The calling card ended up taking a long time to make
Annoyingly their was a lack of stationary in both his home and Kichijoji itself which he only remembered as he entered his home(with yuuki already their and suprised at the people he brought to the house. After an explanation he understood and even agreed to help) which lead to him, Ryuji, Ann and yuuki searching for a stationary store to get red card and maybe markers.
After what felt like an eternity yuuki found a stationary store and bought the things to the house before texting Asahi so he could text the others before spending 30 minutes getting home, combined with the hour it took them to get the Damn things…that was two hours, fuck.
Then it was actually time to draft the Damn thing, Ryuji took a crack at it first and… Asahi felt increasingly unimpressed as he read it out " Sir Suguru Kamoshida , the utter bastard of lust. We know how…..shitty you are and that you push your distorted desires on those who can't fight back. That's why we have decided to steal away your desires and make you confess your sins. This will be done tomorrow so we hope you are ready. From the phantom thieves of hearts." He felt his face shift into his typical deadpan expression before he forced a kinder smile "It's….not terrible, just some things could be improved ." Ryuji rolled his eyes "Yeah, and what's the issues?" Ann groaned "It sounds like a kid trying too hard to be an adult" which he agreed with, that's what it sounded like to him.
He took Ryuji draft and his own pen "Most of its not bad, the main problem is the beginning" He used the pen to cross out 'Utter bastard' "For starters, this makes it sound to much like you. If kamoshida figures out who we are from this then we are screwed also it just sounds" he makes a vauge hand gesture "Also bastard , despite its common uses actually means an illegitimate child without a father, we shouldn't call Kamoshida that as it would be an insult to actual bastards" everyone nodded at that. Ann raises her hand "We could use 'tyrant' instead of bastard , he is a king in his palace after all." The other blonde nodded " yeah that works better I guess…" Asahi writes the word tyrant over bastard "Now to replace 'Utter'…. Why not…cruel? He is physically abusing people-" he pauses when he feels Yuuki looking at him "- as well as sexual abuse." everyone looks to Ann " But the word 'Lust' already covers that" More sounds of agreement, he moves his own down from that sentence to the next and crossed 'We know how Shitty you are' out
Asahi points to it "This is the last problem in the design, it conflicts with the tone of the rest of the card and again, sounds too much like you ryuji-senpai." Once again Ryuji groans at the honorific while Ann laughs a bit , yuuki looks confused before speaking up "Lets see…Asahi is right that this is less formal then the rest of the card, but the general idea is alright…how about 'We have discovered the true extant of your crimes' it's formal and dramatic!" Asahi gives his brother a thumbs up while Ann and Ryuji nod causing yuuki to beam "Really! It didn't think that would be a good idea…" He smiles, it's nice that Yuuki's happy. Asahi then turns his attention to the next part
He points at the next part 'and that you push your distorted desires on those who can't fight back, ryuji squints " what's wrong with that one?" He smiles back at him " nothing really , but it's just that for one it doesn't fit with the things we changed and secondly…it's too vague. We want to make him freak out so let's not suger coat it." He crosses that part out as Ann's expression becomes hard as she thinks of what to add " 'You have pushed yourself onto others, to the point that they would take their own lives' that will get a rise out of that asshole." Wordlessly Asahi adds it to the card
Ryuji raises his hand "Don't forget his physical abuse to… put a 'as well as' then add 'Using your students as your punching bags'! That should be good enough, right?" Asahi feels a smile spread across his face , yeah that would be good. He adds that part to the card and looks at the new message before rearranging it slightly .
'To sir Suguru Kamoshida, The cruel tyrant of lust. You have pushed yourself into others to tr point that they would take their own lives as well as well as using your students as your own punching bags. We have discovered the true extent of your crimes and that is why we have decided to steal away your desires and make you confess your to your misdeeds.From the phantom thieves of hearts.' He then showed it to everyone and they unanimously agreed that it was acceptable
Then they had to transfer the draft to the card then print them all out. Yuuki used their computer to prepare the software while they where writing on the card in the font they saw online. It took about 20 minutes in all to finish the final design. Then they had the wait for it to finish printing onto the other red cards . During that time yuuki got to preparing some ramen for all of them while they all waited in the living room. Ryuji turned to him "So…Mishima like knows about everything, right" thinking it over, Asahi shrugged "He knows most of it I probably didn't explain it right but yeah he knows." Ryuji hummed "Eh it probably ain't going to be a problem." Not much else happened after that before Yuuki called out that dinner was ready they all ate the instant ramen then went back to to the printer to check the calling cards.
Ryuji went to pick up the pile before Ann smacked his hand, recoiling his hand he glared at her " The hell was that for?!" Ann rolled her eyes " Don't touch the cards , that will leave finger prints on it. Do you want to be Arrested?" Ryuji looked down at the floor before mummering a quite "no". meanwhile Asahi walked to his room to grab his gloves then back to the printer then picked up the cards with his now gloved hands and looked them over "They all seem alright, Ryuji do you have your bag?" Ryuji runs out the room then comes back with the bag in question, Asahi opens the bag and places the cards in gently , then takes off his gloves and puts them in the bag "When you put up the calling cards wear these gloves, got it?" Ryuji nods leaving the younger boy satisfied.
Ann looks at the time then winces " Good thing we finished since the train lines have almost closed by now , me and ryuji need to go. See you tomorrow Asahi and thanks for the help Mishima!" Ann grabbed her school bag and then walked out the front door with ryuji following closely behind.
