I am back with a new chapter and well, it's kinda long. So bear with me as I am treading very dangerous water while writing this story, also be patient, I have other stories to write too so there's that. Thanks to everyone who chose to follow or favorite.
Mr nod - Thanks, I'll try out some of what you said. But Yuri's PT attire isn't the same as Joker's so she has a different code name than him, she's not just a female version of him really.
Disclaimer, all I own is Yuri, Persona 5 belongs to Atlus.
Chapter 1 - Awakening
Waking up, Yuri gasped and found herself dressed in the familiar attire of the black and white prisoner garb with her hands clasped in chains, the sounds of a chain swinging nearby with water dripping somewhere nearby. Wherever she was, it had velvet colored walls. Yuri swung her legs over the bed and put her hand to her head.
'How did I get here?' She thought, confused and dazed. 'What is this place? Why am I in chains?'
Suddenly, there was a chuckle and she turned to see a pair of twin girls walk in front of her wearing matching prison guard outfits, they had platinum blond hair, one had her hair tied back into a braid and the other had her hair in side buns, the one with the braided hair had a eye patch over her left eye with her hat having the letters 'O-Y-O-O' while the one with hair buns had a eye patch over her right eye with her hat having the letters 'X-M-R-N'. They both wore a black band on their left arm. The striking thing about them was their golden eye and that they looked a mirror of each other.
When Yuri stood, the girls took a step closer to each other and she was confused. When she tried to take a step forward, that's when Yuri discovered that she had a chain around her ankle attached to a heavy ball. 'What...?' She thought, more confused then ever.
Slowly, she made her way to her cell door covered in chains and grabbed the bars, the two girls kept quiet and stepped aside to reveal the prison master, Yuri gasped. Sitting at a desk in the middle of the room was a older man with a bald head and white hair on the sides of his head, he wore a black suit with white gloves. He had a long nose, pointed ears and almost bugling bloodshot eyes. He merely held out a hand as he spoke in the deepest voice she had heard, "Trickster... Welcome to my Velvet Room."
'Trickster?' Yuri thought. 'Velvet Room? What is going on?'
"So you've come to, Inmate." The girl with the hair buns said. Yuri looked confused.
The girl with the braid said, "The you in reality is currently fast asleep. You are only experiencing this as a dream."
'So is this just a dream?' Yuri thought. The girl with the hair buns shouted, "You're in the presence of our master! Stand up straight!"
Looking at the man at the desk, he said, "Welcome. I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exist between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bound by a 'contract' may enter. I am Igor, the master of this place. Remember it well."
'What contract is he talking about?' Yuri thought.
Igor continued to talk, "I summoned you to speak of important matters. It involves your life as well."
"What important matters?" Yuri asked.
Taking a look around at the room, Igor said, "Still, this is a surprise... The state of this room reflects the state of your own heart. To think a prison would appear as such. You truly are a 'prisoner' of fate. In the near future, there is no mistake that ruin awaits you."
"Ruin?" Yuri asked. "Are you kidding me? What are you talking about?"
Igor gave her a pireceing glare, "I speak of the end to everything. However, there is a means to oppose such a fate. You must be 'rehabilitated'. Rehabilitaed toward freedom. That is your only means to avoid ruin... Do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of the world?"
"Well, I'd rather avoid ruin." Yuri said, giving her honest opinion.
"Allow me to observe the path of your rehabilitation." Igor said. Seeing the twin girls turn to face her again, Igor said, "Ah, pardon me for not introducing the others. To your right is Caroline, to your left, Justine. They serve as wardens here."
"Hmph, try and struggle as hard as you like." Caroline said, holding a baton behind her back.
"The duty of warden is to protect inmates." Justine said, as she held a clipboard by her side. "We are also your collaborators. That is, if you remain obedient."
"I shall explain the roles of those two at another occasion." Igor said as the two girls turned back to face him. "Now then, it seems the night is waning... It is almost time. Take your time to slowly come to understand this place. We will surely meet again, eventually..."
At that moment, a bell began to ring and Caroline said, "Time's up. Now hurry up and go back to sleep."
Yuri looked at her and tried to move the bars, suddenly waking up in the real world. She gasped for air and sat up on the bed, putting her hand to her head. After taking some time to realize that she was back in the real world, she got dressed in the Shujin school uniform, tying her hair in its regular braid, clipping her hair pin in its usual spot, and lastly putting her glasses on. 'What a strange dream...' She thought.
'What was that all about?' Yuri pondered. 'Ruin... Rehabilitation... What does that even mean?'
