The Infiltration contiinues as the group make the final push. Also to note I changed who is playing Haru in this, it won't be Adrian anymore but Weiss from RWBY
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Persona 5 Royal Fanmake Gaston Arc Chapter 22
Castle Infiltration P3
The four search the area and soon find a lever. Aqua pulls it and they see gears in the back begin to move.
"Oh! Something's moving…Are those gears?" Alexis said surprised.
"I see, I bet we can access an area that we couldn't before." Gatomon said smiling "Good eye, Waterwave!"
"Yeah, like that lift that didn't work." Aqua said nodding
They go back to it and found the lift working again and they go down it to a deeper part of the Castle.
"Hey I sense something….I think the last of the Will Seeds is close by" Gatomon said
The group move and Uzi said "Hey! Over there." They look and see the door but unlike the last two was guarded by the last general of the Castle. The Dungeon General.
"That viney door…We probably need to get in there, but it's guarded pretty well." Alexis notes.
"Right again." Gatomon said sighing. "I can sense a Will Seed beyond that door, but…it's going to be rough going."
"Well, we have to go though him." Aqua said nodding and they apporch the General.
The Dungeon General sees them and readies his weapons "There you are! You're not taking another step! I'm fully aware my comrades have fallen. It is down to me to protect King Gaston's best interests."
"I guess we'll just have to step on YOU first! Let's do thi…" Alexis said but then the General transforms in to a slime like creature with a phallic like head it was known as Torn King of Desire "A-AHHHHHHH!" she screamed in shock and horror.
"It's coming!" Gatomon said
"You will all fall!" The General said.
Gatomon and Uzi attempt to use Garu and Zio on it but it resists the damage. The General then stares at Alexis. Alexis then puts it to sleep and Aqua as Arsense Cleave it and they All Out attack it reducing him to half healthl
"You won't get away with that!" The General said in anger. Just then Gatomon shoots him and Uzi attacks with her mace confusing it. "Ugh…" In his consution he threw them an Old Morsal.
The group keep attacking till it was nearly down and threw them another Old Morsal as it was still confused. "Time to finish this!" Alexis said as she attacks with a Duel Disc Whip followed by Aqua with her Keyblade.
"Noooooo…. I'm sorry my king…." The General cries out as he fades away.
"Oh yeah!" Uzi cheered "Let's swipe this Will Seed and get out of here!"
"I am completely done with this place…" Alexis groans wanting to purge the appearance of that General's shadow form from her mind.
"We're all almost through here just hang in there, Prima." Gatomon said.
"Yeah, just a bit longer" Aqua said and goes to the door opens it and goes to claim the Will Seed which had a blue core being called the Blue Lust Seed.
Just then the three seeds levitate and spin around before combining into a single crystal with three silver skulls known as the Crystal of Lust.
"Whoa, what the heck was THAT?!" Uzi said in shock "It got all…I don't even know how to describe it…" She looks at Gatomon "Come on, Gaon! You never told us what these Will Seeds will do!"
"So THAT'S what happens…I never expected tha…" Gatomon said but then stopped himself and said looking more confidant "I mean, I never expected anything less than that to happen!"
"Now that's our Gaon." Aqua said rolling her eyes and giggles.
"Well I AM quite brillien!" Gatomon said smiling. "What really matters is the power I'm sensing from it. Maybe it could give us an upper hand somehow in the future?"
"Wait, we're just…taking it?" Alexis asked concerned "I'm not totally sure that's a great idea…"
"A phantom thief makes use of any available tool to accomplish a mission." Gatomon explained to her. "Who knows what we'll find next? If we find ourselves in a situation where this could be useful, let's see what it can do!"
"Yeah, let's get moving now" Aqua said nodding.
However Aqua felt like first going to the Velvet room and decides to fuse Jack-O-lantern and Incubus to form the Heavy Calvryman better known as Berith.
"I am Berith. There is no need to fear, master of souls…I wholeheartedly pledge my loyalty to you, as your mask." Berith said.
"Nice to have you on board" Aqua said nodding.
"He will be a valuable ally I think" Agathion said smiling happily.
Aqua leaves and she and the group return to the lift to go back up to the tower.
They arrive and move through the weird room and they recruited another new Mask, this time a demon looking woman known as Twilight Prostitute which was really called Succubus
"My, my, you are a cutie." Succubus said giggling and making Aqua blushed a bit.
They continue and find a safe room to rest and recover. Uzi sighs sitting on a chair and said "We finally got in the tower…it's starting to feel like we're closing in on the end…"
"Yeah, the distortion in here is particularly strong." Gatomon said "We should be getting close to the Tresure."
"But that means the enemies will be stronger too right?" Alexis said "We'd better be prepared for that…" Alexis said.
"Yeah, but that is a chance for potential new ally Personas." Aqua said nodding.
The four then leave and head up the tower, in the next room Aqua got another new Persona, an woman with white wings and blonde hair called Zealous Messenger but was actually like it's appearance named Angel.
"I will serve you in my holy power" Angel said.