Yuuki looks at him "So whatever you guys are doing is happening tomorrow, right?" Asahi nods a small smile on his face "He's going to pay and things would be better." Yuuki tapped his foot nervously "Will he confess to what he has done?" Asahi nodded again , where is this going? "So what are we going to say to Chiakuru-san and ichiro when they eventually call to ask about it since they know that we both go to the volleyball club? Oh shit…..he didn't think of that, He thought for a moment before shrugging "Let's cross that bridge when we get their, it's not worth discussing until we actually succeed." Yuuki nodded "Your right, we shouldn't waste are time worrying about it now. It's late and apparently your going to do something tomorrow so get some sleep, ok?" Asahi nodded, yeah he was kind of tired. Moving from the study to his room he poked his head out the door frame " Night Yuuki!" He then closed his door in time to hear the muffler "night" coming from the other boy.
Asahi once again strips to his boxers and flops down onto the bed and steers up at the ceiling "Hey Arthur" He feels the persona stir at his name but doesn't announce himself yet , Asahi continues "You think we can actually do this?" Arthur laughed at that question, he can feel his smirk within his soul "What makes you think we would be unable to do commit this theft?" Asahi sighs as he turns his body to lay in his pillow face first "I don't know…it just feels too…easy, to just be able to grab a thing and then it's just over. Things just don't work like that." He thinks back to her, she wouldn't stop and wouldn't have been found out if he didn't try to fall that day…Suzui fell and their he was, completely in control still…how could it be this easy? Arthur tsked from within him "If you are thinking of your previous struggle, then the answer is that the situation is different, you posses the means to remove yourself from these dreadful conditions which you lacked the previous go around, besides He felt Arthur grow tense Who said it would be easy? He then felt Arthur's presence raced into the back of his mind. Asahi sighed as he closed his eyes , ominous warnings aside he needed sleep to be functional tomorrow, with the dead silence in his Ears he drifted off almost immediately
Ashai immediately knew he was dreaming
When he opened his eyes he didn't see the familiar ceiling from his room, he instead saw an open, endless, Blue sky. The sounds of the city where gone and the replaced for the shots of many men and weapons clanging against other weapons and instead of the smells of home?
The air was filled with the sickly sweet metallic smell of blood
So his mind apparently sent him to a battlefield,
Getting up from his laying down position, Asahi took in his surroundings , he was standing in front of a large wall surrounding the city with some archers on the top of it firing on the invading forces. Looking to the sky he saw...he women flying off with wounded solders back over the wall. He saw the invading forces getting slaughtered. He saw the defenders back off over a man dressed in distinct armour until a stronger looking solider killed him. The battle was interesting to watch unfold, the setting was seemingly an ancient one due to the rudimentary weaponry the solders used and apart from the flying women who saved some defenders from death, the battle wasn't all that interesting, even the important looking invader was underwhelming.
Then a yell of fury graced his ears, looking at the source he saw a single invading solider staring at the importantly looking one's corpse with and then clutched his spear and in a flash, the stronger enemy solider was impaled upon it. Asahi watched on as the lone solider decimated the defenders, killing legions of solders single handily, blood falling as rain around him, staining the ground. chunks of flesh still clung to the spear head bur it didn't deter him from striking his foes with wild abandon then the solider locked eyes on him and Ashai felt a shiver run down his spine, as the solder who stared t him did so with his own face, only his eyes where a striking yellow
His duplicate peered him a glance before rushing towards him spear in hand and before Ashai could react he felt a sharp pain as he abdomen was ran through the shadow glared at him before tilting his head at the corpse on the floor "είναι αυτή η μοίρα που επιθυμείτε?(is this the fate you wish for?)" Ashai tilted his head through the execrating pain and grit his teeth, the shadow shook its head and its glare hardened "Να κρατάς τον θυμό σου μέχρι την τραγωδία ενός άλλου?(To hold your anger until the tragedy of another?)" the spear is ranched from his body , causing him to slump onto the floor steering directly at it the shadow then stabbed his spear into the ground in resignation "Δεν χρειαζόταν να εμπλακείτε σε αυτόν τον πόλεμο, καθώς δεν είχα,Επεδίωξα αυτόν τον πόλεμο με το ταίρι μου για να κερδίσω δόξα, παρόλο που είχα προφητευτεί να πεθάνω Θα καταλήξετε σαν εμένα ή είναι ο άλλος δρόμος τους?(You did not need to get involved in this war, as I did not have, I pursued this war with my partner to gain glory, even though I was prophesied to die but you...will you end up like me or is their another way?)" Ashai couldn't say anything, then a sparkle of light attracted hi attention as a golden figure stood next to an archer who's arrow was dipped in green and guided his shot until it hit the shadow in the heel , crumpling to lye on the floor the shadow looked at him directly as it spoke in a voice no less stern then before it was dying "προσωπικά, εύχομαι να είστε διαφορετικοί.(personally, I wish for you to be different.)"
Then he woke up
Phantom pains gripped his abdomen and geek as his head throbbed in pain, grouting his teary he got up and turned off his phones alarm, at least the weird lucid metaverse dream deposited him at the time he was going to wake up anyway. He reached into the back of his mind to pull Arthur back to the forefront , something he now needs to remember to do as Oizys always equips herself in his sleep.
Grabbing his towel he trudges to the bathroom to get ready for the day. While the warm water smothers the pain he still feels he thinks aloud to prompt Arthur "Hey Arthur do you know anything about that dream?" Arthur gives out a dignified laugh "I haven't the faintest idea what you are speaking up my dear bunny! I was awaiting your arrival in our tranquil garden but you didn't arrive" sighing Asahi turned off the water and stepped out of the shower, so his persona knows nothing? Well better just ignore it, he has more important things to do today then dwell on his unconscious mind. He finished his work in the bathroom and left the bathroom.
getting to downstairs Ashai spots Yuuki , passed out on the couch with his laptop resting on his stomach. Asahi smiles as he grabbed his breakfast bar and a glass of water, what was Yuuki working on that kept him up so late? He hoped falling asleep in his uniform on the couch wouldn't become a habit... again. He walks back to his room after finishing his 'meal' and grabs an alarm clock and sets it to 7 am, hopefully he'll wake up in time for school with this. Walking out of his home he runs to the subway, its freezing this early in the morning but he has a job to do, he gets on to his train and sits down, humming to himself.
getting off at Aoyama Itchome station Ashai walks to the locked school and smirks, he cant wait to save this place...…or die, both options a-"No, they aren't" he sighs , yeah they aren't...its weird to actually agree to that. Pulling out his phone he bits his tongue and opens the metanav and enters the keywords and as the world shifts around him he hears the annoying voice in the back of his head.
