Hey everyone. Long time no see.
So, i know that some people want me to complete my story "The Corrupted Path Of Peace", but when i saw Persona, i was inspired for this story, but have no fear. I will complete my first story since i really REALLY love Akame ga Kill.
So to give you a heads up: This one actually holds my own OC team: The Great 12, entering the world of Persona, with the same scenario where they escape their hometowns, where Naruko is neglected by her parents, and with all of the backstory that would be explained in both this and my previous story, as well as the fact that this story would take place after the end of the Persona games (Persona 3, 4 and 5), and it will take place in the world of High School DxD.
Yeah, i really love multi-crossovers.
Now, i can really feel the shivers of excitement running down my spine. So without further ado, Stay Breezy!
"Ugh...So boring..."
The grunt of Junpei Iori echoed throughout the new dorm room that he, Ken Amada and Akihiko Sanada were sharing. Ever since their fight against Erebus to know the truth regarding his death, alongside the defeat of Sho Minazuki with the combined efforts of the SEES and the Investigation Team, and they were preoccupied with their high school lives, or to be more accurate, He, alongside Yukari, Fuuka and Aigis were preoccupied with their school lives, while Mitsuru was preoccupied with her college life, and Ken was preoccupied with his elementary school life.
The problem from Junpei's perspective was...That everything was boring right now.
There was nothing they can do now. Now that they were able vanquish the evil resulted from the Dark Hour, as well as the fact that Nyx was sealed so that Erebus won't reach her, which was thanks to their dear friends Minato and Minako Arisato. He was never bored in his life.
Well, at least they were safe...For now at the very least.
"Boring...Nothing good in the TV" Junpei muttered before taking the remote control of the TV, and used it to shut it down, before standing up, flexing his neck, causing it to crack, before he walked towards his drawer located in his room, opening it slightly, before taking out a red and black bandanna that held the SEES sign on it.
The wielder of the Magician Arcana smiled sadly at the band...Those days of laughing, grief and victory where all of them were together, saving the world from Shadows and the Dark Hour...Minato...Minako...Ryoji...
"Hey, Junpei! Your gonna be late at school!"
Akihiko's voice snapped Junpei out of his daydreaming, before he placed the SEES band once again inside the drawer, and proceeding to walk towards his closet, pulling out his uniform of Kuoh Academy.
Yeah. After the events inside the Abyss of Time, the school that he, Aigis, Yukari, Fuuka, Ken and Chidori where enrolling is Kuoh Academy, a former girls-only school, and that was their first day in 3rd High school year, and in Ken's case, it was 1st Prep year. Apparently, it was due to the fact that it was the closest to their new dorm place. They didn't have to worry about the expenses, though, since Mitsuru took care of it all for them.
Taking a deep breath before releasing it again, Junpei quickly changed to his school uniform, before exiting his room, meeting Ken and Akihiko on his way. He then walked with Ken outside their dorm room, heading for school, leaving Akihiko behind.
At another side of the same dorm place
"Maaan...Do i really have to go now...? Give me five more minutes..."
Despite the protests of Yosuke Hanamura, Yu Narukami didn't leave both him and his other two friends, Kanji Tatsumi and Teddie, behind. He kept nudging them to wake up, or else, they would be late for their first day at school in Kuoh Academy.
"Damn it, Senpai...Can't you just leave us sleep for a wink?" Kanji murmured half asleep.
"No can do. We must hurry or we're gonna be late for our first day at school. Now get up. I made the breakfast. The girls are already done, and they went ahead of us several minutes ago" Yu said.
"Ugh...Fine..." Yosuke said sitting up his bed while rubbing his sore eyes from sleep.
After the events of the P-1 Climax, the Investigation Team and SEES entered one dorm. They were invited by the Shadow Operatives to join them in school following their defeat to Sho and Hi-no-Kagutsuchi four months ago, and now they are to attend Kuoh Academy together, with members of the Shadow Operatives.
Yup. Back to your boring, non-dangerous everyday life.
"But...Why should i go with you, Sensei? Teddie is just a bear" Teddie said whining.
"Because your a human being now just like us, so you have to go to school. Besides, isn't that what you wanted when we were in Inaba? Didn't you want to see how us scholars work in our school life? Then try to bear it will you?" Yu explained with his calm and collected look ever plastered on his face, to which Teddie sighed in defeat.
"Hehehe...He got ya there" Yosuke said chuckling.
"Okay. Up you go. Time for breakfast" Yu said before hearing the door of his and the guys room knock. He then walked and opened it, only to see Marie, with the standard Kuoh female uniform, and an impatient, annoyed look on her face.
"Do you have any idea how much are you late?" Marie asked with her arms crossed.
"Sorry. Had some trouble waking up the guys. We will be there in five minutes. Race us to the school with the girls, okay?" Yu said with a smile on his face, causing Marie to blush slightly.
"Ugh. Stop smiling like this, you stupidjerkyethandsomeandcoolidiot!" She said causing Yu to chuckle at this, before seeing her leave with the blush still apparent on her face.
Yu looked up, his mind flowing to the past.
How long has it been ever since they saved the world from Izanami? Those days were sure something.
Well, it's not like they're not meeting. They are sticking to each other like glue right now, attending the same school with other friends of them, and everything is good and cool.
