Surprise! Truth is, during my break, I somehow managed to write half the manuscript for this one, so rejoice, as this chapter is longer than the previous stories.
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Blake noticed a red book sticking out from the box. She pulled it out, just in time for the video to start. The front cover is the side shot of a masked figure with the title: "P5 Persona 5 Official Complete Guide".
(Cues "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There" – Shoji Meguro)
Everyone heard some light music, and agreed it sounded kinda nice.
Unknown to them, Yang set her Scroll to record the song, focusing the 'wake up' part.
The screen showed a city in red, with several people jumping here and there throughout town. A figure jumped on a train on the screen, before dramatically removing his mask, and jumping off, followed by a flash of something as a winged figure flew up, and the screen soon scrambled as the title appeared: "Persona 5: All Awakenings, Ultimate Personas, Skills and All Out". In the same script as Persona 5's title name at that. Then a compilation of some gameplay, like walking around in Shibuya and fighting Shadows.
The weapon fanatics were now excited to see some weapons.
"Persona 5? Has a nice ring to it…" Weiss thought.
"Persona 5 is a fantasy based on reality which follows a group of troubled high school students: the protagonist and a collection of compatriots he meets. These disturbed and troubled teenagers gradually realize that they are living in a toxic and dangerous world resembling a prison full of slavery, oppression and injustice, ruled by corrupted and twisted adults. They can't live with the system and can't live without it, and simply existing means they are at risk of being doomed and condemned to a life of slavery." Blake read out.
"So, basically like the corrupt White Fang. Wish we could help them…" Jaune noted.
A title appears in the same script, reading: "All Awakening Personas".
"What's a Persona?" Ruby asked, with the term unknown to her.
"A Persona is a manifestation of a person's personality in the Persona series, referred to as a "mask" for an individual to use to face hardship." Blake explained, giving Ruby swirly eyes. "Simplifying it, it's a being of our personality to fight our daily hard life."
The first awakener name was displayed at the bottom left: Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu (Joker).
"Hey, this guy has your name, Renny!" Nora pointed out.
"Why Joker?" Coco confused at his nickname.
The scene shows Ren, with wavy unkempt black hair and dark gray eyes together with his glasses. He's wearing a red-buttoned black blazer with an emblem on the pocket, a white turtleneck shirt with chevron detailing on the collar, and red plaid trousers. He's pinned to the wall by two knights as a man with long black unkempt hair and thick eyebrows, a broad and square jawline and wearing a gold crown together with a red heart printed cape walking towards while laughing at an injured student with short spiky dyed blond hair and dark brown eyes. His uniform consists of the standard black blazer, unbuttoned to reveal a yellow t-shirt with a comic style star symbol and the word 'ZOMG!' He has plaid trousers rolled up to reveal his ankles. His pants have black suspenders that hang down instead of being worn on his shoulders. He has a white belt and his white sneakers have a rising sun flag motif.
Everyone knew at first glance they didn't like the wanabee king one bit, with the way he laughs at the student.
Back to Ren's perspective, his surroundings darken as a butterfly flies by.
"That's a beautiful butterfly." Weiss complimented.
The butterfly then 'spoke' to the protagonist. "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…"
"Did that butterfly just…speak?" Jaune was confused now.
"I think so." Ren said.
As the surroundings return to normal, a dark voice resonated within his head. "What's the matter...? 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?" A flashback is then shown to the cast the protagonist was arrested.
"Wait, why was he arrested?" Pyrrha asked.
"Hmph, probably nothing good he did." Weiss spat, thinking the protagonist was a criminal.
"The reason for his arrest was an incident where he witnessed a woman being sexually harassed by a man and stopped him. In his drunken stupor, the man accidentally fell without the protagonist touching him and injured his head. He blamed it on the protagonist and forced the woman to testify that it was the protagonist's fault. It doesn't help the fact that he's a powerful politician with strong connections to the police department. As a result of his intervention, the incident went down on his permanent record, and the protagonist was subsequently expelled from his school." Blake explained.
Everyone was furious to the fact the main character was arrested for something he didn't do, and Weiss felt guilty accusing him.
"That bastard! How could that man just leave an assault record on him and expel an innocent student?!" Yang got up with red eyes and burning hair as she punched the wall, cracking the wall.
The others dog piled and held Yang down to prevent more damage. Struggling for a minute, she eventually calmed down and apologized.
"I'm…sorry. Just needed to let some steam out…" Yang said in a sorry tone.
"It's ok sis, I understand." Ruby hugged Yang.
Everyone got back to the video as Ren denied the voice, saying his decision wasn't a mistake.
The blonde was lifted up by a knight and the knight pointed his sword at him.
The whole cast was worried as the main character struggled to free himself.
