Chapter #11 ~ The Phantoms
(A/N: First of all, I just wanted to shout-out DarkRose-Chan (My best big sister) helping me to find a grammar checker app, and not gonna lie. The app is really useful, so thanks, big sis! ^-^)
A certain white van parking and also multiple cameramen's gathered somewhere of streets of Tokyo were a lot of people gathered in the spot also. And a young fine brown-haired boy who was being filmed in some kinda commercial.
"I hear they're taping Good Morning Japan here."
"Who's that? Is he famous?"
"Despite my appearance, I'm a sucker for sweets." The brown-haired boy then gave a grin in front of the camera, "Detective work requires mental exertion. So you could say that sugar is essential."
"And cut! That's good for now." A middle-aged man said.
"Okay."
"Right, next is..."
After the commercial was cut, the staff members were discussing their next appointments, the detective-looking-like boy sat down having a sandwich by himself when two female Shujin students approached the boy while carrying a paper bag inside those two bags were Agepan pieces of bread.
"Excuse me. You're Akechi, right?" A short-haired female asked.
"The great high school detective!" A long-haired female added.
"Yes. I'm surprised you've heard of me." The brown-haired boy named 'Akechi' giving a grinned while having small pieces of bread on his face, "I'm honored."
"Y-Yes, well..." The short-haired female blush creepily.
"Also, we've got Phantom Thieves at our school, but it's probably just rumors." The long-haired girl trailed.
"Phantom Thieves?" Akechi asked.
-----At The Airshop-----
"And where'd you guys get that?" The manager asked the two boys suspiciously handling a gold medal.
"Well, um..." Ryuji stuttered having a cold sweat on his face, "B-By any chance! From an acquaintance! It was, like, in his closet..."
"Um... So will you--" Akira didn't finish his sentence.
"Here." The manager handed a 30,000¥ on the counter.
"Whoa." Both of the boys' awe.
-----Time Skip: At Wilton Hotel-----
The four teenagers including the cat were celebrating their successfully changing Kamoshida's heart in Wiltons Hotel.
"Well, one, two, three..." Ryuji counted.
"Cheers!" The three teenagers hit their glasses except for (Y/N) who was blinking multiple times in confusion.
"Huh?" The three teenagers looked at (Y/N).
"(L/N), you OK?" Ann asked.
"H-Huh...?" (Y/N) stuttered slyly while having a cold sweat rolling down on her face, "Well..."
"C'mon, at least enjoy for once," Ryuji said.
"Shut up you stupid monkey!" (Y/N) comically snaps at the blondie's face.
"For the last goddamn time don't call me that!" Ryuji comically snapped at the girl then they both stared at each other angrily in a chibi-looking way (#`皿'), and Akira --Who was in the middle-- sweatdropped as seeing the two fight like a kid.
"An explosion of meaty juice!" Ryuji exclaimed while a bunch of meat inside his mouth.
(Y/N) cut a small piece of the desserts/foods and took a bite of her face blush meaning the dessert/food was very delicious that she could ever imagine.
"Bliss..." Ann was melting in heaven while eating a cheesecake, "This part's cream cheese!"
The frizzy-haired boy then cut a small piece from the fish feeding it to Morgana.
"High-class flavor!" Morgana said.
"Right?" Ann agreed, "This lunch buffet if famous, even among part-timers."
"Part-timers?" Akira questioned.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you? I do modeling work for magazines. Only once in a while, though." Ann said.
"That's our Lady Ann!" Morgana exclaimed while popping his head completely inside the bag, "No wonder this restaurant has a celebrity atmosphere." Then Akira pushing his head back inside the bag.
"Knock it off. I'm not a celebrity." Ann said while eating more dessert, "I just wanted to try coming here once."
"10,000 apiece, for a total of 30,000." Ryuji said, "Well if they overlook the fact we've got a cat..."
"I'm not a cat!" Morgana snapped at the Blondie.
"I guess blowing it all at once will keep us out of trouble." Ryuji said after pushing Morgana's face away, "But man, Kamoshida's heart really did change..." He then trailed.
"Yeah... But what he said..." Ann looked down, "And that gold medal too... Was it really for the best?"
