Last chapter of the year and a Christmas Present to all the heroes in the crowd. Let's do this! UknownHero here and Merry Christmas to all!
This chapter has been in the works since July! We are lazy-ass people!
God, this took way too long. And this is essentially a filler chapter! Of course, it deepens relationships so uh... yeah. Let's get onto the reviews. To a Kaiser Dragon: ...When we get there, my friend. To Odin's Eye: Oh Akira will know how to fight. Count on it. To Rosimusprimus323: ...Huh, maybe we should add Godzilla as a Persona. A fair few people want it. I mean, we already added a meme Persona into the Happy Squirrel so... Oh, and just a note for the future: Joker will get Mara. To Black Fang: Well, to explain, we'll write in the platonic option before then writing what happens if Akira chooses the more romantic option. Read one of them or both. If you want Akira to date a Senran Girl, just say the romantic one is canon. Want 'em stay friends? The platonic one is canon. It all depends on the reader.
Okay, that's it! Let's see if the world can handle the overload of cuteness and sexiness!
Load Game... Start!
Chapter 13: Inner Beauty and Overwhelming Cuteness
(4/17, Early Morning)
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
As the sun started to enter through the cracked curtains of the windows, moans were heard as two girls were sleeping without a care in the world.
"Mmm..." Asuka moaned out as a peaceful smile was on her face while snuggling up to her roommate.
However in the Good Shinobi's dreams...
(Asuka's Dream)
The Good Shinobi was standing over a valley surrounded by sweets with a determined expression on her face.
"Yes, Mochi-chan, we shall go the Land of Ice-Cream and save it from the tyranny of Pocky. I will be their sword and shield and protect those who need it the most. Leave any survivors, but take down those that attack up..." Dream Asuka stated as she was dressed in traditional shinobi attire with a chibi mochi on her shoulder that had little arms and legs.
At that moment, a familiar person wearing similar clothes came to her side. "You...disturb me, Asuka." Asuka's Dream Homura deadpanned. "But it's not in my place to say. Onwards! To the Town of Kitty-Shaped Cookies That Strangely Look Like Morgana!" She then declared.
"Hai! Onward Homu-nee! Mochi-chan!" Asuka replied with enthusiasm while pointing one of her blades to the sky in front of her.
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
Homura in her sleep meanwhile held her roommate tightly without any sign of letting go as she had a satisfied smile on her face.
But within the tan skinned girl's dreams...
(Homura's Dream)
The tan skinned girl was in a prison cell as she had a sadistic yet satisfied smirk on her face.
"Die fucker! Die! Eat it! Yeah! Betcha didn't expect to see me again, did'ja, punk!? You left me to fend for myself! This is for everything ya caused ya bastard! Choke on it! Choke on my vengeance! How does it taste!? Ahahahahahahahaha, FUCK YOU! Payback's a bitch ain't it motherfucker!" Dream Homura declared as she was in dungeon dressed as a sexy prison warden while punishing the man that ruined her life by having him chained up.
At that moment in the tan skinned girl's dream, her version of her roommate that was also dressed as a sexy prison warden came in with a plate of her favorite food. "Homu-nee, would you like some fresh and juicy steaks? I made them myself." Homura's Dream Asuka happily and innocently offered with a smile on her face.
Dream Homura in turn grinned to that. "Oh, hey Asuka. And sure, I'd like some, thanks!" She replied in a satisfied manner while getting fork out and started eating one of them.
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
Truly, they were angels in this flawed world.
But alas, even angels would need to rise and thus were awoken...via pigeon slamming into their window.
CRASH!
FWOOSH!
"WAH!" Asuka exclaimed as her eyes shot open to the sound, but couldn't move due to her position. "MOH! KATSU-NEE! NOT SO EARLY!" She instinctively whined as she covered her chest.
"GRRRRRR! I SWEAR TO GOD HARUKA, IF IT'S ANOTHER GODDAMN TENTA-" Homura growled her threat in frustration, already in her Shinobi Outfit before looking around. "Right. She's not here. Never mind." She muttered out with a shrug before reverting back to her normal clothes...which was nothing.
"Huh?" Asuka soon got out as she looked around. "Oh yeah, I'm not at home..." She mumbled out while uncovering her chest.
Soon enough, the tan skinned girl looked at the one by her side. "Ah, morning Asuka, slept well?" Homura calmly asked, not even fazed by their naked state as she rubbed her roommate's head with a peace filled smile on her face.
Slightly surprised to this calmness and her head being rubbed in a tender manner, Asuka blinked a couple of times as she nodded. "H-Hai." She replied in a meek tone while looking at her roommate. "What's...going on? Is this Homura-chan or Sweet Homura?" She meanwhile thought in confusion to how her roommate was acting as even though her tone of voice was the way it was before the incident that ruined her chance of becoming a Good Shinobi, but now she was feeling something different coming from her roommate now.
"No. It isn't. She doesn't have that...smile on her face." Kaeru stated in a serious yet curious manner. "Something must have happened to her yesterday...something that must have relieved her in some way." She then added.
"Good, you were really exhausted yesterday so I'm glad you got a good night sleep." Homura then admitted in a mature and kind tone before stretching her limbs. "Mmm...just like I did." She then got out in a pleased and satisfied manner.
"Y-Yeah..." Asuka replied in the same manner as before. "Um...Homura-chan, are you ok?" She then asked in concern.
Homura merely tilted her head in confusion to that. "Of course Asuka, why do you ask?" She replied with her own question.
"Well you seem...different Homura-chan." Asuka soon replied. "Not in a bad way I mean, just...different...comforting for some reason." She then admitted.
Homura's head was still tilted in confusion to that as she continued rubbing her roommate's head with a smile on her face. "I guess...I just feel really good today...like I was really able to clear my head of some of my built up stress that I had thanks to everything that happened to me in my life..." She explained.
"Hey, how about you stop talking about your life and start getting shit done! You have a spar to win!" Wolverine called out, antsy for the sparring match to get underway.
Homura soon sighed to her Persona's words. "Wolverine's getting antsy for our match Asuka." She soon revealed.
"Well, we better not keep her waiting then." Asuka replied as she stood up, walked over to the closet and pulled out the duffel bag full of gear that they had bought yesterday.
"...Wait. Now? As in, in our bedroom?" Homura questioned with a raised eyebrow. "I thought we'd go to the roof or something..." She then started, but then paused as she realized what the plan was, smacking her own forehead as a result. "Right, Shinobi Kekkai." She got out in an embarrassed manner.
Asuka in turn couldn't help but giggle to that. "Hehe, silly Homura-chan~" She got out in a teasing manner as she tossed over Homura's Micro-Uzis before grabbing her Glocks.
Homura in turn couldn't help but blush in embarrassment to that as she caught them. "S-Shut up..." She grumbled out before taking in a deep breath. "Also Asuka," She started as she placed her hand on her roommate's shoulders. "When we start, I want you to come at me with the intention to kill." She soon requested in a dead serious manner.
The Good Shinobi's eyes widened in shock to that. "Wh-WHAT!?" Asuka exclaimed.
"Listen, if we don't treat this like a life-or-death scenario, we won't be able to show each other our true potential." Homura then explained. "And if you hold back even a little...I guarantee I won't show an ounce of mercy." She soon declared.
"B-But..." Asuka however stammered out in a concerned manner.
WOOSH!
Asuka forgot to breathe as a few strands of her hair fell to the ground, her roommate standing behind her with her mouth near her ear.
"It's All-Out or nothing." Homura once more declared in a serious manner, but this time in a whisper.
After a moment from that declaration, Asuka gained a determined expression on her face. "I wouldn't have it any other way." She soon replied in her own serious tone.
"So then Asuka, you ready?" Homura then questioned in a serious manner.
Taking in a deep breath, Asuka nodded as she looked at her roommate, knowing now that this was not going to the friendly spar that she was thinking of. "Hai, Homura-chan." She replied before making a hand sign. "Shinobi Kekkai!" She declared.
(Asuka's Shinobi Kekkai)
Soon enough, the two girls were surrounded by the green tinted version of the Asakusa district of Tokyo.
"Did I ever mention that I wanna visit here someday?" Homura asked as she looked around.
"No, I don't remember if you did. But I think you said you wanted to meet my friends before." Asuka answered. "Or...am I confusing my conversations with Akira-kun?" She then questioned in a concerned manner.
"And you say I'm the forgetful one." Homura muttered out. "So...no matter what happens, we're still...friends after this." She then hesitantly asked in concern.
"Of course. Why do you ask?" Asuka questioned.
"Just...I just needed one last thing before we started." Homura replied with a smile...right before sucker punching her roommate in the face.
WHAM!
"AH!" Asuka screamed out as she skidded across the ground.
"Oh, by the way, never let your guard down. Expect the unexpected." Homura instructed as the other girl picked herself off the the ground.
Rubbing her cheek, Asuka nodded as she stood her ground with a determined expression on her face.
"Shinobi Tenshin!" Asuka and Homura declared in perfect unison.
In the blink of an eye, their shinobi outfits appeared in a spectacular display of colors, as well as their Thief Masks appearing in a burst of green and crimson flames.
"Asuka, dance within the cloak of shadows!" Asuka declared as she dual wield both her blades while her model pistols were attached to a pair of holsters on her thighs.
"Homura..." Homura started, hesitating for a moment to think before nodding to herself. "Strives to change within the shadows!" She soon declared while holding all six of her blades while her model submachine guns were in holsters on her thighs.
Slightly surprised to that declaration, Asuka held back a gasp as she readied herself. "Homura-chan...let's make this an amazing match!" She soon requested with a excited smile underneath her mask.
The tan skinned girl in turn nodded in agreement to that as an equally excited smirk appeared on her face underneath her mask. "Yeah, let's go wild and rampage Asuka!" She declared.
Then at that moment, the two shinobis charged in at one another.
(Cue Armed and Ready by Casey Lee and Jeff Williams)
CLANG!
The two soon clashed in the middle of the battlefield, their blades digging into each other as sparks flew between them.
They stared into each other's eyes, seeing fires within them burning as bright as the sun in the middle of July before Homura broke the clash by kicking her roommate in the stomach and launching her into the air with an uppercut before pulling out her guns.
"WHOA!" Asuka exclaimed before pulling out her own guns as the tan skinned girl fired at her. "Too close!" The Good Shinobi thought quickly and starting firing, only hitting bullets that would've hit her as she fell to the ground.
"She got really good with her guns real fast." Homura mentally noted as she kept firing. "How is she doing this?" She then wondered in her head.
"I don't know how I'm doing this!" Asuka mentally exclaimed as the rolled upon landing before leaping into a sprint towards her roommate, bullets whizzing past her and grazing her mask. "But I'm liking it!" She then admitted in her head, filled with excitement to this occurrence.
"Man, these things aren't the most accurate." Homura mentally commented before dropping her guns to block an overhead strike with her swords. "Then again, we're only going to use them in close-quarters." She then added as she tackled her roommate to the ground.
"I thought you were taking this seriously!" Asuka grunted out as she flipped the tan skinned girl off of her while grabbing one of her fallen blades.
"I am. I'm just talking to myself while fighting. That's how good I am." Homura replied as she caught the sword that was about to go through her chest. "By the way, you screwed up." She soon revealed with a smirk as she used her legs to lock her roommate in place.
"ACK!" Asuka got out as she started slamming the ground.
"This is gonna hurt for the both of us. Hayabusa!" Homura soon declared as she then took a stance before she began swinging her swords at a rapid pace at her roommate, creating a barrage of slashes while moving forward at a slightly slower pace, however, each swing was backed by intense power and a fiery crimson energy.
SLICE! SLASH! SLICE! SLASH!
Soon enough, Homura ended the barrage with a swift uppercut before following it with one final joint slash of all six of her katana.
"AH!" Asuka exclaimed from both the pain from the attack and the shock of the effectiveness of it. But then...
FWOOSH! RIP!
With a large part of her shinobi attire shredded into confetti, Asuka was in serious trouble as she struggled to regain her focus while calming herself down. "Gotta focus on defense right now. Just wait for an opening." She mentally told herself.
Asuka began to guard against her roommate's attacks, barely keeping up with her speed. She definitely had more striking power behind her swings, but they were wild and unfocused. Good for keeping pressure, unpredictable but...
"Full of holes!" Asuka finished off her thoughts as she landed a scratch on her friend's hip. Nothing too damaging but it did create a small tear in her outfit without her noticing.
"Let's play some mind games." Asuka thought with a hidden smirk as she allowed her roommate to keep attacking, giving her more and more opportunities to get more and more tears in her roommate's outfit. Make her think she has the advantage throughout the encounter while slowly whittling it away from her.
"A few more attacks and I'll win!" Asuka and Homura thought in unison before catching their weapons in a blade lock.
"Come on, all defense and no offence! If you're gonna try and hit me, then hit me!" Homura taunted, trying goad her roommate into doing something against her, though was still not noticing the damage that was already dealt.
"Just biding my time, Homura-chan!" Asuka replied.
"Really? Because your time is up!" Homura soon declared before driving her knee into Asuka's stomach, flipping backwards before dashing forwards while swinging her swords in a X, forcing her roommate away. "Didn't even scratch me!" She soon remarked in a confident manner.
The Good Shinobi however giggled in amusement to that. "Look down." Asuka suggested with a playful smile.
The tan skinned girl's eyes widened to that. "...Oh you've got to be kidding me." Homura muttered out before looking at herself. As she was unfortunately expecting, her shinobi attire was in the same state as her roommate's.
Homura's eyes then widened as she realised her mistake and looked up...just in time to see the other girl's wakizashi slashing upwards on her chest.
With Homura launched into the air, she was vulnerable to Asuka's aerial combo which was finished with an axe-kick to slam Homura to the ground.
"Damn it, why did I fall for such a dum-OH SHIT!" Homura started to complain only to yell as the other girl threw her weapons at her roommate's blades first before diving in to land on them, which would've skewered them straight through her body if she didn't roll away. Instead, the swords were stuck deep into the ground. "That was a little too close." She muttered.
"And I almost got you too." Asuka mumbled as she pulled her swords out of the earth.
"Getting tired yet?" Homura taunted as she lifted her mask a little to wipe away some blood.
"Nope. Not in the slightest!" Asuka called out with a smile underneath her own mask. "You're really good. I'm giving it my all just to keep up." She then declared.
"Then I'm not trying hard enough." Homura replied with a smirk.
"Then I'm not trying hard enough too! Here I come!" Asuka shouted out as she lunged at her roommate once more.
SHING! CLANG! SHING! CLANG!
Soon, the two once more continued clashing blade to blade as sparks continued being created as a result before the two then backflipped away from one another.
The Good Shinobi soon remembered something as her eyes widened in realization. "I almost forgot I could do this. Just because I have a Persona now doesn't mean I can't summon something else!" Asuka thought as she went through a series of hand signs. "Let's hope this works! Please come forth!" She soon added to her thoughts.
POOF! CRASH!
Suddenly, a giant toad appeared on the battlefield.
"Oh right, that's still a thing. So a toad is her guardian animal, classic." Homura thought in an impressed tone before narrowing her eyes. "Dammit, if I could summon snakes it could eat it whole...though I don't want to make Asuka sad..." She then added to her thoughts.
"Ha, it worked!" Asuka meanwhile cheered out for her success as she jumped onto the back of her summoned toad. "Wait... Huh?" She got out as her summon started to act on his own. "Wah?! Nooo!" She screamed as the toad leaped high into the air.
"Oh no you don't!" Homura shouted out as she cloaked herself in crimson energy as she went on all fours. "RRRROOOAAAARRRR!" She roared out before dashing forward.
Before being crushed by her roommate's toad.
"H-Homura-chan?" Asuka asked as she looked around in a confused manner. "Where did she go? Wah, don't tell me she's hiding somewhere to strike!?" She then got out in a panic.
The Good Shinobi then heard her roommate's muffled groans. "Nope. Under here..." Homura got out. "Don't mind me, just slowly being crushed to death by a giant frog." She soon sarcastically remarked.
"Um...It's a toad Homura-chan." Asuka awkwardly yet innocently corrected.
"I know. I'm just in a lot of pain right now." Homura bluntly reminded.
"Oh. Uh...do you mind?" Asuka then asked as she made a hand sign.
POOF! WHAM!
"ACK! SPINE!" Homura cried out in pain as her roommate's knee had dove into her back. "Fuck! Just had to throw in one more attack!" She got out in an accusing manner.
Asuka however panicked to that accusation. "N-No, I just fell! Sorry!" She explained followed by her apology as she frantically got off her roommate.
The tan skinned girl merely shook her head to that. "Don't apologize. That was actually pretty good." Homura meanwhile responded followed by the form of praise.
"O-Oh...thank you Homura-chan." Asuka got out, feeling happy to the praise that she had gotten from what happened.
"Yeah, now. This is getting old, so let's finish this." Homura soon decided as she resummoned her katanas.
Asuka nodded in agreement to that and resummoned her swords as well.
Then with no more words between them, they readied themselves into their stances...
Before finishing this fight in one swing of their blades.
CHESTO!
The two stood still, letting silence fill the air before...
FWOOSH! RIP! TEAR!
"WAH!" Asuka exclaimed.
"NO!" Homura got out in shock.
In a flash, the last shreds of their outfits disappeared leaving them as naked as the day they were born save for their masks before they fully collapsed onto the ground.
However after a few moments, the two shinobis started to struggle and move, forcing themselves to try and get to their feet.
"This isn't...over. Not by a long shot." Homura declared as she slowly stood up.
"I was...thinking the exact same thing." Asuka panted out as she also stood up, though had a smile on her face. "No more holding back now Homura-chan." She then countered with excitement in her voice. "I knew it...Homura-chan's an amazing fighter...that's why..." She meanwhile thought.
"Who said I was Asuka?" Homura taunted with a smirk on her face. "Now shut up and fight!" She demanded, her voice also filled with excitement. "Asuka, you're on par with me...this is awesome! But still..." She meanwhile thought.
"I WON'T LOSE THIS FIGHT! KAITO CHANGE!" The two shinobis openly declared in perfect unison as the two were then enveloped in green and crimson flames respectively with rebellious smirks on their faces.
FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
The flames eventually died down as the two shinobis were now in the Phantom Thieves attire with their Personas hovering above them.
"Bury her Kaeru! Magna!" Yin commanded as she started charging.
"Burn her Wolverine! Gurentou!" Yang ordered, doing the same as her roommate with her weapons ready.
CRASH! FWOOSH!
(Cue Wiping All Out by Shoji Meguro)
Both attacks soon collided with one another as it launched the two Persona users back off their feet.
"I guess we are really in sync with one another with both of us summoning our Personas eh Yang?" Yin remarked in an amused tone.
The tan skinned girl merely nodded in agreement to that. "I guess we are Yin." Yang replied in her own amused tone. "I am thou." She then started.
"Thou art I." Yin finished.
"What's with the Shakespeare anyway?" Yang casually asked.
"Well, I'm sure there's some deep, philosophical MAGNA!" Yin started before suddenly shouting the command as a boulder hurtled towards her roommate.
"You don't know, do you." Yang mentally deadpanned as she and Wolverine rolled to the side. "Oh well, that's just another mystery to solve later." She then decided.
"MAGNA!" Yin meanwhile declared once more.
"After I win, that is. GURENTOU!" Yang added as Wolverine sliced through the boulder before She herself dashed towards her opponent, ready to engage in close combat.
As the two kunoichis fought, their Personas also began to clash with one another.
"Give it up. My claws are made out of the strongest metal known to humanity. What makes you think this is a fair fight?" Wolverine declared while following up with the question in a taunting tone.
"Easy. Fire dies, earth is eternal. Even when crushed into pieces, earth never DIES!" Kaeru however countered in a serious manner as she pushed her swords harder against the claws.
"Hmph. Well, if fire dies, then I'll snuff out the one in your eyes." Yang and Wolverine responded in unison with cocky smirks on their faces.
"Don't get your hopes up. We'll flatten you in our path to glory!" Yin and Kaeru declared in unison. "MAGNA!" They then commanded in unison.
"Shit!" Yang swore out before screaming in pain as Wolverine was hit by the sudden boulder at point blank range, feeling dizzy as a result of the attack. "Gah! No, Wolverine's weak to Earth!? Son of a bitch!" She swore out.
"And Kaeru resists Fire! Hit 'em again!" Yin ordered. She knew her roommate was resistant to physical attacks, so she had to focus on magic to do any real damage on her.
"Well, I'm always fighting at a disadvantage, why stop now!" Yang sarcastically called out before diving out of the way. "What the hell can Wolverine do other than Agi and Gurentou!?" She soon thought as she kept dodging attacks.
"Maybe you should've saved this fight until we were a little stronger." Wolverine criticised.
"Shut up, you were the one who wanted to fight! And don't give me that I'm only saying what you're thinking bullshit! CLEAVE!" Yang commanded as she pulled out her Micro-Uzis and started firing. "If I'm right, if I don't know how many bullets I have per magazine, I technically have infinite ammo. Your mind is just as important as your matter over here, Homura." She told herself in her head.
"Oh no! WAH!" Yin screamed out as she dove for cover. She briefly forgot they had guns.
"Remember to count your opponent's shots. That's what Jii-chan taught me when fighting gun-wielding enemies. Well, that would help if I wasn't going against bullet hoses." Yin mentally grumbled. "But she has to run out of bullets eventually." She soon added.
"Or I could just do this." Yin suggested out loud before she unloaded her guns before throwing one of her pistols out into the open.
"Huh?" Yang got out in confusion, not even pausing her fire. "Such an obvious distract-" She was then distracted by the other Glock that was hurled at the side of her face.
Yin dashed towards the stunned girl, taking advantage of her surprise as she wrenched the Micro-Uzis out of the tan skinned girl's hands before turning them on her, firing both in wild abandon as she fired up her body. A normal human would've been cut in half with that move.
"Okay. That kinda hurt." Yang admitted. "But it's nothing I can't shrug off." She soon added.
"I know. However...you're out of bullets." Yin pointed out as she dropped the empty magazines. "You can't hurt me with them any more." She then stated.
"Heh, but you're still weak to guns." Yang however remarked with a smirk.
Yin looked confused before gasping.
It was too late however as Yang kicked her roommate's hurled pistol into the air.
As Yin tried to catch the airborne gun before it could be used against her, Yang slid between her legs before getting back her guns before using them as what any sensible person would use their empty guns for: makeshift bludgeons.
WHACK!
Yang was relentless with her attacks, constantly hitting her roommate's head and limbs.
"AUGH!" Yin got out as she struggled to block the attacks before finally catching the other girl's forearms.
Yang gasped before getting headbutted to the ground while the Good Shinobi jumped high into the air.
"This is the finale! Magna Meteor Rain!" Yin dramatically commanded.
"...That's not something I can do yet." Kaeru awkwardly pointed out.
"...Can you just use Magna multiple times from above then?" Yin then suggested, not noticing that she was floating next to her Persona yet very slowly floating back onto ground level.
Meanwhile, Yang was wondering how long this was going to take.
"That I can do. Just watch your Spirit Pool." Kaeru warned as her other self braced herself.
Yin then felt her energy rapidly drain as her Persona fired boulder after boulder upon her opponent. "Oh...that was a mistake..." She soon groaned as she held her head after getting her Persona to stop.
"Easy. For you. To say." Yang managed to get out as she climbed out of the pile of rocks. "I weren't flattened by all the rocks on Earth and beyond." She sarcastically remarked.
"Are you okay?" Yin asked in concern.
"Just give me a minute!" Yang called out, smirking under her mask. "Sucker." She then muttered in a satisfied manner.
"What was th-AAAAHHHHH!" Yin screamed out in pain as Kaeru was stabbed through her stomach from the back.
That in turn got the tan skinned girl's full attention as her eyes widened in shock. "Oh fuck, Asuka!" She soon exclaimed. "I didn't know that would actually go through!" Yang admitted in horror.
