Hello everyone! UknownHero here and welcome to another chapter of Senran Persona: I Need To Get Rid Of The Subtitle. Uh… don't really have anything else to say, so let's get onto the reviews. Oh, before that, I kinda realized that Persona teams cover every available element and after a bit of discussion, added in the Water element because I'm gonna follow the Persona 2's weaknesses and resistances. Meaning, there has to be a Phantom Thief that can use Water spells. I'm gonna put up a poll whenever we get to that but uh... leave a suggestion about who should become a Phantom Thief from the Senran Kagura series. Because Hifumi's already being considered.

To black adam12305: What the Hell do you mean by that? "Joker-looking"? Um… okay? I'll make his battle style seem like he's dancing on concrete. To Autistic-Grizzly: Your prayers have been answered! There is fan art of Asuka and Homura in their thief outfits, thanks to JGResidentEvil for commissioning them from DeviantArt. I'm go ahead and link them on my profile right now so check it out, it's really good. Oh, and go support the artists that made them, they're awesome people! To KadoyaOkami: Yeah… it was way too hard to find one fitting both the Trickster motif yet still fits with their characters. Anyway, that's it for now. Time for an escape!

Updated! On 2/8/2020!

Load Game… Start!

Chapter 4: L'Bateleur

(4/11, Morning)

(Kamoshida's Castle of Lust, Underground Dungeon)

"What...What is this...?" Asuka thought, feeling this strange energy fill her body. "What am I feeling? This...This is amazing!" She then wondered.

"That is your true power. I am the rebellious soul you tried for so long to ignore." A voice that sounded so much like her revealed. "It is about time you travelled along this path, and it is time for you to show what you are capable of doing. It seems this Castle of Lust has shaken your resolve." She then stated as the mysterious being behind her seemed to glare at the foes in front of her true self. "I cannot allow such thoughts to weaken your heart!" She soon declared. "Now, will you allow me to guide you along? Or, will you ignore me and go alone?" The voice soon questioned.

Asuka didn't hesitate to respond to this...being that came from the depths of her heart. "I'm not going to let this place get to me...Let's bury them, Kaeru!" She called out before settling into a battle stance.

As this was occurring, Homura was conversing with the being that came from within herself as well.

"So look who decided to finally get it." A voice similar to her own quipped in an almost mocking tone. "About time you paid attention to me." She then remarked.

The tanned skinned girl looked at the being behind her with widened eyes. "Just...what are you...?" Homura asked in a slow tone. She felt really good, but this was too much to process.

"Like you didn't know already..." The being soon replied. "I am thou, and thou art I. I'm your soul given form, born from the depths of your heart and blah blah blah. Are you going to keep talking or are you gonna go out there and fuck some shit up!?" It then questioned in an antsy tone.

The tan skinned girl in response to that looked back at the enemies. "You don't have to tell me twice." Homura replied., a feral grin on her face as she took out her six katanas and glared at the King. "Burn them. Shred them. Let our instincts run wild, Wolverine!" She roared out her orders, an animalistic grin gracing her face underneath her mask.

"Who the hell are you people...!?" The King exclaimed before turning to his knights. "Guards! Start by killing that one!" Kamoshida commanded, pointing at Akira.

"Have at it boys!" Homura called out in a mocking tone. "Bring it on!" She soon declared.

Suddenly, the masks of the knights broke open before bending backwards, exploding into some sort of black blood before being replaced by...pumpkins with lanterns? There were ten in total, all of them ready to kill anything and everything for their ruler.

"You'll learn the true strength of my men!" The King declared.

"Let's do this." Akira declared with a mad smile still on his face as the three faced their enemies. Akira pulled out the ten girl's old dagger, which said girl remembered was called a Black Kogatana, which suddenly burst into flames in his hands and transmogrified into a brand new combat knife. His smirk never faltered for a second as he shifted into a battle stance. As their surroundings transformed into a more suitable combat space, Akira readied himself for his first fight.

His blood was pumping, his eyes razored focused on the monsters in front of him.

He never felt more alive!

"You're about to eat those words! Arsene! It's showtime!" Akira ordered as his guardian spirit laughed.

(Cue Will Power)

"What are these things!?" Asuka asked, having never seen anything like these...Crypt-dwelling Pyromaniacs in front of them.

