Persona 5 Royal: tmdrago Special Edition
By Tayla Drago
Episode #36 - Ichiryusai Madarame
Getting through school for Keiko to keep on doing well studying…It was time for the meeting to happen for today as the task will be done the next day for sure. Madarame and Shadow self, the Phantom Thieves and Jackie the Jack Frost are coming to change your heart. Not to mention getting the real artists their work back against their so call teacher, to be no more. As the train stops for the two to get off the meet with Ryuji, Ann, and Yusuke at their hideout to talk about sending out the Calling Card for Madarame, and then for them to steal the Treasure to change his heart by tomorrow to finally make their move.
Morgana: Good, everyone's here.
Keiko: Then let's talk about the plan before doing it.
Good thinking for the others but for Ryuji to ask Keiko nicely about it.
Ryuji: How come, Keiko...? Not that I'm ever judgin' you or anything...
Keiko: It's fine, Ryuji, it's just to plan it to be safe before we do anything else.
Ryuji: As always, you're as smart and beautiful.
Ann elbows Ryuji to the arm.
Ann: Yeah, yeah...Keep talking.
Ryuji: Well, excuse me! (What's her problem...?)
A slow process, but it'll happen for Ryuji and Ann to end up together for Yusuke to see it without saying a word when it comes to true love 'since he loves Keiko'.
Yusuke: Young love for each of us...About stopping Madarame, we can now take him down, yes?
Morgana: Madarame's going to be a changed man. There won't be any way to revert it though. Are you sure you're OK with that?
Asking Yusuke about it, will he still go along with it all?
Yusuke: I have thought it over carefully, and I cannot think of a future in which he does not pay his dues. He has preyed not only on the art world, but on countless talents...so I humbly request your help.
Keiko: All right, Yusuke, if you're okay with all of this.
For the others and Keiko to understand what Yusuke's going through, feeling happy to have them on their side and Keiko to have him make through anything.
Yusuke: It is, Ms. Keiko, thank you for worrying about me. I apologize for making all of you do this...
Ann: Not at all. We just didn't want to impose if you weren't feeling up to it, Yusuke. But if you're already determined to do it, then there's nothing more for us to say.
It's good to have more members on the team.
Yusuke: If I recall, our next step is sending a "calling card", correct? What a suave maneuver.
Morgana: It's not about acting cool. The calling card is a way to trigger a change in his cognition.
First they send it to Madarame, and then it happens for the Treasure to be revealed.
Yusuke: A change in cognition...That reminds me, you went through some trouble regarding that before...
Morgana: Ah, you must be talking about when we forced open that security gate in the courtyard.
Is that something to really be worried about...?
Ann: The Palace is a cognitive world, so changing its ruler's cognition changes the topography! ...I think!
Morgana: Very nicely put, Lady Ann! You're absolutely correct. This will be a vital tactic from here forward.
Keiko: And more in the future to get used to doing it...
For Yusuke to ask the next question.
Yusuke: Well, may I ask a question...? Each of you are talking about cognitions a lot...So does it form from the Metaverse for someone to do to be different than in this world? Has it been going for quite some time without no one noticing it?
That...Well, that question was hard to answer for Morgana doesn't even know about it fully.
Morgana: Honestly, I'm not sure. We just knew about Kamoshida's one when we first started off.
Yusuke: I see...
Ryuji: Crap, he totally caught me off guard with that...It's weird to not know all of the other worlds and we don't know a damn thing about it...Keiko, has it ever crossed your mind?
Learning more as if they're the Phantom Thieves, it was really hard to tell which was which.
Keiko: I feel like I do a little.
Morgana: Only to know some to not know everything while we live in this area...
Once they do know what to do, they'll get there to know what to do next.
Yusuke: A calling card, hm? Will he take it seriously? He is famous, after all...He has often received slanderous letters till now, as well.
The others have nothing to worry about.
Ryuji: He'll know best whether the crime written on it is real or not.
Yep, they knew Ryuji was going to send the Calling Card out again.
Morgana: Wait. Are you going to write it again, Ryuji? That last one was questionable at best...
Keiko: And so much bad mouthing Kamoshida...
So Ann thought of someone else to send it this time.
Ann: You should do it then, Yusuke! Make it really artistic and stuff!
But he couldn't play it safe.
Yusuke: No. It'll end with him figuring it out. He knows my drawing and writing styles all too well.
Ryuji: Oh, then I'll think it up, and you'll make it cooler!
Keiko: (Better than the last one was.) Good idea, Ryuji.
Now that can work out very well...For Keiko to like it, this makes Ryuji smile.
Yusuke: Designing a calling card, hm...Interesting. It shall become proof that the Phantom Thieves do exist. If Ms. Keiko likes it, I'll help out.
Ryuji: It's decided then!
Ann: Yes!
Then everyone was all set to get it done tomorrow.
Morgana: Great! All that's left is to make the Treasure ours! You guys better come fully prepared!
Keiko: See you tomorrow at the exhibit, everyone.