"I-I'm okay... ! Just, ohhh... .Just give me a sec." Yin groaned while she rubbed her back. "Am I bleeding? Because it feels like I am..." She soon got out in concerned.
"...We both can't move, can we." Yang sighed out.
"No...wait...I...I think I can stand up..." Yin got out as she started to recover.
"Oh, no the fuck you don't! You're not getting up before me!" Yang shouted out, getting up quicker than Yin and dashing towards her.
However, Yin was ready as she dodged to the side at the last second then grabbed her roommate's hair, pulled her towards her before pistol-whipping her in the back of the head.
TWHACK!
"Despite how pretty your hair is, it can be turned against you." Yin soon stated.
The tan skinned girl merely winced from with strike to the back of her head. "Yeah, it may be. But only the best can keep it like that." Yang replied with a cocky smirk.
"Who said you're the best?" Yin asked in a curious manner.
"One of the best Shinobis in Hebijo." Yang then revealed. "...Not exactly a proud title nowadays, but a title nonetheless." She admitted.
"Well, we're not just ninjas right now." Yin pointed out. "Just a pair of dastardly and sexy thieves." She soon reminded as she gave a cute wink to her roommate. "To me, we're equals." She then stated.
"Yeah but you're forgetting one little detail." Yang replied.
"What is it?" Yin soon asked in a curious manner.
Yang however paused to the question. "...Actually, I don't know. I was being super dramatic and was kinda winging this whole spiel." She embarrassingly admitted, breaking character as a result.
"O-Oh..." Yin got out with a sweatdrop. "...Can we continue fighting now? This is getting awkward." She soon requested.
"Yup. CLEAVE!" Yang shouted out.
"WAH!" Yin screamed in pain as her roommate's Persona cut through Kaeru, making her feel like she was being cut in half. "Ack! Media!" Yin then instinctively exclaimed.
The tan skinned girl's eyes immediately widened to that. "Oh come on! I don't even have a heal-" Yang started to complain before realizing she was healed as well. "Huh? Oh!" She got out.
The Good Shinobi blinked under her mask as she she realized what she did. "Er, whoops. I healed Homura-chan too." Yin meekly got out in awkward embarrassment.
"Media heals all allies. You still consider her as one." Kaeru soon informed.
"Er...can I turn it off?" Yin then mentally asked.
"Can you turn off your subconscious?" Kaeru countered with an obvious question.
The Good Shinobi soon sweatdropped to that. "...Okay, no more healing." Yin got out as she took hold of both her blades.
"Deal." Yang simply replied as she held all of her blades. "And thanks for the recovery." She then remarked in amusement.
The black masked girl couldn't help but giggle to that as she once more held both of her blades. "No problem, though don't expect it to happen again now." Yin got out.
"Noted." Yang replied while also preparing herself. "Damn it, I really don't have a plan right now. We're just beating each other up and we just healed. This isn't going anywhere!" She thought as she frowned. "Okay, what the hell did that cat say that'll help right now?" She then mentally asked herself.
Then she remembered something she asked yesterday.
(Rewind)
"Hey, cat." Homura whispered out, ignoring yet another boring lesson from their boring teacher she couldn't remember the name of.
"What is it? I'm in the middle of the most wonderful nap." Morgana yawned out.
"You know All-Out Attacks? Why don't we include our Personas in them? It would make them more powerful." Homura then asked.
Suddenly, Morgana's ears perked up as he looked shocked at the girl. "Lady Homura, do not do that under any circumstance. It will put a huge strain on your mind and body to the point of complete exhaustion, and that's the best case scenario. You cannot do All-Out Attacks with your Persona. It would kill you if you are not careful." He then advised in a dead serious tone.
The tan skinned girl merely rolled her eyes to that. "Yeah, we'll see about that. I mean, how hard can it be?" Homura thought.
"Huh? Wazuh...?" Asuka got out, waking up a little. Hearing and seeing that there was nothing going on, she face planted back onto her desk, asleep.
(Fast Forward)
"Welp, no time like the present! Here we go!" Yang shouted out as she lunged at the black masked girl, tackling her to the ground.
"GUH!" Yin screamed out in pain.
"You're vulnerable! Let's do this Wolverine!" Yang commanded as she backflipped. "I'm going All-Out!" She then declared.
"What!? An All-Out Attack with her Persona!?" Yin thought in shock to the idea as her roommate along with her Persona sped towards her.
And in the blink of an eye, Yang appeared on the other side of the battlefield, arms crossed while her roommate hovered in the air.
"Can you actually try next time?" Yang called out as suddenly a million slashes struck the other girl at blinding speeds before allowing her to fall back to earth, but at that moment, she then groaned before collapsing bonelessly to the ground. "Ugh...Holy fuck, that hurt a lot more than I hoped..." She weakly got out while both Personas started to flicker.
"No, Kaeru..." Yin panted as she was unable to keep her Persona on the field any more.
"Agh..." Yang got out, her Persona vanishing from the field as well.
Soon enough, the two then looked at each other intently and serious expressions as they both realized that the other was running out of energy to continue.
It was time to settle this not as ninjas or thieves, but as humans.
"Fine then...No more shinobi abilities." Yang stated as she stood up while tossing away her katanas and guns.
"No more Personas." Yin continued as she tossed away her own weapons.
The two soon got to their feet as they looked at each other with determination as their masks appeared over their faces once more. "But...I can still beat you." They both declared in unison as they cracked their knuckles.
"ASUKAAAAAAAAAAA" Homura roared as she charged towards the other girl, a wisp of crimson flames swirling around her.
"HOMURA-CHAN!" Asuka roared as she also charged in while a wisp of green flames danced around her body.
BAM!
(Cue Funk Goes On by Hidenori Shoji)
When they met, they cross-countered and they punched each other in the face, causing each other to skid across the ground.
"Urgh, nice hook." Homura groaned out.
"Nice try." Asuka meanwhile remarked with a smirk as she picked up one of the discarded guns and fired.
Homura however rolled out of the way just in time. "Okay, now that's just plain cheating." She then remarked.
"Next time, check if there's a bullet in the chamber." Asuka replied as she tossed the gun away, which was finally empty. "Expect the unexpected, right Homura-chan?" She then got out in a joking tone.
"My own lessons against me. Can't be prouder than that." Homura thought with a hint of pride in her voice. "Yeah, you're right about that." She openly admitted with a smirk. "But if you're gonna cheat, I will too." She then decided.
"Eh!?" Asuka exclaimed, turning around just in time to get kicked in the face.
WHAM!
Soon enough, the Good Shinobi was rolling and tumbling across the ground. "Ooow~" Asuka got out in a childish manner.
Homura however giggled to that childish display as she got back into her stance. "Gotcha~" She remarked in a teasing manner. "Come on, Asuka! This isn't ametuer hour! Give me all you've got!" She soon taunted in a tone full of anticipation.
"Argh...Okay, you can do this." Asuka quietly encouraged herself before running towards her roommate.
Asuka feinted with a quick jab, making her roommate dodge and counter with a kick.
Homura meanwhile realized her mistake too late as she caught her leg before slamming her elbow into her knee.
BAM!
"GARGH!" Homura cried out, feeling her kneecap almost break. Thinking quickly, she then used her trapped leg as an advantage and used her other leg to kick her roommate in the face, stunning her enough to let go.
Falling flat on her back, Homura bounced back onto her feet to deliver punishment with a flurry punches and kicks, finishing off with an hammer fist to the top of Asuka's head, forcing her to her knees before kicking her in the jaw.
"AAHH!" Asuka screamed in pain, her mask hiding the large amount of blood she just spat out. "This spar is getting less and less friendly and more and more painful..." She mentally groaned.
Then she remembered.
This wasn't a spar. It was life or death.
And one of the many rules Shinobi were taught on the first day of training flashed in her mind.
"A ninja must use everything to her advantage, even if they must sacrifice something to their detriment to win!" Asuka thought as she quickly took off her kimono and wrapped it around her roommate's head.
"What the!? Is this your...Asuka, are you t-!" Homura started to question in shock only to get punched repeatedly in the head.
While she was being beaten, Homura idly reminded herself that her roommate only had a kimono to keep her decent.
Discarding one's modesty to win. Not uncommon in the world of Shinobi but not like this.
But two could play at that game.
Homura regained her focus and started using her other senses to dodge the other girl's attacks before ripping off the kimono off her face.
"Use every advantage you have, no matter what the cost!" Homura thought as she wrapped her arms around her roommate, her left arm going a lot lower than both of them were comfortable with. "FORBIDDEN NINJA ART! THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!" She loudly and openly declared.
This in turn caused Asuka to gasp in shock to the declaration. It was the ultimate technique, taught to all shinobi so they may never use it. It was versatile, with many variations and types of executions but it would always end the same.
The defeat and embarrassment of the victim and the automatic expulsion of the user.
"HOMURA-CHAN! NO!" Asuka exclaimed in shock.
"PSYCH! BODY SLAM!" Homura however then suddenly declared as she lunged forward.
WHAM!
"Wha-MMMPH!" Asuka screamed out before getting her roommate's breasts shoved into her face.
"Can't believe I'm weaponizing these!" Homura thought to herself as she squeezed the other girl tighter into her chest while making sure to lock down her limbs. "Don't bother tapping out! The only way you're getting out of this is either unconscious or dead!" She then declared in a dead serious tone.
"I don't wanna lose from suffocation by breasts! Katsu-nee already does this kind of thing enough as it is!" Asuka thought, panicking as she struggled to escape and breathe. The way her roommate was keeping her locked in place was preventing her from winning since she couldn't snap her neck but she was losing air fast so she needed a plan, now.
And then...three plans struck her.
Now, Asuka had to think this through. Each one could feasibly allow her to escape, but how effective and more importantly how her relationship with her roommate would be affected.
The first was...definitely the worst. As it required the use of her...bodily functions to surprise Homura enough to escape. It would discard the rest of her decency, and possibly more, but if that what it took to survive...well...
The second however was...just as bad. It involved her becoming that of her blonde friend back home and becoming what she was essentially, a pervert that lusts over both the male and female bodies of others. Plus, she was worried that she would go past the point of no return and unleash something that she didn't know she contained.
But the third one...was downright evil.
And that one was what Asuka ultimately chose, after agonising about it for thirty long nanoseconds.
The Good Shinobi soon took in a deep breath as she slowly raised her head to look up at her roommate. "I...I WUV YOU, HOMU-NEECHAN!" Asuka suddenly exclaimed in an extremely cutesy tone with big, starry eyes.
SHATTER!
The tan skinned girl instantly froze up to hearing that as her eyes widened in shock. "H-Homu...H-H-Homu...Ho...HOMU-NEECHAN...!?" Homura squeaked out.
That was enough for Asuka to get out of her roommate's grip and jump away as she then playfully stuck out her tongue while putting on her kimono.
"I'm still wearing a mask." Asuka realised with a groan. She then checked something. "...Why does the inside of my mask taste like chocolate?" She then mentally wondered in a curious manner.
"Di-Did you you just...Di-Did you just call me..." Homura meanwhile stammered out as she looked at her roommate with a massive blush on her face.
"Er...what are you talking about? I didn't say anything when I broke out." Asuka lied. "Maybe that last knock to the head got you hearing things." She then suggested.
"She's lying..." Wolverine soon stated.
"Shut up!" Homura mentally growled while the blush faded before dashing forward, catching the other girl off guard with an uppercut. "No mercy!" She declared as she rapidly punching her roommate in the stomach, keeping her in the air until delivering a devastating kick to the the face.
Recovering rather quickly, Asuka jumped over and came in from behind, clutching the tan skinned girl's torso. "German Suplex!" She shouted out before she bent back with all her power, dropping and slamming the other girl on her head.
"AUGH! Okay, when the hell did Good Shinobi start teaching wrestling moves!?" Homura thought in a baffled manner as her roommate released her. "That wasn't even remotely lethal! Are you still holding back!?" She then asked.
"Let's fix that!" Asuka suddenly called out as she tackled Homura down.
They traded blows with each other, rolling around the ground as they kept punching each other's heads, both of them losing and gaining the advantage.
Then Homura punched her roommate in the throat.
"ACK!" Asuka choked out as she was push down as the tan skinned girl wrapped her hands around her neck, slamming the back of her head on the ground.
From what Asuka could see, the tan skinned girl's eyes were filled with rage, but not hate. She really wasn't holding back, but at the same time she knew when to stop.
And she wasn't stopping now.
"H-Homura...cha-!" Asuka wheezed out before being punched straight in the face over and over and over again.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
"STOP! HOLDING! BACK!" Homura demanded and punctuated her punches with every word as she gripped onto her roommate's throat even tighter.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
"W-Wait...Stop...!" Asuka started to beg, starting lose consciousness and feeling her throat beginning to cave in. "Ho-" She tried getting out, however...
WHAM!
There was a sickening crack before Asuka was flung away, tumbling on the ground before skidding across the ground face-first.
"That's what you call a fini..." Homura started taunting before noticing that the other girl wasn't moving. "Asuka, you alright?" She soon asked as she didn't receive a response.
Maybe that last hit was a little too hard.
"O-Oi, Asuka, are you okay?" Homura asked as she started walking towards the seemingly unconscious girl. "I know I said we're supposed to kill each other but I was sure you could take it." She then got out, though her concern for the other girl was getting up.
Still nothing. And it didn't look like she was breathing...
Homura soon enough was starting to get nervous with sweat running down the side of her head as she began fast walking. "...O-Okay. I know you're alive. If you were really dead, the Shinobi Kekkai would-" She began, however...
CRACK!
Homura instantly paled as she saw some cracks forming. "-Go...down." She concluded as warning bells went off in her mind, causing her to rush to roommate's side in panicked concern. "No, she's still okay! She's still alive! She's just sleeping! What a fun joke, Asuka! Haha! HAHAHAHA!" She laughed out...which very quickly turned to hyperventilating. "No...Nononononono! Asuka, don't be dead dammit!" She soon thought.
"Why don't you check her pulse before you commit senpukku?" Wolverine suggested in a calm tone. "God dammit, thy other self is thine an idiot..." She soon remarked.
After giving herself a few minutes to calm down and regain her composure/stop crying, she flipped over Asuka's cor-body, totally alive and not dead body onto her back and pressed her hand between her breasts.
...
"...Ok, now you can start panicking." Wolverine decided.
The tan skinned girl's eyes soon dilated in a panicked manner. "She has no pulse..." Homura slowly mumbled out. "She has no pulse! Shehasnopulseshehasnopulseshehasnopulseshehasnopulseshehasnopulseshehasnopulseshehasnopulse-!" She fearfully kept repeating as more and more guilt started to fill her entire being, however...
Ba-dump...
Wait a minute...
Ba-dump... Ba-dump... Ba-dump...
"Oh thank fucking God!" Homura shouted out in relief.
It was faint but she could feel that there was a pulse that was...getting faster!?
Ba-dump... Ba-Dump! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP!BA-DUMP!BA-DUMP! WHAM!
And that's when Homura felt her throat get crushed.
"That...hurt..." Asuka slowly whispered.
"Wha-" Homura managed to get out before being choke-slammed just as her roommate's Shinobi Kekkai repaired itself. "ACK!" She got out in pain.
Asuka stumbled back as the tan skinned girl picked herself off the ground, both slowly recovering and trying to regain their focus.
"Faking your death. Oldest trick in the book." Homura groaned out before shaking her head. "What is with me today? Falling for all that." She then mumbled to herself.
Asuka however wasn't listening however as she was eerily dead silent.
To the Good Shinobi, there was ringing in her ears. Her vision was blurred. Her mind was a jumbled mess. Her body ached so much.
But when everything came back to the Good Shinobi, all she saw was a blurry target.
"RAAAAAAAAAH!" Asuka suddenly roared out in a primal manner, dashing towards the other girl before she could even react.
With a move that caused her Shinobi Kekkai to shudder, Asuka threw her fist at the tan skinned girl's throat, causing her to cough harshly as she went to her knees before she then kicked her jaw, sending her flat onto her back.
And with no ounce of emotion Asuka's face, she finished the tan skinned girl off with three quick stomps to her head, leaving a large cut on the side of her head.
Breathing heavily underneath her mask, Asuka started to silently walk away, forgetting that she was in her own Shinobi Kekkai.
She would regret that dearly.
BANG!
"AAAAHHHH!" Asuka yelped in pain, stumbling around as she rubbed her back. "Oooooow~" She then got out whiny and childish tone.
"You should've...checked if you had one in the chamber too." Homura coughed out as her roommate collapsed to the ground while dropping her roommate's other gun. "D-Damn...getting exhausted...Asuka was like a feral animal..." She admitted in her head.
Asuka then looked at her opponent as surprisingly, her eyes were narrow in the form of a glare towards her roommate. "Yeah...that was my fault Homura-chan..." She replied in agreement to her blunder. "But I won't make that mistake again." She soon declared in a serious tone. "That's not good, I let myself fall back to being a psycho! I-I wanted to hurt Homura-chan so bad! Keep it together, Asuka, and remember she's your friend." She meanwhile thought in a concerned and nervous manner, but shook it off for the moment.
Homura soon began struggled to get up once more, but once more fell to the ground as she looked at her roommate. "Jeez...she just keeps surprising me..." She thought in an impressed manner while mentally smirking.
(Cue The Other Promise by Yoko Shimomura)
"But...it isn't over... Not yet..." They both thought in unison.
Breathing heavily as they forced themselves back onto their feet, fire still burning yet fading, they stumbled towards each other for a few more swings.
Asuka landed a right hook and a left hook before running out of stamina, which Homura took advantage of by punching the Good Shinobi in the chest before trying to knee her abdomen.
However the tan skinned girl's legs felt like lead so she stopped and settled tried to slap her face only to trip over herself and fall to the ground while her roommate just collapsed.
Broken. Tired. Their fires barely even sparks.
But still, that fire still burned.
"Come on, come on, come on...!" Asuka shouted out as she commanded her body to do anything.
"RRRRAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH...!" Homura roared as she fought through the intense pain and stood up on her two feet, just as her roommate did.
Grabbing each other, they both pulled their heads back and slammed their masked foreheads into one another.
BONK! CRACK!
(Stop Music)
And with that, the barrier once more started cracking around them.
They stayed there, breathing heavily as they kept their masked foreheads connected to each other while looking directly looking at each other with grins of satisfaction gracing their faces underneath their masks.
"You're...Pretty good." Homura started in an exhausted manner.
"Thank you Homura-chan...but you're better." Asuka however replied in a honest tone.
"I...doubt that." Homura soon got out before they both fell unconscious at the same time, though they were both smiling as their clothes vanished in green and crimson flames along with their masks to reveal they had swirls in their eyes.
(4/17, Morning)
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
As the two shinobi/thieves awoke back at where they started and despite the killer headache, they both had excited and satisfied grins on their face as a result of their match while panting in exhaustion.
Asuka was soon sitting on the ground as she looked at her tan skinned roommate. "That! Was! Awesome Homura-chan! I knew you were strong, but man that was amazing!" She declared, anticipation and excitement still in her voice.
Homura meanwhile smirked to that as a giggle escaped her lips. "Hehe, thanks Asuka, you were amazing too! I never thought I would meet someone on par with me!" She replied, her voice sounding similar to her roommate's voice.
They then both winced in unison. Looks like that last slugfest at the end didn't fade away unlike the burns, dirt, bullet holes and slices.
Homura then struggled to sit up as she looked at her roommate. "Arrggghh...We don't have painkillers, do we?" She guessed while wincing in pain.
Asuka soon also got up as she then got to her feet. "Hold on, I think we have a First-Aid Kit in the kitchen with some. I'll go get it real quick." She replied and offered, though also winced in pain.
"Thanks." Homura got out as she winced in more pain. "Man Asuka, I gotta admit, you hit hard." She replied while getting to her feet.
Asuka meanwhile blushed in embarrassment to that. "W-Well you did sucker punch me first Homura-chan." She then reminded as she returned with the pain killers, taking some to dull the pain as she then offered the bottle.
"Yeah, sorry about that. Almost didn't want to do it." Homura admitted as she scratched the back of her head while taking the bottle and popping in some pain killers herself. "Well, almost. Not to mention you were being hesitant on fighting with me for real Asuka." She replied in her own serious tone.
"Well, you usually never fight someone you care about to the death just to see how good they are." Asuka pointed out. "And use swords...and guns...and ninjutsu...and mythological slash fictional figures that represent your inner self...and magic...and-" She began listing off, however...
"Okay, I get the idea." Homura interrupted with a giggle. "Our lives were never normal to begin with, why start being normal now?" She then asked.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Asuka replied with a slight nod. "But still, I feel really bad about it." She soon admitted.
"Me too but I won't let it get in the way of fighting with everything I have." Homura soon declared. "So you shouldn't either Asuka." She then suggested in a more serious tone.
"And that's the thing. I wasn't. Just for a minute I..." Asuka hesitated, not wanting to say it as one particular part of the fight came back to her mind. "I forgot you were my friend. I just...lost myself to the rush of the fight and I...I..." She soon stammered out.
Homura however in reaction to this placed both hands on her roommate's shoulders. "Hey, look at me. Everything is fine. I would never hurt you and you will never hurt me." She reassured.
"...What?" Asuka got out in confusion. "U-Um...Didn't we just..." She then started.
"I mean at the end of the day we're still friends breaking the mold of Good and Evil. Just...Keep that in the back of your mind and don't let it get to you next time." Homura soon advised. "Besides, we are definitely having a rematch." She then declared with a grin.
"Okay." Asuka nodded before realizing that last part. "Wait, rematch? When?" She soon asked.
Homura couldn't help but smile softly to that.
Asuka meanwhile didn't question why. She knew the reason.
"I dunno. After we get stronger, get better with our Personas, learn some new techniques. Maybe even get the others involved." Homura then suggested.
"That sounds good." Asuka replied with a nod as she stretched. "Ugh, that was a really intense morning workout." She then admitted.
"Yep, and it's only...11am." Homura stated. "Wait, when did we agree to meet Ann again?" She then asked.
"Hehe, we better get into the bath now and then get a quick breakfast." Asuka soon suggested with a giggle escaping her lips. "We have to meet up with Ann-chan at noon." She then reminded.
The tan skinned girl nodded to that in agreement. "Yeah." Homura replied as the two then stood up, soon remembering they were both naked, but weren't phased by it. "After that match, we really need one." She then added.
Asuka giggled some more to that as the two then headed for the bathroom, turning on the water as she watched the tan skinned girl then heat up the water using her jutsu. "Again, using a jutsu like that is actually pretty handy." She soon admitted. "I wonder what I can do with my techniques..." She then got out in a curious tone.
"Fuck if I know. The best I can think of is rock furniture." Homura replied with a shrug.
"That would be uncomfortable." Asuka admitted with a sweatdrop as the two then entered the tub.
"And that's the first lesson of abusing your your power: Be creative to ensure an effortless future in the mundane." Homura then wisely stated.
"Moh...Your element is more useful than mine..." Asuka soon mumbled out in an envious manner with a pout.
"Yeah well you just need time to think on it." Homura replied as they got into the bathtub. "I'll wash your hair Asuka." She then offered as she got the shampoo bottle and squirted some into her hands.
"Thank you. I wanna soak here for a while." Asuka replied as she sank down in the tub a little in a relaxed manner.
The tan skinned girl merely smiled to that as she then got behind the other girl while kneeling down. "Hey Asuka...can I tell you something?" Homura soon asked as she began scrubbing her roommate's head.
"Hm?" Asuka hummed out as she heard this. "What is it Homura-chan?" She then asked in concern.
Homura then took in another deep breath as she lathered and created the soap suds. "That man...the one that caused me to go down the Evil Shinobi path...I never told you that he tricked me into making me fall for him right?" She then revealed in a question.
This in turn caused the Good Shinobi to gasp in shock, though kept her eyes shut. "N-No, you never did..." Asuka replied. "He...He went that far to trick you Homura-chan?" She then asked.
