Hey everyone. Long time no see. It's your pal, Jude Warble!
Now, to start off, i will show the list of pairings:
Akira x Naruko x Futaba x Lavenza
Shadow x Dragon x Hana x Sona x Minako
Menma x Asia x Yukari x Ann X Chie
Jean x Haru x Tamamo
Blue x Makoto x Ravel
Yu x Yukiko x Rise x Marie
Kanji x Naoto
Minato x Elizabeth
Accel x Kokoro
Misogi x Shiki
That's it for now! I may add some more in the near future!
And now, without further ado, i will leave with the story. As always, Stay Breezy!
In the church
Issei, Koneko and Kiba were having a hard time with Raynare.
Every time they harm her, she would use the Twilight Healing to heal all her wounds in an instant. And right now, the three of them were on the ground, panting heavily and coughing due to the light circulating inside their bodies.
"What's the matter? Out of fuel? You guys are seriously all talk but no muscle" Raynare said with a mocking smirk.
"You bitch!" Issei yelled at the Fallen Angel.
"See? Your all talk! You just couldn't even help your friend when he was in need! You could have helped him to save the girl, but you were useless! See it now?! That's how it works! To be strong means to be useful! And your not! And that's why your weak!" Raynare exclaimed with an evil smirk on her face.
This made Issei stand on his feet, ignoring the pain in his ankles, before he glared at Raynare.
"I know...That's why...I can't forgive you...Or me who wasn't able to help Menma when he was in need of me..." His glare hardened even more, leaking out a great amount of killing intent.
"Give her back...! GIVE THE FRIEND OF MY FRIEND BACK!" He yelled before his Boosted Gear arm suddenly morphed, before his hand sported red claws, with the large circular green jewel located on the back of the palm of the gauntlet glowing intensely.
Issei then dashed at Raynare, his right arm extended for a punch, only for Raynare to sidestep it and trip Issei, before piercing his calf with a light spear, to which Issei gritted his teeth in pain at this, before yanking it out. He then stood on his feet slowly, only to fall on one knee afterwards, coughing hard in pain.
"Well, i'm surprised that you pulled my light spear out of your leg, but the light circulating inside your body, which means that your gonna die at anytime now~" Raynare exclaimed with a sing-song tone in her voice.
Issei soon fell to his hands, his tears refusing to stop dripping from his eyes.
"God...No...I'm a Devil, so...Maou-sama...Please...Give me the strength...Give me the strength...For just one round..." Issei hissed from behind his teeth, before his gauntlet glowed once again.
"BOOST!" The gauntlet roared, before Issei forced himself to stand on his feet, which shocked Raynare greatly.
"Impossible! How can you even move?!" Raynare exclaimed.
"I WILL FINISH THIS!"
"EXPLOSION!"
"?!"
The gauntlet then roared once again, before Issei charged with neck breaking speeds at Raynare, who reacted to this by creating a light spear in panic and throwing it at Issei, only for said Devil to back slap it away. Issei then dashed at Raynare, before catching her arm, rearing his Boosted Gear arm backwards.
"No! Let me go! I'm the supreme!" Raynare exclaimed in horror.
"FLY AWAY, SHITTY ANGEL!" Issei yelled before punching Raynare in the face, causing blood to burst from both her cheek and mouth, before she was sent crashing into a wall, losing conscious afterwards.
At the same time. Outer Space
"I'm really surprised that you three are here, and trying to fight the Voice of God out of all things...You guys are either too stupid or too reckless...Either way, your all gonna die here..." Mueller said to the three youngsters in front of him, who glared at him.
"Hmph...Yeah, right. Like your one to talk...You yourself picked up opponents that are bigger than you, you sick bastard" Naruko hissed.
"Heh...Naruko-chan...You won't say those word when your dead meat...METATRON! KILL THEM!" Mueller exclaimed before Metatron obeyed and flew straight towards the three youngsters.
Shadow appeared in front of both of them, before Warble intercepted Metatron's charge, blocking his arm that was extended in a punch with his scythe. Yoshitsune took this chance, and swung his sword at Metatron, only for the metallic angel to dodge it by pushing Warble away and retreating backwards. However, he didn't notice Arcueid, who appeared beside him and punched him in the face, causing him to stagger a bit to the side. Warble then swung his scythe at Metatron, hitting him with the blunt edge of the scythe to his other side, causing Metatron to stagger once again. Yoshitsune was the next to attack, hitting Metatron square in the face with the hilt of his reverse caught sword, causing Metatron to spin a few violent spins in the space, before regaining his stance. There was no dents on his metal frame, and not even a few scratches as a result from the hits the Personas gave to the metallic angels.
"KUAHAHAHAHA! You haven't made a single dent on Metatron! You guys are just lame pieces of bullcrap!" Mueller laughed manically at what seemed to be desperate efforts from Naruko, Menma and Shadow, only for said three to just smirk at the mad short scientist.
"Huh? What's so funny, you brats?" Mueller asked a little annoyed.
"Oh nothing. We were just testing if our casual blows would make anything, and to find out if you were just bluffing about Metatron being a 10-dimensional existence" Naruko said, causing Mueller's face to twist into that of shock.
"Wha...?! You mean...You were holding back?!" Mueller asked in shock and disbelief.
"Time to go all out, baby!" Menma exclaimed, before black symbols started to appear on the bodies of the three youngsters, taking the shape of black lines that traveled along the lengths of their bodies. The lines started to glow in purple for a few seconds, before the glowing faded, and the lines faded from the bodies along with it. The three youngsters had their eyes widened in pure anger, with dark red aura starting to swirl around each one of them.
"This is your end, Mueller..." Menma whispered before the three charged with their Personas following them. Mueller gasped in shock at this, before Metatron appeared in front of him in the form of protection. Yoshitsune slashed with his left sword, only for Metatron to block it with his arm. Arcuied took the chance of this struggle, and brandished its claws, before slashing at Metatron's face, and this time, she managed to leave 5 scars on his metallic face, causing Metatron to recoil away as if it had emotions and felt shock upon being hurt.
"What?!" Mueller expressed shock at this.
"Warble! Agidyne!" Shadow proclaimed, which made Warble spin his scythe in front of him, before a huge white fire beam blasted from the center of the scythe's spinning towards Metatron, to which Arcueid and Yoshitsune moved aside to prevent being burnt by the fire beam. The fire beam came in contact with Metatron, engulfing him with fire.
"Damnit! Metatron! Magarudyne!" Mueller ordered in panic, before huge pillars of wind appeared instantly around Metatron, in an attempt to blow away the fire, but to no avail, much to Mueller's shock.
"What?! How can this be?!" Mueller yelled in shock and disbelief.
"Damnit! We have to take this thing down, boys! And quick!" Naruko exclaimed while being shielded by Arcueid from the hurricanes that were surrounding them.
"Got any ideas?! 'Cause this is Metatron being amped to YHVH'S level!" Menma called to his sister.
"I can take care of this!" Shadow called to his two friends.
"How?!" Menma asked.
"Just give me cover!" Shadow stated, before glaring at Metatron, who was stuck in the flames.
"I hope this works, because if it didn't, then...I don't know what will..." He thought.
At the same time. Earth
Ryuji and Junpei were having an annoying time with the ninjas of Konoha outside. To both of them, they were absolutely nothing, but it became a little difficult when Mueller's minions, alongside Shadows, attacked them. That's when the rest of the other 4 teams showed up with Rias and Akeno.
"You guys sure have your hands full" Rias mentioned.
"You have no idea..." Junpei inquired.
"Man! It's like there's no end to them!" Ryuji said in annoyance.
"Retreat! Minato-sama says to retreat!" A ninja's voice could be heard, before the army of ninja's surrounding the church started to decrease, where several of them would either disappear in a puff of smoke, or jump from tree to the other, making distance between them and the 4 group of young fighters.
"What's up? Can't stand the heat? I guess we were too much for them" Ryuji said.
"No. It's not because of that" Kokoro said looking at her iPad.
"What is 'that'?" Mitsuru asked.
Kokoro didn't answer. She just raised her arm to the sky, pointing towards it, only for the group to look up, but to see nothing.
"I don't see anything, Koko-chan" Dragon said.
"There's a fight in the sky...And Naruko, Shadow and Menma are fighting in it..." Kokoro said.
"I suppose that's why we couldn't sense their presence at the church" Misogi said.
"Then that means that we should take care of the rest inside and outside the church" Accel said.
"Let's go then. Akira is already inside" Yu said, before he and everyone else rushed inside the church.
At the same time. Outer Space
"Okay! I will give you cover!" Menma exclaimed before ordering Yoshitsune to charge towards the hurricanes at Metatron, which Mueller noticed, before giving orders to the metallic angel.
"Metatron! Megdiolaon!" Mueller yelled before a light blue orb appeared between Metatron's giant hand. The ball then enlarged to become 10 times his own size, before he threw it at Yoshitsune.
"Like i would let you!" Naruko exclaimed, before ordering Arcueid to step in front of Yoshitsune.
"Arcueid!..."
Naruko started calling to her Persona, before giving her command.
"Blood Sisters!"
And just as Naruko proclaimed this new attack, a huge meteorite appeared out of nowhere, descending towards Metatron's Megdiolaon. Mueller just narrowed his eyes on the approaching meteorite, before his eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
"That's...! That's the moon!" Mueller gasped in shock.
"Only a replica, bitch!" Naruko exclaimed with a smirk.
The moon replica collided with the sphere of the magical energy. The moon replica started to crack under the pressure of the power of the Megdiolaon, and it wasn't too long until the moon replica blew up in a blue fiery explosion. However, the moon replica did its job to cancel out the ball of the Almighty magical energy.
"Shadow! Whatever plan that you have, you should do it! And now!" Menma yelled to his friend.