"They are nothing you should worry about." Kaeru informed her user. "Just know they are lesser for crumbling under the power of a corrupt ruler! They are nothing more than obstacles that must be destroyed!" She declared.

"Then how do we destroy them...?" Akira wondered out loud.

"What I displayed earlier was merely a glimpse of power." Arsene informed the three. "Detest the enemies before you! Change that animosity into power… and unleash it!" He soon ordered.

"Alright, here we go!" Akira shouted out before focusing on an enemy. "There! Eiha!" Laughing joyously with the amount of hate that Akira had towards the corrupted Jack-O-Lantern, Arsene unleashed a tornado of dark energy at it, taking pleasure in the pain it inflicted upon it before it dissipated into nothingness.

"If that's how it is, I must be bursting with power!" Homura called out. "Show no mercy! Cleave through 'em Wolverine!" She ordered.

"I've been waiting for this!" Wolverine said eagerly as she charged at a Pyromaniac and used her claws, slicing through its stupid, smiling pumpkin head and destroyed it in an instant.

"Let's dance, shall we?" Asuka taunted before placing her hand on her mask. "From the depths of my soul! Magna!" Kaeru nodded before jumping high into the air and throwing a boulder at another one of the Jack-O-Lanterns, killing it before it could even beg for mercy.

All the other Pyromaniacs however weren't just going to sit there and take it. They swiftly retaliated, charging at the three! Asuka just barely managed to dodge their attacks while Homura was a little too slow and got hit, however, she barely felt a thing.

Meanwhile, Akira just flipped over one Jack-O-Lantern, used another as a stepping stone before launching off it and landed on the other side of the cell, right behind them all.

"Swing your blades!" Arsene commanded.

Akira didn't hesitate and stabbed one in the back before slicing in half another.

Asuka proceeded to counter her attackers by kicking one away and stabbing the sentient pumpkin in the eye.

Homura, smirking as the Jack-O-Lantern realized its attack barely fazed her, grabbed it and proceeded to make diced pumpkin out of it.

"Very good." Kaeru praised the three. "Our powers are yours. Use it well." She then informed.

"Show these bubs what your true self is made of!" Wolverine called out.

"Run wild to your heart's content!" Arsene finished off.

"Gladly." The three said in unison as they faced the remaining Jack-O-Lanterns.

"Can we talk about this?" One of the Jack-O-Lanterns begged. "We were only following orders!" It then got out.

"No." Akira answered before they all charged at the last of the King's men. It was a tornado of violence as they inflicted as much damage as they could upon the remnants of the King's guards. Slicing, stabbing, and going as far as using a Jack-O-Lantern to beat up another Jack-O-Lantern. When they ended up with one last Jack-O-Lantern, they all sliced it at the same time.

"Of all the King's guards and all the King's men..." Akira started.

"The great and powerful Kamoshida..." Homura continued in a sarcastic tone while having a satisfied smirk on her face.

"Couldn't stand up to a boy and his friends." Asuka finished off as their battlefield melted away.

(Stop Music)

"Oh, hey. Money." Akira noted as he put away his knife into his trench coat and picked the small pile of coins and notes off the ground. "300 yen? What a rip..." He then muttered in slight annoyance.

"I think I just got stronger just from that fight…!" Asuka cheered as she felt the being from within herself had learned something new.

"Me too..." Homura mumbled out before she looked at her gloved hands. "Uh guy...when did we change our clothes?" She soon asked in realization.

"Hm? What?" Asuka asked before looking down, only to see her cleavage out in the open. "EEEEEEH!?" Asuka exclaimed as she tried to cover herself, her cheeks a bright red. "Wh-When did this happen!?" She then asked in confusion and embarrassment.

"I don't think these clothes come with underwear..." Akira soon stated as he checked himself out, which meanwhile caused the embarrassed girl to blush even more when she realized she felt a light breeze where there shouldn't be a light breeze. "Feels good though. Freedom in all the right places..." He then got out.

"What...What was that just now...?" Ryuji spoke up, getting Akira and the girls' attention. They had honestly forgotten about him for a second.

"You little..." The King started before being sucker punched in the face by Homura before Ryuji got up and shoved him to the ground. "AAGH!" He cried out in pain.

"Hah! You like that, you son of a bitch!?" Ryuji taunted, feeling proud of himself for once.

"Lock the cell!" Akira called out as he grabbed everyone's bags and dashed out of the cell.

