I do not own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure or the Persona series.

"Tch!" Johnny clicked his tongue in pain as Yosuke helped him get out the several splinters of wood still lodged into his left arm. While there were no big pieces there, or any cuts of major arteries, it still hurt. "Never liked splinters… stings like a bitch when they get pulled out."

"You're lucky that your arm isn't torn up man." Yosuke muttered as he pulled out the last bloody splinter from Johnny's arm and wiped his now blood-stained hands on the couch Chie was leaning on while sitting down. The area around her abdomen where Johnny's shadow had struck her was still sore, but she said the pain was fading a bit. Johnny's cuts however were bleeding quite a bit. Several cuts lined Johnny's arm, but they were just dots of blood that were quickly closing up. "How is he not being completely freaked out by all this?" Yosuke could not help but be jealous with Johnny and Chie's ability to stand the pain they endured. His neck was still sore from being choked by the 'Shadow Johnny' monster. "Was that thing really his inner most fears and issues? And he just beat it by saying he accepted them?" It was like something from an anime. It sounded extremely cheesy, but Yosuke saw it happen before his very eyes."How come he could beat it by just saying it was him or something, and I couldn't do a damn thing? What does he have that I…?"

Was he that useless? Was it just that he was unprepared, and if they were more ready for this world even he could have beaten that Shadow thing? The world was dangerous, but still…

"Yeah, I sure do feel lucky." Johnny quipped while rubbing his arm. "If this place works the same as my old house, there should be a first-aid kit under the kitchen sink. Just bring the bandages if you find it, I don't want to find out what they have in the chemicals bottles."

"Gotcha." Yosuke gave a nod, silently glad that he had something else to focus on for the moment. He went past Chie and headed to the kitchen area he passed by when searching for weapons, leaving both her and Johnny alone.

"Was everything it was saying really true?" That was the only thing Chie could ask Johnny.

Johnny turned his head to the side. He didn't know how to answer that, and a part of him didn't really want to. "But… didn''t all this start because I wouldn't acknowledge it?" "Yeah, it was."

"So even…" Chie didn't finish the sentence. It was still uncomfortable to think about. But still, it was too serious not to address. "Even that you tried to… kill yourself?"

Johnny sighed a bit. "Yeah, that too."

"Why would you even want to do that?" Chie asked, glaring at Johnny. "E-Even if you're like this, there was no reason to…!"

"I was just at the bottom of my rope." Johnny interrupted her, looking to the ground. "I lost my legs just trying to have someone, even if it was just a stupid girl who wanted to brag to her friends about me later, acknowledge me. To not throw me to the side like my dad. And he funny thing is that in the end, it was all for nothing. Losing my legs was my fault. I blamed myself for my big brother's death, and I knew my dad couldn't stand the sight of me." Johnny gave another sigh, looking at his injured arm. "I was so ashamed of everything. Of the choices I made, of all my faults, and losing the ability that seemed to give me some type of worth in this world. So I guess… I just didn't want to live in a world I had no place in anymore."

A small rock was then chucked by Chie at Johnny's head, bouncing off it and causing the young man to click his tongue and rub his head in pain.

"That's a load of crap!" Chie exclaimed, getting up from her seated position. "Even if all that happened to you that's no reason to give up on everything! There are plenty of things worth living for, and not everyone is like those jerks you used to hang out with!"

"I know that now alright?!" Johnny shouted back before his expression turned soft. "But, thanks anyways."

"Still, I don't like how you used to be." Chie muttered, looking at him with an even harsher glare. "How could you just push people around? Just because you were famous doesn't give you an excuse!"

"No, it really doesn't." Johnny admitted with a nod. "When I was crippled, I had a lot of time to think about things. Being famous was part of the reason why I pushed people around. Another was that no-one would call me out for it. They just encouraged me to do whatever I was doing. I'm not using it as an excuse, 'cause I know in the end it was me doing it. I'm not that proud of it anymore. Just another part of my life that I don't like."