Shadow, on the other hand, was thinking about what Igor told him yesterday.
Flashback. Around the time after Menma unlocked his Persona
"Fusion Spells?" Shadow asked in his usual cold tone.
"Why yes. Fusion Spells, unlike normal Persona spells, require the combined powers of 2 specific Personas in your disposal, and they are even more effective and powerful than normal Persona spells" Igor said with his wide smile.
"Why are you telling me this right now? You could have told me from the beginning" Shadow asked.
"Well, i decided to tell you this when you unlocked two compatible Personas that can execute a Fusion Spell, and you have two compatible Personas now, namely Warble and Orpheus Telos" Igor answered.
"I see" Shadow simply answered.
"Oh! Which reminds me. Here, hold on to this" Igor said before snapping his fingers, causing a glow to appear in Shadow's right pocket. Putting his hand inside his pocket, the black haired youngster took out his hand to reveal a simple velvet blue key with a mask that had its left side being dark blue and the right side being white with a hue of light blue.
"This is the Velvet Key. This will allow you to enter the Velvet Room at anytime you want without Master Igor summoning you. Don't lose it, okay?" Hana said to Shadow.
"Now, that is all for now. I hope we get to see you again" Igor said, which caused Shadow to stand up from his seat.
"Oh, and one more thing..." Hana said causing Shadow to avert his gaze to her.
"Remember: The bonds that you make are your true power. Never lose sight of it" She said with a smile, before the Velvet Room was engulfed in a blinding light.
Flashback End
"Okay. Time to try it. It's now or never" Shadow muttered before raising his Evoker to his head and shot.
"Orpheus Telos!"
With that declaration, Orpheus Telos appeared in a torrent of blue flames beside Warble.
"What? Another Persona?" Menma asked no one in particular.
"Menma! Naruko! Hold Metatron in his place! Don't let him move!" Shadow called for his two friends, making them nod, before they commanded both Yoshitsune and Arcueid respectively to charge at Metatron. Arcueid swung her right claw at Metatron's metallic face, only for said angel to duck underneath it and was about to punch Arcueid in the stomach, only for Yoshitsune to appear and use his two swords to block Metatron's punch that was aimed to Arcueid. Yoshitsune then pushed Metatron away from both him and Arcueid, before Arcueid rushed in and punched Metatron square in the left cheek, this time, however, it left a nasty and edible dent on Metatron's metallic face. Yoshitsune followed with his left sword, swinging it at Metatron, where the sword managed to pierce the metal frame of the mighty angel, before Yoshitsune moved the sword downwards, causing it to travel from his right shoulder and down to the left side of the metallic angel's waist, slicing the lower left part of Metatron's white loincloth, leaving a long and huge gash in Metatron's metallic frame, to which the angel showed no signs of discomfort, before the three youngster heard Mueller yell.
"Metatron! God Hand!" Mueller exclaimed, before a yellow building-sized mechanical arm appeared out of nowhere above the heads of Metatron, Arcueid and Yoshitsune. Shadow saw this and called for Naruko.
"Naruko! I want you to make sure he can't move!" Shadow called, which made Naruko look at him, before smirking micheviously afterwards.
"On it!" She exclaimed before taking a deep breath, and declaring out loud.
"Sun Authority: Capricon!" She exclaimed before a light blue lining glowed around her body, before the same lining appeared on Arcueid, who proceeded to clutch Metatron's head in a Sleeper Hold. The God's Hand attack descended towards them, only for Menma to be a second faster.
"Trace On: Rho Aias!" He declared before a giant light purple flower with seven petals appeared above both Metatron and Arcueid, blocking the mechanical fist. It took a few seconds of resisting against the magical shield, but in the end, the God's Hand ceased its assault, before disappearing in a white puff of smoke.
"Yoshitsune! Brave Blade!" Menma exclaimed before Yoshitsune's two blades glowed white. The Persona then speed blitzed Metatron's restrained form, appearing right behind him with his back facing that of the metallic angel. At first, nothing happened, but after a sec, Metatron's mettalic arms were swiftly sliced from his shoulders, where the arms themselves were sliced into bits that scattered throughout the space, which made Mueller opt a look of utter horror.
"Now, Shadow!" Naruko yelled for her friend, before Shadow gave a mental command for both Warble and Orpheus Telos, to which Warble brandished his scythe in his hands, and Orpheus Telos did the same for his harp.
"Warble! Orpheus Telos!..."
The moment he called out the names of his Personas, the blade of Warble's scythe glowed blue in color, while Orpheus Telos' harp glowed red.
"Melody of the Grimoire!"
[Death Note OST - Opening 1 (Full)]
Warble swung his scythe, and Orpheus Telos ran his hand on the strings of his harp. A single music note flew out of the harp, and Warble's scythe swing sliced said note in half. For an instant, nothing happened, and then, the sliced note started to glow intensely white, before comprising into a small ball of light.
"Naruko! Menma! Cover your ears!" Shadow called for his two friends, to which the two did so.
And at that instant, the marble-sized ball of light expanded, covering the whole space in white blinding light, before a high buzz sound filled the place, to which caused Mueller to clutch his ears in agony, where Naruko and Menma were doing the same, albeit they weren't in pain as they were prepared for it. Shadow on the other hand, was just staring at the effects of the attack at both Mueller and Metatron without covering his ears.
The attack did effect Metatron, as his metallic frame was cracking under the pressure of the vibration, which made Shadow smirk at this.
"Orpheus Telos! Thunder Reign!" Shadow roared in the overwhelming sound of his attack, which the Persona of the Tower Arcana heard, and ran its hand on his harp, which caused a white thin pole with two wings sticking to its side appeared out of nowhere, stabbing Metatron in the chest area, piercing it easily, before electricity started to erupt violently from the pole, electrocuting the metallic angel, which made Metatron flail as if he was in pain.
"I was right. Metatron is weak to Electric-type attacks. Time to end this now!" Shadow thought before unsheathing his sword, dismissing his two Personas, and then he charged towards Metatron, who was stunned in his place due to the effects of the Thunder Reign attack. The Melody of the Grimoire faded the moment Shadow dismissed his Personas, which made Mueller look in front of him, and for Naruko and Menma to pull their hands off their ears. Mueller was still in pain as a result from Shadow's Fusion Spell, but he still saw Shadow charging at Metatron's crippled form.
"Metatron! Counter his attack!" Mueller yelled for Metatron, but said metallic angel couldn't move due to the stunning effects of the Thunder Reign attack on him, which made Mueller yell maniacally for Metatron, but to no avail. Shadow then neared Metatron, before using Murasama, with red lightning dancing along the length of its blade, to slice a huge gash in Metatron's chest, which made Metatron struggle slightly, and was able to move his arms towards Shadow in an attempt to grab said youngster to prevent him from damaging him even more, but he was countered by Menma, who jumped above Shadow, and delivered a drop kick to Metatron's metallic face, causing said face to dent even more in the front, and for the metallic nose to shatter apart, and fall from Metatron's face, with this attack making Metatron stagger back a little bit as well. Menma then rushed towards Metatron, before using his hands to open up the gash Shadow made on the metallic angel's chest, with greenish blue veins starting to appear around his whole body, glowing alongside the length of his arms, face, and legs.
"Metatron! Megidola!" Mueller roared before Metatron's eyes started to glow crimson red, which made Menma gasp at this.
"Like hell we will let you!" Naruko yelled before she and Shadow rushed to Menma's aid, with Shadow sheathing his sword, appearing on Metatron's right side, with Naruko appearing on the left side.
"Sun Authority: Aries!" Naruko roared before her body was covered by a red outlining. She raised her fist, which was then covered in what looked like molten lava rocks. On the other side, Shadow's left leg was covered in bright yellow energy, and both declared their attacks.
"Titan Fist!"
"Energy Kick!"
"?!"
Once Naruko's fist made contact with Metatron's large metallic face, a gigantic version of Naruko's fist the size of said metallic head appeared in an instant, punching Metatron with a molten lava rocks-like fist to his left cheek, causing it to explode apart, with Shadow's left leg, while being normal in size and not gigantic like Naruko's fist, was strong enough to cause Metatron's right cheek to turn into molten scrap, with the two attacks completely obliterating Metatron's head, where Mueller was watching in complete shock and disbelief.
"WHAT?! IMPOSSIBLE! IT CAN'T BE!" Mueller yelled.
While he was yelling, Menma, Naruko and Shadow were busy using all of their combined strength to rip Metatron's chest, to which they were progressing slowly, and when both Lewis and Kushina were in their view, Naruko and Shadow yelled for Menma.
"Menma! Go! Now!" Shadow yelled for his friend.
"Do it, Menma! Save Auntie Lewis and mom!" Naruko yelled her command, which made Menma nod firmly, before peeking inside the gap of Metatron, which held the naked forms of both Lewis and Kushina in what looked like a black void, with their arms and legs completely submerged in it, where only their torsos, chests and heads were the only thing sticking out. Menma then opened his hand and extended his arm, causing a rope to appear in his hand, before he threw it towards the two females, and with some kind of unexplained phenomena, the rope wrapped itself around both unconscious females, before Menma pulled on the rope, but both Lewis and Kushina won't budge from their places no matter how hard Menma pulled.
"Damnit! It's no use!" Menma said from behind his gritted teeth.
"I will help you, bro!"
"Let me help as well!"
"?!"
And before Menma could even know it, Naruko and Shadow were right next to him, grasping the rope with both hands each. He then looked at both of them, with Naruko smirking at him, and Shadow having a glare on his face.
"Let do this! Together!" Naruko exclaimed which made Shadow nod firmly.