Intruder detected, revoking protections, applying greater hazards.
Asahi groaned as he felt his mask materializes on his face, the metaverse is still as annoying as he felt it was the last time he came here. Taking a moment to lean on the wall and catch his bearings and stop the dizziness that the blearing lights where causing him, an inhale and an exhale and the nausea died down, he took a step and then pulled out the nav and wrapped to the safe room he needed to go to and walked out then walked inti the hallway and pulled out his phone once more
And went back to reality
Intrusion ended, penalty bestowed3
Did they really add a heart message? Fucking app
Asahi felt his head spin and his stomach churn, he bit his tongue and stumbled to the floor trying to catch his breath , he looked in front of him and saw the bulletin board, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone , it was 6:20, wasn't Ryuji meant to be here already? he stifled a sickened belch and tried to catch his breath, fuck he cant throw up now... he gulped down a bit of air to keep himself centred. he waited for what felt like hours until he heard a noise to his left, and their came a familiar blond, carrying a a bag of calling cards and two pairs of rubber gloves Ashai gulped down vomit and he stood up, his head almost shattering on the action, and turned to the other thief "Y-you have the car-cards?" Ashai stuttered out over the growing waves of nausea, Ryuji nodded before raising his eyebrows "you alright dude? you look kinda pale?" he gulped down another mouthful of air "Yeah I'm fine, the metaverse just makes me feel a bit dizzy and stuff, that's all." Ryuji shrugged " I get that , that place can mess with ya, anyway lets put these cards up!" Ryuji handed him a pair of gloves and put on his own, Asahi hummed, nausea aside its time for work.
He put on his gloves and grabbed a card and stuck it to the bored , then another, then another its repetitive and annoying but its worth it, he looks to his friend, who was getting on with his cards , Ashai thought about speaking but the rising nausea made him rethink it. another card , an other card…why the hell did they need so many?! with another sigh Asahi put more cards on this god forsaken bulletin, arranging them in artistic pattern before backing away and looking at them and smirked, the cards had been arranged perfectly to spelling out 'DICK' in all caps, it was probably childish but it was also kinda funny as he could tell by Ryuji's muffled snickering. Asahi turned towards him and smiled "you now you can laugh right, its meant to be funny." Ryuji finally gives in and laughs a fair amount, its quite nice to watch. After a few seconds Ryuji stopped and caught his breath then looked at him " Man, this was the best idea we have had yet! Anyway, lets go back to the toilets, that's where I've been hidin', until school starts up." Good idea actually, he was just planning to go back to the palace safe room and... dealing with the consequences later but staying in a bathroom stall saved him the trouble. Walking to the boys toilets Ashai and Ryuji entered a stall and took their places, Ashai on the toilet seat and Ryuji on the floor
The nausea still resided in Ashai, surprising but unsurprising at the same time, surprising as it hadn't been this bad last time but unsurprising as it has been ramping up in the few times he's been in the metaverse. He grits his teeth and looks at his phone, waiting here will take awhile, and pulls up a mobile game, Ryuji seems to be doing the same on his phone. Its mindless fun but its its still a type of fun none the less, he plays the mobile trading card game(they really need to change the gatcha system, price gouging company) for a for about half an hour before he felt his headache worsen and his stomach churn, he probably should put the phone down. sighing he leans back against the stall walls and closes his eyes and hissed out a breath. if he is going to throw up, again , for the fucking third time in this week, he is going to be pissed, he needs to figure out this whole 'intruder' shit. His breathing earned him a look from the blond sitting in front of him "Are you sure your ok man? I mean you, like you look like your gonna puke or something..." Ashai opened an eye to look at him "If I need to, ill let you know, but right now, can you not...talk? My head is killing me" The other nods fervently and Ashai closes his eye again.
Asahi almost falls asleep again when he felt Arthur lazily tug at his consciousness cracking his eyes open he picks up his phone from his pocket and looks at the time, 7:00 huh, he didn't really need to getup yet. The nausea had subsided thank gods! He opened his phone and looked at his texts and saw a few.
Messages:1 from 'Brozart' and 1 from 'Yuuki'
Yuuki and ichiro huh, weird ichiro doesn't text often and not this early, Yuuki was expected at least, he opens the chat logs to see what his brothers want.
Brozart - Brothoven
6:57 4/22 2016
Brozart: Hey 'Shai, you probably wont see this until I'm at work, with you going to school and shit, LOL.
Brozart: But just to let you know that ill be Staying with you guys for a bit!
Brozart: Ill be coming in with dad when he gets back. I'm moving to a place in kichiijoji cuz of work stuff so ill only beat the house while my plce gets set up.
Brozart: Cant wait to see you shorty =}
Asahi huffs fondly as he types out his response
7:05 4/22 2016
brothoven: Can't wait to see you again bro.
Brothoven: and I am not that short…..
Brozart: 'Shai I have seen kids that have just started middle school taller then you.
Brozart: But anyway, what are you doing texting at this hour, shouldn't you be like…getting ready for school or sleeping or getting to school?
Brozart: Like seriously idk what your ment to be doing
Brothoven: ichi…..school doesn't start until 8, I just woke up early today, did you seriously forget when school starts?
