So just you know, some things will be changed in the story. This is more like a "What if" scenario, so no everything will be the same as the game, at least in the beginning and the middle of the game. The story will be from my Oc POV and will be focus on her, but Joker will still be the protagonist because he's a badass XD
Pairing will be decided later. For the moment it might be YusukexOc and AkiraxHaru, but i won't focus on them until the middle of the story. So, leave a review if you like it.
Summary: What if Morgana encounter another human months before Akira move to Tokyo? What if this person had already form the Phantoms Thieves before and they were only seen as a rumor? Kagura Kobayashi is the founding member of the Phantom Thieves and the first person to enter the Metaverse.
Prologue: The Arrest
"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 reffered 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 were gambling and didn't care about what the people next to them were saying or talking about. Every single person in the casino was too busy to care about the person next to them, they were thinking only on themselves and the number of the dice, but that was about to change. The alarm of the casino could be heard everywhere in the building. Every single person stops playing when the alarm reaches their ears. At that moment they saw the men from the security staff walking around the place, looking around, searching for something... More likely, for someone. Yes, they were looking for someone and that someone was watching them from above. On top of the chandelier, there was a woman with a Red top hat and a long red hair that was tied in a ponytail, she was wearing a white Cravat blouse with red Cravat tie, a black and red vex skirt with black tights and black high heels boots. She had a long darkred scarf around her neck and a white mask was covering all her face, the mask have a Clown's makeup with a creepy smile painted in black across her mask and black tears. She had a briefcase with her. The Security staff saw her and so did all the people that were gambling. The woman smirk behind her mask and jump to the other chandelier, escaping from the security staff. She could hear voices coming from her earpieces as she run away.
"Good. Now get running!"
"This is our only chance!"
"Stay calm! You can get away now!"
"We'll retrieve the briefcase on our end"
"Be careful, Clown, and focus on getting away" Out of nowhere, another transmission could be heard.
"... Suspects... Not... Confirmed... Hold... Your... Positions..."
"Hm...? What was that...?" One of Joker's teammate ask.
"Don't worry about us, Clown. Just concentrate on getting away!" The woman known as "Clown" jump from chandelier to chandelier, escaping from the security staff. Her teammates keep talking through her earpiece. "But i have to say, showing yourself above that crowd earlier was an excellent move. Nice work, Clown"
"I did it so i can show how amazing i can be" She said
"Haha, I bet skull wouldn't pull it off that smoothly"
"This happens because you have no sense for aesthetics"
"Nobody asked you, Inari!"
"At least Skull isn't completely useless"
"Shut up, Joker!" Clown reaches the second floor through the chandeliers. Once there, she encounters two guards that turn into monsters with purple masks in front of her. One of them jumps behind her from another floor, Clown turns around and meet him with a smirk. "Take 'em down, Clown!" She jump right at him and rip off the monster's mask. She kicks him away and transform into a big monster resembling a bull, but mixed with a snake and some other animal. Clown rips off her mask and yell...
"Kuma Lisa!" She yells and behind her appear a shadow resembling a fox with the same clothes she was wearing, except she high heels boots and her skirt was a normal one, the fox also had a Pocket Watch in her right hand. "Grydyne!" Electricity surrounded the monster and in the blink of an eye, an unknown force push him against the ground, crushing him and killing him in the process. Clown's mask reappears as soon as the shadow disappear.
"Good. You defeat it with ease"
"There's more of them! Be careful!" More guards appear, also wearing masks. They attack Clown, but she dodges them with ease and jump to the higher floor. "Clown, behind you! Go through that door!" She did as they told her and run through the door behind her. She ends up in the hallways where only authorized personnel can enter. She avoids every single guard in silence and stay in the shadows until she saw her chance to escape. She reaches the second floor and go back to the main hall.
"Why did you stop? Something wrong, Clown? The exit should be up ahead" Clown heard through the earpiece. On the other side of the floor was a giant window. That was her only exit available.
"Through there...?" She asked.
"Nnh...! That's just how it is. After that commotion, the bottom floor's completely closed off. Hey, can you make it!?"
"It's not about if i can, i will make it" Said Clown. "What's life without risking it a little?"
"Hehe... I bet you'll do it without thinking it too much" Clown heard the security staff behind her. They point at her withtheir guns, they were ready to shoot at her.
"Over there! There's nowhere to run!" One of them yell. Clown smirk, jump and run on top of the railing of the balcony. Once she reaches the window, she stops in front of it and smile at her pursuers.
"See ya losers" She said and jump through the window.
"Ha, What a showoff, you're so reckless. You know that?"
"Not as much as Joker" Clown answers and land on the ground. The broken glass fall behind her. Clown stands up and multiple lights blind her, they were pointing at her. It took her a couple of second to recognize them. All the lights were coming from police cars. Clown saw a bunch of officers in front of her, she was surrounded.
"Enemies, here!?"
"What's wrong!?"
"These reading... It can't be!"
"What happened!?"
"An Ambush!?"
"Clown, can you handle this!?" Clown hears her teammates talking through the earpiece. She was trying to figure it out how to escape from this situation, then a voice raise above all of them. It was Joker's voice.
