A/N: I'm sorry I put this out on pasture. I had major writers block and all, but this will be the final chapter before discontinuation.

ON THE ROOFTOP...

As I had practically blown out my brains with the "gun" I had just picked up, I had felt this unearthly wind and light pick up and surround me. The same thing happened to Jill as she crushed her "card" and Noah his rune. Yukari had a look of bewilderment at the sight of us. I mean, who couldn't be surprised about a guy who shot himself in the head while being still alive, a girl who crushed an ethereal card that came out of nowhere, and another guy who summoned a rune on the ground out of nowhere as well?

In the next moment, 3 figures, or "persona's" emerged out of the light particles around us, each one for the 3 of us.

My persona had short blonde hair, the body looked as if it was covered in armor while wearing a red scarf around the neck, and the belly was literally a sub-woofer. It's also worth mentioning that it had a giant harp on its back.

Jill's looked like mine, but it had a different color scheme, the hair was orange and long, and the harp on its back was shaped like a heart.

Noah's looked entirely different than ours. It looked like a man in at least his 30's, wearing a white robe, and wings were protruding from his back. The wings themselves look like enlarged versions of the ones that you would find on eagles

The 3 of them spoke out in trembling voices, "Thou art I, and I am thou. From the sea of thy soul, I cometh."

Mine spoke, "I am Orpheus, Master of Strings." Then Jill's, "I am Eurydice, Mistress of Strings." After that, Noah's, "I am Icarus, the Fallen Son."

Suddenly, all 3 of us felt a splitting pain in our minds. I thought that something was gonna come out of our heads. It turns out that something did come out, but not out of our heads, but out of the spirits heads. A sort of "shadow" was released, breaking through the armor of Orpheus and Eurydice, and ripping the robes of Noah. The 3 shadows had fused and solidified into the form of a black egg, then it cracked, and something came out of it. A spirit like what we've just summoned, only it had a certain feeling of doom.

The new spirit was unlike anything I'd seen, yet it had a familiar feel. The creature sported black skin, and tattered black robes from the waste down. It wore a mask that looked like a skeleton, but not of a human, in fact it didn't look like any sort of creature I've ever known. Around the neck was a levitating chain that connected to at least 8-9 coffins that was placed to look like wings. Also it had a dagger like the ones on the shadow that was attacking us.

Our heads were still spinning with pain.

With no moment of hesitation, the black specter charged at the shadow, and it was literally beating the shit out of it. With relentless strength, he pummeled out the shadow, cut through its mask and a few of its arms, stabbing the gooey substance of the shadow, and I can't even describe the continuous beat downs. An arm had fallen off and landed in front of Yukari's feet. In the end the shadow dissolved into a gooey mess, and the other spirit grabbed the arm that was in front of Yukari and squished it until it was goo like the rest. It then let out a roar of triumph, which was so loud it could've woken up anybody within a 2-3 kilometer radius.

IN THE COMMAND ROOM...

Mitsuru, Akihiko, and the Chairman's faces were completely full of bewilderment and amazement. The scene that they had experienced through the camera screens completely left them with their mouths wide opened.

"What on earth was that?" was all that Akihiko could say, whereas Mitsuru and the Chairman just gasped.

BACK ON THE ROOFTOP...

The black creature started to shine, and then it split up into 3 parts of light. Orpheus, Eurydice, and Noah had returned to their original forms.

That did not surprise me. What DID surprise me was that Wallace was still asleep. How can anyone still sleep after all that?.

"Is it over?" Yukari asked out of the blue. "I think so, I mean, that other ghost completely tore the shadow apart." Noah said, still recovering from the head-splitting pain we endured.

But of course, it wasn't over...

Several parts from the severed shadow were arising from the mess. "IT'S STILL MOVING?" Yukari shouted. 4 of them headed straight for Yukari. "G-GET AWAY FROM ME!" 2 were headed for Wallace, who was still in his sleeping/prone state. "WALLACE!" I had shouted out, "Okay, here's the game plan; Jill, Noah, you get the shadows headed for Yukari, PROTECT HER SORRY STATE WITH YOUR VERY LIVES!. I'm getting the ones going for Wallace. If you guys aren't done with the shadows on your end, I'll be there as quick as possible. You guys got all that?" they both nodded, "'Kay, NOW GO!"

