?/?/? Velvet Room
"Ugh... Wait back here in the Velvet room?" Akira said waking up to the sound of the train tracks going along in the Velvet room train car.
"We were waiting for you. The news is here at last." Lavenza said to Akira, He quickly sat down on the chair.
"How marvelous! We have all the guests in our situation." Igor said with his smile.
"Igor? Whats going on?" Minato said raising an eyebrow.
"You have all reached one another, It is amazing indeed." Igor said.
"Yes, All four of you have met each other. The wild cards has reached its maximum place." Elizabeth pointed out.
"There is one thing to be prepared of..." Igor said at the three.
"Huh? And what is that Igor?" Hamuko said.
"Once you reached the maximum friendship of the others, Then you will be able to create the golden card of the three powers, Death, Truth and Rebellion." Theodore said amazingly.
"Wow." Akira replied with an amazed tone.
"With it, You will always have your persona at it's max rank. And form big bonds. You have the power to dig deep and find the time you reach and use when it is the right time." Igor finished what Theodore said.
"Wow!" Minato said amazed in a while.
"Yeah, Don't be afraid of getting left behind. Everyone is there for each other." Marie said.
"Marie, Please be more Realistic..." Said the Velvet attendant with long hair.
"Who are you?" Minato said looking at her.
"Im Margaret, One of the four velvet attendants here, And Marie's here also." Margaret said as she introduced herself.
"Yeah, Whatever." Marie insisted, The bell rang around the room.
"Ah! The bell again!" Akira said.
"Well, It seems the time is up again. Don't be alarmed, You will be summoned here soon." Igor said as he happily chuckled.
"Ah! Igor!? Wait!" Hamuko said, But she couldn't reach them as the dream ended.
8:21 A.M. Cafe Leblanc Attic.
"Aah!? The velvet room? Wait what? But how?" Akira said waking up again, Morgana looked at Akira with a concerned face.
"Something wrong again? You had another dream where you got startled like me." Morgana said as he began to stretch to get going.
"It's this Velvet Room thing! I get to see many attendants. But why?" Akira said being flustered.
"We should find out soon enough." Morgana said, Akira knew what was going on.
"Right, We gotta head off to the school!" Akira said.
"You know what they say. 'The early bird gets the worm!' Forgive what I said okay?" Morgana joked, But Akira was not amused by it.
"Okay... But what about Narukami?" Akira said being concerned.
"I don't know. But we'll see soon." Morgana said to his leader.
"Let's find out if he's back or not, The wounds are troublesome." Akira said as he left for the subway monorail to his School.
9:23 A.M. School gate.
"I hope Senpai is back..." Rise said being slightly worried.
"Lets find out soon Rise-San." Naoto said cheering up the teen idol.
"Huh? Hold on..." Akira said as he saw a Gray hair boy waving at someone.
"Hey! Look over there!" Ryuji said pointing at the boy.
"No way, Is he actually back?" Yusuke said noticing someone, It was Yu narukami!
"Over here guys!" Yu waved at the group. They ran over too see him
"Senpai! Your back at our school!" Rise said hugging Yu.
"Yeah, Its about time I reveal my name." Yu said, Minato sighed.
"We already know." Haru said.
"Im Yu Narukami, I kinda got myself in that bad situation. Im sorry and I owe it to you." Yu introduced himself again.
"Yeah and we didn't want to hear you dipshit. We already know." Akira said being annoyed.
"Wait what?" Yu said being surprised on being interrupted.
"Yeah, Your friends tell us about you. Where the hell else would they have done it?" Junpei said as Yu crossed his arms.
"Oh damn... Well can we just finish what we wanted to start?" Yu said. Akira didn't know about it.
"Are you alright with that? What about the wounds?" Akira noticing his wounds were still there.
"Wounds? Screw those damn things, I can keep my ass going. Let's just try to finish them." Yu said refusing to back down.
"I don't know, We saw those wounds and you want to keep going?" Hamuko said being there for Narukami.
"Just a couple of bandages was needed. Nothing bad." Yu said as he showed his wounds were gone.
"Huh, Thats not bad at all. Oh well." Minato said as Yu rolled back his sleeve.
"So can we do what we do and go inside that odd palace thingy and get our revenge for earlier?" Junpei said as Yu nodded.
"If you suggest, I would hope you would heal your wounds a bit more. You almost were dead." Akira said looking at him.
"But I am still walking, Thats not a problem." Yu said.
"That is true, I don't know about rushing in and all that stuff." Kanji said.
"Then I will stay behind you and battle with my friends." Morgana said from within the bag.
"And keep it like and never run off dude." Youske warned Narukami.
"Okay Youske." Yu said being more serious.
"Good, We don't want things like that again." Hamuko said as Akira came over and looked at Yu for a more better question.