"Of course it is! The mission was A+! Plus we got to celebrate!" Morgana spoke.
"........." Akira looked down at his lapped.
"Akira...?" (Y/N) mumbled while looking at the boy.
"Do you feel guilty?" Morgana asked Akira.
"Well, maybe a little," Akira replied.
"........!" (Y/N) winded her eyes slightly and she was about to say something but decided to keep quiet while looking down.
"That medal was a fake. It was created from Kamoshida's desires." Morgana explained, "Well, we changed his heart and set him on the right path, so we deserve a little bonus!"
"That makes sense," Akira said.
(Y/N) again opened her mouth was really eager to say something but Ryuji spoke before her,
"Of course it does, Akira!" Ryuji exclaimed, "Kamoshida admitted his crimes and is cooperating with the judicial process."
"Shiho starts rehab next week!" Ann exclaimed after pulling her phone out.
"Everything's working out!" Morgana said, "So let's celebrate by eating our hearts out!"
"Yikes! We've already used up half of our time!" Ann freaked out.
"Seriously? I haven't had my fill of beef yet!" Ryuji gets off from his seat.
"I need to eat my way through the dessert menu!" Ann followed Ryuji.
The two teenagers were left behind filling the whole entire room in an awkward silent atmosphere surrounded by them. Until Morgana broke the silent.
"So... What do you want to say (Y/N)?" Morgana asked (Y/N).
"Huh...?" (Y/N) looked at the cat.
"You were like wanted to say something to Akira," Morgana said as Akira looked at the girl in curiosity.
"HH-Huh... W-Well..." (Y/N) stuttered slyly as she decided not to say it, "Never mind." Then she looked away.
".........?" Akira and Morgana puzzled their heads while looking at each other.
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"No way I could've held it while they were cleaning the bathroom downstairs..." Ryuji held his ached stomach after throwing up everything he ate.
"You ate way too much. What are you, a little kid?" Morgana mocked.
"Takamaki and (L/N) is waiting. Let's get back." Akira said before heading in the elevator.
"Y-Yeah..." Ryuji said before following him.
While the boys waiting for the elevator gets to the floor, a bald man wearing glasses with yellow lenses along with his four bodyguards were walking at the hallway.
"Pull the car around." The bald man said, "We'll head back to party headquarters until the MLIT meeting."
"Yes, sir." The bodyguard said before they all forcefully take over in front of the elevator that was Akira and Ryuji was in.
"What'd the chief secretary say?" The bold-man asked.
"To wait and see what happens, and not comment until the public view settles." One of the bodyguards replied.
"That coward..." The bold-man spoke, "damn gerontocracy with their involvement, resting on their laurels while being the ruling party."
"Yo, Pops, we were on the line here first," Ryuji spoke angrily.
"Have they started a daycare?" The bold-man man asked as the elevator opened, stepping inside followed by the guards, "Seems the customer base has changed since I was here last."
"What?! Hey, wait!" Ryuji shouted but the elevator.
"What was his deal? Acting like a big shot..." Morgana asked.
"That voice just now..." Akira's held his head as it started to hurt
"I dunno, but he pissed me off lookin' down on people!" Ryuji said angrily
"That man's voice..." Akira thought.
"Akira...?" Ryuji noticed Akira's holding his head.
"It sounded almost like the one from back then..." Then he remembered the woman that he tries to save from the drunk man.
"...Hey, what's wrong?" Ryuji asked.
"I'm OK." Akira beamed.
"You sure? You're not lookin' so hot." Ryuji said.
"It's probably because he never eats well. I'm always stuck with canned cat food too." Morgana said.
"Ugh, that 'sir' bullshit makes me sick...!" Ryuji growl.
"Sir...? Huh... Someone I remember..." Akira thought sadly.
"You piece of a shit! You're worthless in our family!" Old-man voice said.
(A/N: I edited the "You piece of a shit! You're worthless in the Kurusu family!" into "You piece of a shit! You're worthless in our family!")
"How many times I told you that don't call me 'father' or 'dad'." Akira clenched his fist angrily.
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"All right! Now I've got everything--" Ann was in the desert section grabbing a piece of cakes.
"I was furious and told my husband--"An elegant woman was walking then hitting Ann causing her plate fall down, thus stained on the dress.
