Lucas stood before his shadow, that maniacal grin still on his face as his Persona stood behind him, his shadow backed up and suddenly exploded into black and red liquid, reforming into a giant werewolf.

"Y- you bastard! I'll make the last moments of your life hell!" Lucas' shadow barked, an amusing sight considering he was an animal.

Lucas spread his hands, still smirking. "Do you have any idea what your up against? No? Fine. I'll show you!" He said raising his hand to his face, cloaking It in shadow.

"Manifest into power! Agilo!" Lucas shouted, fire exploding out of Grim Reaper hitting Lucas' shadow damaging it, his shadow screamed in pain, but fought through it as it came through the smoke lunging at Lucas.

"Let's go captain!" Ryuji suddenly yelled, a pirate on a ship blocking Shadow Lucas attack, saving Lucas from damage. "Whip 'em Persona!" He yelled, this time Ryuji's Persona used his sword to slash at Shadow Lucas, knocking him back.

Ryuji and the rest of the phantom thieves ran to Lucas' side, Lucas felt adrenaline building in his body. And before he could think about it he was barking orders. "Let's do this! Ryuji, attack with your Persona skills, Makoto, Morgana! You do the same!"

"Right!" They all said in unison.

"Johanna! Frei!" Makoto commanded.

"Zorro! Use Garu" Morgana said.

"Captain Kidd, strike again with Zio!" Ryuji said.

All the attacks hit and overwhelmed Lucas' shadow, an agonized scream ripping from it. Lucas took the initiative by running at his shadow, spinning his dual scythe in his right hand. Yusuke, Akira and Haru right by his side.

"N-no! Damn you bastard!" Shadow Lucas howled, firing a beam of energy out of his mouth, while definitely powerful, was inaccurate and missed Lucas. "How! How can one person change the tide of the entire battle?"

"Because this is what separates us!" Lucas responded, him and his four allies attacking all at once, Lucas would later learn that he just helped perform an 'all out attack'.

Makoto tried to ignore the fact that Lucas almost said word for word what Akechi would say the short time he fought with the Phantom thieves, she decided she would bring it up with the group later.

Akira for some reason was annoyed at Lucas and all his friends, though he couldn't fully understand why.

Lucas turned away from his shadow as it spurted black and red blood, a cocky smirk on his face as he spun and rested the scythe behind his shoulder. (A/N: That's his all out attack pose lol)

Lucas' shadow went back to normal, on his knees coughing and gasping, Lucas was shocked he didn't kill it but quickly moved in attempt to rectify the issue.

Only to get stopped by Akira with a hand on his wrist. "What? We need to kill him and keep moving!" Lucas said annoyed.

"We need answers and killing him right now wont get us any." Akira countered. "Keep it together." He released Lucas' arm and his Persona, and after a moments hesitation Lucas did the same.

Akira internally sighed with relief, then turned to Shadow Lucas. "Alright, I'm only gonna ask this once. Where the hell did Christopher take our friend, what is he going to do with her?"

Shadow Lucas glared defiantly, but realizing he had no other option he answered. "Are you stupid? The damn Medieval castle of course."

Akira nodded to Ryuji who knocked Lucas' shadow on the head a little. "You didn't answer my second question. What is he going to do to our friend?" Akira demanded again.

"Ugh… He's… going to kill her, however you wont have to worry about him doing it earlier, he never kills earlier than the dates he sets, but that's not all…" Shadow Lucas trailed off.

Lucas was in his shadow's face in a second. "What. The. Hell. Else." He demanded.

Suddenly Shadow Lucas grinned savagely. "He's going to torture her. Every. Single. Day. Physically, mentally, you name it." He taunted the Phantom Theives.

"You son of a bitch!" Ann screamed at him. Shadow Lucas just laughed harder.

Suddenly a powerful force exploded from Shadow Lucas' body knocking the Phantom Thieves back, Shadow Lucas took the moment to get up and run at high speeds towards the castle, disappearing out of sight.

