Persona Series x RWBY crossover

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Including any additional add-ons from various games, anime, etc.


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7/31 Black Fang Headquarters Afternoon

Ruby, Weiss, and Jaune returned the the Black Fang Headquarters but instead saw what supposed to be a oriental castle but is actually a tall modern building, which confused the three students. "What the... where's the castle...!?" Ruby questioned.

"This... can't be... I could've sworn..." Weiss stuttered in a similar confusion.

"Were we... seeing things...?" Jaune wondered.

Much to their confusion, Yang and the rest of their friends came out of the HQ entrance only to find the three in front. "Ruby!" Yang exclaimed as she rushed in to embrace her with a tight squeeze. "Your okay!"

"Gack! S-Sis! Ow...!" Ruby stuttered from being crushed from her sister's grip.

"Jaune, thank goodness! What happened to you guys? I thought you have gotten lost elsewhere." Pyrrha asked.

"We... sorta did..." Jaune replied weakly.

"This city is huge enough to get lost. I understand." Ren placed his hand on Jaune's shoulder, nodding.

"How can you guys be so lax!? We were just inside the Black Fang and they were trying to kill us!" Weiss exclaimed.

Her friends were confused by her delirium. "What? Weiss... are you okay?" Blake questioned.

"Yeah, that's so not like you. Did something hit your head?" Nora wondered.

Weiss stuttered as Yu and Yosuke arrived. "You should see what the guild actually looks like, Weissy-chan." Yosuke suggested.

"You'll find it that it's a lot different than the other place." Yu reassured.

"I hope so..." Ruby sighed heavily as she decides to walk in. Jaune scratched his head and reluctantly followed her.

"I don't believe this..." Weiss groaned. "Fine, fine, I'll go." She soon followed them in, with their friends worried for them.

"Did somethin' happened to them? They're acting weird." Kanji asked.

"Could it be... that they went to one of those so-called red-light district?" Teddie assumed as the girls sweat-dropped by Teddie's assumption.

*Wake up, Get up, Get out there


7/31 Japan's Shipyard Evening

Somewhere at a shipyard, a small group of White Fang soldiers arrive towards a hidden dock along with Adachi in toll. As he waited half an hour in a storage facility, he then spots Cinder and her pair of lackeys, Emerald and Mercury coming in. "Huh... took you guys long enough." Adachi commented as he stood up to greet them. "And I had to take a boat here."

"Overconfident, aren't you?" Cinder assumed.

"No, just bored." Adchi replied as he watches the White Fang soldiers working nervously. "Come to think of it, these guys were all stationed here for a while now, right? I can guess these guys here are still shook up after that incident?"

Cinder and the others looked around, as the gloom were upon them. "Aren't there supposed to more of them?" Emerald wondered.

"Yeah, well... pissing off a deity was a clear mistake. I heard a huge number of those guys were all slaughtered." Adachi mentioned.

"That Fox deity, right?" Mercury repeated.

"Hmph, I guess that's why Adam didn't want to attack Japan yet, either. Still sore after that incident. You guys do remembered how they came back with only me and a hand-full of convicts, right?"" Adachi assumed as they recalled their conversation back in Vale.

"Please don't repeat it." Emerald groaned.


6/20 Vale Evening

Sometime before the trip to Japan, Cinder's group and the White Fang members were all discussing their next move about recruiting more soldiers, when they've mentioned the branch in Japan. "Out of the question. We don't have the means to ask for there help." Adam dismissed the idea, much to Cinder's group surprise.

"And why is that? Surely there would be that rumored deity would've provided you its service?" Cinder assumed.

Adam said nothing as Adachi spoke out. "It kinda went south, actually." He mentioned.

Adam said nothing as he walks away. "I don't care what you guys do, if you guys want go and try ask them yourself, it's your funeral." He suggested.

"Who does he think he is?" Mercury questioned as he stood up as he walk towards Adam's direction, but was stopped by Adachi.

"Give it a rest. Even a powerful guy like him can't go against something that can overpower him." Adachi stated.

"Is he not the fearless leader of the White Fang? Surely he isn't afraid of one measly spirit." Cinder assumed.

Adachi snickered about that. "You really think that deity is some push over?" He asked.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Emerald questioned.

"You don't know? Well let me tell you. Just so you know, you haven't heard this from me." Adachi stated as he explain. "You all know about gods and all, right? Well, my Kingdom has their own religions as well, one that supposedly to respecting spirits and so." Adachi continued. "There's a lot of deities that represents certain animals too, that part is where Faunus are not as discriminated because of that."

"These deities are animals?" Mercury scoffed. "You can't be serious."

"I'm not, but I am right." Adachi replied with a smug as he continued. "Like I said, there are many deities in our Kingdom, but let's talk about the one that eradicated the army of White Fang stationed there. Tell, what do you guys know about the Kitsune?"

"Kit... sune? What, is some kind of godly rodent?" Emerald asked.

"Yep." Adachi answered simply. "To be precise, the Kitsune or that Fox deity is actually the one responsible for the barrier for our kingdom. Whatever Adam did, he must of provoked its wrath. Either he ask the deity to join the White Fang's cause or asking him to lower the barrier, pissing him off in the process for some reason." He shrugged.

