The Oblivion

by Jude Warble

Fugitives from their homes due to discrimination. Awakening to the rebellion inside their souls. Rising to fight their fates, alongside other heroes, in a world where Devils, Angels and several other mythological beings exist. It's up to them to carve their own path with their own hands, now with new friends and new family members. Main Pairing: Ren x Naruko x Futaba. Multi xover

7. The Sin Of Lust

Hey everyone. Long time no see. It's your pal, Jude Warble!

Now, to start off, i will answer the replies:

zero fullbuster: Glad you loved it, and yes, Naruko, Menma and all of their friends are going to back to Konoha, nay, to the Elemental Nations itself, and on a new arc. All of this on a single arc of the story, but it's still too soon for them to go to the Elemental Nations.

AnimeKing211: Yup, but that one is a little bit...Different and...Unique...You will find out soon enough as the story progresses.

Now, i will show the list of pairings:

Ren x Naruko x Futaba x Lavenza x Sumire

Shadow x Dragon x Hana x Sona x Serafall

Nanashi x Toki x Asahi

Flynn x Isabeau

Issei x Rias

Vali x Minako

Menma x Asia x Ann x Airi

Jean x Haru x Tamamo x Akeno

Blue x Makoto x Ravel x Roseweisse

Yu x Yukiko x Rise x Marie x Margret

Kanji x Naoto

Minato x Elizabeth x Yukari x Fuuka

Akihiko x Mitsuru

Junpei x Chidori

Yosuke x Chie

Accel x Kokoro

Misogi x Shiki

Hitoshura x Alice (Not the Persona one) x Mito

Kazuya x Nyra

Shinjiro x Koneko

Hibiki x Io x Makoto x Fumi

Daichi x Miyako

Keita x Hinako

Ryuji x Saki

Goro x ?

That's it for now! I may add some more in the near future!

Note 1: I have decided to make Naruko's height 1.65 m instead of being the same height as Shadow, since Shadow is 1.8 m, and i'm pairing Naruko with Ren, who is 1.75 m, so it will be embarrassing for the boy to look up at the girl instead of the other way around...Don't you think?

Note 2: Nyra and Soriel (The two characters that are introduced in this chapter) are actually fan characters from 18 games from. Nyra is from Elven Conquest Part 2, while Sorbiel is from Crimson Keep. Play the two games so that you can see them and their appearances if my explanation regarding their appearances was rather vague.

And now, without further ado, i will leave with the story. As always, Stay Breezy!

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The next day. At Team Oblivion's Mansion

"Okay. That makes me wonder...What kind of people are the nobles in the Underworld look like?"

Junpei's question was addressed to everyone around him.

The following day after defeating Kokabiel, Sirzechs, Rias' elder brother, decided to throw a party for both Kokabiel's downfall and Rias' victory against Riser, and he decided to invite the newly made Team Oblivion to celebrate it, and to say Thank You for the people who helped his sister win against the arrogant Phenex family member.

Junpei's question, however, was not because of the invitation. It was because of the fact that Grafiya just came to them a while ago with sets of black suits that were totally their sizes.

A fact that amused Yu and Ren of all people.

"Um...Judging by how they sent black suits to us, i think they are some kind of nobles, right?" Minato asked.

"Yes. Sirzechs-sama is a Lucifer, one of the four Demon Kings of the Underworld" Akeno answered.

"Wow...Never knew that someone would steal Lucifer's name upon his death..." Nanashi said, which caused Flynn to chuckle at this.

"Now that i think about it, none of you guys tried wearing a suit, right?" Isabeau asked, gaining silent looks around her, which caused her to sigh in relief.

"Glad i wasn't the only one..." She said.

"Does anyone of the girls in the team have any objection to the suits? Maybe you oughta wear dresses instead?" Ren targeted the girls in the group of human fighters with his question.

"I don't mind at all. A change doesn't sound really bad" Ann said.

"I have worn lots of dresses in many balls, so i don't mind wearing a suit once in a while" Haru said.

"As someone who soughts to become a police woman, i have absolutely no objections" Makoto said.

"I won't wear a dress! Even if Megatron himself destroyed Cybertron itself using Black Energeon!" Futaba exclaimed with curry in her mouth while pointing her spoon at Ren, causing said male to sweatdrop at this.

"Cybertron...? You watch lots of anime, Futaba..." Ren said shaking his head.

"I will go with the suit as well. I wanna be a police woman too like Nijima-senpai" Chie said.

"I think that i will try the suit as well. Better try it instead of wearing a kimono" Yukiko said.

"I always wear suits in my job as a weather reporter, but not the pants part, so i think i will try that one" Marie said.

"Just like Haru-senpai, i tried many dresses in my idol shows, so i think that a suit sounds nice. I wanna feel like James Bond" Rise said making a gun with her fingers, causing Yu to chuckle with a sweatdrop.

"You watch a lot of movies, Rise..." Yu said scratching the back of his head.

"I always wear suits, so it's no problem to me" Naoto said.

"I feel rather uncomfortable regarding this suit thing, but i will try it" Yukari said.

"I am not against it. It makes me feel like an important person" Mitsuru said.

"I hold no objections whatsoever..." Chidori said.

"I will look like those policemen in the movies! Yeah!" Minako exclaimed, causing everyone to sweatdrop at this.

"I also have no objections to the matter..." Aigis said.

"I dunno...But i will try..." Fuuka said with a shaky voice, causing Minato to sweatdrop at this, before placing a hand on Fuuka's shoulder.

"It's okay. Nothing's gonna happen there. Don't worry" Minato said, causing Fuuka to smile at this.

"...Whatever" Lucy whispered.

"I never cared about my appearance..." Shiki said.

"One must have guts to do that!" Naruko exclaimed with comical fire in her eyes.

"I wonder if Shadow would love my appearance in a suit..." Dragon said.

"..." Kokoro just remained silent, which gave the confirmation sign to the boys.

"I hope that there is a hole in the trousers for my tail..." Tamamo said while poking her fingers together cutely.

"A suit, huh...Kinda reminds me of the time when we placed some makeup and samurai outfits to infiltrate Mikado. This sounds like a cool idea" Asahi said, which made Hallelujah chuckle at this.

"Yeah...Or the time when that Power called you 'Filthy'" Hallelujah said chuckling in his fist, which earned him a stomp on his foot from Asahi, which made him jump on one foot while holding his sore feet.

"Says the boy who wore a stupid mustache for disguise" Asahi said puffing her cheeks cutely in anger at Hallelujah.

"With that being said, i also hold no objections. I'm keeping my glasses, though" Nozomi said pushing her glasses closer to her eyes.

"Yup! I have confirmed my approval already" Isabeau said.

"If Master wishes it, i will even walked nude in this party" Toki said with a cold straight face, causing everyone to recoil comically at this.

"This part is unnecessary, Toki. But i would recommend the suit. You would look cute in it" Nanashi said, causing Toki to blush and to fiddle with her dress.

"If Master wishes it..." Toki trailed in her words, which caused Asahi to shoot a deadly glare at the divine assassin, which made everyone present in the room sweatdrop at this.

"Okay. With that being settled, let's go change" Ren said, which made everyone in Team Oblivion scatter throughout the mansion to change their clothes. Half an hour later, everyone changed their clothes and gathered in the center of the mansion wearing their black suits.

"Stupid damn neck trap!" Junpei exclaimed in anger pulling on his neck tie.

"I look stupid..." Accel said with a grumpy tone.

"No your not" Flynn said to him with a nervous smile.

"For real? Dude, i look like something a desperate man would give to his kid when he tells him grandma died" Accel said grunting in annoyance.

"I see that your all ready"

"?!"

The familiar sound of Grafiya resounded in the mansion before a red magic circle appeared on the floor, and with a flash of red, Grafiya appeared in front of the human fighters team, bowing in a polite manner.

"Yeah, we are ready" Ren was the one to answer, which made Grafiya nod silently at them, before taking out a piece of paper from her pocket, before channeling magic into it.

The next thing that happened was that Grafiya and Team Oblivion disappeared from the mansion in a flash of red light.

Unknown to them, they left someone behind...

"Hey! Where did everyone go?!"

...And of course, it was one Ryuji Sakamato, who woke up late, causing everyone to forget about him.

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A few minutes later. At The Underworld

"Wow...Never knew that a party in the Underworld would be that luxurious..."

"What did you expect? Thorns and fire?"

Junpei's dumbfounded phrase was immediately repelled by Yukari's ridiculing statement.

But Junpei's awestruck expression was not exaggerated, as the party that they were invited to was way above luxurious. Several Devils gathered from multiple clans to attend this party, with Team Oblivion being the only group of humans in this party.

"My...I see your all here..."

"?!"

The voice came from Sirzechs, who welcomed Team Oblivion with a bright smile on his face, and next to him was some kind of a gorgeous beauty. Said woman was around 1.6 m in tall. She had beautiful straight, vibrant, flowing, silky black hair that was reaching her waist, with purple eyes, slightly tan skin, and a stunning hot figure, with huge, E-cups breasts that was bouncing slightly with every breath she took. Her outfit consisted of a beautiful light blue ball dress that showed a great deal of her beautiful porcelain-like legs, and the dress held no sleeves that showed her beautiful arms that seemed as if they were glittering in the light of the room.

"Whoa..." Yosuke, Teddie, and Junpei all let out an unconscious humming voice upon looking at the beautiful woman, who giggled at this, before Koromaru ran towards her, jumping into her arms suddenly, before licking at her face, causing the woman to giggle at the ticklish feeling on her cheek.

"Umm...I'm sorry. I don't know what happened to him" Ken said taking Koromaru in his hands from the woman.

"That's okay. I don't mind him" The woman said with a smile on her face.

"Excuse me"

"?!"

This voice belonged to Rias, who was accompanied by her Peerage, as well as Sona and her Peerage, where Rias flashed one of her signature smiles at Team Oblivion, Sirzechs, and the woman beside him. And at the same time, Rias and Sona's parents walked towards Team Oblivion, standing beside Sirzechs.

"Father! Mother!" Rias exclaimed in happiness, with Sirzechs pouting in a comical way.

"Rias-chan doesn't even remember her big Onii-chan...Boo Hoo..." Sirzechs said with a comical child-like face, only to be smacked on the back of the head by Grafiya, who arrived a little while ago, along with a small child with short crimson red hair.

"Aunt Rias!" The boy cheerfully exclaimed, running towards Rias, who lifted him up.

"Millicas! You have grown so much!" Rias said with a smile.

"Long time no see, Rias, and you too, Sona" The woman beside Sirzechs said with an angelic smile.

"Excuse me. Do we know you?" Sona asked in complete confusion, to which the beautiful woman pouted like a child.

"Muh...So-chan, your too meanie. And here i was trying to behave in a more mature way for you" The beautiful woman said with a pout, to which both Rias, Sona and all of the members of their Peerages except for Issei and Asia were in complete shock.

"Serafall-sama?!" Rias called out.

"Onee-sama?!" Sona called out afterwards.

"Teehee! Surprised?" Serafall giggled.

"What happened to you?!" Sona asked in shock.

"We were surprised too" Zeoticus, Rias and Sirzechs' father, said with a nervous chuckle.

"Aside from that, i would love to welcome you all to this party! Please make yourself comfortable. Take this as a Thank You for helping my little sister Rias-chan win the Rating Game against Riser Phenex" Sirzechs said.

"What?! Lucifer-sama is Buchou's big brother?!" Issei called out loudly in shock, only to get smacked face first on the ground by a punch from Accel.

"Quiet it down, you idiot! My eardrums could have exploded!" The Esper said in annoyance.

"But doesn't your reflection field reflect everything including sound?" Misogi asked with a sweatdrop and a small smile.

"Shut up" Accel muttered, to which it made Misogi chuckle at this.

"Hey. Umm..." Yukari said to which it caught everyone's attention.

"What's wrong, Yuka-tan?" Junpei asked.

"Is it me, or we are missing someone?" Yukari asked.

All of the members of Team Oblivion fell silent, looking around them in all directions. It didn't take 5 seconds, and the voice of both Naruko and Menma sounded out.

"Where is Blue?"

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Outside the Gremory Household

"Huh...Never thought that the Underworld would look that normal...Except for the red sky..."

Blue muttered under his breath while casually walking with his hands inside the pockets of his pants.

He didn't like crowds at all. Not because of any kind of phobia from crowds, but because he felt that he would be troublesome to those who are around him.

Sighing, he reached for the necklace underneath his T-shirt. It was a silver necklace with a silver locket that seemed to hold a teardrop in it.

"Daisy...I wonder what would you have said to me..." Blue said to no one in particular before chuckling.

"Heh...Probably you could have told me to eat well..." Blue said before opting a sad look on his face.

His goal for joining The Great 12 was actually selfish...Just like the aspect he presents. He entered that team because he wanted revenge on the person who burned down his home region.

He remember that day as if it was yesterday.

Team Rocket burning down his house, killing his grandfather, before gang raping his elder sister Daisy to death, and killing his best friend and rival Red right in front of his eyes, where he was on the ground, with his head being stomped on by a blonde figure with a blood red suit, being forced to watch this disaster.

And right after that, he decided to delete all Pokemon from the world, to which he did by collecting all the Aura Plates, using his newfound power to manipulate Aura to absorb it inside of himself, before absorbing all the Pokémon in the entire world, effectively becoming the second Pokemon god, right after Arceus, where, in a sense, he became Arceus himself.

But, once he met the members of The Great 12, he befriended them, seeing them as the family that he lost, and now, he's trying to master all Aura Plates for the sake of becoming stronger to be of any use for them. All of them were strong, but he wanted to protect them as well, just like they can protect him.

He really loved them from the bottom of his heart.

"...Heh. Now i sound like Shadow..." Blue muttered to himself.

"Onii-sama! Please don't!"

"?!"

Blue snapped out from his thoughts upon hearing the yell of a familiar voice. He then turned around, only to see Riser pacing angrily, with Ravel, desperately with tears building on the corner of her eyes, trying to pull Riser from walking into the Gremory household where the party was held, and his Peerage that was filled with women was walking behind him, albeit they had bitter looks on their faces.

Most likely because they were about to be embarrassed by their own King.

"This is rather troublesome..."

"?!"

Blue, upon hearing the sound, turned around, only to see a boy with messy black hair, grey eyes that seemed to be void of any kind of feelings, a white jacket that had a rabbit hoodie on it, and blue pants with white sneakers.

Blue blinked at this. He didn't notice the existence of this boy, but...

His existence...Felt similar to him...Like some kind of a godlike being...

"What do you think should be done...?" The boy asked with his eyes narrowed in what looked like absolute grief and despair. Blue knew this look, since he had it before.

"Uhh...I really dunno, but it more or less concerns me" Blue answered, to which the stranger stared at Blue with his eyes that were devoid of life. It didn't take an expert to know the message, and Blue blinked at this before scratching the back of his head. He then opened his mouth to ask something from the stranger, only for the stranger to race him to it.

"I was used to be called Hibiki Kuze, and yes, i can help you" Hibiki said, before he saw Blue walking towards Riser and his Peerage, with Hibiki following suit in silence.

"Hey, you" Blue said, gaining Riser's attention alongside his Peerage.

"Why don't you listen to the Gothic beauty's words? I think you have had enough from humiliation" Blue said.

"You! Your one of those shitty humans! Explain the gun Rias' Pawn had! Explain the magic spells that her Peerage had! Explain the absurd power that Rias' Pawn had! Explain now!" Riser roared at Blue's face, to which the aspect in human form rubbed his temples with his fingers, where Hibiki just stared at the scene with his lifeless eyes.

"You just think that i will answer anything after you called me 'shitty'? Do you really think i can answer you when your that disrespectful?" Blue asked, to which it made Riser's blood boil, with fire starting to surround him.

"I'M THE ONE WHO ASK QUESTIONS! YOU SHITTY HUMAN!" Riser yelled before backslapping Ravel away, sending her flying away, shocking Blue and Riser's Peerage, before both witnessed Riser charging towards Blue, who was clearly pissed.

"I hate the likes of you..."

With this, Blue's body became completely surrounded by floating water, blocking Riser's fiery punch, to which Riser gasped in surprise, before roaring out in pain as his fist was burned badly, with nasty burn marks appearing around it, and steam was emitting from it, causing Riser to clutch his hand in pain.

"What the fuck are you?! Your no normal human!" Riser roared out, before charging once again with flames rising even higher and becoming more intense around him, and then charged towards Blue once again, apparently not waiting for an answer, and this time, Blue also charged at him, with water swirling around him as if it was alive.

"I WILL ROAST YOU ALIVE!"

"TRY AND DO SO, YAKITORI!"

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At the same time. Inside the Gremory Mansion

"Meh...You guys don't have to worry about Blue"

This caught everyone's attention, to which they whipped their heads towards Tamamo, who had a bored look on her face.

"I suppose your right, Tamamo. That's Blue after all" Jean said back, to which it caused confusion to shine around everyone sans the other members of The Great 12.

"What makes you so sure that you don't have to worry about him?" Sirzechs asked.

"Well, as The Great 12, we have trained ourselves to not fear anything, considering the fact that there are some trivial incidents that may result in one's death, so we should always be on guard, and take care of ourselves even if there is no help for us. To sum it all up, we are all desperate to survive, so it's natural, even for a human being, or a demon, or any kind of creature. Survival is a double-edged tool. Either you live, or not. Those are the rules, and you can't change them" Kokoro was the one to give that lengthy answer, which caused everyone to look at her and clamp their mouths shut. Rias and Asia held sympathy in their faces, feeling some kind of dread and sadness behind Kokoro's seemingly cold words.

It's as if she had something inside of her, but refused to release it.

"Each one of us holds his own share of trauma here..." Naruko whispered in sadness with her head hung down, causing everyone to shift their gazes at her.

"What do you mean?" Rias asked.

"Take Blue for an example. He was a normal human being, a Pokemon trainer as well. One day, the evil Team Rocket, which are an evil organization that uses Pokemon for world domination, invaded his house, burned his hometown down to the ground, before killing both his grandfather and elder sister right in front of his eyes" Menma said with sadness apparent in his voice, which caused gasps to come from both Devils and humans, with Asia, Rise, Ann, Fuuka, and Yukari placing a hand each on their mouths with wide eyes, preventing their gasps from escaping. Noticing the deafening silence around him, Menma continued.

"Afterwards, Blue was left in grief, wandering around the Kanto Region aimlessly, until he found the Aura Plates, artifacts that holds the essence of Aura itself, and the power behind the Pokemon's creation. Blue gathered all of the plates, before absorbing them inside of himself, causing all Pokémon on Earth to vanish, making Blue the last Pokemon Trainer, before he went and used his new powers to kill off Team Rocket, and shortly after, we met him in the Elemental Nations" Menma finished his story.

"That's..." Sirzechs started to say, not knowing the proper response.

"Don't...Just...Don't..." Accel said, not wanting Sirzechs to say anything that might start another tug-o-war.

"Okay. Where's Blue-kun right now? I'm afraid that he might find himself in trouble" Makoto asked in concern.

"Huh? Are you worried about him, Mako-Niji?" Naruko asked.

"Mako-Niji...?" Makoto asked with a sweatdrop.

"Don't bother at all. Naruko has the weird habit of giving others weird nicknames" Jean said chuckling nervously.

"Okay. I will bite this time. Where's Blue-kun?" Makoto asked.

"Apparently he's outside...Logically" Kokoro answered.

"Well, i think that he's already figured out who helped Team Rocket kill off his family" Dragon said, gaining looks from those who are around her.

"What do you mean?" Sona asked in confusion.

"According to Blue's story, whatever or whoever killed his family was something beyond natural. It wasn't by normal means. He saw someone stomping on his head, with flames bathing his form, and a bright red suit as well, where said person prevented Blue from trying to save his sister, who was gang raped at that time right in front of Blue's sight" Kokoro said with complete indifference in her voice.

"Um...Koko-chan...I don't think that last part was necessary" Tamamo said to the psychologist, which earned her a cold look from said person.

"So...Who do you think did it?" Issei asked, to which everyone in The Great 12 team grew silent for a few seconds, looking at each other from the corners of their eyes, before Menma took a deep breath, exclaiming the name of the person that resulted in Blue traumatic past.

"The Phenex Clan's heir...Riser Phenex"

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At the same time. Outside the concert hall

"I WILL ROAST YOU ALIVE!"

"TRY AND DO SO, YAKITORI!"

Despite their deafening roars, no one inside the Gremory Mansion heard both Blue and Riser yelling as they clashed against each other. Water vs Fire. Blue dodged to the side when Riser swung his fiery fist at him, before slamming his palm into the ground, causing a geyser of water to erupt from underneath Riser's feet, causing the Devil to scream in pain as the burst of holy water burned through his skin, and even his clothes weren't able to protect his torso, which caused Riser to recoil back, with steam erupting from the burnt marks of his body. This gave Blue the chance to follow with a water ball aimed at Riser's face, scalding his face badly in the process, and causing him to roar out in pain. Blue then extended his hand afterwards.

"Water Aura: Hydro Pump!" He called out before a helix-like water beam burst from Blue's hand towards the Phenex Devil, before shooting him away while increasing the burns in his body. Riser slowly stood to his feet, glaring with gritted teeth in both anger and pain.

"BASTARD HUMAN! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME?!" Riser yelled out.

"Do you really think that you can have whatever the hell you want whenever the hell you want?! You have lost fair and square due to the fact that you were arrogant enough to think that you can singlehandedly take down Rias and her Peerage! And then, you come here to vent your anger out?! To me, your nothing but a brat throwing a meaningless tantrum!" Blue yelled out, making Riser growl in more anger, before flames erupted at an even greater intensity. Seeing this, Blue's body was surrounded by a light brown outline glow, before it faded after a second later. Riser then charged towards the aspect in human form, who exclaimed his attack out loud.

"Ground Aura: High Horse Power!" Blue roared out before charging towards Riser in a bee line, positioning his elbow in front of him, and once his elbow made contact with Riser's face, the flames instantly disappeared, and Riser was sent flying away with a sonic boom that screamed throughout the streets of the Underworld, causing Riser to topple violently on the ground, before being buried down the ground. Blue then followed by extending his hand and opening his palm towards Riser.

"Ground Aura: Sand Tomb!" He exclaimed before dust and sand started to gather in the air above Riser, before falling down on him, slamming his body deep into the ground and muffling his screams of pain, before Blue's body started to glow with blue outline, before fading instantly. He then slammed his opened palm into the ground and exclaimed his next attack.

"Water Aura: Oceanic Operetta!" Blue roared out before the ground started to shake underneath his feet, before water gathered around him in a telekinesis-like manner, mixing together into the form of a building-sized orb of water above Blue's head. The aspect in human form then raised his arm above his head, before he lowered it down, pointing at the nearly buried Riser, who was struggling to kick off the sand tomb that he was buried underneath, only for the massive water sphere to fall on the top of Riser, washing him off the sand tomb that he was buried underneath, causing Riser to open his mouth to scream in pain as the sphere of holy water washed him down and burned him immensely, but the water entered inside his mouth, which not only muffled his pained screams, but also burned his throat and his insides as he felt his organs and the very cells of his body dissolve like medical tablets dissolving in a glass of water. The water washed down the grounds around the Gremory Mansion, with Riser being laid down on the floor, and his Peerage, including Ravel, were watching in shock at the battle.

"...Who is that person? No way he is an ordinary human..." Isabella muttered in shock.

"Why are you lowering your voice? Are you scared of him?" Yubelluna asked with her body visibly shaking.

"...Your shaking yourself, Yubelluna..." Ravel said in a deadpanned expression and tone, despite the density of the atmosphere around them.

They then shifted their attention towards Blue, who gripped his right arm tightly, before said limb transformed into a red, giant crab pincer, which was encased with water that swirled around it, before he ran at full speed, letting out a roar of war, and then he exclaimed his attack just as he was inches from Riser.

"Water Aura: Crabhammer!" Blue yelled, before slamming his holy water-encased giant crab pincer into Riser's stomach, causing the Phenex Devil to spit out a massive amount of blood, before he was sent flying with a sonic boom towards the walls of the Gremory Mansion.

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At the same time. Inside the Gremory Mansion

"Riser Phenex?! I can't believe it! That Yakitori womanizer was the one to ruin Blue-senpai's life?!"

Of course, Issei was the one to spill out his shock and anger upon hearing Blue's past. It was agonizing that even Sona herself started to tear up, with everyone opting sorrowful looks on their faces.

"...I suppose you guys have it rough with only maintaining your smiles and cheerful attitudes" Junpei said.

"...Well...Not all of them..." Yosuke said, with his eyes wandering around Lucy, Shiki, Kokoro and Accel.

"I'm now more worried about Blue-kun..." Makoto said, worry apparent around her face.

"I'm more worried about the fact that this boredom won't be broken anytime sooner" Naruko bluntly called out with a comical bored look on her face.

"...Are you guys all so impassive...?" Yukari asked with a sweatdrop.

"You don't need to concern yourself with that matter. As for the boredom part, i predict that it will be broken anytime. Like...Right now"

Crash!

"?!"

And right as Lucy said this, one of the walls of the mansion was broken down, where a figure crashed through it, causing every single Devil and human, and even Demon to fall in silence, before looking at the scene in front of them. Said figure stood up slowly, only to reveal itself as Riser Phenex, badly bruised, battered and burned, glaring from one of his eyes which were not swollen, and for some reason, his wounds were healing at an extremely slow pace akin to the speed of a snail if not even slower, if not even healing at all. The hole of the wall then revealed another figure, who was Blue, with his right arm being a huge crab pincer, before said pincer was engulfed in light blue light, shrinking in size until it reverted back to a human's arm once again.

And from his face, he looked completely pissed.

"You piece of shit! You have angered me a lot! Your gonna be turned into roosted chicken right now!" Blue yelled before a dark red outline glowed around him. Riser, feeling the intense pressure, yelled out for his Peerage.

"Come to me, My Peerage!" He roared out, causing all of his Peerage, sans Ravel, to charge towards Blue from behind, weapons in hand, only to suddenly fall down after being hit by some kind of an invisible shield that separated them from Blue and their master.

"I don't think so..." Hibiki's monotone voice rang, with him stretching his arm out with his palm opened, indicating that he was the one that made that barrier to stop Riser's Peerage from advancing.

All of this and the entire Devil community, alongside Team Oblivion, were watching with awe.

"...Didn't i tell you?" Lucy muttered.

What happened after was Blue charging towards Riser, before Blue's fists glowed red as he reared them back.

"Fighting Aura: Close Combat!" He exclaimed, before throwing both of his fists in a rapid fashion and quick succession that they appeared as blurs, pummeling Riser with brutal and merciless punches, with his body recoiling in its standing position, before Blue released one last punch to Riser's face, knocking out the color of his eyes to reveal their whites, before sending him flying away and crashing into the wall at the other side of the Gremory Mansion, kicking a large smokescreen.

Riser then burst from the rubble, before charging towards Blue, and throwing a fiery fist towards him, only for Blue to counter by throwing his water-clad fist into Riser's own, and the moment both fists collided, Riser's fist erupted into steam, and the fire bathing it was turned off, followed by Riser roaring in pain. Blue took this chance, and engulfed his other hand in water.

