Persona Series x RWBY crossover

I do not own either one, they are Respectively owned by ATLUS and Roosterteeth

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


The Medjed Case

No Date Confirmed Unknown Headquarters Morning

In the Interrogation Room, Gaius looked up and pondered about everything he heard from Ruby. "I see... Somehow, I do recall inviting you all to a feast after my guild's successful defense."

"Oh yeah, that was a great dinner party." Ruby agreed recalled.

"Indeed... back to your recollection, another occurrence has happened prior to your successful so-called 'heist'. Do you know anything after that? Anyone you've met recently?" Gaius asked.

"Hmm... anyone I met..." Ruby pondered as she recalled something. "Oh! We met someone that was around our age. A girl who was a great at hacking stuff... uh..."

"I'm not going to go after that person in question, I only need you to remember everything, at your friends request." Gaius reassured. "So other than just the hacker, do you recall the Medjed Crisis?

"Medjed? Oh, right! I think it was right after misplaced my scroll that time after your palace." Ruby recalled as tells her tale.

*Wake up, Get up, Get out there


8/04 Shibuya, Japan Morning

Upon the monitors of the screens around Tokyo, an announcement has begun. It shows Gaius making a statement, despite his lethargic state.

"... As of this moment, the last of Grimm has been quelled." Gaius declared. "We have renewed the barriers that was lost within the western province with the technology the Kirijo group provided. What circumstances that cause the Grimm to invade the are now under investigations under the authority of the Police and the Black Fang will provide our assistance upon the matter."

"And what about the Phantom Thieves? Do you think that they are responsible for this disaster?" An off-camera interviewer asked.

"The Phantom Thieves? I'm pretty sure I said something regarding them the last time I was on air; That those thieves are the Police's responsible for their arrest. They're only thieves are they not?" Gaius questioned.

"But with their ability to steal their hearts and all, don't you think that this phenomenon could be a possibility that the Grmm invasion was their fault? Not to mention that they also targeted you." The interview questioned.

"And there is no conclusive evidence to prove them in the wrong, considering that their prank was what got me up, especially when my men's lives were on the line while I am still recovering!" Gaius exclaimed as the interviewers zipped their mouth from his roar. "I will say this once again; I am not a fan of those wretched thieves, but my guild is meant to deal with external forces that threaten this Kingdom, the creatures of Grimm, terrorist, and major criminals that hide within Japan, not to catch petty thieves. I trust the police that they will catch them one of these days, sooner I hope."

"And if they turn out to be nothing but murderous?" Another interviewer asked.

"Then the Police will ask us for our help to support the chase. For now, there is no reason to waste resources on thieves. I believe that's all I have to give you, I have to follow up and supervise upon this incident regarding the Grimm invasion. My heart's out to other Kingdoms that are recovering from Grimm invasions elsewhere, even overseas." Gaisu declared as he walk out with interviewers begging for more answers from him.

*Wake up, Get up, Get out there


8/04 Cafe Leblanc Morning

Akira and Morgana were sitting at the cafe bar in Leblanc, eating Sojiro's breakfast usual's as they watch the news announcement. "It seems Gaius doesn't care too much about us." Morgana meowed.

"And those thieves are gonna have to steal hearts under his radar." Akira chuckled in agreement.

"What exactly is going on in this city..." Sojiro sighed as another customer enter. "Oh, welcome back." He greeted Team RWBY and Team JNPR.

"Hiya, Mr. Sakura. Did you happened to find my scroll around here? I think I dropped it around here somewhere." Ruby asked.

"Sure thing." Sojiro answered, taking out the scroll Ruby misplaced. "Found it squished between the seats.

"Oh thank you! I would've been screwed if I lost it." Ruby showed her gratitude with a sigh of relief.

"That would definitely spell trouble." Blake nodded as the members of the Investigation Team followed along with the other members of the Phantom Thieves arrived.

"Hello again, boss!" Ann waved at the cafe owner.

"Whoa, I wasn't expecting a full house of all of you! What's the occasion?" Sojiro asked but then recalled last night. "Wait, are you all here for a follow-up?"

"That's reassuring, all things considered." A new voice appeared as a punk-rock woman, with dark blue hair in a messy bob-cut with blunt bangs and brown eyes, even donning a typical white lab-coat, with a Black Fang armband, that is worn over a short black dress, entered after. She looks towards all the students in the room, sighing by the number of students she looking at. "I'm still surprised by how so many of you were injured in an ambush. I thought most of the Grimm that got through were all but juveniles... or so I might've heard."

"I think you've misheard, Doctor Takemi..." Pyrrah reassured with a sweat-drop.

"Anyways, isn't this floor a little cramped? We could use the 2nd floor's open space." Takemi suggested.

"That's fine, I'm about have customers soon, too." Sojiro agreed as they all gathered into Akira's room.


An hour later, Takemi eventually finishes up with the last patient among the group. "... I don't see why being a Spider Faunus is bad luck, my spit really does work as a healing agent, you know.

"It actually works." Akira confirmed.

"Gross... but I guess it is efficient..." Weiss stuttered in disgust.

"You know as some would say, 'use poison to kill poison', 'fight fire with fire'?" Takemi chuckled as she finishes up. "Anyways, you guys have no broken bones anywhere, no sores, or any cuts, you guys are fine." She stated.

"Thank you for the check-up. How much will that be?" Blake asked.

"Oh, it's on the house." Takemi replied.

"Are you sure? I mean, we can't just accept a free check-up." Chie denied.

"That's alright, my guinea pig here is covering for you guys, right? I think you guys don't need to worry." Takemi pointed at Akira who sweat-dropped in response. The Doctor packs up her equipment and prepare to leave. "Make sure you swing by for another test, okay?"

"Right..." Akira nodded as she leaves the room.

"Guinea pig...?" Yang muttered as she and some other girls in the room giggles.

"I help her test medicine and drugs. That way she'll would sell some medicine we'll need during our heists." Akira explained.

"That's fine. So while we're all here, think we can do an after-heist meeting?" Ruby suggested.

"Boss mentioned the he's gonna have customers soon, let's be quiet for this meeting." Makoto agreed.

"Alright. Let's discuss was happened in Gaius's Palace. We learn that his Palace was fabricated with the help of Byakko." Yosuke started off.

"'The Deity of the western province'. Gaius's Shadow mentioned something that he was able to... twist his heart temporary in order to create the Black Fang leader's palace."

"It seems Gaius-sensei took a gamble, and it almost got to him." Yu said in his perspective.

"But the fact that a Deity can do that is unheard of. Are the Deity Lords who can only do that or any Deity can do that?" Ren wondered.

"And how was this information not heard of outside of Japan?" Weiss also questioned. "That form of process is really serious!"

"It sorta was." Yukiko answered.

"'Was'?" They ask.

"The knowledge regarding the Deities were left out of the history books weren't they? We're not sure why, but it was a huge controversy that threaten their existence. Yusuke mentioned.

"You guys could probably check with the teacher today... Oh, wait... don't you guys have head to Shujin by now" Ryuji mentioned.

"What!?" Every student, excluding the Shujin students and Yusuke, staggered by what Ryuji said.

"We're gonna be late!" Ruby exclaimed as she rushed down stair with here semblance.

"Ruby don't just run off or you'll get us lost again!" Weiss complained as she tries to catch up with her.

"Yeah, talk later!" Kanji agreed as they piled and fell down the stairs as Sojiro, below, started yelling at them.

"They should've walked down in a calmly manner." Yusuke commented.

"At this hour? I don't know." Ann sighed as Makoto realized as well.

"Oh shoot! I still have reports to finish, too! Make sure you guys behave." The President realized as she took a look at her watch as she then rushed off as well.


8/04 Beacon Academy Daytime

World of Remnant: Deities part 2

Professor Ozpin started up another of Souji's audio documents as it regards to the Deities once more.

"Okay, I've been looking into things and they are incredibly extraordinary... are they similar words...? No? Okay... Interesting things. It turns out these Deities are more than just your everyday fairy tales... which I mean that they have some sort of 'scientific' circumstances than what I heard recently..." Souji mentioned as the screen portrayed silhouettes of giant animal figures.

"I still think there more than what I've heard so far, but they are as cryptic as my headmaster, full of secrecy... of course, I may actually overstepping my bounds." He added as Ozpin frowned.

"But back to the topic, I may have found some more details that I found available. Apparently their forms appear as what ought to be called a sudden mutations of normal animals and are differentiated from their regular kind... the difference is base on some unusual DNA they hold. I'm no scientist, but that's some summary regarding their ability to synchronize with their Human or Faunus partner." Souji explained as the screen add a DNA panel to the side of the original picture.

"This whole thing goes deep, and I'm having difficult time understanding any of this... Seeing that they can synchronize with us, so they can... fuse with their partner? I know it sounds very strange, but one point I witnessed that fusion and it was very... cool. Well, because of the genetic strains combined they'd become something, a creature possessing a... quadruple? Triple...? Er... hold on... Ah ha! A fivefold-helix... wait... oh right, a quintuple-helix strain. Like I said, all scientific. This whole thing allows people to use the so-called magic while synchronized, chained together, if putted bluntly." He stated as the screen portrayed a human body and a deity with a DNA strain between them, followed by a screen portraying both human and deity with a line between them, stating their link.

"While Synchronization might be understood easily if it is thought of as telepathy, it might be harder to explain the 'Perfect Synchronization'... Think of it as a the DNA spliced together while other DNA are not. Simply put, by achieving this Perfect Synchronization, one's abilities will increase twice as much and you will have the appearance of a Faunus of the deity you fused with. That said, I've been told that the longest that Perfect Synchronization could be maintained is for a few minutes.

