Hello! BlueRaptor629 here! Bringing you another story. This story is called "Tales of the Phantom Thieves" Is it a new story? Yes, it is. This story was inspired by The Reaper Only's 'Our Lives Will Change Forever'. The story was great, so great that I decided to make my own version.

Some things will be changed, which is the story's look more like "what if?" scenario, so not all of the events are based on the game like the beginning and the middle part. That's why I put OC in here to make it interesting. The story will be focused on my OC and his pov. But Ren's still the protagonist, because he's badass.

As for the pairing...for now is OCxAnn and RenxHaru. There are two reason why is an OC pairing with Ann:

1. I can imagine her loving someone else other than Akira, and her character will fit in just fine with the story.

2. It's one of my favorite female characters in Persona series. Leave some reviews if you like it.

Summary: What if the Phantom Thieves were already formed years before Akira move to Tokyo? And already met Morgana months ago? The group was dismissed as a rumor...or are they? Katsumi Matabei and Sayaka Kumiko are the founders of the Phantom Thieves and the first person to enter the Metaverse.

Without further delay, Let Us Start The Game!

Tales of the Phantom Thieves

By BlueRaptor629

Prologue: The Wolf's Capture

"The world is not as it should be. It's filled with distortion, and 'ruin' can no longer be avoided. Those who oppose fate and desire change...From time to time, they were referred to as Tricksters. You are the Trickster. Now is the time to rise against the abyss of distortion."

The casino was crowded. A lot of people there were gambling, don't care about the person or the person next to them were talking about. They were too busy gambling to care about each other, as all they care about is themselves and the number of the dice. It was fun while is lasted, as the alarm goes off everywhere, men from the security staff showed up.

Once they appeared, the people stop what they're doing and looked into them. The men in black were looking for something...or to be more precise, someone. That's right, they were looking from someone...but they didn't find him. He find them, watching from above. On top of the chandelier, there was a man with a wolf half mask and an anime styled spiky black hair, he was wearing a brown coat with a white shirt underneath it, a dark blue fingerless gloves, a red bandana around his neck, dark brown leather trousers, and a pair of black boots. He was dressed like a western bandit, but without the hat. His wolf mask has the design of a gray wolf, with fake fangs and other things, and he was carrying a briefcase. The security staff saw him, as well as the others. The man smirk as he jumped to the other chandelier, escaping the guards. As he escape, he heard voices from his earpiece.

[OST: Life Will Change]

"Good. Now get moving!"

"This is our only chance!"

"Stay calm! You can get away now!"

"We'll retrieve the briefcase on our end."

"Stay safe, Wolf, and focus on escaping the guards."

"I got you, Panther." And suddenly a transmission could be heard.

"...Suspect...not...confirmed...hold...your...positions..."

"Hmm? What was that?" One of Panther's teammates asked.

"Don't worry about us, just concentrate about getting away!"

"Joker's right! Start running!" A man known as "Wolf" jumped from chandelier to other chandelier, evading the security staff. His teammates kept talking through his earpiece. "But I have say, show yourself above the crowd was an excellent move, nice work as always, Wolf."

"It's because I'm awesome." He said.

"I bet Skull couldn't pull off any those stunts smoothly."

"It's because he lacked a sense of aesthetics."

"That explains why he doesn't have a girlfriend yet."

"Nobody asked you two!"

"I'm with Fox and Corazon, but at least you're not completely useless."

"Shut Up, Joker!" Wolf landed on the second floor through the candelier. Once there, he encountered two of the men which turned into monsters with purple mask. One of them jump from behind from another floor. Wolf looked at the monster with a smirk. "Take em' down, Wolf!" Wolf proceeded to jumped onto the monster and ripped his mask. After that, the monster changed form into a humanoid bull, with a part of snake and some other animals. Wolf ripped his mask off and yell...

