10/10/2018

"So we planning to go through the third floor and be done?" Ryuji said as he talked to Akira at lunch.

"Damn right we will, We gotta get through shadow connors palace to see what we can find." Akira said feeling confidant.

"Then lets get our weapons and start going through." Minato said as the small trio agreed to the plan.

"Lets call up everyone at our usual spot, Yeah?" Ryuji said as everyone knew where to go to.

"Alright. Let's get to meetup point." Akira said as the small group agreed.

Classrom 4-B

"So tomorrow I got news for you! We won't be working, We will take a field trip to the small rumored town of Inaba!" Ms Flores said as everyone met at the meetup after school

"Trip to Inaba tomorrow, Did anyone hear about this?" Akira said as everyone looked at each other about the trip.

"So the teacher said about a trip to Inaba tomorrow." Ann said being constant on the trip.

"Inaba? That sounds oddly familiar..." Minato said to himself.

"I've been to Inaba before!" Hamuko said remembering her trip.

"I heard about it's Amagi Inn and that town was cased by an odd murderer roaming around." Makoto said as she and Sae have read magazines before.

"But we can't focus on that! We got something to deal with here..." Futaba said as everyone realized.

"Oh shit, Your right. Don't leave that palace open, Flowers might get destroyed!" Mitsuru said reminding about Flowers.

"We better make a good stop and fast!" Junpei said.

"So were here, We all ready to do this?" Ken said as everyone was healthy and ready.

"Indeed, Let's go." Akira said as everyone used their app and followed through to the shadow world.

10/10/2018 4:05 A.M. VGHQ 3F

"So, Let's finish what we have started." Joker said as everyone started from the third floor, Mitsuru called out to Flowers.

"Flowers? Flowers!?" Mitsuru yelled, No response.

"I don't hear her! Shit, They must've taken her!" Skull said as they heard an odd sound.

"REBOOTING, WAKING UP." Flowers said as she woke up.

"Oh thank god, She's still here!" Yukari sighed in relief.

"Anything happened Flowers? Something good happened?" Akihiko said to her, Joker realized something.

"Oh yeah um wer-" Joker said before being interrupted.

"YOUR BACK, I HAVE ONE PIECE OF INFO FOR YOU." Flowers said, Everyone wondered what it was.

"Whats the info you wanna say?" Juan said awaiting his response.

"I wonder if it's the enemies dying down is the thing." Panther suggested.

"Or maybe she found her keycard?" Oracle said geniusly. Mitsuru smiled at the ideas.

"That might be useful to hear." Mitsuru said hearing from the ideas.

"A DIFFERENT GROUP HAS ARRIVED HERE, ENEMIES WERE CHASING AFTER THEM." Flowers said pointing in the east direction.

"A different group!? Are they beating us to it!?" Minato said as everyone couldn't believe it.

"Let's hurry and find this group." Joker said as everyone agreed, Down the long hallways they went and ran into something strange, It was big and a different color, They jumped around in a rectangle.

"Wow, Those look pretty scary." Yukari said noticing the size of them, Juan studied them and explained.

"I know what those are... Those are FOE's." Juan said.

"FOE's? What do you mean?" Ken said at Juan, Chukya explained.

"They are very powerful shadows that can be an pain in the ass cause of them being strong." Chukya said looking at them.

"I do notice something strange about those FOE's." Fuuka noticed from the FOE's

"What is it Yamagishi?" Mitsuru said, Fuuka scanned them. She noticed suddenly.

"Those FOE's move in a certain pattern. I don't know what to do about those." Oracle explained.

"Then what do we do with them?" Hamuko said as everyone began thinking, Akihiko came up with one.

"Battle them. Best choice." Akihiko chuckled snapping his fingers.

"HELL NO! Those things look pretty fucking scary if you ask me." Minato angrily disagreed cause of the two of FOE's in one space.

"Those FOE's look like there are moving in a pattern, If you memorize it then you can avoid it no problem." Oracle smiled at Joker looked at FOE carefully.

"Aaaah! I see, They move in a rectangle." Queen said as they kept hopping around.

"Is that marking its territory? Really all it does?" Mitsuru analyzed from the FOE.

"Let's run past them and see if they noticed us." Joker said as he dashed past the two FOE's who didn't pay attention. Joker then waved as to watch themselves. Everyone got across easily. The group kept moving on, They saw another fork in the road and turned left, They then ran into a dead end.

"Ugh, Another dead end? Oh well, I can keep moving." Junpei said.

"Are you kidding? Im seriously tired from the running around with the FOE's..." Ken said panting.

"Really Ken?" Akihiko said.

"*Whimper.*" Koromaru said.

