PERSONA : THE MOON REVOLUTION
Preamble :
Hello everyone :). I will use the nameFrenchLemonon this website. I use a variety of pseudonyms on the internet, but I wish to remain completely anonymous, at least for now.
I'm pretty young, I'm just 18, but I would love to share the stories I make. Here, you will only see some fanfictions, all original works are posted in another place with another name. I pretty much think that, as a want to be novelist, I think I'm a failure. That's why I use various pseudonyms, so people can't associate the cringe of the fanfics with my everyday name. You can follow me on my twitter tho ( /ThatFrenchLemon)
And yes, I'm really French, but I will only write in English here. I need some feedback to improve the way I write my stories.
This one is a Persona 5 fanfiction, focused on three characters, two OCs and the character of Sumire Yoshizawa from Persona 5 Royal. I hope you will like it 😘. I will also list the Persona medias that will be considered canon in this story :
Mainline :
-Shin Megami Tensei Persona, Persona 2 IS, Persona 2 EP (psp), some references, but no real spoils
-Persona 3 FES, major spoils
-Persona 3 Portable, some references to Kotone Shiomi
-Persona 4, the end will be spoiled at some point
-Persona 5 Royal (true ending), major spoils
Spinoffs :
-Persona 4 Arena & Ultimax, minor spoils
-Persona 4 Dancing, I put it here, but it's unlikely to be even referenced
-Persona Q and Q2, minor spoils
Persona 5 Tactica will probably not be taken into account in this story, and Persona 3 Reloaded will not be canon, due to FES story being absent in it.
This story will contain mature content, tho no peculiar explicit scene for now
This is a fan fiction. The SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI license belong to ATLUS
Also, if you are an online content creator, you can send me a message on X if you want your work to be referenced in the fanfiction ! I'll try to make 1 chapter per month
Chapter 1 : Theses two students
September the 4th, 2017. The school year started some time ago. In March, Ren, the leader of the Phantom Thieves, left Tokyo to go home after he proved his innocence in the trial against politician Masayoshi Shido. Sumire was like a Phantom Thief, known by the code name Violet. After these events, she could not access the metaverse anymore, nor use her persona. Life came back to normal, Sumire started her 2nd year at Shujin.
Sumire will focus on her studies at this point, while also continuing gymnastic. For the past week, students in her class were talking about some new foreign transferred students. Apparently, they should include her class today. At 8 in the morning, they entered the room, and the teacher introduced them. The first one is a smiling blond girl with blue eyes and long hair. The second one is a guy with dark hair, that are the same length as the girl's ones, and dark eyes, it seems that he don't want to be here at all. He looks tired and have dark circles around the eyes, like he didn't sleep in weeks.
Ms. Itsuwa
Today, two new students join our class. This young lady is Lucia Nilsen, and this young man is called Niels Leroux.
Lucia
Nice to meet you everyone ! I hope we could be all friend !
Lucia seems really happy to be here. She's smiling, and she's shaking her hand to say hello to everyone. Niels just does a sign with his hand and they both head to their desks, they are right next to each other.
The people are pretty divided. They all like Lucia, but for Niels, they don't know what to think of him. He seems pretty distant, but because he seems to be friend with Lucia, he is surely nice according to some people. But Sumire doesn't have a real opinion, she is rather disturbed. She feels like Niels is extremely similar to someone she knows, but she doesn't know who. Could it be Maruki, Ryuji or Yusuke ? No, he's too different… She keeps thinking, but she can't put the finger on it. During the day, a lot of people went to talk to Lucia, Niels remaining silent. At the end of the day, almost everyone went to talk to Lucia, but Sumire just stayed away. As she packed up her stuff, she felt a hand on her shoulder, that make her startled.
Lucia
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, Sumire
Lucia said, smiling as always, before Niels punch her left arm, making a strange metallic sound. Sumire, and the students surrounding them, don't dare to ask what was that. Niels start to speak a language that Sumire don't understand at all.
Niels
Åœi ne diris lian nomon, stulta. Ni ne bezonas esti rimarkitaj.