"Well least you have some Bless power here" Arsene said.
"That should be helpful" Aqua said.
That even encounter more Heavenly Punishers as normal guards.
"What…?" Aqua said surprised.
"The General you met employed more of it's allies to join the army" Angel explained
"They're too powerful for them to be convinced to join you, so don't try" Berith explained.
However as they get to the next floor they immediately had to stop as they encountered a trap involving swinging axes.
"Whoa, that was close…!" Alexis said "Wait…What is this…?"
"It's a classic security measure." Gatomon said "My tail might be in danger if we try to force our way through…"
"Oh yeah, same with Alexis but more the feathers of her mask." Uzi said nodding "So…what do we do? No way we're getting though here as is."
"Hmmmm…" Aqua said and sees a statue of Gaston and remembers seeing it similar. "Hey, I think that is the key" She goes to it.
"Oh, you think this controls those swinging things?!" Uzi said remembering the same thing as Aqua does.
"Yeah, let's see." Aqua said and moves the mouth but nothing happened. "Huh?"
"I didn't think it would be that easy." Gatomon said "We'll possibly need some kind of key for it…"
"We got to look for a key again? What a pain…" Uzi said sighing.
"What would it be though?" Alexis asked "There weren't any suspicious rooms on the way here."
"Hm…What do you think, Waterwave?" Gatomon asked.
Aqua thinks and said "Maybe an enemy has the key."
"That probably would be the most likely scenario…" Gatomon said nodding.
"An enemy? You mean one of them Shadow Hengemen that's roaming around?" Uzi asked surprised. "Ma, how many of them do you think there are? We can't beat up all of them!"
"The key is for this tower, so it would have to be one of the Shadows around here." Gatomon said "On top of that, it would be a realativity high-ranking one."
"Then we just need to look for Shadow Hengemen like that and defeat them!" Alexis said smiling.
"Let's do this Waterwave!" Gatomon said "We need to find the Shadow with that key!"
"Yeah, let's move." Aqua said.
The group move down and find a Hengeman Captain now on the floor and it was a War Hungry Horsman and he dropped a Randy Right Eye.
"H-Hey, that Shadow did have something…But what the heck is this? An eye?" Uzi said smiling
"Ohm I just figured it out!" Gatomon said with a twinkle. "This must be how we stop those scythes!"
"Oh yeah…Now that I think about it, the statue didn't have eyes…" Alexis notes and Aqua nods seeing something similar.
"Ugh, how much grosser can he get?" Uzi groans "So this is going to stop those things, huh?"
"Well, we'll need one more." Gatomon said "Another guard captain probably has it. Let's try checking the other floors, Waterwave!"
Aqua nods and they head to the next lower floor and to there surprise the see floor patrolled by nothing but Guard Captains.
"Bite me…They all look like high-ranking soldiers!" Uzi said shocked "Are we going to have to beat all of them?"
"That would work, but there should only be one actual guard captain among them." Gatomon said "Do you have any way to tell them about, Waterwave?"
Aqua nods and uses her third eye and finds the real Guard Captain which was another War Hungry Horseman.
"Ah! Another one of these?!" Uzi said shocked.
"Well, well, long time no see intruders! I've been eager for this rematch!" The Guard captain said revealing it was the same on from Uzi's awakening
"You have?" Aqua said.
"Indeed, you gave me a lot to think about. But now if you win I will give you something more then the key I am holding" The Captain said.
The group nod and fight him and it was easier then last time. However before he fades away her grabs Aqua and as he fades she feels like he left something in her heart. He also dropped the other half of the key the Lustful Left Eye.
"Sweet, we got both of that jerk's eyes!" Uzi cheered "Let's go stop those swinging things!"
"Waterwave you, okay?" Alexis asked concerned.
"Yeah but…I think he left something behind in me" Aqua said.
"He seemed to have left his life essence, it's inactive but if you were to make him, it might be used in the fusion as well" Berith said
'I see' Aqua thinks on it.
The group go up to the floor with the swinging axes and approach the statue.
"We have both eyes now. Try putting them in, Waterwave!" Gatomon said smiling.
"Sure thing" Aqua said and puts in the eyes and pulls the mouth and this time it works and the trap turns off.
"All right! We can get across!" Uzi said with a smile.
Aqua nods and the group move across the chasm, and up the stairs and enter through a door.
They enter the room that was the top of the tower and look at some large doors that won't open.
"It's not opening…" Alexis said.
"What is this door anyways? It's pretty huge…my dad would be impressed" Uzi said.
"The Treasure is most likely ahead…We're almost there." Gatomon said.
"Isn't there another way we can get in?" Alexis asked "Try looking around Waterwave!"
Aqua nods and they find another safe room in the hall to rest in.
"We're getting pretty close to the top of the tower?" Uzi said smiling
"Yeah, the Treasure's presence is very near now." Gatomon said nodding "We should be just about there!"
"It's almost time…My heart's starting to race." Alexis said.
"Let's finish the scouting." Aqua said and they exit it.
