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[Persona 2], [Persona 3], [Persona 4]
(no title)
Author: Leonite
Igor looked over. His master wass talking withtthe one named Tatsuya again. At first he had passed it off as a coincidence that a guest of the velvet room seemed to be visiting again, but Tatsuya was different. He was more memorable than the boy with the earring had been. This meant that either they had been reduced in age are forced to fight again or that time was repeating itself.
Regardless of the result, he had a job to do as the proprietor of the Velvet Room. Perhaps though, he should have some fun with it.
…
Minato grabbed onto the doorway as he stumbled into a strange blue room. A room that seemed almost like a rising elevator... and in the center, an elevator assistant in blue with white hair and yellow eyes... and a man in a black suit, extremely wide eyes, and a massive nose... and for some reason a sombrero.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room."
…
Maya sighed as she entered the Velvet Room. Philemon had told her that his servant would be here, to help summon and fuse new persona. As she enters, the first thing she notices is the man, with a long nose, white balding hair... and what looked like an orange gi straight out of Dragon ball, six orange dots on his scalp. The only thing that really takes away from the appearance aside from the nose is those extremely wide eyes.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room."
…
Yu looked around. He seemed to be travelling in a blue limousine, travelling through fog. To his right, a woman in a black suit with grey hair and yellow eyes... although the suit seemed a bit short for her. In front of him, a balding man with a long nose, wide eyes, a bald head... and wearing a blue dress that probably fitted better on the woman who shuffled about uncomfortably.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room."
[Persona], [Eiken]
(no title)
Author: Dalxein
Maya stopped as soon as she set foot in the Velvet Room.
If it could still be called that.
The walls were difficult to look at, the jarring patches of color her eyes told her were there, but her brain couldn't properly interpret beyond that they were the neon version of whatever their base was. The only part of the room she could focus on lay directly in front of her. An empty chair, a muddy rust brown, was sorely out of place in front of the Technicolor swirl of a table in front of it. Behind that was her Anchor, his long fingers steepled in front of a grin far too manically happy even for him. He was clad in a pomp and froof men's suit in patched colors she could recognize as hot pink and lime green. The poofy frock shirt under his suit jacket was a gossamer haze of violet, and atop his head sat a tiny red and gold fez that appeared reminiscent of a cupcake.
The worst part was his eyes. Within his eyes were tiny swirls of madness and glee that slowly ate away at her willpowe-
She tore her eyes away from his, and they landed on his assistant from one of the other loops. Elizabeth was clad in what could only be described as what she would logically end up with if she were to puree a sad clown, take a cup of the mush and mix it with one part each of half a dozen colors that were somehow both neon and pastel simultaneously, and shake the lot of it exactly three times before taking a swig of it which didn't seem to sit well with her stomach and as such was vomited all over the floor, left to dry and was then made into a dress. Her hat was oddly normal, though. In her hands was an obscenely large red and lime green lollipop.
A glance behind her told her that the door was already gone, so onward she tread. Slowly, as she walked forward, musical voices began to seep into her range of hearing. 'Welcome to the Velvet Room' they melodiously and repeatedly cheered.
As she neared the table, other lines began to enter the song, but she could only piece out a few of the words.
'Your true self' 'the sea of your soul' 'one with eternity' 'join us and play' 'persona, the anima' 'the real you'…
She was standing behind the chair, now.
Her host's eyes panned up to meet hers.
"Welcome, to the Velvet Roo-"
Reality flashed in fifteen different dimensions of wrong before it ceased to exist.
…
He Awoke sitting behind his table, a large note impaled upon his long nose. He plucked it from his proboscis and held it forward to read.
'Your ability to utilize the Velvet Room's dreamscape capacity to replicate items from other loops has been revoked until further notice.
What part of 'Skaia Bad' failed to pierce that half-waxed chrome-top you call a skull?
-Skuld, head debugger.'
He would be without several of his most potent abilities for a while, then.
Unfortunate, that. Perhaps his latest prank was in poor taste and a bit out of hand…
This was odd, though. He couldn't feel his bonds to his contracted guests, nor any bond with his master or assistants… Apparently he was very alone this loop. Well then, time to find out what hand he'd been dealt this time.
He slowly strode to the door leading out of the room, which oddly enough led him into a hallway stretching off to either side. But… that was strange. What sort of loop with a high school wouldn't include a guest? Even one that's not awake?
His eyes widened as he realized just how weak his sensory abilities were here, and subsequently his other abilities as well. With more agility than his old and thin frame suggested, he leapt backward in a spin to claw at where the handle to the Velvet Room's door had previously been.
But to no avail. He was trapped here. The source of his guests' worst horror stories.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO-"
…
Author: Farsan
"We must perform an Intervention," Maya said. "We must find a way to get Igor out of that musty Room and make him interact with the real world more, or these pranks of him will grow even more out of control."
"Any ideas?"
…
Author: Leonite
"Maybe we could convince Philemon to punish him, kick him out of the Velvet Room? Can't imagine he's all that pleased." Tatsuya noted.
"This is assuming he knows." Aigis responded.
"But at the same time it does give us a way to get him out of the room... but not like that." Naoya noted... he glanced at Yu, who had started smirking. "And something tells me you have an idea Mr. Sisterhood Complex of Steel." A blade swing downwards from Izanagi no Ookami was barely blocked by Amon Ra. Yu hadn't even glanced over at Naoya as it happened. "Alright, alright, you're touchy about the nickname."
"Stupid nicknames aside... I have a great solution." Yu noted. "We get Igor... to social link.
Get Philemon to have him replace me or Minato, no powers, no nothing, just the power of the Wild Card and the Fool.. and force him to go through the entire year social linking."
"So... forcibly make him realize what humanities limits are by making him human?" Aigis pointed out. "It's a possibility. Or perhaps give his powers to Margret and have him only get them back if he can Social Link with one of us successfully." It went unsaid that Elizabeth wasn't a choice for the powers.
Maya nodded. "Either way it's an effective option... Naoya, you meet Philemon first, can you try to organize it with him?"
"I'll look into it. He should probably be able to tell about the whole looping thing anyway."
...
Author: Farsan
My dearest and most faithful servant Igor:
You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely... but you simply must stop reclusing yourself in that dusty old room!