"Tch, you really think you were gonna scare us?" Mercury questioned with careless doubt.

"No, not at all. Heck, you guys never even step foot in his domain..." Adachi denied with a hint of sarcasm, but he then ponder. "Actually, I never met the guy either..." He mentioned.

"So then, it will be the first for all of us? I can't wait until we actually pay a visit to this deity." Cinder said with sarcasm.

"Hold on, you guys are actually going to scout out my kingdom? That's going out of left field, isn't it?" Adachi realized.

"You vastly underestimate us, Tohru. The White Fang has their contacts all over Remnant and we will need their cooperation if we want our plans to be flawless." Cinder stood closely before Adachi as he didn't seemed convinced. "And we will need a translator, given that you're Japanese."

"All I know is that those guys ran into a ditch and lost a lot of men than gaining any after their first attempt. If you can persuade them for this to happen, then you can color me impressed." Adachi scoffed as he kept a portion of distance away from Cinder. "Besides, you're asking me to go with you, knowing that I'm considered a fugitive back home? I'll be spotted once I entered the Kingdom."

"We have that part covered." Cinder mentioned as Adachi popped an exclamation mark as he faced Cinder. "All we need to do is serve as my translator and I'll pull some strings. You'll be surprise that many... individuals... have no liking to your Kingdom's society."

"You don't say..." Adachi muttered as Cinder's group walks away as the former wondered. "What are you going on about, Cinder-san...?"


7/31 Japan's Shipyard Evening

The garage door of the storage facility opened up as they see a group of suited faunus entering as Cinder's group and the loitering White Fang members watched them. One of them stepped before Cinder's group. "[Are you the clients the White Fang mentioned?]" He asked.

"... What?" Emerald stuttered as she and Mercury were baffled by the suite person's language.

"He asking if we were the clients the White Fang mentioned." Adachi translated.

"Indeed. Tell your superiors that we would like to me with your 'leader'." Cinder responded while Adachi translated back.

"[Come with us.]" He said as he walks out as he then glares back. "[And you will behave in our kingdom.]" He growled as he and his men followed.

"Uh... Let's just say that... he's on edge recently." Adachi fibbed. "So we going?" He asked as they group were escorted to a limo.


7/31 Japan Evening

Back at the Hotel, Every student, includeing Ruby, Weiss, and Jaune were all still confused as they sat at the lobby furniture. "Hey... we really saw that stuff back there, have we...?" Jaune questioned.

"We only saw the main hall, and had a coffee shop on the right..." Ruby recalled.

"Yeah, pretty much." Kanji answered plainly.

"And what is this about Gaius being absent?" Weiss questioned irritatingly. "He was right there..."

"He's actually bedridden back at his residence." Yu stated as he Yosuke walked towards the group. "You're still wondering about what you guys saw there, right?"

"We've been wondering about that, too, why they're seeing things. Do you guys know about some castle in place of the Black Fang HQ?" Chie asked.

Yu and Yosuke were uncertain of what they should say as Ruby stood up and looked to them with a stern expression. "Yu, what was that? We entered the HQ earlier and it wasn't the same one when we entered the second time."

"Guess it's time to break the ice." Yosuke sighed heavily as Yu nodded to him. "You guys remember last month, when we mentioned the Phantom Thieves?" He asked.

"Yes, we've been hearing them everywhere recently. In fact, we saw a strange looking cat in that place... Morgana he called himself." Weiss mentioned.

"Morgana? Isn't he that cat that belong to Akira?" Ren recalls.

"Huh!? So that's where I heard his name!" Jaune realized. "But... are they the same cat?"

"That's a strange story. Perhaps we could confirm this with Akira?" Yukiko suggested.

"We could do that, in fact, you guys wanna go to the place where they saw the castle? We might actually meet the Phantom Thieves there." Yosuke said otherwise as Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and even Chie, Yukiko, Teddie, and Kanji.

"Your... kidding right? You two can get us grant an audience with them?" Weiss questioned with a baffled expression.

"Granting an audience?" Yu repeated with a confused look.

"Uhh... well, those guys are a secret group that tackles those palaces and take their distortions... but you guys probably don't know what I said." Yosuke said.

"Yeah, it sounds too smart for someone like you." Chie pointed out as Yosuke sweat-dropped.

"I assure you guys, the Phantom Thieves are not bad people. We should be able to have a free afternoon, tomorrow, so we can confront them that time." Yu assured.

"You better be right about this, Narukami. I will not going to consort with thieves." Weiss declared as she stormed off to the elevator, although the elevator door opened as a group of suited men marched forward and shoved her aside. "Ow, hey!" She exclaimed as she staggered aside. "Excuse me! What was that for!?"

"[What do you want?]" One of the suited men questioned sternly.

"*Scoff* You pushed me away way like that! Who do you think you are!?" Weiss questioned him.

"[We're in a hurry.]" The suit men stated.

"Well you should've said something before you shoved me like that! You damn oaf!" Weiss exclaimed.

"[What was that?]" The suited man exclaimed.

The commotion alerted her friends and Teammates to her side. "Weiss, what's going on?" Yang asked as they approached them with the suited man staggered back.