"Very well... I have heeded your resolve." Finishing that quote, Ren writhes in pain as the voice continued talking. "Vow to me. I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art 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!"
The 'king' shouted an order. "Now, execute him!"
"Oh no he doesn't! I'll kill that bastard if he dares to!" Yang shouted.
Only for Ren to stop him. "What was that?" The 'king' demanded furiously, making the knight release the blonde.
"You desired to be killed that much…? Fine!" The knights held Ren in place as the third knight got ready to swing his sword.
"I can't watch anymore!" Ruby and Velvet closed their eyes.
Then, a gust of wind blew back the knight. As they recover, Ren finds himself wearing a black and white, birdlike domino mask. He rips his mask off so hard that the area around his eyes were torn off and bleeding.
Most of the members cringed and turned green as rushed to the washroom while others winced at the sudden action.
As they continued, the bloody area dissipated as his eyes were now similar to a demon's, with blue flames enveloping his body accompanied by a demonic laughter. Everyone steered clear as he's doused in blue flames. With burning eyes and mouth like the Devil, the flames rose from his body as it takes shape.
Everyone's faces can be defined into four words.
What. On. Remnant. Happened?
Ren now has a new outfit. His outfit consists of a black ankle-length tailcoat, a high-necked waistcoat with gold accents, black jogger-style pants, brown-black winklepickers, and a pair of red gloves.
The blue flames that emerged from behind Joker, formed a rather intimidating figure, it had chains around its body and was larger than Joker, it had a black torso like a vest with a white cravat on its neck, its arms were covered in a long sleeves red vest that reached its clawed hands, it's legs had on leggings that covered its entirety of the legs, but not the waist and had boots with blades posing as long heels, a ridiculously tall top hat on its head. Said head was completely covered by a sinister black mask with red eyes and mouth and had two long horns curling to the front of its face.
Everyone shuddered at the Persona.
"What…was that?" Weiss trembled at the 'Devil's' appearance.
"That's Arsene. This Persona's inspired by based off the main character of Maurice Leblanc's Novels, Arsene Lupin. Lupin is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." Blake read Arsene's biography.
"What makes him different? He's still a thief." Weiss chided.
"Not really, he is known to help law-abiding citizens." Blake shot Weiss down.
"That makes him a vigilante! So cool…" Ruby sparkled, admiring the phantom thief helping the good.
With a swing of his arms, two large black feathered wings appeared on its back, sweeping the knights and the 'king' away. Said 'king' ran away.
"Yeah, run away like coward, ya fool!" Yang got excited.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
The Persona introduces himself. "I am the pillager of twilight - "Arsene"!"
"Best intro ever!" Yang fist pumped.
"I am the rebel's soul that resides within you. If you so desire, I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis." The protagonist accepts, and the 'king' ordered his guard to attack him. But before they could show his powers, it switched to the next awakener.
"Aww, I want to see his powers…" Ruby pouted in disappointment. Almost everyone wished to see what Arsene can do.
"Be patient, I'm sure they'll show us eventually." Ren and Fox reassured.
The next scene shows the two running into a patrolling knight as the name appeared: Morgana (Mona). "A-Aah! Shit… Shit, it's them!" the blonde student cursed.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor at the sudden swearing.
Ruby points at the screen accusingly. "Double swear!" The others giggled at this.
"Wanna make a bet, Ice Queen?" Yang whispered.
"Don't call me that and no." Weiss fired.
"Tch, you amateur!" A small figure hopped on his head and revealed itself: a black cat with blue eyes and a white muzzle, paws, and tail tip who wears a yellow collar.
All the girls' d'awwed at the kitty.
"SO CUTE!" they all squealed in delight at how adorable the little guy was.
"Your younger brother, Blake?" Yang teased.
"Sh-shut up. I don't have siblings." Blake got annoyed but blushed a bit. "Wish he was…" she thought.
Zwei started to growl in his sleep, even he doesn't know why.
"Stay still!" Morgana then faced Ren. "Hey, you. You could fight, right? Let's go!" Morgana prepared as he summoned his persona. "Come, Zorro!"
(Cues Keeper of Lust – Shoji Meguro)
A blue column of light flashed behind the cat. A towering figure with a massive chest covered by a black suit that also covered his massively muscular arms and black gloves, separating this massive upper body from its lower was a belt marked by a buckle with a large silver 'Z', going lower its legs were remarkably thin and covered by black pants and spur heeled black boots. On his rather small head was a helmet that covered all but his large yellow eyes. On its back was a black cape. In its right hand was a normal sized rapier that looked to be too small for his hands, but was still held with ease. With three quick strokes, the muscular figure made a Z in thin air.
Weiss was now squealing in her mind with the Persona's rapier skills.
"Wow, Weiss, a rapier user like you! Do you think he'll make a good fiancé?" Nora teased, getting a high five from Yang.