"Huh?" Ryuji got out in confusion before seeing a ring of keys. "You mean this?"

"Hurry up, dammit! We are leaving!" Homura shouted out as she and her roommate rushed out of the cell as well.

Ryuji didn't wait any longer and swiped the keys before running as fast as he could when he saw Kamoshida starting to get up. He quickly locked the cell just as the King charged at the blond, but ended up grasping the bars.

"Okay, it's locked!" Ryuji announced.

"We're finally out of there..." Asuka breathed out in relief before being startled as the King shook the bars of his new cell.

"Damn you!" He cursed. They decided to ignore him for now. He wasn't going to threaten them as long as he was locked away.

"Hey...! What was that just now!?" Ryuji exclaimed before looking at their new outfits. "And...your clothes...!" He then got out.

"This is so much different than a Shinobi Tenshin..." Asuka admitted before in a burst of their colored flames, they all reverted back to their Shujin Academy uniforms, though for the girls, their hair wasn't in ponytails like before. "Whoa!" She got out with surprise.

"Our uniforms are back..." Homura stated as she made sure everything was in order before feeling pain flare up throughout her body. "Damn…everything still hurts…" She then groaned, sucking in a breath as leaned on one leg a little too much.

The boys looked and, sure enough, all the shinobi's sustained injuries from before were gone, but were instead replaced by aches and groans. At the very least, they were no longer bleeding everywhere but just the phantom pain of those injuries were enough to stop the two shinobi from using the full extent of their strength or agility. They were going to have to take it easy for now or else they'd risk injuring themselves further.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

They all stumbled back as the King banged the bars again.

"You bastards!" The King shouted out.

"God, this is effin' nuts!" Ryuji exclaimed.

"And that's why we should've left yesterday." Homura stated as she held her side. "Now c'mon, before more guards show up!" She soon suggested.

"Akira-kun, think you can take the lead?" Asuka requested as she clutched her arm.

Akira nodded, knowing that the more competent members of the group weren't in the best condition to lead, before they all ran off while Ryuji threw away the keys into the rushing water, hoping it would delay the King's release long enough for them to escape, before following the group.

"Goddamn thieves…!" The King grumbled to himself.

Suddenly, Asuka rushed back, grabbed him by the ears before slamming him into the bars of the cell, knocking him out.

DONG!

"Not thieves! Shinobi!" Asuka playfully corrected before running back to the others. She winced in pain, but quickly determined it was worth it.

"Was that really necessary?" Akira had to ask. He approved but he just wondered why.

"Felt like it, I guess." Asuka answered with a shrug.

Homura meanwhile smirked in agreement to that. "Gotta give her props for that." She thought in amusement.

"That was kinda awesome." Ryuji meanwhile admitted before shaking his head. "But I ain't down for staying here any longer! C'mon, let's get outta here!" He then reminded.

They all nodded before they all ran as fast they could. Akira went to open a door, only for it to not budge. Homura slammed her shoulder against it, guessing it was rusted, but again it wouldn't open.

"Ugh…bad idea…" Homura got out as she held her aching shoulder.

"Dammit! This one's locked!" Akira cursed.

"Then we find another way." Asuka decided before looking around a bit before seeing several cages sunk into the water, creating a make-shift set of stepping stones.

Asuka thought about crossing the gap in big leap, but she could already tell that it would only hurt her further.

"Hey, think we can all get across that?" Ryuji soon asked.

"We've got no choice really..." Homura remarked before they all jumped across one at a time.

They kept running and leaped off a few submerged cells as they continued their escape.

"All that execution shit... Was he serious?" Ryuji thought out loud. "All of this has to be one sick joke..." He then got out.

"He nearly killed us so I'm betting he wasn't messing around." Homura replied before frowning as they went into a cell and found a hole in the wall. It looked like someone managed to do it with just their bare hands. The sight of a skeleton at the corner of the cell missing its hand bones just made everyone wince. "Just where the hell did we end up?" She soon asked.

"I have no idea, Homura-chan..." Asuka answered.

"I don't think it matters right now." Akira spoke up. "We can worry about it once we're out of this place. Now hurry up and start crawling. It's gonna be a tight squeeze." They decided to stop talking for now and continued their escape. Akira went first, next was Ryuji then Homura and Asuka.

"Aw crap, my bag's stuck!" Ryuji whispered out in the middle of the tunnel.