Brozart:…….Shut up.
Ichiro went offline after that, Asahi smirked in mild amusement at his brothers antics. He'll probably react to kamoshida's confession when it happens but ….that's a future him problem. Asahi then checks Yuuki's messages.
Yuuki - Asahi
7:02 4/22 2016
Yuuki: Thanks for Setting an alarm for me
Yuuki:I didn't realise I had fallen asleep when I did, I was working on…something, you'll find out if all this works
Yuuki: Anyway good Luck 'shai, I love you, see you at home.
Yuuki: P.S. I know that ichi is coming hole with dad. I'm also exited :)
Asahi smiled at the messages from his family before putting his phone in his pocket and closing his eyes again, Arthur probably woke him up because of the phone messages , but now that that's over and done with he can finally sleep for the hour before school he has left. he gets as comfortable as he possibly could get and allows sleep to claim his mind.
Roughly one Hour later
Once again Arthur tugs at his consciousness causing him to rouse from his slumber he lazily grabs his phone and looks at it and reads the time, 8:12 huh, that means its time for him to get up then. getting up and stretching Ashai looks to Ryuji and then gently slaps him, which causes him to awake with a start. He smiles at the other boy " time to get up, apparently, something might have happened by now." Ryuji grimaces "Did you need to slap me though.." a smirk blooms across his face as he opens the stall door "Of course not."
Walking to where they had placed the calling cards Ashai could already see a crowed gathered around them as well as Ann and Akira. Ann turned towards them and walked over with Akira following suit. Akira smiled at them "Great work guys, though the art does leave a lot to be desired..." Ryuji scoffed "Like you could have done better man, none of us can draw for shit!" Ann let out an amused giggle "I liked how you arranged them, though it does make us seem kinda juvenile Ryuji." Ashai felt his face heat up in embarrassment "Actually , it was my idea to arrange them like that..." before anyone could responded, kamoshida's yell could be heard from behind them. He yelled at some other students before turning to their small group "Did one of you three do this? I expected this kind of thing from the delinquents!" Akira tilted his head slightly "What are you talking about Sir?" Kamoshida scoffs "You'll be dealt with during the meeting anyway..."Before walking of the world seemed to waver and Ashai could swear he saw the king Kamoshida before them , glaring at them "Come, steal it if you can!" Then as soon as it came that glance at the other world vanished as Kamoshida walked off.
Morgana popped out of the bag "judging by that, the card must have had an effect, now we can steal his treasure!" Ryuji looked ecstatic "Hell yeah! Lets put that asshole in his place!" Ashai smiled , he couldn't wait for the end of school. Its time for kamoshida's abuse to end.
Inside himself , He feels something stirring
Lunchtime, Shujin academy, 4/22
Asahi hums to himself as he walks to the second year class d , he has something to discuss before they do this. Opening the class room doors he spots Ann and walks over to her.
Ann looks up from her food and smiles at him "Hey Asahi, what up? You ready for today?" Asahi nodes at in response to her question before opening his mouth "But i have a question for you, Ann." Ann tilted her head in confusion but nodded so Ashai continued "You want to kill Kamoshida right?"
Ann's Smile was the only confirmation he needed
Asahi hummed "Well, I don't judge you for it and i wont tell you not to. Its your choice." Ann looked up at him and saw his slight smile "Lets make him suffer today, for all the shit he's done." Asahi holds out his hand for her to shake and she grabs it "Yeah, lets make him pay!"
This time, Asahi expects the world to Freeze this time
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thou HAst AcqQuiRedD new VOW
THeY boNds ShAlL sErVe As A ChAIn
tHaT h4ll Dr4w out yoUr grEatEst AspEcts
with th3 1ntr0duct10n of th3 L0v3r 4rc4num
th0u sh4lt g41n th3 p0w3r T0 0pp0s3 F4T3 1ts3lf.
The lovers huh, Either way this is going to be fun
Asahi goes back to his class before the bell rings, just so he isn't late
After school, Shujin Academy, 4/22
Asahi let his leg bounce with nervous energy under the table on the roof. He felt his mind buzz with activity in anticipation, Arthur's encouragement, Oizys's doubt and the resolve of the mystery voice from last night, They all resounded in his mind as clear as a whistle. He reached back into his mind and pulled arthur to the front of it , rendering the other two a faint murmur. His persona's voice filled his skull "Are you ready my 'Bunny'? For this is your last opportunity to opt out of the heist." he scoffed "like I would actually do that at this point, I'm not a dick." The cool smile of etched into Arthurs face became razor sharp in his mind "Good"
After a few seconds the other thieves arrived through the door, prompting Ashai to stand up from his seat with a smile as the other joined him in standing around the table , Akira with his phone in his hand. Akira looked around at all of the thieves , a look on his face that echoed joker "Are you all ready?" Ryuji smirked "Hell yeah man! lets get in their already" With that joker pressed the button on his phone and the world warped around them,
"INTRUSION REPEATED REVOKING PROTECTION
Shut up disembodied voice, not even that could ruin this
When the wrapped into the metaverse Asahi almost screamed as his eyes where stricken with the overwhelming amount of blaring red light in them, The air was heavy with distortion as his head swirled to make sense of all of the information it was getting an associating. He squinted to minimize the effect as they pressed onward until they made it to the heart of the castle , sneaking into the treasure room where they where greeted by the giant crown
Asahi glared at it "So this is it? Its defiantly large enough to fit his ego, and gaudy enough to show his tastes." Panther groaned "It pisses me off! Why are his desires so pretty?" Meanwhile Mona looked in raptured by it, as he leapt up onto the floating crown "Meeeeeooooow!Mrrrrroooooow!" Joker laughed "Is that coted in catnip Mona?" But his comment was ignored by the exited Mona "Meow, meow! Mewwwww!" skull groaned , clearly frustrated with the not-cat's antics "Alright stupid cat, that's enough" Mona then snapped out of whatever trance he was in and jumped off of the crown and cleared his throat "M-my apologies everyone, for showing such uncivilized behaviour. A-anyway! Pick up that crown!" they obliged without much complaint about the demand, after all the where finally going to get their revenge, just a matter of seconds now...