We split up, and I immediately got to work on defeating the 2 shadows headed for Wallace. "Alright, let's do this." I took the gun and blasted my head with it again, then Orpheus came out as prominent as ever. All of the sudden, a 'command' menu came out from my head. The following actions were available: Attack, Skills, Personae, and Guard. I thought to myself, oh boy, Pokemon, but I don't think the enemy will sit back and play turn-based. And like I said, the shadows came after me with no hesitation, and I'm just trying to shake them off while looking through my commands. But the only thing that came up in the skills menu was, "'Bash' 5 HP." Again, I thought to myself, THAT'S ALL THERE IS? WHERE'S THAT BLACK PERSONA WHEN YOU NEED HIM! I looked at the personae menu, and it wasn't there, damn it. I decided to go with what I got, so I faced the shadow, "BASH!" I yelled, and then Orpheus took his lyre and smashed one of the shadows with it.

Critical - 80 popped up from where the shadow had layed before it burst, and 1 MORE! had appeared in my head.

I tried to attack the other shadow immediately after 1 MORE! had shown, but the shadow had the upper hand, and I just managed to evade it, and MISS showed up.

I now had the advantage, and used another bash move on him. "BASH!" I yelled again, and the lyre smashed on the shadow. 65 had shown up.

Then just now, Wallace had woken up, yawning, "Hi, what did I miss?" was all he said. I yelled at him, "ARE YOU SERIOUS. I SAVE YOUR ASS AND ALL YOU SAY IS WHAT DID I MISS?" Then he said to me, "I don't know about you, but Jill and Noah seem to be in a spot." Then he pointed over to where Yukari was.

Jill managed to kill 1 shadow, whereas Noah killed 2. Apparently they got a bit careless and 1 shadow managed to get pass them. "NO!" they yelled, and Yukari screamed, bracing herself for the worst.

BOOM!

As Yukari opened her eyes, she saw a giant lyre 3 meters away from her, and right below it was the gooey substance that made up a shadow. Orpheus lifted up the lyre, and put it back on its lap. At the same time, Orpheus evaporated into mist and the mist got absorbed into me.

BATTLE RESULTS:

EXP: +85

LVL UP: 1-3

YOU CAN NOW CREATE PERSONA'S UP TO LEVEL 3

NEXT EXP: 70

(something inside you has changed)

ORPHEUS

LVL UP: 1-2

NEXT EXP: 78

Orpheus has now learned Agi

Bash
Agi

"Yes! Level up!" Jill exclaimed

EURYDICE

LVL UP: 1-2

NEXT EXP: 75

Eurydice has now learned Zio

Dia
Zio

"There's more room for improvement," Noah said

NOAH

LVL UP: 1-2

NEXT EXP: 82

NOAH

Noah has now learned Bufu

Bash
Bufu

Noah then turned to me, "You cocky bastard." I then retaliate, "I'm not the one who... let the... shadoww.." I couldn't finish my sentence. My consciousness started fading away. The short sword Yukari gave me slipped from my fingers, and I fell to the ground.

Before my awareness passed away, I could hear Yukari, Jill, Noah, and Wallace crowd around my body, and Mitsuru, Akihiko and the Chairman came in through the roof door.

The whole scene then turned back

VELVET ROOM...

I find myself sitting in the exact same chair I was in the last time I was brought here.

"It's so nice to see you again," Igor had greeted me.

"Igor? I don't understand. How did I wind up here?" I asked the long-nosed man

"You became unconscious after you awakened to your "power."

"I know that much, and I know that my power is called Persona."

"Yes, of course, and it seems that it was Orpheus that heeded to your calling. As you said, your power is called Persona. It is a manifestation of your psyche."

"That means it's a part of my personality."

"You certainly catch on quickly. It is a facet of your personality that surfaces as you react to your external stimuli. Think of it as a mask to protect you as you brave life's hardships."

"A mask to protect me from whatever challenge life throws at me. So that is what a Persona is..."

"When you use your Persona ability, you must channel your inner strength. That ability evolves as you develop your Social Links-your emotional ties with others. The stronger your Social Links, the more powerful your Persona ability. Please remember that."

"So the more relationships I make, my Persona's become more powerful than they are now..." I chuckled. Then I asked, "Igor... the last time I was here, and before you returned me to the real world, who was that girl that roller-skated to that door?"

"As for me, I would not know. But I believe that you will stumble upon that answer as time continues to go forward."

"...Now then, time marches on in your world. I shouldn't keep you here any longer. Next time we meet will be on your own accord."

Yeah sure, next time...

"Until then, farewell..."

Ok, I'm ending it here. This story has been plaguing me for a while now. If you wanna review this, then I don't mind. I'm gonna abandon this project. There are 2 reasons to why I am abandoning this. One being that there's too many of these kinds of fanfics, and if I keep making this, it'll be too generic. The second being that every time I run through an idea for this, it becomes a bit convoluted. So in anycase, this story is gone.