"Sinbad!" He yelled and appears behind him was a silhouette of a male figure who was wearing the same attire as him, and he had wolf like ears. He was holding a gun sword on it's right hand. "Grydyne!" Blue electricity surrounds the monster and an invisible force is crushing it against the floor, killing it instantly. Wolf's mask reappears the shadow disappeared.

"Good. You defeated it with ease."

"There's more of them!? Be careful, Wolf!" More guards appear. One of them tried to attack Wolf with a stun rod, but he backflips to avoid that and jump into the higher floor. "Wolf, behind you! Go through that door!" He went to through the door as told. He ran through the hallway where only authorized personnels are allowed. He manage to evade every single men, but went to hiding when a guard was there near the stairs. Once he's gone, Wolf sprint through the stairs. He reaches the second floor and back to the main hall.

[OST end]

"Why did you stop, Wolf? The exit should be right there." Wolf heard from his earpiece as he looked to his front and saw a giant window, it was the only possible exit.

"Through there?" He asked.

"Hnh, since with all of the commotions, the bottom floor probably got sealed off. Hey, can you make it!?"

"Can I? Pfft, what kind of question was that! Of course I can, because I'm me!" He said.

"Hehe...I'll bet you do it without a second thought." Wolf heard noises from behind. It was belonged to the guards, who have pointed their at him ready to shoot. "Freeze! There is no way for you to run now!"

"Is there..?" He smirked as he jump and ran on top of railings in the balcony. Once he reaches the window, he looked back and smile at his pursuers. "See you never, losers!" He jumped to the window.

"You're so reckless. But then again, this is one of reasons that I love you."

"But Joker's more reckless than him."

"The feeling's mutual, you two." Wolf answers as he land on the ground. Broken glass fall behind him. After that, multiple light appears in front him, blinded him. It took several minutes for Wolf to understand what's going on. To his surprise, the lights are coming from the police cars, along with several officers. It seemed that got Wolf completely surrounded.

"Enemies, here!?"

"What happened!?"

"These readings...It can't be!?"

"An Ambush!?"

"Wolf, can you handle this one?" Wolf hears his teammates talking through his earpiece while looking for a way to escape this situation. Then, a voice raised above all of them. It was Joker's voice.

"Wolf! Get out of there, RUN!" He yelled, something he never do and Wolf didn't think about it. He starts running to the ladder and climb it while looking down at the police. As he look up, he saw more of them in top, pointed their gun at him. The cop in front of him hit him with the back of the gun, causing Wolf to let go of the ladder and falls down to the ground. A large of group of cops holds him down.

"Suspect secure!" One of them yelled.

"Didn't expect to find some prick..." An officer with suit knelt down in front of him, grabbing him by the hair.

"You have your teammate to thank for this for this...You were sold out."

"W-What?" Wolf asks. "Dam...mit.."

"Now...Take him away!"

"Suspect confirm. Cuff him!" The police cuff him and take him to a police car.

Three men were standing in front of the spiky haired teen, he was sitting in a chair with his hands are cuffed. He was unconscious at the moment. The clothes he had before were gone, now wearing a gray hoodie, white shirt, blue boom headphone that hanging around his neck, and red plaid trousers. His black boots are now normal brown shoes. His face is covered by bruises, definitely come from the men's abuse over him and there was an empty syringe next to him.

"Guess the drug was too strong." One of the men said. "Wake him up!" He said as one of them throw a bucket of water to his face. The spiky haired man moves around a little and eventually saw the three men. He tried to moved his hands but notice the handcuffs. "No dozing off."

"W-Where...the...hell...am I?" The teen asked as he tried to break free. "My hands!? Let me go, you dick!" He yells at them.

"You still don't get it, do you?" The man in front of him said. "Give it up!" He kicked the chair that the spiky haired man sitting on, causing him to fall and cough. Then, the man step him in the head.

"Come on cooperate or what, you want another shot?" He said as teen look at the security camera for the moment. The man look at the camera too. "Huh? What about the camera? Are thinking to use it as evidence?" The man asked as he grab the teen by hair.

