Persona Series x RWBY crossover
I do not own either one, They are Respectively owned by ATLUS and Roosterteeth
Including any additional add-ons from various games, anime, etc.
The Days When My Mother Was There
No Date Confirmed Unknown Headquarters Daytime
In the Interrogation Room, Gaius stared at Ruby, baffled by what he's hearing. "I... don't understand. Your group broke into the Sakura Residence?" He asked.
"I-It's not what it looks like!" Ruby exclaimed. "We really thought he was in trouble! I mean Mr. Sakura looked like he was around that age!"
"... I suppose so..." Gaius sighed. "So then, do you remember what he said about?"
"... Some thing tragic..." Ruby muttered in shame.
"Do you want to say?" The Black Fang leader asked.
"... Hmm... I think it went like this..." Ruby said as she continues her recollection.
*Wake up, Get up, Get out there
8/05 Sakura Residence Evening
"Are you... Futaba?" Blake asked the figure as a lightning bolt immediately flashed afterwards, Causing tension to break.
Makoto: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Futaba?: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Ruby: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Nora: "WHY ARE WE YELLING ABOUT!"
Jaune: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
"Ow... Why the hell is everyone screaming!?" Morgana hissed.
As the screams goes on, the shadowy figure who is possibly Futaba bolted away.
"F-Futaba...!?" Ruby staggered.
"Alibaba! Hey! C'mon, where are you!" Ann questioned.
"I think she ran away...!" Yusuke mentioned as he saw Futaba scrambled.
"Y-You're a hacker, right? Just show yourself!" Weiss demanded as she took cover behind Yang.
"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry! PleasesavemeSis...!" Makoto cried as she clenched onto Akira's leg.
But as the group were trying to grasp the situation, it just so happened to get worse. "Are you okay, Futaba!?" Sojiro exclaimed from outside the front door.
"Oh crap, he's home! We need to cheese it!" Nora staggered with a whisper.
"But where can we go? It's cramped over here!" Ren whispered back as Ryuji and Yusuke pushed them and the other into a corner to hide.
Akira and Ruby were trying to follow but Makoto was too terrified to move, holding Akira's leg in place and eventually, Sojiro slid the door wide open to find a few silhouettes before him. "Who the hell are you!? Don't move! You hear me!?" He yelled as he pulled out his cell scroll to use its flashlight app, revealing Ruby trying to pull the terrified Makoto off of Akira. "You... you three? What are you guys doing in my house?" He questioned.
"Oh... G-Good... evening, sir... We didn't mean... to intrude..." Makoto stuttered as she realized who was talking to her.
"Uh... we can explain..." Ruby stuttered.
"Niijima-san? Wait, Akira... is this what you meant by... wanting the ladies to like you?" Sojjiro asked.
"Uh... what?" Ruby said with confusion.
"What? No! W-We're just friends!" Makoto denied.
"Friends nowadays get that close to each other...?" Sojiro asked again, as the three realized they were still holding on to each other.
"That's not it! This, um... Things happened... and..." Makoto staggered as she stood back up.
"Err... okay, I don't think we're not gonna fool him. Guys the jig is up." Ruby hollered as the others exited their cover.
"You kids are here too!?" Sojiro exclaimed.
"We came to apologize for our behavior with some sushi. We thought you'd be home when you left Leblanc." Akira explained.
"Um... we did rang the bell, and the door was unlocked too..." Ann added.
"Not to mention you TV was on. Did you forget to turn it off?" Weiss asked.
"Wait, the door was unlocked?" Sojiro recalled as they nodded. "... I guess I do that sometimes. Guess I'm getting old." He sighed, scratching his neck.
"Um, excuse. There's something we'd like to ask." Ruby mentioned catching his attention. "There's someone else living here right?"
"Yeah... my daughter." Sojiro answered.
"Is there any way we could meet with your daughter?" Makoto asked. "I think we may have frightened her earlier, so we'd like to apologize if at all possible."
"Well... that's complicated..." Sojiro sighed.
"Is she sick?" Yang asked.
"No, it's not like that." He sighed heavily upon the students' sights on him. "I don't want you all getting the wrong idea... I shouldn't have kept this a secret from you." Sojiro said to Akira. "Let's talk at my shop. She'll hear us us we stay here." He suggested.
8/05 Cafe Leblanc Evening
*Alleycat
At the restaurant, the student huddled around to hear Sojiro's story. "Now, were do I start...?" He wondered as he starts to tell his history. "Futaba's mother and I knew each other long before Futaba was born. Her mother was a bit of a weird one, but we got along for some reason... She was sharp-witted, somewhat stern, a little socially inept, but always carefree..." He said with a gentle sigh. "She truly was a great woman.
"I see..." Ruby agreed.
"When something piqued her interest, that'd be all she focused on. She always worked deep into the night. I thought that'd changed after her kid was born, but having Futaba didn't do much. Even with that, she always took care of her.
"Working and watching over a child at the same time sounds rough." Blake commented.
"No kidding..." Yang agree in a sad tone.
"I guess raising Futaba alone turned out to be tough on her in more ways in one..." Sojiro sighed.
"Alone? What about her father?" Pyrrha wondered.
"There wasn't a father... well, there probably was one. I didn't know him though. She never said a word about him either." Sojiro answered with a scoff. "She was single when she gave birth to Futaba, and single when she raised her. They were an ordinary, loving family. You can tell she cared for Futaba, but one day, she left... leaving Futaba behind."
"She left?" Ren asked.
"She... committed suicide." Sojiro stated with the students in the room opening their eyes wide and gasping.
"Suicide...!?" Weiss exclaimed.
"Threw herself into the street, right in Futaba's eyes." Sojiro added.
"Shocking doesn't even to describe that..." Makoto said in surprise.
"I... no way..." Ruby stuttered as she covered her mouth.
"That's gotta be devastating for a kid..." Jaune said.
"For reals." Ryuji agreed.
"So... well, a lot happened after that, but I ended up taking custody of Futaba... First, she was so depressed she... she wouldn't even talk to me.
"Was that because she couldn't get over her mother's suicide...?" Ann asked.
"I kept talking to her though, and she started opening up to me little by little. That's when I found out... Futaba blames herself for her mother's death." Sojiro mentioned.
"But... why?" Ruby questioned.
"That part she's never told me. I wanted to know what led her to believing that, but I decided not to rub salt in the wound." He sighed and then gave a stern look. "Then, a few months ago, she started getting real scard, even when nothing was happening. She'd say things like, 'I hear voices...' and 'Mom is looking at me...'"
"Visual and auditory hallucinations..." Yusuke answered.
"Have you taken Futaba to a doctor?" Blake asked.
"I wanted to, but she refused. Even when I had a doctor come, she locked herself away in her room. Since then, she's become what you'd call a shut-in. She won't take a single step outside the house, or even try to see other people. She doesn't even let me come in her room."
"That's harsh..." Nora sympathized.
