November 27 Sunday

The sun had been shining for about an hour or two by now. Yu had risen just before the sun had started to peak over the horizon. Kanji had joined him for a morning working out in the condo's private gym as he was used to waking up early to get his mom's textile shop ready for the day. By the time they got back, Yosuke was already up and making coffee. After a quick shower, the three of them just sat and chatted in the kitchen before Yu glanced at the clock and realized it was an hour before the teenagers were going to start to show up. Last night it had been fully decided that everyone was going to meet at Rise's condo. It had way more space then Leblanc and as long as security knew to expect a bunch of teenagers it really wasn't that big of a deal.

Rise had made arrangement with security last night after she got back from the production studio with Teddie. Inoue-san was really pushing Rise to release a Christmas single for the company's collaborative Christmas album. Kanami who was currently on tour with the rest of Kanamin's Kitchen had really convinced her in the end to take part in the album. With all the Phantom thief chaos happening here in Tokyo, Rise was committed to help out but she couldn't ignore the studio's call. She'd be splitting her time more between her two duties. It was going to be stressful no doubt for the idol but Yu was committed to helping her in any way possible.

Pouring a second cup of coffee he glanced at his other friend. "We should get everyone up."

"Yeah, I suppose you have a point. I'll go get the bear up. Kanji I trust you can get Naoto." Yosuke stretched as he spoke before he took another long swing from his coffee cup.

"Yeah should be no problem." Kanji nodded before he glanced at Yu and blinked as if remembering something. "I think Naoto wanted to talk to you. Something about Mitsuru Kirijo… I really don't fucking remember much more than that to be honest."

Yu raised a brow at the name. "That's our employer Kanji, but I'll talk to her when Naoto gets up. Thanks for the info."

"Just glad I remembered." Kanji turned and headed out of the kitchen no doubt to wake up his girlfriend.

Yu watched him leave before grabbing his secondary cup of coffee and heading towards the master bedroom. The room was fairly dark except for a few rogue streaks of light that filtered in through the blackout curtains. The rays offered just enough light to navigate the room, allowing Yu to place the fresh cup of coffee on the night stand next to Rise's sleeping form. Rise had crawled into bed sometime after 12 last night so it was no surprise she was still sound asleep by now. Walking back over to the curtain he opened them up causing all the sunlight to flood the room. This caused Rise to stir slightly, throwing the blanket over her head and groan at the influx of light. Sitting down on the bed next to her Yu patiently waited for his girlfriend to fully wake up. Slowly two arms snaked out from under the blanket and pulled Yu down onto the bed.

Rise snuggled up to Yu's back. "5 more minutes" came a sleepy voice from behind him.

"The kids will be here in an hour." Yu informed his girlfriend.

There was a pregnant pause before he felt Rise start stir and released her boyfriend. "Fine… The show must go on."

Yu slowly got up as Rise did. Rise offered him a sleepy smile before she stretched and folded her legs under her. Yu followed her gaze to the window before he looked back at her. Rise's hair was down and she wore a large t-shirt that actually hid the figure he knew was under it. Honestly at that moment she was light years from the perfectly cultivated image she displayed to the world, she was just Rise the woman he fell in love with. As she looked back at him, she raised her brow at him as he just enjoyed watching her.

"Did I forget to wash off some of my make up off last night?" Rise grumbled as she touched her face.

"No, I'm just admiring your beauty." Yu leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss.

"Beauty…?" Rise rolled her eyes. "I just rolled out of bed, I am nothing but gross and frumpy"

"I still think you're beautiful." Yu grabbed for the coffee mug on the night stand and handed it to her.

Rise graciously accepted the cup and instantly started to drink. "It's your job as my boyfriend to say that, I've been around your wiles long enough to not fall for them." Rise informed him between sips. "Granted I'll never tire of hearing them from you." That last bit was followed by a sly grin over the coffee cup.

"How was it at the studio last night?" Yu asked.

