At the cafe Akira, Makoto, and Haru all sat down at a table. It was a quiet and calm cafe with few people dining there. The groups drinks are delivered and they start their discussion.
"So Akira, what are you gonna do with all those invitations?" Haru ask. Makoto gives her a look and looks down trying to hide her sad look.
"I don't know. I never would have thought people would want to go to a dance with a criminal." Akira responds.
"Oh yeah. Girls love that mysterious bad boy character!" Haru answers exitedly.
"I'm gonna take a guess you like romance stories." Akira teased.
"Maybe but that's not the point." The brown haired girl said in a laugh. "The point is, is that you need to talk to these girls and either tell them yes or no to their invite. Hopefully you only say yes to one."
"You're right but who? I don't know these girls." The glasses waring boy responded.
"Oh! I could help you pick one!" Haru jumped up in exitment.
"Ok, if you're that into it. What about you Makoto? Do you want to help me pick a girl?" Akira had a massed up feeling in his chest. He thought to himself. 'Maybe I should ask Makoto to go with me. But she wouldn't want to go as a date.'
"Sure...I would love too..." Makoto responds. Akira thinks he hears her try to hold back tears.
"Hey Makoto, is everything ok? You seem to be upset."
"Oh uh...everything is fine...yeah I'm ok." Makoto says failing at holding her tears back.
"Makoto, lets go walk around for a little bit shall we?" Haru asks distracting Akira.
"Yeah...lets go." Makoto says through tears as she runs from the table.
The two girls leave Akira at the table and he has no idea what is going on. 'Was Makoto crying? Why was she crying? It happened when I brought up the dance and the invites. Dose that mean she wants to go with me? As a date!? That would be kinda nice. WAIT! Why did I think that. I'll ask when she gets back.'
"Makoto are you ok? I'm so sorry I brought up the invites. I was just excited." Haru apologizes.
"It's ok Haru. I already know he won't want me to go with him. It's just hard knowing he will choose a girl who talked bad about him and will never see the real Akira Because of his record. They just want to say 'I'm so hot I tamed the criminal boy.' I know that I know nothing about being a girlfriend and I know that I never felt like this about someone but when he smiles all the bad goes away. When he says something witty o cocky he has that smirk that makes me feel like I'm on air." Makoto feels better after telling her friend how she feels but she still doesn't know what to do about her feelings.
"oh my. Makoto I think you know what this means." Haru said holding back her exitment.
"I love Akira." Makoto said smiling.
"You actually said it! You finally realized your true feelings!" Haru is extatic. "You need to tell him the dance is in a few days."
"I want to tell him but I don't know how." Makoto said in a blush.
"You need to ask him in a way he can't refuse." Haru is jumping up and down from exitment. "Oh! I know! You get him to go to the dance with you and then you tell him there."
"That might actually work. I mean, we'll already be in a place of romance and we will already be dressed in nice clothes. Let's do it!" Makoto says sounding confident.
"Alright. Clean up those tears we are asking Akira to the dance." Haru says.
Makoto wipes her tears and walks back into the cafe. Akira stands up as soon as he sees her. "Makoto what's wrong? Why were you crying?"
"It's nothing now. Haru helped me fix it." Makoto said beaming at her crush. She was genuinely happy he would show this level of concern.
"Why couldn't I have helped you." Akira said in a fake complaint.
"It was a girl thing." Haru said with a wink to Makoto.
"Oh say no more." Akira said with his hands up.
Akira continued to sort through all the invites when one caught his eye. It was a regular envelope with a heart sticker holding the envelope closed. While all the other invites were the heart shaped cards the school sends out. This one was hand written. Akira flips over the card and sees Makoto's name.
"Makoto you sent me an invite to the dance?" Akira looked shocked.
Makoto's face turns bright red and she yanks the card from Akira before he can open it. "ITS NOTHING!" (Inside is a full blown confession Makoto wrote to Akira. But due to Makoto being very conflicted about the subject until now the note was very unclear and off topic.)
"It is something Makoto!" Akira counters.
"I just thought it would be fun to go because we haven't hung out in a while." Makoto says without thinking. "Damn it!" She whispers.
"Yeah I guess we haven't. I'm really sorry about that, Kawakami has been keeping me busy. That and Ann and Ryuji keep taking me around Tokyo. Akira half lies and he hates that he has too. "I would like to go with you."
"Yeah.. I understand why you wouldn't want to g- wait?! You said you want to go?!" Makoto asked.