However...For some reason...The Sister Complex Kingpin of Steel couldn't shrug this feeling of anxiety...
He felt...That something will soon happen...That would change his and his friends' lives...Again.
"Oi, Yu! Hurry up or Teddie will finish the breakfast!" Yosuke called from inside the dorm room.
"Coming!" Yu called back, before closing the door of the room behind him, to join his friends in breakfast.
At another side of the same dorm place
"Hm...As expected of you, Akira. The breakfast is delicious and superb as always"
Yusuke Kitagawa, the artist obsessed-guy, showed his delight regarding the food Akira Kurusu, the once known as the Leader of the Phantom Thieves, had made. It was really simple, but with Akira's skills in cooking, you can't argue about its unique flavor.
"Heh...That's Akira to you" Morgana said while sitting on the table, licking his paws.
"Ah! Akira! Ya sure know how to wipe it!" Ryuji Sakamato, Akira's first and best friend, exclaimed in happiness while stuffing his mouth with food, only to get smacked across the head by Ann Takamaki.
"Ow! Hey! What was that for?!" Ryuji yelled at Ann.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Ann shot back.
"Boo! Ryuji is deep down in the dumps!" Futaba Sakura said mocking Ryuji.
"Say, why are you girls eating breakfast with us right now? I thought that this was the boys dorm side" Yusuke asked.
"Well, we wanted to share breakfast together, you know, like old days" Ann said.
"Your really are inconsiderate, Inari" Futaba said, causing Yusuke to growl at the insult.
"Okay, everyone. Finish up your breakfast quick. We're gonna be late at our first day at school already" Akira said.
"Man...School's boring. Can't we just ditch it?" Ryuji asked, only to get smacked once again across the head, this time, it was from Makoto Nijima.
"Will you quit it already?!" Ryuji yelled in anger.
"You promised that you will be attending school regularly from here on out yesterday, didn't you?" Makoto asked throwing a deadpan look to Ryuji, to which the blonde clamped his mouth shut at this.
Meanwhile, within all of this ruckus, Akira was lost deep within his thoughts. He couldn't brush the thought that was circulating inside his head. He felt as if something big was going to happen.
Ever since their victory against Yaldabaoth, and the destruction of both Mementos and the Metaverse, and everything seemed to be normal. However, Akira's instincts, honed from a full year of battle, told him otherwise. He felt that something was coming closer to them, and it would change their lives again.
Not that he minded it at all.
Sighing, Akira quickly dug into his food, before standing up, and preparing to leave.
"By the way, where's Haru?" Morgana asked.
"She just went ahead of me to the college. I will be going now. See you after school time, everyone" Makoto said before slinging her bag above her shoulder, and taking off outside the dorm room.
"Okay. I think we should take off too. Let's make like trees and get out of here" Futaba exclaimed before everyone in the room walked outside it, heading towards Kuoh Academy.
At another unknown place
"Phew...Finally in Japan"
Whoever said that was a 17 year old man with white hair, violet eyes, three whiskers on each cheeks and a slightly tan skin. He was wearing a black tight and sleeveless shirt with sliver accents which outlines his muscles and a metal plate on his collar, and black pants that had two black straps on his thighs, and another two strapped around his shins separate from each other. He was wearing black metal plated shoes, which appear to be attached to his trousers. Alongside a red coat that is actually two separate sleeves connected by a metal plate at the back which covered his arms and was cut off showing his upper torso and midriff, and had a separate red open skirt which ended above his shins with the top fashioned and tied with an agemaki knot, covered by a silver metal plate.
"It was really a tough ride"
A second male voiced out his complain. Said male was around 18. He had red eyes, light blonde short hair and slightly tan skin. He was wearing a Biker Outfit, which consisted of a black opened up jacket with white lines travelling on the long sleeves, along with two pockets at the side that had zippers, above a white half-sleeved plain T-shirt, and completed by a pair of black cargo pants and black metal plated shoes.
"Don't slack off you two. We need to find a safe place"
The third one was also a male. He was a tall, thin young man of the same age as the latter one with light skin, brown eyes, and tall, dirty blonde spiky hair. His outfit consisted of a short-sleeved dark gray shirt and purple cargo pants and black shoes. He also carries a light blue pack around his waist, and has purple bands around his wrists.
"Aw shut up, Blue! Your one to talk" The white haired guy said to the dirty blonde, now known as Blue.
"Calm down, Menma. We're not here to fight" The other blonde said to the white haired guy, now known as Blue.
"Why are you like that, you guys? Seriously..."
The one who said that was a rather beautiful and breath-taking looking teenager. Despite the fact that she was young, around a year younger than the youngster named Shadow, she had a rather developed figure. She was around Shadow's tall, with K-cups sized breasts, beautiful light skin, sun kissed blonde hair that reached her waist, and beautiful blue eyes. As for her outfit, she was wearing a blue long-sleeved jacket, which had a half-sleeved yellow T-shirt underneath that did absolutely nothing to hide her curves from the top, so if you leaned by a little bit, you would see her cleavage. She also wore a short blue skirt that barely covered her thighs which was fastened to her waist by a black belt, completed by a pair of white sports shoes.
"Geez, sis. It's not like we're children or whatsoever. We had just found someplace safe outside the Elemental Nations" Menma said to the blonde beauty.
