Chapter 6: University

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"C'mon Makoto you've gotta go to university, we start today!" Yukari said as she was trying to wake Makoto up. He had forgotten they started university today. He was so focused on entering the TV world. "So are you going to get up or miss the very first day?" Yukari got Makoto's attention as he got out of bed and put on his uniform. Yukari and Makoto didn't have to take any train to get to the university this time. "I kinda miss taking the monorail to school every day. But I guess it's convenient to just have to walk a few blocks to get to the school. Welp, let's get to class." Yukari and Makoto entered the campus and headed to their class. While walking around they got stares as people spoke under their breath about how their friends with Mitsuru Kirijo.

"Those are Kirijo's friends. From what I hear that guy's one tough dude. I heard he fought three thugs for messing with his girlfriend. I'd think twice before messing with him." As Makoto and Yukari got closer they realized everyone was already talking about them and their reputation.

" As Makoto and Yukari got closer they realized everyone was already talking about them and their reputation

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"Man if he wasn't so damn intimidating and dating her, I'd totally ask her out. But damn he scored big with her. Lucky bastard." One male student said to his friend as they walked past. Makoto and Yukari quickly found their class as they sat next to each other. The class was fairly easy for Makoto and he helped Yukari whenever she needed help with the note taking. As the class came to a close Makoto and Yukari had to part ways as they had separate classes. Makoto's class was Literature while Yukari had Economics. Towards the end of class, Makoto received a text from Yukari.

"Some guys are trying to hit on me, why don't you HIT them?" Makoto's text from Yukari read. Once the bell rang signifying the end of the class Makoto ran to where Yukari's class was and as he saw Yukari walk out he found 5 different guys trying to mess with her.

"Come on girl, you sure none of us match your tastes? I guarantee you we'd show you what fun really is." Just then the guy had a hand on his shoulder as he fell backwards onto the floor. As the other guys looked over they saw Makoto, unknown to Makoto Akihiko was just leaving his boxing training on campus when he saw Makoto threw a guy to the floor. So both Makoto and Akihiko were facing 4 tough students. They tried to throw punches at Makoto and Akihiko but they had no idea that Makoto and Akihiko fought together against an entire gang of thugs before so they knew what they were doing. Yukari just watched as her boyfriend and senpai beat the snot out of a group of guys who wanted to hit on her not knowing who she was.

"Takeba, you alright? Not sure what was going on but I figured that if you were here and Yuki was beating some guys up it had to be for you." Akihiko was concerned for his friends. He always was, but Yukari assured him she was fine and just needed Makoto to get some guys to stop harassing her. "Well from what I hear anyone who hasn't already heard of Yuki would be viewed as stupid for trying to fight him or mess with you Takeba. Yuki already has a rep from when he protected you and when he and I..." Akihiko drifted off as he remembered when he and Makoto fought a gang of guys because they stood up for a group of girls. "Sorry, just some old memories popping up. Anyway, I don't have any classes for the rest of today. You two busy? I was going to head back to the mansion when I forgot I needed to grab something for Shinji. Wanna come with?" Yukari and Makoto agreed to go with Akihiko.

"Aragaki did what? Kotone what exactly are you trying to say?" Mitsuru was in the same room as Kotone at the mansion. Kotone had just told Mitsuru that Shinjiro had gone to the streets to see what the locals knew about the midnight TV murders. Mitsuru wasn't very happy about it because Shinjiro doesn't have the use of a persona anymore. Kotone assured her that he would be fine on his own. Shinjiro at that exact moment was talking with some street thugs about the murders. Some of the guys didn't know much but one guy was very helpful with information. Shinjiro took the info as he headed back to the mansion.

Makoto, Yukari, and Akihiko grabbed a few things from the mall in Tokyo. Akihiko grabbed a box of protein powder and a cookbook. Makoto asked him about it, Akihiko told him the cookbook was for Shinjiro and the protein powder was for himself. They walked back to the mansion while Junpei and Chidori spent the night going to different restaurants and arcades. Junpei had almost completely changed Chidori from a cold and closeted person to a very vibrant and outgoing person.

When everyone got back to the mansion they decided to not go into the TV world for the night as they spent the whole night having fun. Makoto mainly wanted to be alone with Yukari as they enjoyed the night together. Makoto had forgotten he had become very rich thanks to the shadows of Tartarus having loads of yen. When he opened his phone to check his balance he saw, "¥23,564,000" He was surprised he had so much. He thought long and hard about what he wanted to do in the future and everything all boiled down to one thing. He knew exactly what he was going to do for the next several days. Yukari was on the bed with Makoto as they cuddled each other for the rest of the night.

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