"Right!" Menma said back, before flashing a toothy grin, before the three youngsters pulled on the rope holding their two mothers with all of their might.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The roars of the three youngsters sounded throughout the entire space, shaking the entire cosmos. The stars exploded, the galaxies ruptured apart, the nebula and other celestial bodies blew up just from the roar. It was like a fireworks festival, but on a universal scale.
All the while Mueller was watching in complete disbelief where the impossible was happening.
"IMPOSSIBLE! HOW COULD THIS BE?! IT'S A GOD! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT A GOD! THAT'S COMPLETELY PREPOSTEROUS!" Mueller yelled in a mixture of fury, shock and horror.
And with one mighty yank, Kushina and Lewis popped out of the remains of Metatron, landing right in both Menma and Naruko's arms respectively.
The three youngsters backed away from Metatron's remains, before Shadow extended both of his arms, where a crimson red glow appeared around his opened palms.
"Chaos..."
The glow became even larger. The entire existence started to shake up to the Velvet Room itself, to which made Igor and Hana look at it through a screen viewed in the aquarium, where two other females and one male who were dressing like Hana, albeit different in some details regarding the outfit, were standing behind Igor as well, namely Lavenza, Margret, and Theodore respectively.
While all of them were watching in pure amazement, Igor's smile was widening, threatening to split his face in half.
On Earth, the four group of fighters were watching from a large screen that Kokoro projected from her iPad, where each and everyone of them were watching in a mix of shock and excitement apparent on their faces.
Even the gloomy Shiki and the monotone Lucy and Chidori were smirking excitedly.
"Beat him down with a bang, buddies!" Ryuji exclaimed in excitement.
"Take the fucker out!" Junpei roared.
"Show 'em what ya made of!" Yosuke shot his two cents.
Back in space
The glow on Shadow's hands became even more bright and more redder, before he yelled out the final word of his attack.
"BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!"
His roar echoed, with the large red beam of energy blasting from his hands towards Metatron's remains, and once it reached it, it started to immediately vanish, and fortunately for Mueller, he was able to fly away from the direction of the beam before it could obliterate him out of existence. The beam kept travelling, before hitting several galaxies, around 25 galaxies were sub-atomized in the wake of the beam, before it dispersed after two minutes from being fired.
Silence was the only thing that screamed for a couple of minutes, until...
"Let's go home, Shadow"
"?!"
Naruko's gentle voice, alongside her gentle touch on her friend's shoulder, caused him to look at her face that held a gentle smile while it carried Lewis under the other free arm. Shadow looked at her, before looking at Menma, both with blank looks, before nodding firmly. They all didn't notice Mueller falling from the orbit of space due to Metatron's protection and aura being gone, which was the thing that made him stabilized and safe in space.
"Sun Authority: Aquarius" Naruko whispered before light blue outlining covered the three youngsters alongside both Lewis and Kushina, before they all disappeared from space in a light blue light.
[Music End]
On Earth
Naruko, Shadow and Menma appeared in a flash of light blue inside the church, and not shortly after their arrival were they approached by their other friends and the other group of fighters.
"Wow! Now that was rockin' it!" Ryuji said grinning.
"You guys were beating the heck out of it!" Yosuke added.
"Never thought that brats like you could be that strong" Akihiko said smiling.
"I'm only 2 years younger than you..." Shadow said coldly, to which it made everyone shiver at this as if the temperature dropped down all of a sudden.
"Hey. Where's Mueller?" Jean asked.
"We haven't seen him. I think he's falling from space right now" Menma said.
And as if one cue, Mueller fell on the ground behind them, causing a small crater to form, where Mueller's head got stuck in the concrete, before several tendrils burst from the ground, taking Mueller with it underneath the ground, disappearing from view.
"I have a feeling that we're gonna see the bastard again" Kanji said grumbling.
"Yeah. It just gives me the shivers" Chie followed.
"Well Well Well. What do we have here?"
"?!"
At this, everyone inside the church looked behind them, only to see Rias and Akeno walking slowly to them with smiles on their faces.
"To fight Fallen Angels is one thing, but fight and defeat Metatron? I really can have you guys in my Peerage" Rias said.
"Fat chance, Ketchup Head" Shadow instantly said with a flat face, causing Rias' eyebrow to twitch rapidly, with Akeno desperately trying to hold herself from bursting out in laughter.
"My. My. It's seems that you guys have laid waste to the church" Akeno said trying to dismiss her laughter at Shadow's snarky nickname to Rias.
"Umm...Will this be a trouble?" Issei asked.
"Well, the church is an enemy territory, so entering it is considered a problem for us Devils. What do you think will happen if it's destroyed?" Rias answered Issei's question with a question of her own in a tone of sarcastic obviousness, before kneeling down to his sitting form, before stroking his hair, which made Issei opt a comical cute puppy face.
"Well, i already knew that you can defeat Fallen Angels. Ise. As expected from my cute servant~" She said, which caused everyone to sweatdrop at this.
"Your babying him so much..." Menma said, where Misogi chuckled at this out of nowhere.
"President...I have retrieved it..." Koneko said in a monotone voice while dragging Raynare to the others from one of her wings.
"...Retrieved it...?!" Issei and Menma thought at the same time.
"For the time being, shall we wake her up? Akeno. If you may, please" Rias said, which caused Akeno to generate a floating puddle of water, before splashing it on Raynare's face, causing her to gasp and open her eyes immediately.
"Good day to you" Rias said, which caused Raynare to back away slightly in fear.
"You think you have defeated me, but soon backups will arrive-" Raynare started to say, only for Rias to interrupt her.
"They're not coming. Fallen Angels Kalawarner, Dohnaseek and Mittelt. I erased them all" Rias said.
"Your lying!" Raynare yelled with fear apparent on her face, before she witnessed Rias holding three black feathers in her hand, which caused her to stare in shock and disbelief.
"You recognize these, right? Once i heard that you, alongside Dohnaseek, were the ones that attacked Ise, i went to your comrades for a little chat" Rias said.
"After greeting them, they spilled it immediately, that your plan was an independent action" Akeno said chuckling lightly.
"...Greeting them...?" Issei and Menma thought with a slight shiver rising up their spines, where an image of Akeno opting a sadistic smirk with lightning cackling around her hand appeared in their heads.
"Rias-Buchou owns the Power of Destruction. Even among the young Devils, she is a genius" Kiba said.
"She is also called 'The Crimson Haired Princess Of Ruin'" Akeno added with a smile.
"What a dangerous sounding name!" Issei, Junpei, Ryuji, Yosuke and Menma thought at the same time.
"Your own downfall was due to the fact that you overlooked Ise's Sacred Gear: The Boosted Gear, Crimson Dragon Emperor Gauntlet, which gives the user the ability to double their powers every ten seconds. Once mastered, it can even butcher gods" Rias said.
"Tough words for a small non-shelled nut like you" Shadow scoffed, which caused Rias to sweatdrop at Shadow's remark, which made Menma, who was holding the unconscious Kushina in his arms while covering her with his red overcoat, lean towards Naruko, who was holding the unconscious Lewis in her arms while covering her with Shadow's black jacket.
"Is it me, or Shadow has became more...Normal?" Menma whispered into his sister's ear.
"I get you. It's hasn't been long, but he sure looks a little more lively" Naruko said back.
"Now, time for you to disappear" Rias muttered darkly to Raynare.
"What?!" Raynare yelled in horror and fear.
"Naturally, i will also recover that Sacred Gear as well" Rias said ignoring Raynare's yell.
"This isn't a joke! This healing power is for lord Azazel and lord Shyamazar!" Raynare yelled.
"It's good to live for love, but yours is a tainted one" Rias said, which caused Rayanare to shift her gaze to Issei.
"Issei-kun! Save me! This Devil is going to kill me! I do like you a lot! I love you! That's why let's defeat this Devil together! Issei-Kun! Issei-kun! Issei-kun!" She kept on repeating Issei's name while pleading for him to save her, to which Issei shut his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth. Suddenly, he felt a hand rest on his shoulder gently. He opened his eyes, and look, only to see that it was Menma.
"Once the Fallen falls, they forget completely who they were. Sacrifices done for the sake of self-benefit are what marks scoundrels from heroes" Menma said calmly.
"Buchou...I'm at my limit...I'll leave it to you..." Issei whispered loud enough for Rias to hear, before turning around to not see what will befall the Fallen Angel. Rias merely responded by creating a large dark crimson red ball made out of the Power of Destruction in one hand.
"Don't try to sway my cute servant! Turn to ashes!" Rias exclaimed before throwing the energy ball at Raynare, who didn't have time to scream as her flesh was stripped away, followed by the bones that crumbled to nothing. All that was left of her was some feathers, which scattered over the space of the church.
"Goodbye...My love..." Issei muttered.
Suddenly, a bright white light engulfed the inside of the church, before it faded as soon as it came, only to reveal a familiar figure.
"Metatron?! What the hell?! Haven't we finished him off?!" Menma asked in shock, with everyone taking a fighting stance.
However, and much to everyone's confusion and shock, Metatron landed on his feet and knelt to Shadow, who still looked at him with a cold face.
"O' Child Of Man. You Have Defeated I, Metatron, The Voice Of God, And For That, I Shalt Give You Thy Strength To Support Thine Own Future..." Metatron's voice echoed with an ungodly tone, where Shadow was still looking with his same cold voice.
"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thy Name Is Metatron...The Power Of The Chancellor Of Heaven Shall Become Thy Mask And Striketh Down The Army Of Darkness..."
"?!"
And just as he said that, Metatron's huge form was surrounded by the same white blinding light, before it disappeared once again, revealing what appeared to be a velvet blue card, which was glowing velvet blue, before said card flew to Shadow, who extended his hand to it, causing it to float above his opened palm, before it disappeared instantly, and suddenly, Shadow heard the same mysterious voice that echoed in his head when he had both Asterius and Orpheus Telos
"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."