Lucia
Damne, mi forgesis pri tio.
For a few seconds, Lucia's expression changed, like she was a bit worried, before smiling again.
Lucia
So, I just wanted to say hi ! Sorry if I bothered you !
Sumire
Oh, no, it's not a problem
Sumire said, smiling slightly.
Lucia
Well, see you tomorrow !
Lucia said, before leaving with Niels. It seems that Lucia didn't really integrate Japanese manners yet, while being fluent. Niels, on his side, seems to just not care about talking to others.
As she was returning home, Sumire spot Niels in an arcade room in Shibuya. It looks like he's playing Mortal Kombat against some kid, but he's still losing. After the kid leave, Sumire went to sit next to Niels, intrigued by how he lost so quick.
Sumire
Hello Leroux-san
Niels
What do you want, Yoshizawa-san ?
Sumire can't help but notice that, first, Niels have integrated Japaneses manners, unlike Lucia. Second, she noticed that he probably doesn't really want to talk.
Sumire
I have a question, why did Lucia, and you I guess, knew my name ?
Niels
You'll learn it sooner or later, but it's not time yet
Sumire
Why won't you go to the point
Niels
'Cause I don't have to
Niels got up and walk away, like talking to Sumire drained his energy. She is a bit upset about that, Niels definitely didn't make a good impression. She got home and almost directly go to sleep.
The next day, Sumire wakes up late. She will not make to class in time, but she is still trying to run, run as fast as possible, hoping to not be too late. Suddenly, a black motorbike passed next to her and stopped right next to her. The guy, who wear a Shujin uniform, remove his helmet. It was Niels.
Niels
Hop on, and put a helmet on
Sumire do as he says and hold on him as he is driving. He is driving surprisingly well. Sumire is pretty surprised by the situation.
Sumire
That's kind of you to pick me up, but how did you get this bike ? I doubt that a regular student could ever buy a bike like that.
Niels
I won it by fighting a guy called Tastsuya Sudou or something like that
Niels manages to arrived 10 minutes early with Sumire. Niels park his motorbike near the school, and Sumire stay around him.
Sumire
Thanks for the ride
Sumire feel grateful, even if she thinks that Niels is a bit weird. But without him, she would be late.
Class starts, and a thing Sumire notice is that Lucia wear white gloves this day. Everything seems normal, until a precise moment, math class. The teacher came really late, with nothing with him. His entire class was just anarchy, before he fell on the desk, bleeding from his eyes and mouth. It was a mental shutdown, the first one in months. The whole school get evacuated. They are all sent home, the school is canceled for a week. When she turned on the television, Sumire understood. 10 mental shutdowns in the school, way more in town. The biggest wave ever, Sumire just stand here, horrified. How is that possible ? Akechi was the one provoking theses in the past, but he's supposed to be dead.
At this moment, Sumire got a notification on her phone. When she looked at it, it was from a strange app called Metanav +. It has the same app logo as the original MetaNav, but instead of being red, it's golden.
Sumire wait for the sun to settle down before sneaking outside and going to the metro station. Once there, she opened the app and went to mementos. When she entered it, the entrance was as she remembers, except that the stairs that lead to the lowers levels are replaces by just some void that lead to some islands that are floating in the sky. Sumire thinks it's too high and that she can't jump. While looking into the void, she felt a cold, heavy and metallic hand on her shoulder.
?
Hello there, didn't expect to see you here !
Said a happy and familiar voice.
Chapter 2 : Aeros
Sumire startled, almost falling into the void. When she turned to see who was talking to her, what was her surprise when she saw a blond smiling girl with a black mask and dressed in denim clothes with leather slats almost everywhere.
Sumire/Violet
Nilsen-san ? Is that you ?
Lucia/One
Just call me Lucia, or by my code name, One
Lucia said it, smiling as always. Sumire immediately noticed that Lucia's left hand is made of metal. Also, another person is with Lucia. He wears blue suits, and have a cane. It seems that it's Niels. He has a black mask, bigger than Lucia's one.
