Hey, i'll try to not say stuff up here at the start of the chapters unless it's important and this time it pretty much is, The P3 Reload trailer that just came out Its awesome and i decided to take Fuuka's new Dark Hour/Tartarus design from there, she looks way cooler in the new SEES gear than what I originally was thinking to do with her so I'm gonna roll with that.
Oh and i also had to edit last chapter a bit due to a confusion with Fuuka's High School on my end (Originally I messed up and put Yasogami, now it's fixed to Gekkoukan, thanks again to bwburke94 for pointing it out) and i rewrote a sentence in the last paragraph that didn't make a lot of sense.
Chapter 5:The World's arrival.
-"Good thing you kept that one around huh?"- Morgana was referring to the gun now in Ren's hand, it was the last custom model that Iwai made for him in Tokyo, although he always sold the weapons and equipment that he and his teammates didn't need anymore he decided to bring the last one he used as a memento of his days as a Phantom thief.
-"I didn't think I would use it again, at least not so soon, and I did sell the Knife that i usually carried around"- He remembers how on one of his last days in Tokyo all the Phantom thieves went to that small store hidden in the streets of Shibuya to sell their equipment in order to fund a goodbye party for their leader.
-"So you will have to keep your distance then, limit yourself to only using your gun and your Persona if we are under attack, we don't know what thing we will face."- Ren nodded in agreement.
-"C'mon, we don't want to arrive late" Ren put his Airsoft gun in a pocket in his bag where it wouldn't make Morgana uncomfortable and shortly afterward they started to go to the elevator to go down the lobby and to the train station.
-"No Velvet room this time it seems"- The third button of his elevator was completely normal, he pondered if he would need to go there, would Elizabeth be able to manage the room like Lavenza, Caroline and Justine? He didn't know, but in the case that she did, calling upon more personas would definitely be helpful.
Ren hesitated, he didn't want to risk experiencing whatever happened in the morning again, maybe he would get another blinding light treatment on his way out and get him zoned out which wouldn't be ideal. He pressed the button to the ground floor and headed for the exit once the elevator doors opened.
The trip to the station was uneventful, Morgana and him weren't able to talk a whole lot due to the people that they encountered on their way, although the two of them were thinking along the same lines. Which kind of Personas would those two have? Is there a large number of shadows that they can't deal with for some reason? Maybe a palace?.
Upon their arrival they noticed that the station wasn't that busy which was a very good thing, finding Naoto and Fuuka was easy enough, they were waiting near the entrance of one of the most traveled routes, Ren walked in their direction and shortly afterward they noticed him.
-"Thanks for coming, Amamiya-kun"- Fuuka waved at him as he drew closer to the pair. -"We're sorry that we're being so secretive about this, but we cannot tell you the details until you agree to help us."- Her expression spoke more than her words in a way, it seemed as she wanted to apologize to him, but wasn't able to.
-"And this is the only other method aside from talking that we can show you."- Naoto took her phone out of one of the pockets in her pants and started to touch the screen, a very familiar voice that Ren and Morgana knew from their days in Tokyo came out from the device.
-"Entering the Metaverse"- Reality started to distort around them. In just a couple of seconds the few people that were around disappeared, the sensation of walking on air, and the strange feeling of being in a distorted place started to set in, soon enough the station was completely empty aside from them.
Ren looked around and although it wasn't the same exact place since they weren't in Shibuya he could definitely tell, he knew the way this place felt way too well, this was the Mementos version of Kobe's train station, but it seemed that the place they were wasn't the only thing that changed, in front of them both Naoto and Fuuka changed their appearances too.
Naoto changed from her light blue buttoned up shirt, yellow tie and formal jeans to a more classic detective like attire although her hat remained the same she now was wearing a dark blue coat that had gold lines at the borders of the fabric, accompanied by 4 big brown buttons to hold it up, her pants now had a plaid pattern that was primary teal with various small lines of black and white accompanying it.
Fuuka on the other side had a more radical change on her outfit, the white summer dress she had was now a black vest with three pairs of buttons to hold it in place that covered her chest and most of her abdominal area. Underneath said vest was a long sleeved undershirt that matched her teal hair color, a medium length black skirt with a heavy looking silver belt around her waist were present as well, finishing up her attire she had a silver headset, Ren supposed that it was for communication purposes.
-"I knew that our outfits were going to change, but yours is quite something, it's like the modern representation of a white gloved thief… I don't know how to feel about that."- He noticed that he changed into his Phantom thieve attire, he always liked the look, but it was weird wearing it in front of strangers.
-"Right, she's a detective, awkward"-
-"I suppose that's why they are called the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, huh?"- Fuuka's comment seemed weird to him, was she referring to all his friends in Tokyo when she said "they" or was she referring only to him and Morgana?, speaking of which…
-"Next time give me a heads up!"- Morgana's voice was coming from his back, and sounded very annoyed, it seems he was having problems with his metaverse form and that he was being stuck on Ren's bag which was in his shoulder, after struggling a little and before Ren could really do anything the bag landed on the floor and the cat came out of it quite ungracefully.
