Sorry for the long wait. There were times in the past two weeks where I had at least two major projects due on the same day so I was a little busy. But as a reward this chapter is the longest yet at over 5,000 words. So a lot happens in this one.

Vongola Hermit- I'm a little confused with what you were trying to say in your review

BahamutX978- I did not know there were doing another Persona 4 anime. I'm looking forward to that.

Matt- Yeah I took some time on Mother's Day to call my mom. And the remaining four Persona users are going to be in this chapter.

"You sure Teddie, absolutely positive?"

"How many times do I have to repeat myself Kanji!? Someone has seriously messed with the TV world!"

Rise covered her ears, "Calm down Teddie, we heard you the first time."

"So let me get this straight," Naoto fixed her hat, "While we were gone from the TV world, another force entered the area based off of Yuma and has changed it?"

"That's right, but I didn't smell anyone there! Whoever it was has already left!"

"But how did they get out? Or in for that matter?" Kanji asked, "You don't think it was the culprit do you?"

"I don't know…this doesn't match their previous actions," Naoto's blood then ran cold, "You don't think it might be Yuma's enemies?"

"If that's the case…..what would they gain from it?" Rise asked.

"We need to call the others," Kanji said, "They need to know what's going on."

"Agreed," Naoto started to dial, "Let's hope they have reception where they are."

Yu kept his eye on the boy on the throne above them. He couldn't believe that this kid was the one that had tried to turn Yuma and Astral against each other. Though it was clear that Vector wasn't done with them yet. "Did you miss me Yuma-kun?"

"Vector…" Yuma said with a growl in his voice.

"Oh you're not going to call me Shingetsu anymore?" Vector said with what Yu assumed was fake hurt in his voice.

"Just what do you want Vector? Are you the one that recruited Black Mist?" Astral took over the conversation.

"Why yes I did Astral," Vector laughed, "Though you've royally pissed him off this time."

Yu dared to ask, "How bad?"

His answer was a massive claw coming down on them forcing him to roll out of the way. When he looked up to see what attacked him, he wasn't quite sure what he was seeing. Whatever it was had a body mainly mouth with very deadly looking teeth and very sharp claws on its fingers and a whip like tail that defiantly would hurt it that hit him. Though what stood out the most to Yu was the number 96 written on the forehead. "Is that….."

"Indeed it is…" The dark copy of Astral appeared next to the beast, "This is my true form."

Yu smirked for some reason, "So I was right about you taking on Astral's form just to get under his skin."

"….I'm going to enjoy ripping you from limb to limb far more than I should. GET HIM!" Black Mist ordered his own copy to attack which it did with the whip like tail.

Yu didn't even have to think before Dark Magician swooped in and knocked the tail back. He suppressed as wince as he felt the recoil of the attack. There was a ton of force behind that attack and he knew that Black Mist wasn't going to go easy on him.

"Yu be careful!" Yuma called out, "In the game Black Mist has an ability to drain the attack points of opposing monsters and adding them to himself! That always makes him slightly stronger!"

"Thanks for the heads up!" Yu called back. If Black Mist's card effect applied to Personas, he was going to have to attack carefully. "Alright…let's do this Dark Magician."

Dark Magician nodded in agreement with his master. He charged up his staff and let loose a torrent of magical blasts towards both versions of Black Mist but the beast version whipped out its tail and knocked them out of the way.

"Little Yuma's warning won't help you….I will take all of your power…Shadow Gain!" The beast Black Mist widened its already huge maw and started spewing black smog towards Yu and Dark Magician.

"Narukami look out!" Astral cried out in worry.

Yu however stood his ground, "Mirror Force!"

With a twirl of his staff, Dark Magician created a rainbow hue barrier blocking the smog allowing it to pass around them unharmed.

"Sweet…." Yuma was impressed.

"Yuma…do you think you can provide back up now?" Astral asked him.

"You bet now that my head's stopped pounding." Yuma grinned, "Let's do this!" He slashed at the air summoning Hope once again, "It's two on one now Black Mist!"

