Thank you everyone so far for their support. To answer UltimateCCC's question, I have a preference for Joker's girlfriend, but want to keep it ambiguous for this story.

Jun 2

The Phantom Thieves were waiting on the beach of Donkey Kong Island. Ryuji was the first to speak. "Urrrgh. When is that hedgehog supposed to be here?" Ann nodded. "It's bad enough we have to ride that thing. He's also make us dread it." Sonic then arrived with the tornado.

"Sorry I'm late. Not like me, I know. But Tails was putting some modifications on this thing." They noticed that there were seven pairs of boot straps. "I told my buddy about what you guys were doing, so he did something to make the ride more easier."

After a brief slightly more bearable ride, they arrived back at Crocodile Island. The team got ready and started up their app. Little did they know who was watching. The group was back in their Phantom Thief costumes and were ready to storm the base.

The two were slinking against a wall when they saw a Kritter wearing a mask. Makoto adviser, "Stay close Joker. Wait for the right moment." The guard got closer and Joker jumped on him, ripping off the mask. "SHOW ME YOUR TRUE FORM!" With the mask off, the kritter transformed into a group of men who were snakes from the waist down. One of them cast a lightning spell towards Mona, knocking him down. Futaba called out, "Mona's down!" The naga attacked Yusuke, but he dodged just in time. Makoto advised, "He's weak to wind skills." Joker pulled off his mask. "Succubus!"

A woman with bat wings appeared behind Joker, who called out a brainwashing spell on one of the creatures. The brainwashed one started attacking his allies. Yusuke called out a Persona, a Japanese Thief that looked like he came out of an old painting. "Goemon, strike!" The man slashed the creatures with his sword.

Mona managed to get up. He called on his persona, Zorro, who launched wind attacks on all of them. All but one were remaining, and he was in bad shape. "Please, have mercy." Joker looked at him. "All right, lend me your power." The creature was relieved. "Thank you. I am thou, thou art I. I am Naga, and my strength is yours." Naga turned into light and flew into Joker's mask. The group continued their work through the palace.

They found themselves at a giant locked room. Mona said, "The treasure's this way. I can feel it." Futaba looked at it. "It's a pretty sturdy door though. There's probably some control panel I can use to access it." Makoto advised, "Let's split up. Joker, Fox, Mona, and I will look at this end, while Skull, Oracle, Panther and Noir will look the other way." The teams went their separate ways.

Joker's division we're looking around, when Mona sniffed the air. He started to gag. "BLEACH. What's the smell." Yusuke agreed. "The air has gotten less pleasant." "Wahaha! That would be-a ME!" The group looked behind them and saw a biker with a crooked mustache. Makoto asked, "Who's this guy?" Joker answered, "Wario. He's one of the fighters in the roster. He's supposed to be one of Mario's rivals." Yusuke asked, "So K. Rool sees him as a biker? It doesn't fit with his palace." Morgana shook his head. "No. This isn't a cognition. I think he's the real one."

Wario scowled. "K. Rool told me follow you losers for the week. He made me an offer I couldn't refuse." Yusuke was shocked. "Did he threaten your life!?" "No, he promised me money!" Makoto scowled. "He reminds me of Kaneshiro...already I don't like this guy." Wario said, "I don't know how you guys got me here in this base, but K. Rool gave-a me a lot of money to stop you guys!" The team got their weapons ready, but Joker held up his hand. "I'll handle him." Morgan beamed. "That's right Joker, shut him up!"

Wario ran up to Joker to perform his signature shoulder bash. Joker dodged around him as if dancing. "Argh. How are you so fast?" "I've had a bit of training lately." Joker pulled off his mask. "Naga!" The snake man from earlier appeared behind him. "You're mine!" Joker snapped his fingers and Wario was struck by lighting. "What? I've never seen you use-a that thing in Smash!" Yusuke smirked. "If Joker weren't holding back he might be even stronger in those battles. He can summon far more Personas than simply Arsene." Wario ran up and did something no one expected...or wanted. He let out an enormous fart.

Everyone started coughing. "I can't breathe!" Makoto yelled. Morgana said. "This isn't cognition exaggerating things. He really is this bad." They saw Wario was now riding a motorcycle. He aimed directly at Joker. Joker summoned Arsene and called, "Tetrakarn!" The spell countered the power of Wario's bike, sending him flying back. He was unconscious. Yusuke asked, "What should we do with him?" Morgana turned into a bus. Fortunately the base was large enough for it. "Load him up and Queen can drive me to the front of the base. We'll return to the real world and drop him off." Joker asked the two, "Will you be alright? "You'll both get tired if you leave the Metaverse." Makoto nodded "We'll be fine. You lead this team before I joined and you can lead it without me for a while." Morgana yelled, "Hurry up. I don't want him stinking up back here." Makoto drove off. Joker and Yusuke heard a loud noise. Yusuke pointed out, "That sounds like where we just came from. The others must have found a control panel."

The two went back and saw the door open. The other thieves were waiting on them. Ann was the first to ask, "Where are Queen and Mona?" The two explained what happened with Wario. Futaba was surprised. "Great. Now we've got another enemy unit on the map." The group snuck around until they found a safe room.

They took a bit of time to relax. Futaba was the first to speak. " I sense the treasure is still a bit away. How is everyone doing right now?" Haru explained, "We found a bunch of Shadows along the way...strong ones. It was fun to destroy them but it gave us a lot of fatigue." Ryuji said, "Basically, we're pooped." This was tough. Skull, Panther, and Noir were all too tired, and Mona and Queen were gone. Fox and Joker wouldn't be enough. Joker volunteered. "Let's call it for the day. We're too many members short to continue on." The group headed back to the start of the palace and used the app to escape. There they found Makoto and Morgana.

Yusuke asked, "Where did Wario go?" Morgana shrugged. "No idea, we looked away for a second and poof. He was gone." Makoto asked, "Did you make it to the treasure?" Ryuji shook his head. "Too many shadows. We ran out of juice." "And coffee." Ann added. Joker said, "I'll make some more for our next infiltration."

The group we're riding the Tornado back, when Noir questioned, "There's just one thing I don't understand. How did Wario follow us here?" No one knew the answer. Underneath the plane, hanging onto a wheel, Wario asked, "Is this money worth it...Definitely!"