"Yeah. He's right, Naruko. Tone it down a bit. We're safe...For now" The blonde male said to the blonde female, now known as Naruko.
"How much long do we have to walk, Jean?"
The one who said that to the blonde male, now known as Jean, was a female that was around the same age as the others with her. She had tsurime, green eyes with black slits in them, as well as an intake, straight, waist length pink hair, and a perfect set of E-cups breasts. Her outfit consisted of a white T-shirt that had a red ribbon tie underneath a light brown vest, with both being worn underneath a beige blazer. As for her lower body, it was dressed in a pleated miniskirt that barely did anything to cover her rear end, which was covered by a white thong, as well as black, thigh-high stockings and brown loafers. Her teeth also seemed to resemble fangs in some way, and she had a black choker on her neck with a blue diamond-shaped jewel on it.
"Not yet, Dragon. Just wait for a little bit" Jean said.
"I already miss Shadow so much. He would always give me a piggyback ride" Dragon said puffing her cheeks like a child.
"My feet are killing me here"
The one who said that with a rather monotone voice was a female as well, and a rather well-endowed woman at that. She was about the same age as the others. She had light yellow eyes, fair white skin and short, unkempt taupe brown hair with two long ear-like hair locks that stick up on both sides of her head. She was also wearing a pair of round, metal-rimmed red eyeglasses. As for her outfit, she was wearing a long-sleeved loose maroon sweater with a light pink ruffled strap almost covering her shoulders and revealing her D-cups cleavage, two braid-like embroidery flowing down her sweater, a black tie with an orange lower half, and tight black shorts that reaches only the uppermost part of her thighs. Underneath her sweater, she wore a deep plum collared sleeveless shirt, finished with high heeled boots, and a white lab coat worn above her clothes. In addition, she had a light purple iPad in her hand.
"It doesn't make any sense when you say it with that monotone voice of yours, Kokoro"
The one who said that to the monotone woman that was known as Kokoro was a rather skinny young man, around 17 as well. He had shoulder length white hair, red eyes and pale skin. He was wearing a white jacket that had white fur lining the ends of its sleeves and its collar, alongside grey pants and black shoes.
"I think that emotions are best experienced when they have meaning. I see that fatigue has no meaning, considering the fact that it happens to every person in existence. Don't you agree, Accel?" Kokoro asked to the white haired boy.
"I'm not gonna put myself in that" Accel said with a rather annoyed look on his face.
On his right side were two people. The first one was a woman. She was 17 as well. She had shoulder length ink-black hair, pale skin color and black eyes. Her outfit consisted of a pale blue kimono that reached to just above her ankles underneath a long sleeved red jacket that had a white fur collar with two pockets on its side, with the jacket being left opened. The second one was a man. Around the same age as well. He was a young man of average height and an average build, with fair skin, blue eyes and black hair. His outfit consisted of a black jacket with a white collar and five yellow buttons, and matching pants.
"Oi. Shiki, Misogi. For how long you two are gonna stick to me like that?" Accel asked the man known as Misogi, and the woman known as Shiki.
"We ain't sticking to you, albino" Shiki said darkly.
"Hahahahaha...Am i really sticking to you?" Misogi said with a rather innocent smile on his face.
"Ugh. Forget it" Accel said as they kept walking.
Behind them were two figures. The first one was a woman of the same age as her other companions. She had golden yellow eyes, fair white skin and long, pink hair that she kept tied up into two pony tails, along with orange fox ears and a fox tail, with a blue bow that had purple strands dangling from it which she used to tie her hair. Her outfit consisted of a blue kimono which showed her bare shoulders, and held her D-cups breasts in place, with a black sash around the waist, two black pieces of cloth dangling from sash of the kimono from behind that had the drawing of 4 fox tails on each, and blue thigh-high stockings and black sandals.
The second one, as well as the last one in the group of 11, was a female of the same age as well. She had short pink hair, pink eyes, pale skin and what looked like grey cat ears sporting from her head. She was wearing a black dress which was held by two black straps on the shoulder, with the dress covering everything down to her upper thighs. Underneath it she wore a pink short sleeved T-shirt, followed with black high heeled boots and black gloves.
"I wonder why are we left behind like that?" The fox-like female asked.
"Stop complaining, Tamamo. We're in the same boat as you" The cat-like female answered with cold annoyance.
"Your really are gloom and doom, Lucy" Tamamo said with puffed cheeks.
As for what is with those people, they ran away from the place known as the Elemental Nations, because they were wanted fugitives. Spending three days with absolutely no rest, until they reached Japan, right into Kuoh city.
"I wonder if we can have something to eat or drink" Menma said, his stomach growling.
"I was thinking of the same thing" Naruko said.
"I really wish Shadow was here with us" Dragon said.
"Yeah. He would have scolded us, telling us that we were all wimps" Jean said.
"Then again, if he were to be with us, he would have eaten his and our share in one go" Misogi said chuckling at the thought.
"Heh. Yeah. He's the only one who can beat me in food contests" Blue said with a smile.
"Okay. Enough chit chat. Let's find something to eat" Accel said, causing the group to walk. However, on their way, Kokoro stopped in front of something, staring at it with her calm look on her face. Her companions noticed her stopping, and looked at what she were looking at, only to see that they were in front of the gates of a school, with the students entering it.