"Will you fools stop the teasing!? I can't bear your shenanigans!" Weiss exploded at them. But, in her mind, she really wished to meet Zorro.
"Zorro is a fictional nobleman portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and indigenous peoples against corrupt and tyrannical officials and other villains." Blake described while reading Zorro's bio.
"So, he's like a vigilante from somewhere rich like Atlas defending people like Faunus from corrupt officials." Pyrrha simplified.
Blake, Pyrrha and Weiss admired him. Despite his rank, he protects the weak from his kind. Zorro does whatever he must do to achieve justice for the common people. He never forgets his mission. He never backs down. All that got the three Huntresses blushing at the fact on how muscular he is.
"Y-You got one of those things too!?" The blonde asked before the knight deformed. "Hmph, we'll promptly shut them up!" Morgana crossed his arms as the scene transitioned to a battle, before switching to the next Persona wielder.
"Go kitty!" Ruby, Velvet, Blake, Weiss and Nora cheered.
The next one is the blonde they've seen before: Ryuji Sakamoto (Skull).
"So that's his name…" Yang looked him over, nodding at his look. "Not bad." she said with a small smirk.
"You made me wait quite a while." Ryuji gains the demon eyes as he grasps his head in pain. "You seek power, correct? Then let us form a pact. Since your name has been disgraced already, why not hoist the flag and wreak havoc...? The "other you" who exists within desires it thus..." the voice continued as Ryuji struggles in pain like a fish. "I am thou, thou art I. There is no turning back... The skull of rebellion is your flag henceforth!" On his face was a dark grey mask shaped like a skull, minus a lower jaw.
"Woah, really gives of a cool feeling." Yang praised.
A golden knight is ready to swing his sword down. Before he could, Ryuji rips off his mask painfully, again, summoning his Persona.
Everyone was still wincing at the pain, but they got a bit used to it.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
Ryuji's outfit now outfit consists of matching black jacket and pants with knee pads, a red ascot, combat boots, a pair of yellow gloves.
Appearing in a burst of blue flames behind him, a Persona with a light blue shirt that showed it to be rather thin, on its chest were a pair of crossing swords with chains hanging from the guards of the cutlasses and anchors charms at the end of each chain, on its shoulders were black shoulder guards that attached to a black twin tailed coat that was tattered with a red interior, it's left hand was golden and clawed with a black cuff on the wrist, it's right hand had a similar cuff but instead of a hand there was a golden cannon. On its legs were a pair of thin black pants and similar boots, however what it stood on took was a pirate's ship the same size at it, looking almost authentic save for the angry eyes and sharp toothed mouth painted on the bow of the ship.
"Awesome, a pirate!" Nora, Neptune and Sun had stars in their eyes. Nora was a big fan of…old age fighters, ranging from Vikings to pirates. Sun and Neptune thought of their stowaway adventures with Scarlett. Now they wish he was here to see the pirate.
"Right on... Wassup, Persona... This effin' rocks! Now that I got this power, it's time for payback... Yo, I'm ready... Bring it!" Ryuji declared.
"Ngh… don't mock me, you brat!" The knight turned into black mush before becoming a larger one wearing red armor that had two horns on the helmet, it had on a yellow cape and held a lance, and it lastly rode a deep violet horse.
"Blast him away…Captain Kidd!" Captain Kidd pointed his cannon at the armored knight.
"Kidd? That's an odd name." Ruby thought.
"Captain Kidd was a sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage. But some historians deem his piratical reputation unjust." Blake read Kidd's short bio.
"Wait, he was wrongly accused for piracy? That's just wrong…" Jaune and Velvet sympathized.
The fourth scene shows the next name: Ann Takamaki (Panther). She has bright blue eyes and ash blonde wavy hair styled in bushy pigtails, with parted side bangs on the right side of her face. She accessorizes with a single yellow hair clip above her left ear, as well as small circular earrings on both ears. She has her standard black blazer over a white varsity-like hoodie worn long to cover most of her short plaid skirt. Her hoodie has a zipper, a red stripe between two blue stripes at the bottom, and S symbol near the front bottom on one side, and a green four-leaf-clover symbol on the back of the hood. She wears red tights and brown boots with yellow laces.
Most of the boys whistled over her figure, getting a few smacks by their female neighbors.
"My... It's taken far too long." The voice said as she was restrained on a torture device, making a moan in pain.
The moment almost everybody (RWBY, JNP, CV, SN) heard the moan, they immediately covered their privates while blushing.
"Tell me... who is going to avenge her if you don't? Forgiving him was never the option... Such is the scream of the other you that dwells within... I am thou, thou art I... We can finally forge a contract..." the voice added.
