fanfic ideas for my freaks

RyoAigis (Ryoji x Aigis idk ship name) toxic relationship (trying to get closer to each other to find out how dangerous they are)

Yosuke rebounding/coping with his crush being dead from Saki by dating Naoki.

Yusuke falling into a cycle of being in relationships where he doesn’t have/have very little financial power and thus vulnerable to abuse and unable to escape cleanly but unable to tell the signs ahead of the time bc it’s very similar to how Madarame treated him and that familiarity comforts him (in the worst ways)

Adachi x Saki. Saki is being pushed into the TV and in a last ditch effort to live , saying she will do whatever tf Adachi wants and to not kill her and Adachi…. Gets what he wants, gets her body, and he holds this over her as blackmail and forces her to give more over time. Until Yosuke (and by proxy, IT) notices and castrates Adachi but.

Izanami growing fond/trying to court Yu Narukami bc he has Izanagi (goes bad and obsessive and horrible)

Akechi, specifically Akechi x Kasumi (as Sumire), such an interesting dynamic that can be just as tragic and gut wrenchingly toxic as Akeshu, esp since they are both using effigies, their masks dating each other not themselves.

Makoto x Akiren, specifically later in life as Makoto is hellbent on joining the police force and Akiren ptsd and trauma around it becoming more impactful in his life, how do you love someone who your brain is telling you is becoming a monster that hurt you so many times before? (Ig this is more doomed but shrugs)

Yosuke going through it in his 20s and get into a lot of terrible relationships bc he need to pretend someone loves him and if they use him or hurt him (emotionally/physically) and cheats on him that's okay bc at least they hold him sometimes and fucking. Life doesn't matter anymore, just love me, hold me, kiss me please please please.

Anyone and their shadow. Do I need to say more?

Whump Ideas:

How Ryoji Mochizuki spent his last days alive/as a human. (how it felt like “dying”/turning back into a shadow)

Yu Narukami questions his life/what to do with himself like a few years after p4g and realize he never planned ahead for anything.

Yusuke Kitagawa having a panic attack late at night bc he’s sleep deprived but also today is mother’s day and he realize he knows nothing about his mother and his painting is about saviour or something and who saved her? Who kept any piece of her alive? All he has is a painting and lies and whoops sobbing clawing at his now ruined painting teehee I like hurting him :)

Chronic pain Ryuji, give my man a cane. But only after he tries to go on a run and realize halfway through in some random neighbourhood his leg hurts too bad to walk on & he’s stranded and scared. Need him miserable in the rain

Yukiko questions wtf she is doing with her life, still being in the same inn doing the same thing day in day out, while her friends are all out doing shit living life seeing the world. Anyways she smashes a bird cage and lights a dumpster on fire to feel something:™

Early SouYo SL where someone makes and off-hand comment about how Yosuke is just the right-handman or like, supporting cast (or partner, negative) to Narukami anf Yosuke realizes how popular Narukami is in comparison and how jealous he gets over this bc he is just as capable and shit and oh shit. Adachi?? Him???? (Bonus points if he didn’t really think too hard on that comparison & was like ‘I am like adachi! Thankfully I’m not as stupid as he but yeah, crazy huh?’ and not feeling bad or anything about it until they realize Adachi murdered Saki and now he’s layign awake at night going ‘i can’t become him I can’t become him am I gonna be like him if Narukami didn’t come into my life? Omg am I evil am I evil am I evil am I-” panic attack :) :3 )

AND THEN FUCKING YU NARUKAMI CHOSES ADACHI INSTEAD OF YOSUKE AND YOSUKE IS STRUCK WITH THE THOUGHT OF “I am like Adachi, and I am just as expendable. I am nothing without the people around me.” AND FUCKING DIES HE DIES I KILL HIM I KILLLLLLLL I KICK HIM DOWN THE HILL AND SNAP HIS NECK

Shadow spawns back in and he just fucking take the L. Like, Narukami already chose Adachi n shit and it’s the accomplice route and I fucking step on a mine and blow my ass into 30 bajillion pieces.