"I heard enemies about the boss saying he can fight forever, Do you have any suggestions?" Akira said about the words he remembered, Yu just shook his head.
"No, Do you?" Yu said.
"I thought there was a tank we could break or a supply line we can easily cut." Akira said to Yu, He nodded.
"Good ideas. She is smarter than some girls on this team you know?"
"You take that back!" Naoto said glaring at Youske.
"Okay, Maybe except Naoto..." Youske said, Naoto backed off.
"Alright then, You can probably help us Narukami."
"Sure! I am a wild card like you three." Yu said.
"How do you know were Wild Cards?" Hamuko said at him.
"I sensed you. Are we under the same blue butterfly thing?"
"I believe so, What are your Personas?" Akira said, Yu then said them.
"My personas? Well I got are: Izanagi, Legion, Hua Po, Jack Frost, Ganga and Yaksini." Yu said explaining his Personas.
"Nice!" Minato said in amazment.
"Don't say that in front of other people! They think you'll be weird!" Yukari said as people were staring at Yu.
"Sorry, But we ready?" Yu said to the group.
"Yeah, Its normally after the school that we do our thing." Futaba said.
"Okay, Guess we all have something in common." Kanji said being nice.
"Were also helping someone, It's too find their purpose." Ann said, Yu slightly understood.
"Oh really? Then let us help too." Naoto said, Everyone was ready.
"Sure, Lets do this. Lets stop Shadow Connor." Makoto said as everyone agreed.
"Righty on. Lets do it!" Chie said in happiness.
3:56 P.M. VGHQ 4F
"Flowers. Were back again!" Joker said, Flowers came out.
"We got our friends all ready. Hey you can come out now." Juan said as Flowers suddenly came out with a Pink color on her.
"HUH? OKAY." Flowers said peeking out of her hiding spot.
"I wonder, Why are you shy so suddenly? You keep on hiding." Hamuko began thinking, Minato began murmuring.
"Cause she doesn't want to be in danger. And she is kinda nice."
"I wonder, Aigis can you communicate to Flowers? Like a bond?" Minato said, Aigis nodded.
"Yes, It is possible for me to do so." Aigis said.
"Then please try to communicate." Minato said as Aigis took the command.
"Got it Minato-San." Aigis said as she came to flowers.
"AIGIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Flowers said as Aigis smiled.
"I want to communicate, Can you share your data to me?" Aigis said nicely to Flowers.
"She wants to share her Power with you. Please do it Flowers." Minato said to her.
"Please.. We can form the bond together." Hamuko pleaded Flowers.
"A bond?" Juan said confused on what he heard.
"Juan, It is best to have with friends." Joker said to Him, He came concerned.
"Huh, Bonds..." Juan said as he began thinking.
"COMMUNICATING. NAME: AIGIS. ROLE: ANTI SHADOW WEAPON AND A MECHANICAL MAIDEN. PERSONA: ATHENA. COMMUNICATING: COMPLETE." Flowers scanned as they shared data to one to the other.
"Wow, That was fast." Yu said being amazed.
"It's nice, Its strange but I feel like she is another part for me." Aigis said feeling happy.
"Aigis..." Yukari said feeling as if she made a friend.
"Im alright, I think we got the whole palace data." Aigis said as everyone was amazed.
"You do!? Alright Aigis!" Minato said being happy for her.
"Thanks Minato-San." Aigis said getting up.
"So, Anything in this palace Aigis?" Hamuko said checking out Aigis.
"Yes, There is a safe room on the fifth floor." Aigis said as Joker smiled on what he heared.
"A safe room, Thats good to know." Joker said as he drew a map more clearly.
"Lets get moving then." Queen said as everyone moved, Mitsuru and Minato were noticing Naoto was looking at Aigis.
"Aigis is so amazing." Minato said to Naoto as she became amazed.
"Yeah, The technology is incredible! Just how!?" Naoto said studing Aigis more cleanly.
"Its a Kirijo group specialty." Mitsuru said as Naoto became more amazed.
"Specialty?" Naoto said moving closer to Aigis and looking at her with her detective skills.
"She works as a maiden and is a Persona user, Apparently she can lift enemies and take attacks. Basically almost like... A Tank?" Minato said looking at Aigis more studily.
"A Tank? Like a Tank Top?" Naoto said being more off, Minato shook his head as a No.
"No! A Tank, Military Tank." Minato said he explained what he actually was talking about, Aigis then suddenly got it as Minato facepalmed himself.
"Wow! So this is how its done?" Naoto said as she moved Aigis' right arm a little.
"Hey, Come on. Lets move on. We can find out more later." Oracle said as they snapped out of their conversation.
"Sorry! We'll get going!" Naoto said as they advanced to the fifth floor.
VGHQ 5F
The group has entered a room that was dim lighted and it was so silent. Some felt uncomfortable about what was going on.