My dear Igor, there is more to a young spirit's existence than fulfilling your function, so I'm sending you to supervise directly the events that will happen at St. Hermelin's high school, posing as the History teacher. You should use this opportunity to learn about humanity and its culture. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: Make some friends!
[Persona 4], [Naruto]
(no title)
Author: Leonite
Sometimes loops could have interesting variants. Sometimes loops could give new people for you to meet.
Naruto sighed. "I hate playing the supporting role sometimes," He muttered. He and Yu stepped into the Liquor Store. "I mean... we both know she's probably dead."
And sometimes Yu ended up playing host to an utterly bored first generation Looper like Naruto. It always amazed him how someone could be so blaise about the pain they're supposed to feel in their role. "Just be careful. A Shadow will confront you with the truths that you don't want to hear." Yu said... but something seemed off. Teddie was with them, that wasn't it. Sakura had replaced Chie, so he was not looking forward to fighting what would most likely be Mara... but Saki's voice hadn't echoed out at all. And then a dark, distorted chuckling sounded out as both Yu and Naruto turned. A yellow eyed Naruto, dressed in Naruto's standard outfit rather than the school uniform he was wearing right now, stood before them.
"Yeah she's totally dead, and who cares?" Shadow Naruto said.
"T-Two Naruto's?" Teddie asked. Usually Yu would have replied with a snarky comment... but something about this Shadow seemed more off than usual. Aside from anything else, he hadn't had a fused loop where the first generation was part of his team.
"After all, I shouldn't care at all. I'm immortal, I'm above their stupid laws, morals and decency." Shadow Naruto continued.
Naruto snorted. "Please, I get an earful of this from Dark Naruto, you aren't revealing anything new." He insisted.
Shadow Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Of course, I fail to realize that in the process I've been more depraved than Sakura ever was." Naruto winced. "I've killed more people in one loop than Madara or Obito could hope to with the Moon's Eye Plan, all in the name of fun." Naruto growled a little at this point, his fists balled up. "And I've never regretted it."
"Shut up!" Naruto yelled "That's not true."
"Of course it is!" Shadow Naruto said, a big grin on his face. "I am you after all. All these dark secrets, these simple loops, all these times torturing Kakashi-Sensei even when it went too far, watching as Konoha burned. I enjoyed it. You enjoyed it -tebbayo." The grin shrunk down to just a simple smirk. "The villagers were right. I'm a monster, worse than they think the Kyuubi is!"
"Don't you dare say that!" Naruto growled out. His eyes were red, and slitted, clearly angry enough to call on Kurama's power.
"Naruto don't!" Yu yelled out.
"Why shouldn't I?" Shadow Naruto shouted back at his counterpart.
"You don't have any right to! You can't understand what it's like because you're not me!" Naruto clasped a hand over his mouth in shock, but by then the damage was done. Shadow Naruto chuckled... and then started to fully laugh.
"Not anymore I'm not! I can't believe you were that stupid!" the Shadow declared, turning into liquid as hundreds of shadows gathered to him... too many, he's growing too fast!
"Outside, now!" Yu shouted. Him and Teddie ran as Naruto shaked his head before he followed them out, the haunted Liquor Store crumbling around them As the three emerged, a tremendous roar bellowed out as a tremendous beast emerged. It looked like Kurama with all nine tails, but as if he had been skinned, a person chained to each of the tails, letting out an unholy wail as they did. Half or a stretched out orange spiral mask covers the shadow's face, it's other revealed eye showing the cris-cross of Sage Mode and Kurama's Chakra. It was surrounded in a hazy shroud of red chakra, skin constantly regenerating, only to be eaten away, the claws slick with blood.
"I am the Shadow. The true self," Shadow Naruto rumbled out. "I am one of the first, the greatest of them. They should all bow down and do what I want to do, for I am a god to them. I will kill you to make sure I can me!" Yu gripped his sword and looked at Naruto... who trembled, gripping his stomach in pain. The Shadow was formed from the emotions of a first generation looper, and that looper could barely stand. Yu grunted as a card spun in his hand, this would be a rough fight.
…
Sakura stared down at the rope. The useless rope that had been severed by the portal into the TV world. "Damn it, a new realm filled with the manifestations of the human mind? That's pay dirt... and I'm missing it." She , she just gazed at the TV... and then stumbled back. She could sense a tremendous power, an extremely powerful killing intent. It was like the time that she had experimented on the Hyuuga to see if they could awaken the Rinnegan... without letting Sasuke or Naruto know about it.
"Look it's not that bad alright!"
"Sakura... look at them. Neji can barely move, he looks more like a tree than anything else... and he's one of the lucky ones. I think Naruto is still looking for Hinata's ashes... there's nothing else left of her."
"Big deal, they won't remember it Sasuke. It's all in the name of glorious science!"
"You're no better than baseline Orochimaru!"
"At least I had some foundation for it! I had science backing me up, what he did butchered it. Don't you dare... Naruto... what are you doing?"
"..."
"Naruto?"
"Demonic Sage Art: Giant Galactic Rasenshuriken."
…
Sakura blinked as she tore herself away from the memory. All that was left in it was the sound of a shrieking bell before she awoke in Equestria, already on the moon. Naruto had avoided her since then and she couldn't blame him for it. She had tried her best to make it up to him, but when you are an immortal time may not heal certain wounds. But this presence... it felt the same, but twisted. Warped. "Naruto's gotten himself in trouble... he's gotten in trouble inside a world of shadows." She gazed at the TV. "Damn it... I don't want him to die this quickly. He isn't a ninja this time. He hasn't even been able to use Kurama." And while the other guy was one of the locals... she doubted even now that she could fight Naruto on her own when he was going that far.
She saw a glint of blue out of the corner of her eye... and then stared at her reflection in the TV. The reflection had changed. Unlike Sakura, who was dressed in her school uniform and a red jacket, she was dressed in her ninja garb. Sakura glanced around... it can't be a genjutsu. There's no chakra here, and no-one seems to be nearby. "Oh yes, boo hoo, Naruto shouldn't die, he's ruining my fun!" The copy in the TV mocked. "Who cares about his morals anyway? He shouldn't care about these things,, my experiments are fun!" Sakura stared at her doppleganger even as Shadow Sakura continued. "These loops are madness anyway, why is Naruto concerned if I'm a bit mad? That bitch wasn't even looping at the time!" The voice came out distorted. "All the boys and girls in the multiverse are mine to play with."