"Futaba is, well, a unique girl. She's so quick-minded that conversations with her tend to jump from one topic to the next. It seems like she's always coming to conclusions in her head. There's a lot I don't know about her, so yeah... her situation is why I couldn't let Akira into my house." Sojiro looked at him.
"I think I understand that, don't worry about it." Akira nodded.
"What Futaba needs is a safe place where nobody will threaten her. Somewhere she can be at ease. That's why I won't do anything she doesn't want. I don't make her do anything she's unwilling to either. Then again, I know that's no way for her to live. It's all I can do though..." Sojiro sighed.
"But... is that what you desire?" Akira asked.
"What I desire, huh? I know it's cliche, but more than anything I want Futaba to be happy like a normal person." Sojiro hoped. "Well, that's that. So can you just leave her be?" He asked as Akira nodded. "I'm gonna head back then. You all better head home, too." He suggested as he left the shop.
After he left, the group hung around and felt ashamed for hearing Futaba's story. "I feel awful for prying into his personal affairs..." Makoto said to them.
"No way in hell he's abusing her." Ryuji agreed.
"To lose someone you love... to think watching someone you love commit suicide in front of her..." Ren contemplated.
"I didn't mean to scare her like that..." Ruby rubbed her eyes.
"So the reason why Futaba wants her heart stolen must be related to what happened to her mother." Weiss assumed.
"So she'd like to discard her feelings of pain, but can't do anything about it herself." Pyrrha added.
"But... will changing her heart really help her though?" Blake wondered, crossing her arms.
"If we can help her, we may be able to stand up to Medjed." Yusuke pointed out.
"It's possible, but we do need clues." Akira agreed.
"Hold on a second, does she even has a palace? Think we can check?" Jaune suggested.
"Sure, we could try." Akira agreed as he pulled out his cell scroll. "'The Futaba that lives at Sojiro Sakura's house.'" Akira said out loud as he inputted what he said and...
"Candidate found." The MetaNav stated, much to their surprise from the blurred distortion immediately after.
"Whoa, what the...?" Nora staggered.
"She's... got one!?" Pyrrha exclaimed.
"So someone can have a Palace even if they're not evil?" Ann assumed.
"That's... hey, Morgana? ... Morgana?" Ruby called out to the cat, but was missing around the group. "Where's Morgana?" She asked.
"I haven't seen him for some time." Blake mentioned. "I think ever since we went inside Mr. Sojiro's house?"
"Somewhere 'round there. He'll be fine though, he's a cat, after all." Ryuji assured as he stood up. "Whelp, the trains're gonna be shutting down for the night soon, so we should prolly be heading headin' home."
"We have to go to school in the morning, after all." Makoto mentioned.
"Oh yeah, tomorrow's your guy's vacation off, too. But don't you guys have a urgent assembly?" Weiss recalled.
"Don't remind us..." Ann sighed.
"An assembly? What about?" Questioned Yusuke.
"Shujin has been garnering a lot of attention ever since Medjed called out the Phantom Thieves. So they need to remind us not say arbitrary stuff online and add more to the fire." Ann explained.
"Well that sounds pointless. It's like you guys gotta meet up for every little thing." Yang assumed.
"You have no friggin' idea. It's a pain in the ass..." Ryuji grunted.
"I mean, it is your guys' fault." Weiss pointed out.
"Anyways, seeing how we don't need to attend the assembly, my group will wait around Leblanc for you guys." Ruby suggested. "Although, we might need to find a way to make an excuse to distract the other Student Huntsmen too..."
"I'll ask Mishima to serve as their guide to several touring place around the city. That way, they won't need to know what we're doing." Makoto suggested as they agreed.
8/05 Sakura Residence Evening
At the same time of their conversation, a Cat Faunus, Futaba Sakura, was listening in on the conversation at Cafe Leblanc. "... No way in hell he's abusing her." Ryuji said.
"To lose someone you love... to think watching someone you love commit suicide in front of her..." Ren contemplated.
"I didn't mean to scare her like that..." Ruby said.
"So the reason why Futaba wants her heart stolen must be related to what happened to her mother." Weiss assumed.
"So she'd like to discard her feelings of pain, but can't do anything about it herself." Pyrrha added.
"But... will changing her heart really help her though?" Blake wondered.
"If we can help her, we may be able to stand up to Medjed." Yusuke pointed out.
"It's possible, but we do need clues." Akira agreed.
"Hold on a second, does she even has a palace? Think we can check?" Jaune suggested.
"Sure, we could try." Akira agreed. "'The Futaba that lives at Sojiro Sakura's house.'" Akira said out loud.
"Whoa, what the...?" Nora staggered.
"She's... got one!?" Pyrrha exclaimed.
"So someone can have a Palace even if they're not evil?" Ann assumed.
"That's... hey, Morgana? ... Morgana? Where's Morgana?" Ruby asked.
But just as Futaba was about to hear more details, she felt something move between her feet as she flinched from a cat running away.
8/05 Granbell Hotel Evening
As they entered the lobby of the hotel they're staying at, they see the members of Team NYCA and Kanji and Teddie heading toward the opposite direct of the Student Huntsmen. "Ruby-chan?" Yu saw her group coming in. "I thought you guys would be in your rooms by now."
"Oh! Uh... we... took a wrong turn and wound up near Leblanc! Yeah!" Ruby stated as she made an excuse, as Yu and his friends took the hint.
"Gotcha, anyways we're heading out early so we'll catch you guys in Inaba." Yosuke winked.
"Yeah, best of luck on whatever you guys are doing." Chie stated.
"Until we meet again. I'll make sure to leave a reservation for your rooms." Yukiko bowed farewell.
"I will miss you, Young Sensei!" Teddie whimpered.
"Quit complanin' it ain't like we're gonna disappear anytime soon." Kanji retorted as he and Teddie left first.
"Alright! See ya!" Ruby waved back as the Investigation Team left the building. "Right, now let's get back to our rooms before Professor Narukami finds out we're not back yet." She suggested as they returned to their rooms.
But just as they got out of the elevator, Ruby's scroll rung as it revealed to be Yu. "By the way, Akira texted me just now, he wanted to tell you something so can you text him your number? It seemed he found something." Yu texted.
"Akira was trying to call me?" Ruby repeated.
"We didn't exactly gave each other our numbers haven't we?" Weiss wondered.
"I don't think so, we only got some contact from Yu and Yosuke." Blake shook her head.
"I guess I'll give him my number." Ruby suggested as she relayed her number.
Soon enough, Akira got a hold on to Ruby's scroll and send his message to her. "I just gotten a word from Morgana. He was looking into Sojiro's house and found out Futaba was listening in on our conversation in Leblanc." Akira texted.
"So that's where Morgana was... wait, Futaba was listening in!?" Weiss questioned.
"Morgana also said she looked around our age, long hair, has a young sounding voice, and a pair cat ears. For her age that young, and she's no amateur, either." Akira texted.
