Before we begin, there are several things I want to say. Which is:

1. The dialogue may be the same, but the events itself will be different. Although they're are some events that will be the same, but it all depends on how it all went.

2. 'Aqua'/Water is a elemental spell that debuted in Persona 2, Just like Gry.

3. There's gonna be a love triangle between Katsumi, Sayaka, and Ann...and Ren is still going to be with Haru.

4. For those who wondered what Shadow Kurata's demon name, It will be Astaroth.

I think that's it for now, Let Us Start the Game!

Chapter 2: Ann Takamaki

7/28 Friday, 2012

Katsumi's pov

Today is business as usual, Kurata beat me up in the morning, I go to school which still is boring as hell, and got home. I walk to Sayaka to offer her to come with me to the arena yesterday. Why? I have a feeling that I'll might find something.

"Hey, Sayaka. Are you free today?" I asked her.

"No, I got practice session today. But my manager said it won't be long, so...after that?"

"Fine...After that. But I'm going to Central first. Gotta kill some time at the arcade, to unwind about what happened yesterday." I said as I was still pissed at yesterday. I left from the classroom before Sayaka as I head to the train station. As I left the building, I met Makoto in the school's gate.

"Yo, Makoto." I greeted her.

"Hello, Katsumi." She greeted me back " Are you heading home?"

"Nah, I'm heading to Central Street." I said to her. Truth to be told, my mom and her dad known each other. So she's my second only friend after Sayaka.

"Okay.." She said as scratch my head. "Sorry about Sayaka...She's kind of annoying despise people like you." I apologize to her as I ready to left, but...

"When you see her, Taiki. Tell her I say 'sorry'." She said as I give her the thumbs up.

I took the train to Central Street, and went to Gigolo Arcade. I played some of them for a good 15 minutes. To me, going to the arcade was the only way to relieve stress.

"Hey." I look at who's calling me. It was brown haired boy. He wears a black punk t-shirt with a skull picture in the center and black trousers. He looked like the same age as me. "What do you want?" I said angrily as this guy look trouble.

"Calm down, There's no need for that. I just want to talk." He said while he raise. I calm down after that.

"Sorry about that. I thought you were here to steal my money, seeing as you look like a bully."

"No need. You're only look out for yourself, and I get that a lot." He said as he rubbed his hair. "I gotta ask though. You're really great with games here."

"You came here often?" I asked.

"Hell yeah! Say, want to play with me?" He asked.

"Sure. I could use a little competition." I said as I forgot to get his name. "Ohh...I didn't catch your name."

"Oh yeah! I forgot about that." He said. "Name's Ryuji Sakamoto. What's yours?"

"Katsumi Matabei." I said my name.

"Matabei? That sounds familiar." Ryuji said as he was trying to think on where did he heard that. I have feeling he heard it from somewhere.

"Hey. Are we going to play or not?"

"Right, let's go." Ryuji said as we play several games. We played for another good 15 minutes. Sayaka said that her practices sessions lastes for one hour, so I can be there on time. While playing, we talk about hobbies, school life, and our past. Surprisingly, I found that he and I have the same history, we both being abused by our father figure. But I tell him that Kurata wasn't my real father and I tell him that he's been abusing me behind my mom's back. And he also calls me by Kazuu, which no one have ever called me that.

"So this asshole not only he abused you, but also lied about your mom?" Ryuji said as he was pissed off as I do.

"Yup."

"Do you already reported it to the police?" Ryuji asked.

"Even if I did report on him, I still get kicked out. But don't worry about how do I get out of this, I had an idea." I said as he raised an eyebrow.

"That is?"

"My secret." I said. "See you later, Ryuji."

"Be careful, Kazuu." Ryuji said as we left the arcade. Me and Ryuji went to our separate ways as he stayed in the arcade to play more games. I went to the Triple Seven again to buy some thing for our little trip. On my way home, I bump to something...or someone.

"Hey, watch where yo-" I stopped as I realized who did I bump into. It was a girl with ash blonde mid length hair and blue eyes. She wears a white hoodie, black skirt, and brown boots. She looks the same age as me, and seem...foreign. And not to mention cute too.

"Sorry about that...I wasn't the one who weren't watching." I said in English as I sheepishly apologized. And to my surprise...

"You can speak English!?" She asked in japanese with a surprising tone.

"Yes. You can thank my dad for that. He always taught some words after he went abroad." I said back to japanese as I try not to make it awkward. "But when do you learn japanese?"