"Yeah, so?"
Shadow Sakura blinked. Sakura had clenched her fists at this point and glared at the shadow. "The point is that I'm a psychopath. A sociopath." Shadow Sakura insisted. "Sex and science are fun, it;s the only way to do things!"
"And?"
Shadow Sakura stumbled at that. "W-well it means that I'm a monster to them all. Worse than Orochimaru ever was in any loop! Naruto will never forgive me even if Sasuke does!"
Sakura glared at her shadow counterpart... before she let out a sigh. "Yeah. You're probably right about that." She admitted.
"...what?"
"I couldn't handle the loops... so I went off the deep end. I went so far trying to find a way to cope, I went crazy... I think I'm still crazy." Sakura said as her eyes started to water. "I only have two or three consistent friends in the world and I've hurt them. All in the name of my own pleasure."
The Shadow growled. "That's not what you're supposed to do bitch! You should be denying me!" It yelled... she seemed to be losing her composure.
"Why should I? We both know it's true." Sakura said. "Sasuke has done terrible things himself, but Naruto hasn't. He finds ways to make sure he never needs to be the monster that he's been called, not unless we all agree. He might never forgive me... but that won't stop me trying. It's who I am."
Shadow Sakura opened her mouth as if preparing to let out a roar... and then closed it with a soft smile. "Yeah, I can't argue with that." She admitted... before dispersing into energy. A blue card floated out of the screen and into Sakura's hand. On one side a two toned mask was shown. On the othera large muscled woman, pin in colour and dressed in a red bodysuit. Her head is covered by a mask, half of it showing a calm looking version of her face, looking almost like Tsunade's does on the monument... and the other half is her in her mad scientist moods, a maniacal grin plastered on. The mask is pink on the calm side, and white on the mad side.
Sakura smiled as she heard a voice echo around her. "You have obtained the facade, the mask one wears to make it through the hardships of life. The persona Mochizuki Chiyome. Now go. Save Naruto."
With a grin, an actual, genuine grin one her face, Sakura leapt into the TV.
Yu narrowly dodged a blast of air from the shadow kitsune, grimacing as he noticed that where he had just been standing was shredded to dust. He had expected a challenge going into this, and had called in a few favors with Igor as a result, but not to this extent... he reached out his hand, a blue card appearing in it, only to shatter like glass as he grasped it. "Loki!" As he declared this, a man in a white robe blonde hair, pointed ears and purple skin appeared and nodded to Yu. The Persona who emodied the maximized Fool Arcana, symbolized in the Investigation team, leapt into the air and started speedily flying around the mouth of the monsterous shadow and covering it in heavy ice. Yu glanced over at Naruto. He had at least expected Naruto to still be able to fight and help him out, but Naruto looked busy enough as his seal glowed violently. Yu could only wince as the shadow opened its jaw wide, snapping the ice off like it was nothing.
"You cannot stop me. I will still from the other me the power of the demon he holds in, and I will take his place." Shadow Naruto rumbled out.
Naruto just glared at his counterpart. "Oh shut up already, you sound more cliched than Obito does!" He snapped.
Shadow Naruto snarled and swiped at Naruto with a claw... only for Naruto to leap into the air, narrowly dodging it. Yu felt glad that Teddie had seen it wise to flee the field before the fight, but this wasn't getting anywhere. Loki was surrounded in blue energy as Yu reached out a hand to him, before it shattered again as Yu grasped the air. "Isis!" A dark skinned winged woman embodying the Empress Arcana and Margret took Loki's place. She flew above Shadow Naruto as energy gathered on her... and then she let out a massive blast of green wind energy, powerful enough to tear people apart... and it had no effect on him.
"Seriously? Either of me will tell you, the wind is MY specialty!" Shadow Naruto stated, sending out another blast at Yu. Isis swooped down, pulling the silver haired teen out of the blast, although when you looked at her there were hundreds of small scratches on her back, she seemed to be leaking energy before shattering away. Damn it, he had specifically fused Isis to inherit wind skills purely because he lacked them. "You're more pathetic than he is! I've changed my mind, you're going to be sacrificed for my amusement-"
"CHERRY BLOSSOM HAND!"
A massive pink fist slammed into the back of the kitsune shadow. Before it could manage to regain it's footing Sakura, her arm glowing with spiritual energy, and Mochizuki Chiyome slammed their fists into its back as well. Shadow Naruto collapsed onto the ground as they did. Naruto and Yu gaped at the scene before Sakura yelled out. "Oi guys, are we going to waste this chance?" The two glanced at each other and grinned, even as Yu pulled out his sword and Naruto a kunai, the three rushed at him, heavy blade swings, fist swings and such landing into the shadow's body.
"No... I won't let this happen." The shadow roared. with a blast of energy the three were sent flying back a few feet, but stayed on them. "I refuse to be humiliated like one of the other me's prank-"
"Mada!"
"-victims" Shadow Naruto managed to say before a gigantic purple and black four armed flaming Persona landed on its back and knocked it to the ground again. Yu smirked as he still felt his bond with Yosuke strong even across dimensions. Said bond had become the Magician Social Link... with Mada at the end of it. "No... this isn't..."
Yu sighed. "Face it. You claim that you're better than the real you, but you sound like a cliched villain half the time." Yu commented.
"SHUT UP!" Shadow Naruto roared. More energy blasted off of him, sending Yu and Sakura flying this time, along with their persona. The shadow stood up as each of the bodies chained to it's tail (one of which, Yu noted, looked a lot like Sakura) opened their mouths as if in a silent scream. White energy filled them as similar energy. "I'll show you... Kyuubi Shadow Blast." As it spoke those last word, the nine points of white energy fired out, as did the main blast, as beams, the nine rapidly wrapping themselves around the main blast. Even as Mada raised it's hands and firing out four blasts of fire with Mochizuki ruching forward for another spiritual punch... the blast tore through them like it was nothing. Sakura's persona was consumed in the glow and power of the energy blast, even as Mada stood in front of it. The glow momentarily blinded the group... and then Sakura collapsed to her knees.