And they will do so for the five to call it a day to go back home to rest until then to make some tools before both Keiko and Morgana call it a night after helping out Sojiro; and text messaging Ann and Ryuji about their move they'll be making tomorrow after school.
[Ryuji: Yo, I tried changing the chat icon.]
[Ann: Looks the same to me.]
[Ryuji: Maybe it's just for the group and doesn't show up in here...Well, you should take a look later. It's that Phantom Thieves logo I had Yusuke draw for us. The calling card turned out great 'cause of him too. Anyways, this is the first job for the Phantom Thieves. We really can't screw this up, k?]
[Ann: I am not underestimating anything, I assure you.]
[Ryuji: And make sure Yusuke gets a lot of rest today, OK?]
[Ann: Yeah.]
[Ryuji: Welp, see y'all tomorrow! Night, Ann. Night, Mona. Night, Keiko, sweet dreams.]
[Keiko: Night, everyone.]
[Ann: See you tomorrow!]
Keiko and Morgana reading a book before they went to bed, then getting some sleep next. A night goes by for people all over town were talking about the Phantom Thieves to have lots of rumors to spread a lot of them really changing people's hearts – some liked it, others were confused, and some don't like them as much for Junko to see something from the website to feel a bit about their work.
Junko: (Phantom Thieves...Do we have the right to see people like them change people's hearts...?)
She wasn't the only one either for someone who's smart, as Kasumi catches on to the Phantom Thieves as well.
Kasumi: The Phantom Thieves?
But that's everyone's point of view on what they think of things, you know? Same with Kiwa Tsuba himself on his end to be confused…or does he? Thig guys seems like the same feeling as Yuuki's, but a lot more on this guy's mind.
Kiwa: (Yes, it is them.)
Hmm….I don't know him much just yet, but we'll get around it later on for sure on the other 3 characters.
Year – 20xx
Day #45 – May 5/24th – Tuesday
The next morning, reading on the train ride to school once again for Keiko and Morgana are enjoying their books their borrow or bought. During class time, Kawa had another announcement to say about some special event for the students to do later on a good community.
Kawa: Okay, let's begin homeroom. First off, something will be happening real soon. As part of a city beautification project, the entire school will be participating in a public cleanup campaign...That means we're going to Inokashira Park to pick up trash.
Not good for others who didn't like the idea one bit, but that's teenage life.
Kawa: Settle down. The cleanup will take place next week, on the 30th. All students are to wear their gym uniforms during the event, so don't forget to dress the part.
I guess Keiko and the other students have no other choice. Soon, Keiko and Ann text Ryuji 'since he did it first', to talk about the annoyances to them. Good thing they have about a few days or a week.
[Ryuji: You guys hear about this cleanup bullshit at Inokashira Park? I guess it's the principal's idea. Damage control after Kamoshida scandal up the school's rep.]
[Ann: Pretty sure "scandal's" not a verb. But I get what you mean. Even the counseling stuff seems like a desperate move.]
[Keiko: They're scrambling something.]
[Ryuji: All the girls in our class have been freaking out over this new guy, too.]
[Keiko: Maruki Sir? He has been helping out a lot of people.]
[Ryuji: Sure glad you're not into him, Keiko. Also, I've been hearing Maruki "hot", "kind", "sensitive"...Basically everyone thinks he's their type.]
[Ann: Whoa. I guess he's pretty popular, then. Oh yeah, have you guys gone to his counseling yet?]
[Ryuji: Oh shit. I forgot. But I dunno...I don't really feel like going. You know what I mean, right, Keiko?]
[Keiko: He's a good counselor.]
[Ryuji: Whoa, really?]
[Ann: You should just go already. If your slacking draws attention to us, we're the ones who'll have to pay for it.]
[Ryuji: Fiiiine...]
Yeah, Ryuji will go without admitting it deep down 'because Ann told him to' and take Keiko's advice. Maybe Maruki can help him out like the other 2 girls 'besides Keiko to have a special help and for Maruki's sake'. We'll get back on those 2 things later on, but first! As another art exhibit was still going on for Keiko, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, and Morgana were spying on Madarame to be talking to his agents about his "so called" art work to make more money. All was well for this guy, until someone walked up next to Madarame to tell him something appeared out of nowhere for the fake to go see.
Staff Member: Pardon me, sir. There's a matter we need to notify you about...
Madarame: Please excuse me for a moment.
He goes to talk to the staff with Yusuke to act like himself with his former teacher to see what happens next.
Madarame: What is it...?
Staff Member: We found this outside...
The staff man showed it to Madarame for him to see.
Madarame: A letter?
Staff Member: It's...uh...
Showing it to Madarame for him to see, his staff reads it to him.
Staff Member: "Sir Ichiryusai Madarame, a great sinner of vanity whose talent has been exhausted. You are an artist who uses his authority to shamelessly steal the ideas of his pupils. We have decided to make you confess all your crimes with your own mouth. We will take your distorted desires without fail. From, Team Drago of the Phantom Thief of Hearts..."
Once that's been read, Madarame crumbles it up in anger to hide his true feelings of him getting caught, to act like this was a bad prank.
