Hello, and welcome to my new fanfiction! As always with these, I don't own anything. If I would, I wouldn't make Minato d- Oh wait, yeah, there will be spoilers for Persona 3's true ending that isn't The Answer, though some stuff only in that is mentioned. Also, the whole thing is in Minato's perspective, but follows Ex-Aid's plot.

Persona is owned by Atlas

Kamen Rider is owned by Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei

Chapter 1

The Somewhat Digital World

Cold. Lonely. Worried. Those are just a few things I felt like in this void (A/N: Imagine the Advent Void from Kamen Rider Dragon Knight). But I had to suck it up. If Erebus reaches Nyx, it's game over.

A bunch of lights appeared around me, shaped like rings, as if they were windows to other worlds. But due to the knowledge I got from the Universe Arcana, I knew they weren't just windows. They were gateways.

Suddenly, I started falling (or rising, not really sure) towards one of them. I tried to resist, fearing that it would be my world, and everything would be destroyed, but I couldn't do anything. I closed my eyes, hoping with all of my being I wouldn't see the apocalypse.

In another world...

I opened my eyes, and saw that I was falling. Falling from above the clouds. Once I passed them, I saw a city, perfectly stable and not ruined at all. But something still didn't feel right. Not with the world, but with me. I tried talking with my Persona, thinking it was something to do with that.

-So, what do you want to know from yourself?

Orpheus. The first Persona I got. My only true Persona besides Messiah, which is by far my most powerful.

-Where's Messiah?

-I don't know. Once we went into this world, he just... vanished. And so did your other Personas.

So that's what's wrong with me. Entering this world seems to have removed all of my Persona except Orpheus. Being a Wild Card, this is troublesome, as my full potential is impossible to reach without other Personas. But a bigger problem was the fact that I was falling to my second death, and this one would be a real one. I took my Evoker and pointed it to my head.

-Persona!- I screamed as I pulled the trigger, blue energy similar to glass shards flying out of the other side of my head. Blue flames fly from me, forming into my Persona, Orpheus. He grabs me, slowing my descent and keeping me alive when I touch the ground. After that, he goes back to where he was originally was. Now, the problem I face now was the fact that I didn't know anything about this world, which was weird. Apparently, The Universe got taken from me as well.

I seemed to be near some sort of gaming convention, labels of a game called "Mighty Action X" everywhere.

-So, what do you think this Mighty Action X game is all about?- Orpheus asked me out of nowhere.

-Don't know, but it's probably nowhere near as good as Innocent Sin.- I responded as a giant monster that looked like a bunch of meatballs came out of the building. Soon after, a young man dressed like a doctor with an awfully colorful and bulky belt buckle came out too, with a business looking woman going after him.

-Seems interesting.

The young man took out what seemed like the most modern game cartridge ever, and as I looked closer, he seemed to click some sort of button.

MIGHTY ACTION X!

-Scratch that. Seems very interesting.

After that, a light purple field made up of what seemed to be pixels expanded from the young man, making everything it touches, except people and the monster, very blocky. After that, a gust of wind blew the young man's hair back for a moment, a smirk appearing on his face.

-If you're looking for the Genius Gamer M, I'm right here!- He said with clear confidence in his voice.

-Genius Gamer M?

He prepared to insert the cartridge into one of the 2 slots in the buckle.

-Henshin!- He said as he inserted the cartridge.

GASHATTO!

-What is he transforming into?- I ask myself, and by extension, Orpheus.

-No idea.

A wheel of what looked to be character select portraits appeared around the young man, which I now know as M, and he picks one.

LET'S GAME! METCHA GAME! MUCHA GAME! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

I'M A KAMEN RIDER!

-A what now?

As the following aura of pixels settles down, M seems to have turned into a dwarf sized dude with really weird armor. His main body was black with white padding, with a chestpiece with what seem to 4 colored buttons and an HP bar on it. His helmet was even more ridiculous, sporting pink anime hair and orange and equally anime eyes behind a clear visor.

-What the...?- was the only response I could make.

-Oh! Huh? What?- was his response. Seems to me like this is his first time.