Namely, Kuoh Private Academy.
"Uh...Kokoro?" Naruko asked her friend.
"Everyone. I have an idea" Kokoro said.
"Shoot" Blue said immediately.
"We can enroll into this school, and with that, we can kill three birds with one stone: Blend within the current society so we can know more about it, Have a place to stay since we will be fugitive students, and at the same time, hide from Konoha and the other villages in the Elemental Nations" Kokoro said.
"Koko-chan! That's a brilliant idea! But how are we gonna apply for the school?" Dragon asked.
"I can take care of that. Accel, i will need your help" Kokoro said.
"'Kay. What's the plan?" Accel asked.
"We will look for the school principle or the school council president. Just you guys go and get something to eat and drink, and save some for us" Kokoro answered, causing the others to nod, before everyone, sans her and Accel, moved to find a market to buy things from it.
"I hope you know what your doing" Accel said.
"Don't worry" Kokoro just said before she and Accel marched inside the school of Kuoh Academy.
Somewhere else
"No! Please! Spare me!"
In front of a foundation at night, was a complete carnage, with individuals of male and female genders, who strangely had black wings, were lying emotionlessly in pools of their own blood, and standing in the middle of the carnage was a rather unique individual who was holding one of those winged beings by the neck, hoisting him up in the sky.
Said person was an 18 year old youngster. Said youth had a slightly tan skin, crimson red eyes and black hair that had red lines on it. He was wearing a black leather jacket with white fur lining the sleeves and collar. Said jacket was zipped open to reveal a white half-sleeved T-shirt with the kanji written in red on it translated into 'Ultimate Life Form'. He was also wearing black pants, black fingerless gloves, golden metal wrist bands and white shoes that had holes in its bottom. On the right side of his waist was a katana with a black handle that had the writing 'Murasama' on it. Its sheath was black and it was cross between a normal scabbard and a machine gun, having a gun handle in the middle of it, and a gun trigger where the circular guard of the sword and the beginning of the sheath met.
"Please...Spare me..." The winged humanoid creature said with tears building on his eyes.
"Why should i...? You were here for killing someone, you know, and when i saw you, you attacked me, and planned on killing me. Though your plan just backfired..." The teen said with a calm tone on his face.
"Please..."
"Die..."
And before the humanoid creature could beg for his life for more, the youngster tightened his grip on his throat, crushing it in the process, and causing the winged humanoid creature to fall limb in his hand. The youngster then threw the creature away on the ground.
"My my...Such a view..."
A familiar voice from behind the youngster echoed, causing said man to turn around his heel, only to see a rather short man with white bowl hair, a rather comical fat nose, a white thick mustache, and a white lab coat on his own black business suit.
"Mueller..." The youngster growled and glared in disgust at the short man.
"Well, well...If it isn't Shadow Otsutsuki...The weapon honed for Konoha..." Mueller said with a sly smirk on his face.
"I'm no weapon for anyone, dumbass..." Shadow said with venom apparent in his tone.
"Oh...Your not the one to say that, Shadow-kun...It's Hokage-sama..." Mueller said.
"Let's not trick each other. You hold no loyalty to Minato Namikaze. You only work for yourself, and for your benefits. The same as Namikaze. He would dispose of you the moment he sees you useless or when your job is done to him" Shadow said.
"Heh...Well, i will just give you credit for that. Yeah, but before that, i will shoot him back, and i will use you for that" Mueller said with his twisted smirk on his face, before several ball-like creatures with elongated tongues, as well as several blue goo-like moving puddles, namely slimes, and several brown worm-like creatures with several red tentacles, were surrounding him and Shadow everywhere, causing Shadow's calm and collected face to make a 180 flip into that of worry and shock, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
Suddenly, several tentacles shoot from the worm creatures that were beside Mueller, and in Shadow's shock, he was restrained and tangled by them.
"Geh?!" Shadow grunted.
"I already know your weakspot, Shadow. It's the fear that i have engraved in you from those creatures. I mean, how come can i call myself a scientist if i can't take counter measurements against my inventions?" Mueller said, his hands behind his back, and his twisted smirk ever plastered on his face.
"I'm...Not your...Invention..." Shadow said slightly shivering in fear from the creatures that were tangling him.
"Oh yes you are. I'm the one who built a fiend like you, and turned you into an invincible weapon that only i can stop. Your just a worthless piece of trash. Your a mere hybrid that don't deserve to live, and your only role in life is to be a loyal weapon, a tool to us humans" Mueller said.
"You...? Yeah...That's a joke..." Shadow said.
"Heh...You don't get it, do you? Humans have been always better than you hybrid freaks. We always prevail over everything, and we will always prevail. Your role is only to serve all of us to our heart's content" Mueller said with his dirty smirk widening.
"You...Bastard..." Shadow said.
"It's a shame that i can't cut you down anymore. I really don't know why, but for some reason, you became invincible. But that's okay. I think i can capture you with me, and do some research on you to know what type of powers your using" Mueller said, before placing a hand on his forehead, and started to cackle.
