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How did Jabberwocky get here!? Does that mean Alice is here too? Or just Nursery Rhyme? She can't feel either of them. How can they-

Avenger sprung forward ignoring Hakuno's plight. With his Terror Claw, the cursed Avenger's claws raked against the mindless beast. His claws did nothing other than to irritate the monster.

"Go down!" The Jabberwocky grabbed Avenger and used him as a shield against the nuclear strike. Hakuno felt the rebound as Avenger disintegrated, her mask snapping back onto her face.

"Sorry, Magus!" Makoto was too close to it!

"Block!" Makoto quickly switched to a defensive posture as a thin helix barrier appeared in front of her, Jabberwocky practically teleported as his fist crashed into her sending her flying back. Jabberwocky's speed and strength were the same as in the Moon Cell. Each step left a… strange light-filled indent on the ground.

"What strength…" Makoto grunted as she skidded to a stop. It tilted its head back as its mouth moved, globules of thread were spat from its twisted mouth. "Mona, take Haru and get the others! Me and Magus will try to distract it."

Distract… Jabberwocky? "Understood!" Faintly she heard the duo begin to flee. The Jabberwocky reeled its twisted face, white foam dripping on its mandibles. It spat the strange fluid at her.

Ranged attack?

"Maeiha!" Cursed flames rose against the webbing… the webbing surrounded the Curse Spell and… contained it? The webbing reeled back towards it as it caught it in its oversized hands. Hakuno blinked in absolute surprise at the sight. It can capture Magic. Hakuno took a step back, Range will prove difficult.

"Jabberwocky has unrivaled strength and speed." Hakuno used her staff to block the thrown globule of cursed flames, the cursed magic being resisted by Avenger, "It is nigh-invulnerable to all but a Vorpal Blade, any wounds it obtains should heal." Not counting the strange static-filled gaps on the beast. But first…

"Sukunda!" Green light flittered onto Jabberwocky, Jabberwocky's speed had to come down they would die if not.

"Magus?" Hakuno blinked and the beast had moved, its fist causing the air to scream as it swung towards Makoto who barely dodged due to Johanna.

"Flames of Love and Hate!" Annoyingly low on Magical Energy Hakuno pushed Avenger to use the remaining energy she gave him earlier to burn it. She felt static approach her vision but ignored it as Avenger's magic forced Jabberwocky back.

The almighty magic faded letting Hakuno see the damage, Jabberwocky's arms were smoking, and faint scorch marks littered his arms. Minimal Damage… Hakuno's confidence in their ability to hold him back dwindled slightly at that sight.


"Come on Haru!" Haru's whole body ached, her mind was foggy in a way that she probably should get checked out, and shouldn't go to sleep right?

Sounds right.

"Haru!" Ah, the kitty, "Let's go!" Mona-Chan was dragging her, the small cat managed to pull her up.

A sorrow-filled cry snapped her out of the haze, she felt something on her fall apart, she clung to her chest only to find dust as the Ofuda that Hakuno had given her disintegrated, protecting her.

A glance over her shoulder let her see the monstrous being as it charged at Makoto who barely dodged using her Persona. The fights before were nothing compared to this, the speed and power being thrown around was far greater than when they protected her.

