Disclamer: I don't own anything except for OC's.
The seventeen-year old Roland lean on the wall as he watch the Shadow Gangsters tore though the frenicher. There looking for any nook and carny to find those Persona users and the girl, never even caring about the mess their making.
"The Phantom thieves of Heart have been quite the slippery bunch," The redhead muttered as he looked down with his arms cross. He wore a gray suit with a black tie and wore sunglasses.
"Oh quit your whining Roland. Ho ho ho ho~" teased a woman holding an umbrella covering her face.
The stoic Roland looked up and glance to his right towreds the gray haired woman. She wore a full gown black & gold gothic dress that could be made in Britain, in the late 1800's. She lifted up her umbrella while she twerll it around, her eyes covered in the veil of her 1700's style hat.
"I'm just stating facts." He shrugged.
"So, those Humans manage to slip past you and Xander, again. Big deal!" She sneered.
The Mirage Master raised an eyebrow through his sunglasses "I was under the impression that we would have to capture Akira and his comrades."
She waved him off "Those Phantom twerps are nothing more than rats, who needs them. Its the dragon blood we're after!"
"Keep in mind that Akira still has the dragon key."
Victoria flinched and then laughed "Then I guess we'll have to kill him and pray it off of his corps then~"
"If he cooperates, that is."
"But where the fun in that? I much rather use my umbrella gun to turn him into swist cheese! Or I could just rip him apart!" Victoria giggled as she gripped her umbrella's handle in rage.
The red head raised a brow "I can already tell your not found of them..."
She made a smile, even though it was also menacing "Don't you just hate it when thieves steal from the empire~? Especially those phantom cunts that some how manage to ran away with my-our key and Nah-chan~?"
Roland didn't bother to answer, instead he looked away to his right to see a painting of a green meadow. That painting reminded him of the time when his little sister was playing in the grass. Her bright blue eyes and red hair, pulled to a pony tail, she was rolling on the grassy hill with her friends, making her yellow dress all dirty. Their parents scold at her after that fact and all she did in response was a sheepish grin, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.
Things have been simpler back then and it would have continued as they were before, if not for Mindy's attacker. Now she's in a deep coma with no sighs of waking up and it was all thanks to those phantom thieves of heart, according to none other than Lady Veronica. Somehow they did something to Mindy's heart Which put her in that state.
To Roland, he will do everything in his power to wake his little sister up, anything else doesn't seem to matter to him. He's more than willing to become the servant of Empress Veronica for loyalty and because she has the power to wake Mindy up, if she so desires.
"Heeello? Earth to Roland! Don't ignore me!"
Roland snapped out of his thoughts and cough at one hand "Sorry, I was just admiring the painting."
Victoria curiously look at the painting on the wall "Oh wow, that looks so amazing," she grin and turned her attention to the masked men, "Hey, you! Get rid of that painting!" She scolded
One of her shadow underling's did as what it was told. One of them walk up to the painting, he grabbed it from the wall and smashes it on the floor.
Victoria blinked in surprises "A safe lock, behind a painting... How original!" Victoria turned to the boy.
"Hey don't look at me, I was just standing here wail the shadow's do their dirty work." Roland said and walk out of the room.
"Whatever!" She frowned and turned back to the safe, Victoria glance to her right. The three masked shadow men stop what they doing and stood in attention, next to Victoria.
"Hey you! See that you that safe for us!" she commands. The shadows bowed to the command.
Victoria grunted annoyed "This is going to be a long day..." It's bad enough that the brats ran away with Nah but now they stolen the dragon key? She is not looking forward to report back to Veronica about the news. That is if they find the theives before then.
Illusionary Alama Network
Akira and company had manage to escape from possible capture by taking a detour to the secret pathway from the rec room to the Idolsphere, a hidden world of the Mirages.
Akira knows the secret code to the safe and a soon as he opened metal case on the wall, he and his comrades was consumed by a bright light, transporting them to a Idolaspher tunnel Network.
The phantom thieves were tagged along by a young girl name Nah. They told Nah,before they discovered her sleeping on a sofa, Akira & friends were outside investigating for clues & info about this world that they are in and what can it be done to returned to the real Tokyo.
In a mist of their clue searching, they randomly found a poster laying on the street. They pick it up only to find out that Futaba's extremely close friend & Idol, Kiria Kurono, dressed in a cat costume and doing a kawaii cat poses. Futaba's reacted in a most comedic fashion when she saw her Idol's new poster, never in a million years she ever thought to see the day that Kiria would dress in something that's so cute, I mean seriously Kiria is in freaking cat costume, that picture cumbines two things that she likes. Sakura tried her best not to erupted in complete glee in public, but sadly old habits die hard. So they directed her to a nearby ally so that Futaba can vocally let loose on her feelings for Kiria, which lasted for ten minutes.
While The teens & Morgana have to endure listening to Futaba's glee & nerdgasum about her Idol once again, they understand that Futaba still harbors a emotional attachment for the young female singer, especially since they been through hell and back against the Mirages & Grima in the past-
"You fought against Grima!?" Nah said amazingly.
Akria shrugged "Pretty much, yeah. Apparently it was in its weakened state when we fought it. At the time I was trying to save someone I knew closely."
"Really?" Nah then scoffed at him "Mind telling me who's this certain someone is?"
Akria took a moment then took a deep breath "Maybe some other time then I will tell you."
