Welcome to my Persona 5 Fanfic! To start this off I want to say thank you for reading and enjoy! My OC is named Kinkiku Kaida which has the meanings Kin=Golden, Kiku=Chrysanthemum, Kaida=Little Dragon, so her name literally means Golden Crysanthemum and Little Dragon. When you think about it you'll understand how it's ironic, her name's meaning is a golden flower and a little dragon(many western dragons are known for having an affinity for collecting treasure), then the fact that she's a part of the Phantom Thieves. You can see where I'm going with this right? Good then here's The Goddes of Thieves(My Character's Persona) and The Master of Thieves(P5 Main Character's Persona)...

"My first day"

It's hard to fit in when you're just so different from everyone else. People shun you for the stupidest things; wearing glasses, having strange hair colors, eye colors, skin colors. No one stops to think about how those people feel when they're shunned left to be a social outcast. I was one of those people shunned, ignored, laughed at... But I just let it be, ignoring them, letting them feel like they won when it was the other way around. I didn't care, say what you want about me I'll just call you an idiot and move on. I've always been like this and thought I always would be in the future, I never expected to change... But I did thanks to a group of people I would grow to call my friends. My name's Kinkiku Kaida and here's the story of the Phantom thieves.

It all started the first day of my first year at Shujin Academy, I had to transfer schools because my parents were changing jobs and they wanted me to go to the high school my mother went to. I'm a second-year now, what I didn't know was I wasn't the only one transferring that day but first off let's start at the beginning before we get to that.

4/11

"Kinkiku! It's time for you to get going!" My mom called from downstairs. It was already the later part of the day, I had to finished unpacking my things from the move so I was going to school later that everyone else would.

"I'll be down in a minute" I called back as I finished styling my hair into its usual ponytail, my bangs pulled over to cover my left eye, "There done" I said finally getting my long red hair up, even pulled up it still reached the middle of my back. I rushed down the stairs school bag in hand, said bye to my mom and left with my dad to school(he was driving me for my first day only).

"Here ya are Kin, Shujin Academy be good, have fun!" My dad told me as he left. I nodded before I walked away towards the school doors, finding my way to the staff room where my teacher would be waiting to take me to my class. What I didn't expect was for there to be another student already there as well...

"How can you get lost for this long? It's almost lunchtime. Well, it's probably true your not used to the area yet...but your still way too late. Will you pull yourself together? You were given fair warning yesterday.", A female voice called from inside the room, "More importantly... I heard you were caught along with that Sakamoto-Kun?"

"I didn't have a choice." A young male voice answered the female one, who sighed at his words.

"Don't get involved with him, ok? He's nothing but trouble. He wasn't like that when he was divoting his time to track and field though..." The female voice warned then sounded disappointed. I chose to go inside then, looking around I saw a female teacher and a male student talking at the teacher's desk. "Hm? Oh you must be Kinkiku Kaida!" The teacher called over to me when she noticed me standing there.

"Yes and you're Ms. Kawakami?" I asked her, she nodded and I bowed my head in greeting.

"Right my name's Sadayo Kawakami. Oh! This is Akira Kurusu he's also a transfer student who's starting today, you'll both be in my class as well." The teacher introduced the boy to me I nodded my head in recognition but said nothing with a blank expression. "...Anyway. Break's almost over. Classes will end after fifth period because of the subway accident. I'll have you introduce yourselves when class resumes. Follow me." She lead us to the classroom but stopped to tell Kurusu-San something before hand. And I heard some girls talk about a guy from some rumors not that I knew who or what they were talking about, not like I cared either.

"Settle down...Well I'd like to introduce some transfer students: Akira Kurusu and Kinkiku Kaida. Today, we...had Kurusu-Kun attend from the afternoon on since he wasn't feeling well. And Kaida-Chan was busy unpacking most of the day but didn't want to skip school completely if she didn't have to. All right, please say something to the class." Kawakami-San told us both, Kurusu-San started first then I went next.

"Nice to meet you." He said with a short bow.

"I hope we get along." I said with an even shorted bow, keeping a straight face the entire time.

