Yes I know, A 1.5 Chapter, a little rushed don't you think? Well considering that this chapter has been on my mind for a while I doubt it. This chapter is the one that got away for me because it was intended to be longer with more stuff out of Morgana, Ryuji was going to start his first stand fight, and the first sign of the phantom thieves was going to come into place. But that would make the chapter all boated and crap like that and because of that, I had to revise the chapter a crap ton of times. Am I gonna come back to this one, HELL YES I AM! But for now, I am gonna post it and I want to ask you all how the heck I can make this chapter the greatest it can be without rewriting the whole damn series thus far. Anyhow, I rambled long enough. comment your thoughts on how to improve this chapter down below if you feel like it, I read every comment that comes into my inbox so I will listen. and DFTBA!
Chapter 001.5: Morgana, Cat or Human?
(Pov None)
"Guys! We have to get out of here!" shouted Ann as she grabbed Ryuji and Makoto before running out of the cell, but Makoto stopped them before they could go any further, "What the fuck are you doing!? They are trying to kill us and Bruno is trying to distract them! We have to get out of here!"
"I am not just going to leave him!" said Makoto
"Look Makoto, I hate to say this in this case but Ann is right! Bruno is distracting them somehow so we have to get out of here before more of those knight things show up!" said Ryuji, "I know that you and Bruno-Kun are close but we have to get out of here and call the cops! They are the only people that can save him now!"
"The cops! Do you think the fucking cops are going to help us Ryuji? We don't even know if this is the real school or let alone a location the cops can even get to!" said Ann, "We need to get away from here to find someone to get us out of here! It is obvious those little spirit things you and Bruno have been doing nothing to these guys, so we need to find someone that can help against them!"
Before either of them could interject they heard laughter from inside the cell, it was Bruno's laughter. As they looked into the cell they see Bruno staring Kamoshida in the face with what could be seen as pure rage coming out of his eyes from behind a new oriental mask that appeared on his face, it was a small mask that only covered the top half of his face letting his hair come up and cover it slightly, it was pure white with only a bit of black around the eyes, it was kinda like eyeliner in a way. But that was only how it looked at a glance because in all actuality the black eyeliner bit was actual eyeliner that was put on under his mask and the lines they saw were gold lining the eyes.
Bruno grasped one side of the mask with both of his hands as it cracked slightly under the pressure of his grip and blood started to flow down his fingers, he pulled it off with all of his might and shouted one word, "PERSONA!" before being engulfed in blue flames. It was a few moments before the flames settled as chains started to form around not only Bruno but the being behind him as well. But the thing that shocked them the most about Bruno was his clothing and his eyes. His clothes have changed from the modified Shujjin uniform to what looked like it came out of a Shonen Manga. He wore mostly pure black and red trench coats with Four tails with golden Zippers on all of the tails with zipper heads with letters on them going as follows: A, N, M, A, near the waist, under the coat was another coat but not one unlike his usual clothing with a large gap showing another shirt that left nothing to the two women that were just outside of the cell who saw his buff chest in full glory with whatever shirt that was covering his chest being the only thing covering its majesty, the coat was pure black with closed golden zippers around the waist and shoulders that all lead to the back of the coat where they could not be seen. The pants looked like normal dress pants but taking a close look would claim otherwise, the way that Bruno moved his legs it was plain to see that they were not black at all but obsidian with the golden zippers along the front of them seemingly holding the pair of pants together at the seams, but it was so small that it was hard to tell what was going on with it. The final piece of clothing that was on him before was an obsidian choker with multiple pins: A pair of Green wings, Six Bullets in a pile all labeled one to seven with the number four skipped, multiple math symbols from addition to dividing, and the requiem arrow with all of them surrounding a golden orb patched with zippers. This as they could tell WAS Bruno Bucalatti standing in front of the bastard "King'' without much of a falter in his resolve⦠if anything, IT GREW.
"What a fucken coward! I will take them ALL on!" Said Bruno as he grabbed what looked to be a knife from a zipper he created on a wall with zipper fingers and lunged forward with insane speed and precision toward the turned knights. He slashed one of them in half before using her Persona Arsen to set the other one a flame in black fire then scorched the room right as sticky fingers dismantled another one. All of this happened in a matter of seconds, while nothing was happening was happening before to these knights and Kamoshida everything was being enacted upon them instantly with minimal effort, Even Kamoshida, who was tormenting them with the prospect of death was cowering in the corner of the cell as Bruno went on a killing spree until finally exiting the Cell in his full glory where they say his eyes have turned pure gold.
Bruno looked back for a second and smirked before closing the cell door and grabbing the keys from the there place hanging from the wall before locking the door and destroying the Key using Sticky Fingers' ability, "Told you I could take them all on." said Bruno before tapping the shoulders of his group telling them to follow him without any words as all four of them went deeper into the Dungeon.
