2nd Side

[masukukunai]

[Cough, cough. Guess who hasn't had any candy? Yep, this guy. And he's feeling the effects. Silly kid.]

Oh, screw it.

Okay, so it looks like I really need to get this candy stuff to [cough, swallow] live. I guess I need to fight someone? I don't want to-- not because I don't think I can win, because I can totally kick ass-- but because I really

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[last_liar]

[Oh man, you look like shit, dude.]

...I'll fight you, Yousuke.

[masukukunai]

Aikawa?

[Okay, so he meets all the criteria, but damn. With his persona he can really hurt a regular person. He's going to have to hold back.]

...I guess I don't have a choice. Where's a spot to meet where we won't break anything?

[last_liar]

Outside, I guess.

...Can you make it outside?

[masukukunai]

Yeah, no problem. Don't worry about me. I can make it.

[He comes, leaving the mansion through the main entrance. Man, this sucks. Aikawa was someone who was friendly to him too.]

[last_liar]

[Yuu meets him outside not long afterward. He doesn't intend to win this fight, and has a feeling that even if he had intended to, he probably wouldn't. So he's prepared for whatever happens.]

Hey. Whenever you're ready.

[masukukunai]

[Yousuke shifts from foot to foot, half because he's guilty and half because he's a little dizzy. He sighs, and looks up.]

Look, I'm not trying to toot my own horn here or anything, but... I'm pretty sure I can beat you. Like really easily beat you. So I'm gonna ask-- do you want this fast or slow? Like ripping off a bandage, or...

[last_liar]

[He smiles kind of sheepishly at that.] I um... That's kind of why I volunteered. So let's get it over with.

[masukukunai]

...You're a good guy, Aikawa.

[He shakes his head, and reaches into his back pocket to pull out a kunai. Don't worry, it's just to summon his Persona!]

You might want to grit your teeth.

[He focuses a little, and just like always, a blue card appears before him. He closes his eyes and apologizes silently, then slashes it in half with his knife.]

Come, Susano-O!

[His persona appears behind him feel free to marvel at how stupid it looks and a wind kicks up, ruffling his shirt. Then a zephyr with brutal, cutting force slams into Yuu with very little warning. He wanted it fast, so he wasn't holding back. Yousuke almost doesn't want to open his eyes afterwards.]

[last_liar]

[Ow. Fuck.

Okay, whatever Yuu had been expecting, that was not it.

Like at all. Ever.

Well, it HURTING isn't a surprise but the fact that he's lying in the grass staring at the sky all of a sudden kind of is. That and the whole persona thing.

Yuu pushes himself into a sitting position, wincing and kind of staring forever.]

[masukukunai]

I told you it'd be fast!

[Summoning his persona winds him a little. He trots over to where a piece of candy has fallen to the ground, picks it up, and then makes his way to Yuu. Then he sits down, unwraps it, and pops it in his mouth.]

Sorry. Here-- Sit still for a sec.

[Guess who also has healing powers? Gosh Yousuke your persona sure is convenient. He holds his hands close to Yuu and uses Diarama.]

[last_liar]

Thanks.

[Yuu relaxes a little once the healing is over and looks at Yousuke curiously.]

Was that a persona?

[masukukunai]

[Yousuke blinks.]

Yeah-- How did you know?

[last_liar]

My friend Minato can summon them. Except he uses a gun.

[masukukunai]

Oh, okay. You've met Arisato.

[Otherwise he'd probably be really suspicious of you.]

A gun? Yeah, a friend of mine uses a gun too.

[Not in the way you are thinking Yousuke.]

[last_liar]

I guess it shouldn't seem that weird for there to be two worlds that have that power... Or maybe you're from the same world....?

[masukukunai]

We actually talked about it, and we're pretty sure we're from the same world-- I'm just a couple of years in the future compared to him. Like only two or three.