Hey guys! It's been a while since I've updated on any of my fanfics so here's another one! You guys might be like, "What the fuck?" by the title but I promise you, the reason on it will become clear. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!

Akano's POV

I return home with my face still wet from visiting Shiho. Her mother is so kind, she doesn't have to go through this pain. Is this how my parents were when I jumped? I now feel horrible... "Hey, you okay? Your crying..." Sojiro's words cut right through my thoughts. I wiped my eyes to feel more tears falling. "Oh, just a lot of things that happened these past few days." Will he leave it? "Well, there's no one here and I'm planning to close up shop. If you want to talk about it, I'm all ears. Only if you're comfortable with it," is he, concerned about me? Should I tell him? "Okay... Tell me you won't tell Kenny, please? I want to tell him when I want to," with him nodding I tell him everything, leaving the Kamoshida thing and me nearly getting hit for obvious reasons. There was a few times when he would go 'huh?' and 'what the fuck?' but I knew he was listening. "Wow, never imagined you would go through that stuff. I hope that you and your friends stay out of this drama. I'm glad you opened up to me, if anything else happens, don't be afraid to confide in me." Sojiro... Thanks. With a small smile, I walk upstairs.

"Morgana, face the wall please." He did as I said as I changed into my nightie, removing both my glasses and ribbon. The pair of scissors I used to cut my ribbon layer on the shelf next to where I placed both of my other items. My gaze stayed there for what could be forever. "Lady Akano... Are you okay?" Morgana meowed, jumping on the shelf behind my glasses. "Yeah, I'm fine... I'm just hungry... I'll be back in a bit." I told him while taking the scissors downstairs. Instead of going to the kitchen, I go into the toilet. My attention goes to the mirror as the emotions begin to pour out more. I don't know what I did but what I do know is that blood was trickling down my leg. To match, the scissors had a bit of blood on it.

"Onee~Chan! Please, stop!"

"Don't say that! What would your choice make the people around you do!? Have you considered how I'll feel?!?"

Akari...? Ryuji...?

"Akano... Whatever you did, please don't continue. I can tell that this hurts, but you need to be strong. If you can't, let me be your strength."

Huh? Who's that?

"You know who I am. I'm always here with you. You will figure out who I am soon but you need to listen to me."

I look down at the blood on both the scissors and my leg. With a sigh, the thought 'what am I doing?' goes through my head. Rinsing the scissors, I put it at the same height as my shoulders and began cutting.

Morgana's POV

She isn't up yet. I should go check on her. Walking downstairs, I see no one was in the kitchen but the bathroom door slightly ajar. Cutting sounds came from there so I carefully walked in. Red was on the ground. "Morgana...?" I look up at the face who called my name as my eyes went wide. Lady Akano's pale face was framed with her red hair that was now shoulder length. I then notice droplets of blood falling on the ground from her leg. "What happened Lady Akano?" She sighs and told me what she did. Her mind went dark as she cut her leg. Voices of Ryuji and her little sister made her stop and she wanted to be strong so she cut her hair. Lady Akano then got a broom and dustpan and began sweeping up the hair. We went upstairs to bandage up her wound and went to sleep.

Akano's POV

Stepping downstairs to get breakfast, Sojiro looks at me with a shocked expression on his face. "When did you get a rebirth?" I chuckle at his question and go to eat my breakfast while telling him why I cut my hair, leaving the cut on my leg out. After eating, I leave Leblanc, flipped the sign and walked towards the station. It's been a while since my hair used to be this short, I kinda like it.

BZZZT* *BZZZZZT* *BZZZZZZT*

Huh? Mom? What does she want?

"Mom? What do you want?"

"Hey honey! I have a question for you. It's about Akari... She misses you and wants to be with you for this year."

I don't think Akari should be here when I'm in this situation. Though, maybe if she's here, I can feel better...

"Um, it's fine with me. You need to ask Sojiro about this. When is she coming over?"

"When we get Sojiro's permission, I'll tell you so you can pick her up. Anyway, we'll talk later. You need to get to school, bye! Love you!"