"What the hell was that?" asked Ryuji
"Don't know and don't care." Said Ann with almost Euphoric glee, "THAT WAS THE MOST BADASS THING I HAVE SEEN ALL DAY!"
"Well your day just started with us almost dying so I guess that bar is fairly low currently." said Bruno with a chuckle, "But I will say that was the most exciting my days have been for a MONTH!"
"Seriously though Bruno what the hell was that thing that was over you there? I know that it was not your Stand because that was standing there with you, but the thing standing BEHIND you?" Asked Makoto, "And what is with your clothes? Why did you suddenly change after you got set on fire!"
"Honestly Mako-chan I have no idea!" Said Bruno, "But in this case, I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth!"
"How do you still not know what is going on! That thing gave you superpowers for god sake!" Shouted Ryuji
"But what about that other thing? The Zipper man thing changed into whatever the hell that one monster was! Was that also caused by whatever happened to Bruno?"
"Let me stop you there Ann, I will explain everything to you all later but for now we need to get the hell out of here!" Said Bruno before busting into a cell with Sticky Fingers and opening up a way through the sidewall through it with sticky fingers as well, "Go through here! We can cut them out before they even come over to us!"
"Wait? How are your powers working now? Shouldn't they NOT be working?" Asked Ryuji, "Your Stand did nothing to that effen asshole before, so why now?"
"I would not Question the facts right now Ryuji! Let's just get the hell out of here!" said Ann
"Uh right, yha let's go!" Said Ryuji with a bit of hesitation as he looked back upon the dungeon seeing the hanging cages within the cage with a mirror of him looking back at him although this time beaten and bruised with his leg mangled and broken, Ryuji turned back toward the group to see that the only one standing in the next cell was Bruno looking upon him without a lick of worry on his face, in fact, it seemed to be understanding, the facade of it at the very least as Bruno set his hand upon Ryuji's shoulder.
"We will figure this out, whatever happens here we will figure it out." Said Bruno, "Now we gotta get out of here, common."
"Right, yha let's go!" said Ryuji before running into the other room just as suddenly tripped upon something that was ALSO exiting the cell
"OW!"
"Oh my god are you ok," said Ann
"Yha Imma be okay," said Ryuji, "What the hell did I trip on though?"
"GET OFF OF ME YOU BLONDE BRUTE!"
Ryuji burst up into the air in a flash without even moving all that much, "The Eff was that?!" asked Ryuji before looking down upon what he tripped on, "Wait? Is that A cat?"
"I AM NOT A CAT!"
The group looked down upon the "Cat", it looked like a cartoony Tuxedo cat with a rounded head and beady eyes with a bandana wrapped around his nonexistent neck. Frankly, it would look adorable if it happened to NOT have a cutlass strapped to his back.
"A talking cartoon cat, not the strangest thing I have seen all day, but it is definitely up there," said Bruno before grabbing the scruff of the cat-like creature and asking a simple question to it when it was at eye level, "do you pose a threat to us?"
"NO! I just want out of this damn place!" said the cat
"Good then you are with us, if you can help us fight you are an asset," said Bruno before letting the cat-like creature walk around on his shoulder.
"What are you doing Bruno! For all we know that thing could be on their side!" questioned Ann
Bruno could swear all he wanted after the fact, but the cat said "Hubba Hubba" before really saying, "I am not lying! I was locked up here just for wanting answers!"
"I could prove it, but if I did there would be fur on my tongue." said Bruno, "Look He might be able to help us get out of here, he is a cat so he should be able to get to places we can't"
"I AM NOT A CAT!"
"Then Let's use it." said Makoto, "I did some scouting and there is a bridge right outside this cell, I think it leads to a way out."
"Did you find a way across?" asked Ryuji
"No, Just Komoshida's face beside it, I think it might be a clue to something," said Makoto
"Then Let's prove our fluffy buddy is able to help us with that," said Bruno before he walked over to the statue, in his head he knew what the solution was, hell he knew that Makoto knew as well, but he might as well test it.
"You want me to lower the bridge?" asked the Cat
"Yes," said Bruno, "You can do that or I can throw your fluffy but in the river and then back into the cell, what's it gonna be?"
"ALRIGHT YOU GOT IT!" said the cat almost too happy to do the menial task of ripping the jaw of the statued bastard king right open.
"You knew how to open it didn't you?" whispered asked both Ryuji and Ann
"Yup, Use sticky fingers on the chains of the bridge." said Bruno Jokingly, "Good job cat, Welcome to the team."
"Happy to be here!" said the cat-like being with a slight tinge of fear in his tone, "Now common, I know a way out of here!"
"Good, then let's get to it," said Bruno before the group ran to their freedom.
