Hey guys and gals, welcome back to MHA: The Value of a Thief and this time around is going to be the proper first Palace infiltration.
Last chapter had a bit of the thing at the end but this will be the full thing including getting to meet Morgana.
We will also be getting to know some of the new rules I've added specifically for this story in the metaverse, to help balance out the Quirks.
As well I'm going to be combining the first two infiltrations, just to increase the length and help pace the story out better.
So if you guys are looking forward to that, just wait and see what else I've got in store.
So with that said, let's do this
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my Oc's
Dungeon
Third person P.O.V.
"Ugh, fuck my heads killing me" Ren groaned, as he slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in some kind of medevil dungeon.
"Oh hey you woke up, you've been out for awhile" he heard, looking over at Ryuji sitting next to the wall "You okay?".
"Meh I've been through worse…where are we?" Ren asked, looking around as Ryuji got up.
"I dunno, I've just been trying to break this damn lock" Ryuji growled, kicking the door as Ren raised his eyebrow.
"Why don't you just use your Quirk?" Ren asked, making Ryuji sigh,
"Don't have enough space to use my Quirk in here" Ryuji said, looking right "What about you? Think that finger gun thing could break the lock?".
"Probably…" Ren said, walking to the lock and pointing his finger gun only to blink "What the?".
"What's wrong?" Ryuji asked, as Ren looked back at him "My quirk, I can't activate it"
"You've gotta be shittin me! It was working earlier!" Ryuji yelled, as Ren shook his head.
"I don't know, I'm pressing my palm like usual but nothing is happen-" "GUUUUUAAAAGGGGHHH!".
The two boys' eyes widened as they were suddenly bombarded by the sound of pain.
"GUARGH!" "GYAAAAA!" "N-NO! S-STOP! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH" "H-HELP ME!".
"Woah! Woah! Woah! You're shittin me right!" Ryuji gulped, before grabbing the bars "HEY IS SOMEBODY OUT THERE! YOU GOTTA GET US OUT OF HERE! SERIOUSLY!".
"QUITE INMATE!" They heard, before looking over at one of the soldiers standing in front of the door "Be glad that your punishment is now decided upon. The charge is 'unlawful entry'."
'Guess that's fair enough, we did come here unnanouc-' "Thus, you'll be put to death."
"WHAT THE FUCK!" The two boys yelled, at the same time.
"Why are you surprised, no one's allowed to do as they please in my castle." They heard, before the knight moved to the side revealing Kamoshida but looking different.
"Huh? Wait… Is that you, Kamoshida?" Ryuji blinked, seeing Kamoshida's new outfit. He was wearing a crown on top of his head with a pink speedo. A red cape was wrapped around his shoulders…and nothing else, the only other thing of note being his glowing yellow eyes.
"I thought it was some petty thief, but to think it'd be you, Sakamoto… Are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson at all, huh?" Kamoshida grinned. "And you brought the little criminal who thought he could do my job better than me huh?"
"Well I mean your teaching was so shitty that none of them knew how to best use their Quirk soooo…" Ren said, making Kamoshida glare at him.
"You dare say that to your King!" Kamoshida yelled, only for Ryuji to grab the bars.
"This ain't funny, you asshole!" Ryuji yelled, grabbing the bars only to get punched in the face.
"Is that how you speak to a king?! It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all." Kamoshida said, walking into the cell before stepping on Ryuji's face.
"Not only did you sneak into my castle, you committed the crime of insulting me, the king. The punishment for that is death." Kamoshida said, making Ren's eyes widen/
"WHAT! NO!" Ren yelled, grabbing Kamoshida's arm "I thought you were a hero! What kind of bullshit is thi-!".
Kamoshida however kicked Ren right in the gut causing him to fall to his knees "Hero you say! Please, I am the king!".
Ren was then kicked in the face causing him to crash to the front before he was kicked several more times "A peasant like you has no right touching the king so carefree! The king is free to do whatever he wants! And beat whoever he wants".
"Ggghhh…" Ren growled, glaring at Kamoshida who only grinned.
"Oh those eyes! So scary! The true eyes of a villain! The villain everyone in this school knows you are" he yelled, about to kick Ren again.
"KAMOSHIDA AAA!" Ryuji yelled, tackling Kamoshida before he could attack Ren "RUN NOW WHILE I GOT HIM PINNED!".
"Sakamoto, you just never learn," Kamoshida said, before punching Ryuji in the face "LOWLY PEST!".
"It was exactly because of that temper of yours that took away your teammates dreams" he said, grabbing Ryuji by the hair "Look at how the star runner of the former track club betrayed his teammates, crushed their dreams yet still carries on as carefree as ever! Maybe I should break your other leg too! To make you reflect!".
"T-That's enough!" Ren grunted, as Kamoshida grinned at Ren "I'll stop if you beg me on all fours! So how about it!".
"I-I'd rather die" Ryuji said, glaring at Kamoshida while his face was clearly beaten.
"As you wish!" he yelled, before throwing Ryuji to the ground.
"You're out of your mi-" Ren cringed, as he was kicked in the face by one of the knights.
"Scum like you should just stay on the ground," Kamoshida said, before continuing to beat Ryuji.
'D-Damn it…am…am I gonna die…' Ren thought, as he watched the two of them.
'Now that you've got a criminal record, the hero academy you were going to go to didn't want to take you and the only one that did take you with a hero training program didn't have a dormitory or anything so your father shipped you off here and into my custody. In other words, they got rid of you for being such a pain.'
'You will be expelled if you cause any sort of issue, honestly I hesitated on accepting someone like you…but there were some circumstances on our side Keep in mind, if you are thrown out of this school there will be no place for you to go'
'What am I kidding myself…there's no way I could be a hero…'
'Man we should be beating villains like him! Not going to class with em'
'Maybe I should just give up…there's no place for someone like me in this society' Ren thought, closing his eyes.