"[Don't bother with them.]" Another man came out of the elevator a distinguished bald man with tinted sunglasses on. "[It seems the lobby has changed since I was here last. Since when did they started a day care?]"

"Who do you think you are!? Guh!" Weiss questioned as a suited man pushed her back in front of her friends.

"Weiss!" Some of her friends exclaimed.

"[The hell was that for, ya' asshole!]" Kanji roared as the tension between the student huntsmen and the distinguished group grew in the lobby.

"[Tch, stop bothering me you damn-!]" The distinguished man exclaimed until...

"[Damn... what exactly, Shido-san?]" Seta questioned with a strong tone as approached the area.

"[N-Narukami-san...!?]" The bald man named Shido stuttered with a growled.

"[Okaa-san, do you know this guy?]" Yu asked.

"[Ah, yes.] Masayoshi Shido, a politician, also a cabinet minister that's running for election of the next Prime Minister of our Kingdom." Seta explained.

"[It seems your scattered brain has still some sense of of awareness. And I can assume these street rats are yours?]" Shido questioned which made the students upset with exclamation marks on them.

"[Well, you're clearly busy, there's a way opened so I suggest you take it from here, unless you want your men to have a harassment warrant on a lady.]" Seta suggested in a threatening tone. While the students were impressed by their teacher, some of the suited men were dissatisfied by her remark but Shido shrugged as he took the opening Seta gave him. However, Seta gripped one of the suited men on the shoulder with a strong grip. "[Wait.]" She demanded.

"[What is it now, we're busy!]" Shido exclaimed.

"[From what I heard just now. I believe one of your boys pushed my student, correct? Now what kind of brute does that in our great kingdom?]" Seta recalled as the suited men began to yelp from the gripping pain. "[Well? Apologize.]" She asked her victim.

"[O-Ow! Ahh!" S-Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry!]" The suited man cried, but Seta release her grip and pulled down his ear.

"[And who are you apologizing to?]" Seta asked as he turned the suited man to the Schnee heiress.

"[A-Alright! Sorry! We really are in a hurry! Our boss have clients to meet! Ow...!]" The suited man exclaimed as Seta eventually released him.

"... So immature..." Weiss muttered.

"[At least, next time, teach your men to show some manners if you want your reputation to stay in check.]" Seta suggested as Shido and his distinguished group walked away.

"What was his problem?" Blake questioned with disgust.

"Unfortunately, just another side of us rotten adults." Seta sighed with sad smile as she turned to her students with a smile. "Anyway, is it not pass your bedtime? Chop chop!" She declared as the students obey and headed up.

At the hotel entrance, Shido looks back as he noticed the boy with grey hair. "So... that's the brat of the Silver Flash Raiden...?" He thought as he enters a limousine.


At their hotel room, Weiss was still upset about the dispute just now as she paced left and right. "You still pissed off?" Yang asked.

"Of course! I just... Agh...!" Weiss grunted. "Is every guy in Japan like that bald oaf!?"

"We're certainly not bald and we're not even politicians." Chie assured. "Still, I have to agree, those guys has a lot of nerve...!"

"Why don't we calm down and do... something else?" Pyrrha suggested calmly.

"Yeah, oh! how 'bout some TV?" Yang suggested as she turned the TV on.

Even though most of the girls doesn't speak Japanese, they passed the though and stared at the screen, Ruby notices a familiar face as Yang flipped the channel. "Wait, go back a few! Thought I saw Naoto." Ruby mentioned as Yang flipped the channels back a they see Naoto along with Akechi in a talk show.


"We now return to the 'Hottest Meet-and-Greet' segment of our show! Tonight, we bring you our Kingdom's finest young high school detectives, starring not just Goro Akechi, but our very first detective of a young age, Naoto Shirogane!" The female host greeted.

"Thank you for having me here and it is nice to see a fellow detective." Naoto thank the cast.

"Of course. Although, should I address you as my senpai?" Akechi asked.

"Not at all... unless you're okay with the embarrassment?" Naoto pointed out as Akechi and audience laughed. "Still, it is remarkable that your popularity has skyrocketed after I returned from my trip overseas."

"Even I've found it to be quite a surprise. At first it was you who've inspired me to become a detective myself, you're a shining example for us high school students everywhere." Akechi commented.

"That is truly surprising. My only reason is because that my family were once detective themselves so I had no qualms on continuing their lineage." Naoto told them.

"And they must be proud." The host assured as he continued. "Moving on, Akechi-kun is currently on a case regarding the Phantom Thieves. While we're aware that you have only return from a foreign kingdom, can you share your thoughts, Naoto-kun?"

"Ah, yes. I looked over the case myself and researched everything related. It's unfortunate that they've eluded us even today."

"Indeed, the victims, the teacher, Kamoshida, the master artist Madarame, and just recently, a mafia boss, Kaneshiro. They have been a target of those thieves and they happened to 'change' their hearts, making them confess their crimes." Akechi summarized. "My deductions were that they've been blackmailed into a corner. And they would called themselves on the side of justice."

"So... they're some random group of vigilantes?" Naoto wondered.

"Yes indeed. We were about ask you and Akechi both about the recent string of events happening in our Kingdom. Especially the Phantom Thieves going around." Said the Host of the show. "Allow me to be blunt once more, what are your thoughts about these justice oriented Phantom Thieves?"