"Water Aura: Scald!" He roared out, before delivering a palm strike to Riser's face, and the moment it connected, Riser roared out once again in pain, before a shock wave sent him toppling into the ground, and crashing through several tables. Blue then grabbed Riser by the collar, before slamming his knee into his abdomen, causing his insides to twist in pain, before headbutting him so hard that his skull cracked, and then he ended his brutal assault with an elbow to Riser's face, before spinning on his heel, and delivered a roundhouse kick to the Devil's face, knocking him off his feet and causing him to spin violently in midair before falling to the ground. Riser then shakily rose to his knees, but the beating, alongside the fact that his healing factor was almost nullified made him extremely tired that he couldn't even stand up. Blue, seeing this, reared his fist back, with anger consuming him, and a glare of fury plastered as ever on his face. He was about to punch Riser down to the ground when suddenly...

"PLEASE STOP!"

"?!"

...Ravel crashed from the roof of the mansion, before positioning herself in between both Blue and Riser, spreading her arms to her sides to act as a shield for her beaten brother, with Blue's fist being mere inches from her face.

"Please...That's enough...Let us go safely..." Ravel said with her entire body shaking violently from fear of the person in front of her, with tears building on the corner of her eyes. This caused Blue to slowly lower his arm, before the aura around him slowly vanished, causing the tension in the air to slowly vanish as well. Both didn't notice Riser smirking, before taking out what seemed to be a knife laced with a purple color on its tip, before he used what left of his strength to channel magical energy to the knife in his hand. Blue, however, noticed it and gasped.

"Look out!"

"?!"

Blue's warning shout was a little early as he managed to hug Ravel and spin around to shield her from the blade that was about to stab her in the back, but it hit Blue instead, causing said aspect in human form to gasp, before coughing out blood.

"Blue-kun!" Makoto yelled out in worry, with everyone, including the Great 12 being stunned and shocked at the sight in front of them.

"No way...A Concept Destroyer?" Menma blurted out in shock, before looking at Blue, who shakily fell to his knees, with Ravel still in his, where said Devil gasped in shock at this, trying to hold Blue's falling form with both of her petite arms, only to nearly trip when Riser stood up and grabbed the wounded Blue by his hair, before angrily swinging him up in the air, then slamming him into the ground, causing the ground to crack beneath them. Riser gasped for breath for a few seconds while glaring at the fallen Blue, where his wounds were slowly healed until his swollen face was completely healed back, before he slammed his foot into right side of Blue's face, causing the human to gasp in the sudden pain. The members of Oblivion tried to move towards Riser to stop him, but Naruko, without looking away from the sight in front of her, rose her arm to prevent the others from advancing to Blue's aid.

"Heh...Such pity...Did you think that YOU could defeat ME?!" Riser arrogantly exclaimed to Blue, who glared with his teeth clenched as Riser's foot stomped even further on his head. This made Riser hum while his arrogant smirk still on, before placing 2 fingers on his chin.

"Hmm...Where have i seen this sight before? Oh! It's when i burned this small town in the Kanto Region!" Riser exclaimed, which made Blue's struggle come to halt, and for his 1 eye that wasn't stomped on to widen in shock and disbelief, with the human females gasping in shock with their hands on their mouths, and the males were opting expressions of anger, with Sirzechs, Rias, Sona, their Peerages and their parents were either gasping in shock or opting faces of complete anger and loathing.

"No..." Asia whispered with tears building on the corner of her widened eyes, with her hand still on her mouth.

"I remember those screams when i burned them all down, as well as the group of people that were raping this beautiful human girl right in front of you eyes. That was my first job as a Devil, and i did it successfully" Riser said with a mad grin on his face.

"Onii-sama...It can't be..." Ravel muttered in shock, before her face steeled up, then she pulled on Riser's arm, gaining his attention.

"Onii-sama! Please leave him! You have defeated him! Prove that your the best and let's get out of here!" Ravel exclaimed desperately trying to make Riser let go of Blue, who was literally breaking both physically and emotionally underneath Riser's foot. However what happened next was even more shocking than Riser's horrible past deed, as the taller male Phenex grabbed his little sister by the hair, causing her to yelp in pain as she was hoisted into the air by her own brother, causing tears to build on the corners of her eyes as a result of her hair being pulled.

"I don't wanna prove anything! Anyone who dares to lay a finger on me shall suffer a fate worse than hell!" Riser yelled before swinging his sister from her hair, and slamming her into the ground beside Blue, knocking her out unconscious instantly. He then grabbed Blue by the neck and rose him to the air, smirking arrogantly at Blue's pained form.

"I really don't understand why a shitty human like you has forgotten his place. Humans are fragile and weak creatures compared to us Devils, and especially the Phenex Clan. Why can't you understand your own place?" Riser asked with a smirk, only for his response to be Blue gripping on his arm with his own hand, before opening one of his eyes slowly to glare at Riser.

"It's because we are fragile and weak that we know how to be together...The strong are cursed to be all alone...Unlike us the weak... If shedding a tear is a sign of weakness, then so be it..." Blue said before roaring out, and delivered a kick to Riser, causing him to stagger back and release his grip from Blue's neck, where said human landed on one knee, gasping heavily from the pain that was inflicted by the Concept Destroyer Riser stabbed him with.

"...It's because we are weak that we can find ourselves...And...We can't lose our way..." Blue said, before rising up to his feet, gritting his teeth to try to forget the pain. He then approached Ravel's unconscious form, and stood in front of her. At that moment, Ravel started to wake up, and saw Blue standing in front of her. She then looked at him glaring in front of her brother.

"...Even if we are weak, We continue on with the weakness...Until it turns into strength! And my hunger...Is the weakness that leads to my strength!"

...

...

...

[Persona 5 OST - Awakening]

"You kept me waiting in the deepest depth of the infinite sea of blood..."

Suddenly, Blue gasped, with his eyes instantly turning pale golden, before he gripped his head with both hands, twisting in pain.

"Guh...Augh!" He gasped in pain, causing everyone present in the hall to flinch at this, having felt the sudden increase in power coming out from him.

"What...?" Riser said, unconsciously releasing cold sweat from his forehead.

"Hunger is indeed a sin...And it can never be satisfied normally..."

Blue fell to his knees, gritting his teeth in pain from the headache that threatened to split his head in half.

"The nights of the red moon has heeded your call...And gave me the sign to be by your side..."

"AHHHHHAGH!" Blue roared, before slamming his fist on the ground hard enough to crate it, which caused everyone in the mansion to flinch at this.

"Stop him now!" Riser commanded his Peerage members, with the exception of Ravel, but none actually moved, as they were petrified in their places from the sheer foul aura that was emitting from Blue's agonized form.

"Let us now proceed with our contract...The contract that will satisfy our hunger..."

Blue's pain was unimaginable. He spat and clawed on the floor, leaving blood marks that resulted from scratching the concrete underneath him so hard to make his fingers and nails draw blood.

"That must be really painful..." Sona muttered with a worried expression on her face.

"You have no idea..." Ann muttered.

"I Am Thou...Thou Art I..."

Gritting his teeth to stop the screaming, Blue suddenly rose to his feet, left his hands from his head, and glared at Riser, his eyes now returning to their normal color, before a blue ethereal flame appeared on his right palm, with the kanji of 'Hunger' appearing on it in black writing. Blue then swung his right arm to his side, with Riser seeing this, causing the Devil to gasp, before charging towards Blue, intending on stopping Blue from doing what will make him lose.

"LIKE HELL I WILL LET YOU!" Riser roared advancing towards Blue in frenzy.

"Satisfy this hunger of yours...With the blood of vengeance!"

However Riser was so late, as Blue slammed his palm into his chest, particularly where his heart was, before a massive pillar of blue ethereal flames engulfed him, blasting a massive hole into the roof of the Gremory Mansion, and causing a shock wave that knocked away any kind of furniture around it, as well as Riser, who toppled on the ground due to being blown away as he was inches from reaching Blue.

"This level of power...It's so astounding..." Rias whispered in shock.

"Look! It's clearing up!" Issei exclaimed.

And he was right. The blue ethereal pillar of flames was slowly fading, only to reveal Blue, with his head dangling down from his neck while breathing heavily, and with a new figure behind him.

[Persona 5 OST - Will Power]

Right behind Blue was a figure surrounded by a dark crimson dreadful aura. Said figure was a male 2 times taller than Blue. He had albino pale white skin, shoulder length vibrant crimson red hair, two white metal-like clips that were attached vertically to his lips such that it connected his upper lips with his lower lips from both sides of his mouth, black nails that resembled claws, and eyes with black sclera and crimson red irises. His outfit consisted of a black gentleman suit, with black shoes to finish the touch.

Blue raised his dangled head, revealing his smirking face that was facing the now worried and visibly scared Riser.

"So...This is the power of a Persona...It's cool!" Blue exclaimed looking at his opened palms, before directing his look at Riser, who flinched at Blue and his rising power levels.

"This is awesome..." Morgana muttered.

"Woof! Woof!" Kuromaru barked in a happy manner, wagging his tail in happiness.

"Yo...I'm now at full throttle. Show me what'cha got!" Blue exclaimed, before he witnessed Riser gritting his teeth in anger, before flames erupted from his body in a violent manner.

"DON'T YOU EVER DARE TO THINK THAT A MERE SHITTY HUMAN LIKE YOU CAN DEFEAT ME! A PHENEX!" Riser roared before charging head first towards Blue, who clenched his fists even harder, entering a fighting stance.

"Devour Them! Mephisto!"

---

At the same time. Nanashi's Space

"Now, let's have some fun, shall we?"

A casual response coming out from Shadow's mouth, directed towards the injured Zeus, who tried to escape moments ago, with Tsukuyomi towering over and behind Shadow himself. Zeus, realizing that there is no way out, gritted his teeth in anger, before standing straight.

"I SHALL NOT FALL! NOT BY THE HANDS OF A MERE HYBRID!" Zeus yelled before black clouds covered the horizon of the Monochrome Forest, before massive lightning bolts fired towards Shadow, where Tsukuyomi protected its master by raising its sword above its head, causing the sword to act as a lightning rod, dispelling the lightning bolts. Zeus then charged forwards, using his ice blade that stuck to his right forearm to slash at Shadow, who casually blocked it with his bare hand, with the shock became apparent on Zeus, he suddenly coughed out blood as he suddenly found that he body was slashed with deep cuts appearing around his body, before he was sent flying away with a kick by Shadow, causing a sonic boom to erupt from the point of contact, before Tsukuyomi flew towards Zeus, before swinging its sword, causing Zeus to block it with his other arm blade, before pushing away the Persona, and stood on his feet, before channeling magic energy in his hands.

"Maziodyne!" Zeus roared out, before pure lightning bolts got fired from both of the Norse god's palms, and just as they were about to make contact with Shadow...

"Seriously?"

"?!"

And upon whispering this, Shadow simply caught the bolt of lightning...With his bare hands.

"What?!" Zeus' shock was beyond anything. Could that mean...That Shadow's Lawbreaker can even make him control the concepts of physics?

"Don't let your guard down"

"?!"

Zeus gasped as Shadow suddenly appeared in front of him in a burst of speed, and before he could react, the hybrid demon delivered a knee to Zeus' guts, causing the Norse god to spit out blood, before black ice engulfed Shadow's fist, and he used it to punch Zeus' face, causing the black ice to instantly encase the right half of Zeus' face, before chilling wind surrounded Shadow's legs, and due to the ice encasing the side of his face, Zeus couldn't react as Shadow delivered a series of brutal Savate-style kicks, with each part of Zeus' body that Shadow hits gets encased in black ice instantly. Shadow then finished his combo with a powerful punch, which was so powerful that it sent Zeus flying to the sky, with said god being completely immobilized to even move a limb due to the ice covering most, if not all of his body. Tsukuyomi then flashed its crimson red wings that were made out of magic, with the massive aura swirling around said Persona's master, to which it caused Shadow to smirk in excitement.

"Tsukuyomi..."

He then rose his arms, as Tsukuyomi's wings started to even get larger, so large that it engulfed the infinite-sized dimension of the Monochrome Forest.

"...Abyssal Wings!"

Shadow's roar provoked the right eye of Izanagi to swing its wings at the flying form of Zeus, who was completely defenseless, as the 2 magic wings of Darkness Energy was about to clap him from both sides.

"CURSE YOU, SHADOW OTSUTSUKI!"

Zeus could only roar in anger as the two wings of Darkness magic slammed into him at massive speeds, which in turn created a massive crimson explosion that engulfed the entire Monochrome Forest, covering it in blood red light.

A few seconds passed, with Shadow standing impassive as ever, with his cold face plastered on his face. Tsukuyomi was gone from behind him, and Zeus was nowhere to be found.

Shadow stood in the middle of the carnage, before letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. It was simply...Normal for him. He already knew that Zeus was going to betray him.

Well, back to being the Independent Godslayer.

"?!"

Suddenly, Shadow heard the mysterious voice echoing once again for the second time ever since he entered the Monochrome Forest.

"I Am Thou...Thou Art I..."

"Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."

"It Shalt Be The Key To Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."

"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Hunger...Granting Thee...Infinite Power..."

"Thou Shalt Be Bestowed With The Ability To Summon Magatsu-Izanagi...The Ultimate Persona...Of The Hunger Arcana..."

And after the chant ended inside his brain, the image of what looked like Yu's Izanagi, but was dyed crimson blood from head to toe appeared in Shadow's mind, before fading away.

Shadow sighed once again, gazed on the Monochrome Forest dimension one last time, and then snapped his finger, causing a spherical pale purple portal to open in thin air, before he walked towards it, vanishing inside it.

The portal itself closed soon as Shadow entered it, vanishing in thin air.

---

At the same time. The Makai Realm

"Neat...The Makai Realm. Reminds me of Lucifer's dimension"

It was Hito who made that comment.

It hasn't been minutes ever since he, Kazuya and Aleph entered the Makai Realm, and it was completely boring. The castle of the Makai Realm king...Or queen whatever they were, was poorly guarded, and the Demi-Fiend wanted some action.

He felt a potent magical force right in the end of the castle, at one of the rooms. Seven strong readings to be exact. He felt that maybe...Just maybe...

"...It's not as boring as it seems" He muttered.

"Huh? You said something, Hito-san?" Aleph asked snapping the Demon from his daze.

"Oh...Nothing" He said back, before the three advanced towards the farther room of the castle, where the potent magical energy resided behind massive doors. The 3 Messiahs stood in silence in front of the doors, blinking silently, before Kazuya was the one to break the ice.

"So...I can feel some menacing aura behind these doors...Should we even enter?" Kazuya asked.

"Duh! You two were the ones who agreed on that stranger's plans!" Hito exclaimed in anger to both Kazuya and Aleph, to which both of them held their hands up in mock surrender at his angry face.

"Why don't you enter?"

"?!"

The three Messiahs then looked at the direction of the voice, which was from behind the giant doors, where said doors opened slowly, revealing a massive room, with a throne in its center, with 2 figures sitting on said throne: A male holding a female in his embrace, where said female was sitting on his lap.

The male appeared to be in his early 30s, with a slender build, asymmetrical shaggy black hair, demon horns that resembled that of a ram sporting from thee two sides of his forehead, and crimson red eyes. His outfit consisted of a pair of black pants, with his upper half completely naked and bare, revealing his toned and muscular figure.

The second figure was a female, a young fair-skinned woman, with crimson red eyes, blonde hair in swirling ringlet pigtails, blue eyeshadow, pink lipstick, pink nail polish and two ram-like horns sporting from the two sides of her head. Her outfit, if one would call it an outfit, consisted of black stripes and lines that traveled all around her body, with some lines covering her private parts, namely her nipples and lower private part, which in turn showed her D-cup breasts and cleavage into view for all to see.

"So...The Makai Realm doesn't offer very much interesting stuff, but i think that it's really interesting, considering the fact that there were five other power readings. Your hiding something you two" Hito said with a slight smirk, before walking slowly towards the two new figures, who simply smirked at him calmly, not even getting intimidated by him cracking his neck.

"My my...It seems that our intruders are a little bit rough here..." The blonde female exclaimed with her calm smile still plastered on her face, with the man's smirk widening even more.

"Hey! We're not here as intruders! We just want to ask about a person here..." Aleph tried to reason with them, but the smirk that the two held in front of them didn't even help.

"Save it for yourself!"

"?!"

And right after this shout, three figures burst out from the darkness that filled the dim room, with one of said figures charging at the advancing Hito, who just smirked at this, before using his hand to block what appeared to be a sharp weapon, before he pushed away the owner of the weapon, who disappeared in the shadows once again, and the Demi-Fiend could swear that he heard a yelp of a female soon afterwards.

At the side of both Kazuya and Aleph, both were forced to jump backwards as their two opponents jumped at them, with their fists connected to the ground, showing their figures to the two Messiahs.

The first was a male, around 17 years old, who had an oddly pink skin, black eyes, short light pink hair, pointy long ears that held several small black piercings on their lengths, a black flame shaped tattoo on his left cheek with a zodiac circle that held the shape of a star inside it, two, small pointy devil horns sported from the top of his head and his nails were black, elongated and sharp as if they were claws. His outfit consisted of a black, one-piece, tight jumpsuit, which had a hole in the torso part, showing the young male's six packs, with two black combat boots.

The second was a female, who was rather...Breathtaking. She was around the same age as the male with her, and had a slightly tan skin, emerald green eyes, vibrant red hair that was tied into two circles and is given the shape of two pig tails, with two small devil horns sporting from the two sides of her head. Her outfit was rather revealing, consisting of a black leather tank top with red streaks that covered the upper half of her torso, showing a huge deal of her D-cups cleavage, and leaving the lower part of her torso completely exposed, revealing a pink heart-shaped tattoo with angel wings surrounding it around her belly button, a black thong that covered her lower region, with small wrist cloths wrapping around her wrists, which were connected to her fingers through the middle finger and high knee socks that had the shape of a heart at the beginning of her thighs where she was barefooted, two black bandannas on her biceps, another two thin bandannas worn on her forearms, a black choker around her neck that sported a small diamond-like ornament, and she had two pink bat wings on her back, and her appearance was completed by a long, pink, devil tail.

"How about you defend yourselves, intruders?" The female said with what looked like an oddly seductive voice, with Kazuya blushing a little bit, before shaking his head off the rather...Lewd thoughts that invaded his mind, before wiping out his sword, Futsu Mitama, which was a sword with no guard, and had a golden yellow hilt and its pummel was shaped in the form of a circle that had what looked like a golden arrow-like object in its center, with the blade cackling yellow lightning.

"Your on!" The female exclaimed before charging towards Kazuya. The female slashed with her claws at the human, but Kazuya managed to block it, before pushing her away. She then spread her wings to her sides, before said wings burst into a horde of bats, then it merged into her fist, with said limb being aimed towards Kazuya. Her fist then glowed light pink, before she roared out.

"Soul Fist!" She exclaimed before firing a large pink ball of energy, making Kazuya's grip on his sword tighten.

"Crescent Slice!" He roared before swinging his sword two times, causing two crescent-shaped arcs of energy to appear, before they were sent towards the female demon's attack, and the two attacks cancelled each other, creating a smokescreen that obstructed the views of the two combatants.

On another side, Aleph was fairing with the the young male demon, blocking a claw slash from the demon with Death Colt, his black, dual, colt guns infused with mana. Aleph then swung his guns, before aiming his guns at the demon.

"Myriad Arrows!" He exclaimed before pulling the triggers of his guns, unleashing glowing blue energy arrows from his guns, which headed towards the demon in front of him, where Aleph noticed that his legs were suddenly covered in what looked like lava, before jumped off his feet, break dancing on the floor, hitting the arrows with his lava-clad legs, either swatting them away, or making them explode upon contact, before standing on his feet, witnessing Aleph's confused, yet amazed stare.

"Wow...This is something" Aleph said, which caused the pink-haired demon to flash a friendly toothy grin on him.

"Heh. Thank you. Your not bad either when handling magic. Despite the fact that you are a human" The demon said.

"May i have the pleasure of knowing your name?" Aleph asked with a friendly smile.

"Name's Soriel Nen. And you?" Soriel answered before asking the same question to Aleph.

"My name is Aleph. I'm pleased to meet your acquaintance" Aleph said bowing respectfully to his opponent.

"Now with introductions out of the way, shall we continue?" Soriel asked, taking a fighting stance, before his hair turned dark blue, with his ears becoming even longer and pointy.

"Wait! We don't have to fight! Can't we just talk?!" Aleph asked waving his hands in front of him as a sign of meaning no harm. However, his desperate request fell on deaf ears, as Soriel, with a jagged, arm blade-shaped katar in his left hand caught in a reverse grip, charged at Aleph, with blue fire blazing in his right hand.

At the same time, Hitoshura was staring at the shadows inside the large throne room. He kept on narrowing his eyes at a certain spot where his assaulter was, before he casually tilted his head to his left side, evading a straight, orange whip, which attached itself to one of the walls behind the Demi-Fiend, separating both Kazuya and the female demon from charging at each other, to which both held comical horrified looks on their faces, having almost got hit by the whip. The female demon then opted a comical angry look on her face, before looking at her side, particularly where the whip came from.

"Alice! Watch out with this thing, dammit!" The female demon yelled in anger, before the whip contracted itself and flew back towards the shadows, before a figure came out from the shadows, revealing itself to everyone present in the room.

It was a small girl, around 15. She had light blue hair with a small tint of green color in it that was tied in the form of long, flowing twin tails with two small bat wings-like dolls, with black bat barrette attached to her bangs, and blazing, bright red eyes that looked like glowing fire balls. Her outfit consisted of a black short dress, with a belt for a skirt and silver circles down the front. Her dress also has brown holsters that are attached like wings on her back, an orange and black striped whip that is hanged behind her like a tail, black armbands with small wings on her upper arms, black gloves with orange square designs near the tip that resemble fingernails, tight thigh-high stockings and ankle-high boots with broken heart designs towards the top on her legs, an orange interlaced band on her right leg, a small orange belt connected with a garter to the stocking on her left thigh, and a tight choker necklace with a chain loop in the back. In her hands were a pair of highly customized Mauser C96 auto-pistols, with a long knife blade attached to the bottom of the handle of each gun, with the right gun being blue in color, while the left gun was silver.

For what seemed to be a minute, but in fact were a few seconds, Hito's eyes widened slightly, with a small pink blush appearing on his cheeks. The girl in front of him looked at her enemy for a few seconds, before her eyes widened as well, with a pink blush appearing on her face as her eyes traveled up and down, looking at Hito's bare and muscular torso, which held his Demon tattoos, which startled her, as both looked at each in silence and wide eyes, with the man and woman that were sitting on the throne chuckling and giggling respectively at that scene.

"Who are you...?" The girl, who is known as Alice, whispered.

"Who ARE you...?" Hitoshura shot the question back at her with the same whispering tone, and neither of them both said anything afterwards, only staring at each other, while the female demon and Kazuya were watching with dumbfounded expressions on their faces, where Soriel and Aleph were busy trading blows with each other.

"My my. Youth sure are cute when they love at first sight. Right, Vincent?" The female blonde asked her husband, whose named was revealed to be Vincent, which made the demon snicker.

"Yup. Love at first sight sure is something, Catherine" Vincent answered the woman, now known as Catherine.

"Gotcha!"

"?!"

And in the moments of distraction, Kazuya let his guard down, only for the female demon to spread her wings wide open to her sides, before said wings burst into a colony of tendrils, which lashed at Kazuya, wrapping around the human, restraining him by folding his arms and tying them behind his back, tying his legs together, and wrapping around his torso to restrain his movements. She then neared Kazuya's restrained form, who was flailing to free himself from the tentacles, but in vain, as the female demon neared him with a look that can only be described as the one that a woman would have when she is in heat, and needs to...

"BAD THOUGHTS! BAD THOUGHTS!" Kazuya thought trying to shun away the bad thoughts while closing his eyes tightly. However, he couldn't control himself as his eyes widened when he felt a pair of gentle hands cupping his face into them, and when his eyes opened from the sudden physical contact, they were met by the eyes of the female demon, who was blushing heavily and her breath was clearly visible from her mouth as her emerald green eyes stared directly at Kazuya's.

"W..What the...?!" Kazuya trembled as his cheeks suddenly felt hot and turned completely red as her face was inches from his, and her lips were releasing warm breaths that brushed on his own face, causing chills to run down his spine, with the female demon holding a lust-ridden desperate grin on her face.

"Your...Haah...So cute...For a human..." The female demon said with a shaky voice, causing the poor Kazuya to try and avert his head from her, with his brain now on overdrive from the increase of the desire of lust inside of him as the female demon ran her hands around his clothed body until she reached his lower region, and before she could do anything...

"Nyra! That's enough!"

"?!"

Stepping out of the shadows of the castle was a beautiful woman, with black bat wings behind her back, emerald green eyes, green hair that reached past her shoulders, and two bat wings that sported from the top of her head. Her outfit consisted of a black and purple jumpsuit that revealed both her shoulders and the upper part of her cleavage, with bat-shaped figures on the legs region of said outfit, alongside black boots and two purple armlets that was connected to her fingers through the middle finger.

The woman stood from the shadows, causing even Soriel to stop from slashing at Aleph, where the blue fire in his palm stopped flaring and disappeared, where everyone stopped fighting and looked at her, even Vincent and Catherine looked at her as well.

"Mom!" Nyra exclaimed to the new figure, who walked towards her with a slight glare on her face.

"How many times i told you? Do not attack strangers. This is unacceptable. Now release our visitor now" The woman scolded Nyra, who, with a pout, snapped her finger, causing the tentacles that were wrapped around Kazuya to release him, then return back to Nyra's back, reforming once again as her pink bat wings.

"I am sorry. But it seems that some people don't know how to control kids" The woman said giving a glare to both Vincent and Catherine. She then noticed the three newcomers, before giving them a smile.

"Pardon me. My name is Morrigan Aensland, Queen of the Makai Realm's Yetzilah's District. Pleasure is all mine" Morrigan said introducing herself with a bow.

...The look on your face and your way of speaking implies that you already know about us coming" Hito said with a stoic look on his face.

"I was given a message by Serafall Leviathan from the Underworld regarding you three. I take it that you are here for Alice-chan?" Morrigan asked, before pointing at the girl that returned to stare at Hito with wide eyes and a drooling mouth, causing both Kazuya and Aleph to sweatdrop.

"And...Can you mind taking both Soriel and Nyra with you?" Morrigan asked, causing the two in question to look at her, followed by Alice, who snapped out from her dazed daydreaming look.

"Why would we have to go? We don't even know them, mom" Nyra said.

"And i don't know anything about them in the first place" Alice said.

"Alice-chan. According to Serafall-dono, she knows the location of your mother" Morrigan said to Alice, causing the child's eyes to widen, before looking at the Messiah trio, directing her gaze at them, where they stood silent, not even twitching an eyebrow.

"Also, Soriel and Nyra. This is a chance for you two to go to the outside world. Soriel, i know that you know about the outside world, so i want you to teach Nyra about it" Morrigan said to both Soriel and Nyra.

"But...My mother..." Soriel said with a shaky voice.

"Have no worries. I will tell Nen about it. Besides, she is already in the human world. I heard that she plans to sign a peace treaty between the human world, the Makai Realm, Heaven and the Underworld" Morrigan said, causing Soriel to gasp.

"Mother is in the human world?!" He nearly yelled out.

"Why do i feel that we have been left completely out of it...?" Kazuya muttered out.

"It is also a chance to show Nyra the human world. And a chance for both of you to see your other aunt and Alice's mother. I also heard that she had a boy that is older than Alice-chan as well" Morrigan continued her speech.

"...The human world?" Nyra trailed in her own speech.

"Mom?! A brother of mine?!" Alice blurted out in shock.