'Yeah I believed them at first…but after seeing you on the train helping out Midoriya and talking to you now, I know you're a good person Senpai'
"What's the matter...?" A new voice of a man called out to Ren, as his eyes shot open.
"Are you simply going to watch? Are you sacrificing him to save yourself mere moments?" Ren looked up to see Kamoshida holding up a beaten Ryuji.
"Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your decision a mistake then?" Ren slowly stood back up, as he flashed back to the night of the assault and the fear in the woman's voice.
'It was not' "Very well... I've heeded your resolve."
"Heh…hehehehe….heheheheheheheehehe" Ren snickered, catching Kamoshida's attention.
"What are you laughing at-" Kamoshida froze, as he saw Ren's face "W-Where did you get that mask".
"M-Mask…" Ryuji blinked, slowly opening his eyes before looking over to see the white bird mask now on Ren's face.
"Hehehehehehe…hahahahahahahahahaha" Ren laughing echoed through the dungeon as everyone just stared at him.
"Vow to me"
Ren then gripped the mask, still laughing uncontrollably, as he attempted to rip the mask off with blood spilling out as he ripped it off.
"G-Guard! Stop him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the guards rushed towards Ren
"I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Ren screamed, as he ripped off the mask leaving blood in the shape of the mask, trailing down like tears as Ren eyes glowed yellow with a malicious grin on his face.
"Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thy own, though thou be chained by Hell itself!"
Ren's face then burst into blue flames and all the blood had also gone with it. The fire spread throughout his body and it completely covered him from head to toe. "Hey you're majesty! This is an advanced warning!"
A burning red face appeared in the flames and separated itself from Akira's body, becoming its own form. "I'm not going to be holding back anymore!"
Chains flew out of the swirling mass of fire and its body became more clear Ren laughed slightly as the demon awakened "So you better watch out".
It was a very tall figure with long arms and legs, along with a red style of clothing. A hat laid on top of its form and its face looked like a fiery mask.
"Guards! Get him!" Kamoshida yelled, as the knights rushed towards who just raised his arms.
"Cause it's Showtime!" Ren yelled, as the being stretched back and its wings shot out a gust of wind, blowing back the guards as well as Kamoshida and Ryuji.
"H-Holy shit" Ryuji gawked, looking at Ren not noticing Kamoshida quickly scurrying away.
"I-Is that you" Ryuji asked, but Ren was still distracted as he looked over at the demon next to him.
"I am the Pillager of Twilight! Arsene! The rebel soul that sleeps deep within you!" The now named Arsene stated, as Ren blink "My…rebel soul?".
"Who the hell are you!" They heard, before looking over at Kamoshida with a furious look on his face "Guard! Start by killing that one!".
Suddenly the knight's bodies began shifting before a dark energy flew out forming a group of about 4 monsters that looked like ghosts but with pumpkin heads, a blue cloak and knives.
"Now show me your fighting spirit! Do well and I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis" Arsene said, as he picked up one of the guards, dropped spears and broke the blade off making it into a knife before handing it to Ren.
Looking at the blade a grin grew on Ren's face before he looked over at the monsters "Alright then, like I said before…IT'S SHOWTIME!".
Ren then dashed towards monsters at incredible speeds, surprising everyone there as he moved into to strike.
Using the rudimentarily made knife Ren slashed at the enemy knocking it back, but this left him open for another of the monsters to attack him.
"Block to the left!" Arsene said, as Ren turned around and crossed his arms blocking the monsters before he slashed at it with his knife.
The other two Jack O'Lantern monsters charged up some kind of flame magic as Ren looked over at them.
"Slide under them before they can fire and attack from behind" Arsene said, as Ren did just that running towards the monster before sliding under them.
He then jumped up and slashed both monsters knocking towards the monsters, before Arsene flew down next to him.
"Good, good, you've impressed me! Very well my power shall be yours to command!" Arsene said, making Ren smirk.
"Now that's great…finish them off!" Ren yelled, making Arsene smirk as he raised his hand.
"Eiha!" Arsene stated, as a pool of black and red energy appeared below them before attacking the monsters from below turned them into black mist.
"W-Woah" Ren said, looking at the black mist before looking back at Arsene who was dispersing his flames moving to his face.
"You've done well for your first battle, you pass the test…until next time~" Arsene smirked, as the flames of Arsene moved to Ren's face forming the mask.
"M-My guards…i-in just one blow" Kamoshida gulped, stepping back before growling.
"I-In one move" Ryuji gawked, looking at the black mist "His Quirk is insane…what the-hey!".
Ryuji quickly got up as he saw Kamoshida sneaking up on Ren to put him in a chokehold before Ren moved in, shoving him towards the ground.
"Nice one! Now's our chance!" Ren said, as the two left the room before closing the door, using the key to lock the door.
"Heh, you look more suited to being behind bars than a self absorbed king" Ryuji smirked, as Kamoshida got up.
"W-Wha! You damn peasants!" Kamoshida roared, grabbing the bars "Guards! The Thieves are trying to escape!".
Kamoshida growled, as he watched the two of them running deeper into the dungeon "No way I'm gonna let you get away brats!".
Opening: Flyers from Death Parade, lyrics be Leeandlie
WOAH! OH! WOAH! OH! OH! YEAH! YEAH!
In the middle of the city we see a gigantic statue of the number 1 hero All Might, however on his chest was a spray painted logo of a top hat and mask with flame coming out the eyes.
YEAH! YEAH! OW!
We then see a blur zoom past the statue, with the camera barely following its movements.
It's your haze of delusion versus reality
We see Joker running from rooftop to rooftop, with a light shining on him as several helicopters chased after him
Just keep stirring the pot to find your individuality
Arsene then flew up behind him before Joker jumped off the rooftop and grabbed his partner's Chain to help him fly.