Black Mist didn't show any reaction, "I'm afraid it's actually two on two," he said as he held up another card.

Astral paled when he realized what the card was, "The legendary Number…."

Black Mist's grin grew wider, "That's right….I summon Number 65, Judge Buster!"

Everyone stepped back as the new Number took form. It was a male figure clad in purple with bits of silver armor. For both its arms from the elbow down were replaced with blades just below the elbow and a blade wing grew out of the left shoulder. "Time for the execution!" Black Mist cackled!

"Oh crap!" Yuma leapt out of the way along with Hope to avoid the incommoding blades, "Where are the others?!"

"You mean your pathetic little friends?" Vector called out from his perch, "Still wondering the labyrinth though I could bring them here if you want." He said as he reached up to a chain dangling next to him and gave it a good yank. What followed were lots of shouting and Shark and Yosuke being deposited into one of the cages that were lining the chamber.

"That….hurt…" Yosuke whimpered from his rather blizzard landing position.

"Will you just shut up?" Shark was rubbing his head as if it hurt more than his body. It probably did.

"Shark! Yosuke!" Yuma cried out to his friends as he kept dodging attacks from Judge Buster, "You okay!"

Shark took a moment to taking in the surrounds before answering, "What is going on Yuma?"

"Well…" Yuma was answering between attacks, "We…kind of…got…in…a…pinch…"

"No worries man!" Yosuke who had finally recovered from his landing called out, "I'll break theses bars and join you!"

"Oh I don't think that would be possible…" Vector snapped his fingers and a purple barrier flickered in front of the bars of Shark's and Yosuke's cage, "I took care of creating a special field in those cages. You won't be able to summon your Persona at all."

Yosuke's expression turned serious, "How do you know about Personas?"

Vector chuckled, "I took a personal visit to that place you called the TV world and I have to say…I like it."

Yu glared at him, "Is that how you are able to have Shadows here."

"Bingo!" Vector grinned, "Though you better pay attention."

Yu's attention had to snapped back to Black Mist who was charging at him and barely managed to roll out of the way in time and then with some bizarre timing, his phone started ringing.

Before Yu could even think his hand has already grabbed the phone from his pocket and saw the caller ID, it was Naoto.

"Yu now it's not the time to be answering your phone!" Yosuke cried out.

"Then you answer it!" Yu tossed the phone towards Yosuke who managed to catch it through the bars. The moment he saw who was calling, he answered and hit the speaker button.

"Sempai? Are you there?" Shark heard a voice that he couldn't quite make sure if it was a boy's or a girl's.

"Naoto…this is not a good time for a social call!" Yosuke answered.

"Yosuke? Why are you answering Sempai's phone?" She was answered by a large crashing sound from the ongoing battle. "What was that?!"

"Um….Yuma and Yu are fighting….is that a black copy of Astral?!"

Shark groaned and grabbed the phone from Youske, "Are you friends with Yuma?"

There was a pause before an answer, "Yes…who are you?"

"My name is Ryoga, one of Yuma's friends from his home town. Though now it's not a good time for social calls. Yuma and your friend Yu are fighting against a Barrian…"

"Your enemies right?" Shark was going to kill Yuma for blabbing.

"Naoto I hope you can think of a plan for us 'cause I'm trapped in a cage where I can't summon Jiraya and Yu and Yuma are fighting for their lives and this place was covered in Shadows!" Yosuke yelled into the phone.

This time another voice answered, this one rather high pitched, "You said there were Shadows there?" Yosuke was surprised about who had talked but answer, "Yeah Teddie…what about it?"

"Is there some sort of opening or portal that's letting them through?"

Both boys paused then tried their best to find something about those lines. "Up there!" Shark pointed towards the ceiling, "That fog is just pouring out of it."

"You got that Teddie?" Yosuke asked?

"A portal that has fog pouring out of it?" There was a pause before he continued, "Don't worry Yosuke! Help is on the way!" Then the line went dead.

