'Seriously, I don't think standing in an ally is gonna stop the mafia.' Barbara said to herself. She had gotten the meet up time for taking down Kaneshiro mixed up and was 2 hours early. She remembered that they still had school so she had time on her hands. She went to go sit on a bench when she gotten really tired.
She closed her eyes for a second and woke herself up immediately. She saw that there was a blue prison door with two little girls on either side.
"You there crusader, come with us our master wishes to speak to you." The little girls said. Barbara looked around to see herself still sleeping on the bench. 'My god, I'm having a real out of body experience.' she thought to herself as she approached the door.
Upon she saw the familiar blue prison bars and the creepy man in the middle. "We meet again, crusader, tell me how have you been?"
"Fine i guess, since you have time tell me, what is this place?"
"This is the velvet room and I am Igor. I have been watching you for a while. You seem to be just but you like to work with our inmate."
"Where is he?"
"Safe, he is not freed but he is not stuck here either, i guess you know that already."
"So what is it that you want?
Igor smiled "Now to the matter at hand, i can't tell you your future but there will be a threat coming soon. I had told you before that you will have to tell the inmate your secrect as he did his. This is because the is a man from your past who is too dangerous to take on his own."
"Who is this man?"
"Oh but what fun would that be, let go of your secret it's not that bad showing your true self. Other wise my game will be over and more people will die."
Barbara shuddered. She had never told anyone other than the other heros of her identity. "My secrets are powerful, they could get people hurt."
"Only if you let them, you seem devoted to the inmate's freedom, i will allow you to assist them, but your time for awakening is not near. Good luck Crusader."
Igor waved his hand to the girls as they dismissed her. Then Barbara blacked out.
BARBARA! BARBARA! HELLO!"
Barbara woke up. She was surrounded by the thieves looking concerned.
"GOD DAMMIT BARB! Don't do that!" Ann screamed.
"Whats going on? Barbara asked.
"We came to do the thing and saw you on the bench. You were not moving and thought you were dead."
"I was just sleeping because had a long night, plus i had gotten the time wrong. Who said I was dead?"
"Ann" the group unanimously reported.
"Did you check my pulse?" She asked Ann.
"Ohh oops" Ann said blushing.
The group faced palmed for stupidity.
"Nevermind that, so how you "Take their hearts"" Barbara said in air quotes.
"Hold on" Akira said as he fiddled with his phone.
"Traveling to Bank of Gluttony" His phone beeped.
Suddenly a wave of energy hit her as the surrounding city changed. The city now had a green sky and the surrounding people were transformed into walking ATMs.
"Where are we?"
"We are in the cognition of Kaneshiro. This is how he perceives the world." A new voice from the group spoke. Barbara turned to see a Cat like mascot standing behind her
"WTF!" She screamed as instinct took over with backwards kick. The cat flew back two feet falling on its behind.
"Boom! Get wrecked Morganna!" Ryuji said laughing his ass off.
"That's morganna? Your cat" she pointed to Akira. Akira and company looked to have their clothes change.
"Never mind that. Like Morgana said this is kaneshiro's cognition, so since he sees you two as his customers then we can get inside his central palace."
Barbara looked ahead and saw a giant floating bank in the distance. It had a menacing feel to it as banknotes flew up towards it.
"Here goes nothing" Makoto said as she walked towards the bank. Suddenly a staircase started to form heading straight towards them. It stopped directly at their feet.
"Going up?" Barbara asked.
LINE BREAK
Barbara after climbing up the million stairs really appreciated her grappling hook. Looking behind her she took a closer look at her friends. Ann dressed up in a scarlet catsuit with a whip on her belt. It reminded her of catwoman but not as athletic. Her face was covered by a red panther like mask with her pigtails still hanging out Ryuji on the other hand looked more like a punk than he did before. His mask was like a part of a skull was on his face. It made him more menacing with a metal pipe in hand. Yusuke was wearing a fox mask and held a katana in his hand. He looked more confident than he did when he was painting her. Akira was in a black trench coat with his red gloves gripping a knife. His mask was the most intriguing of the group as it was bird like.
"Finally" Ryuji said as they reached the top of the stairs. They entered the bank to be greeted by guards and Kaneshiro.
Kaneshiro was now purple toned and his eyes were glowing. "Well if you are not a paying customer then i have to ask you to leave. Now that i have the prosecutor sister then my plan has worked. Now to get away with anything!"
"What are you talking about?! Leave my sister out of this." Makoto snapped.
"Aww what's the matter, It will be your fault for when the crime goes up all because i have your sister beneath my hell.
"To HELL WITH YOU!" Makoto screamed. Kaneshiro backed up. "What the hell?"
Suddenly Makoto's face transformed with an iron mask sealing her face.
"Persona!" She yelled ripping the face off.
Then there was a flash of light. Barbara saw Makoto on a flaming motorcycle with a face on the helm. Blue flames burst from the engine as they charged. "Persona the other called out leaving Barbara in the back. 2 guards in human form came to chage at her only to be met with her fists.
5 Min later.
After the fighting they regrouped at the bottom of the stairs.
"We need to head back. Now that we can get in it will be a lot easier to enter." Akira spoke.
"Anyone else feel tired? I need to sit down."
"Oh I forgot, When you awaken your persona for the first time it will take a lot of energy. Barbara can you take her home please." Morgonna asked.
"No problem. I do have more questions but that can wait till tomorrow." Barbara said smiling towards the group. "Don't worry you're secret is safe with me."
In real world
It was late at night when Barbara and Makoto arrived at the apartment complex.
"If you don't mind me asking, back then Kaneshiro mentioned your sister, she important to you?"
Makoto looked at her and smiled. "She is family, before today i always looked up to her and people compared her to me. But now i'm just me. Thank you for the support today."
"No problem" said Barbara. They arrived at the detectives suite and open the door. There was a woman by the door checking her phone and looked up when they entered inside.
"Where have you been. I was getting worried. Who is this.
"Sorry Barbara flustered "I'm Barbara Gordon, We were just strolling around the town and I was just helping her get home."
"Whatever, I know my sister. She can handle herself, you on the other hand are a stranger so I suggest you leave."
Helping Makoto to a chair Barbara looked over to the women. "I'm just a friend ok. Made her stay safe."
"With what your awkward american fighting?" She questioned looking at Barbara.
"Have you heard of Gotham City miss.."
"Call me Sae, and i have heard a little about it, rumor of people in costumes doing their job."
"Well both our dads are in some police force so we both know how to handle ourselves.
Sae look with new interest in her eyes. "I did not know, sorry about that."
"I don't like to bring it up cause i'm on a vacation here. So my point is i'm just a friend and be thankful for your sister good day." she said before closing the door behind her. She hated people that take family for granted sometimes.
'I have a bad feeling about her' The prosecutor thought to herself as Makoto made her way to her room.
It has been a while since the last update and i'm still alive. I have been enjoying writing this one for a while. If you are thinking why hasn'tBarbara awaken her persona yet? Im saving for a special occasion to do that I already know what her persona and metaverse outfit would be so that's cool. Thanks for the favs and follows. Please review and let me know where i can improve. PM me if you want me to answer anything related to the story(ie pairings ect). Im also on xbox as well :Mariobro2000. Thanks again.