Madarame: Whose doing is this...?!
Staff Member: We don't know! The same letter has been posted everywhere...
Madarame: What about the security cameras?!
This was news to the man to not know until today to get the news so much to not find anything.
Staff Member: There were no signs of the culprit...All we saw was a cat in the recordings...
Madarame: Remove these at once!
Now he was really mad...
Staff Member: Of course! Umm...
One more thing he had to tell Madarame about next.
Madarame: ...What now?!
Staff Member: It's about this affecting the exhibit...We believe it's just a prank, but what of the mass media?
Madarame: Are you insinuating that this slander is true...?
Staff Member: Of course not!
And from no one else to see or hear but for Yusuke to feel it out as Madarame Shadow was on to this whole thing to stop the Phantom Thieves himself to save his Treasure, or tries to.
Madarame Shadow: It's those damn brats doing, isn't it? Well, it means nothing...They'll only be able to do as they please until the exhibit is over...
And now the game is on to make his security much tougher in his Palace type of museum. As Yusuke joins back with the others 'for Morgana senses out the Calling Card has been delivered' for them, Keiko, Ann, and Ryuji see and hear the whole thing.
Yusuke: Will that do...?
Looks like it was for Yusuke to ask the others about it.
Ann: Yup! It was perfect! The composition was way cooler too!
Keiko: Then we all know what that means, Madarame must be flipping out from the inside than he is on the outside. And his Shadow self.
Morgana: The Treasure should appear right about now.
And the Phantom Thieves were also ready.
Ryuji: You better enjoy the air of freedom while you still can, old man. Anyways, d'you guys check online? People are already talkin' about that callin' card. We'll show 'em...We're gonna surprise 'em all!
Morgana: I'm sure you all know, but we only get one shot to pull this off!
All of them to do as they headed back to the Metaverse of Madarame Shadow's Museum Palace to be ready for anything.
Keiko: We all do, Morgana. Let's do this.
Ann: It'll be fine. We managed last time too.
Seems like everyone was good to go, and for Yusuke to be ready for this the most.
Morgana: You have no reverberations about this either, right, Yusuke?
Yusuke: Of course not...We'll do this.
Then it settles, the five headed out of the exhibit to go into the Metaverse next to transform as Jackie appears from their cell phones of the Nav app 'like a wandering spirit of a Persona to be like an avatar to travel anywhere from it'. The other five transform into the Phantom Thieves with Yusuke having a code name as Fox to say it now, when you're given one.
Keiko: Team, let's move out. Suit up! Code name – Joker!
Morgana: Suit up! Code name – Mona!
Ryuji: Suit up! Code name – Skull!
Ann: Suit up! Code name – Panther!
Yusuke: Suit up! Code name – Fox!
Now then, it's showtime! Walking where they sneak inside of the Palace from the back side to be ready for anything for Jackie to be waiting for all five of them to show up, for it was happy to see them again to give them a good shortcut to getting inside for them to follow the little Persona.
Keiko: Aw, it's good to see you too, Jackie, I'm glad you've waited for us. Are you well?
Seems like it is eating anything it sees as food.
Morgana: This Persona type named Jackie can make food on its own to learn so much, so it's doing well from the looks of it.
Now like from before, the area of the strange feeling is different than the last time since Madarame changed the protection for his Treasure to be heavily guarded. So from Jackie's memory to lead the Phantom Thieves' to safety from inside the security control room next to a Safe Room nearby, they were all in the Palace to put their plans of taking the Treasure into action. As Jackie guided Yusuke to grab the Treasure from the hook up top, Ryuji and Ann to be on standby, and both Keiko and Morgana to do the control rooms.
Ryuji: It's almost time...
Yusuke: There will be no turning back once we begin this operation.
Ann: And if worst comes to worst, we might have to fight...
For Jackie to do what it can to guide them to the Treasure for it to all work out, and then they have to fight against Madarame next.
Morgana: That's right. Jackie, you can still help us out for all of this until we come across Madarame if he appears to try getting his Treasure back. Now then...Are you ready, Joker?
For the Persona to do its part 'to not fight a lot since it lost its memories to still have some skills', the Phantom Thieves were ready.
Keiko: Ready as I'll ever be.
Morgana: OK! Everyone, to your positions!
Here we go!
Ann: There's an enemy inside, just as expected...
On guard duty from the looks of it.
Ryuji: I mean, we've done a ton in here. It ain't surprisin'. Anyway, I'm gonna try and draw it out, so I'll leave the switch to you guys.
A tricky move for Ryuji to give it a shot to have Ann worry about him.
Ann: Will you be OK…? What if it catches up to you…?
Ryuji: Heh, don't underestimate an ex-runner. I'm definitely gonna shake it off…!
Here goes nothing for him.
Ryuji: Heyyy, there's some weird people over heeere! Heyyy, I need some helllp!
This has the Shadow come out of the room for Ryuji to make a run for it, as the Shadow itself follows him 'and for Ann to sneak around to make her move'.