Rise sighed. "They want me to do a music video to release with the single. I keep trying to say 'no I'll just do the track' but Inoue-san believes he can pull off the shoot at a film studio here in Tokyo and it'll only take two days… If you add that to the time it'll take in the recording studio they believe they can pull it all off before the 20th. I don't know why but I let them talk me into it under the stipulation I get to stay here in Tokyo. Good news is, I won't be working over Christmas." Rise took a long sip from her mug.

"Did Teddie actually help you last night?" Yu questioned.

"Yes actually quite a bit. I had to admit I was super surprised how well he speaks English. Yosuke was right, that bear had a lot of empty space between his ears but there is just somethings he excels at. With his help, I think I can actually release the track in English. Which my international fans will no doubt love." Rise finished up the cup of coffee and set the empty cup in her lap. "Ever since I did the opening for that anime I've gotten tons of international fans. Inoue-san wants me to do another opening, hopefully after all this blows over I can…" Rise sighed and looked down in her lap at the empty cup clearly thinking about something deep. Yu just let her think before he reached over and took her hand. Rise looked up at him causing her gaze to instantly soften into a small smile. "Hey Yu, where do you see yourself in a few years?"

Yu silently thought about Rise's question for a few second before he responded. "Do you really want to get married?"

Rise let a small laugh escape her lips as she set the coffee mug back on the nightstand. "Yosuke told you, didn't he? I figured he would." Rise reached up and ran her hand through her hair, tucking a part if it back behind her ear as her eyes drifted back to the window. "I know we've never really talked much about it before but I really do." Rise reached back behind her; grabbing his pillow from his side of the bed and hugging it against her chest. She kept her gaze focused on the window. "Don't be mad at me, but I've been keeping something from you. Grandma's health isn't doing so good and she'll be quitting at the tofu shop by the end of the year. Without really even thinking about it, I bought the shop from her, with enough money so she could have a very comfy retirement. I own the shop, but I'll be losing its best worker. None of my family really held my grandma's passion for Tofu, and well. I know all the recipes and I'm sure my grandma would help me in any way with the shop. I just don't know what I want to do. Do I just leave the shop as is? Do I hire people to work it?"

Rise's grandma was her idol. Out of all of her relatives, it was her grandma she spent the most time with. The old woman was gentle and kind and everything you could ever want from a grandma, she even treated Yu like a grandson. Yu knew her health wasn't doing super great but if she was leaving the tofu shop it could only mean things were getting worse. This without a doubt weighed on Rise and she had been carrying all this weight alone up until now. Yu reached over and pulled Rise on to his lap, holding her as she was doing to his pillow.

"Hey, we are in this together. We can figure this out. Together." Yu just held her tight.

"Huh, maybe your wiles still do work on me." Rise snuggled in to his arms for a few minutes longer before she slowly got up. "I should get ready, the Thieves will be over soon."

After a quick kiss on the cheek Rise headed into the room's private bathroom. Yu watched her go before he picked up the discarded coffee cup and left the room. Moving to the kitchen, he found the rest of the adults in the house. Teddie was eating some cereal along with Yosuke and Kanji. Naoto was sitting at the kitchen island looking half wake but drinking a rather large cup of coffee. Clearly his partner was having trouble rising because she had a glare that said 'don't talk to me until after coffee.' This wasn't the first time he'd seen her like this, as Naoto regularly was up at night working; that made for her being a late riser. Yu put away the cup he had used for Rise, before he leaned against the kitchen counter and waited for his partner to finish her coffee.

"Mitsuru Kirijo contacted me while you were out last night." Naoto informed her partner after she finished her first cup and was moving to attack the second.

"I heard." Yu said simply.

Naoto took another swing of morning joe as her glare softened under the effect of the caffeine. "She was quite surprised by our report. We had a long conversation going over the information we gave her as well as direct questions about the Phantom Thieves themselves. Something that surprised me the most was she knew of Futaba's mother, Wakaba Isshiki. Apparently the Kirijo group had been providing some private funding towards her research and was looking forward to what that research would yield. However Mitsuru sensed a cover-up when everything about Wakaba's research just disappeared. If we can get any more information about her death from Futaba it would be prudent to pass it on to our employer."