"As I've said last time, I still believe they should be tried i a court of law." Akechi declared. "No one should never forcefully change another person's heart."

"And what are your thoughts, Naoto-kun?" The Host asks. "Do you truly believe the Phantom Thieves are a threat?"


7/31 Cafe Lablanc Evening

In the cafe, Akira and his group of friends were watching the talk show."Great... another Akechi." Ryuji grunted.

"Hmm... While agree that I cannot condone their actions or many of their methods... What I do condone is their sense of justice, what they fight for." Naoto declared much to everyone's surprise. Loud murmur rung in the audience in the screen as to everyone watching the program, even certain students.

"Wait... what?" Ann exclaimed.

"What do you mean, Naoto-senpai? Do you have more to your thoughts." Akechi asked.

"I may have been absent from my kingdom, but did my research back from when they have appeared." Naoto continued. "I have my statement regarding the Phantom Thieves, would you mind if I have your permission to say my piece?" She asked.

"Not all, I wouldn't mind. I would like to hear you thoughts." Akechi agreed.

"Not to worry, this shouldn't take long." Naoto reassured the Host who was stuttering as Naoto brought out a manila folder. "First off, I would like to talk about their first victim, Suguru Kamoshida."

"Wait... isn't that person irrelevant in all of this?" The Host asked.

"This man is the first victim of the Phantom Thieves, in fact he has an interesting case. He was a member of the Black Fang until his disbarment for his 'misconduct' in the guild." Naoto explained.

"Misconduct?" Akira muttered.

"The hell? That asshat never mentioned that before!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"That... unusual." Said a refined blue-haired Fox Faunus. "Black Fang members stationed at our schools supposedly have a clean record of sorts.

"Unless the Principle knew about this..." Makoto assumed.

"What do you mean, Naoto-senpai?" Akechi pressed on.


"He was already discharged from the guild for sexual harassment, all because of his excuses for his success in a Grimm defense long ago. But his presence in a school, Shujin Academy? His permanent record wouldn't allow him to be easily applicable as a teacher and now there was that incident of his confession. What's worst is that the students under his tutelage were all severely wounded with broken limbs and bruises. With those severe conditions, those students will never last against a beowolf, let alone any type of Grimm." Naoto stated. "Knowing about an inexcusable charge, why was he employed into a school when he had no longer the right to practice his rights?"

"Uh... well... Wait, why are we talking about some individual? Aren't we talking about the Phantom Thieves and their crimes?" The Host asked in a staggered.

"That is correct, we are talking about the Phantom Thieves, but I am talking about their victims. There was then muttering around the audience as Naoto continued. "Now I want to discuss their next victim; Ichiryusai Madarame. What do you think about him, Akechi-kun?"

"Well for starters... He not only he degraded the art Saiyuri, he even plagiarized his pupil's artwork. Even though he may have committed those crimes, those Phantom Thieves must of had a part in his schemes." Akechi explained.

"I can't say that I disagree and your assumption is plausible, but can you certain they had a part of his schemes?" Naoto asked.

"Madarame must of been their benefactor. Assuming that they're using him for profit for their so-called justice."

"However, what about Madarame's pupils? I've read in a report that one of his disciple killed himself in response to Madarame's plagiarism, and that was long before the Phantom Thieve's appearance. Surely something like suicide should've been looked into and should've warrant a search for the supposedly method behind it along with the disappearance of the Sayuri." Naoto stated with some audience gasping upon revelation. "And... I assume no one has brought up the part of him owning replicas of the Sayuri?"

"I... have to assume the police didn't had enough man power for a search. Madarame had close ties to powerful people." Akechi noted. "But to think he had been doing this before the Phantom Thieve's appearance."

"As for Kaneshiro, we can already claim the fact that this criminal was responsible for the phishing scams in the city, and just like Madarame, he too, is a target to the Phantom Thieves." Naoto stated. "If I were to congregate the facts, it is the fact that either the authority or anyone with power were not doing their job and leaving the kingdom in a state of neglect. Had we done our job right, the Phantom Thieves wouldn't have to exist." She concluded. "Am I wrong?"

"... It seems I have a ways to go before I can reach your level, Naoto-kun." Akechi chuckled.

"Uhh... W-We'll be right back after these messages!" The Host stuttered as the screen went to commercial.


"... A state of neglect...?" Ruby muttered.

"It seems the Phantom Thieves were in right, somehow." Blake commented.

"Perhaps we can probably asked them when we meet them in person?" Pyrrha assume.

Weiss said nothing as she went to bed herself. "Whelp, only one way to find out. G'night, guys." Yang stated as she went to bed as well.

Ruby followed them afterwards as she then went charge her scroll, only to see the red symbol again. "Huh...? Wait, I'm pretty sure I deleted this..." Ruby though to herself as she deleted the app again. "I hope this isn't some virus..." She sighed as she went to bed.


8/01 Shujin Academy Afternoon

After another session at the school, the group were about to head to a meeting point as Seta begged to differ. "B-But we were gonna have a nice time at the movies nearby!" Seta said in a sad expression.

