Disclaimer: Fate and Persona are owned by different companies, and I hold no ownership and all that jazz.


8/22

She didn't want to wake up, the blankets were too comforting, but alas she knew it was well after the time she normally did.

And someone was at their front door, and as she glanced at her phone to show Ryuji's name on it Hakuno stifled a yawn as she got ready. She wasn't too sure why he was here at… huh it's almost noon. Her talk with her Mom must have lasted longer than she thought if she slept in this late. Quickly changing into something presentable she shook her head as she ignored his phone call, and checking to make sure it was truly him she opened the door.

Causing the former track star to almost fall in.

Hakuno blinked as Ryuji straightened himself, he was dressed differently than usual a black t-shirt with solid white pants, a red and black trilby, and a black blazer. He looked put together, almost like he was going somewhere special…

"Why are you dressed up?"

Ryuji glanced behind Hakuno, clearing his throat, "Um, hey Hakuno is Ann here? She isn't responding to her texts…" She shook her head, while she was coming to the door she had passed by Ann's room and didn't see her in.

He quickly got discouraged, "Oh, well," He sighed, "Damn this ain't me. You know where she went?" His slouch slightly straightened if she focused she could feel the trickle of magical energy from his bad leg.

"I think she was going to help Yusuke with Makoto with something today. It shouldn't take her too long." It was probably an art piece, although she didn't know exactly what.

"Ah that's fine," He scratched the back of his head taking off the trilby, "Mind if I wait here? We were supposed to hang out…" She nodded as she led him into the living room. He nervously bounced his leg as he accepted the offered water.

"Are you taking her on a date?" Ryuji sputtered at that, water dripping from his chin as he laughed nervously.

"Ah, well I didn't call it a date." Hakuno could tell he was telling the truth, the Blonde was easy to read, however… Her stare must have unnerved him as he continued, "But… yeah I would like it to be one…"

Hiding things isn't how Ryuji acted and it just felt wrong, "Don't hide, that is one of the things she likes about you." Ryuji stiffly nodded.

"It's been obvious on both ends huh?" Hakuno nodded, "Yeah, I figured Shiho was the one who pointed it out, last few weeks we started texting again, and well… She was always the more outspoken one in our old group."

Hakuno nodded, "Wanna play on Ann's Switch?"

The look of relief on his face, "Yes! She never lets me play!" He was pumped, it was best to let him relax and maybe get back into the kid that Ann had fallen for. She inserted the white and black switch cartridge and turned on their TV.


"Get wrecked!" Hakuno frowned as she lost another game. Was she always bad at games? Maybe she should try and compete against him with more strategy-based games… She was sure she could beat him at those… although she would need to get one.

She sighed as they went back to the character selection screen.

"You know, these characters kind of remind me of our gang. Akira's totally Sheik with all that dashing and stuff, you remind me of Megaman always with those gadgets of yours."

"Mystic Codes." Ryuji rolled his eyes as he selected Captain Falcon. Hakuno chose to ignore the sounds of the front door unlocking, she had a good feeling about who it was, as she picked Pikachu.

The electric mouse spoke to her.

"Oh? Which one would I be?" Hakuno glanced behind Ryuji seeing another head of blonde hair entering the room. She was already down one life, she really needs to try and get better huh…

"Probably Zelda? Long flowing blonde hair, uses explosions, is cute…"His voice trailed as Ann rested her arms against his chair. Hakuno was lucky that Ryuji was slowly getting distracted by the scent of Ann's perfume as she barely took one of his lives.

"Oh keep going~" Hakuno grimaced, Ann's voice was getting oddly familiar, was it strange that it reminded her of Tamamo's? But Ryuji didn't seem to notice that he was actually talking to Ann… Hakuno got lucky and managed to take out one of his stocks by killing off her second to last life, at least they were even on lives now.