"NO DAMNIT!" Lucas howled in rage, and glared at Akira. "Why the hell didn't you just let me kill him! We could have found out what you wanted to know a different way, now he's escaped!"

Akira glared back in defiance. "How exactly was I supposed to know he'd be able to escape from us?"

"Arent you some sort of professional? Your supposed to know these things!" Lucas fired back getting in Akira's face.

Akira's eyes flashed with something fierce. "I am the leader here, you're an amateur, but even leaders cant get everything right."

"You may have been the leader two years ago, but now your nothing but a jester. My Persona is an actual king. Shouldn't that make me the leader?" Lucas challenged. Akira's eyes flashed with rage, his friends shocked with how Lucas made Akira lose his cool.

"That's enough both of you!" Makoto yelled, sending both wild cards her signature Niijima glare, even Lucas back-pedaled a little. Makoto took a few deep calming breaths before she started speaking.

"Who is leader doesn't matter right now, what matters is that Shiho, a non-Persona user has been taken, what we need to do is focus on saving her."

"I agree, Shiho's my best friend. We need to save her." Ann said.

"I agree too, but that castle is bigger than anything we've ever faced, and this challenge will be very difficult since we have to go through the city, up the mountain and through the castle all in four weeks… Or Shiho's dead." Ryuji said.

"Then we'd better start right now right? The faster we can get this done the less danger Shiho will be in." Morgana said.

"Hmm, we're in quite a situation aren't we?" Haru mused.

"Yes, but we've faced a god and come out victorious, if we can do that we can do this." Yusuke said.

"I'll be there with my support for you guys." Futaba said.

"Which brings us back to the elephant in the room, er… city, we need a leader so we're more organized instead of fighting haphazardly, reckless fighting will get us killed, I believe I could do it." Lucas said.

"I can as well." Akira said, prompting a stare down between Lucas and Akira. Makoto sighed.

This cannot continue. If they keep fighting like this they'll get us all killed. Makoto thought.

It was Haru who came up with the idea. "How about instead of choosing a leader for one big group, we split the group in half and have two leaders for each separate one? That way this tension can ease up, and we can cover more ground that way by splitting up." Haru suggested.

Akira scowled and crossed his arms. "I can lead the entire group just fine." He protested.

"I'm completely willing to do this, great idea Haru." Lucas praised, Haru flashing a bright smile at him.

"It seems we are at an impasse, however I have to agree with Haru, it will be good to cover more ground. I shall go with Lucas." Yusuke said, Akira frowned as if hurt.

"Eh what the hell, Lucas, you have my strength." Ryuji said, shocking everyone.

"Really Ryuji?" Lucas asked, genuine shock on his face.

"Yea might as well, I'm curious about your Persona, it looks sick, and don't think I didn't notice that black fire. That was awesome, especially since we all had blue fire come out of our Persona's." Ryuji explained.

Akira's face had grown into something resembling downright disbelief. He felt a twinge of something in his chest, but couldn't identify what.

"If you'd have me, I'd like to go with you too Lucas." Haru said, a bright smile on her face as she walked towards him.

"Of course, I'll take all the help I can get." Lucas said, a rare grin on his face. He turned to the other Phantom thieves, all deciding to go with Akira instead.

"Alright, let's meet back up at the bottom of the mountain, watch out for shadows." Ryuji said, then his eyes abruptly widened as he turned to Lucas. "I almost forgot! We should tell our codenames."

"Codenames?" Lucas echoed.

"Yeah, just using our regular names wouldn't be cool right? And who knows what kind of effect using our real names will have on the Palace?" Ryuji explained.

Lucas nodded and put his hand under his chin in thought. "I suppose that would make good tactical sense, and yes, that does sound awesome. What are your code names?"

"Skull, Panther, Mona, Noir, Fox, Queen, Oracle, and Joker." Ryuji said gesturing to each person with their respective names.

"Huh, what about me?" Lucas asked, making the other's pause in thought.

"How about Grim? It fits your Persona." Yusuke suggested, Lucas made a sour face.