"Okaa-san, since when?" Yu asked in a questionable expression with him and the other giving a sweat-drop.

"Um... uh..." Seta stuttered as she rolled her eyes left and right.

"Yeah, we sorta had plans already, Professor. Yu and the others were gonna show around the city. Sorry." Ruby reassured as Seta moped.

"Hey don't worry about it, Narukami-sensei, uh... you still gonna treat us to dinner or something?" Yosuke suggested.

"Only because it's mandatory and my responsibility to feed my students." Seta sighed. "I suppose I do have some paperwork to deal with... I'll see you all later..." She walked back into the school with dishearten depression.

"Somehow, I feel sorry for your mother." Ren sympathized as Yu nodded in response.

"At any case, I don't suppose you have a way to meet those thieves, do you?" Weiss questioned the topic at hand.

"Yeah, it's at the same place guys you been to." Yosuke answered as he and Yu guided them to their destination.


Back at the principle's office, Makoto guided Seta to the office once more. "Will that be all that you need from me, Principle?" Makoto asked.

"Yes, you are dismissed for today." The Principle stated as Makoto bowed and took her leave. Soon as she left out of their sight, Seta turned to the principle with a stern expression.

"Are you still insistent on asking my students? You do realize I still cannot permit that." Seta recalled.

"But the matter of the fact is that the Phantom Thieves are still a threat. Have you consider the fact that they might become a dangerous group? We need to strike them down before they do so!" Kobayakawa stated.

"The fact remains is that Huntsman are elite warriors that will take jobs of their choosing. Huntsman or Huntress would not be tied to a specific Kingdom under the Vytal treaty, you know? In the end, it all depends whether they choose to help you or not." Seta reminded him as the principle groaned in discomfort.

"That is not exactly the right words I wanted to hear." The principle sighed heavily.

"It can't be helped." Seta commented as she then thought of something. "Wait, you say they're a bunch of ruffians, but are you so into the Phantom Thieves? They shouldn't be no concern to you, don't you think you should be grateful for ridding a pervert out of your school?"

Kobayakawa immediately stood up showing a hint of anger. "They are a nuisances that blackmailed one of my finest teachers-"

"They chased out a disbarred Black Fang member. And why would you hire a wretched imp like him when he was already kicked out of the guild? All you did was hired a punk who repeatedly abused your students physically, and you think that would fall under anyone's gaze?" Seta exclaimed as she stood her ground. "Principle Kobayakawa, you're not giving me any reason for me to help you and your students are suffering because of that. Regrettably, those Phantom Thieves are doing a better job at executing their justice and all you did was suppressing your students with a man who wasn't suppose to be practicing his lessons. My answer remains the same, I hope you understand."

"..." The Principle said nothing as Seta took her leave. He then covered his head with sweating bullets. "Dammit..." He stuttered as he then look to his phone.


8/01 Black Fang Headquarters Afternoon

Behind an alleyway where no one was looking, the group were waiting for Yu and Yosuke in order to guide them to meet the Phantom Thieves. "So... why are we in an empty alleyway, again?" Nora asked.

"Well, Weissy-chan wanted to meet those Phantom Thieves, right? But they aren't exactly what you guys call random run-of-the-mill thieves." Yosuke answered.

"Then... how do we exactly meet them?" Ruby asked.

"Simple, we enter the Black Fang from another way." Yu answered.

"Another way? Like a back entrance?" Yang assumed.

"It's not like that." Yosuke stated as he pulled his cell scroll out.

"What are you doing?" Weiss questioned.

"You'll see soon enough." Yosuke assured as one press on an app started to distort the area around.

"Huh? Wait, wha-" Yang stuttered as they group vanished from reality.


As the distortion faded, everyone were all wondering what happened. "Wait... what happen... guys, your clothes!" Nora exclaimed as she pointed to them.

They look to each other as they all wore different costumes.

"What the... where did these clothes came from!?" Chie staggered. She looked like some Temple Monk with her green-colored attire with a circlet with a feather tuck to its side with covering her eyes.

Yukiko wore a red and white combat Kimono, more traditional than her original combat attire with a white mask to match her outfit. "Oh my...!"

"The hell!?" Kanji exclaimed as he searched himself of the armor he's wearing. Kanji had black metal plating equipped on him, and had painting on that looked like bones with a skull on his face covering his eyes.

Blake donned a ninja chainmail set with a similar designed mask.

Pyrrha had a red valkyrie set which included a visor with a flower on it as well.

Teddie on another hand... only had a eye mask covering his eyes, everything else is his costume.

Yang wore a fiery set of armor along with a mask with horns on it. "Okay, what the heck? I don't... remember putting this armor on..." She recalled as she, too, checked herself.

"Yeah, it's weird, it was like ours when we entered this place before." Jaune mentioned as he, Ruby, and Weiss briefly told them what happened when the came here the other day.

"Ooh...! So you were telling us the truth!" Nora exclaimed. "But wait, how come we don't have those cool-looking outfits?" She asked. She and Ren were the only ones who don't have a costume.

"We're not sure. I can assume that its because you guys don't have your Personas, yet?" Yosuke assumes.

While Ren and Nora nodded in confirmation, Teddie peeked around the corner as he saw the castle. "Uhh... guys... What happened to the guild place?" He asked.