"You may not look like it, but I'm Japanese. But to be more precise, I'm quarter American. Though some said I come from Finland." She said as I was surprised but not as much, consider there a lot of character who is mixed nationalities in several animes. I think one of her parents must be foreign while the other is native. I could be wrong...

"If you're wondering why I look like this, it's from my grandparents." She explained.

"Ohh that's explains a lot. Oh, right. My name is Katsumi Matabei by the way."

"Ann. Ann Takamaki." She said.

"Ann..? That's a cute name." I teased her as she blushed.

"Shut up!" She yelled as my phone vibrates.

"Excuse me..." I said as I pull out my phone. It was a phone call from Sayaka. "Hello-"

"Where are you!? I'm already in Yongen, Hurry up!" Sayaka yelled at me through the phone before hung up.

"Who's that?" Ann asked.

"A friend...sort of. I have to go now." I said as I pit my phone in my bag.

"It's okay, bye now." Ann said as she waved her hands.

"We'll meet again...I'm sure of it." I said as I left for the subway...I don't know what I'm feeling...But I think, I'll be seeing her again.

Ann's pov

I went to buy some sweets at Triple Seven after meeting with Taiki before heading home. On my way home, I met Sakamoto who just left the arcade.

"Hey, Takamaki." He greet me. "You headin' home?"

"Yeah, I just on my way." I said before he said something interesting.

"Oh yeah, check this. I just met this guy who's really great at playing game. As if he's the master of the place or something."

"What's he look like." I asked.

"Let's see...He had spiky black hair that looked like some character from an anime. He also wear-"

"Does he wear some sort of school uniform?" I interrupted him

"Yeah, that's him! How do you now?"

"I..bumped into him." I said as I look away for the moment.

"What's this!? Love at first sight already?" He teased me as I punch him in the elbow.

"Ow! What was that for!"

"For being an idiot. I don't like Katsumi that-" I shut myself as I blurted his name.

"Ooh, and first name basis too. Admit it, you like him." He said as my face getting redder.

"Shut up!" I shouted him.

"Anyways, I'll be going home. See you later." He said as we went to our separate ways. On my way home, I kept thinking about him... Katsumi Matabei. He doesn't really care about my looks, and seems friendly. But still, hearing his name made me feeling strange...As he said, we'll meet again...someday.

Katsumi's pov

I arrive in front of my house to meet Sayaka. As expected, she was very pissed.

"Where have you been? I waited here for a 30 minutes ago." Sayaka said.

"Sorry, though. I was talking to a girl." I said.

"You were WHAT!? Who's this girl, is it Niijima?"

"Dunno, and speaking of Makoto, she said she was sorry." I said.

"...Fine, as long she knows." She asked. "Anyways, what are we doing now?"

"I was about to it." I said as I pull out my phone, and open the menu. "I might have a found a way to get back at Kurata." She walk right next to me as I found the app, the one with the eyeball icon.

"Hey is that weird app. What are you going to do about it?" She said

"Let's found out." I said as I touch the icon, the app open up with three blank.

"Please enter name, place, and distortion." The app said.

"What are those means? I know I get the name and the place, but what's distortion means?" Sayaka asked.

"Stop asking questions! You're less cute when asking-" I got a kick in the face for it.

"What's that about being 'less cute'?" Sayaka said with a fake smile. That kick hurts like shit.

"Anyways...It seems to have a voice input feature, seeing it's recorded our conversation yesterday." I said as I rub where it's hurt.

"Let's do it." Sayaka said as she was ready. Normally I would say no to her, but since she had those eyes, the eyes of determination, I couldn't say no.

"Let's see...Kurata Sugou." I said as I felt that sensation again. Guess it was a hit.

"Candidate found." The app said.

"Can I try?" Sayaka said as I nod. "Let's see...Shibuya."

"No candidate found." It said. It seems it have to be the right place.

"Satsuki Kuroda's house?" Sayaka said as it was a hit again.

"Candidate found." It said.

"Nice! Two down, one to go." I said. "Last but not least, Fighting Arena." I said as my phone vibrates.

"Kurata Sugou...Satsuki Kuroda's House...Provocateur Arena...Beginning Navigation." The app said as everything starts to distorted.

"Get ready." I said as Sayaka nodded. Several minutes later, my house is now the arena from yesterday.

"We're here." I said as we look around. Yup, just like yesterday. As we look around, we notice that our clothes changed.

"Damn, I look good in this. I look like a bandit from the Wild West ." I said as I admiring the clothes I worn now.

"You're right. I look like that lady in a video game who has muscular legs...I like this." Sayaka said as she also admiring her attire.

