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Stars and garters above! Isn't it time for a new post? The last one is just so... big now, isn't it? I don't know if even I could take it... ♥

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4 KINK MEME
PART FIVEAs all you charming little anonymous know, in this very post of mine, you can comment anonymously with any pairing from Persona 4 and whatever astoundingly

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[anonymous]

First time requesting here, though I've filled some..

I... um. I'm not sure if this is allowed, but I just. Want it. So bad. So, if this isn't allowed, I'm really sorry. TT-TT Since I have no idea if this is categorized as spoilery or not... just in case, so...

Err, so I've been rereading No Beginning No End and Fight for Us Both (which supposed to be in the same universe.) written by an AWESOME writer!anon. And I started to question, did Yosuke ever get Susano-O back? Not as a Shadow, as a Persona and all its powers? What if he never got his Persona back and his Shadow stays as a Shadow? What if he still couldn't forgive himself for wanting to be done with Souji? What if, somehow, they all need to fight the Shadows again and Yosuke could only be a hindrance without his Persona, but insists to fight

[anonymous]

as a fellow no beginning no end and subsequent sequal adoring fan, I'd love to read more from this universe and am crossing my fingers that someone (preferably original amazing author anon) will come along and fill it, and if not him/her, then someone else.

I.E Seconded!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa-

[anonymous]

Uh! asdfjsd! Writer!anon of those things is kind of flabbergasted (in the best way?) and... I don't think I can say no to this. ;v; ffff

I'm uh... getting married next week and then going away on a family trip, so this might take me a bit to jumpstart. But I'll kick around some ideas?

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[anonymous]

I was going to pop on over and second the hell out of anything having to do with this universe, but... oh, wow.

CONGRATULATIONS, and have a good time! \o/

♥ Original OP!anon~

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[anonymous]

OP!anon here--not the original one, of course, hello, original OP!anon! *waves* And writer!anon....

I--I will be seriously thrilled if you really would! Thank you so much! I. I don't even have any word to describe how thrilled I would be--I'm thrilled already. :p *is bricked*

Congratulations! Have a great time, and I pray all the best in your wedding day and married life. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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[anonymous]

Seconding anon here just popping by to say not only will I love you eternally if you do write more for the fabulous universe you created (No beginning No End is one of my favourite fills on here) but also Mega Congratulations on your wedding!

I hope you have a wonderful day :)

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[anonymous]

YAAAAAAY another fan of the other two fics here to say that I'm thrilled to see the possibility of more! And CONGRATULATIONS like crazy~

The Scars We Get Together (1a/?)

[anonymous]

FFFF NOTES

As the OP outlined above, this is a requested follow-up to No Beginning, No End (in which Dojima is very dead, leaving Souji and Yosuke to take care of Nanako), and Fight For Us Both (in which Yosuke does some stupid things and contracts Apathy Syndrome as a result). OP noted a dangling plot thread from the latter story, and when I went looking into it, I found a whole lot more from both! Which is why this one will feel like a giant ball of yarn. Of dropped plot threads. Because that's what it is. Yaaay~!

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???, 2023

The Scars We Get Together (1b/?)

[anonymous]

“You did your best,” says Margaret, and Souji is soothed somewhat by the sad and sympathetic tone of her voice. “Not all paths of the journey are happy ones. Sometimes one must fail, in order to want to keep going - in order to draw one’s strength from those failures.”

Souji digs his fingers into the plush seat beneath him, feels it give, weaken, and ripple. All around him, the entire room begins to shift in much the same fashion.

“You were given a great gift,” says Igor, from somewhere that now seems to be very far away. “Use it to find your way forward, while you still can.”

When Souji murmurs in his sleep, Yosuke turns over, curls around him, and holds him until he’s quiet again. Ultimately, the disturbance passes without him waking - and he’s already forgotten his long overdue meeting in the Velvet Room.

March 26, 2023The sounds of footsteps and clinking glass in the kitchen pierced the cobweb veil of his dreams and dragged him out of sleep, and he might have slipped right back under if the sounds weren’t accompanied

The Scars We Get Together (1c/?)

[anonymous]

Souji sighed. Nanako had grown up into a strong young woman in their time together, but she was every inch her father’s daughter: intelligent and protective, but impatient with things and people she didn’t understand. She was pragmatic, just like her father, somewhat like Souji, but so unlike Yosuke that sometimes when they quarrelled they might as well have been speaking entirely different languages. “Nanako-chan,” he explained gently, “things haven’t been easy for him lately. He needs this.”

“Well,” she began, but her angry huff petered out into a sad little, “I need him. I need both of you there with me

The Scars We Get Together (1d/?)

[anonymous]

They were both silent for a moment, lost in thought as they listened to the rain pelt the soft, muddy pathway and the solid, unyielding gravestones and the nylon top of the umbrella. When at last Nanako made her request, Souji wished he could have said it came as a surprise to him - but in truth, he’d been waiting for her to make it for the better part of the last six years. In truth, he wondered why it hadn’t come sooner.

“I want to meet my Persona,” Nanako said calmly. “Before I leave for school.”

“…Are you sure?”

She nodded firmly. “Yeah.”

“There’s no rush, you know,” said Souji. “You’re just going to Iwatodai. It’s not like you’ll never be back.”

“Big bro… I need to put this behind me before I go. I don’t want to take that Shadow with me.”

“Your Shadow’s always with you, Nanako-chan,” he reminded her; it was a hard-earned lesson, and one he needed to be sure he passed on. “It’s a part of you. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.”

“I know, but

The Scars We Get Together (1e/?)

[anonymous]

“Sorry, Nanako-chan,” Yosuke apologized quietly, and then he was tame and downcast once more, anger receding as startlingly fast as it had come over him. “I just want to be there to help you through this… that’s all.”

“Let him come with us, big bro,” said Nanako. “You won’t have to fight; I won’t let it get out of control. I promise I’m ready to face it.”

“…I’ll think about it.”

“Now you sound like a dad,” she told him, which earned her a playful tap on the head

The Scars We Get Together (1f/?)

[anonymous]

But excuses were all they were, and although Yosuke’s stubborn insistence that he was fine made him angry at times, at the core of it, Souji was simply afraid for him. Or wanted to be, despite Yosuke’s best efforts at interference. Souji didn’t doubt for a second that Yosuke truly wanted to stand by Nanako’s side as she accepted herself, and to be there to protect her if things went sour - but he also suspected Yosuke had ulterior motives behind going into the other world. If Nanako’s plan was to ensure her Shadow was entirely accepted in order to acquire her Persona, it would be foolish of him not to expect Yosuke’s plan to be the same. He’d tried to kill his Shadow, once, when he couldn’t accept what it had to say, and although the Shadow had eventually returned to him, the proof of Yosuke’s acceptance of it had not

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[anonymous]

aaa aaa aaa anon I could not possibly love you more

... oh wait. I can and will later. |D <3 I'm so happy to see you and your story again! Thank you!

Re: The Scars We Get Together (1f/?)

[anonymous]

Thanks! I'm happy to be writing more for this! It feels... incredibly self-indulgent, but OH WELL. Someone asked for it, so I am absolved of responsibility for that.

Not OP

[anonymous]

Thank you for taking the time to write this, writer!anon! I've been looking forward to it!

Kind of OT, but have you heard of a musician named lionel Cohen (yes, really spelled that way)? My favorite song of his is called The Scars We Gather, and your title reminded me of that. The song itself kind of fits the three fics, at least in my opinion. :) It can be found here if you're interested: http://www.dna-productions.com/filmmusic/volume1/index.htm. The list randomizes with each page reload for some reason, so heads up.