Persona 4 RP Phase 2

"Thanks." said Shinta quickly heading for the kitchen.  Karin gave a slight bow before taking her exit saying, "Sorry for the interruption."

Tamaki scratched his cheek as the four left before extending a hand to Chiaki, "Well, shall we?"

Maeko walked down the hallway, reaching the kitchen. Her hair was a mess and her eyes half open as she glared across the room. "...What's being discussed and why must it be discussed so loudly?" Maeko grumbled.

"Business about the guy dressed in all white and some wonan named Mikako or something like that." Daikichi responded.

"Do we know anything more about her plan while we're at a stand still with her location? Last I heard she needed a certain few Arcanas." Which of course, I've forgotten what they are. Stefan asked. "If we know what her plan is, we could come up with a counter-manuver to at least combat it should the worst scenario happen."

"In other words we need some kind of clue as to what she's planning to do now." Shinta entered the room and looked back and forth between Hideyoshi and Misaki, "I don't suppose you two know of any backup plans or hideouts she may've had, huh?"

"If they did, she probably wouldn't use them." said Karin pushing her finger to her forehead.

Masuyo looked at Maeko with an impressed look. "Loudly? The one time we speak at a normal volume and thats still too loud?" he said shaking his head. "Ayeyaeyaeeee."

"We only knew of the hospital location unfortunately." Hideyoshi said closing his eyes. "But im trying to think about it. She has more than enough manpower to just annihilate us all with minimal effort. So this begs the question as to why she hasnt. There has to be some outside factor that we dont know about that is making her have to bide her time and follow a schedule."

"Meaning if we strike her while shes being cautious and trying to wait for a good moment, we may have a chance at winning. Which then begs the question, why the hell are we going to screw around at a beach for three days?" Misaki added with an irritated look.

"Danketsu." Nene said wagging her pointer finger. "If we try to go into the final battle with the way the group is now, we're sure to get pummeled! Good teamwork and camaraderie is vital to important battles you know? I mean you kinda worked alone till now but now you have a team, and part of a team's strength is its bonds with its members no?"

"Hm. I suppose you have a point. Though the type of woman Mikako is, she uses peoples bonds against them. So keep that in mind, and be careful when the time comes." Misaki responded with a small smile.

"What we really need to know is what her comrades can do." Masuyo added. "We fought her directly already, and shes pretty much fucking unstoppable. Shes only SLIGHTLY vulnerable when changing personas. Even then, if shes got strong ass personas, she wont need to change, thus completely eliminating her weakness. I think we should try to focus on the ones we have a higher chance to defeat before the big cheese herself. Thats just how I feel though. How do you all think we should handle this when we finally confront them?"

Karin snapped her fingers, "Ah! That's right, Yuuichi! Dammit, how could I forget?"

"What about him?" asked Shinta raising an eyebrow.

"Today at school, he gave me a file. He said it was about Mikako and her allies." explained Karin.

Shinta's eyes widened in shock, "He gave you what? Well where is it?"

"Back at the house," Karin said heading for the door, "I'll be right back."

"Uhhhh...huh?" Daikichi says confused.

"Yeah, sorry." said Shinta scratching the back of his head, "This probably feels like you've come in at the middle of a conversation, huh?"

"That guy just happens to have that?" Stefan asked, concerning Yuuchi. "...I mean, I know he's good with intel, but how the hell does he pull that off...?"

***

"Hello! Nurse!" Dahni called, entering the hospital. "I need some information on one of the former employees. She's a friend of my mother's, and I wanted to send her a thank you note for taking care of one of my friends while he was here." Please let this be that easy...

"Ya got that right." Daikichi acknowledged.

"Dunno," said Shinta with a worried expression, "My question is why does he have it? Even if he's not the Yuuichi I knew, this Yuuichi doesn't seem like one to take the initiative."

"Who knows?" Masuyo said. "Maybe he got it from one of the other Yuuichi's in the network?" he suggested. "You never know how many eyes an information broker could have."

"Uhhhhh...I'm just gonna grab a drink real quick. Keep talking, I'm all ears but don't be surprised or pissed if I don't get much of it." Daikichi says as he looks for a drink.

Shinta chuckled, "I'd be more surprised if you did get a lot of this. Anyway, I'll reserve judgment until I see what exactly's on those files."

"Which should be soon." Yomiko said. "Karin is pretty fast. And since its actually important im sure shes gonna return covered in sweat and some dirt. You know she probably tripped being in a rush." she said with a small laugh.

"That's for sure." said Shinta with a laugh.

"I got 'em!" shouted Karin as she burst through the entrance. She quickly made her way to the kitchen and held out the folder Yuuichi gave her, panting heavily and hunched over. "And to think...I just...took a bath...earlier."

"Ahhhh...refreshing." Daikichi said while drinking lemonade. "Boy this room got crowded so quick. Although I gotta say, If I can knock someone out, I would't really pass the chance to do it depending on who it is. If I think the opponent isn't fighting on his/her A-game or has some fight em left, I"ll let em up and push out to see what they got. My guess is this freak has some high interest in us and wants to play games with us as a test. It'd be a waste to kill one with a ton of potential. That's my thought at least...I dunno." Daikichi said as he takes another drink.

"What do we have Karin?" Stefan asked. "Anything good? Hopefully fairly recent too."

"I dunno who picked the fight first but regardless, thus sounds like one helluva job on your hands to finish." Daikichi said.

"I'm a very light sleeper." Maeko responded to Masuyo.

She looked over the others as the conversation continued, too tired to take in what was being discussed. "Eh..if there's something I need to know, someone fill me in later.." Maeko grumbled as she went back to her room, yawning.

"Okk......." Daikichi mumbled to himself. Like I said quite a while ago...that womans full of frostbite. She seems cool though buts gonna take some cracking to get to that cool side of hers. I might be able to do something bout that as time goes on.

Lemme see that. Yomiko said taking the papers from Karin. "........Mikako Mitsuki.........Ami Kinoshita.......and Hideki."

"Just.......flat out Hideki?" Masuyo asked. "This guy sucks. And Ami Kinoshita? Why's that name sound familiar?"

"Ami!? As in the one from school!?" Nene shouted. "Holy crap I made friends with a servant of the devil!"

"I knew there was something I hated about her." Tsubasa said with an enraged look. "Does it have any helpful information on them?"

"..........Not really. Just their pictures, names, and occupations. Damn it." Yomiko said as she tossed the files onto the table. "Pretty much back at square one, besides knowing that what this Hideki guy looks like."

"Oh and we get to skip the betrayl epiosde." Masuyo added. "We know that Stefan's new girlfriend is a servant of the devil woman."

"Well this isn't necessarily a loss." said Shinta cupping his chin, "We know that Ami's with Mikako, and we can infer that she was trying to infiltrate us, but she doesn't know that we know about her. So it's possible that we can use that to our advantage."

"You think so?" asked Karin crossing her arms, "I dunno. Is it really that simple?"

"Sometimes simple is all you need."

"...Great." Stefan held his head. "I just can't help but pick the wrong women, can I?" He sighed. "Ah well. It presents us with a good opportunity. I can watch her while she's watching me."