"Unlike normal Faunus, who have one animal trait, you'll have at least two of animal traits, while perfectly synchronized." He said as the screen shows the person with animal ears and a tail.

"I'll honest, this whole synchronization thing is ultimately unheard of, never heard of this before I visited this Kingdom... And all this science stuff is really difficult... I rather not dig any deeper is it's serious information. What? Something that's not too important? Hmm... Oh, I did notice that some Faunus here already have two animal traits. I think I said that just now... They're not synchronized Faunus? For real? So let me get this straight. These type of Faunus, dubbed 'Demi-Faunus' are technically ordinary Faunus... from some ancient mutation or something? I guess that's makes some sense." Souji stated as the screen show a normal Faunus and a Demi-Faunus on the same screen. One with only a tail and the other one with a tail and a pair of ears.

"It's quite unbelievable of what I'm seeing in the Kingdom of Japan. I have to wonder about the other Kingdom's point of view of this Kingdom. Loads of mixed reviews I bet." Souji assumes as the screen displays the Map of Japan. Ozpin sipped his cup of coffee as he swings his chair to face the sky. "The Deities are truly extraordinary beings, that's for sure." Ozpin thought.


8/04 Shujin Academy After School

As the students were exiting the campus as Seta appears before them. "Yu-kun!"

"Okaa-san! You're okay!" Yu exclaimed as he walks towards her but Seta immediately embraces him before he can react.

"I was worried sick for your safety, Yu-kun, I thought the Grimm almost hurt you!" Seta exclaimed loudly as she began to shed tears as she embraced her son tightly.

"Th-that's so... like... you... Okaa-san... ow...!" Yu struggles as he felt as his spine was about to break.

"We took care of him, I assure you, Narukami-san." Yosuke assured her.

"What about you? You made us worried sick, even Yu-kun had concerns for you." Chie replied.

"And I thank you all for your concerns." Seta bowed to them. That being said, is Team NYCA and Team KRST here?" She asked.

"Not really..." Kanji mentioned.

"Rise-chan and Nao-chan are performing their own duties as we speak. I miss them beary much." Teddie whined.

"Is there something that you need from us?" Yukiko asked.

"Yes... do you remember that you guys suggested the school trip selection? Your principle agree, but they would like to have your input and your assistance on preparing for your Beacon friends' visit." Seta reminded.

"Whoa, seriously!?" Yosuke exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, we could show them around our town!" Chie recalled.

"And we'll have to asked my family inn for reservations, too..." Yukiko agreed.

"Guess we'll hafta tell Naoto and Rise, huh." Kanji mentioned.

"That's right we can't leave them bear-hind!" Teddie exclaimed.

"I will have to go with them, wouldn't I?" Yu said to his mother. She was sweating bullets to that fact. "Okaa-san, can I count on you to watch over our Beacon friends?" He requested, much to his mother's shock.

"... Okay..." Seta muttered as she walks away sadden but turned back to add something. "I forgot to mention, Gaius is hosting a welcome party at his guild for you students tomorrow night, can you relay this to the others, thank you. You can also bring your friends you made in Shujin." She added as she walked away mope away.

"I think she has a son-complex..." Yosuke assumes.

"I think so too..." Yu sighed as they waited for the Beacon students as they washed up.


After Ruby got out of the wash room, she soon recalls her scroll vibrate while class was in session. Apparently she has received text message from an unknown caller with an image of a cat with a smug smile.

"Nice to meet you, I am the one they call Alibaba. I have a question for you. You're a Huntress that's associated with the Phantom Thieves, are you?" The messenger asked, shocking Ruby when the messenger mentioned the Phantom Thieves.

"Wh-how...!?" Ruby stuttered with surprise. "How does he know that I know the Phantom Thieves!?" Ruby pondered as another text message appeared.

"There is someone whose heart I would like you to steal. I'm not asking for charity, so let's make a deal. Have you heard about the international hacktivists group called Medjed? I can give you guys information on them if the change of heart is successful. Do you believe in my skills? I can track down their accounts, just as I have with yours." The messenger stated.

"Med... jed?" Ruby wondered as she tries to reply. "Who are you? And who's this Medjed group?" She asked in her text.

"What I can do is all the details I can give you, to prove at the moment. I've also sent a necessary tool on another end. Look forward to it. Huntress/Phantom Thief." Alibaba texted.

"Hey wait! Who is this?" Ruby texted, but her scroll couldn't find the account to send the response. She only gotten back an error message. "Who was that...?" Ruby muttered as her teammates came up to her.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" Weiss questioned.

"Hey guys, apparently I got a weird text message just now." Ruby mentioned.

"A weird text message?" Blake wondered.

"Anyway, what's up? Something going on?" Ruby asked.

"Oh yeah, get this! The Black Fang leader is hosting a banquet just for us!" Yang exclaimed.

"I have to wonder what kind of cuisine they're going to serve." Weiss wondered.

"I bet there is going to be a lot of fish." Blake guessed as the thought of fish made her stomach growled.

"Wow, your really are in to fish, huh?" Ruby commented as she still had the unknown messenger in mind. "By the way, is the Makoto around? There's something I wanted to bring up with her and the others." She mentioned.


8/04 Granbell Hotel Afternoon

"Holy shit, this place is so grand...!" Ryuji stated as they looked around the hotel room where the Student Huntsmen were all staying.

"Is this the place you guys are staying at?" Ann questioned the whole group.

"Never that we expected either." Jaune agreed.

"So what did you want say when you wanted to talk to everyone, Ruby?" Weiss asked.

"It's this. Someone knows that I'm working with the Phantom Thieves." Ruby stated as she shows everyone the unknown messenger, much to everyone's surprise. She did not withhold any details regarding it.

"Considerin' he mentioned stealin' hearts, he knows, doesn't he?" Ryuji assumed.

"H-How were we found out!?" Jaune staggered.

"How careless, I knew we shouldn't of work with you lot...!" Weiss groaned.

"Much to the matter at hand, did this person trace our chat log?" Blake asked.

"But how would he have known all these details with just that?" Makoto questioned.

"You think that there another cause?" Yukiko asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure why, but that's the feeling I get." Makoto nodded.

"It be easy to look at another's chat log by looking over one's should could that be how Ruby got these messages?" Pyrrha guessed.

"That doesn't work that much if the owner see the person behind him. He may have extracted our phones' data?" Makoto assumes.

"... Ruby did left it back at Leblanc." Ren mentioned as Ruby sweat-drops.

"Still, why is she getting an error when she tries to reply? The receiving end doesn't exist?" Chie adds up.

"Is that even possible? Are we going up against ghosts!?" Nora exclaimed.

"I doubt I know much about it." Makoto denied with a sigh.

"Wait, might this be what is referred as hacking?" Yusuke asked.

"Oh crap, then that means this guy's a hacker!" Yosuke exclaimed.

"Ugh, I don't get all this high tech stuff! What does this all mean?" Morgana meowed his questioned.

"It means an unknown hacker contacted us." Yu declared.

"I... still don't really get it." Morgana still did understand.

"Then is that person Medjed?" Yusuke assumes.

"Medjed?" The Huntsmen asked.

"An international hacktivists group. There was a talk show about on TV last night. You all went to bed early, did you guys?" Akira mentioned as he looks to the Huntsmen-in-training.

"Still, I doubt it, he said that wants to 'deal' with them. That is, only if we take his words for face value." Yosuke shook his head.

A moment of silence as Ryuji has gotten an idea. "Hey... Wouldn't it be great if we got this guy on our side?"

"We don't know nothing about his identity at all. We can't trust him." Makoto disagreed.

"Really? I don't think think it's a bad idea though..." Ryuji assumed.

"He hacked Ruby's scroll and ask someone to steal someone's heart. Regardless of Ruby's clumsiness, there is no way I would work with someone that low." Weiss declared her disagreement.

"Too low." Blake bluntly disagreed.

Ruby: "Hey..."

"Even if Alibaba turns out to be a criminal? I am not helping anyone of the sorts." Yusuke agreed with the girls.

"Oh, right, that wouldn't be good..." Ryuji said, turning down the idea.

"Could this be some prank?" Ruby wondered as she looks towards her scroll.

"I don't know, he seems to know an awful lot for it to be a prank." Chie voiced her thought. "Then again, it'd be bad if we were all caught."

"I don't think so, if he wanted to reported us, he would've done it by now. He might actually have an objective of his own. He did make a deal with us, after all." Yu reminded them. "I'm sure he'll contact us again."

"There ain't any tellin' when thought..." Kanji siad with uncertainty.

"Could this hack be a lovely lady hacker?" Teddie wondered as they all sweat-dropped.

"I think it's best that we stay together for now. if something happens, we can act together." Makoto suggested.

"'For now. Not that we want to share more bad new, but our school called us. we have to prep for Beacon's visit to Inaba." Yosuke reminded.

"What!? Why didn't say that sooner!?" Ryuji questioned.

"Hey, it was out of our hands we can't just disagreed! You guys already knew that we only have a limited time vacation before we have to head back to Beacon." Yosuke retorted.

"We only have 3 weeks to visit Japan, a week between Tokyo, Inaba, and Pot Island." Yu mentioned. "We weren't originally supposed to help you guys." He added.

"... True, being huntsmen have a higher calling compared to our thievery..." Yusuke inclined.

"Aw.. for real...?" Ryuji protested.

"If it makes you guys feel better, us Yasogami students are going to head out first, so the the Huntsmen of Beacon should be able to help you before they leave." Yu assured.

"Sure thing!" Ruby nodded.

"That's reassuring." Akria sighed with relief.

Another moment of silence as Blake recalled something. "Oh, right. The Black Fang leader is hosting a banquet tomorrow night. Do you guys wanna come?"