"It Shalt Be The Key That Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."
"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Sun. Granting Thee Infinite Power..."
"Thou Shalt Be Bestowed With The Ability To Summon Metatron, The Ultimate Form Of The Sun Arcana..."
And after the chant of the voice faded from Shadow's head, the image of Metatron appeared inside Shadow's head, before it faded after a couple of seconds. He then breathed out, before looking around him at the shocked faces. He was about to speak, only to gasp as the mysterious voice once again rang inside his head.
"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."
"It Shalt Be The Key That Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."
"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Hierophant. Granting Thee Infinite Power..."
"Thou Shalt Be Bestowed With The Ability To Summon Daisoujou, The Ultimate Form Of The Hierophant Arcana..."
And once the voice vanished, another image appeared inside Shadow's head. It was that of a skeleton that was wearing yellow monk robes with a green sash, a very long yellow hat with green cloth strands dangling from it, and a purple bead chain in one of his hands.
Shadow was completely confused. He knows the reason behind Metatron and the Sun Arcana, but why Daisoujou and the Heirophant Arcana?
He would sure have a talk with Igor about this.
Shadow then noticed his companions, alongside the Devils, were looking at him with completely wide eyes and comical shock apparent on their faces, to which he stared coldly and emotionlessly at it, before blinking and saying one word.
"What?"
The Next Day. At the Occult Research Club
After what happened in the church, things had taken a good sharp turn.
Asia was resurrected back to life by Rias, who used her second Bishop piece to bring her back as a Devil serving in her Peerage, with Issei being her senior Devil. However, Menma threatened his best friend not to make any kind of kinky moves on Asia, or else he will personally castrate him.
Asia, on the other hand, decided to move to the school dorms, and inside Menma's room as well, to which it shocked everyone that they decided to keep an eye on Menma, much to the white head's dismay for the distrust of his friends towards him.
Kushina and Lewis have just recovered, and their joy was so overwhelming, up to the extent that their huge breasts, that were second only to Naruko's, threatened to squeeze Naruko, Menma and Shadow to death. Not that Shadow minded it, though, as he was in the embrace of his mother, albeit he was still his cold self.
And right now, Issei, Rias and Asia were talking together, waiting for the other member of the ORC to come.
"Issei-san. Is your leg okay?" Asia asked Issei.
"Yeah. Thanks to your healing powers, Asia" Issei answered.
"I will be glad to help Menma-san's friends" Asia said smiling gently.
"My My. I think that i won't be envied by others when i spoil you, Ise" Rias said smiling teasingly at the brunette.
"It seems that you guys are having fun"
"?!"
And out of the corners of their eyes, Menma, wearing the Kuoh school uniform, was standing on the door, leaning on the door frame with his arms folded together, alongside a small smile on his face.
"Menma-san!" Asia exclaimed happily, before running towards him, with a bright smile on her face.
"Menma-kun, Asia will be in your and Issei's class. She also seems to be attracted to you so much, so i will ask you to take care of her as well" Rias said, which caused both Menma and Asia to blush immediately at this.
"Menma-san...I know i may not look good, but it's all right, since i'm not as pretty as the other girls around you..." She muttered with a comical cute sad face, before clasping her hands together in a prayer.
"No! Not good! Not good! I can't think of such things! Dear lord! Please forgive my sinful hear-PYA!" Asia started to pray for God, before suddenly being stunned as if she was struck by lightning, before clutching her head.
"Ouch...I suddenly have a headache..." She said rubbing her sore head.
"That's obvious. Devils would take damage if they pray to God. Even my head is throbbing too" Rias said rubbing her temples.
"I see...So because i'm a Devil that i can't pray to God anymore..." Asia said in a whimper tone.
"Do you regret it?" Rias asked, only for Asia to opt a bright smile.
"No. Not at all. This was a chance for me to be with Menma-san, so no matter what form i take, if i can be with Menma-san, then i'm happy. Thank you very much" She said, which caused Menma to opt a shocked look on his face, coupled with the shadiest pink of a blush appearing on his face.
"I see. Then if that's the case, then it's fine. From no on, you will be working as my servant" Rias said.
"Understood! I will do my best!" Asia exclaimed in excitement.
"Hey Asia. That uniform..." Menma said, having noticed that Asia was wearing the female Kuoh school uniform.
"Does it look good...?" She asked smiling, before spinning around, causing the short skirt of her uniform to get blown lightly by the air, which gave Menma a good view of her white panties, to which it caused him to immediately grasp her hands in between his own hands.
"It's great! Let's take a picture for keepsake!" Menma exclaimed, with a comical excited look on his face, and steam was literally blowing from his nostrils.
"Keepsake...?" Asia asked in confusion.
"By the way, Menma-kun. Asia will be with Ise in class, since both are 2nd Years, but you can visit her in breaks if you want, you know, since your a 3rd Year, you know" Rias said.
"Oh..." Menma said, slightly sad.
"Don't worry, bud! I will take care of her!" Issei exclaimed with a grin to his friend.
"I'm more worried when you said the 'Take care of her' part..." Menma said, causing Rias to chuckle at this.
"Don't worry. We're in the same dorm room, Menma-san" Asia said with a gentle smile on her face.
"WHAT?! YOU TWO ARE IN THE SAME ROOM?!" Issei yelled in complete shock.
"Hey! It wasn't my idea! Asia wanted it! And if Asia wants something, then i will do it to her!" Menma said buffing his chest a little bit, of pride.
"DID I SENSE A SHRED OF PRIDE HERE?!"
"?!"
And as if on cue, the embodiment of pride, Jean, blasted a hole in the wall on the room, with a comical angry look on his face.
"Whoa...That was fast..." Issei said.
"I just fixed that..." Rias said sinking to her knees with a comical small black cloud appearing above her head with raindrops falling on her head.
"He had such amazing speed! I couldn't even see his blur!" Kiba said coming into the club room, followed by Koneko and Akeno.
"Okay. Since everyone's here, including Menma-kun and by surprise, Jean-kun, we must celebrate!" Rias exclaimed before snapping her fingers, causing a huge cake with white whipping cream and strawberries on it to appear on the table.
"It's good to make things like this once in a while. Am i right? Since we had a new member, i decided to bake a cake, so let's eat" Rias said, which in turn caused everyone, including the now calmed down Jean, who Menma managed to calm down, to look at the cake in delight. However, the delight was cut short when Issei zoomed, grabbed the cake and started dancing like an idiot.
"It's handmade by Buchou! Yay!" Issei exclaimed.
"That's because we had leftover flour!" Rias said.
"Please cut it fast..." Koneko said.
"Did somebody said cake?!"
"?!"
And just like that, Futaba and Blue, who were drooling, had entered the club room, followed by the SEES, the Investigation Team, the Phantom Thieves, and the rest of the Great 12, including Shadow, as well as Lewis and Kushina, where both were wearing plain pink shirts with long sleeves and black skirts.
"You must be Rias-chan" Kushina said, causing Rias to bow politely to both her and Lewis.
"Miss Kushina Uzumaki and Miss Lewis Otsutsuki. It's a real honor to meet the mothers of the children that defeated Metatron himself" Rias said.
"Who are you calling children, Ketchup Head?" Shadow asked in his monotone voice, causing Rias to sweatdrop, and for Akeno to try to desperately suppress her laughter.
"Well, i'm just glad that i'm here with my son, my adorable and cold Shadow-chan~" Lewis said hugging Shadow's head from behind in between her E-cups breasts, where said male had his eyes in the form of comical black dots, not even trying to struggle against his mother's grip on his neck.
"Okay! With the introductions out of the way, let's eat! It's been a long while ever since i ate something!" Kushina roared before everyone starting to dig in. Issei, on his part, gave Kiba a candle on his plate, where Kiba commented on the fact that he was too cruel, with Issei was just sticking out his tongue like an iguana at the blonde Knight.
All the while where Rias was looking at them with what appeared to be a sad look on her face.
The next day. Early in the morning
"65...66...67...68..."
"Even faster! Menma-kun is doing it at a faster pace than you!"
"91...92...93...94...95..."
Up early in the morning, we find Rias, alongside Asia, Naruko, Blue, Issei and Menma, all dressed in red sports jerseys, where Issei, Menma and Blue doing push-ups, with Rias sitting on Issei's back, Asia sitting on Menma's back, and Naruko sitting on Blue's back, where Menma was actually the fastest one in them, with Blue being around 2 push-ups behind him, and Issei was around 30 or more behind the former two.
"It's really tough...But having her butt pressing on my back sure is great...!" Issei thought, before he yelped in surprise after Rias slapped his butt.
"Your hips' movements are indecent. Clear your mind from the lewd thoughts" Rias scolded her Pawn.
"Sorry we are late!"
"?!"
And right while they were talking, Ann, Makoto, Futaba, Yukari, Yusuke and Chie were jogging towards them, all wearing the same red sport jersey.
"Hey guys! Your here to train?" Chie asked with a bright smile.
"Yup! We're training with the guys!" Naruko answered with a bright smile.
"Don't you mean 'Training the guys'?" Blue asked in a tone of sarcasm, before he fell off his push-up posture upon witnessing Naruko slamming her fist beside him into the ground, creating a foot ball-sized crater on the ground, which caused Menma's face to pale at this.
"Oh my, Blue-kun. You sure are funny" Naruko said with a smile that showed that Blue would be dead should he say anything offending to Naruko again.
"Cool! We're here to train too, as well as put Futaba-chan into shape!" Ann said.
"Ugh...Why did i have to come here? I don't wanna train..." Futaba said rubbing her sore eyes from sleep, swaying lightly.