He gets ready to fight by summoning a weapon that, due to announcement, I identified as the Gashacon Breaker, a hammer with 2 colored buttons, but instead of doing that, he runs away. Coward. The monster gives chase, but then midget M jumps onto one of the brown blocks that somehow appeared in the air, then on another, before whacking a third with the hammer, producing a token of sorts, which he grabbed, giving him a speed boost which he uses to get to the monster and bonk it where its head would be. The monster explodes.

-So that's that.

But it wasn't. After that, another monster appeared, this time more humanoid and colorful. Alongside him were a bunch of mooks with chef costumes.

-Oh, don't be so salty!- is what it said.

-Dai Henshin!- M says before pulling the lever flap thing on the front of the buckle.

GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!

A portal of sorts appears in front of M, and he jumps into it before jumping up.

MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK!

MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!

M goes way up, one foot dropkicks down, and then bursts out of the chibi form, landing on the ground. And now, while still ridiculous, he still looked better. Now with proper proportions, his main body became pink with black stripes, with a few metal pads on his hands and shins. The old chibi head became a sort of backpack, with the new head having one extra piece of pink anime hair. He quickly gets up from his crouching position and lifts an arm up, a big "level up" sign appearing next to him for no reason.

-I'll clear this with no continues!- M says before taking the Gashacon Breaker and pushing the green A button, a blade emerging from the top with the seemingly obligatory cheesy vocal.

After that, he makes quick work of the mooks, and turns over to the main bad guy. He beats him down for a bit, but then takes the cartridge out of the buckle, blows on it... somehow, and puts it in a slot on the belt that's near his hip, which had 2 more extra slots, seemingly for extra cartridges. After that, he clicks the button on the slot.

GACCHAN! KIMEWAZA!

M's foot charges up with purple and green energy, with purple looking cartoon lightning bolts emmiting from the foot. Then, he clicks the button again.

MIGHTY CRITICAL STRIKE!

M goes in to do a flying side kick at the monster, then transitions into a upward flip kick, followed up by rapid bicycle kicks. Then, he does 3 more flip kicks, before doing a dropkick into a bounce off of the monster before he/it explodes. A giant "game clear" sign is both announced and actually appears.

-Well, it seems like that's done with.

-Why didn't you fight?

-I try to only fight Shadows.

-Wait just a minute!

Me and M do a joined "what".

-I feel... I feel so salty and powerful!

The monster goes back to his giant meatball form, but dark purple and with a white mask I know way too well.

-How did it become a Shadow?

-No clue.

-With this much power, you'll never beat me! I'll season you myself!

-OK, the first boss isn't supposed to have 3 forms. 2 is OK, but 3?- is what M responded with.

The new Shadow tries to smash M with a punch, but I rush in and block it with my sword.

-I don't know you that well, M, but you should run.

-What? You mean you never heard of me? There are people like that?

-Yes. Also, I think I told you to run.

-If a game lets you run from a fight, it's impossible to do so against a boss!

-This is not a game. If you die, you die. No continues to save you.

-Then I won't die a coward!- he says before slashing at the Shadow. It doesn't work at all.

-Who's mighty now, huh?- the monster says before I slash at him, doing damage.

-What? How?

-This power comes from my world, and I just so happen to be able to fight it.

I pull out my Evoker and aim it at my head.

-What? Are you crazy?- says M.

-Persona!

Blue shards come out of the opposite side as I shoot myself. Orpheus appears, cloaked in blue flames.

-OK, now that's cool.- is M's only response.

-Orpheus, let's clean this up!

-I would love to.

Orpheus shoots a fire blast at the Shadow, as I cut it up more. The Shadow becomes visibly weaker by the second.

-Now, burn it away!- I tell Orpheus, before he launches a fire wave at the Shadow, it dying the usual way, but also having this world's typical pixel effect. M then de-transforms, a surprised look on his face.

-Let's go to CR after I take care of the patient. We gotta talk.- M tells me.

-OK, but...

-What?

-Where is this CR place?

So yeah, that's the first chapter for you. Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I wanted to get a laught out of you. Anyway, see you next game in Chapter 2: Cross-World Hacked Game!