Shark stared at the phone, "Help is on the way?"

"I don't get that bear sometimes…." Yosuke rubbed his temple.

Yu felt like he was dancing…the dance of death. Black Mist's attacks had increased in speed and thankfully Dark Magician was just a quick and fended off any incoming tentacles that could have done some damage. This was getting annoying fast.

"You can't avoid me forever boy! Once I'm done with you Astral is mine!"

"Not going to happen on my watch…" Yu said in between breaths, "You're not going anywhere near my friends."

"He might not but I will…" Vector's voice echoed from above and he pulled two more chains. This time several girl screams where heard as Rio and Yukiko were dropped into the cage to the boy's left and Chie and Kotori in to one to the right.

"Guys! You okay?!" Yosuke called out to his friends.

"What about you Rio?" Shark called out to his twin.

"Ask me when my head is not ringing…." Was the response.

Yu gulped….Vector had gathered everyone in one room….left everyone at his mercy…this situation was spiraling out of control fast.

"YU LOOK OUT!"

Unfortunately, Yuma's warning came too late. Black Mist's attack had struck Dark Magician sending him careening into the wall and the force transferred over to Yu who was sent flying over the edge of the platform and barely managed to grab the edge preventing is fall into the pit below.

"Hold on Narukami! Tomoe!" Chie cried out, then blinked in confusion when nothing happened, "Hey what gives?!"

"It's that Vector guy!" Yosuke pointed to the orange hair kid, "He did something to those cages that's preventing us from using our Personas!"

"That's just great!" Yukiko's anger was rising, "We can't just sit here!"

"Yuma you better do something and quick!" Kotori yelled at her friend.

"I'm trying!" Yuma yelled back, "But this guy won't let me get passed him!" he motioned to Judge Buster.

"And it's about to get worse!" Black Mist's focused temporarily turned back to Yuma and Astral as he held up another card showing them its face.

Astral paled when he saw it, "No…"

"YES!" Light emitted from the card, "I activate Rank Up Magic, Barrian's Force!"

Everyone had to shield their eyes as Judge Buster transformed. Yuma managed to pry one open to see the new Number in front of him. It now had purple and gold clothing and armor and the right arm now had a hand that was gripping a scythe.

Black Mist cackled, "Say hello to Chaos number 65, King Overfiend!"

Yuma felt fear creep up in him. "What do we do Astral?"

"Brace yourself…" It was the only advice that Astral could give.

In a blink of an eye, King Overfiend was charging at them raising its scythe. "Moon Barrier!" Yuma called out to which Hope shifted one of its bladed wings to form a shield in front of him. What nobody was expecting was King Overfiend's blade to pierce through the shield and the tip wedging into Hope's chest.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHH!" Yuma screamed in pain clutching his chest tightly. The pain was too much. Yuma could feel he legs give out from under him and his head felt heavy. He could barely make out Astral's cries for him or Vector's laughter and mockery at him.

"Hold on Yuma!" Yu called out as he tried to pull himself back over the ledge. "Dark Magician!" He waited for his Persona to arrive, but he never came but instead was a crushing pain around his torso.

"Looking for this?" Black Mist appeared in Yu's line of vision where he could see that he had caught Dark Magician in one of his tentacles and was trying very hard to crush his ribcage. Yu quickly dismissed him not wanting to lose him and did not want the shared pain to cause him to pass out guaranteeing his fall into the pit.

"Got you know…."

That was when Yu realized that dismissing Dark Magician might not have been the best of all ideas. He looked down and saw a tentacle wrapped around his ankle then his world went spinning as it suddenly yanked upward and was now dangling in mid air at Black Mist mercy. Yu tried to regain his bearings and reached for his ankle in an attempt to free himself only for two more appendages to grab his wrists and yanked his arms painfully downward. Now the best thing Yu could do was to send a death glare at Black Mist which had little effect.

"What's wrong? Can't do anything to help your friends?"

"You coward!" Yukiko called from her cage, "Let him go right now!"