"So you are Alice? It was that guy named Shadow who called for you and sent us to you" Aleph said.

"Oh! So it's Shadow-kun? Lewis told me that she will name her 1st son this name" Catherine said.

"And my brother's name is Shadow...?" Alice asked herself, before directing her stare at Hitoshura and his two companions.

"Take me with you. Show me where my brother and mother are" She said.

"We only know about your brother, so we will lead you to him so that our job would be over. A shame that i didn't have a fight here..." Hito said with a hint of disappointment.

"I will pack right away" Alice said before running towards a farther corner of the darkness inside the wide throne room. After a minute or so, she appeared, with a small bag in her hand.

"That was fast" Kazuya said.

"Okay. Soriel, Nyra, you two go with Alice to meet your cousin, as well as meet your aunt and see the human world" Morrigan said.

"But...Mother..." Soriel started to say, but was cut off by Morrigan.

"Don't worry. I will tell her that you are there. Also, i, alongside Vincent and Catherine will be there as well for the peace truce in the human world. So it's safe for you" Morrigan answered, causing Soriel to let out a sigh he didn't know he was holding.

"Okay. Now that the chit-chat is done, let's roll our asses out of here" Hito said, before he, alongside the two other Messiahs, and the 3 human-succubus hybrids (Incubus in case of Soriel) walked out from the castle room. After the massive doors were shut, Morrigan looked at both of Catherine and Vincent, who held calm smiles on their faces.

"Things are about to become very interesting..."

---

At the same time. The Human World

"Maaaaaan...They forgot about me. Well, i should have seen this coming..."

Ryuji knew that it was all of him to blame. He was the one that woke up late, and the fact that he didn't like the idea of going in a suit was another reason that he didn't go.

Letting out a sigh, Ryuji slumped into the coach, yanking his head up and stared at the ceiling. He began to think about what the future would hold for them. Just because they were all living together now doesn't mean that they will be living forever.

And on that note, he began to think what would happen ahead, and what were the future plans of others are.

Ren considered going to the university after finishing high school, Ann was going to become a model, Makoto was going to be a police woman, Futaba still had a long way to decide, Yusuke is already working as an artist and gaining his living out of it, and Sumire, who was the only one out of the Phantom Thieves that was not with them, was already making her living out of her skills as a pallet dancer.

As for the Investigation Team, Ryuji heard that Yu can work as a detective with his uncle, who was the lead detective of the Inaba town, Chie was going to become a police woman like Makoto, Yosuke already had his job in the Inaba's Junes Department Store, Yukiko had her job as the future owner of the Amagi Inn, Kanji was already working in his mother's textile shop, Rise was already gaining herself a fortune from her job as the famous idol Risette, Teddie is already working with Yosuke, and Naoto is already a detective in Inaba, so that would mean that she, Chie and Yu will meet up every now and then.

Just looking at Naoto reminded him of Akechi. While he did hate him, he still sympathized with him, as he understood what it means to see his mother committing suicide due to the despair that resulted from his trash of a father.

That aside, as for S.E.E.S, Minato and Minako were talking about opening a CD and music shop, Mitsuru was already the leader of the great Kirijo group, one of the greatest companies in Japan, Akihiko was working as a police man, and even participating in boxing championships at the same time, Junpei was leading a baseball team for teens, Chidori was talking about getting married to Junpei after they finish high school, Yukari was working as the actress and fictional character Featherman R Ranger, and Fuuka was working as a secretary for Mitsuru in the Kirijo group due to her experience in computers and machines.

As for the new addition to Team Oblivion, The Great 12, they were all bounty hunters, having gained a massive fortune out of their bounty hunting for 5 years inside that place called the Elemental Nations, but in the past 3 months, they all had been fascinated by the lights of the city...Well, only Naruko, Jean, Menma, Tamamo and the absent Shadow were the ones that were fascinated by the lights of modern technology. And excluding Shadow, each one for them had their own future ambition. For example, Naruko considered becoming a police woman like Akihiko, Makoto and Chie, and with her absurd strength, Ryuji saw that nothing can stop her, Menma and Jean agreed on making a blacksmith shop alongside a section for creative stuff like sculptures, with Yusuke and Kanji volunteering to help, Kokoro and Accel were going to open a pharmacy, and Ryuji himself saw this working out, considering the fact that both of those two were actually super geniuses, Misogi, Shiki and Lucy, who were the masters of assassinations in the team, knew about human anatomy, which made Kokoro and Accel ask them for their help in their pharmacy, Dragon wanted to become a boxing champion, even asking for training with Akihiko for that, not that she needed the training, though, as Akihiko would always come bruised and battered from their training sessions, Blue thought of opening a pet shop, considering the fact that Ryuji heard of him that he was a Pokémon trainer, and Tamamo shamelessly and baldly declared to Ryuji that she is training on becoming a proper housewife so that she can get married to Jean in the future, something that she made Ryuji swear to him to keep it a secret from Jean.

Finally, comes the Demon Summoners. Nozomi stated that she was going to be a photographer, Gaston loved the idea of being a police man, with Navarre stating that he can become his secret spy due to the fact that he is a ghost, Flynn and Isabeau were going to settle for getting married after Isabeau declared her feelings of love for Flynn last night, and Nanashi, Asahi, Hallelujah and Toki had a long way to decide, just like Futaba.

So in conclusion, other than Shadow, who was the only only that Ryuji didn't ask about his own future plans, the only one who hasn't decided for their own future was Ryuji himself. He actually didn't know. He can enter the Olympic championships for sprinting, considering the fact that Shadow was able to heal his crippled leg, making it even better than before, but Ryuji himself felt something was missing.

It was...Something, or someone that he wanted to live for. Like how Ren once told him that he was fighting for the sake of him and the other Phantom Thieves, or Yu, who was fighting for the sake of his team, and he was sure that the same goes for Minato, as Mitsuru has told them about both him and Minako saving the whole world at the cost of their lives. Even Shadow has shown with his actions that he won't think twice about putting his life on the line for their own sake, and Ryuji was sure that Shadow's overprotective attitude would increase upon knowing that he was one of the leaders of the newly made Team Oblivion.

But for Ryuji, he never thought about it. Everyone were being thanked around him, but he would only thank others. It annoyed him that he couldn't do anything. It felt like the solution to this was to find someone that would thank him. Someone who he will do anything and risk his own life for.

"Ugh...How would have thought that i will be thinking that deep?" Ryuji asked no one in particular, scratching his head with both hands. He then threw his arms to the sides of the sofa, letting out a deep sigh while looking at the ceiling once again. A growling sound suddenly echoed, causing Ryuji to sit straight, gently placing a hand on his stomach.

"Huh...No use thinking on an empty stomach...It's time for a trip to the Ramen shop" He said, before standing up and marching to the door, opening it and getting out of the huge villa.

Little did Ryuji know, that his wish would come true in this day...

---

Outside in Kuoh Town. A public Bathroom

"Ha! A bitch like you holding this money!"

"Whoa! Look at her! She's coming the more we hit her pregnant stomach!"

"Please! I'm begging you! My baby will die! Stop!"

No matter how much she begged, those high scholars won't stop kicking her womb and humiliating her.

No matter how much she begged, they didn't stop, up to the extent that they took pictures of her while kicking her stomach. Someone even shoved a Coke bottle up her lower lips, showing absolutely no mercy, no kindness, with their own faces twisted in evil smiles.

With 1 last kick to the face, the girl's face burst in blood, and the beating stopped, with the high scholars stealing all of her money and going away after getting bored.

After a few seconds after they left, the girl shakily stood up to her feet, battered and bruised, before blood gushed out from her crotch. She didn't seem to care though. Just staring to the ceiling with her bruised eyes.

"It's okay...It's okay..." She muttered to herself, before using what little strength she had to pull herself further inside the bathroom, away from the lockers section where she hid her money in one of the vaults in it for safe keeping.

She stood in front of one of the mirrors, using the bath tube as a support for her weight as she could barely stand after all the beating she took. She looked at her bruised, tanned face with her blue eyes, and also looked at her dark blonde hair, with some of her teeth being no longer here, as the bleaching her hair was faded away from the crown of her head, revealing a small portion of black hair.

She placed her hands in one of the pockets of her ragged trench coat, which was her only clothing, and took out a pair of broken, rectangular-shaped glasses, putting them on. She stared at the mirror, seeing a reflection of herself with her bruised face and eyes, where her face morphed into that where she had her hair in the form of black braids. Not a second later and she started to cry and sob openly, screeching as her lungs and throat gave up from the fatigue and beating that she took.

Her legs gave up on her, causing her to fall on her rear end on the ceramic floor of the public bathroom she was in, using the wall as a support to her back. She then placed her hand into the other pocket of her trench coat, taking out a handful of small plastic packets that held white powder in them, as well as multiple injection needles that held liquid in them.

"This time...I will use all of it in one go..." She muttered before using all the injection needles in her hand to stab her own arm with it, before pressing on all of them at once, causing her to gasp as the massive dose of heroin entered her body. Her vision suddenly became blurry, and she felt life being taken away from her.

The last thing she could do was to smile on the dream of her baby that will never be born being born to life, and her life being better.

The glasses on her smiling face fell off, as she knew that this dream won't come true, but she still clung to hope, even in her death.

...

...

...

...Yes...

...Hope...

---

At the same time. In the streets of Kuoh Town

"This day sure shapes itself in front of me...1/2 an hour in front of a huge crowd and in the end, no miso Ramen..."

Ryuji was right. His day was pretty weird. Up to the extent that he didn't even have neither breakfast nor lunch.

And on top of that, just thinking about it made him feel hungry. His stomach even won't stop growling.

Sighing out loud in defeat, Ryuji turned his head to the side, seeing a public bathroom to his side. He then started to remember that he didn't even enter the bathroom to wash his face.

Maybe that's why the cook in the Ramen shop looked at him with a disgusted look.

The blonde then strolled towards the public bathroom, entering and upon doing so, he was greeted by a shocking sight.

"What the hell?!"

...A girl that looked around the same age as him was sitting on the floor, closing her eyes with a smile on her face, and beside her was packets of drugs and injection needles, with a pair of broken glasses that had blood on them lying in front of her crotch that was dripping blood.

Panicking at the sight, Ryuji made a mad dash towards the unconscious girl, placing his ear on her chest, only to hear a faint pulse, indicating that this girl was alive, but was hanging on by a thread. The blonde then reached for his pockets, trying to find anything from the loot they gathered in their previous quests as Phantom Thieves in Mementos and the Metaverse. He then released a sigh of relief upon finding what he wanted. He then took out a blue can of soda, namely the Amrita Soda, before kneeling towards the girl, and pouring the drink in her dry throat, but due to her being completely crippled, she choked on the drink, causing Ryuji to grit his teeth, not from anger, but in fear and desperation, as he watched the girl in front of him dying. An idea suddenly popped inside his head, which made him look around to make sure that nobody other than himself and the girl in his arms were there in the public bathroom. And once he made sure that the coast was clear, he placed some of the Amrita Soda inside of his mouth, before slamming his lips into that of the girl's, effectively forcing her to drink the antidote.

As this was happening, the girl was able to slowly open her eyes, feeling the poisons from the drugs slowly fading away, with the first sight that her tired eyes caught was Ryuji locking lips with her. In the midset of this, she felt something that she has never felt before.

It was...Warmth.

Reacting on reflex, she weakly used one of her arms to pull Ryuji's head further in towards her, effectively deepening their unintentional kiss, which in turn caused Ryuji to widen his eyes in surprise at this, where he went in a slight daze from the shock, which briefly threw his mind towards a world of fantasial pleasure. He was, however, snapped out from his daydreaming when he noticed that the drug he gave her had its effects activated, as the girl's skin suddenly started to become even lighter in color, before it became fair white in its complex, and her blonde hair slowly had its color fading, only to reveal its new color, which was onyx black.

After witnessing this, Ryuji broke from their lip lock, before shoving both his hands into his pockets, panickingly looking for another item. He let out a small sigh of relief upon taking out a specific small bottle, which was closed by a small piece of cork, and held a white liquid substance in it, almost resembling milk. He then took out the cork with his mouth and spat it away, before pouring the contents of the Soma in his mouth, before he gently held the girl's head by his hands, followed by slamming his lips into hers, placing the drink into her mouth forcefully. The girl herself seemed to be completely in her dream realm, as she seemed to enjoy the lip lock between her and Ryuji.

Ryuji then separated his mouth from the girl's, before wiping his mouth with his sleeve. He then watched as the effects of the Soma kicked in, as the stomach of the girl started to become smaller until it regressed back to her beautiful slim posture, before her wounds started to fade at a rapid pace, and her missing teeth grew back quickly, alongside her skin turning from tanned brown to fair white and her hair turned from blonde to onyx black, with her being unconscious.

This made Ryuji opt an awestruck look on his face, as the unconscious girl in front of him was extremely beautiful and beyond all measurements of beauty, before slapping himself on his cheeks with both of his palms to snap into reality. He then dropped to his knees, gently placed a hand on the girl's back to hoist her up, and placed an ear on her chest. He then sighed in relief, letting out a breath he didn't know that he was holding, as he heard a faint heartbeat coming out from her chest.

Ryuji then stood up, and peaked outside the bathroom, making sure there was not anyone around, considering the fact that it was afternoon, and surprisingly, the population in the streets tend to increase in that time more than daytime.

Upon making sure that there was no one around the public bathroom, Ryuji took off his purple hoodie and wrapped it around the unconscious girl, before carrying her bridal style. He then marched towards the bathroom's exit, before running as fast as he could outside of it, using his experience as a Phantom Thief to evade crowds so that no one would call the police upon witnessing him carrying a naked unconscious girl in his arms.

Life sure was interesting. Ryuji was just complaining about finding something or someone to live for a while ago.

Little did the Phantom Thieves' Chariot Arcana wielder know, that his wish came true upon his heroic act of saving this homeless girl.

---

A few minutes later. The Oblivion Mansion

"Whoo...Never ran like that ever since my time in the track team in Shujin Academy"

He was right. Ryuji saw himself as a hero right now.

Not only did he ran with a near-to-death naked female, but he also ran faster than he was at his time in Shujin Academy's track team.

And right now, he had a completely naked beauty right on his bed, who is hugging his hoodie tightly.

But what made Ryuji worry even more is the fact that her cheeks were burning hot, and she was breathing heavily.

Her breathing suddenly started to be even more fast, and her body started to sweat at a crazy route, and with each breath she released, Ryuji's panic grew even more.

He didn't know what to do. He wasn't a doctor, and he knew nothing in nursing, but he speculated that even when she drank the Amrita Soda, it cured the current overdose that she took before he came to rescue her, but judging by the fact that she was still suffering from drugs aftereffects, the Amrita Soda didn't cure the previous drug doses that she took, which indicated that she had lots of drugs in her life, maybe even on a daily basis.

Ryuji gritted his teeth. He felt completely useless. Ever since the Phantom Thieves were established, and he swore to save the innocent from the clutches of the abusive individuals and dictators, but right now, he couldn't even save a girl in real life. He was nothing without his powers as a Phantom Thief.

How can he say that he was a hero of justice if he can't save a girl from death?

"Do you wish to save her...?"

"?!"

In his grief, Ryuji heard a voice echoing in his ears. He whipped his head around him to find the source of the voice, but to no avail. He then felt a malicious energy source coming out of the room, to which he followed, leaving the unconscious girl inside his room.

Ryuji followed the energy source, running as fast as his tired legs could take him.

"Do you wish to be useful to someone...?"

The voice echoed inside Ryuji's head, but he didn't pay it any attention. He was just focusing on trailing the source of energy inside the mansion. Even with sweat falling from his forehead and all around his whole body like a waterfall and with his own legs screaming from pain and exhaustion, threatening to give up on him at anytime, he still ran as fast as he could.

"Then come ahead and seek the path that will lead you to this future..."

As the voice echoed this last phrase, Ryuji stopped in front of the source of the mysterious energy, panting heavily with sweat running down his whole body, witnessing his own reflection on said source.

His confusion soon rose to its highest degrees, even with all of that fatigue on his entire body, Ryuji was extremely confused that the source of the energy...Was none other than the huge 40 inches flat screen that was located in the living room of the mansion.

"...What the hell? What is that supposed to mean?" He asked no one in particular. Suddenly, he felt something weird inside him that told him to touch the TV screen with his hand, which in turn caused his hand to unconsciously move towards the screen, and as soon as his fingers touched the TV...

"W-WHAT THE FUCK?!"

...His hand phased through the TV.

Ryuji couldn't believe what he was seeing. His hand phased right through the TV...Simple as that.

...

...

...

...Well, it wasn't that weird compared to what he had been through, but it should be noted that he is still a human being, not a god or something like it.

"If you wish to save this girl, come and meet me at the house of lust..."

"?!"

The booming voice this time was that of a girl, and this time, the voice came out of the TV, causing Ryuji to recoil in surprise, yanking his hand out of the TV, and just as he did so, the screen suddenly showed static, confusing Ryuji even more, considering the fact that the TV was turned off, and before he knew it, the screen lighted up, and showed a rather weird picture.

It was of that of what looked like an abandoned mansion, like the one that can be found in horror movies...

But...Something felt rather...Off.

Ryuji suddenly gasped when a figure appeared in front of the screen. Upon close inspection of the new character, only one thing came to his mind.

"This chick...Looks like a hooker..."

And he was right. Right in front of him was a girl that had the same posture as the girl that he had in his room, but the differences were extremely major. The girl in the screen had a burnt tan skin, blonde hair, wore a pink revealing skirt and a white tank top, where those two garments did nothing to hid her cleavage, barely clinging to thin strings of cloth on her own body, tattoos on her face and legs, pink high heeled boots, pink painted nails, and piercings located in her ears, nose, and her belly button.

The same shape of the girl with him before he gave her the cures, but without the pregnant stomach.

The only similarity between this girl and that girl that he saved is that both had the same blue eyes and the same body posture.

"Hello~And welcome to our new program: The Ultimate Fuck House!"

Once this phrase sunk deep inside Ryuji's head, he cringed and gasped comically, barely tripping on his feet.

"Today, i'm going to do the most daring and most greatest thing that can kill off every innocence of every male: I am going to be gang-raped! I'm your host: Saki Yoshida!"

At this, Ryuji felt sick to the bones. Just the words made him feel that he was about to throw up at this instant.

"Ah...Sex...I can feel those males ravaging my with their meat rods...The thrill of being treated as an animal...Being shown no mercy...This is what i live for..."

The way that the girl blushed, and how she swayed her hips while placing her palms on her cheeks in thrill and excitement made Ryuji realize that this girl was batshit insane.

"I even came prepared! I am not wearing any underwear beneath my clothes, and i'm completely horny! I'm gonna make sure that this will be the experience of a lifetime!"

Ryuji just sweatdropped in this, and butterflies started to play inside his stomach. He then reached for the plug of the TV and pulled it off, only to realize that this was a useless move as the TV didn't turn off.

"Well, it was turned off to begin with..."

"But it is boring, you know...We need to make it even more challenging...Oh! I know! A bombshell idea had just struck my brain! How about this: The first person who reaches me will be rewarded by being the first one to ravish my body! Who know?! I might become their own personal slave! I will be waiting inside this mansion for whoever comes first! Well then, here i go!"

The last thing that Ryuji saw was the girl bouncing happily towards the mansion, before the screen turned completely dark, indicating that the turned off TV got...Turned off.

Letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding, Ryuji got close to the TV, reaching out to it with his hand, only to have his hand phase through it. At that instant, Ryuji thought out loud of something.

"Maybe i can put more than just a hand or an arm..."

He just mumbled to himself, and proceeded to slowly enter, and what he noticed was really...Breathtaking.

To make short talk out of what he saw, it was like a part of paradise with tint of hell...

He couldn't help but think about that voice that he heard. He may not know that girl, but judging by her previous state, she was physically abused, and he would do anything to save a girl that he didn't know.

...

...

...

...He sighed.

He himself didn't know whether there were consequences of what he was about to do, but telling the truth, he could care less about what would happen to him comparing it to the girl that was trembling helplessly in pain in his room.

He had to make sure that he was doing the right thing.

He placed his hand into one of his pants pockets, and took out his phone, before pressing on the call button, then placing the phone on his ear. After a few seconds, another voice came out.

[Hello?]

His hand trembled while holding the phone. Ever since he came here, and it were a few countable times that he called her. He could feel his face heat up, and tears starting to build up.

[...Ryuji-kun?]

"Hey, mom..."

[Oh! It's you, honey! It's been a while! I'm so glad to hear your voice!]

He bit his lower lip, with a stream of tear running down his right eye.

[Sweetie...What's wrong? Are you crying?]

She could always feel him, even if she can't look at his face. In fact, she doesn't need to look at his face to know it.

[You can always tell mom what is worrying you]

He cleared his sore throat, and whipped the lone tear from his eye, before speaking.

"Mom. There is that friend of mine that has found a person that was close to death, and is trying to save her, but he is afraid that he might screw up. What do you think i should do to help him?"

Silence was the only answer Ryuji heard for the past few seconds, before the voice of his mother came out.

[You are always considerate and kind, even if it's for strangers, Ryuji-kun]

This time, tears came down both of his eyes, and he couldn't stop the hiccups that came out from his sobs.

[Ryuji-kun. You have had even worse hardships in your life. I know that because i'm your mother, and you already solved it. Don't worry, honey. You can do it]

This made Ryuji stop crying, having remembered his life in the past 2 years. as one of the Phantom Thieves, thinking about each and every heist they made to free others from jeopardy and injustice. Maybe there weren't acknowledged until later, but after saving the world 2 times over, he knew that it was actually a duty of his to do, and he shouldn't complain about it. He never did. He already accepted this power because he loved the idea of saving others, and bringing justice to the light.

Even if people found it illegal, he wasn't killing anyone.

"...Thanks, mom. That's all i wanted to hear"

[Anytime, son!]

And with that, Ryuji hung on his mother, and placed the phone in his pocket.

He then looked at the TV screen with a determined face, before flashing a toothy grin. Not a second later, and his body was covered in blue ethereal flames, before his Phantom Thief outfit appeared on his body, replacing his casual outfit.

And not another second later, he jumped inside the TV, phasing inside it.

"I will come back, mom! I promise!"

---

At the same time. Gremory Mansion. The Underworld

"Devour Them! Mephisto!"

[Nightcore OST - Cant Go To Hell]

And right after he said that, Blue was greeted with the sight of Riser charging at him, flames erupting from his form, and the dagger from back then was in his hand. He reached Blue and slashed with the knife, only for Mephisto to catch the knife with its hand, preventing it from harming its master. Mephisto's grin caused horror to course over Riser's heart, as he shook visibly while his arm was squeezed in the grip of the Persona. Blue took that as a chance, and engulfed his right fist in glowing red light.

"Fighting Aura: Dynamic Punch!" The Aspect of Gluttony roared out before slamming his glowing fist into Riser's guts, causing the Phenex to spit out blood, and for his eyes to threaten to shoot out from their sockets. He then grabbed a handful of Riser's hair, before swinging him with one hand towards Mephisto, who held a grinning face. Once Riser was in Mephisto's sight, the Persona of the Hunger Arcana punched the Phenex so hard to send him flying via a sonic boom that ruptured the ground beneath the Persona, sending chairs, tables and food plates flying into the air, with Riser crashing into one of the walls. He didn't even have a chance to rest, as Blue was right in mid air above him, with a sphere made out of ice in his hand.

Riser, seeing this, shot a fire ball from his hand, with Blue throwing the ball of ice at the same time. The two attacks collided, causing a mist screen to appear. Not a second later, and Blue was seen descending towards Riser, causing a gust of wind to blow the small mist screen, before a sonic boom echoed throughout the mansion as Blue descended on Riser's downed form, with his fist implanted right into his stomach, causing the ground to be completely pulverized underneath both Blue and Riser, with Riser's eyes threatening to shoot out from their sockets at anytime.

Blue didn't stop there, and proceeded to grab a handful of Riser's hair, before throwing him away towards multiple tables, crashing into said furniture.

"Mephisto! Mamudoon!" Blue roared out before multiple dark purple rune-like symbols appeared out from Mephisto's stretched hand and opened palm, before it released a dark purple beam of Darkness magic, which headed towards Riser, who clenched his teeth upon witnessing the threat, before he fired a beam of fire towards the Mamudoon spell, where the two attacks clashed, both wrestling for dominance. Not a minute later, and both attacks started glowing intensely.

"Everybody! Take cover!" Menma called out, before looking at Jean.

"Jean!" He called out to the blonde.

"I know!" Jean responded, before his right palm burst into blue ethereal flames, and the kanji of 'Emperor' appeared floating above his opened palm. A golden portal appeared at Jean's side, where he took out an English sword from it, with the portal disappearing shortly after. Jean then clenched the sword with his left hand and roared out.

"Enkidu!"

He then slammed the floating ethereal kanji with the sword, causing a glass break sound to echo, before Enkidu got summoned behind Jean in a burst of blue flames, and the moment the two attacks were about to explode, Enkidu had a circular shield, where the two attacks got drawn to it, being completely absorbed by said Persona.

"W-What the...?!" Rias could only gaze in shock at what happened.

"Enkidu. A Persona of the Emperor Arcana. The clay doll made by the gods to stop Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes. At his journey to the land of Uruk, he met a beautiful woman and was dazzled by its appearance, so he took her own facial looks to be just like her, and afterwards he faced Gilgamesh and the two eventually became friends, but the wrath of the gods descended upon Enkidu after the bull of Uruk was defeated by the combined efforts of both him and Gilgamesh due to the fact that Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar's marriage proposal, which led the gods to reduce Enkidu back to the pool of mud he was. Enkidu, by its nature as a Persona, can absorb both Fire and Darkness Magic to heal itself and its master, as well as reflect Lightning and Physical Attacks, but is weak to Wind Magic. That's how Jean was completely unaffected by those two attacks" Menma explained to everyone present around him.

"Wow...Menma-san...You sure know a lot..." Sona said in amazement.

"What can i say? For someone who is heads over heels for mythology and history, i'm someone who studies hard" Menma said with a sheepish smile on his face while scratching the back of his head.

"Is everyone okay?" Jean asked as Enkidu disappeared in a burst of blue flames from behind him.

"Yes. We are fine. Thanks, Jean" Yosuke replied with a grin, giving Jean a friendly wink.

"You...Shitty Human...How dare you...?" Riser gasped his angry words to Blue, who stood glaring at the Phenex.

Blue didn't respond. He just raised his right arm towards Riser, and opened his palm. Suddenly, a small, golden glowing cross appeared on both his palm and the back of his palm. It took Riser, and the other Devils a few seconds to register what happened, before they all gasped in shock and disbelief, gaining the attention of the humans with them.

"What's wrong?" Naruko asked raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"Is Blue-kun...An exorcist?" Rias whispered her question, still in shock at what she is seeing.

"Oh! That! Well, Blue had that ever since we met. He said something about how he got those powers by a beautiful woman while he was lying on the remains of his burned hometown" Jean said.

"I think that can count as an A.B.A" Misogi said with a light chuckle.

"A.B.A?" Serafall asked in confusion.

"Artificial Birth Ability. A Birth Ability that is not gained naturally. Mostly, Birth Abilities are gained through intense traumatic events, but there are some cases where someone can gain Birth Abilities through external methods. Like injecting someone with the cells of a Birth Ability owner, or being given this power. This is called an Artificial Birth Ability" Kokoro explained.

"Sorutir Tir"

"?!"