"We are going to die in here if you don't move..." Homura mumbled to herself as she gave the blond-haired boy a shove forward.

After emerging out of the tunnel and crossing a drawbridge, they started to hear metal boots hitting stone. Without any words they dived behind a pile of crates and barrels and poked their heads out to see where the guards were going. It looked like they were all heading towards Kamoshida's cell.

"You think they're looking for us?" Ryuji asked.

"Not likely. I'm betting they're gonna free Kamoshida first and then go after us." Asuka answered. "That's our window to escape. As long as they're distracted, we won't face as much opposition." She then stated.

"Damn, I ain't playin' along with this anymore!" Ryuji got out in annoyance. "We gotta find a way outta this goddamn place!" He then declared.

"Keep following me, then." Akira ordered as he made sure the coast was clear. "We don't know how far away from the exit we are, but complaining about it isn't going to get us anywhere near it. Now let's get going." He then added. They continued running for a short time and ended up going up a spiral staircase before seeing a door.

However, Ryuji was already panting and gasping for breath.

"Dude, we ran like 15 feet and those stairs weren't that long." Homura stated. "How out of shape are you?" She soon asked.

"Really...outta shape..." Ryuji panted out, both girls detecting the slight regretful expression on his face before he looked at the door. "I-Is this… the exit!?" He soon asked.

"Hopefully." Akira replied but he had a feeling it wasn't going to be that easy.

"Alright, let's get the hell outta this place!" Ryuji called as the glasses-wearing boy opened the door, only to see they ended up at another floor of the dungeon. "Dude, you gotta be jokin'..." He muttered in annoyance.

"Moh...I knew there would be more..." Asuka groaned out before shaking her head. "But we need to keep going. There has to be an exit somewhere." She then declared with a determined expression.

"And if we can't find one?" Akira asked in concern. All the determined girl did was wince in response.

"Let's keep going. There has to be an exit somewhere." Homura decided, deciding to take the lead for now. They continued running for a few seconds before hearing someone. "Hm?" She got out.

"H-Hey...Look..." Ryuji called out as he pointed over to a man in a cage hanging over rushing waters.

The man was actively begging for their help. Whether it was to escape this horrible place or to give him a quick death, they didn't know. He was way too incoherent to really understand other than the word Help.

"I'm guessing that's where all the screaming was coming from." Akira muttered in a grim tone.

"A-Are there more people other than us in here?" Asuka gasped. "Oh god..." She soon mumbled out in disbelief.

"More than likely..." Homura replied before shaking her head. "But right now, we should be getting the hell out. We can't do anything for him unless we want the guards to catch up to us." She soon reminded.

"..." Asuka went silent, a guilty look on her face before they all started running again, though Ryuji stopped to take one last look before he kept going.

"Look, a bridge!" Asuka called out as they ran up to the drawbridge. It had a statue of Kamoshida's creepy head along with it. "I'm not seeing a lever..." She then revealed.

"We can't lower it, and the gap's too wide. Let's find another way around." Akira decided.

"But there is no other way." Homura pointed out. "We're at a dead end!" She then declared.

"Dammit!" Ryuji swore in frustration. "How the hell're we supposed to get outta here!?" He soon asked.

"...Hey! You there!" An unknown, somewhat feminine(?) voice was heard. They took a quick look around to where it was coming from. "Blondie! Tanny! Frizzy Hair! Buh...Buh...Buh...Just look over here!" The voice got out, though stammered out slightly for a moment.

"Hmm?" Asuka hummed out in confusion.

"It's coming from a cell..." Homura thought in a serious manner before they all looked at where the source of the voice was coming from, and saw what looked like a living black cat plushy with an oversized head and a yellow bandana around its neck paw at the bars.

Everyone's jaw simultaneously dropped at the sight of the cat.

"W-What the!? What the hell is this thing!?" Ryuji exclaimed.

"This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." Homura mumbled to herself. "Mirai would love this thing..." She then added to her thoughts.

"Well, it's official. I've seen everything." Akira got out, officially done with the day.

"It's...so...cute~!" Asuka squealed at the sight of the cat as she kneeled down and hugged it through the bars.

