Learning and Getting Stronger (Yata and Sharaku)

Okay. Naomi had the worst luck in the world. How did she manage to miss all three of them? Was this one of those times where someone watching you made you suddenly stink at something you were usually good at? Yeah, that was it. She wasn’t really this bad, it was just a case of awful luck. The kind that had to stop soon. Seriously, her lousy luck was hurting more people than just her. That couldn’t have been clearer than when they all got backhanded for the second time. Man, she would never think of a gentle breeze the same way again. This was just getting painful. She could only put up with so much. More than anything, she was pissed that she was the most useless one here.

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Sharaku only gave a light shrug when Yata got all pissy on him for putting out his fires. Yes, well, he should have expected that kind of reaction, and even though he had not prepared himself for that, it still didn't faze him in particular. As much as it may usually seem, he did not always follow the example of being considerate to others. While he very much liked his manners, there were times when he couldn't care less. And knowing the fact that Yata reacted pretty much the same whether he was polite or not so made it only so easier to ignore the niceties. He could play 'this' kind of game too, even if it was something he did not show off much. He was only nice as far as things went...

When Yata did his fire trick, he only gave a thin smile and stepped to the side a bit, as to not be so close to the heat. Thanks, but not thanks. ''As you wish.'', he would mutter nonchalantly, still calm about the whole thing. He could play dirty as well, however, he would not counter agressiveness with practically the same. If anything, he enjoyed a good game, and getting angry only skewered perceptions. That, and his perpetual ignorance of tries to aggravate him brought funny reactions from the other side most of the time. Speaking of funny, what happened next was far from that. This little group of Shadows was tougher than expected. The wind was fairly okay, he gave up on his hair a few minutes ago anyway, but that other Shadow....That hurt goddammit, like seriously. And he did not swear often. The combination of a wind sweep and a heavy physical blow had pretty much pushed him backwards a lot. ''Ow...gh....'' This was not pleasant at all. In fact, he was so not feeling okay right now. And he had just about had enough of THIS. No, he was still not getting angry, but those things were starting to get on his nerves, along with the fact that everything hurt like hell.





He tried saying something, but it came out more like a partial hiss, kinda hard to recognize the words, both due to being in quite the pain and...well, what was he doing, really? Not that he even knew for sure...What he WAS sure of...was that he felt like he was having quite the meltdown right now. Eventually, it was too much, taking the last hard blow into account, and he ended up sinking down to his knees, clutching his head. In tow with that, as strange as it seemed, the dark ashen gray color of his skin began to seep over his clothing, melding it, turning everything on him rather dark. His hair turned a bit longer, the tips curling more than usual, as the darkness solidified over his head in a particular shape. Gritting his teeth in annoyance, he tried to stand up, only to stumble back down again. That one blow did him in quite well.




Sadly, it didn't seem he would be getting back up to do whatever he wanted....not yet.

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Naomi’s eyes would widen at both of her companions. First at Sharaku, who was down, but whose look changed completely. She didn’t even know what to say. It was clear he was at the end of his rope, but that only seemed to warp his look. She didn’t know that was even possible. It only made her brain hurt even more when Yatagarasu began to follow suit. He even got red veins that began covering his skin. Did everyone have a cool transformation but her? Sharaku had one, Yatagarasu had one, Sentinel had one. The only other person who didn’t seem to have one was Hyde. Well, Sentinel was a robot, so she could understand that. As for Sharaku, he didn’t seem to even have a Persona, so maybe it was something special about Violet Soul. She didn’t understand how that weapon worked, after all. As for Yatagarasu… She had no clue. He seemed normal enough to her. Then again, she had noticed that his Persona didn’t come out the same way as hers. Maybe it had something to do with that. Oh well, it wasn’t her place to intrude. Although, the laughing was slightly off putting…

She would fall backwards on the ground as the last two Shadows finally fell. Goodness, she never thought she’d have so much trouble with a single fight. She was feeling exhausted from the sheer embarrassment of how much trouble she had during the battle. She’d look up at the Yatagarasu and Sharaku with a slightly defeated look, “Sorry you two had to make up for my incompetence.” She was especially feeling bad for Sharaku, who seemed to be the Shadows punching bag, [color=#ffcc00] “You feeling any better. I have something to help heal you if you need it.” Personally, she was feeling great, which was weird given the situation. In fact, she was not only feeling great, she was feeling more powerful. She would look over at Yatagarasu with a smirk, “Knowing you though, you enjoyed proving that you were better than me. Am I right?” She would laugh, letting him know it was a joke. Mostly, “Oh well, you deserve it. You were really good. Not that you need me to tell you that.” She would pick herself up and start moving onwards, “Think you two will be good with one more?” Not that she was giving them much of a choice. She was moving on, with or without them. Hopefully they could keep up with her. If not, they could try running.