Mochizuki Chiyome laid on the ground. Pieces of spiritual energy, almost like data really, flickered about her. She had been lucky though. Mada's legs still stood for the moment, but the entire upper half had been obliterated. Soon the lower half simply evaporated into energy. Yu barely held himself up as he held onto the wreckage of the TV world Liquor Store. "Damn it." He muttered, even as Sakura gripped her fists and pulled herself up slowly, her Persona doing the same. A blast like that... of course Naruto would be the one to be able to surpass all of the regular Shadow selves.
Shadow Naruto laughed, a deep bubbling laugh. "Do you see now how pointless it is?" He asked. "When compared to someone as strong as I am you can never win. I will always rule supreme as the strongest Shadow and the strongest looper!" He declared as white energy started gathering again.
"Oh just shut up!" Yu and Sakura glanced over as Naruto leaped at his Shadow... an immense blue sphere in his hands and black slits on yellow eyes. "Sage Art: Giant Rasengan!" The ball exploded outward and sent Shadow Naruto into another one of the buildings, crushing it.
Sakura sighed as Mochizuki pulled herself up. "Ok Naruto, how are you in Sage Mode, and what took you so long?" She asked. Yu raised an eyebrow... he'd have thought the first question to be "How are you using Chakra?"
Naruto simply grinned. "This place reflects the human world... so I ended up figuring out that meant it would copy the natural energy too." He said. Whatever Sakura's retort would be was cut off as they saw Shadow Naruto start to pull itself up. "Shall we finish this then?"
"Yeah, this other you is getting really annoying," Sakura noted.
Yu simply smiled even as he reached out. "Then lets stop messing around. Izanagi no Ookami," He stated, crushing another card as a the masked persona in white with it's immense spear appeared.
Naruto grinned as he saw it. He held out a hand, a swirling Rasengan gathering in it. "Lets take him!"
"Yeah!" Sakura shouted. She looked around as if trying to find him... and she probably was, Yu noted. She lacked Teddie's special glasses.
Yu glared at the shadow. "Follow my signal Sakura. ZIODYNE!" He declared, a powerful blast of lighting striking out an instant and pushed it's way through Shadow Naruto, who roared in pain. "One!"
Sakura grinned and leaped towards the blast, her persona in tandem with her. Both arms were cocked back, aglow with blue energy. "Cherry Blossom Crash!" Sakura announced as the two super strong fists slammed into Shadow Naruto's face and caused it to slam into the building behind it. "Two!"
Naruto held out the orb towards Yu. "Hey, it's your loop... how about we finish this battle together?" He asked. Yu looked at Naruto and saw whatever darkness that had troubled him before gone... and smiled. He held out his hand and pushed energy into the orb... as did Izanagi no Ookami. The Rasengan started to spark and grow, taken on a sharp point at the top as they ran towards Naruto's Shadow.
It looked down and roared. "No!" As it swung a claw down, the attack deflected by Izanagi's blade. This leaft the two to rush at the belly of the beast.
"Take this! Rasenspear!" Naruto shouted as they slammed the pointed orb forward. The orb spun faster and faster as they did... and then it expanded, as if the spear made for a giant out of pure electrical energy had been pushed through Shadow Naruto, electricity arcing up and down it's body, each of the corpse like bodies exploding as the electricity ran down into the nine tails, turning into black ichor as Shadow Naruto roared out. Such was the force that Yu and Naruto were blasted back... only to be caught by Izanagi no Ookami. the two smiled as they glanced at the scene. Shadow Naruto raised a claw, as if attempting to get up once more... and then slumped as the big body turned into black ichor, pooling down at the bottom of the building and took the form of Naruto once more.
"Hey." Naruto stepped forward slowly. He panted... that obviously had taken more out of him than he'd like to admit. Shadow Naruto looked up at him. "I kinda get it now. There's always that temptation in me to abuse my power, to do things that no regular person should even think of doing. The part of me that doesn't mind if Konoha burns during one loop, that decided I was so bored with sex I'd try to go without sex. The part that terrifies anyone who doesn't loop... and some of those who do." Naruto held out his hand. "The part of me I don't like to be. But you're still me, and if I don't admit it... then I'll become bitter and fall into an obsession with the past like Obito.
Shadow Naruto let a small grin cross his face. "Yeah... try to tone down the power next time though. Who'd think that such a young looper can give it so much strength?" He pointed out as he turned into blue light... and with a flash, a kitsune appeared above Naruto's head, much like the shadow, but with the orange fur of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Each of the bodies had been replaced, each tail ending in a mask.
"Thou art I... and I'm diverting from the script," The persona growled out.
Naruto facefaulted. "Of course... as soon as I get something cool, it ends up being your new body doesn't it Kurama?" He asked.
Kurama just grinned. "Technically I'm the persona Kyuubi no Kitsune," He remarked as Naruto let out an anguished yell. Sakura smiled at the scene... before she walked over to Yu.
"Hey... thanks for letting him go through this," Sakura noted. "Naruto's been needing some help for a while... and there aren't many psychologists that help like this."
Yu simply smiled back. "It was my pleasure... maybe there's something to be said for it as a treatment for loopers too."
Time suddenly froze around Yu. This wasn't a new sensation, but he hadn't expected it... had he formed a social link with Naruto and Sakura?
THOU ART I AND I AM THOU. THOU HAST GAINED NEW BONDS THAT SHALL LAST BEYOND TIME AND SPACE. THOU SHALT BE FURTHER BLESSED WHEN F+FORMING PERSONA OF THE MAGICIAN AND CHARIOT ARCANA.
Well that explained it... but Yu looked around. Time hadn't returned to normal. A second voice spoke up, as if added as an afterthought.
Thou shalt also be able to summon the persona Inari. Good deeds get rewarded.
Yu resisted the urge to facepalm... of course. He essentially had a direct message line to the admins like this.
"So guys... where are we?" Sakura asked as time flowed forward again, still without the special glasses.
…
Igor shuffled the tarot card even as he heard the door being opened. "Ah, Mr. Narukami... welcome back," He stated.
Yu smiled. "I have to admit, you saved us today," Yu casually noted. Margret wasn't in the Velvet Room, as Igor had suspected that Yu would be coming in.