"I...I...I'm not...cute! But if… you want me…to be…" The cat gasped for breath before purring at the softness of the girl's chest, which caused the tan skinned girl's eye to twitch for a moment before shaking its head and snapping back into reality. It pushed itself away from the girl and looked at the four outside the cell. "W-Well, it's obvious you guys aren't soldiers of the castle. Get me out of here! Look, the key is right there!" It then revealed.

Homura turned her head to that and saw that there was a key holder on the nearby wall, with a single silver keyring hooked on it.

"We're trying to get the hell out of here...! We don't have the time!" Ryuji called out, remembering seeing those pumpkin guys from earlier. "I mean, you obviously look like an enemy too!" He then stated.

"I'm locked up here, so how can I be your enemy!?" The strange creature retorted. "What else could I be!?" It then questioned.

"A cat." Akira deadpanned automatically.

The cat itself in response to that looked offended by the statement. "I am not a cat!" The totally not-cat cat-like creature stated as it glared at the blond. "Say that again and I'll make you regret it!" It soon threatened.

Suddenly, they started hearing more footsteps, causing the group to duck down.

"Th-They're gonna get here soon!" Asuka realised. There were too many footsteps and she knew she couldn't rely on Kaeru right now.

"Damn it, we've been here too long." Homura cursed under her breath as the blond of the group checked his phone.

"Shit, there's still no service." Ryuji informed in slight frustration, resisting the urge to throw his phone on the ground. "Ain't there any way to contact someone outside!? We need help damn it!" He soon asked in a slight panic.

"What are we gonna do..." Akira muttered to himself, trying to think of anything. "Arsene, your help would really be good right now." Akira thought, however he was only met with silence.

"Hey, you four!" The cat spoke up, getting everyone's attention again. "You want to know where the exit is? Let me out and I'll take you there. You don't want to get caught and executed, right?" It then offered.

"Deal." Asuka automatically replied as she went for the key, only for the blond to grab her wrist.

"Hey! We can't trust this thing just yet!" Ryuji reminded. "For all we know, as soon as our backs are turned, it's gonna alert every single guard in this place to us!" He then declared.

"B-But Ryuji-kkkkuuuuunnnnn…" Asuka whined, staring at the delinquent with big, watery eyes.

The tan skinned girl meanwhile crossed her arms over her chest to that. "Ryuji's right. It could be a trap." She admitted, seeing the blonde-haired boy starting to crumble under her roommate's gaze. She couldn't let herself fall for this cat's trickery if it really was working with the King. She couldn't judge a book by it's cute, soft and huggable cover.

"But we don't have a choice." Akira sighed as he looked at the creature. "You better not be lying." He soon stated.

"I never go back on my word." The cat stated.

From what the shinobi could tell, it seemed like it wasn't lying.

"I don't know...This thing sounds like it's all talk..." Ryuji remarked, looking somewhat skeptical.

"If you guys think you can get out on your own, then be my guest!" The cat offered. "But you better decide now. If you don't hurry, they'll catch you."It soon reminded.

After being reminded by their impending doom by hearing sounds of an army coming up the stairs, they decided to risk it. With a quick insertion into keyhole and a turn of the key, the cell door unlocked, allowing the cat to walk free out.

"Ahhhh..." The cat sighed out in relief as it stretched its tiny body. "Freedom tastes so great..." It then added.

"Just tell us where the exit is already, you stupid cat thing!" Homura shouted out, growing frustrated by all this. The cat growled and looked at her.

"Don't call me a cat! I am Morgana!" The now named Morgana said before it looked at a corner and spotted it's cutlass.

"Shut up. Don't care. Let's just go!" Homura called out, becoming more anxious as the footsteps got louder.

"Seriously, do you wanna be locked up again?" Ryuji threatened, only to be interrupted by the brunette picking the creature up.

"Hey, don't listen to them." Asuka kindly replied as she hugged it close to her chest. "Just help us and we'll help you out with anything you need after." She then requested.

"R-Really...?" Morgana got out in an incredulous tone. The boys and Homura stepped back when they saw the weird expression on the cat's face before it shook its head again. "Al-Alright...for you...um..." It started.

"Asuka. And thank you." Asuka introduced herself and thanked as she placed the creature down on the ground. "Now lead the way, Morgana-chan!"

"Alright. Follow me, and stay quiet! We're kind of a big group." Morgana ordered as it ran off towards the bridge. The group quickly followed behind it, hoping it would lead them to their freedom.