Shadow Security Guard: Hm?! What's the matter?!
There they both go.
Ann: You'd better make it, Skull...!
With Ann and Ryuji keeping an eye on the door to see tons of security guards from inside of the Treasure room, with Ryuji distracting the guards to chase after Ryuji, Jackie gave Ann the good to mess with the power controls; almost catching up to Ryuji to get capture and killed by some more Shadow security guards. While Yusuke ties Morgana up on a hook to be all set to be lower down underneath the Treasure to get it, with Jackie giving the sign to turn off the power long enough for Keiko to lower the crane for Yusuke to tell her to do it now.
Yusuke: Is this good?
Seems like Morgana was tied up on the crane and all set to go.
Morgana: Yeah, it's perfect!
Yusuke: You seem to be enjoying this.
Morgana: Only the best can appreciate these critical moments. Plus, this feels like we're really phantom thieves!
This is what they do best against really bad adults.
Yusuke: We'll be counting on you, Mona. And Panther as well.
From one end to another for Ann to be seeing, this was her turn next.
Ann: There's Fox's signal...! That means they're ready to go! Good luck, everyone! Let's do this…!
Turning the lights off, Yusuke tells Keiko to pull the crane down next.
Keiko: Ready, Fox?
Yusuke: Joker, now!
Keiko: Right.
And she pulls the lever for Morgana to get ready to grab hold of Madarame's Treasure.
Morgana: Hyaaaaaaah!
She does it...As Ryuji and Ann return for all four of them and Jackie to get ready for their next move.
Ann: Sorry for the wait!
Ryuji: My bad! It took me ages to get that guy off my trail!
Ann: Wait, where's Mona?
It was time to pick him up next since Jackie pointed out to remind all of them.
Yusuke: Let us reconvene with Mona!
They all caught up with Morgana, to see him grabbing onto the Treasure in his paws and the power to go back on. They did it!
Keiko: Mona?
Morgana: Check it out! Do I have the skills or what?
Ryuji: Kick ass, Mona!
The Phantom Thieves have done it again...Only for now Madarame Shadow sees it being stolen to not be too happy about it one bit.
Shadow Security Guard: Lord Madarame! Th-The piece is gone!
Madarame Shadow: Ngh…How dare those vermin…But now we'll corner them like the rats they are! Lock all the doors at once! They have nowhere to run!
This was their chance to take the Treasure and make a run for it inside some odd blue hole to enter through, and it wasn't a window.
Keiko: Where will this hole lead us to? I don't feel anything life threatening!
Yusuke: We must get in there before they spot us!
They go through it to see like the crazy stairs type of scene, with Jackie stopping them from going any further or they'll fall down to their dooms.
Ryuji: Ah...How high are we?!
Morgana: Well, if we're up then we'll just have to find a way down the long and easy way.
And they do from a few stairs to guide them carefully down from their own stairs to walk on. From climbing down, walking around it, turning around a few pathways, down again, and finally seeing another portal door to be opened.
Ann: I hope this is our way out of here.
Yusuke: But how will we know if it's safe?
Morgana: We'll just have to take our chances. If anything does happen, we run for it. Come on!
And they do for Jackie to guide them again to lead all of them outside of the Palace of the courtyards to be in, they were finally out of there.
Ryuji: Hey, we got out!
Keiko: Back from the very beginning to be further from the backside.
It seems all way cleared outside less to have more protecting back inside of the Palace.
Morgana: Too bad the Shadows of Madarame's are so dumb guarding the Treasure, to not keep an eye from the outside either. And...Also...
He seems to be too happy about the Treasure they've gotten, which appears to be a portrait painting to be Madarame's Treasure.
Yusuke: Is there something wrong...?
Morgana: I...I want to see what the Treasure looks like! Please?! Mrrrr…Meowww...
This is something for Jackie and Yusuke has to get used to from Morgana's love for Treasure and things like it.
Ryuji: Really, Mona? At a time like this? You and your auditions on goddamn treasures.
This has to do with Morgana from time to time...
Keiko: Don't worry, this is normal with Mona. We might as well take a peek at this while there's nothing else to try to stop us.
And they do it by placing it down on the floor gently to see what the Treasure in this one looks like. With Keiko, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Morgana 'who was excited from all of this the most', and Jackie on what Madarame Shadow's Treasure was in the Metaverse. For Jackie to see and learn more about the Phantom Thieves to enjoy their work to stop bad guys by changing their hearts.
Morgana: Come on...Come on...! Treasure! Hrm!?
Once the curtain was removed, something was wrong for Jackie to be moving around-like crazy to tell them about the Treasure to not be real.
Ryuji: THIS is the Treasure?!
Keiko: This is bad...! (It's a fake since I couldn't sense a thing!)
It only gets worse when the laser thing comes out of the grounds right next to the thieves for Yusuke to spot it to shove Jackie out of there first, to then alert the others next really fast.
Yusuke: Get back!
And they escaped from it for more to pop up to almost trapped them, and missed. It would seem that Madarame Shadow was on to them to switch the real Treasure of his with a fake one to showing himself at his enemies next.