The fact that Ann was struggling while being tied up and moaning more didn't help most of the cast, as they felt their hands along with their underwear was covered in some sticky fluids. All the excitement from hearing Ann's moans left them... they all made a strong mental note to wash their pajama bottoms and underwear before sleeping. No one noticed each other, anyway.
"I hear you Carmen." Ann whispered, with tears and saliva showing. As she raised her head, a red panther mask that cover her upper face appeared. "You're right. No more holding back…!" With some effort, she broke her hand restraints.
"That's some girl power…" Ruby, Weiss, Yang and Pyrrha thought.
"There you go... nothing can be solved by restraining yourself. Understand? Then I'll gladly lend you my strength." With that, she ripped of her mask, but everyone was thankful there was no blood.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
Her Persona has now appeared. A beautiful feminine figure with violet skin, and wearing a black corset decorated with deep red hearts running down the black sleeves, said corset however was left open at the top to reveal her featureless breasts that were only covered at the edges by black fishnet shoulder clothing, at her neck was a black choker. Her face was covered by a black panther mask with several spots the same color as her skin and was cigarette was seen in the Persona's mouth, she also had long black hair tied in two long tails. The lower part of her body was wearing a mostly red dress that was frilled with black and gold edges at the end of each layer, with a ring of roses at her waist acting like a belt, the Persona also wore a pair of high heeled black boots going to her calves that were decorated with dark red hearts and had pink toe tips with a line of red-orange going up the front of each legs. However under her right foot was a male shaped doll figure in a black suit with its head locked in a pink heart shaped box with pink eyes and a circular barred opening at the mouth, the figure was on its hands and knees as Carmen dug her foot into its upper back. At the neck of this figure was a long rose vine that was attached to another, identical figure that was being dangled in the air as Carmen held the vine that suspended it, making it float in the air.
Ann's new outfit is a skin tight red latex cat suit worn with a matching red panther mask, cleavage cutout, zippers, pink gloves, and dark red thigh-high boots and has a clipped on tail in the back.
Different reactions are summarized at the bottom:
"OH JEEZ!" Ruby said, quickly averting her eyes.
"GOOD LORD! COVER UP YOUR RACK ALREADY! SHOW SOME DECENCY! GRIMM DAMMIT!" Weiss shouted, covering her own eyes.
Blake just started to blush wildly while getting a small nosebleed.
"Hello mama!" Yang said, getting a perverted grin. And a nosebleed of her own.
"Whoa boy!" Jaune said, covering his eyes.
"REN! DON'T LOOK!" Nora said, covering Ren's eyes.
"Good lord!" Pyrrha said, averting her eyes.
"Oum Christ!" Coco closed her eyes in embarrassment.
"M-Mother of…!" Velvet hid her whole face.
"Holy Oum!" Sun and Neptune covered their eyes with nosebleeds, moving one finger to see the screen.
Fox and Yatsu simply looked away from the screen with a blush.
Penny took a quick but silent snapshot, storing it with the other images she took from the video before. (Yes, she takes snapshots for each character. I'll explain why later.)
There's only one thing in common for all of them: Seeing the Persona's boobs and Ann's skimpy outfit, all of them can't stand it as their privates unload more fluids, making stains on the floor, carpet and beds. "Oh, it'll be embarrassing to clean that up…" everyone thought.
Blake had a blank stare, not sure if this was an insult to her kind or not. Just then, a note was shown at the bottom, only noticed by Blake. "Reminder: The clothes are special. To everyone who feels insulted, all the members are not wearing those outfits because they want to."
"Not racist then I suppose." Blake thought in relief.
"A-Aside from the v-vulgar display, Carmen is a fictive female gypsy that is generally depicted as a classic femme fatale who would take advantage of her beauty and charm to make men fall for her but quickly break the relationship once she is bored of her wooer and then looks for the next victim." Blake recovered, but still stuttered and blushed, with the warm feeling beneath her.
"She's like me in a way then. Wish to learn her 'charms'…" Yang thought with a grin, thinking of meeting this Carmen lady for more 'techniques', making her blush again.
"And it looks like Glynda has competition for the dominatrix look." Nora snickered, while Glynda sneezed as she patrolled the student dorms.
The next user is named: Yusuke Kitagawa (Fox). He has dark blue hair with parted bangs slightly covering his left eye and gray eyes. His body is noticeably taller and thinner than those of other male characters. He wears a white gakuran-style shirt embroidered with a fleur-de-lis, fitted black pants, and black loafers. A silver key ring with multiples keys is attached to his belt loop.
"Ooh, a pretty boy~" Yang purred while blushing.
"Have you finally come to your senses? How foolishly you averted your eyes from the truth...A deplorable imitation indeed...Best you part from that aspect of yourself!" the voice continued as he falls, grasping his head with both hands.
