The day goes on like how it always has been, except for the fact that Akira is absent. Apparently his stomach is so upset that it anchors his body at home. Worried about him, it is only natural Yu decides to go and visits him. He did make that promise to heal him when he is injured. Perhaps a therapeutic treatment might get Akira's mind off of his sickness. When he exited the classroom, he is surprised to find Kawakami, Akira's homeroom teacher, standing right in front of his class. She seems to anticipate Yu to show up. With a bundle of sheets in her hands, she approach and hands it over to the gray haired boy. He accepts them reluctantly. Not that he has any choice to begin with.

"You're friends with that guy, right? I want you to give his homework." She flustered a bit, "And some other stuff. No peeking!"

With that, she left Yu wondered in confusion. The papers are almost 3 inches thick that it almost attention-seeking to carry it out in the open. It may be heavy along with his books but it saves him his reputation from being corroded. As he walks to the front gate, a familiar voice admonishes him from afar. He turns back to find Mishima, Akira's classmate, running towards him with a cheerful expression on his face. Thinking back at it, he looks like a dog seeking for a playmate while his owner is away. After he finishes taking his breath, Mishima grabs onto his shoulder.

"Let's go to the arcade!" He said excitedly.

Yu is dumbfounded to hear it. He tries to refuse humbly but his constant persuasion and pleads make him lost. The grey-haired boy tags along with him to the arcade and plays around together. Until, Mishima continuously lost to an opponent on the other side of the machine. He bravely confronts the anonymous, only to find he keeps on losing to a middle schooler.

"Comes back in another 10 years to defeat me," Shinya brags while he blows his gum to a bubble.

Mishima is astounding the fact that the pro gamer he fights with is younger than he thought, but it leaves a bad taste to Yu. For a grown high schooler to be look down upon some prideful brat gives him the urge to teach him a lesson. Because of that, Yu decides to go against the boy for a good time.

"Don't cry if you lose to me." He smirked.

After numerous attempts of fighting, Yu is victorious. He scores 10-0 after hours of gameplay on 'Alley Fighters VII', the crowd that instantly cowers and watches them cheered upon the victor. Frustrated, Shinya challenges Yu to compete again in another time and leaves in anger. The grey haired boy try to chase after him and have a decent talk but the people surrounding him stop his movement. Their excitement to see him beat the King of Games make his popularity somehow rises that day, it takes some time for him trying to get himself out of the crowd.

He lets out a tiring sigh as he walks down the street. Yu takes out his earphone, ready to plug it into his ears and cuts him off from the busy street. Even so, he stops halfway when he sees Yoshida giving his speech among the loud chattering sea of people. He is completely being ignored while energetically giving it all to reach the people around him. It looks like an honorable act of a man in the boy's eyes, but the others does not think so. He can see some of the passerby snickers and laughs at his action instead of listening properly. Yu is angered by this, but his heart focused more on Yoshida. He feels the need to gives some encouragement to him despite the treatment he received. As Yoshida rests, the boy approaches him with a drink and hands it over. The man takes it and utters a grateful gratitude, though he does not have the opportunity to have a chat with that kind boy. Yu leaves without a word as he hurriedly run to Le Blanc to pass up Kawakami's sheets. If he lingers more and arrives late that the cafe is closed, that teacher might give him a piece of her mind. Who knows what could possibly hinder him from arriving early to see that guy?

Too bad he jinxed it. The boy is walking through a more isolated and less crowded alley. He tries to avoid more distractions that would stop him, though something caught his eyes. Iwai is having a hard time pushing a detailed and outstanding statue straight to his store, it looks valuable through history and art craft standard. He is a lone manpower working on it. Feeling worried anything might happen to him and the statue, Yu decides it best to lend a helping hand. They pushed the statue together until it reached his store. It might not look that much different but the work becomes faster to finish. The antique man wants to give some candy in return to him but he refuses and be on his way.

"When I see you again, I'll be sure to remember you." Iwai tipped his hat, "I'll give you a discount at my shop."

With that utterance ended, Yu is on his feet towards Le Blanc once again. Unlucky, he only advances about three steps before being stopped by a fortune teller. Chihaya insists on him to take one, saying he has radiant warmth light and also a dark threatening shadow under his breath. Yu really needs to get that papers Kawakami gave him sooner or later. He can feel his shoulder almost give in to the mass of their weight. He profusely declining the offer and tries to get away, but she gets hold of him. Their arms are lock with each other. The boy struggles to free himself nevertheless, Chihaya shows no sign of giving up. She keeps saying about an intimidating aura emits from him yet a calming and reassuring light bringing tranquility to the street. After a moment of arguing with each other, Yu finally gives in and have his fortune told. Chihaya is amazed at the result he gets.

"You are unexpectedly becoming a main hero in someone's story and the longer you linger around him, he will be brought to doom. However, your determination and confident can make up for that. What a climatic fortune!" Chihaya exclaimed.

She looks up to find the boy does not stay to listen to her fortune from the get go. He must have left from the moment she focuses on reading the cards. Frustrated, she walks back home as she tucks the deck into the pocket. Yu however, finally letting out a breath of relief. He feels like he can walk without hindrance after that last commotion. Unfortunately, today is definitely not his brightest day.

After breaking free from the enthusiastic fortune teller, he gets into a grip of a woman in her mid-20. She has a camera hanging by her neck seems ready to snap any scandalous picture on the street. The woman gets hold of Yu's arm and asks him something he does not expect to hear. She inquires on his belief towards the Phantom Thief, whether they are real or not. Dumbfounded, the boy cannot utter any word. Yu certainly knows a lot about them, though he cannot afford to reveal their identity. They are close friends especially him. Revealing the secrets might be the end to his life, and his too. The boy is busy thinking up a suitable answer in devastation, a scoop that she wants to take. After a moment of silence, the woman asks again. This time, she does not even hesitate to ask. The questions come at him rapidly like loaded machine gun firing at him. He does not even have the time to process each of them and run away at full speed, giving up helping her.