(Shujin Academy)

"...It's fourth period already." Kawakami sighed to herself, still waiting at the Faculty Office. "Sakura-san said that Kurusu-kun left the house this morning, and Shirokage-san and Shinkukage-san guardians haven't been answering my calls. Should I call the police...?" She wondered out loud before shaking her tired head. "No. That'll just be more of a hassle..." She muttered before sighing to herself. "What did I do to deserve this...?" She soon lamented, wondering how messed up her life had become since that day.

(Kamoshida's Castle of Lust, Underground Dungeon)

"What're you doing?" Ryuji asked.

They were once more at the drawbridge again and Morgana was just standing there looking at Kamoshida's bust.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Morgana got out as it turned to the group. "I'm lowering the bridge."

"But we tried that already." Asuka spoke up. "We couldn't find anything to lower it." She then revealed.

"It's okay for not noticing it Lady Asuka. You'd have to have a good eye for this type of stuff." Morgana started.

"...Lady Asuka?" Asuka and Homura thought in confused unison.

Morgana then turned towards the black haired boy. "You, Frizzy Hair. It seems like you pick up on things faster than our Blondie over there. Try checking around the mouth of this statue, okay?" He then advised.

"Alright." Akira replied as he studied the statue a little. Now that he looked at it closely, he could see that the jaw was separated from the rest of the statue.

Without warning, he grabbed the jaw and pulled it down, causing the eyes of the statue to glow and the drawbridge to lower.

"What the-The statue was the thing that lowers the drawbridge!?" Asuka exclaimed. "Why was it designed like that!?" She soon asked.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say the King really likes his own face." Homura remarked. "I bet his toilet seat is his face in solid gold." She soon guessed with a flat expression on her face.

"Make sense. He loves eating his own shit." Ryuji chuckled out. "But seriously, how were we supposed to know that?" He soon asked.

"Hmph, amateur." Morgana muttered to himself. "Come on, let's get going." He then ordered once more.

Ryuji just grumbled to himself before they all ran across the bridge, only to stop in their tracks when a guard blocked their path.

"A-Aah! Shit...Shit man, it's them!" Ryuji yelled out as he fell onto his back and tried to crawl away from the knight.

"Argh...really wasn't looking forward to a fight..." Homura growled as her mask appeared on her face while her clothes changed.

"This isn't good..." Akira muttered quietly as blue flames died around him.

"What is with these clothes...?" Asuka wondered out loud before pulling out her weapons.

"Tch… You amateur!" Morgana said as it jumped in front of the group, his curved sword in hand. "Stay still!" Morgana then looked at the trio whose clothes had changed and looked ready to fight. "Hey, you three! You can all fight, right?" It then asked.

"Is that even a question?" Homura replied in a mutter as she placed a hand on her mask.

"Okay then, let's go!" Morgana declared before doing a backflip and shouting into the air. Suddenly, they all felt a familiar energy coming from the cat. "Come...! Zorro!" He soon ordered

"What!?" Asuka managed to get out before a pillar of blue flames appeared behind the creature.

FWOOSH!

"Huh. Nice." Akira simply remarked as he smiled, seeing the cat's mighty-looking spirit standing heroically behind it. It made Morgana look even tinier in comparison but nonetheless made it seem even more powerful.

"I am thou...thou art I. To defend those against tyranny and strife, I will always be there!" Zorro announced heroically. It was somewhat dampened by the fact his voice sounded like Morgana attempting to sound deeper. "I am Zorro, the Outlaw! My rapier will remain sharp as long there is injustice in this world!" He declared as he made a Z in the air.

"This thing has the same power!?" Homura exclaimed in disbelief.

"No effin' way..." Ryuji got out in awe of the display. "What the hell is that!?" He then exclaimed.

"It's the power of Persona..." Morgana stated as he smirked at the shocked shinobi before looking at the guard, who had already revealed itself as another Jack-O-Lantern and an Incubus. "Hmph! We will promptly shut them up!" He soon declared.

(Cue Last Surprise)

"Damn Shadows..." Morgana grumbled as they faced their foes. "They've taken up intercept positions! It means they're holding nothing back and are serious to kill us. I'll back you guys up, so fight like you life depends on it! Let's go!"

"It won't be too hard." Homura remarked with a smirk as she focused on the Jack-O-Lantern and ripped off her mask. "Take this! Agi!" She declared

"Hmph, nothing personal." Wolverine declared as it prepared to unleash its new skill.