Blue's whisper echoed in the ears of the Devils and humans around him, before suddenly, two large gauntlets made out of light appeared floating around Menma, with one of said gauntlets holding a bow. Said gauntlet took aim with its bow, before the second gauntlet manifested dozens of arrows of light in its grasp, before firing them off towards Riser, who gasped in shock, before making his fire erupt around him to shield him from the arrows that were made out of light, but also traveled at the speed of light. Unfortunately for the Phenex, his fire couldn't do anything, as the light arrows easily blasted through the fire barrier Riser made like a hot knife cutting through butter, before all of those arrows found themselves implanted all around Riser's body. Even his head wasn't spared.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Riser roared in complete agony, before clenching his teeth as hard as he can, causing a part of his tooth to chip violently, before he roared in a mix of desperation, agony and anger, before catching the Concept Destroyer Knife from the ground as it fell after Blue was stabbed by it, and threw it towards Blue, only for Mephisto to catch it with its bare hand as it was mere inches from sticking itself into Blue's eye, before the Persona shattered it with its bare hands, flashing a devilish grin at Riser.

"Mephisto!..."

Blue took a deep breath, causing Riser to tense up at what is about to happen.

"...Darkness Terror!"

After shouting out the name of the strongest move Mephisto had, the Persona of the Hunger Arcana stretched both its hands to the side, before dark purple energy orbs made out of Darkness magic manifested in the Persona's hands. The two energy orbs lit up and started to glow even more, before Mephisto slammed both of them together, causing both orbs to merge into one single Darkness energy orb, before a dark purple energy beam shot out of it, and towards Riser.

"Oh shi-"

"DIE!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

The blast of Darkness magic erupted a massive hole in the mansion of the Gremory family, shaking the entire Underworld and what was beneath it, even the deepest parts of Hell felt it, including Cocytus.

After the aftermath smoke faded, it revealed Riser, completely battered and bruised, his clothes completely tattered and his wounds no longer healing, and was barely standing, with ragged breaths coming out from his mouth.

"Nuro Carena"

"?!"

And just as this was whispered, a massive purple black cross appeared on the ground, acting in the form of a shadow on the ground that crawled to Riser's feet, before various tentacles erupted from said shadow, lashing out at Riser's limbs, causing him to fall to his knees and restraining him in his place. Riser himself knew better, as even without those tentacles, he had no energy to even stand up.

Blue then came out of the hole formed in the wall, with Mephisto no longer behind him, having been dismissed, with his eyes glowing dark purple, glaring holes at Riser, who gritted his teeth in pain while glaring weakly at the Aspect of Gluttony, who reached with his cross-branded palm towards Riser, pointing it towards him.

"Mariam Tadib"

"?!"

And just as Blue whispered this, the cross in his palm emitted golden yellow light, before a massive bundle of light appeared above Riser's head, where it quickly formed itself in the shape of a building-sized structure of the Virgin Mary taking a prayer pose while on her knees, before said structure came skyrocketing down on Riser, before crushing him underneath its massive weight.

"No way! He gave light both mass and shape?! These powers...Can only be that of..." Sirzechs thought before gasping in shock upon realizing whose powers that Blue is using. He, alongside the others around him, including Devils and humans, then saw as the cross in Blue's palms turned from golden yellow to dark purple.

"Tres Bruja"

"?!"

Suddenly, the figure of Mary was instantly morphed into that of a soul reaper with a skull face, which was made out of dark purple light instead of golden yellow, before two other soul reaper figures made in the same shape and out of the same light appeared beside the first figure, further crushing Riser underneath the even more increased weight, with his mouth opened in a silent scream, with the ground being badly cracked underneath the massive weight.

Blue then clenched his fist, causing the figures to be slashed several times, before a massive explosion underneath the figures, causing said figures to shatter apart, before Riser was blown up to the sky, and Blue followed up by jumping towards him, until he was above his defenseless body, before two massive dark purple hands made out of dark energy appeared behind Blue, with a bow in one hand, and a dark purple energy arrow in the other hand, where Blue pointed his hand that held the ethereal cross towards Riser's airborne form.

"Dedravacion Flecha!"

This time, Blue yelled the name of his attack from the top of his lungs, before the two hands fired the energy arrow towards Riser, where said weapon pierced through Riser's abdomen, before it traveled downwards at neck-breaking speeds to the ground, and once it reached it, it engulfed Riser in a massive dark purple explosion that caused everyone that was watching to shield their eyes from the intense light.

A few seconds later, and the intense light faded, showing off the results.

The results was a massive, 10 km radius crater, with Riser lying on his face in the middle of it, his blazer and shirt completely obliterated, leaving his upper half naked, with only his tattered pants being the only thing that was covering his body.

He then gasped in pain as a foot suddenly got slammed to the side of his head, where said foot was that of Blue, who stood towering over the fallen form of Riser, who was hanging in for dear life by a thread, with what remained of him being under the mercy of the human that stomped him.

[End Music]

"How does it feel? To be in the same place i was in? Tell me, Yakitori" Blue said with a scary calm tone coming out of his mouth, where Riser could only grunt from having his head squashed to the ground. Blue then lifted his foot off his face, before grabbing him off the floor with one hand by the neck, with the other hand having a sword made out of water being materialized in it, with the sword being pointed towards Riser's head.

"I will end your misery" Blue whispered his words in a dark tone, and was about to pierce his skull until suddenly...

"Blue..."

"?!"

He heard the familiar voice of someone that he cherished the most in his life, and out of the corner of his eyes was her standing, and judging by the reactions of those who are around Blue, it seems that he was the only one that saw her.

She was the same as he knew her. Pale blonde straight hair, a green, one piece dress, emerald green eyes, and a ladylike stature and posture. His eyes watered a little upon seeing her.

"Daisy...?"

She simply smiled at him, with the same gentle smile that he can never forget or yank out of his mind.

[Persona 4 OST - Reverie]

"What are you going to do?" Daisy asked with her smile never leaving her face.

"What do you mean by that?! I'm avenging you and gramps!" Blue exclaimed his answer out loud.

"But you are not doing that for us. You are doing that for yourself" Daisy said.

"Huh?" Blue blurted out in confusion.

"You are in grief of losing us, but haven't you thought about what the future would hold with your own decision? Think about it" Daisy said.

"But this fucker killed you! I can never turn a blind eye from him!" Blue yelled out.

"Then what about this family? Haven't you thought about them?" Daisy asked as calm as ever.

Blue opened his mouth to answer, but neither words came out of his mouth, nor his head thought of any response to use. He then looked to the side, as everyone around him looked at him in a mixture of shock and confusion due to the display of his powers, as well as the fact that he was talking to thin air. He then looked to the side, only to see Ravel walking slowly towards him, with tears running down her cheeks like waterfalls, before she lifted her arm slowly and shakily towards Blue.

"Please...Stop..." She said between sobs, which caused Blue to opt a look of shock and confusion.

"Your decision...Is going to not only affect your enemy, but also those who are around him" Daisy said with her calm smile never leaving her face.

"W-What would you have done in my place?! Forgive?!" Blue roared out his question, his eyes beginning to water up. Daisy, in response, had her soft and gentle smile widen even more.

"Yes...I would forgive..."

"?!"

Blue was stunned in his place, his mind even refusing to back him up.

"Besides, you don't need me anymore. You have people that care about you right now" Daisy said, before pointing towards the group of humans, who were looking at Blue with worry apparent on their faces. Blue just looked at them, before looking at Daisy, who was still smiling at him.

"Go to them. They need you" Daisy said to Blue, and on this instant, the water blade in Blue's hand fell on the floor and splashed into a small water puddle, before Riser followed up shortly after, having been released from Blue's grasp and onto the floor, where he was rendered unconscious the moment he touched the floor, before Blue fell on all four, and sobbed openly, with his tears staining the crater he was in. He then looked up towards the smiling Daisy with tears running down his eyes.

"I love you...I love you so much, Daisy..." He said, before 'Daisy' started to fade away in dim white light, where Blue saw her beautiful face having tears running down from them.

"I love you too, Blue..." She said before her figure faded away, with her last words echoing and ringing in Blue's head.

[End Music]

Blue was awakened to reality upon realizing that someone was hugging him from behind. He didn't need to look back to know that it was Makoto who was hugging him, and rather tightly.

"Blue! Are you alright?!" He could even hear the voice of Menma, followed by several rapid footsteps coming towards him. All of this was happening and Hibiki was watching with his rather cold and empty eyes, feeling something that has been lost of him beginning to shine, albeit dimly.

No one even saw Serafall shivering while clutching her skirt tightly with her face being beat red and fluids were running down from between her legs.

"What's happening to me...? It feels as if Shadow-chan is inside me..."

---

At the same time. Devil Survivor 2 Dimension

A pale purple portal opened in thin air, and out of it came Shadow, and once he fully stepped out of it, the portal began to shrink before disappearing in thin air just as it came.

"Achoo!" Not a moment afterwards and Shadow sneezed out. Then he looked around him.

"Ugh...Someone must have been talking about me..." He said to no one in particular, considering the fact that the streets were deserted as if all life was abandoned, buildings were barely hanging by a thread, and then there is this black distortion in space that is eating the very figure of the city and-

"Wait. What?"

Shadow looked closely at the blackness around him, and he was pretty sure. This was a distortion that was eating away at the very world itself. This universe was about to collapse.

"No time to waste here. I have to save them before this universe disappears, and quick" Shadow said out loud.

"In that case, i can help"

"?!"

Shadow turned on his heel as fast as he could upon feeling the energy signature behind him, only to see a figure calmly smiling at him.

Said figure was a male. He looked just like Accelerator, albeit his hair was a little shorter. He had the same pale complexion and the same white hair. His outfit consisted of a red and black striped shirt with a frilled undershirt, along with matching shoes and black pants.

"And you are...?" Shadow asked with a cold look on his face directed to the newcomer.

"I am being called...Alcor" The male, now known as Alcor, spoke.

"Called?" Shadow asked with slight confusion.

"I am called several names. Anguished One, Al Saiduq, Ure-tan, Angy, but i prefer being called Alcor" Alcor answered.

"Okay. You said that you will help me. What did you mean by that?" Shadow asked, cutting the chase and going straight to the point.

"I know the place of those you want to save. I assume that Shining One came to you?" Alcor asked.

"Shining One? You mean Hibiki Kuze?" Shadow asked.

"Yes. That is his name. He escaped this universe and went to a parallel one after replacing his wish to gain Polaris and Canopus' powers. It seems that he was completely broken and his heart was shattered. If only i was a little early, i would have saved him and the others" Alcor said.

"You know a pretty big deal about Hibiki and his friends, and i can sense that you are no ordinary life form. Are you perhaps a Demon?" Shadow asked, causing Alcor to chuckle lightly.

"No, i am not. I am the Sword of the Administrator, formerly a being called a Septentrione, but i could say that you are a Demon" Alcor answered.

"..." Shadow just stared coldly at him in silence.

And for the first time ever in his life, Alcor felt...Pressured.

It wasn't pressured in the word, per se. It was the fact that Shadow's single existence felt like it would erase the very existence of god tier Demons. He felt a massive core of power that he has never ever felt before, not even from Hibiki.

He can help him.

"Well, i would tell you about their place, but you would save them? Even knowing that they are long gone?" Alcor asked.

"...Why do you think i came here for?" Shadow simply answered the question with a question of his own, causing Alcor to loss any kind of thought that was inside of his head that he was preparing to say for Shadow, before letting out a sigh from his mouth.

"Follow me" He said before walking slowly away, with Shadow silently following him.

---

A few minutes later. Abandoned Warehouse

"So this is the place?"

"Yes. This warehouse holds a hidden pocket dimension, which you can enter to from each inch in the warehouse itself"

Shadow and Alcor entered the warehouse where everything happened to Hibiki and his friends. It was still the same as Shadow saw in Hibiki's memories, and he could even feel the power signals around him from the various hidden spatial rifts around him, ready to lash at both of them at anytime.

"Weird..." Alcor said gaining Shadow's attention.

"What is?" Shadow asked.

"When i entered here, none of the Demons dared even to think about flaring their energy signatures around me. I was walking freely as if nothing was there, but now...It's as if they became even bolder" Alcor answered looking around him.

"Maybe because their energy has became even more greater, and that's why they are even bolder than ever" Shadow answered, before narrowing his eyes.

"They have indeed became stronger. Something or someone is feeding them with energy, but it's nowhere near either mine or Alcor..." Shadow thought.

"Get ready. I can feel them closing in" Alcor warned Shadow, but Shadow simply stood as impassive and calm as ever, before suddenly, massive hundreds of tentacles erupted from the ceiling of the warehouse, heading directly towards both Shadow and Alcor, and just as the tentacles were about to touch both of them, they jumped out of their way, and landed on top of one of them.

"Let's stick together. We don't know what will happen" Shadow said to Alcor, before the tentacles were withdrawn back to where they lashed at, before Shadow and Alcor disappeared with them, and entered inside the pocket dimension, and what they saw nearly made Shadow throw up, despite not even feeling sick.

It was the horrifying figure he was looking at.

The disgusting figures of both males and females covered in what seemed to be a mixture between blood and bodily fluids, either dead or completely exhausted, and moans were still heard on several sides.

"This is horrible..." Shadow muttered out.

"Watch out!" Alcor yelled, before pushing himself and Shadow to the side, causing both of them to fall on the floor, only to avoid a blow from a giant Piscasa that swung its claw at them. They then stood on their feet, looking around them, only to see a horde of Demons of various sizes surrounding them.

"Go" Shadow said to Alcor, making him look at him.

"What...?" Alcor asked in confusion.

"Find Hibiki's friends and save them. I will take care of those bastards" Shadow said before slowly unsheathing Murasama, with red lightning cackling from it. Once the crimson blood red blade was removed from its scabbard, Shadow's body began to release a dark black aura, which caused the Demons around him to flinch and shiver, even taking a few steps back.

"Let's dance"

"?!"

[Persona 4 OST - Crazy Shadow]

Blue light surrounded Shadow, before the kanji of 'Tower' appeared floating in his palm.

"Orpheus Telos!"

He crushed the ethereal blue kanji before Orpheus Telos appeared in a gust of wind behind him.

Suddenly, however, Shadow gasped before gripping his head with his free hand, gritting his teeth, before throwing his head to the skies, and roaring in agony, which confused both Saiduq and the Demons surrounding them, and his roar was enough to wake certain individuals around them.

"W...What...?" Io weakly asked as her eyes slowly opened, only to see that her breasts were being sucked by two baby Piscasas, each baby Demon was gripping with all fours on each of her two ample E-cups breasts, and the fact that she was completely naked like the day she was born didn't even help.

What was she doing here? How did she end up here? She doesn't remember anything at all.

On another side, Airi blinked weakly, her nether regions, as well as her mouth stung really hard, her head felt like splitting in half, and her throat was super dry.

She looked in front of her, only to see a figure wailing in pain and agony in the middle of a massive horde of Demons, and the only thing that came into her mind was...

"Is...That guy...Crazy...?" She muttered weakly.

Hinako was the next to be alerted from the sound, blinking as a massive tentacle forced itself out of her body, causing bodily fluids to burst from her lower region, before she saw with her barely opened eyes that the tentacles of the Demon that was raping her body over and over were shivering and trembling in fear. She tried opening her mouth to speak, but only air was the thing that came out, as her throat was really dry, just like Airi.

Fumi was snapped out of her daze by the massive energy signature that was apparently scaring all the Demons away from it, and by extension, from her and the other females with her, but due to her eyes being completely dry, she couldn't make out the shape of the person or the thing that was emitting such massive energy.

"What's...Going...On...?" Makoto asked weakly, with her question directed to no one in particular, where she asked said question right after the Demons that grabbed her throw away her naked form on the floor, where she weakly used what was left of her strength to cast her eyes on the Demons that were grabbing her not a moment ago, where she saw them trembling in fear and taking several steps back, before she looked at what made them do so, only to see someone flailing around, seemingly in agony, and was emitting a massive amount of energy that seemed to scare off the Demons.

Otome was snapped out of her 'sleep' upon sensing the massive energy signature, looking forward only to see a figure emitting such massive energy that seemed to scare off the Demons.

Joe looked in front of him with tired eyes, where the female Demons have released his naked form, and he saw the source of energy that was scaring the Demons away, followed by Keita, Yamato, Jungo, Ronaldo and Daichi, who were nearby as well. Their fantasy world of pleasure shattering the moment this energy signature flared, releasing a massive amount of killing intent, evil and bloodlust, snapping all the Demon Tamers that were knocked out to reality.

Back to Shadow, his wails and screams were still going on, as Orpheus Telos was flailing as well, but it appeared that as if something wanted to burst out of its form.

The Persona's body started to break apart, and its master's screams were not letting out, and not too long afterwards, a slender arm that was covered in golden armor ripped itself from Orpheus Telos' chest, before gripping on its arm, then forcing another arm out and gripping on Orpheus Telos' other arm, and started to yank itself out from it, and after struggling for a few seconds, a figure burst out from Orpheus Telos' head, shattering the body of said Persona apart, and causing its mechanical parts to be sent flying away.

Said figure was a female that was two times taller than Shadow. She had beautiful blonde hair tied in a ponytail, with her body completely covered in golden armor except for her head and face, where she had beautiful vibrant and glowing ocean blue eyes to finish the touch.

Once the figure burst out from Orpheus Telos and made its appearance apparent to its surroundings, Shadow's screams came to a halt.

"What...Is this...?" Shadow asked himself, feeling a massive amount of power emerging from the Persona behind him that was directed towards him, before he laced eye contact with the Demons around him, immediately opting a look of coldness towards said creatures, making them even flinch.

[End Music]

"Time to finish this, Warlock"

---

At the same time. Unknown location

"So that's what is inside the TV? I thought that i saw a paradise, but this looks more like a prostitute house"

Ryuji couldn't hold off his own comment. Well, he was right about it.

It was just like how he saw it: A mansion that looked like a striptease casino of sorts right in the middle of paradise, and it was smelly as well. He didn't know why, but he felt like regretting jumping into the TV. Not to mention that once he jumped into there, he realized that there was no way out at all. So he was stuck there until he finds some way out of here.

"Oooooohh...I see that you have came~"

"?!"

Ryuji spun on both of his heels several times, looking like an idiot that was working in the same fashion as a spinning top, trying to find the source of the voice, but to no avail.

"You are the first guest to ever come here! I'm so excited! I can't wait to taste you all the way from up to down~"

The seductive voice of the female that Ryuji saw on the TV echoed out, but due to the tension in the air, and the fact that a girl that he just saved and is lying in his room right now is in danger right now from death made Ryuji unaffected by the seduction.

"This fun house has a total of three floors! I am waiting for you there! If you reached me first, you will be the first one to have your first time taken by me~"

For some reason that he didn't know, Ryuji gritted his teeth. He didn't know whether he should feel angry or worried, since cold sweat started running down his forehead from behind his skull-shaped mask.

"Get yourself together, Ryuji!" He said to himself before taking a deep breath, then making a sprint towards the door of the mansion, before slowly grabbing its handles and opening it, causing the giant doors to be opened with a loud creak.

And to Ryuji's surprise, what he saw was...Weird.

The first floor looked like a normal house of sorts, like that of a family.

This made Ryuji calm down a little, before he witnessed a girl with a middle school uniform, black hair that was tied in two long braids and a pair of rectangular glasses with black frames.

Overall, she looked like a book nerd.

"After spending the first 16 years of my life in school shutting myself off others..."

Ryuji heard the voice of a girl, which he could slightly make it out to be the same voice of the girl that called him here inside the TV, but this time, the voice seemed more straight and less wavy in its tone.

"Without making a single friend..."

Ryuji kept on hearing the voice silently.

"At first, i...Was invited a number of times but...I was always afraid and declined every time..."

Ryuji just heard that and had a sad look on his face.

"I feared that if someone like me joined them...I'd get looked down..."

Ryuji gritted his teeth at this.

"But as i got used to spending time alone...Before i knew it...Deep down in my heart...I began to look down on girls my age who hanged out together..."

Ryuji was close to tear up after understanding these words. It didn't require a smart person to realize that, but the question was: How did she end up in that miserable state that he saw her in?

"And then...Once i realized that...I began to hate myself...I want to change...A person that is part of...This fun, bright world...I want to be one..."

Ryuji then saw the girl, who he assumed to be Saki Yoshida, walking towards two adults. One of them was a fat male with short black hair and a pair of glasses, and the other was a beautiful slender female with short blonde hair and blue eyes. Upon closer inspection at their features and comparing them to this Saki person, Ryuji realized that those two were her parents.

"Mom. Can you teach me...How to do makeup?"

Saki simply said to her mother, which caused both her parents to look at her in amazement, before her mother smiled at her.

"Sure, Saki. Come with mom to the beauty salon. I wonder when was the last time we went out together"

After her mother told her that, the scene shifted to where Saki and her mother were in a beauty salon, with Ryuji following after them, with the residents of the 'house' not seeing him as if he was invisible. He just decided to think about it later.

When he entered the room of the beauty salon, he saw Saki's mother grooming her hair and putting make up on her face. After a few minutes, Saki Yoshida transformed from a plain girl into a stunning beauty.

But Ryuji, who was certain to blush in the spot, opted a face of shock on his face. It was then when two things dawned on him.

One: The girl known as Saki Yoshida is actually the girl that he saved and is currently trying to save her.

Two: Those were her past memories.

Suddenly, the scene became wavy and faded away, only to be instantly replaced by another scene, which appeared to be a magazine shop, where Saki was looking at a magazine, before a young man that looked like a delinquent came right in front of her.

"Hmm...So this is the latest version of a fashion magazine..."

"Yo. Would you look at that. You are one hell of a cute beauty"

The boy said, which in turn caused Saki to blush slightly and fidget in her place upon being called cute.

"Hey, why don't you and i go to a Karaoke right now? Ya know, so we get to know each other"

The boy asked, to which Saki replied by nodding, with the blush still staining her face.

The scene shifted once again to a Karaoke bar, with Ryuji witnessing the boy placing a pill that held a heart shape on it on his tongue, before giving Saki a kiss, where his tongue had some sort of a pill that had a heart drawing on it. Ryuji gasped in shock upon realizing what was happening.

That boy was making her have drugs.

The moment the pill sunk into Saki's throat, her body shook uncontrollably and her face said that she was in Heaven right now. The boy then stood up from his seat, took off his pants, took off Saki's clothes, placed her on the table in the Karaoke room and started to molest her.

This scene caused a vein to pop in all directions of Ryuji's forehead, and his gloved fists were clenched so hard that one could imagine that his knuckles became plain white from that.

"You are one hell of an interesting and unique chick. Here, i will place my number on your phone. Feel free to call me whenever you wanna meet up"

The boy said before taking Saki's phone and typing his number on it, before writing his name. Ryuji came closer to him, and saw that his name was Hayato.

The scene faded completely, being replaced by a cabaret club.

"And that was the beginning of my Metamorphosis~! Wanna know more? Then head to the next floor!"

Ryuji instinctively gulped. He was already disgusted of what he saw, and he was about to see more of it?

He sighed. He had no choice right now.

The blonde boy then took the stair to the next floor, only to see the scene of a high school, with Saki being in the middle of girls that were talking about accessories and fashion with her, but judging by her expression, she knew absolutely nothing about fashion. Not to mention the money problem as well, and at that time, 1st year high scholars were forbidden to go to work.

He then heard from one of Saki's classmates that she would place her into an account that had her go to dinner with old guys.

"THAT'S DEFINITELY COMPENSATED DATING! THOSE EFFIN' SONS OF A BITCH!" Ryuji yelled, being unable to contain his own anger any longer.

The scene then shifted to Saki standing with casual clothes on a bus stop while appearing to wait for someone. Not a few minutes later, and a car came into the view, stopping right in front of Saki, where the window opened, only to reveal a fat old man calling for Saki's name.

"You must be Saki-chan. Get in"

Just as the man said this, Saki hesitated for a bit, before entering the car. The man drove them for a couple of minutes until they reached a nearby hotel.

"Hey! You said that we will be having dinner!"

"Relax. I just wanna stop nearby to have a smoke"

Saki just fidgeted in her seat for a bit, before following the man inside the hotel. They sat on a bed in one of the hotel's rooms, with the man smoking without a care in the world, not even acknowledging the fact that a junior high scholar was right next to him.

"Saki-chan. I don't mind you going home, but...Can you keep me company?"

He asked before taking out 50,000 bucks from his pocket, placing them on the bed, which made Saki stay, albeit she was still worried and scared.

Eventually, it all escalated, and it needed no pro to realize what was about to happen.

The old man literally forced himself on Saki, despite the fact that she tried to push him away from having sex with her, and with each moan he heard, Ryuji's anger rose up, and his teeth was chipping from being gritted together.

After a while, the scene shifted to Saki returning home, completely ragged and tired.

"Saki. If you are going to be late, just say so-Huh? Saki, are you alright?"

Saki's mother saw her own daughter completely tired and worn out, before seeing her mumbling, but she couldn't even make out what she was saying. So she simply gave her a hug.

"Saki, it's okay if you don't want to say what happened. But just remember this, mom will always be by your side"

Ryuji was about to cry from this scene. If her mother promised to support her, then what just happened to ruin her life?

"Oh, who fate is cruel..."

"?!"

The scene shifted to that of the same outlook of a cabaret club, and when he turned around, he saw the hooker Saki Yoshida that introduced herself on the TV, smiling calmly at him, but this time, her eyes were golden yellow irises along with black sclera, and from Ryuji's own experience, he soon realized what that being in front of him was.

"Your...Saki Yoshida's Shadow..." Ryuji muttered his words, causing the girl to giggle.

"Bingo! We have a winner! Teehee~" She said with an oddly cheerful tone that completely contradicted the layout of the atmosphere around them, before she looked straight at Ryuji, with the same smile on her face.

"What happened back then?! What made you like that?!" Ryuji yelled his question, only for Shadow Saki to shift her smile to an angry scowl, causing Ryuji to slightly flinch at this.

"Don't you dare compare me to this bitch! It is indeed true that she and i are one and the same, but she completely ignored me! She completely threw me away to this merciless cruel world! Both of us had suffered from the same fate after this scene! Her male schoolmates caught her with that old mutt geezer entering the hotel, so they used her as a fuck toy for the sake of not letting her scandal out to the school and the world, her father was laid out, and then got drunk from depression, up to the extent that he fucked his own daughter due to the fact that it reminded him of a younger version of his stupid filthy wife, and not long after, it even escalated to the point of bullying that this bitch couldn't take it anymore and ran to her mother, thinking that she will save her as due to her promise with that she will be by her side, but nooooo...She would soon realize that all of this was one big lie!, since her bitch of a mother beat her up because her own bastard of a husband told her that she was the one that seduced him to having her way with him, before kicking her out! Then she went to the only person she knew: Hayato. Who turned out to have seen her as a fuck buddy! Then she just changed her appearance to me: A hooker, and began to have drugs, and each time she gets pregnant, she aborts it, and she was even forced to be an addict, which turned out to be the reason Hayato kicked her out! He wanted cash to pay his drug pills from the dealer that he was contracted to, but she took the drugs instead of the cash, so he kicked her out after months of her serving him as a fuck toy! And that's how she ended up on the streets! Afterwards, she realized that she was pregnant again, but this time she wanted to keep the baby, but unfortunately, she couldn't keep her addiction to both drugs and sex in check, and after she collected lots of money, she accidentally met her old schoolmates from her school, who proceeded to kick her and rape her, thinking that she was a thief for stealing all that money, before they took a few pictures of her naked form, took the money, and left her to die, right in the bathroom that you found her in. But i must congratulate you for saving her, though. If you were a second late, she would have met her maker!"