Delete another problem that is plaguing your mind
We next see Skull running down the highway as several police cars chased after him, a wild grin on his face as he ran
From day to day! To end to end! That's entertainment of our lives
Captain kidd then sailed up and caught Skull as he cheered into the night sky, as face of pure joy behind him
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies
Several paint marks were slashed at the walls, as we see Fox painting everything in the alleyway around him
Let's celebrate our time, and party while we're still alive
He then spun around as Goemon showed and blew his smoke allowing the paint to glow revealing he had painted different hero posters and stop signs.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dancing through the skies
Panther then jumped down onto some train tracks and began dancing, as she began spinning around like a Ballerina
Kick your worries to the side and aim up to the sky.
Carmine then appeared behind her, and below a flaming tornado that spun around her as she smiled up at the beauty.
EVERYBODY! Put your hands up!
We see Queen riding on Johana with Mona on her back, as the two of them drove up an elevator through a window.
We'll be flying~ Can you imagine it?
We see a large UFO flying above the city with Oracle inside, before she tapped a few commands into it
Search and you'll find the stage set within your dreams.
The UFO then began flashing several colours like a Disco Ball that lit up the entire city.
The place where you're the one
Down below we see Noir and Milady dancing like in a ball on Shibuya crossing before the two spun around.
That's where you're meant to be!
Noir then struck a pose as Milady revealed the variety of guns below her dress.
EVERYBODY!
We then see the Thieves falling through the sky towards a variety of statues of Pro Heroes.
Put your hands up!
We see both Panther and Mona aiming firing their guns at a statue of Ryukyu which crumbled into pieces.
We'll be flying!
Then Skull and Fox quickly moved past a large statue Edgeshot, cutting it in half.
Can you imagine it?
Next we see Queen and Noir crashing, punching the large statue of endeavour into pieces.
Search and you'll find the stage you set within your dreams
In the UFO we see Oracle typing in a few more codes with a grin on her face, before snapping her fingers causing her UFO to drop a huge bomb towards the All Might statue.
The place where you're the one, that's where you're meant to be
Joker then grinned as Arsene threw him towards the bomb which he shot with his pistol causing a huge explosion of colours.
FLYIN! Within these memories!
We see the whole team of Phantom Thieves cheering at the beautiful explosion they were witnessing.
FLYING! That you're slowly forgetting!
Joker smirked before he spun around and landed towards the ground as the train passed by him.
Just listen close to the song that lies within you~
Ren then gets up in his school uniform with Morgana in his bag, before he waved to us and walked back towards the crowd of people passing by.
Soul~
My Hero Academia! The Value of a Thief!
Deeper into the Dungeon
Third person P.O.V.
We see Ren and Ryuji running through the dungeon, as they pass by empty jail cells they even had to jump over the river next to them and sneak through the holes between the cells.
"Damn, how big is this pla- woah!".Ryuji said, before falling a bit but Ren caught him "You okay? He was beating you pretty bad".
"T-Thanks, I thought I was gonna die back there" Ryuji said, with a smirk as they walked through the dungeon "But man you're Quirk is so friggin cool! It even transformed your clothes".
"I-It isn't my Quirk…mines the finger gun" Ren stated, making Ryuji blink "It's not?! But, then what the hell was that".
"I-I don't know, I just heard this voice and-" "Hey you! Over there! Did you just awaken your Persona!".
"Huh" They blinked, looking around with Ren frowning "Someone else is here…",
"Over here! Over here! Just follow my voice!" The voice said, as Ren and Ryuji looked at each other nodded before following the voice only to be shocked at what they saw.
"Yup, that's definitely a Phantom Thief outfit alright! Help me out here won't ya" Standing in the cell was not a person, but an anthropomorphic and biped tuxedo cat-like creature with a large spheroidal head. His fur is predominantly black, except on his limbs and tail which appear white. The bottom front half of his face or his mouth is also white.
"Uuuuuooooohhhh! What is that thing! It's a freaking monster c-hrrmmfff!" Ryuji screamed, before Ren covered his mouth.
"Dude calm down, it doesn't seem aggressive so it's probably not one of those monsters" Ren explained, looking back at the cat creature "Most likely it's someone with a Quirk that makes him look like that, and let me guess you got sucked up here too and got captured as well".
"Heh, you seem a lot smarter than blondie, frizzy hair" The cat smirked, as annoying Ryuji "What did you just call me! It's Ryuji! Got that!".
"Yeah, yeah whatever now will you let me out already? You guys wanna get out too right? Well I know where a secret exit is" Morgana said, with a smirk making Ren and Ryuji blink.
"Hmm…I don't know, what do you thi-hey!" Ryuji blinked, as Ren took out the guard keys they picked up and walked towards the door "You're just going to let him go like that!".
"Well we don't really have any other choice" Ren said, before unlocking the door as Morgana jumped.
"Nyaaaa! Freedom never felt so good! Heh, thanks for that Frizzy Hai-huh?" The cat blinked, as Ren looked at him with a big smile and sparkly eyes ``W-What are you-HEY!".
"Daw! Wook at the wittle kittie! He's sho soft and fwuffy! I could dew this all day" Ren said in a cutesy voice, as he began petting and scratching the cat's body.
"H-Hey! What are you- let me g-Nyaaaaaaaaaa~" The cat purred, as Ren was scratching just the right spot.
Ryuji couldn't help but plush as he saw Ren happily petting Morgana "H-Hey! Lemme have a go! I wanna pet the fluffy kitty too!".
"Geh! Hey, I am not a cat!" Morgana yelled, breaking away of Ren's grip making look down while pouting.
