"Hey Yu, don't you think that was a little weird?" Yosuke asked. "I mean he asked you to keep something secret from your uncle."
"I guess, but we've seen weirder things before." Yu said.
"Yeah, I guess you have a point." Yosuke said. "Besides, we need to go talk with Ted."
Suddenly two girls walked up to them.
"Hey Hanamura, we need to take Saturday off." one of the girls said.
"Huh, you guys know I can't do that." Yosuke said. "Plus you two both said you could work weekends when you took the jobs."
"Well now we need Saturday off, come on you can pull some strings can't you?" asked the other girl.
"Look, I really can't…" Yosuke started to say.
"Well that figures, you always did like Saki better. No wonder she got better treatment." the first girl said in annoyance.
"Yeah, everyone knows that's the only reason she could take off whenever she wanted. She obviously was only using you." the second girl said.
"That's not true, Saki-sempai worked hard." Yosuke said defensively.
"What you're saying we don't work hard, is that it?" the first girl asked.
"Isn't there someone else you can be complaining to?" Yu asked suddenly.
"This isn't your business so don't get involved ok." the first girl said in annoyance.
"Whatever, let's just go." the second girl said before the two of them walked off.
"Hey Yosuke, are you alright?" Yu asked.
"Yeah, thanks." Yosuke said quietly.
"No problem." Yu said.
Thou hast strengthened thy genuine bond… It leads thee closer to the truth… Thou power to fuse Magician Personas has increased.
"Hey, why don't we talk to Ted tomorrow. I need to go talk with those two." Yosuke said.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow partner." Yu said.
"Right." Yosuke said before walking off.
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"Oh you're back, welcome home." Dojima said calmly.
"Thanks uncle." Yu said.
"Golden Week is coming up, do you have any plans for it?" Dojima asked.
"Not yet, why do you ask?" Yu asked.
"Why don't we do something together." Nanako said excitedly. "We can go to Junes."
"Junes, are you sure?" Dojima asked.
"That sounds good to me." Yu said.
"Yay, we're going to Junes." Nanako said with a smile.
"That sounds good." Yu said. "Well goodnight."
"Night Yu." Dojima said calmly.
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"Hey Yosuke, huh are you alright?" Chie asked walking up to him.
"Oh Chie, yeah I'm alright." Yosuke said quietly.
"I can tell something's bothering you, so what's wrong Yosuke?" Chie asked as Yu walked up to them.
"Just trust me ok, I'm fine." Yosuke said.
"If you say so, morning Yu." Chie said.
"Morning Chie, were you two talking about something?" Yu asked.
"Nothing important, oh but I have great news." Chie said.
"What is it?" Yu asked.
"Yukiko can come back to school soon." Chie said with a smile.
"That's awesome." Yosuke said. "I'm glad she's feeling better."
"Yeah, that's great to hear." Yu said.
"Thanks, it was all thanks to you guys." Chie said with a smile.
"It wasn't just us Chie, you helped rescue her too." Yosuke said.
"I guess so, thanks." Chie said. "Oh man, we need to get to class."
"Yeah, let's go." Yu said quickly.
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"Huh, where are you going Yu?" Chie asked.
"I was going to go spend some time with Marie, I promised I'd show her around town." Yu said calmly.
"Alright, see you later partner." Yosuke said while Yu walked out of the classroom.
"Hey Yosuke, are you sure you're ok?" Chie asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Yosuke said.
"Ok, but if you want to talk about something just let me know alright?" Chie asked.
"Deal." Yosuke said.
"Well I think I'll head to Junes for a while, I wanted to take another look at the TV's." Chie said before walking to the door.
"That makes sense, see you later Chie." Yosuke said.
"See you Yosuke." Chie said calmly.
"Yeah." Yosuke said. "Hey Chie, thanks."
"No problem." Chie said with a smile.
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"Oh you're here." Marie said. "Does that mean your going to show me around like you said?"
"Yeah, is there anywhere you want to go Marie?" Yu asked.
"Yeah, I want to go see Joo-nes." Marie said. "I heard people talking about it while I was waiting."
"Alright, sure thing Marie." Yu said calmly.
"Right, then lets go." Marie said impatiently before the two of them walked off.
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"Huh, hey you guys what are you doing here?" Chie asked.
"I was just showing Marie around Junes." Yu said. "What are you doing here?"
"Me, I was just seeing if there were any TV's to buy." Chie said. "I'm still itching to see the new Trial of the Dragon on a big screen."
"Try-all of the Drag-un?" Marie asked. "What's that supposed to be?"
"Trial of the Dragon, it's only the greatest movie ever." Chie said with a smile. "You've got to see it."
"Maybe another time, I don't think they'd like it if we turned one of the TV's to the Trial of the Dragon right now Chie." Yu said.
"I guess so, but they should at least have some of them on so people can see the quality." Chie said. "Oh yeah, you guys want to grab steak while we're here?"
"Sure, after you Chie." Yu said.
"Right." Chie said with a grin.
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"Mom, over here." said a little boy before running past Yu, Chie, and Marie.
"Oh, slow down before you hurt someone." said the boy's mother.
"Kids will be kids I guess." Chie said.
"Yeah, I guess so." Yu said.
"Hey, do you think I acted like that?" Marie asked suddenly.
"Probably, why don't you remember?" Chie asked.
"No, all I remember is that this is mine." Marie said before taking a comb out of her bag.
"That's a cool comb, where did you get it?" Chie asked.
"I don't remember." Marie said putting her comb away.
"That must be tough." Yu said.
"Really? If you say so." Marie said.
Thou hast strengthened thy genuine bond… It leads thee closer to the truth… Thou power to fuse Aeon Personas has increased.
(Yu has strengthened his bonds, and he and Chie have learned Marie can't recall her past. Next chapter Yu will join another club, and Yosuke and Chie will learn a new feature of their power. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)