you here? You're not going to come just stand here like an idiot?"

"Well, I told you that some of my friends from Inaba would come here and I had to be their guide," He explained, gesturing to Nanako and Yu who were still trying out new clothes. "And our first stop is right here."

"Oh right, I forgot about it," Shiho clapped her hands together, a smile crept onto her face. "Maybe I can accompany you on the way? After all, I had nothing to do today."

"Um... what about Ann?"

"She's having a date, I guess," The volleyball player shrugged. "She didn't tell me who she's going out with, but it's probably Sakamoto."

"Yeah, I bet it must be him," Akira giggled, noticing Nanako and Yu returned from the clothes store with... two bags of clothes on Yu's arm.

"Sorry for the wait, Akira," Yu apologized, shifting his focus onto Shiho. "And um..."

"I am Suzui Shiho, Akira's only friend in Shujin," Shiho introduced herself, and she couldn't help but giggled as Akira only gave him a shocked look.

"S-Shiho, I have other friends, y'know-"

"Nope, I'm the only one~"

However, just as Akira was about to retort, Nanako's laugh caught their attention. "You're so similar to Yosuke and Chie!"

"Nanako's right, you two are basically the same as them," Yu added, trying his best to hold his laughter. "Are you sure there's only friendship between you two?"

The two Shujin students glanced at each other for a second, before widening their eyes with a deep shade of red covered their cheeks. "U-uh... we're really just friends, nothing else!" Shiho hastily denied, shaking her head.

"Yeah, Chie told us the same words when we asked her about her and Yosuke," The Silver-haired boy added with a smirk, crossing his arms and enjoyed the scene played out before him.

"YU-SAN! I told you we're just friends, that's ALL!"

"Then why are you acting like this?" The former leader of the Investigation Team asked with a raised eye, struggling to hold a smirk from creeping onto his face.

"Yu... Forget it," Knowing that he's not going to win this argument with him, Akira just sighed and pointed at other shops in the underground mall. "Let's continue our trip, there's more shops than this one."

"Yeah, and I'm coming with you guys too," Shiho added, resting her arms on her hips. "I know this place better than Akira, after all."

"You're coming with us?" Nanako asked, tilting her head in slight confusion. "Then welcome Big Sis Suzui!"

"...Big Sis Suzui?" The volleyball player blinked, glancing back at Akira for an explanation.

"It's her quirk, she likes to call everyone she met as 'big sis' or 'big bro'," Akira explained with a shrug, "...Oh, I forgot to introduce you to Yu and Nanako too."

Quickly cleared his throat, he quickly stood between Shiho and the two cousins. "Shiho, this is Yu-San and Nanako-Chan, my friends from Inaba."

"...You already told me the latter part, Akira," Shiho deadpanned, but quickly smiled as her gaze returned to Yu and Nanako. "Anyway, nice to meet you, Yu-San, Nanako-Chan."

"Well, thanks to Akira, this has become the most awkward introduction I've ever encountered, aside from Kanji," Yu joked, earning a brief glare from the said person. "What? I said that Kanji's first introduction is more awkward than this one... Well, more like dangerous than awkward."

"That still doesn't change the meaning, Yu-San."

"Yeah yeah yeah, but Yu-San is the saying the truth, Akira," Shiho interrupted, pointing to an accessory shop nearby. "Anyway, I think we can go to the accessory shop as our next stop."

Nodding, the siblings followed Shiho while Akira just stood there, dumbfounded. "...Did she just stole my job as the guide?"

Sighing to himself, Akira quickly followed them. The shop was filled with different rings, keychains, and many more accessories too. And on one section was all chibi accessories as the most recent and popular accessories.

Seeing Shiho having fun with Yu and Nanako on choosing what accessories to buy, Akira was about to leave them alone when he noticed one more person standing beside the trio.

Neck length black hair, small bun with two chopsticks, and a thin white ribbon were visible in her hair...

"Excuse me, what's the price of this one?" She asked politely to the staff of the shop, pointing at one chibi keychain inside the glass case.

"...Wait a sec..." Trailing off, Akira narrowed his eyes as the memories suddenly flooded back in his mind.

"Typical Aobara for ya, kid,"

"Aobara?"

"She's Aobara Aoi, one of my few regular customers."