"So... she's tech geek or something?" Yang assumed.
"And... Cat ears? Is Futaba a Faunus?" Blake added.
"She was able to listen to our conversation and hack into my scroll." Ruby mentioned with a good impression. "She's good."
"Let's meet up with them tomorrow. If we're lucky, we should be able to help her before we leave the city." Weiss advise as they agreed.
No Date Confirmed Unknown Headquarters Daytime
Ruby summarized her memories thus far as Gaius listen with intrigue. "... In other words... Futaba had a palace. Just like you had." She explained.
"Yet my palace was created by the help of a friend. So... a young lady with trauma infliction..." Gaius muttered. "Despite that, the Phantom Thieves targeted her in order to help coop with her peace and to retaliate against Medjed. Not to mention that your story falls in line with the police's investigation."
"It's also because I wanted to help her. Knowing that she no longer has a mom, it's because I can relate with her, Yang too." Ruby stated with a sad expression.
"I understand. Back then, they had yet to determine how they Phantom Thieves dealt with Medjed, seeing how they were unseen. But after they helped changed her heart, she stopped Medjed before they caused any damages. Can you continue your story?" Gaius asked as Ruby agreed, continuing her story.
8/06 Cafe Leblanc Daytime
Once their assembly was out of the way, the Phantom Thieves regrouped with the Beacon Students waiting at Leblanc. "Man, that assembly had me bored to tears." Ryuji groaned.
"Huh? Yusuke, did you have school too?" Nora asked.
"I'm doing laundry, so these are the only clothes I had had to wear." Yusuke replied.
"You really should buy a couple more outfits..." Ann suggested.
"Come now, we didn't gather here to make small talk, now did we?" Makoto reminded. "Let's get back to Alibaba's case."
"Well then, I'll start." Morgana declared. "It looks like Futaba was listening in on Leblanc." He explained.
"Why would she want to listen in on the cafe for?" Jaune questioned.
"Could it be because that she wanted to check up on Mr. Sakura? He is family to her." Ren assumed.
"I have no idea." Morgana shook his head.
"Just like the boss said, she's a tough nut to crack." Yang commented.
"But her hacking skill will be absolutely necessary if we're to stand up against Medjed. We might be able to identify who the enemy is." Weiss included.
"We'll have to trust her on this. Still, the fact that Futaba has a palace? How can she have one if she's not evil?" Ruby wondered.
"That doesn't matter, a Palace is the materialization of distorted cognitions brought about strong desires... That's all." Morgana explained. "It just so happens that a lot of warped people turned out evil.
"She's so young though... The pain she's gone through must be the cause of her distortion." Makoto sympathized.
"Maybe that has something to do with why she calls herself Alibaba." Ann assumes.
"I doubt it. If what Mr. Sakura said about her being socially inept being true, she probably would be embarrassed to ask us directly." Ruby theorized. "He mentioned that she is seeing and hearing things out of nowhere, right?"
"Visuals and auditory hallucinations. There's a chance those are related to some important memories she's holding. It's hard to explain... but those memories may have been warped by the distortions." Morgana guessed.
"Basically, we just gotta steal her Treasure, right?" Ryuji stated.
Morgana: "Well, yeah."
"So do we all agree about taking on Futaba's Palace?" Ann asked everyone.
"She asked us to do so, I don't think that part is an issue." Makoto agreed. "If we can heal Futaba's heart, it will not only help Boss, but she can then assist us with Medjed."
Yusuke: "I agree."
"I've been wonderin' about how Boss said 'a lot happened' after Futaba's mom died too." Ryuji agreed as well.
"I speak for my Team that we'll help however we can." Jaune and his Team agreed.
"Us too, I won't let Futaba suffer for this. You can count us in." Ruby agreed as well as her Teammates.
"Hold on a second, our investigation of her Palace may not go like anything we've done up to this point. Having an individual ask you to steal their heart is an extremely irregular case." Morgana explained. "There's no telling what the Palace ruler's disposition will be like or the distortion that'll be there. And that's nothing like Gaius's Palace, as it was Lord Byakko's doing."
"I know we may be running into some unforeseen situations, but we're sure about this." Ruby declared.
"Yeah, let's do this." Akira agrees.
"All right. Let's just make sure we're cautious." Morgana followed.
"Well, let's get crackin' on those keywords, huh?" Ryuji suggested.
"The ones we have at the moment are 'Futaba Sakura' and 'Sojiro Sakura's house.'" Makoto explained.
"So we have the 'who' and the 'where,' so that left us with 'what,' correct?" Pyrrha pointed out.
"Let us try going to their house first." Yusuke suggested.
"Wha- don't tell me we have to intrude into his house again...?" Weiss groaned.
"Boss is busy running the cafe, isn't he? We should make sure he doesn't suspect anything." Ann included despite Weiss's protest. Eventually they left the shop for the Sakura residence.
8/06 Sakura Residence Daytime
They now outside their residence as the group were checking the last keyword to use... No keywords found yet. "She's a shut-in, so we just gotta figure out 'what' she thinks her house is." Ryuji assumed.
"If she can't get out, maybe a prison?" Blake guessed.
"Conditions have not been met." The MetaNav stated.
"Perhaps a labyrinth with an unknown exit?" Makoto guessed.
"Conditions have not been met." The MetaNav stated again.
"Hmm... Maybe an oasis?" Ann guessed.
"Conditions have not been met." The MetaNav repeated.
"Oh! How about school!" Nora guessed and yet...
"Conditions have not been met." The MetaNav stated, as Nora frowned.
"Nothing so far. In that case, how about hell?" Yusuke guessed.
"Conditions have not been met." The MetaNav repeated.
"We don't have nearly enough clues..." Weiss sighed.
"You think we could ask directly?" Yang wondered as she open the unlocked gate.
"Seriously? But what will we say to get in?" Weiss asked.
"Whaddya mean? We're sneakin' in." Ryuji told her.
"You have to be joking." Makoto stated. "Won't the door be locked this time?" She asked.
But then Ruby open the door. "I think he forgot to lock it... again..." She mentioned. "Morgana, do you know where her room is?" She asked.
"I'm confident that I know where her room is, just follow me." Morgana said as he jumped off the wall, walking into the house.
"But what if we run into Mr. Sakura? There's no way we'll be able to avoid his questions this time." Weiss protest.
"He's at work now, so I think we should be fine." Ann rest assured.
"You both havin' cold feet? It'll be fine. We've gone through loads of shit like this already." Ryuji agreed.
"Yeah, just nothing illegal on our part, though..." Jaune included as they entered the house, leaving Weiss and Makoto outside.
"... This is our only choice, right?" Maktoto wondered as she and Weiss reluctantly followed suit.
Morgana led they group into the house and guided them through the tight hallways until they reached a door with "DO NOT ENTER" and "CAUTION" signs posted on. "This is Futaba's room." Morgana stated.
