Hey guys! I hope that you like this chapter, this is a long chapter, because I like it. Also, you guys will know what persona Akano has and who that blond kid is. Anyway, here is chapter 4!

"...Hey."

Who's that...?

"Hey! Wake up!"

My body begins to be shaken as I wake up. The first thing I saw was that boy's face, then I realized we were in a cell. "You all right?" his question rang with this small cell. "Yup, you?" I look at him concerned as he nods. I then see that there was a bruise on the back of his left hand and I took it. "We need to treat this before it gets worse!" I freak out as I realize that there was no cloth. "I-It isn't THAT bad..." He tenses up as soon as I gripped harder on his hand. Wait, cloth? Oh! I untie the ribbon in my hair and wrapped it on his hand tightly. "You didn't have to do that..." the boy turns red and I giggle, "You're right... but I wanted to." I blush too but not in an embarrassing way. I was blushing from smiling.

Just then, another one of those things came to the cell door. "Be glad that your punishment has been decided upon. Your charge is 'unlawful entry'. Thus, you will be sentenced to death." "Say what!?" Both of us say at the same time. No way... am I going to die...? "No one's allowed to do as they please in my castle." What the fuck? A dude in a robe came up to the cell. Huh, OH PLEASE SAY THAT HE'S WEARING SOMETHING UNDER THAT ROBE! "Huh? Wait... is that you, Kamoshida?" Blondie looked as confused as me. "Hold up, Kamo-what the fuck?" Seriously, who is this motherfucker?

"I thought it was some petty thief, but think it'd be you, Sakamoto... are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson at all, huh? And you brought a friend this time... because you can't do anything yourself. She's gorgeous too. After you're punishment, I'll give her my special punishment..." His view turns to me and I look more fearful than before. "Don't you dare lay a hand on her! This ain't funny, you asshole!" Sakamoto pulls me closer to him, protectively and my face flushes red. Why would he do something like this to a person like me? And why am I blushing so much around him!? "Is that how you speak to a king? It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all. Not only did you sneak into my castle, you committed the crime of insulting me - the king. The punishment for that is death. It's time for an execution! Take him out!"

"S-Stop it...!" He lets me go as the guards came into the cell, pushing us away from each other. "...goddammit...! Hragh!" With all of his strength, Sakamoto pushes one of the guards on the ground, "I ain't down for this shit! C'mon, we're outta here!". I reach for his hand but another guard shoves him to the ground, being a barrier being the two of us. He started groaning in pain and all I could do was stand and watch in horror. "Just go! Get outta here...! These guys are serious!" His words made me tremble. My legs won't move! "Oh? running away, are we? What a heartless friend you are." I can't run... I just can't.

My ears start to blank out their words until this 'king' started beating Sakamoto really badly. "Stop it!" Tear flew down my face as his eyes landed on me. "Hm...? What...? Don't you dare tell me you don't know who I am? That look in your eyes irritates me!" He kicks my stomach, making me want to vomit Sojiro's curry. My back hits the walk and I slid down. "Hold her there... after the peasant, it's her turn to die." "No!" I stood to try and blindside him but his guards pinned me to the wall. Sakamoto pleas for his life as this guy just laughs at him.

"This is truly an unjust game... you're chances of winning are almost none. But if my voice is reaching you, there may yet be a possibility open to you..."

Who's that?

"What's the matter...? Are you simply going to watch? Are you forsaking him to save yourself? Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your previous decision a mistake then?"

Flashes of that night appear quickly making me just want to do something.

"It wasn't!"

He was now being held up by his throat, with a sword near it.

"Very well... I have heeded your resolve."

Just then, a bloodcurdling headache rushes through my skull.

"Vow to me. I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and released thy rage! Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thine own, though thou be chained to Hell it'self!"

"Execute him!" 'King' points at Sakamoto. "That's enough!" I yelled with a burning passion and determination. "What was that...?" The guard just drops Sakamoto on the ground as they turned their attention to me. "You know what? I change my mind. I'm going to play with you since you seem so willing. There is only one thing, those glasses. Not into them. Guards!" He signals the guard to do so. What I was expecting was that it would just take my glasses off normally. Nope. He hit my head as my glasses through to the opposite end of the cell. The guards pin me in place as this bastard walks up to me. "Let's get started shall we..." I close my eyes

"Per... so...na!" I mumble, not too loud that he could hear it. His hand reaches for my face as I open my eyes. A strong gust of wind came from me as I was released from the guards' grasps and the 'King's' hold on me. I see Sakamoto look at me with a weird look as something strange comes to surround my eyes. I touch it.

...A...mask...?

