Kisdota: I honestly didn't think that many people would have that weird an opinion with RyujixAnn, I mean those two have history together. With YosukexChie I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have been friends if it wasn't for Souji honestly RyujixAnn seems to make more sense. Also while I like AkiraxFutaba I don't know which pairing for Akira I'll go for yet I'm gonna take some time to decide and see where it would be funnier.
"Sigh, why are we always running?" Kidd questioned once again lounging on his ship.
"We are thieves are we not? Running is part of the job," Zorro spoke.
After unlocking Madarame's secret vault of counterfeit Sayuri's the group had gathered at the dinner. Yusuke himself looked worn out and tired after having gone through his stressful event of finding out that his teacher was plagiarizing all of his work starting with his mothers.
"Don't you get around on your ship?" Zorro questioned.
"Who do you think powers this thing?" Kidd said.
"So you control it yourself? I didn't think you were quite as capable," Zorro commented.
"Shut up Spaniard," Kidd argued.
"You two, is now really the time to be fighting?" Carmen scolded them.
"Ah yes, forgive me Carmen," Zorro bowed.
"Fine whatever," Kidd said.
"Tell me," the new Persona questioned, "Are things always this erratic?"
"Only when we're relaxing," Arsene said.
Yusuke's new Persona was a tall man dressed as a Kabuki holding an absurd looking smoking pipe.
"You're certain that this group is capable of stealing from that man?" Goemon asked.
"Well this is just our second heist," Arsene said, "So yes I think my friends are capable of performing a second heist."
"Have you… always had these creatures near you?" Yusuke questioned.
"Creatures? Seems rather vulgar to compare us to common beast," Zorro spoke.
"Oh yeah they're with you forever, you can't get rid of them, and they talk all the time," Ryuji complained.
"Well what else are we gonna do all day? Our social activities are kind of limited as ghost," Kidd said.
"Are we ghost? I didn't think we were spirits," Goemon questioned.
"I prefer to think of us as guardian angels," Arsene said.
"Angels? Who would call us angels with our history. Do you honestly think Heaven would take any of us?" Kidd asked.
"They wouldn't need to give me a spot, I'd just take it," Arsene said.
"I'm sure I could convince someone up there to let me in," Carmen spoke.
"To think you had this kind of presence near me and I was unable to see it," Yusuke said, "They all have such interesting and different esthetics. I wish I could have drawn them they would have been such an inspiration."
"You're still going on about art? Even after all that?" Ryuji questioned.
"Of course, I will not let Madarame's disdain taste for art stop me from doing what I love," Yusuke spoke.
"That being said what are we to do about Madarame?" Arsene asked.
"How soon do you think he'll take some kind of action?" Akira asked.
"He'll most likely try to keep anything from interrupting his gallery on the fifth," Yusuke said.
"Which means we have enough time to change his heart," Akira said.
"Really? If you want I can save us the trouble and just finish him off myself in his sleep," Goemon spoke.
"That's our backup plan that our partners insist on not using," Carmen said.
"And if it does come to that don't do it in his sleep, make sure he's wide awake so he'll know he's in pain," Kidd said.
"Got it," Goemon agreed.
"Can we not discuss that so casually?" Ann asked.
"Yes, I'm not keen on the idea of finishing off my former sensei," Yusuke said, "You said that there was another way to change him?"
"Yes, deep inside Madarame's palace is a treasure. If we steal that then all of his twisted desires will vanish and he'll admit his crimes," Morgana said.
"We've already done it before with our old gym teacher," Akira said.
"I still think we should have killed that molester," Carmen spoke, "speaking of," she grabbed the collar of one of the heart men's leashes and lassoed the free end around Yusuke.
"What-hrrk," Yusuke started to choke as Carmen tightened a noose around the young artist.
"Whoa- Carmen," Ann quietly hissed trying not to alert the other people. Akira and Ryuji freaked out as well be knew not to make a scene.
"What do you think you're doing to my artist?" Goemon questioned.
"Oh I just want him to know what I'll do if I see him try to force my little girl into another nude drawing," Carmen spoke, "You won't try and blackmail her into doing something she doesn't want to again will you?"
"hrrgh-no! No I'm sorry," Yusuke quietly panicked, "PleAARCkss… stop!"
"Should we do something?" Kidd asked.
"No I don't think it would be wise to get in between Carmen," Arsene said.
"And I thought Carmen was scary," Kidd said.
After fleeing Kaneshiro's palace with Makoto the gang had retreated to their hangout overlooking Shibuya. Makoto was clearly out of breath from their near death experience.
"I definitely won't try and piss her off anymore," Ann said.
"She certainly has more passion than we gave her credit for," Goemon said.
"She's okay I guess, for a stalker," Arsene said.
"Will you all stop it," Makoto complained, "I haven't felt this exhausted in all my life."
