'Persona'l Problems

Akira slowly wakes up feeling his arms and legs spread apart. He quickly looks over at his wrists and ankles seeing them tied up to the bed posts. Panicking, he tries to get out of the ropes, "W-What going on!?"

"So the cheater finally wakes up..."

"A-Ann?" He says hearing Ann's voice but it was distorted, like it was a shadow, now making him think that Ann took him to the Metaverse. But his thoughts were true when she appears in her rebel outfit, "Ann!? Why are we in the Metaverse and why am I tied up!?"

*CRACK*

"Ow! A-Ann! What the..." Another crack interrupts him

"Don't you dare say my name! I'm going to torture you for cheating on me..." She then brings out a spiked whip, "And if you're wondering why we're in the Metaverse...It's because I can heal you consistently even when you're at the inch of death..."

Akira starts freaking out, "Ann! I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to! Please don't hurt me!"

"It's too late..." She begins whipping him and shooting him repeatedly then healing him when he starts begging for death.

After she was satisfied, she brings out Carmen, "Now burn in hell!"

"NO!" Akira quickly sits up covered in sweat and breathing heavily. He looks around seeing that he was in his room making him calm down, 'It felt so real...'"

Ann, who was holding onto him, wakes up from the force of him sitting up, "What's wrong?" She says while yawning.

Akira jumps back hearing her voice remembering the nightmare, "Y-You're not going to whip me...?"

Ann looks at him in confusion, "Um...Unless you're secretly into that...I guess I would? Did you have some kind of nightmare of me saying no to whipping you?" Now she was really confused about what he was talking about.

Akira sighs, "No...Just...having nightmares that I hurt you while I was psychotic and you started whipping me to death for it..." Of course, he had to lie about what his nightmare was really about though it was the half-truth.

She yawns and rubs her eyes awake then sits up next to him, "Geez, I don't know about whipping you to death. But like I said before, we'll snap you out of it before it gets bad."

He nods, "Yeah...You're right. Sorry for worrying you."

Ann smiles, "Of course I am, now I believe you owe me for waking me up..." She kisses him.

He lightly kisses her back but then pulls away, "M-Maybe after we talk to the group...?"

She pulls away looking at him confused because he would usually play along with her, "Oh...alright."

He smiles and kisses her cheek, "I'm sorry but we still have to focus on stopping Shido. And you'll just make me forget about that."

"Oh yeah I will!" She runs her finger along his body knowing that made him shiver, which it did, "All...night...long...hopefully."

He chuckles, "Hopefully?"

"Well yeah. Carmen says the first time doesn't last long. I asked her after they did it."

"Oh...Arsene said the same thing." He smiles, "We'll just try to make it last I guess."

"Yeah! Anyway, we should let everyone know what really happened to you so they don't have to worry. We need to hurry up and beat Shido!"

He nods, smiling, "Right. I'll message the group then." "I'm sure Makoto wouldn't come...That will make things awkward..."

Leblanc Café

After everyone arrives, Akira explains to them everything that Ann, Makoto and he discussed, "So that's basically it...I don't really remember anything after finding out about Shido. But I'm sorry with whatever I said or did while I was psychotic..." "And I am sorry as well for not trying to stop him."

Ryuji smiles, "It's not sweat, man. I thought you were just pissed off that we could have gotten that asshole earlier." "Aye, though I thought ye we be a bein' a bloody, dreadful landlubber!"

Haru smiles at Akira, "It's okay Akira-kun. Me and Yusuke were talking and you've never been that angry even when you and Ann had the fight." "I like edgy Akira. He needs to be more like that sometimes."

Yusuke nods, "But that begs to question. Who made you become psychotic and how?" He looks at Morgana, "Is it possible to have a shadow when the person has a Persona?" "Maybe Akira is an exception to this? He is able to summon different personas."

He shakes his head, "No! If Akira did have a shadow self then he wouldn't have been able to summon Arsene or any other persona." "Or maybe he is a psychopath that's just fooling us."

"Shut up, Zorro...But I agree with Mona, maybe it's Shido...He does have my mother's notes..." "That means that he could have done it..."

Akira shakes his head, "Me and Makoto talked about it and there's no reason for him to go after me. He thinks we're dead." "Even Akechi thinks we're dead as well, so there's no way for him to know."

"What if there's someone who has more power than Shido?" Ann says. "Or it could not even be human..."

Everyone but Sojiro looks at Ann and Carmen in shock

Sojiro strokes his chin in thought when Ann says that, "You may actually be right, Ann. Wakaba was trying to figure out how the Metaverse came to be. But she could never figure it out."