"Clown... Get the hell out of there, RUN!" He yells, something he never do, and Clown didn't think. She start running, she saw a ladder and climb it while looking down at the police. She then looks back up and saw more of them points their guns right at her face. The Cop in front of her hit her with the back of his gun and Clown let go of the latter and fall right in the ground. A large group of cops holds her down.
"Suspect secure!" One of them yells.
"Didn't expect to find some woman..." An Officer wearing a suit was in front of Clown. He knelt in front of her and grab her by the hair. "You have your teammate to thank for this... You were sold out"
"W-What?" Clown asks. "Th-That can't be..."
"But it is lady... Take her away" He said and leave.
"Suspect confirm. Cuff her!" The police cuff her and take her to a police car...
Three men were standing in front of the woman, she was sitting in a chair with her hands cuffed. She was unconscious for the moment. Her clothes she had before were gone, know she was wearing only a red jacket, white shirt and a long black skirt, her high heels were replaced by simple white shoes. She was wearing glasses, but those were a little broken. Next to her chair there was an empty syringe. The woman's hair was messier than earlier.
"Guess the drug was too strong..." One of the man said. "Wake her up" He said and one of the men throw a bucket of water in her face. She moves a little and eventually saw the three men standing in front of her. She look around and try to move her hand, but notice the handcuffs. "No dozing off"
"... What... Where am i...?" She said and try to break free. "My hands... Let me go, now!" She yells at them.
"You still don't get it, do you princess?" The man in front of her seat. "Give it up!" He then kicks her in the stomach and break the wooden chair in the process. The woman falls to the floor and cough. The man step on her head. "Come on, cooperate. Or what, you want another shot?" She saw the camera for a moment, it was recording everything. The man looks at the camera too. "Huh? What about the camera? Are you thinking it can be used as video evidence?" The man stops and kneel in front of her, only to grab her by the hair. The woman didn't answer at all, she remains silent while looking at him in the eyes. "Didn't you hear my question? Answer!" The man yell and kick her in the stomach. He gets away from her and one of the men that was with him give him a clipboard. He read the information out loud. "Obstruction of justice, blackmail, defamation, possession of weapons... Manslaughter too, yeah? Talk about the works. To think that all those crimes were led by a girl like you... And you seemed to be enjoying every second of it... Huh?" The woman look away from the men for a moment.
"Enjoying it...?" She thought. "Yeah... I might... But for the moment i can't remember. Everything's hazy" She didn't say a thing. The man shakes his head.
"You should know your place" He said and order the others to take out her handcuffs. Once she was free, she was put in a corner and the man that was talking to her give her a clipboard. "Sign here. It's a confession under your name"
"... Fuck you, i'm not signing anything" She said.
"I see... I need your hand to sign this, but..." The man step on her right leg. The woman feels a lot of pain. He put all his weight on his leg, he didn't care if he breaks her leg. "I don't care if you end up losing a leg"
"Fuck you! Let go of my leg or i'll make you regret it!" She yells at him and the man punches her in the face. "Do you enjoy this? I bet you do... Look like hitting women are your thing... You are sick" The man ignore her and keep adding weight to his leg.
"If you want this to end soon, then you better sign this" He give her the clipboard again and this time she takes it. The man takes out a pen from his pocket and look at her right 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 responsibility for their actions" She takes the pen and sign without thinking it twice. She wrote Kagura Kobayashi and give him back the clipboard.
"... Happy?"
"Yes" He said and punch her again. That punch knocks her out...
Kagura Kobayashi wakes up alone in the room, she was sitting in the chair, in front of her there was a table. She had her hands free, but there was nothing she could do now, all she can do now is wait and see what happen next. She hears a little discussion from outside the room. After a couple of minutes someone enters the room, it was a tall woman with long gray hair asymmetrically parted on her right side and brown eyes. She wears a black business suit with a black turtleneck. Kagura knew who she was, the woman that enters was surprised to see her there. She sat down in front of her and didn't look at her, looks like she was disappointed.
"... I didn't expect it'd be you, Kobayashi" She said. "You'll be answering my questions this time"
"I'm sorry, Sae, i didn't want you to find it out this way at all, but things got out of hand... I think. I can barely remember"
"What do you mean you can't...?" Sae Niijima look around and saw an empty syringe. "Those bastards... How could they do something like that to you? That's unforgivable" Sae look at Kagura to her eyes. "It seems you've been through a lot. Almost anything can happen here and i can't stop them. That's why i need you to answer me honestly. I don't have much time either" Sae sighs before asking. "What was 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. It's because i couldn't figure out the method behind it"
"... Well, it's not that simple, Sae" Said Kagura. "It's been four years and there are things that i still don't understand, but sometimes you only have to accept the reality, what life throws at you and take it as real"
"There's no way i could be convinced of such a... "World" just by reading the reports. It seems you're coherent, so tell me... When and where did you find out about that world? How is it even possible to steal another's heart? Now, tell me your account of everything. Start from the very beginning..." Said Sae. Kagura sighs.
"From the very beginning... That brings me some old memories. We both know when all this started. That day four years ago... Is when all begins... I was just an ordinary student, until i found that weird app..."