"It's seems Koromaru is out of energy too." Aigis translated.

"Alright, We can take a break." Joker said as everyone relaxed.

"So... How long have you known each other?" Skull said to Yukari.

"Wait, With who?" Yukari said raising an eyebrow, Junpei came over to listen.

"Junpei? Your friend?" Skull said.

"Oh him? He's been like that with me since middle school and he got lucky that he got a girlfriend and won't stop bragging about it, It was so annoying!" Yukari said.

"Oh come on! I barely speak with her anymore! Cause this isn't 2009!" Junpei argued.

"Oh yeah, Being a pervert at Yakushima, You wanna be the leader? Gimme a break! You really are a prick!" Yukari said angrily.

"I've changed okay!?" Junpei countered, As the two began bickering Skull crossed his arms. Panther came over.

"Huh, So thats like me and Ann." Skull said, Panther wasn't too happy though.

"Wait what!? Skull!" Panther said as she was mad at Skull.

"Whoa!? W-W-Where'd you come from Panther!?" Skull said as she began talking hard on him.

"Heh, Looks like they are great friends on getting along." Joker said at Minato.

"If you ask me, The ones I wouldn't mess with are Mitsuru and Yukari." Minato said talking about his teammates.

"My version would be Haru, Makoto and Ann." Joker said.

"Why Ann?" Minato questioned, Joker chuckled.

"She might be nice but get her on bad side, You don't wanna get whipped." Minato said, Ann looked at him, She held her whip Franziska Von karma style. Minato gulped a little.

"Yeah, Don't tick her off a ton. Thats my advice." Joker chuckled.

"Mitsuru will execute you if you don't follow her instructions, Yukari is just someone that you wouldn't bother. Especially when it comes to shadows." Minato nervously said at Yukari.

"Why is that?" Joker raised an eyebrow, Yukari began looking at Minato.

"It's...Nothing!" Minato said, Yukari glared at him as he finished.

"Okay..? Alright, Ill continue exploring." Joker said as he got up.

"Were done too, Wait up Joker!" Skull said as the group were fully rested, They defeated more shadows and dodged more FOE's. Then they came a door they come upon.

"Wow, This is an odd door." Akihiko said as he looked at the door.

"Let's just enter to get this over with." Ken sighed a little. Fuuka suddenly gasped and stopped everyone form entering.

"H-Hold on! There's some strong enemies over the other side of this door!" Fuuka said out loud. The group suddenly looked at each other in worriness.

"Oh boy, Do we have a choice?" Junpei sighed.

"Well let's charge on it. There is no way around this." Akihiko sighed in thought.

"Fine, Let's go." Joker said as he opened the door.

"All right! Get ready for some-. Huh? Where'd they go?" Skull said before realizing something. No enemies were beside them.

"Looks like they aren't here yet?" Mitsuru said. "Let's proceed with caution."

"Wait a minute! Who are they!?" Noir pointed at the group..

"Yukiko-senpai! Please! Just a little longer!" A cheerful girl said worried.

"No good, Im almost out of energy..." The long haired girl sighed.

"Then let's retreat!" Said the boy with headphones.

"But to where!? There's nowhere else to go! And I need meat!" A short hair girl said on one knee..

"Then let me do some work." A female detective said reading her gun.

"Ah!? Is that a Gun?! Wait, Could it be fake like ours?" Panther said before Junpei looked Angrily.

"What the hell are we standing around for!? Let's save them!" Junpei said before charging in.

"Iori!? Wait for us!" Mitsuru said.

"Trismegistus! Maragion!" Junpei said as he damaged some game controllers.

"Oh no! Backup!? Were so dead!" The cheerful girl said scared.

"Hell no! Were not your enemy!" Skull said. "Hold on for a while, We'll help you!

"Matador! Bufu!" Joker said as he damaged a gamecube controller.

"Artemisia! Vorpal Blade!" Mitsuru summoned as she decimated a Gameboy Controller.

"Isis! Garudyne!" Yukari said as she summoned her Persona.

"Lets dance Persona!" Chukya said as she used Ressiha on More controllers.

"Carmen! Agilao!" Panther said summoned her Persona.

"Lenan Sidhe! Garula!" Hamuko shouted for her persona.

The damages hit a Wii U console as it fainted to the ground.

"Kala-Nemi! Zionga!" Ken said as he summoned Kala-Nemi.

"Awooo!" Koromaru said as he summoned Cerberus and used Mudo.

"Goemon! Giant Slice!" Fox said as he finished the job.

"Three controllers down, One to go and then done!" Joker said.

"What on earth?" The detective said.

"Are they Persona users?" The cheerful girl said.

"Looks like it, There amazing!" The short haired girl said.