"A banquet from the Black Fang? A banquet means that there's a lot of food, right?" Nora asked.

"Oh, I am so in!" Ryuji agreed as the rest of the Phantom Thieves agreed as well.

"We might even get a chance to actually meet Gaius himself..." Morgana agreed.

"Alright then, let's catch each other tomorrow, then." Akira agree as he picks up his bag with Morgana with him as the group leaves.

"So what time are you guys leaving?" Ruby asked Yu.

"Couple days from now, the day after tomorrow." Yu replied.

"We should have the full day to explore the city, it's been a while since I've been in the big city." Yosuke mentioned.


8/05 Shujin Academy After School

*Tokyo Daylight

The next day the group all gathered outside the school to suggest an idea to pass the time. "So... what do you guys think we should do?" Ruby asked.

"I dunno. We don't have any mean to do, even against this Medjed group." Yu replied.

"Why not hit the arcade? I think there's one in Shibuya." Ryuji suggested. "Ooh there's a new shooting arcade game out, too!" He realized.

"That shooting game? Last I check, that arcade game was in the Gigolo Arcade in Akihabara." Akira corrected.

"Wait, you've been there?" Ryuji asked as his leader nodded.

"Akia bara? shooting game?" Ruby repeated.

"Akihabara. Just say Akiba. It's another district in our city, the shooting game they mention is over there if you wanna try it out." Morgana explained.

"Sure, I guess we could use some fun. Right guys?" Ruby suggested to her teammates.

"I think we got the time. There's also a exhibit I wanted to visit, at Kitaguwa's suggestion." Weiss agreed.

"There's a lot of place to see while we're still in the city, no reason not to stay in one place." Blake agreed.

"Ohh... you think got the best selling beefbowls here?" Chie wondered much to the groups with their sweat-dropped expression.


8/05 Akihabara, Japan Daytime

When they arrive to the district, they find themselves amidst the crowd. "Wow, is so crowded!" Ruby exclaimed.

"It's no less from Shibuya, that's for sure, but what's the occasion?" Yosuke wondered as the group sees Mishima nearby.

"Oh, hey guys!" Mishima notices them back as he approaches they group.

"Hey, Mishima, any idea what's going on?" Ryuji asked.

"You didn't know? It's all over the internet!" Mishima exclaimed.

"What is?" Ruby asked.

"Risette! She's giving autographs along with the 'Fortuna Entertainment' group." Mishima explained.

"Risette's here!? Ah man, I gotta get an autograph!" Ryuji exclaimed as he rushed in line.

"Wow, Rise's really popular, huh?" Ruby commented.

"I mean, she is a good singer, but nothing too note worthy." Weiss scoffed otherwise.

"You know her? Personally?" Mishima wondered.

"Rise-chan is our lovely Teammate Huntress of, yours truly, Team KRST!" Teddie declared proudly.

"What!?" Mishima staggered. "W-Wait, are you serious, a huntress!? Risette!?"

"That's correct." Yukiko nodded.

"Thank you, thank you, everyone! I hope you all come to our concert on any occasions!" Rise declared as her fans in line cheered her on.

"Make sure you guys get in line for your autographs!" Another girl, a faunus with horse-like ears, long black hair with her bangs clipped together by five clips, and wearing a similar stylish outfit like Rise's waved to the crowd as well.

"There's really no way to meet her directly, huh...?" Chie assumes.

"The crowd's too frickn' thick to pass through." Kanji groaned.

"Yeah, we'll have to try again, later." Yosuke suggested as they nodded.


They arrive at a museum where they gaze upon paintings that Yusuke mentioned. Everyone else were people watching at the same time at Yusuke's suggestion.

"This one is showed to be the manifestation of one's soul." Yusuke pointed out to the painting displayed.

"I can see it. There a strong emphasis on the meaning." Ann stated.

Weiss browsed the room further as she stumbles across an unusual painting. A pair of dragons in conflict, a long-length dragon one that shines brightly and other that's has a darker violet presence, even with its head revealing more skeletal. "What is... this...?" Weiss asked.

"That...? Hmm... I'm unsure..." Yusuke ponders as he takes a closer look upon the description. "This is portrayed as 'Aspects of the Brother Gods'; Kohryu and Shinryu. Beings that once held their presence in our world once before the left Remnant." He explained.

"The... Brother Gods...?" Weiss muttered. "I heard a story of the Deity Brothers in one of those religious books stating them. Over hundreds of years ago. Are they not similar?"

"You may be right. This painting only portrays their aspects after all. Not the gods themselves." Yusuke agrees.

Blake was still conflicted with the idea. "... Now that I think of it, aren't the deities of this Kingdom count as gods or something? If what the history teachers here say so, then..."

"Oh, not at all. Our deities may have powers that are beyond our observation, but they are not as equal to the actual gods. They said so themselves." Yusuke corrected. "Thought they have their powers, the also bear the responsibility to wield it."

Weiss: "I see..."

"Still, why is my gut feeling odd about this portrait...?" Blake muttered her question.


At the arcade, Ruby was shooting like crazy as she scoring like crazy, even when pitted against a boy wearing a hat.

"Wh-What!? How!?" The Boy staggered at the record screen.

"Well, shooting Grimm everyday is great practice. Still... someone your age, you certainly have skills." Ruby complimented.

"I'm always good at shooting games." The Boy replied confidently as he inserted another token into the arcade machine. "I guess I tend to get all heated up about it."

"Well, in live combat, you'll usually end up filled with adrenaline, especially when you might not have time to think straight." Ruby agrees. "I'm Ruby Rose, by the way."

"... Shinya Oda." He introduces himself as he them contemplates as the game starts. "You huntsmen are so lucky. You guys can do anything all night long."

"Well, that's an understatement. We're fighting for our lives and protecting others, so we can't exactly afford so much breaks, Shinya." Ruby said with reason. "And we're students, too. We get homework and have to class... It's incredibly tough as it is and just being strong won't cut it."

"I see. Honestly, even I want to be strong like you guys." Shinya stated followed by a glare. "I certainly refuse to lose to the like of you."

"Well... you'll have to beat the record I got." Ruby pointed at the record screen, with her rank above Shinya's, much to his chagrin.

"I-It's not over yet! You may be older than me, but this is far from over!" Shinya declared as Ruby sweat-dropped.

Ruby's friends were all spectating as Shinya persists, so did other spectators watched.

"Wow, that King's persistent, huh?"

"Never before I seen him get wiled up against any opponent, especially an older girl!"

"That's just humiliating..."

After those comments, Shinya staggered as he missed a shot, which made him irritated... which made him miss a shot.

"Tsk..." Shinya grunted at the game over screen.

"Wanna go again?" Ruby asked as Shinya nodded as they continued.

"How long are they gonna go at it!?" Weiss questioned.

"All day. I mean, Ruby-chan a beary great marksman!" Teddie stated with awe.

"Yeah, who could even beat her record?" Yosuke sighed.


8/05 Ichigaya, Japan Afternoon

After a few hours the Shujin Students then guided the Beacon students to a fishing pond where they began to fish for a while. "Not sure why were here... not the best place to enjoy our time..." Weiss sulked.

"That's because you haven't been catching anything. Your friends seems to be catching more than you." Ryuji stated as they see Blake and Yukiko catching fish like crazy."

"Not only that they use the right bait, but this requires patience, a clear mind, and timing." Kawakami stated as entered the fishing pond much to the student's surprise.

"Oh crap... Kawakami!? What're you doin' here!?" Ryuji questioned.

"That's MS. Kawakami to you!" She retorted as she sat down on a stool nearby, casting her reel and began fishing. Soon enough, she too, was fishing up a storm as well.

"Wow, could she be our master fisher?" Ann wondered.

"Yeah, she's hookin' fish like crazy...!" Kanji agreed.

"It's easy. Just clear your mind and free yourself from negative thoughts." Kawakami explained.

"So... the trick is to not think?" Jaune wondered. "How are we to do that...?"

"I don't think that much of anything, if that means anything." Nora suggested until she got a bite.

"So if we tell ourselves that we don't want any fish... perhaps we will catch them soon enough?" Pyrrha guessed as she casts her line.

"Well, that ain't working for me. I'm askin' tips because I WANNA get fish." Ryuji denied otherwise.

"It's a nice sunny afternoon, and I'm stuck fishing with you students after work." Kawakami sighed depressingly. "A combination of Huntsmen, troublemakers, and a no-good teacher. I guess we're perfect for each other." She sighed again, as she reeled in another fish.

"Huh... she's catching fish while she nags." Yang realized with surprise.

"Perhaps we should we call her 'Master' Kawakami?" Weiss chuckled as she soon realized herself that she has hooked a fish herself for the first time.

"*Chuckle*... Once again, that's MS. Kawakami" The Teacher retort with a chuckle.


8/05 Shinjuku, Japan Afternoon

As the sky began to dim, and the students began treading back to Shibuya, but ended up in Shinjuku. "Did we catch the wrong train?" Ruby asked as she gazes up at pretty red lights lighting up.

"Pretty much..." Jaune agreed.

"Wait, where did the Shujin students go?" Weiss recalled as they soon realized the were separated.

"Well, this is bad... Does anyone have their number?" Yang asked.

"They just texted back. They told us to head to a bar 'Crossroads'." Yu answered.

"A bar? That's perfect!" Yang cheered as she walked forward.

As they followed Yang with Yu guiding them, Blake, Weiss, and Pyrrha, noticed a lot of gaudy people around. "Oh no..." Blake muttered.

"You know what's going on?" Weiss asked.

"This place is a red-light district, a very 'mature' area..." Blake replied as Weiss staggered.

"What!? Then why is this 'Crossroad' bar around here!?" Weiss whispered back.