"I don't mind you girls taking me with you, but why did you bring me with you in the first place?" Yusuke asked.
"Because you need to work your body as well, Yusuke-kun, as well as the fact that your the best replacement for Jean-kun, since he decided to help Haru and Tamamo on teaching them how to cook. He said that he will whip out a 'glorious breakfast' to us, or that's what he said..." Chie said sweatdropping at the blonde's words.
"Well, it's Jean that we're talking about. He loves to show himself as a king. He's the Death Aspect of Pride after all" Menma said with a chuckle.
"I also came here to hone my skills in aikido, since i don't want to slack off in it" Makoto added.
"Wow...You are an aikido fighter?" Blue asked.
"Yes, i am. Why are you asking?" Makoto asked in confusion.
"Well, i created a version of mine called Neo-Aikido, which is an enhanced version of the original aikido" Blue said, which in turn picked Makoto's interest.
"Wow...Can you tell me about it?" Makoto asked, which made Naruko smile, before she stood up from Blue's back, causing him to stand in front of Makoto, before talking to her.
This made Makoto blush lightly. She had noticed that Blue was taller than her with about 11 cm or so, and despite the jersey and the sweat that was coming from his body, his muscles were apparent to her view judging by the posture of his body, and his smell was that of chocolate. Her mind started to become filled with weird thoughts about the guy in front of her. No way...Is she...
"Hey...Earth to Makoto-san"
"?!"
She was then snapped out of her thoughts when Blue was just done with his speech, before he called for her.
"Are you okay? Your face is red. You seem to have a fever or something" Blue said before putting his hand on Makoto's forehead, which caused the blush of said brunette to become even redder, which caused Naruko and Ann to chuckle at how dense Blue was.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Makoto yelled before sucker punching Blue in the face, causing said male's face to burst in blood immediately as a result from the punch connecting to his face, falling on his back immediately on the ground.
"Blue. Are you okay, bud?" Menma asked his friend, who had comical swirls on his eyes, with blood oozing from his nose.
"...I'm...Hungry..." Blue muttered.
"Yup. He's fine" Naruko said bluntly.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" Makoto said, which caused Blue to stand up immediately, wiping the blood off his nose, and shaking his head from dizziness.
"No! It's okay! It's nothing!" Blue said waving his hands while chuckling.
"Hey, everyone. It's break time. Afterwards, we are the next to train!" Ann exclaimed happily, before there was a grumbling sound that came from all of the stomachs of the youngsters that were in the field of the training.
"I think that none of us had breakfast, right?" Blue asked, which caused everyone around him to nod. The rescue, however, came in the shape of a basket that nudged Menma on the top of his head, which caused the white head to look behind him, only to see Kushina, in her normal attire (The one that she is wearing in Shippuden) holding a basket of fresh food in her hand, with a smile on her face.
"Hello, my dear fighters. Come and eat. It's Kushina's Special" She said, which caused everyone, to zoom towards the basket filled with food, smelling its addicting odor, where Blue was drooling waterfalls from his mouth.
"Wow! Miss Kushina! It's looks so delicious! Your really a great chief!" Asia exclaimed with a smile on her face, which caused Kushina to blink for a second, before stars appeared on the female red head's eyes, before she grabbed the little blonde Devil, kissing her cheeks before cuddling her in a comical fashion.
"Oh, Asia-chan! Your so cute! Thank you so much!" She exclaimed while cuddling the little former nun.
"Wow! Kusheina-shan's food ish the beshet!" Blue said with his face stuffed with food.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Menma scolded his friend.
"I hope you all enjoy it! Haru-chan and Jean-kun helped me make it after all! They sure are born chefs!" Kushina exclaimed.
"Menma-san, here" Asia said, before she poured some coffee for Menma in a cup from her own bottle, to which she gave the cup for the white head, who took a sip from the coffee, before flashing a toothy grin at Asia.
"Wow, Asia! That's great! You sure are gonna be a great wife!" Menma said, causing Asia to blush heavily, before waving her hand at Menma.
"No way, Menma-san! Your so funny!" Asia exclaimed, to which caused Kushina and Naruko to grin at this. It was then when Ann noticed Rias wearing a gloomy face in the middle of the ruckus.
"Rias-chan, what's wrong?" Ann asked, which caused Rias to snap out of her thoughts.
"Huh? It's nothing" Rias said before standing up.
"Okay. After 5 minutes, we're gonna continue training. So step it up, everyone" Naruko said, to which caused the others to nod.
At the same time. In the Velvet Room
Shadow opened his own eyes, before immediately standing up from the velvet blue coach that he was sleeping on. He then walked to Igor's office, only to see said person sitting on his office desk, with Hana and the rest of the Velvet Room Denizens, alongside a new individual.
Said individual was a man, who had dark brown eyes, long dark brown hair tied into a pony tail, and a slightly tan skin. His outfit consisted of a black turtleneck shirt and black pants fastened by a belt, with a white porcelain mask that had an orange butterfly wing that looked 3-D in nature on the left side of his mask, where the bottom right side of his mask exposes his face. The man stood beside in front of Igor, facing Shadow.
"I see. That must be our newest guest" The man said.
"Yes. Indeed, he is, Master" Igor said.
"Welcome, Shadow Otsutsuki. I assume that you are wondering lots of things. Well, can you wait for the others to come?" The man said smiling slightly at Shadow's cold face, who decided not to say anything. Though he wanted to ask about the 'others' who will come here.
And as if one cue, he got his answer when three familiar faces appeared in the Velvet Room, who were shocked upon seeing the face of Shadow.
"Kurusu? Narukami? Aigis? What are you doing here?" Shadow asked both Akira and Yu, who were equally shocked to see him.
"We were gonna ask the same thing" Yu said.
"What's going on here? Who are those new people? And what is Shadow doing here?" Akira asked.
"I shall answer all of these questions" The masked man said, before bowing to the four Wild Cards.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Philemon, the one who created the Velvet Room, and also a being that exists within the realm of the consciousness and unconsciousness of all souls. Additionally, i'm the one who awakened in all of you and your friends the ability to summon Personas, as well as the one who branded you four with the power of the Wild Card" Philemon introduced himself.
"Why did you summon us here?" Shadow immediately asked with his monotone face.
"My Master wishes to speak with you four of an urgent matter" Igor answered, which caused the four Wild Cards to look at Igor for a second, before shifting their gazes towards Philemon, silently ushering him to continue speaking.
"Well, to begin with, Akira Kurusu, Yu Narukami, Aigis, i shall introduce you to another Wild Card: Shadow Otsutsuki. He is our newest guest" Philemon said.
"Why did you summon us here?" Shadow asked again, patience apparently starting to evaporate from his facial features if the scowl on his face was not a proof of it.
"Well, okay. I suppose your a pretty straightforward person" Philemon said, which caused Shadow to growl in annoyance from Philemon's apparent attempts to stroll time.
"Okay. I have summoned you here for an urgent matter. It's about other Wild Cards as yourselves, namely two" Philemon said, and Shadow could clearly see Aigis' face twisted in slight sadness.
"Their names are Minato and Minako Arisato. Those two have been locked within the Sea Of Souls in the Collective Unconsciousness inside the Great Seal to prevent Nyx and Erebus from merging together, which would bring destruction to this existence as we know it" Philemon explained.
"So?" Shadow simply asked.
"So we want you four to unite your powers together to save both of them" Philemon answered.
"You could have done it without me, you know" Shadow asked.
"Well, your unique powers are the thing that i assume to be the only way to save those two, so we were waiting for a guest like you" Philemon said.
"..." Shadow simply started coldly at Philemon, which caused the entity to shiver slightly despite maintaining his small smile, before he continued.
"Now that you have heard my request, i shall introduce you to the other Velvet Room Denizens" Philemon said looking at the Velvet Room Denizens, giving them a silent signal to introduce themselves.
"My name is Margret. I will be glad to assist you" Margret introduced herself.
"My name is Theodore. I'm pleased to meet you" Theodore bowed politely.
"My name is Lavenza. I will assist you with everything i can" Lavenza said blushing lightly when her eyes met Akira's.
"My name is Hana. I'm the newest addition to the Velvet Room Siblings. Pleasure to meet you all" Hana said smiling brightly.
"There's one other Velvet Room Denizen that is currently in pursuit for a way to free Minato and Minako Arisato, so she abandoned her duties in the Velvet Room for this sake" Igor said.
"Now, for the matter that you have in hand, Shadow Otsutsuki. You wanted to know why did you gain access to your Ultimate Personas of each Arcana, right?" Philemon asked, to which Shadow nodded without showing any signs of shock for how Philemon knew about his question.
"I suppose Igor and Hana has told you, but i will tell you. The power of the Wild Card symbolizes the number zero, yet it holds infinite possibilities. It allows you to summon infinite amounts of Personas. But the Wild Card's power and potential solely depends on the bonds that you create with the people who are around you. You have established bonds with your own team, the Great 12 before you even unlock the power of Persona, and even formed unbreakable bonds with each one of them, which is why once one of your teammates of the Great 12 unlocks his Persona, you gain the Ultimate Persona of their own Arcana, with the exception of a few, of course. However, there is also an Ultimate Persona for each one of your friends, and to unlock it, you have to help them across their own problems in life, so they can unlock their true potential" Philemon explained.
"I can understand the Sun Arcana after defeating Metatron, but what about the Hierophant Arcana?" Shadow asked.
"The Hierophant Arcana is that of a parental figure that is occasionally tied with a troublesome point in their past, and for the owner of this Arcana, it's your mother, Lewis Otsutsuki" Philemon answered, which caused Shadow's face to twist into that of a shocked one, which in turn, shocked Akira, Yu, Aigis and Hana.