"Awww….no more kitty pets"
"I am not a cat! I am Morgana! And you better not forget it! Newbies!" Morgana said, making the two blink.
"Newbies?" The two blinked, as Morgana smirked "Well yeah! You guys new to palace infiltration, and unlocking the Persona as well? Not bad".
"Wait Palace? What is this place" Ren asked, as Morgana looked at them surprised "Huh? Are you saying you've come here by accident? How!".
"How the hell am I meant to do, we were just walking back to the school and it was just replaced with a friggin castle" "AH!".
Ryuji and Morgana blinked as they looked over at Ren who was sweating heavily "Uh what's up dude".
"This might have been my fault…" Ren said, making Ryuji eyes widen "For real?! HOW!".
"Okay so uh you see… when I first got here to the city this weird App showed up on my phone, then when I tried deleting it I saw a vision of Arsene in the city with everything else frozen, the next day I saw the App was back so I decided to see what it does before you ran up to me and since I saw Arsene was real I thought, 'hey, why not check how the app is' and I saw this" Ren said, showing his Phone that read 'Kamoshida' 'Shujin Academy' 'Castle'
"I-I…I have no idea what you just said dude" Ryuji sweatdropped, while Morgana had a look of interest.
"Hmm interesting, so you're saying this app was what brought you into the Palace" Morgana asked, as Ren crossed his arms "That's what I'm guessing, but what exactly is a 'Palace'?"
"Y-Yeah! What is this place! And what the heck happened to the school" Ryuji yelled, making Morgana.
"Nyehehe, well good thing you two ran into me! I happen to be an expert in places like these" Morgana said, with a smirk looking up at the two.
"Like I said before, this place is a Palace. It's another reality that's been projected from the Ruler's heart. You could say it's a world in which one's distorted desire has been materialised" Morgana explained, with a grin "It looks like a castle because the rules think of the school as his own Castle! It's how his distorted heart views it".
"W-Wait what! They became like this because of that prick, Kamoshida" Ryuji yelled, as Ren looked at him.
"I think it's more like we've entered into his mindscape, and this is how he sees the school" Ren said, before looking down at Morgana "Is that why the people outside were frozen in place?".
"That's right, the mind moves a lot faster than people think so in the world of the mind, everything outside is much slower" Morgana stated, as before crossing his arms "That Kamoshida was commanding the guards so I'm guessing he's the ruler around here".
"Hang on! Kamoshida made this place! Then that wasn't some weird cosplay! He actually thinks of himself as a king!" Ryuji growled, gripping his hand.
"But I saw Kamoshida leaving the school? How could he be here now" Ren asked, as Morgana smirked.
"That's because that Kamoshida was a Shadow," Morgana said, making the two boys blink again.
"A Shadow?".
"Yup, A Shadow is the true self that is suppressed, a side of one's personality they don't want to see or have kept deep within themselves but when someone accepts or unleashes that side of themselves, their shadow transforms into what we call a Persona" Morgana explained, as Ryuji blinked.
"Whoa, was that what happened to you?" Ryuji asked, as Ren nodded.
"Yeah, when I saw you getting beaten…I felt like my only option was to give up, that I really was the villain everyone saw me as…but then I remembered some words that made me want to prove those rumours wrong, that I was someone good and that I wasn't gonna let the regrets from that day hold me back from helping people" Ren said, gripping his gloved hand.
"Woah, badass" Ryuji said, before blinking "Wait, what about Kamoshida's? He seemed pretty the same as normal, just exaggerated".
"That's what a distorted desire does to their shadow, they become almost exactly like their light self and eventually gain a Palace of their own and are able to control other shadows as well" Morgana explained, making Ren's eyes widen.
"Those knights that transformed into those Jack O Lanterns" Ren realised, making Morgana nod "Seems you get it now".
"You shouldn't do anything stupid though, this place adapts to its ruler's desires and makes everyone weaker then the Ruler, draining away their Quirk the longer they're in there" Morgana explained, making Ren's eyes widen.
"So that's why I couldn't activate my Quirk earlier" he said, looking at his hand.
"That's right but now you have the Will of Rebellion, a special form of Persona summoning that allows you to fight Palace Rulers…your clothes are proof of that" Morgana explained, as Ren looked at his outfit.
"You heard that voice speaking to you when your voice came out right? That was your Personas voice coming from your Heart'' Morgana grinned, before frowning "But a fair warning, what you went through was a complete awakening, it's not just an awakening of your Persona".
"Uh what are you talking about?" Ryuji asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"I'll keep that as a surprise, now come on! I think the guards are finally gone" Morgana said, running ahead with Ren and Ryuji following close behind
The way out of the dungeon was complicated, as they had to be careful about sneaking past guards, dodging traps and figuring out puzzles, like having to fiddle with a statue of Kamoshida to bring down the bridge.
"Geez, hah, how are you guys so much faster, hah" Ryuji said, as he was following behind Joker and Morgana "I was on the track team and yet I can't keep up".
"Maybe it's this world that's weakening your body like your Quirk?" Ren guessed, before realising something "Wait a minute, if this is how Kamoshida sees the school then where are the students?".
"Heh you wanna know that, we-" "HOLY SHIT!".
"What's up…whoa" Ren said, as he saw Ryuji looking into one of the cells before he did the same only for his eyes to widen.
Behind the bars was a room filled to the brim with people about their age. They were chained to the ceiling by their hands and kneeling as the familiar enemies whipped them across their backs, necks and whatnot.
Banners in white near the back have words adorning them saying 'This is what it means to be a hero'
They catch sight of one of the boys chained up drop down motionless, unconscious as two more guards come in and splash them with a bucket of random liquids.
"W-What the fuck! What the hell is this" Ryuji yelled, stepping back in shock.