"Maybe as an evidence...That proves that I can kick your asses to next week!" The teen mocked the man as he was very angry.

"Don't get cocky, you brat!" The man put his head harshly and kick him in the stomach. The man walked away from him and the man with him give him a clipboard. He read the content out loud. "Obstruction of justice, blackmail, defamation, possession of weapons...Manslaughter too, yeah? Talk about the works. To think that all of those crimes wer led by a punk like you...You seemed enjoyed every second of it...Huh?" The teen look away from the men for a moment.

'Enjoy it...?' He thought. 'Yeah...I might... but for now...my memories are bit hazy. I don't remember much...'

"You should learn your place." He said as other men take out his handcuffs before he and the other men put him in a corner. The man in front of him knelt before handing the clipboard to him. "Sign here. It's a confession under your name." The teen swat the clipboard from the man.

"Fuck you! I ain't signing shit!"

"I see...I need you to sign this, but..." The man stomp his left leg. The teen is in serious pain and the man seemed add more power on the stomp. "...I don't care if you happen to lose a leg." The man doesn't care if he broke the teen's leg.

"The hell are you doing, you son of a bitch! I'm so killing your ass!." The man punched him in the face. "You like to hit people just because you didn't like them, huh? You're one sick motherfucker." The man ignored him.

"If you want to end this soon, I suggest you sign it." He said as knelt and handing the clipboard again, but the teen take it this time. The man pull out a pen from his pocket before look him in the eyes. "Don't expect to walk out of here in one piece. We're going to make you understand...One must take full responsibilities of his actions..." he warned as the teen grab the pen and signed it without a second thought. He wrote "Katsumi Matabei" and return clipboard to the man.

"There. We good?"

"Yeah..." he punched him again, but the punch knocked him out.

Katsumi Matabei then wakes up several minutes later. He seemed to be in a chair, his hands are free... but he doesn't know what to do. The cause is several voices coming from the outside, it was a voice of a man arguing with a woman. As the voices died down, someone enters the room.

It was a woman who has long gray hair asymmetrically parted on her right side and brown eyes, sometimes depicted with a hint of mauve red. She wears a black business suit with a black turtleneck. Her blazer's cuffs and the lower part have clamshell-like designs. She also wears a necklace of a section sign, earrings, a few dark hair clips can be seen above her right ear, and a black high heel shoes. For Katsumi, he recognize who this woman is. She sat and look at him. She was surprised, yes. But she also felt disappointed. "I didn't expect it'd be you, Matabei." She said. "You'll be answering my questions this time."

"Sorry you have find out this way, Sae. I did what I've to do. But, things getting out of hand...and I don't think I remember much..."

"What do you mean...?" She said as she saw the empty syringe. "Those bastards...they did this to you?" Sae look at him. "It's seems you been through a lot. Anything could happen here, and I can't stop them. That's why I need you to answer me honestly. I don't have much time left." She sighs before asking. "What is your objective? Why did you cause such a major incident? I didn't think it was a prank from the get-go, but I couldn't assemble a case for prosecution, because of your unknown methods."

"Easy said than done, Sae." Katsumi said. "I've been doing this shit since 2012, but there are lot of things that I don't understand. But once you accept it in reality, everything that will throw at you will be real."

"There's no way I weren't convinced as something as a...'Another world' just by reading the reports. It seems you're coherent, so tell me...When and where did you found out about the other world? How it is even possible to steal one's heart. Now, tell me your account of everything...Starting from the very beginning..." Sae said as Katsumi sighs.

"The very beginning...huh? That brings me some old memories. We both know when all this started...Four years ago, on that fateful day...Is when all begins. I was an ordinary student at that time...until I find a weird ass app..."

Next arc: Origins arc

Next chapter: Chapter 1: Origins

AN: I changed his name from Taiki Kuroda to Katsumi Matabei because there's already someone named Taiki in the game. Same goes for Sayaka's surname, who is now Kumiko.

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