The tan skinned girl nodded to that. "Yeah...it was part of the reason I gained the belief that I couldn't trust people...not even those at Hebijo..." Homura admitted as she then poured the pail of water on her roommate's head. "But you Asuka...you're different...you're someone I feel as though I can completely trust...someone precious to me..." She then revealed in a honest tone while enveloping her in a hug, pressing her chest against the other girl's back. "She's so soft..." She soon thought to feeling her roommate's skin.
Asuka's eyes immediately widened after reopening them to hearing that reveal while also being unphased by her roommate's actions. "H-Homura-chan..." She got out to hearing this confession. "She's so warm..." She meanwhile thought from feeling her roommate's hug, relaxing her as a result.
"Which is why..." Homura then started as she slightly tightened her hug. "I wanna protect you Asuka...protect you from what happened to me in the past...as I try to change myself for the better..." She soon declared while closing her eyes with a peace filled smile on her face.
Asuka couldn't help but gasp to hearing that. "I...wow..." She quietly muttered. "Homura-chan's...serious about this..." She soon thought.
"It is as she said before your fight, she is striving to change herself due realizing the lost truths she had forgotten..." Kaeru then explained in a serious tone.
"W-Well...There's no point in saying that now...You've already changed and I always have my friends to bring me back from the darkness. You don't need to do anything for me." Asuka stated.
"Yeah but...if you fall, it's more than likely going to be my fault and...that's just not something I can live with." Homura then started. "I just...I want to be a positive influence for once and try not to screw up anymore than I already have." She soon admitted.
"Well, you're already a positive influence." Asuka then reassured.
"If you're referring to yourself, that's a very bad example." Homura however stated. "And don't just say things to make me feel better. After all, how am I gonna grow if you keep praising me?" She then added followed by the question.
Asuka however became crescent fallen to that as she started to become a bit depressed. "S-Sorry...I didn't know..." She meekly got out.
"Hey, don't beat yourself up over it. You're just too nice for your own good." Homura comforted her roommate. "Just lighten up on the niceness and we should be fine. We shouldn't focus on our positives, but acknowledge and work on our negatives as well." She soon suggested.
Asuka merely nodded to as she then tilted her head. "Well...what are my negatives?" She soon asked in a curious manner.
Homura's eyes in turn widened to that. "...Uh..." She got out in an uneasy manner.
"Come on, Homura-chan, I can take it! Don't hold back! I definitely won't cry! So lay it on me!" Asuka declared. However, her expression and body language was not showing the same confidence her voice showed.
"FUCK!" Homura mentally exclaimed. "Er...well...Thing is, I can't really think of any..." She soon revealed.
"W-Well, I'm sure I have negatives." Asuka got out.
"No, I genuinely can't think of any. And if there is something, I see it as a positive. You're just...a way better person than me." Homura soon admitted.
This however surprised the Good Shinobi. "H-Homura-chan..." Asuka got out, her eyes wide.
Homura meanwhile kept rubbing her breasts against her roommate's back. "Me saying that surprised you huh?' She guessed in a solemn tone.
Asuka merely nodded to that, though was also blushing from the feeling against her back. "Y-Yeah..." She replied in a meek manner. "I...I never thought you would reveal something like that..." She then admitted.
Homura soon released her roommate from the hug as she gave off a grateful smile while watching her roommate turn around to look at her. "Honestly...same here..." She admitted. "You...You just have some kind of effect on me." She then revealed.
"It is possibly due to your roommate usually having a innocent and pure soul, which isn't bad, but it also isn't good at times." Wolverine soon informed.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Homura then mentally asked.
"You know what I mean." Wolverine vaguely stated.
"What? Wolverine? Wolverine! Goddammit." Homura mentally growled, realising her own Persona had cut their connection between them.
"What is it, Homura-chan? You seem annoyed..." Asuka asked in concern.
"Ah, j-just don't worry about it, okay." Homura got out with a sigh.
"Oh come on, don't give me that. At this point we're just a couple of shinobi trying to make it out of this world alive, so we have to look out for each other." Asuka stated.
"Well it's as you said before, we aren't just shinobis anymore, we're also a pair of sexy thieves now." Homura then reminded in a teasing tone.
The Good Shinobi merely blushed to being reminded of what she referred to themselves during the battle. "Hey, isn't thievery part of the job description anyways?" Asuka pointed out.
The tan skinned girl merely started thinking about that. "Hm. Maybe you could always say we were always thieves." Homura muttered out. "Except we're not stealing money and secrets, we're stealing hearts and corrupt desires. And money and secrets as well if you think about it..." She then listed off.
"I wonder if Morgana-chan knows why Shadows have money on them. I mean, do they count counterfeit or-" Asuka then started wondering, however.
"I think it's best not to think about it, Akira's the one worry about the money for weapons and equipment." Homura interrupted with the reminder as she then relaxed herself.
"I guess you're right but...I just can't help but worry." Asuka soon admitted.
"He'll be alright. Sure, he's practically hanging by a thin thread over a pit full sharks with head-mounted lasers who are swimming in lava but he seems like the type of guy who would dance on that thread without a care in the world." Homura reassured before her eyes widened. "Welp, that gave me an idea." She then suddenly declared.
Asuka however tilted her head in confusion to that. "Gave you what?" She asked.
The tan skinned girl however sighed to that. "Nothing..." Homura replied.
"Eh?" Asuka got out in even more confusion.
"Just don't worry about it." Homura got out before deciding to change the subject. "You know...Can I admit that...I kinda liked being an Evil Shinobi?" Homura soon asked as her roommate looked at her in innocent confusion. "I mean, I know now that the cons outweigh the pros but...You have more freedom as an Evil Shinobi, you could do so much more and do things that would usually get you punished for even thinking. Sure, we did bad things but...At least you could perform your mission without worrying about rules and regulations." She then explained her reasoning.
"Well, that does sound nice from a certain perspective..." Asuka admitted. She didn't necessarily agree but she could see where her roommate was coming from.
Homura then gained a more relaxed and solemn expression as she looked at the ceiling. "But honestly...it feels pretty good doing something good for a change." She soon admitted with a smile.
"Actually, I'm pretty sure what we're doing is against Good Shinobi code. So to me it feels good to be bad." Asuka admitted as well.
"Ah, the pleasure that is the grey area of the world." Homura breathed out in a relaxed tone.
The Good Shinobi however shook her head to that. "Grey is boring Homura-chan, I'm starting to think it's more like...a rainbow color if you ask me." Asuka soon stated. "Black and white blinds you, makes it difficult to see how beautiful the world truly is. Some colors are darker, some are brighter but they all give you a different experience and complete a picture you never knew you were painting your entire life." She then got out in a solemn manner.
Homura soon looked at her roommate in a surprised manner. "...Holy shit, where did that come from!? You don't seem like someone to talk like that." She admitted in an impressed tone.
Asuka winced a little at that exclamation though. Sure, Shujin Academy kinda thought she was an idiot but...does her roommate think that too?
"It's a quote from Ichiryusai Madarame. I had to do a report on him for school last year." Asuka explained. "I mean, you know, civilian school." She then added.
"The guy who painted the Sayuri, right?" Homura guessed as her roommate nodded to that. "I think I heard that quote before but from somewhere else. Bah, probably doesn't matter." She replied while shrugging her shoulders.
The Good Shinobi looked on at her roommate in innocent curiosity before remembering something. "So Homura-chan...you really tried doing an All-Out Attack with Wolverine." Asuka soon got out.
"Yep, and I still regret everything that led me to doing that." Homura replied with a wince. "I thought I was strong enough to do it, but that's why I'm not one of the leaders. Doing shit without thinking." She then admitted.
"Well, you seem like the type of person to risk your life doing stuff that shouldn't be done, usually for the benefit of everyone." Asuka replied.
"...I never really thought of it like that." Homura admitted in a tone of realization. "Still, I really should have listened to the cat." She then added.
"Well, sometimes it's good to take risks but uh...try to not die doing stuff like that. You'll never know what will happen and we still don't know a lot about the Metaverse and Personas you might do something that could transfer over to reality and-" Asuka rambled, sounding increasingly panicked and worried.
"I'll try not to do that risky stuff often. Or die." Homura awkwardly giggled out before falling into a silence.
They continued soaking in the water for a few more minutes, enjoying the warmth and each other's company as the Good Shinobi start scrubbing her roommate's head.
Eventually Homura decided to talk about something that had been bothering her during their spar. "Hey Asuka...about what you said when I had you pinned down near the end..." She soon started as her roommate scrubbed her head as a blush was on her face.
The Good Shinobi in turn blushed pink to that. "That was just...psy-psychological manipulation through the vulnerability presented by the obvious over-reliance on me and my emotional support thanks to being the first close relationship you had in years, and may as well be your first genuine mutual relationship you've had in your entire life." Asuka mumbled under her breath.
"...What?" Homura got out in confusion with a raised eyebrow.
"I-I mean...Puppies!" Asuka soon got out. "I...I was hallucinating you giving me puppies. From lack of oxygen. Not because I wanted to take advantage of your vulnerable mental state because I'm going to shut up now before I say something dumb." She soon decided.
"I...What?" Homura got out, feeling more confused before shaking her head. "Eh, probably doesn't matter." She then thought.
"No offense, but that wasn't a good lie..." Kaeru meanwhile stated in a deadpan tone. "Or a lie, all things considering." She then added.
"I know..." Asuka mentally replied as she continued washing her roommate's hair. "Pretty..." She mumbled out in admiring tone while combing her hands through the other girl's hair in a gentle manner.
"Eh?" Homura however got out as she heard that. "You think I'm...pretty?" She soon asked in a slightly awkward tone with the small signs of a blush coming on her face.
Asuka in response to hearing that blushed madly while shaking her hands in front of her face to the misunderstanding. "A-Ah, I meant your hair Homura-chan, I can't help but admire it for being so pretty." She explained. "I-I know I said that before, b-but it's true." She then added.
"Didn't stop you from using it against me." Homura mumbled out. "Maybe I should cut my hair one of these days. It might cause me trouble down the line." She then suggested.
Asuka's eyes widened as she realized that she gave her roommate that idea from what she did during their battle. "Y-You don't need to do that Homura-chan, i-it was a spur of the moment thing during our fight! I-I told you before, I wish I had such beautiful, long flowing hair!" She reminded.
"Well, it's not like I'm gonna cut it all off! Maybe around your length or something a little more reasonable." Homura reassured. "But if that's what you want, I won't cut it. However if my hair gets caught in something, I know who to blame." She then added.
"That won't happen. Didn't you say you were the best?" Asuka pointed out.
"Hey, even the best can screw up. I mean, it's not like anyone's perfect." Homura stated before a shiver run down both of their spines.
Why did they suddenly feel that statement wasn't true? And why did Akira flash in their heads?
"...I suddenly feel weird..." Asuka admitted.
"Yeah...I think we've been bathing for too long..." Homura muttered out. "...Meh, five more minutes." She then decided in an easy going tone.
"Five more minutes sounds good." Asuka agreed with a nod.
To that, the two were once more silent as they enjoyed the warmth of the bath, however...
"Hey, what do we know about each other so far?" Homura suddenly asked. "I mean, it's only the start of the year and yet I feel like I've known you all my life. It's odd, but..." She then started, but trailed off at the end.
Asuka then gave off an innocent expression towards her roommate. "Why should it matter? We're friends, there's nothing more about it." She replied.
Homura merely nodded to that. "I know but I feel like you barely know me. You know about my past and what I've done, but that's about it." She explained.
Asuka however shook her head to that. "That's not true! You love meat. And you like fighting, I could always feel you smiling under your mask when you attack." She soon started as she gave off a thinking expression. "And uh...oh! You always have this protective aura around you, although that only really appears when we're outside and the world practically hates us out there but um...You have a hot-temper that gets the best of you at the worst of times but you have a good heart in the end!" She then declared. " Actually, you're pretty much like Ryuji-kun!" She soon admitted.
However at that point, Asuka suddenly felt that she made a mistake.
"...What?" Homura got out, her left eye twitching.
"W-Well, you're not as...loud but... maybe a little loud but er...Ryuji-kun is...you...I'm sorry, I'm gonna shut up now." Asuka stammered out before deciding to be quiet.
"I-I'm not like that idiot. I'm nowhere close to that idiot and that description of me doesn't sound like that I'm a man from the ass-end of the US South. Although, the others have told me I could probably pass off as a guy if I tried a little…" Homura frantically thought. "...Does Asuka think I'm a violent, swearing asshole? Because it certainly feels like it. No, that's just my irrationality that was born from all the terrible shit that happened to me and have done to others! Yeah. Hehehehehe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'M NOT LIKE FUCKIN' SAKAMOTO!" She mentally declared.
"Homura-chan?" Asuka got out, snapping her roommate out of her trance.
"Wh-What is it, Asuka?" Homura asked.
"Um...What do you think about visiting Asakusa during Golden Week?" Asuka soon suggested. "You said you wanna visit there, so why not go there when we have the time? We could always bring the others, though I doubt Akira-kun will be allowed to go." She then added to her suggestion.
"Golden Week, huh? That sounds good. I'd get to meet your friends finally." Homura replied with a smile. "...That includes Super Groper Girl Katsu-nee, right?" She then asked.
Asuka in turn nodded to that. "Y-Yeah." She replied in an uneasy tone while imagining her blonde friend trying to grope her roommate.
"Oh. Good, because that'll give me the great opportunity to show her what Wolverine can do." Homura casually replied as she cracked her knuckles.
"That's great, Homura-chan!" Asuka got out with a smile before pausing as she realised what Homura just said. "...Wait, what?" She then asked in concern.
"Just shut up and hug me." Homura ordered in a deadpan tone.
Asuka, who had a confused and worried look on her face, hesitantly did so.
"Um, shouldn't you think about that a little more?" Wolverine soon suggested.
"It doesn't matter. Don't ruin the moment." Homura thought dreamily.
"But-" Wolverine once more started.
"It doesn't matter. Don't ruin the moment." Homura growled slowly.
"What moment?" Asuka asked in an innocent manner.
"Uh...The moment we..." Homura tried to lie to avoid this awkward situation before deciding the next best course of action: Cut it and run. "Hey, I think we need to hurry up. I think we're going to run late if we stay here any longer." She soon reminded.
"Oh, we should shouldn't we? We can't make Ann-chan wait!" Asuka replied, relieved to have avoided the awkward moment. "We can pick up breakfast on the way. Now let's wash off and get dressed." She soon suggested.
Homura nodded at that. After finishing their bath, they quickly got dressed. Since Asuka had to borrow Homura's clothes, they were both wearing black, tight-fitting t-shirts and skinny jeans once again.
After grabbing their phones and wallets, they were out the door and into the real world.
(Shibuya, Underground Mall)
Eventually, the two kunoichis arrived underground as they then looked around while other people passed by them.
"I've been thinking about downloading an audiobook to listen to, but a lot of the top-sellers are really weird." Asuka admitted as she pulled out her phone. "I mean, there's Claudia Goes to Schlongtown Part 6: The Erectening: the Japanese Edition feat. Tentacle Lube..." She then started before trailing off.
"Okay, I think that's enough information to assume that's a horrible idea." Homura quickly stopped her roommate. "Seriously, what is wrong with this country?" She soon grumbled out.
"A-A lot things I guess." Asuka answered before spotting a familiar head of ash blonde hair in the crowd. "Oi! Ann-chan!" She called out as she and her roommate saw the ash blonde on her phone. "Sorry if we're late, we just had our spar earlier today." She then explained.
"It's okay, I wasn't waiting that long." Ann replied as the two approached her after putting her phone away. "So, how did it go?" She then asked in a curious manner.
"It was a draw in the end." Homura answered. "We knocked each other out cold." She then revealed.
"I thought spars ended when...you know, you're stripped down." Ann got out with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah...our spar was less friendly or more like actively trying to kill each other..." Asuka awkwardly admitted while rubbing the back of her head.
"...You two scare me. Like, a lot." Ann soon replied.
"Oh please, us three are the scariest bitches in Tokyo." Homura stated while rolling her eyes. "It's just that people will never know that. Ever." She added while placing her hands on her hips.
"Except...us." Asuka added as they all recalled their more...unhinged moments.
"We are total psychopaths." Ann admitted.
"I think the proper term is sociopath." Homura spoke up.
"What's the difference Homura-chan?" Asuka however asked in confusion.
The tan skinned girl merely crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, a sociopath is wild, has erratic behavior and violent usually caused by a crappy upbringing." Homura started explaining. "A psychopath however is fucking scary, because they are born insane and considering they are generally highly educated with good jobs but will also manipulate the shit out of everyone and anyone if it means getting to their goal. Which is usually, I don't know, mass genocide?" She then informed.
"Oh, I thought it was the other way around." Ann admitted in an intrigued tone. "Huh, the more you know." She then added.
"Well, we don't sound like either of those plus we're completely sane." Asuka muttered out.
"That's right!" Kaeru spoke up.
"See, Kaeru agrees with me!" Asuka reassured with a smile.
"...You're not exactly proving that statement right now." Homura deadpanned.
"Oh..." Asuka got out in realization as the three girls stood around awkwardly, not exactly sure what to say next.
"...Uh...well, we're supposed to be getting clothes right now." Ann reminded the two. "So we should get to doing that as soon as possible. And I think people are staring at us." She then pointed out.
All of them soon looked around and saw that, yes, people were indeed staring at them.
The tan skinned girl merely groaned in annoyance to that. "DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR LIVES!?" Homura shouted out as she was dragged away from public view.
"We're already outcasts in school, don't make us outcasts in..." Asuka started but then paused as she remembered what she does for a living, if you could even call it that. "...Dammit." She grumbled out.
"Let's just head into the clothing store." Ann soon decided as the three started heading in. "Wow, today's already off to a great start." She sarcastically mumbled to herself.
"Well, I think it's certainly better than the ones we had during our first week here." Homura stated. "So I'd say this is a definite improvement beyond any reasonable doubt." She then added.
"Then let's make today your first real day in Tokyo." Ann declared. "So uh...welcome to Tokyo. Enjoy the...air." She then awkwardly added.
"Um...Thanks. I guess." Asuka spoke up. "Uh...can you please stop pulling us? It's kinda starting to hurt a little." She soon requested.
"Oh. Sorry." Ann apologized as she let go of them, allowing them to stand on their own two feet. "Just got too excited. It's been a while since I got to go out with friends." She revealed.
"Well, it's not often you find girls who are as hot and as hated as yourself." Homura mumbled out.
"That's...both harsh and nice..." Asuka thought with a sweatdrop. "One step at a time, huh, Homura-chan." She then reassured in her head.
"I wouldn't say that you're hot. It's more like you're...cute, in a way. I don't know how to describe it but there's just something about you two that makes you...cute." Ann tried to explain.
"I'm...not exactly the most attractive in the world." Homura admitted. "My voice isn't what you'd call cute. And, you know, everything else about me." She quickly added.
"It is deeper than most but it's fine!" Asuka reassured. "Meanwhile, everyone seems to focus on one thing about me most of the time." She admitted while glancing downward, emphasizing her breasts.
"Come on, don't sell yourself short. You can easily be the center of attention if you just tried a little." Ann complimented.
The Good Shinobi however blushed in embarrassment to that. "...I don't want to be the center of attention. These things are already attention-grabbing enough." Asuka mumbled out as she squeezed her chest a little.
"And no matter what, thanks to Kamoshida, we're gonna be nothing more than bitches and whores." Homura added bitterly.
"That's because people are too focused on your outer beauty. So let's see if we can bring out that inner beauty as well." Ann soon suggested as she grabbed both their wrists and dragged them into the changing rooms.
"Hey...Um...Didn't we spend all our money on weapons yesterday?" Homura pointed out.
"Oh...Jii-chan will definitely notice the hit to the bank account." Asuka lamented in concern.
The ask blonde however smirked to that. "Paying. You owe me later. Now shut up and find something cute." Ann demanded.
The tan skinned girl merely raised an eyebrow to that. "Wow you're aggressive today." Homura noted. "I like that." She then admitted with a impressed smirk on her face.
"Being passive hasn't done me any favors lately, so I'm taking the initiative from now on." Ann soon revealed as she then saw a sign that made her eyes sparkle in delight. "Besides, there's a sale on today and like hell I'm not gonna make the most of it!" She declared with delight. "So do you have any preferences or something?" She then asked.
"Well, we kinda need... everything..." Asuka replied. "All we have are t-shirts and jeans and… my pajamas are kinda burnt to a crisp…"
"...What." Ann deadpanned.
"It's… It's a sensitive topic." Homura sheepishly got out. "We were also thinking of getting clothes other than black or white, got any recommendations?" Homura then asked after revealing their plans.
"Seriously? You just have black or white?" Ann asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It was function over form." Asuka simply answered while scratching her cheek with a sweatdrop.
"Um...I could probably assume." Ann muttered as she glanced down. "Maybe we should start off with materials. I suggest something soft and elastic for those at home." She soon stated.
"Soft would be nice." Asuka got out in agreement.
"As long as it's comfortable too." Homura then stated.
"Well, let me introduce you two to the Big White Cotton T-shirt!" Ann declared as she pulled it off the rack, talking like one of those infomercial salesman. "As you can see, it is much bigger than the average T-shirt, as it is generally designed to fit the average male or the smaller woman should she forego pants while inside one's humble abode to keep them warm, yet still provide modesty except for the occasional panty-shot...provided if they are wearing them." She soon explained.
"So for girls trying to be daring? Sounds like something Katsu-nee would do." Asuka admitted.
"Hikage too." Homura then added. "Though her reason being that she says she has no emotions." She meanwhile thought.
"No, this is for when you want to eat a whole tub of ice-cream without giving a damn who sees you." Ann explained. "You know, lazy days where you don't go out and watch Webflix all day?" She soon added.
"That sounds boring." Homura then awkwardly admitted. "And uh, didn't we say we'd rather avoid white t-shirts?"
"Then you have truly not lived." Ann stated. "Also comes in red, black, orange, brown, yellow, pink, icy blue, pale blue, dark blue, purple, green, lavender and rainbow." She then listed of while showing the entire rack of them.
"That's a lot of color choices." Homura got out in a deadpan tone with a sweatdrop.
"With several shades of blue, apparently." Asuka added as she felt that the color choices were oddly specific but didn't think much of it.
"Hehe, blue's the in color at the moment thanks to Rise Kujikawa's new album Sapphire." Ann then explained. "I listened to a bit of her stuff from her idol days and it's really good." She added.
"Huh, that's pretty rare for idols to break out into being full-fledged singers." Homura noted. "Eh, but I'm not too interested, but it is still impressive." She then admitted.
"I think I heard that name before..." Asuka mumbled out. "I think she was involved in a serial killer case that I wrote a report about for my… part-time job. Can't remember where though." She got out while getting into a thinking position.
"Huh? She was?" Ann got out in a surprise tone to hearing that.
"Oh! I remember! The Inaba Murders and Kidnappings." Homura began as this got the other girls attention as she then nodded. "Yeah...a couple of years ago Hebijo sent someone over there to obtain the poison the killer used. It was a complete bust though..." She soon explained. "Huh, almost like why I'm here." She then added.
"Yeah, and the killer has a Persona like the one causing the shutdowns and was stopped by a ragtag bunch of misfit teenagers that also have Personas." Ann joked.
"Well, you can't be anymore misfit than being outcasts of society." Asuka then admitted. "That's what we have over them." She soon added.
"Yeah. If they were around back then." Homura muttered out.
"Alright, enough joking around. We don't have all day so let's check some stuff out." Ann soon decided. "I already have an idea for Asuka-chan. So Homura-chan, why don't you go around the store to see if there's anything you'd like to try out." She then suggested.
Homura in turn nodded to that. "Sure." She replied as she looked around the immediate area.
Asuka meanwhile tilted her head in an innocent manner. "You already have an idea for me Ann-chan?" She soon asked.