Shadow Saki explained all of Saki's past life in a summarized version, where each and every single word that came out shocked Ryuji even more. He was completely paralyzed in shock that didn't have anything to say. Everything spiraled inside his head, and each time he tried to think of something, it eventually vanishes away.

The world is indeed cruel, but he could never imagine that it was like that.

"Hmph! What's with that stupid look?! You honestly thought that this rotten world is rainbows and sunshine?!" Shadow Saki asked Ryuji.

"Then...Why do you hate Saki so much? Is it because she didn't accept you?" Ryuji asked.

"No! It's because this bitch used me as a shield in front of her! She made me come out into this world! Into this fucking filthy godforsaken world! This bitch refused to face reality by herself! It is true that i wanted to be accepted, but i didn't want to be used as a shield!"

Ryuji just stood there, unable to say anything. It was then when he saw her turning her head to the door of the final floor of the mansion.

"If you wish to save this bitch from her doom, then come to the last floor. I will be waiting there"

She simply said before walking to the stairs of the last floor of the mansion.

Ryuji simply stood there for a few seconds, blinking rapidly, before sighing out, letting out a breath he didn't know that he was holding, before bracing himself, taking out his stun baton, the Ryu Jang Bang, then he ran upstairs. Once he reached the final floor, he was in what looked like an even bigger cabaret club room, with Shadow Saki being at the further end of said room, but that wasn't what shocked Ryuji.

What shocked him was the fact that the real Saki was on her knees while hugging something to cover her naked body with. It was his own purple hoodie.

"W...What...? Where am i...?" Saki questioned looking around the room.

"Yoshida!" Ryuji called out her name, making her look at him.

"Huh? What? Is that a dream? I thought that i was dead" Saki said, before looking in front of her to see her Shadow, which made her opt a look of horror.

"W-What...? Another me?" Saki asked in fear, which caused Shadow Saki to giggle.

"Teehee~ I cannot believe that you do recognize me as you. Well, your not wrong, anyways" Shadow Saki said while grinning.

"What are you...?" Saki asked.

"Don't act like you don't even know! This is all your fault! Just because you wanted to be social doesn't mean that you had to throw me in the upper front line! Your just a selfish bitch!" Shadow Saki said in disgust.

"That's not true..." Saki said, her eyes building tears on their corners.

"Don't you fucking dare cry! It's all your fault and yet you don't want to talk the blame?! What a load of bullshit!" Shadow Saki spat out.

"Why are you doing this...?" Saki asked with her tears now flowing down her cheeks.

"Oh! You don't know why?! How can't you know why?! Your the one who did this after all to yourself! Isn't that right...Me?"

Saki's eyes just widened at this, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she just cast away her face in shame and sadness, which in turn caused her Shadow to become angry.

"Why aren't you responding?! You have no right to stay silent! YoU hAvE nO rIgHt!"

Suddenly, crimson red ethereal light surrounded Shadow Saki, before a figure materialized behind her in a flash of red ethereal flames.

It was a massive figure, around 64 meters tall. It was a massive bluish gray humanoid female figure, a very long, flowing, veil-like hair underneath its actual white veil, orange glowing rune-like tattoos all over its body, and strands of white cloth that came out from the top of her head, flowing down like very long rabbit ears, and other strands that flowed from the inside of her veil to act as pieces of cloth behind her back. Finally, the figure was barefooted, had amber eyes irises with black sclera and her hands were super big and had holes in the palms areas, with a small blue box floating inside said hole.

The shock wave resulted from the power burst caused Saki to be blown away, causing Ryuji to catch her in mid flight before placing her on the ground, and looking at the figure in front of him, summoning Captain Kidd to his side with a mental order.

"What the...?!" Ryuji could only say this in his bewilderment and shock.

[Persona 4 OST - I'll Face Myself (Battle)]

"IaM a ShAdOw...ThE tRuE sElF...I sHaLl ShOw YoU wHaT hApPeNs WhEn YoU tHrow AwAy YoUr LiFe CaReLeSsLy..."

The Shadow's distorted voice echoed throughout the room, before Ryuji stood up on his feet, preparing his weapon, with Captain Kidd behind him pointing his cannon head towards the Shadow and its...Summon.

"That's definitely a Persona..." Ryuji said, but in his own mumbling, he just thought about it. How can a Shadow have a Persona?

...

...

...

...He can't think of that right now.

"Your no god to decide the lives of other people! Yoshida! Just hang in there a little longer! I will finish this!"

After Ryuji said this, he charged forward towards Shadow Saki, who grinned at this.

"Sefar! Megidola!" Shadow Saki yelled out before Sefar, the figure behind her, opened one of its huge palms, before the cube inside of it glowed immensely, before grayish purple orbs of Almighty magic formed into the air, around 20 or so of them, and they were surrounding Ryuji and his Persona, causing said person to halt in his charge, before he witnessed the gray magic orbs firing thin beams of Almighty energy towards him. Ryuji tried to guard himself, but this was Almighty magic, which ignores any kind of durability up to what is beyond the conceptual level, even a Makarakarn spell won't have any defensive effect against it.

"Gaah!" Ryuji grunted in pain, where Saki watched in horror where the stranger that was saving her was pummeled down mercilessly.

"KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is so hilarious! We haven't even begun the battle and you are already pummeled down to the ground with only one attack! You not even worthy of doing 'It' with me! Bet your 'thing' is even smaller than your power~" Shadow Saki taunted Ryuji, who was still being mercilessly shot down to the ground.

Saki just watched in horror. She couldn't do anything. She was helpless. She was given a second chance only to see her savior being killed. To her, her life no longer had any meaning, but that didn't mean that innocent people should be involved.

"Yoshida!"

"?!"

She was snapped out of her thoughts as she looked at Ryuji calling for her with tears building on the corners of her eyes.

"I have seen everything that happened to you! It's not your fault! You were just scared! And no one was there to give you a helping hand! I know it's harsh, but this is reality! And we have to face it! So even if you run away from here, i won't blame you! It's because that you can't fight that you must run away! So instead of you doing it by yourself, i will tell it to you: Run the hell out of here! You have to live!"

Ryuji's words rang inside of Saki's brain and caused her eyes to widen. Something seemed to bubble inside of her body as if power was rising in it.

Will she run away again? Or she will face her reality?

...

...

...

...She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, tears were still on the corner of her eyes, before suddenly...

"Huh?!"

"?!"

The Megidola attack vanished, with Saki's arm stretched out and her palm opened, with her eyes being shadowed by her hair.

"What did she do? She nullified my attack...? No, that's not it. She transmuted the attack's information and conceptual existence to erase it away. Don't tell me...She can transmute even concepts?! But...How did she get that power?!" Shadow Saki thought before she saw Saki advancing towards her, still hugging Ryuji's hoodie to cover her naked body, with Ryuji looking at her while lying down on his stomach due to the pain he got from that Almighty spell.

Saki then stopped in her walk, having finally reached in front of Ryuji as a form of protection. And the sight of her naked butt greeted Ryuji, who just blushed unconsciously at this despite the tension of the atmosphere around them.

"I know that i ruined my life by myself, and i can't blame anyone, even if they are wrong...I know it was me who decided to run away and not even once did i take a decision in my life, just only making people decide for me what should i do...But i am just sick of it! I have been given a chance in life and i am not going to waste it! I will walk through a fresh new path..."

She took a deep breath before continuing.

"...And I will be the one to decide MY own future!"

...

...

...

[Persona 5 OST - Awakening]

"I see that you have made up your mind..."

"Kuh?!"

Saki suddenly felt her head threatening to be split in half, where her eyes became golden in color, just like her Shadow's, but without the black sclera.

She fell to her knees as the hoodie fell from her hands, exposing her naked body.

"Your light has dimmed not long ago, yet a miraculous coincidence has brought the light back to your soul..."

"Uugh! Ahhh!" She writhed in pain as both Ryuji and Shadow Saki watched in surprise.

"Your life was being controlled by those who were controlled by the devil itself, and you were not even powerful to stand straight and defy your fate..."

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Her screams filled the room they were in, and she couldn't bear the headache any longer.

"Now, why don't we proceed with our contract? The contract that will give you the power to decide? The power that will give you the ability to wield your blade in war?"

"Nngh! Kuh!" She just gasped for breath, feeling as if the air became thick enough to chock her from her life.

"I Am Thou...Thou Art I..."

She gritted her teeth as she felt all the power pile up in her body.

"It is time for you to wield the blade of the rainbow...To light up your decision of the future"

After the voice stopped speaking, a rainbow-colored, butterfly-shaped mask appeared on Saki's face as she yanked her head up to look at her Shadow, who flinched from the sudden action that happened. Saki then slowly rose to her feet, panting heavily, before her hands lashed at the mask that appeared on her face, trying to yank it out, but it felt as if it was a part of her skin, which made her grit her teeth, trying to yank the mask out...

"ALTERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

...And she did, which caused a massive burst of ethereal blue energy to erupt around her, engulfing her in it, where it faded shortly afterwards, revealing Saki, but in a new look.

[Persona 5 OST- Will Power]

Behind her was a massive figure that was around 2 times her height, but it was still dwarfed by Sefar. Said figure held even more resemblance to Sefar, but with even more humanoid features. It was a young lady that had white veil-like hair underneath her actual white veil, red eyes, tan skin and her body was covered in tattoos of combat and marks of war. Her outfit consisted of a white piece of cloth that wrapped around her rather small breasts, which were attached to her body with black strings that had red lines on them, and were stuck to her neck, a black pair of panties that had white pieces of cloth adorned with red and black lines and decoration to cover her rear and flow out like a lower cape, two white armlets, two small black leggings that traveled from just below the knees to just above the feet, and red, pointy sandals. She was also carrying a longsword with a rather futuristic design, having three red metal hooks around the handle, and another black three hooks attached to the blade, with each six hooks sporting from the handle of the sword, and as for the blade, it have the form of a tri-colored bands of light, where the colors where red, blue and green, and each one of the three black hooks were pointing to each one of the bands of light.

Saki held a stern look on her face, directed towards her own Shadow, who flinched at this while gritting her teeth.

"Altera! Salvation!"

"?!"

And just as Saki said this, her Persona emitted a green light that engulfed both her and Ryuji, which in turn healed all of Ryuji's wounds, as well as healed off the poisons of the drugs inside her own body.

"Whoa...I feel that i am reborn! This is amazing!" Saki exclaimed in excitement, before she directed her stare back at Shadow Saki, where Ryuji slowly stood to his feet.

"Whoa...A Phantom Thief outfit?" Ryuji could only blurt out his question in shock.

"I will no longer run away...I will see my own path to decide. My path of the stillness is over. Time for Metamorphosis!" Saki exclaimed before grinning, where a blue light saber with a D-shaped curved golden handle appeared in her hand, where on her waist appeared a white ray gun that had blue lines on it strapped by a belt from her outfit.

As for her outfit, it consisted of a silver tank top that hugged her decent C-cups breasts, a pair of silver shorts, a pair of silver gloves and a silver trench coat that had a hoodie on it, and it felt as if the coat would be able to shine brightly in the darkness, and a pair of silver combat boots.

Saki pointed her light saber to Shadow Saki, before exclaiming out loud.

"Send them to the grave! Altera!"

---

At the same time. Polaris' Dimension

"Time to finish this, Warlock"

[Persona 4 OST - Reach Out To The Truth (Full Version)]

Faster than the eye could travel, Shadow and his new Persona, Warlock, disappeared in a burst of speed, causing the Demons and Alcor to gasp in surprise, before the head of a Chernobog was sent flying over to the floor, before the foot of Shadow stomped on it.

It took a few seconds for the Demons to recognize what happened, before they all roared at this, and charged at Shadow and Warlock, who both stood still.

"Warlock..."

Shadow muttered the name of his Persona, before said Persona's fist glowed golden in color.

"Wind of Oblivion"

Warlock then slammed its fist into the ground, causing a massive wind shock wave to be released, knocking away all the Demons surrounding Shadow, and not long afterwards, Shadow himself charged to the horde of knocked Demons, striking left and right with his sword in one hand and his cold and calm expression being plastered as ever on his face, with the Demons screaming in both horror and pain as their blood of several colors came splattering to the sky, and raining down on Shadow's cold face with each strike.

Alcor could only watch in shock and disbelief. Not even Hibiki was able to defend himself from around 5 Demons together, and this person was just treating a massive horde of Demons like a complete joke with nothing but brute force.

"Are you going to stand here and watch me?"

"?!"

Alcor was alerted by Shadow, who spoke to him while hacking his way through the Demons with little to no effort.

"Help Hibiki's friends here. There is no time to waste" Shadow said, before Alcor immediately moved to help the first person who was in front of him, which was Yamato. However, Demons have already shut down his own brain cells functions, so he was barely awake, so there was nothing for him to do-

"Lawbreaker"

"?!"

The instant Shadow's mouth let out this word, a bright green light surrounded each and every single one of Hibiki's friends, with the vitality rapidly returning to their faces, the liquids running down their own bodies vanished, and even their clothes got restored, as if nothing happened to them in the first place.

"W-What...?" Joe was the first one to express his surprise.

"What the world...?" Keita was the second in row.

"What happened...? I feel that i drank two cups of coffee in one go..." Ronaldo said afterwards.

"Saiduq? Is that you?" Io asked upon witnessing Alcor in front of her.

"Are you alright, everyone?" Alcor simply asked with a calm tone.

"Whoa! Look at that dude over there hacking his way through all of those Demons!" Daichi commented in awe, pointing at Shadow, who was simply slashing with Murasama in one hand, with Warlock behind him slashing with a double edged sword in its hand, with a calm and collected look on Shadow's face as the blood of Demons danced in the air around him alongside flesh and limbs flying around as well.

"What the hell?! This guy is super strong! What kind of Demon is he using?!" Keita asked in shock.

"That's no Demon..." Yamato simply said, causing everyone, sans Alcor, to look at him in confusion.

"Oh? So you felt it too?" Alcor asked with a slight smile on his face.

"What is this thing if it isn't a Demon?" Hinako asked.

"That thing...Is called a Persona. A facet that takes its powers directly from Demons. So if a Demon is an Archetype, then a Persona is the avatar of this Archetype. However, saying that, this would mean that a Persona is actually weaker than its Demon counterpart, but this individual over there...He is using this Persona of his as if it's on the same level of a Demon, if not stronger" Alcor said placing two fingers underneath his chin, trying to gather up a thought inside his head, before the thought suddenly snapped inside his mind.

"That's it! He is not a human being! He is a Demon! And since a Persona and its user are attached to each other, then that means that both of them gain their powers from each other! That's how his Persona is stronger than a Demon!" Alcor exclaimed.

"What?! But he looks the same as a human to me! Maybe more like a superhuman!" Daichi exclaimed in surprise.

"Are you guys going to keep on watching me?"

"?!"

The calm and cold tone of Shadow questioned the Demon Tamers, snapping them out of their conversation.

"GeT tHe HeLl OuT oF hErE!"

This tone of sudden anger caused the Demon Tamers to gasp, even the calm and collected Yamato couldn't hide his sudden fear from this, before realization struck him.

"Miyako! Where's Miyako?!" He asked in fear.

"Miyako-chan?! Miyako-chan!" Daichi was the second in row to yell for her name.

"Warlock!..."

Calling for his Persona's name, Shadow gave the flare of a command to Warlock as said Persona took its double-edged sword in both hands, taking a swordsman stance as the sword glowed bright golden.

"...Massacre!"

And just as he gave the name of the attack, Warlock swung its sword in a horizontal arc, releasing a wide arc of energy that traveled towards all the Demons, tearing them all apart, not even giving them the time to scream.

"Whoa..." Jungo could only say this in amazement.

"EEK!" Airi yelped from the great display of power.

"Get out of here! I will save her!" Shadow exclaimed to them as another wave of Demons approached him, and he kept on hacking through them by himself with a rather casual way. Daichi, however, was looking around him, trying to find something, only to sigh in relief upon seeing his phone on the floor, before he mad a dash at it, and started to click a few buttons in it, before a runic circle appeared out of the screen, with Daichi pointing the phone towards the Demons.

"Black Frost!" He called out before a Black Frost came out of the runic circle, and proceeded to shoot a Bufudyne from his hands, releasing a beam of snow and ice, which encased a Azathroth in its place in an ice pillar, before the pillar shattered apart. Shadow looked at the remains of the Demon in front of him that was covered in ice, before looking at Daichi, and a small, barely noticeable smile appeared on his lips.

"Hey, Style Hair!" Shadow called out to Daichi, causing said male to look at him.

"Huh? Me?" Daichi asked.

"Come with me! Don't you want to save your friend?! I know her place!" Shadow said causing Daichi to gasp.

"Take me with you too!" Yamato called out.

"No! I only need Style Hair over here!" Shadow said to Yamato.

"Style Hair...?" That was the collective thought of all of the Demon Tamers.

"Alcor! Take them all out of here! Now!" Shadow exclaimed, before snapping his fingers, causing a pale purple portal to appear in thin air.

"This dimension is about to collapse! And this portal will lead you to the a specific place in the Dimension that i live in, specifically to a friend of mine! Just leave Style Hair with me!" Shadow said.

"Huh...?" Alcor could only blurt out his confusion.

"I sAiD gO dAmN iT!"

"EEK!"

Even the males let out that kind of girlish squeak upon Shadow yelling at them in distorted anger. And without any kind of resistance, all of the Demon Tamers entered the portal, but only Alcor remained as the portal closed.

"I will not leave from here. I am as responsible as everyone here. So let me help" Alcor said.

"..." Shadow was just staring coldly at Alcor in silence, where a Orcus was shakily trying to get to its hands, due to his many legs being either sliced or broken, before his head exploded in a mix of blood and brains when Shadow punched the Orcus from behind without looking at it or even glancing behind his back at it.

"...Very well" He responded, causing Saiduq to flash a small smile at his face.

"Let's go now! We have to save Miyako-chan!" Daichi said, before gasping as Shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, despite being a fair distance away from him. Daichi simply stood there, not knowing what to do in front of the ominous and unnerving appearance in front of him. He then saw Shadow raising his left hand, with his pointer finger having a bright orange glow surrounding it, before Shadow pressed his finger onto Daichi's forehead, causing a bell sound ringing inside Daichi's head, before his eyes widened, feeling power filling his body from the inside out.

"W-What is that?! I feel as if i became charged up to full battery!" Daichi exclaimed.

"I have awakened your Birth Ability" Shadow answered.

"Huh? Birth Ability?" Daichi asked in confusion.

"You will find about it when we face Kamoshida and save Miyako. Just remember to think about what is your most desirable desire in life" Shadow said before making a dash towards a door at the far end of the Black Room Dimension, with Daichi and Saiduq following behind him, and once the three reached the door, they stood in front of it, with the door looking fairly normal, but was colored black and a dark purple glow was surrounding its frame.

Shadow glanced from the right corner of his eyes, only to see Daichi, who was sweating bullets, but held a serious look on his face with his teeth gritted. It seems that he was dead insist on saving this Miyako.

And from the left corner of his eyes, Shadow saw Alcor, who was narrowing his eyes calmly at the door. Shadow could feel that the presence behind this door troubled him.

Not that it bothered him of all people. This thing behind the door was nowhere near Nyx or Erebus' powers, but it was still a decent and tricky opponent.

"We don't have much time left. This dimension is going to collapse in 2 hours. Are you two ready?" Shadow asked both of Daichi and Alcor, to which the two looked at him, then at each other, before nodding to Shadow, who was still looking at the door in front of him, before he nodded himself and pushed the door open, where their surroundings got engulfed by a bright white light.

[Music Ends]

---

At the same time. With Ryuji and Saki

"Send them to the grave! Altera!"

[The World Ends With You OST - Give Me A Chance (O-Parts)]

Saki gave the command to Altera, and the Persona responded by charging at speeds that went beyond all concepts that govern speed in all cosmologies, stabbing its sword forward, but a whirlpool-shaped shield appeared in front of Sefar, absorbing the damage and turning it into energy for her, before Sefar swatted away Altera like a fly with one of its fingers, but the same whirlpool-shaped shield appeared in front of Altera, protecting her and absorbing the power that came out of this Physical attack. Altera returned to Saki's side, before Captain Kidd pointed its cannon towards Sefar.

"Captain Kidd! God's Hand!" Ryuji called out, before Captain Kidd fired off a massive yellow robot rocket arm towards Sefar, where it was absorbed as well.

"Kekekekeke...You will never defeat me with these useless attacks~" Shadow Saki exclaimed while smirking at the two humans.

"Dammit! We can't even lay a scratch on her!" Ryuji cursed.

"Time for my counterattack!" Shadow Saki exclaimed, before Sefar stretched out one of its giant arms forward and opened its gigantic hand, pointing it towards both Ryuji and Saki.

"Shit!" Ryuji cursed once again.

Saki just gritted her teeth at this, before she witnessed the cube inside Sefar's opened palm glowing brightly.

"Sefar! Heaven's Descend!" Shadow Saki exclaimed before the cube inside Sefar's opened palm fired off a white beam of Almighty magic light, which headed towards both Saki and Ryuji, where both of Altera and Captain Kidd appeared in front of their respective masters to shield them, despite the fact that they knew that it was impossible to defend from an Almighty spell.

Time seemed to slow down for Saki. She closed her eyes, trying to find a solution for this trouble. She was not saved in order to die again. She can never let that second chance slip away.

...

...

...

"...Huh?"

She suddenly felt something appear inside of her.

Another light orb next to the light orb that appeared inside of her earlier that gave her the power to nullify the Megidola spell that was pummeling Ryuji.

She felt hope returning to her, before she unconsciously called out the same power that she used from earlier.

"Metamorphosis!"

"?!"

She yelled the name, and at the same time, the attack that was going to take their lives vanished away before it could even graze them. This left both Ryuji and Shadow Saki in a state of bewilderment and shock. Saki, feeling the flare of the second light orb inside of her as if it wanted to be unleashed, caused her to call out a second name.

"Supreme Insight!"

"?!"

Right as she yelled, a green hologram shape of a 3-D box appeared around Saki, before expanding towards Shadow Saki, engulfing her and Sefar in it, before disappearing shortly afterwards. Massive amounts of information appeared inside of Saki's brain after the hologram box disappeared, where she saw all of the status of Sefar in front of her.

Name: Sefar.

Level of Power: Extremely Strong.

Inherits: Almighty.

Resists: N/A.

Reflects: N/A.

Absorbs: Physical, Fire, Ice, Wind, Electricity, Nuclear, Psychic, Darkness.

Weaknesses: Light.

Skills: Megidola, Heaven's Ascend, Null Aliment, Endure, Dekaja, Dekunda, Samerecarm, Wandering Star's Crest.

Passive Skill: Magic Energy Absorption.

Description of Passive Skill: Allows user to transform all the absorbed energy from all attacks inflicted on them into buffs, inflicting all -kaja effects on the user, as well as induces Mind Charge and Power Charge.

Saki saw it like plain sunlight in front of her eyes...Or rather in side of her mind.

"Hey, mister!" Saki called to Ryuji, snapping him out of his dumbfounded state.

"Huh? What is it?" Ryuji asked in confusion.

"This Shadow can absorb all kinds of attacks we would throw on him and turns it into strength, as well as nullify an kind of aliments we would throw on her, but she is weak to Light magic" Saki said.

"But i don't have any kind of Light spells" Ryuji said.

"Have no fear. I got just the thing" Saki said smirking in confidence at her Shadow, who gritted her teeth in anger, before giving a silent command to her Persona to fire another Heaven's Ascend towards both Ryuji and Saki. However, Saki came right in front of the attack and opened her palm while extending her arm towards it, and much to the shock of both Ryuji and Shadow Saki, Saki caught the attack with her bare hand without any harm whatsoever, before the attack vanished away.

"How?!" Shadow Saki could only yell in a mixture of shock and anger.

"Supreme Insight. An ability that allows me to not only scan my opponent, but also become immune to any kind of ability they may throw at me. In other words, you and i cannot harm each other" Saki answered, before smirking at her Shadow.

"Oh! Wait! Let me rephrase this: I CAN hurt you!" Saki exclaimed before pointing her light saber at Shadow Saki.

"Altera! Kougaon!" Saki roared out before Altera pointed its sword at Sefar, before firing a rainbow-colored light beam at Sefar, which caused Shadow Saki to gasp as the beam engulfed both her and her Persona, before the light faded shortly afterwards, revealing both Shadow Saki and Sefar on both of their knees.

"There is something that i noticed as well. Since your a Shadow, then, unlike us humans, you can't dismiss your Persona, because your simply an ego summoning an ego, so you can't dismiss your own ego away, so you would be always open to damage" Saki said.

"Tch! Bitch! I won't go down that easily!" Shadow Saki exclaimed, before she and Sefar stood on their feet. Sefar then opened its two palm together, with the two cubes inside her hands glowing in a bright white light. Saki saw this, and gave a mental command to Altera to prepare for the worst, with the hooks in Altera's sword spreading to their ends as if locks were opened from boxes.

"Sefar!..."

"Altera!..."

Both got prepared as Sefar's cubes glowed even brighter, and Altera's tri-colored sword started to have its blade spin rapidly as its three colors glowed intensely.

"...Wandering Star's Crest!"

"...Photon Ray!"

Sefar's cubes merged together, before becoming one large cube, which had white fire surrounding it, then it fired itself like a star souring through the cosmos, and at the same speed of a comet, where two ethereal rainbow butterfly wings appeared behind Altera's back, before a rainbow-like aura erupted from her sword, and the Persona proceeded to dash forward with speed beyond the concept of speed itself with its sword pointed forwards in a stabbing position with both hands clenching on the hilt of the sword, with the rainbow colored aura emitting from her blade surrounding her.

An earthquake that shook the entire realm of the TV dimension, and all the dimensions inside of it shook to the very core, its as if millions of billions of space-time universes shook to their own very core, and even what's beyond the concept of the existence of said universes wasn't sparred from the quake that issued from the aura of the two attacks that were about to collide with each other.

"Let's get outta here!" Ryuji exclaimed before running, where Saki started to run, only for her legs to suddenly give up on her, feeling like jelly underneath her body, before she fell to her knees. Ryuji stopped and noticed Saki on the ground, where he ran to her.

"Yoshida! Are you alright?!" He asked in panic.

"I think my legs gave up on me. I can't move" Saki replied, causing Ryuji to give a mental kick to his mind. He almost forgot that this is what happens when someone unlocks his Persona for the first time.

Acting fast, Ryuji turned his back to Saki, before falling on one knee, then grabbing Saki's arms, hoisting them on his shoulders.

"Grab on tight!" He exclaimed, to which Saki did so, before she yelped as Ryuji quickly stood on his feet and grabbed Saki by her thighs, where she placed both of her arms tightly around his neck, effectively making Ryuji give her a piggyback ride, before Ryuji made a sprint towards one of the windows in the room, before jumping towards it, effectively breaking the glass in the same fashion as an action hero in a movie while escaping an explosion.

And while this was all happening, Saki was concentrating on only one thing.

"He smells so...Nice..."

And just as Ryuji jumped from the building, the two attacks of both Personas collided, and then...