"I assume that your surprised. That's to be expected. It's your parent after all, so the bond between both of you has been maxed ever since your birth" Philemon said, where Shadow's face turned into that of his cold one once again, before nodding calmly to Philemon.
"Do you have any other questions?" Philemon asked.
"Yes. Are there any other Wild Cards other than the ones here and on the Great Seal?" Shadow asked.
"Yes. There is one actually. His name is Goro Akechi" Philemon answered.
"And where is he?" Shadow asked again. This question, in turn, caused Akira to tense up upon hearing Akechi's name.
"If i say so myself, he is with an interesting company" Philemon answered.
"Can you tell us where is he?" Akira asked.
"That's up for you to know. Now, our time is up unfortunately, but fear not. We shall see each other soon" Philemon said before snapping his fingers, causing bright blinding light to engulf the entire Velvet Room.
A few hours later. In the school dorms
The four groups of fighters were sitting together in one large room, having breakfast together, before attempting to head for school.
Despite the fact that today was a weekend, the group took an interest in the Devils, and that while they were neutral, they were pretty much on good terms with them. It won't hurt to see the ORC and the Student Council's activities.
"Hey. I haven't seen Issei-kun. Where is he?" Jean asked.
"Heh. Don't worry about it. He's ahead of us" Menma said chuckling lightly.
The reason for this was the fact that Menma was called by Issei last night after their raid on the church, before they would sleep, telling him that Rias had just teleported inside his room, grabbed his hand, led said limb to her breasts, and asked him to take her virginity. Something that made him extremely jealous, but also made him use all of his strength to prevent himself from bursting out in laughter when he heard that a Devil that went by the name of Grayfia Lucifage stopped them from the intimate course where Issei was about to graduate to adulthood.
It didn't make Menma sleep from the effort of preventing himself from bursting out in laughter from his friend's bad luck.
"What's wrong? It looks like your gonna burst out in laughter" Blue said to Menma.
"Oh nothing. Thought of something funny" Menma said.
"Well, i suppose i should give some of this food to Issei-kun. I think he hasn't eaten a penny ever since the morning" Jean said placing some food in a plate.
"I will go with you, Jeannie!" Tamamo jumped towards Jean, hugging his arm, where a comical heart floated above her head, causing everyone in the room to sweatdrop.
"Jeez...This girl reminds me of you, Rise" Yukiko said, causing Rise to extend her tongue to Yukiko like a child.
"Okay, Jean-kun. Then i shall go too with both you and Tamamo-chan" Haru said standing up from the table.
"Okay. Use this to teleport to the school" Menma said while munching some food in his mouth, before extending his hand to Jean, giving him some sort of tailsman, with several kanji written on it.
"That's a teleportation tailsman. This will allow you to teleport to the school immediately, since i have linked it to the school. Just channel Chakra into it. You can use Chakra, you know" Menma said before taking a bite from his sandwich.
"Thanks, man. Well, off we go then!" Jean said before taking Haru's hand gently with his free left hand, to which she blushed slightly at, while Tamamo was burying his other right hand in between her breasts, before he channeled Chakra into it, disappearing in a white flash afterwards.
Inside Kuoh Academy
Issei's pale face was not from fatigue.
It was from the intense night that was ruined last night.
He was so close! So freaking close! So close from having his virginity taken away by one of the hottest women that he would have seen in his life! Only for a beauty Devil to barge in, call him a person of lowly birth, and snatch his opportunity to adulthood.
It didn't even help that Menma was close to death from holding in his laughter at him.
"Hey there, Issei-kun!"
"?!"
Turning around to find the source of the voice, he saw Jean, Haru and Tamamo walking towards him.
"Oh...Jean-san, Haru-san, Tamamo-senpai..." Issei muttered.
"What's wrong? You look awfully deep down in the dumps" Jean asked with concern apparent in his tone.
"Well...It's nothing...Don't worry-"
"ISSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEI!"
"?!"
And right before he could finish or comprehend who shouted his name, Issei was clothesline-d by Matsuda from the back of his neck, and by Motohama from his throat, with both slamming their arms at said areas at the same time, causing Issei to cough out saliva and for his oxygen supply to get instantly knocked away from his lungs. They then caught Issei by the collar of his uniform, shaking his comically knocked out form in anger.
"Issei, you bastard!" Motohama shouted.
"Don't fuck with us! What the hell was that?! No matter how you look at it, that was the final boss in manga stories! Mil-tan, my ass!" Matsuda yelled.
"Also, why was he wearing a goth loli outfit?! He was scary as hell!" Motohama said.
"I see...I have underestimated the powers of Mil-tan..." Issei thought.
"Also you said that he will bring some friends! Copies of Mil-tan appeared in front of us! It was so scary we thought we were gonna die!" Motohama yelled in fear.
"...I don't want to see the series of Mil-tan..." Issei thought shivering slightly while thimking of several copies of Mil-tan in the form of 2-D graphics, with a bar saying 'Wild Mil-tan Appeared' appearing on the lowest part of the picture insidehis thoughts.
"They kept talking about the magical world! The magical world of Serbina! I don't know anything aboit that!" Matsuda yelled.
"Apparently, to defeat a dark leecher, you have to obtain a powder that can be created from a flower that only blossoms in nighttime...No matter how you look at it...Mil-tan's punch would have been more effective..." Motohama said adjusting his glasses.
"Good...You now know how to defeat a dark leecher when you see it...Bye" Issei said smirking at his two perverted friends, before turning tail and started to walk away. However, it wasn't that simple, as Matsuda and Motohama caught Issei by his legs, before placing each of his shoulders on one of their own each, and slammed themselves into the ground, causing pain to course through Issei's spine.
All the while Tamamo was rolling on the ground from laughter, Haru giggling, and Jean was clutching his sides in pain from the huge amounts of laughter that escaped his mouth.
After the laughable display, Issei, alongside Haru, Jean and Tamamo, walked to the ORC club room together, only for Jean to gasp upon reaching the door.
"What's wrong, Jean-kun?" Haru asked the blonde.
"This...Aura..." Jean gulped, before opening the door, only to be greeted by the sight of the members of the ORC alongside Grafiya, who was standing silently beside Rias. A new individual, however, was what picked the attention of Issei, Jean, Haru and Tamamo.
It was a male, who was taller than Rias. He was blonde with brown eyes, and was wearing a brownish red gentleman suit, but without the tie.
"Umm...I think we entered in the wrong time..." Jean said.
"Huh? Who are those? Humans? Your inviting humans here, Rias?" The man asked, scoffing.
"That's none of your buisness, Riser. And i already told you to get outta here" Rias said calmly, but one could see the suppressed rage behind her words.
"Oh, come on, Rias. Don't be so harsh on me. Your gonna be my wife after all" Riser said stroking Rias'cheek, to which she backed away slightly from him in disgust.
"W-Wife?!" Issei blurted out in shock.
"That's Riser Phenex-sama, a High-class Devil from the Phenex Clan, and he is Rias Gremory-sama's fiance and future husband" Grafiya said.
"What the hell?! Buchou, what in the world is this?!" Issei gelled in anger.
"And who the fuck are you?" Riser asked scoffing at Issei.
"I'm Issei Hyoudou, Rias Gremory's Pawn!" Issei exclaimed.
"Oh...Whatever..." Riser said mockingly.
"Buchou! This can't be real, right?!" Issei yelled out.
"Issei-kun is right, Rias-chan. You, as a woman, have the right to marry whoever your heart deserve, not some man who forces himself on you!" Haru exclaimed.
"Yeah! A chicken wimp like him does not deserve you!" Tamamo threw her two cents, which caused Riser to growl in anger at what the two ladies said about him, where Jean was as silent as ever, with his blonde hair shadowing his eyes, and an angry scowl adorning his mouth.
"Bitches! You have no fucking right to shove your boobs into this! This is a matter between Devils, not humans!" Riser yelled out.
"Don't you have a shred of pride?"
"?!"
Everyone turned around, only to see that it was Jean that whispered these words, where said blonde was wearing an angry scowl with cold dead eyes on his face, glaring daggers at Riser.
Tamamo flinched at this. She was the one that spent time with Jean the most, and she already knows that look. It was the look that Jean opted whenever his Aspect of Death was violated.
Back in the battle inside the church, Menma's Aspect of Death was violated when Asia died, but he was able muster his mental strength to suppress himself from going out of control during the fight against Metatron.
Which was something that wasn't available for the blonde boy standing here.
"The fuck you just said, you shitty human?!" Riser roared in anger at Jean.
"A mere mongrel like you who doesn't have a shred of pride don't deserve to get married with Rias" Jean said sneering at Riser, having forgotten the 'san' suffix from Rias' name, which in turn gave everyone, including Grafiya, but excluding Riser, the accurate impression that Jean was completely pissed off.
[Persona 5 OST: Awakening]
"Damn human! I will make you eat your words!" Riser roared in anger, before creating a fire ball in his hand, and threw it at Jean, who stood in his place without moving.
But...
"?!"
...The fire ball never connected.
And the reason was a figure standing behind Jean that blocked the fire ball with the back of its hand.
It was a male, albeit with a feminine face, with golden eyes, slightly tan skin, and waist length green hair. His outfit consisted of a simple white tunic, with chains sporting from his sleeves.
"Augh?!" Jean suddenly gasped, before grapping his head with one hand, sinking to one of his knees.
"Jeannie!" Tamamo called out in worry.
"Jean-kun!" Haru followed.
"I see that you have finally made your mind, my fated, dear king..."
"Whoa! It can talk?!" Issei gasped upon hearing the figure talking while looking down at Jean, where the green haired figure was around twice Jean's height.
"Freedom to you must stem from rebellion..."
"What is this...Power...?" Grafiya whispered with wide eyes.