"Its so silent that its creepy." Hamuko said as her Naginata felt shaky.
"Why is it silent? Is something going on?" Joker said as the lights began flickering.
"Uh... Why do I have a bad chill down my spine?" Junpei said, They didn't know if he was lying or not.
"Everyone! Look out! A Wave of enemies are coming! There blocking the floor to the next!" Fuuka shouted as everyone suddenly saw a large group of enemies blocking the floor to the next. Then a wave of enemies came toward them!
"Get ready, We might be here for a while!" Joker said as everyone began to fight.
"Here they come!" Minato said as everyone got their weapons ready.
"Tomoe! Black Spot!" Chie said as she blasted off some enemies
"Kala-Nemi! Hamaon!" Ken said as his Bless skill killed some of the enemies.
"Persona!" Chukya said as she used Makouga, It hit most of the enemies
"Red Riding! Maragi!" Juan said using his Persona for the first time.
"Awooo!" Koromaru said using Mudoon on some enemies, Then another wave was sent.
"Caesar! Triple Down!" Akihiko said as his Persona took out some enemies.
"Goemon! Vicious Strike!" Fox said as he teamed with Akihiko to take out enemies.
"Carmen! Tentarafoo!" Panther said as she confused some enemies with her statue aliment.
"Jiraiya! Reppu Strike!" Youske said as his persona defeated the wave.
"Konohana-Sakuya! Maragi also!" Yukiko said as she finished the second wave. A third wave was large and was sent!
"Isis! Magarula!" Yukari said as her Persona swooped out of the way and started taking out enemies one by one.
"Zorro! Arrow Rain!" Mona said as the enemies slowly got weaker.
"Come Izanagi! Cleave!" Yu said as his Persona swept some enemies.
"Milady! Mapsio!" Noir said as she did a chunk of damage with the enemies.
"Johanna! Mafrei!" Queen said riding her Persona, The enemies got weak suddenly.
"Athena! Assault Shot!" Aigis said summoning Athena, Assault shot did a massive chunk of damage.
"Captain Kidd! Lunge!" Skull said as his Persona barged in and finished some enemies.
"Orpheus! Maragi!" Hamuko said as her Persona began slowly wearing down the enemies.
"Arsene! Maeiga!" Joker said as the wave suddenly died down from the attacks.
"These enemies got gradually weaker." Yukari said firing an arrow at a weak enemy.
"Do you think he is calling in reinforcements?" Minato said as no more waves came in.
"Don't know about that one. Artemisia!" Mitsuru said as she used her Persona to freeze enemies.
"She is right! Kintoki-Douji! Bufula!" Teddie said as the rest froze to death
"Take-Mikazuchi, Kill Rush!" Kanji said as his Persona left with at least five more enemies.
"Last few, Sukuna-Hikona! Megido!" Naoto said as she finished the rest of the wave with an Almighty attack.
"No more enemies?" Hamuko said as she put her Evoker back.
"No more! You cleaned them out! Good job everyone! Especially you Senpai!" Rise said being happy at Yu Narukami.
"Thanks Rise." Yu said, The room was quiet. The elevator opened.
"Yeah, Lets advance everyone!" Joker said as everyone advanced to the next floor.
VGHQ 6F
"Were finally here." Minato said looking at a Video game skull thing on the door.
"Now we can get our revenge on a certain someone." Kanji said cracking knuckles.
"This is it for us, But we can't enter yet." Joker said shaking his head.
"Wait what? Why not?" Yukiko questioned Joker.
"We got to secure a route, Then send the calling card." Skull said to Yukiko, She understood then.
"Calling Card?" Chie asked confusingly.
"Ill draw, I made our logo already." Fox said as Joker looked at it, He was not amused.
"Fox, Thats not our Phantom Thief logo." Joker said to Fox.
"I wanted to change it. Take a look, It was from the names." Fox said as Joker looked more deeper into it.
"Whoa... Amazing Fox!" Joker said, The new logo had the Phantom Thieves hat with a SEES armband on the top of the Hat and a detective glass on the right eye."
"Should we call ourself especially the Phantom SEES Investigation squad?" Noir said asking the name.
"How about just the PSI group?" Queen asked, Mitsuru nodded.
"Thats fine by me, Any objections?" Mitsuru said, Nobody objected to the offer.
"None!" Junpei said as everyone was silent.
"Then we shall send the calling card tomorrow." Joker said as everyone was excited.
"Alrighty! Time for our revenge plan to kick in!" Youske said in delight, They were ready for payback!
"Yes indeed. Lets head back everyone, Get a good rest also." Mitsuru said as everyone was ready.
"We shall!" Ken said.
"Now, Lets-a-go!" Joker said as everyone left the world and they were ready for tomorrow's big day to come.
END OF CHAPTER 23