"I don't think Ann wouldn't try and go out and figure a way to save herself, so maybe more like Shiek probably wait..." Ah there it is, Ryuji's heart lept out of his chest as he fell to the ground and scrambled away from the chair he was sitting on. "What the fuck!?" Hakuno used his moment of distraction to finish off his last life. Doing a fist pump Hakuno decided it was the perfect time to leave.

Let Ann deal with the aftermath, Ryuji was calmer now and shouldn't be weirdly stressed. Hakuno nodded as she saw Ryuji swallow nervously… perhaps he wasn't as relaxed as she had hoped…

She decided it was still best to run off, she did have to work on Morgana's collar cell phone. Thing. She wasn't too sure what to call it yet. She slipped out the door as Ann gave her a not-so-subtle wink.


Hakuno had swung by to pick up Morgana, and Futaba wanted to join as well 'to make sure things work right'. The chance for Morgana to suddenly explode was basically 0.0001% … probably.

Eh, in the Metaverse it should be fine, belief and public opinion filled most of the gaps in her less-than-stellar Magical tinkering knowledge. Morgana purred as she found a lickable cat treat for him, although his Soul and Mind was not that of a cat, his Body craved the treat. She frowned as they entered the Metaverse, something felt extremely off. Maybe the wailing from the depths wasn't as loud as usual?

"Oracle, Mona do you guys feel something?"

"Hmm…" Necrominocon surrounded Futaba, and the UFO's neon green lights flickered to life as Morgana shook his head.

"No…" Morgana was still licking the cat treat, "Maybe you're just anxious? What Mystic Code are you even making today?" Hakuno frowned as Futaba exited Necronomicon shaking her head as well.

"Ah, it is…" She glanced at Futaba who shrugged.

"A computer? Closer to a smartwatch though…" Eh, Smart Collar then, entering the Train Station she idly noticed that the Twins weren't there, maybe Akira took them to the aquarium? She recalled that they wanted to visit one with him.

"Morgana, mind keeping an eye out for us?" The little not-a-cat nodded as he unsheathed his saber, his little whiskers twitching. Hakuno wanted to pet him, but while his Body was a cat… he hated it, and out of everyone that he talked to, she knew the most about not being fully human.

But, having at least one person on watch was important more so with Jabberwocky still out there, Alice's friend was surely not defeated just because they wounded him. She believed it would be best for none of them to go alone in Mementos anymore. Although she thinks she is the only one who ever risked it, usually she asks the twins to be here but…

Hakuno hummed as Futaba handed her the small mostly completed device, it was almost complete just needed a core to respond to Morgana's will something that would let the projection be interactable for him and him alone. If she could manage to make it so it appears only to him…

Maybe making it out of silver would help, she would have to incorporate a gemstone… maybe a small Ether Shard? No, an Aquamarine would fit the concept better, the calming nature of it should work probably. She had a set of eyeglass pieces from Ran Ru's Palace for the lens. She pulled from the depths of her soul the Magical Energy required, the holed silver slotting into the small computer-like device.

One of Futaba's hands appeared in her vision pointing at a specific part, "Make sure you connect it here, if you go there it won't do what we need." Hakuno nodded, she fully trusted her comments as computers were something she lived and breathed… It was marginally funny to her that the previous AI was worse at computers than someone in the modern world.

Shifting her thoughts, the Aquamarine slotted into the liquid silver, the few cords of normal technology melded into it. It felt… strangely nice to have help in making the device, maybe she should ask Futaba for help for others as well? At the least Futaba's, she has been putting off devising the Portable Terminal copy for a while…

She had to refocus, the silver in her hands melted further than she expected, hm that was strange, why was her Body feeling weird almost as if… the slightest echo of a metal boot on the ground caused her to freeze for just a moment, quickly turning around her circuits burned.