Chie, despite her own conflicting emotions, could tell Johnny's confession was genuine. "He really does regret it all." Chie then looked to the spot where Shadow Johnny once was. The hoof marks of the horse armor were still there, imprinted on the ground from its weight. "Does confronting something like that thing really change a person?" Still, it was good to see Johnny regretted all the crap he used to do. So that earned him some points in her book. "And after all he went through… he could use someone like me to be around."

"Don't worry about it man." Yosuke's voice came out, and the two turned to see Yosuke with a roll of bandages in his hands. He even saw some bandages now wrapped around the hand Yosuke cut during their escape. "We aren't like those guys you used to hang out with." He then went to Johnny and kneeled by him, beginning to wrap the bandages on Johnny's arm. "Look, if you need someone to talk to about your personal crap, just come to me." He then flashed Johnny a grin. "I'll help you out, and Chie probably will too. Stuff like that shouldn't just be bottled up."

"Like your one to talk…" A venomous part of Yosuke's mind thought, but it was gone as soon as it appeared.

"Well, thanks for the offer…" Johnny muttered in appreciation as he scratched the back of his neck with his uninjured arm. "But would you mind hurrying up with those bandages?"

"Oh! Right!" Yosuke then fumbled a bit as he rolled the bandage wraps along the injured part of Johnny's arm. "So anyway, what was that thing you brought out? What did you call it… a Persona?"

"Yeah, how come you could just bring that out all of a sudden?" Chie asked curiously. Even though she wanted Johnny to be healed as soon as possible so they could find a way out of the place, she was also curious about the being he summoned.

"Not sure… I guess it had to do with accepting myself?" Johnny said in an unsure tone. "It's kinda weird to explain… I'm not even sure if 'Persona' is its actual name."

"Wait, that thing had a name?" Yosuke asked, stopping momentarily to look at Johnny.

"What do you think it was?" Chie asked, causing Johnny to pause. He didn't know why, but he felt like the Persona had a name. It just wasn't coming to him yet. And calling it 'the Persona' was beginning to get redundant.

He needed a name for it. But what was appropriate? "Well that nose of it looks like an elephant tusk…" "I'm calling it Tusk."

It was actually a pretty cool nickname now that Johnny thought about it. Reminded him about one of his favorite albums.

"Tusk, huh?" Yosuke let the name roll off his lips. The name for the power sounded cool to him. It fit too, in a strange way. "If I had something like that, what would I name it?"

"Good. Now that that's settled, how are we going to get out of here?" Chie asked, looking from side to side. "I'm still not feeling too good, and I feel like those freaky things are still watching us…"

An idea then went into Johnny's head. There was that Mascot! He gave Johnny the glasses, and that helped them escape from the initial Shadows! "Wait, that bear was trying to help us."

"Huh?" Both Chie and Yosuke asked at the same time.

"Look, he didn't attack us like those Shadow things. He even tried to warn us about them." Johnny elaborated as Yosuke finished up the bandages. Some blood was leaking through, but the flow was also stopping. "So maybe it knows a way out."

Yosuke nodded at that. It made sense. When he thought back on the meeting, the bear did seem like it knew what was going on with the place and was trying to warn them about it.

"Good point, but how do we find it?"

"Maybe it went back to hanging out in that place we came in. I mean, it did seem like it was just sitting there or something…" Chie muttered to herself, only to see both boys looking at her with shock. "W-what? I was just guessing!"

"Well, it's worth a shot in my book. We've got nothing to lose going to check the place out." Yosuke then began to bend down. "Come on dude, I'll…"

"No, just sling my right arm over your shoulders."

"Huh?" Yosuke asked, only to see Johnny smirking.

"It's been two years since I've been able to move my legs. I'm going to milk it for all its worth."

"O-Okay. If you're sure." With that, Yosuke went to Johnny's right side and slung his arm over his shoulders before lifting them both up. Johnny winced in pain. "You okay, man?"

"Spectacular." Johnny replied, giving Yosuke a genuine smile. "I don't care if it's a pain. I'm just glad to be feeling something down there."