"Yep. Though, the real trouble will be finding something that would fit your figure..." Ann answered. "Although, I'm gonna guess anything you try on is going to magically form around your chest." She then added.
"It is kinda weird that they do, huh..." Homura admitted as she looked down at her shirt after returning to the other girls. "I guess it's a Shinobi thing we haven't noticed. Probably for aerodynamics or something." She then guessed.
"Well, I didn't feel aerodynamic after getting Carmen." Ann mumbled out. "It felt like I was wearing nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all-" She then started before repeating the last bit.
"At least you don't have to worry about flashing anyone." Asuka sighed out.
"I am so glad the boys aren't here." Homura soon admitted.
"If the boys were here, we'd get nothing done." Asuka giggled out in a joking manner.
"What? Because we're too busy trying to kill them or goofing off?" Ann asked with a humorous grin.
"I think you already know the answer to that one." Homura laughed. "We're getting off track again. I'll be over there if you need me." She then decided before walking off to browse a bit in the other sections.
The ash blonde nodded to that as she looked at the other girl. "Okay. Asuka-chan, wait here. I've got the perfect outfit for you." Ann soon declared as she went off to find the clothes.
Asuka however just...stood there awkwardly, waiting.
Soon enough, Ann back with the clothes in hand, shoved the girl into the nearest changing room. "Here you go!" She soon declared.
"WAH!" Asuka exclaimed, nearly tripping over her own feet. "You are really pushy today!" She soon got out.
"Sorry! Just change into those clothes I gave you." Ann apologize. "I swear on my heart that you and Homura will love it." She then declared.
"A-Alright..." Asuka mumbled out before taking off her clothes.
After a while, Ann noticed that the other girl was humming in a thinking manner and judging by her feet, she was spinning around to check all sides.
"So, what do you think? Nice, right?" Ann guessed with a smirk.
"Ann-chan, are you sure I should show this to Homura-chan when we get home?" Asuka asked in a whisper from the changing room.
The ash blonde merely nodded to that. "Totally, I can tell that she'll love it." Ann encouraged with a smile.
"But...doesn't this seem a little too girly?" Asuka then asked. "I mean it looks nice, but does it really suit me?" She soon added.
"Hehe, there's no such thing as too girly Asuka-chan." Ann declared with a grin on her face. "Trust me, Homura will love it." She then added to her declaration.
"Maybe but...I'm getting the feeling that Homura-chan is only going to look at me as a dumb girl rather than, you know, a competent Shinobi." Asuka soon admitted.
"Well, she's just getting used to having people close to her heart so she's going to protect them with everything she has." Ann guessed.
"I know but...she has her...moments." Asuka revealed. "And...other stuff." She then muttered out.
"Moments? Other stuff?" Ann repeated with a raised eyebrow. She was about to press further, only for the tan skinned girl to come over.
"Hey, which of these belts look like they would hurt more Ann?" Homura casually asked as she walked up to the ash blonde with a couple of dangerous-looking belts in hand.
"What kind of question is that?" Ann thought with a sweatdrop before shaking her head. "Anyways, what do you think about Asuka-chan's outfit?" She however asked.
Homura just looked at her weirdly. "Um, she's in the dressing room right now." She pointed out.
"What?" Ann got out in confusion as she looked to her side to see the Good Shinobi had indeed gone into the dressing room while she wasn't looking. "I'm getting the feeling that they're avoiding something." She mumbled to herself.
"Excuse me? What do you mean by that!?" Homura questioned in an offended tone.
"Doesn't matter. Let's go ahead and work on you." Ann soon suggested.
"Huh? Wait, hey! Don't change the subject!" Homura called out angrily before getting a pile of clothes shoved into her hands. "Okay, fine! I didn't want to talk about it anyway!" She soon declared before stomping off.
"Yes. It's blatantly obvious you do." Ann thought as the tan skinned girl went into a dressing room just as the Good Shinobi left hers in her normal clothes.
"What were you talking about with Homura-chan?" Asuka asked in an innocent manner as she placed the recently worn clothes onto a nearby seat.
Ann couldn't help but sigh. "Don't worry about it. Just go over there and find some socks." She then requested.
"Um...okay...?" Asuka replied with a raised eyebrow before walking away.
Ann once more sighed to that as she then looked at the dressing room the tan skinned girl was in. "Ok Homura, you wait in there and I'll bring you something that might suit you." She soon informed.
"Sure, just don't take too long." Homura replied as she walked into the changing room.
"I won't. Besides, I have something in mind already." Ann declared as she walked away.
After a few minutes, Ann came back with some clothes she wanted the tan skinned girl to try out.
"Hmm..." Homura hummed out as she looked at herself in the changing room mirror. "I don't know Ann. It's nice, but I'm not sure..." She then got out in an uneasy tone.
Ann merely scratched her cheek to that. "Well I was mainly thinking that you're a tomboy, so I thought that outfit might suit you." She revealed.
"It does, doesn't it? But...I'm starting to think that Asuka might see me more as a violent, potty-mouthed man than well...a teenage girl." Homura soon admitted.
Ann however giggled to that. "Ah come on Homura, don't sell yourself too short, Asuka-chan really cares for you." She soon countered. "You're lucky to have a friend like her Homura." She then added with a smile.
"I...I know..." Homura soon muttered out as her head went slightly red. "I'm just not that great at it though." She mumbled under her breath.
"Hm? Did you say something?" Ann asked.
"N-Nothing." Homura stammered out. "I-I should change out of this. This is definitely going into the buy pile." She soon decided.
"Not gonna show it to Asuka-chan?" Ann asked in slight confusion.
"Well, there are some things you have to keep secret." Homura muttered out as she got the clothes off.
"That doesn't sound like you're talking about clothing." Ann noted under her breath.
"Huh?" Homura however got out in confusion as she left the dressing room in her normal clothes.
"You'll...You should figure it out on your own." Ann sighed out as the Good Shinobi came back. "Anyways, next on the list...We're gonna have to take care of your support problems." She then stated while glancing slightly downward.
"Support problems?" Homura questioned with a raised eyebrow while her roommate tilted her head in innocent confusion.
The ash blonde merely sighed to that while rubbing her forehead. "I mean your bras. That has to hurt to have them going everywhere. Honestly, I've never seen someone's chest move like that. Ever." Ann soon declared.
"It's not that much of a bother nowadays. You get used to it after a while and we have the strength to support them naturally." Homura admitted in an uneasy manner. "Plus, our size isn't exactly available in stores." She then muttered under her breath.
Ann in response to hearing that crossed her arms over her chest. "Oh yeah? Asuka-chan, why don't you go ahead and jump on the spot." She then suggested as both girls looked at the most innocent of the group.
Asuka in turn blinked to that. "Eh? Um...okay..." She replied as she did as suggested.
BOING! BOING! BOING!
At that moment, a store employee started coming around as she saw the three girls. "Excuse me, are you ladies doing alright? If you're having trouble I'm always here to-" She began to offer, however...
BOING! BOING! BOING!
"GGGAAAHHH!" The helper suddenly screamed out before covering her mouth, a hot red blush on her face. "E-Excuse me but I think my manager is calling me to the bathroom. B-Be right back!" She quickly apologised as she ran off, the girls staring at her before she left their sight.
The tan skinned girl merely sighed to this occurring as she looked at her roommate. "...Asuka, please stop before you flood the entire store." Homura deadpanned.
This in turn caused the Good Shinobi to stop and drop her head. "Moh...Not again..." Asuka moaned out.
"I can't tell if it's was a blessing or a curse to wield a weapon of mass destruction attached to your chest." Ann deadpanned as well. "Despite that...unexpected occurrence, you need new bras." She soon concluded.
The tan skinned girl soon sighed to that. "Fine. But make it quick because I can feel nosy assholes burning the back of my skull who should be minding their own fucking business!" Homura growled at the crowd that was forming around them, who quickly took off to her word.
The ash blonde merely sweatdropped to that. "I guess you two have to deal with these kind of things often?" Ann soon guessed.
Asuka in turn nodded to that. "Yeah...I have a friend back home that practically has an obsession with groping for fun...and I'm usually her main target for her perverted antics." She revealed with a sweatdrop.
"Is that her only trait?" Homura asked. "Because that makes her rather flat." She then bluntly declared.
(Asakusa, Hanzō Academy)
Katsuragi suddenly felt deeply wounded for some reason. Like someone was calling her flat-chested.
However, considering she was deep in the Boob Dimension, she decided to ignore it.
"HIBARI!" Yagyū called out in concern.
"YAGYŪ-CHAN, IT'S A TRAP!" Hibari suddenly exclaimed.
BOOM!
"...It is way too early for me to deal with this." Ikaruga mumbled out before diving in to help.
It was only 12:53pm, by the way.
"...In personality that is." Homura suddenly felt the need to add.
Odd.
"Homura-chan, I'm honestly scared that Katsu-nee will eventually get bored of just breasts all together and becomes pervy over the entire female body." Asuka meekly admitted before turning to their ash blonde friend that was blushing madly to the mere thought. "And no, Katsu-nee is not a lesbian, there have been times where she thinks guys are cute and looks at them in a lustful way...she just really likes groping though..." She then added with an embarrassed blush on her face.
"...Where does she grope on a guy?" Ann soon asked after processing this information.
Asuka however sighed to that. "I honestly have no idea..." She mumbled out, the embarrassed blush still gracing her face.
"That's because you've never seen her I'm guessing." Ann thought with a sweatdrop.
The tan skinned girl meanwhile also sweatdropped to the question. "Can we please get back to shopping for bras before this conversation takes a weird turn?" Homura soon requested.
"I think it already has..." Asuka awkwardly pointed out.
"...Let's just shop for underwear and forget that conversation ever happened." Ann sighed out before walking towards the bras and panties section.
"S-Sure, that's a great idea Ann!" Homura called out.
"Y-Yeah." Asuka also got out in agreement.
After a while, Ann came back with some bras for the tan skinned girl to try on, however... there were a lot of problems along the way.
Mainly, because of Homura herself tossing most of them because her sarashi were so much better compared to all of the bras the ash blonde brought over. "Nope. Too small. Nope. Feels like shit. Nope. This is just string. Nope. Looks like shit. Nope. This one kinda chaffs. Nope. Wrong shade of black. Nope. This one feels like it has ants. Nope. This one actually has ants. Nope. Just nope on this one. This one however...is probably the worst so far." She got out after seeing each bra.
This however caused the other two girls to sweatdrop to hearing this.
"Huh, so Homura does know a bit about fashion." Ann mumbled out, a slight bit of sarcasm in her tone.
"H-Homura-chan, are you making up excuses?" Asuka soon asked.
"No, I'm just..." Homura paused to think of another excuse. "...A very picky person." She then admitted.
For some reason, Ann and Asuka severely doubted that was the case.
"Bullshit." Wolverine however faked coughed. "You just don't want a bra." She then remarked.
"N-No I don't! I-" Homura was then interrupted by the ash blonde finally snapping and pulling her out of the changing room before she could completely wrap her sarashi around her.
"Jeez! What does it take to convince you to buy these bras!? You can't just wear a sarashi all the time!" Ann shouted out as she shook the tan skinned girl by her shoulders, causing the tan skinned girl's sarashi to fall apart.
BOING BOING BOING BOING BOING BOING!
"Hey, I'm back! Sorry for the interupti-GGGGGAAAAAAAHHHHHH! FUCK!" The helper screamed out with a blush on her face. "...Excuse me one moment please. I've decided to break up with my boyfriend and have a torrid lesbian rebound fling." She got out calmly as she started walking away once more while pulling out her phone.
"WAH! Please don't do that! It just happens to everyone!" Asuka exclaimed as she chased after to helper to convince her not to go through with it.
The tan skinned girl meanwhile sweatdropped to the sight of that along with the ash blonde. "Okay you've convinced me." Homura got out as she looked at the other girl hold her with her eye twitching. "No one should have that power." She then admitted.
The ash blonde in turn nodded in agreement to that as she released the other girl that went back into the changing room. "You know, ever since you two and Akira-kun arrived, things have gotten weird around Tokyo." Ann noted. "Like, at the start of the month it was announced that there was a gogoKICKme for some place called Bootyland." She then revealed.
"Okay, cool..." Homura nonchalantly replied as she started to get a new bra on before realizing what was said. "Wait what?" She soon asked as one of her acquaintances flashed in her mind.
She knew a certain bean sprout obsessed friend well enough to know about her side obsession of butts and that she had a pen pal along with muttering to herself about creating a theme park when she thought she was alone but...that dumb idea for a theme park, or rather the dumb idea of building a theme park, couldn't be related to her, right?
Right?
The ash blonde merely nodded to that. "Yeah...It's way past it's goal last time I checked...I think it's opening up next year. All the backers were given bean sprouts for some reason." Ann then revealed.
Yep. It was her.
Homura soon groaned as she rubbed her forehead in a frustrated manner while in the changing room. "...This country is full of perverts." She grumbled out. "And I happen to know one of them." She mentally added.
"If you think it's bad here, you don't wanna go to the town of Kuoh, Shinjuku or more specifically, the Kamurocho district." Ann warned with a shiver going down her spine.
This in turn caused the tan skinned girl to groan in annoyance. "Ugh, maybe I should take Asuka's idea seriously and start a disciplinary committee at Shujin after beating the shit out of Kamoshida..." Homura then got out.
Ann in turn raised an eyebrow to hearing that. "A disciplinary committee at Shujin?" She repeated in the form of a question.
The tan skinned girl nodded to that. "Yeah. There's enough shitheads in the school to necessitate one. It might be a change of pace for me in a way." Homura then explained.
The ash blonde in turn sweatdropped to that. "...You do know disciplinary committees only exist in anime, right? I'm pretty sure Principal Kobayakawa would shut it down before it even gets started. Besides, the Student Council takes care of that role already." Ann pointed out. "And look how that's going." She then muttered to herself.
Homura however heard that and sighed. "Maybe, but let's see how things change after we take down Kamoshida and upload that video to the internet. Guys like that fat bastard will usually crack and falter after a major incident like that, leading to them wanting to take any suggestion to make sure they keeps a good reputation." She then explained with a knowing smirk on her face. "And by the Student Council, you mean Makoto Niijima right?" She then guessed.
The ash blonde nodded to that. "Yeah, you know her?" Ann questioned with a raised eyebrow
The tan skinned girl merely nodded back to that. "Yeah, met her in the locker room with Asuka before the volleyball rally began as we were changing when she stopped a bunch of girls from bombarding us with...breast related questions..." Homura revealed, though slightly groaned at remembering the incident. "I was already able to tell at the time that she completely has no idea about Kamoshida's actions." She then added in a more serious tone.
"Yep, that's the Student Council in a nutshell. Focusing on the big problems while ignoring the ones that actually need fixing." Ann sighed out. "But enough about school. It's Sunday, our only day off from it. Bet your jobs don't exactly let you take breaks, so enjoy it. Forget about school, forget about the Metaverse for the day and let's just relax for a bit." She soon suggested.
Homura however shook her head to that. "I'm not so sure about that, thanks to our skills as shinobis, we can see specific aspects about people and for the Student Council President, I was able to see that even though she focuses the bigger problems, it's also as if she's chained down, as if she has to do what she does as a result of being ordered around by others." She then revealed. "So...I don't think you should hold anything against her until you know all the details. That's a what a shinobi would do, gather information." She soon suggested.
"Maybe you're right, but I'm not exactly in a forgiving mood right now." Ann darkly replied before shaking her head. "Nope. Nope nope nope. No more thinking about bad stuff. So, what will it take to buy this bra?" She asked with a smile on her face as held out a decent selection of bras of various colors and patterns into the changing room.
Homura however sweatdropped to that. "She's avoiding the situation." She thought in a deadpan tone before sighed in defeat. "Fine. This one. Still too small but it's one of the bigger ones they have here, right?" She replied followed by the question.
Ann then slightly groaned in an envious manner. "Jeez, what the hell is your cup size!?" She soon asked.
"Hips 85cm. Waist 57cm. Bust 87cm. E Cup. Butt 85cm." Homura nonchalantly listed off while crossing her arms over her chest. "You can say its a result of training for my...occupation." She then vaguely added.
"So not only superhuman powers but also large breasts? That seems too good to be true." Ann got out in a slightly envious tone.
"It is. Oh hell, it is." Homura stated as she got a the white, pink and yellow floral pattern bra on with matching panties. "God, I hope the Metaverse doesn't affect our bodies too much." She then muttered as she looked at herself in the mirror. "Huh, not bad." She then admitted as she opened the curtain. "So Ann, w-what do you think?" She soon asked while showing the underwear.
The ash blonde then placed a hand on her chin as she looked over the tan skinned girl's current lingerie. "Hmm...the floral pattern is nice like I thought it would be, but now I realize that the color contrasts with your skin too much and it just doesn't scream you. Maybe go for a slightly darker tones." Ann suggested while explaining her reason.
Homura in turn nodded to that. "I guess that makes sense." She replied.
Asuka however returned to the others at that moment with a sigh of relief. "Too close..." She mumbled out before seeing her roommate in the underwear, immediately brightening up her mood. "Wah! Homura-chan, you look soooo cute!" She squealed with delight and stars in her eyes.
The tan skinned girl jolted up to hearing that. "R-Really?" Homura got out, getting flustered and a red face to the complements. "Erm, maybe I should buy it..." She then meekly suggested with steam coming out of her head.
The ash blonde meanwhile sweatdropped to this. "The more I hang out with you two, the more I realise you have such a complex." Ann accused with a sigh.
"C-Complex!?" Homura stammered out in shock to the accusation. "I-I don't have a complex!" She then declared in an offended manner.
"Really now." Wolverine meanwhile remarked in a deadpan tone.
The ash blonde however smirked to that. "Hey, Asuka-chan, do you mind doing another fav-" Ann started to call out.
"Alright! Alright! There's no need for that." Homura groaned out.
The ash blonde merely giggled in amusement to that before covering her mouth with her hand. "Asu-con~" Ann fake coughed in a teasing manner.
"Oh fuck you." Homura then grumbled out.
Asuka meanwhile innocently tilted her head in a confused manner before going into the changing room.
"Hm, now that I'm working at Leblanc, I should probably think about what type of sushi I should start making for a menu item." Asuka mumbled to herself as she undressed. "Well, there's always Jii-chan's big, long, moist, meaty sushi rolls but...no, it would feel wrong. Not without him here, guiding me slowly through the process as we fill each and every one with our essence of love. Just thinking about doing it without him makes me feel so guilty. Like, I feel empty without him by my side. I would have to force myself to do it, and thinking about it kinda makes me tear up. Oh God, now I'm hungry for his big sushi. I hope he comes over and fills the entire fridge because that would be so good. And I get to share it with all my friends too, each one filled with his love. Oh, what I wouldn't give to have his sushi in my hand right now..." She rambled out, however...
"Asuka, what the hell are you talking about?" Homura asked, interrupting her roommate with a horrified expression on her face as the ash blonde remained silent, an expression of disbelief on her face.
"Huh? Oh, I must've talked too loud. I was just wanting my grandfather's sushi." Asuka innocently replied.
"Please don't." Ann whispered out her request.
"Eh?" Asuka replied with an innocent tilt of her head.
"Nothing! Hey, are you done yet?" Homura tried to change the subject in order to forget her roommate's...unfortunately worded ramblings.
"Er... I guess...?" Asuka replied as she managed to hook her bra just as the tan skinned girl had asked. With a quick look in the mirror, she turned around and opened the dressing room door to show the others.
BOING!
"So, how does it look?" Asuka asked while showing off the bra she found, a black bra with green flames that didn't go over the shoulders and just wrapped around her like a tube top. "The flames reminded me of summoning Kaeru, so I thought it looked cool." She then explained.
Homura looked from her changing room before giving a thumbs up with a serious expression on her face after being stunned silent for a moment. "Looks awesome. Is there also one with red flames?" She bluntly declared followed by the question. "My Asuka must get this..." She offhandedly thought in a surprisingly excited and possessive manner.
The ash blonde however immediately knew why the tan skinned girl was acting the way she was. "Asu-con~" Ann once more teased in amusement.
"Shut up or I break your knees." Homura darkly grumbled out, though her head was an embarrassed red with steam coming out once more while getting a yellow bra and panties on.
"...She is right you know." Wolverine then pointed out in a teasing yet amused tone. "Also, My Asuka?" She then repeated in the form of a question.
The tan skinned girl merely groaned to that. "Ugh...why does everyone make fun of me?" Homura deadpanned. "Even I make fun of me! God my life must really suck." She then grumbled out before realizing the second part, causing her to blush to darken with more steam coming out of her head. "AUGH!" She mentally yelled in embarrassment before looking at her roommate once more, who was now in the red flames version of the last bra and panties she had on, causing one of her eyes to start twitching. "Oh good god, my Asuka's so cute!" She then couldn't help but mentally gush out, completely forgetting about her previous frustration as she continued looking at her roommate.
"S-So, how does it look?" Asuka then innocently asked in a meek tone while a red blush graced her face.
"Huh, it surprisingly suits you Asuka-chan. Red's a good color for you along with green." Ann admitted with a smile before turning to the tan skinned girl. "Wouldn't you agree Homura?" She then asked.
"Yes." Homura bluntly declared with a thumbs up. "God, she's so cute I want to eat her up like the marshmallow she feels like." She soon thought before she stopped to think about she just mentally said. "...No that sounds about right." She mentally corrected herself.
"Ok, this is now drifting away from friendship to creepy guy hiding behind a bush..." Wolverine mumbled out. "You need to learn about something called self-control. Or read a self-help book on How to Act Like A Normal, Stable Person Without An Obsession." She soon added.
"You know, that was an oddly specific title for a book..." Homura mumbled to herself. "I don't even know why I bought that last year." She then quietly added.
"Maybe you should've brought that with you! Dear God, control yourself woman! Your sanity is already screwed up as it is! What about Carmen's other self saying you're an Asu-con!? Weren't you denying that!?" Wolverine shouted out.
"But I can't help it! My Asuka looks so adorable in those bras! They completely suit her!" Homura mentally admitted in excited tone. "And could even match if we wanted to!" She then added in her head in realization as she began to imagine it.
(Homura's Imagination)
In a pink hazy space, an imaginary version of the tan skinned girl was laying on a fluffy bed while her roommate was cuddling up to her, both of them wearing similar bra and panties, though Homura's version was the red version and Asuka's was in the green version as they had pleased expressions on their blushing faces.
"My Asuka...my cute little Asuka~" Homura softly declared as she caressed her roommate's cheek in a tender manner.
"H-Homu-neechan..." Asuka meekly got out, thought was smiling from her roommate's touch. "Y-You'll protect me right?" She soon asked in the same meek tone that was similar to that of a little sister.
"Of course my precious Asuka~" Homura softly replied while pulling the other girl in closer. "I won't let you get hurt, and if you do I'll tear them limb from limb with my bare hands~!" She happily declared.
"Aw...You're the best sister ever! Better than whoever the fuck Katsu-nee thinks she is!" Asuka exclaimed in happiness as she continued snuggling without even a care to what the tan skinned girl said.
"Hehe, I know I am." Homura replied in a proud tone. "And you're the best little sis ever." She then praised as she started rubbing the other girl's back. "And you're all mine Asuka...~" She soon mumbled out in a possessive manner.
"Yes I am! Now let's go slaughter all those who get between our friendship Homu-neechan!" Asuka cheered out as she cuddled deeper into her roommate.
The pinky hazy space continued to darken as the two continued cuddling each other in a blissful manner.
(Shibuya, Underground Mall)
Meanwhile, Homura had a dazed look on her face, drooling and occasionally giggling like a excited school girl. "They will burn. They will all burn. By the way, do you want to toast some marshmallows while we're at it, Asuka~?" She soon thought in a delighted tone.
"H-Homura-chan? Are you okay?" Asuka asked in concern to her roommate's giddy smile, but got no answer in response.