"Avenger!" Avenger flew from behind her as only a few feet away a black claw grasped Avenger's lightning-covered hand. The mysterious person slashed upward bisecting the Persona. She gripped onto her staff as Futaba scrambled to get behind her as her body already began to fade into her Persona, Morgana hissed as Zorro blasted the area Avenger was just in with a twister.

"Oracle, make an evac plan now!"

"Flames of Love and Hate!" The attack should buy them enough time to- "̶̧̜̗̲͍̥͛͛͗ͅM̷̲̪̼̗̎̋̎̊̈́͆͊͒̉̑͝ǎ̷̧̛̰͇̤̭͔̙̮̮̃̓́̋͗̎͆̆͝ͅn̶͇̖̹̳̣̄͒͊͑̒̉͐͘̚͘͠i̶͓̮̞̘͍̣̮̣͉̓̔̂͒̀̽̀̇͗͊̊͌̓̕f̵͙̺̦̝͂͂̿̍̅͊̄͐̓̎̀͝ḛ̵̡̦͔̌s̴̩̹̩̯̬̺͕̪͒̈́̋̉̇͑͋́͑͗̈́͑̓͝t̵̢̗͚͔̥̥̣͕̀̆̂!̴̟̂̅̏̂"̴̡̰̪̖̰̩̝͉͚̓̆̅̽͝ Hakuno couldn't make out the Persona, something was interfering with her sight, but she saw the purple blade it spawned effortlessly slash through one of her strongest attacks, the blade barely being slowed before coming down and digging into her arm it ḥ̷̢̧̰͈̝̯̊͊ṳ̴͕͑̌̌ŗ̵͇̭̱̝̖̭̯̓̀̃̎t̸͖́̉̈́̈́̅̑̔̄̑͛̾̉͝!̸̤̑͐̊̾́̃̽͗̎̕͠

S̷̟͐͐̕ǒ̵͍̥̽ ̵̡̕͝ͅm̵͔̏͊͋ù̶̡͝ć̸͙͐h̸̼̖͌ ̶̨̭͋m̷̜͊͠o̸͖͗r̶̨͑e̷̟̤̠͐͒̚ ̸̝̖̻͗ṯ̴͈̊̎͒h̶͇̘͋͒̊ạ̶̓ṅ̵̳̃ ̵̥̿̈́ą̸͈̍͝͝ǹ̵̘́͜y̵̮͉̿͗́ ̷̞̖̿̅ö̴͈́ṯ̶͈͕̽h̶̛̝̽̄e̸̳͎̳̊̅̈́r̵͍̜̕ ̷̳̥̿̉̂a̴͉̅́̍t̶̗͋̋ͅẗ̵͙̖͓́̍̐ą̸̣͗͜c̴͉̄k̴̗͋̎̀ ̵̨̳̓̏t̸̖́h̶̙̲͋a̷̩͎͠t̸̤̰͋ ̷̥̒̀̀s̵̯̀͝h̵̞̔͒e̴͉͕̎̈́ ̷̟͎̟͗h̵͉͂̅à̷̞͈͔ŝ̷̫̀͋ ̴̲̺̒͗̈́ḅ̴̍e̷̘̿̔é̸͖͌̒n̷͙̅̊͝ ̶̨̳̱͒̑͛š̴̞͒̀t̷̪̦̄̎̚r̴̘̞̽̋̕ṵ̵̏̈́́c̴̦̊̒k̴͎̫͑͒ ̴̻̂̓͒ḇ̵͔̈́y̸͖͛͊̕ ̷̻̀͝ͅi̶̘̯͆̄ͅn̵͕̿͌ ̴̘̭̖͐t̶̘̫̄̈́͘h̶̪͇͑̓i̴̡̍̕ș̵͙̜̀ ̴̡̧̀w̷̢͉͒͌̕ö̷̹̯̈ȓ̵̮̠̤̏͝l̶̟̰̼̃́d̶͖͙͝!̴̬͊͠

Hakuno felt the blood beginning to ooze from her arm and gritted her teeth to stop from screaming from the absolute pain she was in, if she could endure dying she could endure this!