"I don't like that. Next?" Lucas asked.

"How about Reaper?" Haru suggested.

"Oooh that sounds badass!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"No way, that sounds like someone who's a murderer." Makoto denied.

Lucas looked a little crestfallen. He actually liked that name, it was Joker who came up with it.

"*Sigh* How about King? Since he thinks himself a king and all." The Mocking tone in his did not go unnoticed by anyone, however Lucas ignored it.

"I'm totally King! That's my codename!" Lucas said grinning.

"Alright! King it is, hey Queen! King and Queen and Joker fighting together, we totally have a team of Royals!" Oracle exclaimed.

Queen rolled her eyes, but a smile was on her face.

"Alright guys. We've wasted enough time. Fox, Noir, Skull, let's move!" King said, with a final nod to Team B they took off.

Line Break Akira/ Joker.

"Ouch! What was that for?" Joker said, rubbing his arm from where his girlfriend had hit him.

"That was for acting like a total Jackass when King saved our lives from his own shadow. Yea maybe he was being a bit arrogant and pompous but everyone's personality changes when they use their Persona, you were out of line." Queen said, crossing her arms with a scowl on her face.

"I was not out of line! He shouldn't have acted the way he did I-I cant believe your taking his side!" Joker fired back hurt.

"Hey everyone?" Oracle tried to interrupt. Her words were ignored.

"I'm not taking his side! I agree he was acting like he was better than everyone else, I'm just saying the fact that you were so openly hostile is not helping!" Queen argued, starting to lose her cool.

"Hey guys, we have a problem." Panther said, however Joker and Queen ignored her too.

"I'm trying to do what's best for the team! He's just trying to have a power trip!" Akira said.

"No, a power trip is what you were having! When Noir suggested we split up you shot her down immediately saying you could lead just fine, however King was completely willing to go along with her plan -which is actually a good one- just because he reminds you of AKECHI!" Queen shouted the last word.

All the fight just wooshed out of Joker, and his shoulder's slumped. "He doesn't remind me of Akechi…" He protested weakly.

"Yes he does." Queen said, her voice much softer now. "He reminds us all with the way he acts right now, and that's a bitter pill to swallow, I can only imagine it's even harder because like you and Akechi, he's a wild card. I mean for god's sake Joker. I know you heard him yell 'this is what separates us' during the fight with his shadow, that's pretty much word for word what he used to say when he fought with us."

Before Joker could respond, Mona interrupted. "I hate to break up this lover's spat but we've got a damn problem here guys!"

Joker and Queen finally registered their friends' words, and when they looked their eye's widened.

Standing in front of them, injured. Very injured. But somehow. Alive.

Was Akechi.

A/N: Holy fuck I'm actually a bit Nervous about the last part of this chapter, only because I had an internal debate on whether my balls were titanium enough to do this. But Akechi was actually one of my favorite character's in Persona 5 even after he went batshit on everyone. I just love how realistic he is. (IN MY OPINON)

Also, aside from the last part of the chapter it's very filler. Three reasons:

1: I am kind of sick right now and as a result am feeling lazy

2: I have exams next week and am stressed about them, affecting my writing a little.

3: I was working through writer's block this chapter and admit it's kind of crap. I was confused on how to continue it.

However regardless of this chapter. If you like it somehow drop me a review on what you think! I am admittedly taking a big risk here. And I want to know what you guys think. See ya next time.

Oh yea before I forget!

Gleamfang: Be arrogant my reviewing friend! Cause you're the one who gave me the idea to have the characters ask the questions your probably thinking! And yes! Lucas is very different with his Persona, I hope this chapter sort of clarifies the situation? Idk how to describe this properly lol. And I actually also liked the idea of Lucas not having a mask because he's different, however it's a bit to late to change it now.

Serpent1234: Thank you for your review! They always put smiles on my face as do Gleamfang, with how supportive you are and with how Gleamfang analyzes its making me want to write more for you to read!

Thanks to both of you, peace out fellas!