"These guys…they're the other students from Hero Class!" Ren stated, with widened eyes as Ryuji moved up for another look "Hey! You're right!".
"Damn it! How do I open this!" Ryuji yelled, shocking the bars to try and get it open.
"S-Stop…"
The two boys widened as they looked over at a beaten Mishima limping over to them "Just leave us alone…"
"W-What are you saying!" Ryuji yelled, before another student walked up this one being Jiro
"It's useless, useless, useless... If you try to get us out, we will all be punished severely..." Jiro said, as Ren's eyes widened.
"You want to stay in a place like this? Haven't you ever wanted to escape" Ren said, while the two just looked down 'They don't even have the will to fight back…'.
"It's useless" Morgana said, as the two boys looked at the cat "Breaking them out now would be just pointless"
"What are you talking about! We can't just leave them here" Ryuji yelled, making Morgana sigh as he shook his head.
"These people only exist in the cognitive world. They aren't real people who've entered this place like you, they've not got a soul" Morgana explained, as Ren blinked
"Cognitive world?" Ren questioned, with a raised eyebrow "You mean they're what Kamoshida thinks of them".
"Exactly, they're not real" Morgana yelled silently, before looking back at them "You could say they're just wooden mannequins with someone's face on it and do everything the Palace ruler thinks they do or what he'd think of them to do in this situation."
"The hell...? Why's this so complicated?" Ryuji grumbled, gripping his hand "The school's a castle and the people are slaves... Fits that man's personality to a tee. This really is in his head."
Morgana jumped down from his spot and hopped over to the cell bars and sighed. "Still, this is horrendous to witness. This must mean he's doing something similar in the real world."
"In the real world?" The blonde asked, as Morgana nodded "They must be constantly abused everyday."
"Wait you're in the class right? Did you know anything about this" Ryuji asked, looking over at Ren as he thought back.
"Kazari-kun! What are you waiting for! Weren't you going to put him in his place! Don't tell me I'll have to take you for 'Extra lessons'" "N-No sir! I'm about to do it now"
"Ah! The extra lessons!" Ren gasped, as Ryuji and Morgana looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Throughout the class he was just pitting us against each other, he said that he would give any student who lost, 'extra lessons' and even the best students seemed scared of it" Ren explained, as Morgana crossed his arms.
"I see, so he treats them like gladiators fighting against each other and punishes the losers" Morgana growled, while Ryuji gripped his hand.
"THIS IS BULLSHIT!" Ryuji yelled, before punching the walls, scaring the cognitive students.
"Ah don't scream like that idi-" "There they are!"
All three looked over at three of the knights running towards them making Morgana growl.
"Now look what you did, c'mon Frizzy hair you're with me" Morgana said, taking out a large sword.
"It's Ren but alright fine, Ryuji stay back" Ren said, as he took out his handmade knife.
"You seem fast, I'll attack first and you sneak up to rip off his mask" Morgana said, as Ren nodded just going with it.
"Nya!" Morgana yelled, slashing at the knights as they moved back before swinging their weapons at the cat.
However this was what they wanted to happen, as Ren jumped from the shadows onto the knights back.
"Alright, show me your true form!" Ren yelled, before ripping off the masks causing the armour to burst off.
The dark energy in the knights were then reformed into more of the monsters, one being the Jack O' Lantern monster, another being a red imp like demon called an Incubus and the last being a small pixie with a blue dress and pink hair.
"Heh pretty good newbie, alright my turn" Morgana said, before ripping his bandana off "Come on out! Zorro!"
The bandana then shined before turning into a mass of blue flames that grew into a seemingly humanoid shape but very buff.
When the flames died down, they saw standing behind the smirking Morgana was a figure of cartoonesque appearance reminiscent of a Spanish gentleman of the 19th century. Its body is done in leathery black with silver zippers running through it as well as extra details on the chest making it look as if it was wearing a dancing shirt with a blue tucked in tie as well as a cape and collar holded by a pair of diamonds. On its waist was a mix between a luchador's belt and a corset. With a big silver Z in the front. Its head was compromised only by a black top hat with yellow eyes being localised on top the front rim. On its hand was a sharp silver rapier.
"What heck! You can do it too" Ryuji gasped, looking at the Persona behind Morgana.
"Heh, I'm not just good looking you know" Morgana smirked, before turning his attention back to the monsters "Now then Zorro, Garu!"
"Take this!" Zorro proclaimed, as its sword charged up with a green energy before it slashed its sword in a Z movement, sending a powerful gust of wind towards the monster.
The monster was knocked back by this wind attack, surprising the Pixie enemy before Morgana rushed in.
"Now my turn!" Morgana yelled, gripping his large sword before dashing towards the Kelpie enemy and slashing it in half, turning it into black dust.
"Huh, so it's not just Arsene," Ren noted, before grabbing his knife and rushing towards the Jack O' Lantern enemy.
He proceeded to slash the enemy several times, sending Jack O' Lantern flying back which surprised the Pixie enemy even more.
"And next up, Persona!" Ren yelled, ripping off his mask which turned into blue flames before reforming into Arsene.
"So you seek my power again? Very well! Fight to your heart's content!" Arsene stated, making Ren smirk.
"Arsene! Cleave!" Ren commanded, as Arsene spread its wings before flying towards Jack O' Lantern.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Arsene laughed, as he slashed at the Jack O' Lantern slicing it in half.
"Whoa! So cool!" Ryuji said, with stars in his eyes as he saw their two Persona's "Wish I could do something like that…"
"Now to finish off the last pipsqueak" Morgana said, as they both turned their attention to the Pixie who jumped.
"W-Wait! Wait! P-Please don't kill me! I'll do anything!" Pixie begged, as Ren and Ryuji looked at the monster surprised.
"Wait, they can talk too?" Ren asked, as Morgana crossed his arms "Of course they can talk, our ones can".