Chie feelings like she doesn’t have any history or purpose in Inaba/life in general in comparison to Yukiko. 

Adachi straight up kills Yu Narukami when he goes & confronts him on his own and like. Yosuke slowly comes to the realization that his partner is not coming back as time tick by in the closed Junes.

Naoto in the workplace hell having to work with misogynist & condescending coworkers. Two comments away from abandoning morals and killing everyone

Doomed Yuri/Yaoi/Whatever

Adult Yukichie as they realize they outgrew each other’s love, and thus, cannot maintain the same relationship they once had because they miss the older version of their lover and not the one in front of them.

Yosuke completely fucking up his relationship with Narukami. Rip. Prob bc he is deeply insecure and doesn't know how to properly handle his internal homophobia so when shit gets hard again during college/uni years he lash out and Narukami just. Leaves. (bc it also lowk hit him deep in the insecurities and they simply can’t work through it with the wounds actively bleeding when they barely know who they are rn)

VAMPIRES - ngl gonna base this v heavily on Simon Snow Series

Can exist in daytime (tho they burn easily, and it like- this deep itchiness vs. normal skin burns)

No bat transformation

Can survive on nothing but animals but they will age

Very hard to kill (can just. Tank bullets n shit)

BUT, burn from silver & fire* instantly fucking kills them.

Super strength & speed

Can hear heartbeat/smell blood inside people (very annoying actually)

Slow/barely there heartbeat

Mirror works unless they are silverback.

Don’t really have a thrall, just something that make them a bit more charming/soothing.

Runs cold (bc no circulation)

*We can pretend that Narukami will forever be weak against fire instead of him dying immediately upon Yukiko, okay? Okay.

WEREWOLVES - I’m making bullshit up

Human in daylight, but as night falls gain more of their wolf parts & viceversa.

If really skilled can control their shifts (can be wolf in daytime, human in night) but is very draining & hard to do

Allergic to silver

Stronger & faster & get whatever tf wolves have the more wolf they wolf

Usually runs warm

Lean more carnivorous (need more protein to maintain good health) but can have a standard human diet (veganism not recommended, but theoretically possible).

Really social, need lots of physical affection and exercise or get angsty.

Mind become more emotional/instinctual at night (esp during full moon) but not like, braindead “kill kill kill!” wolves.

Like. imagine them high or drunk. Like that logical nerfing. Silly lil dawgs

How do we start this actually. First meet? Random dungeon crawl scene? Them biting each other? Like, what? Wait would be funny if none of Inaba seen a vamp before. Wait idea: mostly human world with like, the occasional monster, so like outside of the Hanamuras they’re are prob v little monsters in Inaba (besides the Amagis, idk what they are, kitsunes? Faes? Other folklore here?) and they aren’t really taught about, like, biology wise (just like, in historical context), so like. Ppl only know about stereotypes/misinformation about vampires.

Like, no one really realizes that Narukami is a vampire until he straight up tells them, because for the most part he just look like a pale ass human. And Yosuke had to face a lot of fear & misunderstandings at first (and lowk still do) due to him being the only werewolf family in town. (He also face some werewolf discrimination & being call a pack of hungry wolves preying on the hares of Inaba & other shit like that but he pretends it doesn’t bother him) (it does)

Once they learn, they try their best to make him as comfortable as possible, going so far as to offer blood, which Narukami denies.

Chie: What! You don’t want my blood? I promise it’s not bad!

Yosuke: With how much meat you eat, I won’t be surprised if it’s clogged with cholesterol.

Chie: HEY! AT LEAST I DONT EAT JUNK LIKE-

Narukami: It’s because I’m not allowed to drink human blood.

Yukiko: Really?

Yosuke: Why?

Narukami: I mean, my parents don’t want me to stop aging at 16 and I agree, they say that around 30 is a good stopping point, mature but not too grey yet.

There is an awkward silence where everyone looks at this grey hair & eyes.

