Chapter 42 {Rising}

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(A/N: The chapter is all here! I'm so excited to start it already with the addition of my best girl! And maybe a new ship as well? Who knows? Aight, imma just shut up. Without any further ado, BUCKLE THE FUCK UP!!! 'CUZ HERE WE GO!!!)

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Opening

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------The Real World: Café Leblanc's Entrance------

Wincing in pain, a group of high schoolers laid down on the cold and hard ground of the pavement as they struggled to move their aching limbs. Ren and the rest of his friends had miraculously survived the collapse of Futaba's Palace thanks to Makoto's quick driving. For a moment, they truly believed that death was catching up to them, yet here they were alive and breathing... and somehow ended up in front of Leblanc's entrance. Inhaling sharp breaths from pain, some of the teens managed to force themselves to stand up while some could barely sit down on the road. The tiniest movement from their sore limbs was intensifying the hellish pain from all the running down the pyramid and the bumpy ride in the Monamobile while escaping from the sandy avalanche. But hadn't they done that, they would've been buried alive so they should be lucky for being safe and sound.

...Well, not quite.

"Hey... you guys still alive?" Ryuji asked while standing up.

"Somehow." Ren held his head as he lifted his body off the street.

"No, we're all dead. What do you think, moron...?" Emiko huffed as she stood up, brushing dust off her skirt.

"I thought I was gonna die in-- HEY! Will you let go already?!" Ann yelled loudly.

Feeling a pair of arms placed on her waist, Ann shoved whoever was holding her from behind harshly on the ground. That unlucky person was none other than Yusuke who fell down on the pavement with an audible thud, thus earning a surprised gasp from him.

"Ah, sorry!" She apologized.

"N-Not again..." Yusuke hissed while standing up.

"What was that sound?" Sojiro opened the cafe's door and rushed outside after hearing someone screaming, "...Hm? What're you guys doing out here?"

"Oh, ummm..." Ann stuttered.

"That reminds me, where's Futaba?" Ryuji remembered.

"What about Futaba?" Sojiro raised his eyebrow suspiciously.

"Oh, ummm..." Ann couldn't form the right words to say.

"Ah, yes! We came all this way, so how about we enjoy some coffee?" Makoto suggested to change the topic.

"Oh! That's a great idea!" Ann exclaimed, catching her meaning.

"That's fine, but..." Sojiro trailed.

"I'm not thirsty though." Yusuke stated nonchalantly.

At his statement, all the other teens mentally face-palmed themselves at Yusuke's cluelessness since it didn't take much to know what Makoto was intending to do... even Ryuji somehow caught her drift, surprisingly. Emiko's eyes stared at Yusuke's blue ones intently, fighting her undying urge to smack him behind his head and give him a piece of her mind. It seemed that the others noticed her struggle to contain herself as they stared at the brown-haired in panic. However, all of that seemed unnecessary as Makoto walked toward the dark blue-haired boy, elbowing him on his side, thus earning a quiet pained yelp from him.

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