"I got no damn clue whats going on?" The skull shirted boy said as Wii controller came down.

"Last one everyone, Come on! High Pixie! Zionga!" Joker said as he changed his Personas.

"Come Carmen!" Panther said as she used Agilao, Tipping the controller.

"Isis, Myraid Arrows!" Yukari said as Isis finished it off. Everyone panted but smiled at the group.

"Whew! That takes care of that!" Panther said wiping sweat of her head.

"Yeah, Are you okay?" Yukari said asking the group.

"Yeah, Um... Hmm? Who're you guys?" The short hair girl said.

"Were the Phantom Thieves of hearts." Joker said accidentally doing the reveal.

"You moron! Stop digging our graves!" Morgana yelled at Joker angrily.

"We are SEES. We are here to exterminate Shadows." Minato said doing their reveal.

"Thats not bad at all." The boy with headphones said.

"Wait, You are the Phantom Thieves! Stop, We came to protect this person!" The detective said, Joker sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Really though?" Hamuko said shaking her head as she knew they were tired.

"You all look pretty worn out, We can help you out when we get back." Joker said.

"We can keep going, Were looking for our leader." The long hair girl said.

"No, You should head back with us. It'll be quicker." Ken stated as the group known they are worn out.

"No thanks! Sheesh!" The cheerful girl said very annoyed.

"What? You don't trust us after saving you!? Quite a rude bunch." Skull said annoying the group more.

"You better come with us." Joker said giving the warning as the group was slowly walking away.

"MORON!" Morgana said smacking Joker on the back of the head. "Now your making us look REALLY suspicious and they won't help out!"

"Forget it, They aren't helping. Lets go." The detective said as they started walking away.

"Hey Leader, Should I send a warning?" Yukari said giving him a glare.

"Go for it, Let's see if that'll change their minds." Minato smirked as the group overheard and suddenly they started begging.

"No wait! Were sorry! We'll head back!" The Detective said.

"Yeah! She's right, Lets actually head back instead of getting ourselves more killed!" The skull shirted boy said.

"Seriously, Most of us won't want you to suffer, Like your egos Right?" Skull said snickering, The cheerful girl didn't take that liking however.

Then the Cheerful girl smacked Skull in the head with a Microphone.

"OW! What was that for!?" Skull said angrily.

"Thats what you get for talking shit dude..." Junpei reminded Skull of his words.

"Listen, We can refresh you on what happened. I got a cafe to relax and work at." Joker insisted.

"Okay, A cafe where we talk? Sure." The long haired girl said.

"B-but Senpai!" The cheerful exclaimed.

"He'll have to wait, Dammit where is he?" The boy with headphones said.

"We can find him later, For now. Just head back with us and were good."

10/29/2018 5:15 P.M. Cafe Leblanc attic.

"Uh, Is this a cafe? Cause it looks like an attic." The boy with a skull shirt said.

"It is, It's where I sleep." Akira said.

"Whoa! Those clothes! They changed!" The bear costume said in surprise.

"How!? Is that a magic trick!?" The detective said.

"Shhh! Not so loud!" Minato tried to warn the group.

"Yeah! We better keep quiet or el-" Hamuko said before a voice was coming downstairs.

"Hey! What're you doing up there!? Im coming you know." Sojiro said annoyed.

"Welp, Thanks a bunch you know." Ken said looking at the group.

"As if you can't keep your mouth shut." Akihiko moaned.

"Oh, Your back... Wait, who are they?" Sojiro said before noticing the new students.

"I feel like we should talk downstairs, Its empty." Junpei said.

"Yeah, Come on! Let's go!" Yukari said with a smile.

"Alright, How did you get trapped there and what're your names?" Minato started asking the questions.

"Hold on Minato, This isn't an interrogation room!" Makoto said looking at the group.

"I guess I'll go first, I'm Youske Hanamura. A second year. I work at Junes as a customer. My Persona is capable of Wind Attacks." Youske said starting the lead.

"Junes? Oh that famous place that almost closed cause of a band?" Ann pondered.

"Crap!" Youske said.

"No, Never mind that was something else." Ann said that sighed the group.

"I guess I'm next. I'm Chie Satanoka. I love Kung Fu and Meat!" Chie said.

"Wait... Kung fu... and meat...?" Haru said in surprise.

"Yeah, My Persona is capable of Ice and Physical attacks!" Chie said happily.

"I guess I am next? I'm Yukiko Amagi, I work for the Amagi Inn. My Persona is capable of Fire and Healing spells so don't be afraid to ask for some assisstance."

"Healing Spells!? Thats just like me!" Yukari said happily.

"I'm Kanji Tatsumi, I hit hard and use Physical Skills with my Persona." Kanji said.