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Well, it looked like the Shadows had finally been finished off, even with the unneccessary add on of Yata's boasting. Not that Sharaku really cared about Yata's show offs, but they were generally hard to overhear even when one was down on the ground. Oh well. What mattered was that he was feeling much better than a while ago. That blow had hurt pretty bad, but he wasn't going to mope around for too long. And even if the pain had not gotten better, he would most likely have chosen to ignore it. He was sort of stuck in his own thoughts until Naomi spoke up, voicing her sorries about incompetence. After taking a few moments to clear his head, he would turn it towards the sound of her voice, a little surprised to see her down on the ground as well. He had been to caught up with himself to notice she kinda fell down before. ''Well, I don't think you did that badly....I'd say that was far from being incompetent.'', he would say, as he gazed at her calmly. Yes, she did have some bad luck with hitting, but it wasn't really her fault those Shadows dodged, was it? Besides, he didn't really want her to feel bad about herself, not in the middle of a place like this. 'The....what..' That was all okay, although he was mentally wondering meanwhile....until he gave that up and actually looked down at himself. Good news, he was looking fairly normal again. Less favorable news...what the hell was with all the hair? Oh dear...Well, he was rather confused per se, but at least he figured out what was tickling him this whole time. '.......' But Naomi was already on about offering healing items so he had to let this unexpected issue go for now.


''Ah, no need. Actually, I think I'll be fine....'' ''Well, of course, duh.'' ''Hm?'' He wasn't even irritated at being interrupted this time, with all the confusion, and the fact that he was surprisingly feeling quite well. Even though he wasn't entirely pleased that Violet Soul chose to pop out right now. Then again, it seemed that the Shadow weapon was the smarter brain for this brief moment. ''Let's fix this, shall we?'', he would say in a cheerfull, yet rather arrogant tone. Sharaku gave the weapon a weary look, still not having cleared this whole mess up in his head, but would raise his hand, waving it a bit. ''Whatever you want...'' That shall solve it, right? He raised his eyebrow at the resulting wave of violet light, but didn't comment as whatever this was about seemed to be sorta helping. Ah, so many things at once. He was starting to find it hard to focus on one thing.

''He sure was...this time.'', he would say, giving a short amused laugh, when Naomi complimented Yata as he finally picked himsef up off the floor. When she questioned about moving for more, he would shrug lightly. He honestly did not mind at this moment. So, he would follow after her briskly, when she took off. His hair was still bothering him a bit, and he probably looked unusual with it rather long, but he figured he'd mull over it when they were out of danger completely...

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Her eyes would widen as a warm feeling spread over her. It was similar to how Miracle made her feel better during their fights with the Shadows, but this one was more powerful. She’d look back at Sharaku with wide eyes, “Since when have you been able to do this?” She didn’t remember him having this ability. It was why she was so worried about bringing enough medicines for them all, “Thank you, you two.” She was referring to Sharaku and Violet Soul. She couldn’t forget that they were in this fight together. Was it possible that this expedition was paying off? They were getting stronger? That though made her cheeks heat up with pride. She was so happy that this trip was working out for them. Each of them seemed to be getting something out of it. She could not see it happening just yet, but she had to assume Yatagarasu was learning a thing or two as well. Given how he seemed to be handling himself, it wasn’t like he really needed to, but it was better to learn by experience than to only be guessing when it came down to it.

Naomi had to try and suppress the laughter building up inside of her. She didn’t want to insult Yatagarasu, but she found the way he tried to take back his statement about liking her adorable. She had never been blind. In fact, she was rather good at reading people, and he was not hiding his real feelings very well. It made her cheeks blush in return. It was embarrassing to have someone say they like you. The only way they could be worse is if he just admitted that he actually liked someone. She doubted that would happen though. From all the times she had seen him, he played tough. If only she could get him to admit that they were friends, “Whatever you say, Yatagarasu. As long as you’re doing what makes you happy.” She would give him an obvious, knowing smirk. Oh well. At least he was enjoying his time down here. She had actually been afraid that he would get angry with her from dragging him here and wasting his time. She was glad to see that wasn’t the case. She was especially glad to see that he wasn’t strangling Sharaku. Normally, a person wouldn’t have to worry about that, but Naomi had seen the way he acted when someone got on his nerves. She didn’t want that to happen down here of all places. That would only spell disaster.

Sharaku would only smile lightly in amusement at the exchange between Naomi and Yata. Those two sure made an interesting combination, mainly because of the latter's rough act. It made him wonder whether the skater realized how funny he looked to the public when he acted like he did a while ago. Or maybe more cute than funny. On the other hand, it was nice to know he had some positive feelings hidden somewhere under that tremendously inflated ego of his. As much as he kept rejecting it in every way possible. When Naomi inquired about his previous usage of skills, he would glance at her, taking notice of her surprise. Well, it was a fair thing, he himself was surprised at first. ''That is a good question, isn't it? To answer that, I do not really know. Let's just say I found out about that now.'' That was just about the truth. He couldn't really say 'since when', as he was not aware of that little detail. ''You're very much welcome.'', he would smile lightly when Naomi thanked him. Violet Soul would remain stubbornly quiet. The shadow was far from the gentlemanly type.