"Futaba-chan? You're in there, right?" Makoto knocked on her door with no response.
"There's no answer. Should we knock harder?" Nora suggested as everyone else advised against her.
"Futaba-chan, are you there? I'm sorry for being startled and screaming yesterday. It was so dark that I got scared." Makoto apologized, but she didn't answered.
"No reaction whatsoever." Yusuke commented.
"Well this is going to be difficult." Weiss scoffed.
"Think I can try?" Ruby suggested as she step forward in Makoto's place. "Hello, Alibaba?" She called out, but moment's later her scroll rung up.
"Is that... Futaba calling?" Makoto asked.
"Why are you here?" Futaba questioned in text message.
"Why's she only reacting to that name?" Morgana asked.
"You're Futaba Sakura, aren't you?" Makoto asked, but no reply.
"She's not responding to that name again? Does she not like us calling her that?" Blake assumed.
"We don't have time to dally around. We need her keyword before dealing with Alibaba's identity." Morgana exclaimed.
"Hang on a sec..." Ruby said as she approached the door. "Alibaba, we want to learn more about you. If we don't do so, we can't steal your heart. The fact that you contacted us is the fact we are committing to our cause. Besides, we came here because we need the keyword to enter your Palace." She explained.
"That's why we wanted to talk with Futaba Sakura herself, and not Alibaba." Makoto added as Futaba responded with silence. "You don't have to show yourself. Just answer some questions for us. Text messages are fine." She assured.
"Ok." Futaba, under the alias, Alibaba, agreed on the text.
"Our member, the girl you hack her scroll, Ruby Rose, wants to speak with you." Makoto explained as she turns to Ruby. "We're counting on you, Ruby-chan. Try and get a keyword out of her." She asked as Ruby nodded and begun texting.
"So what do you want to talk about?" Alibaba asked.
"Just wondering, how is living in this house to you?" Ruby asked.
"It's painful." Alibaba replied.
"Why's that? Why don't you go out?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know. I just can't leave this place. I'm going to die here." Alibaba answered.
"Wha- Die...?" Weiss stuttered.
"Wait, is she... suicidal...?" Blake wondered with concern.
"Why do you think that?" Ruby asked.
"Why? This place is my tomb." Alibaba stated.
"Tomb? You think that's it?" Jaune wondered.
"Try entering 'Tomb'" Morgana suggested.
And so Akira entered the keyword and their surrounding started to blur. "Input accepted. Searching for route to destination." The MetaNav stated, much to their surprise.
"We got it?" Yang assumed.
"Was that enough?" Alibaba asked.
"Yes. It was plenty." Makoko assured. "You haven't forgotten your promise of helping us if we complete your request, right?"
"I haven't. We made a deal." Alibaba confirmed.
"Whelp, let's hurry up and go." Nora stated as she then scooted up near Akira and press the enter key, saying; "Click."
"Nora!" They exclaimed as they were instantly teleport into the Metaverse.
8/06 Distorted Sakura Residence Daytime
The next thing thing they realized, they were in the middle of a desert.
"A desert? How...?" Pyrrha begged to wonder.
"No idea..." Ryuji replied, but then noticed their clothes hasn't changed yet. "Wait, what the- Our clothes are still the same?" He realized.
"Futaba herself is asking us to steal her heart. It'd be odd if she saw us as a threat. If she doesn't see us as an enemy, then your clothes don't change. That's how it works." Morgana explained and glared at Nora. "But more importantly, why did you activate it like that!?"
Nora: "Sorry..."
"Is that why we ended up in a desert? Where's the tomb? It's so damn hot here." Ryuji complained.
"Even though we entered from inside the house, did we manage to enter her palace?" Ren wondered.
"She must really want to keep people away from her." Makoto assumes.
"Still... this bleak feeling about this place... It's completely different than Gaius's castle." Blake mentioned.
"Uhh... are deserts like these what it feels like in Vacuo? Think we can go find where the treasure is now?" Jaune groaned from the desert heat.
"Is it that way?" Morgana pointed at a shining glint of light in a far distant.
"Oh yeah, there's somethin' shiny." Ryuji noticed as well.
"Hm... a tomb in a desert... make sense." Weiss nodded.
"So... don't tell me we're gonna walk there?" Yang wondered.
"Yeah, isn't it pretty far?" Ann agreed in a similar expression.
"Of course not! My paws would get burned!" Morgana exclaimed as he cleared away from the group and then transformed into a van with his cat aspects attached to it.
"What the... Morgana!?" Ruby staggered by surprise, much to the other Huntsmen Students as well.
"You're.. a car!? How are you a car!?" Jaune exclaimed his question.
"This comes from the way cognition materializes in the Metaverse, plus a bit of extra training. It's not dissimilar to how you guys transform." Morgana explains.
"Um... turning into a car is totally different than our clothes changing." Blake pointed out baffled expression.
"Yeah, I said same thing when we saw that." Ryuji mentioned as the Student Huntsmen took a closer look at Morgana's vehicle form.
"For some reason, 'cats turning into buses' is an extremely widespread cognition among the general public." Morgana added.
"That's so cool!" Ruby stated with glee as she inspected inside the car.
"Wait, why didn't you do this at Gaius's Palace!? It would've save us a lot of time!" Weiss exclaimed.
"I would have if I could!" Morgana retorted. "But that palace was cramped, I can't fit all of you guys, and there's no way to fit myself into some portrait!"
Ruby got into the driver seat and pressed random button and flipped switches to start him up, making him purr as the supposed engine started up. "Whelp, whatever works!" She declared as her friends were about to stop until she hit Jaune by accident, punting him away. "Um... how do I control this...?"
"Owww...!" Jaune wailed in pain.
"No one taught her how to drive, right...?" Ann wondered.
"Let me steer." Makoto suggested with a sigh as Ruby switched seats.
The group managed to fit the Phantom Thieves and Team RWBY, leaving no space for Team JNPR. "Oh crud, are the seats filled?" Nora asked.
"Hey Mona, can't you stretch bus further?" Ryuji asked.
"This is the only form I can transform into, I can't 'stetch' it any further!" Morgana retorted.
"Seriously? So then how are the rest of us over there?" Nora asked.
They wondered for a bit until Jaune had a solution. "I think I have an idea. We're still in the Metaverse, right?" He mentioned.
Morgana: "Pretty much, why?"
"Odin, horse-mode!" Jaune declared, summoning his Persona as it took its form of the mechanical steed.
"That's right! Your Persona can do that." Pyrrha exclaimed as Team JNPR climbed onto Odin.
"Okay then, to the tomb!" Ruby declared as they begun their travel towards their destination.
"I've been waiting for this!" Yusuke agreed.
*Going through the Scorching Desert
The journey to their destination was nothing out of the ordinary as Team JNPR rode on horseback with Jaune somehow getting motion sickness, despite this being his idea. On the other hand, the Phantom Thieves along with Team RWBY were sweating up a storm.