She hung up the phone. So, Akari might be here. That's nice, Ann, Morgana and Ryuji can meet her! I hope she can put ease to my system. The moment I was near the gate, my stomach dropped. Kamoshida. Please say he can't recognize me... "Good morning, Kurusu~San. Love the new look you got there." His hand blocks my path to go inside the gates. Fear begins radiating from me as I step back. Students look in our direction but it doesn't bother the older man. "Remember my deal, Akano?" His whispers sent shivers down my spine. Him calling me by my first name is weird enough, teachers can't do that. "Lady Akano! Stay strong!" Thanks, Morgana. I needed that. "Stay away from me. If not, you WILL regret it." This made him laugh. I can't believe it, this asshole is laughing. "I will NOT let you taunt me anymore. Now, goodbye Mr. Kamoshida." With a smirk, I walk past him as he looks on in shock. Serves you right, dipshit. "Akano?" That's... Ann! I turn back and she her shocked face at my hair. "You're hair... IT'S SO CUTE!" Her squeals made me blush a bit as she hugs me with a huge smile.

"Ann? Who's your... friend...?" Ryuji's voice cut the hug short as I turn towards him his mouth was wide open which made Ann, Morgana and I laugh. "What? Surprised I can rock short hair too? Hehe, don't be surprised of anything I do." "Aka~Tan!? You cut your hair!?" I managed to calm him down and took the both of them to the roof. Telling them the reason I cut my hair was harder than it sounds. Ryuji would interupt me at times which Ann, Morgana and I would scold him. I also spoke of what happened earlier with Kamoshida. "Wow, your so strong Akano... I don't think I can ever do that." Ann's praise made me smile melancholy. "If I'm being honest, I was scared. Hell, I'm still scared. What I can do for now, is change his heart with you guys. I'm gonna rely on you three as I hope you'll rely on me." My grip around my knees grew tighter as I kept it close to my chest. Ann gave me a side hug along with Ryuji as Morgana purrs against my legs. I'm safe with these guys. Just then, the door to the rooftop opens. Morgana ducks down as the school kids look on. It was a girl with short, wavy, brown hair wearing the gym clothes. In her hands is gardening equipment. "Oh geez, sorry. I didn't know you three we here. Are you going to be here for long? I just want to take care of the crops up here before school starts." She asks as we all leave.

~Timeskip~

The final bell rings and I message everyone to get ready to go to the palace. Once we make it into the Metaverse, Ryuji and Morgana won't stop staring at Ann. Horny bastards. "What are you staring at?" Hah! Nice one Ann! "Oh, I was wondering what we should call you." Yeah right, Ryuji. "What do you think Joker?" "Joker? Call me? What are you talking about?" Oh yeah, she doesn't know. We fill her in as I start thinking about code names. "What about... Flare?" I threw out but was shot down by Ann. "Kitty Woman?" What the fuck, Ryuji? "I want to be more than a kitten, Ryuji. Flare's a better code name than 'Kitty Woman'" Ha! Get fucked, Ryuji! "She's a cougar..." Okay! NOPE! She's not a cougar, Morgana. "What about... Panther? Sounds ferocious, right Akano?" Eh, better than Skull so sure. Ann is now Panther. As we walk closer to the entrance, a flash of blue stops me. Turning my head, I see Justine next to a prison door. "My master would like a word with you." Okay Justine. Stepping into the Velvet Room, Igor starts to speak. Nothing really special, he just gave me the power of fusing Personas in the Velvet Room by executions.

With this, I fuse Jack O Lantern and Agathion together to make Silky passing on Rakunda. Wait, what the fuck is happening? Holy shit! That's fusion? I feel so bad... Igor why? I hate you.

Rank 2= Third Eye~ Allows to see things that are hidden from the naked eye.

Fuck you Igor. Leaving the Velvet Room, the others were looking at me weirdly. Apparently, when I was in there, I was just staring into space. Fuck you Igor. As we infiltrated the palace, Morgana taught us how to sneak around to ambush shadows. This is awesome! This shadow in particular was that horse shadow from when Ryuji awakened. I remember their weaknesses. "Skull! They're weak to electricity!" "Got it! Let's go Captain!" They get knocked to the ground. I want to get it, let's try!

"Give me your power!"

"Then let's talk then. Why are you wasting your time on me? Do I look special?"

"Your just a horse with horns on your head"

"Hah! Nice. How do you think this whole thing plays out? You think I'll be good on your team?"