Both Chie and Yosuke could not help but smile as well. It was kind of uplifting, seeing Johnny actually happy. The they then began to leave the mansion, with Chie and Yosuke walking while Johnny's legs dragged along the ground, making slight motions in an attempt to walk.

xxXXxx

It had taken them several minutes to actually find a metal staircase similar to the ones that were around the area they arrived in. All they had to do was go through the door they left the apartment complex from and walk forward. There was one right by where the front exit should have been. Johnny felt a small amount of joy and triumph when he was able to lift his legs and climb up the stairs, albeit they hurt like hell as he did so.

"Still… we would have gotten here a lot sooner if it wasn't for me." Johnny thought as they reached up the top of the stairs and found themselves on the platform they started on. "Finally, we're here."

"Phew! Glad to be here too!" Yosuke breathed out a sigh of relief as he put down Johnny for a second and then took several breaths. "Don't get me wrong, you're light for a guy. But seriously carrying you around is pretty straining for my muscles."

"Well maybe if you did more exercise than lifting boxes at Junes…" Chie mulled over, earning a glare from Yosuke.

"I do have to admit, you're pretty scrawny." Johnny joined in the light-hearted sniping as well, causing Yosuke's shoulders to slump.

"Man, you too? I just don't get a break…"

"Hey! It's you guys!"

The three teenagers then looked up to see the Mascot looking at them in what appeared to be shock. "Hey! It's you!" Chie exclaimed, pointing at the Mascot.

"W-What are you guys doing here?" The Mascot asked, now glaring at them. "I-I thought I told you guys to hide from the Shadows!"

"Yeah, fat lot of good that warning did for us!" Yosuke shouted angrily as he picked up Johnny again and the three drew closer to the bear, who now seemed to be getting nervous. "Those monsters almost killed us!"

"H-hey… Don't yell at me…" The Mascot spoke, shivering in fright. "I-I tried to warn you guys…"

"What the hell were those things?" Chie asked before pointing to Johnny. "One of them became another him and then turned into a huge freaking monster! Why did it say it was 'the true inner self'? Why were they even trying to kill us?"

"Where the hell is this place? And how do we get out?" Johnny asked, glaring at the bear. It might act frightened, but it had the benefit of knowing how to live in this place. They didn't. They needed a way to get out of here now.

"T-This place is what it is. It doesn't have a name. I-It's just where I live!" The Mascot now sounded like it was about to cry from all the questions. "A-And the Shadows are just the Shadows! They live here like I do, but they're really nasty. B-But you need to get out here now!"

Johnny honestly was annoyed with the fact that this thing was giving them vague answers. Why couldn't it just answer their questions? Was it just faking its freight, and the Mascot was just as dangerous as the Shadows?

"No… seems too scared for it to be just a trick. Still doesn't excuse it from not answering the damn questions."

"Look bear, we want to get out of here too!" Yosuke shouted, now clearly frustrated with the bear. "So just show us the exit to this place so we can go home!"

"Grr!" The personality shifts were also a bit annoying to Johnny as well. One minute it was scared and now it was frustrated? "That's why I'm going to let you out!"

That little tid-bit caused Johnny to blink. Did he hear that right? "Wait, you can let us out?"

"Yeah I can! I told you, I live here!" The Mascot then tapped its foot two times, and in a puff of smoke three old-school TVs appeared stacked on one-another.

"Holy…" Johnny muttered to himself with wide eyes, and Yosuke could not help but stare in awe.

"H-How did the TVs get there?" Chie questioned tentatively before the Mascot walked behind them.

"Now go, go! Get out of here! I'm a very busy bear!" Johnny then felt a big, plushy 'paw' push against his back and towards the TV.

"Hey! What the heck!" Chie cried out in shock as the Mascot did the same to her.

"Dude! Hands off! Yosuke objected before their hands went into the TV, just like the one in Junes. Except now it was much smaller. The three of them were squishing together as they were drawn inside one TV!