Yu nodded. "Seems fair, but we should be careful with how traumatizing that whole situation is for Futaba. Ren would get riled too if we tried to push the issue, he honestly thinks of her as a sister."

"Who does that remind me of?" Naoto chided with a smirk. "That aside, I agree with your assessment. Maybe it would be better talking to Sojiro. Yet from what Sae told me he doesn't know a lot either. Mitsuru is very interested in meeting the Phantom Thieves but she is currently overseas managing her group. So she expressed her intent in the possibility of sending someone to our aid should we need it. I told her we had everything handled for the moment and would continue to send her updates. Aigis is getting restless…"

"Sounds good. We'll have to see what happens in the Palace today." Yu moved to brew some more coffee after he realized Naoto had emptied the pot. "You talk to her about some our theories?"

Naoto took a long sip from her mug. "Yes, she agrees with them. Even about the Thieves' clothes being an extension of their Personas and their innate desire as teenagers to rebel. She was particularly interested in Mementos. She thinks we'll find the cause of all this at the end of it."

"The cause? You mean the ruin?" Yu folded his arms across his chest as he ran over Mementos in his head, trying to ascertain new facts from it from everything he knew.

"Correct. If you look at it from her view point one could find some similarities between it and Tartarus." Naoto put down her coffee. "And we both know what happened with Tartarus..."

Yu didn't say anything for several long seconds, instead Yosuke decided to speak up. "How much of this are you planning on telling the teenagers?" Yosuke stepped up to the kitchen island having been listening to the two detectives talk.

"We have to tell them everything. It would be unfair not too. We should see if they got any more information on Mementos that they haven't shared with us." Yu glanced at both Yosuke and Naoto firm in his convictions.

Naoto nodded. "True, but we have to remember Tartarus and Mementos do have quite a few things that don't match up. Caution should be taken when dealing with the matter of Tartarus as it has some… Complications…"

"Complications? You mean someone had to sacrifice their soul to stop literal death and the end of the world from coming? His name was Makoto Yuki." Yosuke slammed his fist on the counter.

"Come on Teddie, let's go get ready for the kids." Kanji's voice was low as he and Teddie disappeared from the kitchen.

Yu watched them leave out of the corner of his eye, it was probably better they left. The group often avoided talking about what happened in Tartarus, only because of how depressing it truly was. Makoto Yuki the guy only a few knew the name of, but the whole world owed him a great debt. The thing that really made Yu uncomfortable with the whole affair was that he was the leader of their group, and he willing gave his life. Something Yu knew he would have done without a second thought if their roles had been reversed. The idea that Tartarus and Mementos could be even remotely similar set off an unease in Yu.

"Sorry." Yosuke sighed as he glared at nothing in particular.

"Don't be, but it's a possibility we should prepare for…" Naoto's gaze turned to Yu.

"Yes…" Yu turned and walked from the room.

If it came down to it… He wouldn't let Ren sacrifice himself. That was his job, he'd carry that burden. Stepping into the living room, Yu stepped up to the large windows that allowed him to see out onto the streets of Tokyo below. Slipping his hands into the pockets of his pants, he let his gaze fall onto the life happening below as his mind just wandered. What was the best way to tell the others about all this? Could he convince them to abandon Mementos? If they did, was that really the right move to make? Yu sighed and shook his head.

"Yu?" A quiet voice cut him from his thoughts.

Yu looked over to Rise who was giving him a tentative look. Knowing what he knew about everything that weighed on her. It wasn't something he was going to let weigh on her as well. Rise was strong, but he wanted it to be a burden he shouldered alone. At that moment he vowed to never talk about it with his friends… Ever. They didn't need that, this was his cross to bear as a leader. Yu took a step towards his girlfriend and softened his expression. Rise's concern didn't relent at his sudden change in expression. Yu remembered how deeply Rise understood him and a simple expression change wouldn't be enough to convince her everything was fine, especially after what they had talked about this morning. Her gaze continued to pierce him and a new tactic was in order, however he would be saved by the sound of someone knocking on the door.