I try to pull it off but it wouldn't budge. I pull harder as it works, but blood starts curtailing out. A giant smirk grows on my face as the blood went up and dissolved into flames. The flames traveled up my body as it slowly revealed I was in a different outfit. My black ankle boots were changed to thigh-high, 5-inch heel, blue-gray boots with a leather patch where my knee is that has the laces on it. My uniform was changed to a black pleated skirt, a black corset with swirl designs and yellow buttons, and a red sweetheart cut out blouse. I also had a black cape and red gloves that topped off the look. Let's do this! With just a wave of my arms, a huge gust of wind blew past me along with broken chain pieces as I saw a pair of big, black wings. The 'King' ran off in fear while Sakamoto looked shocked. "W-What the...?" we're what I heard because of this overwhelming power. My left hand was on my hip, my right hand did like that creepy hand thing, and my face had an evil look on it.

"I am the cursed Saint of French nobility - 'Jeanne'!"

"What the...?" He was still in a daze.

"I am the rebel's souls that dwells deep within your psyche. If you so desire, I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis."

I look over at Sakamoto as he was still bruised to hell and back and was struggling to stand"Jeanne! Give me your power right now! He needs our help!"

"Very well. Allow my power to run through your blood!"

"Who the hell are you...!? Guards! Start by killing that one!" The 'King' ordered as the guards transformed into floating pumpkins. This is supposed to be threatening...? "You'll learn the true strength of my men!"

"Detest the enemies before you! Change that animosity into power... and unleash it!"

"Persona!" I call out as Jeanne appears. This time I got a good look at her. She was in a short, blood-red armor dress that ended above her knees. Her skin was ashy as if she was just extinguished. On her eyes were bandages wrapped around her head and her hair was in a single braid over her shoulder. What shocked me the most was that she had big, black, feather wings like demons. But I know for a fact, she isn't a demon. A word appears in my head, 'Eiha', and urging from Jeanne makes me use it. "Ravage 'em!" a mix of red, white, and black surround one of the pumpkins as it starts to look down. They take this chance to hit me. As they do so, all I hear is, "Hoo!" and, "Hee hoo!" what the fuck...

"Swing your blade!"

Blade? What blade? Just then, I feel something on my thigh. It was a knife pouch and inside was a knife. I took it as I begin swinging it at the same pumpkin I hit last time as it fades away. "This power of mine is yours! Kill them however you want. Run wild to your heart's content!" After that the other pumpkin hits me, saying that 'Hee hoo' bullshit. I continue to do the same until that pumpkin fades.

"What..." That bought me back into reality. Wait, I just changed clothes!? What the fuck!? "What was that just now...!?" Sakamoto looks me up and down. Whether it was in fear or whatever, I don't care. "You little...!" 'King' raises his hand to hit me but Sakamoto tackles him. "You like that, you son of a bitch!?" "The key!" I call out as he looks at the keys on the ground and takes it. We rush out of the cell and Sakamoto locks it. While 'King' was cursing at us, Sakamoto begins to ask tons of questions. "Hey...! What was that just now!? And... your clothes...!" He looks at me up and down again.

"Damn..." he says out loud and my face goes almost the same color as my hair. I guess this outfit does look hot on me with my figure being more noticeable but, I barely know you and I'm right here. Just then, flames appear around me and my clothes revert back to normal. "Whoa, it went back to normal...!?" his pout makes him wish to see me in that again. "Why do you sound disappointed?" I ask with attitude while folding my arms and turning around. "You bastards!" the dude in the cage shakes the cell door like a child demanding playtime. "God, this's effin' nuts! Anyways, let's scram! C'mon!" Sakamoto throws the key into the river, takes my hand, as the to of us run together.

Ryuji's POV

Holy shit... that girl just whooped those pumpkins' asses. Wait, what happened to her uniform? Why is she wearing that? Holy shit, she's sexy. "You little..." 'Kamoshida' goes up to her, about to hit her. I can't let this bastard do any more of this bullshit. With all my strength, I stand and tackle Kamoshida as he lies at my feet. "You like that, you son of a bitch!?" I laugh but it was cut off by the redhead girl, telling me about the key. I take it, ran with her out of the cell and locked it. Kamoshida curses at us but I ignore him. "Hey... what was that just now!? And... your clothes...!" I check her out and a small smirk crept on my face. "Damn..." As soon as she heard that her face went red and her clothes returned to normal. I say it, I was a little disappointed. "Whoa, it went back to normal...!?" I guess I was pouting because she looked vexed

"Why do you sound disappointed?" She folds her arms and turns around. Oh great, I pissed her off. "You bastards!" Kamoshida shakes the cell door as it freaks me out. "God this is effin' nuts! Anyway, let's scram! C'mon!" I throw the key in the river, take the redhead's hand, and run away from Kamoshida. The two of us were almost caught by those guard things and also saw cages hanging from the ceiling. We run into a wall and I got angry. I only calmed down because I heard something behind me. I turn around to see the redhead, huffing and puffing, sweating and almost about to fall.