"Ugh... what is with the AC...? Is it broken?" Weiss questioned.
"It's so stuffy..." Ann groaned.
"Yes, I know... But it beats opening the windows to the hot desert air." Makoto sighed.
"Say, Ann, didn't you have that mineral water you brought in with you?" Blake wondered, starting to feel parched.
"I drank it already..." Ann responded weakly as the girls sighed in response, excluding Ruby who was gazing out into the vast ocean of sand.
"You think Vacuo has deserts like theses?" Ruby wonders.
"Beats me... I haven't been there..." Makoto sighed. "Say, how are the guys?"
Yang looked at the guys she sitting next to as they were staring down on the girls in front with their... undergarments visible. "Huh? Hey!" She exclaimed as she knocked some sense into those three.
The car was shaking violently as Team JNPR was watching the scuffle going on inside. "Mrooowgh! Knock it off!" Morgana exclaimed.
"Looks like they're having fun." Ren speculates.
"I'm not!" Jaune groaned as his face turned slightly green.
"Morons!" Ann grunted as the guys groaned in pain as Ruby and Akira notices their destination.
"Looks like we're getting close." Ruby mentions as they approached the Tomb.
They finally reached the base of the tomb while everyone riding in the van were seating up a storm. Jaune was reliving himself out of sight.
"It's so hot..." Ann sighed.
"Morgana, what is wrong the AC!?" Weiss questioned irritatingly.
"It wasn't workin' at all! The hell was that lukewarm air about!?" Ryuji exclaimed his questioned.
"That was the best I could do, so quit your yapping!" Morgana retorted back.
"For real. You are so half-assed!" Ryuji exclaimed back as they butted heads at each other.
"What was that!? You wanna fight, punk!?" Morgana hissed.
"Agh, shut up you guys! It's already hot! Do not get me more irritated!" Yang growled with her eyes glowing red.
Soon enough, Jaune with Pyrrha holding him up returned to the group. "You feeling better, Jaune?" Ren asked.
"Yeah... at least I don't think I vomited that much... compared to the trip on the aircraft." Jaune though back.
"So this is what Futaba thinks of her Palace...?" Ruby eyed her sights before the golden ratio in front of them.
*The Days When My Mother Was There -another version-
"Hey, a pyramid's a tomb, right?" Ryuji asked.
"Yes, it's a pharaoh's tomb." Yusuke answered.
"That's how it's mostly known. There are a variety of theories on it." Makoto included. "For instance, it's even said to be a device for reviving the dead."
"Reviving the dead, huh...?" Yang pondered.
"It's beautiful nonetheless... It's perfectly conformed to the golden ratio..." Yusuke speculated.
"So... can we go inside? I don't think I can last any longer in the heat..." Blake groaned.
"Yeah, feels like I'm gonna melt." Ryuji agreed as they went in.
"To think Futaba thinks of her house..." Weiss scanned around.
"We'll find out more about her secrets in here, right?" Ann assumes.
"Indeed. Well, let's head inside." Makoto assured as they opened the door.
*The Days When My Mother Was There
As they set foot withing the interior, they felt refreshed by the cool air blown on them. "Oh wow, the AC... so refreshing...!" Jaune sighed with a sense of euphoric.
"That's delightful." Blake silently agreed.
"It may be because Futaba's room in reality has AC pumping through it." Makoto assumes.
"Either way, this is a relief." Weiss sighed with said relief.
Huh, our clothes still haven't changed even now. This has never happened to us before." Ann checked herself of her Phantom Thief outfit.
"It is refreshing that she doesn't see us as a threat... but we are completely surround by walls." Ren scanned the surroundings.
"I guess this is a tomb... It's probably not made to be easy to get into." Morgana agrees.
"Anyways, let's check this place out." Ruby suggested as they climbed up stairs upwards. Jumping on pillars of sands below followed by a grand set of stairs going afar.
"Those stairs go pretty far." Jaune remarked.
"Oh my god, there's way too many...!" Nora groaned.
"For real!" Ryuji grunted in a similar manner.
"Don't ask for too much. You guys should be happy we're not being attacked as we ascend." Morgana retorted as he then took a whiff of something he likes as his eyes sparkled. "More importantly, I can totally sense the Treasure ahead! We're getting pretty close now!" He mentioned.
"Well that seems easier than I though." Yang chuckled.
"Then these stairs should lead us to the heart of the pyramid?" Blake assumes.
"Hmm... I wonder if that's where the Treasure waits..." Ruby wonders as she leads the group upstairs.
"Man, no enemies or nothing? I'm all for shit like this." Ryuji commented.
"You think it's because she's not a criminal?" Ruby guesses.
"She did welcome us here, after all." Morgana reassured.
"Don't let your guard down everyone, This is a pyramid, so there may be traps." Makoto reminded.
"So this is the mystique of a bygone era... The real thing surpasses any picture." Yusuke commented on his further speculation.
"I don't think you can call this the real thing..." Makoto doubted.
As they approached the end of the stairway, they eventually come across a young faunus girl with cat ears before them, wearing a pair of large black circular glasses, clothes of Egyptian fashion; sleeveless top made of wraps that also covers her neck and exposes her midriff and a white floor-length skirt along with wraps that connect to her bracelets and upper armpieces, and a golden headpiece that has a snake in the front and bares the top of her head along with red jewels.
"Is she who we think she is?" Akira asked.
"That's Futaba's Shadow. It isn't really her." Morgana confirmed.
"Oh yeah, you've seen her face. True, this one kinda dressed like a queen." Ryuji agreed.
"Holy cats, she looks so cute! That get-up is so unique!" Ruby squealed with delight.
"So you're Futaba Sakura." Makoto realized as Shadow Futaba glared back at them.
"So... where is the treasure you want us to take?" Nora asked as she approaches her, but say says nothing in response.
"It is doubtful that you wouldn't know where it is." Pyrrha added.
"Hey, say something." Ryuji demanded.
"Hey, hey, don't be like that! You sound more of a bully if you keep that up!" Ruby mentioned as she stood between him and Futaba's Shadow. "Let me try." She suggested. *Ahem*-
"Those who plunder my tomb, why have you come?" Shadow Futaba questioned before Ruby said her piece.
Ann: "She talked... but..."
"What are you sayin'? You wanted us to steal it right?" Ryuji recalled.
"If you believe you can steal it, then try as you might." Shadow Futaba declared with dissident.
"That's rather defiant sounding." Morgana mentioned.
"You think that's one of those 'tsundere' thing where someone is harsh or sweet depending on the mood?" Ren wonders.
"Wait... Morgana, you think her Shadow isn't informed of what her real self asked us to do?" Ruby mentioned.
"I think that's correct. The Futaba in reality can't possibly know about what happens here and visa-versa. A Shadow is the true self that is suppressed, a side of one's personality they don't want to see." Morgana explained.
"Considering the state that my Palace is in... there's no way that you can steal it." Shadow Futaba stated.