"Why whatever do you mean my boy?" Igor asked even as his grin remained on his face.
Yu just let his own smile match as best he could. "You don't have to hide it. Sakura just so happens to face her shadow when we needed help most?" He asked. "And she has access to God Hand right away? It's not hard to connect the dots Igor."
Igor, if anything, grinned wider. "You had a marvelous idea for Mr. Uzumaki... so I simply felt that perhaps Ms. Hanuro could do with the same treatment. The timing was simply a coincidence."
"Well coincidentally, I owe you."
Igor shook his head. "Let us just consider it paid for... after all, you and I both know it's not often I get to spend time with such marvelous and interesting guests," He insisted. Yu just smiled as he stood up and walked out of the Velvet Room. Igor then pulled a piece of paper he had hidden under his shoe.
You haven't gotten back on our good side... but it's a good step.
-Skuld
Igor just shuffled the cards as he let his smile become a genuine, happy smile... the size of which is not for mortals to see.
[Persona 3], [Persona 4], [HeartCatch PreCure!]
(no title)
Author: jxz
Tsubomi Hanazaki couldn't believe it.
She was losing.
Since she began looping, she had gotten stronger, even reaching the levels of the Legendary Cure Ange.
And now, she couldn't access all that power, only a fracion of if, and only to dodge the attacks of the Desertrian.
It looked like he Apostles discovered how to make the Cures unable to transform. Tsubomi tried a lot of transformations, from Goku Uniforms, to other Cure artifacts. She even tried using the CQC Space Enchancer she gained when she replaced that Nyarlatothepian. Not even one worked.
Tsubomi saw her friends. They weren't awake, and as such, they were trashed by the monster. Dodging more attacks, she though on ways to purify the Desertrian.
"I can't use my ID, and if I use any of the techniques Ranma taught me, I'm risking the Heart Flower..."
She thought too much, and forgot to pay attention to the battlefield. That prover fatal, as the Deserrian caught her in his arms, and tossed her to a wall.
The hit was really powerful, but Tsubomi managed to stay awake. However, she was too tired to coninue dodging the attacks. Closing her eyes, she wished that next loop would be easier...
When she opened them, she was still in the wall, while the Desertrian was paralized by... velvet-colored chains?
"Hey! Do you need help?" She heard someone shout. weakly, she turned to see the person who had shouted...
It was a blue-haired girl, with male-like clothes. At her side, a blonde girl, who looked like a robot. And at her other side, a white-haired woman, with blue clothes that resembled the ones used by flight attendants.
"Y-yeah..." Tsubomi answered. "But be careful... don't destroy the Heart Flower..."
"Heart Flower? What's that?" the white-haired woman asked.
"Searhing on Hub Database... Heart Flower. One of the many objects that shows the dreams and hopes of a person in the Pretty Cure Loop." the blonde girl said.
The blue-haired girl pondered "Then using Megidolaons or Almighty spells is out of the question." Whatever she had said, it seemed that didn't make the white-haired woman happy.
"But we could use Piercing attacks, can't we?" the blonde said.
"Maybe... let's give it a try." The blue-haired said, and retrieved a gun fron her Subspace Pocket, as two blue-glowing cards appeared in front of her and the white-haired woman. Meanwhile, the blonde girl set herself in a position.
She knew now who they were... And smiled when she heard the shout the three gave.
"PERSONA!"
[Persona 4], [Fullmetal Alchemist], [Trigun], [Blue Exorcist], [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure – Diamond is Unbreakable]
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served With Awesome
Author: GioGio
Tohru Adachi backed up, coughing and bleeding from multiple bullet wounds, blunt force trauma, and that magical crap the Personas produce.
He had entered the TV after those Investigation Brats finally figured out his game. He had intended to lure them in, extend his fun for just a bit, before killing them all. Then, the fog would go down on Inaba and turn everyone into Shadows. Finally ending Adachi's boredom with living in the shithole town.
Unfortunately, those other dumbasses that Namatame kidnapped and threw into the TV were more of a problem than he had thought.
"Where do you think you're going!?" Edward Elric yelled as he slammed his hands onto the ground, creating a stone hand that slapped Adachi towards his feet. "We ain't done with you yet!"
"You brat..." Adachi groaned out in pain. "Didn't your mom tell you to respect police officers?"
"You don't deserve to be a policeman!" Alphonse yelled out in anger while the rest of the IT nodded in agreement.
"All you are is a lame-ass thug!" Yosuke declared, making Yu smirk. Always count on Yosuke to say the awesome line while beating down Adachi.
Adachi growled in anger as he whipped out his gun...
Only for a gunshot to ring out before Adachi's gun flew out of his hand.
"I don't think its a good idea to point guns at children, friend." Vash the Stampede pointed out as he holstered his gun. Adachi was now panicking as the IT drew closer.
"I say we beat the crap out of him some more." Rin Okumura growled out as he began to unsheathe his sword, his tail swishing and blue flames coming off his body in anticipation. "Asshole deserves it for the crap he's done."
"But if we beat him up more, he could die." Chie pointed out, making Adachi nod frantically in agreement.
"Right! Besides, you wouldn't just keep on beating a heavily wounded guy who's surrendered right? It's unfair!"
"Oh really?" Josuke Higashikata asked before his Persona (Though he kept calling it a 'Stand'
Crazy Diamond appeared behind him. Adachi then noticed all his wounds closing and his energy returning to his body. "Okay then. The way I see it is this: If I heal you back up, then we beat the shit out of you, it would make this a fair fight." Josuke's eyes gained a dangerous glint that made Adachi almost wet himself. "Wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, your right." Yu said in agreement while he and the other members of the IT smirked as they then closed in on Adachi.
Adachi could only whimper out one thing before he got the most brutal ass-kicking in several universes.
"I hate this town..."
[Persona 4], [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure – Steel Ball Run]
Fast times in Inaba.
Author: GioGio
"Yes!" Gyro shouted out loud as he reeled back the fishing rod. As he did that, a humongous fish flew out from the water's surface. "Finally caught the bastard!"
"Holy crap!" Yosuke shouted behind the Italian as he pointed at the fish. "I-I think that's Shichiri's Guardian!"