"Sustaining my full power after releasing me will do that, I don't know why you needed to keep riding me when you saw a perfectly good cat car."
"I'm not a cat! You saw me in that world," Morgana complained.
Makoto's new Persona was a motorcycle hiding a face behind a glass dome in the front.
"We were all in a hurry I wasn't aware of… this… what is all of this? I've been meaning to ask you when we left," Makoto gestured to all the other Persona around her.
"I suppose in our hurry we didn't get a proper time to introduce ourselves," Arsene knelt down in front of Makoto bowing his head and gently held her hand, "We are the Persona, the one's giving you the power to fight."
"I uh- I-I see," Makoto flustered at his actions.
"Dude stop making it weird," Ryuji said.
"How come you didn't act all gentlemanly with me?" Ann questioned.
"You seemed like you wanted a break from men after dealing with the last one," Arsene said.
"That-… yeah… honestly if it weren't for you guys I'd probably hate all men," Ann said.
"I know I'm not sick of them," Carmen said.
"So… Kamoshida and Madarame, all of you were able to change them using these Persona," Makoto asked.
"It's more complicated than that," Morgana said.
"But essentially yes, with our power we can right whatever wrong," Zorro proclaimed.
"And you're supposed to be my Persona?" Makoto questioned.
"Correct, you're my rider from now on," Johanna told her.
"But uh… why a bike?" Kidd questioned Johanna's form.
"Yes I didn't think anyone's Persona could take such a strange form," Zorro said.
"Do you have a problem with it?" despite her size and position Johanna gave a terrifying glare through her face shield.
"No no, w-we're good," Zorro quickly said.
"Diversity in a team is good," Kidd said.
"Just as scary as the original, we're going to be good friends," Carmen said.
"I do admire the sheen design, quite elegant," Goemon said.
"Yes… I've never been into cars but I can see the appeal here, the design is certainly interesting," Yusuke said.
"Wh- hey! I'm not something to admire," Johanna flustered at them.
"What do you expect? You're beautiful," Arsene said.
"P-Please listen to the blonde one and stop making this weird," Johanna said.
"…Futaba?" Akira gently knocked on the door.
The gang had successfully healed Futaba and destroyed her palace but the threat of Medjed was still there. While they had given Futaba plenty of time to rest they deadline was beginning to draw close. Akira was able to sneak into Sojiro's house while he was working hoping to check in on Futaba.
"Do you think now's a good time to remind you that I can phase through doors?" Arsene questioned.
"We need to do this discreetly I don't want to scare her off," Akira said.
"She's not a wild animal, she won't run from her sanctuary," Arsene said, "I hope she at least tidied up a bit since our last visit. I'm honestly surprised that someone could live in such a messy condition."
*beep beep*
Akira's phone rang, looking down he could see that he was getting a text from Futaba.
"What do you want?" the text read.
"Nothing, I just wanted to check in on you. Also Arsene wanted to meet the new guy… girl… thing," Akira said.
"Akira, gender regardless I don't think we like being called its," Arsene told him, "Can we come in Futaba?"
"Who's that?"
"My Persona, you should be able to hear them all now," Akira said.
"Those other things talk?"
"Yes, wait doesn't yours talk?" Akira spoke.
"She hasn't said anything since I got her."
"… can we please come in?" Akira asked.
It took a few second before Akira heard the door click telling him that he could come into the room. Akira entered to see the same messy room as before. Futaba was sitting in her computer chair wearing a large oversized novelty mask.
"What is she wearing?" Arsene questioned.
"I don't know," Akira said.
"Anyway it's nice to finally meet you properly… why is the room suddenly bright?" Arsene questioned.
Futaba didn't say anything and just pointed up. Above them all was a set of five spinning neon green spheres, this was the underside of Futaba's Persona. The entire body of her Persona couldn't properly fit, the majority of it's body was sticking out of the room.
"Another interesting form," Arsene said.
"Uh… has she not spoken at all?" Akira questioned.
"mn nn," Futaba barely spoke.
"Excuse me," Arsene reached up into the middle of the Persona and pulled down a tentacle, he held it daintily like he would another woman's hand, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, might I know your name young lady?"
"…n-… Necronomicon," she said, the neon green lights turned neon pink.
"Wait!" Futaba suddenly tossed he oversized mask off nearly hitting Akira in the process, "You could speak this whole time!?"
"S-sorry user Futaba," Necronomicon said.
"You've been hovering over me while I slept were you just staring at me- Oh GOD I looked up weird stuff because I thought you were a lamp!" Futaba yelled blushing deep red.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed, I already have your search history anyway when I intergrated with you," Necronomicon said.
"You have WHAT!?"
"I suppose she's just as shy as you," Arsene said chuckling at the two.