Morgana looks down, "Then that means there's someone who might be watching our every move..." "They may be plotting to attack us after we are done with that Shido guy!"

Akira shakes his head, "Well it seems like they are using me for something now. But why now and why did they make the Metaverse?" "Maybe we'll find out at the bottom of Mementos just like we'll hopefully find Morrigan's memory down there." "Yeah...Hopefully we get some answers..." "But I wonder if Igor knows anything about this..."

Shido's Palace

Once the group appears in the Metaverse, they all look at Akira to see if he becomes psychotic.

After a bit, Ann's the first to speak up, "Sooo, feel angry?" "I'm not seeing a scowl on his face."

Akira shakes his head, "No...I feel perfectly fine." "Then whoever did it, is being cautious now since it didn't work last time, 'm guessing?"

Ryuji nods, "That could be it! Because there ain't no way they're gonna stop us!" "Naught will stop us from kickin' that landlubber's arse!"

Makoto wasn't too sure about that, "But we should still be cautious, they might do it again when we fight Shido." "There will be no doubt that it will cause problems..."

Morgana holds his chin, "It does make Arsene stronger though. So, we could use it to our advantage." "We don't need Arsene when you have me!"

Milady sighs, "Yeah maybe instead of wasting time, like a bunch of idiots. We should actually do what we're supposed to do. We'll deal with Akira's bipolar later."

Akira sighs but then nods, "You're actually right, Milady. I already told you guys to snap me out of it and Arsene won't listen to me if I show any signs of it." "Yes, so let us be off."

Pool Deck

Dressing Room

Once they found out that one of the VIPs was on the pool deck. They tried talking to him but he wasn't interested in their talking since they were kids. So, they talked to the guests and that's when Ryuji comes up with an idea to have the girls get into a bikini and temp the Former noble.

Ryuji smiles, "So whatcha girls think? I think it's a good plan." "It sounds wrong but one o' ye lasses 'ave t' do it."

Ann glares at him, "I am so not doing that!" "But we kind of have to dear..."

Makoto sighs, "I also do not want to do this..." "Why don't we just take it away from that perv..."

Haru looks at Yusuke, "I don't feel comfortable doing this. But I will if you need me to..." "I understand why you're being a prude about it but I'm surprised about little miss Jezebel there isn't doing it."

Yusuke looks down, "I am not going to force you to do something you are not comfortable with. I had down that with Ann and I regret that." "I would not want to force a woman into this either."

Futaba shakes her head, "I'm not showing off my body for anyone. So, I'm a no go." "This is so creepy..."

Morgana looks at the girls, "One of you has to do it! Or we'll have to use force him but then Shido may notice us." "You senoritas need to learn how to show off your bodies!"

Milady rolls her eyes starting to get tired of their babbling, "Why don't we just do it?" "What do you mean, Milady?" "I'm talking about me, Anat, and Carmen try seducing this guy."

Anat looks at her like she grew a second head "Are you...serious?"

"No! Cause you know just how much I like to joke around!" She says sarcastically, "Of course I'm serious!"

Carmen looks down not liking the idea, "I don't know...I promised myself that I wouldn't seduce another man..."

Milady rolls her eyes, "Oh please, spare me the innocent woman act. Is not like you're going fuck the guy!" She looks at Arsene, "Look Arsene, do you care if Carmen tries to seduce this guy?"

Arsene sighs, "No I don't but only if she's willing to. But besides that, why don't you just do it Milady? You always talk a big game."

"Oh, I could, but we're dealing with a noble who obviously hard to please since they love power, wealth and perfection. Carmen, and I hate admitting this, has perfection. I know all about wealth and talking fancy. And Anat, is a strong independent woman who has a man, he would love to bring her down a peg or two."

Ryuji looks at her in shock from how elaborate her plan was, "Damn...How the hell do you so much about nobles!?"

Milady looks at him in annoyance, "Did you even pay attention when I said that? I know everything there is to trick any men!" She sighs, "Anyway, do you want to do this Anat?"

Anat sighs knowing that it would be better doing it, "Fine. As long as I get to beat his ass if it doesn't work."

Akira nods, "This seems like a lot of work just to get a vip pass. But I rather do this than to just cause a ruckus like Morgana said." "Exactly. But it would have be interesting to see if Ann is better at acting."

"Hey! I am trying to do better..." Everyone looks at her unconvinced, "Okay...Not really. Can we just go...?"

They all nod and leave but Goemon stops Akira and Arsene.

"Excuse me Arsene, but may I ask you for advice? Um...alone?" He looks at Akira.