"WAIT THEY CAN ALL TALK! I HAVEN'T HEARD SHIT!" Ryuji yelled, as Morgana sighed "That's because you don't have a Persona yourself, anyway this is a good opportunity, it might have some good stuff".
"I guess! Alright here's the deal" Ren said, pointing his knife at Pixie "Give me whatever you got, and we'll maybe spare your life".
"U-Um, I actually don't have anything…" The Pixie sweatdropped, as the boys just stared at it surprised.
"Oh well uh, guess we'll just waste it then" Morgana said, making the Pixie jump.
"W-Wait no! Please" Pixie cried, making the boys frown.
"This is…starting to feel a bit uncomfortable" Ryuji sweatdropped, with Ren nodding "Yeah…you know what, I'll let you go".
"R-Really?" Pixie asked, as Morgana looked at him surprised.
"Y-Yeah just don't go causing trouble like making someone uglies by giving them a worse hunch back just caused they were ruining your song or something" Ren jokes, referencing some lore he heard about it.
"I-Is that meant to be joke?" Pixie asked, as Ryuji and Morgan gave Ren the same confused look as well.
"What? It's Irish Pixie lore…fuck you guys I'm hilarious" Ren pouted, crossing his arms.
"Yeah that wasn't funny…but I guess I'm the same as in any other situation... So much so we'd probably get along well." Pixie said, before she began glowing. "W-Woah! I feel something different stirring within me!"
"What the-?!" Morgana exclaimed.
"...Oh yeah! I remember now! I don't belong to just King Kamoshida... I'm an existence that drifts among the sea of human souls! My real name is... is 'Pixie'!" She said, excitedly
"We kinda guessed that already..." Ryuji sweatdropped, while crossing his arms
"From now on, I'll live on inside your heart!" Pixie stated, before turning into a ball of light and flying into Ren's mask causing him to fall back.
"Whoa! What the heck was that!" Morgana yelled, as Ren looked at him "That was my question".
"Wait, are you saying that's not normal?" Ryuji asked, as Morgana shook his head "Of course it isn't! People only have one heart! So only one Persona, being able to hold multiple Persona's is incredible".
"Huh, guess I've got a knack for this" he said, before pressing his chest 'I guess, welcome to my heart Pixie…'.
"Well anyway, we should really get out of here before more of those guards get here," Ryuji said, helping Ren up.
"Fine, but don't forget we will be talking about this," Morgana said, as the other two nodded before all three started making their way out of the dungeon.
Castle Entrance
Third person P.O.V.
"C'mon! The entrance is just up this way!" Morgana said, as we see the three of them running through the dungeon towards the door.
"Heh, I knew you punks would come through your heart and with that other intruder as well!" They heard, as when they made it through the door they were met by Kamoshida followed by a large group of knights including on golden.
"Oh this is bad" Morgana gulped, as Ren gripped his hand "We must've waited too long…",
"Kamoshida you fucking bastard! This school isn't your fucking castle!" Ryuji yelled, glaring at the perverted king "We're gonna get everyone in your fucking class to turn on you soon enough".
"It seems it's true when they say 'barking dogs seldom bite' how far the star of the track team has fallen" Kamoshida said, with a creepy grin.
"What are you getting at?!" Ryuji yelled, glaring at the king as he crossed his arms.
"I speak of the 'Ape Delinquent' who acted in violence against his own team, crushing the dreams of all your friends!" He revealed, making Ryuji's eyes widen while Ren looked at him.
"Oh, I can only imagine the pain that they went through when they realised that their friend had caused them to be put into a bad light. Everyone then looked down on them because of your selfish actions!" Kamoshida mocked, shaking his head.
"What is he talking about?" Ren asked, as he saw Ryuji had the look of regret on his face.
"Oh? He didn't tell you? Your friend here betrayed his team's trust and then carried on carefree as ever." Kamoshida mocked, before shaking his head "And now his bull headedness is going to get another friend killed, make it quick".
With a wave of his hand two of the knights burst off, with the black energy forming into black two horned horses.
"This is bad, we need to escape, shit!" Morgana jumped, as more of the knights appeared behind them and transformed into the knights as well "Crap! We're surrounded".
"Then we'll just have to fight! ARSENE!" Ren yelled, summoning his Persona as the two of them dashed towards two of the horses.
"Yeah, good idea! Come out! ZORRO!" Morgana yelled, summoning his Persona while taking out his sword before they both slashed at the monsters.
Ryuji only watched as he saw the two Persona users fighting alongside their Persona's against the shadows, only looking down in shame for not being able to do anything.
The Bicorn neighed as it dashed towards Morgana who jumped up dodging the attack before landing on its back.
"Take this!" Morgana yelled, slashing its back before jumping up and shooting at it with a slingshot causing the monster to burst into black smoke.
"Hah! Too weak!" Zorro said, as he slashed at the Bicorn with his sword before kicking it into the air.
"Nice job! Now! Zorro! Garu!" Morgana yelled, as the Persona did a Z motion with his sword which sent a wind attack at the shadow cutting it in half before dissolving.
"HAH!" Ren yelled at one of the Bicron with his knife which was then followed by a kick to the face.
"Now to rampage!" Arsene grinned, moving in for another slash before following it with raising his hand at the two monsters.
"Good idea! Arsene! Eiha" Ren commanded, as a pool of energy appeared below the two Horses.
"Not this time! Dodge it!" Kamoshida yelled, as the Bicorns jumped out of the way of the attack.
"Huh! Gah!" Ren yelled, as he was tackled by the two Bicorns knocking him towards the ground.
"Huh? Ah! Frizzy hair!" Morgana yelled, before he also was knocked by the Bicorn, sending him next to Ren.