"Coward?" Black Mist's demeanor suddenly changed to eerily calm, "A coward runs away when a battle approaches. I face the battle head on….and I always win."

"Yeah right…" Yuma coughed weakly, "You always lost against us…"

Black Mist's expression returned to anger, "King Overfiend….finish them."

Yu's eyes widened, "Leave them alone!"

Black Mist scoffed, "Why should I?"

"Because," Yu started racking his brain for something to say, "You're underestimating all of us, Yuma and Astral especially."

"You're bluffing…are you implying that I'm scared of them?"

"Yes you are," Black Mist was taken by Yu's statement but he didn't stop there, "You never seem to want them in the same place. You tried to capture just Astral earlier and now you seem to have that Number try to take care of Yuma. Is it because you want him out of the way so you can get a clear shot at Astral?"

"What…are you implying?"

"I'm saying that you know that you can't win when both of them are together!" Yu began to thrash against his bonds, "You try to separate them just so you can have a better chance at winning!"

"I…am….not….that…WEAK!" Black Mist cried out.

Yu could feel the tendrils tighten but he ignored it, "If that's true then finish me off right now! I dare you!"

"Narukami are you crazy?!" Chie cried, "Don't do it!"

Black Mist was stunned, then his wicked grin returned, "If you insist…" He motioned to his Number copy to take position. The beast Black Mist's maw widened and a fireball began to form. "Say goodbye…"

Yu, rather than panicking, smiled, "Not today."

"What do you…" Black Mist was cut off by the sound of metal running through something. He turned around and his iris narrowed at the sight. Hope had its blade running through King Overfiend, and it was dissolving. "You…" he turned back to Yu, "You were buying time for them!"

"And it worked."

Vector over on his throne was seething in rage, even he fell for Yu's tactic having paid attention to him rather than Yuma. And now the Legendary Number was defeated. "Black Mist…kill him anyway."

"Hope stop him!" Yuma cried out as Hope flew as fast as he could. He prayed that Hope would reach them in time.

But that prayer was answered in a different manner, in the form of a black titan with a white skull pattern painted on it and was wielding a lightening blot which it was currently trying to ram it into the beast Black Mist's skull.

Astral blinked in surprise, "Isn't that…"

Yosuke finished his thought, "...Take-Mizazuchi?"

"YO!"

Everyone looked up and saw what Shark could describe as a giant round tank thing. And on top were some familiar faces.

Yosuke's expression brightened, "Kanji! Rise! Naoto! Teddie! You guys just have perfect timing!"

Teddie gave a salute, "I told you that help was on the way."

Vector was beyond annoyed, "How did they get here!?"

Black Mist sneered, "The portal….they got through the portal that we opened!" A buzzing sound zoomed past him followed by pain. Sukuna-Hikona had made quick work of the tentacles holding Yu freeing him. "You pesky little fly!" Reforming the tentacles he tried to attack the small Persona but its speed and mobility prevented it from being caught.

Yuma sighed in relief, "How did you find us?"

Rise gave a smile, "Himiko was able to trace you through this opening here. And I have to say that you've gotten into a pickle here."

"Umm…can you let us out already?" Chie asked annoyed though grateful by her friends' appearance.

"Don't worry…" Yu stretched his limbs, "I've got this…" He reached out his hand and crushed the Persona card summoning Izanagi in his entire splendor who wasted no time making quick work of the metal bars.

"All right! Come on Shark!" Before Shark could protest, Yosuke had grabbed him and summoned Jiraya carrying both into the fray. Chie and Yukiko followed soon after with their companions.

The moment Kotori's feet touched the ground she beeline for Yuma and quickly embraced him, "Yuma…are you okay?"

Yuma stood in shock for a moment, surprised by Kotori's actions, and a faint blush appeared on his face. "I-I'm fine Kotori…."

"You're not fine! You started screaming in pain when Hope got hit!"

"Is this your girlfriend Yuma?" The innocent question was asked by Rise.