"Looks like you're up." Sojiro said, walking up. She looked at him, seeing him wearing a white blazer over his shirt and a white trilby with a red, white, and blue strap on it. He looked at her and "Well then, let's go introduce ourselves properly to the staff about your transfer."
"Right," Yuri said, nodding.
"The school you're attending is in the Aoyama district." Sojiro told her. "It'll cost you a bit to ride the train there, and the route transfers are a pain. I'll drive you there, but just for today. Let's go."
So she walked with him to his car and he drove her to the Aoyama district, the car ride there being awkwardly quiet as she didn't say anything and thinking about her strange dream while Sojiro wasn't sure what to say in order to cheer her up. She looked out the window, looking at the buildings and made notes on her phone for what to look for when she started to take the route to head for school.
Soon enough, they arrived at the district and Sojiro parked his car, leading Yuri to the imposing school she would be attending the next day. She looked at the school and took a breath, Sojiro looked at her and said, "Do me a favor and behave yourself, all right? Don't get me wrong - I don't care what happens to you. Just don't cause me any trouble."
Yuri nodded, following him into the school and headed into the principal's office where the prinicipal and one of the teachers were waiting. Yuri was surprised to see the principal as he was overweight and bald, wearing a begie suit and a red bowtie. Then she turned her attention to the teacher standing next to him while Sojiro talked with the principal and signed some papers.
The teacher was a young woman with a tired looking face, she had unkempt dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, wearing a yellow long sleeved shirt with white and red strips, a blue demin skirt, and white kitten heel shoes. Looking at the teacher and the principal, Yuri thought, 'First things first, how is the principal still alive? He looks like nothing more than a blob of flesh with a face, arms and legs. Also, why is the teacher so tired? Surely, it can't be because of her teaching classes.
"To reiterate, just so we're clear, you will be expelled immediately if you cause any problems." He said, looking at her with a hard stare. "Honestly, I hesitated on accepting someone like you, but there were some circumstances on our side... You might have done a variety of things hiding in your hometown, but you will behave yourself here. If you are thrown out from our school, there will be no place for you to go. Keep that in mind."
Yuri kept quiet as she nodded in agreement, the principal looked at the woman standing next to him, "This is the teacher in charge of your class."
"I'm Sadayo Kawakami." She said, looking at the new student that was in the room with her. She handed her a card, "Here's your student ID. Be sure to read the school rules. Any violations will send you straight to the guidance office. And, if by chance you cause any problems, I won't be there to protect you at all." She was quiet for a moment before looking at the principal.
"That IS your promise, yes, Principal Kobayakawa?" She asked.
"She is responible for all her actions." Principal Kobayakawa said, looking at her. Kawakami sighed and crossed her arms, looking upset.
"But really though, why me?" She asked. "There should've been better candidates."
"It was a sudden transfer, and your class was the only one that had an opening," Kobayakawa said, seemingly understanding.
Getting fed up with their talking, Sojiro asked, "If you're done explaining things, mind if we get going? I got a store to get back to."
"Sakura-san, please keep a close eye on her." Kobayakawa warned, "Don't let her cause any trouble outside..."
"Well, I'll be sure to have a serious talk about the situation she's in." Sojiro said, rubbing his hair.
Kawakami sighed, saying as she looked at Yuri, "Come to the faculty office when you arrive at school tomorrow. I'll show you to your classroom."
As they walked through the hallways, Sojiro looked at her and sighed, "They're treating you like some kinda nuisance..."
Yuri looked down as Sojiro said, "I guess that's what it means to have a criminal record. Turns out your past follows you wherever you go."
"Sounds like you know that from experience, of course not having a criminal record." Yuri said, looking at him.
Sojiro said, rubbing his hair, "Well, not exactly. But anyway, if you get expelled now, I won't hesitant to kick you out. Got it?"
"I'll be sure to be careful." Yuri said, looking at him as she rubbed hair.
Sojiro gave a small unseen smile and sighed, "School never changes, huh? Come on, we're going home."
While they drove back to the district, Yuri read the rules and the car ride was as quiet as it was to the school. While they were waiting for the light to change, Sojiro groaned and Yuri looked at him.
"Traffic's not moving at all..." He grumbled. "You're taking the train starting tomorrow.
"I understand..." Yuri said, looking at him.
Sojiro cleared his throat and said, "So how was it? The school, I mean. Think you can manage?"
"Possibly, if I'm not isloated by everyone cause of my record." Yuri said, looking at him after some thought.
