April 20, Wednesday - EARLY MORNING, FOGGY. WAY TO SCHOOL.
((a/n: haha. april 20. 4/20.))

Tsuyoi had a decent nights sleep, which was nice considering he was playing basketball yesterday.

He walked by an ancient old lady, looking like she just left a funeral. She was feeding a cat at 6:30 in morning, talking to it.

Tsuyoi shook his head. Country folk were weird. Then again, people from the city weren't 100% normal either.

"Morning!" Tsuyoi heard a familiar voice yell, feminine and exuding confidence.

Chie.

"Hey, did you see that just now? What a cute cat. Yukiko and me gave it some food a while back, but it just won't take to me." Chie explained, talking about the other girl. "Oh well, I'm more of a dog person anyway!" Chie admitted.

Tsuyoi had to agree, as an only child who's best friend was a Shiba Inu, the furry things were pretty great.

"Oh yeah, I got a text from Yukiko. She said she's slowly getting better." Chie brought up, reminding Tsuyoi that they saved said girl from a demented, bizarro alternate world. "Doesn't seem like there's any weird lasting effects, so that's good."

Tsuyoi sighed. "I'm relieved to hear that."

"All we have to do is wait until she gets better. Let's hold off on the other stuff until then." Chie verified, smiling at Tsuyoi.

EARLY MORNING -> LUNCH TIME

Tsuyoi stretched his arms, god, classes could really be a drag.

Of course, Tsuyoi didn't exactly eat during lunch period. Either he wasn't hungry or just didn't have food with him.

Yosuke ran up next to him, with his normal excited mien.

"Hey, what's up? You doing anything after school?" Yosuke asked, catching up since, y'know, he was MIA yesterday.

"I suppose I'm doing well." Tsuyoi answered. "And I'm not doing anything after school. By the way..." Tsuyoi leaned towards Yosuke - prepared to tell him the news about Yukiko.

Yosuke blushed a light pink. "Y-yeah...?"

"Chie told me Yukiko is feeling better, but she's not yet ready to go to school yet." And then Tsuyoi pulled away.

Yosuke darted his eyes. "Oh, that's good!" Yosuke's blush stayed on his face - why was he so embarrassed? Its not that Tsuyoi kissed him. "Oh yeah! If you have time after school, let's go get something to eat."

Tsuyoi shrugged - its not like he had anything better to do after school. "Sure, I don't see why not."

Yosuke grabbed his arm, still blushing.

LUNCHTIME -> AFTERNOON

Tsuyoi wasn't exactly a reader, or even a literature fan. So essentially, he could care less about Modern Literature with Mr. Hosoi.

(He learned the teacher's name via an E-Mail from Chie last night, which he didn't respond too. Not because he didn't like talking to Chie, and more like he didnt exactly have time to respond.)

"All right, allllll riiiight. Settle down, now. Class is now in session." Mr. Hosoi states in an attempt to settle the class. Which thankfully, he did. "My name is Mr. Hosoi and in this class you'll be learning about contemporary writing. Let's all have fun. I know this is off-topic, but what's the point of applying for colleges outside Inaba? Why even bother? Nothing good ever comes out of competing with city-folk. The countryside is all you need." Mr. Hosoi ranted, his anger at the city showing his old voice.

Tsuyoi rolled his eyes, honestly, what was this towns' deal? He could understand the disdain towards Junes — and to some extent, disdain towards Yosuke and his family. But anything city related? Jesus, that was taking it too far.

Mr. Hosoi coughed. "Well, since this is our very first lesson, why don't you show me how much you already know. Now then..." He paused, thinking. Tsuyoi assumed people in Inaba just... did that. "How many parts are there in Murakami's 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?' Hana-chan! I'm calling on you! I get the feeling you're not much of a reader!"

Yosuke reacting to his name being called was... cute? Ugh. He jolted his head up - most likely in a daydream or maybe, dozing off. None the less, cute.

Hey, it wasn't weird to call a guy cute...

"Hey! I read!" Yosuke squeaked. "I mean, not books, but..."

Then what do you read? Manga?

"...Tsuyoi! C'mon man, help me out here!" Yosuke whispered to Tsuyoi.

Tsuyoi wasn't the one to cheat, or help others cheat. Maybe... maybe giving hints was okay.

He hurriedly wrote the first thing he though of on a scratch piece of paper.

Not counting Yukiko or Teddie, how many members are in the Investigation Team atm (at the moment)?

"Uh... three?" Yosuke awkwardly answering both Tsuyoi and Mr. Hosoi at the same time.

Mr. Hosoi laughed. "Very good, Hana-chan! Either you're more literary than you look, or that was a lucky guess. 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' was released as three separate stories. It's the eighth of his twelve published books." He holding up the first name of the book. "His latest book, '1Q84', was published in 2009. Its first printing sold out on the very first day of sale! And, of course, that's not counting all his short stories and essays, which I don't have time to get into right now."

