Chapter 3
Heroes Fall.
When Yosuke entered the TV World,he saw a giant mansion that is built next to a waterfall.
He walked and stopped at the entrance.
Aisaka Residence.
"Okay...wait for me Taiga..."Yosuke thought to himself before he entered the mansion.
A few minutes later.
Meanwhile,in the highest floor of the building.
Taiga wakes up and found herself in her old then realize she was tied to a chair.
"Huh? This is place...no it's impossible!"Taiga said to herself.
"So you have awaken huh?" a male voice was heard. He looks like in the middle of his 20's ,he wear a white shirt,black suit,with a black tie and a white jeans. His have a short straight hair.
"Hey! Who the hell are you? Did my father sent you?"Taiga asked furiously.
"Nope,i'm just i using you as a bait."the man replied.
"So you a kidnapper huh? What a pathetic loser..."Taiga sighed.
"You got a sharp tounge there aren't you? Well...talk while you can because soon i will show you your worst fear and nightmare."the man grinned
"What do you mean? I swear...if i got out from here,i will kick your ass and sent you to prison!"she glared at him while trying to broke free.
Send me to prison? How about i show you where we truly are"he dragged her to the window.
Taiga gasped after seeing the view.
"Wh-Where are we?"Taiga asked in fear.
"We are exactly in the TV World,but your memories built this building in fact."he explained.
"TV World?"she asked again.
The man then explained everything about TV World.
"So...it wasn't a dream...i was dragged to the TV by a mysterious creature..."Taiga thought to herself.
"Now,how about we call them?"the man grinned and walked to the door.
Suddenly,the room change to her old living room,she somehow was no longer tied to the chair.
"I can't believe it I have the worst daughter in the world!"a man voice was heard.
"That...that is impossible!"Taiga eyes widden in disbelief.
"Oh it's already happening all right. Now,enjoy every second of it."the man grinned.
Suddenly, Tiaga's father entered the room.
"Girl...meet your dad."the man suddenly dissapeared.
"No! Get away from me you bastard!"Taiga shouted as she saw her father is approaching her.
Her father then beat her up,picked her by her hair and throw her to the corner of the room,where she starts crying.
And then,Yosuke barge into the room with Susano-O standing next to him.
"Taiga!"Yosuke shouted and Taiga along with his father turned at him.
"Yosuke? What are you doing here? And what is that thing?"Taiga asked while still crying.
"Save the questions for later! I must finish what that thing have started."Yosuke pointed at her father,which suddenly turned into a Shadow that shaped like a human and is carrying a mace.
The Shadow ran towards Yosuke,whe suddenly Susano-O grabbed the Shadow's arm and punch it away.
"Susano-O, do me a favor and destroy it for me."Yosuke said to Susano-O.
After Susano-O nodded,it dashed at the Shadow with incredible speed and deliver a powerful punch which pierced through the Shadow's body.
"Grooow..."the Shadow slowly dispersed into the darkness.
"Well...that was easy...maybe too easy..."Yosuke thought to himself and ran to Taiga.
"Hey...are you crying?"Yosuke asked her.
"Wha- What do you mean idiot? I'm not crying!"Taiga wiped the tears in her eyes and stood up.
"Since you still can get furious like that,i guess you are fine. I was really worried about you..."Yosuke smiled at her.
"Heh...whatever. And by the way,you must explain everything to me after we get out from here okay!"she shouted at him with a blush.
"Okay, shall we go now?"Yosuke took her hands and helped her stand up.
"So cute, love-dovey couple to the rescue."the man was heard and he suddenly appeared in front of the door.
"You! Are you the one who have started the Midnight Channel again?"Yosuke asked furiously.
"Me? Well...i am a part of it,except i'm the muscle part of our organization,the Shadow the way, my name is Chrono, i want you to remember this before you died. ."he explained.
"I don't care what that is or who you are,but i will not forgive anyone who threathen the lives of everything i love!"Yosuke glared at him furiously.
"Then come at me kid, i will show you the true nigthmare."Chrono removed his suit and threw it to a chair.
"Taiga...don't worry it will be over in a matter of back okay."Yosuke said at her with confidence.
Taiga nodded and take a step back.
"Susano-O, decimate him with Garudyne."he said to his Persona.
Susano-O then unleashed a big tornado at Chrono,which threw him to the wall.
But,what shocked Yosuke is Chrono stood up and his cuts and wounds are being healed by a black mist that appeared around him.
"No way! What are you?"Yosuke asked terrified.
"I am a Devourer...now it's my turn."he gave Yosuke a dark smile and ran at an incredible speed.
"Susano-O! Took him down!" Yosuke said in panic.
Susano-O then unleashed a few Garudyne,but Chrono evaded every attacks that Susano-O sent at him and he dissapeared.
"Huh?Where is he?"Yosuke thought to himself.
"Yosuke! Behind you!"Tagisa shouted.
"You are too slow." Chrono whispered from behind.
Yosuke then swing his arm,but Chrono jumped back.
"Is that it? I'm a little dissapointed at the power of the Persona Wielder.
"Grr...Shut up!"Yosuke shouted and Susano-O charged at Chrono.
