The Phantom Thieves: (Akira Kurusu x reader)

Chapter 21: Goemon

5/18 Wednesday After School

(Y/n)'s POV

Class was over now, so me and Akira got up from our tasks before we could say anything to each other.  Morgana starts talking to us, "Starting today, our new hideout is the walkway in Shibuya, OK? Speaking of Shibuya, didn't Mishima say Nakanohara would be there, now, too?" Morgana asks me and Akira.  Me and Akira glance at each other before we grabbed our hands to each other before we started walking towards the train station to talk to Ann and Ryuji.

Little Time Skip still (Y/n)'s POV

Me and Akira made it to the train station, and we saw Ryuji and Ann there waiting for us, "Yo." Ryuji said to us.  Ann looks at us before she tells us, "We're about to head to the hideout too." Ann said to us.  Ann must've noticed something because she asks us, "Who's that...?" Ann asks us.  Me and Akira turned around to see a man that looks familiar was walking towards us before he mutters out, "Excuse me..." The man said to us.  Morgana mutters out to us, "That's Nakanohara." Morgana mutters out to Ryuji and Ann.  Morgana must've looked at Ann and Ryuji before he tells him, "Mishima told us to meet him here in Shibuya today.  Ryuji got in shock of this, "For real...?" Ryuji mutters out to Morgana.

The man looks at all of us before he tells us, "...My name is Nakanohara." Nakanohara said to us.  Nakanohara wasn't done talking to us before he tells us, "Natsuhiko Nakanohara, the one who was posted about the Phantom Aficionado Website." Nakanohara said to all of us.  Ann turns to us before she tells us, "He seems pretty nice. Doesn't seem like the stalker type. I think the change of heart must have worked." Ann said to us.  Nakanohara looks at all of us before he tells us, "The administrator of that website contacted me... They told me to look for someone in a Shujin uniform with a cat..." Nakanohara said to all of us.

Ryuji gets pissed at this before he asks Nakanohara, "So? Whaddya want?" Ryuji asks Nakanorhara.  Nakanorhara looks away from all of us before he turns back to looked at all of us before he tells us, "You may have already heard, but there's someone I wish to trigger a change of heart in." Nakanorhara said to all of us.  Nakanorhara was quiet before he tells us, "...An artist by the name of Madarame." Nakanorhara said to all of us.  All of us were in shock of this, "Ooh, you think this is it? Is the pupil gonna confess his master's secrets?" Ryuji ask all of us.  I was still thinking before Ann speaks out, "His Shadow did mention Madarame as well..." Ann said to Ryuji.  I glanced at Ryuji before telling him, "She's right though. Don't you remember?" I ask Ryuji.  Ryuji looks at me and Ann before he nods his head at us.

Nakanohara looks at all of us before he tells us, "I'm... one of Madarame's former pupils. He gave me lodging at his home, where I thought only about art. I genuinely wanted to be an artist..." Nakanohara said to all of us.  Nakanohara wasn't done talking because he told us, "There was another pupil as well. A very talented man, multiple years my senior. Obviously, Madarame kept tabs on him. Everything he made was claimed as a Madarame original. He wasn't the only victim though..." Nakanohara said to all of us.  Ryuji told all of us, "All right, we got some real proof of the plagiarism." Ryuji says to all of us.  Nakanohara shakes his head a bit before he tells all of us, "In response to Madarame's actions... that senior pupil committed suicide." Nakanohara said to us.

Me and Ann were in shock of these, "Suicide..." Me and Ann mutter out.  Nakanohara just tells all of us, "He must have been unable to bear seeing his work praised under Madarame's name." Nakanohara said to us.  Nakanohara nods his head before he tells us, "That was when I disobeyed Madarame's pleas and left.  ...But he quickly pressured other parts of the art world, and my life as a painter was destroyed." Nakanohara said to all of us.  Nakanohara looks down before he starts talking again, "I tried to turn over a new leaf working at a ward office... but it was no use. My attachment to art warped my emotions. Soon I began getting attached to everything... In the end, I even turned into a stalker.. Ha... Haha..." Nakanohara said to us, while he chuckled a bit.