They where about to carry the crown out of the palace when he hears a sudden cheer
Go, go! Let's go! Ka-no-shida!
Then a Volleyball came smacking into the crown, knocking it a good 8 feet away from them and immediately after that, Shadow kamoshida leapt over them and grabbed hold of it ,stinking it into a size he could old "I won't let any take this , this proves I am the king of this castle , it proves I am the king of this world . I'll dispose of you myself! Right here right now." Ryuji glared at the barley clothed shadow "That's our line you sexually harassing Dick!"
Shadow kamoshida let out a full body laugh "What a selfish misunderstanding!" Ann all but growled at the man "How is that a misunderstanding?! You where doing things that you gave hidden from others!" This only intensified the shadows laughter, it taking on a manic quality "People around me were the ones who kept it secret. Adults who want to share in my accomplishments, students who have the drive to become winners...They willingly protect it so we all may profit from it. How have you imbeciles not understood this yet? You and that suicide girl are both the same in that regard!" The mood was silent as Ann looked down to the ground."
"Yeah she was kind of an idiot , letting you get in her head and trying to commit suicide , but the blame falls on me for not realising that! We don't need your permission to live our lives " the shadow scoffed "You can't understand you Peasant I stand above you trash and all other humans! Their is nothing wrong with using my toys as I see fit . Like you my punching bag-" Asahi flinches at the shift in attention "-He knew is place and rightly submitted himself before me, just to protect that waste of space brother of his ! Isn't he pathetic?" Asahi felt Arthur growl at him using his mouth before he moved his tounge to speak for him " Your beneath everyone, not above! Your just a fucking demon who has the gal to indulge in your sick obsessions!" Asahi couldn't help but agree with his persona.
A surge of scarlet e coloured kamoshida Your right! We are on different levels! I am the Deamon who RULES THIS WORLD!" His form began to shift and expand and red envolouped him, he grew horns , two more pairs of arms then fe grew larger and finally a large purpule tounge kept out of his mouth and in his hand he held a wine glass with cognitive Ann in it , a whip , a fork and a knife "I'm allowed to do whatever the hell I want !" Joker started down the beast the best he could then looked to everyone else "Let's end this!" And they all readied themselves for combat to ignite.
"Class is in session!" Shadow kamoshi- "Asmodeus" Asmodeus cracked his whip at the ground summoning forth his chained shaved which then tried to pelt Asahi with Volleyballs, Shit. Before any of the Balls could connect Asahi felt his body move on its own to dodge a hit , Thank fuck for dodge physical. Asahi felt a growl leave his throat and put a hand on his mask as he hissed out his attack "Snap." Arthur shimmers into being behind him and swung his cricket bat, lunching a bullet into the king at a decent speed, yet did little damage despite that . Joker tore his mask off and summoned a new persona , archangel to bathe him in orange light, charging him. Skull rushed in atop of his persona and rammed the boat into it whilst panther nearly incinerated him with her ball of flame. Mona had chosen to stay in the background so he could focus on healing. The Demon took a look at his cup and smirked at the damage he had already taken
wordlessly Asmodeus plunged his fork into the trophy and after a second it emerged with a naked female body on its prongs , Asahi felt sick at the sight of it but almost vomited when the king PUT THE BODY IN HIS FUCKING MOUTH. A green light washed over him but Asahi couldn't focus on that as he gagged " Mmmm How delicious! Those nice pieces of ass are nice and juicy…just how I like it! All women should be like this for me ." Asahi wanted to secure him with his scythe and he felt the unknown voices approval at his thoughts of anger and violence. Ann almost beat him too it from what he could hear "He heals from eating the girls! Really! Why am I not surprised" they all turn to joker to await his orders who stares at the Disgusting sight for a moment before sapping out focusing on the task at hand "Attack the cup so he cant heal anymore! we cant get anywhere while its still up." immediately he reached up and ripped off his mask and re-summoned the arch-angel and used a physical skill that he had charged for on the cup, sending out a wave of kinetic energy that left a large crack in the dammed thing. Asmodeus took notice of this and his face grew redder somehow "Hey you delinquents! that shits important! Don't touch it!" Asahi felt Arthur's laugh flow through him , joining his own and resulting in a hysterical cackle "You don't exactly stop touching things when people tell you not to, don't expect any different from us." Narrowly dodging a hit from his knife Ashai spun around and rushed forward and brought his scythe down against the cracked portion of the cup, piercing it and causing a chunk to fall off as well as the deaths of a few of the cognitions, they are better off dead anyway. Panther hammered the cup with a hail of bullets and finally, Skull brought his club down on the cup, shattering it.
Asmodeus collapsed, dejected and gave them an opportunity for a hold up. Noooo! I won that in the nationals! its irreplaceable! You think you will get away with this?! Did you forget who I am? I'm Kamoshida! What do you dumbasses not get? Panther glared at him, Carmen's outline flickering into existence behind her " Yes, and so what?" Skull snorted "Yeah man you just sound pathetic right now, just give up now." The tyrant stared at them with disbelief "Silence! Ill never let you lowlifes have this!" Mona , who had rushed back in for the hold up rolled his eyes "Do you really think you can stop us? We better up our game." At that they rushed the tyrant, slashes, slices , stabbing, bludgeoning and whipping him in a flurry of strikes that had arthur cackling in his ears. At the end of it, Asmodeus remained standing but with noticeable damage on its demonic skin.