"Must be the kids." Yu let the words flow from his mouth easily.

"I guess." There was a ringing sound of defeat in Rise's voice as she turned to answer the door.

Rise opened the door to a streak of a black cat darting in before it was all the way open. Ryuji tried to stomp in after Morgana but was quickly grabbed by Makoto. Ren seemed to have an amused smirk on his face as he watched Ryuji struggle against his girlfriend's grip. Ren's whole group was there.

"Let go, I'll teach that damn fur bag a lesson!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"We are at someone's house. Please show some respect." Makoto seemed to sigh as if talking to a small child.

Ryuji stopped struggling and pulled off his shoes. He bowed politely to Rise. "Thank you for opening your house up to us." In the same breath he darted after the cat. "Get back here you demon cat!"

Morgana had taken a perch on the back of one of the couches. He had this look of the cat that caught the canary. "So disrespectful Ryuji, just walking into an idol's house like this!"

"Shuddup! You're the one who just darted into here before me!" Ryuji pointed towards the feline as he advanced on him.

Makoto just gave a deeper sigh and turned towards Rise with a deep bow. "We are deeply sorry about their behavior. I hope this doesn't leave a bad impression on you."

"Honestly…" Rise started. "It's the kind of a chaos I'm used to. Please come in."

The Thieves minus Morgana and Ryuji entered into the living room. Ryuji tried to grab at Morgana but the cat quickly eluded him before darting across the room towards Kanji and Teddie. No doubt Kanji and Teddie had been drawn into the living room by the ruckus Ryuji and Morgana were starting. With the agility cats were known for, Morgana jumped up on Teddie and bounced off him to land on Kanji's shoulder. Ryuji gave hot pursuit but skidded to a stop in front of Kanji's towering mass.

"What the hell is going on here?" Kanji boomed, glaring at Ryuji.

"I-I-I…" Clearly Ryuji didn't know how to handle Kanji. As like most people who saw Kanji he instantly assumed that the tall, muscular, tattooed guy, with the sour look on his face, wasn't someone he wanted to mess with.

Morgana glared down at Ryuji from his safe spot on Kanji's shoulders. "This guy wants to skin me alive and use my guts for violin strings."

"WHAT?" Kanji shouted as he took a threatening stepped towards Ryuji as Teddie shot Ryuji a disapproving look.

"Damn cat! You're the one that started this!" Ryuji growled.

"I don't fucking care who started it." Kanji grabbed Ryuji collar and easily pulled the teen up. "No one hurts an animal around me! Got it punk?"

Ren glanced towards Yu silently pleading with him to do something before Kanji killed his best friend. Yu caught the look but he decided to not do anything. Kanji may look and bark like a pitbull but as anyone who got to know him knew. He was all bark no bite, except on the rare time someone he cared about was truly in danger.

Ryuji looked away from Kanji and squared his jaw. "Tsk. Got it."

"Good." Kanji let Ryuji go and the teen collapsed to the ground landing on his butt. Kanji reached up and scratched Morgana's chin. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fantastic." Morgana purred.

"Don't worry we'll keep you safe Morgana-kun!" Teddie informed his feline friend.

"How did I become the bad guy here? This is just shitty." Ryuji sneered as he got up from the floor.

Kanji leveled a glare off on Ryuji. "A real man doesn't threaten animals. He is what eight pounds? You gotta be about what? 130-140? You're like 15 times what he is. What kind of fuckin' fair fight is that? If you wanna see what unfair fight feels like, I ain't got no problem showing a punk like you his place."

"I ain't no punk. Damn it! What would you effin' know!" Ryuji rose to his full height clearly riled by Kanji's words.