"A place so shady, it's perfect place for 'thieves'." Blake sighed as Weiss scoffed, getting the idea.

As they walked through the area, a Faunus Fortune Teller called out to them. "E-Excuse me!" The Fortune Teller drew their attention. A Fox-eared Faunus with purple eyes, long blonde hair, and wears a big navy blue headband. She wears a necklace with a small red jewel resembling a teardrop and wears a navy blue long sleeved shirt. Over this is a light purple dress with clock-like black designs. "For the young lady with silver eyes, I can sense an impending fate that will render your memory lost!" She exclaimed behind her desk.

"What!? I-Isn't a way to prevent it?!" Ruby staggered.

"Ruby please, you can't really believe in this fortune telling nonsense." Weiss denied in disbelief.

"Well, it isn't everyday we get our fortune read." Ruby shrugged her partner's protest as she approaches the Fortune Teller. "So... did you have something in mind?"

"Let us see..." The Fortune Teller replied as she shuffle her deck of Tarot Cards. As she reads the cards, it soon revealed the Hanged Man Arcana. "Ah...! I see...!" She stuttered.

"What did you see?" Ruby asked as the others watched.

"The Hanged Man Arcana. In the face of disaster lies the opportunity for renewal." The Fortune Teller stated. "You will be caught between two different extremes, parties or stages in life. An impending crisis soon to come and many more to come, and yet, opportunities to counter them will be laid bare."

"Cool... Well, I won't be able to get anywhere, certainly not alone, after all." Ruby noted.

"Indeed." The Fortune Teller agreed as she revealed another tarot card, the Fool Arcana. "That will be a thousand yen, please."

Ruby: "Wait, what?"

"Well that's literally poor business if you don't bring up the price before you start the session." Blake shook her head as they paid the price.

"Her fortune telling is legit." Akira stated as he and his group approached the Student Huntsmen. "Mifune-san." He greeted her.

"Akira! Where have guys been?" Weiss questioned.

"We have to take a train back here! You guys got lost, didn't you?" Ryuji complained.

"We're sorry, we haven't been to the big city before so..." Yukiko apologized.

"Are you friends with my regular?" Mifune asked.

"He and his friends are showing us around the city." Jaune answered. "I mean, is he a regular to you?"

"I see, I suppose we didn't introduce ourselves haven't we? I'm Chihaya Mifune" The Fortune Teller stood up and bowed, also revealing her Fox tail as well. It's not everyday I see foreigners in our Kingdom."

"The Student Huntsmen were looking at her tail and then to her ears. "You're... a Demi-Faunus?"

"Hmm...? Yes, I am." Mifune answered as she looked down to her cards, she unknowingly shuffled her cards, without her customers knowing, to reveal the Fool Arcana once more. "Tell you what this is on the house. It seems fate has sown people of this Arcana together. Now that's a rare insight."

"Now that's interesting." Akira nodded. "Anyways thank for you insight. But we need to heading out soon. There's a party they need to attend."

"Understood. I look forward to your next visit." Mifune bowed as they thanked her back.

But when they walked down the road, they realized one the students were missing. "Wait, where is Yang?" Blake asked.


8/05 Crossroads Afternoon

They eventually find her at the bar with Yang with a Cat Faunus as they were chatting up at storm. "- and then my sister was like. 'Now that's Katana!'. I can't stop getting that pun out of my head!" Yang laughed out loud.

"It's not everyday something out of a Ninjas of Love books. So they ARE a hit on foreign soil." The Cat Faunus, a paparazza muttered. She has Cat ears and black hair in a bob cut and red lips. She wears a pair of orange sunglasses on her hair, a black shirt with a motto which reads "low life fight the power," a white long-sleeved shirt under the black shirt and blue jeans. She also carries a pink fanny pack, a camera hanging from her neck and a water bottle and her shoes are black-and-white.

"Yang? ... Are you drinking?" Ruby asked as they entered the bar.

"Oh hey guys! Ohya here, was interviewing me." Yang stated looked around at the bar. "You still haven't got my drink!" She complained.

"Why should I? You're clearly under age! And what the heck is this 'Strwberry Sunrise'?!" The bartender questioned.

"Japan has a strict rule for underage drinking, you know?" Ohya mentioned as Yang groaned.

"I'd listen to the bartender, this 'You' we're talking about, Yang-chan." Chie remineded.

"Oh, alright!" Yang finally gave up. "Anyways, where are we headed again?"

"Shibuya. You guys mistook Shinjuku for Shibuya." Yu told her.

"Maybe they got drinks there...?" Yang muttered.

"While you guys are here, I'm Ichiko Ohya a reporter, should you guys be in the city, give me a holler if you want to share your thoughts. Huntsmen life is quite the tale I hear." Ohya stated as she gave Ruby a business card.

"Oh... Okay." Ruby agreed as she took the card.

"Alright, shall we get going?" Yosuke suggested as the group left the bar.


8/05 Shibuya, Japan Evening

As they entered the familiar alleyway. Ruby notices an gunshop, "Untouchable" with all the pictures of guns. "Ohh...! A gun shop!" She gasps as immediately went in.

"Ruby...!" Weiss groan.

"We still have time." Yang said as she followed her sister in. Everyone else followed suit.

*Layer Cake

Ruby was gazing upon the variety of guns and weapons in stocked behind the glass counter, pretty much browsing all over the place. "Oh my god, this is heaven!" She stated as she inspects the guns closer.

"You seem to know your guns, kid." The gruffy receptionist chuckled as he flipped a page on a newspaper. He's middle-aged Faunus with gray hair, faint stubble, sideburns and earrings. A tattoo of a gecko is on the left side of his neck near the back with a lizard tail. He dons a gray hat with yellow ear defenders, a black turtleneck sweater, a long gray coat with a red peace symbol on it, blue jeans and dark boots. While Ruby had her face to the glass, he notices Akira with her. "A friend of yours?" He ask as Akira explains about his foreign Huntsman friends and introduces the Shopkeeper as Munehisa Iwai. "Hm, Student Huntsmen? Hate to say it kid, but all these guns are-"

"... Not real? These guns incredibly look like the part, though." Ruby replied as she slid her face on the glass, staring at the model shotgun. "Aw man, if this looked real, that m8 might've pack a punch..." Ruby commented.

"Hehe... yeah. So are you here to just window shopping, 'cause I don't think I have the right equipment for kids like you." The Shopkeeper stated.

"Say, do you have any ideas or suggestions to customize weaponry, just wondering." Blake asked as Ruby stood back up in response.

"Hmph? Where did you hear that?" The Shopkeeper questioned sternly.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ruby asked, much to the confusion. "Huntsmen normally make their own weapon, it's common practice. You must've been in combat of some sort to know how to make weapons, right?" She assumes.

"I may have gotten to some conflicts, but nowadays, people normally file their weapon designs to the Kirijo Group and they deliver the materials to make'em." Iwai explained. "I suppose we do make the weapons, I think...?"

"Interesting..." Weiss muttered.

"Anyways, you think it's about time we get going, the banquet is nearby." Makoto mentioned.

"Oh no! Look at the time!" Ann realized as Weiss and Yukiko check their clock as well."

"Ugh... we ARE going to be late!" Weiss exclaimed as everyone ran out the door.

"Geez... kids these days..." Iwai sighed as he went back to his newspaper.


8/05 Black Fang HQ Evening

In a room in the Black Fang HQ, everyone was enjoying the welcome party as the students, Beacon, Shujin, and Yasogami, were all stuffing themselves. "Ohh... wow... the Black Fang guys have the best chefs..." Ryuji stated with his stuffed mouth. Especially Teddie and Nora were going at the spread.

"The porridge is fantastic as well. It was nice of Mr. Erston to find a 5-star chef for us." Weiss agreed.

"The texture is indeed incredible." Yusuke commented as Ren nodded in agreement.

"This fantastic sushi is incredible!" Morgana stated.

"It's not everyday we get to eat this much beef. And Yosuke's not paying this time!" Chie cheered with several beefsticks in her hands.

"How many times do I have to tell you, I am not your personal bank, Chie!" Yosuke complained in retort.

"Yu-senpai! Everyone!" Rise called out to them as she and Naoto entered the banquet.

"We were all waiting you two, Rise! Are you taking a break from your Idol business?" Yu asked.

"For today. There are so many events that I still have to do, and some shows to appear on later this week, I have a busy schedule ever since I got back." Rise mope.

"Yeah, we saw you making a debut in Akiba, we thought you were busy to meet you personally." Ruby mentioned.

"Aw man, I didn't see you guys... oh hey, it's that delinquent." Rise mentioned looking at Ryuji who the Shujin students were as surprise to see her as well.

"Holy shit, Risette's here!?" Ryuji exclaimed followed by cough from choking on his food."

"You guys really do know her." Akira muttered with surprise.

"Are they the Shujin students you guys mentioned, Senpai?" Naoto asked as Yu introduced them to each other.

"Yeah, they're the ones who're guiding us in town.

"It's ain't everyday that we see you guys friends with a detective." Ryuji commented.

"Well, it runs in the family. The Shirogane name has its history in aiding the police." Naoto responded.

"I see..." Makoto muttered as she and the other Phantom Thieves were worrying about her presence.

"B-Be cool, guys! He probably doesn't know so much." Morgana meowed.

"Perhaps we could gather information? As a group of student's viewpoint?" Yusuke suggested.

"Ohh... good idea...!" Ruyji agreed as they turned to Naoto. "So... uh... what're your thoughts on the Phantom Thieves?" He asked. everyone turned to Ryuji and Naoto.

"Straight to the point man!" Yosuke stated with a sweat-drop.

