“Welcome to our world. Where the outsiders go and the gaijin get dumped in the trash.”
Yellow eyes gazed at him from underneath a blonde fringe, strands pulled back tight in a neat bun. The Shadow stood up, her heels clacking on the floor as she approached Yosuke.
“Ah yes. The little hero has come to save us. The little shitty, broken gaijin. We’re so fucking honored.”
The Shadow spat, looking almost pained to even say that. Her outfit was one of a fancy business suit, the skirt abnormally long with shackles around her wrists.
She spun on her heel, walking halfway down the hallway before stopping.
“We’re not some little princess locked up in a tower. But give it your best shot anyway. We’d never be disappointed in you, Hero.”
And then she disappeared, presumably gone further in.
“OH look, its my so called friends!” The last word was spat, full of venom. “Here to berate me for being such a lameass?” He asks as he looked toward the investigation team, and then he turned to Rebecca and started laughing. Before the investigation team could do anything, he grabbed her hand ”As for you, You’re taking the easy way” he said, disappearing with her and leaving the investigation team to go after them.
They reappeared in a dead end, with piles of junk everywhere, with a large monitor in the center of the room, showing Yu and the others. Yosuke (The actual one) was lying on the floor. Shadow Yosuke let go of Rebecca’s hand and set her down besides her boyfriend, then sat himself down, eagerly watching the screen
Yosuke himself appeared to be unharmed, but barely conscious. “Becca? Why the hell are you even over here?” he mumbled weakly, looking around for the other members
“Wait wha- ?!”
The sudden teleportation left her stumbling for a moment before she ended up plopping down on her rear end, armor clinking together under her shirt and pants.
“Oof!”
Thankfully her headset didn’t come flying off like it usually did, so she brought herself to her knees to look over Yosuke, leaving her naginata to her side. A gentle, yet calloused hand ran through his hair, almost in comfort. He looked exhausted…
“To save you, ya adorable doofus…”
She took off her coat, draping it over her boyfriend’s chest in hopes it could help, then she gently took his worryingly limp hand, running a thumb over his knuckles.
“I’m the only one here right now, the others are still climbing this place… Your shadow… he brought me up here.”
Absently, she held his hand to her face, worried about the chill she felt in his skin. Hopefully her own heat could help…
“Even that deep down, you wanted me close, huh?”
Her question was soft, yet she didn’t expect an answer.
Rebecca watched her television in horror, the first time she had ever watched the Midnight Channel. Guilt pooled in her stomach, she should’ve gone with him, dammit!
The guilt had turned to fury by the time school came and went, and the team jumped into the TV to find Yosuke. Rebecca had nearly smashed open the door in protective fury. Then, she spotted her boyfriend’s shadow, marching right up to it and ignoring what the team yelled at her while she dragged her naginata behind her.
“Alright, let’s hear what you gotta say then. Lay it on us.”
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