"̷̹̯̈́̕A̴̺̣̜͈̎̃ṟ̷̙͔̹̥͊̈̓e̵̼̫̊̑͑̔͝ ̸̢̥̰͉̿͜y̴̢̥̥̆̈́̈̕̚o̸͙̣͘u̵̢̧͔̝̞͌͝ ̵̤͊g̵̨̰̈́͊̓̔o̵͚͌̈͐i̵̝̥̔͆̀͗́n̷̖͚̗̊̓̊͗͘ͅǵ̶͇͇͔̅̀̊͜͜ ̷̝̪̝̱̜̊̉͝t̶̺͗͆ọ̶̤̞͇͓͑͗̽͘̕ ̵͙̠̳́͂s̷̙͠t̸̛̼̖̦͊͗̈͘ą̸̟̻͚͒̃n̶̠͕̜̰͚͂̕d̴̡̠͂͛͋̂͊ ̵͉̰̘̈́̄̀̎͘b̸͍̬̑y̴̨̠̳̋̈́͒̓̕ ̴̡̦̇̏̔ḁ̴͔̣̊́̂͝n̸̡̢̲͂͋̚͜d̴̨̙̼͝ ̷̧͛̇́̒ḓ̷̛̤͚͈͗́͑̕ŏ̵̮͕̹̤̝̓̉ ̶̰́̑̈́ņ̶͎̝̓͗̃o̸͇͗̿̈́t̵͓͎͕̔͆̿̋̒h̶̦̩͇̰͂̒i̷̧͕͐̀͋ń̷̞̙̲͕͒̓̈́ͅg̵̺̓̈?̴̡̫͓̱͕̐̂͑͘ ̷̡̢̬̜̽ͅẬ̵̼̗̣͈̔͘f̷̞͎͒̈t̵̥͇̠͍̄̎̋͑̋͜ē̸̫͙̰̮̆͂r̷̫̲̠̺̿̈ ̴̖̪̳̀̄á̷͔̔̈́͐͝l̸̡̺̺͙͊̊̊̚̕l̵̼̲̻͆,̴̡̀͗̕͝ ̴͇̝̋̊͒̉͊t̴̛̛͕̠͇͓̆̄͠h̵͚̝̥̝̘̃̐ė̶̢̤͓̆y̶̲̠͊̀͘͝ ̴̳̤͖͖̃a̴̧̤͎̒̽ṛ̶̩̩̊ę̶̨͍̰͑̈́̐̽ ̷̛̣͚̻̍̑͗̚h̷̞̘̝̭̽ē̸͖r̵͕͔̟̯͂̌̄̆ȩ̵͍͎̭͓̿̎ ̸̮̽̉̾̌b̴̨͔̠̈́̉̃e̸̯̪͇͋͘c̸̻̭̖̝̀̕ä̵͈̗̭́̀̇͒͂u̵̲̍̏̈́͗̊͜š̷͎̀e̴͖͈͠ ̵̱͒̽̀͝͝ǒ̵̰̘̤̺̞̈́̍̀̚f̷̨͍̍̈́͌ ̸̛̺́̋̽̚ÿ̴̨̯͔̖͔̀o̶̪̬̝̯͌̓̊ů̵̢̠̻̰͓͑̊͑.̴̨̢̺͋͑͗̈"̵̬͗̊͋͝

Be Quiet! That voice again, the pain in her head amplified with its utterance. Haru shook her head, choosing to follow Mona-chan away from the fighting.

Mona raised his little paw hand, getting her to stop as they stood on some of the rubble "Finally reached you!" Morgana's voice rose, "Yes… I have Haru… no, Magus and Queen are holding it off… Magus mentioned Jabberwocky?... No, I… I don't recognize it she sounded scared though…"

A UFO sped past them, going straight back… underneath the UFO several tentacles held onto Akira, Futaba's Persona has tentacles. That's… new? Kitagawa and Takamaki were close behind her.

Sakamoto was dragging a half-conscious phallic monster on his back as he ascended the rubble. "God... dang it…" He huffed, "Just go back to your Real Self already!" He groaned at the Monster on his back.

He dumped the monster at the base of the pile they were on. "Mona! Can you look it over? Sugimura's Shadow took a massive beating on its way down, I think it's dazed." The pale creature was riddled with wounds and rapidly switching between human and monster. That thing was his Shadow? His r̵̥̃͘̕e̴̖̱̣̯̅̓̉̎̾ä̴͉̤́l̷͈̫̠͇̥͛̀ self?

Having a phallic-looking head did fit him.

Mona rolled his eyes but nodded, "Stand by Haru, protect her."

"Yeah yeah…" In one jump Sakamoto reached her, and the rubble around them singed as he landed.

"This… uh ain't normal just lettin' ya know."