[Music Ends]

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"

The collision of both of the deadly attacks caused a massive explosion that blew up the entire mansion, and despite the fact that it was bright and sunny around the mansion, the explosion illuminated as a second sun, as if it was a massive star illuminating the pitch black night sky in midnight time.

Ryuji landed safely on the ground on his feet with Saki on his back, where they both looked at the remains of the mansion having smoke emitting from it.

"Are you okay? Can you stand on your feet?" Ryuji asked the girl on his back.

"I think so" Saki simply replied, before Ryuji slowly placed her off his back and slowly on the ground, where she was able to stand on her two feet without her legs giving up on her once again. Afterwards, they both looked in front of them, only to see Shadow Saki standing still with only a blank expression on her face, but without the towering Sefar behind her.

She simply stared at both Saki and Ryuji, not even moving an inch. Ryuji, in response of seeing her, took out his shotgun, the Megido Fire, and aimed it at her, only for Saki to place her hand on the shotgun, and pressing it slowly down from Ryuji's aim on Shadow Saki, and when Ryuji looked at her, she simply flashed a gentle smile towards him, causing the wielder of the Chariot Arcana to blush slightly at this, with his blush being hidden behind his mask, before he watched Saki marching towards Shadow Saki, and then standing in front of her. And after staring at each other's faces for a few seconds, Saki did the unthinkable.

She took her Shadow self into her arms, engulfing her in a hug. An act that even shocked Shadow Saki as her eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.

[Persona 4 OST - I'll Face Myself (Reincarnation)]

"I'm so sorry..." Saki said with a sad look on her face.

"..." Shadow Saki didn't respond.

"You...Were hurt a lot...Because of my cowardice...I already acknowledged your existence, but...But my grief and despair made my forget completely about you..." Saki continued on talking to her Shadow.

"..." Again, Shadow Saki didn't respond.

"I...I know that you need more attention, but i was very weak back then, but now...Now i won't leave your side. We will protect each other from now on...I understand now...I am you and you are me...Nothing will ever change that..." Saki said.

These phrases afterwards caused tears to flow from Shadow Saki's eyes before she flashed a gentle smile on her face.

"Thank you...Thank you very much...That's all i wanted to hear..." Shadow Saki said before Sefar suddenly appeared above of her in a slight flash of blue light, followed by Altera appearing in the same fashion above Saki, where both Personas embraced each other in a hug, where Sefar nearly engulfed the smaller Altera in one of her hands, with Altera hugging her abdomen, before both Personas vanished in a flash of white light, along with Shadow Saki slowly vanishing as well inside of Saki, with said human having a blue glowing outline around her body for a few seconds, before it vanished as well.

Afterwards, Saki looked around her at the paradise that was the TV world, gazing at the beauty of this world for a few minutes, before she turned her head towards Ryuji, before smiling as her Phantom Thief clothes faded away, leaving her stark naked, causing Ryuji to blink for a few seconds, trying to register what just happened in front of him. He was gazing at a piece of smooth, fair skin, a small round butt, a pair of D-cups breasts and a face of an angel that descended from Heave for him. Realization suddenly struck Ryuji, before he threw his head backwards, and his nose burst in blood, before he fell on the ground in a comical way, unconscious.

Saki blinked at this, before looking at herself, where she giggled upon realizing that she was nude.

"Okay" She said before her Phantom Thief outfit came out in a flash of blue ethereal flames forming around her, before she looked around her, as if trying to find an exit.

"Don't even try. I tried looking for one but i couldn't" Ryuji said having got up and wiped the blood from his nose with the sleeve of his outfit.

"Well, we can still keep on looking, you know" Saki simply said, before a comical lamp appeared above her head and lit up.

"...Or...We can simply create a new one" Saki said, confusing Ryuji with her words, before he saw her extending her arm and opening her palm, pointing it at thin air, confusing the blonde male even more.

"Metamorphosis"

"?!"

Just as this was declared out, a rainbow-colored spherical portal appeared in front of Saki in thin air, causing Ryuji to nearly scream in surprise.

"I actually remember taking a few glances in the room you left me in, so i simply used my ability to transmutate space and time to create a portal to send us to this room" Saki said.

"Whoa! That's a Birth Ability! Just like that of Shadow!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"Excuse me?" Saki asked in confusion.

"Uhh...Never mind. I will tell you later. Let's just get outta here" Ryuji said before he and Saki advanced towards the portal.

Ryuji was still a little further away from knowing that this girl in front of him...Would give him a purpose to live for.

---

At the same time. The Black Room Dimension

Opening the door just like how video game characters confront the final boss in his 'Throne Room', Shadow, Daichi and Saiduq entered, only to see a rather grosteque sight.

It looked like the gruesome insides of one's stomach, with the flesh buds pulsating at a rapid rate, similar to a vibrator, with tendrils of various heights and sizes around the scene in front of Shadow, Daichi and Alcor, where the tentacles came out of massive holes in the flesh buds, where a foul smell filled the area, causing Daichi to pinch his nostrils from the stench, and for Alcor to opt a cold blank look on his face, with Shadow's face forming an angry scowl on it.

"What the hell is this?!" Daichi said in disgust.

"My goodness..." Alcor muttered in a mixture of annoyance and horror, though his own face did tell that he was extremely calm.

"..." Shadow was the only silent one in them, narrowing his eyes around the place trying to look for something, before he suddenly heard a faint sound of a woman moaning, where both Daichi and Alcor didn't hear, which made Shadow slowly walk towards the source of the sound, which in turn made him go deeper into that flesh carnival, and after a few steps forward, his eyes widened in shock and horror at what he saw, with both of Daichi and Saiduq having the same expression on their faces, having followed behind him.

What they saw was a carnival of countless tendrils that were wrapping around a massive amount of naked females from various heights, ages and bust sizes, where each and every single one of them was moaning loudly in pleasure as the tendrils were drilling into their two lower holes, as well as their mouths, releasing white fluids from their tips inside said holes and mouths, with moans of pleasure, accompanied with faces riddled and swimming in lust with their eyes being rolled up to the back of the heads being both heard and seen respectively.

The sight disgusted both Daichi and Alcor, but as for Shadow, it wasn't only disgust...It was...Something else...And it was a familiar one.

Wrath.

Flashbacks from his miserable childhood played in front of Shadow, where his young 3-year-old self was rapped by multiple women due to their belief that he had some special 'Bloodline Limit' or something like that, where the ideal of the Birth Ability didn't even appear before the date of his birth, only appearing after a month from his birth, or that's what his mother told him 3 months ago prior to the Rating Game against Riser.

That aside, however, considering the fact that this isn't the point, Shadow was boiling from the inside. He felt every single fiber in his body on the verge of explosion from anger. His anger was so great that it bent the atmosphere around him, causing the tentacles around him to recoil, and even the air itself felt tight for both Daichi and Alcor to breathe. In fact, Shadow's anger was so powerful that it was sapping life out of the tentacles and flesh around him, as evident by the fact that the flesh and tentacles were rotting at an alarming rate, turning into a gruesome color of dark brown, before wilting like flowers.

"Holy crap!" Daichi threw a curse in shock and horror at what he saw.

"Just by releasing his aura of anger and bloodlust he can twist space and time, alongside the atmosphere and even absorb the life force at a conceptual level...Interesting indeed..." Alcor thought with cold sweat running down his face.

"I see that you came"

"?!"

The familiar sound of a male that Shadow heard in Hibiki's memories echoed throughout the room. Turning their heads to the direction of the voice, Shadow, Daichi and Alcor looked to see the figure of Kamoshida standing in the middle of the background they were in, grinning arrogantly and smugly at them. This caused both of Daichi and Alcor to enter a fighting stance, being alerted by his presence, where Shadow just glared coldly at him, silent anger was the only thing screaming in his face.

"It is indeed interesting. To think that the Child of Hybrid would be the one to come first. I thought about breaking apart all of the Messiahs so that you will be the only one remaining" Kamoshida simply said with his smirk wide as ever on his face.

"Suguru Kamoshida. 32 years old. Formerly a human and an Olympic medalist, who enjoy sadism and thinks of males as tools and of females as sexual instruments. Such a disgusting person" Shadow muttered with venom apparent in his tone, which made Kamoshida's grin widen even more.

"Thank you. It is indeed great to hear that someone knows about me. Unlike you, but rest assured. I will make sure you know the world as a paradise soon enough" Kamoshida said, causing both Daichi and Alcor to sweatdrop at this, with Shadow frowning as he knew exactly what Kamoshida's words meant, but his words felt off from the conversation at the same time.

"I suppose that you are looking for this one, right?" Kamoshida said before a hole in the floor of flesh opened up, before a figure ascended from the hole, surrounded by tentacles. It didn't take a second to realize that this figure was a female, and a naked one at that. She was the spitting image of Yamato. Same silver white hair and same purple eyes, but she was less pale than him, her hair flowed down to her waist, her face was more round, and her eyes seemed to be even larger by a bit.

She had her eyes half-opened, as if she was in a comatose state, and if one could concentrate, they can see thin threads of drool coming out of her mouth and trailing down from her lower jaw and chin.

"Miyako-chan!" Daichi called out, but Miyako didn't respond. Daichi then gritted his teeth in anger upon witnessing Kamoshida cupping Miyako's cheeks, flashing a dirty evil smirk at the three males in front of him, before licking Miyako's right cheek, to which the female didn't even respond at all.

"Bastard! Let her go!" Daichi yelled at Kamoshida, and was about to charge towards him, only for Alcor to grab his arm before he could advance further.

"Daichi. Calm down. We don't know what will that abomination will do" Alcor said.

"What the hell do you mean?! Miyako is in danger! We have to save her!" Daichi roared out.

"Just because she needs to be saved doesn't mean that we should be reckless. Calm down. We don't want to fall" Shadow said, not yanking his eyes from Kamoshida, shooting an angry glare at him.

He is indeed telling Daichi to calm down, but Shadow's blood was boiling at the moment.

"I see that all of you got cold feet. Well, telling you the truth, this chick here made me kill two birds with one stone" Kamoshida said.

"How so?" Alcor calmly asked, narrowing his eyes at Kamoshida.

"I got to absorb massive amount of the Dragon Stream's powers, actually so much that i got this magnificent ability to myself, and the second and most important thing is..."

Kamoshida's disgusting grin grew up even more.

"...I got to have some fun time...Fucking her brains out. I screwed her up so much that her mind completely broke as you can see"

This phrase was the last straw, for both Daichi and Shadow.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Daichi and Shadow roared out at the same time, causing Kamoshida's grin to threaten to split his face in half.

Suddenly a dark purple miasma started to cover both Kamoshida and Miyako, before what appeared as an earthquake erupted around the dimension the two opposing sides were in.

"I aLrEaDy ToLd YoU! i ShAlL sHoW yOu ThE eTeRnAl WoRlD oF pLeAsUrE!"

Just as Kamoshida's distorted sound erupted in the ears of Shadow, Daichi and Alcor, the miasma around both of him and Miyako erupted around them, engulfing them completely, before shortly, something else came in the place of both Kamoshida and Miyako.

It was a colossal entity, which took the appearance of what looked like a massive skeleton, covered in blood red dye from head to toe, with elongated skeletal fingers, silver rings placed around several parts of its skeletal figure and even more rings that acted as a belt around its waist, black scales around the thighs area, reptilian-shaped feet, an extremely long skeletal tail, two massive scythe-like horns emerging from the top of its head, and glowing green ominous eyes. The last thing to note is that Miyako, who was completely naked at that notice, was attached to his forehead, with her arms and legs being inside the fleshy part of the Demon's forehead, with her arms being swallowed down to the elbow and her legs being swallowed up to just below the knees.

"TiMe To ShOw YoU...tHe PaRaDiSe Of EtErNaL pLeAsUrE!"

"Both of you! Get ready!" Shadow called out taking a fighting stance, to which both Daichi and Alcor took their fighting stance.

It's on.

[Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R OST - Keep The Flag Flying]

"Black Frost!"

"Asura!"

"Warble!"

The names of the Demons and the Persona came out as soon as they were called. Black Frost started by firing a Bufudyne at Kamoshida, as the ice stars formed around Black Frost, before getting fired at Kamoshida's demonic form, but much to Daichi's shock, it didn't affect him at all, where the scream of Miyako was heard straight afterwords.

"What? What's going on?" Daichi asked in confusion, seeing Miyako's restrained and barely conscious form sniffing and biting her lower lip, with tears flowing down her eyes.

"She had a magnificent body, and even her power was extremely potent. So i established a Life Link with her, which in turn makes it so that i can transfer the pain of anything that comes in contact with me to her, but the wounds will never show on both of me or her. I don't want my valuable cumbucket to be broken now, would i~?" Kamoshida said with a sly and disgusting tone, but his skeletal face refused to show any kind of facial expressions, to which Daichi gritted his teeth in anger, while Alcor and Shadow where glaring angrily at Kamoshida. If looks could kill, Kamoshida would have been dead now.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Daichi roared out in complete anger that made Alcor gasp on the spot in shock and disbelief, having never seen Daichi being thrown in this kind of a fit of rage.

It seems that Daichi...

No. No time to think about this.

"Maragidyne!"

"?!"

The roar of Kamoshida snapped out Alcor from his thoughts, as three massive fire beams were fired from three orange floating runic circles, where the fire beams traveled toward Shadow, Daichi and Alcor.

"Asura!" Alcor called to his Demon, to which the god of wrath stepped in front of its master, effectively absorbing the fire beams as a circular shield appeared in front of it.

"Fire Breath!" Kamoshida roared before blowing out a torrent of fire from his mouth. This time, however, Asura roared in pain as the flames started to eat into said Demon's body.

"What?! How is that possible?!" Daichi blurted out his shock, since Asura is a Demon that can drain fire attacks.

"These attacks ignore any kinds of defenses. Just be careful when choosing your Demons" Shadow said before Warble blocked Kamoshida's arm from being slammed on the heads of the three fighters with its scythe. The Persona then pushed the human-turned Demon away, causing Kamoshida to stumble and fall on his back with a loud thud sound, only for Miyako's cry of pain and agony to follow shortly afterwards.

"Miyako-chan!" Daichi called out before running towards Kamoshida's fallen form, only for said Demon to raise its head, before opening its mouth, causing an yellowish orange energy ball to form inside his mouth, and even so, Daichi didn't stop running towards the massive Demon, where said human increased his speed even further as he saw light orange lines glowing around Miyako's naked body, with said human-Triangulum hybrid crying in pain.

"DIE!" Kamoshida roared before the energy beam of the Dragon Stream got fired from Kamoshida's mouth towards the still running Daichi, but just before it could make an impact, Black Frost came right in front of Daichi, blocking the beam with a shield of ice, but eventually, the ice shield gave up, and eventually broke down, consuming Black Frost in it, annihilating the Demon from existence, in order to protect its master.

Daichi jumped on the humongous body of Kamoshida, before running as fast as his legs could carry him, where massive spiky crimson red tentacles burst out from Kamoshida's chest and came soaring towards Daichi, who, while his eyes were having tears running down from them, he still kept his teeth gritted, his face firm, and his legs even kicked the 'ground' underneath it even more harder.

He was afraid.

He was terrified.

He was completely anxious.

But that didn't stop him from running towards the woman that was trapped.

He failed once when he fell pray to the Demons, and when they brainwashed him to become their own breeding stock, effectively not only failing all his friends, but also Hibiki, his first and best friend.

He won't let that happen ever again! He will stand tall this time!

"RRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Daichi roared from the top of his lungs so hard that his throat started to bleed, but he didn't care about the blood that came out from his mouth. All that he was thinking about was to reach Miyako and save her no matter what.

"Do not hide from your past...Do not hide from your fears...Embrace them completely...Only then...Will you become the strongest of all..."

"?!"

An gentle voice rang inside of Daichi's ear, and at the same time, the tentacles were about to approach him with their spikes, threatening to skewer him apart.

And then...

BOOOOOOMMMM!

[Music Stops]

An explosion.

Said explosion engulfed Daichi, but also blew apart all the tentacles around him, which in turn caused Alcor to shield his eyes from this, but Shadow didn't. In fact, Shadow held an entirely different expression.

A thin, small and barely noticeable smile.

[Devil Survivor 2 OST - The Operation Strikes]

The smoke then blew away via a torrent of wind, revealing Daichi, but with his upper clothes blown save for his scarf, which was tattered and barely hanging to his neck, where his naked upper half showed muscles that one would never imagine that were underneath the seemingly lanky build of Daichi himself. Not that kind of overbuild, but still toned and fit.

After a moment of silence, Daichi blinked, before looking at his arms, gripping his hands into fists several times, his eyes in complete awe of what he is seeing.

"Whoa...What is this...? This...Power..." Daichi mumbled under his breath, still in complete disbelief.

"YoU sHiTtY hUmAn!" Kamoshida roared before opening his mouth again, preparing to charge another beam empowered by the Dragon Stream.

"Daichi Shijima! Watch out!" Alcor called for his friend, only for Shadow to slightly raise his lower arm with the small thin smile still plastered on his face, signaling for Alcor to not worry.

"Don't worry. He knows what to do" Shadow answered calmly, not taking his eyes away from Daichi.

...

...

...

"...W-What?!"

Kamoshida couldn't feel the connection to the Dragon Stream, despite the fact that Miyako was still connected to his forehead.

"What?! What have you done, you shitty human?!" Kamoshida roared, his voice losing the distortion in it, only for Daichi to comically blink at this.

"...I honestly don't know what your talking about..." Daichi simply answered, before realizing the situation he was in, which in turn made him opt his firm look of resolve once again, before dashing forward, this time with so much power that when he stretched his leg, he casued a massive sonic boom to occur behind him, which blew away massive chuncks of the ground that was made out of flesh underneath them. Daichi ran as fast as he could towards Miyako, pointing the very souls of his eyes right towards her face that had half-opened eyes.

"Shiji...ma..." Miyako managed to mumble, her sight barely helping her to look at the man who was running towards her to save her.

"Miyako-chan! Hang in there! I will save you!" Daichi yelled to Miyako.

Meanwhile, at the side of both Shadow and Alcor, the latter was completely speechless at what he saw.

"What was that just now...? Daichi Shijima never had this immense amount of power before..." Alcor said.

"This is the power of the heart. The power of the resolve. The power of the strongest desire inside a human being. This is Daichi Shijima's desire of wanting to 'bind' everything that would restrain both him and his friends from their freedom. The ability to nullify all kinds and manners of attacks and magic. The Absolute Order" Shadow answered in a literature-like manner.

At the same time, Daichi continued his charge until he reached Miyako, but just as the ends of his fingers touched her...

"Foolish human"

"?!"

...The flesh part that was trapping Miyako expanded, and became like a fly trap, taking Daichi in it, engulfing both him and Miyako and Daichi inside of Kamoshida's forehead.

"No!" Alcor exclaimed in worry and shock, only for Shadow to simply raise his hand once again to calm him down.

"I said not to worry" Shadow simply said.

At the same time, both Daichi and Miyako were inside the flesh of Kamoshida's forehead, with various minimum thin tentacles clutching around both him and Miyako, with the tentacles clutching Miyako working on squeezing her ample D-cups breasts, as well as rubbing on her lower part. Daichi was seeing this, and was trying to muster all of his power to reach for Miyako.

"Miyako-chan...Hang...In there..." Daichi managed to gasp, before he managed to rip away the tentacles clutching on him, then pulled Miyako away from the tentacles clutching on her, before hugging her like his life depended on it as several other tentacles started to approach them.

"Shijima...Why...? You must...Run..." Miyako managed to gasp.

"No! I won't leave you! Stop saying this!" Daichi yelled hugging Miyako even more tightly.

"But...Why...?" Miyako asked, before her tired eyes suddenly widened as Daichi broke the hug and caught Miyako's shoulders firmly, before saying one phrase that caused Miyako to wake up and for consciousness to return to the real world.

"It's because the feeling that i am sensing right now can't be described. That and i don't wanna lose you. You have become even more precious than a friend to me"

Miyako's purple eyes were glimmering in disbelief. Her heart pounded heavily and her breathing felt tight, and she felt as if she was about to cry from those words. She saw Daichi in front of her, still gripping her naked shoulders while looking around to try and find a way out, and just like that, her body leaned over, and her arms lashed onto Daichi's head, shocking the male, before his head was pulled towards hers before he could react to it.

And just like that...Their lips were locked together.

[Music Stops]

A sensation that both he and she never felt before, where only Miyako's instincts were the thing that made her do this, all while Daichi was still stunned and shocked at what was happening to him.

He never felt this warmth before.

He never felt this peace before.

He never felt this hot before.

And most importantly...He never felt this energized before.

"I see that you gave your decision..."

"?!"

A voice echoed in both of their heads, causing them to break the kiss, before looking around them, only to find themselves in a black background. Everything around them was pitch black, and in the center of it was a white gigantic dragon which illuminated the black background and dwarfed both human and hybrid, where said dragon looked like that of a street celebration one in China and Japan.

"Shakko..." Miyako whispered the name of the dragon in disbelief.

"Miyako Hotsuin...I see that you entrust this young child of man with the holy power of you clan...And by doing so, you entrust him with your life and future...Do you wish to proceed with the sacred contract...?" Shakko asked the female Hotsuin.

"Yes. I entrust this man with my life. I will trust no one more than him" Miyako answered almost instantly. This made Shakko turn to Daichi.

"And you...Son of man...Are you willing to accept the power and thus the responsibility...?" Shakko asked Daichi, who gulped from the sheer ungodly presence of the Dragon Demon, before steeling up his gaze, gaining a firm look of resolve on his face.

"Y-Yes! I will do everything within my power to protect Miyako-chan!" Daichi answered almost instantly. This made Shakko smile...of sorts.

"Very well. Walk into the path of soverginity, son of man...And may the Stream of the Dragon guide you to its end..."

Just as Shakko muttered these words, Daichi suddenly gasped upon feeling an immeasurable amount of pain in his right arm, before his right sleeve burst apart, revealing a burnt mark in the shape of circles tracing from his upper arm and down to his wrist, and before both Daichi and Miyako knew it, white light engulfed both of their sights.

Meanwhile, outside...

"Daichi Shijima and Miyako Hotsuin are still trapped inside of Suguru Kamoshida. Are you sure that nothing will happen to them?" Alcor asked Shadow with worry apparent in his voice.

"Don't worry. They will come out right now" Shadow answered with his cold emotionless face still looking at Asmodeus, before suddenly...

"KUH?!"

"?!"

Alcor's attention was immediately shifted to Asmodeus, who started to writhe in pain, before parts of his flesh started to rise up, namely the stomach area, as if something was trying to tear its way outside his stomach, before suddenly, his stomach erupted, before Daichi, being surrounded by a dark orange aura while holding an unconscious and naked Miyako appeared in the middle of a mess of blood, before jumping away from Kamoshida, landing beside Shadow and Alcor.

"Are you okay?" Shadow asked Daichi, still looking at Kamoshida, who was healing up from his stomach wound.

"I'm...I'm fine...But help Miyako. Do the thing that you did to us" Daichi said trying to take his breath, to which Shadow just snapped his fingers, and in seconds, all of Miyako's injuries, inner and outer ones, got healed up, alongside the construction of her clothes in thin air, where viatality returned to her face and body shortly afterwards.

"Whoa..." Daichi couldn't hide his amusement. He then heard another finger snap, before a spherical dark purple portal appeared in thin air in front of him.

"Go" Shadow simply ordered both Daichi and Alcor.

"What?" Alcor asked.

"We have saved Miyako. Now your role is over. Reunite with your friends, who by now have reunited with my own friends. I will be behind you shortly afterwards" Shadow said before he tightened his grip on Murasama, causing red electricity to cackle violently around the blade, before it surrounded Shadow's body, who proceeded to march towards the angered Kamoshida.

"YoU sHiTtY cHiLd Of HyBrId! I wIlL kIlL yOu!" Kamoshida roared with his claws growing even bigger in size. At the same time, Shadow's hand glowed, flashing an ethereal blue kanji which spelled 'Hierophant', before the kanji floated from his palm and into the air above his palm, and then he crushed it.

"Daisaoujou!" He exclaimed before Daisoujou appeared in a burst of blue ethereal flames behind Shadow.

"DiE!" Kamoshida roared before lashing his claws at Shadow, who simply stood in his place, before whispering quietly.

"Daisaoujou...Hamaon..."

"?!"

A huge yellow tailsman paper that glowed with bright yellow light appeared instantly once Daisoujou raised its free left hand which was not holding the prayer beads, and once Kamoshida's claws touched it, a vibrant explosion of light erupted from the tailsman, shredding Kamoshida's claws apart.

"GaH! yOu ShItTy DeMoN! hOW dArE yOu?!" Kamoshida roared in pain as his claws were slowly regenerating, even more slower than before.

"The Seven Princes of Hell. One of them is Asmodeus, The Prince of Lust. And aside from Satan, there is one crucial common weakness shared by the Princes of Hell, which is being completely crippled when it comes to Light magic" Shadow explained calmly, causing Kamoshida to roar in anger.

Suddenly, the room around them started to be slowly get surrounded by blackness, where said blackness was slowly eating apart anything around it.

"Shit! The Void!" Daichi cursed.

"Go! Now!" Shadow called out.

"What?! We can't leave you here!" Daichi yelled at Shadow.

"Just go! I will be fine!" Shadow replied, before looking at Alcor, who hesitated for a second, before nodding knowingly to Shadow. He then reached for Daichi, patting him on his shoulder.

"It's alright, Daichi Shijima. Just listen to him. He knows what to do" Alcor said to Daichi with his calm smile, which caused Daichi to look at him, then at Shadow, who was focusing on the raging Kamoshida, before swallowing the lump in his throat, then carrying the unconscious Miyako bridal style, then standing up, nodding to Alcor. Both Alcor and Daichi, who was holding Miyako in his arms, proceeded to run towards the portal Shadow opened, but before Daichi entered, he turned around to Shadow, whose back was still facing them.

"I...I don't know who you are or why you are risking your life for mere strangers, but...Thank you! Thank you for saving us! I really hope that you come back to us alive!" Daichi yelled to Shadow before he and Alcor proceeded to enter the portal, which closed right after they entered it.

At the same time, Shadow's eyes were shadowed by his hair, where he was in deep thought after Daichi's words.

"I...Was never ever thanked before in my life...Being thanked...Is not really bad..." He muttered, before being snapped into reality by Kamoshida's roars.

"I...I want to be thanked even more...And for that reason...I..."

Kamoshida's roars became even louder, as a massive fire energy formed in his mouth.

"...I shall shatter your world!"

---

At the same time. The Underworld

"Are you okay, man? Can you hear me?"

"Blue-kun. Are you alright?"

Menma's and Makoto's respective concerned voices were heard by Blue, who was still sitting on the ground, beaten up and nearly out of breath, and in front of him was Riser, beaten to an inch of his life, with Ravel beside him with tears filling her eyes and staining her face.

"I'm glad that stuff closed in on this..." Naruko muttered under her breath, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Hey watch it!"

"Don't push!"

"Hold up, Keita-kun! Your touching my-!"

"?!"

Lots of voices were heard at the same time, causing Team Oblivion and their Devil friends to look at the source of the voice, only for a spherical dark purple to appear in thin air, before 10 figures came out falling on each other and into the ground. Moments later, they all got up, dusting their clothes and looking at their surroundings, and before they could say anything upon looking at the people in front of them, Naruko came into their view.