"Stop pushing goddamn-!" Johnny's own objections were then interrupted as his and the other two teenagers' heads were drawn inside the TV, and their bodies followed in with them.

xxXXxx

"OOF!" The three made a collective grunt in pain as they landed on one big dog pile on top of something hard and metallic. Johnny knew he was at the bottom, and he could tell Chie was on top of him since he could feel her breasts on his back. As for Yosuke…"

"YOU PERV!"

"GAHK!"

A sound of a dull thump, someone hitting the floor, and Yosuke's groan of pain confirmed he had landed on Chie and had suffered for it.

Johnny looked behind him to see Chie lifting herself up from his back and Yosuke clutching his stomach. He looked under him and saw his tipped over wheelchair. Cheesy store music filled the air, and as Johnny looked around he saw something he never knew he would miss.

The electronics department of Junes.

"I-I can't believe it! We made it!" Chie cried out in joy before bending down and hugging Johnny. The sudden action made the young man tense up, only for the girl to gasp before letting him go. "S-Sorry about that. You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Johnny confirmed with a smile before he turned around. He saw that Yosuke was getting up, using a TV display as support for himself. Johnny was also thankful that they were back. Despite still feeling slightly sick in his stomach, he felt at ease in the familiar environment of the real world."Not to mention what happened to my legs." His eyes then spotted something. It was a poster, one of a play called 'Way of the Ballad' starring Misuzu Hiiragi. "Wait a second…" "Isn't that the poster from that room?"

"What?" Chie questioned before looking in the direction that Johnny was staring at. "Hey, you're right! They're the same! I couldn't tell without the face, but it's Misuzu Hiiragi! She's been all over the news lately. Something about her husband having an affair with that announcer who died the other day…"

That made some pieces connect in Johnny's head. That room was filled with those posters torn up, and the noose inside of it… "Maybe that room is connected with that announcer's death or something…"

"Like that freaky place has something to do with the murder?" Yosuke asked before shaking his head. "No! Nuh-uh! We gotta stop thinking about this!" Yosuke honestly didn't want to think any more about that place. It was still a bit traumatizing, despite being saved from certain death by Johnny and getting out thanks to that bear. It was just too unnatural to think about right now. "Look, we should head home. I'm gonna try to wipe this from my brain with a shower and pass out on my bed."

Chie honestly felt like that too. She still felt sick, and just thinking about that place made her feel even more sick, But what about Johnny? "What about Johnny's uniform? He can't go back like that!"

"Crap, you're right…" Yosuke muttered before unzipping his own school jacket and taking it off. He then handed it to Johnny, saying, "Here, you can borrow mine. Just give it back to me when you get a new one alright?"

It was the least he could do. "After all, he did save our asses back there…" Yet remembering that scene just made the feeling of jealousy return to Yosuke's mind.

"Yeah, thanks." Johnny took off his ruined jacket before putting on Yosuke's. It was a bit big on him, due to him being a bit thiner than Yosuke, but not by much. It would be enough for Dojima not to see the bandage wrappings or question why his new uniform was already wrecked.

Johnny then attempted to kneel, just so that he could push up his wheelchair, before he noticed something.

Or more accurately noticed a lack of something.

He couldn't feel his legs again.

"What…?" Johnny muttered with wide eyes before he mentally commanded his left leg to move, only for it to remain still. "No…" He then began patting his legs, not feeling any sensation on them. "No, no, no…!" He then punched his knee in both anger and frustration. "NO! GOD DAMN IT!"

"Dude? What's wrong?" Yosuke asked in worry, with Chie going to Johnny's side.

"I-I can't feel them…" Johnny muttered, eyes now downcast and tears forming at the corners of his eyes. "I can't feel them anymore… They're gone again."

"What?" Chie asked in shock and horror. "Y-You mean…"

"This is just…." Yosuke muttered, feeling sadness now for the American. He just got the use of his legs back in that freaky place, and now that they're back he can't even move then anymore. "Damn, this is messed up."