Rather than answering, Yuma and Kotori quickly backed away from each other while their faces turned a tomato red.

Naoto was observing the situation, "Is that black version of Astral over there a Shadow?"

Astral shook his head, "That is number 96, Black Mist."

"Eeeeeh?!" That was the entire new arrival group's reaction.

"And who's carrot top over there?" Kanji asked. Yuma could have sworn he saw a blood vessel pop in Vector's forehead.

"That…would be Vector."

"Wait…that's Vector?" Rise was surprised.

"He looks just like a kid." Teddie wondered as well.

Shark scoffed, "Don't let his appearance fool you….bear." Teddie then took shelter behind Kanji trying to avoid the death glare headed in his direction.

Vector did not like where this was going. The plan had gone so well…so well! But then more of little Yuma's friends happened to drop in from the portal that Black Mist had created. So now they were facing eight Persona users, two powerful duelist, no idea why Kotori was here, and Yuma who could was both a powerful duelist AND a Persona user. This is not good….he had to improvise quickly. But it seemed like Black Mist was already on that.

"All of you….all of you are going to suffer….you are going to pay!" Black Mist was roaring in rage and raised the Rank Up Magic Barrian's Force card again as it emitted light.

"Are you insane?!" Astral was trying to not to panic, "You have no idea what that will do to you!"

"I don't care…" Black Mist's voice was started to get distorted, "I'm willing to risk anything to eliminate you and finish your mission!"

The grouped backed up as far as they could with the Persona's taking front and center as the dark aura emanated from Black Mist. He chuckled as both bodies began to change. The humanoid Black Mist threw his head back and laughed as the Barrian emblem appeared on his forehead and his body began to bulk up losing the lean figure and wings ripped from his back. A red demonic eye had opened up in his stomach that earned a gross comment from Chie. The green marks faded away and were replaced with black ones that formed different shapes. The once transparent right eye became solid and gold like the other. The Number version had hunched over its body shifting to allow movement on four legs rather than two and claws had grown from each foot. Two fin-like appendages grew from the back with the number 96 printed on one of them.

Black Mist started speaking his voice deeper than what it was before, "Say hello to my new form, Chaos Number 96, Black Storm!"

"So you just got creepier so what? You've got nine Persona wielders to deal with!" Yosuke boasted.

Black Mist just smirked, "We shall see."

"Enough talk!" Kanji roared as Take-Mizazuchi charged forward raising the lighting blade.

"Kanji wait! He can steal attack points!" Yuma called out after him.

"Attack what?" Kanji questioned only for Black Storm to spew mist all over the titan Persona and it flopped to the ground like a piece of paper, "What the heck?!"

"Fool…..In by previous form I could only steal half of your strength," Black Mist's face contorted to unnatural levels, "But now I can take every last drop! Crush him Black Storm!"

Black Storm raised a clawed foot over the now helpless Take-Mizazuchi but thankfully was blindsided by Izanagi and Hope crashing it into the wall.

"Oh yeah!" Chie cheered only to stop when she saw Yuma and Yu wincing in pain and clutching their backs. "What's wrong with you two?"

"I thought you said that you only took damage when your Personas got hit." Kotori was trying not to panic.

"That should be the case…"

"Oh…I forgot to mention," Black Mist's condescending attitude didn't disappear, "The damage done to me…gets rebound to you too."

"That's cheating!" Was Rio's protest.

"Cheating or not we've got to find away to beat it!" Yukiko said.

"I'll get to work on that…" Rise said as she summoned Himiko and began to analyze.

Shark was a little confused, "You're not going to fight?"

Rise shook her head, "Himiko is not an offensive Persona, my skills relay in providing back up and support to everyone else."

"So you're the strategist?" Rio asked.

"In a way yes but Narukami-sempai is our leader."