"Let us now forge a contract...I am thou, thou art I... The world is filled with both beauty and vice..." Yusuke scrapes the floor with his left hand, leaving blood trails from his fingers.
"Ouch, imagine the pain on your fingers…" Sun winced slightly.
"It is time you teach people which is which!" A burst of blue fire made a traditional kitsune-style half mask appear on his face.
"A kitsune?" Blake immediately paid attention to the mask, as it resembles one of the creatures in her Anima legends book.
"Very well…" With the bloodied hand, he ripped the fox mask off. "Come, Goemon!" A column of blue light burst behind him.
Accompanied with some kabuki music, the a tall male figure wearing a blue robe with blue and white ropes on his shoulders tying off behind his back on his waist was a red sash held in place by red and white rope acting as a belt with two bells on it, on its feet were white tabi that were wearing a pair of geta with tall stilts on them. Its face was white and outlined light blue, with a black pompadour style of hair on its head. In one of its white hands was a Japanese pipe large and long enough to be considered a sword, and yet was held like a in his hands, resting on a finger as if her were about to take a smoke.
"Dude, that's one long pipe! That thing is like, twice the size of Yatsu's sword!" Coco exclaimed, making everyone see the smoking pipe.
Blake now paid even more attention as the makeup on his face convinced her he's a kabuki shogun of some sort. She knows because most of her literature is centered about Anima's culture and history.
Yusuke stomps his feet and holds out his hands, making a kabuki mie pose. "A breathtaking sight…"
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
"Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle… Though the flowers of evil blossom, be it known… Abominations are fated to perish!" With a swing of Goemon's pipe, a gust of icy wind froze and blew away two security guards.
"That voice… That quote…" Blake whispered after letting out a raspy breath. The cat Faunus couldn't help but feel a bit drawn to his voice. How it sounded, so deep, so calm yet empowering, so...sexy. Just hearing one sentence from him was enough to enchant her. There is just something about it that made her shiver within her, making her horny. However, she thanked her lucky stars no one saw her in this state.
"An ice fighter! Looks like there's more of you, right Ice Queen?" Yang teased.
Blake recovered by simply shaking her head and read Goemon's bio. "Goemon was inspired by an Animan outlaw of the same name. His story details his attempted assassination of the shogun Hideyoshi Toyotomi, his capture, and his execution alongside his young son. As time passed, Goemon's story was expanded to make him a hero similar to another vigilante, robbing the rich and giving his spoils to the poor. Some stories also make him out be a skilled ninja."
After reading that last sentence, Blake now blushed like mad by the word 'ninja'.
"I think I'm starting to see a pattern here…" Fox thought out after hearing each bio.
The next one was: Makoto Niijima (Queen). She has brown hair in a bob cut with blunt bangs and a French-braid styled headband that matches her hair color. Her eyes are abnormal as they have been depicted as red, although sometimes her eye color can be interpreted as a reddish-brown. Her uniform appears normal but without the standard blazer. Instead, she wears a black halter vest over a long sleeve white shirt with a turtleneck, which is different from normal turtlenecks. She wears the regulation black and red pleated plaid skirt, black pantyhose and black-brown ankle boots.
"Huh, not bad. With her looks, she could go as a role model. Not to mention Queen is a good nickname for her." Ruby looked her over.
"Have you decided to tread the path of strife...?" the voice asked. "Yes…come to me!" Makoto answered, giving her the demon eyes, scaring some of the cast. Few of them cast their gazes at Blake, since her eyes look similar in feral mode.
"Very well. Let us proceed with our contract at once. I am thou, thou art I... You have finally found your own justice... Please... Never lose sight of it again..." Makoto was in pain so much, she broke the floor tiles with two stomps.
"NOW that's some serious girl power right there." Yang and Coco both said as both sipped their drinks.
"This memorable day marks your graduation from your false self..." An iron mask that covered her upper face with cut out's to reveal her eyes appeared, and she ripped it off, summoning her Persona.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
As the screen turned white for a brief moment, they see the Persona as a silver plated motorcycle that had a plate on the front wheel, and in front of the handles was what appeared to be a woman's face with her eyes closed and covered by a blue dome. When Makoto revved Johanna the standard revving sound could be heard, but it was also overlaid by a sound similar to vibrating glass.
Makoto, who's riding her new Persona, had a new costume. Her outfit is a two-toned dark blue and black skintight suit that is worn with a long black scarf, a dark gray corset-style leather breastplate, and shoulder and knee pads with spikes mixed with boots that sport metal heels and toes together with white gloves.
Yang dropped her tin of soda (luckily it didn't spill) when she saw the Persona.
"Damn, that motorbike of hers is cool…" Yang muttered, eyes shining at the Persona.
Blake and Weiss took the chance to tease her.