Yu have enough shenanigans he has to go through for today. An exhausting sigh is let out of his body in hopes it can moves his body, reducing the fatigue within. With little energy left, he marches on. Suddenly, he hears a scream of help from an alley nearby. He rushes to the scene to find a high school girl surrounded by a group of men. Following his instinct, Yu readies himself to fight as he called the men for a bout of punches. Instead of using his fist, the boy uses his heavy bag as weapon to defend both of them. He swings them around as it hits the men countless times. It lands on their faces, their ribs, and also their most painful part to get hit. They flee after knowing they cannot win against him nor approach them , especially with that weight flying around. Yu lets out a sigh of relief and turns to the girl to calm him down.

"Are you okay? They're gone now," He extended his hand to her.

She takes it and lifts herself up to stand properly. The high school fixes her red ribbon attached to her long black hair, brushes of the dirt off her skirt and uniform before answering to his inquiry.

"Thank you for helping me. I'm grateful for your help." Hifumi replied as she bowed down as thanks.

Yu offers to take her to the nearest police headquarter and report the case together. He can be the witness and back her up. She accepts it gladly. They walk side by side having small talks as they headed to their destination. Once they arrived, they enter the headquarters and begin giving their report on the incident from before. While Yu accompanies Hifumi, standing by her side, he looks around in wonder. Something catches his eyes. A blue haired figure coming out one of the rooms there takes interest to him. It is a surprise. He cannot believe it. He is shocked to see a familiar face he longed to meet, he craved to talk with, and an old friend waiting to be reunited. The friend he missed, Naoto Shirogane, noticed his presence and waves to welcome him.

"Senpai! It's been so long!" She said excitedly, "What brings you here?"

"This girl just got assaulted and I came here with her as witness." Yu uttered, "Can you send her home too?"

The girl refused but Naoto paid no mind to it, "Sure, I'll be glad to be of help."

As they are chatting waiting for their turn, reminiscing the old days in Inaba, a woman approaches them and reprimand Naoto for slacking off. She seems to be a fellow officer. Her long gray hair resting on her left shoulder matches with her black suit shows much of her strict personality. She approaches the two of them walking tall. Before focusing onto Naoto, she gives a glare of displeasure towards him. Yu feels a bit dishonored and scared despite not being the fugitive who hurt Hifumi. Perhaps they start off at the wrong foot? The boy tries to approach Sae, as Naoto called her, with an ice breaker.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Narukami Yu and you are... Gorgeous." Yu said as he winked.

Taken aback, Sae is a bit flustered to hear those words. Her face turns a bit red. She has never been approach like that before. Naoto on the other hand feels cowered by that cheesy pick-up line. She pushes her senior out of the office before it turns disastrous. She cannot afford for Yu to snatch her heart, and she does not want him to stay to find out what will happen.

"Go home, senpai." Naoto instructed, "I'll take care of the rest. Be careful of the Phantom Thief."

Being left alone on the street, Yu marches on to his destination as the wind brushes off his hair gently. He enters Le Blanc drained of energy. His face shows how exhausted he is and tired of the events for today. Futaba approaches to deliver the sheets from Kawakami to Akira upstairs. Apparently, she says that he does not want to meet anyone for today because of his sickness. As soon as she gets her hand on it, she rushes to his room and wakes Akira up. Noises can be heard after that, seems like she disturbs his beauty sleep. Meanwhile, Sojiro offers a cup of coffee as thanks for looking out for him. Yu wants to head home and rest already but the old man insists. He even tells him not to pay. Feeling guilty, he sits down while Sojiro goes and brew a cup. While waiting, someone who wears a lab coat admonishes him, tapping on the shoulder.

"You look sick." She said, "Why don't you try out my medicine? It'll work out."

She puts a small bottle with labeling stickers on the table and leaves. Confused and curious, Yu decides to take it. He opens the lid to smell how it is. His expression turns blue, no words can really describe this feeling he felt from it. Even the medicine is oddly colored. He shoves it into his bag and reminds himself not to take it, instead throw it away. Once the coffee is done, he takes his time to let off his fatigue by slowly sipping in the energetic drink.

"I'm glad you want to make friends with him," Sojiro exclaimed as he wiped some glasses, "When he got into probation here, I thought he wouldn't make it. I'm glad he's surrounded by kind people like you."

The gray haired boy nodded to his utterance, though in his heart he doubts it. He never really is the kindest people out there especially to Akira. He is late to come and befriended him. He threatens him. His action really does not justify his title as his friend but, he has to do this. He continues to drink while enjoying the calm, soothing air of the café. It is quiet and peaceful. Yu excuses himself to leave after finishing his cup. At that moment, he bumps into the infamous and popular detective in his school Akechi Goro.

"Oh, excuse me." He brushed off his coat, "I didn't see you there."

Yu pays no attention to him, apologizes and head home. He does not really have any interest in this other detective prince. Naoto is the only one fit that title in his opinion. He never really likes him from the beginning. Maybe he is jealous of his popularity? The boy shook his head to get the thought out of his head. That Akechi guy does not deserve to be in his head. As he walks, a blue luminous butterfly flutters along his pace. He knows what this mean, it is time for another meeting. He begins to fasten his pace and arrives at the end of an alley. There stood a blue door. With a firm grip on the knob, he twists it and enters a familiar space he occasionally misses.

The next day, Akira has recovered from his relentless stomach pain and arrived at school with a refreshing façade. Yu on the other hand still has not gone over his fatigue overnight.

"Yesterday was exhausting..."

"What happened?"