"Hey! This was expensive!" The elegant woman shouted.
"You need to be more careful" The elegant woman of her friend scolded Ann.
"Are you all right?" The waiter rushed over the person.
"This girl just pushed me!" The elegant woman said.
"Who raised her to be like this?" The other elegant woman asked.
"Liar! You bumped into me!" Ann spoke.
"Why's she here? A girl like that doesn't belong." Then people started gossiping about the girl.
"Doesn't she have a chaperone? The child came alone?"
"I'm sure she's been spoiled rotten by her parents."
"Children today..."
"....." Ann stared at everyone looking ashamed.
"What's up? Did somethin' happen?" Ryuji walked towards Ann along with Akira.
"Yeah..." Ann looked down sadly.
"Where's (L/N)?" Akira looked around.
"I'm here." (Y/N) then walk towards the others.
"So what happened?" Ryuji asked Ann.
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"Huh?! That frickin' sucks! Even though she bumped into you!" Ryuji shouted angrily.
"Sounds like you had your share of jerks, too." Ann said, "Being in a hurry doesn't mean you get to cut line, right?" She then asked.
"Right." Ryuji calmly replied.
"It wasn't just Kamoshida." Ann said, "Maybe the world is full of adults like that."
"Hey. I've kind of got an idea." Ryuji trailed.
-----Somewhere-----
"Hey, Morgana." Ryuji spoke, "Everyone's got a Palace, right?" He then asked.
"Anyone with a strong, distorted desire," Morgana replied.
"Same for them havin' a change of heart if their Treasure gets stolen?" Ryuji asked again.
"That's the case," Morgana replied again.
"Then how about this?" Ryuji started, "These selfish shitheads who look down on everyone else... I thought we could change the hearts of those kinds of people."
"You mean to continue as Phantom Thieves?" Akira asked.
"Yeah! As the Phantom Thieves, we could help people who are in trouble." Ryuji said.
"I think if we ignore people in trouble, I'd go back to being the same as before..." Ann said, "But how would we actually do it?" She asked.
"We would steal their hearts again. Akira Ren replied.
"...........!" (Y/N) winded her eyes while looking at the frizzy-haired.
"Huh?!" Ann and Morgana gasped.
Yeah! I mean, let's give it a try! Would the same thing happen again?" Ryuji exclaimed before standing up, "Maybe we could change it! The five of us should change this lousy world!"
"Yes! Those are the words I've been waiting for!" Morgana exclaimed before standing up as well, "Now I know I did the right thing by going out of my way to help you!"
"Huh...?!" (Y/N) gasped loudly.
"Whoa, wait a second. Don't go off half-cocked." Ann stood up immediately before looking at the Akira, "What do you think?" She asked.
"It'll work, right?" Ryuji asked.
"If we're together, it can." Akira grinned while looking at them.
"Akira..." (Y/N) mumbled.
"All right!" Ryuji happily exclaimed.
"When you put it like that... Yeah, I think it'll work." Ann said happily.
"Even if you're just fledglings, this means we're an actual organization now," Morgana spoke.
"Fledgling, huh? That's actually pretty fitting." Ann chuckled.
"All right, it's settled!" Ryuji snaps his finger, "We'll catch all these shitty adults by surprise, and make ourselves known to the world!"
Then Akira nodded firmly.
-----Big Bang Burger-----
The four teenagers decided to hang-out in big bang burger discussing important matters.
"You're fine with being our leader, right?" Ann asked Akira.
"Eh?" Akira questioned.
"I can't handle all that responsibility stuff," Ryuji said as Akira pushed his glasses while smirking confidently.
-----At The Grocery Shop-----
"Where's my say in this?" Morgana asked, "But Lady Ann made the recommendation, so I'll allow it."
"Um, Takamaki-San..." Akira trailed.
-----At The Arcade-----
"Just go with Ann. We're friends by now, aren't we?" Ann asked.
"Okay... Ann," Akira said.
As they talked, they notice that (Y/N) is really eager to get the plushy jack-frost toy as her eyes sparkling with happiness, "I want to get that jack-frost!"
"Say (L/N), what do you want us to call you?" Ann asked (Y/N).