"Oh, what happened to Bumblebee?" Blake asked with a small smile.
"Don't tell me you're leaving her for that bike~" Weiss teased, getting the blonde brawler to turn red in annoyance.
"Oh, screw all of ya! Bumblebee's still my favorite!" Yang countered as she grumbled.
Their plan successful, the Monochrome duo gave each other a blushing smile and a high five.
"Joking aside, looking at that outfit of hers, I think we all can come to the same conclusion." Jaune and Sun said.
"Don't piss her off." Both said in sync, getting agreements.
"A Persona…?" Yusuke asked, immediately answered by Ryuji. "No dude…that's a bike…"
"I can feel it…My 'self'…Me! Gun it!" With a screeching tire and scraping chains, Makoto drove straight and knocked away two security officers.
"Ya know… Why not bring your bike into fights, Yang?" Ruby and Coco asked.
"And get Bumblebee covered in scratches and dents?! Hell no!" Yang shot both down, but had a thought. "Maybe if I made her more durable and gave her modifications…"
"I will not lose heart again, ever. I will go full speed, non-stop! Right Johanna!?" With that, she enters the battle fray.
"Johanna? Meh, Bumblebee's nicer." Yang thought of the bike's name.
"Really?" Blake saw this another chance to tease her. "Didn't you choose that name because of me?"
"Nah, that was long before I met you." Yang said willingly, not knowing she was going to land in trouble.
"Then what about that last time I heard you quietly repeating my name on your bike in the garage while you-" Before Blake could continue, Yang pounced on her and covered her mouth.
"Don't even think of it." Yang said with an angry tone and red eyes, getting a scared nod from the frightened kitty.
Blake dusted herself as she rose and read info on Johanna. "Johanna is based on Pope Joan, a legendary medieval woman who reigned as pope for a short period, going against the Catholic Church's ingrained tradition of male popes. Though the story was widely believed for centuries, modern historians have found no evidence of her existence and believe the legend to be a work of fiction meant to discredit the church. Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguised herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover. In the most common accounts, due to her abilities, she rose through the church hierarchy and was eventually elected pope."
"So, she was the first female pope, making her go against the church's tradition." Yatsu surprisingly simplified.
The other awakener was revealed: Futaba Sakura (Oracle). She is a bespectacled girl with hip length black hair dyed bright orange. Her brown eyes also seem to have some faint purple tones in them, appearing mauve. She wears large black circular glasses, and she is always seen wearing a set of headphones with red ear pads. She seems to be very short, even compared to the other girls, around Ruby's size.
"Aww, a nerd as short as my sweet baby sis." Yang said, making Ruby embarrassed.
"Yang, please! I'm not short! I grow up! I drink milk!" Ruby trumpeted with pride, gaining some laughs and chuckles. "At least she looks almost like Penny, minus the hairstyle and glasses…" the reaper muttered in embarrassment. Penny, that somehow heard that, blushed.
"I won't let those distorted lies deceive me anymore... And I won't be led astray by other's voices either... I'm going to trust my own eyes and my own heart to distinguish the truth from the lies. There's no way you're my mom! You're just a fake created by those horrid adults! I'll... I'll never... I'll never forgive them!" Futaba lashed in anger, being tormented by her cognition.
"Huh, I see one similarity: you both love your moms." Ren said, not wanting to say the other similarity.
As her Egyptian self fused with her, appearing directly above her in a flash of blue flames was a green tinted UFO that had a gargoyle on top of it.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
"What is that?" All Phantom Thieves members are on guard seeing the UFO.
"Awesome! A UFO!" Ruby squealed. Aside from weapons, she also loves science fiction.
A hatch directly under the Persona opened up, causing five tentacles to slid out and wrap around Oracles arms, legs, and waist before lifting her up inside of it, with Futaba not struggling in the slightest.
Blake covered her lower area, as she saw too much of the scenario on the screen through her smut yaoi book "Tentacles and Ninjas".
"Contract...I am thou, thou art I..." a young voice said. "The forbidden wisdom has been revealed. No mysteries...no illusions shall deceive you any longer." Futaba wakes up to her new outfit as she marveled to see a bunch of screens and lists of detailed info.
Her outfit is a skintight black bodysuit with fluorescent neon green glowing strips and matching black boots with neon green soles.
"Ooh, ooh, her outfit looks like one of those racers from 'NORT'! (Inspiration from Gravity Falls)" Ruby's basically freaking out, and Weiss calmed her down with Penny before she could turn into her 'sci-fi' mode.
"Futaba!?" Ann hoped that Futaba's safe, to which the orange haired nerd answered. "I'm OK! Please, help me! That's gotta go!" With a nod from Joker, everyone got into their battle poses before engaging combat.
"Awesome battle pose!" Yang got excited even more.