Narukami: …More grey…

While vampires do need to sleep, they don’t need nearly as many hours as humans need, so a lot of the time he spend a good chunk of his nights hanging out with Yosuke, either walking around Inaba or brushing his hair/fur, or taking care of him during full moons.

Narukami: Can I braid your hair?

Yosuke: You know how to braid hair?

Narukami: Yeah, I do it on Nanako-chan sometimes.

Yosuke: Right, I mean I don’t think I’ll look good, and isn’t that too girly anyways?

Narukami: I think you’ll look very pretty, you have such nice hair, especially in this form, it would be a shame to not play with it.

Yosuke: Play- I’m not some doll!

His tail is wagging a lot rn btw

Narukami: Haha, sorry, but can I braid your hair though?

Yosuke, tail still wagging: …Fine, but if I look bad I’m biting you!

Yosuke is feeling rebellious and oddly restless/uneasy since his partner left Inaba. After such a hectic golden week, he’s itching to actually relax and calm his nerves during summer break, but unfortunately that’s a few months off.

So, what does he do instead to take the nerves off? He steals his dad's pack of smokes. Now, he isn’t sure why he did this, but he has it already so might as well take a drag, to see how it was like- no?!

However, there is no way in hell he is doing so in the real world, the chances of being caught is low, but the consequences of doing so are far too great. So, that only leaves the TV world left to try and smoke for the first time.

As he breaks (uses his keycard and reset the alarms) into Junes, his thoughts drift back to his Partner. How life seems so much duller without him around, without his small smile to light up the room, how bumping elbows, or wrapping an arm over his shoulder, the way it tingles and shoots electricity down his spine-

UGH! Why is he thinking about it like that, they’re just friends! Partners, teammates!

He shakes himself loose, getting his bearings back inside the TV. For the most part, the twisted dungeons are mostly gone, but if you wander long enough around the picturesque landscape you can still find the ruins of them. Which lands him in the crumbling shopping district in the TV. Look, he felt bad smoking in such a nice area, he gotta hide out here!

And if it reminds him of his failures, and how he (accidentally) showed his darkest part of himself to Yu, well, that’s for him to know and no one else.

As he walks into the liquor store, a cig in his mouth as he valiantly tries and lights it to no success someone surprised him in there.

It’s his shadow, sitting on one of the counters, swinging his feet back and forth.

“What the fuck?” Yosuke mutters, letting the cig fall from his mouth onto the floor.

The- His- Shadow tsks, hopping off the counter, bounding his way over. “It’s not nice to waste cigarettes, you know how expensive they are nowadays?” It said, leaning down to pick up the smoke himself.

“I- I think they’re bigger problems right now!” Yosuke flinches back, holding out his lighter like a weapon.

Apparently the shadow didn’t get the memo, as it plucks it right out of his hands and effortlessly lights the cig, taking a deep breath. He blows out through his nose, the smoke curling around his eyes like a veil- the glowing yellow shining through the fog.

It leans in, a lit cig between its fingers, and a devious grin on its face. “C’mon, are you really surprised that I’m here? Really?” It laughed, before taking another drag.

Yosuke swallows, scratching the back of his neck, “what is it that you want?”

“You know what I want, what you want, unfortunately he’s not here though.”

“He? You mean- Partner?!” Yosuke stumbles back, while the shadow blows smoke in his direction, giggling when he tries to fan it away.

“Mmm, yeah, I suppose that means we must improvise. A little practice to help your courage couldn’t hurt- not in the same way that letting him slip by would be if you ever come back here,” the shadow threatens, getting closer, before taking a deep breath of nicotine smoke.

“What does that mean- Mph!” Yosuke got cut off by his shadows crashing their lips together. The squeak provides just enough room for it to shove its tongue in there, and kiss smoke deep into his throat.

Immediately Yosuke shoves his other half away, hacking up the smoke. “Ack! What the- kof- the hell!”