When the group walked out of the alleyway, they saw what Yu and Ruby described as a oriental castle. "Wait a second, that's the castle you guys mentioned!? Chie exclaimed.

"A castle that oriental in a middle of a modern city? Yep." Jaune nodded.

"The hell's goin' on? The guild's suppos'ta be a tall building and all, but why the hell's a castle?" Kanji questioned.

"You guys haven't told them, huh?" A voice rung out as Morgana appeared around the castle wall. "And I honestly thought that there would be less of your friends, Raiden." He recalled as he approached them, much to there surprise.

"Wh-Whoa! What the hell is that thing!?" Chie staggered.

"Is it a Grimm!?" Ren questioned as he readied Stormflower

"Kill it with fire!" Nora yelped as she wielded Magnhild.

"Wh-What!? wait a second!" Morgana staggered as Yu and Ruby stood in their friends way.


"So... your with those rumored Phantom Thieves?" Blake reminded after the explanation.

"That's right." Morgana sighed. "Again, you did promise us reinforcements, but I wasn't expecting a big company, Raiden." He said, turning to Yu.

"Raiden?" Ruby repeated.

"It's a code name he's using and I'm called Kaze." Yosuke mentioned. "We're acting a part-time Phantom Thieves so we aren't allowed to use our real names."

"We had them use code name for a precaution. There no telling what would happen what the cognition in there will do if you use yell real names. Besides, what kinda of Phantom Thief would I be?" Morgana retorted.

"But why are you guys into this? Those Phantom Thieves are causing an up roar back in the real world." Weiss questioned back.

"There's a good reason we're helping them." Yu reassured. "These palaces are a problem and we need to take them down."

"The Palaces?" They wondered.

"One could say it's a world in which one's distorted desires have materialized. I call such a place a 'Palace.'" Morgana told them. "It's a manifestation of 'distortion', strong negative and corrupt thoughts that warp the perceptions of people into a hazard for themselves and others."

"Strong negative thoughts, huh? Sorry, but I fail to see how that relates to the Phantom Thieves..." Weiss denied.

"Of course you wouldn't understand." Morgana sighed. "Surely you guys know what Shadows are?"

"Shadows? Oh, you're talking about those shadows?" Teddie assumed. "Whoa! Now that I smell it, there's a whole bunch coming from that place!"

"Yeah, now I'm more confused, what's wrong with the palace place anyways?" Yang demanded.

"It's just as we mentioned, The Phantom Thieves are stopping corrupted adults. You guys watched the new recently, about those guys who turned themselves in?" Yosuke explained as he asked.

"Those guys on the news? Buncha' shitheads who use people, yeah?" Kanji recalled.

"The Phantom Thieves goes in to their palaces and steal their important object of theirs and their real self in reality will change their cognition, their view of things." Yu told them.

"This castle is what Gaius views that HQ. Though the real Gaius doesn't realize what goes on in there, it's deeply connected to the depths of his heart. It'll natually impact him if it disappears."

"What do you mean 'if' the castle disappears...?" Yukiko asked.

His desires would disappear, zapped away like it was never there. A palace is a manifestation of a person's distorted desires. This is our method to force the palace owner to have a change of heart." Morgana explained as Yu silently looked away pondering in concern. "

"Distorted desires? What, is he becoming a bad guy?" Jaune wondered.

"Well, even though their warped wants dissappear, the crimes committed will remain. Yet, that's reason why we're looking into it, right now. From what I heard that guy has been doing a good job at doing his job. We just looked up his name and it got a hit." Morgana mentioned. "One my subordinates used an app, the 'Meta-Nav' he called it, on a mistaken whim and we came to find out that he has a palace. Also, Raiden wanted to personally assist in our infiltration." He looked to Yu as he scratched his head.

"Gaius-sensei is bedridden back in reality, but his palace is up for some reason. Which is why I want to looking the palace, to see if there something wrong with him." Yu stated as he then looked to his friends and bowed. "Can I ask for your guys assistance?" He requested.

Yu's friends wondered, as this still left them with more questions. "So what will have to do? I mean there has to be risks." Ruby asked as Yu stood back up.

"Our objective is mainly to steal the treasure from these palaces. That will erase the palace along with the person's distorted desires."

"Is there more to it than stealing the so-called treasure?" Ren assumed.

"Indeed. You all know desires are what we all need in order to survive, right? The will to sleep, eat, to fall in love-those sorts of things." Morgana mentioned. If all those yearnings were to vanish, they's be no different than someone who has shut down entirely. They may die if they're not given proper care." He mentioned as everyone staggered upon knowing what the cat meant.

"Wait, are you saying they might die!?" Blake exclaimed upon revelation.

"Why does everyone keep jumping to conclusions every time I say something?" Morgana sighed.

"Whoa, hey guys calm down! They aren't murderers!" Yosuke reassured. "Besides, the method they're using isn't gonna kill them!"

"Well, you guys better explain!" Weiss demanded.

"During our previous infiltrations, we discovered that they won't suffer a mental shutdown even if their palaces disappears. All we need to do is to persuade the Ruler's Shadow without killing it, and send it back to its real self. Our targets haven't underwent a cognitive collapse. That's all!" Morgana explained.