"Why is that?" Ruby asked as distorted voice rung all around the group.
"Creepy child!
"You killed her!"
"You're a plague!"
"W-What are these voices?" Jaune questioned as the group looked around.
Just then, Shadow Futaba collapsed on the ground as Ruby went to aid her. "Hey, hey, Futaba, you okay?" Ruby asked as the voice continues to ring out.
"Murderer!"
"Why don't you say something!?"
"Murderer?" Blake muttered.
"You're the one who killed her!"
"It's all your fault!"
"This is horrible..." Ann said.
"What the hell!? What is this?" Yang growled in anger.
"Don't come near me!"
"Don't just stand there, say something!"
"It's your fault!"
"Murderer!"
As the voices echoed their outrage, Shadow Futaba stood up and started to fade out. "Futaba?" Ruby asked.
"... That's right. I did it." Shadow Futaba declared as the students turned their head back to Shadow Futaba. "I am the one who killed my mother."
Then all of a sudden, they heard a roar that shook the ground. "What was that!?" Weiss questioned as they all looked around for the enemy.
"My mother exists here. I will remain here. I will do so until I die." Shadow Futaba stated.
"Futaba! Huh!?" Ruby exclaimed as blue flames burst out from the students as their Phantom Thief outfits, excluding Nora.
"What the- guys! Your clothes!" Nora exclaimed.
"Does that mean she sees us as a threat? What's going on!?" Blake, now as Saber, questioned as the building shook once more.
8/06 Sakura Residence Daytime
Back in Futaba's room in reality, Futaba is currently on her computer until she heard voices again. "This... again..." She fidgeted as she covers her cat ears.
"You killed her!"
"You're a plague!"
"Murderer!"
"Why don't you say something!?"
The voices rang loudly as Futaba muttered to herself. "That's right... I killed Mom. I don't deserve to be alive..." She stated with heavy breaths. "This place is a tomb... I'll die here..."
"That's right, die!"
"Don't come near me!"
"Don't just stand there, say something!"
"It's your fault!"
Moments after the voices faded away, Futaba shook her head in denial. "No...! Someone help me..." She whimpered.
8/06 Distorted Sakura Residence Daytime
The building was still shaking with the students still in confusion. "This is bad! I'm having a hard time getting a grasp of our situation." Queen stated
"We need regroup and-" Rook tried to suggest something but was interrupted by an incoming boulder rolling their way. "Oh crap, RUN!" He exclaimed as they did.
They continued to sprint down the stairs until the boulder was right on top of the huntsmen. "Rook!" Freya exclaimed as she pushed her partner aside along with Lotus and Nora jumping out of the way as well, just as Team RWBY did ducking under from the other side.
The rest of the Phantom Thieves sprinted until they managed to reach cover far down the stairs as the boulder dropped into the sandy pit below, breaking the pillars that allowed them a passageway.
"Ugh... that was close!" Rouge stuttered as doors behind them started to close up.
"We're gonna get trapped if we linger! Move!" Rook exclaimed as they tried to rush towards the rest of their group but was cut-off as the last door closed upon the Huntsmen. "No!"
"Guys!" Joker called out to them as they approached the now closed door "Are you guys okay?"
"Yeah, we're fine, but the door's locked." Rouge responded from the other side.
"Great, now what...?" Skull groaned.
"Well... considering we've been locked from the inside I don't supposed we wait this out, can we?" Lotus assumes as Nora and Blaze tries to pound the door open to no avail.
"We'll find a way inside from here. Can you guys sit tight for now?" Mona suggested.
"It's not like we have a choice in the matter..." Blanc sighed.
"Thinkin' we need to find a key? No point sittin' around, though. Whaddya wanna do, Joker?" Skull asked.
"We'll have to figure out a way to open the door. Maybe find a key or look for another entrance." Joker suggested.
"Not a bad idea. We'll head out and search the area outside, see if we can find a way around." Morgana suggested.
"Ok. Good luck you guys!" Rouge confirmed as they wondered what to do next.
"So we just hang back? I guess I'm cool with that." Jaune agreed as Rouge walked up the stairs until she sees a door.
"Say, guys, why don't we check the area out for a bit?" Rouge suggested as she pulls a level to the side of the door opening. "I mean... we're not really going anywhere with the doors locked."
"Perhaps we can scout the rooms while the others find a key then?" Saber agreed.
"It's not like we have anything else to do than wait." Blanc followed.
"I guess why not." Rook agreed alongside his Team.
"Alright, let's go!" Blaze stated with a fist-pump as their group decided to check the rooms.
While the Student Huntsmen decides to wait for them, the Phantom Thieves decided to head outside until Shadow Futaba hollered to them. "Are you leaving?" She asked as they turned around to see her. "Let's talk for a moment." She asked as they returned to her. "You all are so persistent. Are you that determined to steal my treasure?" She asked.
"We're only here 'cause we gotta be! I can't believe you tried to drop a boulder on us!" Skull complained. "You want us to steal your Treasure or not?"
"Hm, why don't we make a deal? You wish to proceed further, yes?" Shadow Futaba assumed. "There is a town nearby. I would like you to take back that which the bandit there stole from me."
"Oh yeah, I think I remember seeing a town on the way here." Panther mentioned.
"If you bring what was stolen from me, I will give you a reward. I'll even tell you how to proceed." Her Shadow added.
"Can't you tell us any more details? Anything about this bandit, or what was stolen?" Queen inquired.
"You'll learn all the information you need to know once you arrived." Shadow Futaba stated as Makoto reluctantly nodded.
"... I guess we'll have to head outside if we want to go to the town." Joker suggested as he turns and leaves the temple along with his group. Shadow Futaba looks back at the door where the Student Huntsmen were trapped in.
The Student Huntsmen traversed the corridors and then entered another room to find Shadow Futaba expecting them to show up. "Futaba?" Rouge said with surprise as they approached her.
"You know, that wasn't very nice dropping that boulder on us. What were you thinking!?" Blanc questioned.
"You're all resourceful enough to evade death. I have confidence that you would all survive." Shadow Futaba assured, despite the protest from the students.
"Futaba, we're only helping you because we want to. The others are finding their way back in so we can all help you. Is... there a reason that you're trying to kill us?" Blaze asked, yet Shadow Futaba evaded the question.
"I sent your 'other' friends to another place to assist. But if you are that determined, then follow me." Shadow Futaba commanded as she walked into another open room.
As they proceeded to follow her, she vanished from their sight as rook stepped further enough to trigger spikes from the floor. Rook squealed as Freya manage to pull him out before the spikes even hit him. "Th-That was close!" He exclaimed in horror.
"Seriously! Is she trying to kill us!?" Nora questioned.
Rouge inspected the room from behind the floor spikes. "I don't think so, I think she's trying to lead us into this room where we need to go into." She assumes. She sees a beam of light shining on a reflective mirror that's diverting the beam to the right wall. "I think there's some significance in this room."