"Huh...?" (Y/N) questioned, "...Just call me whatever you want. I don't mind."
"Then can I call you Miss Attitude?" Morgana asked.
"Sure, stupid cat." (Y/N) said.
"I'm not a cat!" Morgana snapped at (Y/N).
"*Chuckles*" Akira chuckled while (Y/N) is fighting again like a child.
"Why are you laughing?" (Y/N) asked Akira.
"N-Nothing," Akira said while grinning happily.
"Then, can we all call you by your first name?" Ann suggested.
"Sure." (Y/N) nodded.
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All of the four went outside the Arcade, as (Y/N) hugging the plushy jack-frost in her hands smiling happily.
"Good to be working with you, Akira." Ann smiled.
"Asshole! You blew me off when I said it!" Ryuji shouted.
"Good to be working with you, Ryuji," Akira said.
"O-Okay. Now you've got it." Ryuji stuttered.
"Then it's decided." Morgana spoke, "Akira is the leader. Agreed?"
"No objections!/No objections." They all exclaimed as moving their separate ways.
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The two teenagers; Akira and (Y/N). Are walking together as (Y/N) was behind Akira following the boy, then (Y/N) stopped her tracks just for a second taking a deep breath and letting out a word on her mouth.
"Umm... Akira..." (Y/N) called as Akira stopped his tracks then turning around.
"Hm?" Akira questioned.
"Uhmm... When you say you felt guilty about selling the gold medal." (Y/N) trailed, "I feel guilty too."
"Huh..." Akira slightly winded his eyes.
"That'sWhatIWantedToTellYou!" (Y/N) quickly spoke this words fastly.
"W-W-Wait! Slow down, I don't understand what you're saying." Akira said.
"Huh...?! Are you serious." (Y/N) looked down comically as a emo surrounded by her.
"I-I-I'm sorry." Akira nervously swung his hands around.
(Y/N) takes a deep breath before saying, "That's. What. I. Wanted. To. Tell. You." She spoke those words slowly, "There."
"O-OK." Akira shuttered while a cold sweat rolling down his face.
"*Sigh*"(Y/N) sighed in relief.
"Well, see you tomorrow." Akira runs off
(Y/N) looked at the boy blankly before remembering that she wanted to say another word to Akira, but the frizzy-haired manage to be far away now.
"I didn't get the chance to thanked him." (Y/N) said while looking at the plushy jack-frost, "Wait... Why the hell am I thinking him?!"
"Hggggmgmgmgghghgh...!!!!" (Y/N) then face planted on the plushy.
-----At Leblanc-----
Ann: Let's decide on a name for our group.
Ryuji: Wouldn't It be cool to put it on our calling card?
Ann: A cute and gorgeous name.
Ann: How about... "Pink Diamonds"!
(Y/N): I'm not feeling it.
Ryuji: I'm gettin' a little-league baseball vibe from it.
Ryuji: Akira, what do you think?
"........" Akira was thinking then getting an idea of his brain.
Akira: The Phantoms.
Ryuji: No objections!
Ann: No objections!
(Y/N): No objections.
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"So just 'Phantom Thieves' without the 'thieves' part?" Ryuji said.
-----At Class-----
"All right, so we're officially a group of phantom thieves" Morgana spoke from inside Akira's desk, "but now the issue is how do we decide on our next target."
"Did I just heard a cat?" Ms. Kawakami mumbled to herself before looking in front the class, "Just my imagination?"
"Who, whoever put up the weird graffiti on the black blackboard, erase it after class." Ms. Kawakami pointed at the blackboard that had drawn the Phantom Thieves' logo as the student looked at the board.
-----After Class-----
Akira closed his bag zipper that Morgana was inside, followed by (Y/N) who was fixing her stuff then closing the zipper.
"Um... (Y/N)." Akira called.
"Hm?" (Y/N) looked at the frizzy-haired who handed her own textbook.
"Thanks for borrowing me the textbook." Akira thanked gratefully while he gave a smile.
"Uh... No problem." (Y/N) replied as she put the textbook in her bag.
"Hey." Mishima approached the two.
"Huh?" The two looked at Mishima questioning the matter.
"You checked out my site, right?" Mishima asked.
