A/N: The characters of P4 don't belong to me, but to their esteemed creator! XD Enjoy!

The Fastest

Hanamura Yosuke had a reputation for being the fastest, and he was extremely proud of it.

Whenever the Investigation Team was in the TV World, and whenever a Shadow happened upon them, Yosuke would be the first to spot it, the first to attack it. Where everyone else had yet to draw their weapons and even Souji only had his katana half-drawn, Yosuke would have his fully brandished, ready to defend, ready to destroy, ready for blood.

If it happened to be the other way around, and it was they that stumbled upon a Shadow, he always drew first blood, leaping into battle swift and reckless, sharp blades gleaming ferociously bright, as bright as the dangerous glint in his eyes. With the beat of the music pounding in his ears and the echo of its rhythm flowing through his veins, Yosuke was all speed and agility, slender frame and sinewy muscles, his deadly strokes piercing through the smoke of battle.

Yosuke had a reputation for being the fastest, so it surprised nobody that he was the first to spot the vicious monster leaping past a struggling Kanji, a strong stray claw breaking through his Leader's defenses, teeth bared in victorious hunger of a predator that had cornered its prey.

With a howl, he leapt.

A splash of crimson. A shrill scream.

'YOSUKE!!!'

Hanamura Yosuke had a reputation for being the fastest, and he was extremely proud of it.

Even if it meant that he would be the first to die.