"Huh...? We I can really say that they're in the right. But with so many crimes unpunished, it's more a reason as the question; why is the Phantom Thieves important than the criminals they're punishing." Naoto stated. "You all saw my debut recently, right? I was talking about the Phantom Thieves shouldn't need to exist if the Police were doing their jobs better." Naoto explained. "I'm not fond commending criminals, but unless our authority could get their act together, the Phantom Thieves will only continue to do our job."

"That argument is clearly reasonable..." Ann stated in response to Naoto's explanation.

"I sympathize that they have that desire to deliver justice to criminals, but even going so far to change their hearts is as extreme as personally confronting them with force. Whoever they are, they must have the skills and talents to expose the criminals and their charges." Naoto commented.

"And the authorities have not gotten anywhere due to their pride and all." Gaius stated as he along with Seta arrived with server serving more delicacy.

"Yu-kun, everyone, I hope you're all enjoying your dinner?" Seta said as she sat down next to Yu and the students.

"Yeah! This steak is off the charts!" Chie stated.

"I'm glad to hear it. It's not everyday that I see foreign students on vacationing in Japan." Gaius said as he also took a seat. "... How are thing these day, young lady?" Gaius asked Blake.

"Everything is fine... I guess..." Blake muttered as everyone of them were confused at the pair of Faunus making silence.

"... Are you not going to introduce me to your friends?" Gaius asked.

"Right... " Blake agreed as she put her cup down. "I'm guessing you all heard about my Uncle?" She pointed out.

Some students reacted surprised, so did some did with Sun coughing out his drink. "Wait, what!? Your Uncle!?" Sun exclaimed.

"True story. We heard it from Blake." Yu nodded.

"Then... wouldn't that make Blakey-chan a beary important person!? Is she popular!?" Teddie questioned with random guesses.

"No, not exactly... we aren't too close as were back then, he was like a strict mentor back then." Blake told them.

"Blake was like a rascal back then. And don't get me started her rebellious personality-" Gaius scoffed as Blake interjected.

"OKAY, I think that's all you'll get from me!" Blake declared in embarrassment with some students giggled.

"Very well then..." Gaius sigh as he understood as he turns to the Yasogami Students. "And how is Beacon Academy treating you guys? I take it that feels just like home?"

"Yep, lot's of punk out there who thinks they're better, but I don't think it's any different." Kanji said.

"Chie and I have a part-time job over there, it's like running and Inn and my friends working with me." Yukiko added.

"I still can't believe that some many people still don't like Faunus. We share the same things after all..." Chie mentioned.

"It's a sad reality, that's for certain. But if we just succumb to our resentment towards each other, nothing won't change, we would only fall to our death." Gaius stated. "That's what the creatures of Grimm likes after all."

Silence filled the air once more, until Ruby brought up something. "So... I heard about you being a student of Beacon once. What was it like?" She asked as the others listen.

"Ara, isn't that a little personal?" Seta asked with concerned.

"Hmm... I think it's fine. If you son trust them to invite them, then I see no reason." Gaius assured as he began his story. "I was a normal person who had saw a world so dull. The Kingdom of Japan was so prosperous in my eyes, it was... boring." He said.

"... Boring?" Jaune repeated.

"Our Kingdom hardly had problem with the Grimm due to the Deities doing. Their presence allowed our Kingdom to move up in the world." Seta added. "Since then, we only had to deal with each other, delinquency, normal crimes within the Kingdom... you name it."

"The Deities? We keep hearing them every time. Are they that powerful to fend off the Grimm?" Yang asked.

"Well... they do have that powerful ability that wards the Grimm away. Ohh... how do we explain that..." Seta said as she muttered the last sentence.

"The Deities hold a unique power that can undermind the deter the Grimm, by synchronizing with their partner host, human or faunus. Take for example, your cat friend." Gaius pointed at Morgana as he stopped eating his fish, turning back to him. "Imagine you little friend has a DNA strain that evolved or mutated that allow them to utilize their feelings into power. You know how negative feelings can draw the Grimm? They can synchronize with their partners and use an ability to affect the Grimm, using their own feelings to fight back against the Grimm." He explained.

"We heard something like that in class. We were told that they can fuse with their partners in a way..." Weiss mentioned.

"Ahhh... 'Perfect Synchronization'. It said to one of the-" But just as Gaius was explaining a Black Fang member came into the room and approached his leader.

"Boss..." The member muttered as he whispered into his ear.

"Medjed? Did they make a move then?" Gaius he and Seta stood up and muttered privately, despite the students listening in.

"That part and the the person who mentioned it, Detective Akechi is waiting out at the lobby. Seems to want to have a word with you." The member informed.

"Okay... Tell him I be out soon." Gaius said as he checked his scroll. "Hmm... it's that late already...? Sorry, I have business top attend to once more. Your all free to finish up your dinner head out anytime." He state and turned to Seta. "Seta, I going to need you to followed up the rest of that report you wrote." He told Seta as she scowled. "Seta-"

"I know! I know..." Seta groaned. "I still concerned that Yu-kun might lose his way..."

"He is a young adult. Have you no faith in him?" Gaius sighed.

"You know, you two sound just like siblings." Ruby laughed.

"True, considering Team SEYD is that close. Compared to those buffoons of Team STRQ." Gaius mentioned which surprised the sisters.

"Tai-kun and Qrow-kun are always so fun to fool around." Seta giggled which surprised the sisters.

"You... our dad and Uncle Qrow?" Yang mentioned.

"Hm? That's right. Taiyang always has terrible puns, I bet you take after him, and Qrow? I bet that birdbrain's drinking in a tavern somewhere." Gaius scoffed with a chuckle as he left the room.

"Our Teams been though a lot over the years before you were all born. Now we just want to see you all to live your lives. Anyways, I shall see you all tomorrow morning!" Seta wave goodbye as she followed Gaius out the room.

"Wait, Gaius-san!" Ryuji exclaimed as he turned around along with Seta too.

Gaius: "Yes?"

"What do you think of the Phantom Thieves? You know, the ones who're targeting rotten adults in our society?" He questioned.

"What the- Ryuji!?" Ann exclaimed in shock, even the other students were caught by surprise by Ryuji's question.

"That idiot!" Morgana hissed.

Seta stuttered what to say but Gaius confronted him. "My answer is clear, they shouldn't be doing these acts, even though what their targets were doing is inexplicable. What is more shameful is on how the strong are preying on the weak for their own gains." He shook his head in disappointment. "What this Kingdom needs is courageous people who are willing to safeguard the lives of Japan before their own. Not just some leader who barks orders at the rear when his subordinates are dying in the leader's name, A leader who leads in the front."

"Uh... I see..." Ryuji stuttered.

"That's just a huntsman's perspective of the Kingdom that took my group in." Gauis stated. "Will that answer suffice?"

"Y-Yeah..." Ryuji nodded.

He then leaves the area as the rest of the group follows up to Ryuji. "At any case, I have to get back at work. Apparently I've assigned to another case." Naoto sighed.

"That's fine. Some of us were about to head out to Inaba tomorrow to prepare for our friend's arrival." Yu pointed at the Beacon students.

"You gotta make it, Naoto. You and Rise!" Kanji demanded.

"Like I miss another party with Senpai around, I should be able to cover my schedule. And we'll see you around too, Ruby-chan!" Rise giggled and wave to her friends as she and Naoto left the area.

"I'm gonna hit the hay as well. See you guys at the hotel!" Sun said as his Team and Team CRDL left the area.

"Guess we'll hafta head out too..." Yosuke agreed. "We're gonna head on back to the hotel. Feel free to hang around."

"Best of luck to you guys and that Medjed thing." Chie wave as Yukiko bowed farewell as they head out next, leaving the Student Huntsmen and the Phantom Thieves.

"It's a true shame that they had to go." Yusuke sighed.

"I think it's for the best, we almost botched the last heist with so many people going at it." Morgana mentioned as everyone sweat-dropped.

"Okay... So what now? I mean I keep hearing this... Medjed group being a thing." Ruby recalled.

"That group was brought up by that text you gotten right? Did you get a response?" Makoto asked.

"Nothing yet, he's been silent for a while. And this 'important tool' he brought up...?" Ruby added.

"... I think he mentioned this letter, I got it this morning." Akria mentioned as he took out a letter that show a calling card.

"A calling card? Someone sent you a card?" Yang asked.

"Who's it from? Alibaba?" Jaune asked as well.

"Probably. There's no stamp on it so someone must've directly dropped it into a mailbox at his place." Makoto said.

"That's likely the 'necessary tool' he mentioned." Morgana meowed.

"This is what he was talking about?" Weiss questioned, pointing to the calling card.

"Hmm... what going on here?" Nora wondered.

"Asked the same question, too." Ryuji sighed.

"So all we can do now is to wait for his orders, right?" Blake assumed.

"We'll have to brace ourselves before anything comes up." Yusuke suggested until Ruby's scroll rung.

Everyone in the room turned to Ruby as she took out her scroll. "...! Guys, it's him!" She alerted as everyone scooted up to her. "H-Hey! Too close!" She exclaimed as they gave her some space.

"Good Evening." The messenger, Alibaba greeted.

"Hi?" Ruby texted back.

"You're responding?" Weiss whispered her questioned.

"We're gonna need to get information from this person. Try and see if you get him to leak anything." Morgana suggested as he hopped out of his bag and walk towards Ruby on her seat.

"Ah, you responded tonight. Once again, I am Alibaba. You are a member of the Phantom Thieves, correct?" Alibaba asked.

"I think 'Honorary' Phantom Thief is the right word." Ruby texted back.

"Subtle..." Blake commented.

"I see... I take it that your suppose leader received the calling card?" He mentioned as Ruby turned to Akira who nodded back.

"So it really was from this guy..." Morgana summed up.