As this happened the two Persona's turned into energy before flying back towards their masters.
"HAHAHA! EXCELLENT! Now finish them!" Kamoshida laughed, raising his hand,
"Oh shit guys!" Ryuji yelled, as he saw the gold knights rushing towards the two of them to finish them.
"I won't let you!" He yelled, grabbing one of the fancy handle stands and using it as a club to hit the knights.
However this nothing but annoy the knight as it slapped Ryuji back with its shield before stepping on his back "GUUUUUUAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!".
"HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA! WHAT A FITTING POSITION FOR A POWERLESS WORM LIKE YOU!" Kamoshida grinned, as he looked down at Ryuji who glared at him "D-Damn it…".
"Do you get it yet? You are powerless before me! Especially you Sakamoto! You can do nothing against my justice! This is the same as when you were in the you were in the track team and opposed my guidance each and everytime!" Kamoshida grinned, making Ryuji growl.
"That shit wasn't guidance! It was just straight up abuse" Ryuji yelled, as Ren looked at him "Ryuji…",
"Bahhahahaha! That's right! I planned to crush it right from the beginning!" Kamoshida yelled, waving his arm.
"It was nothing but an eyesore! The nerve of those pests! The only one who needs to get results is me! I did nothing wrong crushing you a lot under my boot! Your track team was pointless compared to my hero class!" Kamoshida yelled, a disgusting grin on his face.
"The old coach who dropped out was hopeless too... Had he not opposed me with a sound argument, I would've settled it by only breaking his star runner's leg." Kamoshida said, making Ryuji's eyes widen.
"...What?"
"Do you need me to break your other leg too? My dad will cover it all up in a cinch! They'll even call it 'self defence' again." Kamoshida said, as Ryuji looked down.
"So that's what happened…" Morgana said, with a sympathetic look while staring at Ryuji.
"Hahahaha! What makes it better is that, thanks to that your track team couldn't even enter the inter high meet! All because of you! And now even your old friends has blamed you for everything that has happened to them!" Kamoshida yelled.
"You did it because you couldn't bear it any more but look at yourself, nothing more then outcast! You could never beat me! You're nothing but a loser! Now die like the dog you-" "SHUT THE FUCK UP!".
Everyone's eyes widened as they turned their attention to Ren who slowly got up with a look of pure rage on his face.
"Arsene!" Ren yelled, as his Persona came out before punching the gold knight in the face knocking it off of Ryuji
"I've seen your hero training and it's total shit! None of them know what they're doing or how to use their powers except to destroy and fight while everyone else praises you! You're nothing but an old man that's trying to reclaim his old glory because he knows he can never get it back with the Heroes of today" Ren stated, making Kamoshida step back.
"Ryuji, are you really gonna let this guy say to you! Acting all high and mighty over you when really he was scared of you and your team's success" Ren asked, making Ryujis eyes widen.
"Your right…what am I doing" Ryuji said, gripping his hand.
"It's because of that asshole…that I can't run anymore" Ryuji said, slowly getting back up "I can't run until I get back what he's stolen from me…"
"I can't lose…UNTIL I WIPE THAT SHIT EATING GRIN OFF HIS FACE!".
"You made me wait quite a while."
"Huh?...GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Ryuji screamed, as he gripped his head in pain.
"You seek strength, correct? Then let us form a pact."
"Morgana, is this" Ren said, looking at the cat as he nodded "Yeah! Ryuji's awakening!".
"Since your name has been disgraced already, why not hoist the flag and wreak havoc?"
"N-No…NO! Not him too!" Kamoshida gulped, as he saw Ryuji's eyes turn yellow while he was writing in pain.
"The 'other' you desires it as such... I am thou, thou art I... There is no more turning back... The skull of rebellion is your flag henceforth!" A metal skull mask appeared on Ryuji's face as he looked upwards.
"Yeah! I'll crush him with all of my strength! Now come on out!" Ryuji said, gripping the metal skull mask as hard as he can.
"Captain…KIDDDDDDDDDDDDD!" Ryuji roared, pulling off the mask leave blood of the masks shape before he exploded into blue flames.
(Play Last Surprise, striker version)
Everyone covered their eyes at the brightness before looking over at Ryuji's new form and his new Persona.
His new outfit consists of matching black jacket with elbow pads and what appears to be a metal vertebral column attached to its back, pants with knee pads and a double-sided holster belt with ammo on each side, a red ascot, combat boots and a pair of yellow gloves with metal knuckle protectors.
Captain kidd looked similar to a pirate but as a skeleton with a skull face and a very thin figure. He wore an eyepatch, prosthetic limb, and captain's hat with a skull and crossbones design. He wears a blue shirt, a pair of black pants with gold trim, white boots, and a long flowing red cape. The torso is covered by a grey harness that ends in a pair of cutlasses just below the neck. A pair of anchor ornaments on chains dangle from the harness. Kidd's left hand is covered by a yellow glove but with sharp jagged nails. THis right hand was replaced with a gold cannon.
The flying pirate ship Captain Kidd rides is barely large enough to carry Kidd himself, comparable in size to a surfboard. It is seemingly made of black wood and has had both of its masts torn off. The rigging nets have also been torn off and flow in the wind, similar to Kidd's cape. The black sails of the ship, which would normally be on the masts, have seemingly been tied and wrapped up on the bow of the ship. The ship's hull has been decorated with a large grinning face with manic red-yellow eyes similar to Kidd's own, sharp white teeth and a toothy grin. Small gold cannons adorn the ship's sides. Lastly, there appears to be a figurehead of a golden angelic woman adorning the bow of the ship.
"Aw yeah! I could get used to this! What's up, my Persona!" He said, before noticing the golden knight standing up before pointing at the knight "WRECK EM UP! CAPTAIN KIDD! ZIO!".