"Phew..." He sighed. "You're a life saver, Tsuyoi. Thanks."

AFTERNOON -> AFTERSCHOOL W/ THE MAGUS

Once classes were done, Yosuke practically dragged Tsuyoi over to a restaurant - Sozai Daigaku. The sell meat croquettes, which were as appetizing as they sounded.

Yosuke sighed, sitting back. "Sticking steak into croquettes..." He gave a small laugh. "...Man, this place really is country."

Tsuyoi smirked. "You'd certainly would never see this in the city." He poked the croquette. "Unless those fusion places that've popped up recently count."

Yosuke snorted. "Well, at least it's good..." Yosuke tried taking took a bite out of the food. "Though it's tough. Chie called this stuff 'tender and juicy'. What kinda teeth does she have?"

"Considering it's Chie, maybe her teeth are solid metal." Tsuyoi guesses. "We'll never really know."

Yosuke laughed. And then he paused.

A Gossiping woman glanced over at Yosuke, walking by. "He's from Junes..." A curt pause. "Yasogami High School, right?"

The woman next to her gave a depressing frown. "His classmate, Fujioka-san?" An unheard whisper. "...Went out of business..."

"This shopping district could disappear, and yet..." Yosuke looked away, as the two women walked off.

Yosuke blushed. "Sorry about that." Yosuke apologized. "You know me, I'm infamous around here."

"That must be tough." Tsuyoi empathized.

"Nahhh, it's not really. It's mainly my parents. I'm not personally involved." Yosuke admits. "Anyways, there's nothing I can do about it." Yosuke shrugs.

"Seriously?" Tsuyoi asked.

"Serious. I don't think there's anyone in Inaba who doesn't know me, at school or around town. Not that I mind, but..." He trailed off, shaking his. "It sucks that I always gotta mind my manners. But... I don't mind that my brother and I are considered the 'Junes Princes'." Yosuke smiles cheerfully.

You feel you understand Yosuke a bit more... Izanagi voice rang.

>THE MAGUS, RANK 2!
>You and Yosuke are closer now. Do you think something may happen in the future...?

- Social Links -

Tsuyoi Birodo (The Fool) - A seventeen year old boy from Tatsumi Port City. Is living in Yasoinaba because of his mother's work. Is The Fool arcana and wields the Persona Izanagi. Izanagi - Tsuyoi's persona and of The Fool arcana. The elder god and creator of Japan and his name means "He Who Invites".

Yosuke Hanamura (The Magus) - A sixteen year old in the same class as Tsuyoi. Works at the local Junes. Is The Magus arcana and wields the persona Jiraiya. Jiraiya - Yosuke's persona and of The Magus arcana. A fabled Ninja who can turn himself into a frog.
Rank 2:
>Yosuke hates the unwanted attention.

The Investigation Team (Four of Wands)- A team of "emotionally damaged teens and a bear". (TSUYOI B., YOSUKE H., CHIE S., AND TEDDIE K.)
Rank 2:
>We are a lot closer now...

Chie Satonaka (The Charrus) - A seventeen year old girl in Tsuyoi's class. Loves to practice Kun Fu. Is The Charrus and wields the Persona Tomoe. Tomoe - Chie's persona and of  The Charrus arcana. A fabled female samurai of ancient Japan.
Rank 1:
>Chie and I are training buddies, apparently.

KOU & DAISUKE (The Strengths) - Kou plays basketball, Daisuke plays soccer. Kou is a magnet to unwanted attention, Daisuke can't stand certain girls. They're the tightest of friends.
And Tsuyoi is just kinda... there.
Rank 1:
>Kou is trying to teach me, Tsuyoi Birodo, basketball.

Yukiko Amagi - A seventeen year old girl in Tsuyoi's class. Is the future owner of the Amagi Inn. Is the High Priestess and wields the Persona Konohana Sakuya. Konohana Sakuya - Yukiko's persona and of the High Priestess arcana. She is a fabled queen of Cherry Blossoms.
Status: Getting much better, still bed ridden.

Teddie Kuma - A strange bear from the TV World. Name means "Teddie Bear".
Ryotaro Dojima - Tsuyoi's uncle and police detective.
Tohru Adachi - A funny big boy and is a buddy in Tsuyoi's uncle Dojima.
Nanako Dojima - Tsuyoi's seven year old cousin.
Igor - A man helping Tsuyoi's destiny and runs the "Velvet Room".
Margaret - Igor's assistant. Seems to harbor a motherly love towards Tsuyoi and Marie.
Marie - Igor's other assistant. She has amnesia but seems to vaguely know Tsuyoi.

NEXT TIME ON PERSONA 4: THE WRITTEN

Chapter 17, Tsuyoi Birodo gets his Head in the Game (Strength - Rank 2).

>Kou Ichigo? Apparently, he's a teenage heart-throb. Do guys named "Kou" just... attract girls like flies to a flame?
>Even Manga and Anime Characters fall ill to this fate. Or least, Yosuke tells me that...