"Well to me it was a massive pain in the ass to catch!" Gyro announced as he dragged the huge fish up onto the rock he was fishing. "Took me several Lo-a long time to catch the thing, but I finally did!"
"Wait, what was that thing before?" Chie asked curiously. "Lo-something?"
"Oh, it was nothing." Gyro said with a wave of his hand. He then grinned, showing his grills that had the phrase GO! GO! ZEPPELI! on them. "Anyway, lets start a fire! We're cooking' fish tonight! Nyohoho~!"
"I do hope you know that starting a fire on this beach is illegal Zeppeli-san." Naoto reminded, only for Hot Pants (Wearing a dark red one-piece bikini) to shake her head.
"Forget it Naoto. When Zeppeli sets his mind on something he'll follow through no matter how idiotic it is."
"Oh! I would bear-ry much like to eat fish-sticks!" Teddie shouted as he ran towards the group of three, waving his hands excitedly.
"Gyro seems to be getting along well with them." Yu said with a small smile on his face while he and Johnny sat on seats made out of sand. "Would have thought they would be trying to kill him for his... hobby."
"Ah, Gyro makes exceptions to certain places." Johnny said with a wave of his hand. "He actually likes Inaba. Says it's peaceful."
"That it is." Yu agreed with a nod of his head. "Too bad it can't stay this way."
Johnny frowned at the statement. In this loop, Funny Valentine was indeed the President of the United States. What made it even worse was that he was going to Japan in a month for 'diplomatic reasons'. But Johnny knew that the President would most likely make a stop at Inaba, his goal probably being to capture Izanami and use her power for the prosperity of America. Adachi may have been caught earlier (With Gyro giving him an extra beating for the crap he caused and tried to justify), but President Valentine was a wild card every Loop, with a different Stand and different powers.
"When he comes... we'll deal with him. Until then..." Johnny made a small intricate circle on his right armrest, clapped his hands, and put them down. In a flash of blue light, an arm made of sand grew out from the armrest and went to the cooler several feet away, opened it, and reached in before throwing two sodas which Johnny caught. "...we enjoy the peace that we have." He then handed a soda to Yu, which he took and drank.
Another good thing about this Loop to Johnny was that several people from his baseline were here as well, albeit as teenagers. Still, it was nice to have them around and not be on a race where they were all ready to kill one another for the Corpse Parts.
"Sand Alchemy?" Yu asked, making Johnny shrug.
"Hey, me and Gyro ran into a lot of deserts in the Steel Ball Run, so I thought it would be useful. Besides, I can get sand from anywhere. It's just made of tiny eroded rocks after all. Gyro learned Steel Alchemy, which is a lot less practical than he thought when racing around the countryside."
"You know, you're a lot mellower than you are in the manga." Yu commented out loud, causing Johnny to freeze up.
"...Yeah, I guess I am." Johnny's smile turned melancholic as he looked towards Gyro lifting the Guardian over his head like a trophy. "Gyro may be weird, a pervert, a home wrecker, and someone who tells bad jokes all the time, but... he's my best friend. In one year, we were as close as brothers. That trip across America taught me that I didn't know as much about myself as I thought I did." Johnny let out a sigh. "Without him, I wouldn't have been able to walk. Figuratively, or literally."
Yu nodded in acceptance to Johnny's heartfelt declaration. "Guess we do need others to mature." He then looked back at the beach. He saw Gyro boasting about his catch to Yosuke, Chie, and Teddie while Naoto and Hot Pants looked on. Mountain Tim was trying to be suave to Rise and Yukiko, who giggled at his compliments and looked confused respectively. Kanji was racing across the beach against Sandman (Soundman? Johnny could never get what was the appropriate name to call him by), with the Native American way ahead of him.
"We have great friends, don't we?"
Johnny had a true, pleased, and fulfilled smile appear on his face as he looked at the scene.
"Yeah, we do."
[Persona 3], [Persona 4]
(no title)
Author: Leonite
"In retrospect this seemed like a great idea at the time."
Yu glared and didn't relent even as he saw Makoto flinch. "You thought that convincing Ryoji to be like the moon from Majora's Mask was a good idea?" Yu questioned. Behind the two were ruins, the sunken ruins of what used to be Port Island... and the Moon barely stopped from crashing into it. Not that there shouldn't be any other effects because of the moon, but at this point Yu had decided to just ignore the oddities and roll with it.
"Actually I was trying to convince him that video games could be the solution to if mankind survives or not." Makoto idly remarked as he pulled out some binoculars. "Besides, this might be the closest thing we're going to get to a fight between Izanami and Erebus." At the remark Yu glanced over at the top of the moon, pulling out his own binoculars as he did so. Indeed the red skeletal form of Izanami and the black mass that examplified Erebus flashed, Izanami seeming to keep her distance and favoring excessive amounts of lightning. "Besides, how'd you get here so fast?"
"That would be my doing." The two glanced behind them as Elizabeth spoke up, her own binoculars out. "Igor was quite insistent that we'd bring him along to make sure you didn't screw things up." She sings out cheerfully. "It is a splendid battle though."
Yu simply glared at Makoto. "If they end up blowing up the world and we end up in Eiken..."
"You'd need to line up." Makoto admitted. "Aigis is probably going to have my number first."
"... wait. Was this something you did because you don't loop as much?" Yu asked incredulously. He knew that Makoto (due to stability issues, last he heard) wasn't the one usually awake in his section, it was Aigis. Makoto's silence spoke for him more than any words could.
[SMT I], [Persona]
(no title)
Author: Valentine Meikin
STEVEN looked at the hook-nosed man that had summoned him.
"I wish to discuss an exchange of information..." The man declared, "My name is Igor, and this is the Velvet Room..."
'MY NAME IS STEVEN. WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU DESIRE?' STEVEN replied.
"I will give you information on Personas, in exchange for access to your Demon Summoning Program..." Igor offered.
'THE EXCHANGE IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT I DO NOT WANT YOU GIVING THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR VISITORS,' STEVEN offered.
"Don't worry. My lips are sealed. It's just... One day, we might find ourselves handling the other's job..." Igor replied, and the two men shook hands before exchanging information on their respective methods for handling daemonic intrusions.
