Persona 4: Lost Judgement (OMC X Naoto Shirogane)

Kanjis...Steamy Bathhouse...

James' POV

I was waking up to the smell of Lavender again, knowing I was in the Velvet Room again. But this wasn't a good time to call me here, considering Narukami and I just saw Kanji's Shadow on The Midnight Channel.

I see that Igor and Marie have returned after my last visit.

Igor: Welcome to the Velvet Room.

Margaret: I see you've made another new bond. And that bond has allowed you to obtain the Priestess Arcana.

Igor: Margaret told me you had acquired a bond with your Own Shadow. Is this true?

James: Yes. It is.

Igor: If I'm not "mistaken," it was called the Redemption Arcana.

James: It was, indeed.

Igor: If you don't mind, I want to do another reading on your Persona to see if anything has changed.

James: Of course. I don't mind.

Igor had summoned his tarot card deck again. It feels like forever since he last did this. He had performed his tarot card reading. He showed me the card he pulled for me was still the Judgement Arcana.

Igor: It seems your Arcana is still Judgement. But the thing I didn't show you were beyond your future when we last did this. The card I didn't show you was The Devil in the upright position, but I wonder what this new reading will tell us.

As Igor flipped over another card, it was the Strength Arcana.

Igor: Strength in the upright position. "It seems that this bond with your Shadow has strengthened your Persona by a little bit." But even this confuses me about how you have both a Persona and a Shadow.

James: They're both of the same things. I know that the Persona is how we deal with the world, while the Shadow is the person we rather not be.

Igor: And what is the person you want to be?

James: I guess...I want to be the person who wants to help others in need.

Igor closed his eyes as he flipped over a card, revealing itself for me to see as the Temperance Arcana.

Igor: Temperance in the upright position. This card represents "moderation." Very interesting indeed. Be warned. This threat is still looming in your future, and as it draws even closer, it claims even more lives. But there is no reason for you to be afraid. You already possess the power you will need to strike back.

Margaret: When you find yourself in a situation where you or our other guest needs us, the door will open, and we will be there ready to offer both of you our assistance.

Igor: Haha. I look forward to that day. Now then. We'll let you get back to what you were doing with our other guest before we brought you here. "'Til we meet again..."

Everything then starts to go white.

Yu's POV

James and I could not believe what we were "currently" watching on the Midnight Channel. Kanji was wearing nothing but a loincloth, and it was Disturbing.

Kanji?: I am so hot I am on fire! You know, I got a smokin' hot body. What should I do with it? My blood is boiling. It makes me what I grew and shake my thing. Here I go!

As we saw what looked like Kanji enter a building, the camera turned to the Masked Woman.

Woman in Hannya Mask: I'll admit. He is a little strange, but he will get me another sacrifice for "the finding of the vessel." And I will take "certain" countermeasures to get what I want.