The shadow cracked its whip You slaves are becoming an annoyance! its time to bring out the big guns... Slaves! being out the you know what...and a special treat for my little punching bag~ Asahi stilled at that, his heart Thumping in his ears and lungs squeezing at the title he was called, what was he going to do to him? Th little slaves returned, dragging a comically large volleyball in one group and strung up with chains, with broken limbs and a bruised body and being dragged on the floor leaving a trail of blood...was Yuuki. Asahi felt his blood freeze. The king laughed at him "You see now! This what happens when you back out of our deal! Cant ait till your gone then I can brake him as much as I want! Now its time for my Kill-shot, from when I was active and rocking it! Asahi saw the slave pass the ball to the Monstrosity and saw the ball approach them like a meteor , Oizys whispered to him "Switch Αποτυχία, You already shrieked your duty to protect others once, don't do it again" Asahi sucked in a sharp inhale and let his mask change in a burt of painful, near dispair inducing red flames that seared his skin.
Then the ball collided
The pain wasn't nullified by Oizys so it isn't physical...no it was worse. It went straight through his body and burned his soul and he felt it everywhere and strangely enough , his friends screams of pain weren't as bad for this level of suffering, the attack that lasted seconds felt like centuries to him and when the dust settled he was on the ground, barely clinging to consciousness. Battered , bruised and bloodied he heard barely Morgana talking over the harsh ringing in his ears "His persona...it drew the damage towards him..." He tried to laugh but it ended up being more of a groan, prompting the cat to call upon the power of the will seed and cast Diarama on him, a cool mint glow enveloped him and let him breath a sigh of relief as bruised ribs became mended. Getting up feeling only a bit dizzy he looked around at his friends and as pleased to see that they only suffered a minimal amount of damage from the kill-shot. Ripping off his mask and letting the red flames burn him he took a breath as the memories cut inti him like sharp keys to the wrist trying to brake him, he looked towards the cognitive Yuuki and felt a blaze of strength pool in is gut and allowing him to push them down deep into his heart and summon the damned persona, her shadowed face in a presumed grimace and her chains reaching into the ground. He gritted his teeth and let himself hiss out the attack that popped into his mind "megaton raid!" The goddess tore Health from he host with immense satisfaction in order to fuel her kinetic strike and let it come hurtling towards the king, who looked unfazed as with a smirk he maneuvered the chains holding Yuuki and...threw him into the blast.
Asahi heard his brother scream.
Asahi heard his bones crack.
Asahi saw him fade into black dust.
The king cackled "Wow looks like that kid had a purpose after all , to another scapegoat. Kind of like you Chikaru-kun! Leaking his records so I don't have to get my hands dirty I guess I could have made him do it. Wouldn't have had to if you did your job like you where supposed to Asahi couldn't hear him over the ringing in his ears and the beating of his own heart, he felt his eyes growing wet and his cheeks became streaked with warmth, he tried to suck in a breath but it just kept getting interrupted. He He killed Him... it was just a cognition, he knew that , but it still hurt so fucking much to do. he felt his mask crack upon his face, a small one at fist until he heard more cracking as a network of spider like cracks formed. It makes sense, its hard to hold onto that desperation, that will to survive and outlive at times like this , when he failed to protect his brother, the person he owes his life too. Though something burned beneath the surface, a hot presence that kept his mask afloat, no matter, just push it down along with all of those feelings and probably deal with those in his sleep later and switched his mask back to Arthur's gentle light, as he came back into his senses he was being looked at by joker as panther and Ryuji where attacking Asmodeus with a breath look and a most likely convincing smile on his part and they turned their attention back on the devil.
The king threw his volleyball into the air Ahh I see you are just desperate to see my kill shot again aren't ya? Well i got the perfect partner to help me, even better then Mishima could have been"Asahi let out a shaky breath as a new cognition emerged, Clad in nothing but a bunny girl outfit that left nothing to the imagination and with black hair tied in a signature ponytail that marked her as- Shiho Suzui. Cognitive Shiho winked and blew a kiss at Asmodeus "King Kamoshida, I brought you your ball 3 Exactly how you've asked." The demon smirked "Now theirs a good girl Suzui, You've earned some one on one training later Sweetheart." Ann Stared in disbelief and anger , her fists balled and clenched as if ready to punch Asmodeus in the head as she grit her teeth "This is how she sees Shiho?...As a slave willing and ready to do anything he desires of her?!Kamoshida...You'll pay for this!" To his side, Ashai saw Mona tap joker on the back , Conversing about something for a bit before joker shouting out "Everyone, attack Kamoshida so he loses focus!" and then summoned archangel and hit the king with a bless attack.
Asahi cautiously reached up to his cracked mask and used it to summon Arthur, it was difficult, like grasping at sand, but their his persona stood and with a wordless command fired off another sharp bullet at the demon. Ann yelled in fury and channelled her rage into a single fireball, more massive then the last one, which filled the room with heat and embers and engulfed half of the massive shadow, and in comparison , Ryuji's volts struck the king in the chest and as shiho moved to pass the ball t the king , Ashai pulled out his Precision Rifle And fired two bullets into the shadows chest, the shadow winced in pain and missed the ball, YES!
The king turned bright red at this and cracked his whip while screaming in fury "You Pieces of shit kids! You all fucking dar-" The king turns to Shiho "THIS IS YOUR FUALT YOU BITCH! You know what happens when I get mad, don't you Suzui?" The wiling slave Suzui is now on the ground, trembling with fear, the previously clear skin has suddenly become riddled with bruises as Kamoshida stared at her with wrath before huffing "I see how damaged you've become, huh? well you aren't of any use to me know, go dispose of yourself, I've gotten all I needed out of you. Slaves, bring out the podium!" At the kings cry , the cartoon slaves ran out and then emerged with a giant podium , carrying a noose... Asahi gulped down air to keep the thoughts at bay.
he bit his lip when Shiho walked onto the podium
He scratched his arm with his sharpened nails when she put the loop over her head, ignoring Arthur's pleas to stop hurting himself
He squeezed his eyes shut when and covered his ears but he knew what had happened when the floor as pulled away from the podium and her heard the snapping sound , he let out a sob, why was that necessary?