"I assume that someone that looks like a punk was the person that brought you here, saying something like 'I have some friends that can help you', right?" Naruko asked with an oddly cheerful smile that completely contradicted the tense atmosphere around them, to which her question got answered by a nod from Otome, who was the one to first snap from her daze, which made Naruko's smile widen. Not a second later and another portal opened, before Daichi, Alcor and an unconscious Miyako who was held in Daichi's arms emerged from the portal. Naruko simply blinked at this.

"And I can assume that those are your friends?" She asked.

"Guys...?"

"?!"

The familiar voice of one Hibiki Kuze rang of his own friends who whose attention was drift to his voice, shocking them, having not seen their own friend ever since a very long time.

Hibiki walked slowly towards his friends with tears flowing freely from his wide eyes, with Io's tears flowing down her face as well.

And just as Hibiki was aboit to reach to hug Io...

BOOOM!

"?!"

The ground in front of the massive crowd of both humans blew up, kicking dust and rocks everywhere. After the dust settled, it revealed a rather disturbing sight.

It was a massive purple blob of transparent flesh, which was wiggling around and making 'blub' sounds every time it swayed.

"And you are...?" Naruko asked while blinking, before a figure stood up on top of the figure. A comical scowl appeared on Naruko and Menma's faces upon seeing who was the figure.

"Of course it would be you..." Naruko said.

"KUHAHAHAHAHA! Missed me?!" Mueller exclaimed cackling like a mad man.

"And this time you brought a massive flesh blub with you..." Accel said with a sweatdrop.

"This ain't any flesh blub, Accel-kun. This is my wildest creation: The Demon Spawner. I was going to use it on your new friends over there if it wasn't for the fact that they were here" Mueller said pointing at Hibiki and his friends, causing the males to grit their teeth in anger, while the females shivered in fear and had horrified looks on their faces. Mueller just looked at them for a few seconds, before looking around him, realizing that a figure was missing. Only when he found the absence of said figure did he find the answer for why Hibiki and his friends were present in front of him. This in turn made him place a palm on his face, covering his eyes, before throwing his head backwards and bursting out in laughter.

"KUHAHAHAHAHAHA! Of course! It's him! Who else could foil my plans other than you, Shadow-kun?!" Mueller exclaimed, before placing his sights at the people in front of him.

"But that matters not. I have the golden chance of turning you all to test subjects!" Mueller exclaimed before the Demon Spawner released a blub-like roar, which made Team Oblivion, sans Blue, who was tired, Ryuji, who wasn't present with them, and Hibiki and his friends, to enter their fighting stances, and summon their Personas and Demons to prepare for battle.

"Attack! Demon Spawner!" Mueller ordered, causing the Demon Spawner to lash parts of it in a tentacle-like manner, aiming towards the group of humans and Devils.

But before it could even touch them...

"Spiral Viper!"

"Lightspeed Slash!"

"Gideon Shot!"

"?!"

Three consecutive shouts were heard, before a massive beam-shaped hurricane, a white arc of energy, and a massive bullet of magic were fired off respectively, intercepting the tentacles before they could touch the group.

This made both the humans and Devils look behind them, to the direction of the three attacks, only to be greeted by the sights of Hitoshura, Kazuya, Aleph, Soriel, Nyra and Alice, where Hito wiped his mouth with his arm, Kazuya swung his sword in the air and Aleph blew smoke away from his gun.

"Newcomers coming..." Naruko deadpanned.

Hito then disappeared in a burst of speed, before appearing shortly after, this time above the Demon Spawner, before slamming his fist on it, knocking Mueller off of it, where Hito held a mad grin on his face.

"Time for you to turn to mincemeat, you piece of rotten flesh!" Hito exclaimed before his arms were covered in fire instantly, before he clasped both hands together.

"Magma Axis!" He roared out before slamming both fists on the Demon Spawner, causing a massive beam of fire to erupt from his hands and engulf the Demon Spawner, before he jumped off of it, but after a few seconds, the fire surrounding the Demon Spawner started to get absorbed inside of it.

"What the hell?! He absorbed the fire!" Hito exclaimed in shock.

"KUHAHAHAHA! That's right! Because I built this thing to absorb all kinds of attacks, including what you all call Almighty magic! You can never hope to touch it!" Mueller cackled madly.

"Ugnnh..." A moan was heard, before Miyako opened her eyes while being carried in Daichi's arms. She blinked for a few seconds, trying to gain her senses, before noticing that she can't feel the ground. She looked down, only to see that her feet weren't on the ground. She looked up, only to see that Daichi was holding her bridal style, with his upper clothes being nowhere to be found on his torso. It took her a few seconds to register to realize her position, before her face became as red as a tomato. Not a moment afterwards, she flailed in Daichi's arms, before her foot accidentally slammed itself into Daichi's face, knocking him on his butt, causing him to release Miyako and for said girl to fall on the ground.

"Shjima? What is going on?" Miyako asked, looking at her surroundings, and due to the fact that she had just woke up and her stamina was nearly drained, her mind was hazy and shaken.

"A lot has happened in a few minutes. Anyways, are you alright?" Jungo asked Miyako in concern, extending his hand to her, to which the female took to stand up on her feet, only for her feet to instantly betray her, forcing her to fall down once again, but before she could fall, Daichi caught her bridal style in his surprisingly muscular arms.

"Miss Miyako! Are you alright?!" Io asked in concern.

"I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE IGNORE ME!"

"?!"

And with that roar from Mueller, The Demon Spawner lashed its tentacles on the humans and Devils.

"We have to move!" Yamato yelled through gritted teeth.

"Easier said than done...I can barely stand..." Joe said with sweat dripping from his forehead. And he was right. As Yamato took a look around him, he saw that everyone of his friends, except for Hibiki and Daichi are exhausted to the point of near collapse. Even he was barely mustering enough power to speak, as even breathing felt like a fire burning in his lungs.

"Let me handle this!"

"?!"

The girlish voice of Tamamo was heard before said person zoomed towards the newcomers before standing in front of them. She then opened her palm, before an ethereal blue kanji that read 'Magician' appeared on top of her extended hand.

"Hey! That's the same as that guy who saved us!" Keita called out.

"That's an Arcana Kanji! Then that means...!"

"Come Forth! Marishiten!"

[Persona 5 OST - Will Power]

And before Jean could complete his phrase, Tamamo gave the ethereal kanji a roundhouse kick, crushing it and causing a burst of ethereal blue flames to flare, before an entity came into existence.

Said entity was blue skinned, and was a combination of three women fused together from the torso, making a total of three heads and six arms being present on the entity, with their legs being non-existent with a piece of white silk cloth dangling from their torso. Each one of the women held weapons in their hands. One held a double edged sword and a small vajra, another held a bow and an arrow, and the last one held a trident and a big vajra. Said entity, like all the other Personas, was 2 times taller than its summoner.

"Whoa...Will you look at that..." Morgana muttered out.

"Marishiten! The solar deity of sun in Buddhism Mythology!" Sirzechs exclaimed his shock out loud.

"Marishiten! Agidyne!" Tamamo yelled before Marishiten pointed its sword at the tentacles of the Demon Spawner, before a beam of fire erupted from the tip of the Persona's sword, colliding with the tentacles, causing them to seize their assault, before returning to the Demon Spawner.

"Very interesting. You used an ineffective attack to block the attack of the Demon Spawner. Quite intelligent indeed" Mueller said with a smirk.

"That's not all. I'm full of surprises" Tamamo exclaimed with a smirk of her own. In reality, however, she was freaking out from the inside, considering the fact that none of them have any kind of means to take down this thing. She can only block its attacks and halt its progress, but not forever.

"Hey...Umm..." Airi called out, gaining the attention of her friends.

"What's up, Ai?" Hinako asked her friend.

"Well...That thing reminds me of Arcturus. Remember? He was completely unaffected by our attacks, but only Yamato was able to harm him with the power of the Dragon Stream..." Airi answered.

"Oh! You mean that this thing can be harmed by the Dragon Stream just like Arcturus?! Good thinking, Airi" Ronaldo exclaimed.

"Well, that would have been good if it wasn't for the fact that Miyako and i are completely drained. Even if our wounds were healed, our powers are completely delepted..." Yamato said, before looking at Miyako, who was held in Daichi's arms bridal style, where said human-Triangulum hybrid was desperately fighting the urge to fall asleep from her energy reverses being completely delepted.

"Hey! Hibiki can use the Dragon Stream! Also, we have Saiduq, and Saiduq was the one alongside Yamato to be able to harm Arcturus in the second world! Ain't i right?" Joe asked, causing everyone to look at Hibiki, then at Saiduq, then at Tamamo, who was blocking the Demon Spawner's attacks with her own attacks.

"It seems that Tamamo won't be able to block this creature's attacks for much longer..." Kokoro said in a calm and cold voice.

"Well, she is using only the Agidyne spell. Don't know why" Menma said scratching the back of his head.

"Will Tamo-chan be able to survive this...Thing?" Teddie asked.

"Ack! A talking bear!" Airi squeaked before jumping from surprise, immediately landing on Menma's arms, causing the latter to catch the former in bridal style.

"Menma-san..." Asia muttered with her eyes starting to build comical tears, alongside a comical sad look on her face, causing Menma to sweatdrop at this.

Not a moment later, and Menma's ears were assaulted with a loud squeak, followed by a swift punch to the top of his head, causing him to kiss the dirt underneath his legs face first.

"What's the big idea, you perv?!" Airi shouted.

"Umm...Airi...You were the one that jumped into this mister's arms..." Io said.

"Ouch...That must have hurt..." Joe said.

"Nope. Not at all" Menma said standing up on his feet, no injuries whatsoever. Only a few small pieces of dirt staining his suit.

"Are you alright? I think you broke him, Airi..." Hinako asked in concern.

"No! I'm really fine! I can't feel pain at all! So no need to be worried!" Menma exclaimed with a smile.

"WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ALL IGNORING ME?!"

"?!"

Mueller's roar of anger caused everyone to direct their attention towards him, before several tentacles shaped in the form of spikes, before they lashed towards Tamamo and the others. Yamato gritted his teeth, seeing that he was completely useless in the middle of the battlefield.

And just before the tentacles could reach even Tamamo...

"Ley Line"

"?!"

[Music Ends]

...A massive explosion of yellowish orange energy blew the tentacles away, and the one to do it...

"What in the world?! Did Daichi just-"

...Was none other than Daichi Shijima, who was holding Miyako in his left arm, while his right fist was emitting smoke, and his posture, alongside his surprisingly buffed torso, made Keita's tongue twist into a knot, unable to even continue his phrase.

"Is that really Daichi...?" Io exclaimed her shock in a low voice.

"Wow...Was he that buffed and muscular...?" Otome exclaimed her shock next in line.

"I see. It seems that Shadow has given this Daichi guy his Power Stigmata" Accel said.

"Power Stigmata?" Rias asked in confusion, having heard Shadow's name.

"The Power Sitgmata is an ability that Shadow created. It makes Shadow transfer a minimum portion of his powers to anyone he touches. This is the same that happened to you, Hyoudou-kun" Jean answered.

"Whoa! Sensei really is OP!" Issei exclaimed in excitement.

"FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK! YOUR IGNORING ME AGAIN, YOU DIPSHIT!" Mueller roared in anger, before the Demon Spawner shot out blobs of its body to the air, before said blobs descended like rain. Daichi simply looked at them with a cold look on his face, before he sighed.

"Absolute Order"

"?!"

And just as Daichi whispered this, the blobs simply fell past his shoulders and past the shoulders of the others behind him, before splashing on the ground like how water splashs on the ground.

"W-What...?" Miyako asked in confusion while being in Daichi's arm.

"Huh? Honestly, Mueller. Did you lost your touch because of your dirty thoughts?" Naruko asked with a snicker spreading across her mouth, which caused Mueller to grit his teeth in anger so hard that a tooth chipped.

"I WILL TAKE ALL OF YOU AS TEST SUBJECTS!" Mueller yelled in anger.

"Daichi!"

"?!"

Daichi looked behind him to see Hibiki coming towards him, before standing by his right side. Daichi then looked to the other side to see Yamato on his left side.

"I can barely move...But i know that i can do a change..." Yamato said with a thin smile on his face.

"Me...Too...I can...Fight..." Miyako said before standing on her two feet while staggering, trying to desperately stand. Daichi and Hibiki saw this, looked at each other, before nodding.

"Here. Let us help you"

"?!"

And just like that, Hibiki and Daichi proceeded to channel the power of the Dragon Stream to both Yamato and Miyako respectively, where a glowing yellowish orange outline lined both of their bodies, and the color returning to their faces. After a few seconds, both Yamato and Miyako let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.

"It feels like i'm reborn!" Yamato said tugging his white gloves firmly on his hands.

"Couldn't agree more, Brother" Miyako replied, before the four Dragon Stream users shifted their own attention towards Mueller and his deformed creature.

"Everyone...Before we begin this fight..."

Daichi whispered to Hibiki, Yamato and Miyako, gaining their attention.

"I'm so sorry...It was my fault...If i wasn't weak...If i resisted the Demons back then...This wouldn't all have happened...Forgive me..." He whispered, which caused Yamato, Miyako and Hibiki to smile gently at him.

"Shijima...You don't need to apologize. In fact, we should all thank you" Miyako said.

"Huh?" Daichi asked in confusion.

"Indeed, Shijima. It's because of you that we realized our weakspots. At the past, i thought that just because of the fact that i was from the legendary Hotsuin family that i was special and powerful, and that nothing could stand in my way. This incident, however, showed me otherwise. We are all humans, and i'm no different from anyone that i used to call a commoner. This was a hard lesson that could have killed all of us, but i realized it. As such, i won't fall in the same trap twice, and i have you to thank for it" Yamato said while smiling.

"Yamato..." Daichi trailed.

"As for me, i would never hate you. You are my friend, Daichi. My first, and best friend. There is no way that i would resent you, man" Hibiki said with a smile that hasn't been shown or seen ever since his arrival to the Underworld. This made Daichi smile back, before he steeled his gaze, looking at Mueller alongside Hibiki, Yamato and Miyako.

"Oh! Heh...You guys can...Fight...? Good...'Cause i'm already outta juice..." Tamamo said with heavy breaths before Marishiten disappeared in a burst of blue ethereal flames, followed by Jean ordering Enkidu to catch Tamamo and bring her back to them.

"Let's do this! Together!"

Hibiki's confident voice raised the vigor inside his three friends that were beside him, causing them to shout out at the same time.

"Together!"

---

Meanwhile, At the Devil Survivor Dimension

"...I shall shatter your world!"

[RWBY Volume 7 OST - Trust Love]

Once Shadow yelled this out, Kamoshida released a fire torrent from his mouth towards Shadow and his Persona, to which Shadow called out.

"Daisoujou! Makarakarn!" He yelled before Daisoujou took out a small bell from one of its sleeves, before shaking it, causing a ringing sound to be produced, before three octagonal shields appeared in front of Shadow, and once Kamoshida's fire torrent made impact with Shadow's shield, it immediately hit it straight in the face, and naturally, due to this attack holding the Pierce effect, it harmed Kamoshida, completely ignoring his ability to absorb fire.

"I wIlL kIlL you!" Kamoshida roared out before lashing out his claws at Shadow, who prepared another ethereal kanji in his palm, before crushing it.

"Magatsu-Izanagi!" He exclaimed before the dark counterpart of Izanagi showed itself behind its summoner, before using its nagnita in a reverse grip to slash on his giant hand, causing Kamoshida to roar in agony as his fingers and wrist flew off his arm in a torrent of blood.

"BaStArD! mY fIsT! HoW dArE yOu RiP mY fIsT?!" Kamoshida just roared before spitting out a massive fire ball, causing Shadow to prepare for summoning another Persona.

"Asterius!" He exclaimed before Asterius came into existence behind Shadow, before releasing a massive torrent of fire, effectively repelling the fire ball coming towards them.

"Asterius!..."

Taking a deep breath, Shadow exclaimed his Persona's strongest attack.

"...Titanomachina!"

After announcing this, Asterius threw its bull head backwards, roaring to the sky, before a mix of magma and flames erupted from the ground, engulfing Kamoshida, whose roars of pain were indescribable.

"Ariadne!"

Shadow didn't stop here, and proceeded to summon another Persona, who proceeded to weave its hands around, causing several red threads to come out from its hands, before said hands lashed at Kamoshida, wrapping around his giant Demon form and binding him into place.

"Ariadne!..."

Gathering more power from his Persona, Shadow prepared for its strongest attack.

"...Beast Weaver"

Upon exclaiming this, Ariadne waved its right arm in the air, causing several red threads to appear from thin air, then coil around in a rapid pace, forming the shape of a double-horned rhino, which proceeded to fly towards Kamoshida, before slamming itself towards him, exploding on contact, and nearly knocking Kamoshida off his feet.

"Kaguya!"

Continuing his assault, Shadow summoned another Persona, before said Persona spread its arms to the side, causing hundreds of Kougaon orbs to appear around both it and Shadow, before rainbow-colored light beams fired off at Kamoshida, striking him head on, and causing his roars of agony to become even louder.

Shadow's merciless assault did not falter, as he proceeded to crush another ethereal Arcana kanji.

"Thanatos!"

Once Shadow crushed the kanji, Thanatos came into life behind his master, before spreading his coffin wings to his side, causing hundreds of Eigaeon to flare into existence around Shadow and Thanatos.

"LiKe I wILl LeT you!" Kamoshida roared out before opening his mouth to fire off his spell.

"Agidyne!" He roared out before firing off a blazing fire beam from his mouth, where Thanatos roared out, effectively giving the command to the Darkness magic orbs to fire off beams of Darkness, clashing with Asmodeus' Agidyne spell, causing the two spells to enter a deadlock struggle, before slowly, but surely and eventually, Shadow's spell managed to overpower Kamoshida's, piercing through his own immunity to Darkness attacks.

"GaHhHhH! yOu ShItTy HyBrId! I wIlL kILl YoU!" Kamoshida roared in a mix of anger and agony.

"Put a lead on your mouth already"

"?!"

And just as Shadow said this, Kamoshida felt his stomach being ripped into shreds, which caused him to look down, only to see Magatsu-Izanagi with its nagnita dripping in blood. Not a moment later, and Kaguya appeared in front of Kamoshida's face, before pressing its nonexistent lips into Kamoshida's own gigantic jaws, and then suddenly, Kamoshida's body started to shrink at a rapid race, as if all the water was being sucked from his body, causing said human-turned Demon to recoil and stagger back after Kaguya finished her Kiss of Death attack.

"Y-YoU...hOw CoUlD yOu...SuMmOn MuLtIpLe PeRsOnAs...At OnCe...? NoT eVen WiLd CaRdS...CoUlD sUmMoN mOrE tHaN oNe PeRsOnA...aT a TiMe...WhAt ArE yOu... ChIlD oF hYbRiD...?" Kamoshida asked in his same distorted voice, but was weaker due to Kaguya's earlier attack, where Shadow was looking at him with complete coldness and impassiveness, before an ethereal blue Arcana kanji appeared above his hand.

"I am...Your nightmare..."

"?!"

This whisper was the breaker of the ice, as Shadow crushed the kanji right afterwards, before Warble came into view, before rearing its arm back while balling his fist, which started to have orange energy swirling around it.

"LiKe I wOuLd LeT yOu!" Kamoshida roared out before opening his mouth trying to desperately fire another Agidyne, but he wasn't fortunate, as a white Chinese dragon came out of nowhere, clutching Asmodeus' neck with its jaws, before coiling its length around his body, effectively restraining him.

"WhAt?! ShAkKo?! BuT how?! YoU cAn MaNiPuLaTe ThE dRaGoN sTrEaM?! but YoUr No HoTsUiN!" Kamoshida expressed his shock with fear and horror as he saw Shadow extending his free arm that was not holding his blade and opening the palm of said arm, where yellowish orange energy was swirling around it.

"I told you, didn't I? That I will shatter your world. Prepare to witness true oblivion..." Shadow muttered before the energy swirling around Warble's hand started to increase at a rapid pace.

"Warble..."

Muttering the name of his Persona, Shadow exclaimed out its strongest attack.

"...Destruction!"

Upon calling out the name of the spell, Warble threw its fist forward, releasing a massive orange energy beam, which made its way towards the disabled Kamoshida, who desperately tried to kick off his restraint, but in vain. All that he could do was watch as his death was coming near.

"CuRsE yOu, ShAdOw OtSuTsUkI!"

He simply roared one last time, before getting engulfed by Warble's spell. His roars soon started to fade as he himself faded from existence along with the physical manifestation of Shakko. The beam then disappeared gradually, leaving nothing in its wake other than the Void that was slowly approaching Shadow, but there was nothing that remained of Asmodeus.

[End Music]

Shadow simply stood in his place, with Warble disappearing in a burst of blue ethereal flames from behind Shadow, who simply blinked while standing silently, before turning his head to a certain spot on the ground that had yet to be devoured by the Void.

"Your really resilient and persistent, you know that?"

He simply said this while looking at the certain spot on the ground, and not long after, said spot erupted, and a human hand popped out, before it pulled on the ground, pulling out Suguru Kamoshida in his human form, who was standing on all fours, panting heavily with sweat dripping from his entire body like a waterfall.

"Damn you...Child of Hybrid..." Kamoshida gasped those words to Shadow, who looked at him with his cold stare.

"Do you think...I'm done yet...? I still got...This trump card..." Kamoshida gasped once again, before forcing himself to his feet, then he proceeded to rip off his shirt, revealing various black kanji tattoos spreading all over his upper torso, which in turn caused Shadow to gasp, since he scanned it instantly with his The Analyst.

"This is..." Shadow trailed off with his words, only for Kamoshida to race him to it.

"Secret Demon Art: Terror Nightmare!"

"?!"

And before Shadow could react, a black sphere erupted from Kamoshida's chest, before it engulfed Shadow inside of it.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I was going to use this to capture all your friends with it, but it was needed to deal with you!" Kamoshida exclaimed with a huge grin that threatened to split his face in half.

And silence immediately screamed afterwards.

...

...

...

Shadow's eyes opened.

Blinking, he saw himself in a familiar place.

Looking at his hands, he saw that they were so small, as if they were that of a baby.

If he wasn't wrong, then he is in his room back in Konoha.

He stood up on his little feet, before walking slowly towards a small mirror in the corner of the room, only to see his reflection in the mirror as his three year old self.

"What?" He simply blurted out.

He suddenly heard a woman's scream, and a familiar scream at that. He ran as fast as he could to the outside, with his heart thumping rapidly, and once he got outside...

"...W-What...?"

...He was greeted with the same sight that he saw 15 years ago.

His parents, with swords, kunais, shuriken and several other bladed weapons stabbing their backs, lying in pools of their own blood, courtesy of the people and ninjas surrounding them.

Reacting without thinking, he ran as fast as he could towards them, but a kick from someone sent his three year old self flying to the ground, with a nasty bruise appearing shortly after on his left eye, and blood came out from his broken nose. With his good eye, he saw the person that kicked him away. The same person that made him suffer all his life, and said person was smirking devilishly at him.

It was Minato Namikaze.

"Heh...Shitty Demon...You think that a weakling like you can do any difference?! It's your fault that your parents are dead!" Minato exclaimed with his smirk to Shadow. At the same time, however, another figure rushed towards Minato in a mad dash, with tears flowing down her eyes.

It was Kushina Uzumaki, Naruko and Menma's mother.

"Minato! What are you doing?! They are our friends! Why are you doing this?!" Kushina cried out her tears while pulling on his sleeve.

"Those two are traitors. They were going to spew lies into the ears of the Fire Daimyo. Not to mention that I laid low about their first treason, which was giving birth to this Demon that will destroy our village. I cannot allow this anymore" Minato said sternly.

"What do you mean by that?! They're not-Kuh?!"

And before Kushina could say anything else, Minato chopped her on the neck, knocking her out unconscious, and proceeded to catch her before she could fall on the ground.

"Citizens of Konoha! Have you seen the deed of the Demon?! He brainwashed my beloved wife to save himself! He is spreading lies in her mind, and soon will do to all of you! Which in turn means that we will need protection! However! Fear not! For that we have our own savior! All hail our savior: Lord Beelzebub!"

As Minato roared this out, a pillar of black light pierced through the clouds and descended into the spot right behind Minato.

It was a massive humanoid figure, around three to four times the height of Minato. It was dark blue from head to toe, with what looked like a brown belt that held four spherical green jewels strapped to its chest, with a short, shoulder-length white hair that had two dark blue wings-like protrusions from the two sides of its head, where his arms were covered with what looked like a cross between wings and shields, with each one having light pink jewels adorning it, where said color of said jewels were matching the color of its eyes that had no sclera and no irises.

"It's an angel!"

"The Fourth Hokage has brought peace to all of us!"

"Death to the Demon! All hail Lord Beelzebub!"

The hails of both villagers and ninjas, alongside his parents lying in pools of their own blood left Shadow completely confused, horrified and angry, despite the fact that he experienced this before.

His thoughts were completely halted and disturbed when a villager slammed his iron pipe into Shadow's face, causing blood to burst once again from both his mouth and his already broken nose, alongside a few teeth bursting out from his mouth, before he fell on the ground, where the villagers proceeded to kick at his three year old self, where the poor kid tried to shield himself from all the assaults using his little frail arms.

While shielding himself, he looked from one side, only to see Naruko and Menma's two-year-old selves, where they stood watching their childhood friend being beaten with wide eyes and tears flowing from their eyes, and from another side, he saw Beelzebub approaching his parents, before a swarm of flies appeared out of thin air, which proceeded to surround both Asuka and Lewis, causing both of them to gasp in pain as the flies were eating them alive.

And in spite of that, they gritted on their teeth, forced two gentle smiles on their faces, looked at Shadow, and proceeded to say one last word to him.

"Shadow...Live..."

And shortly afterwards, everything faded to black.

Shortly afterwards, Shadow's crimson red eyes snapped open, only to show that he returned back to his 18 year old self, and by looking around, he saw that he was surrounded by an infinite-sized dark purple wavy void.

[RWBY OST - Let's Just Live (Start from 02:33)]

Afterwards, Shadow looked with distorted eyes, which showed a mix of emotions.

Pain.

Grieve.

Despair.

Pessimism.

Sorrow.

And finally...Reality.

He had realized what just happened. He saw an illusion of his past, and a bad part of it at that.

While standing there, Shadow begun to lament on what just happened.

"What...Am I...? Why was I...Born...? What did I do...To suffer like this...? To be honest...I could care less of what happens of me...Why did mom and dad get dragged into this...? Is this...My fault...? Maybe if I wasn't born...Then their life...Might have been better...? Yes...This is all my fault...I must die..."

His heart was broken long, long ago, and he didn't know what he had done to deserve all this, but he did deduce that he was the reason his parents suffered. Why did they have to suffer because of him?

"Are you going to abandon me...?"

"?!"

The sound came from a figure that appeared right in front of Shadow.

It was his three year old self.

Shadow's eyes widened upon seeing his younger self in front of him with a sad look on his face, which caused Shadow to unconsciously fall to one of his knees to fall to his younger self's height.

"What...? What are you...?" Shadow trailed off with his words, having nothing to say as the words twisted into knots on the tip of his tongue.

"Are you forsaking everything? Your past? Your family? Your friends? Your future? Your life?" Young Shadow asked Shadow, whose eyes widened even more in surprise, and tried to open his mouth to let the words out, but his mouth closed once again from both confusion and shock. Young Shadow then balled its small fist, with tears flowing from his eyes, before he gently tackled Shadow's chest with his balled fist while gritting his teeth.

"Please...Please don't abandon me...Don't forget about me..."