Madarame Shadow: Meddlesome vermin.
With him and two other Shadows ready to fight all five of them 'as well as Madarame Shadow having hold of another gem to be the color orange this time to hold lots of power from it'. Like Suguru Shadow was with the red one?
Keiko: (Madarame Shadow! This was all a trap...) Jackie, go hide! We'll handle this fight!
The little Persona watches everything from behind them to hide very well to cheer them on. Jackie looked scared, but it knows that its new friends can do it since it still wants to be useful on other things it can still do.
Madarame Shadow: Is this what you're all looking for?
One of his Shadows was holding the real portrait of the painting to be Madarame Shadow's Treasure.
Morgana: What nonsense that you used a mouse trap on me!
Ryuji: So you had a fake prepared, huh?!
Madarame Shadow: Counterfeits are accepted in the world of Japanese arts.
Yusuke: What made you change like this?! Is it because you became famous?! Can't you understand how much it pains me to inquire about the crimes of my foster father?!
Yusuke can do this against Madarame Shadow to stop his nightmares for good as the fake artist he really is.
Madarame Shadow: ...Now that I think back, the only reason why I took you in was due to my ties with your mother. That woman never lost her passion for painting even after her husband died. Her skills and talents were quite astonishing...That's why I decided to look after her. Your mother and the artwork she created – they're all MY works of art!
So that's what Madarame did with Yusuke's mother to become more famous than she would like her late husband neither, to go downhill from there.
Keiko: (I don't believe this guy!) Being a fraud and taking credit from others is very wrong to do!
Ann: How low can you sink...?
Like Madarame Shadow even gives a damn about it all.
Madarame Shadow: I suppose I can grant you a gift before you die – a glimpse of the genuine "Sayuri"...!
We all know what the word means, the real thing. That's Madarame's Treasure in the Metaverse.
Yusuke: Genuine...?
Madarame Shadow has his Shadow guard reveal the painting of Sayuri of a woman holding a baby in her arms, for it was the true art work to be Yusuke's mother and him when he was very little of this fine art work she did.
Keiko: Fox...? This is Madarame's Treasure!
Yusuke: That's...the real "Sayuri"...? This can't be...! Mom...!
He knows it's the real one and it was his mother in it to be her works, all of it from the beginning to the end.
Ryuji: Huh?!
Keiko: This Sayuri was your mother...?
Sad, huh? And that's not all of Madarame Shadows' evil deeds to be doing, there was more about the painting itself...
Madarame Shadow: Indeed it is. This was painted by your mother. It's a portrait of herself. A woman who knew her death was coming painted her last wishes, for the son she would leave behind. That is the truth behind the mystery of the "Sayuri" expression!
He took it all away from the poor woman.
Ryuji: You stole something THAT personal...?!
Madarame Shadow: I knew at first glance. I knew it'd be a huge success, if I added a touch to the painting and announced it under my name!
And the child to be Yusuke to ask more about it from the painting itself.
Yusuke: But the baby in the picture...Why did you paint over it...?
Madarame Shadow: It was all to stage it. If the babe's is erased, the reason for the woman's expression will become a mystery...! That is what the general public is drawn to! Each of those parasitic critics wrote the same thing!
For the Phantom Thieves to learn about Madarame's fake art works, as Ann knew that something was off from the exhibit on the first day.
Ann: I always felt something was off about this...Now I know what it is. If you really treasure that painting, you wouldn't even think about replicating it for profit! You don't love art at all!
Keiko: You just do this for the money!
The two girls get it, and so does Morgana to say it in Madarame Shadow's face.
Morgana: Though you have the real Treasure, your true skills are nothing more than these scribbles on that fake!
Ryuji: It makes me laugh, asshole!
For the Phantom Thieves to tell the truth, this won't stop Madarame Shadow from doing what he likes to do in a messed up kind of way.
Madarame Shadow: So you'll all defy me no matter what...Well then, since you're my work of art, Yusuke, I'm going to reap you for the sake of my future...Along with those insolent friends of yours there.
They'll be fighting him in order to get the Treasure back.
Ann: I can't believe you're treating both mother and son like they're objects...You're inhuman!
This makes Yusuke very sad and down in the dumps for Morgana to notice it first.
Morgana: Fox...?
Keiko: We're so sorry about all of this.
He remembers something to tell his former teacher about the painting, a lot more to it.
Yusuke: I've heard that you destroy your "art" once they outlive their usefulness...Did that include my mother as well?
For the other four to hear the shocking news, Madarame saw something far more than seeing Yusuke's mother dying out of nowhere...
Keiko: What...?
Madarame Shadow: She just so happened to have a seizure in front of me. That's when a thought crossed my mind...If I don't call for help and leave her be, I could obtain her painting without any strings attached.
And because of this, he let her die to make it look like she died on her own. No...!
Ann: No...You let her die?!