Chie knew she had to do something. One would have to be heartless not to. She righted Johnny's wheelchair and said, "Come on Johnny. I-I know that it must be a shock but… if you need someone to talk to…"

"Just leave me alone right now." Johnny muttered as he lifted himself onto the wheelchair and placed his once again useless legs onto the rests. Noticing their hurt expressions, he said, "Look… this is just something I gotta deal with right now. I'll be fine. I just gotta sleep on this."

"But…!" Chie shouted, only for Yosuke to place his hand on her shoulder to stop him. He then took out his phone and opened it to show a number to Johnny.

"Look man, if you need someone to talk to just call me okay?" Johnny could not help but be touched by the motion. They were seriously that worried about how he felt right now?

"Probably just want to make sure you don't do anything stupid…"

Johnny shook away those thoughts and pulled a smile onto his face.

"Yeah. Look, I'll be fine just… I actually feel a lot better than I have in years." Johnny smiled, though it was a little strained. "This is just… something I've gotta deal with."

Chie also brought out her own phone and punched in her own number. Johnny needed to know that she had her back as well! "You can call me whenever too, okay?"

Johnny slowly nodded before taking out his own phone, a simple blue cell-phone, and copied down both Chie and Yosuke's numbers before texting them the simple message "see u 2morrow" before turning his wheelchair around and pushing himself to the direction of the elevator.

"Are you sure he'll be alright alone?" Chie whispered to Yosuke, who shook his head before picking up Johnny's wrecked school jacket.

"I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure he wants to deal with this his own way." Yosuke spoke with a sigh. Still, what was up with that place? It was full of so many weird creatures, it was so big and had so many places, and it even gave a crippled guy the ability to walk again!

Despite the danger, something within Yosuke made him want to go back and check that mysterious place again…

In the elevator, alone, Johnny was silent for a few seconds. He just stared at his legs before smashing his fist into the wall next to him. He ignored the pain that came from his hand and simply punched the wall again, his face showing emotional anguish as he kept looking onto his lame legs.

"God damn it…"

xxXXxx

"Where is that kid?" Dojima asked himself, sitting at the table and looking from the door back to his cooling ramen noodles. Nanako was to his left, quietly watching TV as she waited for her ramen to cool as well.

His nephew was now late for dinner, and it was both dark and raining outside. Normally, Dojima would understand that teenagers like to stay out late with their friends, but the recent murder that occurred, Dojima was feeling a bit uneasy. "What if he fell somewhere? What if he's hurt outside?" While his nephew was rude and disrespectful, Dojima did care about him. Johnny had a rough life, and his current situation did not deny that view.

But the thing is that taking care of a wheelchair-bound kid was a lot harder than taking care of a normal teenager. Johnny's fist day at the house proved that. Not only that, but he still had no idea how to talk frankly with his nephew. Sometimes, he fumbled with how to start a conversation. Other times, he was off to work or just remained silent. "Wish he could start the conversations rather than me…"

Suddenly the door opened to reveal Johnny, giving the man a small amount of relief. He saw his nephew put away his umbrella and put it to the side while taking off his shoes. Now that he thought about it, there was something he needed to ask him. "Hey, welcome back."

Johnny gave a nod as he brought his wheelchair up the step, and Dojima could not help but notice his nephew's tired looking eyes. "Is something wrong?"

"…No." Johnny said after a moment of hesitance. "I'm fine. Just had to deal with some stuff today."

Dojima wanted to question his nephew as to what this 'stuff' was, but decided to drop it. Might be some teenager -exclusive business. "Well come here. There's a cup of ramen by the microwave and…"

"I'm not hungry." Johnny answered sharply. "I ate with some classmates of mine, so I'm not really up for dinner."

"Ah." While the response was a bit on the rude side, it did give Dojima some relief that Johnny was connecting with his classmates. It would do him good to have some friends. "Just don't make it a habit. But say… listen… Have you heard of a student named Saki Konishi?"

"Yeah. Wasn't she the one that found that body?" Johnny asked, causing Dojima to sigh. Rumors spread too fast in this town.