"Oh shit, I'm so sorry. I should've stopped a while back." Her weight just drops there. Her glasses fall off, she's trying to get her breathing to normal, while also trying to talk. "I-It's... fine... I should... try... and gain... more stamina..." Her breathing was heavy. I grab her glasses from the stone floor, allowing me to analyze them. They had round lenses as the frames were black with gold accents. Looks expensive. "Um, I know this may be a bit late to ask but..." I look over the redhead as she looks back at me with a small smile. I now got a better look at her.

Her fiery hair framed her pale, fragile face. Those black eyes were as dark as night, which complemented her hair. Her cheeks were a little poofy as well as being tinted with pink and dotted with freckles, her nose was small and cute. Her light pink lips finished her face. It was perfect. "What's your name?" She asks as I begin to fumble a bit. "U-Uh, m-my name is Ryuji Sakamoto, but you can just call me Ryuji. You?" I start to scratch the back of my neck as she giggles.

Akano's POV

"U-Uh, m-my name is Ryuji Sakamoto, but just call me Ryuji. You?" Ryuji scratches the back of his neck which a giggle couldn't be avoided. "Name's Akano Kurusu. Though I'd rather you call me Akano since I'm gonna be calling you Ryuji!" I stand, as my breath has been restored and he does the same. "Here." He opens my glasses and places them on my face. His face went pink, which I couldn't resist laughing at. What? It was cute! "C-C'mon... they'll find us if we stay here for too long. You look like you've got your breath back so let's go..." He takes my hand and we speed walk away, avoiding guards along the way. After multiple twists and turns, we got to another dead end. Or, so we thought was just a dead end. "...Hey, you there. Blondie! Redhead! Look over here!" Ryuji and I turned our heads to the left and what we saw was... well, something you don't see daily. It was a tiny black figure with white hands, feet, and half of its face was white. It had something that resembled a belt on its waist as well as big blue eyes and a yellow handkerchief around its neck. Lastly, on its head and back was a pair of ears and a tail respectively. It was... kinda cute in a way. "Gah! What is that thing!?" Ryuji backed up but I stayed in my place.

"You're not soldiers of this castle, right!? Get me out of here! Look, the key's right there!" It pleaded but I just looked at it in awe. "We're trying to get the hell out of here...! I mean, obviously look like an enemy too!" Ryuji, why do you have to be dumb? 'Don't call anyone your enemy, unless you are willing to fight them'. I know it may not look like much but, don't be surprised if it can whoop your monkey ass. "I'm locked up here, so how can I be your enemy!? Help me out!" It continues to plead for its freedom. I have to butt in before they start arguing and those things will come.

"Quiet both of you before I rip you a new one!" After I said that, they both go silent. "Now, who are you? And what will you do if we let you out?" I bent down to its level as it smiled. " I can answer both questions, Redhead. One, my name is Morgana. Two, if you help me out, I will lead you two to the exit." Morgana spoke in a high and mighty tone which made me giggle a bit. That soon faded when were heard more guards coming. "You don't want to get caught and executed, right?" I look at Ryuji and we both shrug.

"You better not be lying Morgana..." I trail off as I grab the key. Unlocking the cell, I see Morgana has a big smile on his face which made me smile back. "You're really going to trust him, Akano?" Ryuji asks and I nod, "If this is the only way of getting out, I'm willing to take that chance. Not just for me, but for you as well." I look at his hand that I wrapped with my ribbon and he looks at it too. I guess he got the message. Morgana leads us to a draw bridge that was next to the statue. Ryuji was bitching at Morgana but all Morgana did was roll his eyes.

"Redhead, can you check around this statue, please? I'm too short..." He looks at me with a sigh and I try to mess with the statue. Then, it just dawned on me. This fucking mouth is too big. I tried pulling it up but it didn't work so I tried pushing it down and it worked. The bridge fell as the three of us ran across. Just as we got to the other side, another guard appears. "A-Aah! Shit... shit, it's them!" Ryuji falls on the ground and I stand in front of him. My clothes change as Morgana chuckles, "Tch... you amateur! Stay still!" He jumps over Ryuji and turns his attention to me, "Hey, you! You could fight, right? Let's go!" Morgana leaps closer to the guard. "Come, ZORRO!" He calls as a giant Spanish man with tiny legs and a puffed out chest manifested behind him.