Sojiro kept quiet and said, "Now listen up. Don't even think of doing anything stupid. Still, you were expelled once already. To think you'd re-enroll at a different one. It's not like anyone will be sympathetic with you. If that's what it was like at school, people might say stuff about me in the future too... What a troublesome kid I've taken in."
"So, why did you agree to take me in?" Yuri said, looking at him and feeling guilty.
"I was asked to do it, and I just... happened to agree to it." Sojiro said, feeling on the spot with the question. "I've already been paid for it too, after all."
At that moment, the radio was stating the recent news story, "Again, a subway has derailed at Shibuya Station, greatly affecting the timetables all across the-"
"Another accident?" Sojiro asked, a little surprised. "So that's why it's so crowded. There's been a lot of those lately."
So they managed to get to the cafe without incident and as soon as they entered the cafe, it was already nighttime. Sojiro sighed and looked disappointed, "Damn, to think there'd be that much traffic... What a waste of time. I wasn't able to open the cafe today... Whatever. Just head upstairs. There's something I need to give to you."
As they walked up the stairs, Sojiro looked at his phone for details of the accident. When they reached the attic, he looked surprised.
"Talk about a gruesome accident..." He said, looking at the article. "Eighty people were involved." He put his phone away then pulled a small book from his pocket, he said, "It's a diary. Make sure you write in it. You may be under probation, but there's no special limitations on what you can do in particular. Besides following the law, that is. However, I'm obligated to report on you, which is why I'm having you record your daily activities."
At that moment, his phone rang and he answered, talking to the phone on the other end. From what he sounded like, he was going to be meeting with someone. When he finished his call, he looked at Yuri and said, "Well, I'm off. I'll lock the place up, so do whatever you want for the rest of the night. Oh, but don't mess up my store. If anything goes missing, I'll hand you right over to the cops. You got school tomorrow... You better head off to bed, all right?"
After he left, Yuri grabbed the diary and sighed, thinking, 'I should do what I'm told for now... Sojiro is right. I have a early day tomorrow, so I better head to bed now.'
Before she could head to bed, Yuri could hear something ringing and knew it wasn't from her. Looking around, she found it was coming from the yellow rotatary phone in the cafe. She went downstairs and answered the phone, hearing the voice on the other side, "Yo, it's me."
"Who is it I may ask is calling me?" Yuri said, trying to be polite.
"I'm hurt, you forgot my voice already?" Sojiro said. "It's Sakura. So uh, I locked the shop, but I forgot to flip the sign to CLOSED. It's too much of a a hassle for me to go back, so you flip the sign for me."
"Okay, I understand." Yuri said.
"Well, I'm sure no one's gonna come, even if it says OPEN." Sojiro said, breathing in relief. "Thank goodness, I was able to reach you. Sorry, I haven't been able to ask you for your number yet. Anyway, I'm glad you answered the phone over in the shop. Ok then. I'm leaving you in charge of the door sign."
With a sigh, she hung up the phone and went outside, unlocking the door and flipping the sign over. Then she stepped back into the cafe, locking the door again. 'He could have done it himself.' She thought, walking back upstairs.
Once she had gotten changed, Yuri sat on the bed and looked at her phone, circulating her route to school, thinking, 'So I need to take the train to school. Yongen-Jaya, then Aoyama-Itchome... Transfer from there... Okay, so I have to go out to Shibuya then transfer there.' As she continued look on her phone, she saw more stories about the subway accident, 'More stories about that accident. Sounds like a lot of people got hurt. This will likely affect the timetables for tomorrow.'
When she went back to the main screen of her phone, Yuri saw the strange app again. 'There it is again.' She thought. 'I thought I deleted it last time.' She put it in the trash again and sighed, 'I should probably reboot my phone, just in case.'
She yawned and rolled over, falling asleep. The night passed without anything strange and when she woke up in the morning, she got ready for school. 'Okay, I have school here starting today.' She thought. 'Hopefully, I can get there without getting lost. I should get going since I don't want to be late on my first day.'
Walking downstairs, Yuri grabbed her school bag and stepped into the cafe, seeing Sojiro had prepared a plate of curry for her.
He smiled, "Morning. You are actually going to school? Here, I'll feed you. Just make sure you finish it before the customers start coming in."
Sitting at the counter, Yuri took a bite of the curry and smiled, "It's delicious." So she continued to eat the curry, then sipping the drink when she finished the curry. Sojiro smiled and took the dirty dishes, then he said, "It's time for you to go."
"Thank you for the meal." She said.