"What's the name of the UFO?" Ruby asked.
"Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire or a tome of magic." Blake answered, making everyone pay attention as they heard 'magic'. "The Necronomicon is a tome detailing the truth behind the various ancient cosmic beings that have inhabited Remnant and continue to influence humans for their own ends. It both functions as a means of imparting the forbidden knowledge of the ancient ones, and a source of danger as those who read it risk going mad from its knowledge."
"Yikes, that's some scary and unexpected kind of ability for a tome." Weiss shuddered, thinking what would've happen if she read the tome.
The second last Persona user is named: Haru Okumura (Noir). Haru has chin-length curly light auburn hair and brown eyes. She is taller than Futaba, but shorter than Ann and Makoto. She wears a pink turtleneck cardigan with short puffed sleeves and a long-sleeved white shirt underneath. The cardigan is zipped open up to her navel, and has two large pockets on the front. She wears the standard black and red tartan skirt, white tights with a black flower pattern and black Mary Jane shoes.
"Looks like a classic Atlas belle, wouldn't mind going out for tea with her." Weiss thought.
The screen shows a large robot with a white business suit and some violet parts at the joints about to attack the fallen Haru.
But before she could, her Persona appears, a feminine figure wearing a black and pink Victorian style dress, with red and pink vertical striped puffs on the sleeves of the dress that extends to its elbows and was wearing pink gloves. The bottom of the dress was a pink color with golden trim around the dress, which had a golden lip on the center of the dress that made it vaguely resemble a smiling face. There were black and red curtain drapes around the dress underneath, a pink heart shaped frill around her waist with a red bow tied on the drapes and a knife next to on the center of the heart shaped frill. Milady also had no head, instead her face was represented by a pink mask inset with yellow eyes that was on a stick held by her right hand, and she held a yellow and pink colored fan with black fur in her left hand, blocking the blow from the robot.
"Whoa, that's creepy…" Neptune was shocked by the lack of face as he drank his Aqua Ocean soda.
With a headache, she fell to the floor with a spotlight shining on her.
"This somehow reminds me a few drama plays I've seen when I was young." Weiss voiced her thoughts.
"I see you finally made up your mind...my dear, fated princess. Freedom for you must stem from betrayal. If you still yearn for it now...then you must not err. Now, tell me...who shall you betray?" the Persona asked.
"Now it's sounding more of a tragedy play…" Weiss thought.
"My heart has been set, you should know." With that, she got demon eyes again, albeit briefly. "Yes, that gaze...! I can finally display my true strength. I am thou, thou art I...Let us adorn your departure into freedom with a beautiful betrayal!"
With a flutter from her fan, a flurry of rose petals covered the two.
"I get the feeling I've been copied…" Ruby pouted.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
Milady's dress opened up down the middle, which revealed frightening metal contraption that looked like a jack-o-lanterns face, which the jaw of opened up and extended from it a missile, bazooka, and two Gatling guns, making half of the cast freak out.
"HOLY OUM!" Yang, Jaune, Coco, Velvet, Sun and Neptune did a spit take.
"How on Remnant can she hide that many weapons in her dress?!" Weiss was baffled by the amount of weapons shown.
Ruby was shaking in excitement seeing all the guns, while Velvet snapped a photo with her camera.
Penny scanned the weapons. "Analysis reports: one MZKT-79221 missile turret, one AT4 bazooka and two Atlas 1865 Gatling guns." (That's the closest resemblance I can find)
"Jeez!" Skull was shocked by the sudden weaponry.
"Exactly our reaction." Yang deadpanned.
"Farewell, dear father. I am no longer your subservient puppet!" Haru dramatically declared.
"Then so be it… You're worthless." Haru's father said. He wears a mostly black, form-fitting spacesuit with various flashing buttons on it, and has blue skin.
"Ooh, he reminds me of Darth Grimm from Galaxy Wars: A New Hope!" Ruby fangirled even more.
Weiss broke out in cold sweat because as she sees Haru's father, she remembers her cold, arrogant, vindictive, and overbearing father: Jacques Schnee (a.k.a. Remnant's No.1 Worst Father of the Year in my opinion). Weiss hates the fact he married her mother just to take control of the Schnee Dust Company, even driving her into alcoholism. When Weiss tries to resist him, he cuts her off from the family fortune in order to force her to obey him. Thinking back now, she really wished to let her trashy father get skewered by Myrtenaster for stealing and tainting the Schnee Name, driving her mother to alcoholism, abusing her, Winter and Whitley (worst son in my thoughts) emotionally, physically and verbally and driving thousands of people into poverty so he could be number one. She hopes to shine the truth on her father's illegal practices and monopolizing.
Now taking a second look of Haru, she can't shake of her second feeling of Déjà vu as she feels as if she's like her.
