Once Keiko, Mallory, Ryuji and Morgana got out of the castle through the ventilation shaft, they stopped near the entrance of the castle to catch their breaths.

"We got out and anyways! I don't remember changin' into this!" panted Ryuji as he straighten himself and glance down confusingly at his new outfit.

"Neither do I." said Mallory as she glance down confusingly at her new outfit as well.

"Actually, those outfits suits you two a lot. You look quite pretty in yours, Maly while you look like a dark and dangerous thug, Sakamoto-kun." said Keiko as she glance at their new outfits with an admired look and smirk on her face.

"Really? You think so, Keiko?" said Mallory as her face turned slightly red in embarrassment at Keiko's complimenting their new outfits.

"Uhh… Should we be happy about what you just said about our new outfits?" said Ryuji as he also felt a little embarrassed too. "Then again, I guess mine ain't as bad as yours or Caelum."

"… I take back what I said about your clothes, Sakamoto-kun." said Keiko in a deadpan tone of voice to Ryuji.

"Huh? Oh, come on!" said Ryuji as he scowled at Keiko.

"Too bad for you, Sakamoto." said Mallory as she smirk at Ryuji.

"Quiet, you all! Kamoshida's knights are still looking for us!" whisper Morgana slightly harshly to Keiko, Mallory and Ryuji and they immediately stay silent and listen to the voices of the knights talking and searching for them in every rooms from inside the castle until they went away to another inner part of the castle. Once they're sure that the knights are gone, they relax and resumed their conversation.

"So what's goin' on? I'm completely lost, guys…!" said Ryuji.

"I told you 2 and Madame Keiko before. When a Persona-user opposes a Palace's ruler and becomes a threat to them, this happens." explained Morgana to them as he crossed his arms over his chest. "It's to prevent you from being affected by distortions."

"Is this… a skull?" said Ryuji as he take off his mask and examined it.

"Yeah. And I think mine is some kind of white mask with flowery accents on it." said Mallory as she take off and examined her mask too.

"Both of your appearances reflects your inner selves. It's the rebel that slumbers within… Not that you'll get it like Madame Keiko while I'm sure Miss Mallory gets it." said Morgana as he smirk at Ryuji.

"Nope…" sighed Ryuji as he lowered his head and slumped his shoulders a little.

"Then stop asking questions and accept what you see for what it is." said Morgana in a slightly exasperated tone of voice to Ryuji.

"Easy for you to say." Ryuji retorted back to Morgana as he put his mask back on his face then crossed his arms over his chest before he gasped in shock when he realised something. "Wait, we're in deep shit!"

"Pipe down, Sakamoto!" snapped Mallory.

"She's right, Ryuji! Be quiet!" added Morgana.

"Calm down, you two." said Keiko calmly to both Mallory and Morgana and they calm down.

"We might've gotten away here, but we're still screwed with Kamoshida at the real school…" said Ryuji nervously to them.

"That's quite sharp of you!… For being an idiot." said Morgana in mock praise to Ryuji. "Relax, you two. The Kamoshida in reality can't possibly know about what happens here. A Shadow is the true self that is suppressed-a side of one's personality they don't want to see." added Morgana reassuringly to them.

"Is that so, Morgana?" said Mallory with a pondering look on her face.

"… So we're okay?" asked Ryuji.

"Did the Kamoshida in reality remember about the execution?" asked Morgana as he glance at Keiko.

"No, he didn't, Morgana." replied Keiko as she shake her head.

"There you have it." said Morgana smugly to them.

"I see. We're glad to hear and know that, Morgana." said Mallory gratefully to Morgana.

"All right! Now that we know that, all we gotta do is-" Ryuji began saying to both Keiko and Mallory before he got cut off by Morgana.

"Wait. I guided you all as promised. It's your turn to cooperate with me." Morgana told them and they glance down at Morgana with confused looks on their faces. "That's why I was super nice about teaching you 2 ladies and this idiot everything."

"Huh? Cooperate?" asked Ryuji in confusion to Morgana.

"Don't you guys remember? I originally came here for an investigation. I need to erase the distortion from my body and regain my real form. That's why we must delve deep into Mementos and-" replied Morgana before he got cut off by Ryuji.

"Whoa, hold on. What're you goin' on and on about? We never said anything about helpin' you out." said Ryuji in more confusion to Morgana.

"Mementos?" thought Keiko to herself about the mysterious place called "Mementos" that Morgana just told them.

"Huh? Don't tell me… Are you 2 and Madame Keiko not going to repay the hospitality that I showed you all?" said Morgana as he glance back and forth at both Ryuji and Mallory in surprise before he glance at Keiko. "And what about you, Madame Keiko? You're going to up and leave too, even though you're already part of my master plan!?"

"What? Of course I'll helped you out, Morgana. So will Maly, right?" said Isamu softly to Morgana (which make him smiled gratefully at her) before she glance at Mallory.

"Right, Keiko." said Mallory as she nodded at Keiko.

"Come on, Amamiya, Caelum! We're busy!" said Ryuji (which make Keiko scowled at him) as he scratch his head a little before he crouch down in front of Morgana. "Thanks for everything, cat. You've got guts, bein' a cat and all! See you around and let's go already, girls!" added Ryuji as he grinned at Morgana before he stood up, turned and walked swiftly away.

"Guess we'll go too, Keiko." sighed Mallory as she grabbed hold of Keiko and bring Keiko away with her after Ryuji before she could say or do anything.