"Yeah, that's right. But today we got a call from her family. She's disappeared." Johnny's eyes shot up slightly from shock, but nothing else. "We've got people looking for her, but so far there hasn't been any progress. So if you see or hear anything, tell me right away." Dojima then gave a sigh as he muttered, "My work just keeps piling up…"

"Yeah, well… goodnight." Johnny then turned around his chair for the stairs, leaving both Dojima and Nanako alone once again. Johnny wouldn't have minded eating the ramen with them, he was kind of hungry, but he also wasn't in the mood to eat anything. He just wanted to go to bed. "Maybe a nap will help me out…" When Johnny reached the stairs, he grabbed the railing and lifted himself up to begin the climb. Johnny could still hear the TV from the stairs as he pulled himself up to his room.

"Up until now, Mayumi Yamano's whereabouts prior to her death had been unknown. But the police investigation has found that she had been staying at the region's famous Amagi Inn."

"Isn't that the inn that Yukiko girl's family run?" Johnny asked himself, ignoring the disturbingly enthusiastic reporters comments about the inn. The reporter was making him sick. He was gushing over an inn when a person had died? Did that guy even know how to do his own job? "It's probably just a coincidence anyways." The young man thought to himself with a shake of his head. Yosuke was right. He needed to stop thinking about that freaky place…

Ah who was he kidding? He couldn't forget what happened in that place. Not after he felt them… Not after his legs moved…

Johnny then stopped himself as he reached the top of the stairs, sitting down on the top step. He heard the TV warn about more incoming fog, but he just tuned out the rest. "If this were that place, I probably could have climbed those steps…" He then began dragging himself to his room's door, sliding it open and dragging himself inside. Moving his legs out of the way, he closed the door.

Johnny lifted himself onto the couch and laid there, still.

He stayed awake for two hours, staring at the ceiling. He remembered the pain he felt from his legs, as well as the sensations of standing, of his feet moving, of lifting them up…

After remembering that, Johnny cried himself to sleep for the first time in two years.

xxXXxx

"Hello… and welcome to the Velvet Room."

A gentlemanly voice made Johnny open his eyes to see a strange old man sitting in front of him, in what looked like the inside of a limousine, and a woman sitting to the man's left holding a book on her left.

"Who the hell…" Memories then began flowing into Johnny's head, along with the sense of familiarity and ease. For some reason, Johnny felt like he was safe. Not only that, but he remembered! He met these two before in a dream! "You're that Igor guy…"

"Correct." Igor showed his smirk and bloodshot eyes to Johnny. "Do not be alarmed. You are still fast asleep in the real world. We have merely summoned you from within your dreams."

"In my dreams?" Johnny muttered to himself while clutching his head. Was this weirdo actually watching him? "What the hell is this all about? Who are you people?"

"We are here simply to congratulate you on your accomplishment." Margaret stated, looking at Johnny coldly. But he could tell that her tone held a degree of awe. "It is not a simple task to face oneself. And by accepting your Shadow, you were able to awaken your power."

"My… power?" Johnny muttered to himself, looking at his right hand. The hand that he used to summon Tusk… "Wait, how do you know about that?"

"It is my duty to assist those such as yourself." Igor exclaimed with his ever-present smirk. "This is a realm where only those who have forged a contract, may enter. Now that you have accepted yourself, and grasped onto the power you hold within, we shall assist you for your coming journey."

"How do you know about Tusk?" Johnny questioned, not taking his eyes off the two. "What the hell is he?"

"A Persona is a manifestation of oneself. A facade of determination that one wears to face various difficulties in life." That answer was cryptic. Just like the bear, Igor liked to speak in vague sentences. "While your name for your Persona in appropriate in the physical sense, that is not its true name. It's understandable that you were not able to hear it. Your sudden exposure to a world beyond your understanding must have deafened your mind's ears." With a flick of his wrist, the sound of glass was heard. "Now that you had some time to recover, your mind should be clear enough to hear it." Johnny looked up to see…

…none other than Tusk staring down at him.