"Did I happen to interrupt you from dinner?" Alibaba asked.

"No, me and my friends just finished some time ago." Ruby answered.

Alibaba: "Hmm... I suppose 3 courses meals a day is healthy. Glad to hear you taking car of yourself."

"Thank you." Ruby responded.

"Do you have to respond to every message?" Weiss asked disappointingly.

"What? I'm being considerate." Ruby denied.

"Anyways, now that I prepared a calling card to your group, when are you gonna steal it?" Alibaba asked.

"It?" Ruby muttered. "Steal from who? I'm afraid your leaving way too much information out." she texted.

"What do you mean by that? Aren't you guys able to steal a heart as long as you have a calling card?" Alibaba mentioned.

"Wait, this guy doesn't know how we operate, does he?" Ryuji assumed.

"I mean... we need a name of a target at least." Ruby texted. "Again, we need to know who we're stealing it from and everything before we act. So do you have the name?"

"? Is your thievery truly impossible without such information?" Alibaba asked.

"You thought we just steal hearts by directly ripping them out of someone? That's gross." Ruby texted.

"Noted..." Alibaba texted back, as some of her friends around her tried to hold their laughter. "Hm... I suppose past calling cards did have names on them... One moment... Very well, I'll tell you. I believe her name was... Futaba Sakura."

"We got a name... Wait, Sakura?" Ruby muttered.

"There was Mr. Sakura that works at Leblanc." Ann recalled.

"So he has a family?" Yang asked.

"I'm not sure myself..." Akira replied as he was confused as well.

"Dude, for reals!? How laid back are you!?" Ryuji exclaimed. "Wouldn't you normally be introduced at least? I mean, you ARE living at his place."

"I'm living at his restaurant, not his house, Ryuji." Akira retorted as Ryuji retracts his tension.

"Perhaps he thinks that the name alone is enough." Makoto assumes.

"But he only 'Knows' that it needs a name before we can do a think, but without a place and that... distortion thing..." Jaune added.

"Let me try something..." Ruby asked as she started to text to Alibaba. "Okay... but is there anything else that can help us? We still need more information."

"What? I've given you guys a calling card and told you the target's name. You should be ready for this. I told you I'd help you if you stole her heart. I also said I'd report your identity to the police if you don't help me. I'm serious." He stated.

"Did he just threaten us?" Pyrrha said with conflict.

"What a selfish person." Yusuke commented.

"Well, he does have information on us..." Makoto agreed.

"Anyways, this Futaba he's talking about have a Palace? If so, we'll need keywords to get in." Ryuji mentioned.

"This 'Baba' doesn't know what we can do, does he?" Nora groaned.

"I'm serious too! But unless we know anymore about Futaba, we're only gonna hit a dead end. Does she have a Palace? What about her keywords?" Ruby texted her questions.

"Palace? Keywords? What are you talking about? Those have nothing to do with this conversation. Are you just saying something random to dodge the issue?" Alibaba questioned.

"No, it means that you clearly don't how we operate. And I'm just a rookie, a new recruit." Ruby replied pulling a fast one. "I mean, why text some1 so lowly?"

"Because foreign scrolls like yours is very outdated and are the most easiest to hack, my guess is that yours is modeled from Atleasian tech?" Alibaba asked.

"What!?" Weiss exclaimed in irritation as her friends tries to calm her down.

"Look, is it possible to actually meet? We could probably work this out if we do." Ruby asked.

"Meet... with me?" That would be difficult. I have reasons for not being able to go out... That's why I'm contacting you like this." Alibaba texted, yet that gave Ruby and everyone else concerns.

"He can't go out?" Morgana repeated.

"Are you really sure you guys don't steal hearts directly? ... I'm thinking..." Alibaba texted as they wait a bit until he texted again. "OK. It's a shame, but I'm calling this deal off. Stop looking into Futaba Sakura. Forget this ever happened. I won't report you to the police either, don't worry."

"H-He's calling it off!?" Jaune exclaimed.

"Sorry to take your time. Now if you'll excuse me..." Alibaba texted.

"What? Wait a second!" Ruby immediately responded.

"I said the deals off!" Alibaba texted with retort. "We're never going to speak again. Don't expect me to contact you anymore either."

"Wait! Why are you doing this?" Ruby texted, no avail due to her scroll unable to find the account to send the response, only getting back an error message. "He... hung up?" She said in confusion.

"This... doesn't make any sense... Not only he can't go out, but he won't us meet Futaba either?" Morgana summarized.

"Well, it's none of our business now. We can't contact him anymore." Ryuji supposed.

"For once I agree." Weiss agreed.

"And Medjed? We won't be able to get him to help us against them." Ren recalls.

"Could be a prank for all we know." Ryuji denied. "They made a huge declaration, but they ain't done a thing since. I bet we got 'em freaked out." He scoffed.

"You mean they backed out because they're afraid we'll change their hearts?" Morgana assumes.

"Yep. An now it'd just make 'em look lame if they came out and apologized! And with Alibaba and Medjed outta the picture, can we just say this case is closed?" Ryuji suggested.

"There is some holes in this matter, but..." Ren assumes.

"Eh, might as well, right?" Yang agreed.

"I guess it is safe for us to relax a little." Makoto agreed as well.

"Anyways, we had a great dinner and we don't hafta go to sleep! We can do what ever we want!" Nora cheered.

"As if we can go around a city where we hardly know a thing. And didn't Professor Narukami mentioned curfew?" Weiss mentioned as Nora groaned in response.

"We have at least a few days before we head to another town, too. Might as well make the most of it, right guys?" Ruby suggested.

"Ohh, right the beach! We all could go there too! It is summer vacation for us after all." Ryuji mentioned an idea.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Pyrrha agreed.

Soon enough they left the room as well.


Just the Beacon Students and the Phantom Thieves arrived, they stumbled upon Gaius having a word with Akechi. "... I still don't see why I should. It sounds to me like they're starting to threaten me and this guild." He said.

"Even I concur. Still any clues to the Phantom Thieves will be very essential to my case." Akechi insists as he places a card in his pocket.

"We have each other's business card, so we can holler if we know anything. No promises, though." Gaius assured as he, too, places a business card in his pocket.

"That is fine... Oh, Ruby-chan... and Niijima-san! What are you doing here?" Akechi exclaimed with surprise to them here.

"Akechi-kun..." Makoto muttered.

"Hey Akechi! We've been invited to eat dinner here!" Ruby waved to him.

"You had to see the sushi here!" Nora agreed.

"I can only imagine." Akechi chuckled.

"Akechi?" Ryuji grunted.

"You're the ones I saw from the TV station... Could it that you're all friends with each other?" Akechi asked.

"Yeah, these guys from Shujin are guiding us around!" Ruby answered.

"Huh!?" Akechi gasped. "Oh, uh... I see..." He stuttered which made the others curious.

"Do you know this guy?" Yusuke asked.

"Goro Akechi. A young detective, a second famous detective aside from Shirogane." Gaius introduce the Fanus Detective.

"It's nice to meet you. Glad to make your acquaintance, Yusuke Kitaguwa." Akecki greeted, much to Yusuke's surprise.

"How do you know my name?" Yusuke questioned.

"Well, because I'm a psychic, of course." Akechi answered with a small laughter. "Haha. I'm only joking. You're a former pupil of Madarame, right?" He asked with Yusuke nodding in response.

"So what's brings you here Akechi?" Blake asked.

"I've just recently been joined in an investigation team looking into the Phantom Thieves." Akechi answered with the students sweat-dropping until... "Did you see that Medjed has declared war on them?" He mentioned.

"War? What war?" Jaune asked.

"Their website was updated a couple hours ago." He added.

"For real!?" Ryuji exclaimed as he and Ann took their cell scrolls out. "English again...?" He grunted.

"What does it say?" Yang ask as she and Weiss peeked on their screens.

"Wait, what...!?" Ann and Weiss exclaimed simultaneously.

Hm...? Why do you seem agitated?" Akechi asked.

Ann stuttered as Weiss scoffed. "It's what this Medjed group is saying on their site."

"Yes... it is disappointing." Akechi agrees. "My apologies. I didn't mean to butt into your conversation. Still, this is an interesting group. Prosecutor Niijima's sister, an ex-pupil of Madarame, a few Shujin Academy, and two Teams of Huntsmen of Beacon Academy..." He accounted everyone here, excluding Gaius. "It seem you're all connected to the Phantom Thieves. Perhaps you guys have better intel than I do...?" He wonders as the students sweat-dropped once more. "Ah, yes, I want to you something, Akira. Regarding the whole Medjed commotion... If you were one of the Phantom Thieves, what would you do?" He asks.

"Well... I'd ignore them. They aren't really harming anyone, are they?" Akira answers.

"I mean, isn't that whole Medjed thing a prank or something?" Weiss agrees.

"That is unexpected... Only a small minority of people believe that is the best decision." Akeck speculates.

"Sorry to disappoint, but we're just normal high school kids, being tour guides for other students." Ryuji scoffed. "If anything, we wanna hear what you gotta say, Mr. Detective." He retorts.

"For starters... my profiling of the Phantom Thieves has led me to believe they are a group of juveniles. They have a relative amount of time after school, and a hideout to slip away to. Furthermore, considering Kamoshida was their first target, it seems they began activity around April. In a way, all I've said about the Phantom Thieves coincides with the group you have here." He deduced.

"What you gonna report us?" Ryuji growled.

"I didn't say I was being suspicious of you." Akechi reassured as he turned to Ruby. "Then again, Ruby-chan can I ask you a question regarding the similar question to them?"

"Huh? Sure ask away." Ruby accepts.

"What are your thoughts of the Phantom Thieves, in a Huntress's perspective?" Akechi asks.