"I see…"

"Yeah, we had no idea a Palace could even break me an' Joker's tried a few times to break a few walls back in Kamoshitheads's but nothin' seemed to work…But I'm sure it's fine, those three will think of a way to kill that Shadow and we can getcha home."

Was… he trying to reassure her?

In a way, it was working, they surely had an idea of how to defeat that thing right?


Hakuno grunted as the wind got knocked out of her, the fist had smashed through Avenger's blocking and threw her back, crashing into one of the few standing walls. Her entire body ached as she leaned forward.

She would use Recover but her circuits were already crying in pain from overuse, her Od was practically at rock bottom, she might be able to use Avenger's attack once more if she pushed it.

Hakuno grunted as she pushed herself from the wall, "Magus!? Are you ok?" Futaba's guiding green light flickered overhead, she felt her wounds being patched up.

"Never… better."

She could practically hear Futaba roll her eyes, "Jabberwocky, the monster from the poem of the same name right?" Hakuno nodded, smashing a life stone in her hands, "From… your first life?" Yusuke's ice slid off the beast as he narrowly dodged a flap of his wing.

"Summon of the Caster Class Servant, Nursery Rhyme, is conceptually immortal unless you have the Vorpal Blade. Rani made me one out of Malchalite. Jabberwocky is injured, infected by something. Its wounds are healing at a visibly slower rate." Ann's flames bathed the beast it captured some embers before sending it towards Akira.

"So can we kill it? My scans haven't picked up a weakness besides its lack of range. And some sort of interference is making it harder…" Hakuno looked back, the Beast was using its immense strength and speed to keep up with the already wounded Phantom Thieves, its webbing was able to capture any element- it dodged.

Akira had sent out a Nuclear Spell that overcame the embers and webbing and it chose to dodge.

Glancing up at the floating UFO, "Almighty and Nuclear seems to wound him, possibly Bless and Psi as well…" In… the past she used fire and physical, but neither did any permanent damage. He had yet to stop howling, so the stranger elements might inflict some damage. Curse at least doesn't seem to work.

"Could you make the Vorpal Blade?" Hakuno shook her head to that, her wounds were finally healed enough to keep fighting.

"Impossible for me." Even if she had been using the cognition of the masses to make magical items, her own belief would make it an impossibility.

She was barely a Wizard, just one who used any tools she came across for the slimmest chance of success.

"Focus on debuffing it! Joker, Queen, keep the nuclear magic up! It might not be weak, but it's your best shot!"

The more the Jabberwocky moved, the more light-filled indents it created it was almost blinding… she didn't have even a guess why or what it was…

"Oracle… why hasn't the Palace crumbled?"

"Uh… I'm… not sure." While the first team had managed to beat Sugimura's Shadow, which would cause a change of heart, the Palace crumbling was a normal aspect of them winning. "The Palace is still stable… How is that possible?"

"Did… anyone look for the Treasure?" The building was reduced to rubble… how in the world could they find it underneath all of that? With both Futaba and Mona's ability to sense it being interfered with?


She could see Morgana's ears twitch as they hid behind a large piece of rubble, Sugimura's Shadow degraded into a form that highly resembled his real self.

Just thankfully unconscious, it might be concerning with Morgana' doing what she could only assume was checking for injuries. She could peek past the chunks of rubble to witness the fight, magic true magic. While the fights before had been them dominating, this… seemed like a life-or-death fight.

Sakamoto was tapping his foot, glancing at the fight nervously. A glance towards her as he scratched the back of his head told her all she needed to know.

He wasn't going to join.

Not that he wasn't but couldn't while protecting her.

Are… they going to lose?

It's my fault they are here.

I dragged them into this.

Haru felt the rubble shifting nearby… bent/destroyed/removed a hand reached out. A doll's arm reached out, and a loud creaking echoed as it grabbed the rubble and pushed it aside revealing…

Her face.

"Must…" The doll's voice languished as she spoke, barely there but she could still hear it, it was her own voice. "Help… Master…."

Cloudy eyes looked into her own, Sakamoto went down to stamp on the doll's outreaching arm.