Madarame Shadow: She was physically weak. No one would doubt if she just dropped dead because of a seizure. Above all, Yusuke, didn't you think it was odd – that I discovered your talents when you were only three? The reason why I kept you around was to keep you from realizing the truth behind "Sayuri".
Not only a fake to be using people to take created for, but Madarame was also a murderer!
Yusuke: You killed her...!
This even made Keiko really mad to feel Yusuke's pain very much like the others, but much more.
Keiko: Letting Yusuke's mother die is nothing to you at all...? YOU BASTARD!
Madarame Shadow: The artistic talents you inherited from your mother were a delightful miscalculation, though. If I'm to steal ideas, it's much easier robbing the future of brats who won't talk back then adults. It's thanks to you that I came up with the idea. You have my gratitude.
From the shocking truth to be told, this made Yusuke laugh suddenly...
Yusuke: *chuckle*
Ann: Yusuke...?
He was mad and sad from all of this to say this to Madarame next.
Yusuke: I thank you, Madarame...! Every reason for me to forgive you has disappeared without a trace at this very moment! You aren't some rotten artist...You're a disposable fiend who wears the skin of an artist!
Yeah! You tell that man, Yusuke! During this whole thing, both Cait Sith and Orobas arrive at the scene; with another event for them to witness without being push back from the later on, as the real battle was about to start.
Orobas: I think this is the place.
Sith: Yeah, and I think I see the humans in costumes with the powers. They're about to fight the ruler here, let's go watch. Keep your head down this time. Shh…
Orobas: Oh, right. Being quiet now and watching.
Hiding in the background without being seen 'but it's not like they would notice right now' Sith and Orobas watch the show. As Jackie watches the rest a little up close to the little Jack Frost Persona.
Madarame Shadow: All you good-for-nothings...! Barging into my museum and doing whatever the hell you want...
For the five Phantom Thieves get ready to fight against Madarame Shadow to show off his fighting form, get ready...!
Keiko: Here it comes...Madarame's ready to show his true form!
She was right, it was happening! Keiko/Joker, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, and Yusuke/Fox give it everything they have.
Madarame Shadow: Those who have the connections make the rules: those who don't, follow them. Not to mention, the value or art is all subjective! I make the rules in the art scene! I am the supreme being! I am the god of the art world!
Morgana: Joker's right, this isn't good. Get back!
From Madarame Shadow's wicked laughter, his body turns into four different parts of a huge painting from two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. He looks really ugly...
Tayla: Persona #41 – Azazel
Azazil or Azazel ("God strengthens" or "Arrogant to God") is one of the Grigori in Hebrew lore. He was a fallen angel who was offered goats as sacrifices. In Islam he is sometimes considered as the devil before he became a Jinn.
Tayla: It's the five thieves vs. Madarame Shadow! Here we go!
Azazel: I'll paint all over you! Now...let's begin, you vermin!
Here we go! Battle time while the other Shadows watch the rest.
Sith: Here we go.
Orobas: This is going to get crazy…!
Yusuke: You used others for your own despicable desires, Madarame...You aren't even worth the art you "create"!
Morgana: Don't lose focus, Joker! Stay strong! We can do this!
Giving it their all from using ice powers from Keiko's Personas to have some, to dodging lots of lightning strikes from Azazel's eyes to try shocking them to death. Wow! With his attacks going up to watch out for as Ryuji and Captain Kid use their weapon power ups of his own lighting skills to make his defenses go down.
Ryuji: A little bit of this, and some of my own attacks to use on you...! Raging Storm Clash!
A direct hit! And Morgana attacks too with his wind powers of Zorro helping him out.
Morgana: Time to give you a breeze of defeat! Furious Fangs!
Somehow, Azazel had a wind attack of his own to make the ground crack to try cutting the others, some cuts to get some of their hairs, scary! Close to using his big mouth to try biting them to try getting to Keiko, luckily for Yusuke to use his sword to cut the mouth to get hurt and the nose to have some water and ice to hit Azazel to get wet.
Yusuke: Leave my sweet Joker alone, you monster...! Aqua Typhoon!
Nice one!
Keiko: Thanks for the save, Fox.
Yusuke: Anything for you, my sweet...
Holding up a love life a side...Ann makes a move to try to set this Azazel on fire.
Ann: Let's save the sweet talk for later, you two! Burning Claw!
Azazel's nose was gone, for the others hit the rest of his eyes and mouth to take out next. Trying to hurt Ryuji to move away striking back in the one eye of his. Trying to hurt him again, Keiko uses her attack to save her friend in seconds.
Keiko: Daggers of Darkness!
And that leaves the eye to go away for the mouth was left to take out next for Azazel tries biting them whole.
Azazel: You'll have to do better than throwing knives at me-! What!?
Keiko makes a move to use one of her daggers to hold Azazel's mouth to stay open wide to stick it right in between the lips to stay there.
Keiko: I was waiting for you to open this big mouth of yours again. Have a taste of this!
Shooting from inside of Azazel's mouth, to be destroyed for Madarame Shadow to appear to now be powerless.
Morgana: Madarame's out!
The five surrounded the man to make him surrender or else he would be shot.