“Sorry, that was a bit too much to start off with, hm? No wonder Partner didn’t want us around, we are such a pathetic loser,” it growls, invading his space once more.

Yosuke manages to keep it at arms distance this time around, pleading “Wait wait wait- Just, what is happening?!”

“Tsk, teaching you how to kiss. You want to do this with Yu, no? You're just too chicken shit to say that you want to shove your tongue so far down his throat he’d choke on it- let alone admit to yourself that you like him, am I right?” It taunts, leaning in ever more.

“I- okay maybe you're right, but what does that have to do with- with kissing me?!” He yelps, placing a hand across his other self’s face.

It only responded with a giggle, yellow eyes shining with mischief through spread fingers. “We can help each other out, no? It’ll be fun, and you don’t have to risk embarrassing yourself in front of someone outside of you,” It mumbles, pressing a kiss to the meat of his hand where it rests along its mouth.

Yosuke yanks his hand back, which only serves to let his shadow in, bringing a hand up to hold his jaw in place in a firm, yet achingly gentle, grip. “What are you so afraid of? You ought to know better by now…”

Before Yosuke could formulate a retort, it closed the distance and pressed its lips against his again- this time much softer. There was still a bit of bite, teeth grazing along his lower lip, but much more manageable in comparison from swallowing smoke.

Yosuke should’ve fought back, pushed it away, kicked its knees backwards. Instead he gave a pitiful mewl and let himself be eaten by his shadow, frozen solid. Eventually the shadow peeled away, frowning slightly. “You know, for a kiss to be good, the other must reciprocate?”

“You’re the one who pushed yourself onto me! I wanted none of this!” Yosuke shoots back.

Its eyes burn a toxic yellow for a moment, before shifting back into a more honeyed gold. “Are you sure? You have the perfect opportunity to be kissed, to be held, to be loved, why throw it away?” It took another drag of the cig, flicking the ashes onto the dirty floor.

Yosuke blinks in surprise, looking at anywhere else but his shadow. He can’t truly look away, not with the hand holding his face firmly in place, but he can still see the destroyed shelving, and the ripped apart picture on the ground, the ghost of Saki and the memories of his first awakening still haunts this place. With Yu Narukami seeing it all, fighting for him all the while.

“Promise me no one will know about this?” He whispers, meeting his missing link’s eyes.

“I promise,” It breathes back, before locking their lips together.

This time, he clumsily tries to match pace with his shadow. Why the fuck is it so good at kissing, isn’t me? Actually, maybe that’s a good thing… He thought as it slowly pried his mouth open with its tongue, a giggle whistling through it.

His shadow starts to lead him backwards, pushing him up a counter as its tongue grazes the back of his teeth and along his own tongue. He fights back, trying to lick into its mouth, teeth lightly pressing down.

It breaks away again, moving its hands from Yosuke’s jaw up and through his hair, nails scratching his scalp so nicely it sends tingles down his spine and boils in his guts. It brought the cig into view again, smirking once more. “Shall we try it again?”

“Mm, I think I’ll just end up in another coughing fit.”

“Well, we won’t get far thinking like that. Here, Just let me do the heavy lifting, all you need to do is breathe in deep and out, okay?” The shadow didn’t wait for a response, breathing the half-burned cigarette like it’s oxygen.

Yosuke swallows nervously, before leaning in, taking in his shadow advice and breathing in deeply when it coaxes his mouth open. It wasn’t nearly as difficult when he was actually expecting it, and the smoke filled his lungs, as his shadow slowly put pieces of itself back in its rightful owner.

Yosuke breaths out through his nose, coughing a tiny bit at the end. “Shit… that feels good…”

His shadow gave a deep chuckle, waving the cig in his hand a bit, “want another hit?”

They went on like that, breathing in the smoke and exploring each other’s mouths. The slick feeling of their tongues lazily passing each other and the hit of nicotine gave them a pleasant buzz. His shadow wandering hands tracing paths from his hair, to his back, along the bottom of his legs, spreading him to make more room for him to drape himself along his front.