It was quick, not even changing shape like the other Shadows had…

But more were coming out.

"Master… Beloved…Master…" Dozen's of voice Ẅ̸̠ọ̷́ù̷̺l̶̞̉d̸͈͌ ̸͙͘n̶̞͆o̸͖͝t̸͕͆ ̴̟̅s̵̫͊t̴̼͐o̶̜͂p̷̗͛ ̷̢̑ș̷̂p̶̠̑e̵̹̊á̷͙k̴͖̓i̴̥͌ǹ̷̯g̶̣͗.̸̨̉ A subservient puppet… was that what he thought of her? Truly?

She had known he viewed her as garbage… but this was more than that—a building block for himself. Her existence to him was to serve even after death. She brought her only friends in to help her… and there is a chance they all can die to steal the heart of this creep.

She saw a figure in black, Hakuno, being flung back and her heart burned. "T̵͇̪̋h̵̬̀̎e̶̹̓̔r̶̠̕e̴͎̿ ̴̘͋̔ĭ̷̱ͅś̸̙ ̴̹̮́͠ṋ̸̍͑o̸̲͙͆ ̵̙̳̍̓b̷̼̩̐̓ḛ̴̰͑ṯ̸͌r̵͙̀a̶͙̫͐ỵ̴̧͗̐ą̶̤̇̂l̴̻̈́̔,̸͍̠̌ ̵̨̘̕͝n̵͈̄̐o̷̘̳͠ ̶̮̺̔͝h̵̼͐o̶̰͒p̴͓͊ͅe̵̝͒̽ ̶̝͑̉s̶̩̐ḻ̷͕̕ả̸̦ŝ̸̰̅h̵̩͗e̸̱͋d̷̪͈̂ ̶̨͂̂j̴͉̆͗ǘ̵̺s̸͍͘͠t̵͎̏̿ ̸̠̣̓y̴͇͓͆e̶̖̠̊͝t̸̨̰͒̄.̸̧͂̕" That voice.

Their group was still fighting the beast, waves of ice, storms of fire, blinding azure energy, and a slight shimmering of gold.

She can't do anything! Dozens of doll arms reached out towards her, Sakamoto and Mona-chan were doing their best to keep the dolls from reaching them…

But there were so many.

"̵̠̓M̴̗͝y̴̪̔ ̷͔̀d̸̖̔e̸͔͌ã̸̪r̷̢̀ ̶͉̄M̴̪̍a̶͚̓d̵͜͠e̷̹͋m̶̖̌o̴̢͛i̶̥̽ş̵̕e̷͈͘l̶͔͘l̴̻̉e̶̟̓,̴̼̋ ̸͖̔ý̷͚o̷̟̎ú̸̺ ̶̐͜ả̸͚r̵̻̈e̵̻̓ ̵̝͝n̷̩͘o̷̬͐t̷̯͑ ̷̯͌o̶̳͘n̵̠͝è̴͔ ̴̹͘o̴̦͋f̵̹̾ ̵̼̏ḃ̵̙u̴̳̐r̶̭͗n̵̏͜i̴̱͋n̶̩͘g̶̞̎ ̶̞̊ä̸̧́n̸̮͝g̶͔̓ė̶͈r̶̞͘.̵̫̀.̵͚̐.̶͙̌ ̵̜͑,̴͍̔" She finally recognized it, it was her voice that spoke in her head, "Ḥ̶͐o̶̻̾ŵ̵̖e̴͙̐v̵̺͑e̵̜͑r̸̝̾.̴̤̿.̸̦͋.̴̦͌ ̸̖̕Ḯ̸͓ ̵̛͜ṛ̵̋e̶̢̓c̷̼̆o̴̻͗g̴̝̿n̵̤͛i̵͜͝z̶̰͂ẹ̷͂ ̸̼̆y̶͕̋o̸̳͂ǔ̸̧r̶͓̃ ̴̠̂p̵̼̽l̵̤͑i̴̪͋g̷͎̀h̵̨̿t̴̤̓,̶͖̿ ̶̟̆y̴͔̓o̷̧͐ụ̴͑r̷͋ͅ ̸̠́w̷̡͌i̸̩͊s̵͔̄h̶̩̀,̵̩͠ ̸̻̏ã̶̫ṇ̶͘d̸̜̔ ̴̲̓a̵͇͑l̴͚̋l̸̠͑ ̶̩͐ỵ̴̓o̷̹͂u̶̡͝ ̵̳̓ẃ̶̘ä̵͙n̵͔̈t̴͙̀ ̶̦̈́t̶̲̒o̸̖͝ ̴͎̎p̵̛̜r̷̩̽o̶̦͠ṭ̶͂è̸ͅċ̷̘t̷͚͑.̷̝̓"̴͙̈́