Yeah why wouldn't I want to go?" Akira asked back.
"Well I don't know. It's not like a date or anything." Makoto said without thinking again. 'DAMN IT why do I keep ruining it!?' The girl thought. Haru just puts a hand on her face.
"Oh I figured on that part." Akira joked.
The three finished their food and parted ways. Morgana pops out of Akiras bag and says "you need a suit now, ya know?"
"I know I'll get it taken care of. Should I ask if Ann and Ryuji want to go?"
"Lady Ann in a sexy dress?" Maorgan says in a fantasy.
"Hey cat boy, you're drooling on me." Akira says snapping the cat out of his fantasy.
"I'm not a cat!" Morgan says.
The next day.
"Hey Akira?" A timid Ann asks.
"Hey what's up?" Akira responds.
"Ok look, I have been feeling really bad about saying all those things about Makoto. I should have never said it and I'm sorry. I hope you forgive me." Ann says in a bow.
"Oh. I forgive you. I know it's a sensitive subject for you. I just hope you can forgive Makoto."the boy says in a happy tone.
"Yeah. So are we cool now?" Ann asks.
"Yeah we are cool." Says Akira. The two friends fist bump.
The day before the dance.
Akira walks up to Ann and Ryuji. "Are you guys going to the dance tomorrow?"
"Hell no dude. Dances are boring and lame." Ryuji answers.
"He's just mad because he doesn't have a date." Ann teases. "But I don't plan to go either. We planned on training in Mementos."
"That sounds like a good idea. I would join you but me and Makoto are going to the dance." Akira says.
"Wait are you guys dating?" The blondes ask.
"What!? No!" Akira says.
Ryuji shrugs. "Just askin. Anyway we are gonna train in Mementos do you want to go with us Morgana?"
"That's better than going on Akira's date." The cat jokes.
"Alright it's settled. Me, Ryuji, and Morgana are going to Mementos." Ann cheers.
The day of the dance the Phantom Theives dived into Memetos. Their leader went to enjoy his "not date." He barrowed a suit from Sojiro and headed to Makoto's apartment. He arrived at the door and knocked saying.
"Makoto are you ready?"
Sae answers the door saying. "Ooooh, Akira is dressed fancy."
"Ha, is Makoto ready." Akira asked shyly.
"I'll get her now." Sae says as she leads Akira into the living room.
Akira heard foot steps coming from the hall and he turned to see Makoto in a long blue dress. Akira's jaw dropped when he saw her. His chest filled with butterflies as she walked up to him.
"Hey." Makoto said examining the boy in his suit.
"Hey." He responded back with a Smirk.
At sight of that smirk Makoto felt the butterflies rush to her chest. Her face was covered in a deep red. 'Damn that smirk.' Makoto thought. "Shall we be going?"
"Yup. I have a great day for you planned." Akira responded.
"Really?" Makoto asked suprised.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out." Akira teased.
The two left the apartment and headed to a restaurant in Shibuya. Akira picked a fancy restaurant for the day. It was covered in marble pillars and art. The waiters were is suits and carried silver trays. One waiter guided the friends to their table and they placed their orders.
"Akira! I told you to not do anything too fancy!"
"I have to make this day special for you." Akira replies calmly.
"Damn you, you adorable dork." Makoto whispered.
"What was that?" Akira asked.
"Nothing!" The girl said probably a little to loud.
Throughout the meal Makoto had been trying to work up the courage to tell Akira how she feels. But before she knew it the bill was here and Akira was getting ready to leave. "Wait...where are you going?"
"Uh to the school?" Akira asked confused. "That is where the dance is."
"Oh yeah. I knew that." Makoto answered.
At the school there were couples and friends all talking amongst each other. Some couples were a little closer than Makoto would advise at school but she will let that slide for now. Akira and Makoto walked around the school ground and taking part in the various events going on. About an hour later the dancing part of the dance started and Akira took to the dance floor using a little of his Joker charm to take the floor. Makoto is a little nervous at first but Joker soon grabs her hand and pulls her on the floor.
"You are a surprisingly good dancer Akira." The timid girl says.
"Really? I didn't noticed." Akira joked.
The two were enjoying themselves. Makoto was feeling more confident. She was almost ready to tell Akira how she feels. The one thing that would make it perfect was a slow dance. Imagining Akira holding her close as they sway from side to side with his head resting on hers made Makoto feel lighter then air. The current song ended and the slow dance song was about to start. The music started nice and slow. The lights dimmed and everyone grabbed their partner.