"Eh?" Akira and (Y/N) questioned again before looking at each other.
"There are way more evil adults outside of Kamoshida." Mishima spoke, "But I'm sure the Phantom Thieves will do something. So I put the site up to cheer them on in my own."
"What are you..." Akira trailed as Mishima leaned his face closer to him.
"I get it. You two have nothing to do with the Phantom Thieves, right?" Mishima asked.
"Give me some space." Akira said.
"I did you wrong, so it's least I can do to apologize." Mishima leaned back, "Anyway, I'll do my best on my end, so I'm counting on you!" Mishima waved before walking away.
"Did he just say..." (Y/N) trailed.
"Site?" Morgana poked outside Akira's bag.
-----At The Principal's Office-----
"The culprit behind the calling card? But wasn't that a prank?" A female student asked the principal.
"I'd like to identify them so that I handle the media and police in a correct fashion." The principal replied.
"I don't like this. I mean, spying on students..." The female student held her chest while looking down sorrowfully.
"I'm asking you because I thought you were my best choice." The Principal said.
-----Unknown Place-----
A dark-haired female student, she looks like in junior high school who was packing her things until her friend approached her.
"Yo, have you heard of the Phansite?" A short-brown haired girl asked the dark-haired female who looked at her.
"Look." The short-brown haired girl showed the site to her friend.
"Tha Pahntoum Pfansaite." The dark-haired's voice sounded like she wasn't able to pronounce the words correctly.
"Have you heard the news? There are these people called the Phantom Thieves in Shujin Academy." The short-brown haired girl said.
The dark-haired didn't understand what her friend was saying and she did a 'sign language' telling "What are you saying?"
"Oh right I forgot, you can't hear me." The short-brown haired scratches her head from her idiotic attitude, apparently, her friend is 'deaf'.
"Have you heard the news?" But this time the short-brown haired girl did a sign language, " There are these people called the Phantom Thieves in Shujin Academy."
Then the dark-haired female did another sign language saying, "What are these Phantom Thieves?"
"The news said they change the PE teacher's heart, but don't you think it's stupid?" The short-brown haired girl asked while doing a sign language.
"Hey! Yukari! The coach said head to the gym already!" A student called the short-brown haired girl who named 'Yukari'.
"Coming!" Yukari called back, "Welp, see ya!" She then runs off.
The dark-haired female stared at her friend blankly while leaving her behind.
-----Back to Shujin Academy: At The Courtyard-----
The same female student who was in the principal's office was walking outside the hallway in the courtyard before stopping her tracks seeing this four teenagers hanging out at the vending machines.
"A Phantom Phansite?" Ann looked at Ryuji's phone.
"Yeah!" Ryuji click one of the comments, "You guys haven't seen this yet? Get with the times!"
"What are those comments?" Ann leaned her face closer on Ryuji's shoulder.
"'Great job, Phantom Thieves.' 'Now I can keep going, too.' 'Thank you for giving us hope.'" Akira read the three comments.
"I thought we'd be ignored." Ryuji smirked, "But it looks like some people believe in our calling card."
"I don't know If I believe these comments." (Y/N) trailed.
"Eh? Why is that?" Ann asked (Y/N).
"If you think of it, people on the internet can post what they feel. However, you don't know what's there real initial reaction in real life." (Y/N) pointed.
"So you're saying people might be lying while posting these comments?" Akira asked.
"Yeah." (Y/N) nodded, "But you never know that these comments might be true."
"I do agree with your statement." Ann said, "But it's kind of strange. I was just desperate dealing with my own problems, but seeing people say all this..."
"I know! It's pretty moving, right?" Ryuji grinned happily.
"Requests? Yup, there are plenty of requests for us." Ryuji spoke, "They want us to change the hearts of this or that nutcase."
"That's it! Come with me, you guys!" Morgana suddenly exclaimed, "I've got something to show you."
-----At The Trainstation-----
"'My friend is a shameless deadbeat, so I want make him apologize.'" Ryuji read the comment.
"Rookie! Look for a more serious request!" Morgana said.
"What's that, mangy cat?!" Ryuji shouted the cats face.
"How about this one?" Ann began reading the comment, "'I don't know what to do about my ex who's stalking me. His name is Natsuhiko Nakanohara.'"
