Hey guys! I know, these last two chapters came out fast. It's because I got the chance to stay home and work on both of these chapters. Anyway, I just knew I had to make this one, especially because of this scene. Anyway, this chapter is optional but I recommend you do read this one. This will also have a warning in the beginning like the Kamoshida chapter because of a few obvious things.

Ann's POV

She... she stopped her... Akano stopped Shiho... thank you! "Wait, she's going back!?" What...? I look back and see that Shiho is back in the place where she was before. And in no time whatsoever, her entire body fell forwards. "No.. why...? Shiho...!" With tears rolling down my face, I made it to the courtyard. Students got in my way but I shoved them away. Paramedics shortly came and all I could do was watch them strap Shiho into a hospital bed. "Ann..." she called out to me and I ran up to her. "Shiho! Shiho I'm right here!" I clasp her hand tightly. "T-Tell Akano... I'm sorry... she tried... to help me... I shoved her... down the stairs.. please... please, Ann...!" I was right, Akano tried to save her. "Shiho, who did this to you!? Who made you want to do this...!?" she noticed the tears streaming down my face and tried to wipe them away. It didn't help. She whispered her answer to my question in my ear. The answer made me go wide-eyed. "Kamoshida...!?" "I'm sorry Ann. I... I can't take this... anymore... it hurts..." and with that, her eyes closed. "Shiho!"

"We need someone to go with her... are there any teachers around?" the teachers just don't care. And I don't want them to go with her. "I'll go!" I stood and went into the ambulance. The workers brought Shiho in and all I could do was hold her hand tightly. "Do you know her parents, miss?" I look up to see an adult across from me. "Yeah, I should call her mom..." I dialed up Shiho's mom and told her what just happened. I could hear her crying over the line. "D-Don't worry, Mrs. Suzui! We're on our way to the hospital, I'll meet you there." I hung up, her sobs made me cry. Shiho, please... please get better soon...!

~Timeskip~

I'm back at school because I forgot my bag in class. Ms. Kawakami rang me to tell me I left it there. Guess the situation took over my thoughts, huh? Sigh, Shiho's in the intensive care unit. They said she's lucky to have survived the fall because of her being fit, but it was still a close call because of all the bruises on her body. Mainly her back. Akano was right, the bruises on her back were horrible. She sustained a bruised spine, fractured leg, and a crack pelvis. This has led to getting paralysis with in her legs so when she wakes up and is ready, she will need physical therapy if she wants to walk again. Shiho...

"T-Tell Akano... I'm sorry... she tried... to help me... I shoved her... down the stairs.. please... please, Ann...!"

What happened up there? Why of all people, was Akano stopping her? It... it should've been me... no. I can't think about the past like this. If I want answers to that, the only person I can get it from is her. If I'm right, she's still here. I look around each floor but no one was in sight. All the teachers were gone too.

Sobbing

Huh? Someone's crying? I peer over a corner and see Mishima sitting there. How did I miss him? Whatever. "Mishima? You okay?" I ask as he looks at me. "Takamaki...? Yeah, I'm fine... just, something happened... are you okay? Considering the circumstances..." he knows I was close with Shiho, he knows I'm hurting. I try to hold back the tears, "I'll be okay... for now... have you seen Akano?" he was shocked to hear me say that name. "So, you two are close?" Oh right! This is the first I said her first name in front of him. I nod in affirmation while he sighs. "If you're that close, I want to tell you something. I leaked her criminal record because Mr. Kamoshida made me. I can't look her in the face now, especially since she knows. It's not just that... Sakamoto, Kurusu and I are getting expelled at the next board meeting..." You've got to be kidding me. It's that bastards fault that Shiho jumped. And now he's gonna expel students who are innocent? Akano is a good person and so is Mishima. Sakamoto, I knew him in middle school. All I know is that he hasn't changed a bit. "Where's Akano?" I ask again and he told me and ran off. She was still in the practice building with Sakamoto. I hope I get there in time.

"Let's go! There's no one here so we have this time to go there!" Wait, that was Akano! She was pulling Sakamoto to outside of the school and in an alleyway. What are those two doing? "Ready?" Wait, are they...? No! How can they TODAY of all days!? I know Akano's smart, they must be plotting something.

"Kamoshida... Shujin Academy... Pervert... Castle... beginning navigation."

What the- The world is warping...

Akano's POV

Back in this hell hole. And I'm in the outfit again. I like it though, it suits me. "Okay, we're in the clear. The security's gone up a bit but it isn't that bad. Anyway, before we head in, we need code names." Morgana just so casually said, leading Ryuji to question it. Now that just ticks me off, how dumb is he? "Oh my god, it's a classic! Why would any thief in particular use their real names! Oh wait, fuck. I forget, you're not from the West. There might be thief anime (PERSONA 5 Anime), JRPG's (PERSONA 5 & ROYAL) or even other stuff but I've mainly seen it in Western media. Sorry about that." I cross my arms as the other two laugh. "Well, at least you're a step above this monkey, Joker!" Morgana yet again jumps on my head to cheer me up. It works. But wait, he didn't call me 'Lady Akano'. He called me- "Huh? Joker? Why Joker for her?" thanks for finishing my thoughts, Ryuji. "Because she'll be our trump card. I can sense great power from you, Joker. You've just haven't realized it." OKAY DESTINY, I GET IT. MAGICAL DESTINY AND I'M THE PROTAGONIST OF SOME SHOUJO MANGA. (You're so close Akano. So close.)