Sojiro smiled and nodded, "Good. Hurry over to school. You'll end up late if you get lost on the way."
Yuri nodded and headed for the door, Sojiro said, "Oh, flip the sign outside to OPEN for me."
"Alright, got it." Yuri said.
Sojiro nodded, "Don't forget to do it for me, all right? Now, you better hurry on out. You're gonna be late if you get lost, country girl."
Yuri sighed and stepped outside, changing the sign then walked out to Yongen-Jaya Station. She walked down the stairs and stepped onto the train, noting how many people who were crammed into the train car. She sighed, looking out the window, As soon as the train arrived at Shibuya Station, Yuri looked around and transfered to the Ginza Line.
After some time, the train arrived at Aoyama-Itchome. Yuri breathed and walked up the stairs, seeing it was raining. 'Oh, I forgot to bring a umbrella.' She thought and decided to duck under a awening and took some time to look at her direction. But she saw the strange red app again and sighed, wondering why it kept popping up on her phone. Suddenly someone joined her under the awening.
Though they wore the girls' uniform like her, they had altered it to their tastes, the sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, under the blazer was a white varsity-like sweatsuit that covered most of her skirt and the hood over her head which had red and blue strips, Yuri noticed a 'S' symbol and a green four-leave clover on the hood, wearing red nylons and brown boots. Then the person lowered the hood who was revealed to be a beautiful young woman who had long wavy platinum blond hair in pigtails and bright blue eyes.
She looked around and sighed, before noticing Yuri and looked at her. She smiled at her, then looked back out to watch the rain fall. The area was quiet for a while til a white car drove up and the window rolled down to see a older man in a blue track suit and smiled at the blond haired girl, offering her a ride to school. The blond haired girl was hesitant but she walked over to the car and got in. Then the man looked at Yuri, offering the same thing, but she politely told him no. Before he rolled up the window, Yuri noticed the sadness in her eyes.
After the car drove off, someone new ran up, a young man with blond hair and brown eyes who had the male blazer open to reveal a yellow shirt with a star and the word 'ZOMG!', he muttered something a pervy teacher and Yuri looked confused, "Pervy teacher?" She was unaware that the app was open and had recorded her saying the phrase. Upon hearing her, the boy turned and looked at her.
"What do you want?" The boy asked. "You planning on rattin' me out to Kamoshida?"
"Kamoshida?" Yuri asked, confused.
Now the boy was confused, "In that car just now. It was Kamoshida. He does whatever the hell he wants. Who does he think he is - the king of a castle? Don't you agree?"
"King of a castle?" Yuri pondered.
"No, I mean..." The boy was embarrassed, but realized. "Wait. You don't know Kamoshida? Are you for real? You're from Shujin, right?"
"I'm a new transfer student." Yuri said, looking at him. "So you go to Shujin, too?"
"What?" He asked, confused and ignoring that she said she was a transfer. "No other high school's got a uniform like this. A second-year, huh? We're the same grade then. Never seen you before though. You a transfer student?"
"I just said that." Yuri said, slightly annoyed.
"Then no wonder you don't know him." The boy said, before looking at the rain. "This rain ain't too bad. We better hurry up, or we'll be late."
As he turned to lead her to the school, there was sudden pain in their heads and the boy groaned, wanting to go home but he walked on to the school. Yuri was unaware of the message on her phone or that the app was activated, putting her phone in her pocket as she followed the boy. For a moment, Yuri thought she felt something behind her then looked toward the school as the boy was confused.
In front of them wasn't the school but a massive castle, they were both confused. Yuri followed him cause he knew the way to the school and he was sure that he went the right way. The only way they decided to figure it out was by entering the castle. They entered into a grand foyer and looked around, not sure what to think.
Suddenly, a knight with a blue face-like mask walked up, bearing a sword and shield. The boy breathed and thought it was a very detailed costume. Yuri looked worried as she feared that it wasn't a costume and a second one appeared, she thought, 'What is this?' Soon they were surrounded by knights and knocked out.
"Hey..." A voice rang out to her. "Hey! Wake up!"
When Yuri opened her eyes, she found herself and her new companion in some kind of dungeon. She thought, 'In prison again...' "You all right?" The boy asked her. Yuri nodded. "How bout you?"
"Yeah, more or less." He said, rolling his arm.
While he looked around, Yuri held her head and wondered where this place was. She didn't doubt that the knights drugged them here and suddenly went pale at hearing screams of pain and torture. She ran to the bars of the prison with the boy, looking around for the source of the scream. Gasping for air, Yuri looked around the room, but couldn't find anything that could offer a way out.