"You have good taste, Lady Ann!" Morgana exclaimed happily, "Hey, Ryuji. Next, bring up the Meta-Nav."
"Okay, okay." Ryuji then opened the Meta-Nav, "If I recall, I just input the name and place?"
"No, not this time." Morgana said, "The key word is 'Mementos.'"
"Huh? Mementos?" Ryuji asked as the app recorded his voice.
"Your destination has a hit." The Meta-Nav robotic voice said, "Beginning Navigation."
-----At Mementos-----
"Hey, hey, hey!" Ryuji freaked out seeing everyone disappeared.
"Wha...?!" Ann gasped.
"All right! Follow me!" Morgana hops down the floor before running down the subways followed by the four teenagers.
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"You guys are too slow!" Instead of being a normal cat, Morgana transforms into his original self.
"You changed!" Panther pointed out.
"And us, too?!" Skull gasped while looking at his gloved hands.
."Morgana..." Joker spoke, "Is this Nakanohara's Palace?"
"Man, you adapt fast!" Skull said to Joker.
"That makes me wonder if you're one of those Anime characters." (C/N) said to Joker.
"This is certainly a kind of Palace," Mona said as hopping down on the floor taking the escalator. "but It's different from last one, in that it's everyone's Palace."
"Huh?" Panther dumbfounded as the four of them followed Mona.
"A Palace as grand as Kamoshida's 'castle' only forms when a person's wishes are extremely distorted. So, instead of many individual Palaces, the general public has one gigantic shared Palace." Mona explained.
"So that's what this is..." Panther trailed.
"Mementos." (C/N) finished Panther's sentence.
"When you say shared, you mean they're all put together?" Skull asked, "Even though they're just strangers?"
"Think of it as the 'collective unconscious.'" Mona said, "No, never mind. You wouldn't understand that." Mona said.
"Asshole! Don't treat me like a fool!" Skull shouted.
"So, in short," Panther trailed, "We can use this place, we can change hearts of people who don't have a Palace?" She then asked.
"Exactly!" Mona exclaimed, "This means the time has finally come..."
"Morgana! Transform!" Mona said as he made an anime looking pose before jumping really high almost in the seeling and landing perfectly in the form of a black van.
"A car?!" Panther gasped loudly.
"No way! What the hell?!" Skull shouted.
"Among the general public, 'cats turning to buses' is an extremely widespread cognition," Mona said.
"You are like Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro." (C/N) trailed.
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The black van drove at the depths of Mementos along with Joker who was driving the van,
"Why are you driving?!" Panther asked Joker looking terrified.
"Well, I am a car. Somebody has to drive." Mona replied.
"That's not my point! Well, yes, that too!" Panther shouted.
"Please tell you have a driver license." (C/N) spoke while having a cold sweat on her face crazily.
"No." Joker replied casually.
"What?!" (C/N) comically freaked out as an anime arrow hit her while her face is entirely white, then the car bumped up causing the three of them to fall backward.
"Be quiet! You'll disturb the Shadows!" Mona shushed the three quietly.
"Shadows..." Joker said.
"Is that one, too?!" Skull pointed at the Shadow that is in front of them as Joker dough the Shadow
"I said that Mementos is the Palace of the general public. If there's a Palace, of course, there are gonna be Shadows." Mona spoke then the car jumped inside a reddish-black portal.
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"There!" Mona pointed at the Shadow, "It's Nakanohara!"
"Who are you?" Shadow Nakanohara asked
"So you're the stalker, huh?" Panther asked, "Haven't you ever stopped to consider how your ex feels?"
"She's my property! I can do whatever I want to her!" Shadow Nakanohara said.
"What a load of crap." Skull spoke, "We're going to change the hearts of all the bastards like you!"
"There are plenty of people far worse than me!" Shadow Nakanohara shouted very loudly when a powerful wind burst all over his body
"Wh-Whoa!" Panther yelped as everyone trying to cover there eyes.
"That's right. Madarame..." Shadow Nakanohara spoke, "He stole everything from me, but you're letting him off the hook?!" He shouted angrily.
"Madarame?" Joker mumbled to himself.