Akira nods while Yusuke looks at Goemon knowingly then walk out.

Once they leave, Goemon looks back at Arsene, "I am sorry for bothering with this, Arsene."

Arsene shakes his head, "It's no problem. I'm always here for my friends. So, what's bothering you?"

He clears his throat, "How were you able to court Carmen?"

Arsene looks at him confused by the question, "Well uh...It wasn't me that courted her. It was more like her courting me?"

"She had courted you?"

"Yeah. She became interested in me because I was the only man to not succumb to her. But she still kept trying to seduce me and that's when I snapped at her. So that's when she wanted to change her ways for me. And we've been together ever since."

"That is a beautiful story! Master Yusuke would love to make it into an art piece!"

He scratches the back of his head, "Well that sounds nice. Anyway, why did you want to know about me and Carmen suddenly?"

He looks away in embarrassment, "W-Well it is because of Milady..."

"Ah...That makes sense. Well Milady is an interesting girl...I am surprised that you have fallen for...someone like her."

"What is of her not to love? She's strong, independent, knows what she wants and is controlling. That is unique of a woman. And her insults do not hurt me, they are rather pleasing."

"Well that's...interesting but to each their own." He shrugs, "Though I honestly don't know how to help you with her but I do know that she is interested in you but she doesn't want to show it...Okay more like she wants to deny it. For some odd reason."

Goemon gasps, "You are sure that she has an interest in me!?"

"I do hear her chastise herself when she lets it slip that she cares about you. So just try and take it slow. Maybe show her that you are worth more than wealth and power." He felt bad because he knew it was going to be hard to make Milady actually show love, "Wait a second! Do you think you can possibly ignore Milady?"

He looks at him in shock, "Ignore her? Why would I ignore someone I have fallen for?"

"Think about it. Milady loves controlling. What would happen if the one person who always agrees with her and does whatever she says, doesn't anymore? She would slowly lose her mind because she's lost control of you and that would lead her to find anyway to regain that control." Even though she 'released him', she still told him what to do and expected him to agree with her.

Goemon looks down thinking but soon nods and looks back at Arsene, "I will do it. If I could be with her by ignoring her. Then I will."

"I'm glad you understand. It should work but I will wish you luck as well." He honestly didn't know if this would work but he wasn't going to give him any less hope.

"Thank you, my friend."

Meanwhile

While the teens and the three persona women were dealing with the Noble. Captain Kidd was on his ship, that was enlarged, pretending to be on the sea.

"Ah it may nah be the sea! But 'twill do!"

"Hey capi-ton! How do you be a pirate? Do you just have to talk funny?" Necro says flying around him.

"Nay! Anyone can be a pirate! But if ye wants t' be a caption. Ye needs a ship, a crew 'n a boatload o' rum!"

"Really? Oh! But what is rum? You always saying you want some!"

"Errr, I don't reckon I best be tellin' ye that..."

Necro huffs, "Why not! Is it only for grownups?"

"Aye, though I've seen young ones do it but I rather ye don't 'ave it till ye grownup."

"Oh...And when will that be? Cause I read that I was a book before! And that I was made around the 1920s! So, I'm eighty years old! Isn't that old enough?"

"Uhhhh, ye're going t' 'ave t' ask Arsene that...I be nah touchin' that subject."

"Will you idiots stop talking! I'm trying to watch my senorita!" Zorro says staring at the female personas over the railing.

Kidd sighs, "Do ye still reckon that ye're going t' get wit' Carmen? It's startin' t' get annoyin'. Even Morgana has stopped wit' Ann!"

"Beause I am not Morgana! I am Zorro! I do not give up so easily! Arsene is my rival and I shall win Carmen's heart by beating him in battle."

"Arsene already beat you, stupid! Don't you remember when he disarmed you when it was Ann-chan's birthday party!" Necro says.

"That's only because I was not paying attention! If I was! Arsene would be bowing down to me thus proving that Arsene is weaker than me!"

Kidd sighs, "Be this wha' it's all about? Ye tryin' t' prove that ye're better than Arsene? Who cares if ye're better than Arsene or nah! Davy Jones' locker! I call Arsene cap'n when I literally was a cap'n!"

"Yeah! Arsene may be better than you but we don't care! We're a team and friends! And Arsene isn't strong enough to do this alone! He needs all of us!"

"That doesn't matter! He reminds me of Captain Ramon! The villian who tried to still the heart of my first love! He was a man of corruption who used the Governor of California! That is why I wanted Arsene killed!"