The knights appeared, saying that their punishment had been decided, they were charged with unlawful entry and were sentenced to death. Yuri looked shocked as a familar voice spoke saying that no one was allowed to do what they wanted in his castle. The man she had seen before stepped, having glowing yellow eyes, wearing a red cape with hearts, brown loafers and nothing but a speedo.
'What's with that outfit?' Yuri thought.
"Is that you, Kamoshida?" The boy asked, very confused. Yuri didn't recall Kamoshida looking like that when she saw him.
Kamoshida also seemed to recongize him, "I thought it was some petty thief, but to think it's you, Sakamoto. Are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson, huh?" Then he saw Yuri and said, "And you brought a friend this time... because you can't do anything for yourself."
"This ain't funny, you asshole!" Sakamoto shouted.
"Is that how you speak to a king?" Kamoshida said. "It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all. Not only did you sneak into my castle, you committed the crime of insulting me - the king. The punishment for that is death. It's time for an execution! Take him out!"
The knights came into the cell, corncering Sakamoto. He tried to knock one down but they pushed him against the wall. Gasping, Yuri tried to grab the knight to stop, but a weaken Sakamoto just told her to run away.
With a smrik, Kamoshida taunted her, "Oh, running away, are we? What a heartless friend we are." Sakamoto told him that she wasn't a friend and wanted her to go, but Kamoshida said, "What's the matter? Too scared to run? Pathetic scum isn't worth my time. I'll focus on this one's execution."
Being held with a sword, Yuri watched as Kamoshida ruthlessly punched Sakamoto in the face til he fell to the ground and spat on him. Then Sakamoto was tossed aside, Kamoshida saying that he would have killed at that moment.
"Stop it!" Yuri shouted, gathering the courage to say something. "Have you gone insane?!"
Kamoshida turned to her, "Don't you dare tell me you don't know who I am?" Getting up close to her, he said angrily, "That look in your eyes irritates me!" He kicked her to the wall and said, "Hold her there... After the peasant, it will be her turn to die!"
Trying to run to stop him, Yuri was held back to the wall by two of the knights and she suddenly heard a young voice as a blue butterfly flew by, "This is truly an unjust game... Your chances of winning are almost none... But if my voice is reaching you, there may yet be a possibility open to you..."
"What's the matter?" A new voice asked her. "Are you simply going to watch? Are you forsaking him to save yourself? Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your previous decision a mistake then?"
Thinking back to that night, she groaned, "No... It wasn't." As Sakamoto was lifted into the air, Yuri struggled to break free, as the voice continued, "Vey well... I have heeded your resolve." Suddenly, she gasped for air, feeling a intense pain as the voice recited, "Vow to me. I am thou, thou are I... Thou are willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage! Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thine own, though thou be chained to Hell itself!"
When Kamoshida gave the order to execute Sakamoto, Yuri shouted, "That is enough!" Wide-eyed, Kamoshida turned to her, "What was that? You desire to be killed that much? Fine." On his silent command, one of the knights knocked her glasses off her face and held her against the wall. Before Kamoshida could give the order to execute her, Yuri opened her eyes as a sudden wind appeared, knocking the knights away.
Finally regaining her bearings, Yuri felt her face which now had a black dragon-like shaped mask with a golden lining. Frightened and unsure what to do, Yuri grabbed the mask and painfully began to rip it off her mask, blood appearing on her face and screaming in pain. But once the mask was off, Yuri looked up at Kamoshida and smiled with her eyes narrowed and yellow still covered in blood, a blue flame surrounding her as the blood disappeared from her face and the flame covered her body before separating to form a tall winged red being with a black hat and horns, covered in chains.
Yuri had also changed into a new outfit, wearing a black ankle length tailcoat, stitched onto the back was a pair of dragon wings, under the coat was a dark teal blue button up shirt that had the first few buttons undone, black cargo pants, red gloves, and a pair of brown boots. Holding the chains of the creature, she let them go to send the knights flying, a smile still on her face. This sudden surge of power scared Kamoshida, causing him to run.
Sakamoto just was agape, looking in surprise at the girl in front of him and what he had seen.
And that's the chapter. -collaspes- I think I'll try a shorter chapter next time, maybe I don't know yet. And yes I missed some dialogue, never said I was writing a novel length version with all the dialogue in there. Also yeah, Yuri is a girl with a male Persona, who says she can't? Anyway, please R&R if you enjoyed. See you in the next chapter.