"Um, I think she's having a freakout over how cute you look in that." Ann replied, looking slightly disturbed at the sight. "Um...by the way, where do you live? I'm asking out of curiosity, not to recommend a local therapist or something ridiculous like that." She then got out.
Asuka looked at the ash blonde weirdly before shrugging, thinking it wouldn't hurt. "Well, we live in the Shin Megami Apartment Complex, Room 269. It's here in-" She started revealing, however...
THUD!
Suddenly, the tan skinned girl fell to the ground.
"WAH! HOMURA-CHAN!" Asuka exclaimed as she rushed over to her roommate.
"C-Cuteness...overload..." Homura mumbled out, twitching on the ground with a dreamy look in her glazed eyes.
Meanwhile, Ann just looked on in disbelief and snickering. "Are you sure you're trained ki-uh, professionals?" She soon asked in a joking tone, sweating just a little considering she almost called them killers.
"Yeah, pretty sure we are." Asuka awkwardly giggled out while looking back towards her roommate in concern, crouching down to get closer to her. "What happened Homura-chan?" She meanwhile thought in an innocent manner.
"...Your roommate is an interesting one to say the least." Kaeru meanwhile admitted. "Though you really are affecting her by just being around her." She then added.
"Eh? What do you mean Kaeru?" Asuka then mentally asked in confusion.
At that moment, Homura looked up to see her roommate's breasts right above her. "H-Hey, Asuka..." She got out with red blush on her face. "You...you look..." She tried to get out, however...
"Oh, right, forgot about this."Asuka then got out as she pressed something in one of the cups of the bra.
Suddenly, the flames came to life.
"I didn't know this type of thing exists! Though, I don't get why this exists. No one's gonna see it unless you're topless..." Asuka muttered out, looking down at her breasts before gazing back up to her roommate. "Anyways, what do you... think?" She began to ask, but trailed off at the end.
Homura was long gone at this point.
"There is nothing I won't do for my Asuka. I won't let anyone come between us. I don't care what I have to do. I don't care who I have to hurt. I don't care whose blood I have to spill. I won't let anyone take her from me. Nothing else matters. No one else matters. My. Asuka. Will. Be. Safe." Homura soon thought in a creepy, obsessive tone with a dazed yet satisfied expression on her face.
"Actually, I think I liked creepy guy hiding behind a bush. At least it didn't make you think like a yandere." Wolverine admitted.
"...What's a yandere?" Homura mentally asked before blinking in realization. "Wait, isn't that one of those psychos who'll kill to get they want? Well, I assure you I am not-" She declared, however...
"Hey, I think there's a guy leering at Asuka in a perverted manner." Wolverine interrupted.
Homura immediately jolted up to hearing that. "WHAT!? HOW DARE HE LOOK AT MY ASUKA LIKE A PIECE OF FUCKING MEAT! I'LLKILLHIM! I'LLFUCKINGKILLHIM!" She mentally roared in possessive fury while searching for said guy.
Wolverine in turn sweatdropped to that. "Oh wow, you're actually planning murder right now. I was lying by the way." She got out in a deadpan tone.
"What?" Homura got out as she snapped back into reality and saw the other girls just... staring at her with the most confused and worried expressions on their faces. "Uh... Hey, that dress would look good on you." She soon suggested as she tried to change the subject by grabbing a random green and black dress.
However, to her horror and excitement, Homura soon realized her roommate would look good in the random dress she got. And with that, her imagination ran wild once more. "Cuuuuuute~!" She soon thought in a cooing manner.
Wolverine meanwhile sighed to witnessing this. "Yup, you are an Asu-con..." She mumbled out but was ignored by her other self.
"U-Uh...Homura-chan?" Asuka meanwhile asked in concern as she poked her roommate on the shoulder while holding the dress she was given.
"Yeah...let's leave her alone for a bit. She'll come back to to Earth eventually. Maybe." Ann said as she slowly pulled the other girl away from the dazed girl to somewhere else.
"You didn't have to say that Asuka~" Homura muttered out before shaking her head and noticing that the two girls were backing away from her. "Eh, what happened!? I sort of spaced out a little." She soon revealed.
"I-It's nothing Homura-chan!" Asuka called out. "But uh...hey! We should go ahead and try out more of Ann-chan's recommendations!" She then suggested. "Why was she sounding like Sweet Homura for a moment?" She meanwhile thought in a concerned manner.
"I...I give up. She's broken and just leave it at that." Kaeru soon got out in disbelief to this occurring.
"Did...Did I do something to make her this way?" Asuka nervously asked.
"I am not sure. Maybe those wounds aren't healing right. Just snap her out of it before she sets something on fire by accident." Kaeru then advised.
"That...That's an exaggeration." Asuka lied to herself.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Okay, maybe there's a little truth in that fact." Asuka relented as one of the workers sprayed down a rack with their fire extinguisher while sprinklers went off in that section. "Maybe calling her Homu-neechan wasn't the best idea." She soon thought to herself.
"It was either that or the Dark Side with you becoming like Katsuragi. Or soiling yourself." Kaeru soon deducted. "All choices have long term consequences, so you chose the one that wasn't the most damaging in the long run...Back then, anyways." She then informed.
"So how do I fix it?" Asuka then mentally asked.
"...I dunno. You're not a therapist." Kaeru replied.
"I've been really hating the fact that I'm not lately." Asuka sadly sighed out. "But I can still help her. Plus, Akira-kun and the others will always be there for us." She then added in her head. "Not right now though. Time to snap her out of it."
"Uh...I heard Ann-chan's dating Ryuji-kun." Asuka suddenly blurted out.
"I'm WHAT!?" Ann exclaimed.
"Huh!? Why the fuck would you be with that idiot!?" Homura snapped before her eyes widened. "Wait, where am I? What were we talking about again?" She soon asked in confusion.
"Going to a changing room and putting on a bra that won't make you jiggle." Ann sighed out.
"Wait, hold on! What was that about you-" Homura started to ask only for the ash blonde to stuff some underwear to her face before shoving her into a changing room.
"Um, sorry Ann-chan but I-" Asuka started to apologize only for the girl she was apologizing to place a finger on her lips to interrupt her.
"Be lucky you're not getting a banana hammock." Ann stated in a false sweet tone.
"What?" Asuka managed to get out before being shoved back into her own changing room.
After spending more time trying out different types and sizes of underwear, Ann's patience was starting to wear rather thin.
As well as her logic and understanding of physics.
"Seriously, why do your breasts jiggle so much when you breathe!?" Ann exclaimed. "Your breasts break physics any time you move! God, they are gonna sag so much once you're in your twenties." She then mumbled out.
"You know what, at this point it's a lost cause to find bras that both look great and keep our tits still." Homura stated while rubbing her head. "And Suzune-sensei would say otherwise to that..." She meanwhile thought.
"No way! As the daughter of those in the fashion industry it is my duty to find something functional and fashionable, no matter how impossible it is!" Ann declared with enthusiasm. "A Phantom Thief must not give up even in the face of impossible odds, right?" She then added in a quiet tone.
"That's what everyone says about anything and everything." Homura deadpanned. "Office work, assassination, school...prost-" She started listing off, however...
"Just help find me a bra before the end of the day. Unless you want to pay for everything?" Ann threatened, interrupting the tan skinned girl.
"Please be quiet Homura-chan, we're kinda broke right now." Asuka quietly requested.
"Alright alright. I'll tune down the sarcasm." Homura replied. "Hey, Ann, how big are your BWH?" She then asked.
"Wh-Homura-chan!" Asuka exclaimed in shock to the question.
"Th-That's a secret!" Ann stuttered out with a blush.
"...You're a model." Homura pointed out in a flat tone before blinking. "Hold on, I can find it onli-" She then started.
"Only idols reveal their three sizes! And they lie about it!" Ann quickly interrupted.
"Are you sure about that?" Homura questioned with a smirk as she raised her phone like a loaded gun waiting to fire. "Have you ever looked?" She then asked.
"...You don't seem to understand that not everything is online. I mean, I genuinely don't remember my sizes so how the hell wou-" Ann began, however.
"I got it! It's-" Asuka started to say but was tackled to the ground as the tan skinned girl caught her phone in mid-air.
"Huh. Not what I was expecting but not bad either." Homura commented.
"Wha!?" Ann exclaimed in shock before looking down at the dazed and confused girl she was on top of. "How did you find it in the first place?!" She then asked in disbelief.
"Email." Homura simply replied as she held up the phone.
"Em-WHAT!?" Ann exclaimed as she grabbed it to delete it from the inbox. "From who!?" She then questioned while looking at the phone.
"It didn't say." Asuka answered as she sat up. "The reply address was just a bunch of letters and numbers and all they said was: You owe me." She then added.
"...I-Is someone stalking us?" Ann hesitantly asked as she looked around.
Suddenly, Asuka got another email.
"No. It's only me. I'm using a burner account. I just wanted to know more about your new friends so I snuck in and got their medical files and permanent records to make sure they were not threats, Asuka. Watch out for the glasses guy, he's much more dangerous despite his looks. Don't worry. Heading back to Asakusa now. From Ikaruga." Ann read out loud.
"Oh! It was just Ikaruga-chan from back home." Asuka got out in relief. "Though she doesn't know the truth about what happened to Akira-kun." She then added with a sweatdrop.
The ash blonde dumbly nodded to hearing that before realizing something. "Hold on, how did she-" She began, however...
"She must be listening into us somewhere. She's more than likely gone now." Homura guessed.
At that moment, another email came in. "And watch out for that roommate of yours, she seems similar to Katsuragi-san and it creeps me out." Ann read out as they all simultaneously sweatdropped.
"Oh fuck you. I'm nothing like that super pervert." Homura grumbled out.
"Why don't you write it to her?" Ann suggested as she offered the Good Shinobi's phone.
"Oh, yeah." Homura got out as she grabbed it. "Oh, fuck you. She's not a super pervert like Katsu-nee. Fire emoji. Middle finger emoji. Angry emoji. Middle finger emoji. Fire emoji." She typed.
"That...That's not how you do emojis." Ann pointed out while sweatdropping.
Asuka however paled to this. "Why are you writing it like I'm typing it!?" She exclaimed as she tried her phone back, only to see her roommate holding away from her.
"Hey, how do you spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? I'm trying to expand my options and be creative." Homura suddenly asked as she continued typing.
Asuka could see that the majority of the email were swears now so she ignored her roommate's last question and pressed on. "This is fraud Homura-chan!" She declared in a panic.
"Um, I think you're actually committing identity fraud and..." Ann trailed off as she started to raise her phone.
"Oh fine. Alright! I'll stop!" Homura decided as she she gave it back.
Asuka in turn sighed in relief to that. "Oh thank goo-YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT SEND!" She started but then paled to see the long message being sent.
"Oh. Fuck." Homura swore out in an awkward manner to learning this. "Well, at least they know you care about your wonderful and still alive roommate who will never hurt you and doesn't like that look in your eyes right now." She then started but then changed the subject during her discussion as she saw the glare towards her.
"..." Asuka meanwhile said nothing as she glared at the tan skinned girl.
"Uh...are you okay...?" Homura nervously asked as the ash blonde started slowly backing up.
"...aaaAAAAAAAAAAAA-" Asuka suddenly but slowly began screaming.
"OH GOD, SAVE ME ANN!" Homura begged in a guilt filled manner.
"FUCK THAT! YOU'RE BY YOURSELF FOR THIS!" Ann called out.
(Asakusa, Hanzō Academy)
"Hm?" Katsuragi got out as she looked up from her magazine.
"What is it?" Hibari asked.
"I...I suddenly feel a disturbance in the Breast Force again...Except...there's someone out there, the Chosen Blessed, who will grow to have power and breasts beyond our comprehension. I do not know who her name is, nor do I know her full potential but...the Chosen Blessed will have the power to save the world...or destroy it...which only means one thing...I WANT THOSE TITS IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW! LET'S GO!" She then demanded.
HEAD DESK!
"I hate my life..." Ikaruga mumbled to herself quietly and in a stressed out manner.
(?)
Meanwhile, Alibaba continued stare at her screen in disbelief. "They're going to be what!?" She screamed out for the fifth time.
(Shibuya, Underground Mall)
"-AAAAACCHHHooo...!" Asuka suddenly sneezed.
"Okay, that was a weird and loud sneeze." Ann admitted as the Good Shinobi rubbed her nose.
"Wait...you're not gonna murder me super hard?" Homura hesitantly asked.
"Oh, it was an honest mistake. And it's a burner account so it's probably not going to be seen because it's going to be deleted in the next hour or so. One message chain per account." Asuka casually replied.
"Oh thank God." Homura breathed out in relief.
"You'd think your jobs wouldn't involve savviness with modern technology." Ann commented.
The tan skinned girl merely rolled her eyes to that. "Oh please, it's 2016 not 1185. We have to change with the times if we want to survive in the modern day." Homura stated.
"We still use smoke signals though..." Asuka quietly added. "You'd be surprised how many people don't look up nowadays." She then admitted.
"I'm surprised how many people don't look forward nowadays." Homura deadpanned. "Anyways...where were we again?" She soon asked.
The ash blonde merely blushed to that. "O-Our sizes..." Ann answered.
"Right. Well, if we're all telling our BWH to each other, why don't you tell us yours Asuka?" Homura asked.
Asuka meanwhile blushed as she looked at the other girls before sighing. "...Hips 85cm. Waist 57cm. Bust 90cm. F Cup. Butt 85cm." She reluctantly revealed. "...Katsu-nee really love big breasts..." She then added in a meek manner.
"Are all...Er, you know...Do they all have big breasts?" Ann then had to asked.
The Good Shinobi in response shook her head to that. "No! Not everyone! There's Yagyū-ch-no wait, I'm misremembering! I know-" Asuka started before pausing mid-sentence. "A-Actually I don't know a lot of people back at home so..." She then admitted in a hesitant manner.
"Well, at my old school there's Mirai and...uh..." Homura tried to remember if there was anyone in Hebijo with a normal-sized chest. "The fu-Holy shit! It's either melons or washboards! Why haven't I noticed that before!?" She then realized in confused disbelief.
The other girls of the group merely blinked to that. "What?" Both Ann and Asuka asked in confusion.
"I-I mean that...Well...In the world of Shinobi, there is only blessings and curses. No in-between. Although, the blessed have a burden and the cursed have a gift." Homura sagely informed.
"...What?" Ann once more asked in confusion.
"Most of the people I know are either above D or below B and it's usually ain't all that cracked up to be." Homura then explained.
The ash blonde soon sweatdropped to that. "...Shinobis are weird." Ann soon deadpanned in a mutter.
"Eh?" Asuka once more got out in confusion.
"...She's talking about breasts." Kaeru then informed.
The Good Shinobi's eyes widened to that. "O-Oh...!" Asuka replied in realization before quickly blushing.
"Still, such wise words...If only if it wasn't referring to breasts." Kaeru sighed out.
Asuka in response couldn't help but nod in agreement. "I wonder if the guys have conversations like this." She soon thought with a sweatdrop. "A-Anyway Ann-chan, let's see if we can find any more bras before we get some lunch." She soon suggested in a stammering tone.
"I'll probably be leaving after that to visit Shiho." Ann reminded. "You can come with if you want to." She then offered.
"Sorry, but we have to decline. We have other stuff to do afterwards. But we promise to visit once Kamoshida's been dealt with." Homura replied, now trying on a dark grey version of the floral bra and panties.
"What did I say about relaxing? It's our day today so let's enjoy it." Ann requested. "Now, can we shift away from boobs and crap and talk about something else?" She soon suggested.
"But we're buying bras." Homura then reminded.
"Yeah but I'm getting tired of it. Oh, and that looks good Homura, but you can do better." Ann then stated.
"Good enough for me." Homura then bluntly decided.
"Nope, you should always strive to be better Homura." Ann sagely stated while holding out some more underwear for the two. "So uh, do you two have a thing for black and white like your masks?" She then asked in a curious manner.
"No, it's just really coincidental color coordination." Asuka answered.
"Or it could be fate." Ann teased with a joking smile on her face.
"And this is the reason we needed to get some different colored clothing." Homura then revealed. "Diversity, you know." She added.
"Hm...Well, let's start off with your favourite colors and work from there." Ann soon suggested.
"Ok, I like green." Asuka spoke up.
"Crimson red for me." Homura replied.
"For some reason, I somehow knew you two would say that." Ann admitted. "Must be because of the flames when we summon our Personas." She then added.
"Then I guess your favorite color's pink then huh?" Homura remarked with a smirk.
"It's the same with the gloves." Ann replied. "Though, I don't know why your gloves are brown and...I think a different shade of brown." She then added.
"I think it's supposed to be dark orange." Homura soon corrected.
"Isn't that brown?" Ann soon asked.
"Mine is not brown!" Homura then declared.
"I think the word brown has lost all meaning so can we please get back to what we're doing?" Asuka suggested.
Both girls in response to that suggestion sweatdropped in realization.
"Right, we're getting distracted. Again." Ann sighed out. "Wow, how long have we been here again?" She soon asked.
"Um...Three hours." Asuka answered after pulling out her phone. "Well should wrap it up soon or else our sanity will start to suffer." She then mumbled out for only their group to hear.
"You sure about that last part?" Ann asked with a skeptical expression on her face.
"...Well, you can't exactly refute that." Homura mumbled out. "But we still need some more underwear so let's get it out of the way. So, anything else we wanna talk about?" She suggested followed by the new question.
"Erm...You have any interests? You know, hobbies that help you cope with...your jobs?" Ann soon asked.
"I don't think we have the most appropriate hobbies to discuss in public." Asuka soon countered.
"You have to have other interests that doesn't involve that stuff." Ann began. "Well besides training...what else do you girls like to do?" She then asked in a curious manner.
"Uh...Well...T-T-Tr-Training...? No wait, um..." Asuka stuttered out to correct herself. She going to ask if making sushi with her grandfather counted, however her roommate didn't give her a chance to correct herself.
"Fighting." Homura replied bluntly.
Ann could only sweatdrop at their answers. "Nothing else? That's...actually kind of sad when you know what you do." She then admitted.
"Yeah. Our jobs are really depressing when you think about it. We train young, and most likely die young without experiencing life, love, the world around us..." Homura sighed out. "There's a lot of things you miss out when you're a Shinobi. Be happy you're not us." She then advised.
At that moment, the three girls became silent out of depression.
"Well, this turned gloomy really fast." Asuka muttered out. "Anyway, I guess in a way, what we're both doing is pretty refreshing since it let's us get away from some of our occupation duties." She then added.
"And that's why we're gonna make your stay here as memorable as possible." Ann then declared.
"It's already memorable, just not in a good way." Homura replied as they all simultaneously winced. "But goddamn it if it hasn't been the best week of my life...barring certain incidents." She then got out.
"Yeah...I guess mine too." Asuka admitted.
"I kind of wished we met under better circumstances but I can't really deny that." Ann admitted.
"Right, sorry about everything I said back there." Homura sighed out.
The ash blonde however shook her head to that. "It's water under the bridge. At best, I should be angry at Ryuji for making you think I was in league with Kamoshida ." Ann replied. "And you can't even really blame him too. The rumours got to him and I just let it happen. Well, that feeble, helpless Ann is dead. There's only the rebel that remains." She soon declared with a smirk.
"Well, that rebel better pull her weight when the time comes or else she's being left behind." Homura however reminded.
"Oh don't worry, a Panther always gets her prey." Ann replied with a smirk. "Now come on, show me what you've got." She then requested in an encouraging tone.
"Huh? Oh, right. Underwear." Asuka got out as the two opened the curtains of their individual changing room.
The ash blonde as a result couldn't help but smile proudly to seeing the two girls. "Ok, now those suit you two!" Ann declared in satisfaction.
For Asuka, she was wearing a forest green colored lace bra and panties while for Homura, it was similar, but her's being crimson in color.
"Huh, and it doesn't cause our breasts to jiggle..." Homura noted and jumped on the spot.
Boing!
"Well, not as much as before." Asuka added with a sweatdrop to the smaller jiggle before smiling. "But it is an improvement." She then stated in a positive tone while looking towards her roommate. "And you look great Homura-chan!" She complimented in a delighted tone with a cute smile on her face.
"Y-You too, Asuka. Yours suits you really well." Homura replied with a smile and a small blush. "I swear, I would murder someone for you without a second thought if you asked really nicely, Asuka. Especially in that." She however thought in excitement.
"Well, I guess this is as good as we're going to get today. Let's pay for this stuff and grab a bite to eat." Ann decided in a satisfied manner.
"Sounds good. We've been here way too long." Homura got out in agreement as she cracked her back.
Soon enough, the two girls got their normal clothes back on and arrived at the register with their new clothes they each decided on including shirts, pants, dresses, bras, panties and shoes.
"That'll be 108074 yen." The clerk revealed.
Suddenly, Asuka started coughing having gasped too hard while Homura's jaw dropped.
"Why are clothes more expensive than model guns!?" Asuka and Homura thought in confused and shocked unison.
Ann however just shrugged to that reveal. "Not much of a hit to the rainy day fund. Here you go." She replied as she casually handed over her card.
"That was definitely going to be a hit..." Asuka mumbled to herself.
"Is this the salary of a model? Wow, we really don't get paid that much." Homura grumbled quietly.
"Yeah..." Asuka got out in agreement.
"...Hold on, she only gave us 3000 for equipment!" Homura realized. "You cheap daughter of a-" She began growling out in anger.
"I only get 10000 yen per week but I really don't need to use a lot of it most of the time and I save most of it. Plus, I work a lot thanks to my natural looks." Ann interrupted before things got hairy. "And I don't carry physical cash in my wallet most of the time. I'm kinda paranoid I'd get robbed." She then added.
"That should be the least of your worries." Homura darkly thought, the memory of the gym teacher tearing the ash blonde's friend apart replaying in her mind.
"It's okay, Ann-chan. At least you pitched in." Asuka got out. "Though, we have to start setting aside some money so we can buy more from Untouchable." She then added.
"Yeah, our equipment needs to be constantly up-to-date, which is a huge money sink we can't ignore." Homura agreed as she shook her head. "God, it's going to suck finding an actual part-time job for me. I barely have any skills outside of shinobi crap." She soon admitted.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll help you find one." Asuka reassured. "Maybe not now, but soon." She then added.
"We still have a bit of time to hang out before I need to go so..." Ann muttered out before spotting something. "Oh, wait right here! There's something I wanna show you." She said before dashing off.
A few minutes later, Ann came back with three drinks that, for some reason, filled them with a sense of dread.
"Oh, have you tried this aojiru yet? This shop is famous for giving out special types of these drinks on Sundays." Ann began as she gave them the oddly-colored drinks. "They're said to improve your knowledge and all sorts of things. I never tried it before so let's make it special. To your first Sunday in Tokyo!" She soon declared.
"Cheers!" They all called out in unison before before taking a big swig of their drink.
They instantly regretted it.
"AaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH...!" Ann screamed out while crying, her eyes suddenly burning.
"Everything is pain! There are no Shadows! There is only Penis Chariots!" Asuka deliriously and frantically declared.
"Huh, this...this tastes like dirt." Homura mumbled out before taking another swig. "No, wait...yeah, there's undercooked bull testicles and kale in this. The kale explains the dirt." She got out before casually taking another swig. "Eh, Haruka's concoctions are worse than this." She meanwhile thought.
Although for drinking Nasty Aojiru, they became braver as a result.
"Ugh...that sucked." Asuka soon admitted while holding her bags.
"I think...I think I'm gonna bleach my mouth when I get home." Ann soon groaned. "And cry when I go to sleep." She then added.
"I'll go ahead and buy you two something to wash it down. Give me a sec." Homura offered as she walked over to a nearby machine, soon returning with sodas in hand. Though, to Ann, two soda cans appeared in her hands.
"...I love knowing you two." Ann got out with a smile as she took the drink while the other girl chugged her's down. "You handled it pretty well Homura." She then added.
"Well, I have this acquaintance that...er, it's probably best you know very little of her but let's just say she's what you'd define as a...scientist with weird fetishes." Homura vaguely explained.