"This is because your will of rebellion." My persona Sinbad appears in front of us after my mask disappeared.

"What do you mean..?" I asked.

"Your awakened power not only made you immune to this distortion, but also altered your appearance that you see now."

"The reason we're dressed like this...it's because of us?" I asked again

"Yes...Now then, make use of this power. Kill everything that you see as threat, And plunder them for riches!" My persona said as he disappeared and my mask reappears.

"That's reassuring..." I said. "Anyways, why not call ourselves by codenames."

"Codenames?"

"Yeah. It adds a badass touch to our clothes we have now." I said as I thinking about what codename will it be. As I felt my mask. I had an idea. "You can call me...Wolf."

"Why? Is that what you want, I'll call you that...How about...Corazon." She said. Corazon, huh? That's fit her nicely.

"Then it's settled. While we here, I call you Corazon while you call me Wolf." I said.

"Alright! Let's go!" She said as she walk to the main entrance, which is a bad idea.

"Hold up!" I said as I grab her hand.

"What are you doing? I thought you want check this place out."

"Yeah, I am. But not from the front door. What are you thinking? As far as Kurata concerned, we'll be treated like thieves. So we'll found our own way in." I said as we went looking for a way to get in without being noticed by those guards. Several minutes later, we found one, it's the back door. Once we went inside. We walk through the hallway while taking down some Shadows. That's right, I call them that because how they suddenly appeared from beneath the shadows and attack us. I called this kind of place 'Palace' because how the place were guarded like a castle and the owners here were treated like kings and how this place were created in his own image, it's some sort of a cognitive world. We found out that the people we saw weren't real, they're like...life sized, walking, dolls so we're find. And we found some 'safe rooms' which allowed us to seek shelter there.

After several hours of exploring, going to a random room, opening some chest, and beating some shit out of the shadows, we arrive in front of a fancy looking door. It has a star symbol on it.

"What do you think this is?" Corazon asked me.

"Judging from the door, he must had something people don't want to see here." I said as I open the door. The inside was an empty grand finale styled arena. Above the ring, was a cloudy like object levitating in the ring.

"I think...we're supposed to steal that."

"How? We can't even touch it." Corazon said that gives me an idea. "You're right, we can't...not yet at least."

"What do you mean 'not yet'?" Corazon asked.

"I'll tell you. But first, we should get out of here." I said as we return to the real world.

(Back in the Real World)

I called Kurata by saying that I have a two pair project with Sayaka, he allowed it but told me he's going to beat me up as usual. I stayed at her house while I lied to her parents the same.

I'll be honest, no matter how many times I went to Sayaka's room, it's weird to be in a girl's room.

"So...what's that thing you meant earlier?" She said as I start explaining.

"Do you know that badass thieves send a calling card after a heist." I said.

"Yes, I watched something like that from time to time, why do you ask?"

"I'm thinking to send one to him...as a warning." I said as Sayaka understood.

"Ohh, that's what you meant. So basically we're going to make a calling card tonight. what's it have to do with that cloudy thing?"

"I called that cloudy thing...a 'Treasure'. And by stealing that will explains everything why he was look like this. And who knows, he might think twice when he threatened me." I explained to her as she catch on quick.

"Okay. I'll get things ready." Sayaka said as she grab some magazines, a paper, a letter, a scissor, a glue, and a pair of leather gloves. For the gloves, it's quite smart on her part, because it can prevent my fingerprints from being detected.

"Let's get started." I said as put some gloves, cut few letters from the magazines, glue them, and attach them to the paper that said, "Sir Kurata Otani, the Misguided Host of Pride. We know that you're behind the conflicts that appeared these past days, abused innocent childs and pitted their moms against them. We shall take what you called 'treasure' without fail. From...The Phantom Thieves." All of the letters formed into a note. And I also made a copy of it, just in case.

"So we're the Phantom Thieves now?" Sayaka asked as she hug me from behind...not that I mind or anything.

"Yup, and I hope you ready. We only have one shot at this, Sayaka." I said.

"Why's that?" She asked.

"I think...the effects of seeing the calling card doesn't last long. So, we have steal the 'Treasure' the same day we send it." I said.

"Okay. You can count on me!" She said.

"Good, we'll take down that effing Kurata!" I said as we went to bed. She sleep on her bad while I sleep on the chair. 'It's been two years, huh? Ever since Kurata showed up, my life went downhill. But now, it will be over real soon. Mom...It's time for you open your eyes and see what your "husband" truly is.'I said as I went to sleep.

Next chapter: Chapter 3: The Birth of The Phantom Thieves.