"Oh right, she's that girl who bought a musket..." Murmuring to himself, Akira was about to leave her alone when he noticed Aoi's confused look.

"...What the hell are you staring at?" She asked, scanning his entire body before landing on his eyes. "Ain't you... that guy in Untouchable?"

"Uh... yeah, and you're that Musket girl-"

"Musket girl?" Aoi deadpanned, narrowing her gaze at him. "I'm sorry, but you mistook me as whoever unlucky enough to be called 'Musket Girl'."

"Well, the only thing I remembered is you buying a musket-"

"...You've gotta be kidding me," Interrupting him in mid-sentence, she returned her focus back onto the staff, paying for the key chain. "No, I'm not going to dive into the details."

With that said, Aoi quickly grabbed the key chain before leaving the shop. Not even bother to leave a glance.

Noticing Akira's confused glance on Aoi, Shiho tapped his shoulder and got his attention. "Akira, you know that girl?"

"N-not really, we just met once in Untouchable," Akira shrugged, giving her a faint smile in return. "Anyway, how's the shopping spree going?"

"We're still looking for a key chain for Nanako's dad," She replied, gesturing at the row of key chains Nanako was looking into. "Maybe you can help us with picking one?"

"Uh..." Blinking in slight confusion, Akira hastily nodded and went back to the sibling's side.


After shopping in the underground mall for a while, Shiho had to leave as her family suddenly called for her, and Akira took his position as the guide back from her. (Even though he was somewhat disappointed that Shiho had to leave early.)

Walking down the Shibuya Central Street, Nanako laid her eyes on a toy shop and the three decided to let this shop as their next stop. Once they entered teh store, Nanako instantly pulled Yu and Akira right into the plushy section. However, Akira's attention was snapped away from them as he overheard a conversation between someone he didn't expect to be there.

"Daddy! I want a Teddie plushy doll!"

"Uh... Setsuna, but it's out of stock, I couldn't do anything about it-"

"B-but... you always buy what she asked when it big sis..."

"Setsuna... I'm not bias or anything..."

Peeking over Yu's shoulder, Akira could only widen his eyes in shock as he realized whose conversation he overheard. Out of anyone he could crash with...

It was Mr. Ushimaru, in his casual wear and acting like a sweet dad.

And beside him was a girl about one or two years younger than Nanako. Other than her black hair which tied into a small ponytail, Akira couldn't find anything stood out with her. Not that it's anything too important, her calling Ushimaru 'Daddy' was already too much information for him to handle.

"M-Mr. Ushimaru?!" Yelping in shock, Akira walked over to the Social Studies Teacher, scanning his entire feature with widened eyes. "I-is that really you?"

Ushimaru, on the other hand, could only drop his jaw open in shock. "Ichijo?!"

"No way... it's really you..." Blinking to confirm that it was indeed Mr. Ushimaru, the legendary chalk thrower/their Social Studies Teacher, the amateur writer quickly cleared his throat before continuing. "Uh... Didn't expect to see you here."

Blinking in confusion, Satsune's eyes darted between Akira and Ushimaru before a good four times. "...Daddy, you know him?" She asked, tilting her head in more confusion.

"Uh... oh right, I forgot to introduce myself," Clearing his throat, the amateur writer politely bowed before her. "I am Ichijo Akira, one of Mr. Ushimaru's students."

"Daddy's students...?" Tilting her head thoughtfully, Ushimaru's daughter shyly smiled before holding a hand out. "Nice to meet you, I am Ushimaru Setsuna."

Shaking their hands in greeting, Akira hastily straightened up and cleared his throat. "So... I overheard you two arguing on something... about a teddie bear?"

"Uh... not exactly a teddie bear..." Ushimaru trailed off, knowing that how would his daughter react to how Akira called it.

"NO!" Pouting, Setsuna rested her arms on her hips, giving Akira intense stare. "It's TEDDIE doll, not a teddie bear!"

"Teddie... doll?" Tilting his head in confusion, Akira pondered for a split second before realizing what, or who she was talking about. "Ushimaru-Chan, do you mean the mascot from Junes?"

"Yeah! I want a doll of him..."

"But it sold out," Ushimaru finished for his daughter, somewhat struggling to find a way to find a balance between his 'teacher' Persona and the 'dad' Persona. "Setsuna kept insisting that she wants one, and the rest is history."