"So shall we dance." Makoto asked.
"That sounds great" Akira said.
The two embrace with Akira wrapping his arms around Makoto's waist and Makoto warping her arms around Akira's neck. The two start their dance. They are nervous at first but soon Makoto finds that Akira has pulled her closer he lowers his forehead on her head. Makoto is in a bright red flush. Makoto decides it's now or never and starts to tell Akira.
"Hey...Akira, there is something I want to talk to you about." Makoto starts to say.
"What is it." Akira responds not breaking their embrace.
"Well you see...recently...um well...recently I have been feeling different about..." but before the girl can confess her feelings Morgana runs through the door with a loud meow.
"AKIRA! HELP!" The cat yelled.
"Is that your cat?" Makoto asked.
Akira breaks the embrace and means down towards the cat. "What happened?" Akira asked panicking.
"Help!...Ann...Ryuji...Reaper!" The cat said out of breath.
"Akira? What's going on?" Makoto asked looking concerned.
"I gotta go! I'm so sorry but I gotta go now!" Akira sprints off with Morgana close behind.
"Akira! Come back!" Makoto yelled running after the boy.
Akira sprints to the subway system in Shibya with Makoto close behind. The boy hastily activated the Metanav and pressed the go button. Everything for Makoto goes blurry and she passes out. When she wakes up she has no idea where she is. It's dark and red but a subway? The girls confusion increases when she hear the sounds of blades and explosions going off.
'What is that noise?' Makoto thought. 'I know I probably shouldn't but if Akira is down there I need to help him.' With that Makoto makes a dash towards the lower floors.
The halls were dark and empty there was no sign of life. When Makoto finds the source of the sounds. When she rounds the corner she sees four small figures fighting a monsterous ghost like figure. He had two long guns in his hands. And the monster seemed to be winning the battle. Makoto hid her head around the corner only to sneak another peak. The smaller figures looked familiar. She decided to take a closer look.
Makoto sneaked around the walls of the room trying not to be seen but her blue dress made it very easy to spot. But everyone was to focused of the fight to notice. The closer she got the more the figures seemed to be familiar. She thought she knew them but before she could figure out who they were the monster noticed her. The sound of chains turning as he points a gun at her.
Joker notices and yells. "Get back!"
The reaper fires his gun.
"ARSENE!"
Makoto closed her eyes. She feels herself get tackled to the ground. She hears the sound of metal clash together. When she opens her eyes she sees a boy about her age in a black coat and red gloves. The monster was was being held back by a red monster with black wings and a top hat.
"Joker! Your persona is back!" The team cheered. "Why did it come back now?"
'Why is he trying to hide his face. Wait!' Makoto wondered. "Akira!?" Makoto said.
"Ssshhhh!" The theif responded.
"What's going on?" The girl asked sacred.
"Damn it!" The red monster disappeared and a mask appears on Jokers face. Joker is furious that the reaper would target Makoto. "Persona!"
Joker tried to summon Arsene but he didn't appear instead was a bigger darker monster with 6 black wings and gold horns. This persona was no joke. It shot the reaper once and the monster disappeared and Joker passed out from exhaustion.
When Akira wakes up in his room in Leblanc. "Where am I?"
"You killed the reaper with a crazy persona I've never seen before. I guess it was too powerful for you to handle because you passed out. But the good news is your persona is back." Morgana said.
"Why is the cat talking!?" A familiar voice asked.
Akira gets up and sees Makoto, Ann, and Ryuji all sitting around his room. "Well um...I don't really know how to answer that."
"Ok then answer this. What the hell was that Akira? There were monsters and you were all dressed up as theives and it was a crazy almost other worldly place." Makoto said freaking out.
"I guess we have some explaining to do." Ryuji says. "But right now we need to figure out why his persona disappeared and reappeared."
"I think it was caused when he had his fight with Ann. Personas are powered by the heart and when he had his fight his heart was at his weakest. And when he say Makoto in danger he realized there was something more important to him." Morgana explains.
"Then why didn't my persona disappear." Ann asked.
"Probably because you were insulting the one person he cared about most." Morgana says.
"Seriously! Why is the cat talking?" Makoto interrupts.
Akira gets up and explains everything to Makoto.
Authors notes: TEN CHAPTERS. That's a lot of writing so I had to go out with a bang for this one. I hope you guys are still enjoying this story.