[Persona 4]
(no title)
Author: Valentine Meikin
Mariko sighed. Here she was, back in the Velvet Room, as the Skill Card vendor, which made no sense. She found a stereo she'd got from her new friends, putting on 'Shadow World' to listen to as Igor introduced Yu to the inner workings of the Velvet Room. She had got to 'Reach Out For The Truth' when he tugged on her arm and she pushed down her headphones.
"Oh, Sorry, I'm Mariko Kusumi, but you can call me Marie, I handle Skill Cards, and hope to possibly help you out in the future with your investigations," She stated, for Igor to frown at her.
"Mari...ko..." Igor asked, "May we talk after Mr. Narutaki leaves?"
Once Yu had disappeared, he shuffled the cards that were the physical rendition of the Persona arcanas, motioning for her to sit in the chair he'd most recently vacated.
"So, You've been here, in this moment, before, yes?" Igor asked, for her to nod, "We are in a form of time loop, my dear... I presume that in a previous instance, you discovered your true self?"
She slid the card depicting Kaguya over to Igor, who looked it over. "Ah, the Aeon arcana... Previously held by Aigis, another case like yourself..." He stated, before giving it her back, "Please understand this, Mariko... I am aware of anything that happens, an Anchor if you wish to use the term..."
He then leaned on his elbows, looking at her with one slightly oversized eye.
"The rules have changed, especially with you in the game..." He declared, "Well, You are also the complete form of Izanami..."
She nodded, and Igor motioned to her normal seat.
"Let us continue to watch the threads of fate... Who knows what will happen?" He finished, and the car continued its endless journey.
[Persona 4], [Kill la Kill]
(no title)
Author: TrueZero2
For Yu, it had been a fairly standard Loop, not many major changes.
Well, there was the fact that they had a guest this Loop. One Satsuki Kiryuin, who had looped into Chie's place in the group. Surprisingly, despite the differences between the two of them personality-wise, Satsuki was friends with Yukiko.
Satsuki chalked it up to the Loop Memories. Apparently the two had grown up together, so they had become a rather unlikely pair of friends.
Of course, when it came to rescuing Yukiko from her Shadow's castle…
…
"Yukiko! Where are you?" Satsuki shouted, having charged ahead. She'd left Yu, Teddie and Yosuke behind, charging into the castle. If only this fog wasn't so goddamn thick, and then there was that chill in the air. "I've got to find her. We may only be friends because of what happened before I Awoke… but I…"
"Go on, Satsuki." Someone else said, "'But I' what?"
"An enemy?" Satsuki said to herself, as she turned around.
She had come face to face with herself.
"Enemy? That all depends. Would you say that you're one of your own worst enemies?" Her doppelganger asked, with a sickly sweet smile that frankly wouldn't look out of place on Nui.
"What."
"Oh, you didn't know?" Satsuki's double asked, her sweet smile turning into a sadistic grin. "Alright, I'll fill you in. This world gives me a physical form, and I'm you, you see. All those little insecurities, fears, and regrets, I know them all! Boy, you've got some good ones…"
…
"Satsuki! You in… here?" Yosuke asked as the three guys caught up to Satsuki. "Hey partner, is she...?"
"Yes Yosuke, she's sword-fighting with her Shadow." Yu replied, equally confused. Satsuki had pulled Bakuzan out of her pocket, while Shadow Satsuki had changed looks slightly. She was now wearing Junketsu in the same way that Ryuko had worn it that one time in her baseline, and like Satsuki, she was using her own Bakuzan to fight.
"I didn't think this was possible." Teddie added, as the three of them stood there watching a rather intense duel unfolding between Satsuki and her Shadow-self.
…
It took a while, but the battle had ultimately come to an end, and Satsuki had triumphed over her Shadow.
"Heh, you may have beaten me, but I'm you." Shadow Satsuki said, with a grin. "That means I can't die so long as you live!"
"That's right. You are me." Satsuki replied.
"Huh?"
"You're the side of me that I wish I could forget. You're that version of me that I fear that I would have become had Ragyo been able to groom me the same way she had done with Nui. A version of me that would have sacrificed humanity and done it all with a happy-go-lucky grin on her face!"
"So what happens now?"
"I accept that those fears are part of me, and I pray that I never see them realised." Satsuki replied, "Now, if you really are me, then you know why I'm here, why I'm risking my life. A friend of mine is in danger. I will rescue her, and I will not let myself falter here!"
"Dammit. You're a real problem child." Shadow Satsuki said, as her body began to glow, "Just you wait, we will meet again, one of these Loops..."
The shadow's body began to fade, as a new one took her place. It was a figure similar in size and build to her, with blue skin under white that looked somewhat like the normal look for Junketsu, minus the eyes in the shoulders. In place of each eye was five stars on each shoulder. Its arms ended in two blades, similar to her two Bakuzan blades, the shorter Gako formed the left hand, while Koryu was present at the end of the right arm, replacing it up to the elbow.
Finally there was the being's head. It was the same white as the Junketsu portions of the body, reaching up to cover the mouth and nose like some sort of mask, as well as reaching around the rest of its head, forming small horns and leaving only a small section of the face, around its featureless amber eyes, exposed.
"Your name is… Mikaboshi…" Satsuki muttered.
"Lady Satsuki's got a Persona now?" Teddie asked, surprised.
"Apparently so." Yu replied.
This was proving to be a rather different Loop indeed. Yu wondered how Satsuki would react to Adachi being the murderer…
[Persona 4], [Ib]
A rose's shadow
Author: Crossoverfan12
Status: PENDING
A rose's shadow
Ib Awoke a rose held tightly in her hand as she look around. " I'm in the Fabricated World but I've almost always started with my parents when we first get to the art gallery. how did this happen? " She thought to herself as she started walking clutching the rose tighter in her hand. No matter how many times time looped for her her rose always came back with her.
She continued walking noticing that the twisted art gallery was diffrent then usual the paintengs were all solid black and there was a thick fog covering every thing.
"Hey Ib promise that we'll be together forever." Ib stoped in her tracks as she heard that voice call out a shiver going down her spine as another voice was heared.