"To be honest, no. But I'm willing to take that chance"

"Wow, you wound just like me. Huh? What's going on. Oh that's right! I'm not a slave of King Kamoshida! My name is Bicorn! I am thou, thou art I"

Bicorn gets sucked into my mask and we get going. "Holy shit! That. Looked. AWESOME! How does it work Joker?" Who knew Panther can be this impressional. Huh? Nice to know. As Mona tells Panther what's up, Skull and I go on ahead of them. "Hey, so... Your leg. What happened? It's bandaged up like it's a bad injury..." I look down and see that the bandage is in full view. Shit, I forgot that the skirt is short and leggings aren't apart of my thief outfit. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it or look at it!" Frantically, I rush ahead while also trying to hide the bandage.

~Timeskip~

We did pretty well. We found two safe rooms, got a map and got another Jack O Lantern with a new Persona, Berith. Ryuji's Persona learnt Lunge, Ann's now has Dormina and lastly, Morgana has Patra. I went on ahead and beat some shadows to lose some steam but next time I'm gonna let them get ahead so they can get stronger. Though doing all this... I'm quite tired. "Joker, you look exhausted. Should we leave for now? You're our trump card, if anything were to happen to you..." Mona's right. Not that I'm the trump card, it's just if one of us is tired, we could all crumble. With a nod, we fast travel to the entrance. Panther activated the app as our surroundings morphed into the normal world. "That was a good run guys! Let's go ho... me" covering my mouth for a yawn, we desperse. The ride to Leblanc was the same as usual so once I got home, I was relieved. "Hey! What's this about your sister staying over?" Sojiro's thoughts pierced through my exhausted state. I look up and see Sojiro behind the stand as usual and someone in one of the booths. Someone who had long, black hair and ash grey eyes. A young girl with a white off-shoulder top, black singlet underneath and black skirt with white stripes. "Onee~Chan!" I can't believe it. "Akari!" Opening my arms, she runs into them, wrapping our arms around each other. "I thought I had to pick you up from the station... How did you get here?" At that moment, Sojiro told me that when he agreed, mom dropped her off. Why? I don't know. Mom is mom, unpredictable. "Oh, okay. Come on upstairs sis!" The two of us go upstairs as we begin to talk about small things. She met Morgana and she took care of him while I changed. "Why did you start cutting again?" Shit, I forgot she remembers. "It's nothing sis! Just a cat scratch from Morgana!" "Hey!" Shut up, cat. "Even he's calling you out on a lie. Onee~Chan, tell me. I promise you I won't tell a soul!" She looks at me with a worried expression. I can't keep things from her when she has that face. I tell her what's been going on with Kamoshida and Shiho, leaving out the Metaverse entirely. In the end, she hugged me, telling me I'll be fine. "I want to be like you. I wish to be stronger, Onee~Chan!" Akari... "To be stronger, I think I need to help you with your problem... AHA! I've got an idea! I don't know if mom told you this but mom said that since I'll be here for a year, she said I can be home schooled for the year! Because of this, I can try and give you some time to recouperate and get your mental health in check. I can do favors for you!" I don't feel up to doing child labor, sis. "Don't think of it as child labor!" How'd she knew what I was thinking? "Think of it as me doing my own stuff and the two of us benefiting from it. I won't feel as bored." Boredom is the worst. "Look Akari, I'll let you do whatever you want. Just don't tell Sojiro it's for me." Her face shows glee as she hugs me tighter.

Back in the interrogation room...

"Since you're a student, you don't have much time to do much as a phantom thief. You must've had someone do all your side stuff. Who was it?"

Back to the game...

I am thou, thou art I

Thou hast acquired a new vow.

It shall become the wings of rebellion that breaketh thy chains of captivity.

With the birth of the Temperance Persona, I have obtained the winds of blessing that shall lead to freedom and new power.

Tiny Help= Able to do small things for the Phantom Thieves.

Hey guys! Is this chapter good? Huh? Why did Akano cut her hair? Well, in Japan, hair cutting represents rebirth. Samarais would cut their top knots for this reason. I thought that a way for her to help move on would be rebirth. Another thing is Akari's confidant. She is the new Temperance! I had a few people who would work as the Temperance confidant but I chose Akari! Here's what Tiny Help does. It allows Akari to go to Takemi's to go and get healing items and she takes them to the school. She also can wash clothes and make lockpicks while Akano's in school. I know that it sounds like Kawakami's but Kawakami's confidant is so useful! Don't worry, she has a different story to Kawakami so it isn't too similar. Anyway, that's all I got. Bye!