"Damn, He looks scary but awesome at the same time." Ryuji said happily.

"Is that it?" Makoto said.

"Do you know anything more?" Mitsuru said.

"Uh.." Kanji said before realizing. "Oh! I run a damn textile shop, So I kinda knit a lot. If your clothes are torn, Don't be shy to ask me."

"A Textile shop?" Aigis said confused.

"It's something where they knit scarves and crap." Junpei told Aigis.

"Stop telling her the abridged version!" Yukari said annoyed.

"I'm next, I am Naoto Shirogane. I am a detective that is working with the police. But they changed me so I am free a lot of the time, My Persona is capable of using Almighty skills and Curse and Light skills." Naoto said about himself.

"Capable of a Boy." Akihiko said.

"The hell are you talking about Aki? Naoto's a girl." Akira said that made Naoto a Blush.

"Wah!? A Girl!? But your wearing a guys uniform!" Akihiko stuttered.

"I'm free to wear whatever I choose!" Naoto protested.

"Im kinda surprised to hear that." Haru said.

"Damn, Get your head outta the Gutter next time." Hamuko said to Akihiko.

"I guess I'm next, I'm Rise Kujikawa... Um, Are you okay?" Rise said as Ryuji had a surprised look on his face.

"Okay..? Huh? NO! Ryuji don't start! If you do, Go outside and Say it!" Akira said in anger.

"But dude! That's Risette!" Ryuji tried to equally match.

"But the time for Idol introduction and Autographs can wait! We made a deadline!" Makoto said angrily.

"Shall I execute you as punishment for talking back at our leader?" Mitsuru said with a blue aura around her.

"Yikes! Her Persona is about to Pop!" Ken said.

"Hey, Thats almost like Yukiko." Youske said..

"Now how did you get in that situation? And which one of you is the leader?"

"None of us, He split up with us." Naoto sighed.

"What was his name?" Hamuko questioned.

"Yu Narukami, Gray hair, Same Uniform as us but he's a male and he wields a Persona and has a nice cousin. He lives in Inaba."

"Inaba? That railway that connects to here, Inaba and Tatsumi Port Island? That Railway?" Akira said to the others.

"Yes, that kind of railway." Minato said to Akira.

"So you have a leader also... From Inaba?" Hamuko said as her head was spinning in circles.

"He also has a cousin on Nanako-Chan." Naoto stated.

"Nana-Chan?" Ken asked confused.

"Oh! So thats who the cousin is! Nanako!" Futaba realized.

"You want to meet some strangers daughter?" Sojiro said.

"If I am around then she can." Akira said.

"You're all pooped out from that world yeah? I can take you back." Minato said.

"Let me go also. I want to know about Inaba." Aigis said.

"Aigis... You okay without a uniform? People might get suspicious and..." Hamuko said trying to push Aigis back.

"No, I will be okay. I promise." Aigis said, Mitsuru still looked at the group.

"Still, How'd you get trapped there?" Mitsuru asked the group.

"We were actually minding our own business when suddenly a weird shockwave happened and we checked out the other world, We wanted to go in, But we lost Senpai.. So we searched the palace and got ourselves in a bit of a bind." Naoto said going about the story.

"Ooooh. I see, Is it just like us?" Akihiko said.

"You all wear Yasogami uniforms, Do you go to the same school with us?" Minato said nodding his head.

"Yes, this is what we are wearing to go into dungeons but we are regularly somewhat of a small group." Youske sighed.

"Hey, That bear costume... Whats it used for Teddie?" Morgana asked Teddie.

"Its for fighting shadows, But I am human on the inside." Teddie explained, Morgana felt down a little.

"Human!? Thats crazy! ...If I wish I saw my inner self life this, Then I would have the truth." Morgana sighed.

"That's... I havaraghahhh." Akira started sputtering words.

"We should take them back." Makoto said.

"Are you sure?" Chie said knowing it's not safe to leave their leader behind.

"Yes, Worn out and missing someone ain't good, Let's just do that." Yukiko said being worried for their leader.

"It's best if we can help them." Hamuko said, The small group nodded.

"If you help us, We can do the same thing in return." Youske said as they agreed.

"Thats a deal we can't forget." Minato said as the group began to form as an alliance.

"Fine. I don't feel comfy with people stalking us." Akira moaned as he remembered what happened earlier.

"Right, We better take you back to Inaba." Makoto said as Mitsuru promised to make them safe.

"Come along, It won't hurt." Mitsuru said as the I.T left with them back to Inaba. They made new friends as the squad was now at 27 members. But they were missing one more as they each headed to bed for the next morning on a trip to Inaba.

END OF CHAPTER 20