That isn’t to say that Yosuke wasn’t also curious, as drawing pretty moans from his other half whenever his scratch his nails along the back of his neck, wrapping his legs around his waist and pulling him closer, taking more and more and more-

Eventually, his shadow started to lose his form, eyes turning hazy and his skin glowing a dull blue, and after a last parting kiss it reverted back into its persona form, preserved in the form of the Magician tarot.

Yosuke cradles it against his chest as he heaves, reaching over to pick up his smokes and lighter. Pulling out another cig and lighting it, he summons Jiraiya.

Yosuke Hanamura is admittedly, a clumsy guy. He lost count on how many times he'd crashed into or around the same trashcan on his way to school. Fortunately never as bad as the crash that had him stuck in it, drowning in garbage until his now partner, Yu Narukami, fished him out.

Still, he pass by it enough to have this strange feeling of dread whenever he didn't see it on his walk to school, its absence putting him on edge, unmoored. He chalked it up to being a creature of habit and not having his routine of seeing it or feeling the painted metal on him as he crashes into it or use it to help him get up a reasonable explanation to his woes.

Until one night he vented and cried about the investigation and the murders and feelings of weakness, hugging it for comfort. When he went to bed, feeling much better letting everything out in the silent comfort of the can, he realized that he might have a strange attachment to it.

Though, never in a million years would he assumed it would be more of some strange feeling of comfort until he started to yearn for the feeling of the unwavering metal underneath his hands- to hold onto the handles or rim of it. Feeling an unjust anger whenever he noticed that it been dirtied by the weather, or when he saw people throwing trash into what is his-

He started to doubt his attraction to it when he stole it and hid it in his closet. After making sure it was all nice and clean, repainted (which, btw, took forever to find a pain colour that matches!), and have a nice new trash bag with a thick liner.

Okay, fine, he might be a bit obsessed with it, but whatever! It was harmless, and it wasn't like he was in love with it!

Except he started to have dreams of kissing it, cuddling it and curling around its base as it watches over him. Of climbing in and being protected from the world in its metallic embrace, away from the expectations of being the Junes prince or the pressure of keeping the investigation on track or being judged or brushed aside due to his silly tendencies or-

Oh, he's in it now, huh? How did that even happened, having fallen for something that isn't alive- nor human? The trashcan in his closet stayed silent, yet haunted him through out the days, always willing to listen to his woes, catching him when he falls.

Maybe he could indulge in it, I mean- teens have phases, right? And while it isn't being edgy or rebellious or other, normal, teenage phases, he knows better than most to ignore a part of himself. He open himself up more, staying up late talking to it and making sure it's pristine. Memorizing its groove underneath curious, gentle hands, getting aches in his knees and back for spending hours curled inside it after particularly draining TV world runs. 

Ohhh he's so fucked, huh? He should go to the looney-bins.

Megumi knew her death was coming, her symptoms are getting worse and her meds will run out soon and who knows if Madarame will get her another fill. I mean, her impending death is the sole reason why she is painting a portrait of herself, afterall. She didn’t want to let her son to grow up in such a situation, to be exploited and used just like the rest of them

Yusuke, her precious son, her kitsune, she would do anything if it means he has a sliver of a chance to a better life.

So, after a draining painting session that left her back aching and tremors in her hands, she met up with another pupil for some tea they snuck in. “You’re planning on leaving soon, no?” Megumi brought the tea to her lips, aiming to be casual.

“...Yes, you want me to bring Yusuke with me, don’t you?” She struck right into the heart of the matter.

Megumi shifts, “If that is possible, yes.”

“I don’t think I’ll be a good parent, let alone be able to provide for him,” she placed her tea down onto the table, giving her a mournful look.

“Please!” She lurched forwards, “I don’t think I’ll live long enough to protect him, or get him out of here on my own. You know what he does to us, I cannot let my son grow up in this place, who knows what Madarame would do to him?”