"Yer brave I'll give ya that, but a damn punk no less. Bleachin' your hair and running yer damn mouth like that. I take it ya really didn't have many real men in your in your life to show you how to be a man!" Kanji seemed to understand Ryuji better than anyone else here instantly.

That seemed to be some sort of tipping point for the teen and he lunged out and punched Kanji squarely on the jaw. Morgana and Teddie both fled moving into the living room with the others, as everyone else just looked on in shock. There was a few shocked gasps at the action. Kanji took the hit and didn't even flinch. Yu knew from personal experience that Kanji was built like a brick house. He could take abuse no problem, after all he had taken a full punch from Yu when they sparred and simply shrugged it off.

Kanji just looked down at Ryuji, with an understanding look in his eyes. "This is what a real unfair fight feels like… That make ya feel better?" Kanji asked simply.

Ryuji didn't know how to respond, shaking his now sore hand. "No…"

"Then maybe you've learned somethin'. Violence is a piss ant's way of going about things. Real men can win arguments without their fists, even against cats." Kanji shoved his way past Ryuji towards Yu. "This guy one of them Thieves."

"Yep." Yosuke said from the door of the kitchen, clearly attracted to the living room because of the commotion.

"Kanji…" Naoto sighed next to Yosuke.

"What?" Kanji asked his girlfriend folding his arms across the chest. "The kid is a punk, I should know I use to be just like him, but there is hope for him. He has spirit I'll give him that much."

Yu motioned to his large friend. "Everyone this is Kanji Tatsumi, Naoto's boyfriend and a member of the investigation team."

"Sup'" Kanji nodded towards the kids.

"He's like Ryuji but max level." Futaba commented.

"Nice to meet you Tatsumi-san, I'm Makoto Niijima" Makoto bowed slightly.

"Agreed it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Tatsumi-san, I'm Haru Okumura" Haru politely commented.

Kanji cringed. "Wait, call me Kanji. None of this san or senpai crap."

Rise looked at the teens. "Our group has become really informal through the years."

"We kind of became the same way..." Ann shrugged before looking towards Kanji. "I'm Ann Takamaki. Ann is fine really for anyone here."

"I'm Yusuke Kitagawa. Yusuke is fine as well." Yusuke announced.

"Futaba Sakura. 'Sup!" Futaba called from next to Ren.

Kanji turned his attention to Ryuji who was walking over to the group. "…" Ryuji sighed and looked towards Kanji, something about his body posture seemed to indicate something intelligent was spurring in the young man. "I'm Ryuji Sakamoto… Look man, I'm sorry… We cool?"

"Yeah bro, we're good" Kanji nodded in an understanding way. "Also don't you all got that codename thing too?" Kanji sighed. "Jeez I ain't gonna remember all this crap, I just ain't that intelligent."

"Don't worry big guy we'll help you." Morgana consoled.

"Heh, thanks... Morgana?" Kanji asked tentatively.

"Good job you remembered!" Morgana purred back to Kanji.

"Everyone sit down, there's a lot we need to discuss." Naoto raised her voice slightly as she glanced over the whole group.

Slowly the group started to both settle and sit down. Kanji moved to the back pulling the love seat from the recording studio and pulled it into the living room. With the large double L couches, Rise massive recliner, and the couch from the recording room there was enough space for everyone to sit down comfortably. Naoto was clearly antsy given the information about Tartarus she knew they needed to share. Once everyone was fully seated and ready Naoto cleared her voice giving Yu a look before she stepped up to the middle of the room next to the coffee table.

"Before we begin about the Palace, there is a few things I need to ask everyone about Mementos. Is there any information that you have kept from us regarding it?" Naoto voice was serious and the weight of it was palpable in the room.

The teenagers look among each other as if searching for someone who might have more information. It was however Morgana that seemed to be the one holding out. Morgana's ears pinned flat on his head as the tip of his tail thrashed wildly against the top of the back rest on the couch. Ren quickly picked up on his teammate's displeasure, giving the cat a searching look. Slowly Morgana turned his bright blue gaze onto Naoto.