The words that came from his younger self left Shadow completely dumbfounded, confused, sad, heartbroken and shocked.

"Papa and mama...Wished the best for all of us...They wanted us to live peacefully and happy...They would never think of us as a burden...They loved us..." Young Shadow said, causing Shadow's eyes to narrow slightly, and become filled with sadness once again.

"But...But I caused them pain and suffering...They didn't deserve this at all...I don't deserve them..." He muttered, before he felt the small and soft hands of his younger self touch both sides of his face, causing him to slowly lift up his head, where his face was cupped by the small hands of his younger self, who smiled at him with tears flowing down his cheeks.

"Do you...Remember what they said to us...?"

As Young Shadow said this, an image appeared in the dark purple void, which showed the scene of his parents saying their last words to his three year old self.

"Shadow...Live..."

The words echoed inside Shadow's head.

He realized now.

His parents...His family...Did love him.

"They never saw us, and would never see as a burden. Your purpose in life...Our purpose...Is to fulfill their wish...It's to live...We have to live...For our friends...They are our family alongside our own family...We will keep on living...To gain even more family members...Right...?"

The words of his younger self caused Shadow's widened eyes to slowly leak tears of blood from his left eye, and normal tears from his right eye.

They...Loved him so much...And he was about to throw everything and abandon their love for him by only his thoughts.

"See...? It's easy...You don't have to suffer...There are people that love you...It is a great responsibility to bear all the sins of mankind on your heart...It is agonizing...But by bearing it...Only will humanity and other races would discard discrimination... So stand up...And let us return to our family..."

After those words, Shadow felt the mysterious voice once again in his head chanting.

"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."

"It Shall Be The Key To Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."

"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Magician...Granting Thee Infinite Power..."

"Thou Hast Been Bestowed With The Ability to Summon Okuninushi...The Ultimate Persona Of The Magician Arcana..."

And right after the poem ended, the image of a Japanese man with snow white skin dressed in white Japanese robes and a steel torso armor, with his long silky black hair tied into huge braids, with a long sword on his back and a small dagger strapped to the right side of his waist appeared inside Shadow's mind before fading shortly afterwards. Shadow then looked at his younger self, who smiled at him.

"Another bond turned into a blood oath...March forward...Our family awaits us..."

After his younger self said this, the ethereal Arcana kanji of the 'Magician' appeared in front of Shadow, to which he used his arm to wipe his tears with his sleeve, before reaching with his right arm towards the kanji, with his younger self reaching for it.

"I'm making them suffer...It's my fault...My responsibility...I will take it to heart...I will never give it up...I will keep moving forward...And break all the laws...For that reason...This power...I will use it...To shatter all worlds opposing me!"

After exclaiming this, Shadow and his younger self crushed the ethereal Arcana kanji, engulfing the dark purple void in a burst of blinding light.

---

At the same time. With Kamoshida

"Huh...I was going to use this technique to expand my paradise...But if it's for taking down this bastard, then it was never a waste..."

Kamoshida exclaimed this while panting and sweating profusely. He might have brought out his trump card, but to capture the strongest Messiah was something else, so it was worth this one shot.

Crack!

"?!"

The sound of something cracking alerted Kamoshida, causing him to look at the dark sphere that was engulfing Shadow, only to see a huge crack forming on the black sphere, causing him to gasp in shock, before unconsciously taking a few steps back as several other cracks started to form around the sphere, before suddenly, the black sphere shattered apart, causing Kamoshida to shield his face with his arms, and after a few seconds, he removed his arms, only to be greeted by the sight of Shadow, with Okuninushi floating behind him with his sword brandished in its right hand.

And just by the look of his eyes, which was shadowed, while only revealing two shining crimson red orbs, Shadow was extremely angry.

"That's...Impossible!" Kamoshida could only say this in his shock.

"You have angered me for the last time...Time to die" Shadow whispered before Okuninushi raised its sword above its head with one hand, pointing it to the sky.

"Okuninushi!..."

Energy started swirling around the Persona's sword as it begun to unleashed its strongest attack, before the energy formed around the sword in the form of a yellow blade that served as elongation of the sword itself.

"...Godly Whip!"

Upon Shadow exclaiming this, Okuninushi swung its sword vertically, waving the energy extension on said whip in the same fashion as a whip, slamming it at Kamoshida, causing a massive explosion that shook the Void surrounding them, and causing it to crack, before it slowly started to shatter like glass, leaving pitch blackness, indicating the irreversible destruction of the universe itself, but it was halted from its advance, leaving only a small platform that both Kamoshida and Shadow stood on.

[End Music]

After the execution of the Persona's attack, Okuninushi disappeared from behind Shadow in a burst of blue ethereal flames, leaving both its master and his enemy in what very little land that was left of this universe. Kamoshida stood up shakily on his feet, grabbing his abdomen, where he was bleeding green blood from both his mouth and abdomen, even letting out a couple of coughs that held green blood.

"This...Can't be...How is this...Possible...?" Kamoshida asked weakly.

"Green colored blood...The blood of Demons...You have discarded your humanity, and at the same time, your abusing it. How lower can you further get?" Shadow asked with Murasama's blade cackling with red electricity in his right hand, causing Kamoshida to grit his bloodied teeth in anger, desperation and complete fear. What he saw in front of him was not an ordinary being.

It was a monster. A walking, wicked disaster with a consciousness.

"You! You were supposed to be nothing more than a foul existence! How could you...Defeat me...?!"

Shadow simply walked towards him slowly with nimble steps, as the red electricity around his blade grow in intensity.

"My ideal world...My paradise! It was all...Just a feeble dream...!"

The sound of a hand clutching the hilt of a sword tightly, with a glare that can pierce through the thickest of metal, made Kamoshida opt a look of horror that resembled a deranged smile.

And in less than an instant and the sound of wind blowing furiously, Shadow was on the other side, behind Kamoshida, his blade caught in one hand, extended horizontally to the side of his body.

Silence screamed for three seconds, before suddenly...

"GYAAAAAHHHHH!"

Kamoshida's wail of pain erupted and echoed as his body bursted into a red skull-shaped mist, before fading after a few seconds.

And along with it faded the scream, and Suguru Kamoshida was no longer in this existence.

Shadow stood silently in what remained of this universe, before waving his sword to his side in the air, then proceeded to sheath it silently and slowly, before letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"One down..." He muttered.

His eyes then suddenly flicked open upon sensing a source of energy behind him. Turning around, he saw a floating shining orb in the place where Kamoshida was, which floated towards him. Acting on instinct, Shadow reached his arm out to it, and upon touching it, it disappeared instantly, as if it was absorbed inside him. Suddenly, the arm that touched the shining orb started to have dark red energy swirling around it, traveling from shoulder to finger nail, before fading, and upon fading, something appeared in his hand.

It was a black bow, with its center having what looked like two separated snake peaks, along with its string being crimson red in color and glowing constantly.

"The first weapon...So that's the power of the Demon Arms..." Shadow said, before dismissing the weapon in a flash of red, before snapping his fingers, causing a purple spherical portal to appear in front of him.

Suddenly, he stopped in front of the portal, moments before placing his foot inside the portal.

His eyes widened in pure rage, with the blackness around him distorting and twisting violently, before he muttered only one word from behind his teeth that was shadowed along with his face, showing only his glowing crimson eyes of wrath.

"A fly...?"

A few minutes ago. The Underworld

"Together!"

[The World Ends With You OST - Transformation Dual Mix]

The Demon Spawner shot its tentacles once again, causing Hibiki, Daichi, Yamato and Miyako to scatter to different directions. The monster then shot another set of tentacles towards Miyako, who proceeded to create a spherical orange barrier to protect herself from the attack coming towards her. Yamato took the chance, and proceeded to channel the Dragon Stream into his pointer finger.

"Dragon Spot!" He exclaimed before pressing his finger on the Demon Spawner from behind, causing a massive shockwave to erupt from the point of contact, with the Demon Spawner screeching from the pain, before being sent flying past Miyako's shoulders, followed by Hibiki zooming towards it, before catching it in mid flight, slamming it with a fist imbedded with the Dragon Stream, sending it crashing to the ground, causing a massive 30 meter crater to be instantly created in the concrete of the Underworld.

"Such power..." Morgana said in awe.

The beating didn't end there, as Miyako rushed forward, before stabbing the Demon Spawner with her Dragon Stream empowered sword, causing it to screech in pain. And while clutching her sword and pressing its blade into the monster, Miyako noticed something in the middle of the monster itself. Narrowing her eyes to see it clearly, Miyako gasped upon realizing what it was.

"Is that...?"

"Miyako-chan! Watch out!"

"?!"

And right before Miyako could hit by a tentacle from the Demon Spawner that sported behind her, Daichi leapt towards her, using the energy of the Dragon Stream on his feet to leap towards Miyako, grabbing her on time before the tentacle could touch her, where he created a spherical orange barrier around both him and Miyako to protect them from the tentacle. Yamato took this chance, and proceeded to deliver a kick enhanced by the Dragon Stream, sending the Demon Spawner flying away several meters, but not before Daichi jumped off of the monster with Miyako in his arms bridal style.

"Are you two okay?" Yamato asked both Daichi and Miyako.

"We're fine. But what happened there with you, Miyako-chan?" Daichi asked.

"There was...A child inside this creature" Miyako answered.

"A child? So that's why you didn't press your sword even further into that beast" Yamato said.

"Then we have to think of a way to defeat this beast and save this child inside of it" Hibiki said upon arriving to them, causing the three Dragon Stream users to nod firmly.

On the other side of the field, humans and Devils were trying to hold their jaws from hitting the ground.

"This is so amazing...How would have ever thought that something like this could exist?" Naoto exclaimed her amazement.

"On top of that, I never have seen Daichi so...Strong and cool" Hinako said.

"Was he a wimp or something?" Accel asked.

"You could say that. He was a total garbage" Keita answered in a harsh manner.

"Keita! Don't be so rude! Daichi is still our friend!" Airi said.

"And I will have you know that Daichi was the one that saved your life from that Demon that was brainwashing Fumi back then in the first world" Joe said back, causing Keita to click his tongue in annoyance.

"Your being a dick right now..." Naruko mumbled with her eyes being comical purple dots while looking at Keita.

"Buzz off, melons!" Keita roared at Naruko.

"You don't learn when to shut your mouth. Do you, Naruko?" Menma asked with a sweatdrop.

"I love you too!" Naruko replied with a comical innocent smile, and her tongue was sticking out of her mouth in a childish manner, causing Menma to sigh and dangle his head in disappointment.

"I don't want to be old at an early age..." Menma muttered.

"You can't age, because of your both your immortality and the immortality granted by Shadow" Kokoro said with her blank and cold look.

"I didn't mean it in a literal manner, Kokoro..." Menma said chuckling with a sweatdrop.

"Immortality? You guys are immortals?" Yosuke asked in confusion.

"Oh. About that. You see, The Great 12 are embodiments of 12 aspects of death, particularly actions or out of the Seven Deadly Sins. As their existence are essential, we are immortal due to our conceptual existence, and we can't age, or be killed unless your erase our very conceptual existence from both existence and nonexistence, and even so, that's next to impossible to happen" Jean said.

"And why is that?" Ren asked.

"That's where Shadow's immortality comes in handy. You guys remember Shadow's Birth Ability, Lawbreaker? Well, Shadow used it to shift laws and concepts around all of us to grant us immortality. We can't age past 18, and those who are already older than 18 would never age past their own current age, we are provided with a healing factor that allows us to regenerate from conceptual destruction, and our existence would be tied to Shadow. So if someone wants to kill us, they would have to go through Shadow first" Jean answered.

"Wow! Sensei is even smart! As expected from Sensei!" Issei exclaimed happily.

"Whoa! Talk about OP! Is there even someone like him in existence?" Joe exclaimed.

"However, it comes with a certain condition" Jean said.

"Which is?" Minato (Arisato) asked.

"In Shadow's sights and mind, you have to be " A Family Member" in order to be granted that immortality" Jean answered once again.

"What? " A Family Member?" What does that mean?" Makoto (Sako) asked, having got interested.

"It's a long story, and it concerns an incident on Shadow's past, but Shadow made that ability automatically so that anyone that he deems good would be granted immortality. All of us included, as well as our newcomers here, are granted Shadow's Immortality without exception" Menma said.

"Huh? But we don't feel any kind of energy surge or any indication of that" Ronaldo noted.

"There's a specific tattoo-like mark on your right arm that indicates what I am saying" Jean said before rolling up his right sleeve, showing a black circle that had wings, where the wing on the right was that of a white feathery one, like that of an angel from Heaven, where the left one was that of a black bat one, like that of a Devil from Hell.

Ronaldo saw this, and proceeded to roll his right sleeve, followed by his own friends, where the rest of Team Oblivion, the ORC and Student Council Club (SCC for short) proceeded to follow suit, where to their surprise, they saw the same mark on their right arms.

"I didn't notice it till now! Sensei Sneaky!" Issei remarked causing everyone to sweatdrop at this.

Back to the fight, Hibiki gave a shoulder tackle to the Demon Spawner using the power of the Dragon Stream, followed by Daichi delivering a punch to it from above. Yamato followed by a barrage of punches and kicks that held the power of the Dragon Stream in them, before he halted his merciless assault and jumped backwards as Miyako pointed her sword at it, before a massive yellowish orange circle formed around the Demon Spawner, causing it to be pressed onto the ground as if gravity was against it.

"Hurry up and finish it! I can't hold it much longer!" Miyako exclaimed before Yamato adjusted his right white glove, Hibiki took off his bunny hoodie, showing off his messy curly black hair, and Daichi dashed towards the restrained Demon Spawner with Hibiki and Yamato dashing shortly afterwards behind him, before Daichi entered the circle of energy, and ran as fast as he could, charging his right hand with the power of the Dragon Stream upon seeing the Demon Spawner trying to shoot its tentacles at him.

"Dragon Claw!" Daichi roared out before sweeping his arm upwards in the form of an arc, causing an orange slash mark to erupt from his hand, which split open the Demon Spawner, showing an eight year old girl with short brown hair and fair skin, who was completely naked and unconscious. Daichi then leapt towards the young girl, snatching her out of the Demon Spawner.

"Mr. Shijima! Jump away! Now!" Miyako yelled for Daichi, who proceeded to do so, and jumped away, where Hibiki and Yamato approached its center, with their right fists were charged up with the power of the Dragon Stream, before both roared out and threw their fists forward.

"Ley Line!"

Upon exclaiming this and throwing their fists, Hibiki and Yamato unleashed a massive yellowish orange explosion from their fists, engulfing the Demon Spawner, whose roars of pain were silenced with the sound of the explosion, where the monster proceeded to disappear gradually, being erased under the mercy of the explosion from existence. A few seconds later and the explosion subsided, showing that nothing remained from the Demon Spawner.

[End Music]

"That...Was...Awesome!"

Of course, Issei was the one to break the ice which was made from the deadly silence that issued after the spectacular show in front of them, where Mueller was on the other side, pulling on his hair like crazy.

"Hey...Is that...?" Accel said with his eyes suddenly widening in shock, before he dashed forward towards Daichi, before snatching the girl from his and looking at her, before tears slowly fell from his eyes, having recognized who was the girl in his arms.

"Last Order..." He whispered.

"Hey. Does Accel know this girl?" Tamamo whispered in Kokoro's ear, to which the latter adjusted her round glasses on her eyes.

"Probably one of his acquaintances from Academy City, his former hometown" Kokoro simply answered.

"YOU DAMNED SHITTY VERMINS! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED MY PLANS ONCE AGAIN AND EVEN DESTROYED MY PRECIOUS CREATION!" Mueller yelled in frustration.

"You mean your "Precious Piece of Crap", you mad geezer" Blue said, having recovered quickly enough to stand up and talk in a casual manner.

"You have just made me resort to my trump card here. Bestowed to me by none other than Lord Beelzebub!" Mueller exclaimed before snapping his fingers, causing a black portal to appear behind him, before a buzzing sound was heard, followed by a swarm of millions of flies appearing out of the portal.

"Flies?!" Daichi exclaimed in shock.

"Those aren't just any flies. Those are Beelzebub's Kin! The Swarm that induces death on its victims and feeds on them!" Mueller exclaimed before the flies charged forward at blinding speeds, with red energy forming around each fly.

"Dammit! What to do, Hibiki?!" Daichi asked his friend.

"I really don't know...My body feels exhausted" Hibiki said panting heavily. He looked around him, only to see sweat dripping from Yamato, Miyako and Daichi, where the flies were nearing them and the others.

"If those are Beelzebub's Kin, then we have no chance to repel them. Not to mention the immense power coming out from them" Rias said gritting her teeth, feeling helpless as she and the others saw the flies of the King of Lies approaching them, whispering their death sentences with their loud buzzes.

And just as the flies were about to reach Team Oblivion and the Devils around them...

"A fly...?"

"?!"

And just as this was whispered, something flew like a lightning bolt from behind Team Oblivion and the Devils, striking the first fly on the front rows, with crimson electricity cackling around said object, before the fly was blown up, causing the object to spin up violently in the air, before falling on the ground, stabbing itself on the ground, right in front of everyone to see.

"That's Murasama...Do you guys know what does that mean...?" Menma asked, his body was shaking, but not from fear.

From excitement.

[The World Ends With You OST - Twister Remix]

"Ugh...I really hate flies..."

Slowly, everyone proceeded to turn their heads around to look behind them at the source of the familiar.

"The enemy of mankind and demonkind alike...Such annoyance..."

Naruko's face soon erupted into a happy smile as she saw the familiar purple spherical portal, followed by the familiar white shoe placing its foot on the ground of the Underworld. Lewis' eyes watered with tears as she soon realized who was it.

"And it's my job...To shatter their worlds..."

And with that phrase, Shadow Otsutsuki showed himself by walking outside the portal, with a cold glare directed towards the flies in front of him.

"Shadow-chan!" Serafall exclaimed while beaming with happiness and excitement.

"Your back, my son..." Lewis said with tears flowing down her face.

"That's Shadow...? That's...My brother...?" Alice muttered in shock while staring at Shadow with wide eyes.

Mueller's expression was priceless. He gritted his teeth in anger and fear while pulling even more on his hair, before he opened his mouth.

"KILL THIS FUCKER! KILL HIM FIRST!" Mueller literally screeched while pointing at Shadow, who was still glaring in silent anger at both Mueller and the flies of Beelzebub.

At that instant, the nova decillion of centillion of flies aimed themselves aimed themselves, whose eyes suddenly became glowing golden, and the red highlights on his hair turned pure golden, where his fists swirled with vibrant golden energy.

"Skill: Obliterate"

Upon whispering this, a massive, truck-sized golden skull appeared behind Shadow, who threw his fist forward, causing the golden energy skull to open its mouth and charge forward, sweeping out thousands of flies in its wake, and passing beside Mueller's side, cutting off a par of his left ear, where said mad scientist stood with wide eyes in shock and fear.

"I...I didn't die...I can't believe that he got rid of Beelzebub's Kin with a single strike..." He thought before his mad smirk returned to his face.

"But...A few were killed...You can't beat me! DIE!" He thought before the flies kept on advancing towards Shadow.

"1st Strike..."

"?!"

Everyone, including Mueller, looked at Shadow in shock as he reared his other fist back, before throwing it forward.

"2nd Strike. 3rd Strike. 4th Strike. 5th Strike. 6th Strike. 7th Strike. 8th Strike. 9th Strike. 10th Strike. 11th Strike. 12th Strike. 13th Strike. 14th Strike. 15th Strike. 16th Strike. 17th Strike. 18th Strike. 19th Strike. 20th Strike. 21st Strike..."

Each time Shadow threw a fist, an energy skull erupted from thin air, which conceptually destroyed thousands of millions of flies upon contact. All the while Mueller was standing in his place with wide, while Team Oblivion and the Devils of the Underworld were looking with wide eyes, in complete awe.

"Such power..." Mueller thought.

"What is that? Do damn powerful!" Joe exclaimed.

"I really REALLY don't him to make an enemy out of him" Lord Phenex said in awe at the display of power.

"22nd Strike. 23rd Strike. 24th Strike. 25th Strike. 26th Strike. 27th Strike. 28th Strike. 29th Strike. 30th Strike. 31st Strike. 32nd Strike. 33rd Strike. 34th Strike. 35th Strike. 36th Strike. 37th Strike..."

"Ah..."

"38th Strike. 39th Strike. 40th Strike. 41st Strike. 42nd Strike. 43rd Strike. 44th Strike. 45th Strike. 46th Strike. 47th Strike. 48th Strike. 49th Strike. 50th Strike. 51st Strike. 52nd Strike. 53rd Strike. 54th Strike. 55th Strike. 56th Strike. 57th Strike. 58th Strike. 59th Strike. 60th Strike. 61st Strike. 62nd Strike. 63rd Strike. 64th Strike. 65th Strike. 66th Strike..."

The near endless barrage of energy punches continued, destroyed countless flies of Beelzebub's Kin in its wake.

"67th Strike. 68th Strike. 69th Strike. 70th Strike. 71st Strike. 72nd Strike. 73rd Strike. 74th Strike. 75th Strike. 76th Strike. 77th Strike. 78th Strike. 79th Strike. 80th Strike..."

"This...Beautiful..."

"81st Strike. 82nd Strike. 83rd Strike. 84th Strike. 85th Strike. 86th Strike. 87th Strike. 88th Strike. 89th Strike. 90th Strike. 91st Strike. 92nd Strike. 93rd Strike. 94th Strike. 95th Strike. 96th Strike. 97th Strike. 98th Strike. 99th Strike. 100th Strike..."

"...Magnificent..."

"101st Strike. 102nd Strike. 103rd Strike. 104th Strike. 105th Strike. 106th Strike. 107th Strike. 108th Strike. 109th Strike. 110th Strike. 111th Strike. 112th Strike. 113th Strike. 114th Strike. 115th Strike. 116th Strike. 117th Strike. 118th Strike. 119th Strike. 120th Strike. 121st Strike. 122nd Strike. 123rd Strike. 124th Strike. 125th Strike. 126th Strike. 127th Strike. 128th Strike. 129th Strike. 130th Strike. 131st Strike. 132nd Strike. 133rd Strike.

134th Strike. 135th Strike. 136th Strike. 137th Strike. 138th Strike. 139th Strike. 140th Strike. 141st Strike. 142nd Strike. 143rd Strike. 144th Strike. 145th Strike. 146th Strike. 147th Strike. 148th Strike. 149th Strike. 150th Strike..."

"...And...Horrifying man..."

"377th Strike...602nd Strike...877th Strike..."

The punches continued, and with it the energy skulls. All the while and the spectators were watching with wide eyes, not even moving a muscle.

"890th Strike...900th Strike...928th Strike...937th Strike...950th Strike...964th Strike...978th Strike...986th Strike...999th Strike..."

Gritting his teeth, Shadow reared its right fist back, charging it with energy that is greater than any other punch that he threw.

"I'm gonna get rid of...Every single one of those damn flies!"

"1000th Strike!"

Throwing his fist for one last attack, Shadow released the largest golden energy skull, obliterating the last of the flies.

After the seemingly endless barrage of fists and skulls ended, Shadow's head dangled down, shadowing his eyes with his hair that still had its golden highlights, but the energy faded from his arms and fists, replaced only by his arms bleeding red vibrant blood like fountains.

"I-Is this the power of a mere hybrid Demon...?"

Mueller thought inside of his head while looking at Shadow, who was standing silently, with his hair shadowing his eyes, and his arms were still bleeding.

"I was so ignorant...To even think that I could kill that monster...That's no mere Demon...That's a monster wearing the mask of a human...That's someone that I can't even dare touch...!"

Shadow was still standing in his place. Not even moving an inch, as Lewis was opting a look of complete worry on her face, while slowly approaching her static son, reaching with her arm for her own flesh.

"He's like...A terrifying king that stands above all Demons and Grimoires...I understand why both Lucifer and Stanza were horrified from his existence...He has gotten a lot stronger ever since that time 15 years ago...!"

Suddenly, Shadow's foot slipped slightly, causing him to stagger, which returned the smirk back to 'Mueller'.

"Aha! He has tired himself up! I can definitely kill him and his companions now!"

Upon having this foolish thought, 'Mueller' formed a massive black orb of Darkness energy, intending to smite all of his enemies on the opposing side.

"Ah..."

"?!"

The moment Shadow's moan came out, 'Mueller' gasped in shock and complete horror, before his massive orb of Darkness energy faded instantly, where he then gripped his head tightly in fear, before he saw Shadow yanking his head up, where his eyes returned to their normal crimson red colored orbs, but he had a deadly glare that could kill Death itself, before he whispered only one phrase.

"There's one fly left..."

"I...I can't! I have no hopes of even touching that monster!"

Upon thinking this, 'Mueller' suddenly sported large fly wings, before his eyes turned to that of a fly, and proceeded to bounce away from the battlefield.

"HELP ME! LORD BEELZEBUB! MASTER MUELLER! SAVE ME!" Mueller's Doppelganger cried out, before a black spherical portal appeared in thin air, where the Doppelganger rushed towards it in horror.

Shadow's response to this?

He simply raised his left arm to the side and opened his palm, causing Murasama, which was stabbed in the ground to fly towards him, resting hilt of the sword in his hand, before he proceeded to throw the sword towards Mueller's Doppelganger, and before the Doppelganger could reach the portal, the sword stabbed itself into its back, sticking out its full length out of its stomach, causing its wide eyes to widen even more, before it fell emotionlessly to the ground, with the black portal disappearing shortly afterwards.

"Lord...Beelzebub... Ban...Zai..."

Those were the last words spat by Mueller's Doppelganger, before he slowly scattered into the air like ash, leaving only Murasama, which fell on the ground with a soft thud sound.

And silence only echoed shortly afterwards.

[End Music]

After that, Shadow's golden highlights slowly faded, reverting back to its default red highlights, before he gritted his teeth in anger, and lifted his right hand that was still drenched in blood.

"Tch...I will kill you, you damn fly..." He muttered from behind his gritted teeth, before taking a deep breath to calm himself down, where his cold and calm look returned to his face.

Not a moment later, and he realized that people were looking at him, where it made him turn around, looking at the wide eyes that were looking at him without even blinking, which in turn made him blink with his cold look and mutter his usual word in these situations.

"What...?"

---

And Done!

Oh God! A chapter that holds more than 46k words! I'm really glad to finish it!

Lots of action, lots of fights, lots of characters, lots of stories and branched manga that took my interest, and more characters from Megami Tensei are expected to come soon.

Also, I'm terribly sorry for the long wait. I have college exams, as well as there was the fact of how I should finish the chapter. So grant my your forgiveness.

Now, to list Shadow's Ultimate Personas:

Initial: Warble

Fool: ?

Lovers: Alice

Chariot: Asterius

Hanged Man: Hades

Hermit: ?

Magician: Okuninushi

Justice: Yaldabaoth

Judgement: ?

Strength: Hercules

Tower: Warlock

Fortune: Ariadne

Emperor: Baal

Empress: ?

Priestess: ?

Aeon: Kaguya

Sun: Metatron

Star: Samsara Lucifer

Death: Thanatos

Moon: Tsukuyomi

Hierophant: Daisoujou

Temperance: ?

Devil: ?

Hunger: Magatsu-Izanagi

Faith: ?

Consultant: ?

Priest: ?

Hope: ?

Next Chapter: The Journey to the King of Bel

Until Next Time And Next Chapter!

Jude Warble, Out!