"I will enjoy this to my heart's content, and even beyond! Hehe...Hehehehe...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And while we're at it, i will enjoy researching this young lad's corpse over there! He seems to have this powerful aura around him" Mueller burst out in laughter in front of a restrained Shadow, before pointing to a dead body of a boy with brunette hair and wearing the standard Kuoh school uniform, where said boy was lying emotionlessly in a pool of his own blood.
Shadow still felt this...
Fear...
He didn't know what to do. His mutual enemies that tortured him throughout his life were right in front of him. He was in fear of being captured. Fear of being tortured again. Fear from being separated from his friends.
[Persona OST: Awakening]
Suddenly, the world started to take in darkness within a certain area around Shadow, before an ethereal blue butterfly came fluttering by his face, and then, a soft voice of a female came ringing in within the small area of darkness surrounding the youngster.
"This battle is unfair, with no chance of you winning...But if my voice is reaching, then there is still hope..."
The voice rang within the darkness, before both the butterfly and the darkness fade. There was silence for a couple of seconds, before...
"What's the matter? Are you just going to cower in fear and despair?"
Shadow heard the voice of a mature teenager ringing in his head. He turned his head around to look for the source of the voice, but to no avail.
"Do you really think that you are a fiend? Do you think that your past was the right thing then?"
The voice went silent after this phrase, as if waiting for Shadow to answer.
"...No, it wasn't..." Shadow answered gritting his teeth.
"Your desire was to always break the laws around you...The laws that bent you to discrimination...Such is the desire of your other self"
"HAHAHAHAHA! TIME TO GO HOME!" Mueller laughed manically.
"Very well. I have heeded your resolve. We can finally forge our forbidden contract"
At this phrase, Shadow suddenly gasped, his blood red eyes instantly turning dark golden with black dots inside the irises, before he started screaming, feeling an extremely terrible headache that was about to nearly split his head in half, causing Mueller to raise a brow in confusion at this.
"Huh? What's that? Have you became insane?" Mueller asked in mock worry.
"I'm Thou...Thou Art I..."
Shadow's screams got even louder.
"Thou has been discriminated for all of his life...Thou has been denied love and peace...Thou has been denied his right to exist because of the unfair laws that restrain thee..."
Shadow threw his head to the sky, wailing from the pain resulting from his head splitting headache.
"It's time for this to change!"
"God! Just stop fucking screaming!" Mueller half yelled, half talked in annoyance.
"Scream! Cry! Wail! Get Mad!"
"Damn it! So loud! Shut him up, Ripper!" Mueller gestured to the worm-like creature that was restraining Shadow, causing said creature to raise one of its tentacles above its head, preparing to strike Shadow on the head.
"And Release Thy Rage Upon Thine Destruction!"
With one final yell, Shadow's head fell down, dangling from his head, with his resistance completely fading, causing Mueller to shot an eyebrow in confusion at this.
"I suppose you got tired after all of this yelling. Well, we do have to make sure that you will remain silent during our journey" Mueller said before gesturing the Ripper to strike Shadow down with its raised tentacle.
And before the tentacle could reach Shadow...
"?!"
...Shadow snapped his eyes open, causing a gust of wind to suddenly blow away the Ripper, releasing Shadow from its grip and causing said youngster to fall on his feet on the ground. Shadow then raised his head, glaring at Mueller with his eyes that now returned to their normal blood red color, before his right hand suddenly became lit in blue flames, with the kanji of the word 'Fool' appearing on his palm.
Without thinking, Shadow raised said palm...And slammed it into his chest, particularly where his heart was, causing the blue flames to disperse as if they were absorbed inside his chest.
"Ah...AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shadow screamed before a huge blue pillar of energy suddenly burst around Shadow, engulfing his form completely, causing Mueller to shield himself with his arm.
"What the hell?!" Mueller said in shock, before the blue energy pillar slowly faded, revealing Shadow, but with something new.
Right behind the black haired youngster was a human of about his age, but was around 2 times his height. Said figure was a male with black hair that had a few strands of hair that were glowing light blue in color in front of his white eyes. As for his outfit, it consisted of a white, half-sleeved T-shirt with black horizontal stripes on it, underneath a black tattered overcoat that reached right just below his rear end, finished with black pants and white sneakers. On his back was a black scythe that had around 5 skulls located on each side of the blunt side of the scythe's blade with blood red eyes in their eyes sockets, and 2 red gems attached to the sides of the skulls.
[Nightcore OST: I Just Wanna Run]
"A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders..."
"Huh?"
Shadow's whisper caused Mueller to be on guard.
"Light and darkness coexist in an endless clash. But as there is darkness that's pitcher than the blackness of the sky, be it known: There light that's brighter than the sun!" Shadow exclaimed before the human figure behind him spread his two arms to the side, causing a wave of pure white fire to erupt from around it, instantly burning those who are around it and Shadow, causing Mueller to gasp in shock.
"What is this?!" Mueller managed to say from his shock.
"The children that you ruined with your twisted ways...Those who had their childhood stolen...How many did you stomp on...? How many did you lead to their deaths?! No matter what it takes, i will cut you down with my two hands!" Shadow yelled before taking out his sword from its sheath, unsheathing it slowly, causing red lightning to cackle from it, and once completely unsheathed, it revealed the glowing blood red color with red lightning dancing around it. He then pointed his sword at Mueller and his minions.