"Think of this like facing your shadows. Persuading you guys as you accept your shadow, remember?" Yosuke reminded.

"OH! So there's no killing then? That's a ber-lief!" Teddie sighed.

"I guess I can still go for breaking legs." Nora sighed with relief as the other sweat-dropped.

"I... guess I say for all of us that well help you guys out. We still have questions that you'll have to tell us, okay?" Yang asked.

"Hold up! If you're all going to help us out, your all gonna need code names." Morgana mentioned.

"Oh right, you said something about that." Ruby recalled.

"Please, that's so childish." Weiss scoffed at the idea.

"So what if it is?" Morgana retorted. "Again, there's no telling what would happen what the cognition in there will do if you yell out real names. We already have Raiden and Kaze here." He point to Yu and Yosuke respectively.

"Code names, huh..." Chie pondered as she then got one. "Then... I'll go with Chan!"

"Uh... Chan?" They wondered.

"Yeah, it's part of a name of a famous martial artist that's on some movie films I've watched, he's really that good!" Chie assured.

"Then I'll go as Sakura. If anything it's all about our outfits wouldn't it?" Yukiko suggested.

"Ohh, so what about me?" Teddie asked as they all looked to him.

"What name can we use...?" Yosuke wondered.

"Anything that represents who he is, I guess...? Would Ursa count?" Yu wondered.

"I don't know about that, we might end up confusing him with the real Grimm." Yang denied as they all agreed.

"... Anything that represents who he is...? Well I got nothing, why not have him go as Kuma?" Chie suggest.

"Meh, that'll do." Yosuke agreed.

"Then Kuma it is!" Teddie cheered.

"So what should I be?" Kanji asked eagerly.

"How about thug?" Morgana suggested as the cat took a good look at him, with Kanji irritant.

"The hell, you picking a fight with me?!" Kanji exclaimed angrily, bu then cooled off. "Grr... when it comes down to me, it all comes down to the mask I'm wearin'! How 'bout Skull?" He suggested.

"No, that code name's already taken." Morgana told them as Kanji grunted. "How about Bones. You do show more of them than our Skull.

Kanji: "Tch, fine...!"

"You guys are really into this aren't you?" Weiss wondered with disappointment.

"So what about us? What should we be called?" Yang asked.

"I call the for the code name Saber." Blake voted much to Weiss surprise.

"Sure! And you shine more than anyone sis. Oh! Why not Blaze?" Ruby asked with Yang giving a thumbs up and Blake nodding.

"Ooh, can I go as Knight?" Jaune suggested.

"After that scuffle, you think a rookie like you is brave enough?" Morgana wondered.

"At least... why not Rook? A reference to a chess piece?" Pyrrha suggested.

"Oh, great idea, Pyrrha! So what about you?" Jaune asked.

"Hmm... an elegant, beautiful warrior. Perhaps a powerful lady warrior might work." Morgana referred.

As they wondered what code name to use for Pyrrha, Ren steps in. "The name Freya, I heard in storybooks that she's some goddess in some lore..."

"Oh... thank you!" Pyrrha said with gratitude.

"So... what about Ruby?" Yang asked as they turned to the young huntress.

"Y'think red's good?" Kanji guessed.

"No, a real jerk calls me that." Ruby denied.

"Rose?" Ren suggested.

"That's my last name!" Ruby denied again.

"Ugh, Rouge, let's go with Rouge. It's another word for Red." Weiss sighed heavily.

"Weiss...?" Ruby said as she turned to her.

"I don't care anymore. As long as you all address me as Blanc, I have no objections..." Weiss stated with a annoyed expression, much to some chuckling from others.

"So then, what will we be? Ren asked.

"I'll be... uhh..." Nora stuttered as she ponders what she should be called.

"You guys don't have your Personas yet, don't you? That would mean your outfit hasn't materialized, yet, either." Morgana mentioned.

"Our Personas? The spirits of our own selves, in other words?" Ren assumes.

"Pretty much. When a Persona User intents on opposing a palace's ruler and becomes a threat to them, their outfit manifests. It's to prevents them from being affected by distortions." Morgana explains.

"But mostly all of us have our outfits already, and only some of us have been in that place. What's up with that?" Yang asked point at Yu, Yosuke, Ruby, Weiss, and Jaune.

"Well, obviously the Ruler pretty much considers anyone a threat. That's all." Morgana stated. "Your guy's appearance reflects your inner self, a rebellious aspect of yourself that slumber within.

"Hmm... I suppose we don't have our Personas yet." Ren figured.

"Raiden, are you sure this is a good idea to bring those two? I don't think they're exactly fit to infiltrate the palace." Morgana singled Ren and Nora out.

"What? We're more than just fit, we're combat ready." Nora complained as she wielded Magnhild in it's hammer form and Ren holding his Stormflowers.

"Well... alright. You guys are responsible for them, just so you know." Morgana told them as they nodded in response. "Follow me, there's a entrance that me and my friends used on the way in." He mentioned as he guided the group there.

Commencing Infiltration!