Shark turned his attention back to the ongoing battle. Yuma and Yu had recovered from the rebound attack and where now discussing on what do to with the rest of the group. Black Storm's new found ability to rebound damage was troublesome especially if the pain was shared between the person and Persona. Shark let out tsk and glared at Vector. Right now Vector's behavior was confusing him. Shark was half expecting for Vector to jump in the fray and start toying with everyone but for some reason he was just sitting there with a frown on his face. Shark was half tempted to taunt him a bit but kept it down as he did not want Vector joining the battle to make the bad situation any worse.

What Shark didn't know that Vector was having a mental argument at the moment. Why aren't you letting me join the fight?!

Your role here is to just observe. You need to allow Black Mist to get stronger so you can absorb his power for yourself later.

Well that's going to do us no good if they kill him right now!

Then how do you plan to counter the power of the Persona?

And how do you know so much about Personas?!

Don Thousand remain mute on that subject.

Not talking fine…I'll guess I'll just watch then.

On the battle field it was like a game of tag, a rather deadly game of tag. Rise was able to predict when Black Storm was going to use its draining attack so that everyone could avoid it. But everyone was scared to attack for fear of the rebound ability. Black Mist was just enjoying the moment. "What's wrong Astral? Your little team was so confident a moment ago."

Astral frowned as he watched his friends. Many of them have resorted to just using physical attack to minimize possible damage to themselves and to the surround room. He could see Rise working hard at trying to find some way to bypass Black Storm's ability. If this was a duel he could of figured one out but that was now out of his hands. He had to trust Narukami and the others now.

"Rise-chan! I hope you have something for us!" Yosuke yelled as another attack missed him.

"Not yet! It's hard enough to get a scan on him!"

"You can't even touch me! This power makes me like a God!" Black Mist boasted.

"Tch….some god." Shark muttered under his breath.

Yu was trying to think of a plan in his head. It was one thing to fight Shadows, it was another thing to fight Duel Monsters….wait..that was it!

"Hey Astral? If you were facing Black Mist in a duel how would you get around the rebound ability?"

Astral blinked in surprise, "What did you say?"

"If you were facing Black Mist in a duel how would you get around the rebound ability?" Yu repeated his question.

Astral was still confused, why would he want to know about dueling tactics at a time like this? Apparently Rio shared his confusion.

"How would that be of help?"

"Of course!" Yuma seemed to get it, "Black Mist is still a Number card so all the same rules of Duel Monsters still apply to him."

"So instead of going at it like a physical fight you want to approach this like it was a duel…smart." Shark complimented.

Yu nodded in agreement. If his hunch was correct, they would be able to win this battle.

Astral pondered for a few moments running scenarios in his head. "In the game, you could avoid his ability by destroying Black Storm with a card effect or by passing it to attack the player directly."

"I would have to agree with you Astral," Rise said as she lifted up Himiko's visor, "I was able to detect that the two bodies are separate and don't share all the same abilities."

"So if we attack the copy cat over there," Kanji jabbed a thumb at Black Mist, "We won't get hit with the rebound?"

"I believe so."

"But still leaves the problem about Black Storm," Naoto pointed out, "He's not going to let us attack his master that easily."

"Do any of you have something that can negate his effect?" Kotori asked.

Yukiko shook her head, "Most of us can heal at best. We don't have anything like that."

"But I bet Sensei does!" The optimistic bear cried out, "Surely one of his Personas can do that trick!"

"I'll soon find out…" Yu closed his eyes and focused. He went straight for the Sword bond knowing those were all Duel Monsters therefore increasing the chances of having the ability. He was soon answered with a dragon's roar.

Yu's eyes snapped open, "Come! Stardust Dragon!" He crushed the card in his hand.

Wind from an invisible source started blowing in all directions, everyone bracing themselves to prevent being blown away.

Yosuke was gob smacked when he saw the new Persona, "Yu….did you just summon a freaking DRAGON?!"

The dragon in question was white in color with blue-violet gems imbedded in its body. Thin but strong wings spread from its back and claws lined its hands and feet. It let out a loud roar showing a nice row of razor sharp teeth.

