#look at how hes trying to speak to naoki and reach out to him yosuke really does want to help here

[daily-hanamura]

i have more screenshots but idk if tumblr can handle it

[shadowtarot]

Ken and Akihiko blindly charging at Takaya - TII

Thieves in Inaba Part 80

Ryuji falls to the ground, holding his abdomen. “D-Damnit! That was a real ‘effing gun!” 

“You stupid monkey!” Morgana shakes his head, moving to heal him, Ann asists. 

“Seems that wasn’t enough. Oh well…” Takeya refocuses his efforts on Shinji. 

“I’m not letting this happen again!” Akhiko charges at the shirtless gunman, decking him in the face which catches him off guard. 

Ken takes the opportunity to trip him with his staff. “Now’s our chance….”

“You’re wide open! MOROS!”

Yasogami Tower Lobby

A number of destroyed machines litter the once clean marble flooring. Out of breath and close to dropping, Sho looks around. “Is that…all you got?! No more toys to break?!” 

But no response is given. 

“Where did he….?” The red haired Wild Card looks to the stairs to see no one there. It seems during his fight, his adoptive father used the chance to flee. 

“COWARD!” Sho starts to run up the stairs, but staggers a bit as he does so. “I’m not gonna let this beat me…I’m not done questioning you…you son of a bitch…”

Persona Training Center

Looking up, Ai sees Kou shielding her from the Shadow wolf. It’s biting down hard on the sword he grabbed, but a claw managed to get him bad in the still bare chest. 

“Kou…” Ai shakes her head. This wasn’t the time. Quickly moving to grab a spare air soft gun she shoots the shadow dead. 

“Nice work…are you okay?” The basket ball player asks, looking her over for injuries. 

“I should be the one asking you that! Your chest is bleeding!”

Kou looks down, seemingly just now noticing it due to moving on only adrenaline until this point. “Damnit…so I am.”

“Hey, you lovebirds can chat later! We still have more shadows to deal with!” Iwai shouts, shooting a few. 

“R-Right!” 

The group fends off the remaining shadows until none remain. With a collective sigh they all relax. 

“We did it…” Daisuke slumps down into a chair, exhausted. 

“Well now we just need to treat Kou’s injury.” Sae states, looking at the basketball player. 

“But the town’s on lockdown.” Ai states. “How can we?”

“I have a way. Sadly my phone is dead. Iwai do you mind making a call?”

Tokyo

“Monsters roaming the streets, children going missing, and now I get a weird call from that Cafe owner.” Tae mumbles, looking over her papers. “Several people have come in with all sorts of injuries. Not life threatening…but ones that no one else would believe came from ‘Monsters’. Am I the only one who remembers what happened on Christmas Eve? Or was that just a dream?” 

She shakes her head, when her phone rings. “Again?” Answering she hears comotion on the other line.

“Nijima better have given me the right number. Is this Takemi?”

“Yes, you have the right number. May I ask who’s calling?”

“Look I’m just gonna skip the formalities. I’m not calling for a house call, we have an injured kid here and I need advice as soon as possible.”

“Pushy much? What’s the issue?” Takemi asks, taking out a notepad. 

“We’re in Inaba. Place has become the equivalent to hell right now and we were attacked by those freaks.”

Tae gasps, hearing how far the sightings have spread. “It’s reached Inaba? I’ve had to treat several people today for ‘Monster attacks’.”

“More like they’re coming from Inaba. This place became a damn hornets nest. Kid has major scratches on his chest. Claw marks.”

“How deep are the cuts? And how close to the heart?”

“Seems to have missed the heart, but the claws went in a bit deep.”

“I see…are there any first aid kits where you are sir?”

“Yeah, pretty damn heavy duty. Ren must have over prepared..”

Tae pauses, hearing Ren mentioned. “Ren you say…. Frizzy hair, not afraid to back talk? Lives in Inaba?”

“We both know him? Makes things a bit easier. But why do you ask?”

“Open the first aide kit, and look for a leather pouch.”

“Uh..okay. I found it, but what’s in it?” 

“Medicine he bought from me. According to him it helped a lot with his work.”

Iwai is quiet on the line for a second. “I’ll use it on the injury then.”

“Keep me on the line, alright? I want to make sure nothing else affected this young man.”

Captive Block

Making their way down carefully, the freed captives start to slowly search for an exit to the floor they were on. The Fox however, seems tense. 

“We still haven’t figured out what this little guy saw.” Kenji states. “If Hifumi-chan’s statement was right then there has to be another person here right?” 

“It was only a hunch.” She clarifies. “Basing a claim on unproven evidence and one sided opinions makes you no better then Goro Akechi.”

“Speaking of that guy, do any of you know what happened to him? He just vanished after that last TV show he was on.” Yumi asks the group. 

Sojiro is quiet, not wanting to answer but also hiding his knowledge by tuning out the topic.

“Well I never really liked him.” Naoki admits. “He seemed really happy to be on TV so often. Nothing like the other one…” 

“He’s dumb. The Phantom Thieves are good guys and he did nothing but bad mouth them.” Shinya states. 

The fox suddenly growls, stopping in place. The group looks forward to see a scarfed figure approaching them. 

“Who’s there?!” Hifumi demands. 

Block 1, Floor 2

Ken and Akihiko are sent back a bit by Jin’s attacks. This allows Takaya to stand back up.

“Don’t let your anger get the best of you!” Minato yells. “This is a mistake I’m supposed to make, not you two.” 

Ryuji stands up, now healed from Ann and Morgana’s magic. “Yo, need back up?” 

Akihiko and Ken look to each other and then shrug before looking to Ryuji and nodding. Yosuke and Yu run in to assist as well. 

“So you’re going to try to overwhelm us by shear numbers? Very well, the outcome will still be in our favor.” Jin states, taking out a grenade.