"Are ye serious!? That has t' be the dumbest thing I ever heard 'n I hear Ryuji's thoughts!"

"Arsene isn't corrupted! He's the nicest person ever! You're just jealous of him! I thought you were supposed to be a hero but you're just selfish!"

He glares at them, "I deserve to be selfish for everything I had done in my past life! So, I spit on your line of thinking. He looks back at the group, "And this conversation is over!"

"Hmph!" Necro scoffs, "Jerkface!"

"Well we tried t' change Zorro's ways but he's too stubborn. It's better t' jus' leave 'im be."

She sighs, "Fine then..." She then lights up, "Can we sing a shanty song then!?"

"O' course we can!" Kidd yells happily.

They both begin singing:

"Come get yer duds in order

Fer we be going t' leave on the morrow

Heave away, me jollies, heave away

Come get yer duds in order

Fer we be going t' cross the water

Heave away me jolly whelps, we be all bound away

Sometimes we be bound fer Liverpool

Sometimes we be bound fer Spain

But now we be bound fer St. John's town

T' watch the poppets a-dancin'

Now it's farewell Maggie darlin'

Fer it's now I be going t' leave ye

Ye promised me ye'd marry me

But how ye did hornswaggle me

I wrote me love a letter

'n I signed it wit' a ring

I wrote me love a letter

I was on the Jenny Lind

Sometimes we be bound fer Liverpool

Sometimes we be bound fer Spain

But now we be bound fer St. John's town

T' watch the poppets a-dancin'!"

Another meanwhile

"So, who's going first?" Milady says

Ryuji smiles at Carmen, "Shouldn't Carmen do it first? She has the best body!"

Carmen glares at him, "Ann dear. You should tell Hifumi what Ryuji just said to me..."

Ann rolls her eyes at her, "Oh would you just relax Carmen! Why are you so nervous about seducing? That's all you ever talked about before."

She looks down, "I know...But like I said earlier. I don't feel comfortable doing it so let me go last..."

Milady scoffs, "You want tissue for your issues. You're better when you act like a whore." She looks at Anat, "How about you go. I want to see how badly you'll fail."

Anat growls at her, "Fuck you! I'll show you that I'll get that VIP card!" She snaps her metal attachments away and retracts her claws then walks up to the noble, "Hey! I heard you were a very powerful man and I like powerful men!"

Everyone facepalms when she says that. While the noble doesn't even give her any attention which instantly annoys her.

"Hey! Don't you ignore me! I said I like powerful men!"

"...I heard what you said but you're an annoyance. More than any of those kids."

And that just pissed her off, "What the fuck did you just say! I'm going to beat the...Hey! I'm not done!" She starts getting dragged away by Carmen.

Yusuke looks at Ann, "Have you taught Anat how to act? It reminds me of when you tried to seduce me."

Ann stomps her foot in anger, "No I didn't teach her how to act! And I didn't try to seduce you!"

Anat looks down once she gets dragged back to the group, "I am sorry Makoto-san...I lost control of my emotions..."

Makoto sighs, "It's alright. We're both bad at staying in control of our emotions while out of our comfort zone..." The first thing she thought about was the kiss with Akira. She was still surprised Ann didn't notice anything when she would avoid eye contact with Akira.

Milady was just cracking up laughing, "Oh yes! That was the funniest shit I had ever seen! That was beyond terrible!" Anat couldn't argue with her because she was right. She calms down and wipes her tears then looks at Carmen, "You're up next, Jezebel!"

Carmen groans, "You know what! Fine! I'm just going to get this over with! Thankfully Arsene isn't here..." She lowers her straps enough to show a lot of cleavage and walks up to the noble, "I am so sorry about my friend. She's really aggressive when she's dealing with men."

The noble looks up at her then looks her body up and down, "Your friend needs to learn her place. To talk to someone like me like that deserves an apology." He smirks staring at her chest, "But I will forgive her if you give me your body."

Carmen groans internally but then leans forward, "That sounds very reasonable, my noble dear. But I will sweeten the deal...I will become your personal sex slave if you allow my friends to have your VIP pass." Everyone gasps at that even Milady.

That made his eyes light up, "A personal sex slave huh? How can I say no to that? Then we have a deal." He smiles bigger, "But to make sure you don't cross me. I suggest a little demonstration to see if you're actually true to your word."

Her eyes go wide, "W-What? But that's not a deal! You have to give me the VIP pass first!"

He laughs, "Do you really think I'm that stupid?" He takes out the pass, "You either give me a demonstration...Or I will throw this overboard. It's no lost for me but you are desperate..."