Black Mist was shocked. Shocked at the appearance of the dragon and shocked at the feeling of fear paralyzing him. Why was he scared, he had the power of a god! The dragon was just a flea like the rest of them! "What good is that going to do?"

"More than you think…Let's do this Yuma!" Yu called out.

"Sure thing!" Yuma had no idea what Yu had plan but he was just going with it, "Hope attack Black Storm!" Hope drew his sword and threw it like a boomerang.

"Stardust Dragon…Shooting Sonic!" Stardust Dragon reared his head back charging a beam in his mouth and fired.

Black Storm started to charge its own attack but before it could react, it was held down by the remaining Personas.

"You are the ones truly mad!" Black Mist shouted, "If you destroy Black Storm there's no telling what the rebound will to do your bodies!"

Yu however, was very calm, "I'm sure that we'll be fine." The Personas quickly vacated the blast zone as the attacks connected. Black Storm roared in pain as it exploded and dissolved away.

"He…Hehe…ha…HAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU ARE DEAD! DO YOU KNOW THAT?! DEAD!" If Black Mist didn't have some screws loose before, he had them now. But his laughter died when he saw through the smoke that Yuma and Yu were perfectly fine. Even stranger was that the dragon was fading away in a white light. "Wh-what just happened?"

"Yeah…what just happened?" Kanji was just as confused as most of the group.

"Victim Sanctuary…." Yu began to explain, "Stardust Dragon's special ability…he can negate effects by removing himself from the field."

Black Mist panicked then regained his composure, "But you are completely unguarded."

Yu looked rather smug, "Are you sure about that?"

Much to the group's surprise, and Black Mist's horror, Stardust Dragon appeared once more behind Yu, "With enough time, Stardust Dragon returns."

It was at this moment that Black Mist realized that he was probably going to die.

Vector realized it too, but was sure he could prevent that. He was certain that the group had all but forgotten that he was there. He could just sneak up behind them and…

No Vector, just destroy the palace and leave.

Vector didn't even bother questioning Don Thousand this time. He reached up for one of the dangling chains and pulled causing the whole place to tremble.

"What's going on?!" Yosuke cried out.

Black Mist took this opportunity to create a portal behind him and left.

"Hey get back here!" Yuma called out after him.

"More pressing matters at hand Yuma!" Naoto pointed to the ceiling where it was obvious that the stone was coming loose.

Shark turned around just in time to catch the last of Vector leaving through his own portal. He didn't need three guesses as to who was responsible for the impending collapse.

"Let's hurry on out of here!" Yu leaped onto the back of Stardust Dragon offering a hand to Shark who accepted the help onto the dragon and started to blast through the walls making a path out. Yuma hopped into the waiting hand of Hope who scooped up Kotori with the other and followed Stardust Dragon. Tomoe quickly grabbed Chie and Rio while Rise and Teddie climbed onto Kintoki-Douji then joined the brigade. Jiraiya and Konohana Sakuya followed carrying their own masters with Take-Mizazuchi brining up the rear carrying Kanji and Naoto. It was intense as the parade of Personas flew as fast as they could blasting away any falling rubble and blasted through any walls that just so happened to be in their way.

"Light! Dead ahead!" Shark pointed to a window that showed the outside.

"Do it Stardust…" Yu coached.

Stardust obey and blasted the window so that it was wide enough to let all of the Personas through and out to safety. However the Personas disappeared the moment they were out of the castle causing everyone to fall unceremoniously into a giant heap.

"That is not on my list of things to repeat ever again," Kotori groaned.

"What couldn't Teddie be on the bottom…he would of cushioned the fall…"Chie complained.

"I'll have you know that I'm in as much pain as the rest of you!"

"At least we made it out alive…" Yuma wriggled his way free of the pile and stood up…only to come face to face with a very angry looking Kaito Tenjo.

"Yuma….what the hell is going on here?"

So the Black Mist arc is done and now that we have an angry Kaito, things are going to get interesting. I just kept pushing and pushing myself since I really wanted to finish this story arc in this chapter so that's why it's so long.