"You ignore that scumbag..."He yelled angrily, "So why am I the only one who gets persecuted?!" Then the light went berserk all over his body and transforming into an another Shadow.
"Here he comes!" Mona was on guard, "Get ready!" Then all of them performed an All-Out Attack on the Shadow.
"All right!" Joker said ending the battle.
"I was wrong." Shadow Nakanohara said, "I'll go back into the real me." He disappeared like a beam of light caught by Joker.
"Yes! Next, let's check on something!" Mona ran away from the group as Joker looked behind.
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"A new area has been confirmed. Updating guidance information." The robotic voice said as the door opened.
"Just as I thought!" Mona exclaimed.
"What is this?" Skull asked shockingly.
"There's more ahead?" Joker asked.
"Yeah. This is as far as I got last time I was here. It must've opened up because we've gained some fame from Kamoshida's case. The cognition of the masses has changed, giving us the ability to go deeper." Mona explained.
"It's creepy." Panther spoke, "How big is this place?"
"I have no memory of that." Mona then looked away.
".......!" (C/N) winded her eyes by Mona's statement.
"I don't remember who I am, or why I'm in this form." Mona said sadly.
"........." (C/N) looked down sorrowfully as Joker notice the girl shift a new mood.
"Really?" Panther asked.
"I wanted to solve that mastery so badly that I wandered through the Metaverse," Mona explained, "Until I got lost in that castle."
"And Kamoshida captured you, huh?" Skull asked.
"Mementos is everyone's Palace, but it's also the source of all Palaces." Mona said, "If I can solve this riddle... I'm sure I'll return my human form..." He then looked down, "...My original form."
"So I'm going to be a hard taskmaster, training you guys to help me!" Mona turned around with a smile.
"Right!" Panther nodded.
"Sure!" Skull agreed.
"Ok." (C/N) simply nodded.
"Do your worst," Joker spoke.
"I have a proposal. First!" Mona started, "From here on, the Phantoms shall only target real fiends, the bigwigs."
"I'm with you there." Panther smiled.
"No objections!" Skull exclaimed.
"Second! All members must agree before carrying out a plan. It's all for one and one for all. We share a common destiny." Mona added.
"So it must be unanimous?" Joker asked.
"Yeah!" Skull exclaimed happily.
"Roger." Panther agreed.
"Ok." (C/N) agreed.
-----Time Skip: At Leblanc-----
As Akira and Sojiro having a conversation, at that exact moment when a gray-haired woman along with the detective looking-boy entered the cafe.
"Huh..." The detective looking-boy looked around the cafe, "So this is your regular hangout, Sae-San?"
The detective boy looked at Akira who looked at him back blankly, suddenly the boy winded his eyes slightly.
"I wouldn't call her a regular." Sojiro form a frowned face, "So what brings you here?"
"No special reason. I like your coffee." The gray-haired woman named 'Sae' simply replied as the detective looking-boy sat down next to her.
"Huh? Have we met before?" The detective looked at Akira.
"Hm?" Akira questioned.
"I'm Goro Akechi. I like this place. It's got a good vibe." Akechi smiled.
"Akechi..." Morgana thought to hide behind the counter.
"When you think about it, a detective is an ambiguous, uncertain thing." Akechi then read a book, "Don't you agree. Taken alone, there's no guarantee a detective will be valuable to society. A couple of things are needed to be a detective. A tough case which only he can solve, and the existence of a worthy rival to make such a case."
Akira seemed to be very quiet on the topic that Akechi brought up.
"Sorry. Am I boring you?" Akechi apologized politely to Akira.
"It's him." Morgana peeks at Akechi, "That popular detective kid..."
End Of The Chapter
A/N: ANND I'M ENDING IT OVER HERE!!!!
Sorry for not updating I was gonna update yesterday, but I got really bored continue writing this -~-
Also sorry if there's not much fluffy but I promised there will be fluff in the future.
And starting next week my school will start ;-;
So expect me for being dead next week _(┐「ε:)_
Anyways, that Is it for today, hope you all like the chapter and have a wonderful day as always, and...
ANIMEgirlfan173 IS OUTIE~!✌️
DATE PUBLISHED: (The Author Forgots)
EDITED: 6/1/2018
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