A/N: Okay... I'm gonna stop there, I've already delayed this chapter enough. So anyways I'm starting Gaius's palace and I have an idea to the depth of his palace will be. He like the character in the Tales of Xillia, but a Faunus with a strong code of honor or something. His palace will not be like the rest of the palaces in the original game and might uncover his memories that relates to his treasure.

As for Ren and Nora's code name, I have both Lotus or Genji for Ren, but which one? And Nora's code name still eludes me... And I already covered their Persona already, btw.

Rise and Naoto are still tending to their duties elsewhere, so no navigation at the time being.

Omake skit!


One Shot, One Pill

At the Hotel they were staying at, Ken was trying to feed Koromaru so medicine yet he refuses as spits it out. "Koromaru, you gotta take your medicine." Ken demanded as he tries again, stuffing the pill into his mouth, yet he spit it out again.

"Koromaru still refuses." Aigis translated.

"Ugh, come on Koromaru, this stuff more expensive than anything I take." Ken groaned. "What'll convince you to eat the pill?" He sighed.

"Hey Ken! You still trying to feed your dog like a reverse-piƱata?" Yang asked.

"This is his monthly medicine and still spits it out." Ken answered.

"Koromaru-san says it tastes awful." Aigis continued.

Yang chuckled as she approached Koromaru. "Well hey, maybe I can try something. There a method me and my sis use to give Zwei his pills." She mentions as she pets Koromaru.

"Like mixing the pills into his dish to masked the bitter flavor?" Ken assumes.

"That's so primitive. No it's not that. Let me demonstrate." " Yang chuckled again as she picks up Koromaru. "Koromaru, you are a loved and valued member of his family and they need to take action so that you can live your best life." She told Koromaru with a warm aura as placed the dog on the table. Koromaru barked with a hint of joy.

"He thanks you for the compliment, but he claims that he still refuse to take the pill." Aigis stated.

"Yang-senpai, are you sure that's going to work?" Ken asked with a questioned expression.

"Nope, that's was suppose to distract him." Yang replied as she took out her scroll with Ken, Aigis, and Koromaru giving off question marks on their heads. "Now! Take the shot!" She exclaimed as the other had both question marks and exclamation marks above their heads, immediately noticing a target mark where Koromaru was sitting.

Elsewhere at far off distance, zooming out of the window where the four were at, Ruby loads a pill into her Crescent Rose and aims at Koromaru. "One shot, one pill..." *Bang* Ruby fires the pill as it zips across a long distant as it shoot directly through the window and into Koromoru's mouth as he swallows the pill instantly, much to the baffled group with exclamation marks on them.

"Direct hit! I repeat, direct hit!" Yang declared.

"Did you see that!?" Ruby exclaimed with excitement over the scroll.

"What the... Wow, I never thought you guys were that sneaky, that's impressive." Ken stated.

"Yeah, you should see how we sneak a peek at our birthday presents early every year." Yang bragged as she pets Koromaru as Ken and the dog sweat-dropped.

"Koromaru recommends mixing the medicine into my dish next time." Aigis stated.

Ken: "Y-Yeah..."

"Hey! What the hell are you guys doing!?" Said a voice of the person walking over.

"The manager of the hotel." Aigis stated as the others staggered.

"I allowed you kids your pets in, but using weapons in my hotel!? Seta will have an earful for this." The Hotel manager declared as he marched off.

"Uh oh...!" Yang stuttered as she immediately pulls her scroll back out again. "Secondary target! Take the shot Ruby, take the shot!" She commanded.

"Wh-what did you say- gack!" The Hotel manager took a tranquilizer to back as he then dozed of and passed out on the floor.

"Whew, close one. Now let's find something for him to nap shall we?" Yang suggested as she dragged the manager off, leaving Ken and Koromaru baffled.

"Yeah, next time will mix the medicine in your meals..." Ken suggested otherwise as Koromaru barked in agreement.


Dodgeball Warzone

A while back at the School grounds at Beacon Academy, the students were playing Dodgeball. Turns out Aigis and Penny were on opposing teams and they were literally taking it too far. Craters all over, students out cold on the ground, and Aigis and Penny were launching balls at each other, while beaming others in the crossfire. "Dude! Was this a good idea to invite them!? They're destroying the school!" Yosuke questioned Ruby and Minato.

"Uhh... I have no idea what you're talking about!" Ruby stuttered in denial, despite knowing her guilt of inviting Penny as she threw a ball at Aigis as she evaded it as the ball slammed Kanji, punting him out of the area.

"Oh it's fine." Minato assured care-freely. "Nothing like a little havoc to wake us up." He said as Aigis launched a pair of balls back, as Penny evaded a ball and caught the other one as the first ball hit Jaune in the face, causing him to pass out from the painful blast.

"Target acquired. Firing!" Aigis stated monotonously while tossing more balls at her opponent.

"Engaging evasive maneuvers!" Penny stated as she dodges the balls. The stray dodgeballs then wiped out the rest of their teammates and it was all one one from there.

Looking around, the whole area was completely cluttered with holes and balls paved into the ground and walls, even the students that were stucked from the balls were down for the count. Ruby and Minato continued watching Aigis and Penny still going at it. "... I'm sure it's fine." Minato reassured plainly as Ruby sweat-dropped.


*Wake up, Get up, Get out there - Shoji Meguro, Lyn Inaizumi