It all starts at school

It had been some time since the Phantom Thieves had gone their separate ways. Temporarily, albeit, but still.

Ren had moved back home with Morgana, and Ryuji had moved away. The rest of the team was still in Tokyo, but they didn't get to see each other as often as they liked.

Makoto and Haru were going to college and were usually pretty busy, Yusuke had ramped up his art in order to actually have some money for once, Ann had just come back from an overseas modeling gig, Akechi had started up a private detective agency, and Sumire was in and out of the country from time to time for her gymnastics.

And Futaba had finally gotten over... Well, some of her fear of the outside world and was back attending school, now at Shujin as a second year.

She was listening intently as her teacher, Sadayo Kawakami, went on about the difference between certain phrases in Japanese and English.

As the bell rang, students began filing out - including Sumire who was now one of Futaba's classmates, and had quickly become a close friend since they were always in class together.

But Futaba was a bit distracted, thinking of her hypnosis. She was spinning the coin on her notebook when suddenly a hand appeared in her vision, sliding in onto her notebook

"UHBWAH!" She exclaimed, almost falling out of her seat from the shock.

"Futaba? Is everything alright?" Kawakami asked, clearly seeing she was distracted. "And what's this?"

Her eyes moved towards the coin on a string.

At first Futaba froze, not sure what to say... But then something hit her. Kawakami was always willing to help out her students. So why not see about hypnotizing her?