"Hey, who's there!?" A Shadow exclaimed as the group hid behind cover as the Shadow entered the same hall where the group were.
The Persona users stepped back before the Shadow faced towards them and walked into their direction. "Well then, our first encounter in her Palace..." Rouge confirmed.
"Unless we can do something about this trap, we won't be able to proceed." Freya mentioned.
"There's still a path going further that way, maybe Rouge is on to something?" Lotus assumes.
"As expected. We are raiding a tomb after all. Shall we?" Blanc suggested as Team RWBY surprised the Shadow with Rouge slicing its mask off, commencing a battle.
*Last Surprise
Soon a Slithering Snakewoman and a Bearer of the Scales takes form before them. one of them immediately casts Maragion on them staggering Blanc of her feet followed by inflicting Ominous Words upon Rook, causing him to feel really depressed. "Rook? Rook! Snap out of it!" Rouge exclaimed.
"Am... am I even capable...?" Rook staggered with depression.
"He doesn't look good. Let me try something!" Lotus suggested as he summon Ravana casting Energy Drop, refreshing his teammate.
"Gwah! That... I though I was gonna pass out!" Rook staggered.
"Focus Rook!" Blanc exclaimed while blasting a Bufula on the Slithering Snake Shadow, downing it by its weakness. "Blaze!" She turned to her as she Baton Passed.
"Got it!" Blaze high-fived her back as she lunged towards the Bearer of the Scales. She launched multiple punches and jabs consecutively as she stepped back to launch a Agilao from her gauntlets, striking a critical hit on the Shadow. "The bad guys are down! Let's pummel them!" Blaze declared as they all agreed on an All-out Attack. A comical smoke erupted as all eight of the Huntsmen charged in, eventually jumped out from the smoke to reveal the a wounded slithering Snake remaining. "She's still standing?" She baffled.
"I guess she did took enough damage." Rouge assumed as she swapped her Persona to shoot a Bufu at the Shadow, downing it before it even got back up.
*Talk
As the group surrounds and points their range-weapons at the Shadow, the Slithering Snakewoman staggered with fear. "H-hey now, there no need to point that at me, dear, I yield!" The Shadow begged. "I implore you! Please spare my life!"
"Wha... is it seriously begging us?" Blanc questioned.
"Didn't Mona said that these Shadows are born from human hearts? I think we can talk to them." Rouge recalled as she spoke to the Shadow. "Look, we want to help your queen, but her state of mind isn't well. I there a way to open the doors at the staircase?" She asked.
"The staircase? You mean the Great Corridor? Well... You could check one of the murals in one of the rooms above, my dear, but there are still many shadows still to fight. You will also have to find a Rejection Gem to proceed. That's all I know." The Slithering Snakewoman mentioned while minding the other Huntsmen and their weapons.
"A Rejection Gem?" Saber repeated.
"That's all I know. Please, I rather want to keep my skin in tact." The Shadow begged.
"Well... we have some new info, I guess its all good. In fact, why not join us?" Rouge asked.
"Rouge!?" The other students questioned.
"I thank you, from the depths of my heart, for sparing m- Oh!" The Slithering Snakewoman exclaimed with surprise just as the other students pointed their weapons at her again. "I'm sorry, I remember now... I... am not a Shadow. I originated from the humans' sea of souls..." She addressed itself as her body began to fade. "My true name is Lamia, From here on forth... I am thou." That Shadow all Lamia stated as the Shadow erupts into a light and morphs into a mask; followed by flying into Rouge's face only to be pushed down again as she gained another Persona.
Thus concludes the battle.
As the the Student Huntsmen regroups, Rouge stood back up as she found the fact that gaining a Persona was a lot more annoying. "On the bright side, you got a new friend." Blaze gave a thumbs up, despite Rouge's annoyed expression.
"At least we got some new info. Those mural and a Rejection Gem?" Saber deduced.
"We'll have to investigate further don't we?" Freya suggested as they nodded.
They proceeded down the hallways and up the stairs as they entered a room with a pool of sand below, they also noticed something glowing on the center island. "There's something shining. Is it the gem the Shadow mentioned?
"One way to find out." Lotus agreed as they reach the island. They see a dog statue holding a green glowing orb in its hand. "There's also an inscription on the slab next to it." He mentioned as Rook to a closer look.
"It says... Any who attempts to steal gem shall be cursed..." Rook read out loud which made the group felt unsure, excluding Nora.
"Well we can't let this 'curse' get to us. If it can help us get through, it's better to 'borrow' it." Nora suggested as she held the gem inscribed "Rejection Gem" in her hand with everyone staggered with surprise. "See? No sweat!"
"And I though Blaze is more less cautions..." Blanc sighed as Blaze responded with a chuckle.
They then proceeded to the next room but was blocked off by streams of arrows shooting from wall as they got closer. "Whoa! Is... this what the curse meant!?" Rook staggered by surprise.
"So how are we gonna get pass?" Blaze wondered.
"If we had some sort of wall to cover us from those arrows, we would be able to go through..." Blanc assumes as they turned to Rook.
"... What?" The oblivious Rook asked as they soon used him and his shield to pass on through. Thankfully the arrows are flying in one direction. "Are you guys serious!?" He cried.
Passing the arrows shooting at them, they were now in front of a button with a clear view of the room with the floor spikes below. This button must be the trigger to shut off the spikes." Rouge mentioned as she pressed the button; although thing happened at first they felt a rumbling.
"It feels like the ambiance of that corridor changed somehow..." Freya noted.
Rouge hopped down as she approaches the floor spikes as everyone else jumped down as well. "Whelp, it really did shut it off. Let's go guys!" She declared as they proceeded through the room and into the corridor to the left.
They traverse the corridors up and down and fighting against the Shadows that they crossed paths with. Soon enough, they stumbled upon another dog statue like the one they saw in the last room."Another statue?" Blanc wonders as Rook inspected the inscriptions.
"... Wait, it says the same thing!" Rook exclaimed.
"Not to mention that this state isn't holding a gem. What could be the meaning of this?" Saber asked.
"Whelp, we can't really do anything, so let's investigate further in." Nora suggested They entered through a another door and the path was blocked by a stream of arrows shooting again.
"Great another trap." Blanc sighed.
"...And I rather not have be your guys' wall, thank you." Rook sighed heavily.
As they paused for a bit, Rouge had an idea. "Oh! I'll be right back!" She stated as she bolted out of the corridor, heading back to the previous room while the others wondered what she was doing but soon enough the stream of shooting arrows stopped all of a sudden. Rouge eventually returned to the group. "And that's how to lift a curse!" She chuckled with a thumbs up. "It had something to do with the gem we gotten just now."
"We won't need it, won't we?" Lotus asked. The Rejection Gem seemed to hold some significance to them.
"I hope not. Now for the button." Rouge pointed as she pressed the button that triggered as small shake in the room, dust falling in response as well, followed by a projectile zipping across as it destroyed a wall to the other side, much to the group's surprise by the loud bang. "What the!?" She staggered.