Nodding as he grasped on the situation, the amateur writer was about to reply when Nanako's voice suddenly interrupted his train of thought. "Big Bro Akira!"

"Don't run off without telling us, okay?" Yu sighed, crossing his arms with an unimpressed look.

"You can't just leave us without telling us!" Narrowing her gaze at him, Nanako noticed Setsuna behind him and returned with a confused look. "Uh... Who are they?"

"O-oh, he's my teacher in school," Akira hastily introduced Ushimaru and Setsuna to the two, also explaining the reason he even came and talk with them.

"...So Setsuna-Chan wants a Teddie doll..." Pondering to herself, Nanako nodded with a confident smile. "No problem, we will get you one!"

"B-but how?" Setsuna questioned, tilting her head in confusion.

"We are friends with Teddie!" Nanako exclaimed, widening her smile to a full-on grin and turned to Yu behind her. "Big Bro, can you call Teddie for me?"

Even though surprised at the sudden change of attitude, Yu nodded and took out his phone, dialing the person the two little girls were talking about. "...Hey Teddie, how it's going?"

"Wait a sec, you're really calling him for that?" Akira questioned with a raised eye, glancing back at Ushimaru for a moment. "Uh... Sorry 'bout that, Mr. Ushimaru."

"It's fine..." Sighing, Ushimaru took off his glasses and pinched his nosebridge, but a faint smile was visible on his face. "But thank you, Ichijo. Now I don't need to face Setsuna's wrath..."

"Soo... Your weakness is your daughter?"

"Knowing that won't change the fact that I'm still going to throw my chalk if you're slagging off, Ichijo."

"Kinda guessed that..." Trailing off, Akira turned back to Yu. "Yu-San, so..."

"Teddie says he's working overtime right now," The silver-haired boy replied, putting his phone back into his pocket. "But we'll be back at Inaba when he finishes the doll, so you're going to deliver the doll to her."

"...Teddie is making a doll just for me?!" Setsuna yelped in shock, a bright smile slowly but surely crept onto her face. "N-no way! Daddy, Teddie's making a doll for me!"

"Yeah, you're so lucky, Setsuna," Smiling warmly to his daughter, the Social Studies Teacher bowed slightly to the trio. "Well... thank you for helping."

"You're welcome!" Nanako returned with an equally warm smile, following by a smile from Yu, and an awkward one from Akira.


[4th May, Arcade]

"Big Bro Akira, why are we here?"

"Because Nanako, you've never been to an Arcade, right?" Akira asked, subconsciously adjusted his headphone for the sixth time for today. "Here we have a 'Gun About' machine, more doll machines and such..."

"I only knew Aracde from TV shows..." Nanako nodded, looking around the shop with excitement. "Big Bro Akira, you're so lucky that you have one Arcade nearby!"

"To be honest, I have only been here for..." Trailing off, the amateur writer tapped his chin thoughtfully. "six or seven times over the years, yeah."

"Because you have a console in your home, right?" Yu interrupted him with a faint smirk. "I saw one in your apartment."

"Oh, that one..." Akira sighed, twisting a strand of his hair. "Yeah, I like playing in home more than coming to an Arcade. Unless I'm coming with someone else."

"And now you're coming with us," Nanako added, pulling his hand and dragged them into the Arcade

Arriving in the Arcade, the trio was instantly greeted by a huge crowd surrounding the 'Gun About' machine. Usually, this would happen when the famous 'King' was here and play, but... Akira saw the recognizable white ribbon among the crowd.

"She's here too?" Murmuring to himself, he internally cursed at his bad luck.

"Big Bro Akira, what's happening?" Nanako asked, tightening her grip on Yu's hand in nervousness. "Why there's a huge crowd here?"

"Well, I guess either there's someone who's challenging King's high score, or King himself going for a new high score," Akira shrugged, gesturing the two toward the crowd. "Hey, let's see what's happening."

Nodding, the trio squeezed themselves among the crowd and saw a boy standing on the platform, shooting the target with pin-point accuracy. The first thing that grabbed Akira's attention was that... his hair was in a natural shade of blonde, but his feature was distinctively Japanese.