Ann collapsed with a sob then glared at the pervert "Kamoshida!" Her voice carried her anguish and hate "I am going to rip away your disgusting heart!" Asahi remembered their conversation at lunch, he wonders if she'll kill him now, that's good if she does , he deserves it. Asahi let out a shuddering breath as his mask gained another crack, after the noose( Which he can still see and every second remind him of A high roof, a walk to death, escape, escape escap-) he feels...unsure, he's shaking and he can barely restrain himself from breaking down, the desperation that keeps Arthur's mask intact is harder to reach know , he feels to hot and cold, and the familiar nausea is gurgling in his stomach. But beyond that feeling he can feel something else, its unfamiliar and different but not their. He reaches for his mask but before he can summon anything, an golden knife descends from the sky, SHIT! He was distracted and dodge physical couldn't kick in , the knife plunged into him , rending through flesh and burning his very soul with memories of strikes long in the past, he falls to the ground and coughs up blood helplessly, he looks in font of him and his eyes fix to the spot of black ash on the ground where Kamoshida made him kill Yuuki, at the noose, where Kamoshida forced Shiho to hang herself. He lets out a whimper and finally the mask shatters.
"I see now your in desperate straights huh Μικρός στρατιώτης?"
Asahi gasps at the sudden pain in his skull, looking up he sees the figure from his dreams standing over him, yellow eyes boring into him, cold, indifferent, but with a burning fire in his eyes before Ashai can responded the figure grabbed his skull and forced him to look at the ash " The demon did this to hurt you, he hurt your kin to drive you to this state, he showed you what he wishes to happen to your kin to force you to break" the figure bends down and whispers in his ear "Look at it, behold it, look past that hurt and feel what you buried down" Asahi tries, he feels...his feet are hot, and his mind is sharp , his mouth curls into a scowl as his fits clench, he lets himself feel what he has been supressing for YEARS and it gets a bitter laugh form him
He is fucking pissed
The voice laughs hysterically "Finally you've stopped pushing me down, please never do such a foolish thing again, Know i have a question before you we proceed Μικρός στρατιώτης, What are you fighting for? Survival, others, martyrdom? Asahi lets out a breathy chuckle, the indignation running through his veins defying any other thing his brain might have had to say on the matter "Me, I am fighting this asshole for me. I WILL SURVIVE PAST HER. the figure gives out a laugh and claps him on the back as he stands Hah, good answer Μικρός στρατιώτης, the spirit of a myrmidon within you. Lets the contract commence! Asahi feels the blissful pain course through him, Blue flames spouting from the ground "I am Thou and Thou art i. Rage thy wars. let me, Thine anger and wrath, drive thee to avoid the fate I had walked into, Do you agree to relinquish the reigns? Do you agree to lose thy self to win? Are you willing to rend flesh in your wars?" Asahi feels his smile become manic as the anger mixes into a sheer, pure , joy. "How could i refuse?" and with that, a column of blue fire consumed him.
He felt a mask cover his whole, face and head, feeling it he realises its a helm , his lighter suit had been replaced by heavy , chest plate with a cloak , his bottom part is covered by a metal flaps combined with grieves that come up to his knees , leaving exposed and scared skin in between, in his hands he has a spear as as opposed to his scythe, no...his scythe had become the spear, his gun had remained attached to his hip, this time on a belt and a shield was on his back. Asahi glares at Kamoshida and reaches a hand to his new found mask "Skewer him, Achilles." In a burst of more blue flames his new persona appears behind him, clad in the same armour and with a helm that conceals his face apart from a blazing red eyes, he is riddled by numerous weapons piercing his body from swords, spears and arrows, while one arrow on his heel dripping with a mixture of green and red blood, the being itself is holding a spear that's oozing red energy. Achilles takes Asahi's energy and threw his spear , it being reefed in orange energy and struck the demon before vanishing once again. The king looked hurt, this made Asahi's lips curl into a smile behind his helm , he felt Achilles's intoxicating rage fill him , a wellspring of emotion that finally he allowed himself to feel, he can feel the others eyeing him and he pulls against the constant drive to Hurt, Maim, Strike and kill that is constantly ebbing into his mind from the deep tranches of his heart and looks at them and through them and then tilts his head to the side, to ask what they need from him.
He can tell they are burning to question him, but they also know that now simply isn't the time for it, so for the moment joker simply nods "Mona is going to try and take the crown from him, so we have to keep him busy so he doesn't notice. Also, are you alright? You seemed pretty beat up before... this." Asahi can barely resist Achilles's pull for this long so he needs to keep this short "understood, I'm fine." and he was off, lunging with the spear in hand, barely in control of his own body, letting the waves of anger that is Achilles drive his action, the persona commanded his body like a master would wield and weapon, striking and feinting as well as parrying knife strikes hen possible, knowing to switch to the shield when Asmodeus drank from the cup containing Cognitive Ann, but it still wasn't enough, still not enough damage, he was running low on SP and Achilles's skills are draining on his HP , a resource that's severely limited. This culminates when Achilles relinquishes control back to him momentarily and a new skill pops Into the centre of his mind Use the skill μικρή μυρμιδόνα." Asahi hums in confusion at the skills name, its wordy and...strange but sure why not if he is able to hurt the demon more he'll do it. Reaching to the portion of his helmet that covers his face and pulling it out and the brutalised and wrathful solider is behind him and he awaits his command, he sucks in a breath and lets the words slink out "Θάνατος του πάτροκλου"
Achilles raises his spear as red energy gathers at the spear and surges downwards , colliding with him.