"There is one thing… Granted I've kind of kept it from everyone." Morgana sighed. "As Mementos is everyone's Palace, there is a treasure there, but if we steal it… It'll erase the Metaverse."

"Are you sure of this?" Naoto cross examined.

"Yes... No..." Morgana looked down trodden as a cat could as he spoke. "I know I was born there, and I understand things about it most people don't but I don't know 'why' I know these things. It makes too much sense that I'm a shadow like Teddie..." Morgana shook his head before aggressively scratching behind his ear. "I dunno, something is telling me deep down I'll find my purpose there at the heart of Mementos."

Yu caught the glance Naoto gave him before she continued. "As you are aware this isn't the first time this other world appeared. Well there is some unconfirmed accounts by the group we work for, the number of times this other world has appeared could be in the realm of happening an unknown number of times throughout history... It also depends on how one defines an appearance of it. We have experienced two, possibly three ourselves before we arrived here. The first time for us was the appearance of the TV world, the second time was during an event called the Love meets Bonds and we called it the Midnight Stage. The third time was when we were introduced to our current employer 'Mitsuru Kirijo.' The TV world became warped and we had to do many things to get it under control, including fighting ourselves. To say that the Metaverse can be erased strikes me as odd. I have no doubt it can be, but something we haven't told you is that this isn't the first time we have experienced another world here in Tokyo. The midnight stage was here in Tokyo."

The teenagers listened, absorbed in Naoto's words. At the revelation about the midnight stage, Ren glanced at Yu before he spoke. "I should have said something yesterday but I wasn't sure that Yu was talking about the Love meets Bonds Festival but I was there… At the festival. The whole area got absorbed by that other world didn't it?"

Ryuji suddenly elbowed Ren. "You like idols?! So you ARE a hot blooded teen."

Ren pushed up his glasses. "I like to dance so by extension I like music, I don't care particularly who is preforming it as long as it has a good beat."

"What do you remember about the festival Ren?" Naoto asked.

"Wait a minute. Ren you like to dance?!" Ryuji exclaimed.

Ren clearly ignored Ryuji instead answering Naoto. "The two Kanamin's and all the strangeness around it. That strange feeling, that song, the call to bond. And everyone disappearing for a while on stage" Ren leaned forward his expression intense as he spoke. "Everyone thought it was some elaborate skit, but I felt differently."

Naoto folded her arms across her chest. "Curious… Well this may not have any bearing on anything, yet it is possible that the reason why you sit before us now is because of that event. Your wild card ability might have been recognized there at the festival. This is all speculation however and it would be impossible to prove." Naoto glanced at Yu. "Do you have anything you want to add?"

"Other than the fact it's a strange occurrence and something we need to bring up to Mitsuru, not particularly. Morgana you say you know there is a treasure in Mementos, so how much of a stretch would it be to say that there might be something guarding that treasure?" Yu leaned back on the couch as he spoke.

Morgana stared down at his paws. "I-I-It's possible…" Suddenly his whole body seemed to twitch as if he had been struck. "No… There is something there…" He narrowed his eyes before he looked up. "I-I-I… I can't remember."

Futaba was the first one to move, grabbing Morgana and pulling the cat onto her lap. "It's alright Mona, you did well." Futaba's words seemed to hint that it was no big deal that he couldn't remember as she petted him.

Haru who was sitting next to Futaba also reached over and scratched his chin. "It's alright, you don't need to remember everything."

Makoto who had been watching her feline companion turned to look at Yu and Naoto. "You guys know something about Mementos?" Her tone while accusatory also seemed to be searching for answers the older group had.

"No, but we have theories." Yu replied before he leaned forward. "Theories that carry weight to them."