"Hey! What the hell!? Ugh, seriously! Why're you all wrapping this up like everything's all hunky-dory!? Oh hell no! Get back here!…Grrr… GRAAGGGHHH!" yelled Morgana as he jumped up and down in anger at them for leaving him.

XXXX

"You've returned to the real world. Welcome back." said the robotic female voice from the app on Keiko's phone to Keiko, Mallory and Ryuji after they came out from the other world, stand and leaned their bodies against the wall inside an alleyway opposite Shujin Academy as they catch their breaths.

"…Thank god. We're back." said Ryuji in relief before he turned to glance tiredly at both Keiko and Mallory. "I dragged you two around in that castle a lot, huh?… I'm sorry, girls." said Ryuji apologetically to them.

"It's fine, Sakamoto-kun." said Keiko reassuringly to him.

"Ugh, I'm dead tired… How are you and Caelum holdin' up?" asked Ryuji concernly to them.

"I'm quite exhausted too, Sakamoto." replied Mallory quietly.

"I'm just a bit tired, Sakamoto-kun. Thanks for asking." replied Keiko.

"Me too… Man, I'm gonna sleep like a rock when I get home." said Ryuji tiredly and in agreement to both Keiko and Mallory before he grin widely at them. "But damn, if what we saw was for real, this is gonna get good. I totally remember the faces of the guys Kamoshida was treatin' like slaves. Once we find and make 'em fess up to any physical abuse, Kamoshida will be done. So… you two wanna help me look for those guys or any witnesses?" added Ryuji in a triumphant tone of voice to both Keiko and Mallory before he asked them a question.

"Alright, I'll help you out, Sakamoto-kun." said Keiko as she nodded at Ryuji.

"So do I, Sakamoto." said Mallory.

"Really!? Great! Now that's what I'm talking about." said Ryuji happily to both Keiko and Mallory before a frown look appear on his face. "Hey, uh… If you 2 are thinkin' of layin' low cause' you 2 got your records, I don't think that'll help… Everyone already knows. They totally got 2 pegged as criminals." added Ryuji as he glance sadly at them.

"But how is it that all the other students knew of our records?" asked Keiko in confusion to Ryuji.

"Yeah, how do they know about it?" asked Mallory as she crossed her arms.

"Kamoshida opened his damn mouth! that's how they all knew, Caelum!" replied Ryuji with a scowl look on his face.

"He did!?" said Keiko with a surprise look on her face.

"Why am I not surprised that he's the one who told them?" said Mallory with a shake of her head.

"No one else besides a teacher could've leaked it out that fast!" said Ryuji as he angrily crossed his arms over his chest. "It doesn't matter if it's a student or a club; that asshole just wrecks things and people that he doesn't agree with. Just like he did with me…! No one'll take anything I say seriously. Still, those rumors about him doing physical abuse on those volleyball members might be real. And after seein' Kamoshida's distorted heart-thing in person, there's no way I can just sit back!" said Ryuji with a determined look on his face to both Keiko and Mallory.

"I agreed with you, Sakamoto-kun." said Keiko.

"Neither do I, Sakamoto." said Mallory.

"In that case, we'll be countin' on each other! Don't you two worry; I'm hyped about this too!" said Ryuji excitedly to both Keiko and Mallory and they nodded to him before Keiko froze when she felt the time around her stopped and she heard a girl's voice spoke to her from within her head.

XXXX

Back in the interrogation room…

"Acting as a Phantom Thief would've been more efficient alone. You could've gone about it that way…" said Sae to Keiko as she flicked a lock of her hair behind her ear. "However, you did not. There are merits to having associates… That's what you decided. Am I wrong?" demanded Sae.

"So, what does it matter to you, Sae-san?" replied Keiko.

"Who are they? Tell me their names!" asked Sae, ignoring Keiko's words.

"I don't know, I can't remember…" replied Keiko as she looked down at her bruised hands.

"Fine. You may continue." said Sae as she leaned back in her chair.

XXXX

I am thou, thou art I…

Thou hast acquired two new vows.

They shall become the wings of rebellion

That breaketh thy chains of captivity.

With the birth of the Chariot and Aeon Personas,

I have obtained the wings of blessing

that shall lead to freedom and new power…

After the girl's voice fell silent, Keiko look up and saw 2 cards (a red, yellow and black card with the figure of a knight standing on two lions and a red, pink and black card of a woman floating above dozens of snake heads under her) appearing and floating above Mallory and Ryuji's head before they fell and landed accurately on her hand and time resumed around her.

"Okay, that was quite weird. Time stops around me and I saw 2 bizarre-looking cards appearing above Maly and Sakamoto-kun's heads before they fell on my hand. Not only that, I also felt like I just establish bonds with them. I'll be sure to ask Igor about it later." thought Keiko in confusion to herself as she quickly put the cards into her pocket just as Ryuji's stomach started growling quite loudly.

"What the? Was that your stomach, Sakamoto-kun?" said Keiko as she and Mallory glance in surprise at Ryuji.

"Oh… right. I haven't eaten anything since lunch." muttered Ryuji in slight embarrassment to both Keiko and Mallory. "It'd be weird splittin' off now, so why don't we grab a bite somewhere?" said Ryuji.

"Where, exactly?" asked Mallory.

"Just follow me, you two." replied Ryuji before he began taking them to a place in Shibuya.