"Um... well... could it be that..." The Phantom Thieves were building anxiety for Ruby's response. "That being students is some sort of... decoy?" She said.

Everyone in the lobby: "HUH!?"

"That's... *Chuckle* I certainly did not see that coming. Do pray continue." Akechi asked.

"Uh... yeah, think about it! Maybe these thieves happened to be in the city where they saw that Kamoshida making student suffer... and that they took it upon themselves to make him confess? They could be foreigners, maybe even Huntsmen with some sort of 'Mind Control' semblance!" Ruby suggested.

"And who would believe that!?" Weiss questioned with a dumbfound expression.

Akechi laughed out loud from the idea. "You certainly have clear, open mind, Ruby-chan. I can see why you're a prodigy; you are a Team Leader, you even can understand Japanese very well.

"Huh? What do you mean? Weren't we speaking English just now?" Ruby recalled.

"Hm... that's odd, just before our little conversation just now, you understood what I said. Perhaps you had a lesson with one of our language teachers?" Akechi assumes.

"I guess..." Ruby assumes as well.

"Regardless... you guys always find a way to rise above my expectations. You both are intriguing ones, one with calm mannerism and the other with an open mind. You think my deductions are interesting, too?" The Faunus Detective commented as he looks to Akira and Ruby.

"Yeah, you probably might make a good teammate... If you were a Huntsman." Ruby agreed.

"What!? The hell're you sayin'!?" Ryuji exclaimed.

"I'm curious to hear what you all have to say. You guys seem to be a wealth of information." Akechi chuckled.

"Good to know! I read books after all!" Ruby chuckled with confidence.

"Says the team leader who has more detention records." Blake sighed.

"Whatata... What are you saying, Blake!" Ruby stuttered.

"I trust you still have more to say to me, privately than speaking in the open?" Gaius stated, drawing the students attention.

"Ah, yes, well, this has been a valuable reference for me. I hope we meet again." Akechi bowed as he left with Gaius into one of the rooms.

"That was... close..." Blake sighed.

"What was that about...?" Ann wondered.

"Do you think he's ascertained our true identities?" Yusuke ponders.

"Nah, couldn't be... right?" Ryuji assumes.

"I'd like to say that it's simply us overthinking this, but... it may be best to be cautious from now on. We shouldn't forget that Alibaba was able to discover who we are." Makoto suggested.

"Not to mention that he doesn't have tangible evidence to prove that discovery as well." Blake added.

"We are so playing a dangerous game here..." Weiss sighed in defeat.

"More importantly, things are getting serious with Medjed." Ann mentioned.

"Oh right, what does it say?" Jaune asked.

"Let me read it..." Ann said as she pulled up the website. "'We are disappointed in the people of Japan and their belief in the Phantom Thieves' false justice. Hence, we shall proceed with our plan to cleanse Japan. This Process will commence on August 10th. As a result, the Japanese economy shall suffer devastating damages.'" Ann stated.

"For real...?" Ryuji muttered.

"The 10th...? But that's like... five days from now...!" Ruby counted with her fingers while Ann continued.

"'However, we are magnanimous. We will give the Phantom Thieves one final opportunity to repent. As proof of this repentance, we demand that they reveal their identities to the public. We will attack if these demands remain unmet. The future of Japan rests with the Phantom Thieves.'

'We are Medjed. We are unseen. We will eliminate evil.'" Ann stated.

"This Kingdom's economy will crash? Sounds bad..." Nora commented.

"In other words, if we don't unmask ourselves, Medjed will attack Japan... correct?" Yusuke concluded.

"They're quite the attention seekers, even when they're taking on a small bunch of students." Weiss scoffed in agreement.

"But are we going to do about this. Either the Kingdom is in trouble or we are..." Ruby said with concern.

"If we could get in contact with Alibaba, he could likely hack them in order to prevent such a crisis..." Ren suggested.

"Only if we do get in contact." Makoto sighed in reminder.

"Our only clues are boss and Futaba." Ryuji included. "Anywasy, it's getting dark by the minute, why don't hang around Leblanc? We can talk more over there." He suggested.

"Is that restaurant the only place you guys ever think of." Weiss questioned as they all went there anyways.


8/05 Cafe Lablanc Evening

As they entered the restaurant, they see Sojiro confronting a lady in a suit. "I take it that you read the letter, did you not?" She asked.

"... So you're the one who tipped them off about Futaba." Sojiro grunted. "You really shouldn't have done that. I have no intention of talking to you about Wakaba."

"Tipped off...? What are you talking about?" The lady asks, but returns to the subject. "Back to the matter at hand... Your parental authority will have to be suspended. I take it you're okay with that outcome?" She questioned.

Sojiro: "What!?"

"Considering the state of your daughter and your family overall, there are no points in your favor. Would you like to take this to domestic court? Our chances of victory are roughly 99.9% though." She suggested. "With these suspicious of abuse... there's no way you could avoid having your custody revoked."

"You're going that far!? I told you, I don't know a damn thing about it!" Sojiro exclaimed.

"We're extremely serious about this. As long as there's a possibly that cognitive psience can linked to psychotic breakdowns..." The lady stated.

"Sis...!?" Makoto blurted out as she turns to see a familiar face.

"Makoto? What are you doing here?" Makoto's sister asked.

"Uh... um... I'm helping my classmates study and we thought we'd use this restaurant to study here." Makoto staggered. "Guys, this is my older sister, Sae."

"Your sister!?" The Student Huntsmen exclaimed.

"And a prosecutor to boot." Ryuji added.

"A pleasure. Anyway, I'm in a middle of something." Sae recalled as she turns to Sojiro with a glare.

"... fine... I yield." Sojiro grunted.

"Thank you. I will expect you at the station at a later time." Sae said.

"I doubt you'll find anything you want to hear though." Sojiro scoffed.

"That's fine. It will be up to us to decide whether the information you give is useful or not. Next time i come here, it will be just for a cup of coffee." Sae reassured as she walk to the exit with a students moving out of the way. "Make sure you don't stay up too late, alright Makoto?" She said to her younger sister.

"Okay..." Makoto agreed as Sae left on her way.

"And stay out!" Sojiro yelled angrily as he turns to the students. "Err... sorry you had to see that."

"I am soo sorry about my sister. She was only doing her job." Makoto apologized.

"She certainly can piss people off." Sojiro sighed heavily.

"Is everything alright, Mr. Sakura? What was that?" Ruby asked.

"... That doesn't involve you, kids." Sojiro denied her question.

"Is Futaba your daughter?" Akira asked.

"That's enough! You all need to learn to keep out of others' business or you'll end up like him." Sojiro exclaimed as he pointed and turns to Akira. "Just behave yourselves and keep going to school if you don't want me to throw you out of here." He declared as he sighed afterwards. "Lock up the store. I have something that I need to do." He said as he washed up and headed out.

"Well... the existence of Futaba is clearly for certain." Weiss mentioned.

"She may be in a bad situation though..." Blake agreed.

"And the the conjecture that Alibaba really is connected to Leblanc, a pretty solid foundation." Morgana followed up. "And didn't they mention 'cognitive' something?"

"'Cognitive... science?' Whatever that is..." Jaune muttered as he scratched his head.

"What ever the case is... to summarized what we just saw, Futaba is boss's daughter and he's abusing her?" Makoto assumes.

"Er... we don't exactly know him very well, either. Is he really the kind of person who would do that?" Jaune asked.

"He's strict, but I don't think he would go that far..." Akira said otherwise.

"We would like to believe so as well, but we don't have any conclusive evidence, do we?" Blake assumes.

"The question is... how are we gonna get in touch with him?" Ann wonders.

"He just cut off all contact after that misunderstanding. Then again, if we manage to steal Futaba's heart, he may attempt to reach out to us once more." Yusuke suggested.

"But we don't have any clues on what her keywords are." Morgana reminded.

"Geez, that Alibaba is literally making us go a wild goose chase, where exactly is that guy anyways!?" Yang grunted in frustration.

A moment of silence and then Makoto thought of an idea. "Actually, I think he may be closer than we think... Hypothetically speaking, even if we stole Futaba's heart, how would Alibaba know that the deed's been done? Would he truly be able to discern that just from a cell scroll message?"

"Hmm... that's right... That part was hinted after he contacted Ruby just now. Wouldn't he have to meet Futaba in person?" Weiss realized.

"Alibaba was able to deliver the calling card here. On top of that, he can check on Futaba's condition. However, according to the circumstances he put forth, he is unable to meet with us. This leads me to believe that it would be bad for him if we were to see the two of them together." Makoto theorized.

"Could that mean... Alibaba is actually Futaba herself?" Ruby guessed.

"Wait, really!?" Nora exclaimed.

"For real!?" Ryuji staggered.

"So she's asking us to steal her heart? Is it that she want's us to save her fro the scars of abuse? That could be hard to ask anyone directly." Blake assumes.

"Hmm... say, why don't we check Mr. Sakura's house? If we're lucky, we could probably catch either of them." Ruby suggested.

"Sure. I know where his house is." Akira agreed. "Just... please, don't ask anything that would throw me out..."

"Yeah, we'll only say that the leftover sushi's a take-out gift for him." Jaune agreed as well.

"B-But my fatty tuna!" Morgana meowed loudly.

"No complaining!" Ann denied.

"Alright, let's go!" Ruby declared as Akira led the way.


8/05 Sakura Residence Evening

A few minutes later, they arrived at Sojiro's house. The Student Huntsmen just realized how close his house was from Cafe Leblanc. "I thought he'd be home by now. He left before us..." Akira wondered while Nora constantly kept pressing the doorbell, that is until Ren stopped her, due to the the annoying ringing.

"Really? I mean the lights are on, too." Blake pointed to the light in the 2nd floor of the house.

