The Arrogant Fool

There was a firm frown on your face as you watched the other Fool enjoy himself. In hindsight, you should have noticed something was off with the fusion material he told you to use. Though you assumed that he would be genuine in his help given that it was no secret that you were still learning the Wild Card.

The fool had one more laugh under his breath before calming down. While Yu was a little far into his quest as a wild card, the teen still had a lot ways to go before reaching to what he thinks is bigger power with his personas. At least that’s how he sees it. He wasn’t sure what the end will bring him.

“Why would you want advice from someone when you seem to be doing great so far? You seem to be doing fine as a leader, right? And really, I can see the wild card you have be your own card now. Unless you’re still wanting the ‘real’ fusion recipe for Black Frost?” 

“…Okay if you say so…” He should put more faith into Yu’s judge of character, though he couldn’t help but though ‘his’ case was sorta wrong…sorta. He closed his eyes for a second, trying to recall that dream he had and armed with the Fool’s description see if she was there in his dream.  

“Er…no doesn’t ring a bell, I guess that’s someone I’ll meet in the near future or something.” Upon hearing Yu’s comment ‘sounds like you have a long road a head of you’ he groaned…loudly.

Ughhh…are you kidding me? Another long road? I should’ve refused when I had the chance…Hm…if we do meet you better get stronger because there’s no way I’m going to let you get the best of me.” Despite the tone he was using it’s clear the Jester is looking forward to that encounter.

A small smile form on his face after hearing Adachi’s words. “Is that a challenge, Adachi-san?” He said in a cocky tone voice, “I wouldn’t mind a rematch of course. Maybe by myself next time? And on slightly more friendly terms as well?” He never stop training even after having a normal life. He never knows when he would be call upon by another empress with an icy death glare to match.

Not only was the jester looking forward to that day, but Yu did as well.

“T-thanks….” He placed his hands on the youth’s shoulder, resisting to tighten his grip that could give him away. Peeing above Yu’s shoulder he can get a sense of where they were going. They were still in the castle, thankfully some shadows who had witnessed Yu’s beat up spree had wisely stayed out of sight. While a few slightly stronger ones were lurking at the corners of the castle, watching, waiting for their opportune moment to reveal themselves.

“A-ah… I ..er… can’t imagine that…” Even if it was all an act, with him intentionally stuttering his speech like that only infuriate him even more. “…So a hero after school? Haha…I mean Dojima-san would’ve said something if you were to skip school…” It was only at that moment a shadow, a stupid one in fact appeared in front of them.

“Idiot….” he muttered under his breath as he forced himself to recoil at the sight of it. “Eeep! T-The hell?” The shadow blob melted into a puddle before it morphed into three shadow birds carrying lanterns.

But it wasn’t in the cards for the fool...

“I-I mean! I’m not really skipping school!“ That kind of catch him off guard a little when Adachi said that. He really, REALLY, really didn’t want his uncle to know about all of this. For one: he might think Yu was insane without any proof. And two: if anyone who isn’t a persona user finds out about this place or the shadows, it could throw the whole world into chaos and pandemonium. 

“Plus I get good marks at school and do good in most of my exams...” He tried to defend himself a little. Just in case the ‘Jester’ tries to tell his uncle that he was skipping school. 

But their little banter soon ends when a shadow blob appears and changes into a black raven shadow. ‘Three of them, huh?’ He thought to his self before pushing his glasses up to the bridge of his nose. Might be easy enough for one persona to handle this. Thank you Teddie for helping him remembering these shadows weakness.

“Ha ha, trust me. I think I can take them. But I don’t know if they can handle a little lightning~” 

Only one way to find out....

Inside was mostly dusty with long stairs reaching to the second floor. As he walked up those steps, there were old vases everywhere and paintings of what it seems like a girl on the walls. However, the faces were rip out. Kind of remind him of that one bed room he saw before, but instead of old paintings it was posters. He then heard some noises coming from up stairs. Tv? No. It was shadows. And lot of them from he could hear. He play it smart and find out how many are here.

It took him a while to find the right door when the noise got louder then before when he was downstairs. He slowly opens the door as he was being quite. But to no avail, the shadows must have heard him when the noise changes from soft static noises to an intense noise like a low growl. He was ready to go into attack mode with his persona. Then he heard a soft and almost gentle voice calming the shadows down. 

What the hell?

He opens the door to what seems to be a play room for children. Fill with toys, dresses, and picture story books. There was even a table with a tea set. And in the middle of all of that with the round shadow blobs, was a girl with purple hair and gold eyes. 

Who...?

“The Junes TV commercials? How did those go again…?” Time to recollect the last time he heard it from the TVs in the store itself.

And for some reason, he really want to pet Doraemon’s head just for being cute. So this is what it’s like to be Kanji when he first met Teddie. And it doesn’t help either since the fool also loves cats. There is one he feeds everyday after catching fishes. But it was best to not even try since that could be kind of weird.

“Shadows”

I tired to stitch up my heart that is made of cotton,

But it bleeds through the seems as if it’s a real heart

I tired to remember what lies behind these gold glass eyes

But how can memories be real to something that shouldn’t exist?

I’m not who I am

But you won’t see who you really are…

You replied with a shrug of your shoulders. A lot has happened since the last time you talked to him, so remembering who started that yelling competition was one of the last things on your mind.

Speaking of tricks....

“Eh? How are you still standing? Geez you wouldn’t it kill you to have a snackon the train here? Yeah er..kinda prefer sitting in the back haha if that’s alright with you?” He hoped Yu would understand what he meant without saying it out loud.

“I’ve been doing better lately. I’ve been doing good with college and working on getting the dream job I’ve been wanting for a long while. I still see my friends when I can. And when I couldn’t, I just send E-mails to them or even call them. However with Nanako, I write letters to her. She writes back of course and likes it.“