(Hebijo Academy)
"..." Three girls were all silent as they were also covered in orange blood as well as large furry corpses around them.
"Not. A word." Haruka suddenly ordered with a sickly sweet smile on her face.
"I didn't say anything." Mirai pointed out.
"You were thinking about it though." Haruka stated.
"...Yeah, I was actually." Mirai admitted rather bluntly. "But I don't get why you decided to make an aphrodisiac for squirrels Haruka-sama." She then added.
"A test subject before human trials." Haruka simply replied.
"...I have never, ever, seen you test something on anything other than a human." Mirai deadpanned. "By the way, on your left." She casually informed, causing the oldest girl in their group to duck.
BANG!
"Thank you." Haruka soon replied.
"And besides, I don't think turning squirrels into giant, hyper-violent monsters is a success." Yomi then got out.
"It is to me. And there's only a dozen left." Haruka once more replied.
BANG!
"Less than a dozen left." Haruka corrected herself. "We'll be fine." She then reassured as a door slammed opened, revealing a very tired-looking green haired girl.
"I hate you with everything I have, Haruka. However, I don't have the capacity to do that so I'm going to sleep. Oh, and update the counter by 8." Hikage stated in a dull tone, walking past them covered in nothing but fur and orange blood. "By the way, their blood dissolves all clothing after a delay." She then informed.
"Thank you!" Mirai soon exclaimed. "...Wait, what did you say?" She then asked.
"Hey, um, does anyone smell burning pineapples?" Yomi asked a question that was rapidly being answered right now.
(4/17, Afternoon)
(Shibuya, Central Street)
Eventually, they went up to Central Street to hang out for a little bit longer before Ann had to leave.
"Huh, didn't realize this is how many bags we have to carry home." Homura commented. "Or how expensive clothes shopping actually is." She then admitted.
"You did say you had to replace your entire closet." Ann replied. "You're lucky I can take the hit and get you into some really nice stuff." She happily added in a proud manner.
"The benefits of knowing a model." Asuka giggled out.
"And the benefits of knowing professionals. I don't think I can carry even a fifth of those bags." Ann then revealed in the same proud manner.
"Yeah, we should off-load these as soon as we can." Homura then got out.
GRRRRRRRR!
The sound of three stomachs said otherwise.
"Or we can get something to eat first," Ann soon suggested. "You girls are alright with Big Bang Burger?" She then offered.
"I could go for a burger right now. I could probably eat a cow." Homura replied as she rubbed her stomach.
"Well there's always the Big Bang Burger Challenge. They more than likely stuffed an entire cow in that thing and it's only 500 yen." Ann then suggested while explaining her reason.
That immediately perked up the tan skinned girl. "That. Sounds. Awesome!" Homura exclaimed in excitement to the idea.
"Um...I hope they have something not too fatty there." Asuka muttered out.
"Oh, trying to watch your weight?" Ann guessed to that reveal.
"Er...No-Not necessarily." Asuka replied with a blush. "Fat...goes..." She then started, but trailed off at the end while blushing in embarrassment.
The ash blonde however tilted her head to that. "Hm, what was that?" Ann soon asked.
"All fat...usually goes to my breasts..." Asuka meekly revealed.
The ash blonde in turn to hearing that couldn't help but blink before she sweatdrop. "...Seriously, what is with your genetics!?" Ann once more asked, though her voice had a little envy in it.
"One of life's greatest mysteries, Ann. One of life's greatest mysteries." Homura comforted the girl as they headed to Big Bang Burger.
When they got there, Homura automatically attempted the Big Burger Challenge. To skip the gory and slightly disturbing details, she won rather easily.
"THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" Homura cheered, arms raised in victory as the other customers and staff restaurant clapped at her achievement.
"Well, it's good to see Homura-chan enjoy herself." Asuka awkwardly giggled out.
"Again, you two scare me. A lot." Ann stated with a sweatdrop. "And I also question your genetics and training. And... You know what, I'm gonna assume magic and not waste my life thinking about it more than I already have. I wouldn't be surprised that magic exists at this point..." She then sighed out. "...Is there magic?" She soon asked.
"Er... I guess? If you count stuff like um, our special skills." Asuka awkwardly replied.
"How do they work anyway? Please don't tell me it's chakra like in a manga..." Ann soon asked followed by her guess.
"Um, well, techniques work by-" Asuka soon began, however...
"Urgh...Can someone help me into the bathroom? My legs fell asleep and there is an emergency quickly approaching...also I want a drink afterwards. I'm kinda thirsty." Homura soon requested.
"Oh...Oh! Crap! I take her left, you get her right." Ann ordered as they quickly put their arms on the tan skinned girl's shoulders and slowly guided her onto her feet and to the bathroom.
"Please don't tell me this counts as a fail!" Homura begged.
"No it doesn't!" One of the employees called out while he started taking pictures, mostly of the trio's asses.
Then, mysteriously, his phone safely exploded.
"Thank you!" Homura called back before wincing. Her stomach did not like that.
"I'm gonna assume you had nothing to do with that." Ann giggled out.
"Nothing at all. Now go slowly! Breakfast, lunch and dinner is really close to violently exiting from my mouth!" Homura warned.
"We haven't had dinner yet." Asuka pointed out.
"And that is the severity of the situation right now!" Homura stated. "Oh God, what the hell did they put in the sauce!?" She soon asked.
"C-Calm down Homura-chan, you're gonna make it through this." Asuka reassured as they got to the bathroom.
"Asuka, Ann, if I die tell my acquaintances to lower me in my grave so they can let me down one last time." Homura soon requested in strained tone.
"You can tell them yourself!" Ann exclaimed before pausing. "Wait, excuse me!?" She soon asked in confusion and realization.
"We're here!" Asuka called out before shoving the tan skinned girl through the ladies' bathroom door. "Whew! That was a close one." She soon got out in relief.
"SWEET HEAVEN ABOVE! RELEA-UUURRRAAAAGGGGHHHHH!" They heard Homura scream on the other side of the door. "VICTORY NEVER FELT SO GOOD! BUT IT TASTES LIKE A SWEATY ASSHO-WWWWAAARRRGGGHHHH!" She then groaned out.
"A little too close." Asuka added with a wince.
"Yep. God, just looking at her eat the thing was tiring." Ann muttered out.
"No kidding. Probably worse for Homura-chan." Asuka replied with a nod before glancing at the door, where they continued to hear the tortured screams of a murderer being murdered himself coming from a teenage girl. "Though, maybe she could've slowed down a little." She then admitted.
"Yeah. But I gotta admit, that was impressive." Ann soon added. "For a second there, I thought she unhinged her jaw back there." She then admitted.
"Well, Homura seems to really like meat." Asuka revealed. "I mean, she challenged Ryuji-kun to an beef bowl eating contest the other day. She gives him a lot of grief but I can see them getting along really well later." She then added.
"All the while she's still holding shooting you by accident against me. You'd think she'd take me shooting her more personally." Ann mumbled out.
"You can't really blame her. She's resistant to bullets while I'm weak to it." Asuka pointed out. "You know, something just came to me. Are we...Are we resistant to the stuff we're resistant to in the Metaverse in the real world. Like, are you resistant to fire here?" She stated followed by the question.
"I'm not sure, but I wouldn't try and test it." Ann replied. "Somehow, it's eventually gonna end up with Ryuji or Akira tied to a pole on the highest building in Tokyo in the middle of a thunderstorm." She then deadpanned.
"And we can do it too." Homura spoke up as she exited the bathroom, completely clean. "Quite easily in fact." She then added.
"That's why I keep saying you two scare me." Ann stated. "And that was quick. I'm not gonna ask, by the way." She then added in a blunt manner.
"Good thinking. And we aren't the strongest shinobi out there. We're still technically in-training after all." Homura pointed out. "There are a lot more dangerous people than us. I mean, this is a profession where a lot of people uh...quit early." She then revealed.
"Yeah, I know the saying. That you should fear those who reached old age in a profession where they die young." Ann finished. "And what is that defined as?" She soon asked.
"...When you reach your twenties." Asuka hesitantly and sadly answered.
The ash blonde in turn slightly paled to that. "Ouch." Ann winced.
"Yep. And that's why I might...consider a career change." Homura muttered, though was unsure. "...Hey, you gonna visit Shiho or what?" She soon asked.
"Huh? Oh, almost forgot!" Ann got out as she checked the time. "I better get going before visiting hours end. See you two tomorrow!" She then added.
"Bye Ann-chan!" Asuka waved the ash blonde goodbye while said girl disappeared into the crowd. "We should get going too." She soon suggested.
"Yeah, sure. God, I'm tired." Homura sighed out as she picked up the bags of clothing.
It was going to be a long walk home.
(Fast Forward)
Sae just sat there, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration and resign. "I am not going to ask why you know all about your friends' outings, down to what type of undergarments they were looking at, while also saying you were getting friendly with your supplier at roughly the same time. I'm going to assume that your accomplices are rather transparent with their daily lives." She then stated.
"Why? Isn't it your job to ask questions? Or do you only want answers from me?" Akira pointed out while smiling deviously.
He received a death glare that quickly wiped it off his face.
"Okay, moving on..." Akira continued.
(Rewind)
(4/17, Evening)
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
"Back home!" Asuka happily declared as she and her roommate entered their apartment their bags.
"Thank God. It was such a drag to get all these up here." Homura groaned as they dropped all the bags onto the floor.
"Well, we better start putting it all away before we head to bed or else we'll never get around to it." Asuka then suggested.
Homura nodded in agreement to that and they both started putting away everything they've bought.
It took a good hour or two, but eventually they got down to the last bags.
"That should be the last of it..." Asuka mumbled to herself. "Tops?" she then started listing off.
"Check." Homura replied as she made sure it was all folded up and placed properly.
"Bottoms?" Asuka continued.
"Yep." Homura replied.
"Shoes?" Asuka then asked.
"In the living room." Homura answered.
"Underwear?" Asuka soon asked.
"Somewhere only we and God knows." Homura vaguely stated.
"Okay, we're good." Asuka happily replied with a nod as the two then noticed something in the corner of the room.
"Hey wait, we missed two bags." Homura stated before the two remembered what were in those bags.
"Oh that's..." They both started to say before quickly covering their mouths and blushed.
Soon a moment of silence occurred between the two girls as they uncovered their mouths and the blushes soon left their faces.
"Hey Homura-chan, Ann-chan told me that for this one outfit I got, I should show you when we got back here." Asuka suddenly revealed. "Do you...mind if I get it on and show you?" She then asked in a curious manner.
"Hmm?" Homura hummed out with a raised eyebrow. "Uh, sure Asuka, you don't need my permission." She replied.
Asuka nodded to that as she took one of the bags into the bathroom. "I'll be changing." She informed as she closed the door.
"And I'll be here waiting." Homura replied, pulling out her phone to see if anyone was online right now. Unfortunately, no one was currently. "Why am I so nervous about this...? She's just changing into new clothes, idiot!" She thought as she waited for her roommate to stop changing.
Soon enough, the Good Shinobi appeared before her roommate in a simple white sundress, shyly holding onto a straw hat behind her back while wearing open toe sandals.
"S-So Homura-chan, how do I look?" Asuka asked, a pink blush dusting her cheeks while having her hands behind her back in an adorable manner.
Homura however could only stare, words dying in her mouth as she tried to describe how...good her roommate looked in her new clothes. "Asuka...You...Just...Wow..." She soon got out. "Oh my sweet marshmallows, she looks so cute~!" She mentally gushed out.
To hearing that reaction, Asuka couldn't help but smile. "So...it's not too girly or something? Ann-chan recommended it to me." She replied while doing a small twirl to show off the clothes
Homura soon snapped out of her trance and slapped herself across the cheek to regain her focus. "Hell no Asuka, it's not too girly at all! You look great!" She praised in a honest manner. "You'll always look great in anything~" She however thought in a cooing and excited tone.
Asuka could only smile while a blush graced her face. "Thank you Homura-chan...I never thought I would be wearing clothes like this really." She then admitted.
Homura in response raised an eyebrow to that. "Why not? You'd look great in any of them." She replied.
The Good Shinobi's blush soon became one of embarrassment as she covered her cheeks. "Y-You really think so?" Asuka soon asked.
Homura immediately nodded to that in an enthusiastic manner. "Yeah, sure do!" She replied with honesty. "Marshmallows..." She meanwhile offhandedly thought.
Asuka soon gave a grateful smile to her roommate's words. "Well then, I'll keep it! Thanks Homura-chan!" She cheerfully decided. "It's only for the hotter days though. I have a different one for the winter months." She then revealed.
Homura in turn smirked to that. "Good to know. It really looks great on you and I can't wait to see the other one. Remind me to thank Ann later." She soon requested.
Asuka nodded in agreement. "Good idea. So what about your new clothes Ann-chan recommended to you? I can I see them?" She soon requested.
Homura in response to that gained a slightly sheepish expression. "You sure? I feel like it's a little too...tomboyish." She admitted in an awkward manner.
The tan skinned girl however quickly regretted it as she had a mini-heart attack when Asuka pulled out the puppy dog eyes. "Pweeease~?" She asked in a cutesy tone, which was only intensified by her current clothes.
The tan skinned girl immediately twitched to the sight of this. "Dammit! Why must she be so adorable?!" Homura mentally asked as her resistance was failing her.
Asuka meanwhile was still giving off the puppy dog eyes, increasing in adorableness by 50% every second.
"Alright! Alright! I'll show you! Please stop! You're getting light into my eye." Homura finally relented as she rubbed her eyes to hide the tears.
She was crying from sheer adorableness.
Asuka soon enough ended the puppy dog eyes and smiled happily and in satisfaction. "New info number two, Homura-chan can't resist puppy dog eyes." She mentally stated to herself.
"I can't believe this! Why did I fall for something like that?" Homura mentally groaned.
"Maybe it's because you secretly love cute things? Also you're as gullible as shit?" Wolverine deadpanned.
"SHUT UP!" Homura mentally demanded as she grabbed her bag. "I-I'll be changing in the bathroom." She then informed with a red face as she got to the door and closed it behind her.
Asuka however was looking behind her in a slightly concerned manner. "Are you alright Homura-chan?" She soon asked while tilting forward and cutely tilting her head before her roommate could close the door.
Homura quickly turned around to face her roommate. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine Asuka! Perfectly fine!" She hastily replied in a flustered manner.
Asuka tilted her head the other way in the same cute manner before she gave off a teasing smile. "Homura-chan, do you think I look cute~?" She then asked a sly tone.
Homura's blush intensified as steam started coming out the sides of her head as she then closed the door. "Yes! You are cute! Dammit, why do you torture me so much?!" She panickingly replied with her own question while in the bathroom.
Asuka in turn couldn't help but giggle to that. "Well I think you're cute too Homura-chan for getting flustered like this." She then admitted with a innocent smile.
As Homura was changing in the bathroom, she immediately jolted up with a blush to what was said about her. "Asuka thinks I'm cute...Asuka thinks I'm cute!" She meanwhile thought in excitement to the praise she received. "Y-You aren't praising just to be nice right? I thought we talked about this!" She then called out.
"I mean it Homura-chan, it suits you." Asuka continued to compliment her roommate from the other side of the door.
"A-Asuka..." Homura stammered out in a slightly uneasy tone.
Asuka then tilted her head in a curious manner. "Hmm? Are you done yet?" She soon asked in concern and a little excitement.
Soon enough, Homura finished changing and reopened the bathroom door as she came out to reveal she was wearing a green hoodie with white sleeves and a H on her right breast, and some jean short shorts while also having white tennis shoes on.
Asuka's mouth was soon wide open to her roommate's appearance as stars appeared in her eyes. "Wow! You look great Homura-chan! Those clothes suit you so well!" She praised.
Surprised to that complement, Homura couldn't help but blush. "Y-You really think so?" She got out. "I-I mean, the H on this thing is a little on the nose and it uh...it might stand for Homura or...Hebijo..." She then started to to mumble out.
Asuka happily nodded to that in excitement. "Yeah! They suit you so well it's not even funny! It's like they were made for you Homura-chan!" She then added
"Oh God, I think I'm gonna explode from happiness alone." Homura thought to herself in an excited manner before brushing some of her hair aside as she gave off a bashful smirk to try and calm herself down. "W-Well, if you think so, then I'll keep this. I'd be a waste if I just returned it, guess Ann knows her stuff, huh." She replied.
"She really does, though its expected of a model." Asuka giggled out before gaining a thoughtful expression after realizing something. "Now that I think about it...when we both first came to Tokyo, we both had our hair in ponytails, but after awakening to our Personas, we never tied them back up again." She got out as she looked at the bathroom mirror.
Homura then turned around to also look at the mirror. "Now that you mentioned it...you're right. We never did tie our hair back. Perhaps it's a sign of us finally breaking free of our insecurities. Er, most of our insecurities at the moment." She muttered out.
Asuka shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe. I mentioned it cause I just noticed it...I mean we've changed so much in just a week." She admitted.
Homura merely shrugged her shoulders as well to that. "Kinda short compared how change usually goes. Though with what happened, it's surprising we didn't change in any way." She replied.
"But it's not really a bad thing is it?" Asuka then asked. "I mean we've surprisingly learned so much more then we would have back at our respective shinobi schools. We have an entire year!" She soon declared while grinning.
"Yeah, that's true. Guess we learned quite a bit just by being with Akira and the others. Something our shinobi schools seems to neglect." Homura replied before adding that last part bitterly.
Asuka narrowed her eyes to that in agreement. "...Or just don't want to teach us...to uphold their traditions..." She grumbled out.
"Or that..." Homura sighed out in agreement while rubbing the back of her head.
Asuka then sighed as she felt as though the subject now was getting depressing. "Honestly, even after what happened...I'm glad I came here...not just 'cause of my new power...but also cause I met you Homura-chan..." She then confessed as she gave an honest smile.
The tan skinned girl's eyes soon widened to that. "Y-You mean that?" Homura asked.
Asuka only nodded to that while still smiling bright.
For Homura, she couldn't help herself as a small smile graced her face. "You...you're really nice Asuka..." She admitted.
The Good Shinobi merely gave off an innocent smile to that. "But I'm not nice because I have to. Thank you Homura-chan." Asuka replied.
Homura however shook her head as she then placed her hands on her roommate's shoulders, slightly surprising her to the action. "No Asuka, I really mean it...you are the nicest person I had ever met...no one has ever been this nice to me before since that bastard who was acting nice to me until he ruined my life with his suicide that framed me..." She admitted as her hair then started covering her eyes as she frowned in a sad and guilty manner. "Even when I don't deserve it...so why Asuka? Why go so far for someone like me?" She soon asked.
Asuka couldn't help but wince at this but quickly calmed herself down. "Do I even need a reason to want to be friends with you?" She countered with her own question. "I thought you looked really sad and I wanted to be friends with you. So don't even say you don't deserve it, everyone needs a friend to always be there for them." She then stated.
"Even...when I've killed before? Even with what I've done in the past?" Homura replied in a stressed manner.
Asuka merely nodded to that in a determined manner. "Even if you've killed before, I won't abandon you because of that. You're my friend and that won't change no matter what." She declared.
The shadows were still covering Homura's eyes as some tears start to well up as she suddenly pulled her roommate into a tight hug. "T-Thank you..." She stammered out while sniffling.
Asuka was shocked to this action at first but returned the hug. "You're welcome Homura-chan." She softly replied.
Homura continued to quietly cry as she hugged her roommate tighter, merely repeating thank you in a grateful manner.
"I won't let Homura-chan be sad anymore..." Asuka thought with a serious expression on her face. "I can't let her be sad anymore..." She then added in her head in a determined manner be she then smiled softly as her roommate continued hugging her. "Hey Homura-chan?" She softly began.
"Hm? What is it?" Homura asked while still rubbing her roommate's back.
Asuka pushed herself back slightly as she looked at her friend straight into her eyes. "Let's continue hanging out and do things together. You alright with that?" She suggested.
"I never said anything about stopping." Homura simply replied.
Asuka in response smiled happily to that. "Then it's a deal then Homura-chan!" She decided.
"Right!" Homura once more replied with her own smile.
At that moment, Asuka then remembered another issue. "So taking baths and sleeping together is still allowed right?" She then asked in a curious manner
"Of course! They've been allowed since we got our Personas!" Homura got out in a reassuring tone. "It's a must now my adorable Asuka~ You're my sweet little marshmallow~" She meanwhile offhandedly thought in a possessive manner.
Asuka sighed in relief. "Good, 'cause I like taking baths with you! It's fun and you won't go and grope me like Katsu-nee does." She admitted.
The tan skinned girl merely rolled her eyes to that. "Please, like I'm anything like that pervert of a friend of yours." Homura giggled out with an amused smirk on her face.
"Really now." Wolverine however remarked in a deadpan tone. "Marshmallows?" She then repeated.
"...I really want marshmallows today...?" Homura weakly and mentally replied with a shrug. "Dammit Wolverine, I'm not like Asuka's friend Katsuragi...I have no interest in groping her like she does..." She then mumbled out in denial.
"Actions speak louder than words..." Wolverine soon countered.
"Well, all your teasing and cryptic shit is louder all of those..." Homura mumbled out.
"That's true Homura-chan! You would never go on a groping spree like Katsu-nee would." Asuka agreed, unaware of the mental discussion her roommate was having with her Persona.
Homura then couldn't help but rub the back of her head. "Mainly cause I'm not a pervert like she is." She soon reminded in a pride filled tone. "But same here, I honestly like taking baths with you as well." She then replied.
Asuka giggled some more at this. "And a few days ago, you used to be so embarrassed by it or not even wanting to take baths together." She then remarked in an amused manner.
Homura blushed and rubs the back of her head. "Okay, maybe I was at first." She awkwardly admitted.
To hearing that, Asuka couldn't help but giggle in amusement.
"W-What? Did I say something stupid?" Homura soon asked in an awkward manner with the blush still gracing her face in confusion to her roommate's sudden giggling.
Asuka in response shook her head to that. "No no, it's just that you usually would never admit to something that. You would be too prideful at the time." She replied.
Homura in turn became flustered in an embarassed manner to that. "O-Okay, maybe my pride has gotten the better of me." She soon got out.
To hearing that, Asuka couldn't help but smile. "And this shows you're changing, actually both of us are changing." She declared.
"Yeah, we really are. Maybe for the better." Homura admitted with a satisfied sigh.
Asuka in turn nodded to that as she then hugged her roommate with her wrapping her arms around her roommate's neck. "Yeah, we're friends now." She replied.
Homura blushed but hugged her roommate back anyways. "Y-Yeah, we are friends now." She replied.
Asuka meanwhile kept giggling. "You're blushing again Homura-chan~" She got out in a teasing tone.
Homura's soon looked away in a flustered manner. "W-Well, that's because it's hot out here, that's all." She countered.
Asuka however began to grin in a teasing manner. "Come on Homura-chan~ We made the rule of no more lying in this apartment~" She chided in a playful manner.
Homura couldn't help but giggle at this. "I know. I'm just messing with you." She soon replied.
"Alsoyou'reachronicliar." Wolverine quickly admitted, which her other self promptly ignored.
At that point, the two girls kept giggling in amusement to everything they were talking about.
"So Homura-chan, think we should take a bath now? We had a long day." Asuka soon suggested.
"Yeah, sounds like a plan. I think I'm starting to smell." Homura replied as she took a sniff of her armpit before gagging. "Sweat and cinders do not mix." She thought.
"Same here." Asuka giggled out in agreement.
The two then took off their clothes as they then wrapped towels around their bodies before entering the bath and turned on the water.
"Ah the bath, the best time at any point of the day!" Asuka happily got out.
"You can say that again." Homura giggled out in agreement.
"Ah the bath, the best time at any point of the day!" Asuka jokingly repeated with a laugh. "I'll wash your hair once the bath is full Homura-chan, but I would like to soak for a bit before we do." She then offered followed by her request.