"Zorro show your might!" Winds blasted the being letting what remained of Avenger's beam barely nicked them. Their assailant had wisps of black and azure coming off of his strange outfit, but the absolutely most striking was his Black Mask.

Pushing all she could into Avenger, her Persona's claws met their Assailant's sawblade while Morgana's Lucky Punch sprung out of the box near their face and smacked into its armored head. The attack barely nudged their face and with sadistic glee, they laughed.

No his laugh the laughter, the singular word, and what she could pick up from his wispy body shape was for certain masculine.

He quickly appeared in front of her and brought his blade down, she barely dodged and felt the trickle of blood drip from her now wounded leg. She can't keep up with him!

"Amatsu-Mikaboshi!" Dozens of spheres of starlight appeared for a split second before raining down beams of Almighty magic at their assailant who jumped back giving her some breathing room.

A grappling hook flew into the ground near Morgana blasting another twister toward the Black Mask the not-a-cat grabbed onto the grappling hook causing it to retract. He flew passed her, out and over the escalators towards the exit of Mementos, "It's Joker! Magus, run for it!"

"Watch out!" Hakuno was confused but then saw a horde of cascading boxes pop into existence between the two, a flickering UFO was above her before fading out of existence. She held out her arms as a familiar head of orange hair collapsed into her. It stung the wound on her arm but she could ignore the pain for now.

Hakuno pumped more Od into Avenger, the Count of Monte Cristo's expression turned to glee as another sphere of Almighty magic covered his clawed hands as he phased through the boxes towards the Black Mask.

A yell of annoyance came from the other side as another bone-chilling wave of energy slammed into her back and her mask smacked into her face as she ascended the last step out of Mementos.


Akira gulped in large gulps of air, he had tried something stupid, something that he had an inkling he could do with his Magecraft, duplicate. Doubling up on a spell was tiring, he had to get Hakuno to help him make it easier and… get the main drawback of losing the Persona until the Twins can resummon them after doing it.

He was at the Beach with the twins, but as soon as they stepped foot onto the sandy beach their expressions of glee changed to seriousness that terrified him. He didn't even know how he got back to Shibuya as fast as he did one moment at Miura Beach then boom. Thrown into Shibuya and kicked into Mementos.

All he knew was his legs were tired from whatever they did, seeing Hakuno run out of the station dripping blood and Futaba clinging onto her like a baby opossum. He grimaced as he heard a yell of pure frustration and the destruction of something emitted from Mementos as the familiar wave of black and red washed over his vision.

"What. the fuck was that." He grimaced as the few people near them sent his group an annoyed look as Morgana scurried onto his shoulder.

"Hakuno are you alright?" Morgana's voice snapped him to her, she was pale almost as pale as she was back in Madarame's Palace all that time ago. The blood was still flowing from her arm and leg.

Thats new.

Injuries have never fully transferred from the Metaverse! Yeah, they got tired and scuffed, occasionally a bruise or sore but never open wounds.

"I'm… ok." Futaba fell from her arms as she clutched onto the bleeding wound, a flickering blue light appeared slowing down the blood, "Can your doctor patch me?" Futaba scrambled under her, her expression was of pure terror, and with a herculean effort she helped Hakuno stand.

"We got to take her to Tae's!" Morgana's yowl was loud, but nobody else gave them so much as a glance.

Good, means that they weren't followed. Hopefully.

He grimaced as he ran to the main street waving a taxi down, a train would take too long. Luckily he was able to wave one down after a few drove passed him.

"Yongen-Jaya, please!" The taxi driver barely glanced at them as they quickly rejoined traffic.


Author's Note: Well, I don't know if this chapter was supposed to come out today or next week. So… yeah here ya go early or on time, not sure.

What is time at this point?

Little Black Mask testing out the waters, he is curious.

Cya laterz!