A/n Well,how about it? Another chapter only two days after the previous one! This one's pretty short, almost the shortest one. However I decide to upload it today as I don't think I would have enough time to write and upload it next week. Also, it may be good,it might be bad, but I decided to return to classic writing style of this story. Judge for yourselfes! But yeah that's it from me so far, enjoy your read!
Ren decided to rest for some time on one of the benches outside of the school. The boy was actually in the middle of an thought-provoking read of "The Catcher in the Rye". It was not the first time he read that particular book, but it always inspired him to achieve great things. It even happened a few days ago. As soon as he started to read, he felt a tremendous need to murder people yet again. So he opened the nav app and entered phases "Goro Akechi," "Normal House" and "Beloved Son." He smiled as he remembered the screams of Cognitive Mr. and Mrs. Akechi...
"Hey, there is something i need to talk to you about."
Ren looked up from his lecture and noticed the blonde girl, Ann Takamaki.
"Me?"
"It's Shiho."
The boy stared at her dumbfounded and blinked a few times.
"Who the hell is Shiho?"
Ann sighed and sat on the bench next to him. She looked down with sadness clear in her eyes. The girl looked like she was about to cry.
"I visited her in the hospital yesterday. She said she was sorry..."
"Well, it's pretty damn hard not to feel sorry for you, get out of here!"
"But it was my fault, too. So i also apologized to her..."
"I don't care!"
"But about Kamoshida..." She sobbed "All those things he was doing for her... he even bought a new car for her! A car! And you got rid of him! No wonder she jumped from the school rooftop when she found out he died!"
Ren closed his book and looked in the distance.
"Shiho..." Ann welped "She was really looking forward to that "initiation day dance party" Kamoshida promised her too..."
"Sorry, I gotta go." The teenager picked his book up and muttered "She completely ruined my buzz... I was so looking to enter Sakamoto's palace today."
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Ren was suddenly woken up by his head colliding rapidly with something hard. He opened his eyes and managed to notice his bed dematerialize in front of him. The boy sat down and massaged the back of his head.
"First off, I'd like to congratulate you." A deep voice said.
"Oh no ,you gotta be shitting me..." Said the boy as he stood up
"You have encountered allies who share your aesthetics, and you have found out your place in reality."
"Huh? You mean the Yakuza?"
"The time has come!" Igor said triumphantly "Your rehabilitation will begin very soon!"
"No, it won't!" Ren looked to his left and tried to lay on his bed, only to notice there wasn't a bed anymore. He noticed it when he hit the floor with his head again.
"No escape No escape No escape There is no escape..." Caroline whispered and took a few steps away from Igor.
"What rehabilitation!?" Ren yelled "Let me go, you maniac!"
"I shall explain it to you right now." Igor smied widely and stood up.
"AAAARGH!" Caroline and Justine yelled in terror at the same time and jumped away from the old man, but apparently he wasn't going to bother them at the moment. With a smile, he approached Ren's cell.
"You have a special potential, however this must be refined into a useful power. It is weak right now, but refining it shall grant you power to oppose the ruin that is oncoming."
"What ruin...? H-hey, what are you doing!?"
"You better treasure this moment, Inmate" Caroline whispered weakly as the man was coming closer and closer to the boy.
"No...No...No..." Ren whispered and took step after step back until he touched the wall "Stay the hell away from me! I don't want your power! Let me go! SOMEONE HELP!" The boy shouted and began hitting the wall.
"We will now learn..." Igor grabbed the bars "How to fuse Personas. Please pick up your text book and open it on the page 32."
A book suddenly materialized in front of the boy
"Wait, so that's what you wanted to do?"
"Of course, what did you thought I was going to do with you?" Igor chuckled "As you know, the ultimate form of powers you can create are called Horcruxes. However, because one stupid asshole decided to ruin the fun for the rest of us wizards " Igor raised his tone " And created SEVEN of them without being able to even hide them properly, PETA found out about his snake and forced the government to ban them" The old man had fury in his eyes "We will have to make do with the stupid power of the heart bullcrap!"
Ren opened the book on page 32
Suddenly, he felt enraged and heard a voice from within.
"REMEMBER OUR DEAL,BOY! FUSE ME! FUSE ME!"
"Wait a second, here they say that to fuse a Persona, You will have to..." Ren looked at Igor. The man's smile widened, and the girls behind paled drastically. "You absolute sicko!"
"FUSE ME!"
Igor's facial expression changed.
"Huh? What's wrong!?" The old man asked with worry
"Here it says you have to execute a kinky combo! I don't even WANT to know what that is!"
"Oh, my!" Igor chuckled "It appears I made a mistake. That book was mine. Dreadfully sorry, Trickster"
Ren's book disappeared and reappeared in Igor's hands, while the boy soon found himself with another, shorter book.
"See? What a funny mistake." Igor chuckled "Here they say all you have to do is execute your Persona."
"WHAT!?"
"Well, I admit it, this sounds like a better method." Ren sighed with relief.
"HEY, KID! CAN YOU HEAR ME!? DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT FUSING ME! KID!? HELLO!? KIIIIDDD!"
A few moments ago, Ren happily found himself with two new Personas, and even Igor seemed happy with his progress. Finally, the old man re-materialized his bed and finally allowed the boy to sleep. Ren had to admit that the whole experience has been rather informative. Although he still wondered about the "Kinky Combo" part, as well as Caroline's and Justine's exact role in the Velvet Room.
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"Three times, Joker."
As soon as Ren woke up he was meet with an angry stare of a black-furred cat. The boy grunted with annoyance.
"I died three times in the Palace's Colapse."
"And I told you not to call me Joker!"
"I don't care!" The cat suddenly struck it's paws through the young man's face
"OW! You little... what was that for!?"
"SILENCE! I have enough! From now on, we do things MY way!"
"Oh yeah? I wonder how exactly are you going to make me coopera-"
Morgana suddenly grabbed Ren by his hair and shook him dramatically. That, of course, hurt like hell.
"I have my ways!"
"Okay." Ren grunted "Okay, that is actually pretty convincing" He smirked "But only until I stand up."
"And you think I haven't thought of that?" The cat's face turned towards the stairs "You can come in now!"
Ren heard some heavy breathing alongside with someone's footsteps coming up on the stairs, and soon, a young girl about his age entered the room. She had short, brown wavy hair, a serious look on her face and completely dead eyes. Under her pink sweater and white shirt, she clearly had very well developed muscles. On one of her forehead, she had a tatoo that compromised of a drawing of skull and bones and the words "No Mercy" written around it
"Is that the guy?" The girl asked with a voice of 40-something sumo wrestler.
Ren gulped.
"May I introduce?" Morgana smiled with revenge "Haru Okumura, known better as Harru Mercenarru. Ren Amamiya, known better as Jackass... I mean, Joker."
"Nice to meet you." Ren was sure Haru's handshake broke some of his fingers.
"So, yeah." Morgana was waving his tail with excitement. "I am sure you two will become great friends. "
Ren gulped again.