" I don't want to lie ... but I don't want to tell the truth either ... If you .. need help ... i'll ... come running ... Go on ahead. " " GARRY ! GARRY ARE YOU THERE !? PLEASE ANSWER ME!" Ib despretly called hopeing for the one person that can provide her with some comfert in this false world. As she called out a figure steped out of the fog behind her. "I don"t know why your bothering calling out you know what those word meen right? you've herard them enough times." Ib quickly tunred to the figure only to come face to face with her self it was an almost perfect copy frome her long brown hair to her red mary-janes the only diffrents was the unnatural yellow eyes. " how many times have you let him die again? Oh right just about as many times as you killed mary" the copy stated with a crule smirk on her face " T-thats not.." " True lets face it you know it is all she waanted was of go to the real world but no you had had to kill her and if Garry is still alive you both just leave her there in that fake world. what happend to if only two of us can get out i'll sacrafice my self to let both of them escape? " "How do you even know about that I was alone with Mary when that happend ?!" "Oh thats ease ... I am you." "No that can't be true ! Your lieing ! Your just a fake made by this world! YOUR NOT ME!" Ib yelled out in desperation.
" He he he he he HE HE HE HAHAHAHAAHAH! NO IM NOT! NOT ANY MORE!" The copy scrame insanly as shadows swirled around it in a flash the copy was gone. In it's place was a a woman in a red dress she was made out of rose vines and paint was flowing out from under her dress and her claw like hands. she called out" I AM A SHADOW THE TRUE SELF" Ib was stuned at what her shadow had became . It took that operatunity to attack her with its claws. Ib managed to get out of the way but the claw hit her rose causeing it to lose petals . " GGHHHAAAAA!" She scrame as claw marks apperd on her legs causing her to calpes. Her shadow lomeing over her reedy to strike but befor it could a voice called out. " Izanagi!" and the shadow was hit by a person whereing armor and teen with sliver hair. the teen helped Ib up'
" Are you ok ?" he asked . " I"m fine but how are you and what is that thing and where are we? " My names Yu and ILL explane the rest later but for now lets foces on your shadow. Ok." Ib smiled weakly as she noded her head. "Ok then let's do it " Yu said as he held out his hand as a blue card aperd in it and he shouted " PERSONA !"
[Persona 4], [Disney]
(no title)
Author: MrEgret
Oswald glared at the smirking duplicate of himself, as the standoff continued. He didn't know how he got into the TV, or why he was wandering through a much foggier version of Wasteland, but this...thing was really starting to get on his nerves.
"Aww, what's the matter? Getting frustrated, are we?" the duplicate asked mockingly.
Oswald growled, and the duplicate laughed. Everything about this guy made Oswald want to puch him in the face.
Neither Oswald nor his duplicate were rabbits, of course. It seemed that he was replacing some loser named Mitsuo Kubo. He didn't Wake Up until he was in the TV World, but his Loop memories told him all he needed to know about the guy, and he felt the need for a nice long shower after this Loop. Perhaps with Thinner shampoo, to get the memories out.
The duplicate sneered, and began to pace around Oswald, who spun around to keep his face to him. "But then, I guess this isn't the first time you got frustrated, is it?" he snapped. "No, that would be alllll the way back in ninteen twenty-eight, when that rat bastard of a younger brother stole your spotlight!"
…
"That's not how it went down, damn you!" Oswald roared.
The duplicate didn't even notice, and went on with his speech. "You were a star once! You were big! But then the public got bored of you, and your own father dumped you into that hell hole you call Wasteland! You were bitter, and rightly so! You couldn't deal with being out of the limelight, with being ignored! Oh sure, you may play nice with that usurper nowadays, now that he's finally made up for trashing your home, but you still remember his other crime. Believe me, I know."
At this point, Oswald lost his temper. "Oh yeah? How do you know, you impostor?!" He rushed forward, grabbed his duplicate by the shirt front, and shouted in his face. "Tell me! Tell me, damn you!"
The duplicate chuckled, then started laughing maniacally. "Alright! The truth is quite simple, really: I am you...and you are me."
Oswald faintly heard the door opening behind him, and voices yelling at him to get back, to not say it, but he was too eaten up with rage to care. "Liar! YOU ARE NOT ME!"
The duplicate paused when he heard that, and Oswald grinned savagely. That's right, you jerk. Take that, and choke on it.
Oswald's cocky grin slowly faded away as the duplicate started to...laugh?. "Wonderful..." it drawled.
Suddenly shadows gathered around the duplicate, and blasted Oswald into a nearby pillar. He briefly heard someone (a female?) scream his name, before he blacked out.
…
Yu and the rest of the Investigation Team looked on in horror, as the Shadow of Oswald Kubo took on a much more monstrous form, after throwing the real Oswald into a pillar. Gone was the tall, thin exchange student with surprisingly large feet and searching yellow eyes, dressed in a tuxedo and tails. In its place was an enormous clockwork rabbit, with a cartoonish design, painted in bright gaudy colors that clashed terribly with the exposed metallic parts. It was pitted with rust, and its exposed gears clanked in an endlessly repeating pattern, in time with the turning of the key. Two gargantuan arms, one blocky and cheerfully painted and one angular and obviously metallic stuck out from its sides, and its globular head was balanced on a tightly wound spring. Oil, or possibly ink, tricked in steady rivulets from the rabbit's eyes, and two membranous wings seemingly made of the stuff exploded from the back, on either side of the worn silver key.
The transformed Shadow flared its wings, and pointed at the Investigation Team, as it laughed menacingly. "I am a Shadow, the true self," it intoned. "I'm going to make everything just like it was in the good old days, and I'm not letting a bunch of two-bit punks get in my way!"
[Persona 3]
(no title)
Author: Gamerex27
Minato stared at the structure that had replaced Gekkoukan High School in this Loop. He stared at it, praying to whoever was listening that his eyes were deceiving him.
"Arisato."
He turned around to see Mitsuru standing behind him, her arms crossed. Besides her was Junpei, moaning, his arms wobbling from the effort of carrying all of the beekeeper suits and insecticide cans.
"We don't have a choice this Loop," she continued. "We might have gotten rid of Ikutsuki early, as usual, but if we don't explore this structure, there is a risk of them overruning the city."
"Yeah," he sighed, "I know."
Once again, he turned back to the skyscraper-sized bee hive, insects flying out of the honeycombs and circling it constantly. "Let's go, then. Get this over with. But we'll need more Raid if we want to survive this trip. A lot more."