"And for you to obtain victory in this rebellion you must not err..."
Everyone in the room was staring in awe and disbelief at the figure, who was ignoring them in the favour of talking to Jean, who was still on one of his knees, clutching his head with one of his hands.
"And now that you know the steps, pray tell me: Who will you rebel against?"
At that question, the green haired figure waited for Jean's answer, falling silent.
"My heart is set...Unbound by the chains of heaven and fate...Tempted by fire...You should know..." The blonde teen whispered before yanking his head upwards, showing that his eyes changed to dull golden with black dots on them, to which Riser flinched and took a step back.
"Excellent! Brilliant! Marvelous! That gaze! Now we can finally finish our contract!"
As the Persona said these words, Jean slowly supported himself to his feet.
"I Am Thou...Thou Art I..."
A golden aura started to slowly swirl around Jean and his soon to be Persona, before said aura started to swirl violentely and rapidly, increasing its pace.
"Let us impark your departure to your crowning ceremony...With a glorious rebellion!"
The golden aura burst apart, before several golden circular portals appeared around Jean and his Persona, before swords, blades, spears, arrows and tridents sported from each portal, all pointing at Riser.
"By the name of Maou-sama!" Issei exclaimed in shock.
"You unprideful mongrel...Beings like you do not deserve to be called kings...The fates of others...Are not yours to decide" Jean spat his words at Riser as if they were venom, which made Riser grit his teeth in anger, before fire burst out of his body, surrounding him.
"A mere shitty human like you dares to mock me!" Riser roared, to which it made Jean smirk smugly at him, before a golden portal appeared at his right side. He placed his hand in it, before taking out and English styled sword that looked like a plain sword, but the aura around it said otherwise, and it actually caused the Devils, sans Riser to back away from Jean, who pointed the sword at the Phenex Devil.
"That's...Gram! Impossible!" Grafiya's emotionless and calm state shattered apart like glass upon witnessing the sword in Jean's hand, where said blonde paid no attention to them, only focusing on his opponent.
"Chain 'em to the heavens, Enkidu!"
At the same time. In the school dorms
"So? What do you guys think? I'm in if your gonna ask me for my opinion"
"We have been through hell, so i don'tmind. Besides, those two are friends of Kirijo-san and Aigis-san as well"
"Thank you two for your consideration on this matter"
"..."
Following the visit of the four Wild Cards to the Velvet Room, multiple questions rolled in all of their minds, like who is Philemon? Where is Akechi? What is this interesting group that he was with?
However, they decided to place all of those questions aside, prefering to discuss the most important matter of all: Saving both Minato and Minako Arisato from Nyx and Erebus.
While Akira and Yu sounded their agreement for saving the two Wild Cards locked in the Great Seal, with Aigis having already made her agreement, and thanked Akira and Yu for giving their support, Shadow just stayed silent, which made the two high scholars and the android to look at him, to which he blinked while staring quielty at them with his cold gaze.
"What?" Shadow asked, breaking the short silence.
"Are you in this with us?" Yu asked.
Shadow didn't answer. He just shifted his gaze on the glass of water that was present in front of him on the table, witnessing his reflection on the transparent liquid.
It wasn't a choice. It was more like an order. He was always ordered around, from the day that he was placed in the laboratory in Konoha. Add to the fact that Minato knows where are they thanks to Mueller who stalked them all the way to Japan.
He knew that iyt will mever be easy, but he wished he could take a breather from this never ending massacre. His life was already ruined and he was forced to a path that he didn't want to cross or follow.
It was ironic. It was as if someone was toying with him, controlling him behind the shadows, pulling the strings of his fate.
And yet, there it is. Another life ruining decision.
If he agreed, he will move into the same path once again, the path of bloodshed, but this time, it will be with two gods, something that even hated, since to Shadow, a god is an entity that cannot be seen, let alone touched or even killed, so how come those beings can be called gods? He had no idea.
In addition, while Nyx and Erebus are absolutely nothing, since Nyx herself was weakened as a result of the Great Seal, and Erebus himself was way weaker than Nyx in her prime, it still came in mind whether he should help or not, since if he refused to help, he would harm the feelings of the SEES, since those two were their friends, and they will be happy for it if Minato and Minako returned to them.
...
...
...
...Screw that. He already knows the answer to that question even before he could ask it for himself.
"Okay...I will help in this..."
His reply caused Akira, Yu and Aigis to smile, and for Aigis to rush and hug him, which caused the eyes of the black haired hybrid to widen in surprise.
"Thank you so much, Shadow-san..." Aigis said, hugging the shell shocked Shadow, who recovered from his shock as quick as possible, before slowly returing the hug, patting Aigis lightly on her metallic back.
"No biggie..." He replied calmly before Aigis broke the hug.
"Okay. Before we departure to this mission, we must discuss tactics and-"
"Kuh!"
"?!"
Akira stopoed midway in his speech upon hearing a gasp coming out from Shadow's mouth, which caused the three Wild Cards to look at him, where Shadow was hearing the mysyerious voice ringing inside his mind.
"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."
"It Shalt Be The Key That Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."
"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Emperor. Granting Thee Infinite Power..."
"Thou Shalt Be Bestowed With The Ability To Summon Baal, The Ultimate Form Of The Emperor Arcana..."
And after the chant ended, the image of a cross between a human and an orange fish wearing a greek styled white cloth while holding a golden cup in his hand appeared in Shadow's mind, before vanishing shortly after.
"What is it? Another Persona?" Yu asked, which made Shadow nod slowly.
"I think i know who unlocked his Persona" Shadow said before standing up, causing the other three Wild Cards to do the same, before he made haste outside the dorms, with the other three following him suit.
Back in Kuoh Academy
"That's enough!"
"?!"
Grafiya's sudden outburst shocked everyone, and while Riser was shaken like a leaf from the KI directed to him and his human opponent, Jean just scoffed at what he thought of as a pathetic amount of demonic energy, but decided to comply since he had too much of a headache right now. Snapping his fingers, all of the weapons retracted, the golden portals disappeared, and Enkidu disappeared in a small burst of blue flames, but Gram was still in his hand.
"I suggest that you two stop this outburst, or else i will have to intrtvene...For the sake of Lucifer-sama..." Grafiya said darkly while glaring at both Jean and Riser, with the latter shivering and the former scowling at the silver haired woman.
"What's going on?"
"?!"
The owner of the phrase was none other than Shadow, who was accompanied by Akira, who was in his Phantom Thief attire with Paradise Lost in one of his hands, Yu, who was donning his Yasogami High School outfit, with the Totsuka Blade in his hands, and Aigis, who was branishing her finger guns, pointing her right hand fingers towards Riser.
"Huh? More shitty humans? Great" Riser scoffed.
"Riser. I suggest thst you don't clash with them, especially the red eyed young man" Rias said.
"Huh? And why is that? He looks like a normal human to me" Riser said.
"That's because this young man is Shadow Kreutz Aensland, son of the Gear Maker and the Succubus Gunner. Flesh and meat right in front of you" Rias said, which caused Grafiya's eyes to widen in disbelief, where Riser gagged in shock at this.
"The Succubus Gunner?! You mean this guy is aunt Lewis' son?! No fucking way!" Riser yelled.
"It is, Mr. Ramen Phillips" Shadow said coldly, which immediately caused Issei to burst out in laughter, with Akeno, Asia, Rias, and Kiba desperately holding their mouths to suppress their laughter.
Even Grafiya and Koneko were placing their hands on their mouths, with tears building on the corners of their eyes.
"It's Riser Phenex, you shitty bastard!" Riser yelled, and was aboutto throw a fire ball at Shadow, but Jean raced him, and stabbed Gram right in the empty space above Riser's shoulder, causing him to halt, and cold sweat started to run down his face.
"I suggest that you accept Rias-san's warning, Chicken" Jean said darkly, which caused Riser to calm down, and for his flames to subside.
"Sirzechs-sama and Lord Gremory have taken Rias-Ojou-sama's refusal into consideration, and they offered to settle the matters with a Rating Game should it escalate to her refusal" Grafiya said calmly.
"I see. That will be a piece of cake to me!" Riser exclaimed buffing his chest arrogantly.
"Okay! I agree! A chance like that won't come again!" Rias said with a new found confidence.
"Seriously? Can you say that with those stray Devils as your Peerage? Ha! Excluding your queen, none of them are even a match to my cute servants! Here! I will show you!" Riser exclaimed before snapping his fingers, causing an orange magic circle to appear, before a group of 15 girls of various heights, shapes and hair colors appeared in a flash in the club room.
"Those are my cute servants! Feast your eyes!" Riser exclaimed proudly.
"Pathetic..."
"Weak..."
"Wimpy..."
"Low power levels..."
"?!"
Those were the respective replies of Shadow, Akira, Yu and Aigis, who answered with completely cold and calm looks on their faces, which caused the 15 girls to gasp in shock, with a vein popping on Riser's forehead.
"THAT'S IT! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF YOUR AUNT LEWIS' SON! YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDS ARE DEAD MEAT!" Riser yelled out before unleashing a fire ball towards the four Wild Cards.
However...
"?!"
The sound of gunshot, followed by the dispersion of the fire ball that was aimed towards the 4 Wild Cards. Shadow stared coldly behind him, only to see a huge hole in the door of the club room, with smoke coming out out. However, what was more interesting was the figure behind the hole.
"Lewis-san!" Rias exclaimed.
"Huh. I already knew something was off when i first felt the magic outburst" Lewis said, holding a huge white pistol that was more like a hatchet cannon in one hand, with steam coming out of the muzzle.
As for her outfit, it changed drastically. She was wearing a black jacket with pink stripes, a butterfly tying her ponytail, a pair of glasses with a reddish-orange frame, which was missing the upper frame part, a black skirt with a white rose motif and many straps, and matching black gloves and stockings.