Her mind burned, and her face felt heavy as something rested on her face.

I̸̙̐ ̴̨̌s̴̹̓h̸̦́ḁ̸̾l̶̳͘l̷̺͐ ̴̖̍l̷̝͛e̷͎̊n̶̲̾d̷̞̽ ̵̘̿ỳ̷ͅo̷̖̓u̷̬͑ ̴͇͒a̶̺̎ ̸͚̅p̵͔̂ö̷̖r̷̜͒t̷͝ͅí̴̪o̷̦̊n̷̦͘ ̶̯͛o̷͑ͅf̶̭͗ ̸͕͊ȍ̶̙u̴̟͘ṟ̶̂ ̸̫̓s̵̹̋t̷̰̉r̵̝̋e̸̳̔ṅ̸͚g̴̭͝ț̵̎h̵̘̏ ̷͚̽f̵͙̈́o̸̧͛ŕ̶̟ ̷̤̑ṱ̷̐h̴̦̚i̵̤̒ś̵̠ ̶̤̐m̶͍͒ö̶̟m̸̠͗e̸͖͗n̷͍̑t̶̰̆ ̸̗͠ḁ̷̑l̷̘͝ô̵̩n̵̻͝ȩ̴̽.̶̨̍.̶̯̍.̶̫́ ̵͆͜o̷͙̔n̷̠̍c̷̡̊e̸͇̾ ̴̣͛ȳ̵̩ọ̶͛ű̵͍ ̴̻̈́ṯ̷̆a̵̤̓s̴͕̽t̸̤̽e̸̥̽ ̶̡̍b̸̬͗e̷͒͜t̴̘͂r̸̉͜ȃ̴̰ẙ̸͍a̶̞̔ḽ̷͆'̴͍̇s̴̘̓ ̴̥͠c̵͓̀o̷̦͂ľ̸̠d̸̻͐ ̶̩̈́k̶̝̓ī̷̮s̴̱͗s̵̤̎ ̷̟̒w̵̛͙i̴̭͋ĺ̴̫l̷̬̎ ̴͉̔Ȋ̴͎ ̵̱̉ć̷̯o̵̰̔m̸̪̆ė̷̘ ̸̨̎f̵͉̋o̶̼̎ř̸͕t̸̨͠h̸͙̚ ̷͚̔ȁ̷̙g̵̞̏á̸̼i̶͙̔n̸̫͌.̷͈̒.


Hakuno didn't have an idea. However…

When did that ever stop her?

Hakuno concentrated as Avenger sprung forth, his claws sinking into Jabberwocky's flesh, letting Yusuke getaway. The artist's sword had done negligible damage to the beast from the Tulgey Wood.

Avenger wasn't built for pure physical might on the levels of Jabberwocky… without a Command Seal he wouldn't be able to hold him for long. The beast threw Avenger into Makoto as she got close.

Bright red flames erupted causing Jabberwocky to shield his eyes, letting Akira get close, Morrigan floated behind him as a golden light left an actual wound on Jabberwocky.

He howled, the mandibles clicking angrily as he spat lumps of webbing toward her causing her to dodge. With him being distracted Makoto's dash toward his knee went unnoticed, nuclear energy pulsed as her fist jabbed into his static-filled injury.