As this was occurring however, Morgana's eyes widened. "Hold on! Wait!" It called out as it tried to stop the attack, but it was already too late as Wolverine fired a fireball at the living pumpkin. Morgana couldn't help but groan as it saw the Pyromaniac laughed at the attack, looking a lot better than it did at the start of the battle.

"That could be a problem..." Akira muttered to himself as Homura looked shocked.

"My attack didn't do anything? What the hell!?" Homura growled out.

"Go! Magna!" Asuka announced as she proceeded to summon a boulder to attack the Jack-O-Lantern.

This time it did damage but Morgana still wasn't impressed. "Hmph. I knew you people were amateurs. Nothing personal though Lady Asuka." Morgana got out before smiling wickedly at the Shadows. "Now this is how you fight! Garu!" He declared.

"You will all fall under our might!" Zorra declared as his a gust of wind at the Pyromaniac. It screamed in pain as it fell to the ground, too weak to float any longer. Before it could even act, Morgana sliced it in half with its cutlass.

"Whoa! That seriously hurt that thing Morgana-chan!" Asuka exclaimed. "What did you do?" She soon asked.

"Every enemy has a resistance and a weakness." Morgana explained. "Strike at its weakness to knock 'em down, then use that opening to strike again! Abuse that information with everything you've got!" It then revealed.

"Right..." Homura got out in a skeptical tone.

"Good to know, but let's end this quick." Akira decided before attacking the Incubus before jumping back and letting Arsene use Eiha on it, destroying it and ending the battle.

"Nyahaha! Mission accomplished!" Morgana cheered out.

(Stop Music)

"Power is coursing through me..." Akira muttered his declaration while feeling the being within him had learned something new as he saw something on the ground. "Hmm, more money." He then muttered as he picked up the leftover change.

"Whew..." Asuka meanwhile breathed out with relief.

"I gotta say, you three weren't too bad." Morgana admitted as it looked at the three wearing the masks. "Your Personas are pretty strong too." It then added.

Ryuji then ran up to the group as he looked at the cat creature. "Persona...?" He then asked.

Asuka and Homura meanwhile heard the term as well as they looked at their escape guide in confusion. "Is that what they're called?" They meanwhile thought in unison.

"Y'mean those things that came out of you guys all dramatic-like?" Ryuji soon guessed.

Morgana in response nodded to that. "Yes. You saw all of them rip their masks off when they summoned them right?" He then started. "Well, everybody wears a mask deep within their heart. By removing that..." He started explaining, however...

FWOOSH!

At that moment, the three that were fighting were enveloped in their respective colored flames before revealing they were once more back in their Shujin Academy uniforms.

"Wah!" Asuka exclaimed at this happening once again.

"Rrgh, why does it keep doing that...?" Homura growled as she flexed her hands. That power boost was starting to get addicting.

"Huh, I guess you three don't have control over your powers yet." Morgana deducted as he looked at the three Persona-users. "The transformation shouldn't normally dissolve like that. After all-" He started.

"Rrgh, that's enough! This crap doesn't even make any effin' sense!" Ryuji however declared in annoyance.

Morgana in response to that hopped in the air for a moment. "Can't you just sit still and listen for once blondie!?" It then asked with its own annoyance in its voice.

"Don't call me blondie! My name's Ryuji!" The blond teen declared. "And another thing!" He then started, however...

"Oi! I hate to break up the argument, but I really wanna get out of this prison!" Homura interrupted as she leaned down to the creature and glared at it. "And you better get us out of here..." She then warned in a serious tone.

Morgana in response to this nodded as it then looked at the girl glaring. "O-Of course uh..." He started.

"Homura." The girl replied as she stood back up.

The cat creature nodded once more to that. "R-Right, Lady Homura's right. We don't have the time for a lecture or to argue about this." It then admitted. "You wanna escape this place in one piece right? Then let's go!" It declared before dashing off.

"We seriously need therapists after this…" Akira mumbled to himself as they all followed the cat, hopefully making their way to freedom.

Save Game… Quit!

And that's it. Honestly, I didn't do the part after the second battle. That was JGResidentEvil because I was writing a chapter for React Watch Believe Yikes because it would make someone's stay in the hospital happy. Anyway, see ya next time.

UknownHero signing off, my friends.