-"Oh, the cat transformed as well!"- She approached Morgana with a curious look on her face -"How interesting, an animal taking another form in the Metaverse… have you seen something like this before, Naoto?"-
-"Not exactly like this but… I'm kind of familiar with something similar"- Did she sound… annoyed, for some reason?.
Morgana backed up from Fuuka's approach, a little annoyed by what she just said -"I'm not a cat! at least… not while I'm in the metaverse"- He cleared his throat before continuing -"So, what do you want to show us?"-
Fuuka searched for Naoto's gaze and when their eyes locked the detective nodded, the teal haired woman reached for a gun holster that was on her silver belt, Ren thought that this was a declaration of intentions and was about to reach for his own gun, however, Fuuka stopped when he saw his reaction.
-"Oh no, sorry, this is not what you think, this is actually for myself"- Fuuka's tone was eerily calm, Ren and Morgana saw each other, what did she mean by "for herself"? they both asked themselves in their minds, and the conclusion which they arrived at was backed out by the now armed woman actions.
Fuuka reached her gun and slowly put it against her head, one of her fingers about to pull the trigger.
-WAIT WAIT WAIT DON-"- Morgana screamed and tried to stop her leaping forward, but she was out of his effective range, there was no time to summon his Persona either. Ren was caught off guard, if he could take out his gun quickly enough… maybe he could take a shot and aim for the gun to snap it out of her hands, however the little time that he had to react played against him, not being able to take a decision quickly enough he arrived to the conclusion that there was nothing he could do to stop her.
Fuuka pressed the trigger.
-Persona!- Fuuka's voice resonated through the almost empty train station, in front of them now there was a really tall entity which they assumed was Fuuka's persona, they had a feminine appearance that seemed to absorb her user into a blue crystal-like sphere at ground level that morphed at the waist height with their long crimson dress.
-"W-what is that?!"- Morgana was shocked, he didn't know that there was an alternative form of summoning Personas, and not only that, he felt as this was a rather interesting one, not powerful in battle but rather specialized in…
-"Navigation"- Fuuka finished Morgana's train of thought. -"Juno allows me to provide navigation and has a very large effective range while also providing support in combat if needed, although I don't really have any offensive capabilities to speak of."-
-"Futaba would love this woman"-
-"We have tried to explore the area but our attempts has been unsuccessful."- Naoto was now the one talking. -"There's a lot of Shadows down there, engaging in combat by myself is not a safe option, so we discarded it temporarily, at least until we have more manpower."-
-"It doesn't help that the area seems to be pretty big, or at least that's what it feels like"- Fuuka had her eyes closed and her persona had her arms raised as if they were mimicking an antenna for her user to see farther than any of them could. -"I'm not able to feel an end to this place… and I'm afraid that I won't be able to do so unless we go deeper."-
Naoto faced both Phantom thieves. -"I assume that you understand why we need your collab-."
-"Wait, there are shadows coming! three of them to be exact, they are running up the stairs!"- A worried Fuuka alerted her three companions, which in turn looked at her.
-"Isn't this supposed to be a safe floor?"- Naoto seemed to be shocked by this sudden development.
-"It should be! all the times we have been here the shadows would stop giving chase once we reached this floor but now…"- The rapid steps were now echoing through the empty train station, there was not a lot of time left before they showed themselves.
-"Morgana, make sure Yamagishi-san doesn't get hurt, there's no time to reposition ourselves"- Ren turned to see Naoto -"You mentioned you use a Persona as well right?"-
-"I do, it seems that you know your way around the battlefield to devise a team composition so quickly."- Naoto took out her revolver from a holster that she had in her waist and adapted a combat position. -"Amamiya Ren, give me a hand!"-
-"I will cover with my Wind attacks and give you two healing if needed"- Morgana positioned himself in front of Fuuka ready to call his Persona at a moments notice.
Ren took out his gun and adapted a position for him to aim easily to whatever would come from the stairs, the sound of the steps running up only getting louder and louder.
-"Let's do this then, come, Raoul!"-
Author here, Finally we're about to get some action! so as kind of spoiled by the introduction of the chapter I'm using Fuuka's design from P3R which i fell in love with for her Metaverse appearance, meanwhile Naoto is using her P4A outfit now, i didn't want to reinvent the wheel and give them Phantom Thives outfits, i think that's overkill, but that's just me.
Also I have never wrote a full on action scene, so wish me luck on that one, if there's any reccomendations on a fic that has them i would love to know em'. Regardless i'll try to make it as coherent as possible, so hope you look forward to that!
Anyways, thank you for reading, see you guys later.