When Yata mentioned they weren't that bad as he rode his skateboard around, Sharaku would actually give him a bit of a surprised glance. Only for a moment though. If that wasn't shocking, then nothing else was. The obvious boatsing aside, the younger actually did not use a single exact insult in this statement, which was a very unexpected development. It wasn't unpleasant however, so he wouldn't joke about that too much, as not to ruin this apparently special moment too soon. It was too strange to last very long on it's own after all. ''Right, confidence all the way.'' he would laugh a bit at Yata's saying that the Shadows wouldn't know what hit them. Well, it wasn't bad to be..eh positive about it. Still better than loads of pessimism, even if he knew it was a way of projecting his ego for Yata. Ah, but it was fairly bearable for now, so he had no reason to jibe in. That in mind, he would keep following Naomi, occassionally brushing away some of his hair, as it was somewhat annoying with the way it was now. Gah, he needed something to get his mind off of it. ''Do you enjoy doing this kind of thing?'', he would ask vaguely, towards Naomi. Yes, she was the one to call them here, but he wondered if she liked fighting or she just thought it would be helpful. Yata certainly seemed to fit in the former, but with her, he really wasn't sure. The way she acted did not indicate much towards either, or he was just not paying enough attention. Whichever the case, he was a bit curious about that.

She would give Sharaku a slightly confused look before answering his question, “Of course I enjoy this kind of thing. I’ve always loved hanging out with my friends.” Even though she had never really had any friends she knew fact-to-face until recently. Based on her answer, it was clear that she hadn’t understood the real meaning of his question. It had never even occurred to her that he meant anything but hanging out with the both of them, “Why? Don’t you enjoy it?” She would be a little bit hurt if he didn’t like hanging out with her. She thought they were friends, after all. Naomi hadn’t really noticed up until now, but Yatagarasu was right. The further into this place they went, the more powerful the Shadows seemed to get. Up until now, they had come down here with a slightly bigger group, so they didn’t seem to run into any problems with them getting slightly stronger, but this time was different. She would shrug her shoulders towards him, “I guess that’s true, but I don’t think running into them is going to be a problem. I mean, I don’t know the rule, but in my experience, dead things stay dead. Unless it’s a horror movie, but even then they tend to stay dead until the sequel. I imagine one of those will hold true for this.” When in doubt, obey the laws of Hollywood, “Don’t worry. I won’t let us get into too much trouble.” Her playful nature would turn dead serious when she saw the next two Shadows appear, “Goodie, goodie gumdrops.” Her boomerang would manifest itself in her hand. She’d toss the weapon straight for the statuesque woman. As soon as it was released from her hand, she’d look at the other two, “I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to go home. Let’s finish this up.”

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When Naomi answered his question, Sharaku would raise an eyebrow a bit as he glanced at her. For a short moment he wasn't sure what she was on about, until he realized she took his question differently than he had originally intended. Ah, well. It was true that he didn't elaborate on what he was refering to. He sort of didn't think he had to, but everyone apparently thought differently. Ha. When she questioned him in return, he would chuckle a bit. ''Hm, that's not it, of course I do.'' A slightly amused smile. ''I had meant something a little different. Hanging out with friends is one thing, but do you actually enjoy the fighting part of this?'', he would try phrasing his question more directly this time around. That should do it, right?

When Yata suddenly exclaimed in between his fancy skating around, that he was actually concerned about the Shadows getting stronger, Sharaku would glance at him briefly. Now he was worried? litle unexpected. Naomi decided to give an answer, and he would nod at that. ''Yes, I believe we shouldn't have much problem with this.'' It did seem that the Shadows took a while to gather around, so it was unlikely they would be fighting a horde on their way out, unless they made a mistake in taking a route. In which case, he was glad Naomi was leading. He wasn't exactly the best at not getting lost. That being said, more Shadows were coming up. He would watch Naomi throw a boomerang at them with a small smirk, before turning to face them fully himself. Violet Soul seemed to be pretty excited for a fight, so he guessed it was time to...Hm...That made him realize. ''I suppose I shall be nice this time and avoid dousing your fires for now...'', he would throw towards Yata a bit jokingly, before focusing on the Shadows and sending a wide swipe of swirling wind against them, instead of ice this time. The other two probably felt the disturbed air whooshing around them a bit too, though it wouldn't hurt them. He wasn't exactly used to this yet.

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