But,Chrono managed to block the attack and grabbed Susano-O's hand.
Suddenly,Yosuke fell to his knees and his Persona start to losing power as well.
"Wha-...what's happening?"Yosuke asked himself while trying to endure his fatigue.
"Great...give me all your power!"Chrono grinned and keep absorbing his power.
"Di- Disperse!"Yosuke called and Susano-o returned to his body.
"Damn it...but i guess this amount of power will be enough to destroy you."Chrono sighed and raise Yosuke with his hand.
"No!Let him go!"Taiga threw a chair at Chrono,but it doesn't seem to affect him.
"Oh yeah,i will deal with you after i deal with him."Chrono glare at her furiously.
"Grr...i'm not afraid of you!" Taiga charged at him,but she was thrown away by a small tornado that appeared.
"Taiga!"Yosuke shouted while trying to break free.
"Hey, let's play a game called... Go Fish,or should we call it Go Drown In The Watterfall?"the man throw Yosuke to the window,which breaks it.
"Gaaaah!"Yosuke shouted as he fell to the waterfall.
"Yosuke! That idiot...no..."Taiga shouted and turned at Chrono furiously.
"What? You mad?" Chrono asked her.
"DIE!" Taiga picked up a shard of glass and stabbed him in the heart.
But,the black mist appeared again and healed him.
"That's it, i'm out of patience!"he choked Taiga and slammed her to the ground.
"Any last word?"The man asked.
"He will come back,and when he come back he will totally kill you...and he will erase that idiotic smile of yours."Taiga grinned at him while trying to endure the pain.
Meanwhile, Underwater.
"Taiga...i'm sorry...i can't...protect you..."Yosuke thought to himself as he began to drown.
Just as he began to fell unconcious,Susano-O appeared and dragged him to a mysterious blue door.
Velvet Room.
"Igor...am i dead?"Yosuke asked.
"No,you just unconcious...i see you have lost to your enemy..."Igor replied.
"How could i beat some one who can drain my Persona's power?"Yosuke asked furiously.
Igor then slapped him in the face.
"Did you forgot the one who is fighting is YOU, not your Persona?"Igor asked.
"I know! But i'm only a man..."Yosuke replied sadly.
"Yuu Narukami is a man too,but he never limiting his own powers by not thinking like you makes you a her? Your powers or your actions?"Igor said.
Yosuke then stared at the ground sadly.
"You are right...i might too depending on my Persona...and that what made me weak...am i right?"he asked.
"Yes you are...and i see you are ready..."Igor nodded and took out a contract.
"What is that?"Yosuke asked.
"This is a special contract that gave you the ability of the Wild Card,just like Yuu Narukami. Also,this contract will give you the ability to merge with your Persona,to able to use their Moves,Powers,and Skills from your body."Igor explained.
"And how is that going to help me again?"Yosuke asked curiously.
"Since your new enemy able to drain your Persona powers by touching them,i believe he can't do that if the Persona is inside you. Now write the magic words"Igor explained.
"Awesome..."Yosuke smiled and write "I choose the fate of my own free will."
"And since your Susano-O needs to recover his strength,i now will give you a new Persona."Igor took out his Persona Compendium.
"Oh! How about that one!"Yosuke pointed at Izanagi-No-Okami.
"That will be One Million Yen."Igor replied.
"But you said you will GIVE me a Persona,you didn't say that i should pay right?"Yosuke asked.
"But of course there is some Persona that you can't merge with your current they will not listen you."Igor flipped the page one by one.
"Bummer...Hey! This one looks cool!"Yosuke pointed at Thanatos.
"And it said that you are too stupid for him."Igor keep searching for the perfect Persona.
"But if you want me to beat him,you must give me a powerful Persona right? Please? For free?" Yosuke begged.
"Fine...then i will give you Metatron, The Guardian Of Heaven."Igor closed the book and summoned Metatron in front of him.
It looks like a giant mechanical male angel with many wings.
"I am Metatron...let's fight for the future."Metatron introduced himself.
"Super..."Yosuke stare in awe and reach out his hand to it.
When he touched Metatron,it suddenly shined and get absorbed to Yosuke's body.
But somehow,Yosuke felt diffrent than before,he felt a stream of energy is running on his body.
"How do you feel?"Igor grinned.
"It felt like Ice Cream...and Coconut...Brrr, OH YEAH! THIS IS AWESOME!"Yosuke shouted in excitement after Metatron completly merge with him.
He then woke up and suddenly a mystrious force throw him back to the air.
"Payback time!"he shouted and was thrown towards the building.
"Suprised? Me too."Yosuke flew at him,but he could not control his body and smashed to the wall.
"So you haven't die yet huh? What a nuisance..."Chrono let Taiga go and walked to him.
"I'm sorry for the delay Taiga,just stay back okay! I will be going all-out on him!"Yosuke said in confidence.
"Just make sure you didn't get your ass kicked again okay!"Taiga smiled and take a step back.
"Come on! I don't have all day."Chrono shouted.
"Prepare yourself!" Yosuke pointed at him.
Chrono use the same attack pattern again and began to overwhelmed him,but tih his new powers Yosuke could match up with him more and saw an opening.