They go out and Aqua sees an opening to a balcony and they climb up into it. They sneak into the room on a balcony like area.
"Okay! We're in!" Uzi said smiling.
"Quiet down, you dumb bot!" Gatomon said and points.
Indeed down below they see they are in a throne room, with a lot of Shadow Hengemen as well as the king himself Shadow Gaston.
"Oh snap, it's Gaston…!" Uzi said in shock.
"And a lot of guards…" Alexis added.
"How have you not captured the intruders yet?!" Shadow Gaston said annoyed.
"I apologize my liege!" A Hengeman said bowing nervous.
"Honestly you're all are useless, even my so-called generals were not able to capture them…at this point I would have an easier time dealing with them myself." Shadow Gaston said frustrated.
"I bet he'd never imagine we're in the same room as him." Gatomon said "Come on, let's keep moving…"
"Yeah quietly" Aqua said
The group move and see a door that was at the top of the stairs behind the throne and go in, entering the Treasure room. They go to the inner doors.
"This sturdy-looking door's pretty promising." Uzi said smiling "Let's head inside!"
They push it open to see a room filled with gold and a large floating orb of light.
"Whoa, what is this place?! Oh my robot god!" Uzi said amazed as they walked in, "That Treasure thing's got to be here!"
The group look around and move closer to the orb and look at it.
"Hey, what's this?" Alexis asked "It's…floating in the air."
Gatomon grins and said "Hehe…That's the Tresure. We finally found it!"
"Are you sure on that?" Aqua asked confused.
"Just hold on a second. I was planning on telling you more once we made it this far." Gatomon said to her and explains "Simply finding the Treasure isn't enough. We'll need to make it materialize before we can steal it."
The three girls look confused and Uzi asked sitting on some of the gold "What do you mean?"
"Desires have no physical form by nature." Gatomon replied saying. "Hence, we'll first need to make the real person aware that their desires are in face a Treasure. Once they're conscious that their desires might be stolen, the Treasure will finally show itself."
"I see, I guess that make sense" Aqua said nodding.
"But how do we do that?" Alexis asked thinking.
"We warn them." Gatomon explained "Tell them, 'We're going to steal your heart.'"
"So, we're going to send a calling card?!" Uzi said smiling excited "That's totally what a phantom thief would do!"
"Once we do that, the Tresure will appear for certain!" Gatomon said with a smile "…I think!"
"That again?" Uzi said annoyed. But shakes her head smiling "Either way, sounds like it's worth giving it a shot!"
"Our infiltration route is secure." Gatomon said nodding. "All that's left now is to pump out a calling card in reality, then come back to take the Tresure!"
"This is it, huh?" Alexis asked.
"We won't lose this, guys" Aqua said determined.
"Damn right!" Uzi said standing up excited.
"Once we send out the calling card, there will be no turning back." Gatomon explained. "Just let me know when you're ready. We'll head back to the hideout and send out that calling card!"
Aqua nods and the group head out of the room and stop by the closest Safe room to relax a bit.
"We already got the route set." Uzi points out "Why don't we just send that calling card out already?"
"That's a valid concern, but this Palace will disappear if we steal the Treasure." Gatomon explained. "Waterwave probably wants to take all we can before that happens! I mean we are phatom thieves!"
"Make sure you don't have any regrets, Waterwave. I'll follow your lead." Alexis said
Aqua nods and after they leave and make sure every corner for loot was checked they head out to the Castle Gate ready to leave back to the real world. Excited that they were close to finally ending this, but of course they need to be properly ready in case of anything to come from taking it.
After saying goodbye to Alexis and Uzi, Aqua with Gatomon in her bag made it back to LeBlanc.
"You did great today. You tired?" Gatomon asked.
"Yeah, exhausted." Aqua said nodding.
Just then she got a message on her phone in the group messager chat from Uzi saying "You back home yet? I'm drained…It hit me like a goddamn ton of bricks right when I sat down…"
"Well, I guess we did walk pretty far in." Alexis messaged "I'm glad we found that Treasure thing though."
"So Gaston will turn into a good guy if we steal that, huh…" Uzi messaged "Either way, it's up to you when we send the card, Aqua."
"Call us over to the hideout when you're ready." Alexis said
"I will, good work guys." Aqua messaged.
"See ya!" Alexis said ending the message session.
"The real challenge is coming up. I hope you're ready." Gatomon said.
Aqua nods and decided to use the middle booth to study before going to bed
"You going to study? Good, out in the real world you won't have much time so do now while you can." Vito said with a nod.
"The weather is bad which will make it easier for you to focus" Gatomon comments.
"Yeah, I will study" Aqua said setting up her things.
"Alright, I'll head home to get out your hair" Vito said "Clean up the place once you're done. Okay?" Vito said and Aqua nods.
Aqua begins studying for the next while till she couldn't no more, the bad weather making it easy to focus and gives he more knowledge. With that she head to bed, tomorrow prep for the final showdown will being.
With the infiltration done the group now prepare to be ready to send the Calling Card
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