Then his mind is assailed with images, of Yuuki laying on the floor, of Yuuki writhing under the shadows cruelty, of His Brother being used as a Fucking Human Shield they wont stop, they repeat again and again and again and again and again. Its maddening , its infuriating.
It pissing him the FUCK OFF
He sees only red and his entire body burns , he lets out a maniacal laugh as the feeling courses through him, boiling his blood and sparking his mind into a burning flame, its not a psychotic rage, but a laughter that's bloomed from a sheer sense of relief.
Everything he had been suppressing, the rage as the pain, its finally free...
And he cant wait to let it all out
He doesn't even need to rip off the mask to create a physical skill, simply to will the kinetic strength into being and strike the demon with his spear, he stabs then runs then dodges then jumps up and stabs the Fucker in the eye , he cackles as the demon writhes in pain , he delights as the weakling cowers , he grits his teeth and laughs as a knife and a volley of volleyballs , despite being resisted, rend through his armour like it was butter, no matter, the rage is seemingly supplying him enough power to drive his strikes. he's knocked to the ground many times , only to be brought back by a bit of medicine from joker, another strike and another and another until...
Mona knocks the large ass crown off the bitches dumb ass big head
The amount of sheer joy he feels from the sight of the demon grasping at air is immense, the fog of rage that clouds his mind momentarily lifting to allow him to cackle at it while the demon screeches "Noooo! My precious!" Ann lets out a laugh and smiles for the fist time since they started this damned fight "We can finally take that asshole down" Ashai smirked and once again let achilleas take over his body, the warrior used him to stab the crippled demon once more, this time in the stomach, he delighted in the fact that it dealt a tremendous amount of damage in comparison to his previous attacks. Skull seemed to capitalise on that swinging his bat and summoning his persona at the same time, leaving two deep gashes in the purples demons body and ultimately , Panther summoned carmen once more and brought down a wave of flames on Asmodeus, who withed and flailed and screamed before...
He fell
Asahi felt warmth spread within his chest as his Arthur and Achilles gained strength and experience from the ordeal, Oizys didn't mostly due to her being so strong already and then he saw the crown roll towards him then shrink. He moves to grab it but a figure snatched it from under his fingers and then ran off to one of the balcony's. Asahi sighed as he looked up at the fallen king "Are you not even trying to run? we both know you cant do it from there." Panther smirked beside him "Yeah aren't you supposed to be a 'Great Athlete' I thought you where good at running?" The king glared at them, somehow still being defiant "Why is it always like this, all of you god dammed hyenas asking me for shit. I did this shit to get them all successes , is it so bad that I would want a reward for that?" Panther laughed, hysteric and angry and settled her eyes on shadow Kamoshida "Reward?! you think you deserve to be rewarded for everything you've done?" she cracks her whip to enhance her point the king backed up, quivering in fear which brought a smile to panthers lips "Are you scared? Because you should be. Right no your seeing the same view you made Shiho see, you gave her no damn choice to jump, and you even thought of it as a fitting 'punishment' for failing you? Well i am going to 'reward' you for everything you have done here. You can either jump off yourself or let me burn you here".
Carmen appeared once again behind her while Ashai gave his friend a reassuring smile "Go on and finish him off, or not its your choice. You deserve it." She smiled back at him and then turned back at the snivelling coward in front of them "No no please...just forgive me-" The blond in front of him cut him off with another crack of her whip "Just shut up! Didn't everyone tell you the same thing, but you didn't did you? You took everything from them!" A fireball from carmen sticking him, leaving him badly burned, he'll die in another hit. The shadow cowered "I.. I accept defeat! Here take this" the shadow threw the crown at joker who caught it with ease "Kill me if you want, its what you earned as the victor" Panther shook as she balled her fist, her hand raised to throw another ball of flame at the king , and a second later she did, the Incandescent object hurtling towards the fell monarch
Before striking the wall and missing the king
Carmen disappeared from behind the girl as she turned to the rest of them "If he dies, he will still be remembered in a good light, his victims will never get justice or closer, he cant die without confessing." Asahi sighed, unfortunately the red clad thief made a good point, he turned towards the shadow and sent him a glare, he mumbled away on what he was supposed to do , he rolled his eyes "Do us all a favour and confess... then...burn in hell, be it prison or actual hell I don't care just go away.." and with a look of understanding , he vanished.
And the whole god dammed palace shook, the walls shaking and crumbling. Asahi looked around with a vague sense of dread , he looked to Mona who is still calm, somehow, who looked back at him before addressing all of them "With the shadow gone, this place is starting to crumble, we ned to get out of here!"
With that they all began a made dash towards the exit, Ashai had to avoid running into objects and had to deal with running in heavyish Armour, avoiding crumbling floors, helping a fallen Ryuji, having cat Mona jump on his pushed up helmet causing it to be pushed down so he couldn't Fucking see and ended up running into a piller, by the time they made it to a low enough window the world became a bright flash of light, and then..
Intrusion ended, intrusion had resulted in destruction of private property, Dispensing greatest penalty, penalty reset.
Asahi sighed in relief, the voice means they made it out
They did make it out, they where back at the alleyway, the others where talking he thinks.
he cant hear them
The world is spinning, he feels dizzy as fuck. His stomach is churning and hurts , is head is pounding and he hears his heart in his ears, he feels cold and so, so so tired.
He faintly feels a hand on his shoulder as black spots flutter in his vision, the pain increases as he stumbles around.
He feels a shake to his shoulders as he sways dangerously , the last this he sees as his eyes roll to the back of his head is the sight of him falling to the ground while a person is in his face.