"I am thou... thou art I."Tusk spoke in a regal, booming voice. "From the sea of thy soul, I come forth. Thou refer to me as Tusk, and while I shall accept that name, my true name is Morpheus, Lord of Dreams." Tusk then disappeared in a flash of blue energy, transforming into the small card it became back in the TV world and floating towards Johnny.

"That is your card." Igor spoke up as the card floated in front of Johnny. "It is The Fool, the Wild Card. Like the number zero…"

"It is full of infinite potential." Margaret finished, as the card disappeared into Johnny's body.

"Wait, what does all of this have to do with me?" Johnny asked before pointing at Igor. "What the hell do you know about that place!? How was I… How was I able to walk in there!?"

This guy knew too damn much to just be some helpful bystander. Did he create that world? Was he the one that sent those Shadows after him? "Just what do they know?"

Igor gave a chuckle as he flicked his hand once again. "All in good time. But for now, I would like you to take this." An object then appeared on Johnny's lap, which he picked up and looked at. It was a silver key the size of his palm, with a cross-like milling and an image of a half-white and half-black mask on both sides of the head. "This is the Contractor's Key. From this night onwards, you shall be our guest here at the Velvet Room. We shall now assist you from here on with your journey. However, there is one price to this assistance." Igor then stared at Johnny, his smirk growing even wider. "You must abide by your contract and assume responsibility for all decisions you may make."

Johnny could not help but grow even more frustrated with this man. Just what was he talking about? What catastrophe was awaiting him? "But I won't get any answers by just demanding him to do so. Maybe this is the thing that can get me to open him up more?" With that in mind, Johnny said, "Yeah, sure." Johnny picked up the key and put it into his right pants pocket.

Igor's smirk grew even wider, if that was possible. "Excellent." The limo then seemed to pick up speed. Johnny could not help but notice Margaret was flipping through her book. "I am looking forward to the development of your journey. Perhaps… just perhaps… destiny shall be broken with the result of your coming trials."

"Your Persona is very unique, dear guest." Margaret spoke as she looked at him."Morpheus was a god who took upon many forms, and cared deeply about those close to him. Perhaps it would be correct to assume that its form mirrors the growth of your own heart…"

"Perhaps it is simply the result of the event that helped to bring about this timeline." Igor mused out, his voice seeming to be excited at the very thought. "After all, so much has changed in the world from what it previously was…"

Johnny was ready to ask what they were talking about, perhaps demand they finally tell him what was up with the world on the other side of the TV, and how it made him able to use his legs again.

Instead, his vision of the Velvet Room disappeared, fading from view and returning him into comforting darkness…

[To Be Continued |\|]

Note- Okay, another chap of ADKoT before I'll have to go on a pseuda-haitus for the school semester. This chap was betaed by Kiiam once again, helping to bring the best Persona and Jojo experience we can.

So, Tusk's 'true' name has come up as Morpheus. I chose him because as the (Greek) God of Dreams, he helps represent Johnny's dream of walking again. Not to mention Morpheus is Thanathos' nephew in mythology, so it also hints at Johnny's connection with a certain girl. Also chose this name for a bunch of other reasons, but you'll figure those out as the story goes.

Here are its updated stats...

Name: 'Tusk' (True Name: Morpheus)

User: Jonathan 'Johnny' Joestar

Destructive Power: D

Speed: D

Range: D

Durability: B

Precision: D

Development Potential: A

Powers:

-The Ability to spin the wind of an area within ten meters at high speeds and force. Causes light damage to targets

-Can use horn as a physical weapon to attack with, but can be knocked back by enemies with minimum force.

Now since classes have started, I'm gonna need to spend time focusing on that. I'll work on the next chaps of this, Stay Away, or JaUT whenever I have the time and motivation, but for the most part I'll be silent until perhaps Spring Break.

This story now has a rec & page on TV Tropes, so check that out from the link on my profile and add whatever you find appropriate.

Please leave any and all constructive criticism.