"Mom?" Shadow muttered coldly.
"Lewis-dono?" Grafiya whispered with wide eyes, to which it caught Lewis' attention, before she smiled with a gasp.
"Grafy-chan!" She exclaimed before she appeared in a burst of neck breaking speeds in front of Grafiya, lifting the Devil in a bone crushing hug, where Grafiya tried to struggle out of her grip but to no avail. A few seconds later, Lewis released her grip from the silver haired Devil, making her use the wall as a support to steady her feet on the ground, while trying to take her breath.
"Long time no see, Grafy-chan! How are you doing?!" Lewis asked Grafiya, who forced a small smile on her face.
"I'm okay, Lewis-dono. It's been a long time since we last seen each other" Grafiya said.
"Hey! Have you gotten married? Let me guess: It's Sirzechs-chan, right?" Lewis asked with a teasing stare directed towards Grafiya, who blushed slightly, confirming Lewis' answer, whuch made the green haired woman bounce like a child who just received candy.
"YES! I WON! THE OLD GEEZER OWES ME 1000 BUCKS!" Lewis exclaimed.
"Why do i feel that we have been thrown in the dust?" Shadow whispered calmly to no one in particular, watching the scene in front of him with a blank look on his face.
"What's going on?"
"?!"
And to make the club room even more crowded, Sona, alongside her Peerage entrred the room. However, it didn't take even a second for Sona to see who was here, and she gasped with tears building in the corner of her eyes.
"M-Miss Lewis?!" She gasped.
"Sona-chan!" And with another display of speed, Lewis zoomed towards Sona, and hugged the Devil tightly for a few seconds, before releasing her, which made Sona cough out for breath.
"Tough as always, Miss Lewis..." Sona said gasping for breath.
"I really missed you so much, Sona-chan! How is Sera-chan doing?!" Lewis kept on pummling Sona with questions, where the young female was just focusing on staring at Lewis with tears streaming down her eyes.
"She will be happy to see you again!" Sona exclaimed with a smile that completely contradicted her calm behaviour.
"Oh! I see that you have met my son!" Lewis exclaimed pointing with her eyes at Shadow.
"You son?!" Sona exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Your Son?!" Her Peerage exclaimed afterwards in shock.
"YOUR SON?!" Riser's Peerage followed suit afterwards.
"Yup! That's Shadow, my little man!" She said wrapping and arm around Shadow, who was 5 cm taller than her, with Shadow maintaining his ever lasting cold look on his face.
"I will reveal...Her true form..." Akira muttered with his glasses being foggy, and his face held a comical blush, nearing Lewis from behind, only to receive an elbow to the stomach from Shadow, causing the leader of the Phantom Thieves to hunch over, falling to his knees, while clutching his stomach in pain.
"Hyoudou-san is crying there" Aigis said pointing at Issei, who was producung comical tears from his eyes, while gritting his teeth at Riser.
"Oi. Rias. This Servant-kun is weeping out loudly while looking at me..." Riser said to Rias, who clutched her head.
"Yeah, because this boy's dream is to make a harem, so he really envies you..." Rias muttered.
"Disgusting..." Was the reply of a blonde midget female who was wearing a pink dress, with blue eyes and a fair skin, with her hair styled in two long drills.
"Yubellena...Come here..." Riser ushered to a purple haired woman in his Peerage, who stepped towards Riser...Before they started kissing each other, making everyone gasp at this. Riser then groped her breasts and fondled them while smirking teasingly at Issei.
"You can't do this in your entire life, low class Devil-kun" Riser chuckled at the brunette Devil.
"Shut up! A man like you doesn't deserve Buchou! After you and Buchou get married, you will still make out with other women! This is disgusting!" Issei roared in anger.
At the corner, however, Shadow slightly gasped before clutching his head, to which Lewis was the only one to notice, tending to Shadow silently.
After a few seconds, Shadow raised his head, with a completely angry look on his face, with his glare directed at Riser.
"Issei!"
"?!"
Shadow calling Issei's name caused everyone to fall silent and look at the red eyed youngster, who walked silently to Issei, before standing in front of him. He the raised his pointr finger of his right hand towards him, before flicking his forehead, and suddenly, Issei heard a ring inside his head, before he suddenly sunk to his knees shortly afterwards.
"What the..?" Jean blurted out.
"What have you...?" Issei managed to gasp.
"You will find out soon enough...In the heat of the battle that is..." Shadow said before he ushered to the other three Wild Cards to leave this room, and without any other word, the four Wild Cards left the club room, leaving the Devils, Jean, Haru, Tamamo and Lewis in an air completely filled with awkwardness.
"What in the 72 Pillars had just happened,..?"
Riser's question got no answer at all.
A few hours later. At the school dorms
"So, Rias-chan and her Peerage are contending against a guy in a Rating Game?"
"What's a Rating Game anyways?"
Those were the respective questions of both Naruko and Lucy, where the former responded with coldness in her voice, and the latter responding with innocent confusion in her voice, where Rias, Sona, the Peerages of both King Devils, and the four group of fighters were gathered in the center hall of the school dorms, including the four Wild Cards in the group.
As for the matter of their discussion, it was about the Rating Game Rias and her Peerage was going to take against Riser. It wasn't a laughable matter, because this was a Phenex, a true immortal, unlike other Devils, who only have a longer lifespan than the normal humans.
Not to mention the fact that he had a healing factor that made him near invincible. It's thanks to this that he was able to win 8 out of 10 Rating Games, only losing on purpose out of pity for his opponents, which give him a lot of experience...
"Hold up" Shiki voiced out, gaining the attention of everyone in the room.
"What is it, Shiki-san?" Sona asked.
"Isn't it stupid and ridiculous?" Shiki asked.
"I agree with Shiki. You guys are talking about Riser as if he was a strong opponent, but it's stupid to think about that if his powers only consist of fire manipulation, immortality and a strong degree of regeneration. If i say so myself, he is extremely weak. Even Kokoro can defeat him singlehandedly" Lucy said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kokoro asked with a cold tone, but one could visibly see the anger apparent in her voice, annoyed from Lucy's comment.
"Kokoro and Lucy's childish picking aside, Shiki is right. Riser can be simply defeated based on two steps: Conversing your stamina, and beating her to a pulp" Accel voiced out his opinion.
"Accel. You just said 'Her'. Riser is a male" Misogi said chuckling nervously.
"I meant it. A bastard like him is a She-male, not a true man" Accel said.
"Issei" Shadow called out to the Pawn.
"Yes, Shadow-san?" Issei asked slightly shivering from the cold tone.
"Are you familiar wkth the Tarot Cards?" Shadow asked.
"Uh...To be honest, i only heard about it" Issei answered.
"The Tarot Cards are cards that symbolizes a person's personality and traits" Asia answered.
"Close enough, but to us Persona users, it's another story. The Tarot Card deck are divided into Arcanas. Each Arcana symbolizes its wielder and their Persona. Each one of us here that holds a Persona is symbolized by his own Arcana. For example, my Arcana is the Fool. It's empty, just like the number 0, yet filled with infinite possibilities. Each living being, including animals, have a Tarot Arcana, and Devils are no exception" Shadow explained.
"Um...Sorry, but what does have to do with me?" Issei said causing Shadow to put his hand in his pocket before taking it out eventually, revealing the Tarot Card of the Fool in it, before placing the card in Issei's hand.
"You will find out soon enough. Just remember: All that is required is self faith, sacrifice, blood and a huge amount of rage" Shadow said, before standing up, dirrcting his gaze to Rias, who flinched at this.
"Ketchup Head, you don't mind us helping you in your training, do you?" Shadow asked.
"Eh?" Naruko blurted out.
"Yu, Aigis, Akira and myself will be available for 5 days only. You were given 10 days, correct? We will assist you in half of the period, before the others will take over. Okay?" Shadow said, causing Rias to merely nod, shivering from Shadow's cold tone that sent chills up her spine.
"I suppose we can make an exception" Mitsuru said with a smale smile.
"I don't see any harm in it!" Yu said with a warm smile.
"I think this will be a good idea to raise the spirits, considering the fact that we haven't done anything entertaining ever since the battle at the church" Akira said, before seeing Naruuko jumping to her feet from the coach, causing her huge breasts to bounce in the air.
"I'm cool with it! It's settled then! Prepare for the tort-i mean training, guys!" Naruko said with an extremely odd cheerful smile, which brought a dense atmosphere behind it.
For some reason, Rias and her Peerage couldn't shake the fact that they may die before entrring their first Rating Game.
And Done!
Wow! It took me a lot of time to finish this, because i'm writing on the tablet.
Now, about the pairings. I'm planning on adding Kasumi in Akira's pairings, but i'm still waiting for Persona 5 Royal, and also for that, i won't write off Akechi as a dead person, since i wrote him alive, and depending on Persona 5 Royal, i will write his past where whether he died or was still alive.
Now, for Shadow's Ultimate Persona list:
Initial: Warble.
Fool: ?
Lovers: ?
Chariot: Asterios.
Hanged Man: ?
Hermit: ?
Magician: ?
Justice: ?
Judgement: ?
Strength: ?
Tower: Orpheus Telos.
Fortune: ?
Emperor: Baal
Empress: ?
Priestess: ?
Aeon: ?
Sun: Metatron
Star: ?
Death: ?
Moon: ?
Hierophant: Daisoujou
Temperance: ?
Devil: ?
Hunger: ?
Faith: ?
Consultant: ?
Next Chapter: The Rating Game, and the battle against Nyx and Erebus. (I'm skipping the training period)
Until Next Time And Next Chapter!
Jude Warble, Out!