Naoto sat down on the arm of the recliner that Kanji was currently sitting in, carefully measuring her words before she spoke once again. "Mementos reminded our employer of another strange randomly shifting multilevel place in the other world. A place called Tartarus. There are many similarities between the two, but also a few differences. I'm by far not the expert on Tartarus; after all none of us were there when it was still active and we only have second hand accounts about it. Those second hand accounts came from a group known as SEES and have been nothing but honest with us as far as all this information goes. Tartarus was a summoning platform. For at the end of it sat Nyx, the literal death incarnate and it was to bring about something called 'The Fall'. 'The Fall' is the end of the world to put it in the simplest of terms. SEES managed to get to the top of the tower and fight off Nyx, but they couldn't destroy it. So their field leader; a man by the name of Makoto Yuki decided to sacrifice himself and become a seal between Nyx and the rest of the world."

"So you fear one of us might have to sacrifice their self to stop whatever is at the end Mementos." Makoto was quick on the draw as she pulled everything together.

"Correct." Naoto nodded. "Again these are theories but there are some things that can't be killed in the other world, simply placated."

There was silence that overcame everyone as the Thieves seemed to understand the potential weight of the ruin they faced. Yu could only blame himself for not making it clearer sooner. No doubt at first the teens had thought about this all as a game but the deeper they got in they had to have realized the stakes behind it all. Ren's narrow escape from death had probably opened their eyes but if they were still closed before, this revelation had no doubt opened them. The investigation team look amongst each other as if trying to find a way to console the younger Persona users but no one seemed to have an answer.

"So is it really true you can dance Ren?" Ryuji suddenly asked, and it was instantly clear what he was trying to do.

Ren gave his best friend a look. "Yes, I can dance."

"Quite well too if you ask me." Rise giggled as she offered a reassuring smile to Ren.

"I need to see this so much now!" Ann smirked.

"That's high praise coming from an Idol. Perhaps you could show me some time Ren, I'm sure I'd find some inspiration in your dancing. Maybe it could help me with my next piece!" Yusuke put up his hands up in a rectangle, focusing on Ren as he spoke. "I can almost see it now."

"I'll believe it when I see it, after all I've lived with the guy and he's shown no indication of being able to bust a move." Morgana rebuked from Futaba's lap. "Then again all those fancy thief moves he does means he does have a flair for the dramatic."

"Looks like you are being called out Ren-kun." Rise grinned a familiar glint shining in her eyes.

"We got a Palace to get too, I'm sure this can all wait until later." Naoto interjected foreshadowing were this conversation was going.

Yu rose to his feet. "We could all use some fun, especially after all that. Just so we are clear, no matter what lies at the end of Mementos we senior Persona users have your backs."

Ren nodded. "Right," Ren got to his feet and looked over his group. "Here the deal, I show you all I can dance, but only after we defeat Shido."

"Hey to sweeten the deal, the investigation team can show you guys our moves." Yu smirked toward the other wild card.

"I can't wait to show you my beary smooth moves!" Teddie grinned from ear to ear. "Prepare ladies to be wooed."

"No! I refuse!" Naoto quickly yelped in panic.

"Nope, you have to show 'em Naoto" Rise giggled as she suddenly got up and threw her arms around her friend. "Everyone can come over again and we can have a party!"

"Hey I'm down for this. You should do it Naoto!" Kanji insisted.

Naoto clearly didn't look pleased but knew she couldn't refuse. "Fine…"

"Oh a party at an idol's house?! AND we get to see Ren and the others dance? Count me in!" Ann excitedly proclaimed.

"I suppose this will improve moral and be a bonding experience…" Makoto reasoned.

"It'll be a vivacious affair, I shall bring my sketchbook!" Yusuke got to his feet, putting his hands to his face in an extravagant motion.

"Let's go beat up this politician so we can skip to all the good parts!" Futaba rallied.

The group agreed, spirits now lifted once again.

I found someone who can edit for me and there is a lot of chapters left... I don't want to dump half the story on day of Persona 5 royal release and have no one read it because everyone is too busy playing persona 5 so I'm gunna be putting chapters out quicker hopeful with the new editor. They seem fine with only a few things that need to be fixed here and there. Oh please review. I'll post new chapters more often if ya do.