"Damn it! Kill him, my minions!" Mueller ordered in anger before the weird creatures came charging at Shadow, who just flashed a smirk on them.
"I won't stop...I will keep on going...For myself...For my friends...For my family...And for that reason, there's no way that you will take me alive..." He said before entering a swordsman stance, with his grin ever plastered on his face.
"Slice 'em down, Warble!" He exclaimed causing the humanoid figure, now known as Warble to spin his scythe around, pointing it at Mueller and his minions.
At some unknown place
[Persona OST: Hymn of the Soul]
The scene opens to a blue and white section with several rooms in it. Each room had a huge blue sofa in it, while in the center there was a lone office desk and a chair, where a huge fish pond with beautiful colors stood behind said desk, and sitting on the chair chair was a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears and bulging, bloodshot eyes. His outfit consisted of a black suit with white gloves.
The man then caught one of the covered cards on his desk, and flipped one of the cards, revealing the picture of a lanky man holding a huge bag above his shoulder.
The man's wide smirk widened even further at this.
"My my...Things are going to get interesting once again..." The man said
At the real world
"Slice 'em down, Warble!"
At that command, Warble charged forth towards Mueller's minions, slashing right and left with his scythe, with a sadistic grin ever plastered on his face. One ball minion tried to lash its tongue on Warble, only for said figure to release a ball of white fire from its right hand at the minion, causing it to screech in agony, before being turned to ashes.
It didn't stop here. Shadow himself entered the battle, jumping in the air so that he would be above the Ripper who caught him, and in a swift single slash, the Ripper stood still, with Shadow landing on the ground behind him. Shadow then sheathed Murasama, and once he did so, the Ripper exploded into a huge pool of green liquid.
"Disgusting..." Shadow muttered. He then saw Mueller trembling in fear, taking a few steps back, before falling on his ass.
"W-What is this...? This...This can't be..." Mueller said in a fit of stuttering.
"I will no longer be afraid of such pathetic things like these. The past is already over. Now, i must concentrate on the present. And i won't be scared again, because i'm not alone...Not anymore!" Shadow exclaimed, before charging at Mueller, Murasama fully out of its scabbard, only for a slime to intercept his attack, causing it to halt, which in turn caused Mueller's smirk to return.
"How many times do i have to tell you, Shadow-kun? There's nothing that can cut my slime minions" Mueller said with a disgusting smirk ever plastered on his face.
However, much to his confusion and shock, Shadow smirked at him as well.
"And how many times do i have to tell you? THERE'S NOTHING MY SWORD CANNOT CUT!" Shadow roared, before putting more weight in his sword grip, fully cutting the slime in half, and causing it to evaporate.
"What the hell?! That wasn't supposed to happen!" Mueller yelled.
"Well, since i'm gonna kill you, then i will let you in a little portion of my powers" Shadow said, staring coldly at Mueller's downed form.
"Your sick laws that bind the likes of myself to discrimination...I wanted to be free...So that where my true powers emerged" Shadow said, which in turn caused realization to strike Mueller like a lightning bolt.
"Wha-?! You don't mean..." Mueller trailed in his speech, completely shocked from what was about to be said.
"Yes. The power to negate all kinds of laws, concepts, causalities, probabilities and physics. This is the power of the Ultimate Life Form: The Lawbreaker" Shadow said spreading his arms to his sides, with his sword still in his right hand.
"What...?!" Mueller could only say that in his shock and disbelief.
"And i should thank you, Mueller. It's because of your 'Push' that i was able to unlock my Birth Abilities" Shadow said.
"What?! Then does that mean you have more than one ability?!" Mueller half yelled, half asked in shock.
"Oh. It's seems that i have spilled enough beans already. It's time for you to die...I will see you dead here and now..." Shadow muttered, with Warble slashing down the minions around him in a casual manner.
"Warble! Maragidyne!" Shadow yelled, causing Warble to stop attacking with his scythe, before he started raising his hands slowly to his side, before dozens of white fire pillars erupted from the ground, with each pillar incinerating each and every single minion around them to nothingness, not even dust was left.
And in the middle of this carnage stood Warble, Shadow and an extremely scared Mueller who literally pissed himself from fear and horror.
"I have saved the main dish for the finale. Time to die, Mueller" Shadow said raising his blade above his head, preparing to finish off Mueller...
"Gh?!"
...Only to suddenly fall to his knees, his body suddenly feeling fatigue that he had never felt.
"What's that?! Is that because of my awakening to Warble...?!" Shadow thought. However, Mueller took this chance to run like a coward from the scene.
"It's not over yet, Shadow Otsutsuki! I will not leave Japan until i make sure i have you and your friends either alive or dead!" Mueller yelled before disappearing into the darkness.
"Wait..." Shadow said weakly, feeling all of his energy fading away from his body, with Warble disappearing in a small burst of blue flames.
"Damn it...!"
That was the last thing Shadow muttered before falling on his face, unconscious.
At some unknown place
[Persona OST: Hymn of the Soul]
The first thing Shadow opened his eyes on was...Velvet.
He sat up from where he was lying, only to see that he was on a velvet sofa, with a velvet ceiling, and other velvet colored sections of some unknown place.
"What is this place?" Shadow asked no one in particular.