Wait, Zorro? Wasn't he in that novel I was into when I was in England? Whatever. "Y-You got one of those things too!?" Ryuji freaked as both Morgana and I smirked. "Hmph, we will promptly shut them up!" Two monsters appear from that one guard. Heh, cheats. One was that pumpkin thing and the other was a guy with bloodshot eyes and a, uh... long situation. "Damn shadows... they've taken up intercept positions! It means they're holding nothing back and are serious to kill us! I'll back you up, so fight like your life depends on it! Let's go!" Morgana looks fired up so I decided to fight.

"Persona!" Eiha... "Go down!" I yell as darkness grows around the pumpkin and deals damage. "Hmph, I knew you were an amateur. This is how you fight!" Morgana readies his persona, "Zorro! show your might!" Zorro appears behind him, slashes his sword in a 'Z' as a gust of wind attacks the pumpkin. Huh? Did it fall? "Strike an enemy's weakness to knock them down. Use that opening to strike again! That is the most basic of basics! Remember it well!" He smirks and I note it down mentally. "C'mon, let's hurry up and get through this!" The battle goes on for a little bit as Morgana shredded through that.

"My other self..."

Huh? I know that voice... Jeanne?

"Your experience in this battle now allows you to use the move, 'Cleave' in battles..."

Um, okay? I don't know what that means but I guess I'll figure it out later. "Not bad. Your Persona's pretty powerful." Morgana complimented me as I smile brightly at him. "Persona...?" I hear from behind me. I turn around to see Ryuji still trying to process the information he's getting. "Y' mean that thing that comes outta you guys all dramatic-like?" "Yes. You saw how Redhead here ripped off her mask when she summoned it, right? Well, everyone wears a mask deep within their heart. By removing that..." Just as he was going to continue, my clothes yet again dissolved into flames as I'm now in my uniform yet again.

"Huh...? She turned back to normal..." again, Ryuji had a disappointed tone which I just ignored. "Hm, it looks like you don't have full control over your power yet. The transformation shouldn't normally dissolve like that. After all-" Ryuji cuts Morgana halfway through his sentence with, "Rrgh, that's enough! This crap doesn't make any sense!". Morgana looks so pissed that he interrupted him. The two have a small argument, which I couldn't give two shits about, until Morgana stopped it and handed me three medicines. Don't know how these will work but, meh!

Ryuji and I follow Morgana's lead, ran into a guy in a cage, fought another dude, and ended up in a room with a vent. "Where are we supposed to get out from here!? There aren't even any windows!" I immediately facepalmed. Has he never watched spy movies where they go through vents? Oh wait, that's a more of a Western thing. "Ugh, amateur... this is the most basic of basics." Morgan belittles him. Ugh, I got to stop this before more guards come our way. "The vent up there. We can crawl through there and get out." I point up to the vent as Morgana grins at me. "That's right! As I thought, you're a natural at this."

His praise made me smile back at him and Ryuji irritated. "Nah, I ain't a natural. I just watch American spy movies..." I trail off because I don't think these guys want to know what I'm into. I don't know them, they don't know me. if we want to know each other, we need to get out of here. "Nice. Anyway, this vent leads all the way outside," he finishes. "I see... then we just need to get this metallic mesh off! Sit tight Akano, I got this..." He goes up and pulls on the vent. I look around and saw a nearby chair so I sat on it, watching Ryuji struggle to pull that vent off. It took a while but it came off, along with him. He falls, back first, onto the stone floor as it makes a loud noise.

The scene just made me cringe and rush up to him. "Ryuji! Are you okay?" I lift the vent from his clutches and threw it away. "Yeah, I'm fine. Wait, the enemy didn't hear it right? C'mon Akano, we can get out of here!" He stands, clutching onto the hand wrapped with my ribbon. Something happened to it, didn't it? "You should wait on celebrating until you actually get out. Now, get going." Morgana tells us calmly as Ryuji and I question him about not coming with us. He apparently had something major to do before he leaves. "Thank you for leading us out Morgana!" I extend my hand out for him to shake it and he accepts it. "Heh. You got manners. Be careful on your way out both of you." With that, Ryuji goes through the vent and I follow.

Morgana's POV

I watch the two leave and I begin to think aloud. Not too loud to where they can hear me. "Those two seem useful... especially the Redhead, if my judgment's right. Akano, was it?"

Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter! If you guys want to know who is Akano's persona, it is actually Joan Of Arc (her name is Jeanne d'Arc in French). Reason why I have Jeanne be her persona is that Akano, unlike her male counterpart, has a past to where she was a great person. I actually thought that, after she did her best in life, her getting a criminal record is her getting burned at the stake. Reason why is because Akano lost everything. Her reputation, her future, and part of herself. I also want to point out that, Akano doesn't want to be a thief. The reason she becomes a Phantom Thief later on is much like another character that will tag along. So because of this, I thought Jeanne was a good choice. Tell me if it is a good choice or bad choice because I can change it back to Arsene. Anyway, bye-bye!