"HAHAHAAHA! I like your spirit kid!" Captain Kidd said, before aiming his canon at the golden knight and firing a lightning blast.
This caused his armour to burst off as he transformed into another shadow which looked like a red knight with a silver spear riding a black horse, this was called a Eligor.
"Heh, you're looking pretty good" Ren said, walking up to Ryuji while fixing his glove.
"Hell yeah man! Is this what you felt like! This feels awesome!" Ryuji grinned, looking at him self.
"Hey guys, focus up! Here they come!" Morgana said, joining the others as they saw the Bicorn grouping up with the Eligor.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! GET THEM!" Kamoshida yelled, as the monsters dashed towards our heroes.
Ren only smirked as he spun his knife in his hand before pointing at the monsters "IT'S SHOWTIME!".
The bicorns neighed as one of them dashed towards who only smirked and picked up the torch he had used as a club.
"How's this!" Ryuji yelled, as he swung the torch right into the horses face skidding it back.
He followed the attack with a few more slams to the face with his club before Ryuji jumped back.
"Alright! CAPTAIN KIDD! FOLLOW IT WITH A ZIO!" Ryuji yelled, pointing at the Bicorn.
"RIGHT ON! HERE YA GO MATE!" Captain Kidd grinned, before firing another electricity bolt right at the shadow.
"Gyah!" The shadow screamed, as it turned into dust instantly.
"Nice one blondie!" Morgana grinned, blocking the Eligors strike before pushing it back "You hit it's weakness".
"Weakness, so these guys are weak to electricity" Ren said, dodging the other Bicorn's attack.
"Ooh! Ooh! Boss! Let me! Let me!" He heard a familiar voice, as he caught the Bicorns horn while it charged at him.
'Pixie? Is that you' Ren questioned, before throwing the Bicorn away "Yeah Boss! I can do the same trick as Captain Kidd! So let me in!".
"Well if you say so! PIXIE! ZIO!" Ren yelled, as his mask flashed yellow before turning into blue flames and flying up.
The flames then formed into the small Pixie who smirked"Hehe, here's for making me your slave! King! ZIO!"
Pixie raised her arms creating a cloud above the Bicorn and shooting a bolt of lighting at the monster, causing damage but not finishing./
"Thanks! Now it's my turn" Ren yelled, before dashing towards Bicorn and slashing it several times before with one more slash he cut the monster in half causing it to turn into black smoke.
"No! You damn punks who do you think you are!" Eligor roared, as he raised his spear to strike at them.
"Heh, us? You can just call us Phantom Thieves that are stirring up a storm!" Morgana grinned, while summoning Zorro to block the attack "Though they may be newbies".
"They have amazing potential!" Zorro yelled, before swinging and slashing at Eligor in Z pattern causing him to stagger back.
"Ryuji follow me! Pixie! ZIO!" "I see what you're up to! Captain Kidd! ZIO!"
Both Persona's smirked as they charged up their attacks before firing at the knight causing him and his horse to buckle down.
"I am…a loyal subject…to the glorious King Kamoshida!...So why…am I losing!" Eligor asked, making Ryuji smirk.
"It just prove that Kamoshida ain't anything special" Ryuji remarked, while Morgana got ready.
"Alright guys! One more push!" Morgana said, with Ren nodding "Yeah, let's go for an all out attack!".
All three then rushed in before jumping into the air, attack the shadow in all directions before dahsing past him.
All three then struck a pose, with Ren fixing his glove, Ryuji doing a rock out sign and Morgana crossing his arms with a grin.
Behind them we see energy in Eligor burst out before he exploded behind them.
End song
"Alright! Kamoshida it's your tu-" Ryuji said, before spotting Kamoshida gone "HE'S GONE?!".
"Coward to the end I see, probably went to get more guards" Ren said, crossing his arms as Ryuji growled.
"Damn it, I'm gonna walk up to that dicks face an-gah!" Ryuji gulped, before falling down.
"You used up too much of your energy, if we fight him as we are now we'd be done for" Morgana stated, before turning to the door on the left of the room "For now you should take our chance to escape".
"Wha-?! But Kamoshida '' Ryuji said, as Ren looked at him "Remember what Morgana said, anything done here has no impact on the real world".
"That's right, anyway go in there and head to the library there should be an air vent that'll take you out of the building, then all you have to do is leave" Morgana explained.
"But what about you? Aren't you coming?" Ren asked, as the cat grinned.
"I got my own thing to do around here, but if I need your guys' help again I'll come find you. You owe me remember" Morgana said, as Ren nodded.
"Sure thing, now come on Ryuji" Ren said, helping the exhausted Ryuji up as they head to the air vent.
"Those guys have a lot more potential then I expected, especially Frizzy hair" Morgana said, before smirking "If my judgement's right, he could become very useful".
And done, man that was a really fun chapter to work on…and one you'll probably be confused about it.
Like I said before I'm mostly following the flow of the manga and that included finding the students during the first infiltration, but as I was working on it I thought, it would be a really good climax for the chapter to end with Ryuji's awakening.
So that's what I did and I don't know about you guys but I thought really well and was pretty natural for how the story went, and as for some who are worried about the other stuff don't worry I have this whole first arc planned out.
But anyway on to the reviews.
Shadow Joestar: The main reason for Midoriya is what would a good Persona for him be and as for your Quirk idea maybe but I don't want have them connected to their elements but more their personality and likes, maybe a gravity Quirk where she can make herself heavier
Leonardo18anime: Thanks really glad you liked it and yeah I wanted to emulate how I imagined Ren to act like during my playthrough, hopefully you'll like it.
Incongnito74: Thanks
Blueassassin996: Thanks but why not give an opinion of the chapter and not the story.
But anyway don't forget to review and favourite this story, and of course.
See you next chapter~