"What will his be?" I began to think of a name for Ryuji. "Thug." Morgana spoke in monotone which made me laugh. "I like it!" "Hell no! There has to be a better name!" Ryuji whined as I sighed. "What do you want it to be?" This will be a more stupid name than, 'Thug', right? "What about I name me after this?" the blond boy grips his mask making both Morgna and I look at him with disappointment. "Okay, you're Skull." The moment I said that, he got all excited. "I don't trust Skull to give me a good code name so, I put my trust in you Joker." Don't worry Morgana, I got you... Well, the fact that he's cat needs to play in on this. Cats... whenever that comes to mind, I always think of the cats on those chat rooms. I think there was a cat one that's name is just Morgana but a few letters are missing. Oh, wait! I've got it! "Mona will be your code name!" Both of those two look at me with like I said something weird but Morgana chuckled. "Okay. From today onward, we are Joker, Skull, and Mona. The Phantom Thieves." Yay! I always wanted to be a Phantom Thief. Of course, Skull doesn't know what they are so Mona and I have to explain it to him.

In the main hall, the 'King' had gathered most of the guards there to discuss about us. He wants our heads. As if we'd give him what he wants. There was a way we have yet to explore so we went there. To Skull's surprise, there was a guard. He saw us and began to chase us around the room. "We need to fight it! We can't keep running like this because of our energy and there may be reinforcements!" Mona was right. I threw my knife at the guard as it dissolves into black goo and revealed a girl in a one piece and knee high boots along with brown hair and wings. "Joker! I've got an idea!" I turn to Mona, who has his slingshot out, "Let me, I've got something to show you!" He proceeds to put the shadow in a 'Hold Up' like how we would use for an 'All Out Attack'. "Okay, so now we've got the enemy in a 'Hold Up'. Instead of initiating an 'All Out Attack' like last time, we can bargain with them. Shadows are beings born from people's hearts, so they can talk too. What we can ask them for are items or money, since they don't want to die. Joker, it's up to you." Thanks, Mona...

"So you guys are the thieves King Kamoshida was talking about. What are you doing? Cornering a cute girl like me, you need to be insane! It makes it worse that the majority of you are boys... hey girl! Are they putting you up to this?"

"They aren't putting me up to anything. If anything, I'm their master. Look, I need something from you. Be it money or a useful item, I don't care."

"Really? You'll let me go if I give you something? Well, let me see... huh? Holy crap, I don't have anything..."

"Um... Mona? What are we gonna do now?"

"Hmm... I wasn't planning on this happening. Well, time to go to hell!"

"Please... please don't kill me! You have to believe me, I usually have something on me... let me go!"

*smirk* "I'll let you go... go to hell!"

"Wow, that was so lame! But, I say lame stuff like that all the time. We're pretty similar... huh? What is this feeling...?"

"Mona... what's going on?"

"I wished I knew, Skull..."

"Now I remember! I am not a slave of Kamoshida. I live in the sea of humanity souls. My true name is... Pixie! I am thou, thou art I. My power now belongs to you."

"Gah! What the-" Before I could say anything else, Pixie turned into a mask shape and was absorbed into mine.

"Yo, Mona. What happened with Joker's mask? It just absorbed that thing..." My thoughts exactly, Skull... "I don't know! This is new to me! Joker, do you know what you did?" Mona asked and I respond by shaking my head, no. Just then, another shadow comes in the room. It transforms into two of those horses from the other day.

"Since my power now belongs to you, you may summon me whenever you wish. Now, switch from Jeanne to me."

Pixie? Is that you? Ugh! I'll figure all of this later. Hold on...

"Persona!" Pixie appeared behind me. I can see her moves. Zio. "Pixie!" I called as a lightning strike hit one of the horses.

"What the hell...? Is that the shadow from earlier? Did you just... take on it's appearance of a shadow and changed it into a persona?" I don't even know, Mona. Is this what Nose was talking to me about? Maybe...

Once again, Pixie gets the job done. "Don't hold back everyone!" The three of us got into our 'All Out Attack' sequence and I ended it with style by pulling down my glove tightly on my hand.

"What was that all about Mona?" Skull, none of us know what it was. "Maybe this is the great power I sensed from you. This is amazing! I haven't known anyone who can wield more than two personas... you might even carry more..." Morgana's eyes were sparkling which made me giggle and put him on my head. I've gotten used to it by now. "This is amazing Aka- I mean Joker! We'll definitely kick that asshole in his dick." Heh, he's still getting used to calling me Joker. And his wordplay has yet to not make me chuckle, ever since he took me to Ore No Beko. Skull... Ryuji Sakamoto... he's different from what my initial thought of him, who would've thought?

MEANWHILE...

Ann's POV

Where the hell am I? What the fuck happened to the school!? WHAT'S UP WITH THIS CASTLE!?"

"Princess?"

Huh?

"PRINCESS!?"

Gah! I try to fight back but they all carried me into the castle.

"What are you doing?"

I look up and see a familiar face. Pale as ever, eyes dark as night and hair, red as fire. But something was different about her. She was wearing in a Playboy bunny suit with bunny ears and a bunny tail. Her legs were covered in black tights while also wearing 7 inch black heels.

"Akano...?"

Hey guys! So, for this chapter's ending... yeah I went for a generic idea. But you guys weren't expecting the outfit, right? Yeah, I was contemplating whether or not to put Akano is a swimsuit or something else that's inappropriate. Guess you guys know the answer. While I was contemplating this as well, I was wondering if should do a fanart of this. Then I thought about it more and said no. Sorry, I'm not good at drawing stuff like that, I'm used to drawing outfits that are cute and suit the characters. A Playboy bunny suit does not suit Akano! Anyway, I'm done rambling about something so insignificant. I hope you guys liked this chapter (even though I personally think it sucks. Don't worry I'll rewrite this once it's done.) and I can't wait to write the next one. One of my favorite scenes is next and I'm excited. Bye bye!