"My, i can see that your awake, my dear guest. Can you please come into the room in the center?" A voice rang to Shadow to enter to the center of the place he was in, to which Shadow had no choice but to follow. He then kept walking until he reached a man that was sitting on an office with a large velvet fish tank behind him.
"My. I see that you have finally arrived" The man said.
"..." Shadow remained silent. He looked to the side of the man, only to see a figure beside him standing.
Said figure was a female, around 170 cm, about 4 inches shorter than him. She had short bowl-shaped brown hair that reached her waist and emerald green eyes. Her outfit consisted of a tight blue dress that reached just above her knees, which was very tight that it was literally pressing on her rather ample E-cups breasts.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room. My name is Igor. This place exists between dream and reality. Mind and matter. A place that transcends both dream and reality, and exist outside the normal space of you humans, beyond the 4-Dimensional existence, yet beside the infinite-dimensional existence of the Throne. Nice to meet you, Shadow Otsutuski" Igor said to Shadow.
"..." Shadow just remained silent, staring at the two in front of him with a cold glare.
"I think you don't trust us now, right? That's to be expected, but i want you to know that i was the one that unlocked your powers" The girl said.
"Huh?" Shadow managed to blurt out.
"This is my assistant, Hana. She was the one that gave you the trigger to your additional powers, your Persona" Igor said.
"Persona?" Shadow asked.
"A Persona is the manifestation of one's personality and psyche in the form of a facet. Said facet can take the appearance of either a historical figure or a god in various mythologies" Hana explained.
"As my assistant Hana said, A Persona is your other self, a mask that you use to face the world and rebel against the things or people that are against you. In short to all of this, Personas are the strength born from one's heart" Igor explained even further.
"Your powers on the other hand, are more special than any other Persona user, with only 5 people other than you being the ones to unlock it, not to mention that there are currently 3 out of those 5 right here in Kuoh town with you" Hana said.
"Special?" Shadow asked, sticking to this one word out of Hana's speech.
"What's special about your powers is the fact that, unlike other Persona users, who can summon only one Persona, you have the ability to summon infinite Personas from your disposal. This power is called the Wild Card. It is like the number zero...Empty, yet holding infinite potential within" Igor explained.
"I see..." Shadow said, his cold face plastered in his features as ever.
"I know that you can't trust us right now, but time will sure prove otherwise" Hana said.
"We will meet again soon. For now, you must return to the real world, since there is still commotion outside" Igor said.
"Fine..." Shadow said.
"Until we meet again...Farewell" Igor said before light started to engulf the surroundings of the Velvet Room, covering Shadow's sight from both Igor and Hana.
Real World: Kuoh Academy
"Never ever i thought that your situation is so dire like that"
Sona Sitri was known for several things. Patience, Strictness, Intelligent, and modest, and even in supernatural she was no stranger, but when it came to the case in front of her, it was rather...Weird.
Right in front of her sat Kokoro and Accel, who told her that they want to join the school as students, signing some names in front of her, with Accel and her being on it. Kokoro's calm and cold face couldn't help Sona at all, since she couldn't get a read on her, but Kokoro would always counter any kind of question shot at her.
It didn't even help the fact that Kokoro had Accel beside her, who for some reason, Sona had felt some kind of malicious aura around him. She could also feel the same aura of the same magnitude from Kokoro, albeit said female was doing a perfect job in suppressing it, causing Sona to doubt herself about the aura around her several times, which in turn, gave her a headache.
"So let me get this straight: You, alongside others, have traveled from Tokyo to Kuoh to study in Kuoh Academy, and you want to apply in this school and at the same time, have residence in the school's dorms. Am i with you?" Sona asked.
"Yes, you are" Kokoro simply answered.
"..." Sona stayed silent, giving Kokoro and Accel a flat look, before she continued on talking.
"...You honestly think that i would buy that lie? Who are you really? Your aura is really big, and i can feel that you guys are no normal humans. I'm not gonna be surprised though. I have already seen my own share of supernatural" Sona said as she remembered seeing a certain female automaton applying in the school, a bear-wearing male who had weird quirks, and she could even swear that she saw a third group talking to a cat of all things.
"I can say that to you, Devil" Accel said, causing Sona's eyes to widen in shock.
"What?!" Sona half-yelled, half-asked in shell shock.
"I have seen your past, present and future the moment my eyes were laid on you. You were like an open book to me" Kokoro simply answered. Sona just stared at the two for a couple of seconds, trying to recover from her shock, before she took off her glasses, and used a piece of her dress shirt to clean the rectangular-shaped glasses, to which Kokoro did the same to her own round ones, albeit it was by coincidence, no sarcasm or pun involved. Both women placed their glasses on their eyes, before Sona began speaking to break the silence.
"Okay. I agree, but under one condition" Sona said gaining the attention of both Kokoro and Accel.
"Shoot" Accel said.
"There are three other groups that have applied to the school a few days ago. I'm going to gather them alongside your group in order to discuss who are you all, so you better tell me the whole truth then. Do we have a deal?" Sona said and asked.
"Deal" Both Accel and Kokoro said at the same time.
"Then it's settled" Sona said.