Azazel: Dammit...I'm the great Madarame...The Madarame who gathers a full crowd every time he opens an exhibit! I'm not someone that worthless brats like you are allowed to defy...!
Yusuke: Enough of your egotistic ranting! Taste the wrath of all those you've preyed upon!
Morgana: And you're still saying that?! There's no need to hold back then! Let's get him, Joker!
All of them do an All-Out Attack on Madarame Shadow to get beat down hard. Doing well against physical attacks after that, Jackie moves around to tell them to get back – for Madarame Shadow had more tricks up his sleeves.
Keiko: We have to break the shield before we can attack the main core of this man!
Guess it was the only option they have left.
Azazel: I'm a great artist, Madarame! If you brats can't fathom that...Then you'll witness it for yourselves! Behold my master craft!
Using his powers of the gem to make four more Madarame Shadows of four different elements to help him out. Lighting, fire, ice, and wind. Jackie tries to rub its eyes to think it was seeing things, but this Persona wasn't.
Morgana: Wha-?! He made copies of himself?! ...Ha, I see. Creating duplicates IS his specialty!
As strong as he was in the other form, the other copies of the other 5 elements of Madarame's Shadows are so annoying, huh? Stay on your guard, you guys! Trying to use a combine powers of all 4 elements in one, as strong as it was destroyed the Phantom Thieves own skills and gun bullets…another one was missed from kunai and a boomerang stopped it all 'by luck', being the same ninja Persona-User's doing again, and another attack done by her Persona too. Afterwards, they left because only Keiko felt it out.
Keiko: (Hey! They're gone. Was it the ninja Persona-User again?)
From the other attacks of 3 almost hit Orobas to kick some away from his feet and Sith almost losing his tail.
Sith: Hey! Whoever did that, watch it!
Well whoever this Persona-User ninja girl is with her other female Persona type of ninja, they're more powerful are stronger than they look.
Azazel: N-Ngh...Stop this...IS this how you show your gratitude to the man who raised you?!
He has no right to say those words to Yusuke at all!
Yusuke: Silence! Don't waste your breath!
Azazel: Grrr...impertinent brats...! It seems you need a good whipping to make you understand!
So they keep on going to have the dagger to be gone for the new Azazel was ready. Using lots of black ink to affect Morgana to be covered in it.
Morgana: What is this...? I think this ink can do more than have different colors, this could be bad!
Keiko: Mona?! Are you feeling alright?
Morgana: Just don't get affected by this attack, it's very powerful!
But how can they for their defenses to go down from the ink hits and Azazel's many glares to do the same to slow all five of them down? And more of his four clones to be made? He can even use the illusion of the big portrait forms to attack again with the black ink move too to be hologram, but the attack magic were real. There has to be way to stop him the second time to strike back as fast as they can...That's when Jackie tries to do something – using some of its' ice powers and Yusuke's to freeze up some painting colors to splash a lot more for it to be cut down in seconds to splash all over Azazel's eyes, mouth, and nose.
Yusuke: Ah...! (Now I see what Jackie's doing for me...Paint can get ruined from color running waters of other paints to ruin his face. The artwork won't be enough!)
It seems to be working to weaken Azazel very much to have trouble seeing and hating what he looks like now, for he looks like a children's finger painting to make it a complete mess. And from that move also freeing Morgana from the ink to get off his fur.
Ryuji: Ha! Nice one, Jackie! What a bad look for you, old man.
Trying to get his eyes to work, he sees what has happened.
Azazel: Huh? What...? Other paints all over me? And my four clones? No! This will never be removed! This look of artwork is now worthless! I'm a mess!
It was time for the other four of the Phantom Thieves to attack next since Yusuke just did. From Keiko to cut away, Ryuji to fire away from his cannon blasts, Ann and Carmen to use lot of fire blasts to hit many more times, and Morgana to sling shot at the rest of the portraits and turns to Madarame Shadow again to be very weaken and still covered in many random colors of paint and all of his four clones to get destroyed.
Ann: A nice way for you to be covered in something you love to be destroyed. How sad.
Surrounding the man again to be ready to finish this as well as the water and ice powers were washing the paint colors away.
Azazel: Dammit...Dammit...Stop it, you brats, or else...! You've ruined my good looks in the arts!
He's the one to talk to!
Yusuke: Your good looking art? You mean the other pupils you've stolen to ruin their lives like you did for me and my Mother? You have some nerve to say you're the best which you are not. And now you're complaining about a little ink to not be right all over you to cry about it, it only shows on how much you hate it. To never know what real art all about true beauty and skills is!
Keiko: What he just said, Madarame, it's over! Attack!
Another All-Out Attack for Keiko, Morgana, Ryuji, and Ann to strike Madarame Shadow to go down and weaken, leaving Yusuke to finish him off.
Keiko, Morgana, Ryuji, and Ann: Fox! Finish him off!
And he moves fast like a real samurai with his sword to run, slice, stop, put his weapon away, and...one hit for a shard ice type of attack stops Madarame Shadow in defeat at long last.