The howl of pain was miserable. His arm reached down to grab, Hakuno concentrated, Avenger appeared faintly as she realized she was almost out of energy, Hakuno grimaced as Avenger appeared between Jabberwocky and Makoto. Avenger's head was smashed, and the rebound was stronger than she ever felt.

"Not Immune to Nuclear!" Makoto's voice over the headset let her refocus.

"Magus! You're out of power, get out of there!" Futaba's voice came over the com, as she felt her outfit flicker. She drew in a fragment of the Magical Energy stored inside the R̷e̸g̷a̴l̶i̶a̸ to stabilize it.

"I'll be fine…" She couldn't risk calling more of Avenger's power without draining the R̷e̸g̷a̴l̶i̶a̸, but she could still help.

A wall of ice conjured behind Jabberwocky by Akira and Yusuke, the duo ducking underneath a wave of Nuclear and Fire magic as it slammed into him shoving him into the ice.

Jabberwocky growled as his one-torn wing shattered the ice, gripping a chunk of it he threw it at Akira who was nicked by it sending him back. The scent of iron filled the parking lot.

Her mind scanned the R̷e̸g̷a̴l̶i̶a̸ as she found what she was looking for, She tossed a Magatama toward his head the nuclear magic erupted blinding the beast. It S̴̛̹h̵̳̒r̶̊ͅi̶̲͒e̶̗͂k̷̤͂ě̴͚d̸̬̎, loud enough she could see the sound waves.

Her mind scrambled, exhaustion clung to her as she knelt on the ground. She found it hard to breathe.

A glance behind her caused her mind to pause, azure flames licked the sky a cloud of doll parts and rubble floated. A faint purple energy was on the horde as it slammed into Jabberwocky.

What… in the world?


"̸̰̒P̸̝̓s̴̯̈i̷̳͑o̶̩͆d̷͎̾y̵̜͘n̸̪̒e̸͎͒"̴̪̿ "She didn't know why she spoke, her mind became calm, no excruciating pain, no ripping, just serenity.

She felt her body flicker as it got warmer, something rested upon her face as she knew what to do. The horde of rubble and dolls floated harmlessly above her, glancing down at the Beast attacking her friends.

She released it. The cloud of rubble landed on the beast, she could faintly make out forms flickering away but her eyes grew heavy.

She felt her body flicker, exhaustion hit her like a truck as she fell onto the ground her mind fluttered for a second as she realized what she had done.

"Damnn…. Haru." A voice, loud and boisterous caused her to look up, the faux-blonde gave her a toothy grin, "I knew you had it in ya! Monamona! Go see if ya can't find the Treasure!"

The bandit cat tossed the human version of that man, onto the ground, the body was fading into black dust. He was disheveled, his fur was matted and he looked exhausted, "Do you know how hard that was for me!? That guy weighs a ton!"

Haru felt the edges of her mouth rise, a soft smile on her lips as she looked at the two bicker, they were such good friends.

An eruption of sound, her eyes quickly moved that Monster was still standing. One of its arms hung limp, and each breath it took seemed taxing. She felt for that power once more, but…

Nothing was there other than exhaustion.

Makoto's motorcycle sped towards it with Nuclear Energy as it narrowly dodged, Balls of fire washed over its skin as ice covered the floor.

A blade of shining gold slashed into the Beast as she felt arms around her, her kōhai, helping her stand. "We got to go."

"The treasure?" His heart was changed right?

"Don't worry. Morgana has it."

Ah… that's good… her eyes grew heavy, surely… they wouldn't mind her taking a small break?


Author's Note: So… that happened, Haru 'awakened' and Sugimura's 'Mini-Palace' is destroyed, wonders what effects that will have on him… Also, figured that Nuclear and Almighty would be able to wound him without resistance.

In a nutshell, he has Immunity to Curse, Fire, Gun, and Ice. Resistant to Physical, and Psi. Unknown interaction with Bless.

I figured that the power of an awakening especially a… strange one, would be enough to overcome it. I mean he got hit with the equivalent of a building enhanced by our lovely ball of Floof.

Anyways~ See ya'll next time!