Return of the Metaverse (Persona 5)
Full description: Akira Kurusu returns to Shibuya two years after returning back home, in the hopes of finally living a normal life, but the game is cruel, and when stepping off the train he finds the Metaverse nav app has returned to his phone he sighs, knowing it's not over yet. Join him and the OC as he discovers his powers in the midst of his severe depression.
Prologue
*Sigh* The boy went, as he stepped off the the train, still fighting the jet lag the flight had given him from America to Japan, looking around hoping, praying almost for any English sign to tell him where the hell he was supposed to go.
No such luck, he sighed again and ran his hands through his white blonde hair, clasping his hands behind his neck. He looked at the train tracks, briefly wondering if he should just throw himself onto the tracks when a train got close.
He shook those thought's from his head, his mother had died from cancer not to long ago, and his father killed himself in grief, with nowhere to go an uncle of his mother he barely knew decided to take custody of him. What He didn't know though when he accepted was that the uncle he hardly knew was in fucking Japan, or Shibuya, wherever the hell he was right now.
"Lucas? Lucas is that you?" A voice said, the voice made the boy whip around, eyebrows raised.
Who appeared before him was obviously the male version of his mother, which Lucas deduced to being his uncle, the same white blonde hair she and he had, the same facial structure, same grey eye's.
Definitely, this was his uncle. Christopher Takumi. He looked exactly liked Lucas' mother and in turn looked a lot like Lucas himself. The only difference Lucas' hair was unruly, and his eye's were amethyst. The eye's he got from his father.
Lucas snapped out of his revere. "Uh, yea. I am." He said awkwardly, a tension in the air he couldn't quite place.
Suddenly he was crushed in a massive hug that Lucas fought to get out of, but Christopher had a surprisingly strong grip.
"I'm so sorry about Rebecca and Michael, Lucas. I wished I could have been there for their funerals." Christopher said, remorse evident in his voice.
Lucas wiggled his way out of the grip finally, the statement making Lucas sink further into his depression and thoughts.
"Yea. It's whatever now." He said, and internally winced, he sounded like he didn't care that they were gone. Which just made him feel worse. But he couldn't help it, he hasn't talked much since his family died.
"Well… None of that matters right now. What matters is that I bring you to your new home with me. Also, take this." Christopher handed him a book, Lucas opened it and realized that it was a translative dictionary, English to Japanese. How to read and write it, as well as speak it.
"Oh. I see, I guess I need to learn this crap now don't I?" Lucas said and Christopher's eye's narrowed a fraction.
"It's not crap, you're a third year in high school now. And the sudden change is going to be hard to get used too. That dictionary will help you learn. I'll also be teaching you whenever I can. For today though I will be showing you around Shibuya, and I'll enroll you into your school, Shujin academy. Then I'll take you to our home, a nice little place in an area called yongen jaya." He responded.
Lucas sighed. "Whatever." He mumbled and walked after his uncle, putting the dictionary in his bag. He had absolutely no idea what those areas were, and he didn't really care to.
His uncle led him to a honda accord, Lucas made to get in but then realized the wheel was on the wrong side of the car. He looked at his uncle in disbelief to which he was trying not to laugh.
"First thing about Japan Lucas, vehicles are opposite because the roads are. You'll get used to it eventually." Christopher explained.
Lucas already felt a headache forming, but silently got into the passengers seat on the left of the car, without word, he hardly registered the car starting and his uncle chatting away about whatever, he was currently staring at his phone in confusion.
He didn't remember downloading an app with a red eye onto his phone. Shrugging his shoulders he deleted it and thought nothing more of it.
Must be the jet-lag. He thought. Making me forget crap. Suddenly he felt a spike of intense pain in his head, strong enough to make him gasp and lean forward.
"Lucas? Lucas what's wrong!" Christopher, noticing it, worry creasing his features.
Then suddenly, it was gone. All pain he had felt had seemingly disappeared, granted he still felt a bit sick. N-Nothing, just jet-lag." He replied.
Christopher pursed his lips, then shook his head. "I think I'll just be taking you home today instead of enrolling and showing you around, you must be very tired after such a long flight, so instead I'll just show you around Yongen jaya.
Lucas nodded his head, and closed his eyes, letting sleep take him.
Author's note: I absolutely LOVED persona 5 and all it's characters. It was such an amazing game, I'll also be using the name Akira Kurusu instead of Ren amamiya because that's what's familiar to me. Also, while Lucas is the "Main character" of this story I wont be neglecting the other's. I'll try my best to bring each character into their respective personalities. Granted this may be difficult since I am a rookie writer.
Also note. This is set after the events of the game two years later. As a result Akira already has a pairing. And the pairing is Makoto. (Because Makoto is best girl) Nuff said. Anyway's hope you all enjoyed this prologue. Next chapter will be much longer. Also this is a hobby so my update's will be inconsistent. But I wont abandon it.