The other pupil leans back in surprise, taking a deep breath. “If I do take him, eventually he’ll just end up in the foster system- unless things go really well for me,” she closed her eyes, centering herself. She shifts, and the room seems to close in, “Do you think that is truly better than here?”

Megumi paused at that. Was the horrors of the foster system, especially if his mother essentially disappears (she is not naive enough to assume that Madarame won’t try to erase her from living memory), no parental connections? Was it truly better than here?

“Yes,” she starts, meeting the other person gaze, [some ice metaphor here], “because at least he will not be alone.”

She tilted her head at that, “Alone? He will be alone over there either way.”

“He’ll have the other children.” “They’re cruel, they’ll push him away, abandon him.”

“What else do I have!?” She slams the table, instantly regretting her decision as pain singes her already weak joints. “I have to have hope! He will be eaten alive, drained for all he has and be nothing by the end! Madarame won’t let him leave, or have friends, or anything! At least outside he has the chance of freedom!” She takes a shaky breath, lightly rubbing her face. “I can’t assume someone will sneak in and steal him away. I gotta have hope that he’ll find someone out there, do well and grow up and find happiness out there.”

Megumi stares down at her half-empty tea, the surface smooth and glassy. “I must have hope, what else do I have left?”

Her friend stared at her silently for a long time, both stewing in the despairing situation. The fate of a young boy, who just turned three a few days ago, hangs in their hands. Even then, all they can do is pick the rickety, waterlogged boat to send him down the harsh river of life.

“Okay, I’ll do it,” she caved in.

“Really?” “Yes, I’ll try my best to give him everything, but…” She trails off, leaving the if I lose my job part unsaid. “I won’t let you be forgotten, I’ll make sure he always knew where he came from, who you are.”

“That you love him with your entire being, and that meant letting him go.”

Megumi sniffs, tearing up, “thank you, I’ll try to prepare him and get everything ready.”

She nods, grabbing her cup to finish off the now cold tea.

Yusuke Kitagawa moves out of the shack a week later. Prepared to potentially never seeing his mother ever again, but still confused and very, very lost.

Yusuke Kitagawa entered the foster system three months later, nothing more but a suitcase of all his essentials and a long note with basic information about her mother, her sacrifice, and who to contact to hear the full story.

It is his most prized possession, right next to a small used notebook that contains his mother's scrapped ideas. His messy crayon doodles don't come close to the same beauty as hers, but together they paint the most heartbreaking picture.

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Goro Akechi climbed the stairs to the new group home he got sent to. His last fosters got caught for abuse and the state promised that “this one is much better” and “he doesn't need to worry about being treated unfairly.”

They said that for the last four too, maybe fifth time’s the charm?

He opens the door to his new room carefully, not wanting to immediately get on the bad side of whoever his new roommate will be. Not until he’s certain he can win most fights, anyways. 

At first he didn’t see anyone. It wasn’t until he was placing his trashbag of items next to a futon did he see the boy. He was quite thin- common among children like them- but had silky smooth hair just brushing along his shoulders. He was curled in the far corner of the room, in the blindspot of the door, clutching a notebook close to his chest.

“Ah… Hello, my name is Goro Akechi, and yours?”

The boy blinks owlishly, shifting into a more proper posture, “Yusuke Kitagawa.”

Akechi gives a perfectly fake smile, “It’s a pleasure to meet you!”

“Likewise,” and with that curt response he goes back to what appears to be drawing.

 Shrugging, Akechi went back to organizing my things and getting my bearings.

Saki still dies at the same time but none of them can go into the TV yet, but do know about the midnight channel. But that still doesn't comfort Yosuke so like one night he's off wandering Inaba hoping to get clues or at least clear his mind

This is when he meets Izanami, and they talk a bit bc he's unmoored and Izanami mentions how Narukami is special, but not this time and that Yosuke should help out around the gas station to show Junes solidarity or whatever and Yosuke is like "what tf are u saying" but still shakes hands and have the headache thing

But now he can feel his shadow calling out to him, he swears he sees his eyes flash yellow in his reflection sometimes, and get home closer to midnight, and when he's about to go to sleep the midnight channel turns on and shows a vague outline of him in thick fog and he hear a very distorted voice asking "Is this your truth? Is this your honest self?"