Both grew up surrounded by elegance and splendor. They find it difficult to differentiate between who truly values her as a friend, and who merely wants to use her for her family's status. This includes not only friends, but adults and teachers as well. Their fathers are ambitious and career-focused professionals, but at a price of a complete, deliberate ignorance of the pain they caused to his company or his family. No matter how many scandals both companies faced due to its poor safety practices and punishing work hours, or how obviously unhappy their daughters are with their manipulations, they refuse to let their nobler passions influence their business, instead behaving as ruthlessly as they feel that they must to get ahead in the world.
Haru's father leaves, demanding the robot to deal with them how he wished. The robot wants Haru to join him, only to be jeered by the Phantom Thieves.
"I don't expect you to come to reason at all." Fox stated calmly, joined in by Skull. "Uh-huh. We shoulda just told you this from the start, asshat."
"Language!" Ruby pointed at the screen, earning another symphony of laughs and giggles.
"Oh, if only I had ten Lien every time Ruby pointed out a bad word…" Yang thought after laughing.
"We are the Phantom Thieves, here to take your bride!" Mona declared as they start the fight.
"Blake, fill us in on headless mistress here." Jaune asked.
"Milady de Winter, more commonly referred to as "Milady" is a fictional character in the seminal novel 'The Three Musketeers'. Her main relation with the novel's titular heroes is her personal vendettas first against the novel's hero after he discovered she was branded as a criminal with a fleur-de-lis, then against his mentor Athos who was her former husband. In both the book and subsequent adaptations, Milady is depicted as a fiercely independent and manipulative villain. A force on her own account, she brings others to ruin for personal gain." Blake read out Milady's bio.
"So, this Persona was inspired by a villain. Seems different compared to the others inspired by vigilantes and anti-heroes." Fox noted.
The last one appears as: Goro Akechi. In his Phantom Thief outfit, he wears a princely pure white royal outfit with red accents and a red, long-nosed mask that resembles that of a medieval western plague doctor, but Blake thought of it as a tengu, seeing the mask's color similar to a chief tengu which has a long nose. His image is a combination of a noble's attire and a uniform worn by cavalry or guards of honor.
Every girl blushed at the sight of his face, adding the fact he's giving out a royal aura made them look up to him.
"Judging the fact he has his outfit on, he already might have a Persona." Jaune theorized.
"Looking at him, he might be some sort of prince." Sun said.
Weiss immediately sketched the outfit in her notebook, along with the other Phantom Thieves' outfits. (Panther's was modified)
The scene shows Akechi with the other members discussing something in front of a casino elevator, only to be approached by a standing leopard with a green cloak and two swords. "No need to worry. I'll handle this. I need to prove my worth to you, after all." Akechi asked Joker for approval. "I promise to surpass lofty hopes as those."
"Wow, full of confidence already! I'm starting to like this guy…" Yang swooned.
(Cues Will Power – Shoji Meguro)
"Well then, let us begin. Don't worry, you can leave this one to me." Crow reassured. "Take them down, Robin Hood!" With a pull of his mask, his Persona appeared from behind.
A white muscular being appears as a gallant archer and even somewhere near a knight, owing to his dominantly silver and gold design. His blue cape is split into two and has two dark yellow wings at the sides of the head and a red triangle on his forehead. The prominent "RH" shield logo on his chest and the wing shaped giant golden bow that hints of powers akin to angelic divinity reveals his name as it was engraved on the bow with capital letters.
"Wow, he looks like some sort of superhero!" Ruby squealed.
"Well, technically, he's an outlaw with a sense of a hero. Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in Atlas folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green, he is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" alongside his band of men. He even fought against the evil side of justice." Blake read Robin Hood's biography.
"So, he's another Zorro, but from a poor status." Fox said.
Blake and Pyrrha looked up to Robin Hood after the bio explanation. The fact that he helps his kind by robbing the rich and fighting the corrupt justice. Blake wished that if Robin Hood were here, the White Fang would have no difficulty and the fact he can fight against most of the people's racism against the Faunus. In her mind, he's every Faunus' hero. Most of the girls also swooned on how muscular he is.
"So, we have 9 characters with 9 Personas." Weiss clarified.
"Yup, and they all have their evolutions, I think. The title did say Ultimate Personas didn't it?" Jaune confirmed.
"Yes, and I think we're about to find out now." Ren pointed at the screen, now having the title: "All Ultimate Personas".
And there's part one! What do you think? Up next is their Ultimates. And here's what I'm gonna announce. After each story arc, I'll add and extra story to it. You can post your suggestions of what will the cast react to after the story arc, AS LONG AS IT IS RELATED TO THE STORY. And, I'm posting a new story, a crossover of RWBY and one game that Pewdiepie and Jacksepticeye played: Abzû!