With the stern and focused expression, and the reddish-brown glasses he wore... Akira felt as if he's watching Q from the recent James Bond movies in real life. Other than that, he wore a suit jacket which had the same color as his glasses, with black casual jeans... it just struck a weird image for him.

Amazed by his performance, the amateur writer was about to just watch him when Aoi suddenly stepped out from the crowd. Taking the 2P spot beside him and put in a token, taking the ray gun from the holster, the two suddenly got into intense competition.

Well... not exactly an intense competition.

Blinking in surprise as his score got beaten effortlessly by Aoi, the two exchanged a somewhat irritated glance before playing in another game. And this time, the atmosphere around them suddenly became extremely tense and competitive.

"...I guess we're not going to play this one for a while," Sweatdropping, Akira turned to the two siblings and gestured to another machine. "How about some other game?"

Nodding, the trio left from the crowd and went to another machine, a doll machine to be exact. Internally thanking god that he saved up some 100 yen coins beforehand, Akira let Nanako try her best and get a special Jack Frost doll.

Seeing Yu's warm smile as Nanako finally got the doll she wanted, the trio then turned another machine.

After playing around for a long while (Akira assumed that they'd been here for a few hours by now), he noticed Nanako started to get a little hungry and suggested them to have a meal in the family dinner nearby.

However, as they passed by the Gun About machine, Akira saw that... Aoi and that boy were still playing against each other. "...That's some dedication," Yu commented, gesturing them to keep going.

"Yeah, that's some serious dedication," Akira shrugged.


[5th May, Early morning, Shibuya Station]

Standing on the platform and waited for the train, Nanako pouted slightly as the train approached. "Why can't we stay here longer, Big bro?" She asked. "There's still a lot of places to visit!"

"Yeah, but it's not like we're only going to visit Tokyo once, right?" Yu reassured her, patting her head.

"Yeah, maybe you guys can come during the holiday, like the Summer holiday or Winter holiday," Akira suggested with a hopeful smile. "And maybe you can stay longer next time!"

Widening her smile to a full-on grin, Nanako nodded in anticipation. "I want to go to Kichijoji next time! And more places like Akihabara, Inokashira Park, and Destinyland!"

"Yeah, I'll remember that," The amateur writer replied with a chuckle, resting his hands in his hoodie's pocket.

With that said, the train arrived and the two waved goodbye as they entered the train. "Bye-bye!" The little girl exclaimed, enthusiastically waving her hand in the air.

"Bye-bye!" Akira returned with the same smile, watching their left as the train went on its way.

Now being all alone again, he couldn't help but gave out a long sigh. Feeling his phone buzzed in his pocket, he took it out and noticed a text from Shiho.

Shiho: Hey Akira, I know you have some personal business to deal with... But do you have time after you dealt with... the personal business?

Shiho: Ann invite me to a buffet with Sakomoto-Kun and Amamiya-Kun, and I wanted to invite you too.

Widening his eyes slightly in surprise, Akira still couldn't believe that Shiho would go out her way and ask him about it. To be honest... it probably wouldn't take him too long, but if he did go with Shiho to the buffet, he would just drag the mood down the ground.

Sighing to himself again, Akira typed his response.

Akira: Sorry, but... if I really come with you guys, it would only drag the mood down.

Shiho: Oh... okay then.

Akira: I'm really sorry, but don't worry about me, just focus on having fun!

Closing the phone and put it back into his pocket, he left the platform and went to the underground mall.

(To be Continued)


Preview:

As the promised day comes, Shiho finally achieves her dream with Ann.

A luxurious buffet, a surprise encounter.

As the promised day comes, Akira had to face his past again.

A lone trip, unexpected encounters.

Next Chapters:

"Conflicted Emotions"

Stay tuned!


So... after two whole weeks, Chapter 12 is finally here!

So the next chapter would be about the buffet Shiho and the Phantom Thieves have, and Akira's personal business.

And if you've read the original version of Another Thief, you might recognize who the blonde boy is...

And... yeah, that's pretty much it.

Review Response:

Guest: Oh... I can understand why there's confusion between Akira and Ren as both of them were used as Joker's name. But... it's too late to change his name, especially with the fact that he's the main OC character here. So... sorry about that.

Anyway, I hope you like the story so far, reviews are definitely welcome!