"Think he's nappin'?" Ryuji guessed.

"Even boss would've woken up with how many times Nora-chan rung the doorbell." Ann said as they see Nora trying to ring the doorbell as their glares tells her not to do it again.

"I would think Futaba would've answered by now she were here too..." Pyrrha agrees as well.

"Ah, the gate is unlocked." Yusuke mentioned as he opened the front gate.

"Dude, you can't go openin' other people's stuff like that." Ryuji sweat-dropped.

"But look, the door seems to be slightly open as well. That seems careless..." Blake pointed at the front door until her cat ears under her bow started to fidget from hearing a thunder clouds above their heads.

"Whoa, sounds like it's gonna rain... we should go inside!" Morgana alerted.

"Wait, are you sure think that's okay!?" Weiss questioned.

"Prolly...?" Ryuji assumes as he went in anyways along with the others.

My apologies, boss." Makoto muttered as Weiss sighed with a facepalm, following them afterwards.


When inside, they only saw darkness through the hallway with a flickering light at the end. "Hello? Mr. Sakura?" Ruby hollered with no response.

"He's not out, is he? The door ahead is open and I can hear the TV." Makoto wondered.

"I hop he didn't pass out or something... I mean, boss is kinda old, ain't he?" Ryuji wonders as well.

"Should we check on him?" Pyrrha asked.

And so they walked further in until a power outage occurred from a lightning strike. Just as they were surprised, a scream rang out which cause some of them to jump.

"Whoa! What the!?" Jaune staggered.

"A scream! What was that!?" Makoto questioned.

"H-How should I know?" Weiss questioned back.

As they looked around in the darkness, Blake heard unknown stepping noises. "Hey, I hear something... walking around..."

"C-Can't we just leave!? We're already intruding!" Weiss stuttered in demand as she, Ann, and Jaune were shaking in horror.

"What're you guys freaking out for?" Ryuji questioned.

"W-We're not freaking out!" Ann exclaimed.

"Then why are you holding on to my arm?" Yang questioned.

"I'm not! I think Jaune is!" Ann retorted.

"Could it be Alibaba? I mean, Futaba?" Morgana assumes.

They eventually suggested to leave the house as a scared Makoto holds on to Akira's arm as they walked towards the front door.

A sudden creek rung as it shook Makoto. "Someone's... here..." Said Ruby as she observed her surroundings.

"Who is it... who's there!? I can't take this anymore, I'm leaving!" Makoto staggered as her legs began to collapse. "M-My legs...! They won't move!" She muttered in fear.

"Here, let me help-" Ruby offered but she and Makoto slowly turned their back to a humanoid figure with its eyes reflecting light.

"Are you... Futaba?" Blake asked the figure as a lightning bolt immediately flashed afterwards, Causing tension to break.

Makoto: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Futaba?: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Ruby: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Nora: "WHY ARE WE YELLING ABOUT!"

Jaune: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

"Ow... Why the hell is everyone screaming!?" Morgana hissed.


A/N: Ending it in a high note. The episode ended just like it did in the anime, you know? I have say, it was funny as hell to see them screaming the anime.

Had to make some changes in the original dialogue in order for the characters outside P5 will have their place in this story. Not bad, if I say so myself.

As for the Lore implementation... I confess that the lore I'm referring is that from another game... from the EXA_Pico series... How the Deities are similar to those Genoms and such. but that's a different story that I'll divulge later.

I wish you guys a Merry Christmas, sorry I couldn't finish this soon. Had to balance this and work. You all know how Holidays are.

I hear that Joker is making his into Smash, unfortunately I do not have a switch. I have a PS4 with the P5 game, so I can't say I'm sad.

You guys still remember the poll I made, it's still up until the end of the Futaba arc.

I also hear about the

Anyways... here is some Omake skits!


King's Spin the Bottle!

Some of the guys and girls are playing a game of spin the bottle. "I swear, this is so childish." Weiss shook her head.

Naoto: "Unfortunately..."

"Hush!" Nora grunted as she laid the bottle down as Kanji spun the bottle around. The bottle was spinning fast and decreased its speed as the anticipation of the bottle was intense as Rise and Weiss gasps as the bottle was about to point at them but they exhaled with relief as the botle passed over them and subsequently pointed at... Teddie.

"Oh... Shit..." Kanji muttered with despair as they all turned to Teddie.

"Oh my, Kanji. No matter what game we play, it we cannot change our fate." Teddie declared.

"B-Bullshit! I ain't doing that shit again!" Kanji exclaimed.

"Do not deny our fate, Kanji. Now bear it and Smmmmmoooooch!" Teddie stated as he jumped onto Kanji in an attempt to kiss.

"H-Hey, NO! Get off of me! NOOOooooooo!" Kanji yelled.

"That... happened before?" Ren wondered.

"I hate to be him... Alright, my turn!" Jaune declared as the others got the feeling that his fate is going to end up the same as Kanji's.


Preview: Ruby and the Grimm Cinemas

*Road Less Taken

Trumpet rung out as the images quickly slides between the Student Huntsmen; Ruby sitting down at a subway bench, Weiss posing with her Myrtenaster, Blake flipping a page in her book, Yang punching the air, Jaune and Pyrrha sparring with their weapon, and Ren making Pancakes as Nora eats them, and at the end of that segment show Ruby acting like a delinquent, spraying the screen red.

The next segment view various and outstanding areas that are like scenes from a movie as the screen show Ruby in her school uniform in different angles, walk on a sidewalk, with the lyrics starting the stoplight turning green as Ruby starts to lip sync.

You movie, your storyline, all decided
Before the curtain rises.

The screen show Ruby's front walking forward as she lip sync the lyrics as the screen displays a graffiti with her teammates and Team JNPR on the wall.

How does it feel,
To be entwined to a fate so certain?

The screen goes back to Ruby on her side, still lip-syncing as her school uniform changes to her Phantom Thief outfit by passing the pillars as she gains a running pace and wielding Crescent Rose.

How can change you change a thing if your life (Your life)
Has been written into stone (OoooooOOOhhhh!)

The segment displays a TV screen showing the members of S.E.E.S. and then the Investigation Team.

Your life's written into plotlines

The screen now displays the Phantom Thieves in their way as Ruby runs with leaving rose petals behind.

By another~! Can you make it your own?

Pyrrha and Nora, followed by the girls of Team RWBY flickers in the lyrics followed by screen showing Ruby at the subway bench as the screen zooms to her silver eyes.

Watcha gon' do? Watcha gon' do? Your life planned out, written by someone you!

The screen now shows Jaune dressed up as the HuntsMan rapping as the screen shows more screens of HuntsMan rapping with one of the screens with Ren rapping as well.

Watcha gon' do? Watcha gon' do? Would you stand up and fight, fool?"

Minato uses his Evoker, Yu crushes his Tarot card, Akira rips his mask, and then Ruby points her Crescent Rose pointblank at the screen as it changes to the next segment.

You are looking without seeing
It's not like you're blind,

Minato (as Maestro) summons Orpheus at his side and casts a fire skill, then Izanagi appears and use a lightning skill with showing Yu (as Raiden) close up to his eye.

The Phantom had it clear, yeah.

The camera fly over Akira (as Joker) as he use his hand to cover the screen as it blurs to reveal his Persona Arsene who casts a curse skill as Ruby (as Rouge) jump over his Persona and had her Persona, Soma, parried away.

From what you could find,
Just hiding in plain sight;

Vivid images appeared of an unknown yet familiar girl around our heroes' age, then Nagi's face shows on screen with a red liquid splatter with cinema seats in the background.

You're already always free~!"

Hikari opens her despaired eyes with a rolling camera in from of her, and a pair of hands clench together a light into its hands.

Now you're looking and you're seeing.
Your every choice is fine, No doubting it, free now.

This segment begins with eyes opening up withe the camera spinning around Ruby and Hikari, back to back, who're both looking around of what's going on with all these eyes looking down on them followed by the pair falling from the sky as Ruby extend her hand to Hikari in and blurs away with rose petals covering the screen.

And the Storyline
Is yours for the making!

As the Petals scatters, revealing only Hikari floating in front of the screen, followed by Akira, Yu, Minato, and Ruby immediately appears with their eyes close next to the screen in that order with Ruby opening her eyes with a brave expression as her eyes flash into the next segment.

The road less taken!
Could be where we're meant to be!

The screen finally shows a city with different areas and angles followed by Ruby (as Rouge) running across the balconies above and then take plunge to the ground floor as she slices the screen with her weapon as the screen displays the title "Persona RWBY" followed a subtitle, "Ruby and the Grimm Cinemas" with the background flickering random colors followed by a piano solo with a sun rising from a big city, then shining above a town, and setting by a city near the ocean as the screen shows every characters with the camera going through in between then as the characters move away which then shows Ruby turning around and offering her hand to a certain camera girl.

As the piano solo ends with rose petals flying away with a blue butterfly flying in a background and then shows Ruby holding a camera as she stand up and walks off screen.


A/N: Not bad an opening, yeah? I do have my intention to make a Persona Q story, but I'm torn between the first game and it's sequel. I now considering to do the sequel because it reminded me of a certain Chibi skit from RWBY Chibi. I just realized that. A continuation after Mid-Summer Chronicles with changes, and yes, I will include the P3P Heroine.

"Pull The Trigger" I'd say that battle them goes good with Ruby, but that's my thoughts.

What do you guys think of this fanfic idea? Of course, see that it takes after Mid-Summer Chronicles and before RWBY Vol. 3, so this fanfic may not happen yet.

Anyways, c you around next year! Hppay Holidays! Read and Review!


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

*Tokyo Daylight - Shoji Meguro

*Road Less Taken - Shoji Meguro