And he’s like "wtf was that ig I will let the others know in the morning" and falls asleep and have a dream where he’s by a road in thick fog and he decides to start walking and bumps into this girl also by the road and she have no memories or name but want to find the truth (of herself) and questions what is he afraid of, when he is not alone unlike her and a limousine pulls up but he wakes up before the doors open

And he’s like "wow what a weird dream, anways" and took the gang to Junes after talking about the midnight channel (which btw they did not see what Yosuke saw) and Narukami joked that if they had a better tv maybe they get better connection n Chie needed to get a new tv anways

So thry are checking out tv and Yosuke goes to ligntly knock on the screen bc line maybe Narukami questions how a think screen like those are stable and so his fist goes through and it shocks them ALL

And that's how they enter the tv world

Cues them wandering around but Yosuke is weirdly paranoid (compared to the others) bc he SWEARS someone is watching him from the shadows but the others don't feel it and then they meet teddie and fucjing normal p4g shit here

But Yosuke still can't shake off the stare, the pressure in his chest, an energy that is begging to be let free but he doesn't know what it is and Narukami asks if he is okay and if he wanted to show him any good food spots and usually Yosuke's go to is to say no or brush it off and isolate but he remembers what the gas station attendee said and his dreams and the midnight channel and decides to be honest and go show him Aiya's or smthing

To which (after eating) Narukami brings up searching the TV more for clues and Yosuke agrees bc 1. Def weird fucjijg shit happening and 2. It's clearly connected to the murders so fuck yeah let's do that

So into the TV world and its shopping district and they got jump by shadows and instead of Narukami summoning his persona they just beat em to death using their weapons (Yosuke being more violent bc there is this tension in him and his skin is buzzing and he wants to summon something forth but his mouth can’t form the words) and enter and see what Saki's repress feelings were

And surprise! Kagemura and it taunts and laugh at Yosuke and say the thing from last time and Yosuke wants to so bad to deny deny deny but it... It’s really him, no? And it's like that girl in her dreams said, and like Narukami has his hand on his shoulders and saying it's okay and Teddie is saying that is him and just

He looks at his shadow and admits he is afraid and shallow and a coward, but he wants to change- no, he has to change. For himself, for Saki, for Narukami and the nameless girl and to catch the killer. And Kagemura is shocked but also really happy to be accepted without getting his shit kicked in and starts to transform into Jiraiya

okay small aside but I hc that Yu Narukami got his persona directly from Izanami, she was holding the best memories she has of Izanagi and put it in him to let him fully turn that into a proper persona

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOSUKE GETS THIS CRAZY HEADACHE AS A DIFF BUT V SIMILIAR VOICE ECHOES OUT IF HE IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH, TO OPEN THE DOOR AND SHINE A LIGHT THROUGH THE FOG

and he down on his knees and Jiraiya's card is flickering and he reach inside himself and admits he's scared, but people are relying on him, no? He has to try. Let Him Try

Jaraiya forms and then Yosuke hears the voices™ and accepts and Izanagi (which looks diff, like Izanagi picario Yosuke addition) burst out of his body and goes towards Jaraiya, and they circle each other (dance?) And say "Thou art I... I art thou, we shall guide you towards the truth and change the winds of fate" before becoming cards and joining back with yosuke

After resting they go back and Narukami is saying that while he doesn't have a persona like him and just move he still wants to help amd Yosuke is ecstatic to have someone to help him out and to not scare Narukami off via his shadow and agrees and then he gets flashbanged and hear the "Thou art I... I art thou" and gets rank 1 fortune and he just. Have to pretend nothing happens bc Narukami didn't even fucking flimch and wtf is going on

Then he goes to bed and Igor pulls up and be like “sign this contact” and Yosuke is like “sure fuck it we ball”