She couldn't believe it. For the first time ever, she was outplayed. But she felt like she deserved this for all those times she made men do whatever she wanted. So, she looks down, "I-I'll do it..."

Ann gasps, "Carmen! You don't have to do this! We'll find another way!"

She shakes her head, "No...It's fine Ann. J-Just don't tell Arsene..." She starts walking up to the Noble, "I-I'm sorry Arsene..." But as she was walking. She gets pulled back but Milady, "W-What are you doing!?"

"Stop being overdramatic!" She looks at the Noble, "So you want a demonstration huh?" She slowly lifts up her dress, "Here's your fucking demonstration!" She brings out her giant minigun and starts blasting the two cognitive women next to the Noble and then aims it at him, "So how do you like it? I know you like big breasts but how about a big, long, thick gun for me to release inside you? She then shoots the minigun in front of him then aims at him again, "Now are you going to give me that pass or am I going to fill you with holes?"

He slowly gets up, "You dare threaten me...? I will show you what happens when you threaten someone like me!" That's when he starts transforming into a giant shadow and that's when the other personas come running over once Zorro sees it. As well as Arsene and Goemon once they come out of the dressing room.

Arsene looks at Akira, "I'm guessing that the seducing didn't work?"

Akira nods, "Yeah...But you wouldn't like what was about to happen. But Milady stopped it."

He looks at him confused but nods, "Alright...Tell me after the battle then."

After Battle

Once they receive the VIP pass from the Noble. They find out new information about Shido after changing his heart.

Milady laughs as they walk away, "Hahahaha, I love bringing down Noble men! The rush of power from taking down those assholes!"

Ann looks at Carmen, "I can't believe you were actually going to do that..."

Carmen laughs, "You really think I was going to give myself to him? I was just going to snatch the VIP pass from him."

Arsene looks at her, "Huh...So that's why he was so focused on you and kept saying you're going to be his slave when we lose."

Akira nods, "Well I guess I don't have to explain it."

Milady stops and looks at her in shock, "Wait, wait, wait! That was all an act!?"

Carmen smiles at her, "Yeah! When Anat went off on him, like I knew she would. I 'apologized' for Anat to see what he would say. And he said what I hoped he would say, that he would want to do something perverted to me. So, I sweetened the deal by offering to be his sex slave. Obviously, being a perverted Noble, he would absolutely agree to it and of course, he would want a demonstration to challenge me. And that's when I played the most important act and that's to act like I was played when he brought out the pass and threatened to throw it away. I was just going to snatch it because he dropped it when he started unzipping his pants. Buuuut, that's when Milady stopped me to 'save' me!"

Arsene smiles, "I knew you would have some sort of plan with your seducing."

Carmen smiles back at him and hugs, "Oh that's why I love you Arsey! You understand me so well!"

But that's when everyone hears clapping and were surprised to see that it was Milady doing it, "Well done, Jezebel. I am actually impressed, you even fooled me."

Carmen giggles, "Well I'm glad that I was able to fool you!" She then hugs her, "It shows that you actually secretly care about us when you stopped me!"

"Gah! Get off of me Jezabel! I only did it cause I wanted to kill that Noble! I didn't give a shit if you fucked the man!" She pushes her off

"Then why did you wait until I was going to give 'myself'?"

"Because I got bored with this shit..." Everyone looks at her smiling at Carmen being right, "Argh! You know what? Fuck it, fine then! I f-felt..." She couldn't say it.

"Come on! You can say it!" Carmen says goading her

She groans, "I felt bad! Alright! Because you people aren't really as bad as I thought you people were. There are you happy now!?"

Carmen smiles, "There you go! And I have learned to accept when you call me Jezabel cause that's what I used to be. Sooo, when did you start caring about us?"

She looks away, "That is none of your business..."

Arsene nods, "We'll even let you be your usual self. You'll be like that asshole friend that everyone grows to like. I think that's what they call it."

She looks at Arsene, "That's sounds good to me. I'll be your guys' asshole friend then." She then looks at Anat, "I am sorry for laughing at your terrible seducing."

Anat looks at her with a glare but then sighs, "Whatever. It's the truth anyways. So, it's fine."

But that's when Milady secretly looks over at Goemon but just sighs which of course, Carmen saw making her smile big knowing what that meant, 'Somebody's has feelings for with Goemon!' She says in her mind.

Milady shakes her head and looks at Akira, "Can we go back now? Being nice has drained me..."

Akira laughs, "No problem, Milady. I understand you pain." He says jokingly

"Ha Ha Ha...Go fuck yourself..."