The duo continued to walk towards the school's locker room, vigilant to any and other upcoming attacks as they proceeded on their way.

The two of them arrived at their first destination with relative ease. There was nothing else apart from the standing coffins both inside and outside the locker room.

"Is it okay if I'm here?" Anne cautiously asked.

"Why wouldn't you be?" Ryuji questioned.

"This is the boy's locker room!" Anne exclaimed, embarrassed.

"Oh that?" Ryuji asked. "There's nothing wrong with it." He shrugged as he searched for his locker. "I mean, there's no one else here.

Ryuji found his locker and then searched things as Anne stood guard by the doorway. He retrieved a pair of sunglasses, to which he tossed them to his companion.

"Wear that under your mask." Ryuji ordered.

"Wha- Why?"

"Didn't you notice that your face is visible every time you summon Carmen?" Ryuji asked. "That's to protect your identity from the goon that Kirijo's going to send." He explained.

Anne sighed and wore the sunglasses under her mask. She felt uncomfortable wearing the accessory under her mask, but Ryuji did present a good point. The first thing about being a phantom thief was to hide their identities.

Suddenly the sunglasses Anne just equipped disappeared from under her mask.

"Hey Oracle, do your glasses disappear when you have your mask?" Anne questioned.

"They do." Futaba answered. "Did the sunglasses Skull gave you disappear?"

"They did." Anne admitted.

"Don't worry about it." Futaba assured. "It'll reappear once we're out of wherever this is." She glanced. "Or when you summon your Persona."

"Could you also let your hair down?" Ryuji asked, pulling Anne from her conversation with their navigator.

"Sure." Anne nodded as she removed the hair bands that kept her hair up. "But why?"

"Oracle's going to need that." Ryuji answered. "She needs to have her hair up." He added. "So your usual appearance won't match with how you look today."

"Wow Skull, you thought this through." Anne praised. "I'm impressed."

"I already put one team in jeopardy." Ryuji merely shrugged. "I'm not about to do the same with this one." He finished with determination.

"Be careful you two." Futaba alerted the both of them. "There are two shadows en route to your location."

"Any weaknesses Oracle?" Anne asked.

"They both have one." Futaba answered. "One is weak to Bless attacks and the other is weak to Psy attacks." She relayed.

Ryuji retrieved his shirt and his school blazer then tossed the shirt to his companion. "Tie that to your waist." He ordered. "Just in case your shirt gets torn like mine is currently." He explained as he tied his blazer on his hips.

Ryuji's shirt have suffered a few tears and slashes from the previous attacks, but most of his torso is still covered.

"What about you?" Anne questioned.

"Panther look out!" Ryuji yelled as he pushed his companion, taking the brunt of the incoming Garu attack.

"Skull!"

Ryuji was blown to the wall of the locker room, dazed at his weakness getting exploited.

"Skull fell down!" Futaba pointed out. "Hang in there."

"Why you?!" Anne growled as she summoned Carmen and shot two fireballs towards the still unseen enemy.

Anne's eyes widen in surprise when those same fireballs were returned to her. Thinking fast, she immediately ducked and dodged the projectiles were coming at her.

"Careful!" Futaba echoed. "One of them reflects fire attacks." She shared.

"Would've been nice to know that beforehand." Anne grumbled as she crawled for a better hiding place near her companion.

"Aaah." Ryuji groaned as he recovered from the previous attack. "That wind attack hurt like hell." He grumbled.

Anne immediately pulled Ryuji to her side as a Black Frost and a Titania entered the locker room, in search of their opponents.

As soon as the shadows' backs were turned away from them, Ryuji immediately summon Captain Kidd and shot two cannonballs to the roof. The cannonballs exploded in a puff of gray smoke and generated lightning which struck the shadows.

"Damn not enough." Ryuji huffed as he dodged an icicle coming his way.

"Come Carmen!" Anne exclaimed as her Persona materialized before her.

Carmen shot a couple of fireballs towards the floor which summoned couple of fiery pillars towards the Titania. The female shadow yelled in pain as her clothes began to catch fire.

"That's not all." Anne yelled as Carmen began to rotate her heart minions which put the Black Frost in a daze.

Suddenly, the Black Frost began forming a snowball and tossed it towards the roof. The snowball in question began to expand then explode in ice, freezing the Titania in her place and sparing both Skull and Panther.

"Burn and Confusion, you're on a roll Panther!" Futaba praised.

"Careful, it's not over yet." Ryuji cautioned.

"Support's on the way!" Futaba stated as he shower of light blue dews rejuvenated the duo once more.

"Much appreciated." Anne expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you!" Ryuji smirked s he ripped his mask off of his face.

Captain Kidd materialized behind Ryuji and fired a disembodied golden hand from his canon-like arm. It expanded to the size of three lockers and struck the confused Black Frost, flinging the shadow towards the other side of the room.

The Black Frost recovered from the attack and began charging at its opponents with both of its hand glowing in the color of its hat. The shadow struck the frozen Titania and shattered both the ice that encased her and the shadow as soon as it hit.

"Nice." Ryuji smirked. "Time to end this!" He exclaimed as Captain Kidd readied its cannon-like arm at the shadow. "Ziodyne!"

Captain Kidd fired an electrically charged cannonball from its arm as soon as the cannonball hit the confused Black Frost, lightning struck the shadow and defeated it.

"And that's that." Ryuji exclaimed as he pumped his fist in the air then retrieved

The shadows that were once Titania and Black Frost dissolved in black smoke and revealed the unconscious forms of a newly hired female teacher and a first year male student of the school.

"Guys what's going on?" Futaba questioned, terrified. "Why are humans turning into shadows?"

"We don't know." Anne answered. "We witnessed a student turn into the Oberon we were fighting before." She added.

"Kirijo said that she'll explain things once this is all over." Ryuji supplied. "When that will be, I have no clue." He admitted.

"In any case Oracle, sit tight." Anne reassured. "We're on our way."

Ryuji nodded as Captain Kidd materialized in front of him and stood on the boat the pirate was riding.

"What?" Ryuji asked. "If Nijima-senpai can ride her Persona, what's the harm if we try it too?" He asked as he offered his hand towards his companion. "I mean my Persona is on top of a boat and her Persona is a motorcycle."