Suddenly, the door to Sona's office slammed open...In fact, it was sent flying away as a result of the tremendous force that was packed into it, causing Sona to yelp before ducking underneath her office desk to avoid the door crashing at her, where said door was sent crashing into the window behind her hard enough to make a door-sized hole into the wall behind where Sona would sit, to which neither Kokoro nor Accel reacted to. Sona peeked from her hiding spot, only to see Naruko holding a huge Cola gallon in each hand, with a comical smile on her face, and a drool line was traveling from her lower lips and down to the ground.
"Koko! Accel! Look at this! They sell Cola this huge in the supermarket!" She exclaimed happily.
At that sight, Sona clearly saw the fact that what she was about to deal with was absolutely something tiring...Yet interesting.
Kuoh Academy: After school
Six groups sat in the room of a club inside the school.
Namely, the SEES, the Investigation Team, the Phantom Thieves, and the fourth group Sona encountered.
As for the other two, one was lead by Sona, and had too many people, around 6 females and 1 male. On the other hand, the second group was around 3 females and 1 male, with all of the groups, sans the group Kokoro and Accel were in, in Kuoh's school uniforms.
"Okay. I have gathered you all here for an explanation" Sona started her speech.
"About what?" Yu was the first to speak.
"You all are nothing like normal humans, am i wrong? You all have this kind of powerful aura around you, as if you were in the battlefield before. Just answer me with honesty. I mean, you can't explain how a boy can walk around with a bear suit, with said suit having a moving mouth in it, and that automaton that you have their. Not to mention the cat that you have here, which appears to me that it can talk" Sona said.
"I'm not a cat!" Morgana voiced out in anger.
"Oh great. Just great" Ryuji muttered in disappointment.
"See? That's what i'm talking about" Sona said.
"My my. Such weird stuff here" Akeno voiced out in a sweet voice.
"Say, Himejima-san. Where's Rias?" Sona asked Akeno.
"She was summoned by one of those that took one of our wish cards" Akeno answered, causing Sona to nod at this, before drifting her attention back to the three groups of Persona users and the other 4th group.
"Okay. Who's gonna start?" Sona asked.
2 Hours later
"So, you guys can summon beings called Personas, which help you against your enemies, and you have saved the world several times as well" Sona summarized all that she heard from the three groups of Persona users.
"I can't believe that you guys are Persona users as well" Ann said.
"I can't believe that i'm in front of the infamous Phantom Thieves" Chie said.
"I can't believe that i have supernatural humans in the school" Sona said.
"I can't believe that we were totally ignored..." Misogi said with a sweatdrop.
"I can't believe that i haven't went to sleep right now" Shiki said with a cold, and obviously annoyed tone in her voice.
"I can't believe that we haven't eaten a penny from what we bought" Blue said holding his grumbling stomach.
"Anyways, we are all Persona users, but what about the 4th group?" Akira asked, causing all stares to go to the 4th group, to which everyone sweatdropped upon seeing Naruko drooling while staring at Akira.
"Uh...Sis?" Menma managed to blurt out.
"Bro...Can you please be quiet? Can't you see that i'm in love?" Naruko said not looking at Menma.
"Technically, your in your drool..." Jean said, to which Accel grunted in annoyance, and Misogi laughed lightly at this.
"Okay. So, the 4th group are runaways from a land outside Japan...Your situation seems to be dire, i see" Yu said.
"Then again, what makes us sure that your not exorcists or Fallen Angels in disguise?" Sona voiced out.
"We're not. We assure you" Menma simply answered.
"If anything, we are more or less like you guys. We have superpowers just like everyone" Lucy said.
"Not to mention that we just ran away to live a normal life with no issues, but considering the abnormalities even gathered in here, i think we ought to move our butts for danger" Dragon said.
"Okay. I will agree for this, on one condition" Sona said.
"Which is?" Menma asked.
"Your not to clash against us" Sona simply said.
"Deal. You guys look like good fellows too" Menma said.
"Huh?!" Akeno suddenly gasped, causing everyone to look at her.
"What's wrong, Akeno-senpai?" Koneko asked.
"It's Buchou...And she's fighting someone very strong, and i mean it" Akeno answered, and before anyone could say any other word, A huge crater was made into the wall of the room that they were in, and flying from said crater was Rias, who collided with the other wall, with her clothes in tatters, with barely anything to cover her private parts, as well as nasty bruises all over her body.
"Buchou!" Akeno yelled running for her downed King, followed by Kiba, Koneko, Sona and her peerage.
"Now that's amazing...Your still alive..." A voice said from the crater on the opposite side.
"...That voice..." Naruko said with a comical deadpan tone and look on her face.
"...Yeah, we know..." Menma said with the same expression as his sister.
The figure made its way out of the dust to reveal that it was Shadow, who had Murasama in his right hand.
"Where have you been, pal?" Blue asked.
"It's a long story" Shadow said in his monotone voice and cold face plastered on, before he saw all eyes around him, where Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, Sona and her Peerage were glaring at him, while Rias was mustering her remaining strength to at least glance at him, and the three Persona users groups were staring wide-eyed at Shadow, while Koromaru was whimpering in fear, hiding behind Ken for protection, to which Shadow just looked around in silence.
"What?"
And Done.
Now, that was the first chapter. More like a prologue to me.
Next Chapter: The Battle at the Church.
Until Next Time And Next Chapter!
Kyukyoku Rinnegan, Out!