Niels
We have things to do now
Niels seems to be a bit annoyed. So he and Lucia are also persona users ?
Sumire/Violet
I suppose you are here for the mental shutdowns cases, do you have any ideas to solve it ?
Lucia/One
Obviously, we are searching for a man, am I right, Zero ?
At this moment, Niels jumps in this sky just for him to land on an island, and doing some parkour moves. It seems that he's used to that. Not experienced like the Phantom Thieves who just operated for a few months, but more like someone who has been doing this kind of things for years.
Sumire/Violet
How the hell does he do that ?
Sumire is really surprised. Who could have even thought that there were other peoples who could access the metaverse and show these kinds of skills.
Lucia/One
Just a question of experience
Right after saying that, Lucia jumps, following Niels. Like him, she seems to be used to those kinds of things. Sumire hesitate, fearing a dangerous fall in this so called "Aeros". But in the end, she jumps to follow them. When she landed on an island, she found that the gravity is lowered, but if she falls from too high, she will hurt herself.
On this island, Niels and Lucia are fighting shadows that seem really weak. But Sumire is shocked, not by the presence of shadows -Who were pretty expected here- but by Lucia. Her metallic arm just changed form and became some sort of gun, killing shadows with it.
Lucia/One
I see you ain't losing your skills, Zero !
Lucia said with a mocking tone. While Niels stays silent while fighting, and most of the time in fact, Lucia likes to make jokes.
Niels/Zero
Shut up…
After all the shadows were defeated, Niels and Lucia were looking down, to other islands. When looking down, it seems that the deeper you go in Aero, the darker the sky will get. The next islands have an orange sky, like if dawn and night awaits after this "full day".
Niels/Zero
Do you think he's down there ?
Lucia/One
There's only one way to find out
To these words, Lucia jump to the bottom of the islands, if she does not do something, she will die. Sumire is scared for her.
Niels/Zero
Don't worry, she will survive thanks to her persona
He said that in a calm tone. Maybe he's trying to help Sumire, knowing she will follow.
Sumire/Violet
I believe you but… How will we follow her ?
Niels/Zero
Take my hand, I will carry you where we have to go
Sumire trust him, takes him hand and Niels jumps without any hesitation. It takes a few seconds to Sumire to realize that they were in a free fall. Facing her probable death, she starts to cry and scream.
Niels/Zero
Shut up…
Sumire/Violet
WHY WOULD I SHUT UP ? I'M LITERALLY ABOUT TO DIE !
Sumire, panicked, continue screaming. They falled for several minutes, the sky going from day, to dawn, to a night with a full moon, like in the real world. The islands keep getting smaller as they fall. At least, Sumire won't die in a boring place. When the floor became visible, Niels pull up a gun shaped object and point it at his head.
Niels/Zero
PERSONA !
He said as he's pulling the trigger of the object, summoning a blue persona that is almost identical to Ren's persona, Arsène. The persona, with a flap of wings, avoid Niels and Sumire from hitting the ground at this speed, and slowly land them on the ground.
Lucia/One
Still refusing to summon them with your mask ?
Lucia said, laughing. It seems that it's not the first time these two went to Aeros. Far from that, Sumire just saw that there are other ways to summon personas. Could some peoples summon them thanks to cards ?
Niels/Zero
See ? You're still alive.
Niels doesn't give any attention to Lucia. This part of Aeros is just some sort of platform, surrounded by an infinity of solid clouds. in the floor lays some sort of locked, round door.
Lucia/One
It seems that we can't go any further. He must be here.
Sumire/Violet
But who are you talking about ?
?
They are talking about me
Upon earring the voice, Lucia use her arm-gun, ready to shoot if someone comes here, as Niels summon another Persona, looking like a snowman. Behind them, a man in a white suit comes out of a mysterious fog. Half of his face is hide by a mask that looks like a Zanni mask, cutter in vertical sens, with no holes to see his right eye or the right part of his mouth. The visible part of his face is completely burned. His only visible eye is yellow, his hair is white. He approaches the group while applauding slowly.
TO BE CONTINUED