"He seems quiet...but I bet when he loses it..." A female student whispered to her friend next to her.

"The other one doesn't seem too friendly does she?" Another student said to another student.

"...Uhh, so... Your seats will be..Hmm... Kurusu-Kun the seat over there by the window, Kaida-Chan the one behind if you would. Sorry but can the people nearby share your text books with them for today?" Kawakami-San told the class.

"This sucks..." A student near there said to another. We both walked towards our respective seats and sat down and our day began. Class passed us by and ended. I gathered my things and headed out the door last avoiding people's whispers and stares as much as possible for now. Outside the room Kurusu-San and a blond boy stood near the door Kawakami-San walked away after talking to them along with the blond before hand. I walked out of the classroom and passed Kurusu-Kun when my phone went off, I stopped to check it to find a strange app with the icon displaying some weird eye.

"What the hell is this?" I questioned out loud I didn't download this so where'd it come from? Just then a teacher and the principal walked up the stairs.

"Why did you allow a student like him to transfer here? He's already started associating with Sakamoto. A student with a criminal record, and the culprit of an assault case. At this rate, it'd be pointless how much I contribute to this school." The teacher with the stopwatch around his neck told the principal, sure of himself much? Acting like some kind of king.

"Now, don't be like that... This school counts on you, Kamoshida-Kun, your are our star. Still, a steady build-up is necessary behind such brilliance as well." The principal replied to the teacher.

"Your troubles never seem to end, do they, Principal Kobayakawa? All right, I understand. I'll continue to do my best to answer your expectations of me." They both went their seperate ways, I looked over at Kurusu-Kun who was watching them leave and made up my mind to talk to him.

"Kinkiku Kaida..." I told him as I held my hand out to greet him he blinked in surprise as if he didn't expecting that, especially with such a straight face.

"Akira Kurusu you can just call me Akira though, no need to be formal with me, nice to meet you Kaida-San" he replied as he took my hand.

"Then no formality with my name either, just Kin or Kiku is fine I don't like being called Kaida-San by anyone... So you've got a criminal record, huh?" I told him studying him. He nodded at me unsure why I was talking to him with this knowledge, "Don't seem like much of a criminal to me... We're kinda similar in the reputations can be deceiving aspect" I told him gracing him with a smile, I usually didn't care about people enough to smile but he seemed to need a friend as much as I did so why not give it a shot, right?

"Why do you say that?" Akira asked me curiously.

"I'm a lot more friendly than I seem... This doesn't help either though" I pulled my bangs away to show him my left eye, my right eye was a pale blue of a foreigner while the left was a brilliant gold. He was taken aback by my eye color and stared silently as I let my bangs back down.

"Wow!" Was all he said in reply to my eye color.

"Well since we're both transfer students and outcasts what do ya say we be friends?" I asked him calmly, he took a minute to recover from the shock.

"Sure, it'll be nice. Oh! Sakamoto wanted me to meet him on the roof so..." He looked at me apologetically.

"'K see you tomorrow Akira!" I said waving then heading out towards home.

"Tommorow it is!" He said waving in return as I left, with a smile on both our faces. When I was out of the building I tried to delete the app that appered on my phone, a simple rectangle with a black case with silver and red stars on it.

And so the first day ends! Let me know what you all think of it, okay? I'll try to make it smooth in the transitions between the days and story events but don't hate me if I mess up a bit, okay? I'm not perfect. See you next time.

Shika Kizuka

P.S. Two important things to know about: When Akira and Kiku bow to the class it's a cultural thing. The deeper you bow the more you respect a person, Akira shows the class basic respect by giving them an ordinarily short bow while Kiku simply leans forward slightly showing that she doesn't have any respect for her classmates, which is why they don't find her friendly. In reality Kiku simply only shows respect to those who have earned it and as she has only just meet her class she feels no need to show respect. Second thing you need to take note of is when Akira and Kiku speak they tell each other to use their first names, for those not used to japanese customs this isn't anything worth noting but in japanese culture to use someone's first name casualy without their permission is insulting, compaired to it being used to show familiarity or in Akira and Kiku's case a newly formed bond of friendship in a place where they are both outcasts.