Homura in turn nodded to that. "Alright, fine by me." She replied.
Soon the tub filled up as the two entered it after placing their towels aside.
Asuka soon had a satisfied and relaxed expression on her face. "Aaaah~ So good~!" She sighed out in a relieved manner.
Homura also had a relieved expression on her satisfied face. "Ooooh yeah...~" She mumbled out in relief while leaning back with her arms laying on the rims of the tub.
Asuka meanwhile was doing the same on the opposite side with her breasts floating in the water. "Mmm...times like these just makes you want to relax allll day~!" She continued sighing in the same manner.
"Yeah...tell me about it." Homura meanwhile got out in agreement.
Asuka then looked towards her roommate for a moment before turning her gaze to the ceiling. "I mean with everything going on, we definitely need this." She then admitted.
But at that moment...
"Asuka, when are you going to tell your roommate about her secret sweet side?" Kaeru suddenly questioned in a serious tone.
To that sudden question, Asuka had to sigh at being reminded. "Kaeru...please..." She mentally replied in an uneasy manner.
Homura however was completely ignorant to the meaning of her roommate's sigh. "Agreed." She simply replied.
The tan skinned girl's Persona however had other ideas. "She's hiding something." Wolverine declared in a serious tone.
Homura however narrowed her eyes to that. "Hmm? What do you mean?" She mentally asked in confusion.
"It's exactly as I said." Wolverine answered in a serious tone.
Soon enough, Homura turned towards her roommate. "Asuka...are you ...hiding anything?" She hesitantly asked.
To hearing that, Asuka looked over in confusion. "Hm?" She hummed out in a curious tone.
"I feel like you're hiding something from me." Homura soon revealed.
To that, Asuka began sweating nervously. "H-Huh? W-What makes you say that?" She soon asked in a stammering tone.
"A gut feeling, maybe." Homura bluntly and casually replied with a shrug.
Asuka in turn gulped in nervousness "Umm...Homura-chan, your Persona didn't say anything did she?" She then asked.
Homura soon raised an eyebrow to that. "That depends on what she was talking about." She replied.
"W-Well it sounds like she's suspecting me of something and it got me curious." Asuka admitted. "If her Persona knows, Homura-chan knows already but refuses to admit it. And that's not gonna last long." She meanwhile thought.
Homura merely raised an eyebrow to that. "Is that so?" She then asked.
Asuka in turn nodded to that. "Y-Yes." She stammered out. However in the girl's head, her thinking process was saying otherwise. "Oh god please buy it..." She practically begged in her mind in a panicked manner.
Homura in turn shrugged her shoulders to the answer. "Well, okay, if you say so." She replied in a relaxed manner.
"Ok good." Asuka replied with a sigh of relief.
"Yet you won't tell her about Sweet Homura..." Kaeru however stated in a serious tone within the girl's head.
Asuka soon began blushing as steam blows out from her head like a tea kettle. "K-Kaeru! I can't just tell Homura-chan something like that! She'll become so embarrassed that she'll move out!" She mentally reminded in a panicked manner.
Homura then glanced over to her roommate with a raised eyebrow. "...You ok?" She soon asked in concern.
Asuka soon jolted up to the question. "Y-Yeah! Everything's ok!" She got out in a nervous tone.
Homura then narrowed her eyes, now knowing her roommate was hiding something. "Asuka...what aren't you telling me?" She soon asked in a more serious tone.
Asuka was now sweating bullets. "N-Nothing! It's nothing!" She nervously got out.
Homura however wasn't buying it as she then crawled over to her roommate with a serious expression. "Asuka, I thought we promised no more lying." She reminded in the same tone.
Asuka meanwhile knew that her roommate was right. "I...I know..." She replied in a defeated tone.
Homura nodded to that as she placed her hands on both of her roommate's shoulders. "Ok then Asuka, tell me what your hiding now...please." She requested in a calm tone.
Asuka meekly nodded to that request. "Ok...here I go..." She started, taking a deep breath and closes her eyes. "I have to tell Homura...I...have...to..." She soon mentally struggled out, however...
SNAP!
Asuka soon reopened her eyes, unaware of what she just did as she saw that her hand was in the form as a result of her snapping her fingers as she paled. "Oh no..." She thought in a nervous manner.
Homura however raised an eyebrow to that sudden action. "What was-" She started but her eyes soon dulled as a sweet expression forms on her face. "Is something the matter Asuka-chan~?" She then ask in a sweet tone.
Asuka however was getting nervous. "U-Um..." She stammered out.
Homura meanwhile started to wave a hand in front of her roommate's face to get the other girl's attention. "Asuka-chan~? Hellooo~?" She got out in a sweet and innocent tone.
However the Good Shinobi was still mentally dealing with other matters. "What am I gonna do!? I can't believe I did it to Homura-chan again! What am I going to tell the others!?" Asuka mentally panicked.
Kaeru however narrowed her eyes to this question. "The truth." She soon answered in a serious manner.
Asuka in response to that slumped down and sighed in a depressed manner. "I guess I really don't have much of a choice, huh?" She then mumbled out.
Homura soon innocently tilted head. "Is there something wrong~?" She then asked in concern.
Asuka soon took in a deep breath to calm herself down. "Ok, I know this might sound weird, but there's something you really need to know." She then started.
Homura meanwhile smiled sweetly to her friend's words. "And what would that be Asuka-chan~?" She soon asked in an innocent manner.
"Shouldn't you tell her when she's normal and not Sweet Homura?" Kaeru pointed out.
Asuka in turn sighed to that suggestion. "I guess you're right..." She mumbled out as she took in another deep breath. "Homura-chan, please go back to normal." She then requested.
Homura in response kept smiling. "Normal~? I am normal~" She simply replied.
Asuka however sweatdropped to that. "I mean before I snapped my fingers." She then explained.
Homura soon enough realized what her roommate meant. "Oh~? Is that what you mean~?" She soon asked as if she wanted it to be confirmed.
Asuka merely nodded to that. "Yes Homura-chan." She replied.
Homura nodded to that as she didn't want to upset her friend. "Well, if you say so~ But first~" She started as she suddenly crawled over and kisses her roommate's forehead.
CHU!
Homura then cutely tilted her head after back away from her roommate. "Bring me out again sometime Asuka-chan~!" She then requested with a smile.
Asuka however just blushed at being kissed on her forehead again, not able to say anything to the request given to her.
The light soon returned to Homura's eyes as she winced slightly while holding head "What just..." She groaned out in a confused manner.
Asuka's blush soon faded as she looked at her roommate. "Homura-chan...are you ok?" She then asked in concern.
Homura in turn nodded to that. "Yeah...just a headache." She replied while shaking the pain out of her head. "So, can you tell me what your hiding now? No more secrets." She once more asked followed by their promise to one another.
Asuka nodded to that as she was prepared this time. "Alright...no more secrets...Ok, here I go." She encouraged himself, taking a deep breath and this time making sure she didn't snap her fingers.
Homura however raised an eyebrow to these actions.
"Well...something happened the night when Ann-chan got her Persona..." Asuka started as she looked at her roommate. "And now when I snapped my fingers, your original personality becomes a...different personality..." She soon revealed.
Homura however blinked to that to that in both concern and confusion. "...What? What kind of personality exactly Asuka?" She soon asked.
"Well...don't get too angry, but your personality becomes a sweet kind." Asuka then revealed.
Homura in response focused all of her attention on her roommate. "...Define sweet exactly..." She slowly but seriously requested.
This immediately caused Asuka to blush bright red at the face. "Well...you become the most kindest person I've ever known and you say that you'd do anything for me..." She revealed in a meek tone.
This in turn surprised Homura greatly to this information. "...A-Are you serious? I was like that?" She soon asked.
Asuka in response nodded to that. "Y-Yes..." She answered as she watched her roommate's eyebrow started twitching, causing her to blush at that. "You...even kiss my forehead too..." She then meekly revealed.
That reveal in turn made Homura turn even redder than a tomato out of embarrassment as steam just blows out like a tea kettle. "I...I was...like that...?" She got out in a tone filled with disbelief.
Asuka softly nodded to that. "Yes...I didn't say anything because..." She started as tears start to well up. "I didn't want you to leave..." She soon revealed.
Homura's red face soon vanished in an instant as her eyes widen to that reveal. "Leave? Why would I leave?" She then asked in confusion.
Asuka soon sniffled to that. "Well...you said it would be out of embarrassment...and you said that you don't want to open up to people because you believed that it would lead to soul-crushing sadness when something happens to them..." She then answered.
Homura soon enough paled in fear to that. "Oh god...I revealed that to her!?" She thought in a panic.
"I...I just didn't want you to leave..." Asuka sniffled out her confession with more tears in her eyes. "I-I'm sorry Homura-chan..." She then apologized.
This however was too much for Homura as she couldn't bare to see her roommate sad like this, so she instinctively went and hugged her roommate tightly. "Shhhh...it's ok, I'm not mad...just surprised..." She softly responded.
Asuka on the other hand didn't say a word, but still had tears in her eyes as she let her roommate hug her.
The tan skinned girl meanwhile narrowed her eyes in anger. "Dammit, I can't believe I told her that..." Homura mentally scolded herself as she then clutched her hand into a fist for that confession. "Asuka...I admit that I used to think that way, but after meeting you and getting my Persona...I have started changing...I mean your my friend, an actual friend..." She soon revealed.
Asuka in turn looked up at her roommate to that. "R-Really? Sweet Homura said that too...but you're too embarrassed to say it..." She then meekly got out.
Homura then released her roommate from the hug as she looked at her with intensely in her expression. "I know...but I just couldn't really bring myself to say it out loud..." She admitted as she looked at the ceiling of the bathroom. "I...never really was allowed to talk back back in my old clan..." She then suddenly confessed.
To this reveal, Asuka blinked a couple of times as she calmed herself down. "You weren't?" She asked in a curious manner.
Homura nodded to that while sighing as she leaned back along the end of the tub before looking back at her roommate. "Yeah, since I was the heiress, they expected great things from me...as well as being completely obedient all the time..." She soon revealed.
Asuka in turn narrowed her eyes to that. "So they made sure to have that ready if you ever talk back?" She guessed.
Homura merely nodded again to the guess given to her. "Yup...and it really stressed me out all the while...I do want to be a shinobi...but..." She then confessed, but trailed off at the end in a hesitant manner.
This however caused Asuka to raise an eyebrow. "But...?" She repeated.
Homura then sighed. "...Now that think about it...I never really had much of a childhood in the first place..." She soon confessed in self realization. "Training, studying, training, studying, that's all I did day in and day out...all the while thinking that was the best at the time since we were isolated from outside world activities unless it was shinobi related until I got to middle school ... and then all that bullshit happened..." She then revealed before trailing off at the end.
This instantly caused Asuka to gasps in shock to even imagining what her roommate went through. "You mean they never let you even have any free time? Not to spend some time with friends? Nothing?" She then asked.
"Yup. No friends, no play, no world. They just said that I had to focus so I could fulfill my dream and bring honor to the Shinkukage Clan..." Homura sighed out, a frown appearing on her face.
"You mean their dream to bring honor to your clan...Not yours..." Asuka mumbled out bitterly as she narrowed her eyes.
Homura merely nodded in agreement to the bitter statement. "Exactly...but now...I don't really know what my dream as a shinobi is..." She soon confessed.
Asuka then crawled over and hugged her roommate. "Then we'll find it together. I'll help you find your dream as a shinobi, I can promise you that." She suddenly offered.
Homura's eyes soon widened in shock to that offer. "R-Really? A-Are you sure?" She then asked in a surprised yet concerned manner
Asuka merely nodded to that. "Yeah, I'm sure. Even if it takes me the rest of the year." She then declared.
"A-Asuka..." Homura got out as she was taken aback to this declaration.
Asuka's determined expression never left her face as she looked at the tan skinned girl. "I can promise you that we'll find your true reason to be a shinobi. And I won't break that promise." She soon declared.
Homura meanwhile was still in shock, though tears start to form in her eyes.
Asuka then noticed the tears and used her finger to wipe off some tears.
Homura in turn blushed to that action, though was still shocked over her friend's offer. "Asuka...that's...t-thank you..." She sniffled out as she held herself back from crying even more.
Asuka in response smiled kindly to that. "You're welcome Homura-chan." She replied as she began to rub her roommate's head in a tender manner. "I'm here for you. . so you can talk to me...and you can be yourself..." She softly revealed.
It was at that moment...Homura finally broke down as tears started running down her face. "AAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAH!" She openly cried out.
"Took you long enough to let it out..." Wolverine muttered though had a non-existent smile on her face.
Asuka in turn held onto her roommate tightly. "Shhhh...That's it...just let it all out...You don't have to hold back any longer..." She softly got out a caring and kind filled tone.
Homura still had tears still running down her eyes while hugging her roommate back. "WAAAAAAAAH!" She continued crying.
In turn, Asuka kept hugging her roommate while stroking her back to comfort her. "I have to be here for Homura-chan...she needs someone to actually support her..." She meanwhile thought in a serious manner.
Homura however kept crying while clutching onto her roommate.
To this, Asuka kept a tight hold on her roommate. "And I'll be there for her...as we both work to find our true place as shinobis...not for good...not for evil...But for the sake of us and everyone..." She soon thought.
A few minutes passed in the tub, the two shinobis/thieves just spending it holding onto each other, the tan skinned girl eventually calming down, but still had some tears in her eyes.
"Feeling better Homura-chan?" Asuka softly asked as rubbed her roommate's back in a tender manner.
Homura soon began rubbing her eyes. "Y-Yeah...I-I'm better now..." She got out. "I...really cried again..." She thought in disbelief as merely thinking of what she just did felt foreign to her.
Asuka in turn nodded to that. "Good, you deserved to let it all out..." She then replied.
The tan skinned girl merely nodded to that. "I-I guess I must've been holding back for years...I didn't think I'd cried this much... I thought I used up all my tears already." Homura sniffled out.
"It just goes to show that even though we're shinobis...we are still human beings, like Morgana-chan said." Asuka calmly stated.
The tan skinned girl once again nodded to that. "I-I'm definitely starting to realize that now. We may be trained to be weapons, but we are people first." Homura replied after fully calming down.
The two then nodded in agreement to that as they both had gained determined expressions on their faces.
"Though at the moment, we aren't just shinobis now." Asuka then reminded.
"No, and we were never ordinary students to begin with." Homura added in.
Asuka soon looked at her hand before balls it into a fist" "We're Persona users now..." She then declared.
"And we're Phantom Thieves..." Homura declared as she slammed her left fist into her right hand.
Asuka merely nodded to that. "And we'll change Kamoshida's heart for what he's done to us and everyone." She got out in a confidant manner.
Homura also nodded in agreement to that statement. "We'll make him repent for his crimes by stealing his heart." She declared.
The Good Shinobi soon smiled in happiness. "All together." Asuka continued
The tan skinned girl then smirked to that. "As a team." Homura soon concluded.
The two then high fived one another while standing up in determined and excited manner. Although they did get full views of each other's naked bodies, neither really minding the sight as they were currently too fired up to bring down the evil P.E teacher.
Again.
And as soon as their leader gave the say-so.
After calming down a bit, Asuka smiled to her roommate. "So then, you mind if I wash your body Homura-chan?" She soon offered.
Homura in turn merely shook her head to the offer. "Not at all Asuka." She replied without a care.
Asuka smiled brightly to that as she grabbed the scrubbing brush.
Homura soon turned around and spreads her arms out. "Be careful..." She soon requested while blushing in an embarassed manner. "I'm...I'm actually really ticklish..." She absentmindedly revealed.
This in turn surprised Asuka to this new information, but then she gained a mischievous smirk on her face. "Ticklish huh...?" She repeated in an excited and playful tone.
Homura's eyes widened and her skin paled as she realized her lethal mistake. "Asuka...you wouldn't..." She got out, fearing for her dignity.
Asuka's eyes soon gleamed to that guess. "Oh...I would..." She playfully replied as she started scrubbing her body with the brush. "Tickle! Tickle! Tickle!" She got out with childish delight.
Homura immediately started laughing as a result. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! A-ASUKA! HAHAHAHAHA! S-STOP!" She barely got out.
Asuka however kept giggling as she kept scrubbing. "Note number three, Homura-chan is ticklish!" She thought in a delighted tone.
Homura meanwhile continued laughing without any sign of stopping. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! K-KNOCK IT OFF! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" She once more got out, struggling to speak due to her laughing
Asuka merely continues giggling happily to her roommate's laughing. "Nnnnnope~!" She teasingly replied.
Homura laughed even harder as the tickling continued. "HAHAHAHAHAH! C-C'MON! HAHAHAHAHAH! CUT IT OU- HAHAHAHAHA! O-OH, SHIT, I THINK THERE'S STILL BURGER IN MY STOMACH!" She lied, but her roommate took the risk and continued her assault for several minutes.
Soon enough, it finally ended so that the tan skinned girl could catch her breath.
"Hahahaha...That was so much fun...Hahaha..." Asuka giggled out.
Homura meanwhile was panting in an exhausted manner. "That . .was...so...not...cool..." She got out.
"It lightened up your mood though." Asuka pointed out with a smile.
"I...I guess..." Homura panted out.
Asuka then got a pail of water and doused her roommate to get rid of the soap suds.
Homura stood back up while shaking her head to get rid of the water still lingering before looking towards her roommate. "Now..." She started as with an evil smile on her face. "Let's see if your ticklish Asuka." She soon decided.
"Eh?" Asuka got out with a sweatdrop to that decision. "Uhh...n-no need for that Homura-chan..." She nervously got out.
"I wasn't a request, Asuka-chan~" Homura said as she got a mischievous gleam in her eye. "Now...some revenge my cute little Asuka..." She offhandedly thought in the same possessive manner.
This in turn caused the Good Shinobi to pale slightly as she knew the reason why her roommate wanted revenge. "This is what I get for tickling Homura-chan..." Asuka thought in a nervous manner.
Homura then menacingly held up the scrubbing brush. "My turn~!" She sang out.
Asuka started to slowly back away as a dark aura surrounded her roommate. "Wait! Homura-chan! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She begged in a panicked manner.
However, Homura just giggled menacingly in response. "As you said before, Nnnnnnope~!" She simply replied as she held the scrubbing brush.
"WHY ME?!" Asuka screamed out as she was soon being held tightly.
As such, the scrubbing and tickling began and like before, Asuka started laughing uncontrollably. As they say, karma is a bitch.
"Tickle! Tickle! Tickle! Tickle!" Homura called out.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Asuka laughed out, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Homura meanwhile kept giggling happily to this occurring as she kept going.
"HAHAHAHAH! H-HOMURA-CHAN! HAHAHAHA! I-I'M SORRY!" Asuka begged between bouts of laughter.
Homura however didn't listen as she still had the gleam in her eye. "Sorry, but this is my payback now Asuka-chan~!" She replied as she kept going.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! OH, I'M GETTING A STITCH! IT'S STARTING TO HURT A LITTLE!" Asuka laughed out.
"I don't care! It won't kill you!" Homura happily countered as she continued her revenge.
As before, it continued for a few minutes and eventually, it finally stops so that the girl could catch her breath.
Homura soon sighed in a pleased manner as she held a pail of water. "Well...that was satisfying." She remarked while grinning widely before pouring the pail of water on her roommate to get rid of the excess soap.
Asuka meanwhile batted back up while shaking her head to get the lingering water off.
Homura's grin never left her face as she placed her hands on her hips. "So, what's the lesson we learned tonight?" She then asked in a teasing tone.
Asuka in turn sighed in a defeated manner. "Never tickle someone or you might get tickled yourself." She nonchalantly replied.
Homura then rubbed her roommate's head. "Good girl." She replied once more in a teasing manner.
Asuka in reaction to that couldn't help but blush in embarrassment. "H-Homura-chan..." She meekly got out.
Homura's grin then widened to the girl's reaction. "Ah! Come here you!" She suddenly declared as she pulled her roommate into a headlock.
"WAH! AHAHAHAH!" Asuka laughed out.
"Come on, say it!" Homura ordered once more in a teasing manner.
"AHAHA! I GIVE! I GIVE ! I GIVE HOMU-NEE!" Asuka finally relented, not realising what she was saying. She just wanted it to stop.
Homura was having too much fun to notice too, only knowing that Asuka was tapping out. "Do you really give Asuka? I need an honest answer!" She once again teased.
"AHAHA! I MEAN IT HOMU-NEE! I GIVE!" Asuka once again begged.
"Well, if you say so!" Homura chuckled out as she let go of her roommate.
Asuka stumbled away a little while she caught her breath, allowing her remember what she said earlier. "Wait...did I call her Homu-nee again?" She thought.
Homura meanwhile also realized something as she looked at her roommate. "Hold on...did she call me Homu-nee again?" She thought.
The two looked at one another, turning increasingly red before turning away in embarrassment.
"I...um...this is..." Homura mumbled out as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"I...well...you see..." Asuka stammered as she poked her fingers together awkwardly.
Neither really knew what to say at the moment, so they silently decided to exit the tub. Their fingers were starting to get a little pruny anyways.
Asuka soon glanced towards her roommate. "I know she said she likes me calling her Homu-nee, but I have to at least respect her..." She thought in a respecting manner.
Homura meanwhile also glanced towards the other girl. "Ok, just calm down. I know that sweet side told her I like her calling me Homu-nee, but there should be a time and place for that..." She thought in a serious tone.
"So for now, let's just keep it as it is." Asuka and Homura thought at the same time.
The two however stayed silent as they looked at one another, the embarrassed blushes still on their faces.
"...We can still snuggle right?" Asuka meekly asked, breaking the silence as a result.
"...Yeah, we still can." Homura awkwardly replied with a nod.
However the two girls had one similar thought in mind. "...I really want to cuddle with her..." The girls both thought at the same time.
At that moment, silence returned as the two continued looking towards one another, not knowing what to say next.
"Hey..." Asuka and Homura spoke up at the same time before stopping themselves. An awkward atmosphere had filled the apartment that wasn't going to go away any time soon.
"Sorry...you go first..." Homura apologized.
"N-No, you first..." Asuka stammered out.
"N-No, I insist..." Homura however offered.
"B-But you're older than me, s-so you go first." Asuka stated,
"A-Age is just a number, and it's usually the younger one who goes first." Homura pointed out nervously.
"Er, well...no, you should go first." Asuka replied as she shook her head.
"Asuka, if you want to talk I'd be happy to-" Homura started only for the friendly voices in their heads to chime in.
"SOMEONE SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING! YOU'RE BOTH ACTING LIKE IDIOTS!" Their Personas yelled out in unison, causing both of them the clutch their heads while their ears rang in pain.
"F-Fine...I-I'll go first... Ow…!" Homura got out after they recovered. She took in a deep breath before starting. "I'm sorry for reacting the way I did on certain matters like you calling me Homu-nee! And I'm sorry for putting you in that headlock! I was just messing around!" She apologized as she then bowed. "And I'm also sorry for acting like a bitch for the first few days we met!" She soon declared.
Asuka however suddenly countered the bow with her own bow. "And I'm sorry for being so annoying to you when we first met!" She apologized.
The tan skinned girl in turn jerked her head up with a surprised and shocked expression. "Whoa whoa whoa Asuka! You were never annoying to me! You just reminded of myself when when I was back in middle school and I wasn't used to it!" Homura quickly got out.
To hearing that, Asuka looked up in shock. "You really think so? I thought you found me annoying." She admitted.
Homura however took hold of her roommate's shoulders to that. "Are you kidding me!? You're mild compared to the other girls I know which include a girl obsessed with bean sprouts and side obsession for butts, a girl who keeps saying she has no emotions, a loli who wants our size breasts and a sadist that takes pleasure in trying to make people into her puppets. Why do you think I keep calling them acquaintances!?" She listed off with a twitching eye. "Asuka, you are fine the way you are!" She soon declared.
Asuka in turn sweatdropped to the exasperated reveal. "W-Wow...so I'm way better than those others girls you've mentioned?" She got out in a surprised manner.