Yusuke: It is done.
Madarame Shadow: MY WOOOOOOOOOOOOORK!
Yes! They've won! Looks like Madarame Shadow was out of ink powers to do anything else or transforming again to save his Treasure to moving away backwards from the others like a coward...Luckily for Jackie to freeze the grounds to trap Madarame Shadow to not go anywhere, the Phantom Thieves had him right where they wanted him to be to steal his heart at long last, with another gem to be an orange one to fall down too. Huh...?
Keiko: Thanks for the backup, Jackie, and for the items to use for us. You were great.
The little Persona was happy to help and danced with joy. Yusuke moves up to his former teacher to do something else next to make the Shadow himself feel weak.
Madarame Shadow: Eek...! No one cares for true art...All they want are easily recognized brands...! I'm a victim in this too...! Wouldn't you agree?!
Ryuji: Excuses now...?
This a coward's way of being defeated to do this even though what they did was bad.
Madarame Shadow: The art world revolves after all...You can't rise up without any money...Yusuke, you understand, don't you?! Being a poor artist is truly miserable...! I just didn't want to return to that life!
Like Yusuke cares for him to grab hold of Madarame Shadow by the shirt to say how he feels from this whole thing...
Yusuke: A fiend like you has no right to speak about the world or art! You're done for, along with this abominus world! And you tried to hurt the woman I care about at her beautiful face...That's also unforgivable!
The man shrieks in fear. Ha! That's priceless.
Madarame Shadow: *shriek* No, please...! I didn't mean to hurt the girl! Just...don't kill me!
But Yusuke doesn't, he just wanted to say it to Madarame Shadow to leave it be and tell him to confess to his crimes for his own good to be done being a fraud and to finally come to an end.
Yusuke: Joker's not blind, she's very lucky (For me to see her beautiful eyes of passion.) Now...Return to yourself in reality and confess your crimes – all of them!
Madarame Shadow: Y-You're not going to kill me...?
Yusuke: Swear it!
He does to keep his word for Yusuke to finally make Madarame Shadow and his real self to finally admit defeat.
Madarame Shadow: *shriek* All right...All right! Wh-What about the other one though? The one with the weird makeup face?
Make up face...? The other five of the Phantom Thieves and Jackie were confused to not know of any other member or members with that detail, all but the ninja girl from a few days ago. What about her?
Yusuke: Hm...?
Keiko: (What does the female ninja have to do with anything?) Wait, who are you talking about?
The others wanted to know too, for Morgana to feel something odd about the ninja as well.
Ann: A painted face? Wait, who's he talking about...?
Ryuji: The other girl with ninja skills was something else like we are, but different...
Another odd mystery to learn about now since Madarame Shadow brought her up.
Morgana: It can't be...There was another intruder besides us within this Palace...?!
Seems like it...? With Yusuke getting the Treasure of the real painting of Sayuri that his mother made, the mission's completed. And with that, the Palace starts to fall apart to leave the Metaverse part of the area right away to learn more about the ninja girl later on.
Ryuji: There's no time! Hurry!
Keiko: We have to get out of here!
Morgana quickly turns into a car to give the team and Jackie a ride out of here.
Morgana: Get on!
They all do, along with Jackie, and Yusuke carries the Treasure back to the others for Madarame Shadow had one more thing to say before returning to his real self-back in the real world to confess everything real soon.
Madarame Shadow: Hey, Yusuke...What should I do...?
What else can he do...? Simple!
Yusuke: ...Put an end to all this and use your own artwork for once.
Good enough, time to get going already.
Ann: Yusuke!
And with it, Yusuke gets on for Morgana to drive off for Madarame Shadow and the real one to learn something the hard way...To hate to live with it for the rest of his life once he's placed in jail.
Madarame Shadow: No, wait! Please! Yusuke! Yusukeee!
Hey! Keiko makes the move to change Madarame Shadow to get the dark desires out of him to be good.
Tayla: Madarame Shadow – Azazel, is defeated.
Keiko: Flaming Heart!
The deed has been done to a fake artist to finally not use others or Yusuke to do art work for him anymore.
Madarame Shadow: Yes...Yes, I need to make new artwork from now on. A slow start, but I can make it look well to aid others to calm their minds that won't make you famous. It's still beautiful on how it's done. Art is so wonderful.
He was done to return to his real self now 'with a new change to confess and then turn himself to the police'...for the Palace to be gone for good and the Treasure 'the real one' to be found for the other five get back to the real world for Jackie waves to them to get to its' stop to the next world to travel.
Morgana: Thanks again, Jackie! We'll see you next time!
As this little Persona waves goodbye until they see each other again for the Phantom Thieves have changed Madarame's heart to be their third one once again...A nice way to see this Persona is fine to go anywhere at any time, and for the painted face girl who's a ninja just who is she? Well, she and her Persona come back to take another gem like the red one from Suguru and flee afterwards. Hmmm...More on what happens next time, for no art should never be ruined for those who want to follow their dreams to come true. Like Yusuke will make a difference from this point on.