They jumped down a few floors and moved towards where the area of something happening. Smoke was coming down from one point to reveal an entrance and to the other side to see a ballista."What the... What was the point for shooting a ballista at a wall?" Blanc questioned.
"Maybe they need to break down a wall? That was definitely a little out of place..." Blaze agreed.
"Well that light reflecting in that direction has way through, so there should be something up there." Rouge assumes. the jumped onto sarcophagus to reach the floor where the beam of light is pointed at, they now arrived a in a room with the beam of light bouncing off the reflector aiming at the wall to the right'; and to their left, a blank mural.
"There's nothing in this room but the reflector and its beam of light." Lotus stated.
As they investigated the room, they eventually directed their attention to the panel next to the reflector. "Looks like a control panel. Should we try doing something with it?" Rook suggested.
"Sure, go for it." Rouge agreed as they watched Rook activate the panel. Suddenly, the mural revealed a picture with images scrambled across. What they can make out of the scrambled picture looked like Shadow Futaba and three bird-headed humanoids.
"What kind of picture is that?" Blanc questioned.
"It looks scrambled too." Saber agreed.
Rook fiddled with the control panel and notice one of the segments move. "I think this is a puzzle. I'm changing the pictures around." He motioned as he flips the pieces around. Soon enough, it displays what looks like the three bird-headed humanoids were addressing something to Shadow Futaba sitting on her throne with a bird stand behind her. "There we go."
"So what's this picture of?" Blaze wondered.
Saber took a closer look at the hieroglyph "Hmm... I think there a meaning to this mural. That guy in the suit seems to be reading something to a crying child?" She explained.
"Impressive, you got that idea from Kitaguwa?" Blanc guessed. "The emotions of the artist are often depicted in the art they make, after all."
"I get the feeling that it shows enormous amount of pain harbored in her heart." Saber added.
As they all gazed at the hieroglyph, a voice echoed around them.
"I should never have had Futaba..." An Adult Man's voice rung.
"That voice... is it coming from the mural?" Freya wondered.
"She was always such a bother... It seems you caused a great deal of trouble, Futaba-chan... She must have had some kind of maternity neurosis..." An Adult Man's stated.
Just then the reflector beam rotated it mirror 180* and pointed its beam at the mural, instantly revealing the Great Corridor as the beam of light shined onto the giant door, unlocking it at the same time.
"Hey... that door." Nora gasped with surprise.
"I take it we all got the same idea." Rook assumed.
"Based on the what we heard just now, it sounded like they were addressing a suicide note..." Saber lamented.
"Saying that to a kid...? Why would they do that to her!?" Rouge questioned with dismay.
"Well that pisses me off real bad." Blaze agreed, gritting her teeth in anger.
"Could this be what Futaba remembers of her mother's suicide?" Lotus wonders.
"How atrocious..." Freya agrees, sympathizing Futaba's plight. Even Rook and Nora were speechless.
"Well... we have our through. We may have opened the next door, but the mystery has only gotten worst." Rouge stated as looks downwards and finds a ledge to where they can jump down from. "That's convenient, look like we can jump from up here... Huh? Joker!?" She stagger when their group sees the Phantom Thieves running up the stairs. Joker turned around and looked up, beckoned by his codename to see the Student Huntsmen above them.
A/N: I think I did enough for a chapter, I had watch a playthrough in order follow the palace infiltration.
With the Volume 6 going so far. I realized something... I can finally figure out what Minato's semblance could be. (Of course, someone might have mention this before) "Anti-apathy". It isn't a cool or powerful ability, but it is a good semblance for the right job. We all saw what those Apathy Grimm are capable of and goodness that was the most scariest thing I saw in the series. But yeah, I decided to give him that semblance because it feels right to him in some way.
Akihiko's Semblance; Greased Lightning - In similar contrast to Yang's semblance, the more hits/damage he takes the more faster he can get. Not bad, right?
Remember I still have that poll up in my page whether they got to Tastumi Port Island or Yasogami. Feel free to vote before this arc ends.
PS: I think I may need to rename those previous chapters...
Anyways, with nothing else to bring up, here's a skit!
Pet Party
Down the hallway of Beacon Academy's dormitory, Ruby, Ken, and Akira were were taking their pet friends somewhere.
"Come on guys! Hurry up or we'll be late for the pet party!" Ruby declared as Zwei caught up with Koromaru.
"What is this 'pet party' about? I told you I'm not a cat!" Morgana reminded them.
"Yeah, but you can't deny the free food though." Akira reassured with a poker face.
"Hey, I heard somethin' about a pet party, what's that?" Nora asked as she walked with them.
Ken staggered to say something. "Oh, hey, Nora-senpai! Um... you know, it's a... yearly party where our animal friends can... 'CHECK UP' with on all their other animal friends... and they can get a 'SHOT' of fun while they're there." Ken ad-libbed.
"Wow! Pet Parties sounds awesome!" Nora exclaimed with excitement.
"I don't think she getting the hint..." Ruby sighed.
"Meh, I wouldn't know, I never been to a pet party before." Morgana mentioned.
"Ooh! Can I come? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeeease?" Nora begged with her eyes sparkling.
"No, look..." Ruby muttered as she whispers into Nora's ear. "I can't say where were taking them or Zwei will freak out and run away! And it takes for ever to get him back."
"Seriously? You must've said something to scare that badly... whatever it is..." Morgana scoffed.
"I know right? It's not like we're these guys to the vet!" Nora scoffed the idea, but when Nora said the vet, it literally triggered the Zwei and Koromaru, even Morgana's pupils' to shrink.
"No... no you're not serious are you...?" Morgana asked Akira, laughing in denial. Yet Akira remained silent, either by trying think of way to calm them down or that he's not denying the trip to the vet. But it was clear to him and the dogs that they were heading to the vet.
Just as Morgana was freaking out, Zwei had it worst due to a PTSD inflicting on him. He then suddenly bolted through a door breaking into the room as Jaune witness the end of the world on that side.
"Y-YOU'RE NOT TAKING ME ALIVE!" Morgana shouted as he jumped out of Akira's bag and also ran into the hole in the door that Zwei made. The chaos on the other side of the door was unimaginable.
While Nora was oblivious, Ruby and Ken face-palmed as Akira stood there baffled.
Koromaru stood the and whined as Aigis overheard him and translated. "He said 'Do I really have to go' reluctantly." She translated.
"Okay... so when should I come to the pet party?" Nora asked as the three turned to her and sweat-dropped to her ignorance.
*Wake up, Get up, Get out there - Shoji Meguro
*Alleycat - Shoji Meguro
*Going through the Scorching Desert - Shoji Meguro
*The Days When My Mother Was There -another version- - Shoji Meguro
*The Days When My Mother Was There - Shoji Meguro
*Talk - Shoji Meguro