"Yay I can't wait," The brunette girl rolls her eyes. That guy must of did research on the fell dragon and telling her a fabricated story. There is no way for anyone (except for The Sheperds) to be able take on that veil Mostrosaty that is Grima.
Makoto & Futaba jog up to Akria & Nah's side "Hold the phone you know about Grima?" Futaba asked Nah with interest.
"He is the scourge of my world that can raise an army of undead warriors and move through time, of course I know about the Fell Dragon Grima. It's a creature that seeks nothing but distortion & chaos." She explained.
"Yikes! It's that bad huh?"
"Yup. Nice to know that you guys are well informed about that monster."
"We've just happen to learn a lot from our past experience," Explained Makoto.
The half dragon blood nodded to the older girl "I bet you have," Nah uttered to her self. 'Who the heck are these people anyway? Maybe I should ditch them...' the Young Burnett thought.
Suddenly a group of red cloked phantom emerged from the ground, in front of the teens.
Ryuji, who was the only one that flinched "Crap! I hated it when they do that! It would of been easier if they were Shadows."
Nah dig into her purse for her Dragon Stone, however.
"Keep our geuss away from the combat area, Futaba!"
Nah paused at the command and looked at Akira baffled. Akria didn't look at her, he just stared at the enemys with a cold stair.
The orange hired hacker complied with a nodded and grab the young brown haired girl's hand. "Come on, this way!"
Nah plan to protest but complied with the human girl and follow her further along 30 meters from their group. Nah was curious on how they can deal with the monsters.
The battle have started, and already Nah watch with a shocked look in her face. The teens manage to summon demons(?) to the battle and they don't look like any demons she seen before.
The mirage, dispite being lower leveled, are actually tougher to kill. They cannot hurt a Mirage physically so they really on their Persona's to do the butt kicking, however unlike the shadows these mirage are difficult to get rid of.
After a two minute battle Futaba & Nah rejoin the group "You can summon demon's? Why am I the last to know of these things!? You know what forget it I don't care."
"Actually those aren't what you call demon, their called Persona's," Yusuke clarifyed.
"Persona...?" Nah took a deep breath to calm her nerves, "So It's just magic then... I'll admit that was pretty cool for what I just saw. As a matter of fact I once read a book detailing the Persona, it's kinda interesting in a way."
"You read a book a about persona's?" Haru ask.
"Yea, but I didn't believe in that stuff," Nah cheeks become rosy red and looked down in embarrassed "I should find a way to check back with the librarian at the library at some point..."
"A library?" Ann said with a sly smile.
Nah roll her eyes "Not just any library you lot have seen before..."
Ann, Haru and Yusuke became puzzled about this library this little girl had brought up. However the conversation was short lived when suddenly there was a tremor, which alerted the group, followed by a strange monster screech that echoed though out the tunnel Network.
"T-that didn't sound very friendly at all," Ryuji shivered.
"Yea, I expect the worse to come to us if we don't keep moving," Makoto said.
They nodded except for Nah who apparently herd the monster's cry before, it sounds like a wyvern.
After four minutes they finally reached their destination, a white Stone door with a Greek style motifs. Akria look at the white sheet of paper which shows a map, and the codes for the locker.
"I know who you really are, Akira."
Akria's eyes winden in shock, he tence up when he heard the recognizing voice in his head.
"Why? Why haven't you saved me when I fell? It been five years, I could of watch her growing up but you..!"
"You okay there buddy?"
The black haired teens was snapped back to reality and adjusted his glasses, "Never better," Akira walked forward, he pulled the dragon key out of his pocket.
Nah, from the back of the group, observe with interest as she saw Akira-kun holding up what it appeared to be a orange Crystal.
The said Crystal glowed, the tip of the shard shot out a small beam of light at the big double doors. Sounds of rubel was heard, as the doors slowly open up to reveal a bright light.
Nah was amazed on what she had bared witness sure she was no stranger to magic but still, "If I don't know any better.. that jewel he's holding must be some sort of key," the young half blood thought.
Akira put the small jew back in his pocket.
"You failed to save me!"
Akira gritted his teeth, It got to be a Mirage playing with his mind somehow.
"Guys?" Akira turned around to face his group, his comrades all face him.
He took a moment to ask his question, they all (including Nah) payed close attention to what he was about to say.
"Are you all wearing your clean underwear?"
Teens hit the floor except for Nah and the 'cat' Morgana who have been exchanged glances, then back to him.
"Is this some kind of joke? Because if it is it's not really a good one," Nah scowled "You can play joker all you want but right now we have to head through those doors!"
Akira shrugged in response to the young girl "Well, it's worth a try.. my bad."
Ryuji quickly got up "Well I'm not laughing I could've peed my pants!"
"You, almost peed your pants?" Haru ask wail she and the rest quickly.
"Well I wouldn't be surprised," said Yusuke.
"Ha ha ha, let's all laugh at the funny man."
Yusuke rolled his eyes at him.
Makoto sighed "Well we're ready when you are Akria." Both Ann and Futaba nodded.
Akria nodded back to his friends and turn his heal to the open entrance and head inside. His friends followed suit, Nah followed the teens with Morgona at her side.
Akira tence up when remembered the last time he saw 'her', over a month ago. He look at his right hand, as he walked with his allys, the very hand that tried to reach out to Ayaha.
"I wondered if you're still alive, Ayaha?" He muttered to himself.
A/N: Theres going to be a lot of serious stuff that goes on to this story. But unfortunately writing on an small tablet(wail I'm on vacation) is rather tedious so It'll be move to the next chapter.