"Completely and utterly!" Homura automatically replied with a nod.
"Wow I...I don't really know what to say..." Asuka muttered out in an unsure manner.
"You can take it as a compliment." Homura soon suggested after calming tone.
"Well...if you say I should take that as a compliment, then I will." Asuka replied before taking in a deep breath. "There is one other thing I have to tell you though..." She then started.
Homura raised an eyebrow at this, looking a little confused. "And what's that?" She then asked.
Asuka then proceeded to blush. "Well...for some reason when your Sweet Homura...you...you keep offering to...pleasure me...and I have no involvement in it..." She answered, looking away from her roommate, not wanting to meet her eyes.
To hearing that, Homura's eyes widened as she paled slightly. "Wait...I offer to do what now...?" She then asked in a nervous manner. "Oh fuck, don't tell me I revealed that part of my life to her!? Shit. Shit. SHIT!" She thought in disbelief.
Asuka was still blushing as she scratched the back of her head. "Y-You told me that it was something your family trained you in and that you started when were either five or seven years old...also saying that you're not a lesbian..." She mumbled out before coughing in nervousness.
In response to hearing this, the tan skinned girl just couldn't believe what she was hearing from her roommate about her other personality.
Soon enough, Homura couldn't help but groan in annoyance to hearing what her friend told her about her sweet side while pinching the bridge of her nose. "Goddammit, I thought I was done with that sick training after I was exiled, now I learn I have a side of me that wants to pleasure you now..." She grumbled out in annoyance and frustration as looked intently at her roommate. "Listen Asuka, whatever I say in that state, never and I mean never listen to it. It may have been true that clan did do those kind of things in secret, but I am completely and utterly against them now despite what Sweet Homura says." She then explained.
"You mean like, not a word?" Asuka soon asked in concern.
Homura in turn nodded to that. "Exactly, not a word...never take anything she offers related to it." She then advised in a serious tone.
Asuka merely just nodded to that advice. "Sure thing Homura-chan...I'll make sure not to bring out Sweet Homura as much...I just wanted to you be able to act as you did before you went down the Evil Shinobi path...I didn't mean to manipulate you..." She replied in a guilt filled tone.
"I know you didn't mean to, but that doesn't mean I'll still hate that other side of me my parents used to keep me in line. So I don't blame you Asuka." Homura stated.
"I...also ended up liking your old tone of voice from before you went down the Evil Shinobi path...so I commanded her to make it so you use that tone only when we're alone in our apartment..." Asuka truthfully told her roommate while blushing even harder followed by twiddling her fingers.
To hearing that, Homura blinked to that reveal. "Really?" She soon asked before realizing her voice was indeed similar to how it used to be when she was younger, adorable and innocent like her roommate's. "Huh, that's...actually kinda cute of her to do that for me. Almost forgot I sound like that..." She thought in a nostalgic manner as she then hugged her roommate. "I...Thank you...I didn't think would ever hear something like that...after what happened to me, I thought I had to make myself tougher in any way possible, even purposely deepening my voice..." She soon revealed.
It took the Good Shinobi a second to react before she hugged her back. "But that shouldn't mean you need to push others away. We're all here for you when you need us...especially me Homura-chan..." Asuka stated.
"...In a close friendship like way right? 'Cause honestly, I can't see us as anything besides that." Homura admitted.
Asuka merely nodded to that. "Yeah, in a close friendship way. Honestly I felt the same." She also admitted.
Homura in turn sighed in relief. "Ok good. That would've made things awkward." She breathed out.
Asuka rubbed back of her head in response. "Yeah, really awkward." She agreed.
"I mean we already get enough of that at Shujin." Homura pointed out with a slight wince.
"By the way we look or by hanging out with Akira-kun, Ryuji-kun and Ann-chan?" Asuka then asked.
"A combination of both. From the get go, we were going to be outcasts." Homura answered.
The Good Shinobi merely nodded in response to this. "I guess we kinda are...but it's not that bad." Asuka soon admitted while smiling sheepishly.
Curious to that, Homura raised an eyebrow. "How so?" She then asked.
Asuka in turn just giggled to the question. "Well we wouldn't have been able to meet Akira-kun, Ryuji-kun, Ann-chan and Morgana-chan if we weren't outcasts." She pointed out.
"Heh, I guess you're right. We wouldn't have met them if we weren't outcasts compared to everyone else." Homura soon replied with a giggle of her own.
Asuka merely nodded in agreement to that. "Even though out status being outcasts was caused by that bastard... I guess we should thank him, because he started his own downfall and we made some great friends." She then admitted before slowly narrowing her eyes to the reason for them being outcasts.
"Yeah...him..." Homura growled as she clenched her hands into fists. "God, we should really stop talking about that fucker. It's ruining the night." She then got out as she also narrowed her eyes.
At that moment, Asuka soon had a vile smirk on her face. "Oh don't worry Homura-chan, we'll get him~ Ufufufu~" She replied in a more seductive tone, giggling all the while.
Though unaware if the shift in tone of her roommate's voice, Homura also smirked in a more vile manner as well. "Oh yeah...that we will~ Hehehehe~" She replied in a more sinister tone.
The two soon enough continued laughing in seductive and sinister manners as they stood in the room while drying themselves off with their towels .
Asuka soon sighed in a pleased and satisfied manner. "Aaaaaah~ Stiil, no matter how many times, taking a bath with you is soooo good Homura-chan~" She declared, though her voice still sounding extremely seductive as she licked her lips in the same manner.
Homura however gasped as she immediately recognized the tone of voice after she finished drying herself off. "H-Haruka?!" She exclaimed in shock and concern.
Asuka however raised an eyebrow to that before innocently smiling. "No, I'm Asuka silly~ Ufufufu~" She replied as she kept giggling in the same seductive manner.
Homura couldn't help but look at her roommate in disbelief and shock to how she was acting. "B-But you're sounding a lot like Haruka!" She declared.
Asuka in response innocently tilted her head. "I am~?" She then asked as started giggling some more. "Ufufu~ Don't be silly Homura-chan~ I never even met your friend Haruka~" She replied in a carefree manner.
Homura however was mentally panicking to this. "That's not what I'm hearing! Where's my adorable and cute Asuka!?" She thought in a frantic manner.
Asuka meanwhile continued giggling in the same manner as she drops her towel and began hugging her roommate. "Ufufufu~ Hey Homura-chan~?" She started.
Homura was slightly surprised to the action. "Y-Yeah?" She hesitantly asked, becoming increasingly worried by the second.
Suddenly, Asuka began rubbing her cheek against her roommate's in a tender manner.
"A-Asuka!?" Homura exclaimed, feeling steam coming out of her ears.
Asuka however giggled to the flustered reaction. "Ufufufu~ You are just sooooo adorable Homura-chan~" She suddenly confessed as she continued pressing her breasts up to her roommate's.
"R-Really?" Homura got out, her face feeling like it was the temperature of the sun.
"Of course~! So adorable that it's not even funny Homura-chan~ Ufufufu~" Asuka giggled out.
Meanwhile Homura was starting to feel weird since she could hear the seductive undertones in her roommate's voice.
Why was Asuka acting like a completely different person!? And why did it have to be someone she knew!?
"That's why~" Asuka started as she hugged the tan skinned girl tightly. "I'll do anything to make you happy..." She declared in her normal yet determined voice.
"Asuka! Are you back to normal!?" Homura exclaimed in concern, though her roommate didn't really listen as she hugged her tighter, who was starting to get uncomfortable by this and started trying to wriggle out of her grasp. "H-Hey, A-Asuka..." She then stammered out in an awkward manner.
"Quiet, I need some hugging Homu-nee~" Asuka interrupted in sultry tone as she smiled seductively.
This immediately caused the sirens to go off in the tan skinned girl's mind. "Shit, she's starting to act like Haruka again! I really need to get her back to normal." Homura thought in a panicked manner before she was hit with the realization of what her roommate just said, causing her eyes to widened and her blush deepened. "Wait...SHE JUST CALL ME HOMU-NEE AGAIN!" She mentally exclaimed.
However, Asuka kept hugging her, not noticing the panicked expressions on the tan skinned girl had on her face. "Ufufu~ Oh come on Homu-nee, you actually like it don't you~?" She then teased.
"N-Not like this!" Homura mentally shouted out as her struggling continued.
"Ufufu~" Asuka giggled out before finally releasing her roommate. "Better Homu-nee?" She soon asked, her voice being normal while smiling kindly and softly.
Homura's eyes widened at this. "A-Asuka, don't tell me you were acting and not having another psychotic break again!?" She gasped out in disbelief.
"Yeah, pretty much." Asuka admitted as she smiled innocently, like nothing happened. "So, was my acting good Homu-nee?"
"Good? It was so convincing that I thought you were Haruka or possessed by her!" Homura exclaimed in disbelief. "And that's a bad thing!" She mentally added.
Asuka continued giggling. "Thanks, I honestly just winged it. Its like I said before, I never even met this Haruka girl you're talking about." She revealed. "And look, you didn't react!" She then declared in a happier tone.
"Eh?" Homura got out as she blinked in realization. "Huh. Well, what do you know, I didn't." She replied with a easy going shrug.
Asuka smiled excitedly. "Maybe this means your no longer affected by it Homu-nee!" She cheered out excitedly before quickly calm down. "I-I mean...if you're alright with that." She then added in a meek tone, wanting to at least respect the other girl's decision.
To that, Homura rubbed the back of her head while still blushing. "That's..." She started as she then took a deep breath to calm herself down. "...Sure, it's alright Asuka." She soon decided.
Asuka's eyes sparkled in excitement while smiling widely. "Really Homu-nee!?" She asked in a hopeful tone.
"Y-Yeah, really." Homura replied as she blushed slightly before smirking as a thought came to mind. "Though this means you're the little sis Asuka." She then stated in a more teasing manner.
Asuka hugged Homura tightly. "I know!" Asuka got out with a smile... before realizing what her roommate meant, causing her to shove her away. "Hey! I'm not little Homu-nee!" She then declared in an offended manner with a childishly pout and a puffed up cheek.
"Physically that is." Wolverine coughed out.
"That's not what your pouting face says." Homura giggled out.
Asuka's pout never left her face to that teasing. "Moooh! Homu-neeeeeee!" She got out in a whiny tone.
Homura just laughed at that. "Ahahaha! Yup! Definitely a little sis Asuka!" She managed to get out while still giving off the teasing grin.
"I'm not little..." Asuka murmured, still pouting.
"Just keep telling yourself that little sis." Homura teased as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.
Asuka however was still pouting as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Homura in turn kept giggling as she drops her towel. "Come on Asuka, don't give me that face~" She got out in a teasing tone.
Asuka in response kept pouting as she turns away.
Homura soon giggled to this action. "You acting this way just proves it~" She kept teasing.
Asuka just turned around and playfully stuck her tongue out.
Homura snorted in laughter to that before she pulled her roommate into a hug, pressing her chest into her roommate's head. "I can finally get this off my chest now. Asuka, you are completely and utterly fuckin' adorable." She soon admitted as she rubbed the other girl's head.
Asuka laughed, not even mad or phased anymore. "That's because I have a sister now who's just as adorable and awesome." She stated.
"Aw, thanks sis." Homura thanked in a sisterly tone.
Asuka was still giggling. "No problem Homu-nee!" She replied as the two girls hugged each other.
At that point, the Good Shinobi remembered another major issue. "So Homu-nee, since you're like a big sister to me now, what are you gonna do about...well...Hebijo?" Asuka soon asked in concern.
This in turn caused the tan skinned girl's eyes to widen before narrowing them. "I...really haven't thought about that...I'm not sure what to do about Hebijo..." Homura admitted as they ended the hug and looked at each other once more.
"Oh...well then what do you want to do?" Asuka then asked with a serious expression on her face.
"I...really don't know..." Homura answered as she lowered her gaze.
"Homu-nee...give it time, you'll figure it out." Asuka assured as she patted Homura's head.
"I hope so..." Homura sighed out. "She can't learn about the Yoke Technique...not yet..." She thought.
"True, your littlesister learning about that vile take technique would cause her to go on a rampage towards Hebijo if she discovers it..." Wolverine admitted in agreement.
Houmra however just blinked in response to that as she started imaging it happening.
"...You're thinking about helping her if she does, aren't you?" Wolverine sighed out in a deadpan tone.
"...No...?" Homura mentally lied as her Persona face palmed. "What? It could be a good sisterly bonding experience!" She excitedly thought.
"Yeah, wonton murder and destruction. What a great pastime." Wolverine groaned out sarcastically. "Oh, you're really hitting the limit of how much sarcasm I can dish out." She then remarked in a deadpan tone.
"Good, then you'd shut up." Homura thought. "Speaking of which, shut up." She soon bluntly requested, only to hear a groan from her Persona.
Asuka however was all but obvious to the mental discussion her roommate was having. "You will Homu-nee, but in the meantime," She started as she suddenly smirked in a seductive manner. "Let's enjoy the rest of the night together Homu-nee~" She then suggested in the same seductive tone that was practically oozing lust.
Homura immediately blushed as steam started coming out of her ears to witnessing this. "A-Asuka...y-you're teasing me again right?" She stammered out in concern. "Fuck! I think of her as a cute and adorable sister dammit!" She mentally panicked.
Asuka however just winked again while blowing a kiss at her roommate. "Maybe I am~ Maybe I'm not Ho-mu-nee~ That would be up to you to decide~ Ufufu~" She replied with her voice in a seductive manner. "Hehe, it's fun teasing Homu-nee, now I know why Katsu-nee does teasing like this." She meanwhile thought in an amused manner while looking at her flustered roommate.
(Asakusa, Hanzō Shinobi Girl's Dorms)
Suddenly, Katsuragi shivered. "Huh." She suddenly began.
"What is it?" Yagyū asked.
"I don't know why but...I feel as though I'm corrupting Asuka while she's on her mission." Katsuragi admitted. "Like...she's starting to see how I see the world. It...excites me for various reasons I cannot explain." She got out.
"Excuse me for my language but what the [THINKOFTHECHILDREN]are you talking about Katsu-nee?" Hibari demanded in an exhausted manner.
"...What was that word again?" Ikaruga asked, all of them staring the pink haired girl.
"[MYEARSAREBLEEDING]? I heard it was a swear but I don't know what it means. Is it that bad?...Yagyū-chan? Anyone?" Hibari innocently asked.
"...Our team is falling apart." Ikaruga muttered out. "We'll go mad at this rate..." She admitted in a fearfilled manner.
"Aren't we already at that stage?" Yagyū pointed out while her nose was bleeding.
Ikaruga could only sigh in response. "Why? Just...why?" She soon mumbled to herself, noting how...frickin' ridiculous these days had become.
(Shibuya, Shin Megami Apartment Complex)
Asuka suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. "Bah, probably the cold." She thought as she looked back to her roommate with the same seductive smile. "Well Homu-nee~?" She once more began.
Homura in turn jolted up to that while she was still blushing. "W-Well what?" She stammered out.
Asuka rubbed the space next to her on the futon.. "Are you gonna get in~? Remember, we made the rule of sleeping in the same futon together and I really want to cuddle~" She offered as she began giggling. "Ufufu~ Or am I getting you too flustered~?" She soon guessed while winking towards her roommate again.
"I...I..." Homura stuttered out before suddenly, blood shot out from her nose for a few seconds before collapsing onto the floor.
THUD!
"Wow, I like this floor! It's so soft and stabbable!" Homura randomly thought with excitement.
"...I can't blame her this time." Wolverine admitted with a sweatdrop.
Asuka's eyes widened in shock, not exactly expecting this sort of reaction. Though, in hindsight, it was sort of inevitable. "Wah! Homu-nee!" She exclaimed as she rushes to her roommate's side. "A-Are you alright!? Did I overdo it!?" She soon asked in a panic.
Homura meanwhile had swirls in her eyes as she laid on the floor with blood dripping down her nose. "I both love and hate my life right now, all thanks to Asuka Shirokage~ I am never letting you go~" She quietly mumbled out with a goofy smile on her face.
"Maybe you are secretly a pervert...one different from that Katsuragi girl..." Wolverine deducted as she sweatdropped. "I mean, there is the possibility that you're bi..." She then started.
"Fuck...off..." Homura thought before her mind went fully blank.
Asuka then lifted her roommate up a little. "Oh crap! I-I did overdo it!" She exclaimed out in a frantic and panicked manner.
"Nadit imibecuc rogaya larod. Nusos nulen tahu retoh rib ne itolib. Terabi tapedo pag eruvied ocososa tal tisuga so eyin dah. Pa tetirib voc ri gega? Piyutu onon pazil nu pisele pebuko yo pemuruh tol." Homura blabbered out as she then blew a raspberry for about five seconds straight before slumping into unconsciousness.
Asuka's eyes widened to that she soon began shaking her roommate in a panicked manner. "Come on Homu-nee! Wake up! Please wake up!" She begged. "Oh my God, that's a lot of blood! Did she pop a blood vessel in her nose when she fell!?" She meanwhile thought in a frantic concern.
"That's not..." Kaeru tried to say something before just sighing and giving up.
Suddenly, Homura shot up with a gasp before coughing after taking in too much air. After a few seconds to steady her breathing, she realized she was on the ground. "A-Asuka?" She stammered out.
"Homu-nee! You're all right! I was so worried about you!" Asuka exclaimed in relief.
The tan skinned girl looked at her roommate weirdly before noticing that she could feel something wet on her face and tasting copper. She touched her upper lip and saw blood on her finger. "Ugh...did I seriously just pass out from a nosebleed?" Homura groaned out in embarrassment.
Asuka in turn nodded to that with an embarrassed blush on her face. "H-Hai, I overdid it and you pulled a Yagyū-chan on me like when she's with Hibari-chan...sorry..." She explained followed by her apology.
"...Well...just as long as you know not to go overboard, I'll let it slide today since that was caused from an overload of extreme cuteness." Homura replied as she wiped the blood off her face.
"Bullshit." Wolverine meanwhile bluntly remarked in a deadpan tone.
Homura however narrowed her eyes to that. "I am not pervert. I am not pervert! I am not a pervert! I am not a fuckin' pervert! I AM..." She mentally declared before trailing off at the end. "Okay, maybe I am a little bit of a pervert, but I'm not a Katsuragi level pervert. I got no interest in groping my precious Asuka. Sue me if I think she's fuckin' adorable as hell dammit!" She then admitted in her head in a ranting manner.
"You keep telling yourself that. Check back in six months and let's see if that statement remains true." Wolverine suggested. "Which will be...what? October something?" She then asked.
The tan skinned girl's eye twitched to that. "Didn't I tell you to shut up!?Sister like! My precious Asuka is sister like to me!" Homura mentally growled.
"Hai." Asuka said with a nod as she let her roommate sit up. "So...you're okay now to sleep the way we are?" She then asked as she glanced down.
Homura looked confused for a second before realising they were naked the entire time. "Yeah...I suppose we could sleep like this." Homura muttered out. She then blinked in realization. "Huh, I'm not affected by this at all...maybe this is good for me sis." She soon admitted. "And now I get to feel my sweet Asuka's marshmallows and use them as the softest pillows on the planet~" She unintentionally thought.
Asuka nodded in agreement. "Come on Homu-nee, we better get to sleep now." She soon suggested.
"Yeah." Homura replied with her own nod. "Oh yeah sis...do you mind that for now, we don't let anyone know about our sister like relationship for now?" She soon requested as they headed to the futon. "I just mean you calling me Homu-nee just in our apartment and not in public for now." She then explained.
The Good Shinobi in turn nodded to that in agreement. "Yeah, it would be really weird and it's our thing." Asuka agreed. "Plus, it gives the others fuel to tease us with." She then added with a sweatdrop.
The tan skinned girl's eye twitched to that as she could already imagine the teasing that would occur if their friends heard about this. "...I hate the fact that you're right..." Homura groaned out.
Pipipipi!
"Huh?" Asuka out in surprise as the two sat up from the futon and got their phones. "Speaking of which, it's Akira-kun." She revealed as the two looked at the forming discussion.
[TheWildJ0ker: Everyone meet up at the alleyway tomorrow after school.]
[TheWildJ0ker: Time to rob the King blind.]
To seeing this, the two shinobis nodded in agreement as they had serious expressions on their faces as they started typing back.
[FireGirl20: Ne, Joker. I thought you'd take your time before going back there. Not that I'm complaining.]
[Sweetkat06: His heart is as good as ours!]
[Shut7heFUp: Ready to kick ass, Akira.]
[SushiRoll23: He's going to regret everything. Count on it.]
[TheWildJ0ker: Alright...rest up everybody. Night.]
After nodding to that quickly writing their own good nights, they turned off their phone and plugged them into their chargers. After setting out their uniform for tomorrow, the two girls crawled into the futon and underneath the blanket together.
At that moment, Asuka began hugging her roommate even tighter. "Tomorrow, we're doing this..." She mumbled out.
Homura blusheed at this but hugged back regardless. "Yeah...and I'll be there to protect you...sis." She quietly and softly promised.
Asuka gave off a small smile to hear that while snuggling closer. "Homu-nee..." She mumbled out as she blushed. "Hey...could you...kiss my forehead like Sweet Homura does?" She soon sweetly and innocently requested while she gave off puppy dog eyes.
"...Should I even ask why you are asking her that?" Kaeru soon asked in a curious tone.
"...I...I just want the both of us to be happy..." Asuka innocently replied.
Homura in turn blushed to that. "Dammit! What is it with this sweet and precious girl and being so cute!? I just can't take it!" She thought in a panicked manner before then sighed to calm herself down. "S-Sure." She then stammered out as she then leaned in and kissed roommate's forehead.
CHU!
Asuka soon smiled happily while cuddling even more. "Thank you Homu-nee, your the best." She mumbled out in a sleepy manner as she went and kissed her roommate's forehead back.
CHU!
Homura in response couldn't help but blush even more to her roommate's sleepy action. "Y-Yeah...no problem..." She mumbled out while watching the other girl snuggle into her. "I'm...her big sis now..." She meanwhile thought, the statement now sounding extremely comforting to her. "And now my cute and precious Asuka is my adorable, soft and sweet little sister~" She then unintentionally added to her thoughts.
"I'm just glad you're not going to have those freakouts about the whole sister thing. Now we can work on your fuck ton of other issues you have." Wolverine stated. "But hey, progress is progress." She then admitted.
Asuka in turn giggled to that. "Homu-nee, so cute~" She sleepily cooed out.
Homura blushed even more while holding the other girl closer to her chest. "I will protect her...it's...my duty now...my...precious...Asuka..." She mentally declared as she drifted off to sleep.
The girls held onto each other as they fell asleep, dreaming about nothing but the wonderful year they're going to have together.
And stabbing the corrupted P.E. Teacher violently in the throat and balls, but the mostly them spending time together and stuff.
(4/18 After School)
(Kamoshida's Castle of Lust)
At the entrance of the Palace, the six Persona users looked on at the castle of the corrupted gym teacher after classes ended, all of them having one thing in mind.
Stealing the Treasure hidden within.
"Remember guys, this is going to take a while so pace yourselves and keep focus." Mona called out.
"I'm all fired up! Let's get this asshole's heart already." Skull declared as he cracked his neck and knuckles.
"We'll take this castle apart brick by brick if we have to." Panther growled with a determined expression on her face.
The Vice Leader of the group then took in a deep breath to calm herself down. "This is our time now." Yin stated as she stretched her limbs.
"Let's get this shit started." Yang commanded while cracking her knuckles.
The Leader of the group nodded to those statements as he looked at the castle. "Alright everyone, it's showtime." Joker soon declared with a smirk on his face while adjusting his gloves.
"Your distorted heart is ours!" They declared out in unison.
Save Game... Quit!
Whew! Since July, people. Been working on this since July.
UknownHero signing off, my friends! Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! I really hope 2019 is better...
Rest in Peace Stan Lee!