"G-Get out!" Futaba suddenly remember where they were and immediately started pushing Akira back out the door before slamming it shut.
"Well she's alive that much we know," Arsene said following him through the wall.
"Were you flirting with the UFO?" Akira asked.
"It's not what's on the outside it's the inside that counts. Though this may be the demon part of my speaking but I do enjoy what's on the outside with this one," Arsene said, *knock knock* "You hear that Necronomicon? I think you're pretty."
*Beep beep* "Please leave," the text read.
"Wait that's not Futaba's picture, who sent that text?" Akira questioned.
"It seems that Necronomicon has the same wireless capabilities as Futaba," Arsene said.
"You could sense that?" Akira questioned.
"Yes please leave."
"Hey who said you could get on my chat."
"Sorry."
"And delete my search history."
"I can't delete my own memory."
"You're both in the same room why are you texting to each other?" Akira questioned.
"Go away."
"Go away."
"They're going to be good friends," Arsene said.
"You thought we were nothing but something you could play with didn't you?"
The Phantom thieves had all joined back together within Okumura's palace. The stress of facing against Haru's fiancé Sugimura and going against her father had given her the push needed to awaken her Persona. Sugimura had taken the form of a large robot. Needless to say the group was unstoppable once they joined back together.
During the finishing move Sugimura's head had come off, but since it was a robot it still had life/function in it. Haru's Persona didn't hesitate to pick up the severed head.
"But look at you now, you could barely handle us let alone have a chance to attack."
"zzttzz high schoo-… play… toy-zzzt," if the head was trying to talk it didn't seem capable anymore.
"What delusions were in your head that made you think we or any woman or person are some kind of property. I wish you lasted longer in that fight."
*cCRRrrcK* The Persona squeezed the head causing the metal to bend and wrinkle.
"Just so I could have hurt you a thousand more times, but now you can just remain as trash on the floor as you always were."
*BOOM* the small head exploded before turning back into a pile of shadowy goop.
"Didn't you say her Persona was weak?" Ryuji said.
"shut up," Morgana whispered.
"Oh… oh my," Haru's Persona dropped the threatening tone and put her mask and fan back up in their regal spot, "Forgive me for my rather vulgar action, but I've been dreaming of doing something like that for a long time."
"You wanted to kill a rapist, trust me most of us are familiar with the feeling," Carmen said.
"Oh you won't believe how much I wanted to do that, she let me out only halfway just teasing me as I watched that man do as he want. As soon as we return to the real world I'm going to give the real trash a piece of my mind," Haru's persona said.
"Forgive me but our team has a bit of a no killing policy," Arsene told her, "well unless it turns into an emergency in which case you're free to do what you want my lady."
"It's Milady," Milady said.
"Guys can we go one day where we don't threaten to murder someone?" Makoto questioned.
"We've gone plenty of days without doing that," Zorro said.
"One week?" Makoto said.
"Ehhh… it could be a challenge," Zorro said.
"Stop finding people who deserve it," Kidd said, "There's people with body counts out there walking free and our leader is branded a criminal for a crime that's actually less harmful than the majority of the other actual crimes we've stopped."
"Um excuse me but… my father left, isn't that bad?" Haru asked them.
"You explained how this place works right?" Ann asked Morgana.
"I-I did, I think," Morganna said.
"I was listening, as should you have little page," Milady said, "This entire palace is separate from those in the real world, they won't know a thing and, other than your father, killing them in here unfortunately won't kill the real one."
"Ah yes, you were listening well," Zorro said.
"So does this mean we get a new teammate?" Ryuji asked, "So what should we call ya?"
"She already has a code name," Morgana said.
"Yes, you may call me Noir," Haru said.
"Ooh, black for French I like you already," Arsene said.
"Yes, I've always wanted to be a hero, but the Phantom Thieves are on the darker side of the law. I chose the name Noir to remind me of that," Haru said.
"Well as long as you're into it," Ann said.
"It seems like quite the elaborate backstory to your part," Yusuke said.
"I really like it. It's sophisticated, but still it's a rebel name," Makoto said.
"Well with that out of the way shall we resume our mission?" Milady said.
"Yes, but don't let your guard down this will still be dangerous now that they all know we're in here. We'll have to act quick," Morgana said.
"Someone's talking big again," Futaba said.
"We have our team back, we shouldn't comment on that," Nerconomicon said.
"Let us move then," Milady said, "though remember, my offer of finishing off whoever deserves it will always stand."
"I think my riders right we talk too much about killing," Johanna said.
"Do you not think they deserve it?" Goemon asked.
"Oh they deserve it, but we need to be the better people for whatever reason," Johanna said.
Kisdota: Got some time to knock this out. Still gonna be a while before I decide who to pair with Akira. If you have any ideas send them, the fun part of the fic is coming.