"Take that!"Yosuke took his dagger and stab it at the man chest,before he kicked him back.
"Grr...that's it! No more playing around!" he got furious and slammed Yosuke to the ground.
When he was abou tto land a punch,Yosuke opened his palm and said "Hamaon!"
Suddenly,a massive white beam appeared and hit Chrono directly on his chest,throwing him back.
"Wow...i thought it will not work..."Yosuke stare in awe at what he just did.
"Grr...i will remember this..."Somehow,Chrono managed to survive the attack and dissapeared.
"And i will be waiting for you...whoever you are..."Yosuke thought to himself.
After the battle is over,Yosuke took Taiga home and explain eveything that happen,from Inaba to Now.
"So...could you please not tell anyone about it?"Yosuke begged.
"Ok,that's fine."she replied.
"Huh? That was easy..."Yosuke thought.
"I want to sleep now...don't remember to wake me up tommorow okay!"Taiga said.
"Roger...well,good night."Yosuke lie down on his couch,exhausted.
"Oh by the way..."she turned back.
"What is the matter? Are you traumatized by everything that just happened?"Yosuke asked in worry.
"Of course not idiot! I want you to forget everything you see about my father and me okay!"she slammed the door.
"Oh...okay..."Yosuke replied confused.
2 Hour later, 3 AM.
"Hnggh! Hnggghhh!"Yosuke is trembling inside his sleep.
He suddenly remembers about the time he fell to the waterfall.
"Gaaaah!"Yosuke woke up while his body s coveresd with sweat.
Suddenly,he felt someone touched him from behind.
He turned around in panic and saw Taiga was standing there.
"Taiga? You shoc-"Yosuke said,but he was cut off by Taiga who covered his mouth.
"Come to my room,i want to talk to you now."Taiga whispered in a somehow warm tone.
"Uhh? What should i do?"Yosuke thought to himself in panic.
Then a message appeared in his phone.
From : Igor
For your healt,just say YES!
After reading the message,he nodded and followed Taiga to her room.
"Uhh...so what is it?"Yosuke asked nervously.
Taiga suddenly took her wooden sword and smacked Yosuke in the head.
"What is that for?"Yosuke asked.
"That is for not telling me truth when you moved here!"she smacked Yosuke again.
"That is for getting late saving me!"she smacked him once again before she stopped and put her sword down.
"And that is or...making me worry..."she said with a blush.
"Eh? Did i just hear you said you are worried about me?"Yosuke asked in disbelief.
"Yes...if you are gone,who else going to help me making Kitamura-san love me."she stated.
"Oh... Ahahah! Well,you can count on me partner!"Yosuke smiled at her.
"Stop making that stupid faces idiot! Now leave my room,i want to get some sleep...partner..."she said the last word quietly,but Yosuke could hear it and leave the room with a smile.
Before he got to sleep,a message appeared in his phone.
From : Margaret,the boring girl who hang out with Igor.
You and Taiga Aisaka created a new bond.
You gain the Magician Arcana Social Link and the Sub-Persona, Palmtop Tiger.
Personas from the Magician Arcana will gave you more power when they merge with you.
"Wow...so if i made a Social Link,Personas from that Arcana will give me more power and accesible moves...and i get a new Sub-Persona? What is that anyway...but i guess i'm too tired to think about it now..."he fell asleep.
The next day,
6 AM.
Yosuke woke up and cook his breakfast,after that he woke up Taiga and go to bath.
7 15 AM
They then headed to school together.
"So Yosuke...have you prepared any plan for today?"Taiga asked.
"Huh? Plan for what?"Yosuke asked confused.
"Of course to make Kitamura-san spend time with me!"Taiga shouted.
"Oh yeah...i will think about it..."Yosuke replied while began to think something.
"You better came up with something good! Or i will humiliate you in front of the school today! And don't even think anything funny idiot!"she said and walked in front of him.
"Hahah...i got that."Yosuke replied and stare at the sky.
"Yuu...i guess this what you meant when you say i should find my own way huh? Well...thanks for that man...wish me luck so i could protect those things that is important to me okay? And maybe...i can understand the thing you said to me at the night before i leave Inaba."Yosuke thought to himself and followed Taiga.
His phone then ring again.
From: Igor
Good job by finding your first Social Links...now i wish you good luck on your journey since i can only appear when you really needed me,Best luck on you!
By the way,the Persona Thanatos send you a message. He said, "Look! Even your own kind said that you are an idiot! Hahahah! I stand corrected.
"Igor...thank you for everything you weird bastard...and someday when i'm able to control you Thanatos...i will get my revenge..."Yosuke grinned and ran to his new school.
Meanwhile,somewhere else.
"You have failed Agent Chrono...why would you dissapoint me and the Great Master?"a man in a robe asked.
"It seems that this person...Yosuke Hanamura have found a way to fight us...and it's a little bit irritating."Chrono replied.
"Fine...i will give you another chance...now take Agent Aqua and Agent Black with you,exploit his weakness and consume him."the man suddenly dissapeared.
"Heh...soon,i will make you suffer...Yosuke Hanamura..."Chrono dissapeared too.